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PLANT LIFE
Club, reindeer & Spanish are called this but botanically are not true this
Time's up! The correct answer was moss
KFC
The formula using this many herbs & spices is locked in a safe in Louisville
Time's up! The correct answer was 11
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY SAYS....
Later in life she wrote that, like the lonely tree, this season "sang in me a little while, that in me sings no more"
Time's up! The correct answer was Summer
WORLD CAPITALS
"From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli" refers to the capitals of these two countries
Time's up! The correct answer was Mexico & Libya
I HAVEN'T READ SHAKESPEARE, BUT...
It's about this guy who hires non-permanent secretarial help for his office
Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest
WORD ORIGINS
A Greek word for cowherd has given us this term for "pastoral" or "rustic"
Time's up! The correct answer was bucolic
"I" LADS
This auto exec's autobiography is one of the bestselling nonfiction works in publishing history
Time's up! The correct answer was Lee Iacocca
SHIPS
Neither this admiral nor his flagship, the Trinidad, completed the circumnavigation of the globe
Time's up! The correct answer was Magellan
YES, THAT'S "WHITE"
Turbulent rapids
Time's up! The correct answer was whitewater
BALLET
From the French meaning "to bend", this basic bending movement prepares a dancer to spring high into the air
Time's up! The correct answer was plie
ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER
He's an African explorer, "I presume"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Livingstone
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
TITLES FROM SHAKESPEARE
Beware Thornton Wilder's "The Ides of March" & this play where you'll find the phrase
Time's up! The correct answer was Julius Caesar
MOVIE TAG LINES
This 2009 comedy proclaimed, "Some guys just can't handle Vegas"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Hangover
MISCELLAN"IUM"
It's the muscle tissue that forms the middle layer of the heart's walls
Time's up! The correct answer was myocardium
LEVITICUS
This tribe that gives the book its English name is only mentioned in one passage
Time's up! The correct answer was Levites
CRAFT
This word for a step in sewing a garment is also found paired with "hawing"
Time's up! The correct answer was hemming
BACK IN 1906
In September the Platt Amendment was invoked, allowing U.S. intervention in this Caribbean country
Time's up! The correct answer was Cuba
DOUBLE A
Architect Eero
Time's up! The correct answer was Saarinen
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
RADIO DISNEY
"I Never Told You" this alliteratively named singer hit Disney's Top 30 with "Fallin' For You"; wait, I just did
Time's up! The correct answer was Colbie Caillat
BIOGRAPHERS
As many mourned, this minister wrote in a letter, "Washington is gone! Millions are gasping to read ...about him"
Time's up! The correct answer was Parson Weems
U.S. STATES
This state got its nickname, "Badger State", from the 1820s miners who dug into its hillsides
Time's up! The correct answer was Wisconsin
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTS
When on this north Atlantic island be sure to try hakarl, a traditional dish of rotten shark
Time's up! The correct answer was Iceland
PRESIDENTS' MONOGRAMS
DDE
Time's up! The correct answer was Dwight David Eisenhower
SPORTS EQUIPMENT
A curved wicker basket called a cesta is used to catch & throw the ball in this sport
Time's up! The correct answer was jai alai
TAIWAN
It is prohibited to bring literature promoting this ideology into Taiwan
Time's up! The correct answer was Communism
COLOSSUS
Immeasurably great, like the "Jest" in a David Foster Wallace title
Time's up! The correct answer was infinite
"IBLE"S & BITS
You chew with it
Time's up! The correct answer was mandible
INLETS
Faxa Bay in the North Atlantic is between this country's Snaefells & Reykjanes peninsulas
Time's up! The correct answer was Iceland
ART
This Venetian, said his pupil Palma Giovane, "used his fingers more than his brush" to finish his lush works
Time's up! The correct answer was Titian
"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
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
FOREIGN
In French, l'oiseau is this; it sports les plumes
Time's up! The correct answer was a bird
___ OG
Something can do this to your bad memory; it's also a wheel on a Sony Clie
Time's up! The correct answer was jog
PAINTERS
His first major mural was painted at the Univ. of Mexico's Nat'l Preparatory School in the 1920s
Time's up! The correct answer was Rivera
THE PRODUCERS
This central state produces more cheese than any other
Time's up! The correct answer was Wisconsin
HEADLINES
A Sept. 13, 1901 Buffalo News headline read, he "Passed Away... from Effects of Cowardly Assassin's Bullet"
Time's up! The correct answer was President McKinley
NONFICTION PEOPLE
"The Corsican" is a diary of his life "In His Own Words"
Time's up! The correct answer was Napoleon
SYRIA'S EATING
To make eish al-Saraya or "Syrian dessert" you need this preparation made by steeping petals in liquid
Time's up! The correct answer was rosewater
NATURE
The oxpecker, which is this type of animal, likes to ride on the backs of giraffes
Time's up! The correct answer was a bird
WORD ORIGINS
The -sex suffix on British placenames refers to this Germanic people
Time's up! The correct answer was the Saxons
EUROPE
19th century Sardinia took the lead in unifying this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
THAT OLD TIME NEW WAVE MUSIC
Last name of Gary, the former Tubeway Army leader who charted with New Wave hits like "Cars"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gary Numan
THE MAINE ATTRACTION
Parson's Way, a scenic walkway in Kennebunkport, passes near this former president's home, Walker's Point
Time's up! The correct answer was Bush
BRAND NAMES
This athletic brand is named for the Greek goddess of victory
Time's up! The correct answer was Nike
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
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
OSCAR NIGHT 2003
With 6 Academy Awards total, this adapted musical was the big winner on Oscar Night 2003
Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago
DRESSING
Traditional Highland dress includes a wide belt, presumably holding up this
Time's up! The correct answer was a kilt
GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY
One of Guyana's largest cities, it's also an old name for New York City
Time's up! The correct answer was New Amsterdam
"PIN" ME
Among dog breeds, this word follows miniature & Doberman
Time's up! The correct answer was Pinscher
ASIA
19th century novelist Jose Rizal was a hero of this country's independence movement
Time's up! The correct answer was the Philippines
THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS
Relatively speaking, it's your mom's husband by a later marriage
Time's up! The correct answer was a stepfather
BERRIES
It's "hound"ed by its resemblance to the blueberry, but it has fewer seeds
Time's up! The correct answer was Huckleberry
JUST PLANE GEOMETRY
A straight angle has this many degrees
Time's up! The correct answer was 180
PARDON MY "FRENCH"
Settlers began living in this section of New Orleans in the early 18th century
Time's up! The correct answer was French Quarter
A WHITE CATEGORY
The mass of a typical one of these stars is about 70% that of the sun
Time's up! The correct answer was white dwarf
AMERICAN HISTORY
To reach eastern markets in the 1800s, Texas drovers brought their cattle to Kansas via this trail
Time's up! The correct answer was the Chisholm Trail
HOLD THE MAYO CLINIC
In 1973 Mayo introduced to North America this scanner that uses a computer & X-rays
Time's up! The correct answer was CT scanner
BALLET
Alexandre Dumas fils' tale about "The Lady of" these flowers bloomed as the ballet "Marguerite and Armand"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Camellias
CLASSIC ADS & JINGLES
It's "finger lickin' good!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky Fried Chicken
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
WAR MOVIES
1951: Erwin Rommel succeeds... for a while... in North Africa
Time's up! The correct answer was The Desert Fox
"A"NCIENT GREEKS
A philosopher & student of Plato: 384-322 B.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Aristotle
THE BLUE ANGELS
(Sarah of the Clue Crew riding in a Blue Angels jet) With a ceiling of over 50,000 feet, the Blue Angels jets, FA-18s, are known by the name of this insect
Time's up! The correct answer was hornet
MODERN "TIME"S
It's the "Fox"y TV spinoff seen here:
Time's up! The correct answer was The Time of Your Life
TRAVEL & TOURISM
The home of silk merchant Jim Thompson, who disappeared in 1967, is a tourist attraction in this Thai city
Time's up! The correct answer was Bangkok
ORGANIZED LABOR
Under this arrangement, labor and management agree to let a third party settle their dispute
Time's up! The correct answer was arbitration
WORD"Z"
It's true! This city, the first colonial post in Mexico, was founded by Hernando Cortes in 1519
Time's up! The correct answer was Veracruz
FLOPS
Roger Ebert called this 1980 Michael Cimino film "Painful & unpleasant to look at"
Time's up! The correct answer was Heaven's Gate
DRESSING
The hour for mixed drinks, or the type of short evening dress appropriate then
Time's up! The correct answer was cocktail
COMMON ABBREVIATIONS
All things considered, NPR is this popular listening place
Time's up! The correct answer was National Public Radio
ANNIVERSARY GIFTS
You shouldn't "cast" them "before swine", but you can give them for a 12th or 30th anniversary gift
Time's up! The correct answer was Pearls
NURSERY RHYMES
"Here we go round" this bush "on a cold and frosty morning"
Time's up! The correct answer was the mulberry bush
ASIAN NATIONS
Railways link this country's capital of Ulaanbaatar to Moscow & Peking
Time's up! The correct answer was Mongolia
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 CIA
Founded in 1947, the CIA grew out of WWII's OSS, which stood for this
Time's up! The correct answer was Office of Strategic Services
ROCKS & MINERALS
Mark Twain defined it as a hole in the groud with a liar standing at the top
Time's up! The correct answer was mine
ROGER!
In 1982 he co-anchored "NBC Nightly News" with Tom Brokaw, & you could say his name is...
Time's up! The correct answer was Roger Mudd
REAL ESTATE
In 1947 the U.S. was given a 99-year one on Philippine military bases -- it was later shortened
Time's up! The correct answer was Lease
LET'S TAKE A PEAK
Canada's highest peak, Mount Logan, lies in the St. Elias Range in the SW corner of this territory
Time's up! The correct answer was the Yukon
LITERARY FIRST LINES
1843: "Marley was dead: to begin with"
Time's up! The correct answer was "A Christmas Carol"
SCIENCE & NATURE
The iris is a flower & the ibis is one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Bird
RHYMES WITH STONEHENGE
Statues of Ms. Baez, Ms. Collins & Ms. Didion are part of this monument
Time's up! The correct answer was Joanhenge
TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA
Kurt Russell, who later played Elvis, was in the 1963 Elvis film "It Happened" here
Time's up! The correct answer was At the World's Fair
THE LIVING PLANET
Able to lift 850 times its own weight, the strongest animal is the rhinoceros type of this insect
Time's up! The correct answer was beetle
5 BANDS
2 members of this '70s "Ramblin' Man" band died in bike crashes, a year apart & within 3 blocks of each other
Time's up! The correct answer was The Allman Brothers Band
THOSE CRAZY GUGGENHEIMS
For Daniel, it was all mine, mine, mine; tin in Bolivia & this in Alaska
Time's up! The correct answer was gold
THAT'S MY LAW
The Law of Independent Assortment is one of the laws of heredity named for this 19th C. Austrian monk
Time's up! The correct answer was Gregor Mendel
11-LETTER WORDS
Breathing in & out
Time's up! The correct answer was Respiration
KING ARTHUR
Arthur's round table had a seat reserved for this knight who could find this
Time's up! The correct answer was the Holy Grail
"L.B."s
Herbie, the endearing Volkswagen in a classic Disney film
Time's up! The correct answer was The Love Bug
"DON'T" YOU KNOW THIS SONG?
It was Elvis' third No. 1 hit of 1956
Time's up! The correct answer was "Don't Be Cruel"
THE 20th CENTURY
On Feb. 11, 1993 this Florida prosecutor was nominated Attorney General of the U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was Janet Reno
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
"Variations on a Theme by Haydn" was this "lullaby" composer's first major work for full orchestra
Time's up! The correct answer was Johannes Brahms
ANIMALS
A pocket gopher's pockets are fur-lined & located in these
Time's up! The correct answer was Cheeks
OF MILK
Many countries have laws requiring that milk undergo this process that guards against pathogens
Time's up! The correct answer was pasteurization
ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL
This element, Na, combines with chlorine to form ordinary table salt
Time's up! The correct answer was sodium
EDGAR AWARD WINNERS
"The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" got him the Edgar
Time's up! The correct answer was John le Carré
18th CENTURY AMERICA
His wife Abigail wrote to him in a 1776 letter, "Remember the ladies... all men would be tyrants if they could"
Time's up! The correct answer was John Adams
DIALING FOR DIALECTS
Vedic, dating back at least 4,000 years, is the earliest dialect of this classical language of India
Time's up! The correct answer was Sanskrit
THE ROLLING STONES
It was the number of the Rolling Stones' 1966 "Nervous Breakdown"
Time's up! The correct answer was 19th
INSECTS
The katydid is also called the long-horned (meaning long-antennaed) one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Grasshopper
THEY REST IN NEBRASKA
Many "Our Fathers" must have been said when he died May 15, 1948 & was interred in Boys Town
Time's up! The correct answer was Father Flanagan
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
GIVE ME AN "A"!
Wow! In 2002 a "supercolony" of billions of these was discovered stretching across several countries in Europe
Time's up! The correct answer was ants
COUNTIES BY STATE
McDuffie, Meriwether, Macon
Time's up! The correct answer was Georgia
DIARIES
The diary of this woman, wife of a famous aviator, describes the kidnapping of her son
Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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
EU, THE EUROPEAN UNION
As of 2010, Croatia & Macedonia are candidates but this is the only former Yugoslav republic in the EU
Time's up! The correct answer was Slovenia
LIFE SCIENCE
In colenterates like jellyfish, the cavity called the coelenteron has an opening called this--don't get too complex
Time's up! The correct answer was a mouth
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
SCORING
In this sport you score a point for each 42-pound stone closer to the tee than the opponent's nearest stone
Time's up! The correct answer was curling
SILENCE
In a silent one of these, the bids are written--none of that "do I hear..." business
Time's up! The correct answer was an auction
FATHERS & SONS
The island where this man's son washed ashore was later named Ikaria
Time's up! The correct answer was Daedalus
NICKNAMES
"The King of Ragtime"
Time's up! The correct answer was Scott Joplin
"IND" THE KNOW
Insurance term meaning to protect against damage, loss or injury
Time's up! The correct answer was indemnity
TELEVISION
Alice is the housekeeper on this classic sitcom; Sam the butcher is her boyfriend
Time's up! The correct answer was The Brady Bunch
EXPLORERS
On July 4, 1803 Thomas Jefferson supplied this pair with a general letter of credit to use on their trip
Time's up! The correct answer was Lewis & Clark
PHILOSOPHY GLOSSARY
The name of this study of moral principles is derived from a Greek word meaning "habit"
Time's up! The correct answer was ethics
LIBRARIES
Marsh's Library in this country was founded c. 1702 by the Archbishop of Dublin
Time's up! The correct answer was Ireland
CARIBBEAN TASTE TREATS
If you order "mountain chicken" in Dominica, you won't get chicken but one of these amphibians
Time's up! The correct answer was Frogs
2011 MOVIES
Known for his work as a Shakespearean actor, he directed "Thor"
Time's up! The correct answer was Branagh
BIG BANDS
"Royal" bandleader whose first two names were Edward Kennedy
Time's up! The correct answer was Duke Ellington
RHYMES WITH TRACK
The cry of a canvasback
Time's up! The correct answer was quack
THAT'S ITALIAN!
Roman soldiers passed the time playing this game, the Italian version of lawn bowling
Time's up! The correct answer was bocce
LITERARY QUOTES
Poet who wrote, "The woods are lovely, dark & deep, but I have promises to keep..."
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Frost
BODIES OF WATER
At Khartoum, Sudan these colorful branches meet to form the Nile River
Time's up! The correct answer was the Blue Nile & the White Nile
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
ENGLISH CLASS
It's the indirect object of the sentence "Carmen gave Jose a cookie"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jose
INTERNATIONAL RHYME TIME
The forehead of a German mrs.
Time's up! The correct answer was a Frau brow
FROM THE WELSH
The name of this Olympic weapon may go back to the Welsh gaflach, "forked branch"
Time's up! The correct answer was Javelin
FLAG 'EM DOWN
The first 50-star U.S. flag was officially raised on July 4 of this year
Time's up! The correct answer was 1960
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
Islamic legal opinion or directive (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was fatwa
JUST THE FACTS
He's the older son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana
Time's up! The correct answer was Prince William
GOOD CAUSES
The Andre Agassi foundation for education runs Agassi Prep in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Las Vegas
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
This author of "Vanity Fair" studied at Cambridge but left without a degree
Time's up! The correct answer was William Makepeace Thackeray
ALL ABOARD THE SOUL TRAIN
Oh yessssssss...he created the show & was the original producer & host
Time's up! The correct answer was Don Cornelius
HOUSES OF WORSHIP
The Episcopal Church at 193 Salem Street in Boston has been holding services continually since December 29, 1723
Time's up! The correct answer was The Old North Church
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
64 paintings from the Met's founding purchase are still in its collection; over 1/3 of them are from this current European nation
Time's up! The correct answer was the Netherlands
NONFICTION PEOPLE
A biography of him is subtitled "Man's Slave Becomes God's Scientist"
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington Carver
NEWS ON THE MARCH
On March 10, 1629 this king dissolved Parliament, leading to his eventual downfall & demise
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles I
OPERA
Like many of his works, this composer's "Tannhauser" is based on Germanic legends
Time's up! The correct answer was Wagner
THE TEENS
Sonnets are rhymed poems with this many lines
Time's up! The correct answer was 14
I READ THE NEWS TODAY
Florida's highest circulation newspaper is this Gulf Coast city's Times, with about 350,000 daily copies sold
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Petersburg
"V" IS FOR
...this, like Paricutin in Mexico
Time's up! The correct answer was volcano
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
HOMOPHONIC PAIRS
In a restaurant, it's a quartet's table request
Time's up! The correct answer was for four
ORGANIZED LABOR
Under this arrangement, labor and management agree to let a third party settle their dispute
Time's up! The correct answer was arbitration
GREEK LIFE
Greek cafe music features a lute called a bouzouki & this woodwind, the klarino
Time's up! The correct answer was Clarinet
20th CENTURY AMERICANS
He was alive for the Wright Brothers' historic flight & was John Glenn's Senate colleague when Glenn returned to space
Time's up! The correct answer was Strom Thurmond
WINE
On wine labels, this word which means "estate" precedes Lafite & Mouton-Rothschild
Time's up! The correct answer was Chateau
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Mattias Klum's photo essays for this magazine include 2008's "Borneo's Moment of Truth"
Time's up! The correct answer was National Geographic
THE NEW YORK TIMES 2009 FICTION BESTSELLERS
Richard DiLallo & this author teamed to write "Alex Cross's 'Trial
Time's up! The correct answer was Patterson
INTERNATIONAL RHYME TIME
A tiny New Zealander, or a tiny New Zealand bird
Time's up! The correct answer was a peewee Kiwi
CINEMATIC DICTIONARY
The inventors of this camera-stabilizing device won a special 1977 Oscar
Time's up! The correct answer was Steadicam
PAPAL NAMES
From a Latin word for "doer of good"
Time's up! The correct answer was Boniface
THE 20th CENTURY
In January 1926 in London, John L. Baird demonstrated this new invention which used a cathode ray tube
Time's up! The correct answer was Television
CNN
Named for its Brooklyn-born host, this "live" interview show debuted on CNN in June 1985
Time's up! The correct answer was "Larry King Live"
HOMOPHONES
A dish, or a braid of hair
Time's up! The correct answer was plate/plait
BREAKING NEWS
Before this hotel mogul's elbow broke through it, a Picasso he owned was worth $139 million; after, $85 million
Time's up! The correct answer was Steve Wynn
COLOGNE RANGER
Founded in Cologne, this German airline really took off in 1953
Time's up! The correct answer was Lufthansa
MARK TWAIN SEZ
"Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is" this "that does the work"
Time's up! The correct answer was the lightning
IT'S ALL ABOUT ME
Self, launched in 1979, is one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was amagazine
SCIENCE & NATURE
In a healthy mouth, this line separates the crown from the root of a tooth
Time's up! The correct answer was Gum Line
CAMERA
Aptly, underwater photography may require these widest wide-angle lenses
Time's up! The correct answer was fisheye lenses
CHANCE
His 1742 "A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist" was a prelude to writings on other games
Time's up! The correct answer was Hoyle
HISTORY
In 1000 Rajaraja I of the Cholas battled to take this Indian Ocean island now known for its tea
Time's up! The correct answer was Ceylon
ART
Surrealists used odd juxtapositions in this form whose name is French for "gluing"
Time's up! The correct answer was collage
"HIGH" SCHOOL
Chuck Taylor, from whom Converse named a line of these shoes, was a basketball star of the 1910s
Time's up! The correct answer was high-tops
BIRDS
This bird seen here is the provincial bird of Prince Edward Island
Time's up! The correct answer was Blue jay
SIGNS & SYMBOLS
Baby, you're going to be a star, & we're going to put you next to this symbol on Turkey's flag
Time's up! The correct answer was a crescent
IT'S AN L.A. THING
Wanna live in this city, 90210? in July 2008 the median home price there was $2.3 million
Time's up! The correct answer was Beverly Hills
THE YEAR IN SPORTS
In this, his final year, Ted Williams became one of the few major leaguers to play in 4 decades
Time's up! The correct answer was 1960
COMPOUND WORDS
Lunar term meaning mentally deranged or dreamily romantic
Time's up! The correct answer was moonstruck
IT'S AN L.A. THING
Good times are Bruin in this district, home to UCLA, where John Wooden was a "wizard"
Time's up! The correct answer was Westwood
WEAPONS
U.S. land-based long-range nuclear missile that shares name with type of Revolutionary War fighter
Time's up! The correct answer was a Minuteman
WORD ORIGINS
The name of this type of reference work is from the Greek for "cyclical" (i.e., well-rounded) & "education"
Time's up! The correct answer was an encyclopedia
WHO'S YOUR MOMMY?
Mariska Hargitay
Time's up! The correct answer was Jayne Mansfield
DEATH BY...
Air crash of his MiG fighter plane while on a training mission near Moscow, March 27, 1968
Time's up! The correct answer was Yuri Gagarin
WHAT'S THAT SOUND?
Block Island Sound separates Block Island from this tiny state's mainland
Time's up! The correct answer was Rhode Island
KOREA
Reportedly, the farther south you go, the hotter you'll find this common dish of pickled cabbage
Time's up! The correct answer was Kimchi
THE PRODUCERS
This central state produces more cheese than any other
Time's up! The correct answer was Wisconsin
"PU"
It's another name for the cougar or mountain lion
Time's up! The correct answer was Puma
I SERVED IN HIS CABINET
Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz
Time's up! The correct answer was Nixon
THE PRODUCERS
This state produces more lobsters than any other
Time's up! The correct answer was Maine
"P.B."
Anna Pavlova or Dame Margot Fonteyn, for example
Time's up! The correct answer was prima ballerina
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE
A suicide pilot during WWII, it was 1993's winning word
Time's up! The correct answer was K-A-M-I-K-A-Z-E
HISTORY
In a 1778 treaty, the U.S. and France granted each other this commerce "status"
Time's up! The correct answer was most favored nation
ALL IN YOUR MIND
By definition, a hypnagogic hallucination occurs while you're about to do this
Time's up! The correct answer was fall asleep
TV STARS
Putting the Goth in "American Gothic", this rocker & his family starred in a hit MTV reality show in 2002
Time's up! The correct answer was Ozzy Osbourne
ORGANIZED LABOR
Under this arrangement, labor and management agree to let a third party settle their dispute
Time's up! The correct answer was arbitration
THE NEW CAR LOT
The '99 Saab 9-5 offers a real cool option: this is "refrigerated"
Time's up! The correct answer was Glove compartment
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
This Dallas bowl game has been played at the same site consecutively longer than any other major bowl game
Time's up! The correct answer was Cotton Bowl
"AD"JECTIVES
Fatty, like some "tissue"
Time's up! The correct answer was Adipose
ENGLAND, SCOTLAND OR WALES
The largest in area of the 3
Time's up! The correct answer was England
STARTS WITH "B"
2-word French term for a small bundle of herbs, often tied together & used for flavoring
Time's up! The correct answer was Bouquet Garni
KNOTS TO YOU
It is second only to "Gunsmoke" as TV's longest-running primetime drama series
Time's up! The correct answer was Knots Landing
NOVEL QUOTES
(1972) "Rabbits need dignity and above all the will to accept their fate"
Time's up! The correct answer was Watership Down
TURNING 40 IN '98
Damon, Marlon & Kim's big brother, he turned 40 on June 8
Time's up! The correct answer was Keenan Ivory Wayans
LEVITICUS
This tribe that gives the book its English name is only mentioned in one passage
Time's up! The correct answer was Levites
"T" TIME AT THE LIBRARY
Watch out for "personal injuries" if you lift all his legal thrillers, including "Personal Injuries", at once
Time's up! The correct answer was Scott Turow
LANDINGS
You land, not anchor, at this Phoenix airport, named by a board member from Scenic Airways
Time's up! The correct answer was Sky Harbor Airport
UNOFFICIAL STATE NICKNAMES
It's "The Plantation State" because its full name includes the words "And Providence Plantations"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rhode Island
FIRST LADIES
Her stepfather was Hugh Auchincloss
Time's up! The correct answer was Jackie Kennedy
TELEVISION
On a 1995 episode of this sitcom, JFK Jr. dropped by the offices of "FYI"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Murphy Brown"
HEALTH & MEDICINE
This artificial sweetner has been associated with bladder cancer in animal experiments
Time's up! The correct answer was saccharin
THE BIBLE
The first verse of this book says, "There was a man in the land of Uz that feared God and eschewed evil"
Time's up! The correct answer was Job
PROVERBS
It's the type of pot that "never boils"
Time's up! The correct answer was a watched pot
"EVER"S
This 1965 movie begins with the birth of Jesus
Time's up! The correct answer was The Greatest Story Ever Told
TRANSPLANTS
This organ was first successfully transplanted in 1981, as a package deal with a heart
Time's up! The correct answer was a lung
2-LETTER ABBREV.
Randy Newman sang, "Looks like another perfect day, I love" this place
Time's up! The correct answer was L.A.
I KNOW THAT WORD BACKWARDS & FORWARDS
To make an allusion to something
Time's up! The correct answer was refer
THE OLD WEST
This lieutenant colonel recruited some of his Rough Riders at William Menger's hotel in San Antonio
Time's up! The correct answer was Theodore Roosevelt
4-LETTER WORDS
"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Reap
THE KOREAN WAR
In 1950 Gen. Walton Walker, the main U.S. field commander, was killed riding in this type of vehicle
Time's up! The correct answer was Jeep
ROYAL BRITANNIA
He succeeded his mother & was succeeded in 1910 by his son George V
Time's up! The correct answer was Edward VII
SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER
The part of an atom's nucleus that fits the category
Time's up! The correct answer was a neutron
SCOTLAND
Ben More, Ben Alder & Ben Macdui are not people but tall ones of these in Scotland
Time's up! The correct answer was mountains
THE KIDS LOVE THAT ROCK & ROLL
In 1998 Will Smith was "Gettin'" to the No. 1 spot on the charts with this song
Time's up! The correct answer was "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It"
ACTORS
He never won an Oscar, but this 1960s movie star got a patent for a low-slung bucket seat for race cars
Time's up! The correct answer was Steve McQueen
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
BROADWAY TEENS
[clue missing because of technical glitch]
Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Frank
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
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
A MASSIVE "M"ETROPOLIS
3.2 million: 150 miles from Bogota
Time's up! The correct answer was Medellin
"KEY"s
It's Pennsylvania's nickname
Time's up! The correct answer was the Keystone state
GOAT-POURRI
The backward-curving horns of the Siberian species of this 4-letter goat may be nearly 5 feet long
Time's up! The correct answer was ibex
LSU
This civil "War is Hell" general was president of the seminary & military academy that became LSU
Time's up! The correct answer was William Tecumseh Sherman
NAME THE DECADE
The first controlled nuclear chain reaction
Time's up! The correct answer was the 1940s
MAGICAL MOUSE-TERY TOUR
The samplefest "The Grey Album" & the band Gnarls Barkley are 2 projects of Brian Burton, aka this
Time's up! The correct answer was Danger Mouse
LINGUISTICS
Linguists have debunked the common belief that Eskimos have dozens of words for this substance
Time's up! The correct answer was Snow
WORKING ON THE RAILROAD
On April 30, 1900 this engineer gave his life in a train crash to save his passengers; his name would live on in ballads
Time's up! The correct answer was Casey Jones
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
TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE WORD THAT RHYMES WITH STAR
A 1-pound tin of premium sevruga this can go for more than $2,000
Time's up! The correct answer was caviar
PRIMETIME TV REUNIONS
1983: "Still the Beaver"
Time's up! The correct answer was Leave it to Beaver
THE ROYALS
She was the Virgin Queen or Good Queen Bess
Time's up! The correct answer was Elizabeth I
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
SPOILER ALERT!
1968: The Statue of Liberty sticks up out of the sand
Time's up! The correct answer was Planet of the Apes
LOW CUT GENES
Named for a German neuropathologist, this memory loss disease may be caused by a gene on chromosome 21
Time's up! The correct answer was Alzheimer's disease
CZECH, PLEASE
For poetry that eschews all "dogmas & dictates", Jaroslav Seifert won this in 1984
Time's up! The correct answer was the Nobel Prize
ASTRONOMY ADD A LETTER
Add this letter to star & get something harsh or grim
Time's up! The correct answer was K
INTERNATIONAL LANDMARKS
Its roof has been variously described as sails, clam shells & a huddle of nuns in a high wind
Time's up! The correct answer was the Sydney Opera House
GENERAL INFORMATION
More than 540,000 men & women served under this general's command of the U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf War of 1991
Time's up! The correct answer was Schwarzkopf
MOVIE TAG LINES
This film gave us "The holiest event of our time. Perfect for their return" (& Tom Hanks')
Time's up! The correct answer was Angels and Demons
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
PULL
Word on the 2 buttons that preceded this one: (Curly in a "Three Stooges" clip showing a button marked "Pull")
Time's up! The correct answer was Press
HEADS OF STATE
On August 29, 1995 Eduard Shevardnadze, president of this country, was wounded by a car bomb
Time's up! The correct answer was Georgia
OPERA & BALLET
The ballet "Les Sylphides" is danced to music by this Polish-French composer
Time's up! The correct answer was Frederic Chopin
STATE OF THE UNION
The Trinity site in this state was the location of the USA's first atomic explosion
Time's up! The correct answer was New Mexico
BILLS & WILLS
Before hosting his TV "Journal", he was deputy director of the Peace Corps
Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Moyers
OSCAR NIGHT 2003
Seen here, the Chub Chubs won the Oscar in this category
Time's up! The correct answer was Animated Short
SATURDAY
Founded in 1932 as The Palestine Post, this morning paper appears daily, except for Saturday
Time's up! The correct answer was The Jerusalem Post
10-LETTER WORDS
It means to set free, as from slavery
Time's up! The correct answer was Emancipate
NOVELISTS
This novelist's nonfiction book "Miami and the Siege of Chicago" was about the 1968 political conventions
Time's up! The correct answer was Norman Mailer
WOOD & WIND
The line "O wild west wind, thou breath of autumn's being" starts an 1819 ode by this man
Time's up! The correct answer was Percy Shelley
PARTS OF THE WHOLE
Reservoir, filter basket, carafe
Time's up! The correct answer was a coffee maker
"IBLE"S & BITS
14-letter adjective for something that can't be wiped out
Time's up! The correct answer was indestructible
5-LETTER WORDS
Teddy Roosevelt said "The credit belongs to the man" in this, "whose face is marred by dust & sweat & blood"
Time's up! The correct answer was the arena
THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION
In 1534 he & his buddy Francis Xavier founded the Society of Jesus
Time's up! The correct answer was Loyola
ARCHITECTS
Richard Hunt, the first American to attend the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, designed this statue's stone-&-concrete pedestal
Time's up! The correct answer was Statue of Liberty
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
A rectifier is an electrical device used to convert alternating current to this
Time's up! The correct answer was direct current
"X"s & "O"s
Cross-country skiing is sometimes referred to by these 2 letters, the same ones used to denote 90 in Roman numerals
Time's up! The correct answer was XC
THE TITANIC
2 of these towered over the deck & were used as flagpoles & to string the wireless aerial
Time's up! The correct answer was masts
TOP 40 BONUS
"Soul Man"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Blues Brothers & Sam & Dave
AIN'T THAT AMERICA
There are more farms in this large southwestern state than in any other
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas
"V" IS FOR
...this pasta, thinner than spaghetti, whose name is Italian for "little worms"
Time's up! The correct answer was vermicelli
MOVIE TAG LINES
"Lather. Rinse. Save the world" advertised this Adam Sandler comedy
Time's up! The correct answer was You Don't Mess with the Zohan
COLONIAL ARTS
This South Carolina city that gave us a popular dance in the 1930s was the site of the first opera in America in 1735
Time's up! The correct answer was Charleston
ROCK-Y
The title of Falco's biggest hit mentions this fellow Austrian musician
Time's up! The correct answer was Mozart
GEOGRAPH"Y"
There's an active volcano on Sicily, an island that's part of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
INNS
It was the first hotel Howard Hughes bought in Las Vegas
Time's up! The correct answer was Desert Inn
GAMES
In other words, this summer camp game could be called "Seize Your Enemy's Banner"
Time's up! The correct answer was Capture the Flag
HEISMAN WINNERS
In 2006 Troy Smith joined Eddie George & back-to-back winner Archie Griffin as winners from this school
Time's up! The correct answer was Ohio State
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Co-capitals: La Paz & Sucre
Time's up! The correct answer was Bolivia
MOVIES BY ROLES
1989: Heather McNamara, Heather Chandler, Heather Duke
Time's up! The correct answer was Heathers
MILITARY TELEVISION
This future star of "The Love Boat" earned his sea legs playing "Happy" Haines on "McHale's Navy"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gavin McLeod
GEOLOGY
A 6-mile-wide caldera, or volcanic crater, is a highlight of La Palma in this Spanish Island group off Africa
Time's up! The correct answer was the Canaries
COME, HO CHI MINH
Ho Chi Minh's real family name wasn't Ho, it was this, like many other Vietnamese
Time's up! The correct answer was Nguyen
MATH TERMS
5th, 50th & 500th are this type of number, as opposed to cardinal
Time's up! The correct answer was ordinal
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?
Mount Logan, Canada's highest peak, is found in this territory
Time's up! The correct answer was the Yukon Territory
THE USA
This river forms most of the boundary between Georgia & South Carolina
Time's up! The correct answer was Savannah River
SAY CHEESE
This name refers to natural cheddar made in the U.S. & is often confused with processed cheese
Time's up! The correct answer was American cheese
"AI"
This dictionary term meaning "old" is applied to words like "wast"
Time's up! The correct answer was archaic
PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY
With the exception of R. Reagan, all the presidents born under this sign died in office
Time's up! The correct answer was Aquarius
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
In a story by Rudyard Kipling, this mongoose protects an English family from snakes
Time's up! The correct answer was Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
Suisse is the French name for this mountainous country
Time's up! The correct answer was Switzerland
KNOTS TO YOU
It is second only to "Gunsmoke" as TV's longest-running primetime drama series
Time's up! The correct answer was Knots Landing
SPORTS
He was director of athletics at NYC's Downtown Athletic Club from 1928 to 1936
Time's up! The correct answer was John Heisman
COMIC & CARTOON CRITTERS
Franklin on Nickelodeon
Time's up! The correct answer was turtle
MOVIE SONGS
1985: "We Don't Need Another Hero"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
NEWS TO ME
This car company has been in the news for widespread recalls of its Corollas & other models
Time's up! The correct answer was Toyota
CRAFT
Saddler's pliers were created for gripping this material
Time's up! The correct answer was leather
TV CASTS
This tap dancer has a recurring role on "Will & Grace" as Eric McCormack's boss
Time's up! The correct answer was Gregory Hines
CINEMATIC DICTIONARY
Term for the flow of a film, maintained by keeping details consistent throughout a scene
Time's up! The correct answer was Continuity
ITALIAN ART
For her 1997 calendar, singer Gloria Trevi recreated this artist's "Birth Of Venus" with herself as Venus
Time's up! The correct answer was Sandro Botticelli
MUSICAL PRIME NUMBERS
Prince: "2000 zero zero party over, oops, out of time, so tonight I'm gonna party like it's ____"
Time's up! The correct answer was 1999
MOVIE TRIVIA
In his best English Bronx accent he cried "Yonder lies the castle of my father"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tony Curtis
X MARKS THE SPOT
The harbor of this Nova Scotia capital is one of the largest in the world
Time's up! The correct answer was Halifax
BEST MOVIE QUOTES EVER!
1999: "Get in my belly!" (Second in a series)
Time's up! The correct answer was Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
CNN
In 1997 CNN became the first U.S. news organization since 1969 with a permanent bureau in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Cuba
THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
The church funds worldwide good works by this contribution of 10% of members' incomes
Time's up! The correct answer was a tithe
THE SECOND...
...to become Secretary of Homeland Security
Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Chertoff
10-LETTER WORDS
It means to set free, as from slavery
Time's up! The correct answer was Emancipate
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
TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE WORD THAT RHYMES WITH STAR
A 1-pound tin of premium sevruga this can go for more than $2,000
Time's up! The correct answer was caviar
SOCIOLOGY
This term for a rural white southerner was originally applied to sunburned agricultural workers
Time's up! The correct answer was a redneck
ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER
The Beatles' bass player before Paul took over
Time's up! The correct answer was Stu Sutcliffe
WE WANT PISA!
In Italian it's known as "La Torre Pendente"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Leaning Tower
THE LAND
The name of this state is from Choctaw & means it's the land of the "red people"
Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma
A TRIP TO OUTER SPACE
Kohoutek, Shoemaker-Levy & Halley's are all names for these astronomic objects
Time's up! The correct answer was comets
DUKE, DUKE
It was Duke-Duke once again with the April 1999 TV movie reunion of this 1960s series
Time's up! The correct answer was The Patty Duke Show
IN THE DICTIONARY
This word used to describe a type of school also means "narrow in outlook"
Time's up! The correct answer was parochial
CONGRESSIONAL MISDEMEANORS
Senator Benjamin Tappan was censured in 1844 for leaking information about the annexation of this to the Union
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas
AMERICAN AUTHORS
His bestselling first novel, published in 1846, was set in Polynesia
Time's up! The correct answer was Herman Melville
"PH"UN WORDS
Both England's King George V & FDR put their stamp of approval on this "King of Hobbies"
Time's up! The correct answer was Philately
ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER
The names of the 3 ships that left the Canary Islands on Sept. 6, 1492, heading west
Time's up! The correct answer was the Nina, the Pinta & the Santa Maria
SWEET!
A confection called a kiss is baked this: sugar & stiffly beaten egg whites
Time's up! The correct answer was meringue
TELEVISION
On this NBC sci-fi drama, genius Jarod was played by Michael T. Weiss as a man & by Ryan Merriman as a boy
Time's up! The correct answer was The Pretender
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.
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
One of the largest of these shallow channels in the U.S. is the Bartholomew in N. Louisiana
Time's up! The correct answer was Bayou
PULL
Since the 8th century, it's what churchmen have pulled to ring their bells
Time's up! The correct answer was Ropes
CREATION STORIES
In some Native American myths, this animal helps a deity create the world, with no help from the Acme Co.
Time's up! The correct answer was a coyote
HOW'S THE WEATHER?
Mountain passes speed up hot, dry air, giving this U.S. state its Santa Ana winds
Time's up! The correct answer was California
THE CRUCIBLE
Crucibles are sometimes made out of this ceramic material made by firing pure clay
Time's up! The correct answer was porcelain
NATIONAL FOODS
This cured meat is in the classic McDonald's Egg McMuffin
Time's up! The correct answer was Canadian bacon
BATTLE TO NAME THE WAR
The Battle of Stalingrad
Time's up! The correct answer was World War II
GONE TOMORROW?
Picoides Borealis is the red-cockaded species of this bird, still on the endangered list in 2004
Time's up! The correct answer was the woodpecker
SNL CELEBRITY JEOPARDY!
Norm MacDonald played this "Smokey and the Bandit" star who had a slight problem IDing Pat Morita's ancestry
Time's up! The correct answer was Burt Reynolds
BALLPARK FIGURES
With the Yankees from 1923 to 1939, his No. 4 was the first number retired in either league
Time's up! The correct answer was Lou Gehrig
RHYME TIME
To knock down General George S.
Time's up! The correct answer was Flatten Patton
CELEBS
On Sept. 14, 2005 she gave birth to Sean Preston Federline
Time's up! The correct answer was Britney Spears
THE 13th CENTURY
A 1287 storm flooded the land separating the North Sea & the Zuiderzee, turning this village into a major port city
Time's up! The correct answer was Amsterdam
"T"ELEVISION
Co-hosted by John Davidson, it was ABC's response to NBC's "Real People"
Time's up! The correct answer was That's Incredible!
"PIN" ME
Someone who steps up to the plate for a teammate
Time's up! The correct answer was Pinch hitter
HISTORIC DATES
The Egyptian government opened his mummy case on March 6, 1924
Time's up! The correct answer was Tutankhamun
BEFORE THEY WERE SENATORS
Later a U.S. senator, in 1962 he made a famous 75,000-mile trip
Time's up! The correct answer was John Glenn
HISTORY
In 1991 B.C. Amenemhet, a former vizier, founded this country's 12th dynasty
Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt
CROSSWORD CLUES "Q"
To drink heartily (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was quaff
RICHARD
In 1886 Richard Sears began selling pocket watches & in 1887 hired this man as his watch repairman
Time's up! The correct answer was Roebuck
LITERARY GENRES
In the 1880s Guy de Maupassant published 300 of these
Time's up! The correct answer was short stories
X MARKS THE SPOT
The only Benelux country that fits the bill
Time's up! The correct answer was Luxembourg
TRANSPORTATION
The U.S. U-2, first built in the 1950s, was an airplane; the German U-1, first built in the 1910s, was one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a submarine
TRAVEL
Beautiful Margaret Island in this river has been a Budapest park for more than 100 years
Time's up! The correct answer was the Danube
TOM JONES
Tom hails from Pontypridd in this British Isles country
Time's up! The correct answer was Wales
THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR
"The Milagro Beanfield War", "Quiz Show", "The Legend of Bagger Vance"
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Redford
THE TIGERS
Founded by Claire Chennault, these aviators shot down hundreds of Japanese planes during World War II
Time's up! The correct answer was the Flying Tigers
COMPOSERS
G. Strepponi sang in "Nabucco", the opera that made this composer famous, & later married him
Time's up! The correct answer was Giuseppe Verdi
OPERA
At 35 he decided for the first time to sit right down & write himself an opera; he produced "Fidelio"
Time's up! The correct answer was Beethoven
LEGAL "E"s
This 2-word phrase means the power to take private property for public use; it's ok, as long as there is just compensation
Time's up! The correct answer was eminent domain
OF MILK
In mammals, milk is secreted by these glands
Time's up! The correct answer was mammary glands
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
Ashcroft, Belushi, Barleycorn
Time's up! The correct answer was John
WHO PLAYED 'EM
2004: Cady Heron, who loves & hates the "Mean Girls" at her high school
Time's up! The correct answer was Lohan
THE CINEMA
The popular soundtrack of this 2000 film includes "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow" & "You Are My Sunshine"
Time's up! The correct answer was O Brother, Where Art Thou?
LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS
Doris Eaton Travis, who passed away in 2010 at age 106, was the last surviving showgirl from these follies
Time's up! The correct answer was Ziegfeld
WHO'S YOUR MOMMY?
Liza Minnelli
Time's up! The correct answer was Judy Garland
BEGINNING & END
Like a door, a Broadway show does these 2 things
Time's up! The correct answer was open & close
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
THE 17TH CENTURY
In his 1613 "Letters On Sunspots", he openly supported the Copernican theory
Time's up! The correct answer was Galileo
NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME
This French chemist inducted in 1978 "was the founder of microbiological sciences"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pasteur
IT'S RAINING "MN"
Catch the flue here, where fire goes up in smoke
Time's up! The correct answer was a chimney
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS
"Der Sturm"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest
UNIVERSITY SPORTS TEAMS
While Harvard has the Crimson, this university has the Crimson Tide
Time's up! The correct answer was Alabama
DOUBLE-O WORDS
Legend says in 1652 Dutch Admiral Tromp placed this at his masthead after sweeping the English from the sea
Time's up! The correct answer was a broom
4 N
Number of "beers on the wall" at the beginning of the song
Time's up! The correct answer was ninety-nine
NYPD TV
In the '70s this Taos, N.M. Deputy Marshal was on temporary assignment in Manhattan's 27th Precinct
Time's up! The correct answer was McCloud
ANIMAL PLANET
You'll have a leg up if you know this is the correct term for a baby hippo
Time's up! The correct answer was Calf
AIN'T THAT AMERICA
In 1886 a pharmacist in this southern state became the first man to enjoy a Coke and a smile
Time's up! The correct answer was Georgia
IT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER
In Nov. 1922, after years of searching, Lord Carnarvon & Howard Carter made this discovery
Time's up! The correct answer was Tutankhamen's tomb
ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN
Symphony Beethoven "composed to celebrate the memory of a great man"
Time's up! The correct answer was Eroica
U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
Cape Hatteras is known as this cemetery synonym "of the Atlantic"
Time's up! The correct answer was a graveyard
BEN
Ben Franklin went to London in 1757 to represent this colony's assembly
Time's up! The correct answer was Pennsylvania
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
Odin learned the secrets of these alphabetic symbols while hanging for 9 days on Yggdrasil, the world tree
Time's up! The correct answer was runes
TRAIN STATIONS
A real depot inspired the symbol of this Wisconsin insurance company, seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Wausau
CELEB STUFF
In a 1997 issue of "George", he said his cousins Michael & Joseph were "poster boys for bad behavior"
Time's up! The correct answer was John F. Kennedy, Jr.
THE 50 STATES
The atomic age began with a blast on July 16, 1945 in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was New Mexico
THE ASSASSIN'S VICTIM
1984: Beant Singh & Satwant Singh
Time's up! The correct answer was Indira Gandhi
AMERICAN HISTORY
His foes said that in 1877 he agreed to withdraw remaining federal troops from the south in return for electoral support
Time's up! The correct answer was Hayes
FAMOUS VOYAGES
Capt. Robert Fitzroy of this ship argued that its scientific discoveries supported the Bible
Time's up! The correct answer was the Beagle
"L.B."s
In 1893 this horticulturist published his first nursery catalog offering his "New Creations in Fruits and Flowers"
Time's up! The correct answer was Luther Burbank
WHO PLAYED 'EM
2004: Cady Heron, who loves & hates the "Mean Girls" at her high school
Time's up! The correct answer was Lohan
THE TEENS
Rack all your pins in bowling & 10 are set up; rack your balls in a game of 8-ball & this many are set up
Time's up! The correct answer was 15
BILLS & WILLS
Playing center for the Boston Celtics, he led the team to 11 NBA championships in the '50s & '60s
Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Russell
THE 1990s
On Jan. 31, 1999 this team repeated as Super Bowl champs with John Elway throwing for 336 yards
Time's up! The correct answer was the Denver Broncos
SKIP TO MY "LOO"
Unsecured pages of a book in removable form
Time's up! The correct answer was looseleaf
NBA HALL OF FAMERS
He won an NBA title ring in 1973 as a reserve forward with the Knicks & coached the Bulls to 6 titles in the '90s
Time's up! The correct answer was Phil Jackson
PROVERBS
"Every" one of these "fits not every foot"
Time's up! The correct answer was a shoe
THE COMMODORES
He's the naval hero & commodore famous for his declaration "Our country, right or wrong!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Decatur
BACH IN THE SADDLE
From the Latin for "to sing", only 202 of the 295 of these that Bach wrote in Leipzig survive
Time's up! The correct answer was cantatas
BRIDGES
The 1st Roman bridge of which there is any record is the Pons Sublicius, built in 621 B.C. over this river
Time's up! The correct answer was Tiber
SPOUSE IN COMMON
Roger Vadim, Tom Hayden
Time's up! The correct answer was Jane Fonda
ADVERTISING SLOGANS
This maker of pre-school toys says, "Our work is child's play"
Time's up! The correct answer was Fisher-Price
"A" SCIENCE CATEGORY
These are just small masses of lymphoid tissue in the nasopharynx
Time's up! The correct answer was adenoids
THE ONION
From an issue in 2056: This island & commonwealth ceded to the U.S. in 1898... "Should it become our 63rd state?"
Time's up! The correct answer was Puerto Rico
FLY COUNTRIES
Belavia (Its first terminal was in Minsk)
Time's up! The correct answer was Belarus
GROUP COUNTDOWN
If Andy yearns for Brenda & Brenda cares about Charlene who pines for Andy, the 3 of them form one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a love triangle
HELLO, DELI!
Someone pass me this noodle pudding filled with raisins & nuts
Time's up! The correct answer was kugel
QUOTATIONS
John Kenneth Galbraith said these "are indispensable when you don't want to do anything"--there's one in the boardroom at 2:30
Time's up! The correct answer was meetings
COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC
Hey, good looki
Time's up! The correct answer was Hank Williams
YOU BEAST!
Russian circuses often feature these animals, a national symobol, trained in the art of juggling with their feet!
Time's up! The correct answer was bears
BEST MOVIE QUOTES EVER!
1951: "Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we are put in this world to rise above"
Time's up! The correct answer was The African Queen
POETS
In 1857 this "Old Ironsides" poet & others founded the Atlantic Monthly
Time's up! The correct answer was Oliver Wendell Holmes
THE 50 STATES
The atomic age began with a blast on July 16, 1945 in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was New Mexico
CITY FLAGS
Its flag features a pioneer family, a covered wagon & 2 sea gulls
Time's up! The correct answer was Salt Lake City
COMIC & CARTOON CRITTERS
Babar
Time's up! The correct answer was elephant
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
WHEN THE SAINTS
You're a Slav to the study of language if you know that this alphabet bears the name of a 9th c. saint
Time's up! The correct answer was Cyrillic
THE BIG 10
The first 10 of these are known as the Bill of Rights
Time's up! The correct answer was the Amendments
OATS
While the terms are used interchangeably, groats are usually more coarsely ground than these
Time's up! The correct answer was Grits
EVERYBODY LOVES RAY
25 years after "The Lost Weekend", he played Ryan O'Neal's dad in "Love Story"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ray Milland
ALSO A TOOL
"U Can't Touch This" bone, aka the malleus, just behind the eardrum
Time's up! The correct answer was the hammer
FOOD
Butternut refers to both an actual nut & this type of gourd
Time's up! The correct answer was squash
STATE BIRDS
Ohio: This redbird
Time's up! The correct answer was a cardinal
EDS
He earned an Oscar nomination for his supporting role in "The Hours"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ed Harris
PRESIDENTS' MONOGRAMS
DDE
Time's up! The correct answer was Dwight David Eisenhower
SYNONYMS
In court you won't hear a lawyer say "remonstrance!" but this synonym
Time's up! The correct answer was objection
COMPOUND WORDS
Lunar term meaning mentally deranged or dreamily romantic
Time's up! The correct answer was moonstruck
TRANSPORTATION
In "Sixteen Candles", Molly Ringwald says, "I loathe" this method of transport
Time's up! The correct answer was the bus
"PH"UN WORDS
Both England's King George V & FDR put their stamp of approval on this "King of Hobbies"
Time's up! The correct answer was Philately
PHYSICS
This field is the study of the properties & production of sound
Time's up! The correct answer was acoustics
LIFE SCIENCE
In colenterates like jellyfish, the cavity called the coelenteron has an opening called this--don't get too complex
Time's up! The correct answer was a mouth
ARCHITECTURE
This 6-letter part of a house is also called an eaves trough
Time's up! The correct answer was gutter
GO "SOUTH"
...to here, where you'll find the cities of Christchurch & Dunedin
Time's up! The correct answer was the South Island
PITCHING HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE WOO
A pet for my pet! This can spray its odoriferous musk accurately up to 12 feet; worry not! It'll stamp its feet to warn thee first
Time's up! The correct answer was a skunk
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
A HORSE IS A HORSE
A horse named Comanche survived this man's June 1876 "Last Stand"
Time's up! The correct answer was Custer
LITERARY BADDIES
This Harry Potter bad guy's name is French for "flight from death"
Time's up! The correct answer was Voldemort
GENERAL SCIENCE
The "master plan of all life", it consists of thymine, adenine, guanine, cytosine, phosphate & deoxyribose
Time's up! The correct answer was **DNA **
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
DRAMA
In a 1997 play Stacie Chaiken starred as Constance, wife of this "Earnest" author
Time's up! The correct answer was Oscar Wilde
OSCAR NIGHT 2003
Seen here, the Chub Chubs won the Oscar in this category
Time's up! The correct answer was Animated Short
SPORTS
Earl Anthony rolled on to a record 41 titles in this sport, Mark Roth is second
Time's up! The correct answer was Bowling
WEATHER
Air is described as supersaturated when the relative humidity is higher than this percent
Time's up! The correct answer was 100%
GANGSTER'S DICTIONARY
One day I might go legit & get a cush job as a "gumshoe", a private one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Detective/private eye
LANGUAGES
This Scandinavian language changed "aa" to a circle-topped "a", making it closer to Swedish and Norwegian
Time's up! The correct answer was Danish
"PER"CUSSION
11-letter word for the sac containing the heart
Time's up! The correct answer was pericardium
ART & ARTISTS
On September 29, 1910, this painter known for his seascapes died in his studio in Prouts Neck, Maine
Time's up! The correct answer was Winslow Homer
COMICS STRIP
Borat, played by this British comic, had a naked tussle with his portly Kazakh TV producer
Time's up! The correct answer was Cohen
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
NATIONAL FOODS
Thomas' is a brand of these, famed for their nooks & crannies
Time's up! The correct answer was English muffins
HEY, "U"!
An entrepreneur who's launching a new enterprise, or a funeral director
Time's up! The correct answer was Undertaker
IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD
Christopher Columbus sampled this grain in Cuba, declaring it "most tasty boiled, roasted or ground into flour"
Time's up! The correct answer was corn
LIT MY FIRE
This Irish poet's "Sailing to Byzantium" urges "sages... in God's holy fire" to be "singing masters of my soul"
Time's up! The correct answer was William Butler Yeats
HEADLINES
On May 3, 1973 the Chicago Tribune said this local landmark "Becomes the Tallest of the Tall"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Sears Tower
WHAT TO WEAR?
If you're wearing Wellingtons at Wimbledon, you're wearing these
Time's up! The correct answer was rainboots
WHO PLAYED 'EM
2004: Cady Heron, who loves & hates the "Mean Girls" at her high school
Time's up! The correct answer was Lohan
THE TEENS
In "The Sound of Music", Liesl was "going on" this number
Time's up! The correct answer was 17
RUN, RUN, RUN
If you want to hit this type of "contained" home run, you probably will need to run really fast
Time's up! The correct answer was an inside-the-park home run
TELEPHONE HISTORY
On Oct. 30, 1938 phone traffic peaked in cities all over America as people discussed this broadcast
Time's up! The correct answer was the "War of the Worlds"
CLOTHING
This Channel Island has a close-fitting knitted shirt or sweater named for it, in addition to a cow
Time's up! The correct answer was Jersey
THE TEENS
Rack all your pins in bowling & 10 are set up; rack your balls in a game of 8-ball & this many are set up
Time's up! The correct answer was 15
SPEECH! SPEECH!
Nicholas Butler told Columbia grads, "An expert is one who knows more and more about" this and this
Time's up! The correct answer was less and less
CHILDREN'S AUTHORS
In 1896 he said his mother had lost her childhood at 8; he "knew a time would come when I also must give up the games"
Time's up! The correct answer was J.M. Barrie
ALSO A BOOK IN THE BIBLE
In a 1971 song he "was a bullfrog"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jeremiah
LITERARY ANIMALS
Cadpig was the smallest & prettiest of Pongo's 15 puppies in this 1956 Dodie Smith novel
Time's up! The correct answer was "101 Dalmatians"
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
"R"OCK MUSIC
Title adjective describing Dion's "Sue"
Time's up! The correct answer was Runaround
U.S. CITIES
This Wyoming capital is home to the annual Frontier Days celebration
Time's up! The correct answer was Cheyenne
"IBLE"S & BITS
You chew with it
Time's up! The correct answer was mandible
AMERICAN HISTORY
In 1787 Arthur St. Clair became the first governor of this vast territory north of the Ohio River
Time's up! The correct answer was Northwest Territory
AMERICAN WOMEN
She gave herself the third-person name "Phantom", the "no-person" she was from 19 months until she was almost 7
Time's up! The correct answer was Helen Keller
3-LETTER THE BETTER
What a film reel is stored in; hence something finished is "in" it
Time's up! The correct answer was the can
MEDICINE
The term "strep", as in strep throat, is short for this type of bacteria
Time's up! The correct answer was Streptococcus
TAIWAN
During Japanese control of Taiwan, this largest city was called Taihoku
Time's up! The correct answer was Taipei
DANCE IN THE DICTIONARY
If you wash your hair in the sink, you might have to deal with this heavy-shoed dance
Time's up! The correct answer was clog
MILITARY TELEVISION
On a '50s series, this German Shepherd & his master, Rusty, were adopted by cavalry soldiers at Fort Apache
Time's up! The correct answer was Rin Tin Tin
ON THE GO
Lighter than a Conestoga wagon, it was named for its white canvas covering which resembled the sails of ships
Time's up! The correct answer was prairie schooner
OFFICIAL STATE THINGS
"Swing your partner" & "do-si-do"; it's the state dance of Oregon & Alabama
Time's up! The correct answer was square dance
SOUNDS LIKE A CAPITAL CITY
A light yellow-brown; perfect color for an envelope, I say
Time's up! The correct answer was manila
18th CENTURY AMERICANS
In the 1770s, this pamphleteer wrote "African Slavery in America", an article condemning slavery
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Paine
THREE CHEERS!
The 3 U.K. countries that make up the island of Great Britain
Time's up! The correct answer was England, Scotland & Wales
TRANSPLANTS
This organ was first successfully transplanted in 1981, as a package deal with a heart
Time's up! The correct answer was a lung
MUSEUM HOPPING
MoMA Mia! It houses such masterpieces as "Starry Night" & Cezanne's "Bather"
Time's up! The correct answer was Museum of Modern Art
U.S. RIVERS
The name of this river, famous in song, may be a corruption of the Spanish for "little Saint John"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Swanee
A LA "CART"
You can load it in your 8-track
Time's up! The correct answer was acartridge
HOW NOVEL
This Ayn Rand novel tells the story of architect Howard Roark & Dominique Francon, the woman he loves
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Fountainhead"
SPOUSE IN COMMON
Elliott Gould, James Brolin
Time's up! The correct answer was Barbra Streisand
THE CAT
This shorthaired "brown" cat is named for its color, which is said to resemble that of a Cuban cigar
Time's up! The correct answer was a havana
MUSICALS
This show features a concubine from Burma named Tuptim
Time's up! The correct answer was "The King And I"
FOOD FACTS
Cannellini is a white kidney bean, cannelloni is a type of this
Time's up! The correct answer was pasta
TELEVISION
In 1996 Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy & other actors from this series reunited for a TV movie
Time's up! The correct answer was "Dallas"
THE FUNNIES
Jon is this cat's master; Odie is his dog friend
Time's up! The correct answer was Garfield
SLOGANEERING
"The Relentless Pursuit of Perfection" is the goal of this automaker
Time's up! The correct answer was Lexus
LOW CUT GENES
Since the 1980s this hormone used by diabetics has been produced by genetically engineered bacteria
Time's up! The correct answer was insulin
ANAGRAMMED CABINET DEPARTMENTS
Send fee
Time's up! The correct answer was Defense
BIG "STAR"
It's a dessert made of eggs, sugar & milk, either baked, boiled or frozen
Time's up! The correct answer was custard
SKIRTING THE ISSUE
This loose-fitting garment often worn as a beach coverup was copied from Indonesian native dress
Time's up! The correct answer was a sarong
FLOPS
This former NFL linebacker's show "Lawless" was sacked in March 1997 after one airing
Time's up! The correct answer was Brian Bosworth
THEIR COUNTRY'S LAST MONARCH
1952: Infant king Fu'ad II
Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt
BUT IS IT ART?
The Mitchell, South Dakota "palace" seen here is built of & named for this cereal grain
Time's up! The correct answer was Corn
INTERNATIONAL CUISINE
On an Italian menu this term describes pasta with a sauce of eggs, cream, parmesan & bacon
Time's up! The correct answer was carbonara
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
POP MUSIC
He recorded "Gone At Last" with Phoebe Snow, not Art Garfunkel
Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Simon
"A" SCIENCE CATEGORY
(Kelly of the Clue Crew stands behind a table) The experiment showing that two objects weighing the same displace different amounts of water because they have different densities was developed by this mathematician
Time's up! The correct answer was Archimedes
REAL TO REEL
In "Changeling" she plays a mom who takes on the LAPD after her son disappears & a different boy is returned to her
Time's up! The correct answer was Angelina Jolie
POET'S GLOSSARY
From the Latin for "stopping place", it's 2 or more lines of poetry that form a division within a poem
Time's up! The correct answer was a stanza
MYTHELLANEOUS
This goddess after whom a major city in Greece is named sprang from the head of Zeus
Time's up! The correct answer was Athena
TELEPHONE HISTORY
In 1980 Dial-It National Sports became the first service on this new area code
Time's up! The correct answer was 1-900
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