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IN THE DICTIONARY
This 5-letter word can refer to one type of work by a composer, or to several works of different types
Time's up! The correct answer was opera
U.S. PRESIDENTS
His second inaugural address began, "At this last presidential inauguration of the twentieth century..."
Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Clinton
SPORTS
In 1984 this quarterback became the first Boston College player to win the Heisman Trophy
Time's up! The correct answer was Doug Flutie
TURN OF THE CENTURY MOVIES
Policeman Ichabod Crane is sent to a small town to investigate a series of decapitations
Time's up! The correct answer was Sleepy Hollow
YES, THAT'S "WHITE"
Down a shot & name this 1973 Burt Reynolds movie
Time's up! The correct answer was White Lightning
THE BIG APPLE
In 1865 NYC, already home to 800,000, finally abandoned this type of fire department
Time's up! The correct answer was volunteer
AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY
The Qattara Depression, one of Africa's lowest points, lies 300 miles southwest of this country's pyramids
Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt
ITALIAN
From an Italian word for "grape stalk", it's brandy distilled from the remains of grapes after pressing
Time's up! The correct answer was grappa
U.S. PRESIDENTS
His 1791 marriage to Rachel Robards was invalid, so they had to do it all over again on January 17, 1794
Time's up! The correct answer was Andrew Jackson
EUROPE
From 1963 to 1978 he was Archbishop of Krakow
Time's up! The correct answer was Karol Wojtyla
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
Henson, Morrison, Lehrer
Time's up! The correct answer was Jim
HOLD THE MAYO CLINIC
The Mayo Clinic was started in Rochester in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Minnesota
GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT
Theodore Dreiser wrote "An American Tragedy"; Philip Roth, "The Great American" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Novel
PAPAL NAMES
Not guilty
Time's up! The correct answer was Innocent
ON BROADWAY: 1970
Though he never won an Emmy as Barney Miller, he did win a Tony for his role in "The Rothschilds"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hal Linden
COLOSSUS
2-syllable name for the long-ago elephant relative with 13-foot tusks that has become a synonym for "huge"
Time's up! The correct answer was a mammoth
SRO
A song in this Disney musical asks, "How long must this go on?" ---4 years & counting
Time's up! The correct answer was Beauty And The Beast
GENERAL SCIENCE
This method of preserving food by killing bacteria was developed by a French chemist in the 1860s
Time's up! The correct answer was Pasteurization
HORNS
This "continental" wind instrument is played with one hand inside the bell to control its tone
Time's up! The correct answer was French horn
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE COMPANIES
Its original purpose was to insure people on journeys
Time's up! The correct answer was Travelers
SNOWBOARDING
An off-balance rider is said to be "rolling down" these, from the flailing motion of the arms
Time's up! The correct answer was windows
PLAY HEROINES
Blanche DuBois
Time's up! The correct answer was A Streetcar Named Desire
OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s
Elon Musk is now making rockets & electric cars; before that he co-founded & sold this electronic payment system
Time's up! The correct answer was PayPal
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
TRAVEL
Beautiful Margaret Island in this river has been a Budapest park for more than 100 years
Time's up! The correct answer was the Danube
ENDS WITH "K"
If you lack good fortune, you're out of this
Time's up! The correct answer was Luck
AIN'T THAT AMERICA
There are more farms in this large southwestern state than in any other
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas
PLACES
Libraries & the Christian Science Church maintain these areas; the British Museum built a big one in 1857
Time's up! The correct answer was reading rooms
SHOES
Miranda, Spectator & D'Orsay are types of this slip-on women's shoe
Time's up! The correct answer was Pump
ON THE STAGE
Title of a Jonathan Larson musical, or what the East Village residents in it have trouble coming up with
Time's up! The correct answer was Rent
TRANSPORTATION
The transport for a 19th century double date might have been a barouche, one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a carriage
SEXPERTISE
Pat Leahy, Pat Buchanan, Pat Nixon
Time's up! The correct answer was Pat Nixon
DRAMA
"Dejavu" was "Angry Young Man" John Osborne's 1992 sequel to this famous play about looking back
Time's up! The correct answer was Look Back in Anger
"D" IN HISTORY
The Vikings founded this city in the mid-800s, probably naming it for a black pool in the river Liffey
Time's up! The correct answer was Dublin
DUKE, DUKE
It was Duke-Duke once again with the April 1999 TV movie reunion of this 1960s series
Time's up! The correct answer was The Patty Duke Show
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
HISTORY
Under the 1814 Treaty of Kiel, this country gave Norway to Sweden but kept Greenland & other islands
Time's up! The correct answer was Denmark
ASIAN NATIONS
Railways link this country's capital of Ulaanbaatar to Moscow & Peking
Time's up! The correct answer was Mongolia
THE HAYES YEARS
During 1879 he perfected his photographic dry plate
Time's up! The correct answer was George Eastman
FOOD
Juniper is used to smoke Germany's Westphalian form of this meat
Time's up! The correct answer was Ham
WORD ORIGINS
This wooden club is named for the town in county Wicklow where it originated
Time's up! The correct answer was Shillelagh
YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT!
Calls for an opinion--only allowed for this type of witness with special knowledge of a subject
Time's up! The correct answer was an expert witness
TRUE LIVES
She talks about Soon-Yi & former flame Woody Allen in her 1997 memoir "What Falls Away"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mia Farrow
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
The Einheriar were the dead warriors the Valkyries picked up & brought back to this hall where they were revived
Time's up! The correct answer was Valhalla
PHYSICS 101
By definition, liquids & gases do this under stress, solids don't
Time's up! The correct answer was they flow
ARCHITECTURE
This 6-letter part of a house is also called an eaves trough
Time's up! The correct answer was gutter
AMERICAN HISTORY
In 1787 Arthur St. Clair became the first governor of this vast territory north of the Ohio River
Time's up! The correct answer was Northwest Territory
PRINCETON
In 1783 Princeton's Nassau Hall doubled as this for the nation
Time's up! The correct answer was capital
ON THE STAGE
Their first commission was "Thespis" for London's Gaiety Theatre in 1871
Time's up! The correct answer was Gilbert & Sullivan
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
NETWORK
"7 Days", "WWF Smackdown", "Moesha"
Time's up! The correct answer was UPN
"P.B."
In New Orleans a hero sandwich is called this
Time's up! The correct answer was po boy
A DICKENSIAN NIGHTMARE
The prospect of an endless lawsuit winding through generations leaves a "bleak" vision
Time's up! The correct answer was Bleak House
POETIC TERMS
A deliberate violation of the rules of rhyming or grammar, not a little piece of paper from the DMV
Time's up! The correct answer was poetic license
“SAINTS”
“St. Elsewhere” is the nickname for this TV hospital
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Eligius
CINEMATIC DICTIONARY
Term for the flow of a film, maintained by keeping details consistent throughout a scene
Time's up! The correct answer was Continuity
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
ASIAN CAPITALS
Once the capital of the French protectorate of Tonkin, it's now the capital of an entire country
Time's up! The correct answer was Hanoi
TELEVISION
"Gilligan's Island" creator Sherwood Schwartz said he wrote this role with his friend Jim Backus in mind
Time's up! The correct answer was Thurston Howell III
"BLACK" OR "WHITE"
Famous landmark composed of chalk in the county of Kent in England
Time's up! The correct answer was the White Cliffs of Dover
DOUGH
Chile uses this basic unit of currency
Time's up! The correct answer was a peso
ACTION!
Dutch-American artist about whose work the term "action painting" was coined
Time's up! The correct answer was Willem de Kooning
STATE SUPERLATIVES
This state with the most people is home to the largest living tree
Time's up! The correct answer was California
THE LENIN CLOSET
Lenin met his wife Nadezhda while exiled here
Time's up! The correct answer was Siberia
TAUNT "O"
Being around you has completely killed my sense of this, the tendency to expect the best of life
Time's up! The correct answer was optimism
SAY "CHI"s
Deception or trickery
Time's up! The correct answer was chicanery
FROM THE FRENCH
This type of needlework gets its name from the French for "hook"
Time's up! The correct answer was crochet
POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS
"Heavens to" ex-New York lieutenant governor McCaughey!
Time's up! The correct answer was Betsy
20th CENTURY DESIGN
The firm of Piano & Rogers is famous for this high-tech Paris landmark built 1971-77
Time's up! The correct answer was the Pompidou Centre
GUINNESS RECORDS
He holds the record for all-time career earnings on the U.S. PGA circuit (over $26 million from 1996 to 2001)
Time's up! The correct answer was Tiger Woods
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
TAKE OUT
The embolus removed from an artery in an embolectomy is usually one of these obstructions
Time's up! The correct answer was aclot
THE BODY HUMAN
Abbreviated TB, this disease is characterized by lesions in the lung tissue
Time's up! The correct answer was Tuberculosis
ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS
Marcel Duchamp coined this term to describe Alexander Calder's moving sculptures
Time's up! The correct answer was Mobiles
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
WOLVERINE
The website for this state's legislature says no bear "can match the vicious disposition... of the wolverine"
Time's up! The correct answer was Michigan
IT'S ALL ABOUT ME
Per the "American Psychiatric Glossary", this mania is "pathological preoccupation with self"
Time's up! The correct answer was egomania
WHO'S THE BOSS
Miss Jane Hathaway reluctantly schemed with this miserly banker
Time's up! The correct answer was Milburn Drysdale
HAIR TODAY
This rastafarian style is Whoopi Goldberg's trademark
Time's up! The correct answer was dreadlocks
ANIMAL GROUPS
Kangaroos, monkeys & Boy Scouts all come in these groups
Time's up! The correct answer was troops
CITY OF BIRTH
The controversial Ahmed Chalabi
Time's up! The correct answer was Baghdad
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
In "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", he's the reclusive owner of the factory
Time's up! The correct answer was Willy Wonka
PROVERBS
"Manus manum lavat" is the Latin equivalent of this proverb
Time's up! The correct answer was "One hand washes the other"
SPORTS EVOLUTION
By the time the British discovered this sport in India around 1860, it used a ball, no longer a goat's or enemy's head
Time's up! The correct answer was polo
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
MATH TERMS
5th, 50th & 500th are this type of number, as opposed to cardinal
Time's up! The correct answer was ordinal
FOR THE FASHIONISTA
Of Elie Saab, Elie Saturn or Elie Subaru, the one who designed the gown Halle Berry wore when she won her Oscar
Time's up! The correct answer was Elie Saab
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
GIVE THE BUCHAREST
1913's treaty of Bucharest ended the second of these peninsular wars
Time's up! The correct answer was the Balkan Wars
AMERICANA
In 1986 this New York capital celebrated the 300th anniversary of its charter as a city
Time's up! The correct answer was Albany
TUBE TEST
David Janssen had a 4-year "run" in this series; Tim Daly hopes for at least that in the remake
Time's up! The correct answer was The Fugitive
THE MIDDLE AGES
2 types of these which were especially popular during the Middle Ages were "Miracle" & "Morality"
Time's up! The correct answer was Types of plays
BEFORE THEY WERE POPES
Pius XII previously held this Vatican office that, like its U.S. cabinet counterpart, requires travel
Time's up! The correct answer was Secretary of State
BALLET
As a law student in St. Petersburg, this man became interested in the arts, & in 1909 he founded the Ballets Russes
Time's up! The correct answer was Diaghilev
BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY
Lying at the foot of the mount of olives, this garden was the site where Jesus was betrayed & arrested
Time's up! The correct answer was Gethsemane
BEN
Current events of 1751 included the appearance of Ben's scientific work "Experiments and Observations on" this
Time's up! The correct answer was "Electricity"
WORLD CAPITALS
Founded in 1496 by Columbus's brother, this Dominican capitol is the oldest European city in the new world
Time's up! The correct answer was Santo Domingo
THE CAT
The name of this striped color pattern may come from a market in Baghdad famous for 2-tone silk
Time's up! The correct answer was Tabby
THE CIA
He's the only CIA head who went on to become president
Time's up! The correct answer was George Herbert Walker Bush
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
LITERATURE
In this Steinbeck novel, Lennie has nightmarish visions of his dead aunt Clara & of a gigantic rabbit
Time's up! The correct answer was "Of Mice and Men"
LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"
God requires adult Muslims to fast during this month so they may cultivate piety
Time's up! The correct answer was Ramadan
BEGINS & ENDS WITH "O"
This term for an extended musical composition comes from the Italian for "small chapel"
Time's up! The correct answer was oratorio
NOT A POPE
Dominicus I, Honorius I, Innocent I
Time's up! The correct answer was Dominicus I
THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY
Manila, Jakarta, Canberra
Time's up! The correct answer was Manila
STOCK SYMBOLS
Add "YBOY" to this 3-letter symbol to get the full name of a big media company
Time's up! The correct answer was PLA
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
Known as the "Father of Waters", this river drains an area of approx. 1,247,000 square miles
Time's up! The correct answer was the Mississippi
ROGER!
I'll have a side of this 13th century English philosopher & creator of the "Opus Majus"
Time's up! The correct answer was Roger Bacon
BRAND NAMES
In 1930 General Mills introduced this mix to make biscuits quickly
Time's up! The correct answer was Bisquick
ARCHITECTURE
Gropius, Mies van der Rohe & this Swiss architect all worked for architect Peter Behrens
Time's up! The correct answer was Le Corbusier
CANADIAN FOOTBALL
The Alouettes play their home games at Molson Stadium on the campus of this Montreal university
Time's up! The correct answer was McGill
BIOPIC-NIC
1970 George C. Scott as this general
Time's up! The correct answer was Patton
LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER
Faulkner novel about Joe Christmas that's the Swedish playwright of "The Dance of Death"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Light in August Strindberg
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
MEDICAL TALK
Luteinizing hormone is one of the many produced by this cherry-shaped gland
Time's up! The correct answer was the pituitary
LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER
Faulkner novel about Joe Christmas that's the Swedish playwright of "The Dance of Death"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Light in August Strindberg
"B" IN GEOGRAPHY
This city located on the Rhine River became West Germany's capital in 1949
Time's up! The correct answer was Bonn
BERRIES
It's "hound"ed by its resemblance to the blueberry, but it has fewer seeds
Time's up! The correct answer was Huckleberry
SYNONYMS
In court you won't hear a lawyer say "remonstrance!" but this synonym
Time's up! The correct answer was objection
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
When the earth is at perihelion, it is having its closest encounter with this
Time's up! The correct answer was the sun
STATE: THE OBVIOUS
The Mississippi River begins at Lake Itasca in this "M" state (not Mississippi)
Time's up! The correct answer was Minnesota
ON THE MOVE
Long, flat-bottomed & painted a somber black, they're the traditional taxis of Venice
Time's up! The correct answer was Gondolas
THE HOLLYWOOD STOCK EXCHANGE
At $4,147 a share, this star of "Firestarter" is one of the highest-valued actresses listed on HSX
Time's up! The correct answer was Drew Barrymore
UP & ATOM
Rather than in fixed orbits, these particles travel in shells or layers around the nucleus
Time's up! The correct answer was electrons
THE REPLACEMENTS
This cell-division process in which a cell's nucleus replicates is vital for repair & replacement of worn-out cells
Time's up! The correct answer was mitosis
NEPAL
This Sherpa who went to the top of the world with Edmund Hillary died in 1986 at the age of 72
Time's up! The correct answer was Tenzing Norgay
GIVE THE BUCHAREST
Times change: in 1990 a statue of this Russian was removed from a Bucharest square after 3 decades there
Time's up! The correct answer was Lenin
THE GIANTS
1 Samuel 17 informs us that the Philistine city of Gath was the home of this giant
Time's up! The correct answer was Goliath
BRAND NAMES
"Share Moments, Share Life" is a slogan of this brand of film & cameras
Time's up! The correct answer was Kodak
AIN'T THAT AMERICA
In 1886 a pharmacist in this southern state became the first man to enjoy a Coke and a smile
Time's up! The correct answer was Georgia
CLOTHING
This Channel Island has a close-fitting knitted shirt or sweater named for it, in addition to a cow
Time's up! The correct answer was Jersey
WANT ADS
We have a primary need for this hyphenated job in our fancy French kitchen; only the head guy is your superior
Time's up! The correct answer was sous-chef
THE ONION
Aug. 9, 2000: Popular names for these include Shopwood, Storemont & Indianburialgroundbrook
Time's up! The correct answer was shopping malls
TINKER
Sometimes called "Irish Cobs" or "Gypsy Cobs", Irish Tinkers are a type of this animal
Time's up! The correct answer was horse
IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING
Cool, Daddy-O! The 1939 autobiography by this bandleader was titled "The Kingdom of Swing"
Time's up! The correct answer was Benny Goodman
RIVERS
It was once believed that this river "originated in the Mountains of the Moon"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Nile
TURN OF THE CENTURY MOVIES
A young cop works with rogue detective Denzel Washington on the narcotics beat in Los Angeles
Time's up! The correct answer was Training Day
BEFORE & AFTER
Louisa May Alcott & relationship guru John Gray collaborated on this book sequel
Time's up! The correct answer was Little Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus
PSYCHOLOGY
Character from group therapy on old Bob Newhart show who checked into St. Elsewhere this season
Time's up! The correct answer was Mr. Carlin
MOVIE TRIVIA
Turned down to be an "Our Gang" member, she became top box office star of 1935
Time's up! The correct answer was Shirley Temple
THE "L" WORLD
This beautiful lake in Banff National Park is named for a British princess
Time's up! The correct answer was Louise
MEDICINE
Device that's implanted to control irregular heart beats
Time's up! The correct answer was a pacemaker
SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN
Shakespearean play featuring Falstaff & some "happy homemakers"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Merry Wives of Windsor
NEEDY NO.1 HITMAKERS
1964: "I Want To Hold Your Hand"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Beatles
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
Tributaries of this Mississippi tributary include the Cheyenne, James & Platte
Time's up! The correct answer was the Missouri
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
The Einheriar were the dead warriors the Valkyries picked up & brought back to this hall where they were revived
Time's up! The correct answer was Valhalla
AMERICAN AUTHORS
Susan & Benjamin Cheever, children of this short story master, are both authors as well
Time's up! The correct answer was John Cheever
"F"OOD
It's the Japanese name for certain species of puffer fish that contain lethal poison but can be eaten as a delicacy
Time's up! The correct answer was fugu
KNOTS TO YOU
It is second only to "Gunsmoke" as TV's longest-running primetime drama series
Time's up! The correct answer was Knots Landing
OF A SALESMAN
This 1992 presidential candidate sold IBM computers in Texas before starting his own company, EDS
Time's up! The correct answer was Ross Perot
MUNICH
In the 16th century, Munich was a center of the German phase of this movement against Protestantism
Time's up! The correct answer was the Counter-Reformation
WOMEN OF THE WORLD
Under 5 feet tall & all of about 90 pounds, this frail French chanteuse was nicknamed the "Little Sparrow"
Time's up! The correct answer was Piaf
PIANO KEYS
It's the key the French call "Le do du milieu du piano"
Time's up! The correct answer was middle C
YOU MUST BE JOKING
It's the classic response to the request "Call me a cab!"
Time's up! The correct answer was "OK, you're a cab!"
THAT'S ITALIAN!
Roman soldiers passed the time playing this game, the Italian version of lawn bowling
Time's up! The correct answer was bocce
BESTSELLERS
This NPR guy make list with "Me Talk Pretty One Day"
Time's up! The correct answer was David Sedaris
PROVERBS
In "The Wizard of Oz", Dorothy clicks her heels & repeats this before she's whisked back to Kansas
Time's up! The correct answer was "There's no place like home"
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS
"The Immature Radioactive Samurai Slugs" on "Tiny Toons" were a parody of this cartoon group
Time's up! The correct answer was the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
"EZ" DOES IT
Port Said is this waterway's northern terminus
Time's up! The correct answer was Suez Canal
CROSSWORD CLUES "K"
Its alias is turnip cabbage (8)
Time's up! The correct answer was kohlrabi
I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU
Neil Gaiman wrote, "Now slip, now slide, now move unseen, above, beneath, betwixt," this
Time's up! The correct answer was between
ARCHITECTURE
This 6-letter part of a house is also called an eaves trough
Time's up! The correct answer was gutter
BIRDS
The scientific name of this big bird is Diomedea exulans, as in "exile"
Time's up! The correct answer was albatross
THE NEW YORK TIMES 2009 FICTION BESTSELLERS
Hey, y'all, this CNN legal analyst made the list with her novel "The Eleventh Victim"
Time's up! The correct answer was Nancy Grace
SELLERS
[Hi, I'm Jeff Bezos, founder & CEO of Amazon.com] It's estimated that 60% of net shoppers flag an average of 7 sites with one of these, also used in products we sell
Time's up! The correct answer was Bookmarks
ALSO SOMETHING YOU WEAR
A hard blow or punch
Time's up! The correct answer was a sock
SRO
3-letter word that's the title of Yasmina Reza's hit play about an all-white painting
Time's up! The correct answer was Art
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
NATIONAL ANTHEMS
"Land Of Two Rivers" is the anthem of this country whose history goes back thousands of years
Time's up! The correct answer was Iraq
THAT'S HANDY
U.S. code says that when this song plays, you put your hand over your heart
Time's up! The correct answer was the national anthem
ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS
Mike Todd was killed in a plane crash while Liz was making this film in which she played Maggie Pollitt
Time's up! The correct answer was Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
NURSERY RHYMES
In a counting nursery rhyme, they were "a-courting", "in the kitchen" & "a-waiting"
Time's up! The correct answer was maids
THAT'S MY BUSINESS
Meg Whitman heads up this Internet company where you can bid on items & sell them, too
Time's up! The correct answer was eBay
STATES' FORMER CAPITALS
Guthrie
Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma
AMERICAN HISTORY
His foes said that in 1877 he agreed to withdraw remaining federal troops from the south in return for electoral support
Time's up! The correct answer was Hayes
WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN
"Served under the Apache leaders Cochise and Mangas Coloradas... in 1894, he was moved to Fort Sill
Time's up! The correct answer was Geronimo
AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
"The Day of the Locust"
Time's up! The correct answer was Nathanael West
INITIALS M.D.
He won an Oscar as co-writer of "Good Will Hunting"
Time's up! The correct answer was Matt Damon
"L.B."s
Oscar-nominated for her role in "Goodfellas", she went on to play Dr. Jennifer Melfi on "The Sopranos"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lorraine Bracco
CELEBRITY FACTS
Angelina Jolie's uncle, Chip Taylor, wrote this song that says, "you make my heart sing"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Wild Thing"
SCIENCE & NATURE
The iris is a flower & the ibis is one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Bird
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"
THE OLD COLLEGE TRY
Once known as the Antelopes & the Bugeaters, this university's sports teams are now known as the Cornhuskers
Time's up! The correct answer was the University of Nebraska
KIDS IN BOOKS
She's Beezus Quimby's pesky young sister
Time's up! The correct answer was Ramona
SEEING "RED"
Stephen Crane wrote, "He wished that he, too, had a wound," this
Time's up! The correct answer was A red badge of courage
NOVELS OF THE PAST
In Barry Unsworth's "The Songs of the Kings", the Greek fleet bound for here is trapped by unfavorable winds
Time's up! The correct answer was Troy
POLITICAL TALK
Lincoln once said not to "swap" these "while crossing a stream"
Time's up! The correct answer was horses
& SO I FACE THE FINAL CURTAIN
It was nice to see this musical "Looking Swell" & "Still Goin' Strong", but after 2,844 shows, it bowed out in 1970
Time's up! The correct answer was Hello, Dolly!
FLEETS
This company's fleet has included the Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, & Queen Elizabeth II
Time's up! The correct answer was Cunard
BILL GATES' 50 BILLION
Bill could easily bid on Bolivia: their GDP, this annual figure, is less than half what he's worth
Time's up! The correct answer was Gross Domestic Product
WHAT TO WEAR
Christian Lacroix popularized the pouf type of this
Time's up! The correct answer was dress
THE CAT
Like MGM's Leo the Lion, if you can do this you're considered one of the "big cats"
Time's up! The correct answer was Roar
FLEMISH & DUTCH MASTERS
This 20th century painter known for his neoplastic style helped establish a magazine called "De Stijl"
Time's up! The correct answer was Piet Mondrian
EDUCATION JARGON
IDEA is the Individuals with these Education Act, formerly the Education For All Handicapped Children Act
Time's up! The correct answer was Disabilities
"DOUBLE" JEOPARDY
Grammatical error committed by the Rolling Stones when they sang, "I Can't Get No Satisfaction"
Time's up! The correct answer was Double negative
U.N. OBSERVANCES
December 2 is International Day for the Abolition of this, which didn't disappear in 1865
Time's up! The correct answer was Slavery
NAME THE POET
"Tho' I've belted you an' flayed you, by the livin' gawd that made you, you're a better man than I am, Gunga Din"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rudyard Kipling
SCORING
In this sport you score a point for each 42-pound stone closer to the tee than the opponent's nearest stone
Time's up! The correct answer was curling
STATES' FORMER CAPITALS
Knoxville
Time's up! The correct answer was Tennessee
WORLD "P"s
Gunmen after this South American dictator in 1986 used rockets, bazookas, rifles & grenades--& missed!
Time's up! The correct answer was Pinochet
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
WORDS TO THE "Y"s
The last stage of a robbery, as in the McQueen-MacGraw movie
Time's up! The correct answer was a getaway
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
HISTORIC NAMES
In 1955 Ngo Dinh Diem became the first president of this country that no longer exists
Time's up! The correct answer was South Vietnam
MISC.
This noble gas glows orange-red when an electric current is passed through it
Time's up! The correct answer was neon
PAPAL NAMES
From the Latin for "blessed"
Time's up! The correct answer was Benedict
THE MIDDLE AGES
Irene, who reigned from 797-802, declared herselt Emperor, not Empress, of this empire
Time's up! The correct answer was the Byzantine Empire
SCIENCE
These electromagnetic rays used to take pictures of your insides were originally known as Roentgen rays
Time's up! The correct answer was X-rays
LITERARY COLLABORATORS
She & her tres cher ami Jean-Paul Sartre collaborated on the political & literary journal Modern Times
Time's up! The correct answer was Simone de Beauvoir
FOREIGN
In German, berg is this topographical feature on a map
Time's up! The correct answer was a mountain
TRANSPORTATION INNOVATIONS
This type of program that began in 1981 was inspired by Green Stamps
Time's up! The correct answer was Frequent flyer program
2-LETTER WORDS
Don't have a cow, man, it's just the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet
Time's up! The correct answer was mu
ANGELS
In Book III of "Paradise Lost", the angels play these, which are "golden" & "ever-tuned"
Time's up! The correct answer was harps
THAT OLD TIME NEW WAVE MUSIC
A drum machine christened "Echo" helped launch this hopping band to fame & fortune
Time's up! The correct answer was Echo & the Bunnymen
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
CANADIAN CAPITALS
It's the only provincial capital with its own Major League Baseball team
Time's up! The correct answer was Toronto
NYC MUSIC HISTORY
Dvorak's "New World Symphony" debuted in this venue in 1893: the Beatles played there in 1964
Time's up! The correct answer was Carnegie Hall
THE BIG BANGLADESH
About two-thirds of all Bangladeshis work in agriculture, mostly farming this product
Time's up! The correct answer was rice
"DEATH"
Bubonic plague's more descriptive name
Time's up! The correct answer was the Black Death
20th CENTURY ARTISTS
In 2006 "Roots", a 1943 painting by her, sold for $5.6 million, then the record for a Latin American work
Time's up! The correct answer was Frida Kahlo
3-LETTER WORDS
In the title of an Aesop fable, this insect shared billing with a grasshopper
Time's up! The correct answer was the ant
1800
His "The Wealth of Nations" was one of the first books bought to stock the new Library of Congress
Time's up! The correct answer was Adam Smith
THE NEW YORK TIMES THEATER
The Times found audience participation having a heyday in shows like "The 25th Annual Putnam County" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Spelling Bee
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
SRO
3-letter word that's the title of Yasmina Reza's hit play about an all-white painting
Time's up! The correct answer was Art
"N"ATIONS OF THE WORLD
On the first Monday in June, this Kiwi country celebrates the Queen's birthday, the queen being Elizabeth
Time's up! The correct answer was New Zealand
18th CENTURY AMERICANS
In 1775 he & a group of axmen cleared & marked the Wilderness Road for the Transylvania Company
Time's up! The correct answer was Daniel Boone
FDR
While attending this school, FDR was editor of its newspaper, The Crimson
Time's up! The correct answer was Harvard
FIRE!
The Bank of America is around today because A.P. Giannini saved its currency from this city's 1906 fire
Time's up! The correct answer was San Francisco
MICHAEL JACKSON HITS IN OTHER WORDS
1983: "Speak, Speak, Speak"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Say Say Say"
THE TIGERS
Founded by Claire Chennault, these aviators shot down hundreds of Japanese planes during World War II
Time's up! The correct answer was the Flying Tigers
MINORITY REPORT
Justice Brennan, dissenting in Paris Adult Theater v. Slaton, said this quality is too vaguely defined to regulate
Time's up! The correct answer was obscenity
PARDON MY "FRENCH"
In France this musical instrument is called "cor d' harmonie"
Time's up! The correct answer was French horn
THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT, MAN!
It's borders are the Atlantic Ocean to the south & west & Spain to the north & east
Time's up! The correct answer was Portugal
TO NEIL
In the '50s, Neil H. McElroy was this man's Secretary of Defense
Time's up! The correct answer was President Eisenhower
BRAND NAMES
Reynolds Guyer, inventor of Twister, also created the 4-inch foam ball later sold under this brand name
Time's up! The correct answer was Nerf ball
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
LET'S MESS WITH TEXAS
Educated at Phillips Academy, Yale & Harvard, this part-time Crawford resident was born in Connecticut in 1946
Time's up! The correct answer was George W. Bush
"B" IN GEOGRAPHY
One of the newer large cities in the world, it's located in the central plateau of Brazil
Time's up! The correct answer was Brasilia
THE LAND
The name of this state is from Choctaw & means it's the land of the "red people"
Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma
REALLY BIG
Greenland is more than 2 1/2 times the size of this next largest island
Time's up! The correct answer was New Guinea
RUSSIA
They're the colors of the three stripes on the Russian flag
Time's up! The correct answer was red, white, and blue
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
CNN
Named for its Brooklyn-born host, this "live" interview show debuted on CNN in June 1985
Time's up! The correct answer was "Larry King Live"
BIOLOGY
Unlike most birds, ratites like the ostrich can't do this
Time's up! The correct answer was fly
IT'S GREEK MYTHOLOGY TO ME
This war god wasn't too successful in battle; he was once captured & stuck in a jar for 13 months
Time's up! The correct answer was Ares
WAR MOVIES
1970: An historically correct re-creation of Pearl Harbor
Time's up! The correct answer was Tora! Tora! Tora!
PARLEZ VOUS?
"Huitieme" is French for this ordinal number
Time's up! The correct answer was eighth
BOGIE MEN
Sam Spade
Time's up! The correct answer was The Maltese Falcon
"H" CITIES
The racing schooner Bluenose, depicted on Canada's 10-cent coin, has a replica in this Nova Scotian port
Time's up! The correct answer was Halifax
"X"s & "O"s
Cross-country skiing is sometimes referred to by these 2 letters, the same ones used to denote 90 in Roman numerals
Time's up! The correct answer was XC
THE LENIN CLOSET
When Lenin returned to Russia in 1917, he did it in a "sealed" one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was railway car
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
It has the largest enrollment of any university in Utah
Time's up! The correct answer was Brigham Young
THE "I"s HAVE IT
Style of the 1877 painting seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Impressionism
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
PROVERBS
These two things "wait for no man"
Time's up! The correct answer was time and tide
MYSPACE.MAN
Freedom 7's pilot in 1961, he also commanded Apollo 14, the 1st mission to land on the Moon & not on the lunar seas
Time's up! The correct answer was Shepard
POP CULTURE
This man who died in 1918 was Snoopy's cursed nemesis in "Peanuts"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Red Baron
JURY DUTY
A deadlocked jury is this 4-letter word
Time's up! The correct answer was hung
"CAL" STATE
Ca is calcium; Cf is this element
Time's up! The correct answer was Californium
SCOTLAND
Defeated at Dunsinane by Malcolm in 1054, he wasn't dethroned until killed by Malcolm in 1057
Time's up! The correct answer was Macbeth
OH MY GOD! YOU'VE GOT 3 "I"s
(Sofia of the Clue Crew in Oahu, Hawaii) I'm overlooking this Oahu beach that attracts about 65,000 visitors a day
Time's up! The correct answer was Waikiki
NATIONAL MONUMENTS
This Wyoming monument contains an 865-foot-high fluted column of igneous rock
Time's up! The correct answer was Devils Tower
EDIBLES INSTANT REPLAY REVIEW
This notoriously smelly cheese whose last U.S. maker is in Monroe, Wisconsin was fumbled on aisle 3
Time's up! The correct answer was Limburger
COMPUTER JARGON
"Treeware" is this; it comes with software programs
Time's up! The correct answer was an instruction manual
"IND" THE KNOW
Also a term in logic, it's the process by which a magnetic field is ordered into poles
Time's up! The correct answer was induction
WORD ORIGINS
Derived from the Latin for "salted vegetables", this cold dish might be enhanced with a little oil & vinegar
Time's up! The correct answer was salad
TURKISH LITERATURE
Sultan Abdulhamid II's censorship hindered Ottoman writers until this "youthful" group's 1908 revolution
Time's up! The correct answer was the Young Turks
LOW TECH
11-letter word for embroidery on canvas, with uniform spacing of stitches in a pattern
Time's up! The correct answer was needlepoint
NOVELS
Even the epilogue is lengthy in this 1869 Tolstoy epic; it comes out in 2 parts &, in our copy, is 105 pages long
Time's up! The correct answer was War and Peace
GO "SOUTH"
...to here, where you'll find the cities of Christchurch & Dunedin
Time's up! The correct answer was the South Island
MARK TWAIN: BOOK LOVER
One of Twain's favorite books was the "Diary of" this Englishman; Twain credited it as the model for his book "1601"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pepys
DAN-O-MITE
American architect Daniel Burnham was the Director of Works at the 1893 World's Fair in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago
LITERATURE
In Wonderland, Alice comes across a large one of these with a snooty caterpillar atop it
Time's up! The correct answer was a mushroom
"A" SCIENCE CATEGORY
These are just small masses of lymphoid tissue in the nasopharynx
Time's up! The correct answer was adenoids
THE UNIVERSE
This planet's atmosphere is 99% nitrogen & oxygen
Time's up! The correct answer was Earth
MS.
Nancy Ross, Angela Davis, & Geraldine Ferraro all sought this office in 1984
Time's up! The correct answer was vice president
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTS
The Masai people of this African country mix cow blood with milk for a refreshing drink
Time's up! The correct answer was Kenya
FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
It's a self-satisfied smile or grin that you may be asked to wipe off your face
Time's up! The correct answer was smirk
FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME
Mrs. Nixon's floor pads for gymnastics
Time's up! The correct answer was Pat's mats
OSCAR NIGHT 2003
For "Talk to Her", he became the first man in over 30 years to win with a screenplay in a foreign language
Time's up! The correct answer was Pedro Almodovar
WORLD RELIGION
Sukkot, a Jewish festival, began as a harvest celebration & was a model for this centuries-old American holiday
Time's up! The correct answer was Thanksgiving
HISTORY
In the midst of the Korean War, this South Korean president was elected to his second of 4 terms
Time's up! The correct answer was Syngman Rhee
U.N. SECRETARIES-GENERAL
Trying to resolve problems in the Congo, this Swedish secretary-general died in a plane crash in Africa in 1961
Time's up! The correct answer was Dag Hammarskjold
HOLLYWOOD THRILLER PREVIEWS?
In Australia, water is going down drains backwards (to us). This fall, Mel Gibson takes on the reason why--this "Effect"
Time's up! The correct answer was Coriolis
WORLD LEADERS
Elected in 2008, president Dimitris Christofias of this divided island nation is the EU's only communist head of state
Time's up! The correct answer was Cyprus
EPONYMS
This ancient king of Lydia, thought the wealthiest man on earth, had the Midas touch, hence the phrase "as rich as" him
Time's up! The correct answer was Croesus
"LAP" DANCE
The type of filmmaking seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Time-lapse photography
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
FOOD CHAIN
"Dip Into Something Different" at the Melting Pot, found across the nation, & specializing in this Swiss dish
Time's up! The correct answer was fondue
EMOTICONS
=|:-)= This is an extension of the initials U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was Uncle Sam
FAMILIAR PHRASES
In "A Psalm of Life, " Longfellow tells of leaving these behind "on the sands of time"
Time's up! The correct answer was footprints
1987
A judge said no custody of "Baby M" for this type of mother who'd agreed to bear her for $10,000
Time's up! The correct answer was a surrogate
LITERARY GENRES
"Pamela" is an epistolary one & may be the first English one
Time's up! The correct answer was a novel
ON BROADWAY: 1970
Though he never won an Emmy as Barney Miller, he did win a Tony for his role in "The Rothschilds"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hal Linden
NOTORIOUS
Oscar Collazo, serving a life sentence for his assassination attempt on this president, was released in 1979
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Truman
ARE YOU PERHAPS FRENCH?
Luc Montagnier identified the AIDS virus while working at the institute named for this 19th c. Frenchman
Time's up! The correct answer was Pasteur
THE "BUTLER" DID IT
In his 1872 novel "Erewhon", poverty is considered a crime
Time's up! The correct answer was Samuel Butler
BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES
James I
Time's up! The correct answer was Stuart
THE ASPCA
In 1999 Lulu, a plucky potbellied one of these, earned an ASPCA Trooper Award for saving her owner's life
Time's up! The correct answer was Pig
THE SUMMER OLYMPICS
Throwing events include this one, the hurling of a spearlike shaft
Time's up! The correct answer was the javelin
HISTORY
Built in 312 B.C. to link Rome & the South of Italy, it's still in use today
Time's up! The correct answer was the Appian Way
ISLANDS
This group of islands off the northern coast of France was the only British soil occupied by the Germans in WWII
Time's up! The correct answer was the Channel Islands
"LESS" IS MORE
Jean-Paul Belmondo is the cool criminal Michel in this French New Wave classic
Time's up! The correct answer was Breathless
WEAPONS
One might be fired "out of the blue"--from a crossbow
Time's up! The correct answer was a bolt
FIRST LADIES
She married husband Ronnie in 1952 when he was president of the Screen Actors Guild
Time's up! The correct answer was NancyReagan
THE CAT
It's the tailless cat variety from an island south of Scotland
Time's up! The correct answer was a manx
MUD
In 1999 scientists found the remains of one of these giant creatures embedded in the frozen mud in Siberia
Time's up! The correct answer was mammoth
THE "A"s
In 1841 ex-president John Quincy Adams represented the mutineers of this ship before the Supreme Court
Time's up! The correct answer was the Amistad
PEOPLE IN HISTORY
After a 15-year stay in England, this proprietor of Pennsylvania returned to his colony in 1699
Time's up! The correct answer was William Penn
FASHION FROM HEAD TO TOE
1950s fashion favored this canine skirt
Time's up! The correct answer was a poodle skirt
MAGAZINES
This man's "Lady's Book" was published in Philadelphia from 1830 to 1892
Time's up! The correct answer was Louis Godey
THE 19th CENTURY
On sale May 1, 1840, the first postage stamp with adhesive on the back had this person on the front
Time's up! The correct answer was Queen Victoria
U.S. PRESIDENTS
His second inaugural address began, "At this last presidential inauguration of the twentieth century..."
Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Clinton
THE OBLIGATORY POETRY CATEGORY
Observing pilgrims traveling to the shrine of Thomas Becket inspired him to write his greatest work
Time's up! The correct answer was Geoffrey Chaucer
2-LETTER WORDS
An Italian river, or the red Teletubby
Time's up! The correct answer was Po
1999
The native Inuit in this country got a new territory--Nunavut
Time's up! The correct answer was Canada
U.N. OBSERVANCES
September 16 is International Day for the Preservation of this atmospheric layer
Time's up! The correct answer was the Ozone Layer
TAYLOR, SWIFT
Taylor Lautner played Jacob Black in this 2008 vampire flick
Time's up! The correct answer was Twilight
EXPORTS
This crop is king in Mali; about 1/2 of its export income comes from it
Time's up! The correct answer was cotton
WHEREFORE "ART" THOU
One of these might be flip, flow or pie
Time's up! The correct answer was Chart
BEFORE THEY WERE SENATORS
Later a U.S. senator, in 1962 he made a famous 75,000-mile trip
Time's up! The correct answer was John Glenn
SIGNS & SYMBOLS
Baby, you're going to be a star, & we're going to put you next to this symbol on Turkey's flag
Time's up! The correct answer was a crescent
TIME TO CONVERT
It's the simplest fractional form of .75
Time's up! The correct answer was 4-Mar
PRESIDENTS' MONOGRAMS
JKP
Time's up! The correct answer was James Knox Polk
FLY ME, BUT NOT TO THE MOON
In April 2008 it was announced that Northwest & this Atlanta-based airline would merge
Time's up! The correct answer was Delta
CITY OF BIRTH
Frederick the Great & Mike Nichols
Time's up! The correct answer was Berlin
WORLD FACTS
This isthmus connects North & South America
Time's up! The correct answer was Isthmus of Panama
STATE GOVERNMENT
In this post, Jim Ryan is Illinois' chief law enforcement & consumer protection official
Time's up! The correct answer was attorney general
THE MOVIES
It was double trouble for this martial arts star playing twins in "Twin Dragons"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jackie Chan
WORLD COINS
In 2001 Russia issued a coin with his portrait to commemorate the 40th anniversary of manned space flight
Time's up! The correct answer was Yuri Gagarin
APT ANAGRAMS
A Texan battle cry: A MEMORABLE TERM, EH?
Time's up! The correct answer was Remember the Alamo
BRAND NAMES
Reynolds Guyer, inventor of Twister, also created the 4-inch foam ball later sold under this brand name
Time's up! The correct answer was Nerf ball
HISTORY
In a 1778 treaty, the U.S. and France granted each other this commerce "status"
Time's up! The correct answer was most favored nation
FASHION FROM HEAD TO TOE
The French name of these casual summer shoes derives from a tough wiry grass that's used to make rope
Time's up! The correct answer was espadrilles
CHAD IS RAD
The capital & largest city
Time's up! The correct answer was N'Djamena
RHYMES WITH TRACK
A somewhat shapeless dress
Time's up! The correct answer was a sack
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
This self-absorbed personality disorder is named for a mythical youth who loved his reflection
Time's up! The correct answer was Narcissism
WORKING ON THE RAILROAD
13-letter word for the operations manager of a depot or terminal
Time's up! The correct answer was stationmaster
IT'S A "SIN"
It can mean to burn slightly, or to burn the ends of hair or cloth
Time's up! The correct answer was singe
BEYOND .COM
As of 2010, you can invent your own domain, according to the folks who regulate the Net; they're at www.icann.this
Time's up! The correct answer was .org
LOBBYISTS
In 1997 Jack Williams of this company was indicted for lying about his dealings with Mike Espy
Time's up! The correct answer was Tyson Foods
NOVEL QUOTES
Its less famous second line is "It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness"
Time's up! The correct answer was A Tale Of Two Cities
NOT A VERB
Salt, pepper, sage
Time's up! The correct answer was sage
MUSEUM HOPPING
The Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia houses his original manuscript of "Ulysses"
Time's up! The correct answer was James Joyce
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
OCCUPATION HAZARDS
Chafing from chaps, rope burns from lassos & that saddle horn -- watch where you sit if you're one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was cowboy
UP & ATOM
Rather than in fixed orbits, these particles travel in shells or layers around the nucleus
Time's up! The correct answer was electrons
REAL ESTATE
In 1947 the U.S. was given a 99-year one on Philippine military bases -- it was later shortened
Time's up! The correct answer was Lease
THE MIDDLE AGES
It's estimated this dread 14th century epidemic killed 1/3 of the population of Europe
Time's up! The correct answer was Black Death
THE 1990s
In April 1992 riots broke out in L.A. after a jury failed to convict the policemen involved in the beating of this man
Time's up! The correct answer was Rodney King
BEFORE & AFTER
The Beatles' 1967 album that was a 2001 WWII miniseries on HBO
Time's up! The correct answer was Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band of Brothers
OF A SALESMAN
Sick of selling dry goods from a buggy, in 1872 Montgomery Ward issued a one-page one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a catalog
SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN
The daughter of Polonius
Time's up! The correct answer was Ophelia
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
PRESIDENTS IN IOWA
In 1887 Cleveland attended this city's Corn Palace (or should we say Maize Palace)
Time's up! The correct answer was Sioux City
GANGSTER'S DICTIONARY
You mugs, I need a "can opener", a tool used to open one of these, not a tin can
Time's up! The correct answer was Safe
LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"
In 1775 this island in San Francisco Bay was called "Island of the Pelicans"
Time's up! The correct answer was Alcatraz
1994 FILMS
As mad bomber Howard Payne in this film, Dennis Hopper planted a bomb on an L.A. area transit bus
Time's up! The correct answer was Speed
HISTORY
In the midst of the Korean War, this South Korean president was elected to his second of 4 terms
Time's up! The correct answer was Syngman Rhee
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
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
THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE SOUTH
Scenic traces include one along Lake Pontchartrain & a 500-mile one from Nashville to this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Natchez
AUTHORS
After years of writing science fiction, he found his niche with historical novels such as "North and South"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jakes
MOVIES BY ROLES
1982: Mr. Hand, Stacy Hamilton, Jeff Spicoli
Time's up! The correct answer was Fast Times at Ridgemont High
FEMALE ATHLETES
This basketball star whose name rhymes with hoops named her son Jordan, after Michael Jordan
Time's up! The correct answer was Sheryl Swoopes
GREEK LIFE
98% of Greece's population belongs to this church
Time's up! The correct answer was Greek
FOOD FACTS
Cannellini is a white kidney bean, cannelloni is a type of this
Time's up! The correct answer was pasta
THE VIRTUES
You "Gotta Have" this virtue; at least according to George Michael
Time's up! The correct answer was Faith
SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE
In Kent County, 11 miles south of Dover
Time's up! The correct answer was Delaware
FROM THE LATIN
A fun way to get to the top of a mountain is this kind of cable railway whose name is from the Latin for "rope"
Time's up! The correct answer was a funicular
COUNTIES BY STATE
Oswego, Onondaga, Oneida
Time's up! The correct answer was New York
CROSSWORD CLUES "K"
Ceremonial chamber you'd "Hopi" into (4)
Time's up! The correct answer was a kiva
POP MUSIC
'60s Dylan classic that begins, "Once upon a time you dressed so fine"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Like A Rolling Stone"
BRITISH HISTORY
First Roman army to invade Britain was led by this general
Time's up! The correct answer was Caesar
ALL ASHORE FOR BIRD LORE
This bird term for pro-war politicians was popular in the period leading up to the War of 1812
Time's up! The correct answer was hawks
SOME MORE SIMIAN CINEMA
1968 classic with the ad line "Somewhere in the universe, there must be something better than man!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Planet of the Apes
NAME THE WORK
Melville: "Captain Vere was an exceptional character"
Time's up! The correct answer was Billy Budd
MAGAZINE FEATURES
Goings on About Town, The Talk of the Town, The Critics
Time's up! The correct answer was The New Yorker
WARNER BROS.
Movies found their voice in this 1927 Warner Bros. film
Time's up! The correct answer was The Jazz Singer
NOTABLE NAMES
His last direct descendant was a granddaughter, Elizabeth Hall, born to John & Susanna Hall in 1608
Time's up! The correct answer was William Shakespeare
Y1K
With the crowning of King Boleslaw, this central European nation is recognized as an independent state
Time's up! The correct answer was Poland
BIRDS
This red bird is the state bird of 7 states
Time's up! The correct answer was the cardinal
I COULD USE SOME SELF-HELP!
John Gray penned the book these 2 planets "Together Forever--Relationship Skills for Lasting Love"
leaden abyssBOT
@fresh mulch guessed it! The answer was: Mars & Venus
TOUR OF JUDY
Twice nominated for Oscars, this actress once studied at an Australian convent & sang in a rock band
fresh mulch
Juda laws
leaden abyssBOT
Time's up! The correct answer was Judy Davis
A THOMAS GUIDE
This late medieval Christian spiritual writer is the probable author of "Imitation of Christ"
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas à Kempis
ITALIAN
The divine "Don Giovanni" duet "La ci darem la mano" means "There, you'll give me" this
Time's up! The correct answer was your hand
"LAP" DANCE
Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction & Porno for Pyros founded this mega-concert event
Time's up! The correct answer was Lollapalooza
LEVITICUS
This tribe that gives the book its English name is only mentioned in one passage
Time's up! The correct answer was Levites
"EVE"NING
A bracketed projecting beam supported on only one end, or a type of bridge
Time's up! The correct answer was a cantilever
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
This N.C. peak, the highest east of the Mississippi, was named for the man who surveyed it, died on it & is buried at the top
Time's up! The correct answer was Mt. Mitchell
WHY SO BLUE?
The blue type of this game fish, M. Nigricans, has a long pointed bill
Time's up! The correct answer was a marlin
FAMOUS NAMES
A grandson of Man O' War, he defeated his uncle in a famous matchup November 1, 1938
Time's up! The correct answer was Seabiscuit
WHAT'S ON TV?
In 2007 Marie Osmond blamed allergies & L.A. air quality for her waltz into unconsciousness on this show
Time's up! The correct answer was Dancing with the Stars
"L.B."s
In 1893 this horticulturist published his first nursery catalog offering his "New Creations in Fruits and Flowers"
Time's up! The correct answer was Luther Burbank
U.S.A.
On average this city packs more than 23,000 people into 1 sq. mile
Time's up! The correct answer was New York City
"X", "Y", "Z"
Despite its bulk, this wild ox found in Tibet is an excellent swimmer
Time's up! The correct answer was a yak
PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS
In 1941 her "Watch on the Rhine" was named best American play by the New York Drama Critics' Circle
Time's up! The correct answer was Lillian Hellman
WOMEN'S FIRSTS
Let's show her a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T; she's the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Time's up! The correct answer was Aretha Franklin
SAINTS
This man who added utopia to our vocabulary was made a saint in 1935
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Thomas More
WEEDS
This common weed seen here has a beverage in its name
Time's up! The correct answer was Milkweed
ASTROLOGY
Chinese astrology has 5 classical elements, each associated with a planet; knock this when you think Jupiter
Time's up! The correct answer was wood
BIBLICAL CRIME BLOTTER
Wife of Ahab, this Baal worshiper & harlot was last seen in Jezreel
Time's up! The correct answer was Jezebel
WHO'S THE MRS.?
Mrs. Maury Povich
Time's up! The correct answer was Connie Chung
GOULASH
In 1957 child model Jim O'Neill was chosen to grace the cover of his "Baby and Child Care Book"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Benjamin Spock
MYTHOLOGY
These fiendish feathered females swooped down over Phineus & befouled his food
Time's up! The correct answer was Harpies
NOVELS BY CHAPTER TITLE
"Hester and Pearl"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Scarlet Letter
FIRE!
The Bank of America is around today because A.P. Giannini saved its currency from this city's 1906 fire
Time's up! The correct answer was San Francisco
TRANSPORTATION INNOVATIONS
This type of program that began in 1981 was inspired by Green Stamps
Time's up! The correct answer was Frequent flyer program
"MOON"S
It brings out the worst in werewolves
Time's up! The correct answer was a full moon
AFRICAN LANGUAGE LAB
Whether a surfin' one or a Pontiac, this term comes from the Swahili meaning "journey"
Time's up! The correct answer was safari
PHRASES THAT SELL
It's the popular query in Verizon's TV ads
Time's up! The correct answer was Can you hear me now?
HERE'S LUCY
Lucy Simon, the sister of this pop singer, wrote the music for Broadway's "The Secret Garden"
Time's up! The correct answer was Carly Simon
COMMON ABBREVIATIONS
Yes, sir! A PFC is one of these in the military
Time's up! The correct answer was a private first class
HISTORY
Because his proposals for constitutional change were defeated, this French president resigned in 1969
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles de Gaulle
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Co-capitals: La Paz & Sucre
Time's up! The correct answer was Bolivia
CELEBRITY RHYME TIME
Willis's Snapples and Cran-apples
Time's up! The correct answer was Bruce's juices
"V" IS FOR
...this pasta, thinner than spaghetti, whose name is Italian for "little worms"
Time's up! The correct answer was vermicelli
THE EYES HAVE IT
A blow with a whip
Time's up! The correct answer was Lash
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
This companion island to Trinidad has its own airport, Crown Point International
Time's up! The correct answer was Tobago
"A" PLUS
In February 1999 several of these killed 38 people in the Austrian towns of Galtur & Valzur
Time's up! The correct answer was avalanches
THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS
Legendary promoter who ran the Fillmore West in the Bay Area & the Fillmore East in NYC
Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Graham
"O"PERA
Verdi's work on this General's life opens in Cyprus; Shakespeare's tale begins in Venice
Time's up! The correct answer was Otello
BIG MERGERS
Exxon moved to merge with this corporation in December 1998
Time's up! The correct answer was Mobil
IT ENDS WITH "US"
It's a summary or outline given to college students that covers the course of study
Time's up! The correct answer was syllabus
BIG, REALLY BIG!
In 1956 a 12,000-square-mile one of these was seen floating off Antarctica; you might call it titanic
Time's up! The correct answer was an iceberg
19th CENTURY PRESIDENTS
James K. Polk is the only president to have previously held this position in the House of Representatives
Time's up! The correct answer was Speaker
THAT'S SOME NERVE
This nerve involved in carpal tunnel syndrome shares its name with a math term for the middle number in a sequence
Time's up! The correct answer was the median
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
CANADIAN FOOTBALL
Unlike the NFL, a CFL team gets this many downs in a series to advance the ball 10 yards
Time's up! The correct answer was three
IN THE FIRE
Since 1932 this brand has provided reliable flames for soldiers, campers & others
Time's up! The correct answer was Zippo
RECORD LOSSES IN 2005
A medical group lost 185,000 personal & medical records in this city, the seat of Santa Clara County
Time's up! The correct answer was San Jose
THE 1980s
As many as 5,000 pro-democracy demonstrators were killed in this city's Tiananmen Square
Time's up! The correct answer was Beijing
TRAVEL & TOURISM
This British wax museum famed for its chamber of horrors now has a time-traveling ride in it, too
Time's up! The correct answer was Madame Tussauds
WEAPONS
From the Germanic "hache", it's a small ax
Time's up! The correct answer was a hatchet
SCIENCE
Boyle's Law says normally if you double the pressure on a gas, the volume decreases by this amount
Time's up! The correct answer was one-half
HERE COMES BAHRAIN AGAIN
A causeway linking Bahrain & Saudi Arabia is named for this man who became Saudi king in 1982
Time's up! The correct answer was King Fahd
HISTORIC WOMEN
On April 5, 1614, in Jamestown, she married John Rolfe
Time's up! The correct answer was Pocahontas
PERFUME
The 2 perfumes mentioned in Matthew 2:11
Time's up! The correct answer was frankincense & myrrh
SORORITY WOMEN
This Sigma Kappa is remembered as one of the first senators to speak out against Joseph McCarthy
Time's up! The correct answer was Margaret Chase Smith
MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS
Hong Kong titled the second movie about this creature "I May Be A Pig, But I Am Not Stupid"
Time's up! The correct answer was Babe
"X", "Y", "Z"
Despite its bulk, this wild ox found in Tibet is an excellent swimmer
Time's up! The correct answer was a yak
18th CENTURY AMERICA
His wife Abigail wrote to him in a 1776 letter, "Remember the ladies... all men would be tyrants if they could"
Time's up! The correct answer was John Adams
MEDICAL TALK
To test for visual acuity, the Snellen chart is designed to be read from this many feet away
Time's up! The correct answer was 20
AMERICAN HISTORY
In December 1974 this former New York governor was sworn in as Vice President
Time's up! The correct answer was Rockefeller
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS
In 1985 an animated version of this Soleil Moon Frye sitcom character made the scene
Time's up! The correct answer was Punky Brewster
EDUCATION JARGON
It's the rhyming term for the technique of teaching with only a blackboard to help you
Time's up! The correct answer was chalk talk/chalk and talk
SPORTS
Except for 1995, the NHL scoring title has gone to either Wayne Gretzky or this Penguins star the past 16 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Mario Lemieux
FAMOUS PEOPLE
In 2001, she produced & hosted the Travel Channel's "Secrets of San Simeon"
Time's up! The correct answer was Patty Hearst
COLORFUL GROUPS
They're "Under The Bridge": ____ ____ Chili Peppers
Time's up! The correct answer was Red Hot
BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS
1976: "A Single Colorado Mountain"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rocky
TITLES FROM SHAKESPEARE
Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" comes from a speech of Miranda's in this play
Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest
ODDS & ENDS
Using beeswax, olive oil, rose petals & water, Galen invented this skin cleanser with a "frigid" name c. 200 A.D.
Time's up! The correct answer was cold cream
CLASSIC STAR TREK
Captain Kirk shares this name, his middle name, with a first century Roman emperor
Time's up! The correct answer was Tiberius
THE '30s WEREN'T ALL DEPRESSING
In 1936 Los Angeles started receiving its electricity from generators at this facility
Time's up! The correct answer was Hoover Dam
19th CENTURY PRESIDENTS
James K. Polk is the only president to have previously held this position in the House of Representatives
Time's up! The correct answer was Speaker
MISSING LINKS
Curry ____ Keg
Time's up! The correct answer was powder
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
IT'S EXTINCT
The baluchitherium, an extinct type of this pachyderm, had no horn, unlike modern species
Time's up! The correct answer was a rhinoceros
FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
This word for a sidelong glance of crude desire used to mean "the cheek"
Time's up! The correct answer was a leer
NO. 1 ALBUMS
"Hell Freezes Over"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Eagles
FUN WITH BALLET
The Roanoke Ballet's dancers raced around with logos on their unitards in a ballet named for this auto assoc.
Time's up! The correct answer was NASCAR
LICENSE PLATE MOTTOS
"First In Flight"
Time's up! The correct answer was North Carolina
OF A SALESMAN
This direct-selling co. known for products like Nutrilite claims 3 million independent business owners
Time's up! The correct answer was Amway
THAT OLD "BLACK" MAGIC
Yo-ho, yo-ho! His real name was believed to be Edward Teach
Time's up! The correct answer was Blackbeard
SNL CELEBRITY JEOPARDY!
Kristen Wiig played this "Today" co-host, who, like so many of our players, brought Chardonnay on stage
Time's up! The correct answer was Kathie Lee Gifford
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
There's no truth to the story that she had to pawn her jewels to finance Columbus' first voyage
Time's up! The correct answer was Queen Isabella
COMMON ABBREVIATIONS
Yes, sir! A PFC is one of these in the military
Time's up! The correct answer was a private first class
CliffsNotes
Frenchman swipes some bread, gets 19 years, gets out, gets pursued by a cop who dies
Time's up! The correct answer was "Les Miserables"
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
11-LETTER WORDS
Something that evokes happiness & sadness at the same time, or a kind of chocolate
Time's up! The correct answer was Bittersweet
POLAR EXPLORATION
This South Pole conqueror died trying to rescue Umberto Nobile, who eventually lived to be 93
Time's up! The correct answer was Roald Amundsen
VALUABLE PLACES
During a 1992 standoff, the FBI captured white supremacist Randy Weaver at this Idaho site
Time's up! The correct answer was Ruby Ridge
INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN
The Times of London estimates this chess player is taking home $20 mil. a year; that's some check, mate!
Time's up! The correct answer was Garry Kasparov
"NIGHT"
Any of the various plants of the family Solanaceae; some may be "deadly"
Time's up! The correct answer was nightshades
"G"ARDEN GLOSSARY
Inserting a section of one plant into another so that they grow as one plant
Time's up! The correct answer was to graft
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
SCIENCE & NATURE
Take the fibrinogen out of blood plasma & you're left with a fluid called this
Time's up! The correct answer was Serum
PARTY OF "FIVE"
Vice President Thomas Marshall said, "What this country needs is a good" one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Five-cent cigar
SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER
Neckwear for eating lobster
Time's up! The correct answer was bib
GIVE THE BUCHAREST
In 1977 one of these phenomena devastated Bucharest, killing about 1,500 people
Time's up! The correct answer was an earthquake
"DEEP" DISH
Oprah's first selection for her book club, in 1996, was this book by Jacquelyn Mitchard about a kidnapping
Time's up! The correct answer was The Deep End of the Ocean
READING
President Carter has been among the many users of this woman's "Reading Dynamics" system
Time's up! The correct answer was Evelyn Wood
"DO", "RE", "MI"
This kind of "name" is also known as an Internet address
Time's up! The correct answer was domain
SCIENCE
In 1973 it became the first comet studied by men in space
Time's up! The correct answer was Kohoutek
MUSICAL TRAINS
In 1961 James Brown announced "all aboard" for this train
Time's up! The correct answer was "Night Train"
ROYAL FEMALE NICKNAMES
The 19th century's "Widow of Windsor"
Time's up! The correct answer was Queen Victoria
FOOD FACTS
Kentucky burgoo is a thick one of these made with meat vegetables
Time's up! The correct answer was a stew
BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY
Lying at the foot of the mount of olives, this garden was the site where Jesus was betrayed & arrested
Time's up! The correct answer was Gethsemane
WHO'S YOUR MOMMY?
Mariska Hargitay
Time's up! The correct answer was Jayne Mansfield
"NIGHT"
"Timely" 5-word nickname that describes Scandinavia north of the Arctic Circle
Time's up! The correct answer was "Land of the Midnight Sun"
ALL ABOARD THE SOUL TRAIN
Oh yessssssss...he created the show & was the original producer & host
Time's up! The correct answer was Don Cornelius
THE ONION
Sept. 12, 1928: This "It Girl" "to appear sleeveless in Oct. Collier's; 'Besleeve yourself, strumpet!' clergy urge"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bow
QUEEN VICTORIA
Victoria found this poet laureate's "In Memoriam" a great comfort in her widowhood
Time's up! The correct answer was Alfred Lord Tennyson
ENGLISH ROYAL HENRYS
Pope Leo X named Henry VIII "Defender of the Faith" for his written attack on this German Protestant leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Martin Luther
A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS
Grambling, McNeese State, Southern
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana
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
SHAKESPEARE
Macduff tells us, "Not in the legions of horrid hell can come a devil more damn'd in evils to top" this man
Time's up! The correct answer was the Macbeth
AMERICAN INDIANS
In 1777 Chief Joseph Brant led his fellow Mohawks in the Battle of Oriskany during this war