Trivia Game
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Time's up! The correct answer was National Organization for Women
A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS
Both pleasant & painful, as in a memory
Time's up! The correct answer was bittersweet
"HIGH" SCHOOL
Chuck Taylor, from whom Converse named a line of these shoes, was a basketball star of the 1910s
Time's up! The correct answer was high-tops
U.S. PRESIDENTS
His second inaugural address began, "At this last presidential inauguration of the twentieth century..."
Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Clinton
TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE WORD THAT RHYMES WITH STAR
A 1-pound tin of premium sevruga this can go for more than $2,000
Time's up! The correct answer was caviar
NATIONS OF AFRICA
Milton Obote, no bargain either, ran this country before & after Idi Amin
Time's up! The correct answer was Uganda
DUKE, DUKE
It was Duke-Duke once again with the April 1999 TV movie reunion of this 1960s series
Time's up! The correct answer was The Patty Duke Show
AROUND WASHINGTON, D.C.
The museum that's now the Smithsonian's Arts & Industries Bldg. was the site of this man's 1881 inaugural ball
Time's up! The correct answer was Garfield
POETIC TITLE VERBS
"She _____ In Beauty"
Time's up! The correct answer was Walks
CREATION STORIES
Africa's Fulani people, who are cattle herders, say everything came from a drop of this
Time's up! The correct answer was milk
POLITICS
Baby book author who ran for president in '68
Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Spock
COMMON BONDS
Fife, Rubble, Miller
Time's up! The correct answer was Barney
NEWMAN'S OWN
Paul Newman played "Fast" Eddie Felson in these 2 movies
Time's up! The correct answer was The Hustler & The Color of Money
OSCARS OF THE '70s
For her portrayal of Greta Ohlsson in a 1974 mystery, this legendary actress scored her third Oscar
Time's up! The correct answer was Ingrid Bergman
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC "B"
At the finals in 1999, I asked about a bridge linking the European & Asian parts of Turkey across this strait
Time's up! The correct answer was Bosporus
EXPLORERS
A book by Thomas James, who searched for the Northwest Passage, inspired this Coleridge poem
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
CLASSIC MOVIE CHARACTERS
The parents of this 1942 film character are an unnamed mother & a father known as "the great prince of the forest"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bambi
AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
"This Side of Paradise"
Time's up! The correct answer was F. Scott Fitzgerald
"G"ARDEN GLOSSARY
Open an account at one of these banks that exist for the conservation of seeds, tissues or reproductive cells
Time's up! The correct answer was a gene bank
INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN
The Times of London estimates this chess player is taking home $20 mil. a year; that's some check, mate!
Time's up! The correct answer was Garry Kasparov
NO. 1 QUESTIONS
In a 1971 No. 1 hit the Bee Gees wanted to know "How can you mend" one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a broken heart
OH MY GOD! YOU'VE GOT 3 "I"s
Fran Lebowitz called this type of pasta with clam sauce "mankind's crowning achievement"
Time's up! The correct answer was linguini
AYE! IT'S IRELAND
Reflecting its lush, beautiful countryside. it's Ireland's gem of a nickname
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Emerald Isle"
3 LITTLE LETTERS
Like banks, many grocery stores now have these for dispensing cash & taking deposits
Time's up! The correct answer was ATMs
DICTATORS & TYRANTS
On Sept. 9, 1948 the DPRK, aka North Korea, was established with this man as its supreme leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Kim Il-sung
QUOTATIONS
Jean-Luc Godard said, "Photography is truth, and" this "is truth 24 times a second"
Time's up! The correct answer was film
THE MAINE ATTRACTION
It's the only National Park in all of New England
Time's up! The correct answer was Acadia
BACKWORDS
You'd be naive to think you can make bottled water that's more popular than this
Time's up! The correct answer was Evian
19th CENTURY LITERATURE
Ydgrun is a goddess worshipped by residents of this Samuel Butler country
Time's up! The correct answer was Erewhon
"H" CITIES
The racing schooner Bluenose, depicted on Canada's 10-cent coin, has a replica in this Nova Scotian port
Time's up! The correct answer was Halifax
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
Lillard, Modine
Time's up! The correct answer was Matthew
BIRD HUNTING
The stars of the movie "Network" include Faye Dunaway, Beatrice Straight & Peter Finch
Time's up! The correct answer was a finch
TOM JONES
Tom finally learns the true identity of this person; he thought it was Jenny the maid
Time's up! The correct answer was His mother
WORKING ON THE RAILROAD
This semipublic corporation that operates intercity U.S. passenger trains was created by Congress in 1970
Time's up! The correct answer was Amtrak
WORLD RELIGION
In the presence of the Adi Granth, the sacred book of the Sikhs, you cover your head & remove these
Time's up! The correct answer was your shoes
THE TITANIC
The ship was so big, communication was by telegraph from this navigating area to the engine room
Time's up! The correct answer was the bridge
GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT
If you're vulpine, you're like a fox; if you're lying on your back with your face upward, you're in this position
Time's up! The correct answer was supine
NEBRASKA, NEW YORK OR NORTH DAKOTA
The largest in area
Time's up! The correct answer was Nebraska
"DOUBLE" JEOPARDY
Line preceding "Fire burn and cauldron bubble"
Time's up! The correct answer was **"Double double, toil and trouble" **
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
THE HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD
Happy, snappy or pappy
Time's up! The correct answer was happy
THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s
1967: "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon"
Time's up! The correct answer was Neil Diamond
IN THE GOOD OLD SUMER TIME
These Sumerian pyramids were topped by temples
Time's up! The correct answer was Ziggurats
PARTS OF PEACH
If this part of a peach is downy or fuzzy, the fruit's called a peach; if it's smooth, a nectarine
Time's up! The correct answer was the skin
THAT'S SO '90s
Born Louis Eugene Walcott, he led a million man march in Washington, D.C. in 1995
Time's up! The correct answer was Louis Farrakhan
MODES OF TRANSPORT
This nickname for early cars pointed out that they were not pulled by equines
Time's up! The correct answer was horseless carriages
THE SUMMER OLYMPICS
In 2004 the USA's Bryan Clay, with 8,820 points, took the silver in this 10-event contest
Time's up! The correct answer was the decathlon
BILL GATES' 50 BILLION
If his employee's price is $50.00, Bill could buy a billion of the "98" version of this operating system
Time's up! The correct answer was Windows
THE HAYES YEARS
During 1879 he perfected his photographic dry plate
Time's up! The correct answer was George Eastman
MUSEUMS
The Eisenhower Center in this Kansas town houses numerous mementos of the president's life & career
Time's up! The correct answer was Abilene
LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"
In 1775 this island in San Francisco Bay was called "Island of the Pelicans"
Time's up! The correct answer was Alcatraz
RUN, RUN, RUN
If you want to hit this type of "contained" home run, you probably will need to run really fast
Time's up! The correct answer was an inside-the-park home run
DUDE, YOU'RE A SONG!
"...don't make it bad, take a sad song and make it better"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jude
THE ICU
A neonatal ICU may contain several isolettes, a type of this chamber
Time's up! The correct answer was Incubator
NAME THE AUTOMAKER
Legend & Integra
Time's up! The correct answer was Acura
THE BLUE ANGELS
(Sarah of the Clue Crew riding in a Blue Angels jet) With a ceiling of over 50,000 feet, the Blue Angels jets, FA-18s, are known by the name of this insect
Time's up! The correct answer was hornet
SPORTS
Founded in 1897, it's the world's oldest annual marathon
Time's up! The correct answer was the Boston Marathon
NAME THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY
"Eye of newt and toe of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog"
Time's up! The correct answer was Macbeth
DOWN AT THE OLD FACTORY
Company that ran the Hawk-Eye Works in Rochester, N.Y.
Time's up! The correct answer was Kodak
THE TITANIC
Gates prevented 700 of these passengers from getting up to the main deck, though they didn't stop Leo in the movie
Time's up! The correct answer was third class
THE 50 STATES
The diatonic or "Cajun" accordion is the official musical instrument of this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana
COMMON BONDS
Door, Nobel, booby
Time's up! The correct answer was prizes
THE EMERALD ISLE
It's the one-word term for the traditional 6 counties known as Northern Ireland
Time's up! The correct answer was Ulster
THE GRIDIRON
[Hi, I'm Shannon Sharpe of the Denver Broncos] In 1995 this Cowboys running back tied Jim Brown's record by scoring his 100th career TD in his 93rd NFL game
Time's up! The correct answer was Emmitt Smith
SCIENCE & NATURE
In June 1991 weightlessness experiments were conducted on about 2,500 jellyfish aboard this
Time's up! The correct answer was the Space Shuttle
ATTACK OF THE THESAURUS
In kiddy lit Jack didn't kill the titan or the colossus, he killed this
Time's up! The correct answer was the giant
THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE SOUTH
The American Heritage Dictionary calls this pronoun the most famous feature of Southern dialects
Time's up! The correct answer was y'all
POETIC TITLE VERBS
"She _____ In Beauty"
Time's up! The correct answer was Walks
MAIN STREET U.S.A.
Bob Seger was "down on Main Street" in this city, home to a university
Time's up! The correct answer was Ann Arbor
"GREEN" THINGS
A precocious redhaired little girl is the heroine of this 1908 children's book by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Time's up! The correct answer was Anne of Green Gables
"V" IS FOR
...this word on a sign meaning there's still room at the inn
Time's up! The correct answer was vacancy
WOOD & WIND
The line "O wild west wind, thou breath of autumn's being" starts an 1819 ode by this man
Time's up! The correct answer was Percy Shelley
MR. MOVIES
Of James Cagney, Henry Fonda or Jack Lemmon, the one who won an Oscar for "Mr. Roberts"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack Lemmon
THOSE CRAZY GUGGENHEIMS
Patriarch Meyer moved from Switzerland to the U.S. in 1847 & set up shop in this Pennsylvania city
Time's up! The correct answer was Philadelphia
MINERALS
You’ll discover not gold, but a black mark, after rubbing this “gold” on porcelain
Time's up! The correct answer was fool’s gold
MAGAZINES
Comparing itself to People, this magazine says it reaches "A better class of people"
Time's up! The correct answer was Us
BREAKFAST CEREALS
Babe Ruth was one of the first athletes to endorse this "Breakfast of Champions"
Time's up! The correct answer was Wheaties
IT'S EXTINCT
The dodo was found on the Islands of Reunion, Rodrigues & Mauritius in this ocean
Time's up! The correct answer was the Indian Ocean
FAMOUS TEENAGERS
This young man who turned 18 on June 21, 2000 has a dog named Widgeon & a younger brother named Harry
Time's up! The correct answer was Prince William
THE 17TH CENTURY
Nearly 13,000 homes & 100 churches were destroyed in this city's Great Fire of 1666
Time's up! The correct answer was London
POETS
In 1953 his Norton Lectures at Harvard were published as "i: six nonlectures"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cummings
"O"PERA
Verdi's work on this General's life opens in Cyprus; Shakespeare's tale begins in Venice
Time's up! The correct answer was Otello
IN A FESTIVAL MOOD
In July 1965 Bob Dylan was booed at the Newport Festival of this, for abandoning that type of music
Time's up! The correct answer was Folk Music
11-LETTER WORDS
The scientific study of birds
Time's up! The correct answer was Ornithology
WORD ORIGINS
From Dutch “kaban huis”, meaning ship’s galley, in U.S. it came to mean last car on a train
Time's up! The correct answer was the caboose
PLANT PARENTHOOD
(Sarah of the Clue Crew in the laboratory) A must for any gardener, a soil testing kit is used to take a reading of this level, a measure of acidity
Time's up! The correct answer was pH level
THE "A" "B" "C"s
Ring in & tell me this correct name for a young swan
Time's up! The correct answer was Cygnet
EDGAR AWARD WINNERS
"The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" got him the Edgar
Time's up! The correct answer was John le Carré
20th CENTURY BALLET
This great Spanish cubist designed sets & costumes for the 1919 ballet "The Three-Cornered Hat"
Time's up! The correct answer was Picasso
ABBREV.
Since 1871, they've aimed to please: NRA
Time's up! The correct answer was the National Rifle Association
STARTS WITH "B"
A little mistake, or Yogi Bear's little buddy
Time's up! The correct answer was Boo Boo
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST
In the March 17, 1956 issue, Gary Cooper said, "In Westerns you were permitted to kiss" this "but never your girl"
Time's up! The correct answer was your horse
FASHION FROM HEAD TO TOE
1950s fashion favored this canine skirt
Time's up! The correct answer was a poodle skirt
COUNTRY MUSIC
This performer became an Opry member in 1991, the same year his "When I Call Your Name" album went platinum
Time's up! The correct answer was Vince Gill
BIG, REALLY BIG!
Built on 200 acres, this Washington, D.C. train station was once the world's largest
Time's up! The correct answer was Union Station
THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
This U.N. agency, created in 1946 to aid children in Europe, won the 1965 Peace Prize
Time's up! The correct answer was UNICEF
INITIALS M.D.
He won an Oscar as co-writer of "Good Will Hunting"
Time's up! The correct answer was Matt Damon
"B" PREPARED
This period lasted from about 3500 to 1500 B.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was the Bronze Age
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
A REALLY BIG CATEGORY
The Great Red Spot is a great big storm on this great big planet
Time's up! The correct answer was Jupiter
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
AND I QUOTE
Type of quotations in the title of "Bartlett's"
Time's up! The correct answer was Familiar
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
A SHAKESPEARE PLAY, FOR OPENERS
The chorus of "Romeo & Juliet" tells us it's in this city "where we lay our scene"
Time's up! The correct answer was Verona
A THOMAS GUIDE
In 1952 this poet told us to "Rage, rage against the dying of the light"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dylan Thomas
TECHNOLOGY
This was the first smartphone in the world.
Time's up! The correct answer was IBM Simon
BERMUDA SHORTS
Bermuda uses this basic unit of currency
Time's up! The correct answer was the dollar
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
BEFORE & AFTER
1980 scarefest in which mom & daughter switch bodies one day & are stalked by Jason at Camp Crystal Lake
Time's up! The correct answer was Freaky Friday the 13th
OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s
Linus Torvalds is the father of this operating system used on cell phones & supercomputers
Time's up! The correct answer was Linux
EVERYBODY LOVES RAY
"Write if you get work" was Ray Goulding's catchphrase as half of this duo
Time's up! The correct answer was Bob and Ray
2-LETTER WORDS
An Italian river, or the red Teletubby
Time's up! The correct answer was Po
U.S. PORT CITIES
Among the busiest ports with "port" in their names are Port Everglades in Florida & Port Arthur in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas
MEATS
Used to cure many meats including bacon, its the creosote and formaldehyde in this that help preserve things
Time's up! The correct answer was smoke
ANDY WARHOL
Because he had the same thing for lunch every day for 20 years, Andy Warhol painted these, beginning in 1962
Time's up! The correct answer was Campbell's Soup cans
HISTORIC PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS
On May 15, 1768 France bought this island from Genoa for 2 million livres
Time's up! The correct answer was Corsica
GIANTS OF SCIENCE
In 1993 he made a "brief" appearance as himself on an episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Hawking
CONDUCTORS
Unlike most nonmetals, this element with the symbol B is a workable conductor
Time's up! The correct answer was boron
LIVE IN TEXAS
This billionaire Texan was asked to testify on his Plano company's involvement in California's energy crisis
Time's up! The correct answer was H. Ross Perot
FAMOUS TEACHERS
In 1967 this former teacher published a memoir entitled "Center of the Storm"
Time's up! The correct answer was John Scopes
BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS
1980: "Regular Folks"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ordinary People
U.S. PRESIDENTS
In 1997 a Houston airport was renamed in honor of this recent president
Time's up! The correct answer was George H.W. Bush
SHOES
Miranda, Spectator & D'Orsay are types of this slip-on women's shoe
Time's up! The correct answer was Pump
HEADQUARTERS
The Ford Motor Company has long been headquartered in this city that adjoins Detroit
Time's up! The correct answer was Dearborn
YES, THAT'S "WHITE"
Condition of heavy snow or fog during daylight in which visibility is lost
Time's up! The correct answer was a whiteout
WON THE BATTLE
With 1/3 the troops of his enemy, this American general beat Santa Anna in the 1847 Battle of Buena Vista
Time's up! The correct answer was Taylor
NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD
Argentina & Brazil have national parks to preserve the wildlife & beauty of these extensive waterfalls
Time's up! The correct answer was Iguazu Falls
WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?
A New England boiled dinner is traditionally made with this cured deli meat
Time's up! The correct answer was corned beef
FLEMISH & DUTCH MASTERS
Artist whose masterpiece is seen here: ("Night Cafe")
Time's up! The correct answer was Vincent Van Gogh
BODIES OF WATER
The St. Mary's River connects Lake Superior to this second-largest Great Lake
Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Huron
WHAT TO WEAR
Christian Lacroix popularized the pouf type of this
Time's up! The correct answer was dress
SATURDAY
At age 3, as Bubbles Silverman, this opera star sang on a Sat. morning radio show, "Uncle Bob's Rainbow House"
Time's up! The correct answer was Beverly Sills
ANNUAL EVENTS
The Pendleton Roundup, an annual rodeo, takes place in Pendleton in this northwestern state
Time's up! The correct answer was Oregon
MYTHICAL CREATURES
Marco Polo told us of this 3-letter bird that could carry an elephant in its claws
Time's up! The correct answer was the roc
A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS
Baylor, Stephen F. Austin, Rice
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas
PASS THE CHEESE, PLEASE
Samsoe is a Swiss-style cow's milk cheese named for an island in this Scandinavian country
Time's up! The correct answer was Denmark
TIMELESS TV
In 1948 Douglas Edwards became the first anchor of this network's Evening News
Time's up! The correct answer was CBS
EAT IT!
It's the Spanish-named appetizer of tortilla chips & often beans, beef & onions topped with melted cheese
Time's up! The correct answer was nachos
MISSING LINKS
Mobile ____ Economics
Time's up! The correct answer was home
BEN
In 1783 Franklin asked Congress to recall him from this country; he finally made it home in 1785
Time's up! The correct answer was France
GENERAL INFORMATION
This title folk story guy steals a golden egg-laying hen, bags of gold & a golden harp; the "giant-cide" comes later
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack
NORM!
The dad of this First Gulf War general was a N.J. State Police bigwig & worked the Lindbergh kidnapping case
Time's up! The correct answer was Schwarzkopf
LITERARY QUOTES
Robert Louis Stevenson said, "Marriage is ..... a field of battle, and not a bed of" these
Time's up! The correct answer was Roses
HITCHCOCK
Jessica Tandy finds a farmer dead, his eyes gouged out, in this 1963 thriller
Time's up! The correct answer was The Birds
& SO I FACE THE FINAL CURTAIN
It was nice to see this musical "Looking Swell" & "Still Goin' Strong", but after 2,844 shows, it bowed out in 1970
Time's up! The correct answer was Hello, Dolly!
THE CIVIL WAR
Union pay department officers wore the M1840, one of these weapons that featured a straight 31" all-gilt blade
Time's up! The correct answer was Sword
ALASKA
4 different species of bears live in Alaska: Kodiak, grizzly, black & this
Time's up! The correct answer was Polar bears
THE "B.G."s
A naval force made up of an aircraft carrier & support vessels
Time's up! The correct answer was battle group
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 1890s
Of "Frankenstein", "The Invisible Man" or "Dracula", the one not created in 1897
Time's up! The correct answer was "Frankenstein"
KFC
The formula using this many herbs & spices is locked in a safe in Louisville
Time's up! The correct answer was 11
REAL TO REEL
In this 1990 movie Robin Williams played a doctor who roused a group of patients out of their catatonic states
Time's up! The correct answer was Awakenings
GO "SOUTH"
...to 90 degrees south latitude & you'll find yourself here
Time's up! The correct answer was the South Pole
BIOPIC-NIC
1992: Jack Nicholson as this labor leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Hoffa
FANTASTIC FILMS
This huge creature 1st waddled through Tokyo & its suburbs in 1956
Time's up! The correct answer was Godzilla
SCIENCE CLASS
Lava & igneous rock are formed from this hot liquid rock material found under the earth's crust
Time's up! The correct answer was magma
THEATRE
The 1996 musical "Play On!" gets its title from the first line of this Shakespeare play, on which it is based
Time's up! The correct answer was "Twelfth Night"
HISPANIC HISTORY
As president of this country, Antonio Guzman Blanco had a new capital built in Caracas
Time's up! The correct answer was Venezuela
JUST PLANE GEOMETRY
To make this figure, put a looped string around 2 tacks, place a pencil tight against the string & draw
Time's up! The correct answer was an ellipse
U.S. STATES
This state got its nickname, "Badger State", from the 1820s miners who dug into its hillsides
Time's up! The correct answer was Wisconsin
SECRET IDENTITIES
Wonder Woman
Time's up! The correct answer was Diana Prince
NEW WEAPONS
The FA-18E/F is the "Super" version of this high-tech U.S. Navy fighter jet with a wasplike name
Time's up! The correct answer was a Hornet
SYNONYMS
As a noun, it's a synonym for "flower", as a verb, it's to blossom or come into one's own
Time's up! The correct answer was bloom
GOVERNMENT
Until 1896, majority in this branch of Congress were 1st termers, now less than 10% are
Time's up! The correct answer was the House of Representatives
"LAP" DANCE
It's the continuation of the suit coat's collar
Time's up! The correct answer was Lapel
1957
He ended his brief retirement to become chairman & president of Occidental Petroleum
Time's up! The correct answer was Armand Hammer
BIOLOGY
Associated with this sense, the olfactory lobe is better developed in most vertebrates than in man
Time's up! The correct answer was smell
ANIMAL RHYME TIME
Small vessel for shipping a nanny or a billy
Time's up! The correct answer was goat boat
CANADIAN FOOTBALL
The Alouettes play their home games at Molson Stadium on the campus of this Montreal university
Time's up! The correct answer was McGill
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
COUNTY SEATS
Quincy, Illinois is the seat of a county with this presidential name
Time's up! The correct answer was Adams
ALSO ON YOUR COMPUTER KEYS
A loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders to below the waist
Time's up! The correct answer was a shift
5-LETTER CAPITALS
In 1809 one of the first revolts for independence in Latin America broke out in this Ecuadoran capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Quito
CLASSIC ADS & JINGLES
"Solutions for a small planet"
Time's up! The correct answer was IBM
TV MINISERIES
(Hi, I'm Kristoff St. John from "The Young and the Restless") Earlier in my career, I appeared in "Roots: The Next Generation", playing this author as a boy
Time's up! The correct answer was Alex Haley
WHO PLAYED 'EM
2004: Sirius Black, the prisioner of Azkaban
Time's up! The correct answer was Gary Oldman
CELEBRITY FACTS
Jake Gyllenhaal got his first driving lesson from this late movie star & auto racer
Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Newman
"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
FOREIGN CURRENCY
This currency of Costa Rica gets its name from the first European to see the nation
Time's up! The correct answer was the Colon
KING ARTHUR
Arthur set up the diamond jousts, a series of 9 annual tournaments all won by this knight
Time's up! The correct answer was Lancelot
MAGIC
This 16-letter synonym for sleight of hand comes from the Latin for "nimble finger"
Time's up! The correct answer was prestidigitation
ANNUAL EVENTS
Dancers clomp around in wooden shoes at the Holland, Michigan festival honoring this flower
Time's up! The correct answer was the tulip
IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING
An athlete who is "swinging for the fences" is playing this sport
Time's up! The correct answer was baseball
AROUND THE WORLD
In 1995 the Pacific island of Kiribati shifted this "line", making it the first nation to see the morning sun each day
Time's up! The correct answer was International Date Line
4-LETTER WORDS
Gloomy & forbidding, like a certain "reaper"
Time's up! The correct answer was Grim
LICENSE PLATE MOTTOS
"10,000 Lakes"
Time's up! The correct answer was Minnesota
TINKER
"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" is a novel by this Brit
Time's up! The correct answer was le Carré
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
BRITISH POETS & POETRY
He called "Prometheus Unbound" "The best thing I ever wrote"
Time's up! The correct answer was Percy B. Shelley
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
"N"ATIONS OF THE WORLD
Homeland of Edvards Munch & Grieg
Time's up! The correct answer was Norway
GETTING TICKED OFF
In 2005 this ex-diplomat wasn't so diplomatic, saying, "I believe Karl Rove should be fired" for outing his CIA wife, Valerie Plame
Time's up! The correct answer was Wilson
STATES OF THE UNION
Its near islands are farthest from its mainland; Kodiak is closer
Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska
MR. MOVIES
Though Diane Keaton never found the title character in this 1977 film, she found someone really nuts
Time's up! The correct answer was Looking for Mr. Goodbar
THE CIVIL WAR
In the Gettysburg campaign, Lee's forces were along Seminary Ridge and the federal forces along this ridge
Time's up! The correct answer was Cemetery Ridge
GEORGIAN ON MY MIND
This "Pretty Woman" was born in Smyrna, Georgia on Oct. 28, 1967
Time's up! The correct answer was Julia Roberts
LET'S MESS WITH TEXAS
Born in 1921, this Mission, Tex.-born senator served with Jack Kennedy, knew Jack Kennedy & hey! you're not Jack Kennedy!
Time's up! The correct answer was Lloyd Bentsen
ANTIQUES
Used as early as the 15th century, apostle spoons usually came in sets of this number
Time's up! The correct answer was 12 or 13
PIZZA TOPPINGS
These on your pizza may be fire-roasted, sun-dried, or just fresh sliced Romas
Time's up! The correct answer was tomatoes
WHAT A GEM!
Mexico is known for its water & fire varieties of this gem
Time's up! The correct answer was opal
CAESAR
The Arch of the Emperor Titus in Rome heralds his conquest of this city in 70 A.D., ending the Jewish revolt
Time's up! The correct answer was Jerusalem
ISRAEL
Home to spectacular ruins, Caesarea was founded around 20 B.C. & named for this Caesar
Time's up! The correct answer was Augustus
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
In Kazakhstan: Kazakh & this
Time's up! The correct answer was Russian
U.S. STATES
The last major land battle of the Revolutionary War took place in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Virginia
THE 50 STATES
The name of this state comes from 2 Choctaw words that mean "red" & "people"
Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma
MAGAZINES
Comparing itself to People, this magazine says it reaches "A better class of people"
Time's up! The correct answer was Us
THE REEL STORY
Keanu Reeves is a supernatural detective in this 2005 flick based on the Hellblazer comic book
Time's up! The correct answer was Constantine
COMPOSERS
In 1810, the same year as Schumann, this Polish pianist & composer was born
Time's up! The correct answer was Chopin
HIDDEN BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
Sending money was the best her friends could do for her
Time's up! The correct answer was Esther
PICK A PLANET
It's never observable when the sky is fully dark
Time's up! The correct answer was Mercury
MEN OF MUSIC
In 1908 Oscar Strauss turned this playwright's "Arms and the Man" into the operetta "The Chocolate Soldier"
Time's up! The correct answer was Shaw
IT'S A DOGGY DOG WORLD
Seen here, it's named for a peninsula shared by Quebec & Newfoundland
Time's up! The correct answer was Labrador Retriever
STATE BIRDS
Virginia: This bird, not Albert Pujols
Time's up! The correct answer was the cardinal
PARTY OF "FIVE"
Vice President Thomas Marshall said, "What this country needs is a good" one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Five-cent cigar
STATE GOVERNMENT
In this post, Jim Ryan is Illinois' chief law enforcement & consumer protection official
Time's up! The correct answer was attorney general
THAT'S ITALIAN!
This 15th century movement may have first been named in a 1550 book, using the Italian word rinascita
Time's up! The correct answer was the Renaissance
SAY CHEESE
This cheese that has an orange rind originated in Alsace & is named for a city there
Time's up! The correct answer was Muenster
THE CIVIL WAR
His first act after being sworn in as president of the Confederacy was to send a peace commission to Washington, D.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Jefferson Davis
SHAMANISM ON YOU
Shamans on this Southeast Asian peninsula, also called the Kra Peninsula, use quartz crystals for healing
Time's up! The correct answer was the Malay Peninsula
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
UP IN THE AIR
From 30 to 50 miles up is this intermediate section of the atmosphere; it gets its name from the Greek for "middle"
Time's up! The correct answer was mesosphere
PARTS OF THE WHOLE
Eyepiece, declination setting scale, azimuth fine adjustment
Time's up! The correct answer was a telescope
1800
This vulcanization inventor was born a bouncing baby boy in 1800
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Goodyear
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
In 2004 this Dutch airlines merged with Air France
Time's up! The correct answer was KLM
A LITERARY TOUR
Perhaps you'll draft your Nobel Prize acceptance speech at NYC's Algonquin Hotel, as this Mississippi man did in 1950
Time's up! The correct answer was Faulkner
WHAT TO WEAR
In 2002 John Gotti was buried in a pinstripe suit of this characteristic closing type
Time's up! The correct answer was double-breasted
HERE COMES BAHRAIN AGAIN
In 1991 Bahrain was one of the good guys in this conflict & the U.S. sold it Apache helicopters
Time's up! The correct answer was The Gulf War/Operation Desert Storm
ACTRESSES' FIRST FILMS
"To Have and Have Not"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bacall
THE PLANETS
In August 1989 it became the last planet encountered by Voyager 2
Time's up! The correct answer was Neptune
CLOTHING
This Channel Island has a close-fitting knitted shirt or sweater named for it, in addition to a cow
Time's up! The correct answer was Jersey
PRESIDENTS
The last President to sport a moustache or beard while in office
Time's up! The correct answer was William Howard Taft
GOING TO PIECES
The U.S. hasn't minted these, between a penny & a nickel, since 1872
Time's up! The correct answer was a two-cent coin
ROCKS & MINERALS
Mark Twain defined it as a hole in the groud with a liar standing at the top
Time's up! The correct answer was mine
LSU
"All The King's Men" know this first poet laureate of the U.S. was editor of LSU's Southern Review
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Penn Warren
TINKER
Grant Tinker was known as "the man who saved" this TV network
Time's up! The correct answer was NBC
"TOMORROW"
In the novel "Gone with the Wind", it follows "I'll think of some way to get him back"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tomorrow is another day
LITERARY OPENINGS
"All happy families are alike but an unhappy family is unhappy after its own fashion."
Time's up! The correct answer was "Anna Karenina"
ANNIVERSARY GIFTS
You shouldn't "cast" them "before swine", but you can give them for a 12th or 30th anniversary gift
Time's up! The correct answer was Pearls
MEN OF MUSIC
In 1908 Oscar Strauss turned this playwright's "Arms and the Man" into the operetta "The Chocolate Soldier"
Time's up! The correct answer was Shaw
OF A SALESMAN
Sick of selling dry goods from a buggy, in 1872 Montgomery Ward issued a one-page one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a catalog
LET'S VISIT AUSTRIA
Capital of Tyrol, it has hosted 2 Winter Olympics
Time's up! The correct answer was Innsbruck
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
This British actress played Isadora Duncan on film in 1968 & onstage in 1991
Time's up! The correct answer was Vanessa Redgrave
COME, HO CHI MINH
Ho Chi Minh was also known by the nickname Bac Ho, meaning this relative
Time's up! The correct answer was uncle
AT THE MOVIES
2002: A young Maori girl defies tradition & mounts a cetacean
Time's up! The correct answer was Whale Rider
HAIRY
From the Latin for "to clip", it's the shaved patch on the crowns of the heads of some monks
Time's up! The correct answer was tonsure
FAMOUS SHIPS
On December 27, 1831 it departed Plymouth, England to map the coastline of South America
Time's up! The correct answer was the HMS Beagle
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
LITERARY EPITAPHS
Beloved father of Cordelia, less beloved father of Goneril & Regan
Time's up! The correct answer was King Lear
FATHER'S IN LAW
Father learned about the quaint problems of the poor at Chicago's "Edwin F. Mandel" this type of "Clinic"
Time's up! The correct answer was legal aid
THE FUNNIES
Jon is this cat's master; Odie is his dog friend
Time's up! The correct answer was Garfield
NUTRITION
It's good to break a little this between friends--it supplies carbs & fiber
Time's up! The correct answer was bread
ASTROLOGY
There are this many houses in the astrological subdivision
Time's up! The correct answer was 12
FLY COUNTRIES
Belavia (Its first terminal was in Minsk)
Time's up! The correct answer was Belarus
SCOTLAND
The Church of Scotland, the country's national church, is a branch of this Christian denomination
Time's up! The correct answer was Presbyterian
20th CENTURY ARTISTS
"Sky Blue", "Blue Mountain" & "The Blue Rider" are all paintings by this Russian abstract artist
Time's up! The correct answer was Kandinsky
THE HUMAN BODY
They're also known as your zygomatic bones, & high ones are considered especially attractive
Time's up! The correct answer was Cheekbones
MAGAZINE FEATURES
Goings on About Town, The Talk of the Town, The Critics
Time's up! The correct answer was The New Yorker
ANIMALS
Large feral populations of the "mute" species of this long-necked bird inhabit the Mid-Atlantic coast
Time's up! The correct answer was Swans
DRAMA QUEENS
In Euripides' play about this famed beauty, it's her double who goes to Troy
Time's up! The correct answer was Helen
HISTORIC AMERICANS
In 1973 he resigned as governor of New York to found the Commission on Critical Choices for Americans
Time's up! The correct answer was Nelson Rockefeller
SYRIA'S EATING
To make eish al-Saraya or "Syrian dessert" you need this preparation made by steeping petals in liquid
Time's up! The correct answer was rosewater
IT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY
In 1858 the British established this type of colony on India's Andaman Islands
Time's up! The correct answer was Penal colony
SPORTS
On an official archery target, it's the color of the bull's eye
Time's up! The correct answer was yellow
GIVE THE BUCHAREST
In 1977 one of these phenomena devastated Bucharest, killing about 1,500 people
Time's up! The correct answer was an earthquake
BODIES OF WATER
The St. Mary's River connects Lake Superior to this second-largest Great Lake
Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Huron
MOVIES
In The Pursuit of Happyness, the protagonist sold these for a living.
Time's up! The correct answer was Bone Density Scanners
WHEN THEY WERE TEENS
He was known as Chan Kong Sang in his native Hong Kong where he was a teenage stuntman & fight choreographer
Time's up! The correct answer was Jackie Chan
THE "A"s
Winston Churchill said that this weapon "brought peace, but man alone can keep that peace"
Time's up! The correct answer was the atomic bomb
SCIENCE & NATURE
In 2009 a new hominid skeleton dubbed Ardi was aged at 4.4 million years, predating this other "girly" find by 1 mil. years
Time's up! The correct answer was Lucy
FROG ANATOMY
It's divided into 3 chambers: 2 auricles & 1 ventricle
Time's up! The correct answer was the frog's heart
LITERATURE
Milan Kundera's "Immortality" read in this, its original language, may be unbearably light reading
Time's up! The correct answer was Czech
CROSSWORD CLUES "B"
Bestselling book that has its own "belt" (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was Bible
SPORTS OF THE FEMALE OLYMPIANS
Misty May & Kerri Walsh
Time's up! The correct answer was beach volleyball
AROUND THE WORLD
Granite pillars support the roof of this man's burial "hall" near "The Gate of Heavenly Peace"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mao Tse-tung
THREE
In 1979 this nuclear power plant near Harrisburg experienced a near meltdown
Time's up! The correct answer was Three Mile Island
INSECTS
Because of its colors the butterfly seen here is named after this beast (orange & black colors)
Time's up! The correct answer was Tiger butterfly
ANATOMY
This transparent membrane in the eye covers the iris & has no blood vessels
Time's up! The correct answer was the cornea
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC "B"
This small western European country is known for quality carpets, cut diamonds & fine chocolates
Time's up! The correct answer was Belgium
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
GREEK MYTHOLOGY
Ioalus, the son of Iphicles & Automedusa, helped this man, his uncle, with his labors
Time's up! The correct answer was Hercules
THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE
In 1932 this auto racer began using the squadron badge of a WWI flying ace: a prancing horse
Time's up! The correct answer was Ferrari
WHAT A WEEK
Carrie on "Sex and the City" really enjoyed this event that brings ships & thousands of sailors to NYC
Time's up! The correct answer was Fleet Week
CLASSIC MOVIE SPECIAL EFFECTS
1998: Bullet trails in the water showcase the horror of the Normandy invasion
Time's up! The correct answer was Saving Private Ryan
"I" LADS
His is the first & longest book of the Bible's major prophets
Time's up! The correct answer was Isaiah
CLASSIC MOVIE SPECIAL EFFECTS
1968: (Spoiler alert!) Taylor discovers Lady Liberty poking up through the sand
Time's up! The correct answer was Planet of the Apes
"GENERAL" JOB INFORMATION
In 1870 Congress created this position to direct the Marine Hospital Service
Time's up! The correct answer was the Surgeon General
BETTER KNOWN AS...
TV pitchman Jim Varney
Time's up! The correct answer was Ernest P. Worrell
GIVE ME AN "A"!
The name Zog is not as much in vogue as it once was, when King Zog I ruled this European country
Time's up! The correct answer was Albania
A VIOLENT CATEGORY
As a noun it includes the cerebrum; as a verb it means "to smash on the head"
Time's up! The correct answer was brain
WHOSE IS IT?
This "heel" is named for thr only place a famous Greek warrior could be wounded
Time's up! The correct answer was Achilles' heel
THE "CAPTAIN"
This enigmatic seafarer in 1954's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" was portrayed by James Mason
Time's up! The correct answer was Captain Nemo
ALSO A VEGAS CASINO
A popular brand of orange juice
Time's up! The correct answer was Tropicana
BREAKING NEWS
Senator Obama attended the 2006 groundbreaking for this man's memorial, 1/2 mile from Lincoln's
Time's up! The correct answer was Martin Luther King
JUST DESSERTS
Perfect for dipping in wine or coffee, biscotti are twice-baked cookies from this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
DOWN AT THE OLD FACTORY
Charlie Bucket might like to visit this type of factory that opened in 1884 in Voiron, France
Time's up! The correct answer was a chocolate factory
...& 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
THE MOVIES
Jack Palance's character is described as "a saddlebag with eyes" in this 1991 comedy
Time's up! The correct answer was City Slickers
THE NBA
Located in the "Rose City", this team's home court is appropriately called the Rose Garden
Time's up! The correct answer was Portland Trail Blazers
HEY, "U"!
It precedes label, suit & Jack
Time's up! The correct answer was Union
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
HORSE SENSE
Shakespeare has this king saying, "Saddle White Surrey for the field to-morrow"
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard III
SELLERS
Founded in 1957, Dialamerica, Inc. is the USA's largest private company in this type of marketing
Time's up! The correct answer was Telemarketing
DON'T BE A PAIN
To control pain, some patients try this technique in which they monitor their body functions & try to alter them
Time's up! The correct answer was biofeedback
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
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
One of Reagan's last official acts as president was writing a thank-you note to this world leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Margaret Thatcher
ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE
The Houses of Lancaster & York used different colored types of these flowers as their symbols
Time's up! The correct answer was Roses
BEING THOREAU
A dedicated abolitionist, Thoreau was a "conductor" on this
Time's up! The correct answer was The Underground Railroad
MILITARY POWER
Contour flying is when a pilot flies low, following the Earth's contours, to avoid this
Time's up! The correct answer was Radar
HERE COMES BAHRAIN AGAIN
The "humped" shape of a Bahraini island gives it the name Hawer, meaning "young" one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Camel
RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME
A Latter-Day jury spokesperson
Time's up! The correct answer was a Mormon foreman
"IBLE"S & BITS
14-letter adjective for something that can't be wiped out
Time's up! The correct answer was indestructible
SHOES
This type of shoe has a slot in the strap across each vamp into which a coin can be inserted
Time's up! The correct answer was Pennyloafer
TECHNOLOGY
Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and this person founded Apple Computer in 1976.
Time's up! The correct answer was Ronald Wayne
WOMEN'S FASHION
This part of Princess Diana's wedding ensemble was 25 feet long
Time's up! The correct answer was Train
Y-R
An astronomer may speak of a solar, lunar, equinoctial or sidereal one
Time's up! The correct answer was a year
GETTING TICKED OFF
Jealous of this Prussian chancellor's fame, Wilhelm II sank him by forcing his resignation in 1890
Time's up! The correct answer was Bismarck
GAMES
In other words, this summer camp game could be called "Seize Your Enemy's Banner"
Time's up! The correct answer was Capture the Flag
WHY?
To punish Vronsky for turning cold to her, & to escape from everything
Time's up! The correct answer was Why does Anna Karenina kill herself?
MUSEUMS
This building in Philadelphia houses the inkstand used by the Declaration signers
Time's up! The correct answer was Independence Hall
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Site of a 1977 6.5 earthquake: Bucharest
Time's up! The correct answer was Romania
RICH & FAMOUS
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen owns this Portland sports team
Time's up! The correct answer was Portland Trail Blazers
KAN U SPEL BIZNESS?
"Kid tested, mother approved" cereal
Time's up! The correct answer was K-I-X
NATIONAL MONUMENTS
Castillo de San Marcos in this Florida city is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Augustine
THE NEW YORK TIMES 2009 FICTION BESTSELLERS
In "Dead and Gone" by Charlaine Harris, this "True Blood" waitress searches for the killer of a werepanther
Time's up! The correct answer was Sookie Stackhouse
TREES & SHRUBS
This shrub whose name is from Greek for "rose tree" is among the many plants growing on Himalayan slopes
Time's up! The correct answer was the rhododendron
& THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH
Varieties of this fish include brown, rainbow & cutthroat
Time's up! The correct answer was trout
SCRAMBLED EGGS?
Shhh! I'm making this egg dish for a dessert!: OF FUELS
Time's up! The correct answer was soufflé
2011 MOVIES
He was busy in 2011, with parts in "Paul", "Horrible Bosses" & "The Change-Up"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bateman
PEN NAMES
Dublin-born playwright John Casey changed his name to this, which sounds more Irish
Time's up! The correct answer was Sean O' Casey
THE RENAISSANCE
In his notebooks this Renaissance artist claimed, "The Medici created and destroyed me"
Time's up! The correct answer was Leonardo Da Vinci
PRINCETON
Princeton was given its name in 1896, the year this future Princeton student & Jazz Age author was born
Time's up! The correct answer was Scott Fitzgerald
BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES
George III
Time's up! The correct answer was Hanover
THOSE WACKY GERMANS
Gesundheit, meaning "health", is what Germans say instead of "bless you" when you do this
Time's up! The correct answer was Sneeze
NAME THE AUTOMAKER
Protege & Millenia
Time's up! The correct answer was Mazda
COUNTY SEATS
Quincy, Illinois is the seat of a county with this presidential name
Time's up! The correct answer was Adams
SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER
Pertaining to the scientific use & study of very low temperatures
Time's up! The correct answer was cryogenic
"KEY"s
This type of private establishment admits only members & their guests
Time's up! The correct answer was a key club
THE HUSBAND MARRIED
Helen Menken, Mary Philips, Mayo Methot & Lauren Bacall
Time's up! The correct answer was Humphrey Bogart
"YN"
A skeptic, or one of a Greek sect who espoused that virtue is the only good
Time's up! The correct answer was a cynic
20th CENTURY NOTABLES
Einstein said of him, "Generations to come will scarcely believe" one such as he "walked the Earth in flesh & blood"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mohandas Gandhi
QUOTATIONS
With his new $88.5 million contract, this Laker said, "I'm not really a big spender, I can get a lot of Krispy Kremes"
Time's up! The correct answer was Shaquille O'Neal
EDUCATION JARGON
From the Latin for "to heal", it's the type of education that brings deficient students up to standard levels
Time's up! The correct answer was remedial
BALLET
"The Steadfast Tin Soldier" is based on a fairy tale by this famous Dane
Time's up! The correct answer was Hans Christian Andersen
20th CENTURY NICKNAMES
"Hef"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hugh Hefner
STORM
Hurricane Camille leaves only one operational shrimping boat in Bayou La Batre in this 1994 Oscar winner
Time's up! The correct answer was Forrest Gump
BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY
In Ezekiel this capital of Egypt is called Noph, & the Lord promises to "destroy the idols" there (he didn't mean Elvis)
Time's up! The correct answer was Memphis
"EZ" DOES IT
One of the large, flat triangular muscles of the shoulder & upper back region
Time's up! The correct answer was Trapezius
THE "W.B."
It's worn by a novice in judo or karate
Time's up! The correct answer was White belt
SPOOKS
In the early '70s East German spy Gunter Guillaume infiltrated the office of this West German chancellor
Time's up! The correct answer was Willy Brandt
THE YEAR IN SPORTS
It was the year of Babe Ruth's career high in home runs
Time's up! The correct answer was 1927
MINORITY REPORT
Justice Holmes dissented when seditionist Jacob Abrams' conviction was upheld, saying he didn't pose this type of "danger"
Time's up! The correct answer was clear and present
FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY
In the Aesop fable, he's so far ahead he takes a nap; what a loser!
Time's up! The correct answer was Hare
WHEN THE SAINTS
This Afro-Cuban belief system uses Catholic saints as representations of the spirit world
Time's up! The correct answer was Santería
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
WORLD FACTS
The lowest river in the world, it's revered by Jews, Christians & Muslims alike
Time's up! The correct answer was The River Jordan
WORD"Z"
A granular form of this common mineral is used to make sandpaper
Time's up! The correct answer was quartz
"TOMORROW"
In the novel "Gone with the Wind", it follows "I'll think of some way to get him back"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tomorrow is another day
NOT A CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITAL
Sofia, Sarajevo, Saigon
Time's up! The correct answer was Saigon
WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN
"One of the most original and provocative American architects working today"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gehry
SCIENCE GUYS
At the Pantheon in Paris in 1851, he demonstrated the Earth's rotation using his famous pendulum
Time's up! The correct answer was Michel Foucault
COLONIAL ARTS
James Alexander, whose doggerel contributed to this publisher's arrest, helped defend him as a lawyer
Time's up! The correct answer was Zenger
FICTIONAL BOOKS
On this show, "The Itchy & Scratchy Movie" was novelized by Norman Mailer
Time's up! The correct answer was The Simpsons
OFFICIAL STATE THINGS
This state insect of Vermont is just as sweet as its state tree the sugar maple
Time's up! The correct answer was the honey bee
THE LAST MAN
In "Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science & Technology" is this "Cosmos" astronomer
Time's up! The correct answer was Carl Sagan
QUOTATIONS
In 1944 she wrote in her diary, "In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart"
Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Frank
NO. 1 QUESTIONS
1984 No. 1 for Tina Turner about the thrill of boy meeting girl
Time's up! The correct answer was "What's Love Got To Do With It"
RELIGION
The Southern Convention of this denomination split from the Yankees in 1845
Time's up! The correct answer was the Baptists
ANNIVERSARY GIFTS
You shouldn't "cast" them "before swine", but you can give them for a 12th or 30th anniversary gift
Time's up! The correct answer was Pearls
SCIENCE GUYS
This "Father of Genetics" is the subject of the biography "The Monk in the Garden"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gregor Mendel
HOTELS
The most famous hotel of this Canadian city is seen here: (Chateau Frontenac)
Time's up! The correct answer was Quebec City
LITERATURE FOR KIDS
"We looked! Then we saw him step in on the mat! We looked! And we saw him!" This famous cat
Time's up! The correct answer was the Cat in the Hat
THE MOVIES
She turned pirate in "Cutthroat Island" & action star in "The Long Kiss Goodnight"
Time's up! The correct answer was Geena Davis
UNOFFICIAL STATE NICKNAMES
It's "The Land of the Saints", the Latter-Day Saints
Time's up! The correct answer was Utah
FLY COUNTRIES
Aer Lingus
Time's up! The correct answer was Ireland
NYC MUSIC HISTORY
She co-wrote "The Loco-Motion" in the Brill Building on Broadway
Time's up! The correct answer was Carole King
WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!
Affer Los Alamos, I was the director of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study from 1947 to 1966
Time's up! The correct answer was Oppenheimer
COMPOSERS
Of the 3 Bs, the 2 who died in Vienna
Time's up! The correct answer was Beethoven & Brahms
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
HISTORIC BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
James & Lady Blanche have a "declaration": the July 25, 1848 birth of this future foreign secretary & prime minister
Time's up! The correct answer was Balfour
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?
This province has the longest border, including water, with the United States
Time's up! The correct answer was Ontario
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
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
"B" IN GEOGRAPHY
One of the newer large cities in the world, it's located in the central plateau of Brazil
Time's up! The correct answer was Brasilia
LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"
San Diego County is estimated to have a million acres of this Spanish-named dense shrub growth
Time's up! The correct answer was chaparral
PROVERBS
It "seldom knocks twice", so make the most of it
Time's up! The correct answer was Opportunity
FUN WITH OPERA
In "Susannah", a Bible-inspired opera, the elders are scandalized when they see the nude Susannah doing this outside
Time's up! The correct answer was Bathing in a creek
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
PRESIDENTS IN IOWA
Lincoln has a monument in Council Bluffs; this other president has a grave in West Branch
Time's up! The correct answer was Herbert Hoover
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
MONEY SLANG
When speaking of Messrs. Netanyahu or Britten, it's all about the first name, pluralized
Time's up! The correct answer was the Benjamins
SLIM VOLUMES
This chef followed up his "Now Eat This!" cookbook with "Now Eat This! Diet"
Time's up! The correct answer was DiSpirito
5 BANDS
2 members of this '70s "Ramblin' Man" band died in bike crashes, a year apart & within 3 blocks of each other
Time's up! The correct answer was The Allman Brothers Band
NFL COACHES
In 2004 LSU coach Nick Saban was tapped to be the new head coach for this team
Time's up! The correct answer was the Miami Dolphins
VIETNAM
A fertile marshland, Vietnam's southernmost region is the broad delta of this river
Time's up! The correct answer was Mekong
YES, THAT'S "WHITE"
A chess piece, or a company involved in a friendly takeover of another
Time's up! The correct answer was a white knight
DEFENESTRATION IN CINEMA
Giving the devil his due, Fr. Karras invites the devil inside himself, then exits from the second floor in this 1973 movie
Time's up! The correct answer was The Exorcist
AMERICAN AUTHORS
In 1884 she moved to Red Cloud, Nebraska & later fictionalized it as the town of Hanover in "O Pioneers!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Willa Cather
"E" CHANNEL
This South American country does not border Brazil
Time's up! The correct answer was Ecuador
AH, SWEET MYTHTERY
Hard-partyin' half-man, half-goat creatures of Greek mythology
Time's up! The correct answer was a satyr
20th CENTURY WORLD LEADERS
Wearing the hat of Chancellor for over 15 years, he was Germany's longest-serving leader since Bismarck
Time's up! The correct answer was Helmut Kohl
DRAMA
This play begins as Willy Loman returns home from a trip
Time's up! The correct answer was Death of a Salesman
COLORFUL GROUPS
Leaders of a "Seven Nation Army": The ____ Stripes
Time's up! The correct answer was White
FACTS & FIGURES
A pen with 1,400 diamonds depicting a mountain range was created in 2006 to celebrate this company's 100th anniversary
Time's up! The correct answer was Montblanc
"EN" THE BEGINNING
These peptide hormones in the brain reduce the sensation of pain
Time's up! The correct answer was endorphins
STORM
Bogey & Bacall's final film together was this one that saw them waiting out a storm in Florida
Time's up! The correct answer was Key Largo
PHYSICS
Plano-convex, biconvex & concavo-convex are 3 of the types of this optical component
Time's up! The correct answer was lens
"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
WORLD MUSEUMS
Totem poles & Noh masks are at the Pitt Rivers Museum, given on condition that Oxford hire a lecturer on this -ology
Time's up! The correct answer was anthropology
ROUGH POLITICS
A N.Y. coroner's inquest came to a finding of murder by this man, Vice President of the United States
Time's up! The correct answer was Aaron Burr
THE TITANIC
The ship was so big, communication was by telegraph from this navigating area to the engine room
Time's up! The correct answer was the bridge
FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY
He was the Democratic presidential frontrunner in 1987 until his "Monkey Business" did him in
gary vape
Time's up! The correct answer was Gary Hart
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
BERRIES
The tart, red cowberry is also called the "mountain" type of this berry, it is likewise used for sauce
cranberry
@fresh mulch guessed it! The answer was: Cranberry
I'D RATHER BE SKIING
Bumps or mounds of snow that accumulate on a slope are called these, like some very wealthy & powerful people
Time's up! The correct answer was moguls
STUPID ANSWERS
Whole number equidistant from 5 & 7
6
@fresh mulch guessed it! The answer was: 6
THE OBLIGATORY POETRY CATEGORY
It follows "Poems are made by fools like me..."
Time's up! The correct answer was "But only God can make a tree"
COMPANIES
Orange & Rockland Utilities is a subsidiary of this company named for an inventor
Time's up! The correct answer was Consolidated Edison
THE FUNNIES
“Marmaduke” is this breed of dog
Time's up! The correct answer was a Great Dane
MICHAEL JACKSON HITS IN OTHER WORDS
1987: "Naughty"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Bad"
AT THE MOVIES
1980: Jake LaMotta battles his way to the middleweight title
Time's up! The correct answer was Raging Bull
YOUNG WOMEN OF TODAY
In "Jerry Maguire", this actress told Tom Cruise, "You had me at hello"
Time's up! The correct answer was Renee Zellweger
BIOLOGY
Unlike most birds, ratites like the ostrich can't do this
Time's up! The correct answer was fly
THE OLD COLLEGE TRY
Rhode Island's only Ivy League school is this institution
Time's up! The correct answer was Brown
ENGLISH CLASS
When "do not" and "should not" are contracted, this mark of punctuation is used to show missing letters
Time's up! The correct answer was apostrophe
CITY FOLK
Damascenes
Time's up! The correct answer was Damascus residents
I KNOW THAT WORD BACKWARDS & FORWARDS
Coloring something more rubicund makes it this
Time's up! The correct answer was redder
GREEK MYTHOLOGY
Athena gave Perseus one of these to use as a mirror against Medusa &, reflecting back, it was a good thing
Time's up! The correct answer was a shield
IT'S A "SIN"
For more than 200 years, the annual Baltic Herring Market & Fair has been a big to-do in this world capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Helsinki
6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
Catherine Earnshaw
Time's up! The correct answer was Emily Brontë
MODERN "TIME"S
To own a property jointly with others & use it in common but at different times
Time's up! The correct answer was Time-share
CARBON CREDITS
This 2-word study of living things is primarily devoted to carbon compounds
Time's up! The correct answer was organic chemistry
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
It was an 11-year-old girl who first suggested that Lincoln do this to improve his appearance
Time's up! The correct answer was grow a beard
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
Stuart Damon & Lesley Ann Warren starred in this only R & H musical written for TV
Time's up! The correct answer was Cinderella
BIBLICAL CRIME BLOTTER
Wife of Ahab, this Baal worshiper & harlot was last seen in Jezreel
Time's up! The correct answer was Jezebel
POLITICS & SHOW BIZ
Mary Bono won election to Congress over Ralph Waite, John-Boy's dad on this show
Time's up! The correct answer was The Waltons
SHAKESPEAREAN PHRASES
In this play, Casca says Cicero's speech "was Greek to me"
Time's up! The correct answer was Julius Caesar
CANALS
Located at Sault Ste. Marie, the St. Marys Falls Canal connects these 2 Great Lakes
Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Superior & Lake Huron
THE FUNNIES
Jon is this cat's master; Odie is his dog friend
Time's up! The correct answer was Garfield
MOTHER GOOSE
Some say these 2 were actually Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette, who were beheaded (or broke their crowns) in 1793
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack & Jill
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
IT'S SANDY!
In the 1960s he set records of 4 career no-hitters & 382 strikeouts in one year
Time's up! The correct answer was Sandy Koufax
1994 FILMS
Jean Vander Pyl, who played Wilma in the original cartoon series, played Mrs. Feldspar in this movie adaptation
Time's up! The correct answer was The Flintstones
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
ON THE GO
The Wright Bros.' experiments in this type of chamber in their bicycle shop led to designs of their flyer's wings
Time's up! The correct answer was wind tunnel
COMPOUND WORDS
It's the 9-letter name for a type of restaurant that specializes in steak & other meat on the bone
Time's up! The correct answer was chophouse
THEATRE HODGEPODGE
This William Inge play inspired a Marilyn Maxwell TV series & a Marilyn Monroe film
Time's up! The correct answer was Bus Stop
ACRONYM EXCITEMENT!
At the United Nations: WHO
Time's up! The correct answer was World Health Organization
THE HUMAN BODY
The ovaries are part of both the reproductive system & this system which produces hormones
Time's up! The correct answer was Endocrine System
PLANTS
Plant whose twigs are used for dowsing & whose leaves & bark are used to make an astringent
Time's up! The correct answer was Witch Hazel
HISTORIC WOMEN
In 1813 this mistress of the late Lord Nelson was imprisoned for debt
Time's up! The correct answer was Lady Hamilton
JONATHAN SWIFTIES
"He was a bold man that first ate" this bivalve mollusk
Time's up! The correct answer was an oyster
YOUNG WOMEN OF TODAY
Born in Monaco in 1965, she's 7 & 8 years younger than her siblings Caroline & Albert
Time's up! The correct answer was Princess Stephanie
TUBE TEST
This spin-off spun off a show of its own, "Checking In", with Marla Gibbs continuing as Florence Johnston
Time's up! The correct answer was The Jeffersons
COME, HO CHI MINH
Ho Chi Minh was also known by the nickname Bac Ho, meaning this relative
Time's up! The correct answer was uncle
THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY
Manila, Jakarta, Canberra
Time's up! The correct answer was Manila
"E" CHANNEL
Philosophy branch that studies the nature & foundations of knowledge
Time's up! The correct answer was epistemology
ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE
This Yankee was the "greatest drawing card in history of baseball"
Time's up! The correct answer was Babe Ruth
"DOUBLE" JEOPARDY
In this form of jumping rope, 2 people twirl 2 jump ropes in the opposite direction simultaneously
Time's up! The correct answer was Double Dutch
BIRDS
The scientific name of this big bird is Diomedea exulans, as in "exile"
Time's up! The correct answer was albatross
YES, THAT'S "WHITE"
Milk with butter & flour added used as a base in cooking
Time's up! The correct answer was a white sauce
ATTACK OF THE THESAURUS
Outsmart or outwit someone & you also out- this "sly" animal them
Time's up! The correct answer was fox
ITALIAN ART
Gentile da Fabriano used the international Gothic style for his painting "The Adoration Of" this trio
Time's up! The correct answer was The Magi
WHAT THE KIDS ARE CALLING IT
On your phone & in conversation, these numbers mean information
Time's up! The correct answer was 411
BORN IN DUBLIN
After the Battle of Waterloo, he said, "Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won"
Time's up! The correct answer was Wellington
"V" IS FOR
...this third-largest city of Spain, famous for its oranges
Time's up! The correct answer was Valencia
CONTESTS
At the 1999 Westminster Dog Show, CH Loteki Supernatural Being won this award for matching the breed standard
Time's up! The correct answer was Best in Show
AMERICANA
This Connecticut city famous for its university is nicknamed "Elm City" because it once had many elm-lined streets
Time's up! The correct answer was New Haven
WORLD HISTORY
In 1784 she founded the city of Sevastopol in her new domain of the Crimea
Time's up! The correct answer was Catherine the Great
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
This author of "Vanity Fair" studied at Cambridge but left without a degree
Time's up! The correct answer was William Makepeace Thackeray
GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY
Spectacular waterfalls in Guyana include one named for a British king of this name, who ruled 1901-10
Time's up! The correct answer was Edward
HEADS OF STATE
In 1976 this current president of France founded the Rally for the Republic Party
Time's up! The correct answer was Jacques Chirac
HEISMAN WINNERS
Carson Palmer, Reggie Bush & Matt Leinart are a few of this school's recent winners
Time's up! The correct answer was the University of Southern California
SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN
Shakespearean play featuring Falstaff & some "happy homemakers"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Merry Wives of Windsor
GOING TOO "FUR"
Rolled up, like a flag or a boat's sails
Time's up! The correct answer was furled
MODERN "TIME"S
To own a property jointly with others & use it in common but at different times
Time's up! The correct answer was Time-share
COUNTRY MUSIC
This frontman of Hootie & the Blowfish went country with his solo album "Learn to Live"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rucker
ANCIENT HISTORY
This pupil of Socrates went to Sicily to try to turn Dionysius into a philosopher king
Time's up! The correct answer was Plato
OSCAR NIGHT 2003
Chris Cooper won his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his work in this film seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Adaptation
GEOGRAPH"Y"
There's an active volcano on Sicily, an island that's part of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
THE CIRCUS
Pink is the most popular color of this fluffy confection made from spun sugar
Time's up! The correct answer was cotton candy
"T"ELEVISION
Running for 5 years, it starred William Shatner as a hard-nosed veteran police officer
Time's up! The correct answer was T.J. Hooker
ASIAN CAPITALS
Check out the Kokugikan Sumo Budokan Arena in this capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Tokyo
IT DON'T MEAN A "THING"
Giving a portion of one's income, typically 10%, to one's church
Time's up! The correct answer was tithing
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
WEAPONS
One might be fired "out of the blue"--from a crossbow
Time's up! The correct answer was a bolt
TAKE A PILL
Going on a cruise? You might pick up this Pfizer product, the "original" or "less drowsy" formula
Time's up! The correct answer was Dramamine
YES, THAT'S "WHITE"
Down a shot & name this 1973 Burt Reynolds movie
Time's up! The correct answer was White Lightning
ORGANIZATIONS
During Egypt's suspension from this group, 1979-1989, its headquarters was located in Tunisia
Time's up! The correct answer was the Arab League
EXPLORERS
Tho he didn't find the Northwest Passage, this Frenchman established France's claim to Canada
Time's up! The correct answer was Jacques Cartier
ON THE "WAR"PATH
The 14th Chief Justice of the United States
Time's up! The correct answer was Earl Warren
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
Washington Irving gave New York City this nickname in 1807
Time's up! The correct answer was Gotham
TECHNOLOGY
"GUI" stands for this.
Time's up! The correct answer was Graphical User Interface
POLITICS
At over 30 years, this West Virginian is currently the longest-serving Democrat in the U.S. Senate
Time's up! The correct answer was Byrd
TELEVISION
This wallaby's "Modern Life" takes place in O Town with his dog Spunky & his pal Heffer
Time's up! The correct answer was Rocko
FDR
FDR was born & is now buried in this town on the Hudson River
Time's up! The correct answer was Hyde Park
EPONYMS
This religious sect living primarily in Ohio & southeast Pennsylvania gets its name from a 17th century Swiss Mennonite bishop
Time's up! The correct answer was the Amish
WORDS IN (THE) ENCYCLOPEDIA
Brown & white are the main U.S. types of this pouch-mouthed bird
Time's up! The correct answer was pelican
PHRASES THAT SELL
"Obey your thirst" and drink this
Time's up! The correct answer was Sprite
THE EYES HAVE IT
A blow with a whip
Time's up! The correct answer was Lash