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CALL THE FOOTBALL PLAY
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After a last-second win over Buffalo with this prayerful play in 2020, Kyler Murray said it was the first he had ever tried
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a Hail Mary
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"Do we have time to run Wasp?" asked this Chiefs QB in Super Bowl 54; he did, & hit Tyreek Hill for a game-changing 44 yards
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(Patrick) Mahomes
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$600
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Franco Harris' "Immaculate Reception" of a deflected pass from Terry Bradshaw won a 1972 playoff game for this team
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the Steelers
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$800
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Though the play was designed for Freddie Solomon, the 49ers' Dwight Clark made "The Catch" on Jan. 10, 1982 on a pass by this quarterback
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Joe Montana
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$1000
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In the 2007 Fiesta Bowl, Boise State's huddled masses used this 3-word trick play featuring a behind-the-back handoff for the win
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the Statue of Liberty
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BLUE
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A Mother Goose nursery rhyme says, "Little Boy Blue, come" do this
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blow your horn
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$400
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Until 1969 Project Blue Book investigated these phenomena; of the 12,618 sightings, only 701 have not been identified
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UFOs
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$600
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The Belgian artist known as Peyo created these blue beings
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the Smurfs
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$800
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Lake Tana in Ethiopia is the source of this colorful river
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the Blue Nile
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$1000
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Coral reefs are home to the blue fish known by this 4-letter name
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a tang
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'38
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$200
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The 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act banned oppressive child labor, set the work week at 44 hours & established this, at 25 cents an hour
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minimum wage
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$400
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In 1938 DuPont chemist Roy Plunkett accidentally discovered this, now used as a coating for nonstick cookware
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Teflon
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$600
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On October 31, 1938 the New York Times reported, "Radio listeners in panic" after a broadcast of this H.G. Wells story
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The War of the Worlds
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$800
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This organization was founded in 1938 to find a cure for infantile paralysis, also called polio
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the March of Dimes
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$1000
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German name for the night of Nov. 9, when Jews & their property were attacked across Germany
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Kristallnacht
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LEFT MOTION
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Men, start this double- or triple-talk dance with a step to the left; a pre-fame Bruce Lee was a champion at it in Hong Kong
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the cha-cha
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$400
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Aren't you glad you brought a friend along? Now you can swing left into this type of highway lane marked with diamonds
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HOV
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$600
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In chess, the one time the king can move 2 squares is doing this; kingside is 2 squares left for the black king
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castling
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$800
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Bugs Bunny's line about wishing he'd toined left at this city may be based on a real turn there that would keep you on Route 66
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Albuquerque
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$1000
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At the Battle of Chancellorsville, he swung left to crush the Union right, but was mortally wounded by friendly fire
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Jackson
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OMAHA
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$200
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Late publisher of the Omaha World-Herald Henry Doorly gave his name to this, the state's No. 1 attraction
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Omaha\'s Zoo
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$400
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Omaha is on the west bank of this river opposite Council Bluffs, Iowa
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the Missouri River
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$600
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Omaha is the seat of this county, named for Illinois senator Stephen, who sponsored the Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Douglas
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$800
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In 1913 this future president was born in Omaha as Leslie King Jr.
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Gerald Ford
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$1000
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In 1917 this priest rented a boarding house in Omaha to care for 5 neglected boys; later, he bought a farm & it became Boys Town
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Father Flanagan
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HUT, HUT
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You need 3 A's to spell this type of hut at beach resorts & pools
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a cabana
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$400
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With a low entry making an enemy stoop awkwardly, the iQukwane hut is said to have the shape of this insect structure
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a beehive
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$600
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Here's Seaman's Hut, used as an emergency shelter in this country's Kosciuszko National Park
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Australia
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$800
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These nomadic people of Kenya & Tanzania live in a kraal, a grouping of huts
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the Maasai
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$1000
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In the foreground a Mongol horseman, in the back, this 4-letter type of hut
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a yurt
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BOOK TITLE MATH
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$400
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Joseph Heller hell plus Jules Verne sea distance
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20,022
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$800
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1956's "Dalmatians" minus 2003's "People You Meet in Heaven"
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96
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$1200
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Original "Space Odyssey" plus original "Shades of Grey"
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2,051
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$1600
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Khaled Hosseini's "Splendid Suns" divided by John Reed's "Days That Shook the World"
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100
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$2000
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Harrer's Himalayan hiatus times Hawthorne's house parts
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49
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BROADWAY IS BACK
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$400
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As Broadway reopened in 2021, he returned to the role of Atticus Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird"
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Jeff Daniels
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$800
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Kristin Chenoweth welcomed the audience at the reopening of "Wicked" with these 5 words, a line from "The Wizard of Oz"
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There\'s no place like home
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$1200
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The musical "Six" features a modern take on Henry VIII's 6 wives, including this first wife who was born in Spain
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Catherine of Aragon
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$1600
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"American Utopia" features songs from this man's days in Talking Heads & from his solo career
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(David) Byrne
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$2000
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This musical brought its razzle-dazzle back to Broadway in 2021, just in time for the 25th anniversary of its revival
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Chicago
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BUSINESS HISTORY
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$800
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This cookie company was founded in 1937 by a Connecticut woman & named for her family's country home
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Pepperidge Farm
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$1200
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This pair's first computer venture, Traf-O-Data for the Washington Roads Department, helped them launch a bigger company soon after
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Bill Gates & Paul Allen
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$1600
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In 2020 the Justice Dept. wound up its case against this Sackler Family opioid maker, which agreed to pay $8 billion in penalties
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Purdue (Pharma)
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$2000
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In 1667 Londoner Nicholas Barbon set up the first office for this type of insurance
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fire insurance
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IN A PREVIOUS LIFE
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$400
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I was pretty happy when I took off that bell hat after a long day amusing the king as a court one of these
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a (court) jester
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$800
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Around 1680 I was one of the last of this flightless bird; to add insult to injury, Dutch explorers called our meat repulsive
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a dodo
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$1200
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I was one of the iron smithing experts of this biblical people & was really rooting for my compatriot Goliath
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the Philistines
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$1600
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400 million years ago, I was this type of creature named for its breathing organs; here's a picture of my brother
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a lung fish
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$2000
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I was one of these slaves in Sparta; every year, war was officially declared on us so a well-born Spartan could always kill me
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helots
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THE BODY HUMAN
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$800
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The ciliary muscle changes the curvature of this eye part that determines how near or far we can see
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the lens
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$1200
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When it comes to your heart, MVP stands for this valve prolapse, in which the valve flaps bulge rather than close smoothly
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the mitral valve
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$1600
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The second cervical vertebra is called this because it forms a pivot point, allowing the head to shake "no"
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the axis
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$2000
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This gland under the brain in a structure called the sella turcica produces luteinizing hormone to regulate the gonads
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the pituitary
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TESTING YOUR "ESP"
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$1200
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Job of Jen Psaki, seen here
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spokesperson
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$1600
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Lending his name to the profession, this ancient Greek is considered the first actor
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Thespis
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$2000
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Owl butterflies get their name from these large markings on their wings
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eyespots
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WORLD CAPITALS
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N/A
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An annual event called Winterlude includes skating on the Rideau Canal, a UNESCO world heritage site in this city
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Ottawa, Canada
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