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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
HOW INSPIRATIONAL
In 1903 Pope Pius X wrote, "Where justice is lacking there can be no hope of" this, pax in Latin
Time's up! The correct answer was peace
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
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
OCCUPATION HAZARDS
If this is you're job you'd be fired if this clue go t by you uncorected
Time's up! The correct answer was proofreader
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
The Houston ship channel flows into this bay that shares its name with a city
Time's up! The correct answer was Galveston Bay
TRAIN STATIONS
Sherlock Holmes often left London from this station that shares its name with a battle
Time's up! The correct answer was Waterloo Station
DRAMA
In a 1997 play Stacie Chaiken starred as Constance, wife of this "Earnest" author
Time's up! The correct answer was Oscar Wilde
HEADLINES
From the July 22, 1925 Knoxville Journal: This man "Declared Guilty"; "Bryan's Testimony Ordered Stricken"
Time's up! The correct answer was Scopes
MEDICINE
The name of this branch of pediatrics that deals with newborn infants literally means "newborn study"
Time's up! The correct answer was neonatal
GIRLS IN SONG
According to Frankie Laine, "If ever the devil was born without a pair of horns it was" this woman
Time's up! The correct answer was you, Jezebel, it was you
OLD VIRGINIA
In 1699 the capital of Virginia was moved from Jamestown to this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Williamsburg
I LOVE L.A. KERS
This flashy Lakers forward was nicknamed "Big Game" for his clutch playoff performances
Time's up! The correct answer was James Worthy
SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN
The daughter of Polonius
Time's up! The correct answer was Ophelia
QUEEN VICTORIA
Queen Victoria was said to be happiest at this "humble" Scottish home
Time's up! The correct answer was Balmoral Castle
RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME
Society of Friends' parcels of land
Time's up! The correct answer was Quakers' acres
THE CAT
It's the tailless cat variety from an island south of Scotland
Time's up! The correct answer was a manx
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
In 1811 this German family began its steel-making business by constructing a plant in Essen
Time's up! The correct answer was Krupp
"AD"JECTIVES
Fatty, like some "tissue"
Time's up! The correct answer was Adipose
HOME
On Oct. 19, 1999 this home & life improvement guru made a bundle after her IPO hit Wall Street
Time's up! The correct answer was Martha Stewart
5-LETTER CAPITALS
In 1809 one of the first revolts for independence in Latin America broke out in this Ecuadoran capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Quito
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
When the Russians owned Alaska, they referred to this tall peak as Bolshaya Gora
Time's up! The correct answer was Mt. McKinley
SHOTS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD
In 1994 this 45-year-old won the title with a 1-2 punch that sent Michael Moorer to Horizontal Land
Time's up! The correct answer was George Foreman
WORD ORIGINS
From the Latin for "much writing", it's another name for a lie detector test
Time's up! The correct answer was a polygraph
THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS
Legendary promoter who ran the Fillmore West in the Bay Area & the Fillmore East in NYC
Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Graham
ANATOMY
The layers of the skin are the epi-this, the this & the hypo-this
Time's up! The correct answer was the dermis
THE 14th CENTURY
The carol notwithstanding, a king with this "good" name had St. John of Nepomuk killed in 1393
Time's up! The correct answer was Wenceslas
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
HORNS
All species of this large land creature, whose name is from the Greek for "nose-horned", are nearly extinct
Time's up! The correct answer was Rhinoceros
BIOLOGY
This nucleic acid occurs in 3 forms: messenger, ribosomal & transfer
Time's up! The correct answer was RNA
MESOPOTAMIA
From the Assyrian for "height", this stepped structure was used as a temple by Mesopotamian cultures
Time's up! The correct answer was ziggurat
20th CENTURY NICKNAMES
Cinema's "Man of A Thousand Faces"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lon Chaney
LET'S TAKE A PEAK
Venezuela's highest peak is named for this man; there's a bronze bust of him at the summit
Time's up! The correct answer was Bolivar
DOWN MEXICO WAY
In 1986 Mexico scored as the first country to host this international sports competition twice
Time's up! The correct answer was the World Cup
BASEBALL
Though he's had 5 no-hitters & the most career strikeouts of any pitcher, he's never won the Cy Young Award
Time's up! The correct answer was Nolan Ryan
THE ONION HEADLINES FROM THE YEAR 2056
This country "Bombed Back into the Renaissance"
Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
HOLLYWOOD LEFTIES
This left-handed lady was positively "Bewitching" in a 2005 Nora Ephron film
Time's up! The correct answer was Nicole Kidman
SCIENTISTS
In 1633 this astronomer was found guilty of "vehement suspicion of heresy"
Time's up! The correct answer was Galileo
MAGAZINE FEATURES
Goings on About Town, The Talk of the Town, The Critics
Time's up! The correct answer was The New Yorker
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
MAGAZINES
In 1990, he became editor-in-chief of his late father's namesake business magazine
Time's up! The correct answer was Steve Forbes
CELEBRITY MARRIAGES
Of the original stars of "Mission: Impossible", the 2 who were married to each other
Time's up! The correct answer was Bain &Landau
ACTRESSES' FIRST FILMS
"The Outlaw"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jane Russell
"CAL" STATE
Using one of these instruments, a doctor can see just how thick-headed you are:
Time's up! The correct answer was Calipers
EPITAPHS & TRIBUTES
Signer of the Dec. of Indep., framer of the Constitution of Mass., second President of the United States
Time's up! The correct answer was John Adams
DUDE, YOU'RE A SONG!
"Trouble ahead, trouble behind, and you know that notion just crossed my mind" (Now we see who's the Deadhead)
Time's up! The correct answer was Casey Jones
THE CIA
The CIA's main rival for much of its existence was this Soviet counterpart
Time's up! The correct answer was KGB
ANATOMY
A ringlike muscle called the pyloric sphincter lies at the end of this, leading into the duodenum
Time's up! The correct answer was the stomach
HOMOPHONIC PAIRS
In a restaurant, it's a quartet's table request
Time's up! The correct answer was for four
NFL COACHES
In the 1990s Marv Levy led this team to 4 straight Super Bowl appearances
Time's up! The correct answer was the Buffalo Bills
20th CENTURY U.S. PRESIDENTS
This president shares his middle name with the name of a 1st C. Jewish theologian mentioned in the New Testament
Time's up! The correct answer was Warren Gamaliel Harding
POET'S GLOSSARY
This basic metrical unit of poetry sounds like a body part
Time's up! The correct answer was a foot
SHOES
Miranda, Spectator & D'Orsay are types of this slip-on women's shoe
Time's up! The correct answer was Pump
FILM FACTS
Roy Rogers sang "Buttons and Bows" with Bob Hope & Jane Russell in this sequel to "The Paleface"
Time's up! The correct answer was Son of Paleface
PLANT LIFE
Club, reindeer & Spanish are called this but botanically are not true this
Time's up! The correct answer was moss
DIARIES
Fittingly, Samuel Pepys began keeping his famous diary on this date in 1660
Time's up! The correct answer was 1-Jan
EARLY AMERICA
In "Of Plymouth Plantation", he wrote that there was so much disease "the living were scarce able to bury the dead"
Time's up! The correct answer was William Bradford
AN ARTHUR BEE
He followed Garfield as president
Time's up! The correct answer was Chester Arthur
BALLET
In a Tchaikovsky ballet, this title character is awakened with a kiss
Time's up! The correct answer was Sleeping Beauty
CLASSIC AD LINES
"The Power To Be Your Best"
Time's up! The correct answer was Apple Computer
THAT OLD "BLACK" MAGIC
Early in his career, Burt Reynolds played Quint Asper, one of these on "Gunsmoke"
Time's up! The correct answer was Blacksmith
ANIMAL RHYME TIME
An 18-wheeler used to get your porkers to market
Time's up! The correct answer was pig rig
OATS
While the terms are used interchangeably, groats are usually more coarsely ground than these
Time's up! The correct answer was Grits
1807
In September he was acquitted of treason against the U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was Aaron Burr
THE BIG APPLE
He was inaugurated for his second time as mayor of New York City January 1, 1998
Time's up! The correct answer was Rudolph Giuliani
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
NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY
With a flood control system, the Red River no longer flows into this river, just into the Atchafalaya
Time's up! The correct answer was the Mississippi
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
HOMETOWNS
Ingrid Bergman
Time's up! The correct answer was Stockholm
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
He pretty much stopped treating people after his parrot Polynesia taught him how to talk to animals
Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Dolittle
SEEING "RED"
Stephen Crane wrote, "He wished that he, too, had a wound," this
Time's up! The correct answer was A red badge of courage
CLOTHING WORDS
A score of 22-22, for instance
Time's up! The correct answer was tie
STRING THEORY 101
If you're emotionally dependent on mom, you're "tied to" these "strings"
Time's up! The correct answer was apron strings
THE OLD TESTAMENT
In the Book of Job, this name means "accuser", & that was his role in God's court
Time's up! The correct answer was Satan
BEFORE & AFTER
Louisa May Alcott & relationship guru John Gray collaborated on this book sequel
Time's up! The correct answer was Little Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus
LITERARY SISTERS
While in a cataleptic trance, Roderick's sister Madeline is buried alive in this Poe story
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Fall of the House of Usher"
THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID
In his 1918 poem "Prairie", he wrote, "I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes"
Time's up! The correct answer was Carl Sandburg
HEADLINES
From the Sept. 16, 1961 N.Y. Times: He "Dies in African Air Crash; Kennedy Going to U.N. in Succession Crisis"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dag Hammarskjold
HOW'S THE WEATHER?
High clouds may bring this type of damaging precipitation, especially to the "alley" for it in the Rockies
Time's up! The correct answer was hail
"X"-MEN
His dad Earl Little was an outspoken Baptist minister & supporter of black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey
Time's up! The correct answer was Malcolm X
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
In 1973 this then Memphis-based hotel chain opened its own university in Mississippi to train personnel
Time's up! The correct answer was Holiday Inn
YOU SHOULD BE IN A BALLET!
Your "Romeo and Juliet" will make everyone forget the 1965 triumph of Rudolf Nureyev & this partner
Time's up! The correct answer was Margot Fonteyn
MYTHICAL CREATURES
This bird was said to embalm the ashes of its predecessor & then fly to Heliopolis
Time's up! The correct answer was the phoenix
MEDICINE
Yes, she developed a scoring system in 1952 to aid in determining a newborn's health
Time's up! The correct answer was Virginia Apgar
FAMOUS NAMES
A grandson of Man O' War, he defeated his uncle in a famous matchup November 1, 1938
Time's up! The correct answer was Seabiscuit
PEN NAMES
Pseudonym of the mysterious recluse who wrote "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"
Time's up! The correct answer was B. Traven
MILITARY MATTERS
One-third of the Americans who made up the Abraham Lincoln Battalion were killed during this country's civil war
Time's up! The correct answer was Spain
WOOD & WIND
His play "Under Milk Wood", about the inhabitants of a Welsh seaside town, was published posthumously
Time's up! The correct answer was Dylan Thomas
REALLY BIG
Growing over 20 feet, it's the largest predatory fish
Time's up! The correct answer was Great White Shark
CANADIAN FOOTBALL
The Alouettes play their home games at Molson Stadium on the campus of this Montreal university
Time's up! The correct answer was McGill
LITERATURE
This Muriel Spark novel is set at the Marcia Blaine School For Girls in Edinburgh
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"
AIRLINE TRAVEL
In the seat pocket you'll find the catalog called "Sky" this, with must-haves like a solar-powered patio umbrella
Time's up! The correct answer was Mall
FOREIGN TRAVEL
Though its slangy name suggests it goes behind, wear this in front to guard your valuables against theft
Time's up! The correct answer was a fanny pack
BARD BITS
In "Henry VIII" this cardinal bids "a long farewell to all my greatness"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cardinal Wolsey
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Apnea is the temporary cessation of this
Time's up! The correct answer was breathing
DRESSING
In 1953 the Witty Brothers promoted the first suit made of this by having a model wear it for 67 straight days
Time's up! The correct answer was polyester
MOVIE CO-STARS
Meryl Streep & this actress were acclaimed for playing sisters in the 1996 film "Marvin's Room"
Time's up! The correct answer was Diane Keaton
BESTSELLERS
A vampire series by Kerrelyn Sparks is punningly titled "Love at" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Stake
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
PARISIANS
This saint taught at the University of Paris while working on "Summa Theologica" in the 13th century
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Thomas Aquinas
STRING THEORY 201
In certain string theories, you can get up to 26 of these; we're used to dealing with 4 of them, of which length is one
Time's up! The correct answer was dimensions
B.C. & AFTER
Period of time named for an alloy of copper & tin & the new water-bearing Zodiacal era
Time's up! The correct answer was the Bronze Age of Aquarius
SCIENCE & NATURE
In 2009 a new hominid skeleton dubbed Ardi was aged at 4.4 million years, predating this other "girly" find by 1 mil. years
Time's up! The correct answer was Lucy
BROADWAY LYRICS
"All I need is one more try, gotta get that kite to fly"
Time's up! The correct answer was You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
WHO IS THEON OF SMYRNA?
Theon's greatest work, available on Amazon.com, has mathematics useful for understanding this "Republic" author
Time's up! The correct answer was Plato
JULIA ROBERTS FILM FEST
In her first major role, Julia served up Italian food New England style in this movie
Time's up! The correct answer was Mystic Pizza
TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE WORD THAT RHYMES WITH STAR
Proverbial food storage container where your "hand is caught" when busted for taking a bribe
Time's up! The correct answer was the cookie jar
THE ASPCA
An ASPCA program begun in 1992 promotes the adoption of these dogs when they retire from racing
Time's up! The correct answer was Greyhounds
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
Washers & hoarders are types of people with OCD, which stands for this
Time's up! The correct answer was Obsessive compulsive disorder
THE VIRTUES
This virtue is also a name of a Rhode Island island & of prim, cautious women
Time's up! The correct answer was Prudence
4-LETTER FRIENDS
The first name of actress Sheedy, pronounced differently
Time's up! The correct answer was ally
ANATOMY
The term for the brain & spinal cord, often abbreviated CNS
Time's up! The correct answer was Central Nervous System
& HONEY
& Honey, it's May--we gotta call your mom in London for Mother's Day; don't forget it's this many hours ahead of N.Y. time
Time's up! The correct answer was five
WORLD "P"s
World Heritage sites in this nation include the Nasca Lines
Time's up! The correct answer was Peru
SPORTS OF THE FEMALE OLYMPIANS
Mohini Bhardwaj, Courtney Kupets & their 4 teammates
Time's up! The correct answer was gymnastics
WAR
During this 1967 war, Israeli troops under Moshe Dayan came within a stone's throw of Damascus, Syria
Time's up! The correct answer was the Six-Days War
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
LITERARY EPITAPHS
Devoted salesman & husband to Linda. "Attention must be paid."
Time's up! The correct answer was Willy Loman
ONE-WORD RHYMES
In Manhattan, going from Central Park to Chelsea is heading this way
Time's up! The correct answer was downtown
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
ROCK WITH YOU
This Jackson 5 (& later Mariah Carey) hit begins, "You & I must make a pact, we must bring salvation back..."
Time's up! The correct answer was "I'll Be There"
BIBLE BOOK BINDINGS
Losing ___ Washington
Time's up! The correct answer was Isiah
MONEY SLANG
Cheap way off a rodeo bronco
Time's up! The correct answer was Buck
SOUNDS THAT KITTIES MAKE
Starting around 1922, this phrase meant something excellent or desirable
Time's up! The correct answer was the cat's meow
BILL GATES' 50 BILLION
In this state where he lives, Bill could pay the governor's salary for 413,000 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington
HEADS OF STATE
In July 1994 this Jordanian king signed a peace agreement with Israel's prime minister Yitzhak Rabin
Time's up! The correct answer was King Hussein
A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS
Both pleasant & painful, as in a memory
Time's up! The correct answer was bittersweet
GOOSE...MOTHER GOOSE
Little boys are made of frogs & snails & these, eew...
Time's up! The correct answer was Puppy dog tails
BOTANY
To the horror of homeowners, this lawn weed, taraxacum officinale, can grow 1 1/2' high
Time's up! The correct answer was Dandelion
CANDY & GUM SLOGANS
"Gimme a Break, Gimme a Break, Break Me Off a Piece" of this candy bar
Time's up! The correct answer was Kit Kat
ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE
The Houses of Lancaster & York used different colored types of these flowers as their symbols
Time's up! The correct answer was Roses
BETTER KNOWN AS...
The New York Mets' William Hayward Wilson
Time's up! The correct answer was Mookie Wilson
SHAKESPEARE
In "King Lear", she poisons her sister Regan, then stabs herself
Time's up! The correct answer was Goneril
LANGUAGES
Of Inka, Dinka or Doo, an actual language spoken in southern Sudan
Time's up! The correct answer was Dinka
SALMON
The roe of the chum salmon is a popular source for the red variety of this
Time's up! The correct answer was caviar
COMPUTER JARGON
"Egosurfing" means searching the net for this
Time's up! The correct answer was your own name
MUSICAL THEATRE
In 1994 Brooke Shields made her Broadway debut as Betty Rizzo in this musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Grease
WORLD CITIES
This Sudanese capital lies on a narrow piece of land bounded by the White & Blue Nile Rivers
Time's up! The correct answer was Khartoum
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
In 1811 this German family began its steel-making business by constructing a plant in Essen
Time's up! The correct answer was Krupp
NO. 1 ALBUMS
"Forever Your Girl"
Time's up! The correct answer was Paula Abdul
PRESIDENTS IN THE CABINET
While Secretary of State from 1801 to 1809, he was president from 1809 to 1817
Time's up! The correct answer was James Madison
MAGAZINES
In 1953 Triangle Publications began publishing this media magazine...& boy was it successful!
Time's up! The correct answer was TV Guide
RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS
Right effort, right speech & right action are 3 parts of this noble Buddhist way
Time's up! The correct answer was Eightfold Path
POTPOURRI
VP Garret Hobart cast the deciding vote against independence for these formerly Spanish Pacific islands
Time's up! The correct answer was the Philippines
ARCHITECTURE
Many churches have a cruciform plan, which means they're shaped like one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Cross
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
INITIAL T.V.
This '60s police drama with Jack Warden was missing the "blue" of the series that began in 1993
Time's up! The correct answer was N.Y.P.D.
"I" LADS
Czar at 17, he was famous for extraordinary sadism & cruelty, even as a boy
Time's up! The correct answer was Ivan the Terrible
PULL
You "pull a few" of these to get a favor done
Time's up! The correct answer was Strings
QUEEN VICTORIA
Victoria found this poet laureate's "In Memoriam" a great comfort in her widowhood
Time's up! The correct answer was Alfred Lord Tennyson
FOREIGN TRAVEL
Though its slangy name suggests it goes behind, wear this in front to guard your valuables against theft
Time's up! The correct answer was a fanny pack
"E" CHANNEL
Alexander Pope once cracked, "The vulgar boil, the learned roast" one of these, maybe for breakfast
Time's up! The correct answer was an egg
DRIVING
In September 2000, Congress held hearings on this company's product found on Fords
Time's up! The correct answer was Firestone
NIGHT WATCH
The schedule is TBD, but if you head way up north in March or Sept., you can probably catch this big light show
Time's up! The correct answer was Aurora borealis
IT'S GREEK MYTHOLOGY TO ME
This underworld kingpin had a helmet that made him invisible; after all, his name means "the unseen"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hades
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
The Houston ship channel flows into this bay that shares its name with a city
Time's up! The correct answer was Galveston Bay
THE "I"s HAVE IT
From the Latin for "to overhang", it means "likely to happen at any moment"
Time's up! The correct answer was Imminent
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC "B"
This city that served as capital of a united Germany in 1871 became the capital of a reunited Germayny in 1990
Time's up! The correct answer was Berlin
THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE
James Sumner & Henry Spurrier founded the company that became "British" this, owner of Jaguar
Time's up! The correct answer was British Leyland
HORNS
South America's southernmost point, its rocky terrain rises to a height of 1,391 feet
Time's up! The correct answer was Cape Horn
MR. OR MS. WILLIAMS
The aquatic Mrs. Fernando Lamas
Time's up! The correct answer was Esther Williams
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
In 1937 this Malibu, Calif. university was established by & named for the founder of Western Auto Supply Company
Time's up! The correct answer was Pepperdine
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
BIRD HUNTING
The stars of the movie "Network" include Faye Dunaway, Beatrice Straight & Peter Finch
Time's up! The correct answer was a finch
FEELING "ANCY"
The three members of our staff, seen here, are all in this condition
Time's up! The correct answer was Pregnancy
TRANSLATION EXERCISES
Polish to Latin: "Bog", a divine word
Time's up! The correct answer was deus
CHOPIN
Every piece Chopin composed was for or included this instrument
Time's up! The correct answer was Piano
MEASURING DEVICES
The energy from this is measured by a pyrheliometer
Time's up! The correct answer was the Sun
RUSSIAN LITERATURE
Lev Rubin in this Soviet dissident's "The First Circle" was based on 1960s Russian civil rights figure Lev Kopelev
Time's up! The correct answer was Solzhenitsyn
"CAR" PARK
Title of Oliver Goldsmith's title man "of Wakefield"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Vicar
GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP
Mike Bossy & Alexander Mogilny have won the Lady Byng Trophy for gentlemanly conduct in this sport
Time's up! The correct answer was hockey
NOVELISTS
This novelist's youthful voyages provided the basis for such works as "Lord Jim" & "Typhoon"
Time's up! The correct answer was Conrad
LET'S BOUNCE
This verb for bouncing a basketball sounds like you're slobbering
Time's up! The correct answer was dribbling
CLASSIC STAR TREK
From the Old Germanic for "legs", it's Dr. McCoy's nickname
Time's up! The correct answer was "Bones"
THE CRUCIBLE
This element, Pt, is used in crucibles & tongs because of its inertness & high fusing point
Time's up! The correct answer was platinum
DUDE, YOU'RE A SONG!
"There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood, where lived a country boy named..."
Time's up! The correct answer was Johnny B. Goode
KNOWLEDGE BY THE NUMBERS
Number of males who served as British PM in the 1990s plus Oscars won by Tom Hanks plus protons in a helium nucleus
Time's up! The correct answer was 6
FOOD CHAIN
In 1979 this chain introduced its Happy Meal
Time's up! The correct answer was McDonald's
TV MOVIES
He played Tony Starr in "Copacabana", which was based on his own hit record
Time's up! The correct answer was Barry Manilow
BRAND NAMES
It's the rhyming name of a brand of pretzels made by Frito-Lay
Time's up! The correct answer was Rold Gold
SCIENCE & NATURE
This innermost & larger of Mars' 2 moons orbits the planet every 7.65 hours
Time's up! The correct answer was Phobos
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Objects that pass closer to the sun than Mercury have been named for this mythological figure
Time's up! The correct answer was Icarus
BOOK NAMES
Nietzsche: "Thus Spoke ____"
Time's up! The correct answer was Zarathustra
FROM B TO C
Pertaining to an inflamed swelling of a lymph node, all too common in the 14th century
Time's up! The correct answer was bubonic
BROADWAY TEENS
[clue missing because of technical glitch]
Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Frank
SHIPS
The flagship of Oliver Hazard Perry was named for this captain who said, "Don't give up the ship"
Time's up! The correct answer was James Lawrence
WHAM-O
In 1997 Wham-O introduced a Max Flight version of this 1950s sensation that flew farther & was easy to catch
Time's up! The correct answer was the Frisbee
THEY ALSO RAN
He played the CIA chief in "No Way Out" & represented Tennessee in the U.S. Senate
Time's up! The correct answer was Fred Thompson
SOUNDS THAT KITTIES MAKE
Starting around 1922, this phrase meant something excellent or desirable
Time's up! The correct answer was the cat's meow
ISRAEL
Sde Boker, one of these cooperative communities, was the retirement home of first prime minister David Ben-Gurion
Time's up! The correct answer was kibbutz
SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE
In Wexford County, 5 miles north-northwest of Cadillac
Time's up! The correct answer was Michigan
LISA
She's played Phoebe Buffay on one primetime series & Phoebe's twin sister Ursula on another
Time's up! The correct answer was Lisa Kudrow
SEAQUEST
Despite this name, it's really the world's largest lake
Time's up! The correct answer was Caspian Sea
"TRI" HARDER
The French flag
Time's up! The correct answer was Tricolor
COMPOUND WORDS
A student's may be 3-ring or spiral bound
Time's up! The correct answer was a notebook
BOOKS & AUTHORS
President Reagan called this man's first novel "The Hunt for Red October" the "perfect yarn"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Clancy
COUNTIES BY STATE
Baca, Bent, Boulder
Time's up! The correct answer was Colorado
SCIENCE & NATURE
Every summer thousands of these animals go to the Pribilof Islands in the north Pacific to breed
Time's up! The correct answer was Seals
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE COMPANIES
It has a Supercenter on South 9th St. in Salina, Kansas
Time's up! The correct answer was Walmart
ANATOMY
The human body has 3 types of these: skeletal, smooth & cardiac, a combination of skeletal & smooth
Time's up! The correct answer was muscles
BROADWAY
The Phantom of the Opera wears a partial one of these on his face, probably because a full one is hard to sing through
Time's up! The correct answer was mask
ANIMAL GROUPS
This term for a group of elk also applies to sharks (the ones in "West Side Story")
Time's up! The correct answer was Gang
MUSICAL BY CHARACTERS
Emile de Becque & Ensign Nellie Forbush
Time's up! The correct answer was South Pacific
STATES' FORMER CAPITALS
Wheeling
Time's up! The correct answer was West Virginia
CROSSWORD CLUES "R"
Boat race, Italian style (7)
Time's up! The correct answer was regatta
MICHAEL JACKSON HITS IN OTHER WORDS
1987: "Naughty"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Bad"
MS.
Joan Benoit was 1st to win this Olympic event, finally offered for women in ‘84
Time's up! The correct answer was marathon
FLOWERS
In song, Colorado is where these bluish & white state flowers grow
Time's up! The correct answer was the Rocky Mountain columbines
IRAQNOPHOBIA
The ancient Greeks gave the area between the Tigris & Euphrates this name, which means "between rivers"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mesopotamia
PIANO KEYS
They're adjacent on the keyboard as well as in an abbreviation for a popular format of recorded music
Time's up! The correct answer was C & D
THE NEW TESTAMENT
In Luke he is quoted as saying, "I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pilate
GREEK LIFE
98% of Greece's population belongs to this church
Time's up! The correct answer was Greek
TIME TO "EAT"
A spike on the bottom of an athletic shoe
Time's up! The correct answer was a cleat
SPORTS EQUIPMENT
Until 1954 major league players could leave these on the field when it was their team's turn to bat
Time's up! The correct answer was Gloves
MIDDLE INITIAL C.
This father of Andrew Wyeth illustrated more than 20 juvenile classics, including "Treasure Island"
Time's up! The correct answer was N.C. Wyeth
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
WANT ADS
They're out there! We need you to go get 'em! Channel your inner Boba Fett or "Dog" Chapman in this 2-word job
Time's up! The correct answer was a bounty hunter
"GREEN" THINGS
After protecting this territory during WWII, the U.S. offered to buy it, but Denmark refused
Time's up! The correct answer was Greenland
CINEMA OF "BLOOD"
Leonardo DiCaprio's African jewel smuggler gains a conscience in this film
Time's up! The correct answer was Blood Diamond
20th CENTURY ARTISTS
This Belgian's "Mysteries Of The Horizon" shows 3 men in bowler hats; a sliver of moon hangs above each of them
Time's up! The correct answer was Magritte
BEFORE & AFTER
Van Gogh's 1889 painting of director George Romero's 1968 zombie film classic
Time's up! The correct answer was Starry Night of the Living Dead
STATE SUPERLATIVES
A valley at 282 feet below sea level in this state is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere
Time's up! The correct answer was California
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
The pair's lyricist
Time's up! The correct answer was Hammerstein
PEOPLE
Evicted from his Oregon ashram, he now lives in Bombay & is called "Zorba The Buddha"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
WHAT COLOR IS GREEN?
This American political party that formed in 1874 favored an increase in paper currency
Time's up! The correct answer was the Greenback Party
TECHNOLOGY
"PPI" stands for this.
vital copper
Pixels per inch
leaden abyssBOT
@vital copper guessed it! The answer was: Pixels Per Inch
WORLD FACTS
Discovered by David Livingstone, Botswana's Lake Ngami lies in the northern part of this desert
Time's up! The correct answer was Kalahari Desert
"J" WHIZ
This 1847 novel takes place mainly at Lowood Orphan Asylum & Thornfield Hall
Time's up! The correct answer was "Jane Eyre"
WORLD CITIES
This Cairo suburb, near the Pyramids, is home to most of Egypt's motion picture industry
Time's up! The correct answer was Giza
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
WORLD CAPITALS
Until 1918 & the collapse of the dynasty, it was home base for the Hapsburgs
Time's up! The correct answer was Vienna
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
AIRPORT CODES
BRU
Time's up! The correct answer was Brussels
"X", "Y", "Z"
It's a kind of striped mussel as well as a striped equine
Time's up! The correct answer was a zebra
YOU'RE UNDER A "REST"
A braced framework for carrying a railroad over a chasm
Time's up! The correct answer was a trestle
LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"
The university environment
Time's up! The correct answer was academia
THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID
After her election, this British prime minister said that she owed "everything to my father"
Time's up! The correct answer was Margaret Thatcher
INSECTS
Largest North American wasp, it hunts tarantulas like a bird of prey
Time's up! The correct answer was the tarantula hawk
KNOTS TO YOU
From the Turkish for "napkin", it's the art which creates decorative items by knotting cord, rope or string
Time's up! The correct answer was Macrame
THE GIANTS
"Giants in the Earth" is Ole Rolvaag's novel about immigrants from this country adjusting to life on the prairie
Time's up! The correct answer was Norway
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
"KNIFE", "FORK" OR "SPOON"
A diver bends in midair to touch the toes before entering the water in this dive
Time's up! The correct answer was Jackknife
AT THE MOVIES
2002: A young Maori girl defies tradition & mounts a cetacean
Time's up! The correct answer was Whale Rider
CELEBRITIES' MIDDLE NAMES
Author Hawthorne would approve of this middle name of Ralph Fiennes
Time's up! The correct answer was Nathaniel
SECRET MENUS
Have it your way at this chain & order a Mustard Whopper, which substitutes the yellow stuff for mayo
Time's up! The correct answer was Burger King
LOVE POETRY
The immortal 6 words that begin Lee Bernstein's opus sung on "Barney & Friends" to the tune of "This Old Man"
Time's up! The correct answer was I love you; you love me
TURNING 40 IN '98
This pitcher's "Orel" history continued in '98 with a new team, the Giants
Time's up! The correct answer was Orel Hershiser
EDGAR ALLAN POE-POURRI
In the world's first detective story, C. Auguste Dupin solves the title crimes in "The Murders" here
Time's up! The correct answer was the Rue Morgue
FEELING "ANCY"
Loitering in a town & not having any visible means of support, you may get picked up for it
Time's up! The correct answer was Vagrancy
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES
"The Schoolmaster in Politics"
Time's up! The correct answer was Woodrow Wilson
NO. 1 QUESTIONS
In a 1995 No. 1, Bryan Adams wanted to know if you'd ever really done this
Time's up! The correct answer was loved a woman
TEENS IN HISTORY
In 1468 this teen was recognized as heiress to the throne of Castile
Time's up! The correct answer was Queen Isabella
EPONYMS
This 2-word term for a skeptic refers to one of Jesus' apostles
Time's up! The correct answer was a doubting Thomas
EXPIRATION DATES
May 13, 1884: This inventor did not fear the (mechanical) reaper
Time's up! The correct answer was Cyrus McCormick
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
PARTY OF "FIVE"
Stalin launched the first of these in 1928
Time's up! The correct answer was Five Year Plan
BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE
Name a girl this after the "Merchant of Venice" heroine & she'll probably grow up to like fast sports cars
Time's up! The correct answer was Portia
RELIGION
The A.M.E. in A.M.E. Church stands for African Methodist this
Time's up! The correct answer was Episcopal
THE ASPCA
The ASPCA helped stop Iowa legislators from legalizing hunting of the mourning type of this
Time's up! The correct answer was Dove
WEATHER WORLD
In Venezuela, this "season" is from April to October; in the mountains of Peru, from November to March
Time's up! The correct answer was rainy season
SOME MORE SIMIAN CINEMA
It's the island where Fay Wray first encountered King Kong; to think of its name, use your "head"
Time's up! The correct answer was Skull Island
DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB
He gave up his cushy European royalty job to become emperor of Mexico, & was executed there in 1867
Time's up! The correct answer was Maximillian
PARLEZ VOUS?
If your mate from Marseilles says he's getting to LAX via "Sud-Ouest", pick him up at this carrier
Time's up! The correct answer was Southwest
WEATHER
Tornadoes that develop over water are called these
Time's up! The correct answer was Waterspouts
MEDICINE
Symbolized Ba, this element is put in your body, one way or another, to be seen on X-rays
Time's up! The correct answer was barium
HEADLINES
From the July 22, 1925 Knoxville Journal: This man "Declared Guilty"; "Bryan's Testimony Ordered Stricken"
Time's up! The correct answer was Scopes
WORDS OF LOVE
Virgil's "omnia vincit amor" is translated as this
Time's up! The correct answer was love conquers all
MANY IRONS
Bruce Dickinson was the lead singer of this British heavy metal band
Time's up! The correct answer was Iron Maiden
BROADWAY LYRICS
"Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets, and little man, little Lola wants you"
Time's up! The correct answer was Damn Yankees
LONG WORDS
Among bodily noises, hiccup & burp are this type of word that imitates sound
Time's up! The correct answer was an onomatopoeia
WORD ORIGINS
Originally a brand applied to slaves & criminals, it has come to mean a mark of disgrace
Time's up! The correct answer was a stigma
19th CENTURY LITERATURE
Ydgrun is a goddess worshipped by residents of this Samuel Butler country
Time's up! The correct answer was Erewhon
COMIC STRIPS
Aaugh! This comic strip character was torn between a summer camp flame named Peggy Jean & the little red-haired girl
Time's up! The correct answer was Charlie Brown
3-LETTER WORDS
A small demon, or a mischievous child (who might be a little demon!)
Time's up! The correct answer was imp
LET'S HIT IT
This word seen on doors is what a right-handed batter does when he hits the ball to left field
Time's up! The correct answer was pull
COMPUTER TERMS
It can mean any computer used by an individual, or an IBM-type machine as opposed to a Mac
Time's up! The correct answer was a P.C.
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
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
U.N. SECRETARIES-GENERAL
This Oslo-born secretary-general served in the Norwegian government in exile during WWII
Time's up! The correct answer was Trygve Lie
BERRIES
It's "hound"ed by its resemblance to the blueberry, but it has fewer seeds
Time's up! The correct answer was Huckleberry
TAKE A GUESS
Gwilym is the Welsh form of this name that's been popular in England for centuries
Time's up! The correct answer was William
YOU'RE UNDER A "REST"
Eastern European capital city of more than 2.2 million
Time's up! The correct answer was Bucharest
HOME
There are 2 types of these safety devices, photoelectric & ionization
Time's up! The correct answer was Smoke detectors
POETS
For much of the winter of 1794-95, he served as acting supervisor for Dumfries, Scotland
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Burns
COMPOSERS
In 1810, the same year as Schumann, this Polish pianist & composer was born
Time's up! The correct answer was Chopin
MOVIE SONGS
1985: "We Don't Need Another Hero"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
PHYSICS
The term horsepower came about when James Watt compared work done by a horse to work done by this
Time's up! The correct answer was steam engine
PHILMOGRAPHIES
"Buster", "Hook", "The Genesis Concert Movie"
Time's up! The correct answer was Phil Collins
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
...& THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON!
In the 17th century this type of wild horse numbered between 2 & 4 mil.; today, only about 20,000 remain, mostly in the West
Time's up! The correct answer was mustangs
ROCK MUSIC
His "Doggystyle" CD was the first debut album ever to enter the Billboard charts at No. 1
Time's up! The correct answer was Snoop Doggy Dogg
THE SPOOKY & THE MYSTERIOUS
Thousands of years ago this legendary lost continent is believed by some to have vanished beneath the waves
Time's up! The correct answer was Atlantis
ALSO A BOOK IN THE BIBLE
Hey, this, don't be "obscure"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jude
"O" YOU ANIMAL!
It "coughs" out sediment by clapping its shell shut
Time's up! The correct answer was Oyster
HOLIDAYS
Until 1752, the 13 colonies observed Annunciation Day, the 25th of this month, as new year's
Time's up! The correct answer was March
REAL ESTATE
Real estate owned with no claims on it is said to be "free and" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Clear
ORGANIZED LABOR
In 1978 legislation raised the mandatory retirement age to this
Time's up! The correct answer was seventy
OSCAR NIGHT 2003
Chris Cooper won his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his work in this film seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Adaptation
"TEEN" SCENE
Numerically speaking, read up on "Fun Stuff", "Fashion", "Health" & "Stars" at this magazine.com
Time's up! The correct answer was seventeen.com
THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN
The 3-word Latin phrase yelled out by John Wilkes Booth while making his escape
Time's up! The correct answer was sic semper tyrannis
POLITICAL TALK
Lincoln once said not to "swap" these "while crossing a stream"
Time's up! The correct answer was horses
LET'S HIT IT
Hit this paper mache container, Spanish for "jug", if you want candy and small gifts
Time's up! The correct answer was pinata
BOB DYLAN CHRONICLES
"I got a head full of ideas that are drivin' me insane. It's a shame the way she makes me scrub the floor"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Maggie's Farm"
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
___ OG
Hey, "don't just sit there like a bump on" one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a log
FETAL ATTRACTION
Even at birth the skull isn't fully fused, leaving these, also called "soft spots"
Time's up! The correct answer was Fontenelles
ANY FIRST WORDS?
An adjective meaning "first", or a letter like "F" in F. Murray Abraham
Time's up! The correct answer was an initial
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
THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
To oversimplify, it's a really big hole in the ground in Arizona--1 mile deep & 277 river miles long
Time's up! The correct answer was the Grand Canyon
CROSSWORD CLUES "R"
Boat race, Italian style (7)
Time's up! The correct answer was regatta
THE "BUTLER" DID IT
A former Dodger outfielder & TV's "Grace Under Fire" both go by this name
Time's up! The correct answer was Brett Butler
RUBY
On Feb. 29, 2004 she won an Oscar for playing a woman named Ruby
Time's up! The correct answer was Renée Zellweger
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
BATTLE TO NAME THE WAR
No one enjoyed the portions at Pork Chop Hill
Time's up! The correct answer was the Korean War
NBA HALL OF FAMERS
As a rookie in the 1980 NBA finals, this Michigan State alum played all 5 positions & scored 42 points in the final game
Time's up! The correct answer was Magic Johnson
FROM THE GREEK
From the Greek for "false name", it's a fictitious name used by an author
Time's up! The correct answer was a pseudonym
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
INVENTORS & INVENTIONS
Alexander Wood & Charles Pravaz are credited with developing this device in 1853 first used to inject morphine
Time's up! The correct answer was asyringe
NEEDY NO.1 HITMAKERS
1956: "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"
Time's up! The correct answer was Elvis
A DICKENSIAN NIGHTMARE
It's no "mystery" why John Jasper haunts me--his fingers have knives on them!
Time's up! The correct answer was The Mystery of Edwin Drood
TELEVISION
"Cosmetic" name of the magazine that's the focus of "Just Shoot Me", or what its racier episodes may make you do
Time's up! The correct answer was Blush
"PH"UN WORDS
For many years Andre Previn conducted one
Time's up! The correct answer was Philharmonic
NAME THE AUTOMAKER
Corniche & Silver Shadow
Time's up! The correct answer was Rolls-Royce
NEWMAN'S OWN
Newman played Irish mob boss John Rooney in Depression-era Chicago in this 2002 film
Time's up! The correct answer was Road to Perdition
TREES
Hindu for “trader” this unusual tree whose branches grow down can look like a mini-forest
Time's up! The correct answer was Banyan
HAVE A WHISKEY
This "Regal" brand assures us it's "Without Question the Best of the Scottish Blends"
Time's up! The correct answer was Chivas Regal
FLEMISH & DUTCH MASTERS
In 1632 this court painter to England's Charles I & Queen Henrietta Maria was knighted
Time's up! The correct answer was Anthony van Dyck
IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING
This rock band sang, "We are the sultans of swing"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dire Straits
1933
On February 15 this president-elect survived an assassination attempt by Giuseppe Zangara
Time's up! The correct answer was Franklin D. Roosevelt
TRIALS OF THE CENTURY
Evidence of this man's guilt in a famous 1935 kidnapping case included finding ransom money at his house
Time's up! The correct answer was Bruno Hauptmann
THE EVOLUTION OF "M"USIC
1974's "Mandy" was his first Top 40 hit--& it reached No.1
Time's up! The correct answer was Barry Manilow
BIBLICAL WORDS & PHRASES
To "pass over" this river means to reach the promised land
Time's up! The correct answer was Jordan River
GONE TOMORROW?
The Hine's emerald species of this insect has a wingspan that can reach about 3.5 inches
Time's up! The correct answer was a dragonfly
COLORFUL GROUPS
They "Wish You Were Here": ____ Floyd
Time's up! The correct answer was Pink
BALLET
The School of American Ballet is the official school of this major metropolitan ballet company
Time's up! The correct answer was New York
SPORTS LEGENDS
Barry Bonds, among others, is currently trying to break this man's home run record of 755
Time's up! The correct answer was Hank Aaron
WHAT THE KIDS ARE CALLING IT
A sports team member who sees many women at once fits 2 definitions of this word
Time's up! The correct answer was Player
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
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
Smooth move in a bridge game (7)
Time's up! The correct answer was finesse
FIRST NOVELS
His first novel, "The Town And The City", might be good to read while you're "On The Road"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack Kerouac
THE ICU
3-letter abbreviation for the ICU machine seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was EKG
NONFICTION PEOPLE
"The Corsican" is a diary of his life "In His Own Words"
Time's up! The correct answer was Napoleon
THE LAST POPE OF THIS NAME
There have been more popes of this name than any other, but the last, number XXIII, was more than 40 years ago
Time's up! The correct answer was John
BUSINESS LEADERS
In 1886 he started his first successful business, the Lancaster Caramel Co.; the chocolate came later
Time's up! The correct answer was Hershey
"L.B."s
Herbie, the endearing Volkswagen in a classic Disney film
Time's up! The correct answer was The Love Bug
SEXPERTISE
P.D. James, G.K. Chesterton, A.A. Milne
Time's up! The correct answer was P.D. James
BARD BITS
In "Henry VIII" this cardinal bids "a long farewell to all my greatness"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cardinal Wolsey
TITLE 9
Daniel Okrent: "Nine ___: The Anatomy of a Baseball Game"
Time's up! The correct answer was Innings
LICENSE PLATE MOTTOS
"Great Lakes Splendor"
Time's up! The correct answer was Michigan
LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"
San Diego County is estimated to have a million acres of this Spanish-named dense shrub growth
Time's up! The correct answer was chaparral
FROM T TO SHINING T
Proverbially, you can have one of these "in a teacup"
Time's up! The correct answer was a tempest
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
FRUIT
The Bartlett type of this fruit begins to ripen in summer; other varieties ripen later in the year
Time's up! The correct answer was Pears
"PIN" ME
Among dog breeds, this word follows miniature & Doberman
Time's up! The correct answer was Pinscher
THE GODFATHER
He was the royal godfather to the son of French playwright Moliere
Time's up! The correct answer was King Louis XIV
POUR ME A STIFF ONE
Stolichanya, or stoli to its friends, is a brand of this
Time's up! The correct answer was vodka
BATTLE TO NAME THE WAR
Quebec &, a year later, Trenton
Time's up! The correct answer was the Revolutionary War
TV STARS
Taylor Negron plays nanny to these twins on "So Little Time"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Olsen twins
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
CAMERA
In 1986 Kodak left the instant camera business after a judge found it had violated this company's patents
Time's up! The correct answer was Polaroid
SCIENTISTS
This botanist was hailed as "The Wizard of Tuskegee"
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington Carver
ROCKS & MINERALS
Largest block ever found of it in U.S., 56 tons, was used for Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Time's up! The correct answer was marble
ROAMIN' THE WORLD
About two-thirds of this U.K. country's area is in its highlands & islands
Time's up! The correct answer was Scotland
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?
Appropriately, New Glasgow is in this Canadian province
Time's up! The correct answer was Nova Scotia
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
JUST PLANE GEOMETRY
To make this figure, put a looped string around 2 tacks, place a pencil tight against the string & draw
Time's up! The correct answer was an ellipse
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
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
SWEET!
Butter is an ingredient of this hard candy that has "butter" in its name; the rest of its name doesn't refer to whisky
Time's up! The correct answer was butterscotch
THE NEW TESTAMENT
In a letter to Corinth, Paul ranked this quality over faith & hope
Time's up! The correct answer was Charity
THE KILLERS
Bodyguards Satwant & Beant Singh killed this female leader of India in 1984
Time's up! The correct answer was Indira Gandhi
PEN NAMES
Pseudonym of the mysterious recluse who wrote "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"
Time's up! The correct answer was B. Traven
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Yeah, baby! Meaning "magnificent", this Texas-sounding name comes with certain "Powers"
Time's up! The correct answer was Austin
ESPN's TOP 10 ALL-TIME ATHLETES
No. 10: FB/LB for Columbia U. in the 1920s; MVP for the Yankees in '27 & '36; "Gibraltar in Cleats"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gehrig
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
In the painting seen here, Lincoln is reading this historic document that led to the end of slavery
Time's up! The correct answer was the Emancipation Proclamation
HOP ON POP CULTURE
Meadow's dad had her boyfriend Jackie whacked on this show; A.J. had a pretty rough time, too
Time's up! The correct answer was The Sopranos
ARTS & CRAFTS
In this craft, you may use corn husks for the core & raffia for the binder
Time's up! The correct answer was basket weaving
NUTRITION
The flavonoids in this may help prevent heart disease, so a "kiss" a day may keep the cardiologist away
Time's up! The correct answer was chocolate
NICKNAMES
"The Belle of Amherst"
Time's up! The correct answer was Emily Dickinson
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE MOVIES
George Lucas is planning a 3-part prequel to this 1977 film
Time's up! The correct answer was Star Wars
A LITERARY TOUR
Perhaps you'll draft your Nobel Prize acceptance speech at NYC's Algonquin Hotel, as this Mississippi man did in 1950
Time's up! The correct answer was Faulkner
CONVENTIONS
(Hi, I'm Paula Poundstone) I heard stories of Bob Dole in a towel at the 1996 Republican Convention in this California city
Time's up! The correct answer was San Diego
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
18th CENTURY AMERICA
These 85 essays arguing for adoption of the Constitution appeared between October 27, 1787 & May 28, 1788
Time's up! The correct answer was the Federalist Papers
"NEVER" AT THE MOVIES
Advice that's the title of a 1941 W.C. Fields film
Time's up! The correct answer was Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
BEFORE & AFTER
1980 scarefest in which mom & daughter switch bodies one day & are stalked by Jason at Camp Crystal Lake
Time's up! The correct answer was Freaky Friday the 13th
PASS THE CHOCOLATE
A 2007 study said that eating a little dark chocolate daily may reduce this, both systolic & diastolic
Time's up! The correct answer was blood pressure
DELAWARE
Sailing under a Dutch flag, this English navigator & explorer discovered Delaware in 1609
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry Hudson
ANAGRAMMED BIRDS
A holiday standard: key rut
Time's up! The correct answer was turkey
BORN IN THE WINDY CITY
In the film "Animal House", this Chicago native played wild & crazy "Bluto" Blutarsky
Time's up! The correct answer was John Belushi
1800
This vulcanization inventor was born a bouncing baby boy in 1800
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Goodyear
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME
Elizabeth I reportedly whitened this with a mixture of eggshell, poppy seeds, borax & lead
Time's up! The correct answer was Her Complexion
CANADIAN CAPITALS
This Alberta capital is called the Gateway to the North
Time's up! The correct answer was Edmonton
THAT OLD TIME NEW WAVE MUSIC
You might think this Cars leader is married to supermodel Paulina Porizkova (& you'd be right)
Time's up! The correct answer was Ric Ocasek
NAME THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY
"Good-night, good-night! Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say good-night till it be morrow"
Time's up! The correct answer was Romeo and Juliet
JEWELRY
Josiah Wedgwood designed these jewelry pieces using a white paste relief on a colored backgorund
Time's up! The correct answer was Cameos
THAT'S BUSINESS
In 1997 Tyco International moved to this U.K. territory in the Atlantic for tax purposes
Time's up! The correct answer was Bermuda
EXPIRATION DATES
May 13, 1884: This inventor did not fear the (mechanical) reaper
Time's up! The correct answer was Cyrus McCormick
STRING THEORY 101
A 1942 big band hit was entitled "String Of" these
Time's up! The correct answer was "String Of Pearls"
SPIELBERG MOVIES
Spielberg directed segment 2 of this 1983 movie based on a creepy anthology series
Time's up! The correct answer was Twilight Zone
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
Charlie made 35 films in about a year at this Mack Sennett studio
Time's up! The correct answer was Keystone Studios
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
WHO'S THE MRS.?
Mrs. Maury Povich
Time's up! The correct answer was Connie Chung
I COULD USE SOME SELF-HELP!
That hair! Those shorts! Both are still around for this exercise guy known for his "Sweatin' to the Oldies"
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Simmons
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
CROSSWORD CLUES "J"
A joyful celebration (10)
Time's up! The correct answer was jubilation
U.S. STATES
Of Colorado, New Mexico or Arizona, the state where the Rio Grande begins
Time's up! The correct answer was Colorado
NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD
One of this country's major recreational areas is Vitosha National Park near Sofia
Time's up! The correct answer was Bulgaria
THE CAT
In Chinese lore this big cat, not the lion, was king of the beasts
Time's up! The correct answer was Tiger
OOH... A WISE GUY
Peachy thoughts from this uber philosopher include "God is Dead" & "Is Man only a blunder of God?"
Time's up! The correct answer was Nietzsche
"E" CHANNEL
This South American country does not border Brazil
Time's up! The correct answer was Ecuador
FOOD & DRINK
Thailand's best-known dish, it's stir-fried noodles, egg, bean sprouts, peanuts & seasonings
Time's up! The correct answer was pad thai
SYNONYMS
As a noun, it's a synonym for "flower", as a verb, it's to blossom or come into one's own
Time's up! The correct answer was bloom
MAGAZINES
In titles, this word follows Southern, Country & Martha Stewart
Time's up! The correct answer was Living
3-LETTER ABBREV.
Everyone has one: POV
Time's up! The correct answer was a point of view
ALL MY Xs
Maximum number of Xs that can appear on one bowler's score sheet in one game
Time's up! The correct answer was 12
NATIONS OF AFRICA
Milton Obote, no bargain either, ran this country before & after Idi Amin
Time's up! The correct answer was Uganda
L____O
The opposite of staccato, it's a direction to play music smoothly
Time's up! The correct answer was legato
RUSSIAN LITERATURE
This "Taras Bulba" author wrote his masterpiece "Dead Souls" while living in Rome
Time's up! The correct answer was Gogol
"COURT" BRIEFS
Law students try mock hypothetical legal cases in this kind of court
Time's up! The correct answer was moot court
KAN U SPEL BIZNESS?
Dessert topping (the part after "Reddi")
Time's up! The correct answer was W-I-P
LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L"
Delicious "Doone" damsel (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was Lorna
KNOTS TO YOU
Alexander the Great cut it with his sword after being told that whoever could undo it would rule Asia
Time's up! The correct answer was Gordian Knot
AIN'T THAT AMERICA
Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner" while in this state during the War of 1812
Time's up! The correct answer was Maryland
MUSIC/TELEVISION
Hey, now! Elvis Costello sold Hank Kingsley a lemon of a sports car on this HBO comedy
Time's up! The correct answer was The Larry Sanders Show
MOVIES
This was the nickname of the Irish man "who knew how to get things" in The Shawshank Redemption.
Time's up! The correct answer was Red
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
Cash, Depp
Time's up! The correct answer was Johnny
MYTHOLOGICAL PAIRS
Both a she-wolf & a woodpecker fed & cared for them until they were found by Faustulus
Time's up! The correct answer was Romulus & Remus
TOP 40 BONUS
"Soul Man"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Blues Brothers & Sam & Dave
BEFORE & AFTER
1980 scarefest in which mom & daughter switch bodies one day & are stalked by Jason at Camp Crystal Lake
Time's up! The correct answer was Freaky Friday the 13th
TURN OF THE CENTURY MOVIES
A research chemist appears on a "60 Minutes" expose of the tobacco industry
Time's up! The correct answer was The Insider
BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS
1980: "Regular Folks"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ordinary People
NO. 32
On May 11, 1858 this "North Star" state became U.S. state No. 32
Time's up! The correct answer was Minnesota
A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS
2-word term for something supposedly confidential but actually known quite generally
Time's up! The correct answer was an open secret
HOW INSPIRATIONAL
In 1903 Pope Pius X wrote, "Where justice is lacking there can be no hope of" this, pax in Latin
Time's up! The correct answer was peace
EU, THE EUROPEAN UNION
Elected every 5 years, it has 736 members from 7 parties
Time's up! The correct answer was Parliament
ARCHITECTURE
Gropius, Mies van der Rohe & this Swiss architect all worked for architect Peter Behrens
Time's up! The correct answer was Le Corbusier
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
SUPERHEROES
In a 2002 movie this hero got an upside-down kiss from Mary Jane
Time's up! The correct answer was Spider-Man
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
During the war this American naval hero & captain of the Ranger raided the coast of England
Time's up! The correct answer was John Paul Jones
CANADIAN CAPITALS
This Manitoba capital annexed the adjacent community of Saint Boniface in 1972
Time's up! The correct answer was Winnipeg
TEENS OF THE PAST
"At 15 I set my heart on learning", wrote this great Asian sage in his "Analects"
Time's up! The correct answer was Confucius
CHEKHOV, PLEASE
The plot shows Mme. Ranevsky is the owner of this title Chekhov plot
Time's up! The correct answer was The Cherry Orchard
LANGUAGE QUESTIONS
"Donde está el baño?" is Spanish for "where is" this, sometimes discreetly called "the facilities"
Time's up! The correct answer was bathroom
"KNIFE", "FORK" OR "SPOON"
Blushing crow for crushing blow, for example
Time's up! The correct answer was Spoonerism
SPORTS
Ben Crenshaw & Phil Mickelson are the only 3-time winners of this college sport's championship tournament
Time's up! The correct answer was golf
GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY
Guyana is divided into 3 regions: a highland, an inland forest & a coastal plain along this ocean
Time's up! The correct answer was the Atlantic
NAME THE POET
"The caged bird sings / With a fearful trill / Of things unknown / But longed for still"
Time's up! The correct answer was Maya Angelou
MYSPACE.MAN
On April 12, 1961, he took his 5 1/4-ton Vostok 1 for a spin at 9:07 A.M. Moscow time; he had it back by 10:55
Time's up! The correct answer was Gagarin
FAMOUS LLOYDS
In 1953 he orginated the role of Captain Queeg in "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial" on Broadway
Time's up! The correct answer was Lloyd Nolan
TITLE WAVE
Malcolm Gladwell: "The ____ Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tipping
LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER
Novel-poem in which Sal & Dean hitchhike through a yellow wood where the path diverges, making all the difference
Time's up! The correct answer was On the Road Not Taken
MESOPOTAMIA
After centuries of rule by the Ottoman Empire, Mesopotamia mostly became part of this new nation in 1932
Time's up! The correct answer was Iraq
THE USA
This river forms most of the boundary between Georgia & South Carolina
Time's up! The correct answer was Savannah River
GUINNESS RECORDS
He holds the record for all-time career earnings on the U.S. PGA circuit (over $26 million from 1996 to 2001)
Time's up! The correct answer was Tiger Woods
NOVELS BY CHAPTER TITLE
"Four Thousand Leagues Under the Pacific"
Time's up! The correct answer was 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT
To further the ambitions of her brother, her father, Pope Alexander VI, arranged several marriages for her
Time's up! The correct answer was Lucrezia Borgia
MINORITY REPORT
Justice Holmes dissented when seditionist Jacob Abrams' conviction was upheld, saying he didn't pose this type of "danger"
Time's up! The correct answer was clear and present
18th CENTURY AMERICANS
This Pennsylvanian's son William served as royal governor of New Jersey & remained loyal to the crown
Time's up! The correct answer was Ben Franklin
SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE
In Story County, 5 miles northeast of Ames
Time's up! The correct answer was Iowa
STRUCTURES
When completed, it stretched for 73 1/2 miles from Bowness to Wallsend
Time's up! The correct answer was Hadrian's Wall
RODENTS
These rodents of the Plains received their name because they "bark" like canines
Time's up! The correct answer was prairie dogs
ARCHITECTURE
This 6-letter part of a house is also called an eaves trough
Time's up! The correct answer was gutter
TREES
The cry “sap's a runnin’” refers to this tree
Time's up! The correct answer was maple tree
TELEVISION
In 1977 her own show aired on CBS just before "Maude"; now she's a "Golden Girl" with Bea Arthur
Time's up! The correct answer was Betty White
ENDLESS SUMER
Utu, who judged the dead at the end of each day, was the Sumerian god of this celestial body
Time's up! The correct answer was sun
BIG BANDS
In 1937 he was "in the mood" to start a band
Time's up! The correct answer was Glenn Miller
DUKE, DUKE
Famous U.S. group of museums endowed by the illegitimate son of the Duke of Northumberland
Time's up! The correct answer was Smithsonian
ANATOMY
The term for the brain & spinal cord, often abbreviated CNS
Time's up! The correct answer was Central Nervous System
FROM B TO C
A group of nations acting together, like the old Soviet one
Time's up! The correct answer was bloc
CHINESE CALENDAR ANIMALS
This wascally sign whose years include 1951 & 1999 shows bravery against high odds & is rarely be-Fudd-led
Time's up! The correct answer was a rabbit
NBA HALL OF FAMERS
Abe Saperstein is in the Hall of Fame, as is this team he promoted & coached for decades
Time's up! The correct answer was The Harlem Globetrotters
THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL
Explorer Pike
Time's up! The correct answer was Zebulon
RELIGION
Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon from gold plates revealed to him by an angel named this
Time's up! The correct answer was Moroni
MANIAS
One suffering from bruxomania unconsciously gnashes these
Time's up! The correct answer was Teeth
ARE WE THERE YET?
Take a trolley to tour the National Cathedral, Georgetown & the Smithsonian in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington, D.C.
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
IT'S A COUP D'ETAT
Carl Henrik Anckarsvard was the leader of the coup that overthrew King Gustav IV of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Sweden
COUNTRY MUSIC
"Strawberry Wine" was the first of 3 No. 1 hits from this debut album by Deana Carter
Time's up! The correct answer was "Did I Shave My Legs for This?"
THE BIBLE
John 1:29 calls Jesus this animal "of God, which taketh away the sin of the world"
Time's up! The correct answer was a lamb
AH, SWEET MYTHTERY
Hard-partyin' half-man, half-goat creatures of Greek mythology
Time's up! The correct answer was a satyr
NATIONS OF AFRICA
Add 2 letters to Niger to get the name of this country just south of it
Time's up! The correct answer was Nigeria
FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME
Mrs. Truman's frocks
Time's up! The correct answer was Bess's dresses
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
JONATHAN SWIFTIES
These, made by parliament, "are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through"
Time's up! The correct answer was laws
LISA
In 1983 Apple introduced the Lisa personal computer, the first PC with one of these controls
Time's up! The correct answer was a mouse
COME "IN"
Each Latin verb has 6 of these, including the perfect passive one, like optatus esse, "to have been desired"
Time's up! The correct answer was infinitive
FROM THE WELSH
Rarebit, as in Welsh Rarebit, is an alteration of this word that's not an ingredient in Welsh Rarebit
Time's up! The correct answer was Rabbit
EARTH, WIND & FIRE
Oh, "Boy"! This warming of the Pacific that causes unusual weather patterns occurs about every 2 to 7 years
Time's up! The correct answer was El Nino
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
ANTIQUES
A method of joining 2 pieces of wood at right angles named for its resemblance to a bird's tail
Time's up! The correct answer was Dovetail
TECHNOLOGY
The Raspberry Pi costs this many dollars.
Time's up! The correct answer was 35
INNS
Gray's Inn is one of these associations that control admission to Britain's bar
Time's up! The correct answer was the Inns of Court
HISTORIC NAMES
This Apache tried to keep peace with the palefaces, but after his death, his son joined with the militant Geronimo
Time's up! The correct answer was Cochise
"J" WHIZ
This 1847 novel takes place mainly at Lowood Orphan Asylum & Thornfield Hall
Time's up! The correct answer was "Jane Eyre"
WORLD COINS
In 1999 the Cook Islands issued a half dollar coin featuring this Jim Davis comic strip title character
Time's up! The correct answer was Garfield
EMOTICONS
=|:-)= This is an extension of the initials U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was Uncle Sam
HARRY GUYS
Nickname of Robert E. Lee's dad
Time's up! The correct answer was "Lighthorse" Harry Lee
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
4-LETTER FRIENDS
The sport of rowing