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BON APPE-"T"
This root vegetable often has white skin & a purple-tinged top
Time's up! The correct answer was Turnip
SLOGANEERING
When going out, take this card because "It's Everywhere You Want to Be"
Time's up! The correct answer was Visa
TECHNOLOGY
"PPI" stands for this.
Time's up! The correct answer was Pixels Per Inch
OPERA SINGERS
This Neapolitan tenor made his last public appearance on Christmas Eve, 1920 in "La Juive"
Time's up! The correct answer was Caruso
IT'S A "SIN"
Of Welsh extraction, Frank Lloyd Wright named his homes & fellowship after this early Welsh poet
Time's up! The correct answer was Taliesin
ITALIAN ART
"Pumpkin Head" is a 1420s sculpture of a bald man by Donato di Niccolo, better known as this
Time's up! The correct answer was Donatello
I PITY THE "FOOL"
2-word term for a pointless task performed for no good reason
Time's up! The correct answer was a fool's errand
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
The Raritan is the longest river wholly within this state
Time's up! The correct answer was New Jersey
POLITICAL MOVIES
Michael Douglas played Andrew Shepherd, the title character of this film, & even he had trouble dating
Time's up! The correct answer was The American President
THE OBLIGATORY POETRY CATEGORY
The one word quothed by Edgar Allan Poe's raven
Time's up! The correct answer was "Nevermore!"
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
ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS
Oh oh! Chauncey B. Ives depicted this mythological woman seen here on the verge of opening a box
Time's up! The correct answer was Pandora
1807
In August, this Robert Fulton-built steamship left NYC for Albany on the Hudson River
Time's up! The correct answer was the Clermont
THE WOK OF FAME
Reputedly an aphrodisiac, this expensive soup uses dorsal & pectoral portions of its namesake
Time's up! The correct answer was Shark fin soup
WAR STORIES
"Arundel", "Johnny Tremain"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Revolutionary War
THE TREES WERE ANGRY THAT DAY, MY FRIENDS
Treebeard rallies the Ents & goes after Saruman's forces in this second film in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy
Time's up! The correct answer was The Two Towers
GO "SOUTH"
...to this Indiana college town that was originally called Big St. Joseph Station
Time's up! The correct answer was South Bend
4-LETTER FRIENDS
In "Jaws", it's what Roy Scheider threw overboard to lure the shark
Time's up! The correct answer was chum
TOM JONES
It's not odd that this 1965 song is heard in the 1998 film "Little Voice"
Time's up! The correct answer was "It's Not Unusual"
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
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
MILITARY MATTERS
This kind of "force" is a temporary grouping of units to carry out a specific mission
Time's up! The correct answer was Task force
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
A rectifier is an electrical device used to convert alternating current to this
Time's up! The correct answer was direct current
FIRST LADIES
The only first lady whose married name was the same as her maiden name
Time's up! The correct answer was Eleanor Roosevelt
CITY FLAGS
The Y-shaped design on this city's flag represents the convergence of the Mississippi & Missouri rivers
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Louis
FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS
The Black Lung Program benefits those who worked as these, & their widows & their dependents
Time's up! The correct answer was coal miners
TELEVISION
This crime drama with Robert Wagner & Stefanie Powers was created by Sidney Sheldon
Time's up! The correct answer was Hart to Hart
RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS
It's the Greek term meaning "5 tools" that represents the 1st 5 books of the Bible
Time's up! The correct answer was Pentateuch
WHO'S YOUR MOMMY?
Melanie Griffith
Time's up! The correct answer was Tippi Hedren
ENDS WITH "K"
This Asian capital city known for its canals has been called "The Venice of the East"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bangkok
HEY, "U"!
It precedes label, suit & Jack
Time's up! The correct answer was Union
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
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
SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER
Neckwear for eating lobster
Time's up! The correct answer was bib
ALLITERATION STATION
"If" he "picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers" he "picked"?
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Piper
CROSSWORD CLUES "D"
One who gives blood (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was a donor
THOSE WACKY GERMANS
Gesundheit, meaning "health", is what Germans say instead of "bless you" when you do this
Time's up! The correct answer was Sneeze
THAT'S SOME NERVE
This nerve involved in carpal tunnel syndrome shares its name with a math term for the middle number in a sequence
Time's up! The correct answer was the median
ANATOMY
The head of the femur fits into the acetabulum, a socket in this pelvic bone
Time's up! The correct answer was the hip bone
EARTH, WIND & FIRE
Scientists believe the continents were once part of a single land mass called this, from the Greek for "all earth"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pangaea
INNS
The Chaucer Inn is located near the cathedral in this English city
Time's up! The correct answer was Canterbury
YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT!
We've heard the question already; I'm making this objection that could be called "triple a"
Time's up! The correct answer was asked and answered
HAIRY
This female ice skater lent her name to a wedge haircut she made popular during the 1976 Winter Olympics
Time's up! The correct answer was Dorothy Hamill
"PER"CUSSION
A type of fish, or to sit on an elevated platform
Time's up! The correct answer was perch
HAMMERS
Paul McCartney said this song "Epitomizes the downfalls in life"
Time's up! The correct answer was Maxwell's Silver Hammer
"GENERAL" JOB INFORMATION
In 1870 Congress created this position to direct the Marine Hospital Service
Time's up! The correct answer was the Surgeon General
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED
December 8, 1980 in New York City
Time's up! The correct answer was John Lennon
HOLLYWOOD LEFTIES
This left-handed honey socked it to 'em on "Laugh-In" in the 1960s & as Private Benjamin in the 1980s
Time's up! The correct answer was Goldie Hawn
ASTRONOMY ADD A LETTER
Add this letter to Saturn's moon Titan & you get a Renaissance guy who liked to paint Venus
Time's up! The correct answer was I
IT'S "BIG"
Sasquatch
Time's up! The correct answer was Bigfoot
PULL
You "pull a few" of these to get a favor done
Time's up! The correct answer was Strings
SPEECH! SPEECH!
Nicholas Butler told Columbia grads, "An expert is one who knows more and more about" this and this
Time's up! The correct answer was less and less
1984
After a lengthy hiatus, Garry Trudeau brought this strip back to 810 daily papers
Time's up! The correct answer was "Doonesbury"
IN THE DICTIONARY
This 5-letter word can refer to one type of work by a composer, or to several works of different types
Time's up! The correct answer was opera
THE KILLERS
Pausanius, a young Macedonian noble, killed this man, Alexander's dad, in 336 B.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Philip
5-LETTER CAPITALS
The ancient Greeks called this Jordanian capital Philadelphia
Time's up! The correct answer was Amman
BEST MOVIE QUOTES EVER!
1999: "Get in my belly!" (Second in a series)
Time's up! The correct answer was Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
FLOWER
Bergamot is also called the "balm" of these creatures to which it's highly attractive
Time's up! The correct answer was bees
ACTING PRESIDENTS ON TV
Blair Underwood as President Elias Martinez
Time's up! The correct answer was The Event
LITERATURE FOR KIDS
In "Little Women", Margaret March is better known by this nickname
Time's up! The correct answer was "Meg"
FUNDRAISING
Keep a big donor's gifts flowing: put him on this "of directors" or "of governors"
Time's up! The correct answer was board
HERBS & SPICES
This spice that is sold in 2 varieties, Ceylon & Cassia, was once used in love potions
Time's up! The correct answer was cinnamon
FOREWORDS
One edition calls this Darwin opus one of "the most readable and approachable" of revolutionary scientific works
Time's up! The correct answer was The Origin of Species
VERMONTERS
George Franklin Edmunds wrote most of this antitrust act of 1890
Time's up! The correct answer was the Sherman
THE 17TH CENTURY
In 1682 he founded the "City Of Brotherly Love"
Time's up! The correct answer was William Penn
“SAINTS”
Chorea, as in choreographer, is a condition associated with rheumatic fever formerly called this
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Vitus
REMEMBER THE TIME
In 1526 he greeted an Inca nobleman on his ship, but conquest would have to wait a few years until funds were raised
Time's up! The correct answer was Pizarro
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTS
When on this north Atlantic island be sure to try hakarl, a traditional dish of rotten shark
Time's up! The correct answer was Iceland
IT'S ALL ABOUT ME
Self-referential prefix before -didact, -suggestion & -biography
Time's up! The correct answer was auto
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
YOUNG WOMEN OF TODAY
She occupies the California congressional seat once held by her late entertainer husband
Time's up! The correct answer was Mary Bono
THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS
Russell Simmons & Rick Rubin founded Def Jam, the '80s' premier record label for this type of music
Time's up! The correct answer was Rap
DOUBLE A
It's how you properly address the Queen of England
Time's up! The correct answer was Maam
POLITICS
Only 4 state governors serve terms this long
Time's up! The correct answer was two years
HEISMAN WINNERS
Even though his team won the BCS Championship in 2009, this QB didn't win back-to-back Heismans
Time's up! The correct answer was Tim Tebow
THE NBA
Located in the "Rose City", this team's home court is appropriately called the Rose Garden
Time's up! The correct answer was Portland Trail Blazers
THIS IS JEOPARDY!
In 1984, he made the music video "I Lost On Jeopardy"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Weird Al" Yankovic
QUOTATIONS
In a 1961 speech he said, "...ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man"
Time's up! The correct answer was JFK
MONEY SLANG
You don't get 5 guesses at this winglike appendage to the underwater portion of a hull
Time's up! The correct answer was a fin
VERMONTERS
This leader of the Green Mountain Boys did not live to see Vermont become a state
Time's up! The correct answer was Ethan Allen
SIMPLE SCIENCE
State of matter a substance is in after it's gone through evaporation
Time's up! The correct answer was gaseous
"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"
GIRLS IN SONG
According to Frankie Laine, "If ever the devil was born without a pair of horns it was" this woman
Time's up! The correct answer was you, Jezebel, it was you
"ANT" INFESTATION
From the Latin for "delight", this is someone who takes delight in dabbling in the arts
Time's up! The correct answer was dilettante
ANNUAL EVENTS
Secretary of State William H. Seward is honored on the last Monday in March in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska
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
3-LETTER THE BETTER
To impose a levy
Time's up! The correct answer was to tax
TAKE A PILL
Estramustine is a chemotherapy agent for this glandular cancer in men
Time's up! The correct answer was prostate cancer
THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY
Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Bogota, Belmopan
Time's up! The correct answer was Belmopan
HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT
Get a leg up in this sport by stepping on your opponent's ball in the fairway
Time's up! The correct answer was Golf
THE 14th CENTURY
The carol notwithstanding, a king with this "good" name had St. John of Nepomuk killed in 1393
Time's up! The correct answer was Wenceslas
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
AFRICANA
Meaning "guided one", it was the title of the 1880s Sudanese leader whose forces defeated General Gordon
Time's up! The correct answer was The Mahdi
SHAKESPEARE
The play in which Emilia screams, "The moor hath kill'd my mistress! Murder! Murder!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Othello
IN THE GOOD OLD SUMER TIME
Mythic Sumerian hero Utnapishtim built a big boat & survived this catastrophe
Time's up! The correct answer was The flood
WHEN THE SAINTS
You're a Slav to the study of language if you know that this alphabet bears the name of a 9th c. saint
Time's up! The correct answer was Cyrillic
THE CIRCUS
Antoinette Concello's triple somersault helped make her the "Queen of" this "flying" apparatus
Time's up! The correct answer was trapeze
THAT'S BUSINESS
In 1927 this brand name first appeared on a Sears washing machine
Time's up! The correct answer was Kenmore
WORKING ON THE RAILROAD
13-letter word for the operations manager of a depot or terminal
Time's up! The correct answer was stationmaster
CARDS & DICE
It's the number of dice you toss on your first roll of Yahtzee
Time's up! The correct answer was 5
AFRICAN LANGUAGE LAB
Whether a surfin' one or a Pontiac, this term comes from the Swahili meaning "journey"
Time's up! The correct answer was safari
RUSSIA
In 1996 this Russian newspaper stopped publishing after 84 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Pravda
THE NEW YORK TIMES 2009 FICTION BESTSELLERS
"Homer & Langley" by this author of "Ragtime" details the lives of the reclusive Collyer Brothers
Time's up! The correct answer was Doctorow
MS.
Kristine Holderied was 1st to graduate top in her class from 1 of these
Time's up! The correct answer was service academy
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
This Tudor king founded Cambridge's Trinity College in 1546
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry VIII
THE CIVIL WAR
Heavy casualties at Shiloh led to calls for his firing, but Lincoln said, "I can't spare this man; he fights"
Time's up! The correct answer was Grant
COMPANIES YOUNGER THAN YOU
Started in 2001, Verasun Energy has now become the second-leading producer of this alternative fuel
Time's up! The correct answer was ethanol
INITIALS M.D.
In "Return To Me", David Duchovny has a heart-to-heart with her
Time's up! The correct answer was Minnie Driver
NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME
He was honored for discovering "hundreds of new uses for crops such as the peanut"
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington Carver
THE "L" WORLD
Like Rome, this capital of Portugal is built on 7 hills
Time's up! The correct answer was Lisbon
REAL TO REEL
In this movie Meryl Streep as Aussie mom Lindy Chamberlain exclaimed, "The dingo's got my baby!"
Time's up! The correct answer was A Cry In The Dark
COME TO OUR AIDE
Patrick Jephson, her aide in the 1990s, doesn't aid her reputation with his book "Shadows of a Princess"
Time's up! The correct answer was Princess Diana
THE VIRTUES
It's paired with liberty in the Pledge of Allegiance
Time's up! The correct answer was justice
THE GIANTS
Odysseus incurs the wrath of Poseidon by blinding this giant Cyclops
Time's up! The correct answer was Polyphemus
HISTORIC QUOTES
In 1830 Daniel Webster told the Senate, "Liberty and" this, "now and forever, one and inseparable"
Time's up! The correct answer was Union
THAT'S MY BUSINESS
With a "familial" English name, this Japanese maker of office equipment started out selling sewing machines
Time's up! The correct answer was Brother
HOLLYWOOD THRILLER PREVIEWS?
Last year it was Da Vinci; this fall it's nothing but dots & dashes with the...
Time's up! The correct answer was the Morse Code
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS
Mush Mouth & Dumb Donald were some of the Cosby kids on the show whose title featured this one
Time's up! The correct answer was Fat Albert
ANIMAL TERMS
This expression meaning to crease a page in a book for later reference dates back to 1659
Time's up! The correct answer was dog-ear
4-LETTER CAPITALS
Akershus Castle, a tourist site in this capital, sits on a rocky peninsula overlooking a fjord
Time's up! The correct answer was Oslo
GENERAL INFORMATION
This title folk story guy steals a golden egg-laying hen, bags of gold & a golden harp; the "giant-cide" comes later
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack
HISTORIC AMERICA
Dating from the early 1700s, the Gonzalez-Alvarez House in this city is the oldest house in Florida
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Augustine
THEY'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANY MORE
This Kansan made her last known take-off from New Guinea; if you find out where she is, let us know
Time's up! The correct answer was Amelia Earhart
IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY
Denmark
Time's up! The correct answer was Germany
ACTORS & ACTRESSES
Professional name used by the actress seen here during her film career; it's different from her married name (clip from "Hellcats of the Navy")
Time's up! The correct answer was Nancy Davis
PHILMOGRAPHIES
"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" (plus his own 1955-59 TV show)
Time's up! The correct answer was Phil Silvers
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
North Dakota has its Devils Lake & Wyoming its Devils one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Devils Tower
A DICKENSIAN NIGHTMARE
It's no "mystery" why John Jasper haunts me--his fingers have knives on them!
Time's up! The correct answer was The Mystery of Edwin Drood
EDGAR ALLAN POE-POURRI
This French "Flowers of Evil" author translated Poe's tales into French
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Baudelaire
LITERARY ANIMALS
This old grey donkey was Winnie-the-Pooh's friend who always saw things in a gloomy light
Time's up! The correct answer was Eeyore
CHEKHOV, PLEASE
He's known more formally as Ivan Voynitsky
Time's up! The correct answer was Uncle Vanya
WHAT TO WEAR?
Also the name of a rope for leading cattle, this women's backless top has a strap that loops around the neck
Time's up! The correct answer was halter
TRIALS OF THE CENTURY
After their convictions, this pair became the first civilians put to death for espionage in the U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was Julius & Ethel Rosenberg
4-LETTER VERBS
It's said that "Horses sweat, men perspire, women" do this
Time's up! The correct answer was glow
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
THE "W.B."
In a 1969 film this title group included William Holden & Warren Oates
Time's up! The correct answer was The Wild Bunch
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
IT SOUNDS LIKE
A pitcher who comes in late in the game, it sounds like a feeling trees have in the spring
Time's up! The correct answer was Relief
SRO
The stage show seen here has brought this dance to cheering audiences
Time's up! The correct answer was Tango
FIRE!
The Bank of America is around today because A.P. Giannini saved its currency from this city's 1906 fire
Time's up! The correct answer was San Francisco
THE HAYES YEARS
On November 23, 1880 this "Sunflower State" became the first to prohibit in its constitution the sale of liquor
Time's up! The correct answer was Kansas
TRAVEL
This Rome landmark is 620 feet long by 513 wide-- plenty of room to run away from a wild beast
Time's up! The correct answer was the Colosseum
ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS
James Dean, Rock Hudson & Liz formed a love triangle in this Texas-set film
Time's up! The correct answer was Giant
WHEN THE SAINTS
It's the secret identity of the British detective known as "The Saint"
Time's up! The correct answer was Simon Templar
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
Florida's panhandle borders these 2 states
Time's up! The correct answer was Alabama and Georgia
IT'S ALL ABOUT ME
Albrecht Durer's first known drawing, done at the age of 13, was one of these artistic efforts
Time's up! The correct answer was a self-portrait
DISNEY VILLAINS
Ursula
Time's up! The correct answer was The Little Mermaid
WON THE BATTLE
With 1/3 the troops of his enemy, this American general beat Santa Anna in the 1847 Battle of Buena Vista
Time's up! The correct answer was Taylor
TRAVEL
You can buy samples of this fossilized resin at a museum devoted to it in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Time's up! The correct answer was amber
FUN WITH BALLET
Dizzy Gillespie's music is also featured in it, but the ballet "For 'Bird' - With Love" is a tribute to him
Time's up! The correct answer was Charlie Parker
THE HAYES YEARS
During 1879 he perfected his photographic dry plate
Time's up! The correct answer was George Eastman
INLETS
Big ships must pass through Admiralty Inlet to enter or leave this Washington State sound
Time's up! The correct answer was Puget Sound
COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC
In Cole Porter's song, these words follow "can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences"
Time's up! The correct answer was don't fence me in
ROCK & ROLL FRONTMEN
Anthony Kiedis
Time's up! The correct answer was Red Hot Chili Peppers
THE FABULOUS '50s
In early 1951 TV viewers were riveted watching the Kefauver committee's look into this in America
Time's up! The correct answer was organized crime
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
SPORTS
Babe Ruth's father once operated a saloon on what is now center field in this Baltimore ballpark
Time's up! The correct answer was Oriole Park at Camden Yards
AROUND THE APARTMENT BUILDING
These common, crawly apartment insects have German, brown-banded & American species
Time's up! The correct answer was cockroaches
GREEK MYTHOLOGY
Ioalus, the son of Iphicles & Automedusa, helped this man, his uncle, with his labors
Time's up! The correct answer was Hercules
SCIENTISTS
In 1791 this Italian published the results of his experiments in "animal electricity"
Time's up! The correct answer was Luigi Galvani
INLETS
Faxa Bay in the North Atlantic is between this country's Snaefells & Reykjanes peninsulas
Time's up! The correct answer was Iceland
SHAKESPEAREAN PHRASES
In this play, Casca says Cicero's speech "was Greek to me"
Time's up! The correct answer was Julius Caesar
INITIALS M.D.
He's broken many stories in his online "Report"
Time's up! The correct answer was Matt Drudge
RODENTS
A S. Am. delicacy, this water-dwelling herbivore was declared a fish by the Vatican so it could be eaten during Lent
Time's up! The correct answer was a capybara
HEY, GOOD-LOOKIN'
A 4-legged one may be a vixen; a 2-legged one may be a vixen, too
Time's up! The correct answer was a fox
"AI"
China or other ceramic objects can also be called this, after the material they're made of
Time's up! The correct answer was porcelain
BACH IN THE SADDLE
In his youth, Bach played this instrument in church & later was a virtuoso consulted in their crafting
Time's up! The correct answer was an organ
WORLD MUSEUMS
Hanoi, where this man died in 1969, has a museum devoted to him
Time's up! The correct answer was Ho Chi Minh
AGRICULTURE
The type of irrigation seen here, it was used in Israel to make the desert bloom
Time's up! The correct answer was drip irrigation
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
This flagship of Columbus' first voyage was chartered from Juan de la Cosa & was his largest ship
Time's up! The correct answer was the Santa Maria
AMERICANS IN PARIS
Sherwood Anderson & Ernest Hemingway were among the expatriate writers who hung out at her Paris salon
Time's up! The correct answer was Gertrude Stein
"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
WINE
The famous Moselle wines come from this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Germany
WATERFALLS
Wollomombi Falls in northern New South Wales is one of this continent's highest waterfalls
Time's up! The correct answer was Australia
"FOR" WORDS
In a common saying, it's what some people can't see for the trees
Time's up! The correct answer was the forest
LET'S VISIT AUSTRIA
Capital of Tyrol, it has hosted 2 Winter Olympics
Time's up! The correct answer was Innsbruck
PHYSICS
The farad, the unit of capacitance, is named for this scientist
Time's up! The correct answer was Faraday
ALSO ON YOUR COMPUTER KEYS
Proverbially, it's "where the heart is"
Time's up! The correct answer was home
THE 50 STATES
The diatonic or "Cajun" accordion is the official musical instrument of this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana
TAKE A PILL
Going on a cruise? You might pick up this Pfizer product, the "original" or "less drowsy" formula
Time's up! The correct answer was Dramamine
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
The team names of these 2 expansion clubs start with the same 3 letters; one might catch the other
Time's up! The correct answer was the Seattle Mariners & the Florida Marlins
GOVERNMENT
This council’s members are the president, vice president, sec’y of state & sec’y of defense
Time's up! The correct answer was the National Security Council
FILE UNDER "K"
Former mortuary science student Jonathan Davis plays bagpipes & sings for this "Freak on a Leash" group
Time's up! The correct answer was Korn
ANIMAL RHYME TIME
An 18-wheeler used to get your porkers to market
Time's up! The correct answer was pig rig
RHYMES WITH TRACK
The cry of a canvasback
Time's up! The correct answer was quack
TITLES FROM SHAKESPEARE
This long-running Agatha Christie drama references the play-within-a-play in "Hamlet"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Mousetrap
DECADES OF BESTSELLERS
"The Nanny Diaries" & "Q is for Quarry"
Time's up! The correct answer was the 2000s
BE FRUITFUL & MULTIPLY
3 x 4 x 5 x 6
Time's up! The correct answer was 360
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
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
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
64 paintings from the Met's founding purchase are still in its collection; over 1/3 of them are from this current European nation
Time's up! The correct answer was the Netherlands
BRITISH BANDS & SINGERS
In 1998 this group seen here reunited for a VH1 special & a concert tour ("I'll Tumble 4 Ya")
Time's up! The correct answer was Culture Club
SRO
This musical opened its run in 1980 at the Winter Garden, 8 blocks from the title thoroughfare
Time's up! The correct answer was 42nd Street
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
FIRST NOVELS
He was poet-in-residence at the University of South Carolina when he delivered his first novel, "Deliverance"
Time's up! The correct answer was James Dickey
TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA
1996's "Trainspotting" was about the underground drug life in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Edinburgh
THE ASPCA
The ASPCA helped stop Iowa legislators from legalizing hunting of the mourning type of this
Time's up! The correct answer was Dove
FOOD FACTS
Bursting with beta carotene, the melon we call this is actually a type of muskmelon
Time's up! The correct answer was the cantaloupe
ART
In 1865 he shocked Paris with "Olympia", his painting of a reclining nude
Time's up! The correct answer was Édouard Manet
"TOO" MUCH
Fighting ferociously, you go at it this "& nail"
Time's up! The correct answer was tooth
THE HOUND OF MUSIC
Songwriter Scott English started an urban myth when he jokingly said this 1975 Barry Manilow No. 1 hit was about a dog
Time's up! The correct answer was "Mandy"
CHILDREN'S AUTHORS
In 1896 he said his mother had lost her childhood at 8; he "knew a time would come when I also must give up the games"
Time's up! The correct answer was J.M. Barrie
FILM FACTS
"Titanic" tied this 1959 film's record of 11 Oscars but didn't overtake it
Time's up! The correct answer was Ben-Hur
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
ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN
"Betrayed in the hope of getting better", Beethoven was "forced to face the prospect of a permanent malady"--this
Time's up! The correct answer was deafness
THE FALL
In 1918 this date in autumn brought the signing of the armistice ending World War I
Time's up! The correct answer was 11-Nov
DELAWARE
Sailing under a Dutch flag, this English navigator & explorer discovered Delaware in 1609
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry Hudson
LIT MY FIRE
In Book 1 of this, Satan is "hurld hedlong flaming from th' ethereal skies... to dwell in adamantine chains and penal fire"
Time's up! The correct answer was Paradise Lost
FRUIT
The name of this fruit, genus Prunus, can precede picker, pie & Coke
Time's up! The correct answer was cherry
THE ASPCA
The ASPCA reminds you that you can lengthen a cat's life by neutering a male or doing this equivalent to a female
Time's up! The correct answer was Spaying
HIT TUNES
"Iris", "Slide"
Time's up! The correct answer was Goo Goo Dolls
PERFUME
The 2 perfumes mentioned in Matthew 2:11
Time's up! The correct answer was frankincense & myrrh
CAPITAL IDEA
This capital was created because Rio de Janeiro was overcrowded & isolated from the rest of the country
Time's up! The correct answer was Brasilia
WON THE BATTLE
The Allies won this battle, the last Nazi offensive in the West during WWII
Time's up! The correct answer was the Battle of the Bulge
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
SPOOKS
Spy Richard Sorge warned this Russian leader of Germany's WWII invasion but was ignored
Time's up! The correct answer was Josef Stalin
POETS
For much of the winter of 1794-95, he served as acting supervisor for Dumfries, Scotland
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Burns
THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE
"Friends", "Bruce Almighty"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jennifer Aniston
AH, SWEET MYTHTERY
Of a dryad, a naiad or an oread, she's the water nymph
Time's up! The correct answer was a naiad
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
It was an 11-year-old girl who first suggested that Lincoln do this to improve his appearance
Time's up! The correct answer was grow a beard
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
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
THE MAINE ATTRACTION
Maine is so famous for these berries that the town of Machias honors them with a festival
Time's up! The correct answer was blueberries
ANAGRAMMED CABINET DEPARTMENTS
Taste
Time's up! The correct answer was State
DUDE, YOU'RE A SONG!
"...and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack
CHANCE
His 1742 "A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist" was a prelude to writings on other games
Time's up! The correct answer was Hoyle
CLASSIC MOVIE SPECIAL EFFECTS
1998: Bullet trails in the water showcase the horror of the Normandy invasion
Time's up! The correct answer was Saving Private Ryan
TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA
It's what you wear to protect yourself against the effects of the device seen here:
Time's up! The correct answer was Sunglasses
TV THEME LYRICS
"It's time to play the music, it's time to light the lights"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Muppet Show
THE REDCOATS ARE COMING!
During the war, this first signer of the Declaration of Independence commanded the Mass. Militia
Time's up! The correct answer was John Hancock
THE BODY WOMAN
Location of the zygomatic bones; fashion models may have prominent ones
Time's up! The correct answer was cheekbones
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
FOOD FACTS
German sausage named for the crackling sound the skin of the sausage makes when bitten into
Time's up! The correct answer was Knockwurst
"S"-OTERICA
Slang term for a left-handed boxer or fiddle player
Time's up! The correct answer was southpaw
LOVE POETRY
A Shakespeare sonnet accuses this purple flower of steaing its smell from the poet's love
Time's up! The correct answer was the violet
COVER ME!
This Van Halen frontman re-did Louis Prima's "Just A Gigolo" in 1985
Time's up! The correct answer was David Lee Roth
NATURE
Some of the fanciest of these reptiles are beaded, horned, or frilled
Time's up! The correct answer was lizards
FOREIGN CURRENCY
The name of this currency is from the Sanskrit for "coined silver"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rupee
MAMMALS
The name of this order of mammals comes from the Latin verb "rodere", meaning to gnaw
Time's up! The correct answer was rodent
TIME TO "EAT"
Bartender's adjective for a cocktail served without water
Time's up! The correct answer was neat
MIDDLE INITIAL C.
Born in South Carolina in 1782, he was known as a "war hawk" because he supported the War of 1812
Time's up! The correct answer was John C. Calhoun
TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA
It's what you wear to protect yourself against the effects of the device seen here:
Time's up! The correct answer was Sunglasses
LITERATURE
19th c. author known for writing about a "venerable mansion" with "seven acutely peaked gables"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hawthorne
IT'S OURS!
Northern Mariana Islands
Time's up! The correct answer was USA
KFC
The conglomerate built on this soda decided everybody needs a little KFC & bought it in 1986
Time's up! The correct answer was Pepsi Cola
NURSERY RHYMES
Simple Simon met him "going to the fair"
Time's up! The correct answer was A pieman
GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
In 2007 he became the first man since Bill Tilden to win the U.S. Open 4 years in a row
Time's up! The correct answer was Federer
WHY SO BLUE?
The blue type of this game fish, M. Nigricans, has a long pointed bill
Time's up! The correct answer was a marlin
NURSERY RHYMES
"Hey Diddle, Diddle!" After the little dog laughed, these 2 things ran off together
Time's up! The correct answer was Dish & spoon
LANGUAGE QUESTIONS
If you see a cool t-shirt in a store in Poland, "Kosztuje?" is how you ask this
Time's up! The correct answer was "How much does this cost?"
THE HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD
Cozy, wax or quilt
Time's up! The correct answer was cozy
A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY
The length of these ladylike accessories is denoted by buttons; 16-button ones are formal length
Time's up! The correct answer was gloves
HOLIDAYS
O. Henry called it the most “purely American” holiday
Time's up! The correct answer was Thanksgiving
CAESAR
He was caesar & emperor when Jesus was born
Time's up! The correct answer was Augustus
BOTANY
The common species of this prairie flower, Helianthus annuus, can reach a height of 15 feet
Time's up! The correct answer was sunflower
HORS D'OEUVRES
From Latin for "undigested food", crudites refers to these
Time's up! The correct answer was raw vegetables
WHOSE IS IT?
2 by 2 the animals were put on this "ark"
Time's up! The correct answer was Noah's Ark
KNOTS TO YOU
It is second only to "Gunsmoke" as TV's longest-running primetime drama series
Time's up! The correct answer was Knots Landing
MUSEUM HOPPING
MoMA Mia! It houses such masterpieces as "Starry Night" & Cezanne's "Bather"
Time's up! The correct answer was Museum of Modern Art
SHAMANISM ON YOU
18th c. groups led by shamans fought over the Yenisey River in this 5 million-sq.-mi. area of North-Central Russia
Time's up! The correct answer was Siberia
IT BORDERS INDIA
On its extreme east, India borders this nation that changed its name following a coup in 1989
Time's up! The correct answer was Myanmar
NAME THE AUTOMAKER
Legend & Integra
Time's up! The correct answer was Acura
BESTSELLERS
This NPR guy make list with "Me Talk Pretty One Day"
Time's up! The correct answer was David Sedaris
WORD"Z"
A granular form of this common mineral is used to make sandpaper
Time's up! The correct answer was quartz
WOMEN: WRITE ON!
Esther Greenwood is an aspiring poet in this poet's novel "The Bell Jar"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sylvia Plath
FOOD & DRINK
When used to describe meat, "marbling" means streaks of this
Time's up! The correct answer was fat
LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L"
Imagist Amy (6)
Time's up! The correct answer was Lowell
TRUTH OR DARE
Dare: Imitate Kikazaru, the monkey who illustrates this phrase that goes with "see no evil" & "speak no evil"
Time's up! The correct answer was "hear no evil"
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS
"Beaucoup de Bruit Pour Rien"
Time's up! The correct answer was Much Ado About Nothing
IN THE DICTIONARY
As an adjective, it can mean proper; as a verb, "to grade papers"
Time's up! The correct answer was correct
ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE
When his friend became Pope in 1623, he thought he'd be allowed to discuss his heliocentric theory
Time's up! The correct answer was Galileo
FROM THE GREEK
From the Greek for "primary", these are made of amino acids
Time's up! The correct answer was proteins
WHAT'S ON TV?
In its 1st episode, citizens of a Kansas town saw a mushroom cloud on the horizon & were cut off from the outside world
Time's up! The correct answer was Jericho
BRAND-TASTIC
In 1932 George Blaisdell developed this cigarette lighter in Bradford, Pennsylvania
Time's up! The correct answer was Zippo
ARTISTS' RETREATS
Proceeds from "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" helped him start a residency program on Long Island
Time's up! The correct answer was Edward Albee
ART
In 1920 this impressionist, known for his water lilies, painted another plant, "Wisteria"
Time's up! The correct answer was Claude Monet
SPORTS
Earl Anthony rolled on to a record 41 titles in this sport, Mark Roth is second
Time's up! The correct answer was Bowling
TRANSPORTATION
This light Russian sleigh is pulled by 3 horses
Time's up! The correct answer was Troika
AMERICAN HISTORY
On November 14, 1889, the New York World called her trip, "The Longest Journey Known to Mankind"
Time's up! The correct answer was Nellie Bly
EXPLORERS
Ponce de Leon was looking for it when he discovered Florida; some are still looking for it today
Time's up! The correct answer was Fountain of Youth
ITALIAN
If you're not going sinistra or destra, you're going sempre diritto, meaning this
Time's up! The correct answer was always straight
PARTS OF THE WHOLE
Jamb, hinge
Time's up! The correct answer was a door
NOT A CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITAL
Ljubljana, Bratislava, Barcelona
Time's up! The correct answer was Barcelona
ODDS & ENDS
Muhammad received the first of the Koran's revelations during this holy month
Time's up! The correct answer was Ramadan
ART
In the 1300s Italy gave birth to this art movement that would eventually sweep across Europe
Time's up! The correct answer was the Renaissance
ORGANIZED LABOR
This board was created in 1935 to correct or prevent unfair labor practices by employers or unions
Time's up! The correct answer was the National Labor Relations Board
COMMON ABBREVIATIONS
Plan for your golden years by putting money in an IRA, one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was an individual retirement account
SOMETHIN' TO "C"
In 41 A.D. Cassius Chaerea & company assassinated this Roman emperor
Time's up! The correct answer was Caligula
ARCHITECTURE
One of these ancient Roman structures still carries the water supply of Segovia, Spain
Time's up! The correct answer was Aqueduct
"X"-MEN
This Persian son of Darius I burned Athens in 480 B.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Xerxes
U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
During the Civil War, this river was called the "Backbone of the Confederacy"; it was guarded by several forts
Time's up! The correct answer was the Mississippi
PEANUTS
Charlie Brown's parents bought Snoopy at this puppy farm
Time's up! The correct answer was Daisy Hill Puppy Farm
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
To physicists, SOHO isn't a neighborhood but an observatory orbiting this body
Time's up! The correct answer was the sun
AT THE BUILDING SITE
The current affairs this person deals with are labelled H & C
Time's up! The correct answer was the plumber
THE NEW CAR LOT
Your pocketbook may not "Bond" with the $130,000 base price of its DB7 Coupe
Time's up! The correct answer was Aston Martin
DOUGH
Italy has issued Euro coins with part of this painter's "Birth of Venus" on the reverse
Time's up! The correct answer was Botticelli
THE DIRECTOR SPEAKS
"Everybody denies I am a genius--but nobody ever called me one!" noted this man who raised "Kane"
Time's up! The correct answer was Orson Welles
TRADING SPACES
Dealers seal transactions with a handshake in the 47th Street "district" for these gems
Time's up! The correct answer was diamonds
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
THE "B.G."s
A small piano about 5 feet long
Time's up! The correct answer was baby grand
AMERICAN NICKNAMES
Sam Rayburn was "Mr. Sam", not "Mr. Democrat"; this politician was "Mr. Republican", not "Mr. Robert"
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Taft
GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
In 2007 he became the first man since Bill Tilden to win the U.S. Open 4 years in a row
Time's up! The correct answer was Federer
SYNONYMS
As a noun, it's a synonym for "flower", as a verb, it's to blossom or come into one's own
Time's up! The correct answer was bloom
ONE BUCK OR LESS
99 cents got me a 4-pack of Ytterlig coasters from this Swedish chain
Time's up! The correct answer was IKEA
PASS THE CHOCOLATE
The leaf design on Godiva's Autant chocolates is a stylized version of a feather on this "Gone With the Wind" heroine's hat
Time's up! The correct answer was Scarlett O'Hara
WOMEN OF THE WORLD
This British dame, Rudolf Nureyev's dance partner, was married to a Panamanian diplomat
Time's up! The correct answer was Margot Fonteyn
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
Type of drum seen here, or a dance done to them
Time's up! The correct answer was Conga
LET'S TAKE A PEAK
This state's 11,031-foot-high Deseret Peak overlooks Rush Valley
Time's up! The correct answer was Utah
SAINTS
In the 7th century Isidore was bishop of this city, not barber of it
Time's up! The correct answer was Seville
RHYME TIME
An inexpensive Army vehicle
Time's up! The correct answer was a cheap jeep
ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS
Marcel Duchamp coined this term to describe Alexander Calder's moving sculptures
Time's up! The correct answer was Mobiles
WHO'S ON FIRST?
Sundays from 1984 to 1995, "60 Minutes" led into this CBS crime drama--guess Jessica finally got tired of writing
Time's up! The correct answer was Murder, She Wrote
BILL GATES' 50 BILLION
In 1997 Americans spent about $40 billion on these, & many wanted to be in Bill's
Time's up! The correct answer was Shoes
EDIBLES INSTANT REPLAY REVIEW
This rich 5-letter cake with eggs, ground nuts & little to no flour, is down by contact with my stomach
Time's up! The correct answer was torte
CAPITOL THINKERS
This Vermont senator wrote, "You get 15 Democrats together in a room, and you get 20 opinions"
Time's up! The correct answer was Patrick Leahy
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED
December 8, 1980 in New York City
Time's up! The correct answer was John Lennon
MINORITY REPORT
In his first major case as Chief Justice, he found himself in the minority in 2006 as Oregon assisted suicide was okayed
Time's up! The correct answer was John Roberts
THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID
"When the one great scorer comes to write against your name, he marks -- not that you won or lost -- but" this
Time's up! The correct answer was How you played the game
BRITISH POETS & POETRY
Written in 1811, this lord's poem "Farewell To Malta" begins, "Adieu, ye joys of La Valette!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lord Byron
THE 1990s
On Jan. 31, 1999 this team repeated as Super Bowl champs with John Elway throwing for 336 yards
Time's up! The correct answer was the Denver Broncos
ART & ARTISTS
This American female impressionist modeled for many of Degas' works, including "At the Milliner's"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cassatt
THE LENIN CLOSET
Lenin got a degree in this in 1891, then went on to court a lot of trouble
Time's up! The correct answer was law
CLOTHING
It's the fur pouch that a Scotsman wears on the front of his kilt
Time's up! The correct answer was a sporon
"SIDE" EFFECTS
Economists also know it as Reaganomics
Time's up! The correct answer was supply-side economics
OLYMPIC POTPOURRI
En Garde! Women have competed in this Olympic sport since 1924
Time's up! The correct answer was Fencing
SRO
The stage show seen here has brought this dance to cheering audiences
Time's up! The correct answer was Tango
ACTRESSES ON TV
On "Fat Actress", she poked fun at herself, playing a version of herself struggling with her weight
Time's up! The correct answer was Kirstie Alley
POUR ME A STIFF ONE
Invented in Cuba, a mojito is made with lime juice, club soda, sugar, ice, mint leaves & this kind of alcohol
Time's up! The correct answer was rum
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
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
CZECH, PLEASE
In Czech, it's "Praha", & it's over 1000 years old
Time's up! The correct answer was Prague
JAZZ IT UP
This Thelonious Monk composition provided the title for a 1986 jazz film starring Dexter Gordon
Time's up! The correct answer was 'Round Midnight
TRANSPORTATION
Cabbies in this Eur. city spend 2 years gaining "the knowledge", mental maps needed to get a license
Time's up! The correct answer was London
THE CRUCIBLE
A vertical crucible called a "skull" is used to make the gem called "cubic" this
Time's up! The correct answer was zirconium
TRAIN STATIONS
St. Petersburg's Finland Station is famous as the site of this leader's return to Russia in 1917
Time's up! The correct answer was Lenin
OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS BY SPORT
1976: Nadia Comaneci; 2008: Nastia Liukin (champions all-around)
Time's up! The correct answer was gymnastics
THE KIDS LOVE THAT ROCK & ROLL
A1, Take That & the Spice Girls are all musical acts from this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Great Britain
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
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
INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE
Reed all about it: ARC INLET
Time's up! The correct answer was clarinet
MATH TERMS
A function's domain is the set of possible values of x; this is the set of possible values of y
Time's up! The correct answer was range
ALASKA
One of the 3 mottos that have been featured on regular Alaskan license plates
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Last Frontier", "The Great Land", or "North to the Future"
ROCK FORMATIONS
Kurt Cobain & Krist Novoselic met through Buzz Osborne, leader of the Melvins, & found freedom as this group in 1987
Time's up! The correct answer was Nirvana
FOREIGN
If Popeye spoke Hebrew he'd ask for tered, this
Time's up! The correct answer was spinach
LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS?
This 12-letter guy isn't remembered for much of anything other than getting under people's skin
Time's up! The correct answer was Subcutaneous
GUINNESS RECORDS
9,360 graham crackers, 9,312 marshmallows & 4,128 chocolate bars went into one of these made at a campground
Time's up! The correct answer was s'more
CELEBRITY RHYME TIME
Hairdresser Vidal's woodwinds
Time's up! The correct answer was Sassoon's bassoons
COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC
In "Red River Valley", cowboys sing, "come and" do this "if you love me"
Time's up! The correct answer was sit by my side
LISA
She's played Phoebe Buffay on one primetime series & Phoebe's twin sister Ursula on another
Time's up! The correct answer was Lisa Kudrow
BRUCE ALMIGHTY
His July 20, 1973 death in Hong Kong at age 32 shocked the world
Time's up! The correct answer was Bruce Lee
THE BIBLE
The first verse of this book says, "There was a man in the land of Uz that feared God and eschewed evil"
Time's up! The correct answer was Job
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
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!
After Charles II was restored to England's throne, he had this lord protector's body dug up & beheaded
Time's up! The correct answer was Oliver Cromwell
PARTS OF THE WHOLE
Cheek strap, snaffle rein
Time's up! The correct answer was horse tack
...& THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON!
In the 17th century this type of wild horse numbered between 2 & 4 mil.; today, only about 20,000 remain, mostly in the West
Time's up! The correct answer was mustangs
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
DEATH BY...
Air crash of his MiG fighter plane while on a training mission near Moscow, March 27, 1968
Time's up! The correct answer was Yuri Gagarin
YOUNG ABE LINCOLN
While serving in the Illinois legislature, Abe switched to this party of his political idol Henry Clay
Time's up! The correct answer was the Whigs
FLAG 'EM DOWN
The 2 colors found on all 3 national flags of the U.S., Mexico & Canada
Time's up! The correct answer was red & white
EXPLORERS
Hillary said this man left some offerings to the gods of Chomolungma atop Everest in 1953
Time's up! The correct answer was Tenzing Norgay
U.S. STATES
Do the wild fais-do-do in this state while motoring on Interstate 10 to Baton Rouge or Ponchatoula
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana
ON THE BIG SCREEN
Get some McLovin from this 2007 comedy that Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg began writing as 13-year-olds
Time's up! The correct answer was Superbad
INDEPENDENCE DAYS
Though it was first settled by the French, July 1 marks its partial independence from the U.K.
Time's up! The correct answer was Canada
THE ANIMALS
Tuna are members of Scombridae, known commonly as this "holy" family of fishes
Time's up! The correct answer was mackerels
FOOD
Juniper is used to smoke Germany's Westphalian form of this meat
Time's up! The correct answer was Ham
"TABLE"S
Ping-Pong
Time's up! The correct answer was Table Tennis
ACTORS & ACTRESSES
This "Seinfeld" co-star became a Broadway star at age 23 in Stephen Sondheim's musical "Merrily we Roll Along"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jason Alexander
U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS IN OTHER WORDS
Ex-soldiers' financial arrangements
Time's up! The correct answer was Veterans' Affairs
WHEAT
This embryo of the wheat seed is a rich source of vitamin E
Time's up! The correct answer was Germ
ROCK & ROLL FRONTMEN
David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar, David Lee Roth
Time's up! The correct answer was Van Halen
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
Logorrhea, also called verbomania, is doing this excessively or uncontrollably
Time's up! The correct answer was Speaking/talking
DICTATORS & TYRANTS
On Sept. 9, 1948 the DPRK, aka North Korea, was established with this man as its supreme leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Kim Il-sung
RICHARD
He was actually in prison when he wrote, "Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage"
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Lovelace
"BOO"!
A hidden explosive device, it sounds like a snare for a tropical seabird
Time's up! The correct answer was boobytrap
NEBRASKA, NEW YORK OR NORTH DAKOTA
Its cities include Minot, Jamestown & Grand Forks
Time's up! The correct answer was North Dakota
MUSICAL BY CHARACTERS
Rolf Gruber & Mother Abbess of Nonnberg Abbey
Time's up! The correct answer was The Sound of Music
TEENS IN HISTORY
In 1468 this teen was recognized as heiress to the throne of Castile
Time's up! The correct answer was Queen Isabella
GOAT-POURRI
In 1846 Neptune was discovered in this constellation, the 10th sign of the zodiac
Time's up! The correct answer was Capricorn
EDUCATION JARGON
From the Latin for "to heal", it's the type of education that brings deficient students up to standard levels
Time's up! The correct answer was remedial
FROM T TO SHINING T
Proverbially, you can have one of these "in a teacup"
Time's up! The correct answer was a tempest
IS IT "TEA" TIME YET?
In 1975 the Perfumer's Workshop introduced a fragrance named for this flower
Time's up! The correct answer was a tea rose
NATIVE AMERICANS
He had 2 adopted sons, One Bull & White Bull
Time's up! The correct answer was Sitting Bull
SHIRLEY
This Oscar winner played the matriarch of the Partridge Family
Time's up! The correct answer was Shirley Jones
SAY CHEESE
This name refers to natural cheddar made in the U.S. & is often confused with processed cheese
Time's up! The correct answer was American cheese
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
STATE CAPITALS
This state capital is in the Green Mountains along the Winooski River
Time's up! The correct answer was Montpelier
SIMPLE SCIENCE
French mathematician who devised the plotting system that uses coordinates named for him
Time's up! The correct answer was Rene Descartes
BACKWORDS
Aye, lass, I'll wed thee ere this has dried on the fields
Time's up! The correct answer was Dew
SOMETHIN' TO "C"
Ichabod's patronymic
Time's up! The correct answer was Crane
THRILLER
"The Numa Files" are paperback spin-offs of this writer's novels featuring Dirk Pitt
Time's up! The correct answer was Clive Cussler
"N"ATIONS OF THE WORLD
There are thousands of temples & shrines in this country's Katmandu Valley
Time's up! The correct answer was Nepal
THAT'S SOME NERVE
A slipped disc can cause pain along this largest nerve that runs down the leg
Time's up! The correct answer was the sciatic nerve
WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?
The second word in the French name of this boneless steak means "dainty"
Time's up! The correct answer was filet mignon
WONDER DRUGS
Adult migraine? Ease the throbbing with 200 milligrams of this
Time's up! The correct answer was ibuprofen
SCIENTISTS
This Russian's work on gastrointestinal secretions in animals earned him a Nobel prize
Time's up! The correct answer was Pavlov
BOGIE MEN
Captain Queeg
Time's up! The correct answer was The Caine Mutiny
THE 1890s
Japan had an emperor, Russia, a czar & Italy was ruled by one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was king
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
A TRIP TO OUTER SPACE
This planet's famous rings were first seen by the Italian scientist Galileo in 1610
Time's up! The correct answer was Saturn
LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS
Doris Eaton Travis, who passed away in 2010 at age 106, was the last surviving showgirl from these follies
Time's up! The correct answer was Ziegfeld
SNL CELEBRITY JEOPARDY!
Norm MacDonald played this "Smokey and the Bandit" star who had a slight problem IDing Pat Morita's ancestry
Time's up! The correct answer was Burt Reynolds
FLAGS OF THE WORLD
It's the kingdom whose flag is seen here (Union Jack)
Time's up! The correct answer was Great Britain/England
UNOFFICIAL STATE NICKNAMES
It's also known as "The Toothpick State" because of a knife used by early settlers
Time's up! The correct answer was Arkansas
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
KIDS IN SPORTS
11-year-old Ashlyn White won a 2009 U.S. youth title in this martial art in which you try to throw your opponent
Time's up! The correct answer was judo
CZECH, PLEASE
In Czech, it's "Praha", & it's over 1000 years old
Time's up! The correct answer was Prague
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
LAW & GOVERNMENT
Though given 10 years for ratification, this amendment failed by 3 states in 1982
Time's up! The correct answer was the Equal Rights Amendment
DICTATORS & TYRANTS
On Sept. 9, 1948 the DPRK, aka North Korea, was established with this man as its supreme leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Kim Il-sung
THE DIRECTOR SPEAKS
"Manhattan"ite who said, "Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable"--sounds "Bananas" to us
Time's up! The correct answer was Woody Allen
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
INITIALS M.D.
Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl in "Der Blaue Engel"
Time's up! The correct answer was Marlene Dietrich
LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L"
Imagist Amy (6)
Time's up! The correct answer was Lowell
FOREWORDS
"Conrad begins (and ends) Marlow's journey... on the Thames, on the yawl, Nellie", says the foreword to this novel
Time's up! The correct answer was Heart of Darkness
ADVERTISING SLOGANS
"I like" this lemon-lime soda "in you"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sprite
GREAT DAMES
She helped her husband survive an attempted assassination & was Nureyev's partner for over fifteen years
Time's up! The correct answer was Dame Margot Fonteyn
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
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
THAT'S NO LADY...
He played the title character in "Sunday in the Park with George" when it debuted on Broadway
Time's up! The correct answer was Mandy Patinkin
MAGAZINE FEATURES
Goings on About Town, The Talk of the Town, The Critics
Time's up! The correct answer was The New Yorker
THE REEL STORY
He played Mozart in the 1984 film "Amadeus"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Hulce
WORLD LEADERS
Former Sofia mayor Boyko Borissov is now its prime minister
Time's up! The correct answer was Bulgaria
AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
Every December, the Kennedy Center invites the public to a free sing-along of this composer's "Messiah"
Time's up! The correct answer was G.F. Handel
POOR & FAMOUS
He spent years in poverty after selling his sewing machine invention to corset maker William Thomas
Time's up! The correct answer was Elias Howe
JEWELRY
Tahiti & French Polynesia are famous for pearls of this color
Time's up! The correct answer was Black
WANT ADS
We have a primary need for this hyphenated job in our fancy French kitchen; only the head guy is your superior
Time's up! The correct answer was sous-chef
4-LETTER FRIENDS
You were a fool to move that bishop! This 4-letter term in 3 moves
Time's up! The correct answer was mate
THE 1990s
Pierce Brosnan played this superspy for the first time in "GoldenEye"
Time's up! The correct answer was James Bond
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
The pair's lyricist
Time's up! The correct answer was Hammerstein
IT'S A DOGGY DOG WORLD
Seen here, it's named for a peninsula shared by Quebec & Newfoundland
Time's up! The correct answer was Labrador Retriever
U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
Maryland is "the Old Line State"; this is "the Old Dominion"
Time's up! The correct answer was Virginia
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
POP MUSIC
In the summer of 2002 this country star hit the Hot 100 chart with "Courtesy Of The Red, White and Blue"
Time's up! The correct answer was Toby Keith
TAYLOR, SWIFT
This season 5 winner of "American Idol" is from Alabama
Time's up! The correct answer was Taylor Hicks
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
City that stands on the ruins of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec people
Time's up! The correct answer was Mexico City
HOW NOVEL
This Ayn Rand novel tells the story of architect Howard Roark & Dominique Francon, the woman he loves
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Fountainhead"
FOR THE FASHIONISTA
Flowing fabric defines this fashion house founded by Tanya Sarne; its name is a synonym for "phantom"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ghost
FUN WITH OPERA
It was truly a red-letter day when an opera based on this Hawthorne novel premiered in Boston in 1896
Time's up! The correct answer was The Scarlet Letter
ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE
This 2009 inductee was "faster than a speeding bullet"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rickey Henderson
LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L"
Imagist Amy (6)
Time's up! The correct answer was Lowell
AMERICAN HISTORY
In 1798 Congress passed this collection of bills to control domestic dissent & conspiracy against the federal govt.
Time's up! The correct answer was the Alien & Sedition Acts
IT'S GREEK MYTHOLOGY TO ME
Menelaus not only wanted this wife back, but the treasure Paris stole along with her
Time's up! The correct answer was Helen
THE CIA
He's the only CIA head who went on to become president
Time's up! The correct answer was George Herbert Walker Bush
FLEMISH & DUTCH MASTERS
Artist whose masterpiece is seen here: ("Night Cafe")
Time's up! The correct answer was Vincent Van Gogh
THE 1970 TV SEASON
The prime time spellcaster wasn't Sabrina, but Samantha in this series
Time's up! The correct answer was Bewitched
BALLET
The School of American Ballet is the official school of this major metropolitan ballet company
Time's up! The correct answer was New York
DECADES OF BESTSELLERS
"The Power of Positive Thinking" & "Marjorie Morningstar"
Time's up! The correct answer was the 1950s
I READ THE NEWS TODAY
Florida's highest circulation newspaper is this Gulf Coast city's Times, with about 350,000 daily copies sold
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Petersburg
NOVELS BY CHAPTER TITLE
"Four Thousand Leagues Under the Pacific"
Time's up! The correct answer was 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
INTERIOR DESIGN
China & India provide many of the "imports" in the name of this Texas-based home furnishings retailer
Time's up! The correct answer was Pier 1 Imports
ALSO A VEGAS CASINO
Stevenson's rousing tale from 1881
Time's up! The correct answer was Treasure Island
GEORGE WASHINGTON
On December 26, 1799 Washington was eulogized in Congress by this man known as "Lighthorse Harry"
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Lee
RHYMES WITH TEEN
"Lois & Clark" actor Cain
Time's up! The correct answer was Dean
TAIWAN
In October 1971 Taiwan was expelled from this organization & Red China was admitted
Time's up! The correct answer was the UN
THRILLER
"The Attorney" Paul Madriani appears in several legal thrillers by this lawyer-turned-author
Time's up! The correct answer was Steve Martini
WAITER!
To heat up my chilly bones, bring out a large bottle of this warmed & fermented rice drink from Japan
Time's up! The correct answer was sake
47
The Pythagorean theorem is the 47th proposition in the first book of his "Elements"
Time's up! The correct answer was Euclid
SONG LYRICS
The woman who "cries the whole night long; he was my man but he done me wrong' "
Time's up! The correct answer was Frankie
WHERE WORDS COME FROM
Chinese or Malay: This tomato condiment that's put on French fries
Time's up! The correct answer was ketchup
IN THE TREASURY DEPT.
This service quarantines animals & can stop you from bringing sausages into the country
Time's up! The correct answer was Customs
CARDS & DICE
The 4 players in bridge are given these directional titles
Time's up! The correct answer was North, South, East & West
WEATHER
Air is described as supersaturated when the relative humidity is higher than this percent
Time's up! The correct answer was 100%
WOMEN'S FIRSTS
Registering as K. Switzer, in 1967 Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to officially enter & run this race
Time's up! The correct answer was the Boston Marathon
AFRICAN-AMERICANA
Mari Evans adapted this Zora Neale Hurston work as a musical titled "Eyes"
Time's up! The correct answer was Their Eyes Were Watching God
BEFORE THEY WERE POPES
This Dutch Renaissance humanist was a pupil of Adrian VI, the only Dutch pope
Time's up! The correct answer was Erasmus
TRUTH OR DARE
Truth: This "Common Sense" pamphleteer later turned to inventing, trying to come up with a smokeless candle
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Paine
DAN-O-MITE
American architect Daniel Burnham was the Director of Works at the 1893 World's Fair in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago
SAINTS
Saint Fursey's visions were recorded by this venerable saint
Time's up! The correct answer was Bede
COMIC & CARTOON CRITTERS
Pumbaa
Time's up! The correct answer was warthog
DEAR JUNTA
After the junta released activist Aung San Suu Kyi to house arrest, Japan restored aid to this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Burma
AMERICANS IN PARIS
In March 1971 this rocker closed the door on his band & moved to Paris to focus on his poetry
Time's up! The correct answer was Jim Morrison
SO "LONG"
A unit of distance equal to 220 yards
Time's up! The correct answer was a furlong
ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS
This 1963 epic included 79 sets & 26,000 costumes
Time's up! The correct answer was Cleopatra
IN THE FIRE
2-word phrase for what sometimes happens to oily rags & often happens to the drummers of Spinal Tap
Time's up! The correct answer was Spontaneous combustion
AMERICAN COUNTIES
While many states have counties named Lincoln, this is the only state that has one named Snohomish
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington
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
THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY
Khartoum, Cairo, Kinshasa
Time's up! The correct answer was Cairo
FUN WITH BALLET
Dizzy Gillespie's music is also featured in it, but the ballet "For 'Bird' - With Love" is a tribute to him
Time's up! The correct answer was Charlie Parker
WHEN THE SAINTS
This Afro-Cuban belief system uses Catholic saints as representations of the spirit world
Time's up! The correct answer was Santería
IN EXILE
David Ben-Gurion went to the U.S. in 1915 when this empire exiled Zionists from Palestine
Time's up! The correct answer was Ottoman Empire
AROUND THE WORLD
Granite pillars support the roof of this man's burial "hall" near "The Gate of Heavenly Peace"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mao Tse-tung
4 N
Inopportune or untimely, like the title "woman" in a Dominick Dunne novel
Time's up! The correct answer was inconvenient
WE ARE AMUSED
The first one was added in 1950 by the producers of NBC's "The Hank McCune Show"
Time's up! The correct answer was Laugh track
WORMS
He told the Diet of Worms, "I do not accept the authority of popes and councils"
Time's up! The correct answer was Martin Luther
& HONEY
& Honey, could you take the minivan to the mechanic? It's still making noise here, also called the gearbox
Time's up! The correct answer was the transmission
COLOGNE RANGER
The Zoo Bridge spans this river that runs through Cologne
Time's up! The correct answer was the Rhine
IS IT "TEA" TIME YET?
When Lady Diana had doubts about marrying Prince Charles, she was told: Too late. "Your face is on" these cloth items
Time's up! The correct answer was tea towels
CHAIRS
The French version of a day bed, the chaise longue, literallly means this
Time's up! The correct answer was Long Chair
MACBETH
Macbeth says to this character, "Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold"
Time's up! The correct answer was Banquo's ghost
"G"ARDEN GLOSSARY
Rich in nutrients, this bat or bird dropping is good for your garden
Time's up! The correct answer was guano
RECORD LOSSES IN 2005
Named for a sport that embodies high society, this Ralph Lauren co. was hacked for 180,000 credit card numbers
Time's up! The correct answer was Polo
GOULASH
This fourth state of matter can be made by heating a gas or applying an electric field to it
Time's up! The correct answer was Plasma
PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS
Ferdinand von Lindemann proved the problem of "squaring" this with compass & ruler was impossible
Time's up! The correct answer was the circle
LIT MY FIRE
The burning of Moscow after Napoleon's exit is dramatized in this Tolstoy novel
Time's up! The correct answer was War and Peace
MOVIE MUSICALS
This actress who played Mary Stone on "The Donna Reed Show" was the only 1 to co-star in 3 Elvis films
Time's up! The correct answer was Shelly Fabares
"DON'T" YOU KNOW THIS SONG?
No doubt you know this "Tragic Kingdom" tune was No. 1 for 16 weeks on the airplay chart in 1996 & '97
Time's up! The correct answer was "Don't Speak"
IN THE DICTIONARY
As an adjective, it can mean proper; as a verb, "to grade papers"
Time's up! The correct answer was correct
...& THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON!
In the 17th century this type of wild horse numbered between 2 & 4 mil.; today, only about 20,000 remain, mostly in the West
Time's up! The correct answer was mustangs
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
This Venezuelan waterfall was named for an American bush pilot who discovered it in 1935
Time's up! The correct answer was Angel Falls
THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS
Russell Simmons & Rick Rubin founded Def Jam, the '80s' premier record label for this type of music
Time's up! The correct answer was Rap