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ANCIENT HISTORY
This Old Kingdom capital of Egypt was originally named Hikouptah
Time's up! The correct answer was Memphis
SRO
This musical opened its run in 1980 at the Winter Garden, 8 blocks from the title thoroughfare
Time's up! The correct answer was 42nd Street
KFC
The conglomerate built on this soda decided everybody needs a little KFC & bought it in 1986
Time's up! The correct answer was Pepsi Cola
HOW INSPIRATIONAL
Thinking of his sins, poet Heinrich Heine said, "Of course" God will do this to "me; that's his business"
Time's up! The correct answer was forgive
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
This 1928 title character begins as a man & ends, almost 400 years later, as a young woman (but not in Florida)
Time's up! The correct answer was Orlando
"FOR" WORDS
This word on the label signifies that vitamins have been added to milk
Time's up! The correct answer was fortified
ACTORS' RHYME TIME
Torn's witticisms
Time's up! The correct answer was Rip's quips
THEY ALSO RAN
Born in Brooklyn in 1944, he was mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2002
Time's up! The correct answer was Rudy Giuliani
WHAT'S THAT SOUND?
Ports lying on the banks of this sound include Bremerton, Everett & Tacoma
Time's up! The correct answer was Puget Sound
"DO", "RE", "MI"
Nancy Davis' married name
Time's up! The correct answer was Reagan
IT BORDERS INDIA
Of the 6 nations India borders, this one is the most populous
Time's up! The correct answer was China
INTERNATIONAL NAMES
In 2008 he succeeded his close ally Vladimir Putin as Russia's president
Time's up! The correct answer was Medvedev
THE COLOR PURPLE
Day of the week in February 2006 when the top of the Empire State Building was lit purple, green & gold
Time's up! The correct answer was Tuesday
"IRA"
Australia's Yellow Tail winery sells this on its own as well as in a cabernet blend
Time's up! The correct answer was shiraz
BRAND NAMES
In 1930 General Mills introduced this mix to make biscuits quickly
Time's up! The correct answer was Bisquick
ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST GUITARISTS
Not surprisingly this legendary guitarist who colored the '60s with songs like "Purple Haze" came in at No. 1
Time's up! The correct answer was Jimi Hendrix
KHOMEINI, KHAMENEI OR KHATAMI
Supreme religious & political leader since 1990
Time's up! The correct answer was Khamenei
TAINTED GOV
In 2010 a House committee charged this veteran Harlem congressman with ethics violations
Time's up! The correct answer was Rangel
AMERICAN COUNTIES
Ogemaw, Saginaw & Washtenaw are all counties in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Michigan
CARTOONS
The monster seen here (Godzilla) originally appeared in movies from this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Japan
TONY-WINNING COMPOSERS
1993: "The Who's Tommy"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pete Townshend
NO. 32
It begins "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven"
Time's up! The correct answer was 32nd Psalm
MYSPACE.MAN
Freedom 7's pilot in 1961, he also commanded Apollo 14, the 1st mission to land on the Moon & not on the lunar seas
Time's up! The correct answer was Shepard
"J" WHIZ
It's not a type of fruit spread, but a large extended campout for several Boy Scout troops together
Time's up! The correct answer was jamboree
___ OG
"Pea Soup" describes a dense one
Time's up! The correct answer was fog
CROSSWORD CLUES "D"
Conversation for 2 people (8)
Time's up! The correct answer was a dialogue
NOT A POPE
Stephen IX, John XXIV, Clement VIII
Time's up! The correct answer was John XXIV
PEOPLE
He made the cover of Life magazine 3 times in February & March of 1962, & again in October 1998
Time's up! The correct answer was John Glenn
THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
In his acceptance speech, Pres. Obama quoted this 1964 American recipient saying, "violence never brings permanent peace"
Time's up! The correct answer was King
BARTLETT'S PAIRS
Kenneth Grahame's 2 quotes both come from this children's book
Time's up! The correct answer was The Wind in the Willows
HEADS OF STATE
In 1964 Luxembourg's grand duchess abdicated in favor of this man, her son
Time's up! The correct answer was Grand Duke Jean
SNL CELEBRITY JEOPARDY!
Ben Stiller played this star of "The Firm" on a show where one category was "FOODS THAT END IN 'AMBURGER'"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Cruise
CROSSWORD CLUES "K"
A "bear"y nice Alaskan island (6)
Time's up! The correct answer was Kodiak
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
DRAMA QUEENS
The queen in Marlowe's "Edward II" is named this, like a famous queen of Spain
Time's up! The correct answer was Isabella
A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL
"What I wouldn't give for a drop of good old-fashioned Creole blood"
Time's up! The correct answer was Interview with the Vampire
4-LETTER CAPITALS
It's been said that "All roads lead to" this "Eternal City"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rome
LITERATURE
In English, Ivan Turgenev's novel "Ottsy i Deti" is known by this "familial" title"
Time's up! The correct answer was Fathers and Sons
STARTS WITH "B"
An insect who hangs out in your four-poster, or what a private eye might slip under your mattress
Time's up! The correct answer was Bedbug
BON APPE-"T"
A folded tortilla filled with various ingredients
Time's up! The correct answer was Taco
GUINNESS RECORDS
With a 212-foot wingspan, this jet from Boeing is the world's largest passenger aircraft in service
Time's up! The correct answer was the 747
NATIVE AMERICANS
This Florida tribe lived in dwellings called chickees that had raised floors & open sides allowing the air to circulate
Time's up! The correct answer was the Seminoles
LAW & GOVERNMENT
Because of its secretiveness, the American Party in the 1850s was also known by this name
Time's up! The correct answer was The Know-Nothings
FROM T TO SHINING T
On TV, apparently both America & Britain's "Got" this, a special natural ability
Time's up! The correct answer was talent
___ OG
Hey, "don't just sit there like a bump on" one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a log
MAGAZINES
Marilyn Vos Savant's column appears in this magazine that comes with Sunday newspapers
Time's up! The correct answer was Parade Magazine
HOW INSPIRATIONAL
In 1903 Pope Pius X wrote, "Where justice is lacking there can be no hope of" this, pax in Latin
Time's up! The correct answer was peace
FIGURE SKATERS
Native country of Barbara Ann Scott, who in 1947 became the 1st N. American to win the European title
Time's up! The correct answer was Canada
FUN WITH BALLET
In "La Boutique Fantasque", dolls come to life & perform this high-kicking, skirt-swooshing dance
Time's up! The correct answer was Can-can
WORDS WITHIN WORDS
Carry something luminescent when you go down into one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Mine
TELEVISION
Jack Wagner, formerly of "General Hospital", now plays Dr. Peter Burns on this Fox drama
Time's up! The correct answer was Melrose Place
READING
Group name for all letters other than A, E, I, O & U
Time's up! The correct answer was consonants
THE LAST BATTLE
The Battle of New Orleans
Time's up! The correct answer was the War of 1812
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
LITERARY ANIMALS
This old grey donkey was Winnie-the-Pooh's friend who always saw things in a gloomy light
Time's up! The correct answer was Eeyore
I WANT TO RIDE THAT!
I may not know "Who Framed" this movie bunny, but I can ride his Car Toon Spin at Disneyland
Time's up! The correct answer was Roger Rabbit
A SHAKESPEARE PLAY, FOR OPENERS
Completes the opening sentence "Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this sun of..."
Time's up! The correct answer was York
HOTELS
We'll tell you "diplomatically" that this L.A. hotel was the home of the Coconut Grove nightclub
Time's up! The correct answer was The Ambassador Hotel
WORDS OF LOVE
In "Prometheus Unbound", he wrote, "All love is sweet, given or returned. Common as light is love"
Time's up! The correct answer was Percy Bysshe Shelley
COMPUTER TERMS
In the acronym BIOS, these 2 words come between "basic" & "system"
Time's up! The correct answer was input & output
DOUGH
Cherry blossoms are featured on the back of the coin worth 100 of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Yen
AIN'T THAT AMERICA
There are more farms in this large southwestern state than in any other
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas
SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG
You're nuts if you don't know this title of hits by Seal, Icehouse & Patsy Cline
Time's up! The correct answer was "Crazy"
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
In meteorology, when a cold one has a close encounter with a warm one & takes it over, it's called an occluded one
Time's up! The correct answer was a front
SOME MORE SIMIAN CINEMA
This Rene Russo film about an eccentric & her pets is based on a true story; it features the following:
Time's up! The correct answer was Buddy
WHAT'CHA GOT COOKIN'?
I'm sauteeing this organ meat in butter & lemon juice, as you'd know, if you had any
Time's up! The correct answer was brains
GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP
In 2008 Central Wash. players of this sport carried injured Sara Tucholsky of Western Oregon around the bases
Time's up! The correct answer was softball
FLAG 'EM DOWN
The 2 colors found on all 3 national flags of the U.S., Mexico & Canada
Time's up! The correct answer was red & white
HOME
In new houses, when all your lights go out, you flip the circuit breaker back; in old houses, you change these
Time's up! The correct answer was Fuses
"TRI" HARDER
A court of justice
Time's up! The correct answer was Trribunal
STARTS WITH A PRONOUN
It can mean transparently thin, or perfectly vertical, like a cliff
Time's up! The correct answer was sheer
MYTHELLANEOUS
Riding this winged horse made it possible for Bellerophon to approach & kill the chimera
Time's up! The correct answer was Pegasus
ANCIENT COINS
Around 334 B.C. this Macedonian's stater became a world currency
Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander the Great
FASHIONABLE COMMON BONDS
French, Cuban, wedge
Time's up! The correct answer was heels
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
"L.B."s
Even before Thomas Edison, Sir Joseph Wilson Swan was aglow with his invention of this
Time's up! The correct answer was light bulb
SCIENTISTS
His 1637 "Discours de la methode" prefaced a series of essays on optics, meteorology, and geometry
Time's up! The correct answer was Rene Descartes
OXYMORONS
The "double" version of this card game for one requires 2 players
Time's up! The correct answer was solitaire
ODDS & ENDS
To make these on your own, cube day-old bread, fry in butter, oil & garlic, then bake
Time's up! The correct answer was croutons
GOULASH
This fourth state of matter can be made by heating a gas or applying an electric field to it
Time's up! The correct answer was Plasma
FOOD FACTS
Carob yields a sweet pulp that is roasted, ground, & used as a substitute for this flavoring
Time's up! The correct answer was chocolate
QUEEN VICTORIA
In 1876 Victoria was delighted to receive the title "Empress of" this Asian land
Time's up! The correct answer was India
VERBS
As a verb, this British nationality means to put an end to something abruptly
Time's up! The correct answer was Scotch
PAPAL NAMES
The winner of a contest
Time's up! The correct answer was Victor
GETTING TICKED ON
The chipping type of this common seed-eating little bird is a popular host for ticks
Time's up! The correct answer was a sparrow
ALBUMS
In 1997 Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" appeared on her album "Let's Talk About Love" & on this soundtrack
Time's up! The correct answer was Titanic
NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES
Like its lengthy river, this state's name is Algonquian for "great water"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mississippi
WEEDS
The most common cause of hay fever in the U.S. is this substance from ragweed
Time's up! The correct answer was Pollen
NOVEL QUOTES
(1932) "Over the main entrance the words, Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre"
Time's up! The correct answer was Brave New World
"V"
A tramp or wanderer
Time's up! The correct answer was a vagabond
GREAT DAMES
She played "Hamlet" at the age of 73 and a Vulcan high priestess in "Star Trek III"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dame Judith Anderson
BEYOND .COM
It's the perfect 2 letters for video-heavy sites such as Geekbrief
Time's up! The correct answer was TV
TV STARS
Taylor Negron plays nanny to these twins on "So Little Time"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Olsen twins
THE BOOK TRADE
According to USA Today, they're the 2 nonconsecutive months that see the highest cookbook sales
Time's up! The correct answer was May & December
THE CINEMA
It was the mythological container sought by Lara Croft in "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pandora's box
WRITERS CUBED
Her 2000 novel "Blonde" is, of course, about Marilyn Monroe
Time's up! The correct answer was Joyce Carol Oates
SHIPS
In 1831 Charles Darwin sailed as naturalist on this ship
Time's up! The correct answer was the Beagle
INVENTORS & INVENTIONS
After Carrier came up with this in 1902, my 20 babes waving palm fronds idea went out the window
Time's up! The correct answer was air conditioning
BEST MOVIE QUOTES EVER!
1999: "Get in my belly!" (Second in a series)
Time's up! The correct answer was Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
WOMEN: WRITE ON!
"Shiksa Goddess: (or, How I Spent My Forties)" is a collection of essays by this "Heidi Chronicles" playwright
Time's up! The correct answer was Wasserstein
ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER
Oxford University's fall term is named for this -mas, not Christmas; it's a saint's Sept. 29 feast day
Time's up! The correct answer was Michaelmas
GAMES
This lawn game was once called Pall Mall, from Italian words meaning "ball" & "mallet"
Time's up! The correct answer was croquet
GAME SHOWS
Richard Karn hosts this game show where 2 clans match wits; survey says...
Time's up! The correct answer was Family Feud
GOVERNMENT
In 1978 Ricardo Bordallo was Guam's head of government & this man was its head of state
Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Carter
THAT'S BUSINESS
An Italian clothier is known as the United Colors of this
Time's up! The correct answer was Benetton
FUNDRAISING
Chilly alliterative term for phoning someone to ask for money without any prior notice
Time's up! The correct answer was cold call
THE CIVIL WAR
In Sherman's famous "march to the sea", this seaport city was his goal
Time's up! The correct answer was Savannah, Georgia
DESCRIBING THE NO. 1 SONG
1968: Marvin Gaye gets the news through third parties that his girlfriend will be leaving him
Time's up! The correct answer was "Heard It Through the Grapevine"
SEEING "RED"
Stephen Crane wrote, "He wished that he, too, had a wound," this
Time's up! The correct answer was A red badge of courage
A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS
This computer language gets oxymoronic when it follows "Advanced"
Time's up! The correct answer was BASIC
IN EXILE
Moshoeshoe II was exiled twice before regaining this southern African country's throne in 1995
Time's up! The correct answer was Lesotho
BOGIE MEN
Sam Spade
Time's up! The correct answer was The Maltese Falcon
TREES & SHRUBS
This shrub produces clusters appropriately called catkins said to resemble kittens climbing up the twig
Time's up! The correct answer was a pussy willow
THE SECOND...
...U.S. manned space program
Time's up! The correct answer was the Gemini program
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
"IND" THE KNOW
The systematic teaching of beliefs to gain uncritical acceptance
Time's up! The correct answer was indoctrination
JURY DUTY
A deadlocked jury is this 4-letter word
Time's up! The correct answer was hung
U.S. PRESIDENTS
On June 28, 1919 he married Elizabeth Wallace
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Truman
SAINTS BE PRAISED
The emblem of St. Lawrence, it's also a nickname for a football field
Time's up! The correct answer was Gridiron
SPOOKS
This spy came a long way from her origins as the daughter of a Dutch hatter
Time's up! The correct answer was Mata Hari
IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL
He perked up his career by letting Starbucks release his album "Memory Almost Full"
Time's up! The correct answer was McCartney
INTERNATIONAL RHYME TIME
A tiny New Zealander, or a tiny New Zealand bird
Time's up! The correct answer was a peewee Kiwi
ANAGRAMMED BIRDS
A holiday standard: key rut
Time's up! The correct answer was turkey
FRANCES FARMER
In "Badlands of Dakota" Frances was this Wild West lady to Richard Dix's Wild Bill
Time's up! The correct answer was Calamity Jane
IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS
From Koluszki to Kolno, & Wozniki to Strzelce, visit us, but just know we've heard all the jokes already
Time's up! The correct answer was Poland
WORDS
Chat about this in your chat room: "chat" is merely a shortened form of this 7-letter word
Time's up! The correct answer was chatter
THE EMPEROR NERO
Contrary to myth, no evidence exists that Nero played a fiddle, or anything else, while this happened
Time's up! The correct answer was while Rome burned
BEFORE & AFTER
Leif Ericson's dad who was a huge star with low surface temperature
Time's up! The correct answer was Erik the Red Giant
PEOPLE
This actor gave a speech for Harvard roommate Al Gore at the 2000 Democratic Convention
Time's up! The correct answer was Tommy Lee Jones
FLEETS
This empire's fleet was defeated in the 1571 Battle of Lepanto
Time's up! The correct answer was the Ottoman Empire
ANAGRAMMED STATE CAPITALS
Any lab
Time's up! The correct answer was Albany
THE TIGERS
Genus sphyraena, this long, thin predatory fish with protruding jaws & teeth is known as the "tiger of the sea"
Time's up! The correct answer was barracuda
YOUNG ABE LINCOLN
Among the books read by Lincoln as a youngster were "Robinson Crusoe", "Aesop's Fables", & Mason Weems' "Life of" this man
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington
THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID
"When the one great scorer comes to write against your name, he marks -- not that you won or lost -- but" this
Time's up! The correct answer was How you played the game
LOST
Performed annually in North Carolina, "The Lost Colony" is an outdoor drama about this lost colony
Time's up! The correct answer was Roanoke Island
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
INITIALS M.D.
In "Return To Me", David Duchovny has a heart-to-heart with her
Time's up! The correct answer was Minnie Driver
FAMOUS JACQUES
His 1959 film "The Golden Fish" won him an Oscar
Time's up! The correct answer was Cousteau
DEAR JUNTA
In 1998 Nigerian-led forces captured Freetown, ousting the junta that controlled this African country
Time's up! The correct answer was Sierra Leone
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
BIOGRAPHIES
Known for his "Compleat Angler", he also wrote a biography of his friend, writer John Donne
Time's up! The correct answer was Izaak Walton
SEEING "RED"
In song, just "remember" this place "and the cowboy that loves you so true"
Time's up! The correct answer was Red River Valley
PSYCHOLOGY
Standard test of responding to a key word with the 1st words which come to your mind
Time's up! The correct answer was word association
ART
Someone tearing the L.A. Times into strips may be practicing this art form with a hyphenated French name
Time's up! The correct answer was papier-mâché
TIME TO GET SIMON-IZED
This playwright won a Pulitzer in 1991 with "Lost in Yonkers"
Time's up! The correct answer was Neil Simon
MUSICAL TRAINS
Steven Tyler of this band lent his steamin' vocals to "Train Kept A-Rollin'", first popularized by the Yardbirds
Time's up! The correct answer was Aerosmith
WORLD AUTHORS
This Brit coined "doublethink" & "Big Brother is watching you"
Time's up! The correct answer was Orwell
HOW INSPIRATIONAL
This "Candide" author helped popularize the saying, "The perfect is the enemy of the good"
Time's up! The correct answer was Voltaire
CARTOONS
Sylvester believes Hippety Hopper, a baby one of these, to be a gigantic mouse
Time's up! The correct answer was a kangaroo
CHICKENS FOR FREE
In doro wat, Ethiopian chicken stew, these go in at the end of cooking, so the chicken stew comes first
Time's up! The correct answer was the eggs
ENDS WITH 3 VOWELS
Emmy-winning actor Bridges
Time's up! The correct answer was Beau
SECRET MENUS
A move to healthy eating got the Pizza Sub nixed from this chain, but we hear if you ask nicely some stores will make it
Time's up! The correct answer was Subway
U.S. COLLEGES
The Wren Building at this school named for 2 monarchs is the oldest U.S. academic building still in use
Time's up! The correct answer was William and Mary
TEENS IN HISTORY
In 1468 this teen was recognized as heiress to the throne of Castile
Time's up! The correct answer was Queen Isabella
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
AMERICAN PLAYS
The play in which Amanda says, "I want you to stay fresh and pretty -- for gentleman callers."
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Glass Menagerie"
COUNTRY MUSIC
"Strawberry Wine" was the first of 3 No. 1 hits from this debut album by Deana Carter
Time's up! The correct answer was "Did I Shave My Legs for This?"
FEELING "ANCY"
Janet Leigh was sorry she found one of these at the Bates Motel
Time's up! The correct answer was Vacancy
NYC MUSIC HISTORY
Dvorak's "New World Symphony" debuted in this venue in 1893: the Beatles played there in 1964
Time's up! The correct answer was Carnegie Hall
JERSEY GIRLS
This "Fudge"-tastic children's author was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey
Time's up! The correct answer was Judy Blume
& 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!
11-LETTER WORDS
The scientific study of birds
Time's up! The correct answer was Ornithology
VALUABLE PLACES
Hickham Field sustained damage during the Japanese attack on this nearby site December 7, 1941
Time's up! The correct answer was Pearl Harbor
EMOTICONS
;-) Ocular act that sends a signal
Time's up! The correct answer was winking
SPORTS
Babe Ruth's father once operated a saloon on what is now center field in this Baltimore ballpark
Time's up! The correct answer was Oriole Park at Camden Yards
LITERARY CHARACTERS
He tells his 10-year-old sister Phoebe that he wants to be a "catcher in the rye"
Time's up! The correct answer was Holden Caulfield
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
QUOTATIONS
Jean-Luc Godard said, "Photography is truth, and" this "is truth 24 times a second"
Time's up! The correct answer was film
HIDDEN BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
Top chefs know that Pez rarely makes it onto the menu
Time's up! The correct answer was Ezra
BRIDGES
The 1st Roman bridge of which there is any record is the Pons Sublicius, built in 621 B.C. over this river
Time's up! The correct answer was Tiber
OATS
While the terms are used interchangeably, groats are usually more coarsely ground than these
Time's up! The correct answer was Grits
WYOMING
Wyoming shares the Black Hills National Forest with this state
Time's up! The correct answer was South Dakota
ART
19th c. painter Thomas Cole lived in Catskill, N.Y. on this river, whose "School" he helped found
Time's up! The correct answer was the Hudson River
HISTORY
Historians refer to the Golden Age as the time during which Pericles ruled this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Athens
THE EMPEROR NERO
Nero's indulgences included poetry, acting & racing these vehicles
Time's up! The correct answer was chariots
RHYMES WITH TEEN
Noor, to her Jordanian subjects
Time's up! The correct answer was Queen
MOVIE MUSIC
In "Raise Your Voice", Hilary Duff sings this Handel oratorio about the Savior
Time's up! The correct answer was Messiah
THEIR COUNTRY'S LAST MONARCH
1952: Infant king Fu'ad II
Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt
ODDS & ENDS
Using beeswax, olive oil, rose petals & water, Galen invented this skin cleanser with a "frigid" name c. 200 A.D.
Time's up! The correct answer was cold cream
STATE CAPITALS
Every Memorial Day weekend, this city hosts its famous 500 auto race
Time's up! The correct answer was Indianapolis
WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR II
Ships in the U.S. Navy's Casablanca class of "escort" these were smaller than their big cousins like the Lexington
Time's up! The correct answer was aircraft carriers
ENGLISH CLASS
This part of speech doesn't always end in "ly"; once, there & often are other examples
Time's up! The correct answer was adverb
NAME THE POET
"A little learning is a dang'rous thing; / Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring"
Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander Pope
"PU"
It's the time of life when a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of....sex
Time's up! The correct answer was Puberty
INDEPENDENCE DAYS
It was annexed by Indonesia but became independent on May 20, 2002
Time's up! The correct answer was East Timor
LITERATURE
In the final scene of "Rebecca", this stately mansion of Maxim De Winter burns
Time's up! The correct answer was Manderley
NEW WEAPONS
The USA's "E-Bomb" will disable grids & computers and reheat the enemies' lasagna by sending out these waves
Time's up! The correct answer was microwaves
MUSCAT LOVE
Qaboos bin Said al Said rules from his palace in Muscat under this title that means "ruler" in Arabic
Time's up! The correct answer was sultan
OOH... A WISE GUY
He coined the term "utopia" now meaning "an ideal place" & used it for the title of a 1516 satire
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas More
PLAY REVIVALS
He starred on Broadway in "The Crucible" in 1991, a few years before becoming president (on TV, that is)
Time's up! The correct answer was Martin Sheen
ACTION!
In a 1965 speech this president put out a call for "affirmative action" in hiring by federal contractors
Time's up! The correct answer was Johnson
OSCAR-WINNING ROLES
1933: Henry VIII
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Laughton
2011 MOVIES
Emma Stone starred as aspiring writer Skeeter Phelan in this '60s-set drama based on a novel
Time's up! The correct answer was The Help
18th CENTURY AMERICA
His wife Abigail wrote to him in a 1776 letter, "Remember the ladies... all men would be tyrants if they could"
Time's up! The correct answer was John Adams
NONFICTION PULITZER WINNERS
Neil Sheehan's "A Bright Shining Lie" centers on John Paul Vann & America's involvement in this event
Time's up! The correct answer was the Vietnam War
FINE DINING
A company at Union Wharf in Portland ships all kinds of seafood, but is called "Maine" this creature "Direct"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lobster
GO "SOUTH"
...to 90 degrees south latitude & you'll find yourself here
Time's up! The correct answer was the South Pole
"PH"UN WORDS
The bar type is one common form of this chart
Time's up! The correct answer was graph
ANAGRAMMED BIRDS
A holiday standard: key rut
Time's up! The correct answer was turkey
BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES
Henry VIII
Time's up! The correct answer was Tudor
WORLD FACTS
Discovered by David Livingstone, Botswana's Lake Ngami lies in the northern part of this desert
Time's up! The correct answer was Kalahari Desert
OPERA SINGERS
This Neapolitan tenor made his last public appearance on Christmas Eve, 1920 in "La Juive"
Time's up! The correct answer was Caruso
TV ACTORS & ROLES
Teri Hatcher looked "shipshape" as one of the singing "mermaids" who jumped on board this cruisin' series in 1985
Time's up! The correct answer was The Love Boat
TREES
Hindu for “trader” this unusual tree whose branches grow down can look like a mini-forest
Time's up! The correct answer was Banyan
BIRDS
In captivitiy, these wading birds are fed carotenoid pigments to keep the plumage color they have in the wild
Time's up! The correct answer was Flamingo
MISSING LINKS
A good ____ Havoc
Time's up! The correct answer was cry
AIRLINE TRAVEL
It can be a place to leave your puppy when you take a trip, or a carrier for him that fits under an airplane seat
Time's up! The correct answer was a kennel
STRING THEORY 201
String theory is part of this "P" branch of physics that studies eensy little items
Time's up! The correct answer was particle
COLORFUL GROUPS
They'd like you to "Shake Your Money Maker": The ____ Crowes
Time's up! The correct answer was Black
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
IS IT "TEA" TIME YET?
In 1975 the Perfumer's Workshop introduced a fragrance named for this flower
Time's up! The correct answer was a tea rose
2-LETTER WORDS
Before the grand jury, Bill Clinton said, "It depends on...your definition of" this word
Time's up! The correct answer was "is"
SCIENCE
The symbol of this radioactive element is Pu & it sounds like it's named after Mickey Mouse's dog
Time's up! The correct answer was plutonium
MODERN "TIME"S
It's the "Fox"y TV spinoff seen here:
Time's up! The correct answer was The Time of Your Life
ASIAN NATIONS
Once known as Burma, its official language Burmese was also renamed
Time's up! The correct answer was Myanmar
FROM THE WELSH
Rarebit, as in Welsh Rarebit, is an alteration of this word that's not an ingredient in Welsh Rarebit
Time's up! The correct answer was Rabbit
STOCK SYMBOLS
The annual report of this company, PRD, is as pretty as an instant picture
Time's up! The correct answer was Polaroid
"E" CHANNEL
Philosophy branch that studies the nature & foundations of knowledge
Time's up! The correct answer was epistemology
DUDE, YOU'RE A SONG!
"Trouble ahead, trouble behind, and you know that notion just crossed my mind" (Now we see who's the Deadhead)
Time's up! The correct answer was Casey Jones
U.S. COLLEGES
Swarthmore College of Pennsylvania has a historical library devoted to this religious group that founded it
Time's up! The correct answer was Quakers
AMERICANA
The name of this Texas city is Spanish for "yellow"
Time's up! The correct answer was Amarillo
MAGAZINE FEATURES
Leading Off, Faces in the Crowd, Scorecard
Time's up! The correct answer was Sports Illustrated
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
DOUGH
Cherry blossoms are featured on the back of the coin worth 100 of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Yen
ROCK-Y
His innovations include multitrack recording, overdubbing & the solid-body electric guitar
Time's up! The correct answer was Les Paul
ART & ARTISTS
Aquarelle is a transparent, rather than opaque, type of this painting, as seen in Paul Klee's work "Quarry"
Time's up! The correct answer was watercolor
LITERARY SISTERS
Holden Caulfield tells this little sister that he wants to be a "catcher in the rye" to keep kids from falling
Time's up! The correct answer was Phoebe
LASTS
The name of the last dynasty to rule Vietnam, it's the family name of about half Vietnam's people
Time's up! The correct answer was Nguyen
CELEBRITY RHYME TIME
Amanda's avenues
Time's up! The correct answer was Peet's streets
POP CULTURE
This man who died in 1918 was Snoopy's cursed nemesis in "Peanuts"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Red Baron
ACRONYM EXCITEMENT!
To Neil Armstrong: NASA
Time's up! The correct answer was National Aeronautics and Space Administration
THE MUSICAL DR. IS IN
"Doctor, doctor, give me the news, I've got" this Robert Palmer title affliction
Time's up! The correct answer was "Bad Case Of Loving You"
SYNONYMS
This synonym for "to seclude" is also a word for part of a monastery or convent
Time's up! The correct answer was cloister
A MASSIVE "M"ETROPOLIS
11 million: on Luzon Island
Time's up! The correct answer was Manila
ROCKS & MINERALS
Largest block ever found of it in U.S., 56 tons, was used for Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Time's up! The correct answer was marble
SLIM VOLUMES
You may want to enter this, a diet book & program by Barry Sears, who clarified with "Mastering" it
Time's up! The correct answer was The Zone
DEPARTMENT "S"
Winter Olympic events using these first appeared at the 1998 Nagano games
Time's up! The correct answer was snowboards
FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME
Mrs. Nixon's floor pads for gymnastics
Time's up! The correct answer was Pat's mats
WITH BROTHERHOOD
Last name of Kevin, Joe & Nick, whose album "Lines, Vines And Trying Times" debuted at No. 1 in 2009
Time's up! The correct answer was Jonas
FAMOUS AMERICANS
Dismissed from West Point for "deficiency in chemistry", he went on to paint a famous portrait of his mother
Time's up! The correct answer was James Whistler
PICK A PLANET
Its "day" is 24 hours & 39 minutes
Time's up! The correct answer was Mars
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
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
NFL COACHES
The Raiders rehired this man in 2006, 17 years after making him the first black head coach in the modern NFL
Time's up! The correct answer was Art Shell
WEATHER
An increase in air temperature at higher altitudes is unusual & is called this
Time's up! The correct answer was Inversion
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
MISC.
This noble gas glows orange-red when an electric current is passed through it
Time's up! The correct answer was neon
FOREWORDS
One edition calls this Darwin opus one of "the most readable and approachable" of revolutionary scientific works
Time's up! The correct answer was The Origin of Species
SAY CHEESE
The 2 cheeses coated with red wax named for towns, one in North Holland province, one in South
Time's up! The correct answer was Edam & Gouda
PHYSICS
Pulling the cloth off a table without disturbing the dishes is the principle of this
Time's up! The correct answer was inertia
WORLD CITIES
The Tsarina's Stone is the oldest monument in this city that was made Finland's capital by Russian insistence
Time's up! The correct answer was Helsinki
MANIAS
From the Greek for "great", it's the delusion of wealth, power or omnipotence
Time's up! The correct answer was Megalomania
YES, THAT'S "WHITE"
Down a shot & name this 1973 Burt Reynolds movie
Time's up! The correct answer was White Lightning
THE 17TH CENTURY
In 1673 this pair explored the Mississippi River all the way to the mouth of the Arkansas
Time's up! The correct answer was Marquette & Joliet
THE HOUND OF MUSIC
Songwriter Scott English started an urban myth when he jokingly said this 1975 Barry Manilow No. 1 hit was about a dog
Time's up! The correct answer was "Mandy"
"LAP" DANCE
A region of northern Scandinavia or Russia
Time's up! The correct answer was Lapland
CURRENT BLACK PRESIDENTS
President Laurent Gbagbo heads this country that goes by its French name most of the time
Time's up! The correct answer was Côte d'Ivoire
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
Originally bean-containing dried gourds on handles, they were named by the Tupi of South America
Time's up! The correct answer was Maracas
DEFENESTRATION IN CINEMA
In this Bruce Willis movie, the villain goes out the window of the Nakatomi building, gun in hand
Time's up! The correct answer was Die Hard
THE 50 STATES
An 1881 resolution established that this state's name was to be spelled one way but pronounced another
Time's up! The correct answer was Arkansas
THEN THERE'S MAUVE
Bella Donna Mauve is in the Color Riche line of these made by L'Oreal
Time's up! The correct answer was lipsticks
IN THE DICTIONARY
This 5-letter word can refer to one type of work by a composer, or to several works of different types
Time's up! The correct answer was opera
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
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
THE MIDDLE AGES
2 types of these which were especially popular during the Middle Ages were "Miracle" & "Morality"
Time's up! The correct answer was Types of plays
PICK A PLANET
Its "day" is 24 hours & 39 minutes
Time's up! The correct answer was Mars
MOVIE TRIVIA
In his best English Bronx accent he cried "Yonder lies the castle of my father"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tony Curtis
PARTS OF PEACH
5-letter word for the hard interior of a peach
Time's up! The correct answer was the stone
PUNJAB
In the 1840s this European power fought 2 costly wars over the Punjab before annexing the region outright
Time's up! The correct answer was the English
ALL MY SONS
Kidnappers got under this crooner's skin when they kidnapped his son from a Tahoe casino in 1963
Time's up! The correct answer was Frank Sinatra
LITERATURE
Title character who says, "Why did you paint it? It will mock me some day — mock me horribly!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Doran Gray
SPORTS
Tennis serve that touches net before dropping into proper court, it's replayed
Time's up! The correct answer was a let ball
"DREAM"Y SONGS
In the 1986 film "Blue Velvet", Dean Stockwell peerforms a lip-synched rendition of this Roy Orbison hit
Time's up! The correct answer was "In Dreams"
POLAR EXPLORATION
Edward Bransfield, a possible discoverer of Antarctica, had to battle these birds to get ashore
Time's up! The correct answer was Penguins
"DEM"-ONS
Cognitive deterioration, sometimes "senile"
Time's up! The correct answer was dementia
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS
"Cordelia"
Time's up! The correct answer was KIng Lear
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
THE NEW TESTAMENT
In a letter to Corinth, Paul ranked this quality over faith & hope
Time's up! The correct answer was Charity
20th CENTURY BALLET
"Prince Rama & the Demons" was inspired by the "Ramayana", one of the great epic poems of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was India
HOLD THE MAYO CLINIC
The Mayo-Gibbon bypass machine assumes the functions of these 2 different organs
Time's up! The correct answer was Heart & lung
NONFICTION PEOPLE
"The Corsican" is a diary of his life "In His Own Words"
Time's up! The correct answer was Napoleon
PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME
Tyler's conducting sticks
Time's up! The correct answer was John's batons
BROADWAY LYRICS
"Immigrant goes to America, many hellos in America; nobody knows in America, Puerto Rico's in America!"
Time's up! The correct answer was West Side Story
STATE GOVERNMENT
Many states have these for state lawmakers, but in 1995 the Supreme Court ruled them unconstitutional for Congress
Time's up! The correct answer was term limits
PRESIDENTS
General whose Presidential campaign song was written by Irving Berlin
Time's up! The correct answer was Dwight Eisenhower
SPORTS TRIVIA
In 1989 Emerson Fittipaldi knocked Al Unser Jr. out of this race on lap 199 & won
Time's up! The correct answer was The Indianapolis 500
THE "L" WORLD
Fodor's Travel Guide to France calls this town "the porcelain collector's mecca"
Time's up! The correct answer was Limoges
WORLD RELIGION
As they were partial to using hymns, these brothers, Charles & John, were the first rhythm Methodists
Time's up! The correct answer was the Wesleys
PRESIDENTS IN THE CABINET
As Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams told this country to govern Florida better or cede it to the U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was Spain
GEHRY
Though he's lived for many years in the U.S., architect Frank Gehry was born in this Ontario city of 4.5 million
Time's up! The correct answer was Toronto
REQUIRED READING
This 19th century American writer of scary stories also wrote the love poem "Annabel Lee"
Time's up! The correct answer was Poe
PUNJAB
In the 1840s this European power fought 2 costly wars over the Punjab before annexing the region outright
Time's up! The correct answer was the English
EARTH
Immense boulders in random & odd places were some of the first evidence that these "Ages" happened
Time's up! The correct answer was Ice Ages
LITERATURE
Walt Whitman's 52-section "Song Of Myself" is the longest work in this collection first published in 1855
Time's up! The correct answer was "Leaves of Grass"
ART & ARTISTS
This pop artist's studio was known as "The Factory"
Time's up! The correct answer was Andy Warhol
HOLLYWOOD LEFTIES
This left-handed honey socked it to 'em on "Laugh-In" in the 1960s & as Private Benjamin in the 1980s
Time's up! The correct answer was Goldie Hawn
A HORSE IS A HORSE
Alexander the Great conquered much of the known world riding this stallion
Time's up! The correct answer was Bucephalus
POET'S GLOSSARY
This basic metrical unit of poetry sounds like a body part
Time's up! The correct answer was a foot
THE LIVING PLANET
Able to lift 850 times its own weight, the strongest animal is the rhinoceros type of this insect
Time's up! The correct answer was beetle
TV MINISERIES
(Hi, I'm Stephen Collins of "7th Heaven") In 1994 I played Ashley Wilkes in this miniseries sequel to "Gone with the Wind"
Time's up! The correct answer was Scarlett
"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
POLITICS & SHOW BIZ
She's played Queen Elizabeth I, but decided to join the House of Commons:
Time's up! The correct answer was Glenda Jackson
WAR
Of all the USA's wars, this one claimed the most American lives
Time's up! The correct answer was the Civil War
WORLD MUSEUMS
Hanoi, where this man died in 1969, has a museum devoted to him
Time's up! The correct answer was Ho Chi Minh
ANGELS
Arte Moreno bought the baseball team in 2003 & renamed it the Los Angeles Angels of this place
Time's up! The correct answer was Anaheim
SPOILER ALERT!
1968: The baby's father, could it be... Satan?
Time's up! The correct answer was Rosemary's Baby
BACK IN 1906
Now take this question... please! This "King of the One Liners" was born March 16, 1906
Time's up! The correct answer was Henny Youngman
"NIGHT"
Any of the various plants of the family Solanaceae; some may be "deadly"
Time's up! The correct answer was nightshades
ROCKS & MINERALS
Single-letter chemical designation of a diamond
Time's up! The correct answer was C
SCIENCE & NATURE
The ARS, an agency of this U.S. government department, is looking to develop better bio-insecticides
Time's up! The correct answer was the Department of Agriculture
MINERALS
A scratch test won’t reveal a mineral’s allergies, but this property
Time's up! The correct answer was hardness
RUN, RUN, RUN
This 2-word hoops term is an offensive rush to beat the defense to the hoop
Time's up! The correct answer was a fast break
PHRASES THAT SELL
This network says it's "The most trusted name in news"
Time's up! The correct answer was CNN
SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE
In Wexford County, 5 miles north-northwest of Cadillac
Time's up! The correct answer was Michigan
AIRPORT CODES
In Scandinavia: CPH
Time's up! The correct answer was Copenhagen
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
TELEVISION
Ray Walston was the Martian while the "my" in "My Favorite Martian" referred to him
Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Bixby
ENDS WITH "K"
It's a slang term for a psychiatrist, even if he's not getting smaller
Time's up! The correct answer was Shrink
BIBLICAL QUOTES
In Exodus Moses & Aaron inform pharaoh that the lord has this very strong 4-word suggestion
Time's up! The correct answer was "Let my people go"
THE NEW YORK TIMES 2009 FICTION BESTSELLERS
"Homer & Langley" by this author of "Ragtime" details the lives of the reclusive Collyer Brothers
Time's up! The correct answer was Doctorow
BALLET
The longer "romantic" version of this ballet garment was inspired by the one Taglioni wore in the 1830s
Time's up! The correct answer was tutu
KIDS IN BOOKS
This collie was the faithful friend of a kid named Joe in a book by British novelist Eric Knight
Time's up! The correct answer was Lassie
MOVIES
In The Pursuit of Happyness, the protagonist sold these for a living.
Time's up! The correct answer was Bone Density Scanners
TELEVISION
This British comedy troupe's "Flying Circus" landed on American TV in 1974
Time's up! The correct answer was Monty Python
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
Learning this Bantu language whose name comes from a word meaning "of the coast"
Time's up! The correct answer was Swahili
INTERNATIONAL RHYME TIME
Japanese kimono sash for a small, spiny-finned fish
Time's up! The correct answer was an obi goby
"CAL" STATE
Using one of these instruments, a doctor can see just how thick-headed you are:
Time's up! The correct answer was Calipers
GREEK LIFE
Greek cafe music features a lute called a bouzouki & this woodwind, the klarino
Time's up! The correct answer was Clarinet
WHAT'S ON TV?
This ABC series set at Mode magazine is based on the hit Columbian telenovela "Yo Soy Betty, La Fea"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ugly Betty
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
THE COMMODORES
Commodore Isaac Hull commanded this ship to victory over Britain's Guerriere in the War of 1812
Time's up! The correct answer was U.S.S. Constitution
MOVIES & TV
We were frakkin' sad when this sci fi show had its series finale on March 20, 2009
Time's up! The correct answer was Battlestar Galactica
OPERA & BALLET
The ballet "Les Sylphides" is danced to music by this Polish-French composer
Time's up! The correct answer was Frederic Chopin
HISTORY
In the midst of the Korean War, this South Korean president was elected to his second of 4 terms
Time's up! The correct answer was Syngman Rhee
SPIELBERG MOVIES
Spielberg directed segment 2 of this 1983 movie based on a creepy anthology series
Time's up! The correct answer was Twilight Zone
TV PRODUCERS
He probably has another 6 or 7 "Law & Order" offshoots on his desk just waiting for network slots
Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Wolf
APT ANAGRAMS
This Internet service was big in the '90s: I ONCE RAN EMAIL
Time's up! The correct answer was America Online
DANCE IN THE DICTIONARY
It was established as a cyclic form by Vienna's Josef Lanner; you think you can do this dance in here & order us around?
Time's up! The correct answer was waltz
"IBLE"S & BITS
You chew with it
Time's up! The correct answer was mandible
EARTH, WIND & FIRE
Oh, "Boy"! This warming of the Pacific that causes unusual weather patterns occurs about every 2 to 7 years
Time's up! The correct answer was El Nino
WORLD CITIES
It served as Australia's capital from 1901 to 1927
Time's up! The correct answer was Melbourne
TAKE A PILL
Pravastatin aims to block your body's ability to make this
Time's up! The correct answer was cholesterol
LAST NAME'S THE SAME
"Tennessee Tailor" Andrew & poet/NAACP leader James Weldon
Time's up! The correct answer was Johnson
TECHNOLOGY
The "D" in radar stands for this
Time's up! The correct answer was detection
A WHITE CATEGORY
The London district of Whitechapel is associated with this infamous killer
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack the Ripper
JUBAL EARLY
After moving back to the U.S. from Canada in 1869, Early, rebel that he was, wore only this color
Time's up! The correct answer was gray
INTERNATIONAL RHYME TIME
A tiny New Zealander, or a tiny New Zealand bird
Time's up! The correct answer was a peewee Kiwi
FAMILIAR PHRASES
In "A Psalm of Life, " Longfellow tells of leaving these behind "on the sands of time"
Time's up! The correct answer was footprints
NO. 3 SONGS
No. 3 Simon & Garfunkel hit that ends, "And an island never cries"
Time's up! The correct answer was "I Am a Rock"
ASIAN CAPITALS
The name of this capital is Mongol for "City of the Red Hero"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ulan Bator
NUTRITION
For an active woman, 20 to 25 percent of her total calorie intake should be from this; don't go all Jack Sprat
Time's up! The correct answer was fat
METALLICA
Among coinage metals, this one, atomic number 28, is only a fair conductor of electricity
Time's up! The correct answer was nickel
AIRPORT CODES
In the Midwest: MSP
Time's up! The correct answer was Minneapolis-St. Paul
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
This mischief-maker was up to his old tricks when he stole Freya's necklace
Time's up! The correct answer was Loki
GEOGRAPH"Y"
This Scandinavian country has 2 forms of its official language -- Bokmal & Nynorsk
Time's up! The correct answer was Norway
FACTS & FIGURES
Since 1970 the number of U.S. men aged 25-34 still living here has increased from 10% to 15%
Time's up! The correct answer was at home
THINGS ON NFL HELMETS
A white arrowhead with a black outline; inside are 2 letters
Time's up! The correct answer was the Kansas City Chiefs
BUSINESS PARTNERS
In paper products: John Kimberly &...
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Clark
FATHER'S IN LAW
Coincidentally, today father's squash opponent was also his deponent, as father was taking this
Time's up! The correct answer was a deposition
AMERICAN HISTORY
Completed in 1856, California's first railroad ran 22 miles between Sacramento & this prison city
Time's up! The correct answer was Folsom
TITLE 9
Elizabeth McNeill: "Nine and a Half ___"
Time's up! The correct answer was Weeks
DOUBLE MEANINGS
Maybe Don needs to get more exercise; he _____ just from pulling up his _____
Time's up! The correct answer was pants
ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL
Bananas are an excellent source of this element whose symbol is K
Time's up! The correct answer was potassium
SHIPS
The 1st ship built in the colonies by English settlers was built in 1607 on the Kennebec River in what is now this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Maine
PHOTOGRAPHERS
He once said that his life was "colored and modulated by the great earth gesture of the sierra"
Time's up! The correct answer was Adams
HERE COMES BAHRAIN AGAIN
This country that controlled Bahrain in the 18th century renewed its claim after its 1979 revolution
Time's up! The correct answer was Iran
CLOTHING WORDS
Breathes heavily, like a dog or a tired jogger
Time's up! The correct answer was pants
AIN'T THAT AMERICA
This state was named for a man who was a European king from 1643 to 1715
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana
BOXING MOVIES
He played Elvis' trainer in "Kid Galahad" a "Dirty Dozen" years before he starred in "Death Wish"
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Bronson
POLITICAL SLOGANS
He railed against the “do-nothing 80th congress” during his whistle-stop campaign
Time's up! The correct answer was Truman
FUN WITH OPERA
A singing sofa & a chorus of frogs are featured in "L'Enfant et les Sortileges" by this "Bolero" composer
Time's up! The correct answer was Maurice Ravel
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
4-LETTER CAPITALS
Akershus Castle, a tourist site in this capital, sits on a rocky peninsula overlooking a fjord
Time's up! The correct answer was Oslo
HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT
If your opponent asks for the "3s" you really do have in your hand, tell him this, the name of the game
Time's up! The correct answer was Go fish
AT THE MOVIES
2002: A young Maori girl defies tradition & mounts a cetacean
Time's up! The correct answer was Whale Rider
MEET THE PARENTS
First Colony Life Insurance, Telemundo, NBC
Time's up! The correct answer was General Electric
STARTS WITH A PRONOUN
It can mean transparently thin, or perfectly vertical, like a cliff
Time's up! The correct answer was sheer
PRIMETIME TV REUNIONS
1983: "Still the Beaver"
Time's up! The correct answer was Leave it to Beaver
TONY WINNERS OF THE '50s
This redhead won 4 Tonys in the '50s, for "Can-Can", "Damn Yankees", "New Girl in Town" & "Redhead"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gwen Verdon
THAT'S ITALIAN!
Roman soldiers passed the time playing this game, the Italian version of lawn bowling
Time's up! The correct answer was bocce
IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY
Denmark
Time's up! The correct answer was Germany
HIP-HOP & RAP
A TV show on E! chronicles the "Father Hood" of this rap star
Time's up! The correct answer was Snoop Dogg
MY NAME IS EARL WARREN
I ruled that public school segregation was unconstitutional in this landmark 1954 case
Time's up! The correct answer was Brown v. Board of Education
FIGURE SKATERS
Native country of Barbara Ann Scott, who in 1947 became the 1st N. American to win the European title
Time's up! The correct answer was Canada
BUSINESS PARTNERS
In paint: Henry Sherwin &...
Time's up! The correct answer was Edward Williams
CROSSWORD CLUES "K"
Jean-Claude of the slopes (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was Killy
THE NEXT BIBLE BOOK AFTER...
Joshua
Time's up! The correct answer was Judges
THE 50 STATES
Among its nicknames are "The Prairie State" & "The Land of Lincoln"
Time's up! The correct answer was Illinois
"PH"UN WORDS
Both England's King George V & FDR put their stamp of approval on this "King of Hobbies"
Time's up! The correct answer was Philately
MONEY SLANG
2-word phrase for Henny Penny's lunch
Time's up! The correct answer was Chicken feed
EDUCATION JARGON
These 2 words, denoting socioeconomically challenged, followed "A Nation" in a 1983 report's title
Time's up! The correct answer was At Risk
CELEB STUFF
In a 1997 issue of "George", he said his cousins Michael & Joseph were "poster boys for bad behavior"
Time's up! The correct answer was John F. Kennedy, Jr.
RUBY
On Feb. 29, 2004 she won an Oscar for playing a woman named Ruby
Time's up! The correct answer was Renée Zellweger
PITCHING HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE WOO
Drink (or eat) deep, my dear, for I have brought deep-fried this drink, "the real thing", from the state fair of Texas
Time's up! The correct answer was Coke
MIXED DRINKS
Using Scotch whisky turns a Manhattan into this drink
Time's up! The correct answer was a Rob Roy
SSSSSSSSNAKES!!!!!
Snakes are found naturally on every continent except this one
Time's up! The correct answer was Antarctica
THE CINEMA
1999 film with the line "The answer is out there, Neo, and it's looking for you, and it will find you if you want it to"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Matrix
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
DUKE, DUKE
Famous U.S. group of museums endowed by the illegitimate son of the Duke of Northumberland
Time's up! The correct answer was Smithsonian
FUN WITH OPERA
A singing sofa & a chorus of frogs are featured in "L'Enfant et les Sortileges" by this "Bolero" composer
Time's up! The correct answer was Maurice Ravel
DIRECTED BUT DID NOT STAR
"Apollo 13" (1995)
Time's up! The correct answer was Ron Howard
GOVERNMENT
In 1978 Ricardo Bordallo was Guam's head of government & this man was its head of state
Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Carter
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
1 of the 2 Central American countries with only 1 sea coast
Time's up! The correct answer was Belize & El Salvador
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
To audition for this musical, Yul Brynner sang while sitting cross-legged on the floor
Time's up! The correct answer was "The King And I"
PEOPLE
This historian & former Librarian of Congress was teaching history at Harvard while studying law at Yale
Time's up! The correct answer was Daniel Boorstein
THE ICU
It comes from the Greek meaning "deep sleep", but it's deeper than that
Time's up! The correct answer was Coma
STOCK SYMBOLS
The annual report of this company, PRD, is as pretty as an instant picture
Time's up! The correct answer was Polaroid
ANCIENT TIMES
Because of his work there, you could call the astronomer Hipparchus "the colossus of" this island
Time's up! The correct answer was Rhodes
THE 14th CENTURY
The carol notwithstanding, a king with this "good" name had St. John of Nepomuk killed in 1393
Time's up! The correct answer was Wenceslas
NIGHT WATCH
The schedule is TBD, but if you head way up north in March or Sept., you can probably catch this big light show
Time's up! The correct answer was Aurora borealis
ARCHITECTURE
This type of window that opens by means of a crank rhymes with a lower story of a building
Time's up! The correct answer was casement
"CH"ILL OUT!
The Battle of Missionary Ridge was a chief encounter of the 1863 battle of this southeastern city
Time's up! The correct answer was Chattanooga
RODENTS
Contrary to popular belief, mass drownings by the Norway species of this rodent are not suicidal in nature
Time's up! The correct answer was lemmings
TECHNOLOGY
Name given to the simplest electron tubes, as they have just 2 main parts, a plate & an emitter
Time's up! The correct answer was a diode
B FOLLOWS A
As a noun, it's a mop used to clean a ship's deck; as a verb, it's what you do with the mop
Time's up! The correct answer was swab
TECHNOLOGY
The average keyboard has this many keys.
Time's up! The correct answer was 104
SHOES
This flat shoe normally has a cloth upper & a flexible rope sole
Time's up! The correct answer was Espadrilles
BOXING MOVIES
This platinum blonde was a real knockout as a prizefighter's scheming wife in the 1931 film "Iron Man"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jean Harlow
FRENCH ART & ARTISTS
Jean Duvet created a series of engravings depicting the hunting of this 1-horned mythical beast
Time's up! The correct answer was unicorn
FOR WHOM THE "BELL" TOLLS
It's an Italian city about 40 miles north of Milan, or about 9,000 miles east of Las Vegas
Time's up! The correct answer was Bellagio
IT'S RAINING "MN"
Please don't forget this word, from the Greek for "oblivion"
Time's up! The correct answer was amnesia
SHAKESPEARE
In different plays, it's the name shared by men linked with Helen of Troy & with Juliet
Time's up! The correct answer was Paris
"PER"CUSSION
This daughter of Zeus & Demeter made regular trips to Hades
Time's up! The correct answer was Persephone
IT'S RAINING "MN"
'Tis this season (of the year)
Time's up! The correct answer was autumn
CELEB STUFF
People Magazine called his 1997 solo album "Destination Anywhere", "Tres Bon"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jon Bon Jovi
PARDON MY "FRENCH"
Settlers began living in this section of New Orleans in the early 18th century
Time's up! The correct answer was French Quarter
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
The last of Chaplin's 4 teenage brides was Oona, this playwright's daughter
Time's up! The correct answer was Eugene O'Neill
5-LETTER WORDS
Headgear for a king, or part of a tooth
Time's up! The correct answer was crown
TECHNOLOGY
A fault in the rotation speed of this device produces a sound called a "wow"
Time's up! The correct answer was a turntable
LUXEMBOURG
During his years in exile, this "Les Miserables" author lived for a while in Vianden; his house there is now a museum
Time's up! The correct answer was Victor Hugo
THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE SOUTH
The Mississippi's oldest operating steamboat is this type of Southern lady "of Louisville"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Belle
THE OBLIGATORY POETRY CATEGORY
Observing pilgrims traveling to the shrine of Thomas Becket inspired him to write his greatest work
Time's up! The correct answer was Geoffrey Chaucer
TAINTED GOV
In 2010 this Illinois governor was tried on corruption charges, but convicted on only 1 count
Time's up! The correct answer was Blagojevich
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
GREEK LIFE
Crowds flock to Dodona, Philippi & Thassos to see festivals of this art performed in ancient venues
Time's up! The correct answer was Theater
EARLY AMERICA
In 1562, in what is now S.C., these French Protestants established a colony named Port Royal
Time's up! The correct answer was the Huguenots
NATIONAL MONUMENTS
Seminole Indian leader Osceola is buried at this fort where the Civil War began
Time's up! The correct answer was Fort Sumter
NBA HALL OF FAMERS
In 2000 this former Celtics player coached the Indiana Pacers to the NBA finals
Time's up! The correct answer was Larry Bird
WHOSE IS IT?
Ben Franklin used a pen name to publish this almanac from 1732 to 1757
Time's up! The correct answer was Poor Richard's Almanack
LOW TECH
A tactical formation in the form of a V, or an "issue" dividing an otherwise unified group
Time's up! The correct answer was a wedge
RHYMES WITH TEEN
Jack Sprat's wife couldn't eat any
Time's up! The correct answer was Lean
CARY GRANT FILMS
She done Cary right casting him as her co-star in "She Done Him Wrong"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mae West
ABBREVIATED
On an accountant's calendar: FY
Time's up! The correct answer was fiscal year
THE COMPANY LINE
In 1963, live on "The Art Linkletter Show", this company served its billionth burger
Time's up! The correct answer was McDonald's
STUPID ANSWERS
While Bugs was “introduced” in “Porky’s Hare Hunt”, Daffy was introduced in this cartoon
Time's up! The correct answer was "Porky’s Duck Hunt"
PLATE TECTONICS
In 2006 scientists argued that the westward trend of continents was due partly to these shifts in sea levels caused by the moon
Time's up! The correct answer was the tides
IT ENDS WITH "US"
Bridges over this strait connect Asia to Europe
Time's up! The correct answer was Bosphorus
NEWS TO ME
This car company has been in the news for widespread recalls of its Corollas & other models
Time's up! The correct answer was Toyota
WHOSE IS IT?
The Battle of the Little Bighorn, won by the Sioux, also has this "final" name
Time's up! The correct answer was Custer's Last Stand
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES
"The Illinois Baboon" & "The Martyr President"
Time's up! The correct answer was Abraham Lincoln
"H" CITIES
It served as a dynastic capital in the 1800s & continued as the royal capital of Vietnam until 1945
Time's up! The correct answer was Hue
ANIMAL GROUPS
It's a feather filling for quilts, as well as a group of hares
Time's up! The correct answer was Down
TV ACTORS & ROLES
Teri Hatcher looked "shipshape" as one of the singing "mermaids" who jumped on board this cruisin' series in 1985
Time's up! The correct answer was The Love Boat
"IND" THE KNOW
Also a term in logic, it's the process by which a magnetic field is ordered into poles
Time's up! The correct answer was induction
HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT
If you're playing midfield in this sport & the center is dribbling the ball towards you, kick at his shins
Time's up! The correct answer was Soccer
ENGLISH CLASS
Capt. Kirk's mission was "to boldly go" where no man had gone before, but he split one of these along the way
Time's up! The correct answer was an infinitive
IN THE TREASURY DEPT.
In addition to protecting all of us from funny money, it protects the president
Time's up! The correct answer was the Secret Service
ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL
Diamonds & graphite are both forms of this element
Time's up! The correct answer was carbon
CROSSWORD CLUES "G"
A source of rumors, or of Riesling (9)
Time's up! The correct answer was Grapevine
OUT OF THIS WORLD
Not the first but this second planet is the hottest, because its atmosphere causes a severe greenhouse effect
Time's up! The correct answer was Venus
THE CONTINENTS
This continent has the longest mountain chain
Time's up! The correct answer was South America
THAT'S MY BUSINESS
With a "familial" English name, this Japanese maker of office equipment started out selling sewing machines
Time's up! The correct answer was Brother
MOTTOES
"Honi soit qui mal y pense" (Evil to him who evil thinks) is the motto of this British Chivalric order
Time's up! The correct answer was Order of the Garter
OCCUPATION HAZARDS
If this is you're job you'd be fired if this clue go t by you uncorected
Time's up! The correct answer was proofreader
WITH BROTHERHOOD
Last name of Kevin, Joe & Nick, whose album "Lines, Vines And Trying Times" debuted at No. 1 in 2009
Time's up! The correct answer was Jonas
SHAMANISM ON YOU
Yikes! Among these indigenous Australians, a person is thought to become a shaman after an initiatory death
Time's up! The correct answer was the Aborigines
CONSUMER PRODUCTS
This product was reintroduced in 1906 with trimethylxanthine as the sole remaining stimulant
Time's up! The correct answer was Coca-Cola
CLOTHING
This apron for young girls has a ruffled bibbed top & a gathered skirt
Time's up! The correct answer was a pinafore
GENERAL SCIENCE
A hydrate contains this compound weakly bound in its crystals
Time's up! The correct answer was water
THE TIGERS
One of this man's most famous poems begins, "Tyger! Tyger! burning bright, in the forests of the night"
Time's up! The correct answer was William Blake
SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER
Pertaining to the scientific use & study of very low temperatures
Time's up! The correct answer was cryogenic
HERE'S LUCY
Lucy Hobbs Taylor must have aced her orals because in 1866 she became the first woman to receive a degree in this
Time's up! The correct answer was dentistry
THEATRE HODGEPODGE
In a song in "The Fantasticks", "Soon it's gonna" do this, "I can see it. Soon it's gonna" do this, "I can tell"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rain
HISTORIC BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
This king is thrilled by the birth of Mary, Feb. 18, 1516; there's still plenty of time to have a son--right?
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry VIII
NUMBERS
Fittingly, the book of Numbers begins with God telling this man to count the number of Israelites
Time's up! The correct answer was Moses
ASTRONOMY ADD A LETTER
Add this letter to Earth & you get a scarcity
Time's up! The correct answer was D
MUSIC/TELEVISION
Going from Salt-N-Pepa to Dr. Pepa, the musician was in the house counseling Janice Dickinson on this VH1 reality show
Time's up! The correct answer was The Surreal Life
EXPORTS
This crop is king in Mali; about 1/2 of its export income comes from it
Time's up! The correct answer was cotton
SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE
In Wexford County, 5 miles north-northwest of Cadillac
Time's up! The correct answer was Michigan
ACTRESSES' FIRST FILMS
"The Outlaw"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jane Russell
GENERAL SCIENCE
While compounds of this element are added to table salt, in its pure form it's quite poisonous
Time's up! The correct answer was Iodine
LITERARY COLLABORATORS
Sidney Howard helped this author dramatize "Dodsworth"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sinclair Lewis
TV ACTORS & ROLES
On "Saturday Night Live", he's famous for playing Craig the Cheerleader, Janet Reno & moi
Time's up! The correct answer was Will Ferrell
RINGING THE OPENING BELL AT THE NYSE
Oct. 4, 2006 STOP This company's president & CEO Christina Gold rings opening bell STOP
Time's up! The correct answer was Western Union
SEXPERTISE
Stevie Winwood, Stevie Nicks, Stevie Wonder
Time's up! The correct answer was Stevie Nicks
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
On May 13, 1981 he had a close encounter with Mehmet Ali Agca in Rome; he would later visit Agca in prison
Time's up! The correct answer was Pope John Paul II
GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY
Guyana has had a long-standing border dispute with this small country to its southeast
Time's up! The correct answer was Suriname
DON'T MESS WITH SICILY
Heading west to Sicily from Calabria, Italy will take you "strait" to this port city of 263,000
Time's up! The correct answer was Messina
IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY
Brunei
Time's up! The correct answer was Malaysia
BALLET
In a Tchaikovsky ballet, this title character is awakened with a kiss
Time's up! The correct answer was Sleeping Beauty
FURNITURE
A removable section of a tabletop; when it's hinged, it's a "drop"
Time's up! The correct answer was Leaf
NFL COACHES
In the 1990s Marv Levy led this team to 4 straight Super Bowl appearances
Time's up! The correct answer was the Buffalo Bills
HOUSES OF WORSHIP
The last British sovereign buried at this church was George II in 1760; since then, they've been buried at Windsor
Time's up! The correct answer was Westminster Abbey
FAIRY TALE FEMMES
The Brothers Grimm gave no name for the miller's daughter who guessed the name of this little man
Time's up! The correct answer was Rumpelstiltskin
THE TIGERS
Founded by Claire Chennault, these aviators shot down hundreds of Japanese planes during World War II
Time's up! The correct answer was the Flying Tigers
ORGANIZED LABOR
The United Steelworkers of America is headquartered in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Pittsburgh
SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG
You're nuts if you don't know this title of hits by Seal, Icehouse & Patsy Cline
Time's up! The correct answer was "Crazy"
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
Odin learned the secrets of these alphabetic symbols while hanging for 9 days on Yggdrasil, the world tree
Time's up! The correct answer was runes
COMICS STRIP
In "Get Him to the Greek", this Brit took a trip in the buff in a toy car
Time's up! The correct answer was Russell Brand
WORLD RELIGION
Meaning "sign of God", it's the title of a Shi'ite Muslim scholar & leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Ayatollah