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IT ENDS WITH "US"
Bridges over this strait connect Asia to Europe
Time's up! The correct answer was Bosphorus
WHERE WORDS COME FROM
Latin: This device you open when it's precipitating
Time's up! The correct answer was an umbrella
THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY
Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Bogota, Belmopan
Time's up! The correct answer was Belmopan
THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY
Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Bogota, Belmopan
Time's up! The correct answer was Belmopan
THE REPLACEMENTS
A piece that makes it to your foe's deepest row in checkers can be replaced with one of these "royal" ones
Time's up! The correct answer was a king
YOU BEAST!
The bulls of these African animals can weigh up to 6 tons
Time's up! The correct answer was an elephant
TWO
In pharmaceuticals: William Bristol &...
Time's up! The correct answer was John Myers
CARTOONS
Bubbles, Blossom & Buttercup make up this group devoted to "Saving the Day Before Bedtime"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Powerpuff Girls
KAN U SPEL BIZNESS?
Dessert topping (the part after "Reddi")
Time's up! The correct answer was W-I-P
BLARNEY
Now applied to Shakespeare, this word referred originally to Celtic minstrel poets
Time's up! The correct answer was bard
RADIO DISNEY
"Party In The U.S.A." is by this singer who also plays a young lady named Hannah
Time's up! The correct answer was Miley Cyrus
EARTH
Formed at the Earth's surface, basalt is the extrusive type of this "Big 3" type of rock
Time's up! The correct answer was igneous
OPERA SINGERS
This Neapolitan tenor made his last public appearance on Christmas Eve, 1920 in "La Juive"
Time's up! The correct answer was Caruso
"I" LADS
His is the first & longest book of the Bible's major prophets
Time's up! The correct answer was Isaiah
MOTHER GOOSE
It's the type of nail referred to in the nursery rhyme "All for Want of a Nail"
Time's up! The correct answer was a horseshoe nail
THE "A" "B" "C"s
They're the 2 words describing lenses that curve outward or inward
Time's up! The correct answer was Concave & convex
YOU DO THE MATH
The number of items in a dozen times the number of months in a year
Time's up! The correct answer was 144
STATE OF THE UNION
The Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport is in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Rhode Island
THE HOLLYWOOD STOCK EXCHANGE
One of the hottest stocks of summer 2000 was for this nautical action film starring George Clooney
Time's up! The correct answer was The Perfect Storm
BIRDS! BIRDS! BIRDS!
The largest bird in the world, this one, seen here, is also the fastest on land
Time's up! The correct answer was Ostrich
WHO'S ON FIRST?
For the 2000-2001 season, "The Simpsons" led into this show that led into "The X-Files"--you might say it was...
Time's up! The correct answer was Malcolm In The Middle
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
In southern Asia: Dhaka
Time's up! The correct answer was Bangladesh
CROSSWORD CLUES "K"
Jean-Claude of the slopes (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was Killy
HIT TUNES
"Iris", "Slide"
Time's up! The correct answer was Goo Goo Dolls
HOLIDAYS
Until 1752, the 13 colonies observed Annunciation Day, the 25th of this month, as new year's
Time's up! The correct answer was March
BALLET
The Carolina Ballet debuted a 2006 work based on this stormy Shakespearean shipwreck saga
Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest
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
THE 1960s
It’s what chewable “chocks” were
Time's up! The correct answer was vitamins
CHICKENS FOR FREE
A rich dish combines chicken strips, spaghetti & a sherry-parmesan cheese cream sauce in chicken this opera star
Time's up! The correct answer was chicken Tetrazzini
MYSPACE.MAN
On April 12, 1961, he took his 5 1/4-ton Vostok 1 for a spin at 9:07 A.M. Moscow time; he had it back by 10:55
Time's up! The correct answer was Gagarin
RHYME TIME
Voraciously eat an "all-purpose" baking ingredient
Time's up! The correct answer was devour flour
BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS
1976: "A Single Colorado Mountain"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rocky
THE BIBLE
Under the command of this Babylonian king, Nebuzaradan burned "All the houses of Jerusalem"
Time's up! The correct answer was Nebuchadnezzar
GEOGRAPH"Y"
While many countries in Europe have been splitting up, this one got back together in 1990
Time's up! The correct answer was Germany
ASTROLOGY
This planet spends an average of 20 years in each sign of the Zodiac
Time's up! The correct answer was Pluto
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
MEDICINE
As Franklin D. Roosevelt's blood pressure was 300/190, he suffered from this 1-word condition
Time's up! The correct answer was hypertension
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
The Union Jack (4)
Time's up! The correct answer was flag
ALSO ON YOUR COMPUTER KEYS
A loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders to below the waist
Time's up! The correct answer was a shift
CONTESTS
In 1999 'N Sync performed at the 17th annual pageant to crown Miss this
Time's up! The correct answer was Miss Teen USA
THEATRE AROUND THE WORLD
He directed a landmark Chinese production of his play "Death of a Salesman" at the People's Art Theatre in Beijing
Time's up! The correct answer was Arthur Miller
STATE GOVERNMENT
The counties of Iowa & Arizona are headed by boards of these
Time's up! The correct answer was supervisors
MEN OF MUSIC
Richard Strauss used double basses for Jokanaan's beheading in the opera about this princess
Time's up! The correct answer was Salomé
READING
Group name for all letters other than A, E, I, O & U
Time's up! The correct answer was consonants
TV DRAMAS BY EPISODE
"Warrior... Princess... Tramp"
Time's up! The correct answer was Xena Warrior Princess
METALLICA
To buy this precious metal, visit Taxco, Mexico; it's the city's best-known product
Time's up! The correct answer was silver
PHYSICS
If it were not for the retarding influence of this, raindrops would attain bullet-like speeds
Time's up! The correct answer was the atmosphere
"S"-OTERICA
(I'm NFL running back Shaun Alexander) I play in this city that's the farthest distance away from any other NFL city
Time's up! The correct answer was Seattle
ISLANDS
The Court of Tynwald is the chief legislative body of this island in the Irish Sea
Time's up! The correct answer was Isle of Man
THE CIVIL WAR
In Feb. 2005 a reenactment was staged for this 140th anniversary of this fort's reoccupation by Union troops
Time's up! The correct answer was Fort Sumter
FACTS & FIGURES
A pen with 1,400 diamonds depicting a mountain range was created in 2006 to celebrate this company's 100th anniversary
Time's up! The correct answer was Montblanc
"A" PLUS
Iran & Pakistan both border this nation
Time's up! The correct answer was Afghanistan
WOMEN'S HEALTH
Often given with progesterone, it's the main hormone in hormone replacement therapy
Time's up! The correct answer was estrogen
19th CENTURY AMERICA
To avoid Boss Tweed's graft, Alfred Beach secretly built one of these under Broadway in 1869-70
Time's up! The correct answer was a subway
ORDINAL NUMBER, PLEASE
It's where Washington was in war, in peace & in the hearts of his countrymen
Time's up! The correct answer was First
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
This somewhat coarse root vegetable is also called a swede or a Swedish turnip
Time's up! The correct answer was a rutabaga
"PUN" JAB
Colons & commas & hyphens, oh my!
Time's up! The correct answer was punctuation
"TOO" MUCH
Fighting ferociously, you go at it this "& nail"
Time's up! The correct answer was tooth
WAR STORIES
"A Walk in the Sun", "They Were Expendable"
Time's up! The correct answer was World War II
CONGRESSIONAL MISDEMEANORS
This former house speaker was reprimanded in 1997 for misuse of tax-exempt funds & submitting false informaiton
Time's up! The correct answer was Newt Gingrich
BUSINESS
This San Francisco-based clothing company's full name includes "De Corps"
Time's up! The correct answer was Esprit
THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
On September 23, 1779 he & his men successfully attacked a British convoy off Flamborough Head in the North Sea
Time's up! The correct answer was John Paul Jones
"X"-MEN
His dad Earl Little was an outspoken Baptist minister & supporter of black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey
Time's up! The correct answer was Malcolm X
THE REPLACEMENTS
George Williams founded the association familiarly known as this to replace life on the street with Bible study
Time's up! The correct answer was the Young Men's Christian Association
"J" WHIZ
This 1847 novel takes place mainly at Lowood Orphan Asylum & Thornfield Hall
Time's up! The correct answer was "Jane Eyre"
& GO TO "BED"
Native Americans called this fence material the "Devil's rope"
Time's up! The correct answer was barbed wire
DELAWARE
Sailing under a Dutch flag, this English navigator & explorer discovered Delaware in 1609
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry Hudson
I PITY THE "FOOL"
9-letter word for something designed to be impervious to human incompetence
Time's up! The correct answer was foolproof
WAR MOVIES
1970: An historically correct re-creation of Pearl Harbor
Time's up! The correct answer was Tora! Tora! Tora!
THAT'S HANDY
In Christian ritual it involves moving the hand from the forehead, to the chest & then to each shoulder in turn
Time's up! The correct answer was crossing oneself
FAMOUS JACQUES
Much of France's 16th century Canadian claim was based on his explorations
Time's up! The correct answer was Cartier
TOP O' THE CHARTS
Her "Control" album produced 5 Top 5 singles, each in a different spot; "When I Think Of You" hit No. 1
Time's up! The correct answer was Janet Jackson
THE GRIDIRON
[Hi, I'm Dick Butkus, Hall of Fame linebacker of the Chicago Bears] Before moving to Soldier Field in 1971, the Bears played its home games for 50 seasons in this Cubs park
Time's up! The correct answer was Wrigley Field
NONFICTION
Dave Eggers not-so-modestly titled his memoir "A Heartbreaking Work of" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Staggering Genius
TBA
A teary-eyed person, or the announcer of the latest village news
Time's up! The correct answer was Crier
MY PLACE?
A western camper pitches a tent; a central Asian nomad pitches this
Time's up! The correct answer was yurt
FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME
Mrs. Reagan's whims
Time's up! The correct answer was Nancy's fancies
ENDS WITH 3 VOWELS
Dresser
Time's up! The correct answer was a bureau
EAT IT!
Paper-thin & often served for dessert, it's the French equivalent of a pancake
Time's up! The correct answer was crêpes
HISTORIC DATES
On May 17, 1954 the Supreme Court ruled on this case, unanimously outlawing public school segregation
Time's up! The correct answer was Brown vs. the Board of Education
MAD
The Cold War nuclear balance was known as "MAD", mutually assured this
Time's up! The correct answer was destruction
THE 1980s
On Dec. 13, 1989 Pres. F.W. De Clerk met with this imprisoned African National Congress leader for the first time
Time's up! The correct answer was Nelson Mandela
GIRLS IN SONG
"Went to a dance lookin' for romance, saw" this girl, "so I thought I'd take a chance"
Time's up! The correct answer was Barbara Ann
18th CENTURY AMERICANS
Mary Hays received this pseudonym for aiding her husband & other soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth
Time's up! The correct answer was Molly Pitcher
"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
MUSICAL THEATRE
Barbra Streisand introduced the song "People" in this musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Funny Girl
AMERICAN PLAYS
This playwright dedicated "A Delicate Balance" to J. Steinbeck with "affection and admiration"
Time's up! The correct answer was Edward Albee
ANY FIRST WORDS?
Aussies are familiar with this term for native inhabitants that once referred to pre-Roman Italians
Time's up! The correct answer was aborigines
WHO PLAYED 'EM
2003 & 2004: The bride who's trying to kill Bill
Time's up! The correct answer was Uma Thurman
THE LIVING PLANET
Relative to the size of the bird, this flightless New Zealand denizen has the largest egg
Time's up! The correct answer was the kiwi
20th CENTURY DESIGN
Lighter than steel, this metal is also associated with the modernist style of the '20s & '30s
Time's up! The correct answer was aluminum
TWO
In pharmaceuticals: William Bristol &...
Time's up! The correct answer was John Myers
WOMEN'S FIRSTS
In 2007 Drew Gilpin Faust became the first female president in this university's 371-year history
Time's up! The correct answer was Harvard
TRAVEL & TOURISM
Except when it's on tour, the most important King Tut collection is housed in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Cairo
STARTS WITH "W"
Both the first & last emperors of modern Germany bore this name
Time's up! The correct answer was Wilhelm
THE ONION
Feb. 20, 2006: This late "Feminine Mystique" writer "honored with second-class postage stamp"
Time's up! The correct answer was Friedan
This 2-letter abbreviation means "which see" in Latin & directs readers to another part of the book for info
Time's up! The correct answer was q.v.
SAY "CHI"s
Deception or trickery
Time's up! The correct answer was chicanery
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Escamillo is a toreador in "Carmen", an opera set in this European country
Time's up! The correct answer was Spain
SECRET IDENTITIES
The original Robin, the Boy Wonder
Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Grayson
"CAL" STATE
For smokers, it's a pipe with a curved stem & a large bowl made from a gourd
Time's up! The correct answer was Calabash
ACTORS' RHYME TIME
Calista's collection of photos of actress June
Time's up! The correct answer was Flockhart's Lockharts
CAESAR
According to legend, this unhinged Roman emperor made his horse a priest & a consul
Time's up! The correct answer was Caligula
BRITISH NOBILITY
In the 16th C. the Earl of Surrey helped bring this 14-line poetic form to England
Time's up! The correct answer was Sonnet
PLANTS
This climbing tropical shrub was named for a French South Seas explorer
Time's up! The correct answer was Bouganvillea
CONTAINERS
The American Heritage Dict.'s 1st pronunciation for this word rhymes it with "lace"; another with, with "bras"
Time's up! The correct answer was vase
CLASSICAL MUSIC
This German composer's 5th Symphony in C Minor has a famous opening
Time's up! The correct answer was Ludwig van Beethoven
THAT'S NO LADY...
A legendary lineman for the Giants & the Rams, he also published a "Needlepoint Book for Men"
Time's up! The correct answer was RosieGrier
COUNTRIES THAT END IN "O"
This former Yugoslavian republic broke away from Serbia in 2006
Time's up! The correct answer was Montenegro
FRENCH ART & ARTISTS
Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun was noted for portraits of this queen, including the one with her children, seen here:
Time's up! The correct answer was Marie Antoinette
INDONESIA
Indonesia's Molucca Islands were once called this because they were famous for growing cloves, nutmeg & mace
Time's up! The correct answer was Spice Islands
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
4 CONSONANTS IN A ROW
A caterpillar that moves by contraction & expansion
Time's up! The correct answer was an inchworm
INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE
Oh, it bellows: RANCID COO
Time's up! The correct answer was accordion
TITLES FROM SHAKESPEARE
Peter Straub & Danielle Steel both came "Full Circle", spoken by Edmund in this Shakespearean tragedy
Time's up! The correct answer was King Lear
U.S. STATES
Of Colorado, New Mexico or Arizona, the state where the Rio Grande begins
Time's up! The correct answer was Colorado
___ OG
Something can do this to your bad memory; it's also a wheel on a Sony Clie
Time's up! The correct answer was jog
ANAGRAMMED CABINET DEPARTMENTS
To trap on trains
Time's up! The correct answer was Transportation
SCIENCE BRIEFS
It's a vital sign: BP
Time's up! The correct answer was blood pressure
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
Originally bean-containing dried gourds on handles, they were named by the Tupi of South America
Time's up! The correct answer was Maracas
HOP ON POP CULTURE
Mark Hamill played the oldest of Dick Van Patten's octet of kids in the pilot but not the series of this show
Time's up! The correct answer was Eight Is Enough
ART & ARTISTS
He painted "Irises" & "Pink Roses" as well as "Sunflowers"
Time's up! The correct answer was Vincent Van Gogh
"IBLE"S & BITS
Adjective for handwriting that can actually be read, unlike my doctor's
Time's up! The correct answer was legible
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
In 1957 Martin Luther King helped establish this religious organization, the SCLC
Time's up! The correct answer was Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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
DEFENESTRATION IN CINEMA
In this Coen Brothers movie, Charles Durning jumps out a window during a board meeting
Time's up! The correct answer was The Hudsucker Proxy
TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY
The first of these were awarded in 1901 & they are given out yearly for Physics, Chemistry, Peace & 3 other disciplines
Time's up! The correct answer was the Nobel Prizes
RHYMES WITH STONEHENGE
It's easy to get lost in this arrangement of genetically identical creations
Time's up! The correct answer was Clonehenge
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
PRE-COLUMBIAN CULTURES
Probably the biggest big game the Clovis culture went after 11,200 years ago, it was woolly
Time's up! The correct answer was Mammoth
WEEDS
This plant whose alkaloids ended Socrates' life now grows on American roadsides
Time's up! The correct answer was Hemlock
PIRATE MOVIES
Ingrid Bergman's husband in "Casablanca", he played a pirate captain in "Pirates Of Tripoli"
Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Henreid
PLAY ADJECTIVES
Howard Sackler's "The ____ ____ Hope"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Great White Hope
CHANCE
Theoretically, a U.S. casino's ability to make money on Roulette relies on the presence of these 2 green figures
Time's up! The correct answer was 0 and 00
LOBBYISTS
In the late '70s, Phyllis Schlafly lobbied for the defeat of this proposed constitutional amendment
Time's up! The correct answer was the ERA
POETS & POETRY
He was descended from an Abyssinian prince, Peter the Great's godson
Time's up! The correct answer was Pushkin
HOMETOWNS
Jose Marti
Time's up! The correct answer was Havana
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
The surface of this lake in Siberia is about 1,490 ft. above sea level, the bottom over 5,300 ft. below
Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Baikal
SIMILES
A fine voice is "as clear as" one of these tintinnabulating objects
Time's up! The correct answer was a bell
BODIES OF WATER
The St. Mary's River connects Lake Superior to this second-largest Great Lake
Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Huron
GENERAL INFORMATION
This "old soldier" was a general at age 38; in 1930 at age 50, he was Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army
Time's up! The correct answer was MacArthur
IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD
Christopher Columbus sampled this grain in Cuba, declaring it "most tasty boiled, roasted or ground into flour"
Time's up! The correct answer was corn
ART
Someone tearing the L.A. Times into strips may be practicing this art form with a hyphenated French name
Time's up! The correct answer was papier-mâché
MARK TWAIN SEZ
"Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is" this "that does the work"
Time's up! The correct answer was the lightning
WORDS WITHIN WORDS
A 1,496-pound one was unfortunate enough to get caught in 1979
Time's up! The correct answer was Tuna
ABBREV.
Printer particular: DPI
Time's up! The correct answer was dots per inch
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
MICHAEL JACKSON HITS IN OTHER WORDS
1983: "Get Out Of Here!"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Beat It"
OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS BY SPORT
1904: Thomas Kiely, with 6,036 points; 2000: Erki Nool, with 8,641
Time's up! The correct answer was the decathlon
WEAPONRY
Standard-issue weapons for stormtroopers in "Star Wars" included energy-bolt-firing pistols called these
Time's up! The correct answer was blasters
BOOKS & AUTHORS
In 1990 he reissued "The Stand" with nearly 500 more pages than the original
Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen King
ARE YOU PERHAPS FRENCH?
Michelin 3-star chef Joel Robuchon opened his first U.S. restaurant in this city, not New York
Time's up! The correct answer was Las Vegas
TAUNT "O"
When you try to make a point, you flail around like one of these mollusks with 8 limbs
Time's up! The correct answer was an octopus
CANADIAN CAPITALS
This Manitoba capital's name is derived from 2 Cree Indian words meaning "murky water"
Time's up! The correct answer was Winnipeg
BOTANY
This "kissing" shrub, the state flower of Oklahoma, sometimes kills the tree that serves as its host
Time's up! The correct answer was Mistletoe
HIT TUNES
"Angel", "Building A Mystery"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sarah McLachlan
MOVIE PRODUCERS
Julia Phillips was the first woman producer to win a Best Picture Oscar, for this 1973 con game film
Time's up! The correct answer was The Sting
CHAIRS
The French version of a day bed, the chaise longue, literallly means this
Time's up! The correct answer was Long Chair
LOW TECH
A tactical formation in the form of a V, or an "issue" dividing an otherwise unified group
Time's up! The correct answer was a wedge
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
The team names of these 2 expansion clubs start with the same 3 letters; one might catch the other
Time's up! The correct answer was the Seattle Mariners & the Florida Marlins
PLANTS
Plant whose twigs are used for dowsing & whose leaves & bark are used to make an astringent
Time's up! The correct answer was Witch Hazel
TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA
Actor in common to the coming-to-California films "True Romance" & "Kalifornia"
Time's up! The correct answer was Brad Pitt
YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS STUFF
The Lord's Prayer says, "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from" this
Time's up! The correct answer was evil
5-LETTER CAPITALS
In 1809 one of the first revolts for independence in Latin America broke out in this Ecuadoran capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Quito
THE 50 STATES
The diatonic or "Cajun" accordion is the official musical instrument of this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana
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
BUSY AS A BEAVER
"The Beaver's Lesson" is the title of part 5 of this author's "The Hunting of the Snark"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lewis Carroll
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
"PU"
It means downright rotten
Time's up! The correct answer was Putrid
THE 1980s
On Dec. 13, 1989 Pres. F.W. De Clerk met with this imprisoned African National Congress leader for the first time
Time's up! The correct answer was Nelson Mandela
PHYSICS
The term horsepower came about when James Watt compared work done by a horse to work done by this
Time's up! The correct answer was steam engine
THE NEW TESTAMENT
In Luke he is quoted as saying, "I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pilate
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
The pair's lyricist
Time's up! The correct answer was Hammerstein
WORLD RELIGION
As they were partial to using hymns, these brothers, Charles & John, were the first rhythm Methodists
Time's up! The correct answer was the Wesleys
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
THE KILLERS
In one of the few documented one-on-one Old West gunfights, this "Wild" man killed Davis Tutt in 1865
Time's up! The correct answer was Wild Bill Hickok
STRING THEORY 201
String theory is part of this "P" branch of physics that studies eensy little items
Time's up! The correct answer was particle
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
THAT'S BUSINESS
In 1851 this company started using a logo with a man in the moon & 13 stars; now it uses its initials
Time's up! The correct answer was Proctor & Gamble
LITERATURE
Goethe called him Faust; Marlowe dubbed him this
Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Faustus
A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL
"I'm gonna let ya in on a little secret, Ray. K-Mart sucks"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rain Man
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
EDGAR ALLAN POE-POURRI
This French "Flowers of Evil" author translated Poe's tales into French
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Baudelaire
BACKWARDS
In T minus 5 seconds, you'll say this word for the inverted series used before a rocket launch
Time's up! The correct answer was a countdown
ANIMATED FILMS
Pretty Belle falls for a prince who's been transformed into a monster in this 1991 film
Time's up! The correct answer was Beauty and the Beast
BIBLICAL CRIME BLOTTER
This woman is wanted in connection with stolen hair & the kidnapping of her boyfriend by Philistines
Time's up! The correct answer was Delilah
19th CENTURY AMERICA
The 1866 Civil Rights Act was passed over this president's veto
Time's up! The correct answer was Johnson
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
SOUNDS LIKE A CAPITAL CITY
Is old-time ballplayer Yogi able to?
Time's up! The correct answer was Canberra
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
In the 1999 Fiesta Bowl, quarterback Tee Martin led this school to the national title by defeating Florida State, 23-16
Time's up! The correct answer was Tennessee
THE JEFFERSON ADMINISTRATION
On July 12, 1808 this large city's Missouri Gazette became the first newspaper published west of the Mississippi
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Louis
RADIO DISNEY
"The songs on 'Under My Skin' are...deeper than those on 'Let Go'" said this Canadian on Radio Disney's website
Time's up! The correct answer was Avril Lavigne
STATE GOVERNMENT
The counties of Iowa & Arizona are headed by boards of these
Time's up! The correct answer was supervisors
CROSSWORD CLUES "J"
Belligerent nationalist (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was jingo
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME
You have to have permission to do this in a barrel since someone died doing it in 1951
Time's up! The correct answer was Going over Niagara Falls
BRIGHT IDEAS
Lawrence Sperry used the gyroscope his dad developed in this device that keeps planes on course without human aid
Time's up! The correct answer was autopilot
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
WHAT TO WEAR?
Also the name of a rope for leading cattle, this women's backless top has a strap that loops around the neck
Time's up! The correct answer was halter
"AD"JECTIVES
Unfavorable, like some circumstances, or the last name of Anthony in a 1933 novel
Time's up! The correct answer was Adverse
WORLD CAPITALS
Until 1918 & the collapse of the dynasty, it was home base for the Hapsburgs
Time's up! The correct answer was Vienna
BRAZILIAN WORDS & PHRASES
Unlike some, I like my women to be "cranio", this quality we also admire on "Jeopardy!"
Time's up! The correct answer was intelligence
AFRICANA
A lion subspecies shares its name with these nomadic people of Tanzania & Kenya
Time's up! The correct answer was Masai
TRAVEL & TOURISM
The International UFO Museum & Research Center is in this New Mexico city where some say UFOs have landed
Time's up! The correct answer was Roswell
CONTAINERS
A sink, or the area drained by a single river system
Time's up! The correct answer was a basin
AMERICAN LITERATURE
He lived for several weeks among the cannibalistic Typee before he wrote the book of the same name
Time's up! The correct answer was Herman Melville
MATH TERMS
The term surd refers to irrational numbers like this number's square root, 1.7320508...
Time's up! The correct answer was 3
COUNTRIES THAT END IN "O"
This former Yugoslavian republic broke away from Serbia in 2006
Time's up! The correct answer was Montenegro
U.S. CITIES
Located in this city's Garden District, Commander's Palace features a jazz brunch on weekends
Time's up! The correct answer was New Orleans
ASSASSINS
Yigal Amir, a student at Bar-Ilan University, is serving a life sentence for assassinating this leader in 1995
Time's up! The correct answer was Rabin
QUOTATIONS
In 1944 she wrote in her diary, "In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart"
Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Frank
"GREEN" THINGS
A precocious redhaired little girl is the heroine of this 1908 children's book by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Time's up! The correct answer was Anne of Green Gables
CAPITOL THINKERS
This Ariz. senator said of Bush's energy plan, "Just one pork barrel project larded onto another"
Time's up! The correct answer was John McCain
HOTELS
He opened his own hotel in Paris in 1898 & soon started running the Carlton in London
Time's up! The correct answer was Cesar Ritz
VERBS
As a verb, this British nationality means to put an end to something abruptly
Time's up! The correct answer was Scotch
FOREWORDS
Part 2 "is Lilliput in reverse, but...also offers some of" his "fiercest assaults upon the behavior of" his countrymen
Time's up! The correct answer was Jonathan Swift
BEFORE & AFTER
Dystopian Anthony Burgess novel that's a New Zealand fish
Time's up! The correct answer was A Clockwork Orange Roughy
NAME THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY
"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears"
Time's up! The correct answer was Julius Caesar
BESTSELLERS
This author's "The Secret Man" detailed the history of his interactions with Deep Throat
Time's up! The correct answer was Bob Woodward
SKIP TO MY "LOO"
Unsecured pages of a book in removable form
Time's up! The correct answer was looseleaf
CHANCE
The U.S. golf register says the chances of this have been estimated north of 1 in 20,000
Time's up! The correct answer was a hole-in-one
HISTORY IN MOVIES
In this famous film Scarlett O'Hara doesn't let the South losing the Civil War slow her down
Time's up! The correct answer was Gone With the Wind
RHYME TIME
A wealthy sorceress
Time's up! The correct answer was a rich witch
FRANCES FARMER
In "Badlands of Dakota" Frances was this Wild West lady to Richard Dix's Wild Bill
Time's up! The correct answer was Calamity Jane
AND I QUOTE
3-word phrase for a quote meant for attribution, or a quote like "Gretzky's 92 goals are unbeatable!"
Time's up! The correct answer was On the record
NOVEL QUOTES
(1932) "Over the main entrance the words, Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre"
Time's up! The correct answer was Brave New World
"LIGHT"s
Ben Franklin invented this device & would have been shocked if it hadn't worked
Time's up! The correct answer was the lightning rod
ART & ARTISTS
Aquarelle is a transparent, rather than opaque, type of this painting, as seen in Paul Klee's work "Quarry"
Time's up! The correct answer was watercolor
20th CENTURY DESIGN
Lighter than steel, this metal is also associated with the modernist style of the '20s & '30s
Time's up! The correct answer was aluminum
MEDIEVAL MUSIC
In 950 this instrument in Winchester Cathedral needed 70 men to work the bellows
Time's up! The correct answer was Organ
UNIVERSITY SPORTS TEAMS
Penn State's teams, they were named partly for a mountain & partly for a creature that could defeat Princeton's Tigers
Time's up! The correct answer was the Nittany Lions
MARK TWAIN: BOOK LOVER
A copy of the New Testament in Arabic was given to Twain during the cruise that inspired this 1869 travel classic
Time's up! The correct answer was The Innocents Abroad
iPOD, YOUTUBE OR WII
Britain's Prince William got one last Christmas & Queen Elizabeth promptly commandeered it
Time's up! The correct answer was Wii
TURNING 40 IN '98
A short called "Frankenweenie" helped launch the career of this "Edward Scissorhands" director
Time's up! The correct answer was Tim Burton
"EVER"S
In a WB TV series, Treat Williams followed his dead wife's wish & took the kids to this Colorado town
Time's up! The correct answer was Everwood
"IND" THE KNOW
The systematic teaching of beliefs to gain uncritical acceptance
Time's up! The correct answer was indoctrination
GUINNESS RECORDS
Selling more than 25 million copies, this WWII diary of a young girl is the bestselling diary in history
Time's up! The correct answer was The Diary of Anne Frank
ALLUSIONAL THINKING
Your vulnerability might be compared to this body part of an ancient Greek hero who killed Hector
Time's up! The correct answer was an Achilles' heel
SPOILER ALERT!
1932: The unusual circus performers discover Olga's murderous plans & turn her into a "chicken woman"
Time's up! The correct answer was Freaks
BRIDGES
The Francis Scott Key Bridge crosses the Patapsco River in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Baltimore
LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS
A. Philip Randolph, who first proposed a march on this city in 1941, also helped organize the one in 1963
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington, D.C.
“SAINTS”
“St. Elsewhere” is the nickname for this TV hospital
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Eligius
HEADQUARTERS
The Ford Motor Company has long been headquartered in this city that adjoins Detroit
Time's up! The correct answer was Dearborn
FRUIT
The Bartlett type of this fruit begins to ripen in summer; other varieties ripen later in the year
Time's up! The correct answer was Pears
GEHRY
The Guggenheim Museum in this city of Spain's Basque region is one of the best-known structures designed by Gehry
Time's up! The correct answer was Bilbao
TRANSPORTATION
Since 1899 these stalwart animals used in transport have served as the mascots of the Army Corps of Cadets
Time's up! The correct answer was mules
BRAND NAMES
This VCR brand's name came from the Latin for "great voice"
Time's up! The correct answer was Magnavox
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
THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
This 1990 winner said it was "a recognition of what we call perestroika and innovative political thinking"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gorbachev
FOR WHOM THE "BELL" TOLLS
It's an Italian city about 40 miles north of Milan, or about 9,000 miles east of Las Vegas
Time's up! The correct answer was Bellagio
NAME THE DECADE
The first controlled nuclear chain reaction
Time's up! The correct answer was the 1940s
PLANTS
Britannica defines it as "any plant growing where it is not wanted"
Time's up! The correct answer was Weed
AIN'T THAT AMERICA
This state was named for a man who was a European king from 1643 to 1715
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana
ABBREV.
Since 1871, they've aimed to please: NRA
Time's up! The correct answer was the National Rifle Association
LITERATURE
In the final scene of "Rebecca", this stately mansion of Maxim De Winter burns
Time's up! The correct answer was Manderley
SCRAMBLED EGGS?
A pancake-like offering in Rome: FAT TRAIT
Time's up! The correct answer was frittata
KING ARTHUR
Arthur set up the diamond jousts, a series of 9 annual tournaments all won by this knight
Time's up! The correct answer was Lancelot
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY SAYS....
"We were very tired, we were very merry -- we had gone back and forth all night in" this conveyance
Time's up! The correct answer was Ferry
THE RENAISSANCE
The name of this musical form probably came from the Latin "matricale", meaning in the mother tongue
Time's up! The correct answer was Madrigal
I JUST LIKE SAYING THESE WORDS
Alfred E. Neuman could tell you that a fernticle is another name for one of these on the surface of the skin
Time's up! The correct answer was a freckle
BETTER KNOWN AS...
Falsetto ukulele strummer Herbert Khaury
Time's up! The correct answer was Tiny Tim
LITERATURE
"A Tale of Two Cities" opens as Dr. Alexander Manette is released after 18 years in this prison
Time's up! The correct answer was The Bastille
HISTORY
Before he was Canada's P.M., William Lyon Mackenzie King lived in this famous house with Jane Addams
Time's up! The correct answer was Hull House
NEEDY NO.1 HITMAKERS
1987: "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
Time's up! The correct answer was Houston
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
THE BYRDS & THE BEAS
He was the Senate's Minority Leader from 1980-87, then moved up to Majority Leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Byrd
THE HOUND OF MUSIC
Title question posed by Patti Page in a 1953 smash
Time's up! The correct answer was "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?"
TRAVEL & TOURISM
You can spend the night in a Victorian style railroad car at the Choo Choo Hilton in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Chattanooga
TIME'S TOP 10 EVERYTHING OF 2008
No. 7 in "Food Trends": Meat from this animal (kid is the tenderest)
Time's up! The correct answer was goat
DON'T BE A PAIN
Pain registers in one area of the outer portion of the cerebrum called the cerebral this
Time's up! The correct answer was cortex
THE USA
The discovery of the Comstock Lode in 1859 attracted miners & prospectors to this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Nevada
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
RHYMES WITH TEEN
Noor, to her Jordanian subjects
Time's up! The correct answer was Queen
MAGAZINES
Comparing itself to People, this magazine says it reaches "A better class of people"
Time's up! The correct answer was Us
LANGUAGE QUESTIONS
In Latin, the "5 W's" are mostly Q's; quid means what, quare means why and quando means this
Time's up! The correct answer was when
SPORTS NAME ORIGINS
This racket sport takes its name from the country home of the 19th century Duke of Beaufort
Time's up! The correct answer was Badminton
STRINGS
In the 1630s it was a backup bow & arrow part; today it means backup on a sports team
Time's up! The correct answer was second string
MUSIC/TELEVISION
Hey, now! Elvis Costello sold Hank Kingsley a lemon of a sports car on this HBO comedy
Time's up! The correct answer was The Larry Sanders Show
WHO IS THEON OF SMYRNA?
Theon's greatest work, available on Amazon.com, has mathematics useful for understanding this "Republic" author
Time's up! The correct answer was Plato
THAT'S NO LADY...
He was a comic foil as Mr. Mooney on "The Lucy Show" & Mr. Wilson on "Dennis the Menace"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gale Gordon
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
GOING DUTCH
Driving through the Netherlands? You should know a sign that says "Parkeerverbod" means this
Time's up! The correct answer was No Parking
LEVITICUS
This tribe that gives the book its English name is only mentioned in one passage
Time's up! The correct answer was Levites
WOMEN: WRITE ON!
"Seducing the Demon: Writing for my Life" is a 2006 memoir by this "Fear of Flying" author
Time's up! The correct answer was Erica Jong
ART
In the 1300s Italy gave birth to this art movement that would eventually sweep across Europe
Time's up! The correct answer was the Renaissance
SKIP TO MY "LOO"
5-letter word for "remote in manner"
Time's up! The correct answer was aloof
HORSE SENSE
The Pie was little Liz Taylor's horse in this classic
Time's up! The correct answer was National Velvet
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
This longest river on the Iberian Peninsula is also known as the Tajo
Time's up! The correct answer was the Tagus
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
VERBS
This word for a type of running is from a word meaning "jump", & it's a talent that long jumpers need to get distance
Time's up! The correct answer was sprint
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
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
PHILMOGRAPHIES
"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" (plus his own 1955-59 TV show)
Time's up! The correct answer was Phil Silvers
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
Key's brother-in-law & law partner Roger B. Taney served as this from 1836 to 1864
Time's up! The correct answer was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
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.
REALLY BIG
With its supporting roots & trunks, a single one of these trees in India covers some 3 acres
Time's up! The correct answer was Banyan
WHOSE IS IT?
The Battle of the Little Bighorn, won by the Sioux, also has this "final" name
Time's up! The correct answer was Custer's Last Stand
FOUND
Agnes Baden-Powell helped found the Girl Guides soon after her brother Robert founded this movement
Time's up! The correct answer was Boy Scouts
POLITICAL MOVIES
This political satire starred John Travolta as a Southern governor running for president
Time's up! The correct answer was Primary Colors
POLITICAL SLOGANS
He railed against the “do-nothing 80th congress” during his whistle-stop campaign
Time's up! The correct answer was Truman
HOMOPHONES
Lies in the sun, or people who live in the Pyrenees
Time's up! The correct answer was basks/Basques
SIGNS & SYMBOLS
The first seal designed for what is now this U.S. state depicted icebergs, igloos & the Northern Lights
Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska
IRAQNOPHOBIA
During the Gulf War, foreign journalists used this city's Al-Rashid Hotel as their base of operations
Time's up! The correct answer was Baghdad
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
This mischief-maker was up to his old tricks when he stole Freya's necklace
Time's up! The correct answer was Loki
INSECTS
Its shape allows it to hide among twigs
Time's up! The correct answer was Walking stick
4 CONSONANTS IN A ROW
A caterpillar that moves by contraction & expansion
Time's up! The correct answer was an inchworm
INTERNATIONAL CUISINE
On an Italian menu this term describes pasta with a sauce of eggs, cream, parmesan & bacon
Time's up! The correct answer was carbonara
RED SOX IT TO ME
Tim Wakefield has more starts than any pitcher in Red Sox history, mostly due to his success with this low-velocity pitch
Time's up! The correct answer was the knuckleball
POTPOURRI
This flower got its name from the belief that bees got a sweet substance out of it
Time's up! The correct answer was honeysuckle
LITERARY LAST NAME'S THE SAME
C.K., Emlyn, Tennessee
Time's up! The correct answer was Williams
ODDS & ENDS
This oil cartel controls 40% of world production
Time's up! The correct answer was OPEC
I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF IT
In astrological notation, this sign is represented by 2 fish
Time's up! The correct answer was Pisces
SPORTS
Ben Crenshaw & Phil Mickelson are the only 3-time winners of this college sport's championship tournament
Time's up! The correct answer was golf
INITIAL T.V.
Organization that employed Alexander Waverly, Mark Slate & Illya Kuryakin
Time's up! The correct answer was U.N.C.L.E.
NAME THE FILM
1995: "To infinity, and beyond!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Toy Story
RODENTS
Spaniards named these furry rodents for the Chincha Indians
Time's up! The correct answer was chinchilla
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
In 2004 this Dutch airlines merged with Air France
Time's up! The correct answer was KLM
THE 1980s
On Dec. 13, 1989 Pres. F.W. De Clerk met with this imprisoned African National Congress leader for the first time
Time's up! The correct answer was Nelson Mandela
JEWELRY
The scarab, lotus flower & Isis knot were all designs used in this country's jewelry
Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt
ALL IN YOUR MIND
This measurement was originally measured by dividing mental age by calendar age
Time's up! The correct answer was IQ
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
GUINNESS RECORDS
Siberia in this country has had the greatest range in temperatures -- from 98 degrees F. to -90 degrees F.
Time's up! The correct answer was Russia
PLANTS
Plant whose twigs are used for dowsing & whose leaves & bark are used to make an astringent
Time's up! The correct answer was Witch Hazel
MIXED DRINKS
Using Scotch whisky turns a Manhattan into this drink
Time's up! The correct answer was a Rob Roy
ALSO A GUN MANUFACTURER
One might run in the Preakness
Time's up! The correct answer was a colt
THAT'S BUSINESS
In 1851 this company started using a logo with a man in the moon & 13 stars; now it uses its initials
Time's up! The correct answer was Proctor & Gamble
OFFICIAL STATE THINGS
Hot-cha-cha! New Mexico's official state question is "red or" this?
Time's up! The correct answer was green
NAME THE WORK
Jack London: "'The Ghost' was rolling slightly on a calm sea without a breath of wind"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Sea Wolf
WEATHER WORLD
In addition to helping commerce, these ocean winds bring pleasant weather to islands like Hawaii
Time's up! The correct answer was trade winds
APOLLO 11
"Peaceful" site on the moon where the lunar module touched down
Time's up! The correct answer was the Sea of Tranquility
THE FILM VAULT
Sidney Poitier starred in the 1961 film version of this Lorraine Hansberry drama about a black Chicago family
Time's up! The correct answer was A Raisin in the Sun
47
These 2 tropic lines, north & south of the equator, are 47 degrees apart
Time's up! The correct answer was Cancer & Capricorn
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
In 1811 this German family began its steel-making business by constructing a plant in Essen
Time's up! The correct answer was Krupp
CITY OF BIRTH
Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau was not born in France; his birthplace was this European city
Time's up! The correct answer was Geneva
NO. 3 SONGS
In 1985 David Lee Roth reached No. 3 with "California Girls", 20 years after this group did the same
Time's up! The correct answer was The Beach Boys
BRITISH HISTORY
They've been guarding British royalty since 1485 & gin bottles since 1820
Time's up! The correct answer was Beefeaters
"TEEN" SCENE
Number of lines in Shakespeare's poem that starts "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
Time's up! The correct answer was 14
PRIME NUMBERS
Boeing's answer in the early 1960s to the Douglas DC-9; it's good for medium hauls
Time's up! The correct answer was 727
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
Magazine contributor Steven Chu won a Nobel Prize for slowing atoms with these light beams
Time's up! The correct answer was lasers
A TRIP TO OUTER SPACE
This planet's famous rings were first seen by the Italian scientist Galileo in 1610
Time's up! The correct answer was Saturn
I'VE TRAVELED EACH & EVERY HIGHWAY
The 42 bridges of the Overseas Highway link many of this state's islands to the mainland
Time's up! The correct answer was Florida
THAT'S BUSINESS
He started a book business from his home in 1873; his son William joined forces with G. Clifford Noble in 1917
Time's up! The correct answer was Barnes
GAMES
In terms of the use of fingers, it's the game in which 0 beats 2, 2 beats 5 & 5 beats 0
Time's up! The correct answer was Rock, Paper, Scissors
THEATRE HODGEPODGE
Shakespeare's play about this Tudor king begins, "I come no more to make you laugh..."
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry VIII
SPORTS
In 1991, after 12 seasons at the Salt Palace, this NBA team moved its home games to the Delta Center
Time's up! The correct answer was the Utah Jazz
LET'S BOUNCE
It's a type of bounce house, or a dance made famous by Michael Jackson
Time's up! The correct answer was the moonwalk
YOU'RE UNDER A "REST"
A braced framework for carrying a railroad over a chasm
Time's up! The correct answer was a trestle
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
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
BRASS
We shall return to this man who graduated from West Point in 1903 with the highest honors in his class
Time's up! The correct answer was Doug MacArthur
EDIBLES INSTANT REPLAY REVIEW
After review, the bierwurst, lop chong & kielbasa, types of these, were overcooked
Time's up! The correct answer was sausage
SCIENTISTS
In 2007 this 1962 American Nobel laureate became the first person to receive his own personal genome map
Time's up! The correct answer was James Watson
ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER
September 2006 brought news of a "Unity Deal" between Hamas & this other 5-letter Palestinian group
Time's up! The correct answer was Fatah
20th CENTURY INVENTION
3M's Richard Drew invented it in 1930 to have something to seal the cellophane of food products
Time's up! The correct answer was Scotch tape
TOP OF THE LIST
According to the Cat Fanciers' Assoc., the top breed of pedigreed cat is this feline with a Middle Eastern name
Time's up! The correct answer was Persian
IT'S ALL ABOUT ME
Albrecht Durer's first known drawing, done at the age of 13, was one of these artistic efforts
Time's up! The correct answer was a self-portrait
BIOGRAPHIES
"Rare Air" is a photo biography of this basketball star
Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Jordan
BALLETS WE'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT BEFORE
"Fete Noire" was first presented in 1971 by the fledgling dance theatre of this Manhattan area
Time's up! The correct answer was Harlem
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
HISTORIC DATES
He dissolved England's Rump Parliament on April 20, 1653
Time's up! The correct answer was Cromwell
"V" HAVE MAPS
The African country of Burkina Faso was once known as "Upper" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Volta
FAMILIAR PHRASES
This phrase meaning "to betray someone" came from slaves sent illegally via the Mississippi to New Orleans
Time's up! The correct answer was to sell them down the river
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
WORLD CAPITALS
It's the largest English-speaking city in the Caribbean, mon
Time's up! The correct answer was Kingston
BACKWORDS
Ed leaves pools of water on the carpet when he comes in from sailing this boat
Time's up! The correct answer was Sloop
PROVERBS
"Imitation is the sincerest form of" it, but beware, it "corrupts both the receiver and the giver"
Time's up! The correct answer was flattery
WHO'S THE BOSS
Every week Danno Williams would "Book 'Em" for this boss
Time's up! The correct answer was Steve McGarrett
SPORTS TRIVIA
The Orangemen of Syracuse were NCAA champs in '88 & '89 in this Native American sport
Time's up! The correct answer was Lacrosse
CROSSWORD CLUES "D"
One who gives blood (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was a donor
BUSY AS A BEAVER
"The Beaver's Lesson" is the title of part 5 of this author's "The Hunting of the Snark"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lewis Carroll
THE CIA
Much of the intelligence evaluation & planning is done at the CIA's HQ in this Virginia locale
Time's up! The correct answer was Langley
SAY CHEESE
Italian cheesecake is made with this cheese whose name means "recooked"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ricotta
"B" PREPARED
This period lasted from about 3500 to 1500 B.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was the Bronze Age
LITERATURE
This Muriel Spark novel is set at the Marcia Blaine School For Girls in Edinburgh
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"
MOVIE SONGS
1991: "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You"
Time's up! The correct answer was Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
TOUGH STUFF
It includes the postcentral gyrus, the precentral gyrus, the parietal lobe & the occipital lobe
Time's up! The correct answer was Brain/skull
MARK TWAIN SEZ
Lines attributed to Twain include "Everybody talks about" this, "but nobody does anything about it"
Time's up! The correct answer was the weather
ROGUE
The U.S. condemned this country's October 2006 nuclear test as a "provocative act"
Time's up! The correct answer was North Korea
SHAKESPEAREAN LAST SCENES
Though this comedy has Verona in its title, it ends in a forest on the frontiers of Mantua
Time's up! The correct answer was The Two Gentlemen of Verona
ASTRONOMY ADD A LETTER
Add this letter to Earth & you get a scarcity
Time's up! The correct answer was D
CliffsNotes
2 guys dream of owning a farm, one kills the boss' daughter-in-law, then his pal kills him
Time's up! The correct answer was "Of Mice and Men"
THE CIRCUS
Trainers shout, "Tail Up!" when they want these performers to follow each other trunk to tail
Time's up! The correct answer was Elephants
ANCIENT COINS
Around 334 B.C. this Macedonian's stater became a world currency
Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander the Great
AMERICAN AUTHORS
His bestselling first novel, published in 1846, was set in Polynesia
Time's up! The correct answer was Herman Melville
I PITY THE "FOOL"
2-word term for a pointless task performed for no good reason
Time's up! The correct answer was a fool's errand
AMERICANA
The name of this Texas city is Spanish for "yellow"
Time's up! The correct answer was Amarillo
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
THE "A" "B" "C"s
In a 1976 Playboy interview, Jimmy Carter said he'd committed this in his heart many times
Time's up! The correct answer was Adultery
ACTORS
He never won an Oscar, but this 1960s movie star got a patent for a low-slung bucket seat for race cars
Time's up! The correct answer was Steve McQueen
YOU HAD TO EXPECT OPERA
Flosshilde is a Rhinemaiden in this composer's "Das Rheingold"
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Wagner
HISTORY IN MOVIES
"The Prince of Egypt" featured Ralph Fiennes as the voice of this stubborn ruler
Time's up! The correct answer was the Pharaoh
FAMOUS LLOYDS
This British prime minister helped draft the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I
Time's up! The correct answer was Lloyd George
GOING DUTCH
The dairy is "de melwinkel" while "de kaaswinkel" specializes in this kind of dairy product
Time's up! The correct answer was Cheese
TREES & SHRUBS
This shrub produces clusters appropriately called catkins said to resemble kittens climbing up the twig
Time's up! The correct answer was a pussy willow
GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT
If you're vulpine, you're like a fox; if you're lying on your back with your face upward, you're in this position
Time's up! The correct answer was supine
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
For his set of pipes, the god Pan cut this into different lengths & strapped them in a row
Time's up! The correct answer was Reeds
THE MOVIES
Mike Myers travels from '60s London to Vegas in the '90s as this "International Man of Mystery"
Time's up! The correct answer was Austin Powers
MEDIEVAL MUSIC
In 950 this instrument in Winchester Cathedral needed 70 men to work the bellows
Time's up! The correct answer was Organ
PIZZA TOPPINGS
Wild ones of these found on pizza include shiitakes, morels & chanterelles
Time's up! The correct answer was mushrooms
IRAQNOPHOBIA
The name of this Iraqi currency is derived from a Latin word for "ten"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dinar
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
In Kazakhstan: Kazakh & this
Time's up! The correct answer was Russian
SPORTS NAME ORIGINS
This racket sport takes its name from the country home of the 19th century Duke of Beaufort
Time's up! The correct answer was Badminton
AMERICAN LITERATURE
He lived for several weeks among the cannibalistic Typee before he wrote the book of the same name
Time's up! The correct answer was Herman Melville
THE 19th CENTURY
1853 purchase that brought the contiguous U.S. about up to its present area
Time's up! The correct answer was the Gadsden Purchase
ANGELS
ABBA sang about these & Curtis Lee sang about "Pretty Little" these
Time's up! The correct answer was Angel Eyes
SHOES
This flat shoe normally has a cloth upper & a flexible rope sole
Time's up! The correct answer was Espadrilles
ART
A Gerrit Dou work is sometimes known as "The Mother of" this painter with whom Dou studied in 17th century Leiden
Time's up! The correct answer was Rembrandt
DRAMA
In a 1997 play Stacie Chaiken starred as Constance, wife of this "Earnest" author
Time's up! The correct answer was Oscar Wilde
THE OLD WEST
In Old West talk, "fit" was the past tense of this
Time's up! The correct answer was Fight
STRING THEORY 101
In the U.S. string cheese is usually a type of this cheese
Time's up! The correct answer was mozzarella
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
AMERICAN HISTORY
Completed in 1856, California's first railroad ran 22 miles between Sacramento & this prison city
Time's up! The correct answer was Folsom
LONG WORDS
In 1923 Lts. Macready & Kelly made the first nonstop flight of this 16-letter type, Long Island to San Diego
Time's up! The correct answer was transcontinental
LOBBYISTS
After his forced resignation from the Senate in 1995, he took an interest in lumber & other natural resources
Time's up! The correct answer was Bob Packwood
MUSICAL BY CHARACTERS
Fantine & her daughter Cosette
Time's up! The correct answer was Les Misérables
STATE GOVERNMENT
The counties of Iowa & Arizona are headed by boards of these
Time's up! The correct answer was supervisors
BRAND NAMES
It's the rhyming name of a brand of pretzels made by Frito-Lay
Time's up! The correct answer was Rold Gold
ALL IN YOUR MIND
This measurement was originally measured by dividing mental age by calendar age
Time's up! The correct answer was IQ
BOGIE MEN
Fred C. Dobbs
Time's up! The correct answer was The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
WHO'S THE BOSS
Miss Jane Hathaway reluctantly schemed with this miserly banker
Time's up! The correct answer was Milburn Drysdale
NYPD TV
Detectives Diane Russell, Jill Kirkendall & Connie McDowell were on the job for this ABC drama
Time's up! The correct answer was NYPD Blue
TELEVISION
Ben Gould & Samantha Becker roam the halls of Bayside High as part of "The New Class" on this show
Time's up! The correct answer was Saved By the Bell
BATTLE TO NAME THE WAR
No one enjoyed the portions at Pork Chop Hill
Time's up! The correct answer was the Korean War
SOUNDS THAT KITTIES MAKE
Starting around 1922, this phrase meant something excellent or desirable
Time's up! The correct answer was the cat's meow
DOUBLE TALK
He's Barney & Betty Rubble's noisy son
Time's up! The correct answer was Bamm-Bamm
EDGAR ALLAN POE-POURRI
Spoiler alert! "The Cask of" this potent potable tells of a man sealing his enemy up behind a wall... alive!
Time's up! The correct answer was Amontillado
AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE
The shingleback skink, a type of this, has protruding scales that make it look like a pine cone
Time's up! The correct answer was a lizard
WRITERS CUBED
"Before I Say Good-Bye" is her 22nd romantic thriller, so it's no mystery -- she's good
Time's up! The correct answer was Mary Higgins Clark
"B" PREPARED
This U.S. government department is abbreviated B.I.A.
Time's up! The correct answer was the Bureau of Indian Affairs
NURSERY RHYMES
"Here we go round" this bush "on a cold and frosty morning"
Time's up! The correct answer was the mulberry bush
WAR MOVIES
1978: The wife of a soldier fighting in Vietnam works at a VA hospital & has an affair with a wounded vet
Time's up! The correct answer was Coming Home
FAIRY TALE FEMMES
She would have been popular in the '60s; she was always letting her hair down
Time's up! The correct answer was Rapunzel
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Co-capitals: La Paz & Sucre
Time's up! The correct answer was Bolivia
GENERAL INFORMATION
The only place this general wouldn't "march" was to the presidency; he told the GOP "I will not accept if nominated" in 1884
Time's up! The correct answer was Sherman
ACTRESSES ON TV
She portrays real-life research medium Allison DuBois
Time's up! The correct answer was Arquette
THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
This group named for a king of Israel split from the church in 1934, a "branch" of it became notorious in 1993
Time's up! The correct answer was the Davidians
QUOTATIONS
In a 1961 speech he said, "...ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man"
Time's up! The correct answer was JFK
BACKWORDS
Ed leaves pools of water on the carpet when he comes in from sailing this boat
Time's up! The correct answer was Sloop
"NIGHT"
A bedtime nip of alcohol, or the second game of a doubleheader
Time's up! The correct answer was a nightcap
THE EVOLUTION OF "M"USIC
In the 2000s "Makes Me Wonder" got this group noticed
Time's up! The correct answer was Maroon 5
1800
His First Symphony debuted April 2 in Vienna; 8 to go...
Time's up! The correct answer was Ludwig von Beethoven
LITERATURE
Part I of this Willa Cather novel is entitled "The Wild Land"
Time's up! The correct answer was O Pioneers!
BASEBALL HISTORY
In a June 19, 1846 game, J.W. Davis of the N.Y. Nine was fined 6 cents for swearing at this person
Time's up! The correct answer was the umpire
ALSO A GUN MANUFACTURER
One might run in the Preakness
Time's up! The correct answer was a colt
JEWELRY
Josiah Wedgwood designed these jewelry pieces using a white paste relief on a colored backgorund
Time's up! The correct answer was Cameos
A REALLY BIG CATEGORY
The Great Red Spot is a great big storm on this great big planet
Time's up! The correct answer was Jupiter
METALLICA
A policeman could tell you the U.S. half dollar today is about 92% this metal
Time's up! The correct answer was copper
FOUND
Agnes Baden-Powell helped found the Girl Guides soon after her brother Robert founded this movement
Time's up! The correct answer was Boy Scouts
SOCIOLOGY
A plant, animal or object that's the symbol of a clan; it's often taboo & was paired with "Taboo" in a Freud title
Time's up! The correct answer was totem
ANYTHING BUT CHEESESTEAK
The "Kid' seen here represents these snacks
Time's up! The correct answer was Twinkies
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
Lake Pontchartrain & St. Bernard Parish form part of this city's northern & southern boundaries
Time's up! The correct answer was New Orleans
LITERARY CHARACTERS
In "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court", his character puts Hank Morgan to sleep for 1,300 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Merlin
JULIUS CAESAR
After defeating Pharnaces II at Zela, Caesar dispatched this 3-part message to the Roman Senate
Time's up! The correct answer was Veni, vidi, vici
BLARNEY
Tiny pieces, or the New Jersey band that sang "Only a Memory"
Time's up! The correct answer was smithereens
GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
In 2007 he became the first man since Bill Tilden to win the U.S. Open 4 years in a row
Time's up! The correct answer was Federer
QUOTATIONS
In a 1961 speech he said, "...ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man"
Time's up! The correct answer was JFK
FDR
While attending this school, FDR was editor of its newspaper, The Crimson
Time's up! The correct answer was Harvard
SYNONYMS
In court you won't hear a lawyer say "remonstrance!" but this synonym
Time's up! The correct answer was objection
FOOD
Varieties include Chinese & Dijon
Time's up! The correct answer was mustard
SOMETHING'S FISHY
Less than half an inch long, this tiniest fish is found in the Indian Ocean, not in an Asian desert
Time's up! The correct answer was a goby
FORE!
Except during WWII, this golf tournament has been played at the Augusta National Golf Club every year since 1934
Time's up! The correct answer was The Masters
SCIENCE
This German-born American physicist won the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics
Time's up! The correct answer was Albert Einstein
THE "CAPTAIN"
For his role as Manuel, Spencer Tracy won an Oscar for this 1937 fish story
Time's up! The correct answer was Captains Courageous
MED. ABBREV.
A CAT scan is computerized axial this kind of imaging
Time's up! The correct answer was tomography
RUSSELING
Republican John McCain and this Wisconsin Democrat co-sponsored a campaign finance reform bill
Time's up! The correct answer was Russ Feingold
MOVIE TAG LINES
1982 film that showed "A world inside a computer where man has never been. Never before now"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tron
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
IT'S A DATE!
It's Bird Day in Oklahoma, & a popular date for pole dancing
Time's up! The correct answer was 1-May
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
This feminine form of Rex is from the Latin for "queen"
Time's up! The correct answer was Regina
NATIONAL FOODS
This breakfast treat with deep pockets was introduced to Americans at the 1964 World's Fair
Time's up! The correct answer was Belgian waffles
TRAIN STATIONS
A real depot inspired the symbol of this Wisconsin insurance company, seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Wausau
YOU BEAST!
A nide is a brood of these birds (perhaps the ring-necked ones)
Time's up! The correct answer was pheasants
CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
When it's "praying", it's preying (6)
Time's up! The correct answer was mantis
LONG WORDS
In 1923 Lts. Macready & Kelly made the first nonstop flight of this 16-letter type, Long Island to San Diego
Time's up! The correct answer was transcontinental
"X"-MEN
His dad Earl Little was an outspoken Baptist minister & supporter of black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey
Time's up! The correct answer was Malcolm X
U.N. SECRETARIES-GENERAL
This Oslo-born secretary-general served in the Norwegian government in exile during WWII
Time's up! The correct answer was Trygve Lie
SEXPERTISE
Stevie Winwood, Stevie Nicks, Stevie Wonder
Time's up! The correct answer was Stevie Nicks
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
There are only 31 states & 1 federal district in this North American country
Time's up! The correct answer was Mexico
AMERICAN HISTORY
Completed in 1856, California's first railroad ran 22 miles between Sacramento & this prison city
Time's up! The correct answer was Folsom
AFRICAN AMERICANS
In 1978 she became the first black woman honored on a U.S. postage stamp
Time's up! The correct answer was Harriet Tubman
YOUNG WOMEN OF TODAY
Born in Monaco in 1965, she's 7 & 8 years younger than her siblings Caroline & Albert
Time's up! The correct answer was Princess Stephanie
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
CARBON CREDITS
This carbon isotope, 2 down from radiocarbon, is the standard for the relative atomic mass of other elements
Time's up! The correct answer was C-12
OPERA
Mozart opera in which the count tries to thwart & postpone his valet's wedding
Time's up! The correct answer was The Marriage of Figaro
ARCHITECTURE
The Coonley Estate & the Robie House are examples of this midwestern style created by Frank Lloyd Wright
Time's up! The correct answer was the Prairie Style
SNACK ATTACK
Wow! The Chocolate Delight snack bar named for this "Miami" diet has just 100 calories! I'll have 6 of them
Time's up! The correct answer was the South Beach diet
CORAL REEF LIFE
A species of these well-armed creatures known as the crown-of-thorns feasts on coral reefs
Time's up! The correct answer was starfish
MAMMALS
Common in Dixie, a razorback is a wild one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was hog
PETER, PAUL & MARY
This American silversmith & patriot was noted for his courier service
Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Revere
THE EYES HAVE IT
People say these are what you need to make it in Hollywood
Time's up! The correct answer was Contacts
WORD ORIGINS
From the Latin for "much writing", it's another name for a lie detector test
Time's up! The correct answer was a polygraph
ISLANDS
Singapore seceded from this country in 1965
Time's up! The correct answer was Malaysia
MONEY SLANG
You don't get 5 guesses at this winglike appendage to the underwater portion of a hull
Time's up! The correct answer was a fin
SEEING "RED"
In "Peanuts", Snoopy often fancied himself a flying ace out to get this pilot
Time's up! The correct answer was The Red Baron
KNOWLEDGE BY THE NUMBERS
Number of males who served as British PM in the 1990s plus Oscars won by Tom Hanks plus protons in a helium nucleus
Time's up! The correct answer was 6
ROGER!
He was to fly as lunar module pilot on the first manned Apollo mission but tragically never made it
Time's up! The correct answer was Roger Chaffee
MISSING LINKS
Guilt by ____ Football
Time's up! The correct answer was association
BEFORE & AFTER
Star of "The Exorcist" who disappears from the Maryland woods in a scary 1999 film
Time's up! The correct answer was Linda Blair Witch Project
THE WOK OF FAME
To eat Chinese food like a native, use 2 of these 10 1/2-inch wooden implements
Time's up! The correct answer was Chopsticks
THE BRITISH THEATRE
Richard Attenborough, who was in the original 1952 cast of this play, helped celebrate its performance No. 20,000 in 2000
Time's up! The correct answer was The Mousetrap
HEY, GOOD-LOOKIN'
In a 1979 film, Dudley Moore gives her a rating of 11 on a scale of 1-10
Time's up! The correct answer was Bo Derek