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THE CIA
The CIA's main rival for much of its existence was this Soviet counterpart
Time's up! The correct answer was KGB
THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE
"Sex and the City", "Sex and the City" (& "Did you Hear About the Morgans?")
Time's up! The correct answer was Sarah Jessica Parker
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
TOUGH BODIES OF WATER
The Uruguay River forms the border between Uruguay & Argentina & most of the border between Argentina & this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Brazil
NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME
He was honored for discovering "hundreds of new uses for crops such as the peanut"
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington Carver
A DICKENSIAN NIGHTMARE
Oh no, it's the cruel headmaster of Salem House, Mr. Creakle, & his peg leg buddy, Tungay--will this never end?!
Time's up! The correct answer was David Copperfield
iPOD, YOUTUBE OR WII
There are websites devoted to injuries suffered by its users, such as pulled muscles & bloodied hands
Time's up! The correct answer was Wii
ANATOMY
The nephrons function as filtering units in this pair of organs
Time's up! The correct answer was Kidneys
THE FRENCH CONNECTION
A homophone for the French word for "wheel", you need a good one to make gumbo
Time's up! The correct answer was a roux
BIBLICAL QUOTES
She commanded Samson, "Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth"
Time's up! The correct answer was Delilah
14:59
"The joke's over", said Simon Cowell about this "American Idol" singer with a unique rendition of "She Bangs"
Time's up! The correct answer was William Hung
BRAND-TASTIC
In 1932 George Blaisdell developed this cigarette lighter in Bradford, Pennsylvania
Time's up! The correct answer was Zippo
MEDICAL TALK
This term refers to the painful inflammation of any of the fibrous structures that connect muscles to bones
Time's up! The correct answer was tendinitis
LITERARY BADDIES
This villainess of "The Wizard of Oz" ruled over the Winkies
Time's up! The correct answer was the Wicked Witch of the West
CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
Eggplant entree, in Greece (6)
Time's up! The correct answer was musaka
JUST PLANE GEOMETRY
The word geometry means to "measure" this
Time's up! The correct answer was the world, the earth
THE VIRTUES
We assume that Bill Clinton was born with it; we know he was born in it
Time's up! The correct answer was Hope
THE PRODUCERS
This West Coast state procuces the most wind-generated energy
Time's up! The correct answer was California
CAPITOL THINKERS
This Ariz. senator said of Bush's energy plan, "Just one pork barrel project larded onto another"
Time's up! The correct answer was John McCain
U.S. STATES
It's the only U.S. state named for a French king
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana
AMERICAN INDIANS
Geronimo rode in this U.S. president's 1905 inaugural parade
Time's up! The correct answer was Theodore Roosevelt
"NEVER" AT THE MOVIES
Despite the promise of its title, this 1984 fantasy movie is 94 minutes long; the 1991 sequel is only 90 minutes
Time's up! The correct answer was The Neverending Story
TAYLOR, SWIFT
Taylor Lautner played Jacob Black in this 2008 vampire flick
Time's up! The correct answer was Twilight
LANGUAGES
Hungarians call their official language this
Time's up! The correct answer was Magyar
COLOSSUS
From this author we get the adjective "brobdingnagian", meaning "gigantic"
Time's up! The correct answer was Swift
U.S. PRESIDENTS
He's the only U.S. president who never lived in the District of Columbia
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington
HISTORIC ENGLISHMEN
Ironically, he might have saved himself from death in 1779 if he had known how to swim
Time's up! The correct answer was Captain Cook
TALK LIKE A BRIT
Of stay in bed, hit someone on the head or rub till it's red, what you do if you cosh
Time's up! The correct answer was hit someone on the head
"PIN" ME
Gilbert & Sullivan's naval vessel
Time's up! The correct answer was H.M.S. Pinafore
WHEN IN ROME?
Michaelangelo paints the Sistine Chapel: this century
Time's up! The correct answer was the 16th
IT SOUNDS LIKE
A runway material, it sounds like what you do before you feather your Apple computer
Time's up! The correct answer was Tarmac
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
Roskva, the farmer's daughter, was always under the hammer as a personal assistant to this god
Time's up! The correct answer was Thor
PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS
This food poisoning bacteria is named after the scientist who identified it, not a fish
Time's up! The correct answer was Salmonella
CLASSIC STAR TREK
Captain Kirk shares this name, his middle name, with a first century Roman emperor
Time's up! The correct answer was Tiberius
MOVIES & TV
On March 19, 2009 he said, "I'm excited and honored to introduce my first guest... Barack Obama"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jay Leno
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
COMICS STRIP
Ken Jeong bared all as crime lord Mr. Chow in this 2009 Vegas comedy
Time's up! The correct answer was The Hangover
TV STARS
Coming to TV in 2002, this star of an Oscar-nominated movie was once known as Johnny Quasar
Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Neutron
THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
1997's prize went in part to an international group trying to clear these from the world
Time's up! The correct answer was land mines
"BLACK" OR "WHITE"
This "Golden Girl" had her own show in 1958 & 1977 & in 1999 became part of the cast of "Ladies Man"
Time's up! The correct answer was Betty White
TREES
Hindu for “trader” this unusual tree whose branches grow down can look like a mini-forest
Time's up! The correct answer was Banyan
& GO TO "BED"
Native Americans called this fence material the "Devil's rope"
Time's up! The correct answer was barbed wire
POP CULTURE
This late country singer called his autobiography "Thirty Years of Sausage, Fifty Years of Ham"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Dean
FAMOUS JACQUES
Much of France's 16th century Canadian claim was based on his explorations
Time's up! The correct answer was Cartier
SYNONYMS
In court you won't hear a lawyer say "remonstrance!" but this synonym
Time's up! The correct answer was objection
A SHAKESPEARE PLAY, FOR OPENERS
Completes the opening sentence "Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this sun of..."
Time's up! The correct answer was York
VEGAS, BABY
A legendary weapon that emerged from a lake, or a Las Vegas hotel
Time's up! The correct answer was Excalibur
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
SKUNKS
The skunk lends its name to this foul-smelling "vegetable" found in swamps
Time's up! The correct answer was skunk cabbage
MIDDLE INITIAL C.
This father of Andrew Wyeth illustrated more than 20 juvenile classics, including "Treasure Island"
Time's up! The correct answer was N.C. Wyeth
HOMOPHONES
Deserve, or a large decorative vase
Time's up! The correct answer was earn/urn
1800
His "The Wealth of Nations" was one of the first books bought to stock the new Library of Congress
Time's up! The correct answer was Adam Smith
1933
On March 23 this German parliament relinquished its power to Adolf Hitler
Time's up! The correct answer was Reichstag
MORE POWER TO YOU
Founded in 1933, it's America's largest public power company
Time's up! The correct answer was TVA
"LESS" IS MORE
(Video clue of a pair of glasses; text unavailable due to sound problems)
Time's up! The correct answer was rimless
KHOMEINI, KHAMENEI OR KHATAMI
Supreme religious & political leader since 1990
Time's up! The correct answer was Khamenei
SNL CELEBRITY JEOPARDY!
Ben Stiller played this star of "The Firm" on a show where one category was "FOODS THAT END IN 'AMBURGER'"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Cruise
BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY
Genesis calls it "the salt sea" perhaps because its salinity reaches 4 times that of ocean water
Time's up! The correct answer was the Dead Sea
WHO IS THEON OF SMYRNA?
Writing on these, Theon covers, among others, the circular, oblong, prime & even ones
Time's up! The correct answer was numbers
IN THE FIRE
2-word phrase for what sometimes happens to oily rags & often happens to the drummers of Spinal Tap
Time's up! The correct answer was Spontaneous combustion
IN THE DICTIONARY
It's the 4-letter name of the pleated skirt worn by men in Scotland
Time's up! The correct answer was a kilt
HEADS OF STATE
In 1964 Luxembourg's grand duchess abdicated in favor of this man, her son
Time's up! The correct answer was Grand Duke Jean
THE CIA
Founded in 1947, the CIA grew out of WWII's OSS, which stood for this
Time's up! The correct answer was Office of Strategic Services
SOUNDS THAT KITTIES MAKE
This sound of aggression from a domestic cat is also produced by vipers
Time's up! The correct answer was a hiss
THE LENIN CLOSET
When Lenin returned to Russia in 1917, he did it in a "sealed" one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was railway car
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
SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN
Name shared by Brutus' wife & the longest female role in "The Merchant of Venice"
Time's up! The correct answer was Portia
IT'S GREEK MYTHOLOGY TO ME
This war god wasn't too successful in battle; he was once captured & stuck in a jar for 13 months
Time's up! The correct answer was Ares
FAMILIAR SAYINGS
Even a broken one of these on your wall is right twice a day
Time's up! The correct answer was clock
BIBLICAL FATHERS & SONS
When informed that this king & his son Jonathan had been killed, David said, "How are the mighty fallen"
Time's up! The correct answer was Saul
THE FALL
On Nov. 8, 1519 the sight of his forces made the Tenochtitlaners feel like they'd "eaten stupefying mushrooms"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cortés
CREATION STORIES
According to the King James Version, God's first words quoted in the book of Genesis
Time's up! The correct answer was "Let there be light"
GOING TOO "FUR"
These electronic toys were a must-have item during the Christmas season of 1998
Time's up! The correct answer was the Furby
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
In April 1865 while attending a play at this man's theater, Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth
Time's up! The correct answer was Ford's Theatre
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
FEELING POSSESSIVE
Jason Robards played editor Ben Bradlee in this 1976 film
Time's up! The correct answer was All the President's Men
CITY OF BIRTH
Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau was not born in France; his birthplace was this European city
Time's up! The correct answer was Geneva
4 N
Adjective preceding the railroad completed in 1869
Time's up! The correct answer was transcontinental
WHAT'S THAT SOUND?
Antarctica's McMurdo Sound was discovered in 1841 by this Brit who has a nearby sea & ice shelf named for him
Time's up! The correct answer was Ross
THE EMERALD ISLE
It's the one-word term for the traditional 6 counties known as Northern Ireland
Time's up! The correct answer was Ulster
RADIO PERSONALITIES
This "idol" worshipper replaced Casey Kasem as host of "American Top 40"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ryan Seacrest
GOVERNMENT
FDR appointed Frances Perkins, 1st woman cabinet member, to head this department
Time's up! The correct answer was the Department of Labor
FARAWAY PLACES
The Forbidden City is at the heart of this capital of China, also called Peking
Time's up! The correct answer was Beijing
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
The Bluegrass region, an area of gently rolling pastures, covers the north central part of this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky
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
FOREWORDS
"Conrad begins (and ends) Marlow's journey... on the Thames, on the yawl, Nellie", says the foreword to this novel
Time's up! The correct answer was Heart of Darkness
KIDS IN SPORTS
This sport has an under-17 World Cup every 2 years; Haris Seferovic starred for the 2009 champion Switzerland
Time's up! The correct answer was soccer
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
SIMILES
A fine voice is "as clear as" one of these tintinnabulating objects
Time's up! The correct answer was a bell
THE 23rd PSALM
"Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of" these
Time's up! The correct answer was mine enemies
UNFORESEEN FINDS
This product was born when a new 3M jet-fuel hose material spilled on shoes & made them waterproof & stain-resistant
Time's up! The correct answer was Scotchgard
ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER
September 2006 brought news of a "Unity Deal" between Hamas & this other 5-letter Palestinian group
Time's up! The correct answer was Fatah
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
THE HUMAN ANIMAL
Denis Leary says of firefighters, "You have to be like" this sea creature. "You have to keep moving forward"
Time's up! The correct answer was a shark
SKIP TO MY "LOO"
5-letter word for "remote in manner"
Time's up! The correct answer was aloof
HEISMAN WINNERS
Even though his team won the BCS Championship in 2009, this QB didn't win back-to-back Heismans
Time's up! The correct answer was Tim Tebow
UP IN THE AIR
At under 6,000 feet, this 7-letter layered type of cloud is one of the lowest
Time's up! The correct answer was stratus
ODDS & ENDS
Room of the house in which you'd normally find a four-poster
Time's up! The correct answer was the bedroom
QUOTATIONS
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, this Sec. of State said, "We're eyeball to eyeball & I think the other fellow just blinked"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dean Rusk
FROM THE GREEK
It's an outline of the contents of a course or curriculum
Time's up! The correct answer was a syllabus
"BLACK" OR "WHITE"
John Archibald Wheeler coined this term in the '60s for a collapsed star so dense, no light can escape it
Time's up! The correct answer was black hole
WHAT THE KIDS ARE CALLING IT
To Grandpa it meant he'd stirred up & fed a fire; to his grandson it means happy or excited
Time's up! The correct answer was Stoked
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
ENGINEERING
Able to carry over 2 million barrels of crude a day, it runs from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez
Time's up! The correct answer was the Alaska Pipeline
AFRICAN LANGUAGE LAB
Go where some men have gone before with this 4-letter term from the Afrikaans for "migrate"
Time's up! The correct answer was trek
RHYME TIME
A humorous Scandinavian dwarf of folklore
Time's up! The correct answer was Droll troll
ENGLISH LIT
In an Oliver Goldsmith work, Dr. Primrose is the vicar of this parish
Time's up! The correct answer was Wakefield
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"
ESPN's TOP 10 ALL-TIME ATHLETES
No. 1: Lettered in hoops, football & lacrosse at Syracuse & if you think he couldn't act, ask his 11 "unclean" buddies
Time's up! The correct answer was Jim Brown
NEWS TO ME
In a surprise, Ted Kennedy's old Senate seat in this state went to a Republican in a January 2010 election
Time's up! The correct answer was Massachusetts
CROSSWORD CLUES "B"
Mr. Bumble's occupation in "Oliver Twist" (6)
Time's up! The correct answer was beadle
WOMEN'S HEALTH
Often given with progesterone, it's the main hormone in hormone replacement therapy
Time's up! The correct answer was estrogen
WORLD LEADERS
Lee Myung-Bak is its head of state; he makes the news a bit less often than his counterpart to the north
Time's up! The correct answer was South Korea
LEGAL "E"s
This 2-word phrase means the power to take private property for public use; it's ok, as long as there is just compensation
Time's up! The correct answer was eminent domain
LITERARY EPITAPHS
Fondly remembered by the boys of The Brookfield School. Goodbye...
Time's up! The correct answer was Mr. Chips
GOULASH
At the Oscars in 1992, Billy Crystal said this "City Slickers" co-star was backstage on the Stairmaster
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack Palance
U.S. CITIES
It's the only Maryland city not located within a county
Time's up! The correct answer was Baltimore
THE "FIRST" STATE
In 1887 Joseph Conrad gained literary material sailing as this on a ship bound for Java
Time's up! The correct answer was first mate
FEELING "ANCY"
The three members of our staff, seen here, are all in this condition
Time's up! The correct answer was Pregnancy
AMERICANA
Suffragettes were women who wanted the right to do this (& got to with the 19th Amendement)
Time's up! The correct answer was vote
GEOGRAPHY
Many things in Hong Kong are named for this queen, including the mountain peak on Hong Kong island
Time's up! The correct answer was Victoria
THE SHORT FORM
In May 1970 many of these buildings were torched on campuses, including Kent State's on May 2
Time's up! The correct answer was ROTC
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
IN THE DICTIONARY
As an adjective, it can mean proper; as a verb, "to grade papers"
Time's up! The correct answer was correct
GEOGRAPHY
A smaller canal connecting to this river brings fresh water to the Suez Canal
Time's up! The correct answer was the Nile
ART & ARTISTS
This pop artist's studio was known as "The Factory"
Time's up! The correct answer was Andy Warhol
EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT...
On June 28, 1994 the nat'l weather service began issuing this index that rates the intensity of the sun's radiation
Time's up! The correct answer was the UV index
RUSSIA
Abbreviated CIS, it replaced the USSR
Time's up! The correct answer was Commonwealth of Independent States
CALL OUT THE VOICE SQUAD
The voice of Daffy Duck (for the first 50 years)
Time's up! The correct answer was Mel Blanc
STATES' FORMER CAPITALS
Wheeling
Time's up! The correct answer was West Virginia
SECRET MENUS
Ask this chain that's inspired by a fictional pirate for a "side of crumbs", & you'll get some fried batter bits
Time's up! The correct answer was Long John Silver's
COMMON BONDS
Coconuts, Udders, Canaan
Time's up! The correct answer was Things that give milk
BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY
Lying at the foot of the mount of olives, this garden was the site where Jesus was betrayed & arrested
Time's up! The correct answer was Gethsemane
THE PRESIDENCY
In 1998, the highest-ranking person in the line of presidential succession who could not legally be president
Time's up! The correct answer was Madeleine Albright
THE 1930s
Helen Keller brought the first of these Japanese dogs to the United States in 1937
Time's up! The correct answer was the akita
NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES
Oct. 2, 1962: "3,000 Troops Put Down....Rioting And Seize 200 As Negro Attends" this school
Time's up! The correct answer was University of Mississippi
FANTASTIC FILMS
This huge creature 1st waddled through Tokyo & its suburbs in 1956
Time's up! The correct answer was Godzilla
"IBLE"S & BITS
Adjective for handwriting that can actually be read, unlike my doctor's
Time's up! The correct answer was legible
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
PRESIDENTS
Teddy Roosevelt sponsored the candidacy of this man in 1908 & ran against him in 1912
Time's up! The correct answer was William Howard Taft
INNS
The Chaucer Inn is located near the cathedral in this English city
Time's up! The correct answer was Canterbury
THE FRENCH CONNECTION
From the French for "to sort" comes the word for this process of treating patients based on need
Time's up! The correct answer was triage
IS IT "TEA" TIME YET?
A tea room in Cambria, California is named for this kind of teapot cover--& it sells them, too
Time's up! The correct answer was a cozy
U.S. PRESIDENTS
Nearly 91 when he died the same day as Thomas Jefferson, he was the longest-lived president
Time's up! The correct answer was John Adams
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
Originally bean-containing dried gourds on handles, they were named by the Tupi of South America
Time's up! The correct answer was Maracas
U.S. CITIES
It's the only Maryland city not located within a county
Time's up! The correct answer was Baltimore
HAVE A WHISKEY
Whiskey is usually about 40% alcohol, which is equal to this number in proof
Time's up! The correct answer was 80
BASIC SCIENCE
At last count, this planet in our solar system had 63 known moons
Time's up! The correct answer was Jupiter
NATIVE AMERICANS
Major subgroups of this tribe of the American Southwest include Kiowa, Chiricahua & Mescalero
Time's up! The correct answer was the Apache
SCIENCE CLASS
Of the 6 noble gases on the periodic table, it is the lightest
Time's up! The correct answer was helium
TOM WOLFE
In a piece of stock car racing, Wolfe introduced to written English this 3-word phrase for a solid Southern male
Time's up! The correct answer was a good old boy
AMERICAN PLAYS
"I'm Not Rappaport" takes place on a battered bench near the lake in this famous park
Time's up! The correct answer was Central Park
AMERICAN LITERATURE
Jack Kerouac's 1957 novel about the adventures of Dean Moriarty & friends as they travel the U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was "On The Road"
THRILLER
"The Attorney" Paul Madriani appears in several legal thrillers by this lawyer-turned-author
Time's up! The correct answer was Steve Martini
OH, BEE GEE
Barry Gibb was born in 1946; these 2 fraternal twins were born in 1949
Time's up! The correct answer was Robin & Maurice
PHILOSOPHY GLOSSARY
This philosophical movement holds that the truth value of a proposition lies in its practicality
Time's up! The correct answer was pragmatism
RODENTS
A S. Am. delicacy, this water-dwelling herbivore was declared a fish by the Vatican so it could be eaten during Lent
Time's up! The correct answer was a capybara
MOTORCYCLE MAKERS
Baseball's Ichiro must be aware that this maker's B-King is the "rowdy alter ego" to its Hayabusa
Time's up! The correct answer was Suzuki
AROUND THE APARTMENT BUILDING
When painting a room, put this on as the first coat; it's spelled like a book that teaches reading
Time's up! The correct answer was primer
THE ENGLISH BEAT
In 1964 a Shakespeare center was opened on Henley Street in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Stratford-upon-Avon
WOMEN: WRITE ON!
In 2009 she published her 76th bestseller, "Matters of the Heart", & was inducted into the Calif. Hall of Fame
Time's up! The correct answer was Danielle Steel
NATIONAL ANTHEMS
"Land Of Two Rivers" is the anthem of this country whose history goes back thousands of years
Time's up! The correct answer was Iraq
CLASSIC AD LINES
"We Bring Good Things To Life"
Time's up! The correct answer was General Electric
TECHNOLOGY
"PPI" stands for this.
Time's up! The correct answer was Pixels Per Inch
THE RENAISSANCE
The name of this musical form probably came from the Latin "matricale", meaning in the mother tongue
Time's up! The correct answer was Madrigal
WAITER!
For dessert, bring me some of this apple-filled rolled pastry whose name is from the German for "whirlpool"
Time's up! The correct answer was strudel
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
AUSTRALIA
This flightless bird is featured on Australia's coat of arms
Time's up! The correct answer was Emu
EUROPE
Until recently, Slovakia was part of Czechoslovakia & Slovenia was part of this
Time's up! The correct answer was Yugoslavia
RINGING THE OPENING BELL AT THE NYSE
& then I saw him / Right there & like that / On Leap Day 2000 / 'Twas...
Time's up! The correct answer was the Cat in the Hat
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
Cash, Depp
Time's up! The correct answer was Johnny
PASS THE CHEESE, PLEASE
The "baby" type of this Dutch cheese, that's similar to Edam, is usually encased in red wax
Time's up! The correct answer was Gouda
BRITISH INVENTIONS
The miner's safety lamp was also called by the name of this British chemist who invented it in 1815
Time's up! The correct answer was Sir Humphry Davy
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
ORGANIZATIONS
During Egypt's suspension from this group, 1979-1989, its headquarters was located in Tunisia
Time's up! The correct answer was the Arab League
PULL
Since the 8th century, it's what churchmen have pulled to ring their bells
Time's up! The correct answer was Ropes
X MARKS THE SPOT
Southwest of Louisville, it's where you'll find much of the U.S. government's gold reserve
Time's up! The correct answer was Fort Knox
TURN OF THE CENTURY MOVIES
In a northern England mining town, a young boy takes up ballet dancing
Time's up! The correct answer was Billy Elliot
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
JEWELRY
The scarab, lotus flower & Isis knot were all designs used in this country's jewelry
Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt
LONG WORDS
Adjective for an act done without meaning to; legally, it's a type of manslaughter
Time's up! The correct answer was involuntary
THE WOK OF FAME
Reputedly an aphrodisiac, this expensive soup uses dorsal & pectoral portions of its namesake
Time's up! The correct answer was Shark fin soup
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
Playwright who made his film debut in "Renaldo and Clara" in 1978 & won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in '79
Time's up! The correct answer was Sam Shepard
EXPLORERS
On July 4, 1803 Thomas Jefferson supplied this pair with a general letter of credit to use on their trip
Time's up! The correct answer was Lewis & Clark
BARTLETT'S PAIRS
Ernest L. Thayer is represented by a pair of quotations, both from this baseball poem
Time's up! The correct answer was "Casey at the Bat"
WHAT'S ON TV?
This ABC series set at Mode magazine is based on the hit Columbian telenovela "Yo Soy Betty, La Fea"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ugly Betty
LITERATURE
Ellen Glasgow, a native of this Virginia capital, set several novels there but called it "Queenborough"
Time's up! The correct answer was Richmond
"KNIFE", "FORK" OR "SPOON"
It's a truck with a pronged platform at the front that raises & moves loads
Time's up! The correct answer was Forklift
FIRSTS
On December 7, 1787, Delaware became the 1st state to do this
Time's up! The correct answer was ratify the U.S. Constitution
POETIC TITLE VERBS
"On First _____ Into Chapman's Homer"
Time's up! The correct answer was Looking
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
Greek-letter group (10)
Time's up! The correct answer was fraternity
STATE SUPERLATIVES
With 6,640 miles of coast, this state has the longest shoreline
Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska
DEAR JUNTA
In 1998 Nigerian-led forces captured Freetown, ousting the junta that controlled this African country
Time's up! The correct answer was Sierra Leone
LITERARY EPITAPHS
Fondly remembered by the boys of The Brookfield School. Goodbye...
Time's up! The correct answer was Mr. Chips
BIOGRAPHIES
Known for his "Compleat Angler", he also wrote a biography of his friend, writer John Donne
Time's up! The correct answer was Izaak Walton
EUROPE
It's the smallest in area of the Benelux countries
Time's up! The correct answer was Luxembourg
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
In 2004 FedEx acquired this chain of stores, & you can copy me on that!
Time's up! The correct answer was Kinko's
BODIES OF WATER
The St. Mary's River connects Lake Superior to this second-largest Great Lake
Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Huron
THE COMPANY LINE
Edward Teller & this man partnered in 1898 to sell high fashions to women
Time's up! The correct answer was Bonwit
STATE SUPERLATIVES
Considered the healthiest state in 2006, it's also home to the Mayo Clinic
Time's up! The correct answer was Minnesota
SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS
Soon after Hamlet finishes his "Alas, poor Yorick!" speech he sees this woman's funeral procession
Time's up! The correct answer was Ophelia
"A"NCIENT GREEKS
A fabulist: 620-560 B.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Aesop
YOUR NEW CLASS SCHEDULE
Home ec.: Make this breakfast dish of battered & fried bread, called pain perdu in France
Time's up! The correct answer was French toast
HISTORY
Peregrine White, the 1st child born in New England of English parents, was born on this ship
Time's up! The correct answer was the Mayflower
HABEAS CORPSES
This 19th century philosopher's body has been very utilitarian; it's on display at a university in London
Time's up! The correct answer was Jeremy Bentham
EVERYTHING'S "GOLDEN", BABY
It's the popular breed seen here: (dog)
Time's up! The correct answer was Golden retriever
OSCAR WINNERS & NOMINEES ON TV
Executive producer of "Ugly Betty", she has also guest starred as Sofia Reyes
Time's up! The correct answer was Salma Hayek
ORDINAL NUMBER, PLEASE
Shakespeare's "night" to remember
Time's up! The correct answer was Twelfth
I SERVED IN HIS CABINET
Secretary of Health & Human Services Kathleen Sebelius
Time's up! The correct answer was Barack Obama
COMMON BONDS
Fife, Rubble, Miller
Time's up! The correct answer was Barney
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY SAYS....
"We were very tired, we were very merry -- we had gone back and forth all night in" this conveyance
Time's up! The correct answer was Ferry
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
BUSINESS PARTNERS
In tools: Duncan Black &...
Time's up! The correct answer was Alonzo Decker
DOWN AT THE OLFACTORY
Introduced in 1890, this product for little backsides advertises its "clean, classic scent"
Time's up! The correct answer was baby powder
RHYMES WITH TEEN
Just one Boston baked veggie
Time's up! The correct answer was Bean
PRIMETIME TV REUNIONS
2000: "Mary and Rhoda"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Mary Tyler Moore Show
ART & ARTISTS
In 1963 this "Christina's World" artist became the first painter to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Time's up! The correct answer was Andrew Wyeth
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
DEPARTMENT "S"
These elected officials in the U.S. government take their name from the Latin for "old man"
Time's up! The correct answer was senators
CROSSWORD CLUES "J"
Riding breeches (8)
Time's up! The correct answer was jodhpurs
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
ACTORS' RHYME TIME
Torn's witticisms
Time's up! The correct answer was Rip's quips
SONGS
Willie Nelson must be "wond'rin' what in the world did I do" by writing this Patsy Cline hit
Time's up! The correct answer was "Crazy"
APT ANAGRAMS
He co-wrote "South Pacific": MASS ROMANTIC HERE
Time's up! The correct answer was Oscar Hammerstein
CHICKENS FOR FREE
Chicken this "royal" way is served in a rich cream sauce with mushrooms, pimentos, green peppers & sherry
Time's up! The correct answer was a la king
ANCIENT TIMES
Because of his work there, you could call the astronomer Hipparchus "the colossus of" this island
Time's up! The correct answer was Rhodes
PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS
To apply relativity to the cosmos, Einstein introduced a term called the "cosmological" this
Time's up! The correct answer was constant
PERFUME
Mimosa, mayflower & musk mingle in this, Yves St. Laurent's "capital" perfume
Time's up! The correct answer was Paris
ALSO SOMETHING YOU WEAR
Hard, quick gasps for air
Time's up! The correct answer was pants
NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD
You can see this North American country's highest volcano, Volcan Citlaltepetl, in Pico de Orizaba National Park
Time's up! The correct answer was Mexico
PAPAL NAMES
The winner of a contest
Time's up! The correct answer was Victor
"I" LADS
This punk rock hitmaker heard here has had numerous hits on both sides of the Atlantic
Time's up! The correct answer was Billy Idol
CHECK OUT MY CRIB
Wanna put your feet up? How about on one of these with a "Turkish" name
Time's up! The correct answer was an ottoman
HOMETOWNS
Ingrid Bergman
Time's up! The correct answer was Stockholm
NICKNAMES
"Schnozzola"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Durante
THE ENVIRONMENT
This "colorful" & controversial activist environmental group was formed in Canada in 1971
Time's up! The correct answer was Greenpeace
LITERARY SISTERS
While in a cataleptic trance, Roderick's sister Madeline is buried alive in this Poe story
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Fall of the House of Usher"
HISTORY
Because his proposals for constitutional change were defeated, this French president resigned in 1969
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles de Gaulle
CITY FLAGS
The 4 stars appearing on this city's flag stand for Fort Dearborn, a fire & 2 World's Fairs
Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago
CLOTHING WORDS
Hits hard
Time's up! The correct answer was socks/belts
NONFICTION
Dave Eggers not-so-modestly titled his memoir "A Heartbreaking Work of" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Staggering Genius
THAT'S MY BUSINESS
A brother of one of the rappers in Run-DMC, this entrepreneur runs Phat Farm
Time's up! The correct answer was Russell Simmons
MUSIC/TELEVISION
Legendary singer Eartha Kitt was just purr-fect as this "Batman" villainess
Time's up! The correct answer was Catwoman
FOLKIES
Peggy, sister of this co-founder of The Weavers, wrote the feminist anthem "Gonna Be An Engineer"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pete Seeger
CROSSWORD CLUES "H"
Sleep like a bear (9)
Time's up! The correct answer was Hibernate
DANCE
19th c. women exposed their petticoats when they did this naughty French dance also known as <i>Le Chahut</i>
Time's up! The correct answer was the can-can
I KNOW THAT WORD BACKWARDS & FORWARDS
Coloring something more rubicund makes it this
Time's up! The correct answer was redder
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
NOVELS BY CHAPTER TITLE
"Mr. Badger"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Wind in the Willows
4-LETTER VERBS
"Like it or" do this, meaning take or endure it
Time's up! The correct answer was lump it
HOMOPHONES
A negative vote, or a horse's whinny
Time's up! The correct answer was nay/neigh
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NICKNAMES
"The Rocket"
Time's up! The correct answer was Clemens
SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS
Soon after Hamlet finishes his "Alas, poor Yorick!" speech he sees this woman's funeral procession
Time's up! The correct answer was Ophelia
NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY
Long before it empties into the Bay of Fundy, the Saint John River divides Maine from this province
Time's up! The correct answer was New Brunswick
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
WINE
On wine labels, this word which means "estate" precedes Lafite & Mouton-Rothschild
Time's up! The correct answer was Chateau
BIOGRAPHIES
"Shalom, Friend" tells of "The Life and Legacy" of this slain Israeli leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Yitzhak Rabin
ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE
When his friend became Pope in 1623, he thought he'd be allowed to discuss his heliocentric theory
Time's up! The correct answer was Galileo
CONTAINERS
It's what's normally carried in a metal pail called a scuttle
Time's up! The correct answer was coal
DELAWARE
Delaware has this many representatives in the U.S. House
Time's up! The correct answer was 1
FAMOUS JACQUES
In 1995 he succeeded Francois Mitterand
Time's up! The correct answer was Jacques Chirac
...& THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON!
Ex-welterweight champ Carlos, or a golden-coated, silver-maned horse
Time's up! The correct answer was a palomino
RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME
Around the time of a veiled Muslim garment for women
Time's up! The correct answer was circa burka
BRAZILIAN WORDS & PHRASES
That very blond guy you met at carnival is called an "alemao", literally a man from this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Germany
MODERN "TIME"S
It's the "Fox"y TV spinoff seen here:
Time's up! The correct answer was The Time of Your Life
MAGAZINES
In 1990, he became editor-in-chief of his late father's namesake business magazine
Time's up! The correct answer was Steve Forbes
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
ADVERTISING SLOGANS
"Wouldn't you really rather have" one of these cars
Time's up! The correct answer was Buick
WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR II
Today, this Japanese car company makes the galant; in WWII, it was better known for its A6M "Zero" fighter
Time's up! The correct answer was Mitsubishi
I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU
This word meaning "for each" precedes annum or diem
Time's up! The correct answer was per
POETS
For much of the winter of 1794-95, he served as acting supervisor for Dumfries, Scotland
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Burns
...& THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON!
Noted for their "feathery" legs, these Scottish draft horses were taken to North America in 1842, Bud
Time's up! The correct answer was Clydesdales
"BOO"!
A government project of little value funded to gain political favor
Time's up! The correct answer was boondoggle
QUEEN VICTORIA
Victoria found this poet laureate's "In Memoriam" a great comfort in her widowhood
Time's up! The correct answer was Alfred Lord Tennyson
THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL
Explorer Pike
Time's up! The correct answer was Zebulon
NATIVE AMERICANS
Gov. Bradford said that this Indian who taught the Pilgrims how to plant corn was an "instrument sent of God"
Time's up! The correct answer was Squanto
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
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
MUSICALS
This title character's last name is McLonergan, not Rainbow
Time's up! The correct answer was Finian
JERSEY GIRLS
This Algonquin wit was born in West End, N.J. in 1893 & was a drama critic for Vanity Fair by 1917
Time's up! The correct answer was Dorothy Parker
YOU DO THE MATH
The number of items in a dozen times the number of months in a year
Time's up! The correct answer was 144
GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT
If you're vulpine, you're like a fox; if you're lying on your back with your face upward, you're in this position
Time's up! The correct answer was supine
THE VIRTUES
It's paired with liberty in the Pledge of Allegiance
Time's up! The correct answer was justice
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
HOLD THE MAYO CLINIC
In 1950 Mayo doctors Edward Kendall & Philip Hench won the Nobel Prize for their work with this steroid
Time's up! The correct answer was Cortizone
CAPITOL THINKERS
This Vermont senator wrote, "You get 15 Democrats together in a room, and you get 20 opinions"
Time's up! The correct answer was Patrick Leahy
TRANSPORTATION
Smaller than a junk, this Oriental boat usually has a cabin with a roof made of mats
Time's up! The correct answer was Sampan
BIOGRAPHIES
"The Education of a Woman" by Carolyn G. Heilbrun tells of this feminist and famous Ms
Time's up! The correct answer was Gloria Steinem
OF "RATH"
On election night 2000, this newsman spouted lines like "Bush will be madder than a rained-on rooster"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dan Rather
FRUIT
More than 50 medications are affected by the juice of this citrus fruit; its enzymes break down the meds
Time's up! The correct answer was grapefruit
CURRENT BLACK PRESIDENTS
President Laurent Gbagbo heads this country that goes by its French name most of the time
Time's up! The correct answer was Côte d'Ivoire
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
POOR & FAMOUS
He drank up the money he got for songs like "Oh! Susanna" & died with 38c in his pocket
Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Foster
TURNING 40 IN '98
Damon, Marlon & Kim's big brother, he turned 40 on June 8
Time's up! The correct answer was Keenan Ivory Wayans
INLETS
This largest Alaskan city lies at the head of cook inlet on the Kenai peninsula
Time's up! The correct answer was Anchorage
FROM B TO C
A group of nations acting together, like the old Soviet one
Time's up! The correct answer was bloc
LOVE POETRY
The immortal 6 words that begin Lee Bernstein's opus sung on "Barney & Friends" to the tune of "This Old Man"
Time's up! The correct answer was I love you; you love me
DREAMY MUSIC
It's the Aerosmith tune that encourages you to "Dream until your dream comes true"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dream On
GEOGRAPH"Y"
There's an active volcano on Sicily, an island that's part of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
WAR STORIES
"Body Count", "Coming Home"
Time's up! The correct answer was Vietnam War
FROM B TO C
Pompous; overblown
Time's up! The correct answer was bombastic
PAINTERS
His first major mural was painted at the Univ. of Mexico's Nat'l Preparatory School in the 1920s
Time's up! The correct answer was Rivera
SPORTS
(Hi, I'm Greg Gumbel) During his 26-year career Sparky Anderson managed the Cincinnati Reds to 4 NL titles & this team to 1 AL championship
Time's up! The correct answer was Detroit Tigers
ISLANDS
The Leeward Islands are among the "Lesser" of these islands; Cuba & Jamaica are among the "Greater"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Antilles
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
"IP" SO FACTO
A bon mot
Time's up! The correct answer was a quip
DICE ROLL NICKNAMES
Texas Sunflowers
Time's up! The correct answer was Two 5's
THE TITANIC
Gates prevented 700 of these passengers from getting up to the main deck, though they didn't stop Leo in the movie
Time's up! The correct answer was third class
DISNEY VILLAINS
Jafar
Time's up! The correct answer was Aladdin
BRAND NAMES
Mass production of these in the U.S. can be traced back to Donald F. Duncan in the 1920s
Time's up! The correct answer was Yo-yos
WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS
1994: A Shoshone guide for a famous expedition
Time's up! The correct answer was Sacagawea
CLOTHING WORDS
Breathes heavily, like a dog or a tired jogger
Time's up! The correct answer was pants
NAME THE POET
"His pride had cast him out from heaven, with all his host of rebel angels"
Time's up! The correct answer was John Milton
IT ENDS WITH "US"
Mildew, mold or a mushroom
Time's up! The correct answer was fungus
AIN'T THAT "GRAND"
Term for an extended visit to Europe, once an essential part of a British gent's upbringing
Time's up! The correct answer was the Grand Tour
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
RHYME TIME
A cloaklike garment for a gorilla
Time's up! The correct answer was an ape cape
GREECE
By tradition, the sons in a Greek family don’t marry until this happens first
Time's up! The correct answer was the daughters marry
WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?
If you can't stand the heat, there's always this raw dish that includes onions, capers, egg yolks & beef tenderloin
Time's up! The correct answer was steak tartare
WORLD HODGEPODGE
When shopping on Saba, an island in this sea, look for the beautiful, delicate Saba lace
Time's up! The correct answer was Caribbean Sea
ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE
This Yankee was the "greatest drawing card in history of baseball"
Time's up! The correct answer was Babe Ruth
SPELL CHECK HELL
Confound it! Spell check just changed chancre into this 14th c. author of some "Tales"
Time's up! The correct answer was Chaucer
SCIENCE GUYS
In 1855 Napoleon III "swung" a deal arranging for his appointment as physicist at the Paris Observatory
Time's up! The correct answer was Jean Foucault
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
Key's brother-in-law & law partner Roger B. Taney served as this from 1836 to 1864
Time's up! The correct answer was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
MEASURING DEVICES
The energy from this is measured by a pyrheliometer
Time's up! The correct answer was the Sun
CROSSWORD CLUES "J"
A joyful celebration (10)
Time's up! The correct answer was jubilation
TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY
In 1990 Paul McCartney received a Lifetime Achievement Award at these awards
Time's up! The correct answer was the Grammys
ANAGRAMMED CABINET DEPARTMENTS
Idea count
Time's up! The correct answer was Education
DRAMA
In Clifford Odets' "Golden Boy", Joe Bonaparte gives up the violin for this sport
Time's up! The correct answer was Boxing
BEFORE & AFTER
Louisa May Alcott & relationship guru John Gray collaborated on this book sequel
Time's up! The correct answer was Little Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus
THE 17TH CENTURY
In 1673 this pair explored the Mississippi River all the way to the mouth of the Arkansas
Time's up! The correct answer was Marquette & Joliet
PLACES
A small & informal restaurant, or one who eats there
Time's up! The correct answer was diner
LITERARY ALLUSIONS
This term for an idyllic place can be checked out in the James Hilton work "Lost Horizon"
Time's up! The correct answer was Shangri-La
MYTHELLANEOUS
Lotis, later turned into the lotus tree, was one of these female spirits of nature
Time's up! The correct answer was a nymph
GO "SOUTH"
...to here, where you'll find the cities of Christchurch & Dunedin
Time's up! The correct answer was the South Island
SHAKESPEAREAN TITLE CHARACTERS
He is introduced as "The triple pillar of the world transformed into a strumpet's fool"
Time's up! The correct answer was Marc Antony
CAPITAL IDEA
Though Kyoto remained the imperial capital, Tokugawa Ieyasu made this obscure village his capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Tokyo
MAGNETO
Around 1904 this Norwegian explorer confirmed that the Earth's magnetic poles are not fixed
Time's up! The correct answer was Amundsen
THAT OLD "BLACK" MAGIC
It's the casino game in which you'd hear someone say "Hit me"
Time's up! The correct answer was blackjack
BREAKFAST CEREALS
This "fortunate" cereal is "magically delicious"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lucky Charms
THE ROYALS
Russia's first ruler with this name was called Kalita, meaning "moneybags"; not so terrible
Time's up! The correct answer was Ivan
WHAT AILS YOU?
Scientists have reported that this tofu legume may lower cholesterol
Time's up! The correct answer was Soybean
BASEBALL HISTORY
Topps' 1952 series No. 311 was this player's first card & is a holy grail among collectors
Time's up! The correct answer was Mickey Mantle
PLANTS
Name for a low, enclosed bed covered with glass or plastic for starting plants before the season
Time's up! The correct answer was Cold Frame
4-LETTER WORDS
Take off the top, or milk from which the cream has been removed
Time's up! The correct answer was Skim
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
THE LENIN CLOSET
When Lenin returned to Russia in 1917, he did it in a "sealed" one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was railway car
CLASSIC DISNEY FILMS
Among the babes in "Babes in Toyland" are Ann Jillian as Bo Peep & this Mouseketeer as Mary Contrary
Time's up! The correct answer was Annette Funicello
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
SEXPERTISE
Pat Leahy, Pat Buchanan, Pat Nixon
Time's up! The correct answer was Pat Nixon
NAME THE AUTOMAKER
Taurus & T-Bird
Time's up! The correct answer was Ford
COMMON SIMILES
If you're scared, you might be "shaking like" this botanical item
Time's up! The correct answer was a leaf
SAINTS
In 1918 padre Pio, who reportedly could levitate, became the first priest in centuries to receive these "wounds"
Time's up! The correct answer was stigmata
ANGELS
With an appropriate-sounding name, John Dye plays the angel of this on "Touched By An Angel"
Time's up! The correct answer was Angel of Death
"I" LADS
Nudge, nudge, wink, wink! This man seen here starred on a classic British comedy show
Time's up! The correct answer was Eric Idle
TELEPHONE HISTORY
On Oct. 30, 1938 phone traffic peaked in cities all over America as people discussed this broadcast
Time's up! The correct answer was the "War of the Worlds"
TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY
The first of these were awarded in 1901 & they are given out yearly for Physics, Chemistry, Peace & 3 other disciplines
Time's up! The correct answer was the Nobel Prizes
CHAD IS RAD
In the 11th century the kings of Chad converted to this faith
Time's up! The correct answer was Islam
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
In 2004 FedEx acquired this chain of stores, & you can copy me on that!
Time's up! The correct answer was Kinko's
"HIGH" SCHOOL
Acolytes, a subdeacon & a choir take part in this Catholic service
Time's up! The correct answer was high mass
THE STING
Most bar recipes for the stinger call for the white version of this potent potable, not the green
Time's up! The correct answer was crème de menthe
THE BIG 10
The first 10 of these are known as the Bill of Rights
Time's up! The correct answer was the Amendments
5-LETTER WORDS
One who steals by stealth: Thessalonians speaks of one "in the night"
Time's up! The correct answer was a thief
THE LAST POPE OF THIS NAME
The XII & last pope of this name that sounds like a synonym for "devout" ended his 19-year reign in 1958
Time's up! The correct answer was Pius
ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL
One of the noble gases, it's the lightest of all gases after hydrogen
Time's up! The correct answer was helium
EVERYTHING'S "GOLDEN", BABY
This Mongol army overran Eastern Europe in the 13th century
Time's up! The correct answer was The Golden Horde
POP MUSIC
In the summer of 2002 this country star hit the Hot 100 chart with "Courtesy Of The Red, White and Blue"
Time's up! The correct answer was Toby Keith
NATIONAL MONUMENTS
Seminole Indian leader Osceola is buried at this fort where the Civil War began
Time's up! The correct answer was Fort Sumter
YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT!
We've heard the question already; I'm making this objection that could be called "triple a"
Time's up! The correct answer was asked and answered
CLASSICAL MUSIC
This Austrian child prodigy began composing minuets when he was only 5
Time's up! The correct answer was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
U.S. CITIES
Its nicknames include "The Athens of America" & "The Cradle of Liberty"
Time's up! The correct answer was Boston
SHIRLEY
"Moonraker" is one of the 3 James Bond movies that have featured her singing over the title sequence
Time's up! The correct answer was Shirley Bassey
1800
William Herschel discovered these "rays" beyond the red end of the visible spectrum
Time's up! The correct answer was Infrared rays
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
ESPN's TOP 10 ALL-TIME ATHLETES
No. 5: Only center to lead the NBA in assists; track scholarship to Kansas U.; marathoner; volleyballer
Time's up! The correct answer was Chamberlain
SPORTS NAME ORIGINS
This racket sport takes its name from the country home of the 19th century Duke of Beaufort
Time's up! The correct answer was Badminton
WORLD HISTORY
This Portuguese "Admiral of the Indian Seas" discovered & named the Amirante Islands
Time's up! The correct answer was Vasco da Gama
LYRICS FROM MUSICALS
"Once I'm with the Wizard my whole life will change, 'cuz once you're with the Wizard no one thinks you're strange"
Time's up! The correct answer was Wicked
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
"H" CITIES
The racing schooner Bluenose, depicted on Canada's 10-cent coin, has a replica in this Nova Scotian port
Time's up! The correct answer was Halifax
I PITY THE "FOOL"
Found at fool.com, it's the Gardner brothers' online investment guide
Time's up! The correct answer was The Motley Fool
BEN
Current events of 1751 included the appearance of Ben's scientific work "Experiments and Observations on" this
Time's up! The correct answer was "Electricity"
BALLET
Alexandre Dumas fils' tale about "The Lady of" these flowers bloomed as the ballet "Marguerite and Armand"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Camellias
SPOILER ALERT!
1932: The unusual circus performers discover Olga's murderous plans & turn her into a "chicken woman"
Time's up! The correct answer was Freaks
MILITARY SLANG
A "polliwog" has never crossed this geographic line while aboard ship
Time's up! The correct answer was the equator
BIG, REALLY BIG!
Lady Hamilton could tell you the name of this 185-foot column that went up in the early 1840s
Time's up! The correct answer was Nelson's Column
IT'S EXTINCT
The baluchitherium, an extinct type of this pachyderm, had no horn, unlike modern species
Time's up! The correct answer was a rhinoceros
INSECTS
Largest North American wasp, it hunts tarantulas like a bird of prey
Time's up! The correct answer was the tarantula hawk
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
OF MILK
Canned milk that has 60% of the water removed is known by this 10-letter term
Time's up! The correct answer was evaporated
AMERICAN HISTORY
On Mar. 27, 1964 this largest Alaska city was hit by an 8.4 earthquake
Time's up! The correct answer was Anchorage
INTERNATIONAL RHYME TIME
Hotel foyer where British policemen like to gather
Time's up! The correct answer was the Bobby lobby
"NIGHT"
"Timely" 5-word nickname that describes Scandinavia north of the Arctic Circle
Time's up! The correct answer was "Land of the Midnight Sun"
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
2 of the 7 men who were under 50 years old when they became president
Time's up! The correct answer was Cleveland, Garfield, Grant, JFK, Pierce, Polk & Teddy Roosevelt
"LIGHT"s
Famous ones include Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini & Roberto "Hands of Stone" Duran
Time's up! The correct answer was lightweights
THE 1990s
Jacques Chirac of the Rally for the Republic Party won a 7-year term as this country's president
Time's up! The correct answer was France
KIDDIE LIT
"Two Little Confederates" is the story of two children who live on a plantation during this war
Time's up! The correct answer was Civil War
YOUNG WOMEN OF TODAY
She occupies the California congressional seat once held by her late entertainer husband
Time's up! The correct answer was Mary Bono
WHY SO BLUE?
This jeweler's blue box is a registered trademark
Time's up! The correct answer was Tiffany
MOTHER GOOSE
Some speculate that this "merry old soul" of nursery rhyme fame was based on a real king of 3rd century Britain
Time's up! The correct answer was Old King Cole
PUNJAB
Since 1947, the historic region of Punjab has been divided between these 2 countries
Time's up! The correct answer was India & Pakistan
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
GUINNESS RECORDS
With 2,685, Bralanda, Sweden was the site of the largest gathering of these holiday personalities
Time's up! The correct answer was Santa Claus
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
Important dams on this river include Rock Island, Rocky Reach & Grand Coulee
Time's up! The correct answer was the Columbia River
"CH"ILL OUT!
Don't squawk if you're accused of having illegible handwriting, aka this
Time's up! The correct answer was chicken scratches
BIG "STAR"
It's a dessert made of eggs, sugar & milk, either baked, boiled or frozen
Time's up! The correct answer was custard
1999
The native Inuit in this country got a new territory--Nunavut
Time's up! The correct answer was Canada
THEATRE CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
It "Becomes Electra" (8)
Time's up! The correct answer was Mourning
SYNONYMS
As a noun, it's a synonym for "flower", as a verb, it's to blossom or come into one's own
Time's up! The correct answer was bloom
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
ALL ABOARD THE SOUL TRAIN
Oh yessssssss...he created the show & was the original producer & host
Time's up! The correct answer was Don Cornelius
TALK LIKE A BRIT
If you're a British secret agent, you may have a license to kill, but you spell license this way
Time's up! The correct answer was L-I-C-E-N-C-E
SLOGANEERING
If you need a hammer, this is "The Place With the Helpful Hardware Folks"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ace Hardware
EAT IT!
This Hormel product was once simply known as "spiced ham"
Time's up! The correct answer was Spam
BEFORE & AFTER
The Beatles' 1967 album that was a 2001 WWII miniseries on HBO
Time's up! The correct answer was Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band of Brothers
WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT
To further the ambitions of her brother, her father, Pope Alexander VI, arranged several marriages for her
Time's up! The correct answer was Lucrezia Borgia
PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS
In 1915 William H, & William L. Bragg shared the prize for their analysis of the structure of crystals via this type of image
Time's up! The correct answer was x-ray
COMPOSERS
Mussorgsky once lived with this "Scheherazade" composer who re-edited "Boris Godunov" after his death
Time's up! The correct answer was Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
FRENCH ART & ARTISTS
Andre Derain was a prominent painter in this style whose name is from the French for "wild beasts"
Time's up! The correct answer was Fauvism
FAMOUS JACQUES
His 1959 film "The Golden Fish" won him an Oscar
Time's up! The correct answer was Cousteau
FOOD FACTS
Kentucky burgoo is a thick one of these made with meat vegetables
Time's up! The correct answer was a stew
LAW & GOVERNMENT
Though given 10 years for ratification, this amendment failed by 3 states in 1982
Time's up! The correct answer was the Equal Rights Amendment
THAT'S MY BUSINESS
With a "familial" English name, this Japanese maker of office equipment started out selling sewing machines
Time's up! The correct answer was Brother
COLOSSUS
From this author we get the adjective "brobdingnagian", meaning "gigantic"
Time's up! The correct answer was Swift
I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU
It's the "A" in the advocacy group known as MADD
Time's up! The correct answer was Against
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
FILE UNDER "K"
Former mortuary science student Jonathan Davis plays bagpipes & sings for this "Freak on a Leash" group
Time's up! The correct answer was Korn
THE 1890s
Of "Frankenstein", "The Invisible Man" or "Dracula", the one not created in 1897
Time's up! The correct answer was "Frankenstein"
LET'S MESS WITH TEXAS
Educated at Phillips Academy, Yale & Harvard, this part-time Crawford resident was born in Connecticut in 1946
Time's up! The correct answer was George W. Bush
HARRY GUYS
Nickname of Robert E. Lee's dad
Time's up! The correct answer was "Lighthorse" Harry Lee
ACRONYM EXCITEMENT!
At the United Nations: WHO
Time's up! The correct answer was World Health Organization
MYTHOLOGICAL PAIRS
Wounded by Cupid's arrow, Venus fell in love with this handsome guy at 1st sight
Time's up! The correct answer was Adonis
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
WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR II
The British A22 Mark IV tank carried a 75-millimeter gun & this prime minister's name
Time's up! The correct answer was Churchill
PLAY REVIVALS
In 1992 you could have seen James Gandolfini playing cards with Stanley Kowalski in a revival of this play
Time's up! The correct answer was "A Streetcar Named Desire"
RHYME TIME
A more obese baseball slugger
Time's up! The correct answer was a fatter batter
ETIQUETTE
Some small wedding receptions eliminate this greeting line that was once de rigeueur
Time's up! The correct answer was the receiving line
CROSSWORD CLUES "R"
A stuffed pasta pocket (7)
Time's up! The correct answer was a ravioli
KNOTS TO YOU
The Honda is a slip knot used by cowboys to make this tool of the trade
Time's up! The correct answer was Lasso
TIME TO CONVERT
MMIX in Roman numerals gives us this year
Time's up! The correct answer was 2009
TECHNOLOGY
This was the first smartphone in the world.
Time's up! The correct answer was IBM Simon
THE YEAR IN SPORTS
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew at Indianapolis Speedway) The Noc-Out Hose Clamp Special was the winning car at Indianapolis in this year; the race was cancelled the next 4 years
Time's up! The correct answer was 1941
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
The summer varieties of this gourd-like vegetable are eaten green; the winter ones, ripe
Time's up! The correct answer was squash
THE 1960s
In “Understanding Media”, he explained the Dodgers move to L.A. & fishnet stockings
Time's up! The correct answer was Marshall McLuhan
I'VE TRAVELED EACH & EVERY HIGHWAY
This highway that Bob Dylan "Revisited" begins in Thunder Bay, Ontario
Time's up! The correct answer was Highway 61
NAME THE FILM
1972: "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Godfather
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
Tributaries of this Mississippi tributary include the Cheyenne, James & Platte
Time's up! The correct answer was the Missouri
TEENS IN HISTORY
In the 1850s this future sculptor failed the Ecole des Beaux-Arts entrance exam 3 times (think about it)
Time's up! The correct answer was Rodin
ITALIAN ART
For her 1997 calendar, singer Gloria Trevi recreated this artist's "Birth Of Venus" with herself as Venus
Time's up! The correct answer was Sandro Botticelli
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"
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Not just a remark like "the soup's too salty", it's a formal charge a victim can swear out, leading to an arrest
Time's up! The correct answer was a complaint
RICHARD
Either of the 2 parents of Richard the Lion-Hearted
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine
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
HEY, "BABY"
Smallest form of a large piano
Time's up! The correct answer was a baby grand
IT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU
This exhaustive reference work first published in 1768 is not British: it has been American-owned for over 100 years
Time's up! The correct answer was the Encyclopedia Britannica
OSCAR WINNERS & NOMINEES ON TV
This Oscar winner for "The Piano" plays a feisty Oklahoma City police detective on TNT's "Saving Grace"
Time's up! The correct answer was Holly Hunter
THE "CO"-CATEGORY
In 2009 Paul McCartney headlined this music fest near Palm Springs, California
Time's up! The correct answer was Coachella
BIOLOGY
Of the 4, blood group of the universal recipient
Time's up! The correct answer was AB
STUPID ANSWERS
It was invented in 1911 by Hans Geiger
Time's up! The correct answer was the Geiger counter
4-LETTER CAPITALS
It's been said that "All roads lead to" this "Eternal City"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rome
MUSICAL THEATRE
(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE - here is a special guest with the clue): "Hello, I'm Marla Maples Trump. In 1992 I made my Broadway debut in the musical about this humorist who never met a man he didn't like"
Time's up! The correct answer was Will Rogers
PARLEZ VOUS?
"Je ne sais pas" means this, but you still get credit if you phrase it in the form of a question
Time's up! The correct answer was "I don't know"
CLASSIC NICHOLSON MOVIE LINES
1980: "He-e-e-e-re's Johnny!"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Shining
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
Chips' aquatic partner (4)
Time's up! The correct answer was fish
'ALLO, GOVERNOR!
Henry S. Thibodaux, P.B.S. Pinchback
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
Learning this Bantu language whose name comes from a word meaning "of the coast"
Time's up! The correct answer was Swahili
WE ARE AMUSED
Ms. Rodham Clinton's first name comes from the same Latin root as this word meaning "very funny"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hilarious
LITERARY OPENINGS
"It was a pleasure to burn."
Time's up! The correct answer was "Fahrenheit 451"
ROCK & ROLL FRONTMEN
Anthony Kiedis
Time's up! The correct answer was Red Hot Chili Peppers
IT'S A DOGGY DOG WORLD
Seen here, it's named for a peninsula shared by Quebec & Newfoundland
Time's up! The correct answer was Labrador Retriever
SCRAMBLED EGGS?
Denver dish: TOT MELEE
Time's up! The correct answer was omelette
RUN, RUN, RUN
In 1925 N.Y. Journal-American writer Bill Corum first called the Kentucky Derby the "run for" these
Time's up! The correct answer was the roses
THE EMERALD ISLE
It's the only Irish city with a population above 500,000
Time's up! The correct answer was Dublin
CHANTED
In a children's playground chant, they're the 2 things that will "break my bones, but names will never hurt me"
Time's up! The correct answer was sticks & stones
TRUE LIVES
She talks about Soon-Yi & former flame Woody Allen in her 1997 memoir "What Falls Away"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mia Farrow
EU, THE EUROPEAN UNION
The Schengen Agreement removes any controls at these between most EU neighbors
Time's up! The correct answer was national borders
FOOD CHAIN
Featuring the Famous Bloomin' Onion, this restaurant also offers a Joey Menu for kids
Time's up! The correct answer was Outback
NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME
A 1975 inductee, he gave us "an electronic alphabet that could carry messages"
Time's up! The correct answer was Morse
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
"Variations on a Theme by Haydn" was this "lullaby" composer's first major work for full orchestra
Time's up! The correct answer was Johannes Brahms
LAW & GOVERNMENT
A measure defeated in 1990 would have allowed states to prosecute persons who desecrated this
Time's up! The correct answer was the American flag
'65
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Oct. 25, 1965, maybe it got its prize money in pennies on the 31st
Time's up! The correct answer was UNICEF
THEATRE HODGEPODGE
Shakespeare's play about this Tudor king begins, "I come no more to make you laugh..."
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry VIII
MOVIE TAG LINES
This WWII film from 2008 had the tag "Many saw evil. They dared to stop it"
Time's up! The correct answer was Valkyrie
ANIMAL PLANET
Useful in long-term avian study, it's the placing of metal identification tags on the legs of wild birds
Time's up! The correct answer was Banding
ROCKS & MINERALS
Fizzing when acid is applied, this mineral is the base of the Portland cement industry
Time's up! The correct answer was limestone
WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT
In November 1988 she was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head a modern Islamic nation
Time's up! The correct answer was Bhutto
"PU"
The third of these wars wiped Carthage off the map, though it was later rebuilt
Time's up! The correct answer was The Punic Wars
RINGING THE OPENING BELL AT THE NYSE
& then I saw him / Right there & like that / On Leap Day 2000 / 'Twas...
Time's up! The correct answer was the Cat in the Hat
SHOTS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD
In 1994 this 45-year-old won the title with a 1-2 punch that sent Michael Moorer to Horizontal Land
Time's up! The correct answer was George Foreman
TIME'S TOP 10 EVERYTHING OF 2008
No. 2 in "Jerry Stiller's Top 10 Words": This before "gevalt!" (Bonus--No. 3 was "colonoscopy")
Time's up! The correct answer was Oy
4-LETTER WORDS
Pronounced one way, it's the top of the head; pronounced another, it's French chopped liver
Time's up! The correct answer was pâté or pate
LITERATURE
In "Through The Looking Glass", Humpty Dumpty explains to Alice the meaning of this nonsense poem
Time's up! The correct answer was Jabberwocky
LET'S TAKE A PEAK
This peak in the Black Hills is 5,725 feet above sea level, or a little over 95 times the height of Washington's head
Time's up! The correct answer was Mount Rushmore
BEFORE THEY WERE POPES
Alexander VI was formerly a high-living nobleman of this family & the father of Cesare & Lucrezia
Time's up! The correct answer was Borgia
WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?
A New England boiled dinner is traditionally made with this cured deli meat
Time's up! The correct answer was corned beef
PRESIDENTIAL STATES OF BIRTH
California
Time's up! The correct answer was Nixon
"TOMORROW"
In 1960 the Shirelles asked this musical question
Time's up! The correct answer was Will you still love me tomorrow?
SCIENTISTS
He discovered that the observed frequency of light waves is affected by the relative motion of the source & detector
Time's up! The correct answer was Doppler
HORSE SENSE
Shakespeare has this king saying, "Saddle White Surrey for the field to-morrow"
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard III
JUST DESSERTS
Perfect for dipping in wine or coffee, biscotti are twice-baked cookies from this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Italy