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"AD"JECTIVES
Unfavorable, like some circumstances, or the last name of Anthony in a 1933 novel
Time's up! The correct answer was Adverse
STUPID ANSWERS
In 1842, Richard Owen coined this word for “dinosaur”
Time's up! The correct answer was dinosaur
THAT'S BUSINESS
In 1927 this brand name first appeared on a Sears washing machine
Time's up! The correct answer was Kenmore
THE NEW TESTAMENT
In a letter to Corinth, Paul ranked this quality over faith & hope
Time's up! The correct answer was Charity
THE BYRDS & THE BEAS
The Victoria & Albert Museum in London has the original illustrations she did for her many kids' books
Time's up! The correct answer was Beatrix Potter
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS
"Der Sturm"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest
THE HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD
Hell, heaven or limbo
Time's up! The correct answer was heaven
OSCAR-WINNING ROLES
1952: Marshal Will Kane
Time's up! The correct answer was Gary Cooper
SPIELBERG MOVIES
Spielberg directed segment 2 of this 1983 movie based on a creepy anthology series
Time's up! The correct answer was Twilight Zone
AN ABBREVIATED CATEGORY
On a ship: PFD
Time's up! The correct answer was personal flotation device
"GENERAL" JOB INFORMATION
In 1775 the Continental Congress appointed man of letters Benjamin Franklin to this job
Time's up! The correct answer was postmaster general
MOVIES
This was the nickname of the Irish man "who knew how to get things" in The Shawshank Redemption.
Time's up! The correct answer was Red
WEBSITES
Instead of .com, Amnesty International's website is www.amnesty. this
Time's up! The correct answer was .org
ORGANIZED LABOR
Under this arrangement, labor and management agree to let a third party settle their dispute
Time's up! The correct answer was arbitration
WINE
"Anatomical" term for a wine's bouquet
Time's up! The correct answer was Nose
CHANCE
Theoretically, a U.S. casino's ability to make money on Roulette relies on the presence of these 2 green figures
Time's up! The correct answer was 0 and 00
HOUSES OF WORSHIP
The Episcopal Church at 193 Salem Street in Boston has been holding services continually since December 29, 1723
Time's up! The correct answer was The Old North Church
"V" HAVE MAPS
As a 19th century emperor of this country, Minh Mang executed several French Catholic missionaries
Time's up! The correct answer was Vietnam
GOVERNMENT
Until 1896, majority in this branch of Congress were 1st termers, now less than 10% are
Time's up! The correct answer was the House of Representatives
HEISMAN WINNERS
An award given for the best running back in college football is named for this 1948 Heisman winner from SMU
Time's up! The correct answer was Doak Walker
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
WORDS OF THE WRITER
"For never man had a more faithful, loving, sincere servant, than Friday was to me"
Time's up! The correct answer was Daniel Defoe
ROCK FORMATIONS
This Southern California group was originally assembled as a backup band for Linda Ronstadt
Time's up! The correct answer was The Eagles
SCOTLAND
About 80,000 Scots still speak the Scottish version of this ancient Celtic language
Time's up! The correct answer was Gaelic
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
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
Porky popped out of this type of drum at the end of many a Looney Tune
Time's up! The correct answer was Bass drum
THE MAINE ATTRACTION
Parson's Way, a scenic walkway in Kennebunkport, passes near this former president's home, Walker's Point
Time's up! The correct answer was Bush
WHAT'S ON TV?
We're still waiting for a "Des Moines" version of this CBS crime show to accompany the Vegas, Miami & N.Y. ones
Time's up! The correct answer was CSI
SPOILER ALERT!
1999: The first rule of this film is Brad Pitt doesn't really exist
Time's up! The correct answer was Fight Club
PRESIDENTS
Sammy Cahn wrote new lyrics for "High Hopes" & it became this man's 1960 campaign song
Time's up! The correct answer was John F. Kennedy
U.N. OBSERVANCES
September 16 is International Day for the Preservation of this atmospheric layer
Time's up! The correct answer was the Ozone Layer
SCIENCE
These electromagnetic rays used to take pictures of your insides were originally known as Roentgen rays
Time's up! The correct answer was X-rays
BETTER KNOWN AS...
Falsetto ukulele strummer Herbert Khaury
Time's up! The correct answer was Tiny Tim
OPERA
Mozart opera in which the count tries to thwart & postpone his valet's wedding
Time's up! The correct answer was The Marriage of Figaro
UNOFFICIAL STATE NICKNAMES
It's "The Plantation State" because its full name includes the words "And Providence Plantations"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rhode Island
THE MOVIES
It was double trouble for this martial arts star playing twins in "Double Impact"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jean-Claude Van Damme
WORLD UP!
In May 1988, after 8 years of fighting there, the Soviet army began withdrawing from this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Afghanistan
TRADING SPACES
This Illinois city's Board of Trade deals in futures, so less than 5% of what's traded there gets delivered
Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago
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
ALL MY SONS
Egypt is sometimes called the land of this fertile son of Noah
Time's up! The correct answer was Ham
LITERARY QUOTES
In "A Study in Scarlet" this author called London "that great cesspool"
Time's up! The correct answer was Arthur Conan Doyle
SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS
"I am a very foolish fond old man", he tells his daughter Cordelia
Time's up! The correct answer was King Lear
CALL OUT THE VOICE SQUAD
The voice of Daffy Duck (for the first 50 years)
Time's up! The correct answer was Mel Blanc
THEIR ALMA MATERS
Author Ralph Ellison
Time's up! The correct answer was Tuskegee
THEY'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANY MORE
This Wild West town might still be wild if native son Dennis Hopper still lived there
Time's up! The correct answer was Dodge City
ANGELS
"Vlad's Pad" at Angel Stadium is named for this right fielder & 2004 league MVP
Time's up! The correct answer was Vladimir Guerrero
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
Key's brother-in-law & law partner Roger B. Taney served as this from 1836 to 1864
Time's up! The correct answer was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
MR. OR MS. WILLIAMS
This crooner's hits include 1971's "Where Do I Begin" & 1959's "Lonely Street"
Time's up! The correct answer was Andy Williams
WHAT'CHA GOT COOKIN'?
I'm sauteeing this organ meat in butter & lemon juice, as you'd know, if you had any
Time's up! The correct answer was brains
TOM JONES
Tom played -- who else? -- himself on the "Marge Gets a Job" episode of this animated TV series in 1992
Time's up! The correct answer was The Simpsons
THE RECORD SHOWS I TOOK THE BLOWS
In 1775 his leg was severely wounded in an assault on Quebec & he was promoted to brig. gen.; 5 years later, he'd be in disgrace
Time's up! The correct answer was Benedict Arnold
THEY'RE ON CABLE
The title pair of this TNT show is Boston detective Angie Harmon & medical examiner Sasha Alexander
Time's up! The correct answer was Rizzoli & Isles
"CAL" STATE
One Big Mac has 560 of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Calories
LET'S MESS WITH TEXAS
From 1846 to 1859 this ex-Tennessee governor was a U.S. senator from Texas
Time's up! The correct answer was Sam Houston
PEOPLE
She owns the St. Louis Rams
Time's up! The correct answer was Georgia Frontiere
"EVE"NING
It's the "A" in JA, the youth organization begun in 1919 to teach young people about American business
Time's up! The correct answer was Achievement
ANNUAL EVENTS
Secretary of State William H. Seward is honored on the last Monday in March in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska
BALLPARK FIGURES
Famous nickname of Leon Goslin, who played in all 19 World Series games with the Washington Senators
Time's up! The correct answer was "Goose"
1807
In September he was acquitted of treason against the U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was Aaron Burr
TREES
Arboreal symbol of strength
Time's up! The correct answer was oak
SONGS
It's what "everybody in the whole cell block was dancin' to"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Jailhouse Rock"
FANTASTIC FILMS
Steve Martin is a scientist who falls in love with a brain -- hence this title
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Man With Two Brains"
PARTS OF THE WHOLE
Thermostat control, egg tray, crisper
Time's up! The correct answer was refrigerator
CELEB STUFF
In a 1997 issue of "George", he said his cousins Michael & Joseph were "poster boys for bad behavior"
Time's up! The correct answer was John F. Kennedy, Jr.
MESOPOTAMIA
Transcribed in the 1800s, the Behistun Inscription is the Rosetta Stone for this type of writing developed in Mesopotamia
Time's up! The correct answer was cuneiform
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
BEFORE & AFTER
Projection at the southern tip of South America also called a cornucopia
Time's up! The correct answer was Cape Horn o' Plenty
THE NEXT BIBLE BOOK AFTER...
Numbers
Time's up! The correct answer was Deuteronomy
INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE
Oh, it bellows: RANCID COO
Time's up! The correct answer was accordion
RHYME TIME
A public recreation area devoid of light
Time's up! The correct answer was a dark park
NO. 3 SONGS
In 1985 David Lee Roth reached No. 3 with "California Girls", 20 years after this group did the same
Time's up! The correct answer was The Beach Boys
WHAT KIND OF FOWL AM I?
Red-shouldered or red-tailed
Time's up! The correct answer was a hawk
LIT MY FIRE
The burning of Moscow after Napoleon's exit is dramatized in this Tolstoy novel
Time's up! The correct answer was War and Peace
THAT'S BUSINESS
He started a book business from his home in 1873; his son William joined forces with G. Clifford Noble in 1917
Time's up! The correct answer was Barnes
THE MISFITS
In 1953 this big-screen misfit duo met Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde; in 1955 they met the mummy
Time's up! The correct answer was Abbott & Costello
WORLD CITIES
In May 1998 this metropolis of 7 million voted to start electing its mayor for the first time
Time's up! The correct answer was London
OH MY GOD! YOU'VE GOT 3 "I"s
Sports Illustrated's 1997 Swimsuit Issue (the Tyra Banks cover) featured "Nothing but" these
Time's up! The correct answer was Bikinis
DIALING FOR DIALECTS
Sprechen Sie Plattdeutsch? If you do, you speak the Low variety of this language
Time's up! The correct answer was German
GREEK LETTERS
Precedes "-bits" in the name of a sweet Post cereal
Time's up! The correct answer was alpha
1987
Pat Cash beat this Czech-born tennis great to win the Wimbledon singles title
Time's up! The correct answer was Lendl
"J" WHIZ
This 1847 novel takes place mainly at Lowood Orphan Asylum & Thornfield Hall
Time's up! The correct answer was "Jane Eyre"
EPONYMS
This country is named after "the George Washington of South America" (the actual George only got cities & a state)
Time's up! The correct answer was Bolivia
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTS
Sanma aisu is fish-flavored ice cream & taco aisu is octopus-flavored ice cream made in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Japan
PEOPLE IN HISTORY
After a 15-year stay in England, this proprietor of Pennsylvania returned to his colony in 1699
Time's up! The correct answer was William Penn
MUSICALS OF THE '20s
In a 1927 title, this phrase preceded "Bonnie" (it didn't precede "Birdie" until 1960)
Time's up! The correct answer was Bye Bye
MILITARY UNITS
Mod or not, it's usually 10 infantrymen headed by a staff sergeant
Time's up! The correct answer was a squad
CLASSIC STAR TREK
Suave Ricardo Montalban played this sultry superhuman on the TV series & on the big screen
Time's up! The correct answer was Khan
MANIAS
In a 1987 hit Whitney Houston showed signs of choreomania when she wanted to do this with somebody
Time's up! The correct answer was Dance
LITERARY HOUSES
Harry Angstrom's house burns to the ground in this author's 1971 novel "Rabbit Redux"
Time's up! The correct answer was Updike
AN ARTHUR BEE
He followed Garfield as president
Time's up! The correct answer was Chester Arthur
THE FUNNIES
Jon is this cat's master; Odie is his dog friend
Time's up! The correct answer was Garfield
POETRY
His series "Bells and Pomegranates" included "Pippa Passes" and "My Last Duchess"
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Browning
ANYTHING BUT CHEESESTEAK
This hot dog condiment is basically chopped sweet pickles
Time's up! The correct answer was relish
EDS
In 1994 Johnny Depp played this wacky director of such classic films as "Plan 9 from Outer Space" & "Necromania"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ed Wood
MILLIONS OF REASONS
It was the "grateful" title of philanthropist Percy Ross' syndicated radio show & newspaper column
Time's up! The correct answer was Thanks a Million
BREAKING NEWS
It was 103 degrees in July 2010 & Con Ed's command center in this N.Y. borough showed 12,963 megawatts consumed at 1 time
Time's up! The correct answer was Manhattan
WEBSITES
At whitehouse.gov you can learn all about Air Force One as well as this Maryland presidential retreat
Time's up! The correct answer was Camp David
AMERICAN PLAYS
Lee Strasberg played the original peddler in this 1931 play which inspired "Oklahoma!"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Green Grow The Lilacs"
"DEM"-ONS
A formal reduction in rank, status or position
Time's up! The correct answer was demotion
WORDS
If you say, "I'm eating a hot dog with" this, you could mean a chopped pickle topping or just plain enjoyment
Time's up! The correct answer was relish
JONATHAN SWIFTIES
"He was a bold man that first ate" this bivalve mollusk
Time's up! The correct answer was an oyster
DISNEY VILLAINS
Kaa & Shere Khan
Time's up! The correct answer was The Jungle Book
GIANTS OF SCIENCE
In 1993 he made a "brief" appearance as himself on an episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Hawking
WORLD MUSEUMS
"ANZACs in France, 1969" was a 2006 exhibit at a war museum in this capital city
Time's up! The correct answer was Canberra
IT'S A DATE!
Oregon entered the union on this date in 1859, sweetie
Time's up! The correct answer was 14-Feb
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
This 1928 title character begins as a man & ends, almost 400 years later, as a young woman (but not in Florida)
Time's up! The correct answer was Orlando
MYTHOLOGY
Zeus' father, Cronus, was one of this group of 12
Time's up! The correct answer was Titans
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
AMERICAN HISTORY
This political party founded around 1789 stood for a strong central government
Time's up! The correct answer was the Federalists
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
Odin learned the secrets of these alphabetic symbols while hanging for 9 days on Yggdrasil, the world tree
Time's up! The correct answer was runes
HEALTH & MEDICINE
This artificial sweetner has been associated with bladder cancer in animal experiments
Time's up! The correct answer was saccharin
THE HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD
Happy, snappy or pappy
Time's up! The correct answer was happy
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC "B"
The Vistula River flows north through Poland into this sea
Time's up! The correct answer was Baltic
NAME THE FILM
1939: "I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Wizard Of Oz
ON BROADWAY: 1970
He starred on Broadway as Elwood P. Dowd in a revival of "Harvey"; who else could?
Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Stewart
AN ABBREVIATED CATEGORY
To a baseball pitcher: ERA
Time's up! The correct answer was earned run average
AIRPORT CODES
In the Midwest: MSP
Time's up! The correct answer was Minneapolis-St. Paul
INVENTIVE MINDS
In 1948, Rene Bussoz sold the USA's first Aqua Lung, invented by this Frenchman
Time's up! The correct answer was Cousteau
ALSO A VEGAS CASINO
A weapon removed from a stone
Time's up! The correct answer was Excalibur
"X"-MEN
The "Apostle of the Indies", this missionary helped found the Jesuits & introduced Christianity to Japan
Time's up! The correct answer was Francis Xavier
FRUIT
The Bartlett type of this fruit begins to ripen in summer; other varieties ripen later in the year
Time's up! The correct answer was Pears
LET'S MESS WITH TEXAS
Since 1935 this agency that originated in the 1820s has operated as a branch of the Texas Dept. of Public Safety
Time's up! The correct answer was the Texas Rangers
"T" TIME AT THE LIBRARY
Watch out for "personal injuries" if you lift all his legal thrillers, including "Personal Injuries", at once
Time's up! The correct answer was Scott Turow
U.S. WINTER OLYMPIANS
Mike Eruzione of Winthrop, Mass. was captain of the miraculous 1980 Olympic team in this sport
Time's up! The correct answer was hockey
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
There's a national park on the island of St. John in this U.S. possession
Time's up! The correct answer was U.S. Virgin Islands
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
This flagship of Columbus' first voyage was chartered from Juan de la Cosa & was his largest ship
Time's up! The correct answer was the Santa Maria
STARTS WITH "W"
The eve of May Day, on which witches were believed to rendezvous
Time's up! The correct answer was Walpurgisnacht
FAMOUS FELINES
He made his debut in the 1945 short film "Life with Feathers"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sylvester
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Decade when the 27th & last amendment, having to do with pay raises in Congress, took effect
Time's up! The correct answer was the 1990s
NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD
In Alberta the scenic Icefields Parkway connects Jasper National Park with this other one
Time's up! The correct answer was Banff
BALLET
He designed sets & costumes for "Where the Wlid Things Are", a ballet based on his own beloved book
Time's up! The correct answer was Maurice Sendak
KANSAS CITIES
In the 1960s this largest Kansas city became the world's largest producer of general aviation aircraft
Time's up! The correct answer was Wichita
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS
You'll need some long-winded singers to star in "Stormen", a Swedish opera based on this play
Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest
DUKE, DUKE
It was Duke-Duke once again with the April 1999 TV movie reunion of this 1960s series
Time's up! The correct answer was The Patty Duke Show
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
CELEB STUFF
On March 2, 1977 he made his first "Tonight Show" appearance; on May 25, 1992 he took over as host
Time's up! The correct answer was Jay Leno
MEDIEVAL MUSIC
A 13th century hit tells us this "is icumen in"
Time's up! The correct answer was Summer
THE ENVIRONMENT
As you know from the movie "Medicine Man", the rain forests hold essential plants for treating this disease
Time's up! The correct answer was cancer
CROSSWORD CLUES "D"
He's the shadowy Watergate source (4,6)
Time's up! The correct answer was "Deep Throat"
LIFE SCIENCE
In nat. selection, a ref froggus trebekus has .5 relative fitness if it produces 1/2 as many of these as a pink one
Time's up! The correct answer was offspring
ART
In 1865 he shocked Paris with "Olympia", his painting of a reclining nude
Time's up! The correct answer was Édouard Manet
"X", "Y", "Z"
It looks like a sweet potato, but it isn't even a distant relative
Time's up! The correct answer was a yam
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
During the war this American naval hero & captain of the Ranger raided the coast of England
Time's up! The correct answer was John Paul Jones
THE 1970 TV SEASON
The prime time spellcaster wasn't Sabrina, but Samantha in this series
Time's up! The correct answer was Bewitched
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
In 2004 FedEx acquired this chain of stores, & you can copy me on that!
Time's up! The correct answer was Kinko's
AYE! IT'S IRELAND
Held each year in County Kildare, the Irish Derby is a famous event in this sport
Time's up! The correct answer was Horse racing
WORDS TO THE "Y"s
Collective term for domesticated fowl like turkeys & chickens
Time's up! The correct answer was poultry
MATH TERMS
A theorem includes this series of steps, starting with a given & ending with a justified conclusion
Time's up! The correct answer was proof
COLONIAL ARTS
This South Carolina city that gave us a popular dance in the 1930s was the site of the first opera in America in 1735
Time's up! The correct answer was Charleston
CLASSIC AD LINES
"Tastes So Good Cats Ask For It By Name"
Time's up! The correct answer was Meow Mix
1984
After a lengthy hiatus, Garry Trudeau brought this strip back to 810 daily papers
Time's up! The correct answer was "Doonesbury"
TELEVISION
In 1999 an ABC sitcom dropped "a Pizza Place" from its name, which changed to this
Time's up! The correct answer was Two Guys and a Girl
TAINTED GOV
Elected to the Senate in 1930, he refused to resign as Louisiana's gov. until '32, when his handpicked crony got the gig
Time's up! The correct answer was Huey Long
ONE-WORD RHYMES
An important person, perhaps with an elaborate toupee
Time's up! The correct answer was bigwig
"V" IS FOR
...this pasta, thinner than spaghetti, whose name is Italian for "little worms"
Time's up! The correct answer was vermicelli
ENDLESS SUMER
The ancient Sumerian civilization flourished in the "Fertile Crescent" region between these 2 rivers
Time's up! The correct answer was Tigris & Euphrates
GOVERNMENT
In 1978 Ricardo Bordallo was Guam's head of government & this man was its head of state
Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Carter
MEN OF THE WORLD
This media mogul from Melbourne has been called a real-life Citizen Kane
Time's up! The correct answer was Rupert Murdoch
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
GREEK LIFE
Greek cafe music features a lute called a bouzouki & this woodwind, the klarino
Time's up! The correct answer was Clarinet
MYSPACE.MAN
On April 12, 1961, he took his 5 1/4-ton Vostok 1 for a spin at 9:07 A.M. Moscow time; he had it back by 10:55
Time's up! The correct answer was Gagarin
FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS
Perkins & Stafford Loans & Pell Grants are for these people
Time's up! The correct answer was college students
THE REEL STORY
This singer starred in "Waiting to Exhale" & "The Bodyguard"
Time's up! The correct answer was Whitney Houston
SPORTS
In the 1992-93 season this Pittsburgh Penguin missed 24 games but still won the NHL scoring title
Time's up! The correct answer was Mario Lemieux
WHAT'CHA GOT COOKIN'?
This clear meat soup will be finished in a jiffy; actually, "finished" is what its name means
Time's up! The correct answer was a consommé
PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES
His library has a desk that's an exact replica of the one that his son was photographed under in 1963
Time's up! The correct answer was John F. Kennedy
OH MY GOD! YOU'VE GOT 3 "I"s
Fran Lebowitz called this type of pasta with clam sauce "mankind's crowning achievement"
Time's up! The correct answer was linguini
PRE-COLUMBIAN CULTURES
Probably the biggest big game the Clovis culture went after 11,200 years ago, it was woolly
Time's up! The correct answer was Mammoth
THE ICU
A myocardial infarction, better known as this, is a common reason for ICU admission
Time's up! The correct answer was Heart attack
DRESSING
2-word, somewhat contradictory-sounding term for the NBA's player dress code that allows dress slacks or khakis
Time's up! The correct answer was business casual
GIRLS IN SONG
"Went to a dance lookin' for romance, saw" this girl, "so I thought I'd take a chance"
Time's up! The correct answer was Barbara Ann
2-LETTER WORDS
Before the grand jury, Bill Clinton said, "It depends on...your definition of" this word
Time's up! The correct answer was "is"
THE SHORT VERSION
A paranormal "experience": OBE
Time's up! The correct answer was Out-of-body experience
DAN-O-MITE
This former defense department employee gave the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times
Time's up! The correct answer was Daniel Ellsberg
MOTHER GOOSE
Some say these 2 were actually Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette, who were beheaded (or broke their crowns) in 1793
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack & Jill
INITIAL T.V.
Organization that employed Alexander Waverly, Mark Slate & Illya Kuryakin
Time's up! The correct answer was U.N.C.L.E.
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME
Houdini was famous for hanging upside-down wearing one of these restrictive overgarments
Time's up! The correct answer was Straitjacket
LOST
Performed annually in North Carolina, "The Lost Colony" is an outdoor drama about this lost colony
Time's up! The correct answer was Roanoke Island
THE FORTUNE 500
At No. 9, this printer-heavy co. from Palo Alto had the biggest payroll bump after acquiring 149,000 EDS workers
Time's up! The correct answer was HP
CZECH, PLEASE
In Czech, it's "Praha", & it's over 1000 years old
Time's up! The correct answer was Prague
THE ICU
Intensive care is also called this "care", like the condition patients may be in
Time's up! The correct answer was Critical
FOOD
Riz A L'Imperatrice is an elegant version of this homey dessert
Time's up! The correct answer was Rice Pudding
DOWN AT THE OLD FACTORY
The Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Penn. filled its first orders for this industrial material in 1875
Time's up! The correct answer was steel
EXPLORERS
In 1918 Roald Amundsen was attacked by one of these large white animals
Time's up! The correct answer was Polar bear
EXPLORATION
He wrote in his diary, "The loss of pony transport in March 1911 obliged me to start later than I had intended"
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Falcon Scott
RED SOX IT TO ME
In 1918 he extended his streak of scoreless World Series innings pitched to 29.2 & tied for the most HRs in the league
Time's up! The correct answer was Babe Ruth
BROADWAY
The musical "Into the Woods" is based on several fairy tales, including the one about this boy and his beanstalk
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack
EUROPE
From 1963 to 1978 he was Archbishop of Krakow
Time's up! The correct answer was Karol Wojtyla
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
LAW ENFORCEMENT
This agency's criminal justice information services div. has the fingerprints of more than 47 million people
Time's up! The correct answer was the FBI
SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD
We want you to be committed to catagorizing your collectibles cohesively
Time's up! The correct answer was categorizing
THE BIG APPLE
In 1865 NYC, already home to 800,000, finally abandoned this type of fire department
Time's up! The correct answer was volunteer
SPORTS HOME CITIES
MLS' Burn
Time's up! The correct answer was Dallas
SOMETHING'S A "FOOT"
It's a small trunk kept at the foot of a soldier's bunk
Time's up! The correct answer was Footlocker
19th CENTURY LITERATURE
William Wells Brown's "Clotel; or, The President's Daughter" is about the kids this man allegedly had with a slave
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Jefferson
NONFICTION PULITZER WINNERS
2007's winner, "The Looming Tower" is subtitled this terrorist group "and the Road to 9/11"
Time's up! The correct answer was al-Qaeda
KIDS IN BOOKS
"The Sword in the Stone" is a book about a kid who grows up to be this king
Time's up! The correct answer was King Arthur
A SHAPELY CATEGORY
Dendroid means shaped like a tree; dentiform means shaped like this
Time's up! The correct answer was a tooth
"DREAM"Y SONGS
In the 1986 film "Blue Velvet", Dean Stockwell peerforms a lip-synched rendition of this Roy Orbison hit
Time's up! The correct answer was "In Dreams"
MILLIONS OF REASONS
Metallic distinction of a CD that's sold 1 million copies
Time's up! The correct answer was platinum
ACTORS' RHYME TIME
Calista's collection of photos of actress June
Time's up! The correct answer was Flockhart's Lockharts
THE CIVIL WAR
Northerners who sought advantage in the post-war South were said to tote their belongings in these
Time's up! The correct answer was carpetbags
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
I HAVEN'T READ SHAKESPEARE, BUT...
Obviously, it's a funny play about bad baseball players
Time's up! The correct answer was The Comedy of Errors
SPORTS OF THE FEMALE OLYMPIANS
Mia Hamm, Brandi Chastain & their 9 teammates on the field
Time's up! The correct answer was soccer
KNOWLEDGE BY THE NUMBERS
Number of males who served as British PM in the 1990s plus Oscars won by Tom Hanks plus protons in a helium nucleus
Time's up! The correct answer was 6
SKUNKS
Skunks are the major carriers of this disease in the continental U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was rabies
GEORGE WASHINGTON
On December 26, 1799 Washington was eulogized in Congress by this man known as "Lighthorse Harry"
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Lee
MAGAZINES
In titles, this word follows Southern, Country & Martha Stewart
Time's up! The correct answer was Living
A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS
Antioch, Bowling Green, Kent State
Time's up! The correct answer was Ohio
THE TONY AWARDS
(Hi, I'm Brian Dennehy) This man won a Tony for writing the Best Play of 1949 and I had the honor of presenting him with a Lifetime Achievement Tony in 1999
Time's up! The correct answer was Arthur Miller
ACTRESSES' FIRST FILMS
"The Outlaw"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jane Russell
SODA POP QUIZ
Caleb Bradham named his elixir this because it was supposed to relieve dyspepsia
Time's up! The correct answer was Pepsi Cola
COMMON ABBREVIATIONS
All things considered, NPR is this popular listening place
Time's up! The correct answer was National Public Radio
"ANT" INFESTATION
It's the part of the military that traditionally fights on foot
Time's up! The correct answer was infantry
NAME THE OPERA
("Habanera")
Time's up! The correct answer was "Carmen"
WHAT'CHA GOT COOKIN'?
I'm making passover breakfast fun by using this unleavened bread in a version of French toast
Time's up! The correct answer was matzah
"DOUBLE" JEOPARDY
In this form of jumping rope, 2 people twirl 2 jump ropes in the opposite direction simultaneously
Time's up! The correct answer was Double Dutch
SAINTS BE PRAISED
Philip of Moscow foresaw that his post as primate of the Russian church might lead to martyrdom, as this man was czar
Time's up! The correct answer was Ivan the Terrible
DRAMA
Robert Bolt depicted Elizabeth I in "Vivat! Vivat Regina!" & Henry VIII in this play
Time's up! The correct answer was A Man for All Seasons
SUPERHEROES
In a 1940 comic book Batman & this sidekick take an undying oath to fight crime & corruption
Time's up! The correct answer was Robin
DIRECTED BUT DID NOT STAR
"Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil" (1997)
Time's up! The correct answer was Clint Eastwood
BUSINESS
This San Francisco-based clothing company's full name includes "De Corps"
Time's up! The correct answer was Esprit
ETIQUETTE
Some small wedding receptions eliminate this greeting line that was once de rigeueur
Time's up! The correct answer was the receiving line
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
From the Greek "psallein", to pluck, we get this plucked type of zither that's mentioned in the Bible
Time's up! The correct answer was Psalterion
THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
After this early battle, Americans retreated over Charlestown Neck
Time's up! The correct answer was The Battle of Bunker Hill
18th CENTURY AMERICANS
In "The Federalist" No. 51, this future president put forth an argument for the separation of powers
Time's up! The correct answer was James Madison
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
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
The highest airport in the world is Lhasa Airport in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was TIbet
HOW'S THE WEATHER?
Longer autumn nights let the ground cool, producing condensation & the "ground" type of this
Time's up! The correct answer was fog
LITERARY GENRES
The story of Gisli Sursson, or John Jakes' chronicle of the Kent family
Time's up! The correct answer was sagas
BOOK NAMES
George Bernard Shaw: "Major ____"
Time's up! The correct answer was Barbara
BIBLICAL WORDS & PHRASES
Unworthy or sinful people are known as a "generation of" these poisonous creatures
Time's up! The correct answer was Vipers
LAST NAME'S THE SAME
17th century philosopher Sir Francis & 20th century painter Francis
Time's up! The correct answer was Bacon
"I" LADS
His is the first & longest book of the Bible's major prophets
Time's up! The correct answer was Isaiah
"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"
THE 1890s
Japan had an emperor, Russia, a czar & Italy was ruled by one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was king
ORGANIZATIONS
Arm of Al-Anon that's specifically for young people between the ages of 12 & 20
Time's up! The correct answer was Al-Ateen
NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD
Argentina & Brazil have national parks to preserve the wildlife & beauty of these extensive waterfalls
Time's up! The correct answer was Iguazu Falls
NO. 32
It begins "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven"
Time's up! The correct answer was 32nd Psalm
MAGAZINES
For its Dec. 2003 issue, the U.S. Marie Claire put its first man on its cover, this star of "The Last Samurai"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Cruise
"AI"
This often blended rum & juice cocktail is named for a Cuban town
Time's up! The correct answer was daiquiri
"KEY"s
It's Pennsylvania's nickname
Time's up! The correct answer was the Keystone state
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
SAINTS BE PRAISED
Saint Brigid was buried at Kildare, but was later moved to be buried with this saint
Time's up! The correct answer was Saint Patrick
STRING THEORY 101
In the U.S. string cheese is usually a type of this cheese
Time's up! The correct answer was mozzarella
MUSICALS OF THE '20s
The saucy 1928 musical "Paris" introduced this composer's immortal song "Let's Do It"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cole Porter
THE BUTLER DID IT
He must have a great benefit plan; Alfred began his service to this crime fighter way back in 1943
Time's up! The correct answer was Batman
THOSE WACKY GERMANS
Germans decorate Christmas trees with silvery strings & call it the "hair" of these heavenly beings
Time's up! The correct answer was Angels
DRAMA
In a 1997 play Stacie Chaiken starred as Constance, wife of this "Earnest" author
Time's up! The correct answer was Oscar Wilde
I PITY THE "FOOL"
9-letter word for something designed to be impervious to human incompetence
Time's up! The correct answer was foolproof
WORDS IN (THE) ENCYCLOPEDIA
Book of Genesis garden
Time's up! The correct answer was Eden
HOLLYWOOD THRILLER PREVIEWS?
In Australia, water is going down drains backwards (to us). This fall, Mel Gibson takes on the reason why--this "Effect"
Time's up! The correct answer was Coriolis
THAT'S NO LADY...
He was a comic foil as Mr. Mooney on "The Lucy Show" & Mr. Wilson on "Dennis the Menace"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gale Gordon
THE 23rd PSALM
They're the first 5 words of the psalm
Time's up! The correct answer was The Lord is my shepherd
STUPID ANSWERS
Number of different basic shapes in a box of Post Alpha-Bits
Time's up! The correct answer was 26
GO "SOUTH"
...to this body of water that includes the Gulf of Tonkin & the Gulf of Thailand
Time's up! The correct answer was the South China Sea
COMPUTER TERMS
In the acronym BIOS, these 2 words come between "basic" & "system"
Time's up! The correct answer was input & output
DOWN AT THE OLFACTORY
The wood of the Eastern red this tree (actually a juniper) has a distinct aroma familiar from closets
Time's up! The correct answer was a cedar
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
Known as the "Father of Waters", this river drains an area of approx. 1,247,000 square miles
Time's up! The correct answer was the Mississippi
WHO'S THE MRS.?
Mrs. Brad Pitt
Time's up! The correct answer was Jennifer Aniston
PRESIDENTS IN THE CABINET
As Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams told this country to govern Florida better or cede it to the U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was Spain
SHAKESPEAREAN LAST SCENES
Puck's last speech in this play begins, "If we shadows have offended, think but this--and all is mended"
Time's up! The correct answer was A Midsummer Night's Dream
ENDLESS SUMER
The Sumerian kingdom ended when this enemy king famous for his code conquered the city of Larsa
Time's up! The correct answer was Hammurabi
BEFORE THEY WERE POPES
Pius XII previously held this Vatican office that, like its U.S. cabinet counterpart, requires travel
Time's up! The correct answer was Secretary of State
"D" IN HISTORY
In 1578 a Mongolian ruler first gave the leader of Tibet's Yellow Hat sect of Buddhism this title
Time's up! The correct answer was Dalai Lama
LICENSE PLATE MOTTOS
"Native America"
Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma
KNOTS TO YOU
This South American civilization used Quipu, a system of knots, to record dates & large sums of figures
Time's up! The correct answer was Incas
IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS
Our Andes are dandy! Only Brazil has more people in South America, but they don't have our coffee. Hail...
Time's up! The correct answer was Colombia
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTS
When on this north Atlantic island be sure to try hakarl, a traditional dish of rotten shark
Time's up! The correct answer was Iceland
"KNIFE", "FORK" OR "SPOON"
Blushing crow for crushing blow, for example
Time's up! The correct answer was Spoonerism
RELIGION
In this Asian religion, a lohan is not an actress but a holy person, & monasteries have images of lohans
Time's up! The correct answer was Buddhism
ENDS WITH "K"
A soda server, whether or not he's fatuous
Time's up! The correct answer was Jerk
BIRDS
Also known as a duck hawk, it has been clocked at 175 miles per hour during a dive
Time's up! The correct answer was Peregrine falcon
POETIC TERMS
These funny five-line verses often end with the name of a place; or, a place in Ireland
Time's up! The correct answer was Limerick
LANGUAGES
Punjabi is spoken by about half of all households in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Pakistan
POETS' RHYME TIME
Ezra's Afghans
Time's up! The correct answer was Pound's hounds
THE GIANTS
Jett Rink, a poor ranch hand, becomes an oil millionaire in her novel "Giant"
Time's up! The correct answer was Edna Ferber
MEDICAL TALK
Luteinizing hormone is one of the many produced by this cherry-shaped gland
Time's up! The correct answer was the pituitary
GRAPES
A popular grape used in making raisins is this variety that shares its name with the capital of Oman
Time's up! The correct answer was Muscat
NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD
In Alberta the scenic Icefields Parkway connects Jasper National Park with this other one
Time's up! The correct answer was Banff
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
POETIC TITLE VERBS
"To An Athlete _____ Young"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dying
4-LETTER FRIENDS
The first name of actress Sheedy, pronounced differently
Time's up! The correct answer was ally
"BLACK" OR "WHITE"
This "Golden Girl" had her own show in 1958 & 1977 & in 1999 became part of the cast of "Ladies Man"
Time's up! The correct answer was Betty White
NOTORIOUS
White supremacy group depicted as heroes in film classic "Birth of a Nation"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Ku Klux Klan
BON APPE-"T"
It's a cross between a pomelo & a tangerine
Time's up! The correct answer was Tangelo
TV DRAMAS BY EPISODE
"Warrior... Princess... Tramp"
Time's up! The correct answer was Xena Warrior Princess
HAIR TODAY
George Clooney popularized the close-cut style named this, like a certain leader
Time's up! The correct answer was a Caesar
ARCHITECTURE
From 1617 to 1642 everyone was keeping up with this Jones, surveyor of works to the British Crown
Time's up! The correct answer was Inigo
MUSICAL BY CHARACTERS
Aunt Eller Murphy & Laurey Williams
Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma!
FRUIT
The Bing & other sweet varieties of this fruit are self-sterile; they cannot pollinate themselves
Time's up! The correct answer was Cherries
WITH BROTHERHOOD
The Dust Brothers produced this sibling band's "Middle Of Nowhere" which featured "MMMBop"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hanson
EPONYMS
Inventor & shirtmaker S.L. Cluett's first name gives us this process for minimizing fabric shrinkage
Time's up! The correct answer was Sanforizing
AMERICAN PLAYS
The play in which Amanda says, "I want you to stay fresh and pretty -- for gentleman callers."
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Glass Menagerie"
PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS
She must have been hairy, as this hairstyle is named for the big-haired mistress of a French emperor
Time's up! The correct answer was Pompadour
TRAVEL & TOURISM
You can spend the night in a Victorian style railroad car at the Choo Choo Hilton in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Chattanooga
THE JEFFERSON ADMINISTRATION
In 1807, after a trip up the Hudson, he wrote, "The power of propelling boats by steam is now fully proved"
Time's up! The correct answer was Fulton
BALLS
Kermit the Frog's eyeballs were originally made of these light sports balls
Time's up! The correct answer was ping pong balls
MOVIE DEBUTS
At 13 this actress with a weekday in her name starred in the 1956 classic "Rock, Rock, Rock!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tuesday Weld
FUNNY FOR NOTHIN'
This Fox-TV cartoon boy: "Just so you don't hear any wild rumors, I'm being indicted for fraud in Australia"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bart Simpson
EUROPEAN HISTORY
He filed for divorce citing Leviticus 20:21, "If a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing"
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry VIII
HOLLYWOOD THRILLER PREVIEWS?
This emotional bond to a captor by a hostage due to stress & need for survival is the psychothriller of the summer!
Time's up! The correct answer was the Stockholm Syndrome
FRUIT
Fraise is French for this fruit
Time's up! The correct answer was strawberry
HISTORY OLDER THAN YOU
Around 1200 B.C. this Biblical man led his people to Canaan after their escape from slavery
Time's up! The correct answer was Moses
ROGUE
This country's acceptance of responsibility for the Pan Am 103 bombing helped it lose its rogue status
Time's up! The correct answer was Libya
"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
FASHION FROM HEAD TO TOE
This French-named garment looks like a skirt but is actually pants
Time's up! The correct answer was culottes
THE COLOR PURPLE
Established by George Washington in 1782, it can also be given to P.O.W.s who've been mistreated
Time's up! The correct answer was Purple Heart
MEDICINE
To test for this, the eyeball is anesthetized & a pressure gauge is placed on the front of the eye
Time's up! The correct answer was glaucoma
BASIC SCIENCE
At last count, this planet in our solar system had 63 known moons
Time's up! The correct answer was Jupiter
LUNCH COUNTER LINGO
A houseboat is this ice cream & fruit dessert
Time's up! The correct answer was a banana split
ORGANIZATIONS
During Egypt's suspension from this group, 1979-1989, its headquarters was located in Tunisia
Time's up! The correct answer was the Arab League
SPORTS
Babe Ruth's father once operated a saloon on what is now center field in this Baltimore ballpark
Time's up! The correct answer was Oriole Park at Camden Yards
WORLD COINS
All of Ireland's coins feature this musical instrument on one side
Time's up! The correct answer was the harp
WOMEN OF THE WORLD
Under 5 feet tall & all of about 90 pounds, this frail French chanteuse was nicknamed the "Little Sparrow"
Time's up! The correct answer was Piaf
THE DE NIRO CODE
"Goodfellas": "The two greatest things in life" are "never rat on" these "and always keep your mouth shut"
Time's up! The correct answer was your friends
THEIR ALMA MATERS
Sir Isaac Newton
Time's up! The correct answer was Cambridge
TECHNOLOGY
Count Rumford, who died in 1814, invented the drip version of this
Time's up! The correct answer was the coffee maker
THE BIBLE
This son of Jacob served under Potiphar, captain of Pharaoh's palace guard
Time's up! The correct answer was Joseph
HISTORIC NAMES
In 312, emboldened by the sight of a cross in the sky, this man defeated the Emperor Maxentius & seized Rome
Time's up! The correct answer was Constantine
COMMON SIMILES
Ironically, something incomprehensible is said to be "as clear as" this 3-letter word
Time's up! The correct answer was mud
ROCKS & MINERALS
Largest block ever found of it in U.S., 56 tons, was used for Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Time's up! The correct answer was marble
NOVELS
Even the epilogue is lengthy in this 1869 Tolstoy epic; it comes out in 2 parts &, in our copy, is 105 pages long
Time's up! The correct answer was War and Peace
CONVENTIONS
On "Saturday Night Live", William Shatner told attendees at this type of convention, "Get a life!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Star Trek
STORM
The probe used to investigate tornados in this film is aptly named Dorothy
Time's up! The correct answer was Twister
NEWS TO ME
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake in this Caribbean country Jan. 12, 2010 brought a world outpouring of aid
Time's up! The correct answer was Haiti
THE CAT
It's the tailless cat variety from an island south of Scotland
Time's up! The correct answer was a manx
CLASSIC STAR TREK
Captain Kirk shares this name, his middle name, with a first century Roman emperor
Time's up! The correct answer was Tiberius
THE CINEMA
The park bench Tom Hanks sat on in much of this 1994 film was in Chippewa Square in Savannah, Georgia
Time's up! The correct answer was Forrest Gump
DANGER IN WONDERLAND
Don't let the smile fool you--this feline has razor-sharp claws & a cloaking device; terminate with extreme prejudice
Time's up! The correct answer was the Cheshire Cat
SPORTS SHORTS
This manager went out on top when he called it quits Oct. 31, 2011
Time's up! The correct answer was La Russa
HISPANIC HISTORY
Around 1829 this Mexican began calling himself the "Napoleon of the West"
Time's up! The correct answer was General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
HORSE & RIDER
Trigger's friend Buttermilk
Time's up! The correct answer was Dale Evans
THROUGH THE 1800s WITH SARAH POLK
In 1888 Mrs. Polk pushed a button in Nashville & these came on at the Cincinnati Centennial Expo
Time's up! The correct answer was the lights
SEE THE USA
You can "Go Home Again" to see this author's boyhood home in Asheville, North Carolina
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Wolfe
BALLETS WE'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT BEFORE
In "Harlequinade" the hero tries to rescue Columbine with the help of the magical "La Bonne Fee", this in English
Time's up! The correct answer was the good fairy
LET THE GAMES BEGIN
It's the most expensive property in the U.S. version of Monopoly
Time's up! The correct answer was Boardwalk
GONE TOMORROW?
The endangerment of the New Mexico ridge-nosed species of this snake was caused in part by collectors
Time's up! The correct answer was a rattlesnake
FILM FACTS
As a child, this "Doctor Zhivago" co-star had a bit role in her father's film "Limelight"
Time's up! The correct answer was Geraldine Chaplin
LOBBYISTS
In 1997 Jack Williams of this company was indicted for lying about his dealings with Mike Espy
Time's up! The correct answer was Tyson Foods
AND I QUOTE
3-word phrase for a quote meant for attribution, or a quote like "Gretzky's 92 goals are unbeatable!"
Time's up! The correct answer was On the record
CONVENTIONS
New England Federalists convened in Hartford in 1814 to denounce this war
Time's up! The correct answer was War of 1812
WHAT THE KIDS ARE CALLING IT
"What An Appealing Young Lady" can be translated to this title of a 1999 movie
Time's up! The correct answer was She's All That
MY NAME IS EARL WARREN
I ruled that public school segregation was unconstitutional in this landmark 1954 case
Time's up! The correct answer was Brown v. Board of Education
ROGER!
He was to fly as lunar module pilot on the first manned Apollo mission but tragically never made it
Time's up! The correct answer was Roger Chaffee
CORPORATE SPORTS VENUES
3-letter corporate name that's on the Indianapolis venue seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was RCA Dome
MYTHOLOGY
Leda laid 2 eggs: one with Helen & Pollux in it, the other containing Clytemnestra & him
Time's up! The correct answer was Castor
PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS
In 1941 her "Watch on the Rhine" was named best American play by the New York Drama Critics' Circle
Time's up! The correct answer was Lillian Hellman
ON THE STAGE
Their first commission was "Thespis" for London's Gaiety Theatre in 1871
Time's up! The correct answer was Gilbert & Sullivan
THE HAYES YEARS
10 members of this secret society of Irish immigrant coal workers were hanged on June 21, 1877
Time's up! The correct answer was The Molly Maguires
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
FROM THE WELSH
The name of this Olympic weapon may go back to the Welsh gaflach, "forked branch"
Time's up! The correct answer was Javelin
STATE OF THE UNION
When Jimi Hendrix played "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock, he was strumming in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was New York
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
TIME TO GET SIMON-IZED
He was the head of Vienna's Jewish Documentation Center from 1961 to 2003
Time's up! The correct answer was Simon Wiesenthal
ART
We're not joshing--in 1769 this portrait painter got knighted
Time's up! The correct answer was Reynolds
THE NBA
For 9 straight seasons, ending in '96, this Utah Jazz player led the NBA in average assists per game
Time's up! The correct answer was John Stockton
WHAT'S THAT SOUND?
Ports lying on the banks of this sound include Bremerton, Everett & Tacoma
Time's up! The correct answer was Puget Sound
SPORTS & THE MOVIES
When asked for a home address in "The Blues Bros." Elwood gives 1060 W. Addison St., the home of this facility
Time's up! The correct answer was Wrigley Field
CLOTHING
This apron for young girls has a ruffled bibbed top & a gathered skirt
Time's up! The correct answer was a pinafore
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
SWEET!
Some pies have a top named for this garden structure
Time's up! The correct answer was a lattice
I KNOW THAT WORD BACKWARDS & FORWARDS
Anatomy-wise, the subscapularis is a muscle in this "cuff"
Time's up! The correct answer was rotator
SHAKESPEARE
Richard III says, "How sweet a thing it is to wear" one & Henry IV says, "Uneasy lies the head that wears" one
Time's up! The correct answer was a crown
RUSSIAN LITERATURE
Wounded in World War I, Yuri Zhivago is nursed back to health by this woman who was to become his mistress
Time's up! The correct answer was Lara
LANGUAGE QUESTIONS
"Donde está el baño?" is Spanish for "where is" this, sometimes discreetly called "the facilities"
Time's up! The correct answer was bathroom
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
Porky popped out of this type of drum at the end of many a Looney Tune
Time's up! The correct answer was Bass drum
THE BYRDS & THE BEAS
The Victoria & Albert Museum in London has the original illustrations she did for her many kids' books
Time's up! The correct answer was Beatrix Potter
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
KNIGHTS
Code of behavior for a knight to remember
Time's up! The correct answer was Chivalry
UNFORESEEN FINDS
To spite a customer who complained the tubers were too thick, chef George Crum created what became this treat
Time's up! The correct answer was potato chips
AH, SWEET MYTHTERY
The Myrmidons were this great hero's brutal cohorts in the Trojan War
Time's up! The correct answer was Achilles
"DEM"-ONS
To object or voice opposition
Time's up! The correct answer was demur
BIRDS! BIRDS! BIRDS!
Seen here, the great horned type of this bird is found from Alaska to South America
Time's up! The correct answer was Owl
POLITICS
Only 4 state governors serve terms this long
Time's up! The correct answer was two years
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
The Houston ship channel flows into this bay that shares its name with a city
Time's up! The correct answer was Galveston Bay
OPERA SINGERS
This Spaniard starred in Franco Zeffirelli's film "La Traviata"
Time's up! The correct answer was Domingo
BRITISH HISTORY
First Roman army to invade Britain was led by this general
Time's up! The correct answer was Caesar
THE TIGERS
One of this man's most famous poems begins, "Tyger! Tyger! burning bright, in the forests of the night"
Time's up! The correct answer was William Blake
LITERATURE
In "Through The Looking Glass", Humpty Dumpty explains to Alice the meaning of this nonsense poem
Time's up! The correct answer was Jabberwocky
DRESSING
In 1953 the Witty Brothers promoted the first suit made of this by having a model wear it for 67 straight days
Time's up! The correct answer was polyester
AUTHORS' RHYME TIME
Spillane's love-bites
Time's up! The correct answer was Mickey's hickeys
LITERARY COLLABORATORS
For "The Autobiography of Malcolm X", Malcolm collaborated with this author
Time's up! The correct answer was Alex Haley
OPERA
Stationed in Seville, Don Jose is bewitched by a gypsy girl in this Bizet opera
Time's up! The correct answer was Carmen
IN THE TREASURY DEPT.
In addition to protecting all of us from funny money, it protects the president
Time's up! The correct answer was the Secret Service
THE NEW YORK TIMES 2009 FICTION BESTSELLERS
Hey, y'all, this CNN legal analyst made the list with her novel "The Eleventh Victim"
Time's up! The correct answer was Nancy Grace
WYOMING
Settlement began in earnest when this railroad pushed across the state in the 1860s
Time's up! The correct answer was the Union Pacific
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
In 1993 she became the first woman from Ukraine to win the world figure skating championships
Time's up! The correct answer was Oksana Baiul
ANNUAL EVENTS
Several different islands choose their own kings & queens as part of this state's Aloha festivals
Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii
PARTS OF PEACH
5-letter word for the hard interior of a peach
Time's up! The correct answer was the stone
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
TREES
Hindu for “trader” this unusual tree whose branches grow down can look like a mini-forest
Time's up! The correct answer was Banyan
NOT A VERB
Capable, succeed, accomplish
Time's up! The correct answer was capable
SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE
In Kent County, 11 miles south of Dover
Time's up! The correct answer was Delaware
COMMON BONDS
Fife, Rubble, Miller
Time's up! The correct answer was Barney
FLOPS
This former NFL linebacker's show "Lawless" was sacked in March 1997 after one airing
Time's up! The correct answer was Brian Bosworth
TOUR OF JUDY
This CNN news anchor once worked as a correspondent for "The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour"
Time's up! The correct answer was Judy Woodruff
ALWAYS SAY NEVER
In his "Ballad of East and West", this Brit wrote, "east is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet"
Time's up! The correct answer was Kipling
OLD VIRGINIA
President Jefferson sent this fellow Virginian, later our 5th president, to negotiate the Louisiana Purchase
Time's up! The correct answer was Monroe
LANDINGS
Runways are numbered by compass degrees without the last digit, so this is the highest number used
Time's up! The correct answer was 36
BRAND-O
Cryst & Krispo were potential names for this brand of shortening
Time's up! The correct answer was Crisco
STORYTELLERS
Some sources say it was Carnegie Hall; others say it was the '67 Newport Festival where he first sang "Alice's Restaurant"
Time's up! The correct answer was Arlo Guthrie
FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY
He was the Democratic presidential frontrunner in 1987 until his "Monkey Business" did him in
Time's up! The correct answer was Gary Hart
BEN
Current events of 1751 included the appearance of Ben's scientific work "Experiments and Observations on" this
Time's up! The correct answer was "Electricity"
TELL ME "Y"
First name shared by monsieurs Saint Laurent & Montand
Time's up! The correct answer was Yves
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
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Stoichiometry is defined as the study of the quantities involved in these chemical events
Time's up! The correct answer was Chemical reactions
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!
The last wife of Henry VIII to get the axe
Time's up! The correct answer was Catherine Howard
LANGUAGES
Balinese is spoken on several islands of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Indonesia
THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE
He had a good year in 1928; construction began on the NYC art deco building named for him & he acquired Dodge
Time's up! The correct answer was Walter Chrysler
BARD BITS
In "Henry VIII" this cardinal bids "a long farewell to all my greatness"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cardinal Wolsey
MILITARY MATTERS
This nickname of the World War II U.S. Air Force fighter numbered the P-51 comes from the Spanish for "stray animal"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mustang
DANGER IN WONDERLAND
These 2 brothers may look like dimwits but they're vicious; beware the sword & umbrella, their weapons of choice
Time's up! The correct answer was Tweedledum & Tweedledee
TOP 40 BONUS
"Blue Bayou"
Time's up! The correct answer was Linda Ronstadt & Roy Orbison
NAME THE FILM
1995: "To infinity, and beyond!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Toy Story
THE NEXT BIBLE BOOK AFTER...
Genesis
Time's up! The correct answer was Exodus
ASTROLOGY
There are this many houses in the astrological subdivision
Time's up! The correct answer was 12
AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
"Voyage of the Beagle"
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Darwin
THE RENAISSANCE
In his notebooks this Renaissance artist claimed, "The Medici created and destroyed me"
Time's up! The correct answer was Leonardo Da Vinci
BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES
James I
Time's up! The correct answer was Stuart
LOVE QUOTES
Napoleon said, "I have never loved anyone for love's sake, except, perhaps," her -- "a little"
Time's up! The correct answer was Josephine
COLOSSUS
Rabelaisian adjective meaning "enormous", like a task
Time's up! The correct answer was gargantuan
STARTS WITH "B"
An insect who hangs out in your four-poster, or what a private eye might slip under your mattress
Time's up! The correct answer was Bedbug
CHICKENS FOR FREE
He celebrated his 86th birthday at "21" by having his own famous fried chicken delivered to his table in section 21
Time's up! The correct answer was Colonel Sanders
STUPID ANSWERS
Whole number equidistant from 5 & 7
Time's up! The correct answer was 6
LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"
San Diego County is estimated to have a million acres of this Spanish-named dense shrub growth
Time's up! The correct answer was chaparral
THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE SOUTH
The name of a popular Southern liquor brand, it's also the state game bird of Alabama
Time's up! The correct answer was Wild Turkey
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
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
OPERA & BALLET
Choreographer Frederick Ashton played one of the ugly stepsisters when this ballet debuted in 1948
Time's up! The correct answer was Cinderella
PARISIANS
The voice of this woman, born in Paris in 1915, evokes the city in songs like "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien"
Time's up! The correct answer was Edith Piaf
HISTORIC NICKNAMES
Among the more colorful nicknames of this agricultural chemist were "Peanut Man" & "Sweet-Potato Man"
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington Carver
20th CENTURY QUOTES
A physicist, 1955: "If only I had known, I would have become a watchmaker"
Time's up! The correct answer was Albert Einstein
TAKE A PILL
Pravastatin aims to block your body's ability to make this
Time's up! The correct answer was cholesterol
"CAL" STATE
One Big Mac has 560 of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Calories
ORGANIZATIONS
Social welfare organization founded in the 19th century, whose bimonthly publication is "The War Cry"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Salvation Army
MUSICAL PRIME NUMBERS
ABBA: "You are the dancing queen, young & sweet, only ____"
Time's up! The correct answer was 17
HAIR TODAY
This rastafarian style is Whoopi Goldberg's trademark
Time's up! The correct answer was dreadlocks
WORD ORIGINS
This adjective meaning deceptive or sneaky is from the Latin de via, meaning "out of the way"
Time's up! The correct answer was devious
LITERATURE
In English, Ivan Turgenev's novel "Ottsy i Deti" is known by this "familial" title"
Time's up! The correct answer was Fathers and Sons
I READ THE NEWS TODAY
At the time JFK was shot, Jack Ruby was placing some ads in this "morning" publication
Time's up! The correct answer was the Dallas Morning News
OPERA & BALLET
This composer of "The Nutcracker" said, "The music of a ballet is not invariably bad"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tchaikovsky
HISTORY
The 1st prime minister of independent Kenya
Time's up! The correct answer was Jomo Kenyatta
HISTORIC QUOTES
Upon this man's assassination, Nehru said, "The light has gone out of our lives"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mahatma Gandhi
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
This companion island to Trinidad has its own airport, Crown Point International
Time's up! The correct answer was Tobago
TELEVISION
In 1977 her own show aired on CBS just before "Maude"; now she's a "Golden Girl" with Bea Arthur
Time's up! The correct answer was Betty White
A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY
Wallace might know this term for a metal eyelet mainly used on belts but also seen on hems & cuffs
Time's up! The correct answer was a grommet
PEN NAMES
We don't know why this dame sometimes wrote under the name Mary Westmacott; it's a mystery to us
Time's up! The correct answer was Agatha Christie
EAT IT!
It's the Spanish-named appetizer of tortilla chips & often beans, beef & onions topped with melted cheese
Time's up! The correct answer was nachos
CITY OF BIRTH
Mad magazine illustrator James Warhola
Time's up! The correct answer was Pittsburgh
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS
It's the play that inspired Reynaldo Hahn's opera "Le Marchand de Venise"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Merchant of Venice
FUNNY FOR NOTHIN'
A writer, on the U.S. soccer team's 4 total shots in 3 games: "Four shots?" This Laker "takes that many during a timeout"
Time's up! The correct answer was Kobe Bryant
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
HAT'S ALL, FOLKS
Proverbially, if you're crazy, you might be as "mad as" one of these makers of men's headwear
Time's up! The correct answer was hatter
AUTHORS
After years of writing science fiction, he found his niche with historical novels such as "North and South"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jakes
AWARDS
"Pearls for Pigs" was 1998's best play in these off-Broadway awards given by the Village Voice
Time's up! The correct answer was Obies
ARCHITECTS
William Pereira erected his Transamerica "Pyramid" in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was San Francisco
WHAT'S THAT SOUND?
This state's outer banks create Pamlico Sound, the largest lagoon on the East Coast of the United States
Time's up! The correct answer was North Carolina
BIRD HUNTING
One of the cardinal rules of e-mail listed on insiderreports.com is to turn off your Caps-Lock
Time's up! The correct answer was a cardinal
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
Charles Gounod's mother thought he might become a priest, & one of his best-known works is this setting of a Catholic prayer
Time's up! The correct answer was Ave Maria
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
NOTED EUROPEANS
In 1863, this man from Wuppertal started a dye company that evolved into an aspirin-making giant
Time's up! The correct answer was Bayer
NONFICTION PULITZER WINNERS
Herbert P. Bix won in 2001 with a book on this emperor "and the Making of Modern Japan"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hirohito
NO. 3 SONGS
Her "True Blue" peaked at No. 3 just a few weeks after "Papa Don't Preach" topped the charts
Time's up! The correct answer was Madonna
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
TBA
Warnings of these "floods" are announced by the N.W.S. when large amounts of rain fall in a short amount of time
Time's up! The correct answer was Flash flood
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
BILL GATES' 50 BILLION
If his employee's price is $50.00, Bill could buy a billion of the "98" version of this operating system
Time's up! The correct answer was Windows
WORLD RELIGION
Meaning "sign of God", it's the title of a Shi'ite Muslim scholar & leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Ayatollah
OSCAR NIGHT 2003
This Best Actress Winner said that Russell Crowe told her not to cry...but she did anyway
Time's up! The correct answer was Nicole Kidman
AMERICAN HISTORY
In 1698, after an absence of 15 years, he returned to the colony named for his father
Time's up! The correct answer was William Penn
PRESIDENTS IN IOWA
He dedicated the Rathbun Dam July 31, 1971
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Nixon
JERSEY GIRLS
This Algonquin wit was born in West End, N.J. in 1893 & was a drama critic for Vanity Fair by 1917
Time's up! The correct answer was Dorothy Parker
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
WE WANT PISA!
At the head of his own militia, this medieval author of "The Prince" helped conquer Pisa for Florence in 1509
Time's up! The correct answer was Machiavelli
CLASSIC AD LINES
"We Bring Good Things To Life"
Time's up! The correct answer was General Electric
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
SALMON
Salmon are members of the same family as the speckled or brook variety of this fish
Time's up! The correct answer was trout
INTERNATIONAL NAMES
In 2008 he succeeded his close ally Vladimir Putin as Russia's president
Time's up! The correct answer was Medvedev
"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
YOUNG ABE LINCOLN
During his 80 days of military service in 1832, Abe attempted without success to track down this Sauk & Fox Indian chief
Time's up! The correct answer was Black Hawk
HISTORIC NAMES
Margaret Roper, who died in 1544, is said to have been buried with the head of this "Utopia" author, her father
Time's up! The correct answer was Saint Thomas More
CLASSIC ADS & JINGLES
"Solutions for a small planet"
Time's up! The correct answer was IBM
CENTRAL PARK
Central Park has a statue of King Wladyslaw II Jagiello of this country, who was also Grand Duke of Lithuania
Time's up! The correct answer was Poland
BRITISH POETS & POETRY
Prince Albert sent his copy of "Idylls Of The King" to this poet & asked him to autograph it
Time's up! The correct answer was Alfred Lord Tennyson
EAT IT!
Traditionally, shepherd's pie contains this meat, ground or diced
Time's up! The correct answer was lamb
CLASSIC AD LINES
"We Bring Good Things To Life"
Time's up! The correct answer was General Electric
SAINTS
This scholarly 13th century saint was often called "The Angelic Doctor"
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Thomas Aquinas
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
Autumn brings Choyo-No-Sekku or Chrysanthemum Day in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Japan
INTERNATIONAL RHYME TIME
A tiny New Zealander, or a tiny New Zealand bird
Time's up! The correct answer was a peewee Kiwi
THE KOREAN WAR
In bitter battles of 1951, Pork Chop was a hill & Heartbreak was one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Ridge
BALLET
French sculptor whose art inspired "The Eternal Idol" (hmmm...that's a "Thinker")
Time's up! The correct answer was Auguste Rodin
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
HISTORY
For the last 8 years of his life, Galileo was under house arrest for espousing this man's theory
Time's up! The correct answer was Copernicus
"LIGHT"s
Famous ones include Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini & Roberto "Hands of Stone" Duran
Time's up! The correct answer was lightweights
THROUGH THE 1800s WITH SARAH POLK
Born in 1803 in Tennessee, Sarah later attended school in this state due east, husband James' birthplace
Time's up! The correct answer was North Carolina
BALLETS WE'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT BEFORE
"Fete Noire" was first presented in 1971 by the fledgling dance theatre of this Manhattan area
Time's up! The correct answer was Harlem
CELEBRITY RELATIVES
"Tucker" marked the 1st time this father & son had worked together since "Sea Hunt" in the '60s
Time's up! The correct answer was Lloyd & Jeff Bridges
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