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<a href=\"http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-09-16_J_27a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">this</a> other volatile lefty","category":"SPORTS STARS","value":"$400","answer":"Jimmy Connors"},{"question":"(<a href=\"http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-09-16_J_02.wmv\">Sofia of the Clue Crew speaks in a tongue.</a>)  Until Vatican II, the Catholic Mass was officially only celebrated in this language","category":"SPEAKING IN TONGUES","value":"$400","answer":"Latin"},{"question":"Insert 1 letter in \"death\" to get this word meaning \"an insufficient supply\"","category":"IT'S IN \"DE\" DICTIONARY","value":"$400","answer":"dearth"},{"question":"In 2002 U.S. parents adopted 5,053 kids from this country, more than from any other","category":"U.S. FACTS &amp; FIGURES","value":"$400","answer":"China"},{"question":"Of the Osmonds, the Osbournes or the Oswalds, the family that got MTV its highest ratings","category":"PICK ONE","value":"$400","answer":"the Osbournes"},{"question":"New Zealand was named for the Province of Zeeland in this country","category":"NEW ZEALAND","value":"$600","answer":"the Netherlands"},{"question":"In 2003 this English soccer star became the first Westerner to appear on ad billboards in Iran since 1979","category":"SPORTS STARS","value":"$600","answer":"David Beckham"},{"question":"Demotic is the common form of this language; 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AFTER","value":"$1600","answer":"Ponce de Leon Spinks"},{"question":"Much of the decency that marked Nero's early reign was due to the guidance of this tragedian/tutor","category":"HISTORICAL PEOPLE","value":"$1600","answer":"Seneca"},{"question":"1990:<br>Joe Pesci is a bad guy","category":"\"G\" MOVIES","value":"$1600","answer":"<i>Goodfellas</i>"},{"question":"We African elephants are in trouble too, but we're only listed as this, while the Asian ones are endangered","category":"LISTEN TO THE ANIMALS","value":"$1600","answer":"threatened"},{"question":"Blue is a popular clothing color for members of <a href=\"http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-09-16_DJ_19.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">this</a> original Moroccan ethnic group","category":"WE'LL GIVE YOU THE BLUES","value":"$1600","answer":"the Berbers"},{"question":"<a href=\"http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-09-16_DJ_29.wmv\">This</a> performer/choreographer was one of the most influential figures in modern dance","category":"MODERN DANCE","value":"$2000","answer":"Martha Graham"},{"question":"This patriotic composer said, \"Give me liberty or give me <a href=\"http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-09-16_DJ_09.mp3\">d-death, d-death, d-death, d-death, d-death, d-death, d-death\"</a>","category":"BEFORE &amp; AFTER","value":"$2000","answer":"Patrick Henry Mancini"},{"question":"In 1094 this Spanish warrior seized Valencia, a Muslim stronghold, &amp; ruled it until his death on July 10, 1099","category":"HISTORICAL PEOPLE","value":"$2000","answer":"El Cid"},{"question":"1946:<br>Rita Hayworth teases up a storm in South America","category":"\"G\" MOVIES","value":"$2000","answer":"<i>Gilda</i>"},{"question":"The marmot, seen <a href=\"http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-09-16_DJ_24.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>, wishes it didn't have this name, which means cowardly","category":"LISTEN TO THE ANIMALS","answer":"yellow-bellied"},{"question":"He rocked the charts with his band The Blue Notes","category":"WE'LL GIVE YOU THE BLUES","answer":"Harold Melvin"},{"question":"It can patch you up after a camping accident &amp; be your guide along the Oregon Trail","category":"MODERN DANCE","answer":"a First Aid Kit Carson"},{"question":"Ford Madox Ford, in the ‘20s, hadn’t “read more than six words” by this man before vowing to “publish everything he sent me”","category":"AMERICAN AUTHORS","answer":"Ernest Hemingway","value":"final"}]