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$200 ~ Gauze is named for this Palestinian city where it's thought to have originated
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$300 ~ The name of this fabric with metallic threads comes from lamina, Latin for "thin piece of metal"
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$400 ~ In 552 Emperor Justinian sent 2 monks to China to discover the secret of this fabric
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$500 ~ Count Hilaire de Chardonnet is considered the father of this regenerated cellulose fiber

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$200 ~ In 34 B.C. she and her son Caesarion were declared joint rulers of Cyprus, Libya, Coelesyria & Egypt
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$400 ~ In 1854 she left England to work in the military hospital at Scutari, Turkey
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$600 ~ This wife of Rutherford B. Hayes was the first First Lady to graduate from college
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$800 ~ In 1984 this U.S. gymnast was named the Associated Press Woman Athlete of the Year
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$1000 ~ Piloting Vostok 6, she orbited the Earth 48 times durnig her trip into space in 1963

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$600 ~ Carolyn Meeber is the title character of this Theodore Dreiser novel

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$800 ~ In this Truman Capote novella, the story of Holly Golightly is narrated by Fred, a struggling writer

-Sister Carrie

-Breakfast at Tiffany's

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$200 ~ Danny DeVito was an executive producer of this Quentin Tarantino film that won for 1994
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$400 ~ Occupation suffering the USA's highest homicide rate or title of the 1976 winner starring Robert De Niro
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$600 ~ This 1993 Holly Hunter film set in New Zealand tied with "Farewell My Concubine"
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$1000 ~ Herb Stempel, a contestant in "Quiz Show", may be able to tell you this film won for 1955

Get Shorty

Taxi Driver

The Piano

Marty

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$200 ~ Danny DeVito was an executive producer of this Quentin Tarantino film that won for 1994

My bad. It was 'Pulp Fiction'.
Get Shorty was a Barry Sonnenfeld film

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$200 ~ In this Poe tale Captain Kidd's treasure is found with the aid of a secret code & a scarab beetle
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$400 ~ Published in 1961, "The Winter of" this was John Steinbeck's last novel
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$600 ~ Carolyn Meeber is the title character of this Theodore Dreiser novel
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$800 ~ In this Truman Capote novella, the story of Holly Golightly is narrated by Fred, a struggling writer
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$1000 ~ This Kipling orphan's father was a sergeant in an Irish regiment in the Punjab

400 Discontent
600 Sister Carrie

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It could have been monkeypox

I must have it, I certainly feel like a chimp today.

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( 4 "O"s will appear in each correct word in the response.)
In baby talk it's the sound of a steam locomotive

What is choo choo?

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A minor injury or a small mistake

What is a boo boo?

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In a 1995 post-apocalyptic film, Sylvester Stallone played this judge who served as jury and executioner

Judge Dredd

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Variety said audiences would "be taken for a thrilling ride in the wild blue yonder" by this Tom Cruise film

Top Gun

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Clint Eastwood received his first Oscar for directing this 1992 western

Pale Rider

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In "My Darling Clementine" he played Wyatt Earp & Victore Mature played Doc Holliday

Henry Fonda

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In the 1970s he played Joe Valachi, Vince Majestyk & an Apache named Chato

Charles Bronson

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The site of a leper colony, this Hawaiian island is nicknamed the "Friendly Island"

Molokai

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Introduced during the Revolution, this execution device was last used in France in 1977

The guillotine

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In September 1957 this baseball team played its last game at Ebbets Field, beating the Pirates 2-0

The Brooklyn Dodgers

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At his death in 1832, Charles Carroll of Maryland was the last surviving signer of this document

The Declaration of Independence

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The chief hair fiber used in textiles today comes from this kind of animal

sheep?

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Gauze is named for this Palestinian city where it's thought to have originated

Gaza