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NATIONS OF AFRICA
Add 2 letters to Niger to get the name of this country just south of it
Time's up! The correct answer was Nigeria
RUSSIA
Abbreviated CIS, it replaced the USSR
Time's up! The correct answer was Commonwealth of Independent States
THE ROMANOV DYNASTY
All 3 of the Romanov czars named Alexander reigned during this century
Time's up! The correct answer was the 19th century
MESOPOTAMIA
After centuries of rule by the Ottoman Empire, Mesopotamia mostly became part of this new nation in 1932
Time's up! The correct answer was Iraq
BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES
Richard I
Time's up! The correct answer was Plantagenet
THE OLD WEST
In Old West talk, "fit" was the past tense of this
Time's up! The correct answer was Fight
WAITER!
To heat up my chilly bones, bring out a large bottle of this warmed & fermented rice drink from Japan
Time's up! The correct answer was sake
ART
Ceramics is the art of making objects, even dreidels, out of this material
Time's up! The correct answer was clay
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
DANGER IN WONDERLAND
A suspected drug dealer who smokes from a hookah & peddles mushrooms--he's gotta go
Time's up! The correct answer was the Caterpillar
2-LETTER WORDS
In British slang this word alone means thank you; 2 together means good-bye
Time's up! The correct answer was ta
ROCK MUSIC
He recorded his 1982 hit album, "Nebraska", as a series of demos on a 4-track machine at home
Time's up! The correct answer was Bruce Springsteen
FLOWER
Seeing the English Gardens at Mottisfont Abbey made Martha Stewart laugh at her own efforts to grow these
Time's up! The correct answer was roses
BE FRUITFUL & MULTIPLY
3 x 4 x 5 x 6
Time's up! The correct answer was 360
ALL ABOARD THE SOUL TRAIN
This hair care product was among the first major backers of the show
Time's up! The correct answer was Afro Sheen
GIANTS OF SCIENCE
In 1993 he made a "brief" appearance as himself on an episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Hawking
I'M HUNGRY!
Yummy! Bubbie made some of these potato pancakes, & it isn't even Hanukkah
Time's up! The correct answer was latkes
LET'S HIT IT
Aaron Fechter invented this carnival game where you hit a mammal with a mallet
Time's up! The correct answer was Whack-A-Mole
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY SAYS....
Of this deaf composer she wrote, "Sweet sounds, oh beautiful music, do not cease!"
Time's up! The correct answer was L.V. Beethoven
THE TEENS
Sonnets are rhymed poems with this many lines
Time's up! The correct answer was 14
POP CULTURE
Snow White & Prince Charming are characters on this TV show set in the town of Storybrooke
Time's up! The correct answer was Once Upon a Time
WORD ORIGINS
This New York island's name may come from the Algonquian word for "island"
Time's up! The correct answer was Manhattan
PHOTOGRAPHERS
He once said that his life was "colored and modulated by the great earth gesture of the sierra"
Time's up! The correct answer was Adams
ART
Dante Gabriel Rossetti wanted to take art back to "pre-" this Renaissance master born in 1483
Time's up! The correct answer was Raphael
POTPOURRI
Select Comfort Corporation makes these with adjustable firmness
Time's up! The correct answer was mattresses
FOR THE FASHIONISTA
Flowing fabric defines this fashion house founded by Tanya Sarne; its name is a synonym for "phantom"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ghost
AFRICAN-AMERICANA
Mari Evans adapted this Zora Neale Hurston work as a musical titled "Eyes"
Time's up! The correct answer was Their Eyes Were Watching God
1987
Pat Cash beat this Czech-born tennis great to win the Wimbledon singles title
Time's up! The correct answer was Lendl
WINE
Malaga is a sweet dessert wine that originated in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Spain
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
PROPHET SHARING
On the Sistine Chapel ceiling, Michelangelo included some of these ancient oracle-like prophetesses
Time's up! The correct answer was sibyls
ISLANDS
This "colossal" island is the largest in Greece's Dodecanese archipelago
Time's up! The correct answer was Rhodes
CHANTED
Named for a 6th century pope, these a capella songs might have earned a Papal's Choice Award
Time's up! The correct answer was Gregorian chants
WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!
Affer Los Alamos, I was the director of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study from 1947 to 1966
Time's up! The correct answer was Oppenheimer
THE "I"s HAVE IT
From the Latin for "to overhang", it means "likely to happen at any moment"
Time's up! The correct answer was Imminent
THE PLANETS
In August 1989 it became the last planet encountered by Voyager 2
Time's up! The correct answer was Neptune
AVIARY
Perhaps "imitating" Florida, in 1929 Arkansas chose this as its state bird
Time's up! The correct answer was mockingbird
I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW
Cookie Jarvis gave 10 minutes of lip service to 6 2/3 pounds of this pasta, from the Italian for "tongue"
Time's up! The correct answer was linguini
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
“SAINTS”
At 5th & 50th, its Lady Chapel is the place to get married, if you're in NYC - & Catholic
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Patrick's Cathedral
DIARIES
The anonymous author of this diary took her title from the Jefferson Airplane song "White Rabbit"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Go Ask Alice"
ON THE "WAR"PATH
In response to NATO, Eastern European nations including Poland & the USSR signed this 1955 treaty
Time's up! The correct answer was the Warsaw Pact
THE EMPEROR NERO
At age 16, Nero was proclaimed emperor by this military unit & immediately confirmed by the Senate
Time's up! The correct answer was Praetorian Guard
AMERICAN PLAYS
Lee Strasberg played the original peddler in this 1931 play which inspired "Oklahoma!"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Green Grow The Lilacs"
POOR & FAMOUS
He drank up the money he got for songs like "Oh! Susanna" & died with 38c in his pocket
Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Foster
L____O
This term for the sex drive comes from the Latin for "lust"
Time's up! The correct answer was libido
FLY ME, BUT NOT TO THE MOON
In April 2008 it was announced that Northwest & this Atlanta-based airline would merge
Time's up! The correct answer was Delta
YOU MUST BE JOKING
Steven Wright joked, "I put instant coffee in" this type of "oven and nearly went back in time"
Time's up! The correct answer was Microwave
OFFICIAL STATE THINGS
Its state song is "The Old North State"
Time's up! The correct answer was North Carolina
WRITERS CUBED
In 1977 a reconstruction of her "Little House" was put on the original site 13 miles southwest of Independence
Time's up! The correct answer was Laura Ingalls Wilder
THE 20th CENTURY
On Feb. 11, 1993 this Florida prosecutor was nominated Attorney General of the U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was Janet Reno
SIMILES
A fine voice is "as clear as" one of these tintinnabulating objects
Time's up! The correct answer was a bell
ISLANDS
Portuguese sailors originally named this island in the South China Sea Ilha Formosa, "beautiful island"
Time's up! The correct answer was Taiwan
COUNTIES BY STATE
McDuffie, Meriwether, Macon
Time's up! The correct answer was Georgia
NO. 32
It begins "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven"
Time's up! The correct answer was 32nd Psalm
"G"ARDEN GLOSSARY
Open an account at one of these banks that exist for the conservation of seeds, tissues or reproductive cells
Time's up! The correct answer was a gene bank
FINE DINING
En croute, as in salmon en croute, is French for "in" this, also found on toast
Time's up! The correct answer was crust
CLIMBING
Also meaning to stop an action, in climbing it means to secure another person with a rope
Time's up! The correct answer was to belay
CROSSWORD CLUES "R"
South American ostrich cousin (4)
Time's up! The correct answer was a rhea
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
A rectifier is an electrical device used to convert alternating current to this
Time's up! The correct answer was direct current
NOVELISTS
He followed his first novel, "Appointment in Samarra", with "BUtterfield 8"
Time's up! The correct answer was John O'Hara
ON THE STAGE
This playwright hit the right note with "Amadeus" & then horsed around with "Equus"
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Shaffer
ODDS & ENDS
On April 9, 1963 this Brit was made the first honorary U.S. citizen
Time's up! The correct answer was Winston Churchill
BALLS
In racquetball, the ball must strike the front wall before hitting this
Time's up! The correct answer was the ground
MEDICINE
Adding these charged particles to the air is supposed to reduce blood pressure & relieve headaches
Time's up! The correct answer was negative ions
SCIENCE
This German-born American physicist won the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics
Time's up! The correct answer was Albert Einstein
ON THE MOVE
In Britain, it's a kitchen on a ship's deck; in the U.S., it's traditionally the last car on a freight train
Time's up! The correct answer was Caboose
HISTORIC AMERICANS
At the time of her 1937 disappearance she was married to publisher George Palmer Putnam
Time's up! The correct answer was Amelia Earhart
CHEESE
"To Kiss in Shadows" & "Stealing Heaven" won 2003 Rita Awards for this type of novel
Time's up! The correct answer was romance
ART & ARTISTS
In 1956 Time magazine dubbed this abstract expressionist "Jack the Dripper"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pollock
ALL IN YOUR MIND
Erik Erikson's concept of this type of "crisis", in which you're not sure who you are, is associated with adolescence
Time's up! The correct answer was identity crisis
SPORTS SHORTS
Since 2009 the Mercury, Storm & Lynx have been championship teams in this league
Time's up! The correct answer was the WNBA
CELEBRITY RHYME TIME
Cattrall's rooms for hot, sweaty workouts
Time's up! The correct answer was Kim's gyms
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
HOW DO YOU...
Attach a pencil to a string, pin the other end of the string down & move the pencil around the pin
Time's up! The correct answer was draw a circle
ON THE STAGE
This playwright hit the right note with "Amadeus" & then horsed around with "Equus"
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Shaffer
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
TURKISH LITERATURE
A religious kaside poem praised God, this man or his son-in-law, Ali Ibn Abi Talib, the fourth caliph
Time's up! The correct answer was Muhammad
IT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER
18-year-old Will Shakespeare married her in November 1582; their daughter was born 6 months later
Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Hathaway
TOUGH STUFF
It includes the postcentral gyrus, the precentral gyrus, the parietal lobe & the occipital lobe
Time's up! The correct answer was Brain/skull
PRE-COLUMBIAN CULTURES
The Anasazi, a word from this Indian language for "ancient ones", lived in what's now the 4 Corners area
Time's up! The correct answer was Navajo
WORD"Z"
It's true! This city, the first colonial post in Mexico, was founded by Hernando Cortes in 1519
Time's up! The correct answer was Veracruz
SPORTS
In 1992 Viktor Petrenko won the world championship in this sport
Time's up! The correct answer was ice skating
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
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
Hymir was really hammered by the hammer of this god
Time's up! The correct answer was Thor
APT ANAGRAMS
A "high" time in art: SIENNA ACRES
Time's up! The correct answer was Renaissance
ART & ARTISTS
In 1963 this "Christina's World" artist became the first painter to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Time's up! The correct answer was Andrew Wyeth
WORDS OF THE WRITER
"I beheld the wretch--the miserable monster whom I had created"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mary Shelley
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
ART & ARTISTS
This Dutch master served as chairman of the Delft Artists' Guild from 1662-63 & 1670-71
Time's up! The correct answer was Jan Vermeer
LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER
Clym Yeobright comes back home & is killed by Bigger Thomas in this Thomas Hardy-Richard Wright work
Time's up! The correct answer was Return of the Native Son
"TOMORROW"
Space Mountain & Star Tours are among its attractions
Time's up! The correct answer was Tomorrowland
HERE'S LUCY
In 2000 she became the first Asian-American woman to host "Saturday Night Live"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lucy Liu
SENIOR SENATORS
This man has 26 years of seniority on his fellow West Virginia senator Jay Rockefeller
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Byrd
MUD
The phrase "His name is mud" predates Dr. Mudd's setting this assassin's leg, so it doesn't mean the doctor
Time's up! The correct answer was John Wilkes Booth
HORNS
This "continental" wind instrument is played with one hand inside the bell to control its tone
Time's up! The correct answer was French horn
WAR STORIES
"A Walk in the Sun", "They Were Expendable"
Time's up! The correct answer was World War II
ALL MY SONS
Nickname of the "son" who terrorized NYC in the summer of '77
Time's up! The correct answer was Son of Sam
THE SECOND...
...U.S. manned space program
Time's up! The correct answer was the Gemini program
NOVEL QUOTES
(1937) "'It's me, Bilbo Baggins, companion of Thorin!'"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Hobbit
GEOLOGY
This 9-letter geologic science is the study of the movement & distribution of all the Earth's waters
Time's up! The correct answer was hydrology
TURKISH LITERATURE
The poem called the "Garibnameh" contains 11,000 masnavi, which we know as these rhymed 2-line units of verse
Time's up! The correct answer was couplets
"PRO"NOUNS
The "dry" period in which the 18th Amendment was in force
Time's up! The correct answer was Prohibition
ANCIENT TIMES
Hetepheres was the mother of this Great Pyramid king; when her tomb was found, Mummy's mummy was missing
Time's up! The correct answer was Cheops
"BLACK" OR "WHITE"
John Archibald Wheeler coined this term in the '60s for a collapsed star so dense, no light can escape it
Time's up! The correct answer was black hole
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Site of a 1977 6.5 earthquake: Bucharest
Time's up! The correct answer was Romania
ROYALTY
This "bonnie" prince had a daughter by his mistress Clementina Walkinshaw
Time's up! The correct answer was "Bonnie" Prince Charlie
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
RIVERS
It was once believed that this river "originated in the Mountains of the Moon"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Nile
THE BODY HUMAN
These corpuscles are named for their shape rather than for their color
Time's up! The correct answer was Platelets
CINEMATIC DICTIONARY
Term for the flow of a film, maintained by keeping details consistent throughout a scene
Time's up! The correct answer was Continuity
EARTH, WIND & FIRE
On the Beaufort scale, winds range from 0 for calm to 12 to 17 for these powerful storms
Time's up! The correct answer was hurricanes
SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER
Pertaining to the scientific use & study of very low temperatures
Time's up! The correct answer was cryogenic
LOST IN SPACE
Piers Sellers lost a tool in space while spreading putty into this Space Shuttle named for Capt. Cook's ship
Time's up! The correct answer was Discovery
NAME THE POET
"Wee, sleeket, cowran, tim'rous beastie, / O, what a panic's in thy breastie!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rabbie Burns
WESTERNS
This singer's films include the westerns "Flaming Star", "Charro!" & "Love Me Tender"
Time's up! The correct answer was Elvis Presley
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
WORLD HODGEPODGE
Pato, a combination of basketball & this game played on horseback, is quite popular in Argentina
Time's up! The correct answer was Polo
SO "LONG"
This arachnid is also called a harvestman
Time's up! The correct answer was a daddy long-legs
OFFICIAL STATE THINGS
This "sweet" state tree of Vermont is an important source of syrup
Time's up! The correct answer was sugar maple
AMERICAN HISTORY
It became a U.S. territory in 1900 & a state 59 years later
Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii
SNOWBOARDING
Stances include regular, goofy foot & this one that angles the toes of both feet in opposite directions
Time's up! The correct answer was duck foot
ENDLESS SUMER
The Sumerian name for the Mesopotamian plain may have given us this name of a Biblical garden
Time's up! The correct answer was Eden
BALLET
As a law student in St. Petersburg, this man became interested in the arts, & in 1909 he founded the Ballets Russes
Time's up! The correct answer was Diaghilev
MYTHOLOGICAL PAIRS
Wounded by Cupid's arrow, Venus fell in love with this handsome guy at 1st sight
Time's up! The correct answer was Adonis
THE CIVIL WAR
Hero of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, he resigned November 1, 1861, as head of the Union army
Time's up! The correct answer was Winfield Scott
AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
A 1994 festival honoring this country featured the Tjapukai Aboriginal Dance Company
Time's up! The correct answer was Australia
THE ENGLISH TOP 100
Self-congratulations, egotists! This word made it all the way to No. 10
Time's up! The correct answer was I
BULL
John Travolta & Debra Winger demonstrated the fine art of riding a mechanical bull at Gilley's in this 1980 film
Time's up! The correct answer was Urban Cowboy
WOOD & WIND
This author wrote of Fangorn Forest, named for the oldest of the Ents-or was the Ent named for the forest?
Time's up! The correct answer was Tolkien
FOUND
Agnes Baden-Powell helped found the Girl Guides soon after her brother Robert founded this movement
Time's up! The correct answer was Boy Scouts
HERBS & SPICES
This pizza herb was virtually unknown to Americans until WWII soldiers came home & raved about it
Time's up! The correct answer was oregano
AT THE MALL
The name of this clothing store for teens is French for "airmail"
Time's up! The correct answer was Aéropostale
"DIAMOND"s IN THE ROUGH
This lavish-living turn-of-the-century financier rose from a job as a bellhop
Time's up! The correct answer was Diamond Jim Brady
"V" HAVE MAPS
The African country of Burkina Faso was once known as "Upper" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Volta
MARK TWAIN: BOOK LOVER
Writing about this author's "The Deerslayer", Twain called its pathos "funny" & "its love-scenes odious"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cooper
TAYLOR, SWIFT
"Gossip Girl" Taylor Momsen was Cindy Lou Who in this holiday film
Time's up! The correct answer was How the Grinch Stole Christmas
WHAT TO WEAR
Christian Lacroix popularized the pouf type of this
Time's up! The correct answer was dress
FOR WHOM THE "BELL" TOLLS
Nobel-winning creator of Herzog & Sammler
Time's up! The correct answer was Saul Bellow
THE CAT
It's the tailless cat variety from an island south of Scotland
Time's up! The correct answer was a manx
BIRDS! BIRDS! BIRDS!
The colorful macaw variety of this bird is seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Parrot
PLAY HEROINES
Barbara Undershaft
Time's up! The correct answer was Major Barbara
NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES
An RV maker based in Iowa shares its name with this large Wisconsin lake
Time's up! The correct answer was Winnebago
ACTRESSES' FIRST FILMS
"The Outlaw"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jane Russell
COME "IN"
Be it a stick or cone, strawberry & sandalwood are popular fragrances of this
Time's up! The correct answer was incense
SO "LONG"
A unit of distance equal to 220 yards
Time's up! The correct answer was a furlong
FROM T TO SHINING T
On TV, apparently both America & Britain's "Got" this, a special natural ability
Time's up! The correct answer was talent
19th CENTURY MUSIC
Lyrics to an 1868 tune by this man began, "Guten Abend, Gut Nacht, Mit Rosen Bedacht"
Time's up! The correct answer was Johannes Brahms
YOU DO THE MATH
The number of legs on a spider plus the number of legs on a fly
Time's up! The correct answer was 14
THAT'S SO '90s
Hello! In May 1999 scientists found this famous sheep might be susceptible to premature aging
Time's up! The correct answer was Dolly
PARDON MY "FRENCH"
They're formed by folding back & fastening a wide band at the end of a sleeve
Time's up! The correct answer was French cuffs
ESPN's TOP 10 ALL-TIME ATHLETES
No. 2: 1912 Olympian; football star at Carlisle Indian School; 6 MLB seasons with the Reds, Giants & Braves
Time's up! The correct answer was Jim Thorpe
WONDER DRUGS
The arthritis medicine lodine is an NSAID, a non-steroidal anti-this drug
Time's up! The correct answer was inflammatory
MUSICAL TRAINS
In 1961 James Brown announced "all aboard" for this train
Time's up! The correct answer was "Night Train"
FRUIT
Fraise is French for this fruit
Time's up! The correct answer was strawberry
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
CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
Actor Fredric's month (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was March
MUSIC VIDEOS
Paris Hilton is in this rapper's "Just Lose It" video; he appears as himself & as Santa Claus, among others
Time's up! The correct answer was Eminem
SIMPLE SCIENCE
State of matter a substance is in after it's gone through evaporation
Time's up! The correct answer was gaseous
WHEREFORE "ART" THOU
They can be a city's highways or a person's blood vessels
Time's up! The correct answer was Arteries
THE HUSBAND MARRIED
He married Colleen Dewhurst twice & Trish Van Devere once
Time's up! The correct answer was George C. Scott
FIRST NAMES
Once considered too sacred to use, it was later the top girl's name from 1880 to the 1940s
Time's up! The correct answer was Mary
CLASSICAL MUSIC
This German composer's 5th Symphony in C Minor has a famous opening
Time's up! The correct answer was Ludwig van Beethoven
ODDS & ENDS
This oil cartel controls 40% of world production
Time's up! The correct answer was OPEC
LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS?
This 12-letter guy isn't remembered for much of anything other than getting under people's skin
Time's up! The correct answer was Subcutaneous
BRITISH FASHION
Designer Vivienne Westwood ran a shop with Malcolm McLaren, who launched this Johnny Rotten band
Time's up! The correct answer was The Sex Pistols
LITERARY FIRST LINES
1900: "Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies..."
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Wizard of Oz"
MUSICALS
This show opens with a Ziegfeld star waiting for her husband to be released from prison
Time's up! The correct answer was "Funny Girl"
HE WAS IN THAT?
He appeared fleet-ingly in "Sailor Beware" with Martin & Lewis before "East of Eden" made him a star
Time's up! The correct answer was James Dean
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED
December 8, 1980 in New York City
Time's up! The correct answer was John Lennon
GENERAL SCIENCE
Plants having these underground stems, from the Greek for "root", include irises, bamboo & wild ginger
Time's up! The correct answer was rhizomes
LET'S VISIT AUSTRIA
Preferring to go where the rain turns to snow, he wintered in Schruns while writing "The Sun Also Rises"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ernest Hemingway
NATIONS OF AFRICA
Add 2 letters to Niger to get the name of this country just south of it
Time's up! The correct answer was Nigeria
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
Charlie made 35 films in about a year at this Mack Sennett studio
Time's up! The correct answer was Keystone Studios
IT DON'T MEAN A "THING"
Zip, nada, el zilcho
Time's up! The correct answer was nothing
AMERICAN HISTORY
His foes said that in 1877 he agreed to withdraw remaining federal troops from the south in return for electoral support
Time's up! The correct answer was Hayes
SPORTS FACTS
In the 1960s he won 7 major tournaments, more than any other golfer
Time's up! The correct answer was Nicklaus
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE
Put the bite on this word from 1975, any one of the front cutting teeth
Time's up! The correct answer was I-N-C-I-S-O-R
APOLLO 11
"Peaceful" site on the moon where the lunar module touched down
Time's up! The correct answer was the Sea of Tranquility
LITERARY GENRES
The story of Gisli Sursson, or John Jakes' chronicle of the Kent family
Time's up! The correct answer was sagas
IN THE TREASURY DEPT.
When it invites you up to see its etchings, you'll see stamps & dollar bills
Time's up! The correct answer was the Bureau of Engraving & Printing
OCCUPATION HAZARDS
He has to listen to his wheels going round, round, round all day & may get a paper cut from a transfer
Time's up! The correct answer was bus driver
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
At 15 on the modified Mohs' scale, this substance still has the highest hardness number
Time's up! The correct answer was a diamond
DOUBLE TALK
It's a sailor's way of saying to a superior "I understand & will obey"
Time's up! The correct answer was Aye-Aye
I JUST LIKE SAYING THESE WORDS
As I reflect on the word "genuflect", I remember it means to bend this
Time's up! The correct answer was one's knee
CROSSWORD CLUES "Q"
A literary bell ringer (9)
Time's up! The correct answer was Quasimodo
WAR STORIES
"The Good Soldier Schweik", "Paths of Glory"
Time's up! The correct answer was World War I
BEGINS & ENDS WITH "T"
A male feline
Time's up! The correct answer was Tomcat
WHERE'S THE COLLEGE?
University of Washington
Time's up! The correct answer was Seattle
THE FUNNIES
His Stars and Stripes cartoons featured the battle-weary GIs Willie & Joe
Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Mauldin
COLOSSUS
From this author we get the adjective "brobdingnagian", meaning "gigantic"
Time's up! The correct answer was Swift
1933
On February 15 this president-elect survived an assassination attempt by Giuseppe Zangara
Time's up! The correct answer was Franklin D. Roosevelt
DICE ROLL NICKNAMES
Acey-Deucy
Time's up! The correct answer was 1 & 2
CARDS & DICE
It's the number of dice you toss on your first roll of Yahtzee
Time's up! The correct answer was 5
PARTS OF PEACH
These parts of a peach tree are glossy green, pointed & lance shaped
Time's up! The correct answer was leaves
NO. 32
The 32nd Academy Award for Best Picture went to this 1959 epic
Time's up! The correct answer was Ben-Hur
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
When this singer starred in a revival of "Funny Girl", one critic said, "Pia doesn't fall on her fanny"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pia Zadora
QUEEN VICTORIA
In 1876 Victoria was delighted to receive the title "Empress of" this Asian land
Time's up! The correct answer was India
SPORTS EQUIPMENT
A curved wicker basket called a cesta is used to catch & throw the ball in this sport
Time's up! The correct answer was jai alai
YOU BEAST!
The bulls of these African animals can weigh up to 6 tons
Time's up! The correct answer was an elephant
LOST IN SPACE
While making repairs on the Intl. Space Station, Scott Parazynski lost a needle-nose pair of these
Time's up! The correct answer was pliers
SONGS
Having this title problem, Barry Manilow sings, "I can't laugh and I can't sing, I'm finding it hard to do anything"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Can't Smile Without You"
AROUND THE WORLD
In 1995 the Pacific island of Kiribati shifted this "line", making it the first nation to see the morning sun each day
Time's up! The correct answer was International Date Line
TECHNOLOGY
The average keyboard has this many keys.
Time's up! The correct answer was 104
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
THE TREES WERE ANGRY THAT DAY, MY FRIENDS
In M. Night Shyamalan's "The Happening", the trees are mad at us, & Elliot Moore, played by him, must deal with it
Time's up! The correct answer was Wahlberg
MOVIES BY ROLES
1989: Heather McNamara, Heather Chandler, Heather Duke
Time's up! The correct answer was Heathers
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
GENERAL INFORMATION
This "old soldier" was a general at age 38; in 1930 at age 50, he was Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army
Time's up! The correct answer was MacArthur
ANIMALS
What the Germans call a Bambusbar, we generally call this
Time's up! The correct answer was a panda bear
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES
"Red Fox" & "The Scribe of the Revolution"
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Jefferson
DECADES OF BESTSELLERS
"The Nanny Diaries" & "Q is for Quarry"
Time's up! The correct answer was the 2000s
LUXEMBOURG
Rivaner is a profitable type of this planted in Luxembourg's Moselle Valley
Time's up! The correct answer was grape
IT'S EXTINCT
The last known representative of this type of pigeon died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914
Time's up! The correct answer was the passenger pigeon
COUNTRY MUSIC
In 1990 Jukebox named this Randy Travis cover of a Brook Benton hit the Country Record of the Year
Time's up! The correct answer was "It's Just A Matter of Time"
NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY
Washington said a great city would stand where the Cuyahoga met Lake Erie; judge for yourself here
Time's up! The correct answer was Cleveland
NUTRITION
For an active woman, 20 to 25 percent of her total calorie intake should be from this; don't go all Jack Sprat
Time's up! The correct answer was fat
INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN
Nike's stock fell when this basketball player announced his retirement in January 1999
Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Jordan
NOVEL QUOTES
(1945) "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others"
Time's up! The correct answer was Animal Farm
CROSSWORD CLUES "J"
A joyful celebration (10)
Time's up! The correct answer was jubilation
IT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER
The start of his reign in Spain falls mainly on the 22nd of November, 1975
Time's up! The correct answer was Juan Carlos
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Virginia's father Sir Leslie Stephen was earlier married to a daughter of this "Vanity Fair" author
Time's up! The correct answer was Thackeray
"R"OCK MUSIC
This alternative rock band's "Stand" served as the theme song to the sitcom "Get a Life"
Time's up! The correct answer was R.E.M.
IN EXILE
Exiled for manslaughter, Eric the Red was forced to leave this country around 981
Time's up! The correct answer was Iceland
CELEBRITY RHYME TIME
Aykroyd's blueprints
Time's up! The correct answer was Dan's plans
OFF TO A GOOD START
In a business project, it's the level investors try to "get in on"
Time's up! The correct answer was the ground floor
THE CIA
Much of the intelligence evaluation & planning is done at the CIA's HQ in this Virginia locale
Time's up! The correct answer was Langley
SCIENCE & NATURE
This innermost & larger of Mars' 2 moons orbits the planet every 7.65 hours
Time's up! The correct answer was Phobos
NETWORK
"7 Days", "WWF Smackdown", "Moesha"
Time's up! The correct answer was UPN
THE ROLLING STONES
The Stones played a cleaned-up version of "Let's Spend The Night Together" on this U.S. TV variety show in 1967
Time's up! The correct answer was The Ed Sullivan Show
CAESAR
The Arch of the Emperor Titus in Rome heralds his conquest of this city in 70 A.D., ending the Jewish revolt
Time's up! The correct answer was Jerusalem
THE ICU
3-letter abbreviation for the ICU machine seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was EKG
HERE'S LUCY
Lucy Hobbs Taylor must have aced her orals because in 1866 she became the first woman to receive a degree in this
Time's up! The correct answer was dentistry
NAME THE OPERA
("La Dona e Mobile")
Time's up! The correct answer was "Rigoletto"
WORD ORIGINS
The Old Norse word "vindauga" gave us this pane-ful word for an opening in a wall
Time's up! The correct answer was window
BERRIES
A judge crossed California & Texas blackberries & created these which bear his name
Time's up! The correct answer was Loganberries
PRESIDENTS IN THE CABINET
While Secretary of State from 1801 to 1809, he was president from 1809 to 1817
Time's up! The correct answer was James Madison
SNL CELEBRITY JEOPARDY!
Kristen Wiig played this "Today" co-host, who, like so many of our players, brought Chardonnay on stage
Time's up! The correct answer was Kathie Lee Gifford
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
IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY
South Korea
Time's up! The correct answer was North Korea
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
Washington Irving gave New York City this nickname in 1807
Time's up! The correct answer was Gotham
AMERICAN HISTORY
On April 20, 1971 the U.S. Supreme Court upheld this transportation method as a way to achieve school integration
Time's up! The correct answer was busing
JUBAL EARLY
Before the Civil War, Early had garrison duty in the Mexican War under this man, "Old Rough and Ready"
Time's up! The correct answer was Zachary Taylor
ART
19th c. painter Thomas Cole lived in Catskill, N.Y. on this river, whose "School" he helped found
Time's up! The correct answer was the Hudson River
BUSINESS PARTNERS
In dessert: Burton Baskin &...
Time's up! The correct answer was Irv Robbins
OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS BY SPORT
1964: Joe Frazier; 1996: Wladimir Klitschko
Time's up! The correct answer was boxing
BALLET
As a law student in St. Petersburg, this man became interested in the arts, & in 1909 he founded the Ballets Russes
Time's up! The correct answer was Diaghilev
CARTOONS
Sylvester believes Hippety Hopper, a baby one of these, to be a gigantic mouse
Time's up! The correct answer was a kangaroo
TIMELESS TV
Originally a half hour, this soap started in 1963 & featured Nurse Jessie Brewer
Time's up! The correct answer was General Hospital
PAPAL NAMES
The constellation between Cancer & Virgo
Time's up! The correct answer was Leo
HORNS
Christian tradition says this archangel will blow his trumpet to announce the Second Coming
Time's up! The correct answer was Gabriel
FILE UNDER "K"
Former mortuary science student Jonathan Davis plays bagpipes & sings for this "Freak on a Leash" group
Time's up! The correct answer was Korn
ALBUMS
In 1997 Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" appeared on her album "Let's Talk About Love" & on this soundtrack
Time's up! The correct answer was Titanic
BRAZILIAN WORDS & PHRASES
Forget about him, he met someone down at Ipanema Beach & now he's "apaixonado", this condition
Time's up! The correct answer was in love
ATTACK OF THE THESAURUS
In kiddy lit Jack didn't kill the titan or the colossus, he killed this
Time's up! The correct answer was the giant
BEFORE THEY WERE POPES
Giovanni Ganganelli was educated by this teaching society; as Clement XIV, he suppressed it
Time's up! The correct answer was Jesuits
WORDS OF LOVE
In "Prometheus Unbound", he wrote, "All love is sweet, given or returned. Common as light is love"
Time's up! The correct answer was Percy Bysshe Shelley
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
This feminine form of Rex is from the Latin for "queen"
Time's up! The correct answer was Regina
WHEREFORE "ART" THOU
In a nursery rhyme, a queen makes some of these only to have them stolen by a knave
Time's up! The correct answer was Tarts
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
CANADIAN FOOTBALL
This former Boston College & New England Patriots QB was the CFL's most outstanding player 6 times
Time's up! The correct answer was Doug Flutie
THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
Like Jews, many Adventists follow Leviticus 11:7 in abstaining from this meat
Time's up! The correct answer was pork
NO. 3 SONGS
Singer of the No. 3 hit heard here: ("I Feel Good")
Time's up! The correct answer was James Brown
DEAR JUNTA
Shortly after the death of Gen. Omar Torrijos, Manuel Noriega controlled the junta that ruled this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Panama
THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION
With Mary I's accession in 1553 he ran to Geneva; he returned in 1559 & reformed the Church of Scotland
Time's up! The correct answer was Knox
SEE THE USA
This is 1 of NYC's longest streets, which you'll find out when you give your regards to it
Time's up! The correct answer was Broadway
HOLLYWOOD THRILLER PREVIEWS?
First she was Pam Ewing on "Dallas"; now her name is the must-see film of the year. This summer, she is "The..."
Time's up! The correct answer was Victoria Principal
A BUG'S LIFE
Used by scientists to clean flesh off bones being prepared for research, dermestids are a type of this insect
Time's up! The correct answer was a beetle
SSSSSSSSNAKES!!!!!
The appendage seen here gives this variety of snake its name
Time's up! The correct answer was rattlesnake
THE MIDDLE AGES
This continent's Mali empire reached its apogee under Mansa Musa in the 14th century
Time's up! The correct answer was Africa
COUNTIES BY STATE
Baca, Bent, Boulder
Time's up! The correct answer was Colorado
MEDICAL MILESTONES
Dutch physician Willem Kolff developed the 1st of these kidney machines that cleanse the blood
Time's up! The correct answer was a dialysis machine
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
James Lick of observatory fame was responsible for the Key Memorial in this San Francisco park
Time's up! The correct answer was Golden Gate Park
"KEY"s
This type of private establishment admits only members & their guests
Time's up! The correct answer was a key club
TV STARS
Inspired by Sydney, her character on "Alias", this actress enjoys kickboxing
Time's up! The correct answer was Jennifer Garner
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
The Tasman Sea separates Australia & this nation
Time's up! The correct answer was New Zealand
AGRICULTURE
In 1981 the U.S. government, with 560 million lbs. of this dairy food in storage, released 30 million lbs. to the needy
Time's up! The correct answer was cheese
THE HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD
Hell, heaven or limbo
Time's up! The correct answer was heaven
TV MOVIES
Arnold Schwarzenegger played Mickey Hargitay in a TV movie about this actress
Time's up! The correct answer was Jayne Mansfield
SHAKESPEARE
In Act I, Scene 1 of this play, a ghost appears to Barnardo, Marcellus & Horatio
Time's up! The correct answer was Hamlet
MAMMALS
Common in Dixie, a razorback is a wild one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was hog
PRINCETON
Of 1769, 1869 or 1969, the year Princeton began to admit women as undergraduates
Time's up! The correct answer was 1969
4-LETTER CAPITALS
Akershus Castle, a tourist site in this capital, sits on a rocky peninsula overlooking a fjord
Time's up! The correct answer was Oslo
MISC.
This waterfall is separated into the American Falls & Horseshoe Falls by Goat Island
Time's up! The correct answer was Niagara Falls
PRINCETON
Of 1769, 1869 or 1969, the year Princeton began to admit women as undergraduates
Time's up! The correct answer was 1969
"J" WHIZ
It's a trip taken by a public official at public expense, ostensibly for official business
Time's up! The correct answer was junket
DEAR JUNTA
In 1998 Nigerian-led forces captured Freetown, ousting the junta that controlled this African country
Time's up! The correct answer was Sierra Leone
IN THE FIRE
2-word phrase for what sometimes happens to oily rags & often happens to the drummers of Spinal Tap
Time's up! The correct answer was Spontaneous combustion
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
Key's brother-in-law & law partner Roger B. Taney served as this from 1836 to 1864
Time's up! The correct answer was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
INDEPENDENCE DAYS
This country celebrates its 1945 independence from Fascism on April 25th
Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
AVIARY
Bob Hope claimed his mother saw his nose & cried that the doctor took the baby & left this bird
Time's up! The correct answer was stork
WHAT AILS YOU?
Scientists have reported that this tofu legume may lower cholesterol
Time's up! The correct answer was Soybean
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
WHAT'CHA GOT COOKIN'?
Don't be intimidated by the skewers; I'll use them on the marinated lamb to make this
Time's up! The correct answer was shish kabob
POLITICIANS
Now a Tennessee senator, he appeared in the films "Die Hard 2" & "The Hunt For Red October"
Time's up! The correct answer was Fred Dalton Thompson
THEIR COUNTRY'S LAST MONARCH
1952: Infant king Fu'ad II
Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt
THAT'S SO '90s
Born Louis Eugene Walcott, he led a million man march in Washington, D.C. in 1995
Time's up! The correct answer was Louis Farrakhan
UNIVERSITY SPORTS TEAMS
Penn State's teams, they were named partly for a mountain & partly for a creature that could defeat Princeton's Tigers
Time's up! The correct answer was the Nittany Lions
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
ARCHITECTURE
The Coonley Estate & the Robie House are examples of this midwestern style created by Frank Lloyd Wright
Time's up! The correct answer was the Prairie Style
COMMON BONDS
Peeling onions, watching Mel Gibson's film "Forever Young", missing Final Jeopardy!
Time's up! The correct answer was things that make you cry
THE FORTUNE 500
At No. 9, this printer-heavy co. from Palo Alto had the biggest payroll bump after acquiring 149,000 EDS workers
Time's up! The correct answer was HP
"TU"
The ruins of Carthage are in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Tunisia
THE FUNNIES
Debuting November 18, 1985, the caption in its first box was "So long, Pop! I'm off to check my tiger trap!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Calvin and Hobbes
I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU
This word meaning "for each" precedes annum or diem
Time's up! The correct answer was per
SCIENTISTS
In 1791 this Italian published the results of his experiments in "animal electricity"
Time's up! The correct answer was Luigi Galvani
MED. ABBREV.
I.D. stands for this specialty that focuses on illnesses like viral hepatitis
Time's up! The correct answer was infectious disease
SECRET IDENTITIES
The original Robin, the Boy Wonder
Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Grayson
EVERYTHING'S "GOLDEN", BABY
It's the popular breed seen here: (dog)
Time's up! The correct answer was Golden retriever
I'D RATHER BE SKIING
In California, a premier spot for skiing is this resort area that shares its name with a prehistoric elephant
Time's up! The correct answer was Mammoth
DOUBLE A
This river "trans"its South Africa & flows into the Orange
Time's up! The correct answer was Vaal River
LET'S BOUNCE
In this kid's game, you bounce a small rubber ball while picking up 6-pronged metal objects
Time's up! The correct answer was jacks
THE BIBLE
While carting this, Uzza touched it to right it after the oxen stumbled, & the Lord smote him
Time's up! The correct answer was The Ark of the Covenant
SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG
You're nuts if you don't know this title of hits by Seal, Icehouse & Patsy Cline
Time's up! The correct answer was "Crazy"
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
"B" IN GEOGRAPHY
Since 1969 this Northern Ireland port city of 300,000 has been the site of violent religious conflict
Time's up! The correct answer was Belfast
RHYMES WITH STONEHENGE
Head down south to see this, a plain covered with pieces of fried corn bread
Time's up! The correct answer was Ponehenge
THE ROLLING STONES
The Stones played a cleaned-up version of "Let's Spend The Night Together" on this U.S. TV variety show in 1967
Time's up! The correct answer was The Ed Sullivan Show
TOUGH BODIES OF WATER
The Uruguay River forms the border between Uruguay & Argentina & most of the border between Argentina & this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Brazil
ANCIENT HISTORY
This Old Kingdom capital of Egypt was originally named Hikouptah
Time's up! The correct answer was Memphis
MY PLACE?
The introduction to "The Song of Hiawatha" mentions "the curling smoke of" these dwellings
Time's up! The correct answer was wigwams
FOREIGN TRAVEL
In estimating the time to recover from this, figure one day for every hour of the time change
Time's up! The correct answer was jet lag
GEORGE WASHINGTON
In July 1749, at age 17 George was appointed to this position for the county of Culpeper, Virginia
Time's up! The correct answer was Surveyor
POLITICS & SHOW BIZ
Film mogul Jack Warner supposedly said, "No. Jimmy Stewart for president." this man "for best friend"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ronald Reagan
ROCKS & MINERALS
Term for the minerals from which metals are extracted
Time's up! The correct answer was ore
"TABLE"S
If you can still walk while your buddy is falling down intoxicated, you have done this to him
Time's up! The correct answer was Drink him under the table
POETIC TITLE VERBS
"To An Athlete _____ Young"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dying
GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
The first important U.S. tournament in this board game took place in New York City in 1857
Time's up! The correct answer was chess
YOUNG WOMEN OF TODAY
In "Jerry Maguire", this actress told Tom Cruise, "You had me at hello"
Time's up! The correct answer was Renee Zellweger
THE 50 STATES
This state's famous Derby at Churchill Downs is held annually on the first Saturday of May
Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky
WORD ORIGINS
Chinese for “work together”, it was motto of U.S. marine raiders in WWII
Time's up! The correct answer was gung ho
ALL ASHORE FOR BIRD LORE
Lions don't like to attack ostriches because the big birds do this & can even kill the king of beasts this way
Time's up! The correct answer was kick
BOGIE MEN
Captain Queeg
Time's up! The correct answer was The Caine Mutiny
THAT'S SO '90s
Joe Brown, Greg Mathis & Mills Lane joined the ranks of these on TV
Time's up! The correct answer was TV judges
THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS
In 1994 Pearl Jam complained to the Justice Dept. that this company held a monopoly
Time's up! The correct answer was Ticketmaster
HOLIDAYS
O. Henry called it the most “purely American” holiday
Time's up! The correct answer was Thanksgiving
THE BLUE ANGELS
(Sarah of the Clue Crew on the tarmac) When the Blue Angels perform the formation known for this precious gem, the jets are only 12 inches apart
Time's up! The correct answer was diamond
CHEKHOV, PLEASE
An 1888 collection of Chekhov's stories won him the prize named for this writer & compatriot
Time's up! The correct answer was Pushkin
ALBUMS THAT ROCK
"Beggars Banquet", "Steel Wheels"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Rolling Stones
CHAIRS
He not only designed the Gateway Arch, he created furniture such as the sculptured "Womb" chair
Time's up! The correct answer was Eero Saarinen
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
6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
Paul Baumer, a young German soldier
Time's up! The correct answer was Erich Maria Remarque
HISTORIC AMERICA
This city's Independence Nat'l Historical Park has been called "The most historic square mile in America"
Time's up! The correct answer was Philadelphia
CLIMBING
Alpinism is European climbing; Andinismo refersto climbing on this continent
Time's up! The correct answer was South America
COMMON BONDS
A beaten wrestler, A frat brother's girlfriend, A dead butterfly
Time's up! The correct answer was Things that are pinned
THE YEAR IN SPORTS
In this, his final year, Ted Williams became one of the few major leaguers to play in 4 decades
Time's up! The correct answer was 1960
IN THE TREASURY DEPT.
This service quarantines animals & can stop you from bringing sausages into the country
Time's up! The correct answer was Customs
THE LAST BATTLE
The Battle of New Orleans
Time's up! The correct answer was the War of 1812
ARTHUR MILLER
Arthur Miller wrote the screenplay for the 1961 film "The Misfits", this male superstar's last film
Time's up! The correct answer was Clark Gable
TITLE 9
J.D. Salinger: "Nine ___"
Time's up! The correct answer was Stories
"DO", "RE", "MI"
Harmful or poisonous fumes caused by decaying organic matter
Time's up! The correct answer was Miasma
THE BIG BANGLADESH
After India was partitioned in 1947, what would later become Bangladesh was the "East" part of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Pakistan
STATE SUPERLATIVES
Considered the healthiest state in 2006, it's also home to the Mayo Clinic
Time's up! The correct answer was Minnesota
NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME
Inducted in 1973, he "earned patents for more than a thousand inventions, including... the phonograph"
Time's up! The correct answer was Edison
JUAN
1998's MVP in the American League was outfielder Juan Gonzalez, then with this team
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas Rangers
TOM JONES
Singer Tom Jones is the son of one of these workers; Loretta Lynn is famous for being the daughter of one
Time's up! The correct answer was Coal miner
LITERATURE
In English, Ivan Turgenev's novel "Ottsy i Deti" is known by this "familial" title"
Time's up! The correct answer was Fathers and Sons
ALL IN YOUR MIND
Erik Erikson's concept of this type of "crisis", in which you're not sure who you are, is associated with adolescence
Time's up! The correct answer was identity crisis
OOH... A WISE GUY
Peachy thoughts from this uber philosopher include "God is Dead" & "Is Man only a blunder of God?"
Time's up! The correct answer was Nietzsche
SENIOR SENATORS
This man has 26 years of seniority on his fellow West Virginia senator Jay Rockefeller
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Byrd
SPOILER ALERT!
1999: The first rule of this film is Brad Pitt doesn't really exist
Time's up! The correct answer was Fight Club
THE TONY AWARDS
(Hi, I'm Brian Dennehy) This man won a Tony for writing the Best Play of 1949 and I had the honor of presenting him with a Lifetime Achievement Tony in 1999
Time's up! The correct answer was Arthur Miller
NO. 32
It begins "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven"
Time's up! The correct answer was 32nd Psalm
FASHIONABLE COMMON BONDS
Action, kid, opera
Time's up! The correct answer was gloves
IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD
This fruit from the family Bromeliaceae is native to Brazil & Paraguay; it didn't reach Hawaii until the early 1500s
Time's up! The correct answer was the pineapple
WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
This phrase for taking a break from a long period of sitting goes back to 19th century baseball
Time's up! The correct answer was Seventh-inning stretch
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
RICHARD
He shot the famous photo of Nastassja Kinski & the serpent
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Avedon
FOOD FACTS
This word was once used for the meat of any hunted animal; now it refers to deer meat
Time's up! The correct answer was venison
AYE! IT'S IRELAND
Also called Trinity College, the university of this capital was founded in 1592
Time's up! The correct answer was Dublin
WHEN THE SAINTS
The site of this city, now the seat of Saint Johns County, Florida, was visited by Ponce de Leon in 1513
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Augustine
ODDS & ENDS
For about $200 a whack, you can spend the night at the Fall River MA home of this alleged murderess
Time's up! The correct answer was Lizzie Borden
AMERICAN HISTORY
When West Virginia became a state in 1863, Wheeling was its capital; this city became the permanent capital in 1885
Time's up! The correct answer was Charleston
THE NEW CAR LOT
This company's '99 Quest minivan & Mercury's '99 Villager -- same thing
Time's up! The correct answer was Nissan
BRITISH INVENTIONS
A perambulator or pram to the Brits, it was invented in 1733 by William Kent for the Duke of Devonshire's kids
Time's up! The correct answer was a baby carriage
CROSSWORD CLUES "E"
Zealous, like a beaver (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was eager
THE PLANET URANUS
He discovered Uranus as well as 2 of its moons
Time's up! The correct answer was William Herschel
AMERICANS IN PARIS
Sherwood Anderson & Ernest Hemingway were among the expatriate writers who hung out at her Paris salon
Time's up! The correct answer was Gertrude Stein
THE NEXT BIBLE BOOK AFTER...
Joshua
Time's up! The correct answer was Judges
THE MIDDLE AGES
In 1301 Edward II was the first English heir to be given this title
Time's up! The correct answer was Prince of Wales
IN THE DICTIONARY
The name of this social insect comes from the Latin word vespa
Time's up! The correct answer was wasp
LITERARY GENRES
In the 1880s Guy de Maupassant published 300 of these
Time's up! The correct answer was short stories
NATIONAL MONUMENTS
This Wyoming monument contains an 865-foot-high fluted column of igneous rock
Time's up! The correct answer was Devils Tower
WARNER BROS.
In May 1999 her Warners talk show was hit with a $2.5 million judgment after one guest killed another
Time's up! The correct answer was Jenny Jones
TAKE A GUESS
John David Joyce set a Guinness record by doing this continuously in a hammock for 240 hours
Time's up! The correct answer was rocking
PHILMOGRAPHIES
"Jingle All the Way", "So I Married an Axe Murderer" (plus 153 episodes of "SNL")
Time's up! The correct answer was Phil Hartman
LAST NAME'S THE SAME
Late radio commentator Paul & James I's physician William
Time's up! The correct answer was Harvey
ASIAN CAPITALS
Once the capital of the French protectorate of Tonkin, it's now the capital of an entire country
Time's up! The correct answer was Hanoi
IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD
This fruit from the family Bromeliaceae is native to Brazil & Paraguay; it didn't reach Hawaii until the early 1500s
Time's up! The correct answer was the pineapple
AMERICANA
On December 19 the people of this U.S. state celebrate Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop's birthday
Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii
HORNS
South America's southernmost point, its rocky terrain rises to a height of 1,391 feet
Time's up! The correct answer was Cape Horn
SPOOKS
Cuban refugee Antonio Prohias drew this MAD Magazine comic strip for 29 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Spy vs. Spy
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
The Indus River provides the western border of this desert also known as the Great Indian Desert
Time's up! The correct answer was the Thar Desert
MARK TWAIN: BOOK LOVER
"The only poem I have ever carried about with me", said Twain, was this classic, best enjoyed with "a jug of wine"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
INDIA
Gandhi famously sent a letter stating this many demands to Lord Irwin.
Time's up! The correct answer was 11
CONTESTS
At the 1999 Westminster Dog Show, CH Loteki Supernatural Being won this award for matching the breed standard
Time's up! The correct answer was Best in Show
NO. 3 SONGS
The Beatles sang that he "doesn't have a point of view, knows not where he's going to"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Nowhere Man"
SOUND LIKE A LOCAL
This Ohio village, Thomas Edison's birthplace, is named for a North Italian city but rhymes with "stylin'"
Time's up! The correct answer was Milan
THE OLD WEST
In Old West talk, "fit" was the past tense of this
Time's up! The correct answer was Fight
THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL
Explorer Pike
Time's up! The correct answer was Zebulon
ARLINGTON'S TOMB OF UNKNOWNS
Sentinels at the tomb walk exactly this many steps at a time before they stop & turn
Time's up! The correct answer was 21
BIOGRAPHIES
"Rare Air" is a photo biography of this basketball star
Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Jordan
THE GODFATHER
This British philosopher who won a Nobel Prize in 1950 was the godchild of John Stuart Mill
Time's up! The correct answer was Bertrand Russell
A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS
Alliterative two-word term for action by one's own forces causing casualties to one's own troops
Time's up! The correct answer was friendly fire
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
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
In 1811 this German family began its steel-making business by constructing a plant in Essen
Time's up! The correct answer was Krupp
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
QUOTATIONS
Jean-Luc Godard said, "Photography is truth, and" this "is truth 24 times a second"
Time's up! The correct answer was film
THERE ARE SOME STRINGS ATTACHED
This guitar family member's circular body is covered in front with tightly stretched plastic or parchment
Time's up! The correct answer was a banjo
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
COMMON SIMILES
This ichthyological simile might apply to someone spending too much time at the bar
Time's up! The correct answer was drinking like a fish
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME
This late, great circus star once performed an act with 40 -- count 'em, 40 -- lions & tigers
Time's up! The correct answer was Clyde Beatty
RINGING THE OPENING BELL AT THE NYSE
Oh, come on! On Feb. 28, 2008 this TV "Kitchen Nightmares" man added a touch of bell to his resume
Time's up! The correct answer was Gordon Ramsey
LET'S HIT IT
Everlast makes these that come in speed and heavy varieties
Time's up! The correct answer was punching bags
TAINTED GOV
In 2010 this Illinois governor was tried on corruption charges, but convicted on only 1 count
Time's up! The correct answer was Blagojevich
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
North Dakota has its Devils Lake & Wyoming its Devils one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Devils Tower
BREAKING NEWS
Nearly 10 million YouTubers saw Dave Carroll's clip called this "friendly skies" airline "Breaks Guitars"
Time's up! The correct answer was United Airlines
TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE WORD THAT RHYMES WITH STAR
Proverbial food storage container where your "hand is caught" when busted for taking a bribe
Time's up! The correct answer was the cookie jar
ONE BUCK OR LESS
The USPS cost for mailing this, a minimum of 3 1/2 x 5 inches, is 28 cents; wish you were here!
Time's up! The correct answer was a postcard
THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s
1963: "You've Really Got A Hold On Me"
Time's up! The correct answer was Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
INITIAL T.V.
This '60s police drama with Jack Warden was missing the "blue" of the series that began in 1993
Time's up! The correct answer was N.Y.P.D.
GRAINS & STAPLES
Millet seed, an important food for North Africans, is most often fed to these pets in the U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was birds
A FLY CATEGORY
Airborne nickname of 1920s Olympic gold medalist Paavo Nurmi
Time's up! The correct answer was the Flying Finn
THE CIVIL WAR
Hero of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, he resigned November 1, 1861, as head of the Union army
Time's up! The correct answer was Winfield Scott
WHAT COLOR IS GREEN?
Lincoln Green is also called this green, where you might see it were it not for the trees
Time's up! The correct answer was a forest
PRIMETIME TV REUNIONS
1997: "Back to the Cul-de-sac"
Time's up! The correct answer was Knots Landing
JULY
On July 20, 1861 the Congress of the Confederate States began holding sessions in this Virginia city
Time's up! The correct answer was Richmond
SHIRLEY
"Moonraker" is one of the 3 James Bond movies that have featured her singing over the title sequence
Time's up! The correct answer was Shirley Bassey
JUST PLANE GEOMETRY
In the 3rd century B.C., this "Father of geometry" taught at the Museum, an institute in Alexandria, Egypt
Time's up! The correct answer was Euclid
CARBON CREDITS
AKA black lead, this form of carbon has a greasy feel & is used in making lubricants
Time's up! The correct answer was graphite
WHY SO BLUE?
The blue type of this game fish, M. Nigricans, has a long pointed bill
Time's up! The correct answer was a marlin
WORLD RELIGION
Meaning "sign of God", it's the title of a Shi'ite Muslim scholar & leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Ayatollah
"J" WHIZ
The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul was one of the many churches built by this 6th century Byzantine emperor
Time's up! The correct answer was Justinian I
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.
SCIENTISTS
This man's injected dead virus vaccine inspired Albert Sabin's live-virus oral vaccine for polio
Time's up! The correct answer was Salk
COMPOSERS
It was rumored that he committed suicide over the failure of his last symphony, the "Pathetique"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
PROPHET SHARING
In I Kings this fiery Biblical prophet won a contest with the prophets of Baal
Time's up! The correct answer was Elijah
TECHNOLOGY
This key on your keyboard is futile.
Time's up! The correct answer was Scroll lock
COME "IN"
Each Latin verb has 6 of these, including the perfect passive one, like optatus esse, "to have been desired"
Time's up! The correct answer was infinitive
THE LAST MAN
In "The Almanac of Famous People" is this "Father of Television"
Time's up! The correct answer was Vladimir Zworykin
THE 20th CENTURY
On Feb. 11, 1993 this Florida prosecutor was nominated Attorney General of the U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was Janet Reno
ASTRONOMY
Undetected murky stuff in the universe presumed to exist because of its gravitational effects
Time's up! The correct answer was dark matter
THEATRE CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
Colchian jilted by Jason (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was Medea
TIME TO CONVERT
Multiply your liters by 1.0567 to get your amount of these units
Time's up! The correct answer was a quart
LEGENDARY LEGENDS
Legend says if you run unto the ghost of the pirate Blackbeard, he may be hard to recognize, as he's missing this
Time's up! The correct answer was his head
THE 19th CENTURY
On sale May 1, 1840, the first postage stamp with adhesive on the back had this person on the front
Time's up! The correct answer was Queen Victoria
THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID
This author's Mr. Bumble declared that "The law is a ass, a idiot"
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Dickens
"V"
9-letter word meaning to waver between courses of action
Time's up! The correct answer was vacillate
ETIQUETTE
Some small wedding receptions eliminate this greeting line that was once de rigeueur
Time's up! The correct answer was the receiving line
BOTANY
Prized for its oil, this evergreen shrub of the American southwest is also known as the goat nut
Time's up! The correct answer was Jojoba
HIT TUNES
"Where The Streets Have No Name", "With Or Without You"
Time's up! The correct answer was U2
THE BUTLER DID IT
Ted Cassidy played Bigfoot on "The Six Million Dollar Man" & filled this servant's shoes on "The Addams Family"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lurch
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
In meteorology, when a cold one has a close encounter with a warm one & takes it over, it's called an occluded one
Time's up! The correct answer was a front
____ OF THE ____
In response to this Irish greeting, you can say, "And the rest of the day to yourself"
Time's up! The correct answer was top of the morning
SAINTS
On the second Sunday in May, the French honor her with a holiday
Time's up! The correct answer was Joan of Arc
NATURE
Some of the fanciest of these reptiles are beaded, horned, or frilled
Time's up! The correct answer was lizards
BEN
Ben Franklin went to London in 1757 to represent this colony's assembly
Time's up! The correct answer was Pennsylvania
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
The Tasman Sea separates Australia & this nation
Time's up! The correct answer was New Zealand
3 LITTLE LETTERS
"Day to Day" & "All Things Considered" are among the programs going out to its 26 million listeners
Time's up! The correct answer was NPR
HOW'S THE WEATHER?
Sept. 4, 2007 was the first time that 2 of these, Henriette & Felix, made landfall on the same day
Time's up! The correct answer was hurricanes
TECHNOLOGY
The Raspberry Pi costs this many dollars.
Time's up! The correct answer was 35
NO. 3 SONGS
In 1985 David Lee Roth reached No. 3 with "California Girls", 20 years after this group did the same
Time's up! The correct answer was The Beach Boys
"PU"
It's the time of life when a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of....sex
Time's up! The correct answer was Puberty
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
In meteorology, when a cold one has a close encounter with a warm one & takes it over, it's called an occluded one
Time's up! The correct answer was a front
ONE-WORD RHYMES
This term for empty words or nonsense was originally a trick to gain applause
Time's up! The correct answer was claptrap
FETAL ATTRACTION
Even at birth the skull isn't fully fused, leaving these, also called "soft spots"
Time's up! The correct answer was Fontenelles
NAME THE PLAY
George: "It's very simple, Martha, this young man is working on a system whereby chromosomes can be altered"
Time's up! The correct answer was Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
STARTS WITH A PRONOUN
In this job, at a wedding, you'll be called upon to ask, "Friend of the bride or groom?"
Time's up! The correct answer was usher
"BLACK" OR "WHITE"
This "Golden Girl" had her own show in 1958 & 1977 & in 1999 became part of the cast of "Ladies Man"
Time's up! The correct answer was Betty White
IT'S A COUP D'ETAT
This S. American president was the leader of an unsuccessful coup in 1992 & was the target of a coup in 2002
Time's up! The correct answer was Hugo Chavez
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
ANAGRAMMED CABINET DEPARTMENTS
Taste
Time's up! The correct answer was State
MOVIE MUSICALS
This actress who played Mary Stone on "The Donna Reed Show" was the only 1 to co-star in 3 Elvis films
Time's up! The correct answer was Shelly Fabares
MAGAZINE FEATURES
Agenda, Fairground, Fanfair
Time's up! The correct answer was Vanity Fair
NOTORIOUS
Oscar Collazo, serving a life sentence for his assassination attempt on this president, was released in 1979
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Truman
WORD ORIGINS
A Greek word for cowherd has given us this term for "pastoral" or "rustic"
Time's up! The correct answer was bucolic
QUOTATIONS
This "Huck Finn" author wrote "Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mark Twain
THE 19th CENTURY
On sale May 1, 1840, the first postage stamp with adhesive on the back had this person on the front
Time's up! The correct answer was Queen Victoria
LITERARY ANIMALS
This old grey donkey was Winnie-the-Pooh's friend who always saw things in a gloomy light
Time's up! The correct answer was Eeyore
NYPD TV
In 1982 Sharon Gless took over for Meg Foster to partner with Tyne Daily as this title pair
Time's up! The correct answer was Cagney & Lacey
TIME TO "EAT"
Moss type used as fuel
Time's up! The correct answer was peat
WOMEN'S FIRSTS
Registering as K. Switzer, in 1967 Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to officially enter & run this race
Time's up! The correct answer was the Boston Marathon
ART
In the 1300s Italy gave birth to this art movement that would eventually sweep across Europe
Time's up! The correct answer was the Renaissance
TV STARS
Taylor Negron plays nanny to these twins on "So Little Time"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Olsen twins
BRAND NAMES
This cereal's name used to end in "oats" & its "I" is dotted with a piece of the product
Time's up! The correct answer was Cheerios
BUSINESS
This San Francisco-based clothing company's full name includes "De Corps"
Time's up! The correct answer was Esprit
JUST THE FACTS
This hero of several books is 11 when he discovers he's a wizard
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Potter
DIARIES
The anonymous author of this diary took her title from the Jefferson Airplane song "White Rabbit"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Go Ask Alice"
QUOTATIONS
John Kenneth Galbraith said these "are indispensable when you don't want to do anything"--there's one in the boardroom at 2:30
Time's up! The correct answer was meetings
SI's SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE
This Miami Heat superstar center's "wife, Shaunie, said their family has outgrown its 18-bedroom home"
Time's up! The correct answer was Shaquille O'Neal
CHAIRS
The French version of a day bed, the chaise longue, literallly means this
Time's up! The correct answer was Long Chair
TURNING 40 IN '98
A short called "Frankenweenie" helped launch the career of this "Edward Scissorhands" director
Time's up! The correct answer was Tim Burton
NORM!
In 1981 this "All in the Family" producer co-founded People for the American Way
Time's up! The correct answer was Norman Lear
"EVE"NING
In a hit song by the Monkees, "Then I saw her face, now I'm" one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a believer
LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER
Meg, Jo, Beth & Amy March have crushes on Rupert Birkin & Gerald Crich in this D.H. Lawrence novel
Time's up! The correct answer was Little Women in Love
U.S. PRESIDENTS
For helping to end the Russo-Japanese War, he was awarded the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize
Time's up! The correct answer was Theodore Roosevelt
HISTORIC QUOTES
In 1973 he warned Nixon, "We have a cancer within, close to the presidency, that is growing"
Time's up! The correct answer was John Dean
WORLD CITIES
From Bei Hai Park in this city, pass the Great Hall of the People, bear left, & then it's straight on to Mao's mausoleum
Time's up! The correct answer was Beijing
WAR MOVIES
1970: An historically correct re-creation of Pearl Harbor
Time's up! The correct answer was Tora! Tora! Tora!
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
Important dams on this river include Rock Island, Rocky Reach & Grand Coulee
Time's up! The correct answer was the Columbia River