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LITERARY COLLABORATORS
George S Kaufman died in June 1961; this man, his frequent collaborator, in December of that year
Time's up! The correct answer was Moss Hart
MANY IRONS
It's gold! Gold, I tell you! Gold!!! Oh, no -- it's not... it's this, fool's gold
Time's up! The correct answer was Iron pyrite
PITCHING HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE WOO
Drink (or eat) deep, my dear, for I have brought deep-fried this drink, "the real thing", from the state fair of Texas
Time's up! The correct answer was Coke
I'M GOING "INN"
Another word for entrails or viscera (sorry, mealtime America)
Time's up! The correct answer was innards
RHYME TIME
To knock down General George S.
Time's up! The correct answer was Flatten Patton
WHAT TO WEAR
In 2002 John Gotti was buried in a pinstripe suit of this characteristic closing type
Time's up! The correct answer was double-breasted
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
RADIO PERSONALITIES
This "idol" worshipper replaced Casey Kasem as host of "American Top 40"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ryan Seacrest
MUD
In 1943 McKinley Morganfield, under this name, settled in Chicago & continued singing the blues
Time's up! The correct answer was Muddy Waters
FASHIONABLE COMMON BONDS
Hobo, envelope, beaded
Time's up! The correct answer was purses
MR. OR MS. WILLIAMS
"The Hillbilly Shakespeare" is one nickname of this legendary singer
Time's up! The correct answer was Hank Williams, Sr.
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
INTERNATIONAL RHYME TIME
Japanese kimono sash for a small, spiny-finned fish
Time's up! The correct answer was an obi goby
GEHRY
In 1989 Gehry was awarded this prize commonly referred to as "The Nobel of Architecture"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Pritzker Prize
AUTHORS
Already a successful poet, in 1814 he started his career as a novelist with a tale of the Highlands
Time's up! The correct answer was Sir Walter Scott
WORD ORIGINS
This wooden club is named for the town in county Wicklow where it originated
Time's up! The correct answer was Shillelagh
THE OBLIGATORY POETRY CATEGORY
Observing pilgrims traveling to the shrine of Thomas Becket inspired him to write his greatest work
Time's up! The correct answer was Geoffrey Chaucer
THE FORTUNE 500
Fortune's "Most Likely to Succeed" was this Internet search site at No. 119 with 35 different "buy" ratings
Time's up! The correct answer was Google
DANCE
Late black choreographer whose American Dance Theatre became multiracial in the 1960s
Time's up! The correct answer was Alvin Ailey
THAT'S ITALIAN!
Roman soldiers passed the time playing this game, the Italian version of lawn bowling
Time's up! The correct answer was bocce
"PH"UN WORDS
Because the Greek goddess Artemis was associated with the Moon, she was also called this, which means "light one"
Time's up! The correct answer was Phoebe
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
COMPUTER TERMS
In the acronym BIOS, these 2 words come between "basic" & "system"
Time's up! The correct answer was input & output
THE STING
Most bar recipes for the stinger call for the white version of this potent potable, not the green
Time's up! The correct answer was crème de menthe
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
WHAT TO WEAR
Christian Lacroix popularized the pouf type of this
Time's up! The correct answer was dress
WORDS IN (THE) ENCYCLOPEDIA
Book of Genesis garden
Time's up! The correct answer was Eden
ENGINEERING
The longest trip by rail you can take underwater is between these 2 countries
Time's up! The correct answer was England and France
DIRECTED BUT DID NOT STAR
"Rachel, Rachel" (1968)
Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Newman
SNOWBOARDING
Like skateboarders, snowboarders perform in a U-shaped structure called this
Time's up! The correct answer was a half-pipe
PLAYWRIGHTS
Critic Walter Kerr called this man's "Camino Real" "The worst play yet written by the best playwright of his generation"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tennessee Williams
CANDY & GUM SLOGANS
"The Great American Chocolate Bar"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hershey's
JURY DUTY
The general type of this military tribunal must have at least 5 members & the defense attorney may be military or civilian
Time's up! The correct answer was court martial
CARDS & DICE
Instead of pips, poker dice have 6 card values on them that run 9 through this
Time's up! The correct answer was Ace
CliffsNotes
Frenchman swipes some bread, gets 19 years, gets out, gets pursued by a cop who dies
Time's up! The correct answer was "Les Miserables"
FORE!
In 1994 at age 18, he became the youngest golfer to win the U.S. Amateur Golf Tournament
Time's up! The correct answer was Tiger Woods
"V"
Sabin and Salk product
Time's up! The correct answer was vaccines
FLEETS
When he left for his second voyage in September of 1493, he had a fleet of seventeen ships, fourteen more than his first trip
Time's up! The correct answer was Christopher Columbus
THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS
To fight with the fists, "put up" these noblemen
Time's up! The correct answer was your dukes
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
You insert a roll into this instrument for it to tickle its own ivories
Time's up! The correct answer was Player Piano
"SUPER"
This person is in charge of repairs & maintenance at an apartment building
Time's up! The correct answer was superintendent
NYPD TV
In the '70s this Taos, N.M. Deputy Marshal was on temporary assignment in Manhattan's 27th Precinct
Time's up! The correct answer was McCloud
FRUIT
The Bing & other sweet varieties of this fruit are self-sterile; they cannot pollinate themselves
Time's up! The correct answer was Cherries
IT'S RAINING "MN"
If you're sleepless in Seattle you're suffering from this malady
Time's up! The correct answer was insomnia
CALL OUT THE VOICE SQUAD
He voiced Puss In Boots in "Shrek 2"
Time's up! The correct answer was Antonio Banderas
FIRST NOVELS
He was poet-in-residence at the University of South Carolina when he delivered his first novel, "Deliverance"
Time's up! The correct answer was James Dickey
SCIENCE CLASS
99.95% of the mass of an atom is in this part
Time's up! The correct answer was the nucleus
U.S. CITIES
Located in this city's Garden District, Commander's Palace features a jazz brunch on weekends
Time's up! The correct answer was New Orleans
WORDS TO THE "Y"s
A female nickname, or a fall guy
Time's up! The correct answer was a patsy
ANIMALS
This Arctic bear's feet are webbed & have hairy soles
Time's up! The correct answer was Polar bear
IT SOUNDS LIKE
A pitcher who comes in late in the game, it sounds like a feeling trees have in the spring
Time's up! The correct answer was Relief
DOUBLE LETTERS
The petals of a flower considered as a group, or a model of Toyota
Time's up! The correct answer was Corolla
STRINGS
To make this candy, put a string in a glass of sugar & water that was boiled to a syrup & let stand for a week
Time's up! The correct answer was rock candy
CATHOLIC PRIESTS
The priest's duty to keep your sins secret is traditionally protected by "the sanctity of" this booth
Time's up! The correct answer was the confessional
IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL
He perked up his career by letting Starbucks release his album "Memory Almost Full"
Time's up! The correct answer was McCartney
11-LETTER WORDS
Another name for mercury, it also means mercurial or temperamental
Time's up! The correct answer was Quicksilver
AMERICAN LITERATURE
He wrote "Cadillac Jack" & "Lonesome Dove" after "Terms of Endearment"
Time's up! The correct answer was Larry McMurtry
I DID IT NORWAY
The city of Alta, well above the Arctic Circle, has renamed itself the Nordlysbyen Alta, after this display
Time's up! The correct answer was the northern lights
A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL
"What I wouldn't give for a drop of good old-fashioned Creole blood"
Time's up! The correct answer was Interview with the Vampire
SCIENCE & NATURE
The flexible neck of this bird of prey allows it to rotate its head an amazing 270 degrees
Time's up! The correct answer was Owl
THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE
"In Living Color", "Bruce Almighty"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jim Carrey
ARTISTS' RETREATS
The patronage of Mabel Dodge Luhan made an artists' magnet of this town 55 miles from Santa Fe
Time's up! The correct answer was Taos, New Mexico
SCIENCE BRIEFS
When the stork won't come: IVF
Time's up! The correct answer was in vitro fertilization
ROCK OF STAGES
Gonna be a big man someday & name this hit U.K. musical based on the music of Queen
Time's up! The correct answer was We Will Rock You
THAT'S HANDY
The hand gesture with 2 pairs of fingers bunched together was made by this Vulcan on the original "Star Trek"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mr. Spock
THE "CAPTAIN"
Hooray for this Groucho Marx character from "Animal Crackers"
Time's up! The correct answer was Captain Spaulding
POLITICS
At over 30 years, this West Virginian is currently the longest-serving Democrat in the U.S. Senate
Time's up! The correct answer was Byrd
AMERICAN LITERATURE
Jack Kerouac's 1957 novel about the adventures of Dean Moriarty & friends as they travel the U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was "On The Road"
BOY MEETS WORLD
In 1923 the San Francisco Symphony hosted the debut of this 7-year-old American violin prodigy
Time's up! The correct answer was Yehudi Menuhin
HISTORY
In February 1904 this country attacked the Russian fleet at Port Arthur
Time's up! The correct answer was Japan
MAY DAYS
Henry VIII imported an executioner from France just to behead this second wife on May 19, 1536
Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Boleyn
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.
CATHOLIC PRIESTS
This spiritual "director" doesn't arrange your holiday, he helps young men pursue their calling to the priesthood
Time's up! The correct answer was a vocation director
ALL ABOARD THE SOUL TRAIN
To gain better production values, "Soul Train" was moved from this city to Los Angeles
Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago
MARRIED WITH CHILDREN
Babies are in this "mouthy" stage according to psychoanalytic theory
Time's up! The correct answer was Oral stage
EDGAR ALLAN POE-POURRI
In the world's first detective story, C. Auguste Dupin solves the title crimes in "The Murders" here
Time's up! The correct answer was the Rue Morgue
NICKNAMES
"The Father of Pennsylvania"
Time's up! The correct answer was William Penn
5-LETTER WORDS
It can mean "brief & forceful" or "resembling the inner core of a stem"
Time's up! The correct answer was pithy
GREEK LETTERS
Ancient Romans would've read this one as 11
Time's up! The correct answer was xi
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
MEASURING DEVICES
A nilometer measures the height of the water in this
Time's up! The correct answer was the Nile River
SPORTS TRIVIA
In 1989 Emerson Fittipaldi knocked Al Unser Jr. out of this race on lap 199 & won
Time's up! The correct answer was The Indianapolis 500
WORMS
In this 1965 sci-fi novel, giant sandworms on the planet Arrakis create a much-desired spice called melange
Time's up! The correct answer was "Dune"
5-LETTER WORDS
A big fishing net, maybe in the river of the same name
Time's up! The correct answer was a seine
TONY WINNERS OF THE '50s
Cyril Ritchard hooked a 1955 Tony for playing Captain Hook in this musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Pan
AUSTRALIA
It's the basic unit of currency of Australia
Time's up! The correct answer was Australian Dollar
RADIO
On April 3, 1936 a nation listened as Gabriel Heatter covered this man's execution
Time's up! The correct answer was Bruno Hauptmann
BIRDS
During mating season the male ruff develops a large frill of feathers around this body part
Time's up! The correct answer was neck
SALMON
Weighing up to 100 pounds, this large type of salmon shares its name with a warm, dry wind
Time's up! The correct answer was chinook
FOR WHOM THE "BELL" TOLLS
It's an Italian city about 40 miles north of Milan, or about 9,000 miles east of Las Vegas
Time's up! The correct answer was Bellagio
PULL
From the idea of breaking camp comes this phrase for moving on
Time's up! The correct answer was Pull up stakes
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
FAMOUS VOYAGES
Capt. Robert Fitzroy of this ship argued that its scientific discoveries supported the Bible
Time's up! The correct answer was the Beagle
HISTORY OLDER THAN YOU
Julius Caesar became the leader of this empire in 45 B.C. but was killed just one year later
Time's up! The correct answer was Roman
ROYALTY
In 1949 he succeeded his grandfather Prince Louis II as ruler of Monaco
Time's up! The correct answer was Prince Rainier
PHRASES THAT SELL
"Obey your thirst" and drink this
Time's up! The correct answer was Sprite
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
In "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", he's the reclusive owner of the factory
Time's up! The correct answer was Willy Wonka
HAT'S ALL, FOLKS
The ever-popular Bowler hat is named for William Bowler, the man who created it in 1850 in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was England
IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS
We're one big island! (& several small ones); Lemur entertain you! (Disclaimer: Lemurs will not, repeat not, speak to you)
Time's up! The correct answer was Madagascar
CELEBS
The TV show "Everybody Hates Chris" is based on the childhood of this comic
Time's up! The correct answer was Chris Rock
MORE POWER TO YOU
Founded in 1933, it's America's largest public power company
Time's up! The correct answer was TVA
WANT ADS
Walk the Max Planck! We're Stephen Hawking a new position to be this type of scientist, like those guys
Time's up! The correct answer was physicist
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
This West Lafayette, Indiana school's Hall of Music has seating for more than 6,000
Time's up! The correct answer was Purdue
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
This flagship of Columbus' first voyage was chartered from Juan de la Cosa & was his largest ship
Time's up! The correct answer was the Santa Maria
"V" HAVE MAPS
As a 19th century emperor of this country, Minh Mang executed several French Catholic missionaries
Time's up! The correct answer was Vietnam
BIRDS
Only the adelie & emperor species of this bird actually breed in Antarctica
Time's up! The correct answer was Penguin
BODIES OF WATER
The St. Mary's River connects Lake Superior to this second-largest Great Lake
Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Huron
EMBRACEABLE "U"
In baseball one's behind home plate & one's behind each base
Time's up! The correct answer was Umpire
LANGUAGES
Of Inka, Dinka or Doo, an actual language spoken in southern Sudan
Time's up! The correct answer was Dinka
FRUIT
The Bartlett type of this fruit begins to ripen in summer; other varieties ripen later in the year
Time's up! The correct answer was Pears
CITY FLAGS
A steamboat & a cotton plant appear on this Tennessee's city flag
Time's up! The correct answer was Memphis
OCCUPATIONS
A pro sports broadcasting duo consists of a play-by-play announcer & the analyst called this man
Time's up! The correct answer was a color commentator
MS.
Joan Benoit was 1st to win this Olympic event, finally offered for women in ‘84
Time's up! The correct answer was marathon
WAR
During this 1967 war, Israeli troops under Moshe Dayan came within a stone's throw of Damascus, Syria
Time's up! The correct answer was the Six-Days War
KIDDY LIT
This dark horse shares stables with Merrylegs & Ginger
Time's up! The correct answer was Black Beauty
ABBREVIATED STATES
The abbreviation of this state is also an abbreviation for the largest city in California
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana
EARLY AMERICA
The Molasses Act of 1733 placed high duties on molasses & this potent potable from non-English possessions
Time's up! The correct answer was rum
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
The last British athlete to win the Olympic decathlon, he won it back-to-back in 1980 & 1984
Time's up! The correct answer was Daley Thompson
"P.B."
Anna Pavlova or Dame Margot Fonteyn, for example
Time's up! The correct answer was prima ballerina
IT'S EXTINCT
The baluchitherium, an extinct type of this pachyderm, had no horn, unlike modern species
Time's up! The correct answer was a rhinoceros
PHILMOGRAPHIES
"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" (plus his own 1955-59 TV show)
Time's up! The correct answer was Phil Silvers
WORLD RELIGION
Sukkot, a Jewish festival, began as a harvest celebration & was a model for this centuries-old American holiday
Time's up! The correct answer was Thanksgiving
GUINNESS RECORDS
With a 212-foot wingspan, this jet from Boeing is the world's largest passenger aircraft in service
Time's up! The correct answer was the 747
HIT TUNES
"How's It Going to Be", "Semi-Charmed Life"
Time's up! The correct answer was Third Eye Blind
ARCHITECTURE
This 6-letter part of a house is also called an eaves trough
Time's up! The correct answer was gutter
ALSO SOMETHING YOU WEAR
A hard blow or punch
Time's up! The correct answer was a sock
HEADS OF STATE
On August 29, 1995 Eduard Shevardnadze, president of this country, was wounded by a car bomb
Time's up! The correct answer was Georgia
A TRIP TO OUTER SPACE
This planet's famous rings were first seen by the Italian scientist Galileo in 1610
Time's up! The correct answer was Saturn
THE TEENS
In "The Sound of Music", Liesl was "going on" this number
Time's up! The correct answer was 17
LAW & GOVERNMENT
The constitution divides the government into three branches: Executive, Judicial & this
Time's up! The correct answer was Legislative
RHYME TIME
A humorous Scandinavian dwarf of folklore
Time's up! The correct answer was Droll troll
PHYSICS
This field is the study of the properties & production of sound
Time's up! The correct answer was acoustics
MISSING LINKS
Guilt by ____ Football
Time's up! The correct answer was association
THE EVOLUTIONARY WAR
He surprised many in 1996 when he told the Pontifical Academy of Science that evolution was no mere hypothesis
Time's up! The correct answer was Pope John Paul II
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
EDGAR AWARD WINNERS
Writing about the world of horse racing, he's won for "Forfeit" & "Come to Grief"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Francis
SPORTS LEGENDS
From 1984 to 1992, 2 of the 3 players who won all the NBA MVP awards
Time's up! The correct answer was Magic Johnson & Larry Bird
CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS
This May-5 born Monty Python member & BBC travel filmmaker is a commando of the Order of the British Empire
Time's up! The correct answer was Palin
HAVE A WHISKEY
The Maker's Mark bourbon distillery in Loretto in this state is a national historic landmark
Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky
THE COMPANY LINE
In 1963, live on "The Art Linkletter Show", this company served its billionth burger
Time's up! The correct answer was McDonald's
DON'T BE A PAIN
This drug marketed as Advil & Nuprin reduces pain by inhibiting chemicals that cause inflammation
Time's up! The correct answer was ibuprofen
MOVIE CO-STARS
Montgomery Clift & Shelley Winters were nominated for Oscars for this 1951 film; Elizabeth Taylor was not
Time's up! The correct answer was A Place in the Sun
PROVERBS
"Every" one of these "fits not every foot"
Time's up! The correct answer was a shoe
THE CIVIL WAR
The greatest battle fought in the Western Hemisphere has the "address" of this small Pennsylvania town
Time's up! The correct answer was Gettysburg
DOWN MEXICO WAY
In 1986 Mexico scored as the first country to host this international sports competition twice
Time's up! The correct answer was the World Cup
THE PRESIDENCY
If a president is impeached, this official presides over the trial in the Senate
Time's up! The correct answer was the Chief Justice of the United States
LITERARY ALLUSIONS
"The shot heard round the world" was first heard in this man's "Concord Hymn"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ralph Waldo Emerson
OF "RATH"
Persian religious leader AKA Zoroaster
Time's up! The correct answer was Zarathustra
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
LONG GERMAN WORDS
Sauerbraten is literally "sour roast"; this is literally "roast sausage"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bratwurst
GOAT-POURRI
In "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", Pierre Gringoire rescues this gypsy girl's goat from a mob
Time's up! The correct answer was Esmeralda
MISCELLAN"IUM"
For many centuries this drug derived from a poppy was the main painkiller used in medicine
Time's up! The correct answer was opium
GEOLOGY
A 6-mile-wide caldera, or volcanic crater, is a highlight of La Palma in this Spanish Island group off Africa
Time's up! The correct answer was the Canaries
SYNONYMS
In court you won't hear a lawyer say "remonstrance!" but this synonym
Time's up! The correct answer was objection
MUSEUMS
This building in Philadelphia houses the inkstand used by the Declaration signers
Time's up! The correct answer was Independence Hall
1938
On December 10 he announced he'd leave his Hyde Park estate & its papers & books to the U.S. government
Time's up! The correct answer was FDR
"YN"
The bobcat is also known as the bay this animal
Time's up! The correct answer was a lynx
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
AIN'T THAT AMERICA
There are more farms in this large southwestern state than in any other
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas
MUSICAL THEATER
It's the musical featuring the song heard here: ("I'm Getting Married in the Morning")
Time's up! The correct answer was "My Fair Lady"
ALSO A BOOK IN THE BIBLE
This character first hit the radio in 1928 with his partner Andy
Time's up! The correct answer was Amos
MODERN "TIME"S
Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific
Time's up! The correct answer was Time zones
"T"ELEVISION
Running for 5 years, it starred William Shatner as a hard-nosed veteran police officer
Time's up! The correct answer was T.J. Hooker
PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY
It's Jimmy Carter's sign, so don't tip his scales
Time's up! The correct answer was Libra
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
ALL "AMERICAN"
When Iowa farmers & their wives first saw this 1930 painting of a farm couple, many of them were downright angry
Time's up! The correct answer was American Gothic
DEFENESTRATION IN CINEMA
In this Bruce Willis movie, the villain goes out the window of the Nakatomi building, gun in hand
Time's up! The correct answer was Die Hard
MOVIES
In this film, the narrator had both, insomnia and an evil alter ego.
Time's up! The correct answer was Fight Club
NOVELS OF THE PAST
This antagonist of the Crusaders looks back on his life in a novel by Tariq Ali
Time's up! The correct answer was Saladin
PLACES
A small & informal restaurant, or one who eats there
Time's up! The correct answer was diner
ROCK OF STAGES
Character who sings "Angry Inch "
Time's up! The correct answer was Hedwig
47
The heavenly strains of the concert grand pedal type of this instrument come from its 47 strings
Time's up! The correct answer was a harp
TIME'S TOP 10 EVERYTHING OF 2008
No. 7 in "Quotes": This politician, when told that 2/3 of Americans did not support the Iraq War--"So?"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Cheney
STARTS WITH "W"
The eve of May Day, on which witches were believed to rendezvous
Time's up! The correct answer was Walpurgisnacht
ALL GOD'S CREATURES
Edison proposed a flying machine based on the flight of this creature, also the subject of a musical work
Time's up! The correct answer was bumblebee
TAKE A GUESS
Of a pogo stick injury, a dense winter fog or the bite of a comic strip possum, what a pogonip is
Time's up! The correct answer was a dense winter fog
GENERAL INFORMATION
Found in Southeast Asia, they're the smallest apes
Time's up! The correct answer was gibbons
BIBLICAL FATHERS & SONS
Zechariah, father of this forerunner of Christ, lost his voice for doubting God's word
Time's up! The correct answer was John the Baptist
POEMS ON POETS
Being called "a gargoyle of a man" / May have caused him to lose all hope / But his "Rape of the Lock" was good / He's...
Time's up! The correct answer was Pope
MEDICINE
Symbolized Ba, this element is put in your body, one way or another, to be seen on X-rays
Time's up! The correct answer was barium
SHAKESPEAREAN LAST SCENES
Near the end of "Henry VIII", this princess is described as "a most unspotted lily", who will die a virgin
Time's up! The correct answer was Elizabeth I
WORLD CITIES
This Caribbean island's capital, Fort-de-France, lies about 15 miles southeast of Mt. Pelee volcano
Time's up! The correct answer was Martinique
FLY ME, BUT NOT TO THE MOON
You are now free to move about the country on this company's New Mexico One aircraft
Time's up! The correct answer was Southwest
AT THE BUILDING SITE
He'll get you stoned or brickworked, & maybe even teach you a secret handshake
Time's up! The correct answer was a mason
LOW TECH
11-letter word for embroidery on canvas, with uniform spacing of stitches in a pattern
Time's up! The correct answer was needlepoint
CHOPIN
After meeting this author, Chopin wondered, "Is she really a woman?"
Time's up! The correct answer was George Sand
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MOVIES
A Capote tale set in the South: "The Grass _____"
Time's up! The correct answer was Harp
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
AMERICAN AUTHORS
While he was in Spain in 1959, he wrote "The Dangerous Summer", a story about rival bullfighters
Time's up! The correct answer was Hemingway
LITERARY ALLUSIONS
A type of nonsexual love is named for this Greek philosopher who discussed it in his "Symposium"
Time's up! The correct answer was platonic
TEENS OF THE PAST
"At 15 I set my heart on learning", wrote this great Asian sage in his "Analects"
Time's up! The correct answer was Confucius
IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY
Brunei
Time's up! The correct answer was Malaysia
MILITARY TELEVISION
Bad guys should stay out of harm's way (that's Cmdr. Harmon Rabb's way) on this military-legal series
Time's up! The correct answer was JAG
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
TEENS OF THE PAST
In his teens in the 1860s this "bright light" of inventors worked as a roving telegraph operator
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Edison
COMPOSERS
There’s nothing fishy about his “Trout” quintet
Time's up! The correct answer was Schubert
MAGAZINES
This founder of Weight Watchers is a cosulting editor of Weight Watchers magazine
Time's up! The correct answer was Jean Nidetch
BACK IN 1906
In 1906 there were 90 of these; nearly two-thirds of them were Republican
Time's up! The correct answer was senators
SOUND LIKE A LOCAL
To pass for a native of Danvers, Massachusetts, don't pronounce this letter in the town's name
Time's up! The correct answer was the R
LITERATURE
Walt Whitman's 52-section "Song Of Myself" is the longest work in this collection first published in 1855
Time's up! The correct answer was "Leaves of Grass"
WEDDINGS
In 2002 a hot pink frock worn by Robin Durr won the DeKuyper Contest for the worst of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a bridesmaid's dress
LYRICS FROM MUSICALS
"Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo. Lucky are we to be having him"
Time's up! The correct answer was Damn Yankees
AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
Every December, the Kennedy Center invites the public to a free sing-along of this composer's "Messiah"
Time's up! The correct answer was G.F. Handel
"COURT" BRIEFS
Law students try mock hypothetical legal cases in this kind of court
Time's up! The correct answer was moot court
"MUM"s THE WORD
....I said it's to utter something quietly & unclearly!
Time's up! The correct answer was Mumble
POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS
"Heavens to" ex-New York lieutenant governor McCaughey!
Time's up! The correct answer was Betsy
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED
September 18, 1970 in London
Time's up! The correct answer was Jimi Hendrix
21st CENTURY MUSIC
"Ordinary People" singer John Stephens took on this last name, the stuff that myths are made of
Time's up! The correct answer was Legend
WORLD EVENTS
The 3 people who did this most recently were Midori Ito, Muhammad Ali & Crown Prince Haakon of Norway
Time's up! The correct answer was Lighting the Olympic flame at the Olympic Games
IT BORDERS INDIA
The Ganges River flows through India into this neighbor, where it reaches the Bay Of Bengal
Time's up! The correct answer was Bangladesh
THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL
"Law & Order" actor Bratt
Time's up! The correct answer was Benjamin
BUSINESS
This Warner-Lambert product contains retsyn, a finely homogenized vegetable oil
Time's up! The correct answer was Certs
LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"
In 1775 this island in San Francisco Bay was called "Island of the Pelicans"
Time's up! The correct answer was Alcatraz
A SHAPELY CATEGORY
Something that's cordate is shaped like this, my love
Time's up! The correct answer was a heart
AWARDS & HONORS
A trophy named for this author is awarded to anyone who breaks the record for sailing a yacht around the world
Time's up! The correct answer was Jules Verne
FROG ANATOMY
It's attached at the front of the mouth so the frog can flick it out rapidly
Time's up! The correct answer was the frog's tongue
GENERAL INFORMATION
Found in Southeast Asia, they're the smallest apes
Time's up! The correct answer was gibbons
Y-R
An astronomer may speak of a solar, lunar, equinoctial or sidereal one
Time's up! The correct answer was a year
ONE BUCK OR LESS
On December 8, 2008 this national newspaper raised its newsstand price by 25 cents to $1
Time's up! The correct answer was USA Today
GET YOUR MOVIE FACTS STRAIGHT
Ian McKellen was Gandalf in "LOTR"; Ian McEwan wrote the novel on which this 2007 Keira Knightley film was based
Time's up! The correct answer was Atonement
20th CENTURY BALLET
Phillip Feeny's eerie music for the British ballet based on this spooky 19th C. novel is heard here
Time's up! The correct answer was Dracula
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
THE MAP OF EUROPE
Bordering Italy, Austria, Hungary & Croatia, it's one of the world's newest independent countries
Time's up! The correct answer was Slovenia
KILLER MUSICALS
Billy Bigelow kills himself after a botched hold-up in this Rodgers & Hammerstein classic
Time's up! The correct answer was "Carousel"
CALL OUT THE VOICE SQUAD
He was the voice of Mickey Mouse in "Steamboat Willie"
Time's up! The correct answer was Walt Disney
STATE OF THE UNION
A senator from this state said, "having been the first...to enter the union", it would be "the last to abandon it"
Time's up! The correct answer was Delaware
ANIMAL TERMS
To "go whole" this animal means to indulge completely
Time's up! The correct answer was hog
WOMEN'S HEALTH
In a "Got Milk" ad, Jennifer Love Hewitt says she hates this bone condition, so she has fat free milk with every meal
Time's up! The correct answer was osteoporosis
LASTS
In 1966 Congress authorized the Uniform Time Act, creating this from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October
Time's up! The correct answer was daylight savings time
STORYTELLERS
"Call him" the narrator of "Moby Dick"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ishmael
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
AMERICAN PLAYS
"I'm Not Rappaport" takes place on a battered bench near the lake in this famous park
Time's up! The correct answer was Central Park
THE BIG APPLE
One of NYC's most famous seafood joints is the bar for these bivalves in Grand Central
Time's up! The correct answer was oysters
THEIR ALMA MATERS
Radio's Garrison Keillor
Time's up! The correct answer was The University of Minnesota
COLONIAL ARTS
James Alexander, whose doggerel contributed to this publisher's arrest, helped defend him as a lawyer
Time's up! The correct answer was Zenger
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
In "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", he's the reclusive owner of the factory
Time's up! The correct answer was Willy Wonka
LITERATURE FOR KIDS
In a fairy tale by this Danish author, the Snow Queen takes little Kay away in her sleigh to her icy palace
Time's up! The correct answer was Hans Christian Andersen
WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS
1902: The first First Lady
Time's up! The correct answer was Martha Washington
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTS
The Masai people of this African country mix cow blood with milk for a refreshing drink
Time's up! The correct answer was Kenya
SHOTS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD
His prestidigitation (or in this case a "Jr. Skyhook") won Game 4 of the 1987 NBA Finals for the Lakers
Time's up! The correct answer was Magic Johnson
AT THE MALL
This "Urban" store is the parent company of Anthropologie
Time's up! The correct answer was Urban Outfitters
PEOPLE IN HISTORY
In 1801 this onetime VP compiled "A Manual of Parliamentary Practice" still used in the U.S. Senate
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Jefferson
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
SCIENCE GUYS
Not even a wheelchair & voice synthesizer can stop him from unlocking the secrets of the universe
Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Hawking
THE BODY WOMAN
Estrogen & progesterone are hormones produced by these glands
Time's up! The correct answer was the ovaries
WON THE BATTLE
After Perry met the enemy in the September 1813 battle of this great lake, they were ours
Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Erie
FUNNY FOR NOTHIN'
On his first night taking over "The Daily Show", he informed us, "Craig Kilborn is on assignment in Kuala Lumpur"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jon Stewart
THE ENGLISH BEAT
Centenary Square, in the center of this city, is its main cultural center; Alabama has a city by that name as well
Time's up! The correct answer was Birmingham
SCIENCE BRIEFS
It's a vital sign: BP
Time's up! The correct answer was blood pressure
TECHNOLOGY
The "D" in radar stands for this
Time's up! The correct answer was detection
"EVER"S
Chris Rock narrated this show, loosely based on his childhood
Time's up! The correct answer was Everybody Hates Chris
THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE SOUTH
The name of a popular Southern liquor brand, it's also the state game bird of Alabama
Time's up! The correct answer was Wild Turkey
BIOLOGY
Of the 4, blood group of the universal recipient
Time's up! The correct answer was AB
SUPERHEROES
The dude seen here is the "Silver" one of this type of athletes
Time's up! The correct answer was surfers
ANAGRAMMED BIRDS
A head-banger: cowpoke red
Time's up! The correct answer was woodpecker
THIS IS JEOPARDY!
In 1984, he made the music video "I Lost On Jeopardy"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Weird Al" Yankovic
BASEBALL HISTORY
Topps' 1952 series No. 311 was this player's first card & is a holy grail among collectors
Time's up! The correct answer was Mickey Mantle
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Cape Catoche, the northeastern tip of this large peninsula, lies a little more than 30 miles north of Cancun
Time's up! The correct answer was the Yucatan
B.C. & AFTER
Son of Philip II of Macedonia who became the world's largest coral system
Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander the Great Barrier Reef
A WHITE CATEGORY
The mass of a typical one of these stars is about 70% that of the sun
Time's up! The correct answer was white dwarf
ANGELS
In 1996 John Travolta spread his wings as this archangel
Time's up! The correct answer was Michael
WOMEN'S FASHION
This turn-of-the-century "girl" wore a shortwaist dress with puffed sleeves & a Pompadour hairdo
Time's up! The correct answer was Gibson Girl
DOUGH
Cherry blossoms are featured on the back of the coin worth 100 of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Yen
ESPN's TOP 10 ALL-TIME ATHLETES
No. 1: Lettered in hoops, football & lacrosse at Syracuse & if you think he couldn't act, ask his 11 "unclean" buddies
Time's up! The correct answer was Jim Brown
THE 50 STATES
The name of this state comes from 2 Choctaw words that mean "red" & "people"
Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma
ALASKA
4 different species of bears live in Alaska: Kodiak, grizzly, black & this
Time's up! The correct answer was Polar bears
BOOK NAMES
Nietzsche: "Thus Spoke ____"
Time's up! The correct answer was Zarathustra
KIDS IN BOOKS
She's Beezus Quimby's pesky young sister
Time's up! The correct answer was Ramona
IT HAD TO "BU"
In 1403 Venice established the first maritime quarantine station to prevent this deadly disease
Time's up! The correct answer was the bubonic plague
"V" IS FOR
...this pasta, thinner than spaghetti, whose name is Italian for "little worms"
Time's up! The correct answer was vermicelli
BRITISH INVENTIONS
For the military, zoologist John Kerr developed the "dazzle paint" type of this, something animals also use
Time's up! The correct answer was camouflage
I HAVEN'T READ SHAKESPEARE, BUT...
It sounds to me like it's about the leader of lascivious oglers
Time's up! The correct answer was King Lear
CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS
This co-author of "Manifest Der Kommunisttischen Partei" was born May 5, 1818
Time's up! The correct answer was Marx
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
FRANCE
In 1992, 200 years after it was written, 40% of the French found it excessively bloody & 25% wanted it changed
Time's up! The correct answer was the French National Anthem
EARTH, WIND & FIRE
In the '90s home fires caused by these nearly doubled, with almost half of them starting in the bedroom
Time's up! The correct answer was candles
WORDS OF THE WRITER
"I beheld the wretch--the miserable monster whom I had created"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mary Shelley
POETRY
In stanza three of "The Star Spangled Banner", he mocks "The hireling and slave" who doubt America's victory
Time's up! The correct answer was Francis Scott Key
ANGELS
The address of Angel Stadium is on a street named for this singing cowboy
Time's up! The correct answer was Gene Autry
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
In San Marino: this
Time's up! The correct answer was Italian
CLOTHING
A plastron is the quilted pad worn by competitors in this sport to protect their torso & sides
Time's up! The correct answer was fencing
NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES
"Shot Dead By Federal Men In Front Of Movie Theatre" read his 1934 front-page obituary
Time's up! The correct answer was John Dillinger
TRANSPORTATION
The 1st of these high-speed German highways was opened between Cologne & Bonn in 1932
Time's up! The correct answer was Autobahn
A SHAPELY CATEGORY
Often stuffed & baked, conchiglioni is jumbo pasta shaped like these
Time's up! The correct answer was shells
STARTS WITH "P"
Movie that featured the following music
Time's up! The correct answer was Picnic
ALSO A TOOL
This drink consists of 2 ounces of vodka & 5 ounces of orange juice
Time's up! The correct answer was a screwdriver
TAIWAN
It is prohibited to bring literature promoting this ideology into Taiwan
Time's up! The correct answer was Communism
EARTH, WIND & FIRE
Scientists believe the continents were once part of a single land mass called this, from the Greek for "all earth"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pangaea
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
PHYSICS
Deuterium is a heavy isotope of this element
Time's up! The correct answer was hydrogen
"EZ" DOES IT
Columbus' first landing on the mainland of the Americas was on the coast of what is now this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Venezuela
"O" YOU ANIMAL!
"Cool" cat seen here:
Time's up! The correct answer was Ocelot
BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES
Henry VIII
Time's up! The correct answer was Tudor
ITALIAN ART
Gentile da Fabriano used the international Gothic style for his painting "The Adoration Of" this trio
Time's up! The correct answer was The Magi
EXPLORERS
On July 4, 1803 Thomas Jefferson supplied this pair with a general letter of credit to use on their trip
Time's up! The correct answer was Lewis & Clark
COOKING EQUIPMENT FOOD
Bobby Flay's recipe for this includes as special equipment a rod to skewer the bird with
Time's up! The correct answer was rotisserie chicken
KAN U SPEL BIZNESS?
Dessert topping (the part after "Reddi")
Time's up! The correct answer was W-I-P
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
In west Africa: Luanda
Time's up! The correct answer was Angola
IT'S ALL ABOUT ME
Self-referential prefix before -didact, -suggestion & -biography
Time's up! The correct answer was auto
VEGAS, BABY
A legendary weapon that emerged from a lake, or a Las Vegas hotel
Time's up! The correct answer was Excalibur
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
GET SMART
A Boston study found doing this for 40 minutes a day builds up the cerebral cortex; monks must be really smart!
Time's up! The correct answer was meditate
NAME THE POET
"Do not go gentle into that good night, old age should burn and rave at close of day"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dylan Thomas
THE "I"s HAVE IT
Some scientists believe that the universe is undergoing expansion called this, also an economic term
Time's up! The correct answer was Inflation
HERE'S LUCY
Lucy Simon, the sister of this pop singer, wrote the music for Broadway's "The Secret Garden"
Time's up! The correct answer was Carly Simon
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
NATURE
Some of the fanciest of these reptiles are beaded, horned, or frilled
Time's up! The correct answer was lizards
47
These 2 tropic lines, north & south of the equator, are 47 degrees apart
Time's up! The correct answer was Cancer & Capricorn
KILLER MUSICALS
Sting starred as the vile Macheath in a 1989 revival of this Weill musical
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Threepenny Opera"
"DIAMOND"s IN THE ROUGH
Honolulu high spot
Time's up! The correct answer was Diamond Head
RHYMES WITH STONEHENGE
Statues of Ms. Baez, Ms. Collins & Ms. Didion are part of this monument
Time's up! The correct answer was Joanhenge
THE FALL
In 1918 this date in autumn brought the signing of the armistice ending World War I
Time's up! The correct answer was 11-Nov
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"
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?
This province has the longest border, including water, with the United States
Time's up! The correct answer was Ontario
UP & ATOM
When a nucleus is split, it's called fission; when 2 nuclei combine, it's called this
Time's up! The correct answer was fusion
SHOES
These boots named for a British general became popular during the Napoleonic Wars
Time's up! The correct answer was Wellingtons
ANATOMY
This transparent membrane in the eye covers the iris & has no blood vessels
Time's up! The correct answer was the cornea
FAMILIAR PHRASES
Big throwing don'ts include "the baby out with the bathwater" & "caution to" this
Time's up! The correct answer was the wind
WHAT'S ON TV?
Justin Timberlake had a rough day on this MTV show: phony "tax agents" said he owed $900,000 & raided his house
Time's up! The correct answer was Punk'd
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!
CLASSIC ADS & JINGLES
"Solutions for a small planet"
Time's up! The correct answer was IBM
IN EXILE
Exiled for manslaughter, Eric the Red was forced to leave this country around 981
Time's up! The correct answer was Iceland
AH, SWEET MYTHTERY
Telemachus was this long lost traveler's faithful son
Time's up! The correct answer was Odysseus
THE KOREAN WAR
His reaction to the North's invasion was "Dean, we've got to stop the blanks of blanks no matter what"
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry S. Truman
SSSSSSSSNAKES!!!!!
This highly venomous snake of the eastern U.S. has red & black bands separated by yellow ones
Time's up! The correct answer was coral snake
SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE
In Yavapai County, 55 miles east-southeast of Prescott
Time's up! The correct answer was Arizona
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
To physicists, SOHO isn't a neighborhood but an observatory orbiting this body
Time's up! The correct answer was the sun
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
MAGAZINES
As the old saying goes, "An ounce of" this magazine "is worth a pound of cure"
Time's up! The correct answer was Prevention
TRAIN STATIONS
A real depot inspired the symbol of this Wisconsin insurance company, seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Wausau
BEFORE & AFTER
Fictional girl sleuth who's the granddaughter of "The Great Profile"
Time's up! The correct answer was Nancy Drew Barrymore
THE CRUCIBLE
A vertical crucible called a "skull" is used to make the gem called "cubic" this
Time's up! The correct answer was zirconium
WHO'S YOUR MOMMY?
Gwyneth Paltrow
Time's up! The correct answer was Blythe Danner
GIVE THE BUCHAREST
Times change: in 1990 a statue of this Russian was removed from a Bucharest square after 3 decades there
Time's up! The correct answer was Lenin
THE HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD
Fad, dad or glad
Time's up! The correct answer was fad
INITIALS M.D.
In "Return To Me", David Duchovny has a heart-to-heart with her
Time's up! The correct answer was Minnie Driver
THE ONION
Nov. 15, 2001: This pasta treat "discontinued as Franco-American relations break down"
Time's up! The correct answer was SpaghettiOs
CITY FLAGS
The Y-shaped design on this city's flag represents the convergence of the Mississippi & Missouri rivers
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Louis
SAY "CHI"s
Giving up your seat to the lady proves that this medieval system is not dead
Time's up! The correct answer was chivalry
SPORTS SHORTS
He split 2 1980 title fights with Roberto Duran
Time's up! The correct answer was Sugar Ray Leonard
THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE SOUTH
The American Heritage Dictionary calls this pronoun the most famous feature of Southern dialects
Time's up! The correct answer was y'all
COLORFUL GROUPS
They're "Under The Bridge": ____ ____ Chili Peppers
Time's up! The correct answer was Red Hot
ROCK FORMATIONS
This Southern California group was originally assembled as a backup band for Linda Ronstadt
Time's up! The correct answer was The Eagles
"X"-MEN
This Persian son of Darius I burned Athens in 480 B.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Xerxes
U.S. WINTER OLYMPIANS
Life has its ups & downs for Travis Mayer, a 2002 medalist in the event named for these little hills on the slopes
Time's up! The correct answer was moguls
IT HAD TO "BU"
From the Greek for "herdsman", it means pastoral or idyllic
Time's up! The correct answer was bucolic
FOOD
Some say these dried treats are tastier made from seeded grapes than from seedless ones
Time's up! The correct answer was Raisins
AUTHORS
This "Return of the Native" author's first novel, "Desperate Remedies", was published in 1871
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Hardy
I READ THE NEWS TODAY
Florida's highest circulation newspaper is this Gulf Coast city's Times, with about 350,000 daily copies sold
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Petersburg
U.S. CITIES
Principal routes through this capital include Ala Moana Boulevard & Pali Highway
Time's up! The correct answer was Honolulu
FAMOUS SHIPS
On December 27, 1831 it departed Plymouth, England to map the coastline of South America
Time's up! The correct answer was the HMS Beagle
THE NEW TESTAMENT
Always mentioned last in the list of Jesus' 12 Disciples, he was the treasurer of the group
Time's up! The correct answer was Judas Iscariot
LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS?
Unconquerable & undefeated, he led Rome to victory in the Rugby World Cup championship
Time's up! The correct answer was Invictus
SONG LYRICS
"When I dream about the moonlight on" this river, "then I long for my Indiana home"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Wabash
FLEMISH & DUTCH MASTERS
His "Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp" featured the doctor, his colleagues & a cadaver
Time's up! The correct answer was Rembrandt
THE TITANIC
Gates prevented 700 of these passengers from getting up to the main deck, though they didn't stop Leo in the movie
Time's up! The correct answer was third class
IN EXILE
Exiled for manslaughter, Eric the Red was forced to leave this country around 981
Time's up! The correct answer was Iceland
MIDDLE "C"
Traditionally at graduation, this student with the highest grades makes a speech
Time's up! The correct answer was valedictorian
GEOGRAPHY
A smaller canal connecting to this river brings fresh water to the Suez Canal
Time's up! The correct answer was the Nile
MICHAEL JACKSON HITS IN OTHER WORDS
1984: "Suspenseful Movie"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Thriller"
WHO IS THEON OF SMYRNA?
Theon seems to have lived at the same time that this Roman emperor was building his famous wall
Time's up! The correct answer was Hadrian
NURSERY RHYMES
While "January brings the snow", "may brings flocks of pretty" these, "skipping by their fleecy dams"
Time's up! The correct answer was lambs
I READ THE NEWS TODAY
Florida's highest circulation newspaper is this Gulf Coast city's Times, with about 350,000 daily copies sold
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Petersburg
THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR
"Mister Roberts", "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon", "Stagecoach"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ford
NOT A POPE
Urban VII, Julius II, Irving III
Time's up! The correct answer was Irving III
THE CINEMA
1999 film with the line "The answer is out there, Neo, and it's looking for you, and it will find you if you want it to"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Matrix
GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP
This backcourt partner of Isiah Thomas on the "bad boys" of Detroit won the NBA's 1st Sportsmanship Award
Time's up! The correct answer was Joe Dumars
WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?
Corned beef is cured in brine; this other deli meat is seasoned brisket that's been cured, smoked & cooked
Time's up! The correct answer was pastrami
ADVERTISING SLOGANS
"Wouldn't you really rather have" one of these cars
Time's up! The correct answer was Buick
BIRDS! BIRDS! BIRDS!
The largest bird in the world, this one, seen here, is also the fastest on land
Time's up! The correct answer was Ostrich
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
I DID IT NORWAY
Winter sports lovers benefit from the 2-billion-kroner upgrade of this 1994 Olympic city
Time's up! The correct answer was Lillehammer
6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
D'Artagnan
Time's up! The correct answer was Dumas
SHAKESPEAREAN TITLE CHARACTERS
He is introduced as "The triple pillar of the world transformed into a strumpet's fool"
Time's up! The correct answer was Marc Antony
& 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
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
PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS
Nobelist George Thomson is the son of J.J. Thomson, a Nobel Prize winner who discovered this negative particle
Time's up! The correct answer was electron
STATES' FORMER CAPITALS
New Haven
Time's up! The correct answer was Connecticut
WORD"Z"
A granular form of this common mineral is used to make sandpaper
Time's up! The correct answer was quartz
ALSO SOMETHING YOU WEAR
Hard, quick gasps for air
Time's up! The correct answer was pants
WHO'S YOUR MOMMY?
Gwyneth Paltrow
Time's up! The correct answer was Blythe Danner
U.S. PRESIDENTS
A Civil War general, he was the last man to go directly from the House of Representatives to the presidency
Time's up! The correct answer was James A. Garfield
BEYOND .COM
It follows dot in a domain for companies & "That's show" in a familiar phrase
Time's up! The correct answer was .biz
REALLY BIG
You'll find the largest one in Mexico, not Egypt; its base covers nearly 45 acres
Time's up! The correct answer was Pyramid
ENGINEERING
Tajikistan has the highest one of these in the world; the U.S. doesn't even make the Top 10 with Hoover
Time's up! The correct answer was Dam
EXPORTS
90% of Qatar's income comes from the export of this product
Time's up! The correct answer was oil
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
Washington Irving gave New York City this nickname in 1807
Time's up! The correct answer was Gotham
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
On the web you can find A. Claude Ferguson's masterful manual on playing these eating utensils
Time's up! The correct answer was Spoons
FLAGS OF THE WORLD
Andy Garcia is a native of this country whose flag is seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Cuba
5-LETTER CAPITALS
The ancient Greeks called this Jordanian capital Philadelphia
Time's up! The correct answer was Amman
AND I QUOTE
Kim Walker's character in "Say Anything" has this annoying habit when quoting
Time's up! The correct answer was Making quotations with your fingers
CROSSWORD CLUES "G"
"Cheesy" Dutch city (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was Gouda
EDIBLES INSTANT REPLAY REVIEW
After review, the bierwurst, lop chong & kielbasa, types of these, were overcooked
Time's up! The correct answer was sausage
FRUIT
This fuzzy fruit is also a slang term meaning inform against or betray
Time's up! The correct answer was peach
TALK LIKE A BRIT
Of stay in bed, hit someone on the head or rub till it's red, what you do if you cosh
Time's up! The correct answer was hit someone on the head
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS
In 1985 an animated version of this Soleil Moon Frye sitcom character made the scene
Time's up! The correct answer was Punky Brewster
HISTORY
Karl led the first of these Marxist organizational efforts; the second one began in 1889
Time's up! The correct answer was the International
NAME THE WORK
Cervantes: "At a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not wish to remember"
Time's up! The correct answer was Don Quixote
U.N. OBSERVANCES
Can't wait for Oct. 20, World Day for this science of collecting & arranging numerical facts & data
Time's up! The correct answer was statistics
CABLE CHANNELS
You'll "find" that this channel features "Cash Cab" & "Dirty Jobs"
Time's up! The correct answer was Discovery
THE COLOR PURPLE
Defensive tackle Alan Page was part of the "purple people eaters" of this NFL team
Time's up! The correct answer was the Minnesota Vikings
MUSICAL THEATRE
"Kismet"'s music is adapted from the works of this "Prince Igor" composer
Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander Borodin
THE ENVIRONMENT
This "colorful" & controversial activist environmental group was formed in Canada in 1971
Time's up! The correct answer was Greenpeace
MOVIE TRIVIA
For the first time in '68, the Academy Awards were held in this auditorium, its current home
Time's up! The correct answer was the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
BARTLETT'S PAIRS
Ernest L. Thayer is represented by a pair of quotations, both from this baseball poem
Time's up! The correct answer was "Casey at the Bat"
CAESAR
AKA the Flavian Amphitheatre, this ancient structure was begun by the Roman emperor Vespasian around 72 A.D.
Time's up! The correct answer was the Colosseum
HORSE SENSE
Golden Cloud had great pull with Roy Rogers under this stage name
Time's up! The correct answer was Trigger
MINORITY REPORT
A 1936 dissent by Justice Stone accused 6 other justices of a "tortured construction" of this document
Time's up! The correct answer was the Constitution
____ OF THE ____
To make a favorable judgment when you're uncertain is to give someone this
Time's up! The correct answer was benefit of the doubt
HOLD THE MAYO CLINIC
The Mayo-Gibbon bypass machine assumes the functions of these 2 different organs
Time's up! The correct answer was Heart & lung
"EZ" DOES IT
In the classic sitcom he's the patriarch of "The Addams Family"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gomez
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
HITCHCOCK
Cary Grant admires Grace Kelly's big diamonds in this 1955 caper
Time's up! The correct answer was To Catch a Thief
PLACES
A building for religious veneration, or the L.A. auditorium that hosted 1997's Academy Awards
Time's up! The correct answer was shrine
CHANCE
His 1742 "A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist" was a prelude to writings on other games
Time's up! The correct answer was Hoyle
MEET THE PARENTS
Aiwa, Epic Records, Columbia Tristar
Time's up! The correct answer was Sony
BEGINS & ENDS WITH "T"
The name of this device used to stop bleeding may come from a French word for "turn"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tourniquet
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
DRAMA QUEENS
A 1952 play covered the young life of this queen, like a 1998 Cate Blanchett film
Time's up! The correct answer was Elizabeth I
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
FOREIGN CURRENCY
Malta's currency shares its name with this monetary unit of Italy
Time's up! The correct answer was Lira
WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN
"See Simon, Paul"
Time's up! The correct answer was Garfunkel
CHAIRS
A collapsible chair intended for outdoor use, especially aboard a ship
Time's up! The correct answer was Deck Chair
U.N. SECRETARIES-GENERAL
This current Secretary-General is the first U.N. career official to hold the post
Time's up! The correct answer was Kofi Annan
NOTABLE NONHUMANS
In 1945 this famous scottie was injured in a fight with Blaze, Elliott Roosevelt's mastiff
Time's up! The correct answer was Fala
WHERE WORDS COME FROM
Latin: This device you open when it's precipitating
Time's up! The correct answer was an umbrella
ALLUSIONAL THINKING
The allusion "ships that pass in the night" is from this American poet's "Tales of a Wayside Inn"
Time's up! The correct answer was Longfellow
ITALIAN ART
Andrea del Sarto's 1527 version of this Biblical banquet is similar to that of Leonardo, a man he admired
Time's up! The correct answer was The Last Supper
GAME SHOWS
The first letter ever turned by Vanna White on this game show was a "T"
Time's up! The correct answer was Wheel of Fortune
BORN IN DUBLIN
After the Battle of Waterloo, he said, "Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won"
Time's up! The correct answer was Wellington
5-LETTER CAPITALS
12 avenues radiate from Place Charles de Gaulle in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Paris
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
SPORTS
He was director of athletics at NYC's Downtown Athletic Club from 1928 to 1936
Time's up! The correct answer was John Heisman
THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION
He's considered the author of the Pentateuch, which is hard to believe, as Deuteronomy continues after his death
Time's up! The correct answer was Moses
COLOSSUS
This adjective that means "amazingly large" or "causing amazement" is from the Latin for "to be stunned"
Time's up! The correct answer was stupendous
MEET THE PARENTS
CBS, Blockbuster, Simon & Schuster
Time's up! The correct answer was Viacom
PHYSICS 101
By definition, liquids & gases do this under stress, solids don't
Time's up! The correct answer was they flow
DANCE IN THE DICTIONARY
It was established as a cyclic form by Vienna's Josef Lanner; you think you can do this dance in here & order us around?
Time's up! The correct answer was waltz
THE 17TH CENTURY
Nearly 13,000 homes & 100 churches were destroyed in this city's Great Fire of 1666
Time's up! The correct answer was London
VALUABLE PLACES
The Yellow Brick Road leads to it
Time's up! The correct answer was The Emerald City
GOVERNMENT
Until 1896, majority in this branch of Congress were 1st termers, now less than 10% are
Time's up! The correct answer was the House of Representatives
FARAWAY PLACES
This land that's north of England has odd place names lile Loch Lochy & Loch Oich
Time's up! The correct answer was Scotland
HISTORIC NAMES
A yearly football game is played near the NC/SC border to "settle" the issue of this president's birthplace in 1767
Time's up! The correct answer was Andrew Jackson
SKIP TO MY "LOO"
5-letter word for "remote in manner"
Time's up! The correct answer was aloof
MOVIE TAG LINES
This WWII film from 2008 had the tag "Many saw evil. They dared to stop it"
Time's up! The correct answer was Valkyrie
HE WAS IN THAT?
Kevin Spacey played a sleazy businessman in this Melanie Griffith film about an ambitious secretary
Time's up! The correct answer was Working Girl
CONGRESSIONAL MISDEMEANORS
This former house speaker was reprimanded in 1997 for misuse of tax-exempt funds & submitting false informaiton
Time's up! The correct answer was Newt Gingrich
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
HOMOPHONES
Sugary, or a group of hotel rooms
Time's up! The correct answer was sweet/suite
OCCUPATIONS
Of chairs, chicken or chinos, what you're most likely to haul if you drive a reefer truck
Time's up! The correct answer was chicken
WOMEN OF THE WORLD
She wrote her first novel, "The House of the Spirits", in exile soon after her uncle's assassination
Time's up! The correct answer was Isabel Allende
TOP 40 BONUS
"Soul Man"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Blues Brothers & Sam & Dave
COME, HO CHI MINH
Ho Chi Minh is buried in this capital city
Time's up! The correct answer was Hanoi
LAST NAME'S THE SAME
Late radio commentator Paul & James I's physician William
Time's up! The correct answer was Harvey
NAME THE PLAY
Inez: "I prefer to choose my hell; I prefer to look you in the eyes and fight it out face to face"
Time's up! The correct answer was No Exit
AMERICAN AUTHORS
His bestselling first novel, published in 1846, was set in Polynesia
Time's up! The correct answer was Herman Melville
RINGING THE OPENING BELL AT THE NYSE
On Oct. 11, 2007 this chairman of the Virgin Group rang us up, but he didn't parachute in while on fire or anything
Time's up! The correct answer was Branson
BETTER KNOWN AS...
Margarita Cansino
Time's up! The correct answer was Rita Hayworth
HAMMERS
Up to a few years ago it was the emblem of the Soviet Union
Time's up! The correct answer was Hammer & sickle
BASEBALL
In Los Angeles, the Dodgers have had only these 2 managers
Time's up! The correct answer was Walter Alston & Tommy Lasorda
GREAT DAMES
She helped her husband survive an attempted assassination & was Nureyev's partner for over fifteen years
Time's up! The correct answer was Dame Margot Fonteyn
TOP OF THE LIST
Not surprisingly, this taste sensation is rocking as Ben & Jerry's top-selling ice cream flavor
Time's up! The correct answer was Cherry Garcia
PARTS OF THE WHOLE
Reservoir, filter basket, carafe
Time's up! The correct answer was a coffee maker
NO. 3 SONGS
No. 3 Simon & Garfunkel hit that ends, "And an island never cries"
Time's up! The correct answer was "I Am a Rock"
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
The night before the 3rd Monday in April, lanterns are hung in the steeple of this Boston church
Time's up! The correct answer was the Old North Church
THE 20th CENTURY
This term, German for "lightning war," was used to describe the rapid capture of Poland by Germany in 1939
Time's up! The correct answer was blitzkrieg
COUNTIES BY STATE
Baca, Bent, Boulder
Time's up! The correct answer was Colorado
NOVELISTS
He followed his first novel, "Appointment in Samarra", with "BUtterfield 8"
Time's up! The correct answer was John O'Hara
SCIENCE GUYS
In 1855 Napoleon III "swung" a deal arranging for his appointment as physicist at the Paris Observatory
Time's up! The correct answer was Jean Foucault
HOUSES OF WORSHIP
The Episcopal Church at 193 Salem Street in Boston has been holding services continually since December 29, 1723
Time's up! The correct answer was The Old North Church
FOREIGN CURRENCY
In 1946 the Communist government of Vietnam began issuing coins with a depiction of this man
Time's up! The correct answer was Ho Chi Minh
MEDICAL TALK
This term refers to the painful inflammation of any of the fibrous structures that connect muscles to bones
Time's up! The correct answer was tendinitis
YOUTH IN ASIA
With songs like "Fly Away", rock star Cui Jian is one of the leading pop musicians from this Asian country
Time's up! The correct answer was China
GOVERNMENT
In 1966, Supreme Court ruled the 24th amendment outlawed this tax on both federal & state levels
Time's up! The correct answer was the poll tax
ACTION!
The action of a boy can ring a girl's bell, & the action of these can ring a buoy's bell
Time's up! The correct answer was a wave
BETTER KNOWN AS...
TV pitchman Jim Varney
Time's up! The correct answer was Ernest P. Worrell
AMERICANA
This U.S. first lady once taught dance in Grand Rapids
Time's up! The correct answer was Betty Ford
EARLY AMERICA
In 1562, in what is now S.C., these French Protestants established a colony named Port Royal
Time's up! The correct answer was the Huguenots
PROPHET SHARING
On the Sistine Chapel ceiling, Michelangelo included some of these ancient oracle-like prophetesses
Time's up! The correct answer was sibyls
TOM JONES
In book 13 country boy Tom arrives in this metropolis, where the climactic action takes place
Time's up! The correct answer was London
I PITY THE "FOOL"
9-letter word for something designed to be impervious to human incompetence
Time's up! The correct answer was foolproof
PLANTS
Plant whose twigs are used for dowsing & whose leaves & bark are used to make an astringent
Time's up! The correct answer was Witch Hazel
HEADS OF STATE
He was born in 1921 on the island of Java; he left office in 1998
Time's up! The correct answer was Suharto
NONFICTION PULITZER WINNERS
Garry Wills used a lot more than 272 words writing "Lincoln at" this place, which won him a 1993 Pulitzer
Time's up! The correct answer was Gettysburg
COMICS STRIP
Borat, played by this British comic, had a naked tussle with his portly Kazakh TV producer
Time's up! The correct answer was Cohen
GEHRY
In 1989 Gehry was awarded this prize commonly referred to as "The Nobel of Architecture"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Pritzker Prize
THE ROMANOV DYNASTY
At Oranienbaum, this ruler who certainly loved her thrills had a "sliding hill", an 18th c. version of a roller coaster
Time's up! The correct answer was Catherine the Great
NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES
"Berlin Reported Him Missing And Insane" when he "Flies To Scotland" in May 1941
Time's up! The correct answer was Rudolf Hess
INTERNATIONAL NAMES
The U.N. ties of this Secretary-General date back to 1975, when he was a South Korean diplomat
Time's up! The correct answer was Ban Ki-moon
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
TRIALS OF THE CENTURY
Despite a highly controversial trial, these 2 were executed for murders in 1920 at a Mass. factory
Time's up! The correct answer was Sacco & Vanzetti
COUNTRIES THAT END IN "O"
This nation has been ruled by the Grimaldi royal family since the 14th century
Time's up! The correct answer was Monaco
LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS?
Quiet, efficient & adept at getting around, this Roman Toyota hybrid made for a great spy
Time's up! The correct answer was Prius
BIRDS
This falcon's name is from the Latin for "foreign" or "a foreigner"
Time's up! The correct answer was peregrine
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
ANATOMY
The nephrons function as filtering units in this pair of organs
Time's up! The correct answer was Kidneys
HOLD THE MAYO CLINIC
In 1973 Mayo introduced to North America this scanner that uses a computer & X-rays
Time's up! The correct answer was CT scanner
THIS CATEGORY STINKS!
The strong odor of this semi-aquatic rodent gives it its name
Time's up! The correct answer was the muskrat
CALL ME A"LEX"
Adjective meaning able to bend & snap back readily without breaking
Time's up! The correct answer was flexible
4-LETTER VERBS
To stop a leak or publicize a product
Time's up! The correct answer was plug