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PARDON MY "FRENCH"
It was waged in North America from 1754 to 1763
Time's up! The correct answer was French and Indian War
THE FRENCH CONNECTION
Campari & Pernod are good options for this pre-meal potent potable
Time's up! The correct answer was apéritif
NATIONAL MONUMENTS
George Custer's men are buried in a cemetery in the national monument named for this river
Time's up! The correct answer was Little Bighorn
WANT ADS
They're out there! We need you to go get 'em! Channel your inner Boba Fett or "Dog" Chapman in this 2-word job
Time's up! The correct answer was a bounty hunter
FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS
State with the highest average monthly food stamp benefit per person; at over $100, that's a lot of poi
Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii
FROM THE GREEK
A bowl-shaped depression, as from the impact of a meteorite, it's from the Greek for "mixing bowl"
Time's up! The correct answer was crater
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
At Bunker Hill, Colonel Prescott is said to have ordered, "Don't one of you fire until you see" these
Time's up! The correct answer was The whites of their eyes
THEY'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANY MORE
This Kansan made her last known take-off from New Guinea; if you find out where she is, let us know
Time's up! The correct answer was Amelia Earhart
THE FUNNIES
The title of this Jim Unger comic refers to everyone in it, not just a single character
Time's up! The correct answer was Herman
PERFUME
Mimosa, mayflower & musk mingle in this, Yves St. Laurent's "capital" perfume
Time's up! The correct answer was Paris
NOVELS
Published in 1949, this futuristic tale is set in Oceania, a few years before you were born
Time's up! The correct answer was 1984
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Abbreviated "P", this element comes in red, white, & black forms
Time's up! The correct answer was phosphorus
AROUND THE WORLD
Completed in 1345, the Ponte Vecchio crosses over the Arno River in this European country
Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
THINGS ON NFL HELMETS
A blue star with a white outline
Time's up! The correct answer was the Dallas Cowboys
ALSO A TOOL
Hit the backyard with this old term for a libertine
Time's up! The correct answer was a rake
THE ASPCA
The ASPCA helped stop Iowa legislators from legalizing hunting of the mourning type of this
Time's up! The correct answer was Dove
YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS STUFF
Non-potent potable for which your first set of teeth is named
Time's up! The correct answer was milk teeth
4-LETTER WORDS
Gloomy & forbidding, like a certain "reaper"
Time's up! The correct answer was Grim
BRAND NAMES
This VCR brand's name came from the Latin for "great voice"
Time's up! The correct answer was Magnavox
WHAT AILS YOU?
Outbreaks of this form of food poisoning are often the result of improper home canning
Time's up! The correct answer was Botulism
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
PHYSICS 101
The area of physics divided into statics & dynamics or the guys replacing your head gasket
Time's up! The correct answer was mechanics
FILM FACTS
This Beatle not only strarred in "Give My Regards to Broad Street", he wrote the screenplay & the score
Time's up! The correct answer was Paul McCartney
"DREAM"Y SONGS
Title that follows "When I want you in my arms, when I want you and all your charms, whenever I want you..."
Time's up! The correct answer was "All I Have to Do Is Dream"
EDUCATION JARGON
From the Latin for "to heal", it's the type of education that brings deficient students up to standard levels
Time's up! The correct answer was remedial
DOUBLE A
Architect Eero
Time's up! The correct answer was Saarinen
AUTHORS
In 1842 he lived with cannibals in the Taipi Valley in the Marquesas; his novel "Typee" was based on the experience
Time's up! The correct answer was Herman Melville
SEXPERTISE
Pat Leahy, Pat Buchanan, Pat Nixon
Time's up! The correct answer was Pat Nixon
WEEDS
This fabric follows Queen Anne's in the name of the weed seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Lace
NIGHT WATCH
June 6, 2012: At sunset, watch this planet make a transit across the sun--only the 8th since the invention of the telescope
Time's up! The correct answer was Venus
GRAINS & STAPLES
The rolled form of this grain cooks in about 5 minutes; the steel-cut takes much longer
Time's up! The correct answer was oats
AMERICAN HISTORY
In 1791 this Treasury Secretary issued his "Report On Manufactures", a critique of American industry
Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander Hamilton
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
Honshu volcano (4)
Time's up! The correct answer was Fuji
HORSE SENSE
Shakespeare has this king saying, "Saddle White Surrey for the field to-morrow"
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard III
SELLERS
Strangely, this "colorful" German company sells its classic travel alarm clocks only in black & white
Time's up! The correct answer was Braun
LITERARY COLLABORATORS
George S Kaufman died in June 1961; this man, his frequent collaborator, in December of that year
Time's up! The correct answer was Moss Hart
COLOSSUS
From this author we get the adjective "brobdingnagian", meaning "gigantic"
Time's up! The correct answer was Swift
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS
In 1985 an animated version of this Soleil Moon Frye sitcom character made the scene
Time's up! The correct answer was Punky Brewster
COUNTIES BY STATE
Whitley, Wayne, Wabash
Time's up! The correct answer was Indiana
THE NEW YORK TIMES 2009 FICTION BESTSELLERS
In "Dead and Gone" by Charlaine Harris, this "True Blood" waitress searches for the killer of a werepanther
Time's up! The correct answer was Sookie Stackhouse
"IND" THE KNOW
This adjective refers to the original natives of any region
Time's up! The correct answer was indigenous
PIRATE MOVIES
Silent screen swashbuckler; his film "The Black Pirate" has been called "a definitive pirate movie"
Time's up! The correct answer was Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.
UNFORESEEN FINDS
G.E. scientists looking for synthetic rubber during WWII discovered this toy that lifts images off a page
Time's up! The correct answer was Silly Putty
GEOLOGY
This rock can be formed by the accumulation of shells or coral, but not from citrus fruit
Time's up! The correct answer was limestone
THE GODFATHER
This S.F. Giant, Barry Bonds' godfather, got his nickname from his unique greetings to fans
Time's up! The correct answer was Say Hey Willie Mays
THE MUSICAL DR. IS IN
Despite its name, this synth-pop English band who gave us 1984's "Doctor! Doctor!" was a trio
Time's up! The correct answer was The Thompson Twins
ISRAEL
In 1961 this Israeli airline set a record for the longest nonstop commercial flight, New York to Tel Aviv
Time's up! The correct answer was El Al
RELIGION
Traditionally, in Judaism a ram's horn called this is blown at the end of Yom Kippur
Time's up! The correct answer was shofar
SNOWBOARDING
An off-balance rider is said to be "rolling down" these, from the flailing motion of the arms
Time's up! The correct answer was windows
HELLO, DELI!
Something smells fishy--must be this chopped fish patty mixed with crumbs & eggs & served cold in a jellied broth
Time's up! The correct answer was gefilte fish
ANAGRAMMED CABINET DEPARTMENTS
Send fee
Time's up! The correct answer was Defense
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
HOTELS
He opened his own hotel in Paris in 1898 & soon started running the Carlton in London
Time's up! The correct answer was Cesar Ritz
U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS IN OTHER WORDS
A person's condition or disposition
Time's up! The correct answer was State
SCRAMBLED EGGS?
South of the border treat: OH NERVOUS SEARCH
Time's up! The correct answer was huevos rancheros
BIRDS
This falcon's name is from the Latin for "foreign" or "a foreigner"
Time's up! The correct answer was peregrine
"LESS" IS MORE
Jean-Paul Belmondo is the cool criminal Michel in this French New Wave classic
Time's up! The correct answer was Breathless
CARY GRANT FILMS
"High Society" is a musical version of this Cary Grant-Jimmy Stewart-Katharine Hepburn classic
Time's up! The correct answer was The Philadelphia Story
LAST NAME'S THE SAME
"Tennessee Tailor" Andrew & poet/NAACP leader James Weldon
Time's up! The correct answer was Johnson
WOLVERINE
The website for this state's legislature says no bear "can match the vicious disposition... of the wolverine"
Time's up! The correct answer was Michigan
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
For 15 years, 1946-1961, this show set in Indian Territory was Broadway's longest-running musical
Time's up! The correct answer was "Oklahoma!"
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
THE ANIMALS
(Sarah of the Clue Crew at Zoo Atlanta) There are 3 types of gorilla: mountain & the eastern & western type of these lesser-altitude gorillas
Time's up! The correct answer was lowland gorillas
"PRO"NOUNS
The "dry" period in which the 18th Amendment was in force
Time's up! The correct answer was Prohibition
A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY
In the 1800s, it was fashionable to wear a cap named for this woman who stabbed Jean-Paul Marat
Time's up! The correct answer was Charlotte Corday
A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS
Baylor, Stephen F. Austin, Rice
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas
INITIAL T.V.
This show which had a 9-year-run on ABC was produced with help from J. Edgar Hoover
Time's up! The correct answer was The F.B.I.
SCOTLAND
The Church of Scotland, the country's national church, is a branch of this Christian denomination
Time's up! The correct answer was Presbyterian
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
WHO'S THE MRS.?
Mrs. Blake Edwards
Time's up! The correct answer was Julie Andrews
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
SPEECH! SPEECH!
On July 19, 1988 he was out proclaiming "Keep hope alive"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jesse Jackson
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
U.N. OBSERVANCES
International this Remembrance Day, January 27, commemorates the 1945 date on which Auschwitz was liberated
Time's up! The correct answer was Holocaust
WEBSITES
"Sari Says" is an advice column in the online version of this teen magazine
Time's up! The correct answer was Teen People
PERFUME
Though it has the same name, Benetton's perfume wasn't named for this controversial Sean Penn film
Time's up! The correct answer was Colors
GUINNESS RECORDS
In February 1999 Maine residents built a 10-story one of these named Angus; he melted 15 weeks later
Time's up! The correct answer was snowman
THE HOLLYWOOD STOCK EXCHANGE
At $4,147 a share, this star of "Firestarter" is one of the highest-valued actresses listed on HSX
Time's up! The correct answer was Drew Barrymore
HISTORIC BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Older brother Frank is thrilled to welcome this Sept. 5, 1847 baby; 10 days old & making guns with his tiny fingers
Time's up! The correct answer was Jesse James
SCRAMBLED EGGS?
Denver dish: TOT MELEE
Time's up! The correct answer was omelette
FIRST LADIES
She married husband Ronnie in 1952 when he was president of the Screen Actors Guild
Time's up! The correct answer was NancyReagan
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
FAMOUS JACQUES
In 1995 he succeeded Francois Mitterand
Time's up! The correct answer was Jacques Chirac
TBA
A teary-eyed person, or the announcer of the latest village news
Time's up! The correct answer was Crier
BOXING MOVIES
Before starring on TV's "Thunder In Paradise", this "Hulkster" played Thunderlips in "Rocky III"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hulk Hogan
IS IT "TEA" TIME YET?
This slang synonym for oil is mentioned in the theme song to "The Beverly Hillbillies"
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas tea
WHEREFORE "ART" THOU
One of these might be thrown in an English pub or shot from a blowgun in Peru
Time's up! The correct answer was Dart
A BUG'S LIFE
Known as Wandermeisen in German, these conspicuously mobile ants move about in long, orderly columns
Time's up! The correct answer was army ants
ACTRESSES ON TV
She portrays real-life research medium Allison DuBois
Time's up! The correct answer was Arquette
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
A little larger than the violin, it's the alto or tenor of the family
Time's up! The correct answer was Viola
ODDS & ENDS
Odds are 1 in 3 that the American spud you're eating was grown in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Idaho
SRO
This musical opened its run in 1980 at the Winter Garden, 8 blocks from the title thoroughfare
Time's up! The correct answer was 42nd Street
"F"OOD
It's the Japanese name for certain species of puffer fish that contain lethal poison but can be eaten as a delicacy
Time's up! The correct answer was fugu
THE FABULOUS '50s
The accuracy of the Quartz clock was surpassed in 1955 by one using this element, Cs
Time's up! The correct answer was Cesium
WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN
"One of the most original and provocative American architects working today"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gehry
WORLD UP!
In May 1988, after 8 years of fighting there, the Soviet army began withdrawing from this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Afghanistan
TECHNOLOGY
"PPI" stands for this.
Time's up! The correct answer was Pixels Per Inch
"DON'T" YOU KNOW THIS SONG?
Elton John saw the light of the Top 5 with this song twice, in 1974 & 1992
Time's up! The correct answer was "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me"
LIVE IN TEXAS
This world-famous cyclist named his home in Austin "Casa Linda" after his mother
Time's up! The correct answer was Lance Armstrong
SCIENCE & NATURE
In a healthy mouth, this line separates the crown from the root of a tooth
Time's up! The correct answer was Gum Line
NO. 32
The Los Angeles Lakers retired his No. 32 jersey
Time's up! The correct answer was Earvin "Magic" Johnson
LITERATURE FOR KIDS
In a fairy tale by this Danish author, the Snow Queen takes little Kay away in her sleigh to her icy palace
Time's up! The correct answer was Hans Christian Andersen
PEOPLE
Fatally, American groupie Nancy Spungen was this British punk rocker's girlfriend
Time's up! The correct answer was Sid Vicious
CARY GRANT FILMS
She done Cary right casting him as her co-star in "She Done Him Wrong"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mae West
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
ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER
Oxford University's fall term is named for this -mas, not Christmas; it's a saint's Sept. 29 feast day
Time's up! The correct answer was Michaelmas
WRITERS CUBED
Her 2000 novel "Blonde" is, of course, about Marilyn Monroe
Time's up! The correct answer was Joyce Carol Oates
PARTS OF THE WHOLE
Mercury bulb, scale
Time's up! The correct answer was a thermometer
BERRIES
The berry of this unassuming shrub produces the oil commonly used to flavor gin
Time's up! The correct answer was Juniper/sloe
CHECK OUT MY CRIB
Sit down in this chair with an X-shaped frame & a canvas seat, perfect for yelling, "Quiet on the set!"
Time's up! The correct answer was a director's chair
READING
From the Greek for "bad word", this disorder is marked by difficulty in recognizing written language
Time's up! The correct answer was dyslexia
THE "FIRST" STATE
In 1975 Donald Johanson found a group of 13 hominid fossils he dubbed this, like the Nixons or Trumans
Time's up! The correct answer was the first family
SPACE MISSIONS
The Cassini project is exploring Titan & Enceladus, moons of this second-largest planet
Time's up! The correct answer was Saturn
SHOTS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD
Maybe...Yes, sir! Nailing an 11-foot putt on 17 helped seal the 1986 Masters for this Golden Bear
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack Nicklaus
GANGSTER'S DICTIONARY
Roll out these "bones", boys, so we can play some games of chance
Time's up! The correct answer was Dice
A 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
GEORGE WASHINGTON
On December 26, 1799 Washington was eulogized in Congress by this man known as "Lighthorse Harry"
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Lee
THE PLANET URANUS
In 1846 astronomers found this planet from the effects it had on Uranus' orbit
Time's up! The correct answer was Neptune
SYRIA'S EATING
To make eish al-Saraya or "Syrian dessert" you need this preparation made by steeping petals in liquid
Time's up! The correct answer was rosewater
THE EVOLUTION OF "M"USIC
1974's "Mandy" was his first Top 40 hit--& it reached No.1
Time's up! The correct answer was Barry Manilow
DON'T MESS WITH SICILY
Sicily was ceded to the Romans in 241 B.C. after they won the first of these wars
Time's up! The correct answer was Punic
THE "BUTLER" DID IT
The mission statement of this school says it's located "In...Indianapolis, one of America's most livable cities"
Time's up! The correct answer was Butler University
U.S. CITIES
Of the top 10 cities in population within city limits, this one of 1.4 million is the only state capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Phoenix, Arizona
VEGAS, BABY
A legendary weapon that emerged from a lake, or a Las Vegas hotel
Time's up! The correct answer was Excalibur
STATE CAPITALS
It's nicknamed the "Center of the Pineapple Industry"
Time's up! The correct answer was Honolulu
FRENCH ART & ARTISTS
Jean Duvet created a series of engravings depicting the hunting of this 1-horned mythical beast
Time's up! The correct answer was unicorn
6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
Esmeralda & Claude Frollo
Time's up! The correct answer was Hugo
ADVERTISING SLOGANS
"I like" this lemon-lime soda "in you"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sprite
INDONESIA
In 1985 Sukarno-Hatta Int'l Airport was opened at Cengkareng just west of this city's center
Time's up! The correct answer was Jakarta
A REALLY BIG CATEGORY
The Great Red Spot is a great big storm on this great big planet
Time's up! The correct answer was Jupiter
HERE COMES BAHRAIN AGAIN
In 1991 Bahrain was one of the good guys in this conflict & the U.S. sold it Apache helicopters
Time's up! The correct answer was The Gulf War/Operation Desert Storm
COME TO OUR AIDE
Vladislav Surkov, a longtime aide to this former president, is known as the Kremlin's "Gray Cardinal"
Time's up! The correct answer was Putin
PHYSICS
A shotgun's powerful recoil is an example of his third law of motion
Time's up! The correct answer was Isaac Newton
SONG LYRICS
Evita sang, "Don't" do this "for me Argentina -- the truth is I never left you"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cry
IT'S "BIG"
Sasquatch
Time's up! The correct answer was Bigfoot
& HONEY
& Honey, it's May--we gotta call your mom in London for Mother's Day; don't forget it's this many hours ahead of N.Y. time
Time's up! The correct answer was five
HIP-HOP & RAP
This huge hit by Jay-Z samples a song from the musical "Annie"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Hard Knock Life"
FACTS & FIGURES
There are 88 of these, which run alphabetically from Andromeda to Vulpecula
Time's up! The correct answer was constellations
THE CIVIL WAR
On Sept. 2, 1864 this general sent a wire saying, "Atlanta is ours, and fairly won"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sherman
CORAL REEF LIFE
It's a ring-shaped coral island surrounding a lagoon, like Bikini or Eniwetok
Time's up! The correct answer was an atoll
I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW
Cookie Jarvis gave 10 minutes of lip service to 6 2/3 pounds of this pasta, from the Italian for "tongue"
Time's up! The correct answer was linguini
"LAP" DANCE
Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction & Porno for Pyros founded this mega-concert event
Time's up! The correct answer was Lollapalooza
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
ORGANIZATIONS
Arm of Al-Anon that's specifically for young people between the ages of 12 & 20
Time's up! The correct answer was Al-Ateen
FOOD CHAIN
Featuring the Famous Bloomin' Onion, this restaurant also offers a Joey Menu for kids
Time's up! The correct answer was Outback
FILM FACTS
As a child, this "Doctor Zhivago" co-star had a bit role in her father's film "Limelight"
Time's up! The correct answer was Geraldine Chaplin
FRUIT
This hybrid of a tangerine & a grapefruit comes in 2 main varieties: Orlando & Minneola
Time's up! The correct answer was Tangelo
BARD BITS
Comparing "thee to a summer's day" in sonnet 18, the bard realizes that "Thou art more lovely and more" this
Time's up! The correct answer was temperate
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
EPONYMS
This ancient king of Lydia, thought the wealthiest man on earth, had the Midas touch, hence the phrase "as rich as" him
Time's up! The correct answer was Croesus
5-LETTER WORDS
It can mean "brief & forceful" or "resembling the inner core of a stem"
Time's up! The correct answer was pithy
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
Greek-letter group (10)
Time's up! The correct answer was fraternity
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
GEHRY
The Guggenheim Museum in this city of Spain's Basque region is one of the best-known structures designed by Gehry
Time's up! The correct answer was Bilbao
BEFORE THEY WERE FIRST LADIES
Bloomer was the maiden name of this first lady who blossomed as a fashion model in pre-WWII NYC
Time's up! The correct answer was Betty Ford
ODD TITLES
Gilbert & Sullivan's "Mikado", not Milne, gave us this hyphenated title for a pompous functionary
Time's up! The correct answer was grand poo-bah
"GENERAL" JOB INFORMATION
Alberto Gonzales & Robert F. Kennedy both held this cabinet position
Time's up! The correct answer was Attorney General
SYMPHONIES ON FILM
This Russian director's Mexico footage was compiled as "Mexican Symphony" in 1941
Time's up! The correct answer was Eisenstein
NEBRASKA, NEW YORK OR NORTH DAKOTA
The Oregon Trail crossed it
Time's up! The correct answer was Nebraska
COMPOSERS
It was rumored that he committed suicide over the failure of his last symphony, the "Pathetique"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
HISTORIC NAMES
In 1955 Ngo Dinh Diem became the first president of this country that no longer exists
Time's up! The correct answer was South Vietnam
A BUG'S LIFE
The chigoe is a sand-dwelling variety of this insect
Time's up! The correct answer was a flea
ENGLISH LITERATURE
Ian Fleming introduced James Bond in this 1953 novel, which became a 1967 film starring David Niven
Time's up! The correct answer was "Casino Royale"
IT'S A DATE!
O Canada celebrates Canada Day on this date, 3 days before a big American holiday
Time's up! The correct answer was 1-Jul
BALLET
The ballet "Jeu de Cartes" features dancing playing cards, & this one is the "trickster" of the pack
Time's up! The correct answer was the joker
STARTS WITH "B"
An insect who hangs out in your four-poster, or what a private eye might slip under your mattress
Time's up! The correct answer was Bedbug
DANCE IN THE DICTIONARY
Our team won 55-0--you could call it this 19th century African-American dance
Time's up! The correct answer was a cakewalk
ON THE RADIO
The AAA format, featuring artists like the Cranberries & Tom Petty, stands for adult album this
Time's up! The correct answer was alternative
PEOPLE
Herbert Ross, who directed the film "Steel Magnolias", is married to this sister of Jackie Onassis
Time's up! The correct answer was Lee Radziwill
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
While studying at Cambridge in the late 1960s, this prince showed a flair for acting in comedy revues
Time's up! The correct answer was Prince Charles
STRUCTURES
When completed, it stretched for 73 1/2 miles from Bowness to Wallsend
Time's up! The correct answer was Hadrian's Wall
TURKISH LITERATURE
Peter Ustinov directed & starred in the film version of the Yasar Kemal novel "Memed, My" this predatory bird
Time's up! The correct answer was Hawk
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
DOUBLE A
Architect Eero
Time's up! The correct answer was Saarinen
BROADWAY TEENS
Zaneeta Shinn, a character in this musical, is the teenage daughter of the mayor of River City
Time's up! The correct answer was The Music Man
HISTORY
In 1962, this country became a constitutional monarchy under King Hassan II
Time's up! The correct answer was Morocco
THEN THERE'S MAUVE
The mauve flowers of the Paulownia tree adorn the highest grade of the Order of the Rising Sun award of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Japan
THE EMERALD ISLE
At about 230 miles, it's not only the longest river in Ireland, it's the longest in the British Isles
Time's up! The correct answer was the River Shannon
LITERATURE
Chapter 13 of this classic novel is called "Another View of Hester"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Scarlet Letter
THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION
Philadelphia got its start as a colony for this religious group of which William Penn was a member
Time's up! The correct answer was the Quakers
HORSE SENSE
Golden Cloud had great pull with Roy Rogers under this stage name
Time's up! The correct answer was Trigger
I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW
Richard Lefevre could eat only 1 1/2 gallons of this "bowl of red" Stagg product in 10 minutes
Time's up! The correct answer was chili
VIVA ANN-MARGRET!
Ann-Margret got her second Oscar nomination for playing Roger Daltrey's mom in this rock film
Time's up! The correct answer was Tommy
CONVENTIONS
New England Federalists convened in Hartford in 1814 to denounce this war
Time's up! The correct answer was War of 1812
WORDS OF LOVE
Virgil's "omnia vincit amor" is translated as this
Time's up! The correct answer was love conquers all
POETRY
This poet to whom T.S. Eliot dedicated "The Wasteland" ended up in a mental institution
Time's up! The correct answer was Ezra Pound
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE
1970's winning word was this French crescent-shaped roll
Time's up! The correct answer was C-R-O-I-S-S-A-N-T
SCIENCE & NATURE
A magnetic field is measured in units called gauss or this after a real "coil" guy
Time's up! The correct answer was Nikola Tesla
POLITICAL TALK
A "strict" one of these 15-letter words tends to interpret the Constitution literally
Time's up! The correct answer was a constructionist
SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE
In Story County, 5 miles northeast of Ames
Time's up! The correct answer was Iowa
AROUND THE POKER TABLE WITH SLIM
Slim's numerical term for a bluffer who doesn't have the fifth card to fill out a hand of all the same suit
Time's up! The correct answer was Four-flusher
THE ROLLING STONES
The Stones played a cleaned-up version of "Let's Spend The Night Together" on this U.S. TV variety show in 1967
Time's up! The correct answer was The Ed Sullivan Show
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
ENGLISH LIT
The Baconian theory expounds this
Time's up! The correct answer was that Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays
"TOMORROW"
In 1960 the Shirelles asked this musical question
Time's up! The correct answer was Will you still love me tomorrow?
WORD ORIGINS
The name of this, also called a fireplug, is partly from a word for "water"
Time's up! The correct answer was a hydrant
TRANSLATION EXERCISES
Portuguese to Russian: The positive "sim"
Time's up! The correct answer was da
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
ROYALTY
After this emperor died in 14 A.D., his relatives, the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruled until 68
Time's up! The correct answer was Augustus
TBA
When the national votes are tallied, the 43rd one of these will be announced November 7, 2000
Time's up! The correct answer was President of the United States
NOVEL QUOTES
(1945) "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others"
Time's up! The correct answer was Animal Farm
WEDDINGS
A Navy wedding features an arch of swords; an Army wedding, an arch of these heavy cavalry swords
Time's up! The correct answer was sabres
"PIN" ME
Gilbert & Sullivan's naval vessel
Time's up! The correct answer was H.M.S. Pinafore
WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN
"One of the most original and provocative American architects working today"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gehry
ABBREVIATED
A "green" government group: EPA
Time's up! The correct answer was Environmental Protection Agency
BUSY AS A BEAVER
One of the 2 U.S. states with the beaver as the state animal: one's on the west coast & one's on the east
Time's up! The correct answer was Oregon
WORLD "P"s
Gunmen after this South American dictator in 1986 used rockets, bazookas, rifles & grenades--& missed!
Time's up! The correct answer was Pinochet
A FLY CATEGORY
This rotating device attached to a shaft keeps an engine's speed steady
Time's up! The correct answer was a flywheel
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
SCIENCE & NATURE
Some members of the genus Aedes of this insect transmit yellow fever
Time's up! The correct answer was Mosquito
CLASSICAL MUSIC
This German composer's 5th Symphony in C Minor has a famous opening
Time's up! The correct answer was Ludwig van Beethoven
COME TO OUR AIDE
In 2009 an aide to the Defense Sec. was ensnared in the scandal over a couple who crashed this White House event
Time's up! The correct answer was the White House State Dinner
A LA "CART"
You can load it in your 8-track
Time's up! The correct answer was acartridge
LITERARY SISTERS
In "Gone with the Wind", Scarlett O'Hara marries Charles Hamilton & Ashley Wilkes marries her, Charles' sister
Time's up! The correct answer was Melanie
SPORTS
The new 23,500-seat U.S. Tennis Open Stadium is named for this star who died February 6, 1993
Time's up! The correct answer was Arthur Ashe
LANDINGS
Runways are numbered by compass degrees without the last digit, so this is the highest number used
Time's up! The correct answer was 36
STORM
In this cool 2004 film, climatologist Dennis Quaid is right & much of the U.S. evacuates to Mexico
Time's up! The correct answer was The Day After Tomorrow
WHO'S THE BOSS
Tattoo labored for this man on "Fantasy Island"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mr. Roarke
FOR THE FASHIONISTA
Flowing fabric defines this fashion house founded by Tanya Sarne; its name is a synonym for "phantom"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ghost
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
MILLIONS OF REASONS
"What Are You Doing After the Orgy?" is a book by this man who played a millionaire on "Gilligan's Island"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jim Backus
PEN NAMES
Rosemary Jansze, who was born in Ceylon, writes her romance novels under this married name
Time's up! The correct answer was Rosemary Rogers
LITERARY HOUSES
In this Anne Tyler novel, a travel writer breaks his leg & moves into his siblings' home
Time's up! The correct answer was The Accidental Tourist
FUNDRAISING
Donations in the form of equipment or time instead of money are called "in" this 4-letter word
Time's up! The correct answer was in kind
WEDDINGS
A Navy wedding features an arch of swords; an Army wedding, an arch of these heavy cavalry swords
Time's up! The correct answer was sabres
ACTORS & ACTRESSES
Don't blink--or you'll miss Richard Dreyfuss in this 1967 film based on a Jacqueline Susann novel
Time's up! The correct answer was Valley of the Dolls
TAIWAN
It is prohibited to bring literature promoting this ideology into Taiwan
Time's up! The correct answer was Communism
SPACE MISSIONS
The MESSENGER craft is the first mission to explore this planet since mariner 10 in the 1970s
Time's up! The correct answer was Mercury
INTERNATIONAL CUISINE
When making this classic Chinese soup, be sure to remove the twigs, feathers & insects first
Time's up! The correct answer was bird's nest soup
WHERE'S THE COLLEGE?
University of Washington
Time's up! The correct answer was Seattle
SI's SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE
"Golfer John Daly has... endorsement deals with" Dunkin' Donuts & this Anna Nicole Smith-endorsed diet aid
Time's up! The correct answer was TrimSpa
CLOTHING
They can be crew, knee, or bobby
Time's up! The correct answer was socks
WORMS
This mythological bird was reborn from a worm which emerged from its funeral ashes
Time's up! The correct answer was phoenix
AUTHORS
He wrote a non-baby book called "Decent And Indecent: Our Personal And Political Behavior"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Benjamin Spock
TEENS OF THE PAST
She was a teenager when she married Ferdinand in 1469
Time's up! The correct answer was Isabella
I WANT TO RIDE THAT!
The Pitt Fall is a scary free fall ride at Kennywood, near this second-largest Pennsylvania city
Time's up! The correct answer was Pittsburgh
WHOSE IS IT?
Ben Franklin used a pen name to publish this almanac from 1732 to 1757
Time's up! The correct answer was Poor Richard's Almanack
WORD"Z"
A granular form of this common mineral is used to make sandpaper
Time's up! The correct answer was quartz
SSSSSSSSNAKES!!!!!
The name of this deadly mottled brown snake of the tropics is from the French for "lance head"
Time's up! The correct answer was fer-de-lance
FOOD
Type of food that comes in shapes of bow ties, elbows & wagon wheels
Time's up! The correct answer was pasta
ASIAN NATIONS
The Baath party rules these 2 Mideast countries
Time's up! The correct answer was Iraq & Syria
SORORITY WOMEN
Alpha Delta Pi Sandra Palmer is known for puttering around in this sport
Time's up! The correct answer was Golf
WHAT A WEEK
Each year, World Space Week is at the start of October, commemorating this 1957 event
Time's up! The correct answer was the Sputnik launch
2011 MOVIES
Known for his work as a Shakespearean actor, he directed "Thor"
Time's up! The correct answer was Branagh
THINGS ON NFL HELMETS
On a tattered red flag, a skull over crossed swords with a football in the middle
Time's up! The correct answer was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
RECORD LOSSES IN 2005
A computer with 98,000 names & SSNs was reported stolen from this oldest campus of the Univ. of Calif.
Time's up! The correct answer was Berkeley
MUSICAL TRAINS
This band's "Train In Vain" was a hidden track on its original 1979 "London Calling" album
Time's up! The correct answer was The Clash
HISPANIC HISTORY
As president of this country, Antonio Guzman Blanco had a new capital built in Caracas
Time's up! The correct answer was Venezuela
FUNNY FOR NOTHIN'
This Brit comic cross-dresser: "Guns don't kill people, people do... but monkeys do too, if they've got a gun"
Time's up! The correct answer was Eddie Izzard
IN THE DICTIONARY
As an adjective, it can mean proper; as a verb, "to grade papers"
Time's up! The correct answer was correct
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
GRAVE MATTERS
Wayne Newton hopes to find the remains of this tribal ancestor in Britain & bring them home to her native Virginia
Time's up! The correct answer was Pocahontas
1988
Along with the Marcoses, this Saudi arms merchant was indicted in October on charges of racketeering
Time's up! The correct answer was Adnan Khashoggi
RHYME TIME
A silent mob scene
Time's up! The correct answer was a quiet riot
STARTS WITH A PRONOUN
One who interlaces cloth, or an African bird that interlaces grass to make its elaborate nest
Time's up! The correct answer was a weaver
PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME
Arthur's school terms
Time's up! The correct answer was Chester's semesters
THE "CO"-CATEGORY
In 2009 Paul McCartney headlined this music fest near Palm Springs, California
Time's up! The correct answer was Coachella
GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
In 2007 he became the first man since Bill Tilden to win the U.S. Open 4 years in a row
Time's up! The correct answer was Federer
4-LETTER FRIENDS
In "Jaws", it's what Roy Scheider threw overboard to lure the shark
Time's up! The correct answer was chum
COMMON ABBREVIATIONS
To a home viewer, a DVD is one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a digital video disc
SPORTS
You win this when you pick the winners of 2 successive horse races
Time's up! The correct answer was the Daily Double
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
"The Comic Adventures of" this elderly woman "and her Dog" were first published in 1805
Time's up! The correct answer was Old Mother Hubbard
ALL "AMERICAN"
In 2009 the U.S. Mint issued a quarter for this territory featuring an ava bowl, a whisk & a coconut tree
Time's up! The correct answer was American Samoa
ARTHUR MILLER
In June 1999 Arthur Miller received a lifetime achievement one of these awards at Radio City Music Hall
Time's up! The correct answer was a Tony Award
BRAND NAMES
Joseph McVicker invented this after seeing the trouble kids had with modeling clay
Time's up! The correct answer was Play-Doh
BALLET
In a Tchaikovsky ballet, this title character is awakened with a kiss
Time's up! The correct answer was Sleeping Beauty
SAY "CHI"s
In the Army today no one outranks General George W. Casey Jr., because he's this
Time's up! The correct answer was Chief of Staff
"H" CITIES
It served as a dynastic capital in the 1800s & continued as the royal capital of Vietnam until 1945
Time's up! The correct answer was Hue
HABEAS CORPSES
Executed in 1915, this radical labor activist was cremated & his ashes mailed to labor unions all over the world
Time's up! The correct answer was Joe Hill
BACKWARDS
In T minus 5 seconds, you'll say this word for the inverted series used before a rocket launch
Time's up! The correct answer was a countdown
ANCIENT HISTORY
Tikal became an important ceremonial center of this civilization, prior to 300 A.D.
Time's up! The correct answer was the Mayans
OFF TO A GOOD START
A baker who never uses packaged mixes always "starts from" here
Time's up! The correct answer was scratch
THE PLANETS
This remote planet orbits the sun at a 98 degree axis, almost lying on its side
Time's up! The correct answer was Uranus
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
ASTRONOMY ADD A LETTER
Add this letter to Saturn's moon Titan & you get a Renaissance guy who liked to paint Venus
Time's up! The correct answer was I
WORLD CITIES
Construction began on this German city's Gothic cathedral near the Rhine in 1248 & lasted 632 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Cologne
CHAD IS RAD
Chad's colonial overlord until independence in 1960
Time's up! The correct answer was France
POP CULTURE
Snow White & Prince Charming are characters on this TV show set in the town of Storybrooke
Time's up! The correct answer was Once Upon a Time
BRUCE ALMIGHTY
He directed Jessica Tandy's Oscar-winning performance in "Driving Miss Daisy"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bruce Beresford
PLANTS
Britannica defines it as "any plant growing where it is not wanted"
Time's up! The correct answer was Weed
THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN
The 3-word Latin phrase yelled out by John Wilkes Booth while making his escape
Time's up! The correct answer was sic semper tyrannis
GEORGE WASHINGTON
On December 23,1776 Washington wrote that "Our attempt on" this city was fixed for "Christmas Day or night"
Time's up! The correct answer was Trenton
TO NEIL
A star of D.W. Griffith's "America", Neil Hamilton played Commissioner Gordon on this TV show
Time's up! The correct answer was Batman
PASS THE CHOCOLATE
Fran's Chocolates of Seattle makes delectable caramels topped with the gray sea type of this
Time's up! The correct answer was salt
NUTRITION
It's good to break a little this between friends--it supplies carbs & fiber
Time's up! The correct answer was bread
NO. 1 QUESTIONS
In this 1960 hit, Elvis wondered if you're "sorry we drifted apart"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
IT'S RAINING "MN"
'Tis this season (of the year)
Time's up! The correct answer was autumn
WHO'S YOUR MOMMY?
Melanie Griffith
Time's up! The correct answer was Tippi Hedren
ALL GOD'S CRITTERS
The barn species of this bird is sometimes called monkey-faced due to its simian features
Time's up! The correct answer was Owl
SPORTS TRIVIA
The Orangemen of Syracuse were NCAA champs in '88 & '89 in this Native American sport
Time's up! The correct answer was Lacrosse
"TABLE"S
A menu for the subject matter of a book usually placed before the text
Time's up! The correct answer was Table of Contents
"E" CHANNEL
In 1974 Spokane's Cannon Island was the site of this, which featured an environmental theme
Time's up! The correct answer was an expo
LYRICS FROM MUSICALS
"Beauty school dropout, no graduation day for you"
Time's up! The correct answer was Grease
GOLD RUSH
An 1859 gold strike brought miners to Cherry Creek, the site of this future state capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Denver
POLITICS
At over 30 years, this West Virginian is currently the longest-serving Democrat in the U.S. Senate
Time's up! The correct answer was Byrd
BETTER KNOWN AS...
Astrologer & psychic Michel de Notredame
Time's up! The correct answer was Nostradamus
I SERVED IN HIS CABINET
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance
Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Carter
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
In 1998 the magazine told of efforts to liquify this "cleanest of fossil fuels" for use in cars
Time's up! The correct answer was natural gas
COUNTY SEATS
Paris (population 8,730) is the seat of Bourbon County in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky
INTERNATIONAL CUISINE
This Greek dish typically consists of layers of eggplant & ground lamb or beef topped with a white sauce
Time's up! The correct answer was moussaka
MAY DAYS
Henry VIII imported an executioner from France just to behead this second wife on May 19, 1536
Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Boleyn
SOCIOLOGY
Robert & Helen Lynd based their "Middletown" studies on Muncie in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Indiana
MAGAZINES
Comparing itself to People, this magazine says it reaches "A better class of people"
Time's up! The correct answer was Us
A "TON" OF PEOPLE
His "Boyz N the Hood" earned him the first-ever best director Oscar nomination for an African American
Time's up! The correct answer was John Singleton
ACTORS' RHYME TIME
Cybill's large cats
Time's up! The correct answer was Shepherd's leopards
RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS
Rehovot in this country has an institute named for Russian-born Chaim Weizmann, who synthesized acetone
Time's up! The correct answer was Israel
U.S. RIVERS
The name of this river, famous in song, may be a corruption of the Spanish for "little Saint John"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Swanee
OXYMORONS
The American Academy of Pediatrics called smoking "The leading cause of" this oxymoron in the U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was preventable death
AN ARTHUR BEE
Go to Flushing Meadows & see the 22,547-capacity stadium named for this man
Time's up! The correct answer was Arthur Ashe
RINGING THE OPENING BELL AT THE NYSE
Sept. 24, 2007 found this Bush cabinet member away from her piano & playing the bell
Time's up! The correct answer was Condi Rice
FIRE!
After a 1624 fire Christian IV replanned this Northern European city & renamed it Christiania
Time's up! The correct answer was Oslo
THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION
In 1534 he & his buddy Francis Xavier founded the Society of Jesus
Time's up! The correct answer was Loyola
STRING THEORY 201
String theory is part of this "P" branch of physics that studies eensy little items
Time's up! The correct answer was particle
...& 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
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
This Utah school's Ty Detmer holds the NCAA career record for yards passing with 15,031
Time's up! The correct answer was Brigham Young University
"J" WHIZ
The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul was one of the many churches built by this 6th century Byzantine emperor
Time's up! The correct answer was Justinian I
ONE BUCK OR LESS
The USPS cost for mailing this, a minimum of 3 1/2 x 5 inches, is 28 cents; wish you were here!
Time's up! The correct answer was a postcard
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE
Now that you've got the hang of it, 1932's word was this, like the group that sang "My Sharona"
Time's up! The correct answer was K-N-A-C-K
HOW DO YOU...
Dial 011-33-1 & a local number, say "Pourrais-je parler a M. Chirac?"
Time's up! The correct answer was call the president of France
IT DON'T MEAN A "THING"
Raiment or apparel
Time's up! The correct answer was clothing
MOVIE PRODUCERS
Tim Burton, director of the 1989 smash about this comic book hero, also co-produced the 1992 sequel
Time's up! The correct answer was Batman
CINEMATIC DICTIONARY
The inventors of this camera-stabilizing device won a special 1977 Oscar
Time's up! The correct answer was Steadicam
THE SILVER SCREEN
1960 film that says "Matricide is probably the most unbearable crime of all", especially for "the son who commits it"
Time's up! The correct answer was Psycho
TEENS OF THE PAST
In his teens in the 1860s this "bright light" of inventors worked as a roving telegraph operator
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Edison
WORLD "P"s
Malay or Sinai
Time's up! The correct answer was peninsula
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
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS
Verdi wrote an aria called "La Luce Langue"--The Light Fails--for this bloothirsty villainess
Time's up! The correct answer was Lady Macbeth
BRASS
If you don't know he was made commander of the 2nd Armored Tank Division in April 1941, I'll slap you silly
Time's up! The correct answer was Patton
FAMOUS JACQUES
Much of France's 16th century Canadian claim was based on his explorations
Time's up! The correct answer was Cartier
THE GRIDIRON
[Hi, I'm Champ Bailey, college football's top defensive player of 1998] The award for top defensive player in college football is named for Bronislaw Nagurski, whose nickname was this
Time's up! The correct answer was Bronco
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
NBA HALL OF FAMERS
Abe Saperstein is in the Hall of Fame, as is this team he promoted & coached for decades
Time's up! The correct answer was The Harlem Globetrotters
WEATHER
Airplanes can trigger bolts of this when traveling through electrified clouds
Time's up! The correct answer was Lightning
ISRAEL
Home to spectacular ruins, Caesarea was founded around 20 B.C. & named for this Caesar
Time's up! The correct answer was Augustus
THE HUMAN BODY
They're also known as your zygomatic bones, & high ones are considered especially attractive
Time's up! The correct answer was Cheekbones
WHAM-O
Versions of this lawn toy to keep you cool in the summer include "Wave Rider" & "Bounce 'N Splash"
Time's up! The correct answer was a Slip 'N Slide
AMERICAN LITERATURE
This captain of the Ghost rescues literary critic Humphrey Van Weyden & poet Maude Brewster from a shipwreck
Time's up! The correct answer was Wolf Larsen
PRESIDENTIAL FINAL MOMENTS
The 2nd Prez to die in the White House, he was felled by acute indigestion (or was it poison?)
Time's up! The correct answer was Zachary Taylor
PLANTS
A member of the sundew family, it requires about 10 days to fully digest an insect
Time's up! The correct answer was Venus Flytrap
EDGAR ALLAN POE-POURRI
Spoiler alert! "The Cask of" this potent potable tells of a man sealing his enemy up behind a wall... alive!
Time's up! The correct answer was Amontillado
SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG
Robbie Nevil & B*witched had tunes called this French phrase meaning "that's life"
Time's up! The correct answer was "C'est La Vie"
HISTORIC NAMES
This Apache tried to keep peace with the palefaces, but after his death, his son joined with the militant Geronimo
Time's up! The correct answer was Cochise
2011 MOVIES
Kate Bosworth & James Marsden star in the 2011 remake of this Sam Peckinpah film
Time's up! The correct answer was Straw Dogs
"CAR" PARK
Title of Oliver Goldsmith's title man "of Wakefield"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Vicar
MAGAZINES
Comparing itself to People, this magazine says it reaches "A better class of people"
Time's up! The correct answer was Us
FROM THE WELSH
Rarebit, as in Welsh Rarebit, is an alteration of this word that's not an ingredient in Welsh Rarebit
Time's up! The correct answer was Rabbit
DEFENESTRATION IN CINEMA
Giving the devil his due, Fr. Karras invites the devil inside himself, then exits from the second floor in this 1973 movie
Time's up! The correct answer was The Exorcist
ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER
This "Das Kapital" author stands between comedian Oliver Hardy & H.G. Wells
Time's up! The correct answer was Karl Marx
BEN
The Hutchinson Letters scandal got Ben fired as deputy this in 1774
Time's up! The correct answer was postmaster general
FOOD FACTS
Bursting with beta carotene, the melon we call this is actually a type of muskmelon
Time's up! The correct answer was the cantaloupe
FAMOUS PEOPLE
In 2001, she produced & hosted the Travel Channel's "Secrets of San Simeon"
Time's up! The correct answer was Patty Hearst
SPORTS EVOLUTION
The 18th century Broughton rules were intended to lessen the brutality of this sport
Time's up! The correct answer was boxing
RHYMES WITH STONEHENGE
The queen bee is missing from the center of this enclosure; only a ring of males remains
Time's up! The correct answer was Dronehenge
WRITERS CUBED
In 1845 he published "The Raven and Other Poems"; the other poems include "The Conqueror Worm"
Time's up! The correct answer was Edgar Allan Poe
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"
PIZZA TOPPINGS
On November 12 celebrate National Pizza with the Works Except these fish Day
Time's up! The correct answer was Anchovies
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
SYMPHONIES ON FILM
The 1934 drama "The Unfinished Symphony" was director Anthony Asquith's tribute to this Austrian composer
Time's up! The correct answer was Shubert
SCIENCE
At sea level at 70 degrees this travels 1,129 feet per second; it speeds up over 1 foot per sec. for each rising degree
Time's up! The correct answer was sound
NOVELS BY CHAPTER TITLE
"Hester and Pearl"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Scarlet Letter
MIXED DRINKS
A basic Gin Rickey is gin, lime & this non-potent potable
Time's up! The correct answer was soda water
FAMOUS JACQUES
He composed both "The Tales of Hoffmann" & that scandalous "Cancan" music
Time's up! The correct answer was Offenbach
NO. 1 ALBUMS
"Imagine"
Time's up! The correct answer was John Lennon
THE TONY AWARDS
(Hi, I'm Brian Dennehy) This man won a Tony for writing the Best Play of 1949 and I had the honor of presenting him with a Lifetime Achievement Tony in 1999
Time's up! The correct answer was Arthur Miller
VIETNAM
Of the 3 countries that border Vietnam, the one whose name does not begin with the same letter as the other 2
Time's up! The correct answer was Laos
ROCK MUSIC
This Seattle grunge band backed Neil Young on his "Mirror Ball" CD
Time's up! The correct answer was Pearl Jam
AIRLINE TRAVEL
It can be a place to leave your puppy when you take a trip, or a carrier for him that fits under an airplane seat
Time's up! The correct answer was a kennel
WON THE BATTLE
The Allies won this battle, the last Nazi offensive in the West during WWII
Time's up! The correct answer was the Battle of the Bulge
STATE OF THE UNION
It stayed in the union, but the confederacy also admitted it in 1861; it was in a "compromising" position, after all
Time's up! The correct answer was Missouri
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
The Norns are counterparts of the Fates: Urd represents the past; Verdandi & Skuld, these 2 things
Time's up! The correct answer was the present & the future
IT DON'T MEAN A "THING"
Zip, nada, el zilcho
Time's up! The correct answer was nothing
AUTHORS' RHYME TIME
Julia Ward's female swine
Time's up! The correct answer was Howe's sows;23456
LUXEMBOURG
Encyclopedia Britannica says this, not French, is the lingua franca of Luxembourg
Time's up! The correct answer was German
THE 50 STATES
An 1881 resolution established that this state's name was to be spelled one way but pronounced another
Time's up! The correct answer was Arkansas
WORLD RELIGION
Made up of 1,028 hymns in 10 books, it's the oldest of the Vedas in Hinduism
Time's up! The correct answer was Rigveda
THE 23rd PSALM
"Surely" these 2 quantities "shall follow me all the days of my life"
Time's up! The correct answer was goodness & mercy
SCIENCE
In 1973 it became the first comet studied by men in space
Time's up! The correct answer was Kohoutek
TEENS OF THE PAST
"At 15 I set my heart on learning", wrote this great Asian sage in his "Analects"
Time's up! The correct answer was Confucius
MILLIONS OF REASONS
"What Are You Doing After the Orgy?" is a book by this man who played a millionaire on "Gilligan's Island"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jim Backus
THE UPPER CRUST
Ulysses Grant's granddaughter Julia married a prince from this country & had to flee its revolution in 1917
Time's up! The correct answer was Russia
SHOTS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD
In 1999 she wasn't shirtless in Seattle but rather in Pasadena after her kick won the Women's World Cup for the U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was Brandi Chastain
PARLEZ VOUS?
Duck, duck, l'oie; (l'oie of course referring to this other feathered friend)
Time's up! The correct answer was a goose
ALL GOD'S CRITTERS
Widely hunted for their hides, the American, Cuban & Nile species of this reptile are now in danger
Time's up! The correct answer was Crocodile
CORPORATE SPORTS VENUES
Chicago's United Center & Salt Lake City's Delta Center are named for this type of business
Time's up! The correct answer was airlines
I DID IT NORWAY
The city of Alta, well above the Arctic Circle, has renamed itself the Nordlysbyen Alta, after this display
Time's up! The correct answer was the northern lights
NURSERY RHYMES
"Here we go round" this bush "on a cold and frosty morning"
Time's up! The correct answer was the mulberry bush
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
Just because you have this pervasive suspicion of others, doesn't mean they're not out to get you
Time's up! The correct answer was Paranoia
ACTORS WHO DIRECT
"The Great Debaters"
Time's up! The correct answer was Denzel Washington
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
ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE
Native Americans grew these together with corn & at harvest time combined them into "M'sickquatash"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lima beans
MOVIE PRODUCERS
He acted opposite Mary Pickford before starting the Keystone Company to produce comedies
Time's up! The correct answer was Mack Sennett
ABBREV.
Since 1871, they've aimed to please: NRA
Time's up! The correct answer was the National Rifle Association
INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE
Reed all about it: ARC INLET
Time's up! The correct answer was clarinet
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
FOREIGN TRAVEL
In part to prevent child abductions, the State Dept. now requires that minors appear in person to get this
Time's up! The correct answer was a passport
ART & ARTISTS
This drip artist was born in Cody, Wyoming in 1912
Time's up! The correct answer was Jackson Pollock
WORLD RELIGION
Sukkot, a Jewish festival, began as a harvest celebration & was a model for this centuries-old American holiday
Time's up! The correct answer was Thanksgiving
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MOVIES
A Capote tale set in the South: "The Grass _____"
Time's up! The correct answer was Harp
POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS
"For the love of" Wyoming senator Enzi!
Time's up! The correct answer was Mike
ORGANIZED LABOR
In 1978 legislation raised the mandatory retirement age to this
Time's up! The correct answer was seventy
HEALTH & MEDICINE
In vitiligo, a common disorder, patches of skin lose this
Time's up! The correct answer was pigment
THE HOLLYWOOD STOCK EXCHANGE
At $4,147 a share, this star of "Firestarter" is one of the highest-valued actresses listed on HSX
Time's up! The correct answer was Drew Barrymore
CROSSWORD CLUES "Q"
A literary bell ringer (9)
Time's up! The correct answer was Quasimodo
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Between 1656 & 1735 members of the Albanian Koprulu family served the sultan as this "grand" executive officer
Time's up! The correct answer was vizier
OPERA
At 35 he decided for the first time to sit right down & write himself an opera; he produced "Fidelio"
Time's up! The correct answer was Beethoven
CALIFORNIA HERE I COME FILMS
In this 1981 Burt Reynolds film, the first race car to reach California won
Time's up! The correct answer was The Cannonball Run
NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY
Washington said a great city would stand where the Cuyahoga met Lake Erie; judge for yourself here
Time's up! The correct answer was Cleveland
AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
"This Side of Paradise"
Time's up! The correct answer was F. Scott Fitzgerald
FLY COUNTRIES
Belavia (Its first terminal was in Minsk)
Time's up! The correct answer was Belarus
RHYMES WITH TRACK
A pile of pancakes
Time's up! The correct answer was stack
A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY
Romance is a perfume from this designer whom you might call a major "polo" player
Time's up! The correct answer was Ralph Lauren
3-LETTER ABBREV.
On some forms & applications: DOB
Time's up! The correct answer was date of birth
"LESS" IS MORE
It's Southwest Airlines' name for the paper-free type of travel it introduced on all routes in January 1995
Time's up! The correct answer was Ticketless
DIRECTED BUT DID NOT STAR
"Rachel, Rachel" (1968)
Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Newman
PRESIDENTS' MONOGRAMS
JKP
Time's up! The correct answer was James Knox Polk
3-NAMED AUTHORS
The movie "Yentl" was based on a story by him
Time's up! The correct answer was Isaac Bashevis Singer
POLITICS
Only 4 state governors serve terms this long
Time's up! The correct answer was two years
PARTS OF PEACH
These parts of a peach tree are glossy green, pointed & lance shaped
Time's up! The correct answer was leaves
STATE CAPITALS
Every Memorial Day weekend, this city hosts its famous 500 auto race
Time's up! The correct answer was Indianapolis
BRITISH HISTORY
They've been guarding British royalty since 1485 & gin bottles since 1820
Time's up! The correct answer was Beefeaters
REALLY BIG
With its supporting roots & trunks, a single one of these trees in India covers some 3 acres
Time's up! The correct answer was Banyan
MY NAME IS EARL WARREN
In Reynolds v. Sims I said that representation in legislatures must be based mostly on population: one man, one this
Time's up! The correct answer was vote
FDR
FDR gave the first of these talks March 12, 1933 from the White House diplomatic reception room
Time's up! The correct answer was Fireside Chats
STATE SUPERLATIVES
The deepest gorge in the U.S. is this state's Hells Canyon
Time's up! The correct answer was Idaho
20th CENTURY QUOTES
A minister, 1968: "I've seen the promised land...and I'm happy tonight...I'm not fearing any man"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
YOU HAD TO EXPECT OPERA
We're not stringing you along: "El Retablo de Maese Pedro" is meant to be peformed by these toys
Time's up! The correct answer was puppets
ALWAYS SAY NEVER
There's an old expression that says these "never prosper"; remember that
Time's up! The correct answer was cheaters
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
This longest river on the Iberian Peninsula is also known as the Tajo
Time's up! The correct answer was the Tagus
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC "B"
This small western European country is known for quality carpets, cut diamonds & fine chocolates
Time's up! The correct answer was Belgium
NO. 1 ALBUMS
"Glass Houses"
Time's up! The correct answer was Billy Joel
BIRDS! BIRDS! BIRDS!
The colorful macaw variety of this bird is seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Parrot
SHIPS
In 1994, 9 years after it was hijacked by PLF members, this Italian cruise ship burned & sank in the Indian Ocean
Time's up! The correct answer was Achille Lauro
ANNUAL EVENTS
Dating back at least 100 years, "drowning the shamrock", or going drinking, is a tradition on this holiday
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Patrick's Day
MAD
Clicking on the Encarta index entry of Mad Anthony will take you to this man
Time's up! The correct answer was Anthony Wayne
AIRLINE TRAVEL
It can be a place to leave your puppy when you take a trip, or a carrier for him that fits under an airplane seat
Time's up! The correct answer was a kennel
U.N. OBSERVANCES
Can't wait for Oct. 20, World Day for this science of collecting & arranging numerical facts & data
Time's up! The correct answer was statistics
TOM WOLFE
It was Wolfe who first predicted that the 1970s "Will come to be known as" this "decade"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Me Decade
SONG LYRICS
"When I dream about the moonlight on" this river, "then I long for my Indiana home"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Wabash
BRITISH BANDS & SINGERS
In 1995 this founder of Cream & Derek & the Dominos was named an Officer of the British Empire
Time's up! The correct answer was Eric Clapton
MAGAZINES
It's published by Gruner & Jahr, not by mom & dad as its name implies
Time's up! The correct answer was Parents' Magazine
1938
On December 10 he announced he'd leave his Hyde Park estate & its papers & books to the U.S. government
Time's up! The correct answer was FDR
ROCKS & MINERALS
Mark Twain defined it as a hole in the groud with a liar standing at the top
Time's up! The correct answer was mine
MR. OR MS. WILLIAMS
"The Hillbilly Shakespeare" is one nickname of this legendary singer
Time's up! The correct answer was Hank Williams, Sr.
COLONIAL ARTS
James Alexander, whose doggerel contributed to this publisher's arrest, helped defend him as a lawyer
Time's up! The correct answer was Zenger
DON'T BE A PAIN
Pain registers in one area of the outer portion of the cerebrum called the cerebral this
Time's up! The correct answer was cortex
EPONYMS
From the disciple who betrayed Jesus, it's one who betrays a friend for some reward
Time's up! The correct answer was a Judas
JUST PLANE GEOMETRY
The sum of the squares of the lengths of the legs of a right triangle is equal to the square of the length of this
Time's up! The correct answer was the hypotenuse
OOH... A WISE GUY
The writings of this man seen here were truly Revolutionary
Time's up! The correct answer was Karl Marx
ANIMATED FILMS
This 1988 film told of an orphaned baby brontosaurus named Littlefoot
Time's up! The correct answer was The Land Before Time
CITY FOLK
Hamburgers
Time's up! The correct answer was residents of Hamburg
ORGANIZATIONS
Not surprisingly, this organization, founded in 1884, maintains one of the world's finest reference libraries on dogs
Time's up! The correct answer was the American Kennel Club
TAINTED GOV
Elected to the Senate in 1930, he refused to resign as Louisiana's gov. until '32, when his handpicked crony got the gig
Time's up! The correct answer was Huey Long
A MASSIVE "M"ETROPOLIS
3.6 million: Down Under
Time's up! The correct answer was Melbourne
"SIDE" EFFECTS
You can get an 18-pound collection of every one of these Gary Larson cartoons
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Far Side"
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
TRANSPORTATION
The twin rotor type of this has 2 main rotors going in opposite directions, so it doesn't need a tail rotor
Time's up! The correct answer was a helicopter
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
Lillard, Modine
Time's up! The correct answer was Matthew
U.S. PRESIDENTS
On June 28, 1919 he married Elizabeth Wallace
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Truman
CONTESTS
At the 1999 Westminster Dog Show, CH Loteki Supernatural Being won this award for matching the breed standard
Time's up! The correct answer was Best in Show
FROM T TO SHINING T
It gains you admission to the ballgame; Yeah, that's the...
Time's up! The correct answer was ticket
THE NEW YORK TIMES THEATER
As a critics' pick in 2008, this Lin-Manuel Miranda musical was called "a salsa-flavored soap opera"
Time's up! The correct answer was In the Heights
WOMEN'S FASHION
The patches European women wore on their faces in the 1600s were usually this color
Time's up! The correct answer was Black
THE RECORD SHOWS I TOOK THE BLOWS
Before becoming a world leader, this Frenchman was wounded 3 times in WWI & was captured at Verdun in 1916
Time's up! The correct answer was de Gaulle
THE SUMMER OLYMPICS
At 26.2 miles, it's the longest running event in the Summer Olympics
Time's up! The correct answer was the marathon
HISTORIC NICKNAMES
This 19th century American politician & orator was nicknamed "The Little Giant"
Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Douglas
SNL CELEBRITY JEOPARDY!
As he did in "Anchorman", Will Ferrell sports this facial feature in the "SNL" "Jeopardy!" skits
Time's up! The correct answer was a mustache
CANADIAN CAPITALS
This Alberta capital is called the Gateway to the North
Time's up! The correct answer was Edmonton
DEATH BY...
Possible dropping of a tortoise on his head by an eagle, in 456 B.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Aeschylus
EDGAR AWARD WINNERS
He won in the Best Fact Crime category for such works as "Helter Skelter" & "Till Death Us Do Part"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bugliosi
GETTING TICKED ON
The tick species Ixodes dammini has as its favorite hosts white-footed mice & white-tailed these
Time's up! The correct answer was deer
EARLY AMERICA
The Molasses Act of 1733 placed high duties on molasses & this potent potable from non-English possessions
Time's up! The correct answer was rum
GENERAL SCIENCE
This method of preserving food by killing bacteria was developed by a French chemist in the 1860s
Time's up! The correct answer was Pasteurization
MEDIEVAL MUSIC
In 950 this instrument in Winchester Cathedral needed 70 men to work the bellows
Time's up! The correct answer was Organ
1933
Federal judge John Woolsey lifted the ban on the importation & sale of this James Joyce book
Time's up! The correct answer was "Ulysses"
NO. 32
On May 11, 1858 this "North Star" state became U.S. state No. 32
Time's up! The correct answer was Minnesota
HOLLYWOOD THRILLER PREVIEWS?
Finally, this 1963 Betty Friedan book hits the theaters--and wait 'til you see the car chases
Time's up! The correct answer was The Feminine Mystique
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
A REALLY BIG CATEGORY
At 3 1/2 million square miles, this largest desert could just about cover the United States
Time's up! The correct answer was Sahara
THE 19th CENTURY
One of the 3 large empires of 19th century Eastern Europe was this "Sick Man"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Ottoman Empire
2011 MOVIES
Known for his work as a Shakespearean actor, he directed "Thor"
Time's up! The correct answer was Branagh
MUSICAL THEATRE
"Kismet"'s music is adapted from the works of this "Prince Igor" composer
Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander Borodin
PICK A PLANET
It's the third largest in our solar system
Time's up! The correct answer was Neptune
THE SUPREME COURT
After the 1987 rejection of this man's nomination to the court, Anthony Kennedy filled Powell's seat
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Bork
THAT'S NO LADY...
He was a comic foil as Mr. Mooney on "The Lucy Show" & Mr. Wilson on "Dennis the Menace"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gale Gordon
HEIR
Heirs want to stay on the good side of this, the person mainly charged with carrying out a will's provisions
Time's up! The correct answer was the executor
ISLANDS
This "colossal" island is the largest in Greece's Dodecanese archipelago
Time's up! The correct answer was Rhodes
"EVER"S
This 1965 movie begins with the birth of Jesus
Time's up! The correct answer was The Greatest Story Ever Told
CONGRESSIONAL MISDEMEANORS
In 1954 this Wisconsin senator ws condemned for insulting other senators & obstructing investigations
Time's up! The correct answer was McCarthy
LIBRARIES
Raffaele Farina, known as Bibliothecarius XLVI, is its head librarian
Time's up! The correct answer was the Vatican
ALL ABOARD THE SOUL TRAIN
"Soul Train" premiered in this decade
Time's up! The correct answer was 1970s
THEY REST IN NEBRASKA
Long-time Nebraska senator George Norris, who helped create this project, the TVA, is buried in McCook
Time's up! The correct answer was Tennessee Valley Authority
"TRI" HARDER
The French flag
Time's up! The correct answer was Tricolor
ENGLISH CLASS
It's the indirect object of the sentence "Carmen gave Jose a cookie"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jose
THAT'S SOME NERVE
The first cranial nerve, it's responsible for the sense of smell
Time's up! The correct answer was the olfactory nerve
THE PLANET URANUS
Of 84, 184 or 284, the length in years of one orbit by Uranus around the sun
Time's up! The correct answer was 84
4-LETTER CAPITALS
In 1990 it became the capital of a unified Yemen
Time's up! The correct answer was Sana
THE TITANIC
2 of these towered over the deck & were used as flagpoles & to string the wireless aerial
Time's up! The correct answer was masts
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS
You'll need some long-winded singers to star in "Stormen", a Swedish opera based on this play
Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest
THE PLANETS
In 1971 Mariner 9 discovered a volcano on this planet rising 15 1/2 miles above the surface
Time's up! The correct answer was Mars
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES
"The Schoolmaster in Politics"
Time's up! The correct answer was Woodrow Wilson