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FIRST NOVELS
He was poet-in-residence at the University of South Carolina when he delivered his first novel, "Deliverance"
Time's up! The correct answer was James Dickey
WORLD RELIGION
In the presence of the Adi Granth, the sacred book of the Sikhs, you cover your head & remove these
Time's up! The correct answer was your shoes
FIGURE SKATERS
An injury forced him & Tai Babilonia to withdraw from the pairs competition at Lake Placid in 1980
Time's up! The correct answer was Randy Gardner
WE'RE MALAYSIA-BOUND
Endau-Rompin Park is one of the last homes of the Sumatran species of this horned mammal
Time's up! The correct answer was Rhinoceros
LITERATURE
Modern novels with biblical titles include Jane Hamilton's "The Book of Ruth" & Toni Morrison's "Song of" him
Time's up! The correct answer was Solomon
WHEN THEY WERE TEENS
In 1991 Heather Tom was a teen when she debuted as Victor Newman's daughter on this CBS soap opera
Time's up! The correct answer was The Young & the Restless
LITERATURE
Nicodemus Frapp is a narrow-minded evangelist in "Tono-Bungay", a 1909 novel by this author of "The Time Machine"
Time's up! The correct answer was H.G. Wells
AMERICANA
Tulsa's newspaper is called The World; Boston's is named for this object that depicts the world
Time's up! The correct answer was a globe
ABBREVIATED
High-ranking business operative: CFO
Time's up! The correct answer was chief financial officer
OFFICIAL STATE THINGS
If you "Show Me" some mozarkite, I'll tell you that it's this state's state rock
Time's up! The correct answer was Missouri
WORLD RELIGION
As they were partial to using hymns, these brothers, Charles & John, were the first rhythm Methodists
Time's up! The correct answer was the Wesleys
TAUNT "O"
By its isolated nature, your last original thought might be considered one of these children without parents
Time's up! The correct answer was an orphan
FIGURE SKATERS
Native country of Barbara Ann Scott, who in 1947 became the 1st N. American to win the European title
Time's up! The correct answer was Canada
FLAG 'EM DOWN
This descriptive nickname of the U.S. flag was coined by Francis Scott Key
Time's up! The correct answer was the Star-Spangled Banner
CHECK OUT MY CRIB
Wanna put your feet up? How about on one of these with a "Turkish" name
Time's up! The correct answer was an ottoman
MYTHOLOGY
Cadmus planted these parts of a dragon to raise some troops
Time's up! The correct answer was teeth
1807
In September he was acquitted of treason against the U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was Aaron Burr
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
ON THE CALENDAR
In 1974, to save energy, it began in January instead of April & ended on October 27
Time's up! The correct answer was Daylight saving time
THE MIDDLE AGES
Irene, who reigned from 797-802, declared herselt Emperor, not Empress, of this empire
Time's up! The correct answer was the Byzantine Empire
THE DIRECTOR SPEAKS
"The best director is the one you don't see", observed this director of "Some Like It Hot"
Time's up! The correct answer was Billy Wilder
INITIALS M.D.
He's broken many stories in his online "Report"
Time's up! The correct answer was Matt Drudge
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
THE PRODUCERS
It leads the states in apple production
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington
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
ISLANDS
The Court of Tynwald is the chief legislative body of this island in the Irish Sea
Time's up! The correct answer was Isle of Man
FOOD
While these small bread cubes often top salads, larger versions can be used to catch drippings
Time's up! The correct answer was croutons
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
TOP 40 BONUS
"California Girls"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Beach Boys & David Lee Roth
BASIC SCIENCE
8 years before "The Origin of Species" was published, this British naturalist wrote a paper on barnacles
Time's up! The correct answer was Darwin
I'M HUNGRY!
Let's go Penn. Dutch & have this dish, bits of pork mixed with cornmeal mush, then shaped into loaves & fried
Time's up! The correct answer was scrapple
THE SHORT VERSION
To a dog lover: ASPCA
Time's up! The correct answer was American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
MUSICAL THEATRE
In January 1997 Liza Minnelli returned to Broadway, filling in for Julie Andrews in this musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Victor/Victoria
MUSIC VIDEOS
Paris Hilton is in this rapper's "Just Lose It" video; he appears as himself & as Santa Claus, among others
Time's up! The correct answer was Eminem
YOUR NEW CLASS SCHEDULE
Spanish: You'll have to use your cabeza, this body part, to pass the class
Time's up! The correct answer was your head
YOU BEAST!
The Chinese zodiac's 12-year cycle begins & ends with these 2 3-letter animals
Time's up! The correct answer was rat & pig
CREATION STORIES
Africa's Fulani people, who are cattle herders, say everything came from a drop of this
Time's up! The correct answer was milk
4-LETTER FRIENDS
A nobleman, or to look intently
Time's up! The correct answer was peer
PEANUTS
Of a 25th, 30th or 40th anniversary, what "Peanuts" is celebrating in 1990
Time's up! The correct answer was 40th Anniversary
THE LAW
Now a body of lawyers, it once referred to a rail separating spectators from courtroom proceedings
Time's up! The correct answer was Bar
THE HOLLYWOOD STOCK EXCHANGE
At $4,147 a share, this star of "Firestarter" is one of the highest-valued actresses listed on HSX
Time's up! The correct answer was Drew Barrymore
TOUGH STUFF
Alphabetically, he's Santa's first reindeer
Time's up! The correct answer was Blitzen
ROCK & ROLL FRONTMEN
Trent Reznor
Time's up! The correct answer was Nine Inch Nails
ALBUMS THAT ROCK
"Master of Puppets", "Death Magnetic"
Time's up! The correct answer was Metallica
BIRD HUNTING
The stars of the movie "Network" include Faye Dunaway, Beatrice Straight & Peter Finch
Time's up! The correct answer was a finch
PICK A PLANET
It was the first to be discovered with the aid of the telescope
Time's up! The correct answer was Uranus
CARTOONS
Ted Cassidy, who played Thing on "The Addams Family", was also the voice of The Thing of this superhero group
Time's up! The correct answer was The Fantastic 4
PIANO KEYS
It's the only letter in "piano" that corresponds to a piano key
Time's up! The correct answer was A
EAT IT!
Paper-thin & often served for dessert, it's the French equivalent of a pancake
Time's up! The correct answer was crêpes
VACATION FUN
Watch out for sewer rats inside the "Sewer Adventure" at the Aquaria Water Museum in this Swedish capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Stockholm
11-LETTER WORDS
British weight system based on a pound equal to 453.59 grams or 16 ounces
Time's up! The correct answer was Avoirdupois
VERMONTERS
This leader of the Green Mountain Boys did not live to see Vermont become a state
Time's up! The correct answer was Ethan Allen
LITERARY TITLES
This 1954 book title refers to an impaled sow's head, an offering to the "beast"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lord of the Flies
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
PRESIDENTS' MONOGRAMS
JKP
Time's up! The correct answer was James Knox Polk
SCIENCE
6 elements once known as inert gases are now known by this aristocratic name
Time's up! The correct answer was noble gases
DRESSING
Traditional Highland dress includes a wide belt, presumably holding up this
Time's up! The correct answer was a kilt
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
HOUSES OF WORSHIP
The Church of this in Jerusalem is said to be built over the site where Jesus was entombed after his crucifixion
Time's up! The correct answer was Holy Sepulchre
CONTAINERS
"Amorous" name of a 2-handled wine vessel or sporting trophy
Time's up! The correct answer was loving cup
MOVIE MUSICALS
This actress who played Mary Stone on "The Donna Reed Show" was the only 1 to co-star in 3 Elvis films
Time's up! The correct answer was Shelly Fabares
WAR
Of all the USA's wars, this one claimed the most American lives
Time's up! The correct answer was the Civil War
PRESIDENTIAL FINAL MOMENTS
He died in the White House, from pneumonia
Time's up! The correct answer was Harrison
THE KILLERS
In one of the few documented one-on-one Old West gunfights, this "Wild" man killed Davis Tutt in 1865
Time's up! The correct answer was Wild Bill Hickok
"AD"JECTIVES
Latin term for a type of argument based on emotion or on another person's character
Time's up! The correct answer was Ad hominem
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
STAMPS
A stamp honors this 19th c. author about whom it was said, "So this is the little lady who made this big war"
Time's up! The correct answer was Harriet Beecher Stowe
DEATH BY...
Hanging, December 30, 2006 in Baghdad
Time's up! The correct answer was Saddam Hussein
"X"-MEN
This Persian son of Darius I burned Athens in 480 B.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Xerxes
SUPERHEROES
When Doug Funnie's in a tough spot, he wears his underwear on the outside & becomes this man
Time's up! The correct answer was Quailman
SEAQUEST
Moses "Stretched his hand over" it & it was sundered
Time's up! The correct answer was Red Sea
BOOKS & AUTHORS
President Reagan called this man's first novel "The Hunt for Red October" the "perfect yarn"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Clancy
MOTHER GOOSE
Some speculate that this "merry old soul" of nursery rhyme fame was based on a real king of 3rd century Britain
Time's up! The correct answer was Old King Cole
GUINNESS RECORDS
Working with more than 4.5 million donors, this American org. is the world's largest blood provider
Time's up! The correct answer was the Red Cross
AT THE MALL
The name of this clothing store for teens is French for "airmail"
Time's up! The correct answer was Aéropostale
TWO
In fashion: Domenico Dolce &...
Time's up! The correct answer was Stefano Gabbana
THE CAT
When a lioness & one of these mate, they produce a leopon
Time's up! The correct answer was Leopard
BEING THOREAU
Work that says, "Under a gov't which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison"
Time's up! The correct answer was Civil Disobedience
BIBLICAL PAIRS
The sons of Rebekah
Time's up! The correct answer was Jacob & Esau
TRANSPORTATION
The twin rotor type of this has 2 main rotors going in opposite directions, so it doesn't need a tail rotor
Time's up! The correct answer was a helicopter
PRIMETIME TV REUNIONS
1987: "Return to Dodge"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gunsmoke
BACK IN 1906
Now take this question... please! This "King of the One Liners" was born March 16, 1906
Time's up! The correct answer was Henny Youngman
WARNER BROS.
In May 1999 her Warners talk show was hit with a $2.5 million judgment after one guest killed another
Time's up! The correct answer was Jenny Jones
TV PRODUCERS
David Chase created this HBO series & wrote many of its episodes, like "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Sopranos
PHYSICS
Sublimation is the direct change from solid to gas without passing through this stage
Time's up! The correct answer was liquid
CHOPIN
Chopin was born in Poland, & his first printed work at age 7 was one of these appropriately named pieces
Time's up! The correct answer was Polonaise
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTS
The Masai people of this African country mix cow blood with milk for a refreshing drink
Time's up! The correct answer was Kenya
HEY, GOOD-LOOKIN'
In boxing, it's when you've fallen & you can't get up
Time's up! The correct answer was a knockout
QUEEN VICTORIA
As seen in a 1997 film, he was Victoria's beloved servant, but we're not sure how she felt about his "body"
Time's up! The correct answer was John Brown
GENERAL INFORMATION
More than 540,000 men & women served under this general's command of the U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf War of 1991
Time's up! The correct answer was Schwarzkopf
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
WHO'S YOUR MOMMY?
Gwyneth Paltrow
Time's up! The correct answer was Blythe Danner
I HAVEN'T READ SHAKESPEARE, BUT...
It's about this guy who hires non-permanent secretarial help for his office
Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest
SEXPERTISE
Robin Leach, Robin Givens, Robin Cook
Time's up! The correct answer was Robin Givens
SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS
She says, "that death's unnatural that kills for loving" before Othello strangles her
Time's up! The correct answer was Desdemona
WON THE BATTLE
After Perry met the enemy in the September 1813 battle of this great lake, they were ours
Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Erie
A LA "CART"
While 2 of its wheels head toward produce, 1 goes to dairy, the other to checkout
Time's up! The correct answer was a shopping cart
SPORTS
In 1992 Viktor Petrenko won the world championship in this sport
Time's up! The correct answer was ice skating
CANALS
While in Milan in the late 15th century, this artist designed locks to join the city's canals
Time's up! The correct answer was Leonardo da Vinci
TAIWAN
During Japanese control of Taiwan, this largest city was called Taihoku
Time's up! The correct answer was Taipei
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
DEATH BY...
An overdose of barbiturates, August 5, 1962, at her L.A. home
Time's up! The correct answer was Marilyn Monroe
GENERAL SCIENCE
This white, glossy coating on your teeth is the hardest substance in the human body
Time's up! The correct answer was Enamel
EDUCATION JARGON
It's the rhyming term for the technique of teaching with only a blackboard to help you
Time's up! The correct answer was chalk talk/chalk and talk
HOMOPHONES
To take a quick look, or the top of a mountain
Time's up! The correct answer was peek/peak
WEDDINGS
In 2002 a hot pink frock worn by Robin Durr won the DeKuyper Contest for the worst of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a bridesmaid's dress
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
& GO TO "BED"
If you've been clubbed, you've been made unconscious; if you've been this, you've been made a knight
Time's up! The correct answer was dubbed
NOW YOU'RE TALKING MY LANGUAGE
Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala is a well-known writer in this language of the Incas
Time's up! The correct answer was Quechua
4-LETTER CAPITALS
Akershus Castle, a tourist site in this capital, sits on a rocky peninsula overlooking a fjord
Time's up! The correct answer was Oslo
SENIOR SENATORS
An IRA that allows tax-free withdrawals is named for this Delaware senator
Time's up! The correct answer was William Roth
HORSE & RIDER
Rocinante
Time's up! The correct answer was Don Quixote
INTERNATIONAL NAMES
4 times married, ex-German leader Gerhard Schroeder is aka Audi Man, for the car's symbol of 4 of these
Time's up! The correct answer was rings
ENDS WITH "K"
It's a slang term for a psychiatrist, even if he's not getting smaller
Time's up! The correct answer was Shrink
FILM FACTS
"Titanic" tied this 1959 film's record of 11 Oscars but didn't overtake it
Time's up! The correct answer was Ben-Hur
"TOO" MUCH
It's a string or garland of flowers hung in a curve, or to decorate with them
Time's up! The correct answer was festoon
RECORD LOSSES IN 2005
Named for a sport that embodies high society, this Ralph Lauren co. was hacked for 180,000 credit card numbers
Time's up! The correct answer was Polo
BRIDGES
This bridge in Venice connects the doge's palace with the old state prison
Time's up! The correct answer was Bridge of Sighs
"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
AUTHORS
He claimed that as a Pinkerton detective, he had worked the Fatty Arbuckle & Nicky Arnstein cases
Time's up! The correct answer was Dashiell Hammett
ENGLAND, SCOTLAND OR WALES
Tony Blair was born there
Time's up! The correct answer was Scotland
THE NEW CAR LOT
This Chrysler brand has flown the coop with the end of production of its Talon
Time's up! The correct answer was Eagle
WINE
Malaga is a sweet dessert wine that originated in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Spain
WORD ORIGINS
Originally a brand applied to slaves & criminals, it has come to mean a mark of disgrace
Time's up! The correct answer was a stigma
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
POETS
On Feb. 12, 1959, the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, he addressed a joint session of Congress
Time's up! The correct answer was Carl Sandburg
SPORTS FACTS
In 1962 this country's Dawn Fraser became the first woman swimmer to break one minute in the 100-meter freestyle
Time's up! The correct answer was Australia
THEIR ALMA MATERS
Sir Isaac Newton
Time's up! The correct answer was Cambridge
KIDS IN BOOKS
Mowgli is the human kid hanging out in the woods with wolves & tigers in this Rudyard Kipling "Book"
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Jungle Book"
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
WORD ORIGINS
A Greek word for cowherd has given us this term for "pastoral" or "rustic"
Time's up! The correct answer was bucolic
HOME
On Oct. 19, 1999 this home & life improvement guru made a bundle after her IPO hit Wall Street
Time's up! The correct answer was Martha Stewart
VERMONTERS
George Franklin Edmunds wrote most of this antitrust act of 1890
Time's up! The correct answer was the Sherman
INITIALS M.D.
Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl in "Der Blaue Engel"
Time's up! The correct answer was Marlene Dietrich
DELAWARE
Delaware has this many representatives in the U.S. House
Time's up! The correct answer was 1
THE MAINE ATTRACTION
Maine is so famous for these berries that the town of Machias honors them with a festival
Time's up! The correct answer was blueberries
NICKNAMES
"The Belle of Amherst"
Time's up! The correct answer was Emily Dickinson
GUINNESS RECORDS
With a 212-foot wingspan, this jet from Boeing is the world's largest passenger aircraft in service
Time's up! The correct answer was the 747
GREEK LETTERS
A little bit, a really little bit
Time's up! The correct answer was iota
"PU"
Oscar De La Hoya or Evander Holyfield
Time's up! The correct answer was Pugilist
"EVER"S
In a WB TV series, Treat Williams followed his dead wife's wish & took the kids to this Colorado town
Time's up! The correct answer was Everwood
COMMON BONDS
A beaten wrestler, A frat brother's girlfriend, A dead butterfly
Time's up! The correct answer was Things that are pinned
BRAZILIAN WORDS & PHRASES
That very blond guy you met at carnival is called an "alemao", literally a man from this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Germany
BIBLICAL QUOTES
In Proverbs this king writes, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge"
Time's up! The correct answer was Solomon
NEWS ON THE MARCH
In March 1967 Robert Kennedy came up with a nifty Vietnam peace plan, but this Secretary of State rejected it
Time's up! The correct answer was Dean Rusk
RHYMES WITH TRACK
A pile of pancakes
Time's up! The correct answer was stack
LITERARY LAST NAME'S THE SAME
Walter M., Arthur, Henry
Time's up! The correct answer was Miller
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
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
MY NAME IS EARL WARREN
On June 23, 1969 I swore in this man as Chief Justice of the U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was Warren Burger
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
IT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY
Australia has an uninhabited territory named for this sea off its northeast coast
Time's up! The correct answer was Coral Sea
BEFORE THEY WERE FIRST LADIES
Her daughter Julie says this future first lady was offered a movie contract in the 1930s when she was a USC student
Time's up! The correct answer was Mrs. Nixon
BIBLICAL FATHERS & SONS
When informed that this king & his son Jonathan had been killed, David said, "How are the mighty fallen"
Time's up! The correct answer was Saul
IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD
Also known as butter beans, they were, prior to being exported to Europe, a diet staple of the Inca
Time's up! The correct answer was lima beans
NATIONAL MONUMENTS
Castillo de San Marcos in this Florida city is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Augustine
TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA
Kurt Russell, who later played Elvis, was in the 1963 Elvis film "It Happened" here
Time's up! The correct answer was At the World's Fair
MEASURING DEVICES
A nilometer measures the height of the water in this
Time's up! The correct answer was the Nile River
CANDY
Bill Harmsen, who raised horses in Colo., happily founded this candy co. in 1949 to make money during the winter
Time's up! The correct answer was Jolly Rancher
IN EXILE
Exiled for manslaughter, Eric the Red was forced to leave this country around 981
Time's up! The correct answer was Iceland
SYRIA'S EATING
Syria had to wait until 2006 for an American fast food franchise, this fowl-selling one
Time's up! The correct answer was KFC
WEAPONRY
Standard-issue weapons for stormtroopers in "Star Wars" included energy-bolt-firing pistols called these
Time's up! The correct answer was blasters
INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE
Blow in & out: NO CHAIR MA
Time's up! The correct answer was harmonica
THE SECOND...
...Sherlock Holmes novel published
Time's up! The correct answer was The Sign of Four
BIG, REALLY BIG!
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew) In 1996 a 505 X 255-foot flag decorated this structure seen here in the West
Time's up! The correct answer was the Hoover Dam
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
Important dams on this river include Rock Island, Rocky Reach & Grand Coulee
Time's up! The correct answer was the Columbia River
THEATRE HODGEPODGE
This William Inge play inspired a Marilyn Maxwell TV series & a Marilyn Monroe film
Time's up! The correct answer was Bus Stop
FORE!
Except during WWII, this golf tournament has been played at the Augusta National Golf Club every year since 1934
Time's up! The correct answer was The Masters
PROPHET SHARING
Poems known as the "Gathas" are attributed to this ancient prophet & teacher who lived in eastern Iran
Time's up! The correct answer was Zoroaster
WORLD HODGEPODGE
When shopping on Saba, an island in this sea, look for the beautiful, delicate Saba lace
Time's up! The correct answer was Caribbean Sea
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
AIN'T THAT AMERICA
This state's largest lake may be 20 times as salty as any ocean
Time's up! The correct answer was Utah
ART & ARTISTS
Upon completing the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in 1512, he wrote to his father, "The pope is well satisfied"
Time's up! The correct answer was Michelangelo
BALLET
A new ballet about this puppet who yearns to be a boy had it's U.S. premiere in Atlanta in 2000
Time's up! The correct answer was Pinocchio
INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE
Pear-shaped? Abso-lute-ly: NIL NOMAD
Time's up! The correct answer was mandolin
ANDY WARHOL
Warhol became the manager of this Lou Reed rock group in 1965 & produced their first album
Time's up! The correct answer was Velvet Underground
THE OBLIGATORY POETRY CATEGORY
In preparing to write this poem, Longfellow used "An historical and statistical account of Nova Scotia"
Time's up! The correct answer was Evangeline
SPOOKS
In the early '70s East German spy Gunter Guillaume infiltrated the office of this West German chancellor
Time's up! The correct answer was Willy Brandt
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Washington warned against "The insidious wiles of foreign influences" in this published declaration
Time's up! The correct answer was His Farewell Address
"DREAM"Y SONGS
"Cheer up sleepy Jean, oh what can it mean to" one of these "and a homecoming queen"
Time's up! The correct answer was A daydream believer
PICTURE THIS
In 1907 the Wall Street Journal declared Percival Lowell's photo of its "canals" proof of intelligent life
Time's up! The correct answer was Mars
CROSSWORD CLUES "K"
Jean-Claude of the slopes (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was Killy
'65
This company's new Toronado eliminated the hump on the floor with a new drive system
Time's up! The correct answer was Oldsmobile
ODD TITLES
Gilbert & Sullivan's "Mikado", not Milne, gave us this hyphenated title for a pompous functionary
Time's up! The correct answer was grand poo-bah
MYTHOLOGICAL PAIRS
Both a she-wolf & a woodpecker fed & cared for them until they were found by Faustulus
Time's up! The correct answer was Romulus & Remus
3-NAMED AUTHORS
His novels include "The Prairie", "The Pioneers", & "The Pathfinder"
Time's up! The correct answer was James Fenimore Cooper
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
TRUE LIVES
Extra! Extra! Read all about this retired Washington Post publisher in "Personal History"
Time's up! The correct answer was Katharine Graham
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
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
LET'S BOUNCE
This device whose name is from the Italian for "springboard" was perfected in the 1930s
Time's up! The correct answer was a trampoline
AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE
Australia has the only all-black species of this bird, Cygnus atratus
Time's up! The correct answer was a swan
THE LENIN CLOSET
Lenin spent WWI in this country, but he was far from neutral on the subject
Time's up! The correct answer was Switzerland
THE 1990s
Jacques Chirac of the Rally for the Republic Party won a 7-year term as this country's president
Time's up! The correct answer was France
THE PLANETS
The 4 largest moons of this planet are called Galilean satellites after Galileo, who saw them in 1610
Time's up! The correct answer was Jupiter
DEFENESTRATION IN CINEMA
Giving the devil his due, Fr. Karras invites the devil inside himself, then exits from the second floor in this 1973 movie
Time's up! The correct answer was The Exorcist
ORGANIZATIONS
Act it out if you wish; it's the organization sung about in the following: [audio clue: "Young man, there's a place you can go, I say young man, when you're short on your dough..."]
Time's up! The correct answer was Y.M.C.A
SOMETHIN' TO "C"
In 41 A.D. Cassius Chaerea & company assassinated this Roman emperor
Time's up! The correct answer was Caligula
BUGS
This bloodsucking insect, cimex lectularius, is often found in mattresses; don't let 'em bite
Time's up! The correct answer was Bedbugs
MEDICINE
Symbolized Ba, this element is put in your body, one way or another, to be seen on X-rays
Time's up! The correct answer was barium
AMERICAN HISTORY
On Mar. 27, 1964 this largest Alaska city was hit by an 8.4 earthquake
Time's up! The correct answer was Anchorage
SECRET IDENTITIES
Wonder Woman
Time's up! The correct answer was Diana Prince
"LIGHT"s
A joking question asked about many groups is "How many does it take to" do this
Time's up! The correct answer was screw in a light bulb
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE
Put the bite on this word from 1975, any one of the front cutting teeth
Time's up! The correct answer was I-N-C-I-S-O-R
DUKE, DUKE
Famous U.S. group of museums endowed by the illegitimate son of the Duke of Northumberland
Time's up! The correct answer was Smithsonian
AMERICAN LITERATURE
A contemporary review of this 1851 novel said, "Who would have looked for... poetry in blubber?"
Time's up! The correct answer was Moby-Dick
THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT, MAN!
Colombia to the north, Peru to the west, Paraguay to the south & the Atlantic Ocean to the east
Time's up! The correct answer was Brazil
& SO I FACE THE FINAL CURTAIN
It was nice to see this musical "Looking Swell" & "Still Goin' Strong", but after 2,844 shows, it bowed out in 1970
Time's up! The correct answer was Hello, Dolly!
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
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST
In the March 17, 1956 issue, Gary Cooper said, "In Westerns you were permitted to kiss" this "but never your girl"
Time's up! The correct answer was your horse
SOCIOLOGY
William H. White put this word before "think" to mean conformity to consensus
Time's up! The correct answer was group
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
AN ABBREVIATED CATEGORY
A type of camera: TLR
Time's up! The correct answer was twin lens reflex
AGRICULTURE
Generally, a steer is a castrated bull used for food; this shorter word refers to one used as a draft animal
Time's up! The correct answer was ox
PHILMOGRAPHIES
As a director: "The Right Stuff", "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"
Time's up! The correct answer was Philip Kaufman
THAT'S MY BUSINESS
A brother of one of the rappers in Run-DMC, this entrepreneur runs Phat Farm
Time's up! The correct answer was Russell Simmons
TECHNOLOGY
A fault in the rotation speed of this device produces a sound called a "wow"
Time's up! The correct answer was a turntable
THE 23rd PSALM
"He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside" these
Time's up! The correct answer was still waters
WOMEN: WRITE ON!
Sadly, she died in Boston in 1888, just 2 days after her transcendentalist father Bronson
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisa May Alcott
RICH & FAMOUS
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen owns this Portland sports team
Time's up! The correct answer was Portland Trail Blazers
IRAQNOPHOBIA
This Iraqi president attended Cairo Law School in 1962 & 1963 while in exile
Time's up! The correct answer was Saddam Hussein
BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS
1940-1945, 1951-1955
Time's up! The correct answer was Winston Churchill
CLASSICAL GASES
As a liquid, it's used as a cryogenic refrigerant; as a gas, it makes lights red
Time's up! The correct answer was Neon
FOR THE BIRDS
This long-legged wading bird of the genus Platalea is named for its prominent flatware-like bill
Time's up! The correct answer was the spoonbill
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
FLOPS
"La Traviata", his modern-dress opera version of "La Dame Aux Camelias", flopped in its 1853 premiere
Time's up! The correct answer was Giuseppe Verdi
A LA "CART"
The 1st graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy to become president
Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Carter
THOSE CRAZY GUGGENHEIMS
Patriarch Meyer moved from Switzerland to the U.S. in 1847 & set up shop in this Pennsylvania city
Time's up! The correct answer was Philadelphia
SOUNDS LIKE A RAPPER
This type of "domain" could lose you your house if the government needs your land, yo
Time's up! The correct answer was eminent
WORLD WAR I
In the 1st raid of its kind in history, the British town of Yarmouth was bombed in 1915 by a German one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a Zeppelin
BRAND NAMES
In 1930 General Mills introduced this mix to make biscuits quickly
Time's up! The correct answer was Bisquick
"X"-MEN
This Persian son of Darius I burned Athens in 480 B.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Xerxes
LINGUISTICS
These systems of communication that use the hands can be as rich & complex as spoken tongues
Time's up! The correct answer was Sign language/signing
BRASS
If you don't know he was made commander of the 2nd Armored Tank Division in April 1941, I'll slap you silly
Time's up! The correct answer was Patton
AIN'T THAT AMERICA
This town bearing the name of an old TV game show is the seat of Sierra County, New Mexico
Time's up! The correct answer was Truth or Consequences
KHOMEINI, KHAMENEI OR KHATAMI
Exiled from Iran in 1964
Time's up! The correct answer was Khomeini
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME
You have to have permission to do this in a barrel since someone died doing it in 1951
Time's up! The correct answer was Going over Niagara Falls
THE "BUTLER" DID IT
Film character who said, "You should be kissed, and often, and by someone who knows how"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rhett Butler
FOOD ETYMOLOGY
Keith Downey developed rapeseed into this cooking product, now a huge cash crop for farmers in Saskatchewan
Time's up! The correct answer was canola
LOW CUT GENES
Named for a German neuropathologist, this memory loss disease may be caused by a gene on chromosome 21
Time's up! The correct answer was Alzheimer's disease
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
SEEING "RED"
The title of a 1928 song Sophie Tucker introduced, it was also her nickname
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas"
IT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER
Abraham Lincoln delivered this November 19, 1863; it lasted all of 2 minutes
Time's up! The correct answer was the Gettysburg Address
DOWN MEXICO WAY
This resort city about 200 miles southwest of Mexico City is famous for its cliff divers
Time's up! The correct answer was Acapulco
ONE-WORD RHYMES
An important person, perhaps with an elaborate toupee
Time's up! The correct answer was bigwig
AMERICAN HISTORY
Susan B. Anthony was arrested in 1872 for doing this
Time's up! The correct answer was Voting
"TOO" MUCH
Fighting ferociously, you go at it this "& nail"
Time's up! The correct answer was tooth
A REALLY BIG CATEGORY
The Great Red Spot is a great big storm on this great big planet
Time's up! The correct answer was Jupiter
AIRPORT CODES
ATL
Time's up! The correct answer was Atlanta
ASSASSINS
Ramon Mercader, who killed this man in 1940, was later awarded the Order of Lenin
Time's up! The correct answer was Trotsky
STUPID ANSWERS
It was invented in 1911 by Hans Geiger
Time's up! The correct answer was the Geiger counter
SPORTS SHORTS
He split 2 1980 title fights with Roberto Duran
Time's up! The correct answer was Sugar Ray Leonard
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
For 15 years, 1946-1961, this show set in Indian Territory was Broadway's longest-running musical
Time's up! The correct answer was "Oklahoma!"
HOMOPHONES
Wan, or a bucket
Time's up! The correct answer was pale/pail
LITERARY COLLABORATORS
These brothers first published their "Fairy Tales" in 1812 as "Kinderund Hausmarchen"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Brothers Grimm
WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?
It's the French name for boeuf braised in red wine, usually garnished with mushrooms & white onions
Time's up! The correct answer was bœuf bourguignon
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
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
WOLVERINE
Bears have cubs; wolverine newborns are known as these, like foxes & beavers
Time's up! The correct answer was kits
ANAGRAMMED BIRDS
A holiday standard: key rut
Time's up! The correct answer was turkey
"TABLE"S
Moving around a restaurant to hobnob & exchange gossip with friends & acquaintances
Time's up! The correct answer was Table Hopping
BIBLICAL FATHERS & SONS
This strongman was killed destroying a Philistine temple & was interred in his father's burying place
Time's up! The correct answer was Samson
ARCHITECTS
Charles Bulfinch, who contributed to the Capitol in Washington, D.C., designed this city's state house on Beacon Hill
Time's up! The correct answer was Boston
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
Lake Pontchartrain & St. Bernard Parish form part of this city's northern & southern boundaries
Time's up! The correct answer was New Orleans
CITY FOLK
Damascenes
Time's up! The correct answer was Damascus residents
SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS
Portia disguises herself as a male lawyer in this play set in Italy
Time's up! The correct answer was Merchant of Venice
THE EMPEROR NERO
At age 16, Nero was proclaimed emperor by this military unit & immediately confirmed by the Senate
Time's up! The correct answer was Praetorian Guard
ACTING PRESIDENTS ON TV
Dennis Haysbert & D.B. Woodside as David & Wayne Palmer, respectively
Time's up! The correct answer was 24
THE EMERALD ISLE
It's the only Irish city with a population above 500,000
Time's up! The correct answer was Dublin
INTERNATIONAL NAMES
4 times married, ex-German leader Gerhard Schroeder is aka Audi Man, for the car's symbol of 4 of these
Time's up! The correct answer was rings
MOTORCYCLE MAKERS
Baseball's Ichiro must be aware that this maker's B-King is the "rowdy alter ego" to its Hayabusa
Time's up! The correct answer was Suzuki
TV STARS
Inspired by Sydney, her character on "Alias", this actress enjoys kickboxing
Time's up! The correct answer was Jennifer Garner
THE 50 STATES
Among its nicknames are "The Prairie State" & "The Land of Lincoln"
Time's up! The correct answer was Illinois
COMICS STRIP
Borat, played by this British comic, had a naked tussle with his portly Kazakh TV producer
Time's up! The correct answer was Cohen
ITALIAN ART
"Pumpkin Head" is a 1420s sculpture of a bald man by Donato di Niccolo, better known as this
Time's up! The correct answer was Donatello
NAME THE POET
"A little learning is a dang'rous thing; / Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring"
Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander Pope
SKIP TO MY "LOO"
A sailing vessel with a single mast
Time's up! The correct answer was a sloop
CURRENT BLACK PRESIDENTS
Africa's oldest democracy, this nation headed by Pres. Ian Khama is mainly made up of the Tswana people
Time's up! The correct answer was Botswana
MILITARY MATTERS
There are Chinese & Russian versions of this rifle that's also known as Kalashnikov Model 1947
Time's up! The correct answer was AK-47
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
MEET THE PARENTS
Aiwa, Epic Records, Columbia Tristar
Time's up! The correct answer was Sony
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED
July 3, 1971 in Paris
Time's up! The correct answer was Jim Morrison
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
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 EMERALD ISLE
It's the only Irish city with a population above 500,000
Time's up! The correct answer was Dublin
ALBUMS THAT ROCK
"In Your Honor", "The Color and the Shape"
Time's up! The correct answer was Foo Fighters
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
HERE'S LUCY
Lucy Hobbs Taylor must have aced her orals because in 1866 she became the first woman to receive a degree in this
Time's up! The correct answer was dentistry
"TU"
Henry VII was the first ruler from this family on the throne of England
Time's up! The correct answer was Tudor
TV CASTS
In 2000 this Oscar nominee joined the cast of "Ally McBeal" as a lawyer
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Downey, Jr.
BIBLE BOOK BINDINGS
Prime ___ Racket
Time's up! The correct answer was Numbers
BIRDS
The only birds in the family Trochilidae are these "hovercrafts"
Time's up! The correct answer was hummingbirds
U.S. CITIES
This Rhode Island resort city is the site of the U.S. Navy Undersea Warfare Center
Time's up! The correct answer was Newport
TRANSPLANTS
This organ was first successfully transplanted in 1981, as a package deal with a heart
Time's up! The correct answer was a lung
AMERICAN AUTHORS
Susan & Benjamin Cheever, children of this short story master, are both authors as well
Time's up! The correct answer was John Cheever
AIRPORT CODES
On the continent: ORY
Time's up! The correct answer was Paris
FOLKIES
Born Michelle Johnston, she "stunned" the industry in 1994 by selling her new album only at her shows
Time's up! The correct answer was Michelle Shocked
"IRA"
The lady was quite overcome by this moisture exuded by the muscular estate gardener
Time's up! The correct answer was perspiration
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
This Jewish holiday is celebrated on the first day of the lunar month of Tishri
Time's up! The correct answer was Rosh Hashanah
MAGAZINES
Conan O'Brien was the first since Robert Benchley to be president of this Harvard humor magazine 2 straight years
Time's up! The correct answer was Harvard Lampoon
GEOGRAPH"Y"
There's an active volcano on Sicily, an island that's part of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
WHAT KIND OF FOWL AM I?
Rock Cornish game hen or Rhode Island Red
Time's up! The correct answer was a chicken
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
CHINESE CALENDAR ANIMALS
This wascally sign whose years include 1951 & 1999 shows bravery against high odds & is rarely be-Fudd-led
Time's up! The correct answer was a rabbit
ANATOMY
The uvea, the eye's middle layer, includes this contractile diaphragm, the colored part of the eye
Time's up! The correct answer was the iris
THE KIDS LOVE THAT ROCK & ROLL
A1, Take That & the Spice Girls are all musical acts from this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Great Britain
JUST DESSERTS
This thick liquid is the traditional sweetening in Indian pudding
Time's up! The correct answer was molasses
COMPUTER TERMS
You can't have too much RAM, which stands for this
Time's up! The correct answer was random-access memory
THE SUMMER OLYMPICS
Throwing events include this one, the hurling of a spearlike shaft
Time's up! The correct answer was the javelin
CNN
It's the territory where the ceremony seen here took place on the night of June 30 - July 1, 1997
Time's up! The correct answer was Hong Kong
THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE SOUTH
The Mississippi's oldest operating steamboat is this type of Southern lady "of Louisville"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Belle
Y-R
An astronomer may speak of a solar, lunar, equinoctial or sidereal one
Time's up! The correct answer was a year
WORDS
This name for a work of art that you may carve in art class comes from the Latin for "to carve"
Time's up! The correct answer was sculpture
U.S. COLLEGES
The student newspaper of this Hanover, N.H. school calls itself "America's Oldest College Newspaper"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dartmouth
ANCIENT TIMES
Because of his work there, you could call the astronomer Hipparchus "the colossus of" this island
Time's up! The correct answer was Rhodes
B FOLLOWS A
As a noun, it's a mop used to clean a ship's deck; as a verb, it's what you do with the mop
Time's up! The correct answer was swab
FRUIT
A cluster, or hand, of this fruit consists of 10-20 fingers
Time's up! The correct answer was Bananas
MEASURING DEVICES
An odometer measures the distance covered by a vehicle & this device measures how far you've walked
Time's up! The correct answer was a pedometer
GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY
Spectacular waterfalls in Guyana include one named for a British king of this name, who ruled 1901-10
Time's up! The correct answer was Edward
BEFORE & AFTER
Dystopian Anthony Burgess novel that's a New Zealand fish
Time's up! The correct answer was A Clockwork Orange Roughy
BOOK TITLES
"I am the rose of Sharon" & "When you know your name, you should hang on to it" are from 2 different books titled this
Time's up! The correct answer was Song of Solomon
THE CRUCIBLE
Nitrides of boron & silicon are used to make crucibles because they are stable when this is high
Time's up! The correct answer was temperature
FOR WHOM THE "BELL" TOLLS
Facial nerve paralysis on one side
Time's up! The correct answer was Bell's palsy
NETWORK
"Emergency Vets", "Wild Rescues", "Breed All About It"
Time's up! The correct answer was Animal Planet
ADJECTIVES
As a noun, it's pieces for fastening; as an adjective it's large & robust, like some young men
Time's up! The correct answer was strapping
IT'S A "SIN"
As well as discovering a famous gap in Saturn's rings, he also discovered 4 of Saturn's moons
Time's up! The correct answer was Cassini
MILLIONS OF REASONS
"What Are You Doing After the Orgy?" is a book by this man who played a millionaire on "Gilligan's Island"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jim Backus
PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS
Up on the highwire you might wear this bodysuit named for a famous 19th century trapeze artist
Time's up! The correct answer was Leotard
THE HOUND OF MUSIC
Title question posed by Patti Page in a 1953 smash
Time's up! The correct answer was "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?"
WORD ORIGINS
These sparkly fake gems are partly named for a river that flows through Germany
Time's up! The correct answer was rhinestones
HISTORIC AMERICANS
At the time of her 1937 disappearance she was married to publisher George Palmer Putnam
Time's up! The correct answer was Amelia Earhart
POOR & FAMOUS
She fled her rich Assisi family to found an order of "poor" nuns
Time's up! The correct answer was Saint Clare
TONY WINNERS OF THE '50s
Gertrude Lawrence won in 1952 for playing the title pronoun in this Rodgers & Hammerstein musical
Time's up! The correct answer was The King and I
ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER
Oxford University's fall term is named for this -mas, not Christmas; it's a saint's Sept. 29 feast day
Time's up! The correct answer was Michaelmas
"PUN" JAB
Colons & commas & hyphens, oh my!
Time's up! The correct answer was punctuation
NICKNAMES
"The King of Ragtime"
Time's up! The correct answer was Scott Joplin
CANADIAN FOOTBALL
This former Boston College & New England Patriots QB was the CFL's most outstanding player 6 times
Time's up! The correct answer was Doug Flutie
BEES
A large crowd of bees on the move
Time's up! The correct answer was a swarm
PASS THE CHEESE, PLEASE
Samsoe is a Swiss-style cow's milk cheese named for an island in this Scandinavian country
Time's up! The correct answer was Denmark
POLAR EXPLORATION
This South Pole conqueror died trying to rescue Umberto Nobile, who eventually lived to be 93
Time's up! The correct answer was Roald Amundsen
WHAT COLOR IS GREEN?
This old song says, "Alas, my love, you do me wrong, to cast me off discourteously"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Greensleeves"
I'VE TRAVELED EACH & EVERY HIGHWAY
Domine Quo Vadis Church stands on this road, where tradition says Peter asked Jesus, "Lord, where are you going?"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Appian Way
LUXEMBOURG
The Congress of Vienna in 1815 made Luxembourg a state headed by this type of ruler
Time's up! The correct answer was a grand duke
GIVE THE BUCHAREST
In 1659 Bucharest became the capital of this principality
Time's up! The correct answer was Wallachia
6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
D'Artagnan
Time's up! The correct answer was Dumas
"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"
TIME TO "EAT"
The administrative metropolis in a U.S. county
Time's up! The correct answer was the seat
CINEMATIC DICTIONARY
The inventors of this camera-stabilizing device won a special 1977 Oscar
Time's up! The correct answer was Steadicam
THE BIG APPLE
One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the city; this is the second tallest
Time's up! The correct answer was Two World Trade Center
PLAY ADJECTIVES
Noel Coward 's "____ Spirit"
Time's up! The correct answer was Blithe Spirit
TBA
White smoke rising from the Vatican announces the election of a new one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Pope
DON'T BE A PAIN
This drug marketed as Advil & Nuprin reduces pain by inhibiting chemicals that cause inflammation
Time's up! The correct answer was ibuprofen
THE EVOLUTION OF "M"USIC
This singer of "Jack & Diane" had to fight to record under his own name
Time's up! The correct answer was John Mellencamp
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
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
Important dams on this river include Rock Island, Rocky Reach & Grand Coulee
Time's up! The correct answer was the Columbia River
BRIDGES
The 1st Roman bridge of which there is any record is the Pons Sublicius, built in 621 B.C. over this river
Time's up! The correct answer was Tiber
FROM THE GREEK
The name of this solid figure used to disperse light into a spectrum is from the Greek for "something sawed"
Time's up! The correct answer was a prism
NOT A VERB
Capable, succeed, accomplish
Time's up! The correct answer was capable
THE HOUND OF MUSIC
Title question posed by Patti Page in a 1953 smash
Time's up! The correct answer was "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?"
ART & ARTISTS
This American female impressionist modeled for many of Degas' works, including "At the Milliner's"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cassatt
"PRO"NOUNS
Gosh darn it! It's abusive, vulgar or irreverent language
Time's up! The correct answer was Profanity
THIS IS JEOPARDY!
In 1984, he made the music video "I Lost On Jeopardy"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Weird Al" Yankovic
NAME THE WORK
Melville: "Captain Vere was an exceptional character"
Time's up! The correct answer was Billy Budd
AMERICAN COUNTIES
Ogemaw, Saginaw & Washtenaw are all counties in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Michigan
THE "B.G."s
Swingin' virtuoso heard here
Time's up! The correct answer was Benny Goodman
TITLE 9
Jeffrey Toobin: "The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the ___ ___"
Time's up! The correct answer was Supreme Court
GUINNESS RECORDS
9,360 graham crackers, 9,312 marshmallows & 4,128 chocolate bars went into one of these made at a campground
Time's up! The correct answer was s'more
NUMBERS
Of the 12 spies sent, only Caleb & this future leader believed the Israelites could take Canaan
Time's up! The correct answer was Joshua
BRAND NAMES
Its "Extra Dry" was the first aerosol antiperspirant in the U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was Arrid
OF A SALESMAN
This 1992 presidential candidate sold IBM computers in Texas before starting his own company, EDS
Time's up! The correct answer was Ross Perot
JAY
He's the "Picture Perfect" actor seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Jay Mohr
GENERAL INFORMATION
The only place this general wouldn't "march" was to the presidency; he told the GOP "I will not accept if nominated" in 1884
Time's up! The correct answer was Sherman
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
Greek-letter group (10)
Time's up! The correct answer was fraternity
THE SHORT VERSION
A paranormal "experience": OBE
Time's up! The correct answer was Out-of-body experience
LONG GERMAN WORDS
Freude is this to which Beethoven composed an ode; Schadenfreude is this at someone else's misfortune
Time's up! The correct answer was joy
FOREIGN CURRENCY
In 1946 the Communist government of Vietnam began issuing coins with a depiction of this man
Time's up! The correct answer was Ho Chi Minh
CONTAINERS
It's what's normally carried in a metal pail called a scuttle
Time's up! The correct answer was coal
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
BORN IN THE WINDY CITY
Tarzan was the most famous creation of this Chicago-born writer
Time's up! The correct answer was Edgar Rice Burroughs
IRAQNOPHOBIA
The ancient Greeks gave the area between the Tigris & Euphrates this name, which means "between rivers"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mesopotamia
LOVE QUOTES
Samuel Butler rhymed, "Love is a boy by poets styled; then spare the rod and" do this
Time's up! The correct answer was Spoil the child
CARIBBEAN TASTE TREATS
Adventurous eaters in Grenada may dine on this burrowing mammal (it's best to remove the armor first)
Time's up! The correct answer was Armadillo
CINEMATIC DICTIONARY
SFX is the standard abbreviation for these, from the rustling of trees to cannon fire
Time's up! The correct answer was Sound effects
CNN
In 1997 CNN became the first U.S. news organization since 1969 with a permanent bureau in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Cuba
"ANT" INFESTATION
B or D, as opposed to A or O
Time's up! The correct answer was a consonant
BOOKS & AUTHORS
Margaret Mitchell began this book, "Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it..."
Time's up! The correct answer was "Gone with the Wind"
A VIOLENT CATEGORY
A suit of cards represented by a trefoil
Time's up! The correct answer was club
"A"NCIENT GREEKS
A fabulist: 620-560 B.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Aesop
BOY MEETS WORLD
Of 6, 10 or 14, the age of Michael Kearney in 1994 when he became the USA's youngest college graduate
Time's up! The correct answer was 10
BIBLICAL PAIRS
"Hairy" couple from Judges 16
Time's up! The correct answer was Samson & Delilah
19th CENTURY LITERATURE
Ydgrun is a goddess worshipped by residents of this Samuel Butler country
Time's up! The correct answer was Erewhon
AUTHORS
An eye ailment contracted at Eton School ended his plans to study biology, like his brother Julian
Time's up! The correct answer was Aldous Huxley
HERBS & SPICES
The scientific name of this herb is Mentha piperita
Time's up! The correct answer was peppermint
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
TUBE TEST
We have to cop to the fact he created "Police Story"; "The Blue Knight" was based on one of his books
Time's up! The correct answer was Joseph Wambaugh
TV MOVIES
He played Tony Starr in "Copacabana", which was based on his own hit record
Time's up! The correct answer was Barry Manilow
ON THE GO
Created in 1971 as the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, it's better known by this name
Time's up! The correct answer was Amtrak
QUOTATIONS
In 1783 he wrote, "There never was a good war or a bad peace"
Time's up! The correct answer was Benjamin Franklin
RHYME TIME
A more obese baseball slugger
Time's up! The correct answer was a fatter batter
MAY DAYS
Henry VIII imported an executioner from France just to behead this second wife on May 19, 1536
Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Boleyn
POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS
"Heavens to" ex-New York lieutenant governor McCaughey!
Time's up! The correct answer was Betsy
ANIMAL GROUPS
Though not noted for their musical skills, a group of gorillas is called this
Time's up! The correct answer was a band
ART & ARTISTS
This Dutch master served as chairman of the Delft Artists' Guild from 1662-63 & 1670-71
Time's up! The correct answer was Jan Vermeer
THE PLANETS
As viewed from Earth, it's the brightest planet in the nighttime sky
Time's up! The correct answer was Venus
"P.B."
This Latin term used for some legal services means "for the good"
Time's up! The correct answer was pro bono
TV CASTS
In 2000 this rapper-turned-actor joined the cast of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" as Richard Belzer's partner
Time's up! The correct answer was Ice-T
INTO THE "WOOD"s
A heavyset rodent common in northern North America
Time's up! The correct answer was a woodchuck
LITERATURE
Ellen Glasgow, a native of this Virginia capital, set several novels there but called it "Queenborough"
Time's up! The correct answer was Richmond
"T" TIME
Left pinky makes "A" & right index makes "J" in this activity
Time's up! The correct answer was typing
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
FOOD CHAIN
"Dip Into Something Different" at the Melting Pot, found across the nation, & specializing in this Swiss dish
Time's up! The correct answer was fondue
ODDS & ENDS
This French tennis star of the 1920s who went on to start a clothing line was known as "the Crocodile"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lacoste
CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
Stubborn slippers (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was mules
FLOPS
Ford, '57, flop, 'nuf said
Time's up! The correct answer was Edsel
TIME TO CONVERT
You do the math: -40 degrees on the Fahrenheit temperature scale equals this on the Celsius scale
Time's up! The correct answer was -40
OSCAR-WINNING ROLES
1933: Henry VIII
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Laughton
COUNTRY MUSIC
"Strawberry Wine" was the first of 3 No. 1 hits from this debut album by Deana Carter
Time's up! The correct answer was "Did I Shave My Legs for This?"
AT THE MOVIES
2005: A group of teenage chicks share some trousers
Time's up! The correct answer was The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
LANGUAGES
Javanese is the native language of about 60 million people on the island of Java in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Indonesia
IT'S A "SIN"
Carson Sink & the Great Salt Lake lie in the drainage area known as the Great this
Time's up! The correct answer was Basin
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
WANT ADS
We have a primary need for this hyphenated job in our fancy French kitchen; only the head guy is your superior
Time's up! The correct answer was sous-chef
QUOTATIONS
In a saying attributed to the Duke of Wellington, this battle "was won on the playing fields of Eton"
Time's up! The correct answer was Waterloo
ANCIENT COINS
In 44 B.C. the senate of Rome wanted his head -- on all silver coins
Time's up! The correct answer was Julius Caesar
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
In 1326 the Ottomans moved their capital to Bursa, which is in this Asian part of modern-day Turkey
Time's up! The correct answer was Anatolia
6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
Esmeralda & Claude Frollo
Time's up! The correct answer was Hugo
"X"-MEN
His dad Earl Little was an outspoken Baptist minister & supporter of black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey
Time's up! The correct answer was Malcolm X
"PRO"NOUNS
The "dry" period in which the 18th Amendment was in force
Time's up! The correct answer was Prohibition
WHOSE IS IT?
This "heel" is named for thr only place a famous Greek warrior could be wounded
Time's up! The correct answer was Achilles' heel
HOP ON POP CULTURE
Meadow's dad had her boyfriend Jackie whacked on this show; A.J. had a pretty rough time, too
Time's up! The correct answer was The Sopranos
AMERICAN HISTORY
To reach eastern markets in the 1800s, Texas drovers brought their cattle to Kansas via this trail
Time's up! The correct answer was the Chisholm Trail
LEGAL "E"s
This 2-word phrase means the power to take private property for public use; it's ok, as long as there is just compensation
Time's up! The correct answer was eminent domain
POLITICAL MOVIES
2 reporters unearth a political scandal that goes all the way to the top in this 1976 film based on a book
Time's up! The correct answer was All the President's Men
ORGANIZED LABOR
This board was created in 1935 to correct or prevent unfair labor practices by employers or unions
Time's up! The correct answer was the National Labor Relations Board
MAGICAL MOUSE-TERY TOUR
The samplefest "The Grey Album" & the band Gnarls Barkley are 2 projects of Brian Burton, aka this
Time's up! The correct answer was Danger Mouse
HOLLYWOOD THRILLER PREVIEWS?
Last year it was Da Vinci; this fall it's nothing but dots & dashes with the...
Time's up! The correct answer was the Morse Code
TRUE LIVES
She talks about Soon-Yi & former flame Woody Allen in her 1997 memoir "What Falls Away"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mia Farrow
DIARIES
"My Name Escapes Me" is "The Diary of A Retiring Actor" by this portrayer of Obi-Wan Kenobi
Time's up! The correct answer was Sir Alec Guinness
PHRASES THAT SELL
This network says it's "The most trusted name in news"
Time's up! The correct answer was CNN
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
In 1904 Virginia & her siblings moved to this London district, where they would host "group" gatherings
Time's up! The correct answer was Bloomsbury
AMERICANA
Lancaster, which has the largest stockyards east of Chicago, was this state's capital from 1799 to 1812
Time's up! The correct answer was Pennsylvania
THE HOLLYWOOD STOCK EXCHANGE
Millions of HSX shares of this scary movie "project" were traded a full year before it was released
Time's up! The correct answer was The Blair Witch Project
HISTORIC AMERICA
Carmel Mission in Carmel, Calif. was the headquarters of this Franciscan priest until his death in 1784
Time's up! The correct answer was Fr. Junipero Serra
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
You insert a roll into this instrument for it to tickle its own ivories
Time's up! The correct answer was Player Piano
NOTABLE NONHUMANS
This favorite horse of Alexander the Great sometimes wore golden horns in battle
Time's up! The correct answer was Bucephalus
ODDS & ENDS
They're the two main ingredients in a Cape Codder cocktail
Time's up! The correct answer was cranberry juice and vodka
20th CENTURY ARTISTS
In 2006 "Roots", a 1943 painting by her, sold for $5.6 million, then the record for a Latin American work
Time's up! The correct answer was Frida Kahlo
FRENCH ART & ARTISTS
Francois Lemoyne painted the Hercules ceiling at this French palace & voila! became premier peintre du roi
Time's up! The correct answer was Versailles
RADIO DISNEY
Lead singer Ryan Tedder of this band has "All The Right Moves"
Time's up! The correct answer was OneRepublic
SOMETHING'S FISHY
The black type of this fish with a woman's name is a striking addition to any aquarium
Time's up! The correct answer was a molly
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
I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF IT
In the 1800s this Frenchman also developed a musical notation system for blind musicians
Time's up! The correct answer was Louis Braille
POTPOURRI
It's a synonym for a lie as well as the type of tale told by Aesop
Time's up! The correct answer was Fable
U.S. PRESIDENTS
This Mexican War hero & winning 1848 candidate had never voted for president before
Time's up! The correct answer was Zachary Taylor
THEY ALSO RAN
Born in Brooklyn in 1944, he was mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2002
Time's up! The correct answer was Rudy Giuliani
MANY IRONS
It's gold! Gold, I tell you! Gold!!! Oh, no -- it's not... it's this, fool's gold
Time's up! The correct answer was Iron pyrite
NONFICTION AUTHORS
First published in 1946, a book written by this man became the bestselling book in the U.S. after the Bible
Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Benjamin Spock
CLASSICAL GASES
The most common isotope of hydrogen has an atomic weight of this whole number
Time's up! The correct answer was 1
ART
Ceramics is the art of making objects, even dreidels, out of this material
Time's up! The correct answer was clay
CLASSIC MOVIE CHARACTERS
The parents of this 1942 film character are an unnamed mother & a father known as "the great prince of the forest"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bambi
ANYTHING BUT CHEESESTEAK
The French have Catherine de Medici to thank for introducing this sprouting Italian veggie to them
Time's up! The correct answer was broccoli
MOVIE DEBUTS
The Al Pacino legal drama "...And Justice for All" marked the screen debut of this actor, later TV's "Coach"
Time's up! The correct answer was Craig T. Nelson
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
THAT'S SO '90s
Hello! In May 1999 scientists found this famous sheep might be susceptible to premature aging
Time's up! The correct answer was Dolly
IN EXILE
In 1462 this printer known for movable type had to move out of Mainz
Time's up! The correct answer was Johannes Gutenberg
THE BIG BANGLADESH
After India was partitioned in 1947, what would later become Bangladesh was the "East" part of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Pakistan
WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR II
It was the alphanumeric designation of the U.S. Army's Garand rifle
Time's up! The correct answer was the M1
IT ENDS WITH "US"
Mildew, mold or a mushroom
Time's up! The correct answer was fungus
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
B.C. & AFTER
Homo erectus archaeological find on Jakarta's island by an expatriate U.S. photographer
Time's up! The correct answer was Java Man Ray
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
The westernmost and northernmost points in the U.S. are both located in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska
ODDS & ENDS
Muhammad received the first of the Koran's revelations during this holy month
Time's up! The correct answer was Ramadan
AND I QUOTE
Publishing term for the type of quote seen here: [Trebek's...made it into record books as host of television's #1-rated quiz show.]
Time's up! The correct answer was Pull quote
HISTORIC DATES
He was shot on Sept. 6, 1901 while shaking hands with a crowd of well-wishers at the Pan-American Exposition
Time's up! The correct answer was McKinley
THE STARTING INFIELD
The 1908 Chicago Cubs featured Harry Steinfeldt & these 3 guys of yore
Time's up! The correct answer was Tinker, Evers & Chance
STATE CAPITALS
The capitol building in this city was designed by Thomas Jefferson
Time's up! The correct answer was Richmond
DRIVING
The following sound indicates a vehicle in this gear
Time's up! The correct answer was reverse
SHAMANISM ON YOU
The Warao Indians of South America believe this noisy shamanic gourd instrument has healing properties
Time's up! The correct answer was a rattle
& NOW THE "END" IS NEAR
The opposite of diminuendo is this music term, a gradual increase in loudness
Time's up! The correct answer was crescendo
"ANT" INFESTATION
B or D, as opposed to A or O
Time's up! The correct answer was a consonant
"CAL" STATE
Ca is calcium; Cf is this element
Time's up! The correct answer was Californium
3-LETTER ABBREV.
A religious group: LDS
Time's up! The correct answer was Latter Day Saints
JEWELRY
Tahiti & French Polynesia are famous for pearls of this color
Time's up! The correct answer was Black
WOMEN OF THE WORLD
This Norwegian beauty is noted for her work with Ingmar Bergman & with UNICEF
Time's up! The correct answer was Liv Ullmann
NYPD TV
Wojo, Harris, Yemana & Fish were 12th Precinct detectives on this sitcom
Time's up! The correct answer was Barney Miller
WHAM-O
This 1962 Wham-O game named for a dance craze came with a moveable cross bar & 2 support stands
Time's up! The correct answer was limbo
THAT'S SOME NERVE
A slipped disc can cause pain along this largest nerve that runs down the leg
Time's up! The correct answer was the sciatic nerve
"TOMORROW"
In 1960 the Shirelles asked this musical question
Time's up! The correct answer was Will you still love me tomorrow?
CHAIRS
He not only designed the Gateway Arch, he created furniture such as the sculptured "Womb" chair
Time's up! The correct answer was Eero Saarinen
THERE ARE SOME STRINGS ATTACHED
This guitar family member's circular body is covered in front with tightly stretched plastic or parchment
Time's up! The correct answer was a banjo
READING
From the Greek for "bad word", this disorder is marked by difficulty in recognizing written language
Time's up! The correct answer was dyslexia
TELL ME "Y"
A bumpkin, perhaps a local one
Time's up! The correct answer was Yokel
EXPLORERS
In 1828 Rene Caille reached this remote African city, "an object of curiosity" to Europeans
Time's up! The correct answer was Timbuktu
LET'S BOUNCE
This verb for bouncing a basketball sounds like you're slobbering
Time's up! The correct answer was dribbling
LIBRARIES
Marsh's Library in this country was founded c. 1702 by the Archbishop of Dublin
Time's up! The correct answer was Ireland
THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
1997's prize went in part to an international group trying to clear these from the world
Time's up! The correct answer was land mines
SSSSSSSSNAKES!!!!!
The appendage seen here gives this variety of snake its name
Time's up! The correct answer was rattlesnake
5-LETTER WORDS
One who steals by stealth: Thessalonians speaks of one "in the night"
Time's up! The correct answer was a thief
WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR II
Today, this Japanese car company makes the galant; in WWII, it was better known for its A6M "Zero" fighter
Time's up! The correct answer was Mitsubishi
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