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THE HUSBAND MARRIED
Joan Blondell & June Allyson
Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Powell
GIVE ME AN "A"!
The name Zog is not as much in vogue as it once was, when King Zog I ruled this European country
Time's up! The correct answer was Albania
THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
On the evening of April 18, 1775 Robert Newman displayed 2 lanterns in this Boston structure
Time's up! The correct answer was the Old North Church
VERMONTERS
At age 15 this future New York Tribune editor was apprenticed to a printer in East Poultney
Time's up! The correct answer was Horace Greeley
PASS THE CHOCOLATE
A 2007 study said that eating a little dark chocolate daily may reduce this, both systolic & diastolic
Time's up! The correct answer was blood pressure
SCIENCE GUYS
This astronomer was born in Pisa, Italy February 15, 1564
Time's up! The correct answer was Galileo
COME, HO CHI MINH
The trail bearing Ho's name was a series of Viet Cong supply routes mostly through this neighboring nation
Time's up! The correct answer was Laos
BOOK NAMES
Theodore Dreiser: "Sister ____"
Time's up! The correct answer was Carrie
WE WANT PISA!
Born in Pisa in the 16th century, he studied the laws of falling bodies & the motions of projectiles
Time's up! The correct answer was Galileo
OLYMPIC POTPOURRI
(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE): "(Hi, I'm Mark McEwen) I reported on the '92 W. Olympics in Albertville, France & the '94 W. Olympics hosted by this Scandinavian city"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lillehammer, Norway
SKIP TO MY "LOO"
An old gold coin equal to 2 pistoles
Time's up! The correct answer was a doubloon
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
"CAR" PARK
In this casino game the winner is the one whose hand totals closest to 9
Time's up! The correct answer was Baccarat
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
WHERE WORDS COME FROM
Latin: This device you open when it's precipitating
Time's up! The correct answer was an umbrella
THE RECORD SHOWS I TOOK THE BLOWS
This ex-NATO commander & presidential candidate was wounded in Vietnam
Time's up! The correct answer was Clark
APT ANAGRAMS
A Texan battle cry: A MEMORABLE TERM, EH?
Time's up! The correct answer was Remember the Alamo
OH, "BOY"
It was founded by Baden-Powell in 1907
Time's up! The correct answer was the Boy Scouts
BEST MOVIE QUOTES EVER!
1951: "Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we are put in this world to rise above"
Time's up! The correct answer was The African Queen
PLAY ADJECTIVES
Mark Medoff's "Children of a ____ God"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lesser
COMPANIES
This warehouse club has over 43 million members, some of them Gold Star, lugging home the big jars of mayo
Time's up! The correct answer was Costco
FLY COUNTRIES
Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatshappij (you might know it by its abbreviation)
Time's up! The correct answer was The Netherlands
LITERATURE FOR KIDS
In "Little Women", Margaret March is better known by this nickname
Time's up! The correct answer was "Meg"
BODIES OF WATER
At Khartoum, Sudan these colorful branches meet to form the Nile River
Time's up! The correct answer was the Blue Nile & the White Nile
TELEVISION
In 1996 Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy & other actors from this series reunited for a TV movie
Time's up! The correct answer was "Dallas"
MYSPACE.MAN
He became a licensed pilot on his 16th birthday long before his one small step on the Sea on Tranquility
Time's up! The correct answer was Armstrong
GREAT DAMES
In 1952, she sprang her "Mousetrap"
Time's up! The correct answer was Agatha Christie
STUPID ANSWERS
Number of different basic shapes in a box of Post Alpha-Bits
Time's up! The correct answer was 26
THE MOVIES
Julia Ormond was the chauffeur's daughter in love with a rich playboy in this 1995 update of a 1954 classic
Time's up! The correct answer was Sabrina
THE ENGLISH TOP 100
It's No. 1, & no, you don't get a hint
Time's up! The correct answer was the
A BUG'S LIFE
The chigoe is a sand-dwelling variety of this insect
Time's up! The correct answer was a flea
PAPAL NAMES
The constellation between Cancer & Virgo
Time's up! The correct answer was Leo
OH, "BOY"
The Marine Corps' "Black Sheep" squadron was commanded this famed major
Time's up! The correct answer was Pappy Boyington
THE KOREAN WAR
In 1950 Gen. Walton Walker, the main U.S. field commander, was killed riding in this type of vehicle
Time's up! The correct answer was Jeep
MISCELLAN"IUM"
For many centuries this drug derived from a poppy was the main painkiller used in medicine
Time's up! The correct answer was opium
MINORITY REPORT
Justice Brennan, dissenting in Paris Adult Theater v. Slaton, said this quality is too vaguely defined to regulate
Time's up! The correct answer was obscenity
MEDICAL MILESTONES
In 1751, with Benjamin Franklin's help, the 1st hospital in the U.S. was founded in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Philadelphia
THE CAT
It's the tailless cat variety from an island south of Scotland
Time's up! The correct answer was a manx
MILITARY UNITS
3 brigades under 1 headquarters, or a math function
Time's up! The correct answer was a division
CROSSWORD CLUES "K"
Its alias is turnip cabbage (8)
Time's up! The correct answer was kohlrabi
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Between 1656 & 1735 members of the Albanian Koprulu family served the sultan as this "grand" executive officer
Time's up! The correct answer was vizier
FEELING "ANCY"
Derringer or Butler
Time's up! The correct answer was Yancy
YES, THAT'S "WHITE"
Down a shot & name this 1973 Burt Reynolds movie
Time's up! The correct answer was White Lightning
BIRD HUNTING
The Academy of Pro Players Power Hitting Baseball Camp can help you with bat speed, bunting & hitting the curve
Time's up! The correct answer was a bunting
BERMUDA SHORTS
Alexander or Linda could help you with the name of this capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Hamilton
BRAND-TASTIC
Dr. Joseph Lawrence & Jordan Lambert invented this bad-breath-busting product in 1879
Time's up! The correct answer was Listerine
WHAT'S ON TV?
In 2007 Marie Osmond blamed allergies & L.A. air quality for her waltz into unconsciousness on this show
Time's up! The correct answer was Dancing with the Stars
HISTORIC DATES
The accident of April 25-26, 1986 at this facility was caused by a poorly designed experiment at its reactor unit 4
Time's up! The correct answer was Chernobyl
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
PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME
James' egg parts
Time's up! The correct answer was Polk's yolks
THEY REST IN NEBRASKA
Grover Cleveland Alexander was inducted into this sport's Hall of Fame in 1938 & interred in Nebraska in 1950
Time's up! The correct answer was Baseball
UP IN THE AIR
Pilots are leery of CAT, or clear-air this, which often occurs over mountains & around thunderstorms
Time's up! The correct answer was turbulence
COLORS
Johnny Cash is known for wearing only this color on stage
Time's up! The correct answer was black
INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN
New Zealand-born Jonah Lamu is tops on the pitch of this sport
Time's up! The correct answer was Rugby
THRILLER
"The Numa Files" are paperback spin-offs of this writer's novels featuring Dirk Pitt
Time's up! The correct answer was Clive Cussler
WHAT TO WEAR
Front-closing style of sweater favored by Mr. Rogers
Time's up! The correct answer was a cardigan
HABEAS CORPSES
Executed in 1915, this radical labor activist was cremated & his ashes mailed to labor unions all over the world
Time's up! The correct answer was Joe Hill
THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE
"Bosom Buddies", "The Green Mile"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Hanks
NATIVE AMERICANS
Major subgroups of this tribe of the American Southwest include Kiowa, Chiricahua & Mescalero
Time's up! The correct answer was the Apache
COMMON BONDS
Fife, Rubble, Miller
Time's up! The correct answer was Barney
"O"PERA
Stravinsky enlisted the help of Cocteau for a Libretto based on Sophocles' play about this Theban king
Time's up! The correct answer was Oedipus
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
IT DON'T MEAN A "THING"
Zip, nada, el zilcho
Time's up! The correct answer was nothing
LET'S GET MAS*Hed
William Christopher played this lovable chaplain on the show
Time's up! The correct answer was Father Mulcahy
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
Henson, Morrison, Lehrer
Time's up! The correct answer was Jim
TELEVISION
The series finale of this Fox drama aired on May 17, 2000, 2 weeks after the last "Party of Five"
Time's up! The correct answer was Beverly Hills, 90210
20th CENTURY QUOTES
A governor, 1963: "Segregation now! Segregation tomorrow! Segregation forever!"
Time's up! The correct answer was George Wallace
SATURDAY
Established in 1875, this Louisville event is run annually on the first Saturday in May
Time's up! The correct answer was the Kentucky Derby
INTO THE "WOOD"s
Knothead & Splinter are the nephew & niece of this cartoon bird produced by Walter Lantz
Time's up! The correct answer was Woody Woodpecker
RED SOX IT TO ME
In 1918 he extended his streak of scoreless World Series innings pitched to 29.2 & tied for the most HRs in the league
Time's up! The correct answer was Babe Ruth
CARTOONS
This "Funnie" middle school student got his first movie in March 1999
Time's up! The correct answer was Doug
MOVIES & TV
Of his dialogue, this Han Solo actor said, "You can type this (stuff), George, but you sure can't say it"
Time's up! The correct answer was Harrison Ford
BESTSELLERS
This writer got her bestselling groove back with "The Interruption of Everything"
Time's up! The correct answer was McMillan
BETTER KNOWN AS...
Archibald Leach
Time's up! The correct answer was Cary Grant
STRING THEORY 201
In certain string theories, you can get up to 26 of these; we're used to dealing with 4 of them, of which length is one
Time's up! The correct answer was dimensions
THE ONION
Feb. 20, 2006: This late "Feminine Mystique" writer "honored with second-class postage stamp"
Time's up! The correct answer was Friedan
BALLET
Balanchine choreographed the leading role in "Allegro Brillante" for this part-Osage Indian ex-wife
Time's up! The correct answer was Maria Tallchief
SHOTS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD
In 1994 this 45-year-old won the title with a 1-2 punch that sent Michael Moorer to Horizontal Land
Time's up! The correct answer was George Foreman
THE PLANET URANUS
Of 84, 184 or 284, the length in years of one orbit by Uranus around the sun
Time's up! The correct answer was 84
THE CIVIL WAR
When this general accepted Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, he was wearing a mud-splattered private's coat
Time's up! The correct answer was Ulysses S. Grant
"FOR" WORDS
Jewelers as well as surgeons use this tool for grasping & holding
Time's up! The correct answer was forceps
NONFICTION PULITZER WINNERS
Neil Sheehan's "A Bright Shining Lie" centers on John Paul Vann & America's involvement in this event
Time's up! The correct answer was the Vietnam War
THE NBA
(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE): "(Hi, I'm Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) The first and last of my 1,815 NBA games were both against this team known as the "Bad Boys" of the league"
Time's up! The correct answer was Detroit Pistons
SENIOR SENATORS
When admiring the Stamford train station, thank this state's Christopher Dodd, who helped secure funding
Time's up! The correct answer was Connecticut
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
AMERICAN HISTORY
In 1949 Henry H. Arnold became the first general of this branch of the armed forces
Time's up! The correct answer was Air Force
MUSICAL PRIME NUMBERS
Foreigner: "Well I'm hot blooded, check it and see, got a fever of ____"
Time's up! The correct answer was 103
WORD ORIGINS
Laboratory culture dish named for the German bacteriologist who invented it
Time's up! The correct answer was a Petri dish
THE CIRCUS
Pink is the most popular color of this fluffy confection made from spun sugar
Time's up! The correct answer was cotton candy
LANDINGS
As its name suggests, the tipp toe approach procedure at SFO is meant to minimize this
Time's up! The correct answer was noise
RUSSIA
In April of 1996, Russian rockets killed Dzhokhar Dudayev, this breakaway republic's leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Chechnya
AROUND THE POKER TABLE WITH SLIM
Slim's numerical term for a bluffer who doesn't have the fifth card to fill out a hand of all the same suit
Time's up! The correct answer was Four-flusher
TALK LIKE A BRIT
On British TV's "Top of the Pops" this Booker T. & the MGs hit might be titled "Spring Onions"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Green Onions"
FIRST LADIES
She married husband Ronnie in 1952 when he was president of the Screen Actors Guild
Time's up! The correct answer was NancyReagan
THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN
In the aftermath this owner of the theater/crime scene was thrown in jail as a possible conspirator
Time's up! The correct answer was Ford
THE "B.G."s
A naval force made up of an aircraft carrier & support vessels
Time's up! The correct answer was battle group
"PUN" JAB
William Gibson pioneered this sci-fi genre of characters in a dark, futuristic world dominated by computers
Time's up! The correct answer was cyberpunk
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
This feminine form of Rex is from the Latin for "queen"
Time's up! The correct answer was Regina
EDS
In order to marry a twice-divorced American woman, King Edward VIII of this country abdicated the throne in 1936
Time's up! The correct answer was England
INVENTORS & INVENTIONS
After Carrier came up with this in 1902, my 20 babes waving palm fronds idea went out the window
Time's up! The correct answer was air conditioning
COLONIAL ARTS
Meaning "tobacco peddler", it's the title of a 1708 Ebenezer Cooke poem & a 1960 John Barth novel about Cooke
Time's up! The correct answer was The Sot-Weed Factor
BIRDS
The only birds in the family Trochilidae are these "hovercrafts"
Time's up! The correct answer was hummingbirds
ROSE BOWL HISTORY
The only time the game wasn't held in Calif. was 1942, when it was in N.C., amidst fears of another event like this one
Time's up! The correct answer was Pearl Harbor
TIME'S TOP 10 EVERYTHING OF 2008
No. 9 in "Green Stories": "Northeastern utilities bid $38.5 million for the right to emit 12.5 tons of" this
Time's up! The correct answer was carbon dioxide
FOOD & DRINK
In 2006 the Chicago City Council banned restaurants in the city from selling this goose liver dish
Time's up! The correct answer was foie gras
WORLD AUTHORS
This literary whiz' name is sometimes transliterated from Bengali as Ravindranatha Thakura
Time's up! The correct answer was Tagore
GEOGRAPHY
Lake Avernus in Campania in this country was believed by the ancients to be the entrance to Hades
Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
THE FILM VAULT
An action star from the '30s to the '70s, this actor headlined "The Fighting Seabees" & "Flying Tigers"
Time's up! The correct answer was John Wayne
TAKE A GUESS
Of a pogo stick injury, a dense winter fog or the bite of a comic strip possum, what a pogonip is
Time's up! The correct answer was a dense winter fog
OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s
goop.com is a lifestyles website from this Oscar-winning actress; the g & p represent her initials
Time's up! The correct answer was Gwyneth Paltrow
KOREA
In 1976 this company produced the Pony, the first Korean car
Time's up! The correct answer was Hyundai
PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY
Our last Sagittarian pres.; his last name sounds like something Sagittarius' arrows could do
Time's up! The correct answer was Pierce
...& THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON!
This "stately" horse has 3 gaits; the flat-foot walk, the running walk & the canter
Time's up! The correct answer was the Tennessee walking horse
THE 1980s
Vaclav Havel went from political prisoner to president of this country in 1989
Time's up! The correct answer was Czechoslovakia
TRUTH OR DARE
Dare: Respond with an imitation of this radio therapist whose "Sexually Speaking" program began in 1980
Time's up! The correct answer was Ruth Westheimer
FOOD FACTS
Bread is eaten so widely it's often called the "staff of" this
Time's up! The correct answer was life
SPORTS & THE MOVIES
When asked for a home address in "The Blues Bros." Elwood gives 1060 W. Addison St., the home of this facility
Time's up! The correct answer was Wrigley Field
NOVELS OF THE PAST
This antagonist of the Crusaders looks back on his life in a novel by Tariq Ali
Time's up! The correct answer was Saladin
SKUNKS
Name of zee skunk in zee popular Warner Brothers cartoons
Time's up! The correct answer was Pepé Le Pew
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
Their 1955 show, "Pipe Dream", about the people of Cannery Row, was based on this author's "Sweet Thursday"
Time's up! The correct answer was John Steinbeck
THE DE NIRO CODE
To Billy Crystal in this film: "I was gonna whack you. But I was real conflicted about it"
Time's up! The correct answer was Analyze This
GAME SHOWS
9 celebrities in a tic-tac-toe-like grid help contestants score 3 in a row on this show
Time's up! The correct answer was Hollywood Squares
UNIVERSITY SPORTS TEAMS
While Harvard has the Crimson, this university has the Crimson Tide
Time's up! The correct answer was Alabama
ART & ARTISTS
He painted "Irises" & "Pink Roses" as well as "Sunflowers"
Time's up! The correct answer was Vincent Van Gogh
WHERE'S THE COLLEGE?
University of Miami
Time's up! The correct answer was Coral Gables
ALL MY Xs
Without getting a tic-tac-toe on "Hollywood Squares" you could still win a game with this many Xs
Time's up! The correct answer was 5
IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING
This rock band sang, "We are the sultans of swing"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dire Straits
PHILOSOPHY GLOSSARY
Founded by Zeno of Citium, this -ism is the belief that detachment & self-control enable one to argue in an unbiased fashion
Time's up! The correct answer was stoicism
PLACES
A place where a river is shallow enough to cross on foot, alone or with an "escort"
Time's up! The correct answer was a ford
THE BYRDS & THE BEAS
He was the Senate's Minority Leader from 1980-87, then moved up to Majority Leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Byrd
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
In Kazakhstan: Kazakh & this
Time's up! The correct answer was Russian
ALL ABOARD THE SOUL TRAIN
To gain better production values, "Soul Train" was moved from this city to Los Angeles
Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago
PASS THE CHEESE, PLEASE
The "baby" type of this Dutch cheese, that's similar to Edam, is usually encased in red wax
Time's up! The correct answer was Gouda
PEOPLE IN HISTORY
After a 15-year stay in England, this proprietor of Pennsylvania returned to his colony in 1699
Time's up! The correct answer was William Penn
"PH"UN WORDS
This Olivia Newton-John recording spent 10 weeks at No. 1, the longest of any single in the 1980's
Time's up! The correct answer was "Physical"
WHAT AILS YOU?
This clouding of the eye's lens is common in people over the age of 65
Time's up! The correct answer was Cataracts
DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB
He gave up his cushy European royalty job to become emperor of Mexico, & was executed there in 1867
Time's up! The correct answer was Maximillian
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
FIRST NOVELS
He was poet-in-residence at the University of South Carolina when he delivered his first novel, "Deliverance"
Time's up! The correct answer was James Dickey
DRESSING
Scarlett O'Hara is introduced wearing a "tightly fitting basque", this upper part of a dress
Time's up! The correct answer was the bodice
PRINCETON
One of its 1st presidents, John Witherspoon, was the only clergyman to sign this document
Time's up! The correct answer was Declaration of Independence
THE BIG 10
The title of this Boccaccio work means "10 Days"
Time's up! The correct answer was Decameron
THE CONTINENTS
In 1957 countries on this continent signed a treaty creating an economic community, or common market
Time's up! The correct answer was Europe
WYOMING
A western celebration, Frontier Days, has been held each year since 1897 in this capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Cheyenne
FRUIT
This fruit often originates from peach seeds & peaches sometimes come from its seeds
Time's up! The correct answer was Nectarines
DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB
This supermodel starred with William Baldwin in the film "Fair Game", which was fair game for critics
Time's up! The correct answer was Cindy Crawford
FUN WITH OPERA
Lord Lechery, Madam Wanton & Madam Bubble are all characters in the 1951 opera based on this John Bunyan work
Time's up! The correct answer was "Pilgrim's Progress"
BIG MERGERS
In 1998 Norwest Corporation acquired this bank all in one stage without coaching
Time's up! The correct answer was Wells Fargo
BIRDS
The racing homer breed of this domestic bird was developed in Belgium, the traditional home of the sport
Time's up! The correct answer was Pigeon
PARTS OF THE WHOLE
Eyepiece, declination setting scale, azimuth fine adjustment
Time's up! The correct answer was a telescope
CITY FOLK
Varsovians
Time's up! The correct answer was residents of Warsaw
FATHER'S IN LAW
Father has rooms near the Court of Chancery in this state where half of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated
Time's up! The correct answer was Delaware
INITIAL T.V.
This show which had a 9-year-run on ABC was produced with help from J. Edgar Hoover
Time's up! The correct answer was The F.B.I.
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
EXPLORERS
Born Giovanni Caboto, this Venetian did his exploring in the service of England
Time's up! The correct answer was John Cabot
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
PARISIANS
When Lenin moved to Paris in 1908, he naturally settled on this bank of the Seine
Time's up! The correct answer was Left Bank
IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD
Also known as butter beans, they were, prior to being exported to Europe, a diet staple of the Inca
Time's up! The correct answer was lima beans
WOMEN: WRITE ON!
Sadly, she died in Boston in 1888, just 2 days after her transcendentalist father Bronson
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisa May Alcott
U.S. POLITICS
Since 1960, only Massachusetts & this state have produced more than one of the 10 Democratic presidential nominees
Time's up! The correct answer was Minnesota
FLEMISH & DUTCH MASTERS
This 20th century painter known for his neoplastic style helped establish a magazine called "De Stijl"
Time's up! The correct answer was Piet Mondrian
"DON'T" YOU KNOW THIS SONG?
It was Elvis' third No. 1 hit of 1956
Time's up! The correct answer was "Don't Be Cruel"
SAY "CHI"s
Deception or trickery
Time's up! The correct answer was chicanery
MAGNETO
An alnico magnet is an alloy having these 3 elements as its principal ingredients
Time's up! The correct answer was aluminum, nickel, cobalt
SCIENCE & NATURE
Take the fibrinogen out of blood plasma & you're left with a fluid called this
Time's up! The correct answer was Serum
PRE-COLUMBIAN CULTURES
Warriors of this Yucatan civilization battle in the computer-enhanced mural seen here:
Time's up! The correct answer was Mayans
U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
Maryland is "the Old Line State"; this is "the Old Dominion"
Time's up! The correct answer was Virginia
AUTHORS
He wrote a non-baby book called "Decent And Indecent: Our Personal And Political Behavior"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Benjamin Spock
WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?
A New York steak is also known as this alliterative steak
Time's up! The correct answer was strip steak
HISTORIC AMERICA
Carmel Mission in Carmel, Calif. was the headquarters of this Franciscan priest until his death in 1784
Time's up! The correct answer was Fr. Junipero Serra
PRESIDENTS
The "54º40' or Fight" fever over Oregon helped elect this president, the only one ever to be speaker of the U.S. House
Time's up! The correct answer was James K. Polk
BE FRUITFUL & MULTIPLY
2 x 1,035
Time's up! The correct answer was 2,070
WHAT KIND OF FOWL AM I?
Red-shouldered or red-tailed
Time's up! The correct answer was a hawk
EARTH
As well as trash & absorbent pet material, it can also mean the organic surface layer of the forest floor
Time's up! The correct answer was litter
STATE CAPITALS
A 150-foot-high battle monument in this New Jersey capital marks the site of a famous Revolutionary War battle
Time's up! The correct answer was Trenton
METALLICA
To buy this precious metal, visit Taxco, Mexico; it's the city's best-known product
Time's up! The correct answer was silver
WORLD HISTORY
In 1763, as a result of this numerical war, Florida became a British possession
Time's up! The correct answer was Seven Years' War
OATS
In 1877 Henry Seymour read about this religious group in an encyclopedia & named his oat company for them
Time's up! The correct answer was Quakers
TELEVISION
The pilot of this show, set in North Carolina, played as part of "The Danny Thomas Show" in 1960
Time's up! The correct answer was The Andy Griffith Show
DANGER IN WONDERLAND
Don't let the smile fool you--this feline has razor-sharp claws & a cloaking device; terminate with extreme prejudice
Time's up! The correct answer was the Cheshire Cat
YOUNG ABE LINCOLN
Abe gained the respect of local ruffians when he held his own against one of the Clary's Grove boys in this sport
Time's up! The correct answer was wrestling
"PRO"NOUNS
The "dry" period in which the 18th Amendment was in force
Time's up! The correct answer was Prohibition
FEELING "ANCY"
This for life in the U.S. is currently about 76 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Life expectancy
THAT'S ITALIAN!
It's the Italian name for the country's biggest island
Time's up! The correct answer was Sicilia
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
RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME
A Latter-Day jury spokesperson
Time's up! The correct answer was a Mormon foreman
BACKWARDS
Field Marshal Barclay used this maneuver associated with defeat to lure Napoleon deep into Russia
Time's up! The correct answer was a retreat
SIMPLE SCIENCE
Number of sides on a honeycomb cell or on a snowflake
Time's up! The correct answer was 6
THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY
Hanoi, Phnom Penh, Rangoon, Vientiane
Time's up! The correct answer was Hanoi
WE WANT PISA!
Born in Pisa in the 16th century, he studied the laws of falling bodies & the motions of projectiles
Time's up! The correct answer was Galileo
"MUM"s THE WORD
....I said it's to utter something quietly & unclearly!
Time's up! The correct answer was Mumble
OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS BY SPORT
1964: Joe Frazier; 1996: Wladimir Klitschko
Time's up! The correct answer was boxing
TELEVISION HISTORY
In the late '60s this character was created to show children it's okay to be grumpy
Time's up! The correct answer was Oscar the Grouch
POP CULTURE
In a 2011 movie comedy, the 3 title "horrible" these were summarized as psycho, maneater & tool
Time's up! The correct answer was bosses
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
WEATHER WORLD
Libya's arid climate is made worse by the ghibli, a crop-destroying wind from this desert
Time's up! The correct answer was Sahara
ANIMATED FILMS
This 1988 film told of an orphaned baby brontosaurus named Littlefoot
Time's up! The correct answer was The Land Before Time
"SUPER"
12-letter word meaning pertaining to the eerie or occult
Time's up! The correct answer was supernatural
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
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
Islamic legal opinion or directive (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was fatwa
JULY
In July 1893 this president underwent a secret operation to remove part of his jaw due to cancer
Time's up! The correct answer was Grover Cleveland
TALK LIKE A BRIT
On British TV's "Top of the Pops" this Booker T. & the MGs hit might be titled "Spring Onions"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Green Onions"
I JUST LIKE SAYING THESE WORDS
Alfred E. Neuman could tell you that a fernticle is another name for one of these on the surface of the skin
Time's up! The correct answer was a freckle
ALWAYS SAY NEVER
"He that fights and runs away may" these 5 words "but he that is in battle slain will never rise to fight again"
Time's up! The correct answer was live to fight another day
TELEPHONE HISTORY
As of July 1, 1968 you could dial this 3-digit number in New York City & get the police
Time's up! The correct answer was 911
CARIBBEAN TASTE TREATS
Adventurous eaters in Grenada may dine on this burrowing mammal (it's best to remove the armor first)
Time's up! The correct answer was Armadillo
MEATS
A long-standing tradition in France, hippophagy is the consumption of this
Time's up! The correct answer was horse
THE CIVIL WAR
When this general accepted Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, he was wearing a mud-splattered private's coat
Time's up! The correct answer was Ulysses S. Grant
ART & ARTISTS
His sculpture, "The Age of Bronze", exhibited in 1877, was inspired by Michelangelo
Time's up! The correct answer was Auguste Rodin
THIS IS JEOPARDY!
On this late night host's list of 10 Things Communists Are No Damn Good At, #1 was "Guessing Final Jeopardy"
Time's up! The correct answer was David Letterman
GOING TOO "FUR"
A smelter, for example
Time's up! The correct answer was a furnace
PRESIDENTS IN IOWA
Lincoln has a monument in Council Bluffs; this other president has a grave in West Branch
Time's up! The correct answer was Herbert Hoover
IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL
"Who Knew" this colorful singer could be so "M!ssundaztood"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pink
SCIENTISTS
He discovered that the observed frequency of light waves is affected by the relative motion of the source & detector
Time's up! The correct answer was Doppler
DREAMY MUSIC
He's the singer heard here: "In dreams, I walk...."
Time's up! The correct answer was Roy Orbison
PUNJAB
In the 1840s this European power fought 2 costly wars over the Punjab before annexing the region outright
Time's up! The correct answer was the English
MUSICAL PRIME NUMBERS
Prince: "2000 zero zero party over, oops, out of time, so tonight I'm gonna party like it's ____"
Time's up! The correct answer was 1999
CONGRESSIONAL MISDEMEANORS
In 1811 Senator Thomas Pickering was censured for reading aloud from secret documents about this purchase
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana
MAGAZINES
In Nov. 2003 Judge Ira Gammerman said neither side would get damages from the demise of this celeb's magazine
Time's up! The correct answer was Rosie O'Donnell
SCULPTURE
This English sculptor made one of his reclining figures for the 1951 Festival of Britain
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry Moore
HISTORY
In 1000 Rajaraja I of the Cholas battled to take this Indian Ocean island now known for its tea
Time's up! The correct answer was Ceylon
INSECTS
Its shape allows it to hide among twigs
Time's up! The correct answer was Walking stick
THE 14th CENTURY
Name given to the split in the Catholic church when rival popes were elected in 1378
Time's up! The correct answer was Great Schism
FAMOUS VOYAGES
Capt. Robert Fitzroy of this ship argued that its scientific discoveries supported the Bible
Time's up! The correct answer was the Beagle
FEELING "ANCY"
This for life in the U.S. is currently about 76 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Life expectancy
1800
William Herschel discovered these "rays" beyond the red end of the visible spectrum
Time's up! The correct answer was Infrared rays
FATHER'S IN LAW
Father has rooms near the Court of Chancery in this state where half of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated
Time's up! The correct answer was Delaware
BICYCLES
The woman’s bicycle without the bar was created so women could ride while wearing these
Time's up! The correct answer was a skirt
WORLD WAR I
What the Germans called the Siegfried Line, the Allies called this, after a famous German general of the war
Time's up! The correct answer was the Hindenburg Line
CLASSICAL MUSIC
The music of this Tchaikovsky "Suite" comes from his 1892 ballet, popular at Christmas
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Nutcracker"
FOOD
While these small bread cubes often top salads, larger versions can be used to catch drippings
Time's up! The correct answer was croutons
1807
In July, Jacobitism ended with the death of Henry Benedict, the last claimant of this royal family to the British throne
Time's up! The correct answer was the Stuarts
WHAT KIND OF FOWL AM I?
Red-shouldered or red-tailed
Time's up! The correct answer was a hawk
TRAIN STATIONS
Sherlock Holmes often left London from this station that shares its name with a battle
Time's up! The correct answer was Waterloo Station
"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
PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING DRAMAS
In 1938 this playwright's "Our Town" had some Pulitzer with the voters
Time's up! The correct answer was Wilder
FUN WITH OPERA
"The Jesters' Supper" was first performed in this city where you'll find Da Vinci's "Last Supper"
Time's up! The correct answer was Milan
TIMELESS TV
September 2010 brought the 45th edition of this comedian's telethon
Time's up! The correct answer was Jerry Lewis
PRIMETIME TV REUNIONS
1987: "Return to Dodge"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gunsmoke
OH MY GOD! YOU'VE GOT 3 "I"s
(Sofia of the Clue Crew in Oahu, Hawaii) I'm overlooking this Oahu beach that attracts about 65,000 visitors a day
Time's up! The correct answer was Waikiki
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
Laerad is the great tree around which this hall of the slain was built
Time's up! The correct answer was Valhalla
"X", "Y", "Z"
This Saint Francis was the "Apostle of the Indies"
Time's up! The correct answer was Xavier
EXPLORERS
Ponce de Leon was looking for it when he discovered Florida; some are still looking for it today
Time's up! The correct answer was Fountain of Youth
DICE ROLL NICKNAMES
Boxcars, or Hobo's Delight on a Rainy Night
Time's up! The correct answer was Sixes
WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
Coined in the '70s, the term "Ebonics" comes from these 2 words
Time's up! The correct answer was ebony & phonics
B FOLLOWS A
Meaning loathsome, it precedes snowman or, in a movie title, Dr. Phibes
Time's up! The correct answer was abominable
20th CENTURY VICE PRESIDENTS
The only VP to become president not immediately after his vice presidential term
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Nixon
OPERA & BALLET
A governess fears that her charges are communicating with ghosts in an opera based on this Henry James novella
Time's up! The correct answer was The Turn of the Screw
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
ART & ARTISTS
On September 29, 1910, this painter known for his seascapes died in his studio in Prouts Neck, Maine
Time's up! The correct answer was Winslow Homer
JULY
John Adams' dying words on this date in 1826 were that Thomas Jefferson still lived; John Adams was wrong
Time's up! The correct answer was 4-Jul
NICE TO MEAT YOU
A western N.Y. city knows cuts of this humped cattle family member are lower in fat & cholesterol than most cuts of beef
Time's up! The correct answer was buffalo
NBA HALL OF FAMERS
In 2000 this former Celtics player coached the Indiana Pacers to the NBA finals
Time's up! The correct answer was Larry Bird
ALWAYS SAY NEVER
In his "Ballad of East and West", this Brit wrote, "east is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet"
Time's up! The correct answer was Kipling
SNL CELEBRITY JEOPARDY!
As he did in "Anchorman", Will Ferrell sports this facial feature in the "SNL" "Jeopardy!" skits
Time's up! The correct answer was a mustache
SORTA SOUNDS LIKE OPRAH?
In an Irish battle cry, these 2 words follow "Erin"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Go Bragh"
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
On the web you can find A. Claude Ferguson's masterful manual on playing these eating utensils
Time's up! The correct answer was Spoons
BIRD HUNTING
The stars of the movie "Network" include Faye Dunaway, Beatrice Straight & Peter Finch
Time's up! The correct answer was a finch
THE FILM VAULT
Stephen King not only wrote the script for this 1986 film about possessed machinery, he directed it
Time's up! The correct answer was Maximum Overdrive
THE EMPEROR NERO
In the year prior to his death, Nero participated in these games in Greece
Time's up! The correct answer was Olympic Games
1938
On April 27, 1938 Countess Geraldine Apponyi of Hungary married King Zog of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Albania
GEOGRAPHIC PHRASES
This common term originated in the early 1500s with the book "De Rebus Oceanicis et Novo Orbe"
Time's up! The correct answer was the New World
PICK A PLANET
Leda is its 13th moon
Time's up! The correct answer was Jupiter
"D" IN HISTORY
In 1578 a Mongolian ruler first gave the leader of Tibet's Yellow Hat sect of Buddhism this title
Time's up! The correct answer was Dalai Lama
PUSH BY SAFIRE
Safire wrote, "A president's ability to deflect charges of sleaze...aimed at his administration" was a this-coated presidency
Time's up! The correct answer was teflon
PULL
From the idea of breaking camp comes this phrase for moving on
Time's up! The correct answer was Pull up stakes
NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD
In Alberta the scenic Icefields Parkway connects Jasper National Park with this other one
Time's up! The correct answer was Banff
MS.
Nancy Ross, Angela Davis, & Geraldine Ferraro all sought this office in 1984
Time's up! The correct answer was vice president
BEFORE & AFTER
1935 "lunar" Florida song that turned into an '80s Florida cop show
Time's up! The correct answer was "Moon Over Miami Vice"
DRAMA
This play begins as Willy Loman returns home from a trip
Time's up! The correct answer was Death of a Salesman
21st CENTURY MUSIC
"Icky Thump" was a No. 1 modern rock hit for this duo
Time's up! The correct answer was the White Stripes
ROAMIN' THE WORLD
Tea & coconuts are top products of this country, the "Pearl of the Indian Ocean"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sri Lanka
LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L"
Delicious "Doone" damsel (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was Lorna
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
THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE
"Friends", "Bruce Almighty"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jennifer Aniston
OFF TO A GOOD START
It's the go-ahead in a kid's game & for a car at an intersection
Time's up! The correct answer was a green light
THE "A" "B" "C"s
In a 1976 Playboy interview, Jimmy Carter said he'd committed this in his heart many times
Time's up! The correct answer was Adultery
FICTIONAL BOOKS
This doctor from the original "Star Trek" series wrote "Comparative Alien Physiology"
Time's up! The correct answer was McCoy
THAT'S BUSINESS
In 1851 this company started using a logo with a man in the moon & 13 stars; now it uses its initials
Time's up! The correct answer was Proctor & Gamble
MUSICAL THEATRE
Barbra Streisand introduced the song "People" in this musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Funny Girl
MILITARY SLANG
A "polliwog" has never crossed this geographic line while aboard ship
Time's up! The correct answer was the equator
THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR
"Hobson's Choice", "Oliver Twist", "Lawrence of Arabia"
Time's up! The correct answer was David Lean
BALLET
This dancer choreographed a new version of "The Nutcracker" in 1976, a "Turning Point" in his career
Time's up! The correct answer was Baryshnikov
WORD ORIGINS
Many scholars believe that the Celts called it "The Wild Place"; now this wild place is a city of over 7 million
Time's up! The correct answer was London
THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS
When you buy a Sunset book, a Tom Petty CD or People magazine, you're supporting this conglomerate
Time's up! The correct answer was Time Warner
"PU"
The third of these wars wiped Carthage off the map, though it was later rebuilt
Time's up! The correct answer was The Punic Wars
THE TEENS
Including wisdom teeth, the number of teeth typically found in the fully developed adult upper jaw
Time's up! The correct answer was 16
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
DIED ON THE SAME DAY
C.S. Lewis & Aldous Huxley's deaths on Nov. 22, 1963 were overshadowed by this man's death in Dallas
Time's up! The correct answer was John Kennedy
THE "UNDER" WORLD
The seaward pull away from shore after a wave has broken
Time's up! The correct answer was undertow
GUINNESS RECORDS
Siberia in this country has had the greatest range in temperatures -- from 98 degrees F. to -90 degrees F.
Time's up! The correct answer was Russia
WHEREFORE "ART" THOU
One of these might be thrown in an English pub or shot from a blowgun in Peru
Time's up! The correct answer was Dart
ITALIAN ART
Gentile da Fabriano used the international Gothic style for his painting "The Adoration Of" this trio
Time's up! The correct answer was The Magi
ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS
Mike Todd was killed in a plane crash while Liz was making this film in which she played Maggie Pollitt
Time's up! The correct answer was Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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
HERE'S LUCY
Before playing Xena, she co-hosted the travel show "Air New Zealand Holiday"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lucy Lawless
CLOTHING
It's the fur pouch that a Scotsman wears on the front of his kilt
Time's up! The correct answer was a sporon
WHAT A GEM!
Mexico is known for its water & fire varieties of this gem
Time's up! The correct answer was opal
ASIAN NATIONS
Railways link this country's capital of Ulaanbaatar to Moscow & Peking
Time's up! The correct answer was Mongolia
WESTERNS
It's the type of transport in the title of John Wayne's 1939 breakout film
Time's up! The correct answer was a stagecoach
MUSIC/TELEVISION
Going from Salt-N-Pepa to Dr. Pepa, the musician was in the house counseling Janice Dickinson on this VH1 reality show
Time's up! The correct answer was The Surreal Life
GOLD RUSH
Tourists now rush to this man's 1839 Adobe Fort in Sacramento, California
Time's up! The correct answer was John Sutter
AROUND WASHINGTON, D.C.
The museum that's now the Smithsonian's Arts & Industries Bldg. was the site of this man's 1881 inaugural ball
Time's up! The correct answer was Garfield
MR. MOVIES
Of this 1939 film, the "New York Times" said "More fun even than the Senate itself!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
BON APPE-"T"
A folded tortilla filled with various ingredients
Time's up! The correct answer was Taco
HISTORY
Every president since Taft has been an honorary president of this organization founded in the U.S. in Feb. 1910
Time's up! The correct answer was the Boy Scouts
NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES
"Berlin Reported Him Missing And Insane" when he "Flies To Scotland" in May 1941
Time's up! The correct answer was Rudolf Hess
MUSICAL THEATRE
It's based on the memoir "Anna And The King Of Siam"
Time's up! The correct answer was "The King And I"
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
"TOMORROW"
In the novel "Gone with the Wind", it follows "I'll think of some way to get him back"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tomorrow is another day
ANCIENT VIP's
This Hebrew king taxed his people into rebellion, which may not have been too wise
Time's up! The correct answer was Solomon
CREATION STORIES
In some Native American myths, this animal helps a deity create the world, with no help from the Acme Co.
Time's up! The correct answer was a coyote
FAMOUS LLOYDS
This Texas Democrat has represented his state in the U.S. Senate since 1971
Time's up! The correct answer was Lloyd Bentsen
"B" PREPARED
Meaning a noisy commotion, it may derive from "baruch habba", a loud traditional greeting at a synagogue
Time's up! The correct answer was brouhaha
WOLVERINE
Bears have cubs; wolverine newborns are known as these, like foxes & beavers
Time's up! The correct answer was kits
SCIENCE & NATURE
In 2009 a new hominid skeleton dubbed Ardi was aged at 4.4 million years, predating this other "girly" find by 1 mil. years
Time's up! The correct answer was Lucy
MEDIEVAL MUSIC
From 590 to 604 this type of music would have gotten a Papal Choice Award
Time's up! The correct answer was Gregorian Chant
DON'T BE A PAIN
There are several types of these nerve cells: some respond to temperature, some to pressure & some to pain
Time's up! The correct answer was sensory receptors
LOW CUT GENES
Since the 1980s this hormone used by diabetics has been produced by genetically engineered bacteria
Time's up! The correct answer was insulin
JUAN
In 1995 he was named ASCAP's Latin Songwriter of the Year & in 1996, sang a duet with Paul Anka
Time's up! The correct answer was Juan Gabriel
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Her 1981 Rolling Stone cover shot of a nude John Lennon was taken hours before his murder
Time's up! The correct answer was Annie Leibovitz
RHYMES WITH TEEN
Jack Sprat's wife couldn't eat any
Time's up! The correct answer was Lean
WONDER DRUGS
The arthritis medicine lodine is an NSAID, a non-steroidal anti-this drug
Time's up! The correct answer was inflammatory
OH MY GOD! YOU'VE GOT 3 "I"s
Sports Illustrated's 1997 Swimsuit Issue (the Tyra Banks cover) featured "Nothing but" these
Time's up! The correct answer was Bikinis
PARTS OF THE WHOLE
Reservoir, filter basket, carafe
Time's up! The correct answer was a coffee maker
THEY ALSO RAN
He received a degree from NC State & pushed papers at his own Raleigh law firm
Time's up! The correct answer was John Edwards
GEHRY
The Guggenheim Museum in this city of Spain's Basque region is one of the best-known structures designed by Gehry
Time's up! The correct answer was Bilbao
METALLICA
In 1984 the album "Ride the Lightning" by Metallica achieved this status of 500,000 copies sold
Time's up! The correct answer was gold
SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS
"I am a very foolish fond old man", he tells his daughter Cordelia
Time's up! The correct answer was King Lear
A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS
This computer language gets oxymoronic when it follows "Advanced"
Time's up! The correct answer was BASIC
NOVELISTS
He dictated his last novel, "The Brothers Karamazov", to his wife who took it down in shorthand
Time's up! The correct answer was Dostoevsky
THE '30s WEREN'T ALL DEPRESSING
In 1936 Los Angeles started receiving its electricity from generators at this facility
Time's up! The correct answer was Hoover Dam
I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW
Oleg Zhornitskiy turned this sandwich spread into a meal by gulping down 4 32-ounce bowls in 8 minutes
Time's up! The correct answer was mayonnaise
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
The “Times’” Brooks Atkinson called it “an original & beautiful excursion into... the Far East
Time's up! The correct answer was The King and I
THE HUSBAND MARRIED
Joan Blondell & June Allyson
Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Powell
MOVIE TRIVIA
For the first time in '68, the Academy Awards were held in this auditorium, its current home
Time's up! The correct answer was the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
BUGS
Also known as a devil's darning needle, it may have as many as 28,000 lenses in its compound eyes
Time's up! The correct answer was Dragonfly
REALLY BIG
Longer than 2 football fields, it was launched at Friedrichshafen, Germany in 1936
Time's up! The correct answer was The Hindenburg
TV MINISERIES
Robert Duvall sat tall in the saddle as Augustus McCrae in this 1989 4-part western
Time's up! The correct answer was Lonesome Dove
NUTRITION
An ounce of cheddar cheese has 200 milligrams of this, crucial to healthy bones
Time's up! The correct answer was calcium
UNFORESEEN FINDS
G.E. scientists looking for synthetic rubber during WWII discovered this toy that lifts images off a page
Time's up! The correct answer was Silly Putty
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
Cabinda, an area of this former Portuguese colony, is separated from the rest of it by Zaire
Time's up! The correct answer was Angola
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
THE 17TH CENTURY
Cheers to this Benedictine monk who pioneered the making of champagne in 1698
Time's up! The correct answer was Dom Perignon
WORLD WAR I
At the 1914 Battle of Tannenberg in East Prussia, this country's army was surrounded & largely destroyed
Time's up! The correct answer was Russia
IT HAD TO "BU"
Government ones of these include of Indian Affairs & of the Census
Time's up! The correct answer was Bureaus
KIDS IN SPORTS
Park View of Chula Vista, California beat Taipei 6-3 to win this organization's 2009 World Series
Time's up! The correct answer was the Little League
HOMOPHONES
Wan, or a bucket
Time's up! The correct answer was pale/pail
SPOUSE IN COMMON
Ava Gardner, Mia Farrow
Time's up! The correct answer was Frank Sinatra
MIDDLE INITIAL C.
When the parents of this "pathfinder" ran off together, his mother was still legally married to another man
Time's up! The correct answer was John C. Fremont
LASTS
The name of the last dynasty to rule Vietnam, it's the family name of about half Vietnam's people
Time's up! The correct answer was Nguyen
MYTHICAL CREATURES
This bird was said to embalm the ashes of its predecessor & then fly to Heliopolis
Time's up! The correct answer was the phoenix
EDGAR ALLAN POE-POURRI
In the world's first detective story, C. Auguste Dupin solves the title crimes in "The Murders" here
Time's up! The correct answer was the Rue Morgue
THE PLANET URANUS
In 1846 astronomers found this planet from the effects it had on Uranus' orbit
Time's up! The correct answer was Neptune
20th CENTURY WORLD LEADERS
Like mom like son: sadly, her son Rajiv was also assassinated
Time's up! The correct answer was Indira Gandhi
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
Abingdon, Windsor, Gravesend & Southend-On-Sea are on this European river
Time's up! The correct answer was Thames
HOMOPHONES
A walkway between sections of seats in a theater, or a small piece of land surrounded by water
Time's up! The correct answer was an aisle/isle
THE CIVIL WAR
The greatest battle fought in the Western Hemisphere has the "address" of this small Pennsylvania town
Time's up! The correct answer was Gettysburg
WEDDINGS
A Navy wedding features an arch of swords; an Army wedding, an arch of these heavy cavalry swords
Time's up! The correct answer was sabres
THE "B.G."s
(Sofia of the Clue Crew standing in front of a chalkboard) It's a visual method for comparing numbers
Time's up! The correct answer was bar graph
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
PEOPLE
This wrestler nicknamed his daughter born in August 2001 Pebbles
Time's up! The correct answer was The Rock
HELLO, DELI!
It's a good knight for one of these Jewish turnovers with a meat or potato filling
Time's up! The correct answer was a knish
SOMETHING'S FISHY
Until one was caught in 1938, it was thought that this fish had been extinct for more than 70 million years
Time's up! The correct answer was the coelacanth
19th CENTURY LITERATURE
Edward Bellamy's 1888 book "Looking Backward" sends a man to this year & doesn't mention computer bugs
Time's up! The correct answer was 2000
LITERARY ANIMALS
Cottontail & these 2 "went down the lane to gather blackberries" in "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"
Time's up! The correct answer was Flopsy & Mopsy
U.S. CITIES
This Wyoming capital is home to the annual Frontier Days celebration
Time's up! The correct answer was Cheyenne
NOT A CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITAL
Sofia, Sarajevo, Saigon
Time's up! The correct answer was Saigon
SAY "CHI"s
You can "pet" this Southwestern plant, Salvia Columbariae
Time's up! The correct answer was a chia
WHAT'S ON TV?
This Neil Patrick Harris sitcom is narrated through flashbacks from the future
Time's up! The correct answer was How I Met Your Mother
BUT IS IT ART?
The work of "Artists Barely in Control of the Brush" is seen at Boston's MOBA, museum of this art
Time's up! The correct answer was Bad art
TOM JONES
This "Kubla Khan" poet thought "Tom Jones" had 1 of the 3 best plots in all literature
Time's up! The correct answer was Samuel Taylor Coleridge
LITERARY BADDIES
This Harry Potter bad guy's name is French for "flight from death"
Time's up! The correct answer was Voldemort
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
THE "CO"-CATEGORY
In 2009 Paul McCartney headlined this music fest near Palm Springs, California
Time's up! The correct answer was Coachella
SPORTS LEGENDS
This Czech-born woman who retired in 2006 won a record 9 Wimbledon Singles Championships
Time's up! The correct answer was Martina Navratilova
EUROPE
It's the smallest in area of the Benelux countries
Time's up! The correct answer was Luxembourg
PARTY OF "FIVE"
Stalin launched the first of these in 1928
Time's up! The correct answer was Five Year Plan
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
SPORTS SHORTS
In 2011 this QB was a first-round draft pick by Carolina
Time's up! The correct answer was Newton
ALASKA
One of the 3 mottos that have been featured on regular Alaskan license plates
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Last Frontier", "The Great Land", or "North to the Future"
SAY CHEESE
According to legend, it was created when a shepherd left a piece of cheese in a cave for several weeks
Time's up! The correct answer was Roquefort
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
BUSY AS A BEAVER
"The Beaver's Lesson" is the title of part 5 of this author's "The Hunting of the Snark"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lewis Carroll
RHYMES WITH TRACK
A knave who's a real card
Time's up! The correct answer was a jack
THE COMMODORES
The first American naval victory in the Revolution came under Commodore Esek Hopkins in these islands off Fla.
Time's up! The correct answer was Bahamas
FAIRY TALE FEMMES
She would have been popular in the '60s; she was always letting her hair down
Time's up! The correct answer was Rapunzel
BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE
Name a girl this after the "Merchant of Venice" heroine & she'll probably grow up to like fast sports cars
Time's up! The correct answer was Portia
A FLY CATEGORY
During World War II, a famous American volunteeer air corps in Asia was nicknamed this
Time's up! The correct answer was the Flying Tigers
THE FILM VAULT
An action star from the '30s to the '70s, this actor headlined "The Fighting Seabees" & "Flying Tigers"
Time's up! The correct answer was John Wayne
NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME
A 1975 inductee, he gave us "an electronic alphabet that could carry messages"
Time's up! The correct answer was Morse
HOMOPHONES
Deserve, or a large decorative vase
Time's up! The correct answer was earn/urn
INTERIOR DESIGN
Type of chair seen here named for its 20th C. designer:
Time's up! The correct answer was Eames Chair
THE PLANETS
This remote planet orbits the sun at a 98 degree axis, almost lying on its side
Time's up! The correct answer was Uranus
FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS
The National School Lunch Program comes from this dept., also concerned with foot-and-mouth disease
Time's up! The correct answer was Agriculture
COMPOSERS
There’s nothing fishy about his “Trout” quintet
Time's up! The correct answer was Schubert
AN E FOR AN I
One means "severely tested"; the other, "trapped on a branch"
Time's up! The correct answer was tried & treed
AFRICAN LANGUAGE LAB
The marimba was popularized in Central America, but the word is from this sub-Saharan group of about 500 langs.
Time's up! The correct answer was the Bantu languages
EMOTICONS
;-) Ocular act that sends a signal
Time's up! The correct answer was winking
OH MY GOD! YOU'VE GOT 3 "I"s
(Sofia of the Clue Crew in Oahu, Hawaii) I'm overlooking this Oahu beach that attracts about 65,000 visitors a day
Time's up! The correct answer was Waikiki
THE LAND
Victoria Land, one of its regions, lies north of the Ross Ice Shelf
Time's up! The correct answer was Antarctica
TAYLOR, SWIFT
This season 5 winner of "American Idol" is from Alabama
Time's up! The correct answer was Taylor Hicks
WORLD HISTORY
This dominion was created by the British North America Act on July 1, 1867
Time's up! The correct answer was Canada
THE SUPREME COURT
After the 1987 rejection of this man's nomination to the court, Anthony Kennedy filled Powell's seat
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Bork
SOCIOLOGY
Robert & Helen Lynd based their "Middletown" studies on Muncie in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Indiana
LET'S HIT IT
This word seen on doors is what a right-handed batter does when he hits the ball to left field
Time's up! The correct answer was pull
LOW TECH
11-letter word for embroidery on canvas, with uniform spacing of stitches in a pattern
Time's up! The correct answer was needlepoint
LUNCH COUNTER LINGO
This beverage is Adam's ale
Time's up! The correct answer was water
MOVIES & TV
Time magazine said this 2003 Pixar film was "the ultimate fish-out-of-water story"
Time's up! The correct answer was Finding Nemo
AFRICANA
The southern part of Africa is often called "Sub-" this 3 1/2-million-square-mile area
Time's up! The correct answer was Sahara
"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
GEORGIAN ON MY MIND
Born in Athens, Georgia, she starred in "9 1/2 Weeks" & played Eminem's mom in "8 Mile"
Time's up! The correct answer was Kim Basinger
BEFORE & AFTER
"Lethal Weapon" director whose group was caught in a Sierra Nevada pass in the winter of 1846-47
Time's up! The correct answer was the Richard Donner Party
ANAGRAMMED STATE CAPITALS
Males
Time's up! The correct answer was Salem
"G"ARDEN GLOSSARY
Rich in nutrients, this bat or bird dropping is good for your garden
Time's up! The correct answer was guano
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS
Title character played by former Alvin Ailey dancer Desmond Richardson in a 1997 ballet
Time's up! The correct answer was Othello
PERFUME
Mimosa, mayflower & musk mingle in this, Yves St. Laurent's "capital" perfume
Time's up! The correct answer was Paris
AH, SWEET MYTHTERY
The Myrmidons were this great hero's brutal cohorts in the Trojan War
Time's up! The correct answer was Achilles
MANY IRONS
This mythical barrier cut off the Soviet Union & its friends after World War II
Time's up! The correct answer was Iron Curtain
NOTED EUROPEANS
On the 50th anniv. of Bunker Hill, this European was back on our shores to lay the monument's cornerstone
Time's up! The correct answer was Lafayette
PHYSICS
The term horsepower came about when James Watt compared work done by a horse to work done by this
Time's up! The correct answer was steam engine
NOT A POPE
Dominicus I, Honorius I, Innocent I
Time's up! The correct answer was Dominicus I
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
STATES' FORMER CAPITALS
Wheeling
Time's up! The correct answer was West Virginia
THE HUMAN BODY
When this organ churns & makes perisstaltic waves, some people say it's "growling"
Time's up! The correct answer was Stomach
FAMOUS LLOYDS
This British prime minister helped draft the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I
Time's up! The correct answer was Lloyd George
KHOMEINI, KHAMENEI OR KHATAMI
Published "Fear of the Wave" in 1993
Time's up! The correct answer was Khatami
4-LETTER WORDS
It's short for one of the muscles, or a large open space on campus surrounded by buildings
Time's up! The correct answer was a quad
BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES
James I
Time's up! The correct answer was Stuart
STARTS WITH "B"
This oily dressing makes your hair glossy, but it sounds like it makes you smart
Time's up! The correct answer was Brilliantine
CALL ME A"LEX"
A light transparent weather-resistant man-made thermoplastic
Time's up! The correct answer was Plexiglas
ENGLISH ROYAL HENRYS
Pope Leo X named Henry VIII "Defender of the Faith" for his written attack on this German Protestant leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Martin Luther
SPORTS EVOLUTION
In the 1750s the original golf course here had 11 holes & you played each of them twice
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Andrews
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
Austria
Time's up! The correct answer was German
THEATRE CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
Patrick Dennis' "Auntie" (4)
Time's up! The correct answer was Mame
ACRONYM EXCITEMENT!
For feminists: NOW
Time's up! The correct answer was National Organization for Women
OF A SALESMAN
This direct-selling co. known for products like Nutrilite claims 3 million independent business owners
Time's up! The correct answer was Amway
"LIGHT"s
Ben Franklin invented this device & would have been shocked if it hadn't worked
Time's up! The correct answer was the lightning rod
THE FORTUNE 500
Fortune's "Most Likely to Succeed" was this Internet search site at No. 119 with 35 different "buy" ratings
Time's up! The correct answer was Google
ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS
Conrad Witz depicted this wealthy queen with King Solomon in the 15th C. work seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Queen of Sheba
ON THE MOVE
This U.S. city has more miles of subway than any other subway system in the Western Hemisphere
Time's up! The correct answer was New York City
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
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
INTERNATIONAL NAMES
The U.N. ties of this Secretary-General date back to 1975, when he was a South Korean diplomat
Time's up! The correct answer was Ban Ki-moon
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
GEOLOGY
A 6-mile-wide caldera, or volcanic crater, is a highlight of La Palma in this Spanish Island group off Africa
Time's up! The correct answer was the Canaries
RHYME TIME
Written text of a movie about an underground burial chamber
Time's up! The correct answer was a crypt script
STATE FISH
A subspecies of cutthroat trout, the Bonneville cutthroat is native to this state & is its state fish
Time's up! The correct answer was Utah
GENERAL SCIENCE
This branch of medicine is devoted to the care & diseases of the elderly
Time's up! The correct answer was geriatrics
RHYMES WITH TRACK
A pile of pancakes
Time's up! The correct answer was stack
LEGENDARY LEGENDS
Marshall Gold Discovery State Hist. Park is in this county that shares its name with a legendary city of gold
Time's up! The correct answer was El Dorado
ITALIAN ART
Gentile da Fabriano used the international Gothic style for his painting "The Adoration Of" this trio
Time's up! The correct answer was The Magi
5-LETTER CAPITALS
Haiphong near the Gulf of Tonkin serves as this city's main port
Time's up! The correct answer was Hanoi
ANGELS
In Book III of "Paradise Lost", the angels play these, which are "golden" & "ever-tuned"
Time's up! The correct answer was harps
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
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
THE "FIRST" STATE
In 1887 Joseph Conrad gained literary material sailing as this on a ship bound for Java
Time's up! The correct answer was first mate
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
NAME THE POET
"Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote the droghte of March hath perced to the roote"
Time's up! The correct answer was Geoffrey Chaucer
THEY'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANY MORE
He's the most famous man we know from Russell, Kansas
Time's up! The correct answer was Bob Dole
ON THE GO
The Wright Bros.' experiments in this type of chamber in their bicycle shop led to designs of their flyer's wings
Time's up! The correct answer was wind tunnel
LITERATURE
He published the first 4 of his fairy tales in an 1835 pamphlet; "The Tinder Box" was among them
Time's up! The correct answer was Hans Christian Andersen
ON THE "WAR"PATH
Pop art poster boy who was famous much longer than 15 minutes
Time's up! The correct answer was Andy Warhol
LISA
She's the popular sports celebrity seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Lisa Leslie
ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS
Oh oh! Chauncey B. Ives depicted this mythological woman seen here on the verge of opening a box
Time's up! The correct answer was Pandora
BUSINESS BUDDIES
A crossword puzzle book started it all for Richard L. Simon & this publishing partner
Time's up! The correct answer was Schuster
MS.
Joan Benoit was 1st to win this Olympic event, finally offered for women in ‘84
Time's up! The correct answer was marathon
SPORTS SHORTS
In 2011 this QB was a first-round draft pick by Carolina
Time's up! The correct answer was Newton
THE BIBLE
Under the command of this Babylonian king, Nebuzaradan burned "All the houses of Jerusalem"
Time's up! The correct answer was Nebuchadnezzar
MIDDLE INITIAL C.
Born in South Carolina in 1782, he was known as a "war hawk" because he supported the War of 1812
Time's up! The correct answer was John C. Calhoun
MOVIE MUSICALS
The only Ginger Rogers-Fred Astaire film for which these 2 brothers wrote songs was 1937's "Shall We Dance"
Time's up! The correct answer was George & Ira Gershwin
IT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY
In 1858 the British established this type of colony on India's Andaman Islands
Time's up! The correct answer was Penal colony
FILM FACTS
As a child, this "Doctor Zhivago" co-star had a bit role in her father's film "Limelight"
Time's up! The correct answer was Geraldine Chaplin
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
Greek-letter group (10)
Time's up! The correct answer was fraternity
POLITICAL SLOGANS
He railed against the “do-nothing 80th congress” during his whistle-stop campaign
Time's up! The correct answer was Truman
CROSSWORD CLUES "J"
Jettisoned goods (6)
Time's up! The correct answer was jetsam
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE COMPANIES
Pfounded in 18P49
Time's up! The correct answer was Pfizer
SCIENCE & NATURE
This innermost & larger of Mars' 2 moons orbits the planet every 7.65 hours
Time's up! The correct answer was Phobos
PIANO KEYS
A 6-string guitar has 2 strings tuned to this note, each corresponding to a piano key
Time's up! The correct answer was E
WORD ORIGINS
From the Latin for "much writing", it's another name for a lie detector test
Time's up! The correct answer was a polygraph
JUAN
Juan Belmonte is considered the founder of the modern version of this sport, ole!
Time's up! The correct answer was Bullfighting
FEMALE ATHLETES
This soccer player whose real first name is Mariel is one of 4 women to have scored over 100 goals in international play
Time's up! The correct answer was Mia Hamm
BICYCLES
This French company is known for making fine bicycles as well as cars
Time's up! The correct answer was Peugeot
NICKNAMES
"The Father of Pennsylvania"
Time's up! The correct answer was William Penn
DANCE
Some dancers get their kicks doing high kicks in this Radio City Music Hall chorus line
Time's up! The correct answer was the Rockettes
LITERATURE
Completes the title of Eldridge Cleaver's 1968 memoir "Soul on..."
Time's up! The correct answer was Ice
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
In southern Asia: Dhaka
Time's up! The correct answer was Bangladesh
AMERICAN LITERATURE
A contemporary review of this 1851 novel said, "Who would have looked for... poetry in blubber?"
Time's up! The correct answer was Moby-Dick
TREES
Arboreal symbol of strength
Time's up! The correct answer was oak
BACKWORDS
You know so much about policy, you qualify as this
Time's up! The correct answer was Wonk
HEALTH & MEDICINE
This artificial sweetner has been associated with bladder cancer in animal experiments
Time's up! The correct answer was saccharin
TV CASTS
In 2000 this rapper-turned-actor joined the cast of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" as Richard Belzer's partner
Time's up! The correct answer was Ice-T
LITERATURE FOR KIDS
This author who wrote about "The Princess Who Could Not Laugh" made us smile with "Winnie-the-Pooh"
Time's up! The correct answer was A.A. Milne
LOW TECH
11-letter word for embroidery on canvas, with uniform spacing of stitches in a pattern
Time's up! The correct answer was needlepoint
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
ART
Ceramics is the art of making objects, even dreidels, out of this material
Time's up! The correct answer was clay
ISLANDS
Lewis with Harris is the most northerly of this "Outer" Scottish island group
Time's up! The correct answer was Outer Hebrides
LITERARY FIRST LINES
1843: "Marley was dead: to begin with"
Time's up! The correct answer was "A Christmas Carol"
COMMON BONDS
Coconuts, Udders, Canaan
Time's up! The correct answer was Things that give milk
4-LETTER WORDS
During the American Revolution, this term referred to an American who favored the British side
Time's up! The correct answer was Tory