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WITH BROTHERHOOD
Twin brothers Matthew & Gunnar, Ozzie & Harriet's grandsons, had hits in the '90s under this name
Time's up! The correct answer was Nelson
SPACE MISSIONS
The MESSENGER craft is the first mission to explore this planet since mariner 10 in the 1970s
Time's up! The correct answer was Mercury
GROUP COUNTDOWN
If Andy yearns for Brenda & Brenda cares about Charlene who pines for Andy, the 3 of them form one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a love triangle
PRINCETON
In 1783 Princeton's Nassau Hall doubled as this for the nation
Time's up! The correct answer was capital
WHAT A CHARACTER!
Hardcore fans of "Gilligan's Island" known that this character's real name is Roy Hinkley
Time's up! The correct answer was the Professor
AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY
Arabs call this Libyan capital Tarabulus
Time's up! The correct answer was Tripoli
MARK TWAIN: BOOK LOVER
One of Twain's favorite books was the "Diary of" this Englishman; Twain credited it as the model for his book "1601"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pepys
PETER, PAUL & MARY
Bestsellers from this master of horror include "Koko" & "Ghost Story"
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Straub
THE FILM THAT ALMOST WAS
Committed to TV, Tom Selleck had to turn down this role in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (curse you, Hawaiian shirt!)
Time's up! The correct answer was Indiana Jones
RICHARD
He was actually in prison when he wrote, "Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage"
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Lovelace
LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS
A. Philip Randolph, who first proposed a march on this city in 1941, also helped organize the one in 1963
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington, D.C.
& GO TO "BED"
In math, it means raised to the third power
Time's up! The correct answer was cubed
"O"PERA
Disney World crowds might go nuts for this title knight, aka Roland, made famous by both Hande & Vivaldi
Time's up! The correct answer was Orlando
FIRE!
The first successful print of this future partner of James Ives was of a fire in Manhattan
Time's up! The correct answer was Currier
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
BIBLICAL PAIRS
God & Jesus are called by these 2 Greek letters in Revelation
Time's up! The correct answer was Alpha & Omega
LEGENDARY LEGENDS
Marshall Gold Discovery State Hist. Park is in this county that shares its name with a legendary city of gold
Time's up! The correct answer was El Dorado
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
A Mrs., in Munich (4)
Time's up! The correct answer was Frau
BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE
If you give your son this villainous 4-letter name from "Othello", you're just asking for trouble
Time's up! The correct answer was Iago
STATE: THE OBVIOUS
At last count, this state had about 2 1/2 times as many cars as Texas or New York
Time's up! The correct answer was California
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
THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s
1964: "Please Please Me"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Beatles
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
POTPOURRI
There are Blue & White branches of this African river
Time's up! The correct answer was the Nile
"EVE"NING
In a hit song by the Monkees, "Then I saw her face, now I'm" one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a believer
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
MUSEUM HOPPING
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" to keep music fans from visiting this record co.'s Detroit museum
Time's up! The correct answer was Motown
AWARDS
"Pearls for Pigs" was 1998's best play in these off-Broadway awards given by the Village Voice
Time's up! The correct answer was Obies
THE COMMODORES
"The Commodore" is one of the tales of this C.S. Forester hero
Time's up! The correct answer was Horatio Hornblower
ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL
Bananas are an excellent source of this element whose symbol is K
Time's up! The correct answer was potassium
NO. 1 ALBUMS
"Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell"
Time's up! The correct answer was Meat Loaf
REAL TO REEL
In this movie Meryl Streep as Aussie mom Lindy Chamberlain exclaimed, "The dingo's got my baby!"
Time's up! The correct answer was A Cry In The Dark
LITERARY ALLUSIONS
"The shot heard round the world" was first heard in this man's "Concord Hymn"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ralph Waldo Emerson
IN THE DICTIONARY
This car name may come from an abbreviation of "general purpose vehicle"
Time's up! The correct answer was jeep
YOU SHOULD BE IN A BALLET!
This fluffy skirt that you may have to wear was not named for archbishop Desmond
Time's up! The correct answer was tutu
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
MYTHELLANEOUS
The mythical Sumerian hero Utnapishtim built a big vessel at God's urging & thereby survived this catastrophe
Time's up! The correct answer was a flood
"O"PERA
Verdi's work on this General's life opens in Cyprus; Shakespeare's tale begins in Venice
Time's up! The correct answer was Otello
GREEK LETTERS
Precedes "-bits" in the name of a sweet Post cereal
Time's up! The correct answer was alpha
THE 50 STATES
This state's famous Derby at Churchill Downs is held annually on the first Saturday of May
Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky
WORD ORIGINS
Laboratory culture dish named for the German bacteriologist who invented it
Time's up! The correct answer was a Petri dish
PLANT LIFE
It's the large floating leaf of a water lily
Time's up! The correct answer was pad
WORLD HISTORY
In 1784 she founded the city of Sevastopol in her new domain of the Crimea
Time's up! The correct answer was Catherine the Great
GOOSE...MOTHER GOOSE
"A man of words and not of" these "is like a garden full of weeds"
Time's up! The correct answer was Deeds
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
U.N. OBSERVANCES
September 16 is International Day for the Preservation of this atmospheric layer
Time's up! The correct answer was the Ozone Layer
CONTEMPORARY BRITISH AUTHORS
In May 1973 Sports Illustrated ran one of his short stories under the title "A Day of Wine and Roses"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Francis
COMMON BONDS
A beaten wrestler, A frat brother's girlfriend, A dead butterfly
Time's up! The correct answer was Things that are pinned
PROVERBS
These two things "wait for no man"
Time's up! The correct answer was time and tide
PRESIDENTS
Speaking in Illinois, Benjamin Harrison said this president "had faith in time & time has justified his faith"
Time's up! The correct answer was Abraham Lincoln
WITH BROTHERHOOD
Last name of Kevin, Joe & Nick, whose album "Lines, Vines And Trying Times" debuted at No. 1 in 2009
Time's up! The correct answer was Jonas
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
SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD
The accomodations at the monastery were rudimentary at best
Time's up! The correct answer was accommodations
THE BIG 10
The first 10 of these are known as the Bill of Rights
Time's up! The correct answer was the Amendments
MAGAZINES
In titles, this word follows Southern, Country & Martha Stewart
Time's up! The correct answer was Living
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
WHAT KIND OF FOWL AM I?
Snow, Mother or Canada
Time's up! The correct answer was a goose
ANIMAL GROUPS
This word can refer to laziness, a 2-toed mammal, or a group of bears
Time's up! The correct answer was Sloth
"GENERAL" JOB INFORMATION
It's the rank just below (the very model of a modern) major general
Time's up! The correct answer was brigadier general
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
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
INTERNATIONAL CUISINE
The seafood in this Mexican dish is "cooked" not by heat, but by the acid in lime juice
Time's up! The correct answer was ceviche
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
Chaplin went on stage at age 5 in this type of "hall", the British equivalent of Vaudeville
Time's up! The correct answer was Music Hall
LIFE SCIENCE
In colenterates like jellyfish, the cavity called the coelenteron has an opening called this--don't get too complex
Time's up! The correct answer was a mouth
MUSICAL THEATER
In Act II of this musical, an election victory is announced "on the balcony of the Casa Rosada"
Time's up! The correct answer was Evita
VALUABLE PLACES
Sir Joseph Paxton's palace, or Dr. Robert Schuller's cathedral
Time's up! The correct answer was Crystal
THE RENAISSANCE
The name of this musical form probably came from the Latin "matricale", meaning in the mother tongue
Time's up! The correct answer was Madrigal
THE PARTS OF SPEECH
Of the traditional 8 parts of speech, it's the only one that doesn't end in the same 4 letters as 1 of the other parts of speech
Time's up! The correct answer was adjective
LIFE SCIENCE
In nat. selection, a ref froggus trebekus has .5 relative fitness if it produces 1/2 as many of these as a pink one
Time's up! The correct answer was offspring
POLAR EXPLORATION
Edward Bransfield, a possible discoverer of Antarctica, had to battle these birds to get ashore
Time's up! The correct answer was Penguins
WRITERS CUBED
"Before I Say Good-Bye" is her 22nd romantic thriller, so it's no mystery -- she's good
Time's up! The correct answer was Mary Higgins Clark
KIDDIE LIT
"Two Little Confederates" is the story of two children who live on a plantation during this war
Time's up! The correct answer was Civil War
THE KOREAN WAR
In bitter battles of 1951, Pork Chop was a hill & Heartbreak was one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Ridge
AN ARTHUR BEE
For 50 seasons this Boston-born man was director of the Boston Pops
Time's up! The correct answer was Arthur Fiedler
DRAMA QUEENS
The queen in Marlowe's "Edward II" is named this, like a famous queen of Spain
Time's up! The correct answer was Isabella
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
YOU MUST BE JOKING
When singing "The Star-Spangled Banner", Pavarotti & Domingo could change the first line to this for Mr. Carreras
Time's up! The correct answer was Jose, can you see by the dawn's early light
LET'S TAKE A PEAK
Canada's highest peak, Mount Logan, lies in the St. Elias Range in the SW corner of this territory
Time's up! The correct answer was the Yukon
ORGANIZATIONS
This organization abbreviated OA is dedicated to helping those who constantly binge on food
Time's up! The correct answer was Overeaters Anonymous
BLARNEY
This word for a type of liquor applies to a 1794 American rebellion
Time's up! The correct answer was whiskey
WOMEN OF THE WORLD
She wrote her first novel, "The House of the Spirits", in exile soon after her uncle's assassination
Time's up! The correct answer was Isabel Allende
PLAYWRIGHTS
These British twin brother playwrights wrote mystery novels under the rather obvious alias Peter Anthony
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter & Anthony Shaffer
GEOGRAPH"Y"
While many countries in Europe have been splitting up, this one got back together in 1990
Time's up! The correct answer was Germany
FOREIGN TRAVEL
On entering the U.K., if you have anything to declare (besides "They talk funny here"), see one of these officers
Time's up! The correct answer was customs
WORLD CITIES
The Tsarina's Stone is the oldest monument in this city that was made Finland's capital by Russian insistence
Time's up! The correct answer was Helsinki
BIOGRAPHIES
"The Education of a Woman" by Carolyn G. Heilbrun tells of this feminist and famous Ms
Time's up! The correct answer was Gloria Steinem
IT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY
Tokelau, a territory of this country, is over 1,000 miles north of its Noeth Island
Time's up! The correct answer was New Zealand
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
TV ACTORS & ROLES
(Hi, I'm Wallace Langham) I played Don Kirshner in VH1's TV movie about this quartet who sang "Daydream Believer"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Monkees
4-LETTER WORDS
This word commonly follows cuff or missing
Time's up! The correct answer was Link
ALL MY Xs
In 1968 the MPAA rated a film adult by giving it this many Xs
Time's up! The correct answer was 1
ROCK OF STAGES
Gonna be a big man someday & name this hit U.K. musical based on the music of Queen
Time's up! The correct answer was We Will Rock You
COMPUTER TERMS
In the acronym BIOS, these 2 words come between "basic" & "system"
Time's up! The correct answer was input & output
THE REPLACEMENTS
A piece that makes it to your foe's deepest row in checkers can be replaced with one of these "royal" ones
Time's up! The correct answer was a king
THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
This group named for a king of Israel split from the church in 1934, a "branch" of it became notorious in 1993
Time's up! The correct answer was the Davidians
KHOMEINI, KHAMENEI OR KHATAMI
Elected president in 1997
Time's up! The correct answer was Khatami
IN THE FIRE
Oliver Wendell Holmes said not to falsely yell "Fire" in one of these, where 850 Viennese died Dec. 8, 1881
Time's up! The correct answer was Theater
BRITISH NOBILITY
As a boy in 1461, the future King Richard III was made Duke of this
Time's up! The correct answer was Gloucester
ANATOMY
This section of the digestive tract is divided into the duodenum, jejunum & ileum
Time's up! The correct answer was Small Intestine
READING
Group name for all letters other than A, E, I, O & U
Time's up! The correct answer was consonants
COMPOSERS
In 1928, the 100th anniversary of his death, a $10,000 prize was offered for the completion of his 8th Symphony
Time's up! The correct answer was Schubert
NO. 1 ALBUMS
"Forever Your Girl"
Time's up! The correct answer was Paula Abdul
20th CENTURY NICKNAMES
"The People's Lawyer" & 2000 Green Party presidential candidate
Time's up! The correct answer was Ralph Nader
WEATHER
Airplanes can trigger bolts of this when traveling through electrified clouds
Time's up! The correct answer was Lightning
PHYSICS
This field is the study of the properties & production of sound
Time's up! The correct answer was acoustics
RELIGION
The Talmud says "when" this "goes in, secrets are revealed" & on the Sabbath, Kiddush is said over a cup of it
Time's up! The correct answer was wine
BRAND-TASTIC
Dr. Joseph Lawrence & Jordan Lambert invented this bad-breath-busting product in 1879
Time's up! The correct answer was Listerine
FUN WITH OPERA
Pride! Envy! Gluttony! Lust! All that & more are dramatized in a 1933 opera named for this septet of vices
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Seven Deadly Sins"
POET'S GLOSSARY
This basic metrical unit of poetry sounds like a body part
Time's up! The correct answer was a foot
MUNICH
In the 16th century, Munich was a center of the German phase of this movement against Protestantism
Time's up! The correct answer was the Counter-Reformation
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
"T" TIME
Lay-deez annnd gentlemen! To "walk" this slender item means to tread carefully
Time's up! The correct answer was tightrope
YOU DO THE MATH
The number of sides on an octagon minus the number of sides on a hexagon
Time's up! The correct answer was 2
BLARNEY
For peat sake, you should know this word for wet, spongy ground
Time's up! The correct answer was a bog
QUOTATIONS
This "Huck Finn" author wrote "Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mark Twain
MUNICH
On Munich's coat of arms you'll find one of these religious figures who originally settled the city and gave it its name
Time's up! The correct answer was monk
GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY
Guyana has had a long-standing border dispute with this small country to its southeast
Time's up! The correct answer was Suriname
I LOVE L.A. KERS
This Hall-of-Fame guard & former Lakers GM is said to be the model for the player depicted in the NBA's logo
Time's up! The correct answer was Jerry West
RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS
Sergey Korolyov was instrumental in the success of this first artificial satellite of the Earth
Time's up! The correct answer was Sputnik
THE BIBLE
Under the command of this Babylonian king, Nebuzaradan burned "All the houses of Jerusalem"
Time's up! The correct answer was Nebuchadnezzar
FOOD
Some say these dried treats are tastier made from seeded grapes than from seedless ones
Time's up! The correct answer was Raisins
TELEVISION
Like Burton & Taylor, Billy Zane & Leonor Varela had a romance when they played these lovers (in a 1999 miniseries)
Time's up! The correct answer was Antony & Cleopatra
THE "A" "B" "C"s
Ring in & tell me this correct name for a young swan
Time's up! The correct answer was Cygnet
COUNTIES BY STATE
Oswego, Onondaga, Oneida
Time's up! The correct answer was New York
INLETS
North Carolina's Albemarle Sound is no deeper than 25 feet & is protected from the Atlantic by this island chain
Time's up! The correct answer was the Outer Banks
FAMOUS TEACHERS
In 1967 this former teacher published a memoir entitled "Center of the Storm"
Time's up! The correct answer was John Scopes
PASS THE CHEESE, PLEASE
The "baby" type of this Dutch cheese, that's similar to Edam, is usually encased in red wax
Time's up! The correct answer was Gouda
5-LETTER WORDS
It's the zodiac sign symbolized by a ram
Time's up! The correct answer was Aries
ROCK WITH YOU
Jakob Dylan, the son of Bob Dylan, is the frontman for this group
Time's up! The correct answer was The Wallflowers
RELIGION
The A.M.E. in A.M.E. Church stands for African Methodist this
Time's up! The correct answer was Episcopal
OPERA & BALLET
Choreographer Frederick Ashton played one of the ugly stepsisters when this ballet debuted in 1948
Time's up! The correct answer was Cinderella
APOLLO 11
Some 1 million spectators surrounded this space center to watch the lift-off
Time's up! The correct answer was Cape Kennedy
AFRICAN-AMERICANA
Frederick Douglass said this political party was the ship & everything else was the ocean
Time's up! The correct answer was the Republican Party
INDONESIA
Indonesia's Molucca Islands were once called this because they were famous for growing cloves, nutmeg & mace
Time's up! The correct answer was Spice Islands
MOVIE CO-STARS
His wife Lauren Bacall was his leading lady in the 1946 film noir "The Big Sleep"
Time's up! The correct answer was Humphrey Bogart
FOREIGN CURRENCY
Malta's currency shares its name with this monetary unit of Italy
Time's up! The correct answer was Lira
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
I DID IT NORWAY
On the scenic Lofoten Islands, you can stay in Rorbuer, cottages traditionally used by those in this profession
Time's up! The correct answer was fishing
PARTS OF THE WHOLE
Jamb, hinge
Time's up! The correct answer was a door
HEALTH & MEDICINE
These blood-sucking worms are used in medicine today to drain hematomas
Time's up! The correct answer was leeches
CHAD IS RAD
It's the country directly north of Chad
Time's up! The correct answer was Libya
STORM
This 2000 film was based on Sebastian Junger's bestseller about a hurricane that meets a cold front
Time's up! The correct answer was The Perfect Storm
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS
This ape was the white elephant that pet store owner Mr. Peebles couldn't get rid of
Time's up! The correct answer was Magilla Gorilla
CLASSICAL GASES
The most common isotope of hydrogen has an atomic weight of this whole number
Time's up! The correct answer was 1
INNS
The Chaucer Inn is located near the cathedral in this English city
Time's up! The correct answer was Canterbury
HERBS & SPICES
Referring to their shape, these fragrant buds take their name from the Latin word for "nail"
Time's up! The correct answer was cloves
FILM FACTS
This TV star played a senator who had his "Hawkeye" on Meryl Streep in "The Seduction of Joe Tynan"
Time's up! The correct answer was Alan Alda
AMERICAN HISTORY
On April 2, 1917 President Wilson told Congress, "The world must be made safe for" this
Time's up! The correct answer was democracy
BACKWORDS
You know so much about policy, you qualify as this
Time's up! The correct answer was Wonk
HOMOPHONES
Deserve, or a large decorative vase
Time's up! The correct answer was earn/urn
HOTELS
We'll tell you "diplomatically" that this L.A. hotel was the home of the Coconut Grove nightclub
Time's up! The correct answer was The Ambassador Hotel
4-LETTER WORDS
A roue, or his garden implement
Time's up! The correct answer was Rake
THE ROYALS
Russia's first ruler with this name was called Kalita, meaning "moneybags"; not so terrible
Time's up! The correct answer was Ivan
WEATHER
An increase in air temperature at higher altitudes is unusual & is called this
Time's up! The correct answer was Inversion
CAESAR
The Arch of the Emperor Titus in Rome heralds his conquest of this city in 70 A.D., ending the Jewish revolt
Time's up! The correct answer was Jerusalem
CONTESTS
134-pound Hirofumi Nakajima holds the record of eating 24 1/2 of these in 12 minutes at the Nathan's July 4th contest
Time's up! The correct answer was Hot dogs
POETIC TERMS
It's an echoic term for words like hiss that imitate an actual sound
Time's up! The correct answer was onomatopeia
LITERARY EPITAPHS
Beloved father of Cordelia, less beloved father of Goneril & Regan
Time's up! The correct answer was King Lear
LITERARY LAST NAME'S THE SAME
John, Taylor, Erskine
Time's up! The correct answer was Caldwell
NAME THE DECADE
The World Wide Web gets its first page
Time's up! The correct answer was the 1990s
MOUNTAINS
Geological evidence shows that this 5,000-mile mountain chain may extend south into Antarctica
Time's up! The correct answer was the Andes
BIOGRAPHIES
"Shalom, Friend" tells of "The Life and Legacy" of this slain Israeli leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Yitzhak Rabin
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
BEGINS & ENDS WITH "T"
One who plays hooky from school might find himself pursued by this type of officer
Time's up! The correct answer was Truant officer
ANIMALS
This Arctic bear's feet are webbed & have hairy soles
Time's up! The correct answer was Polar bear
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
WHO'S YOUR MOMMY?
Melanie Griffith
Time's up! The correct answer was Tippi Hedren
HISTORIC NAMES
While rounding the tip of South America in 1520, this Portuguese explorer named Cape Virgines & Patagonia
Time's up! The correct answer was Ferdinand Magellan
COME, HO CHI MINH
Ho Chi Minh was also known by the nickname Bac Ho, meaning this relative
Time's up! The correct answer was uncle
POLITICAL MOVIES
Frank Langella is the power hungry chief of staff in this film in which Kevin Kline plays a presidential impersonator
Time's up! The correct answer was Dave
3 LITTLE LETTERS
Like banks, many grocery stores now have these for dispensing cash & taking deposits
Time's up! The correct answer was ATMs
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
"DO", "RE", "MI"
This kind of "name" is also known as an Internet address
Time's up! The correct answer was domain
AIRLINE TRAVEL
In 2003 this airline agreed to buy KLM, creating Europe's largest airline
Time's up! The correct answer was Air France
GEOGRAPHY
Lake Avernus in Campania in this country was believed by the ancients to be the entrance to Hades
Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
BULL
In 1996 Standing Rock College of Fort Yates, N.D., a Native American school, changed its name to this for a Sioux chief
Time's up! The correct answer was Sitting Bull
SHAKESPEAREAN WORDS
The word "fashionable" came into vogue with Ulysses' speech to Achilles in this play
Time's up! The correct answer was Troilus and Cressida
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
THOSE WACKY GERMANS
From 1949 to 1990 Germany was split into 2 countries, which were called this
Time's up! The correct answer was East & West Germany
OSCARS OF THE '70s
For her portrayal of Greta Ohlsson in a 1974 mystery, this legendary actress scored her third Oscar
Time's up! The correct answer was Ingrid Bergman
ROCK FORMATIONS
This punk group was the brainchild of entrepreneur Malcolm McLaren, who asked John Lydon to be its lead singer
Time's up! The correct answer was The Sex Pistols
BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY
In Ezekiel this capital of Egypt is called Noph, & the Lord promises to "destroy the idols" there (he didn't mean Elvis)
Time's up! The correct answer was Memphis
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
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
BIG "STAR"
In 1990 this company expanded its Seattle HQ & built a new roasting plant
Time's up! The correct answer was Starbucks
KAN U SPEL BIZNESS?
Drugstore with 4,700 outlets (the part before "Aid")
Time's up! The correct answer was R-I-T-E
IS IT "TEA" TIME YET?
A tea room in Cambria, California is named for this kind of teapot cover--& it sells them, too
Time's up! The correct answer was a cozy
PIRATE MOVIES
Anthony Quinn was a pirate stuck with stowaway children in the film "A High Wind In" this place
Time's up! The correct answer was Jamaica
I'M GOING "INN"
2-word term for a tuxedo
Time's up! The correct answer was dinner jacket
X MARKS THE SPOT
Southwest of Louisville, it's where you'll find much of the U.S. government's gold reserve
Time's up! The correct answer was Fort Knox
A VIOLENT CATEGORY
As a noun it includes the cerebrum; as a verb it means "to smash on the head"
Time's up! The correct answer was brain
BALLS
Kermit the Frog's eyeballs were originally made of these light sports balls
Time's up! The correct answer was ping pong balls
RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME
Pontiff's cleansing agents
Time's up! The correct answer was the Pope's soaps
THE MUSICAL DR. IS IN
"Doctor, doctor, give me the news, I've got" this Robert Palmer title affliction
Time's up! The correct answer was "Bad Case Of Loving You"
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
This Dallas bowl game has been played at the same site consecutively longer than any other major bowl game
Time's up! The correct answer was Cotton Bowl
WONDER DRUGS
Chlorpromazine, aka this, was approved by the FDA in 1954 & became the prototype antipsychotic
Time's up! The correct answer was thorazine
ARTHUR MILLER
In June 1999 Arthur Miller received a lifetime achievement one of these awards at Radio City Music Hall
Time's up! The correct answer was a Tony Award
THE "CO"-CATEGORY
It's an exclusive group or clique
Time's up! The correct answer was a coterie
SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD
The accomodations at the monastery were rudimentary at best
Time's up! The correct answer was accommodations
MR. MOVIES
"Mr. Pennypacker", "Mr. Scoutmaster", and "Mr. Belvedere" are some of his title characters
Time's up! The correct answer was Clifton Webb
THE LOYOLA OPPOSITION
When Clement XIV abolished the Jesuits in 1773, they thrived in Russia with help from this empress
Time's up! The correct answer was Catherine the Great
LITERARY GENRES
A villanella, an Italian song, became a villanelle, a French this
Time's up! The correct answer was a poem
PHOTOGRAPHERS
He once said that his life was "colored and modulated by the great earth gesture of the sierra"
Time's up! The correct answer was Adams
ON THE BIG SCREEN
Get some McLovin from this 2007 comedy that Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg began writing as 13-year-olds
Time's up! The correct answer was Superbad
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
I DID IT NORWAY
The city of Alta, well above the Arctic Circle, has renamed itself the Nordlysbyen Alta, after this display
Time's up! The correct answer was the northern lights
GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT
If you're vulpine, you're like a fox; if you're lying on your back with your face upward, you're in this position
Time's up! The correct answer was supine
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
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
TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY
The Borg-Warner Trophy is awarded every year to the winner of this epic auto race held on Memorial Day weekend
Time's up! The correct answer was the Indy 500
BABY BOOMER MEMORIES
The John Birch Society coined the term comsymp, short for this
Time's up! The correct answer was Communist sympathizer
SHAKESPEARE
In Act I, Scene 1 of this play, a ghost appears to Barnardo, Marcellus & Horatio
Time's up! The correct answer was Hamlet
ANGELS
Group whose feast day is October 2, or a group founded in 1979 by Curtis Sliwa
Time's up! The correct answer was Guardian Angels
CITY FLAGS
Its flag features a pioneer family, a covered wagon & 2 sea gulls
Time's up! The correct answer was Salt Lake City
ENGINEERING
The longest trip by rail you can take underwater is between these 2 countries
Time's up! The correct answer was England and France
THAT'S SOME NERVE
The first cranial nerve, it's responsible for the sense of smell
Time's up! The correct answer was the olfactory nerve
ASIAN CAPITALS
Inhabitants of this Armenian capital can see Mount Ararat, which is 35 miles to the south in Turkey
Time's up! The correct answer was Yerevan
CELEBRITY RHYME TIME
Hairdresser Vidal's woodwinds
Time's up! The correct answer was Sassoon's bassoons
THE 50 STATES
This state's famous Derby at Churchill Downs is held annually on the first Saturday of May
Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky
YOU'RE UNDER A "REST"
A braced framework for carrying a railroad over a chasm
Time's up! The correct answer was a trestle
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
Chips' aquatic partner (4)
Time's up! The correct answer was fish
AUTHORS' RHYME TIME
Sir Walter's saucepans
Time's up! The correct answer was Scott's pots
ACTORS & ACTRESSES
John Mahoney, who plays Martin Crane on this sitcom, was born in England; he moved to the U.S. when he was 19
Time's up! The correct answer was Frasier
PHILMOGRAPHIES
As a director: "The Right Stuff", "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"
Time's up! The correct answer was Philip Kaufman
"A" PLUS
Iran & Pakistan both border this nation
Time's up! The correct answer was Afghanistan
JULY
A July 17, 1917 royal proclamation changed the name of the British royal family to this, like a castle
Time's up! The correct answer was Windsor
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
WHAT A CHARACTER!
During a dream sequence, it was revealed that this Richard Dean Anderson character had the first name Angus
Time's up! The correct answer was MacGyver
CLOTHING
This Channel Island has a close-fitting knitted shirt or sweater named for it, in addition to a cow
Time's up! The correct answer was Jersey
HISTORIC QUOTES
In 1862 Otto von Bismarck said that the questions of the day would be settled by this "and blood"
Time's up! The correct answer was iron
OH, BEE GEE
Barry Gibb was born in 1946; these 2 fraternal twins were born in 1949
Time's up! The correct answer was Robin & Maurice
RADIO PERSONALITIES
Tavis Smiley launched this network's first national show to originate from Los Angeles
Time's up! The correct answer was NPR
IN THE DICTIONARY
This cutting implement has the same name as a type of dive & a kind of trailer-truck accident
Time's up! The correct answer was a jackknife
ON THE RADIO
The AAA format, featuring artists like the Cranberries & Tom Petty, stands for adult album this
Time's up! The correct answer was alternative
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
PHRASES THAT SELL
It's the popular query in Verizon's TV ads
Time's up! The correct answer was Can you hear me now?
CROSSWORD CLUES "J"
A joyful celebration (10)
Time's up! The correct answer was jubilation
COUNTY SEATS
Hilo, I love you, you're the seat of this county that's also a "Big Island"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii
3-NAMED AUTHORS
The movie "Yentl" was based on a story by him
Time's up! The correct answer was Isaac Bashevis Singer
ROCK OF STAGES
Gonna be a big man someday & name this hit U.K. musical based on the music of Queen
Time's up! The correct answer was We Will Rock You
MOVIE DEBUTS
This son of Colleen Dewhurst & George C. Scott debuted in the 1988 film "Five Corners"
Time's up! The correct answer was Campbell Scott
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
21st CENTURY MUSIC
The nickname of this woman from the Black Eyed Peas is just a shortening of her last name
Time's up! The correct answer was Fergie
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
In January 1970 Boeing introduced this first wide-bodied jumbo jet; it could seat up to 452 passengers
Time's up! The correct answer was 747
WASHINGTON D.C.
What the "D.C." stands for
Time's up! The correct answer was the District of Columbia
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME
Houdini was famous for hanging upside-down wearing one of these restrictive overgarments
Time's up! The correct answer was Straitjacket
CONTAINERS
Port wines are separated into 2 types based on these 2 possible places where they do most of their aging
Time's up! The correct answer was barrels & bottles
IN THE DICTIONARY
As an adjective, it can mean proper; as a verb, "to grade papers"
Time's up! The correct answer was correct
EARTH
1 of the 3 Cs in the geological-period mnemonic "camels often sit down carefully--perhaps their joints creak..."
Time's up! The correct answer was Cretaceous
ART
In 1865 he shocked Paris with "Olympia", his painting of a reclining nude
Time's up! The correct answer was Édouard Manet
BRITISH HISTORY
They've been guarding British royalty since 1485 & gin bottles since 1820
Time's up! The correct answer was Beefeaters
CELEBRITY RHYME TIME
Lauer's chiropterans
Time's up! The correct answer was Matt's bats
GAMES
This lawn game was once called Pall Mall, from Italian words meaning "ball" & "mallet"
Time's up! The correct answer was croquet
I KNOW THAT WORD BACKWARDS & FORWARDS
Exalted to the rank of a god
Time's up! The correct answer was deified
MILITARY UNITS
From the medieval Latin for "army", it's a large fleet like the one Admiral Howard faced in 1588
Time's up! The correct answer was an armada
JERSEY GIRLS
Governor of New Jersey form 1994 to 2001, she appointed the state's first female Attorney General
Time's up! The correct answer was Christine Whitman
"TEEN" SCENE
Golfing "hole" with a bar (where you can't go), or the amendment granting women's suffrage
Time's up! The correct answer was 19th
BUSINESS PARTNERS
In paper products: John Kimberly &...
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Clark
THE NEW YORK TIMES 2009 FICTION BESTSELLERS
Hey, y'all, this CNN legal analyst made the list with her novel "The Eleventh Victim"
Time's up! The correct answer was Nancy Grace
FAMOUS LLOYDS
In 1832 this editor founded the New England Anti-Slavery Society
Time's up! The correct answer was William Lloyd Garrison
AGRICULTURE
What do you do to wheat to get flour? The answer is the name of this grain
Time's up! The correct answer was millet
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
2 of the 7 men who were under 50 years old when they became president
Time's up! The correct answer was Cleveland, Garfield, Grant, JFK, Pierce, Polk & Teddy Roosevelt
TINKER
Sometimes called "Irish Cobs" or "Gypsy Cobs", Irish Tinkers are a type of this animal
Time's up! The correct answer was horse
BRITISH POETS & POETRY
Written in 1811, this lord's poem "Farewell To Malta" begins, "Adieu, ye joys of La Valette!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lord Byron
COUNTRY MUSIC
In 1999 her "Faith" CD reached triple platinum status
Time's up! The correct answer was Faith Hill
AMERICAN HISTORY
Completed in 1856, California's first railroad ran 22 miles between Sacramento & this prison city
Time's up! The correct answer was Folsom
STATES THAT END IN HAMPSHIRE
The Franklin Pierce Law Center & Christa McAuliffe Planetarium can be found in this capital of New Hampshire
Time's up! The correct answer was Concord
CHAD IS RAD
The capital & largest city
Time's up! The correct answer was N'Djamena
A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS
We don't see what was so good about this 2-word term for the worldwide 1930s economic disaster
Time's up! The correct answer was the Great Depression
NYC MUSIC HISTORY
The Who performed this work at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center in 1970
Time's up! The correct answer was Tommy
GAMES
An explorer lends his name to this call & response swimming pool game
Time's up! The correct answer was Marco Polo
WE ARE AMUSED
Ms. Rodham Clinton's first name comes from the same Latin root as this word meaning "very funny"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hilarious
BRAND NAMES
"Share Moments, Share Life" is a slogan of this brand of film & cameras
Time's up! The correct answer was Kodak
POTPOURRI
In 2003 a nationwide Free Slurpee Day was on this date
Time's up! The correct answer was 11-Jul
TV MOVIES
This series grew out of 1971's "The Homecoming: A Christmas Story"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Waltons
BIRD HUNTING
At NYU, Martin Scorsese taught future filmmakers Spike Lee & Oliver Stone
Time's up! The correct answer was a martin
HAVE A WHISKEY
The Maker's Mark bourbon distillery in Loretto in this state is a national historic landmark
Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky
ALL ASHORE FOR BIRD LORE
It's the color in the name of New Hampshire's state bird, a finch, & a state flower, a lilac
Time's up! The correct answer was purple
THAT'S HANDY
U.S. code says that when this song plays, you put your hand over your heart
Time's up! The correct answer was the national anthem
THE ENGLISH TOP 100
Title of the Beatles song that tells us "life is very short"--5 words: Nos. 27, 53, 87, 11, 43
Time's up! The correct answer was "We Can Work It Out"
DIRECTED BUT DID NOT STAR
"Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil" (1997)
Time's up! The correct answer was Clint Eastwood
HE WAS IN THAT?
Before playing Cliff on "Cheers", John Ratzenberger appeared as Major Derlin in this second "Star Wars" film
Time's up! The correct answer was The Empire Strikes Back
WORDS OF LOVE
"In her first passion woman loves her lover, in all the others all she loves is love", he wrote in "Don Juan"
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
The hot water heating of this northern European capital is drawn directly from underground springs
Time's up! The correct answer was Reykjavik, Iceland
BICYCLES
The woman’s bicycle without the bar was created so women could ride while wearing these
Time's up! The correct answer was a skirt
1957
When Wham-O introduced this toy in 1957, it was called the Pluto Platter
Time's up! The correct answer was Frisbee
BRASS
A 10-man, 22-ton "infantry fighting vehicle" named for this general has a 2-man turret & a 25mm cannon
Time's up! The correct answer was Bradley
SPOILER ALERT!
1932: The unusual circus performers discover Olga's murderous plans & turn her into a "chicken woman"
Time's up! The correct answer was Freaks
ART
Dante Gabriel Rossetti wanted to take art back to "pre-" this Renaissance master born in 1483
Time's up! The correct answer was Raphael
SCIENCE & NATURE
This scientist & author of "2001" wrote, 'Any...advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
Time's up! The correct answer was Arthur C. Clarke
1938
On December 10 he announced he'd leave his Hyde Park estate & its papers & books to the U.S. government
Time's up! The correct answer was FDR
AFRICANA
In 2000 Durban in this country hosted the 13th International AIDS Conference & the first held on the continent
Time's up! The correct answer was South Africa
SCIENCE & NATURE
Some members of the genus Aedes of this insect transmit yellow fever
Time's up! The correct answer was Mosquito
GOLD RUSH
Tourists now rush to this man's 1839 Adobe Fort in Sacramento, California
Time's up! The correct answer was John Sutter
PHRASES THAT SELL
"Obey your thirst" and drink this
Time's up! The correct answer was Sprite
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
RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS
It's the Greek term meaning "5 tools" that represents the 1st 5 books of the Bible
Time's up! The correct answer was Pentateuch
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
BASIC SCIENCE
Newton's first law, about bodies at rest & in motion, is also called the law of this
Time's up! The correct answer was the law of inertia
WATERFALLS
One of the most spectacular sites in this national park is Bridalveil Fall, which drops a misty curtain of water 620 feet
Time's up! The correct answer was Yosemite
WORDS OF THE WRITER
"'...Why look'st thou so?'--'With my crossbow I shot the albatross'"
Time's up! The correct answer was Samuel Taylor Coleridge
BIG BANDS
As famous for his marriages as his music; once wed Ava Gardner & Lana Turner
Time's up! The correct answer was Artie Shaw
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
WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
Coined in the '70s, the term "Ebonics" comes from these 2 words
Time's up! The correct answer was ebony & phonics
MOUNTAINS
The Hoosac Mountains are a range of these "colorful" mountains located in Vermont
Time's up! The correct answer was the Green Mountains
SOUTH AMERICA
One of 2 landlocked countries in South America
Time's up! The correct answer was Bolivia or Paraguay
I HAVEN'T READ SHAKESPEARE, BUT...
Toyotas! Yeah, that's it; it's about Toyotas
Time's up! The correct answer was Troilus & Cressida
"V" HAVE MAPS
In 1323 Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas made this city his capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Vilnius
EUROPE
France has about 100,000 of these Defense Ministry employees who perform police functions outside the main cities
Time's up! The correct answer was gendarmes
OH MY GOD! YOU'VE GOT 3 "I"s
(Sofia of the Clue Crew in Oahu, Hawaii) I'm overlooking this Oahu beach that attracts about 65,000 visitors a day
Time's up! The correct answer was Waikiki
____ OF THE ____
Quoting "Titanic", in 1998 Oscar-winning James Cameron exulted, "I'm" this
Time's up! The correct answer was king of the world
BEST MOVIE QUOTES EVER!
1967: "We rob banks"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bonnie and Clyde
FRUIT
This hybrid of a tangerine & a grapefruit comes in 2 main varieties: Orlando & Minneola
Time's up! The correct answer was Tangelo
COOKING EQUIPMENT FOOD
Bobby Flay's recipe for this includes as special equipment a rod to skewer the bird with
Time's up! The correct answer was rotisserie chicken
THE PLANET URANUS
Uranus' 2 largest moons share their names with characters created by this author
Time's up! The correct answer was William Shakespeare
JULIUS CAESAR
In 46 B.C. this Egyptian came with Caesar to Rome, where her statue was placed in the temple of Venus Genetrix
Time's up! The correct answer was Cleopatra
MILITARY SLANG
This 2-word term, also a movie title, is slang for Navy Fighter Weapons School
Time's up! The correct answer was Top Gun
TOM WOLFE
Wolfe coined the term "radical" this in a story on a party for the Black Panthers thrown by Leonard Bernstein
Time's up! The correct answer was chic
WHAT'S ON TV?
We're still waiting for a "Des Moines" version of this CBS crime show to accompany the Vegas, Miami & N.Y. ones
Time's up! The correct answer was CSI
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
This longest river on the Iberian Peninsula is also known as the Tajo
Time's up! The correct answer was the Tagus
MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS
China and Taiwan reached the agreement that this film at "Full Throttle" would be "Hot Chicks: Full Speed"
Time's up! The correct answer was Charlie's Angels
BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE
I'd think twice about naming your daughter this; she might turn into a shrew like in the play
Time's up! The correct answer was Katherine
LITERATURE
Completes the title of Eldridge Cleaver's 1968 memoir "Soul on..."
Time's up! The correct answer was Ice
BIOGRAPHIES
Known for his "Compleat Angler", he also wrote a biography of his friend, writer John Donne
Time's up! The correct answer was Izaak Walton
AIN'T THAT "GRAND"
Term for an extended visit to Europe, once an essential part of a British gent's upbringing
Time's up! The correct answer was the Grand Tour
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
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
TITLES FROM SHAKESPEARE
Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury" as well as Steinbeck's "The Moon Is Down" come from this play
Time's up! The correct answer was Macbeth
DIRECTED BUT DID NOT STAR
"Rachel, Rachel" (1968)
Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Newman
OATS
It's a thick, pudding-like oatmeal dish that's enjoyed by Scots & by Goldilocks
Time's up! The correct answer was Porridge
COME "IN"
A military badge of rank or qualification
Time's up! The correct answer was insignia
OF A SALESMAN
Sick of selling dry goods from a buggy, in 1872 Montgomery Ward issued a one-page one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a catalog
WOMEN: WRITE ON!
"Shiksa Goddess: (or, How I Spent My Forties)" is a collection of essays by this "Heidi Chronicles" playwright
Time's up! The correct answer was Wasserstein
HISPANIC HISTORY
The dictator of Paraguay from 1816 to 1840 wasn't called just "El Bueno" but this superlative
Time's up! The correct answer was El Supremo
I'M "L__X"
This city of east central Egypt is the southern half of the site of ancient Thebes
Time's up! The correct answer was Luxor
3-LETTER WORDS
A single layer of paper, or to perform one's craft diligently
Time's up! The correct answer was ply
CROSSWORD CLUES "J"
Riding breeches (8)
Time's up! The correct answer was jodhpurs
RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS
It's the Greek term meaning "5 tools" that represents the 1st 5 books of the Bible
Time's up! The correct answer was Pentateuch
"SIDE" EFFECTS
You can get an 18-pound collection of every one of these Gary Larson cartoons
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Far Side"
MANY IRONS
The male lead in "The French Lieutenant's Woman"; Meryl Streep played the title character
Time's up! The correct answer was Jeremy Irons
SEEING "RED"
Excessive bureaucratic procedure resulting in inaction or delay
Time's up! The correct answer was Red tape
SPORTS
On an official archery target, it's the color of the bull's eye
Time's up! The correct answer was yellow
ARCHITECTURE
The Coonley Estate & the Robie House are examples of this midwestern style created by Frank Lloyd Wright
Time's up! The correct answer was the Prairie Style
THAT'S NO LADY...
He played the title character in "Sunday in the Park with George" when it debuted on Broadway
Time's up! The correct answer was Mandy Patinkin
CHEESE
This 2004 Fox show featured the line "I'm going to Waikiki to get a bikini wax... want to meet me after your shift's over?"
Time's up! The correct answer was North Shore
IT BORDERS INDIA
The disputed ownership of the Kashmir region is a sore spot between India & this smaller neighbor
Time's up! The correct answer was Pakistan
MED. ABBREV.
I.D. stands for this specialty that focuses on illnesses like viral hepatitis
Time's up! The correct answer was infectious disease
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
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
CROSSWORD CLUES "R"
A stuffed pasta pocket (7)
Time's up! The correct answer was a ravioli
B.C. & AFTER
"Wonder"-ful giant statue of Helios that brings financial aid to study at Oxford
Time's up! The correct answer was The Colossus of Rhodes Scholarship
LETTER MEN
At his death in 1971, there were more than 1,600 department stores bearing his name
Time's up! The correct answer was J.C. Penney
CONGRESSIONAL MISDEMEANORS
In 1921 Congress censured Rep. Thomas Blanton for inserting "obscene matter" into this publication
Time's up! The correct answer was the Congressional Record
COMMON BONDS
Peeling onions, watching Mel Gibson's film "Forever Young", missing Final Jeopardy!
Time's up! The correct answer was things that make you cry
THAT'S SO '90s
Joe Brown, Greg Mathis & Mills Lane joined the ranks of these on TV
Time's up! The correct answer was TV judges
I DID IT NORWAY
The city of Alta, well above the Arctic Circle, has renamed itself the Nordlysbyen Alta, after this display
Time's up! The correct answer was the northern lights
HARRISON FORD MOVIES
"Replicants are like any other machine -- they're either a benefit or a hazard"
Time's up! The correct answer was Blade Runner
ROCK WITH YOU
Eric Clapton charted 3 times with this song: in 1971, 1972 & 1992
Time's up! The correct answer was "Layla"
BALLS
To start your golf round, put your ball up on one of these little pegs
Time's up! The correct answer was a tee
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
TAUNT "O"
At your place of work, it might behoove us to replace you with one of these Pongo pygmaeus apes of Borneo
Time's up! The correct answer was an orangutan
WORMS
The name of this red shade is from the Latin for "worm"; the dye was first made from cochineal insects
Time's up! The correct answer was vermillion
PARISIANS
The voice of this woman, born in Paris in 1915, evokes the city in songs like "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien"
Time's up! The correct answer was Edith Piaf
LITERATURE
This "Madame Bovary" author visited Tunisia to research "Salammbo", his novel about Carthage
Time's up! The correct answer was Flaubert
MORE POWER TO YOU
California's 2001 energy crisis was attributed to a 1996 state law mandating this for the electricity industry
Time's up! The correct answer was deregulation
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
Charles Gounod's mother thought he might become a priest, & one of his best-known works is this setting of a Catholic prayer
Time's up! The correct answer was Ave Maria
BEGINS & ENDS WITH "O"
The website for this snack features the Double Stuf Racing League
Time's up! The correct answer was Oreo
WORLD HISTORY
City that was the seat of government of the viceroyalty of New Spain
Time's up! The correct answer was Mexico City
AFRICAN LANGUAGE LAB
The marimba was popularized in Central America, but the word is from this sub-Saharan group of about 500 langs.
Time's up! The correct answer was the Bantu languages
IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY
South Korea
Time's up! The correct answer was North Korea
ANATOMY
Humans have 33 vertebrae, 7 of them cervical, meaning they are in this part of the body
Time's up! The correct answer was your neck
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
EXPLORERS
Louis Antoine de Bougainville arrived at this island in 1768 & natives gave him fowls, fruit & naked women
Time's up! The correct answer was Tahiti
KHOMEINI, KHAMENEI OR KHATAMI
Exiled from Iran in 1964
Time's up! The correct answer was Khomeini
FASHIONABLE COMMON BONDS
Puritan, Peter Pan, choir-boy
Time's up! The correct answer was collars
INSECTS
This fly that you might find "in distress" resembles a dragonfly but folds its wings back at rest
Time's up! The correct answer was Damselfly
HAVE A WHISKEY
The world's most popular whiskey is this color Johnnie Walker
Time's up! The correct answer was Red
FIRST NOVELS
Few have heard of his first novel, "The Snake's Pass", but everyone knows his "Dracula"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bram Stoker
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
APT ANAGRAMS
He co-wrote "South Pacific": MASS ROMANTIC HERE
Time's up! The correct answer was Oscar Hammerstein
TECHNOLOGY
The iPhone was launches on this date.
Time's up! The correct answer was 29th June 2007
ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL
One of the noble gases, it's the lightest of all gases after hydrogen
Time's up! The correct answer was helium
ACTING PRESIDENTS ON TV
Fred Armisen as Barack Obama
Time's up! The correct answer was Saturday Night Live
STUPID ANSWERS
It was invented in 1911 by Hans Geiger
Time's up! The correct answer was the Geiger counter
NOVEL QUOTES
Its less famous second line is "It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness"
Time's up! The correct answer was A Tale Of Two Cities
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
A monument dedicated to the men who lost their lives on the USS Maine stands in this capital's Parque del Maine
Time's up! The correct answer was Havana
PROVERBS
It "seldom knocks twice", so make the most of it
Time's up! The correct answer was Opportunity
PRESIDENTS
Sammy Cahn wrote new lyrics for "High Hopes" & it became this man's 1960 campaign song
Time's up! The correct answer was John F. Kennedy
FAMOUS NAMES
"The First Time Ever" she had a No. 1 album was "First Take" in 1972
Time's up! The correct answer was Roberta Flack
SOMETHING'S A "FOOT"
12 inches of hot dog
Time's up! The correct answer was Foot long
LET'S GET MAS*Hed
Company clerk "Radar" O'Reilly was from this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Iowa
MORTAL MATTERS
In NYC June 14, 1999 it was "Dead Man Riding", as it took hours to notice a passenger on one of these wasn't just sleeping
Time's up! The correct answer was Subway
GOOD CAUSES
This word precedes "Conservancy" in the name of a group with a million members
Time's up! The correct answer was Nature
THE KOREAN WAR
His reaction to the North's invasion was "Dean, we've got to stop the blanks of blanks no matter what"
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry S. Truman
MUD
Of an artist, a fish, or a wasp, it's what a mud dauber is
Time's up! The correct answer was wasp
SCIENCE
This German-born American physicist won the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics
Time's up! The correct answer was Albert Einstein
COLONIAL ARTS
This South Carolina city that gave us a popular dance in the 1930s was the site of the first opera in America in 1735
Time's up! The correct answer was Charleston
ODDS & ENDS
To make these on your own, cube day-old bread, fry in butter, oil & garlic, then bake
Time's up! The correct answer was croutons
MOVIES & TV
We were frakkin' sad when this sci fi show had its series finale on March 20, 2009
Time's up! The correct answer was Battlestar Galactica
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
COME TO OUR AIDE
In 1948 White House aide Lauchlin Currie told this committee he wasn't a Soviet spy; today we know he was
Time's up! The correct answer was the House Un-American Activities Committee
INTERNATIONAL NAMES
In 2008 he succeeded his close ally Vladimir Putin as Russia's president
Time's up! The correct answer was Medvedev
RUSSIAN LITERATURE
In this 1866 Dostoevsky novel, a student named Raskolnikov murders an old woman pawnbroker & her sister
Time's up! The correct answer was Crime and Punishment
ON THE RADIO
The AAA format, featuring artists like the Cranberries & Tom Petty, stands for adult album this
Time's up! The correct answer was alternative
THE STING
This famous FBI sting derived its name from one its fictitious enterprises, Abdul Enterprises
Time's up! The correct answer was Abscam
BIOLOGY
This nucleic acid occurs in 3 forms: messenger, ribosomal & transfer
Time's up! The correct answer was RNA
MYTHELLANEOUS
The mythical Sumerian hero Utnapishtim built a big vessel at God's urging & thereby survived this catastrophe
Time's up! The correct answer was a flood
WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS
1907: A Powhatan princess
Time's up! The correct answer was Pocahontas
MAMMALS
Common in Dixie, a razorback is a wild one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was hog
"TOMORROW"
Space Mountain & Star Tours are among its attractions
Time's up! The correct answer was Tomorrowland
THE 1980s
Vaclav Havel went from political prisoner to president of this country in 1989
Time's up! The correct answer was Czechoslovakia
BACKWARDS
Called "Bojangles", he was renowned for tap dancing on stairs & running backwards at high speed
Time's up! The correct answer was Robinson
"O"PERA
Titania & Puck play a part in the Carl Maria Von Weber opera named for this king of the fairies
Time's up! The correct answer was Oberon
AVIARY
The "sky" type of this songbird, of which Shelley wrote, may be gone from Britain by 2009
Time's up! The correct answer was skylark
ROYAL FEMALE NICKNAMES
Prime Minister Tony Blair dubbed her "The People's Princess"
Time's up! The correct answer was Princess Diana
NYC MUSIC HISTORY
She co-wrote "The Loco-Motion" in the Brill Building on Broadway
Time's up! The correct answer was Carole King
MANIAS
From the Greek for "great", it's the delusion of wealth, power or omnipotence
Time's up! The correct answer was Megalomania
OFFICIAL STATE THINGS
"Swing your partner" & "do-si-do"; it's the state dance of Oregon & Alabama
Time's up! The correct answer was square dance
ANATOMY
The only mobile bone of the face
Time's up! The correct answer was Mandible
HIDDEN BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
Top chefs know that Pez rarely makes it onto the menu
Time's up! The correct answer was Ezra
CONVENTIONS
The Annapolis Convention of 1786 did nothing but suggest holding this convention in Philadelphia
Time's up! The correct answer was Constitutional Convention
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
IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING
"Swing Time" was the sixth film to team this pair of legendary dancers
Time's up! The correct answer was Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers
HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT
If you're cornered in Kamchatka, end this board game by bumping your opponent's armies off the board
Time's up! The correct answer was Risk
IT'S "BIG"
It's found in the Parliament Tower of Westminster Palace
Time's up! The correct answer was Big Ben
HAIR TODAY
This rastafarian style is Whoopi Goldberg's trademark
Time's up! The correct answer was dreadlocks
NEWS ON THE MARCH
On March 10, 1876 he spoke by telephone to Thomas Watson
Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander Graham Bell
LITERARY OPENINGS
"All happy families are alike but an unhappy family is unhappy after its own fashion."
Time's up! The correct answer was "Anna Karenina"
IRAQNOPHOBIA
The name of this Iraqi currency is derived from a Latin word for "ten"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dinar
ALLUSIONAL THINKING
If you're slow but steady & you still beat a sprinter, you might be compared to this creature of fable
Time's up! The correct answer was a turtle
SCOTLAND
The Church of Scotland, the country's national church, is a branch of this Christian denomination
Time's up! The correct answer was Presbyterian
"V" IS FOR
...this pasta, thinner than spaghetti, whose name is Italian for "little worms"
Time's up! The correct answer was vermicelli
WORMS
In "Henry VI, Part 3", Clifford tells the king that "The smallest worm will" do this "being trodden on"
Time's up! The correct answer was turn
THE LAST BATTLE
The Battle of Bosworth
Time's up! The correct answer was the Wars of the Roses
SPORTS LEGENDS
This Czech-born woman who retired in 2006 won a record 9 Wimbledon Singles Championships
Time's up! The correct answer was Martina Navratilova
SYMPHONIES ON FILM
This Russian director's Mexico footage was compiled as "Mexican Symphony" in 1941
Time's up! The correct answer was Eisenstein
LET'S MESS WITH TEXAS
This state bird of Texas belongs to the family Mimidae
Time's up! The correct answer was the mockingbird
IN THE TREASURY DEPT.
When it invites you up to see its etchings, you'll see stamps & dollar bills
Time's up! The correct answer was the Bureau of Engraving & Printing
WORDS OF LOVE
In "Prometheus Unbound", he wrote, "All love is sweet, given or returned. Common as light is love"
Time's up! The correct answer was Percy Bysshe Shelley
EXPORTS
A big export for Tuvalu is copia, the dried meat of this
Time's up! The correct answer was coconut
FROM THE GREEK
From the Greek for "primary", these are made of amino acids
Time's up! The correct answer was proteins
PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY
Our last Sagittarian pres.; his last name sounds like something Sagittarius' arrows could do
Time's up! The correct answer was Pierce
MIDDLE "C"
It means of or pertaining to the sense of smell
Time's up! The correct answer was olfactory
BATTLE TO NAME THE WAR
Let me take you down, 'cause we're going to... Bosworth Field
Time's up! The correct answer was the War of the Roses
"O" YOU ANIMAL!
They might swing through the trees asking "What's Sumatra? Nothing, what's Sumatra with you?"
Time's up! The correct answer was Orangutan
SPORTS LEGENDS
This Czech-born woman who retired in 2006 won a record 9 Wimbledon Singles Championships
Time's up! The correct answer was Martina Navratilova
PRESIDENTS
The "54º40' or Fight" fever over Oregon helped elect this president, the only one ever to be speaker of the U.S. House
Time's up! The correct answer was James K. Polk
GET SMART
A Boston study found doing this for 40 minutes a day builds up the cerebral cortex; monks must be really smart!
Time's up! The correct answer was meditate
LOVE QUOTES
Napoleon said, "I have never loved anyone for love's sake, except, perhaps," her -- "a little"
Time's up! The correct answer was Josephine
EDIBLES INSTANT REPLAY REVIEW
Upon review, this "circular" cut of meat from below the rump was too gristly
Time's up! The correct answer was the round
EARLY AMERICA
His 1699 proposal for a permanent French trading post on the Detroit River didn't include a car dealership
Time's up! The correct answer was Cadillac
4 CONSONANTS IN A ROW
A caterpillar that moves by contraction & expansion
Time's up! The correct answer was an inchworm
AROUND THE WORLD
It's the largest Scottish city on the banks of the Firth of Forth
Time's up! The correct answer was Edinburgh
A BUNCH OF "GREAT" LEADERS
His forces defeated the Persian Army under Darius III in 333 B.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander the Great
THE MIDDLE AGES
Crackowes were a style of these with toes so long they were sometimes attached to the knees with chains
Time's up! The correct answer was shoes
RUSSIAN
A shapka is this: mikhavaya shapka is a fur one, to keep your ears warm
Time's up! The correct answer was a hat
PUNJAB
Predominant in the Punjab, this religion has origins in both Hinduism & Islam
Time's up! The correct answer was Sikhism
BABY BOOMER MEMORIES
In a heartbreaking scene, Travis has to kill his beloved dog in this 1957 film based on a Fred Gipson book
Time's up! The correct answer was Old Yeller
YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS STUFF
In the '30s she starred in "The Little Princess", "The Little Colonel" & "Little Miss Marker"
Time's up! The correct answer was Shirley Temple
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
AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
"Voyage of the Beagle"
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Darwin
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
TV THEME LYRICS
"Movin' movin' movi
Time's up! The correct answer was Rawhide
THE SHORT FORM
If sending a Valentine to your Guamaninan sweetie, you'll need to know that this is Guam's U.S. postal abbreviation
Time's up! The correct answer was GU
NOTED EUROPEANS
On the 50th anniv. of Bunker Hill, this European was back on our shores to lay the monument's cornerstone
Time's up! The correct answer was Lafayette
WHO'S ON FIRST?
Sundays from 1984 to 1995, "60 Minutes" led into this CBS crime drama--guess Jessica finally got tired of writing
Time's up! The correct answer was Murder, She Wrote
STATES THAT END IN HAMPSHIRE
The Franklin Pierce Law Center & Christa McAuliffe Planetarium can be found in this capital of New Hampshire
Time's up! The correct answer was Concord
THE BUTLER DID IT
He must have a great benefit plan; Alfred began his service to this crime fighter way back in 1943
Time's up! The correct answer was Batman
THE CAT
When a lioness & one of these mate, they produce a leopon
Time's up! The correct answer was Leopard
WHAT'S ON TV?
We're still waiting for a "Des Moines" version of this CBS crime show to accompany the Vegas, Miami & N.Y. ones
Time's up! The correct answer was CSI
OH, "BOY"
In this 2002 film, single guy Hugh Grant's life is changed by a 12-year old
Time's up! The correct answer was About a Boy
THE MAINE ATTRACTION
Summer is the time for Whatever Week, a celebration of the Kennebec River in this state capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Augusta
IT'S "BIG"
A 2000 Martin Lawrence film
Time's up! The correct answer was Big Momma's House
STATE OF THE UNION
Turnabout is fair play--it seceded from a confederate state & joined the union in June 1863
Time's up! The correct answer was West Virginia
THE CINEMA
The park bench Tom Hanks sat on in much of this 1994 film was in Chippewa Square in Savannah, Georgia
Time's up! The correct answer was Forrest Gump
DICTATORS & TYRANTS
As the dictator of this city-state, Francesco Foscari ruined its army & economy by endlessly fighting Milan
Time's up! The correct answer was Venice
ENGLISH ROYAL HENRYS
King Henry III extensively rebuilt this abbey where he had been formally crowned in 1220
Time's up! The correct answer was Westminster Abbey
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
It has over 9,700 tax preparation offices worldwide
Time's up! The correct answer was H&R Block
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
LITERARY SISTERS
Meg's the oldest of the sisters in this family; Amy, the youngest
Time's up! The correct answer was the Marches
SHAKESPEAREAN PHRASES
In this comedy, Thurio says to Valentine, "If you spend word for word with me, I shall make your wit bankrupt"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Two Gentlemen of Verona
HEADQUARTERS
Surprisingly, in the 1990s, this retailer moved its HQ from its tall tower in Chicago to a lowrise in the suburbs
Time's up! The correct answer was Sears Roebuck
BOXING MOVIES
Jack Palance starred in the TV version of this "heavy" Rod Serling drama; Anthony Quinn, in the film version
Time's up! The correct answer was "Requiem For A Heavyweight"
INSECTS
Migration of insects thru the air is classed as active or passive, depending on use of this
Time's up! The correct answer was wind
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
COUNTRY MUSIC
Though his last name means "pertaining to a city", this "Defying Gravity" singer is a country superstar
Time's up! The correct answer was Keith Urban
MODES OF TRANSPORT
These ships were nicknamed "blubber ships"
Time's up! The correct answer was whaling ships
MATH TERMS
The term surd refers to irrational numbers like this number's square root, 1.7320508...
Time's up! The correct answer was 3
COLOGNE RANGER
In 1932 one of these speed limit-less German expressways opened between Cologne & Bonn
Time's up! The correct answer was an Autobahn
EDS
Shooting down 22 planes in 1918, Eddie Rickenbacker was the USA's No. 1 flying ace in this war
Time's up! The correct answer was World War I
ISRAEL
If you're getting engaged, consider a visit to Netanya, a world center for cutting & polishing these
Time's up! The correct answer was diamonds
"IBLE"S & BITS
Adjective for handwriting that can actually be read, unlike my doctor's
Time's up! The correct answer was legible
WORD ORIGINS
This New York island's name may come from the Algonquian word for "island"
Time's up! The correct answer was Manhattan
COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC
In "Red River Valley", cowboys sing, "come and" do this "if you love me"
Time's up! The correct answer was sit by my side
CROSSWORD CLUES "G"
"Cheesy" Dutch city (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was Gouda
STRINGS
According to Bud Collins' "Encyclopedia of Modern Tennis", the best of this string material comes from cows
Time's up! The correct answer was gut
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
20th CENTURY NOTABLES
Einstein said of him, "Generations to come will scarcely believe" one such as he "walked the Earth in flesh & blood"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mohandas Gandhi
MOVIES BY ROLES
1998: Richard Burbage, Queen Elizabeth, Viola de Lesseps
Time's up! The correct answer was Shakespeare in Love
TIME TO CONVERT
.001 grams is equal to one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a milligram
FROM THE FRENCH
This word for any style of cooking is from the French for "kitchen"