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CARTOONS
Ted Cassidy, who played Thing on "The Addams Family", was also the voice of The Thing of this superhero group
Time's up! The correct answer was The Fantastic 4
SCOTLAND
Ben More, Ben Alder & Ben Macdui are not people but tall ones of these in Scotland
Time's up! The correct answer was mountains
AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
In 1995 Luigi Bonino starred in a ballet about this "Little Tramp" of silent films
Time's up! The correct answer was Charlie Chaplin
A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL
"They're dead...my team is dead...they knew we were coming"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mission: Impossible
BRAND NAMES
Elsie the Cow's "husband", his face is plastered on glue bottles
Time's up! The correct answer was Elmer
ROAMIN' THE WORLD
In 1991 the Yanomami tribe in this country was awarded a reserve 3 times the size of Belgium
Time's up! The correct answer was Brazil
BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE
I'd think twice about naming your daughter this; she might turn into a shrew like in the play
Time's up! The correct answer was Katherine
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
GOULASH
In 1957 child model Jim O'Neill was chosen to grace the cover of his "Baby and Child Care Book"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Benjamin Spock
WOMEN'S FIRSTS
Wilma Mankiller was the first woman to serve as principal chief of this Southeast Native American tribe
Time's up! The correct answer was the Cherokee
SOME MORE SIMIAN CINEMA
It's the island where Fay Wray first encountered King Kong; to think of its name, use your "head"
Time's up! The correct answer was Skull Island
ONE-WORD RHYMES
This term for empty words or nonsense was originally a trick to gain applause
Time's up! The correct answer was claptrap
EARTH, WIND & FIRE
Scientists believe the continents were once part of a single land mass called this, from the Greek for "all earth"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pangaea
FROM THE WELSH
From the Welsh for "dwarf dog", it's also a miniature toy car brand
Time's up! The correct answer was Corgi
MANY IRONS
The male lead in "The French Lieutenant's Woman"; Meryl Streep played the title character
Time's up! The correct answer was Jeremy Irons
ALL MY SONS
This man whose surname means "hammer" counted Carloman & Pepin the Short as sons
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Martel
PHYSICS
Sublimation is the direct change from solid to gas without passing through this stage
Time's up! The correct answer was liquid
WOMEN'S FIRSTS
Wilma Mankiller was the first woman to serve as principal chief of this Southeast Native American tribe
Time's up! The correct answer was the Cherokee
SCIENCE
In metric measurement, 10 millimeters equal 1 of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a centimeter
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
TRAVEL & TOURISM
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport serves this world capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Nairobi, Kenya
DAYS
Many European countries celebrate the equivalent of this American holiday on May Day
Time's up! The correct answer was Labor Day
"GENERAL" JOB INFORMATION
The U.N.'s website says this job is "a spokesman for the interests of the world's peoples, in particular the poor"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Secretary-General
BUT IS IT ART?
It can be a gamble to hang the well-known image of dogs playing this card game
Time's up! The correct answer was Poker
THE NEW TESTAMENT
This apostle, the brother of James, is traditionally credited with writing a gospel
Time's up! The correct answer was John
LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L"
A singable poem, perhaps "of the Last Minstrel" (3)
Time's up! The correct answer was lay
DON'T MESS WITH SICILY
At nearly 11,000 feet this "active" spot is Sicily's highest point
Time's up! The correct answer was Mount Etna
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
1938
On April 27, 1938 Countess Geraldine Apponyi of Hungary married King Zog of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Albania
STATE: THE OBVIOUS
Florida's in the southeast corner of the 48 contiguous states; this state is in the northwest corner
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington
ALL GOD'S CRITTERS
Because it dips its food in water, it has the scientific name Lotor, which means "washer"
Time's up! The correct answer was Raccoon
MORTAL MATTERS
In 1961 Hassan II was crowned in this country after his father died following a minor nose operation
Time's up! The correct answer was Morocco
THE 19th CENTURY
On sale May 1, 1840, the first postage stamp with adhesive on the back had this person on the front
Time's up! The correct answer was Queen Victoria
NOTORIOUS
Using the aliases James Ryan & Harry Place, they boarded a steamer for Argentina in February 1901
Time's up! The correct answer was Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES
The November 25, 1963 front page read, this man "Shot To Death In Jail Corridor By A Dallas Citizen"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lee Harvey Oswald
"HIGH" SCHOOL
Acolytes, a subdeacon & a choir take part in this Catholic service
Time's up! The correct answer was high mass
11-LETTER WORDS
Term for stunt pilots or politicians who tour small towns to show they've got the right stuff
Time's up! The correct answer was Barnstormer
MEN OF MUSIC
"King of the Waltz" Johann Strauss Jr. wrote in other dance forms too, like the "Tritsch-Tratsch" this
Time's up! The correct answer was the polka
COUNTRY MUSIC
[Well hey everybody, I'm Naomi Judd] In mid-1984 Wynonna & I made our first ever concert appearance at Ak-Sar-Ben, a large concert hall in this Nebraska city
Time's up! The correct answer was Omaha
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
WORD ORIGINS
Today meaning a self-employed person, this term derives from medieval knights who sold their skills
Time's up! The correct answer was Freelancer
THIS IS JEOPARDY!
In 1984, he made the music video "I Lost On Jeopardy"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Weird Al" Yankovic
THE "A" "B" "C"s
They're the 2 words describing lenses that curve outward or inward
Time's up! The correct answer was Concave & convex
BODIES OF WATER
In 1975 the United Kingdom began piping oil from this sea to its shores
Time's up! The correct answer was the North Sea
CLOTHING
They can be crew, knee, or bobby
Time's up! The correct answer was socks
SCULPTURE
Bartolommeo Ammannati designed this city's Fountain of Neptune & the courtyard of the Pitti Palace
Time's up! The correct answer was Florence
TRADING SPACES
Muriel Siebert was the first woman to hold a seat on this Wall Street body founded in 1792
Time's up! The correct answer was the New York Stock Exchange
U.S. STATES
Of Colorado, New Mexico or Arizona, the state where the Rio Grande begins
Time's up! The correct answer was Colorado
THE STING
This famous FBI sting derived its name from one its fictitious enterprises, Abdul Enterprises
Time's up! The correct answer was Abscam
THEN THERE'S MAUVE
First obtained from aniline, the color mauve was the first commercially successful synthetic this
Time's up! The correct answer was a dye
ACTORS & ACTRESSES
Professional name used by the actress seen here during her film career; it's different from her married name (clip from "Hellcats of the Navy")
Time's up! The correct answer was Nancy Davis
MARRIED WITH CHILDREN
Make sure all your children are immunized against this "barnyard" disease caused by Varicella-Zoster
Time's up! The correct answer was Chickenpox
A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS
DePaul, Wheaton, Northwestern
Time's up! The correct answer was Illinois
HAVE A CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
G'Day Mate! Room service hopped in with kangaroo-tail soup, your breakfast from this continent
Time's up! The correct answer was Australia
OSCAR-WINNING ROLES
1942: Kay Miniver
Time's up! The correct answer was Greer Garson
WORLD CITIES
About 1 out of every 10 Japanese people lives in this city's metropolitan area
Time's up! The correct answer was Tokyo
EMBRACEABLE "U"
It's the island instrument heard here
Time's up! The correct answer was Ukulele
THE TIGERS
The autobiography written by this famous Nepalese was titled "Tiger of the Snows"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tenzing Norgay
MUSICAL PRIME NUMBERS
Blink-182: "That's about the time she walked away from me, nobody likes you when you're ___"
Time's up! The correct answer was 23
NATIONS OF AFRICA
Add 2 letters to Niger to get the name of this country just south of it
Time's up! The correct answer was Nigeria
MAGICAL MOUSE-TERY TOUR
The samplefest "The Grey Album" & the band Gnarls Barkley are 2 projects of Brian Burton, aka this
Time's up! The correct answer was Danger Mouse
SPORTS TRIVIA
In 1989 this Canadian team won its 1st Stanley Cup
Time's up! The correct answer was Calgary Flames
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
MOVIE TRIVIA
For the first time in '68, the Academy Awards were held in this auditorium, its current home
Time's up! The correct answer was the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
ACRONYM EXCITEMENT!
At the United Nations: WHO
Time's up! The correct answer was World Health Organization
IT'S OURS!
Cook Islands
Time's up! The correct answer was New Zealand
ENDS WITH "K"
A snide, simpering, self-satisfied smile
Time's up! The correct answer was Smirk
SOCIOLOGY
A plant, animal or object that's the symbol of a clan; it's often taboo & was paired with "Taboo" in a Freud title
Time's up! The correct answer was totem
NOVEL QUOTES
(1719) "I made him know his name should be Friday, which was the day I saved his life"
Time's up! The correct answer was Robinson Crusoe
ACRONYM EXCITEMENT!
In San Francisco: BART
Time's up! The correct answer was Bay Area Rapid Transit
IN EXILE
In 1462 this printer known for movable type had to move out of Mainz
Time's up! The correct answer was Johannes Gutenberg
"PRO"NOUNS
The ceremonial etiquette observed by diplomats & heads of state
Time's up! The correct answer was Protocol
4-LETTER FRIENDS
In "Jaws", it's what Roy Scheider threw overboard to lure the shark
Time's up! The correct answer was chum
MUSICAL THEATRE
Elaine Stritch plays Capt. Andy's wife Parthy in the current revival of this Jerome Kern musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Show Boat
BEFORE & AFTER
Dystopian Anthony Burgess novel that's a New Zealand fish
Time's up! The correct answer was A Clockwork Orange Roughy
WEBSITES
Seen here, Arfie fetches results at this metasearch engine
Time's up! The correct answer was Dogpile
MAGAZINE FEATURES
Goings on About Town, The Talk of the Town, The Critics
Time's up! The correct answer was The New Yorker
LAW & GOVERNMENT
Because of its secretiveness, the American Party in the 1850s was also known by this name
Time's up! The correct answer was The Know-Nothings
AMERICAN COUNTIES
While many states have counties named Lincoln, this is the only state that has one named Snohomish
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington
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
ISLANDS
Singapore seceded from this country in 1965
Time's up! The correct answer was Malaysia
OH, "BOY"
This law states that at a constant temp., the volume of a gas in inversely proportional to the pressure
Time's up! The correct answer was Boyle's
AMERICAN NICKNAMES
Sam Rayburn was "Mr. Sam", not "Mr. Democrat"; this politician was "Mr. Republican", not "Mr. Robert"
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Taft
INTERNATIONAL NAMES
As a boy Bolivia's president Evo Morales herded these pack animals
Time's up! The correct answer was llamas
LET'S MESS WITH TEXAS
This state bird of Texas belongs to the family Mimidae
Time's up! The correct answer was the mockingbird
GRAPES
A wine known as Lacrima Christi, or "tears of Christ" is made from grapes grown on the slopes of this Italian volcano
Time's up! The correct answer was Vesuvius
RINGING THE OPENING BELL AT THE NYSE
Oh, come on! On Feb. 28, 2008 this TV "Kitchen Nightmares" man added a touch of bell to his resume
Time's up! The correct answer was Gordon Ramsey
HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT
When keeping score in this sport, "forget" to add your opponent's next pin score to his spare
Time's up! The correct answer was Bowling
CROSSWORD CLUES "J"
A joyful celebration (10)
Time's up! The correct answer was jubilation
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
ALL MY SONS
This man whose surname means "hammer" counted Carloman & Pepin the Short as sons
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Martel
LEGAL "E"s
This person is appointed by a testator to carry out the directions & requests in his will
Time's up! The correct answer was executor
ODDS & ENDS
This oil cartel controls 40% of world production
Time's up! The correct answer was OPEC
JAY
Born on the Six Nations Indian Reservation in Ontario, he played Tonto to Clayton Moore's Lone Ranger
Time's up! The correct answer was Jay Silverheels
UP & ATOM
No matter what element they are in, they weigh the same & their total is an element's atomic number
Time's up! The correct answer was protons
HERBS & SPICES
Though derived from the same plant as opium, these seeds are non-narcotic
Time's up! The correct answer was poppyseeds
MANIAS
A dipsomaniac craves this, not guacamole
Time's up! The correct answer was Alcoholic Beverages
SHIPS
On May 7, 1915 German submarine commander Walter Schweiger gave the command to torpedo this British liner
Time's up! The correct answer was the Lusitania
BREAKFAST CEREALS
Watch "dinosaur eggs" hatch or hunt for "treasure" while warming your tummy with a bowl of this
Time's up! The correct answer was oatmeal
OPERA SINGERS
This hefty ebullient tenor once taught elementary school in Modena, Italy, his birthplace
Time's up! The correct answer was Luciano Pavarotti
POLITICS & SHOW BIZ
Artists like Gladys Knight have recorded the songs of this senior senator from Utah
Time's up! The correct answer was Orrin Hatch
MICHAEL JACKSON HITS IN OTHER WORDS
1987: "Naughty"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Bad"
WHO PLAYED 'EM
1999 & 2002: Mini-Me
Time's up! The correct answer was Verne Troyer
THE MOVIES
It was double trouble for this martial arts star playing twins in "Twin Dragons"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jackie Chan
COLORS
The 3 colors that make up the dots on a color TV screen
Time's up! The correct answer was blue, green, and red
& SO I FACE THE FINAL CURTAIN
This musical dreamed "The Impossible Dream", playing 2,328 performances before closing in 1971
Time's up! The correct answer was Man of La Mancha
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
BIRDS
The scientific name of this big bird is Diomedea exulans, as in "exile"
Time's up! The correct answer was albatross
WHEREFORE "ART" THOU
Grammatically speaking, the word "the" is definitely one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Article
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
Only Philip Morris & this Cincinnati-based firm have yearly ad expenditures exceeding $2 billion
Time's up! The correct answer was Procter & Gamble
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
TRIALS OF THE CENTURY
In 1946 Hans Frank, Rudolf Hess & Fritz Sauckel were among those convicted of war crimes in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Nuremberg
TV CHARACTERS
Dozens of web sites are devoted to picking on this Sheryl Leach creation who only gives love
Time's up! The correct answer was Barney
MAGAZINES
This magazine's "Transition" column features birth, marriage, divorce & death announcements
Time's up! The correct answer was Newsweek
POLITICAL MOVIES
Frank Langella is the power hungry chief of staff in this film in which Kevin Kline plays a presidential impersonator
Time's up! The correct answer was Dave
AIRPORT CODES
BRU
Time's up! The correct answer was Brussels
CLASSIC NICHOLSON MOVIE LINES
1980: "He-e-e-e-re's Johnny!"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Shining
MUSICAL THEATRE
"Cabaret" was based partly on this 1951 play by John Van Druten
Time's up! The correct answer was I Am a Camera
THE 19th CENTURY
1853 purchase that brought the contiguous U.S. about up to its present area
Time's up! The correct answer was the Gadsden Purchase
THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION
With Mary I's accession in 1553 he ran to Geneva; he returned in 1559 & reformed the Church of Scotland
Time's up! The correct answer was Knox
BALLET
The 2000 ballet "Todo Buenos Aires" features different interpretations of this sensual ballroom dance
Time's up! The correct answer was the tango
& THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH
When this fish is "red", it's been smoked; if "red" in slang, it's a misleading clue
Time's up! The correct answer was a herring
FASHIONABLE COMMON BONDS
Hobo, envelope, beaded
Time's up! The correct answer was purses
FLOPS
"La Traviata", his modern-dress opera version of "La Dame Aux Camelias", flopped in its 1853 premiere
Time's up! The correct answer was Giuseppe Verdi
PAPAL NAMES
The winner of a contest
Time's up! The correct answer was Victor
THE CIVIL WAR
Tired of eating mule jerky, Vicksburg fell in July 1863 after a 6-week one of these military tactics
Time's up! The correct answer was a siege
CARBON CREDITS
This 2-word study of living things is primarily devoted to carbon compounds
Time's up! The correct answer was organic chemistry
BRAND-TASTIC
This yogurt brand is named for founder Isaac Carasso's son Daniel
Time's up! The correct answer was Dannon
MEDICAL MILESTONES
In 1906 August von Wassermann developed a well-known test for this sexually transmitted disease
Time's up! The correct answer was syphilis
YOUTH IN ASIA
With a 6-wicket victory over Nepal, Bangladesh recently retained the Asian youth championship in this sport
Time's up! The correct answer was cricket
ARTISTS' RETREATS
The colony bearing this single name features a barn poet Edna built from a Sears kit
Time's up! The correct answer was Millay
FASHIONABLE COMMON BONDS
Hobo, envelope, beaded
Time's up! The correct answer was purses
FAMILIAR PHRASES
This phrase meaning "to betray someone" came from slaves sent illegally via the Mississippi to New Orleans
Time's up! The correct answer was to sell them down the river
ALL GOD'S CREATURES
Edison proposed a flying machine based on the flight of this creature, also the subject of a musical work
Time's up! The correct answer was bumblebee
HEY, GOOD-LOOKIN'
Psalm 8 declares, "Out of the mouth of" these "and sucklings hast thou ordained strength"
Time's up! The correct answer was babes
SPORTS
Named for a U.S. doubles champ, this cup is presented to the winner of a 16-team men's tennis tourney
Time's up! The correct answer was Davis Cup
BACH IN THE SADDLE
In his youth, Bach played this instrument in church & later was a virtuoso consulted in their crafting
Time's up! The correct answer was an organ
KFC
General Tao was smiling in 1987 when KFC became the first U.S. fast-food chain in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was China
IN THE DICTIONARY
This word used to describe a type of school also means "narrow in outlook"
Time's up! The correct answer was parochial
BATTLE TO NAME THE WAR
Quebec &, a year later, Trenton
Time's up! The correct answer was the Revolutionary War
PLATE TECTONICS
Formed by plate tectonics, these mid-ocean uplifts are actually underwater mountain chains
Time's up! The correct answer was ridges
ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER
Bob Dylan appears as does this poet from whom he may have taken his stage name
Time's up! The correct answer was Dylan Thomas
CROSSWORD CLUES "J"
Jettisoned goods (6)
Time's up! The correct answer was jetsam
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
On the web you can find A. Claude Ferguson's masterful manual on playing these eating utensils
Time's up! The correct answer was Spoons
CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
Eggplant entree, in Greece (6)
Time's up! The correct answer was musaka
SPORTS
In 1994, at age 45, he became heavyweight boxing champ again & was the AP's Male Athlete of the Year
Time's up! The correct answer was George Foreman
IN A FESTIVAL MOOD
2001 is the 35th season of Lincoln Center's music festival called "Mostly" him
Time's up! The correct answer was Mozart
LETTER MEN
He's the taller of the two gentlemen in the photo seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was P.T. Barnum
FOREIGN CURRENCY
In 1946 the Communist government of Vietnam began issuing coins with a depiction of this man
Time's up! The correct answer was Ho Chi Minh
MATHEM-ATTACK!
You should answer this one automatically: It's the property that says a = a
Time's up! The correct answer was reflexive
SEEING "RED"
In "Peanuts", Snoopy often fancied himself a flying ace out to get this pilot
Time's up! The correct answer was The Red Baron
LAW & GOVERNMENT
Because of its secretiveness, the American Party in the 1850s was also known by this name
Time's up! The correct answer was The Know-Nothings
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
Robin Hood's nemesis was the sheriff of this district
Time's up! The correct answer was Nottingham
FAIRY TALE FEMMES
One of the few times she laughs in Wonderland is when she has to use a flamingo to play croquet
Time's up! The correct answer was Alice
PAPAL NAMES
Not guilty
Time's up! The correct answer was Innocent
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
TELEPHONE HISTORY
In 1880 he invented the photophone, a device that sent messages through the air on beams of light
Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander Graham Bell
WHO'S ON FIRST?
Sundays from 1984 to 1995, "60 Minutes" led into this CBS crime drama--guess Jessica finally got tired of writing
Time's up! The correct answer was Murder, She Wrote
THE "I"s HAVE IT
From the Latin for "to overhang", it means "likely to happen at any moment"
Time's up! The correct answer was Imminent
BOB DYLAN CHRONICLES
"God say, 'You can do what you want Abe, but the next time you see me comin' you better run'"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Highway 61 Revisited"
THE 13th CENTURY
Around 1250 this country's King Alfonso III reclaimed the Algarve from the Moors after 500 years of control
Time's up! The correct answer was Portugal
NAMES IN THE NEWS
This former U.N. ambassador is a co-chairman of the host city's committee for the 1996 Olympic Games
Time's up! The correct answer was Andrew Young
RICH & FAMOUS
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen owns this Portland sports team
Time's up! The correct answer was Portland Trail Blazers
BRIDGES
This Colorado canyon has the world's highest suspension bridge – 1,053' above the Arkansas River
Time's up! The correct answer was Royal Gorge
NATIVE AMERICANS
This Florida tribe lived in dwellings called chickees that had raised floors & open sides allowing the air to circulate
Time's up! The correct answer was the Seminoles
THE STARTING INFIELD
The 1975 Reds fielded Rose, Concepcion, Perez & this Hall of Fame second sacker, now a broadcaster
Time's up! The correct answer was Joe Morgan
GAME SHOWS
You might phone a friend on this game show hosted by Meredith Vieira
Time's up! The correct answer was Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
THEY REST IN NEBRASKA
Grover Cleveland Alexander was inducted into this sport's Hall of Fame in 1938 & interred in Nebraska in 1950
Time's up! The correct answer was Baseball
LET'S HIT IT
Aaron Fechter invented this carnival game where you hit a mammal with a mallet
Time's up! The correct answer was Whack-A-Mole
SOUTH AMERICA
One of 2 landlocked countries in South America
Time's up! The correct answer was Bolivia or Paraguay
MUSICAL THEATRE
"Cabaret" was based partly on this 1951 play by John Van Druten
Time's up! The correct answer was I Am a Camera
STRING THEORY 101
If you're emotionally dependent on mom, you're "tied to" these "strings"
Time's up! The correct answer was apron strings
THEATRE CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
Lerner & Loewe's "Lusty Month" (3)
Time's up! The correct answer was May
"TU"
Henry VII was the first ruler from this family on the throne of England
Time's up! The correct answer was Tudor
FLOWERS
The white petals of this flower are usually pulled to see if "she loves me" or "she loves me not"
Time's up! The correct answer was a daisy
INFLUENTIAL 19th CENTURY THINKERS
At the University of Bonn in 1836, he was wounded in a duel with a member of an aristocratic Prussian fraternity
Time's up! The correct answer was Karl Marx
MEATS
This cut is a pig's hind leg above the hock
Time's up! The correct answer was ham
SNACK ATTACK
I've got a big appetite, so give me the Big Cup version of this Reese's treat
Time's up! The correct answer was a peanut butter cup
47
The Pythagorean theorem is the 47th proposition in the first book of his "Elements"
Time's up! The correct answer was Euclid
ENGLISH ROYAL HENRYS
Victory at Agincourt in 1415 earned this king a visit from the Holy Roman Emperor
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry V
SYNONYMS
This synonym for "to seclude" is also a word for part of a monastery or convent
Time's up! The correct answer was cloister
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
ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE
He was thick-skulled, heavy-browed, about 5 feet tall & lived in Germany about 80,000 years ago
Time's up! The correct answer was Neanderthal Man
NYC MUSIC HISTORY
She co-wrote "The Loco-Motion" in the Brill Building on Broadway
Time's up! The correct answer was Carole King
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
YOU DO THE MATH
The number of sides on an octagon minus the number of sides on a hexagon
Time's up! The correct answer was 2
OSCAR NIGHT 2003
Seen here, the Chub Chubs won the Oscar in this category
Time's up! The correct answer was Animated Short
MODERN "TIME"S
Bob Dylan's 1964 hit song about the inevitable passing of the years
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Times They Are a-Changin'"
LET'S BOUNCE
This device whose name is from the Italian for "springboard" was perfected in the 1930s
Time's up! The correct answer was a trampoline
SORORITY WOMEN
Kappa Alpha Theta who danced in her own ballets including "Rodeo"
Time's up! The correct answer was Agnes de Mille
FOREWORDS
One edition calls this Darwin opus one of "the most readable and approachable" of revolutionary scientific works
Time's up! The correct answer was The Origin of Species
WHAT AILS YOU?
This clouding of the eye's lens is common in people over the age of 65
Time's up! The correct answer was Cataracts
GANGSTER'S DICTIONARY
Roll out these "bones", boys, so we can play some games of chance
Time's up! The correct answer was Dice
IN THE FIRE
Many 17th century New York City households had one of these to form a brigade in case of fire
Time's up! The correct answer was Bucket
THE CIA
Much of the intelligence evaluation & planning is done at the CIA's HQ in this Virginia locale
Time's up! The correct answer was Langley
CAPITAL IDEA
One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities, it became a capital in 1946 when Syria gained independence
Time's up! The correct answer was Damascus
SPACE MISSIONS
The Hinode mission showed magnetic waves are critical in driving the flow of charged particles called this wind
Time's up! The correct answer was the solar wind
INLETS
Big ships must pass through Admiralty Inlet to enter or leave this Washington State sound
Time's up! The correct answer was Puget Sound
KIDDY LIT
This dark horse shares stables with Merrylegs & Ginger
Time's up! The correct answer was Black Beauty
SHIPS
The Thresher & Scorpion were this type of ship; 1 was lost in 1963, 1 in 1968
Time's up! The correct answer was submarines
GEORGE WASHINGTON
On May 28, 1754, Washington & his men fired the first shots of this 9-year war near Fort Duquesne
Time's up! The correct answer was The French & Indian War
"COURT" BRIEFS
A stenographer employed to transcribe an official verbatim record of legal proceedings
Time's up! The correct answer was a court reporter
BIRDS! BIRDS! BIRDS!
The colorful macaw variety of this bird is seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Parrot
INDEPENDENCE DAYS
This country celebrates its 1945 independence from Fascism on April 25th
Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
PROVERBS
It's the type of pot that "never boils"
Time's up! The correct answer was a watched pot
LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS
In 1945 Virginia Gildersleeve was the only female U.S. delegate to the conference that drafted this charter
Time's up! The correct answer was the United Nations
WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!
On Feb. 3, 1930 I presided over the founding of the Vietnamese Communist Party
Time's up! The correct answer was Ho Chi Minh
AWARDS
Richard Pryor was the first recipient of a Kennedy Center humorists' prize named for this American author
Time's up! The correct answer was Mark Twain
'HUSKER DO
One of the 2 vice presidents born in Nebraska; one in 1913, the other in 1941
Time's up! The correct answer was Gerald Ford
THE DIRECTOR SPEAKS
"I never believed in anything before I believed in movies", said this "E.T." director
Time's up! The correct answer was Spielberg
A FLY CATEGORY
To WWI British aviators, the Red Baron's group with its colorful planes was one of these, like Monty Python's
Time's up! The correct answer was a Flying Circus
WAR MOVIES
1970: An historically correct re-creation of Pearl Harbor
Time's up! The correct answer was Tora! Tora! Tora!
U.S. PRESIDENTS
A Civil War general, he was the last man to go directly from the House of Representatives to the presidency
Time's up! The correct answer was James A. Garfield
ANCIENT TIMES
The ancient Ban Chiang poetry of Thailand resembles that of this country's neolithic Yang-Shao period
Time's up! The correct answer was China
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
ART
Georges Rouault liked to include some tragic ones of these in his works; Red Skelton specialized in them
Time's up! The correct answer was clowns
BIBLICAL QUOTES
In Exodus Moses & Aaron inform pharaoh that the lord has this very strong 4-word suggestion
Time's up! The correct answer was "Let my people go"
IT'S RAINING "MN"
Please don't forget this word, from the Greek for "oblivion"
Time's up! The correct answer was amnesia
FAIRY TALE FEMMES
He wrote a little about women: "The Little Match Girl", "The Little Mermaid"...
Time's up! The correct answer was Hans Christian Andersen
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
SATURDAY
In a classic "SNL" skit, Laraine Newman found this NYC landmark less than packed when covering the Jewish New Year
Time's up! The correct answer was Times Square
KIDS IN BOOKS
She's Beezus Quimby's pesky young sister
Time's up! The correct answer was Ramona
LET'S HIT IT
In some casinos, a blackjack dealer must hit with an ace & a 6, known as this type of 17
Time's up! The correct answer was soft
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"
FAMOUS LLOYDS
In 1980 this "Evita" composer won a Tony for Best Score & a Grammy for Best Cast Show Album
Time's up! The correct answer was Webber
INTO THE "WOOD"s
Knothead & Splinter are the nephew & niece of this cartoon bird produced by Walter Lantz
Time's up! The correct answer was Woody Woodpecker
AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE
The shingleback skink, a type of this, has protruding scales that make it look like a pine cone
Time's up! The correct answer was a lizard
RHYMES WITH STONEHENGE
Statues of Ms. Baez, Ms. Collins & Ms. Didion are part of this monument
Time's up! The correct answer was Joanhenge
KING ARTHUR
Arthur's round table had a seat reserved for this knight who could find this
Time's up! The correct answer was the Holy Grail
MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS
In Finland, this Tim Burton film was subtitled "Fish Stories as Large as Life Itself"
Time's up! The correct answer was Big Fish
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
In 1994 this show about a carnival barker won 5 Tonys, including Best Musical Revival
Time's up! The correct answer was "Carousel"
TIME TO GET SIMON-IZED
This playwright won a Pulitzer in 1991 with "Lost in Yonkers"
Time's up! The correct answer was Neil Simon
TV ACTORS & ROLES
Barbra Streisand knows he played Lt. Col. Bill "Raider" Kelly on "Pensacola: Wings of Gold"
Time's up! The correct answer was James Brolin
COMPANIES YOUNGER THAN YOU
The first name of this company's search engine was Backrub, as it analyzed the back links pointing to websites
Time's up! The correct answer was Google
IN EXILE
In 1462 this printer known for movable type had to move out of Mainz
Time's up! The correct answer was Johannes Gutenberg
THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
Celebrating "a century of sanctuary" in 2009, it's Utah's first national park, though it's last alphabetically
Time's up! The correct answer was Zion
APOLLO 11
Astronomic name for the booster rocket used to power the launch
Time's up! The correct answer was Saturn
MOVIE MUSICALS
This Russian composer was portrayed by Jean-Pierre Aumont in 1947's "Song Of Scheherazade"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rimsky-Korsakov
PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES
His presidential library is about 35 miles from the Kansas City, Missouri airport
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Truman
LINGUISTICS
Considered part of grammar, it's the study of the interrelation of words in a sentence
Time's up! The correct answer was Syntax
I'M GOING "INN"
It's the third word in the first book of the Bible
Time's up! The correct answer was beginning
LIBRARIES
Architect Gordon Bunshaft designed this presidential library in Austin, Texas
Time's up! The correct answer was the LBJ library
THE FUNNIES
Dolly, Jeffrey, Billy & P.J.
Time's up! The correct answer was the kids in the Family Circus
THE SHORT FORM
This agreement on world tariffs & trade was signed by 23 countries in Geneva in 1947
Time's up! The correct answer was GATT
SCIENCE GUYS
His grandfather Erasmus argued in favor of evolution 60 years before he took up the cause himself
Time's up! The correct answer was Darwin
WORDS IN (THE) ENCYCLOPEDIA
Genetic duplicate
Time's up! The correct answer was clone
SOME MORE SIMIAN CINEMA
Robert Guillaume provided the voice of Rafiki, the wise old baboon, in this 1994 film
Time's up! The correct answer was The Lion King
BEFORE & AFTER
Film legend who became an 1823 edict against European intervention in the Western Hemisphere
Time's up! The correct answer was the Marilyn Monroe Doctrine
STATE OF THE UNION
The westernmost states to stay loyal to the union were California & this one that had just been admitted in 1859
Time's up! The correct answer was Oregon
ANCIENT HISTORY
He was only 16 when he became Roman emperor upon the death of Claudius
Time's up! The correct answer was Nero
WE ARE AMUSED
The first one was added in 1950 by the producers of NBC's "The Hank McCune Show"
Time's up! The correct answer was Laugh track
LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS
A. Philip Randolph, who first proposed a march on this city in 1941, also helped organize the one in 1963
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington, D.C.
THEY REST IN NEBRASKA
Though he starred in "Oklahoma!" this husband of Sheila is buried in Nebraska
Time's up! The correct answer was Gordon MacRae
ISLANDS
This island nation's highest peak, Yu Shan, in the Chungyang range, is also called Mount Morrison
Time's up! The correct answer was Taiwan
WHAT'S ON TV?
Justin Timberlake had a rough day on this MTV show: phony "tax agents" said he owed $900,000 & raided his house
Time's up! The correct answer was Punk'd
FRANCES FARMER
In "Badlands of Dakota" Frances was this Wild West lady to Richard Dix's Wild Bill
Time's up! The correct answer was Calamity Jane
WAR MOVIES
1970: An historically correct re-creation of Pearl Harbor
Time's up! The correct answer was Tora! Tora! Tora!
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
It's been estimated that this planet contains about 70% of all the material in the solar system, excluding the sun
Time's up! The correct answer was Jupiter
ANYTHING BUT CHEESESTEAK
Part of a British breakfast, this jam is made from bitter Seville oranges, including the rinds
Time's up! The correct answer was marmalade
I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF IT
In astrological notation, this sign is represented by 2 fish
Time's up! The correct answer was Pisces
U.S. STATES
It's the only U.S. state named for a French king
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana
A DICKENSIAN NIGHTMARE
That wedding gown, that faded gown--I cannot get it, or poor Miss Havisham, out of my head
Time's up! The correct answer was Great Expectations
OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s
Linus Torvalds is the father of this operating system used on cell phones & supercomputers
Time's up! The correct answer was Linux
CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS
Born May 5, 1919, Giorgios Papadopoulos became dictator of this country in 1967
Time's up! The correct answer was Greece
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
North Dakota has its Devils Lake & Wyoming its Devils one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Devils Tower
AMERICAN PLAYS
He revised his 1st play, "Farther Off From Heaven", & retitled it "The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs"
Time's up! The correct answer was William Inge
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
SPACE MISSIONS
The Cassini project is exploring Titan & Enceladus, moons of this second-largest planet
Time's up! The correct answer was Saturn
LAST NAME'S THE SAME
"Tennessee Tailor" Andrew & poet/NAACP leader James Weldon
Time's up! The correct answer was Johnson
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
This mischief-maker was up to his old tricks when he stole Freya's necklace
Time's up! The correct answer was Loki
PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING DRAMAS
In 1938 this playwright's "Our Town" had some Pulitzer with the voters
Time's up! The correct answer was Wilder
STRING THEORY 101
A 1942 big band hit was entitled "String Of" these
Time's up! The correct answer was "String Of Pearls"
HAVE A WHISKEY
The world's most popular whiskey is this color Johnnie Walker
Time's up! The correct answer was Red
NAME THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY
"Good-night, good-night! Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say good-night till it be morrow"
Time's up! The correct answer was Romeo and Juliet
BILL GATES' 50 BILLION
Bill could easily bid on Bolivia: their GDP, this annual figure, is less than half what he's worth
Time's up! The correct answer was Gross Domestic Product
TIME TO GET SIMON-IZED
In an 1852 novel, he's the plantation owner & slave master
Time's up! The correct answer was Simon Legree
PARLEZ VOUS?
"Huitieme" is French for this ordinal number
Time's up! The correct answer was eighth
OLYMPIC POTPOURRI
En Garde! Women have competed in this Olympic sport since 1924
Time's up! The correct answer was Fencing
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
SOUNDS LIKE A RAPPER
Completed in 1955, this bridge crosses the Hudson near Nyack
Time's up! The correct answer was the Tappan Zee
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
KAN U SPEL BIZNESS?
Drugstore with 4,700 outlets (the part before "Aid")
Time's up! The correct answer was R-I-T-E
DEFENESTRATION IN CINEMA
In this Coen Brothers movie, Charles Durning jumps out a window during a board meeting
Time's up! The correct answer was The Hudsucker Proxy
OOH... A WISE GUY
Peachy thoughts from this uber philosopher include "God is Dead" & "Is Man only a blunder of God?"
Time's up! The correct answer was Nietzsche
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES
"The Illinois Baboon" & "The Martyr President"
Time's up! The correct answer was Abraham Lincoln
1933
On February 15 this president-elect survived an assassination attempt by Giuseppe Zangara
Time's up! The correct answer was Franklin D. Roosevelt
MILITARY MATTERS
This German "operation" to invade the Soviet Union took its name from a crusading Holy Roman Emperor
Time's up! The correct answer was Operation Barbarossa
OCCUPATIONS
Someone employed in rousting game so it can be shot; he doesn't necessarily go "around the bush"
Time's up! The correct answer was a beater
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
GEHRY
The Gehry-designed Nationale Nederlanden Building is informally known as this film dancing pair
Time's up! The correct answer was Fred & Ginger
TELEVISION
This crime drama with Robert Wagner & Stefanie Powers was created by Sidney Sheldon
Time's up! The correct answer was Hart to Hart
THE TEENS
Rack all your pins in bowling & 10 are set up; rack your balls in a game of 8-ball & this many are set up
Time's up! The correct answer was 15
GOVERNMENT
Since 1909 every government in Denmark's parliament has been this type that needs to strike deals
Time's up! The correct answer was minority government
LOST IN SPACE
In its years of operation, this Soviet space station released more than 200 objects (mostly trash) into space
Time's up! The correct answer was Mir
HOW NOVEL
Title that completes the line "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin..."
Time's up! The correct answer was "To Kill A Mockingbird"
FASHION FROM HEAD TO TOE
1950s fashion favored this canine skirt
Time's up! The correct answer was a poodle skirt
LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS
A. Philip Randolph, who first proposed a march on this city in 1941, also helped organize the one in 1963
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington, D.C.
IT'S A DOGGY DOG WORLD
This dog once prized by the Aztecs is sometimes called perro pelon, "bald dog"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Mexican hairless
WE'RE MALAYSIA-BOUND
This capital whose name means "muddy estuary" was named for the 2 rivers that wind through it
Time's up! The correct answer was Kuala Lumpur
1988
At the July 1988 Democratic National Convention this Massachusetts governor was nominated for president
Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Dukakis
CREATION STORIES
In some Native American myths, this animal helps a deity create the world, with no help from the Acme Co.
Time's up! The correct answer was a coyote
DREAMY MUSIC
On their 1997 Popmart tour this Irish band covered the Monkees' "Daydream Believer"
Time's up! The correct answer was U2
ASSASSINS
In 1994, 31 years after the crime, Byron de la Beckwith was convicted of murdering this Civil Rights leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Medgar Evers
INLETS
This Chilean city whose name means "valley of paradise" lies on a wide inlet of the Pacific
Time's up! The correct answer was Valparaiso
TELEVISION
He was "X"-static when the first "X-Files" episode he directed aired 1 day after the birth of his baby.
Time's up! The correct answer was David Duchovny
& CROWN THY GOOD
In 1696 this Russian czar conquered the Ottoman port of Azov on the Black Sea; awesome! Again the wrong word
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter the Great
BRIGHT IDEAS
In 1882 Schuyler Wheeler put a propellor on the shaft of an electric motor & created this--how cool!
Time's up! The correct answer was a fan
WORDS
Someone who sees a crime is an eyewitness; someone who experiences it aurally is this similar word
Time's up! The correct answer was an earwitness
HERBS & SPICES
In medieval Europe this poultry stuffing herb of the genus Salvia was thought to stimulate the mind
Time's up! The correct answer was sage
HISTORIC BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
A 1906 announcement: dad Socrates & mom Penelope celebrate the launch of this new little ship
Time's up! The correct answer was Aristotle Onassis
HOW NOVEL
Gregory Maguire's novel "Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister" is a revision of this fairy tale
Time's up! The correct answer was "Cinderella"
WORLD HISTORY
This Portuguese "Admiral of the Indian Seas" discovered & named the Amirante Islands
Time's up! The correct answer was Vasco da Gama
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
A crash is a group of these large horned mammals
Time's up! The correct answer was rhinoceroses
THE YEAR IN SPORTS
In this, his final year, Ted Williams became one of the few major leaguers to play in 4 decades
Time's up! The correct answer was 1960
EARTH
Formed at the Earth's surface, basalt is the extrusive type of this "Big 3" type of rock
Time's up! The correct answer was igneous
BRITISH INVENTIONS
For the military, zoologist John Kerr developed the "dazzle paint" type of this, something animals also use
Time's up! The correct answer was camouflage
& GO TO "BED"
In math, it means raised to the third power
Time's up! The correct answer was cubed
ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL
Diamonds & graphite are both forms of this element
Time's up! The correct answer was carbon
U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
This "calm" lake village in New York State is often called "America's Switzerland"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Placid
COME TO OUR AIDE
Patrick Jephson, her aide in the 1990s, doesn't aid her reputation with his book "Shadows of a Princess"
Time's up! The correct answer was Princess Diana
SPACE MISSIONS
In 2008 the Phoenix Mars lander found ice on this region of the planet
Time's up! The correct answer was the poles
UNFORESEEN FINDS
In 1879 this was discovered when a scientist's food was found to be sweet from the residue of a coal tar experiment
Time's up! The correct answer was saccharin
BACH IN THE SADDLE
In his youth, Bach played this instrument in church & later was a virtuoso consulted in their crafting
Time's up! The correct answer was an organ
YOU'RE UNDER A "REST"
Quickly! (to an Italian)
Time's up! The correct answer was Presto
IT DON'T MEAN A "THING"
Raiment or apparel
Time's up! The correct answer was clothing
FAMOUS JACQUES
In 1995 he succeeded Francois Mitterand
Time's up! The correct answer was Jacques Chirac
MOVIE SONGS
1996: "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina"
Time's up! The correct answer was Evita
FEELING POSSESSIVE
Jason Robards played editor Ben Bradlee in this 1976 film
Time's up! The correct answer was All the President's Men
LITERATURE
The title of this 1965 Frank Herbert novel refers to the desert planet of Arrakis
Time's up! The correct answer was Dune
19th CENTURY LITERATURE
Oscar Wilde wrote "The Picture of Dorian Gray" & he wrote "The Portrait of A Lady"
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry James
PICK A PLANET
It's the third largest in our solar system
Time's up! The correct answer was Neptune
GENERAL SCIENCE
Of the 3 main classes of rock, this one is further divided into plutonic & volcanic types
Time's up! The correct answer was igneous
SPORTS EQUIPMENT
Until 1954 major league players could leave these on the field when it was their team's turn to bat
Time's up! The correct answer was Gloves
TOUGH STUFF
It includes the postcentral gyrus, the precentral gyrus, the parietal lobe & the occipital lobe
Time's up! The correct answer was Brain/skull
ANNUAL EVENTS
This state's Days of '47 Festival honors the day Brigham Young reached the Salt Lake Valley in 1847
Time's up! The correct answer was Utah
CHAD IS RAD
Refugees from the neighboring Darfur region of this country have fled into eastern Chad
Time's up! The correct answer was the Sudan
A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS
We don't see what was so good about this 2-word term for the worldwide 1930s economic disaster
Time's up! The correct answer was the Great Depression
BALLS
A target ball called a "pallino" is thrown first in this Italian ball game
Time's up! The correct answer was bocce
MANIAS
A dipsomaniac craves this, not guacamole
Time's up! The correct answer was Alcoholic Beverages
SHIPS
The Queen Elizabeth was a few feet lnger than this, her sister ship
Time's up! The correct answer was the Queen Mary
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE COMPANIES
Its original purpose was to insure people on journeys
Time's up! The correct answer was Travelers
MISCELLAN"IUM"
It's the muscle tissue that forms the middle layer of the heart's walls
Time's up! The correct answer was myocardium
LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS?
Embarrassingly but aptly, this baby doctor's name was synonymous with womb
Time's up! The correct answer was Uterus
WOMEN'S FIRSTS
Wilma Mankiller was the first woman to serve as principal chief of this Southeast Native American tribe
Time's up! The correct answer was the Cherokee
VACATION FUN
Soar above the treetops on the Skyfari aerial tram at this West Coast's city's famous zoo
Time's up! The correct answer was San Diego
THE BYRDS & THE BEAS
The only country in the world today with a reigning Queen Bea
Time's up! The correct answer was the Netherlands
TV STARS
Putting the Goth in "American Gothic", this rocker & his family starred in a hit MTV reality show in 2002
Time's up! The correct answer was Ozzy Osbourne
"GENERAL" JOB INFORMATION
It's the rank just below (the very model of a modern) major general
Time's up! The correct answer was brigadier general
OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS BY SPORT
1976: Nadia Comaneci; 2008: Nastia Liukin (champions all-around)
Time's up! The correct answer was gymnastics
HORNS
South America's southernmost point, its rocky terrain rises to a height of 1,391 feet
Time's up! The correct answer was Cape Horn
TBA
White smoke rising from the Vatican announces the election of a new one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Pope
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
GOOD CAUSES
A "Mission" to help the homeless is named for this Lower Manhattan street known as a skid row since the 1800s
Time's up! The correct answer was Bowery
ENGLISH LIT
In 1772 James Boswell told this author he intended to write his biography
Time's up! The correct answer was Doctor Samuel Johnson
THAT'S MY LAW
Snell's Law governs the angle of refraction of this as it passes from one medium to another
Time's up! The correct answer was Light
INLETS
This Chilean city whose name means "valley of paradise" lies on a wide inlet of the Pacific
Time's up! The correct answer was Valparaiso
3-LETTER WORDS
In geologic time one of these, shorter than an eon, is divided into periods & subdivided into epochs
Time's up! The correct answer was era
"ROCK"Y
Also called halite, this common mineral can be formed by the drying of enclosed bodies of seawater
Time's up! The correct answer was rock salt
WAR
During this 1967 war, Israeli troops under Moshe Dayan came within a stone's throw of Damascus, Syria
Time's up! The correct answer was the Six-Days War
FROG ANATOMY
The nictitating membrane is also called the third one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was the frog's eyelid
EU, THE EUROPEAN UNION
Elected every 5 years, it has 736 members from 7 parties
Time's up! The correct answer was Parliament
THE BIG APPLE
One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the city; this is the second tallest
Time's up! The correct answer was Two World Trade Center
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
DOUGH
No peeking! This building is portrayed on the back of the $20 bill
Time's up! The correct answer was the White House
WHAT TO WEAR
Christian Lacroix popularized the pouf type of this
Time's up! The correct answer was dress
ENGLAND, SCOTLAND OR WALES
The Cambrian Mountains cover most of it
Time's up! The correct answer was Wales
THE 19th CENTURY
On sale May 1, 1840, the first postage stamp with adhesive on the back had this person on the front
Time's up! The correct answer was Queen Victoria
"TEEN" SCENE
A holder for liquid, or a military base's general store
Time's up! The correct answer was a canteen
TINKER
"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" is a novel by this Brit
Time's up! The correct answer was le Carré
THE CONTINENTS
This continent has a lot of marsupials, like the native wombat
Time's up! The correct answer was Australia
WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS
1907: A Powhatan princess
Time's up! The correct answer was Pocahontas
WORLD MUSEUMS
Totem poles & Noh masks are at the Pitt Rivers Museum, given on condition that Oxford hire a lecturer on this -ology
Time's up! The correct answer was anthropology
THE SHORT VERSION
To a dog lover: ASPCA
Time's up! The correct answer was American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
This 1990 winner said it was "a recognition of what we call perestroika and innovative political thinking"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gorbachev
THIS IS JEOPARDY!
In 1984, he made the music video "I Lost On Jeopardy"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Weird Al" Yankovic
TRUE LIVES
Extra! Extra! Read all about this retired Washington Post publisher in "Personal History"
Time's up! The correct answer was Katharine Graham
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
ODDS & ENDS
To make these on your own, cube day-old bread, fry in butter, oil & garlic, then bake
Time's up! The correct answer was croutons
MOVIE MUSIC
In "Raise Your Voice", Hilary Duff sings this Handel oratorio about the Savior
Time's up! The correct answer was Messiah
QUOTATIONS
This talk show host said, "I admire, respect & adore authors" when she was honored for her book club
Time's up! The correct answer was Oprah
FRENCH ART & ARTISTS
Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun was noted for portraits of this queen, including the one with her children, seen here:
Time's up! The correct answer was Marie Antoinette
WORD"Z"
A granular form of this common mineral is used to make sandpaper
Time's up! The correct answer was quartz
UP IN THE AIR
From 30 to 50 miles up is this intermediate section of the atmosphere; it gets its name from the Greek for "middle"
Time's up! The correct answer was mesosphere
BIBLE BOOK BINDINGS
Losing ___ Washington
Time's up! The correct answer was Isiah
GANGSTER'S DICTIONARY
I hates it when the cops put these "bracelets" on me after a bust
Time's up! The correct answer was Handcuffs
GEOGRAPHY
A smaller canal connecting to this river brings fresh water to the Suez Canal
Time's up! The correct answer was the Nile
METALLICA
Among coinage metals, this one, atomic number 28, is only a fair conductor of electricity
Time's up! The correct answer was nickel
SHAMANISM ON YOU
The Warao Indians of South America believe this noisy shamanic gourd instrument has healing properties
Time's up! The correct answer was a rattle
4 N
"U" know it means not deliberate; I'm sorry, that slip of the tongue was completely this
Time's up! The correct answer was unintentional
STATE CAPITALS
This state capital is in the Green Mountains along the Winooski River
Time's up! The correct answer was Montpelier
GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY
Spectacular waterfalls in Guyana include one named for a British king of this name, who ruled 1901-10
Time's up! The correct answer was Edward
4-LETTER VERBS
To stop a leak or publicize a product
Time's up! The correct answer was plug
BARD BITS
Mark Antony called him "the noblest Roman of them all"
Time's up! The correct answer was Brutus
WON THE BATTLE
With 1/3 the troops of his enemy, this American general beat Santa Anna in the 1847 Battle of Buena Vista
Time's up! The correct answer was Taylor
ANATOMY
The only mobile bone of the face
Time's up! The correct answer was Mandible
THOSE WACKY GERMANS
From 1949 to 1990 Germany was split into 2 countries, which were called this
Time's up! The correct answer was East & West Germany
PERFUME
Mimosa, mayflower & musk mingle in this, Yves St. Laurent's "capital" perfume
Time's up! The correct answer was Paris
AT THE MALL
The name of this clothing store for teens is French for "airmail"
Time's up! The correct answer was Aéropostale
LITERATURE FOR KIDS
This author who wrote about "The Princess Who Could Not Laugh" made us smile with "Winnie-the-Pooh"
Time's up! The correct answer was A.A. Milne
MY SUITE
Go "trolling" with this Edvard Grieg suite that shares its name with an Ibsen work
Time's up! The correct answer was "Peer Gynt"
INTERNATIONAL RHYME TIME
The forehead of a German mrs.
Time's up! The correct answer was a Frau brow
2011 MOVIES
In "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" the name of the fictional drug ALZ112 indicates it's a possible treatment for this
Time's up! The correct answer was Alzheimer's
"N"ATIONS OF THE WORLD
On the first Monday in June, this Kiwi country celebrates the Queen's birthday, the queen being Elizabeth
Time's up! The correct answer was New Zealand
WORDS WITHIN WORDS
This capital city could be the climax of your world tour
Time's up! The correct answer was Lima
LITERATURE
"Eugenie Grandet" is considered one of the finest novels in his series "La Comedie Humaine"
Time's up! The correct answer was Balzac
SUPERHEROES
The dude seen here is the "Silver" one of this type of athletes
Time's up! The correct answer was surfers
SOME MORE SIMIAN CINEMA
Robert Guillaume provided the voice of Rafiki, the wise old baboon, in this 1994 film
Time's up! The correct answer was The Lion King
CROSSWORD CLUES "E"
Zealous, like a beaver (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was eager
EMBRACEABLE "U"
It's bordered by Kenya to the east & Sudan to the north
Time's up! The correct answer was Uganda
POTPOURRI
There are Blue & White branches of this African river
Time's up! The correct answer was the Nile
A SHAPELY CATEGORY
It's the more common 4-letter name for a regular hexahedron
Time's up! The correct answer was a cube
WHAM-O
Wham-O owners heard about Australian kids using a bamboo ring for exercise; it became this 1958 fad
Time's up! The correct answer was a Hula hoop
TELEVISION
"Cosmetic" name of the magazine that's the focus of "Just Shoot Me", or what its racier episodes may make you do
Time's up! The correct answer was Blush
FOOD CHAIN
"Dip Into Something Different" at the Melting Pot, found across the nation, & specializing in this Swiss dish
Time's up! The correct answer was fondue
CHEKHOV, PLEASE
He's known more formally as Ivan Voynitsky
Time's up! The correct answer was Uncle Vanya
"A" PLUS
From Greek words meaning "to watch from both sides", it's a large open arena for public entertainments
Time's up! The correct answer was amphitheatre
4 CONSONANTS IN A ROW
Hard coal that burns with little flame
Time's up! The correct answer was anthracite
THE 1990s
On January 4, 1995 he was sworn in as the first Republican speaker of the house in more than 40 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Newt Gingrich
ANCIENT VIP's
The period during which he ruled is often referred to as "The Golden Age of Athens"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pericles
POTPOURRI
The website for this Bureau of the Treasury department is www.moneyfactory.com
Time's up! The correct answer was the Bureau of Printing and Engraving
HEY, GOOD-LOOKIN'
Psalm 8 declares, "Out of the mouth of" these "and sucklings hast thou ordained strength"
Time's up! The correct answer was babes
FLAG 'EM DOWN
The Alamo is located in this city & is depicted on its flag
Time's up! The correct answer was San Antonio
BRAND NAMES
This sleek swimsuit brand got its start in Australia in 1928
Time's up! The correct answer was Speedo
MAGAZINES
Conan O'Brien was the first since Robert Benchley to be president of this Harvard humor magazine 2 straight years
Time's up! The correct answer was Harvard Lampoon
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
This "Messiah" composer's first job was as a church organist in Halle, Germany, at age 17
Time's up! The correct answer was Georg Handel
CROSSWORD CLUES "H"
He who does it is lost (9)
Time's up! The correct answer was Hesitates
BIRDS! BIRDS! BIRDS!
A national symbol, this endangered bird has been making a comeback in recent years
Time's up! The correct answer was Bald eagle
EDIBLES INSTANT REPLAY REVIEW
This notoriously smelly cheese whose last U.S. maker is in Monroe, Wisconsin was fumbled on aisle 3
Time's up! The correct answer was Limburger
PRIME NUMBERS
Fear of this prime number is called triskaidekaphobia
Time's up! The correct answer was 13
HOUSES OF WORSHIP
The world's largest mosque is Shah Faisal Mosque near this Pakistani capital; it can hold 100,000 worshippers
Time's up! The correct answer was Islamabad
"B" IN GEOGRAPHY
It's the capital of Catalonia
Time's up! The correct answer was Barcelona
THE CIVIL WAR
Heavy casualties at Shiloh led to calls for his firing, but Lincoln said, "I can't spare this man; he fights"
Time's up! The correct answer was Grant
DANCE
Late black choreographer whose American Dance Theatre became multiracial in the 1960s
Time's up! The correct answer was Alvin Ailey
IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING
It's the activity you're participating in if you're instructed to "swing your partner, do-si-do"
Time's up! The correct answer was square dancing
SENIOR SENATORS
This man has 26 years of seniority on his fellow West Virginia senator Jay Rockefeller
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Byrd
EDGAR AWARD WINNERS
"The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" got him the Edgar
Time's up! The correct answer was John le Carré
THAT'S SO '90s
His 1997 meeting with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams was the first for a British P.M. & an IRA leader in 76 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Tony Blair
CliffsNotes
Frenchman swipes some bread, gets 19 years, gets out, gets pursued by a cop who dies
Time's up! The correct answer was "Les Miserables"
EARLY AMERICA
In 1562, in what is now S.C., these French Protestants established a colony named Port Royal
Time's up! The correct answer was the Huguenots
POLITICAL SLOGANS
“Hell no, we won't go” was a chant often heard at rallies against this war
Time's up! The correct answer was Vietnam War
SWEET TREATS
Nestle says over 125,000 tons of these chocolate chip cookies are baked in the home every year
Time's up! The correct answer was Toll House Cookies
PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING DRAMAS
In 1989 her "Heidi Chronicles" was the story of the night; sadly she passed away in 2006
Time's up! The correct answer was Wasserstein
FOOD FACTS
This word was once used for the meat of any hunted animal; now it refers to deer meat
Time's up! The correct answer was venison
FAMOUS JACQUES
His 1959 film "The Golden Fish" won him an Oscar
Time's up! The correct answer was Cousteau
"PU"
Oscar De La Hoya or Evander Holyfield
Time's up! The correct answer was Pugilist
POP CULTURE
This man who died in 1918 was Snoopy's cursed nemesis in "Peanuts"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Red Baron
U.S. PRESIDENTS
In the campaign slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too", he's Tippecanoe
Time's up! The correct answer was William Henry Harrison
WORDS IN (THE) ENCYCLOPEDIA
Genetic duplicate
Time's up! The correct answer was clone
JULIA ROBERTS FILM FEST
The 2 movies in which Julia starred opposite Richard Gere
Time's up! The correct answer was Pretty Woman & Runaway Bride
"X", "Y", "Z"
It's a kind of striped mussel as well as a striped equine
Time's up! The correct answer was a zebra
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
On the web you can find A. Claude Ferguson's masterful manual on playing these eating utensils
Time's up! The correct answer was Spoons
MONEY SLANG
The shell of this mollusk is composed chiefly of calcium carbonate
Time's up! The correct answer was a clam
SNAP
Along with Snap, they've been appearing on boxes of Rice Krispies since the 1930s
Time's up! The correct answer was Crackle & Pop
CALIFORNIA HERE I COME FILMS
In this 1995 film, Whoopi, Mary-Louise & Drew head to San Diego
Time's up! The correct answer was Boys on the Side
PHYSICS 101
In the 19th C. Rudolf Clausius coined this word for measuring increasing disorder in a system
Time's up! The correct answer was entropy
BICYCLES
In the 1984 Olympics, Alexi Grewal won a gold medal in cycling for this country
Time's up! The correct answer was the United States
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
MUSICAL BY CHARACTERS
Rolf Gruber & Mother Abbess of Nonnberg Abbey
Time's up! The correct answer was The Sound of Music
MISCELLAN"IUM"
It's the muscle tissue that forms the middle layer of the heart's walls
Time's up! The correct answer was myocardium
GREECE
The popular dish moussaka is layers of ground meat & this vegetable
Time's up! The correct answer was eggplant
DICE ROLL NICKNAMES
Acey-Deucy
Time's up! The correct answer was 1 & 2
"HIGH" SCHOOL
Acolytes, a subdeacon & a choir take part in this Catholic service
Time's up! The correct answer was high mass
NEW WEAPONS
The FA-18E/F is the "Super" version of this high-tech U.S. Navy fighter jet with a wasplike name
Time's up! The correct answer was a Hornet
LANGUAGES
All of the Romance languages have their roots in this language
Time's up! The correct answer was Latin
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"
WORLD HISTORY
In 1832 Otto, a Bavarian prince, was named the first king of this Balkan country
Time's up! The correct answer was Greece
I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU
Neil Gaiman wrote, "Now slip, now slide, now move unseen, above, beneath, betwixt," this
Time's up! The correct answer was between
THE TITANIC
The first warning of the iceberg came at 11:40 P.M. from Fred Fleet, the lookout in this platform high above the deck
Time's up! The correct answer was the crow's nest
MAMMALS
It makes sense that these proud & powerful mammals live in groups called prides
Time's up! The correct answer was lions
"P.B."
This Latin term used for some legal services means "for the good"
Time's up! The correct answer was pro bono
"TABLE"S
If you can still walk while your buddy is falling down intoxicated, you have done this to him
Time's up! The correct answer was Drink him under the table
RADIO DISNEY
"Everybody Else" knows these huggable toys precede "On Fire" in the name of a Radio Disney top 30 band; do you?
Time's up! The correct answer was Care Bears
THE ENVIRONMENT
An animal fills an ecological one of these in a community, from the French for "nest"
Time's up! The correct answer was niche
5 BANDS
2 members of this '70s "Ramblin' Man" band died in bike crashes, a year apart & within 3 blocks of each other
Time's up! The correct answer was The Allman Brothers Band
JAZZ IT UP
We think jazzman Ron Carter is this kind of "guy"; we know he plays the same kind of bass
Time's up! The correct answer was stand-up guy
BATTLE TO NAME THE WAR
The Battle of Stalingrad
Time's up! The correct answer was World War II
"V" IS FOR
...this, like Paricutin in Mexico
Time's up! The correct answer was volcano
1988
After 32 years in power, Janos Kadar was ousted as first secretary of this country's Communist Party
Time's up! The correct answer was Hungary
ARCHITECTS
Cass Gilbert designed this merchant's NYC skyscraper for 270,000,000 nickels or 135,000,000 dimes
Time's up! The correct answer was F.W. Woolworth
SPORTS HOME CITIES
The NFL's Saints
Time's up! The correct answer was New Orleans
RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS
Right effort, right speech & right action are 3 parts of this noble Buddhist way
Time's up! The correct answer was Eightfold Path
SPORTS
Tennis serve that touches net before dropping into proper court, it's replayed
Time's up! The correct answer was a let ball
NICKNAMES
"The King of Ragtime"
Time's up! The correct answer was Scott Joplin
POP MUSIC
In "Take Me Home, Country Roads", John Denver sang, "Almost heaven," this state
Time's up! The correct answer was West Virginia
CLASSIC MOVIE SPECIAL EFFECTS
1998: Bullet trails in the water showcase the horror of the Normandy invasion
Time's up! The correct answer was Saving Private Ryan
CREATION STORIES
Scholars link Egyptian creation myths to the sun apparently fertilizing this river's slime
Time's up! The correct answer was the Nile
BUT IS IT ART?
It can be a gamble to hang the well-known image of dogs playing this card game
Time's up! The correct answer was Poker
MUSEUM HOPPING
Before going "Out Of Africa", you might visit the museum devoted to this author near Nairobi
Time's up! The correct answer was Isak Dinesen
WHO'S ON FIRST?
Sundays from 1984 to 1995, "60 Minutes" led into this CBS crime drama--guess Jessica finally got tired of writing
Time's up! The correct answer was Murder, She Wrote
LITERATURE FOR KIDS
This author who wrote about "The Princess Who Could Not Laugh" made us smile with "Winnie-the-Pooh"
Time's up! The correct answer was A.A. Milne
HEY, "BABY"
Smallest form of a large piano
Time's up! The correct answer was a baby grand
MAGAZINES
In titles, this word follows Southern, Country & Martha Stewart
Time's up! The correct answer was Living
OFFICIAL STATE THINGS
This "sweet" state tree of Vermont is an important source of syrup
Time's up! The correct answer was sugar maple
FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME
Mrs. Bush's luminous radiations
Time's up! The correct answer was Laura's auras
BRITISH HISTORY
Founder of the nursing profession, she was named after the city in which she was born
Time's up! The correct answer was Florence Nightingale
CONTAINERS
The American Heritage Dict.'s 1st pronunciation for this word rhymes it with "lace"; another with, with "bras"
Time's up! The correct answer was vase
ISRAEL
Home to spectacular ruins, Caesarea was founded around 20 B.C. & named for this Caesar
Time's up! The correct answer was Augustus
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
I KNOW THAT SONG
"Whenever we go out, the people always shout, there goes" this man
Time's up! The correct answer was John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
OXYMORONS
The "double" version of this card game for one requires 2 players
Time's up! The correct answer was solitaire