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THE ANIMALS
Tuna are members of Scombridae, known commonly as this "holy" family of fishes
Time's up! The correct answer was mackerels
"PRO"NOUNS
An introductory part in a novel
Time's up! The correct answer was Prologue
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
This longest river on the Iberian Peninsula is also known as the Tajo
Time's up! The correct answer was the Tagus
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
Islamic legal opinion or directive (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was fatwa
"B" PREPARED
"I'll Go Home With Bonnie Jean" is one of many lively songs in this Lerner & Loewe musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Brigadoon
JUST THE FACTS
This hero of several books is 11 when he discovers he's a wizard
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Potter
WOMEN: WRITE ON!
"Seducing the Demon: Writing for my Life" is a 2006 memoir by this "Fear of Flying" author
Time's up! The correct answer was Erica Jong
4-LETTER WORDS
This word commonly follows cuff or missing
Time's up! The correct answer was Link
TRUE LIVES
Extra! Extra! Read all about this retired Washington Post publisher in "Personal History"
Time's up! The correct answer was Katharine Graham
STATE SUPERLATIVES
The deepest gorge in the U.S. is this state's Hells Canyon
Time's up! The correct answer was Idaho
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
CALL OUT THE VOICE SQUAD
He provided the voices of both Beavis & Butthead
Time's up! The correct answer was Mike Judge
IT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU
Despite the opportunity, this November 1965 event in NYC did not result in a mini baby boom 9 months later
Time's up! The correct answer was a blackout
ASIAN NATIONS
Once known as Burma, its official language Burmese was also renamed
Time's up! The correct answer was Myanmar
HOP ON POP CULTURE
Meadow's dad had her boyfriend Jackie whacked on this show; A.J. had a pretty rough time, too
Time's up! The correct answer was The Sopranos
VOLCANOES
This youngest surface volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii has distinctive lava formations like Pele's Hair
Time's up! The correct answer was Kilauea
FROM THE LATIN
From the Latin for "tail", it's the section of a musical composition that brings it to a close
Time's up! The correct answer was the coda
FEMALE ATHLETES
This basketball star whose name rhymes with hoops named her son Jordan, after Michael Jordan
Time's up! The correct answer was Sheryl Swoopes
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
FACTS & FIGURES
Researchers have found more than 40,000 of the dust type of these microscopic bugs in 1 ounce of mattress dust
Time's up! The correct answer was mites
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE MOVIES
He played Cameron Poe, an almost-paroled convict thwarting an escape attempt in "Con Air"
Time's up! The correct answer was Nicolas Cage
THE CAT
Like MGM's Leo the Lion, if you can do this you're considered one of the "big cats"
Time's up! The correct answer was Roar
BRAND-O
George Blaisdell invented this lighter in 1932
Time's up! The correct answer was the Zippo
MEDICINE
Yes, she developed a scoring system in 1952 to aid in determining a newborn's health
Time's up! The correct answer was Virginia Apgar
OSCARS OF THE '70s
For her portrayal of Greta Ohlsson in a 1974 mystery, this legendary actress scored her third Oscar
Time's up! The correct answer was Ingrid Bergman
CROSSWORD CLUES "E"
Mistaken (9)
Time's up! The correct answer was erroneous
U.S. PRESIDENTS
This Mexican War hero & winning 1848 candidate had never voted for president before
Time's up! The correct answer was Zachary Taylor
ANYTHING BUT CHEESESTEAK
Chicken chunks & chopped veggies in a rich sauce topped with a pastry crust are baked in this "pie"
Time's up! The correct answer was chicken pot pie
WORD ORIGINS
From Dutch “kaban huis”, meaning ship’s galley, in U.S. it came to mean last car on a train
Time's up! The correct answer was the caboose
CZECH, PLEASE
Maryam d'Abo played a Czech cellist in this 1987 film
Time's up! The correct answer was The Living Daylights
ORDINAL NUMBER, PLEASE
In "The Music Man", the penultimate trombonist in "The Big Parade"
Time's up! The correct answer was 75th
MARRIED WITH CHILDREN
Make sure all your children are immunized against this "barnyard" disease caused by Varicella-Zoster
Time's up! The correct answer was Chickenpox
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?
THE REEL STORY
He played Mozart in the 1984 film "Amadeus"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Hulce
HEY, "BABY"
Smallest form of a large piano
Time's up! The correct answer was a baby grand
20th CENTURY BOOKS
Chapter I of this book tells us: "Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood..."
Time's up! The correct answer was Angela's Ashes
BUSINESS
The tires on Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis" were made by this former competitor of Goodyear
Time's up! The correct answer was B.F. Goodrich
ITALIAN ART
Andrea del Sarto's 1527 version of this Biblical banquet is similar to that of Leonardo, a man he admired
Time's up! The correct answer was The Last Supper
FOREIGN CURRENCY
Its currency, the guarani, shares its name with one of its national languages & an expensive Asuncion hotel
Time's up! The correct answer was Paraguay
"D" IN HISTORY
In 1868 he became the first person of Jewish ancestry to become prime minister of Great Britain
Time's up! The correct answer was Benjamin Disraeli
BERMUDA SHORTS
Alexander or Linda could help you with the name of this capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Hamilton
THE ONION HEADLINES FROM THE YEAR 2056
Boston rejoices as this team "Lose(s) In 50th Straight Pennant Race; Fans Blame 'Curse of Jeter'"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Yankees
14:59
This government employee was in the spotlight in the late 1990s for her conduct as a girlfriend of Monica Lewinsky
Time's up! The correct answer was Linda Tripp
TREES
The cry “sap's a runnin’” refers to this tree
Time's up! The correct answer was maple tree
GEHRY
The Guggenheim Museum in this city of Spain's Basque region is one of the best-known structures designed by Gehry
Time's up! The correct answer was Bilbao
HOME FURNISHINGS
Four-poster is a type of this, sometimes with a canopy
Time's up! The correct answer was a bed
"G"ARDEN GLOSSARY
Inserting a section of one plant into another so that they grow as one plant
Time's up! The correct answer was to graft
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
A never-ending supply of this better-than-beer drink was made by Heidrum, oddly a goat, not a bee
Time's up! The correct answer was mead
SIMILES
A fine voice is "as clear as" one of these tintinnabulating objects
Time's up! The correct answer was a bell
THE FALL
In October 1983 the U.S. invaded this Caribbean country, officially to protect American medical students there
Time's up! The correct answer was Grenada
EPONYMS
This big hair style is derived from the title of a mistress of Louis XV
Time's up! The correct answer was a madame pompadour
GUINNESS RECORDS
He holds the record for all-time career earnings on the U.S. PGA circuit (over $26 million from 1996 to 2001)
Time's up! The correct answer was Tiger Woods
MOTTOES
You've got security with "My word is my bond", the motto of this London financial institution
Time's up! The correct answer was the London Stock Exchange
MOTHER GOOSE
After singing for his supper, he ate "white bread and butter"
Time's up! The correct answer was Little Tommy Tucker
SPOOKS
Cuban refugee Antonio Prohias drew this MAD Magazine comic strip for 29 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Spy vs. Spy
BEING THOREAU
Thoreau praised this man's actions at Harpers Ferry & eulogized him in 3 lectures
Time's up! The correct answer was John Brown
THE STARTING INFIELD
In 1977 Chambliss, Randolph, Dent & Nettles took the field for this team
Time's up! The correct answer was the Yankees
OFF TO A GOOD START
In a business project, it's the level investors try to "get in on"
Time's up! The correct answer was the ground floor
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
WHAT AILS YOU?
Nearly 90% of all malaria cases occur on this continent
Time's up! The correct answer was Africa
FURNITURE
Jean-Pierre Rampal can tell you it's the term for the shallow channels cut into a column
Time's up! The correct answer was Fluting
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
WORD"Z"
In football, it's a charge on the QB by linebackers or defensive backs
Time's up! The correct answer was a blitz
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
ALLUSIONAL THINKING
Your vulnerability might be compared to this body part of an ancient Greek hero who killed Hector
Time's up! The correct answer was an Achilles' heel
FOOD
California vegetable with a crown & a heart
Time's up! The correct answer was an artichoke
SORTA SOUNDS LIKE OPRAH?
In 2001 this author of "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success" published "The Deeper Wound"
Time's up! The correct answer was Chopra
ARE YOU PERHAPS FRENCH?
He was Jacques Chirac's predecessor as president
Time's up! The correct answer was François Mitterand
NETWORK
"Pros & Cons", "Crime Stories", "DC Insider"
Time's up! The correct answer was Court TV
1807
Following his victory in the Battle of Friedland in June, he forced the capitulation of the Russian Empire
Time's up! The correct answer was Napoleon
THE "CO"-CATEGORY
It's a coop for sheep or pigeons
Time's up! The correct answer was a cote
NOW YOU'RE TALKING MY LANGUAGE
The official language of Niger, it's a remnant of its colonial times
Time's up! The correct answer was French
MUSIC/TELEVISION
This country star became a sitcom grandma at the end of her first season on the WB
Time's up! The correct answer was Reba McEntire
BUSINESS LEADERS
Before founding his own corp., John K. Northrop was chief engineer for this company & designed its Vega airplane
Time's up! The correct answer was Lockheed
THE CRUCIBLE
This element, Pt, is used in crucibles & tongs because of its inertness & high fusing point
Time's up! The correct answer was platinum
'ALLO, GOVERNOR!
Henry S. Thibodaux, P.B.S. Pinchback
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana
ORGANIZATIONS
The Max Planck Society is one of this country's chief organizations for scientific research
Time's up! The correct answer was Germany
THE RECORD SHOWS I TOOK THE BLOWS
In 1775 his leg was severely wounded in an assault on Quebec & he was promoted to brig. gen.; 5 years later, he'd be in disgrace
Time's up! The correct answer was Benedict Arnold
20th CENTURY DESIGN
The U.S. pavilion at Montreal's Expo 67 was covered by one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a geodesic dome
ROCK-Y
The title of Falco's biggest hit mentions this fellow Austrian musician
Time's up! The correct answer was Mozart
WHEREFORE "ART" THOU
They can be a city's highways or a person's blood vessels
Time's up! The correct answer was Arteries
HISTORIC NICKNAMES
Because of his Hanoverian heritage, American colonists called this monarch "German Georgie" or "Geordie"
Time's up! The correct answer was George III
5 BANDS
"Welcome to Paradise"; tre cool drums for this punk-pop band who performed at 2005's Live 8
Time's up! The correct answer was Green Day
"FOR" WORDS
Jewelers as well as surgeons use this tool for grasping & holding
Time's up! The correct answer was forceps
FILE UNDER "K"
This is white wine & creme de cassis; substitute champagne for white wine & it becomes "royale"
Time's up! The correct answer was Kir
ACTORS & ACTRESSES
Don't blink--or you'll miss Richard Dreyfuss in this 1967 film based on a Jacqueline Susann novel
Time's up! The correct answer was Valley of the Dolls
KIDDIE LIT
This Anna Sewell book may have inspired "Moorland Mousie", which was also narrated by a horse
Time's up! The correct answer was Black Beauty
ROGUE
This president's administration changed the term "rogue state" to "states of concern"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Clinton
"TOO" MUCH
It's a small porch on the front of the house
Time's up! The correct answer was a stoop
CAMERA
In 1986 Kodak left the instant camera business after a judge found it had violated this company's patents
Time's up! The correct answer was Polaroid
BARTLETT'S PAIRS
Ernest L. Thayer is represented by a pair of quotations, both from this baseball poem
Time's up! The correct answer was "Casey at the Bat"
THE PRODUCERS
It leads the states in apple production
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington
U.S. PRESIDENTS
In the campaign slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too", he's Tippecanoe
Time's up! The correct answer was William Henry Harrison
I'M GOING "INN"
It's the third word in the first book of the Bible
Time's up! The correct answer was beginning
RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS
For Muslims: witnessing, prayer, alms giving, fasting & pilgrimage
Time's up! The correct answer was Five Pillars of Faith
GRAINS & STAPLES
The rolled form of this grain cooks in about 5 minutes; the steel-cut takes much longer
Time's up! The correct answer was oats
DAYS
The British have a real blast on this day, November 5
Time's up! The correct answer was Guy Fawkes Day
ODDS & ENDS
Room of the house in which you'd normally find a four-poster
Time's up! The correct answer was the bedroom
WHAT KIND OF FOWL AM I?
Golden or ring-necked
Time's up! The correct answer was a pheasant
WHEAT
Types of wheat are grouped according to these 2 seasons
Time's up! The correct answer was Winter & spring
HEADLINES
From the July 22, 1925 Knoxville Journal: This man "Declared Guilty"; "Bryan's Testimony Ordered Stricken"
Time's up! The correct answer was Scopes
CELEBRITY MARRIAGES
Drama coach Uta Hagen was his 1st wife & singer Rosemary Clooney his 3rd
Time's up! The correct answer was José Ferrer
BON APPE-"T"
A yellow cheddar from Oregon
Time's up! The correct answer was Tillamook
THE CAT
Like MGM's Leo the Lion, if you can do this you're considered one of the "big cats"
Time's up! The correct answer was Roar
EXPLORERS
In 1616, after Hudson died, this man became the 1st European to reach Ellesmere Island; an island & bay are named for him
Time's up! The correct answer was Baffin
ACTORS & ACTRESSES
Don't blink--or you'll miss Richard Dreyfuss in this 1967 film based on a Jacqueline Susann novel
Time's up! The correct answer was Valley of the Dolls
WOLVERINE
Bears have cubs; wolverine newborns are known as these, like foxes & beavers
Time's up! The correct answer was kits
4-LETTER WORDS
To incline, or to thrust a lance, perhaps at a windmill
Time's up! The correct answer was Tilt
BIBLE BOOK BINDINGS
Hey ___ Law
Time's up! The correct answer was Jude
HE WAS IN THAT?
He appeared fleet-ingly in "Sailor Beware" with Martin & Lewis before "East of Eden" made him a star
Time's up! The correct answer was James Dean
FOOD
Riz A L'Imperatrice is an elegant version of this homey dessert
Time's up! The correct answer was Rice Pudding
B FOLLOWS A
It's an outline of what material will be covered in a college course
Time's up! The correct answer was a syllabus
SHAMANISM ON YOU
In the traditional religion of this Asian peninsula, male shamans are called Paksu
Time's up! The correct answer was the Korean Peninsula
HOLLYWOOD LEFTIES
This left-handed lady was positively "Bewitching" in a 2005 Nora Ephron film
Time's up! The correct answer was Nicole Kidman
ROCK FORMATIONS
This Jimmy Page foursome first played together as part of the session group on P.J. Proby's "Three Week Hero"
Time's up! The correct answer was Led Zeppelin
THE ENVIRONMENT
In 1970 President Nixon created this government body that sets and enforces national pollution control standards
Time's up! The correct answer was the E.P.A.
20th CENTURY INVENTION
They were invented in 1947 & by the 1990s millions were being placed on a single chip
Time's up! The correct answer was Transistors
STATE: THE OBVIOUS
Florida's in the southeast corner of the 48 contiguous states; this state is in the northwest corner
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington
JEWELRY
Sotheby's has announced it won't sell any items of this tusk material produced since 1939
Time's up! The correct answer was Ivory
SCIENCE & NATURE
Some members of the genus Aedes of this insect transmit yellow fever
Time's up! The correct answer was Mosquito
STATES OF THE UNION
Commonwealth whose state seal ["United We Stand, Divided We Fall"] is seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky
WORDS OF LOVE
In "Prometheus Unbound", he wrote, "All love is sweet, given or returned. Common as light is love"
Time's up! The correct answer was Percy Bysshe Shelley
HOLIDAYS
O. Henry called it the most “purely American” holiday
Time's up! The correct answer was Thanksgiving
STATE CAPITALS
A 150-foot-high battle monument in this New Jersey capital marks the site of a famous Revolutionary War battle
Time's up! The correct answer was Trenton
THEATRE AROUND THE WORLD
There's a "method" behind his founding of the Moscow Art Theatre with Nemirovich-Danchenko
Time's up! The correct answer was Stanislavski
"V" IS FOR
...this everyday form of Latin spoken by the Romans; sounds crude but it wasn't
Time's up! The correct answer was Vulgar
WORLD HISTORY
In 1832 Otto, a Bavarian prince, was named the first king of this Balkan country
Time's up! The correct answer was Greece
METALLICA
To buy this precious metal, visit Taxco, Mexico; it's the city's best-known product
Time's up! The correct answer was silver
BREAKFAST CEREALS
Watch "dinosaur eggs" hatch or hunt for "treasure" while warming your tummy with a bowl of this
Time's up! The correct answer was oatmeal
BRAND NAMES
This cereal's name used to end in "oats" & its "I" is dotted with a piece of the product
Time's up! The correct answer was Cheerios
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
To audition for this musical, Yul Brynner sang while sitting cross-legged on the floor
Time's up! The correct answer was "The King And I"
POETS & POETRY
This Longfellow poem was suggested by a smithy under a chestnut tree in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Village Blacksmith"
LIVE IN TEXAS
This world-famous cyclist named his home in Austin "Casa Linda" after his mother
Time's up! The correct answer was Lance Armstrong
JUBAL EARLY
Before the Civil War, Early had garrison duty in the Mexican War under this man, "Old Rough and Ready"
Time's up! The correct answer was Zachary Taylor
HAIR TODAY
This palindromic word can mean to cut short, or a short, blunt cut, with or without bangs
Time's up! The correct answer was bob
EMBRACEABLE "U"
It's the island instrument heard here
Time's up! The correct answer was Ukulele
WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS
1952: A famous seamstress & flagmaker
Time's up! The correct answer was Betsy Ross
BRITISH POETS & POETRY
Prince Albert sent his copy of "Idylls Of The King" to this poet & asked him to autograph it
Time's up! The correct answer was Alfred Lord Tennyson
"TABLE"S
Moving around a restaurant to hobnob & exchange gossip with friends & acquaintances
Time's up! The correct answer was Table Hopping
SSSSSSSSNAKES!!!!!
Snakes are found naturally on every continent except this one
Time's up! The correct answer was Antarctica
INVENTIVE MINDS
This peanut guy devised some 118 byproducts for the sweet potato
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington Carver
POETS' RHYME TIME
Ezra's Afghans
Time's up! The correct answer was Pound's hounds
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS
Verdi wrote an aria called "La Luce Langue"--The Light Fails--for this bloothirsty villainess
Time's up! The correct answer was Lady Macbeth
WHAT A CHARACTER!
Hardcore fans of "Gilligan's Island" known that this character's real name is Roy Hinkley
Time's up! The correct answer was the Professor
WOMEN'S FIRSTS
Let's show her a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T; she's the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Time's up! The correct answer was Aretha Franklin
PHYSICS
The term horsepower came about when James Watt compared work done by a horse to work done by this
Time's up! The correct answer was steam engine
MISC.
This waterfall is separated into the American Falls & Horseshoe Falls by Goat Island
Time's up! The correct answer was Niagara Falls
BULL
This energy drink was originally developed by a Thai businessman in 1962 & sold under the name Krating Daeng
Time's up! The correct answer was Red Bull
POLITICS
In December 1985 Cognress passed this bill in an effort to end the federal deficit
Time's up! The correct answer was Gramm-Rudman
GEOGRAPHY "E"
Parts of the Arabian and Libyan deserts are found in this African country
Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt
MAGNETO
An alnico magnet is an alloy having these 3 elements as its principal ingredients
Time's up! The correct answer was aluminum, nickel, cobalt
COMMON BONDS
Peeling onions, watching Mel Gibson's film "Forever Young", missing Final Jeopardy!
Time's up! The correct answer was things that make you cry
3-LETTER THE BETTER
To point your mauser
Time's up! The correct answer was aim
IN THE DICTIONARY
Kayak is an example of this, a word that reads the same forwards & backwards
Time's up! The correct answer was a palindrome
MANY IRONS
It's gold! Gold, I tell you! Gold!!! Oh, no -- it's not... it's this, fool's gold
Time's up! The correct answer was Iron pyrite
COLOSSUS
Immeasurably great, like the "Jest" in a David Foster Wallace title
Time's up! The correct answer was infinite
HERE'S LUCY
She was the first wife of a president to be called first lady on a regular basis
Time's up! The correct answer was "Lemonade Lucy" Hayes
SECRET IDENTITIES
Zorro
Time's up! The correct answer was Don Diego de la Vega
FILE UNDER "K"
The Nancy Drew books are written under this pseudonym
Time's up! The correct answer was Carolyn Keene
ANNUAL EVENTS
Called the greatest 2 minutes in sports, it takes place on the first Saturday in May
Time's up! The correct answer was the Kentucky Derby
HISTORY
Year in which Franklin Roosevelt was elected for an unprecedented 3rd term as president
Time's up! The correct answer was 1940
WORMS
The name of this red shade is from the Latin for "worm"; the dye was first made from cochineal insects
Time's up! The correct answer was vermillion
JURY DUTY
This type of jury charged with deciding whether there's enough evidence to try a person may have up to 23 members
Time's up! The correct answer was a grand jury
RADIO
Can't forget the sponsor--Jack Benny's opening line wasn't "Hello again" but this dessert "again"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jell-O
COMPANIES
This warehouse club has over 43 million members, some of them Gold Star, lugging home the big jars of mayo
Time's up! The correct answer was Costco
WORD ORIGINS
Many scholars believe that the Celts called it "The Wild Place"; now this wild place is a city of over 7 million
Time's up! The correct answer was London
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
The pair's lyricist
Time's up! The correct answer was Hammerstein
FOOD FACTS
Bread is eaten so widely it's often called the "staff of" this
Time's up! The correct answer was life
COMPOUND WORDS
It's the 9-letter name for a type of restaurant that specializes in steak & other meat on the bone
Time's up! The correct answer was chophouse
ROGER!
I'll have a side of this 13th century English philosopher & creator of the "Opus Majus"
Time's up! The correct answer was Roger Bacon
ANIMAL TERMS
This "scaly" alliterative term originally referred to men who flirted in tea rooms
Time's up! The correct answer was lounge lizards
IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD
In 1604 King James I called this plant a "perpetual stinking torment" & "dangerous to the lungs"; he was right
Time's up! The correct answer was tobacco
FACTS & FIGURES
There are 88 of these, which run alphabetically from Andromeda to Vulpecula
Time's up! The correct answer was constellations
SPORTS FACTS
In the 1960s he won 7 major tournaments, more than any other golfer
Time's up! The correct answer was Nicklaus
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
SHIPS
The Queen Elizabeth was a few feet lnger than this, her sister ship
Time's up! The correct answer was the Queen Mary
NAME THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY
"Eye of newt and toe of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog"
Time's up! The correct answer was Macbeth
1938
By accepting his membership dues, the League of Nations recognized him as emperor of Ethiopia
Time's up! The correct answer was Haile Selassie
WEAPONRY
The first 2 weapons Hamlet mentions in his "To be or not to be" soliloquy
Time's up! The correct answer was slings & arrows
THE "CO"-CATEGORY
It's the smallest armed service of the United States
Time's up! The correct answer was the Coast Guard
A LITERARY TOUR
Have a homey lunch at this author's Salinas, California birthplace; it's now a restaurant
Time's up! The correct answer was John Steinbeck
FICTIONAL BOOKS
This character on "Seinfeld" thought of "a coffee table book about coffee tables" that turned into a coffee table
Time's up! The correct answer was Kramer
PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING DRAMAS
In 1928 this playwright had a "Strange Interlude"
Time's up! The correct answer was O'Neill
FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME
Mrs. Ford's landing wharfs
Time's up! The correct answer was Betty's jetties
THE "X" FILES
A percussion instrument played with small mallets
Time's up! The correct answer was Xylophone
HOW DO YOU...
Churn a sweet dairy mix in a container that's surrounded by frozen water & salt
Time's up! The correct answer was make ice cream
PARISIANS
This saint taught at the University of Paris while working on "Summa Theologica" in the 13th century
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Thomas Aquinas
CROSSWORD CLUES "E"
On-screen, they're "special" (7)
Time's up! The correct answer was effects
ARTS & CRAFTS
A mosaic needs this mortar between the pieces, just like in a tiled bathroom
Time's up! The correct answer was grout
CHAIRS
A collapsible chair intended for outdoor use, especially aboard a ship
Time's up! The correct answer was Deck Chair
IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY
Brunei
Time's up! The correct answer was Malaysia
THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS
To prepare for war, "dig up" this ax; when you've made peace, you bury it again
Time's up! The correct answer was the hatchet
GREEK LIFE
This best-known Greek cheese, from the milk of sheep & goats, has been made for thousands of years
Time's up! The correct answer was Feta
BE FRUITFUL & MULTIPLY
5 x 10 x 15
Time's up! The correct answer was 750
DRAMA
Robert Bolt depicted Elizabeth I in "Vivat! Vivat Regina!" & Henry VIII in this play
Time's up! The correct answer was A Man for All Seasons
TV DRAMAS BY EPISODE
"Custom K.I.T.T."
Time's up! The correct answer was Knight Rider
U.S. PRESIDENTS
This Mexican War hero & winning 1848 candidate had never voted for president before
Time's up! The correct answer was Zachary Taylor
SAINTS BE PRAISED
Saint Brigid was buried at Kildare, but was later moved to be buried with this saint
Time's up! The correct answer was Saint Patrick
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
In Togo: this
Time's up! The correct answer was French
THE RULE OF THIRDS
On Jan. 19, 1966 this woman was elected the third prime minister of her country
Time's up! The correct answer was Indira Gandhi
DUDE, YOU'RE A SONG!
"...don't make it bad, take a sad song and make it better"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jude
WHAT A CHARACTER!
During a dream sequence, it was revealed that this Richard Dean Anderson character had the first name Angus
Time's up! The correct answer was MacGyver
FAMOUS LLOYDS
This Texas Democrat has represented his state in the U.S. Senate since 1971
Time's up! The correct answer was Lloyd Bentsen
TBA
When the national votes are tallied, the 43rd one of these will be announced November 7, 2000
Time's up! The correct answer was President of the United States
COVER ME!
"Are We Not Men? We Are" this '80s group who covered the Stones' "Satisfaction"
Time's up! The correct answer was Devo
MIXED DRINKS
The juice of one of these citrus fruits makes a Whiskey Sour sour
Time's up! The correct answer was a lemon
FOOD FACTS
The name of this meat is from the Latin "venatus", hunt
Time's up! The correct answer was Venison
QUOTATIONS
With his new $88.5 million contract, this Laker said, "I'm not really a big spender, I can get a lot of Krispy Kremes"
Time's up! The correct answer was Shaquille O'Neal
COMPOSERS
Mussorgsky once lived with this "Scheherazade" composer who re-edited "Boris Godunov" after his death
Time's up! The correct answer was Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
1987
2 Russians made an impromptu spacewalk outside this space station & found a bag of trash that hindered docking
Time's up! The correct answer was Mir
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
This feminine form of Rex is from the Latin for "queen"
Time's up! The correct answer was Regina
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
EARTH, WIND & FIRE
Oh, "Boy"! This warming of the Pacific that causes unusual weather patterns occurs about every 2 to 7 years
Time's up! The correct answer was El Nino
"FOR" WORDS
Usually it's the last thing you're served in a Chinese restaurant
Time's up! The correct answer was a fortune cookie
HOMELAND SECURITY
Before becoming Homeland Security chief, Michael Chertoff's last job in the Bush admin. was in this Cabinet department
Time's up! The correct answer was Justice
MUSICAL THEATRE
"Kismet"'s music is adapted from the works of this "Prince Igor" composer
Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander Borodin
MAGICAL MOUSE-TERY TOUR
In 1939's cartoon "The Pointer", this guy got a new, more pear-shaped body & pupils were added to his eyes
Time's up! The correct answer was Mickey
"L.B."s
Oscar-nominated for her role in "Goodfellas", she went on to play Dr. Jennifer Melfi on "The Sopranos"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lorraine Bracco
FLAGS OF THE WORLD
Andy Garcia is a native of this country whose flag is seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Cuba
TAUNT "O"
After a wrong response, we may need to use one of these cathode-ray "scopes" to check for brain activity
Time's up! The correct answer was an oscilloscope
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
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
CELEBRITIES' MIDDLE NAMES
The L. in Samuel L. Jackson stands for this, like a certain bad, bad Mr. Brown of song
Time's up! The correct answer was Leroy
PEOPLE
Fatally, American groupie Nancy Spungen was this British punk rocker's girlfriend
Time's up! The correct answer was Sid Vicious
THE FILM VAULT
Stephen King not only wrote the script for this 1986 film about possessed machinery, he directed it
Time's up! The correct answer was Maximum Overdrive
19th CENTURY PRESIDENTS
On Nov. 2, 1880 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Ohio, a senator-elect & president-elect
Time's up! The correct answer was Garfield
11-LETTER WORDS
Term for stunt pilots or politicians who tour small towns to show they've got the right stuff
Time's up! The correct answer was Barnstormer
14:59
"The joke's over", said Simon Cowell about this "American Idol" singer with a unique rendition of "She Bangs"
Time's up! The correct answer was William Hung
"P.B."
It's the state flower of Delaware (not Georgia)
Time's up! The correct answer was peach blossom
PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS
To apply relativity to the cosmos, Einstein introduced a term called the "cosmological" this
Time's up! The correct answer was constant
ROCK WITH YOU
Quit your yellin' & name this 1995 hit duet for Michael & Janet Jackson, their first together
Time's up! The correct answer was "Scream"
WHAT THE KIDS ARE CALLING IT
On your phone & in conversation, these numbers mean information
Time's up! The correct answer was 411
IT'S A DOGGY DOG WORLD
If this Norwegian breed had originated in North America, it would be called the moosehound
Time's up! The correct answer was Elkhound
SENIOR SENATORS
Politician seen here in 1962, the year he was first elected to the Senate:
Time's up! The correct answer was EdwardKennedy
I LOVE L.A. KERS
Kobe called it "idiotic criticism" that he hadn't (until 2009) won an NBA title without this teammate
Time's up! The correct answer was Shaquille O'Neal
FEELING POSSESSIVE
In a 1981 hit song, Rick Springfield wished that he had her
Time's up! The correct answer was "Jessie's Girl"
IN THE GOOD OLD SUMER TIME
Hammurabi was famous for his, but Ur-Nammu enforced one of these centuries earlier
Time's up! The correct answer was Code of law
NOW YOU'RE TALKING MY LANGUAGE
Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala is a well-known writer in this language of the Incas
Time's up! The correct answer was Quechua
AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
"Northanger Abbey"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jane Austen
PRE-COLUMBIAN CULTURES
The Adena-Hopewell culture in the Ohio area was known for building these, both the burial & effigy types
Time's up! The correct answer was Mounds
1999
In January 1999, 100 people in this job were sworn in as jurors at the president's impeachment trial
Time's up! The correct answer was U.S. senators
WEATHER
An increase in air temperature at higher altitudes is unusual & is called this
Time's up! The correct answer was Inversion
"L.B."s
And now the weather forecast: tonight expect these gentle winds of 4 to 7 miles per hour
Time's up! The correct answer was light breezes
"A" SCIENCE CATEGORY
These are just small masses of lymphoid tissue in the nasopharynx
Time's up! The correct answer was adenoids
SNACK ATTACK
I'll sip a Berries & Kreme Chiller with my hot Original Glazed doughnut from this chain
Time's up! The correct answer was Krispy Kreme
EXPLORERS
In 1918 Roald Amundsen was attacked by one of these large white animals
Time's up! The correct answer was Polar bear
STATE SUPERLATIVES
The nation's highest flat-top mountain, Grand Mesa, is in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Colorado
IT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER
The start of his reign in Spain falls mainly on the 22nd of November, 1975
Time's up! The correct answer was Juan Carlos
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
ASTROLOGY
The only moon in our solar system that astrologists say has an influence circles this planet
Time's up! The correct answer was the Earth
THE 14th CENTURY
In the 1350s this Moorish palace was completed in Granada, Spain
Time's up! The correct answer was Alhambra
BEFORE & AFTER
Star of "The Exorcist" who disappears from the Maryland woods in a scary 1999 film
Time's up! The correct answer was Linda Blair Witch Project
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
AROUND THE POKER TABLE WITH SLIM
To do this in stud poker, Slim turns all his cards face down
Time's up! The correct answer was Fold
RHYME TIME
A more obese baseball slugger
Time's up! The correct answer was a fatter batter
YOU SHOULD BE IN A BALLET!
This fluffy skirt that you may have to wear was not named for archbishop Desmond
Time's up! The correct answer was tutu
COME, HO CHI MINH
Ho Chi Minh helped start Vietnam's Communist Party & in the 1920s helped start this Eur. country's Communist Party
Time's up! The correct answer was France
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
BEFORE & AFTER
Carolyn Keene's fictional teenage detective who stars in a sitcom set in Cleveland
Time's up! The correct answer was Nancy Drew Carey
LITERATURE
Milan Kundera's "Immortality" read in this, its original language, may be unbearably light reading
Time's up! The correct answer was Czech
POETS
In 1857 this "Old Ironsides" poet & others founded the Atlantic Monthly
Time's up! The correct answer was Oliver Wendell Holmes
THE MOVIES
The first episode in the story told by this popular film series is subtitled "The Phantom Menace"
Time's up! The correct answer was Star Wars
THE OBLIGATORY POETRY CATEGORY
The one word quothed by Edgar Allan Poe's raven
Time's up! The correct answer was "Nevermore!"
AIN'T THAT "GRAND"
The Republicans had been around less than 30 years when they were dubbed this
Time's up! The correct answer was the Grand Old Party
HOTELS
Le Champollion is the gourmet restaurant of this city's Le Meridien Hotel, on an island in the Nile
Time's up! The correct answer was Cairo
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Under the 5th Amendment, 1 of the 3 things that no person shall be deprived of "without due process of law"
Time's up! The correct answer was life
DEAR JUNTA
Shortly after the death of Gen. Omar Torrijos, Manuel Noriega controlled the junta that ruled this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Panama
NIGHT WATCH
The schedule is TBD, but if you head way up north in March or Sept., you can probably catch this big light show
Time's up! The correct answer was Aurora borealis
TIMELESS TV
2010's "When Love Is Not Enough" was the 240th presentation in this series from a greeting card company
Time's up! The correct answer was Hallmark Hall of Fame
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
AMERICAN PLAYS
"I'm Not Rappaport" takes place on a battered bench near the lake in this famous park
Time's up! The correct answer was Central Park
MATH TERMS
The term surd refers to irrational numbers like this number's square root, 1.7320508...
Time's up! The correct answer was 3
AT THE BUILDING SITE
He's got the building wired for "current" affairs
Time's up! The correct answer was an electrician
AWARDS & HONORS
A trophy named for this author is awarded to anyone who breaks the record for sailing a yacht around the world
Time's up! The correct answer was Jules Verne
THE "FIRST" STATE
In 1887 Joseph Conrad gained literary material sailing as this on a ship bound for Java
Time's up! The correct answer was first mate
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
HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT
If your opponent asks for the "3s" you really do have in your hand, tell him this, the name of the game
Time's up! The correct answer was Go fish
MYTHOLOGICAL PAIRS
In all of Babylonia, Pyramus was the handsomest youth & she was the fairest maiden
Time's up! The correct answer was Thisbe
DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB
This supermodel starred with William Baldwin in the film "Fair Game", which was fair game for critics
Time's up! The correct answer was Cindy Crawford
HORSE SENSE
Golden Cloud had great pull with Roy Rogers under this stage name
Time's up! The correct answer was Trigger
OPERA & BALLET
A governess fears that her charges are communicating with ghosts in an opera based on this Henry James novella
Time's up! The correct answer was The Turn of the Screw
THE CRUCIBLE
Crucibles are sometimes made out of this ceramic material made by firing pure clay
Time's up! The correct answer was porcelain
WARNER BROS.
Movies found their voice in this 1927 Warner Bros. film
Time's up! The correct answer was The Jazz Singer
SODA POP QUIZ
Fenton & Fowler''s calls this elite Detroit ginger ale the best soft drink in the world
Time's up! The correct answer was Vernor's
MEDICINE
In 1905 German scientist Alfred Einhorn created this first injectable local anesthetic used in dentistry
Time's up! The correct answer was novocaine
ENGLISH LITERATURE
A third, more sexually explicit version of this 1928 D.H. Lawrence novel was finally published in the U.S. in 1959
Time's up! The correct answer was "Lady Chatterley's Lover"
SPORTS
On Sept. 23, 1926 this heavyweight boxing champ lost his title to Gene Tunney in a decision
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack Dempsey
"TEEN" SCENE
If you're triskaidekaphobic, you're afraid of this number, & not just on a Friday
Time's up! The correct answer was thirteen
ANAGRAMMED CABINET DEPARTMENTS
Tire iron
Time's up! The correct answer was Interior
MYTHOLOGY
Cadmus planted these parts of a dragon to raise some troops
Time's up! The correct answer was teeth
THE LAST POPE OF THIS NAME
1878 to 1903 was the tenure of the XIII & last pope with this name that's also a sign of the Zodiac
Time's up! The correct answer was Leo
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
Austria
Time's up! The correct answer was German
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
He was our country's 1st blue-eyed president
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington
ART
You can't make a genuine tempera painting without breaking these
Time's up! The correct answer was eggs
ANNUAL EVENTS
The Tanglewood Music Festival is a summer highlight in Lenox in this New England state
Time's up! The correct answer was Massachusetts
BROADWAY LYRICS
"All I need is one more try, gotta get that kite to fly"
Time's up! The correct answer was You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
PAINTERS
Last name of Flemish brothers Jan & Hubert, who both are credited with painting portions of the "Ghent Altarpiece"
Time's up! The correct answer was Van Eyck
POLITICS
At over 30 years, this West Virginian is currently the longest-serving Democrat in the U.S. Senate
Time's up! The correct answer was Byrd
CAPITAL IDEA
A small village sacked by Mongol as well as Afghan invaders, it later became the largest Persian city
Time's up! The correct answer was Tehran
SCIENCE CLASS
Of the 6 noble gases on the periodic table, it is the lightest
Time's up! The correct answer was helium
ORGANIZATIONS
Since 1908 this group has distributed over 26 million Bibles to hotels & other institutions
Time's up! The correct answer was Gideon
WOLVERINE
During the winter, wolverines hunt caribou & this animal of the genus Rangifer; Santa's gonna be mad
Time's up! The correct answer was reindeer
MINERALS
A scratch test won’t reveal a mineral’s allergies, but this property
Time's up! The correct answer was hardness
MAGNETO
An alnico magnet is an alloy having these 3 elements as its principal ingredients
Time's up! The correct answer was aluminum, nickel, cobalt
ANY FIRST WORDS?
An adjective meaning "first", or a letter like "F" in F. Murray Abraham
Time's up! The correct answer was an initial
INNS
The Chaucer Inn is located near the cathedral in this English city
Time's up! The correct answer was Canterbury
IT'S OURS!
Madeira Islands
Time's up! The correct answer was Portugal
IT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY
In 1896 George Carmack, Skookum Jim & Tagish Charlie found gold in this territory
Time's up! The correct answer was Yukon Territory
DANCE IN THE DICTIONARY
It was established as a cyclic form by Vienna's Josef Lanner; you think you can do this dance in here & order us around?
Time's up! The correct answer was waltz
CONTAINERS
Port wines are separated into 2 types based on these 2 possible places where they do most of their aging
Time's up! The correct answer was barrels & bottles
"V"
2-word legal term for preliminary examination of jurors
Time's up! The correct answer was voir dire
VACATION FUN
Soar above the treetops on the Skyfari aerial tram at this West Coast's city's famous zoo
Time's up! The correct answer was San Diego
& 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
AMERICAN EXPLORERS
Co-commanders of the 1st U.S. expedition to explore from Mississippi to the west coast
Time's up! The correct answer was Lewis & Clark
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
CROSSWORD CLUES "K"
Shy-sounding swimmers (3)
Time's up! The correct answer was koi
IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD
When this member of the nightshade family reached Italy, it was known as pomi d'oro, or gold apple
Time's up! The correct answer was a tomato
GOVERNMENT
FDR appointed Frances Perkins, 1st woman cabinet member, to head this department
Time's up! The correct answer was the Department of Labor
CARTOONS
Mel Blanc said he created this character's voice by combining Brooklyn & Bronx accents
Time's up! The correct answer was Bugs Bunny
ON THE STAGE
On Skid Row, love blooms for Seymour while Audrey II has a feeding frenzy in this play
Time's up! The correct answer was Little Shop of Horrors
BUT IS IT ART?
The work of "Artists Barely in Control of the Brush" is seen at Boston's MOBA, museum of this art
Time's up! The correct answer was Bad art
TUBE TEST
David Janssen had a 4-year "run" in this series; Tim Daly hopes for at least that in the remake
Time's up! The correct answer was The Fugitive
ON BROADWAY: 1970
Though he never won an Emmy as Barney Miller, he did win a Tony for his role in "The Rothschilds"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hal Linden
A BUG'S LIFE
This garden pest controller is the state insect of Delaware & Massachusetts
Time's up! The correct answer was ladybug
COMPOSERS
It was rumored that he committed suicide over the failure of his last symphony, the "Pathetique"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
U.S. PORT CITIES
Among the busiest ports with "port" in their names are Port Everglades in Florida & Port Arthur in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas
IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL
This band is now part of the "Zeitgeist" after suffering "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"
Time's up! The correct answer was Smashing Pumpkins
GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP
J.P. Hayes cost himself a 2009 spot on this tour by confessing to using an unapproved ball
Time's up! The correct answer was the PGA tour
IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD
Also known as butter beans, they were, prior to being exported to Europe, a diet staple of the Inca
Time's up! The correct answer was lima beans
HEALTH & MEDICINE
These blood-sucking worms are used in medicine today to drain hematomas
Time's up! The correct answer was leeches
GOING TOO "FUR"
Rolled up, like a flag or a boat's sails
Time's up! The correct answer was furled
"YN"
A bird of the family Sturnidae, capable of mimicking human speech
Time's up! The correct answer was a mynah
DUDE, YOU'RE A SONG!
In a Pearl Jam tune this boy "spoke in class today"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jeremy
NICKNAMES
"The Father of Pennsylvania"
Time's up! The correct answer was William Penn
U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS IN OTHER WORDS
Ex-soldiers' financial arrangements
Time's up! The correct answer was Veterans' Affairs
OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s
Elon Musk is now making rockets & electric cars; before that he co-founded & sold this electronic payment system
Time's up! The correct answer was PayPal
47
The Pythagorean theorem is the 47th proposition in the first book of his "Elements"
Time's up! The correct answer was Euclid
EMOTICONS
:-b.. Doing this means either you're hungry or you're a pig
Time's up! The correct answer was drooling
WHO'S THE MRS.?
Mrs. Brad Pitt
Time's up! The correct answer was Jennifer Aniston
4 CONSONANTS IN A ROW
A caterpillar that moves by contraction & expansion
Time's up! The correct answer was an inchworm
LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L"
Delicious "Doone" damsel (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was Lorna
WHAT A GEM!
Cornflower blue is the most prized color of this gem
Time's up! The correct answer was a sapphire
ARCHITECTS
Charles Bulfinch, who contributed to the Capitol in Washington, D.C., designed this city's state house on Beacon Hill
Time's up! The correct answer was Boston
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
HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT
If you're playing midfield in this sport & the center is dribbling the ball towards you, kick at his shins
Time's up! The correct answer was Soccer
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
1957
He ended his brief retirement to become chairman & president of Occidental Petroleum
Time's up! The correct answer was Armand Hammer
ACRONYM EXCITEMENT!
To Neil Armstrong: NASA
Time's up! The correct answer was National Aeronautics and Space Administration
AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE
This manatee relative of the order Sirenia can be found in the coastal waters of North Australia
Time's up! The correct answer was a dugong
PEOPLE
William J. McCarthy is president of this union
Time's up! The correct answer was Teamsters
20th CENTURY DESIGN
Lighter than steel, this metal is also associated with the modernist style of the '20s & '30s
Time's up! The correct answer was aluminum
STARTS WITH A PRONOUN
It's a printed-out schedule or outline of one's travel plans
Time's up! The correct answer was an itinerary
THE YEAR IN SPORTS
Super Bowl XXXVIII was in 2004; this was the year of Super Bowl I
Time's up! The correct answer was 1967
MOVIES & TV
Tim Robbins played a public TV newsman in "Anchorman: The Legend of" him
Time's up! The correct answer was Ron Burgundy
DEMOCRATIC KEYNOTERS
1992: New Jersey senator
Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Bradley
NEPAL
At Lumbini, you can visit the birthplace of this "Enlightened One"
Time's up! The correct answer was Buddha
IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD
In 1604 King James I called this plant a "perpetual stinking torment" & "dangerous to the lungs"; he was right
Time's up! The correct answer was tobacco
SCIENCE BRIEFS
For water, it's 0 degrees Celsius: F.P.
Time's up! The correct answer was freezing point
INNS
Luke 2:7 reports that there was no room at the inn for this pair
Time's up! The correct answer was Mary & Joseph
EARTH, WIND & FIRE
On the Beaufort scale, winds range from 0 for calm to 12 to 17 for these powerful storms
Time's up! The correct answer was hurricanes
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!
This principal leader of the Reign of Terror faced the guillotine himself on July 28, 1794
Time's up! The correct answer was Robespierre
GAME SHOWS
9 celebrities in a tic-tac-toe-like grid help contestants score 3 in a row on this show
Time's up! The correct answer was Hollywood Squares
ANATOMY
The talus fits between the ends of these 2 bones forming the ankle joint
Time's up! The correct answer was the tibia & fibula
MY PLACE?
A Norman could say, "I'm the king of the motte-and-bailey style of" this
Time's up! The correct answer was castle
THE OLD TESTAMENT
In the Book of Job, this name means "accuser", & that was his role in God's court
Time's up! The correct answer was Satan
SPOOKS
Teddy Roosevelt's grandson, CIA man Kermit, kept the Shah of this country on his throne in 1953
Time's up! The correct answer was Iran
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Of particular interest to the NRA is the amendment that allows us "to keep & bear" these
Time's up! The correct answer was arms
GROUP COUNTDOWN
In interrogation, one officer who acts threatening & another who comes on nicer to win the suspect's trust
Time's up! The correct answer was good cop, bad cop
MARK TWAIN: BOOK LOVER
One of Twain's favorite books was the "Diary of" this Englishman; Twain credited it as the model for his book "1601"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pepys
WHO PLAYED 'EM
2003 & 2004: The bride who's trying to kill Bill
Time's up! The correct answer was Uma Thurman
THE MOVIES
The first episode in the story told by this popular film series is subtitled "The Phantom Menace"
Time's up! The correct answer was Star Wars
U.S. STATES
Of Colorado, New Mexico or Arizona, the state where the Rio Grande begins
Time's up! The correct answer was Colorado
A FLY CATEGORY
To WWI British aviators, the Red Baron's group with its colorful planes was one of these, like Monty Python's
Time's up! The correct answer was a Flying Circus
FOOD FACTS
Bread is eaten so widely it's often called the "staff of" this
Time's up! The correct answer was life
SPORTS
Except for 1995, the NHL scoring title has gone to either Wayne Gretzky or this Penguins star the past 16 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Mario Lemieux
AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY
Most of Africa's major rivers, including the Congo & the Niger, flow into this ocean
Time's up! The correct answer was Atlantic
"A" PLUS
In February 1999 several of these killed 38 people in the Austrian towns of Galtur & Valzur
Time's up! The correct answer was avalanches
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
THE BIG BANGLADESH
The green on the flag of Bangladesh represents its lush vegetation; the red circle in the middle is this
Time's up! The correct answer was the sun
PAPAL NAMES
The winner of a contest
Time's up! The correct answer was Victor
CINEMA OF "BLOOD"
The Coen brothers debuted with this murderous Texas noir tale
Time's up! The correct answer was Blood Simple
WEBSITES
"Sari Says" is an advice column in the online version of this teen magazine
Time's up! The correct answer was Teen People
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
SCIENCE CLASS
The frequency of a note is measured in this, abbreviated Hz
Time's up! The correct answer was hertz
SHAKESPEARE
Laertes' first line in this play is "Dread my lord, your leave and favour to return to France"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hamlet
TONY-WINNING COMPOSERS
1980: "Evita"
Time's up! The correct answer was Andrew Lloyd Webber
ROGER!
The "Roger" to Michael Moore's "Me", in 1990 this GM chairman handed over the job to Robert Stempel
Time's up! The correct answer was Smith
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
CHECK OUT MY CRIB
A Black Molly or 2 would be perfect to keep this calming crib feature in your living room free from algae
Time's up! The correct answer was an aquarium
MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS
Hong Kong titled the second movie about this creature "I May Be A Pig, But I Am Not Stupid"
Time's up! The correct answer was Babe
"I" LADS
Czar at 17, he was famous for extraordinary sadism & cruelty, even as a boy
Time's up! The correct answer was Ivan the Terrible
ANATOMY
The layers of the skin are the epi-this, the this & the hypo-this
Time's up! The correct answer was the dermis
IN THE FIRE
Peshtigo, Wisc. was destroyed by a fire that began Oct. 8, 1871, the same day as this city's Great Fire
Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago
CONTESTS
134-pound Hirofumi Nakajima holds the record of eating 24 1/2 of these in 12 minutes at the Nathan's July 4th contest
Time's up! The correct answer was Hot dogs
TIME TO CONVERT
You do the math: -40 degrees on the Fahrenheit temperature scale equals this on the Celsius scale
Time's up! The correct answer was -40
I SERVED IN HIS CABINET
Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt
Time's up! The correct answer was Ronald Reagan
IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL
This band is now part of the "Zeitgeist" after suffering "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"
Time's up! The correct answer was Smashing Pumpkins
HEY, "U"!
It precedes label, suit & Jack
Time's up! The correct answer was Union
SCRAMBLED EGGS?
A pancake-like offering in Rome: FAT TRAIT
Time's up! The correct answer was frittata
"PH"UN WORDS
The name of this Egyptian island is Greek for "Lighthouse"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pharos
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
THE LENIN CLOSET
When Lenin returned to Russia in 1917, he did it in a "sealed" one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was railway car
HOME, SWEET HOME
Ralph Waldo Emerson owned a Concord home nicknamed this; Hawthorne rented it & wrote some "Mosses from" it
Time's up! The correct answer was the Old Manse
AWARDS
Richard Pryor was the first recipient of a Kennedy Center humorists' prize named for this American author
Time's up! The correct answer was Mark Twain
RECORD LOSSES IN 2005
Data on 4 million customers were lost by this group formed by a 1998 merger with Travelers
Time's up! The correct answer was Citigroup
WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
This phrase for taking a break from a long period of sitting goes back to 19th century baseball
Time's up! The correct answer was Seventh-inning stretch
SCIENCE
This German-born American physicist won the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics
Time's up! The correct answer was Albert Einstein
SECRET IDENTITIES
Batman
Time's up! The correct answer was Bruce Wayne
GOING TOO "FUR"
Rolled up, like a flag or a boat's sails
Time's up! The correct answer was furled
THE CIA
Much of the intelligence evaluation & planning is done at the CIA's HQ in this Virginia locale
Time's up! The correct answer was Langley
MYSPACE.MAN
Freedom 7's pilot in 1961, he also commanded Apollo 14, the 1st mission to land on the Moon & not on the lunar seas
Time's up! The correct answer was Shepard
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
FROM THE LATIN
You'll often find a statue's feet atop this kind of base whose name is from the Latin for "foot"
Time's up! The correct answer was a pedestal
U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS IN OTHER WORDS
mc<sup>2</sup>
Time's up! The correct answer was Energy
BODIES OF WATER
12,500' above sea level, this South American lake bordering Bolivia & Peru is the world's most navigable lake
Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Titicaca
ANNIVERSARY GIFTS
19th century American "King of the South" that's a 2nd anniversary gift
Time's up! The correct answer was Cotton
LET'S GET MAS*Hed
Company clerk "Radar" O'Reilly was from this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Iowa
NOTORIOUS
Name of FBI "sting" operation that sent 4 former Congressmen to prison in '83
Time's up! The correct answer was Abscam
LITERARY SISTERS
In this Tennessee Williams play, Tom Wingfield brings a gentleman caller home to meet his crippled sister Laura
Time's up! The correct answer was The Glass Menagerie
PHYSICS
Deuterium is a heavy isotope of this element
Time's up! The correct answer was hydrogen
NURSERY RHYMES
Simple Simon met him "going to the fair"
Time's up! The correct answer was A pieman
NIGHT WATCH
The schedule is TBD, but if you head way up north in March or Sept., you can probably catch this big light show
Time's up! The correct answer was Aurora borealis
CHECK OUT MY CRIB
A Black Molly or 2 would be perfect to keep this calming crib feature in your living room free from algae
Time's up! The correct answer was an aquarium
ANNUAL EVENTS
Several different islands choose their own kings & queens as part of this state's Aloha festivals
Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii
WHEN THE SAINTS
The site of this city, now the seat of Saint Johns County, Florida, was visited by Ponce de Leon in 1513
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Augustine
NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES
"Berlin Reported Him Missing And Insane" when he "Flies To Scotland" in May 1941
Time's up! The correct answer was Rudolf Hess
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
Greek-letter group (10)
Time's up! The correct answer was fraternity
3-LETTER ABBREV.
A religious group: LDS
Time's up! The correct answer was Latter Day Saints
BRITISH BANDS & SINGERS
(Hi, I'm Graham Nash) As a member of this group in the 1960s, I co-wrote their hits "Carrie-Anne" & "Stop, Stop, Stop"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Hollies
ALWAYS SAY NEVER
There's an old expression that says these "never prosper"; remember that
Time's up! The correct answer was cheaters
IT'S A DATE!
O Canada celebrates Canada Day on this date, 3 days before a big American holiday
Time's up! The correct answer was 1-Jul
SCIENCE & NATURE
Every summer thousands of these animals go to the Pribilof Islands in the north Pacific to breed
Time's up! The correct answer was Seals
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
PLANT PARENTHOOD
Juniper & maple are good trees to use in this cultivating art whose name means "plant in a tray" in Japanese
Time's up! The correct answer was bonsai
NOVELS BY CHAPTER TITLE
"Hester and Pearl"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Scarlet Letter
WYOMING
Settlement began in earnest when this railroad pushed across the state in the 1860s
Time's up! The correct answer was the Union Pacific
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
TAKE A PILL
This tranquilizer that sounds like a village was introduced in 1955 & became the USA's bestselling drug
Time's up! The correct answer was Miltown
NAME THE OPERA
("Habanera")
Time's up! The correct answer was "Carmen"
11-LETTER WORDS
British weight system based on a pound equal to 453.59 grams or 16 ounces
Time's up! The correct answer was Avoirdupois
U.S. PRESIDENTS
It was the last name of the 17th & 36th presidents
Time's up! The correct answer was Johnson
CANDY
Bill Harmsen, who raised horses in Colo., happily founded this candy co. in 1949 to make money during the winter
Time's up! The correct answer was Jolly Rancher
THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS
When you buy a Sunset book, a Tom Petty CD or People magazine, you're supporting this conglomerate
Time's up! The correct answer was Time Warner
IN THE DICTIONARY
The name of this social insect comes from the Latin word vespa
Time's up! The correct answer was wasp
THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
This U.N. agency, created in 1946 to aid children in Europe, won the 1965 Peace Prize
Time's up! The correct answer was UNICEF
THE SPOOKY & THE MYSTERIOUS
Supposedly, President Harrison is heard in the attic & Jackson haunts the Rose Bedroom in this house
Time's up! The correct answer was the White House
WHAT'S ON TV?
In 2007 Marie Osmond blamed allergies & L.A. air quality for her waltz into unconsciousness on this show
Time's up! The correct answer was Dancing with the Stars
LANGUAGES
Punjabi is spoken by about half of all households in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Pakistan
ARCHITECTURE
After WWI he became director of the Grand Ducal art school in Weimar; in 1925 he moved the school to Dessau
Time's up! The correct answer was Walter Gropius
"IRA"
Hey, you saps who think pneumonia killed President Harrison--I've got this kind of theory involving a group plan
Time's up! The correct answer was a conspiracy theory
CHEKHOV, PLEASE
Chekhov's grandfather was one of these who had purchased the freedom of his family for 3,500 rubles
Time's up! The correct answer was a serf
DOWN AT THE OLFACTORY
The perfume Quelques Fleurs, whose name means "some" these, supposedly has the fragrances of 313 of them
Time's up! The correct answer was flowers
MR. OR MS. WILLIAMS
This crooner's hits include 1971's "Where Do I Begin" & 1959's "Lonely Street"
Time's up! The correct answer was Andy Williams
AUTHORS' RHYME TIME
Stoker's sheeplings
Time's up! The correct answer was Bram's lambs
POETS
In 1857 this "Old Ironsides" poet & others founded the Atlantic Monthly
Time's up! The correct answer was Oliver Wendell Holmes
A HORSE IS A HORSE
The Lone Ranger rode Silver & this companion of his rode a horse named Scout
Time's up! The correct answer was Tonto
POETS
Her "I Heard a Fly Buzz" may have been based on a chapter in "The House of the Seven Gables"
Time's up! The correct answer was Emily Dickinson
AIRLINE TRAVEL
In 2004 United launched this new service that features low fares & more seats per plane
Time's up! The correct answer was Ted
TOM WOLFE
It's Wolfe's 1968 book about Ken Kesey & friends' cross-country journey
Time's up! The correct answer was The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
WOLVERINE
Bears have cubs; wolverine newborns are known as these, like foxes & beavers
Time's up! The correct answer was kits
STATES OF THE UNION
The 4 large stars on the flag of Arkansas represent the U.S., France, Spain & this
Time's up! The correct answer was the Confederacy
WHAT'S ON TV?
Penn Jillette hosts this NBC game show about first impressions
Time's up! The correct answer was Identity
"DOUBLE" JEOPARDY
Grammatical error committed by the Rolling Stones when they sang, "I Can't Get No Satisfaction"
Time's up! The correct answer was Double negative
THAT'S MY LAW
Snell's Law governs the angle of refraction of this as it passes from one medium to another
Time's up! The correct answer was Light
LIBRARIES
This Ivy League school's Nassau Hall once served as its library; today, books are housed in the Firestone library
Time's up! The correct answer was Princeton
AROUND WASHINGTON, D.C.
It was once known as "Presidents Park" but perhaps this name for it looks better on a "Marquis"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lafayette Park
WAR STORIES
"Marching On", "By Antietam Creek"
Time's up! The correct answer was Civil War
THE ENVIRONMENT
The Florida wild black type of this carnivore is down to about 3,000 animals & needs its habitat protected
Time's up! The correct answer was a bear
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
SOMETHING'S FISHY
Less than half an inch long, this tiniest fish is found in the Indian Ocean, not in an Asian desert
Time's up! The correct answer was a goby
OPERA SINGERS
This Spaniard starred in Franco Zeffirelli's film "La Traviata"
Time's up! The correct answer was Domingo
LIBRARIES
In 1889 this philanthropist funded his first U.S. library in Braddock, Penn., home to one of his steel mills
Time's up! The correct answer was Carnegie
ALWAYS SAY NEVER
Line that precedes "they simply fade away" in a British army song
Time's up! The correct answer was Old soldiers never die
"IBLE"S & BITS
You chew with it
Time's up! The correct answer was mandible
BERMUDA SHORTS
Alexander or Linda could help you with the name of this capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Hamilton
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE
This small racing sled has the distinction of being the National Spelling Bee's shortest winning word
Time's up! The correct answer was L-U-G-E
THE MIDDLE AGES
In 1358 this league of North German trading towns made Lubeck its administrative headquarters
Time's up! The correct answer was the Hanseatic League
WEBSITES
Instead of .com, Amnesty International's website is www.amnesty. this
Time's up! The correct answer was .org
MAIN STREET U.S.A.
There's a house dating from 1648 on Main St. in this "directional" resort village in New York's Hamptons
Time's up! The correct answer was Southampton
ACTRESSES' FIRST FILMS
"Oklahoma!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Shirley Jones
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
SCIENCE
At sea level at 70 degrees this travels 1,129 feet per second; it speeds up over 1 foot per sec. for each rising degree
Time's up! The correct answer was sound
LUNCH COUNTER LINGO
The name of this state is slang for maple syrup
Time's up! The correct answer was Vermont
PRESIDENTS
The "54º40' or Fight" fever over Oregon helped elect this president, the only one ever to be speaker of the U.S. House
Time's up! The correct answer was James K. Polk
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
ADVERTISING SLOGANS
This maker of pre-school toys says, "Our work is child's play"
Time's up! The correct answer was Fisher-Price
CLASSIC ADS & JINGLES
It's "finger lickin' good!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky Fried Chicken
MANIAS
A lycomaniac has a howling time believing he is one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Wolf
THE CAT
It's the full name for the domesticated kitty called a tortie
Time's up! The correct answer was a tortoiseshell
POETIC TITLE VERBS
"_____ By Woods On A Snowy Evening"
Time's up! The correct answer was Stopping
LET'S MESS WITH TEXAS
Educated at Phillips Academy, Yale & Harvard, this part-time Crawford resident was born in Connecticut in 1946
Time's up! The correct answer was George W. Bush
OCCUPATION HAZARDS
Chafing from chaps, rope burns from lassos & that saddle horn -- watch where you sit if you're one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was cowboy
TAKE-OFFS
Rafreaky the baboon & a 30-year-old Annie have appeared in this NYC theater spoof that debuted in 1982
Time's up! The correct answer was Forbidden Broadway
BARD BITS
Much of the action takes place in the court of the Duke of Milan in this play with another Italian locale in its title
Time's up! The correct answer was Two Gentlemen of Verona
TIMELESS TV
In 1948 Douglas Edwards became the first anchor of this network's Evening News
Time's up! The correct answer was CBS
KNOWLEDGE BY THE NUMBERS
Number of males who served as British PM in the 1990s plus Oscars won by Tom Hanks plus protons in a helium nucleus
Time's up! The correct answer was 6
QUOTATIONS
This talk show host said, "I admire, respect & adore authors" when she was honored for her book club
Time's up! The correct answer was Oprah
FROM THE LATIN
A fun way to get to the top of a mountain is this kind of cable railway whose name is from the Latin for "rope"
Time's up! The correct answer was a funicular
BODIES OF WATER
12,500' above sea level, this South American lake bordering Bolivia & Peru is the world's most navigable lake
Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Titicaca
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Between 1656 & 1735 members of the Albanian Koprulu family served the sultan as this "grand" executive officer
Time's up! The correct answer was vizier