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TRAVEL & TOURISM
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport serves this world capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Nairobi, Kenya
"ROCK"Y
Also called halite, this common mineral can be formed by the drying of enclosed bodies of seawater
Time's up! The correct answer was rock salt
ALL MY SONS
Kidnappers got under this crooner's skin when they kidnapped his son from a Tahoe casino in 1963
Time's up! The correct answer was Frank Sinatra
MED. ABBREV.
HRT is this kind of therapy; the use of it by menopausal women has recently been questioned
Time's up! The correct answer was hormone replacement therapy
HEALTH & MEDICINE
These blood-sucking worms are used in medicine today to drain hematomas
Time's up! The correct answer was leeches
"SIDE" EFFECTS
You can get an 18-pound collection of every one of these Gary Larson cartoons
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Far Side"
NOT A VERB
Wind, wander, wonderful
Time's up! The correct answer was wonderful
RHYME TIME
A public recreation area devoid of light
Time's up! The correct answer was a dark park
3-NAMED AUTHORS
In 2001 this novelist & short story writer's "We Were the Mulvaneys" was chosen for Oprah's Book Club
Time's up! The correct answer was Joyce Carol Oates
NOVELS BY CHAPTER TITLE
"Four Thousand Leagues Under the Pacific"
Time's up! The correct answer was 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
SCIENCE & NATURE
Some members of the genus Aedes of this insect transmit yellow fever
Time's up! The correct answer was Mosquito
MOVIES & TV
Time magazine said this 2003 Pixar film was "the ultimate fish-out-of-water story"
Time's up! The correct answer was Finding Nemo
PRESIDENTS
It was the middle name of President Wilson & of his daughter Jessie
Time's up! The correct answer was Woodrow
UP & ATOM
In 1932 James Chadwick discovered these non-charged particles
Time's up! The correct answer was neutrons
EMBRACEABLE "U"
This technique uses high-frequency waves & is often used to view fetuses
Time's up! The correct answer was Ultrasound
"YN"
The bobcat is also known as the bay this animal
Time's up! The correct answer was a lynx
TAKE-OFFS
"The Ninety-Nine Guardsmen", one of Bret Harte's "condensed novels", parodies this French tale
Time's up! The correct answer was The Three Musketeers
U.S. PRESIDENTS
His second inaugural address began, "At this last presidential inauguration of the twentieth century..."
Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Clinton
BRIDGES
This bridge in Venice connects the doge's palace with the old state prison
Time's up! The correct answer was Bridge of Sighs
PIANO KEYS
They're adjacent on the keyboard as well as in an abbreviation for a popular format of recorded music
Time's up! The correct answer was C & D
HISTORIC QUOTES
In 1973 he warned Nixon, "We have a cancer within, close to the presidency, that is growing"
Time's up! The correct answer was John Dean
TIME'S TOP 10 EVERYTHING OF 2008
No. 2 in "Jerry Stiller's Top 10 Words": This before "gevalt!" (Bonus--No. 3 was "colonoscopy")
Time's up! The correct answer was Oy
AIN'T THAT "GRAND"
This name for a railroad terminal at Park & 42nd is a synonym for frenzied activity
Time's up! The correct answer was Grand Central Station
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
ANY FIRST WORDS?
Jung was fond of this word, an original pattern from which all similar things are based
Time's up! The correct answer was an archetype
THE FILM VAULT
An action star from the '30s to the '70s, this actor headlined "The Fighting Seabees" & "Flying Tigers"
Time's up! The correct answer was John Wayne
THE EVOLUTION OF "M"USIC
In the 2000s "Makes Me Wonder" got this group noticed
Time's up! The correct answer was Maroon 5
RELIGION
This 13th century Italian theologian was born in Roccasecca near the town of Aquino
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Thomas Aquinas
THOSE AMAZING ANIMALS
No longer used in Thailand to haul teak from the jungle, these animals are being trained to paint
Time's up! The correct answer was an elephant
AUTHORS
An eye ailment contracted at Eton School ended his plans to study biology, like his brother Julian
Time's up! The correct answer was Aldous Huxley
WHAT A WEEK
This is a rough week for pledges, but if they can make it through, they can be fraternity members
Time's up! The correct answer was hell week
THE 13th CENTURY
In 1215 a bloody incident on this city's Ponte Vecchio began a civil war between the Guelphs & Ghibellines
Time's up! The correct answer was Florence
ON THE MOVE
When it opened, it cut the distance from London to Bombay by 5,100 miles
Time's up! The correct answer was Suez Canal
POETRY
In stanza three of "The Star Spangled Banner", he mocks "The hireling and slave" who doubt America's victory
Time's up! The correct answer was Francis Scott Key
THE 1990s
The Persian Gulf War of 1991 was fought mainly in Iraq & this oil-rich nation next door
Time's up! The correct answer was Kuwait
TIME TO CONVERT
.001 grams is equal to one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a milligram
AMERICAN AUTHORS
During the War Of 1812, this "Rip Van Winkle" author wrote biographies of Naval commanders
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington Irving
"DIAMOND"s IN THE ROUGH
Honolulu high spot
Time's up! The correct answer was Diamond Head
CONDUCTORS
The Lone Ranger could tell you this precious metal is the best conductor of electricity among metals
Time's up! The correct answer was silver
BEGINS & ENDS WITH "O"
The website for this snack features the Double Stuf Racing League
Time's up! The correct answer was Oreo
THE HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD
Fad, dad or glad
Time's up! The correct answer was fad
LITERARY GENRES
The story of Gisli Sursson, or John Jakes' chronicle of the Kent family
Time's up! The correct answer was sagas
THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS
Stanley Durwood of AMC pioneered these cinemas, putting his first in a shopping mall in 1963
Time's up! The correct answer was Multiplexes
1800
William Herschel discovered these "rays" beyond the red end of the visible spectrum
Time's up! The correct answer was Infrared rays
"DIAMOND"s IN THE ROUGH
This lavish-living turn-of-the-century financier rose from a job as a bellhop
Time's up! The correct answer was Diamond Jim Brady
ANIMATED FILMS
Cruella de Vil was the villainess who kidnapped this title brood
Time's up! The correct answer was 101 Dalmatians
AIRPORT CODES
BRU
Time's up! The correct answer was Brussels
ALL "AMERICAN"
In 2009 the U.S. Mint issued a quarter for this territory featuring an ava bowl, a whisk & a coconut tree
Time's up! The correct answer was American Samoa
PSYCHOLOGY
Character from group therapy on old Bob Newhart show who checked into St. Elsewhere this season
Time's up! The correct answer was Mr. Carlin
OLYMPIC POTPOURRI
U.S. soccer star Mia Hamm led her team to Olympic gold despite straining this the same day Kerri Strug did
Time's up! The correct answer was Ankle
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
The westernmost and northernmost points in the U.S. are both located in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska
EARLY AMERICA
His 1699 proposal for a permanent French trading post on the Detroit River didn't include a car dealership
Time's up! The correct answer was Cadillac
THE CIVIL WAR
On Sept. 2, 1864 this general sent a wire saying, "Atlanta is ours, and fairly won"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sherman
"IBLE"S & BITS
Easily duped or conned, perhaps like a seabird
Time's up! The correct answer was gullible
CELEBS
The TV show "Everybody Hates Chris" is based on the childhood of this comic
Time's up! The correct answer was Chris Rock
SAINTS
On the second Sunday in May, the French honor her with a holiday
Time's up! The correct answer was Joan of Arc
EPONYMS
This country is named after "the George Washington of South America" (the actual George only got cities & a state)
Time's up! The correct answer was Bolivia
IT'S A "SIN"
As well as discovering a famous gap in Saturn's rings, he also discovered 4 of Saturn's moons
Time's up! The correct answer was Cassini
LITERATURE
Goethe called him Faust; Marlowe dubbed him this
Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Faustus
U.S. PRESIDENTS
He's the only U.S. president who never lived in the District of Columbia
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington
SPORTS EQUIPMENT
Until 1954 major league players could leave these on the field when it was their team's turn to bat
Time's up! The correct answer was Gloves
SHOES
The lad who's the symbol of a line of Sherwin-Williams paints wears this type of shoes
Time's up! The correct answer was Wooden Shoes/Clogs
DRIVING
In September 2000, Congress held hearings on this company's product found on Fords
Time's up! The correct answer was Firestone
COMIC STRIPS
Ack! In 2010 Ms. Guisewite said her "creative biological clock" was ticking & ended this strip after 34 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Cathy
AUTHORS
In 1842 he lived with cannibals in the Taipi Valley in the Marquesas; his novel "Typee" was based on the experience
Time's up! The correct answer was Herman Melville
ALSO ON YOUR COMPUTER KEYS
Football position that can be split or tight
Time's up! The correct answer was End
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
The Indus River provides the western border of this desert also known as the Great Indian Desert
Time's up! The correct answer was the Thar Desert
DEFENESTRATION IN CINEMA
In this Bruce Willis movie, the villain goes out the window of the Nakatomi building, gun in hand
Time's up! The correct answer was Die Hard
OCCUPATION HAZARDS
He has to listen to his wheels going round, round, round all day & may get a paper cut from a transfer
Time's up! The correct answer was bus driver
"S"-OTERICA
Slang term for a left-handed boxer or fiddle player
Time's up! The correct answer was southpaw
NETWORK
"Emergency Vets", "Wild Rescues", "Breed All About It"
Time's up! The correct answer was Animal Planet
LETTER MEN
At his death in 1971, there were more than 1,600 department stores bearing his name
Time's up! The correct answer was J.C. Penney
MR. MOVIES
Of this 1939 film, the "New York Times" said "More fun even than the Senate itself!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
THIS CATEGORY STINKS!
This cartoon character's big screen credits include "For Scent-imental Reasons" & "Heaven Scent"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pepé Le Pew
STARTS WITH "W"
The eve of May Day, on which witches were believed to rendezvous
Time's up! The correct answer was Walpurgisnacht
I'D RATHER BE SKIING
Something you'd sprinkle on after a shower, it's also the term for soft, dry, freshly fallen snow
Time's up! The correct answer was powder
TRANSPORTATION
There are no knife or spoon varieties of these vehicles used in warehouses to raise & carry merchandise
Time's up! The correct answer was forklifts
BUSINESS
This Warner-Lambert product contains retsyn, a finely homogenized vegetable oil
Time's up! The correct answer was Certs
TELEVISION
"Cosmetic" name of the magazine that's the focus of "Just Shoot Me", or what its racier episodes may make you do
Time's up! The correct answer was Blush
LANGUAGES
Athenians speak the Attic dialect of this language
Time's up! The correct answer was Greek
ASSASSINS
In May 1981 would-be assassin Mehmet Ali Agca shot this man in St. Peter's Square
Time's up! The correct answer was Pope John Paul II
SCIENCE & NATURE
Platinum, atomic number 78, is worth more than this other metal, atomic number 79
Time's up! The correct answer was gold
WORLD "P"s
Gunmen after this South American dictator in 1986 used rockets, bazookas, rifles & grenades--& missed!
Time's up! The correct answer was Pinochet
AFRICAN-AMERICANA
In 1964 Martin Luther King became the first African American named this magazine's "Man of the Year"
Time's up! The correct answer was Time
SCIENCE & NATURE
Take the fibrinogen out of blood plasma & you're left with a fluid called this
Time's up! The correct answer was Serum
19th CENTURY AMERICA
To avoid Boss Tweed's graft, Alfred Beach secretly built one of these under Broadway in 1869-70
Time's up! The correct answer was a subway
COUNTRIES THAT END IN "O"
Open an atlas & discover that the Atlas Mountains traverse the length of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Morocco
HOLIDAYS
October holiday which Mexicans call Dia de la Raza is celebrated in the U.S. as this
Time's up! The correct answer was Columbus Day
THE WOK OF FAME
Some people may have adverse reactions to this Chinese food flavor enhancer that's also called "Mei-Jing"
Time's up! The correct answer was MSG
WORLD "P"s
The "4 questions" asked on this occasion include wondering why we have to eat unleavened bread
Time's up! The correct answer was Passover
"BOO"!
A government project of little value funded to gain political favor
Time's up! The correct answer was boondoggle
SLIM VOLUMES
You may want to enter this, a diet book & program by Barry Sears, who clarified with "Mastering" it
Time's up! The correct answer was The Zone
SUPERHEROES
In a 1940 comic book Batman & this sidekick take an undying oath to fight crime & corruption
Time's up! The correct answer was Robin
ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER
This "Das Kapital" author stands between comedian Oliver Hardy & H.G. Wells
Time's up! The correct answer was Karl Marx
THE GRIDIRON
[Hi, I'm Raghib Ismail of the Dallas Cowboys] While at this school, I was named MVP of the Orange Bowl on the first day of the '90s
Time's up! The correct answer was Notre Dame
THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
Like Jews, many Adventists follow Leviticus 11:7 in abstaining from this meat
Time's up! The correct answer was pork
AMERICAN AUTHORS
During the War Of 1812, this "Rip Van Winkle" author wrote biographies of Naval commanders
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington Irving
THE OBLIGATORY POETRY CATEGORY
In preparing to write this poem, Longfellow used "An historical and statistical account of Nova Scotia"
Time's up! The correct answer was Evangeline
ASTRONOMY ADD A LETTER
Add this letter to star & get something harsh or grim
Time's up! The correct answer was K
HARRY GUYS
He's the Harry heard here: "Dayyy...."
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Belafonte
BALLET
As a law student in St. Petersburg, this man became interested in the arts, & in 1909 he founded the Ballets Russes
Time's up! The correct answer was Diaghilev
GEOGRAPH"Y"
It's the largest city in Utah
Time's up! The correct answer was Salt Lake City
WORLD HISTORY
Accused of accepting bribes, Francis Bacon was imprisoned in this forbidding complex in 1621
Time's up! The correct answer was Tower of London
MOTHER GOOSE
This shepherdess found her sheep's tails all hung on a tree to dry, so she tried to "tack to each sheep its tail, oh"
Time's up! The correct answer was Little Bo Peep
MOUNTAINS
Geological evidence shows that this 5,000-mile mountain chain may extend south into Antarctica
Time's up! The correct answer was the Andes
INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE
Oh, it bellows: RANCID COO
Time's up! The correct answer was accordion
THE 13th CENTURY
Around 1250 this country's King Alfonso III reclaimed the Algarve from the Moors after 500 years of control
Time's up! The correct answer was Portugal
LEGENDARY LEGENDS
A modern urban legend says the USS Eldridge disappeared in this city's Navy yard in a 1943 "Experiment"
Time's up! The correct answer was Philadelphia
CITY OF BIRTH
The controversial Ahmed Chalabi
Time's up! The correct answer was Baghdad
HOLLYWOOD THRILLER PREVIEWS?
In Australia, water is going down drains backwards (to us). This fall, Mel Gibson takes on the reason why--this "Effect"
Time's up! The correct answer was Coriolis
WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS
1994: A Shoshone guide for a famous expedition
Time's up! The correct answer was Sacagawea
MOVIE PRODUCERS
He acted opposite Mary Pickford before starting the Keystone Company to produce comedies
Time's up! The correct answer was Mack Sennett
PLAY HEROINES
Blanche DuBois
Time's up! The correct answer was A Streetcar Named Desire
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
AskOxford.com tells us that this word is the missing one in the sequence primary, secondary... quaternary
Time's up! The correct answer was tertiary
UNIVERSITY SPORTS TEAMS
While Harvard has the Crimson, this university has the Crimson Tide
Time's up! The correct answer was Alabama
AMERICAN POLITICIANS
Frank Sinatra came out of retirement to sing their praises: "they're both unique... the Quaker & the Greek"
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Nixon & Spiro Agnew
STARTS WITH "B"
A Russian grandmother, or her kerchief
Time's up! The correct answer was Babushka
6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
Harry Angstrom, aka "Rabbit"
Time's up! The correct answer was Updike
GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT
The Coriolis effect is caused by the Earth's rotation; this is a Shakespeare play about Caius Marcius
Time's up! The correct answer was Coriolanus
TAKE A PILL
Bayer hailed the FDA's endorsement of this drug for use during a suspected heart attack
Time's up! The correct answer was Aspirin
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
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 HUMAN ANIMAL
Slang for a woman on the prowl for younger men
Time's up! The correct answer was a cougar
...& THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON!
Noted for their "feathery" legs, these Scottish draft horses were taken to North America in 1842, Bud
Time's up! The correct answer was Clydesdales
THE MUSICAL DR. IS IN
The "Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits" describes this "Right Place Wrong Time" man as a "swamp-rock singer/pianist"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. John
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
FUN WITH OPERA
Lord Lechery, Madam Wanton & Madam Bubble are all characters in the 1951 opera based on this John Bunyan work
Time's up! The correct answer was "Pilgrim's Progress"
MORE POWER TO YOU
2-word term for the job that takes you to homes to figure out how much people owe the power company
Time's up! The correct answer was a meter reader
BORN IN THE WINDY CITY
On the big screen, this Chicagoan has played Rick Deckard, Jack Ryan & Han Solo
Time's up! The correct answer was Harrison Ford
THROUGH THE 1800s WITH SARAH POLK
In the 1840s First Lady Sarah, seeing James enter rooms unnoticed, made this song a regular feature of his entrances
Time's up! The correct answer was "Hail To The Chief"
"X"-MEN
The "Apostle of the Indies", this missionary helped found the Jesuits & introduced Christianity to Japan
Time's up! The correct answer was Francis Xavier
2-LETTER WORDS
Don't have a cow, man, it's just the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet
Time's up! The correct answer was mu
FLY COUNTRIES
Aer Lingus
Time's up! The correct answer was Ireland
GOING DUTCH
Ask a Dutchman "Spreekt U Engels?", which means this, & he'll probably say, "Yes"
Time's up! The correct answer was Do you speak English?
RED SOX IT TO ME
With 44 homers, 121 RBIs & a .326 average, Carl Yastrzemski is the last baseball player to win this
Time's up! The correct answer was the Triple Crown
HERE'S LUCY
In 2000 she became the first Asian-American woman to host "Saturday Night Live"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lucy Liu
ON THE GO
(Sofia of the Clue Crew paddling a canoe) Some of the earliest canoes were this type of boat, made from a hollowed-out tree trunk
Time's up! The correct answer was dugout canoe
EXPLORERS
Tho he didn't find the Northwest Passage, this Frenchman established France's claim to Canada
Time's up! The correct answer was Jacques Cartier
HOLLYWOOD THRILLER PREVIEWS?
This emotional bond to a captor by a hostage due to stress & need for survival is the psychothriller of the summer!
Time's up! The correct answer was the Stockholm Syndrome
DOWN AT THE OLD FACTORY
Charlie Bucket might like to visit this type of factory that opened in 1884 in Voiron, France
Time's up! The correct answer was a chocolate factory
RELIGION
Traditionally, in Judaism a ram's horn called this is blown at the end of Yom Kippur
Time's up! The correct answer was shofar
MOTTOES
Strangely, "Blood & fire" is the motto of this Christian charitable organization
Time's up! The correct answer was the Salvation Army
HISTORY
Built in 312 B.C. to link Rome & the South of Italy, it's still in use today
Time's up! The correct answer was the Appian Way
1957
He ended his brief retirement to become chairman & president of Occidental Petroleum
Time's up! The correct answer was Armand Hammer
"TU"
Henry VII was the first ruler from this family on the throne of England
Time's up! The correct answer was Tudor
WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
Politically, this word for a region reflecting a large trend comes from a lead sheep with a ringer around its neck
Time's up! The correct answer was a bellwether
MOVIE PRODUCERS
Tim Burton, director of the 1989 smash about this comic book hero, also co-produced the 1992 sequel
Time's up! The correct answer was Batman
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
MOVIE MUSIC
5-letter word for a group that sings exalting music, like the Bulgarian women's one heard in "Brother Bear"
Time's up! The correct answer was choir
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS
"Der Sturm"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest
FROM THE WELSH
"Arthur-itative" sources say her name is Welsh for "white" or "fair"
Time's up! The correct answer was Guinevere
WANT ADS
Numbers cruncher needed! Must be member of AICPA, the American Institute of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Certified Public Accountants
COLORFUL GROUPS
They're "Under The Bridge": ____ ____ Chili Peppers
Time's up! The correct answer was Red Hot
CLOTHING WORDS
A score of 22-22, for instance
Time's up! The correct answer was tie
ART & ARTISTS
This drip artist was born in Cody, Wyoming in 1912
Time's up! The correct answer was Jackson Pollock
ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER
September 2006 brought news of a "Unity Deal" between Hamas & this other 5-letter Palestinian group
Time's up! The correct answer was Fatah
TV MOVIES
This series grew out of 1971's "The Homecoming: A Christmas Story"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Waltons
TAKE A GUESS
Armenia is bordered by this other "A" country on the East & on the Southwest
Time's up! The correct answer was Azerbaijan
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
Instead of counties, this state has boroughs (or is it brrr-oughs?)
Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska
BEFORE THEY WERE FIRST LADIES
As a young wife in the 1950s, she managed the accounts for the family agricultural business
Time's up! The correct answer was Mrs. Carter
LOW CUT GENES
Genes that affect hereditary traits are called alleles & are either "dominant" or this
Time's up! The correct answer was recessive
ANGELS
This Angel manager spent 13 years catching for the Dodgers
Time's up! The correct answer was Mike Scioscia
ROGUE
This president's administration changed the term "rogue state" to "states of concern"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Clinton
DEPARTMENT "S"
These elected officials in the U.S. government take their name from the Latin for "old man"
Time's up! The correct answer was senators
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
There's no truth to the story that she had to pawn her jewels to finance Columbus' first voyage
Time's up! The correct answer was Queen Isabella
SAINTS BE PRAISED
The emblem of St. Lawrence, it's also a nickname for a football field
Time's up! The correct answer was Gridiron
QUOTATIONS
The preamble to the U.S. Constitution begins with these 3 words
Time's up! The correct answer was "We the People"
NO. 32
It begins "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven"
Time's up! The correct answer was 32nd Psalm
OOH... A WISE GUY
Therefore it's this 17th century mathematician and philosopher--I think
Time's up! The correct answer was Descartes
I'M GOING "INN"
An indirect intimation about a person of a disparaging or derogatory nature
Time's up! The correct answer was innuendo
PLAY ADJECTIVES
Noel Coward 's "____ Spirit"
Time's up! The correct answer was Blithe Spirit
WHAT A WEEK
In 1999 this country began 3 "golden weeks" of vacation for its vast populace, including one around May Day
Time's up! The correct answer was China
PLAY REVIVALS
In 1992 you could have seen James Gandolfini playing cards with Stanley Kowalski in a revival of this play
Time's up! The correct answer was "A Streetcar Named Desire"
FILM FACTS
As a child, this "Doctor Zhivago" co-star had a bit role in her father's film "Limelight"
Time's up! The correct answer was Geraldine Chaplin
TELEVISION
In 1999 an ABC sitcom dropped "a Pizza Place" from its name, which changed to this
Time's up! The correct answer was Two Guys and a Girl
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
HISTORIC DATES
He was shot on Sept. 6, 1901 while shaking hands with a crowd of well-wishers at the Pan-American Exposition
Time's up! The correct answer was McKinley
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
Connelly, Garner, Holliday
Time's up! The correct answer was Jennifer
ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS
Robert Delaunay is known for his colorful series of Cubist paintings of this French tower
Time's up! The correct answer was Eiffel Tower
OH MY GOD! YOU'VE GOT 3 "I"s
Fran Lebowitz called this type of pasta with clam sauce "mankind's crowning achievement"
Time's up! The correct answer was linguini
TRAVEL & TOURISM
While visiting the city of Agra in this country, don't miss the Agra Fort & the Taj Mahal
Time's up! The correct answer was India
ACRONYM EXCITEMENT!
To Neil Armstrong: NASA
Time's up! The correct answer was National Aeronautics and Space Administration
PIRATE MOVIES
In this 1935 film that made him a star, Errol Flynn was Dr. Peter Blood, a physician who turns to piracy
Time's up! The correct answer was "Captain Blood"
ART
Dante Gabriel Rossetti wanted to take art back to "pre-" this Renaissance master born in 1483
Time's up! The correct answer was Raphael
"AD"JECTIVES
Latin term for a type of argument based on emotion or on another person's character
Time's up! The correct answer was Ad hominem
THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT, MAN!
It's borders are the Atlantic Ocean to the south & west & Spain to the north & east
Time's up! The correct answer was Portugal
CROSSWORD CLUES "R"
Room or building in the round (7)
Time's up! The correct answer was rotunda
NO. 1 ALBUMS
"Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell"
Time's up! The correct answer was Meat Loaf
PRINCETON
In 1783 Princeton's Nassau Hall doubled as this for the nation
Time's up! The correct answer was capital
NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME
"'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' was the first full length animated film to use" this inductee's multiplane camera
Time's up! The correct answer was Walt Disney
THE USA
The Green Mountains of Vermont & the White Mountains of New Hampshire are part of this mountain system
Time's up! The correct answer was Appalachians
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
THE "CAPTAIN"
For his role as Manuel, Spencer Tracy won an Oscar for this 1937 fish story
Time's up! The correct answer was Captains Courageous
CROSSWORD CLUES "K"
A "bear"y nice Alaskan island (6)
Time's up! The correct answer was Kodiak
3-LETTER ABBREV.
A religious group: LDS
Time's up! The correct answer was Latter Day Saints
IT'S A COUP D'ETAT
In Pakistan Nawaz Sharif tried to dismiss this military leader in 1999 but was overthrown by him instead
Time's up! The correct answer was Musharraf
BESTSELLERS
This author's Dr. Kay Scarpetta returned to the scene of the crime with "Trace"
Time's up! The correct answer was Patricia Cornwell
IT'S A "SIN"
As well as discovering a famous gap in Saturn's rings, he also discovered 4 of Saturn's moons
Time's up! The correct answer was Cassini
MARRIED WITH CHILDREN
It can be an early harmonious period for a president, or a married couple can take a "second" one without the kids
Time's up! The correct answer was Honeymoon
TELEVISION
This Sunday night series is subtitled "The New Adventures of Superman"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lois & Clark
NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES
An exclamation point was warranted for the "End Of" This! in 1918
Time's up! The correct answer was World War I
HISTORY
Year in which Franklin Roosevelt was elected for an unprecedented 3rd term as president
Time's up! The correct answer was 1940
CONTESTS
At the 1999 Westminster Dog Show, CH Loteki Supernatural Being won this award for matching the breed standard
Time's up! The correct answer was Best in Show
THE "A" "B" "C"s
From 1672 to 1858 this city was the headquarters of the British East India Company
Time's up! The correct answer was Bombay
HISTORIC ENGLISHMEN
Ironically, he might have saved himself from death in 1779 if he had known how to swim
Time's up! The correct answer was Captain Cook
WOMEN'S FASHION
The "Cuban" style of these shoe features came into style in the early 1900s
Time's up! The correct answer was Heels
WEBSITES
An official website for this state is www.state.nm.us
Time's up! The correct answer was New Mexico
U.S. WINTER OLYMPIANS
Life has its ups & downs for Travis Mayer, a 2002 medalist in the event named for these little hills on the slopes
Time's up! The correct answer was moguls
BUSINESS BUDDIES
Book publisher Henry Houghton made this guy his partner
Time's up! The correct answer was Mifflin
MR. OR MS. WILLIAMS
The aquatic Mrs. Fernando Lamas
Time's up! The correct answer was Esther Williams
2-LETTER WORDS
Don't have a cow, man, it's just the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet
Time's up! The correct answer was mu
HERBS & SPICES
Though derived from the same plant as opium, these seeds are non-narcotic
Time's up! The correct answer was poppyseeds
WE'RE MALAYSIA-BOUND
Go "strait" to this port & visit St. Paul's Church where St. Francis Xavier's body was held until moved to India
Time's up! The correct answer was Malacca
KNIGHTS
Women given the rank corresponding to knighthood are called this
Time's up! The correct answer was Dames
UNIVERSITY SPORTS TEAMS
While Harvard has the Crimson, this university has the Crimson Tide
Time's up! The correct answer was Alabama
NOT A POPE
Urban VII, Julius II, Irving III
Time's up! The correct answer was Irving III
COUNTRIES' HIGHEST PEAKS
These 2 nations, one an island, have highest peaks with the same name; they also share a common European culture
Time's up! The correct answer was Greece & Cyprus
GO "SOUTH"
...to here, where you'll find the cities of Christchurch & Dunedin
Time's up! The correct answer was the South Island
DECADES OF BESTSELLERS
"The Yearling" & "Of Mice and Men"
Time's up! The correct answer was the 1930s
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
Washington Irving gave New York City this nickname in 1807
Time's up! The correct answer was Gotham
I'M "L__X"
From Middle High German, this Yiddish word means "salmon"
Time's up! The correct answer was lox
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
This British actress played Isadora Duncan on film in 1968 & onstage in 1991
Time's up! The correct answer was Vanessa Redgrave
U.N. OBSERVANCES
March 22 is World this Resource Day; the theme for 1999 was "Everyone Lives Downstream"
Time's up! The correct answer was Water
FRUIT
The Bartlett type of this fruit begins to ripen in summer; other varieties ripen later in the year
Time's up! The correct answer was Pears
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
A TRIP TO OUTER SPACE
The mission of the Apollo space program of the 1960s & '70s was to land men on this celestial body
Time's up! The correct answer was the moon
LYRICS FROM MUSICALS
"Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo. Lucky are we to be having him"
Time's up! The correct answer was Damn Yankees
THE MELBOURNE OLYMPICS, 1956
Like Korea in 2000, this country entered the stadium in 1956 as a "United" team
Time's up! The correct answer was Germany
MOVIE SONGS
1995: "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
Time's up! The correct answer was Waiting to Exhale
BALLET
The New York City ballet's first visit to this city's famous festival inspired the ballet "Scotch Symphony"
Time's up! The correct answer was Edinburgh
1957
As the Teamsters' vice president, he was indicted for bribery, conspiracy & obstruction of justice
Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Hoffa
ON THE MOVE
In Britain, it's a kitchen on a ship's deck; in the U.S., it's traditionally the last car on a freight train
Time's up! The correct answer was Caboose
"MUM"s THE WORD
....I said it's to utter something quietly & unclearly!
Time's up! The correct answer was Mumble
3-LETTER WORDS
In geologic time one of these, shorter than an eon, is divided into periods & subdivided into epochs
Time's up! The correct answer was era
MOVIE DEBUTS
She debuted in a bit part as Woody Allen's date in "Annie Hall" 2 years before "Alien" made her a star
Time's up! The correct answer was Sigourney Weaver
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
LITERATURE
Even Grendel would love Seamus Heaney's new translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic about this title geat
Time's up! The correct answer was Beowulf
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
POET'S GLOSSARY
The "heroic" variety of this pair of rhyming lines is written in iambic pentameter
Time's up! The correct answer was a couplet
THE HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD
Happy, snappy or pappy
Time's up! The correct answer was happy
PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY
Our last Sagittarian pres.; his last name sounds like something Sagittarius' arrows could do
Time's up! The correct answer was Pierce
AUTHORS
An eye ailment contracted at Eton School ended his plans to study biology, like his brother Julian
Time's up! The correct answer was Aldous Huxley
HOMOPHONES
To take a quick look, or the top of a mountain
Time's up! The correct answer was peek/peak
SPELL CHECK HELL
Confound it! Spell check just changed chancre into this 14th c. author of some "Tales"
Time's up! The correct answer was Chaucer
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
PEOPLE
Herbert Ross, who directed the film "Steel Magnolias", is married to this sister of Jackie Onassis
Time's up! The correct answer was Lee Radziwill
ARTHUR MILLER
Arthur Miller wrote the screenplay for the 1961 film "The Misfits", this male superstar's last film
Time's up! The correct answer was Clark Gable
AMERICANA
This U.S. first lady once taught dance in Grand Rapids
Time's up! The correct answer was Betty Ford
HITCHCOCK
Hitchcock made this film in 1934 & then remade it in 1956 with Doris Day & Jimmy Stewart
Time's up! The correct answer was The Man Who Knew Too Much
RHYME TIME
A silent mob scene
Time's up! The correct answer was a quiet riot
IN THE TREASURY DEPT.
When it invites you up to see its etchings, you'll see stamps & dollar bills
Time's up! The correct answer was the Bureau of Engraving & Printing
GETTING TICKED ON
The tick species Ixodes dammini has as its favorite hosts white-footed mice & white-tailed these
Time's up! The correct answer was deer
CARY GRANT FILMS
Joan Fontaine thinks that hubby Cary Grant is trying to murder her in this Hitchcock film
Time's up! The correct answer was Suspicion
FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME
Mrs. Bush's luminous radiations
Time's up! The correct answer was Laura's auras
OLYMPIC POTPOURRI
(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE): "(Hi, I'm Mark McEwen) I reported on the '92 W. Olympics in Albertville, France & the '94 W. Olympics hosted by this Scandinavian city"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lillehammer, Norway
CHAD IS RAD
The capital & largest city
Time's up! The correct answer was N'Djamena
WORLD MUSEUMS
It's the set of museums that includes the Museo Pio-Clementino, exhibiting sculpture
Time's up! The correct answer was the Vatican Museums
MOVIE CITIES
2010 brought Travolta as a spy in "From ____ with Love"
Time's up! The correct answer was Paris
PICTURE THIS
In 1964 this first lady made the first call to inaugurate the new commercial picturephone service
Time's up! The correct answer was Lady Bird Johnson
ROYAL FEMALE NICKNAMES
She was "The Untamed Heifer" & "The Virgin Queen"
Time's up! The correct answer was Elizabeth I
"PER"CUSSION
11-letter word for the sac containing the heart
Time's up! The correct answer was pericardium
ALSO A VEGAS CASINO
Stevenson's rousing tale from 1881
Time's up! The correct answer was Treasure Island
PLANT PARENTHOOD
(Sarah of the Clue Crew in the laboratory) A must for any gardener, a soil testing kit is used to take a reading of this level, a measure of acidity
Time's up! The correct answer was pH level
HAMMERS
Goods being sold "under the hammer" are found at these events
Time's up! The correct answer was Auctions
THE ENGLISH BEAT
You'll find the Cavern Club at 10 Mathew Street in this port city; how fab
Time's up! The correct answer was Liverpool
NURSERY RHYMES
One little pig "went to market"; one little pig "stayed at home"; one little pig ate this meat
Time's up! The correct answer was Roast beef
YOUNG WOMEN OF TODAY
Royal rapper seen on TV's "Living Single" & in the movie "Living Out Loud"
Time's up! The correct answer was Queen Latifah
COMIC & CARTOON CRITTERS
Franklin on Nickelodeon
Time's up! The correct answer was turtle
COUNTRIES' HIGHEST PEAKS
These 2 nations, one an island, have highest peaks with the same name; they also share a common European culture
Time's up! The correct answer was Greece & Cyprus
"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
PIRATE MOVIES
Ingrid Bergman's husband in "Casablanca", he played a pirate captain in "Pirates Of Tripoli"
Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Henreid
READING
Some reading rates are gauged by wpm, which stands for this
Time's up! The correct answer was words per minute
FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS
State with the highest average monthly food stamp benefit per person; at over $100, that's a lot of poi
Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii
FOOD
The non-chocolate version are called "blondies"
Time's up! The correct answer was brownies
THE WORLD OF ART
It's the room where you'll find the masterpiece that includes "The Flood" & "The Creation of Eve"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Sistine Chapel
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
THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS
Shopkeepers aren't meeting when "introducing the shoemaker to the tailor" -- you've just done this to someone's rear
Time's up! The correct answer was kicked it
WONDER DRUGS
Chlorpromazine, aka this, was approved by the FDA in 1954 & became the prototype antipsychotic
Time's up! The correct answer was thorazine
THE 50 STATES
New Englanders refer to this state as "Down East"
Time's up! The correct answer was Maine
ON BROADWAY: 1970
He starred on Broadway as Elwood P. Dowd in a revival of "Harvey"; who else could?
Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Stewart
EARLY AMERICA
The Molasses Act of 1733 placed high duties on molasses & this potent potable from non-English possessions
Time's up! The correct answer was rum
THIS CATEGORY STINKS!
It's the Belgian province bordering the Netherlands that's famous for originating a smelly cheese
Time's up! The correct answer was Limburgh
GOULASH
The most effective way of treating pernicious anemia is through injections of this vitamin
Time's up! The correct answer was B12
NEBRASKA, NEW YORK OR NORTH DAKOTA
Its cities include Minot, Jamestown & Grand Forks
Time's up! The correct answer was North Dakota
ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE
This Yankee was the "greatest drawing card in history of baseball"
Time's up! The correct answer was Babe Ruth
"FOR" WORDS
This word on the label signifies that vitamins have been added to milk
Time's up! The correct answer was fortified
IT'S A COUP D'ETAT
In 1921 Reza Pahlavi helped with a coup that eventually brought his son to power in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Iran
MEDICAL MILESTONES
In 1867 Thomas Allbutt invented one of these instruments which took 5 minutes to register instead of 20
Time's up! The correct answer was a thermometer
MOVIE MUSIC
Caetano Veloso & Mr. Loco are among artists on the soundtrack of this Jack Black wrestling movie
Time's up! The correct answer was Nacho Libre
INTERNATIONAL NAMES
4 times married, ex-German leader Gerhard Schroeder is aka Audi Man, for the car's symbol of 4 of these
Time's up! The correct answer was rings
"IND" THE KNOW
Also a term in logic, it's the process by which a magnetic field is ordered into poles
Time's up! The correct answer was induction
"E" CHANNEL
Before going bankrupt in 1989, this airline tried selling $12 plane tickets between Boston & New York
Time's up! The correct answer was Eastern
FINE DINING
A Vacherin dessert features this crisp concoction of beaten egg whites & sugar
Time's up! The correct answer was meringue
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
At Bunker Hill, Colonel Prescott is said to have ordered, "Don't one of you fire until you see" these
Time's up! The correct answer was The whites of their eyes
SUPERHEROES
When Doug Funnie's in a tough spot, he wears his underwear on the outside & becomes this man
Time's up! The correct answer was Quailman
POLITICAL TALK
Saddle up & give us this 5-letter term for an added provision that may not be germane to the purpose of a bill
Time's up! The correct answer was a rider
"KEY"s
Attractions in this Florida city include the homes of Ernest Hemingway & John Jacob Audubon
Time's up! The correct answer was Key West
CROSSWORD CLUES "B"
Bestselling book that has its own "belt" (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was Bible
MODES OF TRANSPORT
This nickname for early cars pointed out that they were not pulled by equines
Time's up! The correct answer was horseless carriages
ITALIAN
"Parla come mangi", literally "speak the way you" do this, means to speak simply & clearly
Time's up! The correct answer was eat
MONEY SLANG
We'll give you $200, not $1,000, for this five letter word meaning stately or majestic
Time's up! The correct answer was grand
MISSING LINKS
Curry ____ Keg
Time's up! The correct answer was powder
UNIVERSITY SPORTS TEAMS
While Harvard has the Crimson, this university has the Crimson Tide
Time's up! The correct answer was Alabama
HAVE A WHISKEY
The world's most popular whiskey is this color Johnnie Walker
Time's up! The correct answer was Red
MEDICINE
To test for this, the eyeball is anesthetized & a pressure gauge is placed on the front of the eye
Time's up! The correct answer was glaucoma
TV STARS
Taylor Negron plays nanny to these twins on "So Little Time"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Olsen twins
THE MAINE ATTRACTION
A national wildlife refuge near Kittery is named for this biologist who wrote "Silent Spring"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rachel Carson
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
ROGUE
The U.S. condemned this country's October 2006 nuclear test as a "provocative act"
Time's up! The correct answer was North Korea
MED. ABBREV.
I.D. stands for this specialty that focuses on illnesses like viral hepatitis
Time's up! The correct answer was infectious disease
TRAVEL & TOURISM
You can visit this sport's hall of fame on PGA Blvd. in Pinehurst, North Carolina
Time's up! The correct answer was golf
KAN U SPEL BIZNESS?
Drugstore with 4,700 outlets (the part before "Aid")
Time's up! The correct answer was R-I-T-E
FETAL ATTRACTION
Named for the sac surrounding the fetus, this fluid cushions the fetus from injury
Time's up! The correct answer was Amniotic fluid
WANT ADS
In the June 3, 2011 paper: this country wants new president after bomb explodes in Ali Saleh's presidential palace
Time's up! The correct answer was Yemen
I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU
It means against, & is also a prefix found before -diction
Time's up! The correct answer was contra
DRAMA
In Clifford Odets' "Golden Boy", Joe Bonaparte gives up the violin for this sport
Time's up! The correct answer was Boxing
PRESIDENTS IN IOWA
He was at radio station WHO back in the 1930s & while president, went back to Des Moines
Time's up! The correct answer was Ronald Reagan
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
In 1937 this Malibu, Calif. university was established by & named for the founder of Western Auto Supply Company
Time's up! The correct answer was Pepperdine
BRIDGES
This Colorado canyon has the world's highest suspension bridge – 1,053' above the Arkansas River
Time's up! The correct answer was Royal Gorge
BARD BITS
In the first line of "Twelfth Night", this is described as the "food of love"
Time's up! The correct answer was music
PUSH BY SAFIRE
At the American National Exhibition in Moscow in 1959, Safire corralled these 2 politicos into a mock kitchen & the 2 debated
Time's up! The correct answer was Nixon & Khrushchev
YOU'RE UNDER A "REST"
Any mountain's summit
Time's up! The correct answer was crest
BACK IN 1906
Now take this question... please! This "King of the One Liners" was born March 16, 1906
Time's up! The correct answer was Henny Youngman
AUTHORS
This author of "The Time Machine" coined the phrase "the war that will end war"
Time's up! The correct answer was H.G. Wells
CANDY & GUM SLOGANS
"4 Out of 5 Dentists Surveyed Recommend Sugarless Gum for their Patients who Chew Gum"
Time's up! The correct answer was Trident
LONG WORDS
In 1923 Lts. Macready & Kelly made the first nonstop flight of this 16-letter type, Long Island to San Diego
Time's up! The correct answer was transcontinental
ACTORS' RHYME TIME
Cybill's large cats
Time's up! The correct answer was Shepherd's leopards
WOMEN'S HEALTH
Joint pain is one symptom of SLE, a common disorder in women that's also called by this 5-letter name
Time's up! The correct answer was lupus
WORLD WAR I
In 1917 Allied troops from this North American country stormed up Vimy Ridge in a legendary charge
Time's up! The correct answer was Canada
GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT
Galaga is an arcade game; Gallagher smashes this fruit, Citrullus lanatus, with the Sledge-O-Matic
Time's up! The correct answer was watermelon
2011 MOVIES
Kate Bosworth & James Marsden star in the 2011 remake of this Sam Peckinpah film
Time's up! The correct answer was Straw Dogs
CINEMATIC DICTIONARY
Near the end of the credits comes the "cutter" of this, the exposed but unfinished film
Time's up! The correct answer was Negative cutter
HEIR
Peter Faneuil, who gave this city its hall, inherited his uncle's fortune after another nephew was cut off for marrying
Time's up! The correct answer was Boston
DOUBLE MEANINGS
I started to _____ in the hot sun, but I had to grab the _____ out of Ed's belt so he wouldn't score a TD
Time's up! The correct answer was flag
KNOTS TO YOU
The Honda is a slip knot used by cowboys to make this tool of the trade
Time's up! The correct answer was Lasso
EXPLORERS
N.Y. observes a holiday honoring the 1524 discovery of N.Y. Harbor by this Italian navigator
Time's up! The correct answer was Giovanni Verrazano
MUNICH
The Summer Olympics in Munich in this year were sadly marred by terrorism & tragedy
Time's up! The correct answer was 1972
WHO PLAYED 'EM
1999 & 2002: Mini-Me
Time's up! The correct answer was Verne Troyer
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
THE LAW
Now a body of lawyers, it once referred to a rail separating spectators from courtroom proceedings
Time's up! The correct answer was Bar
SECRET IDENTITIES
The original Robin, the Boy Wonder
Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Grayson
SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS
"I am a very foolish fond old man", he tells his daughter Cordelia
Time's up! The correct answer was King Lear
WORKING ON THE RAILROAD
13-letter word for the operations manager of a depot or terminal
Time's up! The correct answer was stationmaster
POUR ME A STIFF ONE
Stolichanya, or stoli to its friends, is a brand of this
Time's up! The correct answer was vodka
SCIENCE
One mole of any substance always has the same number, 6.022 x 10<sup>23</sup> of these
Time's up! The correct answer was atoms
REEL MOTHERS
Bill Cosby, Raquel Welch & Harvey Keitel play this title trio in a movie about an ambulance service
Time's up! The correct answer was Mother, Jugs & Speed
HOMETOWNS
Ingrid Bergman
Time's up! The correct answer was Stockholm
NAME THE OPERA
("Habanera")
Time's up! The correct answer was "Carmen"
THAT'S NO LADY...
A legendary lineman for the Giants & the Rams, he also published a "Needlepoint Book for Men"
Time's up! The correct answer was RosieGrier
IT'S "BIG"
A 2000 Martin Lawrence film
Time's up! The correct answer was Big Momma's House
BRITISH BANDS & SINGERS
In 1995 this founder of Cream & Derek & the Dominos was named an Officer of the British Empire
Time's up! The correct answer was Eric Clapton
BILL GATES' 50 BILLION
Bill could easily bid on Bolivia: their GDP, this annual figure, is less than half what he's worth
Time's up! The correct answer was Gross Domestic Product
THE REEL STORY
He played Mozart in the 1984 film "Amadeus"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Hulce
HISTORIC BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Henry & Clara Ford are proud to announce the rollout of this model Nov. 6, 1893
Time's up! The correct answer was the Edsel
METALLICA
In 1984 the album "Ride the Lightning" by Metallica achieved this status of 500,000 copies sold
Time's up! The correct answer was gold
L____O
It's a long rope with a loop on one end, used to rope cattle
Time's up! The correct answer was a lasso
RED SOX IT TO ME
Tim Wakefield has more starts than any pitcher in Red Sox history, mostly due to his success with this low-velocity pitch
Time's up! The correct answer was the knuckleball
WORD ORIGINS
A Middle Eastern chieftain, this 4-letter term is from the Arabic for "commander"
Time's up! The correct answer was Emir
FRANCE
Liberation & Le Petit Journal are leading ones of these in France
Time's up! The correct answer was newspapers
AND I QUOTE
Publishing term for the type of quote seen here: [Trebek's...made it into record books as host of television's #1-rated quiz show.]
Time's up! The correct answer was Pull quote
VALUABLE PLACES
The Yellow Brick Road leads to it
Time's up! The correct answer was The Emerald City
I READ THE NEWS TODAY
Political theorist Nikolai Bukharin edited this "truthful" Soviet newspaper from 1917 to 1929
Time's up! The correct answer was Pravda
IT DON'T MEAN A "THING"
A ring for a baby's incisors
Time's up! The correct answer was teething
HISTORIC NICKNAMES
Among the more colorful nicknames of this agricultural chemist were "Peanut Man" & "Sweet-Potato Man"
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington Carver
MUSIC/TELEVISION
Legendary singer Eartha Kitt was just purr-fect as this "Batman" villainess
Time's up! The correct answer was Catwoman
LITERATURE
Nicodemus Frapp is a narrow-minded evangelist in "Tono-Bungay", a 1909 novel by this author of "The Time Machine"
Time's up! The correct answer was H.G. Wells
KIDDY LIT
These tiny people in a 1952 Mary Norton story live under the floor in a large country house
Time's up! The correct answer was the borrowers
RANKS & TITLES
Owain Glyndwr, who died circa 1416, was the last native of his country to claim this title
Time's up! The correct answer was Prince of Wales
ARCHITECTURE
Virginia's Shirley plantation has a "hanging" one of these that climbs 3 stories without any visible means of support
Time's up! The correct answer was a staircase
"DEATH"
The 7 words that complete the speech Patrick Henry gave on March 23, 1775
Time's up! The correct answer was "Give me liberty or give me death"
THRILLER
You were born to identify this author of "The Bourne Identity"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ludlum
LITERARY CHARACTERS
Emma is the first name of this title character of an 1857 Gustave Flaubert novel
Time's up! The correct answer was Madame Bovary
JUST PLANE GEOMETRY
In the 3rd century B.C., this "Father of geometry" taught at the Museum, an institute in Alexandria, Egypt
Time's up! The correct answer was Euclid
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
AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY
Jebel Musa, a promontory in this mountain range, is one of the Pillars of Hercules
Time's up! The correct answer was Atlas Mountains
CANADIAN FOOTBALL
One of the 8 teams in the CFL is the Stampeders, who play for this city in the Canadian Rockies
Time's up! The correct answer was Calgary
GENERAL INFORMATION
The tuliptree, or "yellow" this, was planted by Washington at Mt. Vernon, & Daniel Boone used its wood in his canoe
Time's up! The correct answer was poplar
SONG LYRICS
Evita sang, "Don't" do this "for me Argentina -- the truth is I never left you"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cry
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
19th CENTURY LITERATURE
Oscar Wilde wrote "The Picture of Dorian Gray" & he wrote "The Portrait of A Lady"
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry James
'65
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Oct. 25, 1965, maybe it got its prize money in pennies on the 31st
Time's up! The correct answer was UNICEF
ALLITERATION STATION
Daisy Buchanan is the object of a racketeer's desire in this 1925 Fitzgerald novel
Time's up! The correct answer was The Great Gatsby
SPORTS SHORTS
In 2011 this QB was a first-round draft pick by Carolina
Time's up! The correct answer was Newton
WORLD AUTHORS
In a 1605 prologue, this Spaniard tells the reader that he has written an "invective against books of chivalry"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cervantes
LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"
The university environment
Time's up! The correct answer was academia
PEOPLE
This actor gave a speech for Harvard roommate Al Gore at the 2000 Democratic Convention
Time's up! The correct answer was Tommy Lee Jones
CROSSWORD CLUES "Q"
Feather pen (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was quill
ARE YOU PERHAPS FRENCH?
Born in 1911, Louise Bourgeois worked into her 90s on her biomorphic creations in this art form
Time's up! The correct answer was sculpture
OPERA & BALLET
This composer of "The Nutcracker" said, "The music of a ballet is not invariably bad"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tchaikovsky
GRAVE MATTERS
It was no laughing matter when this silent film legend's body was stolen from a Swiss cemetery in 1978
Time's up! The correct answer was Charlie Chaplin
MUSICAL TRAINS
During the 1954-1955 Sun sessions, Elvis climbed aboard this train "sixteen coaches long"
Time's up! The correct answer was the "Mystery Train"
A "TON" OF PEOPLE
In 2004 the most valuable guitar, this rocker's Stratocaster "Blackie", sold for $959,500 at auction
Time's up! The correct answer was Clapton
FILE UNDER "K"
His "Ode To A Nightingale" says, "With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, and purple-stained mouth"
Time's up! The correct answer was John Keats
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
NONFICTION PULITZER WINNERS
William Warner's "Beautiful Swimmers" is an exploration of the Atlantic blue crab & this bay
Time's up! The correct answer was the Chesapeake
REEL MOTHERS
Billy Crystal is meant to kill Danny DeVito's mother according to DeVito's plan in this 1987 comedy
Time's up! The correct answer was Throw Momma From The Train
X MARKS THE SPOT
This city on the Salt River sits on the eastern edge of the Sonoran Desert
Time's up! The correct answer was Phoenix
YOUNG ABE LINCOLN
During his 80 days of military service in 1832, Abe attempted without success to track down this Sauk & Fox Indian chief
Time's up! The correct answer was Black Hawk
AIRLINE TRAVEL
When it began on Pan Am & Qantas in the late '70s, it was basically a roped-off part of the economy cabin with free drinks
Time's up! The correct answer was business class
AH, SWEET MYTHTERY
Hard-partyin' half-man, half-goat creatures of Greek mythology
Time's up! The correct answer was a satyr
SUPERHEROES
In a 2002 movie this hero got an upside-down kiss from Mary Jane
Time's up! The correct answer was Spider-Man
LONG GERMAN WORDS
The Reinheitsgebot is the law of 1516 governing the purity of this 4-letter drink
Time's up! The correct answer was beer
GOOD CAUSES
This word precedes "Conservancy" in the name of a group with a million members
Time's up! The correct answer was Nature
THE RULE OF THIRDS
A member of the British Commonwealth, this country is the third-largest island in the Caribbean
Time's up! The correct answer was Jamaica
CARTOONS
Mel Blanc said he created this character's voice by combining Brooklyn & Bronx accents
Time's up! The correct answer was Bugs Bunny
SOMETHING'S A "FOOT"
To pick up a check
Time's up! The correct answer was Foot the bill
ANAGRAMMED STATE CAPITALS
Leg hair
Time's up! The correct answer was Raleigh
CANADIAN CAPITALS
Vancouver isn't on Vancouver Island, but this capital is
Time's up! The correct answer was Victoria
CONVENTIONS
The Annapolis Convention of 1786 did nothing but suggest holding this convention in Philadelphia
Time's up! The correct answer was Constitutional Convention
INDONESIA
An economic downturn in 1998 forced this president to resign & vice president Habibie succeeded him
Time's up! The correct answer was Suharto
WINE
Malaga is a sweet dessert wine that originated in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Spain
CZECH, PLEASE
His mother, Olga, was once ranked 2nd in Czechoslovakia in women's singles tennis
Time's up! The correct answer was Ivan Lendl
INTERNATIONAL CUISINE
To enjoy this national Swiss dish, you'd better like cheese, lots of it, melted in wine
Time's up! The correct answer was fondue
HISTORIC WOMEN
On April 5, 1614, in Jamestown, she married John Rolfe
Time's up! The correct answer was Pocahontas
THE ENVIRONMENT
An animal fills an ecological one of these in a community, from the French for "nest"
Time's up! The correct answer was niche
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
Connelly, Garner, Holliday
Time's up! The correct answer was Jennifer
LITERATURE
In chapter 52 of this novel, a boisterous crowd is gathering for Fagin's execution
Time's up! The correct answer was Oliver Twist
IT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY
Australia has an uninhabited territory named for this sea off its northeast coast
Time's up! The correct answer was Coral Sea
FOOD
Riz A L'Imperatrice is an elegant version of this homey dessert
Time's up! The correct answer was Rice Pudding
CAPITOL THINKERS
This Ariz. senator said of Bush's energy plan, "Just one pork barrel project larded onto another"
Time's up! The correct answer was John McCain
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NICKNAMES
"The Ryan Express"
Time's up! The correct answer was Nolan Ryan
THE CRUCIBLE
Brass usually comes out of a crucible in this 5-letter form, more familiarly used with gold
Time's up! The correct answer was an ingot
"H" CITIES
The racing schooner Bluenose, depicted on Canada's 10-cent coin, has a replica in this Nova Scotian port
Time's up! The correct answer was Halifax
THE 20th CENTURY
In 1974 the military overthrew this African leader who claimed to be descended from Solomon & the Queen of Sheba
Time's up! The correct answer was Haile Selassie
HARRISON FORD MOVIES
"Get off my plane!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Air Force One
FRANCE
With its team led by Zinedine Zidane, France won this prestigious contest in July 1998
Time's up! The correct answer was the World Cup
FRANCE
In 1992, 200 years after it was written, 40% of the French found it excessively bloody & 25% wanted it changed
Time's up! The correct answer was the French National Anthem
MARRIED WITH CHILDREN
It can be an early harmonious period for a president, or a married couple can take a "second" one without the kids
Time's up! The correct answer was Honeymoon
SPOOKS
This spy came a long way from her origins as the daughter of a Dutch hatter
Time's up! The correct answer was Mata Hari
"LIGHT"s
A joking question asked about many groups is "How many does it take to" do this
Time's up! The correct answer was screw in a light bulb
HAIR TODAY
In 2004 this real estate tycoon told People magazine that his signature swept-forward style is his own handiwork
Time's up! The correct answer was Trump
SPORTS OF THE FEMALE OLYMPIANS
Misty May & Kerri Walsh
Time's up! The correct answer was beach volleyball
& GO TO "BED"
If you've been clubbed, you've been made unconscious; if you've been this, you've been made a knight
Time's up! The correct answer was dubbed
A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS
This computer language gets oxymoronic when it follows "Advanced"
Time's up! The correct answer was BASIC
NEWMAN'S OWN
Newman played Irish mob boss John Rooney in Depression-era Chicago in this 2002 film
Time's up! The correct answer was Road to Perdition
JUST DESSERTS
Unlike sherbet, sorbet never contains this dairy product
Time's up! The correct answer was milk
OSCAR NIGHT 2003
For "Talk to Her", he became the first man in over 30 years to win with a screenplay in a foreign language
Time's up! The correct answer was Pedro Almodovar
NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES
"Shot Dead By Federal Men In Front Of Movie Theatre" read his 1934 front-page obituary
Time's up! The correct answer was John Dillinger
MICHAEL JACKSON HITS IN OTHER WORDS
1983: "Speak, Speak, Speak"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Say Say Say"
LET'S HIT IT
Everlast makes these that come in speed and heavy varieties
Time's up! The correct answer was punching bags
DAYS
In 1954 Armistice Day was renamed this
Time's up! The correct answer was Veterans Day
"MUM"s THE WORD
This contagious viral disease can occasionally cause sterility in males
Time's up! The correct answer was Mumps
THE PLANETS
This remote planet orbits the sun at a 98 degree axis, almost lying on its side
Time's up! The correct answer was Uranus
6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
Paul Baumer, a young German soldier
Time's up! The correct answer was Erich Maria Remarque
BUSINESS BUDDIES
S. Duncan Black & this partner filed a patent for a drill in 1914
Time's up! The correct answer was Decker
WORD ORIGINS
This compass direction may come from the Proto-Germanic for "to the left of the rising sun"
Time's up! The correct answer was north
ANIMALS
Scientists divide these toothless whales into 3 groups: right whales, gray whales & rorquals
Time's up! The correct answer was Baleen whales
TRAVEL & TOURISM
While visiting the city of Agra in this country, don't miss the Agra Fort & the Taj Mahal
Time's up! The correct answer was India
PRINCETON
Princeton was given its name in 1896, the year this future Princeton student & Jazz Age author was born
Time's up! The correct answer was Scott Fitzgerald
LET'S GET MAS*Hed
Company clerk "Radar" O'Reilly was from this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Iowa
THEATRE HODGEPODGE
Shakespeare's play about this Tudor king begins, "I come no more to make you laugh..."
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry VIII
POP MUSIC
In "Take Me Home, Country Roads", John Denver sang, "Almost heaven," this state
Time's up! The correct answer was West Virginia
ALLUSIONAL THINKING
Someone compared to this Aesop kid has lied so many times no one believes him even when he's telling the truth
Time's up! The correct answer was the boy who cried wolf
PROVERBS
It's the type of pot that "never boils"
Time's up! The correct answer was a watched pot
THE HUSBAND MARRIED
He married Colleen Dewhurst twice & Trish Van Devere once
Time's up! The correct answer was George C. Scott
SCIENCE GUYS
Not even a wheelchair & voice synthesizer can stop him from unlocking the secrets of the universe
Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Hawking
WARNER BROS.
You can tour the Warner Bros. lot online, or in person in this San Fernando Valley city
Time's up! The correct answer was Burbank
& NOW THE "END" IS NEAR
Shakespeare's Puck: If we have" done this, "think but this, and all is mended"
Time's up! The correct answer was offended
THE CIVIL WAR
Northerners who sought advantage in the post-war South were said to tote their belongings in these
Time's up! The correct answer was carpetbags
MY SUITE
"Mars" & "Uranus" are famous works within his 1916 suite "The Planets"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gustav Holst
"IBLE"S & BITS
Miller's witch-hunting play
Time's up! The correct answer was The Crucible
TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE WORD THAT RHYMES WITH STAR
The incarnation of a god in Hindu myth, or an Internet graphical image representing a person
Time's up! The correct answer was an avatar
BROADWAY LYRICS
"He had it comi
Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago
NO. 1 ALBUMS
"Forever Your Girl"
Time's up! The correct answer was Paula Abdul
3-LETTER WORDS
A small demon, or a mischievous child (who might be a little demon!)
Time's up! The correct answer was imp
"PH"UN WORDS
The bar type is one common form of this chart
Time's up! The correct answer was graph
AFRICAN ISLANDS
Wine production is a chief industry of this Portuguese island off Africa's northwest coast
Time's up! The correct answer was Madeira
NOW YOU'RE TALKING MY LANGUAGE
The official language of Andorra, it's the second-most spoken language in Spain
Time's up! The correct answer was Catalan
WEDDINGS
In 2002 a hot pink frock worn by Robin Durr won the DeKuyper Contest for the worst of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a bridesmaid's dress
DAYS
In the U.S. the Jewish festivals of Hanukkah & Passover each last this many days
Time's up! The correct answer was 8
THREE
Stalin, FDR & Churchill were known by this collective nickname when they met in Teheran in 1943
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Big Three"
GAMES
They'll treat you like a "king" in Petal, Mississippi, home to the International Hall of Fame for this board game
Time's up! The correct answer was checkers
INITIAL T.V.
[Hi, I'm Pat O'Brien] David E. Kelley won 2 Emmys for this show in 1991, one as executive producer, one as writer
Time's up! The correct answer was L.A. Law
WORLD "P"s
The "4 questions" asked on this occasion include wondering why we have to eat unleavened bread
Time's up! The correct answer was Passover
HISTORIC BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Older brother Frank is thrilled to welcome this Sept. 5, 1847 baby; 10 days old & making guns with his tiny fingers
Time's up! The correct answer was Jesse James
FLY ME, BUT NOT TO THE MOON
On Dec. 19, 2008 this "colorful" airline became the official one for the Red Sox, though its main hub is in (gasp!) N.Y.
Time's up! The correct answer was JetBlue
AND I QUOTE
3-word phrase for a quote meant for attribution, or a quote like "Gretzky's 92 goals are unbeatable!"
Time's up! The correct answer was On the record
NO. 3 SONGS
Singer of the No. 3 hit heard here: ("I Feel Good")
Time's up! The correct answer was James Brown
THAT'S BUSINESS
In 1851 this company started using a logo with a man in the moon & 13 stars; now it uses its initials
Time's up! The correct answer was Proctor & Gamble
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
1 of the 2 Central American countries with only 1 sea coast
Time's up! The correct answer was Belize & El Salvador
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
"L.B."s
Herbie, the endearing Volkswagen in a classic Disney film
Time's up! The correct answer was The Love Bug
AUTHORS' RHYME TIME
Sir Walter's saucepans
Time's up! The correct answer was Scott's pots
NAME THE POET
"Wee, sleeket, cowran, tim'rous beastie, / O, what a panic's in thy breastie!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rabbie Burns
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Cape Catoche, the northeastern tip of this large peninsula, lies a little more than 30 miles north of Cancun
Time's up! The correct answer was the Yucatan
AIRLINE TRAVEL
It can be a place to leave your puppy when you take a trip, or a carrier for him that fits under an airplane seat
Time's up! The correct answer was a kennel
STORM
In this cool 2004 film, climatologist Dennis Quaid is right & much of the U.S. evacuates to Mexico
Time's up! The correct answer was The Day After Tomorrow
GEOGRAPH"Y"
While many countries in Europe have been splitting up, this one got back together in 1990
Time's up! The correct answer was Germany
NOVELS
Published in 1949, this futuristic tale is set in Oceania, a few years before you were born
Time's up! The correct answer was 1984
DOUBLE A
Biblical man with a talking ass
Time's up! The correct answer was Balaam
DRESSING
2-word, somewhat contradictory-sounding term for the NBA's player dress code that allows dress slacks or khakis
Time's up! The correct answer was business casual
IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY
South Korea
Time's up! The correct answer was North Korea
ALL GOD'S CRITTERS
Males of this duck-billed mammal have poison spurs on each hind foot that can kill small animals
Time's up! The correct answer was Platypus
FOOD
Some say these dried treats are tastier made from seeded grapes than from seedless ones
Time's up! The correct answer was Raisins
4 CONSONANTS IN A ROW
Hard coal that burns with little flame
Time's up! The correct answer was anthracite
PLAYWRIGHTS
These British twin brother playwrights wrote mystery novels under the rather obvious alias Peter Anthony
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter & Anthony Shaffer
ACTORS WHO DIRECT
"The Great Debaters"
Time's up! The correct answer was Denzel Washington
MOVIE CITIES
2010 brought Travolta as a spy in "From ____ with Love"
Time's up! The correct answer was Paris
CANALS
Located at Sault Ste. Marie, the St. Marys Falls Canal connects these 2 Great Lakes
Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Superior & Lake Huron