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AND I QUOTE
Kim Walker's character in "Say Anything" has this annoying habit when quoting
Time's up! The correct answer was Making quotations with your fingers
WINE
The famous Moselle wines come from this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Germany
MR. TEA
One of the first U.S. millionaires, this patriarch of the Astor family traded furs for tea from China
Time's up! The correct answer was John Jacob
KIDS IN BOOKS
Mowgli is the human kid hanging out in the woods with wolves & tigers in this Rudyard Kipling "Book"
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Jungle Book"
ANYTHING BUT CHEESESTEAK
This hot dog condiment is basically chopped sweet pickles
Time's up! The correct answer was relish
KILLER MUSICALS
This "demon barber" had his victims baked into pies (no one could accuse him of good taste)
Time's up! The correct answer was "Sweeney Todd"
PROPHET SHARING
In I Kings this fiery Biblical prophet won a contest with the prophets of Baal
Time's up! The correct answer was Elijah
LARRY KING'S PUBLIC FIGURES
A special Larry King tonight this "wubbulous" children's author & his thoughts on Rosie starring in his big Broadway show
Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Seuss
FRUIT
The name of this fruit, genus Prunus, can precede picker, pie & Coke
Time's up! The correct answer was cherry
SOMETHIN' TO "C"
In 41 A.D. Cassius Chaerea & company assassinated this Roman emperor
Time's up! The correct answer was Caligula
OF A SALESMAN
This direct-selling co. known for products like Nutrilite claims 3 million independent business owners
Time's up! The correct answer was Amway
THE "B.G."s
Swingin' virtuoso heard here
Time's up! The correct answer was Benny Goodman
47
The heavenly strains of the concert grand pedal type of this instrument come from its 47 strings
Time's up! The correct answer was a harp
EU, THE EUROPEAN UNION
As of 2010, Croatia & Macedonia are candidates but this is the only former Yugoslav republic in the EU
Time's up! The correct answer was Slovenia
JURY DUTY
The general type of this military tribunal must have at least 5 members & the defense attorney may be military or civilian
Time's up! The correct answer was court martial
BESTSELLERS
This author's "The Secret Man" detailed the history of his interactions with Deep Throat
Time's up! The correct answer was Bob Woodward
MS.
Nancy Ross, Angela Davis, & Geraldine Ferraro all sought this office in 1984
Time's up! The correct answer was vice president
SOUNDS LIKE A CAPITAL CITY
Almost half of north Americans have this kind of blood
Time's up! The correct answer was Type A
EUROPE
The fertile plain east of the Danube, making up half this country's area, is called the Great Alfold
Time's up! The correct answer was Hungary
'HUSKER DO
One of the 2 vice presidents born in Nebraska; one in 1913, the other in 1941
Time's up! The correct answer was Gerald Ford
THE "FIRST" STATE
This nuclear capability is designed to completely knock out an enemy's ability to respond to your attack
Time's up! The correct answer was first strike
& SO I FACE THE FINAL CURTAIN
This musical dreamed "The Impossible Dream", playing 2,328 performances before closing in 1971
Time's up! The correct answer was Man of La Mancha
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
PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY
Gerald Ford was the last president born under this "crab"by sign
Time's up! The correct answer was Cancer
___ OG
Hey, "don't just sit there like a bump on" one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a log
SKIRTING THE ISSUE
The sunburst-pleated skirt is also called this for the pleats' resemblance to the bellows of a musical instrument
Time's up! The correct answer was an accordion skirt
IT'S ALL ABOUT ME
Self, launched in 1979, is one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was amagazine
ACTION!
This hero made his comic book debut in & on the cover of Action Comics No. 1
Time's up! The correct answer was Superman
4-LETTER CAPITALS
This Latvian capital was founded in 1201 by German crusaders
Time's up! The correct answer was Riga
"KNIFE", "FORK" OR "SPOON"
A diver bends in midair to touch the toes before entering the water in this dive
Time's up! The correct answer was Jackknife
THE REEL STORY
Kate Winslet wears a blue diamond necklace called the "Heart of the Ocean" in this 1997 film
Time's up! The correct answer was Titanic
21st CENTURY MUSIC
The nickname of this woman from the Black Eyed Peas is just a shortening of her last name
Time's up! The correct answer was Fergie
HOMOPHONES
Masculine, or letters & packages
Time's up! The correct answer was male/mail
WHEN THEY WERE TEENS
In 1991 Heather Tom was a teen when she debuted as Victor Newman's daughter on this CBS soap opera
Time's up! The correct answer was The Young & the Restless
"LESS" IS MORE
Type of whisper in the title of a Wham! hit
Time's up! The correct answer was Careless
U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
Appropriately enough, this New York metropolis is "Bison City"
Time's up! The correct answer was Buffalo
SCIENCE & NATURE
Man-made metal 1st positively identified in 1958 & named for a Swedish inventor; it has no known use
Time's up! The correct answer was Nobelium
COOKING EQUIPMENT FOOD
Made with cornmeal, it comes out of the oven so soft you have to eat it with the utensil in its name
Time's up! The correct answer was spoon bread
WEDDINGS
It's the festive-sounding name for one who officiates at a wedding
Time's up! The correct answer was the celebrant
THE CAT
It's the tailless cat variety from an island south of Scotland
Time's up! The correct answer was a manx
BUSINESS
The tires on Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis" were made by this former competitor of Goodyear
Time's up! The correct answer was B.F. Goodrich
THEY'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANY MORE
He's the most famous man we know from Russell, Kansas
Time's up! The correct answer was Bob Dole
OF "RATH"
For many, this Johannesburg-born actor will forever be the definitive Sherlock Holmes
Time's up! The correct answer was Basil Rathbone
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
Robin Hood's nemesis was the sheriff of this district
Time's up! The correct answer was Nottingham
ANIMAL TERMS
If you've been beaten 72-0 in football, you've gotten this, from the name of a smelly critter, Mephitis mephitis
Time's up! The correct answer was skunked
WHO IS THEON OF SMYRNA?
Like Ptolemy, about whom he wrote, Theon placed this body in the center of the cosmos
Time's up! The correct answer was Earth
PICTURE THIS
One of the first printed books with illustrations was a collection of this ancient man's fables in 1476
Time's up! The correct answer was Aesop
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
Instead of counties, this state has boroughs (or is it brrr-oughs?)
Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska
CHANTED
Their chant in "Macbeth" begins, "Double, double, toil and trouble"
Time's up! The correct answer was the witches
& SO I FACE THE FINAL CURTAIN
This Lerner & Loewe musical had its "loverly" farewell in 1962, after 2,717 shows
Time's up! The correct answer was My Fair Lady
LSU
"All The King's Men" know this first poet laureate of the U.S. was editor of LSU's Southern Review
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Penn Warren
THE COLOR PURPLE
2 centuries late, this unstable British king was diagnosed with an excess of purple pigments in the blood
Time's up! The correct answer was King George III
NONFICTION PEOPLE
He's called a "Rough Stone Rolling" in a 2005 "Cultural Biography of Mormonism's Founder"
Time's up! The correct answer was Joseph Smith
U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
Rapid City's nickname, "Gateway City to the Hills", refers specifically to these hills
Time's up! The correct answer was the Black Hills
BRAND-TASTIC
In 1932 George Blaisdell developed this cigarette lighter in Bradford, Pennsylvania
Time's up! The correct answer was Zippo
IT'S A DOGGY DOG WORLD
Jura, Schweitzer, Lucerne & Berner are the 4 types of this country's laufhund
Time's up! The correct answer was Switzerland
ANIMAL RHYME TIME
An 18-wheeler used to get your porkers to market
Time's up! The correct answer was pig rig
THE MIDDLE AGES
This continent's Mali empire reached its apogee under Mansa Musa in the 14th century
Time's up! The correct answer was Africa
LANGUAGE QUESTIONS
In Latin, the "5 W's" are mostly Q's; quid means what, quare means why and quando means this
Time's up! The correct answer was when
NORM!
Think positively! You'll know this man who wrote the newspaper column "Confident Living"
Time's up! The correct answer was Peale
CORAL REEF LIFE
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, the USA's first underwater park, is just off the coast of this Florida key
Time's up! The correct answer was Key Largo
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
TRANSPORTATION
Cabbies in this Eur. city spend 2 years gaining "the knowledge", mental maps needed to get a license
Time's up! The correct answer was London
MEET THE PARENTS
First Colony Life Insurance, Telemundo, NBC
Time's up! The correct answer was General Electric
WHY?
They're "unlucky" because in the Middle Ages they were thought to be the mascots of witches
Time's up! The correct answer was Black cats
THE TITANIC
The first warning of the iceberg came at 11:40 P.M. from Fred Fleet, the lookout in this platform high above the deck
Time's up! The correct answer was the crow's nest
BATTLE TO NAME THE WAR
No one enjoyed the portions at Pork Chop Hill
Time's up! The correct answer was the Korean War
AND I QUOTE
3-word phrase for a quote meant for attribution, or a quote like "Gretzky's 92 goals are unbeatable!"
Time's up! The correct answer was On the record
RADIO
Instrument struck when a contestant failed on the "Original Amateur Hour"
Time's up! The correct answer was a gong
COMIC STRIPS
Ack! In 2010 Ms. Guisewite said her "creative biological clock" was ticking & ended this strip after 34 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Cathy
THE FILM VAULT
Stephen King not only wrote the script for this 1986 film about possessed machinery, he directed it
Time's up! The correct answer was Maximum Overdrive
AUTHORS
Robert Louis Stevenson suffered from this lung disease for many years, but died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1894
Time's up! The correct answer was tuberculosis
AMERICAN WOMEN
She gave herself the third-person name "Phantom", the "no-person" she was from 19 months until she was almost 7
Time's up! The correct answer was Helen Keller
GREECE
The mainland of Greece forms the southern part of this peninsula
Time's up! The correct answer was the Balkan Peninsula
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
This Dallas-based electronics firm started out as Geophysical Service, an oil exploration company
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas Instruments
TOUGH STUFF
The Span. abbrev. for one of these is ovni (objecto volador no identificado)
Time's up! The correct answer was UFO
FOREIGN CURRENCY
The name of this currency is from the Sanskrit for "coined silver"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rupee
COLOGNE RANGER
Founded in Cologne, this German airline really took off in 1953
Time's up! The correct answer was Lufthansa
INTERNATIONAL RHYME TIME
A tiny New Zealander, or a tiny New Zealand bird
Time's up! The correct answer was a peewee Kiwi
STATE CAPITALS
This twin city is the capital of Minnesota
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Paul
TREES
Continent on which the densest, tallest & most valuable stand of timber is found
Time's up! The correct answer was North America
FLY COUNTRIES
Iberia Airlines
Time's up! The correct answer was Spain
LICENSE PLATE MOTTOS
"Aloha State"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii
GET SMART
A U. of California study found that listening to the too many notes in this guy's sonatas raised IQ scores 8-9 points
Time's up! The correct answer was Mozart
OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s
goop.com is a lifestyles website from this Oscar-winning actress; the g & p represent her initials
Time's up! The correct answer was Gwyneth Paltrow
ENGLISH LITERATURE
"The Parson's Tale", which deals at length with the 7 deadly sins, concludes this 14th century work
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Canterbury Tales"
CZECH, PLEASE
His mother, Olga, was once ranked 2nd in Czechoslovakia in women's singles tennis
Time's up! The correct answer was Ivan Lendl
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
DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS
[Audio DD] 1984 film which featured the following: (opening to <i> Dancing in the Sheets</i> by Shalamar)
Time's up! The correct answer was Footloose
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
ALL MY SONS
Gutzon Borglum died in 1941 so his son, Lincoln, finished sculpting the 4 figures of this memorial
Time's up! The correct answer was Mount Rushmore
COME "IN"
Paul Apak Angilirq was a producer as Canada's IBC, this Broadcasting Corporation
Time's up! The correct answer was Inuit
ENDLESS SUMER
The Sumerian kingdom ended when this enemy king famous for his code conquered the city of Larsa
Time's up! The correct answer was Hammurabi
LANGUAGES
Most of the classes in Quebec schools are taught in this language
Time's up! The correct answer was French
OF "RATH"
It's an adjective meaning really, really angry
Time's up! The correct answer was wrathful
BE FRUITFUL & MULTIPLY
3 x 4 x 5 x 6
Time's up! The correct answer was 360
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Light flashes in the field of vision may mean this optic tissue has become detatched
Time's up! The correct answer was the retina
TRIALS OF THE CENTURY
Despite a highly controversial trial, these 2 were executed for murders in 1920 at a Mass. factory
Time's up! The correct answer was Sacco & Vanzetti
BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS
1932: "Magnificent Inn"
Time's up! The correct answer was Grand Hotel
A VIOLENT CATEGORY
As a noun it includes the cerebrum; as a verb it means "to smash on the head"
Time's up! The correct answer was brain
TOP O' THE CHARTS
Madonna's "This Used To Be My Playground" was sung over the closing credits of this 1992 film
Time's up! The correct answer was A League of Their Own
THE "B.G."s
(Sofia of the Clue Crew standing in front of a chalkboard) It's a visual method for comparing numbers
Time's up! The correct answer was bar graph
WORDS
If you say, "I'm eating a hot dog with" this, you could mean a chopped pickle topping or just plain enjoyment
Time's up! The correct answer was relish
NAME THE POET
"The spirit who bideth by himself / in the land of mist and snow / he loved the bird that loved the man / who shot him with his bow"
Time's up! The correct answer was Coleridge
POOR & FAMOUS
Despite help from Engels in the 1850s, he & his family often subsisted on bread & potatoes
Time's up! The correct answer was Karl Marx
3 LITTLE LETTERS
Like banks, many grocery stores now have these for dispensing cash & taking deposits
Time's up! The correct answer was ATMs
5-LETTER CAPITALS
Bridges crossing the Nile River in this capital include El Gama'a & El Giza
Time's up! The correct answer was Cairo
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
Cash, Depp
Time's up! The correct answer was Johnny
THEN THERE'S MAUVE
First obtained from aniline, the color mauve was the first commercially successful synthetic this
Time's up! The correct answer was a dye
THE CIVIL WAR
When this general accepted Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, he was wearing a mud-splattered private's coat
Time's up! The correct answer was Ulysses S. Grant
ON THE MOVE
When it opened, it cut the distance from London to Bombay by 5,100 miles
Time's up! The correct answer was Suez Canal
THE ENGLISH BEAT
Researchers estimate its construction on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire took about 30 million man-hours
Time's up! The correct answer was Stonehenge
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
Norse myth is big on trees; the first man & woman -- Ask & Embla -- were created out of these 2 species
Time's up! The correct answer was ash & elm
GO "SOUTH"
...to this Indiana college town that was originally called Big St. Joseph Station
Time's up! The correct answer was South Bend
LITERARY QUOTES
Poet who wrote, "The woods are lovely, dark & deep, but I have promises to keep..."
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Frost
KHOMEINI, KHAMENEI OR KHATAMI
Elected president in 1997
Time's up! The correct answer was Khatami
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
AMERICAN LITERATURE
A contemporary review of this 1851 novel said, "Who would have looked for... poetry in blubber?"
Time's up! The correct answer was Moby-Dick
SHAKESPEAREAN WORDS
Polonius uses the word "outbreak" about Laertes' fiery mind, not this title character
Time's up! The correct answer was Hamlet
CROSSWORD CLUES "D"
Horn of Africa country (8)
Time's up! The correct answer was Djibouti
ROCK-Y
His innovations include multitrack recording, overdubbing & the solid-body electric guitar
Time's up! The correct answer was Les Paul
MUD
In 1943 McKinley Morganfield, under this name, settled in Chicago & continued singing the blues
Time's up! The correct answer was Muddy Waters
MS.
Nancy Ross, Angela Davis, & Geraldine Ferraro all sought this office in 1984
Time's up! The correct answer was vice president
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
ANIMATED FILMS
Pop star Tiffany provided the voice of Judy for this film about a space-age family
Time's up! The correct answer was The Jetsons
"PIN" ME
Someone who steps up to the plate for a teammate
Time's up! The correct answer was Pinch hitter
SPORTS LEGENDS
This Czech-born woman who retired in 2006 won a record 9 Wimbledon Singles Championships
Time's up! The correct answer was Martina Navratilova
PLACES
Libraries & the Christian Science Church maintain these areas; the British Museum built a big one in 1857
Time's up! The correct answer was reading rooms
NURSERY RHYMES
It's what Peter, Peter ate; later he kept his wife in the shell of one
Time's up! The correct answer was Pumpkin
GOING TO PIECES
The U.S. hasn't minted these, between a penny & a nickel, since 1872
Time's up! The correct answer was a two-cent coin
ALL ASHORE FOR BIRD LORE
This bird term for pro-war politicians was popular in the period leading up to the War of 1812
Time's up! The correct answer was hawks
NEWMAN'S OWN
Newman played Irish mob boss John Rooney in Depression-era Chicago in this 2002 film
Time's up! The correct answer was Road to Perdition
LINGUISTICS
Linguists have debunked the common belief that Eskimos have dozens of words for this substance
Time's up! The correct answer was Snow
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
NOVEL QUOTES
"Great men can't be ruled", she wrote in "The Fountainhead"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ayn Rand
LIBRARIES
Architect Gordon Bunshaft designed this presidential library in Austin, Texas
Time's up! The correct answer was the LBJ library
BRAND NAMES
Reynolds Guyer, inventor of Twister, also created the 4-inch foam ball later sold under this brand name
Time's up! The correct answer was Nerf ball
FUNDRAISING
This service's code says donors to a 501 (c)(3) organization can generally take a tax deduction
Time's up! The correct answer was the IRS
DOUBLE MEANINGS
Chairman Mao was very resourceful when he built a seaworthy _____ out of a lot of old _____ lying around
Time's up! The correct answer was junk
EMBRACEABLE "U"
In a hit song by the Irish Rovers, these animals didn't make it onto Noah's Ark
Time's up! The correct answer was Unicorns
LITERATURE
In this novel, Javert says, "There is a brigand, there is a convict called Jean Valjean, and I have got him!"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Les Miserables"
THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS
Legendary promoter who ran the Fillmore West in the Bay Area & the Fillmore East in NYC
Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Graham
GO "SOUTH"
...to this body of water that includes the Gulf of Tonkin & the Gulf of Thailand
Time's up! The correct answer was the South China Sea
THE FALL
In 1918 this date in autumn brought the signing of the armistice ending World War I
Time's up! The correct answer was 11-Nov
A VIOLENT CATEGORY
In hockey this shot is always taken with a full swinging stroke
Time's up! The correct answer was slap
YOUR NEW CLASS SCHEDULE
History: Study up on this ship that anchored in Plymouth Harbor on Dec. 26, 1620
Time's up! The correct answer was the Mayflower
SRO
The stage show seen here has brought this dance to cheering audiences
Time's up! The correct answer was Tango
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
A 1915 film named for Charlie's most famous character was called simply this (no "Little")
Time's up! The correct answer was Tramp
GREAT DAMES
In 1952, she sprang her "Mousetrap"
Time's up! The correct answer was Agatha Christie
INSECTS
Largest North American wasp, it hunts tarantulas like a bird of prey
Time's up! The correct answer was the tarantula hawk
THE BIG 10
In L.A., the western tip of Interstate 10 is called this "freeway", after the beach community it passes through
Time's up! The correct answer was Santa Monica
RHYMES WITH SMART
Small, slender missile thrown at a board in a game
Time's up! The correct answer was a dart
MUSICALS
This title character's last name is McLonergan, not Rainbow
Time's up! The correct answer was Finian
WE ARE AMUSED
The first one was added in 1950 by the producers of NBC's "The Hank McCune Show"
Time's up! The correct answer was Laugh track
CHEKHOV, PLEASE
An 1888 collection of Chekhov's stories won him the prize named for this writer & compatriot
Time's up! The correct answer was Pushkin
DECADES OF BESTSELLERS
"The Nanny Diaries" & "Q is for Quarry"
Time's up! The correct answer was the 2000s
ROSE BOWL HISTORY
The only time the game wasn't held in Calif. was 1942, when it was in N.C., amidst fears of another event like this one
Time's up! The correct answer was Pearl Harbor
BEGINS & ENDS WITH "T"
A male feline
Time's up! The correct answer was Tomcat
TAKE OUT
A lobectomy removes one of the 5 lobes of the lungs; a lobotomy takes out part of this organ
Time's up! The correct answer was the brain
ALSO A BOOK IN THE BIBLE
This character first hit the radio in 1928 with his partner Andy
Time's up! The correct answer was Amos
FOOD FACTS
The name of this meat is from the Latin "venatus", hunt
Time's up! The correct answer was Venison
CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
Diamond deposit; it ain't yours! (4)
Time's up! The correct answer was mine
TITLE WAVE
Jane Austen & Ben Winters: "Sense and Sensibility and ____ ____"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sea Monsters
HOMELAND SECURITY
In 1971 Congress told this agency to start protecting visiting heads of state
Time's up! The correct answer was the Secret Service
JULY
On July 20, 1861 the Congress of the Confederate States began holding sessions in this Virginia city
Time's up! The correct answer was Richmond
I KNOW THAT WORD BACKWARDS & FORWARDS
Exalted to the rank of a god
Time's up! The correct answer was deified
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
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
There's no truth to the story that she had to pawn her jewels to finance Columbus' first voyage
Time's up! The correct answer was Queen Isabella
CLASSIC NICHOLSON MOVIE LINES
1980: "He-e-e-e-re's Johnny!"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Shining
CANALS
Located at Sault Ste. Marie, the St. Marys Falls Canal connects these 2 Great Lakes
Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Superior & Lake Huron
THE STARTING INFIELD
The 1975 Reds fielded Rose, Concepcion, Perez & this Hall of Fame second sacker, now a broadcaster
Time's up! The correct answer was Joe Morgan
A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS
This computer language gets oxymoronic when it follows "Advanced"
Time's up! The correct answer was BASIC
SHOES
This type of shoe has a slot in the strap across each vamp into which a coin can be inserted
Time's up! The correct answer was Pennyloafer
DUDE, YOU'RE A SONG!
"...and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack
EUROPE
This country whose abbreviation is a conjunction joins Spain to France
Time's up! The correct answer was Andorra
POTPOURRI
It's a synonym for a lie as well as the type of tale told by Aesop
Time's up! The correct answer was Fable
CAMERA
In 1986 Kodak left the instant camera business after a judge found it had violated this company's patents
Time's up! The correct answer was Polaroid
PLAY HEROINES
Barbara Undershaft
Time's up! The correct answer was Major Barbara
HOUSES OF WORSHIP
The world's largest mosque is Shah Faisal Mosque near this Pakistani capital; it can hold 100,000 worshippers
Time's up! The correct answer was Islamabad
GAME SHOWS
The first letter ever turned by Vanna White on this game show was a "T"
Time's up! The correct answer was Wheel of Fortune
I KNOW THAT WORD BACKWARDS & FORWARDS
Anatomy-wise, the subscapularis is a muscle in this "cuff"
Time's up! The correct answer was rotator
FROM T TO SHINING T
Also meaning "touch", it's a keen sense of what to say to avoid giving offense
Time's up! The correct answer was tact
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
ACTRESSES' FIRST FILMS
"To Have and Have Not"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bacall
RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS
This legendary dozen included 2 Jameses, 2 Judases & an eventual replacement named Matthias
Time's up! The correct answer was Twelve Apostles/disciples
THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN
Attempts on the lives of VP Andrew Johnson & this Secretary of State were also part of the plot
Time's up! The correct answer was Seward
THE CIVIL WAR
His first act after being sworn in as president of the Confederacy was to send a peace commission to Washington, D.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Jefferson Davis
MODERN "TIME"S
It's the parent company of CNN
Time's up! The correct answer was Time Warner
THE FILM THAT ALMOST WAS
Eddie Murphy got the role in this '84 police comedy after Sylvester Stallone dropped out
Time's up! The correct answer was Beverly Hills Cop
LITERARY QUOTES
Robert Louis Stevenson said, "Marriage is ..... a field of battle, and not a bed of" these
Time's up! The correct answer was Roses
APOLLO 11
"Peaceful" site on the moon where the lunar module touched down
Time's up! The correct answer was the Sea of Tranquility
WOMEN OF THE WORLD
Under 5 feet tall & all of about 90 pounds, this frail French chanteuse was nicknamed the "Little Sparrow"
Time's up! The correct answer was Piaf
IN A FESTIVAL MOOD
This annual event in Park City, Utah gives out the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
Time's up! The correct answer was the Sundance Film Festival
THE 14th CENTURY
Chaucer wrote a treatise on how to build one of these & use it to compute the position of a star
Time's up! The correct answer was astrolabe
FAMOUS AMERICANS
In 1844 he succeeded Joseph Smith as leader of the Mormon Church
Time's up! The correct answer was Brigham Young
GENERAL SCIENCE
A hydrate contains this compound weakly bound in its crystals
Time's up! The correct answer was water
AMERICAN AUTHORS
William Rose Benet won a Pulitzer for "The Dust Which Is God", & this brother won for "John Brown's Body"
Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Vincent Benet
HISTORIC AMERICANS
When asked how he became a hero, this president remarked, "It was involuntary. They sank my boat"
Time's up! The correct answer was John F. Kennedy
"IP" SO FACTO
Landing or Gaza
Time's up! The correct answer was a strip
SAINTS BE PRAISED
In September 1999 an abridged version of his "City of God" ranked 9,821st on Amazon.com's sales list
Time's up! The correct answer was Saint Augustine
WE WANT PISA!
At the head of his own militia, this medieval author of "The Prince" helped conquer Pisa for Florence in 1509
Time's up! The correct answer was Machiavelli
VERMONTERS
This founding prophet of Mormonism was born in Sharon, Vermont in 1805
Time's up! The correct answer was Joseph Smith
MONEY SLANG
The shell of this mollusk is composed chiefly of calcium carbonate
Time's up! The correct answer was a clam
KIDDIE LIT
Chapter 4 of this 1908 classic is called "Morning at Green Gables"
Time's up! The correct answer was Anne of Green Gables
4 N
Adjective preceding the railroad completed in 1869
Time's up! The correct answer was transcontinental
AYE! IT'S IRELAND
Held each year in County Kildare, the Irish Derby is a famous event in this sport
Time's up! The correct answer was Horse racing
WHAT AILS YOU?
This clouding of the eye's lens is common in people over the age of 65
Time's up! The correct answer was Cataracts
THE "CAPTAIN"
Errol Flynn is a doctor who is forced to become a pirate in this 1935 action fest
Time's up! The correct answer was Captain Blood
MARK TWAIN: BOOK LOVER
"The only poem I have ever carried about with me", said Twain, was this classic, best enjoyed with "a jug of wine"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
3 LITTLE LETTERS
"Day to Day" & "All Things Considered" are among the programs going out to its 26 million listeners
Time's up! The correct answer was NPR
NONFICTION
HBO's miniseries "John Adams" was based on this author's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography
Time's up! The correct answer was David McCullough
WORLD "P"s
Named for an adviser to Catherine the Great, this type of "village" looks deceptively impressive
Time's up! The correct answer was a Potemkin village
STAMPS
The Distinguished Marines series honors the man for whom a North Carolina Marine Corps base was named
Time's up! The correct answer was Lt. Gen. John Lejeune
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
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC "B"
The Vistula River flows north through Poland into this sea
Time's up! The correct answer was Baltic
BACK IN 1906
The 1906 murder of Grace Brown in New York State inspired Theodore Dreiser to write this novel
Time's up! The correct answer was An American Tragedy
"V" HAVE MAPS
The African country of Burkina Faso was once known as "Upper" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Volta
LINGUISTICS
Linguists have debunked the common belief that Eskimos have dozens of words for this substance
Time's up! The correct answer was Snow
MAYORS
The last 2 Latinos elected mayor of this huge U.S. city are Cristobal Aguilar (1872) & Antonio Villaraigosa (2005)
Time's up! The correct answer was Los Angeles
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
BEING THOREAU
Work that says, "Under a gov't which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison"
Time's up! The correct answer was Civil Disobedience
MOVIES & TV
Of his dialogue, this Han Solo actor said, "You can type this (stuff), George, but you sure can't say it"
Time's up! The correct answer was Harrison Ford
"YN"
A Jewish house of worship
Time's up! The correct answer was a synagogue
TIMELESS TV
Originally a half hour, this soap started in 1963 & featured Nurse Jessie Brewer
Time's up! The correct answer was General Hospital
TRAVEL & TOURISM
This British wax museum famed for its chamber of horrors now has a time-traveling ride in it, too
Time's up! The correct answer was Madame Tussauds
THE LAST BATTLE
The Battle of Chapultepec
Time's up! The correct answer was the Mexican-American War
IN A FESTIVAL MOOD
2001 is the 35th season of Lincoln Center's music festival called "Mostly" him
Time's up! The correct answer was Mozart
BICYCLES
The woman’s bicycle without the bar was created so women could ride while wearing these
Time's up! The correct answer was a skirt
BUSINESS LEADERS
Before founding his own corp., John K. Northrop was chief engineer for this company & designed its Vega airplane
Time's up! The correct answer was Lockheed
RADIO
This word ends the title of a 1941 Bill of Rights tribute program heard by 60 million, "We hold these..."
Time's up! The correct answer was Truths
SPEECH! SPEECH!
In 1653 he told the Rump Parliament to get off its rump & "In the name of God, go!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Oliver Cromwell
IT'S OURS!
Northern Mariana Islands
Time's up! The correct answer was USA
NO. 3 SONGS
Her "True Blue" peaked at No. 3 just a few weeks after "Papa Don't Preach" topped the charts
Time's up! The correct answer was Madonna
RED SOX IT TO ME
In 2001 this Osaka-born pitcher tossed Boston's first no-hitter since 1965
Time's up! The correct answer was Nomo
STATE SUPERLATIVES
The deepest gorge in the U.S. is this state's Hells Canyon
Time's up! The correct answer was Idaho
TUBE TEST
This spin-off spun off a show of its own, "Checking In", with Marla Gibbs continuing as Florence Johnston
Time's up! The correct answer was The Jeffersons
EDUCATION JARGON
65 out of 100 students did the same as or worse than you if your grade is in the 65th of these
Time's up! The correct answer was percentile
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
EVERYTHING'S "GOLDEN", BABY
A bright, tasty, yellow variety of apple; it's as yummy as it sounds
Time's up! The correct answer was Golden delicious
ARCHITECTS
Albert Speer, who designed a stadium for this city, was convicted of war crimes in trials there
Time's up! The correct answer was Nuremberg
____ OF THE ____
To make a favorable judgment when you're uncertain is to give someone this
Time's up! The correct answer was benefit of the doubt
BUSINESS BUDDIES
Postage meter inventor Arthur Pitney merged his company with that of this entrepreneur
Time's up! The correct answer was Bowes
WORLD COINS
Its 1-shekel coin features a flower taken from a Judean coin during the Persian period
Time's up! The correct answer was Israel
APOLLO 11
Some 1 million spectators surrounded this space center to watch the lift-off
Time's up! The correct answer was Cape Kennedy
U.S. CITIES
Its nicknames include "The Athens of America" & "The Cradle of Liberty"
Time's up! The correct answer was Boston
A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL
"They're dead...my team is dead...they knew we were coming"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mission: Impossible
BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE
Knowing it's from the Greek for "serpent" might turn you off this name of a doomed lass in "Hamlet"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ophelia
WINE
The famous Moselle wines come from this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Germany
PROVERBS
"Imitation is the sincerest form of" it, but beware, it "corrupts both the receiver and the giver"
Time's up! The correct answer was flattery
FOOD FACTS
Bread is eaten so widely it's often called the "staff of" this
Time's up! The correct answer was life
THE KILLERS
In Genesis 4 he becomes the first killer; God isn't happy
Time's up! The correct answer was Cain
FOOD & DRINK
Thailand's best-known dish, it's stir-fried noodles, egg, bean sprouts, peanuts & seasonings
Time's up! The correct answer was pad thai
THRILLER
This author's techno-thriller "Rainbow Six" focuses on John Clark, also a hero in "Clear & Present Danger"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Clancy
POP MUSIC
She sang "Better Be Good To Me" in 1984, a few years after she broke up with Ike
Time's up! The correct answer was Tina Turner
POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS
"For the love of" Wyoming senator Enzi!
Time's up! The correct answer was Mike
BEFORE THEY WERE FIRST LADIES
Her daughter Julie says this future first lady was offered a movie contract in the 1930s when she was a USC student
Time's up! The correct answer was Mrs. Nixon
THE ANIMALS
Extinct before the dinosaurs ever walked, trilobites are key signature creatures of this "old animal" era
Time's up! The correct answer was Paleozoic
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
NURSERY RHYMES
Peter, Peter was an eater of this; he kept his wife in its shell
Time's up! The correct answer was pumpkin
ABBREVIATED STATES
This state that acts as a conjunction between Nevada & Washington has an abbreviation that is a conjunction
Time's up! The correct answer was Oregon
CHICKENS FOR FREE
A rich dish combines chicken strips, spaghetti & a sherry-parmesan cheese cream sauce in chicken this opera star
Time's up! The correct answer was chicken Tetrazzini
BASEBALL HISTORY
To injure opposing players, Ty Cobb was said to sharpen these
Time's up! The correct answer was his spikes
"MOON"S
It brings out the worst in werewolves
Time's up! The correct answer was a full moon
HOMOPHONES
Antagonistic, or an inexpensive lodging place for young people abroad
Time's up! The correct answer was hostile/hostel
COMIC & CARTOON CRITTERS
Babar
Time's up! The correct answer was elephant
U.S. CITIES
Principal routes through this capital include Ala Moana Boulevard & Pali Highway
Time's up! The correct answer was Honolulu
CHINESE CALENDAR ANIMALS
1967 folks "flock" to this sign that represents the essence of the Yin, the feminine passive principle
Time's up! The correct answer was the sheep
JONATHAN SWIFTIES
"Proper words in proper places make the true definition of" this--it's elementary, according to Strunk & White
Time's up! The correct answer was style
POLITICAL TALK
Saddle up & give us this 5-letter term for an added provision that may not be germane to the purpose of a bill
Time's up! The correct answer was a rider
REQUIRED READING
In 2 classic survival stories, it's the last name of a Swiss family & the first name of Mr. Crusoe
Time's up! The correct answer was Robinson
ORGANIZATIONS
Members of the DAR are descended from men & women who participated in this event
Time's up! The correct answer was The Revolutionary War
CAMERA
The names of TV cameras & videocassette recorders are combined in this device
Time's up! The correct answer was a camcorder
PRINCETON
In 1974 this Princeton grad & PBS host wrote "How to Make Money in Wall Street"
Time's up! The correct answer was Louis Rukeyser
HOMOPHONES
Sugary, or a group of hotel rooms
Time's up! The correct answer was sweet/suite
FROM B TO C
Pompous; overblown
Time's up! The correct answer was bombastic
THE "B.G."s
2-word term for large animals hunted for sport
Time's up! The correct answer was big game
AMERICAN AUTHORS
During the War Of 1812, this "Rip Van Winkle" author wrote biographies of Naval commanders
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington Irving
BOOKS & AUTHORS
President Reagan called this man's first novel "The Hunt for Red October" the "perfect yarn"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Clancy
ENGLAND, SCOTLAND OR WALES
The largest in area of the 3
Time's up! The correct answer was England
GEOLOGY
A 6-mile-wide caldera, or volcanic crater, is a highlight of La Palma in this Spanish Island group off Africa
Time's up! The correct answer was the Canaries
DECADES OF BESTSELLERS
"The Power of Positive Thinking" & "Marjorie Morningstar"
Time's up! The correct answer was the 1950s
THE NEW YORK TIMES THEATER
Times multimedia features include snapshots taken at this exit, the proverbial spot to have a moment with a theater star
Time's up! The correct answer was the stage door
IN THE DICTIONARY
This adjective can mean extremely ornate or refer to the music from 1600 to 1750, including that of Vivaldi & Handel
Time's up! The correct answer was Baroque
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
TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY
In 1921 Edith Wharton became the first woman to win the Fiction prize named for this news publisher
Time's up! The correct answer was Pulitzer
HEADLINES
On May 24, 1927 the Las Vegas Review headlined that this man "Spurns Offers. Back to Air Mail, Says"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lindbergh
TIME'S TOP 10 EVERYTHING OF 2008
No. 1 in "Discoveries": "Snow on" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Mars
REAL TO REEL
In "Changeling" she plays a mom who takes on the LAPD after her son disappears & a different boy is returned to her
Time's up! The correct answer was Angelina Jolie
20th CENTURY NOVELS
Ironically, this 1953 science fiction book began appearing in a censored version in 1967
Time's up! The correct answer was Fahrenheit 451
THE STARTING INFIELD
The 1908 Chicago Cubs featured Harry Steinfeldt & these 3 guys of yore
Time's up! The correct answer was Tinker, Evers & Chance
MAGAZINES
In Nov. 2003 Judge Ira Gammerman said neither side would get damages from the demise of this celeb's magazine
Time's up! The correct answer was Rosie O'Donnell
"A"NCIENT GREEKS
A comedic dramatist: 445-385 B.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Aristophanes
ORDINAL NUMBER, PLEASE
It's where Washington was in war, in peace & in the hearts of his countrymen
Time's up! The correct answer was First
& HONEY
& Honey, could you pick up some of the Huggies brand of these on the way home?
Time's up! The correct answer was diapers
RIVERS
It was once believed that this river "originated in the Mountains of the Moon"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Nile
MR. OR MS. WILLIAMS
Elected to the Hall of Fame in 1966, his lifetime batting average was .344
Time's up! The correct answer was Ted Williams
TELEVISION
Carol Burnett & Carroll O'Connor have appeared as Jamie's parents on this sitcom
Time's up! The correct answer was "Mad About You"
19th CENTURY LITERATURE
Edward Bellamy's 1888 book "Looking Backward" sends a man to this year & doesn't mention computer bugs
Time's up! The correct answer was 2000
I LOVE L.A. KERS
This Laker giant was nicknamed "The Big Dipper" for his habit of dipping his head to fit through doorways
Time's up! The correct answer was Wilt Chamberlain
GENERAL INFORMATION
More than 540,000 men & women served under this general's command of the U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf War of 1991
Time's up! The correct answer was Schwarzkopf
BATTLE TO NAME THE WAR
Let me take you down, 'cause we're going to... Bosworth Field
Time's up! The correct answer was the War of the Roses
IT BORDERS INDIA
This nation to India's north is also the only other nation with a Hindu population of more than 80%
Time's up! The correct answer was Nepal
POLITICS & SHOW BIZ
Mary Bono won election to Congress over Ralph Waite, John-Boy's dad on this show
Time's up! The correct answer was The Waltons
GOOSE...MOTHER GOOSE
Little boys are made of frogs & snails & these, eew...
Time's up! The correct answer was Puppy dog tails
LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS
A. Philip Randolph, who first proposed a march on this city in 1941, also helped organize the one in 1963
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington, D.C.
AMERICAN COUNTIES
This state's Norfolk County disappeared in 1963 when it became part of the city of Chesapeake
Time's up! The correct answer was Virginia
JERSEY GIRLS
Governor of New Jersey form 1994 to 2001, she appointed the state's first female Attorney General
Time's up! The correct answer was Christine Whitman
ROGER!
He was to fly as lunar module pilot on the first manned Apollo mission but tragically never made it
Time's up! The correct answer was Roger Chaffee
"FOR" WORDS
Usually it's the last thing you're served in a Chinese restaurant
Time's up! The correct answer was a fortune cookie
OFFICIAL STATE THINGS
This "sweet" state tree of Vermont is an important source of syrup
Time's up! The correct answer was sugar maple
CARIBBEAN TASTE TREATS
Adventurous eaters in Grenada may dine on this burrowing mammal (it's best to remove the armor first)
Time's up! The correct answer was Armadillo
"DREAM"Y SONGS
"Cheer up sleepy Jean, oh what can it mean to" one of these "and a homecoming queen"
Time's up! The correct answer was A daydream believer
HOW DO YOU...
Attach a pencil to a string, pin the other end of the string down & move the pencil around the pin
Time's up! The correct answer was draw a circle
PROVERBS
These two things "wait for no man"
Time's up! The correct answer was time and tide
IT'S A DOGGY DOG WORLD
The Australian cattle dog was first bred in the 19th century from collies, kelpies & this wild canine
Time's up! The correct answer was Dingo
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
He was the last sitting president to run for re-election & finish third in the Electoral College
Time's up! The correct answer was William Howard Taft
HEALTH & MEDICINE
In vitiligo, a common disorder, patches of skin lose this
Time's up! The correct answer was pigment
SHAKESPEARE
The lines “And thereby hangs a tale” & “All the world's a stage” come from this comedy
Time's up! The correct answer was As You Like It
NAME THE POET
"Drink to me only with thine eyes, / And I will pledge with mine"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ben Jonson
THE LOYOLA OPPOSITION
When Clement XIV abolished the Jesuits in 1773, they thrived in Russia with help from this empress
Time's up! The correct answer was Catherine the Great
SORORITY WOMEN
This Kappa Delta artist settled in New Mexico in 1949 because of the earth colors, the ochres & the reds
Time's up! The correct answer was Georgia O'Keeffe
U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
Rapid City's nickname, "Gateway City to the Hills", refers specifically to these hills
Time's up! The correct answer was the Black Hills
PROVERBS
It "comes not alone" & "makes waste"
Time's up! The correct answer was haste
GUINNESS RECORDS
9,360 graham crackers, 9,312 marshmallows & 4,128 chocolate bars went into one of these made at a campground
Time's up! The correct answer was s'more
U.S. PRESIDENTS
Subpoenaed for documents in Burr's treason trial, he cited executive privilege; didn't work
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Jefferson
NOW YOU'RE TALKING MY LANGUAGE
The official language of Andorra, it's the second-most spoken language in Spain
Time's up! The correct answer was Catalan
LOVE QUOTES
Samuel Butler rhymed, "Love is a boy by poets styled; then spare the rod and" do this
Time's up! The correct answer was Spoil the child
REAL ESTATE
Real estate owned with no claims on it is said to be "free and" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Clear
DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS
On a sailor's chest it might say “Mother”; on Cher it's a butterfly
Time's up! The correct answer was tattoo
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
LARRY KING'S PUBLIC FIGURES
I'm all shook up about my next guest & the caller is from his hometown...Tupelo, MS., hello?
Time's up! The correct answer was Elvis Presley
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS
This title dog's real first name is Scoobert
Time's up! The correct answer was Scooby-Doo
THE NEW TESTAMENT
In Luke he is quoted as saying, "I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pilate
WORLD FACTS
This isthmus connects North & South America
Time's up! The correct answer was Isthmus of Panama
BIBLE BOOK BINDINGS
Maker's ___ Sanchez
Time's up! The correct answer was Mark
WHO IS THEON OF SMYRNA?
Theon seems to have lived at the same time that this Roman emperor was building his famous wall
Time's up! The correct answer was Hadrian
"BOO"!
According to Lewis Carroll, the snark was one of these, you see
Time's up! The correct answer was boojum
WRITERS CUBED
Her 2000 novel "Blonde" is, of course, about Marilyn Monroe
Time's up! The correct answer was Joyce Carol Oates
TO NEIL
In the '50s, Neil H. McElroy was this man's Secretary of Defense
Time's up! The correct answer was President Eisenhower
SCIENCE CLASS
The frequency of a note is measured in this, abbreviated Hz
Time's up! The correct answer was hertz
AFRICAN-AMERICANA
In 1964 Martin Luther King became the first African American named this magazine's "Man of the Year"
Time's up! The correct answer was Time
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
FAMOUS NAMES
George Bush pardoned this 91-year-old industrialist for his illegal contributions to Nixon's campaign
Time's up! The correct answer was Armand Hammer
MY PLACE?
The introduction to "The Song of Hiawatha" mentions "the curling smoke of" these dwellings
Time's up! The correct answer was wigwams
ASTROLOGY
This planet spends an average of 20 years in each sign of the Zodiac
Time's up! The correct answer was Pluto
AMERICAN HISTORY
John O'Sullivan, who later became a diplomat, coined this term for the USA's right to cover the continent
Time's up! The correct answer was Manifest Destiny
MUSICAL PRIME NUMBERS
Blink-182: "That's about the time she walked away from me, nobody likes you when you're ___"
Time's up! The correct answer was 23
THE 13th CENTURY
Roger Bacon wrote coded instructions for making the explosive mix of saltpeter, sulfur & charcoal called black this
Time's up! The correct answer was powder
IT HAD TO "BU"
In 1403 Venice established the first maritime quarantine station to prevent this deadly disease
Time's up! The correct answer was the bubonic plague
THE BIG BANGLADESH
Over 80% of those in Bangladesh follow this religion
Time's up! The correct answer was Islam
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Neptune also has these features, including LeVerrier & Adams; only Saturn's can be seen through a small telescope
Time's up! The correct answer was rings
JULY
William Booth founded this charitable "army" on July 5, 1865 in London
Time's up! The correct answer was The Salvation Army
NAME THE POET
"The spirit who bideth by himself / in the land of mist and snow / he loved the bird that loved the man / who shot him with his bow"
Time's up! The correct answer was Coleridge
CLASSIC ADS & JINGLES
"Is it live or is it" this?
Time's up! The correct answer was Memorex
THE 19th CENTURY
On sale May 1, 1840, the first postage stamp with adhesive on the back had this person on the front
Time's up! The correct answer was Queen Victoria
GOOSE...MOTHER GOOSE
Assuming that they lost them all, total number of mittens lost by the kittens
Time's up! The correct answer was 6
ARTISTS' RETREATS
Proceeds from "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" helped him start a residency program on Long Island
Time's up! The correct answer was Edward Albee
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
ORGANIZED LABOR
The United Steelworkers of America is headquartered in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Pittsburgh
BRUCE ALMIGHTY
He directed Jessica Tandy's Oscar-winning performance in "Driving Miss Daisy"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bruce Beresford
DECADES OF BESTSELLERS
"The Power of Positive Thinking" & "Marjorie Morningstar"
Time's up! The correct answer was the 1950s
SAINTS
In the 7th century Isidore was bishop of this city, not barber of it
Time's up! The correct answer was Seville
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
In Sri Lanka: Sinhala & this
Time's up! The correct answer was Tamil
BRIGHT IDEAS
James Fergason invented this type of "display" that found an early use in calculators
Time's up! The correct answer was LCD
"X"-MEN
His dad Earl Little was an outspoken Baptist minister & supporter of black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey
Time's up! The correct answer was Malcolm X
GIVE THE BUCHAREST
In 1977 one of these phenomena devastated Bucharest, killing about 1,500 people
Time's up! The correct answer was an earthquake
SIMPLE SCIENCE
Number of sides on a honeycomb cell or on a snowflake
Time's up! The correct answer was 6
SATURDAY
Founded in 1932 as The Palestine Post, this morning paper appears daily, except for Saturday
Time's up! The correct answer was The Jerusalem Post
BILLS & WILLS
Born in Fabens, Texas in 1931, this legendary jockey won his first of 8,833 races at age 18
Time's up! The correct answer was Willie Shoemaker
GANGSTER'S DICTIONARY
Roll out these "bones", boys, so we can play some games of chance
Time's up! The correct answer was Dice
INVENTORS & INVENTIONS
Alexander Wood & Charles Pravaz are credited with developing this device in 1853 first used to inject morphine
Time's up! The correct answer was asyringe
"IP" SO FACTO
Mating rituals, perhaps for Miles Standish?
Time's up! The correct answer was courtship
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
BALLET
As a law student in St. Petersburg, this man became interested in the arts, & in 1909 he founded the Ballets Russes
Time's up! The correct answer was Diaghilev
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
INNS
This 1936 Daphne du Maurier novel is one of her Cornish tales
Time's up! The correct answer was Jamaica Inn
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
AMERICAN WOMEN
She gave herself the third-person name "Phantom", the "no-person" she was from 19 months until she was almost 7
Time's up! The correct answer was Helen Keller
BOOK NAMES
George Bernard Shaw: "Major ____"
Time's up! The correct answer was Barbara
THAT'S BUSINESS
In 1927 this brand name first appeared on a Sears washing machine
Time's up! The correct answer was Kenmore
GEORGIAN ON MY MIND
Dinah Shore, Sally Field & Loni Anderson were longtime loves of this hunk from Waycross
Time's up! The correct answer was Burt Reynolds
PHYSICS
A shotgun's powerful recoil is an example of his third law of motion
Time's up! The correct answer was Isaac Newton
LET'S GET MAS*Hed
It was Major Margaret Houlihan's sexy nickname
Time's up! The correct answer was "Hot Lips"
NOVEL QUOTES
"...They ought to find a way of being inoculated against love" is a line from his "Anna Karenina"
Time's up! The correct answer was Leo Tolstoy
KNOTS TO YOU
Alexander the Great cut it with his sword after being told that whoever could undo it would rule Asia
Time's up! The correct answer was Gordian Knot
SSSSSSSSNAKES!!!!!
There are king & Asian species of this "charming" snake seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was cobra
MOVIES & TV
Time magazine said this 2003 Pixar film was "the ultimate fish-out-of-water story"
Time's up! The correct answer was Finding Nemo
SEEING "RED"
Excessive bureaucratic procedure resulting in inaction or delay
Time's up! The correct answer was Red tape
EPITAPHS & TRIBUTES
1939 Oscar winner: "...you are a credit to your craft, your race and to your family"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hattie McDaniel
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
A WHITE CATEGORY
This black & white dairy cow originated in an area of Holland
Time's up! The correct answer was Holstein
EUROPE
From 1963 to 1978 he was Archbishop of Krakow
Time's up! The correct answer was Karol Wojtyla
SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER
Like a horse
Time's up! The correct answer was equine
SPELL CHECK HELL
Tried to put in the first name of Colts quarterback Manning & it turned him into this hallucinogenic cactus
Time's up! The correct answer was peyote
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
Henson, Morrison, Lehrer
Time's up! The correct answer was Jim
THE EMPEROR NERO
In the year prior to his death, Nero participated in these games in Greece
Time's up! The correct answer was Olympic Games
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"
HISTORY OLDER THAN YOU
In 1347, this "bubonic" disease began in Europe; as many as one-third of the population would perish
Time's up! The correct answer was plague
STATE OF THE UNION
A senator from this state said, "having been the first...to enter the union", it would be "the last to abandon it"
Time's up! The correct answer was Delaware
SOME MORE SIMIAN CINEMA
It's the island where Fay Wray first encountered King Kong; to think of its name, use your "head"
Time's up! The correct answer was Skull Island
MICHAEL JACKSON HITS IN OTHER WORDS
1983: "Speak, Speak, Speak"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Say Say Say"
3-LETTER WORDS
In the title of an Aesop fable, this insect shared billing with a grasshopper
Time's up! The correct answer was the ant
LISA
In 1997 Lisa Pollak won a Pulitzer Prize reporting for this Baltimore newspaper where H.L. Mencken once worked
Time's up! The correct answer was the Baltimore Sun
I'M HUNGRY!
Yummy! Bubbie made some of these potato pancakes, & it isn't even Hanukkah
Time's up! The correct answer was latkes
THEATRE AROUND THE WORLD
A Dutch TV reality show picked the muscular "swinger" for the European run of this Disney musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Tarzan
"CAR" PARK
In this casino game the winner is the one whose hand totals closest to 9
Time's up! The correct answer was Baccarat
COUNTRIES THAT END IN "O"
This former Yugoslavian republic broke away from Serbia in 2006
Time's up! The correct answer was Montenegro
BOXING MOVIES
Based on Clifford Odets' play, this "colorful" 1939 film made William Holden a star
Time's up! The correct answer was Golden Boy
SILENCE
The name of this branch of monks known for keeping silent comes from a 17th century Cistercian Abbey
Time's up! The correct answer was the Trappists
WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
To "go" this, meaning all the way, comes from an 18th c. poem about inability to decide which part of the pig to eat
Time's up! The correct answer was whole hog
COMIC & CARTOON CRITTERS
Babar
Time's up! The correct answer was elephant
SPORTS FACTS
In 1980 this boxer came out of retirement to fight Larry Holmes & then Trevor Berbick; he lost both bouts
Time's up! The correct answer was Ali
GIVE THE BUCHAREST
This star of 1937's "The Last Gangster" was born Emanuel Goldenberg in Bucharest, Romania
Time's up! The correct answer was Edward G. Robinson
WYOMING
1 of Wyoming's 2 U.S. senators
Time's up! The correct answer was Alan Simpson
SLOGANEERING
"The Relentless Pursuit of Perfection" is the goal of this automaker
Time's up! The correct answer was Lexus
AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY
The Qattara Depression, one of Africa's lowest points, lies 300 miles southwest of this country's pyramids
Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt
ENDS WITH 3 VOWELS
Dresser
Time's up! The correct answer was a bureau
THE ONION HEADLINES FROM THE YEAR 2056
"Refugees Row" this entire island "to Miami"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cuba
NFL COACHES
In 2004 LSU coach Nick Saban was tapped to be the new head coach for this team
Time's up! The correct answer was the Miami Dolphins
VIETNAM
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
"TOMORROW"
In 1960 the Shirelles asked this musical question
Time's up! The correct answer was Will you still love me tomorrow?
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
SWEET!
This slang term for coffee precedes "chip" in a Starbucks ice cream flavor
Time's up! The correct answer was java
TURN OF THE CENTURY MOVIES
A young cop works with rogue detective Denzel Washington on the narcotics beat in Los Angeles
Time's up! The correct answer was Training Day
CONTEMPORARY BRITISH AUTHORS
In May 1973 Sports Illustrated ran one of his short stories under the title "A Day of Wine and Roses"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Francis
RELIGION
The A.M.E. in A.M.E. Church stands for African Methodist this
Time's up! The correct answer was Episcopal
HERBS & SPICES
A popular soft drink "ale" is flavored with this spice whose name is from the Sanskrit for "horn root"
Time's up! The correct answer was ginger
RADIO DISNEY
Lead singer Ryan Tedder of this band has "All The Right Moves"
Time's up! The correct answer was OneRepublic
NOVELS BY CHAPTER TITLE
"Mr. Badger"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Wind in the Willows
OCCUPATIONS
Someone employed in rousting game so it can be shot; he doesn't necessarily go "around the bush"
Time's up! The correct answer was a beater
WORLD CAPITALS
On a plane trip to this capital, you'd likely land at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
Time's up! The correct answer was Jakarta
THE SUMMER OLYMPICS
In 2004 the USA's Bryan Clay, with 8,820 points, took the silver in this 10-event contest
Time's up! The correct answer was the decathlon
FDR
Referring to the attack on Pearl Harbor, FDR called December 7, 1941 "A date which will" do this
Time's up! The correct answer was "Live in Infamy"
REAL TO REEL
In "Changeling" she plays a mom who takes on the LAPD after her son disappears & a different boy is returned to her
Time's up! The correct answer was Angelina Jolie
NYPD TV
Detectives Diane Russell, Jill Kirkendall & Connie McDowell were on the job for this ABC drama
Time's up! The correct answer was NYPD Blue
BASEBALL HISTORY
To injure opposing players, Ty Cobb was said to sharpen these
Time's up! The correct answer was his spikes
OUT OF THIS WORLD
The gravitational pull of this object is the main force holding the solar system together
Time's up! The correct answer was the sun
FOOD
Chop Suey, cioppini & vichyssoise were all invented in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was U.S.A.
DRESSING
Scarlett O'Hara is introduced wearing a "tightly fitting basque", this upper part of a dress
Time's up! The correct answer was the bodice
MATH TERMS
A theorem includes this series of steps, starting with a given & ending with a justified conclusion
Time's up! The correct answer was proof
LET'S HIT IT
This word seen on doors is what a right-handed batter does when he hits the ball to left field
Time's up! The correct answer was pull
THE LAW
The first of these "colorful" laws was enacted in 1619 to punish failure to attend church
Time's up! The correct answer was Blue laws
POETS & POETRY
He was descended from an Abyssinian prince, Peter the Great's godson
Time's up! The correct answer was Pushkin
IT'S "BIG"
Sasquatch
Time's up! The correct answer was Bigfoot
WORD ORIGINS
This New York island's name may come from the Algonquian word for "island"
Time's up! The correct answer was Manhattan
COLOGNE RANGER
The Zoo Bridge spans this river that runs through Cologne
Time's up! The correct answer was the Rhine
OSCAR NIGHT 2003
This Best Actress Winner said that Russell Crowe told her not to cry...but she did anyway
Time's up! The correct answer was Nicole Kidman
AUTHORS
While attending Lisbon Falls High School in Maine, this horror author published a newspaper, The Village Vomit
Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen King
EVERYTHING'S "GOLDEN", BABY
A bright, tasty, yellow variety of apple; it's as yummy as it sounds
Time's up! The correct answer was Golden delicious
THE WOK OF FAME
Meaning "heart's delight", it's a variety of snacks like fried dumplings & steamed buns
Time's up! The correct answer was Dim sum
NOVELS
The 1719 1st edition told of him "having been cast on shore by shipwreck, wherein all... men perished but himself"
Time's up! The correct answer was Robinson Crusoe
CARBON CREDITS
AKA black lead, this form of carbon has a greasy feel & is used in making lubricants
Time's up! The correct answer was graphite
THREE
In 1979 this nuclear power plant near Harrisburg experienced a near meltdown
Time's up! The correct answer was Three Mile Island
THE SECOND...
...to become Secretary of Homeland Security
Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Chertoff
FOOD FACTS
Known botanically as "citrullus lanatus", this huge fruit grows on vines as long as 15 ft.
Time's up! The correct answer was Watermelon
CELEBRITY RHYME TIME
Sajak's Stetsons & sombreros
Time's up! The correct answer was Pat's hats
ALL ABOARD THE SOUL TRAIN
"Soul Train" premiered in this decade
Time's up! The correct answer was 1970s
IT'S A DATE!
Oregon entered the union on this date in 1859, sweetie
Time's up! The correct answer was 14-Feb
MILITARY TELEVISION
On a '50s series, this German Shepherd & his master, Rusty, were adopted by cavalry soldiers at Fort Apache
Time's up! The correct answer was Rin Tin Tin
HOP ON POP CULTURE
Howard Cunningham actually had 3 kids on this show, but Chuck was never seen after Season 2
Time's up! The correct answer was Happy Days
THE LAST POPE OF THIS NAME
There have been more popes of this name than any other, but the last, number XXIII, was more than 40 years ago
Time's up! The correct answer was John
NAME THE WORK
O. Henry: "Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present"
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Gift of the Magi"
JULIA ROBERTS FILM FEST
Justine Bateman, not Julia, got top billing in this 1988 film about teenage girls who form a band
Time's up! The correct answer was Satisfaction
LANGUAGES
Balinese is spoken on several islands of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Indonesia
FROM B TO C
1829 novelist of "Les Chouans"
Time's up! The correct answer was Balzac
ACTRESSES ON TV
On "Fat Actress", she poked fun at herself, playing a version of herself struggling with her weight
Time's up! The correct answer was Kirstie Alley
THE BYRDS & THE BEAS
The only country in the world today with a reigning Queen Bea
Time's up! The correct answer was the Netherlands
CANADIAN FOOTBALL
Unlike the NFL, a CFL team gets this many downs in a series to advance the ball 10 yards
Time's up! The correct answer was three
CLOTHING
It's the fur pouch that a Scotsman wears on the front of his kilt
Time's up! The correct answer was a sporon
AIN'T THAT AMERICA
The Mackinac Bridge joins the upper & lower peninsulas of this U.S. state
Time's up! The correct answer was Michigan
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
ANIMAL RHYME TIME
An 18-wheeler used to get your porkers to market
Time's up! The correct answer was pig rig
SALMON
Weighing up to 100 pounds, this large type of salmon shares its name with a warm, dry wind
Time's up! The correct answer was chinook
PARDON MY "FRENCH"
They're formed by folding back & fastening a wide band at the end of a sleeve
Time's up! The correct answer was French cuffs
MAGIC
This duo first teamed up in 1975; one was a clown college graduate & juggler, the other, a silent magician
Time's up! The correct answer was Penn & Teller
ROYAL FEMALE NICKNAMES
Mark Antony called her "The Queen of Queens"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cleopatra
GEOGRAPHY "E"
This island in the South Pacific is named for the day of its discovery, a religious holiday
Time's up! The correct answer was Easter Island
SOUND LIKE A LOCAL
Pedernales is in the Dominican Republic; north of the border, the Pedernales River is in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas
THE WOK OF FAME
Some people may have adverse reactions to this Chinese food flavor enhancer that's also called "Mei-Jing"
Time's up! The correct answer was MSG
METALLICA
A policeman could tell you the U.S. half dollar today is about 92% this metal
Time's up! The correct answer was copper
ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST GUITARISTS
Who was No. 50? This Who guitarist, that's who
Time's up! The correct answer was Pete Townshend
TELEVISION
In 1998 Brian Dennehy made his first appearance as Red Finch, David Spade's firefighter father, on this hit series
Time's up! The correct answer was Just Shoot Me
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
SHIRLEY
The 1999 movie "The Haunting" was based on her novel "The Haunting of Hill House"
Time's up! The correct answer was Shirley Jackson
LITERATURE
This Muriel Spark novel is set at the Marcia Blaine School For Girls in Edinburgh
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"
LAW ENFORCEMENT
A counter-terrorism program is called "NYPD" this, another term for a police badge
Time's up! The correct answer was Shield
GOAT-POURRI
In 1846 Neptune was discovered in this constellation, the 10th sign of the zodiac
Time's up! The correct answer was Capricorn
SCIENCE GUYS
This "Father of Genetics" is the subject of the biography "The Monk in the Garden"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gregor Mendel
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
ROCK-Y
An area in Central Park dedicated to the memory of John Lennon is named for this Beatles song
Time's up! The correct answer was "Strawberry Fields Forever"
TWO
In advertising: Jay Chiat &...
Time's up! The correct answer was Guy Day
ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS
Oh oh! Chauncey B. Ives depicted this mythological woman seen here on the verge of opening a box
Time's up! The correct answer was Pandora
THE PRODUCERS
It leads the states in apple production
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington
"KNIFE", "FORK" OR "SPOON"
In the 1998 movie "Pleasantville", she played a '90s teen transported into a 1950s sitcom
Time's up! The correct answer was Reese Witherspoon
THE 13th CENTURY
This Yucatan city whose ruins are a UNESCO world heritage site gave way to Mayapan as a Mayan political center
Time's up! The correct answer was Chichen Itza
THE CIVIL WAR
In the Gettysburg campaign, Lee's forces were along Seminary Ridge and the federal forces along this ridge
Time's up! The correct answer was Cemetery Ridge
4-LETTER WORDS
It's the edge of a hat, or the topmost edge of a cup or bowl
Time's up! The correct answer was Brim
MANY IRONS
The male lead in "The French Lieutenant's Woman"; Meryl Streep played the title character
Time's up! The correct answer was Jeremy Irons
TITLE 9
John Buchan, filmed by Hitchcock: "The Thirty-Nine ___"
Time's up! The correct answer was Steps
PROVERBS
In "The Wizard of Oz", Dorothy clicks her heels & repeats this before she's whisked back to Kansas
Time's up! The correct answer was "There's no place like home"