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ODDS & ENDS
This city's Hartsfield International overtook O'Hare as the world's busiest airport even before the Summer Olympics
Time's up! The correct answer was Atlanta
TOM JONES
Tom played -- who else? -- himself on the "Marge Gets a Job" episode of this animated TV series in 1992
Time's up! The correct answer was The Simpsons
MUSICAL THEATRE
In January 1997 Liza Minnelli returned to Broadway, filling in for Julie Andrews in this musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Victor/Victoria
GIVE ME AN "A"!
Wow! In 2002 a "supercolony" of billions of these was discovered stretching across several countries in Europe
Time's up! The correct answer was ants
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
In 2001 Brian Cappelletto won this game's World Championship with words like vozhd for 50 points & jerrid for 44
Time's up! The correct answer was Scrabble
LIT MY FIRE
The burning of Moscow after Napoleon's exit is dramatized in this Tolstoy novel
Time's up! The correct answer was War and Peace
HISTORIC NAMES
In 1961 scared villagers thought he was a downed U2 pilot until he removed his helmet & spoke Russian to them
Time's up! The correct answer was Yuri Gagarin
FINE DINING
A Vacherin dessert features this crisp concoction of beaten egg whites & sugar
Time's up! The correct answer was meringue
CHAD IS RAD
It's the country directly north of Chad
Time's up! The correct answer was Libya
TELEVISION
Jack Wagner, formerly of "General Hospital", now plays Dr. Peter Burns on this Fox drama
Time's up! The correct answer was Melrose Place
HEY, GOOD-LOOKIN'
In boxing, it's when you've fallen & you can't get up
Time's up! The correct answer was a knockout
BRIDGES
This bridge spanning NYC's East River was designated a national historic landmark in 1964
Time's up! The correct answer was Brooklyn Bridge
SKIP TO MY "LOO"
Chinese city opposite Hong Kong island
Time's up! The correct answer was Kowloon
TRANSPORTATION
Smaller than a junk, this Oriental boat usually has a cabin with a roof made of mats
Time's up! The correct answer was Sampan
RINGING THE OPENING BELL AT THE NYSE
Oh, come on! On Feb. 28, 2008 this TV "Kitchen Nightmares" man added a touch of bell to his resume
Time's up! The correct answer was Gordon Ramsey
SECRET IDENTITIES
The original Robin, the Boy Wonder
Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Grayson
BALLETS WE'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT BEFORE
In Jerome Robbins' "Celebration", couples representing 5 countries dance this, "step for 2" in French
Time's up! The correct answer was pas de deux
FUN WITH BALLET
In "La Boutique Fantasque", dolls come to life & perform this high-kicking, skirt-swooshing dance
Time's up! The correct answer was Can-can
IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS
Keflavik & Grindavik call to you, & we'll throw in a 50/50 shot at seeing Bjork somewhere
Time's up! The correct answer was Iceland
SAY "CHI"s
Deception or trickery
Time's up! The correct answer was chicanery
LONG WORDS
Adjective for an act done without meaning to; legally, it's a type of manslaughter
Time's up! The correct answer was involuntary
"PU"
It's the time of life when a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of....sex
Time's up! The correct answer was Puberty
SCIENCE & NATURE
Man-made metal 1st positively identified in 1958 & named for a Swedish inventor; it has no known use
Time's up! The correct answer was Nobelium
THE 1990s
Queen Elizabeth II & Francois Mitterrand appeared together at the opening of this on May 6, 1994
Time's up! The correct answer was the opening of the "Chunnel"
ANNIVERSARY GIFTS
This 10th anniversary present is present in the name of a 20th anniversary gift -- platinum
Time's up! The correct answer was Tin
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Apnea is the temporary cessation of this
Time's up! The correct answer was breathing
LARRY KING'S PUBLIC FIGURES
At the bottom of the hour, bet you won't miss my chat with this all time "hit king" of baseball...Cincinnati, hello?
Time's up! The correct answer was Pete Rose
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
A 1915 film named for Charlie's most famous character was called simply this (no "Little")
Time's up! The correct answer was Tramp
TBA
White smoke rising from the Vatican announces the election of a new one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Pope
FROM THE WELSH
Perhaps from the Welsh for "goblin", Elwood P. Dowd's Harvey was a famous one
Time's up! The correct answer was Pooka
"SIDE" EFFECTS
A trial judge may call this conference with the attorneys, out of the jury's hearing
Time's up! The correct answer was sidebar
FOLKIES
Peggy, sister of this co-founder of The Weavers, wrote the feminist anthem "Gonna Be An Engineer"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pete Seeger
ACTORS WHO DIRECT
"The Great Debaters"
Time's up! The correct answer was Denzel Washington
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
Playwright who made his film debut in "Renaldo and Clara" in 1978 & won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in '79
Time's up! The correct answer was Sam Shepard
I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU
It means against, & is also a prefix found before -diction
Time's up! The correct answer was contra
FANTASTIC FILMS
Futuristic S. Kubrick film starring M. McDowell as Alex, a psychopathic gang leader
Time's up! The correct answer was "A Clockwork Orange"
THE LIVING PLANET
The April 2009 issue of Science magazine reported that cows were the first livestock animal to have this "mapped"
Time's up! The correct answer was their genome
THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS
Don't lose your head: this French device shares its name with an instrument for surgically removing tonsils
Time's up! The correct answer was guillotine
CNN
In 1997 CNN became the first U.S. news organization since 1969 with a permanent bureau in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Cuba
"FOR" WORDS
This word on the label signifies that vitamins have been added to milk
Time's up! The correct answer was fortified
COUNTY SEATS
This Iowa city, the seat of Black Hawk County, has a name Wellington would remember
Time's up! The correct answer was Waterloo
ALBUMS THAT ROCK
"Beggars Banquet", "Steel Wheels"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Rolling Stones
AMERICAN HISTORY
In 1798 Congress passed this collection of bills to control domestic dissent & conspiracy against the federal govt.
Time's up! The correct answer was the Alien & Sedition Acts
LISA
In 1983 Apple introduced the Lisa personal computer, the first PC with one of these controls
Time's up! The correct answer was a mouse
FOUND
Ben Franklin helped found this Ivy League school that had the USA's first medical school
Time's up! The correct answer was University of Pennsylvania
BICYCLES
In the 1984 Olympics, Alexi Grewal won a gold medal in cycling for this country
Time's up! The correct answer was the United States
I LOVE L.A. KERS
A wizard at passing the ball, this Laker is the NBA's all-time leader in assists per game
Time's up! The correct answer was Magic Johnson
"CH"ILL OUT!
15th century Pope Innocent VIII "The Honest" was the first pope to publicly admit having these
Time's up! The correct answer was children
WORLD CAPITALS
On a plane trip to this capital, you'd likely land at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
Time's up! The correct answer was Jakarta
THE REEL STORY
This singer starred in "Waiting to Exhale" & "The Bodyguard"
Time's up! The correct answer was Whitney Houston
THE NOBEL PRIZE
The 1996 Chemistry Prize went to the discoverers of a 60-carbon atom molecule called this
Time's up! The correct answer was Buckyball
BEFORE THEY WERE POPES
Giovanni Ganganelli was educated by this teaching society; as Clement XIV, he suppressed it
Time's up! The correct answer was Jesuits
BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES
George III
Time's up! The correct answer was Hanover
FROM THE WELSH
"Arthur-itative" sources say her name is Welsh for "white" or "fair"
Time's up! The correct answer was Guinevere
LITERATURE
Nicodemus Frapp is a narrow-minded evangelist in "Tono-Bungay", a 1909 novel by this author of "The Time Machine"
Time's up! The correct answer was H.G. Wells
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS
This title dog's real first name is Scoobert
Time's up! The correct answer was Scooby-Doo
SHAKESPEAREAN WORDS
Polonius uses the word "outbreak" about Laertes' fiery mind, not this title character
Time's up! The correct answer was Hamlet
TAIWAN
Mariners from this country named Taiwan Ilha Formosa, but didn't colonize it
Time's up! The correct answer was Portugal
KING ARTHUR
The title of this T.H. White book refers to the object that made Arthur king
Time's up! The correct answer was a sword in the stone
WHERE'S MY COFFEE?
Once Yemen's chief coffee port, its name now refers to a flavor of chocolate & coffee
Time's up! The correct answer was Mocha
AMERICAN INDIANS
Geronimo rode in this U.S. president's 1905 inaugural parade
Time's up! The correct answer was Theodore Roosevelt
MUD
This poem set in Mudville was first published in the San Francisco Examiner, in 1888
Time's up! The correct answer was "Casey at the Bat"
DIARIES
"My Name Escapes Me" is "The Diary of A Retiring Actor" by this portrayer of Obi-Wan Kenobi
Time's up! The correct answer was Sir Alec Guinness
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
Egypt
Time's up! The correct answer was Arabic
JAZZ IT UP
Milt Jackson, heard here, was one of the masters of this instrument
Time's up! The correct answer was vibes
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
He composed his "Leningrad Symphony" during the World War II siege of Leningrad
Time's up! The correct answer was Dmitri Shostakovich
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY SAYS....
Edna wrote that this "burns at both ends; it will not last the night"
Time's up! The correct answer was My candle
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
IT'S A COUP D'ETAT
In 1921 Reza Pahlavi helped with a coup that eventually brought his son to power in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Iran
MODERN "TIME"S
It's the "Fox"y TV spinoff seen here:
Time's up! The correct answer was The Time of Your Life
SOMETHING'S FISHY
Until one was caught in 1938, it was thought that this fish had been extinct for more than 70 million years
Time's up! The correct answer was the coelacanth
THE SPOOKY & THE MYSTERIOUS
This large dinosaur-like creature possibly lives in a large Scottish lake near Inverness
Time's up! The correct answer was the Loch Ness Monster
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
FILM FACTS
As a child, this "Doctor Zhivago" co-star had a bit role in her father's film "Limelight"
Time's up! The correct answer was Geraldine Chaplin
SPORTS FACTS
This Giants outfielder is the only player in history to receive the MVP award 4 consecutive years, 2001 to 2004
Time's up! The correct answer was Bonds
THE HUSBAND MARRIED
Virginia Cherrill, Barbara Hutton, Betsy Drake, Dyan Cannon & Barbara Harris
Time's up! The correct answer was Cary Grant
THE LENIN CLOSET
Lenin got a degree in this in 1891, then went on to court a lot of trouble
Time's up! The correct answer was law
HARRISON FORD MOVIES
"Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?"
Time's up! The correct answer was Raiders of the Lost Ark
CELEBRITY MARRIAGES
This "Bewitch"ing actress was the 3rd wife of Oscar winner Gig Young
Time's up! The correct answer was Elizabeth Montgomery
HORSE SENSE
Guy Williams rode Tornado as this hero
Time's up! The correct answer was Zorro
STATES' FORMER CAPITALS
Huntsville
Time's up! The correct answer was Alabama
"S"-OTERICA
Slang term for a left-handed boxer or fiddle player
Time's up! The correct answer was southpaw
NOVELISTS
He dictated his last novel, "The Brothers Karamazov", to his wife who took it down in shorthand
Time's up! The correct answer was Dostoevsky
THE BIBLE
Among these tales told by Jesus were those "of the net", "of the mustard seed" & "of the hidden treasures"
Time's up! The correct answer was Parables
THE DE NIRO CODE
In Italian, in this sequel: "Do me this favor..ask your friends...about me. They'll tell you I know how to return a favor"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Godfather Part II
OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS BY SPORT
1896: Ellery Clark, 20' 10"; 2000: Ivan Pedroso, 28' 3/4"
Time's up! The correct answer was the long jump
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
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
RICHARD
He shot the famous photo of Nastassja Kinski & the serpent
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Avedon
KIDS IN SPORTS
Park View of Chula Vista, California beat Taipei 6-3 to win this organization's 2009 World Series
Time's up! The correct answer was the Little League
WEBSITES
At whitehouse.gov you can learn all about Air Force One as well as this Maryland presidential retreat
Time's up! The correct answer was Camp David
FIRSTS
The Scott brothers sold rolls of this in 1890; 2-ply came later
Time's up! The correct answer was toilet paper
ARE WE THERE YET?
Start early; the 4 presidents sculpted on this mountain are best viewed in morning light
Time's up! The correct answer was Mount Rushmore
DESCRIBING THE NO. 1 SONG
1975: John Denver explains why he's grateful for the simple, rural life
Time's up! The correct answer was "Thank God I'm A Country Boy"
WHEN IN ROME?
Rome burns while an emperor relaxes in his villa at Antium: this century
Time's up! The correct answer was 1st
FETAL ATTRACTION
Named for the sac surrounding the fetus, this fluid cushions the fetus from injury
Time's up! The correct answer was Amniotic fluid
LITERARY COLLABORATORS
Sidney Howard helped this author dramatize "Dodsworth"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sinclair Lewis
THAT'S SOME NERVE
The radial nerve, which travels down the arm, controls movement of this large 3-headed muscle
Time's up! The correct answer was the tricep
LITERARY BADDIES
Mrs. Augustine St. Clare sold Uncle Tom to this brutal, alcoholic plantation owner who later beat him to death
Time's up! The correct answer was Simon Legree
WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
Jacobins in the French Revolution proudly called themselves these, now describing people who use fear to persuade
Time's up! The correct answer was terrorists
ANATOMY
The 4 principal arteries of the head & neck are all called this
Time's up! The correct answer was Carotid Arteries
WHOSE IS IT?
This "apple" is at the front of men's throats
Time's up! The correct answer was Adam's apple
ACTRESSES
Her first name honors the playwriting partner of Russel Crouse, her father
Time's up! The correct answer was Lindsey Crouse
PHYSICS
Term for the speed of a body in a specified direction
Time's up! The correct answer was velocity
DON'T MESS WITH SICILY
The father of this US Supreme Court Justice was a romance language professor who had emigrated from Sicily
Time's up! The correct answer was Scalia
SHAMANISM ON YOU
In the traditional religion of this Asian peninsula, male shamans are called Paksu
Time's up! The correct answer was the Korean Peninsula
THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL
Jeans maker Strauss
Time's up! The correct answer was Levi
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
GAME SHOWS
9 celebrities in a tic-tac-toe-like grid help contestants score 3 in a row on this show
Time's up! The correct answer was Hollywood Squares
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS
You'll need some long-winded singers to star in "Stormen", a Swedish opera based on this play
Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest
I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW
In 9 minutes, Sonya Thomas dined on 11 pounds of this cheesy dessert from a Brooklyn restaurant
Time's up! The correct answer was cheesecake
CELEBRITY RHYME TIME
Harrelson's yummies
Time's up! The correct answer was Woody's goodies
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
Maybe Alfred Adler didn't think he was good enough when he identified & named this complex
Time's up! The correct answer was Inferiority complex
LANGUAGES
Of Inka, Dinka or Doo, an actual language spoken in southern Sudan
Time's up! The correct answer was Dinka
RICHARD
Either of the 2 parents of Richard the Lion-Hearted
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine
COMPOSERS ON FILM
Cary Grant in "Night and Day"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cole Porter
PLAY ADJECTIVES
Howard Sackler's "The ____ ____ Hope"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Great White Hope
STATE: THE OBVIOUS
This state's name includes the name of the country that was the top destination for U.S. tourists in 2001
Time's up! The correct answer was New Mexico
WEATHER WORLD
The Australian mountains that include the Charlotte's Pass ski area, or the weather there in July
Time's up! The correct answer was Snowy
A LITERARY TOUR
Chat about Lady Chatterley at this author's birthplace museum in Nottinghamshire
Time's up! The correct answer was D.H. Lawrence
HOLLYWOOD LEFTIES
This left-handed lady was positively "Bewitching" in a 2005 Nora Ephron film
Time's up! The correct answer was Nicole Kidman
AUTHORS' RHYME TIME
Julia Ward's female swine
Time's up! The correct answer was Howe's sows;23456
SO "LONG"
This arachnid is also called a harvestman
Time's up! The correct answer was a daddy long-legs
BUSINESS LEADERS
His business card bore the Golden Arches & the titles "Founder" & "Senior Chairman of the Board"
Time's up! The correct answer was Kroc
KOREA
Reportedly, the farther south you go, the hotter you'll find this common dish of pickled cabbage
Time's up! The correct answer was Kimchi
PHOTOGRAPHERS
He once said that his life was "colored and modulated by the great earth gesture of the sierra"
Time's up! The correct answer was Adams
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
DOUBLE TALK
He's Barney & Betty Rubble's noisy son
Time's up! The correct answer was Bamm-Bamm
ANIMAL GROUPS
Wisconsin folks know a cete is a group of these carnivores
Time's up! The correct answer was Badgers
MEASURING DEVICES
An odometer measures the distance covered by a vehicle & this device measures how far you've walked
Time's up! The correct answer was a pedometer
IRAQNOPHOBIA
Living mostly "whey" up north, they are Iraq's largest ethnic minority
Time's up! The correct answer was Kurds
3 LITTLE LETTERS
"Day to Day" & "All Things Considered" are among the programs going out to its 26 million listeners
Time's up! The correct answer was NPR
HOW INSPIRATIONAL
This saint of Assisi said, "Where there is hatred, let me sow love... where there is despair, hope"
Time's up! The correct answer was Francis
BOTANY
The flowers of this lawn weed, Taraxacum oficinale, are sometimes used to make wine
Time's up! The correct answer was dandelions
THOSE AMAZING ANIMALS
Because hippo teeth are made of this, they won't yellow & were once a popular source for false teeth
Time's up! The correct answer was ivory
TELEVISION
Alice is the housekeeper on this classic sitcom; Sam the butcher is her boyfriend
Time's up! The correct answer was The Brady Bunch
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST
The 6 Earl Derr Biggers novels about this Chinese-American detective were first serialized in the Post
Time's up! The correct answer was Charlie Chan
DOWN AT THE OLFACTORY
The wood of the Eastern red this tree (actually a juniper) has a distinct aroma familiar from closets
Time's up! The correct answer was a cedar
LESSER-KNOWN MUSICALS
Bully for Len Cariou, who played this famous man in the musical "Teddy And Alice"
Time's up! The correct answer was Theodore Roosevelt
THE ROYALS
Louis VI of France was known as this; as a child he must have shopped in le husky department
Time's up! The correct answer was Louis the Fat
THOSE WACKY GERMANS
A rathaus isn't as bad as it sounds: it's this "hall" where the mayor might work
Time's up! The correct answer was City hall
FATHER'S IN LAW
As a non-partner who has a formal relationship with a firm, father is said to be "of" this to Bisbee, Pell & Bisbee
Time's up! The correct answer was Counsel
SUPERHEROES
In a 1940 comic book Batman & this sidekick take an undying oath to fight crime & corruption
Time's up! The correct answer was Robin
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE COMPANIES
There's American Express & this "of America"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bank
TIME TO GET SIMON-IZED
His autobiography was called "I Don't Mean To Be Rude, But..."
Time's up! The correct answer was Simon Cowell
GETTING TICKED OFF
In "The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson", this author wrote, "When angry, count four; when very angry, swear"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mark Twain
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
RHYME TIME
A humorous Scandinavian dwarf of folklore
Time's up! The correct answer was Droll troll
AIN'T THAT AMERICA
This state's largest lake may be 20 times as salty as any ocean
Time's up! The correct answer was Utah
VIVA ANN-MARGRET!
On May 29, 1963 Ann-Margret sang at this famous man's 46th, & last, birthday party
Time's up! The correct answer was John F. Kennedy
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
Norse myth is big on trees; the first man & woman -- Ask & Embla -- were created out of these 2 species
Time's up! The correct answer was ash & elm
WASHINGTON D.C.
The District's oldest neighborhood, it was named for a king
Time's up! The correct answer was Georgetown
PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS
She must have been hairy, as this hairstyle is named for the big-haired mistress of a French emperor
Time's up! The correct answer was Pompadour
WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR II
The British A22 Mark IV tank carried a 75-millimeter gun & this prime minister's name
Time's up! The correct answer was Churchill
CROSSWORD CLUES "R"
Boat race, Italian style (7)
Time's up! The correct answer was regatta
FOREIGN TRAVEL
In part to prevent child abductions, the State Dept. now requires that minors appear in person to get this
Time's up! The correct answer was a passport
BRUCE ALMIGHTY
His July 20, 1973 death in Hong Kong at age 32 shocked the world
Time's up! The correct answer was Bruce Lee
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
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Prokofiev wrote a famous orchestra piece called "Peter and" this animal
Time's up! The correct answer was The wolf
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
WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?
Corned beef is cured in brine; this other deli meat is seasoned brisket that's been cured, smoked & cooked
Time's up! The correct answer was pastrami
"DO", "RE", "MI"
Nancy Davis' married name
Time's up! The correct answer was Reagan
THEY ALSO RAN
He received a degree from NC State & pushed papers at his own Raleigh law firm
Time's up! The correct answer was John Edwards
UNOFFICIAL STATE NICKNAMES
Because of the way it was formed, Louisiana is sometimes called "The Child of" this river
Time's up! The correct answer was Mississippi
SECRET MENUS
A move to healthy eating got the Pizza Sub nixed from this chain, but we hear if you ask nicely some stores will make it
Time's up! The correct answer was Subway
CANADIAN CAPITALS
Commercial cod fishing, long a mainstay of this Newfoundland capital, declined to almost nothing by 1990
Time's up! The correct answer was St. John's
"T" TIME AT THE LIBRARY
Check out this famous British woman's 2002 book "Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World"
Time's up! The correct answer was Margaret Thatcher
SPORTS
Named for a U.S. doubles champ, this cup is presented to the winner of a 16-team men's tennis tourney
Time's up! The correct answer was Davis Cup
NAME THE AUTOMAKER
Legend & Integra
Time's up! The correct answer was Acura
FUN WITH BALLET
Dizzy Gillespie's music is also featured in it, but the ballet "For 'Bird' - With Love" is a tribute to him
Time's up! The correct answer was Charlie Parker
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
To scientists, it's force times distance; to Twain, it's "whatever a body is obliged to do"
Time's up! The correct answer was Work
CHAIRS
The French version of a day bed, the chaise longue, literallly means this
Time's up! The correct answer was Long Chair
POLITICS
In December 1985 Cognress passed this bill in an effort to end the federal deficit
Time's up! The correct answer was Gramm-Rudman
INNS
The Chaucer Inn is located near the cathedral in this English city
Time's up! The correct answer was Canterbury
ADJECTIVES
It can refer to a person without mercy or to a Bible missing the book between Judges & Samuel
Time's up! The correct answer was ruthless
FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
This word meaning "empty" or "to be filled in" describes a vacant type of stare
Time's up! The correct answer was blank
THE "FIRST" STATE
In a symphony orchestra, the leader of this group serves as concertmaster
Time's up! The correct answer was first violin
SPELL CHECK HELL
I want to call my girl "dollpuss", not this suggested alternative meaning large portions of sour cream
Time's up! The correct answer was dollops
I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW
Jim Reeves was top-"seeded" after he chomped 13 pounds of this gourd in 15 minutes
Time's up! The correct answer was watermelon
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
FLOWERS
In song, Colorado is where these bluish & white state flowers grow
Time's up! The correct answer was the Rocky Mountain columbines
WEAPONS
One might be fired "out of the blue"--from a crossbow
Time's up! The correct answer was a bolt
THRILLER
"The Attorney" Paul Madriani appears in several legal thrillers by this lawyer-turned-author
Time's up! The correct answer was Steve Martini
"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
WHO PLAYED 'EM
1999 & 2002: Mini-Me
Time's up! The correct answer was Verne Troyer
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
ANGELS
This Angel manager spent 13 years catching for the Dodgers
Time's up! The correct answer was Mike Scioscia
THE 1960s
Vanishing in the ‘60s, it’s what YUkon, KLondike & VAlencia were examples of
Time's up! The correct answer was telephone prefixes
WORLD WAR I
At the 1914 Battle of Tannenberg in East Prussia, this country's army was surrounded & largely destroyed
Time's up! The correct answer was Russia
ALBUMS
Their 1999 CD "Californication" reunited guitarist John Frusciante with the group
Time's up! The correct answer was The Red Hot Chili Peppers
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
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE
Put the bite on this word from 1975, any one of the front cutting teeth
Time's up! The correct answer was I-N-C-I-S-O-R
WHERE'S THE COLLEGE?
University of South Carolina
Time's up! The correct answer was Columbia
DANCE
Late black choreographer whose American Dance Theatre became multiracial in the 1960s
Time's up! The correct answer was Alvin Ailey
YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS STUFF
If a Maori showed you a tiki, you'd be looking at one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was statue
TITLE 9
J.D. Salinger: "Nine ___"
Time's up! The correct answer was Stories
"B" IN GEOGRAPHY
Since 1969 this Northern Ireland port city of 300,000 has been the site of violent religious conflict
Time's up! The correct answer was Belfast
WHEN IN ROME?
The U.S. Fifth Army comes to town: June 4 of this year
Time's up! The correct answer was 1944
IT HAD TO "BU"
Any dry red table wine may be called this even if it doesn't come from the French region of the same name
Time's up! The correct answer was Burgundy
POLAR EXPLORATION
This man who sailed with Scott later made a daring trek when his ship Endurance was trapped by ice
Time's up! The correct answer was Ernest Shackleton
THE HUMAN BODY
When this organ churns & makes perisstaltic waves, some people say it's "growling"
Time's up! The correct answer was Stomach
HEADLINES
A Sept. 13, 1901 Buffalo News headline read, he "Passed Away... from Effects of Cowardly Assassin's Bullet"
Time's up! The correct answer was President McKinley
PEOPLE
She got into the advice business before her twin sister, Dear Abby
Time's up! The correct answer was Ann Landers
NAME THE DECADE
George Orwell, 34 years dead, hits the bestseller list
Time's up! The correct answer was the 1980s
BIBLE BOOK BINDINGS
Hey ___ Law
Time's up! The correct answer was Jude
TRAVEL & TOURISM
The home of silk merchant Jim Thompson, who disappeared in 1967, is a tourist attraction in this Thai city
Time's up! The correct answer was Bangkok
NEEDY NO.1 HITMAKERS
1970: "I Want You Back"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Jackson 5
AIN'T THAT "GRAND"
The Republicans had been around less than 30 years when they were dubbed this
Time's up! The correct answer was the Grand Old Party
"S"-OTERICA
Examples of this TV format include "Leave It to Beaver" & "The King of Queens"
Time's up! The correct answer was sitcom
"B" IN GEOGRAPHY
It's the capital of Catalonia
Time's up! The correct answer was Barcelona
EUROPE
Descriptive term for the flag of Italy & the flag of France
Time's up! The correct answer was Tricolor
FICTIONAL BOOKS
This doctor from the original "Star Trek" series wrote "Comparative Alien Physiology"
Time's up! The correct answer was McCoy
ARTHUR MILLER
Miller's play "Death of a Salesman" was his tragic tale of this title character
Time's up! The correct answer was Willy Loman
MESOPOTAMIA
Mesopotamia stretched from the Taurus Mountains in the north to this gulf in the south
Time's up! The correct answer was the Persian
GOULASH
The most effective way of treating pernicious anemia is through injections of this vitamin
Time's up! The correct answer was B12
"GENERAL" JOB INFORMATION
In 1775 the Continental Congress appointed man of letters Benjamin Franklin to this job
Time's up! The correct answer was postmaster general
HISTORY
In 1000 Rajaraja I of the Cholas battled to take this Indian Ocean island now known for its tea
Time's up! The correct answer was Ceylon
ADVERTISING SLOGANS
This maker of pre-school toys says, "Our work is child's play"
Time's up! The correct answer was Fisher-Price
THE PRESIDENCY
If a president is impeached, this official presides over the trial in the Senate
Time's up! The correct answer was the Chief Justice of the United States
THE CIVIL WAR
Hero of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, he resigned November 1, 1861, as head of the Union army
Time's up! The correct answer was Winfield Scott
ISLANDS
Lewis with Harris is the most northerly of this "Outer" Scottish island group
Time's up! The correct answer was Outer Hebrides
COVER ME!
"Are We Not Men? We Are" this '80s group who covered the Stones' "Satisfaction"
Time's up! The correct answer was Devo
MUSICALS OF THE '20s
The saucy 1928 musical "Paris" introduced this composer's immortal song "Let's Do It"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cole Porter
EUROPE
Until recently, Slovakia was part of Czechoslovakia & Slovenia was part of this
Time's up! The correct answer was Yugoslavia
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
THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
Check out the glistening dunes at White Sands National Monument in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was New Mexico
WHAT'CHA GOT COOKIN'?
I'm making passover breakfast fun by using this unleavened bread in a version of French toast
Time's up! The correct answer was matzah
WHEAT
Types of wheat are grouped according to these 2 seasons
Time's up! The correct answer was Winter & spring
SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS
Soon after Hamlet finishes his "Alas, poor Yorick!" speech he sees this woman's funeral procession
Time's up! The correct answer was Ophelia
THE OLD TESTAMENT
In the Book of Job, this name means "accuser", & that was his role in God's court
Time's up! The correct answer was Satan
REQUIRED READING
Last name of sisters Emily & Charlotte, a 1-2 punch with "Wuthering Heights" & "Jane Eyre"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bronte
ASSASSINS
In 1994, 31 years after the crime, Byron de la Beckwith was convicted of murdering this Civil Rights leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Medgar Evers
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Escamillo is a toreador in "Carmen", an opera set in this European country
Time's up! The correct answer was Spain
CROSSWORD CLUES "G"
You throw it down, or run it (8)
Time's up! The correct answer was Gauntlet
TRANSPORTATION
In 1994 the trip across this body of water was cut from a little more than an hour to about 35 minutes
Time's up! The correct answer was the English Channel
FOREWORDS
"Conrad begins (and ends) Marlow's journey... on the Thames, on the yawl, Nellie", says the foreword to this novel
Time's up! The correct answer was Heart of Darkness
VACATION FUN
Soar above the treetops on the Skyfari aerial tram at this West Coast's city's famous zoo
Time's up! The correct answer was San Diego
TELEVISION
This Sunday night series is subtitled "The New Adventures of Superman"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lois & Clark
LITERATURE
This author of "The Good Earth" based the heroine of her 1938 novel "This Proud Heart" on herself
Time's up! The correct answer was Pearl Buck
THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT, MAN!
Syria to the north & east, Israel to the south & the Mediterranean Sea to the west
Time's up! The correct answer was Lebanon
"BOO"!
An illegally made product, especially a musical recording
Time's up! The correct answer was bootleg
PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY
With the exception of R. Reagan, all the presidents born under this sign died in office
Time's up! The correct answer was Aquarius
THE BYRDS & THE BEAS
In 1934 he spent several months alone near the South Pole
Time's up! The correct answer was Admiral Byrd
FOREIGN
In Portuguese, domingo is this day of the week
Time's up! The correct answer was Sunday
TRANSPORTATION
Surprisingly, the Cadillac Motor Car Co. was founded by & originally named for this man
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry Ford
SEXPERTISE
Robin Leach, Robin Givens, Robin Cook
Time's up! The correct answer was Robin Givens
THE FABULOUS '50s
In early 1951 TV viewers were riveted watching the Kefauver committee's look into this in America
Time's up! The correct answer was organized crime
IS IT "TEA" TIME YET?
I see in my crystal ball that Bill Hewitt wrote a book about how to read these
Time's up! The correct answer was tea leaves
CLASSIC NICHOLSON MOVIE LINES
1974: "What makes you certain that your husband is, um, involved with someone?"
Time's up! The correct answer was Chinatown
STATE SUPERLATIVES
This "Beef State" is No. 1 in commercial red meat & great northern beans
Time's up! The correct answer was Nebraska
FEELING "ANCY"
This for life in the U.S. is currently about 76 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Life expectancy
THE DIRECTOR SPEAKS
"Everybody denies I am a genius--but nobody ever called me one!" noted this man who raised "Kane"
Time's up! The correct answer was Orson Welles
AT THE MALL
This "Urban" store is the parent company of Anthropologie
Time's up! The correct answer was Urban Outfitters
MOVIES
This was the nickname of the Irish man "who knew how to get things" in The Shawshank Redemption.
Time's up! The correct answer was Red
MYTHICAL CREATURES
If you know that a Kirin is the Japanese type of this mythological creature, pour yourself a beer
Time's up! The correct answer was unicorn
"COURT" BRIEFS
Law students try mock hypothetical legal cases in this kind of court
Time's up! The correct answer was moot court
THE KOREAN WAR
The first division of this U.S. fighting force spearheaded the landing at Inchon
Time's up! The correct answer was Marines
WORD ORIGINS
The name of this dialect comes from a Hindi word, mantri, meaning "counselor"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mandarin
COLORS
The 3 colors that make up the dots on a color TV screen
Time's up! The correct answer was blue, green, and red
INTERIOR DESIGN
In 1991 Charles Hall sued Aqua Queen & other companies for infringing his patent on this furniture item
Time's up! The correct answer was the waterbed
LIFE SCIENCE
In colenterates like jellyfish, the cavity called the coelenteron has an opening called this--don't get too complex
Time's up! The correct answer was a mouth
WORKING ON THE RAILROAD
The Tokaido Shinkansen, known by this "weapon" name, can hit 185 mph
Time's up! The correct answer was the bullet train
STUPID ANSWERS
Whole number equidistant from 5 & 7
Time's up! The correct answer was 6
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
TIMELESS TV
Shown Saturday afternoons on ABC, this sport's tour outdrew college football & moved to ESPN in 1997
Time's up! The correct answer was the pro bowling tour
GEHRY
In 1989 Gehry was awarded this prize commonly referred to as "The Nobel of Architecture"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Pritzker Prize
"O" YOU ANIMAL!
They might swing through the trees asking "What's Sumatra? Nothing, what's Sumatra with you?"
Time's up! The correct answer was Orangutan
KING ARTHUR
Arthur's round table had a seat reserved for this knight who could find this
Time's up! The correct answer was the Holy Grail
"PRO"NOUNS
Gosh darn it! It's abusive, vulgar or irreverent language
Time's up! The correct answer was Profanity
A "TON" OF PEOPLE
After his death in 1974, his son Mercer took over his band
Time's up! The correct answer was Duke Ellington
FOOD FACTS
Kentucky burgoo is a thick one of these made with meat vegetables
Time's up! The correct answer was a stew
OCCUPATION HAZARDS
He has to listen to his wheels going round, round, round all day & may get a paper cut from a transfer
Time's up! The correct answer was bus driver
CLASSIC AD LINES
"The Power To Be Your Best"
Time's up! The correct answer was Apple Computer
SCIENTISTS
In 1791 this Italian published the results of his experiments in "animal electricity"
Time's up! The correct answer was Luigi Galvani
WE'RE MALAYSIA-BOUND
Of proton, electron or neutron, with "Saga", it's Malaysia's national car
Time's up! The correct answer was Proton
MYSPACE.MAN
He became a licensed pilot on his 16th birthday long before his one small step on the Sea on Tranquility
Time's up! The correct answer was Armstrong
EUROPE
Geographic region within the Arctic Circle named for the people who call themselves the Sami
Time's up! The correct answer was Lapland
ORGANIZATIONS
Arm of Al-Anon that's specifically for young people between the ages of 12 & 20
Time's up! The correct answer was Al-Ateen
GEOLOGY
This rock can be formed by the accumulation of shells or coral, but not from citrus fruit
Time's up! The correct answer was limestone
THE EMERALD ISLE
This U.S. president visited his family's ancestral village of Ballyporeen in 1984
Time's up! The correct answer was Reagan
HOMOPHONES
Masculine, or letters & packages
Time's up! The correct answer was male/mail
GENERAL SCIENCE
Unusual names borne by these celestial objects include 3834 Zappafrank & 10221 Kubrick
Time's up! The correct answer was asteroids
MEDIEVAL MUSIC
Guido D'Arezzo established the series of lines now called this as the basis of musical notation
Time's up! The correct answer was Staff
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
WORD ORIGINS
This compass direction may come from the Proto-Germanic for "to the left of the rising sun"
Time's up! The correct answer was north
18th CENTURY AMERICANS
This Pennsylvanian's son William served as royal governor of New Jersey & remained loyal to the crown
Time's up! The correct answer was Ben Franklin
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
Making one of these with a few people; a frame holds it taut; we'll back it with muslin & fill it with batting
Time's up! The correct answer was making a quilt
SPORTS LEGENDS
In 1904 he became the first pitcher in the American League to throw a perfect game; now an award is named for him
Time's up! The correct answer was Cy Young
BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS
1937-1940
Time's up! The correct answer was Neville Chamberlain
BRAND-O
George Blaisdell invented this lighter in 1932
Time's up! The correct answer was the Zippo
VICE PRESIDENTS
He served FDR as Commerce Secretary, Agriculture Secretary, and Vice President
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry Wallace
SRO
The stage show seen here has brought this dance to cheering audiences
Time's up! The correct answer was Tango
TEENS OF THE PAST
As a teenaer this "Great" guy ruled Russia jointly with his sickly half-brother Ivan
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter the Great
HOLLYWOOD LEFTIES
We gotta hand it to this left-handed actress for winning an Oscar for "Erin Brockovich"
Time's up! The correct answer was Julia Roberts
WHAT AILS YOU?
This clouding of the eye's lens is common in people over the age of 65
Time's up! The correct answer was Cataracts
IN THE DICTIONARY
As an adjective, it can mean proper; as a verb, "to grade papers"
Time's up! The correct answer was correct
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
In Sri Lanka: Sinhala & this
Time's up! The correct answer was Tamil
CARTOONS
This "Funnie" middle school student got his first movie in March 1999
Time's up! The correct answer was Doug
FDR
During this 1932 campaign, FDR relied on a trusted group of advisers dubbed this --- pretty smart
Time's up! The correct answer was Brain Trust
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
MICHAEL JACKSON HITS IN OTHER WORDS
1984: "Suspenseful Movie"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Thriller"
GOOD CAUSES
The Environmental Defense Fund helped convince this fast-food co. to abandon polystyrene containers in 1990
Time's up! The correct answer was McDonald's
POLITICS & SHOW BIZ
Actress & Congresswoman Helen Gahagan took this last name when she wed Oscar-winning actor Melvyn
Time's up! The correct answer was Douglas
COMPOSERS ON FILM
Toralv Maurstad in "Song of Norway"
Time's up! The correct answer was Edvard Grieg
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"
WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?
Corned beef is cured in brine; this other deli meat is seasoned brisket that's been cured, smoked & cooked
Time's up! The correct answer was pastrami
NOT A VERB
Candor, center, canter
Time's up! The correct answer was candor
THE 50 STATES
The atomic age began with a blast on July 16, 1945 in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was New Mexico
4-LETTER CAPITALS
It's been said that "All roads lead to" this "Eternal City"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rome
PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES
His library has a desk that's an exact replica of the one that his son was photographed under in 1963
Time's up! The correct answer was John F. Kennedy
GIVE ME AN "A"!
Wow! In 2002 a "supercolony" of billions of these was discovered stretching across several countries in Europe
Time's up! The correct answer was ants
A FLY CATEGORY
This rotating device attached to a shaft keeps an engine's speed steady
Time's up! The correct answer was a flywheel
FIGURE SKATERS
Native country of Barbara Ann Scott, who in 1947 became the 1st N. American to win the European title
Time's up! The correct answer was Canada
ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER
This actor is in costume from his film "The Wild One"
Time's up! The correct answer was Marlon Brando
BUGS
Also known as a devil's darning needle, it may have as many as 28,000 lenses in its compound eyes
Time's up! The correct answer was Dragonfly
THE GODFATHER
He was the royal godfather to the son of French playwright Moliere
Time's up! The correct answer was King Louis XIV
TRANSPORTATION
The twin rotor type of this has 2 main rotors going in opposite directions, so it doesn't need a tail rotor
Time's up! The correct answer was a helicopter
BARD BITS
Mark Antony called him "the noblest Roman of them all"
Time's up! The correct answer was Brutus
THE 1890s
Japan had an emperor, Russia, a czar & Italy was ruled by one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was king
SKIRTING THE ISSUE
This loose-fitting garment often worn as a beach coverup was copied from Indonesian native dress
Time's up! The correct answer was a sarong
BALLPARK FIGURES
Famous nickname of Leon Goslin, who played in all 19 World Series games with the Washington Senators
Time's up! The correct answer was "Goose"
OH MY GOD! YOU'VE GOT 3 "I"s
After the taping, what say we cool off with a frozen banana one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was daiquiri
WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!
Newspapers I own include the Daily Telegraph of Sydney & the Australian
Time's up! The correct answer was Rupert Murdoch
THE MIDDLE AGES
In 1301 Edward II was the first English heir to be given this title
Time's up! The correct answer was Prince of Wales
SPOUSE IN COMMON
Elliott Gould, James Brolin
Time's up! The correct answer was Barbra Streisand
SOUNDS LIKE A CAPITAL CITY
You'll find one on any shoe
Time's up! The correct answer was sole
NICE TO MEAT YOU
USDA grades of this "other white meat" are 1, 2, 3, 4 & utility; mmm... utility this
Time's up! The correct answer was pork
OCCUPATIONS
Prep & line are types of this 4-letter job
Time's up! The correct answer was cook
HISTORY
Every president since Taft has been an honorary president of this organization founded in the U.S. in Feb. 1910
Time's up! The correct answer was the Boy Scouts
KIDDY LIT
This title flute player's "queer long coat from heel to head Was half of yellow & half of red"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Pied Piper of Hamelin
THE HUMAN BODY
When this organ churns & makes perisstaltic waves, some people say it's "growling"
Time's up! The correct answer was Stomach
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED
July 3, 1971 in Paris
Time's up! The correct answer was Jim Morrison
U.S. STATES
The 2 states that border no other states
Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska & Hawaii
RHYME TIME
A cloaklike garment for a gorilla
Time's up! The correct answer was an ape cape
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
Autumn brings Choyo-No-Sekku or Chrysanthemum Day in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Japan
THE RULE OF THIRDS
Twice in the 1990s, he came in third in U.S. presidential elections
Time's up! The correct answer was Ross Perot
COUNTY SEATS
Paris (population 8,730) is the seat of Bourbon County in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky
WHAT THE KIDS ARE CALLING IT
This brand name means to eat voraciously, or to vacuum
Time's up! The correct answer was Hoover
PLANT LIFE
Carl Sandburg wrote, "I am" this most abundant type of flora; "I cover all"
Time's up! The correct answer was the grass
PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES
His presidential library is about 35 miles from the Kansas City, Missouri airport
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Truman
DOUBLE MEANINGS
Maybe Don needs to get more exercise; he _____ just from pulling up his _____
Time's up! The correct answer was pants
KING ARTHUR
Arthur's round table had a seat reserved for this knight who could find this
Time's up! The correct answer was the Holy Grail
AMERICAN AUTHORS
While he was in Spain in 1959, he wrote "The Dangerous Summer", a story about rival bullfighters
Time's up! The correct answer was Hemingway
"LIGHT"s
Famous ones include Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini & Roberto "Hands of Stone" Duran
Time's up! The correct answer was lightweights
SPORTS
Babe Ruth's father once operated a saloon on what is now center field in this Baltimore ballpark
Time's up! The correct answer was Oriole Park at Camden Yards
"R"OCK MUSIC
This alternative rock band's "Stand" served as the theme song to the sitcom "Get a Life"
Time's up! The correct answer was R.E.M.
SPACE MISSIONS
The New Horizons mission was launched to explore this planet before it was downgraded to a dwarf
Time's up! The correct answer was Pluto
MAD
Back in the '60s Sue Kaufman wrote the "Diary of a Mad" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Housewife
BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS
1932: "Magnificent Inn"
Time's up! The correct answer was Grand Hotel
YOUNG ABE LINCOLN
Abe gained the respect of local ruffians when he held his own against one of the Clary's Grove boys in this sport
Time's up! The correct answer was wrestling
HABEAS CORPSES
This 19th century philosopher's body has been very utilitarian; it's on display at a university in London
Time's up! The correct answer was Jeremy Bentham
BIBLE BOOK BINDINGS
Prime ___ Racket
Time's up! The correct answer was Numbers
UP IN THE AIR
Pilots are leery of CAT, or clear-air this, which often occurs over mountains & around thunderstorms
Time's up! The correct answer was turbulence
1933
On February 15 this president-elect survived an assassination attempt by Giuseppe Zangara
Time's up! The correct answer was Franklin D. Roosevelt
"TOMORROW"
Annie told us you could "bet your bottom dollar that" this would happen
Time's up! The correct answer was the sun will come out tomorrow
HOME
There are 2 types of these safety devices, photoelectric & ionization
Time's up! The correct answer was Smoke detectors
WITH BROTHERHOOD
Last name of Kevin, Joe & Nick, whose album "Lines, Vines And Trying Times" debuted at No. 1 in 2009
Time's up! The correct answer was Jonas
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
He's now a correspondant emeritus for "60 Minutes"; his memoir "Close Encounters" came out in 1984
Time's up! The correct answer was Mike Wallace
THE NAACP
This future Supreme Court justice won 29 of the 32 cases he argued before the court as a lawyer for the NAACP
Time's up! The correct answer was Thurgood Marshall
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
DOWN MEXICO WAY
This gritty 1961 Tennessee Williams play unfolds in a seedy Mexican hotel
Time's up! The correct answer was Night of the Iguana
KIDDY LIT
This title flute player's "queer long coat from heel to head Was half of yellow & half of red"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Pied Piper of Hamelin
ANGELS
The address of Angel Stadium is on a street named for this singing cowboy
Time's up! The correct answer was Gene Autry
TRANSPLANTS
This organ was first successfully transplanted in 1981, as a package deal with a heart
Time's up! The correct answer was a lung
SALMON
"Fish ladders" help salmon travel upstream over these man-made obstructions
Time's up! The correct answer was dams
ENGLISH CLASS
This part of speech doesn't always end in "ly"; once, there & often are other examples
Time's up! The correct answer was adverb
HISTORY
In 1962, this country became a constitutional monarchy under King Hassan II
Time's up! The correct answer was Morocco
5-LETTER CAPITALS
Haiphong near the Gulf of Tonkin serves as this city's main port
Time's up! The correct answer was Hanoi
CNN
It's the territory where the ceremony seen here took place on the night of June 30 - July 1, 1997
Time's up! The correct answer was Hong Kong
UNFORESEEN FINDS
This product was born when a new 3M jet-fuel hose material spilled on shoes & made them waterproof & stain-resistant
Time's up! The correct answer was Scotchgard
WORLD UP!
Russia's longest border is not with China but with this "stan"
Time's up! The correct answer was Kazakhstan
"LIGHT"s
"I'm gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine"
Time's up! The correct answer was this little light of mine
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
SOUNDS LIKE A CAPITAL CITY
A light yellow-brown; perfect color for an envelope, I say
Time's up! The correct answer was manila
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
THINGS ON NFL HELMETS
A blue star with a white outline
Time's up! The correct answer was the Dallas Cowboys
PITCHING HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE WOO
Tonight we sup on this animal's jowls, used to flavor stews as a southern delicacy; it's a motorcycle term, too, my love
Time's up! The correct answer was a hog
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
ISLANDS
A causeway connects this Persian Gulf nation with the Saudi Arabian mainland
Time's up! The correct answer was Bahrain
MAGICAL MOUSE-TERY TOUR
Itchy (the mouse) & Scratchy (the cat) starred in "Skinless in Seattle" on a show within this Fox show
Time's up! The correct answer was The Simpsons
FAMILIAR SAYINGS
It's a poor workman who blames these
Time's up! The correct answer was tools
U.S. PRESIDENTS
A Civil War general, he was the last man to go directly from the House of Representatives to the presidency
Time's up! The correct answer was James A. Garfield
THE SHORT VERSION
To a dog lover: ASPCA
Time's up! The correct answer was American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
EUROPE
From 1963 to 1978 he was Archbishop of Krakow
Time's up! The correct answer was Karol Wojtyla
MOVIES & TV
We were frakkin' sad when this sci fi show had its series finale on March 20, 2009
Time's up! The correct answer was Battlestar Galactica
LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER
Jules Verne-Wilkie Collins sci-fi/detective novel about Civil War vets who want to shoot a cannon into a gem
Time's up! The correct answer was From the Earth to the Moonstone
SNAP
Common name of the reptile Chelydra serpentina
Time's up! The correct answer was snapping turtle
SYRIA'S EATING
Syria had to wait until 2006 for an American fast food franchise, this fowl-selling one
Time's up! The correct answer was KFC
THEATRE AROUND THE WORLD
The musical "Les Mis" didn't debut on Broadway but in this city, its setting
Time's up! The correct answer was Paris
PEOPLE IN HISTORY
In 1801 this onetime VP compiled "A Manual of Parliamentary Practice" still used in the U.S. Senate
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Jefferson
THE 20th CENTURY
In 1940, at age 5, Tenzin Gyatso was enthroned as the 14th one of these spiritual leaders
Time's up! The correct answer was Dalai Lama
THE EMPEROR NERO
In the year prior to his death, Nero participated in these games in Greece
Time's up! The correct answer was Olympic Games
GEORGIAN ON MY MIND
Born in Athens, Georgia, she starred in "9 1/2 Weeks" & played Eminem's mom in "8 Mile"
Time's up! The correct answer was Kim Basinger
BOTANY
To the horror of homeowners, this lawn weed, taraxacum officinale, can grow 1 1/2' high
Time's up! The correct answer was Dandelion
ORGANIZATIONS
Members of the DAR are descended from men & women who participated in this event
Time's up! The correct answer was The Revolutionary War
NICKNAMES
"The Belle of Amherst"
Time's up! The correct answer was Emily Dickinson
"LAP" DANCE
It's the continuation of the suit coat's collar
Time's up! The correct answer was Lapel
"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
ARCHITECTURE
The caldarium, the tepidarium & the frigidarium were chambers in these, where olden Romans refreshed themselves
Time's up! The correct answer was the baths
2-LETTER ABBREV.
Your DL is a form of this; it shows who you are & how old you are
Time's up! The correct answer was ID
AMERICAN LITERATURE
This Mark Twain character's father "Pap" briefly held him prisoner in a cabin on the Illinois side of the Mississippi
Time's up! The correct answer was Huckleberry Finn
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
RHYME TIME
A pumpkin suffering from ennui
Time's up! The correct answer was Bored gourd
"TABLE"S
To reverse the situation & gain the upper hand
Time's up! The correct answer was Turn the Tables
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
OOH... A WISE GUY
The writings of this man seen here were truly Revolutionary
Time's up! The correct answer was Karl Marx
OXYMORONS
The American Academy of Pediatrics called smoking "The leading cause of" this oxymoron in the U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was preventable death
FOREIGN CURRENCY
In 1946 the Communist government of Vietnam began issuing coins with a depiction of this man
Time's up! The correct answer was Ho Chi Minh
PHRASES THAT SELL
"Be all that you can be" in this military branch
Time's up! The correct answer was the Army
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"
EXPIRATION DATES
April 8, 1973: A blue period for the art world with his demise
Time's up! The correct answer was Picasso
DESCRIBING THE NO. 1 SONG
Vanilla Ice, 1990: The rapper is quite confident in both his MC abilities & his appeal to women
Time's up! The correct answer was "Ice Ice Baby"
DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS
On a sailor's chest it might say “Mother”; on Cher it's a butterfly
Time's up! The correct answer was tattoo
MANY IRONS
This Prusso-German statesman was the "Iron Chancellor"
Time's up! The correct answer was Otto von Bismarck
EVERYBODY LOVES RAY
This "sweet" boxer had fought just once in 5 years when he decisioned Marvin Hagler in 1987
Time's up! The correct answer was "Sugar" Ray Leonard
CORPORATE SPORTS VENUES
This Disney-owned baseball team plays at Anaheim's Edison International Field
Time's up! The correct answer was Anaheim Angels
20th CENTURY QUOTES
A professor, 1967: "Turn on, tune in, drop out"
Time's up! The correct answer was Timothy Leary
BRANDO
Terry Malloy, who could've been a contender
Time's up! The correct answer was On the Waterfront
THE "CO"-CATEGORY
It's the smallest armed service of the United States
Time's up! The correct answer was the Coast Guard
FETAL ATTRACTION
Named for the sac surrounding the fetus, this fluid cushions the fetus from injury
Time's up! The correct answer was Amniotic fluid
STATE: THE OBVIOUS
At last count, this state had about 2 1/2 times as many cars as Texas or New York
Time's up! The correct answer was California
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
SEAQUEST
WWI's important naval Battle of Jutland took place in this sea
Time's up! The correct answer was North Sea
AFRICANA
The country's name is properly pronounced "Luh-Soo-Too", but is spelled this way
Time's up! The correct answer was L-E-S-O-T-H-O
AVIARY
The "sky" type of this songbird, of which Shelley wrote, may be gone from Britain by 2009
Time's up! The correct answer was skylark
POETS
He once wrote, "I choose to be a plain New Hampshire farmer"
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Frost
AFRICAN-AMERICANA
In 1964 Martin Luther King became the first African American named this magazine's "Man of the Year"
Time's up! The correct answer was Time
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
DUKE, DUKE
Famous U.S. group of museums endowed by the illegitimate son of the Duke of Northumberland
Time's up! The correct answer was Smithsonian
IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD
Also known as butter beans, they were, prior to being exported to Europe, a diet staple of the Inca
Time's up! The correct answer was lima beans
I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW
Richard Lefevre could eat only 1 1/2 gallons of this "bowl of red" Stagg product in 10 minutes
Time's up! The correct answer was chili
ENDS WITH "K"
This Asian capital city known for its canals has been called "The Venice of the East"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bangkok
"N"ATIONS OF THE WORLD
Make a trek to Utrecht & you'll find yourself in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Netherlands
THE YEAR IN SPORTS
In this, his final year, Ted Williams became one of the few major leaguers to play in 4 decades
Time's up! The correct answer was 1960
CORPORATE SPORTS VENUES
This Disney-owned baseball team plays at Anaheim's Edison International Field
Time's up! The correct answer was Anaheim Angels
WEEDS
In the names of weeds, this old word for a plant follows soap- & St. John's
Time's up! The correct answer was Wort
BORN IN DUBLIN
John Millington Synge wasn't born on Dublin's Synge St.; this other 3-named playwright was
Time's up! The correct answer was George Bernard Shaw
AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
This president's 1972 visit to China inspired an opera that played at the Kennedy Center in 1988
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Nixon
NFL COACHES
The Raiders rehired this man in 2006, 17 years after making him the first black head coach in the modern NFL
Time's up! The correct answer was Art Shell
BALLPARK FIGURES
Sadly, this lefty pitcher who coined the Mets' battle cry "You gotta believe" died in 2004
Time's up! The correct answer was Tug McGraw
RADIO PERSONALITIES
Tavis Smiley launched this network's first national show to originate from Los Angeles
Time's up! The correct answer was NPR
IN THE DICTIONARY
This process is the diffusion of a fluid through a semipermeable membrane; some students seem to learn by it
Time's up! The correct answer was osmosis
GROUP COUNTDOWN
In this sporting quintet, the center is considered No. 5 when diagramming plays
Time's up! The correct answer was a basketball team
WANT ADS
Walk the Max Planck! We're Stephen Hawking a new position to be this type of scientist, like those guys
Time's up! The correct answer was physicist
SNL CELEBRITY JEOPARDY!
Norm MacDonald played this "Smokey and the Bandit" star who had a slight problem IDing Pat Morita's ancestry
Time's up! The correct answer was Burt Reynolds
GOOD CAUSES
A "Mission" to help the homeless is named for this Lower Manhattan street known as a skid row since the 1800s
Time's up! The correct answer was Bowery
BALLET
"The Nutcracker" often features a pas de deux bythe prince and this fairy who rules the Kingdom of Sweets
Time's up! The correct answer was the Sugarplum Fairy
MILITARY POWER
It's an order for aircraft to get off the ground ASAP or an egg order to the mess hall cook
Time's up! The correct answer was Scramble
SHAKESPEAREAN LAST SCENES
You could say this comedy "ends well" -- Helena finally wins the love of her husband Bertram
Time's up! The correct answer was All's Well That Ends Well
MILITARY MATTERS
One-third of the Americans who made up the Abraham Lincoln Battalion were killed during this country's civil war
Time's up! The correct answer was Spain
PITCHING HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE WOO
Drink (or eat) deep, my dear, for I have brought deep-fried this drink, "the real thing", from the state fair of Texas
Time's up! The correct answer was Coke
21st CENTURY MUSIC
"Ordinary People" singer John Stephens took on this last name, the stuff that myths are made of
Time's up! The correct answer was Legend
CANDY & GUM SLOGANS
"4 Out of 5 Dentists Surveyed Recommend Sugarless Gum for their Patients who Chew Gum"
Time's up! The correct answer was Trident
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
ODDS & ENDS
The USA's highest occupied office space is the 98th floor of this Chicago structure
Time's up! The correct answer was the Sears Tower
WHAT THE KIDS ARE CALLING IT
On your phone & in conversation, these numbers mean information
Time's up! The correct answer was 411
I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW
Richard Lefevre could eat only 1 1/2 gallons of this "bowl of red" Stagg product in 10 minutes
Time's up! The correct answer was chili
WAR
"Operation Rolling Thunder" was the 1965 U.S. bombing campaign designed in part to stop men & supplies coming south on this road
Time's up! The correct answer was the Ho Chi Minh Trail
FUNNY FOR NOTHIN'
On his first night taking over "The Daily Show", he informed us, "Craig Kilborn is on assignment in Kuala Lumpur"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jon Stewart
BRAZILIAN WORDS & PHRASES
Forget about him, he met someone down at Ipanema Beach & now he's "apaixonado", this condition
Time's up! The correct answer was in love
JUST DESSERTS
Unlike sherbet, sorbet never contains this dairy product
Time's up! The correct answer was milk
LITERATURE
People from the past appear to a brother & sister in "Rewards and Fairies" by this author of "The Jungle Book"
Time's up! The correct answer was Kipling
WORLD UP!
In May 1988, after 8 years of fighting there, the Soviet army began withdrawing from this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Afghanistan
HISTORY
This Asian political party was founded in 1885 with "Indian National" as part of its name
Time's up! The correct answer was the Congress Party
ONE BUCK OR LESS
On December 8, 2008 this national newspaper raised its newsstand price by 25 cents to $1
Time's up! The correct answer was USA Today
ROCKS & MINERALS
Term for the minerals from which metals are extracted
Time's up! The correct answer was ore
SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE
In Kent County, 11 miles south of Dover
Time's up! The correct answer was Delaware
MUSICAL THEATRE
The rock opera "Rent" is a reworking of this Puccini opera, set in modern times
Time's up! The correct answer was "La Boheme"
ANYTHING BUT CHEESESTEAK
This hot dog condiment is basically chopped sweet pickles
Time's up! The correct answer was relish
THE "FIRST" STATE
This nuclear capability is designed to completely knock out an enemy's ability to respond to your attack
Time's up! The correct answer was first strike
SCIENCE & NATURE
Sir Humphry Davy named this yellowish-green gas from a Greek word meaning "greenish-yellow"
Time's up! The correct answer was Chlorine
COUNTRY MUSIC
In 2010 this movie soundtrack featuring Jeff Bridges was a Billboard Top 10 country album
Time's up! The correct answer was Crazy Heart
CODES
The first 5 digits in these represent the manufacturer; 16000 means General Mills
Time's up! The correct answer was a bar code
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
KING ARTHUR
The title of this T.H. White book refers to the object that made Arthur king
Time's up! The correct answer was a sword in the stone
KIDS IN SPORTS
The perfect waves of New Zealand's Piha Beach were the site for the 2010 World Junior Championships of this
Time's up! The correct answer was surfing
DRAMA QUEENS
In a Shaw play, Caesar finds her hiding on a Sphinx
Time's up! The correct answer was Cleopatra
THAT OLD TIME NEW WAVE MUSIC
You might think this Cars leader is married to supermodel Paulina Porizkova (& you'd be right)
Time's up! The correct answer was Ric Ocasek
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
EUROPE
This country whose abbreviation is a conjunction joins Spain to France
Time's up! The correct answer was Andorra
HISTORIC DATES
The accident of April 25-26, 1986 at this facility was caused by a poorly designed experiment at its reactor unit 4
Time's up! The correct answer was Chernobyl
TV CASTS
On "Spin City" Michael J. Fox played Mike; this actor who replaced him plays Charlie
Time's up! The correct answer was Charlie Sheen
THE ONION HEADLINES FROM THE YEAR 2056
Boston rejoices as this team "Lose(s) In 50th Straight Pennant Race; Fans Blame 'Curse of Jeter'"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Yankees
HOW DO YOU...
Dial 011-33-1 & a local number, say "Pourrais-je parler a M. Chirac?"
Time's up! The correct answer was call the president of France
FLEMISH & DUTCH MASTERS
Artist whose masterpiece is seen here: ("Night Cafe")
Time's up! The correct answer was Vincent Van Gogh
BRUCE ALMIGHTY
This Freehold-born rocker has had many "Glory Days"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bruce Springsteen
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
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
GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP
This backcourt partner of Isiah Thomas on the "bad boys" of Detroit won the NBA's 1st Sportsmanship Award
Time's up! The correct answer was Joe Dumars
MEATS
One of the largest edible fish, these huge flatfish can measure over 5 X 10 feet and can exceed 700 pounds
Time's up! The correct answer was halibut
DUDE, YOU'RE A SONG!
"Trouble ahead, trouble behind, and you know that notion just crossed my mind" (Now we see who's the Deadhead)
Time's up! The correct answer was Casey Jones
"TU"
The University of Phoenix has a branch in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Tucson
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!
The first wife of Henry VIII to get the axe
Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Boleyn
NAME THE WORK
Cervantes: "At a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not wish to remember"
Time's up! The correct answer was Don Quixote
EDGAR AWARD WINNERS
He won in 1955 for his novel "The Long Goodbye"
Time's up! The correct answer was Raymond Chandler
OH MY GOD! YOU'VE GOT 3 "I"s
Sports Illustrated's 1997 Swimsuit Issue (the Tyra Banks cover) featured "Nothing but" these
Time's up! The correct answer was Bikinis
THAT'S MY LAW
Snell's Law governs the angle of refraction of this as it passes from one medium to another
Time's up! The correct answer was Light
INDONESIA
On Dec. 27, 1949, after 3 years of fighting, Indonesia was granted its independence from this country
Time's up! The correct answer was the Netherlands
LANGUAGES
Punjabi is spoken by about half of all households in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Pakistan
YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT!
The witness is testifying based on what someone else told her--that's called this