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TELEVISION
"Gilligan's Island" creator Sherwood Schwartz said he wrote this role with his friend Jim Backus in mind
Time's up! The correct answer was Thurston Howell III
ENDLESS SUMER
The ancient Sumerian civilization flourished in the "Fertile Crescent" region between these 2 rivers
Time's up! The correct answer was Tigris & Euphrates
FILM CLASSICS
This 1951 classic stars the AFI's top picks for the greatest male & female film legends
Time's up! The correct answer was The African Queen
STATE FISH
Florida's state saltwater fish is this game fish known for its raised dorsal fin & spear-like nose
Time's up! The correct answer was a sailfish
BATTLE TO NAME THE WAR
Quang Tri City; the cavalry was sent!
Time's up! The correct answer was the Vietnam War
DISNEY VILLAINS
Ursula
Time's up! The correct answer was The Little Mermaid
LITERATURE
Chapter 13 of this classic novel is called "Another View of Hester"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Scarlet Letter
NOVELS OF THE PAST
This antagonist of the Crusaders looks back on his life in a novel by Tariq Ali
Time's up! The correct answer was Saladin
PARISIANS
The voice of this woman, born in Paris in 1915, evokes the city in songs like "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien"
Time's up! The correct answer was Edith Piaf
SCRAMBLED EGGS?
Shhh! I'm making this egg dish for a dessert!: OF FUELS
Time's up! The correct answer was soufflé
GEORGE WASHINGTON
On December 26, 1799 Washington was eulogized in Congress by this man known as "Lighthorse Harry"
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Lee
POETS' RHYME TIME
William's anacondas
Time's up! The correct answer was Blake's snakes
TRANSPORTATION
The Kearsarge was the only one of these not named for a U.S. state
Time's up! The correct answer was a battleship
ROCK MUSIC
In April of 1990 she began her worldwide "Blond Ambition" tour to promote her CD "I'm Breathless"
Time's up! The correct answer was Madonna
ONE LETTER DIFFERENT
A speechless minute arachnid
Time's up! The correct answer was a mute mite
SNAP
Common name of the reptile Chelydra serpentina
Time's up! The correct answer was snapping turtle
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
It can be a pack of dogs, or a place to board them
Time's up! The correct answer was a kennel
TELEVISION
This sitcom's last show of the '98-'99 season ended with the cast singing & dancing to "Brotherhood of Man"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Drew Carey Show
THE CONSTITUTION
Word completing the line "Nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Jeopardy
AUTHORS' RHYME TIME
Stoker's sheeplings
Time's up! The correct answer was Bram's lambs
OF A SALESMAN
This 1992 presidential candidate sold IBM computers in Texas before starting his own company, EDS
Time's up! The correct answer was Ross Perot
LITERARY FIRST LINES
1973: "There were 117 psychoanalysts on the Pan Am flight to Vienna and I'd been treated by at least six of them"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Fear of Flying"
GOAT-POURRI
Goat Island splits Niagara Falls into the American Falls & this waterfall on the Canadian side
Time's up! The correct answer was Horseshoe Falls
PUSH BY SAFIRE
In 2006 George W. Bush awarded Safire this "presidential" item, the highest honor given to civilians
Time's up! The correct answer was the Medal of Freedom
CARIBBEAN TASTE TREATS
Don't worry if you see this word on a Barbados menu: it refers to a fish, not the star of "Flipper"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dolphin
COMMON SIMILES
This ichthyological simile might apply to someone spending too much time at the bar
Time's up! The correct answer was drinking like a fish
ON THE RADIO
Robin Quivers is the radio consort of this self-proclaimed "King of All Media"
Time's up! The correct answer was Howard Stern
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
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
The U.S. borders these 3 oceans
Time's up! The correct answer was Arctic, Atlantic & Pacific
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
CHAD IS RAD
Refugees from the neighboring Darfur region of this country have fled into eastern Chad
Time's up! The correct answer was the Sudan
WHEN THE SAINTS
The site of this city, now the seat of Saint Johns County, Florida, was visited by Ponce de Leon in 1513
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Augustine
DIALING FOR DIALECTS
Dialects of this language include Wu, Yue & Hakka
Time's up! The correct answer was Chinese
NEWS ON THE MARCH
Nationalists from this Commonwealth attacked the U.S. Capitol March 1, 1954, injuring 5 representatives
Time's up! The correct answer was Puerto Rico
MILITARY MATTERS
This German "operation" to invade the Soviet Union took its name from a crusading Holy Roman Emperor
Time's up! The correct answer was Operation Barbarossa
RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS
The sixth of these was an outbreak of boils & sores
Time's up! The correct answer was Ten Plagues of Egypt
DANCE IN THE DICTIONARY
We've got Bud & Amstel Light in bottles, or Sam Adams "on" this syncopated style
Time's up! The correct answer was tap
GEORGE WASHINGTON
On December 26, 1799 Washington was eulogized in Congress by this man known as "Lighthorse Harry"
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Lee
BEFORE & AFTER
Carolyn Keene's fictional teenage detective who stars in a sitcom set in Cleveland
Time's up! The correct answer was Nancy Drew Carey
MOVIE MUSICALS
This Russian composer was portrayed by Jean-Pierre Aumont in 1947's "Song Of Scheherazade"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rimsky-Korsakov
YOUNG ABE LINCOLN
Among the books read by Lincoln as a youngster were "Robinson Crusoe", "Aesop's Fables", & Mason Weems' "Life of" this man
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington
SYNONYMS
Back in the 19th century, ladies didn't faint but did this 5-letter synonym
Time's up! The correct answer was swoon
EUROPE
From 1963 to 1978 he was Archbishop of Krakow
Time's up! The correct answer was Karol Wojtyla
OPERA SINGERS
Late, great Russian who wrote the autobiographic books "Pages from My Life" & "Man and Mask"
Time's up! The correct answer was Chaliapin
FRANCES FARMER
In college an essay Frances wrote for a radical newspaper won her a trip to this country
Time's up! The correct answer was the Soviet Union
SLIM VOLUMES
This doctor's "Diet Revolution" promised weight loss with a high-protein/low-carb diet (pass the steaki)
Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Atkins
1807
In July, Jacobitism ended with the death of Henry Benedict, the last claimant of this royal family to the British throne
Time's up! The correct answer was the Stuarts
NOW YOU'RE TALKING MY LANGUAGE
The official language of Niger, it's a remnant of its colonial times
Time's up! The correct answer was French
GO "SOUTH"
...to 90 degrees south latitude & you'll find yourself here
Time's up! The correct answer was the South Pole
WHAT'S THAT SOUND?
Antarctica's McMurdo Sound was discovered in 1841 by this Brit who has a nearby sea & ice shelf named for him
Time's up! The correct answer was Ross
ARCHITECTS
Louis Skidmore designed the secret atomic site that became this Tennessee town
Time's up! The correct answer was Oak Ridge
BALLET
"The Steadfast Tin Soldier" is based on a fairy tale by this famous Dane
Time's up! The correct answer was Hans Christian Andersen
FROM THE GREEK
It's an outline of the contents of a course or curriculum
Time's up! The correct answer was a syllabus
MAGAZINES
This magazine's "Transition" column features birth, marriage, divorce & death announcements
Time's up! The correct answer was Newsweek
INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE
It's a brass wind instrument: OH OX ASPEN
Time's up! The correct answer was saxophone
FINE DINING
A company at Union Wharf in Portland ships all kinds of seafood, but is called "Maine" this creature "Direct"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lobster
PHYSICS
Deuterium is a heavy isotope of this element
Time's up! The correct answer was hydrogen
NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES
The November 25, 1963 front page read, this man "Shot To Death In Jail Corridor By A Dallas Citizen"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lee Harvey Oswald
BETTER KNOWN AS...
TV pitchman Jim Varney
Time's up! The correct answer was Ernest P. Worrell
WHEN THEY WERE TEENS
This TV "Friend" was a cheerleader at Mountain Brook High School in Alabama
Time's up! The correct answer was Courteney Cox
DEAR JUNTA
Shortly after the death of Gen. Omar Torrijos, Manuel Noriega controlled the junta that ruled this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Panama
SAY CHEESE
According to legend, it was created when a shepherd left a piece of cheese in a cave for several weeks
Time's up! The correct answer was Roquefort
CLASSICAL GASES
The most common isotope of hydrogen has an atomic weight of this whole number
Time's up! The correct answer was 1
THE DIRECTOR SPEAKS
"I never believed in anything before I believed in movies", said this "E.T." director
Time's up! The correct answer was Spielberg
U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS IN OTHER WORDS
Ex-soldiers' financial arrangements
Time's up! The correct answer was Veterans' Affairs
VIETNAM
A fertile marshland, Vietnam's southernmost region is the broad delta of this river
Time's up! The correct answer was Mekong
PROVERBS
It's the type of pot that "never boils"
Time's up! The correct answer was a watched pot
U.S. PRESIDENTS
In the campaign slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too", he's Tippecanoe
Time's up! The correct answer was William Henry Harrison
BOGIE MEN
Charlie Allnut
Time's up! The correct answer was The African Queen
"CAR" PARK
In this casino game the winner is the one whose hand totals closest to 9
Time's up! The correct answer was Baccarat
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Previously attached to Theo- & Isa-, it became popular by itself after appearing in "David Copperfield"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dora
FOOD & DRINK
When used to describe meat, "marbling" means streaks of this
Time's up! The correct answer was fat
BUSINESS
The tires on Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis" were made by this former competitor of Goodyear
Time's up! The correct answer was B.F. Goodrich
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
The Ottoman empire ended in 1922 when this man led a movement that established the Republic of Turkey
Time's up! The correct answer was Kemal
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
RODENTS
Contrary to popular belief, mass drownings by the Norway species of this rodent are not suicidal in nature
Time's up! The correct answer was lemmings
THE GRIDIRON
[Hi, I'm Dick Butkus, Hall of Fame linebacker of the Chicago Bears] Before moving to Soldier Field in 1971, the Bears played its home games for 50 seasons in this Cubs park
Time's up! The correct answer was Wrigley Field
U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
It's known as both "The Steel City" & "The Iron City"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pittsburgh
EARTH
Heat rising from within the Earth is mostly from this type of decay of elements like uranium & thorium
Time's up! The correct answer was radioactive decay
HISTORIC BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
This king is thrilled by the birth of Mary, Feb. 18, 1516; there's still plenty of time to have a son--right?
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry VIII
CINEMATIC DICTIONARY
Garland Jeffreys sang of having star-studded "dreams" of this size, like movie film
Time's up! The correct answer was 35mm
THE NEW CAR LOT
This company's '99 Quest minivan & Mercury's '99 Villager -- same thing
Time's up! The correct answer was Nissan
DIALING FOR DIALECTS
Sprechen Sie Plattdeutsch? If you do, you speak the Low variety of this language
Time's up! The correct answer was German
ON BROADWAY: 1970
Anthony Quayle & Keith Baxter starred in this Anthony Shaffer mystery; the rest of the cast is another mystery
Time's up! The correct answer was Sleuth
NAME THE POET
"Listen, my children, and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere"
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
LASTS
Though this book has the word "last" in its title, it's only the second of the 5 "Leatherstocking Tales"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Last of the Mohicans
SHAKESPEAREAN LAST SCENES
Near the end of "Henry VIII", this princess is described as "a most unspotted lily", who will die a virgin
Time's up! The correct answer was Elizabeth I
IN THE FIRE
Since 1932 this brand has provided reliable flames for soldiers, campers & others
Time's up! The correct answer was Zippo
WHOSE IS IT?
The Battle of the Little Bighorn, won by the Sioux, also has this "final" name
Time's up! The correct answer was Custer's Last Stand
1933
On March 23 this German parliament relinquished its power to Adolf Hitler
Time's up! The correct answer was Reichstag
A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL
"What I wouldn't give for a drop of good old-fashioned Creole blood"
Time's up! The correct answer was Interview with the Vampire
SPACE MISSIONS
The Cassini project is exploring Titan & Enceladus, moons of this second-largest planet
Time's up! The correct answer was Saturn
TRAVEL & TOURISM
To visit Abraham Lincoln's birthplace, you have to go to this U.S. state
Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky
BEN
The Hutchinson Letters scandal got Ben fired as deputy this in 1774
Time's up! The correct answer was postmaster general
LET'S TAKE A PEAK
The name of this volcano in Martinique is from the French for "bald mountain"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mount Pelee
ON THE STAGE
All the original B'way cast, except Diane Keaton, bared all in a group nude scene in this musical about hippies
Time's up! The correct answer was Hair
CELEBRITY RHYME TIME
Harrelson's yummies
Time's up! The correct answer was Woody's goodies
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NICKNAMES
"The Big Hurt"
Time's up! The correct answer was Frank Thomas
iPOD, YOUTUBE OR WII
Its name was reportedly inspired by a line from "2001: A Space Odyssey"
Time's up! The correct answer was iPod
MYTHOLOGICAL PAIRS
In all of Babylonia, Pyramus was the handsomest youth & she was the fairest maiden
Time's up! The correct answer was Thisbe
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Of particular interest to the NRA is the amendment that allows us "to keep & bear" these
Time's up! The correct answer was arms
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
Logorrhea, also called verbomania, is doing this excessively or uncontrollably
Time's up! The correct answer was Speaking/talking
LITERATURE
"Tai-Pan" was a "Novel of Hong Kong" by James Clavell, & this was his 1975 "Novel of Japan"
Time's up! The correct answer was Shogun
3-LETTER WORDS
In the title of an Aesop fable, this insect shared billing with a grasshopper
Time's up! The correct answer was the ant
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Black photographer James Van Der Zee chronicled life in this NYC section for more than a half century
Time's up! The correct answer was Harlem
BERRIES
The tart, red cowberry is also called the "mountain" type of this berry, it is likewise used for sauce
Time's up! The correct answer was Cranberry
ETIQUETTE
After a family meal, you may fold this item & place it back inside its ring
Time's up! The correct answer was a napkin
TRAVEL & TOURISM
Type of place you'd be visiting if you were in Wind Cave, Lassen or Zion
Time's up! The correct answer was a national park
PARTY OF "FIVE"
This type of "discount" is slang for shoplifting
Time's up! The correct answer was Five-finger discount
DOUBLE A
It's how you properly address the Queen of England
Time's up! The correct answer was Maam
LOST
Performed annually in North Carolina, "The Lost Colony" is an outdoor drama about this lost colony
Time's up! The correct answer was Roanoke Island
OUT OF THIS WORLD
Not the first but this second planet is the hottest, because its atmosphere causes a severe greenhouse effect
Time's up! The correct answer was Venus
ON THE RADIO
Detroit-born broadcaster who created "American Top 40" & now has his own weekly "Countdown"
Time's up! The correct answer was Casey Kasem
THE KOREAN WAR
In bitter battles of 1951, Pork Chop was a hill & Heartbreak was one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Ridge
MIXED DRINKS
A teaspoon of creme de cassis is added to this to make a Kir
Time's up! The correct answer was white wine
PARTS OF THE WHOLE
Jamb, hinge
Time's up! The correct answer was a door
BASIC SCIENCE
The name of this green pigment found in plants is partly from the Greek for "green"
Time's up! The correct answer was chlorophyll
WHERE'S MY COFFEE?
The flavorful coffee beans from this country are grown at high altitudes near Nairobi
Time's up! The correct answer was Kenya
YOU SHOULD BE IN A BALLET!
To star in this 1890 fairy tale ballet, you shouldn't have spindly legs but you will need a spindle
Time's up! The correct answer was Sleeping Beauty
APOLLO 11
While the lunar lander was code-named "Eagle", the command module was code-named this
Time's up! The correct answer was Columbia
SPELL CHECK HELL
Tried to put in the first name of Colts quarterback Manning & it turned him into this hallucinogenic cactus
Time's up! The correct answer was peyote
CENTRAL PARK
What's now officially called the Central Park Wildlife Center is probably better-known by this name
Time's up! The correct answer was the zoo
THE FORTUNE 500
With 14,000 videos, the most watched Fortune 500 CEO on YouTube was this bespectacled chairman of the No. 35 company
Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Gates
MOVIE TAG LINES
This WWII film from 2008 had the tag "Many saw evil. They dared to stop it"
Time's up! The correct answer was Valkyrie
QUEEN VICTORIA
Queen Victoria was said to be happiest at this "humble" Scottish home
Time's up! The correct answer was Balmoral Castle
RADIO DISNEY
"The songs on 'Under My Skin' are...deeper than those on 'Let Go'" said this Canadian on Radio Disney's website
Time's up! The correct answer was Avril Lavigne
OSCARDS WILD
He's the "SNL" guy (& you're not) who opened the 1988 show with, "Good evening Hollywood phonies"; he never hosted again
Time's up! The correct answer was Chevy Chase
IT'S ALL ABOUT ME
Per the "American Psychiatric Glossary", this mania is "pathological preoccupation with self"
Time's up! The correct answer was egomania
FOOD
Riz A L'Imperatrice is an elegant version of this homey dessert
Time's up! The correct answer was Rice Pudding
PARTS OF THE WHOLE
Thermostat control, egg tray, crisper
Time's up! The correct answer was refrigerator
TITLE WAVE
Kate Jacobs: "The ____ Night Knitting Club"
Time's up! The correct answer was Friday
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"
NATIONAL MONUMENTS
Castillo de San Marcos in this Florida city is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Augustine
AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
This president's 1972 visit to China inspired an opera that played at the Kennedy Center in 1988
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Nixon
GANGSTER'S DICTIONARY
Roll out these "bones", boys, so we can play some games of chance
Time's up! The correct answer was Dice
TRAVEL
This Rome landmark is 620 feet long by 513 wide-- plenty of room to run away from a wild beast
Time's up! The correct answer was the Colosseum
WORLD HISTORY
This dominion was created by the British North America Act on July 1, 1867
Time's up! The correct answer was Canada
BIRDS
Listen, you white-bellied bustard, I know where you live-- this continent's savanna
Time's up! The correct answer was Africa
APT ANAGRAMS
He co-wrote "South Pacific": MASS ROMANTIC HERE
Time's up! The correct answer was Oscar Hammerstein
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
This Jewish holiday is celebrated on the first day of the lunar month of Tishri
Time's up! The correct answer was Rosh Hashanah
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
Like peas, whales & seals are in groups called these
Time's up! The correct answer was pods
LIBRARIES
Marsh's Library in this country was founded c. 1702 by the Archbishop of Dublin
Time's up! The correct answer was Ireland
SEXPERTISE
Stevie Winwood, Stevie Nicks, Stevie Wonder
Time's up! The correct answer was Stevie Nicks
TAYLOR, SWIFT
In a 2008 film he played Drillbit Taylor
Time's up! The correct answer was Owen Wilson
THE REPLACEMENTS
A piece that makes it to your foe's deepest row in checkers can be replaced with one of these "royal" ones
Time's up! The correct answer was a king
SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY CHARACTERS
To the consternation of the title character, we learn that this character was born by C-section
Time's up! The correct answer was Macduff
2011 MOVIES
Emma Stone starred as aspiring writer Skeeter Phelan in this '60s-set drama based on a novel
Time's up! The correct answer was The Help
THE "L" WORLD
In 1994 this Norwegian town played host to the Winter Olympics
Time's up! The correct answer was Lillehammer
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
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
Giving a room visual interest with this trim aka a dado rail; it protects plaster walls from the item in its name
Time's up! The correct answer was a chair rail
POP MUSIC
This rapper won a 2000 MTV award for Best Male Video for "The Real Slim Shady"
Time's up! The correct answer was Eminem
SPORTS HOME CITIES
MLS' Burn
Time's up! The correct answer was Dallas
THE COLOR PURPLE
Defensive tackle Alan Page was part of the "purple people eaters" of this NFL team
Time's up! The correct answer was the Minnesota Vikings
'HUSKER DO
Not just a noted NYC psychiatric hospital, it's Nebraska's oldest town, established around 1822 as a fur-trading center
Time's up! The correct answer was Belleview
PLANTS
This climbing tropical shrub was named for a French South Seas explorer
Time's up! The correct answer was Bouganvillea
THIS IS JEOPARDY!
On the original version, this was the highest dollar value on the Double Jeopardy! board
Time's up! The correct answer was **$100 **
COUNTRY MUSIC
[Well hey everybody, I'm Naomi Judd] In mid-1984 Wynonna & I made our first ever concert appearance at Ak-Sar-Ben, a large concert hall in this Nebraska city
Time's up! The correct answer was Omaha
COMPOSERS
Of the 3 Bs, the 2 who died in Vienna
Time's up! The correct answer was Beethoven & Brahms
ALBUMS THAT ROCK
"Master of Puppets", "Death Magnetic"
Time's up! The correct answer was Metallica
THE CRUCIBLE
Nitrides of boron & silicon are used to make crucibles because they are stable when this is high
Time's up! The correct answer was temperature
ROYAL FEMALE NICKNAMES
Mark Antony called her "The Queen of Queens"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cleopatra
THE MOVIES
It was double trouble for this martial arts star playing twins in "Twin Dragons"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jackie Chan
1957
When Wham-O introduced this toy in 1957, it was called the Pluto Platter
Time's up! The correct answer was Frisbee
PLANT PARENTHOOD
Named for the Virgin Mary, these carnivorous little red beetles can help rid your garden of aphids & other insects
Time's up! The correct answer was ladybugs
MOVIES & TV
We were frakkin' sad when this sci fi show had its series finale on March 20, 2009
Time's up! The correct answer was Battlestar Galactica
BLARNEY
Tiny pieces, or the New Jersey band that sang "Only a Memory"
Time's up! The correct answer was smithereens
BETTER KNOWN AS...
Margarita Cansino
Time's up! The correct answer was Rita Hayworth
MAGAZINES
For its Dec. 2003 issue, the U.S. Marie Claire put its first man on its cover, this star of "The Last Samurai"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Cruise
MORTAL MATTERS
Willie, the animal Wiarton, Canada used for this celebration, died Jan. 31, 1999, 2 days before his next appearance
Time's up! The correct answer was Groundhog Day
DEMOCRATIC KEYNOTERS
1976: Ohio senator
Time's up! The correct answer was John Glenn
STARTS WITH "W"
To wrench painfully, like your mom might threaten to do to your neck
Time's up! The correct answer was wring
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
In an essay Woolf wrote, "A woman must have money and a" this "of her own... to write fiction"
Time's up! The correct answer was a room of one's own
BON APPE-"T"
This root vegetable often has white skin & a purple-tinged top
Time's up! The correct answer was Turnip
IN THE GOOD OLD SUMER TIME
These Sumerian pyramids were topped by temples
Time's up! The correct answer was Ziggurats
CARY GRANT FILMS
She done Cary right casting him as her co-star in "She Done Him Wrong"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mae West
THE "X" FILES
A shortened form of Christmas is spelled this way
Time's up! The correct answer was Xmas
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
IT'S "BIG"
Empire Toys' trikes for tykes
Time's up! The correct answer was Big Wheels
SAINTS BE PRAISED
Philip of Moscow foresaw that his post as primate of the Russian church might lead to martyrdom, as this man was czar
Time's up! The correct answer was Ivan the Terrible
WORLD RELIGION
In the presence of the Adi Granth, the sacred book of the Sikhs, you cover your head & remove these
Time's up! The correct answer was your shoes
A LITERARY TOUR
Have a homey lunch at this author's Salinas, California birthplace; it's now a restaurant
Time's up! The correct answer was John Steinbeck
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
In an $80 billion deal these 2 oil companies joined forces in 1999 in the biggest merger up to that time
Time's up! The correct answer was Exxon & Mobil
DOUBLE MEANINGS
Maybe Don needs to get more exercise; he _____ just from pulling up his _____
Time's up! The correct answer was pants
WORD ORIGINS
Many scholars believe that the Celts called it "The Wild Place"; now this wild place is a city of over 7 million
Time's up! The correct answer was London
MED. ABBREV.
CTS, carpal tunnel syndrome, can be an RSI, this kind of injury
Time's up! The correct answer was repetitive stress injury
STARTS WITH "W"
The eve of May Day, on which witches were believed to rendezvous
Time's up! The correct answer was Walpurgisnacht
THRILLER
"The Numa Files" are paperback spin-offs of this writer's novels featuring Dirk Pitt
Time's up! The correct answer was Clive Cussler
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE
Put the bite on this word from 1975, any one of the front cutting teeth
Time's up! The correct answer was I-N-C-I-S-O-R
20th CENTURY NICKNAMES
"Hef"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hugh Hefner
WHAT THE KIDS ARE CALLING IT
"What An Appealing Young Lady" can be translated to this title of a 1999 movie
Time's up! The correct answer was She's All That
WHAT THE KIDS ARE CALLING IT
"What An Appealing Young Lady" can be translated to this title of a 1999 movie
Time's up! The correct answer was She's All That
GREECE
The mainland of Greece forms the southern part of this peninsula
Time's up! The correct answer was the Balkan Peninsula
WHERE'S THE COLLEGE?
Kansas State University
Time's up! The correct answer was Manhattan
DON'T BE A PAIN
Pain registers in one area of the outer portion of the cerebrum called the cerebral this
Time's up! The correct answer was cortex
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
THE NOBEL PRIZE
The 1996 Chemistry Prize went to the discoverers of a 60-carbon atom molecule called this
Time's up! The correct answer was Buckyball
SHOTS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD
His prestidigitation (or in this case a "Jr. Skyhook") won Game 4 of the 1987 NBA Finals for the Lakers
Time's up! The correct answer was Magic Johnson
THE EMERALD ISLE
It's the only Irish city with a population above 500,000
Time's up! The correct answer was Dublin
"NIGHT"
A bedtime nip of alcohol, or the second game of a doubleheader
Time's up! The correct answer was a nightcap
BUSY AS A BEAVER
"The Beaver's Lesson" is the title of part 5 of this author's "The Hunting of the Snark"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lewis Carroll
PLAYWRIGHTS
(Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Nederlander Theatre in New York City) This creator of "Rent" died the night of its final dress rehearsal, never knowing he would win the Pulitzer Prize
Time's up! The correct answer was Jonathan Larson
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
CHANCE
The U.S. golf register says the chances of this have been estimated north of 1 in 20,000
Time's up! The correct answer was a hole-in-one
SPOILER ALERT!
1968: The Statue of Liberty sticks up out of the sand
Time's up! The correct answer was Planet of the Apes
SHOES
This type of shoe has a slot in the strap across each vamp into which a coin can be inserted
Time's up! The correct answer was Pennyloafer
SRO
Tony-winning Tony who drew big crowds with his epic play "Angels In America"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tony Kushner
TOM WOLFE
It's Wolfe's 1968 book about Ken Kesey & friends' cross-country journey
Time's up! The correct answer was The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
NOVELS OF THE PAST
This antagonist of the Crusaders looks back on his life in a novel by Tariq Ali
Time's up! The correct answer was Saladin
MANY IRONS
Bruce Dickinson was the lead singer of this British heavy metal band
Time's up! The correct answer was Iron Maiden
RINGING THE OPENING BELL AT THE NYSE
Sept. 24, 2007 found this Bush cabinet member away from her piano & playing the bell
Time's up! The correct answer was Condi Rice
"PRO"NOUNS
The working class
Time's up! The correct answer was Proletariat
WHAT A WEEK
Carrie on "Sex and the City" really enjoyed this event that brings ships & thousands of sailors to NYC
Time's up! The correct answer was Fleet Week
"IP" SO FACTO
Landing or Gaza
Time's up! The correct answer was a strip
10-LETTER WORDS
It means to set free, as from slavery
Time's up! The correct answer was Emancipate
FUN WITH OPERA
Of a woman, an evil twin or a circus ape, what Sir Edgar's nephew turns out to be in "Der Junge Lord"
Time's up! The correct answer was A circus ape
FIGURE SKATERS
Native country of Barbara Ann Scott, who in 1947 became the 1st N. American to win the European title
Time's up! The correct answer was Canada
OCCUPATION HAZARDS
In this job aiding a medical professional, Angie might get a finger nipped by little Billy while X-raying his molar
Time's up! The correct answer was dental hygienist
THE 1890s
Japan had an emperor, Russia, a czar & Italy was ruled by one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was king
ANNUAL EVENTS
Called the greatest 2 minutes in sports, it takes place on the first Saturday in May
Time's up! The correct answer was the Kentucky Derby
BALLET
The longer "romantic" version of this ballet garment was inspired by the one Taglioni wore in the 1830s
Time's up! The correct answer was tutu
RECORD LOSSES IN 2005
Data on 4 million customers were lost by this group formed by a 1998 merger with Travelers
Time's up! The correct answer was Citigroup
ART & ARTISTS
His sculpture, "The Age of Bronze", exhibited in 1877, was inspired by Michelangelo
Time's up! The correct answer was Auguste Rodin
GETTING POSSESSIVE
You'll find this triangular island about 4 miles off the southeast coast of Massachusetts
Time's up! The correct answer was Martha's Vineyard
"PU"
It's the time of life when a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of....sex
Time's up! The correct answer was Puberty
POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS
"Heavens to" ex-New York lieutenant governor McCaughey!
Time's up! The correct answer was Betsy
MOVIE CITIES
2010, starring Kristen Bell: "When in ____"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rome
CLASSICAL GASES
Lighter than air, it's also called marsh gas & is found in natural gas
Time's up! The correct answer was Methane
HISTORIC DATES
The accident of April 25-26, 1986 at this facility was caused by a poorly designed experiment at its reactor unit 4
Time's up! The correct answer was Chernobyl
1933
On March 23 this German parliament relinquished its power to Adolf Hitler
Time's up! The correct answer was Reichstag
IT'S OURS!
Madeira Islands
Time's up! The correct answer was Portugal
PIANO KEYS
It's the key the French call "Le do du milieu du piano"
Time's up! The correct answer was middle C
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
"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
RODENTS
Contrary to popular belief, mass drownings by the Norway species of this rodent are not suicidal in nature
Time's up! The correct answer was lemmings
THEATRE HODGEPODGE
Big Stone Gap, Virginia is home to the outdoor drama "Trail of the Lonesome" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Pine
ARCHITECTURE
The Coonley Estate & the Robie House are examples of this midwestern style created by Frank Lloyd Wright
Time's up! The correct answer was the Prairie Style
NIGHT WATCH
June 6, 2012: At sunset, watch this planet make a transit across the sun--only the 8th since the invention of the telescope
Time's up! The correct answer was Venus
ENGLISH CLASS
This part of speech doesn't always end in "ly"; once, there & often are other examples
Time's up! The correct answer was adverb
POP CULTURE
Snow White & Prince Charming are characters on this TV show set in the town of Storybrooke
Time's up! The correct answer was Once Upon a Time
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
THE SECOND...
...franchise to win the Super Bowl
Time's up! The correct answer was New York Jets
BRAND NAMES
Elsie the Cow's "husband", his face is plastered on glue bottles
Time's up! The correct answer was Elmer
GREEK LIFE
Greek cafe music features a lute called a bouzouki & this woodwind, the klarino
Time's up! The correct answer was Clarinet
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
CHINESE CALENDAR ANIMALS
1967 folks "flock" to this sign that represents the essence of the Yin, the feminine passive principle
Time's up! The correct answer was the sheep
STATE SUPERLATIVES
With 6,640 miles of coast, this state has the longest shoreline
Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska
THAT'S SOME NERVE
The radial nerve, which travels down the arm, controls movement of this large 3-headed muscle
Time's up! The correct answer was the tricep
"DO", "RE", "MI"
Nancy Davis' married name
Time's up! The correct answer was Reagan
BEGINS & ENDS WITH "T"
One who plays hooky from school might find himself pursued by this type of officer
Time's up! The correct answer was Truant officer
3-LETTER THE BETTER
To impose a levy
Time's up! The correct answer was to tax
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
This Venezuelan waterfall was named for an American bush pilot who discovered it in 1935
Time's up! The correct answer was Angel Falls
VIVA ANN-MARGRET!
The Riviera was the site of Ann-Margret's marriage to him (not the French Riviera, the one in Las Vegas)
Time's up! The correct answer was Roger Smith
THE FUNNIES
The title of this Jim Unger comic refers to everyone in it, not just a single character
Time's up! The correct answer was Herman
MEET THE PARENTS
Hyperion Books, Mammoth Records, Miramax Films
Time's up! The correct answer was Disney
EDGAR AWARD WINNERS
He won for his novel "The Day of the Jackal" & the short story "There Are No Snakes in Ireland"
Time's up! The correct answer was Forsyth
PASS THE CHOCOLATE
The leaf design on Godiva's Autant chocolates is a stylized version of a feather on this "Gone With the Wind" heroine's hat
Time's up! The correct answer was Scarlett O'Hara
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
ALL "AMERICAN"
A gorilla named Koko learned to communicate using gestures from this
Time's up! The correct answer was American Sign Language
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
NOTORIOUS
32 inmates & 11 guards were killed in '71 uprising at this NY prison
Time's up! The correct answer was Attica
THE 20th CENTURY
On December 1, 1959, 12 nations signed a treaty setting aside this continent as a preserve for scientific research
Time's up! The correct answer was Antarctica
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
NO. 32
It begins "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven"
Time's up! The correct answer was 32nd Psalm
AROUND WASHINGTON, D.C.
This Frenchman who planned D.C. had such a "terrible" temperament that he was dismissed in 1792
Time's up! The correct answer was Pierre L'Enfant
ARTISTS' RETREATS
The colony bearing this single name features a barn poet Edna built from a Sears kit
Time's up! The correct answer was Millay
NATURE
The Dorcas type of this graceful antelope is one of the smallest; it's barely 2 feet tall
Time's up! The correct answer was a gazelle
POLITICAL MOVIES
Frank Langella is the power hungry chief of staff in this film in which Kevin Kline plays a presidential impersonator
Time's up! The correct answer was Dave
NOVEL QUOTES
Its less famous second line is "It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness"
Time's up! The correct answer was A Tale Of Two Cities
THE "I"s HAVE IT
Style of the 1877 painting seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Impressionism
"AD"JECTIVES
It means "sufficient or good enough" & can imply "but just barely"
Time's up! The correct answer was Adequate
PLANT PARENTHOOD
Juniper & maple are good trees to use in this cultivating art whose name means "plant in a tray" in Japanese
Time's up! The correct answer was bonsai
GOOD CAUSES
A "Mission" to help the homeless is named for this Lower Manhattan street known as a skid row since the 1800s
Time's up! The correct answer was Bowery
THE FUNNIES
Debuting November 18, 1985, the caption in its first box was "So long, Pop! I'm off to check my tiger trap!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Calvin and Hobbes
HORSE & RIDER
Silver
Time's up! The correct answer was The Lone Ranger
AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
Every December, the Kennedy Center invites the public to a free sing-along of this composer's "Messiah"
Time's up! The correct answer was G.F. Handel
SKIP TO MY "LOO"
5-letter word for "remote in manner"
Time's up! The correct answer was aloof
THIS CATEGORY STINKS!
The strong odor of this semi-aquatic rodent gives it its name
Time's up! The correct answer was the muskrat
NAME THE POET
"I hear American singing, the varied carols I hear"
Time's up! The correct answer was Walt Whitman
STARTS WITH A PRONOUN
It can mean transparently thin, or perfectly vertical, like a cliff
Time's up! The correct answer was sheer
THE HUMAN ANIMAL
In the "Sopranos" first season finale, Jimmy Altieri gets whacked for being one of these rodents
Time's up! The correct answer was a rat
"SUPER"
In this 1986 video game, Luigi & his sibling are trying to rescue Princess Toadstool
Time's up! The correct answer was Super Mario Brothers
SPORTS
In 1994, at age 45, he became heavyweight boxing champ again & was the AP's Male Athlete of the Year
Time's up! The correct answer was George Foreman
PLANT PARENTHOOD
Juniper & maple are good trees to use in this cultivating art whose name means "plant in a tray" in Japanese
Time's up! The correct answer was bonsai
ORGANIZATIONS
Social welfare organization founded in the 19th century, whose bimonthly publication is "The War Cry"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Salvation Army
MR. TEA
The last Dutch governor of New Netherland, he introduced tea to America around 1647
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Stuyvesant
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
The 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, was ratified in this year
Time's up! The correct answer was 1865
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
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
GROUP COUNTDOWN
A foursome is required to play this game where you try to win the rubber
Time's up! The correct answer was bridge
BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY
Genesis calls it "the salt sea" perhaps because its salinity reaches 4 times that of ocean water
Time's up! The correct answer was the Dead Sea
OUT OF THIS WORLD
It was last seen in the skies in 1986 & won't return until 2061
Time's up! The correct answer was Halley's Comet
SCRAMBLED EGGS
This bird's eggs are so pretty a color is named for them: IN BRO
Time's up! The correct answer was robin
CAESAR
He was caesar & emperor when Jesus was born
Time's up! The correct answer was Augustus
TOUGH STUFF
The Span. abbrev. for one of these is ovni (objecto volador no identificado)
Time's up! The correct answer was UFO
"BLACK" OR "WHITE"
John Archibald Wheeler coined this term in the '60s for a collapsed star so dense, no light can escape it
Time's up! The correct answer was black hole
EUROPE
France has about 100,000 of these Defense Ministry employees who perform police functions outside the main cities
Time's up! The correct answer was gendarmes
POTPOURRI
There are Blue & White branches of this African river
Time's up! The correct answer was the Nile
SPORTS SHORTS
In 2011 this QB was a first-round draft pick by Carolina
Time's up! The correct answer was Newton
OFFICIAL STATE THINGS
Its state song is "The Old North State"
Time's up! The correct answer was North Carolina
ALSO ON YOUR COMPUTER KEYS
A loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders to below the waist
Time's up! The correct answer was a shift
HEY, "U"!
In legend, this mythical beast could purify poisoned water with its single horn
Time's up! The correct answer was Unicorn
GRAPES
In an Aesop fable, this animal decides the grapes he can't reach must therefore be sour
Time's up! The correct answer was a fox
CHANTED
Their chant in "Macbeth" begins, "Double, double, toil and trouble"
Time's up! The correct answer was the witches
BEN
This publication that Ben first put out in 1732 often sold 10,000 copies a year
Time's up! The correct answer was Poor Richard's Almanack
TAIWAN
In October 1971 Taiwan was expelled from this organization & Red China was admitted
Time's up! The correct answer was the UN
IT DON'T MEAN A "THING"
Zip, nada, el zilcho
Time's up! The correct answer was nothing
ISLANDS
This "colossal" island is the largest in Greece's Dodecanese archipelago
Time's up! The correct answer was Rhodes
BOOK TITLES
"I am the rose of Sharon" & "When you know your name, you should hang on to it" are from 2 different books titled this
Time's up! The correct answer was Song of Solomon
OPERA SINGERS
This Neapolitan tenor made his last public appearance on Christmas Eve, 1920 in "La Juive"
Time's up! The correct answer was Caruso
SCIENTISTS
In 2007 this 1962 American Nobel laureate became the first person to receive his own personal genome map
Time's up! The correct answer was James Watson
THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID
This author's Mr. Bumble declared that "The law is a ass, a idiot"
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Dickens
MIXED DRINKS
This pomegranate syrup turns a Pink Lady pink
Time's up! The correct answer was grenadine
WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!
Newspapers I own include the Daily Telegraph of Sydney & the Australian
Time's up! The correct answer was Rupert Murdoch
14:59
"The joke's over", said Simon Cowell about this "American Idol" singer with a unique rendition of "She Bangs"
Time's up! The correct answer was William Hung
LET'S TAKE A PEAK
This state's 11,031-foot-high Deseret Peak overlooks Rush Valley
Time's up! The correct answer was Utah
THE '30s WEREN'T ALL DEPRESSING
In 1939 Edwin Armstrong built the first full-scale station for this type of commercially used radio transmission
Time's up! The correct answer was FM
CITY FLAGS
Its flag features a pioneer family, a covered wagon & 2 sea gulls
Time's up! The correct answer was Salt Lake City
THE JEFFERSON ADMINISTRATION
In 1805 U.S. Marines stormed the shores of this Barbary state at Derna, helping to end the raids on American ships
Time's up! The correct answer was Tripoli
AMERICANA
Tulsa's newspaper is called The World; Boston's is named for this object that depicts the world
Time's up! The correct answer was a globe
RUSSIAN
"Idyot snyek" means this is happening, a common weather condition in January
Time's up! The correct answer was snowing
BIG MERGERS
In January 1999 we found out Viacom had its eye on this TV network
Time's up! The correct answer was CBS
THE SPOOKY & THE MYSTERIOUS
This "Triangle" near Florida has been the site of numerous maritime disasters
Time's up! The correct answer was the Bermuda Triangle
SPORTS
During his 1955-1966 career, this Dodger pitcher averaged 9.28 strikeouts per 9 innings
Time's up! The correct answer was Koufax
COLOSSUS
2-syllable name for the long-ago elephant relative with 13-foot tusks that has become a synonym for "huge"
Time's up! The correct answer was a mammoth
INTERNATIONAL NAMES
The U.N. ties of this Secretary-General date back to 1975, when he was a South Korean diplomat
Time's up! The correct answer was Ban Ki-moon
ONE BUCK OR LESS
A 15-ounce V05 Moisture Milks conditioner from this manufacturer averages a buck online
Time's up! The correct answer was Alberto
THE '30s WEREN'T ALL DEPRESSING
In 1938 DuPont made toothbrushes, not stockings, its first product with this material
Time's up! The correct answer was nylon
WE ARE AMUSED
The first one was added in 1950 by the producers of NBC's "The Hank McCune Show"
Time's up! The correct answer was Laugh track
ANIMALS
Scientists divide these toothless whales into 3 groups: right whales, gray whales & rorquals
Time's up! The correct answer was Baleen whales
TONY-WINNING COMPOSERS
1950: "South Pacific"
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Rodgers
ACTION!
The action of a boy can ring a girl's bell, & the action of these can ring a buoy's bell
Time's up! The correct answer was a wave
20th CENTURY WORLD LEADERS
Wearing the hat of Chancellor for over 15 years, he was Germany's longest-serving leader since Bismarck
Time's up! The correct answer was Helmut Kohl
LITERARY OPENINGS
"True!-Nervous-very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?"
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Tell-Tale Heart"
SCIENCE
Boyle's Law says normally if you double the pressure on a gas, the volume decreases by this amount
Time's up! The correct answer was one-half
“SAINTS”
At 5th & 50th, its Lady Chapel is the place to get married, if you're in NYC - & Catholic
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Patrick's Cathedral
WORDS IN (THE) ENCYCLOPEDIA
Book of Genesis garden
Time's up! The correct answer was Eden
THE ROMANOV DYNASTY
All 3 of the Romanov czars named Alexander reigned during this century
Time's up! The correct answer was the 19th century
TV THEME LYRICS
"I don't know who you think you are but before the night is through, I wanna do bad things with you"
Time's up! The correct answer was True Blood
AVIARY
Bob Hope claimed his mother saw his nose & cried that the doctor took the baby & left this bird
Time's up! The correct answer was stork
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
CHANTED
Their chant in "Macbeth" begins, "Double, double, toil and trouble"
Time's up! The correct answer was the witches
A DICKENSIAN NIGHTMARE
That wedding gown, that faded gown--I cannot get it, or poor Miss Havisham, out of my head
Time's up! The correct answer was Great Expectations
& SO I FACE THE FINAL CURTAIN
This musical dreamed "The Impossible Dream", playing 2,328 performances before closing in 1971
Time's up! The correct answer was Man of La Mancha
NAME THE WORK
Melville: "Captain Vere was an exceptional character"
Time's up! The correct answer was Billy Budd
THE "L" WORLD
This beautiful lake in Banff National Park is named for a British princess
Time's up! The correct answer was Louise
"LIGHT"s
Famous ones include Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini & Roberto "Hands of Stone" Duran
Time's up! The correct answer was lightweights
INVENTORS & INVENTIONS
After Carrier came up with this in 1902, my 20 babes waving palm fronds idea went out the window
Time's up! The correct answer was air conditioning
CLASSIC NICHOLSON MOVIE LINES
1992: "You can't handle the truth!"
Time's up! The correct answer was A Few Good Men
CHAD IS RAD
Chad's colonial overlord until independence in 1960
Time's up! The correct answer was France
MEDICAL TALK
Luteinizing hormone is one of the many produced by this cherry-shaped gland
Time's up! The correct answer was the pituitary
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
IT'S OURS!
Cook Islands
Time's up! The correct answer was New Zealand
NYC MUSIC HISTORY
She co-wrote "The Loco-Motion" in the Brill Building on Broadway
Time's up! The correct answer was Carole King
BULL
In 1996 Standing Rock College of Fort Yates, N.D., a Native American school, changed its name to this for a Sioux chief
Time's up! The correct answer was Sitting Bull
THREE
Brecht & Weill's "Die Dreigroschenoper" is known as this in English
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Threepenny Opera"
PEOPLE
This wrestler nicknamed his daughter born in August 2001 Pebbles
Time's up! The correct answer was The Rock
COMPOSERS ON FILM
James Cagney in "Yankee Doodle Dandy"
Time's up! The correct answer was George M. Cohan
ASIAN CAPITALS
This capital lies on the north coast of West Java at the mouth of the Liwung River
Time's up! The correct answer was Jakarta
NATIONAL MONUMENTS
George Custer's men are buried in a cemetery in the national monument named for this river
Time's up! The correct answer was Little Bighorn
HISTORY
Historians refer to the Golden Age as the time during which Pericles ruled this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Athens
CANADIAN CAPITALS
Vancouver isn't on Vancouver Island, but this capital is
Time's up! The correct answer was Victoria
THE RECORD SHOWS I TOOK THE BLOWS
In 1775 his leg was severely wounded in an assault on Quebec & he was promoted to brig. gen.; 5 years later, he'd be in disgrace
Time's up! The correct answer was Benedict Arnold
ARCHITECTURE
In north Africa, these towers from which Muslims are called to prayer are rectangular in plan
Time's up! The correct answer was Minarets
WHERE'S MY COFFEE?
Mexico's best coffee comes from Chiapas, a state that borders this noted coffee-growing nation
Time's up! The correct answer was Guatemala
EDS
In 1994 Johnny Depp played this wacky director of such classic films as "Plan 9 from Outer Space" & "Necromania"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ed Wood
DEAR JUNTA
The "Juntas Provinciales" organized the Spanish resistance to this man's 1808 invasion
Time's up! The correct answer was Napoleon
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTS
The Masai people of this African country mix cow blood with milk for a refreshing drink
Time's up! The correct answer was Kenya
CURRENT BLACK PRESIDENTS
Africa's oldest democracy, this nation headed by Pres. Ian Khama is mainly made up of the Tswana people
Time's up! The correct answer was Botswana
MILITARY POWER
Whether general or ready, they're the troops held close by
Time's up! The correct answer was Reserves
SPOOKS
Spy Richard Sorge warned this Russian leader of Germany's WWII invasion but was ignored
Time's up! The correct answer was Josef Stalin
A SHAPELY CATEGORY
Something that's cordate is shaped like this, my love
Time's up! The correct answer was a heart
FIRST LADIES
She married husband Ronnie in 1952 when he was president of the Screen Actors Guild
Time's up! The correct answer was NancyReagan
AMERICAN LITERATURE
This Mark Twain character's father "Pap" briefly held him prisoner in a cabin on the Illinois side of the Mississippi
Time's up! The correct answer was Huckleberry Finn
SHIPS
Neither this admiral nor his flagship, the Trinidad, completed the circumnavigation of the globe
Time's up! The correct answer was Magellan
HIDDEN BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
Fight the evil mojo by using your good voodoo
Time's up! The correct answer was Job
RADIO
Can't forget the sponsor--Jack Benny's opening line wasn't "Hello again" but this dessert "again"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jell-O
HORSE & RIDER
Bucephalus
Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander the Great
CELEBRITY MARRIAGES
Drama coach Uta Hagen was his 1st wife & singer Rosemary Clooney his 3rd
Time's up! The correct answer was José Ferrer
I'M GOING "INN"
An indirect intimation about a person of a disparaging or derogatory nature
Time's up! The correct answer was innuendo
SPORTS HOME CITIES
MLB's Royals
Time's up! The correct answer was Kansas City
THE OBLIGATORY POETRY CATEGORY
In a poem titled for the date when Germany invaded Poland, W.H. Auden called this "A low dishonest decade"
Time's up! The correct answer was 1930s
FAMOUS NAMES
Ines de la Fressange was a Chanel model when she was chosen to represent this French symbol
Time's up! The correct answer was Marianne
ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL
Bananas are an excellent source of this element whose symbol is K
Time's up! The correct answer was potassium
MY SUITE
It's the title of the "chasmic" 1931 suite heard here
Time's up! The correct answer was "Grand Canyon Suite"
WHEAT
Types of wheat are grouped according to these 2 seasons
Time's up! The correct answer was Winter & spring
OH, "BOY"
It was founded by Baden-Powell in 1907
Time's up! The correct answer was the Boy Scouts
RODENTS
Some of the quills of the Eurasian species can be 12 inches, equal to about half of its body length
Time's up! The correct answer was a porcupine
PRINCETON
One of its 1st presidents, John Witherspoon, was the only clergyman to sign this document
Time's up! The correct answer was Declaration of Independence
BATTLE TO NAME THE WAR
Quang Tri City; the cavalry was sent!
Time's up! The correct answer was the Vietnam War
LIFE SCIENCE
In nat. selection, a ref froggus trebekus has .5 relative fitness if it produces 1/2 as many of these as a pink one
Time's up! The correct answer was offspring
5-LETTER WORDS
A big fishing net, maybe in the river of the same name
Time's up! The correct answer was a seine
THE CONTINENTS
Early explorers called parts of this continent Vinland
Time's up! The correct answer was North America
CODES
On Jan. 20, 2009 a military officer carrying these codes came to the inauguration with Bush & left with Obama
Time's up! The correct answer was the codes to release nuclear warheads
SCIENCE GUYS
In 1610 this Italian made his biggest discovery: the 4 largest moons of Jupiter
Time's up! The correct answer was Galileo
FLOWERS
In song, Colorado is where these bluish & white state flowers grow
Time's up! The correct answer was the Rocky Mountain columbines
NICKNAMES
"The King of Ragtime"
Time's up! The correct answer was Scott Joplin
CHOPIN
Chopin was born in Poland, & his first printed work at age 7 was one of these appropriately named pieces
Time's up! The correct answer was Polonaise
VERBS
This word for a type of running is from a word meaning "jump", & it's a talent that long jumpers need to get distance
Time's up! The correct answer was sprint
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
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
MILITARY MATTERS
This German "operation" to invade the Soviet Union took its name from a crusading Holy Roman Emperor
Time's up! The correct answer was Operation Barbarossa
PRESIDENTIAL STATES OF BIRTH
California
Time's up! The correct answer was Nixon
HERE'S LUCY
She was the first wife of a president to be called first lady on a regular basis
Time's up! The correct answer was "Lemonade Lucy" Hayes
BEGINS & ENDS WITH "O"
L.A. restaurant Locanda Veneta serves this veal dish con risotto
Time's up! The correct answer was osso bucco
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MOVIES
Holly Hunter played it: "The _____"
Time's up! The correct answer was Piano
FRANCES FARMER
Actor Leif Erickson was Frances' first of 3 of these
Time's up! The correct answer was husbands
SHAKESPEARE
“Other women cloy the appetites they feed, but she makes hungry where most she satisfies”
Time's up! The correct answer was Cleopatra
5-LETTER WORDS
It's the zodiac sign symbolized by a ram
Time's up! The correct answer was Aries
YOU HAD TO EXPECT OPERA
King Solomon is a character in "La Reine de Saba", an opera about the queen of this place
Time's up! The correct answer was Sheba
POETS' RHYME TIME
Sir Philip's renal organs
Time's up! The correct answer was Sidney's kidneys
NEWS ON THE MARCH
In March 1967 Robert Kennedy came up with a nifty Vietnam peace plan, but this Secretary of State rejected it
Time's up! The correct answer was Dean Rusk
TAKE A GUESS
Of a pogo stick injury, a dense winter fog or the bite of a comic strip possum, what a pogonip is
Time's up! The correct answer was a dense winter fog
TIME TO "EAT"
To practice trickery or fraud in game play
Time's up! The correct answer was cheat
SKUNKS
With a favorable wind, skunks can do this for up to about 23 feet
Time's up! The correct answer was spray
WOMEN OF THE WORLD
She wrote her first novel, "The House of the Spirits", in exile soon after her uncle's assassination
Time's up! The correct answer was Isabel Allende
WORDS OF THE WRITER
"For never man had a more faithful, loving, sincere servant, than Friday was to me"
Time's up! The correct answer was Daniel Defoe
WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?
Corned beef is cured in brine; this other deli meat is seasoned brisket that's been cured, smoked & cooked
Time's up! The correct answer was pastrami
OPERA SINGERS
This hefty ebullient tenor once taught elementary school in Modena, Italy, his birthplace
Time's up! The correct answer was Luciano Pavarotti
THE YEAR IN SPORTS
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew at Indianapolis Speedway) The Noc-Out Hose Clamp Special was the winning car at Indianapolis in this year; the race was cancelled the next 4 years
Time's up! The correct answer was 1941
ASTRONOMY ADD A LETTER
Add this letter to Mars & you get a fen
Time's up! The correct answer was H
1807
Following his victory in the Battle of Friedland in June, he forced the capitulation of the Russian Empire
Time's up! The correct answer was Napoleon
U.S. CITIES
Of the top 10 cities in population within city limits, this one of 1.4 million is the only state capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Phoenix, Arizona
WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
The French for "scandal" gave us the name of this high-kicking dance popular in music halls of the 19th century
Time's up! The correct answer was Can-Can
LOST IN SPACE
In 1992 Space Shuttle astronauts delivered ashes of this "Star Trek" creator into the final frontier
Time's up! The correct answer was Gene Roddenberry
LITERATURE
In Wonderland, Alice comes across a large one of these with a snooty caterpillar atop it
Time's up! The correct answer was a mushroom
THE EMERALD ISLE
It's the only Irish city with a population above 500,000
Time's up! The correct answer was Dublin
THAT'S MY LAW
Gresham's Law, named for a 16th century financier, is usually stated as "Bad" this "drives out good"
Time's up! The correct answer was Money
ART
This Chinese dynasty that reigned from 1368 to 1644 was known for beautiful vases
Time's up! The correct answer was Ming
THEY'RE ON CABLE
He plays novelist Hank Moody, a New Yorker transplanted to L.A., on "Californication"
Time's up! The correct answer was David Duchovny
THE REEL STORY
Kate Winslet wears a blue diamond necklace called the "Heart of the Ocean" in this 1997 film
Time's up! The correct answer was Titanic
WHERE WORDS COME FROM
Chinese or Malay: This tomato condiment that's put on French fries
Time's up! The correct answer was ketchup
PROVERBS
It "seldom knocks twice", so make the most of it
Time's up! The correct answer was Opportunity
HEY, "U"!
It may be a mischievous scamp, or a "sea" creature
Time's up! The correct answer was Urchin
BALLET
French sculptor whose art inspired "The Eternal Idol" (hmmm...that's a "Thinker")
Time's up! The correct answer was Auguste Rodin
BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS
1945-1951
Time's up! The correct answer was Clement Atlee
VERBS
4-syllable synonym for "to count", from Latin for "to count"
Time's up! The correct answer was enumerate
PLANT LIFE
Club, reindeer & Spanish are called this but botanically are not true this
Time's up! The correct answer was moss
LYRICS FROM MUSICALS
"A boy like that who'd kill your brother, forget that boy & find another, one of your own kind"
Time's up! The correct answer was West Side Story
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
Autumn brings Choyo-No-Sekku or Chrysanthemum Day in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Japan
AROUND THE WORLD
Completed in 1345, the Ponte Vecchio crosses over the Arno River in this European country
Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
CITY OF BIRTH
Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau was not born in France; his birthplace was this European city
Time's up! The correct answer was Geneva
20th CENTURY INVENTION
Newsweek reports Westinghouse made one in 1952 that played "How Dry I Am" at the end of each cycle
Time's up! The correct answer was Clothes dryer
HAIRY
This term for a knight's apprentice is also the name of a bobbed, usually jaw-length hairstyle
Time's up! The correct answer was page boy
I'D RATHER BE SKIING
In California, a premier spot for skiing is this resort area that shares its name with a prehistoric elephant
Time's up! The correct answer was Mammoth
CLOTHING
A plastron is the quilted pad worn by competitors in this sport to protect their torso & sides
Time's up! The correct answer was fencing
ROCK OF STAGES
Gonna be a big man someday & name this hit U.K. musical based on the music of Queen
Time's up! The correct answer was We Will Rock You
WORDS WITHIN WORDS
Carry something luminescent when you go down into one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Mine
I HAVEN'T READ SHAKESPEARE, BUT...
It sounds to me like it's about the leader of lascivious oglers
Time's up! The correct answer was King Lear
HORSE SENSE
Guy Williams rode Tornado as this hero
Time's up! The correct answer was Zorro
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
PRESIDENTS
The "54º40' or Fight" fever over Oregon helped elect this president, the only one ever to be speaker of the U.S. House
Time's up! The correct answer was James K. Polk
ANATOMY
The head of the femur fits into the acetabulum, a socket in this pelvic bone
Time's up! The correct answer was the hip bone
WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR II
Ships in the U.S. Navy's Casablanca class of "escort" these were smaller than their big cousins like the Lexington
Time's up! The correct answer was aircraft carriers
SOCIOLOGY
The sum of the customs & beliefs that distinguish one group from another; the hippies formed a "counter" one
Time's up! The correct answer was a culture
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
LAW & GOVERNMENT
Because of its secretiveness, the American Party in the 1850s was also known by this name
Time's up! The correct answer was The Know-Nothings
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
WAITER!
I'm in the mood for a little Italian: how 'bout an order of anitra all'aranci, this fowl cooked in orange sauce
Time's up! The correct answer was duck
NOVEL QUOTES
(1972) "Rabbits need dignity and above all the will to accept their fate"
Time's up! The correct answer was Watership Down
IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING
An athlete who is "swinging for the fences" is playing this sport
Time's up! The correct answer was baseball
BROADWAY LYRICS
"Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets, and little man, little Lola wants you"
Time's up! The correct answer was Damn Yankees
WORLD CAPITALS
Started in 1988 for this city's 75th anniversary, a Springtime Flower Festival in September shows off its Commonwealth Park
Time's up! The correct answer was Canberra, Australia
INTERNATIONAL CUISINE
The seafood in this Mexican dish is "cooked" not by heat, but by the acid in lime juice
Time's up! The correct answer was ceviche
3-LETTER ABBREV.
Everyone has one: POV
Time's up! The correct answer was a point of view
DEATH BY...
An overdose of barbiturates, August 5, 1962, at her L.A. home
Time's up! The correct answer was Marilyn Monroe
CAESAR
AKA the Flavian Amphitheatre, this ancient structure was begun by the Roman emperor Vespasian around 72 A.D.
Time's up! The correct answer was the Colosseum
WORD ORIGINS
A Middle Eastern chieftain, this 4-letter term is from the Arabic for "commander"
Time's up! The correct answer was Emir
WE WANT PISA!
In Italian it's known as "La Torre Pendente"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Leaning Tower
INTERNATIONAL RHYME TIME
The forehead of a German mrs.
Time's up! The correct answer was a Frau brow
AMERICAN LITERATURE
In this Steinbeck novel, a few buddies get drunk & make a shambles of the Western Biological Lab in Monterey
Time's up! The correct answer was "Cannery Row"
FOREIGN
In Portuguese, domingo is this day of the week
Time's up! The correct answer was Sunday
ARCHITECTS
Dallas-Fort Worth Airport architect Gyo Obata helped design this Smithsonian museum
Time's up! The correct answer was Air & Space Museum
THE BYRDS & THE BEAS
In 1934 he spent several months alone near the South Pole
Time's up! The correct answer was Admiral Byrd
FOR THE BIRDS
The genus for this American bird is Turdus; ah, to see the first Turdus of spring
Time's up! The correct answer was a robin
BEES
A large crowd of bees on the move
Time's up! The correct answer was a swarm
WHAT'CHA GOT COOKIN'?
I'm boiling these to mix with red cabbage; it's too darn hot to roast them on an open fire
Time's up! The correct answer was chestnuts
A FLY CATEGORY
To WWI British aviators, the Red Baron's group with its colorful planes was one of these, like Monty Python's
Time's up! The correct answer was a Flying Circus
THIS IS JEOPARDY!
With a cash total of $172,800, he's Jeopardy!'s biggest winner ever
Time's up! The correct answer was Chuck Forrest
COLONIAL ARTS
Meaning "tobacco peddler", it's the title of a 1708 Ebenezer Cooke poem & a 1960 John Barth novel about Cooke
Time's up! The correct answer was The Sot-Weed Factor
INLETS
Big ships must pass through Admiralty Inlet to enter or leave this Washington State sound
Time's up! The correct answer was Puget Sound
"I" LADS
This punk rock hitmaker heard here has had numerous hits on both sides of the Atlantic
Time's up! The correct answer was Billy Idol
GETTING POSSESSIVE
At 14,140 feet, this Rocky Mountain peak discovered in 1806 is one of Colorado's highest
Time's up! The correct answer was Pike's Peak
WHAT COLOR IS GREEN?
This old song says, "Alas, my love, you do me wrong, to cast me off discourteously"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Greensleeves"
"N"ATIONS OF THE WORLD
Homeland of Edvards Munch & Grieg
Time's up! The correct answer was Norway
HOME
It's what andirons are built to hold
Time's up! The correct answer was Logs/wood in your fireplace
BEFORE & AFTER
"Bouncy" 1965 Beatles album that took over for Don Cornelius as host of a dance show
Time's up! The correct answer was Rubber Soul Train
PRIMETIME TV REUNIONS
2004: "Return to Southfork"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dallas
NEBRASKA, NEW YORK OR NORTH DAKOTA
Its name does not have a Native American origin
Time's up! The correct answer was New York
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
THE "A"s
This "Khan" is the spiritual leader of the Ismaili sect of Muslims
Time's up! The correct answer was the Aga Khan
AFRICANA
Meaning "guided one", it was the title of the 1880s Sudanese leader whose forces defeated General Gordon
Time's up! The correct answer was The Mahdi
THE BIBLE
This son of Jacob served under Potiphar, captain of Pharaoh's palace guard
Time's up! The correct answer was Joseph
SOCIOLOGY
A plant, animal or object that's the symbol of a clan; it's often taboo & was paired with "Taboo" in a Freud title
Time's up! The correct answer was totem
NOTORIOUS
Despite his "fortunate" nickname, this gangster was deported to Italy in '46
Time's up! The correct answer was "Lucky" Luciano
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
FASHIONABLE COMMON BONDS
Hobo, envelope, beaded
Time's up! The correct answer was purses
WORLD CAPITALS
"The Rome of the North" is how famed sculptor Rodin described this Czech capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Prague
WE ARE AMUSED
Shylock asked, "If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you" do this, "do we not laugh?"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tickle us
DREAMY MUSIC
He's the singer heard here: "In dreams, I walk...."
Time's up! The correct answer was Roy Orbison
BREAKFAST CEREALS
This whole grain cereal from General Mills makes the rounds in frosted & honey nut as well as the original
Time's up! The correct answer was Cheerios