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SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS
"I am a very foolish fond old man", he tells his daughter Cordelia
Time's up! The correct answer was King Lear
ENGLISH LITERATURE
This James Joyce work is a dream sequence in the minds of the Earwicker family
Time's up! The correct answer was "Finnegans Wake"
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
MARRIED WITH CHILDREN
It can be an early harmonious period for a president, or a married couple can take a "second" one without the kids
Time's up! The correct answer was Honeymoon
MODERN "TIME"S
Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific
Time's up! The correct answer was Time zones
RELIGION
Jainism, with 4 1/2 million adherents, was founded in this country by Mahavira, "the Great Hero"
Time's up! The correct answer was India
THAT'S ITALIAN!
These thin tubes of pasta, Italian for "bridegrooms", are often baked
Time's up! The correct answer was ziti
RUSSIA
In the July 3, 1996 runoff, he defeated Gennadi Zyuganov
Time's up! The correct answer was Boris Yeltsin
OF A SALESMAN
When dealing with a car salesman, know that the MSRP, short for this, doesn't include taxes & registration
Time's up! The correct answer was manufacturer's suggested retail price
SEXPERTISE
Robin Leach, Robin Givens, Robin Cook
Time's up! The correct answer was Robin Givens
LIBRARIES
Among this San Marino, California library's exhibits are a 15th century manuscript of "The Canterbury Tales" & a Gutenberg Bible
Time's up! The correct answer was the Huntington Library
"PRO"NOUNS
Gosh darn it! It's abusive, vulgar or irreverent language
Time's up! The correct answer was Profanity
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
MEN OF MUSIC
In 1908 Oscar Strauss turned this playwright's "Arms and the Man" into the operetta "The Chocolate Soldier"
Time's up! The correct answer was Shaw
"COURT" BRIEFS
Law students try mock hypothetical legal cases in this kind of court
Time's up! The correct answer was moot court
MEDICINE
Nitroglycerin is an example of this type of drug that widens blood vessels
Time's up! The correct answer was vasodilator
SHIRLEY
She played Shirley Feeney on "Laverne & Shirley"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cindy Williams
SEAQUEST
One of the traditional 7 seas, it shares its name with a Rodgers & Hammerstein musical
Time's up! The correct answer was South Pacific
WORLD CITIES
This Caribbean island's capital, Fort-de-France, lies about 15 miles southeast of Mt. Pelee volcano
Time's up! The correct answer was Martinique
"X", "Y", "Z"
This Saint Francis was the "Apostle of the Indies"
Time's up! The correct answer was Xavier
BROADWAY TEENS
R&B sensation Stephanie Mills was a teenager when she eased on down the road in this role in "The Wiz"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dorothy
CALENDAR GIRLS
In 1963 she co-wrote "Ring of Fire" with Merle Kilgore
Time's up! The correct answer was Carter
PROVERBS
It's the type of pot that "never boils"
Time's up! The correct answer was a watched pot
THEATRE CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
Faust's fiendish foe (14)
Time's up! The correct answer was Mephistopheles
AT THE MOVIES
1977: After an experience with a UFO, an electric-line worker is drawn to a remote mountain
Time's up! The correct answer was Close Encounters of the Third Kind
4-LETTER FRIENDS
The first name of actress Sheedy, pronounced differently
Time's up! The correct answer was ally
ANCIENT HISTORY
Tikal became an important ceremonial center of this civilization, prior to 300 A.D.
Time's up! The correct answer was the Mayans
THE CINEMA
The popular soundtrack of this 2000 film includes "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow" & "You Are My Sunshine"
Time's up! The correct answer was O Brother, Where Art Thou?
LIBRARIES
This Maryland community is home to the National Library of Medicine & the National Naval Medical Center
Time's up! The correct answer was Bethesda
THE BIBLE
The first verse of this book says, "There was a man in the land of Uz that feared God and eschewed evil"
Time's up! The correct answer was Job
BIRDS
The only birds in the family Trochilidae are these "hovercrafts"
Time's up! The correct answer was hummingbirds
INTERNATIONAL NAMES
Alex Salmond, first minister of this country, wants to take it out of the United Kingdom
Time's up! The correct answer was Scotland
GREEK MYTHOLOGY
The Judgement of Paris refers to the picking of a winner in one of these contests
Time's up! The correct answer was a beauty contest
WORLD UP!
In 1980 Luis Garcia Meza took power in this landlocked S. Amer. country that's had more than 180 coups in its history
Time's up! The correct answer was Bolivia
11-LETTER WORDS
A fashion or fad maker
Time's up! The correct answer was Trendsetter
MEN OF MUSIC
Horn virtuoso Franz Strauss was consulted by Wagner in devising this hero's horn call
Time's up! The correct answer was Siegfried
SIGNS & SYMBOLS
Sleepy Bear has been this motel chain's logo since 1954
Time's up! The correct answer was Travelodge
ORGANIZATIONS
Int'l club that "promotes putting off until later those things that needn't be done today"
Time's up! The correct answer was Procrastinator's Club
HEADQUARTERS
Since 1988 J.C. Penney has been firmly planted in Plano in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas
GAMBLING
Next to slots, Nevada casinos make more money from this game than any other, nearly $3/4 billion in 1985
Time's up! The correct answer was blackjack
ORGANIZATIONS
During Egypt's suspension from this group, 1979-1989, its headquarters was located in Tunisia
Time's up! The correct answer was the Arab League
SPORTS
During his 1955-1966 career, this Dodger pitcher averaged 9.28 strikeouts per 9 innings
Time's up! The correct answer was Koufax
iPOD, YOUTUBE OR WII
It was introduced as a way to "put 1,000 songs in your pocket"
Time's up! The correct answer was iPod
JULIUS CAESAR
After defeating Pharnaces II at Zela, Caesar dispatched this 3-part message to the Roman Senate
Time's up! The correct answer was Veni, vidi, vici
HEISMAN WINNERS
An award given for the best running back in college football is named for this 1948 Heisman winner from SMU
Time's up! The correct answer was Doak Walker
HOME FURNISHINGS
A jardiniere is a decorative stand for holding these
Time's up! The correct answer was plants
THE 19th CENTURY
One of the 3 large empires of 19th century Eastern Europe was this "Sick Man"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Ottoman Empire
SHOTS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD
In 1999 she wasn't shirtless in Seattle but rather in Pasadena after her kick won the Women's World Cup for the U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was Brandi Chastain
BIG "STAR"
As soon as corn is picked, its sugar begins to turn into this, so get it into the pot fast!
Time's up! The correct answer was starch
PEOPLE
She got into the advice business before her twin sister, Dear Abby
Time's up! The correct answer was Ann Landers
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
This character in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is said to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper
Time's up! The correct answer was the Headless Horseman
FOR WHOM THE "BELL" TOLLS
Doing this, you'll hold pairs of small cymbals called zills
Time's up! The correct answer was belly dancing
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
MUSICAL THEATRE
It's based on the memoir "Anna And The King Of Siam"
Time's up! The correct answer was "The King And I"
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
Smooth move in a bridge game (7)
Time's up! The correct answer was finesse
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?
This province has the longest border, including water, with the United States
Time's up! The correct answer was Ontario
ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS
Mike Todd was killed in a plane crash while Liz was making this film in which she played Maggie Pollitt
Time's up! The correct answer was Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
WATERFALLS
This African waterfall is also known as Mosi-Oa-Tunya, or "Smoke That Thunders"
Time's up! The correct answer was Victoria Falls
CHANTED
Named for a 6th century pope, these a capella songs might have earned a Papal's Choice Award
Time's up! The correct answer was Gregorian chants
TOM JONES
Tom hails from Pontypridd in this British Isles country
Time's up! The correct answer was Wales
HOUSES OF WORSHIP
The seat of New York's Roman Catholic Archdiocese, it's a great example of Gothic Revival architecture
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Patrick's Cathedral
BACKWORDS
You know so much about policy, you qualify as this
Time's up! The correct answer was Wonk
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
BUD is the New York Stock Exchange symbol for this brewing company
Time's up! The correct answer was Anheuser-Busch
DEMOCRATIC KEYNOTERS
1992: New Jersey senator
Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Bradley
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
City that stands on the ruins of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec people
Time's up! The correct answer was Mexico City
POETS' RHYME TIME
William's anacondas
Time's up! The correct answer was Blake's snakes
GETTING TICKED ON
A brown tick named for this pet has the rare ability to complete its life cycle indoors
Time's up! The correct answer was dog
NYC MUSIC HISTORY
This East Village venue was run by Bill Graham for only 3 years, from 1968 to 1971
Time's up! The correct answer was the Fillmore East
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Under the 5th Amendment, 1 of the 3 things that no person shall be deprived of "without due process of law"
Time's up! The correct answer was life
COLORFUL GROUPS
Hard rockers "Burnin' For You": ____ ____ Cult
Time's up! The correct answer was Blue Öyster
NO. 3 SONGS
In 1985 David Lee Roth reached No. 3 with "California Girls", 20 years after this group did the same
Time's up! The correct answer was The Beach Boys
FINANCE
It's often set up by the wealthy for their kids, but California has a state children's one for poor folks
Time's up! The correct answer was a trust fund
THE LAST BATTLE
The Battle of New Orleans
Time's up! The correct answer was the War of 1812
THOSE CRAZY GUGGENHEIMS
For Daniel, it was all mine, mine, mine; tin in Bolivia & this in Alaska
Time's up! The correct answer was gold
WORLD HISTORY
In 1864 Austria & Prussia went to war with Denmark, winning Schleswig & this duchy
Time's up! The correct answer was Holstein
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST
The 6 Earl Derr Biggers novels about this Chinese-American detective were first serialized in the Post
Time's up! The correct answer was Charlie Chan
WEEDS
This plant whose alkaloids ended Socrates' life now grows on American roadsides
Time's up! The correct answer was Hemlock
LIVE IN TEXAS
This billionaire Texan was asked to testify on his Plano company's involvement in California's energy crisis
Time's up! The correct answer was H. Ross Perot
TELEVISION
This British comedy troupe's "Flying Circus" landed on American TV in 1974
Time's up! The correct answer was Monty Python
AYE! IT'S IRELAND
Also called Trinity College, the university of this capital was founded in 1592
Time's up! The correct answer was Dublin
GENERAL INFORMATION
This Army general headed American-led forces during the initial combat phase of the Iraq War as it began in 2003
Time's up! The correct answer was Tommy Franks
WORDS WITHIN WORDS
Carry something luminescent when you go down into one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Mine
IT'S EXTINCT
The dodo was found on the Islands of Reunion, Rodrigues & Mauritius in this ocean
Time's up! The correct answer was the Indian Ocean
EARLY AMERICA
In 1701 this college was founded in Conn., in part to counter the perceived liberalism of Harvard
Time's up! The correct answer was Yale
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
SCIENCE GUYS
His grandfather Erasmus argued in favor of evolution 60 years before he took up the cause himself
Time's up! The correct answer was Darwin
RUN, RUN, RUN
If you want to hit this type of "contained" home run, you probably will need to run really fast
Time's up! The correct answer was an inside-the-park home run
PARTS OF THE WHOLE
Cheek strap, snaffle rein
Time's up! The correct answer was horse tack
GOVERNMENT
This country with "Republic" in its name was less republican after a 2003 coup by General Francois Bozize
Time's up! The correct answer was the Central African Republic
HAMMERS
He said to his captain, "Before I let your steam drill beat me, I'd die with this hammer in my hand"
Time's up! The correct answer was John Henry
U.S. PRESIDENTS
In the campaign slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too", he's Tippecanoe
Time's up! The correct answer was William Henry Harrison
AMERICANA
Suffragettes were women who wanted the right to do this (& got to with the 19th Amendement)
Time's up! The correct answer was vote
CZECH, PLEASE
His mother, Olga, was once ranked 2nd in Czechoslovakia in women's singles tennis
Time's up! The correct answer was Ivan Lendl
"KNIFE", "FORK" OR "SPOON"
It's a truck with a pronged platform at the front that raises & moves loads
Time's up! The correct answer was Forklift
ANIMAL RHYME TIME
An informal talk about flying mammals
Time's up! The correct answer was bat chat
I WANT TO RIDE THAT!
The Pitt Fall is a scary free fall ride at Kennywood, near this second-largest Pennsylvania city
Time's up! The correct answer was Pittsburgh
LET'S MESS WITH TEXAS
Educated at Phillips Academy, Yale & Harvard, this part-time Crawford resident was born in Connecticut in 1946
Time's up! The correct answer was George W. Bush
"DIAMOND"s IN THE ROUGH
Honolulu high spot
Time's up! The correct answer was Diamond Head
I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW
In 9 minutes, Sonya Thomas dined on 11 pounds of this cheesy dessert from a Brooklyn restaurant
Time's up! The correct answer was cheesecake
"DON'T" YOU KNOW THIS SONG?
Buenos Aires held back a sniffle when this Madonna hit went to No. 8 in 1997
Time's up! The correct answer was "Don't Cry For Me Argentina"
JAZZ IT UP
Saxophonist Sonny Rollins was one of the leaders of the "hard" type of this style that began in the '40s
Time's up! The correct answer was bebop/bop
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
RHYME TIME FOOD & DRINK
An acrid-tasting deep-fried cake full of corn or crab
Time's up! The correct answer was a bitter fritter
TIME TO CONVERT
.001 grams is equal to one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a milligram
RICH & FAMOUS
A 1994 book details the "way" he became "the world's greatest investor"
Time's up! The correct answer was Warren Buffett
BORN IN THE WINDY CITY
On the big screen, this Chicagoan has played Rick Deckard, Jack Ryan & Han Solo
Time's up! The correct answer was Harrison Ford
GOLD RUSH
Tourists now rush to this man's 1839 Adobe Fort in Sacramento, California
Time's up! The correct answer was John Sutter
BRASS
In 1989 this son of Jamaican immigrants became Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Time's up! The correct answer was Powell
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
WORLD CITIES
This Caribbean island's capital, Fort-de-France, lies about 15 miles southeast of Mt. Pelee volcano
Time's up! The correct answer was Martinique
SOUNDS LIKE A RAPPER
It's wack but ESPN dropped the downhill racing style of this type of bicycle from its X Games in 2004
Time's up! The correct answer was BMX
SO "LONG"
A unit of distance equal to 220 yards
Time's up! The correct answer was a furlong
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
THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT, MAN!
It's borders are the Atlantic Ocean to the south & west & Spain to the north & east
Time's up! The correct answer was Portugal
THE ROMANOV DYNASTY
At Oranienbaum, this ruler who certainly loved her thrills had a "sliding hill", an 18th c. version of a roller coaster
Time's up! The correct answer was Catherine the Great
FOLKIES
Peggy, sister of this co-founder of The Weavers, wrote the feminist anthem "Gonna Be An Engineer"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pete Seeger
HOMETOWNS
Jorge Luis Borges
Time's up! The correct answer was Buenos Aires
THE EVOLUTION OF "M"USIC
This '60s "Nights in White Satin" band has another color in its name
Time's up! The correct answer was Moody Blues
"EVER"S
Eddie Rabbitt sang the title song for this 1978 Clint Eastwood movie about a boxer & his simian sidekick
Time's up! The correct answer was Every Which Way but Loose
SCIENCE & NATURE
Change 1 letter in "protest" to get this word for a protozoan & others in its kingdom
Time's up! The correct answer was Protist
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
THE BIG 10
In L.A., the western tip of Interstate 10 is called this "freeway", after the beach community it passes through
Time's up! The correct answer was Santa Monica
SONGS
"It's a marvelous night for" this Van Morrison hit, "with the stars up above in your eyes"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Moondance"
IT'S A "SIN"
For more than 200 years, the annual Baltic Herring Market & Fair has been a big to-do in this world capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Helsinki
LAW & GOVERNMENT
A measure defeated in 1990 would have allowed states to prosecute persons who desecrated this
Time's up! The correct answer was the American flag
AMERICAN EXPLORERS
Edward Beale brought news of this 1848 discovery in California to the east coast
Time's up! The correct answer was gold
NEW WEAPONS
The FA-18E/F is the "Super" version of this high-tech U.S. Navy fighter jet with a wasplike name
Time's up! The correct answer was a Hornet
DOUBLE-O WORDS
Legend says in 1652 Dutch Admiral Tromp placed this at his masthead after sweeping the English from the sea
Time's up! The correct answer was a broom
I DID IT NORWAY
A summer festival at Vinstra honors this Ibsen & Grieg character based on folklore
Time's up! The correct answer was Peer Gynt
ANCIENT VIP's
The period during which he ruled is often referred to as "The Golden Age of Athens"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pericles
COLORS
Broadway's nickname
Time's up! The correct answer was the Great White Way
ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN
Beethoven's Bagatelle in A Minor for Piano was eventually titled "Fur" her
Time's up! The correct answer was Elise
GETTING TICKED OFF
When this Bible guy came down from the mountain & saw his people dancing before the golden calf, boy, was he upset!
Time's up! The correct answer was Moses
Y1K
With the crowning of King Boleslaw, this central European nation is recognized as an independent state
Time's up! The correct answer was Poland
THE ONION
From an issue in 2056: This island & commonwealth ceded to the U.S. in 1898... "Should it become our 63rd state?"
Time's up! The correct answer was Puerto Rico
HERE'S LUCY
Before playing Xena, she co-hosted the travel show "Air New Zealand Holiday"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lucy Lawless
TOM JONES
In book 13 country boy Tom arrives in this metropolis, where the climactic action takes place
Time's up! The correct answer was London
ESPN's TOP 10 ALL-TIME ATHLETES
No. 1: Lettered in hoops, football & lacrosse at Syracuse & if you think he couldn't act, ask his 11 "unclean" buddies
Time's up! The correct answer was Jim Brown
THE HUSBAND MARRIED
He married Colleen Dewhurst twice & Trish Van Devere once
Time's up! The correct answer was George C. Scott
WHAT'S THAT SOUND?
Ports lying on the banks of this sound include Bremerton, Everett & Tacoma
Time's up! The correct answer was Puget Sound
ALL "AMERICAN"
In 2009 the U.S. Mint issued a quarter for this territory featuring an ava bowl, a whisk & a coconut tree
Time's up! The correct answer was American Samoa
WHAT'CHA GOT COOKIN'?
I'm sauteeing this organ meat in butter & lemon juice, as you'd know, if you had any
Time's up! The correct answer was brains
DRAMA
In a 1997 play Stacie Chaiken starred as Constance, wife of this "Earnest" author
Time's up! The correct answer was Oscar Wilde
OF MILK
Mongolians cool off with airag, a slightly fermented version of this alliterative liquid
Time's up! The correct answer was mare's milk
CARTOONS
I say there, son, this Warner Bros. cartoon rooster is sometimes pursued by a chicken hawk
Time's up! The correct answer was Foghorn Leghorn
REEL MOTHERS
Title of the 1981 biopic about the woman seen here: "I wouldn't turn against you if it meant my life. You are my life."
Time's up! The correct answer was Mommie Dearest
DANGER IN WONDERLAND
Distinct alabaster fur; you'll know him by the big pocket watch he refers to; careful--he moves quickly
Time's up! The correct answer was the White Rabbit
FORE!
This stretch of closely mowed grass from the tee to the green may be straight or at an angle called a dogleg
Time's up! The correct answer was Fairway
THE BIG 10
The first 10 of these are known as the Bill of Rights
Time's up! The correct answer was the Amendments
ANIMAL GROUPS
A group of vipers, even if the snakes don't live in a bird's dwelling
Time's up! The correct answer was a nest
THAT'S SO '90s
Born Louis Eugene Walcott, he led a million man march in Washington, D.C. in 1995
Time's up! The correct answer was Louis Farrakhan
NOTABLE NONHUMANS
In 1945 this famous scottie was injured in a fight with Blaze, Elliott Roosevelt's mastiff
Time's up! The correct answer was Fala
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
The surface of this lake in Siberia is about 1,490 ft. above sea level, the bottom over 5,300 ft. below
Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Baikal
WORDS WITHIN WORDS
Type of literature often produced by oversensitive youths
Time's up! The correct answer was Verse
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
WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
The name of this South American snake comes from an Asian word, as it may have been mistaken for an Asian python
Time's up! The correct answer was an anaconda
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
Brazil
Time's up! The correct answer was Portuguese
AROUND THE WORLD
Granite pillars support the roof of this man's burial "hall" near "The Gate of Heavenly Peace"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mao Tse-tung
WORLD AUTHORS
In a 1605 prologue, this Spaniard tells the reader that he has written an "invective against books of chivalry"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cervantes
THE BODY HUMAN
Blood leaves the heart from ventricles & enters the heart through these chambers
Time's up! The correct answer was Atria
THE BIG 10
The title of this Boccaccio work means "10 Days"
Time's up! The correct answer was Decameron
BICYCLES
In the 1984 Olympics, Alexi Grewal won a gold medal in cycling for this country
Time's up! The correct answer was the United States
MAGAZINES
In Nov. 2003 Judge Ira Gammerman said neither side would get damages from the demise of this celeb's magazine
Time's up! The correct answer was Rosie O'Donnell
"IP" SO FACTO
Landing or Gaza
Time's up! The correct answer was a strip
WORDS IN (THE) ENCYCLOPEDIA
Fake wooden bird used by hunters to attract ducks
Time's up! The correct answer was decoy
ACTION!
You may not give a fig, but according to Newton, there's one of these for every action
Time's up! The correct answer was an equal & opposite reaction
2-LETTER WORDS
Before the grand jury, Bill Clinton said, "It depends on...your definition of" this word
Time's up! The correct answer was "is"
EPONYMS
This ancient king of Lydia, thought the wealthiest man on earth, had the Midas touch, hence the phrase "as rich as" him
Time's up! The correct answer was Croesus
"BLACK" OR "WHITE"
This "Golden Girl" had her own show in 1958 & 1977 & in 1999 became part of the cast of "Ladies Man"
Time's up! The correct answer was Betty White
RED SOX IT TO ME
In 2001 this Osaka-born pitcher tossed Boston's first no-hitter since 1965
Time's up! The correct answer was Nomo
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES
"The Surveyor President"
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington
POETIC TERMS
16th century poet who perfected in "The Faerie Queene" the stanza named for him
Time's up! The correct answer was Edmund Spenser
NOTABLE NONHUMANS
In 1964 he lifted his beagles Him & Her by the ears on the White House lawn, provoking protest
Time's up! The correct answer was Lyndon Johnson
THE OBLIGATORY POETRY CATEGORY
Observing pilgrims traveling to the shrine of Thomas Becket inspired him to write his greatest work
Time's up! The correct answer was Geoffrey Chaucer
RUSSELING
"Stargate" star who's Goldie Hawn's longtime companion
Time's up! The correct answer was Kurt Russell
FOREWORDS
Part 2 "is Lilliput in reverse, but...also offers some of" his "fiercest assaults upon the behavior of" his countrymen
Time's up! The correct answer was Jonathan Swift
POP MUSIC
This singer's 1970 hit "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" was from the Broadway musical "Promises, Promises"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dionne Warwick
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
At 15 on the modified Mohs' scale, this substance still has the highest hardness number
Time's up! The correct answer was a diamond
"COURT" BRIEFS
Marsupial term for a self-appointed tribunal that parodies existing principles of law
Time's up! The correct answer was a kangaroo court
COLORS
Baby, sky, & steel
Time's up! The correct answer was blue
ENDS WITH "K"
A soda server, whether or not he's fatuous
Time's up! The correct answer was Jerk
4 CONSONANTS IN A ROW
This important mechanism is what you're turning when you wind a clock
Time's up! The correct answer was the mainspring
DON'T MESS WITH SICILY
The father of this US Supreme Court Justice was a romance language professor who had emigrated from Sicily
Time's up! The correct answer was Scalia
THE BODY WOMAN
When a woman's "water breaks" in labor, the "water" is this fluid
Time's up! The correct answer was amniotic fluid
BRITISH NOVEL CHARACTERS
W.E. Henley, the amputee who wrote the brave poem "Invictus", inspired this character in an 1883 book
Time's up! The correct answer was Long John Silver
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
2 names that follow Gerald, who speaks in weird sounds instead of words in a Dr. Seuss story
Time's up! The correct answer was McBoing-Boing
SPORTS
Tennis serve that touches net before dropping into proper court, it's replayed
Time's up! The correct answer was a let ball
NORM!
Think positively! You'll know this man who wrote the newspaper column "Confident Living"
Time's up! The correct answer was Peale
WHAT AILS YOU?
Nearly 90% of all malaria cases occur on this continent
Time's up! The correct answer was Africa
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
This fruit with many seeds is grown on the Punica granatum tree
Time's up! The correct answer was a pomegranate
EXPORTS
The hills around San Jose are covered with trees growing this, Costa Rica's top export
Time's up! The correct answer was coffee
I PITY THE "FOOL"
Found at fool.com, it's the Gardner brothers' online investment guide
Time's up! The correct answer was The Motley Fool
"DOUBLE" JEOPARDY
In "1984" George Orwell coined this term for the acceptance of 2 contradictory ideas at the same time
Time's up! The correct answer was Doublethink
WORLD RELIGION
Meaning "sign of God", it's the title of a Shi'ite Muslim scholar & leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Ayatollah
PRESIDENTS IN IOWA
He was at radio station WHO back in the 1930s & while president, went back to Des Moines
Time's up! The correct answer was Ronald Reagan
HORNS
This "continental" wind instrument is played with one hand inside the bell to control its tone
Time's up! The correct answer was French horn
"V" IS FOR
...this everyday form of Latin spoken by the Romans; sounds crude but it wasn't
Time's up! The correct answer was Vulgar
THE CIVIL WAR
In Feb. 2005 a reenactment was staged for this 140th anniversary of this fort's reoccupation by Union troops
Time's up! The correct answer was Fort Sumter
SHIPS
This ship, Columbus' flagship., was originally called the Marigalanti
Time's up! The correct answer was Santa Maria
AIRLINE TRAVEL
In 2004 United launched this new service that features low fares & more seats per plane
Time's up! The correct answer was Ted
ARE YOU PERHAPS FRENCH?
Philippe of this family is Chief Ocean Correspondent for Animal Planet
Time's up! The correct answer was Cousteau
FICTIONAL BOOKS
This doctor from the original "Star Trek" series wrote "Comparative Alien Physiology"
Time's up! The correct answer was McCoy
THE "X" FILES
Breastplated "Warrior Princess" played by Lucy Lawless
Time's up! The correct answer was Xena
THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID
"When the one great scorer comes to write against your name, he marks -- not that you won or lost -- but" this
Time's up! The correct answer was How you played the game
SPORTS OF THE FEMALE OLYMPIANS
Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie & their 3 teammates on the floor
Time's up! The correct answer was basketball
BRASS
In 1989 this son of Jamaican immigrants became Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Time's up! The correct answer was Powell
LITERARY ANIMALS
Anna Sewell wrote her only novel about this title animal as a plea for the proper care of horses
Time's up! The correct answer was "Black Beauty"
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
PLAYWRIGHTS
"May All Your Fences Have Gates" is a book of "Essays on the Drama of" this African-American playwright
Time's up! The correct answer was August Wilson
GEHRY
The Guggenheim Museum in this city of Spain's Basque region is one of the best-known structures designed by Gehry
Time's up! The correct answer was Bilbao
NURSERY RHYMES
"Here we go round" this bush "on a cold and frosty morning"
Time's up! The correct answer was the mulberry bush
RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME
Society of Friends' parcels of land
Time's up! The correct answer was Quakers' acres
SORTA SOUNDS LIKE OPRAH?
Bizet's "Carmen", for example
Time's up! The correct answer was an opera
SCIENCE CLASS
During this plant process, carbon dioxide & water combine with light energy to create oxygen & glucose
Time's up! The correct answer was photosynthesis
SCIENCE GUYS
This "Father of Genetics" is the subject of the biography "The Monk in the Garden"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gregor Mendel
TAKE A GUESS
Armenia is bordered by this other "A" country on the East & on the Southwest
Time's up! The correct answer was Azerbaijan
BATTLES
Napoleon's plans to invade England were dashed by this October 21, 1805 battle
Time's up! The correct answer was Battle of Trafalgar
ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE
Native Americans grew these together with corn & at harvest time combined them into "M'sickquatash"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lima beans
BIRDS
This falcon's name is from the Latin for "foreign" or "a foreigner"
Time's up! The correct answer was peregrine
"IND" THE KNOW
Insurance term meaning to protect against damage, loss or injury
Time's up! The correct answer was indemnity
ROYALTY
After this emperor died in 14 A.D., his relatives, the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruled until 68
Time's up! The correct answer was Augustus
MODES OF TRANSPORT
This nickname for early cars pointed out that they were not pulled by equines
Time's up! The correct answer was horseless carriages
HAIRY
From the Latin for "to clip", it's the shaved patch on the crowns of the heads of some monks
Time's up! The correct answer was tonsure
ANCIENT VIP's
This Hebrew king taxed his people into rebellion, which may not have been too wise
Time's up! The correct answer was Solomon
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
PHILMOGRAPHIES
"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" (plus his own 1955-59 TV show)
Time's up! The correct answer was Phil Silvers
JURY DUTY
In selecting jurors, an attorney may reject some for no stated reason-- this type of challenge
Time's up! The correct answer was a peremptory challenge
NAME THE WORK
Verne: "Certainly an Englishman, it was more doubtful whether Phileas Fogg was a Londoner"
Time's up! The correct answer was Around the World in Eighty Days
"P.B."
This Latin term used for some legal services means "for the good"
Time's up! The correct answer was pro bono
STATES' FORMER CAPITALS
Wheeling
Time's up! The correct answer was West Virginia
BUSINESS PARTNERS
In paper products: John Kimberly &...
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Clark
"V" HAVE MAPS
Prussian Baron Friedrich von Steuben arrived at this location in the winter of 1778 to train American troops
Time's up! The correct answer was Valley Forge
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
MEDICAL TALK
This term refers to the painful inflammation of any of the fibrous structures that connect muscles to bones
Time's up! The correct answer was tendinitis
ETIQUETTE
Black ribbon streamers on a family's front door were once a sign of this
Time's up! The correct answer was mourning
STATE BIRDS
Ohio: This redbird
Time's up! The correct answer was a cardinal
NOT A CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITAL
Ljubljana, Bratislava, Barcelona
Time's up! The correct answer was Barcelona
"PUN" JAB
Colons & commas & hyphens, oh my!
Time's up! The correct answer was punctuation
THE EMPEROR NERO
In the year prior to his death, Nero participated in these games in Greece
Time's up! The correct answer was Olympic Games
EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT...
The city of Yuma in this state has a record average of 4,055 hours of sunshine each year
Time's up! The correct answer was Arizona
THEN THERE'S MAUVE
First obtained from aniline, the color mauve was the first commercially successful synthetic this
Time's up! The correct answer was a dye
ROYAL FEMALE NICKNAMES
She was "The Untamed Heifer" & "The Virgin Queen"
Time's up! The correct answer was Elizabeth I
A VIOLENT CATEGORY
To hit with a fist, or to herd cattle like a cowboy
Time's up! The correct answer was punch
AVIARY
Perhaps "imitating" Florida, in 1929 Arkansas chose this as its state bird
Time's up! The correct answer was mockingbird
STRINGS
The hope behind String Theory is that it will result in this, sometimes shortened to "T.O.E."
Time's up! The correct answer was the theory of everything
BRITISH BANDS & SINGERS
In 1990 Roger Waters of this group gave a performance of "The Wall" at the former site of the Berlin Wall
Time's up! The correct answer was Pink Floyd
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE
1970's winning word was this French crescent-shaped roll
Time's up! The correct answer was C-R-O-I-S-S-A-N-T
POETIC TERMS
It's an echoic term for words like hiss that imitate an actual sound
Time's up! The correct answer was onomatopeia
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Site of a 1977 6.5 earthquake: Bucharest
Time's up! The correct answer was Romania
GIRLS IN SONG
In 1964 The Bachelors told this girl, "I'm in heaven when I see you smile"
Time's up! The correct answer was Diane
FOOD
Some say these dried treats are tastier made from seeded grapes than from seedless ones
Time's up! The correct answer was Raisins
THE REDCOATS ARE COMING!
On Sept. 5, 1781, 24 of this country's ships engaged British ships in Cheaspeake Bay & turned them back
Time's up! The correct answer was France
ORGANIZATIONS
Not surprisingly, this organization, founded in 1884, maintains one of the world's finest reference libraries on dogs
Time's up! The correct answer was the American Kennel Club
CAMERA
The names of TV cameras & videocassette recorders are combined in this device
Time's up! The correct answer was a camcorder
TELEVISION
Jack Wagner, formerly of "General Hospital", now plays Dr. Peter Burns on this Fox drama
Time's up! The correct answer was Melrose Place
AMERICAN HISTORY
In 1787 Arthur St. Clair became the first governor of this vast territory north of the Ohio River
Time's up! The correct answer was Northwest Territory
BIRDS
Depending on the species, a bird can have 940 to 25,000 of them
Time's up! The correct answer was feathers
TRAVEL & TOURISM
The International UFO Museum & Research Center is in this New Mexico city where some say UFOs have landed
Time's up! The correct answer was Roswell
THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
Celebrating "a century of sanctuary" in 2009, it's Utah's first national park, though it's last alphabetically
Time's up! The correct answer was Zion
BOTANY
The Jaffa variety of orange originated in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Israel
ORGANIZATIONS
During Egypt's suspension from this group, 1979-1989, its headquarters was located in Tunisia
Time's up! The correct answer was the Arab League
FLEMISH & DUTCH MASTERS
Artist whose masterpiece is seen here: ("Night Cafe")
Time's up! The correct answer was Vincent Van Gogh
THE SILVER SCREEN
Schwarzenegger is a Soviet cop teamed with James Belushi's Chicago cop in this action movie
Time's up! The correct answer was Red Heat
FEMINISM
Of 76, 86 or 96 cents, what U.S. women working full-time earn for every dollar their male counterparts make
Time's up! The correct answer was 76 cents
HISTORIC WOMEN
After 5 years in office, she resigned as Israeli prime minister in 1974
Time's up! The correct answer was Golda Meir
RHYME TIME
Voraciously eat an "all-purpose" baking ingredient
Time's up! The correct answer was devour flour
EU, THE EUROPEAN UNION
A controversial EU subsidy program is called CAP, short for "common" this "policy"
Time's up! The correct answer was agricultural
RUSSIA
Abbreviated CIS, it replaced the USSR
Time's up! The correct answer was Commonwealth of Independent States
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
WHO IS THEON OF SMYRNA?
Writing on these, Theon covers, among others, the circular, oblong, prime & even ones
Time's up! The correct answer was numbers
BUT IS IT ART?
The Mitchell, South Dakota "palace" seen here is built of & named for this cereal grain
Time's up! The correct answer was Corn
CELEBRITY RELATIVES
His uncle Francis Coppola directed him when he played the man to whom "Peggy Sue Got Married"
Time's up! The correct answer was Nicolas Cage
THE TITANIC
Milvina Dean, who had this distinction among the 2,200 people on board, lived to see the 95th anniv. in 2007
Time's up! The correct answer was the youngest person
EARTH
As well as trash & absorbent pet material, it can also mean the organic surface layer of the forest floor
Time's up! The correct answer was litter
POOR & FAMOUS
This Russian's 1866 novel "The Gambler" is based on his own ruinous passion for roulette
Time's up! The correct answer was Fyodor Dostoyevsky
OSCAR-WINNING ROLES
1945: Mildred Pierce
Time's up! The correct answer was Joan Crawford
5-LETTER WORDS
Greek for "word", it can mean the word of God
Time's up! The correct answer was logos
"EN" THE BEGINNING
This Baja California port city is known as "Yellowtail Capital of the World"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ensenada
THE "CAPTAIN"
Hooray for this Groucho Marx character from "Animal Crackers"
Time's up! The correct answer was Captain Spaulding
WORLD HISTORY
Accused of accepting bribes, Francis Bacon was imprisoned in this forbidding complex in 1621
Time's up! The correct answer was Tower of London
THE 20th CENTURY
In 1917 he called for a declaration of war against Germany saying that "The world must be made safe for democracy"
Time's up! The correct answer was Woodrow Wilson
THE 20th CENTURY
On Feb. 11, 1993 this Florida prosecutor was nominated Attorney General of the U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was Janet Reno
FAMOUS FELINES
He made his debut in the 1945 short film "Life with Feathers"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sylvester
SYNONYMS
This synonym for "to seclude" is also a word for part of a monastery or convent
Time's up! The correct answer was cloister
FIRSTS
On December 7, 1787, Delaware became the 1st state to do this
Time's up! The correct answer was ratify the U.S. Constitution
MOTHER GOOSE
This shepherdess found her sheep's tails all hung on a tree to dry, so she tried to "tack to each sheep its tail, oh"
Time's up! The correct answer was Little Bo Peep
DAYS
Many European countries celebrate the equivalent of this American holiday on May Day
Time's up! The correct answer was Labor Day
DOUBLE LETTERS
The petals of a flower considered as a group, or a model of Toyota
Time's up! The correct answer was Corolla
BUSINESS PARTNERS
In paper products: John Kimberly &...
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Clark
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
ON THE "WAR"PATH
Homeothermic, like mammals
Time's up! The correct answer was warm-blooded
FROM THE GREEK
When food is swallowed, it goes down this tube, the Greek word for "gullet"
Time's up! The correct answer was the esophagus
WONDER DRUGS
Chlorpromazine, aka this, was approved by the FDA in 1954 & became the prototype antipsychotic
Time's up! The correct answer was thorazine
THRILLER
This author's techno-thriller "Rainbow Six" focuses on John Clark, also a hero in "Clear & Present Danger"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Clancy
LANGUAGES
All of the Romance languages have their roots in this language
Time's up! The correct answer was Latin
ALL MY SONS
Kidnappers got under this crooner's skin when they kidnapped his son from a Tahoe casino in 1963
Time's up! The correct answer was Frank Sinatra
THE 1890s
Japan had an emperor, Russia, a czar & Italy was ruled by one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was king
GOING TO PIECES
This type of "piece" sounds like a smoking pipe, but it's an article written to flatter or glorify the subject
Time's up! The correct answer was a puff piece
WHAT A WEEK
This is a rough week for pledges, but if they can make it through, they can be fraternity members
Time's up! The correct answer was hell week
"T" TIME AT THE LIBRARY
Check out this famous British woman's 2002 book "Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World"
Time's up! The correct answer was Margaret Thatcher
ANAGRAMMED BIRDS
A city dweller: ego nip
Time's up! The correct answer was pigeon
UP & ATOM
When a nucleus is split, it's called fission; when 2 nuclei combine, it's called this
Time's up! The correct answer was fusion
PROVERBS
It's the type of pot that "never boils"
Time's up! The correct answer was a watched pot
SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER
This 5-letter word can mean "overweight"
Time's up! The correct answer was plump
OFFICIAL STATE THINGS
Who was that masked animal? Oklahoma's official state furbearer, that's who
Time's up! The correct answer was a raccoon
ALL GOD'S CRITTERS
Males of this duck-billed mammal have poison spurs on each hind foot that can kill small animals
Time's up! The correct answer was Platypus
YOU HAD TO EXPECT OPERA
At the beginning of an 1893 opera, these little tykes are sent into the woods to pick strawberries
Time's up! The correct answer was Hansel & Gretel
FUNDRAISING
Chilly alliterative term for phoning someone to ask for money without any prior notice
Time's up! The correct answer was cold call
YOU DO THE MATH
The number of items in a dozen times the number of months in a year
Time's up! The correct answer was 144
TELEVISION
"Freddy's Nightmares", a horror anthology that debuted in 1988, was based on this movie series
Time's up! The correct answer was Nightmare on Elm Street
4 N
"U" know it means not deliberate; I'm sorry, that slip of the tongue was completely this
Time's up! The correct answer was unintentional
ROYALTY
Since 1066, the only British monarch to have 3 children ascend to the British throne
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry VIII
AMERICAN INDIANS
When this chief, Pocahontas' father, died in 1618, he was succeeded by his brother Opitchapam
Time's up! The correct answer was Powhatan
THE FALL
In October 1983 the U.S. invaded this Caribbean country, officially to protect American medical students there
Time's up! The correct answer was Grenada
SNACK ATTACK
I'll sip a Berries & Kreme Chiller with my hot Original Glazed doughnut from this chain
Time's up! The correct answer was Krispy Kreme
BIOLOGY
Renin, an enzyme that breaks down protein, is secreted by cells in this organ
Time's up! The correct answer was the kidney
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
Only Philip Morris & this Cincinnati-based firm have yearly ad expenditures exceeding $2 billion
Time's up! The correct answer was Procter & Gamble
AROUND THE APARTMENT BUILDING
(Sofia of the Clue Crew) You can save lives & earn firemen's gratitude if you keep this in good working order
Time's up! The correct answer was smoke detector
LANDINGS
Runways are numbered by compass degrees without the last digit, so this is the highest number used
Time's up! The correct answer was 36
"TOMORROW"
Annie told us you could "bet your bottom dollar that" this would happen
Time's up! The correct answer was the sun will come out tomorrow
AUTHORS
He wrote his last short story, "The Betrothed", shortly before his play "The Cherry Orchard"
Time's up! The correct answer was Chekhov
POEMS ON POETS
"The Lamb" & "The Fly" are far from a mess / But this man's "The Tyger" / Gets all the good press
Time's up! The correct answer was Blake
WORLD RELIGION
Sukkot, a Jewish festival, began as a harvest celebration & was a model for this centuries-old American holiday
Time's up! The correct answer was Thanksgiving
BIBLE BOOK BINDINGS
The Heidi ___ of Riddick
Time's up! The correct answer was Chronicles
1938
17 acres surrounding her cottage were transferred to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Hathaway
GONE TOMORROW?
The endangerment of the New Mexico ridge-nosed species of this snake was caused in part by collectors
Time's up! The correct answer was a rattlesnake
LITERARY QUOTES
Poet who wrote, "The woods are lovely, dark & deep, but I have promises to keep..."
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Frost
GRAVE MATTERS
In 2000, 25 years after his death, this country's last emperor Haile Selassie was laid to rest in a crypt in Addis Ababa
Time's up! The correct answer was Ethiopia
FAMILIAR PHRASES
If you have other, more important things to do, you "have other' of these "to fry"
Time's up! The correct answer was fish
FACTS & FIGURES
Since 1970 the number of U.S. men aged 25-34 still living here has increased from 10% to 15%
Time's up! The correct answer was at home
GENERAL SCIENCE
Of the noble gases, it's first, alphabetically, was the first discovered & is the most abundant in air
Time's up! The correct answer was Argon
ASTROLOGY
The masculine signs are the air signs, including Gemini, & these signs, which include Leo
Time's up! The correct answer was fire signs
NICKNAMES
"Schnozzola"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Durante
RED SOX IT TO ME
In 2001 this Osaka-born pitcher tossed Boston's first no-hitter since 1965
Time's up! The correct answer was Nomo
MYTHELLANEOUS
Lotis, later turned into the lotus tree, was one of these female spirits of nature
Time's up! The correct answer was a nymph
UNIVERSITY SPORTS TEAMS
You could say these athletes at UNLV aren't "without a cause"
Time's up! The correct answer was theRebels
WATERFALLS
This scenic waterfall on the Brazil-Argentina border actually consists of about 275 individual cataracts
Time's up! The correct answer was Iguazu Falls
OF MILK
Mongolians cool off with airag, a slightly fermented version of this alliterative liquid
Time's up! The correct answer was mare's milk
JAY
This child actor played Dennis the Menace on TV in the early '60s
Time's up! The correct answer was Jay North
LITERARY HOUSES
In this Anne Tyler novel, a travel writer breaks his leg & moves into his siblings' home
Time's up! The correct answer was The Accidental Tourist
FIRE!
Though the 1871 Chicago fire began in this family's barn, their house suffered only minor damages
Time's up! The correct answer was the O'Learys
COLORS
Broadway's nickname
Time's up! The correct answer was the Great White Way
NOVEL QUOTES
(1932) "Over the main entrance the words, Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre"
Time's up! The correct answer was Brave New World
NBA HALL OF FAMERS
He won an NBA title ring in 1973 as a reserve forward with the Knicks & coached the Bulls to 6 titles in the '90s
Time's up! The correct answer was Phil Jackson
MEDICAL TALK
This term refers to the painful inflammation of any of the fibrous structures that connect muscles to bones
Time's up! The correct answer was tendinitis
BOB DYLAN CHRONICLES
"God say, 'You can do what you want Abe, but the next time you see me comin' you better run'"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Highway 61 Revisited"
THE 1930s
This longtime anchor of the CBS Evening News became a UPI correspondent in 1939
Time's up! The correct answer was Walter Cronkite
CONDUCTORS
Unlike most nonmetals, this element with the symbol B is a workable conductor
Time's up! The correct answer was boron
STARTS WITH "P"
This extinct early man is known from fossils found at Chukutien
Time's up! The correct answer was **Peking Man **
"CH"ILL OUT!
Don't squawk if you're accused of having illegible handwriting, aka this
Time's up! The correct answer was chicken scratches
WORLD CAPITALS
On a plane trip to this capital, you'd likely land at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
Time's up! The correct answer was Jakarta
BUSINESS LEADERS
Before founding his own corp., John K. Northrop was chief engineer for this company & designed its Vega airplane
Time's up! The correct answer was Lockheed
COUNTIES BY STATE
Oswego, Onondaga, Oneida
Time's up! The correct answer was New York
COMPOSERS ON FILM
Toralv Maurstad in "Song of Norway"
Time's up! The correct answer was Edvard Grieg
THE NEXT BIBLE BOOK AFTER...
Numbers
Time's up! The correct answer was Deuteronomy
OOH... A WISE GUY
The writings of this man seen here were truly Revolutionary
Time's up! The correct answer was Karl Marx
ISLANDS
One of France's 26 regions, it doesn't count as an overseas one though it's 100 miles across the Mediterranean
Time's up! The correct answer was Corsica
SOCIOLOGY
Going from rags to riches is what sociologists call "social" this, specifically the "upward" type
Time's up! The correct answer was mobility
ROCK-Y
His innovations include multitrack recording, overdubbing & the solid-body electric guitar
Time's up! The correct answer was Les Paul
EUROPE
In 1917 the name of this castle that dates back to the 11th century was adopted by a royal house
Time's up! The correct answer was Windsor
SCIENTISTS
This naturalist wrote, "for my own part I would as soon be descended from that heroic little monkey"
Time's up! The correct answer was Darwin
BEN
Current events of 1751 included the appearance of Ben's scientific work "Experiments and Observations on" this
Time's up! The correct answer was "Electricity"
DRIVING
Do this if you love Jesus but don't do it just as the light turns green
Time's up! The correct answer was honk
HERE'S LUCY
Before playing Xena, she co-hosted the travel show "Air New Zealand Holiday"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lucy Lawless
FRUIT
This fuzzy fruit is also a slang term meaning inform against or betray
Time's up! The correct answer was peach
RHYME TIME
A quick, casual kiss on the nape
Time's up! The correct answer was a neck peck
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
FAMOUS SHIPS
On December 27, 1831 it departed Plymouth, England to map the coastline of South America
Time's up! The correct answer was the HMS Beagle
LITERARY FIRST LINES
1900: "Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies..."
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Wizard of Oz"
SPORTS
The new 23,500-seat U.S. Tennis Open Stadium is named for this star who died February 6, 1993
Time's up! The correct answer was Arthur Ashe
CliffsNotes
Con man checks into mental hospital to avoid prison farm, meets nasty nurse, doesn't check out
Time's up! The correct answer was "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
HOW INSPIRATIONAL
When your prom date leaves the dance without you, recall the proverb, this "heals all wounds"
Time's up! The correct answer was time
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
BIBLICAL WORDS & PHRASES
To "pass over" this river means to reach the promised land
Time's up! The correct answer was Jordan River
MEDICAL TALK
This term refers to the painful inflammation of any of the fibrous structures that connect muscles to bones
Time's up! The correct answer was tendinitis
EXPLORERS
Tho he didn't find the Northwest Passage, this Frenchman established France's claim to Canada
Time's up! The correct answer was Jacques Cartier
THE FILM THAT ALMOST WAS
Will Smith turned down the lead in this futuristic 1999 flick, later saying of it, "Keanu was brilliant"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Matrix
SSSSSSSSNAKES!!!!!
There are king & Asian species of this "charming" snake seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was cobra
NICKNAMES
"Schnozzola"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Durante
THE TITANIC
2 of these towered over the deck & were used as flagpoles & to string the wireless aerial
Time's up! The correct answer was masts
BASEBALL HISTORY
2 of the 5 cities that had both National League & American League teams in 1903
Time's up! The correct answer was Boston, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis
'65
Strike up the band; this Christian organization turned 100 in June
Time's up! The correct answer was The Salvation Army
PLAYWRIGHTS
Born in 1799, this poet, novelist & playwright is to Russian literature what Shakespeare is to English literature
Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander Pushkin
ACTING PRESIDENTS ON TV
Mary McDonnell as Laura Roslin
Time's up! The correct answer was Battlestar Galactica
FIRE!
After a 1624 fire Christian IV replanned this Northern European city & renamed it Christiania
Time's up! The correct answer was Oslo
ALBUMS
Their 1999 CD "Californication" reunited guitarist John Frusciante with the group
Time's up! The correct answer was The Red Hot Chili Peppers
"SIDE" EFFECTS
Economists also know it as Reaganomics
Time's up! The correct answer was supply-side economics
WANT ADS
Walk the Max Planck! We're Stephen Hawking a new position to be this type of scientist, like those guys
Time's up! The correct answer was physicist
NURSERY RHYMES
While "January brings the snow", "may brings flocks of pretty" these, "skipping by their fleecy dams"
Time's up! The correct answer was lambs
A TRIP TO OUTER SPACE
This planet's famous rings were first seen by the Italian scientist Galileo in 1610
Time's up! The correct answer was Saturn
MOVIE MUSIC
She sings "Cry" & "Only Hope" on the soundtrack of her movie "A Walk to Remember"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mandy Moore
HOMETOWNS
Ingrid Bergman
Time's up! The correct answer was Stockholm
NO. 3 SONGS
No. 3 Simon & Garfunkel hit that ends, "And an island never cries"
Time's up! The correct answer was "I Am a Rock"
THE 1930s
This longtime anchor of the CBS Evening News became a UPI correspondent in 1939
Time's up! The correct answer was Walter Cronkite
GREAT DAMES
This Maori diva from New Zealand sang with Nelson Riddle and at Prince Charles's wedding
Time's up! The correct answer was Kiri Te Kanawa
THE EVOLUTIONARY WAR
A 1981 Arkansas law called for balanced teaching of evolution & this opposite type of "science"
Time's up! The correct answer was creationism
BLARNEY
For peat sake, you should know this word for wet, spongy ground
Time's up! The correct answer was a bog
LETTER MEN
He's the taller of the two gentlemen in the photo seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was P.T. Barnum
PEN NAMES
Pseudonym of the mysterious recluse who wrote "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"
Time's up! The correct answer was B. Traven
LET'S HAVE ITALIAN TONIGHT!
About 635 violins still exist among the 1,100 instruments this 17th century man constructed
Time's up! The correct answer was Stradivarius
RELIGION
Founded by & named for a Persian prophet, this religion flourished during Persia's Achaemenian empire
Time's up! The correct answer was Zoroastrianism
COMPANIES
This chain with a month as its name has acquired stores like Kaufmann's in Pittsburgh & Robinson's in L.A.
Time's up! The correct answer was May Company
NORM!
Think positively! You'll know this man who wrote the newspaper column "Confident Living"
Time's up! The correct answer was Peale
A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS
Wayne State, Kalamazoo College, Madonna University (it's Franciscan Catholic, not Material Girl)
Time's up! The correct answer was Michigan
WESTERNS
It's the type of transport in the title of John Wayne's 1939 breakout film
Time's up! The correct answer was a stagecoach
LITERARY ANIMALS
Cottontail & these 2 "went down the lane to gather blackberries" in "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"
Time's up! The correct answer was Flopsy & Mopsy
BIBLICAL QUOTES
This disciple wouldn't believe Jesus' resurrection until he saw "in his hands the print of the nails"
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas
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
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
GENERAL SCIENCE
The time it takes for 50% of the atoms to decay in a radioactive substance is called this
Time's up! The correct answer was Half-life
FEMALE ATHLETES
A student at Great Neck North High School, she's the golden girl of the ice seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Sarah Hughes
THE CAT
When a lioness & one of these mate, they produce a leopon
Time's up! The correct answer was Leopard
CARTOONS
This "Funnie" middle school student got his first movie in March 1999
Time's up! The correct answer was Doug
PAINTERS
His "Potato Eaters" was inspired by the time he spent as a missionary in the coal-mining region of Belgium in his mid-20s
Time's up! The correct answer was Van Gogh
AMERICAN HISTORY
This political party founded around 1789 stood for a strong central government
Time's up! The correct answer was the Federalists
THEATRE
The 1996 musical "Play On!" gets its title from the first line of this Shakespeare play, on which it is based
Time's up! The correct answer was "Twelfth Night"
LETTER MEN
He's the taller of the two gentlemen in the photo seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was P.T. Barnum
THE BIBLE
Adam & Eve sewed leaves of this tree "together, and made themselves aprons"
Time's up! The correct answer was the fig tree
21st CENTURY MUSIC
"Ordinary People" singer John Stephens took on this last name, the stuff that myths are made of
Time's up! The correct answer was Legend
COMPOUND WORDS
Lunar term meaning mentally deranged or dreamily romantic
Time's up! The correct answer was moonstruck
SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD
Meet me in the library for a liaison at your liesure
Time's up! The correct answer was leisure
AMERICAN HISTORY
In December 1974 this former New York governor was sworn in as Vice President
Time's up! The correct answer was Rockefeller
DIRECTED BUT DID NOT STAR
"Apollo 13" (1995)
Time's up! The correct answer was Ron Howard
WORLD AUTHORS
While at University College, Dublin, he wrote the essay "The Day of the Rabblement", attacking the Irish Literary Theatre
Time's up! The correct answer was James Joyce
GEOGRAPHY
The western portion of the Baltic island of Usedom belongs to Germany; the eastern, to this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Poland
CARDS & DICE
Instead of pips, poker dice have 6 card values on them that run 9 through this
Time's up! The correct answer was Ace
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
BREAKFAST CEREALS
If you pour it just right, you'll have "26 tasty little letters in every bowl" of this Post cereal
Time's up! The correct answer was Alpha-bits
TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY
In 1921 Edith Wharton became the first woman to win the Fiction prize named for this news publisher
Time's up! The correct answer was Pulitzer
TIMELESS TV
In 1948 Douglas Edwards became the first anchor of this network's Evening News
Time's up! The correct answer was CBS
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
Lewis, Tarkanian, Springer
Time's up! The correct answer was Jerry
"LESS" IS MORE
It's Southwest Airlines' name for the paper-free type of travel it introduced on all routes in January 1995
Time's up! The correct answer was Ticketless
ROCK OF STAGES
"Smokey Joe's Cafe" features "Hound Dog" & other songs written by Jerry Lieber & him
Time's up! The correct answer was Mike Stoller
BEGINS & ENDS WITH "T"
The name of this device used to stop bleeding may come from a French word for "turn"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tourniquet
BARTLETT'S PAIRS
The first of this French playwright's 2 quotes begins, "A great nose indicates a great man"
Time's up! The correct answer was Edmond Rostand
THAT'S MY LAW
Kepler's first law says that planetary orbits aren't circular but have this shape
Time's up! The correct answer was Elliptical
"LIGHT"s
Famous ones include Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini & Roberto "Hands of Stone" Duran
Time's up! The correct answer was lightweights
4-LETTER WORDS
It can be part of your foot, your shoe, your stocking or your loaf of bread
Time's up! The correct answer was Heel
DON'T BE A PAIN
Trigger point injections are used to treat this muscle contraction, from the Latin for "convulsion"
Time's up! The correct answer was a spasm
EPONYMS
The name of this Trojan prince who was killed by Achilles is now used as a verb meaning to bully
Time's up! The correct answer was Hector
PSYCHOLOGY
Founder of “individual psychology”, he broke with Freud in 1911
Time's up! The correct answer was Alfred Adler
THEATRE AROUND THE WORLD
The musical "Les Mis" didn't debut on Broadway but in this city, its setting
Time's up! The correct answer was Paris
20th CENTURY BALLET
Phillip Feeny's eerie music for the British ballet based on this spooky 19th C. novel is heard here
Time's up! The correct answer was Dracula
YOUTH IN ASIA
With songs like "Fly Away", rock star Cui Jian is one of the leading pop musicians from this Asian country
Time's up! The correct answer was China
SCIENCE & NATURE
The ARS, an agency of this U.S. government department, is looking to develop better bio-insecticides
Time's up! The correct answer was the Department of Agriculture
FATHER'S IN LAW
Father has rooms near the Court of Chancery in this state where half of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated
Time's up! The correct answer was Delaware
"GREEN" THINGS
Oh yes, this North Carolina city was the birthplace of O. Henry
Time's up! The correct answer was Greensboro
BRAND NAMES
It's "The Quicker Picker Upper"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bounty
MONEY SLANG
Cheap way off a rodeo bronco
Time's up! The correct answer was Buck
CALL OUT THE VOICE SQUAD
He voiced Puss In Boots in "Shrek 2"
Time's up! The correct answer was Antonio Banderas
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
AWARDS & HONORS
A trophy named for this author is awarded to anyone who breaks the record for sailing a yacht around the world
Time's up! The correct answer was Jules Verne
WORD ORIGINS
A Middle Eastern chieftain, this 4-letter term is from the Arabic for "commander"
Time's up! The correct answer was Emir
18th CENTURY AMERICANS
In "The Federalist" No. 51, this future president put forth an argument for the separation of powers
Time's up! The correct answer was James Madison
ALL ABOARD THE SOUL TRAIN
Oh yessssssss...he created the show & was the original producer & host
Time's up! The correct answer was Don Cornelius
FUNNY FOR NOTHIN'
This deadpan comic said, "I installed a skylight in my apartment... The people who live above me are furious"
Time's up! The correct answer was Steven Wright
WORLD WAR I
In 1917 Allied troops from this North American country stormed up Vimy Ridge in a legendary charge
Time's up! The correct answer was Canada
FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME
Mrs. Truman's frocks
Time's up! The correct answer was Bess's dresses
A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS
Antioch, Bowling Green, Kent State
Time's up! The correct answer was Ohio
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
ASSASSINS
Yigal Amir, a student at Bar-Ilan University, is serving a life sentence for assassinating this leader in 1995
Time's up! The correct answer was Rabin
AND I QUOTE
Type of quotations in the title of "Bartlett's"
Time's up! The correct answer was Familiar
SPORTS
In 1984 this quarterback became the first Boston College player to win the Heisman Trophy
Time's up! The correct answer was Doug Flutie
FOOD
Some say these dried treats are tastier made from seeded grapes than from seedless ones
Time's up! The correct answer was Raisins
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
It's been estimated that this planet contains about 70% of all the material in the solar system, excluding the sun
Time's up! The correct answer was Jupiter
BIRDS
The only birds in the family Trochilidae are these "hovercrafts"
Time's up! The correct answer was hummingbirds
BALLET
In a Tchaikovsky ballet, this title character is awakened with a kiss
Time's up! The correct answer was Sleeping Beauty
WHAT A CHARACTER!
Well, goll-ly! He left his job & home in Mayberry to join the Marine Corps
Time's up! The correct answer was Gomer Pyle
CROSSWORD CLUES "R"
A stuffed pasta pocket (7)
Time's up! The correct answer was a ravioli
NETWORK
"The Puzzle Place", "This Old House", "Frontline"
Time's up! The correct answer was PBS
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
4-LETTER FRIENDS
The first name of actress Sheedy, pronounced differently
Time's up! The correct answer was ally
AIN'T THAT "GRAND"
At 15 in 1991, Judit Polgar became the youngest person & one of the few women to attain this rank
Time's up! The correct answer was a grandmaster
THE SUMMER OLYMPICS
In 2004 the USA's Bryan Clay, with 8,820 points, took the silver in this 10-event contest
Time's up! The correct answer was the decathlon
BIBLICAL PEOPLE & PLACES
Ezra was the leader of the Jews who returned from this land, by whose waters they had sat down & wept
Time's up! The correct answer was Babylon
IRAQNOPHOBIA
Living mostly "whey" up north, they are Iraq's largest ethnic minority
Time's up! The correct answer was Kurds
THE 13th CENTURY
In 1215 a bloody incident on this city's Ponte Vecchio began a civil war between the Guelphs & Ghibellines
Time's up! The correct answer was Florence
POLITICAL TALK
According to the League of Women Voters, an "empty chair" one of these should be canceled
Time's up! The correct answer was debates
PRESIDENTS IN THE CABINET
Through skillful negotiation, Secretary of State Martin Van Buren got the U.S. this trade status with Turkey
Time's up! The correct answer was Most favored nation
WORDS OF LOVE
He concludes "The Divine Comedy" with "The love that moves the sun and the other stars"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dante
GET SMART
Choline may help adult brains grow; one of these breakfast items has about a third of your RDA--want an omelette?
Time's up! The correct answer was an egg
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
GEORGIAN ON MY MIND
Born in Athens, Georgia, she starred in "9 1/2 Weeks" & played Eminem's mom in "8 Mile"
Time's up! The correct answer was Kim Basinger
STARTS WITH "W"
It found no evidence of a conspiracy involving Oswald & Ruby
Time's up! The correct answer was the Warren Commission
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
FROM B TO C
A group of nations acting together, like the old Soviet one
Time's up! The correct answer was bloc
FROM THE GREEK
The name of this color comes from the Greek word porphyra
Time's up! The correct answer was purple
CROSSWORD CLUES "B"
It precedes dance, laugh or flop (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was belly
THRILLER
This author made a University of Virginia law professor the protagonist of his 2002 novel "The Summons"
Time's up! The correct answer was Grisham
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
When the earth is at perihelion, it is having its closest encounter with this
Time's up! The correct answer was the sun
FROM THE WELSH
Perhaps from the Welsh for "goblin", Elwood P. Dowd's Harvey was a famous one
Time's up! The correct answer was Pooka
HOW NOVEL
This Ayn Rand novel tells the story of architect Howard Roark & Dominique Francon, the woman he loves
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Fountainhead"
IN THE GOOD OLD SUMER TIME
Mythic Sumerian hero Utnapishtim built a big boat & survived this catastrophe
Time's up! The correct answer was The flood
"FOR" WORDS
Usually it's the last thing you're served in a Chinese restaurant
Time's up! The correct answer was a fortune cookie
HISTORIC NAMES
In 312, emboldened by the sight of a cross in the sky, this man defeated the Emperor Maxentius & seized Rome
Time's up! The correct answer was Constantine
HOMOPHONES
A negative vote, or a horse's whinny
Time's up! The correct answer was nay/neigh
BRAND-TASTIC
This yogurt brand is named for founder Isaac Carasso's son Daniel
Time's up! The correct answer was Dannon
SPORTS
This Florida-born women's great who retired in 1989 wrote the World Book Encyclopedia article on tennis
Time's up! The correct answer was Chris Evert
ANATOMY
The pons connects the 2 hemispheres of this part of the brain that regulates balance
Time's up! The correct answer was the cerebellum
THE NEXT BIBLE BOOK AFTER...
Genesis
Time's up! The correct answer was Exodus