1 messages · Page 4 of 1
leaden abyssBOT
EDIBLES INSTANT REPLAY REVIEW
This notoriously smelly cheese whose last U.S. maker is in Monroe, Wisconsin was fumbled on aisle 3
Time's up! The correct answer was Limburger
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES
"The Surveyor President"
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington
BIRDS
The only birds in the family Trochilidae are these "hovercrafts"
Time's up! The correct answer was hummingbirds
WOOD & WIND
This Frost poem ends with "And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
FOR THE BIRDS
One of the 2 U.S. states with a bird in its official state nickname
Time's up! The correct answer was Iowa or Louisiana
BEST MOVIE QUOTES EVER!
1967: "We rob banks"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bonnie and Clyde
WORLD CITIES
This Cairo suburb, near the Pyramids, is home to most of Egypt's motion picture industry
Time's up! The correct answer was Giza
CARIBBEAN TASTE TREATS
Puerto Ricans love to drink the juice of this fruit they call parcha -- maybe it makes them feel "amorous"
Time's up! The correct answer was Passion fruit
"A" PLUS
From Greek words meaning "to watch from both sides", it's a large open arena for public entertainments
Time's up! The correct answer was amphitheatre
TELL ME "Y"
"Meshugge" means crazy in this language of Europe's Ashkenazic Jews
Time's up! The correct answer was Yiddish
JULIA ROBERTS FILM FEST
It was viva Las Vegas for Julia, who played the Angie Dickinson role in the remake of this film
Time's up! The correct answer was Ocean's Eleven
PHILMOGRAPHIES
"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" (plus his own 1955-59 TV show)
Time's up! The correct answer was Phil Silvers
iPOD, YOUTUBE OR WII
Britain's Prince William got one last Christmas & Queen Elizabeth promptly commandeered it
Time's up! The correct answer was Wii
ALL ABOARD THE SOUL TRAIN
This hair care product was among the first major backers of the show
Time's up! The correct answer was Afro Sheen
LITERARY ANIMALS
This brown bear in Kipling's "The Jungle Book" taught the wolf cubs the law of the jungle & was later Mowgli's teacher
Time's up! The correct answer was Baloo
GEOGRAPH"Y"
The last British ship of convicts pulled into this Australian city's port in 1849
Time's up! The correct answer was Sydney
THE LAST POPE OF THIS NAME
He wasn't the calendar dude, but when he died in 1846, he was the XVI & last pope with this name
Time's up! The correct answer was Gregory
CROSSWORD CLUES "R"
Boat race, Italian style (7)
Time's up! The correct answer was regatta
THE "FIRST" STATE
In a symphony orchestra, the leader of this group serves as concertmaster
Time's up! The correct answer was first violin
NO. 3 SONGS
The Beatles sang that he "doesn't have a point of view, knows not where he's going to"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Nowhere Man"
SKIRTING THE ISSUE
The sunburst-pleated skirt is also called this for the pleats' resemblance to the bellows of a musical instrument
Time's up! The correct answer was an accordion skirt
ON THE "WAR"PATH
In response to NATO, Eastern European nations including Poland & the USSR signed this 1955 treaty
Time's up! The correct answer was the Warsaw Pact
ENGLISH LIT
In an Oliver Goldsmith work, Dr. Primrose is the vicar of this parish
Time's up! The correct answer was Wakefield
THE CIA
Founded in 1947, the CIA grew out of WWII's OSS, which stood for this
Time's up! The correct answer was Office of Strategic Services
SOUND LIKE A LOCAL
Pedernales is in the Dominican Republic; north of the border, the Pedernales River is in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas
CHANTED
The Kol Nidre prayer is chanted by the cantor on the eve of this Jewish day of atonement
Time's up! The correct answer was Yom Kippur
BEYOND .COM
As of 2010, you can invent your own domain, according to the folks who regulate the Net; they're at www.icann.this
Time's up! The correct answer was .org
STATE SUPERLATIVES
It pumps more than one million barrels of oil a day, more than any other state
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas
THAT'S MY LAW
Gresham's Law, named for a 16th century financier, is usually stated as "Bad" this "drives out good"
Time's up! The correct answer was Money
COLORFUL GROUPS
Hard rockers "Burnin' For You": ____ ____ Cult
Time's up! The correct answer was Blue Öyster
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
In 1934 he plugged Bulova "Lone Eagle" watches
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Lindbergh
WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN
"In 1997, the House (of Reps.) voted to reprimand him... It marked the first time the House had reprimanded a Speaker"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gingrich
WHAT AILS YOU?
Nearly 90% of all malaria cases occur on this continent
Time's up! The correct answer was Africa
ON THE BIG SCREEN
Mais oui! In 2007 Chris Tucker & Jackie Chan headed to Paris, giving this film series trilogy status
Time's up! The correct answer was Rush Hour
DRIVING
The following sound indicates a vehicle in this gear
Time's up! The correct answer was reverse
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
Connelly, Garner, Holliday
Time's up! The correct answer was Jennifer
BESTSELLERS
Numerical title of Jeffrey Toobin's look "Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Nine
LITERARY GENRES
A villanella, an Italian song, became a villanelle, a French this
Time's up! The correct answer was a poem
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE
This small racing sled has the distinction of being the National Spelling Bee's shortest winning word
Time's up! The correct answer was L-U-G-E
GOULASH
At the Oscars in 1992, Billy Crystal said this "City Slickers" co-star was backstage on the Stairmaster
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack Palance
WHO'S YOUR MOMMY?
Kate Hudson
Time's up! The correct answer was Goldie Hawn
NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY
Long before it empties into the Bay of Fundy, the Saint John River divides Maine from this province
Time's up! The correct answer was New Brunswick
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS
"Beaucoup de Bruit Pour Rien"
Time's up! The correct answer was Much Ado About Nothing
Y1K
With the crowning of King Boleslaw, this central European nation is recognized as an independent state
Time's up! The correct answer was Poland
COMPOSERS
Mussorgsky once lived with this "Scheherazade" composer who re-edited "Boris Godunov" after his death
Time's up! The correct answer was Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
SOUNDS LIKE A RAPPER
This type of "domain" could lose you your house if the government needs your land, yo
Time's up! The correct answer was eminent
GOAT-POURRI
In 1846 Neptune was discovered in this constellation, the 10th sign of the zodiac
Time's up! The correct answer was Capricorn
FROM THE FRENCH
This word for any style of cooking is from the French for "kitchen"
Time's up! The correct answer was cuisine
BOOKS & AUTHORS
Margaret Mitchell began this book, "Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it..."
Time's up! The correct answer was "Gone with the Wind"
ROCK MUSIC
This Seattle grunge band backed Neil Young on his "Mirror Ball" CD
Time's up! The correct answer was Pearl Jam
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
At 15 on the modified Mohs' scale, this substance still has the highest hardness number
Time's up! The correct answer was a diamond
TECHNOLOGY
The iPhone was launches on this date.
Time's up! The correct answer was 29th June 2007
FOREWORDS
She said that her husband Frank O'Connor was the fuel that kept her spirited while she wrote "The Fountainhead"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ayn Rand
TELEVISION
He was a regular on Danny Kaye's, Carol Burnett's & Tim Conway's variety shows
Time's up! The correct answer was Harvey Korman
BRUCE ALMIGHTY
This actor lived up to the title of his TV show in 1987 when he hit the Top 40 chart with "Respect Yourself"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bruce Willis
THAT OLD "BLACK" MAGIC
The Green Hornet's car, or Anna Sewell's horse
Time's up! The correct answer was Black Beauty
LET THE GAMES BEGIN
A total of 22 means you've gone "bust" in this card game
Time's up! The correct answer was blackjack
CINEMA OF "BLOOD"
Sylvester Stallone played Vietnam vet John Rambo in this 1982 film
Time's up! The correct answer was First Blood
SUPERHEROES
In a 1940 comic book Batman & this sidekick take an undying oath to fight crime & corruption
Time's up! The correct answer was Robin
CONGRESSIONAL MISDEMEANORS
This former house speaker was reprimanded in 1997 for misuse of tax-exempt funds & submitting false informaiton
Time's up! The correct answer was Newt Gingrich
UP & ATOM
Rather than in fixed orbits, these particles travel in shells or layers around the nucleus
Time's up! The correct answer was electrons
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
South Carolina's highest point, Sassafras Mountain, rises 3,560 feet in this range of the Appalachians
Time's up! The correct answer was the Blue Ridge Mountains
SHAKESPEAREAN WORDS
Polonius uses the word "outbreak" about Laertes' fiery mind, not this title character
Time's up! The correct answer was Hamlet
ALL ABOARD THE SOUL TRAIN
To gain better production values, "Soul Train" was moved from this city to Los Angeles
Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago
SEXPERTISE
Pat Leahy, Pat Buchanan, Pat Nixon
Time's up! The correct answer was Pat Nixon
EMBRACEABLE "U"
In baseball one's behind home plate & one's behind each base
Time's up! The correct answer was Umpire
SPOUSE IN COMMON
Roger Vadim, Tom Hayden
Time's up! The correct answer was Jane Fonda
LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"
From the Italian for "bad air", this disease kills more than one million people each year
Time's up! The correct answer was malaria
CLASSIC MOVIE CHARACTERS
The parents of this 1942 film character are an unnamed mother & a father known as "the great prince of the forest"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bambi
DICTATORS & TYRANTS
The pro-Soviet dictator Babrak Karmal came to power in this country after a 1979 invasion
Time's up! The correct answer was Afghanistan
A LITERARY TOUR
Have a homey lunch at this author's Salinas, California birthplace; it's now a restaurant
Time's up! The correct answer was John Steinbeck
THE HUSBAND MARRIED
Joan Blondell & June Allyson
Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Powell
MUSICAL PRIME NUMBERS
Blink-182: "That's about the time she walked away from me, nobody likes you when you're ___"
Time's up! The correct answer was 23
ROGER!
He was to fly as lunar module pilot on the first manned Apollo mission but tragically never made it
Time's up! The correct answer was Roger Chaffee
AIN'T THAT AMERICA
The Mackinac Bridge joins the upper & lower peninsulas of this U.S. state
Time's up! The correct answer was Michigan
THEY REST IN NEBRASKA
Though he starred in "Oklahoma!" this husband of Sheila is buried in Nebraska
Time's up! The correct answer was Gordon MacRae
THE 1960s
Vanishing in the ‘60s, it’s what YUkon, KLondike & VAlencia were examples of
Time's up! The correct answer was telephone prefixes
PASS THE CHEESE, PLEASE
It's also called Chester cheese, & some people think it's the cat's meow
Time's up! The correct answer was Cheshire cheese
TIME'S TOP 10 EVERYTHING OF 2008
No. 9 in "Green Stories": "Northeastern utilities bid $38.5 million for the right to emit 12.5 tons of" this
Time's up! The correct answer was carbon dioxide
BRAND-O
Models of this car brand include the Metro & the Storm
Time's up! The correct answer was Geo
HEADLINES
From the Sept. 16, 1961 N.Y. Times: He "Dies in African Air Crash; Kennedy Going to U.N. in Succession Crisis"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dag Hammarskjold
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
In April 1865 while attending a play at this man's theater, Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth
Time's up! The correct answer was Ford's Theatre
SNAP
Along with Snap, they've been appearing on boxes of Rice Krispies since the 1930s
Time's up! The correct answer was Crackle & Pop
THE STING
Singer/actor Sting played Feyd-Rautha in this David Lynch film based on a Frank Herbert novel
Time's up! The correct answer was Dune
WHERE'S THE COLLEGE?
Kansas State University
Time's up! The correct answer was Manhattan
THE ASPCA
In 1867 the ASPCA began operating the world's first of these vehicles to carry horses, probably without a siren
Time's up! The correct answer was Ambulance
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!
1980's "Death Of A Princess" dramatized the execution of a princess from this country & her lover's beheading
Time's up! The correct answer was Saudi Arabia
FASHIONABLE COMMON BONDS
Hobble, wrap, micro mini
Time's up! The correct answer was skirt
A HORSE IS A HORSE
A horse named Comanche survived this man's June 1876 "Last Stand"
Time's up! The correct answer was Custer
RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME
Society of Friends' parcels of land
Time's up! The correct answer was Quakers' acres
SCIENCE & NATURE
This striped mammal reportedly can fire 6 shots of its foul spray before having to "resupply"
Time's up! The correct answer was Skunk
LAW ENFORCEMENT
A counter-terrorism program is called "NYPD" this, another term for a police badge
Time's up! The correct answer was Shield
AND I QUOTE
Type of quotations in the title of "Bartlett's"
Time's up! The correct answer was Familiar
U.N. OBSERVANCES
International this Remembrance Day, January 27, commemorates the 1945 date on which Auschwitz was liberated
Time's up! The correct answer was Holocaust
THE DIRECTOR SPEAKS
When an actress in his "Lifeboat" asked him what her best side was, he said, "My dear, you're sitting on it"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hitchcock
POETIC TITLE VERBS
"I _____ Lonely As A Cloud"
Time's up! The correct answer was Wandered
UP IN THE AIR
From 30 to 50 miles up is this intermediate section of the atmosphere; it gets its name from the Greek for "middle"
Time's up! The correct answer was mesosphere
THE ONION HEADLINES FROM THE YEAR 2056
This country "Bombed Back into the Renaissance"
Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
GROUP COUNTDOWN
A foursome is required to play this game where you try to win the rubber
Time's up! The correct answer was bridge
BETTER KNOWN AS...
Archibald Leach
Time's up! The correct answer was Cary Grant
LITERARY LAST NAME'S THE SAME
John, Taylor, Erskine
Time's up! The correct answer was Caldwell
EPONYMS
Inventor & shirtmaker S.L. Cluett's first name gives us this process for minimizing fabric shrinkage
Time's up! The correct answer was Sanforizing
NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES
The revelation of "Undreamed Of Splendors" was reported with the 1923 opening of his inner tomb
Time's up! The correct answer was King Tut
LITERARY OPENINGS
"True!-Nervous-very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?"
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Tell-Tale Heart"
SWEET TREATS
Nestle says over 125,000 tons of these chocolate chip cookies are baked in the home every year
Time's up! The correct answer was Toll House Cookies
PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS
Arthur Kornberg won for showing how DNA duplicates in bacteria; son Roger's work was on the conversion of DNA into this
Time's up! The correct answer was RNA
THE MIDDLE AGES
It's estimated this dread 14th century epidemic killed 1/3 of the population of Europe
Time's up! The correct answer was Black Death
BUSY AS A BEAVER
Gee, Wally, this classic TV show premiered on October 4, 1957
Time's up! The correct answer was Leave It to Beaver
CANADIAN CAPITALS
This Manitoba capital annexed the adjacent community of Saint Boniface in 1972
Time's up! The correct answer was Winnipeg
ALL ASHORE FOR BIRD LORE
Lions don't like to attack ostriches because the big birds do this & can even kill the king of beasts this way
Time's up! The correct answer was kick
SODA POP QUIZ
Caleb Bradham named his elixir this because it was supposed to relieve dyspepsia
Time's up! The correct answer was Pepsi Cola
RADIO
Instrument struck when a contestant failed on the "Original Amateur Hour"
Time's up! The correct answer was a gong
ATTACK OF THE THESAURUS
In kiddy lit Jack didn't kill the titan or the colossus, he killed this
Time's up! The correct answer was the giant
MUNICH
In the 16th century, Munich was a center of the German phase of this movement against Protestantism
Time's up! The correct answer was the Counter-Reformation
NAME THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY
"The quality of mercy is not strained, it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Merchant of Venice
MINORITY REPORT
Justice Brennan, dissenting in Paris Adult Theater v. Slaton, said this quality is too vaguely defined to regulate
Time's up! The correct answer was obscenity
ACRONYM EXCITEMENT!
In San Francisco: BART
Time's up! The correct answer was Bay Area Rapid Transit
TONY-WINNING COMPOSERS
1949: "Kiss Me, Kate"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cole Porter
LITERARY BADDIES
This villainess of "The Wizard of Oz" ruled over the Winkies
Time's up! The correct answer was the Wicked Witch of the West
WATERFALLS
One of the most spectacular sites in this national park is Bridalveil Fall, which drops a misty curtain of water 620 feet
Time's up! The correct answer was Yosemite
LASTS
Alphabetically last of our solar system's planets
Time's up! The correct answer was Venus
IT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY
Australia has an uninhabited territory named for this sea off its northeast coast
Time's up! The correct answer was Coral Sea
CRAFT
This word for a step in sewing a garment is also found paired with "hawing"
Time's up! The correct answer was hemming
BASIC SCIENCE
In North America, these tiny birds are the main birds that pollinate flowers
Time's up! The correct answer was hummingbirds
WAR
"Operation Rolling Thunder" was the 1965 U.S. bombing campaign designed in part to stop men & supplies coming south on this road
Time's up! The correct answer was the Ho Chi Minh Trail
THINGS ON NFL HELMETS
A blue star with a white outline
Time's up! The correct answer was the Dallas Cowboys
GAMES
This lawn game was once called Pall Mall, from Italian words meaning "ball" & "mallet"
Time's up! The correct answer was croquet
IS IT "TEA" TIME YET?
A tea room in Cambria, California is named for this kind of teapot cover--& it sells them, too
Time's up! The correct answer was a cozy
FEMALE ATHLETES
A student at Great Neck North High School, she's the golden girl of the ice seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Sarah Hughes
4-LETTER CAPITALS
It's been said that "All roads lead to" this "Eternal City"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rome
GRAPES
In an Aesop fable, this animal decides the grapes he can't reach must therefore be sour
Time's up! The correct answer was a fox
EXPLORATION
He wrote in his diary, "The loss of pony transport in March 1911 obliged me to start later than I had intended"
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Falcon Scott
THOSE CRAZY GUGGENHEIMS
The Guggenheim Foundation is the assignee of the patents of this rocket pioneer; it had financed him in the 1940s
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Goddard
THE EMPEROR NERO
Contrary to myth, no evidence exists that Nero played a fiddle, or anything else, while this happened
Time's up! The correct answer was while Rome burned
SCIENTISTS
In 2007 this 1962 American Nobel laureate became the first person to receive his own personal genome map
Time's up! The correct answer was James Watson
ASTROLOGY
Chinese astrology has 5 classical elements, each associated with a planet; knock this when you think Jupiter
Time's up! The correct answer was wood
LIT MY FIRE
In Book 1 of this, Satan is "hurld hedlong flaming from th' ethereal skies... to dwell in adamantine chains and penal fire"
Time's up! The correct answer was Paradise Lost
ANGELS
In 1996 John Travolta spread his wings as this archangel
Time's up! The correct answer was Michael
& NOW THE "END" IS NEAR
The opposite of diminuendo is this music term, a gradual increase in loudness
Time's up! The correct answer was crescendo
BODIES OF WATER
At Khartoum, Sudan these colorful branches meet to form the Nile River
Time's up! The correct answer was the Blue Nile & the White Nile
FRENCH ART & ARTISTS
He was living in Tahiti when he painted "Poemes Barbares" in 1896
Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Gauguin
FOR THE FASHIONISTA
Launched by her brother in the '90s, a fragrance called Blonde was inspired by this Italian designer's long blonde hair
Time's up! The correct answer was Donnatella Versace
CELEBRITY RELATIVES
"Tucker" marked the 1st time this father & son had worked together since "Sea Hunt" in the '60s
Time's up! The correct answer was Lloyd & Jeff Bridges
MORTAL MATTERS
When Dallas sent out this annual tax form to 13,000 city employees, it marked them dead
Time's up! The correct answer was W-2
MILITARY POWER
No armed forces are allowed in this area between North & South Korea
Time's up! The correct answer was Demilitarized zone
18th CENTURY AMERICANS
In "The Federalist" No. 51, this future president put forth an argument for the separation of powers
Time's up! The correct answer was James Madison
TECHNOLOGY
Count Rumford, who died in 1814, invented the drip version of this
Time's up! The correct answer was the coffee maker
HORSE & RIDER
Bucephalus
Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander the Great
SORTA SOUNDS LIKE OPRAH?
In 2001 this author of "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success" published "The Deeper Wound"
Time's up! The correct answer was Chopra
CANADIAN FOOTBALL
The Alouettes play their home games at Molson Stadium on the campus of this Montreal university
Time's up! The correct answer was McGill
U.S. PRESIDENTS
He's the only U.S. president who never lived in the District of Columbia
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington
BRIGHT IDEAS
In 1882 Schuyler Wheeler put a propellor on the shaft of an electric motor & created this--how cool!
Time's up! The correct answer was a fan
WOMEN'S FIRSTS
In 2007 Drew Gilpin Faust became the first female president in this university's 371-year history
Time's up! The correct answer was Harvard
AMERICAN PLAYS
The play in which Amanda says, "I want you to stay fresh and pretty -- for gentleman callers."
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Glass Menagerie"
IT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY
The price paid for these Caribbean islands in 1917 was $25 million, over 3 times what Alaska cost
Time's up! The correct answer was Virgin Islands
THE LIVING PLANET
Relative to the size of the bird, this flightless New Zealand denizen has the largest egg
Time's up! The correct answer was the kiwi
A BUNCH OF "GREAT" LEADERS
From 1682 to 1689 he shared the throne with his half-brother Ivan V
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter the Great
FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS
The Black Lung Program benefits those who worked as these, & their widows & their dependents
Time's up! The correct answer was coal miners
WHO'S THE MRS.?
Mrs. Brad Pitt
Time's up! The correct answer was Jennifer Aniston
CELEBRITY MARRIAGES
Of the original stars of "Mission: Impossible", the 2 who were married to each other
Time's up! The correct answer was Bain &Landau
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
Albuquerque, New Mexico lies on this 1885-mile long river
Time's up! The correct answer was the Rio Grande
HOMELAND SECURITY
Before becoming Homeland Security chief, Michael Chertoff's last job in the Bush admin. was in this Cabinet department
Time's up! The correct answer was Justice
1957
The first explorer to fly over both poles, he passed away in March
Time's up! The correct answer was Admiral Richard Byrd
HEADS OF STATE
He was born in 1921 on the island of Java; he left office in 1998
Time's up! The correct answer was Suharto
NAME THE FILM
2007: "I... drink... your... milkshake! I drink it up!"
Time's up! The correct answer was There Will Be Blood
NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD
In Alberta the scenic Icefields Parkway connects Jasper National Park with this other one
Time's up! The correct answer was Banff
COLONIAL ARTS
This South Carolina city that gave us a popular dance in the 1930s was the site of the first opera in America in 1735
Time's up! The correct answer was Charleston
PARISIANS
This saint taught at the University of Paris while working on "Summa Theologica" in the 13th century
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Thomas Aquinas
3-LETTER ABBREV.
Everyone has one: POV
Time's up! The correct answer was a point of view
SIMPLE SCIENCE
A poison in pure form, this element used as a germicide on cuts has a chemical symbol that's a pronoun
Time's up! The correct answer was iodine
WHO'S ON FIRST?
On Mondays in 1970, something called "The Silent Force" led into this longer-running ABC program
Time's up! The correct answer was Monday Night Football
THEIR ALMA MATERS
Author Ralph Ellison
Time's up! The correct answer was Tuskegee
UP & ATOM
No matter what element they are in, they weigh the same & their total is an element's atomic number
Time's up! The correct answer was protons
STRUCTURES
When completed, it stretched for 73 1/2 miles from Bowness to Wallsend
Time's up! The correct answer was Hadrian's Wall
PICTURE THIS
One of the first printed books with illustrations was a collection of this ancient man's fables in 1476
Time's up! The correct answer was Aesop
THE REPLACEMENTS
George Williams founded the association familiarly known as this to replace life on the street with Bible study
Time's up! The correct answer was the Young Men's Christian Association
FIGURE SKATERS
An injury forced him & Tai Babilonia to withdraw from the pairs competition at Lake Placid in 1980
Time's up! The correct answer was Randy Gardner
NATIONS OF AFRICA
Add 2 letters to Niger to get the name of this country just south of it
Time's up! The correct answer was Nigeria
NAME THE POET
"Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote the droghte of March hath perced to the roote"
Time's up! The correct answer was Geoffrey Chaucer
TALK LIKE A BRIT
If you're a British secret agent, you may have a license to kill, but you spell license this way
Time's up! The correct answer was L-I-C-E-N-C-E
FRUIT
The liqueur creme de cassis is made with the black type of this fruit
Time's up! The correct answer was currant
SPORTS
What the letters in "scuba" stand for
Time's up! The correct answer was self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
20th CENTURY INVENTION
Newsweek reports Westinghouse made one in 1952 that played "How Dry I Am" at the end of each cycle
Time's up! The correct answer was Clothes dryer
MEASURING DEVICES
A nilometer measures the height of the water in this
Time's up! The correct answer was the Nile River
ANATOMY
This section of the digestive tract is divided into the duodenum, jejunum & ileum
Time's up! The correct answer was Small Intestine
MARRIED WITH CHILDREN
It can be an early harmonious period for a president, or a married couple can take a "second" one without the kids
Time's up! The correct answer was Honeymoon
READING
From the Greek for "sound", these sounds represented by letters might get you "hooked on" them
Time's up! The correct answer was phonics
PAINTERS
His "Potato Eaters" was inspired by the time he spent as a missionary in the coal-mining region of Belgium in his mid-20s
Time's up! The correct answer was Van Gogh
WORLD FACTS
A humid city, Rio de Janeiro lies just north of this tropic line
Time's up! The correct answer was the Tropic of Capricorn
PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME
Tyler's conducting sticks
Time's up! The correct answer was John's batons
THE FILM THAT ALMOST WAS
E.T. would have followed a trail of this candy, but the Mars company said no; not even the red ones
Time's up! The correct answer was M&Ms
GOLD RUSH
Tourists now rush to this man's 1839 Adobe Fort in Sacramento, California
Time's up! The correct answer was John Sutter
BROADWAY TEENS
Zaneeta Shinn, a character in this musical, is the teenage daughter of the mayor of River City
Time's up! The correct answer was The Music Man
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
Just because you have this pervasive suspicion of others, doesn't mean they're not out to get you
Time's up! The correct answer was Paranoia
ENDS WITH 3 VOWELS
Hawaiian feast
Time's up! The correct answer was a luau
DIARIES
Fittingly, Samuel Pepys began keeping his famous diary on this date in 1660
Time's up! The correct answer was 1-Jan
BRASS
A 10-man, 22-ton "infantry fighting vehicle" named for this general has a 2-man turret & a 25mm cannon
Time's up! The correct answer was Bradley
"CAR" PARK
He traveled the Yellow Brick Road
Time's up! The correct answer was Scarecrow
WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!
I died around 965 B.C. & my son Solomon succeeded me as King of Israel
Time's up! The correct answer was David
I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW
Cookie Jarvis gave 10 minutes of lip service to 6 2/3 pounds of this pasta, from the Italian for "tongue"
Time's up! The correct answer was linguini
ANAGRAMMED BIRDS
A holiday standard: key rut
Time's up! The correct answer was turkey
BROADWAY TEENS
Zaneeta Shinn, a character in this musical, is the teenage daughter of the mayor of River City
Time's up! The correct answer was The Music Man
INTERNATIONAL RHYME TIME
Hotel foyer where British policemen like to gather
Time's up! The correct answer was the Bobby lobby
DIALING FOR DIALECTS
While Maltese borrows many words from Italian, it developed from a dialect of this Semitic language
Time's up! The correct answer was Arabic
SPORTS EVOLUTION
The 18th century Broughton rules were intended to lessen the brutality of this sport
Time's up! The correct answer was boxing
"E" CHANNEL
In 1974 Spokane's Cannon Island was the site of this, which featured an environmental theme
Time's up! The correct answer was an expo
SENIOR SENATORS
An IRA that allows tax-free withdrawals is named for this Delaware senator
Time's up! The correct answer was William Roth
MOVIE TAG LINES
This film gave us "The holiest event of our time. Perfect for their return" (& Tom Hanks')
Time's up! The correct answer was Angels and Demons
GROUP COUNTDOWN
If Andy yearns for Brenda & Brenda cares about Charlene who pines for Andy, the 3 of them form one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a love triangle
"X"s & "O"s
Around 100 A.D. Tacitus wrote a book on how this art of persuasive speaking had declined since Cicero
Time's up! The correct answer was oratory
WORLD CAPITALS
It's located about 30 miles south of the DMZ
Time's up! The correct answer was Seoul
A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS
This computer language gets oxymoronic when it follows "Advanced"
Time's up! The correct answer was BASIC
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
Chaplin went on stage at age 5 in this type of "hall", the British equivalent of Vaudeville
Time's up! The correct answer was Music Hall
PARLEZ VOUS?
"Huitieme" is French for this ordinal number
Time's up! The correct answer was eighth
SPOOKS
In the early '70s East German spy Gunter Guillaume infiltrated the office of this West German chancellor
Time's up! The correct answer was Willy Brandt
"ROCK"Y
Also known as the Mosque of Omar, it was home to the Knights Templar during the Crusades
Time's up! The correct answer was the Dome of the Rock
THE COMMODORES
The first American naval victory in the Revolution came under Commodore Esek Hopkins in these islands off Fla.
Time's up! The correct answer was Bahamas
MUSCAT LOVE
Muscat is its capital city
Time's up! The correct answer was Oman
OSCARDS WILD
This "American Beauty" nominee nearly had a pregnant pause at the 2000 show; she was due with her 4th at any moment
Time's up! The correct answer was Annette Bening
TRUTH OR DARE
Dare: Imitate Kikazaru, the monkey who illustrates this phrase that goes with "see no evil" & "speak no evil"
Time's up! The correct answer was "hear no evil"
A BUG'S LIFE
This garden pest controller is the state insect of Delaware & Massachusetts
Time's up! The correct answer was ladybug
AUTHORS
His "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" spans 100 years from the Civil War to the civil rights movement
Time's up! The correct answer was Ernest J. Gaines
MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS
In Finland, this Tim Burton film was subtitled "Fish Stories as Large as Life Itself"
Time's up! The correct answer was Big Fish
FICTIONAL BOOKS
This character on "Seinfeld" thought of "a coffee table book about coffee tables" that turned into a coffee table
Time's up! The correct answer was Kramer
CROSSWORD CLUES "D"
Conversation for 2 people (8)
Time's up! The correct answer was a dialogue
INSECTS
Its shape allows it to hide among twigs
Time's up! The correct answer was Walking stick
ON THE RADIO
Robin Quivers is the radio consort of this self-proclaimed "King of All Media"
Time's up! The correct answer was Howard Stern
LISA
She's the popular sports celebrity seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Lisa Leslie
IT'S A DATE!
You'll find this date on a calendar only once every 4 years
Time's up! The correct answer was February 29
ENDLESS SUMER
Utu, who judged the dead at the end of each day, was the Sumerian god of this celestial body
Time's up! The correct answer was sun
NEEDY NO.1 HITMAKERS
1964: "I Want To Hold Your Hand"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Beatles
THE MOVIES
Mike Myers travels from '60s London to Vegas in the '90s as this "International Man of Mystery"
Time's up! The correct answer was Austin Powers
IS IT "TEA" TIME YET?
A tea room in Cambria, California is named for this kind of teapot cover--& it sells them, too
Time's up! The correct answer was a cozy
WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR II
It was the alphanumeric designation of the U.S. Army's Garand rifle
Time's up! The correct answer was the M1
WHAM-O
Wham-O received its name from this first product; when a projectile hit its target, it made a "Wham-O" sound
Time's up! The correct answer was a slingshot
TELEVISION
On a 1995 episode of this sitcom, JFK Jr. dropped by the offices of "FYI"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Murphy Brown"
SPIELBERG MOVIES
Before "The Blues Brothers", Dan Aykroyd & John Belushi starred in this WWII farce
Time's up! The correct answer was 1941
INITIALS M.D.
He's broken many stories in his online "Report"
Time's up! The correct answer was Matt Drudge
ALBUMS
In 1997 Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" appeared on her album "Let's Talk About Love" & on this soundtrack
Time's up! The correct answer was Titanic
WORDS WITHIN WORDS
Color of your face when you've done something irredeemable
Time's up! The correct answer was Red
MANIAS
A lycomaniac has a howling time believing he is one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Wolf
GRAPES
Ths underwear maker's logo contains fig leaves, an apple & different types of grapes
Time's up! The correct answer was Fruit of the Loom
IT'S A COUP D'ETAT
After his murder, the conspirators did not gain control, as power was passed on to the Second Triumvirate
Time's up! The correct answer was Julius Caesar
STOCK SYMBOLS
In the mall you may fall into this store, GPS
Time's up! The correct answer was The Gap
NO. 32
The Los Angeles Lakers retired his No. 32 jersey
Time's up! The correct answer was Earvin "Magic" Johnson
WHEAT
Types of wheat are grouped according to these 2 seasons
Time's up! The correct answer was Winter & spring
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
This great Flemish artist's "Adoration of the Magi" adorns King's College chapel
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Paul Rubens
EDGAR ALLAN POE-POURRI
This lung disease claimed the life of Poe's 24-year-old wife
Time's up! The correct answer was tuberculosis
THOSE CRAZY GUGGENHEIMS
The Guggenheim Foundation is the assignee of the patents of this rocket pioneer; it had financed him in the 1940s
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Goddard
RUN, RUN, RUN
If you want to hit this type of "contained" home run, you probably will need to run really fast
Time's up! The correct answer was an inside-the-park home run
FAMOUS LLOYDS
In 1980 this "Evita" composer won a Tony for Best Score & a Grammy for Best Cast Show Album
Time's up! The correct answer was Webber
IN THE DICTIONARY
Maize is another word for this
Time's up! The correct answer was corn
WE'RE MALAYSIA-BOUND
Go "strait" to this port & visit St. Paul's Church where St. Francis Xavier's body was held until moved to India
Time's up! The correct answer was Malacca
FOLKIES
Born Michelle Johnston, she "stunned" the industry in 1994 by selling her new album only at her shows
Time's up! The correct answer was Michelle Shocked
20th CENTURY WORLD LEADERS
Wearing the hat of Chancellor for over 15 years, he was Germany's longest-serving leader since Bismarck
Time's up! The correct answer was Helmut Kohl
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
On this date Denmark's Rebild Park holds the largest foreign celebration of American independence
Time's up! The correct answer was 4-Jul
SPORTS
The ball used in this sport is about 11 inches long & about 7 inches wide at the center
Time's up! The correct answer was Football
THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION
Ali, who married this man's daughter Fatima, is considered by Shia Muslims to be his true successor
Time's up! The correct answer was Muhammed
WHAT COLOR IS GREEN?
Lincoln Green is also called this green, where you might see it were it not for the trees
Time's up! The correct answer was a forest
WHEN IN ROME?
Michaelangelo paints the Sistine Chapel: this century
Time's up! The correct answer was the 16th
MOVIE DIRECTORS
He's the only person to direct his daughter & his father in Oscar-winning performances
Time's up! The correct answer was John Huston
SCRAMBLED EGGS?
A pancake-like offering in Rome: FAT TRAIT
Time's up! The correct answer was frittata
FOOD & DRINK
When used to describe meat, "marbling" means streaks of this
Time's up! The correct answer was fat
OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS BY SPORT
1904: Thomas Kiely, with 6,036 points; 2000: Erki Nool, with 8,641
Time's up! The correct answer was the decathlon
CHAD IS RAD
It's the country directly north of Chad
Time's up! The correct answer was Libya
BRAZILIAN WORDS & PHRASES
Unlike some, I like my women to be "cranio", this quality we also admire on "Jeopardy!"
Time's up! The correct answer was intelligence
HERBS & SPICES
The scientific name of this herb is Mentha piperita
Time's up! The correct answer was peppermint
JUST THE FACTS
In 1751 the Penn Provincial Assembly placed the order for this symbol of freedom, now in Philadelphia
Time's up! The correct answer was the Liberty Bell
MED. ABBREV.
CTS, carpal tunnel syndrome, can be an RSI, this kind of injury
Time's up! The correct answer was repetitive stress injury
GOULASH
Beechwood & juniper branches are used to smoke Germany's Westphalian type of this meat
Time's up! The correct answer was Ham
HERE'S LUCY
She was the first wife of a president to be called first lady on a regular basis
Time's up! The correct answer was "Lemonade Lucy" Hayes
THE PLANETS
The 4 largest moons of this planet are called Galilean satellites after Galileo, who saw them in 1610
Time's up! The correct answer was Jupiter
SPORTS EQUIPMENT
A curved wicker basket called a cesta is used to catch & throw the ball in this sport
Time's up! The correct answer was jai alai
WHAT TO WEAR?
Also the name of a rope for leading cattle, this women's backless top has a strap that loops around the neck
Time's up! The correct answer was halter
RELIGION
In this Asian religion, a lohan is not an actress but a holy person, & monasteries have images of lohans
Time's up! The correct answer was Buddhism
SHAKESPEAREAN PHRASES
It was actually Christopher Sly, not Kate, who says, "I'll not budge an inch" in this comedy
Time's up! The correct answer was The Taming of the Shrew
"DEEP" DISH
People on bed rest are at risk for a serious blood clot in the legs known as DVT, short for this
Time's up! The correct answer was deep vein thrombosis
MAGNETO
Logically enough, this planet has the strongest magnetic field of any planet in our solar system
Time's up! The correct answer was Jupiter
THE LAST BATTLE
The Battle of Bosworth
Time's up! The correct answer was the Wars of the Roses
THE ENGLISH TOP 100
It's No. 1, & no, you don't get a hint
Time's up! The correct answer was the
SAINTS
In the 7th century Isidore was bishop of this city, not barber of it
Time's up! The correct answer was Seville
HERE COMES BAHRAIN AGAIN
The "humped" shape of a Bahraini island gives it the name Hawer, meaning "young" one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Camel
THE 1990s
Pierce Brosnan played this superspy for the first time in "GoldenEye"
Time's up! The correct answer was James Bond
11-LETTER WORDS
Term for stunt pilots or politicians who tour small towns to show they've got the right stuff
Time's up! The correct answer was Barnstormer
CROSSWORD CLUES "Q"
Feather pen (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was quill
ANNIVERSARY GIFTS
It's a nice gift for the 35th, but if you take it out of a U.S. reef you may be arrested
Time's up! The correct answer was Coral
CliffsNotes
Title guy shipwrecks, ends up on 28-year island getaway, makes a friend, goes home
Time's up! The correct answer was "Robinson Crusoe"
JUAN
In 1995 he was named ASCAP's Latin Songwriter of the Year & in 1996, sang a duet with Paul Anka
Time's up! The correct answer was Juan Gabriel
JONATHAN SWIFTIES
These, made by parliament, "are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through"
Time's up! The correct answer was laws
"GREEN" THINGS
Oh yes, this North Carolina city was the birthplace of O. Henry
Time's up! The correct answer was Greensboro
OSCAR WINNERS & NOMINEES ON TV
This 5-time Oscar nominee played captain Monica Rawling for a season on "The Shield"
Time's up! The correct answer was Glenn Close
WORDS
If you say, "I'm eating a hot dog with" this, you could mean a chopped pickle topping or just plain enjoyment
Time's up! The correct answer was relish
LANGUAGES
Balinese is spoken on several islands of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Indonesia
MARK TWAIN SEZ
In an essay, Twain said surely no language is "so slip-shod & systemless" as this one he called "awful"
Time's up! The correct answer was German
THE RULE OF THIRDS
Twice in the 1990s, he came in third in U.S. presidential elections
Time's up! The correct answer was Ross Perot
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
September 10 is St. George's Cay Day in this Central American country
Time's up! The correct answer was Belize
HISTORIC ENGLISHMEN
Ironically, he might have saved himself from death in 1779 if he had known how to swim
Time's up! The correct answer was Captain Cook
THE BODY WOMAN
Estrogen & progesterone are hormones produced by these glands
Time's up! The correct answer was the ovaries
ENDS WITH "K"
This Asian capital city known for its canals has been called "The Venice of the East"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bangkok
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
The Norns are counterparts of the Fates: Urd represents the past; Verdandi & Skuld, these 2 things
Time's up! The correct answer was the present & the future
TEENS OF THE PAST
She was a teenager when she married Ferdinand in 1469
Time's up! The correct answer was Isabella
SPACE MISSIONS
The Cassini project is exploring Titan & Enceladus, moons of this second-largest planet
Time's up! The correct answer was Saturn
SOMETHING'S A "FOOT"
A person near death is said to have one
Time's up! The correct answer was One foot in the grave
SO YOU WANT TO BE A 19th CENTURY HEROINE
Even if you're 27 & still single, like Anne in this author's "Persuasion", your life may not be over
Time's up! The correct answer was Jane Austen
"X", "Y", "Z"
Despite its bulk, this wild ox found in Tibet is an excellent swimmer
Time's up! The correct answer was a yak
GEOLOGY
This 9-letter geologic science is the study of the movement & distribution of all the Earth's waters
Time's up! The correct answer was hydrology
THE "FIRST" STATE
Ryan Howard's day job with the Phillies
Time's up! The correct answer was first baseman
RADIO DISNEY
"Everybody Else" knows these huggable toys precede "On Fire" in the name of a Radio Disney top 30 band; do you?
Time's up! The correct answer was Care Bears
MOVIE DEBUTS
The Al Pacino legal drama "...And Justice for All" marked the screen debut of this actor, later TV's "Coach"
Time's up! The correct answer was Craig T. Nelson
THE ENGLISH TOP 100
Title of the Beatles song that tells us "life is very short"--5 words: Nos. 27, 53, 87, 11, 43
Time's up! The correct answer was "We Can Work It Out"
ANCIENT TIMES
Horrified by the carnage of war, Asoka, a 3rd century B.C. ruler in India, embraced this peaceful religion
Time's up! The correct answer was Buddhism
I KNOW THAT WORD BACKWARDS & FORWARDS
Coloring something more rubicund makes it this
Time's up! The correct answer was redder
COVER ME!
In 1979 this Sex Pistols bassist did "My Way", his way
Time's up! The correct answer was Sid Vicious
EDGAR AWARD WINNERS
He won in 1955 for his novel "The Long Goodbye"
Time's up! The correct answer was Raymond Chandler
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE MOVIES
In the same film, Mike Myers played Dr. Evil & this international man of mystery, baby
Time's up! The correct answer was Austin Powers
NOW YOU'RE TALKING MY LANGUAGE
Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala is a well-known writer in this language of the Incas
Time's up! The correct answer was Quechua
SPORTS
On Sept. 23, 1926 this heavyweight boxing champ lost his title to Gene Tunney in a decision
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack Dempsey
NURSERY RHYMES
While "January brings the snow", "may brings flocks of pretty" these, "skipping by their fleecy dams"
Time's up! The correct answer was lambs
SIMILES
Because artists tend to flatter their models, a fine-looking female is said to be "as pretty as" this
Time's up! The correct answer was a picture
WORLD HISTORY
In 1784 she founded the city of Sevastopol in her new domain of the Crimea
Time's up! The correct answer was Catherine the Great
FLY COUNTRIES
Olympic Airlines
Time's up! The correct answer was Greece
2-LETTER ABBREV.
It's the famous apparel company founded by surfboard maker Jim Jenks in 1972
Time's up! The correct answer was OP
20th CENTURY NICKNAMES
Georgia's "Miss Lillian"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lillian Carter
THE MAP OF EUROPE
Bordering Italy, Austria, Hungary & Croatia, it's one of the world's newest independent countries
Time's up! The correct answer was Slovenia
WORLD FACTS
A humid city, Rio de Janeiro lies just north of this tropic line
Time's up! The correct answer was the Tropic of Capricorn
BERMUDA SHORTS
Alexander or Linda could help you with the name of this capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Hamilton
TOM JONES
Singer Tom Jones is the son of one of these workers; Loretta Lynn is famous for being the daughter of one
Time's up! The correct answer was Coal miner
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
In April 1865 while attending a play at this man's theater, Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth
Time's up! The correct answer was Ford's Theatre
WOMEN: WRITE ON!
"Seducing the Demon: Writing for my Life" is a 2006 memoir by this "Fear of Flying" author
Time's up! The correct answer was Erica Jong
CROSSWORD CLUES "B"
Mr. Bumble's occupation in "Oliver Twist" (6)
Time's up! The correct answer was beadle
THE COLOR PURPLE
Established by George Washington in 1782, it can also be given to P.O.W.s who've been mistreated
Time's up! The correct answer was Purple Heart
LIBRARIES
Architect Gordon Bunshaft designed this presidential library in Austin, Texas
Time's up! The correct answer was the LBJ library
CITY FLAGS
Its flag features a pioneer family, a covered wagon & 2 sea gulls
Time's up! The correct answer was Salt Lake City
NAME THE WORK
Cervantes: "At a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not wish to remember"
Time's up! The correct answer was Don Quixote
MAGAZINES
This magazine's "Transition" column features birth, marriage, divorce & death announcements
Time's up! The correct answer was Newsweek
HEY, "BABY"
Smallest form of a large piano
Time's up! The correct answer was a baby grand
TAYLOR, SWIFT
"Gossip Girl" Taylor Momsen was Cindy Lou Who in this holiday film
Time's up! The correct answer was How the Grinch Stole Christmas
PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS
Ulf von Euler won in 1970; dad Hans von Euler-Chelpin won for his work on the role of enzymes in this process in sugar
Time's up! The correct answer was fermentation
"NIGHT"
"Timely" 5-word nickname that describes Scandinavia north of the Arctic Circle
Time's up! The correct answer was "Land of the Midnight Sun"
WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?
A New York steak is also known as this alliterative steak
Time's up! The correct answer was strip steak
STATES' FORMER CAPITALS
Knoxville
Time's up! The correct answer was Tennessee
MUSEUM HOPPING
This British museum received its present name in 1899, though many refer to it as the V & A
Time's up! The correct answer was Victoria & Albert
WORLD CAPITALS
Until 1918 & the collapse of the dynasty, it was home base for the Hapsburgs
Time's up! The correct answer was Vienna
BUSINESS LEADERS
In 1886 he started his first successful business, the Lancaster Caramel Co.; the chocolate came later
Time's up! The correct answer was Hershey
BRITISH BANDS & SINGERS
In 1995 this founder of Cream & Derek & the Dominos was named an Officer of the British Empire
Time's up! The correct answer was Eric Clapton
ON THE GO
Lighter than a Conestoga wagon, it was named for its white canvas covering which resembled the sails of ships
Time's up! The correct answer was prairie schooner
THE NEW YORK TIMES 2009 FICTION BESTSELLERS
Temperance Brennan is accused of mishandling an autopsy in Kathy Reichs' "206" these body parts
Time's up! The correct answer was Bones
THE CIVIL WAR
In Sherman's famous "march to the sea", this seaport city was his goal
Time's up! The correct answer was Savannah, Georgia
CLASSIC MOVIE SPECIAL EFFECTS
1984: Men ride giant worms & attack the forces of the Emperor
Time's up! The correct answer was Dune
OH, BEE GEE
Though never a Bee Gee, this other brother had 3 No. 1 singles & hosted "Solid Gold"
Time's up! The correct answer was Andy Gibb
WHO'S THE MRS.?
Mrs. Tim McGraw
Time's up! The correct answer was Faith Hill
THE LOYOLA OPPOSITION
In 1521, Ignatius was struck by a cannonball while defending this country against the French
Time's up! The correct answer was Spain
QUEEN VICTORIA
Queen Victoria was said to be happiest at this "humble" Scottish home
Time's up! The correct answer was Balmoral Castle
THE VIRTUES
It was the "T" in the 19th century's WCTU
Time's up! The correct answer was Temperance
WONDER DRUGS
Humulin used by diabetics is short for "human" this
Time's up! The correct answer was insulin
EPITAPHS & TRIBUTES
Signer of the Dec. of Indep., framer of the Constitution of Mass., second President of the United States
Time's up! The correct answer was John Adams
THE MIDDLE AGES
In 1358 this league of North German trading towns made Lubeck its administrative headquarters
Time's up! The correct answer was the Hanseatic League
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS
The Bolshoi presented this ballet at the Met in 1959, with Yuri Zhdanov & Galina Ulanova as the title lovers
Time's up! The correct answer was Romeo & Juliet
A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS
We don't see what was so good about this 2-word term for the worldwide 1930s economic disaster
Time's up! The correct answer was the Great Depression
SONGS
It's what "everybody in the whole cell block was dancin' to"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Jailhouse Rock"
AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
Can you hear me? This rock opera by The Who was a big hit at the Kennedy Center in 1994
Time's up! The correct answer was Tommy
DEMOCRATIC KEYNOTERS
1992: New Jersey senator
Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Bradley
THE SPACE RACE
Sputnik was the Soviet's 1st satellite, while this was ours
Time's up! The correct answer was Explorer
KIDS IN SPORTS
Park View of Chula Vista, California beat Taipei 6-3 to win this organization's 2009 World Series
Time's up! The correct answer was the Little League
YOU SHOULD BE IN A BALLET!
Your allergy to feathers may prevent you from playing Odette, the queen of the swans in this ballet
Time's up! The correct answer was Swan Lake
SYNONYMS
Back in the 19th century, ladies didn't faint but did this 5-letter synonym
Time's up! The correct answer was swoon
POLITICAL SLOGANS
In the early 1930s Americans were told that it was “just around the corner”
Time's up! The correct answer was prosperity
MONEY SLANG
Proverbially, you can "break" this food, or "take (it) out of someone's mouth"; earn some dough
Time's up! The correct answer was bread
CREATION STORIES
Scholars link Egyptian creation myths to the sun apparently fertilizing this river's slime
Time's up! The correct answer was the Nile
SEAQUEST
One of the traditional 7 seas, it shares its name with a Rodgers & Hammerstein musical
Time's up! The correct answer was South Pacific
SHAKESPEARE
In different plays, it's the name shared by men linked with Helen of Troy & with Juliet
Time's up! The correct answer was Paris
THE SILVER SCREEN
Her 6-minute role as Queen Elizabeth in "Shakespeare in Love" was the shortest Oscar-winning role
Time's up! The correct answer was Judi Dench
FROG ANATOMY
The nictitating membrane is also called the third one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was the frog's eyelid
PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS
Nobelist George Thomson is the son of J.J. Thomson, a Nobel Prize winner who discovered this negative particle
Time's up! The correct answer was electron
ON THE "WAR"PATH
Homeothermic, like mammals
Time's up! The correct answer was warm-blooded
FROM THE LATIN
You'll often find a statue's feet atop this kind of base whose name is from the Latin for "foot"
Time's up! The correct answer was a pedestal
PASS THE CHEESE, PLEASE
This most famous Greek cheese is sometimes described as "pickled" because it's cured in brine
Time's up! The correct answer was Feta
CANADIAN FOOTBALL
French for "red", it's the term used for the point that is scored if a punt goes out of the end zone untouched
Time's up! The correct answer was rouge
NOTABLE NONHUMANS
In 1964 he lifted his beagles Him & Her by the ears on the White House lawn, provoking protest
Time's up! The correct answer was Lyndon Johnson
SPORTS
On an official archery target, it's the color of the bull's eye
Time's up! The correct answer was yellow
COMPOSERS ON FILM
James Cagney in "Yankee Doodle Dandy"
Time's up! The correct answer was George M. Cohan
HEADS OF STATE
In 1976 this current president of France founded the Rally for the Republic Party
Time's up! The correct answer was Jacques Chirac
THOSE DARN ETRUSCANS
The Tebenna, an Etruscan mantle, evolved into this garment perhaps worn most strikingly by John Belushi
Time's up! The correct answer was a toga
ISLANDS
These islands famous for their ponies form the northernmost part of Scotland
Time's up! The correct answer was the Shetlands
SAY "CHI"s
In the Army today no one outranks General George W. Casey Jr., because he's this
Time's up! The correct answer was Chief of Staff
MOVIE PRODUCERS
Julia Phillips was the first woman producer to win a Best Picture Oscar, for this 1973 con game film
Time's up! The correct answer was The Sting
FAMOUS JACQUES
He composed both "The Tales of Hoffmann" & that scandalous "Cancan" music
Time's up! The correct answer was Offenbach
DRAMA QUEENS
A 1952 play covered the young life of this queen, like a 1998 Cate Blanchett film
Time's up! The correct answer was Elizabeth I
SHAKESPEAREAN LAST SCENES
Though this comedy has Verona in its title, it ends in a forest on the frontiers of Mantua
Time's up! The correct answer was The Two Gentlemen of Verona
ACRONYM EXCITEMENT!
At the United Nations: WHO
Time's up! The correct answer was World Health Organization
JUBAL EARLY
After moving back to the U.S. from Canada in 1869, Early, rebel that he was, wore only this color
Time's up! The correct answer was gray
ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE
"Boston Red Sox A.L. 1939-1960... batted .406 in 1941"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ted Williams
ANIMAL PLANET
Useful in long-term avian study, it's the placing of metal identification tags on the legs of wild birds
Time's up! The correct answer was Banding
FIRE!
Though the 1871 Chicago fire began in this family's barn, their house suffered only minor damages
Time's up! The correct answer was the O'Learys
HEY, GOOD-LOOKIN'
In a 1979 film, Dudley Moore gives her a rating of 11 on a scale of 1-10
Time's up! The correct answer was Bo Derek
IN THE TREASURY DEPT.
It's the bureau for booze, butts & bazookas
Time's up! The correct answer was the ATF
CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS
This May-5 born Monty Python member & BBC travel filmmaker is a commando of the Order of the British Empire
Time's up! The correct answer was Palin
U.S. CITIES
When Oregon became a state in 1859, this city on the Willamette River was already the capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Salem
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME
Elizabeth I reportedly whitened this with a mixture of eggshell, poppy seeds, borax & lead
Time's up! The correct answer was Her Complexion
BODIES OF WATER
At Khartoum, Sudan these colorful branches meet to form the Nile River
Time's up! The correct answer was the Blue Nile & the White Nile
THE CONSTITUTION
Word completing the line "Nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Jeopardy
GANGSTER'S DICTIONARY
Roll out these "bones", boys, so we can play some games of chance
Time's up! The correct answer was Dice
COMMON BONDS
A beaten wrestler, A frat brother's girlfriend, A dead butterfly
Time's up! The correct answer was Things that are pinned
THE BIG APPLE
On the NYC subway this train will also take you to Harlem, but then it splits off & heads for Yankee Stadium
Time's up! The correct answer was the B train
NURSERY RHYMES
Peter, Peter was an eater of this; he kept his wife in its shell
Time's up! The correct answer was pumpkin
IT'S A "SIN"
Of Welsh extraction, Frank Lloyd Wright named his homes & fellowship after this early Welsh poet
Time's up! The correct answer was Taliesin
COMMON SIMILES
Ironically, something incomprehensible is said to be "as clear as" this 3-letter word
Time's up! The correct answer was mud
MOTORCYCLE MAKERS
Time to get high on this hyphenated maker's hog, specifically the Fat Bob, which gets a fat 53 mpg on the highway
Time's up! The correct answer was Harley-Davidson
COLOGNE RANGER
Taking nearly 600 years to complete, Cologne Cathedral is the largest in this style in Northern Europe
Time's up! The correct answer was Gothic
COMMON BONDS
Peeling onions, watching Mel Gibson's film "Forever Young", missing Final Jeopardy!
Time's up! The correct answer was things that make you cry
DEATH BY...
Air crash of his MiG fighter plane while on a training mission near Moscow, March 27, 1968
Time's up! The correct answer was Yuri Gagarin
HEY, GOOD-LOOKIN'
In a 1979 film, Dudley Moore gives her a rating of 11 on a scale of 1-10
Time's up! The correct answer was Bo Derek
DOWN AT THE OLD FACTORY
In 2004 "Mustang Sally" played on the P.A. as an 86-year-old factory of this company ended production
Time's up! The correct answer was Ford
FROM THE GREEK
A bowl-shaped depression, as from the impact of a meteorite, it's from the Greek for "mixing bowl"
Time's up! The correct answer was crater
NORM!
1968 "The Armies of the Night" won him a Pulitzer & the National Book Award
Time's up! The correct answer was Norman Mailer
FUNDRAISING
Keep a big donor's gifts flowing: put him on this "of directors" or "of governors"
Time's up! The correct answer was board
HISTORY
Using photos he had taken the month before, Clyde Tombaugh discovered this planet February 18, 1930
Time's up! The correct answer was Pluto
PHYSICS 101
By definition, liquids & gases do this under stress, solids don't
Time's up! The correct answer was they flow
STARTS WITH A PRONOUN
It's a printed-out schedule or outline of one's travel plans
Time's up! The correct answer was an itinerary
4-LETTER WORDS
From the Greek word for "deep sleep", it's a deep, prolonged unconsciousness
Time's up! The correct answer was Coma
ARCHITECTURE
In the English bond style, these are laid in alternate courses of headers & stretchers
Time's up! The correct answer was bricks
BEFORE & AFTER
Novel in which Rhett Butler tells Toad, Rat & Mole, "My dear, I don't give a damn"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gone With the Wind in the Willows
THE 1990s
The Persian Gulf War of 1991 was fought mainly in Iraq & this oil-rich nation next door
Time's up! The correct answer was Kuwait
THE ROMANOV DYNASTY
At Oranienbaum, this ruler who certainly loved her thrills had a "sliding hill", an 18th c. version of a roller coaster
Time's up! The correct answer was Catherine the Great
THE "A"s
Whether for a sorcerer or a craft guild, one serves time as one of these before becoming a journeyman
Time's up! The correct answer was apprentice
WORLD CITIES
This Sudanese capital lies on a narrow piece of land bounded by the White & Blue Nile Rivers
Time's up! The correct answer was Khartoum
THE JEFFERSON ADMINISTRATION
In 1805 U.S. Marines stormed the shores of this Barbary state at Derna, helping to end the raids on American ships
Time's up! The correct answer was Tripoli
WORLD CAPITALS
Started in 1988 for this city's 75th anniversary, a Springtime Flower Festival in September shows off its Commonwealth Park
Time's up! The correct answer was Canberra, Australia
THE GODFATHER
He was the royal godfather to the son of French playwright Moliere
Time's up! The correct answer was King Louis XIV
BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS
1937-1940
Time's up! The correct answer was Neville Chamberlain
FRUIT
This fuzzy fruit is also a slang term meaning inform against or betray
Time's up! The correct answer was peach
OH, "BOY"
The Marine Corps' "Black Sheep" squadron was commanded this famed major
Time's up! The correct answer was Pappy Boyington
TWO
In engines: Stephen Briggs &...
Time's up! The correct answer was Harold Stratton
THE FUNNIES
This Johnny Hart strip features such characters as Thor, Peter, Wiley & Clumsy Carp
Time's up! The correct answer was B.C.
FLAGS OF THE WORLD
This Mediterranean country whose flag is seen here is "The Word"
Time's up! The correct answer was Greece
KHOMEINI, KHAMENEI OR KHATAMI
Exiled from Iran in 1964
Time's up! The correct answer was Khomeini
POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS
"For" Michigan Republican congressman Hoekstra's "sake!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pete's
POUR ME A STIFF ONE
This brand of liqueur made its debut in Dublin on November 26, 1974
Time's up! The correct answer was Bailey's
ANIMAL GROUPS
This term for a group of elk also applies to sharks (the ones in "West Side Story")
Time's up! The correct answer was Gang
GEOGRAPH"Y"
It's the largest city in Utah
Time's up! The correct answer was Salt Lake City
THE 20th CENTURY
This term, German for "lightning war," was used to describe the rapid capture of Poland by Germany in 1939
Time's up! The correct answer was blitzkrieg
OCCUPATION HAZARDS
He has to listen to his wheels going round, round, round all day & may get a paper cut from a transfer
Time's up! The correct answer was bus driver
COMPUTER JARGON
Common fiery name for a nasty or insulting email or newsgroup message
Time's up! The correct answer was a flame
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Black photographer James Van Der Zee chronicled life in this NYC section for more than a half century
Time's up! The correct answer was Harlem
1957
The first explorer to fly over both poles, he passed away in March
Time's up! The correct answer was Admiral Richard Byrd
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS
"Cordelia"
Time's up! The correct answer was KIng Lear
BON APPE-"T"
A folded tortilla filled with various ingredients
Time's up! The correct answer was Taco
GEORGE WASHINGTON
On December 23,1776 Washington wrote that "Our attempt on" this city was fixed for "Christmas Day or night"
Time's up! The correct answer was Trenton
BEFORE & AFTER
"Bouncy" 1965 Beatles album that took over for Don Cornelius as host of a dance show
Time's up! The correct answer was Rubber Soul Train
EARLY AMERICA
In 1610 the Spanish began building the Palace of the Governors in what is now this Southwest city
Time's up! The correct answer was Santa Fe
BEN
Ben Franklin went to London in 1757 to represent this colony's assembly
Time's up! The correct answer was Pennsylvania
JUST THE FACTS
He's the older son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana
Time's up! The correct answer was Prince William
SHAKESPEARE
“Sweets to the sweet: Farewell!” were Hamlet's mother's words at this woman's funeral
Time's up! The correct answer was Ophelia
OF "RATH"
On election night 2000, this newsman spouted lines like "Bush will be madder than a rained-on rooster"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dan Rather
CELEBRITY RELATIVES
"Tucker" marked the 1st time this father & son had worked together since "Sea Hunt" in the '60s
Time's up! The correct answer was Lloyd & Jeff Bridges
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
Instead of counties, this state has boroughs (or is it brrr-oughs?)
Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska
FICTION
This 1937 mystery was written at the Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan
Time's up! The correct answer was "Death on the Nile"
TREES & SHRUBS
In 1963 Louisiana chose this "bald" tree native to the swamps & wetlands as its state tree
Time's up! The correct answer was the cypress
ART
19th c. painter Thomas Cole lived in Catskill, N.Y. on this river, whose "School" he helped found
Time's up! The correct answer was the Hudson River
CAPITOL THINKERS
This Tennessee senator is a practicing physician
Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Frist
TELEVISION
The series finale of this Fox drama aired on May 17, 2000, 2 weeks after the last "Party of Five"
Time's up! The correct answer was Beverly Hills, 90210
FASHION FROM HEAD TO TOE
This type of felt hat that Dick Tracy wore is named for a play by Sardou
Time's up! The correct answer was a fedora
WORLD WAR I
In the 1st raid of its kind in history, the British town of Yarmouth was bombed in 1915 by a German one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a Zeppelin
PARLEZ VOUS?
Duck, duck, l'oie; (l'oie of course referring to this other feathered friend)
Time's up! The correct answer was a goose
BIBLICAL WORDS & PHRASES
"Pale Horse" is a metaphor for the approach of this
Time's up! The correct answer was Death
MUSICAL THEATRE
(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE - here is a special guest with the clue): "Hello, I'm Marla Maples Trump. In 1992 I made my Broadway debut in the musical about this humorist who never met a man he didn't like"
Time's up! The correct answer was Will Rogers
PULL
Word on the 2 buttons that preceded this one: (Curly in a "Three Stooges" clip showing a button marked "Pull")
Time's up! The correct answer was Press
SIMPLE SCIENCE
State of matter a substance is in after it's gone through evaporation
Time's up! The correct answer was gaseous
ARCHITECTURE
Virginia's Shirley plantation has a "hanging" one of these that climbs 3 stories without any visible means of support
Time's up! The correct answer was a staircase
SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER
This item on a bicycle lets drivers see cyclists at night
Time's up! The correct answer was taillight
RHYMES WITH TEEN
Noor, to her Jordanian subjects
Time's up! The correct answer was Queen
SAY "CHI"s
You can "pet" this Southwestern plant, Salvia Columbariae
Time's up! The correct answer was a chia
DICTATORS & TYRANTS
As the dictator of this city-state, Francesco Foscari ruined its army & economy by endlessly fighting Milan
Time's up! The correct answer was Venice
"EZ" DOES IT
Port Said is this waterway's northern terminus
Time's up! The correct answer was Suez Canal
"PER"CUSSION
11-letter word for the sac containing the heart
Time's up! The correct answer was pericardium
"EN" THE BEGINNING
John Keats wrote a poem about this handsome Greek whose youth was preserved by eternal sleep
Time's up! The correct answer was Endymion
SAINTS
This scholarly 13th century saint was often called "The Angelic Doctor"
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Thomas Aquinas
FROM THE GREEK
A bowl-shaped depression, as from the impact of a meteorite, it's from the Greek for "mixing bowl"
Time's up! The correct answer was crater
"R"OCK MUSIC
4 of this Swedish pop duo's first Top 40 hits reached No. 1, including "It Must Have Been Love"
Time's up! The correct answer was Roxette
HISTORY
Before he was Canada's P.M., William Lyon Mackenzie King lived in this famous house with Jane Addams
Time's up! The correct answer was Hull House
FAIRY TALE FEMMES
The Brothers Grimm gave no name for the miller's daughter who guessed the name of this little man
Time's up! The correct answer was Rumpelstiltskin
GEOGRAPHY "E"
Parts of the Arabian and Libyan deserts are found in this African country
Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt
ARE WE THERE YET?
This oldest national park has entrances in Wyoming & Montana
Time's up! The correct answer was Yellowstone
ANCIENT TIMES
The ancient Ban Chiang poetry of Thailand resembles that of this country's neolithic Yang-Shao period
Time's up! The correct answer was China
ALSO A GUN MANUFACTURER
He's the guitarist who had a Top 40 hit with "Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rick Derringer
LETTER MEN
In 1930 he directed his first talkie, "Abraham Lincoln", starring Walter Huston
Time's up! The correct answer was D.W. Griffith
TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY
The first of these were awarded in 1901 & they are given out yearly for Physics, Chemistry, Peace & 3 other disciplines
Time's up! The correct answer was the Nobel Prizes
ABBREVIATED
On an accountant's calendar: FY
Time's up! The correct answer was fiscal year
NETWORK
"Emergency Vets", "Wild Rescues", "Breed All About It"
Time's up! The correct answer was Animal Planet
2-LETTER WORDS
Before the grand jury, Bill Clinton said, "It depends on...your definition of" this word
Time's up! The correct answer was "is"
OLYMPIC POTPOURRI
(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE): "(Hi, I'm Mark McEwen) I reported on the '92 W. Olympics in Albertville, France & the '94 W. Olympics hosted by this Scandinavian city"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lillehammer, Norway
ENGLISH LIT
The Baconian theory expounds this
Time's up! The correct answer was that Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays
CliffsNotes
Frenchman swipes some bread, gets 19 years, gets out, gets pursued by a cop who dies
Time's up! The correct answer was "Les Miserables"
ANCIENT HISTORY
Tikal became an important ceremonial center of this civilization, prior to 300 A.D.
Time's up! The correct answer was the Mayans
10-LETTER WORDS
It means to set free, as from slavery
Time's up! The correct answer was Emancipate
MYSPACE.MAN
He elected to join the Mercury program in 1959; 15 years later, he'd be elected to join the Senate
Time's up! The correct answer was Glenn
"V"
Sabin and Salk product
Time's up! The correct answer was vaccines
DEFENESTRATION IN CINEMA
In this Coen Brothers movie, Charles Durning jumps out a window during a board meeting
Time's up! The correct answer was The Hudsucker Proxy
FLOWER
Seeing the English Gardens at Mottisfont Abbey made Martha Stewart laugh at her own efforts to grow these
Time's up! The correct answer was roses
FATHER'S IN LAW
As a non-partner who has a formal relationship with a firm, father is said to be "of" this to Bisbee, Pell & Bisbee
Time's up! The correct answer was Counsel