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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
At Bunker Hill, Colonel Prescott is said to have ordered, "Don't one of you fire until you see" these
Time's up! The correct answer was The whites of their eyes
DIALING FOR DIALECTS
Dialects of this language include Wu, Yue & Hakka
Time's up! The correct answer was Chinese
PHILMOGRAPHIES
"Jingle All the Way", "So I Married an Axe Murderer" (plus 153 episodes of "SNL")
Time's up! The correct answer was Phil Hartman
THE PRODUCERS
This central state produces more cheese than any other
Time's up! The correct answer was Wisconsin
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
WE WANT PISA!
Born in Pisa in the 16th century, he studied the laws of falling bodies & the motions of projectiles
Time's up! The correct answer was Galileo
SECRET IDENTITIES
Batman
Time's up! The correct answer was Bruce Wayne
19th CENTURY MUSIC
Lyrics to an 1868 tune by this man began, "Guten Abend, Gut Nacht, Mit Rosen Bedacht"
Time's up! The correct answer was Johannes Brahms
SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD
Meet me in the library for a liaison at your liesure
Time's up! The correct answer was leisure
ACTION!
Dutch-American artist about whose work the term "action painting" was coined
Time's up! The correct answer was Willem de Kooning
"V" IS FOR
...this, like Paricutin in Mexico
Time's up! The correct answer was volcano
SHOTS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD
His "called shot" home run off Charlie Root in the 1932 World Series is baseball legend
Time's up! The correct answer was Babe Ruth
MIDDLE INITIAL C.
Born in South Carolina in 1782, he was known as a "war hawk" because he supported the War of 1812
Time's up! The correct answer was John C. Calhoun
WHO'S THE BOSS
On "Bewitched" Darrin Stephens worked his advertising magic for this partner of McMann
Time's up! The correct answer was Larry Tate
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
The Sea of Galilee is just a broad basin of this river
Time's up! The correct answer was The River Jordan
AMERICANS IN PARIS
In March 1971 this rocker closed the door on his band & moved to Paris to focus on his poetry
Time's up! The correct answer was Jim Morrison
BACH IN THE SADDLE
From the Latin for "to sing", only 202 of the 295 of these that Bach wrote in Leipzig survive
Time's up! The correct answer was cantatas
NATIONS OF AFRICA
Milton Obote, no bargain either, ran this country before & after Idi Amin
Time's up! The correct answer was Uganda
LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER
American ambulance driver Frederic Henry satirizes romantic ideas about war in this work by Hemingway & Shaw
Time's up! The correct answer was A Farewell to Arms and the Man
FETAL ATTRACTION
Even at birth the skull isn't fully fused, leaving these, also called "soft spots"
Time's up! The correct answer was Fontenelles
Y1K
With the crowning of King Boleslaw, this central European nation is recognized as an independent state
Time's up! The correct answer was Poland
NATIVE AMERICANS
In August 1934 this president was made an honorary member of the Blackfoot tribe & given the name "Lone Chief"
Time's up! The correct answer was FDR
THE MISFITS
In 1953 this big-screen misfit duo met Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde; in 1955 they met the mummy
Time's up! The correct answer was Abbott & Costello
IRAQNOPHOBIA
During the Gulf War, foreign journalists used this city's Al-Rashid Hotel as their base of operations
Time's up! The correct answer was Baghdad
____ OF THE ____
In 1961 British critic Martin Esslin used this phrase to describe the plays of Beckett & Ionesco
Time's up! The correct answer was theatre of the absurd
YOU'RE AN ANIMAL!
A river, a city & a hound all bear the name of this member of the deer family
Time's up! The correct answer was Elk
MUSEUMS
This building in Philadelphia houses the inkstand used by the Declaration signers
Time's up! The correct answer was Independence Hall
BROADWAY LYRICS
"Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets, and little man, little Lola wants you"
Time's up! The correct answer was Damn Yankees
FLOPS
This former NFL linebacker's show "Lawless" was sacked in March 1997 after one airing
Time's up! The correct answer was Brian Bosworth
BIBLICAL FATHERS & SONS
Abraham was 100 years old & Sarah was 90 when this child was born to them
Time's up! The correct answer was Isaac
WHAT A WEEK
In 1999 this country began 3 "golden weeks" of vacation for its vast populace, including one around May Day
Time's up! The correct answer was China
ODDS & ENDS
This constellation is also called The Twins
Time's up! The correct answer was Gemini
IN A FESTIVAL MOOD
In July 1965 Bob Dylan was booed at the Newport Festival of this, for abandoning that type of music
Time's up! The correct answer was Folk Music
19th CENTURY AMERICA
The 1866 Civil Rights Act was passed over this president's veto
Time's up! The correct answer was Johnson
YOUTH IN ASIA
The 100-member Asian Youth Orchestra recently played to rave reviews in this South Korean capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Seoul
ONE BUCK OR LESS
On December 8, 2008 this national newspaper raised its newsstand price by 25 cents to $1
Time's up! The correct answer was USA Today
EPITAPHS & TRIBUTES
Revolutionary War hero: "His spirit is in Vermont now"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ethan Allen
EPONYMS
This religious sect living primarily in Ohio & southeast Pennsylvania gets its name from a 17th century Swiss Mennonite bishop
Time's up! The correct answer was the Amish
THE KOREAN WAR
The sound of a Commie submachine gun as it "belched" out bullets gave it this nickname
Time's up! The correct answer was "Burp Gun"
BULL
"Bull City", this place's nickname, is derived from a product sold by American Tobacco
Time's up! The correct answer was Durham
ACTING PRESIDENTS ON TV
Blair Underwood as President Elias Martinez
Time's up! The correct answer was The Event
COOKING EQUIPMENT FOOD
Orville Redenbacher sells this sweet & salty treat as well as its more famous cousin
Time's up! The correct answer was kettle corn
THE "L" WORLD
In 1994 this Norwegian town played host to the Winter Olympics
Time's up! The correct answer was Lillehammer
THE TITANIC
The ship was so big, communication was by telegraph from this navigating area to the engine room
Time's up! The correct answer was the bridge
THE ENVIRONMENT
An animal fills an ecological one of these in a community, from the French for "nest"
Time's up! The correct answer was niche
3-NAMED AUTHORS
She wrote "Jo's Boys" in 1886, a second sequel to her 1860s novel
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisa May Alcott
EARLY AMERICA
In defending British soldiers on trial for this 1770 event, John Adams said, "Facts are stubborn things"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Boston Massacre
MEET THE PARENTS
Aiwa, Epic Records, Columbia Tristar
Time's up! The correct answer was Sony
HERE'S LUCY
In 2000 she became the first Asian-American woman to host "Saturday Night Live"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lucy Liu
RINGING THE OPENING BELL AT THE NYSE
On Oct. 11, 2007 this chairman of the Virgin Group rang us up, but he didn't parachute in while on fire or anything
Time's up! The correct answer was Branson
HOMETOWNS
Daphne DuMaurier
Time's up! The correct answer was London
GREECE
Goddess of wisdom for whom Athens was named
Time's up! The correct answer was Athena
THE ONION HEADLINES FROM THE YEAR 2056
"Refugees Row" this entire island "to Miami"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cuba
INTERNATIONAL CUISINE
The seafood in this Mexican dish is "cooked" not by heat, but by the acid in lime juice
Time's up! The correct answer was ceviche
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
GANGSTER'S DICTIONARY
Roll out these "bones", boys, so we can play some games of chance
Time's up! The correct answer was Dice
"A" PLUS
When he launched the comic strip "Dilbert" in 1989, this man was an engineer working for Pacific Bell
Time's up! The correct answer was Scott Adams
WHAT'S ON TV?
We're still waiting for a "Des Moines" version of this CBS crime show to accompany the Vegas, Miami & N.Y. ones
Time's up! The correct answer was CSI
BESTSELLERS
This NPR guy make list with "Me Talk Pretty One Day"
Time's up! The correct answer was David Sedaris
VIETNAM
The large "S" shape that is Vietnam juts out into this sea with a directional name
Time's up! The correct answer was South China Sea
DELAWARE
Nicknamed "Pete", this former gov. of Delaware once worked in the chemical co. his ancestors founded in 1802
Time's up! The correct answer was du Pont
PHYSICS
The term horsepower came about when James Watt compared work done by a horse to work done by this
Time's up! The correct answer was steam engine
ORGANIZATIONS
It's what the R stands for in AARP
Time's up! The correct answer was retired
"KEY"s
It's Pennsylvania's nickname
Time's up! The correct answer was the Keystone state
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
MUSICALS OF THE '20s
In a 1927 title, this phrase preceded "Bonnie" (it didn't precede "Birdie" until 1960)
Time's up! The correct answer was Bye Bye
TITLE WAVE
Kate Jacobs: "The ____ Night Knitting Club"
Time's up! The correct answer was Friday
MEDIEVAL MUSIC
Guido D'Arezzo established the series of lines now called this as the basis of musical notation
Time's up! The correct answer was Staff
LINGUISTICS
Linguists have debunked the common belief that Eskimos have dozens of words for this substance
Time's up! The correct answer was Snow
ITALIAN ART
Gentile da Fabriano used the international Gothic style for his painting "The Adoration Of" this trio
Time's up! The correct answer was The Magi
AN ARTHUR BEE
He followed Garfield as president
Time's up! The correct answer was Chester Arthur
GEOGRAPH"Y"
While many countries in Europe have been splitting up, this one got back together in 1990
Time's up! The correct answer was Germany
COVER ME!
In 1965 Otis Redding took "Respect" to No. 35; 2 years later, her cover was No. 1
Time's up! The correct answer was Aretha Franklin
IN THE DICTIONARY
This car name may come from an abbreviation of "general purpose vehicle"
Time's up! The correct answer was jeep
CROSSWORD CLUES "E"
Count off one-by-one (9)
Time's up! The correct answer was enumerate
THAT'S ITALIAN!
It's the Italian name for the country's biggest island
Time's up! The correct answer was Sicilia
THE ENGLISH BEAT
Centenary Square, in the center of this city, is its main cultural center; Alabama has a city by that name as well
Time's up! The correct answer was Birmingham
SHAKESPEAREAN PHRASES
In this comedy, Thurio says to Valentine, "If you spend word for word with me, I shall make your wit bankrupt"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Two Gentlemen of Verona
FLOPS
Roger Ebert called this 1980 Michael Cimino film "Painful & unpleasant to look at"
Time's up! The correct answer was Heaven's Gate
PEOPLE
This wrestler nicknamed his daughter born in August 2001 Pebbles
Time's up! The correct answer was The Rock
THIS IS JEOPARDY!
With a cash total of $172,800, he's Jeopardy!'s biggest winner ever
Time's up! The correct answer was Chuck Forrest
WOLVERINE
The website for this state's legislature says no bear "can match the vicious disposition... of the wolverine"
Time's up! The correct answer was Michigan
MOVIES BY ROLES
1942: Ugarte, Sascha, Major Strasser
Time's up! The correct answer was Casablanca
READING
Group name for all letters other than A, E, I, O & U
Time's up! The correct answer was consonants
LITERARY CHARACTERS
This Sinclair Lewis real estate broker is a member of the Zenith civic booster club
Time's up! The correct answer was George Babbitt
LEVITICUS
Chapters 4, 6, 8 & 12 begin, "And the Lord spake unto" him
Time's up! The correct answer was Moses
EARLY AMERICA
In 1701 this college was founded in Conn., in part to counter the perceived liberalism of Harvard
Time's up! The correct answer was Yale
20th CENTURY ARTISTS
"Sky Blue", "Blue Mountain" & "The Blue Rider" are all paintings by this Russian abstract artist
Time's up! The correct answer was Kandinsky
SAINTS
In the 7th century Isidore was bishop of this city, not barber of it
Time's up! The correct answer was Seville
AFRICAN ISLANDS
Malagasy, 1 of its 2 official languages, is of Indonesian origin
Time's up! The correct answer was Madagascar
BESTSELLERS
As of Dec. 4, 2005 this pregnancy prep book had spent 247 weeks on the N.Y. Times Bestseller List
Time's up! The correct answer was What To Expect When You're Expecting
THE NEW TESTAMENT
This apostle, the brother of James, is traditionally credited with writing a gospel
Time's up! The correct answer was John
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
This state's largest county, San Bernardino, was divided in 1893 to form Riverside county
Time's up! The correct answer was California
4-LETTER VERBS
"And when two lovers woo they still say 'I love you' on that you can" do this
Time's up! The correct answer was rely
BON APPE-"T"
This root vegetable often has white skin & a purple-tinged top
Time's up! The correct answer was Turnip
LONG GERMAN WORDS
Freude is this to which Beethoven composed an ode; Schadenfreude is this at someone else's misfortune
Time's up! The correct answer was joy
PHILMOGRAPHIES
"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" (plus his own 1955-59 TV show)
Time's up! The correct answer was Phil Silvers
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
WHERE'S THE COLLEGE?
University of Miami
Time's up! The correct answer was Coral Gables
Y-R
"Savage Sam" is a sequel to the Fred Gipson book called "Old" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Yeller
THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS
Don't lose your head: this French device shares its name with an instrument for surgically removing tonsils
Time's up! The correct answer was guillotine
THAT'S SOME NERVE
A slipped disc can cause pain along this largest nerve that runs down the leg
Time's up! The correct answer was the sciatic nerve
PLACES
A small & informal restaurant, or one who eats there
Time's up! The correct answer was diner
TOUGH STUFF
Alphabetically, he's Santa's first reindeer
Time's up! The correct answer was Blitzen
WORLD RELIGION
In the presence of the Adi Granth, the sacred book of the Sikhs, you cover your head & remove these
Time's up! The correct answer was your shoes
PAPAL NAMES
The constellation between Cancer & Virgo
Time's up! The correct answer was Leo
AT THE MALL
The name of this clothing store for teens is French for "airmail"
Time's up! The correct answer was Aéropostale
AT THE MOVIES
2005: A group of teenage chicks share some trousers
Time's up! The correct answer was The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
AN ABBREVIATED CATEGORY
In a Webster's Dictionary entry: imper.
Time's up! The correct answer was imperative
CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
When it's "praying", it's preying (6)
Time's up! The correct answer was mantis
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
U.S. STATES
This state got its nickname, "Badger State", from the 1820s miners who dug into its hillsides
Time's up! The correct answer was Wisconsin
COLORS
The 3 colors that make up the dots on a color TV screen
Time's up! The correct answer was blue, green, and red
CONDUCTORS
It's the term for material that conducts at high temperatures & insulates at low temperatures
Time's up! The correct answer was a semiconductor
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
TRANSPORTATION
The U.S. U-2, first built in the 1950s, was an airplane; the German U-1, first built in the 1910s, was one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a submarine
AMERICAN COUNTIES
All the letters in this state's name are found in the name of its Uintah County
Time's up! The correct answer was Utah
PRESIDENTS
It was the middle name of President Wilson & of his daughter Jessie
Time's up! The correct answer was Woodrow
MESOPOTAMIA
After centuries of rule by the Ottoman Empire, Mesopotamia mostly became part of this new nation in 1932
Time's up! The correct answer was Iraq
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE
Put the bite on this word from 1975, any one of the front cutting teeth
Time's up! The correct answer was I-N-C-I-S-O-R
COMPANIES YOUNGER THAN YOU
While a student at Northeastern, Shawn Fanning started this P2P music-sharing service that now gone legit
Time's up! The correct answer was Napster
SHIPS
The flagship of Oliver Hazard Perry was named for this captain who said, "Don't give up the ship"
Time's up! The correct answer was James Lawrence
THE "UNDER" WORLD
Lingerie is a fancy word for it
Time's up! The correct answer was underwear
MUSIC/TELEVISION
This country star became a sitcom grandma at the end of her first season on the WB
Time's up! The correct answer was Reba McEntire
ANAGRAMMED CABINET DEPARTMENTS
To trap on trains
Time's up! The correct answer was Transportation
I JUST LIKE SAYING THESE WORDS
As I reflect on the word "genuflect", I remember it means to bend this
Time's up! The correct answer was one's knee
QUOTATIONS
Jean-Luc Godard said, "Photography is truth, and" this "is truth 24 times a second"
Time's up! The correct answer was film
GOLD RUSH
The Black Hills Gold Rush of 1874 spilled over into territory claimed by this Native American tribe
Time's up! The correct answer was Sioux
HISTORY
On May 30, 1967 Colonel Ojukwu declared Biafra's independence from this country, starting a civil war
Time's up! The correct answer was Nigeria
NICKNAMES
"The Father of Pennsylvania"
Time's up! The correct answer was William Penn
AMERICAN INDIANS
When this chief, Pocahontas' father, died in 1618, he was succeeded by his brother Opitchapam
Time's up! The correct answer was Powhatan
WITH BROTHERHOOD
The Dust Brothers produced this sibling band's "Middle Of Nowhere" which featured "MMMBop"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hanson
BIBLICAL FATHERS & SONS
Abraham was 100 years old & Sarah was 90 when this child was born to them
Time's up! The correct answer was Isaac
DANGER IN WONDERLAND
A suspected drug dealer who smokes from a hookah & peddles mushrooms--he's gotta go
Time's up! The correct answer was the Caterpillar
FOREWORDS
She said that her husband Frank O'Connor was the fuel that kept her spirited while she wrote "The Fountainhead"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ayn Rand
20th CENTURY WORLD LEADERS
Wearing the hat of Chancellor for over 15 years, he was Germany's longest-serving leader since Bismarck
Time's up! The correct answer was Helmut Kohl
KAN U SPEL BIZNESS?
Mr. Potato Head maker (the part after "Play")
Time's up! The correct answer was S-K-O-O-L
MILITARY MATTERS
One-third of the Americans who made up the Abraham Lincoln Battalion were killed during this country's civil war
Time's up! The correct answer was Spain
AUTHORS' RHYME TIME
Anne's bad habits
Time's up! The correct answer was Rice's vices
THE REDS
In the Catholic Church, they wear red hats
Time's up! The correct answer was cardinals
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
CROSSWORD CLUES "G"
Thank You, in Tampico (7)
Time's up! The correct answer was Gracias
FRUIT
The Bing & other sweet varieties of this fruit are self-sterile; they cannot pollinate themselves
Time's up! The correct answer was Cherries
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"
CliffsNotes
Title guy shipwrecks, ends up on 28-year island getaway, makes a friend, goes home
Time's up! The correct answer was "Robinson Crusoe"
4-LETTER VERBS
It means "to strongly encourage", & all its letters are found in the word encourage
Time's up! The correct answer was urge
BASIC SCIENCE
At the Earth's surface, this force produces acceleration of about 32 feet per second per second
Time's up! The correct answer was gravity
THE GIANTS
1 Samuel 17 informs us that the Philistine city of Gath was the home of this giant
Time's up! The correct answer was Goliath
HISPANIC HISTORY
The dictator of Paraguay from 1816 to 1840 wasn't called just "El Bueno" but this superlative
Time's up! The correct answer was El Supremo
ORGANIZED LABOR
The United Steelworkers of America is headquartered in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Pittsburgh
GIRLS IN SONG
In Ritchie Valens' day, this song about a girl was more popular than its flip side, "La Bamba"
Time's up! The correct answer was Donna
RADIO
Instrument struck when a contestant failed on the "Original Amateur Hour"
Time's up! The correct answer was a gong
3 LITTLE LETTERS
Its headquarters compound in Langley, Virginia is named for Former President George Bush
Time's up! The correct answer was the CIA
THE 1980s
Vaclav Havel went from political prisoner to president of this country in 1989
Time's up! The correct answer was Czechoslovakia
THE BIBLE
The first verse of this book says, "There was a man in the land of Uz that feared God and eschewed evil"
Time's up! The correct answer was Job
NOVELS
Published in 1949, this futuristic tale is set in Oceania, a few years before you were born
Time's up! The correct answer was 1984
COUNTRY MUSIC
This frontman of Hootie & the Blowfish went country with his solo album "Learn to Live"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rucker
MYSPACE.MAN
On April 12, 1961, he took his 5 1/4-ton Vostok 1 for a spin at 9:07 A.M. Moscow time; he had it back by 10:55
Time's up! The correct answer was Gagarin
WEDDINGS
It's the festive-sounding name for one who officiates at a wedding
Time's up! The correct answer was the celebrant
IT'S SANDY!
In the 1960s he set records of 4 career no-hitters & 382 strikeouts in one year
Time's up! The correct answer was Sandy Koufax
ENGLISH LITERATURE
The 5th edition of this work, published in 1676, included a section on fly fishing by Charles Cotton
Time's up! The correct answer was The Compleat Angler
ROCK-Y
Michael Stipe formed this "Man on the Moon" band in Athens, Georgia
Time's up! The correct answer was R.E.M.
LAST NAME'S THE SAME
17th century philosopher Sir Francis & 20th century painter Francis
Time's up! The correct answer was Bacon
ALLUSIONAL THINKING
Someone compared to this Aesop kid has lied so many times no one believes him even when he's telling the truth
Time's up! The correct answer was the boy who cried wolf
A LITERARY TOUR
Have a homey lunch at this author's Salinas, California birthplace; it's now a restaurant
Time's up! The correct answer was John Steinbeck
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
The Raritan is the longest river wholly within this state
Time's up! The correct answer was New Jersey
ACTORS & ACTRESSES
This "Alien" actress starred in her long-time pal Christopher Durang's 1996 play "Sex and Longing"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sigourney Weaver
AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
Can you hear me? This rock opera by The Who was a big hit at the Kennedy Center in 1994
Time's up! The correct answer was Tommy
PARTS OF THE WHOLE
Cheek strap, snaffle rein
Time's up! The correct answer was horse tack
APT ANAGRAMS
This Internet service was big in the '90s: I ONCE RAN EMAIL
Time's up! The correct answer was America Online
ODDS & ENDS
On April 9, 1963 this Brit was made the first honorary U.S. citizen
Time's up! The correct answer was Winston Churchill
AMERICAN EXPLORERS
Stephen Long & Zebulon Pike have peaks named for them in this state, an area they said was uninhabitable
Time's up! The correct answer was Colorado
THE LENIN CLOSET
Lenin met his wife Nadezhda while exiled here
Time's up! The correct answer was Siberia
THE "FIRST" STATE
Ryan Howard's day job with the Phillies
Time's up! The correct answer was first baseman
CHECK OUT MY CRIB
Sit down in this chair with an X-shaped frame & a canvas seat, perfect for yelling, "Quiet on the set!"
Time's up! The correct answer was a director's chair
A BUG'S LIFE
Used by scientists to clean flesh off bones being prepared for research, dermestids are a type of this insect
Time's up! The correct answer was a beetle
4-LETTER CAPITALS
This Latvian capital was founded in 1201 by German crusaders
Time's up! The correct answer was Riga
MUD
In 1943 McKinley Morganfield, under this name, settled in Chicago & continued singing the blues
Time's up! The correct answer was Muddy Waters
STATE SUPERLATIVES
The deepest gorge in the U.S. is this state's Hells Canyon
Time's up! The correct answer was Idaho
IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD
When this member of the nightshade family reached Italy, it was known as pomi d'oro, or gold apple
Time's up! The correct answer was a tomato
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
STRINGS
The hope behind String Theory is that it will result in this, sometimes shortened to "T.O.E."
Time's up! The correct answer was the theory of everything
SPIELBERG MOVIES
Before "The Blues Brothers", Dan Aykroyd & John Belushi starred in this WWII farce
Time's up! The correct answer was 1941
LEGAL "E"s
This clause in a union contract says that wages will rise or fall depending on a standard such as cost of living
Time's up! The correct answer was escalator
SPORTS
Ben Crenshaw & Phil Mickelson are the only 3-time winners of this college sport's championship tournament
Time's up! The correct answer was golf
LET'S GET MAS*Hed
Company clerk "Radar" O'Reilly was from this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Iowa
AMERICANA
This Connecticut city famous for its university is nicknamed "Elm City" because it once had many elm-lined streets
Time's up! The correct answer was New Haven
TECHNOLOGY
This was the first smartphone in the world.
Time's up! The correct answer was IBM Simon
CHEKHOV, PLEASE
He's known more formally as Ivan Voynitsky
Time's up! The correct answer was Uncle Vanya
GIANTS OF SCIENCE
"Father of the A-Bomb" who recalled the Hindu line "I am become death" after the first atomic explosion
Time's up! The correct answer was J. Robert Oppenheimer
ACTORS & ACTRESSES
John Mahoney, who plays Martin Crane on this sitcom, was born in England; he moved to the U.S. when he was 19
Time's up! The correct answer was Frasier
MATH TERMS
The term surd refers to irrational numbers like this number's square root, 1.7320508...
Time's up! The correct answer was 3
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
THE "I"s HAVE IT
Some scientists believe that the universe is undergoing expansion called this, also an economic term
Time's up! The correct answer was Inflation
SHAKESPEARE
Macduff tells us, "Not in the legions of horrid hell can come a devil more damn'd in evils to top" this man
Time's up! The correct answer was the Macbeth
INNS
The Chaucer Inn is located near the cathedral in this English city
Time's up! The correct answer was Canterbury
THE CIVIL WAR
Heavy casualties at Shiloh led to calls for his firing, but Lincoln said, "I can't spare this man; he fights"
Time's up! The correct answer was Grant
CAESAR
According to legend, this unhinged Roman emperor made his horse a priest & a consul
Time's up! The correct answer was Caligula
THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR
"Hobson's Choice", "Oliver Twist", "Lawrence of Arabia"
Time's up! The correct answer was David Lean
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
He was our country's 1st blue-eyed president
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington
DRAMA QUEENS
In 1935 & '36 Helen Hayes reigned for 517 Broadway performances as this queen who reigned for 63 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Victoria
"LESS" IS MORE
(Video clue of a pair of glasses; text unavailable due to sound problems)
Time's up! The correct answer was rimless
MAD
Clicking on the Encarta index entry of Mad Anthony will take you to this man
Time's up! The correct answer was Anthony Wayne
CAESAR
AKA the Flavian Amphitheatre, this ancient structure was begun by the Roman emperor Vespasian around 72 A.D.
Time's up! The correct answer was the Colosseum
"R"OCK MUSIC
The subject of this 1973 Allman Brothers hit was "tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I can"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Ramblin' Man"
THIS CATEGORY STINKS!
The strong odor of this semi-aquatic rodent gives it its name
Time's up! The correct answer was the muskrat
FIRE!
Maria Theresa ordered this Italian opera house built after a fire destroyed the Royal Ducal Theatre in 1776
Time's up! The correct answer was La Scala
BROADWAY LYRICS
"All I need is one more try, gotta get that kite to fly"
Time's up! The correct answer was You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
CODES
In "A Christmas Story", the message Ralphie uncovers using his decoder says "Be sure to drink your" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Ovaltine
FICTIONAL BOOKS
This doctor from the original "Star Trek" series wrote "Comparative Alien Physiology"
Time's up! The correct answer was McCoy
MILITARY UNITS
Oliver Stone won an Oscar for his story about one of these title units in which he served in Vietnam
Time's up! The correct answer was a platoon
THE WOK OF FAME
The 4 main Chinese types of these strips of dried dough are soup, sauce, stir-fried & shallow-fried
Time's up! The correct answer was Noodles
AMERICAN EXPLORERS
Senator Thomas Hart Benton's son-in-law was this "Pathfinder"
Time's up! The correct answer was John C. Frémont
GENERAL SCIENCE
This branch of medicine is devoted to the care & diseases of the elderly
Time's up! The correct answer was geriatrics
THE CIVIL WAR
In June of 1861, Dorothea Dix was appointed to supervise the female ones of these
Time's up! The correct answer was nurses
WHEN IN ROME?
Michaelangelo paints the Sistine Chapel: this century
Time's up! The correct answer was the 16th
CROSSWORD CLUES "D"
Scotch, & make it this (6)
Time's up! The correct answer was double
ANIMAL GROUPS
Though not noted for their musical skills, a group of gorillas is called this
Time's up! The correct answer was a band
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
THROUGH THE 1800s WITH SARAH POLK
In 1877 Sarah got the first one of these ever hooked up in Nashville
Time's up! The correct answer was a telephone
CALENDAR GIRLS
In 1963 she co-wrote "Ring of Fire" with Merle Kilgore
Time's up! The correct answer was Carter
MARRIED WITH CHILDREN
It can be an early harmonious period for a president, or a married couple can take a "second" one without the kids
Time's up! The correct answer was Honeymoon
HOMOPHONIC PAIRS
Contented performing kittens might be paid this way
Time's up! The correct answer was per purr
CANADIAN CAPITALS
This Manitoba capital annexed the adjacent community of Saint Boniface in 1972
Time's up! The correct answer was Winnipeg
FIGURE SKATERS
An injury forced him & Tai Babilonia to withdraw from the pairs competition at Lake Placid in 1980
Time's up! The correct answer was Randy Gardner
MANIAS
A lycomaniac has a howling time believing he is one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Wolf
THE ONION
Sept. 12, 1928: This "It Girl" "to appear sleeveless in Oct. Collier's; 'Besleeve yourself, strumpet!' clergy urge"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bow
BOGIE MEN
Rick Blaine
Time's up! The correct answer was Casablanca
EDS
In 1994 Johnny Depp played this wacky director of such classic films as "Plan 9 from Outer Space" & "Necromania"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ed Wood
THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS
The CBC set up a Brain Trust for this kind of "justice" to make sure toxic dumps aren't foisted on minority areas
Time's up! The correct answer was environmental justice
OFFICIAL STATE THINGS
If you "Show Me" some mozarkite, I'll tell you that it's this state's state rock
Time's up! The correct answer was Missouri
THE SHORT FORM
If sending a Valentine to your Guamaninan sweetie, you'll need to know that this is Guam's U.S. postal abbreviation
Time's up! The correct answer was GU
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
MOVIE CO-STARS
Montgomery Clift & Shelley Winters were nominated for Oscars for this 1951 film; Elizabeth Taylor was not
Time's up! The correct answer was A Place in the Sun
ALBUMS
"All I Have" with LL Cool J was a last-minute addition to this Jennifer Lopez CD
Time's up! The correct answer was This Is Me... Then
THE 13th CENTURY
A 1287 storm flooded the land separating the North Sea & the Zuiderzee, turning this village into a major port city
Time's up! The correct answer was Amsterdam
WOOD & WIND
His play "Under Milk Wood", about the inhabitants of a Welsh seaside town, was published posthumously
Time's up! The correct answer was Dylan Thomas
HELLO, DELI!
I think I'll just have a nosh--a bagel, cream cheese & the Nova Scotia type of this
Time's up! The correct answer was lox
3-NAMED AUTHORS
In 2001 this novelist & short story writer's "We Were the Mulvaneys" was chosen for Oprah's Book Club
Time's up! The correct answer was Joyce Carol Oates
THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS
From the late Latin for "word", this book is the last word on words
Time's up! The correct answer was dictionary
NAME THE POET
"I hear American singing, the varied carols I hear"
Time's up! The correct answer was Walt Whitman
HISPANIC HISTORY
The dictator of Paraguay from 1816 to 1840 wasn't called just "El Bueno" but this superlative
Time's up! The correct answer was El Supremo
WORLD CAPITALS
Founded in 1496 by Columbus's brother, this Dominican capitol is the oldest European city in the new world
Time's up! The correct answer was Santo Domingo
FROM T TO SHINING T
It gains you admission to the ballgame; Yeah, that's the...
Time's up! The correct answer was ticket
SCIENCE & NATURE
Change 1 letter in "protest" to get this word for a protozoan & others in its kingdom
Time's up! The correct answer was Protist
PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS
Arthur Kornberg won for showing how DNA duplicates in bacteria; son Roger's work was on the conversion of DNA into this
Time's up! The correct answer was RNA
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
ROAMIN' THE WORLD
When Sudan takes you to a place by this river, you can sit by the Blue or White one
Time's up! The correct answer was Nile
ANTIQUES
French for "Chinese Ornament", it refers to willow pattern china & some Chippendale furniture
Time's up! The correct answer was Chinoisserie
"SUPER"
This person is in charge of repairs & maintenance at an apartment building
Time's up! The correct answer was superintendent
ENDLESS SUMER
The ancient Sumerian civilization flourished in the "Fertile Crescent" region between these 2 rivers
Time's up! The correct answer was Tigris & Euphrates
21st CENTURY MUSIC
Brothers Chad & Mike Kroeger make up half of this rock band
Time's up! The correct answer was Nickelback
WHO PLAYED 'EM
2004: Cady Heron, who loves & hates the "Mean Girls" at her high school
Time's up! The correct answer was Lohan
IT DON'T MEAN A "THING"
Giving a portion of one's income, typically 10%, to one's church
Time's up! The correct answer was tithing
POUR ME A STIFF ONE
Mon Dieu! This French liqueur was originally made at the Abbey of Fecamp by the monks for which it is named
Time's up! The correct answer was Benedictine
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
DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB
This TV actor heard here is not really known for his singing: "Picture yourself...in a boat...on a river..."
Time's up! The correct answer was William Shatner
NOVELS
Published in 1949, this futuristic tale is set in Oceania, a few years before you were born
Time's up! The correct answer was 1984
REEL MOTHERS
According to the theme song, this cat "is a bad mother" -- shut your mouth
Time's up! The correct answer was Shaft
TOM JONES
Tom played -- who else? -- in this 1996 Tim Burton film about invaders from outer space
Time's up! The correct answer was Mars Attacks!
THE STING
The creature known as this "false" arachnid has venomous pincers & no tail
Time's up! The correct answer was a scorpion
FANTASTIC FILMS
This huge creature 1st waddled through Tokyo & its suburbs in 1956
Time's up! The correct answer was Godzilla
CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
When it's "praying", it's preying (6)
Time's up! The correct answer was mantis
MAGAZINE FEATURES
Goings on About Town, The Talk of the Town, The Critics
Time's up! The correct answer was The New Yorker
THE PRODUCERS
This West Coast state procuces the most wind-generated energy
Time's up! The correct answer was California
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Of particular interest to the NRA is the amendment that allows us "to keep & bear" these
Time's up! The correct answer was arms
CLIMBING
Also meaning to stop an action, in climbing it means to secure another person with a rope
Time's up! The correct answer was to belay
FDR
While attending this school, FDR was editor of its newspaper, The Crimson
Time's up! The correct answer was Harvard
PUT ON YOUR JAMIES
She was Wanda in "A Fish Called Wanda" & Willa in the sort-of follow-up "Fierce Creatures"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jamie Lee Curtis
PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING DRAMAS
David Mamet won in 1984 for this salesman drama whose title includes 2 4-letter words
Time's up! The correct answer was Glengarry Glen Ross
PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS
Don't lose your head trying to name this execution device named after a French doctor
Time's up! The correct answer was Guillotine
HOMETOWNS
Ingrid Bergman
Time's up! The correct answer was Stockholm
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
There are only 31 states & 1 federal district in this North American country
Time's up! The correct answer was Mexico
PLAYWRIGHTS
(Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Nederlander Theatre in New York City) This creator of "Rent" died the night of its final dress rehearsal, never knowing he would win the Pulitzer Prize
Time's up! The correct answer was Jonathan Larson
FOR THE FASHIONISTA
Of Elie Saab, Elie Saturn or Elie Subaru, the one who designed the gown Halle Berry wore when she won her Oscar
Time's up! The correct answer was Elie Saab
TIME'S TOP 10 EVERYTHING OF 2008
No. 7 in "Food Trends": Meat from this animal (kid is the tenderest)
Time's up! The correct answer was goat
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
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
THOSE AMAZING ANIMALS
No longer used in Thailand to haul teak from the jungle, these animals are being trained to paint
Time's up! The correct answer was an elephant
THE CAST OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
This "Mannix" star was known as Touch Connors when he played an Amalekite herder in the film
Time's up! The correct answer was Mike Connors
ANTIQUES
Used as early as the 15th century, apostle spoons usually came in sets of this number
Time's up! The correct answer was 12 or 13
EMBRACEABLE "U"
This technique uses high-frequency waves & is often used to view fetuses
Time's up! The correct answer was Ultrasound
THEATRE HODGEPODGE
Big Stone Gap, Virginia is home to the outdoor drama "Trail of the Lonesome" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Pine
DIALING FOR DIALECTS
Sprechen Sie Plattdeutsch? If you do, you speak the Low variety of this language
Time's up! The correct answer was German
BIBLICAL CRIME BLOTTER
This Egyptian crime boss is wanted in connection with ordering the death of all male Jewish children
Time's up! The correct answer was Pharaoh
A REALLY BIG CATEGORY
The Great Red Spot is a great big storm on this great big planet
Time's up! The correct answer was Jupiter
SPIELBERG MOVIES
This 1968 short film with a "strollin" title lent its name to Spielberg's production company
Time's up! The correct answer was Amblin
PHILOSOPHY GLOSSARY
Camus & Buber were big in this movement that said humans were fully responsible for making meaning of their own lives
Time's up! The correct answer was existentialism
FASHION FROM HEAD TO TOE
The French name of these casual summer shoes derives from a tough wiry grass that's used to make rope
Time's up! The correct answer was espadrilles
WORLD WAR I
In the 1st raid of its kind in history, the British town of Yarmouth was bombed in 1915 by a German one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a Zeppelin
LITERARY BADDIES
Mrs. Augustine St. Clare sold Uncle Tom to this brutal, alcoholic plantation owner who later beat him to death
Time's up! The correct answer was Simon Legree
KIDS IN SPORTS
Park View of Chula Vista, California beat Taipei 6-3 to win this organization's 2009 World Series
Time's up! The correct answer was the Little League
FOOD
They're the two common vegetables in the English dish bubble & squeak
Time's up! The correct answer was potato & cabbage
FROM B TO C
Pompous; overblown
Time's up! The correct answer was bombastic
HAMMERS
Up to a few years ago it was the emblem of the Soviet Union
Time's up! The correct answer was Hammer & sickle
FRANCES FARMER
In college an essay Frances wrote for a radical newspaper won her a trip to this country
Time's up! The correct answer was the Soviet Union
PHILOSOPHY GLOSSARY
"Every virtue is laudable. Kindness is a virtue. Therefore, kindness is laudable" is a logical this
Time's up! The correct answer was syllogism
I DID IT NORWAY
Winter sports lovers benefit from the 2-billion-kroner upgrade of this 1994 Olympic city
Time's up! The correct answer was Lillehammer
SLOGANEERING
Relax, this brand of medicine is "Recommended by Dr. Mom"
Time's up! The correct answer was Robitussin
B.C. & AFTER
Period of time named for an alloy of copper & tin & the new water-bearing Zodiacal era
Time's up! The correct answer was the Bronze Age of Aquarius
COMMON ABBREVIATIONS
Yes, sir! A PFC is one of these in the military
Time's up! The correct answer was a private first class
PEARLS OF WISDOM
A 17th century writer: "Angling can be said to be so like the mathematics, that it can never be fully learnt"
Time's up! The correct answer was Izaak Walton
THE FUNNIES
Dolly, Jeffrey, Billy & P.J.
Time's up! The correct answer was the kids in the Family Circus
CHOPIN
After meeting this author, Chopin wondered, "Is she really a woman?"
Time's up! The correct answer was George Sand
U.S. PRESIDENTS
His will gave a total of $110,000 to grandchildren Alexander & Melanie Eisenhower & Christopher Cox
Time's up! The correct answer was Nixon
STATE SUPERLATIVES
The deepest gorge in the U.S. is this state's Hells Canyon
Time's up! The correct answer was Idaho
"SUPER"
12-letter word meaning pertaining to the eerie or occult
Time's up! The correct answer was supernatural
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
BEN
In 1783 Franklin asked Congress to recall him from this country; he finally made it home in 1785
Time's up! The correct answer was France
GOING DUTCH
Driving through the Netherlands? You should know a sign that says "Parkeerverbod" means this
Time's up! The correct answer was No Parking
HISTORY
In 1962, this country became a constitutional monarchy under King Hassan II
Time's up! The correct answer was Morocco
SPORTS EVOLUTION
By the time the British discovered this sport in India around 1860, it used a ball, no longer a goat's or enemy's head
Time's up! The correct answer was polo
20th CENTURY NICKNAMES
Cinema's "Man of A Thousand Faces"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lon Chaney
THE FORTUNE 500
Fortune's "Most Likely to Succeed" was this Internet search site at No. 119 with 35 different "buy" ratings
Time's up! The correct answer was Google
WITH BROTHERHOOD
Twin brothers Matthew & Gunnar, Ozzie & Harriet's grandsons, had hits in the '90s under this name
Time's up! The correct answer was Nelson
OSCARS OF THE '70s
No relation to the Lakers' center, she's the youngest ever to win a Supporting Actress Oscar
Time's up! The correct answer was Tatum O'Neal
"AI"
Broad-snouted and smooth-fronted are 2 types of this South American reptile
Time's up! The correct answer was caiman
WORLD HISTORY
In 1784 she founded the city of Sevastopol in her new domain of the Crimea
Time's up! The correct answer was Catherine the Great
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
MUSICAL THEATRE
1992's "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh!" was inspired by the comic songs of this man
Time's up! The correct answer was Allan Sherman
U.N. OBSERVANCES
March 22 is World this Resource Day; the theme for 1999 was "Everyone Lives Downstream"
Time's up! The correct answer was Water
THE BIBLE
While they were mending their nets, John & this brother were summoned by Jesus to become disciples
Time's up! The correct answer was James
POETIC TITLE VERBS
"She _____ In Beauty"
Time's up! The correct answer was Walks
PLAY ADJECTIVES
Howard Sackler's "The ____ ____ Hope"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Great White Hope
LIBRARIES
This Maryland community is home to the National Library of Medicine & the National Naval Medical Center
Time's up! The correct answer was Bethesda
LANGUAGE QUESTIONS
If you're in Naples & don't know Italian, ask "Parla inglese?" which means this
Time's up! The correct answer was "Do you speak English?"
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
4 N
Adjective preceding the railroad completed in 1869
Time's up! The correct answer was transcontinental
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
"TOMORROW"
This advice on procrastination is credited to a 1749 letter written by Lord Chesterfield to his son
Time's up! The correct answer was never put off till tomorrow what you can do today
SKUNKS
The skunk lends its name to this foul-smelling "vegetable" found in swamps
Time's up! The correct answer was skunk cabbage
ISRAEL
In 1961 this Israeli airline set a record for the longest nonstop commercial flight, New York to Tel Aviv
Time's up! The correct answer was El Al
ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL
Bananas are an excellent source of this element whose symbol is K
Time's up! The correct answer was potassium
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
LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"
San Diego County is estimated to have a million acres of this Spanish-named dense shrub growth
Time's up! The correct answer was chaparral
4-LETTER WORDS
A raisin can be called by this other fruit's name when it's added to a pudding or a cake
Time's up! The correct answer was Plum
SCIENCE & NATURE
His 1947 oceanic expedition began in Callao, Peru & ended 10 days later in Polynesia
Time's up! The correct answer was Thor Heyerdahl
THE CAT
When a lioness & one of these mate, they produce a leopon
Time's up! The correct answer was Leopard
ALL ASHORE FOR BIRD LORE
Lions don't like to attack ostriches because the big birds do this & can even kill the king of beasts this way
Time's up! The correct answer was kick
"LAP" DANCE
A region of northern Scandinavia or Russia
Time's up! The correct answer was Lapland
FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY
In the Aesop fable, he's so far ahead he takes a nap; what a loser!
Time's up! The correct answer was Hare
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
THE MOVIES
Mike Myers travels from '60s London to Vegas in the '90s as this "International Man of Mystery"
Time's up! The correct answer was Austin Powers
WAR
"Operation Rolling Thunder" was the 1965 U.S. bombing campaign designed in part to stop men & supplies coming south on this road
Time's up! The correct answer was the Ho Chi Minh Trail
ROUGH POLITICS
"If anyone wants to (follow) me, go ahead. They'd be very bored", this politician said in 1987; they did, & they weren't
Time's up! The correct answer was Gary Hart
MASTER OF PUPPETS
Named for its early 19th century creator, bunraku is the traditional puppet theater of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Japan
TURN OF THE CENTURY MOVIES
2 warriors seek the Green Destiny, a stolen ancient sword
Time's up! The correct answer was Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
A TRIP TO OUTER SPACE
Many beautiful images like the one seen here have been given to us by this famous space telescope
Time's up! The correct answer was Hubble Space Telescope
AMERICAN FICTION WRITERS
He was also the U.S.'s best-paid sportswriter, with stories of people like Chicago O'Brien & Jack the Bookie
Time's up! The correct answer was Damon Runyon
BULL
"Bull City", this place's nickname, is derived from a product sold by American Tobacco
Time's up! The correct answer was Durham
A WHITE CATEGORY
Anne Catherick is all dressed up as the title character of this Wilkie Collins novel
Time's up! The correct answer was The Woman in White
WEAPONS
From the Germanic "hache", it's a small ax
Time's up! The correct answer was a hatchet
AFRICAN ISLANDS
Uganda's Sese Islands lie in the northern part of this large lake
Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Victoria
AMERICANA
In 1986 this New York capital celebrated the 300th anniversary of its charter as a city
Time's up! The correct answer was Albany
19th CENTURY AMERICA
The 1866 Civil Rights Act was passed over this president's veto
Time's up! The correct answer was Johnson
THE CINEMA
The popular soundtrack of this 2000 film includes "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow" & "You Are My Sunshine"
Time's up! The correct answer was O Brother, Where Art Thou?
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
1 of the 2 Central American countries with only 1 sea coast
Time's up! The correct answer was Belize & El Salvador
WHEREFORE "ART" THOU
Grammatically speaking, the word "the" is definitely one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Article
THINGS ON NFL HELMETS
A blue star with a white outline
Time's up! The correct answer was the Dallas Cowboys
CAPITAL IDEA
Long before it was a capital, this city on the Thames River was a communications center
Time's up! The correct answer was London
U.S. CITIES
It's the only Maryland city not located within a county
Time's up! The correct answer was Baltimore
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
TECHNOLOGY
C. Vanderbilt thought George Westinghouse's idea of stopping a train by this means a fool notion
Time's up! The correct answer was the air brake
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
BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS
1990-1997
Time's up! The correct answer was John Major
ROGUE
This country's acceptance of responsibility for the Pan Am 103 bombing helped it lose its rogue status
Time's up! The correct answer was Libya
BOXING MOVIES
Before starring on TV's "Thunder In Paradise", this "Hulkster" played Thunderlips in "Rocky III"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hulk Hogan
INITIAL T.V.
This '70s series about a harsh Navy drill instructor with a soft heart starred Don Rickles
Time's up! The correct answer was C.P.O. Sharkey
HARRY GUYS
He's the Harry heard here: "Dayyy...."
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Belafonte
"GENERAL" JOB INFORMATION
It's the rank just below (the very model of a modern) major general
Time's up! The correct answer was brigadier general
LINGUISTICS
Sentence diagrams called these may include lines called branches
Time's up! The correct answer was Trees
19th CENTURY NOVELISTS
William Wilkinson's "An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia" inspired this author's most famous novel
Time's up! The correct answer was Bram Stoker
MY PLACE?
A western camper pitches a tent; a central Asian nomad pitches this
Time's up! The correct answer was yurt
TIME TO "EAT"
Bartender's adjective for a cocktail served without water
Time's up! The correct answer was neat
WHAT'S THAT SOUND?
The islands in Australia's Yampi Sound are rich in hematite, an ore of this metal
Time's up! The correct answer was iron
THAT'S MY LAW
Snell's Law governs the angle of refraction of this as it passes from one medium to another
Time's up! The correct answer was Light
FAMOUS JACQUES
Much of France's 16th century Canadian claim was based on his explorations
Time's up! The correct answer was Cartier
HIT TUNES
"Angel", "Building A Mystery"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sarah McLachlan
RELIGION
This 13th century Italian theologian was born in Roccasecca near the town of Aquino
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Thomas Aquinas
MUSICALS
This show opens with a Ziegfeld star waiting for her husband to be released from prison
Time's up! The correct answer was "Funny Girl"
"TOMORROW"
In 1960 the Shirelles asked this musical question
Time's up! The correct answer was Will you still love me tomorrow?
INSECTS
The May beetle is also called this, perhaps when it shows up a few weeks late
Time's up! The correct answer was Junebug
OXYMORONS
The "double" version of this card game for one requires 2 players
Time's up! The correct answer was solitaire
COMPOSERS
Mendelssohn wrote a series of 49 piano pieces which were appropriately titled “Songs Without” these
Time's up! The correct answer was words
SYMPHONIES ON FILM
The Philadelphia Orchestra played Beethoven's "Pastoral Symphony" for this 1940 Disney film
Time's up! The correct answer was Fantasia
WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS
1963: A pilot
Time's up! The correct answer was Amelia Earhart
1999
In January 1999, 100 people in this job were sworn in as jurors at the president's impeachment trial
Time's up! The correct answer was U.S. senators
COMIC & CARTOON CRITTERS
Heathcliff
Time's up! The correct answer was cat
CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
Diamond deposit; it ain't yours! (4)
Time's up! The correct answer was mine
THE "L" WORLD
In 1994 this Norwegian town played host to the Winter Olympics
Time's up! The correct answer was Lillehammer
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
Greek-letter group (10)
Time's up! The correct answer was fraternity
BATTLE TO NAME THE WAR
Quebec &, a year later, Trenton
Time's up! The correct answer was the Revolutionary War
DRAMA
Her 1946 play "Another Part of the Forest" is sometimes considered a prequel to "The Little Foxes"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lillian Hellman
THE MISFITS
Born Joseph Levitch, he's been a nutty professor & an errand boy
Time's up! The correct answer was Jerry Lewis
CROSSWORD CLUES "D"
One who gives blood (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was a donor
CONTAINERS
A sink, or the area drained by a single river system
Time's up! The correct answer was a basin
EPONYMS
From the disciple who betrayed Jesus, it's one who betrays a friend for some reward
Time's up! The correct answer was a Judas
TELEVISION
On a 1995 episode of this sitcom, JFK Jr. dropped by the offices of "FYI"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Murphy Brown"
FLAGS OF THE WORLD
It's the kingdom whose flag is seen here (Union Jack)
Time's up! The correct answer was Great Britain/England
FOR WHOM THE "BELL" TOLLS
Facial nerve paralysis on one side
Time's up! The correct answer was Bell's palsy
WHO'S YOUR MOMMY?
Liza Minnelli
Time's up! The correct answer was Judy Garland
WORLD HISTORY
More than 250,000 died in fighting before France granted this African nation independence July 3, 1962
Time's up! The correct answer was Algeria
WORLD CITIES
From Bei Hai Park in this city, pass the Great Hall of the People, bear left, & then it's straight on to Mao's mausoleum
Time's up! The correct answer was Beijing
FROM THE GREEK
From the Greek for "primary", these are made of amino acids
Time's up! The correct answer was proteins
VERBS
You can fluff pillows or do this, also meaning "chubby"
Time's up! The correct answer was plump
FORE!
Except during WWII, this golf tournament has been played at the Augusta National Golf Club every year since 1934
Time's up! The correct answer was The Masters
REALLY BIG
You'll find the largest one in Mexico, not Egypt; its base covers nearly 45 acres
Time's up! The correct answer was Pyramid
CROSSWORD CLUES "J"
A joyful celebration (10)
Time's up! The correct answer was jubilation
ALBUMS
Their 1999 CD "Californication" reunited guitarist John Frusciante with the group
Time's up! The correct answer was The Red Hot Chili Peppers
NAME THE PLAY
Nathan: "There is the highest player of them all... why do you think they call him Sky? That's how high he bets"
Time's up! The correct answer was Guys and Dolls
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
Their 1st professional collaboration was this 1943 landmark musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma!
"AI"
This 2-word term for a nanny is French for "equal"
Time's up! The correct answer was an au pair
AFRICAN-AMERICANA
This military man won the NAACP's Spingarn Medal for 1991
Time's up! The correct answer was Colin Powell
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
In January 1970 Boeing introduced this first wide-bodied jumbo jet; it could seat up to 452 passengers
Time's up! The correct answer was 747
FOOD ETYMOLOGY
Keith Downey developed rapeseed into this cooking product, now a huge cash crop for farmers in Saskatchewan
Time's up! The correct answer was canola
GEHRY
The Guggenheim Museum in this city of Spain's Basque region is one of the best-known structures designed by Gehry
Time's up! The correct answer was Bilbao
THE "X" FILES
A trademarked name, it's often used as a synonym for a photocopy
Time's up! The correct answer was Xerox
DEAR JUNTA
After the junta released activist Aung San Suu Kyi to house arrest, Japan restored aid to this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Burma
MEATS
This cut is a pig's hind leg above the hock
Time's up! The correct answer was ham
PRESIDENTS
Sammy Cahn wrote new lyrics for "High Hopes" & it became this man's 1960 campaign song
Time's up! The correct answer was John F. Kennedy
LIT MY FIRE
The burning of Moscow after Napoleon's exit is dramatized in this Tolstoy novel
Time's up! The correct answer was War and Peace
THE HUSBAND MARRIED
Helen Menken, Mary Philips, Mayo Methot & Lauren Bacall
Time's up! The correct answer was Humphrey Bogart
COMMON SIMILES
Adjective found before "as leather" & "as nails"
Time's up! The correct answer was tough
A BUG'S LIFE
The field & house types of this insect are sold as laboratory subjects, frog food & bait
Time's up! The correct answer was crickets
"PER"CUSSION
Russian for "rebuilding", this term was first used by Gorbachev in the mid-1980s
Time's up! The correct answer was perestroika
TAKE-OFFS
Rafreaky the baboon & a 30-year-old Annie have appeared in this NYC theater spoof that debuted in 1982
Time's up! The correct answer was Forbidden Broadway
FOOD
Type of food that comes in shapes of bow ties, elbows & wagon wheels
Time's up! The correct answer was pasta
"G"ARDEN GLOSSARY
This cereal grain embryo is usually separated from the endosperm during milling; health nuts love the "wheat" kind
Time's up! The correct answer was the germ
LUNCH COUNTER LINGO
The name of this state is slang for maple syrup
Time's up! The correct answer was Vermont
AROUND THE POKER TABLE WITH SLIM
To do this in stud poker, Slim turns all his cards face down
Time's up! The correct answer was Fold
THE ICU
A myocardial infarction, better known as this, is a common reason for ICU admission
Time's up! The correct answer was Heart attack
CATALINA
Catalina had Southern Calif.'s first golf course; from 1931 to 1955 it hosted a tournament named for this Ga. great
Time's up! The correct answer was Bobby Jones
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
IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS
Keflavik & Grindavik call to you, & we'll throw in a 50/50 shot at seeing Bjork somewhere
Time's up! The correct answer was Iceland
ENDS WITH "K"
This Asian capital city known for its canals has been called "The Venice of the East"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bangkok
ODDS & ENDS
The USA's highest occupied office space is the 98th floor of this Chicago structure
Time's up! The correct answer was the Sears Tower
ARCHITECTURE
This 6-letter part of a house is also called an eaves trough
Time's up! The correct answer was gutter
BEGINS & ENDS WITH "O"
This term for an extended musical composition comes from the Italian for "small chapel"
Time's up! The correct answer was oratorio
20th CENTURY ARTISTS
In 1958 he tripled up on his patriotic painting of "Three Flags"
Time's up! The correct answer was Johns
HEY, GOOD-LOOKIN'
Psalm 8 declares, "Out of the mouth of" these "and sucklings hast thou ordained strength"
Time's up! The correct answer was babes
THE TITANIC
This happened between the third & fourth funnel, a fact no one knew until the Titanic was found in 1985
Time's up! The correct answer was it broke in half
NYC MUSIC HISTORY
The Who performed this work at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center in 1970
Time's up! The correct answer was Tommy
ART & ARTISTS
Upon completing the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in 1512, he wrote to his father, "The pope is well satisfied"
Time's up! The correct answer was Michelangelo
A REALLY BIG CATEGORY
Until it met disaster in 1912, it was the largest & most luxurious passenger ship afloat
Time's up! The correct answer was Titanic
BE FRUITFUL & MULTIPLY
5 x 10 x 15
Time's up! The correct answer was 750
GEOGRAPH"Y"
It's the largest city in Utah
Time's up! The correct answer was Salt Lake City
TV PRODUCERS
David Chase created this HBO series & wrote many of its episodes, like "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Sopranos
SCIENTISTS
In 1791 this Italian published the results of his experiments in "animal electricity"
Time's up! The correct answer was Luigi Galvani
WHY SO BLUE?
The blue type of this game fish, M. Nigricans, has a long pointed bill
Time's up! The correct answer was a marlin
CANADIAN CAPITALS
In 1947 huge oil deposits were discovered in this city 175 miles north of Calgary; it's now Canada's oil capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Edmonton
POUR ME A STIFF ONE
Nonpotent potable in common to a fuzzy navel & a screwdriver
Time's up! The correct answer was orange juice
POUR ME A STIFF ONE
This brand of liqueur made its debut in Dublin on November 26, 1974
Time's up! The correct answer was Bailey's
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
BIBLICAL CRIME BLOTTER
Wanted in the case of fruit missing from the forbidden tree, this animal is considered long & dangerous
Time's up! The correct answer was Snake/serpent
NAMES IN THE NEWS
This former U.N. ambassador is a co-chairman of the host city's committee for the 1996 Olympic Games
Time's up! The correct answer was Andrew Young
TOP O' THE CHARTS
In 1991 this heartthrob took Percy Sledge's "When A Man Loves A Woman" back to the top spot
Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Bolton
1957
He ended his brief retirement to become chairman & president of Occidental Petroleum
Time's up! The correct answer was Armand Hammer
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
PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS
In a Chekhov play, Mme. Ranevsky is the owner of this title area of land
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Cherry Orchard"
BIRDS
This falcon's name is from the Latin for "foreign" or "a foreigner"
Time's up! The correct answer was peregrine
HISTORIC QUOTES
In 1830 Daniel Webster told the Senate, "Liberty and" this, "now and forever, one and inseparable"
Time's up! The correct answer was Union
LET THE GAMES BEGIN
On a basic playing board in this matching game, the numbers range from B-1 to O-75
Time's up! The correct answer was bingo
THE LIVING PLANET
Relative to the size of the bird, this flightless New Zealand denizen has the largest egg
Time's up! The correct answer was the kiwi
NBA HALL OF FAMERS
This Nigeria-born Rockets player holds the NBA record for career blocked shots with 3,830
Time's up! The correct answer was Hakeem Olajuwon
GREEK LETTERS
The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter
Time's up! The correct answer was pi
I'M HUNGRY!
Let's make Craig Claiborne's recipe for an upside-down type of this fruit pie; it's a lot like tarte tatin
Time's up! The correct answer was apple pie
VEGAS, BABY
The bird Phoenicopterus ruber roseus, or a Las Vegas hotel
Time's up! The correct answer was Flamingo
WHAT'S ON TV?
In 2007 Marie Osmond blamed allergies & L.A. air quality for her waltz into unconsciousness on this show
Time's up! The correct answer was Dancing with the Stars
TV DRAMAS BY EPISODE
"The Path to the Black Lodge"
Time's up! The correct answer was Twin Peaks
BASEBALL
In 1972 owner Bob Short moved this team to Arlington, TX . where it became the Texas Rangers
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington Senators
TRUTH OR DARE
Truth: This "Common Sense" pamphleteer later turned to inventing, trying to come up with a smokeless candle
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Paine
ROUGH POLITICS
On Aug. 5, 1994 he was named independent counsel in the Whitewater affair
Time's up! The correct answer was Kenneth Starr
I HAVEN'T READ SHAKESPEARE, BUT...
This tragedy has got to be set in a small village, hence the title
Time's up! The correct answer was Hamlet
TINKER
"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" is a novel by this Brit
Time's up! The correct answer was le Carré
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
ROGER!
The fifth Chief Justice of the United States, he succeeded John Marshall in 1836
Time's up! The correct answer was Roger Taney
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
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"
AMERICAN PLAYS
This playwright dedicated "A Delicate Balance" to J. Steinbeck with "affection and admiration"
Time's up! The correct answer was Edward Albee
DON'T MESS WITH SICILY
The father of this US Supreme Court Justice was a romance language professor who had emigrated from Sicily
Time's up! The correct answer was Scalia
BALLET
I may say "neigh!" if you do a pas de cheval, a ballet step that imitates this animal
Time's up! The correct answer was a horse
THE NEXT BIBLE BOOK AFTER...
Numbers
Time's up! The correct answer was Deuteronomy
SO YOU WANT TO BE A 19th CENTURY HEROINE
If you have this adjective before your name, like Nell or Eva, don't bother planning for your old age
Time's up! The correct answer was Little
TOP 40 BONUS
"California Girls"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Beach Boys & David Lee Roth
THOSE AMAZING ANIMALS
High in Omega-3 fatty acids, oils from these creatures have been shown to reduce high levels of triglycerides
Time's up! The correct answer was fish
CANADIAN CAPITALS
This British Columbia capital was the capital of the colony of Vancouver Island 1848-1866
Time's up! The correct answer was Victoria
FDR
FDR gave the first of these talks March 12, 1933 from the White House diplomatic reception room
Time's up! The correct answer was Fireside Chats
BACKWARDS
Field Marshal Barclay used this maneuver associated with defeat to lure Napoleon deep into Russia
Time's up! The correct answer was a retreat
GUINNESS RECORDS
He holds the record for all-time career earnings on the U.S. PGA circuit (over $26 million from 1996 to 2001)
Time's up! The correct answer was Tiger Woods
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
HISTORIC NAMES
This Apache tried to keep peace with the palefaces, but after his death, his son joined with the militant Geronimo
Time's up! The correct answer was Cochise
CHANCE
To figure out the chance of a given roll with 2 dice, take the number of ways that total can come up & divide by this
Time's up! The correct answer was thirty-six
HISTORY
In 1962, this country became a constitutional monarchy under King Hassan II
Time's up! The correct answer was Morocco
THE ASPCA
In 1999 Lulu, a plucky potbellied one of these, earned an ASPCA Trooper Award for saving her owner's life
Time's up! The correct answer was Pig
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Washington warned against "The insidious wiles of foreign influences" in this published declaration
Time's up! The correct answer was His Farewell Address
IT'S A "SIN"
Of Welsh extraction, Frank Lloyd Wright named his homes & fellowship after this early Welsh poet
Time's up! The correct answer was Taliesin
GRAINS & STAPLES
The rolled form of this grain cooks in about 5 minutes; the steel-cut takes much longer
Time's up! The correct answer was oats
KNIGHTS
A young boy between 7 & 14 who trained as a knight, or his hairdo
Time's up! The correct answer was Page
BUSINESS LEADERS
In the 1880s he built a town in Illinois to house employees of his sleeping car company
Time's up! The correct answer was Pullman
NAME THE AUTOMAKER
Corniche & Silver Shadow
Time's up! The correct answer was Rolls-Royce