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AFRICAN LANGUAGE LAB
Go where some men have gone before with this 4-letter term from the Afrikaans for "migrate"
Time's up! The correct answer was trek
JONATHAN SWIFTIES
"He was a bold man that first ate" this bivalve mollusk
Time's up! The correct answer was an oyster
COMICS STRIP
In "Get Him to the Greek", this Brit took a trip in the buff in a toy car
Time's up! The correct answer was Russell Brand
AT THE MOVIES
1980: Jake LaMotta battles his way to the middleweight title
Time's up! The correct answer was Raging Bull
BILL GATES' 50 BILLION
If his employee's price is $50.00, Bill could buy a billion of the "98" version of this operating system
Time's up! The correct answer was Windows
BREAKING NEWS
It was 103 degrees in July 2010 & Con Ed's command center in this N.Y. borough showed 12,963 megawatts consumed at 1 time
Time's up! The correct answer was Manhattan
WHEN IN ROME?
Charlemagne is crowned emperor by Pope Leo III: this day, 800 A.D.
Time's up! The correct answer was Christmas
ITALIAN
From an Italian word for "grape stalk", it's brandy distilled from the remains of grapes after pressing
Time's up! The correct answer was grappa
INNS
Luke 2:7 reports that there was no room at the inn for this pair
Time's up! The correct answer was Mary & Joseph
FASHIONABLE COMMON BONDS
Action, kid, opera
Time's up! The correct answer was gloves
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
FATHERS-IN-LAW
United Farm Workers president Arturo Rodriguez' father-in-law was this man who died in 1993
Time's up! The correct answer was César Chávez
MAGIC
According to tradition, this prop used by magicians should be made of hazel wood cut at sunrise
Time's up! The correct answer was a wand
FANTASTIC FILMS
Means by which Jack the Ripper & H.G. Wells get to 1970s San Francisco in "Time After Time"
Time's up! The correct answer was Time Machine
TITLE 9
Elizabeth McNeill: "Nine and a Half ___"
Time's up! The correct answer was Weeks
HARRY GUYS
He's the Harry heard here: "Dayyy...."
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Belafonte
STUPID ANSWERS
Whole number equidistant from 5 & 7
Time's up! The correct answer was 6
NOVELS
Chapter 10 of this 1960 novel begins, "Atticus was feeble: he was nearly fifty"
Time's up! The correct answer was To Kill a Mockingbird
THE VIRTUES
It was the "T" in the 19th century's WCTU
Time's up! The correct answer was Temperance
LONG WORDS
Adjective for an act done without meaning to; legally, it's a type of manslaughter
Time's up! The correct answer was involuntary
MONEY SLANG
Proverbially, you can "break" this food, or "take (it) out of someone's mouth"; earn some dough
Time's up! The correct answer was bread
INDEPENDENCE DAYS
This North European country marks December 6 for its 1917 independence from Russia
Time's up! The correct answer was Finland
"LIGHT"s
A joking question asked about many groups is "How many does it take to" do this
Time's up! The correct answer was screw in a light bulb
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
JERSEY GIRLS
Doing laundry in the sink, this "Jersey Shore" girl aka Nicole Polizzi said, "I feel like a pilgrim from the friggin' '20s"
Time's up! The correct answer was Snooki
BICYCLES
In the 1984 Olympics, Alexi Grewal won a gold medal in cycling for this country
Time's up! The correct answer was the United States
RADIO
Instrument struck when a contestant failed on the "Original Amateur Hour"
Time's up! The correct answer was a gong
CNN
Anchored by Lou Dobbs, it was TV's first nightly business newscast
Time's up! The correct answer was "Moneyline"
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED
August 16, 1977 in Memphis, Tennessee
Time's up! The correct answer was Elvis Presley
RECORD LOSSES IN 2005
Named for a sport that embodies high society, this Ralph Lauren co. was hacked for 180,000 credit card numbers
Time's up! The correct answer was Polo
WHO IS THEON OF SMYRNA?
Writing on these, Theon covers, among others, the circular, oblong, prime & even ones
Time's up! The correct answer was numbers
MY NAME IS EARL WARREN
In Reynolds v. Sims I said that representation in legislatures must be based mostly on population: one man, one this
Time's up! The correct answer was vote
BARTLETT'S PAIRS
Kenneth Grahame's 2 quotes both come from this children's book
Time's up! The correct answer was The Wind in the Willows
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
IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS
We're mostly 4,000 feet above sea level & Idi Amin doesn't run us anymore. Isn't that enough?
Time's up! The correct answer was Uganda
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
1 of the 2 Central American countries with only 1 sea coast
Time's up! The correct answer was Belize & El Salvador
CROSSWORD CLUES "J"
Belligerent nationalist (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was jingo
SOUNDS LIKE A CAPITAL CITY
A light yellow-brown; perfect color for an envelope, I say
Time's up! The correct answer was manila
A PRAIRIE PRIMER
The largest cities in Canada's "Prairie Provinces" are Edmonton & Calgary in this one
Time's up! The correct answer was Alberta
ALBUMS THAT ROCK
"X&Y", "Parachutes"
Time's up! The correct answer was Coldplay
NOVELISTS
This novelist's nonfiction book "Miami and the Siege of Chicago" was about the 1968 political conventions
Time's up! The correct answer was Norman Mailer
TRAVEL & TOURISM
1 of 2 famous Danish breweries you can tour in Copenhagen
Time's up! The correct answer was Tuborg
TITLES FROM SHAKESPEARE
Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" comes from a speech of Miranda's in this play
Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest
LANGUAGES
Romanian developed from this language of the ancient Romans
Time's up! The correct answer was Latin
WEBSITES
"Sari Says" is an advice column in the online version of this teen magazine
Time's up! The correct answer was Teen People
TECHNOLOGY
"LED" stands for this.
Time's up! The correct answer was Light EmittingDiode
MUSIC VIDEOS
At the beginning of her 2005 "Boyfriend" video, she is being chased by the police
Time's up! The correct answer was Ashlee Simpson
PRESIDENTS IN IOWA
In 1887 Cleveland attended this city's Corn Palace (or should we say Maize Palace)
Time's up! The correct answer was Sioux City
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Phil Collins once said, "Whatever else I am, I'm" one of these "first"
Time's up! The correct answer was A Drummer
INDONESIA
Most of the world's supply of this medicine comes from Indonesia's cinchona trees
Time's up! The correct answer was quinine
QUOTATIONS
This talk show host said, "I admire, respect & adore authors" when she was honored for her book club
Time's up! The correct answer was Oprah
SCIENCE CLASS
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Colorado) As snowflakes are frozen water vapor, they're made up of these 2 chemical elements
Time's up! The correct answer was hydrogen & oxygen
ARCHITECTURE
One of these ancient Roman structures still carries the water supply of Segovia, Spain
Time's up! The correct answer was Aqueduct
& CROWN THY GOOD
In 336 B.C. at age 20, he succeeded his murdered father as Macedonia's king & was just super...wait, that's not the right word
Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander the Great
EPONYMS
Meaning elegant or fancy, it's from the name of a hotel chain founded by a Swiss businessman
Time's up! The correct answer was ritzy
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
This Lake Erie port in Northwest Ohio was once called "the Glass Capital of the World"
Time's up! The correct answer was Toledo
AWARD-WINNING AUTHORS
The only Oscar winner also to win a Nobel Prize, this European won a 1938 Oscar for adapting his own play
Time's up! The correct answer was George Bernard Shaw
AYE! IT'S IRELAND
Ireland's national coat of arms features this traditional Irish musical instrument
Time's up! The correct answer was Harp
FOOD & DRINK
They're the 2 things Little Miss Muffet was consuming while sitting on her tuffet
Time's up! The correct answer was curds & whey
LIBRARIES
Architect Gordon Bunshaft designed this presidential library in Austin, Texas
Time's up! The correct answer was the LBJ library
DOUBLE-O WORDS
Legend says in 1652 Dutch Admiral Tromp placed this at his masthead after sweeping the English from the sea
Time's up! The correct answer was a broom
SILENCE
The name of this branch of monks known for keeping silent comes from a 17th century Cistercian Abbey
Time's up! The correct answer was the Trappists
STATE SUPERLATIVES
With 6,640 miles of coast, this state has the longest shoreline
Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska
YOU MUST BE JOKING
When this gastropod in a shell rode on the turtle's back, it said, "Whee!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Snail
WORLD HISTORY
More than 250,000 died in fighting before France granted this African nation independence July 3, 1962
Time's up! The correct answer was Algeria
WORDS
This name for a work of art that you may carve in art class comes from the Latin for "to carve"
Time's up! The correct answer was sculpture
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
BESTSELLERS
This author's Dr. Kay Scarpetta returned to the scene of the crime with "Trace"
Time's up! The correct answer was Patricia Cornwell
SCRAMBLED EGGS
Mmm... caviar: SO URGENT
Time's up! The correct answer was sturgeon
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
SOCIOLOGY
This term for a rural white southerner was originally applied to sunburned agricultural workers
Time's up! The correct answer was a redneck
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
This large lake on the New York-Vermont border is Vermont's lowest point
Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Champlain
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
JUBAL EARLY
In July 1864, Early & his troops threatened this city & were later criticized for not taking it
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington, D.C.
A WHITE CATEGORY
This black & white dairy cow originated in an area of Holland
Time's up! The correct answer was Holstein
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
He's now a correspondant emeritus for "60 Minutes"; his memoir "Close Encounters" came out in 1984
Time's up! The correct answer was Mike Wallace
GEHRY
Frank Gehry's "Easy Edges" line built furniture out of this stuff in which your furniture usually arrives
Time's up! The correct answer was cardboard
BRAND-TASTIC
This yogurt brand is named for founder Isaac Carasso's son Daniel
Time's up! The correct answer was Dannon
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
CENTRAL PARK
Central Park has a statue of King Wladyslaw II Jagiello of this country, who was also Grand Duke of Lithuania
Time's up! The correct answer was Poland
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
NOT A CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITAL
Sofia, Sarajevo, Saigon
Time's up! The correct answer was Saigon
BIOGRAPHIES
Known for his "Compleat Angler", he also wrote a biography of his friend, writer John Donne
Time's up! The correct answer was Izaak Walton
THE LAST MAN
In the 1996 book "The Presidents: A Reference History"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Clinton
3-LETTER WORDS
Cows regurgitate this from the first stomach to the mouth & chew it again
Time's up! The correct answer was the cud
4-LETTER VERBS
"Like it or" do this, meaning take or endure it
Time's up! The correct answer was lump it
POUR ME A STIFF ONE
Nonpotent potable in common to a fuzzy navel & a screwdriver
Time's up! The correct answer was orange juice
SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS
In Act 1, Scene 1 of "Macbeth" this trio vanishes in "the fog and filthy air"
Time's up! The correct answer was the three witches
FOOD
The non-chocolate version are called "blondies"
Time's up! The correct answer was brownies
1807
In September he was acquitted of treason against the U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was Aaron Burr
LIVE IN TEXAS
Man from Sugarland, Texas known as "The Hammer" in the U.S. House of Representatives
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom DeLay
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
U.S. CITIES
Of the top 10 cities in population within city limits, this one of 1.4 million is the only state capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Phoenix, Arizona
COMPANIES YOUNGER THAN YOU
The first name of this company's search engine was Backrub, as it analyzed the back links pointing to websites
Time's up! The correct answer was Google
SYNONYMS
Synonyms for "crowd" include throng, flock & this word that can also mean an infatuation
Time's up! The correct answer was a crush
CLOTHING WORDS
A layer of paint
Time's up! The correct answer was coat
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
HAIR TODAY
This 6-letter hairstyle is "business in front, party in the back"
Time's up! The correct answer was a mullet
4-LETTER VERBS
"And when two lovers woo they still say 'I love you' on that you can" do this
Time's up! The correct answer was rely
FOR WHOM THE "BELL" TOLLS
Your occupation if you're a carillonneur
Time's up! The correct answer was a bell ringer
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
He was the last sitting president to run for re-election & finish third in the Electoral College
Time's up! The correct answer was William Howard Taft
HISTORIC QUOTES
Upon this man's assassination, Nehru said, "The light has gone out of our lives"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mahatma Gandhi
NAME THE POET
"There was an old man with a beard, / Who said, 'It is just as I feared!'"
Time's up! The correct answer was Edward Lear
4 N
It's the church festival on March 25 commemorating what Gabriel told Mary
Time's up! The correct answer was the annunciation
THE FUNNIES
This Johnny Hart strip features such characters as Thor, Peter, Wiley & Clumsy Carp
Time's up! The correct answer was B.C.
ARCHITECTURE
Gropius, Mies van der Rohe & this Swiss architect all worked for architect Peter Behrens
Time's up! The correct answer was Le Corbusier
THE CIVIL WAR
1 of the 3 men whom Lincoln defeated in the 1860 presidential election
Time's up! The correct answer was Breckenridge
POETS
She considered publishing "Sonnets from the Portuguese" as "Sonnets Translated from the Bosnian"
Time's up! The correct answer was ElizabethBrowning
IRAQNOPHOBIA
This Iraqi president attended Cairo Law School in 1962 & 1963 while in exile
Time's up! The correct answer was Saddam Hussein
"IND" THE KNOW
The systematic teaching of beliefs to gain uncritical acceptance
Time's up! The correct answer was indoctrination
PEARLS OF WISDOM
A 17th century writer: "Angling can be said to be so like the mathematics, that it can never be fully learnt"
Time's up! The correct answer was Izaak Walton
MOVIE TAG LINES
This 2009 comedy proclaimed, "Some guys just can't handle Vegas"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Hangover
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
MILITARY UNITS
Mod or not, it's usually 10 infantrymen headed by a staff sergeant
Time's up! The correct answer was a squad
STATE OF THE UNION
The Jack Daniel's distillery is in Lynchburg in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Tennessee
WORDS IN (THE) ENCYCLOPEDIA
Fake wooden bird used by hunters to attract ducks
Time's up! The correct answer was decoy
EDIBLES INSTANT REPLAY REVIEW
After review, the bierwurst, lop chong & kielbasa, types of these, were overcooked
Time's up! The correct answer was sausage
WHEN IN ROME?
Mussolini becomes prime minister: this decade
Time's up! The correct answer was the 1920s
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
He pretty much stopped treating people after his parrot Polynesia taught him how to talk to animals
Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Dolittle
PSYCHOLOGY
Brought to the U.S. in the 1930s, this movement's name is German for "pattern" or "shape"
Time's up! The correct answer was gestalt
18th CENTURY AMERICANS
In "The Federalist" No. 51, this future president put forth an argument for the separation of powers
Time's up! The correct answer was James Madison
MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS
Hong Kong titled the second movie about this creature "I May Be A Pig, But I Am Not Stupid"
Time's up! The correct answer was Babe
BARD BITS
Comparing "thee to a summer's day" in sonnet 18, the bard realizes that "Thou art more lovely and more" this
Time's up! The correct answer was temperate
BRITISH INVENTIONS
In 1676 Robert Hooke came up with a universal one of these to manipulate the mirrors of his helioscope
Time's up! The correct answer was a universal joint
I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF IT
In the 1800s this Frenchman also developed a musical notation system for blind musicians
Time's up! The correct answer was Louis Braille
SO YOU WANT TO BE A 19th CENTURY HEROINE
If you have this adjective before your name, like Nell or Eva, don't bother planning for your old age
Time's up! The correct answer was Little
GENERAL SCIENCE
On the pH scale, a pH of 7 indicates this type of solution
Time's up! The correct answer was Neutral
THE MIDDLE AGES
Irene, who reigned from 797-802, declared herselt Emperor, not Empress, of this empire
Time's up! The correct answer was the Byzantine Empire
INTERNATIONAL NAMES
In 2008 he succeeded his close ally Vladimir Putin as Russia's president
Time's up! The correct answer was Medvedev
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
DIRECTED BUT DID NOT STAR
"Rachel, Rachel" (1968)
Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Newman
ON BROADWAY: 1970
He starred on Broadway as Elwood P. Dowd in a revival of "Harvey"; who else could?
Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Stewart
GIRLS IN SONG
"Went to a dance lookin' for romance, saw" this girl, "so I thought I'd take a chance"
Time's up! The correct answer was Barbara Ann
WORD ORIGINS
This wooden club is named for the town in county Wicklow where it originated
Time's up! The correct answer was Shillelagh
SRO
The stage show seen here has brought this dance to cheering audiences
Time's up! The correct answer was Tango
"DON'T" YOU KNOW THIS SONG?
Elton John saw the light of the Top 5 with this song twice, in 1974 & 1992
Time's up! The correct answer was "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me"
KANSAS CITIES
This college town has been called the "Little Apple"
Time's up! The correct answer was Manhattan
TELEVISION
He was a regular on Danny Kaye's, Carol Burnett's & Tim Conway's variety shows
Time's up! The correct answer was Harvey Korman
YOU'RE AN ANIMAL!
The dwarf variety of this cold-blooded killer is seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Crocodile
LITERARY QUOTES
Robert Louis Stevenson said, "Marriage is ..... a field of battle, and not a bed of" these
Time's up! The correct answer was Roses
LEGENDARY LEGENDS
A modern urban legend says the USS Eldridge disappeared in this city's Navy yard in a 1943 "Experiment"
Time's up! The correct answer was Philadelphia
SKIP TO MY "LOO"
5-letter word for "remote in manner"
Time's up! The correct answer was aloof
AN ARTHUR BEE
He followed Garfield as president
Time's up! The correct answer was Chester Arthur
GANGSTER'S DICTIONARY
Roll out these "bones", boys, so we can play some games of chance
Time's up! The correct answer was Dice
THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT, MAN!
India to the north, east & west & Burma to the southeast
Time's up! The correct answer was Bangladesh
YOU MUST BE JOKING
It's the classic response to the request "Call me a cab!"
Time's up! The correct answer was "OK, you're a cab!"
MASTER OF PUPPETS
This 2004 Matt Stone & Trey Parker film featured risque marionettes
Time's up! The correct answer was Team America
20th CENTURY NICKNAMES
Georgia's "Miss Lillian"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lillian Carter
"DEM"-ONS
The young women "d'Avignon" in the title of a painting by Picasso
Time's up! The correct answer was Demoiselles
U.S. PRESIDENTS
It was the last name of the 17th & 36th presidents
Time's up! The correct answer was Johnson
SCIENTISTS
This botanist was hailed as "The Wizard of Tuskegee"
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington Carver
BEFORE & AFTER
The Beatles' 1967 album that was a 2001 WWII miniseries on HBO
Time's up! The correct answer was Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band of Brothers
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
BUGS
This large hairy spider is named for a wolf spider found near the Italian town of Taranto
Time's up! The correct answer was Tarantula
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color line in 1947 when he was signed by this team
Time's up! The correct answer was the Dodgers
RENAISSANCE LITERATURE
This book begins, "All states and dominions which hold or have held mankind are either republics or monarchies"
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Prince"
MY NAME IS EARL WARREN
I was a 3-term governor of this state, 1943-1953
Time's up! The correct answer was California
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
HISTORY
Using photos he had taken the month before, Clyde Tombaugh discovered this planet February 18, 1930
Time's up! The correct answer was Pluto
TRAIN STATIONS
This capital city's main train station is known as Bahnhof Zoo, & not just at rush hour
Time's up! The correct answer was Berlin
EUROPEAN HISTORY
He filed for divorce citing Leviticus 20:21, "If a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing"
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry VIII
FACTS & FIGURES
Since 1970 the number of U.S. men aged 25-34 still living here has increased from 10% to 15%
Time's up! The correct answer was at home
FLOPS
Roger Ebert called this 1980 Michael Cimino film "Painful & unpleasant to look at"
Time's up! The correct answer was Heaven's Gate
NAME THE POET
"I hear American singing, the varied carols I hear"
Time's up! The correct answer was Walt Whitman
ALSO A BOOK IN THE BIBLE
Caesar, Antony, Cicero, et al.
Time's up! The correct answer was Romans
CLASSIC STAR TREK
Captain Kirk shares this name, his middle name, with a first century Roman emperor
Time's up! The correct answer was Tiberius
A REALLY BIG CATEGORY
At 3 1/2 million square miles, this largest desert could just about cover the United States
Time's up! The correct answer was Sahara
RUSSIAN
Russian word for a home like Novo-Ogarevo, Vladimir Putin's forest retreat near Moscow
Time's up! The correct answer was a dacha
STRINGS
When this product was introduced in 1972, it was said to have a full "quarter mile" of fun shot out of a can
Time's up! The correct answer was Silly String
LITERATURE
"Tai-Pan" was a "Novel of Hong Kong" by James Clavell, & this was his 1975 "Novel of Japan"
Time's up! The correct answer was Shogun
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
Canada (both, please)
Time's up! The correct answer was French & English
ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER
Oxford University's fall term is named for this -mas, not Christmas; it's a saint's Sept. 29 feast day
Time's up! The correct answer was Michaelmas
1994 FILMS
Quentin Tarantino directed this film & also had a bit role as Jimmy of Toluca Lake
Time's up! The correct answer was Pulp Fiction
GENERAL INFORMATION
This general, first in his class at West Point, ran for president in 2004
Time's up! The correct answer was Wesley Clark
3-LETTER ABBREV.
Organization founded by Carrie Chapman Catt in 1920: LWV
Time's up! The correct answer was the League of Women Voters
TV PRODUCERS
He probably has another 6 or 7 "Law & Order" offshoots on his desk just waiting for network slots
Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Wolf
HERBS & SPICES
During the Middle Ages, merchants who adulterated this expensive yellow spice were burnt at the stake
Time's up! The correct answer was saffron
KIDDIE LIT
In a Grimm fairy tale one of these animals swallows six little kids, but luckily they escape
Time's up! The correct answer was Wolf
GOING TOO "FUR"
To provide & install housewares to a dwelling
Time's up! The correct answer was furnish
BALLET
"The Steadfast Tin Soldier" is based on a fairy tale by this famous Dane
Time's up! The correct answer was Hans Christian Andersen
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
THEIR ALMA MATERS
Author Ralph Ellison
Time's up! The correct answer was Tuskegee
AGRICULTURE
What do you do to wheat to get flour? The answer is the name of this grain
Time's up! The correct answer was millet
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
THE PRODUCERS
This central state produces more cheese than any other
Time's up! The correct answer was Wisconsin
SOME MORE SIMIAN CINEMA
It's the island where Fay Wray first encountered King Kong; to think of its name, use your "head"
Time's up! The correct answer was Skull Island
WHAT A WEEK
In 1958 the theme of the first national week for these places was "Wake up & read!"
Time's up! The correct answer was libraries
4-LETTER WORDS
An arm or leg
Time's up! The correct answer was Limb
VIETNAM
A fertile marshland, Vietnam's southernmost region is the broad delta of this river
Time's up! The correct answer was Mekong
WHO'S ON FIRST?
I pity the fool who doesn't know that this show led into "Remington Steele" on NBC's 1983-84 schedule
Time's up! The correct answer was The A-Team
FINE DINING
A Vacherin dessert features this crisp concoction of beaten egg whites & sugar
Time's up! The correct answer was meringue
ENGINEERING
Able to carry over 2 million barrels of crude a day, it runs from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez
Time's up! The correct answer was the Alaska Pipeline
PIRATE MOVIES
In this 1935 film that made him a star, Errol Flynn was Dr. Peter Blood, a physician who turns to piracy
Time's up! The correct answer was "Captain Blood"
THE PLANETS
As viewed from Earth, it's the brightest planet in the nighttime sky
Time's up! The correct answer was Venus
"O"PERA
Disney World crowds might go nuts for this title knight, aka Roland, made famous by both Hande & Vivaldi
Time's up! The correct answer was Orlando
AND I QUOTE
Publishing term for the type of quote seen here: [Trebek's...made it into record books as host of television's #1-rated quiz show.]
Time's up! The correct answer was Pull quote
BOGIE MEN
Captain Queeg
Time's up! The correct answer was The Caine Mutiny
THE 13th CENTURY
Around 1250 this country's King Alfonso III reclaimed the Algarve from the Moors after 500 years of control
Time's up! The correct answer was Portugal
CLOTHING
This apron for young girls has a ruffled bibbed top & a gathered skirt
Time's up! The correct answer was a pinafore
SORTA SOUNDS LIKE OPRAH?
In an Irish battle cry, these 2 words follow "Erin"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Go Bragh"
AMERICAN AUTHORS
Under the name Laura Bancroft, he wrote about Twinkle & Chubbins in Nature Fairyland after taking us to Oz
Time's up! The correct answer was L. Frank Baum
ENGLISH ROYAL HENRYS
Victory at Agincourt in 1415 earned this king a visit from the Holy Roman Emperor
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry V
THE "I"s HAVE IT
Style of the 1877 painting seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Impressionism
JUST DESSERTS
Chef Josef Dobos is famous for creating this type of cake named for him
Time's up! The correct answer was torte
FROM THE FRENCH
This light tannish color gets its name from the French for "raw", as in raw vegetables
Time's up! The correct answer was ecru
6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
D'Artagnan
Time's up! The correct answer was Dumas
KFC
The company would have been called Indiana Fried Chicken if it were named for the birthplace of this founder
Time's up! The correct answer was Col. Harland Sanders
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
At Wimbledon 2000, Venus Williams expressed appreciation for this 1957 & '58 champion
Time's up! The correct answer was Althea Gibson
MOVIE MUSIC
Julie Andrews sings "A Spoonful Of Sugar" in this movie
Time's up! The correct answer was Mary Poppins
TV THEME LYRICS
"It's like you're always stuck in second gear, well it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year"
Time's up! The correct answer was Friends
INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY
From the Latin for "clear" comes the name for this woodwind instrument
Time's up! The correct answer was clarinet
SYRIA'S EATING
The leaves of mulukhiya resemble those of this vegetable; we hope Syrian kids don't turn up their noses at mulukhiya
Time's up! The correct answer was spinach
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
Egypt
Time's up! The correct answer was Arabic
19th CENTURY LITERATURE
He wrote "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky", "The Blue Hotel" & "The Red Badge of Courage"
Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Crane
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
FOREIGN TRAVEL
On entering the U.K., if you have anything to declare (besides "They talk funny here"), see one of these officers
Time's up! The correct answer was customs
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
Albuquerque, New Mexico lies on this 1885-mile long river
Time's up! The correct answer was the Rio Grande
PARLEZ VOUS?
"Huitieme" is French for this ordinal number
Time's up! The correct answer was eighth
ANTIQUES
Used as early as the 15th century, apostle spoons usually came in sets of this number
Time's up! The correct answer was 12 or 13
'65
These 2 countries nicknamed the Bear & the Dragon conducted a "verbal war"
Time's up! The correct answer was Soviet Union & China
LEGENDARY LEGENDS
A legend about this "Irish" group is that they are the descendants of shipwrecked sailors of the Spanish Armada
Time's up! The correct answer was the Black Irish
AIN'T THAT AMERICA
This state's largest lake may be 20 times as salty as any ocean
Time's up! The correct answer was Utah
SALMON
The roe of the chum salmon is a popular source for the red variety of this
Time's up! The correct answer was caviar
SLOGANEERING
When going out, take this card because "It's Everywhere You Want to Be"
Time's up! The correct answer was Visa
CARDS & DICE
The 4 players in bridge are given these directional titles
Time's up! The correct answer was North, South, East & West
RADIO
This word ends the title of a 1941 Bill of Rights tribute program heard by 60 million, "We hold these..."
Time's up! The correct answer was Truths
NAME THE FILM
1939: "I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Wizard Of Oz
"NEVER" AT THE MOVIES
Advice that's the title of a 1941 W.C. Fields film
Time's up! The correct answer was Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
AND I QUOTE
Type of quotations in the title of "Bartlett's"
Time's up! The correct answer was Familiar
THE SPOOKY & THE MYSTERIOUS
This "Triangle" near Florida has been the site of numerous maritime disasters
Time's up! The correct answer was the Bermuda Triangle
TAKE-OFFS
"Molvania: A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry" is a satirical type of this guide
Time's up! The correct answer was a travel guide
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
COMMON BONDS
Roofs, halos, quantum mechanics
Time's up! The correct answer was things that are over my head
OPERA
Mozart opera in which the count tries to thwart & postpone his valet's wedding
Time's up! The correct answer was The Marriage of Figaro
BUGS
This bloodsucking insect, cimex lectularius, is often found in mattresses; don't let 'em bite
Time's up! The correct answer was Bedbugs
HOME FURNISHINGS
A jardiniere is a decorative stand for holding these
Time's up! The correct answer was plants
IN THE DICTIONARY
The name of this 6-pointed star comes from the Greek for "six" & "letter"
Time's up! The correct answer was a hexagram
JUST THE FACTS
This city, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, has been called "the entertainment capital of the world"
Time's up! The correct answer was Las Vegas
FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME
Mrs. Nixon's floor pads for gymnastics
Time's up! The correct answer was Pat's mats
WHY SO BLUE?
Utah's state tree is the blue type of this evergreen
Time's up! The correct answer was the spruce
ANATOMY
The pons connects the 2 hemispheres of this part of the brain that regulates balance
Time's up! The correct answer was the cerebellum
TRUE LIVES
Despite its title, "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" is a book by & about this woman
Time's up! The correct answer was Gertrude Stein
A REALLY BIG CATEGORY
At 3 1/2 million square miles, this largest desert could just about cover the United States
Time's up! The correct answer was Sahara
BRAND NAMES
Its "Extra Dry" was the first aerosol antiperspirant in the U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was Arrid
LOST IN SPACE
Ed White, the first U.S. spacewalker, lost one of these outside Gemini 4; he must've looked like a later "moonwalker"
Time's up! The correct answer was a glove
OCCUPATIONS
Broadly used, this term can include nurses & therapists, but it often refers just to emergency personnel
Time's up! The correct answer was paramedics
JULIA ROBERTS FILM FEST
It was viva Las Vegas for Julia, who played the Angie Dickinson role in the remake of this film
Time's up! The correct answer was Ocean's Eleven
POLITICAL TALK
Lincoln once said not to "swap" these "while crossing a stream"
Time's up! The correct answer was horses
AT THE BUILDING SITE
A Fats Waller is a pianist & this "waller" is an installer of plasterboard
Time's up! The correct answer was a drywaller
MAGIC
In November 2000 this illusionist known for his street magic was encased in a block of ice for 63 hours in Times Square
Time's up! The correct answer was David Blaine
MOTTOES
You've got security with "My word is my bond", the motto of this London financial institution
Time's up! The correct answer was the London Stock Exchange
THE ENGLISH BEAT
Researchers estimate its construction on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire took about 30 million man-hours
Time's up! The correct answer was Stonehenge
AROUND THE APARTMENT BUILDING
Be careful not to drop your key down this vertical passage in which the elevator moves up & down
Time's up! The correct answer was shaft
SPORTS EVOLUTION
By the time the British discovered this sport in India around 1860, it used a ball, no longer a goat's or enemy's head
Time's up! The correct answer was polo
LETTER MEN
In 1930 he directed his first talkie, "Abraham Lincoln", starring Walter Huston
Time's up! The correct answer was D.W. Griffith
MAGNETO
Around 1904 this Norwegian explorer confirmed that the Earth's magnetic poles are not fixed
Time's up! The correct answer was Amundsen
STATE SUPERLATIVES
It pumps more than one million barrels of oil a day, more than any other state
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas
TIME'S TOP 10 EVERYTHING OF 2008
No. 7 in "Food Trends": Meat from this animal (kid is the tenderest)
Time's up! The correct answer was goat
PICTURE THIS
The rights to 5 of Tom Kelley's red velvet photos of this actress taken in 1949 were put on eBay in 2001, but weren't sold
Time's up! The correct answer was Marilyn Monroe
MATH TERMS
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew standing in front of a chalkboard) From the Latin for "to turn upside down", the function g is described as this of the function f
Time's up! The correct answer was inverse
THE REDCOATS ARE COMING!
The British ferried 2,200 troops across this river to battle the Americans at Bunker Hill
Time's up! The correct answer was the Charles River
SYRIA'S EATING
Syria had to wait until 2006 for an American fast food franchise, this fowl-selling one
Time's up! The correct answer was KFC
WEATHER WORLD
It's the U.S. state that experiences the most tornadoes
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas
3-NAMED AUTHORS
His novels include "The Prairie", "The Pioneers", & "The Pathfinder"
Time's up! The correct answer was James Fenimore Cooper
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
TIME TO "EAT"
Moss type used as fuel
Time's up! The correct answer was peat
SONGS
Willie Nelson must be "wond'rin' what in the world did I do" by writing this Patsy Cline hit
Time's up! The correct answer was "Crazy"
HE WAS IN THAT?
Before playing Cliff on "Cheers", John Ratzenberger appeared as Major Derlin in this second "Star Wars" film
Time's up! The correct answer was The Empire Strikes Back
BRAND NAMES
Elsie the Cow's "husband", his face is plastered on glue bottles
Time's up! The correct answer was Elmer
TBA
When the national votes are tallied, the 43rd one of these will be announced November 7, 2000
Time's up! The correct answer was President of the United States
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
JULY
A July 17, 1917 royal proclamation changed the name of the British royal family to this, like a castle
Time's up! The correct answer was Windsor
ASSASSINS
Reginald Fitzurse was among the Knights who took Henry II's remark literally to rid him of this archbishop
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas à Becket
AMERICANA
The name of this Texas city is Spanish for "yellow"
Time's up! The correct answer was Amarillo
ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER
September 2006 brought news of a "Unity Deal" between Hamas & this other 5-letter Palestinian group
Time's up! The correct answer was Fatah
THE LAW
Failure to pay a building contractor may result in his leaning on you with this type of lien
Time's up! The correct answer was Mechanic's lien
LITERARY GENRES
The story of Gisli Sursson, or John Jakes' chronicle of the Kent family
Time's up! The correct answer was sagas
TRANSPORTATION INNOVATIONS
This type of program that began in 1981 was inspired by Green Stamps
Time's up! The correct answer was Frequent flyer program
"PER"CUSSION
This daughter of Zeus & Demeter made regular trips to Hades
Time's up! The correct answer was Persephone
THE TREES WERE ANGRY THAT DAY, MY FRIENDS
In the third film of this title guy's animated series, Fiona's planned attack on 2 tree/ guards doesn't make them happy
Time's up! The correct answer was Shrek
SPORTS
This Florida-born women's great who retired in 1989 wrote the World Book Encyclopedia article on tennis
Time's up! The correct answer was Chris Evert
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
How peachy: Tbilisi
Time's up! The correct answer was Georgia
WHAT'CHA GOT COOKIN'?
I'm sauteeing this organ meat in butter & lemon juice, as you'd know, if you had any
Time's up! The correct answer was brains
PARISIANS
For speaking too "Candide"ly, he did time in the Bastille, but later lived in a mansion on Ile St-Louis
Time's up! The correct answer was Voltaire
I COULD USE SOME SELF-HELP!
Rick Warren guided readers on a 40-day spiritual journey in the No. 1 bestseller "The" this "Driven Life"
Time's up! The correct answer was Purpose
I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU
It means against, & is also a prefix found before -diction
Time's up! The correct answer was contra
ANCIENT HISTORY
This Old Kingdom capital of Egypt was originally named Hikouptah
Time's up! The correct answer was Memphis
FROM THE WELSH
The name of this Olympic weapon may go back to the Welsh gaflach, "forked branch"
Time's up! The correct answer was Javelin
WEAPONRY
The weapons that are "bursting" in line 5 of "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Time's up! The correct answer was bombs
THE "L" WORLD
This highest capital in the Andes was founded on the site of an earlier settlement in 1548
Time's up! The correct answer was La Paz
RADIO PERSONALITIES
The fans of this radio personality call themselves dittoheads to signify that they agree with his opinion
Time's up! The correct answer was Rush Limbaugh
BIBLE BOOK BINDINGS
Hey ___ Law
Time's up! The correct answer was Jude
4-LETTER WORDS
Used in linoleum & paints, linseed oil is made from the seeds of this plant
Time's up! The correct answer was flax
HISTORY
In February 1984 he announced his resignation as Prime Minister of Canada
Time's up! The correct answer was Trudeau
ENGLISH CLASS
Capt. Kirk's mission was "to boldly go" where no man had gone before, but he split one of these along the way
Time's up! The correct answer was an infinitive
PLANT LIFE
It's the large floating leaf of a water lily
Time's up! The correct answer was pad
U.S.A.
1 of the largest lakes in Minnesota, its name begins with the same 5 letters as Minnesota
Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Minnetonka
MYTHOLOGICAL PAIRS
Until the night he drowned, Leander swam across the Hellespont every night to meet her
Time's up! The correct answer was Hero
IN THE GOOD OLD SUMER TIME
Mythic Sumerian hero Utnapishtim built a big boat & survived this catastrophe
Time's up! The correct answer was The flood
TRUE LIVES
Isak Dinesen reflected on her years in Kenya in this book, later the title of a film about her
Time's up! The correct answer was Out Of Africa
THE "CO"-CATEGORY
A Greek word for "poppy" gives us the name of this analgesic, an alkaloid of opium
Time's up! The correct answer was codeine
"NIGHT"
Get to the Bottom of this Shakespeare play, published in 1600
Time's up! The correct answer was A Midsummer Night's Dream
YOU SHOULD BE IN A BALLET!
To star in this 1890 fairy tale ballet, you shouldn't have spindly legs but you will need a spindle
Time's up! The correct answer was Sleeping Beauty
THE REPLACEMENTS
The "arthro" in "arthroplasty" refers to these body parts that are replaced with stainless steel or plastic ones
Time's up! The correct answer was joints
GEORGIAN ON MY MIND
Dinah Shore, Sally Field & Loni Anderson were longtime loves of this hunk from Waycross
Time's up! The correct answer was Burt Reynolds
TV MINISERIES
Vanessa Williams played Calypso & Greta Scacchi was the long-suffering Penelope in this 1997 epic
Time's up! The correct answer was The Odyssey
AN ARTHUR BEE
Author of "3001: The Final Odyssey"
Time's up! The correct answer was Arthur C. Clarke
GEHRY
Though he's lived for many years in the U.S., architect Frank Gehry was born in this Ontario city of 4.5 million
Time's up! The correct answer was Toronto
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
The 24th Amendment says you don't have to pay this type of tax, or any other in order to vote
Time's up! The correct answer was poll
THE CANARY ISLANDS
The Canary Islands were named for a large number of these the Romans found there, not yellow songbirds
Time's up! The correct answer was wild dogs
"GENERAL" JOB INFORMATION
The U.N.'s website says this job is "a spokesman for the interests of the world's peoples, in particular the poor"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Secretary-General
FROM THE FRENCH
This word for any style of cooking is from the French for "kitchen"
Time's up! The correct answer was cuisine
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
LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS
In 1945 Virginia Gildersleeve was the only female U.S. delegate to the conference that drafted this charter
Time's up! The correct answer was the United Nations
GREECE
The mainland of Greece forms the southern part of this peninsula
Time's up! The correct answer was the Balkan Peninsula
BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES
George VI
Time's up! The correct answer was Windsor
NATIONAL ANTHEMS
"Land Of Two Rivers" is the anthem of this country whose history goes back thousands of years
Time's up! The correct answer was Iraq
SOUTH AMERICA
These are the only 2 independent countries in South America named for a famous person
Time's up! The correct answer was Colombia & Bolivia
THE HAYES YEARS
In early 1880 Wabash in this state became the first city to illuminate its streets by electricity
Time's up! The correct answer was Indiana
DRAMA QUEENS
In Euripides' play about this famed beauty, it's her double who goes to Troy
Time's up! The correct answer was Helen
SRO
A song in this Disney musical asks, "How long must this go on?" ---4 years & counting
Time's up! The correct answer was Beauty And The Beast
HOW NOVEL
He not only appeared on the cover of some 350 romance novels, he's written ones like "Rogue" & "Mysterious"
Time's up! The correct answer was Fabio
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
The pair's lyricist
Time's up! The correct answer was Hammerstein
STORM
The probe used to investigate tornados in this film is aptly named Dorothy
Time's up! The correct answer was Twister
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
In 1994 this show about a carnival barker won 5 Tonys, including Best Musical Revival
Time's up! The correct answer was "Carousel"
DUDE, YOU'RE A SONG!
"Trouble ahead, trouble behind, and you know that notion just crossed my mind" (Now we see who's the Deadhead)
Time's up! The correct answer was Casey Jones
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
From its incorporation in 1813 until 1901, this New York village was known as Sing-Sing
Time's up! The correct answer was Ossining
COME "IN"
A military badge of rank or qualification
Time's up! The correct answer was insignia
KOREA
Reportedly, the farther south you go, the hotter you'll find this common dish of pickled cabbage
Time's up! The correct answer was Kimchi
NATURE
This largest U.S. cactus can weigh as much as 10 tons
Time's up! The correct answer was saguaro
OLD VIRGINIA
In 1699 the capital of Virginia was moved from Jamestown to this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Williamsburg
WORLD CAPITALS
It's located about 30 miles south of the DMZ
Time's up! The correct answer was Seoul
SURVIVAL AT SEA
Capsized off Georges Bank, Ernie Hazard survived 2 days in his underwear in this ocean
Time's up! The correct answer was Atlantic Ocean
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
LITERARY GENRES
"Pamela" is an epistolary one & may be the first English one
Time's up! The correct answer was a novel
WHEAT
This embryo of the wheat seed is a rich source of vitamin E
Time's up! The correct answer was Germ
FOR THE BIRDS
The canvasback is a wild North American variety of this bird
Time's up! The correct answer was a duck
"PH"UN WORDS
In the scientific classification of animals, it's Chordata for a domesticated dog
Time's up! The correct answer was phylum
DUDE, YOU'RE A SONG!
"Trouble ahead, trouble behind, and you know that notion just crossed my mind" (Now we see who's the Deadhead)
Time's up! The correct answer was Casey Jones
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
South Carolina's highest point, Sassafras Mountain, rises 3,560 feet in this range of the Appalachians
Time's up! The correct answer was the Blue Ridge Mountains
AN E FOR AN I
"Gentle" becomes "to blend"
Time's up! The correct answer was mild & meld
AMERICAN NICKNAMES
She was called "Little Missy" & "Little Sure Shot"
Time's up! The correct answer was Annie Oakley
ROCK OF STAGES
"Smokey Joe's Cafe" features "Hound Dog" & other songs written by Jerry Lieber & him
Time's up! The correct answer was Mike Stoller
APT ANAGRAMS
A "high" time in art: SIENNA ACRES
Time's up! The correct answer was Renaissance
"HIGH" SCHOOL
The HD in the new digital format HDTV stands for this
Time's up! The correct answer was high definition
TV STARS
Taylor Negron plays nanny to these twins on "So Little Time"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Olsen twins
A HORSE IS A HORSE
The Lone Ranger rode Silver & this companion of his rode a horse named Scout
Time's up! The correct answer was Tonto
THE ROMANOV DYNASTY
The Romanov dynasty was named in honor of Roman Yurievich, whose daughter married this "horrifying" czar
Time's up! The correct answer was Ivan the Terrible
THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT, MAN!
Thailand to the west, Laos to the north & Vietnam to the east
Time's up! The correct answer was Cambodia
FOOD FACTS
Bursting with beta carotene, the melon we call this is actually a type of muskmelon
Time's up! The correct answer was the cantaloupe
IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS
From Koluszki to Kolno, & Wozniki to Strzelce, visit us, but just know we've heard all the jokes already
Time's up! The correct answer was Poland
HERBS & SPICES
In medieval Europe this poultry stuffing herb of the genus Salvia was thought to stimulate the mind
Time's up! The correct answer was sage
THE RENAISSANCE
Boccaccio work narrated by 3 men & 7 women fleeing the plague in Florence
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Decameron"
GEHRY
Frank Gehry's "Easy Edges" line built furniture out of this stuff in which your furniture usually arrives
Time's up! The correct answer was cardboard
UNFORESEEN FINDS
To spite a customer who complained the tubers were too thick, chef George Crum created what became this treat
Time's up! The correct answer was potato chips
3-LETTER WORDS
Cows regurgitate this from the first stomach to the mouth & chew it again
Time's up! The correct answer was the cud
OFFICIAL STATE THINGS
This "sweet" state tree of Vermont is an important source of syrup
Time's up! The correct answer was sugar maple
WE ARE AMUSED
Shylock asked, "If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you" do this, "do we not laugh?"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tickle us
"R"OCK MUSIC
Title adjective describing Dion's "Sue"
Time's up! The correct answer was Runaround
TEENS IN HISTORY
Betrothed as a teen to her creepy cousin in 1744, she later became a "Great" empress of Russia
Time's up! The correct answer was Catherine the Great
WHAT A GEM!
Cornflower blue is the most prized color of this gem
Time's up! The correct answer was a sapphire
MYTHICAL CREATURES
This winged creature sprang from the blood of Medusa after Perseus beheaded her
Time's up! The correct answer was Pegasus
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
HIDDEN BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
Fight the evil mojo by using your good voodoo
Time's up! The correct answer was Job
ALLUSIONAL THINKING
Your vulnerability might be compared to this body part of an ancient Greek hero who killed Hector
Time's up! The correct answer was an Achilles' heel
CHICKENS FOR FREE
In doro wat, Ethiopian chicken stew, these go in at the end of cooking, so the chicken stew comes first
Time's up! The correct answer was the eggs
SPORTS TRIVIA
The French Open tennis tournament is played on courts of this color clay
Time's up! The correct answer was Red
ROUGH POLITICS
In March 1974, 7 ex-Nixon officials were arrested for conspiracy, including this former Chief of Staff
Time's up! The correct answer was Haldeman
SEXPERTISE
Kim Campbell, Kim Philby, Kim Jong Il
Time's up! The correct answer was Kim Campbell
47
This unit of measure is equal to .47 liters; drink up!
Time's up! The correct answer was a pint
MANIAS
A lycomaniac has a howling time believing he is one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Wolf
KIDS IN BOOKS
Mowgli is the human kid hanging out in the woods with wolves & tigers in this Rudyard Kipling "Book"
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Jungle Book"
1957
When Wham-O introduced this toy in 1957, it was called the Pluto Platter
Time's up! The correct answer was Frisbee
ANYTHING BUT CHEESESTEAK
Part of a British breakfast, this jam is made from bitter Seville oranges, including the rinds
Time's up! The correct answer was marmalade
BUSINESS LEADERS
In the 1880s he built a town in Illinois to house employees of his sleeping car company
Time's up! The correct answer was Pullman
I SERVED IN HIS CABINET
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance
Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Carter
IN THE FIRE
Many 17th century New York City households had one of these to form a brigade in case of fire
Time's up! The correct answer was Bucket
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
1 of the 2 Central American countries with only 1 sea coast
Time's up! The correct answer was Belize & El Salvador
POETIC TITLE VERBS
"_____ By Woods On A Snowy Evening"
Time's up! The correct answer was Stopping
LITERARY FIRST LINES
1854: "When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone in the woods..."
Time's up! The correct answer was "Walden; or, Life in the Woods"
CROSSWORD CLUES "B"
A baby belch (4)
Time's up! The correct answer was burp
AFRICAN-AMERICANA
Frederick Douglass said this political party was the ship & everything else was the ocean
Time's up! The correct answer was the Republican Party
"LESS" IS MORE
It's Southwest Airlines' name for the paper-free type of travel it introduced on all routes in January 1995
Time's up! The correct answer was Ticketless
GREEK MYTHOLOGY
Like father like son--Cronus deposed his father Uranus & this god deposed his father Cronus
Time's up! The correct answer was Zeus
BIBLICAL PEOPLE & PLACES
Ezra was the leader of the Jews who returned from this land, by whose waters they had sat down & wept
Time's up! The correct answer was Babylon
GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT
Theodore Dreiser wrote "An American Tragedy"; Philip Roth, "The Great American" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Novel
SOME MORE SIMIAN CINEMA
Robert Guillaume provided the voice of Rafiki, the wise old baboon, in this 1994 film
Time's up! The correct answer was The Lion King
ACTRESSES
Tamara Dobson fought drugs as "Cleopatra Jones" in 1973, 10 years after this woman was "Cleopatra"
Time's up! The correct answer was Liz Taylor
THE RULE OF THIRDS
Twice in the 1990s, he came in third in U.S. presidential elections
Time's up! The correct answer was Ross Perot
HOW NOVEL
He not only appeared on the cover of some 350 romance novels, he's written ones like "Rogue" & "Mysterious"
Time's up! The correct answer was Fabio
RUSSIA
In April of 1996, Russian rockets killed Dzhokhar Dudayev, this breakaway republic's leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Chechnya
SOUTH AMERICA
One of 2 landlocked countries in South America
Time's up! The correct answer was Bolivia or Paraguay
THE MUSICAL DR. IS IN
Despite its name, this synth-pop English band who gave us 1984's "Doctor! Doctor!" was a trio
Time's up! The correct answer was The Thompson Twins
MIXED DRINKS
Using Scotch whisky turns a Manhattan into this drink
Time's up! The correct answer was a Rob Roy
2-LETTER ABBREV.
Randy Newman sang, "Looks like another perfect day, I love" this place
Time's up! The correct answer was L.A.
MILITARY UNITS
3 brigades under 1 headquarters, or a math function
Time's up! The correct answer was a division
WHO'S THE BOSS
On "Bewitched" Darrin Stephens worked his advertising magic for this partner of McMann
Time's up! The correct answer was Larry Tate
"DOUBLE" JEOPARDY
Grammatical error committed by the Rolling Stones when they sang, "I Can't Get No Satisfaction"
Time's up! The correct answer was Double negative
TWO
In engines: Stephen Briggs &...
Time's up! The correct answer was Harold Stratton
FRENCH ART & ARTISTS
Talent ran in the family: this first woman to join the Impressionists was a granddaughter of the Rococo painter Fragonard
Time's up! The correct answer was Berthe Morisot
TAKE OUT
A rhytidectomy removes these surgically; botox takes them out another way
Time's up! The correct answer was wrinkles
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
VIETNAM
It's not the capital, but this Vietnamese city is the most populous
Time's up! The correct answer was Ho Chi Minh City
TIME TO CONVERT
It's the simplest fractional form of .75
Time's up! The correct answer was 4-Mar
MINORITY REPORT
Justice Harlan was an honorable one-man minority in this 1896 decision that enshrined the "separate but equal" doctrine
Time's up! The correct answer was Plessy v. Ferguson
FASHIONABLE COMMON BONDS
Action, kid, opera
Time's up! The correct answer was gloves
IN EXILE
In 1462 this printer known for movable type had to move out of Mainz
Time's up! The correct answer was Johannes Gutenberg
ALL GOD'S CRITTERS
Because it dips its food in water, it has the scientific name Lotor, which means "washer"
Time's up! The correct answer was Raccoon
AT THE MOVIES
1977: After an experience with a UFO, an electric-line worker is drawn to a remote mountain
Time's up! The correct answer was Close Encounters of the Third Kind
TELEVISION
This wallaby's "Modern Life" takes place in O Town with his dog Spunky & his pal Heffer
Time's up! The correct answer was Rocko
THE CAT
In Chinese lore this big cat, not the lion, was king of the beasts
Time's up! The correct answer was Tiger
AMERICAN COUNTIES
Ogemaw, Saginaw & Washtenaw are all counties in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Michigan
JULIUS CAESAR
In 46 B.C. this Egyptian came with Caesar to Rome, where her statue was placed in the temple of Venus Genetrix
Time's up! The correct answer was Cleopatra
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Decade when the 27th & last amendment, having to do with pay raises in Congress, took effect
Time's up! The correct answer was the 1990s
WHO IS THEON OF SMYRNA?
Like Ptolemy, about whom he wrote, Theon placed this body in the center of the cosmos
Time's up! The correct answer was Earth
TOUR OF JUDY
She played an airheaded blonde to whom William Holden had to teach manners in "Born Yesterday"
Time's up! The correct answer was Judy Holliday
ARCHITECTS
Albert Speer, who designed a stadium for this city, was convicted of war crimes in trials there
Time's up! The correct answer was Nuremberg
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
The westernmost and northernmost points in the U.S. are both located in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska
WHAT THE KIDS ARE CALLING IT
"What An Appealing Young Lady" can be translated to this title of a 1999 movie
Time's up! The correct answer was She's All That
AMERICAN WOMEN
She gave herself the third-person name "Phantom", the "no-person" she was from 19 months until she was almost 7
Time's up! The correct answer was Helen Keller
THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION
Ali, who married this man's daughter Fatima, is considered by Shia Muslims to be his true successor
Time's up! The correct answer was Muhammed
SAINTS
In 1918 padre Pio, who reportedly could levitate, became the first priest in centuries to receive these "wounds"
Time's up! The correct answer was stigmata
LEGAL "E"s
This 2-word phrase means the power to take private property for public use; it's ok, as long as there is just compensation
Time's up! The correct answer was eminent domain
SOUNDS LIKE A RAPPER
It's wack but ESPN dropped the downhill racing style of this type of bicycle from its X Games in 2004
Time's up! The correct answer was BMX
SKIRTING THE ISSUE
Originally worn by highlanders in various tartans, these are also worn by women as skirts
Time's up! The correct answer was kilts
1984
This science fact & fiction writer published his 300th book which he called "Opus 300"
Time's up! The correct answer was Isaac Asimov
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
THE LENIN CLOSET
When Lenin returned to Russia in 1917, he did it in a "sealed" one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was railway car
HIP-HOP & RAP
Group that includes members Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone & Wish Bone
Time's up! The correct answer was Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
RICH & FAMOUS
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen owns this Portland sports team
Time's up! The correct answer was Portland Trail Blazers
AIN'T THAT "GRAND"
A 1085-mile waterway in China & a 2.5 mile waterway in Venice are both called this
Time's up! The correct answer was the Grand Canal
JERSEY GIRLS
This Algonquin wit was born in West End, N.J. in 1893 & was a drama critic for Vanity Fair by 1917
Time's up! The correct answer was Dorothy Parker
MEDICAL TALK
It begins, "I swear by Apollo physician and Asclepius..."
Time's up! The correct answer was the hippocratic oath
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
ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER
Oxford University's fall term is named for this -mas, not Christmas; it's a saint's Sept. 29 feast day
Time's up! The correct answer was Michaelmas
20th CENTURY BALLET
This great Spanish cubist designed sets & costumes for the 1919 ballet "The Three-Cornered Hat"
Time's up! The correct answer was Picasso
ANNIVERSARY GIFTS
It's a nice gift for the 35th, but if you take it out of a U.S. reef you may be arrested
Time's up! The correct answer was Coral
PHYSICS
Plano-convex, biconvex & concavo-convex are 3 of the types of this optical component
Time's up! The correct answer was lens
TRAVEL
You can buy samples of this fossilized resin at a museum devoted to it in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Time's up! The correct answer was amber
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
THE "CO"-CATEGORY
A Greek word for "poppy" gives us the name of this analgesic, an alkaloid of opium
Time's up! The correct answer was codeine
THE REEL STORY
Keanu Reeves is a supernatural detective in this 2005 flick based on the Hellblazer comic book
Time's up! The correct answer was Constantine
TRANSPORTATION
The Kearsarge was the only one of these not named for a U.S. state
Time's up! The correct answer was a battleship
WORD ORIGINS
Run-down part of town, from the rough forest paths along which newly-cut logs were dragged
Time's up! The correct answer was skid row
NOT A VERB
Capable, succeed, accomplish
Time's up! The correct answer was capable
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
WHAT TO WEAR
Christian Lacroix popularized the pouf type of this
Time's up! The correct answer was dress
COUNTY SEATS
Quincy, Illinois is the seat of a county with this presidential name
Time's up! The correct answer was Adams
RELIGION
Less than 20% of all Muslims are Shi'ites or of other groups; the rest belong to this branch
Time's up! The correct answer was Sunni
MAIN STREET U.S.A.
Borgen's Cafe, on Main St. in Westby, Wisconsin, feels a bit like Oslo, with menus & banter in this language
Time's up! The correct answer was Norwegian
IN A FESTIVAL MOOD
In July 1965 Bob Dylan was booed at the Newport Festival of this, for abandoning that type of music
Time's up! The correct answer was Folk Music
4 N
Number of "beers on the wall" at the beginning of the song
Time's up! The correct answer was ninety-nine
STATE SUPERLATIVES
Considered the healthiest state in 2006, it's also home to the Mayo Clinic
Time's up! The correct answer was Minnesota
THEY ALSO RAN
Born in Brooklyn in 1944, he was mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2002
Time's up! The correct answer was Rudy Giuliani
THE SHORT FORM
This agreement on world tariffs & trade was signed by 23 countries in Geneva in 1947
Time's up! The correct answer was GATT
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
ART & ARTISTS
Upon completing the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in 1512, he wrote to his father, "The pope is well satisfied"
Time's up! The correct answer was Michelangelo
ON THE "WAR"PATH
In Super Bowl XXXIV, this Rams QB passed for a record 414 yards, beating Joe Montana's record by 57 yards
Time's up! The correct answer was Kurt Warner
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
Celebrating January 6, the Feast of this, commemorating the day the Magi arrived to honor the Christ Child
Time's up! The correct answer was the Epiphany
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
IT'S A "SIN"
For more than 200 years, the annual Baltic Herring Market & Fair has been a big to-do in this world capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Helsinki
COUNTRIES THAT END IN "O"
This small country is about 1/20th the size of NYC & its primary language is Italian
Time's up! The correct answer was San Marino
SPORTS FACTS
This Giants outfielder is the only player in history to receive the MVP award 4 consecutive years, 2001 to 2004
Time's up! The correct answer was Bonds
ROGUE
In 2000 Zalmay Khalizad, future U.S. envoy here, Talibandied its name about in "Consolidation of a Rogue State"
Time's up! The correct answer was Afghanistan
BUSINESS
In 1866, William A. Breyer started the company that's now the oldest national producer of this
Time's up! The correct answer was ice cream
3-LETTER WORDS
In geologic time one of these, shorter than an eon, is divided into periods & subdivided into epochs
Time's up! The correct answer was era
EMPIRES
In the early 1800s, this man's empire included the duchy of Warsaw, the kingdom of Naples & Spain
Time's up! The correct answer was Napoleon
SONGS
It's what "everybody in the whole cell block was dancin' to"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Jailhouse Rock"
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS
This title dog's real first name is Scoobert
Time's up! The correct answer was Scooby-Doo
FAMILIAR SAYINGS
A camel is a horse designed by this
Time's up! The correct answer was a committee
TONY-WINNING COMPOSERS
1950: "South Pacific"
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Rodgers
MORTAL MATTERS
When Dallas sent out this annual tax form to 13,000 city employees, it marked them dead
Time's up! The correct answer was W-2
THE SUPREME COURT
He served as Chief Justice the longest; 34 years from 1801-1835
Time's up! The correct answer was John Marshall
GO "SOUTH"
...to this Indiana college town that was originally called Big St. Joseph Station
Time's up! The correct answer was South Bend
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS
"Amleto"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hamlet
GO "SOUTH"
...to here, where you'll find the cities of Christchurch & Dunedin
Time's up! The correct answer was the South Island
18th CENTURY AMERICA
His wife Abigail wrote to him in a 1776 letter, "Remember the ladies... all men would be tyrants if they could"
Time's up! The correct answer was John Adams
BROADWAY TEENS
Brooke Shields & Lucy Lawless played Rizzo in the '90s revival of this rockin' high school musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Grease
"IRA"
The Motion Picture Association of America says this cost producers, theater owners, etc. $18.2 billion in 2005
Time's up! The correct answer was piracy
WORLD CITIES
Construction began on this German city's Gothic cathedral near the Rhine in 1248 & lasted 632 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Cologne
SCIENCE
This German-born American physicist won the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics
Time's up! The correct answer was Albert Einstein
WORD ORIGINS
The name of this, also called a fireplug, is partly from a word for "water"
Time's up! The correct answer was a hydrant
IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS
From Koluszki to Kolno, & Wozniki to Strzelce, visit us, but just know we've heard all the jokes already
Time's up! The correct answer was Poland
METALLICA
A policeman could tell you the U.S. half dollar today is about 92% this metal
Time's up! The correct answer was copper
IN THE DICTIONARY
Maize is another word for this
Time's up! The correct answer was corn
HORNS
Christian tradition says this archangel will blow his trumpet to announce the Second Coming
Time's up! The correct answer was Gabriel
GENERAL INFORMATION
This title folk story guy steals a golden egg-laying hen, bags of gold & a golden harp; the "giant-cide" comes later
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack
MUSICAL THEATRE
"Kismet"'s music is adapted from the works of this "Prince Igor" composer
Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander Borodin
SCIENTISTS
His 1637 "Discours de la methode" prefaced a series of essays on optics, meteorology, and geometry
Time's up! The correct answer was Rene Descartes
OXYMORONS
In November 1996 Roy Jones, Jr. knocked down Mike McCallum & won the WBC title in this division
Time's up! The correct answer was light-heavyweight
6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
Esmeralda & Claude Frollo
Time's up! The correct answer was Hugo
PRIMETIME TV REUNIONS
1987: "Return to Dodge"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gunsmoke
ROCK MUSIC
In April of 1990 she began her worldwide "Blond Ambition" tour to promote her CD "I'm Breathless"
Time's up! The correct answer was Madonna
CROSSWORD CLUES "K"
Ceremonial chamber you'd "Hopi" into (4)
Time's up! The correct answer was a kiva
THE HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD
Vow, knight or grail
Time's up! The correct answer was knight
WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
Politically, this word for a region reflecting a large trend comes from a lead sheep with a ringer around its neck
Time's up! The correct answer was a bellwether
LITERARY BADDIES
This villainous aide in a Shakespeare play states flatly, "I hate the Moor"
Time's up! The correct answer was Iago
AN E FOR AN I
"Gentle" becomes "to blend"
Time's up! The correct answer was mild & meld
POEMS ON POETS
This romantic poet was really not clairvoyant / In 1822 / He put "Hellas" into view / But we wish he was more buoyant
Time's up! The correct answer was Shelley
ANNUAL EVENTS
An ancient symbol of abundance, the cornucopia is often attached to this American holiday
Time's up! The correct answer was Thanksgiving