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EUROPEAN HISTORY
He filed for divorce citing Leviticus 20:21, "If a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing"
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry VIII
NOTABLE NONHUMANS
In 1964 he lifted his beagles Him & Her by the ears on the White House lawn, provoking protest
Time's up! The correct answer was Lyndon Johnson
HARRY GUYS
There's no doubt about it, he was born Harry, but we know him as "Bing"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Bing" Crosby
HOLIDAYS
October holiday which Mexicans call Dia de la Raza is celebrated in the U.S. as this
Time's up! The correct answer was Columbus Day
STARTS WITH "W"
It found no evidence of a conspiracy involving Oswald & Ruby
Time's up! The correct answer was the Warren Commission
EPONYMS
This screw with a cross-slotted head (& the needed screwdriver) was invented by a Portland man in 1936
Time's up! The correct answer was Phillips
THE CONTINENTS
This continent has a lot of marsupials, like the native wombat
Time's up! The correct answer was Australia
JUST THE FACTS
He's the older son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana
Time's up! The correct answer was Prince William
POETS
She considered publishing "Sonnets from the Portuguese" as "Sonnets Translated from the Bosnian"
Time's up! The correct answer was ElizabethBrowning
ON BROADWAY: 1970
He starred on Broadway as Elwood P. Dowd in a revival of "Harvey"; who else could?
Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Stewart
BROADWAY TEENS
Brooke Shields & Lucy Lawless played Rizzo in the '90s revival of this rockin' high school musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Grease
LET'S GET MAS*Hed
William Christopher played this lovable chaplain on the show
Time's up! The correct answer was Father Mulcahy
DICE ROLL NICKNAMES
Boxcars, or Hobo's Delight on a Rainy Night
Time's up! The correct answer was Sixes
KNOTS TO YOU
The Honda is a slip knot used by cowboys to make this tool of the trade
Time's up! The correct answer was Lasso
CHOPIN
Every piece Chopin composed was for or included this instrument
Time's up! The correct answer was Piano
NOVEL QUOTES
(1945) "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others"
Time's up! The correct answer was Animal Farm
FARAWAY PLACES
This large African desert is home to 2 million people, about as many as Utah
Time's up! The correct answer was Sahara
AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE
The quokka, a short-tailed species of this kangaroo relative, is found on Rottnest Island & in W. Australia
Time's up! The correct answer was a wallaby
MAGIC
This magician's feats include walking through the Great Wall of China
Time's up! The correct answer was David Copperfield
MS.
Kristine Holderied was 1st to graduate top in her class from 1 of these
Time's up! The correct answer was service academy
FINE DINING
NYC sushi chef Masa Takayama has paid more than $120 a pound for this fish--a bit pricier than Star-Kist's
Time's up! The correct answer was tuna
FROM B TO C
1829 novelist of "Les Chouans"
Time's up! The correct answer was Balzac
OSCAR-WINNING ROLES
1942: Kay Miniver
Time's up! The correct answer was Greer Garson
CROSSWORD CLUES "H"
He who does it is lost (9)
Time's up! The correct answer was Hesitates
BRAND NAMES
Elsie the Cow's "husband", his face is plastered on glue bottles
Time's up! The correct answer was Elmer
NOT A POPE
Stephen IX, John XXIV, Clement VIII
Time's up! The correct answer was John XXIV
THE HUMAN ANIMAL
Slang for a woman on the prowl for younger men
Time's up! The correct answer was a cougar
ALBUMS
"All I Have" with LL Cool J was a last-minute addition to this Jennifer Lopez CD
Time's up! The correct answer was This Is Me... Then
AMERICAN COUNTIES
All the letters in this state's name are found in the name of its Uintah County
Time's up! The correct answer was Utah
A "TON" OF PEOPLE
After his death in 1974, his son Mercer took over his band
Time's up! The correct answer was Duke Ellington
BIBLE BOOK BINDINGS
Losing ___ Washington
Time's up! The correct answer was Isiah
PICTURE THIS
One of the first printed books with illustrations was a collection of this ancient man's fables in 1476
Time's up! The correct answer was Aesop
SOUND LIKE A LOCAL
This Ohio village, Thomas Edison's birthplace, is named for a North Italian city but rhymes with "stylin'"
Time's up! The correct answer was Milan
LITERARY CHARACTERS
He said, "My mother was an ape, and of course she couldn't tell me much about it"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tarzan
FROG ANATOMY
The pancreas & this 3-lobed organ provide digestive enzymes
Time's up! The correct answer was a frog liver
MODES OF TRANSPORT
3 types of these are rescue trucks, pumpers & ladder trucks
Time's up! The correct answer was fire trucks
MUSCAT LOVE
The 3 main forts in Muscat date from the 1580s when this small Iberian nation conquered & occupied it
Time's up! The correct answer was Portugal
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
GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY
Guyana has had a long-standing border dispute with this small country to its southeast
Time's up! The correct answer was Suriname
INSECTS
Its shape allows it to hide among twigs
Time's up! The correct answer was Walking stick
DIARIES
"My Name Escapes Me" is "The Diary of A Retiring Actor" by this portrayer of Obi-Wan Kenobi
Time's up! The correct answer was Sir Alec Guinness
1994 FILMS
In this film Martin Scorsese says the TV audience wants "To watch the money"
Time's up! The correct answer was Quiz Show
FINE DINING
This word for a French stew is pronounced the same as a pasta sauce brand
Time's up! The correct answer was ragout
ONE LETTER DIFFERENT
A large sack
Time's up! The correct answer was a big bag
WAR STORIES
"The Good Soldier Schweik", "Paths of Glory"
Time's up! The correct answer was World War I
SPELL CHECK HELL
Ay, caramba! Spell check changed the last name of a 16th c. conquistador into this, an old-fashioned girdle
Time's up! The correct answer was a corset
"MOON"S
“Moon shots” referred to home runs hit by this Dodger over short left field screen in L.A. Coliseum
Time's up! The correct answer was Wally Moon
ALL GOD'S CRITTERS
Males of this duck-billed mammal have poison spurs on each hind foot that can kill small animals
Time's up! The correct answer was Platypus
HOMOPHONES
A monetary gain, or one who foretells the future
Time's up! The correct answer was profit/prophet
AROUND THE APARTMENT BUILDING
When painting a room, put this on as the first coat; it's spelled like a book that teaches reading
Time's up! The correct answer was primer
RHYMES WITH SMART
Small, slender missile thrown at a board in a game
Time's up! The correct answer was a dart
BABY BOOMER MEMORIES
Likely containing a sandwich, the first of these depicting a TV character came along in 1950 with Hopalong Cassidy
Time's up! The correct answer was a lunchbox
BUSINESS BUDDIES
Postage meter inventor Arthur Pitney merged his company with that of this entrepreneur
Time's up! The correct answer was Bowes
SOMETHIN' TO "C"
The means of production are privately owned in this economic system
Time's up! The correct answer was Capitalism
"H" CITIES
The racing schooner Bluenose, depicted on Canada's 10-cent coin, has a replica in this Nova Scotian port
Time's up! The correct answer was Halifax
WORLD HISTORY
City that was the seat of government of the viceroyalty of New Spain
Time's up! The correct answer was Mexico City
& HONEY
& Honey, while you're up, can you grab my copy of "Caligula" by this French-Algerian author? He's so existential
Time's up! The correct answer was Camus
TBA
It's the animal name of the device I'm using here TO ANNOUNCE THE CLUE
Time's up! The correct answer was Bullhorn
"COURT" BRIEFS
Law students try mock hypothetical legal cases in this kind of court
Time's up! The correct answer was moot court
LISA
In 1983 Apple introduced the Lisa personal computer, the first PC with one of these controls
Time's up! The correct answer was a mouse
BULL
In 1923 James Cummings & Earl McLeod designed the first one of these using a Model T frame & a wooden blade
Time's up! The correct answer was a bulldozer
THE 23rd PSALM
"Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of" these
Time's up! The correct answer was mine enemies
PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS
Ulf von Euler won in 1970; dad Hans von Euler-Chelpin won for his work on the role of enzymes in this process in sugar
Time's up! The correct answer was fermentation
TV STARS
Taylor Negron plays nanny to these twins on "So Little Time"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Olsen twins
4-LETTER FRIENDS
The sport of rowing
Time's up! The correct answer was crew
CORPORATE SPORTS VENUES
This Disney-owned baseball team plays at Anaheim's Edison International Field
Time's up! The correct answer was Anaheim Angels
THE RENAISSANCE
In his notebooks this Renaissance artist claimed, "The Medici created and destroyed me"
Time's up! The correct answer was Leonardo Da Vinci
"PUN" JAB
Colons & commas & hyphens, oh my!
Time's up! The correct answer was punctuation
LYRICS FROM MUSICALS
"A boy like that who'd kill your brother, forget that boy & find another, one of your own kind"
Time's up! The correct answer was West Side Story
BALLET
The New York City ballet's first visit to this city's famous festival inspired the ballet "Scotch Symphony"
Time's up! The correct answer was Edinburgh
INTERNATIONAL NAMES
The U.N. ties of this Secretary-General date back to 1975, when he was a South Korean diplomat
Time's up! The correct answer was Ban Ki-moon
JUST DESSERTS
Perfect for dipping in wine or coffee, biscotti are twice-baked cookies from this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
"D" IN HISTORY
In 1578 a Mongolian ruler first gave the leader of Tibet's Yellow Hat sect of Buddhism this title
Time's up! The correct answer was Dalai Lama
ENGLISH LIT
Since the beadle named his waifs alphabetically, this character came between Swubble & Unwin
Time's up! The correct answer was Twist
INVENTIVE MINDS
He's on the 4th floor in the Inventors Hall of Fame for his "improvement in hoisting apparatus"
Time's up! The correct answer was Otis
THE UNIVERSE
William Herschel thought he saw these around Uranus in 1787; in 1977 they were really seen
Time's up! The correct answer was Rings
CLASSICAL GASES
Lighter than air, it's also called marsh gas & is found in natural gas
Time's up! The correct answer was Methane
TV PRODUCERS
He probably has another 6 or 7 "Law & Order" offshoots on his desk just waiting for network slots
Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Wolf
CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS
This May-5 born Monty Python member & BBC travel filmmaker is a commando of the Order of the British Empire
Time's up! The correct answer was Palin
COMMON BONDS
Fife, Rubble, Miller
Time's up! The correct answer was Barney
4-LETTER WORDS
A roue, or his garden implement
Time's up! The correct answer was Rake
AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE
Australia has the only all-black species of this bird, Cygnus atratus
Time's up! The correct answer was a swan
SAINTS
In the 7th century Isidore was bishop of this city, not barber of it
Time's up! The correct answer was Seville
2-LETTER ABBREV.
It's the famous apparel company founded by surfboard maker Jim Jenks in 1972
Time's up! The correct answer was OP
BESTSELLERS
This author's "The Secret Man" detailed the history of his interactions with Deep Throat
Time's up! The correct answer was Bob Woodward
SCIENCE & NATURE
In the East Indies certain species of this reptile are called flying dragons because they can glide from tree to tree
Time's up! The correct answer was Lizards
FATHER'S IN LAW
Coincidentally, today father's squash opponent was also his deponent, as father was taking this
Time's up! The correct answer was a deposition
TRAVEL & TOURISM
This British wax museum famed for its chamber of horrors now has a time-traveling ride in it, too
Time's up! The correct answer was Madame Tussauds
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"
PHRASES THAT SELL
This network says it's "The most trusted name in news"
Time's up! The correct answer was CNN
SCIENCE & NATURE
(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the Field Museum in Chicago) Snail shells are in a pattern usually called this; they add new coils as the snail ages
Time's up! The correct answer was spiral
OSCAR WINNERS & NOMINEES ON TV
"An Unmarried Woman" in the movies, she played Donald Sutherland's wife Letitia on "Dirty Sexy Money"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jill Clayburgh
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
Ecuador & Venezuela observe the birth of this "George Washington of South America" each July 24
Time's up! The correct answer was Simon Bolivar
TOM JONES
Tom hails from Pontypridd in this British Isles country
Time's up! The correct answer was Wales
U.S.A.
Ironically, the prison inmates of this state produce license plates which read "Live Free Or Die"
Time's up! The correct answer was New Hampshire
"X", "Y", "Z"
Some of these are produced by bremsstrahlung, from the German for "breaking radiation"
Time's up! The correct answer was x-rays
QUOTATIONS
In 1944 she wrote in her diary, "In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart"
Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Frank
WORLD CITIES
Recife is called "The Venice of" this South American country
Time's up! The correct answer was Brazil
MOTTOES
Strangely, "Blood & fire" is the motto of this Christian charitable organization
Time's up! The correct answer was the Salvation Army
FUN WITH BALLET
The Roanoke Ballet's dancers raced around with logos on their unitards in a ballet named for this auto assoc.
Time's up! The correct answer was NASCAR
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
SKIP TO MY "LOO"
An old gold coin equal to 2 pistoles
Time's up! The correct answer was a doubloon
CliffsNotes
Frenchman swipes some bread, gets 19 years, gets out, gets pursued by a cop who dies
Time's up! The correct answer was "Les Miserables"
SNOWBOARDING
Like skateboarders, snowboarders perform in a U-shaped structure called this
Time's up! The correct answer was a half-pipe
STATE: THE OBVIOUS
At last count, this state had about 2 1/2 times as many cars as Texas or New York
Time's up! The correct answer was California
LETTER MEN
In 1930 he directed his first talkie, "Abraham Lincoln", starring Walter Huston
Time's up! The correct answer was D.W. Griffith
WORLD CITIES
This Cairo suburb, near the Pyramids, is home to most of Egypt's motion picture industry
Time's up! The correct answer was Giza
ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL
This element, Na, combines with chlorine to form ordinary table salt
Time's up! The correct answer was sodium
OSCAR NIGHT 2003
For "Talk to Her", he became the first man in over 30 years to win with a screenplay in a foreign language
Time's up! The correct answer was Pedro Almodovar
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
ORGANIZED LABOR
The United Steelworkers of America is headquartered in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Pittsburgh
"KEY"s
Attractions in this Florida city include the homes of Ernest Hemingway & John Jacob Audubon
Time's up! The correct answer was Key West
THREE
It beats 2 pair, but not a straight
Time's up! The correct answer was Three of a kind
PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS
The four-color problem relates to the minimum number of colors needed for this cartographic item
Time's up! The correct answer was a map
MOVIES & TV
On March 19, 2009 he said, "I'm excited and honored to introduce my first guest... Barack Obama"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jay Leno
CORAL REEF LIFE
A species of these well-armed creatures known as the crown-of-thorns feasts on coral reefs
Time's up! The correct answer was starfish
"PIN" ME
Among dog breeds, this word follows miniature & Doberman
Time's up! The correct answer was Pinscher
CROSSWORD CLUES "J"
A joyful celebration (10)
Time's up! The correct answer was jubilation
WHAT A WEEK
This is a rough week for pledges, but if they can make it through, they can be fraternity members
Time's up! The correct answer was hell week
THE SUMMER OLYMPICS
In 2004 the USA's Bryan Clay, with 8,820 points, took the silver in this 10-event contest
Time's up! The correct answer was the decathlon
AMERICANA
Suffragettes were women who wanted the right to do this (& got to with the 19th Amendement)
Time's up! The correct answer was vote
LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER
Meg, Jo, Beth & Amy March have crushes on Rupert Birkin & Gerald Crich in this D.H. Lawrence novel
Time's up! The correct answer was Little Women in Love
ANNIVERSARY GIFTS
19th century American "King of the South" that's a 2nd anniversary gift
Time's up! The correct answer was Cotton
RADIO
In 2005 NPR revived this 1950s program in which people state their credos
Time's up! The correct answer was This I Believe
NORM!
1968 "The Armies of the Night" won him a Pulitzer & the National Book Award
Time's up! The correct answer was Norman Mailer
MOVIE MUSIC
Caetano Veloso & Mr. Loco are among artists on the soundtrack of this Jack Black wrestling movie
Time's up! The correct answer was Nacho Libre
ANYTHING BUT CHEESESTEAK
The "Kid' seen here represents these snacks
Time's up! The correct answer was Twinkies
"CAL" STATE
Using one of these instruments, a doctor can see just how thick-headed you are:
Time's up! The correct answer was Calipers
SPORTS SHORTS
This manager went out on top when he called it quits Oct. 31, 2011
Time's up! The correct answer was La Russa
RELIGION
This 13th century Italian theologian was born in Roccasecca near the town of Aquino
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Thomas Aquinas
TELEVISION
"Dragnet"'s Jack Webb also developed this police series starring Martin Milner & Kent McCord
Time's up! The correct answer was "Adam-12"
MYTHOLOGICAL PAIRS
He travels to Ireland to ask the hand of the princess Isolde for his uncle, King Mark of Cornwall
Time's up! The correct answer was Tristan
BIOGRAPHIES
"Shalom, Friend" tells of "The Life and Legacy" of this slain Israeli leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Yitzhak Rabin
"I" LADS
His is the first & longest book of the Bible's major prophets
Time's up! The correct answer was Isaiah
THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE SOUTH
Scenic traces include one along Lake Pontchartrain & a 500-mile one from Nashville to this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Natchez
ARTISTS' RETREATS
Around 1912, 2 painters from the Art Institute of this city founded the Ox-Bow Institute in Saugatuck, Mich.
Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago
SKIP TO MY "LOO"
A sailing vessel with a single mast
Time's up! The correct answer was a sloop
THE CIVIL WAR
In February 1861 6 Southern states founded the Confederate States of America & elected him president
Time's up! The correct answer was Jefferson Davis
FRUIT
This hybrid of a tangerine & a grapefruit comes in 2 main varieties: Orlando & Minneola
Time's up! The correct answer was Tangelo
___ OG
Hey, "don't just sit there like a bump on" one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a log
FAIRY TALE FEMMES
One of the few times she laughs in Wonderland is when she has to use a flamingo to play croquet
Time's up! The correct answer was Alice
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS
"Cordelia"
Time's up! The correct answer was KIng Lear
THE TITANIC
The ship was so big, communication was by telegraph from this navigating area to the engine room
Time's up! The correct answer was the bridge
AUTHORS
His "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" spans 100 years from the Civil War to the civil rights movement
Time's up! The correct answer was Ernest J. Gaines
SCRAMBLED EGGS
A type of this lays the smallest egg for an avian: BRING HIM MUD
Time's up! The correct answer was hummingbird
MASTER OF PUPPETS
This 2004 Matt Stone & Trey Parker film featured risque marionettes
Time's up! The correct answer was Team America
WAR MOVIES
1978: The wife of a soldier fighting in Vietnam works at a VA hospital & has an affair with a wounded vet
Time's up! The correct answer was Coming Home
BIBLE BOOK BINDINGS
Losing ___ Washington
Time's up! The correct answer was Isiah
AROUND THE POKER TABLE WITH SLIM
According to Hoyle, before Slim deals, the player to his right has to do this with 5 to 47 cards
Time's up! The correct answer was Cut the deck
ALL MY Xs
Maximum number of Xs that can appear on one bowler's score sheet in one game
Time's up! The correct answer was 12
WYOMING
The source of this main tributary of the Columbia River is located in Yellowstone National Park
Time's up! The correct answer was the Snake River
YOU MUST BE JOKING
When singing "The Star-Spangled Banner", Pavarotti & Domingo could change the first line to this for Mr. Carreras
Time's up! The correct answer was Jose, can you see by the dawn's early light
AMERICAN HISTORY
This political party founded around 1789 stood for a strong central government
Time's up! The correct answer was the Federalists
LISA
In 1997 Lisa Pollak won a Pulitzer Prize reporting for this Baltimore newspaper where H.L. Mencken once worked
Time's up! The correct answer was the Baltimore Sun
IT'S A COUP D'ETAT
After his murder, the conspirators did not gain control, as power was passed on to the Second Triumvirate
Time's up! The correct answer was Julius Caesar
NATIVE AMERICANS
Major subgroups of this tribe of the American Southwest include Kiowa, Chiricahua & Mescalero
Time's up! The correct answer was the Apache
2011 MOVIES
He was busy in 2011, with parts in "Paul", "Horrible Bosses" & "The Change-Up"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bateman
LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER
Meg, Jo, Beth & Amy March have crushes on Rupert Birkin & Gerald Crich in this D.H. Lawrence novel
Time's up! The correct answer was Little Women in Love
MUNICH
In the 16th century, Munich was a center of the German phase of this movement against Protestantism
Time's up! The correct answer was the Counter-Reformation
SPORTS
(Hi, I'm Greg Gumbel) During his 26-year career Sparky Anderson managed the Cincinnati Reds to 4 NL titles & this team to 1 AL championship
Time's up! The correct answer was Detroit Tigers
TELEPHONE HISTORY
In 1980 Dial-It National Sports became the first service on this new area code
Time's up! The correct answer was 1-900
GUINNESS RECORDS
Working with more than 4.5 million donors, this American org. is the world's largest blood provider
Time's up! The correct answer was the Red Cross
SNOWBOARDING
Snowboarding is often featured in ads for this Pepsico soda with a lofty name
Time's up! The correct answer was Mountain Dew
FOUNTAINS
Andrea Del Verrocchio sculpted his bronze "Boy With" this sea creature for a Medici villa
Time's up! The correct answer was Dolphin
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
5-LETTER WORDS
One who steals by stealth: Thessalonians speaks of one "in the night"
Time's up! The correct answer was a thief
NIGHT WATCH
July 7, 2009: If you're in Australia, the Americas or sailing the Pacific, look for an eclipse of this
Time's up! The correct answer was the Moon
TIME TO "EAT"
To practice trickery or fraud in game play
Time's up! The correct answer was cheat
THE COLOR PURPLE
Established by George Washington in 1782, it can also be given to P.O.W.s who've been mistreated
Time's up! The correct answer was Purple Heart
"DO", "RE", "MI"
Harmful or poisonous fumes caused by decaying organic matter
Time's up! The correct answer was Miasma
STARTS WITH "B"
2-word French term for a small bundle of herbs, often tied together & used for flavoring
Time's up! The correct answer was Bouquet Garni
RED SOX IT TO ME
With 44 homers, 121 RBIs & a .326 average, Carl Yastrzemski is the last baseball player to win this
Time's up! The correct answer was the Triple Crown
1950s ACHIEVEMENTS
On Nov. 20, 1953, in a Douglas D-558-2, Scott Crossfield reached this benchmark
Time's up! The correct answer was Traveling twice the speed of sound
MUSEUMS
A Brussels art & history museum has a giant statue from this Chilean island on exhibit
Time's up! The correct answer was Easter Island
"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
POUR ME A STIFF ONE
Nonpotent potable in common to a fuzzy navel & a screwdriver
Time's up! The correct answer was orange juice
SPORTS FACTS
In the 1960s he won 7 major tournaments, more than any other golfer
Time's up! The correct answer was Nicklaus
POLITICAL MOVIES
This political satire starred John Travolta as a Southern governor running for president
Time's up! The correct answer was Primary Colors
ANNUAL EVENTS
Dancers clomp around in wooden shoes at the Holland, Michigan festival honoring this flower
Time's up! The correct answer was the tulip
POP MUSIC
He recorded "Gone At Last" with Phoebe Snow, not Art Garfunkel
Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Simon
"V" IS FOR
...this pasta, thinner than spaghetti, whose name is Italian for "little worms"
Time's up! The correct answer was vermicelli
ART
Dante Gabriel Rossetti wanted to take art back to "pre-" this Renaissance master born in 1483
Time's up! The correct answer was Raphael
NYC MUSIC HISTORY
She co-wrote "The Loco-Motion" in the Brill Building on Broadway
Time's up! The correct answer was Carole King
NATIONS OF AFRICA
In a song title, this country whose capital is Nairobi might come before "Feel the Love Tonight"
Time's up! The correct answer was Kenya
BUSY AS A BEAVER
Grey Beaver is the first master of this Jack London wolf-dog
Time's up! The correct answer was White Fang
GOVERNMENT
This country's National People's Congress has had up to around 3,500 members
Time's up! The correct answer was China
ROGER!
In 1982 he co-anchored "NBC Nightly News" with Tom Brokaw, & you could say his name is...
Time's up! The correct answer was Roger Mudd
1800
William Herschel discovered these "rays" beyond the red end of the visible spectrum
Time's up! The correct answer was Infrared rays
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY SAYS....
Edna wrote that this "burns at both ends; it will not last the night"
Time's up! The correct answer was My candle
3 LITTLE LETTERS
"Day to Day" & "All Things Considered" are among the programs going out to its 26 million listeners
Time's up! The correct answer was NPR
THE 13th CENTURY
This Yucatan city whose ruins are a UNESCO world heritage site gave way to Mayapan as a Mayan political center
Time's up! The correct answer was Chichen Itza
"X", "Y", "Z"
Despite its bulk, this wild ox found in Tibet is an excellent swimmer
Time's up! The correct answer was a yak
1984
The Boston Symphony had to pay this actress $100,000 for canceling her contract due to her PLO support
Time's up! The correct answer was Vanessa Redgrave
FRENCH ART & ARTISTS
This resident of Argenteuil painted "The Regatta at Argenteuil", seen here:
Time's up! The correct answer was Claude Monet
AMERICAN AUTHORS
William Rose Benet won a Pulitzer for "The Dust Which Is God", & this brother won for "John Brown's Body"
Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Vincent Benet
THE EMERALD ISLE
It's the only Irish city with a population above 500,000
Time's up! The correct answer was Dublin
WOMEN: WRITE ON!
"Shiksa Goddess: (or, How I Spent My Forties)" is a collection of essays by this "Heidi Chronicles" playwright
Time's up! The correct answer was Wasserstein
THE TIGERS
One of this man's most famous poems begins, "Tyger! Tyger! burning bright, in the forests of the night"
Time's up! The correct answer was William Blake
VERBS
Appropriate last name of Captain William of 18th century Virginia, who promoted vigilante justice
Time's up! The correct answer was Lynch
BON APPE-"T"
This root vegetable often has white skin & a purple-tinged top
Time's up! The correct answer was Turnip
ONE-WORD RHYMES
An important person, perhaps with an elaborate toupee
Time's up! The correct answer was bigwig
WHERE'S THE COLLEGE?
University of Washington
Time's up! The correct answer was Seattle
I DID IT NORWAY
Winter sports lovers benefit from the 2-billion-kroner upgrade of this 1994 Olympic city
Time's up! The correct answer was Lillehammer
ALL ASHORE FOR BIRD LORE
This forward from French Lick, Indiana was NBA MVP 3 times in the 1980s
Time's up! The correct answer was Larry Bird
STATE OF THE UNION
Turnabout is fair play--it seceded from a confederate state & joined the union in June 1863
Time's up! The correct answer was West Virginia
DICTATORS & TYRANTS
A humble lawyer from Arras, in 1793 he became Head of the Committee of Public Safety & launched a bloodbath
Time's up! The correct answer was Robespierre
POETS
After his death in 1821, a fellow poet wrote that he was fragile & was "killed off by one critique"
Time's up! The correct answer was Keats
THE CINEMA
The popular soundtrack of this 2000 film includes "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow" & "You Are My Sunshine"
Time's up! The correct answer was O Brother, Where Art Thou?
INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY
From the Latin for "clear" comes the name for this woodwind instrument
Time's up! The correct answer was clarinet
HISTORIC NAMES
This king died in 1760, leaving it to his grandson & successor to lose the American colonies
Time's up! The correct answer was George II
ISLANDS
A causeway connects this Persian Gulf nation with the Saudi Arabian mainland
Time's up! The correct answer was Bahrain
ANATOMY
This vein's name comes from the Latin for "collarbone"
Time's up! The correct answer was the jugular
THEY'RE ON CABLE
The title pair of this TNT show is Boston detective Angie Harmon & medical examiner Sasha Alexander
Time's up! The correct answer was Rizzoli & Isles
ALL GOD'S CRITTERS
Widely hunted for their hides, the American, Cuban & Nile species of this reptile are now in danger
Time's up! The correct answer was Crocodile
TELEPHONE HISTORY
In 1991 this telephone company launched its Friends & Family promotion
Time's up! The correct answer was MCI
THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE SOUTH
The American Heritage Dictionary calls this pronoun the most famous feature of Southern dialects
Time's up! The correct answer was y'all
LUNCH COUNTER LINGO
This beverage is Adam's ale
Time's up! The correct answer was water
CHANCE
The U.S. golf register says the chances of this have been estimated north of 1 in 20,000
Time's up! The correct answer was a hole-in-one
DEMOCRATIC KEYNOTERS
1992: New Jersey senator
Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Bradley
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
CHOPIN
Every piece Chopin composed was for or included this instrument
Time's up! The correct answer was Piano
ANNIVERSARY GIFTS
19th century American "King of the South" that's a 2nd anniversary gift
Time's up! The correct answer was Cotton
OPERA
Like many of his works, this composer's "Tannhauser" is based on Germanic legends
Time's up! The correct answer was Wagner
THREE CHEERS!
Since the 1979 incident at this location, no new nuclear reactors have been ordered in the U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was Three-Mile Island
THE BIG APPLE
A mast to moor dirigibles was added to this skyscraper, but only one ever moored successfully
Time's up! The correct answer was Empire State Building
PRESIDENTS IN IOWA
In 1887 Cleveland attended this city's Corn Palace (or should we say Maize Palace)
Time's up! The correct answer was Sioux City
WHAM-O
Versions of this lawn toy to keep you cool in the summer include "Wave Rider" & "Bounce 'N Splash"
Time's up! The correct answer was a Slip 'N Slide
NO. 1 ALBUMS
"Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell"
Time's up! The correct answer was Meat Loaf
TEENS OF THE PAST
She was a teenager when she married Ferdinand in 1469
Time's up! The correct answer was Isabella
HOME
There are 2 types of these safety devices, photoelectric & ionization
Time's up! The correct answer was Smoke detectors
A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS
Baylor, Stephen F. Austin, Rice
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas
PLAY REVIVALS
Ethan Hawke appeared in a 1992 production of this Chekhov play with another bird in its name
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Seagull"
ANIMAL GROUPS
Wisconsin folks know a cete is a group of these carnivores
Time's up! The correct answer was Badgers
FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME
Mrs. Truman's frocks
Time's up! The correct answer was Bess's dresses
BASIC SCIENCE
Newton's first law, about bodies at rest & in motion, is also called the law of this
Time's up! The correct answer was the law of inertia
CAPITOL THINKERS
This man from Mass. is the ranking Democrat of the Senate's Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee
Time's up! The correct answer was Edward Kennedy
SILENCE
The journal of this quiet type of institution gives an award for the one "of the Year"; in 2010 it was in Columbus
Time's up! The correct answer was a library
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Previously attached to Theo- & Isa-, it became popular by itself after appearing in "David Copperfield"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dora
YES, THAT'S "WHITE"
Condition of heavy snow or fog during daylight in which visibility is lost
Time's up! The correct answer was a whiteout
THE HUMAN BODY
When this organ churns & makes perisstaltic waves, some people say it's "growling"
Time's up! The correct answer was Stomach
HEISMAN WINNERS
In 2006 Troy Smith joined Eddie George & back-to-back winner Archie Griffin as winners from this school
Time's up! The correct answer was Ohio State
A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY
Romance is a perfume from this designer whom you might call a major "polo" player
Time's up! The correct answer was Ralph Lauren
BIRDS! BIRDS! BIRDS!
A national symbol, this endangered bird has been making a comeback in recent years
Time's up! The correct answer was Bald eagle
AMERICAN EXPLORERS
Senator Thomas Hart Benton's son-in-law was this "Pathfinder"
Time's up! The correct answer was John C. Frémont
FAMOUS JACQUES
He painted the death of Marat & he himself died in exile in Brussels
Time's up! The correct answer was Jacques-Louis David
STRING THEORY 201
String theory attempts to merge quantum mechanics with Einstein's general theory of this
Time's up! The correct answer was relativity
CRAFT
This word for a step in sewing a garment is also found paired with "hawing"
Time's up! The correct answer was hemming
PHYSICS
If it were not for the retarding influence of this, raindrops would attain bullet-like speeds
Time's up! The correct answer was the atmosphere
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
MOVIES & TV
Of his dialogue, this Han Solo actor said, "You can type this (stuff), George, but you sure can't say it"
Time's up! The correct answer was Harrison Ford
SPORTS FACTS
In 1962 this country's Dawn Fraser became the first woman swimmer to break one minute in the 100-meter freestyle
Time's up! The correct answer was Australia
SPORTS EQUIPMENT
This apparatus used in women's gymnastics is about 4 in. wide & 16 ft. long
Time's up! The correct answer was Balance Beam
U.S. CITIES
This Rhode Island resort city is the site of the U.S. Navy Undersea Warfare Center
Time's up! The correct answer was Newport
iPOD, YOUTUBE OR WII
It was introduced as a way to "put 1,000 songs in your pocket"
Time's up! The correct answer was iPod
"PH"UN WORDS
In the scientific classification of animals, it's Chordata for a domesticated dog
Time's up! The correct answer was phylum
DOUBLE A
It's how you properly address the Queen of England
Time's up! The correct answer was Maam
DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB
He played outfield for the Birmingham Barons before returning to the Bulls
Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Jordan
YOU BEAST!
The bulls of these African animals can weigh up to 6 tons
Time's up! The correct answer was an elephant
AND I QUOTE
Publishing term for the type of quote seen here: [Trebek's...made it into record books as host of television's #1-rated quiz show.]
Time's up! The correct answer was Pull quote
CORPORATE SPORTS VENUES
3-letter corporate name that's on the Indianapolis venue seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was RCA Dome
BACKWORDS
You'd be naive to think you can make bottled water that's more popular than this
Time's up! The correct answer was Evian
PRESIDENTIAL FINAL MOMENTS
The 2nd Prez to die in the White House, he was felled by acute indigestion (or was it poison?)
Time's up! The correct answer was Zachary Taylor
A THOMAS GUIDE
He obtained 1,093 patents, the most the U.S. Patent Office has ever issued to one person
Time's up! The correct answer was Edison
FAMOUS OBJECTS
Shah Jahan, Ranjit Singh & Queen Victoria all possessed a famous one whose name means "mountain of light"
Time's up! The correct answer was a diamond
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST
The Post's history goes back to The Pennsylvania Gazette founded by this man
Time's up! The correct answer was Benjamin Franklin
ROYALTY
This "bonnie" prince had a daughter by his mistress Clementina Walkinshaw
Time's up! The correct answer was "Bonnie" Prince Charlie
CARDS & DICE
It's the number of dice you toss on your first roll of Yahtzee
Time's up! The correct answer was 5
THE MISFITS
Born Joseph Levitch, he's been a nutty professor & an errand boy
Time's up! The correct answer was Jerry Lewis
WOOD & WIND
The line "O wild west wind, thou breath of autumn's being" starts an 1819 ode by this man
Time's up! The correct answer was Percy Shelley
"EZ" DOES IT
Port Said is this waterway's northern terminus
Time's up! The correct answer was Suez Canal
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
SA's website's "Ask the Experts" column answers key questions like "Why does bruised fruit turn" this color
Time's up! The correct answer was brown
A MASSIVE "M"ETROPOLIS
3.6 million: Down Under
Time's up! The correct answer was Melbourne
SEEING "RED"
Stephen Crane wrote, "He wished that he, too, had a wound," this
Time's up! The correct answer was A red badge of courage
A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS
We don't see what was so good about this 2-word term for the worldwide 1930s economic disaster
Time's up! The correct answer was the Great Depression
CHEESE
Sonny Chiba, star of such memorable films as "The Bushido Blade", appeared in "Volume One" of this Tarantino epic
Time's up! The correct answer was Kill Bill
SOMETHIN' TO "C"
Oscar & Felix were an "odd" one
Time's up! The correct answer was Couple
CHANTED
This musical instrument consists of a chanter, several drones & an air sack
Time's up! The correct answer was a bagpipe
BEGINNING & END
In 2006 it began on July 1 in Strasbourg & ended on July 23 in Paris
Time's up! The correct answer was the Tour de France
SECRET MENUS
Fatburger offers a "Hypocrite Burger" featuring this type of patty with slabs of bacon
Time's up! The correct answer was veggie patty
OOH... A WISE GUY
By pure reason you should know he's the categorical German seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Immanuel Kant
GRAINS & STAPLES
The pot type of this grain retains more of the bran than the pearl type
Time's up! The correct answer was barley
FLAG 'EM DOWN
The first 50-star U.S. flag was officially raised on July 4 of this year
Time's up! The correct answer was 1960
THE "CAPTAIN"
This enigmatic seafarer in 1954's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" was portrayed by James Mason
Time's up! The correct answer was Captain Nemo
ANIMALS
What the Germans call a Bambusbar, we generally call this
Time's up! The correct answer was a panda bear
TEENS OF THE PAST
As a teenaer this "Great" guy ruled Russia jointly with his sickly half-brother Ivan
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter the Great
SONGS
It's what "everybody in the whole cell block was dancin' to"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Jailhouse Rock"
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Abbreviated "P", this element comes in red, white, & black forms
Time's up! The correct answer was phosphorus
WORLD UP!
Russia's longest border is not with China but with this "stan"
Time's up! The correct answer was Kazakhstan
SENIOR SENATORS
This man has 26 years of seniority on his fellow West Virginia senator Jay Rockefeller
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Byrd
THE NEW CAR LOT
This company's '99 Quest minivan & Mercury's '99 Villager -- same thing
Time's up! The correct answer was Nissan
THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT, MAN!
It's borders are the Atlantic Ocean to the south & west & Spain to the north & east
Time's up! The correct answer was Portugal
ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL
Diamonds & graphite are both forms of this element
Time's up! The correct answer was carbon
LOW CUT GENES
Named for a German neuropathologist, this memory loss disease may be caused by a gene on chromosome 21
Time's up! The correct answer was Alzheimer's disease
SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD
The accomodations at the monastery were rudimentary at best
Time's up! The correct answer was accommodations
AMERICAN HISTORY
His foes said that in 1877 he agreed to withdraw remaining federal troops from the south in return for electoral support
Time's up! The correct answer was Hayes
MOVIE PRODUCERS
Albert R. Broccoli produced 17 James Bond films & this kids' movie also based on an Ian Fleming book
Time's up! The correct answer was Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
FDR
Referring to the attack on Pearl Harbor, FDR called December 7, 1941 "A date which will" do this
Time's up! The correct answer was "Live in Infamy"
NO. 32
It begins "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven"
Time's up! The correct answer was 32nd Psalm
"KEY"s
This type of private establishment admits only members & their guests
Time's up! The correct answer was a key club
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
Odin learned the secrets of these alphabetic symbols while hanging for 9 days on Yggdrasil, the world tree
Time's up! The correct answer was runes
PSYCHOLOGY
According to psychoanalytic theory, it’s part of the personality which balances the id & superego
Time's up! The correct answer was the ego
GEOGRAPHY
Many things in Hong Kong are named for this queen, including the mountain peak on Hong Kong island
Time's up! The correct answer was Victoria
THE CANARY ISLANDS
In July 2007 one of these instruments with a 34-foot mirror was completed on the Canary Islands
Time's up! The correct answer was a telescope
THE TITANIC
The ship was so big, communication was by telegraph from this navigating area to the engine room
Time's up! The correct answer was the bridge
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
Islamic legal opinion or directive (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was fatwa
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
HISTORY
This Asian political party was founded in 1885 with "Indian National" as part of its name
Time's up! The correct answer was the Congress Party
SHOTS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD
In 1999 she wasn't shirtless in Seattle but rather in Pasadena after her kick won the Women's World Cup for the U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was Brandi Chastain
TV STARS
Taylor Negron plays nanny to these twins on "So Little Time"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Olsen twins
AMERICAN HISTORY
Completed in 1856, California's first railroad ran 22 miles between Sacramento & this prison city
Time's up! The correct answer was Folsom
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
SI's SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE
This tire co. paid Rip Hamilton "to braid his hair in the tread pattern of one of its tires", not blimps
Time's up! The correct answer was Goodyear
IT'S AN L.A. THING
You can hit the Comedy Store, House of Blues, Whisky A Go Go & the Viper Room on this "strip" of L.A.
Time's up! The correct answer was Sunset Strip
"V"
A tramp or wanderer
Time's up! The correct answer was a vagabond
COLOGNE RANGER
Born in Cologne in 1876, he was the first chancellor of West Germany following World War II
Time's up! The correct answer was Konrad Adenauer
WORLD COINS
Its 1-shekel coin features a flower taken from a Judean coin during the Persian period
Time's up! The correct answer was Israel
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Site of a 1977 6.5 earthquake: Bucharest
Time's up! The correct answer was Romania
ANCIENT HISTORY
He was only 16 when he became Roman emperor upon the death of Claudius
Time's up! The correct answer was Nero
ARCHITECTS
Dallas-Fort Worth Airport architect Gyo Obata helped design this Smithsonian museum
Time's up! The correct answer was Air & Space Museum
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
Charlie made 35 films in about a year at this Mack Sennett studio
Time's up! The correct answer was Keystone Studios
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
NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES
The Times made its own front page in 1971 when the Supreme Court upheld its publication of these documents
Time's up! The correct answer was The Pentagon Papers
THE CIVIL WAR
1 of the 3 men whom Lincoln defeated in the 1860 presidential election
Time's up! The correct answer was Breckenridge
ON THE "WAR"PATH
Homeothermic, like mammals
Time's up! The correct answer was warm-blooded
ROYALTY
This "bonnie" prince had a daughter by his mistress Clementina Walkinshaw
Time's up! The correct answer was "Bonnie" Prince Charlie
KAN U SPEL BIZNESS?
Amazing, phenomenal cleaner from SC Johnson
Time's up! The correct answer was F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-K
"T" TIME AT THE LIBRARY
It's the third book of the autobiographical trilogy that began with "Tropic of Cancer"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Triopic of Capricorn"
21st CENTURY MUSIC
The stage name of this R&B singer born Shaffer Smith is a play on the name of a character in "The Matrix"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ne-Yo
NAME THE WORK
Cervantes: "At a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not wish to remember"
Time's up! The correct answer was Don Quixote
KANSAS CITIES
In the 1960s this largest Kansas city became the world's largest producer of general aviation aircraft
Time's up! The correct answer was Wichita
ABBREVIATED
High-ranking business operative: CFO
Time's up! The correct answer was chief financial officer
RICHARD
In 1886 Richard Sears began selling pocket watches & in 1887 hired this man as his watch repairman
Time's up! The correct answer was Roebuck
THE FILM THAT ALMOST WAS
Nicole Kidman dropped out of playing Brad Pitt's wife in this film; you may have heard Angelina Jolie got the part
Time's up! The correct answer was Mr. & Mrs. Smith
PERFUME
Though it has the same name, Benetton's perfume wasn't named for this controversial Sean Penn film
Time's up! The correct answer was Colors
I KNOW THAT SONG
Glory, hallelujah! "His truth is marching on" in this patriotic hymn
Time's up! The correct answer was "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
COMPOSERS
Composers known as “the 3 B’s”
Time's up! The correct answer was Bach, Beethoven & Brahms
NOTED EUROPEANS
Giuseppina Strepponi, a prima donna in "Nabucco", married this famous Giuseppe in 1859
Time's up! The correct answer was Verdi
FATHERS & SONS
The island where this man's son washed ashore was later named Ikaria
Time's up! The correct answer was Daedalus
THE ROLLING STONES
It was the number of the Rolling Stones' 1966 "Nervous Breakdown"
Time's up! The correct answer was 19th
FOR THE FASHIONISTA
The sex-symbol look of films like "La Dolce Vita" has long insired Domenico Dolce & this partner
Time's up! The correct answer was Gabana
THE NEW TESTAMENT
This mother of John The Baptist was well into old age when John was born
Time's up! The correct answer was Elizabeth
AMERICANA
In 1986 this New York capital celebrated the 300th anniversary of its charter as a city
Time's up! The correct answer was Albany
BOOK TITLES
"I am the rose of Sharon" & "When you know your name, you should hang on to it" are from 2 different books titled this
Time's up! The correct answer was Song of Solomon
KANSAS CITIES
This college town has been called the "Little Apple"
Time's up! The correct answer was Manhattan
MILLIONS OF REASONS
"What Are You Doing After the Orgy?" is a book by this man who played a millionaire on "Gilligan's Island"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jim Backus
HOMOPHONES
A walkway between sections of seats in a theater, or a small piece of land surrounded by water
Time's up! The correct answer was an aisle/isle
NEWS ON THE MARCH
On March 29, 2004 Latvia & 6 other ex-Communist nations joined this organization
Time's up! The correct answer was NATO
ONE-WORD RHYMES
An important person, perhaps with an elaborate toupee
Time's up! The correct answer was bigwig
4 N
It's the church festival on March 25 commemorating what Gabriel told Mary
Time's up! The correct answer was the annunciation
20th CENTURY NICKNAMES
"The People's Lawyer" & 2000 Green Party presidential candidate
Time's up! The correct answer was Ralph Nader
NOTORIOUS
Despite his "fortunate" nickname, this gangster was deported to Italy in '46
Time's up! The correct answer was "Lucky" Luciano
BACKWARDS
Field Marshal Barclay used this maneuver associated with defeat to lure Napoleon deep into Russia
Time's up! The correct answer was a retreat
WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
Jacobins in the French Revolution proudly called themselves these, now describing people who use fear to persuade
Time's up! The correct answer was terrorists
COMPUTER TERMS
You can't have too much RAM, which stands for this
Time's up! The correct answer was random-access memory
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?
This province has the longest border, including water, with the United States
Time's up! The correct answer was Ontario
NONFICTION PULITZER WINNERS
Garry Wills used a lot more than 272 words writing "Lincoln at" this place, which won him a 1993 Pulitzer
Time's up! The correct answer was Gettysburg
AT THE MALL
Found "just what I needed" at this "City", an electronics store
Time's up! The correct answer was Circuit City
RELIGION
This 13th century Italian theologian was born in Roccasecca near the town of Aquino
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Thomas Aquinas
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
MIDDLE "C"
In 1923, John Deere launched it's Model D, the first of these to bear the Deere name
Time's up! The correct answer was a tractor
THE HOLLYWOOD STOCK EXCHANGE
At $4,147 a share, this star of "Firestarter" is one of the highest-valued actresses listed on HSX
Time's up! The correct answer was Drew Barrymore
CELEBRITIES' MIDDLE NAMES
This middle name of actress Mary Masterson makes us wonder if she was named for Mary, Queen of Scots
Time's up! The correct answer was Stuart
THE 14th CENTURY
Chaucer wrote a treatise on how to build one of these & use it to compute the position of a star
Time's up! The correct answer was astrolabe
TITLE 9
Daniel Okrent: "Nine ___: The Anatomy of a Baseball Game"
Time's up! The correct answer was Innings
COMPOSERS
Composers known as “the 3 B’s”
Time's up! The correct answer was Bach, Beethoven & Brahms
RADIO PERSONALITIES
She's from Brooklyn, has a Ph.D. in physiology & is Deryk's mom
Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Laura
"F"OOD
It's the Japanese name for certain species of puffer fish that contain lethal poison but can be eaten as a delicacy
Time's up! The correct answer was fugu
ANNIVERSARY GIFTS
You shouldn't "cast" them "before swine", but you can give them for a 12th or 30th anniversary gift
Time's up! The correct answer was Pearls
STATE CAPITALS
The French called a land formation La Petite Roche, thus giving this capital its name
Time's up! The correct answer was Little Rock
FRANCE
In 1992, 200 years after it was written, 40% of the French found it excessively bloody & 25% wanted it changed
Time's up! The correct answer was the French National Anthem
AIRPORT CODES
BRU
Time's up! The correct answer was Brussels
FOREWORDS
She said that her husband Frank O'Connor was the fuel that kept her spirited while she wrote "The Fountainhead"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ayn Rand
ORGANIZATIONS
You don't have to be a genius to know its name is Latin for "table", but you do have to be one to belong
Time's up! The correct answer was Mensa
NEWS ON THE MARCH
On March 10, 1876 he spoke by telephone to Thomas Watson
Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander Graham Bell
PUNJAB
In the 1840s this European power fought 2 costly wars over the Punjab before annexing the region outright
Time's up! The correct answer was the English
PHYSICS
Term for the speed of a body in a specified direction
Time's up! The correct answer was velocity
1800
This vulcanization inventor was born a bouncing baby boy in 1800
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Goodyear
ANNIVERSARY GIFTS
In one form or another you can fork over this metal on the 5th or 25th anniversary
Time's up! The correct answer was Silver
I READ THE NEWS TODAY
Political theorist Nikolai Bukharin edited this "truthful" Soviet newspaper from 1917 to 1929
Time's up! The correct answer was Pravda
STATES THAT END IN HAMPSHIRE
New Hampshire is bounded to the north by this Canadian province, the country's largest in area
Time's up! The correct answer was Quebec
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
In 2004 FedEx acquired this chain of stores, & you can copy me on that!
Time's up! The correct answer was Kinko's
THIS CATEGORY STINKS!
It's the Belgian province bordering the Netherlands that's famous for originating a smelly cheese
Time's up! The correct answer was Limburgh
"TEEN" SCENE
Golfing "hole" with a bar (where you can't go), or the amendment granting women's suffrage
Time's up! The correct answer was 19th
DIALING FOR DIALECTS
Sprechen Sie Plattdeutsch? If you do, you speak the Low variety of this language
Time's up! The correct answer was German
RED SOX IT TO ME
Tim Wakefield has more starts than any pitcher in Red Sox history, mostly due to his success with this low-velocity pitch
Time's up! The correct answer was the knuckleball
EPONYMS
This religious sect living primarily in Ohio & southeast Pennsylvania gets its name from a 17th century Swiss Mennonite bishop
Time's up! The correct answer was the Amish
NUMBERS
Numbers appears at this number position in the order of the books of the Bible
Time's up! The correct answer was Fourth
& CROWN THY GOOD
In 336 B.C. at age 20, he succeeded his murdered father as Macedonia's king & was just super...wait, that's not the right word
Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander the Great
WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT
To further the ambitions of her brother, her father, Pope Alexander VI, arranged several marriages for her
Time's up! The correct answer was Lucrezia Borgia
CANDY & GUM SLOGANS
"4 Out of 5 Dentists Surveyed Recommend Sugarless Gum for their Patients who Chew Gum"
Time's up! The correct answer was Trident
LIT MY FIRE
His 1963 bestseller "The Fire Next Time" took its title from an old spiritual
Time's up! The correct answer was James Baldwin
SPORTS EQUIPMENT
A curved wicker basket called a cesta is used to catch & throw the ball in this sport
Time's up! The correct answer was jai alai
RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS
In the mid-18th c. Mikhail Lomonosov became the first scientist to record the freezing of this liquid metal
Time's up! The correct answer was mercury
FOOD & DRINK
In 2006 the Chicago City Council banned restaurants in the city from selling this goose liver dish
Time's up! The correct answer was foie gras
SAINTS
St. Raphael shares his feast day, September 29, with these two archangels
Time's up! The correct answer was Michael & Gabriel
ANCIENT TIMES
Because of his work there, you could call the astronomer Hipparchus "the colossus of" this island
Time's up! The correct answer was Rhodes
___ OG
A fad in the '90s was this game from Hawaii that used bottle stoppers
Time's up! The correct answer was pogs
HOW NOVEL
Gregory Maguire's novel "Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister" is a revision of this fairy tale
Time's up! The correct answer was "Cinderella"
WORDS OF LOVE
Marlowe rhymed, "Where both deliberate, the love is slight; who ever loved, that loved not at" this?
Time's up! The correct answer was first sight
AMERICAN AUTHORS
In 1884 she moved to Red Cloud, Nebraska & later fictionalized it as the town of Hanover in "O Pioneers!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Willa Cather
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
Type of drum seen here, or a dance done to them
Time's up! The correct answer was Conga
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
BOB DYLAN CHRONICLES
"In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Mr. Tambourine Man"
TECHNOLOGY
A box of 64 Crayola crayons has one of these devices "built-in"
Time's up! The correct answer was a sharpener
THE BIG APPLE
Artsy types like Maya Lin & Art Spiegelman find inspiration in this area that gets its name from its northern border
Time's up! The correct answer was SoHo
MAGAZINES
This founder of Weight Watchers is a cosulting editor of Weight Watchers magazine
Time's up! The correct answer was Jean Nidetch
BABY BOOMER MEMORIES
The John Birch Society coined the term comsymp, short for this
Time's up! The correct answer was Communist sympathizer
ANAGRAMMED BIRDS
A big African: to Chris
Time's up! The correct answer was ostrich
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
In Togo: this
Time's up! The correct answer was French
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
SKIRTING THE ISSUE
Originally worn by highlanders in various tartans, these are also worn by women as skirts
Time's up! The correct answer was kilts
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS
"Amleto"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hamlet
4-LETTER CAPITALS
In 1990 it became the capital of a unified Yemen
Time's up! The correct answer was Sana
KAN U SPEL BIZNESS?
Drugstore with 4,700 outlets (the part before "Aid")
Time's up! The correct answer was R-I-T-E
BRIGHT IDEAS
Edwin Budding adapted a rotary shearer used to remove excess fibers from carpets into this outdoor tool
Time's up! The correct answer was the lawnmower
EXPIRATION DATES
October 11, 1963: The end of this chanteuse's "vie en rose"
Time's up! The correct answer was Édith Piaf
PRIME NUMBERS
Fear of this prime number is called triskaidekaphobia
Time's up! The correct answer was 13
"DEEP" DISH
You can cook the Thanksgiving turkey this way so the outside is crispy & the inside juicy (just beware of splattered oil)
Time's up! The correct answer was deep fry
THE BIG APPLE
Sheep Meadow & the Turtle Pond can be found in this 843-acre public playground
Time's up! The correct answer was Central Park
ROCK-Y
His innovations include multitrack recording, overdubbing & the solid-body electric guitar
Time's up! The correct answer was Les Paul
HAIRY
The short hairstyles worn by the men who fought the Cavaliers in 17th C. England earned them this name
Time's up! The correct answer was the Roundheads
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
Lillard, Modine
Time's up! The correct answer was Matthew
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
CROSSWORD CLUES "H"
Sleep like a bear (9)
Time's up! The correct answer was Hibernate
"DEEP" DISH
You can cook the Thanksgiving turkey this way so the outside is crispy & the inside juicy (just beware of splattered oil)
Time's up! The correct answer was deep fry
"AD"JECTIVES
It refers to the behavior of teenagers, or of immature adults
Time's up! The correct answer was Adolescent
THIS CATEGORY STINKS!
This cartoon character's big screen credits include "For Scent-imental Reasons" & "Heaven Scent"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pepé Le Pew
BRITISH HISTORY
Founder of the nursing profession, she was named after the city in which she was born
Time's up! The correct answer was Florence Nightingale
5-LETTER CAPITALS
12 avenues radiate from Place Charles de Gaulle in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Paris
GIVE THE BUCHAREST
1913's treaty of Bucharest ended the second of these peninsular wars
Time's up! The correct answer was the Balkan Wars
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
Laerad is the great tree around which this hall of the slain was built
Time's up! The correct answer was Valhalla
"EVE"NING
In 1905 this former U.S. president remarked, "Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote"
Time's up! The correct answer was Grover Cleveland
SO YOU WANT TO BE A 19th CENTURY HEROINE
If you have this adjective before your name, like Nell or Eva, don't bother planning for your old age
Time's up! The correct answer was Little
IT'S RAINING "MN"
If you're sleepless in Seattle you're suffering from this malady
Time's up! The correct answer was insomnia
MOTTOES
"All power to the people" was the motto of this African-American political organization of the 1960s
Time's up! The correct answer was the Black Panthers
ALL MY SONS
This man whose surname means "hammer" counted Carloman & Pepin the Short as sons
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Martel
THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
Like Jews, many Adventists follow Leviticus 11:7 in abstaining from this meat
Time's up! The correct answer was pork
GEORGIAN ON MY MIND
This fiery actress from Conyers starred in "Miss Firecracker", "Raising Arizona" & "Broadcast News"
Time's up! The correct answer was Holly Hunter
TREES & SHRUBS
In 1963 Louisiana chose this "bald" tree native to the swamps & wetlands as its state tree
Time's up! The correct answer was the cypress
WORDS TO THE "Y"s
It's defined as government by many officials & administrators
Time's up! The correct answer was bureaucracy
BUSINESS
From 1875 to 1989, this New York company's name included "Glassworks"
Time's up! The correct answer was Corning
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
The Norns are counterparts of the Fates: Urd represents the past; Verdandi & Skuld, these 2 things
Time's up! The correct answer was the present & the future
ALL IN YOUR MIND
This measurement was originally measured by dividing mental age by calendar age
Time's up! The correct answer was IQ
SPIELBERG MOVIES
Spielberg directed segment 2 of this 1983 movie based on a creepy anthology series
Time's up! The correct answer was Twilight Zone
THE JEFFERSON ADMINISTRATION
In 1807 Jefferson tried to have this man, his first vice president, convicted of treason
Time's up! The correct answer was Aaron Burr
THE BIBLE
In 1 Corinthians, he wrote that "Your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God"
Time's up! The correct answer was Paul
THE MOVIES
In 1985 Helena Bonham Carter portrayed this historic "Lady" on film
Time's up! The correct answer was Lady Jane Grey
IN EXILE
Porfirio Diaz seized power in this country in 1876, ruled for 35 years, fled in 1911 & died in exile
Time's up! The correct answer was Mexico
RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME
A Latter-Day jury spokesperson
Time's up! The correct answer was a Mormon foreman
BALLETS WE'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT BEFORE
In "Harlequinade" the hero tries to rescue Columbine with the help of the magical "La Bonne Fee", this in English
Time's up! The correct answer was the good fairy
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
A steamy 1998 issue reports on sexual attraction in the orange sulphur species of this colorful insect
Time's up! The correct answer was butterflies
FROM T TO SHINING T
Proverbially, you can have one of these "in a teacup"
Time's up! The correct answer was a tempest
WOMEN'S FIRSTS
Wilma Mankiller was the first woman to serve as principal chief of this Southeast Native American tribe
Time's up! The correct answer was the Cherokee
"N"ATIONS OF THE WORLD
Make a trek to Utrecht & you'll find yourself in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Netherlands
TECHNOLOGY
The Raspberry Pi costs this many dollars.
Time's up! The correct answer was 35
RED SOX IT TO ME
Tim Wakefield has more starts than any pitcher in Red Sox history, mostly due to his success with this low-velocity pitch
Time's up! The correct answer was the knuckleball
19TH CENTURY FICTION
The 1853 novel "Clotel, or The President's Daughter" alleges that this man had an affair with a slave
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Jefferson
GAME SHOWS
Richard Karn hosts this game show where 2 clans match wits; survey says...
Time's up! The correct answer was Family Feud
THE CONTINENTS
Early explorers called parts of this continent Vinland
Time's up! The correct answer was North America
U.S. PRESIDENTS
His 1791 marriage to Rachel Robards was invalid, so they had to do it all over again on January 17, 1794
Time's up! The correct answer was Andrew Jackson
LET'S HAVE ITALIAN TONIGHT!
In 2002 he wrote "Baudolino", a historial novel set in 12th century Europe; what an author ... author ... author
Time's up! The correct answer was Umberto Ecco
ENGLISH LITERATURE
Ian Fleming introduced James Bond in this 1953 novel, which became a 1967 film starring David Niven
Time's up! The correct answer was "Casino Royale"
IT'S A DATE!
Oregon entered the union on this date in 1859, sweetie
Time's up! The correct answer was 14-Feb
UP & ATOM
No matter what element they are in, they weigh the same & their total is an element's atomic number
Time's up! The correct answer was protons
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
In a story by Rudyard Kipling, this mongoose protects an English family from snakes
Time's up! The correct answer was Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
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
COMMON BONDS
Hair, Punch, A volleyball
Time's up! The correct answer was Things that are spiked
OATS
It's a thick, pudding-like oatmeal dish that's enjoyed by Scots & by Goldilocks
Time's up! The correct answer was Porridge
SO YOU WANT TO BE A 19th CENTURY HEROINE
Even if you're 27 & still single, like Anne in this author's "Persuasion", your life may not be over
Time's up! The correct answer was Jane Austen
THE "B.G."s
2-word term for large animals hunted for sport
Time's up! The correct answer was big game
CROSSWORD CLUES "J"
A joyful celebration (10)
Time's up! The correct answer was jubilation
EAT IT!
Paper-thin & often served for dessert, it's the French equivalent of a pancake
Time's up! The correct answer was crêpes
BARTLETT'S PAIRS
Kenneth Grahame's 2 quotes both come from this children's book
Time's up! The correct answer was The Wind in the Willows
HITCHCOCK
Hitchcock made this film in 1934 & then remade it in 1956 with Doris Day & Jimmy Stewart
Time's up! The correct answer was The Man Who Knew Too Much
FOOD FACTS
The Atlantic variety of this popular fish is the largest of all flatfish
Time's up! The correct answer was Halibut
Y-R
This Cole was a known associate of Jesse James
Time's up! The correct answer was Younger
CROSSWORD CLUES "J"
Carroll's slithy nonsense poem (11)
Time's up! The correct answer was "Jabberwocky"
GRAVE MATTERS
In 1995 these married physicists were laid to rest (again), this time at the Pantheon in Paris
Time's up! The correct answer was Pierre & Marie Curie
LETTER MEN
He designed the building for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Time's up! The correct answer was I.M. Pei
HOMOPHONIC PAIRS
A complete donut center
Time's up! The correct answer was whole hole
ANATOMY
The base of the fibula forms the outer projection of this joint
Time's up! The correct answer was the ankle
3-LETTER THE BETTER
Saturated
Time's up! The correct answer was wet
OH MY GOD! YOU'VE GOT 3 "I"s
(Sofia of the Clue Crew in Oahu, Hawaii) I'm overlooking this Oahu beach that attracts about 65,000 visitors a day
Time's up! The correct answer was Waikiki
THRILLER
"The Attorney" Paul Madriani appears in several legal thrillers by this lawyer-turned-author
Time's up! The correct answer was Steve Martini
U.S. PORT CITIES
Among the top 40 busiest ports in the U.S. are these Northeast & Northwest cities with the same name
Time's up! The correct answer was Portland
PASS THE CHOCOLATE
A 2007 study said that eating a little dark chocolate daily may reduce this, both systolic & diastolic
Time's up! The correct answer was blood pressure
PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS
In a Chekhov play, Mme. Ranevsky is the owner of this title area of land
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Cherry Orchard"
AMERICAN LITERATURE
A contemporary review of this 1851 novel said, "Who would have looked for... poetry in blubber?"
Time's up! The correct answer was Moby-Dick
FEMINISM
Of 76, 86 or 96 cents, what U.S. women working full-time earn for every dollar their male counterparts make
Time's up! The correct answer was 76 cents
TRANSPORTATION
In 1830 England's Manchester & Liverpool Railway became the 1st to have all trains powered by this
Time's up! The correct answer was Steam
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 ONION HEADLINES FROM THE YEAR 2056
"Refugees Row" this entire island "to Miami"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cuba
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
I'M GOING "INN"
2-word term for a tuxedo
Time's up! The correct answer was dinner jacket
WORLD UP!
In 1980 Luis Garcia Meza took power in this landlocked S. Amer. country that's had more than 180 coups in its history
Time's up! The correct answer was Bolivia
MOVIE PRODUCERS
Julia Phillips was the first woman producer to win a Best Picture Oscar, for this 1973 con game film
Time's up! The correct answer was The Sting
OCCUPATIONS
A pro sports broadcasting duo consists of a play-by-play announcer & the analyst called this man
Time's up! The correct answer was a color commentator
BROADWAY TEENS
R&B sensation Stephanie Mills was a teenager when she eased on down the road in this role in "The Wiz"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dorothy
ENGINEERING
Tajikistan has the highest one of these in the world; the U.S. doesn't even make the Top 10 with Hoover
Time's up! The correct answer was Dam
THE KIDS LOVE THAT ROCK & ROLL
Of King Ad Rock, Thugmuffin C, MCA or Mike D, the one who's not a member of the Beastie Boys
Time's up! The correct answer was Thugmuffin C