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Time's up! The correct answer was Out-of-body experience
WHEN IN ROME?
The U.S. Fifth Army comes to town: June 4 of this year
Time's up! The correct answer was 1944
ROCK MUSIC
In April of 1990 she began her worldwide "Blond Ambition" tour to promote her CD "I'm Breathless"
Time's up! The correct answer was Madonna
NATURE
Safes, a type of these desert formations, are often many miles long & several hundred feet high
Time's up! The correct answer was sand dunes
HEALTH & MEDICINE
These blood-sucking worms are used in medicine today to drain hematomas
Time's up! The correct answer was leeches
YOU SHOULD BE IN A BALLET!
Your striking resemblance to Kirk Douglas has convinced us to star you in the ballet about this gladiator
Time's up! The correct answer was Spartacus
A VIOLENT CATEGORY
In hockey this shot is always taken with a full swinging stroke
Time's up! The correct answer was slap
U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS IN OTHER WORDS
A person's condition or disposition
Time's up! The correct answer was State
TEENS OF THE PAST
"At 15 I set my heart on learning", wrote this great Asian sage in his "Analects"
Time's up! The correct answer was Confucius
THE LIVING PLANET
Able to lift 850 times its own weight, the strongest animal is the rhinoceros type of this insect
Time's up! The correct answer was beetle
“SAINTS”
At 5th & 50th, its Lady Chapel is the place to get married, if you're in NYC - & Catholic
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Patrick's Cathedral
GEOGRAPH"Y"
This Scandinavian country has 2 forms of its official language -- Bokmal & Nynorsk
Time's up! The correct answer was Norway
MYTHOLOGY
Daphnis, who invented pastoral poetry, was the son of this Greek messenger god & a Sicilian nymph
Time's up! The correct answer was Hermes
BIRDS
This falcon's name is from the Latin for "foreign" or "a foreigner"
Time's up! The correct answer was peregrine
...& THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON!
Ex-welterweight champ Carlos, or a golden-coated, silver-maned horse
Time's up! The correct answer was a palomino
THINGS ON NFL HELMETS
A soldier with a blue 3-cornered hat & red streaks
Time's up! The correct answer was the New England Patriots
MY NAME IS EARL WARREN
I ruled that public school segregation was unconstitutional in this landmark 1954 case
Time's up! The correct answer was Brown v. Board of Education
TAKE A PILL
Estramustine is a chemotherapy agent for this glandular cancer in men
Time's up! The correct answer was prostate cancer
IT'S ALL ABOUT ME
Self-referential prefix before -didact, -suggestion & -biography
Time's up! The correct answer was auto
WHAT A CHARACTER!
On "The Addams Family", he was married to Morticia
Time's up! The correct answer was Gomez
NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES
An RV maker based in Iowa shares its name with this large Wisconsin lake
Time's up! The correct answer was Winnebago
THOSE WACKY GERMANS
Germans decorate Christmas trees with silvery strings & call it the "hair" of these heavenly beings
Time's up! The correct answer was Angels
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
SCIENCE & NATURE
Some members of the genus Aedes of this insect transmit yellow fever
Time's up! The correct answer was Mosquito
PARTS OF THE WHOLE
Mars light, tower ladder, water pressure gauge, hydrant intake
Time's up! The correct answer was a fire truck
19th CENTURY AMERICA
The discovery of this in 1896 turned Seward's Folly into Seward's Good Fortune
Time's up! The correct answer was gold
POLITICAL SLOGANS
“Hell no, we won't go” was a chant often heard at rallies against this war
Time's up! The correct answer was Vietnam War
ARE WE THERE YET?
The Congress Street Bridge is where Bostonians recreate this historic event every December
Time's up! The correct answer was Boston Tea Party
ANAGRAMMED STATE CAPITALS
Poke at
Time's up! The correct answer was Topeka
"AD"JECTIVES
It refers to the behavior of teenagers, or of immature adults
Time's up! The correct answer was Adolescent
ON THE MOVE
In 1980 the U.S. government loaned this auto company $1.5 billion; the loans were repaid within 3 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Chrysler
KIDDIE LIT
This Anna Sewell book may have inspired "Moorland Mousie", which was also narrated by a horse
Time's up! The correct answer was Black Beauty
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
U.S. WINTER OLYMPIANS
In 2002 Vonetta Flowers & Jill Bakken won gold in the 2-woman version of this high-speed sport
Time's up! The correct answer was the bobsled
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
CARIBBEAN TASTE TREATS
If you order "mountain chicken" in Dominica, you won't get chicken but one of these amphibians
Time's up! The correct answer was Frogs
WHERE'S THE COLLEGE?
University of Miami
Time's up! The correct answer was Coral Gables
SPORTS TRIVIA
The French Open tennis tournament is played on courts of this color clay
Time's up! The correct answer was Red
EARLY AMERICA
In 1610 the Spanish began building the Palace of the Governors in what is now this Southwest city
Time's up! The correct answer was Santa Fe
SENIOR SENATORS
In 1990 she lost the race for California governor; in 1992 she won the race for California senator
Time's up! The correct answer was Dianne Feinstein
4-LETTER VERBS
It's said that "Horses sweat, men perspire, women" do this
Time's up! The correct answer was glow
WHO PLAYED 'EM
2004: Sirius Black, the prisioner of Azkaban
Time's up! The correct answer was Gary Oldman
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS
"Cordelia"
Time's up! The correct answer was KIng Lear
FROM THE GREEK
This synonym for "drugstore" comes from the Greek for "druggist's work"
Time's up! The correct answer was pharmacy
WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR II
Today, this Japanese car company makes the galant; in WWII, it was better known for its A6M "Zero" fighter
Time's up! The correct answer was Mitsubishi
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
MASTER OF PUPPETS
This evil puppet master from "Pinocchio" shared his name with a volcanic island near Sicily
Time's up! The correct answer was Stromboli
MODERN "TIME"S
Bob Dylan's 1964 hit song about the inevitable passing of the years
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Times They Are a-Changin'"
"DON'T" YOU KNOW THIS SONG?
If you've given up, stop! & tell us this Tom Petty song that won the Best Special Effects MTV Music Video Award in '85
Time's up! The correct answer was "Don't Come Around Here No More"
IT BORDERS INDIA
On its extreme east, India borders this nation that changed its name following a coup in 1989
Time's up! The correct answer was Myanmar
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
WHERE'S THE COLLEGE?
University of South Carolina
Time's up! The correct answer was Columbia
HEADQUARTERS
Surprisingly, in the 1990s, this retailer moved its HQ from its tall tower in Chicago to a lowrise in the suburbs
Time's up! The correct answer was Sears Roebuck
CELEBRITIES' MIDDLE NAMES
The L. in Samuel L. Jackson stands for this, like a certain bad, bad Mr. Brown of song
Time's up! The correct answer was Leroy
POP MUSIC
Alan, Merrill & Wayne, 3 of these Utah brothers, co-wrote their own 1972 hit "Crazy Horses"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Osmonds
MORTAL MATTERS
When Dallas sent out this annual tax form to 13,000 city employees, it marked them dead
Time's up! The correct answer was W-2
KHOMEINI, KHAMENEI OR KHATAMI
Elected president in 1997
Time's up! The correct answer was Khatami
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
GEOGRAPHY
Lake Avernus in Campania in this country was believed by the ancients to be the entrance to Hades
Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
EPITAPHS & TRIBUTES
1939 Oscar winner: "...you are a credit to your craft, your race and to your family"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hattie McDaniel
STUPID ANSWERS
Number of different basic shapes in a box of Post Alpha-Bits
Time's up! The correct answer was 26
PARTS OF THE WHOLE
Grip, shaft, a head made of stainless steel, titanium, carbon graphite...
Time's up! The correct answer was golf club
FOOD
The Bismarck type of this fish is made of fillets cured in vinegar, salt & onions
Time's up! The correct answer was Herring
THE FUNNIES
Jon is this cat's master; Odie is his dog friend
Time's up! The correct answer was Garfield
PUT ON YOUR JAMIES
This comic was Bundini Brown in "Ali" & Steamin' Beamen in "Any Given Sunday"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jamie Foxx
I COULD USE SOME SELF-HELP!
Rick Warren guided readers on a 40-day spiritual journey in the No. 1 bestseller "The" this "Driven Life"
Time's up! The correct answer was Purpose
18th CENTURY AMERICA
On Dec. 26, 1776 Americans killed Col. Johann Rall & captured about 1,000 Hessian troops in this battle
Time's up! The correct answer was the Battle of Trenton
THE "L" WORLD
Like Rome, this capital of Portugal is built on 7 hills
Time's up! The correct answer was Lisbon
MONEY SLANG
The shell of this mollusk is composed chiefly of calcium carbonate
Time's up! The correct answer was a clam
BALLET
The 2000 ballet "Todo Buenos Aires" features different interpretations of this sensual ballroom dance
Time's up! The correct answer was the tango
THE CIA
Advanced CIA methods have included use of this high altitude aircraft; one was shot down May 1, 1960
Time's up! The correct answer was U-2
LANDINGS
You land, not anchor, at this Phoenix airport, named by a board member from Scenic Airways
Time's up! The correct answer was Sky Harbor Airport
WOOD & WIND
This author wrote of Fangorn Forest, named for the oldest of the Ents-or was the Ent named for the forest?
Time's up! The correct answer was Tolkien
BEFORE & AFTER
1935 "lunar" Florida song that turned into an '80s Florida cop show
Time's up! The correct answer was "Moon Over Miami Vice"
ANCIENT COINS
The animal featured on the electrum coin of Lydia, it got the world's coinage off to a roaring success
Time's up! The correct answer was Lion
NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES
Oct. 2, 1962: "3,000 Troops Put Down....Rioting And Seize 200 As Negro Attends" this school
Time's up! The correct answer was University of Mississippi
A TRIP TO OUTER SPACE
Many astronomers believe the Great Andromeda spiral galaxy has one of these "dark" collapsed stars at its center
Time's up! The correct answer was black hole
ART & ARTISTS
This American female impressionist modeled for many of Degas' works, including "At the Milliner's"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cassatt
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
3 LITTLE LETTERS
Like banks, many grocery stores now have these for dispensing cash & taking deposits
Time's up! The correct answer was ATMs
RUSSIAN LITERATURE
This "Taras Bulba" author wrote his masterpiece "Dead Souls" while living in Rome
Time's up! The correct answer was Gogol
THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR
"Z", "State of Siege", "Missing"
Time's up! The correct answer was Costa-Gavras
PRESIDENTS IN THE CABINET
While Secretary of State from 1811 to 1817, he might have been asked, "What's up, doctrine?"
Time's up! The correct answer was James Monroe
I WANT TO RIDE THAT!
Six Flags Great America unleashed a roller coaster named for this bat-tastic 2008 blockbuster
Time's up! The correct answer was The Dark Knight
FARAWAY PLACES
This large African desert is home to 2 million people, about as many as Utah
Time's up! The correct answer was Sahara
ARCHITECTURE
The Coonley Estate & the Robie House are examples of this midwestern style created by Frank Lloyd Wright
Time's up! The correct answer was the Prairie Style
CORAL REEF LIFE
Just off Australia, it's the largest chain of coral reefs in the world
Time's up! The correct answer was the Great Barrier Reef
BALLET
The longer "romantic" version of this ballet garment was inspired by the one Taglioni wore in the 1830s
Time's up! The correct answer was tutu
NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD
This snowcapped mountain provides the backdrop for Kenya's Amboseli National Park
Time's up! The correct answer was Mt. Kilimanjaro
JUST THE FACTS
This hero of several books is 11 when he discovers he's a wizard
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Potter
"T" TIME AT THE LIBRARY
In book titles, this adjective precedes Gertrude Stein's "Buttons" & Fitzgerald's "is the Night"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tender
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
CATHOLIC PRIESTS
Served by priests, it may not exceed 18% alcohol
Time's up! The correct answer was communion wine
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
POOR & FAMOUS
He drank up the money he got for songs like "Oh! Susanna" & died with 38c in his pocket
Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Foster
RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME
A large Asian white winter radish that's a representation of a saint
Time's up! The correct answer was a daikon icon
WHO'S YOUR MOMMY?
Liza Minnelli
Time's up! The correct answer was Judy Garland
SNAP
The snap-brim style of this accessory tuns up in the back & down in the front & has a dented crown
Time's up! The correct answer was hat
HOMETOWNS
Niels Bohr
Time's up! The correct answer was Copenhagen
STATE GOVERNMENT
In the Mississippi House of Representatives, this official calls members to order & signs acts
Time's up! The correct answer was speaker of the house
BOB DYLAN CHRONICLES
"In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Mr. Tambourine Man"
10-LETTER WORDS
Lionel Hampton's instrument
Time's up! The correct answer was Vibraphone
MAGICAL MOUSE-TERY TOUR
This 1959 Daniel Keyes novella about Charlie Gordon & a smarter-than-average lab mouse won a Hugo award
Time's up! The correct answer was Flowers for Algernon
5-LETTER WORDS
It can mean "brief & forceful" or "resembling the inner core of a stem"
Time's up! The correct answer was pithy
TRIALS OF THE CENTURY
After their convictions, this pair became the first civilians put to death for espionage in the U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was Julius & Ethel Rosenberg
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
AROUND THE APARTMENT BUILDING
Around July your building's superintendent will be your hero when he fixes the A/C, short for this
Time's up! The correct answer was air conditioning
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
SPORTS HOME CITIES
The NBA's Cavaliers
Time's up! The correct answer was Cleveland
SCIENCE CLASS
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Colorado) As snowflakes are frozen water vapor, they're made up of these 2 chemical elements
Time's up! The correct answer was hydrogen & oxygen
5-LETTER WORDS
Teddy Roosevelt said "The credit belongs to the man" in this, "whose face is marred by dust & sweat & blood"
Time's up! The correct answer was the arena
YOU'RE UNDER A "REST"
Any mountain's summit
Time's up! The correct answer was crest
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
"IP" SO FACTO
Mating rituals, perhaps for Miles Standish?
Time's up! The correct answer was courtship
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
"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
PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME
Zachary's wardens
Time's up! The correct answer was Taylor's jailers
MEN OF MUSIC
100,000 people of this city turned out for the 1849 funeral of beloved bandleader Johann Strauss Sr.
Time's up! The correct answer was Vienna
PLANT PARENTHOOD
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew in the laboratory) Any glass or plastic container can be used to build one of these self-contained indoor gardens
Time's up! The correct answer was terrariums
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS
Mush Mouth & Dumb Donald were some of the Cosby kids on the show whose title featured this one
Time's up! The correct answer was Fat Albert
LITERATURE
Title character who says, "Why did you paint it? It will mock me some day — mock me horribly!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Doran Gray
AT THE MOVIES
2002: A young Maori girl defies tradition & mounts a cetacean
Time's up! The correct answer was Whale Rider
"I" LADS
Nudge, nudge, wink, wink! This man seen here starred on a classic British comedy show
Time's up! The correct answer was Eric Idle
MATHEM-ATTACK!
You should answer this one automatically: It's the property that says a = a
Time's up! The correct answer was reflexive
ONE LETTER DIFFERENT
A large sack
Time's up! The correct answer was a big bag
TAYLOR, SWIFT
Taylor Kitsch is Gambit in this 2009 X-Men flick
Time's up! The correct answer was Wolverine
THE FUNNIES
In 1941 a daughter named Cookie was born to this comic strip couple
Time's up! The correct answer was Blondie and Dagwood
LET'S BOUNCE
Sound navigation& ranging is the full name for this device that bounces radio waves underwater
Time's up! The correct answer was sonar
REAL ESTATE
Real estate owned with no claims on it is said to be "free and" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Clear
TAKE-OFFS
Rafreaky the baboon & a 30-year-old Annie have appeared in this NYC theater spoof that debuted in 1982
Time's up! The correct answer was Forbidden Broadway
YOUNG WOMEN OF TODAY
Though her name means "wolf", this basketball star was another canine in college -- a U. Conn. Husky
Time's up! The correct answer was Rebecca Lobo
MUD
Of an artist, a fish, or a wasp, it's what a mud dauber is
Time's up! The correct answer was wasp
THE TIGERS
Now endangered, this largest variety of tiger bears the name of a large Russian region
Time's up! The correct answer was the Siberian tiger
"PH"UN WORDS
You beta know that this letter follows upsilon in the Greek alphabet
Time's up! The correct answer was Phi
FRUIT
This hybrid of a tangerine & a grapefruit comes in 2 main varieties: Orlando & Minneola
Time's up! The correct answer was Tangelo
BIRDS
This bird seen here is the provincial bird of Prince Edward Island
Time's up! The correct answer was Blue jay
BASIC SCIENCE
The name of this green pigment found in plants is partly from the Greek for "green"
Time's up! The correct answer was chlorophyll
AUTHORS' RHYME TIME
Stoker's sheeplings
Time's up! The correct answer was Bram's lambs
DIED ON THE SAME DAY
Just hours before Michael Jackson's death, Hollywood lost this TV "Angel"
Time's up! The correct answer was Farrah Fawcett
THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE
"In Living Color", "Bruce Almighty"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jim Carrey
RENAISSANCE LITERATURE
This book begins, "All states and dominions which hold or have held mankind are either republics or monarchies"
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Prince"
DRIVING
"Multitudinous" name for this part of the car that transmits gases from the cylinders to the exhaust pipe
Time's up! The correct answer was exhaust manifold
ON THE STAGE
On Skid Row, love blooms for Seymour while Audrey II has a feeding frenzy in this play
Time's up! The correct answer was Little Shop of Horrors
HISTORIC NAMES
This family that once controlled Nicaragua saw 2 members killed -- the father in 1956, a son in 1980
Time's up! The correct answer was Somoza
CIVIL WAR LITERATURE
Joanna Higgins' 1998 novel "A Soldier's Book" tells the story of Ira Stevens, a Union P.O.W. in this notorious prison
Time's up! The correct answer was Andersonville
CLASSIC ADS & JINGLES
"Solutions for a small planet"
Time's up! The correct answer was IBM
CELEBRITY RHYME TIME
Sajak's Stetsons & sombreros
Time's up! The correct answer was Pat's hats
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED
August 16, 1977 in Memphis, Tennessee
Time's up! The correct answer was Elvis Presley
ALSO A TOOL
A light, stroking touch, or a dense growth of bushes
Time's up! The correct answer was a brush
CROSSWORD CLUES "G"
Disgruntled Disney dwarf (6)
Time's up! The correct answer was Grumpy
This 2-letter abbreviation means "which see" in Latin & directs readers to another part of the book for info
Time's up! The correct answer was q.v.
TRADING SPACES
You must take tea before bargaining for a rug at Istanbul's "Grand" one of these trading spaces
Time's up! The correct answer was bazaar
INVENTORS & INVENTIONS
In 1868, 9 years after developing the railway sleeping car, he introduced the first railway car for dining
Time's up! The correct answer was Pullman
SCIENTISTS
This botanist was hailed as "The Wizard of Tuskegee"
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington Carver
SPORTS HOME CITIES
The NBA's Cavaliers
Time's up! The correct answer was Cleveland
GETTING TICKED ON
A brown tick named for this pet has the rare ability to complete its life cycle indoors
Time's up! The correct answer was dog
This 2-letter abbreviation means "which see" in Latin & directs readers to another part of the book for info
Time's up! The correct answer was q.v.
EARLY AMERICA
In 1610 the Spanish began building the Palace of the Governors in what is now this Southwest city
Time's up! The correct answer was Santa Fe
MAGIC
This duo first teamed up in 1975; one was a clown college graduate & juggler, the other, a silent magician
Time's up! The correct answer was Penn & Teller
SONGS
"It's a marvelous night for" this Van Morrison hit, "with the stars up above in your eyes"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Moondance"
ABBREV.
Like NAFTA, but farther south: CAFTA
Time's up! The correct answer was Central American Free Trade Agreement
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
He was the last sitting president to run for re-election & finish third in the Electoral College
Time's up! The correct answer was William Howard Taft
SCIENTISTS
In 2007 this 1962 American Nobel laureate became the first person to receive his own personal genome map
Time's up! The correct answer was James Watson
THE 1990s
In 1997 the Marlins won the Major League, Mexico the Little League & LSU the college version of this event
Time's up! The correct answer was the World Series
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
GENERAL INFORMATION
Pick up a GT from this car co. for a tidy $169,000, or maybe start out with a Focus for a more reasonable $13,715
Time's up! The correct answer was Ford
HISTORY
Before he was Canada's P.M., William Lyon Mackenzie King lived in this famous house with Jane Addams
Time's up! The correct answer was Hull House
COMMON ABBREVIATIONS
All things considered, NPR is this popular listening place
Time's up! The correct answer was National Public Radio
OPERA & BALLET
This composer of "The Nutcracker" said, "The music of a ballet is not invariably bad"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tchaikovsky
"LIGHT"s
A joking question asked about many groups is "How many does it take to" do this
Time's up! The correct answer was screw in a light bulb
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
WHO PLAYED 'EM
2004: Monster hunter Dr. Gabriel Van Helsing
Time's up! The correct answer was Jackman
LITERARY FIRST LINES
1843: "Marley was dead: to begin with"
Time's up! The correct answer was "A Christmas Carol"
ANATOMY
The head of the femur fits into the acetabulum, a socket in this pelvic bone
Time's up! The correct answer was the hip bone
VIETNAM
Vietnam's narrowest point, about 30 miles, is just north of this port city where U.S. troops landed in 1965
Time's up! The correct answer was Da Nang
VALUABLE PLACES
Hickham Field sustained damage during the Japanese attack on this nearby site December 7, 1941
Time's up! The correct answer was Pearl Harbor
THE CIVIL WAR
Northerners who sought advantage in the post-war South were said to tote their belongings in these
Time's up! The correct answer was carpetbags
SCULPTURE
In 1953 sculptor William Zorach created the relief "Man and Work" for this Rochester, Minnesota clinic
Time's up! The correct answer was the Mayo Clinic
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
MESOPOTAMIA
After centuries of rule by the Ottoman Empire, Mesopotamia mostly became part of this new nation in 1932
Time's up! The correct answer was Iraq
HIDDEN BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
Sending money was the best her friends could do for her
Time's up! The correct answer was Esther
KIDS IN BOOKS
Mowgli is the human kid hanging out in the woods with wolves & tigers in this Rudyard Kipling "Book"
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Jungle Book"
POUR ME A STIFF ONE
This brand of liqueur made its debut in Dublin on November 26, 1974
Time's up! The correct answer was Bailey's
MYTHOLOGY
Daedalus used this substance to fasten the wings to his back
Time's up! The correct answer was wax
EPONYMS
Named for a French courtesan, Pommes Anna is a dish of layered these, not apples
Time's up! The correct answer was potatoes
PRESIDENTS IN THE CABINET
He wasn't a Secretary of State, he was Andrew Johnson's Secretary of War in 1867 & 1868
Time's up! The correct answer was Ulysses S. Grant
THE LAND
Victoria Land, one of its regions, lies north of the Ross Ice Shelf
Time's up! The correct answer was Antarctica
ON THE CALENDAR
In 1974, to save energy, it began in January instead of April & ended on October 27
Time's up! The correct answer was Daylight saving time
EVERYTHING'S "GOLDEN", BABY
This Mongol army overran Eastern Europe in the 13th century
Time's up! The correct answer was The Golden Horde
& GO TO "BED"
In math, it means raised to the third power
Time's up! The correct answer was cubed
ARTS & CRAFTS
The name of this knotty craft comes from a word that means "embroidered veil"
Time's up! The correct answer was macramé
THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
On the evening of April 18, 1775 Robert Newman displayed 2 lanterns in this Boston structure
Time's up! The correct answer was the Old North Church
WHOSE IS IT?
2 by 2 the animals were put on this "ark"
Time's up! The correct answer was Noah's Ark
CIVIL WAR LITERATURE
Joanna Higgins' 1998 novel "A Soldier's Book" tells the story of Ira Stevens, a Union P.O.W. in this notorious prison
Time's up! The correct answer was Andersonville
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTS
When on this north Atlantic island be sure to try hakarl, a traditional dish of rotten shark
Time's up! The correct answer was Iceland
THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
The church funds worldwide good works by this contribution of 10% of members' incomes
Time's up! The correct answer was a tithe
THE BIG APPLE
He was inaugurated for his second time as mayor of New York City January 1, 1998
Time's up! The correct answer was Rudolph Giuliani
"PRO"NOUNS
Gosh darn it! It's abusive, vulgar or irreverent language
Time's up! The correct answer was Profanity
U.S. PRESIDENTS
On June 28, 1919 he married Elizabeth Wallace
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Truman
DAYS
Leap day date
Time's up! The correct answer was 29-Feb
POLITICAL TALK
According to the League of Women Voters, an "empty chair" one of these should be canceled
Time's up! The correct answer was debates
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
On the web you can find A. Claude Ferguson's masterful manual on playing these eating utensils
Time's up! The correct answer was Spoons
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
A crash is a group of these large horned mammals
Time's up! The correct answer was rhinoceroses
TWO
In pharmaceuticals: William Bristol &...
Time's up! The correct answer was John Myers
OF A SALESMAN
In the '80s this city's Old Vic Theater was refurbished by salesman "Honest Ed" Mirvish
Time's up! The correct answer was London
"AD"JECTIVES
Unfavorable, like some circumstances, or the last name of Anthony in a 1933 novel
Time's up! The correct answer was Adverse
HORS D'OEUVRES
Ideally, this type of small appetizer served on toast or crackers should be small enough to eat in 1 bite
Time's up! The correct answer was canapé
MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS
In Greece, this Eddie Murphy film became "Daddies as Nannies"
Time's up! The correct answer was Daddy Day Care
COUNTIES BY STATE
Oswego, Onondaga, Oneida
Time's up! The correct answer was New York
PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS
Up on the highwire you might wear this bodysuit named for a famous 19th century trapeze artist
Time's up! The correct answer was Leotard
HISTORIC AMERICANS
This attorney was the only representative of New York to sign the U.S. Constitution
Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander Hamilton
SCIENCE
The symbol of this radioactive element is Pu & it sounds like it's named after Mickey Mouse's dog
Time's up! The correct answer was plutonium
AMERICAN HISTORY
In 1791 this Treasury Secretary issued his "Report On Manufactures", a critique of American industry
Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander Hamilton
PRE-COLUMBIAN CULTURES
The Anasazi, a word from this Indian language for "ancient ones", lived in what's now the 4 Corners area
Time's up! The correct answer was Navajo
SOCIOLOGY
Expecting my son to be a cop & my daughter to be a nurse is assigning these sex-based roles
Time's up! The correct answer was gender roles
EARLY AMERICA
In 1562, in what is now S.C., these French Protestants established a colony named Port Royal
Time's up! The correct answer was the Huguenots
4-LETTER WORDS
From the Welsh, it's a steep, rugged rock, or a rough, broken projecting part of a rock
Time's up! The correct answer was a crag
SRO
This musical opened its run in 1980 at the Winter Garden, 8 blocks from the title thoroughfare
Time's up! The correct answer was 42nd Street
ANAGRAMMED BIRDS
A front yard favorite: I'm no flag
Time's up! The correct answer was flamingo
HOME FURNISHINGS
By definition, this type of china cabinet has a slightly projecting middle section
Time's up! The correct answer was breakfront
NO. 3 SONGS
Singer of the No. 3 hit heard here: ("I Feel Good")
Time's up! The correct answer was James Brown
ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE
"Boston Red Sox A.L. 1939-1960... batted .406 in 1941"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ted Williams
1988
After 32 years in power, Janos Kadar was ousted as first secretary of this country's Communist Party
Time's up! The correct answer was Hungary
GOVERNMENT
Brazil has 2 federal legislative houses, the Chamber of Deputies & this
Time's up! The correct answer was the Senate
EUROPE
Only predominanty Muslim country entirely in Europe
Time's up! The correct answer was Albania
"TEEN" SCENE
Golfing "hole" with a bar (where you can't go), or the amendment granting women's suffrage
Time's up! The correct answer was 19th
COMPANIES
This chain with a month as its name has acquired stores like Kaufmann's in Pittsburgh & Robinson's in L.A.
Time's up! The correct answer was May Company
THE TITANIC
The first warning of the iceberg came at 11:40 P.M. from Fred Fleet, the lookout in this platform high above the deck
Time's up! The correct answer was the crow's nest
ANIMALS
A pocket gopher's pockets are fur-lined & located in these
Time's up! The correct answer was Cheeks
FROM THE GREEK
When food is swallowed, it goes down this tube, the Greek word for "gullet"
Time's up! The correct answer was the esophagus
SI's SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE
This Miami Heat superstar center's "wife, Shaunie, said their family has outgrown its 18-bedroom home"
Time's up! The correct answer was Shaquille O'Neal
THE LIVING PLANET
Relative to the size of the bird, this flightless New Zealand denizen has the largest egg
Time's up! The correct answer was the kiwi
WE WANT PISA!
This island off the Italian coast where Napoleon was first exiled was controlled for many years by Pisa
Time's up! The correct answer was Elba
DEPARTMENT "S"
Specifically, to give a shopper less money back than he is entitled to
Time's up! The correct answer was shortchange
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
LITERARY ANIMALS
Cottontail & these 2 "went down the lane to gather blackberries" in "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"
Time's up! The correct answer was Flopsy & Mopsy
OLD VIRGINIA
He was cornered & fatally wounded by federal troops on a farm near Port Royal, Virginia on April 26, 1865
Time's up! The correct answer was John Wilkes Booth
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
Charles Gounod's mother thought he might become a priest, & one of his best-known works is this setting of a Catholic prayer
Time's up! The correct answer was Ave Maria
ALL ABOARD THE SOUL TRAIN
White crossover artists featured on "Soul Train" have included David Bowie & this "Island Girl" singer
Time's up! The correct answer was Elton John
Y1K
By a vote of its parliament, the Althing, this island country adopts Christianity
Time's up! The correct answer was Iceland
CHANCE
Theoretically, a U.S. casino's ability to make money on Roulette relies on the presence of these 2 green figures
Time's up! The correct answer was 0 and 00
TUBE TEST
"Happy Days" was spun off from a segment on this "Love"ly comedy anthology show of the '70s
Time's up! The correct answer was Love, American Style
TREES
The cry “sap's a runnin’” refers to this tree
Time's up! The correct answer was maple tree
CHECK OUT MY CRIB
In the furniture sense, this synonym of "pride" is dressing table
Time's up! The correct answer was vanity
AH, SWEET MYTHTERY
Of a dryad, a naiad or an oread, she's the water nymph
Time's up! The correct answer was a naiad
5-LETTER WORDS
One who steals by stealth: Thessalonians speaks of one "in the night"
Time's up! The correct answer was a thief
COMMON BONDS
Roofs, halos, quantum mechanics
Time's up! The correct answer was things that are over my head
TREES
Hindu for “trader” this unusual tree whose branches grow down can look like a mini-forest
Time's up! The correct answer was Banyan
ENDS WITH 3 VOWELS
Pierre's "farewell"
Time's up! The correct answer was adieu
JAY
Born on the Six Nations Indian Reservation in Ontario, he played Tonto to Clayton Moore's Lone Ranger
Time's up! The correct answer was Jay Silverheels
PEOPLE
M.C. Hammer earned his nickname from his resemblance to this "Hammerin'" home run king
Time's up! The correct answer was Hank Aaron
POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS
"Heavens to" ex-New York lieutenant governor McCaughey!
Time's up! The correct answer was Betsy
SORTA SOUNDS LIKE OPRAH?
Phrase that precedes "dope" in Ali's famed boxing strategy
Time's up! The correct answer was "rope-a"
OCCUPATION HAZARDS
In this job aiding a medical professional, Angie might get a finger nipped by little Billy while X-raying his molar
Time's up! The correct answer was dental hygienist
THE "B.G."s
A small piano about 5 feet long
Time's up! The correct answer was baby grand
GENERAL INFORMATION
This general, first in his class at West Point, ran for president in 2004
Time's up! The correct answer was Wesley Clark
ISLANDS
The Leeward Islands are among the "Lesser" of these islands; Cuba & Jamaica are among the "Greater"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Antilles
BARTLETT'S PAIRS
Ernest L. Thayer is represented by a pair of quotations, both from this baseball poem
Time's up! The correct answer was "Casey at the Bat"
THE MELBOURNE OLYMPICS, 1956
Like Korea in 2000, this country entered the stadium in 1956 as a "United" team
Time's up! The correct answer was Germany
MEDICINE
For an upper GI you drink this; for a lower GI... well, we won't talk about that
Time's up! The correct answer was barium
WYOMING
1 of Wyoming's 2 U.S. senators
Time's up! The correct answer was Alan Simpson
AMERICAN POLITICIANS
Frank Sinatra came out of retirement to sing their praises: "they're both unique... the Quaker & the Greek"
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Nixon & Spiro Agnew
COUNTIES BY STATE
Oswego, Onondaga, Oneida
Time's up! The correct answer was New York
CROSSWORD CLUES "B"
It precedes dance, laugh or flop (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was belly
SEE THE USA
You can "Go Home Again" to see this author's boyhood home in Asheville, North Carolina
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Wolfe
HITCHCOCK
John Dall & Farley Granger strangle a college friend just for thrills in this, Hitch's first color film
Time's up! The correct answer was Rope
WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!
I died around 965 B.C. & my son Solomon succeeded me as King of Israel
Time's up! The correct answer was David
FAMOUS JACQUES
He painted the death of Marat & he himself died in exile in Brussels
Time's up! The correct answer was Jacques-Louis David
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE
Now that you've got the hang of it, 1932's word was this, like the group that sang "My Sharona"
Time's up! The correct answer was K-N-A-C-K
FIRE!
After a 1624 fire Christian IV replanned this Northern European city & renamed it Christiania
Time's up! The correct answer was Oslo
LITERARY COLLABORATORS
These brothers first published their "Fairy Tales" in 1812 as "Kinderund Hausmarchen"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Brothers Grimm
WHAT TO WEAR
Front-closing style of sweater favored by Mr. Rogers
Time's up! The correct answer was a cardigan
BEST MOVIE QUOTES EVER!
1951: "Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we are put in this world to rise above"
Time's up! The correct answer was The African Queen
BULL
In 1923 James Cummings & Earl McLeod designed the first one of these using a Model T frame & a wooden blade
Time's up! The correct answer was a bulldozer
AUTHORS
This author's home where he wrote "To Have And Have Not" is now a nat'l landmark in Key West, Fla.
Time's up! The correct answer was Ernest Hemingway
ALL "AMERICAN"
Their publications include "First Aid Fast" & a "Babysitter's Handbook"
Time's up! The correct answer was the American Red Cross
PRESIDENTS
The last President to sport a moustache or beard while in office
Time's up! The correct answer was William Howard Taft
PRESIDENTS IN IOWA
In 1975 Ford attended this, the subject of a 1945 Rodgers & Hammerstein film musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Iowa State Fair
POETS & POETRY
His "When the Frost is on the Punkin" was written for a series in the Indianapolis Journal
Time's up! The correct answer was Riley
STRUCTURES
When completed, it stretched for 73 1/2 miles from Bowness to Wallsend
Time's up! The correct answer was Hadrian's Wall
METALLICA
To buy this precious metal, visit Taxco, Mexico; it's the city's best-known product
Time's up! The correct answer was silver
SYRIA'S EATING
Mansaf is this favorite meat cooked in a yogurt sauce
Time's up! The correct answer was lamb
TOP OF THE LIST
According to the Cat Fanciers' Assoc., the top breed of pedigreed cat is this feline with a Middle Eastern name
Time's up! The correct answer was Persian
LASTS
In 1966 Congress authorized the Uniform Time Act, creating this from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October
Time's up! The correct answer was daylight savings time
TELEVISION & HISTORY
When "60 Minutes" premiered, this man was U.S. president
Time's up! The correct answer was Lyndon B. Johnson
LOW TECH
This brand says its "magic" tape is "the original matte-finish, invisible tape"
Time's up! The correct answer was Scotch
BRITISH HISTORY
First Roman army to invade Britain was led by this general
Time's up! The correct answer was Caesar
MODERN "TIME"S
Bob Dylan's 1964 hit song about the inevitable passing of the years
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Times They Are a-Changin'"
RADIO PERSONALITIES
The fans of this radio personality call themselves dittoheads to signify that they agree with his opinion
Time's up! The correct answer was Rush Limbaugh
INVENTIVE MINDS
Around 1930 William Lear invented one of these for the car, marketed under tha name Motorola
Time's up! The correct answer was a radio
MEDICAL MILESTONES
In 1982 William DeVries performed the 1st permanent artificial heart transplant on this man
Time's up! The correct answer was Barney Clark
POLITICS & SHOW BIZ
Artists like Gladys Knight have recorded the songs of this senior senator from Utah
Time's up! The correct answer was Orrin Hatch
THE BIBLE
John 1:29 calls Jesus this animal "of God, which taketh away the sin of the world"
Time's up! The correct answer was a lamb
CALL OUT THE VOICE SQUAD
He was the voice of Mickey Mouse in "Steamboat Willie"
Time's up! The correct answer was Walt Disney
YOU SHOULD BE IN A BALLET!
Your "Romeo and Juliet" will make everyone forget the 1965 triumph of Rudolf Nureyev & this partner
Time's up! The correct answer was Margot Fonteyn
BEFORE THEY WERE POPES
Alexander VI was formerly a high-living nobleman of this family & the father of Cesare & Lucrezia
Time's up! The correct answer was Borgia
"L.B."s
Herbie, the endearing Volkswagen in a classic Disney film
Time's up! The correct answer was The Love Bug
NETWORK
"7 Days", "WWF Smackdown", "Moesha"
Time's up! The correct answer was UPN
DIED ON THE SAME DAY
C.S. Lewis & Aldous Huxley's deaths on Nov. 22, 1963 were overshadowed by this man's death in Dallas
Time's up! The correct answer was John Kennedy
METALLICA
To buy this precious metal, visit Taxco, Mexico; it's the city's best-known product
Time's up! The correct answer was silver
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
Magazine contributor Steven Chu won a Nobel Prize for slowing atoms with these light beams
Time's up! The correct answer was lasers
"V" IS FOR
...this pasta, thinner than spaghetti, whose name is Italian for "little worms"
Time's up! The correct answer was vermicelli
STATE SUPERLATIVES
Considered the healthiest state in 2006, it's also home to the Mayo Clinic
Time's up! The correct answer was Minnesota
TURN OF THE CENTURY MOVIES
In a northern England mining town, a young boy takes up ballet dancing
Time's up! The correct answer was Billy Elliot
MANIAS
A dipsomaniac craves this, not guacamole
Time's up! The correct answer was Alcoholic Beverages
COMIC STRIPS
This Scott Adams title guy with a gravity-defying tie accidentally invented a death ray that interested North Korea
Time's up! The correct answer was Dilbert
"EZ" DOES IT
Columbus' first landing on the mainland of the Americas was on the coast of what is now this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Venezuela
MAMMALS
It makes sense that these proud & powerful mammals live in groups called prides
Time's up! The correct answer was lions
THE 20th CENTURY
On Feb. 20, 1962 the destroyer USS Noa found him floating in the Atlantic after a journey of 75,679 miles
Time's up! The correct answer was John Glenn
EPONYMS
This submachine gun was named for an Israeli army officer whose design won a competition in the 1950s
Time's up! The correct answer was Uzi
PASS THE CHEESE, PLEASE
The "baby" type of this Dutch cheese, that's similar to Edam, is usually encased in red wax
Time's up! The correct answer was Gouda
FUN WITH OPERA
Of a woman, an evil twin or a circus ape, what Sir Edgar's nephew turns out to be in "Der Junge Lord"
Time's up! The correct answer was A circus ape
LET'S HAVE ITALIAN TONIGHT!
This food network personality grew up in her film producer grandfather's restaurant, DDL Foodshow
Time's up! The correct answer was Giada De Laurentiis
FIRST LADIES
In January 1991 this first lady broke her left leg while sledding at Camp David
Time's up! The correct answer was Barbara Bush
SIMILES
A person who's out of his element is "like a fish" in this predicament
Time's up! The correct answer was out of water
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
WORD ORIGINS
Derived from the Greek for "ice", it's a glass of fine quality that resembles ice
Time's up! The correct answer was Crystal
REEL MOTHERS
Kathleen Turner is a psychopathic housewife on a killing spree in this 1994 John Waters comedy
Time's up! The correct answer was Serial Mom
VALUABLE PLACES
You can keep the valuable rocks you find in the state park near Murfreesboro, Arkansas: Crater of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Diamonds
THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE SOUTH
The Mississippi's oldest operating steamboat is this type of Southern lady "of Louisville"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Belle
IS IT "TEA" TIME YET?
A tea room in Cambria, California is named for this kind of teapot cover--& it sells them, too
Time's up! The correct answer was a cozy
PSYCHOLOGY
Brought to the U.S. in the 1930s, this movement's name is German for "pattern" or "shape"
Time's up! The correct answer was gestalt
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
THREE
Brecht & Weill's "Die Dreigroschenoper" is known as this in English
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Threepenny Opera"
NONFICTION PEOPLE
A biography of him is subtitled "Man's Slave Becomes God's Scientist"
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington Carver
POETRY
Poe said this maiden "lived with no other thought than to love and be loved by me"
Time's up! The correct answer was Annabel Lee
"A" SCIENCE CATEGORY
It's what the "A" stands for in AIDS
Time's up! The correct answer was acquired
THE MOVIES
The first episode in the story told by this popular film series is subtitled "The Phantom Menace"
Time's up! The correct answer was Star Wars
ALSO A BOOK IN THE BIBLE
In a 1971 song he "was a bullfrog"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jeremiah
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
MUSICAL PRIME NUMBERS
ABBA: "You are the dancing queen, young & sweet, only ____"
Time's up! The correct answer was 17
SPORTS
National Hockey League team whose logo is seen here: (knife through a "B")
Time's up! The correct answer was Buffalo Sabres
BILLS & WILLS
This perennial Democratic nominee also served as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State
Time's up! The correct answer was William Jennings Bryan
ONE-WORD RHYMES
In Manhattan, going from Central Park to Chelsea is heading this way
Time's up! The correct answer was downtown
EMOTICONS
=|:-)= This is an extension of the initials U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was Uncle Sam
FARAWAY PLACES
This large African desert is home to 2 million people, about as many as Utah
Time's up! The correct answer was Sahara
"AI"
This often blended rum & juice cocktail is named for a Cuban town
Time's up! The correct answer was daiquiri
ACTORS WHO DIRECT
"Rocky II", "III" & "IV"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sylvester Stallone
ROCK FORMATIONS
Jack wed Meg & took her name, & in 1997 formed this band on a lark, with him on bass & her on drums
Time's up! The correct answer was The White Stripes
INTERNATIONAL NAMES
In 2008 he succeeded his close ally Vladimir Putin as Russia's president
Time's up! The correct answer was Medvedev
BRITISH BANDS & SINGERS
(Hi, I'm Graham Nash) As a member of this group in the 1960s, I co-wrote their hits "Carrie-Anne" & "Stop, Stop, Stop"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Hollies
MASTER OF PUPPETS
Set in a Washington bar, this satirical political TV show was populated by puppets from Sid & Marty Krofft
Time's up! The correct answer was D.C. Follies
BREAKING NEWS
Before this hotel mogul's elbow broke through it, a Picasso he owned was worth $139 million; after, $85 million
Time's up! The correct answer was Steve Wynn
PROPHET SHARING
In I Kings this fiery Biblical prophet won a contest with the prophets of Baal
Time's up! The correct answer was Elijah
YOU BEAST!
The distinctive shoebill is also known as the whale-headed one of these baby deliverers
Time's up! The correct answer was a stork
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
JUBAL EARLY
Early, a man known for his patriarchal beard, was active in this party in Virginia in the 1840s
Time's up! The correct answer was Whig
MY SUITE
"Mars" & "Uranus" are famous works within his 1916 suite "The Planets"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gustav Holst
THE BYRDS & THE BEAS
The Victoria & Albert Museum in London has the original illustrations she did for her many kids' books
Time's up! The correct answer was Beatrix Potter
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
This character in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is said to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper
Time's up! The correct answer was the Headless Horseman
I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU
It means against, & is also a prefix found before -diction
Time's up! The correct answer was contra
IN THE FIRE
Oliver Wendell Holmes said not to falsely yell "Fire" in one of these, where 850 Viennese died Dec. 8, 1881
Time's up! The correct answer was Theater
FROM T TO SHINING T
It gains you admission to the ballgame; Yeah, that's the...
Time's up! The correct answer was ticket
BEGINS & ENDS WITH "T"
The name of this device used to stop bleeding may come from a French word for "turn"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tourniquet
WORLD CITIES
From Bei Hai Park in this city, pass the Great Hall of the People, bear left, & then it's straight on to Mao's mausoleum
Time's up! The correct answer was Beijing
20th CENTURY INVENTION
3M's Richard Drew invented it in 1930 to have something to seal the cellophane of food products
Time's up! The correct answer was Scotch tape
B.C. & AFTER
Sophoclean tragedy about the killing of a father & his friend, the actor who portrayed Henry Higgins on film
Time's up! The correct answer was Oedipus Rex Harrison
KIDS IN SPORTS
With a mighty leap of 5'1", David Mosely set the U.S. 10 & under record in this event back in 1977
Time's up! The correct answer was the high jump
AUDIO BOOKS
Julie Harris reads the diary this girl wrote while in hiding in WWII Amsterdam
Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Frank
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
This planet has more in common with Triton, Neptune's largest moon, than it does with any of the other planets
Time's up! The correct answer was Pluto
THOSE DARN ETRUSCANS
Oscar Mayer could tell you that this is the city the Etruscans called Felsina
Time's up! The correct answer was Bologna
LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L"
Delicious "Doone" damsel (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was Lorna
EARLY AMERICA
In 1701 this college was founded in Conn., in part to counter the perceived liberalism of Harvard
Time's up! The correct answer was Yale
RADIO DISNEY
"Everybody Else" knows these huggable toys precede "On Fire" in the name of a Radio Disney top 30 band; do you?
Time's up! The correct answer was Care Bears
LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS?
This 12-letter guy isn't remembered for much of anything other than getting under people's skin
Time's up! The correct answer was Subcutaneous
JUST PLANE GEOMETRY
A straight angle has this many degrees
Time's up! The correct answer was 180
ANIMALS
What the Germans call a Bambusbar, we generally call this
Time's up! The correct answer was a panda bear
MODERN "TIME"S
Bob Dylan's 1964 hit song about the inevitable passing of the years
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Times They Are a-Changin'"
WHAT'S THAT SOUND?
Block Island Sound separates Block Island from this tiny state's mainland
Time's up! The correct answer was Rhode Island
CHINESE CALENDAR ANIMALS
The only 2-letter sign, it represents solid dependability, method & routine
Time's up! The correct answer was the ox
WYOMING
The source of this main tributary of the Columbia River is located in Yellowstone National Park
Time's up! The correct answer was the Snake River
QUOTATIONS
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, this Sec. of State said, "We're eyeball to eyeball & I think the other fellow just blinked"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dean Rusk
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
This country is named after the town of Oporto
Time's up! The correct answer was Portugal
"TU"
The ruins of Carthage are in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Tunisia
NEWMAN'S OWN
Newman played Irish mob boss John Rooney in Depression-era Chicago in this 2002 film
Time's up! The correct answer was Road to Perdition
ANGELS
"Vlad's Pad" at Angel Stadium is named for this right fielder & 2004 league MVP
Time's up! The correct answer was Vladimir Guerrero
CURRENT BLACK PRESIDENTS
President Laurent Gbagbo heads this country that goes by its French name most of the time
Time's up! The correct answer was Côte d'Ivoire
SKIP TO MY "LOO"
A sailing vessel with a single mast
Time's up! The correct answer was a sloop
WANT ADS
Numbers cruncher needed! Must be member of AICPA, the American Institute of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Certified Public Accountants
STATE SUPERLATIVES
This state with the most people is home to the largest living tree
Time's up! The correct answer was California
PUSH BY SAFIRE
William Safire won this prize in 1978 "For Commentary on the Bert Lance Affair" ("Affair" being Lance's banking practices)
Time's up! The correct answer was the Pulitzer
19th CENTURY LITERATURE
Oscar Wilde wrote "The Picture of Dorian Gray" & he wrote "The Portrait of A Lady"
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry James
THE FRENCH CONNECTION
Campari & Pernod are good options for this pre-meal potent potable
Time's up! The correct answer was apéritif
THIS CATEGORY STINKS!
Proverbially, this pungent bulb "makes a man wink, drink & stink"
Time's up! The correct answer was garlic
PASS THE CHOCOLATE
A 2007 study said that eating a little dark chocolate daily may reduce this, both systolic & diastolic
Time's up! The correct answer was blood pressure
GOOD CAUSES
The Andre Agassi foundation for education runs Agassi Prep in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Las Vegas
BALLET
The 1972 ballet "Printemps" premiered in the winter, but its name is French for this season
Time's up! The correct answer was spring
AUTHORS
This author gave us the line "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse"
Time's up! The correct answer was Puzo
BALLPARK FIGURES
In 2004 he published "My Prison Without Bars"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pete Rose
THE "L" WORLD
Fodor's Travel Guide to France calls this town "the porcelain collector's mecca"
Time's up! The correct answer was Limoges
TRUE LIVES
Despite its title, "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" is a book by & about this woman
Time's up! The correct answer was Gertrude Stein
3-LETTER WORDS
In geologic time one of these, shorter than an eon, is divided into periods & subdivided into epochs
Time's up! The correct answer was era
DRAMA
A brother & sister argue over the fate of a piano in this Pulitzer-winning play by August Wilson
Time's up! The correct answer was The Piano Lesson
ALL MY Xs
Maximum number of Xs that can appear on one bowler's score sheet in one game
Time's up! The correct answer was 12
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
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
SPORTS EQUIPMENT
This apparatus used in women's gymnastics is about 4 in. wide & 16 ft. long
Time's up! The correct answer was Balance Beam
WOMEN: WRITE ON!
Sadly, she died in Boston in 1888, just 2 days after her transcendentalist father Bronson
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisa May Alcott
MYTHELLANEOUS
This goddess after whom a major city in Greece is named sprang from the head of Zeus
Time's up! The correct answer was Athena
4-LETTER WORDS
It's short for one of the muscles, or a large open space on campus surrounded by buildings
Time's up! The correct answer was a quad
GUINNESS RECORDS
In February 1999 Maine residents built a 10-story one of these named Angus; he melted 15 weeks later
Time's up! The correct answer was snowman
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
IT BORDERS INDIA
This nation to India's north is also the only other nation with a Hindu population of more than 80%
Time's up! The correct answer was Nepal
ARCHITECTURE
In north Africa, these towers from which Muslims are called to prayer are rectangular in plan
Time's up! The correct answer was Minarets
BACK IN 1906
In September the Platt Amendment was invoked, allowing U.S. intervention in this Caribbean country
Time's up! The correct answer was Cuba
ON BROADWAY: 1970
After 2,844 performances, Broadway said, "So long, dearie" to this musical December 27, 1970
Time's up! The correct answer was Hello, Dolly!
WHEN IN ROME?
The U.S. Fifth Army comes to town: June 4 of this year
Time's up! The correct answer was 1944
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
I COULD USE SOME SELF-HELP!
Rick Warren guided readers on a 40-day spiritual journey in the No. 1 bestseller "The" this "Driven Life"
Time's up! The correct answer was Purpose
SCRAMBLED EGGS?
South of the border treat: OH NERVOUS SEARCH
Time's up! The correct answer was huevos rancheros
TAKE OUT
A rhytidectomy removes these surgically; botox takes them out another way
Time's up! The correct answer was wrinkles
DRIVING
Do this if you love Jesus but don't do it just as the light turns green
Time's up! The correct answer was honk
GOING TO PIECES
5-letter archaeological term for a broken scrap of earthenware
Time's up! The correct answer was a shard
THE ASPCA
The ASPCA helped stop Iowa legislators from legalizing hunting of the mourning type of this
Time's up! The correct answer was Dove
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
BILL GATES' 50 BILLION
In this state where he lives, Bill could pay the governor's salary for 413,000 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington
HIDDEN BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
For hungry sandwich lovers, jam ostensibly makes the peanut butter better
Time's up! The correct answer was Amos
BEST MOVIE QUOTES EVER!
1999: "Get in my belly!" (Second in a series)
Time's up! The correct answer was Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
LET'S PLAY BLACKJACK
When a player & dealer tie, it's called this & no money is won or lost
Time's up! The correct answer was a push
GOULASH
At the Oscars in 1992, Billy Crystal said this "City Slickers" co-star was backstage on the Stairmaster
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack Palance
AMERICAN HISTORY
On April 20, 1971 the U.S. Supreme Court upheld this transportation method as a way to achieve school integration
Time's up! The correct answer was busing
MY SUITE
Go "trolling" with this Edvard Grieg suite that shares its name with an Ibsen work
Time's up! The correct answer was "Peer Gynt"
THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION
In 1534 he & his buddy Francis Xavier founded the Society of Jesus
Time's up! The correct answer was Loyola
MEN OF MUSIC
Horn virtuoso Franz Strauss was consulted by Wagner in devising this hero's horn call
Time's up! The correct answer was Siegfried
& SO I FACE THE FINAL CURTAIN
This Lerner & Loewe musical had its "loverly" farewell in 1962, after 2,717 shows
Time's up! The correct answer was My Fair Lady
BALLET
"Homage to the Queen", a tribute to her, premiered on her coronation day in 1953
Time's up! The correct answer was Elizabeth II
CANDY & GUM SLOGANS
"Gimme a Break, Gimme a Break, Break Me Off a Piece" of this candy bar
Time's up! The correct answer was Kit Kat
1957
He ended his brief retirement to become chairman & president of Occidental Petroleum
Time's up! The correct answer was Armand Hammer
THE ENGLISH TOP 100
Self-congratulations, egotists! This word made it all the way to No. 10
Time's up! The correct answer was I
LET'S TAKE A PEAK
Canada's highest peak, Mount Logan, lies in the St. Elias Range in the SW corner of this territory
Time's up! The correct answer was the Yukon
NAME THE FILM
1972: "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Godfather
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
This Utah school's Ty Detmer holds the NCAA career record for yards passing with 15,031
Time's up! The correct answer was Brigham Young University
JAZZ IT UP
Milt Jackson, heard here, was one of the masters of this instrument
Time's up! The correct answer was vibes
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
While studying at Cambridge in the late 1960s, this prince showed a flair for acting in comedy revues
Time's up! The correct answer was Prince Charles
GEOLOGY
This 9-letter geologic science is the study of the movement & distribution of all the Earth's waters
Time's up! The correct answer was hydrology
MIXED DRINKS
A basic Gin Rickey is gin, lime & this non-potent potable
Time's up! The correct answer was soda water
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
In 1998 the magazine told of efforts to liquify this "cleanest of fossil fuels" for use in cars
Time's up! The correct answer was natural gas
PULL
From the idea of breaking camp comes this phrase for moving on
Time's up! The correct answer was Pull up stakes
WORLD LEADERS
Serzh Sargsian is its president, Tigran Sargsian is its prime minister
Time's up! The correct answer was Armenia
THE GRIDIRON
[Hi, I'm Raghib Ismail of the Dallas Cowboys] While at this school, I was named MVP of the Orange Bowl on the first day of the '90s
Time's up! The correct answer was Notre Dame
GIVE THE BUCHAREST
This star of 1937's "The Last Gangster" was born Emanuel Goldenberg in Bucharest, Romania
Time's up! The correct answer was Edward G. Robinson
ENDLESS SUMER
Dating from around 3000 B.C., the Sumerians used this writing system seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was cuneiform
READING
From the Greek for "bad word", this disorder is marked by difficulty in recognizing written language
Time's up! The correct answer was dyslexia
WHAT AILS YOU?
The cause of this disorder characterized by sudden sleep attacks is unknown
Time's up! The correct answer was Narcolepsy
LITERARY QUOTES
Terence, a Roman poet-playwright who lived in the second century B.C., said, "Charity begins" here
Time's up! The correct answer was At Home
THE REDCOATS ARE COMING!
In it, Thomas Paine wrote, "The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind"
Time's up! The correct answer was Common Sense
CROSSWORD CLUES "G"
Thank You, in Tampico (7)
Time's up! The correct answer was Gracias
FATHER'S IN LAW
Father has rooms near the Court of Chancery in this state where half of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated
Time's up! The correct answer was Delaware
FAMOUS NAMES
Creator of "The Cisco Kid", William Sidney Porter was better known by this name
Time's up! The correct answer was O. Henry
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?
BRASS
If you don't know he was made commander of the 2nd Armored Tank Division in April 1941, I'll slap you silly
Time's up! The correct answer was Patton
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?
BROADWAY TEENS
The Jets & the Sharks are teenage gangs in this 1957 musical that features the song "Tonight"
Time's up! The correct answer was West Side Story
CABLE CHANNELS
This channel for women produces the original drama "Army Wives"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lifetime
HE WAS IN THAT?
He appeared fleet-ingly in "Sailor Beware" with Martin & Lewis before "East of Eden" made him a star
Time's up! The correct answer was James Dean
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
Odin learned the secrets of these alphabetic symbols while hanging for 9 days on Yggdrasil, the world tree
Time's up! The correct answer was runes
WON THE BATTLE
This king of England beat the odds to trounce the French in the 1415 Battle of Agincourt
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry V
NEWS TO ME
Falcon Heene, who it turned out was safe at home, not flying over Colorado, became known as this "boy"
Time's up! The correct answer was the balloon boy
MOVIE CITIES
2008's "The Mysteries of ____" was based on a novel
Time's up! The correct answer was Pittsburgh
THE HUSBAND MARRIED
Helen Menken, Mary Philips, Mayo Methot & Lauren Bacall
Time's up! The correct answer was Humphrey Bogart
MYTHICAL CREATURES
The word "panic" comes from the name of a Greek god who was this type of creature
Time's up! The correct answer was a satyr
AUTHORS
An eye ailment contracted at Eton School ended his plans to study biology, like his brother Julian
Time's up! The correct answer was Aldous Huxley
TRANSPORTATION
The U.S. U-2, first built in the 1950s, was an airplane; the German U-1, first built in the 1910s, was one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a submarine
AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
"Voyage of the Beagle"
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Darwin
FRENCH ART & ARTISTS
We know he painted the absinthe drinker seen here, though there's nary a tutu in sight:
Time's up! The correct answer was Edgar Degas
THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS
The report's back from the lab; it's the science dealing with the detection of poisons
Time's up! The correct answer was toxicology
INDEPENDENCE DAYS
Though it was first settled by the French, July 1 marks its partial independence from the U.K.
Time's up! The correct answer was Canada
IT'S OURS!
Cook Islands
Time's up! The correct answer was New Zealand
COUNTY SEATS
Quincy, Illinois is the seat of a county with this presidential name
Time's up! The correct answer was Adams
CANALS
The city of Balboa is the Pacific terminus of this 51-mile-long canal
Time's up! The correct answer was the Panama Canal
"PH"UN WORDS
The bar type is one common form of this chart
Time's up! The correct answer was graph
ANDY WARHOL
Warhol went against his Capitalist tendencies with his portrait of this man, seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Mao Tse-tung
LITERATURE
Part I of this Willa Cather novel is entitled "The Wild Land"
Time's up! The correct answer was O Pioneers!
NURSERY RHYMES
While "January brings the snow", "may brings flocks of pretty" these, "skipping by their fleecy dams"
Time's up! The correct answer was lambs
THE OLD COLLEGE TRY
Rhode Island's only Ivy League school is this institution
Time's up! The correct answer was Brown
GEOGRAPHIC PHRASES
This common term originated in the early 1500s with the book "De Rebus Oceanicis et Novo Orbe"
Time's up! The correct answer was the New World
CAPITAL IDEA
One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities, it became a capital in 1946 when Syria gained independence
Time's up! The correct answer was Damascus
ETIQUETTE
In 1922 Emily Post wrote, "A gentleman takes off" this "when a lady enters the elevator"
Time's up! The correct answer was his hat
THE WOK OF FAME
To eat Chinese food like a native, use 2 of these 10 1/2-inch wooden implements
Time's up! The correct answer was Chopsticks
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
GOVERNMENT
Since 1909 every government in Denmark's parliament has been this type that needs to strike deals
Time's up! The correct answer was minority government
"GENERAL" JOB INFORMATION
Alberto Gonzales & Robert F. Kennedy both held this cabinet position
Time's up! The correct answer was Attorney General
VACATION FUN
Watch out for sewer rats inside the "Sewer Adventure" at the Aquaria Water Museum in this Swedish capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Stockholm
CELEBS
The TV show "Everybody Hates Chris" is based on the childhood of this comic
Time's up! The correct answer was Chris Rock
THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS
Russell Simmons & Rick Rubin founded Def Jam, the '80s' premier record label for this type of music
Time's up! The correct answer was Rap
EPONYMS
From the disciple who betrayed Jesus, it's one who betrays a friend for some reward
Time's up! The correct answer was a Judas
COME TO OUR AIDE
In 2009 an aide to the Defense Sec. was ensnared in the scandal over a couple who crashed this White House event
Time's up! The correct answer was the White House State Dinner
THE BUTLER DID IT
Robert Guillaume cleaned up on "Soap" before moving to the governor's mansion on this series
Time's up! The correct answer was Benson
SOCIOLOGY
The sum of the customs & beliefs that distinguish one group from another; the hippies formed a "counter" one
Time's up! The correct answer was a culture
MUNICH
In 1634 & 1635 an outbreak of this deadly contagion devastated Munich, killing more than one third of its residents
Time's up! The correct answer was bubonic plague
AH, SWEET MYTHTERY
Of a dryad, a naiad or an oread, she's the water nymph
Time's up! The correct answer was a naiad
BE FRUITFUL & MULTIPLY
2 x 1,035
Time's up! The correct answer was 2,070
ALL "AMERICAN"
In 2009 the U.S. Mint issued a quarter for this territory featuring an ava bowl, a whisk & a coconut tree
Time's up! The correct answer was American Samoa
THE USA
The Green Mountains of Vermont & the White Mountains of New Hampshire are part of this mountain system
Time's up! The correct answer was Appalachians
"DO", "RE", "MI"
Harmful or poisonous fumes caused by decaying organic matter
Time's up! The correct answer was Miasma
MEN OF MUSIC
"King of the Waltz" Johann Strauss Jr. wrote in other dance forms too, like the "Tritsch-Tratsch" this
Time's up! The correct answer was the polka
TOUGH BODIES OF WATER
This Venezuelan lake is the only one of the world's 25 largest lakes whose elevation is sea level
Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Maracaibo
POLITICAL SLOGANS
In 1912, this pres. candidate declared, “We stand at Armageddon, & we battle for the Lord”
Time's up! The correct answer was Teddy Roosevelt
CHINESE CALENDAR ANIMALS
This sign for 2006 shows devotion to family; aren't you a good sign? Yes you are! Good sign!
Time's up! The correct answer was the dog
POET'S GLOSSARY
From the Latin for "stopping place", it's 2 or more lines of poetry that form a division within a poem
Time's up! The correct answer was a stanza
WATERFALLS
This scenic waterfall on the Brazil-Argentina border actually consists of about 275 individual cataracts