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LITERARY OPENINGS
"It was a pleasure to burn."
Time's up! The correct answer was "Fahrenheit 451"
ROUGH POLITICS
In October 1974 ths Arkansas congressman's career got kicked in the Fanne (Fox)
Time's up! The correct answer was Wilbur Mills
WORD ORIGINS
This 5-letter synonym of "question" comes from the Latin for "to ask" or "to seek"
Time's up! The correct answer was a query
MYTHICAL CREATURES
The word "panic" comes from the name of a Greek god who was this type of creature
Time's up! The correct answer was a satyr
A LA "CART"
A sideways handspring
Time's up! The correct answer was a cartwheel
I WANT TO RIDE THAT!
No tame little swing ride, the Starflyer in this Austrian city swings you as high as a 23-story building
Time's up! The correct answer was Vienna
AMERICANA
This Connecticut city famous for its university is nicknamed "Elm City" because it once had many elm-lined streets
Time's up! The correct answer was New Haven
BASEBALL HISTORY
2 of the 5 cities that had both National League & American League teams in 1903
Time's up! The correct answer was Boston, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis
MYTHOLOGY
In Australian myth, Ngunung-Ngunnut, one of these flying mammals, created the first woman
Time's up! The correct answer was Bat
THE SUPREME COURT
He served as Chief Justice the longest; 34 years from 1801-1835
Time's up! The correct answer was John Marshall
MOVIE CO-STARS
Meryl Streep & this actress were acclaimed for playing sisters in the 1996 film "Marvin's Room"
Time's up! The correct answer was Diane Keaton
HOME
A heriz is a Persian one
Time's up! The correct answer was Carpet
BRAND-O
Models of this car brand include the Metro & the Storm
Time's up! The correct answer was Geo
INVENTIVE MINDS
This peanut guy devised some 118 byproducts for the sweet potato
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington Carver
SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE
In Wexford County, 5 miles north-northwest of Cadillac
Time's up! The correct answer was Michigan
RECORD LOSSES IN 2005
Named for a sport that embodies high society, this Ralph Lauren co. was hacked for 180,000 credit card numbers
Time's up! The correct answer was Polo
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
BODIES OF WATER
12,500' above sea level, this South American lake bordering Bolivia & Peru is the world's most navigable lake
Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Titicaca
ALLUSIONAL THINKING
The allusion "ships that pass in the night" is from this American poet's "Tales of a Wayside Inn"
Time's up! The correct answer was Longfellow
REMEMBER THE TIME
This 1904-1905 war began in Manchuria & ended with the battle of Tsushima Strait
Time's up! The correct answer was Russo-Japanese War
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
WOMEN'S FASHION
The "Cuban" style of these shoe features came into style in the early 1900s
Time's up! The correct answer was Heels
STATE OF THE UNION
When Jimi Hendrix played "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock, he was strumming in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was New York
I JUST LIKE SAYING THESE WORDS
Enjoy this $2000 quanswer--see, I'm one of these, a creator of new words
Time's up! The correct answer was neologist
CLASSICAL MUSIC
This Austrian child prodigy began composing minuets when he was only 5
Time's up! The correct answer was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
PRESIDENTS IN IOWA
In 1975 Ford attended this, the subject of a 1945 Rodgers & Hammerstein film musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Iowa State Fair
4-LETTER FRIENDS
The first name of actress Sheedy, pronounced differently
Time's up! The correct answer was ally
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
Egypt
Time's up! The correct answer was Arabic
2-LETTER WORDS
"Ut" used to be used for the first or key note of the musical scale; this has replaced it
Time's up! The correct answer was do
THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
In 1774 the owner of the Peggy Stewart was forced to burn his ship & its 2,000-pound cargo of this taxed item
Time's up! The correct answer was tea
MILITARY SLANG
"Angels" is slang for this measurement of height, in thousands of feet
Time's up! The correct answer was altitude
MOTHER GOOSE
After singing for his supper, he ate "white bread and butter"
Time's up! The correct answer was Little Tommy Tucker
BERMUDA SHORTS
Alexander or Linda could help you with the name of this capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Hamilton
"TOMORROW"
In 1960 the Shirelles asked this musical question
Time's up! The correct answer was Will you still love me tomorrow?
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"
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
This state capital is located on the Merrimack River about 15 miles north of Manchester
Time's up! The correct answer was Concord
MANY IRONS
This Prusso-German statesman was the "Iron Chancellor"
Time's up! The correct answer was Otto von Bismarck
EUROPE
The person with this title gets to appoint people to Luxembourg's Council of State & they get to stay on for life
Time's up! The correct answer was the Grand Duke
CLASSIC DISNEY FILMS
Chim-Chim Cheree! This film featuring chimney sweeps swept up 13 Oscar nominations
Time's up! The correct answer was Mary Poppins
KNOTS TO YOU
The Honda is a slip knot used by cowboys to make this tool of the trade
Time's up! The correct answer was Lasso
"EVER"S
The answer to this title question of 1962: she cares for her crippled sister Blanche
Time's up! The correct answer was Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
In 1999 Ford snatched up the auto unit of this company for 50 billion kronor
Time's up! The correct answer was Volvo
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
ROAMIN' THE WORLD
About two-thirds of this U.K. country's area is in its highlands & islands
Time's up! The correct answer was Scotland
WORLD MUSEUMS
Hanoi, where this man died in 1969, has a museum devoted to him
Time's up! The correct answer was Ho Chi Minh
"B" PREPARED
"I'll Go Home With Bonnie Jean" is one of many lively songs in this Lerner & Loewe musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Brigadoon
COUNTRIES THAT END IN "O"
This small country is about 1/20th the size of NYC & its primary language is Italian
Time's up! The correct answer was San Marino
WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR II
Ships in the U.S. Navy's Casablanca class of "escort" these were smaller than their big cousins like the Lexington
Time's up! The correct answer was aircraft carriers
TBA
A teary-eyed person, or the announcer of the latest village news
Time's up! The correct answer was Crier
TIME TO "EAT"
Bartender's adjective for a cocktail served without water
Time's up! The correct answer was neat
PEOPLE
He made the cover of Life magazine 3 times in February & March of 1962, & again in October 1998
Time's up! The correct answer was John Glenn
I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU
It means against, & is also a prefix found before -diction
Time's up! The correct answer was contra
I HAVEN'T READ SHAKESPEARE, BUT...
It's about this guy who hires non-permanent secretarial help for his office
Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest
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
THEY REST IN NEBRASKA
Many "Our Fathers" must have been said when he died May 15, 1948 & was interred in Boys Town
Time's up! The correct answer was Father Flanagan
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
Nigel Bruce of Dr. Watson fame played an impresario in this "glowing" 1952 Chaplin film
Time's up! The correct answer was Limelight
GOAT-POURRI
Crippled beggar Sammy Smalls, who traveled in a goat cart, inspired a title character of this opera set on Catfish Row
Time's up! The correct answer was Porgy and Bess
PARTS OF PEACH
If this part of a peach is downy or fuzzy, the fruit's called a peach; if it's smooth, a nectarine
Time's up! The correct answer was the skin
WOMEN'S HEALTH
Often given with progesterone, it's the main hormone in hormone replacement therapy
Time's up! The correct answer was estrogen
FAMOUS JACQUES
His 1959 film "The Golden Fish" won him an Oscar
Time's up! The correct answer was Cousteau
KILLER MUSICALS
This "demon barber" had his victims baked into pies (no one could accuse him of good taste)
Time's up! The correct answer was "Sweeney Todd"
KIDDIE LIT
This Anna Sewell book may have inspired "Moorland Mousie", which was also narrated by a horse
Time's up! The correct answer was Black Beauty
BALLET
French sculptor whose art inspired "The Eternal Idol" (hmmm...that's a "Thinker")
Time's up! The correct answer was Auguste Rodin
THE SPOOKY & THE MYSTERIOUS
Thousands of years ago this legendary lost continent is believed by some to have vanished beneath the waves
Time's up! The correct answer was Atlantis
METALLICA
This metal was discovered in 1789; it took until 1896 to find out that it was radioactive
Time's up! The correct answer was uranium
JEWELRY
Sotheby's has announced it won't sell any items of this tusk material produced since 1939
Time's up! The correct answer was Ivory
HISTORIC NAMES
This king died in 1760, leaving it to his grandson & successor to lose the American colonies
Time's up! The correct answer was George II
LITERATURE
In Pierre Boulle's "Planet of the Apes", Zira & Cornelius are this species of ape
Time's up! The correct answer was chimpanzees
CALENDAR GIRLS
Pernilla August once worked with Ingmar Bergman, but we know her best for playing Shmi in the fourth film in this series
Time's up! The correct answer was the Star Wars series
AYE! IT'S IRELAND
One of Ireland's most important exports, it's also Ireland's most popular brand of stout beer
Time's up! The correct answer was Guinness
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
JULY
A July 17, 1917 royal proclamation changed the name of the British royal family to this, like a castle
Time's up! The correct answer was Windsor
A BUG'S LIFE
Known as Wandermeisen in German, these conspicuously mobile ants move about in long, orderly columns
Time's up! The correct answer was army ants
PRESIDENTS' MONOGRAMS
RMN
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Milhous Nixon
FAIRY TALE FEMMES
One of the few times she laughs in Wonderland is when she has to use a flamingo to play croquet
Time's up! The correct answer was Alice
IT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU
Despite the opportunity, this November 1965 event in NYC did not result in a mini baby boom 9 months later
Time's up! The correct answer was a blackout
FIRSTS
Event at which Jesus performed his first miracle, providing enough wine for a feast
Time's up! The correct answer was the wedding at Cana
THE UNIVERSE
It's known for its prominences which are clouds, tubes & tongues of gasses
Time's up! The correct answer was The Sun
SPORTS EVOLUTION
The 18th century Broughton rules were intended to lessen the brutality of this sport
Time's up! The correct answer was boxing
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
MED. ABBREV.
HRT is this kind of therapy; the use of it by menopausal women has recently been questioned
Time's up! The correct answer was hormone replacement therapy
"ANT" INFESTATION
Unyielding in your opinion that the singer of "Goody Two Shoes" is the greatest singer ever
Time's up! The correct answer was adamant
THE FUNNIES
The title of this Jim Unger comic refers to everyone in it, not just a single character
Time's up! The correct answer was Herman
LET THE GAMES BEGIN
On a basic playing board in this matching game, the numbers range from B-1 to O-75
Time's up! The correct answer was bingo
HABEAS CORPSES
In part due to fears of body snatching, his body was moved 17 times around his Springfield, Ill. national monument
Time's up! The correct answer was Lincoln
ANIMAL TERMS
If you've been beaten 72-0 in football, you've gotten this, from the name of a smelly critter, Mephitis mephitis
Time's up! The correct answer was skunked
AMERICAN HISTORY
In 1917 the U.S. purchased the islands of St. Croix, St. John & St. Thomas from this country for $25 million
Time's up! The correct answer was Denmark
THE TREES WERE ANGRY THAT DAY, MY FRIENDS
In M. Night Shyamalan's "The Happening", the trees are mad at us, & Elliot Moore, played by him, must deal with it
Time's up! The correct answer was Wahlberg
SNAP
The snap-brim style of this accessory tuns up in the back & down in the front & has a dented crown
Time's up! The correct answer was hat
DESCRIBING THE NO. 1 SONG
J. Geils, 1982: Horrors! The singer must deal with his "angel" being cute enough to be featured in a men's magazine
Time's up! The correct answer was "Centerfold"
HISTORIC BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
James & Lady Blanche have a "declaration": the July 25, 1848 birth of this future foreign secretary & prime minister
Time's up! The correct answer was Balfour
DRIVING
In September 2000, Congress held hearings on this company's product found on Fords
Time's up! The correct answer was Firestone
AMERICAN INDIANS
When this chief, Pocahontas' father, died in 1618, he was succeeded by his brother Opitchapam
Time's up! The correct answer was Powhatan
THE 1960s
Vanishing in the ‘60s, it’s what YUkon, KLondike & VAlencia were examples of
Time's up! The correct answer was telephone prefixes
SCIENTISTS
"American Prometheus" is a biography of this physicist who died in 1967
Time's up! The correct answer was J. Robert Oppenheimer
SENIOR SENATORS
In 1990 she lost the race for California governor; in 1992 she won the race for California senator
Time's up! The correct answer was Dianne Feinstein
THE GRIDIRON
[Hi, I'm Franco Harris, Hall of Fame running back of the Pittsburgh Steelers] In the 1972 playoff game against the Oakland Raiders, I caught a miraculous, game-winning pass that's been nicknamed this
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Immaculate Reception"
THE STING
The WNBA team belonging to this southern city is known as The Sting
Time's up! The correct answer was Charlotte
GENERAL SCIENCE
The "master plan of all life", it consists of thymine, adenine, guanine, cytosine, phosphate & deoxyribose
Time's up! The correct answer was **DNA **
NO. 3 SONGS
No. 3 Simon & Garfunkel hit that ends, "And an island never cries"
Time's up! The correct answer was "I Am a Rock"
MODERN "TIME"S
It's the parent company of CNN
Time's up! The correct answer was Time Warner
SPELL CHECK HELL
Tried to put in the first name of Colts quarterback Manning & it turned him into this hallucinogenic cactus
Time's up! The correct answer was peyote
TECHNOLOGY
The Raspberry Pi costs this many dollars.
Time's up! The correct answer was 35
U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS IN OTHER WORDS
mc<sup>2</sup>
Time's up! The correct answer was Energy
BALLET
The ballet "Jeu de Cartes" features dancing playing cards, & this one is the "trickster" of the pack
Time's up! The correct answer was the joker
ITALIAN ART
"Pumpkin Head" is a 1420s sculpture of a bald man by Donato di Niccolo, better known as this
Time's up! The correct answer was Donatello
GOAT-POURRI
Crippled beggar Sammy Smalls, who traveled in a goat cart, inspired a title character of this opera set on Catfish Row
Time's up! The correct answer was Porgy and Bess
SCIENCE
This resin, a natural polymer used as a varnish, is produced by insects in India and Myanmar
Time's up! The correct answer was shellac
ANATOMY
This transparent membrane in the eye covers the iris & has no blood vessels
Time's up! The correct answer was the cornea
'65
This company's new Toronado eliminated the hump on the floor with a new drive system
Time's up! The correct answer was Oldsmobile
"SUPER"
12-letter word meaning pertaining to the eerie or occult
Time's up! The correct answer was supernatural
MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS
In Finland, this Tim Burton film was subtitled "Fish Stories as Large as Life Itself"
Time's up! The correct answer was Big Fish
1800
His First Symphony debuted April 2 in Vienna; 8 to go...
Time's up! The correct answer was Ludwig von Beethoven
FROM THE WELSH
Rarebit, as in Welsh Rarebit, is an alteration of this word that's not an ingredient in Welsh Rarebit
Time's up! The correct answer was Rabbit
4-LETTER WORDS
Used in linoleum & paints, linseed oil is made from the seeds of this plant
Time's up! The correct answer was flax
HITCHCOCK
John Dall & Farley Granger strangle a college friend just for thrills in this, Hitch's first color film
Time's up! The correct answer was Rope
THE ONION HEADLINES FROM THE YEAR 2056
"Refugees Row" this entire island "to Miami"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cuba
THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION
Ali, who married this man's daughter Fatima, is considered by Shia Muslims to be his true successor
Time's up! The correct answer was Muhammed
INLETS
This largest Alaskan city lies at the head of cook inlet on the Kenai peninsula
Time's up! The correct answer was Anchorage
THE ASSASSIN'S VICTIM
1881: Charles Guiteau
Time's up! The correct answer was James Garfield
THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s
1967: "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon"
Time's up! The correct answer was Neil Diamond
Time's up! The correct answer was Time Warner
AYE! IT'S IRELAND
Also called Trinity College, the university of this capital was founded in 1592
Time's up! The correct answer was Dublin
ARCHITECTS
Albert Speer, who designed a stadium for this city, was convicted of war crimes in trials there
Time's up! The correct answer was Nuremberg
IT'S OURS!
Madeira Islands
Time's up! The correct answer was Portugal
THE CINEMA
The popular soundtrack of this 2000 film includes "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow" & "You Are My Sunshine"
Time's up! The correct answer was O Brother, Where Art Thou?
THE TITANIC
The only country outside the British Isles where the Titanic ever anchored
Time's up! The correct answer was France
LAW ENFORCEMENT
A counter-terrorism program is called "NYPD" this, another term for a police badge
Time's up! The correct answer was Shield
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
JULIUS CAESAR
In his early 20s, Julius Caesar traveled to this "colossal" island to study rhetoric under Molon
Time's up! The correct answer was Rhodes
THERE ARE SOME STRINGS ATTACHED
This guitar family member's circular body is covered in front with tightly stretched plastic or parchment
Time's up! The correct answer was a banjo
YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS STUFF
In the '30s she starred in "The Little Princess", "The Little Colonel" & "Little Miss Marker"
Time's up! The correct answer was Shirley Temple
ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS
This 1963 epic included 79 sets & 26,000 costumes
Time's up! The correct answer was Cleopatra
UNIVERSITY SPORTS TEAMS
They're the sports teams of Fresno State as well as Georgia
Time's up! The correct answer was the Bulldogs
RHYMES WITH TEEN
"Lois & Clark" actor Cain
Time's up! The correct answer was Dean
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
In Kazakhstan: Kazakh & this
Time's up! The correct answer was Russian
OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s
Linus Torvalds is the father of this operating system used on cell phones & supercomputers
Time's up! The correct answer was Linux
WOMEN'S HEALTH
In a "Got Milk" ad, Jennifer Love Hewitt says she hates this bone condition, so she has fat free milk with every meal
Time's up! The correct answer was osteoporosis
ANCIENT TIMES
Horrified by the carnage of war, Asoka, a 3rd century B.C. ruler in India, embraced this peaceful religion
Time's up! The correct answer was Buddhism
MODERN "TIME"S
It's the "Fox"y TV spinoff seen here:
Time's up! The correct answer was The Time of Your Life
TAKE OUT
A rhytidectomy removes these surgically; botox takes them out another way
Time's up! The correct answer was wrinkles
WORDS
The name of these small towers often seen on castles comes from Old French for "small towers"
Time's up! The correct answer was turrets
NATIVE AMERICANS
Gov. Bradford said that this Indian who taught the Pilgrims how to plant corn was an "instrument sent of God"
Time's up! The correct answer was Squanto
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
In 1993 she became the first woman from Ukraine to win the world figure skating championships
Time's up! The correct answer was Oksana Baiul
TRANSPORTATION
The bestselling passenger car of all time is this company's Corolla
Time's up! The correct answer was Toyota
SPORTS
This Florida-born women's great who retired in 1989 wrote the World Book Encyclopedia article on tennis
Time's up! The correct answer was Chris Evert
GETTING TICKED ON
The chipping type of this common seed-eating little bird is a popular host for ticks
Time's up! The correct answer was a sparrow
THE "FIRST" STATE
In a symphony orchestra, the leader of this group serves as concertmaster
Time's up! The correct answer was first violin
ROYALTY
In 1599, Albert, Archduke of Austria, married the Infanta of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Spain
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
"Variations on a Theme by Haydn" was this "lullaby" composer's first major work for full orchestra
Time's up! The correct answer was Johannes Brahms
LOST
TV show whose theme says, "The Minnow will be lost"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gilligan's Island
POLITICS
Florida Congressman who champions the senior citizen
Time's up! The correct answer was Claude Pepper
ARTISTS' RETREATS
"Ariel", "Portnoy's Complaint" & this 1969 mob novel were all written partly in Yaddo in Upstate N.Y.
Time's up! The correct answer was The Godfather
GEOLOGY
The Mercalli scale measures the intensity of these from I to XII
Time's up! The correct answer was earthquakes
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTS
Sanma aisu is fish-flavored ice cream & taco aisu is octopus-flavored ice cream made in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Japan
WHO'S ON FIRST?
On Mondays in 1970, something called "The Silent Force" led into this longer-running ABC program
Time's up! The correct answer was Monday Night Football
SAINTS BE PRAISED
Philip of Moscow foresaw that his post as primate of the Russian church might lead to martyrdom, as this man was czar
Time's up! The correct answer was Ivan the Terrible
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
SO "LONG"
A unit of distance equal to 220 yards
Time's up! The correct answer was a furlong
CONTESTS
134-pound Hirofumi Nakajima holds the record of eating 24 1/2 of these in 12 minutes at the Nathan's July 4th contest
Time's up! The correct answer was Hot dogs
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
THERE ARE SOME STRINGS ATTACHED
On this pre-piano item played by Lurch on TV, the strings are plucked by points connected with the keys
Time's up! The correct answer was a harpsichord
WORLD UP!
Russia's longest border is not with China but with this "stan"
Time's up! The correct answer was Kazakhstan
ENGLISH ROYAL HENRYS
King Henry III extensively rebuilt this abbey where he had been formally crowned in 1220
Time's up! The correct answer was Westminster Abbey
ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER
This actor is in costume from his film "The Wild One"
Time's up! The correct answer was Marlon Brando
MUSICAL TRAINS
In 1961 James Brown announced "all aboard" for this train
Time's up! The correct answer was "Night Train"
CROSSWORD CLUES "B"
Mr. Bumble's occupation in "Oliver Twist" (6)
Time's up! The correct answer was beadle
TAKE A PILL
This tranquilizer that sounds like a village was introduced in 1955 & became the USA's bestselling drug
Time's up! The correct answer was Miltown
ABBREVIATED
High-ranking business operative: CFO
Time's up! The correct answer was chief financial officer
NETWORK
"The Puzzle Place", "This Old House", "Frontline"
Time's up! The correct answer was PBS
HERE'S LUCY
She was the first wife of a president to be called first lady on a regular basis
Time's up! The correct answer was "Lemonade Lucy" Hayes
BEGINS & ENDS WITH "O"
Herr Bismarck knows this given name comes from a Germanic word meaning "rich"
Time's up! The correct answer was Otto
LITERARY EPITAPHS
Devoted salesman & husband to Linda. "Attention must be paid."
Time's up! The correct answer was Willy Loman
HOME FURNISHINGS
Four-poster is a type of this, sometimes with a canopy
Time's up! The correct answer was a bed
U.S.A.
Ironically, the prison inmates of this state produce license plates which read "Live Free Or Die"
Time's up! The correct answer was New Hampshire
AMERICAN LITERATURE
This captain of the Ghost rescues literary critic Humphrey Van Weyden & poet Maude Brewster from a shipwreck
Time's up! The correct answer was Wolf Larsen
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AUTHORS
A member of the Algonquin Round Table, this petite brunette wrote a story called "Big Blonde"
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dorothy warbel
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Time's up! The correct answer was Dorothy Parker
GIVE THE BUCHAREST
Times change: in 1990 a statue of this Russian was removed from a Bucharest square after 3 decades there
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lenin
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@fresh mulch guessed it! The answer was: Lenin
WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
Politically, this word for a region reflecting a large trend comes from a lead sheep with a ringer around its neck
Time's up! The correct answer was a bellwether
"MOON"S
Every week Cybill Shepherd & Bruce Willis have been doing this on ABC
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@fresh mulch guessed it! The answer was: Moonlighting
BRAZILIAN WORDS & PHRASES
That very blond guy you met at carnival is called an "alemao", literally a man from this country
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germany
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@fresh mulch guessed it! The answer was: Germany
HOTELS
Le Champollion is the gourmet restaurant of this city's Le Meridien Hotel, on an island in the Nile
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cairo
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@fresh mulch guessed it! The answer was: Cairo
LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"
From the Italian for "bad air", this disease kills more than one million people each year
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tuberculosis
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Time's up! The correct answer was malaria
TAKE A PILL
Antabuse is designed to make you feel really, really bad after ingesting this
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alcohol
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@fresh mulch guessed it! The answer was: alcohol
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
WHAT'S THAT SOUND?
This state's outer banks create Pamlico Sound, the largest lagoon on the East Coast of the United States
Time's up! The correct answer was North Carolina
MAGIC
This duo first teamed up in 1975; one was a clown college graduate & juggler, the other, a silent magician
Time's up! The correct answer was Penn & Teller
MOVIE CITIES
Of course there's a car chase on the freeway in 1985's "To Live and Die in .."
Time's up! The correct answer was L.A.
"R"OCK MUSIC
4 of this Swedish pop duo's first Top 40 hits reached No. 1, including "It Must Have Been Love"
Time's up! The correct answer was Roxette
PLAY HEROINES
Blanche DuBois
Time's up! The correct answer was A Streetcar Named Desire
OSCARDS WILD
We liked her, we really liked her when this actress won for "Places in the Heart" in 1985
Time's up! The correct answer was Sally Field
THE STARTING INFIELD
The 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers sent out Hodges, Gilliam, Reese & this groundbreaking infielder
Time's up! The correct answer was Jackie Robinson
ROCK MUSIC
His "Doggystyle" CD was the first debut album ever to enter the Billboard charts at No. 1
Time's up! The correct answer was Snoop Doggy Dogg
IN A FESTIVAL MOOD
In July 1965 Bob Dylan was booed at the Newport Festival of this, for abandoning that type of music
Time's up! The correct answer was Folk Music
SHIPS
The 1st ship built in the colonies by English settlers was built in 1607 on the Kennebec River in what is now this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Maine
5-LETTER WORDS
It "goes before a fall" & before "Prejudice" in a Jane Austen title
Time's up! The correct answer was pride
SKUNKS
The skunk lends its name to this foul-smelling "vegetable" found in swamps
Time's up! The correct answer was skunk cabbage
BASEBALL
Though he's had 5 no-hitters & the most career strikeouts of any pitcher, he's never won the Cy Young Award
Time's up! The correct answer was Nolan Ryan
A SHAPELY CATEGORY
Something that's cordate is shaped like this, my love
Time's up! The correct answer was a heart
WHAM-O
In 1997 Wham-O introduced a Max Flight version of this 1950s sensation that flew farther & was easy to catch
Time's up! The correct answer was the Frisbee
NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES
Moving right along--this large Alabama city, as well as a river & bay, was named for an Indian tribe in the region
Time's up! The correct answer was Mobile
NATIVE AMERICANS
He had 2 adopted sons, One Bull & White Bull
Time's up! The correct answer was Sitting Bull
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
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
SPOUSE IN COMMON
Ursula Andress, Linda Evans
Time's up! The correct answer was John Derek
LAW & GOVERNMENT
Though given 10 years for ratification, this amendment failed by 3 states in 1982
Time's up! The correct answer was the Equal Rights Amendment
THE BLUE ANGELS
(Sarah of the Clue Crew on the tarmac) Using only 5 planes, this formation pays tribute to fallen heroes & comrades
Time's up! The correct answer was Missing Man Formation
SOUNDS THAT KITTIES MAKE
In "The Maltese Falcon", Dashiell Hammett wrote, "'That will be excellent,' Gutman" did this
Time's up! The correct answer was purred
CONVENTIONS
(Hi, I'm Paula Poundstone) I heard stories of Bob Dole in a towel at the 1996 Republican Convention in this California city
Time's up! The correct answer was San Diego
TOP 40 BONUS
"Proud Mary"
Time's up! The correct answer was Creedence Clearwater Revival & Ike & Tina Turner
BORN IN DUBLIN
This "Babes in Toyland" composer helped found the organization ASCAP in 1914
Time's up! The correct answer was Victor Herbert
THE FALL
On Nov. 8, 1519 the sight of his forces made the Tenochtitlaners feel like they'd "eaten stupefying mushrooms"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cortés
THE BIG 10
In L.A., the western tip of Interstate 10 is called this "freeway", after the beach community it passes through
Time's up! The correct answer was Santa Monica
ISLANDS
The Leeward Islands are among the "Lesser" of these islands; Cuba & Jamaica are among the "Greater"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Antilles
THEIR COUNTRY'S LAST MONARCH
In 1893 the queen seen here (Liliuokalani) became the last monarch of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii
CONDUCTORS
The Lone Ranger could tell you this precious metal is the best conductor of electricity among metals
Time's up! The correct answer was silver
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
It has over 9,700 tax preparation offices worldwide
Time's up! The correct answer was H&R Block
LITERARY EPITAPHS
Beloved father of Cordelia, less beloved father of Goneril & Regan
Time's up! The correct answer was King Lear
IT'S ALL ABOUT ME
Self-referential prefix before -didact, -suggestion & -biography
Time's up! The correct answer was auto
STATE OF THE UNION
The Jack Daniel's distillery is in Lynchburg in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Tennessee
TURKISH LITERATURE
Peter Ustinov directed & starred in the film version of the Yasar Kemal novel "Memed, My" this predatory bird
Time's up! The correct answer was Hawk
GETTING TICKED OFF
He gave his kids by Cleopatra much of the land once ruled by Alexander the Great; his co-rulers & rivals were not pleased
Time's up! The correct answer was Mark Antony
PLAYWRIGHTS
"May All Your Fences Have Gates" is a book of "Essays on the Drama of" this African-American playwright
Time's up! The correct answer was August Wilson
ALBUMS THAT ROCK
"Beggars Banquet", "Steel Wheels"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Rolling Stones
LISA
Lisa Guerrero is the sideline reporter for this popular weekly sports event
Time's up! The correct answer was Monday Night Football
IT DON'T MEAN A "THING"
A ring for a baby's incisors
Time's up! The correct answer was teething
NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES
On Sept. 9, 1974 news fit to print included the pardon of this man & "Knievel Safe As Rocket Falls"
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Nixon
WHO'S THE MRS.?
Mrs. Maury Povich
Time's up! The correct answer was Connie Chung
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTS
In this largest country, comrades left & right enjoy coulibiac, a pie made with the spinal marrow of the sturgeon
Time's up! The correct answer was Russia
TEENS IN HISTORY
Betrothed as a teen to her creepy cousin in 1744, she later became a "Great" empress of Russia
Time's up! The correct answer was Catherine the Great
47
This unit of measure is equal to .47 liters; drink up!
Time's up! The correct answer was a pint
BRAND NAMES
This cereal's name used to end in "oats" & its "I" is dotted with a piece of the product
Time's up! The correct answer was Cheerios
A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY
Romance is a perfume from this designer whom you might call a major "polo" player
Time's up! The correct answer was Ralph Lauren
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
For over 75 years, Wrigley made only these 3 gums
Time's up! The correct answer was Spearmint, Doublemint & Juicy Fruit
TAYLOR, SWIFT
Taylor Kitsch is Gambit in this 2009 X-Men flick
Time's up! The correct answer was Wolverine
ART
Edward Steichen led the movement to recognize as art these images, whose name means "drawn with light"
Time's up! The correct answer was photographs
ORGANIZATIONS
Members of the DAR are descended from men & women who participated in this event
Time's up! The correct answer was The Revolutionary War
KNIGHTS
Women given the rank corresponding to knighthood are called this
Time's up! The correct answer was Dames
DUDE, YOU'RE A SONG!
In a Pearl Jam tune this boy "spoke in class today"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jeremy
ARTISTS' RETREATS
"Ariel", "Portnoy's Complaint" & this 1969 mob novel were all written partly in Yaddo in Upstate N.Y.
Time's up! The correct answer was The Godfather
FUNNY FOR NOTHIN'
On his first night taking over "The Daily Show", he informed us, "Craig Kilborn is on assignment in Kuala Lumpur"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jon Stewart
EXPORTS
In ancient times, the most famous export of the Phoenician town of Byblos to Greece was this material
Time's up! The correct answer was papyrus
U.S. STATES
This state got its nickname, "Badger State", from the 1820s miners who dug into its hillsides
Time's up! The correct answer was Wisconsin
HISTORIC NAMES
A yearly football game is played near the NC/SC border to "settle" the issue of this president's birthplace in 1767
Time's up! The correct answer was Andrew Jackson
BALLETS WE'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT BEFORE
In "Harlequinade" the hero tries to rescue Columbine with the help of the magical "La Bonne Fee", this in English
Time's up! The correct answer was the good fairy
BETTER KNOWN AS...
Astrologer & psychic Michel de Notredame
Time's up! The correct answer was Nostradamus
TELEVISION
This wallaby's "Modern Life" takes place in O Town with his dog Spunky & his pal Heffer
Time's up! The correct answer was Rocko
WORDS OF THE WRITER
"For never man had a more faithful, loving, sincere servant, than Friday was to me"
Time's up! The correct answer was Daniel Defoe
PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING DRAMAS
In 1928 this playwright had a "Strange Interlude"
Time's up! The correct answer was O'Neill
FATHERS-IN-LAW
United Farm Workers president Arturo Rodriguez' father-in-law was this man who died in 1993
Time's up! The correct answer was César Chávez
HOLIDAYS
October holiday which Mexicans call Dia de la Raza is celebrated in the U.S. as this
Time's up! The correct answer was Columbus Day
21st CENTURY MUSIC
Brothers Chad & Mike Kroeger make up half of this rock band
Time's up! The correct answer was Nickelback
TITLE 9
Elizabeth McNeill: "Nine and a Half ___"
Time's up! The correct answer was Weeks
SLOGANEERING
Relax, this brand of medicine is "Recommended by Dr. Mom"
Time's up! The correct answer was Robitussin
THE ENGLISH TOP 100
No. 2, this verb form is a homophone of a letter of the alphabet
Time's up! The correct answer was be
WANT ADS
Numbers cruncher needed! Must be member of AICPA, the American Institute of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Certified Public Accountants
B FOLLOWS A
These 1st & 2nd century B.C. Jewish patriots were active in liberating Judea from Syrian rule
Time's up! The correct answer was the Maccabees
THE CINEMA
The popular soundtrack of this 2000 film includes "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow" & "You Are My Sunshine"
Time's up! The correct answer was O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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
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
WHO'S YOUR MOMMY?
Melanie Griffith
Time's up! The correct answer was Tippi Hedren
THEIR COUNTRY'S LAST MONARCH
1910: King Manuel II
Time's up! The correct answer was Portugal
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY SAYS....
Cynically she wrote that this "Is not all; it is not meat nor drink nor slumber nor a roof against the rain"
Time's up! The correct answer was Love
"E" CHANNEL
Before going bankrupt in 1989, this airline tried selling $12 plane tickets between Boston & New York
Time's up! The correct answer was Eastern
GOVERNMENT
He, not the Attorney General, represents the government in cases before the Supreme Court
Time's up! The correct answer was the Solicitor General of the U.S.
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
OSCAR-WINNING ROLES
1951: Boat captain Charlie Allnut
Time's up! The correct answer was Bogart
THE MISFITS
1965's "The Outlaws Is Coming" was the last movie featuring this wacky trio of comedy misfits
Time's up! The correct answer was The Three Stooges
CARTOONS
Mel Blanc said he created this character's voice by combining Brooklyn & Bronx accents
Time's up! The correct answer was Bugs Bunny
PARTY OF "FIVE"
This type of "discount" is slang for shoplifting
Time's up! The correct answer was Five-finger discount
GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
The first important U.S. tournament in this board game took place in New York City in 1857
Time's up! The correct answer was chess
LYRICS FROM MUSICALS
"Once I'm with the Wizard my whole life will change, 'cuz once you're with the Wizard no one thinks you're strange"
Time's up! The correct answer was Wicked
ANATOMY
This transparent membrane in the eye covers the iris & has no blood vessels
Time's up! The correct answer was the cornea
ROUGH POLITICS
A N.Y. coroner's inquest came to a finding of murder by this man, Vice President of the United States
Time's up! The correct answer was Aaron Burr
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
LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"
From the Italian for "bad air", this disease kills more than one million people each year
Time's up! The correct answer was malaria
"NEVER" AT THE MOVIES
This 1977 movie about a schizophrenic girl was adapted from Joanne Greenberg's book of the same name
Time's up! The correct answer was I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
BEFORE THEY WERE FIRST LADIES
Her daughter Julie says this future first lady was offered a movie contract in the 1930s when she was a USC student
Time's up! The correct answer was Mrs. Nixon
VOLCANOES
About its eruption in 79 A.D., an observer wrote that "broad sheets of fire and leaping flames blazed at several points"
Time's up! The correct answer was Vesuvius
STRUCTURES
When completed, it stretched for 73 1/2 miles from Bowness to Wallsend
Time's up! The correct answer was Hadrian's Wall
THAT OLD TIME NEW WAVE MUSIC
Last name of Gary, the former Tubeway Army leader who charted with New Wave hits like "Cars"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gary Numan
ITALIAN ART
Andrea del Sarto's 1527 version of this Biblical banquet is similar to that of Leonardo, a man he admired
Time's up! The correct answer was The Last Supper
TRANSPORTATION
The Kearsarge was the only one of these not named for a U.S. state
Time's up! The correct answer was a battleship
HISTORIC QUOTES
In 1830 Daniel Webster told the Senate, "Liberty and" this, "now and forever, one and inseparable"
Time's up! The correct answer was Union
BIG "STAR"
It's a dessert made of eggs, sugar & milk, either baked, boiled or frozen
Time's up! The correct answer was custard
CROSSWORD CLUES "K"
Jean-Claude of the slopes (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was Killy
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
Aaron Spelling's daughter Tori plays Donna Martin on this popular TV series
Time's up! The correct answer was Beverly Hills, 90210
TRANSPORTATION
In 1830 England's Manchester & Liverpool Railway became the 1st to have all trains powered by this
Time's up! The correct answer was Steam
THE GRIDIRON
[Hi, I'm Franco Harris, Hall of Fame running back of the Pittsburgh Steelers] In the 1972 playoff game against the Oakland Raiders, I caught a miraculous, game-winning pass that's been nicknamed this
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Immaculate Reception"
THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR
"Woman with a Past", "The Peacemaker", "Deep Impact"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mimi Leder
SRO
Tony-winning Tony who drew big crowds with his epic play "Angels In America"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tony Kushner
CLOTHING
They can be crew, knee, or bobby
Time's up! The correct answer was socks
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
MY PLACE?
As he often said, Chris Farley's character Matt Foley lived in one of these down by the river
Time's up! The correct answer was van
WHAM-O
This 1962 Wham-O game named for a dance craze came with a moveable cross bar & 2 support stands
Time's up! The correct answer was limbo
PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME
Arthur's school terms
Time's up! The correct answer was Chester's semesters
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS
This title dog's real first name is Scoobert
Time's up! The correct answer was Scooby-Doo
IT'S GREEK MYTHOLOGY TO ME
This god zapped Salmoneus into oblivion for trying to imitate his thunder & lightning
Time's up! The correct answer was Zeus
READING
Group name for all letters other than A, E, I, O & U
Time's up! The correct answer was consonants
MISC.
This waterfall is separated into the American Falls & Horseshoe Falls by Goat Island
Time's up! The correct answer was Niagara Falls
FOOD
Also known as an alligator pear
Time's up! The correct answer was an avocado
RADIO
This word ends the title of a 1941 Bill of Rights tribute program heard by 60 million, "We hold these..."
Time's up! The correct answer was Truths
MUNICH
Munich's motto used to be "die weltstadt mit herz", the world city with one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was heart
AT THE MALL
The name of this clothing store for teens is French for "airmail"
Time's up! The correct answer was Aéropostale
SLIM VOLUMES
Recent diet books: "The Paleo Diet" & "Neanderthin: Eat Like" one of these "to achieve a lean, strong, healthy body"
Time's up! The correct answer was a Caveman
WEAPONRY
Standard-issue weapons for stormtroopers in "Star Wars" included energy-bolt-firing pistols called these
Time's up! The correct answer was blasters
1938
On December 10 he announced he'd leave his Hyde Park estate & its papers & books to the U.S. government
Time's up! The correct answer was FDR
ALSO A VEGAS CASINO
A market town of Upper Egypt built on the ruins of Thebes
Time's up! The correct answer was Luxor
CELEBRITIES' MIDDLE NAMES
This middle name of actress Mary Masterson makes us wonder if she was named for Mary, Queen of Scots
Time's up! The correct answer was Stuart
WANT ADS
In the June 3, 2011 paper: this country wants new president after bomb explodes in Ali Saleh's presidential palace
Time's up! The correct answer was Yemen
WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?
Beef chili is also called "chili con" this, Spanish for "meat"
Time's up! The correct answer was carne
KIDDY LIT
In this poem, the hero is instructed to shun the frumious Bandersnatch
Time's up! The correct answer was Jabberwocky
"AI"
Broad-snouted and smooth-fronted are 2 types of this South American reptile
Time's up! The correct answer was caiman
PARTY OF "FIVE"
This type of "discount" is slang for shoplifting
Time's up! The correct answer was Five-finger discount
STAMPS
This astronomer for whom a space telescope is named is honored in the American Scientists series
Time's up! The correct answer was Hubble
& SO I FACE THE FINAL CURTAIN
This Lerner & Loewe musical had its "loverly" farewell in 1962, after 2,717 shows
Time's up! The correct answer was My Fair Lady
EXPLORERS
In 1828 Rene Caille reached this remote African city, "an object of curiosity" to Europeans
Time's up! The correct answer was Timbuktu
THE SPACE RACE
Sputnik was the Soviet's 1st satellite, while this was ours
Time's up! The correct answer was Explorer
CORPORATE SPORTS VENUES
3-letter corporate name that's on the Indianapolis venue seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was RCA Dome
PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS
As a youth, this "Iceman Cometh" dramatist prospected for gold in Honduras
Time's up! The correct answer was Eugene O'Neill
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS
You'll need some long-winded singers to star in "Stormen", a Swedish opera based on this play
Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest
PLANTS
Name for a low, enclosed bed covered with glass or plastic for starting plants before the season
Time's up! The correct answer was Cold Frame
OSCAR-WINNING ROLES
1933: Henry VIII
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Laughton
FOUND
Cowboy nickname of William Donovan, founder of the OSS & of modern U.S. intelligence
Time's up! The correct answer was "Wild Bill"
RUSSIAN LITERATURE
In this 1866 Dostoevsky novel, a student named Raskolnikov murders an old woman pawnbroker & her sister
Time's up! The correct answer was Crime and Punishment
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
When this singer starred in a revival of "Funny Girl", one critic said, "Pia doesn't fall on her fanny"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pia Zadora
WORLD WAR I
In 1917 Allied troops from this North American country stormed up Vimy Ridge in a legendary charge
Time's up! The correct answer was Canada
& NOW THE "END" IS NEAR
Poe knows this swinging lever regulates the speed of a clock mechanism
Time's up! The correct answer was pendulum
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
One of the largest of these shallow channels in the U.S. is the Bartholomew in N. Louisiana
Time's up! The correct answer was Bayou
A LA "CART"
You can load it in your 8-track
Time's up! The correct answer was acartridge
CHAIRS
The French version of a day bed, the chaise longue, literallly means this
Time's up! The correct answer was Long Chair
ARCHITECTS
In 1805 Charles Bulfinch enlarged this city's Faneuil Hall
Time's up! The correct answer was Boston
COMICS STRIP
Jason Segel's real-life split was the basis of his naked break-up with this 2008 title movie gal
Time's up! The correct answer was Sarah Marshall
TRUE LIVES
Despite its title, "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" is a book by & about this woman
Time's up! The correct answer was Gertrude Stein
SHIPS
Neither this admiral nor his flagship, the Trinidad, completed the circumnavigation of the globe
Time's up! The correct answer was Magellan
WHAT'S THAT SOUND?
Antarctica's McMurdo Sound was discovered in 1841 by this Brit who has a nearby sea & ice shelf named for him
Time's up! The correct answer was Ross
A WHITE CATEGORY
This black & white dairy cow originated in an area of Holland
Time's up! The correct answer was Holstein
A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL
"I am a Vietnam veteran! I fought for my country!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Born on the Fourth of July
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
OXYMORONS
In November 1996 Roy Jones, Jr. knocked down Mike McCallum & won the WBC title in this division
Time's up! The correct answer was light-heavyweight
RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS
Right effort, right speech & right action are 3 parts of this noble Buddhist way
Time's up! The correct answer was Eightfold Path
PARDON MY "FRENCH"
It was waged in North America from 1754 to 1763
Time's up! The correct answer was French and Indian War
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
"IRA"
This type of medieval play often shows the Virgin Mary coming to the rescue
Time's up! The correct answer was a miracle play
FARAWAY PLACES
This land that's north of England has odd place names lile Loch Lochy & Loch Oich
Time's up! The correct answer was Scotland
BALLET
I may say "neigh!" if you do a pas de cheval, a ballet step that imitates this animal
Time's up! The correct answer was a horse
BLARNEY
This word for a type of liquor applies to a 1794 American rebellion
Time's up! The correct answer was whiskey
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
FOLKIES
Born Michelle Johnston, she "stunned" the industry in 1994 by selling her new album only at her shows
Time's up! The correct answer was Michelle Shocked
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
Cash, Depp
Time's up! The correct answer was Johnny
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"
BEFORE & AFTER
Leif Ericson's dad who was a huge star with low surface temperature
Time's up! The correct answer was Erik the Red Giant
"O" YOU ANIMAL!
"Cool" cat seen here:
Time's up! The correct answer was Ocelot
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
The U.S. borders these 3 oceans
Time's up! The correct answer was Arctic, Atlantic & Pacific
MUSEUM HOPPING
The Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia houses his original manuscript of "Ulysses"
Time's up! The correct answer was James Joyce
TRANSPORTATION
In 1830 England's Manchester & Liverpool Railway became the 1st to have all trains powered by this
Time's up! The correct answer was Steam
WORDS OF LOVE
Marlowe rhymed, "Where both deliberate, the love is slight; who ever loved, that loved not at" this?
Time's up! The correct answer was first sight
IT'S A DATE!
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew at the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii) Pearl Harbor will always be remembered for this date in 1941, which FDR said "will live in infamy"
Time's up! The correct answer was 7-Dec
THE SILVER SCREEN
Schwarzenegger is a Soviet cop teamed with James Belushi's Chicago cop in this action movie
Time's up! The correct answer was Red Heat
THEATRE CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
Colchian jilted by Jason (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was Medea
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTS
Sanma aisu is fish-flavored ice cream & taco aisu is octopus-flavored ice cream made in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Japan
LOST IN SPACE
Piers Sellers lost a tool in space while spreading putty into this Space Shuttle named for Capt. Cook's ship
Time's up! The correct answer was Discovery
PEOPLE
She got into the advice business before her twin sister, Dear Abby
Time's up! The correct answer was Ann Landers
THE "L" WORLD
In 1994 this Norwegian town played host to the Winter Olympics
Time's up! The correct answer was Lillehammer
SHAKESPEAREAN WORDS
From Latin for "indecent", this word in "Love's Labour's Lost" is the type of book banned by the Comstock Law
Time's up! The correct answer was obscene
THE BIBLE
God guided the Israelites out of this country with a pillar of cloud by day & of fire by night
Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt
I SERVED IN HIS CABINET
Secretary of Health & Human Services Kathleen Sebelius
Time's up! The correct answer was Barack Obama
SKUNKS
Skunks are the major carriers of this disease in the continental U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was rabies
MYTHELLANEOUS
Riding this winged horse made it possible for Bellerophon to approach & kill the chimera
Time's up! The correct answer was Pegasus
SOCIOLOGY
A joint author on a paper, or someone who assists the power occupying his country
Time's up! The correct answer was a collaborator
NAME THE AUTOMAKER
Stratus & Stealth
Time's up! The correct answer was Dodge
TREES
Hindu for “trader” this unusual tree whose branches grow down can look like a mini-forest
Time's up! The correct answer was Banyan
RADIO DISNEY
"I Never Told You" this alliteratively named singer hit Disney's Top 30 with "Fallin' For You"; wait, I just did
Time's up! The correct answer was Colbie Caillat
TREES
The cry “sap's a runnin’” refers to this tree
Time's up! The correct answer was maple tree
ADVERTISING SLOGANS
"Tan, don't burn use" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Coppertone
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
"KNIFE", "FORK" OR "SPOON"
In the 1998 movie "Pleasantville", she played a '90s teen transported into a 1950s sitcom
Time's up! The correct answer was Reese Witherspoon
MISC.
Jules Verne's book "Around the Moon" was the sequel to this 1865 best seller
Time's up! The correct answer was From the Earth to the Moon
ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN
"Betrayed in the hope of getting better", Beethoven was "forced to face the prospect of a permanent malady"--this
Time's up! The correct answer was deafness
TURNING 40 IN '98
This pitcher's "Orel" history continued in '98 with a new team, the Giants
Time's up! The correct answer was Orel Hershiser
THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY
Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Bogota, Belmopan
Time's up! The correct answer was Belmopan
THOSE CRAZY GUGGENHEIMS
Patriarch Meyer moved from Switzerland to the U.S. in 1847 & set up shop in this Pennsylvania city
Time's up! The correct answer was Philadelphia
47
You deserve a medal if you know that this element, symbol Ag, is No. 47 on the periodic table
Time's up! The correct answer was silver
SONGS
Willie Nelson must be "wond'rin' what in the world did I do" by writing this Patsy Cline hit
Time's up! The correct answer was "Crazy"
THE MAINE ATTRACTION
Summer is the time for Whatever Week, a celebration of the Kennebec River in this state capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Augusta
RUSSELING
On Nov. 7, 1959 he grabbed 35 rebounds in his first showdown with Wilt Chamberlain
Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Russell
MISC.
This noble gas glows orange-red when an electric current is passed through it
Time's up! The correct answer was neon
NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD
One of this country's major recreational areas is Vitosha National Park near Sofia
Time's up! The correct answer was Bulgaria
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
STATE CAPITALS
The capitol building in this city was designed by Thomas Jefferson
Time's up! The correct answer was Richmond
HERBS & SPICES
This spice that is sold in 2 varieties, Ceylon & Cassia, was once used in love potions
Time's up! The correct answer was cinnamon
'65
These 2 countries nicknamed the Bear & the Dragon conducted a "verbal war"
Time's up! The correct answer was Soviet Union & China
YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT!
Counsel is being argumentative, also known as doing this to the witness, as seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was badgering
ORGANIZATIONS
Social welfare organization founded in the 19th century, whose bimonthly publication is "The War Cry"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Salvation Army
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MOVIES
A Capote tale set in the South: "The Grass _____"
Time's up! The correct answer was Harp
"B" PREPARED
"I'll Go Home With Bonnie Jean" is one of many lively songs in this Lerner & Loewe musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Brigadoon
TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY
In 1921 Edith Wharton became the first woman to win the Fiction prize named for this news publisher
Time's up! The correct answer was Pulitzer
"DIAMOND"s IN THE ROUGH
Carol Channing's Broadway ballad from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend"
THE VIRTUES
It's paired with liberty in the Pledge of Allegiance
Time's up! The correct answer was justice
THE MOVIES
John Larroquette played Captain Stillman in this wacky 1981 comedy about misfits in the Army
Time's up! The correct answer was Stripes
SHAKESPEARE
Susanna & the twins, Hamnet & Judith
Time's up! The correct answer was Shakespeare's children
THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT, MAN!
Thailand to the west, Laos to the north & Vietnam to the east
Time's up! The correct answer was Cambodia
WOLVERINE
This creature is the main predator of wolverines; what else would be dumb enough to take one on?
Time's up! The correct answer was man
MEN OF MUSIC
In 1908 Oscar Strauss turned this playwright's "Arms and the Man" into the operetta "The Chocolate Soldier"
Time's up! The correct answer was Shaw
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
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
One of the largest of these shallow channels in the U.S. is the Bartholomew in N. Louisiana
Time's up! The correct answer was Bayou
RUSSIAN
A shapka is this: mikhavaya shapka is a fur one, to keep your ears warm
Time's up! The correct answer was a hat
MINERALS
You’ll discover not gold, but a black mark, after rubbing this “gold” on porcelain
Time's up! The correct answer was fool’s gold
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
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
COMPOSERS
His sister Fanny Mendelssohn wrote some of the songs attributed to him
Time's up! The correct answer was Felix Mendelssohn
MOVIES & TV
On March 19, 2009 he said, "I'm excited and honored to introduce my first guest... Barack Obama"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jay Leno
ISRAEL
Home to spectacular ruins, Caesarea was founded around 20 B.C. & named for this Caesar
Time's up! The correct answer was Augustus
"E" CHANNEL
Philosophy branch that studies the nature & foundations of knowledge
Time's up! The correct answer was epistemology
WOOD & WIND
This Frost poem ends with "And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
THINGS ON NFL HELMETS
On a tattered red flag, a skull over crossed swords with a football in the middle
Time's up! The correct answer was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2011 MOVIES
In "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" the name of the fictional drug ALZ112 indicates it's a possible treatment for this
Time's up! The correct answer was Alzheimer's
LITERARY GENRES
In the 1880s Guy de Maupassant published 300 of these
Time's up! The correct answer was short stories
BOY MEETS WORLD
Around 1347 B.C. at the age of 9, his rule as pharaoh began
Time's up! The correct answer was King Tut
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS
"Der Sturm"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest
RICHARD
He shot the famous photo of Nastassja Kinski & the serpent
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Avedon
THE CONTINENTS
This continent has the longest mountain chain
Time's up! The correct answer was South America
ODDS & ENDS
To make these on your own, cube day-old bread, fry in butter, oil & garlic, then bake
Time's up! The correct answer was croutons
"P.B."
In New Orleans a hero sandwich is called this
Time's up! The correct answer was po boy
ONE-WORD RHYMES
This term for empty words or nonsense was originally a trick to gain applause
Time's up! The correct answer was claptrap
PICTURE THIS
In 1907 the Wall Street Journal declared Percival Lowell's photo of its "canals" proof of intelligent life
Time's up! The correct answer was Mars
THE ROLLING STONES
The Rolling Stones took their name from a song by this legendary blues musician
Time's up! The correct answer was Muddy Waters
___ OG
Hey, "don't just sit there like a bump on" one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a log
DAN-O-MITE
This former defense department employee gave the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times
Time's up! The correct answer was Daniel Ellsberg
THOSE CRAZY GUGGENHEIMS
The Guggenheim Foundation is the assignee of the patents of this rocket pioneer; it had financed him in the 1940s
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Goddard
SHAKESPEAREAN PHRASES
In this play, Casca says Cicero's speech "was Greek to me"
Time's up! The correct answer was Julius Caesar
BRITISH NOVELS
This 1895 novel is subtitled "An Invention"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Time Machine
ARTHUR MILLER
Arthur Miller wrote the screenplay for the 1961 film "The Misfits", this male superstar's last film
Time's up! The correct answer was Clark Gable
GEHRY
In 1989 Gehry was awarded this prize commonly referred to as "The Nobel of Architecture"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Pritzker Prize
ROGER!
In 1982 he co-anchored "NBC Nightly News" with Tom Brokaw, & you could say his name is...
Time's up! The correct answer was Roger Mudd
STATE SUPERLATIVES
It pumps more than one million barrels of oil a day, more than any other state
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas
LET'S GET MAS*Hed
Johnny Mandel wrote this "painless" tune that was the show's theme song
Time's up! The correct answer was "Suicide is Painless"
DEPARTMENT "S"
Eternally doomed rock roller of Greek mythology
Time's up! The correct answer was Sisyphus
WOMEN OF THE WORLD
She wrote her first novel, "The House of the Spirits", in exile soon after her uncle's assassination
Time's up! The correct answer was Isabel Allende
SPORTS OF THE FEMALE OLYMPIANS
Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie & their 3 teammates on the floor
Time's up! The correct answer was basketball
"B" PREPARED
A non-rigid flexible dirigible
Time's up! The correct answer was blimp
SCRAMBLED EGGS
Reptile born with an "egg tooth" so it can escape its shelled jail: TAILOR GAL
Time's up! The correct answer was alligator
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
NATIONS OF AFRICA
In a song title, this country whose capital is Nairobi might come before "Feel the Love Tonight"
Time's up! The correct answer was Kenya
BIOLOGY
Renin, an enzyme that breaks down protein, is secreted by cells in this organ
Time's up! The correct answer was the kidney
ANGELS
Arte Moreno bought the baseball team in 2003 & renamed it the Los Angeles Angels of this place
Time's up! The correct answer was Anaheim
IT'S OURS!
Madeira Islands
Time's up! The correct answer was Portugal
CHAIRS
Also called a slat-back chair, this chair is named for an object you might climb
Time's up! The correct answer was Ladder-Back Chair
FOR WHOM THE "BELL" TOLLS
Facial nerve paralysis on one side
Time's up! The correct answer was Bell's palsy
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
He was 24 years older than his friend Mozart, but outlived him by almost 20 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Franz Joseph Haydn
STARTS WITH "P"
The word "pram" is short for this
Time's up! The correct answer was parambulator
WHAT COLOR IS GREEN?
This American political party that formed in 1874 favored an increase in paper currency
Time's up! The correct answer was the Greenback Party
TURKISH LITERATURE
The poem called the "Garibnameh" contains 11,000 masnavi, which we know as these rhymed 2-line units of verse
Time's up! The correct answer was couplets
NO. 3 SONGS
Singer of the No. 3 hit heard here: ("I Feel Good")
Time's up! The correct answer was James Brown
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
The pair's lyricist
Time's up! The correct answer was Hammerstein
COME "IN"
Each Latin verb has 6 of these, including the perfect passive one, like optatus esse, "to have been desired"
Time's up! The correct answer was infinitive
SOCIOLOGY
Someone who hates humanity; Moliere's Alceste turned into a title one
Time's up! The correct answer was a misanthrope
A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS
DePaul, Wheaton, Northwestern
Time's up! The correct answer was Illinois
DESCRIBING THE NO. 1 SONG
1990: Madonna turns a magazine into a dance
Time's up! The correct answer was "Vogue"
EARTH, WIND & FIRE
In the '90s home fires caused by these nearly doubled, with almost half of them starting in the bedroom
Time's up! The correct answer was candles
WORMS
In this 1965 sci-fi novel, giant sandworms on the planet Arrakis create a much-desired spice called melange
Time's up! The correct answer was "Dune"
DICE ROLL NICKNAMES
Ada from Decatur, or Square Pair
Time's up! The correct answer was Pair of 4's
THE "W.B."
In a 1969 film this title group included William Holden & Warren Oates
Time's up! The correct answer was The Wild Bunch
WE ARE AMUSED
Ms. Rodham Clinton's first name comes from the same Latin root as this word meaning "very funny"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hilarious
FLEMISH & DUTCH MASTERS
Because of his style of painting females, this master's name gave us an adjective for plump women
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Paul Rubens
ACRONYM EXCITEMENT!
For feminists: NOW
Time's up! The correct answer was National Organization for Women
IN THE DICTIONARY
It's the 4-letter name of the pleated skirt worn by men in Scotland
Time's up! The correct answer was a kilt
BERMUDA SHORTS
Alexander or Linda could help you with the name of this capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Hamilton
SYRIA'S EATING
Sultan Ibrahim is a Mideastern name for red mullet, a type of this creature
Time's up! The correct answer was fish
TRIALS OF THE CENTURY
In 1946 Hans Frank, Rudolf Hess & Fritz Sauckel were among those convicted of war crimes in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Nuremberg
THE 1960s
In “Understanding Media”, he explained the Dodgers move to L.A. & fishnet stockings
Time's up! The correct answer was Marshall McLuhan
"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
HISTORIC NAMES
AP's chief Mideast correspondent, he got a firsthand look as a Beirut hostage for nearly 7 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Terry Anderson
PICK A PLANET
It was the first to be discovered with the aid of the telescope
Time's up! The correct answer was Uranus
PASS THE CHOCOLATE
The leaf design on Godiva's Autant chocolates is a stylized version of a feather on this "Gone With the Wind" heroine's hat
Time's up! The correct answer was Scarlett O'Hara
BIRDS
This red bird is the state bird of 7 states
Time's up! The correct answer was the cardinal
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
WORLD HISTORY
This dominion was created by the British North America Act on July 1, 1867
Time's up! The correct answer was Canada
ORGANIZATIONS
It's what the R stands for in AARP
Time's up! The correct answer was retired
KNOTS TO YOU
Alexander the Great cut it with his sword after being told that whoever could undo it would rule Asia
Time's up! The correct answer was Gordian Knot
THE LAST POPE OF THIS NAME
1878 to 1903 was the tenure of the XIII & last pope with this name that's also a sign of the Zodiac
Time's up! The correct answer was Leo
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
BETTER KNOWN AS...
Marion Morrison
Time's up! The correct answer was John Wayne
STARTS WITH "B"
An insect who hangs out in your four-poster, or what a private eye might slip under your mattress
Time's up! The correct answer was Bedbug
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
SCIENCE & NATURE
The iris is a flower & the ibis is one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Bird
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
The hot water heating of this northern European capital is drawn directly from underground springs
Time's up! The correct answer was Reykjavik, Iceland
THE ICU
A neonatal ICU may contain several isolettes, a type of this chamber
Time's up! The correct answer was Incubator
WORDS OF LOVE
Virgil's "omnia vincit amor" is translated as this
Time's up! The correct answer was love conquers all
JUAN
Juan Belmonte is considered the founder of the modern version of this sport, ole!
Time's up! The correct answer was Bullfighting
THE MISFITS
1965's "The Outlaws Is Coming" was the last movie featuring this wacky trio of comedy misfits
Time's up! The correct answer was The Three Stooges
LITERARY ANIMALS
Anna Sewell wrote her only novel about this title animal as a plea for the proper care of horses
Time's up! The correct answer was "Black Beauty"
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
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
THE FALL
In 1918 this date in autumn brought the signing of the armistice ending World War I
Time's up! The correct answer was 11-Nov
KNOTS TO YOU
From the Turkish for "napkin", it's the art which creates decorative items by knotting cord, rope or string
Time's up! The correct answer was Macrame