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FUNDRAISING
Keep a big donor's gifts flowing: put him on this "of directors" or "of governors"
Time's up! The correct answer was board
ROCK-Y
His innovations include multitrack recording, overdubbing & the solid-body electric guitar
Time's up! The correct answer was Les Paul
THE SUMMER OLYMPICS
In 2004 the USA's Bryan Clay, with 8,820 points, took the silver in this 10-event contest
Time's up! The correct answer was the decathlon
WHEN THE SAINTS
It's the secret identity of the British detective known as "The Saint"
Time's up! The correct answer was Simon Templar
THE DIRECTOR SPEAKS
"Everybody denies I am a genius--but nobody ever called me one!" noted this man who raised "Kane"
Time's up! The correct answer was Orson Welles
THE COLOR PURPLE
This purple flower is the state flower of Colorado
Time's up! The correct answer was the columbine
THE "A" "B" "C"s
They're the 2 words describing lenses that curve outward or inward
Time's up! The correct answer was Concave & convex
BIRDS
Listen, you white-bellied bustard, I know where you live-- this continent's savanna
Time's up! The correct answer was Africa
LITERARY SISTERS
In "Gone with the Wind", Scarlett O'Hara marries Charles Hamilton & Ashley Wilkes marries her, Charles' sister
Time's up! The correct answer was Melanie
___ OG
A fad in the '90s was this game from Hawaii that used bottle stoppers
Time's up! The correct answer was pogs
SLIM VOLUMES
You may want to enter this, a diet book & program by Barry Sears, who clarified with "Mastering" it
Time's up! The correct answer was The Zone
FEMINISM
Elizabeth Cady Stanton's cousin Elizabeth Smith Miller first wore these trousers named for another woman
Time's up! The correct answer was bloomers
TOM JONES
The benevolent Mr. Allworthy & the crude Mr. Western have this title given to English country gentlemen
Time's up! The correct answer was Squire
THE GODFATHER
This S.F. Giant, Barry Bonds' godfather, got his nickname from his unique greetings to fans
Time's up! The correct answer was Say Hey Willie Mays
2-LETTER ABBREV.
It's the famous apparel company founded by surfboard maker Jim Jenks in 1972
Time's up! The correct answer was OP
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
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
THEIR COUNTRY'S LAST MONARCH
1910: King Manuel II
Time's up! The correct answer was Portugal
HISTORIC BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Older brother Frank is thrilled to welcome this Sept. 5, 1847 baby; 10 days old & making guns with his tiny fingers
Time's up! The correct answer was Jesse James
PUNJAB
As part of his Easternmost conquests, this Greek's armies occupied the Punjab around 327 B.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander the Great
RODENTS
Contrary to popular belief, mass drownings by the Norway species of this rodent are not suicidal in nature
Time's up! The correct answer was lemmings
CANALS
In 1825 the Seneca Chief became the first boat to traverse the length of this canal, reaching NYC on Nov. 4
Time's up! The correct answer was the Erie Canal
ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER
This "Das Kapital" author stands between comedian Oliver Hardy & H.G. Wells
Time's up! The correct answer was Karl Marx
GEORGIAN ON MY MIND
This "Pretty Woman" was born in Smyrna, Georgia on Oct. 28, 1967
Time's up! The correct answer was Julia Roberts
FAMILIAR PHRASES
William Congreve expounded, "heav'n has no rage, like love to hatred turn'd, nor hell a fury like" this
Time's up! The correct answer was a woman scorned
B FOLLOWS A
In a Harry Potter novel, Sirius Black is a convicted murderer who escapes from this island prison in the North Sea
Time's up! The correct answer was Azkaban
SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS
"I am a very foolish fond old man", he tells his daughter Cordelia
Time's up! The correct answer was King Lear
MEDIEVAL MUSIC
In 950 this instrument in Winchester Cathedral needed 70 men to work the bellows
Time's up! The correct answer was Organ
IT SOUNDS LIKE
A pitcher who comes in late in the game, it sounds like a feeling trees have in the spring
Time's up! The correct answer was Relief
TELL ME "Y"
"Meshugge" means crazy in this language of Europe's Ashkenazic Jews
Time's up! The correct answer was Yiddish
MEDICAL TALK
This term refers to the painful inflammation of any of the fibrous structures that connect muscles to bones
Time's up! The correct answer was tendinitis
AIN'T THAT "GRAND"
This name for a railroad terminal at Park & 42nd is a synonym for frenzied activity
Time's up! The correct answer was Grand Central Station
GAME SHOWS
In this "Street"-wise game show, you have to predict answers given by people on the street
Time's up! The correct answer was Street Smarts
THE NEW YORK TIMES 2009 FICTION BESTSELLERS
"Homer & Langley" by this author of "Ragtime" details the lives of the reclusive Collyer Brothers
Time's up! The correct answer was Doctorow
RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS
The sixth of these was an outbreak of boils & sores
Time's up! The correct answer was Ten Plagues of Egypt
THE HUSBAND MARRIED
Virginia Cherrill, Barbara Hutton, Betsy Drake, Dyan Cannon & Barbara Harris
Time's up! The correct answer was Cary Grant
COMPUTER JARGON
P2P means this type of file sharing, like Kazaa or Limewire
Time's up! The correct answer was peer-to-peer
BALLPARK FIGURES
With the Yankees from 1923 to 1939, his No. 4 was the first number retired in either league
Time's up! The correct answer was Lou Gehrig
U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
"The Coyote State" is an unofficial nickname of this 75,885-square-mile state
Time's up! The correct answer was South Dakota
SCIENTISTS
This naturalist wrote, "for my own part I would as soon be descended from that heroic little monkey"
Time's up! The correct answer was Darwin
BIOLOGY
Associated with this sense, the olfactory lobe is better developed in most vertebrates than in man
Time's up! The correct answer was smell
GEORGIAN ON MY MIND
This "Pretty Woman" was born in Smyrna, Georgia on Oct. 28, 1967
Time's up! The correct answer was Julia Roberts
TINKER
2 of the "Rude Mechanicals" from this play are Tom Snout the Tinker & Nick Bottom the Weaver
Time's up! The correct answer was A Midsummer Night's Dream
A SHAKESPEARE PLAY, FOR OPENERS
"Othello" opens with Roderigo addressing this villain: "Tush, never tell me; I take it much unkindly"
Time's up! The correct answer was Iago
BASEBALL HISTORY
To injure opposing players, Ty Cobb was said to sharpen these
Time's up! The correct answer was his spikes
STATE SUPERLATIVES
This state with the most people is home to the largest living tree
Time's up! The correct answer was California
U.S. PORT CITIES
Pull into this port city & you'll find Fort Sumter guarding its harbor
Time's up! The correct answer was Charleston
EXPORTS
This crop is king in Mali; about 1/2 of its export income comes from it
Time's up! The correct answer was cotton
SOMETHING'S A "FOOT"
A person near death is said to have one
Time's up! The correct answer was One foot in the grave
ROYALTY
In 1599, Albert, Archduke of Austria, married the Infanta of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Spain
GOOD CAUSES
The Environmental Defense Fund helped convince this fast-food co. to abandon polystyrene containers in 1990
Time's up! The correct answer was McDonald's
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
This large lake on the New York-Vermont border is Vermont's lowest point
Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Champlain
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
ARE YOU PERHAPS FRENCH?
Philippe of this family is Chief Ocean Correspondent for Animal Planet
Time's up! The correct answer was Cousteau
BOTANY
The Jaffa variety of orange originated in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Israel
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
Synonym for dignity that's the term for a group of lions
Time's up! The correct answer was a pride
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MOVIES
A Capote tale set in the South: "The Grass _____"
Time's up! The correct answer was Harp
TV THEME LYRICS
"It's like you're always stuck in second gear, well it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year"
Time's up! The correct answer was Friends
POETIC TITLE VERBS
"I _____ Lonely As A Cloud"
Time's up! The correct answer was Wandered
THE CANARY ISLANDS
The Canary Islands' highest point, 12,000-foot Pico de Teide, is the peak of a dormant one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a volcano
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
MAGAZINES
In 1990, he became editor-in-chief of his late father's namesake business magazine
Time's up! The correct answer was Steve Forbes
BRIGHT IDEAS
In 1882 Schuyler Wheeler put a propellor on the shaft of an electric motor & created this--how cool!
Time's up! The correct answer was a fan
THE RULE OF THIRDS
You have to go through this ceremony in order to become a Freemason
Time's up! The correct answer was the Third Degree
LARCENY DELL'ARTE
NYC's largest art theft happened in 1988 & saw the loss of 2 of this Renaissance friar's masterpieces
Time's up! The correct answer was Fra Angelico
THE "FIRST" STATE
In 1975 Donald Johanson found a group of 13 hominid fossils he dubbed this, like the Nixons or Trumans
Time's up! The correct answer was the first family
B FOLLOWS A
These 1st & 2nd century B.C. Jewish patriots were active in liberating Judea from Syrian rule
Time's up! The correct answer was the Maccabees
THE 1890s
Relationship of Lizzie Borden to the woman she was acquitted of killing
Time's up! The correct answer was stepdaughter
BUSINESS LEADERS
In 1886 he started his first successful business, the Lancaster Caramel Co.; the chocolate came later
Time's up! The correct answer was Hershey
FASHIONABLE COMMON BONDS
Action, kid, opera
Time's up! The correct answer was gloves
POLITICAL MOVIES
Michael Douglas played Andrew Shepherd, the title character of this film, & even he had trouble dating
Time's up! The correct answer was The American President
THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR
"Woman with a Past", "The Peacemaker", "Deep Impact"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mimi Leder
1938
Returning from Ireland to NYC in August, this aviator was given a parade down…er, up Broadway
Time's up! The correct answer was "Wrong Way" Corrigan
WEAPONRY
In the 1960s Nelson Mandela led the military group "Umkhonto we Sizwe", or this weapon "of the Nation"
Time's up! The correct answer was Spear
HISTORY
About 3000 B.S. the Sumerians invented this writing system which used triangular marks
Time's up! The correct answer was cuneiform
ENGLAND, SCOTLAND OR WALES
It has the westernmost territory
Time's up! The correct answer was Scotland
ROAMIN' THE WORLD
Tea & coconuts are top products of this country, the "Pearl of the Indian Ocean"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sri Lanka
OCCUPATION HAZARDS
Chafing from chaps, rope burns from lassos & that saddle horn -- watch where you sit if you're one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was cowboy
WORLD CAPITALS
Started in 1988 for this city's 75th anniversary, a Springtime Flower Festival in September shows off its Commonwealth Park
Time's up! The correct answer was Canberra, Australia
& NOW THE "END" IS NEAR
Shakespeare's Puck: If we have" done this, "think but this, and all is mended"
Time's up! The correct answer was offended
ANIMAL PLANET
A bean with mottled markings shares its name with this equine
Time's up! The correct answer was Pinto
PARDON MY "FRENCH"
In France this musical instrument is called "cor d' harmonie"
Time's up! The correct answer was French horn
WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN
"Served under the Apache leaders Cochise and Mangas Coloradas... in 1894, he was moved to Fort Sill
Time's up! The correct answer was Geronimo
THE CANARY ISLANDS
The Canary Islands' highest point, 12,000-foot Pico de Teide, is the peak of a dormant one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a volcano
BRITISH FASHION
Star designer John Galliano was born Juan Carlos Galliano in this British possession at the tip of Spain
Time's up! The correct answer was Gibraltar
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
BIBLICAL FATHERS & SONS
Abraham was 100 years old & Sarah was 90 when this child was born to them
Time's up! The correct answer was Isaac
WAR STORIES
"A Walk in the Sun", "They Were Expendable"
Time's up! The correct answer was World War II
THE LENIN CLOSET
Lenin got a degree in this in 1891, then went on to court a lot of trouble
Time's up! The correct answer was law
CARY GRANT FILMS
She done Cary right casting him as her co-star in "She Done Him Wrong"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mae West
CARTOONS
On Saturday morning, this Disney hero attends Prometheus Academy
Time's up! The correct answer was Hercules
ART
Edward Steichen led the movement to recognize as art these images, whose name means "drawn with light"
Time's up! The correct answer was photographs
IT ENDS WITH "US"
Mildew, mold or a mushroom
Time's up! The correct answer was fungus
"PH"UN WORDS
The bar type is one common form of this chart
Time's up! The correct answer was graph
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 "CAPTAIN"
For his role as Manuel, Spencer Tracy won an Oscar for this 1937 fish story
Time's up! The correct answer was Captains Courageous
WAR MOVIES
1951: Erwin Rommel succeeds... for a while... in North Africa
Time's up! The correct answer was The Desert Fox
OXYMORONS
The "double" version of this card game for one requires 2 players
Time's up! The correct answer was solitaire
ALBUMS
In 1997 Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" appeared on her album "Let's Talk About Love" & on this soundtrack
Time's up! The correct answer was Titanic
GOING TOO "FUR"
Rolled up, like a flag or a boat's sails
Time's up! The correct answer was furled
GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT
Tarantino is a director; this is a rapid, whirling dance named for an Italian city
Time's up! The correct answer was tarantella
COLOSSUS
This adjective that means "amazingly large" or "causing amazement" is from the Latin for "to be stunned"
Time's up! The correct answer was stupendous
BRAND NAMES
"Share Moments, Share Life" is a slogan of this brand of film & cameras
Time's up! The correct answer was Kodak
SCIENCE & NATURE
Light energy can be studied as these massless quantum units
Time's up! The correct answer was photons
WHERE WORDS COME FROM
Chinese or Malay: This tomato condiment that's put on French fries
Time's up! The correct answer was ketchup
& THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH
Pleuronectidae, one family of this fish, generally has eyes on the right side; another, Bothidae, on the left
Time's up! The correct answer was flounder
HISTORY
Before he was Canada's P.M., William Lyon Mackenzie King lived in this famous house with Jane Addams
Time's up! The correct answer was Hull House
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
"I" LADS
His is the first & longest book of the Bible's major prophets
Time's up! The correct answer was Isaiah
TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE WORD THAT RHYMES WITH STAR
Django Reinhardt was a master of this instrument
Time's up! The correct answer was the guitar
EDS
He hosted a phenomenally successful prime-time variety show for 24 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Ed Sullivan
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY SAYS....
Of this deaf composer she wrote, "Sweet sounds, oh beautiful music, do not cease!"
Time's up! The correct answer was L.V. Beethoven
19th CENTURY PRESIDENTS
The time of his administration was known as "the Era of Good Feelings"
Time's up! The correct answer was Monroe
PULL
You "pull a few" of these to get a favor done
Time's up! The correct answer was Strings
WORD"Z"
Many French eateries include this word in their names; it means "at the home of"
Time's up! The correct answer was chez
ANATOMY
This vein's name comes from the Latin for "collarbone"
Time's up! The correct answer was the jugular
SECRET IDENTITIES
Superman
Time's up! The correct answer was Clark Kent
FAMOUS SHIPS
On December 27, 1831 it departed Plymouth, England to map the coastline of South America
Time's up! The correct answer was the HMS Beagle
MUSEUMS
Barry Goldwater donated his Kachina doll collection to the Heard Museum in this state capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Phoenix
RED SOX IT TO ME
With 44 homers, 121 RBIs & a .326 average, Carl Yastrzemski is the last baseball player to win this
Time's up! The correct answer was the Triple Crown
INDEPENDENCE DAYS
This country celebrates its 1945 independence from Fascism on April 25th
Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
BUT IS IT ART?
The work of "Artists Barely in Control of the Brush" is seen at Boston's MOBA, museum of this art
Time's up! The correct answer was Bad art
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
GENERAL INFORMATION
The tuliptree, or "yellow" this, was planted by Washington at Mt. Vernon, & Daniel Boone used its wood in his canoe
Time's up! The correct answer was poplar
WORLD EVENTS
The 3 people who did this most recently were Midori Ito, Muhammad Ali & Crown Prince Haakon of Norway
Time's up! The correct answer was Lighting the Olympic flame at the Olympic Games
THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS
"Colorful" verb for what's been done when you've been soundly thrashed
Time's up! The correct answer was tanned
"EZ" DOES IT
Port Said is this waterway's northern terminus
Time's up! The correct answer was Suez Canal
HOW'S THE WEATHER?
Mountain passes speed up hot, dry air, giving this U.S. state its Santa Ana winds
Time's up! The correct answer was California
SLOGANEERING
If you need a hammer, this is "The Place With the Helpful Hardware Folks"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ace Hardware
COMPUTER TERMS
This unit equals about 1,000 megabytes, or about half a million pages of text
Time's up! The correct answer was a gigabyte
GOAT-POURRI
Goat Island splits Niagara Falls into the American Falls & this waterfall on the Canadian side
Time's up! The correct answer was Horseshoe Falls
MOVIE TRIVIA
Turned down to be an "Our Gang" member, she became top box office star of 1935
Time's up! The correct answer was Shirley Temple
MIDDLE "C"
For a nice chianti, visit this wine-making region of Italy that's famous for it
Time's up! The correct answer was Tuscany
WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?
"Joy of Cooking" gives a recipe for this beef dish but cautions that eating raw meat can be hazardous to your health
Time's up! The correct answer was steak tartare
SONG LYRICS
"When I dream about the moonlight on" this river, "then I long for my Indiana home"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Wabash
LOVE POETRY
It makes sense that Marlowe's "passionate shepherd" promises his love "a gown made of the finest" this
Time's up! The correct answer was wool
THE LAND
This country is "The Land of the Shamrock"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ireland
RHYME TIME
A person who teaches you to imitate an owl
Time's up! The correct answer was Hooter tutor
MOVIE TAG LINES
1982 film that showed "A world inside a computer where man has never been. Never before now"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tron
WANT ADS
Numbers cruncher needed! Must be member of AICPA, the American Institute of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Certified Public Accountants
MAGIC
This magician's feats include walking through the Great Wall of China
Time's up! The correct answer was David Copperfield
HISTORY
In 1991 B.C. Amenemhet, a former vizier, founded this country's 12th dynasty
Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt
WOMEN'S HEALTH
In a "Got Milk" ad, Jennifer Love Hewitt says she hates this bone condition, so she has fat free milk with every meal
Time's up! The correct answer was osteoporosis
CARTOONS
The monster seen here (Godzilla) originally appeared in movies from this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Japan
MAYORS
After this 1906 disaster, Mayor Eugene Schmitz authorized the summary execution of looters
Time's up! The correct answer was the San Francisco earthquake
5-LETTER WORDS
Headgear for a king, or part of a tooth
Time's up! The correct answer was crown
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
MUSCAT LOVE
The 3 main forts in Muscat date from the 1580s when this small Iberian nation conquered & occupied it
Time's up! The correct answer was Portugal
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
James Lick of observatory fame was responsible for the Key Memorial in this San Francisco park
Time's up! The correct answer was Golden Gate Park
DELAWARE
Nicknamed "Pete", this former gov. of Delaware once worked in the chemical co. his ancestors founded in 1802
Time's up! The correct answer was du Pont
PITCHING HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE WOO
Drink (or eat) deep, my dear, for I have brought deep-fried this drink, "the real thing", from the state fair of Texas
Time's up! The correct answer was Coke
THE ENGLISH BEAT
Centenary Square, in the center of this city, is its main cultural center; Alabama has a city by that name as well
Time's up! The correct answer was Birmingham
TIME TO GET SIMON-IZED
His autobiography was called "I Don't Mean To Be Rude, But..."
Time's up! The correct answer was Simon Cowell
STORM
Bogey & Bacall's final film together was this one that saw them waiting out a storm in Florida
Time's up! The correct answer was Key Largo
FLEETS
When he left for his second voyage in September of 1493, he had a fleet of seventeen ships, fourteen more than his first trip
Time's up! The correct answer was Christopher Columbus
ASIAN CAPITALS
Check out the Kokugikan Sumo Budokan Arena in this capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Tokyo
IN A FESTIVAL MOOD
In July 1965 Bob Dylan was booed at the Newport Festival of this, for abandoning that type of music
Time's up! The correct answer was Folk Music
SO YOU WANT TO BE A 19th CENTURY HEROINE
Even if you're 27 & still single, like Anne in this author's "Persuasion", your life may not be over
Time's up! The correct answer was Jane Austen
GENERAL SCIENCE
While compounds of this element are added to table salt, in its pure form it's quite poisonous
Time's up! The correct answer was Iodine
RICH & FAMOUS
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen owns this Portland sports team
Time's up! The correct answer was Portland Trail Blazers
ALSO SOMETHING YOU WEAR
Hard, quick gasps for air
Time's up! The correct answer was pants
CREATION STORIES
To the ancient Greeks, it was a void from which Nyx & Erebus emerged; in English it's a disordered mess
Time's up! The correct answer was chaos
THE 20th CENTURY
In 1974 the military overthrew this African leader who claimed to be descended from Solomon & the Queen of Sheba
Time's up! The correct answer was Haile Selassie
GRAVE MATTERS
Thomas Crawford's best-known work, "Armed Liberty", is the bronze atop the dome of this American landmark
Time's up! The correct answer was U.S. Capitol Building
THE KILLERS
In Genesis 4 he becomes the first killer; God isn't happy
Time's up! The correct answer was Cain
WAR MOVIES
1951: Erwin Rommel succeeds... for a while... in North Africa
Time's up! The correct answer was The Desert Fox
EARLY AMERICA
In defending British soldiers on trial for this 1770 event, John Adams said, "Facts are stubborn things"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Boston Massacre
IT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU
The actual quote from this star of gangster films was "you dirty yellow-bellied rat!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Cagney
4-LETTER WORDS
It's short for one of the muscles, or a large open space on campus surrounded by buildings
Time's up! The correct answer was a quad
U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
The "Niagara of the South", this waterfall near Corbin, Kentucky shares its name with a famous "gap"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cumberland
THE ROMANOV DYNASTY
At Oranienbaum, this ruler who certainly loved her thrills had a "sliding hill", an 18th c. version of a roller coaster
Time's up! The correct answer was Catherine the Great
ROYALTY
Since 1066, the only British monarch to have 3 children ascend to the British throne
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry VIII
SCIENCE
Also a term for someone from Warsaw, it's one of the 2 strongest points in a magnetic field
Time's up! The correct answer was Pole
WASHINGTON D.C.
What the "D.C." stands for
Time's up! The correct answer was the District of Columbia
EXPLORERS
In 1848 Johannes Rebmann became the first European to see & describe "the snows" of this African mountain
Time's up! The correct answer was Kilimanjaro
CliffsNotes
Title guy shipwrecks, ends up on 28-year island getaway, makes a friend, goes home
Time's up! The correct answer was "Robinson Crusoe"
NONFICTION
Dave Eggers not-so-modestly titled his memoir "A Heartbreaking Work of" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Staggering Genius
WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS
1994: A Shoshone guide for a famous expedition
Time's up! The correct answer was Sacagawea
FIRST LADIES
The only first lady whose married name was the same as her maiden name
Time's up! The correct answer was Eleanor Roosevelt
THE '30s WEREN'T ALL DEPRESSING
In 1938 DuPont made toothbrushes, not stockings, its first product with this material
Time's up! The correct answer was nylon
STATE GOVERNMENT
In the Mississippi House of Representatives, this official calls members to order & signs acts
Time's up! The correct answer was speaker of the house
"T" TIME AT THE LIBRARY
In book titles, this adjective precedes Gertrude Stein's "Buttons" & Fitzgerald's "is the Night"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tender
AN E FOR AN I
A Hawaiian wreath becomes an area sheltered from wind
Time's up! The correct answer was a lei & a lee
THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL
Explorer Pike
Time's up! The correct answer was Zebulon
WHO IS THEON OF SMYRNA?
Writing on these, Theon covers, among others, the circular, oblong, prime & even ones
Time's up! The correct answer was numbers
GOULASH
In 1957 child model Jim O'Neill was chosen to grace the cover of his "Baby and Child Care Book"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Benjamin Spock
TONY-WINNING COMPOSERS
1949: "Kiss Me, Kate"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cole Porter
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
LITERARY GENRES
A villanella, an Italian song, became a villanelle, a French this
Time's up! The correct answer was a poem
"DEM"-ONS
The young women "d'Avignon" in the title of a painting by Picasso
Time's up! The correct answer was Demoiselles
TELEPHONE HISTORY
In 1980 Dial-It National Sports became the first service on this new area code
Time's up! The correct answer was 1-900
ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS
Mike Todd was killed in a plane crash while Liz was making this film in which she played Maggie Pollitt
Time's up! The correct answer was Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
PASS THE CHOCOLATE
A 2007 study said that eating a little dark chocolate daily may reduce this, both systolic & diastolic
Time's up! The correct answer was blood pressure
MR. OR MS. WILLIAMS
The aquatic Mrs. Fernando Lamas
Time's up! The correct answer was Esther Williams
POEMS ON POETS
"A hundred naked maidens" / Danced in his "Faerie Queene" / Give this Elizabethan credit / He sure could set a scene
Time's up! The correct answer was Spenser
ITALIAN
Literally "good day", it's the basic Italian hello
Time's up! The correct answer was buon giorno
LET'S TAKE A PEAK
Venezuela's highest peak is named for this man; there's a bronze bust of him at the summit
Time's up! The correct answer was Bolivar
PRESIDENTS
Teddy Roosevelt sponsored the candidacy of this man in 1908 & ran against him in 1912
Time's up! The correct answer was William Howard Taft
WHAT KIND OF FOWL AM I?
Snow, Mother or Canada
Time's up! The correct answer was a goose
THE ANIMALS
(Sarah of the Clue Crew at Zoo Atlanta) There are 3 types of gorilla: mountain & the eastern & western type of these lesser-altitude gorillas
Time's up! The correct answer was lowland gorillas
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST
The 6 Earl Derr Biggers novels about this Chinese-American detective were first serialized in the Post
Time's up! The correct answer was Charlie Chan
LITERARY COLLABORATORS
George S Kaufman died in June 1961; this man, his frequent collaborator, in December of that year
Time's up! The correct answer was Moss Hart
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
At about 1,700 square miles, this saline lake is one of the largest lakes in the world with no outlet
Time's up! The correct answer was the Salt Lake
THE REEL STORY
M. Night Shyamalan wrote & directed this creepy Bruce Willis-Haley Joel Osment film
Time's up! The correct answer was The Sixth Sense
TELEVISION HISTORY
In the late '60s this character was created to show children it's okay to be grumpy
Time's up! The correct answer was Oscar the Grouch
THEATRE HODGEPODGE
In titles of musicals, this word stands alone, follows "Bubbling Brown" & precedes "Babies"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sugar
BLARNEY
Tiny pieces, or the New Jersey band that sang "Only a Memory"
Time's up! The correct answer was smithereens
ITALIAN
From an Italian word for "grape stalk", it's brandy distilled from the remains of grapes after pressing
Time's up! The correct answer was grappa
TOM JONES
In book 13 country boy Tom arrives in this metropolis, where the climactic action takes place
Time's up! The correct answer was London
POETIC TERMS
It's an echoic term for words like hiss that imitate an actual sound
Time's up! The correct answer was onomatopeia
EUROPE
The fertile plain east of the Danube, making up half this country's area, is called the Great Alfold
Time's up! The correct answer was Hungary
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
ABBREVIATED
High-ranking business operative: CFO
Time's up! The correct answer was chief financial officer
THE NEW TESTAMENT
In Revelation, it was the name of he who sat on a pale horse
Time's up! The correct answer was Death
WHOSE IS IT?
The Battle of the Little Bighorn, won by the Sioux, also has this "final" name
Time's up! The correct answer was Custer's Last Stand
AMERICAN LITERATURE
He lived for several weeks among the cannibalistic Typee before he wrote the book of the same name
Time's up! The correct answer was Herman Melville
AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
"The Day of the Locust"
Time's up! The correct answer was Nathanael West
COMMON BONDS
Hair, Punch, A volleyball
Time's up! The correct answer was Things that are spiked
CLASSIC DISNEY FILMS
Chim-Chim Cheree! This film featuring chimney sweeps swept up 13 Oscar nominations
Time's up! The correct answer was Mary Poppins
DICE ROLL NICKNAMES
Snake Eyes
Time's up! The correct answer was 2
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
RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS
The sixth of these was an outbreak of boils & sores
Time's up! The correct answer was Ten Plagues of Egypt
AT THE MALL
The name of this clothing store for teens is French for "airmail"
Time's up! The correct answer was Aéropostale
ALL ASHORE FOR BIRD LORE
This bird term for pro-war politicians was popular in the period leading up to the War of 1812
Time's up! The correct answer was hawks
WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
The French for "scandal" gave us the name of this high-kicking dance popular in music halls of the 19th century
Time's up! The correct answer was Can-Can
ANDY WARHOL
Andy's loft on East 47th Street got this nickname from its former use & Andy's mass-production techniques
Time's up! The correct answer was The Factory
ALSO A BOOK IN THE BIBLE
Few were "better than" this Mr. Cornell who founded the university in 1865
Time's up! The correct answer was Ezra
LITERATURE OF THE 1800s
This character said, "I will live in the past, the present, and the future. The spirits of all three shall strive within me"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ebenezer Scrooge
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
MEN OF MUSIC
Richard Strauss used double basses for Jokanaan's beheading in the opera about this princess
Time's up! The correct answer was Salomé
LARRY KING'S PUBLIC FIGURES
At the bottom of the hour, bet you won't miss my chat with this all time "hit king" of baseball...Cincinnati, hello?
Time's up! The correct answer was Pete Rose
THE NEXT BIBLE BOOK AFTER...
Genesis
Time's up! The correct answer was Exodus
HISTORIC WOMEN
Anna Ivanovna, empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740, was the niece of this great ruler
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter the Great
BRITISH HISTORY
The penultimate Anglo-Saxon king, Edward was known by this pious title
Time's up! The correct answer was Edward the Confessor
HOLLYWOOD DOGS
Higgins played the title role of this 1974 film
Time's up! The correct answer was Benji
THE SHORT FORM
A common adverb, it's also the acronym of a 500,000-member feminist group
Time's up! The correct answer was NOW
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
ENGLISH ROYAL HENRYS
These 2 warring royal houses were united in 1486 when Henry VII married Elizabeth, the daughter of Edward IV
Time's up! The correct answer was Lancaster & York
ANCIENT HISTORY
In 213 B.C., Ch'in Shih Huang-ti ordered all of these burned, except the ones in the imperial library
Time's up! The correct answer was books
MODERN "TIME"S
Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific
Time's up! The correct answer was Time zones
WHEN THEY WERE TEENS
This daughter of Francis Ford Coppola was an intern for fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld in Paris
Time's up! The correct answer was Sofia Coppola
DAYS
Many European countries celebrate the equivalent of this American holiday on May Day
Time's up! The correct answer was Labor Day
SPORTS
Tennis serve that touches net before dropping into proper court, it's replayed
Time's up! The correct answer was a let ball
ANNUAL EVENTS
Stand clear of the seed-spitting contest at the Hope, Arkansas festival for these huge picnic fruits
Time's up! The correct answer was watermelons
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
The name Midgard, the world of humans, can be translated as this, a place familiar to Tolkien
Time's up! The correct answer was Middle Earth
THE NEXT BIBLE BOOK AFTER...
Genesis
Time's up! The correct answer was Exodus
ARCHITECTURE
A flight is a series of these unbroken by a landing
Time's up! The correct answer was stairs
INNS
Gray's Inn is one of these associations that control admission to Britain's bar
Time's up! The correct answer was the Inns of Court
NURSERY RHYMES
"I had a little hobby-horse and it was dapple gray; its head was made of pea-straw, its tail was made of" this
Time's up! The correct answer was hay
SRO
3-letter word that's the title of Yasmina Reza's hit play about an all-white painting
Time's up! The correct answer was Art
RULERS IN HISTORY
Born in 1672 & named for a saint, in 1703 he founded a city whose name represents both of them
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter the Great
AUTHORS' RHYME TIME
Stoker's sheeplings
Time's up! The correct answer was Bram's lambs
RADIO
On April 3, 1936 a nation listened as Gabriel Heatter covered this man's execution
Time's up! The correct answer was Bruno Hauptmann
"G"ARDEN GLOSSARY
Open an account at one of these banks that exist for the conservation of seeds, tissues or reproductive cells
Time's up! The correct answer was a gene bank
SOUNDS THAT KITTIES MAKE
This sound of aggression from a domestic cat is also produced by vipers
Time's up! The correct answer was a hiss
A FLY CATEGORY
To WWI British aviators, the Red Baron's group with its colorful planes was one of these, like Monty Python's
Time's up! The correct answer was a Flying Circus
RHYME TIME
A wealthy sorceress
Time's up! The correct answer was a rich witch
WHAT KIND OF FOWL AM I?
The blackcock or the ruffed
Time's up! The correct answer was a grouse
ARE YOU PERHAPS FRENCH?
Philippe of this family is Chief Ocean Correspondent for Animal Planet
Time's up! The correct answer was Cousteau
LUNCH COUNTER LINGO
This beverage is Adam's ale
Time's up! The correct answer was water
ANCIENT COINS
The animal featured on the electrum coin of Lydia, it got the world's coinage off to a roaring success
Time's up! The correct answer was Lion
THOSE AMAZING ANIMALS
High in Omega-3 fatty acids, oils from these creatures have been shown to reduce high levels of triglycerides
Time's up! The correct answer was fish
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
While studying at Cambridge in the late 1960s, this prince showed a flair for acting in comedy revues
Time's up! The correct answer was Prince Charles
FOREIGN
If Popeye spoke Hebrew he'd ask for tered, this
Time's up! The correct answer was spinach
VACATION FUN
For a fabulous view of Barcelona, take the elevator to the top of the Monument a Colom, built to honor him
Time's up! The correct answer was Christopher Columbus
THE CIVIL WAR
In June of 1861, Dorothea Dix was appointed to supervise the female ones of these
Time's up! The correct answer was nurses
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
THE GRIDIRON
[Hi, I'm Shannon Sharpe of the Denver Broncos] In 1995 this Cowboys running back tied Jim Brown's record by scoring his 100th career TD in his 93rd NFL game
Time's up! The correct answer was Emmitt Smith
ACTORS WHO DIRECT
"Million Dollar Baby" & "Unforgiven"
Time's up! The correct answer was Clint Eastwood
PEN NAMES
Rosemary Jansze, who was born in Ceylon, writes her romance novels under this married name
Time's up! The correct answer was Rosemary Rogers
SAINTS
During his reign St. Pius X revised this Latin version of the Bible
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Jerome's or the Vulgate
EUROPE
Some 40% of this country's land has been reclaimed from the sea
Time's up! The correct answer was the Netherlands
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS
Verdi wrote an aria called "La Luce Langue"--The Light Fails--for this bloothirsty villainess
Time's up! The correct answer was Lady Macbeth
MS.
Joan Benoit was 1st to win this Olympic event, finally offered for women in ‘84
Time's up! The correct answer was marathon
FAMOUS AMERICANS
At the 1855 World's Fair in Paris, one of his sewing machines won first prize
Time's up! The correct answer was Singer
FINE DINING
A Vacherin dessert features this crisp concoction of beaten egg whites & sugar
Time's up! The correct answer was meringue
HIDDEN BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
Sending money was the best her friends could do for her
Time's up! The correct answer was Esther
HIP-HOP & RAP
A TV show on E! chronicles the "Father Hood" of this rap star
Time's up! The correct answer was Snoop Dogg
OSCAR NIGHT 2003
For "Talk to Her", he became the first man in over 30 years to win with a screenplay in a foreign language
Time's up! The correct answer was Pedro Almodovar
AMERICAN HISTORY
In 1949 Henry H. Arnold became the first general of this branch of the armed forces
Time's up! The correct answer was Air Force
SCRAMBLED EGGS
This bird's eggs are so pretty a color is named for them: IN BRO
Time's up! The correct answer was robin
INDONESIA
In 1985 Sukarno-Hatta Int'l Airport was opened at Cengkareng just west of this city's center
Time's up! The correct answer was Jakarta
IT'S RAINING "MN"
6-letter word meaning mirthless, sober, or grave
Time's up! The correct answer was solemn
WORDS OF THE WRITER
"Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Edgar Allan Poe
DANCE
The 1786 Opera "Una Cosa Rara" featured one of the first of these Viennese dances
Time's up! The correct answer was a waltz
1807
Later to lead the revolutionary Redshirts, he was born on the Fourth of July
Time's up! The correct answer was Garibaldi
THIS IS JEOPARDY!
With a cash total of $172,800, he's Jeopardy!'s biggest winner ever
Time's up! The correct answer was Chuck Forrest
TAINTED GOV
In 2010 this Illinois governor was tried on corruption charges, but convicted on only 1 count
Time's up! The correct answer was Blagojevich
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Escamillo is a toreador in "Carmen", an opera set in this European country
Time's up! The correct answer was Spain
LIBRARIES
Salinas, California, has a public library named for this novelist
Time's up! The correct answer was Steinbeck
WHY?
To punish Vronsky for turning cold to her, & to escape from everything
Time's up! The correct answer was Why does Anna Karenina kill herself?
SCIENTISTS
In 1791 this Italian published the results of his experiments in "animal electricity"
Time's up! The correct answer was Luigi Galvani
SCULPTURE
An art museum on Madison Avenue is named for this sculptress who created the Titanic Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
LIVE IN TEXAS
In June 2002 this "Men in Black" agent & Texas rancher was reported to be shopping for a horse farm
Time's up! The correct answer was Tommy Lee Jones
HABEAS CORPSES
4 places claimed to be the burial site of this explorer, including crypts in Seville & Santo Domingo
Time's up! The correct answer was Christopher Columbus
SCIENCE & NATURE
Sir Humphry Davy named this yellowish-green gas from a Greek word meaning "greenish-yellow"
Time's up! The correct answer was Chlorine
DISNEY VILLAINS
Scar
Time's up! The correct answer was The Lion King
WOMEN'S FIRSTS
In 2007 Drew Gilpin Faust became the first female president in this university's 371-year history
Time's up! The correct answer was Harvard
"IRA"
Australia's Yellow Tail winery sells this on its own as well as in a cabernet blend
Time's up! The correct answer was shiraz
BALLET
As a law student in St. Petersburg, this man became interested in the arts, & in 1909 he founded the Ballets Russes
Time's up! The correct answer was Diaghilev
PRESIDENTIAL STATES OF BIRTH
1 of the 2 born in Vermont
Time's up! The correct answer was Coolidge
TAKE OUT
A keratotomy is an incision of this eye part; a keratectomy removes part of it
Time's up! The correct answer was the cornea
HOMETOWNS
Ingrid Bergman
Time's up! The correct answer was Stockholm
THE EVOLUTION OF "M"USIC
This '60s "Nights in White Satin" band has another color in its name
Time's up! The correct answer was Moody Blues
MY PLACE?
A western camper pitches a tent; a central Asian nomad pitches this
Time's up! The correct answer was yurt
THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
Members observe Saturday Sabbath because of Genesis 2:3, which says God did this on the seventh day
Time's up! The correct answer was He rested
MEDICAL MILESTONES
In 1982 William DeVries performed the 1st permanent artificial heart transplant on this man
Time's up! The correct answer was Barney Clark
FOOD FACTS
Mostly made from the whites, egg substitutes don't contain fat or this artery-clogging lipid
Time's up! The correct answer was cholesterol
KANSAS CITIES
The Menninger Clinic founded in this capital owns a collection of Sigmund Freud's papers
Time's up! The correct answer was Topeka
STRINGS
In the 1630s it was a backup bow & arrow part; today it means backup on a sports team
Time's up! The correct answer was second string
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
The highest airport in the world is Lhasa Airport in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was TIbet
ANY FIRST WORDS?
Something that's leading in every respect is "first &" this superlative adjective
Time's up! The correct answer was foremost
QUOTATIONS
In a 1961 speech he said, "...ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man"
Time's up! The correct answer was JFK
MARK TWAIN: BOOK LOVER
"The only poem I have ever carried about with me", said Twain, was this classic, best enjoyed with "a jug of wine"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
LYRICS FROM MUSICALS
"Beauty school dropout, no graduation day for you"
Time's up! The correct answer was Grease
CREATION STORIES
According to the King James Version, God's first words quoted in the book of Genesis
Time's up! The correct answer was "Let there be light"
PIANO KEYS
It's the key the French call "Le do du milieu du piano"
Time's up! The correct answer was middle C
GREEK MYTHOLOGY
The Judgement of Paris refers to the picking of a winner in one of these contests
Time's up! The correct answer was a beauty contest
WHAT THE KIDS ARE CALLING IT
To Grandpa it meant he'd stirred up & fed a fire; to his grandson it means happy or excited
Time's up! The correct answer was Stoked
47
These 2 tropic lines, north & south of the equator, are 47 degrees apart
Time's up! The correct answer was Cancer & Capricorn
LITERATURE
This James M. Cain novel, which has been filmed "twice", was written under the title "Bar-B-Q"
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Postman Always Rings Twice"
ENGLISH CLASS
When "do not" and "should not" are contracted, this mark of punctuation is used to show missing letters
Time's up! The correct answer was apostrophe
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
BIBLICAL CRIME BLOTTER
Wanted for treason against King David, he's known to have killed his half-brother for raping Tamar
Time's up! The correct answer was Absalom
EDIBLES INSTANT REPLAY REVIEW
This notoriously smelly cheese whose last U.S. maker is in Monroe, Wisconsin was fumbled on aisle 3
Time's up! The correct answer was Limburger
SOMETHIN' TO "C"
In 41 A.D. Cassius Chaerea & company assassinated this Roman emperor
Time's up! The correct answer was Caligula
WOMEN'S FASHION
The "Cuban" style of these shoe features came into style in the early 1900s
Time's up! The correct answer was Heels
THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
This 1990 winner said it was "a recognition of what we call perestroika and innovative political thinking"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gorbachev
ANATOMY
The pons connects the 2 hemispheres of this part of the brain that regulates balance
Time's up! The correct answer was the cerebellum
"NIGHT"
"Timely" 5-word nickname that describes Scandinavia north of the Arctic Circle
Time's up! The correct answer was "Land of the Midnight Sun"
SORTA SOUNDS LIKE OPRAH?
In an Irish battle cry, these 2 words follow "Erin"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Go Bragh"
POETS
In 1857 this "Old Ironsides" poet & others founded the Atlantic Monthly
Time's up! The correct answer was Oliver Wendell Holmes
RINGING THE OPENING BELL AT THE NYSE
Oh, come on! On Feb. 28, 2008 this TV "Kitchen Nightmares" man added a touch of bell to his resume
Time's up! The correct answer was Gordon Ramsey
OF MILK
This sugar makes up almost all the carbohydrates in milk
Time's up! The correct answer was lactose
THE FRENCH CONNECTION
A homophone for the French word for "wheel", you need a good one to make gumbo
Time's up! The correct answer was a roux
AFRICAN-AMERICANA
This military man won the NAACP's Spingarn Medal for 1991
Time's up! The correct answer was Colin Powell
POETS
Her "I Heard a Fly Buzz" may have been based on a chapter in "The House of the Seven Gables"
Time's up! The correct answer was Emily Dickinson
A SHAPELY CATEGORY
It's the more common 4-letter name for a regular hexahedron
Time's up! The correct answer was a cube
"X"s & "O"s
This 1797 imbroglio began when 3 French agents demanded a huge bribe from U.S. diplomats
Time's up! The correct answer was the XYZ Affair
ACTING PRESIDENTS ON TV
On Fox, Patricia Wettig as Caroline Reynolds
Time's up! The correct answer was Prison Break
SYMPHONIES ON FILM
In 1998's "Serengeti Symphony", the title nature reserve in this country is shown with only music & natural sound
Time's up! The correct answer was Tanzania
CALENDAR GIRLS
Donna Douglas played this "Beverly Hillbillies" gal on TV & Erika Eleniak played her in the 1993 movie
Time's up! The correct answer was Elly May
THIS IS JEOPARDY!
On the original version, this was the highest dollar value on the Double Jeopardy! board
Time's up! The correct answer was **$100 **
RUSSIAN LITERATURE
By 1890 this author & playwright had written hundreds of short stories, including "The Steppe"
Time's up! The correct answer was Chekhov
GO "SOUTH"
...to 90 degrees south latitude & you'll find yourself here
Time's up! The correct answer was the South Pole
U.N. OBSERVANCES
International this Remembrance Day, January 27, commemorates the 1945 date on which Auschwitz was liberated
Time's up! The correct answer was Holocaust
"A" PLUS
From Greek words meaning "to watch from both sides", it's a large open arena for public entertainments
Time's up! The correct answer was amphitheatre
COUNTRY MUSIC
This frontman of Hootie & the Blowfish went country with his solo album "Learn to Live"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rucker
ARLINGTON'S TOMB OF UNKNOWNS
Sentinels at the tomb walk exactly this many steps at a time before they stop & turn
Time's up! The correct answer was 21
ODDS & ENDS
This city's Hartsfield International overtook O'Hare as the world's busiest airport even before the Summer Olympics
Time's up! The correct answer was Atlanta
HISTORIC WOMEN
On April 5, 1614, in Jamestown, she married John Rolfe
Time's up! The correct answer was Pocahontas
FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY
By allowing rebel forces to escape after Gettysburg, this Union general may have prolonged the war 2 more years
Time's up! The correct answer was George Meade
PIZZA TOPPINGS
How about a nice traditional Hawaiian pizza topped with ham or Canadian bacon & this fruit
Time's up! The correct answer was pineapple
THE TREES WERE ANGRY THAT DAY, MY FRIENDS
A tree snatches Robbie in this 1982 thriller known for the catchphrase "They're heee-reee!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Poltergeist
EUROPE
Both in size & population, it's largest Scandinavian country
Time's up! The correct answer was Sweden
PAPAL NAMES
From the Latin for "blessed"
Time's up! The correct answer was Benedict
PARTS OF THE WHOLE
Grip, shaft, a head made of stainless steel, titanium, carbon graphite...
Time's up! The correct answer was golf club
TV STARS
In 2001 this actress, Borg babe Seven of Nine on "Voyager", joined the cast of "Boston Public"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jeri Ryan
QUEEN VICTORIA
Britain celebrated Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887 & recovered in time for this jubilee in 1897
Time's up! The correct answer was Diamond
REAL TO REEL
This 1984 movie recounted the friendship of an American journalist & a translator in war-torn Cambodia
Time's up! The correct answer was The Killing Fields
BIRDS
The scientific name of this big bird is Diomedea exulans, as in "exile"
Time's up! The correct answer was albatross
ON THE GO
(Sofia of the Clue Crew paddling a canoe) Some of the earliest canoes were this type of boat, made from a hollowed-out tree trunk
Time's up! The correct answer was dugout canoe
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
IT'S ALL ABOUT ME
Excessive self-contemplation is called this anatomical gazing
Time's up! The correct answer was navel
GAMES
An explorer lends his name to this call & response swimming pool game
Time's up! The correct answer was Marco Polo
COUNTIES BY STATE
McClain, McCurtain, Muskogee
Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma
DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB
He played outfield for the Birmingham Barons before returning to the Bulls
Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Jordan
THE CAT
This shorthaired "brown" cat is named for its color, which is said to resemble that of a Cuban cigar
Time's up! The correct answer was a havana
IT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY
The price paid for these Caribbean islands in 1917 was $25 million, over 3 times what Alaska cost
Time's up! The correct answer was Virgin Islands
PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING DRAMAS
In 1989 her "Heidi Chronicles" was the story of the night; sadly she passed away in 2006
Time's up! The correct answer was Wasserstein
POLITICAL TALK
According to the League of Women Voters, an "empty chair" one of these should be canceled
Time's up! The correct answer was debates
LITERARY OPENINGS
"True!-Nervous-very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?"
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Tell-Tale Heart"
"H" CITIES
Crossed by numerous canals, it's said that this German port has more bridges than Amsterdam & Venice combined
Time's up! The correct answer was Hamburg
IN THE DICTIONARY
This word for someone who walks comes from the Latin for "foot"
Time's up! The correct answer was pedestrian
10-LETTER WORDS
Literally meaning "all powerful", it's often used to describe God
Time's up! The correct answer was Omnipotent
BABY BOOMER MEMORIES
Likely containing a sandwich, the first of these depicting a TV character came along in 1950 with Hopalong Cassidy
Time's up! The correct answer was a lunchbox
THE BLUE ANGELS
(Sarah of the Clue Crew on the tarmac) When the Blue Angels perform the formation known for this precious gem, the jets are only 12 inches apart
Time's up! The correct answer was diamond
CELEBRITY MARRIAGES
Of the original stars of "Mission: Impossible", the 2 who were married to each other
Time's up! The correct answer was Bain &Landau
GEOGRAPHY
Many things in Hong Kong are named for this queen, including the mountain peak on Hong Kong island
Time's up! The correct answer was Victoria
IN THE BOOKSTORE
Bestselling author seen here (she's holding a large "A" & a large "Z")
Time's up! The correct answer was Sue Grafton
SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD
If you supersede the competition, you will excede all expectations
Time's up! The correct answer was exceed
TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA
1996's "Trainspotting" was about the underground drug life in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Edinburgh
BRANDO
Blanche's brother-in-law Stanley
Time's up! The correct answer was A Streetcar Named Desire
IT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER
He stepped out of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, 1971, & hasn't been seen since
Time's up! The correct answer was D.B. Cooper
MOTTOES
This international sports competition's motto is "Faster, higher, stronger"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Olympics
THE CIVIL WAR
Tired of eating mule jerky, Vicksburg fell in July 1863 after a 6-week one of these military tactics
Time's up! The correct answer was a siege
THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s
1965: "My Girl"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Temptations
THE 17TH CENTURY
Cheers to this Benedictine monk who pioneered the making of champagne in 1698
Time's up! The correct answer was Dom Perignon
GRAPES
Ths underwear maker's logo contains fig leaves, an apple & different types of grapes
Time's up! The correct answer was Fruit of the Loom
NEPAL
At Lumbini, you can visit the birthplace of this "Enlightened One"
Time's up! The correct answer was Buddha
BEFORE THEY WERE POPES
This pope who called the Second Vatican Council was a quiet church conformist until his 1958 election
Time's up! The correct answer was Pope John XXIII
MARK TWAIN SEZ
In an essay, Twain said surely no language is "so slip-shod & systemless" as this one he called "awful"
Time's up! The correct answer was German
CITY FLAGS
Its flag features a pioneer family, a covered wagon & 2 sea gulls
Time's up! The correct answer was Salt Lake City
FUNDRAISING
Keep a big donor's gifts flowing: put him on this "of directors" or "of governors"
Time's up! The correct answer was board
CLASSIC NICHOLSON MOVIE LINES
1975: "I must be crazy to be in a looney bin like this"
Time's up! The correct answer was One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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
TRADING SPACES
Dealers seal transactions with a handshake in the 47th Street "district" for these gems
Time's up! The correct answer was diamonds
FROG ANATOMY
It's divided into 3 chambers: 2 auricles & 1 ventricle
Time's up! The correct answer was the frog's heart
WHO'S YOUR MOMMY?
Liza Minnelli
Time's up! The correct answer was Judy Garland
IT'S A COUP D'ETAT
Carl Henrik Anckarsvard was the leader of the coup that overthrew King Gustav IV of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Sweden
THE BIG 10
The title of this Boccaccio work means "10 Days"
Time's up! The correct answer was Decameron
QUOTATIONS
In 1944 she wrote in her diary, "In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart"
Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Frank
THE CIA
He's the only CIA head who went on to become president
Time's up! The correct answer was George Herbert Walker Bush
AT THE MALL
SKX is the stock symbol for this manufacturer of sporty shoes
Time's up! The correct answer was Skechers
BILL GATES' 50 BILLION
In this state where he lives, Bill could pay the governor's salary for 413,000 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington
MED. ABBREV.
A CAT scan is computerized axial this kind of imaging
Time's up! The correct answer was tomography
PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS
Arthur Kornberg won for showing how DNA duplicates in bacteria; son Roger's work was on the conversion of DNA into this
Time's up! The correct answer was RNA
COUNTRIES' HIGHEST PEAKS
These 2 nations, one an island, have highest peaks with the same name; they also share a common European culture
Time's up! The correct answer was Greece & Cyprus
FOREWORDS
One edition calls this Darwin opus one of "the most readable and approachable" of revolutionary scientific works
Time's up! The correct answer was The Origin of Species
MR. OR MS. WILLIAMS
The aquatic Mrs. Fernando Lamas
Time's up! The correct answer was Esther Williams
NURSERY RHYMES
Did you ever see such a thing in your life? The farmer's wife cut off their tails "with a carving knife"
Time's up! The correct answer was Three Blind Mice
THE ENVIRONMENT
This "colorful" & controversial activist environmental group was formed in Canada in 1971
Time's up! The correct answer was Greenpeace
CLASSIC AD LINES
"The Power To Be Your Best"
Time's up! The correct answer was Apple Computer
TWO
In pharmaceuticals: William Bristol &...
Time's up! The correct answer was John Myers
JUST DESSERTS
Chef Josef Dobos is famous for creating this type of cake named for him
Time's up! The correct answer was torte
HEALTH & MEDICINE
These blood-sucking worms are used in medicine today to drain hematomas
Time's up! The correct answer was leeches
THE OLD WEST
This hat maker traveled west, saw a need & returned in 1865 to make his famous hat in Philadelphia
Time's up! The correct answer was John Stetson
'HUSKER DO
Not just a noted NYC psychiatric hospital, it's Nebraska's oldest town, established around 1822 as a fur-trading center
Time's up! The correct answer was Belleview
"BOO"!
A government project of little value funded to gain political favor
Time's up! The correct answer was boondoggle
NATIONAL FOODS
Its other names include Poor Knights of Windsor & Pain Perdu (lost bread)
Time's up! The correct answer was French toast
THEY REST IN NEBRASKA
Though he starred in "Oklahoma!" this husband of Sheila is buried in Nebraska
Time's up! The correct answer was Gordon MacRae
BALLET
This Spanish seducer is attacked by furies at the end of a 1936 ballet
Time's up! The correct answer was Don Juan
CROSSWORD CLUES "B"
Mr. Bumble's occupation in "Oliver Twist" (6)
Time's up! The correct answer was beadle
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
LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS
Doris Eaton Travis, who passed away in 2010 at age 106, was the last surviving showgirl from these follies
Time's up! The correct answer was Ziegfeld
THE LAST POPE OF THIS NAME
1878 to 1903 was the tenure of the XIII & last pope with this name that's also a sign of the Zodiac
Time's up! The correct answer was Leo
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
A 1915 film named for Charlie's most famous character was called simply this (no "Little")
Time's up! The correct answer was Tramp
JAZZ IT UP
Milt Jackson, heard here, was one of the masters of this instrument
Time's up! The correct answer was vibes
FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY
Heavy armor & heavy rains defeated the large French army as much as Henry V's men at this 1415 battle
Time's up! The correct answer was Agincourt
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
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
SCRAMBLED EGGS
Reptile born with an "egg tooth" so it can escape its shelled jail: TAILOR GAL
Time's up! The correct answer was alligator
BEST MOVIE QUOTES EVER!
1999: "Excuse me, I believe you have my stapler"
Time's up! The correct answer was Office Space
LANGUAGES
All of the Romance languages have their roots in this language
Time's up! The correct answer was Latin
THE TITANIC
The only country outside the British Isles where the Titanic ever anchored
Time's up! The correct answer was France
BIRDS! BIRDS! BIRDS!
It loves to swim, but this bird seen here is one of the few that do not fly
Time's up! The correct answer was Penguin
MUSICAL THEATER
"Side Show" is based on the lives of Daisy & Violet Hilton, a famous pair of these extremely close siblings
Time's up! The correct answer was Siamese twins
COMPOSERS ON FILM
James Cagney in "The Seven Little Foys"
Time's up! The correct answer was George M. Cohan
STATE BIRDS
Ohio: This redbird
Time's up! The correct answer was a cardinal
LYRICS FROM MUSICALS
"A boy like that who'd kill your brother, forget that boy & find another, one of your own kind"
Time's up! The correct answer was West Side Story
TECHNOLOGY
A box of 64 Crayola crayons has one of these devices "built-in"
Time's up! The correct answer was a sharpener
THE CAT
It's the full name for the domesticated kitty called a tortie
Time's up! The correct answer was a tortoiseshell
"IND" THE KNOW
Insurance term meaning to protect against damage, loss or injury
Time's up! The correct answer was indemnity
THE LENIN CLOSET
When Lenin returned to Russia in 1917, he did it in a "sealed" one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was railway car
LSU
This basketball star nicknamed "Pistol Pete" went to LSU where his dad "Press" was coach
Time's up! The correct answer was Pete Maravich
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
TRANSLATION EXERCISES
Swahili to German: The magic word "tafadhali"
Time's up! The correct answer was bitte
PIZZA TOPPINGS
How about a nice traditional Hawaiian pizza topped with ham or Canadian bacon & this fruit
Time's up! The correct answer was pineapple
FIRST LADIES
Her stepfather was Hugh Auchincloss
Time's up! The correct answer was Jackie Kennedy
OCCUPATION HAZARDS
In this job aiding a medical professional, Angie might get a finger nipped by little Billy while X-raying his molar
Time's up! The correct answer was dental hygienist
SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG
Sammy Davis Jr. in 1972 & Christina Aguilera in 2007 sang about this sweet guy
Time's up! The correct answer was "Candyman"
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
The last of Chaplin's 4 teenage brides was Oona, this playwright's daughter
Time's up! The correct answer was Eugene O'Neill
ISLANDS
In the Caribbean this island is partnered with Nevis
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Kitts
CROSSWORD CLUES "Q"
Petty critique (7)
Time's up! The correct answer was quibble
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Apnea is the temporary cessation of this
Time's up! The correct answer was breathing
BIRDS
Only the adelie & emperor species of this bird actually breed in Antarctica
Time's up! The correct answer was Penguin
BROADWAY LYRICS
"All I need is one more try, gotta get that kite to fly"
Time's up! The correct answer was You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
CLOTHING WORDS
Breathes heavily, like a dog or a tired jogger
Time's up! The correct answer was pants
THRILLER
"The Numa Files" are paperback spin-offs of this writer's novels featuring Dirk Pitt
Time's up! The correct answer was Clive Cussler
UNOFFICIAL STATE NICKNAMES
It's "The Land of the Saints", the Latter-Day Saints
Time's up! The correct answer was Utah
HOMOPHONES
A dish, or a braid of hair
Time's up! The correct answer was plate/plait
3-LETTER ABBREV.
A religious group: LDS
Time's up! The correct answer was Latter Day Saints
GEORGIAN ON MY MIND
Born in Athens, Georgia, she starred in "9 1/2 Weeks" & played Eminem's mom in "8 Mile"
Time's up! The correct answer was Kim Basinger
HISTORY
About 3000 B.S. the Sumerians invented this writing system which used triangular marks
Time's up! The correct answer was cuneiform
THE BIBLE
In 1 Corinthians, he wrote that "Your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God"
Time's up! The correct answer was Paul
NOTORIOUS
Using the aliases James Ryan & Harry Place, they boarded a steamer for Argentina in February 1901
Time's up! The correct answer was Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
BEFORE THEY WERE POPES
Alexander VI was formerly a high-living nobleman of this family & the father of Cesare & Lucrezia
Time's up! The correct answer was Borgia
ENGLISH LIT
In an Oliver Goldsmith work, Dr. Primrose is the vicar of this parish
Time's up! The correct answer was Wakefield
HOMETOWNS
Jose Marti
Time's up! The correct answer was Havana
COMIC STRIPS
This Scott Adams title guy with a gravity-defying tie accidentally invented a death ray that interested North Korea
Time's up! The correct answer was Dilbert
FOOD FACTS
Veal cutlets dipped in bread crumbs & cheese, then fried & covered with tomato sauce
Time's up! The correct answer was Veal Parmigiana
THE MELBOURNE OLYMPICS, 1956
Like Korea in 2000, this country entered the stadium in 1956 as a "United" team
Time's up! The correct answer was Germany
WAR MOVIES
1970: An historically correct re-creation of Pearl Harbor
Time's up! The correct answer was Tora! Tora! Tora!
GANGSTER'S DICTIONARY
Keep your head low...I just saw a "Salt & Pepper", one of these, go by
Time's up! The correct answer was Police car
ALLITERATION STATION
An appointed hour to play golf
Time's up! The correct answer was tee time
SOUNDS LIKE A RAPPER
Completed in 1955, this bridge crosses the Hudson near Nyack
Time's up! The correct answer was the Tappan Zee
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
LAW & GOVERNMENT
Because of its secretiveness, the American Party in the 1850s was also known by this name
Time's up! The correct answer was The Know-Nothings
BARTLETT'S PAIRS
Ernest L. Thayer is represented by a pair of quotations, both from this baseball poem
Time's up! The correct answer was "Casey at the Bat"
GO "SOUTH"
...to here, where you'll find the cities of Christchurch & Dunedin
Time's up! The correct answer was the South Island
GOLD RUSH
An 1859 gold strike brought miners to Cherry Creek, the site of this future state capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Denver
TELL ME "Y"
"Meshugge" means crazy in this language of Europe's Ashkenazic Jews
Time's up! The correct answer was Yiddish
WOLVERINE
The website for this state's legislature says no bear "can match the vicious disposition... of the wolverine"
Time's up! The correct answer was Michigan
“SAINTS”
Chorea, as in choreographer, is a condition associated with rheumatic fever formerly called this
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Vitus
MOVIE CITIES
The 1980 Oscar winner for Foreign Language Film was "____ does Not Believe in Tears"
Time's up! The correct answer was Moscow
TV MOVIES
Arnold Schwarzenegger played Mickey Hargitay in a TV movie about this actress
Time's up! The correct answer was Jayne Mansfield
SAY CHEESE
This name refers to natural cheddar made in the U.S. & is often confused with processed cheese
Time's up! The correct answer was American cheese
PASS THE CHOCOLATE
Fran's Chocolates of Seattle makes delectable caramels topped with the gray sea type of this
Time's up! The correct answer was salt
SOMETHIN' TO "C"
In 41 A.D. Cassius Chaerea & company assassinated this Roman emperor
Time's up! The correct answer was Caligula
OSCAR-WINNING ROLES
1945: Mildred Pierce
Time's up! The correct answer was Joan Crawford
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED
July 3, 1971 in Paris
Time's up! The correct answer was Jim Morrison
LESSER-KNOWN MUSICALS
"Comin' Uptown" moved this classic tale to Harlem; it starred Gregory Hines as a slumlord named Scrooge
Time's up! The correct answer was A Christmas Carol
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
DOUBLE A
Biblical man with a talking ass
Time's up! The correct answer was Balaam
JUST THE FACTS
This city, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, has been called "the entertainment capital of the world"
Time's up! The correct answer was Las Vegas
THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN
One of the other 3 people in the presidential box with Lincoln & Booth at the time of the attack
Time's up! The correct answer was Mary Todd Lincoln
ROCKS & MINERALS
Single-letter chemical designation of a diamond
Time's up! The correct answer was C
LAST NAME'S THE SAME
"Tennessee Tailor" Andrew & poet/NAACP leader James Weldon
Time's up! The correct answer was Johnson
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
U.S. PRESIDENTS
In 1950 he threatened a music critic who had unkind words for daughter Margaret's singing
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry S. Truman