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EPONYMS
This 2-word term for a skeptic refers to one of Jesus' apostles
Time's up! The correct answer was a doubting Thomas
TRUE LIVES
Isak Dinesen reflected on her years in Kenya in this book, later the title of a film about her
Time's up! The correct answer was Out Of Africa
LOVE QUOTES
Samuel Butler rhymed, "Love is a boy by poets styled; then spare the rod and" do this
Time's up! The correct answer was Spoil the child
COMPOUND WORDS
It's the 9-letter name for a type of restaurant that specializes in steak & other meat on the bone
Time's up! The correct answer was chophouse
BACK IN 1906
In 1906 there were 90 of these; nearly two-thirds of them were Republican
Time's up! The correct answer was senators
WE ARE AMUSED
The first one was added in 1950 by the producers of NBC's "The Hank McCune Show"
Time's up! The correct answer was Laugh track
BON APPE-"T"
This "steak" is a hot dog
Time's up! The correct answer was Tube steak
4-LETTER WORDS
"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Reap
WHO PLAYED 'EM
2004: Sirius Black, the prisioner of Azkaban
Time's up! The correct answer was Gary Oldman
IT'S A "SIN"
Of Welsh extraction, Frank Lloyd Wright named his homes & fellowship after this early Welsh poet
Time's up! The correct answer was Taliesin
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
Percussion instrument whose possible changes for a set of five are seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Bells
PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS
Ulf von Euler won in 1970; dad Hans von Euler-Chelpin won for his work on the role of enzymes in this process in sugar
Time's up! The correct answer was fermentation
5-LETTER WORDS
Headgear for a king, or part of a tooth
Time's up! The correct answer was crown
GENERAL SCIENCE
This method of preserving food by killing bacteria was developed by a French chemist in the 1860s
Time's up! The correct answer was Pasteurization
"X"-MEN
He was the de facto leader of China from the late 1970s to the early 1990s
Time's up! The correct answer was Deng Xiaoping
I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF IT
In physics notation the speed of light is symbolized by this letter in lower case
Time's up! The correct answer was c
CNN
Anchored by Lou Dobbs, it was TV's first nightly business newscast
Time's up! The correct answer was "Moneyline"
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE MOVIES
In the same film, Mike Myers played Dr. Evil & this international man of mystery, baby
Time's up! The correct answer was Austin Powers
IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS
From Koluszki to Kolno, & Wozniki to Strzelce, visit us, but just know we've heard all the jokes already
Time's up! The correct answer was Poland
VACATION FUN
Watch out for sewer rats inside the "Sewer Adventure" at the Aquaria Water Museum in this Swedish capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Stockholm
MUNICH
On Munich's coat of arms you'll find one of these religious figures who originally settled the city and gave it its name
Time's up! The correct answer was monk
KFC
General Tao was smiling in 1987 when KFC became the first U.S. fast-food chain in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was China
ANY FIRST WORDS?
An adjective meaning "first", or a letter like "F" in F. Murray Abraham
Time's up! The correct answer was an initial
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME
Icarus could have told you it's not a good idea to fly if your wings are held together with this
Time's up! The correct answer was Wax
WEEDS
The most common cause of hay fever in the U.S. is this substance from ragweed
Time's up! The correct answer was Pollen
MUSEUM HOPPING
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" to keep music fans from visiting this record co.'s Detroit museum
Time's up! The correct answer was Motown
20th CENTURY NICKNAMES
"Hef"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hugh Hefner
A HORSE IS A HORSE
In "The Lord of the Rings", Gandalf rides this horse that only he could tame
Time's up! The correct answer was Shadowfax
THRILLER
"The Attorney" Paul Madriani appears in several legal thrillers by this lawyer-turned-author
Time's up! The correct answer was Steve Martini
TRUE LIVES
She talks about Soon-Yi & former flame Woody Allen in her 1997 memoir "What Falls Away"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mia Farrow
HARRISON FORD MOVIES
"Something wrong with buttons?...got anything against zippers?"
Time's up! The correct answer was Witness
PETER, PAUL & MARY
Before penning "Beast" & "The Deep", he was a speechwriter for LBJ
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Benchley
"V" HAVE MAPS
In 1814 the congress of this city met to redraw Europe
Time's up! The correct answer was Vienna
THE MIDDLE AGES
2 types of these which were especially popular during the Middle Ages were "Miracle" & "Morality"
Time's up! The correct answer was Types of plays
FOR THE FASHIONISTA
Of Elie Saab, Elie Saturn or Elie Subaru, the one who designed the gown Halle Berry wore when she won her Oscar
Time's up! The correct answer was Elie Saab
WEEDS
In the names of weeds, this old word for a plant follows soap- & St. John's
Time's up! The correct answer was Wort
ROCK FORMATIONS
This Southern California group was originally assembled as a backup band for Linda Ronstadt
Time's up! The correct answer was The Eagles
NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD
You can see this North American country's highest volcano, Volcan Citlaltepetl, in Pico de Orizaba National Park
Time's up! The correct answer was Mexico
THE LOYOLA OPPOSITION
In 1542 missionaries sent by Ignatius to Ireland were hampered by this king
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry VIII
COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
The world's most populous democracy
Time's up! The correct answer was India
SLOGANEERING
Relax, this brand of medicine is "Recommended by Dr. Mom"
Time's up! The correct answer was Robitussin
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
CURRENT BLACK PRESIDENTS
Africa's oldest democracy, this nation headed by Pres. Ian Khama is mainly made up of the Tswana people
Time's up! The correct answer was Botswana
CIVIL WAR LITERATURE
Jeff Shaara has written a prequel & a sequel to this 1974 novel about Gettysburg by his father Michael
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Killer Angels"
ART
Surrealists used odd juxtapositions in this form whose name is French for "gluing"
Time's up! The correct answer was collage
AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY
The Qattara Depression, one of Africa's lowest points, lies 300 miles southwest of this country's pyramids
Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt
20th CENTURY NICKNAMES
"The People's Lawyer" & 2000 Green Party presidential candidate
Time's up! The correct answer was Ralph Nader
"CAL" STATE
Using one of these instruments, a doctor can see just how thick-headed you are:
Time's up! The correct answer was Calipers
NOW YOU'RE TALKING MY LANGUAGE
Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala is a well-known writer in this language of the Incas
Time's up! The correct answer was Quechua
CAPITOL THINKERS
This man from Mass. is the ranking Democrat of the Senate's Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee
Time's up! The correct answer was Edward Kennedy
PIRATE MOVIES
Robert Newton played this pirate before Peter Ustinov played his ghost in a Disney film
Time's up! The correct answer was Blackbeard
OPERA & BALLET
Though a tenor now, Placido Domingo began singing in this vocal range below tenor
Time's up! The correct answer was Baritone
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
THE 1930s
This author of "Anne of Green Gables" was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1935
Time's up! The correct answer was Montgomery
HOUSES OF WORSHIP
The Church of this in Jerusalem is said to be built over the site where Jesus was entombed after his crucifixion
Time's up! The correct answer was Holy Sepulchre
BUT IS IT ART?
It can be a gamble to hang the well-known image of dogs playing this card game
Time's up! The correct answer was Poker
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
ORGANIZATIONS
Arm of Al-Anon that's specifically for young people between the ages of 12 & 20
Time's up! The correct answer was Al-Ateen
GOING TO PIECES
5-letter archaeological term for a broken scrap of earthenware
Time's up! The correct answer was a shard
HERBS & SPICES
The scientific name of this herb is Mentha piperita
Time's up! The correct answer was peppermint
GENERAL SCIENCE
This method of preserving food by killing bacteria was developed by a French chemist in the 1860s
Time's up! The correct answer was Pasteurization
PARDON MY "FRENCH"
In France this musical instrument is called "cor d' harmonie"
Time's up! The correct answer was French horn
OPERA & BALLET
The ballet "Les Sylphides" is danced to music by this Polish-French composer
Time's up! The correct answer was Frederic Chopin
"BOO"!
A government project of little value funded to gain political favor
Time's up! The correct answer was boondoggle
U.S. CITIES
Benjamin Franklin Parkway & The Franklin Institute Science Museum are in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Philadelphia
NAME THE FILM
2007: "I... drink... your... milkshake! I drink it up!"
Time's up! The correct answer was There Will Be Blood
BALLET
In a Tchaikovsky ballet, this title character is awakened with a kiss
Time's up! The correct answer was Sleeping Beauty
AMERICANA
Suffragettes were women who wanted the right to do this (& got to with the 19th Amendement)
Time's up! The correct answer was vote
CARTOONS
On Saturday morning, this Disney hero attends Prometheus Academy
Time's up! The correct answer was Hercules
HIDDEN BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
Sending money was the best her friends could do for her
Time's up! The correct answer was Esther
WORDS
Chat about this in your chat room: "chat" is merely a shortened form of this 7-letter word
Time's up! The correct answer was chatter
IT BORDERS INDIA
On its extreme east, India borders this nation that changed its name following a coup in 1989
Time's up! The correct answer was Myanmar
NAME THE AUTOMAKER
Protege & Millenia
Time's up! The correct answer was Mazda
NIGHT WATCH
July 7, 2009: If you're in Australia, the Americas or sailing the Pacific, look for an eclipse of this
Time's up! The correct answer was the Moon
U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
This town is known as "Sin City" & its downtown is "Glitter Gulch"
Time's up! The correct answer was Las Vegas
BIBLICAL PAIRS
God & Jesus are called by these 2 Greek letters in Revelation
Time's up! The correct answer was Alpha & Omega
HOMOPHONIC PAIRS
Contented performing kittens might be paid this way
Time's up! The correct answer was per purr
"S"-OTERICA
Peter Falk narrated this 1978 documentary in which hardened convicts frightened delinquent kids
Time's up! The correct answer was Scared Straight
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
THE MAP OF EUROPE
Bordering Italy, Austria, Hungary & Croatia, it's one of the world's newest independent countries
Time's up! The correct answer was Slovenia
CNN
He & Robert Novak have worked together since 1963 & now co-anchor a CNN discussion program
Time's up! The correct answer was Rowland Evans
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
ON THE RADIO
Detroit-born broadcaster who created "American Top 40" & now has his own weekly "Countdown"
Time's up! The correct answer was Casey Kasem
OF MILK
Mongolians cool off with airag, a slightly fermented version of this alliterative liquid
Time's up! The correct answer was mare's milk
TAKE A PILL
Pravastatin aims to block your body's ability to make this
Time's up! The correct answer was cholesterol
THE EVOLUTION OF "M"USIC
This '60s "Nights in White Satin" band has another color in its name
Time's up! The correct answer was Moody Blues
WORD ORIGINS
The name of this, also called a fireplug, is partly from a word for "water"
Time's up! The correct answer was a hydrant
HISTORIC AMERICA
Dating from the early 1700s, the Gonzalez-Alvarez House in this city is the oldest house in Florida
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Augustine
SHIPS
In 1994, 9 years after it was hijacked by PLF members, this Italian cruise ship burned & sank in the Indian Ocean
Time's up! The correct answer was Achille Lauro
WORLD CAPITALS
Foreign embassies are located in Jiddah, some 500 miles from this country's capital, Riyadh
Time's up! The correct answer was Saudi Arabia
MILITARY POWER
It's an order for aircraft to get off the ground ASAP or an egg order to the mess hall cook
Time's up! The correct answer was Scramble
BRAND NAMES
This sleek swimsuit brand got its start in Australia in 1928
Time's up! The correct answer was Speedo
ALL ABOARD THE SOUL TRAIN
"Soul Train" premiered in this decade
Time's up! The correct answer was 1970s
FEMINISM
Elizabeth Cady Stanton's cousin Elizabeth Smith Miller first wore these trousers named for another woman
Time's up! The correct answer was bloomers
HOTELS
Le Champollion is the gourmet restaurant of this city's Le Meridien Hotel, on an island in the Nile
Time's up! The correct answer was Cairo
GOULASH
This fourth state of matter can be made by heating a gas or applying an electric field to it
Time's up! The correct answer was Plasma
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
FRUIT
The liqueur creme de cassis is made with the black type of this fruit
Time's up! The correct answer was currant
HISTORY
Historians refer to the Golden Age as the time during which Pericles ruled this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Athens
THE SHORT VERSION
A translation of the Bible: KJV
Time's up! The correct answer was King James Version
BUSY AS A BEAVER
One of the 2 U.S. states with the beaver as the state animal: one's on the west coast & one's on the east
Time's up! The correct answer was Oregon
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 BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Older brother Frank is thrilled to welcome this Sept. 5, 1847 baby; 10 days old & making guns with his tiny fingers
Time's up! The correct answer was Jesse James
POETIC TERMS
A deliberate violation of the rules of rhyming or grammar, not a little piece of paper from the DMV
Time's up! The correct answer was poetic license
CALL OUT THE VOICE SQUAD
He was the voice of Mickey Mouse in "Steamboat Willie"
Time's up! The correct answer was Walt Disney
OXYMORONS
The American Academy of Pediatrics called smoking "The leading cause of" this oxymoron in the U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was preventable death
YOU BEAST!
The Chinese zodiac's 12-year cycle begins & ends with these 2 3-letter animals
Time's up! The correct answer was rat & pig
MYTHELLANEOUS
The mythical Sumerian hero Utnapishtim built a big vessel at God's urging & thereby survived this catastrophe
Time's up! The correct answer was a flood
NOW YOU'RE TALKING MY LANGUAGE
The official language of Niger, it's a remnant of its colonial times
Time's up! The correct answer was French
THE DIRECTOR SPEAKS
"Manhattan"ite who said, "Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable"--sounds "Bananas" to us
Time's up! The correct answer was Woody Allen
SHAKESPEARE
It's the play in which Thaliard says, "So, this is Tyre, and this the court"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pericles, Prince of Tyre
LEGAL "E"s
This clause in a union contract says that wages will rise or fall depending on a standard such as cost of living
Time's up! The correct answer was escalator
FLAG 'EM DOWN
The Alamo is located in this city & is depicted on its flag
Time's up! The correct answer was San Antonio
SPORTS SHORTS
He split 2 1980 title fights with Roberto Duran
Time's up! The correct answer was Sugar Ray Leonard
ARTS & CRAFTS
The name of this knotty craft comes from a word that means "embroidered veil"
Time's up! The correct answer was macramé
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
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
ROAMIN' THE WORLD
When Sudan takes you to a place by this river, you can sit by the Blue or White one
Time's up! The correct answer was Nile
AMERICAN HISTORY
John Hancock held this political position from 1780-85 & from 1787-93
Time's up! The correct answer was Governor of Massachusetts
HISTORIC NAMES
In 1961 scared villagers thought he was a downed U2 pilot until he removed his helmet & spoke Russian to them
Time's up! The correct answer was Yuri Gagarin
FOOD FACTS
Hard sauce is made by beating together sugar, this spread, & a flavoring such as brandy
Time's up! The correct answer was butter
ASIAN NATIONS
Railways link this country's capital of Ulaanbaatar to Moscow & Peking
Time's up! The correct answer was Mongolia
PEN NAMES
2 of his pen names were rather transparent: Antosha Chekhonte & Anton Ch.
Time's up! The correct answer was Anton Chekhov
THE WOK OF FAME
Reputedly an aphrodisiac, this expensive soup uses dorsal & pectoral portions of its namesake
Time's up! The correct answer was Shark fin soup
BEFORE & AFTER
Film legend who became an 1823 edict against European intervention in the Western Hemisphere
Time's up! The correct answer was the Marilyn Monroe Doctrine
IRAQNOPHOBIA
Living mostly "whey" up north, they are Iraq's largest ethnic minority
Time's up! The correct answer was Kurds
MANIAS
A lycomaniac has a howling time believing he is one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Wolf
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
COUNTRIES THAT END IN "O"
This former Yugoslavian republic broke away from Serbia in 2006
Time's up! The correct answer was Montenegro
MY NAME IS EARL WARREN
I ruled that public school segregation was unconstitutional in this landmark 1954 case
Time's up! The correct answer was Brown v. Board of Education
CNN
It's the territory where the ceremony seen here took place on the night of June 30 - July 1, 1997
Time's up! The correct answer was Hong Kong
QUOTATIONS
Antoine de Rivarol said, "What is not clear is not" this language
Time's up! The correct answer was French
ART
This artist used trowels, sticks & even basters to create some of his drip paintings, like "Cathedral"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jackson Pollock
ENDS WITH 3 VOWELS
Hawaiian feast
Time's up! The correct answer was a luau
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
Their 1st professional collaboration was this 1943 landmark musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma!
TRANSPORTATION
In 1994 the trip across this body of water was cut from a little more than an hour to about 35 minutes
Time's up! The correct answer was the English Channel
U.N. OBSERVANCES
September 16 is International Day for the Preservation of this atmospheric layer
Time's up! The correct answer was the Ozone Layer
CABLE CHANNELS
The Dire Straits song "Money For Nothing" says, "You play the guitar on" this cable channel
Time's up! The correct answer was MTV
THE RULE OF THIRDS
On Jan. 19, 1966 this woman was elected the third prime minister of her country
Time's up! The correct answer was Indira Gandhi
ARCHITECTURE
A flight is a series of these unbroken by a landing
Time's up! The correct answer was stairs
THE "BUTLER" DID IT
The mission statement of this school says it's located "In...Indianapolis, one of America's most livable cities"
Time's up! The correct answer was Butler University
DOUGH
Cherry blossoms are featured on the back of the coin worth 100 of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Yen
PEANUTS
When Lucy invites Charlie Brown to kick a football, you can expect her to do this
Time's up! The correct answer was Pull it out from under him
BIBLE BOOK BINDINGS
Losing ___ Washington
Time's up! The correct answer was Isiah
"CAL" STATE
Using one of these instruments, a doctor can see just how thick-headed you are:
Time's up! The correct answer was Calipers
HEY, GOOD-LOOKIN'
Psalm 8 declares, "Out of the mouth of" these "and sucklings hast thou ordained strength"
Time's up! The correct answer was babes
U.S. PRESIDENTS
He's the only U.S. president who never lived in the District of Columbia
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington
WHAT'S ON TV?
This "American Idol" judge told one contestant, "you sounded like Cher after she's been to the dentist"
Time's up! The correct answer was Simon Cowell
LITERARY FIRST LINES
1976: "In our family there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing"
Time's up! The correct answer was "A River Runs Through It"
THE NEXT BIBLE BOOK AFTER...
Psalms
Time's up! The correct answer was Proverbs
IT HAD TO "BU"
From the Greek for "herdsman", it means pastoral or idyllic
Time's up! The correct answer was bucolic
STATE CAPITALS
A statue of King Kamehameha I stands guard outside the judiciary building in this capital city
Time's up! The correct answer was Honolulu
BIBLICAL PEOPLE & PLACES
It was the wealthiest Greek city in Paul's time; he founded a church there & wrote 2 letters to its Christians
Time's up! The correct answer was Corinth
THE BIBLE
While they were mending their nets, John & this brother were summoned by Jesus to become disciples
Time's up! The correct answer was James
A SHAKESPEARE PLAY, FOR OPENERS
The chorus of "Romeo & Juliet" tells us it's in this city "where we lay our scene"
Time's up! The correct answer was Verona
I'M GOING "INN"
Another word for entrails or viscera (sorry, mealtime America)
Time's up! The correct answer was innards
ANIMALS
What the Germans call a Bambusbar, we generally call this
Time's up! The correct answer was a panda bear
THE "UNDER" WORLD
Abolitionist "railroad"
Time's up! The correct answer was underground
ADJECTIVES
It can refer to a person without mercy or to a Bible missing the book between Judges & Samuel
Time's up! The correct answer was ruthless
MANY IRONS
Bruce Dickinson was the lead singer of this British heavy metal band
Time's up! The correct answer was Iron Maiden
MAGAZINES
Final Frontier is "The magazine of" this kind of "exploration"
Time's up! The correct answer was Space
TUBE TEST
He provides the voice for Thurgood Stubbs on "The P.J.s"
Time's up! The correct answer was Eddie Murphy
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
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
IT SOUNDS LIKE
A pitcher who comes in late in the game, it sounds like a feeling trees have in the spring
Time's up! The correct answer was Relief
PEARLS OF WISDOM
An artist: "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes"
Time's up! The correct answer was Andy Warhol
THE BIBLE
In 1 Corinthians, he wrote that "Your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God"
Time's up! The correct answer was Paul
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
INLETS
North Carolina's Albemarle Sound is no deeper than 25 feet & is protected from the Atlantic by this island chain
Time's up! The correct answer was the Outer Banks
THE 50 STATES
An 1881 resolution established that this state's name was to be spelled one way but pronounced another
Time's up! The correct answer was Arkansas
HORSE SENSE
Buck, ridden by James Arness on "Gunsmoke", was later used by Lorne Greene on this series
Time's up! The correct answer was Bonanza
4-LETTER CAPITALS
Just 12 degrees south of the Equator, this Peruvian capital's temperatures are moderated by the Humboldt Current
Time's up! The correct answer was Lima
ARE WE THERE YET?
A theme park in Brainerd, Minnesota welcomes you with a 26-foot-tall statue of this lumberjack
Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Bunyan
THOSE CRAZY GUGGENHEIMS
In the 2000 film "Pollock", Amy Madigan played this art patron
Time's up! The correct answer was Peggy Guggenheim
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
It was an 11-year-old girl who first suggested that Lincoln do this to improve his appearance
Time's up! The correct answer was grow a beard
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
This Venezuelan waterfall was named for an American bush pilot who discovered it in 1935
Time's up! The correct answer was Angel Falls
CELEBRITY RELATIVES
Pam Dawber's famous father-in-law
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Harmon
WHEN THE SAINTS
You're a Slav to the study of language if you know that this alphabet bears the name of a 9th c. saint
Time's up! The correct answer was Cyrillic
TRADING SPACES
This Illinois city's Board of Trade deals in futures, so less than 5% of what's traded there gets delivered
Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago
SNOWBOARDING
An off-balance rider is said to be "rolling down" these, from the flailing motion of the arms
Time's up! The correct answer was windows
MORE POWER TO YOU
2-word term for the job that takes you to homes to figure out how much people owe the power company
Time's up! The correct answer was a meter reader
ROCK FORMATIONS
Kurt Cobain & Krist Novoselic met through Buzz Osborne, leader of the Melvins, & found freedom as this group in 1987
Time's up! The correct answer was Nirvana
AMERICAN NICKNAMES
Gloria Vanderbilt or Doris Duke; it's also the translation of the Victoria Ruffo telenovela title "Pobre Nina Rica"
Time's up! The correct answer was Poor Little Rich Girl
Y1K
Circa 1000 Polynesian migrants reach New Zealand where they settle & become this ethnic group
Time's up! The correct answer was Maoris
MEDIEVAL MUSIC
A 13th century hit tells us this "is icumen in"
Time's up! The correct answer was Summer
SNAP
This TV series that debuted September 18, 1964 featured finger-snapping in its theme
Time's up! The correct answer was The Addams Family
A BUNCH OF "GREAT" LEADERS
From 1682 to 1689 he shared the throne with his half-brother Ivan V
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter the Great
ALLITERATION STATION
"If" he "picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers" he "picked"?
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Piper
6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
Harry Angstrom, aka "Rabbit"
Time's up! The correct answer was Updike
ANATOMY
The base of the fibula forms the outer projection of this joint
Time's up! The correct answer was the ankle
PICK A PLANET
It's never observable when the sky is fully dark
Time's up! The correct answer was Mercury
NOT A CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITAL
Ljubljana, Bratislava, Barcelona
Time's up! The correct answer was Barcelona
CIVIL WAR LITERATURE
Joanna Higgins' 1998 novel "A Soldier's Book" tells the story of Ira Stevens, a Union P.O.W. in this notorious prison
Time's up! The correct answer was Andersonville
HISTORIC NICKNAMES
Among the more colorful nicknames of this agricultural chemist were "Peanut Man" & "Sweet-Potato Man"
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington Carver
BE FRUITFUL & MULTIPLY
5 x 10 x 15
Time's up! The correct answer was 750
MUD
Of an artist, a fish, or a wasp, it's what a mud dauber is
Time's up! The correct answer was wasp
WOMEN'S HEALTH
It's the trimester of pregnancy in which women gain the least weight
Time's up! The correct answer was first
NOVEL QUOTES
Its less famous second line is "It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness"
Time's up! The correct answer was A Tale Of Two Cities
WORLD LEADERS
Lee Myung-Bak is its head of state; he makes the news a bit less often than his counterpart to the north
Time's up! The correct answer was South Korea
"A" SCIENCE CATEGORY
These are just small masses of lymphoid tissue in the nasopharynx
Time's up! The correct answer was adenoids
FROM THE WELSH
The name of this Olympic weapon may go back to the Welsh gaflach, "forked branch"
Time's up! The correct answer was Javelin
READING
Some reading rates are gauged by wpm, which stands for this
Time's up! The correct answer was words per minute
COLOSSUS
2-syllable name for the long-ago elephant relative with 13-foot tusks that has become a synonym for "huge"
Time's up! The correct answer was a mammoth
WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS
1902: The first First Lady
Time's up! The correct answer was Martha Washington
NEW WEAPONS
The FA-18E/F is the "Super" version of this high-tech U.S. Navy fighter jet with a wasplike name
Time's up! The correct answer was a Hornet
CODES
1968's Nobel Prize in Medicine was for "interpretation of" this "code and its function in protein synthesis"
Time's up! The correct answer was the genetic code
BULL
In 1923 James Cummings & Earl McLeod designed the first one of these using a Model T frame & a wooden blade
Time's up! The correct answer was a bulldozer
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
SCIENCE
Boyle's Law says normally if you double the pressure on a gas, the volume decreases by this amount
Time's up! The correct answer was one-half
POEMS ON POETS
To hear about "My Highland Lassie" / My poor heart, it yearns / For he wrote 'em, I just quote 'em / He is...
Time's up! The correct answer was Burns
ARCHITECTURE
After WWI he became director of the Grand Ducal art school in Weimar; in 1925 he moved the school to Dessau
Time's up! The correct answer was Walter Gropius
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?
Of the top 5 Canadian cities in population, it's the one closest to the Pacific Ocean
Time's up! The correct answer was Vancouver
___ OG
A fad in the '90s was this game from Hawaii that used bottle stoppers
Time's up! The correct answer was pogs
BUSINESS PARTNERS
In dessert: Burton Baskin &...
Time's up! The correct answer was Irv Robbins
I'M GOING "INN"
Another word for entrails or viscera (sorry, mealtime America)
Time's up! The correct answer was innards
WHERE'S MY COFFEE?
The flavorful coffee beans from this country are grown at high altitudes near Nairobi
Time's up! The correct answer was Kenya
KILLER MUSICALS
Sting starred as the vile Macheath in a 1989 revival of this Weill musical
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Threepenny Opera"
WORLD RELIGION
In the presence of the Adi Granth, the sacred book of the Sikhs, you cover your head & remove these
Time's up! The correct answer was your shoes
HISTORY OLDER THAN YOU
Around 1200 B.C. this Biblical man led his people to Canaan after their escape from slavery
Time's up! The correct answer was Moses
SYRIA'S EATING
Mansaf is this favorite meat cooked in a yogurt sauce
Time's up! The correct answer was lamb
THE "A"s
Whether for a sorcerer or a craft guild, one serves time as one of these before becoming a journeyman
Time's up! The correct answer was apprentice
QUEEN VICTORIA
As seen in a 1997 film, he was Victoria's beloved servant, but we're not sure how she felt about his "body"
Time's up! The correct answer was John Brown
SPACE MISSIONS
The Cassini project is exploring Titan & Enceladus, moons of this second-largest planet
Time's up! The correct answer was Saturn
OH, "BOY"
The Marine Corps' "Black Sheep" squadron was commanded this famed major
Time's up! The correct answer was Pappy Boyington
NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY
Long before it empties into the Bay of Fundy, the Saint John River divides Maine from this province
Time's up! The correct answer was New Brunswick
CARDS & DICE
It's a form of Authors for kids; playing it you may ask another player, "Do you have any twos?"
Time's up! The correct answer was Go Fish
2011 MOVIES
Emma Stone starred as aspiring writer Skeeter Phelan in this '60s-set drama based on a novel
Time's up! The correct answer was The Help
THE "L" WORLD
Fodor's Travel Guide to France calls this town "the porcelain collector's mecca"
Time's up! The correct answer was Limoges
MIDDLE "C"
It means of or pertaining to the sense of smell
Time's up! The correct answer was olfactory
ESPN's TOP 10 ALL-TIME ATHLETES
No. 1: Lettered in hoops, football & lacrosse at Syracuse & if you think he couldn't act, ask his 11 "unclean" buddies
Time's up! The correct answer was Jim Brown
THE FUNNIES
Profession of Rex Morgan
Time's up! The correct answer was M.D.
"LAP" DANCE
Take your gemstones to this specialist to have them cut & polished
Time's up! The correct answer was Lapidary
THE 1930s
This author of "Anne of Green Gables" was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1935
Time's up! The correct answer was Montgomery
WATERFALLS
This scenic waterfall on the Brazil-Argentina border actually consists of about 275 individual cataracts
Time's up! The correct answer was Iguazu Falls
WORDS TO THE "Y"s
A female nickname, or a fall guy
Time's up! The correct answer was a patsy
THE OLD WEST
In Old West talk, "fit" was the past tense of this
Time's up! The correct answer was Fight
THE 13th CENTURY
A 1287 storm flooded the land separating the North Sea & the Zuiderzee, turning this village into a major port city
Time's up! The correct answer was Amsterdam
IN THE GOOD OLD SUMER TIME
These Sumerian pyramids were topped by temples
Time's up! The correct answer was Ziggurats
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
WORD ORIGINS
Derived from the Latin for "salted vegetables", this cold dish might be enhanced with a little oil & vinegar
Time's up! The correct answer was salad
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
FIGURE SKATERS
An injury forced him & Tai Babilonia to withdraw from the pairs competition at Lake Placid in 1980
Time's up! The correct answer was Randy Gardner
U.N. OBSERVANCES
International this Remembrance Day, January 27, commemorates the 1945 date on which Auschwitz was liberated
Time's up! The correct answer was Holocaust
EARLY AMERICA
In 1685 he joined his father in pastorship of the Old North Church, a post he held until his death
Time's up! The correct answer was Cotton Mather
ROCK OF STAGES
Gonna be a big man someday & name this hit U.K. musical based on the music of Queen
Time's up! The correct answer was We Will Rock You
THE NEW CAR LOT
Your pocketbook may not "Bond" with the $130,000 base price of its DB7 Coupe
Time's up! The correct answer was Aston Martin
EAT IT!
Paper-thin & often served for dessert, it's the French equivalent of a pancake
Time's up! The correct answer was crêpes
Y-R
In October 2002 he made another supersonic flight, 55 years after his first
Time's up! The correct answer was Chuck Yeager
ARCHITECTURE
This 6-letter part of a house is also called an eaves trough
Time's up! The correct answer was gutter
HOMOPHONES
Rain heavily, or a tiny opening in the skin
Time's up! The correct answer was a pour/pore
BALLET
The Carolina Ballet debuted a 2006 work based on this stormy Shakespearean shipwreck saga
Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest
WORDS OF THE WRITER
"'...Why look'st thou so?'--'With my crossbow I shot the albatross'"
Time's up! The correct answer was Samuel Taylor Coleridge
MUSICAL THEATER
In Act II of this musical, an election victory is announced "on the balcony of the Casa Rosada"
Time's up! The correct answer was Evita
BALLPARK FIGURES
Sadly, this lefty pitcher who coined the Mets' battle cry "You gotta believe" died in 2004
Time's up! The correct answer was Tug McGraw
20th CENTURY QUOTES
A physicist, 1955: "If only I had known, I would have become a watchmaker"
Time's up! The correct answer was Albert Einstein
THREE
Mother Goose rhyming line that follows "Rub-a-dub-dub"
Time's up! The correct answer was Three men in a tub
TREES
Of the Tree of Life, Tree of Knowledge, or the Tree of Righteousness, the 1 forbidden to Adam
Time's up! The correct answer was Knowledge
CELEBS
On Sept. 14, 2005 she gave birth to Sean Preston Federline
Time's up! The correct answer was Britney Spears
PARTS OF THE WHOLE
Reservoir, filter basket, carafe
Time's up! The correct answer was a coffee maker
THAT'S BUSINESS
An Italian clothier is known as the United Colors of this
Time's up! The correct answer was Benetton
FIGURE SKATERS
Native country of Barbara Ann Scott, who in 1947 became the 1st N. American to win the European title
Time's up! The correct answer was Canada
PARISIANS
This saint taught at the University of Paris while working on "Summa Theologica" in the 13th century
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Thomas Aquinas
BOTANY
The common species of this prairie flower, Helianthus annuus, can reach a height of 15 feet
Time's up! The correct answer was sunflower
FEELING POSSESSIVE
Jason Robards played editor Ben Bradlee in this 1976 film
Time's up! The correct answer was All the President's Men
TEENS OF THE PAST
As a teenaer this "Great" guy ruled Russia jointly with his sickly half-brother Ivan
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter the Great
WITH BROTHERHOOD
2 motorcycle accidents, a year apart & 3 blocks from each other, claimed 2 lives of this "Ramblin' Man" band
Time's up! The correct answer was the Allman Brothers
4-LETTER VERBS
To stop a leak or publicize a product
Time's up! The correct answer was plug
NEPAL
It consists of two red triangles outlined in blue with white symbols of the sun and the moon
Time's up! The correct answer was the flag of Nepal
WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN
"See Simon, Paul"
Time's up! The correct answer was Garfunkel
THE KILLERS
Pausanius, a young Macedonian noble, killed this man, Alexander's dad, in 336 B.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Philip
CHANCE
His 1742 "A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist" was a prelude to writings on other games
Time's up! The correct answer was Hoyle
FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME
Mrs. Nixon's floor pads for gymnastics
Time's up! The correct answer was Pat's mats
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS
"Beaucoup de Bruit Pour Rien"
Time's up! The correct answer was Much Ado About Nothing
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
In 1326 the Ottomans moved their capital to Bursa, which is in this Asian part of modern-day Turkey
Time's up! The correct answer was Anatolia
BRITISH BANDS & SINGERS
In 1995 this founder of Cream & Derek & the Dominos was named an Officer of the British Empire
Time's up! The correct answer was Eric Clapton
DEPARTMENT "S"
Winter Olympic events using these first appeared at the 1998 Nagano games
Time's up! The correct answer was snowboards
BON APPE-"T"
A folded tortilla filled with various ingredients
Time's up! The correct answer was Taco
'ALLO, GOVERNOR!
Henry S. Thibodaux, P.B.S. Pinchback
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana
BE FRUITFUL & MULTIPLY
3 x 4 x 5 x 6
Time's up! The correct answer was 360
MOVIE PRODUCERS
Albert R. Broccoli produced 17 James Bond films & this kids' movie also based on an Ian Fleming book
Time's up! The correct answer was Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
REAL TO REEL
This 1984 movie recounted the friendship of an American journalist & a translator in war-torn Cambodia
Time's up! The correct answer was The Killing Fields
MUSEUM HOPPING
Before going "Out Of Africa", you might visit the museum devoted to this author near Nairobi
Time's up! The correct answer was Isak Dinesen
LUXEMBOURG
The Congress of Vienna in 1815 made Luxembourg a state headed by this type of ruler
Time's up! The correct answer was a grand duke
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
A BUNCH OF "GREAT" LEADERS
This 9th century king of Wessex repeatedly repelled the Danes with great success
Time's up! The correct answer was Alfred the Great
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
DOWN AT THE OLD FACTORY
Havana's Real Fabrica de Tabacos Partagas has been turning these out since 1845
Time's up! The correct answer was cigars
RELIGION
Jainism, with 4 1/2 million adherents, was founded in this country by Mahavira, "the Great Hero"
Time's up! The correct answer was India
TOM JONES
The benevolent Mr. Allworthy & the crude Mr. Western have this title given to English country gentlemen
Time's up! The correct answer was Squire
LIVE IN TEXAS
This world-famous cyclist named his home in Austin "Casa Linda" after his mother
Time's up! The correct answer was Lance Armstrong
BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY
Genesis calls it "the salt sea" perhaps because its salinity reaches 4 times that of ocean water
Time's up! The correct answer was the Dead Sea
QUOTATIONS
With his new $88.5 million contract, this Laker said, "I'm not really a big spender, I can get a lot of Krispy Kremes"
Time's up! The correct answer was Shaquille O'Neal
CLASSIC NICHOLSON MOVIE LINES
1994: "Just marking my territory"
Time's up! The correct answer was Wolf
FOOD FACTS
Bursting with beta carotene, the melon we call this is actually a type of muskmelon
Time's up! The correct answer was the cantaloupe
FIRST LADIES
In January 1991 this first lady broke her left leg while sledding at Camp David
Time's up! The correct answer was Barbara Bush
11-LETTER WORDS
Another name for mercury, it also means mercurial or temperamental
Time's up! The correct answer was Quicksilver
GIVE ME AN "A"!
In 2004 an Arctic Beauty wild hair contest became part of the famous Fur Rendezvous in this U.S. city
Time's up! The correct answer was Anchorage
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
This country is named after the town of Oporto
Time's up! The correct answer was Portugal
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
HEY, "U"!
An entrepreneur who's launching a new enterprise, or a funeral director
Time's up! The correct answer was Undertaker
EARLY AMERICA
His 1699 proposal for a permanent French trading post on the Detroit River didn't include a car dealership
Time's up! The correct answer was Cadillac
WON THE BATTLE
This king of England beat the odds to trounce the French in the 1415 Battle of Agincourt
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry V
STATE OF THE UNION
This union state's 6th regiment was nicknamed the Minutemen; its 20th was the Harvard regiment
Time's up! The correct answer was Massachusetts
LET'S HAVE ITALIAN TONIGHT!
This Italian-born man began his brief tenure as pope on August 26, 1978
Time's up! The correct answer was John Paul I
ORGANIZED LABOR
In 1978 legislation raised the mandatory retirement age to this
Time's up! The correct answer was seventy
CATHOLIC PRIESTS
Title of any priest's immediate boss; the U.S. has 270 of them
Time's up! The correct answer was bishop
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
SIMPLE SCIENCE
We wouldn't fib, your fibula runs parallel with this bone
Time's up! The correct answer was your tibia
BIRDS
This red bird is the state bird of 7 states
Time's up! The correct answer was the cardinal
THE BIBLE
It was like coriander seed, white; & the taste of it was like wafers made with honey
Time's up! The correct answer was Manna
PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS
The four-color problem relates to the minimum number of colors needed for this cartographic item
Time's up! The correct answer was a map
THE FALL
In October 1967 in Tehran, he crowned himself Light of the Aryan Race, among other things
Time's up! The correct answer was the Shah
FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY
By allowing rebel forces to escape after Gettysburg, this Union general may have prolonged the war 2 more years
Time's up! The correct answer was George Meade
RHYMES WITH STONEHENGE
It's easy to get lost in this arrangement of genetically identical creations
Time's up! The correct answer was Clonehenge
NOTABLE NONHUMANS
This Nazi dictator sometimes dined alone with Blondi, his Alsatian
Time's up! The correct answer was Adolf Hitler
WHERE'S THE COLLEGE?
University of South Carolina
Time's up! The correct answer was Columbia
LAST NAME'S THE SAME
Entertainment mogul Barry & funny lady Phyllis
Time's up! The correct answer was Diller
CAPITAL IDEA
A small village sacked by Mongol as well as Afghan invaders, it later became the largest Persian city
Time's up! The correct answer was Tehran
I DID IT NORWAY
Winter sports lovers benefit from the 2-billion-kroner upgrade of this 1994 Olympic city
Time's up! The correct answer was Lillehammer
NATURE
In the South, buildings have been engulfed & trees have been smothered by this Oriental vine gone wild
Time's up! The correct answer was kudzu
FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY
She became Texas' governor in 1990 when her frontrunner opponent kept blundering in interviews
Time's up! The correct answer was Ann Richards
TECHNOLOGY
"PPI" stands for this.
Time's up! The correct answer was Pixels Per Inch
AGRICULTURE
Spain, Italy & Greece are the leading producers of this liquid from the fruit of Olea europaea
Time's up! The correct answer was olive oil
FRUIT
A cluster, or hand, of this fruit consists of 10-20 fingers
Time's up! The correct answer was Bananas
HOMOPHONES
A native of Copenhagen, or to stoop to do something
Time's up! The correct answer was dane/deign
BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE
If you give your son this villainous 4-letter name from "Othello", you're just asking for trouble
Time's up! The correct answer was Iago
ALWAYS SAY NEVER
Shelley said of this, "Hail to thee, blithe spirit! Bird thou never wert!"; Wordsworth said they "soar but never roam"
Time's up! The correct answer was a skylark
"PU"
Oscar De La Hoya or Evander Holyfield
Time's up! The correct answer was Pugilist
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
In Sri Lanka: Sinhala & this
Time's up! The correct answer was Tamil
ART & ARTISTS
He painted "Tahitian Women" shortly after arriving on that island in 1891
Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Gauguin
ORGANIZATIONS
The Max Planck Society is one of this country's chief organizations for scientific research
Time's up! The correct answer was Germany
MAMMALS
It makes sense that these proud & powerful mammals live in groups called prides
Time's up! The correct answer was lions
U.S. PRESIDENTS
It was the last name of the 17th & 36th presidents
Time's up! The correct answer was Johnson
BUT IS IT ART?
It can be a gamble to hang the well-known image of dogs playing this card game
Time's up! The correct answer was Poker
HERE COMES BAHRAIN AGAIN
The "humped" shape of a Bahraini island gives it the name Hawer, meaning "young" one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Camel
ANAGRAMMED CABINET DEPARTMENTS
To trap on trains
Time's up! The correct answer was Transportation
IN THE FIRE
Since 1932 this brand has provided reliable flames for soldiers, campers & others
Time's up! The correct answer was Zippo
THE OLD TESTAMENT
In the Book of Job, this name means "accuser", & that was his role in God's court
Time's up! The correct answer was Satan
HOMOPHONES
Sugary, or a group of hotel rooms
Time's up! The correct answer was sweet/suite
SLOGANEERING
Relax, this brand of medicine is "Recommended by Dr. Mom"
Time's up! The correct answer was Robitussin
RUSSIA
In April of 1996, Russian rockets killed Dzhokhar Dudayev, this breakaway republic's leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Chechnya
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
VIVA ANN-MARGRET!
Ann-Margret got her second Oscar nomination for playing Roger Daltrey's mom in this rock film
Time's up! The correct answer was Tommy
ACTRESSES
Her first name honors the playwriting partner of Russel Crouse, her father
Time's up! The correct answer was Lindsey Crouse
RHYMES WITH TRACK
The cry of a canvasback
Time's up! The correct answer was quack
CITY FOLK
Varsovians
Time's up! The correct answer was residents of Warsaw
EMBRACEABLE "U"
This technique uses high-frequency waves & is often used to view fetuses
Time's up! The correct answer was Ultrasound
"S"-OTERICA
It's a low-level football "catch" made near the ground by a running player
Time's up! The correct answer was shoestring catch
INNS
This 1936 Daphne du Maurier novel is one of her Cornish tales
Time's up! The correct answer was Jamaica Inn
MUSICAL THEATRE
Elaine Stritch plays Capt. Andy's wife Parthy in the current revival of this Jerome Kern musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Show Boat
PRIMETIME TV REUNIONS
1987: "Return to Dodge"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gunsmoke
NATIONAL MONUMENTS
Castillo de San Marcos in this Florida city is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Augustine
SPELL CHECK HELL
Spell check keeps trying to change Antietam into this long-snouted insectivore that comes in giant & 3 other species
Time's up! The correct answer was an anteater
"LESS" IS MORE
Putting it before "Communism", Harry Truman popularized the use of this word meaning "atheistic"
Time's up! The correct answer was godless
THE "W.B."
It's worn by a novice in judo or karate
Time's up! The correct answer was White belt
UP & ATOM
No matter what element they are in, they weigh the same & their total is an element's atomic number
Time's up! The correct answer was protons
PHILMOGRAPHIES
"Doubt", "Capote"
Time's up! The correct answer was Philip Seymour Hoffman
CORAL REEF LIFE
Just off Australia, it's the largest chain of coral reefs in the world
Time's up! The correct answer was the Great Barrier Reef
I SERVED IN HIS CABINET
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance
Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Carter
AROUND THE WORLD
Completed in 1345, the Ponte Vecchio crosses over the Arno River in this European country
Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
"DON'T" YOU KNOW THIS SONG?
If you've given up, stop! & tell us this Tom Petty song that won the Best Special Effects MTV Music Video Award in '85
Time's up! The correct answer was "Don't Come Around Here No More"
MAGAZINES
In 1990, he became editor-in-chief of his late father's namesake business magazine
Time's up! The correct answer was Steve Forbes
"B" IN GEOGRAPHY
It's the Canadian province that borders Idaho
Time's up! The correct answer was British Columbia
CITY OF BIRTH
The controversial Ahmed Chalabi
Time's up! The correct answer was Baghdad
THE BUTLER DID IT
Daniel Davis played Niles the butler on this "Fine" TV comedy that featured the Sheffield family
Time's up! The correct answer was The Nanny
ANNIVERSARY GIFTS
You shouldn't "cast" them "before swine", but you can give them for a 12th or 30th anniversary gift
Time's up! The correct answer was Pearls
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MOVIES
Sinatra as a swinger (What a stretch!): "Come Blow Your _____"
Time's up! The correct answer was Horn
"PH"UN WORDS
Now meaning those who are hostile to the arts, in biblical times it was a people subdued by King David
Time's up! The correct answer was a Philistine
TEENS IN HISTORY
In the 1850s this future sculptor failed the Ecole des Beaux-Arts entrance exam 3 times (think about it)
Time's up! The correct answer was Rodin
"AD"JECTIVES
It means "sufficient or good enough" & can imply "but just barely"
Time's up! The correct answer was Adequate
SNACK ATTACK
I'll sip a Berries & Kreme Chiller with my hot Original Glazed doughnut from this chain
Time's up! The correct answer was Krispy Kreme
STATE FISH
Florida's state saltwater fish is this game fish known for its raised dorsal fin & spear-like nose
Time's up! The correct answer was a sailfish
TOUR OF JUDY
This animated girl attends Orbit High School
Time's up! The correct answer was Judy Jetson
THE 23rd PSALM
"He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside" these
Time's up! The correct answer was still waters
THE BIG APPLE
He was inaugurated for his second time as mayor of New York City January 1, 1998
Time's up! The correct answer was Rudolph Giuliani
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
A SHAPELY CATEGORY
Dendroid means shaped like a tree; dentiform means shaped like this
Time's up! The correct answer was a tooth
GOAT-POURRI
In 1846 Neptune was discovered in this constellation, the 10th sign of the zodiac
Time's up! The correct answer was Capricorn
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
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
FLAGS OF THE WORLD
In the 1990s, this nation whose flag is seen here moved its seat of government to a different city
Time's up! The correct answer was Germany
MILITARY POWER
Whether general or ready, they're the troops held close by
Time's up! The correct answer was Reserves
FUN WITH OPERA
In Nicolai's opera "The Merry Wives of Windsor", this fat, funny rogue gets dumped into the river in a laundry basket
Time's up! The correct answer was Falstaff
NATURE
The AKC could tell that Afghans & Salukis belong to this dog group
Time's up! The correct answer was hounds
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
Cash, Depp
Time's up! The correct answer was Johnny
NURSERY RHYMES
Simple Simon met him "going to the fair"
Time's up! The correct answer was A pieman
L____O
The opposite of staccato, it's a direction to play music smoothly
Time's up! The correct answer was legato
CROSSWORD CLUES "D"
One who gives blood (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was a donor
PRESIDENTS IN IOWA
In 1887 Cleveland attended this city's Corn Palace (or should we say Maize Palace)
Time's up! The correct answer was Sioux City
BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS
1990-1997
Time's up! The correct answer was John Major
BRAND NAMES
"Share Moments, Share Life" is a slogan of this brand of film & cameras
Time's up! The correct answer was Kodak
NUTRITION
People with hypertension should diet & limit their intake of alcohol & this chemical element
Time's up! The correct answer was sodium
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
ON BROADWAY: 1970
After 2,844 performances, Broadway said, "So long, dearie" to this musical December 27, 1970
Time's up! The correct answer was Hello, Dolly!
MAGIC
According to tradition, this prop used by magicians should be made of hazel wood cut at sunrise
Time's up! The correct answer was a wand
SHAKESPEARE
It's the play in which Thaliard says, "So, this is Tyre, and this the court"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pericles, Prince of Tyre
THREE
Brecht & Weill's "Die Dreigroschenoper" is known as this in English
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Threepenny Opera"
FLAGS OF THE WORLD
Andy Garcia is a native of this country whose flag is seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Cuba
TV MINISERIES
(Hi, I'm Kristoff St. John from "The Young and the Restless") Earlier in my career, I appeared in "Roots: The Next Generation", playing this author as a boy
Time's up! The correct answer was Alex Haley
CARIBBEAN TASTE TREATS
If you order "mountain chicken" in Dominica, you won't get chicken but one of these amphibians
Time's up! The correct answer was Frogs
10-LETTER WORDS
From the Latin word for "tear", it describes someone mournful, who cries easily
Time's up! The correct answer was Lachrymose
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
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
This Tudor king founded Cambridge's Trinity College in 1546
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry VIII
ROCK WITH YOU
This Jackson 5 (& later Mariah Carey) hit begins, "You & I must make a pact, we must bring salvation back..."
Time's up! The correct answer was "I'll Be There"
TREES
The cry “sap's a runnin’” refers to this tree
Time's up! The correct answer was maple tree
YOUNG ABE LINCOLN
On October 5, 1818 this mother of Lincoln & 2 of her relatives died of milk sickness
Time's up! The correct answer was Nancy Hanks
COME TO OUR AIDE
In 1948 White House aide Lauchlin Currie told this committee he wasn't a Soviet spy; today we know he was
Time's up! The correct answer was the House Un-American Activities Committee
PROPHET SHARING
On the Sistine Chapel ceiling, Michelangelo included some of these ancient oracle-like prophetesses
Time's up! The correct answer was sibyls
COLOSSUS
Rabelaisian adjective meaning "enormous", like a task
Time's up! The correct answer was gargantuan
SHIPS
The Queen Elizabeth was a few feet lnger than this, her sister ship
Time's up! The correct answer was the Queen Mary
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Co-capitals: La Paz & Sucre
Time's up! The correct answer was Bolivia
BACH IN THE SADDLE
A count's insomnia prompted these pieces that were to be played by a 14-year-old harpsichordist
Time's up! The correct answer was the Goldberg Variations
OFF TO A GOOD START
A baker who never uses packaged mixes always "starts from" here
Time's up! The correct answer was scratch
TELEVISION
In January 2000 this libidinous HBO show won the Golden Globe for Best Comedy Series
Time's up! The correct answer was Sex and the City
4 N
Number of "beers on the wall" at the beginning of the song
Time's up! The correct answer was ninety-nine
BERRIES
This small berry shares its name with a dried fruit once shipped from Corinth
Time's up! The correct answer was Currant
THE ASPCA
The ASPCA reminds you that you can lengthen a cat's life by neutering a male or doing this equivalent to a female
Time's up! The correct answer was Spaying
JURY DUTY
In selecting jurors, an attorney may reject some for no stated reason-- this type of challenge
Time's up! The correct answer was a peremptory challenge
IN THE DICTIONARY
This synonym for "room" can precede music & maid
Time's up! The correct answer was chamber
THE LAW
During the Civil War, Lincoln suspended this right not to be held in prison without court consent
Time's up! The correct answer was Habeas corpus
COMMON BONDS
Bobby, bowling, rolling
Time's up! The correct answer was pins
THE MUSICAL DR. IS IN
Despite its name, this synth-pop English band who gave us 1984's "Doctor! Doctor!" was a trio
Time's up! The correct answer was The Thompson Twins
THE ROMANOV DYNASTY
At Oranienbaum, this ruler who certainly loved her thrills had a "sliding hill", an 18th c. version of a roller coaster
Time's up! The correct answer was Catherine the Great
ARTHUR MILLER
Miller's play "A View from the Bridge" concerns a view from this New York bridge
Time's up! The correct answer was the Brooklyn Bridge
TOM JONES
Tom played -- who else? -- in this 1996 Tim Burton film about invaders from outer space
Time's up! The correct answer was Mars Attacks!
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
THE BIG BANGLADESH
The green on the flag of Bangladesh represents its lush vegetation; the red circle in the middle is this
Time's up! The correct answer was the sun
THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE SOUTH
A state capital since 1849, it showed Southern hospitality in 2005 as its population grew by 50% after Katrina
Time's up! The correct answer was Baton Rouge
PITCHING HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE WOO
Tonight we sup on this animal's jowls, used to flavor stews as a southern delicacy; it's a motorcycle term, too, my love
Time's up! The correct answer was a hog
STATE CAPITALS
A statue of King Kamehameha I stands guard outside the judiciary building in this capital city
Time's up! The correct answer was Honolulu
THE "B.G."s
Swingin' virtuoso heard here
Time's up! The correct answer was Benny Goodman
BUGS
This bloodsucking insect, cimex lectularius, is often found in mattresses; don't let 'em bite
Time's up! The correct answer was Bedbugs
BULL
"Bull City", this place's nickname, is derived from a product sold by American Tobacco
Time's up! The correct answer was Durham
LITERATURE
In Wonderland, Alice comes across a large one of these with a snooty caterpillar atop it
Time's up! The correct answer was a mushroom
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
When the earth is at perihelion, it is having its closest encounter with this
Time's up! The correct answer was the sun
NOW YOU'RE TALKING MY LANGUAGE
Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala is a well-known writer in this language of the Incas
Time's up! The correct answer was Quechua
FATHERS-IN-LAW
Daniel Day-Lewis' was this dramatist
Time's up! The correct answer was Arthur Miller
1957
The first explorer to fly over both poles, he passed away in March
Time's up! The correct answer was Admiral Richard Byrd
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
BOB DYLAN CHRONICLES
"May you build a ladder to the stars and climb on every rung"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Forever Young"
MAGICAL MOUSE-TERY TOUR
This 1959 Daniel Keyes novella about Charlie Gordon & a smarter-than-average lab mouse won a Hugo award
Time's up! The correct answer was Flowers for Algernon
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
Christopher Columbus was born in this Italian seaport where his father was a merchant & wool weaver
Time's up! The correct answer was Genoa
MAD
Back in the '60s Sue Kaufman wrote the "Diary of a Mad" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Housewife
FROM THE FRENCH
This type of needlework gets its name from the French for "hook"
Time's up! The correct answer was crochet
TELL ME "Y"
Aden is the second-largest city in this Middle Eastern hot spot
Time's up! The correct answer was Yemen
"A" SCIENCE CATEGORY
In the 1920s Edwin Hubble determined that this galaxy was in fact a separate galaxy from the Milky Way
Time's up! The correct answer was Andromeda
PUT ON YOUR JAMIES
This comic was Bundini Brown in "Ali" & Steamin' Beamen in "Any Given Sunday"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jamie Foxx
THE CINEMA
It was the mythological container sought by Lara Croft in "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pandora's box
NAME THE FILM
1939: "I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Wizard Of Oz
MED. ABBREV.
CTS, carpal tunnel syndrome, can be an RSI, this kind of injury
Time's up! The correct answer was repetitive stress injury
COLONIAL ARTS
In 1750 theater was banned in this then-colonial capital as a form of Mass. entertainment
Time's up! The correct answer was Boston
GRAPES
Ths underwear maker's logo contains fig leaves, an apple & different types of grapes
Time's up! The correct answer was Fruit of the Loom
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Poi, a luau treat, is made from these mashed roots
Time's up! The correct answer was taro
LIT MY FIRE
This Irish poet's "Sailing to Byzantium" urges "sages... in God's holy fire" to be "singing masters of my soul"
Time's up! The correct answer was William Butler Yeats
THE HUSBAND MARRIED
Mary Todhunter Clark & Margaretta "Happy" Murphy
Time's up! The correct answer was Nelson Rockefeller
SCORING
In this sport you score a point for each 42-pound stone closer to the tee than the opponent's nearest stone
Time's up! The correct answer was curling
HOUSES OF WORSHIP
The seat of New York's Roman Catholic Archdiocese, it's a great example of Gothic Revival architecture
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Patrick's Cathedral
I WANT TO RIDE THAT!
Six Flags Great America unleashed a roller coaster named for this bat-tastic 2008 blockbuster
Time's up! The correct answer was The Dark Knight
LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L"
Jack's "capital" surname (6)
Time's up! The correct answer was London
OLD VIRGINIA
He was cornered & fatally wounded by federal troops on a farm near Port Royal, Virginia on April 26, 1865
Time's up! The correct answer was John Wilkes Booth
I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW
Richard Lefevre could eat only 1 1/2 gallons of this "bowl of red" Stagg product in 10 minutes
Time's up! The correct answer was chili
FETAL ATTRACTION
For the first 8 weeks after fertilization, an unborn child is called this, from the Greek for "full"
Time's up! The correct answer was Embryo
ODDS & ENDS
The USA's highest occupied office space is the 98th floor of this Chicago structure
Time's up! The correct answer was the Sears Tower
OLYMPIC POTPOURRI
Of fire-eating, live pigeon-shooting or water buffalo polo, the one that was a 1900 Olympic event
Time's up! The correct answer was Live pigeon-shooting
APT ANAGRAMS
It's decorated in December: SEARCH, SET, TRIM
Time's up! The correct answer was Christmas tree
CHAD IS RAD
Refugees from the neighboring Darfur region of this country have fled into eastern Chad
Time's up! The correct answer was the Sudan
MILITARY TELEVISION
On a '50s series, this German Shepherd & his master, Rusty, were adopted by cavalry soldiers at Fort Apache
Time's up! The correct answer was Rin Tin Tin
MOVIE CO-STARS
Montgomery Clift & Shelley Winters were nominated for Oscars for this 1951 film; Elizabeth Taylor was not
Time's up! The correct answer was A Place in the Sun
WAR
During this 1967 war, Israeli troops under Moshe Dayan came within a stone's throw of Damascus, Syria
Time's up! The correct answer was the Six-Days War
LOW CUT GENES
Genes that affect hereditary traits are called alleles & are either "dominant" or this
Time's up! The correct answer was recessive
BOGIE MEN
Fred C. Dobbs
Time's up! The correct answer was The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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
MEN OF THE WORLD
Armando Munoz Garcia sculpted a 55' statue of a nude woman & lived in it in this Mexican city near San Diego
Time's up! The correct answer was Tijuana
AUTHORS
In 1842 he lived with cannibals in the Taipi Valley in the Marquesas; his novel "Typee" was based on the experience
Time's up! The correct answer was Herman Melville
ANIMAL RHYME TIME
An 18-wheeler used to get your porkers to market
Time's up! The correct answer was pig rig
AND I QUOTE
Type of quotations in the title of "Bartlett's"
Time's up! The correct answer was Familiar
"PER"CUSSION
This daughter of Zeus & Demeter made regular trips to Hades
Time's up! The correct answer was Persephone
THE ANIMALS
Thought to resemble lions associated with Buddha, this Chinese dog breed was protected by royal decree
Time's up! The correct answer was Pekingese
THE 1990s
On 2 votes, the House of Representatives did this to President Clinton on Dec. 19, 1998
Time's up! The correct answer was impeached him
ANAGRAMMED CABINET DEPARTMENTS
Taste
Time's up! The correct answer was State
HISTORY
Under the 1814 Treaty of Kiel, this country gave Norway to Sweden but kept Greenland & other islands
Time's up! The correct answer was Denmark
OH, BEE GEE
Though never a Bee Gee, this other brother had 3 No. 1 singles & hosted "Solid Gold"
Time's up! The correct answer was Andy Gibb
AIRLINE TRAVEL
In 2004 United launched this new service that features low fares & more seats per plane
Time's up! The correct answer was Ted
SCIENCE & NATURE
In the East Indies certain species of this reptile are called flying dragons because they can glide from tree to tree
Time's up! The correct answer was Lizards
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!
This principal leader of the Reign of Terror faced the guillotine himself on July 28, 1794
Time's up! The correct answer was Robespierre
RINGING THE OPENING BELL AT THE NYSE
Sept. 24, 2007 found this Bush cabinet member away from her piano & playing the bell
Time's up! The correct answer was Condi Rice
SPOILER ALERT!
1959: Joe E. Brown discovers that "she" is really a guy
Time's up! The correct answer was Some Like It Hot
ENGLAND, SCOTLAND OR WALES
It has the westernmost territory
Time's up! The correct answer was Scotland
GEOGRAPHY
Boothia Peninsula in this country is the former location of the north magnetic pole
Time's up! The correct answer was Canada
"EZ" DOES IT
One of the large, flat triangular muscles of the shoulder & upper back region
Time's up! The correct answer was Trapezius
IT'S "BIG"
This cosmology theory's name came from Fred Hoyle's joke about it
Time's up! The correct answer was Big Bang
FAMILIAR PHRASES
In "A Psalm of Life, " Longfellow tells of leaving these behind "on the sands of time"
Time's up! The correct answer was footprints
HEADLINES
A Sept. 13, 1901 Buffalo News headline read, he "Passed Away... from Effects of Cowardly Assassin's Bullet"
Time's up! The correct answer was President McKinley
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NICKNAMES
Yankee batting champ "Donnie Baseball"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mattingly
FOOD
A raw egg yolk usually accompanies this raw meat dish
Time's up! The correct answer was Steak Tartare
MUSEUMS
This building in Philadelphia houses the inkstand used by the Declaration signers
Time's up! The correct answer was Independence Hall
CARY GRANT FILMS
"High Society" is a musical version of this Cary Grant-Jimmy Stewart-Katharine Hepburn classic
Time's up! The correct answer was The Philadelphia Story
ODDS & ENDS
The Time Almanac states "There is little reason to believe that the architects intended" this "to lean"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Leaning Tower of Pisa
THE HUMAN BODY
They're also known as your zygomatic bones, & high ones are considered especially attractive
Time's up! The correct answer was Cheekbones
DRAMA QUEENS
In Euripides' play about this famed beauty, it's her double who goes to Troy
Time's up! The correct answer was Helen