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BALLPARK FIGURES
Baseball's "Mr. October", he generated headlines for his cantankerous personality & his athletic prowess
Time's up! The correct answer was Reggie Jackson
"SIDE" EFFECTS
A trial judge may call this conference with the attorneys, out of the jury's hearing
Time's up! The correct answer was sidebar
HEALTH & MEDICINE
This artificial sweetner has been associated with bladder cancer in animal experiments
Time's up! The correct answer was saccharin
SPEECH! SPEECH!
In 1653 he told the Rump Parliament to get off its rump & "In the name of God, go!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Oliver Cromwell
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
FOR THE BIRDS
The genus for this American bird is Turdus; ah, to see the first Turdus of spring
Time's up! The correct answer was a robin
POETS & POETRY
He was descended from an Abyssinian prince, Peter the Great's godson
Time's up! The correct answer was Pushkin
CORPORATE SPORTS VENUES
This Disney-owned baseball team plays at Anaheim's Edison International Field
Time's up! The correct answer was Anaheim Angels
"AD"JECTIVES
Unfavorable, like some circumstances, or the last name of Anthony in a 1933 novel
Time's up! The correct answer was Adverse
OH, BEE GEE
Barry Gibb was born in 1946; these 2 fraternal twins were born in 1949
Time's up! The correct answer was Robin & Maurice
"MOON"S
Michael Jackson and Neil Armstrong are both experts at this
Time's up! The correct answer was the moonwalk
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
CIVIL WAR LITERATURE
Joanna Higgins' 1998 novel "A Soldier's Book" tells the story of Ira Stevens, a Union P.O.W. in this notorious prison
Time's up! The correct answer was Andersonville
5-LETTER WORDS
Headgear for a king, or part of a tooth
Time's up! The correct answer was crown
DANGER IN WONDERLAND
She tried to whack Alice with that "off with her head" line; wait 'til she gets a load of you
Time's up! The correct answer was the Queen of Hearts
LOW CUT GENES
Genes that affect hereditary traits are called alleles & are either "dominant" or this
Time's up! The correct answer was recessive
FIRST NOVELS
This "Brideshead Revisited" author's career was ascendant when he published his first novel, "Decline And Fall"
Time's up! The correct answer was Evelyn Waugh
PHILOSOPHY GLOSSARY
"Every virtue is laudable. Kindness is a virtue. Therefore, kindness is laudable" is a logical this
Time's up! The correct answer was syllogism
"H" CITIES
Crossed by numerous canals, it's said that this German port has more bridges than Amsterdam & Venice combined
Time's up! The correct answer was Hamburg
FLOWERS
The white petals of this flower are usually pulled to see if "she loves me" or "she loves me not"
Time's up! The correct answer was a daisy
iPOD, YOUTUBE OR WII
It was introduced as a way to "put 1,000 songs in your pocket"
Time's up! The correct answer was iPod
SAINTS
This man who added utopia to our vocabulary was made a saint in 1935
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Thomas More
OFFICIAL STATE THINGS
The juice of this bog fruit is Massachusetts' state beverage
Time's up! The correct answer was cranberry
SWEET TREATS
These cookies were introduced by Nabisco in 1902 in a small box imprinted to look like a circus cage
Time's up! The correct answer was Animal Crackers
SCIENTISTS
This Russian's work on gastrointestinal secretions in animals earned him a Nobel prize
Time's up! The correct answer was Pavlov
NEWS ON THE MARCH
In March 1967 Robert Kennedy came up with a nifty Vietnam peace plan, but this Secretary of State rejected it
Time's up! The correct answer was Dean Rusk
“SAINTS”
At 5th & 50th, its Lady Chapel is the place to get married, if you're in NYC - & Catholic
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Patrick's Cathedral
ENGLISH CLASS
This part of speech doesn't always end in "ly"; once, there & often are other examples
Time's up! The correct answer was adverb
TONY WINNERS OF THE '50s
Bloody Mary was the girl the Tonys loved in 1950, when Juanita Hall won for playing her in this musical
Time's up! The correct answer was South Pacific
SCIENCE & NATURE
This innermost & larger of Mars' 2 moons orbits the planet every 7.65 hours
Time's up! The correct answer was Phobos
LANGUAGES
More than 375 languages & dialects are spoken in this country's Madhya Pradesh state
Time's up! The correct answer was India
MY PLACE?
The introduction to "The Song of Hiawatha" mentions "the curling smoke of" these dwellings
Time's up! The correct answer was wigwams
YOUR NEW CLASS SCHEDULE
History: Study up on this ship that anchored in Plymouth Harbor on Dec. 26, 1620
Time's up! The correct answer was the Mayflower
THE KIDS LOVE THAT ROCK & ROLL
Of King Ad Rock, Thugmuffin C, MCA or Mike D, the one who's not a member of the Beastie Boys
Time's up! The correct answer was Thugmuffin C
LET'S HIT IT
In some casinos, a blackjack dealer must hit with an ace & a 6, known as this type of 17
Time's up! The correct answer was soft
FAMOUS NAMES
Ines de la Fressange was a Chanel model when she was chosen to represent this French symbol
Time's up! The correct answer was Marianne
HOME
On Oct. 19, 1999 this home & life improvement guru made a bundle after her IPO hit Wall Street
Time's up! The correct answer was Martha Stewart
BRAND NAMES
Reynolds Guyer, inventor of Twister, also created the 4-inch foam ball later sold under this brand name
Time's up! The correct answer was Nerf ball
AMERICAN AUTHORS
William Rose Benet won a Pulitzer for "The Dust Which Is God", & this brother won for "John Brown's Body"
Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Vincent Benet
ANIMALS
The silver dollar fish resembles this feared fish of the Amazon basin but is strictly herbivorous
Time's up! The correct answer was Piranha
EMBRACEABLE "U"
This technique uses high-frequency waves & is often used to view fetuses
Time's up! The correct answer was Ultrasound
TRANSPORTATION
Surprisingly, the Cadillac Motor Car Co. was founded by & originally named for this man
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry Ford
ONE LETTER DIFFERENT
A large sack
Time's up! The correct answer was a big bag
"GREEN" THINGS
After protecting this territory during WWII, the U.S. offered to buy it, but Denmark refused
Time's up! The correct answer was Greenland
THE TIGERS
Now endangered, this largest variety of tiger bears the name of a large Russian region
Time's up! The correct answer was the Siberian tiger
THE EYES HAVE IT
A blow with a whip
Time's up! The correct answer was Lash
SAY CHEESE
The 2 cheeses coated with red wax named for towns, one in North Holland province, one in South
Time's up! The correct answer was Edam & Gouda
SCIENCE & NATURE
The iris is a flower & the ibis is one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Bird
AMERICANA
The name of this Texas city is Spanish for "yellow"
Time's up! The correct answer was Amarillo
APOLLO 11
Some 1 million spectators surrounded this space center to watch the lift-off
Time's up! The correct answer was Cape Kennedy
ACTION!
This hero made his comic book debut in & on the cover of Action Comics No. 1
Time's up! The correct answer was Superman
CARDS & DICE
It's the number of dice you toss on your first roll of Yahtzee
Time's up! The correct answer was 5
GRAPES
A popular grape used in making raisins is this variety that shares its name with the capital of Oman
Time's up! The correct answer was Muscat
10-LETTER WORDS
It means to set free, as from slavery
Time's up! The correct answer was Emancipate
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"
PAINTERS
She called her New Mexico home, where she spent the last half century of her life, Ghost Ranch
Time's up! The correct answer was Georgia O'Keeffe
NEWS ON THE MARCH
In March 1967 Robert Kennedy came up with a nifty Vietnam peace plan, but this Secretary of State rejected it
Time's up! The correct answer was Dean Rusk
LEGAL "E"s
This clause in a union contract says that wages will rise or fall depending on a standard such as cost of living
Time's up! The correct answer was escalator
AMERICAN HISTORY
To reach eastern markets in the 1800s, Texas drovers brought their cattle to Kansas via this trail
Time's up! The correct answer was the Chisholm Trail
BIBLICAL WORDS & PHRASES
Unworthy or sinful people are known as a "generation of" these poisonous creatures
Time's up! The correct answer was Vipers
COMMON BONDS
Coconuts, Udders, Canaan
Time's up! The correct answer was Things that give milk
20th CENTURY QUOTES
A professor, 1967: "Turn on, tune in, drop out"
Time's up! The correct answer was Timothy Leary
CANADIAN CAPITALS
This British Columbia capital was the capital of the colony of Vancouver Island 1848-1866
Time's up! The correct answer was Victoria
SCIENTISTS
His 1637 "Discours de la methode" prefaced a series of essays on optics, meteorology, and geometry
Time's up! The correct answer was Rene Descartes
ANATOMY
Humans have 33 vertebrae, 7 of them cervical, meaning they are in this part of the body
Time's up! The correct answer was your neck
SPORTS HOME CITIES
The NHL's Senators
Time's up! The correct answer was Ottawa
"TEEN" SCENE
Golfing "hole" with a bar (where you can't go), or the amendment granting women's suffrage
Time's up! The correct answer was 19th
AT THE BUILDING SITE
The current affairs this person deals with are labelled H & C
Time's up! The correct answer was the plumber
BUSINESS LEADERS
In the 1880s he built a town in Illinois to house employees of his sleeping car company
Time's up! The correct answer was Pullman
DEFENESTRATION IN CINEMA
Giving the devil his due, Fr. Karras invites the devil inside himself, then exits from the second floor in this 1973 movie
Time's up! The correct answer was The Exorcist
EDIBLES INSTANT REPLAY REVIEW
After review, the bierwurst, lop chong & kielbasa, types of these, were overcooked
Time's up! The correct answer was sausage
SHOES
This flat shoe normally has a cloth upper & a flexible rope sole
Time's up! The correct answer was Espadrilles
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
DELAWARE
Designated in 1999, the tiger swallowtail is Delaware's official one of these insects
Time's up! The correct answer was butterfly
QUOTATIONS
Jean-Luc Godard said, "Photography is truth, and" this "is truth 24 times a second"
Time's up! The correct answer was film
DRIVING
Experts disagree on whether 10 & 2 o'clock or 9 & 3 is better for this; no one thinks much of the old wrist drape
Time's up! The correct answer was steering wheel position
THE BYRDS & THE BEAS
The only country in the world today with a reigning Queen Bea
Time's up! The correct answer was the Netherlands
MODERN "TIME"S
It's the "Fox"y TV spinoff seen here:
Time's up! The correct answer was The Time of Your Life
WE ARE AMUSED
As a noted joke pirate, Milton Berle was punningly known as "The Thief of" these
Time's up! The correct answer was Bad Gags
OPERA
Musetta has her very own waltz in Act II of this Puccini opera
Time's up! The correct answer was La boheme
"N"ATIONS OF THE WORLD
On the first Monday in June, this Kiwi country celebrates the Queen's birthday, the queen being Elizabeth
Time's up! The correct answer was New Zealand
NAME THE OPERA
("Habanera")
Time's up! The correct answer was "Carmen"
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
This companion island to Trinidad has its own airport, Crown Point International
Time's up! The correct answer was Tobago
FAMOUS AMERICANS
In 1844 he succeeded Joseph Smith as leader of the Mormon Church
Time's up! The correct answer was Brigham Young
PROVERBS
"Manus manum lavat" is the Latin equivalent of this proverb
Time's up! The correct answer was "One hand washes the other"
WHY?
According to Genesis 3:14, because it tricked Eve
Time's up! The correct answer was Why does the snake crawl on the ground?
RICHARD
In 1886 Richard Sears began selling pocket watches & in 1887 hired this man as his watch repairman
Time's up! The correct answer was Roebuck
WESTERNS
This Dustin Hoffman title character was also known as Jack Crabb & the Soda Pop Kid
Time's up! The correct answer was Little Big Man
WORLD "P"s
World Heritage sites in this nation include the Nasca Lines
Time's up! The correct answer was Peru
DIARIES
The diary of this woman, wife of a famous aviator, describes the kidnapping of her son
Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Morrow Lindbergh
"D" IN HISTORY
In 1578 a Mongolian ruler first gave the leader of Tibet's Yellow Hat sect of Buddhism this title
Time's up! The correct answer was Dalai Lama
LITERARY ANIMALS
Cottontail & these 2 "went down the lane to gather blackberries" in "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"
Time's up! The correct answer was Flopsy & Mopsy
"I" LADS
This punk rock hitmaker heard here has had numerous hits on both sides of the Atlantic
Time's up! The correct answer was Billy Idol
PAINTERS
Dr. Tulp was so pleased with this artist's painting of his "Anatomy Lesson" that it hung in his school of surgery
Time's up! The correct answer was Rembrandt
WHAT'S ON TV?
In its 1st episode, citizens of a Kansas town saw a mushroom cloud on the horizon & were cut off from the outside world
Time's up! The correct answer was Jericho
"IND" THE KNOW
Also a term in logic, it's the process by which a magnetic field is ordered into poles
Time's up! The correct answer was induction
WHO'S ON FIRST?
Sundays from 1984 to 1995, "60 Minutes" led into this CBS crime drama--guess Jessica finally got tired of writing
Time's up! The correct answer was Murder, She Wrote
LITERATURE
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel, Nick Carraway lives next door to this title character
Time's up! The correct answer was the Great Gatsby
GIRLS IN SONG
In Ritchie Valens' day, this song about a girl was more popular than its flip side, "La Bamba"
Time's up! The correct answer was Donna
MILITARY TELEVISION
This future star of "The Love Boat" earned his sea legs playing "Happy" Haines on "McHale's Navy"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gavin McLeod
NAME THE DECADE
Khruschev's "Secret Speech" denounces Stalin
Time's up! The correct answer was the 1950s
LANGUAGES
Javanese is the native language of about 60 million people on the island of Java in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Indonesia
HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT
If you're playing midfield in this sport & the center is dribbling the ball towards you, kick at his shins
Time's up! The correct answer was Soccer
LITERATURE FOR KIDS
In "Little Women", Margaret March is better known by this nickname
Time's up! The correct answer was "Meg"
RHYMES WITH TRACK
A pile of pancakes
Time's up! The correct answer was stack
THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY
Hanoi, Phnom Penh, Rangoon, Vientiane
Time's up! The correct answer was Hanoi
COMPOUND WORDS
A student's may be 3-ring or spiral bound
Time's up! The correct answer was a notebook
BETTER KNOWN AS...
TV pitchman Jim Varney
Time's up! The correct answer was Ernest P. Worrell
BRAND NAMES
This sleek swimsuit brand got its start in Australia in 1928
Time's up! The correct answer was Speedo
WORDS OF THE WRITER
"'...Why look'st thou so?'--'With my crossbow I shot the albatross'"
Time's up! The correct answer was Samuel Taylor Coleridge
FROM B TO C
Branch of the Indo-European family of languages
Time's up! The correct answer was Baltic
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
Long crack in a rock (7)
Time's up! The correct answer was fissure
18th CENTURY AMERICA
On Dec. 26, 1776 Americans killed Col. Johann Rall & captured about 1,000 Hessian troops in this battle
Time's up! The correct answer was the Battle of Trenton
"BOO"!
Soft woolen shoes for a baby
Time's up! The correct answer was booties
ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN
Symphony Beethoven "composed to celebrate the memory of a great man"
Time's up! The correct answer was Eroica
AMERICAN COUNTIES
This state's Norfolk County disappeared in 1963 when it became part of the city of Chesapeake
Time's up! The correct answer was Virginia
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
Stuart Damon & Lesley Ann Warren starred in this only R & H musical written for TV
Time's up! The correct answer was Cinderella
WHAT KIND OF FOWL AM I?
Rock Cornish game hen or Rhode Island Red
Time's up! The correct answer was a chicken
MOVIES & TV
We were frakkin' sad when this sci fi show had its series finale on March 20, 2009
Time's up! The correct answer was Battlestar Galactica
THE LENIN CLOSET
Lenin spent WWI in this country, but he was far from neutral on the subject
Time's up! The correct answer was Switzerland
ODDS & ENDS
This constellation is also called The Twins
Time's up! The correct answer was Gemini
10-LETTER WORDS
It's one's partner in crime
Time's up! The correct answer was Accomplice
SORTA SOUNDS LIKE OPRAH?
In an Irish battle cry, these 2 words follow "Erin"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Go Bragh"
CURRENT BLACK PRESIDENTS
Africa's oldest democracy, this nation headed by Pres. Ian Khama is mainly made up of the Tswana people
Time's up! The correct answer was Botswana
NEWS ON THE MARCH
On March 29, 2004 Latvia & 6 other ex-Communist nations joined this organization
Time's up! The correct answer was NATO
STATE CAPITALS
The French called a land formation La Petite Roche, thus giving this capital its name
Time's up! The correct answer was Little Rock
TAKE OUT
The embolus removed from an artery in an embolectomy is usually one of these obstructions
Time's up! The correct answer was aclot
FRANCES FARMER
In 1958 this TV host said, "Frances Farmer, This Is Your Life!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ralph Edwards
WHAT A GEM!
Mexico is known for its water & fire varieties of this gem
Time's up! The correct answer was opal
DRESSING
The hour for mixed drinks, or the type of short evening dress appropriate then
Time's up! The correct answer was cocktail
CURRENT BLACK PRESIDENTS
Africa's oldest democracy, this nation headed by Pres. Ian Khama is mainly made up of the Tswana people
Time's up! The correct answer was Botswana
HOP ON POP CULTURE
Mark Hamill played the oldest of Dick Van Patten's octet of kids in the pilot but not the series of this show
Time's up! The correct answer was Eight Is Enough
MOVIE DEBUTS
This half-sister of country singer Wynonna first hit the big screen in the 1992 comedy "Kuffs"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ashley Judd
CARIBBEAN TASTE TREATS
Don't worry if you see this word on a Barbados menu: it refers to a fish, not the star of "Flipper"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dolphin
1938
By accepting his membership dues, the League of Nations recognized him as emperor of Ethiopia
Time's up! The correct answer was Haile Selassie
SIMPLE SCIENCE
State of matter a substance is in after it's gone through evaporation
Time's up! The correct answer was gaseous
"DREAM"Y SONGS
"Cheer up sleepy Jean, oh what can it mean to" one of these "and a homecoming queen"
Time's up! The correct answer was A daydream believer
LITERARY COLLABORATORS
She & her tres cher ami Jean-Paul Sartre collaborated on the political & literary journal Modern Times
Time's up! The correct answer was Simone de Beauvoir
INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE
It's a brass wind instrument: OH OX ASPEN
Time's up! The correct answer was saxophone
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
This Dallas bowl game has been played at the same site consecutively longer than any other major bowl game
Time's up! The correct answer was Cotton Bowl
KANSAS CITIES
In the 1960s this largest Kansas city became the world's largest producer of general aviation aircraft
Time's up! The correct answer was Wichita
RECORD LOSSES IN 2005
This company that owns HBO & Turner Broadcasting lost a backup tape with 600,000 names & SSNs
Time's up! The correct answer was Time Warner
ROCK MUSIC
His "Doggystyle" CD was the first debut album ever to enter the Billboard charts at No. 1
Time's up! The correct answer was Snoop Doggy Dogg
LISA
She's played Phoebe Buffay on one primetime series & Phoebe's twin sister Ursula on another
Time's up! The correct answer was Lisa Kudrow
STATE: THE OBVIOUS
The Mississippi River begins at Lake Itasca in this "M" state (not Mississippi)
Time's up! The correct answer was Minnesota
DICE ROLL NICKNAMES
Ada from Decatur, or Square Pair
Time's up! The correct answer was Pair of 4's
"A" PLUS
Iran & Pakistan both border this nation
Time's up! The correct answer was Afghanistan
STAMPS
Woo hoo! In 2009 this animated family was chosen to grace stamps, though postage did go up to 44 cents (D'oh!)
Time's up! The correct answer was the Simpsons
TELEVISION & HISTORY
When "60 Minutes" premiered, this man was U.S. president
Time's up! The correct answer was Lyndon B. Johnson
SI's SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE
This Miami Heat superstar center's "wife, Shaunie, said their family has outgrown its 18-bedroom home"
Time's up! The correct answer was Shaquille O'Neal
"A" SCIENCE CATEGORY
It's what the "A" stands for in AIDS
Time's up! The correct answer was acquired
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
BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS
1932: "Magnificent Inn"
Time's up! The correct answer was Grand Hotel
INDEPENDENCE DAYS
Though it was first settled by the French, July 1 marks its partial independence from the U.K.
Time's up! The correct answer was Canada
TITLES FROM SHAKESPEARE
Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury" as well as Steinbeck's "The Moon Is Down" come from this play
Time's up! The correct answer was Macbeth
FINE DINING
A company at Union Wharf in Portland ships all kinds of seafood, but is called "Maine" this creature "Direct"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lobster
WORLD MUSEUMS
Hanoi, where this man died in 1969, has a museum devoted to him
Time's up! The correct answer was Ho Chi Minh
THE PRODUCERS
It leads the states in apple production
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington
STOCK SYMBOLS
You don't need a Visa to visit this bank's stock symbol, CMB
Time's up! The correct answer was Chase Manhattan Bank
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
"Variations on a Theme by Haydn" was this "lullaby" composer's first major work for full orchestra
Time's up! The correct answer was Johannes Brahms
I'M HUNGRY!
I bought a special log to grow the shiitake type of these; let's grill some right now
Time's up! The correct answer was mushrooms
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
Giuliani, Valentino, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Time's up! The correct answer was Rudolph
INDEPENDENCE DAYS
This North European country marks December 6 for its 1917 independence from Russia
Time's up! The correct answer was Finland
IT SOUNDS LIKE
Jay Leno's show, it sounds like how you address a letter for Sir Galahad
Time's up! The correct answer was Tonight
WORD ORIGINS
From the Latin for "much writing", it's another name for a lie detector test
Time's up! The correct answer was a polygraph
THE BIBLE
God guided the Israelites out of this country with a pillar of cloud by day & of fire by night
Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt
ART
You can't make a genuine tempera painting without breaking these
Time's up! The correct answer was eggs
MYTHICAL CREATURES
The word "panic" comes from the name of a Greek god who was this type of creature
Time's up! The correct answer was a satyr
EUROPE
From 1963 to 1978 he was Archbishop of Krakow
Time's up! The correct answer was Karol Wojtyla
NIGHT WATCH
The schedule is TBD, but if you head way up north in March or Sept., you can probably catch this big light show
Time's up! The correct answer was Aurora borealis
NO. 32
On May 11, 1858 this "North Star" state became U.S. state No. 32
Time's up! The correct answer was Minnesota
1988
At the July 1988 Democratic National Convention this Massachusetts governor was nominated for president
Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Dukakis
SCIENCE CLASS
(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from New York's Central Park) Autumn leaves turn golden red as shorter days & cooler nights cause the breakdown of this green pigment
Time's up! The correct answer was chlorophyll
I DID IT NORWAY
A summer festival at Vinstra honors this Ibsen & Grieg character based on folklore
Time's up! The correct answer was Peer Gynt
MEATS
These gastropods are sometimes fed aromatic herbs to give them a special savor
Time's up! The correct answer was snail
ART & ARTISTS
In 1963 this "Christina's World" artist became the first painter to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Time's up! The correct answer was Andrew Wyeth
WORDS IN (THE) ENCYCLOPEDIA
Genetic duplicate
Time's up! The correct answer was clone
HOW INSPIRATIONAL
Thinking of his sins, poet Heinrich Heine said, "Of course" God will do this to "me; that's his business"
Time's up! The correct answer was forgive
FAMOUS FELINES
He made his debut in the 1945 short film "Life with Feathers"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sylvester
SOMETHING'S A "FOOT"
It's a small trunk kept at the foot of a soldier's bunk
Time's up! The correct answer was Footlocker
ROGER!
The "Roger" to Michael Moore's "Me", in 1990 this GM chairman handed over the job to Robert Stempel
Time's up! The correct answer was Smith
WHEREFORE "ART" THOU
One of these might be thrown in an English pub or shot from a blowgun in Peru
Time's up! The correct answer was Dart
LANGUAGES
Javanese is the native language of about 60 million people on the island of Java in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Indonesia
NICE TO MEAT YOU
This meat comes before "fried steak" in a dish popular in the South
Time's up! The correct answer was chicken
SECRET MENUS
Fatburger offers a "Hypocrite Burger" featuring this type of patty with slabs of bacon
Time's up! The correct answer was veggie patty
DOWN AT THE OLD FACTORY
Company that ran the Hawk-Eye Works in Rochester, N.Y.
Time's up! The correct answer was Kodak
& SO I FACE THE FINAL CURTAIN
With more than 7,400 performances, this musical became a "Memory" after its Sept. 10, 2000 finale
Time's up! The correct answer was Cats
NAME THE POET
"The caged bird sings / With a fearful trill / Of things unknown / But longed for still"
Time's up! The correct answer was Maya Angelou
IN THE GOOD OLD SUMER TIME
These Sumerian pyramids were topped by temples
Time's up! The correct answer was Ziggurats
NUMBERS
Fittingly, the book of Numbers begins with God telling this man to count the number of Israelites
Time's up! The correct answer was Moses
THE MOVIES
Irene Bedard, the speaking voice of this heroine in an animated Disney film, played her mother in "The New World"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pocahontas
MUSIC/TELEVISION
Legendary singer Eartha Kitt was just purr-fect as this "Batman" villainess
Time's up! The correct answer was Catwoman
FUN WITH BALLET
The music of film composer Alex North drives the ballet based on this play about Stanley Kowalski
Time's up! The correct answer was "A Streetcar Named Desire"
TELEVISION HISTORY
In the late '60s this character was created to show children it's okay to be grumpy
Time's up! The correct answer was Oscar the Grouch
CONGRESSIONAL MISDEMEANORS
In 1954 this Wisconsin senator ws condemned for insulting other senators & obstructing investigations
Time's up! The correct answer was McCarthy
THE "X" FILES
A percussion instrument played with small mallets
Time's up! The correct answer was Xylophone
NETWORK
"Real World", "House of Style", "FANatic"
Time's up! The correct answer was MTV
OATS
While the terms are used interchangeably, groats are usually more coarsely ground than these
Time's up! The correct answer was Grits
MOVIE CO-STARS
Meryl Streep & this actress were acclaimed for playing sisters in the 1996 film "Marvin's Room"
Time's up! The correct answer was Diane Keaton
ODDS & ENDS
To make these on your own, cube day-old bread, fry in butter, oil & garlic, then bake
Time's up! The correct answer was croutons
DOUBLE LETTERS
This Anglo-Saxon kingdom east of Cornwall was probably founded in the 6th century by Prince Cerdic & his son Cynric
Time's up! The correct answer was Wessex
WHAT THE KIDS ARE CALLING IT
A sports team member who sees many women at once fits 2 definitions of this word
Time's up! The correct answer was Player
WOMEN'S FIRSTS
Wilma Mankiller was the first woman to serve as principal chief of this Southeast Native American tribe
Time's up! The correct answer was the Cherokee
SKUNKS
With a favorable wind, skunks can do this for up to about 23 feet
Time's up! The correct answer was spray
LEVITICUS
Chapters 4, 6, 8 & 12 begin, "And the Lord spake unto" him
Time's up! The correct answer was Moses
HABEAS CORPSES
Executed in 1915, this radical labor activist was cremated & his ashes mailed to labor unions all over the world
Time's up! The correct answer was Joe Hill
COUNTIES BY STATE
Whitley, Wayne, Wabash
Time's up! The correct answer was Indiana
"N"ATIONS OF THE WORLD
It became fully independent of South Africa March 21, 1990
Time's up! The correct answer was Namibia
PRIME NUMBERS
Boeing's answer in the early 1960s to the Douglas DC-9; it's good for medium hauls
Time's up! The correct answer was 727
IT'S A "SIN"
Carson Sink & the Great Salt Lake lie in the drainage area known as the Great this
Time's up! The correct answer was Basin
YOU'RE UNDER A "REST"
Any mountain's summit
Time's up! The correct answer was crest
X MARKS THE SPOT
The first winter Olympics took place in this French mountain resort
Time's up! The correct answer was Chamonix
CURRENT BLACK PRESIDENTS
Troubles with neighboring Somalia & Eritrea surely occupy President Girma Woldegiorgis of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Ethiopia
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Stoichiometry is defined as the study of the quantities involved in these chemical events
Time's up! The correct answer was Chemical reactions
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
LITERARY HOUSES
Harry Angstrom's house burns to the ground in this author's 1971 novel "Rabbit Redux"
Time's up! The correct answer was Updike
CINEMA OF "BLOOD"
Movie in which Jean-Claude Van Damme wins a secret martial arts tournament
Time's up! The correct answer was Bloodsport
THE CIVIL WAR
In the Gettysburg campaign, Lee's forces were along Seminary Ridge and the federal forces along this ridge
Time's up! The correct answer was Cemetery Ridge
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
Robinson Crusoe gave this name to a native he saved from cannibals on a certain day of the week
Time's up! The correct answer was Friday
BIG BANDS
In 1937 he was "in the mood" to start a band
Time's up! The correct answer was Glenn Miller
FAMOUS AMERICANS
In 1844 he succeeded Joseph Smith as leader of the Mormon Church
Time's up! The correct answer was Brigham Young
BASIC SCIENCE
The name of this green pigment found in plants is partly from the Greek for "green"
Time's up! The correct answer was chlorophyll
SATURDAY NIGHT ON THE TOWN
Beer lovers head for the beer halls of this Bavarian city, the birthplace of Oktoberfest
Time's up! The correct answer was Munich
APOLLO 11
"Peaceful" site on the moon where the lunar module touched down
Time's up! The correct answer was the Sea of Tranquility
ALL ASHORE FOR BIRD LORE
It's the color in the name of New Hampshire's state bird, a finch, & a state flower, a lilac
Time's up! The correct answer was purple
“SAINTS”
Chorea, as in choreographer, is a condition associated with rheumatic fever formerly called this
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Vitus
THE CAT
This breed of domestic feline from Maine is the first truly American show breed
Time's up! The correct answer was a Maine coon
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
In 1998 the magazine told of efforts to liquify this "cleanest of fossil fuels" for use in cars
Time's up! The correct answer was natural gas
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
In January 1970 Boeing introduced this first wide-bodied jumbo jet; it could seat up to 452 passengers
Time's up! The correct answer was 747
DOUBLE MEANINGS
Chairman Mao was very resourceful when he built a seaworthy _____ out of a lot of old _____ lying around
Time's up! The correct answer was junk
I HAVEN'T READ SHAKESPEARE, BUT...
This tragedy has got to be set in a small village, hence the title
Time's up! The correct answer was Hamlet
STRING THEORY 101
If you're emotionally dependent on mom, you're "tied to" these "strings"
Time's up! The correct answer was apron strings
WANT ADS
We have a primary need for this hyphenated job in our fancy French kitchen; only the head guy is your superior
Time's up! The correct answer was sous-chef
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Made up of 1 large & many smaller islands, it's the most populous of Britain's remaining overseas territories
Time's up! The correct answer was Bermuda
"PU"
It means downright rotten
Time's up! The correct answer was Putrid
"X"s & "O"s
Cross-country skiing is sometimes referred to by these 2 letters, the same ones used to denote 90 in Roman numerals
Time's up! The correct answer was XC
ANNIVERSARY GIFTS
This 10th anniversary present is present in the name of a 20th anniversary gift -- platinum
Time's up! The correct answer was Tin
STATES THAT END IN HAMPSHIRE
Chartered in 1769, this Ivy League school is N.H.'s oldest & ranks among the 10 oldest U.S. colleges
Time's up! The correct answer was Dartmouth
PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS
This term for artillery fragments is named for a British officer who invented a new kind of shell
Time's up! The correct answer was Shrapnel
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Prokofiev wrote a famous orchestra piece called "Peter and" this animal
Time's up! The correct answer was The wolf
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
WHOSE IS IT?
Ben Franklin used a pen name to publish this almanac from 1732 to 1757
Time's up! The correct answer was Poor Richard's Almanack
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
The Ottoman empire ended in 1922 when this man led a movement that established the Republic of Turkey
Time's up! The correct answer was Kemal
LETTER MEN
A visit to the Marabar Caves is a turning point in his novel "A Passage to India"
Time's up! The correct answer was E.M. Forster
EXPLORERS
His family friend Tyrker found vines & grapes in the new land, so he called the area Vinland
Time's up! The correct answer was Leif Ericson
RADIO DISNEY
Lead singer Ryan Tedder of this band has "All The Right Moves"
Time's up! The correct answer was OneRepublic
FATHER'S IN LAW
Coincidentally, today father's squash opponent was also his deponent, as father was taking this
Time's up! The correct answer was a deposition
COMPANIES YOUNGER THAN YOU
The first name of this company's search engine was Backrub, as it analyzed the back links pointing to websites
Time's up! The correct answer was Google
PUNJAB
In this Kipling work, the title orphan's father was a sergeant in an Irish regiment in the Punjab
Time's up! The correct answer was Kim
SCIENCE
When combined with oxygen, this lightest chemical element makes water
Time's up! The correct answer was hydrogen
NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD
You can see this North American country's highest volcano, Volcan Citlaltepetl, in Pico de Orizaba National Park
Time's up! The correct answer was Mexico
ART
Someone tearing the L.A. Times into strips may be practicing this art form with a hyphenated French name
Time's up! The correct answer was papier-mâché
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
This name shared by great & terrible rulers is a Russian variation of John
Time's up! The correct answer was Ivan
CROSSWORD CLUES "R"
Beam, beacon & frequency preceder (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was radar
POLITICS
Florida Congressman who champions the senior citizen
Time's up! The correct answer was Claude Pepper
HEALTH & MEDICINE
These blood-sucking worms are used in medicine today to drain hematomas
Time's up! The correct answer was leeches
POETRY
Poe said this maiden "lived with no other thought than to love and be loved by me"
Time's up! The correct answer was Annabel Lee
MODES OF TRANSPORT
The Triton was the first one of these to travel around the world underwater
Time's up! The correct answer was asubmarine
CORPORATE SPORTS VENUES
Chicago's United Center & Salt Lake City's Delta Center are named for this type of business
Time's up! The correct answer was airlines
HAIRY
This term for a knight's apprentice is also the name of a bobbed, usually jaw-length hairstyle
Time's up! The correct answer was page boy
EUROPE
Until recently, Slovakia was part of Czechoslovakia & Slovenia was part of this
Time's up! The correct answer was Yugoslavia
TOM JONES
This "Kubla Khan" poet thought "Tom Jones" had 1 of the 3 best plots in all literature
Time's up! The correct answer was Samuel Taylor Coleridge
HISTORY
In 1000 Rajaraja I of the Cholas battled to take this Indian Ocean island now known for its tea
Time's up! The correct answer was Ceylon
TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY
The Borg-Warner Trophy is awarded every year to the winner of this epic auto race held on Memorial Day weekend
Time's up! The correct answer was the Indy 500
NEW WEAPONS
The "Storm Shadow" is a new British version of this type of low-altitude, radar-evading missile
Time's up! The correct answer was a cruise missile
NAME THE PLAY
Nathan: "There is the highest player of them all... why do you think they call him Sky? That's how high he bets"
Time's up! The correct answer was Guys and Dolls
WHAT'S ON TV?
This Neil Patrick Harris sitcom is narrated through flashbacks from the future
Time's up! The correct answer was How I Met Your Mother
RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS
Right effort, right speech & right action are 3 parts of this noble Buddhist way
Time's up! The correct answer was Eightfold Path
HISTORY
In 1991 B.C. Amenemhet, a former vizier, founded this country's 12th dynasty
Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt
TITLE WAVE
Kate Jacobs: "The ____ Night Knitting Club"
Time's up! The correct answer was Friday
CITY FLAGS
A steamboat & a cotton plant appear on this Tennessee's city flag
Time's up! The correct answer was Memphis
GUINNESS RECORDS
In February 1999 Maine residents built a 10-story one of these named Angus; he melted 15 weeks later
Time's up! The correct answer was snowman
THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE
He had a good year in 1928; construction began on the NYC art deco building named for him & he acquired Dodge
Time's up! The correct answer was Walter Chrysler
BON APPE-"T"
A folded tortilla filled with various ingredients
Time's up! The correct answer was Taco
THE MUSICAL DR. IS IN
The "Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits" describes this "Right Place Wrong Time" man as a "swamp-rock singer/pianist"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. John
WHEREFORE "ART" THOU
Grammatically speaking, the word "the" is definitely one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Article
HEALTH & MEDICINE
This artificial sweetner has been associated with bladder cancer in animal experiments
Time's up! The correct answer was saccharin
SPORTS
Tennis serve that touches net before dropping into proper court, it's replayed
Time's up! The correct answer was a let ball
RIVERS
It was once believed that this river "originated in the Mountains of the Moon"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Nile
GO "SOUTH"
...to 90 degrees south latitude & you'll find yourself here
Time's up! The correct answer was the South Pole
THE RENAISSANCE
The ruthless Cesare Borgia was the model for this book by Machiavelli
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Prince"
HEY, "BABY"
This sticky figure of folklore gave its name to a Toni Morrison novel
Time's up! The correct answer was the tar baby
MYTHELLANEOUS
The mythical Sumerian hero Utnapishtim built a big vessel at God's urging & thereby survived this catastrophe
Time's up! The correct answer was a flood
FOLKIES
The times they were a-changin' when this folk icon went electric at the 1965 Newport Festival
Time's up! The correct answer was Bob Dylan
SPORTS FACTS
Iowa state's Dan Gable won 2 NCAA titles in this sport & then coached Iowa to 15 team titles from1978 to 1997
Time's up! The correct answer was wrestling
WHO'S THE MRS.?
Mrs. Blake Edwards
Time's up! The correct answer was Julie Andrews
ORGANIZATIONS
Members of the DAR are descended from men & women who participated in this event
Time's up! The correct answer was The Revolutionary War
HISTORIC QUOTES
In 1862 Otto von Bismarck said that the questions of the day would be settled by this "and blood"
Time's up! The correct answer was iron
THE ONION
From an issue in 2056: This island & commonwealth ceded to the U.S. in 1898... "Should it become our 63rd state?"
Time's up! The correct answer was Puerto Rico
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
THE FUNNIES
This Johnny Hart strip features such characters as Thor, Peter, Wiley & Clumsy Carp
Time's up! The correct answer was B.C.
NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES
Moving right along--this large Alabama city, as well as a river & bay, was named for an Indian tribe in the region
Time's up! The correct answer was Mobile
DIED ON THE SAME DAY
On April 25,1995 first "Jeopardy!" host Art Fleming passed away & the dance was over for this partner of Fred
Time's up! The correct answer was Ginger Rogers
IN EXILE
Exiled for manslaughter, Eric the Red was forced to leave this country around 981
Time's up! The correct answer was Iceland
HAIR TODAY
George Clooney popularized the close-cut style named this, like a certain leader
Time's up! The correct answer was a Caesar
SPORTS
Named for a U.S. doubles champ, this cup is presented to the winner of a 16-team men's tennis tourney
Time's up! The correct answer was Davis Cup
SNOWBOARDING
Like skateboarders, snowboarders perform in a U-shaped structure called this
Time's up! The correct answer was a half-pipe
STATE GOVERNMENT
In this post, Jim Ryan is Illinois' chief law enforcement & consumer protection official
Time's up! The correct answer was attorney general
RHYME TIME FOOD & DRINK
A hilarious bee product
Time's up! The correct answer was funny honey
PARTS OF PEACH
5-letter word for the hard interior of a peach
Time's up! The correct answer was the stone
HEY, GOOD-LOOKIN'
An explosive device, a stunning revelation, or a stunning blonde
Time's up! The correct answer was a bombshell
CHINESE CALENDAR ANIMALS
1967 folks "flock" to this sign that represents the essence of the Yin, the feminine passive principle
Time's up! The correct answer was the sheep
THE 1970 TV SEASON
The prime time spellcaster wasn't Sabrina, but Samantha in this series
Time's up! The correct answer was Bewitched
SPORTS FACTS
Iowa state's Dan Gable won 2 NCAA titles in this sport & then coached Iowa to 15 team titles from1978 to 1997
Time's up! The correct answer was wrestling
BIG MERGERS
In January 1999 we found out Viacom had its eye on this TV network
Time's up! The correct answer was CBS
WHO'S THE MRS.?
Mrs. James Carville
Time's up! The correct answer was Matalin
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
SURVIVAL AT SEA
Capsized off Georges Bank, Ernie Hazard survived 2 days in his underwear in this ocean
Time's up! The correct answer was Atlantic Ocean
SO YOU WANT TO BE A 19th CENTURY HEROINE
Your job options include teacher & this related job of the heroines in "Jane Eyre" & "Vanity Fair"
Time's up! The correct answer was governess
PASS THE CHOCOLATE
The leaf design on Godiva's Autant chocolates is a stylized version of a feather on this "Gone With the Wind" heroine's hat
Time's up! The correct answer was Scarlett O'Hara
BICYCLES
In the 1984 Olympics, Alexi Grewal won a gold medal in cycling for this country
Time's up! The correct answer was the United States
INVENTIVE MINDS
This peanut guy devised some 118 byproducts for the sweet potato
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington Carver
MISC.
This N.H. school was the last U.S. institution of higher learning to be founded by royal decree
Time's up! The correct answer was Dartmouth
RED SOX IT TO ME
With 44 homers, 121 RBIs & a .326 average, Carl Yastrzemski is the last baseball player to win this
Time's up! The correct answer was the Triple Crown
CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS
Philosopher Soren Kierkegaard was born May 5, 1813 in this capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Copenhagen
THAT'S ITALIAN!
This 15th century movement may have first been named in a 1550 book, using the Italian word rinascita
Time's up! The correct answer was the Renaissance
NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME
This French chemist inducted in 1978 "was the founder of microbiological sciences"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pasteur
JURY DUTY
In selecting jurors, an attorney may reject some for no stated reason-- this type of challenge
Time's up! The correct answer was a peremptory challenge
THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
On the evening of April 18, 1775 Robert Newman displayed 2 lanterns in this Boston structure
Time's up! The correct answer was the Old North Church
INVENTIVE MINDS
30 years after inventing an instant camera, he invented Polavision, instant movies
Time's up! The correct answer was Edwin Land
CINEMATIC DICTIONARY
SFX is the standard abbreviation for these, from the rustling of trees to cannon fire
Time's up! The correct answer was Sound effects
BILLS & WILLS
This perennial Democratic nominee also served as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State
Time's up! The correct answer was William Jennings Bryan
EDS
In 1994 Johnny Depp played this wacky director of such classic films as "Plan 9 from Outer Space" & "Necromania"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ed Wood
1807
Following his victory in the Battle of Friedland in June, he forced the capitulation of the Russian Empire
Time's up! The correct answer was Napoleon
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
Norse myth is big on trees; the first man & woman -- Ask & Embla -- were created out of these 2 species
Time's up! The correct answer was ash & elm
CINEMATIC DICTIONARY
Near the end of the credits comes the "cutter" of this, the exposed but unfinished film
Time's up! The correct answer was Negative cutter
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
"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
NO. 1 QUESTIONS
In a 1971 No. 1 hit the Bee Gees wanted to know "How can you mend" one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a broken heart
THE CRUCIBLE
This element, Pt, is used in crucibles & tongs because of its inertness & high fusing point
Time's up! The correct answer was platinum
NURSERY RHYMES
It's what Peter, Peter ate; later he kept his wife in the shell of one
Time's up! The correct answer was Pumpkin
WHY?
According to Genesis 3:14, because it tricked Eve
Time's up! The correct answer was Why does the snake crawl on the ground?
WHAT'CHA GOT COOKIN'?
I'm boiling these to mix with red cabbage; it's too darn hot to roast them on an open fire
Time's up! The correct answer was chestnuts
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
In 1999 Ford snatched up the auto unit of this company for 50 billion kronor
Time's up! The correct answer was Volvo
THE COMPANY LINE
This housewares store was named for the packaging its merchandise came in & was first displayed on
Time's up! The correct answer was Crate & Barrel
WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS
1907: A Powhatan princess
plush grove
ur mom
leaden abyssBOT
Time's up! The correct answer was Pocahontas
LASTS
Alphabetically last of our solar system's planets
Time's up! The correct answer was Venus
THE 23rd PSALM
These 2 items, "they comfort me"
Time's up! The correct answer was rod & staff
U.S. CITIES
This Rhode Island resort city is the site of the U.S. Navy Undersea Warfare Center
Time's up! The correct answer was Newport
UNOFFICIAL STATE NICKNAMES
It's "The Land of the Saints", the Latter-Day Saints
Time's up! The correct answer was Utah
THE USA
The name of this New Mexico city where the first atomic bomb was exploded is Spanish for "big cottonwood"
Time's up! The correct answer was Alamogordo
RHYMES WITH SMART
Small, slender missile thrown at a board in a game
Time's up! The correct answer was a dart
CHOPIN
Chopin was born in Poland, & his first printed work at age 7 was one of these appropriately named pieces
Time's up! The correct answer was Polonaise
THE RECORD SHOWS I TOOK THE BLOWS
This ex-NATO commander & presidential candidate was wounded in Vietnam
Time's up! The correct answer was Clark
ANIMAL GROUPS
Though not noted for their musical skills, a group of gorillas is called this
Time's up! The correct answer was a band
ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER
The Beatles' bass player before Paul took over
Time's up! The correct answer was Stu Sutcliffe
FOREIGN
Tredici is Italian for this symbol of bad luck
Time's up! The correct answer was thirteen
THE HOUND OF MUSIC
Title question posed by Patti Page in a 1953 smash
Time's up! The correct answer was "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?"
GRAVE MATTERS
Thomas Crawford's best-known work, "Armed Liberty", is the bronze atop the dome of this American landmark
Time's up! The correct answer was U.S. Capitol Building
STATE SUPERLATIVES
The nation's highest flat-top mountain, Grand Mesa, is in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Colorado
ENGLISH CLASS
It's the third person plural objective case pronoun
Time's up! The correct answer was them
THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS
Something that's the first son's due; Esau sold his
Time's up! The correct answer was birthright
WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?
If you can't stand the heat, there's always this raw dish that includes onions, capers, egg yolks & beef tenderloin
Time's up! The correct answer was steak tartare
"A" PLUS
It's the color mentioned in the second line of "America the Beautiful"
Time's up! The correct answer was amber
RADIO PERSONALITIES
Tavis Smiley launched this network's first national show to originate from Los Angeles
Time's up! The correct answer was NPR
PRE-COLUMBIAN CULTURES
Probably the biggest big game the Clovis culture went after 11,200 years ago, it was woolly
Time's up! The correct answer was Mammoth
MYTHOLOGY
Danae gave birth to Perseus after Zeus visited her in the form of a shower of this precious metal
Time's up! The correct answer was Gold
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
In 1865 this school in Poughkeepsie became the first women's college in the U.S. to have facilities equal to the men's schools
Time's up! The correct answer was Vassar
HISTORIC QUOTES
When asked how he became a hero, this president replied, "It was involuntary. They sank my boat"
Time's up! The correct answer was John F. Kennedy
ANGELS
The address of Angel Stadium is on a street named for this singing cowboy
Time's up! The correct answer was Gene Autry
ANCIENT COINS
Smyrna, which claimed to be the birthplace of this poet, put him on a 2nd century B.C. coin
Time's up! The correct answer was Homer
PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME
Arthur's school terms
Time's up! The correct answer was Chester's semesters
WHO'S ON FIRST?
Sundays from 1984 to 1995, "60 Minutes" led into this CBS crime drama--guess Jessica finally got tired of writing
Time's up! The correct answer was Murder, She Wrote
THEIR ALMA MATERS
Radio's Garrison Keillor
Time's up! The correct answer was The University of Minnesota
LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER
American ambulance driver Frederic Henry satirizes romantic ideas about war in this work by Hemingway & Shaw
Time's up! The correct answer was A Farewell to Arms and the Man
COMMON SIMILES
This ichthyological simile might apply to someone spending too much time at the bar
Time's up! The correct answer was drinking like a fish
SPORTS TRIVIA
In 1989 this Canadian team won its 1st Stanley Cup
Time's up! The correct answer was Calgary Flames
LITERATURE
Milan Kundera's "Immortality" read in this, its original language, may be unbearably light reading
Time's up! The correct answer was Czech
A LITERARY TOUR
Chat about Lady Chatterley at this author's birthplace museum in Nottinghamshire
Time's up! The correct answer was D.H. Lawrence
INITIAL T.V.
This show which had a 9-year-run on ABC was produced with help from J. Edgar Hoover
Time's up! The correct answer was The F.B.I.
READING
Group name for all letters other than A, E, I, O & U
Time's up! The correct answer was consonants
1933
Federal judge John Woolsey lifted the ban on the importation & sale of this James Joyce book
Time's up! The correct answer was "Ulysses"
GETTING TICKED OFF
Jealous of this Prussian chancellor's fame, Wilhelm II sank him by forcing his resignation in 1890
Time's up! The correct answer was Bismarck
THEIR ALMA MATERS
Sir Isaac Newton
Time's up! The correct answer was Cambridge
ENGLISH CLASS
It's the third person plural objective case pronoun
Time's up! The correct answer was them
LOW CUT GENES
Named for a German neuropathologist, this memory loss disease may be caused by a gene on chromosome 21
Time's up! The correct answer was Alzheimer's disease
SIMILES
A person who's out of his element is "like a fish" in this predicament
Time's up! The correct answer was out of water
TRAIN STATIONS
Sherlock Holmes often left London from this station that shares its name with a battle
Time's up! The correct answer was Waterloo Station
IRAQNOPHOBIA
During the Gulf War, foreign journalists used this city's Al-Rashid Hotel as their base of operations
Time's up! The correct answer was Baghdad
UNFORESEEN FINDS
This product was born when a new 3M jet-fuel hose material spilled on shoes & made them waterproof & stain-resistant
Time's up! The correct answer was Scotchgard
WHEREFORE "ART" THOU
One of these might be flip, flow or pie
Time's up! The correct answer was Chart
A BUNCH OF "GREAT" LEADERS
His forces defeated the Persian Army under Darius III in 333 B.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander the Great
SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG
You're nuts if you don't know this title of hits by Seal, Icehouse & Patsy Cline
Time's up! The correct answer was "Crazy"
AMERICAN LITERATURE
He wrote "Cadillac Jack" & "Lonesome Dove" after "Terms of Endearment"
Time's up! The correct answer was Larry McMurtry
LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS
Named for his cousin, James Buchanan Eads built the first bridge across this river at St. Louis
Time's up! The correct answer was the Mississippi
LANGUAGE QUESTIONS
If you see a cool t-shirt in a store in Poland, "Kosztuje?" is how you ask this
Time's up! The correct answer was "How much does this cost?"
IT DON'T MEAN A "THING"
"In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking", now heaven knows, this
Time's up! The correct answer was "Anything Goes"
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
In west Africa: Luanda
Time's up! The correct answer was Angola
THE ASSASSIN'S VICTIM
1901: Leon Czolgosz
Time's up! The correct answer was William McKinley
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
Cabinda, an area of this former Portuguese colony, is separated from the rest of it by Zaire
Time's up! The correct answer was Angola
NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES
Like its lengthy river, this state's name is Algonquian for "great water"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mississippi
CHAD IS RAD
In the 11th century the kings of Chad converted to this faith
Time's up! The correct answer was Islam
SYRIA'S EATING
The leaves of mulukhiya resemble those of this vegetable; we hope Syrian kids don't turn up their noses at mulukhiya
Time's up! The correct answer was spinach
THE "X" FILES
High-energy radiation used to take a picture of your insides
Time's up! The correct answer was X-rays
WORD ORIGINS
The name of this bread spread goes all the way back to bous, a Greek word for "cow"
Time's up! The correct answer was butter
INDEPENDENCE DAYS
This Asian island nation gained independence from the U.S. in 1946 but celebrates its 1898 freedom from Spain on June 12
Time's up! The correct answer was the Philippines
KIDDY LIT
The wedding meal eaten by this odd Edward Lear pair is "mince and slices of quince"
Time's up! The correct answer was the owl and the pussycat
DOUGH
Italy has issued Euro coins with part of this painter's "Birth of Venus" on the reverse
Time's up! The correct answer was Botticelli
THAT'S MY LAW
Kepler's first law says that planetary orbits aren't circular but have this shape
Time's up! The correct answer was Elliptical
WHERE'S MY COFFEE?
Java is a synonym for coffee; a high-grade bean also comes from this next most populous Indonesian island
Time's up! The correct answer was Sumatra
NEPAL
It consists of two red triangles outlined in blue with white symbols of the sun and the moon
Time's up! The correct answer was the flag of Nepal
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
THE REPLACEMENTS
This cell-division process in which a cell's nucleus replicates is vital for repair & replacement of worn-out cells
Time's up! The correct answer was mitosis
MEATS
These gastropods are sometimes fed aromatic herbs to give them a special savor
Time's up! The correct answer was snail
THE OLD WEST
He tried to help the town of Dolores, N.M. in 1900 by using static electricity to extract gold out of gravel
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Edison
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
SOCIOLOGY
The sum of the customs & beliefs that distinguish one group from another; the hippies formed a "counter" one
Time's up! The correct answer was a culture
2011 MOVIES
He was busy in 2011, with parts in "Paul", "Horrible Bosses" & "The Change-Up"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bateman
BOOK NAMES
Charles Dickens: "Little ____"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dorrit
MUSICAL THEATRE
In 1994 Brooke Shields made her Broadway debut as Betty Rizzo in this musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Grease
WHOSE IS IT?
2 by 2 the animals were put on this "ark"
Time's up! The correct answer was Noah's Ark
LITERATURE
"A Tale of Two Cities" opens as Dr. Alexander Manette is released after 18 years in this prison
Time's up! The correct answer was The Bastille
FRENCH ART & ARTISTS
In 1834 Delacroix painted the lush "Women of" this Algerian city "in Their Apartment"
Time's up! The correct answer was Algiers
EARTH, WIND & FIRE
Oh, "Boy"! This warming of the Pacific that causes unusual weather patterns occurs about every 2 to 7 years
Time's up! The correct answer was El Nino
AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE
The shingleback skink, a type of this, has protruding scales that make it look like a pine cone
Time's up! The correct answer was a lizard
CRAFT
This word for a step in sewing a garment is also found paired with "hawing"
Time's up! The correct answer was hemming
THE UPPER CRUST
Oralando Montagu is making a lot of "bread" selling this lunch item (he's descended from the Earl who invented it)
Time's up! The correct answer was a sandwich
THE PRODUCERS
This state produces more lobsters than any other
Time's up! The correct answer was Maine
4-LETTER WORDS
It's short for one of the muscles, or a large open space on campus surrounded by buildings
Time's up! The correct answer was a quad
AROUND THE WORLD
Completed in 1345, the Ponte Vecchio crosses over the Arno River in this European country
Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
TELEVISION & HISTORY
When "60 Minutes" premiered, this man was U.S. president
Time's up! The correct answer was Lyndon B. Johnson
STATES' FORMER CAPITALS
Knoxville
Time's up! The correct answer was Tennessee
AUTHORS
In September 1941 this author christened the warship Atlanta, also known as "The Mighty A"
Time's up! The correct answer was Margaret Mitchell
AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE
This manatee relative of the order Sirenia can be found in the coastal waters of North Australia
Time's up! The correct answer was a dugong
BOB DYLAN CHRONICLES
"God say, 'You can do what you want Abe, but the next time you see me comin' you better run'"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Highway 61 Revisited"
"NEVER" AT THE MOVIES
This 1977 movie about a schizophrenic girl was adapted from Joanne Greenberg's book of the same name
Time's up! The correct answer was I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
ODDS & ENDS
Odds are 1 in 3 that the American spud you're eating was grown in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Idaho
"PH"UN WORDS
The name of this Egyptian island is Greek for "Lighthouse"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pharos
SNL CELEBRITY JEOPARDY!
Norm MacDonald played this "Smokey and the Bandit" star who had a slight problem IDing Pat Morita's ancestry
Time's up! The correct answer was Burt Reynolds
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
THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
In his acceptance speech, Pres. Obama quoted this 1964 American recipient saying, "violence never brings permanent peace"
Time's up! The correct answer was King
VEGAS, BABY
The bird Phoenicopterus ruber roseus, or a Las Vegas hotel
Time's up! The correct answer was Flamingo
FOLKIES
In his hard youth, this Oklahoman who fathered Arlo & the Folk Revival had a job washing spittoons
Time's up! The correct answer was Woody Guthrie
FILM FACTS
This Beatle not only strarred in "Give My Regards to Broad Street", he wrote the screenplay & the score
Time's up! The correct answer was Paul McCartney
SI's SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE
A Little League team in Kentucky is sponsored by this "delightfully tacky yet unrefined" restaurant
Time's up! The correct answer was Hooters
GAMES
This lawn game was once called Pall Mall, from Italian words meaning "ball" & "mallet"
Time's up! The correct answer was croquet
THE ICU
Intensive care is also called this "care", like the condition patients may be in
Time's up! The correct answer was Critical
OATS
While the terms are used interchangeably, groats are usually more coarsely ground than these
Time's up! The correct answer was Grits
OUT OF THIS WORLD
Galileo was the first person to see the rings around this planet
Time's up! The correct answer was Saturn
NAME THE POET
"His pride had cast him out from heaven, with all his host of rebel angels"
Time's up! The correct answer was John Milton
AMERICAN HISTORY
In 1917 the U.S. purchased the islands of St. Croix, St. John & St. Thomas from this country for $25 million
Time's up! The correct answer was Denmark
SAINTS
In the 7th century Isidore was bishop of this city, not barber of it
Time's up! The correct answer was Seville
LET'S MESS WITH TEXAS
Educated at Phillips Academy, Yale & Harvard, this part-time Crawford resident was born in Connecticut in 1946
Time's up! The correct answer was George W. Bush
POETIC TITLE VERBS
"_____ By Woods On A Snowy Evening"
Time's up! The correct answer was Stopping
WORLD CAPITALS
Foreign embassies are located in Jiddah, some 500 miles from this country's capital, Riyadh
Time's up! The correct answer was Saudi Arabia
TURNING 40 IN '98
In 1998 she turned 40 & played a 40-year-old in "How Stella Got Her Groove Back"
Time's up! The correct answer was Angela Bassett
AMERICAN AUTHORS
During the War Of 1812, this "Rip Van Winkle" author wrote biographies of Naval commanders
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington Irving
WHAT A WEEK
In 1999 this country began 3 "golden weeks" of vacation for its vast populace, including one around May Day
Time's up! The correct answer was China
SPORTS TRIVIA
The French Open tennis tournament is played on courts of this color clay
Time's up! The correct answer was Red
PASS THE CHOCOLATE
The leaf design on Godiva's Autant chocolates is a stylized version of a feather on this "Gone With the Wind" heroine's hat
Time's up! The correct answer was Scarlett O'Hara
AMERICAN HISTORY
In 1949 Henry H. Arnold became the first general of this branch of the armed forces
Time's up! The correct answer was Air Force
SI's SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE
This Miami Heat superstar center's "wife, Shaunie, said their family has outgrown its 18-bedroom home"
Time's up! The correct answer was Shaquille O'Neal
MEDICINE
Yes, she developed a scoring system in 1952 to aid in determining a newborn's health
Time's up! The correct answer was Virginia Apgar
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
In an $80 billion deal these 2 oil companies joined forces in 1999 in the biggest merger up to that time
Time's up! The correct answer was Exxon & Mobil
WASHINGTON D.C.
What the "D.C." stands for
Time's up! The correct answer was the District of Columbia
HAVE A WHISKEY
The world's most popular whiskey is this color Johnnie Walker
Time's up! The correct answer was Red
HISTORIC BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
A 1906 announcement: dad Socrates & mom Penelope celebrate the launch of this new little ship
Time's up! The correct answer was Aristotle Onassis
GIANTS OF SCIENCE
"Father of the A-Bomb" who recalled the Hindu line "I am become death" after the first atomic explosion
Time's up! The correct answer was J. Robert Oppenheimer
WHAT'CHA GOT COOKIN'?
I'm boiling these to mix with red cabbage; it's too darn hot to roast them on an open fire
Time's up! The correct answer was chestnuts
THE ANIMALS
Thought to resemble lions associated with Buddha, this Chinese dog breed was protected by royal decree
Time's up! The correct answer was Pekingese
QUOTATIONS
This "Huck Finn" author wrote "Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mark Twain
ROAMIN' THE WORLD
When Sudan takes you to a place by this river, you can sit by the Blue or White one
Time's up! The correct answer was Nile
GETTING POSSESSIVE
This bovine took the rap for the disastrous fire of October 8, 1871
Time's up! The correct answer was Mrs. O'Leary's cow
20th CENTURY INVENTION
In 1983 the first U.S. commercial call on one of these was from Chicago to a descendant of Bell in Germany
Time's up! The correct answer was Cellular phone
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS
This title dog's real first name is Scoobert
Time's up! The correct answer was Scooby-Doo
PEANUTS
When Lucy invites Charlie Brown to kick a football, you can expect her to do this
Time's up! The correct answer was Pull it out from under him
FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS
The National School Lunch Program comes from this dept., also concerned with foot-and-mouth disease
Time's up! The correct answer was Agriculture
THE KILLERS
Pausanius, a young Macedonian noble, killed this man, Alexander's dad, in 336 B.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Philip
WITH BROTHERHOOD
Originally formed as a trio in Gary, Indiana in 1963, these singing siblings gained fame as a quintet
Time's up! The correct answer was the Jacksons
PLAY ADJECTIVES
Mark Medoff's "Children of a ____ God"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lesser
CENTRAL PARK
In the 1953 film "The Band Wagon" Fred Astaire & this leggy partner were "Dancing In The Dark" through Central Park
Time's up! The correct answer was Cyd Charisse
MONEY SLANG
You don't get 5 guesses at this winglike appendage to the underwater portion of a hull
Time's up! The correct answer was a fin
POLITICAL SLOGANS
“Four more years of the full dinner pail” symbolized this president's re-election campaign in 1900
Time's up! The correct answer was McKinley
MYTHOLOGY
These fiendish feathered females swooped down over Phineus & befouled his food
Time's up! The correct answer was Harpies
FILE UNDER "K"
The Nancy Drew books are written under this pseudonym
Time's up! The correct answer was Carolyn Keene
10-LETTER WORDS
Lionel Hampton's instrument
Time's up! The correct answer was Vibraphone
TRAVEL & TOURISM
We're not stringing you along: this capital of the Czech Republic is famous for its puppet theatres
Time's up! The correct answer was Prague
ODDS & ENDS
This constellation is also called The Twins
Time's up! The correct answer was Gemini
COLOGNE RANGER
In 1932 one of these speed limit-less German expressways opened between Cologne & Bonn
Time's up! The correct answer was an Autobahn
1807
In August, this Robert Fulton-built steamship left NYC for Albany on the Hudson River
Time's up! The correct answer was the Clermont
NUTRITION
The flavonoids in this may help prevent heart disease, so a "kiss" a day may keep the cardiologist away
Time's up! The correct answer was chocolate
"IND" THE KNOW
The systematic teaching of beliefs to gain uncritical acceptance
Time's up! The correct answer was indoctrination
SPELL CHECK HELL
Tried to put in the first name of Colts quarterback Manning & it turned him into this hallucinogenic cactus
Time's up! The correct answer was peyote
BOB DYLAN CHRONICLES
"May you build a ladder to the stars and climb on every rung"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Forever Young"
THAT'S MY BUSINESS
With a "familial" English name, this Japanese maker of office equipment started out selling sewing machines
Time's up! The correct answer was Brother
MOVIE PRODUCERS
He acted opposite Mary Pickford before starting the Keystone Company to produce comedies
Time's up! The correct answer was Mack Sennett
SUPERHEROES
In a 2002 movie this hero got an upside-down kiss from Mary Jane
Time's up! The correct answer was Spider-Man
POETS
After his death in 1821, a fellow poet wrote that he was fragile & was "killed off by one critique"
Time's up! The correct answer was Keats
"I" LADS
This auto exec's autobiography is one of the bestselling nonfiction works in publishing history
Time's up! The correct answer was Lee Iacocca
3-LETTER THE BETTER
Saturated
Time's up! The correct answer was wet
SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER
This item on a bicycle lets drivers see cyclists at night
Time's up! The correct answer was taillight
ASSASSINS
In May 1981 would-be assassin Mehmet Ali Agca shot this man in St. Peter's Square
Time's up! The correct answer was Pope John Paul II
PROVERBS
It "seldom knocks twice", so make the most of it
Time's up! The correct answer was Opportunity
ONE-WORD RHYMES
This term for empty words or nonsense was originally a trick to gain applause
Time's up! The correct answer was claptrap
1994 FILMS
In this film Martin Scorsese says the TV audience wants "To watch the money"
Time's up! The correct answer was Quiz Show
TUBE TEST
This spin-off spun off a show of its own, "Checking In", with Marla Gibbs continuing as Florence Johnston
Time's up! The correct answer was The Jeffersons
HISTORIC NICKNAMES
Among the more colorful nicknames of this agricultural chemist were "Peanut Man" & "Sweet-Potato Man"
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington Carver
SPORTS
Founded in 1897, it's the world's oldest annual marathon
Time's up! The correct answer was the Boston Marathon
DRAMA
This lengthy work by Eugene O'Neill is based partly on the Oresteia of Aeschylus
Time's up! The correct answer was Mourning Becomes Electra
COLORFUL GROUPS
They "Wish You Were Here": ____ Floyd