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HEIR
Charlene, sole heir of the late Alfred of this Dutch brewing giant, is worth $4.9 billion
Time's up! The correct answer was Heineken
NONFICTION
In 2010 this former First Lady published the memoir "Spoken from the Heart"
Time's up! The correct answer was Laura Bush
WON THE BATTLE
After Perry met the enemy in the September 1813 battle of this great lake, they were ours
Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Erie
THE MIDDLE AGES
Imprisoned in Genoa, he dictated an account of his visit to the court of Kublai Khan
Time's up! The correct answer was Marco Polo
THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS
Shopkeepers aren't meeting when "introducing the shoemaker to the tailor" -- you've just done this to someone's rear
Time's up! The correct answer was kicked it
ROGUE
In 2000 Zalmay Khalizad, future U.S. envoy here, Talibandied its name about in "Consolidation of a Rogue State"
Time's up! The correct answer was Afghanistan
NAME THE OPERA
("La Dona e Mobile")
Time's up! The correct answer was "Rigoletto"
FRANCE
"Jet" over to this largest Paris place, site of the guillotine during the French Revolution
Time's up! The correct answer was the Place de la Concorde
FOREIGN
If Popeye spoke Hebrew he'd ask for tered, this
Time's up! The correct answer was spinach
NONFICTION
HBO's miniseries "John Adams" was based on this author's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography
Time's up! The correct answer was David McCullough
FLOWERS
In song, Colorado is where these bluish & white state flowers grow
Time's up! The correct answer was the Rocky Mountain columbines
IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY
Brunei
Time's up! The correct answer was Malaysia
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
YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS STUFF
In the '30s she starred in "The Little Princess", "The Little Colonel" & "Little Miss Marker"
Time's up! The correct answer was Shirley Temple
LSU
"All The King's Men" know this first poet laureate of the U.S. was editor of LSU's Southern Review
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Penn Warren
GOING DUTCH
Driving through the Netherlands? You should know a sign that says "Parkeerverbod" means this
Time's up! The correct answer was No Parking
HAMMERS
Up to a few years ago it was the emblem of the Soviet Union
Time's up! The correct answer was Hammer & sickle
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
ADVERTISING SLOGANS
This maker of pre-school toys says, "Our work is child's play"
Time's up! The correct answer was Fisher-Price
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC "B"
The Vistula River flows north through Poland into this sea
Time's up! The correct answer was Baltic
JULIA ROBERTS FILM FEST
(Hi, I'm Leonard Maltin) I like to think of this 2000 Julia Roberts movie as an "Energetic, engaging David vs. Goliath story"
Time's up! The correct answer was Erin Brockovich
EUROPE
Some 40% of this country's land has been reclaimed from the sea
Time's up! The correct answer was the Netherlands
ACTORS WHO DIRECT
"A Bronx Tale"
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert De Niro
DON'T BE A PAIN
To control pain, some patients try this technique in which they monitor their body functions & try to alter them
Time's up! The correct answer was biofeedback
BIG, REALLY BIG!
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew) In 1996 a 505 X 255-foot flag decorated this structure seen here in the West
Time's up! The correct answer was the Hoover Dam
BUSINESS BUDDIES
This maker of optical products borrowed money from his good friend Henry Lomb, but it turned out okay
Time's up! The correct answer was Bausch
U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
During the Civil War, this river was called the "Backbone of the Confederacy"; it was guarded by several forts
Time's up! The correct answer was the Mississippi
CHILDREN'S AUTHORS
In 1896 he said his mother had lost her childhood at 8; he "knew a time would come when I also must give up the games"
Time's up! The correct answer was J.M. Barrie
FOR WHOM THE "BELL" TOLLS
Facial nerve paralysis on one side
Time's up! The correct answer was Bell's palsy
CARBON CREDITS
This carbon isotope, 2 down from radiocarbon, is the standard for the relative atomic mass of other elements
Time's up! The correct answer was C-12
WHY SO BLUE?
This jeweler's blue box is a registered trademark
Time's up! The correct answer was Tiffany
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
"CAR" PARK
Title of Oliver Goldsmith's title man "of Wakefield"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Vicar
THE ROLLING STONES
The Rolling Stones took their name from a song by this legendary blues musician
Time's up! The correct answer was Muddy Waters
ANIMAL PLANET
A bean with mottled markings shares its name with this equine
Time's up! The correct answer was Pinto
PICK A PLANET
It was the first to be discovered with the aid of the telescope
Time's up! The correct answer was Uranus
THE 23rd PSALM
They're the first 5 words of the psalm
Time's up! The correct answer was The Lord is my shepherd
GRAINS & STAPLES
Basmati, an aromatic type of this grain, is grown in India
Time's up! The correct answer was rice
ABBREVIATED STATES
State whose abbreviation is also a cabinet department that was formed in 1989
Time's up! The correct answer was Virginia
MEN OF MUSIC
In 1908 Oscar Strauss turned this playwright's "Arms and the Man" into the operetta "The Chocolate Soldier"
Time's up! The correct answer was Shaw
3-LETTER THE BETTER
What a film reel is stored in; hence something finished is "in" it
Time's up! The correct answer was the can
PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY
It's Jimmy Carter's sign, so don't tip his scales
Time's up! The correct answer was Libra
MUSEUM HOPPING
MoMA Mia! It houses such masterpieces as "Starry Night" & Cezanne's "Bather"
Time's up! The correct answer was Museum of Modern Art
BETTER KNOWN AS...
WWII radio propagandist Iva D'Aquino
Time's up! The correct answer was "Tokyo Rose"
OSCAR WINNERS & NOMINEES ON TV
This Oscar winner for "The Piano" plays a feisty Oklahoma City police detective on TNT's "Saving Grace"
Time's up! The correct answer was Holly Hunter
KIDS IN BOOKS
This collie was the faithful friend of a kid named Joe in a book by British novelist Eric Knight
Time's up! The correct answer was Lassie
PRESIDENTS IN THE CABINET
While Secretary of State from 1811 to 1817, he might have been asked, "What's up, doctrine?"
Time's up! The correct answer was James Monroe
...& THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON!
This "stately" horse has 3 gaits; the flat-foot walk, the running walk & the canter
Time's up! The correct answer was the Tennessee walking horse
COMMON SIMILES
Ironically, something incomprehensible is said to be "as clear as" this 3-letter word
Time's up! The correct answer was mud
BEGINS & ENDS WITH "T"
It's the period between sunset & dark when the sun is just below the horizon
Time's up! The correct answer was Twilight
"O"PERA
Disney World crowds might go nuts for this title knight, aka Roland, made famous by both Hande & Vivaldi
Time's up! The correct answer was Orlando
PSYCHOLOGY
In 1935 he founded the Swiss Society for Practical Psychology & became its president
Time's up! The correct answer was Carl Jung
OLYMPIC POTPOURRI
The name of this equestrian event is French for "training"; it doesn't refer to a garment
Time's up! The correct answer was Dressage
RENAISSANCE LITERATURE
This book begins, "All states and dominions which hold or have held mankind are either republics or monarchies"
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Prince"
DOWN AT THE OLD FACTORY
Havana's Real Fabrica de Tabacos Partagas has been turning these out since 1845
Time's up! The correct answer was cigars
WAITER!
I'm in the mood for a little Italian: how 'bout an order of anitra all'aranci, this fowl cooked in orange sauce
Time's up! The correct answer was duck
FRANCE
Just south of Champagne is this other potent potable-named region, a former duchy
Time's up! The correct answer was Burgundy
BOTANY
The flowers of this lawn weed, Taraxacum oficinale, are sometimes used to make wine
Time's up! The correct answer was dandelions
NOT A POPE
Dominicus I, Honorius I, Innocent I
Time's up! The correct answer was Dominicus I
HISTORIC QUOTES
In 1830 Daniel Webster told the Senate, "Liberty and" this, "now and forever, one and inseparable"
Time's up! The correct answer was Union
CLOTHING WORDS
A score of 22-22, for instance
Time's up! The correct answer was tie
THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS
Something that's the first son's due; Esau sold his
Time's up! The correct answer was birthright
"DREAM"Y SONGS
In 1959 Bobby Darin wailed, "Every night I hope and pray", she "will come my way"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Dream Lover"
WHO PLAYED 'EM
1999 & 2002: Mini-Me
Time's up! The correct answer was Verne Troyer
WOOD & WIND
This Frost poem ends with "And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
WORDS OF THE WRITER
"'Do all lawyers defend n-negroes, Atticus?' 'Of course they do, Scout'"
Time's up! The correct answer was Harper Lee
MUSIC/TELEVISION
Going from Salt-N-Pepa to Dr. Pepa, the musician was in the house counseling Janice Dickinson on this VH1 reality show
Time's up! The correct answer was The Surreal Life
THE GODFATHER
After the death of his mother, this future poet was taken in by his godfather John Allan in 1811
Time's up! The correct answer was Poe
FLEETS
This company's fleet has included the Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, & Queen Elizabeth II
Time's up! The correct answer was Cunard
NOT A CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITAL
Istanbul, Ottawa, Amman
Time's up! The correct answer was Istanbul
TBA
A teary-eyed person, or the announcer of the latest village news
Time's up! The correct answer was Crier
FEMINISM
The profession of Mary Prance in Henry James' 1886 "The Bostonians", it was about 1/5 female in Boston at the time
Time's up! The correct answer was a physician
THE 1980s
Representative Jim Wright resigned this congressional office & his seat in the House
Time's up! The correct answer was Speaker of the House
GREECE
The prosperous 5th century B.C. in Greece is better known as this
Time's up! The correct answer was the Golden Age
MOVIE CITIES
2008's "The Mysteries of ____" was based on a novel
Time's up! The correct answer was Pittsburgh
4-LETTER WORDS
It's a song of praise, like "Rock Of Ages"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hymn
SEXPERTISE
Kim Campbell, Kim Philby, Kim Jong Il
Time's up! The correct answer was Kim Campbell
LITERARY CHARACTERS
This Sinclair Lewis real estate broker is a member of the Zenith civic booster club
Time's up! The correct answer was George Babbitt
MS.
Nancy Ross, Angela Davis, & Geraldine Ferraro all sought this office in 1984
Time's up! The correct answer was vice president
IRAQNOPHOBIA
The ancient Greeks gave the area between the Tigris & Euphrates this name, which means "between rivers"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mesopotamia
MAD
Back in the '60s Sue Kaufman wrote the "Diary of a Mad" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Housewife
BEGINNING & END
Like a door, a Broadway show does these 2 things
Time's up! The correct answer was open & close
MR. TEA
The last Dutch governor of New Netherland, he introduced tea to America around 1647
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Stuyvesant
IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING
Cool, Daddy-O! The 1939 autobiography by this bandleader was titled "The Kingdom of Swing"
Time's up! The correct answer was Benny Goodman
THE TEENS
Sonnets are rhymed poems with this many lines
Time's up! The correct answer was 14
READING
President Carter has been among the many users of this woman's "Reading Dynamics" system
Time's up! The correct answer was Evelyn Wood
LANGUAGES
More than 375 languages & dialects are spoken in this country's Madhya Pradesh state
Time's up! The correct answer was India
SHAKESPEARE
Macduff tells us, "Not in the legions of horrid hell can come a devil more damn'd in evils to top" this man
Time's up! The correct answer was the Macbeth
LITERARY FIRST LINES
1843: "Marley was dead: to begin with"
Time's up! The correct answer was "A Christmas Carol"
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
NOVEL QUOTES
The novel that gave us the famous phrase "Tous pour un, un pour tous"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Three Musketeers
GEHRY
In 1989 Gehry was awarded this prize commonly referred to as "The Nobel of Architecture"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Pritzker Prize
I KNOW THAT WORD BACKWARDS & FORWARDS
To make an allusion to something
Time's up! The correct answer was refer
IT'S A DOGGY DOG WORLD
If this Norwegian breed had originated in North America, it would be called the moosehound
Time's up! The correct answer was Elkhound
AUTHORS
This Dr. Dolittle creator studied civil engineering at M.I.T.
Time's up! The correct answer was Hugh Lofting
SOMETHIN' TO "C"
Oscar & Felix were an "odd" one
Time's up! The correct answer was Couple
19th CENTURY LITERATURE
Edward Bellamy's 1888 book "Looking Backward" sends a man to this year & doesn't mention computer bugs
Time's up! The correct answer was 2000
STARTS WITH "P"
Movie that featured the following music
Time's up! The correct answer was Picnic
FOOD
Butternut refers to both an actual nut & this type of gourd
Time's up! The correct answer was squash
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
AROUND THE POKER TABLE WITH SLIM
To do this in stud poker, Slim turns all his cards face down
Time's up! The correct answer was Fold
THE OBLIGATORY POETRY CATEGORY
In a poem titled for the date when Germany invaded Poland, W.H. Auden called this "A low dishonest decade"
Time's up! The correct answer was 1930s
OFFICIAL STATE THINGS
Extinct? You bet. But this "3-lobed" arthropod has crawled into history as Wisconsin's state fossil
Time's up! The correct answer was trilobite
ORDINAL NUMBER, PLEASE
(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE): Street in the title of the following: (audio clue - instrumental)
Time's up! The correct answer was "42nd Street"
RUBY
Harry Ruby & Bert Kalmar wrote this classic song about "eight little letters which simply mean I love you"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Three Little Words"
NEBRASKA, NEW YORK OR NORTH DAKOTA
The largest in area
Time's up! The correct answer was Nebraska
LISA
In 1997 Lisa Pollak won a Pulitzer Prize reporting for this Baltimore newspaper where H.L. Mencken once worked
Time's up! The correct answer was the Baltimore Sun
TRANSLATION EXERCISES
Yiddish to French: The polite "a sheynem dank"
Time's up! The correct answer was merci beaucoup
"O" YOU ANIMAL!
The Pacific species of this has an arm span of up to 33 feet
Time's up! The correct answer was Octopus
WARNER BROS.
Former mortuary entrepreneur Steve Ross negotiated Warners' 1989 merger with this publisher
Time's up! The correct answer was Time
MILITARY SLANG
This 2-word term, also a movie title, is slang for Navy Fighter Weapons School
Time's up! The correct answer was Top Gun
MAGIC
According to tradition, this prop used by magicians should be made of hazel wood cut at sunrise
Time's up! The correct answer was a wand
POLITICS
During his record 11 years as FDR's Sec'y of State, this Tennessean conceived the idea of the United Nations
Time's up! The correct answer was Hull
RODENTS
A S. Am. delicacy, this water-dwelling herbivore was declared a fish by the Vatican so it could be eaten during Lent
Time's up! The correct answer was a capybara
AROUND WASHINGTON, D.C.
It was once known as "Presidents Park" but perhaps this name for it looks better on a "Marquis"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lafayette Park
ASTROLOGY
The only moon in our solar system that astrologists say has an influence circles this planet
Time's up! The correct answer was the Earth
OSCARS OF THE '70s
For her portrayal of Greta Ohlsson in a 1974 mystery, this legendary actress scored her third Oscar
Time's up! The correct answer was Ingrid Bergman
ALSO SOMETHING YOU WEAR
When followed by "down", it means to eat voraciously
Time's up! The correct answer was scarf
STATE: THE OBVIOUS
It's the state whose shape is seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Nevada
DICTATORS & TYRANTS
By murdering all his brothers around 1413, Mehmed I took power as the fifth ruler of this empire
Time's up! The correct answer was the Ottoman Empire
THE 23rd PSALM
They're the first 5 words of the psalm
Time's up! The correct answer was The Lord is my shepherd
ACTION!
The action of a boy can ring a girl's bell, & the action of these can ring a buoy's bell
Time's up! The correct answer was a wave
DOUGH
Chile uses this basic unit of currency
Time's up! The correct answer was a peso
THEY'RE ON CABLE
James Roday is Shawn Spencer, a police consultant who pretends to have otherworldly powers, on this comedic series
Time's up! The correct answer was Psych
TRAVEL & TOURISM
The International UFO Museum & Research Center is in this New Mexico city where some say UFOs have landed
Time's up! The correct answer was Roswell
AUTHORS
In September 1941 this author christened the warship Atlanta, also known as "The Mighty A"
Time's up! The correct answer was Margaret Mitchell
"PRO"NOUNS
The "dry" period in which the 18th Amendment was in force
Time's up! The correct answer was Prohibition
WORLD LEADERS
It's prime minister Mr. Tuila'Epa, won a silver medal in archery at the 2007 South Pacific Games
Time's up! The correct answer was Samoa
NAME THE WORK
O. Henry: "Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present"
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Gift of the Magi"
THERE ARE SOME STRINGS ATTACHED
On this pre-piano item played by Lurch on TV, the strings are plucked by points connected with the keys
Time's up! The correct answer was a harpsichord
RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME
Around the time of a veiled Muslim garment for women
Time's up! The correct answer was circa burka
MISSING LINKS
Curry ____ Keg
Time's up! The correct answer was powder
ALL IN YOUR MIND
Erik Erikson's concept of this type of "crisis", in which you're not sure who you are, is associated with adolescence
Time's up! The correct answer was identity crisis
POLITICAL SLOGANS
In 1912, this pres. candidate declared, “We stand at Armageddon, & we battle for the Lord”
Time's up! The correct answer was Teddy Roosevelt
LITERARY SISTERS
While in a cataleptic trance, Roderick's sister Madeline is buried alive in this Poe story
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Fall of the House of Usher"
TELEVISION
"Dragnet"'s Jack Webb also developed this police series starring Martin Milner & Kent McCord
Time's up! The correct answer was "Adam-12"
CLIMBING
In "Vertical Limit" Robin Tunney is menaced by this high-altitude condition of fluid leaking into the lungs
Time's up! The correct answer was pulmonary edema
FACTS & FIGURES
Since 1970 the number of U.S. men aged 25-34 still living here has increased from 10% to 15%
Time's up! The correct answer was at home
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
THE HOUND OF MUSIC
Songwriter Scott English started an urban myth when he jokingly said this 1975 Barry Manilow No. 1 hit was about a dog
Time's up! The correct answer was "Mandy"
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
STRING THEORY 101
A 1942 big band hit was entitled "String Of" these
Time's up! The correct answer was "String Of Pearls"
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
Ecuador & Venezuela observe the birth of this "George Washington of South America" each July 24
Time's up! The correct answer was Simon Bolivar
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
SATURDAY
Founded in 1932 as The Palestine Post, this morning paper appears daily, except for Saturday
Time's up! The correct answer was The Jerusalem Post
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
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
THEATRE AROUND THE WORLD
There's a "method" behind his founding of the Moscow Art Theatre with Nemirovich-Danchenko
Time's up! The correct answer was Stanislavski
PRESIDENTIAL FINAL MOMENTS
The end finally came for this Pres. in Elberon, New Jersey from blood posioning after being shot
Time's up! The correct answer was Garfield
CARTOONS
On screen, he's a "tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff"
Time's up! The correct answer was Winnie the Pooh
"YN"
A Jewish house of worship
Time's up! The correct answer was a synagogue
JULY
In July 1893 this president underwent a secret operation to remove part of his jaw due to cancer
Time's up! The correct answer was Grover Cleveland
1800
France got this territory back from Spain in 1800, saying it wouldn't transfer it again to anyone but Spain
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana
MEDICINE
The term "strep", as in strep throat, is short for this type of bacteria
Time's up! The correct answer was Streptococcus
THE LAND
The name of this state is from Choctaw & means it's the land of the "red people"
Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma
ANIMAL PLANET
You'll have a leg up if you know this is the correct term for a baby hippo
Time's up! The correct answer was Calf
THE NEW TESTAMENT
This son of a Jewish mother & a Greek father is also called Timotheus
Time's up! The correct answer was Timothy
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
A Mrs., in Munich (4)
Time's up! The correct answer was Frau
KNOTS TO YOU
The Honda is a slip knot used by cowboys to make this tool of the trade
Time's up! The correct answer was Lasso
ABBREVIATED
A "green" government group: EPA
Time's up! The correct answer was Environmental Protection Agency
CONTAINERS
"Amorous" name of a 2-handled wine vessel or sporting trophy
Time's up! The correct answer was loving cup
SHAKESPEAREAN WORDS
Polonius uses the word "outbreak" about Laertes' fiery mind, not this title character
Time's up! The correct answer was Hamlet
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
BASEBALL
In Los Angeles, the Dodgers have had only these 2 managers
Time's up! The correct answer was Walter Alston & Tommy Lasorda
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
IT BORDERS INDIA
This nation to India's north is also the only other nation with a Hindu population of more than 80%
Time's up! The correct answer was Nepal
AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
A 1994 festival honoring this country featured the Tjapukai Aboriginal Dance Company
Time's up! The correct answer was Australia
THE 20th CENTURY
In 1940, at age 5, Tenzin Gyatso was enthroned as the 14th one of these spiritual leaders
Time's up! The correct answer was Dalai Lama
THE VIRTUES
It was the "T" in the 19th century's WCTU
Time's up! The correct answer was Temperance
A BUNCH OF "GREAT" LEADERS
During the Seven Years' War, this king gained great military prestige & land for Prussia
Time's up! The correct answer was Frederick the Great
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
Papua New Guinea is just off this country's Cape York Peninsula
Time's up! The correct answer was Australia
WHEN THE SAINTS
Santa Rosa de Lima is honored with festivals each August 30 in this country where she's patron saint
Time's up! The correct answer was Peru
REEL MOTHERS
Kathleen Turner is a psychopathic housewife on a killing spree in this 1994 John Waters comedy
Time's up! The correct answer was Serial Mom
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
SOMETHING'S FISHY
Less than half an inch long, this tiniest fish is found in the Indian Ocean, not in an Asian desert
Time's up! The correct answer was a goby
BALLET
The longer "romantic" version of this ballet garment was inspired by the one Taglioni wore in the 1830s
Time's up! The correct answer was tutu
EMBRACEABLE "U"
In a hit song by the Irish Rovers, these animals didn't make it onto Noah's Ark
Time's up! The correct answer was Unicorns
SPORTS
Except for 1995, the NHL scoring title has gone to either Wayne Gretzky or this Penguins star the past 16 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Mario Lemieux
BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS
1976: "A Single Colorado Mountain"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rocky
THE ICU
3-letter abbreviation for the ICU machine seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was EKG
GAMBLING
Next to slots, Nevada casinos make more money from this game than any other, nearly $3/4 billion in 1985
Time's up! The correct answer was blackjack
CORPORATE SPORTS VENUES
3-letter corporate name that's on the Indianapolis venue seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was RCA Dome
HORSE SENSE
Buck, ridden by James Arness on "Gunsmoke", was later used by Lorne Greene on this series
Time's up! The correct answer was Bonanza
PAINTERS
His "Potato Eaters" was inspired by the time he spent as a missionary in the coal-mining region of Belgium in his mid-20s
Time's up! The correct answer was Van Gogh
1957
As the Teamsters' vice president, he was indicted for bribery, conspiracy & obstruction of justice
Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Hoffa
BIG BANDS
"Royal" bandleader whose first two names were Edward Kennedy
Time's up! The correct answer was Duke Ellington
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
"DON'T" YOU KNOW THIS SONG?
If you've given up, stop! & tell us this Tom Petty song that won the Best Special Effects MTV Music Video Award in '85
Time's up! The correct answer was "Don't Come Around Here No More"
CURRENT BLACK PRESIDENTS
Taking over from his assassinated father in 2001, Joseph Kabila is the president of this country abbreviated D.R.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was the Democratic Republic of the Congo
THE 14th CENTURY
In the 1350s this Moorish palace was completed in Granada, Spain
Time's up! The correct answer was Alhambra
GREEK LIFE
Patricia Storace titled her 1996 book on travels in Greece "Dinner with" this goddess of the underworld
Time's up! The correct answer was Persephone
TELEVISION
"Freddy's Nightmares", a horror anthology that debuted in 1988, was based on this movie series
Time's up! The correct answer was Nightmare on Elm Street
PRESIDENTIAL FINAL MOMENTS
He shuffled off this mortal coil in Warm Springs, GA from a cerebral hemorrhage
Time's up! The correct answer was FDR
TRANSPORTATION
Since 1899 these stalwart animals used in transport have served as the mascots of the Army Corps of Cadets
Time's up! The correct answer was mules
AMERICAN AUTHORS
Under the name Laura Bancroft, he wrote about Twinkle & Chubbins in Nature Fairyland after taking us to Oz
Time's up! The correct answer was L. Frank Baum
BUSY AS A BEAVER
Grey Beaver is the first master of this Jack London wolf-dog
Time's up! The correct answer was White Fang
NOT A POPE
Romanus I, Julius I, Caesar III
Time's up! The correct answer was Caesar III
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
CALL OUT THE VOICE SQUAD
He was the voice of Mickey Mouse in "Steamboat Willie"
Time's up! The correct answer was Walt Disney
SCIENCE CLASS
During this plant process, carbon dioxide & water combine with light energy to create oxygen & glucose
Time's up! The correct answer was photosynthesis
INTERNATIONAL NAMES
4 times married, ex-German leader Gerhard Schroeder is aka Audi Man, for the car's symbol of 4 of these
Time's up! The correct answer was rings
BRIDGES
This bridge in Venice connects the doge's palace with the old state prison
Time's up! The correct answer was Bridge of Sighs
ENGLISH LIT
Among his historical novels are "I, Claudius" & "Claudius the God"
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Graves
& GO TO "BED"
Native Americans called this fence material the "Devil's rope"
Time's up! The correct answer was barbed wire
WORLD "P"s
World Heritage sites in this nation include the Nasca Lines
Time's up! The correct answer was Peru
MILITARY UNITS
From the medieval Latin for "army", it's a large fleet like the one Admiral Howard faced in 1588
Time's up! The correct answer was an armada
"DREAM"Y SONGS
In 1959 Bobby Darin wailed, "Every night I hope and pray", she "will come my way"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Dream Lover"
MAGNETO
Around 1904 this Norwegian explorer confirmed that the Earth's magnetic poles are not fixed
Time's up! The correct answer was Amundsen
YOU MUST BE JOKING
When singing "The Star-Spangled Banner", Pavarotti & Domingo could change the first line to this for Mr. Carreras
Time's up! The correct answer was Jose, can you see by the dawn's early light
SOMETHING'S FISHY
The black type of this fish with a woman's name is a striking addition to any aquarium
Time's up! The correct answer was a molly
HEIR
Charlene, sole heir of the late Alfred of this Dutch brewing giant, is worth $4.9 billion
Time's up! The correct answer was Heineken
PRISONS
Nazi Rudolf Hess in 1941 & the notorious Kray twins in 1952 were among the last people briefly held here
Time's up! The correct answer was the Tower of London
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
It's the lowest, flattest & smallest continent
Time's up! The correct answer was Australia
YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT!
Counsel is being argumentative, also known as doing this to the witness, as seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was badgering
BOY MEETS WORLD
At 16 in 1785, this future first consul became head of his family & graduated from the Paris Military Academy
Time's up! The correct answer was Napoleon Bonaparte
BOGIE MEN
Sam Spade
Time's up! The correct answer was The Maltese Falcon
THE '30s WEREN'T ALL DEPRESSING
In 1936 Los Angeles started receiving its electricity from generators at this facility
Time's up! The correct answer was Hoover Dam
SCIENCE & NATURE
The iris is a flower & the ibis is one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Bird
LITERARY FIRST LINES
1900: "Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies..."
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Wizard of Oz"
INVENTORS & INVENTIONS
In 1868, 9 years after developing the railway sleeping car, he introduced the first railway car for dining
Time's up! The correct answer was Pullman
BUGS
These insects "chirp" by rubbing their 2 front wings together
Time's up! The correct answer was Crickets
ACTRESSES' FIRST FILMS
"Halloween"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jamie Lee Curtis
ART
Roger Fry of the Met coined this term for the works of artists like Cezanne & Gauguin
Time's up! The correct answer was Postimpressionist
POLITICS
U.S. ambassadors to this country have included Anne Armstrong & Joseph Kennedy
Time's up! The correct answer was Great Britain
YOU MUST BE JOKING
Steven Wright joked, "I put instant coffee in" this type of "oven and nearly went back in time"
Time's up! The correct answer was Microwave
"TU"
The University of Phoenix has a branch in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Tucson
THE 14th CENTURY
In the 1350s this Moorish palace was completed in Granada, Spain
Time's up! The correct answer was Alhambra
GO "SOUTH"
...to Juba, capital of this new nation
Time's up! The correct answer was South Sudan
JAZZ IT UP
At the 2000 Grammys the Best Boxed Recording Package was this late trumpeter's "Complete Bitches Brew Sessions"
Time's up! The correct answer was Miles Davis
MUSEUMS
The Whizstreet "Up In Smoke" Museum is a web site exhibiting the art of these colorful cigar items
Time's up! The correct answer was Cigar bands
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
From its incorporation in 1813 until 1901, this New York village was known as Sing-Sing
Time's up! The correct answer was Ossining
IT'S RAINING "MN"
Please don't forget this word, from the Greek for "oblivion"
Time's up! The correct answer was amnesia
"P.B."
This Latin term used for some legal services means "for the good"
Time's up! The correct answer was pro bono
THE FRENCH CONNECTION
Campari & Pernod are good options for this pre-meal potent potable
Time's up! The correct answer was apéritif
WHAT TO WEAR?
Also the name of a rope for leading cattle, this women's backless top has a strap that loops around the neck
Time's up! The correct answer was halter
BRITISH POETS & POETRY
Written in 1811, this lord's poem "Farewell To Malta" begins, "Adieu, ye joys of La Valette!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lord Byron
TV THEME LYRICS
"It's time to play the music, it's time to light the lights"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Muppet Show
THE FILM VAULT
An action star from the '30s to the '70s, this actor headlined "The Fighting Seabees" & "Flying Tigers"
Time's up! The correct answer was John Wayne
SCIENCE CLASS
(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from New York's Central Park) Autumn leaves turn golden red as shorter days & cooler nights cause the breakdown of this green pigment
Time's up! The correct answer was chlorophyll
THE EYES HAVE IT
Flower seen here (that fits the category)
Time's up! The correct answer was Iris
DICTATORS & TYRANTS
By murdering all his brothers around 1413, Mehmed I took power as the fifth ruler of this empire
Time's up! The correct answer was the Ottoman Empire
MUSIC/TELEVISION
This country star became a sitcom grandma at the end of her first season on the WB
Time's up! The correct answer was Reba McEntire
ON THE MOVE
This U.S. city has more miles of subway than any other subway system in the Western Hemisphere
Time's up! The correct answer was New York City
CELEBS
He auditioned for & won the part of Ron Weasley with a rap that he wrote
Time's up! The correct answer was Rupert Grint
THE BIG APPLE
There's an annual footrace up its 86 flights of stairs
Time's up! The correct answer was the Empire State Building
GREEK LETTERS
Ancient Romans would've read this one as 11
Time's up! The correct answer was xi
IT'S A DATE!
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew at the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii) Pearl Harbor will always be remembered for this date in 1941, which FDR said "will live in infamy"
Time's up! The correct answer was 7-Dec
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED
August 16, 1977 in Memphis, Tennessee
Time's up! The correct answer was Elvis Presley
ANIMAL GROUPS
It's a feather filling for quilts, as well as a group of hares
Time's up! The correct answer was Down
A SHAKESPEARE PLAY, FOR OPENERS
This play opens most dramatically with thunder & lightning. A ship is seen. Then a cry of "bos'n!"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest
GOLD RUSH
Tourists now rush to this man's 1839 Adobe Fort in Sacramento, California
Time's up! The correct answer was John Sutter
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Previously attached to Theo- & Isa-, it became popular by itself after appearing in "David Copperfield"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dora
GETTING TICKED OFF
When this Bible guy came down from the mountain & saw his people dancing before the golden calf, boy, was he upset!
Time's up! The correct answer was Moses
PASS THE CHOCOLATE
The leaf design on Godiva's Autant chocolates is a stylized version of a feather on this "Gone With the Wind" heroine's hat
Time's up! The correct answer was Scarlett O'Hara
WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT
To further the ambitions of her brother, her father, Pope Alexander VI, arranged several marriages for her
Time's up! The correct answer was Lucrezia Borgia
NOW YOU'RE TALKING MY LANGUAGE
"Namaste" is a greeting in this official language of India used by over a quarter of a billion speakers
Time's up! The correct answer was Hindi
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MOVIES
A Capote tale set in the South: "The Grass _____"
Time's up! The correct answer was Harp
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
In 1961 this firm introduced its Selectric typewriter, which used a spherical typing element
Time's up! The correct answer was IBM
"EN" THE BEGINNING
The U.S. conducted nuclear tests on this atoll in the Marshall Islands from 1948 to 1958
Time's up! The correct answer was Enewetak
TRANSPORTATION
The transport for a 19th century double date might have been a barouche, one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a carriage
FOOD & DRINK
Thailand's best-known dish, it's stir-fried noodles, egg, bean sprouts, peanuts & seasonings
Time's up! The correct answer was pad thai
A TRIP TO OUTER SPACE
Many beautiful images like the one seen here have been given to us by this famous space telescope
Time's up! The correct answer was Hubble Space Telescope
HEY, GOOD-LOOKIN'
In boxing, it's when you've fallen & you can't get up
Time's up! The correct answer was a knockout
POETS & POETRY
This Longfellow poem was suggested by a smithy under a chestnut tree in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Village Blacksmith"
INITIALS M.D.
Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl in "Der Blaue Engel"
Time's up! The correct answer was Marlene Dietrich
CZECH, PLEASE
His mother, Olga, was once ranked 2nd in Czechoslovakia in women's singles tennis
Time's up! The correct answer was Ivan Lendl
OCCUPATION HAZARDS
He has to listen to his wheels going round, round, round all day & may get a paper cut from a transfer
Time's up! The correct answer was bus driver
ETIQUETTE
The most formal evening wear is this color "tie", but black tie is much more popular
Time's up! The correct answer was white tie
HISPANIC HISTORY
The dictator of Paraguay from 1816 to 1840 wasn't called just "El Bueno" but this superlative
Time's up! The correct answer was El Supremo
BOTANY
The flowers of this lawn weed, Taraxacum oficinale, are sometimes used to make wine
Time's up! The correct answer was dandelions
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
PRINCETON
In 1783 Princeton's Nassau Hall doubled as this for the nation
Time's up! The correct answer was capital
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
FUN WITH OPERA
Of a woman, an evil twin or a circus ape, what Sir Edgar's nephew turns out to be in "Der Junge Lord"
Time's up! The correct answer was A circus ape
BULL
John Travolta & Debra Winger demonstrated the fine art of riding a mechanical bull at Gilley's in this 1980 film
Time's up! The correct answer was Urban Cowboy
HOLLYWOOD LEFTIES
This left-handed lady was positively "Bewitching" in a 2005 Nora Ephron film
Time's up! The correct answer was Nicole Kidman
THE BIG BANGLADESH
After India was partitioned in 1947, what would later become Bangladesh was the "East" part of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Pakistan
THE CANARY ISLANDS
In 1936 the Spanish government demoted this general to Governor of the Canary Islands
Time's up! The correct answer was Franco
GEOGRAPHY
Lake Avernus in Campania in this country was believed by the ancients to be the entrance to Hades
Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
ISRAEL
Home to spectacular ruins, Caesarea was founded around 20 B.C. & named for this Caesar
Time's up! The correct answer was Augustus
ON THE BIG SCREEN
Get some McLovin from this 2007 comedy that Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg began writing as 13-year-olds
Time's up! The correct answer was Superbad
"E" CHANNEL
This South American country does not border Brazil
Time's up! The correct answer was Ecuador
"TOO" MUCH
It's a small porch on the front of the house
Time's up! The correct answer was a stoop
SOCIOLOGY
The sum of the customs & beliefs that distinguish one group from another; the hippies formed a "counter" one
Time's up! The correct answer was a culture
KFC
The conglomerate built on this soda decided everybody needs a little KFC & bought it in 1986
Time's up! The correct answer was Pepsi Cola
ASSASSINS
Reginald Fitzurse was among the Knights who took Henry II's remark literally to rid him of this archbishop
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas à Becket
CONTESTS
This cruise ship favorite played on a 52-foot court is an event at the National Senior Games
Time's up! The correct answer was Shuffleboard
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
Sent to this city in September 1814 to secure a prisoner exchange, Key got stuck near there during an attack
Time's up! The correct answer was Baltimore
"PUN" JAB
Colons & commas & hyphens, oh my!
Time's up! The correct answer was punctuation
NEWMAN'S OWN
Film in which washed-up lawyer Newman redeems himself by taking a medical malpractice case to trial
Time's up! The correct answer was The Verdict
KHOMEINI, KHAMENEI OR KHATAMI
Supreme religious & political leader since 1990
Time's up! The correct answer was Khamenei
PARDON MY "FRENCH"
It was waged in North America from 1754 to 1763
Time's up! The correct answer was French and Indian War
"KNIFE", "FORK" OR "SPOON"
In the 1998 movie "Pleasantville", she played a '90s teen transported into a 1950s sitcom
Time's up! The correct answer was Reese Witherspoon
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS
"Der Sturm"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest
A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS
Grambling, McNeese State, Southern
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana
MAYORS
In New Orleans' first post-Katrina mayoral election, this man held on to his job
Time's up! The correct answer was Nagin
X MARKS THE SPOT
The only Benelux country that fits the bill
Time's up! The correct answer was Luxembourg
LINGUISTICS
Sentence diagrams called these may include lines called branches
Time's up! The correct answer was Trees
WHO'S THE MRS.?
Mrs. Tim McGraw
Time's up! The correct answer was Faith Hill
CHOPIN
After some miserable months in Vienna, Chopin arrived in this city, another musical mecca, in September 1831
Time's up! The correct answer was Paris
SPORTS OF THE FEMALE OLYMPIANS
Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie & their 3 teammates on the floor
Time's up! The correct answer was basketball
DRIVING
Do this if you love Jesus but don't do it just as the light turns green
Time's up! The correct answer was honk
LEGENDARY LEGENDS
A legend about this "Irish" group is that they are the descendants of shipwrecked sailors of the Spanish Armada
Time's up! The correct answer was the Black Irish
THAT'S HANDY
In Christian ritual it involves moving the hand from the forehead, to the chest & then to each shoulder in turn
Time's up! The correct answer was crossing oneself
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME
Icarus could have told you it's not a good idea to fly if your wings are held together with this
Time's up! The correct answer was Wax
BRIGHT IDEAS
In 1948 scientists at Bristol-Meyers "buffered" this medicine for the first time
Time's up! The correct answer was aspirin
CROSSWORD CLUES "K"
A "bear"y nice Alaskan island (6)
Time's up! The correct answer was Kodiak
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 HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD
Vow, knight or grail
Time's up! The correct answer was knight
TAKE A GUESS
Gwilym is the Welsh form of this name that's been popular in England for centuries
Time's up! The correct answer was William
I'M GOING "INN"
2-word term for a tuxedo
Time's up! The correct answer was dinner jacket
RECORD LOSSES IN 2005
Data on 4 million customers were lost by this group formed by a 1998 merger with Travelers
Time's up! The correct answer was Citigroup
WHO'S ON FIRST?
For the 2000-2001 season, "The Simpsons" led into this show that led into "The X-Files"--you might say it was...
Time's up! The correct answer was Malcolm In The Middle
THE JEFFERSON ADMINISTRATION
In April 1803 Napoleon renounced this territory in America "with the greatest regret"; so we bought it
Time's up! The correct answer was the Louisiana Territory
NAME THE AUTOMAKER
Stratus & Stealth
Time's up! The correct answer was Dodge
ON THE GO
Created in 1971 as the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, it's better known by this name
Time's up! The correct answer was Amtrak
NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES
"Thousands Trapped In The Subways; Looters And Vandals Hit" were banners when this hit NYC in July 1977
Time's up! The correct answer was Blackout
HITCHCOCK
Cary Grant & Ingrid Bergman fall in love & ferret out Nazis in Brazil in this classic
Time's up! The correct answer was Notorious
NATURE
Some of the fanciest of these reptiles are beaded, horned, or frilled
Time's up! The correct answer was lizards
THE GODFATHER
He was the royal godfather to the son of French playwright Moliere
Time's up! The correct answer was King Louis XIV
ART & ARTISTS
This drip artist was born in Cody, Wyoming in 1912
Time's up! The correct answer was Jackson Pollock
HAIRY
The short hairstyles worn by the men who fought the Cavaliers in 17th C. England earned them this name
Time's up! The correct answer was the Roundheads
STATES OF THE UNION
Commonwealth whose state seal ["United We Stand, Divided We Fall"] is seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
Sent to this city in September 1814 to secure a prisoner exchange, Key got stuck near there during an attack
Time's up! The correct answer was Baltimore
LINGUISTICS
Linguists have debunked the common belief that Eskimos have dozens of words for this substance
Time's up! The correct answer was Snow
THOSE AMAZING ANIMALS
No longer used in Thailand to haul teak from the jungle, these animals are being trained to paint
Time's up! The correct answer was an elephant
THE '30s WEREN'T ALL DEPRESSING
In 1932 this country finished reclaiming thousands of agricultural acres from the Zuiderzee
Time's up! The correct answer was the Netherlands
"DIAMOND"s IN THE ROUGH
Carol Channing's Broadway ballad from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend"
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
In Guinea-Bissau: this
Time's up! The correct answer was Portuguese
WATERFALLS
The height of Shoshone Falls on this river in Idaho exceeds that of Niagara Falls
Time's up! The correct answer was Snake River
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
This southwestern U.S. desert has a river of the same name, flowing mainly underground to near Soda lake
Time's up! The correct answer was Mojave
WORLD "P"s
World Heritage sites in this nation include the Nasca Lines
Time's up! The correct answer was Peru
VIETNAM
The large "S" shape that is Vietnam juts out into this sea with a directional name
Time's up! The correct answer was South China Sea
BIOGRAPHIES
Known for his "Compleat Angler", he also wrote a biography of his friend, writer John Donne
Time's up! The correct answer was Izaak Walton
ANATOMY
The uvea, the eye's middle layer, includes this contractile diaphragm, the colored part of the eye
Time's up! The correct answer was the iris
SPOOKS
Teddy Roosevelt's grandson, CIA man Kermit, kept the Shah of this country on his throne in 1953
Time's up! The correct answer was Iran
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
The 2 parts of St. John's college are connected by a copy of this Venetian bridge
Time's up! The correct answer was Bridge of Sighs
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
THE REDCOATS ARE COMING!
On Sept. 5, 1781, 24 of this country's ships engaged British ships in Cheaspeake Bay & turned them back
Time's up! The correct answer was France
MIXED DRINKS
This pomegranate syrup turns a Pink Lady pink
Time's up! The correct answer was grenadine
LOBBYISTS
Victor Crawford lobbied for, then against, this industry before his death from cancer
Time's up! The correct answer was the tobacco industry
STORYTELLERS
In addition to her "Fairie Tale Theatre", she now has "Tall Tales and Legends" playing on cable
Time's up! The correct answer was Shelly Duvall
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
DISNEY VILLAINS
Jafar
Time's up! The correct answer was Aladdin
MESOPOTAMIA
From the Assyrian for "height", this stepped structure was used as a temple by Mesopotamian cultures
Time's up! The correct answer was ziggurat
1994 FILMS
As mad bomber Howard Payne in this film, Dennis Hopper planted a bomb on an L.A. area transit bus
Time's up! The correct answer was Speed
PARTS OF PEACH
If this part of a peach is downy or fuzzy, the fruit's called a peach; if it's smooth, a nectarine
Time's up! The correct answer was the skin
NOW YOU'RE TALKING MY LANGUAGE
Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala is a well-known writer in this language of the Incas
Time's up! The correct answer was Quechua
PEANUTS
This girl's name was inspired by a type of candy
Time's up! The correct answer was Peppermint Patty
POOR & FAMOUS
Despite help from Engels in the 1850s, he & his family often subsisted on bread & potatoes
Time's up! The correct answer was Karl Marx
"R"OCK MUSIC
This alternative rock band's "Stand" served as the theme song to the sitcom "Get a Life"
Time's up! The correct answer was R.E.M.
WHAT TO WEAR?
A bit longer than a cocktail dress, one hemmed to end at the shins is this beverage "length"
Time's up! The correct answer was tea
2-LETTER WORDS
In British slang this word alone means thank you; 2 together means good-bye
Time's up! The correct answer was ta
MEDICINE
A Pseudofolliculitis barbae is an "ingrown" one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a hair
PSYCHOLOGY
According to psychoanalytic theory, it’s part of the personality which balances the id & superego
Time's up! The correct answer was the ego
LITERARY FIRST LINES
1976: "In our family there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing"
Time's up! The correct answer was "A River Runs Through It"
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
CLASSIC NICHOLSON MOVIE LINES
1974: "What makes you certain that your husband is, um, involved with someone?"
Time's up! The correct answer was Chinatown
WEATHER
An increase in air temperature at higher altitudes is unusual & is called this
Time's up! The correct answer was Inversion
MESOPOTAMIA
From the Assyrian for "height", this stepped structure was used as a temple by Mesopotamian cultures
Time's up! The correct answer was ziggurat
CRAFT
This word for a step in sewing a garment is also found paired with "hawing"
Time's up! The correct answer was hemming
HABEAS CORPSES
This 19th century philosopher's body has been very utilitarian; it's on display at a university in London
Time's up! The correct answer was Jeremy Bentham
THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS
From the late Latin for "word", this book is the last word on words
Time's up! The correct answer was dictionary
CLASSIC AD LINES
"Tastes So Good Cats Ask For It By Name"
Time's up! The correct answer was Meow Mix
11-LETTER WORDS
Diaphanous or sheer, as in clothing, or flimsy & obvious, as in a lie
Time's up! The correct answer was Transparent
SONGS
"It's a marvelous night for" this Van Morrison hit, "with the stars up above in your eyes"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Moondance"
MISSING LINKS
Mobile ____ Economics
Time's up! The correct answer was home
"EZ" DOES IT
This Frenchman painted the self-portrait seen here:
Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Cezanne
LIBRARIES
In 1889 this philanthropist funded his first U.S. library in Braddock, Penn., home to one of his steel mills
Time's up! The correct answer was Carnegie
SPORTS
Ben Crenshaw & Phil Mickelson are the only 3-time winners of this college sport's championship tournament
Time's up! The correct answer was golf
SHAKESPEARE
Macduff tells us, "Not in the legions of horrid hell can come a devil more damn'd in evils to top" this man
Time's up! The correct answer was the Macbeth
THE LAW
Now a body of lawyers, it once referred to a rail separating spectators from courtroom proceedings
Time's up! The correct answer was Bar
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
20th CENTURY BALLET
This great Spanish cubist designed sets & costumes for the 1919 ballet "The Three-Cornered Hat"
Time's up! The correct answer was Picasso
THE SPOOKY & THE MYSTERIOUS
Supposedly, President Harrison is heard in the attic & Jackson haunts the Rose Bedroom in this house
Time's up! The correct answer was the White House
LIBRARIES
Marsh's Library in this country was founded c. 1702 by the Archbishop of Dublin
Time's up! The correct answer was Ireland
BALLETS WE'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT BEFORE
The 1969 ballet "Trinity" was inspired by the peace movement in this California university city
Time's up! The correct answer was Berkeley
"I" LADS
Nudge, nudge, wink, wink! This man seen here starred on a classic British comedy show
Time's up! The correct answer was Eric Idle
THE 17TH CENTURY
In 1682 he founded the "City Of Brotherly Love"
Time's up! The correct answer was William Penn
COVER ME!
In 1965 Otis Redding took "Respect" to No. 35; 2 years later, her cover was No. 1
Time's up! The correct answer was Aretha Franklin
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
COUNTRY MUSIC
In 2010 this movie soundtrack featuring Jeff Bridges was a Billboard Top 10 country album
Time's up! The correct answer was Crazy Heart
THE LAND
Victoria Land, one of its regions, lies north of the Ross Ice Shelf
Time's up! The correct answer was Antarctica
WOMEN'S FIRSTS
Let's show her a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T; she's the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Time's up! The correct answer was Aretha Franklin
HIDDEN BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
From answers to questions; that's "Jeopardy!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Romans
ANGELS
Arte Moreno bought the baseball team in 2003 & renamed it the Los Angeles Angels of this place
Time's up! The correct answer was Anaheim
I WANT TO RIDE THAT!
I may not know "Who Framed" this movie bunny, but I can ride his Car Toon Spin at Disneyland
Time's up! The correct answer was Roger Rabbit
ON THE "WAR"PATH
In response to NATO, Eastern European nations including Poland & the USSR signed this 1955 treaty
Time's up! The correct answer was the Warsaw Pact
RUBY
In a 1999 TV movie, she played Bessie, of the centenarian Delany sisters
Time's up! The correct answer was Ruby Dee
VALUABLE PLACES
The Yellow Brick Road leads to it
Time's up! The correct answer was The Emerald City
DUKE, DUKE
This Brooklyn Dodger was named to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1980
Time's up! The correct answer was Duke Snider
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
STARTS WITH "P"
Movie that featured the following music
Time's up! The correct answer was Picnic
ANGELS
ABBA sang about these & Curtis Lee sang about "Pretty Little" these
Time's up! The correct answer was Angel Eyes
ONE BUCK OR LESS
A 15-ounce V05 Moisture Milks conditioner from this manufacturer averages a buck online
Time's up! The correct answer was Alberto
"GREEN" THINGS
After protecting this territory during WWII, the U.S. offered to buy it, but Denmark refused
Time's up! The correct answer was Greenland
GANGSTER'S DICTIONARY
Roll out these "bones", boys, so we can play some games of chance
Time's up! The correct answer was Dice
BUSINESS PARTNERS
In tools: Duncan Black &...
Time's up! The correct answer was Alonzo Decker
POLITICAL TALK
Lincoln once said not to "swap" these "while crossing a stream"
Time's up! The correct answer was horses
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS
Title character played by former Alvin Ailey dancer Desmond Richardson in a 1997 ballet
Time's up! The correct answer was Othello
This 2-letter abbreviation means "which see" in Latin & directs readers to another part of the book for info
Time's up! The correct answer was q.v.
11-LETTER WORDS
Another name for mercury, it also means mercurial or temperamental
Time's up! The correct answer was Quicksilver
GETTING TICKED OFF
When this Bible guy came down from the mountain & saw his people dancing before the golden calf, boy, was he upset!
Time's up! The correct answer was Moses
TOUGH STUFF
The Span. abbrev. for one of these is ovni (objecto volador no identificado)
Time's up! The correct answer was UFO
SHOTS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD
His prestidigitation (or in this case a "Jr. Skyhook") won Game 4 of the 1987 NBA Finals for the Lakers
Time's up! The correct answer was Magic Johnson
THE KILLERS
Bodyguards Satwant & Beant Singh killed this female leader of India in 1984
Time's up! The correct answer was Indira Gandhi
FACTS & FIGURES
A pen with 1,400 diamonds depicting a mountain range was created in 2006 to celebrate this company's 100th anniversary
Time's up! The correct answer was Montblanc
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
City that stands on the ruins of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec people
Time's up! The correct answer was Mexico City
OUT OF THIS WORLD
Not the first but this second planet is the hottest, because its atmosphere causes a severe greenhouse effect
Time's up! The correct answer was Venus
THOSE WACKY GERMANS
The food many Germans like best is wurst, which are these hot-dog-shaped meat treats
Time's up! The correct answer was Sausages
OPERA & BALLET
A governess fears that her charges are communicating with ghosts in an opera based on this Henry James novella
Time's up! The correct answer was The Turn of the Screw
TITLES FROM SHAKESPEARE
Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury" as well as Steinbeck's "The Moon Is Down" come from this play
Time's up! The correct answer was Macbeth
ADJECTIVES
When found before "potato", it's not a potato; before "meats", not meats; & before "bread", not bread
Time's up! The correct answer was sweet
NEWS ON THE MARCH
On March 10, 1876 he spoke by telephone to Thomas Watson
Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander Graham Bell
BIBLICAL CRIME BLOTTER
This woman is wanted in connection with stolen hair & the kidnapping of her boyfriend by Philistines
Time's up! The correct answer was Delilah
THE HUMAN BODY
When this organ churns & makes perisstaltic waves, some people say it's "growling"
Time's up! The correct answer was Stomach
WATERFALLS
One of the most spectacular sites in this national park is Bridalveil Fall, which drops a misty curtain of water 620 feet
Time's up! The correct answer was Yosemite
LITERARY LAST NAME'S THE SAME
Frank, Hart, Stephen
Time's up! The correct answer was Crane
4-LETTER WORDS
From the Welsh, it's a steep, rugged rock, or a rough, broken projecting part of a rock
Time's up! The correct answer was a crag
THE FABULOUS '50s
In early 1951 TV viewers were riveted watching the Kefauver committee's look into this in America
Time's up! The correct answer was organized crime
GROUP COUNTDOWN
It can mean "one" or a military entity like the army's Third Armored Division
Time's up! The correct answer was unit
SOUNDS THAT KITTIES MAKE
Starting around 1922, this phrase meant something excellent or desirable
Time's up! The correct answer was the cat's meow
PRE-COLUMBIAN CULTURES
The Anasazi, a word from this Indian language for "ancient ones", lived in what's now the 4 Corners area
Time's up! The correct answer was Navajo
21st CENTURY MUSIC
Brothers Chad & Mike Kroeger make up half of this rock band
Time's up! The correct answer was Nickelback
TAINTED GOV
In 2010 a House committee charged this veteran Harlem congressman with ethics violations
Time's up! The correct answer was Rangel
11-LETTER WORDS
British weight system based on a pound equal to 453.59 grams or 16 ounces
Time's up! The correct answer was Avoirdupois
FLEETS
This empire's fleet was defeated in the 1571 Battle of Lepanto
Time's up! The correct answer was the Ottoman Empire
iPOD, YOUTUBE OR WII
Britain's Prince William got one last Christmas & Queen Elizabeth promptly commandeered it
Time's up! The correct answer was Wii
THE KIDS LOVE THAT ROCK & ROLL
That "Fly" band Sugar Ray is led by this heartthrob lead singer
Time's up! The correct answer was Mark McGrath
THE 1990s
On 2 votes, the House of Representatives did this to President Clinton on Dec. 19, 1998
Time's up! The correct answer was impeached him
RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS
It's the Greek term meaning "5 tools" that represents the 1st 5 books of the Bible
Time's up! The correct answer was Pentateuch
BASEBALL
In 1972 owner Bob Short moved this team to Arlington, TX . where it became the Texas Rangers
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington Senators
TRANSLATION EXERCISES
Swahili to German: The magic word "tafadhali"
Time's up! The correct answer was bitte
BIBLICAL QUOTES
She commanded Samson, "Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth"
Time's up! The correct answer was Delilah
NATIONAL FOODS
Actually an American recipe, this condiment may have been given its name because caviar was once an ingredient
Time's up! The correct answer was Russian dressing
A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY
The length of these ladylike accessories is denoted by buttons; 16-button ones are formal length
Time's up! The correct answer was gloves
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.
THEIR COUNTRY'S LAST MONARCH
1952: Infant king Fu'ad II
Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt
SALMON
Weighing up to 100 pounds, this large type of salmon shares its name with a warm, dry wind
Time's up! The correct answer was chinook
ROCK & ROLL FRONTMEN
Adam Levine
Time's up! The correct answer was Maroon 5
ART
This artist used trowels, sticks & even basters to create some of his drip paintings, like "Cathedral"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jackson Pollock
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
SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN
In the 1st act, before he's king, this title character woos the newly-widowed Lady Anne
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard III
TELEVISION
Like Burton & Taylor, Billy Zane & Leonor Varela had a romance when they played these lovers (in a 1999 miniseries)
Time's up! The correct answer was Antony & Cleopatra
U.S. PRESIDENTS
His second inaugural address began, "At this last presidential inauguration of the twentieth century..."
Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Clinton
3-LETTER THE BETTER
Saturated
Time's up! The correct answer was wet
MS.
Joan Benoit was 1st to win this Olympic event, finally offered for women in ‘84
Time's up! The correct answer was marathon
FEMINISM
The work of Laura X (no relation to Malcolm) led to March being designated this every year
Time's up! The correct answer was Women's History Month
VIETNAM
The large "S" shape that is Vietnam juts out into this sea with a directional name
Time's up! The correct answer was South China Sea
NEPAL
At Lumbini, you can visit the birthplace of this "Enlightened One"
Time's up! The correct answer was Buddha
ACTION!
In a 1965 speech this president put out a call for "affirmative action" in hiring by federal contractors
Time's up! The correct answer was Johnson
CROSSWORD CLUES "R"
Beam, beacon & frequency preceder (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was radar
WOMEN: WRITE ON!
Esther Greenwood is an aspiring poet in this poet's novel "The Bell Jar"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sylvia Plath
I'D RATHER BE SKIING
Something you'd sprinkle on after a shower, it's also the term for soft, dry, freshly fallen snow
Time's up! The correct answer was powder
NAME THE PLAY
George: "It's very simple, Martha, this young man is working on a system whereby chromosomes can be altered"
Time's up! The correct answer was Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
STATES OF THE UNION
Its near islands are farthest from its mainland; Kodiak is closer
Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska
PSYCHOLOGY
In the psychology of learning, it’s “the retention of association”; in “Cats”, it’s a showstopping song
Time's up! The correct answer was memory
SKIRTING THE ISSUE
On the original "90210":, Donna wore this type of skirt to the prom; she couldn't sit down all night
Time's up! The correct answer was a hoop skirt
HISTORY
In February 1904 this country attacked the Russian fleet at Port Arthur
Time's up! The correct answer was Japan
GETTING TICKED OFF
In "The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson", this author wrote, "When angry, count four; when very angry, swear"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mark Twain
THE UPPER CRUST
Oralando Montagu is making a lot of "bread" selling this lunch item (he's descended from the Earl who invented it)
Time's up! The correct answer was a sandwich
THE SHORT VERSION
To an infantryman: APC
Time's up! The correct answer was Armored personnel carrier
THE LAND
After killing Abel, Cain was banished to the sleepy-sounding land of this place, east of Eden
Time's up! The correct answer was Nod
MARRIED WITH CHILDREN
Babies are in this "mouthy" stage according to psychoanalytic theory
Time's up! The correct answer was Oral stage
WORD ORIGINS
This 5-letter synonym of "question" comes from the Latin for "to ask" or "to seek"
Time's up! The correct answer was a query
FOOD & DRINK
They're the 2 things Little Miss Muffet was consuming while sitting on her tuffet
Time's up! The correct answer was curds & whey
VOLCANOES
This youngest surface volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii has distinctive lava formations like Pele's Hair
Time's up! The correct answer was Kilauea
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
BRITISH POETS & POETRY
Written in 1811, this lord's poem "Farewell To Malta" begins, "Adieu, ye joys of La Valette!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lord Byron
AVIARY
Perhaps "imitating" Florida, in 1929 Arkansas chose this as its state bird
Time's up! The correct answer was mockingbird
ARCHITECTURE
Virginia's Shirley plantation has a "hanging" one of these that climbs 3 stories without any visible means of support
Time's up! The correct answer was a staircase
LETTER MEN
In 1930 he directed his first talkie, "Abraham Lincoln", starring Walter Huston
Time's up! The correct answer was D.W. Griffith
TURKISH LITERATURE
A religious kaside poem praised God, this man or his son-in-law, Ali Ibn Abi Talib, the fourth caliph
Time's up! The correct answer was Muhammad
THE EVOLUTIONARY WAR
In 1995 Alabama Gov. James Mocked evolution theory by imitating this type of animal whose name means "to imitate"
Time's up! The correct answer was an ape
THE "L" WORLD
Fodor's Travel Guide to France calls this town "the porcelain collector's mecca"
Time's up! The correct answer was Limoges
DRAMA
"Dejavu" was "Angry Young Man" John Osborne's 1992 sequel to this famous play about looking back
Time's up! The correct answer was Look Back in Anger
HOLIDAYS
Meaning “removal of meat”, it's Rio's 4-day pre-Lenten festival
Time's up! The correct answer was Carnival
WORMS
In "Henry VI, Part 3", Clifford tells the king that "The smallest worm will" do this "being trodden on"
Time's up! The correct answer was turn
ROCK OF STAGES
Gonna be a big man someday & name this hit U.K. musical based on the music of Queen
Time's up! The correct answer was We Will Rock You
MYTHOLOGICAL PAIRS
In all of Babylonia, Pyramus was the handsomest youth & she was the fairest maiden
Time's up! The correct answer was Thisbe
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
OPERA & BALLET
A governess fears that her charges are communicating with ghosts in an opera based on this Henry James novella
Time's up! The correct answer was The Turn of the Screw
EDIBLES INSTANT REPLAY REVIEW
This rich 5-letter cake with eggs, ground nuts & little to no flour, is down by contact with my stomach
Time's up! The correct answer was torte
POLITICAL MOVIES
This political satire starred John Travolta as a Southern governor running for president
Time's up! The correct answer was Primary Colors
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
In the 1999 Fiesta Bowl, quarterback Tee Martin led this school to the national title by defeating Florida State, 23-16
Time's up! The correct answer was Tennessee
THE COMMODORES
The first American naval victory in the Revolution came under Commodore Esek Hopkins in these islands off Fla.
Time's up! The correct answer was Bahamas
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS
This ape was the white elephant that pet store owner Mr. Peebles couldn't get rid of
Time's up! The correct answer was Magilla Gorilla
DRAMA
"Dejavu" was "Angry Young Man" John Osborne's 1992 sequel to this famous play about looking back
Time's up! The correct answer was Look Back in Anger
AWARDS
Theodore Hesburgh, once president of this university, has been awarded over 100 honorary degrees
Time's up! The correct answer was Notre Dame
GET SMART
Excess weight can interfere with this hormone, raising risk of diabetes & impairing brain function--so hit the gym, Einstein
Time's up! The correct answer was insulin
THE NEW TESTAMENT
This apostle, the brother of James, is traditionally credited with writing a gospel
Time's up! The correct answer was John
WE'RE MALAYSIA-BOUND
The states of Sarawak & Sabah on this island make up about 6% of Malaysia's land area
Time's up! The correct answer was Borneo
I WANT TO RIDE THAT!
Six Flags Great America unleashed a roller coaster named for this bat-tastic 2008 blockbuster
Time's up! The correct answer was The Dark Knight
THE "A" "B" "C"s
From 1672 to 1858 this city was the headquarters of the British East India Company
Time's up! The correct answer was Bombay
BRAND NAMES
It's the rhyming name of a brand of pretzels made by Frito-Lay
Time's up! The correct answer was Rold Gold
SEE THE USA
This is 1 of NYC's longest streets, which you'll find out when you give your regards to it
Time's up! The correct answer was Broadway
YOUNG WOMEN OF TODAY
Royal rapper seen on TV's "Living Single" & in the movie "Living Out Loud"
Time's up! The correct answer was Queen Latifah
WHAT COLOR IS GREEN?
Lincoln Green is also called this green, where you might see it were it not for the trees
Time's up! The correct answer was a forest
HEY, "BABY"
Smallest form of a large piano
Time's up! The correct answer was a baby grand
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