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INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY
The first 4 letters of xylophone refer etymologically to this material used to make its sounding bars
Time's up! The correct answer was wood
JONATHAN SWIFTIES
"A flea / hath smaller fleas that on him prey; / and these have smaller still to bite 'em; / and so proceed" this endless way
Time's up! The correct answer was ad infinitum
THE ICU
Intensive care is also called this "care", like the condition patients may be in
Time's up! The correct answer was Critical
RHYMES WITH STONEHENGE
Statues of Ms. Baez, Ms. Collins & Ms. Didion are part of this monument
Time's up! The correct answer was Joanhenge
CIVIL WAR LITERATURE
He drew on his wartime nursing experience for the poem "The Wound-Dresser"
Time's up! The correct answer was Walt Whitman
THE GODFATHER
After the death of his mother, this future poet was taken in by his godfather John Allan in 1811
Time's up! The correct answer was Poe
DREAMY MUSIC
"The only trouble" with this Everly Brothers hit is "Gee whiz, I'm dreaming my life away"
Time's up! The correct answer was All I Have To Do Is Dream
DRAMA
In Clifford Odets' "Golden Boy", Joe Bonaparte gives up the violin for this sport
Time's up! The correct answer was Boxing
CLASSIC ADS & JINGLES
"Solutions for a small planet"
Time's up! The correct answer was IBM
MOVIE MUSICALS
As the master of ceremonies, this actor was the only one to reprise his stage role in 1972's "Cabaret"
Time's up! The correct answer was Joel Grey
HOUSES OF WORSHIP
The world's largest mosque is Shah Faisal Mosque near this Pakistani capital; it can hold 100,000 worshippers
Time's up! The correct answer was Islamabad
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MOVIES
A baseball drama: "Bang the _____ Slowly"
Time's up! The correct answer was Drum
HERE'S LUCY
Before playing Xena, she co-hosted the travel show "Air New Zealand Holiday"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lucy Lawless
SILENCE
In a silent one of these, the bids are written--none of that "do I hear..." business
Time's up! The correct answer was an auction
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
"O" YOU ANIMAL!
The Pacific species of this has an arm span of up to 33 feet
Time's up! The correct answer was Octopus
"E" CHANNEL
Alexander Pope once cracked, "The vulgar boil, the learned roast" one of these, maybe for breakfast
Time's up! The correct answer was an egg
THE SUPREME COURT
This president called his 1953 appointment of Earl Warren "the biggest damn' fool mistake I ever made"
Time's up! The correct answer was Eisenhower
WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!
Newspapers I own include the Daily Telegraph of Sydney & the Australian
Time's up! The correct answer was Rupert Murdoch
BACKWARDS
In competitive rowing, this is the only person in the boat whose back is not to the finish line
Time's up! The correct answer was the coxswain
POP MUSIC
Alan, Merrill & Wayne, 3 of these Utah brothers, co-wrote their own 1972 hit "Crazy Horses"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Osmonds
WORLD UP!
This island that gained independence from Denmark in 1944 is below the Arctic Circle
Time's up! The correct answer was Iceland
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
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
NEBRASKA, NEW YORK OR NORTH DAKOTA
Its cities include Minot, Jamestown & Grand Forks
Time's up! The correct answer was North Dakota
WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT
In November 1988 she was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head a modern Islamic nation
Time's up! The correct answer was Bhutto
CLASSICAL GASES
This gas forms tiny bubbles in a diver's bloodstream that can be dangerous if he ascends too quickly
Time's up! The correct answer was Nitrogen
THE TITANIC
Milvina Dean, who had this distinction among the 2,200 people on board, lived to see the 95th anniv. in 2007
Time's up! The correct answer was the youngest person
TRAVEL
Beautiful Margaret Island in this river has been a Budapest park for more than 100 years
Time's up! The correct answer was the Danube
FAMOUS AMERICANS
Her appointment to the Supreme Court in 1981 to replace Potter Stewart was history-making
Time's up! The correct answer was Sandra Day O'Connor
SPORTS TRIVIA
In case you want to book your flights now, this will be played in Tampa in 1991 & Minneapolis in 1992
Time's up! The correct answer was The Super Bowl
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
AIRLINE TRAVEL
It can be a place to leave your puppy when you take a trip, or a carrier for him that fits under an airplane seat
Time's up! The correct answer was a kennel
WORDS IN (THE) ENCYCLOPEDIA
Genetic duplicate
Time's up! The correct answer was clone
THE ASPCA
An ASPCA program begun in 1992 promotes the adoption of these dogs when they retire from racing
Time's up! The correct answer was Greyhounds
PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING DRAMAS
The Pulitzer folks gave "A Delicate Balance" by thIs playwright a 1967 "Woolf" whistle
Time's up! The correct answer was Albee
ANIMAL GROUPS
A group of vipers, even if the snakes don't live in a bird's dwelling
Time's up! The correct answer was a nest
BIBLICAL QUOTES
This disciple wouldn't believe Jesus' resurrection until he saw "in his hands the print of the nails"
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas
TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY
A brave French soldier might receive the award known as the "Croix de Guerre", meaning "Cross of" this
Time's up! The correct answer was War
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
BASEBALL
In Los Angeles, the Dodgers have had only these 2 managers
Time's up! The correct answer was Walter Alston & Tommy Lasorda
YOUNG ABE LINCOLN
Among the books read by Lincoln as a youngster were "Robinson Crusoe", "Aesop's Fables", & Mason Weems' "Life of" this man
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington
RUSSIA
Abbreviated CIS, it replaced the USSR
Time's up! The correct answer was Commonwealth of Independent States
SCIENCE CLASS
The wedge is an adaptation of the simple machine called the inclined this
Time's up! The correct answer was plane
ROCK & ROLL FRONTMEN
David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar, David Lee Roth
Time's up! The correct answer was Van Halen
THE NEW YORK TIMES 2009 FICTION BESTSELLERS
Hey, y'all, this CNN legal analyst made the list with her novel "The Eleventh Victim"
Time's up! The correct answer was Nancy Grace
CELEBS
He auditioned for & won the part of Ron Weasley with a rap that he wrote
Time's up! The correct answer was Rupert Grint
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
MEDICAL TALK
Luteinizing hormone is one of the many produced by this cherry-shaped gland
Time's up! The correct answer was the pituitary
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
CURRENT BLACK PRESIDENTS
Taking over from his assassinated father in 2001, Joseph Kabila is the president of this country abbreviated D.R.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was the Democratic Republic of the Congo
I KNOW THAT SONG
It's the title of the Christmas carol and the line that precedes "sweetly singing o'er the plains"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Angels We Have Heard on High"
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
MILITARY SLANG
A "ROAD" scholar is "retired on" this (coasting until actual retirement)
Time's up! The correct answer was active duty
TRUTH OR DARE
Dare: She was born on Aug. 18, 1587, the first English child born in America
Time's up! The correct answer was Virginia Dare
WORKING ON THE RAILROAD
On April 30, 1900 this engineer gave his life in a train crash to save his passengers; his name would live on in ballads
Time's up! The correct answer was Casey Jones
PROVERBS
"You can't make a silk purse" out of this
Time's up! The correct answer was a sow's ear
AN E FOR AN I
A "landing" area is transformed into a serious throat infection
Time's up! The correct answer was strep & strip
WORDS TO THE "Y"s
The last stage of a robbery, as in the McQueen-MacGraw movie
Time's up! The correct answer was a getaway
THE GODFATHER
This British philosopher who won a Nobel Prize in 1950 was the godchild of John Stuart Mill
Time's up! The correct answer was Bertrand Russell
JUST PLANE GEOMETRY
To make this figure, put a looped string around 2 tacks, place a pencil tight against the string & draw
Time's up! The correct answer was an ellipse
FAMOUS NAMES
This star of "Kojak" admits he shaves his head every morning
Time's up! The correct answer was Telly Savalas
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
19TH CENTURY FICTION
The 1853 novel "Clotel, or The President's Daughter" alleges that this man had an affair with a slave
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Jefferson
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
OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s
Linus Torvalds is the father of this operating system used on cell phones & supercomputers
Time's up! The correct answer was Linux
GOOSE...MOTHER GOOSE
The pig that he stole was actually an animal-shaped, currant-filled pastry
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom
AMERICANA
On December 19 the people of this U.S. state celebrate Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop's birthday
Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii
WHO'S ON FIRST?
For the 2000-2001 season, "The Simpsons" led into this show that led into "The X-Files"--you might say it was...
Time's up! The correct answer was Malcolm In The Middle
THE BIG APPLE
Artsy types like Maya Lin & Art Spiegelman find inspiration in this area that gets its name from its northern border
Time's up! The correct answer was SoHo
HOUSES OF WORSHIP
The Church of this in Jerusalem is said to be built over the site where Jesus was entombed after his crucifixion
Time's up! The correct answer was Holy Sepulchre
FAMOUS TEENAGERS
This young man who turned 18 on June 21, 2000 has a dog named Widgeon & a younger brother named Harry
Time's up! The correct answer was Prince William
ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS
In Salzburg you can visit the graves of his parents & his wife Constanze; his own location is uncertain
Time's up! The correct answer was W.A. Mozart
TAINTED GOV
Elected to the Senate in 1930, he refused to resign as Louisiana's gov. until '32, when his handpicked crony got the gig
Time's up! The correct answer was Huey Long
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
PUT ON YOUR JAMIES
She was Wanda in "A Fish Called Wanda" & Willa in the sort-of follow-up "Fierce Creatures"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jamie Lee Curtis
RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS
Lev Landau won a 1962 Nobel Prize for working in low-temperature physics, also known as this
Time's up! The correct answer was cryogenics
CALL OUT THE VOICE SQUAD
He provided the voices of both Beavis & Butthead
Time's up! The correct answer was Mike Judge
HOW DO YOU...
Dial 011-33-1 & a local number, say "Pourrais-je parler a M. Chirac?"
Time's up! The correct answer was call the president of France
WHAT A CHARACTER!
Hardcore fans of "Gilligan's Island" known that this character's real name is Roy Hinkley
Time's up! The correct answer was the Professor
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
GOING DUTCH
Ask a Dutchman "Spreekt U Engels?", which means this, & he'll probably say, "Yes"
Time's up! The correct answer was Do you speak English?
OSCAR-WINNING ROLES
1952: Marshal Will Kane
Time's up! The correct answer was Gary Cooper
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
I COULD USE SOME SELF-HELP!
Last name of Dale, who wrote "How to Win Friends and Influence People"
Time's up! The correct answer was Carnegie
THE "UNDER" WORLD
It means to weaken support for something or to unearth too little ore
Time's up! The correct answer was undermine
A VIOLENT CATEGORY
A suit of cards represented by a trefoil
Time's up! The correct answer was club
WHO'S THE BOSS
Every week Danno Williams would "Book 'Em" for this boss
Time's up! The correct answer was Steve McGarrett
WHO'S THE MRS.?
Mrs. Blake Edwards
Time's up! The correct answer was Julie Andrews
CROSSWORD CLUES "E"
Zealous, like a beaver (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was eager
RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS
Sergey Korolyov was instrumental in the success of this first artificial satellite of the Earth
Time's up! The correct answer was Sputnik
THE "A"s
Some scientists believe the dinosaurs died out when one of these interstellar objects struck the Earth
Time's up! The correct answer was an asteroid
CABLE TELEVISION
The name of this channel can be traced back to a movie theater that opened in 1905 in McKeesport, Pa.
Time's up! The correct answer was Nickelodeon
HEADQUARTERS
Since 1988 J.C. Penney has been firmly planted in Plano in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas
ART & ARTISTS
He painted "Tahitian Women" shortly after arriving on that island in 1891
Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Gauguin
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
BEFORE THEY WERE FIRST LADIES
As a young wife in the 1950s, she managed the accounts for the family agricultural business
Time's up! The correct answer was Mrs. Carter
YOU HAD TO EXPECT OPERA
We're not stringing you along: "El Retablo de Maese Pedro" is meant to be peformed by these toys
Time's up! The correct answer was puppets
EPONYMS
To abstain from buying or doing trade with, in honor of an Irish landlord against whom such tactics were used
Time's up! The correct answer was to boycott
"IBLE"S & BITS
Adjective for handwriting that can actually be read, unlike my doctor's
Time's up! The correct answer was legible
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
AMERICANA
Check out exotic marine life at one of these, like the National one in Baltimore
Time's up! The correct answer was an aquarium
ANIMAL PLANET
You'll have a leg up if you know this is the correct term for a baby hippo
Time's up! The correct answer was Calf
ANIMALS
Scientists divide these toothless whales into 3 groups: right whales, gray whales & rorquals
Time's up! The correct answer was Baleen whales
5-LETTER WORDS
It "goes before a fall" & before "Prejudice" in a Jane Austen title
Time's up! The correct answer was pride
WASHINGTON D.C.
Former Secretary of State for whom Washington, D.C. International Airport is named
Time's up! The correct answer was John Foster Dulles
THE MOVIES
Known for comedies like "Mr. Mom", he donned the cape & cowl of Batman in 1989
Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Keaton
SHIPS
This ship, Columbus' flagship., was originally called the Marigalanti
Time's up! The correct answer was Santa Maria
SCIENCE
This resin, a natural polymer used as a varnish, is produced by insects in India and Myanmar
Time's up! The correct answer was shellac
I'VE TRAVELED EACH & EVERY HIGHWAY
Part of U.S. 40 follows the route of this early 19th century road that began in Maryland
Time's up! The correct answer was the Cumberland Road
THROUGH THE 1800s WITH SARAH POLK
During the Civil War, Mrs. Polk's Tennessee home had this official status & both union & CSA leaders visited
Time's up! The correct answer was neutrality
ROCK FORMATIONS
This Jimmy Page foursome first played together as part of the session group on P.J. Proby's "Three Week Hero"
Time's up! The correct answer was Led Zeppelin
CAPITAL IDEA
Long before it was a capital, this city on the Thames River was a communications center
Time's up! The correct answer was London
IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING
This rock band sang, "We are the sultans of swing"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dire Straits
FOOD CHAIN
Offering "Home Style Meals" & a line of frozen entrees, this chain is headquartered in Colorado, not Massachusetts
Time's up! The correct answer was Boston Market
ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE
This Yankee was the "greatest drawing card in history of baseball"
Time's up! The correct answer was Babe Ruth
TAKE OUT
A lobectomy removes one of the 5 lobes of the lungs; a lobotomy takes out part of this organ
Time's up! The correct answer was the brain
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
Bakula, Wolf
Time's up! The correct answer was Scott
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
It can be a pack of dogs, or a place to board them
Time's up! The correct answer was a kennel
INLETS
This largest Alaskan city lies at the head of cook inlet on the Kenai peninsula
Time's up! The correct answer was Anchorage
PRESIDENTIAL FINAL MOMENTS
His passing came in Buffalo, New York from gunshot wounds
Time's up! The correct answer was McKinley
ALSO A GUN MANUFACTURER
Fredric March portrayed this poet in "The Barrets of Wimpole Street"
Time's up! The correct answer was Browning
THE SHORT FORM
This British organization hands out its equivalent to the Oscars
Time's up! The correct answer was BAFTA
AROUND THE WORLD
Granite pillars support the roof of this man's burial "hall" near "The Gate of Heavenly Peace"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mao Tse-tung
JONATHAN SWIFTIES
"Every man desires to live long, but no man would be" this
Time's up! The correct answer was old
I READ THE NEWS TODAY
At the time JFK was shot, Jack Ruby was placing some ads in this "morning" publication
Time's up! The correct answer was the Dallas Morning News
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
"CAL" STATE
One Big Mac has 560 of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Calories
PEANUTS
Of a 25th, 30th or 40th anniversary, what "Peanuts" is celebrating in 1990
Time's up! The correct answer was 40th Anniversary
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
ANNIVERSARY GIFTS
In one form or another you can fork over this metal on the 5th or 25th anniversary
Time's up! The correct answer was Silver
ALASKA
One of the 3 mottos that have been featured on regular Alaskan license plates
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Last Frontier", "The Great Land", or "North to the Future"
"NIGHT"
Any of the various plants of the family Solanaceae; some may be "deadly"
Time's up! The correct answer was nightshades
STRINGS
The hope behind String Theory is that it will result in this, sometimes shortened to "T.O.E."
Time's up! The correct answer was the theory of everything
ON BROADWAY: 1970
After 2,844 performances, Broadway said, "So long, dearie" to this musical December 27, 1970
Time's up! The correct answer was Hello, Dolly!
GAME SHOWS
In this "Street"-wise game show, you have to predict answers given by people on the street
Time's up! The correct answer was Street Smarts
AMERICAN NICKNAMES
The "Plant Magician" was Luther Burbank; this man was the "Plant Doctor"
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington Carver
THE 1930s
In 1936, in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles, this country began remilitarizing the Rhineland
Time's up! The correct answer was Germany
GIVE THE BUCHAREST
1913's treaty of Bucharest ended the second of these peninsular wars
Time's up! The correct answer was the Balkan Wars
NATIONAL MONUMENTS
This Wyoming monument contains an 865-foot-high fluted column of igneous rock
Time's up! The correct answer was Devils Tower
DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS
Quality of ice, eels, & banana peels
Time's up! The correct answer was slipperiness
LITERARY OPENINGS
"Every Who down in Who-ville liked Christmas a lot..."
Time's up! The correct answer was How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
MOVIE SONGS
1969: "Everybody's Talkin'"
Time's up! The correct answer was Midnight Cowboy
LITERATURE
Goethe called him Faust; Marlowe dubbed him this
Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Faustus
POP CULTURE
In a 2011 movie comedy, the 3 title "horrible" these were summarized as psycho, maneater & tool
Time's up! The correct answer was bosses
DOWN AT THE OLD FACTORY
Charlie Bucket might like to visit this type of factory that opened in 1884 in Voiron, France
Time's up! The correct answer was a chocolate factory
NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME
He was honored for discovering "hundreds of new uses for crops such as the peanut"
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington Carver
LARRY KING'S PUBLIC FIGURES
At the bottom of the hour, bet you won't miss my chat with this all time "hit king" of baseball...Cincinnati, hello?
Time's up! The correct answer was Pete Rose
OSCAR WINNERS & NOMINEES ON TV
Although he lost the supporting actor Oscar for "Cinderella Man", he won the Emmy vote for "John Adams"
Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Giamatti
1987
2 Russians made an impromptu spacewalk outside this space station & found a bag of trash that hindered docking
Time's up! The correct answer was Mir
LASTS
Though this book has the word "last" in its title, it's only the second of the 5 "Leatherstocking Tales"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Last of the Mohicans
SWEET TREATS
This snack cake, which turned 60 in 1990, was originally filled with banana creme, not vanilla
Time's up! The correct answer was Twinkies
THE "CAPTAIN"
Errol Flynn is a doctor who is forced to become a pirate in this 1935 action fest
Time's up! The correct answer was Captain Blood
BETTER KNOWN AS...
Charles Buchinsky
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Bronson
THE HAYES YEARS
10 members of this secret society of Irish immigrant coal workers were hanged on June 21, 1877
Time's up! The correct answer was The Molly Maguires
MOVIES & TV
On March 19, 2009 he said, "I'm excited and honored to introduce my first guest... Barack Obama"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jay Leno
ETIQUETTE
The most formal evening wear is this color "tie", but black tie is much more popular
Time's up! The correct answer was white tie
BRAND NAMES
Formulated in 1953, its first purpose was "water displacement" to prevent corrosion on missiles
Time's up! The correct answer was WD-40
GENERAL INFORMATION
Pick up a GT from this car co. for a tidy $169,000, or maybe start out with a Focus for a more reasonable $13,715
Time's up! The correct answer was Ford
ALL GOD'S CRITTERS
The "great" species of this slender predatory fish seen here has been called the "Tiger of the Sea"
Time's up! The correct answer was Barracuda
LITERARY ANIMALS
This old grey donkey was Winnie-the-Pooh's friend who always saw things in a gloomy light
Time's up! The correct answer was Eeyore
WHEN THEY WERE TEENS
He was known as Chan Kong Sang in his native Hong Kong where he was a teenage stuntman & fight choreographer
Time's up! The correct answer was Jackie Chan
THE STARTING INFIELD
In 1977 Chambliss, Randolph, Dent & Nettles took the field for this team
Time's up! The correct answer was the Yankees
PAPAL NAMES
The winner of a contest
Time's up! The correct answer was Victor
CLASSIC AD LINES
"When It Absolutely, Positively Has To Be There Overnight"
Time's up! The correct answer was Federal Express
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
SECRET IDENTITIES
Zorro
Time's up! The correct answer was Don Diego de la Vega
2-LETTER ABBREV.
Sadly, what Keats & Chopin died of
Time's up! The correct answer was TB
THE FRENCH CONNECTION
A homophone for the French word for "wheel", you need a good one to make gumbo
Time's up! The correct answer was a roux
GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
Jordan & Bird hit "nothing but net" playing this shot-for-shot basketball game in 1990s TV ads for McDonald's
Time's up! The correct answer was HORSE
THE SHORT VERSION
To an infantryman: APC
Time's up! The correct answer was Armored personnel carrier
SCIENCE & NATURE
The ARS, an agency of this U.S. government department, is looking to develop better bio-insecticides
Time's up! The correct answer was the Department of Agriculture
ON THE RADIO
Detroit-born broadcaster who created "American Top 40" & now has his own weekly "Countdown"
Time's up! The correct answer was Casey Kasem
ANAGRAMMED CABINET DEPARTMENTS
Taste
Time's up! The correct answer was State
BIOLOGY
Associated with this sense, the olfactory lobe is better developed in most vertebrates than in man
Time's up! The correct answer was smell
WORDS IN (THE) ENCYCLOPEDIA
Book of Genesis garden
Time's up! The correct answer was Eden
FILM FACTS
This TV star played a senator who had his "Hawkeye" on Meryl Streep in "The Seduction of Joe Tynan"
Time's up! The correct answer was Alan Alda
WHEN IN ROME?
Mussolini becomes prime minister: this decade
Time's up! The correct answer was the 1920s
AROUND THE WORLD
It's the river that runs through Ludwigshafen & Mannheim
Time's up! The correct answer was Rhine
STATE SUPERLATIVES
With about 1,040 people per square mile of land, life in this most densely populated state is a real garden party
Time's up! The correct answer was New Jersey
ROYAL FEMALE NICKNAMES
She was "The Untamed Heifer" & "The Virgin Queen"
Time's up! The correct answer was Elizabeth I
HOLLYWOOD LEFTIES
We gotta hand it to this left-handed actress for winning an Oscar for "Erin Brockovich"
Time's up! The correct answer was Julia Roberts
TOM JONES
It's not odd that this 1965 song is heard in the 1998 film "Little Voice"
Time's up! The correct answer was "It's Not Unusual"
BETTER KNOWN AS...
Astrologer & psychic Michel de Notredame
Time's up! The correct answer was Nostradamus
SCIENCE
One mole of any substance always has the same number, 6.022 x 10<sup>23</sup> of these
Time's up! The correct answer was atoms
WE WANT PISA!
At the head of his own militia, this medieval author of "The Prince" helped conquer Pisa for Florence in 1509
Time's up! The correct answer was Machiavelli
FLY ME, BUT NOT TO THE MOON
In April 2008 it was announced that Northwest & this Atlanta-based airline would merge
Time's up! The correct answer was Delta
THE "W.B."
It's worn by a novice in judo or karate
Time's up! The correct answer was White belt
CODES
The first 5 digits in these represent the manufacturer; 16000 means General Mills
Time's up! The correct answer was a bar code
WHAT TO WEAR
Eddie Bauer & The Gap offer the flared-below-the-knee jeans called this "cut", from what they fit over
Time's up! The correct answer was boot-cut
"L.B."s
Even before Thomas Edison, Sir Joseph Wilson Swan was aglow with his invention of this
Time's up! The correct answer was light bulb
SPORTS
In 1967 this New York Jets quarterback became the first pro to pass for more than 4,000 yards in a season
Time's up! The correct answer was Joe Namath
“SAINTS”
“St. Elsewhere” is the nickname for this TV hospital
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Eligius
I'M HUNGRY!
Let's make Craig Claiborne's recipe for an upside-down type of this fruit pie; it's a lot like tarte tatin
Time's up! The correct answer was apple pie
A LITERARY TOUR
Head to Odense, Denmark to see his childhood home & sculptures inspired by his fairy tales
Time's up! The correct answer was Andersen
STARTS WITH "B"
This oily dressing makes your hair glossy, but it sounds like it makes you smart
Time's up! The correct answer was Brilliantine
THE MOVIES
John Lithgow played a transsexual former football player in this 1982 movie based on a John Irving novel
Time's up! The correct answer was The World According to Garp
INSECTS
Migration of insects thru the air is classed as active or passive, depending on use of this
Time's up! The correct answer was wind
THE BODY WOMAN
Location of the zygomatic bones; fashion models may have prominent ones
Time's up! The correct answer was cheekbones
THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
This 1990 winner said it was "a recognition of what we call perestroika and innovative political thinking"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gorbachev
FIGURE SKATERS
Dorothy Hamill developed a spin now known as the "Hamill" one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was camel
CALL ME A"LEX"
A light transparent weather-resistant man-made thermoplastic
Time's up! The correct answer was Plexiglas
SECRET MENUS
Wendy's will make you a grand slam burger with this many patties, but don't tell everyone
Time's up! The correct answer was four
THE CAST OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
This "Mannix" star was known as Touch Connors when he played an Amalekite herder in the film
Time's up! The correct answer was Mike Connors
FICTIONAL BOOKS
This doctor from the original "Star Trek" series wrote "Comparative Alien Physiology"
Time's up! The correct answer was McCoy
GREEK LIFE
Patricia Storace titled her 1996 book on travels in Greece "Dinner with" this goddess of the underworld
Time's up! The correct answer was Persephone
SECRET IDENTITIES
Zorro
Time's up! The correct answer was Don Diego de la Vega
COUNTRY MUSIC
In 2010 this movie soundtrack featuring Jeff Bridges was a Billboard Top 10 country album
Time's up! The correct answer was Crazy Heart
GEOGRAPH"Y"
There's an active volcano on Sicily, an island that's part of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
AMERICAN EXPLORERS
Edward Beale brought news of this 1848 discovery in California to the east coast
Time's up! The correct answer was gold
A THOMAS GUIDE
In 1989 George H.W. Bush appointed him to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Time's up! The correct answer was Clarence Thomas
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
Nation Fire Prevention Week always includes October 9, the anniversary of this city's 1871 fire
Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago
MILITARY UNITS
From the medieval Latin for "army", it's a large fleet like the one Admiral Howard faced in 1588
Time's up! The correct answer was an armada
"KNIFE", "FORK" OR "SPOON"
Its nest is a platform of sticks in a low bush or tree
Time's up! The correct answer was Spoonbill
ASSASSINS
In 1994, 31 years after the crime, Byron de la Beckwith was convicted of murdering this Civil Rights leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Medgar Evers
U.S.A.
Caucasians constitute about 1/3 of this state's population
Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii
THE CIVIL WAR
In June of 1861, Dorothea Dix was appointed to supervise the female ones of these
Time's up! The correct answer was nurses
U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
During the Civil War, this river was called the "Backbone of the Confederacy"; it was guarded by several forts
Time's up! The correct answer was the Mississippi
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
IT'S "BIG"
Empire Toys' trikes for tykes
Time's up! The correct answer was Big Wheels
THE VIRTUES
We assume that Bill Clinton was born with it; we know he was born in it
Time's up! The correct answer was Hope
CARBON CREDITS
The atoms in a diamond are arranged in this "4-faced" pyramid-shaped pattern, giving it a rigid structure
Time's up! The correct answer was tetrahedral
FICTIONAL BOOKS
On this show, "The Itchy & Scratchy Movie" was novelized by Norman Mailer
Time's up! The correct answer was The Simpsons
BEGINS & ENDS WITH "O"
It's another word for margarine
Time's up! The correct answer was oleo
"AD"JECTIVES
Fatty, like some "tissue"
Time's up! The correct answer was Adipose
BOXING MOVIES
Jack Palance starred in the TV version of this "heavy" Rod Serling drama; Anthony Quinn, in the film version
Time's up! The correct answer was "Requiem For A Heavyweight"
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
MEDICINE
Device that's implanted to control irregular heart beats
Time's up! The correct answer was a pacemaker
INTERNATIONAL NAMES
Alex Salmond, first minister of this country, wants to take it out of the United Kingdom
Time's up! The correct answer was Scotland
POP MUSIC
"Come Back Home" is the first single from his 2003 album "Day I Forgot"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pete Yorn
PRESIDENTS
Teddy Roosevelt sponsored the candidacy of this man in 1908 & ran against him in 1912
Time's up! The correct answer was William Howard Taft
GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY
One of Guyana's largest cities, it's also an old name for New York City
Time's up! The correct answer was New Amsterdam
DEFENESTRATION IN CINEMA
Movie in which Axel Foley asks, "where ...you get off arresting me for being thrown out a window?"
Time's up! The correct answer was Beverly Hills Cop
MEET THE PARENTS
Aiwa, Epic Records, Columbia Tristar
Time's up! The correct answer was Sony
COUNTRY MUSIC
[Well hey everybody, I'm Naomi Judd] In mid-1984 Wynonna & I made our first ever concert appearance at Ak-Sar-Ben, a large concert hall in this Nebraska city
Time's up! The correct answer was Omaha
WORLD AUTHORS
This Brit coined "doublethink" & "Big Brother is watching you"
Time's up! The correct answer was Orwell
BEFORE THEY WERE POPES
Alexander VI was formerly a high-living nobleman of this family & the father of Cesare & Lucrezia
Time's up! The correct answer was Borgia
MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS
They were the 2 main stars of the sequel Hong Kong knew as "Special Unit in Black Glasses Part 2"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tommy Lee Jones & Will Smith
HISTORY
Under the 1814 Treaty of Kiel, this country gave Norway to Sweden but kept Greenland & other islands
Time's up! The correct answer was Denmark
THE LAND
Look east! Japan has long been known by this dawning nickname
Time's up! The correct answer was the Land of the Rising Sun
DIALING FOR DIALECTS
Dialects of this language include Wu, Yue & Hakka
Time's up! The correct answer was Chinese
HISTORIC WOMEN
The proceeds from some of her souvenir hatchets helped fund a home for wives of alcoholics
Time's up! The correct answer was Carrie Nation
THE TREES WERE ANGRY THAT DAY, MY FRIENDS
An apple tree angrily slaps the hand of a Kansas girl trying to pick from it in this film
Time's up! The correct answer was The Wizard of Oz
THE NEW CAR LOT
Cadillac doesn't want to rub you the wrong way with its new optional front seats that do this to you
Time's up! The correct answer was Massage
ANY FIRST WORDS?
Something that's leading in every respect is "first &" this superlative adjective
Time's up! The correct answer was foremost
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Mattias Klum's photo essays for this magazine include 2008's "Borneo's Moment of Truth"
Time's up! The correct answer was National Geographic
FAMOUS OBJECTS
Shah Jahan, Ranjit Singh & Queen Victoria all possessed a famous one whose name means "mountain of light"
Time's up! The correct answer was a diamond
PRESIDENTS' MONOGRAMS
RMN
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Milhous Nixon
A "TON" OF PEOPLE
In 2004 the most valuable guitar, this rocker's Stratocaster "Blackie", sold for $959,500 at auction
Time's up! The correct answer was Clapton
WHAT'S ON TV?
In 2007 Marie Osmond blamed allergies & L.A. air quality for her waltz into unconsciousness on this show
Time's up! The correct answer was Dancing with the Stars
WHEN IN ROME?
Charlemagne is crowned emperor by Pope Leo III: this day, 800 A.D.
Time's up! The correct answer was Christmas
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
Washers & hoarders are types of people with OCD, which stands for this
Time's up! The correct answer was Obsessive compulsive disorder
FETAL ATTRACTION
Even at birth the skull isn't fully fused, leaving these, also called "soft spots"
Time's up! The correct answer was Fontenelles
THE HUSBAND MARRIED
Mary Todhunter Clark & Margaretta "Happy" Murphy
Time's up! The correct answer was Nelson Rockefeller
BE FRUITFUL & MULTIPLY
2 x 1,035
Time's up! The correct answer was 2,070
UNOFFICIAL STATE NICKNAMES
It's "The Mother of States" as well as "The Mother of Presidents"
Time's up! The correct answer was Virginia
BOY MEETS WORLD
At 16 in 1785, this future first consul became head of his family & graduated from the Paris Military Academy
Time's up! The correct answer was Napoleon Bonaparte
YOUTH IN ASIA
Like voters in the USA, young women seeking to compete in the Miss Thailand contest must be at least this age
Time's up! The correct answer was 18
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
EPONYMS
This 2-word term for a skeptic refers to one of Jesus' apostles
Time's up! The correct answer was a doubting Thomas
EPONYMS
This screw with a cross-slotted head (& the needed screwdriver) was invented by a Portland man in 1936
Time's up! The correct answer was Phillips
SPORTS
(Hi, I'm Greg Gumbel) During his 26-year career Sparky Anderson managed the Cincinnati Reds to 4 NL titles & this team to 1 AL championship
Time's up! The correct answer was Detroit Tigers
CAPITAL IDEA
One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities, it became a capital in 1946 when Syria gained independence
Time's up! The correct answer was Damascus
CLASSIC MOVIE SPECIAL EFFECTS
1956: The Red Sea is parted
Time's up! The correct answer was The Ten Commandments
NAME THE PLAY
Orsino: "O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first, methought she purged the air of pestilence"
Time's up! The correct answer was Twelfth Night
SORORITY WOMEN
This Kappa Delta artist settled in New Mexico in 1949 because of the earth colors, the ochres & the reds
Time's up! The correct answer was Georgia O'Keeffe
3-NAMED AUTHORS
She wrote "Jo's Boys" in 1886, a second sequel to her 1860s novel
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisa May Alcott
LET'S TAKE A PEAK
Canada's highest peak, Mount Logan, lies in the St. Elias Range in the SW corner of this territory
Time's up! The correct answer was the Yukon
BIBLICAL PAIRS
"Hairy" couple from Judges 16
Time's up! The correct answer was Samson & Delilah
SHAMANISM ON YOU
In the traditional religion of this Asian peninsula, male shamans are called Paksu
Time's up! The correct answer was the Korean Peninsula
TRANSPORTATION
In 1830 England's Manchester & Liverpool Railway became the 1st to have all trains powered by this
Time's up! The correct answer was Steam
ROUGH POLITICS
On Aug. 5, 1994 he was named independent counsel in the Whitewater affair
Time's up! The correct answer was Kenneth Starr
BOXING MOVIES
Based on Clifford Odets' play, this "colorful" 1939 film made William Holden a star
Time's up! The correct answer was Golden Boy
2-LETTER ABBREV.
Randy Newman sang, "Looks like another perfect day, I love" this place
Time's up! The correct answer was L.A.
10-LETTER WORDS
It means to set free, as from slavery
Time's up! The correct answer was Emancipate
THE SHORT VERSION
A paranormal "experience": OBE
Time's up! The correct answer was Out-of-body experience
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
MONEY SLANG
We'll give you $200, not $1,000, for this five letter word meaning stately or majestic
Time's up! The correct answer was grand
MICHAEL JACKSON HITS IN OTHER WORDS
1984: "Suspenseful Movie"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Thriller"
PARTY OF "FIVE"
Whether it happens in the afternoon or not, it's facial stubble
Time's up! The correct answer was Five o'clock shadow
MUSICALS
This show opens with a Ziegfeld star waiting for her husband to be released from prison
Time's up! The correct answer was "Funny Girl"
HERE'S LUCY
In 2000 she became the first Asian-American woman to host "Saturday Night Live"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lucy Liu
LINGUISTICS
This famed M.I.T. scholar has proposed that humans have the inborn ability to learn language
Time's up! The correct answer was Noam Chomsky
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
DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS
[Audio DD] 1984 film which featured the following: (opening to <i> Dancing in the Sheets</i> by Shalamar)
Time's up! The correct answer was Footloose
THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN
The 3-word Latin phrase yelled out by John Wilkes Booth while making his escape
Time's up! The correct answer was sic semper tyrannis
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
A little larger than the violin, it's the alto or tenor of the family
Time's up! The correct answer was Viola
TELEVISION
Carol Burnett & Carroll O'Connor have appeared as Jamie's parents on this sitcom
Time's up! The correct answer was "Mad About You"
GIVE ME AN "A"!
In 2004 an Arctic Beauty wild hair contest became part of the famous Fur Rendezvous in this U.S. city
Time's up! The correct answer was Anchorage
MOUNTAINS
The Caucusus Mountains of Eastern Europe are predominantly found in this large country
Time's up! The correct answer was Russia
NATURE
The Dorcas type of this graceful antelope is one of the smallest; it's barely 2 feet tall
Time's up! The correct answer was a gazelle
JUST DESSERTS
Unlike sherbet, sorbet never contains this dairy product
Time's up! The correct answer was milk
ISLANDS
Lewis with Harris is the most northerly of this "Outer" Scottish island group
Time's up! The correct answer was Outer Hebrides
PEOPLE
She owns the St. Louis Rams
Time's up! The correct answer was Georgia Frontiere
THE FALL
In October 1967 in Tehran, he crowned himself Light of the Aryan Race, among other things
Time's up! The correct answer was the Shah
ARE YOU PERHAPS FRENCH?
Michelin 3-star chef Joel Robuchon opened his first U.S. restaurant in this city, not New York
Time's up! The correct answer was Las Vegas
PSYCHOLOGY
According to psychoanalytic theory, it’s part of the personality which balances the id & superego
Time's up! The correct answer was the ego
LITERARY SISTERS
Holden Caulfield tells this little sister that he wants to be a "catcher in the rye" to keep kids from falling
Time's up! The correct answer was Phoebe
FURNITURE
Jean-Pierre Rampal can tell you it's the term for the shallow channels cut into a column
Time's up! The correct answer was Fluting
MANIAS
In a 1987 hit Whitney Houston showed signs of choreomania when she wanted to do this with somebody
Time's up! The correct answer was Dance
PARISIANS
The voice of this woman, born in Paris in 1915, evokes the city in songs like "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien"
Time's up! The correct answer was Edith Piaf
MUSCAT LOVE
A main strategic value of Muscat stems from its position at the entranceway to this 90,000 sq. mi. body of water
Time's up! The correct answer was the Persian Gulf
THE BLUE ANGELS
(Sarah of the Clue Crew riding in a Blue Angels jet) With a ceiling of over 50,000 feet, the Blue Angels jets, FA-18s, are known by the name of this insect
Time's up! The correct answer was hornet
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
One of the largest of these shallow channels in the U.S. is the Bartholomew in N. Louisiana
Time's up! The correct answer was Bayou
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
He composed his "Leningrad Symphony" during the World War II siege of Leningrad
Time's up! The correct answer was Dmitri Shostakovich
ANCIENT TIMES
Ancient Greeks believed that wine was a gift from this god, the Greek equivalent of Bacchus
Time's up! The correct answer was Dionysus
MEATS
A long-standing tradition in France, hippophagy is the consumption of this
Time's up! The correct answer was horse
ITALIAN
If you're not going sinistra or destra, you're going sempre diritto, meaning this
Time's up! The correct answer was always straight
BIRDS
This falcon's name is from the Latin for "foreign" or "a foreigner"
Time's up! The correct answer was peregrine
EDS
He earned an Oscar nomination for his supporting role in "The Hours"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ed Harris
CROSSWORD CLUES "G"
You throw it down, or run it (8)
Time's up! The correct answer was Gauntlet
COMMON BONDS
Some chairs, A toy horse, The cradle when the wind blows
Time's up! The correct answer was Things that rock
BEYOND .COM
It's the perfect 2 letters for video-heavy sites such as Geekbrief
Time's up! The correct answer was TV
JUST DESSERTS
This thick liquid is the traditional sweetening in Indian pudding
Time's up! The correct answer was molasses
ADVERTISING SLOGANS
This maker of pre-school toys says, "Our work is child's play"
Time's up! The correct answer was Fisher-Price
THE DIRECTOR SPEAKS
"I never believed in anything before I believed in movies", said this "E.T." director
Time's up! The correct answer was Spielberg
AFRICANA
In 2000 Durban in this country hosted the 13th International AIDS Conference & the first held on the continent
Time's up! The correct answer was South Africa
EVERYTHING'S "GOLDEN", BABY
A bright, tasty, yellow variety of apple; it's as yummy as it sounds
Time's up! The correct answer was Golden delicious
THE "X" FILES
A percussion instrument played with small mallets
Time's up! The correct answer was Xylophone
WOLVERINE
During the winter, wolverines hunt caribou & this animal of the genus Rangifer; Santa's gonna be mad
Time's up! The correct answer was reindeer
HISTORIC DATES
He dissolved England's Rump Parliament on April 20, 1653
Time's up! The correct answer was Cromwell
ART
In 1865 he shocked Paris with "Olympia", his painting of a reclining nude
Time's up! The correct answer was Édouard Manet
IT DON'T MEAN A "THING"
Giving a portion of one's income, typically 10%, to one's church
Time's up! The correct answer was tithing
GUINNESS RECORDS
With 2,685, Bralanda, Sweden was the site of the largest gathering of these holiday personalities
Time's up! The correct answer was Santa Claus
THOSE CRAZY GUGGENHEIMS
In the 2000 film "Pollock", Amy Madigan played this art patron
Time's up! The correct answer was Peggy Guggenheim
AN ABBREVIATED CATEGORY
On party invitations: BYOB
Time's up! The correct answer was bring your own booze
HAVE A WHISKEY
Whiskey is usually about 40% alcohol, which is equal to this number in proof
Time's up! The correct answer was 80
5-LETTER WORDS
Greek for "word", it can mean the word of God
Time's up! The correct answer was logos
MOVIE CITIES
Of course there's a car chase on the freeway in 1985's "To Live and Die in .."
Time's up! The correct answer was L.A.
MIDDLE "C"
It means of or pertaining to the sense of smell
Time's up! The correct answer was olfactory
THE BIBLE
The first verse of this book says, "There was a man in the land of Uz that feared God and eschewed evil"
Time's up! The correct answer was Job
AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
"Northanger Abbey"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jane Austen
COUNTRY MUSIC
This sound, like that made by plucking a guitar, is the title of a 2009 album by George Strait
Time's up! The correct answer was twang
WHERE'S THE COLLEGE?
University of Miami
Time's up! The correct answer was Coral Gables
ON THE GO
This Newfoundland capital is the easternmost terminus of the Trans-Canada Highway
Time's up! The correct answer was St. John's
WORLD COINS
In 1999 the Cook Islands issued a half dollar coin featuring this Jim Davis comic strip title character
Time's up! The correct answer was Garfield
BABY BOOMER MEMORIES
In a heartbreaking scene, Travis has to kill his beloved dog in this 1957 film based on a Fred Gipson book
Time's up! The correct answer was Old Yeller
LITERARY HOUSES
In this novel by John Kennedy Toole, Ignatius J. Reilly lives with his mother in her New Orleans home
Time's up! The correct answer was The Confederacy of Dunces
BALLET
The 1972 ballet "Printemps" premiered in the winter, but its name is French for this season
Time's up! The correct answer was spring
BRITISH FASHION
Katharine Hamnett created the '80s T-shirt telling us to "choose" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Life
NEWMAN'S OWN
Paul Newman played "Fast" Eddie Felson in these 2 movies
Time's up! The correct answer was The Hustler & The Color of Money
ISLANDS
One of France's 26 regions, it doesn't count as an overseas one though it's 100 miles across the Mediterranean
Time's up! The correct answer was Corsica
INTO THE "WOOD"s
Knothead & Splinter are the nephew & niece of this cartoon bird produced by Walter Lantz
Time's up! The correct answer was Woody Woodpecker
NYC MUSIC HISTORY
She co-wrote "The Loco-Motion" in the Brill Building on Broadway
Time's up! The correct answer was Carole King
GENERAL SCIENCE
The time it takes for 50% of the atoms to decay in a radioactive substance is called this
Time's up! The correct answer was Half-life
PUSH BY SAFIRE
In 2006 George W. Bush awarded Safire this "presidential" item, the highest honor given to civilians
Time's up! The correct answer was the Medal of Freedom
AH, SWEET MYTHTERY
Hard-partyin' half-man, half-goat creatures of Greek mythology
Time's up! The correct answer was a satyr
LITERATURE
19th c. author known for writing about a "venerable mansion" with "seven acutely peaked gables"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hawthorne
FOOD CHAIN
P.F. Chang's is an upscale bistro specializing in the cuisine of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was China
POLITICS & SHOW BIZ
Actress & Congresswoman Helen Gahagan took this last name when she wed Oscar-winning actor Melvyn
Time's up! The correct answer was Douglas
THE MOVIES
It was double trouble for this martial arts star playing twins in "Double Impact"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jean-Claude Van Damme
NEWMAN'S OWN
1969 film in which Paul Newman tells Robert Redford, "Boy, I got vision, and the rest of the world wears bifocals"
Time's up! The correct answer was Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
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
MYTHOLOGY
Daphnis, who invented pastoral poetry, was the son of this Greek messenger god & a Sicilian nymph
Time's up! The correct answer was Hermes
BRITISH INVENTIONS
A perambulator or pram to the Brits, it was invented in 1733 by William Kent for the Duke of Devonshire's kids
Time's up! The correct answer was a baby carriage
BOXING MOVIES
This platinum blonde was a real knockout as a prizefighter's scheming wife in the 1931 film "Iron Man"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jean Harlow
GONE TOMORROW?
The Hine's emerald species of this insect has a wingspan that can reach about 3.5 inches
Time's up! The correct answer was a dragonfly
THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS
Shopkeepers aren't meeting when "introducing the shoemaker to the tailor" -- you've just done this to someone's rear
Time's up! The correct answer was kicked it
MUD
Of an artist, a fish, or a wasp, it's what a mud dauber is
Time's up! The correct answer was wasp
WHY?
Because bacteria from carbon dioxide bubbles around which the curd hardens
Time's up! The correct answer was Why does Swiss cheese have holes?
CHAD IS RAD
It's the country directly north of Chad
Time's up! The correct answer was Libya
PARTS OF THE WHOLE
Jamb, hinge
Time's up! The correct answer was a door
I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF IT
(Sarah of the Clue Crew at the chalkboard) It's the classic game being represented here
Time's up! The correct answer was chess
NEWMAN'S OWN
1969 film in which Paul Newman tells Robert Redford, "Boy, I got vision, and the rest of the world wears bifocals"
Time's up! The correct answer was Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
GO "SOUTH"
...to this Indiana college town that was originally called Big St. Joseph Station
Time's up! The correct answer was South Bend
GOLD RUSH
Tourists now rush to this man's 1839 Adobe Fort in Sacramento, California
Time's up! The correct answer was John Sutter
CELEBRITY RELATIVES
David Canary, who's seen on "All My Children", claims to be a descendant of this famous frontierswoman
Time's up! The correct answer was Calamity Jane
VERMONTERS
This plow inventor was a Vermont blacksmith before moving to Grand Detour, Illinois
Time's up! The correct answer was John Deere
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
1988
At the July 1988 Democratic National Convention this Massachusetts governor was nominated for president
Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Dukakis
OSCAR NIGHT 2003
This Best Actress Winner said that Russell Crowe told her not to cry...but she did anyway
Time's up! The correct answer was Nicole Kidman
AMERICAN HISTORY
John O'Sullivan, who later became a diplomat, coined this term for the USA's right to cover the continent
Time's up! The correct answer was Manifest Destiny
OH, "BOY"
The Marine Corps' "Black Sheep" squadron was commanded this famed major
Time's up! The correct answer was Pappy Boyington
BRASS
We shall return to this man who graduated from West Point in 1903 with the highest honors in his class
Time's up! The correct answer was Doug MacArthur
CELEBRITY RHYME TIME
Aykroyd's blueprints
Time's up! The correct answer was Dan's plans
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
ITALIAN ART
"Pumpkin Head" is a 1420s sculpture of a bald man by Donato di Niccolo, better known as this
Time's up! The correct answer was Donatello
THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS
The report's back from the lab; it's the science dealing with the detection of poisons
Time's up! The correct answer was toxicology
PRESIDENTS
General whose Presidential campaign song was written by Irving Berlin
Time's up! The correct answer was Dwight Eisenhower
JULY
In July 1893 this president underwent a secret operation to remove part of his jaw due to cancer
Time's up! The correct answer was Grover Cleveland
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
JEWELRY
Known for its malleability & white brilliance, this rare metal has been used in jewelry since the 19th C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Platinum
WORDS OF THE WRITER
"For never man had a more faithful, loving, sincere servant, than Friday was to me"
Time's up! The correct answer was Daniel Defoe
B FOLLOWS A
These 1st & 2nd century B.C. Jewish patriots were active in liberating Judea from Syrian rule
Time's up! The correct answer was the Maccabees
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST
In the March 17, 1956 issue, Gary Cooper said, "In Westerns you were permitted to kiss" this "but never your girl"
Time's up! The correct answer was your horse
MEDICINE
The name of this branch of pediatrics that deals with newborn infants literally means "newborn study"
Time's up! The correct answer was neonatal
BRITISH INVENTIONS
The miner's safety lamp was also called by the name of this British chemist who invented it in 1815
Time's up! The correct answer was Sir Humphry Davy
PEOPLE
William J. McCarthy is president of this union
Time's up! The correct answer was Teamsters
BALLET
French sculptor whose art inspired "The Eternal Idol" (hmmm...that's a "Thinker")
Time's up! The correct answer was Auguste Rodin
WORLD RELIGION
In the presence of the Adi Granth, the sacred book of the Sikhs, you cover your head & remove these
Time's up! The correct answer was your shoes
LITERATURE
This Muriel Spark novel is set at the Marcia Blaine School For Girls in Edinburgh
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"
YOU BEAST!
A nide is a brood of these birds (perhaps the ring-necked ones)
Time's up! The correct answer was pheasants
HISTORIC DATES
The Egyptian government opened his mummy case on March 6, 1924
Time's up! The correct answer was Tutankhamun
TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY
In 1921 Edith Wharton became the first woman to win the Fiction prize named for this news publisher
Time's up! The correct answer was Pulitzer
TURKISH LITERATURE
Peter Ustinov directed & starred in the film version of the Yasar Kemal novel "Memed, My" this predatory bird
Time's up! The correct answer was Hawk
ORDINAL NUMBER, PLEASE
(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE): Street in the title of the following: (audio clue - instrumental)
Time's up! The correct answer was "42nd Street"
ROYAL FEMALE NICKNAMES
"The Catholic" of 15th century Spain
Time's up! The correct answer was Queen Isabella
RADIO
In 2005 NPR revived this 1950s program in which people state their credos
Time's up! The correct answer was This I Believe
CELEBRITY RELATIVES
His uncle Francis Coppola directed him when he played the man to whom "Peggy Sue Got Married"
Time's up! The correct answer was Nicolas Cage
"IRA"
Australia's Yellow Tail winery sells this on its own as well as in a cabernet blend
Time's up! The correct answer was shiraz
ACTORS WHO DIRECT
"A Bronx Tale"
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert De Niro
PUNJAB
As part of his Easternmost conquests, this Greek's armies occupied the Punjab around 327 B.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander the Great
'ALLO, GOVERNOR!
Al Smith, Mario Cuomo
Time's up! The correct answer was New York
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
LITERATURE
In the final scene of "Rebecca", this stately mansion of Maxim De Winter burns
Time's up! The correct answer was Manderley
"IP" SO FACTO
Idle talk about the private affairs of others
Time's up! The correct answer was gossip
SLIM VOLUMES
This chef followed up his "Now Eat This!" cookbook with "Now Eat This! Diet"
Time's up! The correct answer was DiSpirito
HELLO, DELI!
It's a good knight for one of these Jewish turnovers with a meat or potato filling
Time's up! The correct answer was a knish
NEWS TO ME
In a surprise, Ted Kennedy's old Senate seat in this state went to a Republican in a January 2010 election
Time's up! The correct answer was Massachusetts
RUN, RUN, RUN
Due to an increase of endorphins in the brain, it's a state of euphoria experienced by exercisers
Time's up! The correct answer was runner's high
ASSASSINS
Ramon Mercader, who killed this man in 1940, was later awarded the Order of Lenin
Time's up! The correct answer was Trotsky
ARLINGTON'S TOMB OF UNKNOWNS
Sentinels at the tomb walk exactly this many steps at a time before they stop & turn
Time's up! The correct answer was 21
PEN NAMES
Pseudonym of the mysterious recluse who wrote "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"
Time's up! The correct answer was B. Traven
WHAT'S THAT SOUND?
Ports lying on the banks of this sound include Bremerton, Everett & Tacoma
Time's up! The correct answer was Puget Sound
WORLD "P"s
World Heritage sites in this nation include the Nasca Lines
Time's up! The correct answer was Peru
THE REEL STORY
He played Mozart in the 1984 film "Amadeus"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Hulce
"O" YOU ANIMAL!
The Pacific species of this has an arm span of up to 33 feet
Time's up! The correct answer was Octopus
BASIC SCIENCE
At the Earth's surface, this force produces acceleration of about 32 feet per second per second
Time's up! The correct answer was gravity
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
NOTED EUROPEANS
On the 50th anniv. of Bunker Hill, this European was back on our shores to lay the monument's cornerstone
Time's up! The correct answer was Lafayette
& HONEY
& Honey, could you pick up some of the Huggies brand of these on the way home?
Time's up! The correct answer was diapers
I'M GOING "INN"
An indirect intimation about a person of a disparaging or derogatory nature
Time's up! The correct answer was innuendo
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
THE WOK OF FAME
To eat Chinese food like a native, use 2 of these 10 1/2-inch wooden implements
Time's up! The correct answer was Chopsticks
SORORITY WOMEN
This Sigma Kappa is remembered as one of the first senators to speak out against Joseph McCarthy
Time's up! The correct answer was Margaret Chase Smith
REQUIRED READING
Last name of sisters Emily & Charlotte, a 1-2 punch with "Wuthering Heights" & "Jane Eyre"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bronte
FATHER'S IN LAW
Father learned about the quaint problems of the poor at Chicago's "Edwin F. Mandel" this type of "Clinic"
Time's up! The correct answer was legal aid
THE NEW CAR LOT
The '99 Saab 9-5 offers a real cool option: this is "refrigerated"
Time's up! The correct answer was Glove compartment
FROM THE GREEK
The name of this color comes from the Greek word porphyra
Time's up! The correct answer was purple
GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT
Tarantino is a director; this is a rapid, whirling dance named for an Italian city
Time's up! The correct answer was tarantella
THREE CHEERS!
The 4-legged Omaha made the record books in 1935 with this 3-feat
Time's up! The correct answer was racing's Triple Crown
HOMETOWNS
Ingrid Bergman
Time's up! The correct answer was Stockholm
FILE UNDER "K"
Its state flower is the goldenrod
Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky
SCIENCE BRIEFS
It's a vital sign: BP
Time's up! The correct answer was blood pressure
ARCHITECTS
Cass Gilbert designed this merchant's NYC skyscraper for 270,000,000 nickels or 135,000,000 dimes
Time's up! The correct answer was F.W. Woolworth
YOU BEAST!
The distinctive shoebill is also known as the whale-headed one of these baby deliverers
Time's up! The correct answer was a stork
FARAWAY PLACES
To get from Africa to Arabia, you cross (or part) this sea that has a colorful name
Time's up! The correct answer was Red Sea
THE CIA
The CIA's main rival for much of its existence was this Soviet counterpart
Time's up! The correct answer was KGB
U.S. PORT CITIES
Among the top 40 busiest ports in the U.S. are these Northeast & Northwest cities with the same name
Time's up! The correct answer was Portland
1957
As the Teamsters' vice president, he was indicted for bribery, conspiracy & obstruction of justice
Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Hoffa
GREECE
By tradition, the sons in a Greek family don’t marry until this happens first
Time's up! The correct answer was the daughters marry
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
SKUNKS
With a favorable wind, skunks can do this for up to about 23 feet
Time's up! The correct answer was spray
DEPARTMENT "S"
Winter Olympic events using these first appeared at the 1998 Nagano games
Time's up! The correct answer was snowboards
THE BLUE ANGELS
(Sarah of the Clue Crew on the tarmac) When the Blue Angels perform the formation known for this precious gem, the jets are only 12 inches apart
Time's up! The correct answer was diamond
WORLD FACTS
In area this country whose capital is now called Yangon is the largest in mainland southeast Asia
Time's up! The correct answer was Myanmar
LET'S HIT IT
Everlast makes these that come in speed and heavy varieties
Time's up! The correct answer was punching bags
AMERICANA
On July 8, 1776 it was rung to proclaim the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence
Time's up! The correct answer was the Liberty Bell
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS
"Cordelia"
Time's up! The correct answer was KIng Lear
FEELING POSSESSIVE
Jason Robards played editor Ben Bradlee in this 1976 film
Time's up! The correct answer was All the President's Men
11-LETTER WORDS
The scientific study of birds
Time's up! The correct answer was Ornithology
CHAD IS RAD
Chad's colonial overlord until independence in 1960
Time's up! The correct answer was France
PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS
Up on the highwire you might wear this bodysuit named for a famous 19th century trapeze artist
Time's up! The correct answer was Leotard
...& THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON!
This "stately" horse has 3 gaits; the flat-foot walk, the running walk & the canter
Time's up! The correct answer was the Tennessee walking horse
IRAQNOPHOBIA
This Iraqi president attended Cairo Law School in 1962 & 1963 while in exile
Time's up! The correct answer was Saddam Hussein
INTERNATIONAL RHYME TIME
Japanese kimono sash for a small, spiny-finned fish
Time's up! The correct answer was an obi goby
HISTORY
In 1919 this national assembly met in this city & formed a new German republic
Time's up! The correct answer was Weimar
ANATOMY
The only mobile bone of the face
Time's up! The correct answer was Mandible
INLETS
This largest Alaskan city lies at the head of cook inlet on the Kenai peninsula
Time's up! The correct answer was Anchorage
SUPERHEROES
The dude seen here is the "Silver" one of this type of athletes
Time's up! The correct answer was surfers
RUSSIAN LITERATURE
In this 1866 Dostoevsky novel, a student named Raskolnikov murders an old woman pawnbroker & her sister
Time's up! The correct answer was Crime and Punishment
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
DANCE
The basic floor pattern of this elegant 17th c. French court dance evolved to resemble the letter Z
Time's up! The correct answer was the minuet
TECHNOLOGY
The average keyboard has this many keys.
Time's up! The correct answer was 104
CARIBBEAN TASTE TREATS
If you order "mountain chicken" in Dominica, you won't get chicken but one of these amphibians
Time's up! The correct answer was Frogs
WORDS OF LOVE
Virgil's "omnia vincit amor" is translated as this
Time's up! The correct answer was love conquers all
14:59
Before her 15 minutes expired, this gal who got mixed up with televangelist Jim Bakker got onto Playboy's cover
Time's up! The correct answer was Jessica Hahn
MEDICAL TALK
To test for visual acuity, the Snellen chart is designed to be read from this many feet away
Time's up! The correct answer was 20
NYC MUSIC HISTORY
This East Village venue was run by Bill Graham for only 3 years, from 1968 to 1971
Time's up! The correct answer was the Fillmore East
MOTORCYCLE MAKERS
"Let the good times roll" with this company's supersport cycle, the Ninja ZX-14
Time's up! The correct answer was Kawasaki
HISTORY
In 1991 B.C. Amenemhet, a former vizier, founded this country's 12th dynasty
Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt
EPITAPHS & TRIBUTES
Revolutionary War hero: "His spirit is in Vermont now"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ethan Allen
I SERVED IN HIS CABINET
Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz
Time's up! The correct answer was Nixon
IN A FESTIVAL MOOD
2001 is the 35th season of Lincoln Center's music festival called "Mostly" him
Time's up! The correct answer was Mozart
YOU'RE UNDER A "REST"
A braced framework for carrying a railroad over a chasm
Time's up! The correct answer was a trestle
ODDS & ENDS
For about $200 a whack, you can spend the night at the Fall River MA home of this alleged murderess
Time's up! The correct answer was Lizzie Borden
COMPANIES
In 1959 Richard De Vos & Jay Van Andel founded this company that now has 3 million independent distributors
Time's up! The correct answer was Amway
LITERARY ALLUSIONS
This term for an idyllic place can be checked out in the James Hilton work "Lost Horizon"
Time's up! The correct answer was Shangri-La
RHYMES WITH TRACK
The cry of a canvasback
Time's up! The correct answer was quack
GIRLS IN SONG
According to Frankie Laine, "If ever the devil was born without a pair of horns it was" this woman
Time's up! The correct answer was you, Jezebel, it was you
ROGER!
I'll have a side of this 13th century English philosopher & creator of the "Opus Majus"
Time's up! The correct answer was Roger Bacon
HARRY GUYS
This trumpet-playing band-leader helped Sinatra get started, & lost him to the Tommy Dorsey band
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry James
I PITY THE "FOOL"
9-letter word for something designed to be impervious to human incompetence
Time's up! The correct answer was foolproof
THE 17TH CENTURY
In 1673 this pair explored the Mississippi River all the way to the mouth of the Arkansas
Time's up! The correct answer was Marquette & Joliet
PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS
The four-color problem relates to the minimum number of colors needed for this cartographic item
Time's up! The correct answer was a map
DOUBLE-O WORDS
A lateral branch on a main stem
Time's up! The correct answer was an offshoot
EPONYMS
This big hair style is derived from the title of a mistress of Louis XV
Time's up! The correct answer was a madame pompadour
POLITICAL TALK
Lincoln once said not to "swap" these "while crossing a stream"
Time's up! The correct answer was horses
SLIM VOLUMES
Recent diet books: "The Paleo Diet" & "Neanderthin: Eat Like" one of these "to achieve a lean, strong, healthy body"
Time's up! The correct answer was a Caveman
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!
This principal leader of the Reign of Terror faced the guillotine himself on July 28, 1794
Time's up! The correct answer was Robespierre
ACTRESSES ON TV
Like her "Grey's Anatomy" character Izzie Stevens, she used to be a model
Time's up! The correct answer was Katherine Heigl
AN E FOR AN I
"Gentle" becomes "to blend"
Time's up! The correct answer was mild & meld
SHIPS
The flagship of Oliver Hazard Perry was named for this captain who said, "Don't give up the ship"
Time's up! The correct answer was James Lawrence
TELL ME "Y"
A bumpkin, perhaps a local one
Time's up! The correct answer was Yokel
NO. 1 QUESTIONS
In this 1960 hit, Elvis wondered if you're "sorry we drifted apart"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
JUST PLANE GEOMETRY
In the 3rd century B.C., this "Father of geometry" taught at the Museum, an institute in Alexandria, Egypt
Time's up! The correct answer was Euclid
WORLD LEADERS
Serzh Sargsian is its president, Tigran Sargsian is its prime minister
Time's up! The correct answer was Armenia
BESTSELLERS
This NPR guy make list with "Me Talk Pretty One Day"
Time's up! The correct answer was David Sedaris
ACRONYM EXCITEMENT!
In San Francisco: BART
Time's up! The correct answer was Bay Area Rapid Transit
ARCHITECTURE
Many churches have a cruciform plan, which means they're shaped like one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Cross