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While writing "Little Women", she served as editor of a juvenile magazine, "Merry's Museum" |
Alcott
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Jethro Tull: An invention designed by Jacques Cousteau |
Aqualung
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A male bear is called a boar; the female, this |
a sow
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The Koolau Range, Diamond Head, Koko Head Park--an island |
(Ali!: What is Hawaii?)
Oahu
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This online purchasing service was founded in 1998 |
PayPal
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English rationalist historian Edward Gibbon is remembered for his "History of the Decline and Fall of" this |
the Roman Empire
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In the 1880s her family moved to Red Cloud, Nebraska, where her father opened an insurance & real estate office |
Willa Cather
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Def Leppard: A compulsion to start fires |
Pyromania
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This brown bear seen here actually gets its name from the French word for "gray" |
a grizzly
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Inky, Binky, Pinky & Clyde--a game |
[ERRATUM: The second ghost's name is Blinky. The clue aired as shown.]
Pac-Man
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It sounds positive, but it can also be the act of taking revenge |
payback
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In 1961, JFK appointed this venerable newsman director of the U.S. Information Agency |
(Edward R.) Murrow
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With money earned from "The Yearling", she bought a beach cottage just south of St. Augustine, Florida |
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
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U2: Yucca brevifolia |
Joshua Tree
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The Malayan bear has a ring-shaped yellow mark on its chest, giving it this astronomical nickname |
a sun bear
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A CCA seal, indicia, rolled spine--a type of publication |
a comic book
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It's a bribe paid to a radio DJ to play & promote a particular song or act |
payola
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His first play was 1959's "The Zoo Story", a one-act drama |
(Anthony: Who is Robinson?) ... (Alex: You forgot the category, didn't you?)
Edward Albee
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The author of "A Stranger is Watching", she's been called "America's Queen of Suspense" |
Mary Higgins Clark
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The Who: A 4-way split personality |
Quadrophenia
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South America's only bear, it's named for the goggle-like rings about its eyes |
a spectacled bear
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Septum, tendon of Todaro, sinoatrial node--a body part |
(Anthony: What's the nose?)
the heart
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If you "hit" this 2-word term for a profitable discovery, it might be earth or gravel containing gold |
pay dirt
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These 4 words complete the now-cliched opening of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's "Paul Clifford": "It was a..." |
dark and stormy night
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Highly successful under her real name, as J.D. Robb she's written over 25 books about N.Y. Police Lt. Eve Dallas |
Nora Roberts
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Roxy Music: An island where King Arthur was carried after death |
Avalon
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The black bear comes in many colors, including one with a bluish tint that lives in this state's St. Elias Range |
Alaska
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Adenine, thymine, cytosine--a molecule |
DNA
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Your Social Security contribution is this type of levy that comes out of your salary each week |
a payroll tax (a payroll deduction accepted)
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This piece by Edward Elgar is a standard processional march at American graduation ceremonies |
"Pomp and Circumstance"
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