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THE "A" "B" "C"s
In a 1976 Playboy interview, Jimmy Carter said he'd committed this in his heart many times
Time's up! The correct answer was Adultery
COMMON BONDS
Thunder, Ol' Man River, White House Easter Eggs
Time's up! The correct answer was Things that are rolled
STRINGS
When this product was introduced in 1972, it was said to have a full "quarter mile" of fun shot out of a can
Time's up! The correct answer was Silly String
AMERICAN LITERATURE
This Mark Twain character's father "Pap" briefly held him prisoner in a cabin on the Illinois side of the Mississippi
Time's up! The correct answer was Huckleberry Finn
FUNNY FOR NOTHIN'
This deadpan comic said, "I installed a skylight in my apartment... The people who live above me are furious"
Time's up! The correct answer was Steven Wright
THE STARTING INFIELD
The 1975 Reds fielded Rose, Concepcion, Perez & this Hall of Fame second sacker, now a broadcaster
Time's up! The correct answer was Joe Morgan
TV CASTS
This tap dancer has a recurring role on "Will & Grace" as Eric McCormack's boss
Time's up! The correct answer was Gregory Hines
JAY
He's the "Picture Perfect" actor seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Jay Mohr
SEEING "RED"
The title of a 1928 song Sophie Tucker introduced, it was also her nickname
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas"
THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY
Rome, Brussels, Lisbon
Time's up! The correct answer was Brussels
GIANTS OF SCIENCE
By then living in the U.S., he was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952
Time's up! The correct answer was Albert Einstein
BICYCLES
1985 film that was a story of a “rebel & his bike”
Time's up! The correct answer was Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
NAME THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY
"The quality of mercy is not strained, it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Merchant of Venice
QUOTATIONS
In a saying attributed to the Duke of Wellington, this battle "was won on the playing fields of Eton"
Time's up! The correct answer was Waterloo
CITY OF BIRTH
Mad magazine illustrator James Warhola
Time's up! The correct answer was Pittsburgh
BRITISH POETS & POETRY
He called "Prometheus Unbound" "The best thing I ever wrote"
Time's up! The correct answer was Percy B. Shelley
LITERARY COLLABORATORS
She & her tres cher ami Jean-Paul Sartre collaborated on the political & literary journal Modern Times
Time's up! The correct answer was Simone de Beauvoir
MUSCAT LOVE
A main strategic value of Muscat stems from its position at the entranceway to this 90,000 sq. mi. body of water
Time's up! The correct answer was the Persian Gulf
MISSING LINKS
Mobile ____ Economics
Time's up! The correct answer was home
"TOMORROW"
Annie told us you could "bet your bottom dollar that" this would happen
Time's up! The correct answer was the sun will come out tomorrow
THE HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD
Cozy, wax or quilt
Time's up! The correct answer was cozy
SCOTLAND
About 80,000 Scots still speak the Scottish version of this ancient Celtic language
Time's up! The correct answer was Gaelic
BRANDO
Terry Malloy, who could've been a contender
Time's up! The correct answer was On the Waterfront
OLD VIRGINIA
President Jefferson sent this fellow Virginian, later our 5th president, to negotiate the Louisiana Purchase
Time's up! The correct answer was Monroe
TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE WORD THAT RHYMES WITH STAR
This animal's scientific name is Panthera onca
Time's up! The correct answer was jaguar
CONGRESSIONAL MISDEMEANORS
In 1954 this Wisconsin senator ws condemned for insulting other senators & obstructing investigations
Time's up! The correct answer was McCarthy
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
SAINTHOOD
In 2009 this man who died on Molokai in 1889 became Hawaii's first saint
Time's up! The correct answer was Father Damien
WHAT KIND OF FOWL AM I?
The blackcock or the ruffed
Time's up! The correct answer was a grouse
NIGHT WATCH
If you stay up really, really, late (like till 2061), you'll see this, named for the guy who identified it in 1705
Time's up! The correct answer was Halley's Comet
PHOTOGRAPHERS
In April 1875 the Library of Congress gained possession of his Civil War photographic plates for $25,000
Time's up! The correct answer was Mathew Brady
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
The name Midgard, the world of humans, can be translated as this, a place familiar to Tolkien
Time's up! The correct answer was Middle Earth
WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT
In 1616 she & her husband John Rolfe traveled to England to help raise funds for the Virginia colonists
Time's up! The correct answer was Pocahontas
SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG
Robbie Nevil & B*witched had tunes called this French phrase meaning "that's life"
Time's up! The correct answer was "C'est La Vie"
ITALIAN ART
"Pumpkin Head" is a 1420s sculpture of a bald man by Donato di Niccolo, better known as this
Time's up! The correct answer was Donatello
TONY WINNERS OF THE '50s
Cyril Ritchard hooked a 1955 Tony for playing Captain Hook in this musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Pan
PICK A PLANET
It's the third largest in our solar system
Time's up! The correct answer was Neptune
TECHNOLOGY
Eli Whitney's nephew invented a crusher used to grind up rock for surfacing these
Time's up! The correct answer was roads
FLEMISH & DUTCH MASTERS
His "Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp" featured the doctor, his colleagues & a cadaver
Time's up! The correct answer was Rembrandt
OPERA & BALLET
A governess fears that her charges are communicating with ghosts in an opera based on this Henry James novella
Time's up! The correct answer was The Turn of the Screw
TV CASTS
Aliens abducted Mulder on "The X-Files", so Scully got partnered with this "Terminator 2" actor
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Patrick
GEOGRAPHY
Boothia Peninsula in this country is the former location of the north magnetic pole
Time's up! The correct answer was Canada
ARTHUR MILLER
In June 1999 Arthur Miller received a lifetime achievement one of these awards at Radio City Music Hall
Time's up! The correct answer was a Tony Award
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
TRAVEL & TOURISM
To visit Abraham Lincoln's birthplace, you have to go to this U.S. state
Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky
INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE
Oh, it bellows: RANCID COO
Time's up! The correct answer was accordion
BIG, REALLY BIG!
Lady Hamilton could tell you the name of this 185-foot column that went up in the early 1840s
Time's up! The correct answer was Nelson's Column
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
WORLD AUTHORS
This literary whiz' name is sometimes transliterated from Bengali as Ravindranatha Thakura
Time's up! The correct answer was Tagore
A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL
"I lost the Number 1 draft pick the night before the draft!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jerry Maguire
HISTORIC QUOTES
Upon this man's assassination, Nehru said, "The light has gone out of our lives"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mahatma Gandhi
"V"
2-word legal term for preliminary examination of jurors
Time's up! The correct answer was voir dire
RHYMES WITH TEEN
"Lois & Clark" actor Cain
Time's up! The correct answer was Dean
LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS?
Quiet, efficient & adept at getting around, this Roman Toyota hybrid made for a great spy
Time's up! The correct answer was Prius
INTERNATIONAL RHYME TIME
A tiny New Zealander, or a tiny New Zealand bird
Time's up! The correct answer was a peewee Kiwi
THE FORTUNE 500
No. 242 on the list, this insurance co.'s $99.3 billion loss made it Fortune's biggest loser ever
Time's up! The correct answer was AIG
AN ARTHUR BEE
Author of "3001: The Final Odyssey"
Time's up! The correct answer was Arthur C. Clarke
FRANCE
"Jet" over to this largest Paris place, site of the guillotine during the French Revolution
Time's up! The correct answer was the Place de la Concorde
THE NEW TESTAMENT
This mother of John The Baptist was well into old age when John was born
Time's up! The correct answer was Elizabeth
GROUP COUNTDOWN
In interrogation, one officer who acts threatening & another who comes on nicer to win the suspect's trust
Time's up! The correct answer was good cop, bad cop
PIRATE MOVIES
Ingrid Bergman's husband in "Casablanca", he played a pirate captain in "Pirates Of Tripoli"
Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Henreid
ROGER!
In 1982 he co-anchored "NBC Nightly News" with Tom Brokaw, & you could say his name is...
Time's up! The correct answer was Roger Mudd
CITY FOLK
Varsovians
Time's up! The correct answer was residents of Warsaw
THE 14th CENTURY
In the 1350s this Moorish palace was completed in Granada, Spain
Time's up! The correct answer was Alhambra
GOOD CAUSES
The Environmental Defense Fund helped convince this fast-food co. to abandon polystyrene containers in 1990
Time's up! The correct answer was McDonald's
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
THE CANARY ISLANDS
In 1936 the Spanish government demoted this general to Governor of the Canary Islands
Time's up! The correct answer was Franco
GANGSTER'S DICTIONARY
Roll out these "bones", boys, so we can play some games of chance
Time's up! The correct answer was Dice
I KNOW THAT WORD BACKWARDS & FORWARDS
Exalted to the rank of a god
Time's up! The correct answer was deified
EPONYMS
This screw with a cross-slotted head (& the needed screwdriver) was invented by a Portland man in 1936
Time's up! The correct answer was Phillips
"A"NCIENT GREEKS
A fabulist: 620-560 B.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Aesop
"PH"UN WORDS
The bar type is one common form of this chart
Time's up! The correct answer was graph
FLAGS OF THE WORLD
In use from 1844 to 1905, a flag representing the union of these 2 countries was nicknamed the "herring salad"
Time's up! The correct answer was Norway and Sweden
SPORTS HOME CITIES
The NFL's Saints
Time's up! The correct answer was New Orleans
LIVE IN TEXAS
Man from Sugarland, Texas known as "The Hammer" in the U.S. House of Representatives
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom DeLay
IT'S AN L.A. THING
You can hit the Comedy Store, House of Blues, Whisky A Go Go & the Viper Room on this "strip" of L.A.
Time's up! The correct answer was Sunset Strip
STATE CAPITALS
A statue of King Kamehameha I stands guard outside the judiciary building in this capital city
Time's up! The correct answer was Honolulu
CREATION STORIES
To the ancient Greeks, it was a void from which Nyx & Erebus emerged; in English it's a disordered mess
Time's up! The correct answer was chaos
GEOLOGY
The Mercalli scale measures the intensity of these from I to XII
Time's up! The correct answer was earthquakes
ENGLISH ROYAL HENRYS
Pope Leo X named Henry VIII "Defender of the Faith" for his written attack on this German Protestant leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Martin Luther
PROVERBS
It "makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Early to bed and early to rise"
WHERE WORDS COME FROM
Latin: This device you open when it's precipitating
Time's up! The correct answer was an umbrella
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
CAMERA
In 1986 Kodak left the instant camera business after a judge found it had violated this company's patents
Time's up! The correct answer was Polaroid
GENERAL SCIENCE
Of the 3 main classes of rock, this one is further divided into plutonic & volcanic types
Time's up! The correct answer was igneous
AND I QUOTE
A quote can be taken "out of" this, from the Latin for "to weave together"
Time's up! The correct answer was Context
IT'S GREEK MYTHOLOGY TO ME
This god zapped Salmoneus into oblivion for trying to imitate his thunder & lightning
Time's up! The correct answer was Zeus
CELEBRITY FACTS
In 2010 she got engaged to a choreographer she met on the set of "Black Swan"
Time's up! The correct answer was Natalie Portman
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Max Planck gave this name to the smallest amount of energy that can be emitted as electromagnetic radiation
Time's up! The correct answer was Quantum
AFRICAN-AMERICANA
Mari Evans adapted this Zora Neale Hurston work as a musical titled "Eyes"
Time's up! The correct answer was Their Eyes Were Watching God
KIDDY LIT
The wedding meal eaten by this odd Edward Lear pair is "mince and slices of quince"
Time's up! The correct answer was the owl and the pussycat
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
"L.B."s
And now the weather forecast: tonight expect these gentle winds of 4 to 7 miles per hour
Time's up! The correct answer was light breezes
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
On this date Denmark's Rebild Park holds the largest foreign celebration of American independence
Time's up! The correct answer was 4-Jul
IN THE DICTIONARY
As an adjective, it can mean proper; as a verb, "to grade papers"
Time's up! The correct answer was correct
OF A SALESMAN
This direct-selling co. known for products like Nutrilite claims 3 million independent business owners
Time's up! The correct answer was Amway
PIZZA TOPPINGS
On November 12 celebrate National Pizza with the Works Except these fish Day
Time's up! The correct answer was Anchovies
THE HOUND OF MUSIC
Title question posed by Patti Page in a 1953 smash
Time's up! The correct answer was "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?"
NO. 3 SONGS
Singer of the No. 3 hit heard here: ("I Feel Good")
Time's up! The correct answer was James Brown
PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS
Ulf von Euler won in 1970; dad Hans von Euler-Chelpin won for his work on the role of enzymes in this process in sugar
Time's up! The correct answer was fermentation
WHO PLAYED 'EM
2004: Cady Heron, who loves & hates the "Mean Girls" at her high school
Time's up! The correct answer was Lohan
TELEPHONE HISTORY
On Oct. 30, 1938 phone traffic peaked in cities all over America as people discussed this broadcast
Time's up! The correct answer was the "War of the Worlds"
THE BIG 10
The first 10 of these are known as the Bill of Rights
Time's up! The correct answer was the Amendments
TRANSLATION EXERCISES
Turkish to Spanish: Relatively speaking, "anne" & "baba"
Time's up! The correct answer was madre y padre
WAR MOVIES
1970: An historically correct re-creation of Pearl Harbor
Time's up! The correct answer was Tora! Tora! Tora!
BORN IN THE WINDY CITY
This Chicago native worked as a DJ in Vietnam & a weatherman in Nashville before hosting "Wheel of Fortune"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pat Sajak
HEISMAN WINNERS
Sam Bradford, the most recent winner of the Heisman, attended a university in this conference
Time's up! The correct answer was the Big 12
PLAY ADJECTIVES
Noel Coward 's "____ Spirit"
Time's up! The correct answer was Blithe Spirit
AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE
This manatee relative of the order Sirenia can be found in the coastal waters of North Australia
Time's up! The correct answer was a dugong
IT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY
Tokelau, a territory of this country, is over 1,000 miles north of its Noeth Island
Time's up! The correct answer was New Zealand
PUNJAB
Since 1947, the historic region of Punjab has been divided between these 2 countries
Time's up! The correct answer was India & Pakistan
STARTS WITH "W"
The cicada killer is a large predatory variety of this insect
Time's up! The correct answer was a wasp
ASIAN CAPITALS
The name of this capital is Mongol for "City of the Red Hero"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ulan Bator
DUDE, YOU'RE A SONG!
In a Pearl Jam tune this boy "spoke in class today"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jeremy
BRIDGES
This Colorado canyon has the world's highest suspension bridge – 1,053' above the Arkansas River
Time's up! The correct answer was Royal Gorge
BIBLICAL WORDS & PHRASES
"Pale Horse" is a metaphor for the approach of this
Time's up! The correct answer was Death
SHIRLEY
This Oscar winner played the matriarch of the Partridge Family
Time's up! The correct answer was Shirley Jones
ROCK FORMATIONS
Kurt Cobain & Krist Novoselic met through Buzz Osborne, leader of the Melvins, & found freedom as this group in 1987
Time's up! The correct answer was Nirvana
AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
"Voyage of the Beagle"
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Darwin
THERE ARE SOME STRINGS ATTACHED
This guitar family member's circular body is covered in front with tightly stretched plastic or parchment
Time's up! The correct answer was a banjo
THE NEW TESTAMENT
In Luke he is quoted as saying, "I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pilate
SPORTS
The ball used in this sport is about 11 inches long & about 7 inches wide at the center
Time's up! The correct answer was Football
MAGAZINES
For its Dec. 2003 issue, the U.S. Marie Claire put its first man on its cover, this star of "The Last Samurai"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Cruise
ON THE GO
Lighter than a Conestoga wagon, it was named for its white canvas covering which resembled the sails of ships
Time's up! The correct answer was prairie schooner
TRAVEL & TOURISM
The International UFO Museum & Research Center is in this New Mexico city where some say UFOs have landed
Time's up! The correct answer was Roswell
ENDS WITH 3 VOWELS
Environment or setting
Time's up! The correct answer was milieu
IT ENDS WITH "US"
He killed the minotaur
Time's up! The correct answer was Theseus
FDR
During this 1932 campaign, FDR relied on a trusted group of advisers dubbed this --- pretty smart
Time's up! The correct answer was Brain Trust
OPERA
Mozart opera in which the count tries to thwart & postpone his valet's wedding
Time's up! The correct answer was The Marriage of Figaro
SPORTS HOME CITIES
MLS' Burn
Time's up! The correct answer was Dallas
SPORTS EQUIPMENT
A curved wicker basket called a cesta is used to catch & throw the ball in this sport
Time's up! The correct answer was jai alai
ALL "AMERICAN"
Their publications include "First Aid Fast" & a "Babysitter's Handbook"
Time's up! The correct answer was the American Red Cross
MED. ABBREV.
HRT is this kind of therapy; the use of it by menopausal women has recently been questioned
Time's up! The correct answer was hormone replacement therapy
UNFORESEEN FINDS
G.E. scientists looking for synthetic rubber during WWII discovered this toy that lifts images off a page
Time's up! The correct answer was Silly Putty
BIG, REALLY BIG!
Lady Hamilton could tell you the name of this 185-foot column that went up in the early 1840s
Time's up! The correct answer was Nelson's Column
"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
MUSCAT LOVE
A main strategic value of Muscat stems from its position at the entranceway to this 90,000 sq. mi. body of water
Time's up! The correct answer was the Persian Gulf
SHAKESPEAREAN WORDS
From Latin for "indecent", this word in "Love's Labour's Lost" is the type of book banned by the Comstock Law
Time's up! The correct answer was obscene
AFRICANA
Meaning "guided one", it was the title of the 1880s Sudanese leader whose forces defeated General Gordon
Time's up! The correct answer was The Mahdi
"PH"UN WORDS
Because the Greek goddess Artemis was associated with the Moon, she was also called this, which means "light one"
Time's up! The correct answer was Phoebe
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MOVIES
Holly Hunter played it: "The _____"
Time's up! The correct answer was Piano
WHERE'S THE COLLEGE?
University of South Carolina
Time's up! The correct answer was Columbia
SOMETHING'S A "FOOT"
In tennis, it happens when the server steps over the baseline before hitting the ball
Time's up! The correct answer was Foot fault
TOM JONES
Singer Tom Jones is the son of one of these workers; Loretta Lynn is famous for being the daughter of one
Time's up! The correct answer was Coal miner
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE COMPANIES
Its original purpose was to insure people on journeys
Time's up! The correct answer was Travelers
SWEET!
A red cake named for this smooth fabric is really a chocolate cake--food coloring gives it the distinctive color
Time's up! The correct answer was velvet
HEADLINES
A Sept. 13, 1901 Buffalo News headline read, he "Passed Away... from Effects of Cowardly Assassin's Bullet"
Time's up! The correct answer was President McKinley
WHAT'CHA GOT COOKIN'?
I'm making passover breakfast fun by using this unleavened bread in a version of French toast
Time's up! The correct answer was matzah
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
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
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
Celebrating January 6, the Feast of this, commemorating the day the Magi arrived to honor the Christ Child
Time's up! The correct answer was the Epiphany
THAT'S MY LAW
Kepler's first law says that planetary orbits aren't circular but have this shape
Time's up! The correct answer was Elliptical
OLYMPIC POTPOURRI
En Garde! Women have competed in this Olympic sport since 1924
Time's up! The correct answer was Fencing
WHAT TO WEAR?
If you're wearing Wellingtons at Wimbledon, you're wearing these
Time's up! The correct answer was rainboots
THE ENVIRONMENT
A New York Times article said this, falling in winter in the Adirondacks, may be more toxic for fish than its liquid counterpart
Time's up! The correct answer was acid snow
WAR MOVIES
1951: Erwin Rommel succeeds... for a while... in North Africa
Time's up! The correct answer was The Desert Fox
LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"
From the Italian for "bad air", this disease kills more than one million people each year
Time's up! The correct answer was malaria
BROADWAY
Characters in this musical include a teacup called Chip & a clock named Cogsworth
Time's up! The correct answer was Beauty and the Beast
PRIME NUMBERS
Dial this 3-digit prime number in L.A. only for emergencies
Time's up! The correct answer was 911
DEAR JUNTA
This former priest was ousted in Feb. 2004, even after a U.S.-brokered deal in 1994 with the Haitian junta kept him in power
Time's up! The correct answer was Aristide
THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR
"Hobson's Choice", "Oliver Twist", "Lawrence of Arabia"
Time's up! The correct answer was David Lean
BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY
This mount "as altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sinai
STAMPS
This astronomer for whom a space telescope is named is honored in the American Scientists series
Time's up! The correct answer was Hubble
18th CENTURY AMERICANS
In "The Federalist" No. 51, this future president put forth an argument for the separation of powers
Time's up! The correct answer was James Madison
POTPOURRI
Persil is the French word for this ever-popular garnish
Time's up! The correct answer was Parsley
WHO IS THEON OF SMYRNA?
Theon seems to have lived at the same time that this Roman emperor was building his famous wall
Time's up! The correct answer was Hadrian
CELEB STUFF
People Magazine called his 1997 solo album "Destination Anywhere", "Tres Bon"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jon Bon Jovi
COUNTIES BY STATE
McDuffie, Meriwether, Macon
Time's up! The correct answer was Georgia
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
POLITICS
Only 4 state governors serve terms this long
Time's up! The correct answer was two years
ANNIVERSARY GIFTS
It's a nice gift for the 35th, but if you take it out of a U.S. reef you may be arrested
Time's up! The correct answer was Coral
RUBY
She was married to Al Jolson when she starred in those classic 1930s Busby Berkeley musicals
Time's up! The correct answer was Ruby Keeler
THEY'RE ON CABLE
James Roday is Shawn Spencer, a police consultant who pretends to have otherworldly powers, on this comedic series
Time's up! The correct answer was Psych
ASIA
19th century novelist Jose Rizal was a hero of this country's independence movement
Time's up! The correct answer was the Philippines
ONE-WORD RHYMES
An important person, perhaps with an elaborate toupee
Time's up! The correct answer was bigwig
PULL
From the idea of breaking camp comes this phrase for moving on
Time's up! The correct answer was Pull up stakes
ANDY WARHOL
Warhol became the manager of this Lou Reed rock group in 1965 & produced their first album
Time's up! The correct answer was Velvet Underground
WASHINGTON D.C.
Former Secretary of State for whom Washington, D.C. International Airport is named
Time's up! The correct answer was John Foster Dulles
SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG
Sticky-sweet title of no. 1s for Bobby Goldsboro in 1968 & Mariah Carey in 1997
Time's up! The correct answer was "Honey"
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
LET'S MESS WITH TEXAS
Educated at Phillips Academy, Yale & Harvard, this part-time Crawford resident was born in Connecticut in 1946
Time's up! The correct answer was George W. Bush
DIARIES
Fittingly, Samuel Pepys began keeping his famous diary on this date in 1660
Time's up! The correct answer was 1-Jan
THE "FIRST" STATE
This nuclear capability is designed to completely knock out an enemy's ability to respond to your attack
Time's up! The correct answer was first strike
CLOTHING WORDS
A score of 22-22, for instance
Time's up! The correct answer was tie
NOTED EUROPEANS
On the 50th anniv. of Bunker Hill, this European was back on our shores to lay the monument's cornerstone
Time's up! The correct answer was Lafayette
TAKE A PILL
This tranquilizer that sounds like a village was introduced in 1955 & became the USA's bestselling drug
Time's up! The correct answer was Miltown
BUSY AS A BEAVER
"The Beaver's Lesson" is the title of part 5 of this author's "The Hunting of the Snark"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lewis Carroll
WORD"Z"
A granular form of this common mineral is used to make sandpaper
Time's up! The correct answer was quartz
LOVE POETRY
Marvell rhymed, "Had we but world enough, and" this, his mistress' coyness "were no crime"
Time's up! The correct answer was time
IT'S A "SIN"
Carson Sink & the Great Salt Lake lie in the drainage area known as the Great this
Time's up! The correct answer was Basin
CliffsNotes
2 guys dream of owning a farm, one kills the boss' daughter-in-law, then his pal kills him
Time's up! The correct answer was "Of Mice and Men"
18th CENTURY AMERICANS
In 1775 he & a group of axmen cleared & marked the Wilderness Road for the Transylvania Company
Time's up! The correct answer was Daniel Boone
THE GRIDIRON
[Hi, I'm Champ Bailey, college football's top defensive player of 1998] The award for top defensive player in college football is named for Bronislaw Nagurski, whose nickname was this
Time's up! The correct answer was Bronco
FRENCH ART & ARTISTS
This resident of Argenteuil painted "The Regatta at Argenteuil", seen here:
Time's up! The correct answer was Claude Monet
THE LAST BATTLE
The Battle of Chapultepec
Time's up! The correct answer was the Mexican-American War
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
Velour, velvet or tricot (6)
Time's up! The correct answer was fabric
SEAQUEST
This sea stretches from Beirut to Gibraltar
Time's up! The correct answer was Mediterranean Sea
STOCK SYMBOLS
You don't need a Visa to visit this bank's stock symbol, CMB
Time's up! The correct answer was Chase Manhattan Bank
THE EVOLUTIONARY WAR
In 1995 Alabama Gov. James Mocked evolution theory by imitating this type of animal whose name means "to imitate"
Time's up! The correct answer was an ape
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
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
MORTAL MATTERS
This saint's remains were in a box atop a wardrobe for 6 years before being redisplayed February 14, 1999
Time's up! The correct answer was Saint Valentine
ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER
This "Das Kapital" author stands between comedian Oliver Hardy & H.G. Wells
Time's up! The correct answer was Karl Marx
MYTHOLOGICAL PAIRS
Wounded by Cupid's arrow, Venus fell in love with this handsome guy at 1st sight
Time's up! The correct answer was Adonis
PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES
His library has a desk that's an exact replica of the one that his son was photographed under in 1963
Time's up! The correct answer was John F. Kennedy
PITCHING HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE WOO
Tonight we sup on this animal's jowls, used to flavor stews as a southern delicacy; it's a motorcycle term, too, my love
Time's up! The correct answer was a hog
THE BLUE ANGELS
(Sarah of the Clue Crew on the tarmac) Bearing the name of a Greek letter, this classic Blue Angels formation uses all 6 jets
Time's up! The correct answer was Delta
RUN, RUN, RUN
In 1925 N.Y. Journal-American writer Bill Corum first called the Kentucky Derby the "run for" these
Time's up! The correct answer was the roses
SHAKESPEAREAN PHRASES
"She speaks yet she says nothing", pines one character for his unattainable love in this tragedy
Time's up! The correct answer was Romeo & Juliet
DOWN AT THE OLFACTORY
Introduced in 1890, this product for little backsides advertises its "clean, classic scent"
Time's up! The correct answer was baby powder
STRING THEORY 101
In the U.S. string cheese is usually a type of this cheese
Time's up! The correct answer was mozzarella
NAME THE DECADE
George Orwell, 34 years dead, hits the bestseller list
Time's up! The correct answer was the 1980s
GEORGE WASHINGTON
On December 26, 1799 Washington was eulogized in Congress by this man known as "Lighthorse Harry"
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Lee
THE LAST BATTLE
The Battle of the Meuse-Argonne
Time's up! The correct answer was World War I
BRASS
We shall return to this man who graduated from West Point in 1903 with the highest honors in his class
Time's up! The correct answer was Doug MacArthur
THE EMERALD ISLE
It's the only Irish city with a population above 500,000
Time's up! The correct answer was Dublin
CELEBRITY RELATIVES
David Canary, who's seen on "All My Children", claims to be a descendant of this famous frontierswoman
Time's up! The correct answer was Calamity Jane
WATERFALLS
Wollomombi Falls in northern New South Wales is one of this continent's highest waterfalls
Time's up! The correct answer was Australia
OCCUPATIONS
Prep & line are types of this 4-letter job
Time's up! The correct answer was cook
WORLD RELIGION
Sukkot, a Jewish festival, began as a harvest celebration & was a model for this centuries-old American holiday
Time's up! The correct answer was Thanksgiving
LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L"
Writer Wyndham (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was Lewis
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
THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
Check out the glistening dunes at White Sands National Monument in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was New Mexico
THE COMMODORES
He's the naval hero & commodore famous for his declaration "Our country, right or wrong!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Decatur
BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY
This mount "as altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sinai
STUPID ANSWERS
Number of different basic shapes in a box of Post Alpha-Bits
Time's up! The correct answer was 26
PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS
This food poisoning bacteria is named after the scientist who identified it, not a fish
Time's up! The correct answer was Salmonella
SODA POP QUIZ
It was originally called bib-label lithiated lemon-lime soda
Time's up! The correct answer was 7-UP
ODDS & ENDS
This city's Hartsfield International overtook O'Hare as the world's busiest airport even before the Summer Olympics
Time's up! The correct answer was Atlanta
PULL
Ermal Fraze holds the 1963 patent for part of the "tear strip opener" better known to pop drinkers as this
Time's up! The correct answer was Pull tab
"PIN" ME
A child holds this toy by the stick & lets the wind do the spinning
Time's up! The correct answer was Pinwheel
CATHOLIC PRIESTS
Title of any priest's immediate boss; the U.S. has 270 of them
Time's up! The correct answer was bishop
CURRENT BLACK PRESIDENTS
Troubles with neighboring Somalia & Eritrea surely occupy President Girma Woldegiorgis of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Ethiopia
LEGAL "E"s
In English law, it's a title above a gentleman & below a knight; in the U.S., it's usually added to the name of an attorney
Time's up! The correct answer was esquire
THE "A" "B" "C"s
They're the 2 words describing lenses that curve outward or inward
Time's up! The correct answer was Concave & convex
GUINNESS RECORDS
Siberia in this country has had the greatest range in temperatures -- from 98 degrees F. to -90 degrees F.
Time's up! The correct answer was Russia
FOREIGN
Tredici is Italian for this symbol of bad luck
Time's up! The correct answer was thirteen
THE EMPEROR NERO
Nero's indulgences included poetry, acting & racing these vehicles
Time's up! The correct answer was chariots
FRANCE
"Jet" over to this largest Paris place, site of the guillotine during the French Revolution
Time's up! The correct answer was the Place de la Concorde
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
In 1973 this then Memphis-based hotel chain opened its own university in Mississippi to train personnel
Time's up! The correct answer was Holiday Inn
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
MOVIE TAG LINES
This 2009 comedy proclaimed, "Some guys just can't handle Vegas"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Hangover
ONE BUCK OR LESS
The USPS cost for mailing this, a minimum of 3 1/2 x 5 inches, is 28 cents; wish you were here!
Time's up! The correct answer was a postcard
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
NIGHT WATCH
January 3, 2010: Look out! The Quadrantids will be coming from Bootes! Oh... relax, it's just a shower of these things
Time's up! The correct answer was meteors
MORE POWER TO YOU
California's 2001 energy crisis was attributed to a 1996 state law mandating this for the electricity industry
Time's up! The correct answer was deregulation
FEELING POSSESSIVE
In a 1981 hit song, Rick Springfield wished that he had her
Time's up! The correct answer was "Jessie's Girl"
LAST NAME'S THE SAME
"Tennessee Tailor" Andrew & poet/NAACP leader James Weldon
Time's up! The correct answer was Johnson
"F"OOD
It's the Japanese name for certain species of puffer fish that contain lethal poison but can be eaten as a delicacy
Time's up! The correct answer was fugu
LIFE SCIENCE
The 2 main types of vascular seed plants are gymnosperms & these, 80% of known green plants
Time's up! The correct answer was angiosperms
A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS
This computer language gets oxymoronic when it follows "Advanced"
Time's up! The correct answer was BASIC
SONG LYRICS
John Denver's 2-word description of West Virginia in the 1st line of "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
Time's up! The correct answer was Almost Heaven
TITLE WAVE
Sara Gruen: "Water for ____"
Time's up! The correct answer was Elephants
CENTRAL PARK
In the 1953 film "The Band Wagon" Fred Astaire & this leggy partner were "Dancing In The Dark" through Central Park
Time's up! The correct answer was Cyd Charisse
SCIENCE & NATURE
Man-made metal 1st positively identified in 1958 & named for a Swedish inventor; it has no known use
Time's up! The correct answer was Nobelium
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
SAINTS
In the 7th century Isidore was bishop of this city, not barber of it
Time's up! The correct answer was Seville
POETIC TERMS
These funny five-line verses often end with the name of a place; or, a place in Ireland
Time's up! The correct answer was Limerick
NAME THE OPERA
("Triumph March")
Time's up! The correct answer was "Aida"
"V" IS FOR
...this third-largest city of Spain, famous for its oranges
Time's up! The correct answer was Valencia
"DEM"-ONS
A formal reduction in rank, status or position
Time's up! The correct answer was demotion
ALLITERATION STATION
An evening where 2 couples go out together
Time's up! The correct answer was a double date
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
In Guinea-Bissau: this
Time's up! The correct answer was Portuguese
AN E FOR AN I
"Gentle" becomes "to blend"
Time's up! The correct answer was mild & meld
THE LAND
Victoria Land, one of its regions, lies north of the Ross Ice Shelf
Time's up! The correct answer was Antarctica
BIRDS
The only birds in the family Trochilidae are these "hovercrafts"
Time's up! The correct answer was hummingbirds
BEN
Ben Franklin went to London in 1757 to represent this colony's assembly
Time's up! The correct answer was Pennsylvania
THE KIDS LOVE THAT ROCK & ROLL
Known for '80s hits like "The Reflex" & "Hungry Like the Wolf", this band charted in the '90s with "Come Undone"
Time's up! The correct answer was Duran Duran
RADIO
On April 3, 1936 a nation listened as Gabriel Heatter covered this man's execution
Time's up! The correct answer was Bruno Hauptmann
THE LOYOLA OPPOSITION
In 1521, Ignatius was struck by a cannonball while defending this country against the French
Time's up! The correct answer was Spain
RHYME TIME FOOD & DRINK
An acrid-tasting deep-fried cake full of corn or crab
Time's up! The correct answer was a bitter fritter
TV MOVIES
She played Francine Hughes, who was accused of murdering her husband, in "The Burning Bed"
Time's up! The correct answer was Farrah Fawcett
OSCAR-WINNING ROLES
1951: Boat captain Charlie Allnut
Time's up! The correct answer was Bogart
THE ICU
Intensive care is also called this "care", like the condition patients may be in
Time's up! The correct answer was Critical
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
AMERICAN HISTORY
When West Virginia became a state in 1863, Wheeling was its capital; this city became the permanent capital in 1885
Time's up! The correct answer was Charleston
1984
The Boston Symphony had to pay this actress $100,000 for canceling her contract due to her PLO support
Time's up! The correct answer was Vanessa Redgrave
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
FAMOUS AMERICANS
It was the pen name of beloved children's author Theodor Geisel
Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Seuss
BEFORE THEY WERE FIRST LADIES
She was president (Natl. Pres. of the Girl Scouts, that is) in the 1920s while her husband was merely Secy. of Commerce
Time's up! The correct answer was Hoover
COMPANIES
Orange & Rockland Utilities is a subsidiary of this company named for an inventor
Time's up! The correct answer was Consolidated Edison
COMPANIES YOUNGER THAN YOU
This commerce site founded in 1995 now also owns Skype, Paypal, & Shopping.com
Time's up! The correct answer was eBay
"A" SCIENCE CATEGORY
In the 1920s Edwin Hubble determined that this galaxy was in fact a separate galaxy from the Milky Way
Time's up! The correct answer was Andromeda
COUNTRIES THAT END IN "O"
This nation has been ruled by the Grimaldi royal family since the 14th century
Time's up! The correct answer was Monaco
WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
To "go" this, meaning all the way, comes from an 18th c. poem about inability to decide which part of the pig to eat
Time's up! The correct answer was whole hog
WEAPONRY
The first 2 weapons Hamlet mentions in his "To be or not to be" soliloquy
Time's up! The correct answer was slings & arrows
TONY WINNERS OF THE '50s
Bloody Mary was the girl the Tonys loved in 1950, when Juanita Hall won for playing her in this musical
Time's up! The correct answer was South Pacific
BREAKFAST CEREALS
This whole grain cereal from General Mills makes the rounds in frosted & honey nut as well as the original
Time's up! The correct answer was Cheerios
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
Carey, Bledsoe
Time's up! The correct answer was Drew
KAN U SPEL BIZNESS?
Drugstore with 4,700 outlets (the part before "Aid")
Time's up! The correct answer was R-I-T-E
WOLVERINE
This creature is the main predator of wolverines; what else would be dumb enough to take one on?
Time's up! The correct answer was man
ANCIENT COINS
In 44 B.C. the senate of Rome wanted his head -- on all silver coins
Time's up! The correct answer was Julius Caesar
THE ONION
Aug. 9, 2000: Popular names for these include Shopwood, Storemont & Indianburialgroundbrook
Time's up! The correct answer was shopping malls
BIBLICAL WORDS & PHRASES
Robert Heinlein used this phrase from Exodus 2:22 as the title of one of his novels
Time's up! The correct answer was "Stranger In A Strange Land"
FAMOUS LLOYDS
In 1953 he orginated the role of Captain Queeg in "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial" on Broadway
Time's up! The correct answer was Lloyd Nolan
WITH BROTHERHOOD
Originally formed as a trio in Gary, Indiana in 1963, these singing siblings gained fame as a quintet
Time's up! The correct answer was the Jacksons
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
CELEBRITIES' MIDDLE NAMES
Author Hawthorne would approve of this middle name of Ralph Fiennes
Time's up! The correct answer was Nathaniel
ENDS WITH 3 VOWELS
Pierre's "farewell"
Time's up! The correct answer was adieu
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
This large lake on the New York-Vermont border is Vermont's lowest point
Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Champlain
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
The 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, was ratified in this year
Time's up! The correct answer was 1865
ROGER!
The fifth Chief Justice of the United States, he succeeded John Marshall in 1836
Time's up! The correct answer was Roger Taney
SPORTS
Except for 1995, the NHL scoring title has gone to either Wayne Gretzky or this Penguins star the past 16 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Mario Lemieux
ART & ARTISTS
He painted "Irises" & "Pink Roses" as well as "Sunflowers"
Time's up! The correct answer was Vincent Van Gogh
MISC.
This N.H. school was the last U.S. institution of higher learning to be founded by royal decree
Time's up! The correct answer was Dartmouth
THE FUNNIES
Jon is this cat's master; Odie is his dog friend
Time's up! The correct answer was Garfield
& CROWN THY GOOD
In 1696 this Russian czar conquered the Ottoman port of Azov on the Black Sea; awesome! Again the wrong word
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter the Great
HOMOPHONIC PAIRS
Remained sedate
Time's up! The correct answer was stayed staid
AROUND THE POKER TABLE WITH SLIM
According to Hoyle, before Slim deals, the player to his right has to do this with 5 to 47 cards
Time's up! The correct answer was Cut the deck
WORLD HODGEPODGE
Pato, a combination of basketball & this game played on horseback, is quite popular in Argentina
Time's up! The correct answer was Polo
EARTH
Formed at the Earth's surface, basalt is the extrusive type of this "Big 3" type of rock
Time's up! The correct answer was igneous
ROCK OF STAGES
This stage musical around since 1973 has Brad & Janet but no "Picture" in the title
Time's up! The correct answer was The Rocky Horror Show
THE ROLLING STONES
The Rolling Stones took their name from a song by this legendary blues musician
Time's up! The correct answer was Muddy Waters
FILM FACTS
"Titanic" tied this 1959 film's record of 11 Oscars but didn't overtake it
Time's up! The correct answer was Ben-Hur
CELEBS
On Sept. 14, 2005 she gave birth to Sean Preston Federline
Time's up! The correct answer was Britney Spears
"DEM"-ONS
The young women "d'Avignon" in the title of a painting by Picasso
Time's up! The correct answer was Demoiselles
ON THE "WAR"PATH
Homeothermic, like mammals
Time's up! The correct answer was warm-blooded
WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS
1994: A Shoshone guide for a famous expedition
Time's up! The correct answer was Sacagawea
WHERE'S THE COLLEGE?
Johns Hopkins University
Time's up! The correct answer was Baltimore
PRE-COLUMBIAN CULTURES
The Folsom culture about 10,900 years ago had a fluted type of this weapon & a "thrower" for it
Time's up! The correct answer was Spear
WE WANT PISA!
The Italian city of Pisa is located at the mouth of the Arno River, where it flows into this body of water
Time's up! The correct answer was the Mediterranean Sea
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
AMERICAN LITERATURE
This clergyman who wrote "The Short History of New-England" in 1694 was the son of Increase Mather
Time's up! The correct answer was Cotton Mather
PLAY REVIVALS
Ethan Hawke appeared in a 1992 production of this Chekhov play with another bird in its name
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Seagull"
AMERICAN HISTORY
In 1787 Arthur St. Clair became the first governor of this vast territory north of the Ohio River
Time's up! The correct answer was Northwest Territory
EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT...
Africa's lowest temperature was 11 degrees below zero in 1935 at Ifrane, just south of Fez in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Morocco
WAR
Of all the USA's wars, this one claimed the most American lives
Time's up! The correct answer was the Civil War
ALWAYS SAY NEVER
Line that precedes "they simply fade away" in a British army song
Time's up! The correct answer was Old soldiers never die
ACTORS WHO DIRECT
"Million Dollar Baby" & "Unforgiven"
Time's up! The correct answer was Clint Eastwood
KHOMEINI, KHAMENEI OR KHATAMI
Exiled from Iran in 1964
Time's up! The correct answer was Khomeini
HISTORIC WOMEN
After 5 years in office, she resigned as Israeli prime minister in 1974
Time's up! The correct answer was Golda Meir
"P.B."
This Latin term used for some legal services means "for the good"
Time's up! The correct answer was pro bono
FOOD
Riz A L'Imperatrice is an elegant version of this homey dessert
Time's up! The correct answer was Rice Pudding
AUTHORS
In September 1941 this author christened the warship Atlanta, also known as "The Mighty A"
Time's up! The correct answer was Margaret Mitchell
THE CRUCIBLE
A vertical crucible called a "skull" is used to make the gem called "cubic" this
Time's up! The correct answer was zirconium
KFC
General Tao was smiling in 1987 when KFC became the first U.S. fast-food chain in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was China
HORSE SENSE
Buck, ridden by James Arness on "Gunsmoke", was later used by Lorne Greene on this series
Time's up! The correct answer was Bonanza
WORLD WAR I
In 1917 Allied troops from this North American country stormed up Vimy Ridge in a legendary charge
Time's up! The correct answer was Canada
POETS & POETRY
This Longfellow poem was suggested by a smithy under a chestnut tree in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Village Blacksmith"
& NOW THE "END" IS NEAR
Poe knows this swinging lever regulates the speed of a clock mechanism
Time's up! The correct answer was pendulum
A SHAKESPEARE PLAY, FOR OPENERS
"Othello" opens with Roderigo addressing this villain: "Tush, never tell me; I take it much unkindly"
Time's up! The correct answer was Iago
ONE LETTER DIFFERENT
A speechless minute arachnid
Time's up! The correct answer was a mute mite
SHOTS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD
Maybe...Yes, sir! Nailing an 11-foot putt on 17 helped seal the 1986 Masters for this Golden Bear
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack Nicklaus
I COULD USE SOME SELF-HELP!
"The Art of Happiness" was written by this Asian man who was picked out for his present job at the age of 2
Time's up! The correct answer was the Dalai Lama
FROM THE GREEK
This synonym for "drugstore" comes from the Greek for "druggist's work"
Time's up! The correct answer was pharmacy
ANCIENT VIP's
Uncle of Caligula and stepfather of Nero, this Roman emperor was poisoned by his wife, Nero's mother
Time's up! The correct answer was Claudius
ASTRONOMY
Undetected murky stuff in the universe presumed to exist because of its gravitational effects
Time's up! The correct answer was dark matter
PSYCHOLOGY
Known for his "box", he wrote "Walden Two", a 1948 fiction work about operant conditioning
Time's up! The correct answer was B.F. Skinner
MOVIE CO-STARS
Meryl Streep & this actress were acclaimed for playing sisters in the 1996 film "Marvin's Room"
Time's up! The correct answer was Diane Keaton
WHAT KIND OF FOWL AM I?
Snow, Mother or Canada
Time's up! The correct answer was a goose
GEOLOGY
A 6-mile-wide caldera, or volcanic crater, is a highlight of La Palma in this Spanish Island group off Africa
Time's up! The correct answer was the Canaries
JULIUS CAESAR
In 46 B.C. this Egyptian came with Caesar to Rome, where her statue was placed in the temple of Venus Genetrix
Time's up! The correct answer was Cleopatra
I'M HUNGRY!
Let's go Penn. Dutch & have this dish, bits of pork mixed with cornmeal mush, then shaped into loaves & fried
Time's up! The correct answer was scrapple
ALSO A VEGAS CASINO
Stevenson's rousing tale from 1881
Time's up! The correct answer was Treasure Island
SPORTS SHORTS
In 2011 this QB was a first-round draft pick by Carolina
Time's up! The correct answer was Newton
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
RHYMES WITH TRACK
It's a titan in the trucking industry
Time's up! The correct answer was Mack
MAYORS
After this 1906 disaster, Mayor Eugene Schmitz authorized the summary execution of looters
Time's up! The correct answer was the San Francisco earthquake
WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN
"Served under the Apache leaders Cochise and Mangas Coloradas... in 1894, he was moved to Fort Sill
Time's up! The correct answer was Geronimo
HISTORY OLDER THAN YOU
Around 1200 B.C. this Biblical man led his people to Canaan after their escape from slavery
Time's up! The correct answer was Moses
TELL ME "Y"
First name shared by monsieurs Saint Laurent & Montand
Time's up! The correct answer was Yves
SI's SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE
This tire co. paid Rip Hamilton "to braid his hair in the tread pattern of one of its tires", not blimps
Time's up! The correct answer was Goodyear
"SUPER"
This person is in charge of repairs & maintenance at an apartment building
Time's up! The correct answer was superintendent
TELEVISION
In 1999 an ABC sitcom dropped "a Pizza Place" from its name, which changed to this
Time's up! The correct answer was Two Guys and a Girl
OPERA SINGERS
This Spaniard starred in Franco Zeffirelli's film "La Traviata"
Time's up! The correct answer was Domingo
"ROCK"Y
"SF Sorrow" by The Pretty Things was the first of these works; "Tommy" came soon after
Time's up! The correct answer was a rock opera
MOVIE DEBUTS
She debuted in a bit part as Woody Allen's date in "Annie Hall" 2 years before "Alien" made her a star
Time's up! The correct answer was Sigourney Weaver
MOTHER GOOSE
After singing for his supper, he ate "white bread and butter"
Time's up! The correct answer was Little Tommy Tucker
AMERICAN COUNTIES
While many states have counties named Lincoln, this is the only state that has one named Snohomish
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington
4 N
Adjective preceding the railroad completed in 1869
Time's up! The correct answer was transcontinental
WHAT'S ON TV?
Simon said "Simply dreadful... appalling" on this show that debuted on Fox in June '02
Time's up! The correct answer was American Idol
YOU BEAST!
A nide is a brood of these birds (perhaps the ring-necked ones)
Time's up! The correct answer was pheasants
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
MUSICAL THEATRE
"Cabaret" was based partly on this 1951 play by John Van Druten
Time's up! The correct answer was I Am a Camera
FIRST LADIES
She married husband Ronnie in 1952 when he was president of the Screen Actors Guild
Time's up! The correct answer was NancyReagan
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
THE FUNNIES
The title of this Jim Unger comic refers to everyone in it, not just a single character
Time's up! The correct answer was Herman
"G"ARDEN GLOSSARY
Inserting a section of one plant into another so that they grow as one plant
Time's up! The correct answer was to graft
"EN" THE BEGINNING
These peptide hormones in the brain reduce the sensation of pain
Time's up! The correct answer was endorphins
TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE WORD THAT RHYMES WITH STAR
Django Reinhardt was a master of this instrument
Time's up! The correct answer was the guitar
LITERATURE
In the final scene of "Rebecca", this stately mansion of Maxim De Winter burns
Time's up! The correct answer was Manderley
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
RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS
For Muslims: witnessing, prayer, alms giving, fasting & pilgrimage
Time's up! The correct answer was Five Pillars of Faith
BIBLICAL WORDS & PHRASES
"Pale Horse" is a metaphor for the approach of this
Time's up! The correct answer was Death
"GENERAL" JOB INFORMATION
The U.N.'s website says this job is "a spokesman for the interests of the world's peoples, in particular the poor"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Secretary-General
FOR THE FASHIONISTA
Style.com stated that your spring 2006 wardrobe must include a baby-doll dress in the style of this decade
Time's up! The correct answer was the '60s
DEMOCRATIC KEYNOTERS
1968: Hawaiian senator
Time's up! The correct answer was Daniel Inouye
BETTER KNOWN AS...
Astrologer & psychic Michel de Notredame
Time's up! The correct answer was Nostradamus
INNS
Gray's Inn is one of these associations that control admission to Britain's bar
Time's up! The correct answer was the Inns of Court
LEGENDARY LEGENDS
A legendary sailor of the Incas shares his name with this raft on which Thor Heyerdahl sailed the Pacific
Time's up! The correct answer was the Kon-Tiki
THE BODY WOMAN
Women have this piece of thyroid cartilage, too; it's just smaller than a man's & may be under more fat
Time's up! The correct answer was an Adam's apple
ALLUSIONAL THINKING
The allusion "ships that pass in the night" is from this American poet's "Tales of a Wayside Inn"
Time's up! The correct answer was Longfellow
COUNTY SEATS
Paris (population 8,730) is the seat of Bourbon County in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky
HOMETOWNS
Daphne DuMaurier
Time's up! The correct answer was London
RHYMES WITH TEEN
"Lois & Clark" actor Cain
Time's up! The correct answer was Dean
TAKE A GUESS
John David Joyce set a Guinness record by doing this continuously in a hammock for 240 hours
Time's up! The correct answer was rocking
HOW'S THE WEATHER?
High clouds may bring this type of damaging precipitation, especially to the "alley" for it in the Rockies
Time's up! The correct answer was hail
BIOPIC-NIC
1983: Meryl Streep as this nuclear power technician
Time's up! The correct answer was Silkwood
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
BIBLICAL PAIRS
God & Jesus are called by these 2 Greek letters in Revelation
Time's up! The correct answer was Alpha & Omega
THE BODY WOMAN
Location of the zygomatic bones; fashion models may have prominent ones
Time's up! The correct answer was cheekbones
MOVIE MUSICALS
The only Ginger Rogers-Fred Astaire film for which these 2 brothers wrote songs was 1937's "Shall We Dance"
Time's up! The correct answer was George & Ira Gershwin
TELEVISION
In January 2000 this libidinous HBO show won the Golden Globe for Best Comedy Series
Time's up! The correct answer was Sex and the City
COMMON ABBREVIATIONS
All things considered, NPR is this popular listening place
Time's up! The correct answer was National Public Radio
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
STATE SUPERLATIVES
The deepest gorge in the U.S. is this state's Hells Canyon
Time's up! The correct answer was Idaho
3 LITTLE LETTERS
Like banks, many grocery stores now have these for dispensing cash & taking deposits
Time's up! The correct answer was ATMs
FOR WHOM THE "BELL" TOLLS
Nobel-winning creator of Herzog & Sammler
Time's up! The correct answer was Saul Bellow
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
THEATRE AROUND THE WORLD
The musical "Les Mis" didn't debut on Broadway but in this city, its setting
Time's up! The correct answer was Paris
"ROCK"Y
This peninsula in the borough of Queens is one of the principal resort areas for New Yorkers
Time's up! The correct answer was Rockaway Beach
SCIENCE CLASS
During this plant process, carbon dioxide & water combine with light energy to create oxygen & glucose
Time's up! The correct answer was photosynthesis
WORD ORIGINS
This state's name is from the Sioux for "sky-tinted waters"; maybe they meant the 10,000 lakes
Time's up! The correct answer was Minnesota
SEXPERTISE
P.D. James, G.K. Chesterton, A.A. Milne
Time's up! The correct answer was P.D. James
SIGNS & SYMBOLS
The first seal designed for what is now this U.S. state depicted icebergs, igloos & the Northern Lights
Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska
HISTORY OLDER THAN YOU
Julius Caesar became the leader of this empire in 45 B.C. but was killed just one year later
Time's up! The correct answer was Roman
LOST
Presumably she was lost at sea after vanishing in the central Pacific in July 1937
Time's up! The correct answer was Amelia Earhart
LETTER MEN
At his death in 1971, there were more than 1,600 department stores bearing his name
Time's up! The correct answer was J.C. Penney
JERSEY GIRLS
Governor of New Jersey form 1994 to 2001, she appointed the state's first female Attorney General
Time's up! The correct answer was Christine Whitman
AFRICANA
Meaning "guided one", it was the title of the 1880s Sudanese leader whose forces defeated General Gordon
Time's up! The correct answer was The Mahdi
HISTORY
Peregrine White, the 1st child born in New England of English parents, was born on this ship
Time's up! The correct answer was the Mayflower
LITERARY ALLUSIONS
This term for an idyllic place can be checked out in the James Hilton work "Lost Horizon"
Time's up! The correct answer was Shangri-La
PROVERBS
It "comes not alone" & "makes waste"
Time's up! The correct answer was haste
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
IN THE DICTIONARY
It's the 4-letter name of the pleated skirt worn by men in Scotland
Time's up! The correct answer was a kilt
WORD ORIGINS
The name of this dialect comes from a Hindi word, mantri, meaning "counselor"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mandarin
U.S. CITIES
Principal routes through this capital include Ala Moana Boulevard & Pali Highway
Time's up! The correct answer was Honolulu
BEES
The 3 classes of a honeybee colony
Time's up! The correct answer was a drone, a queen, and a worker
SKIP TO MY "LOO"
Unsecured pages of a book in removable form
Time's up! The correct answer was looseleaf
COMIC & CARTOON CRITTERS
Heathcliff
Time's up! The correct answer was cat
GAMES
An explorer lends his name to this call & response swimming pool game
Time's up! The correct answer was Marco Polo
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
BROADWAY
Inspired by classical myths, "Metamorphosis" tells of Orpheus, Alcyone & this king with the "golden touch"
Time's up! The correct answer was Midas
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS
This title dog's real first name is Scoobert
Time's up! The correct answer was Scooby-Doo
ARCHITECTS
Canberra designer Walter Burley Griffin served as this American architect's assistant from 1901 to 1906
Time's up! The correct answer was Frank Lloyd Wright
"BOO"!
A government project of little value funded to gain political favor
Time's up! The correct answer was boondoggle
MUSICALS
This title character's last name is McLonergan, not Rainbow
Time's up! The correct answer was Finian
IT DON'T MEAN A "THING"
Zip, nada, el zilcho
Time's up! The correct answer was nothing
"EVER"S
Chris Rock narrated this show, loosely based on his childhood
Time's up! The correct answer was Everybody Hates Chris
THE SPOOKY & THE MYSTERIOUS
Supposedly, President Harrison is heard in the attic & Jackson haunts the Rose Bedroom in this house
Time's up! The correct answer was the White House
QUOTATIONS
"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori", wrote Horace, "It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for" this
Time's up! The correct answer was one's country
THE REPLACEMENTS
This cell-division process in which a cell's nucleus replicates is vital for repair & replacement of worn-out cells
Time's up! The correct answer was mitosis
LET'S VISIT AUSTRIA
Preferring to go where the rain turns to snow, he wintered in Schruns while writing "The Sun Also Rises"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ernest Hemingway
THE FORTUNE 500
No. 242 on the list, this insurance co.'s $99.3 billion loss made it Fortune's biggest loser ever
Time's up! The correct answer was AIG
BOXING MOVIES
Jack Palance starred in the TV version of this "heavy" Rod Serling drama; Anthony Quinn, in the film version
Time's up! The correct answer was "Requiem For A Heavyweight"
CROSSWORD CLUES "J"
Belligerent nationalist (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was jingo
BORN IN DUBLIN
This "Babes in Toyland" composer helped found the organization ASCAP in 1914
Time's up! The correct answer was Victor Herbert
FROG ANATOMY
It's divided into 3 chambers: 2 auricles & 1 ventricle
Time's up! The correct answer was the frog's heart
U.S. CITIES
Principal routes through this capital include Ala Moana Boulevard & Pali Highway
Time's up! The correct answer was Honolulu
GUINNESS RECORDS
9,360 graham crackers, 9,312 marshmallows & 4,128 chocolate bars went into one of these made at a campground
Time's up! The correct answer was s'more
BIG "STAR"
It's a dessert made of eggs, sugar & milk, either baked, boiled or frozen
Time's up! The correct answer was custard
LET'S VISIT AUSTRIA
Preferring to go where the rain turns to snow, he wintered in Schruns while writing "The Sun Also Rises"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ernest Hemingway
FUN WITH OPERA
In Nicolai's opera "The Merry Wives of Windsor", this fat, funny rogue gets dumped into the river in a laundry basket
Time's up! The correct answer was Falstaff
I'M "L__X"
It's a shorter way of saying Los Angeles International Airport
Time's up! The correct answer was LAX
BETTER KNOWN AS...
Charles Buchinsky
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Bronson
THEATRE AROUND THE WORLD
There's a "method" behind his founding of the Moscow Art Theatre with Nemirovich-Danchenko
Time's up! The correct answer was Stanislavski
SONG LYRICS
"When I dream about the moonlight on" this river, "then I long for my Indiana home"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Wabash
ORGANIZATIONS
This organization abbreviated OA is dedicated to helping those who constantly binge on food
Time's up! The correct answer was Overeaters Anonymous
THE EVOLUTION OF "M"USIC
This '60s "Nights in White Satin" band has another color in its name
Time's up! The correct answer was Moody Blues
HELLO, DELI!
Someone pass me this noodle pudding filled with raisins & nuts
Time's up! The correct answer was kugel
THE COMMODORES
"The Commodore" is one of the tales of this C.S. Forester hero
Time's up! The correct answer was Horatio Hornblower
MISCELLAN"IUM"
It's the muscle tissue that forms the middle layer of the heart's walls
Time's up! The correct answer was myocardium
THE SPOOKY & THE MYSTERIOUS
Thousands of years ago this legendary lost continent is believed by some to have vanished beneath the waves
Time's up! The correct answer was Atlantis
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
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
HOLD THE MAYO CLINIC
In 1914 Mayo isolated the pure hormone thyroxin, made by this gland
Time's up! The correct answer was Thyroid gland
TELEVISION
Carol Burnett & Carroll O'Connor have appeared as Jamie's parents on this sitcom
Time's up! The correct answer was "Mad About You"
NAME THE POET
"Do not go gentle into that good night, old age should burn and rave at close of day"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dylan Thomas
THOSE DARN ETRUSCANS
Along with the Borgia apartments, the Etruscan Museum is one of the top attractions in this 109-acre country
Time's up! The correct answer was Vatican City
RHYMES WITH SMART
It can be a separating line in your hair or a role in a play
Time's up! The correct answer was a part
NICE TO MEAT YOU
Be vewy quiet; the most common small game animal is this, which is mostly white meat & can be grilled, fried or roasted
Time's up! The correct answer was rabbit
THE EMPEROR NERO
Nero's indulgences included poetry, acting & racing these vehicles
Time's up! The correct answer was chariots
SCIENCE & NATURE
The flexible neck of this bird of prey allows it to rotate its head an amazing 270 degrees
Time's up! The correct answer was Owl
LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L"
Jack's "capital" surname (6)
Time's up! The correct answer was London
SELLERS
[Hi, I'm Jeff Bezos, founder & CEO of Amazon.com] It's estimated that 60% of net shoppers flag an average of 7 sites with one of these, also used in products we sell
Time's up! The correct answer was Bookmarks
EPONYMS
Although sources disagree over the origin of this "do-over" golf shot, many accept that it was named for a bad golfer
Time's up! The correct answer was a Mulligan
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
HOW'S THE WEATHER?
Mountain passes speed up hot, dry air, giving this U.S. state its Santa Ana winds
Time's up! The correct answer was California
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
Nigel Bruce of Dr. Watson fame played an impresario in this "glowing" 1952 Chaplin film
Time's up! The correct answer was Limelight
THE "UNDER" WORLD
Abolitionist "railroad"
Time's up! The correct answer was underground
THE "FIRST" STATE
In 1975 Donald Johanson found a group of 13 hominid fossils he dubbed this, like the Nixons or Trumans
Time's up! The correct answer was the first family
APOLLO 11
The three crew members of Apollo 11
Time's up! The correct answer was Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins
"PH"UN WORDS
For many years Andre Previn conducted one
Time's up! The correct answer was Philharmonic
RHYMES WITH SMART
A graphic representation of information
Time's up! The correct answer was a chart
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
ROUGH POLITICS
In October 1974 ths Arkansas congressman's career got kicked in the Fanne (Fox)
Time's up! The correct answer was Wilbur Mills
ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS
In Salzburg you can visit the graves of his parents & his wife Constanze; his own location is uncertain
Time's up! The correct answer was W.A. Mozart
SPORTS LEGENDS
If Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak had gone one more game in 1941, this company would have given him a $10,000 contract
Time's up! The correct answer was H.J. Heinz
TELEVISION
Alice is the housekeeper on this classic sitcom; Sam the butcher is her boyfriend
Time's up! The correct answer was The Brady Bunch
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
It's the lowest, flattest & smallest continent
Time's up! The correct answer was Australia
FOOD & DRINK
This rum drink hailing from New Orleans' French Quarter has its own glass of the same name
Time's up! The correct answer was the Hurricane
HISTORIC BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Older brother Frank is thrilled to welcome this Sept. 5, 1847 baby; 10 days old & making guns with his tiny fingers
Time's up! The correct answer was Jesse James
UP IN THE AIR
At under 6,000 feet, this 7-letter layered type of cloud is one of the lowest
Time's up! The correct answer was stratus
ESPN's TOP 10 ALL-TIME ATHLETES
No. 5: Only center to lead the NBA in assists; track scholarship to Kansas U.; marathoner; volleyballer
Time's up! The correct answer was Chamberlain
PLANT PARENTHOOD
Named for the Virgin Mary, these carnivorous little red beetles can help rid your garden of aphids & other insects
Time's up! The correct answer was ladybugs
NBA HALL OF FAMERS
Abe Saperstein is in the Hall of Fame, as is this team he promoted & coached for decades
Time's up! The correct answer was The Harlem Globetrotters
WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!
On Feb. 3, 1930 I presided over the founding of the Vietnamese Communist Party
Time's up! The correct answer was Ho Chi Minh
HAMMERS
Goods being sold "under the hammer" are found at these events
Time's up! The correct answer was Auctions
4 CONSONANTS IN A ROW
This important mechanism is what you're turning when you wind a clock
Time's up! The correct answer was the mainspring
CHECK OUT MY CRIB
Wanna put your feet up? How about on one of these with a "Turkish" name
Time's up! The correct answer was an ottoman