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20th CENTURY BALLET
"Prince Rama & the Demons" was inspired by the "Ramayana", one of the great epic poems of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was India
SHAKESPEARE
Macduff tells us, "Not in the legions of horrid hell can come a devil more damn'd in evils to top" this man
Time's up! The correct answer was the Macbeth
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
For 15 years, 1946-1961, this show set in Indian Territory was Broadway's longest-running musical
Time's up! The correct answer was "Oklahoma!"
PRESIDENTS IN THE CABINET
While Secretary of State from 1811 to 1817, he might have been asked, "What's up, doctrine?"
Time's up! The correct answer was James Monroe
MEASURING DEVICES
An odometer measures the distance covered by a vehicle & this device measures how far you've walked
Time's up! The correct answer was a pedometer
NOW YOU'RE TALKING MY LANGUAGE
The official language of Niger, it's a remnant of its colonial times
Time's up! The correct answer was French
BALLPARK FIGURES
Sadly, this lefty pitcher who coined the Mets' battle cry "You gotta believe" died in 2004
Time's up! The correct answer was Tug McGraw
MR. MOVIES
In 1962, "Mr. Hobbs Took" this
Time's up! The correct answer was A Vacation
THAT'S SO '90s
His 1997 meeting with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams was the first for a British P.M. & an IRA leader in 76 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Tony Blair
MONEY SLANG
Proverbially, you can "break" this food, or "take (it) out of someone's mouth"; earn some dough
Time's up! The correct answer was bread
& HONEY
& Honey, it's May--we gotta call your mom in London for Mother's Day; don't forget it's this many hours ahead of N.Y. time
Time's up! The correct answer was five
BEFORE & AFTER
"Bouncy" 1965 Beatles album that took over for Don Cornelius as host of a dance show
Time's up! The correct answer was Rubber Soul Train
IT'S GREEK MYTHOLOGY TO ME
This underworld kingpin had a helmet that made him invisible; after all, his name means "the unseen"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hades
VIVA ANN-MARGRET!
The Riviera was the site of Ann-Margret's marriage to him (not the French Riviera, the one in Las Vegas)
Time's up! The correct answer was Roger Smith
GREECE
Goddess of wisdom for whom Athens was named
Time's up! The correct answer was Athena
EXPLORERS
Speke stopped speaking to Burton after their trip to find the source of this river
Time's up! The correct answer was Nile
HOUSES OF WORSHIP
The Church of this in Jerusalem is said to be built over the site where Jesus was entombed after his crucifixion
Time's up! The correct answer was Holy Sepulchre
BIG "STAR"
This hotel & casino at 3000 Las Vegas Blvd. South cashed out in 2006
Time's up! The correct answer was the Stardust
AFRICANA
In 2000 Durban in this country hosted the 13th International AIDS Conference & the first held on the continent
Time's up! The correct answer was South Africa
CLASSIC STAR TREK
Suave Ricardo Montalban played this sultry superhuman on the TV series & on the big screen
Time's up! The correct answer was Khan
DOUGH
No peeking! This building is portrayed on the back of the $20 bill
Time's up! The correct answer was the White House
GEOGRAPH"Y"
This Scandinavian country has 2 forms of its official language -- Bokmal & Nynorsk
Time's up! The correct answer was Norway
SRO
A song in this Disney musical asks, "How long must this go on?" ---4 years & counting
Time's up! The correct answer was Beauty And The Beast
THE MOVIES
Known for comedies like "Mr. Mom", he donned the cape & cowl of Batman in 1989
Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Keaton
ANIMAL GROUPS
A group of vipers, even if the snakes don't live in a bird's dwelling
Time's up! The correct answer was a nest
CHANTED
Their chant in "Macbeth" begins, "Double, double, toil and trouble"
Time's up! The correct answer was the witches
THE VIRTUES
You "Gotta Have" this virtue; at least according to George Michael
Time's up! The correct answer was Faith
THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL
Explorer Pike
Time's up! The correct answer was Zebulon
FEELING "ANCY"
Loitering in a town & not having any visible means of support, you may get picked up for it
Time's up! The correct answer was Vagrancy
SELLERS
Founded in 1957, Dialamerica, Inc. is the USA's largest private company in this type of marketing
Time's up! The correct answer was Telemarketing
THE OBLIGATORY POETRY CATEGORY
Observing pilgrims traveling to the shrine of Thomas Becket inspired him to write his greatest work
Time's up! The correct answer was Geoffrey Chaucer
AFRICAN-AMERICANA
This southern city's convention center is named for Ernest Morial, the city's first African-American mayor
Time's up! The correct answer was New Orleans
“SAINTS”
“St. Elsewhere” is the nickname for this TV hospital
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Eligius
CROSSWORD CLUES "G"
Thank You, in Tampico (7)
Time's up! The correct answer was Gracias
HERBS & SPICES
Though derived from the same plant as opium, these seeds are non-narcotic
Time's up! The correct answer was poppyseeds
MR. TEA
Around 1908 tea merchant Thomas Sullivan hit upon this innovation that avoids the mess of straining leaves
Time's up! The correct answer was a teabag
THEATRE HODGEPODGE
In a song in "The Fantasticks", "Soon it's gonna" do this, "I can see it. Soon it's gonna" do this, "I can tell"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rain
WHO'S THE MRS.?
Mrs. Tim McGraw
Time's up! The correct answer was Faith Hill
THE "BUTLER" DID IT
A former Dodger outfielder & TV's "Grace Under Fire" both go by this name
Time's up! The correct answer was Brett Butler
COUNTRY MUSIC
This frontman of Hootie & the Blowfish went country with his solo album "Learn to Live"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rucker
BIBLICAL PAIRS
Created by God to rule the Earth in Genesis
Time's up! The correct answer was Adam & Eve
POLITICS
In December 1985 Cognress passed this bill in an effort to end the federal deficit
Time's up! The correct answer was Gramm-Rudman
SOUNDS LIKE A RAPPER
Lack of movement in traffic--especially at an intersection or in politics
Time's up! The correct answer was gridlock
BASIC SCIENCE
At the Earth's surface, this force produces acceleration of about 32 feet per second per second
Time's up! The correct answer was gravity
TO NEIL
A star of D.W. Griffith's "America", Neil Hamilton played Commissioner Gordon on this TV show
Time's up! The correct answer was Batman
THE BIG APPLE
One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the city; this is the second tallest
Time's up! The correct answer was Two World Trade Center
A VIOLENT CATEGORY
As a noun it includes the cerebrum; as a verb it means "to smash on the head"
Time's up! The correct answer was brain
THE SILVER SCREEN
Anthony Hopkins said his voice for this movie role was "a combination of Truman Capote and Katharine Hepburn"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hannibal Lecter
CREATION STORIES
According to the King James Version, God's first words quoted in the book of Genesis
Time's up! The correct answer was "Let there be light"
BRITISH INVENTIONS
A perambulator or pram to the Brits, it was invented in 1733 by William Kent for the Duke of Devonshire's kids
Time's up! The correct answer was a baby carriage
BIBLICAL PAIRS
"Hairy" couple from Judges 16
Time's up! The correct answer was Samson & Delilah
PRESIDENTS
General whose Presidential campaign song was written by Irving Berlin
Time's up! The correct answer was Dwight Eisenhower
THE EMERALD ISLE
It's the only Irish city with a population above 500,000
Time's up! The correct answer was Dublin
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
I SERVED IN HIS CABINET
Secretary of Health & Human Services Kathleen Sebelius
Time's up! The correct answer was Barack Obama
LINGUISTICS
This famed M.I.T. scholar has proposed that humans have the inborn ability to learn language
Time's up! The correct answer was Noam Chomsky
ARTHUR MILLER
Arthur Miller wrote the screenplay for the 1961 film "The Misfits", this male superstar's last film
Time's up! The correct answer was Clark Gable
POLITICS
Nickname of late Washington Senator Henry Jackson
Time's up! The correct answer was Scoop Jackson
POP MUSIC
"Come Back Home" is the first single from his 2003 album "Day I Forgot"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pete Yorn
THE "CAPTAIN"
For his role as Manuel, Spencer Tracy won an Oscar for this 1937 fish story
Time's up! The correct answer was Captains Courageous
AN ABBREVIATED CATEGORY
In a Webster's Dictionary entry: imper.
Time's up! The correct answer was imperative
TELEVISION
Like Burton & Taylor, Billy Zane & Leonor Varela had a romance when they played these lovers (in a 1999 miniseries)
Time's up! The correct answer was Antony & Cleopatra
___ OG
Something can do this to your bad memory; it's also a wheel on a Sony Clie
Time's up! The correct answer was jog
THE CONTINENTS
This continent is the largest in area
Time's up! The correct answer was Asia
POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS
South Carolina legislator John "O'Goshen!"
Time's up! The correct answer was land
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
This Utah school's Ty Detmer holds the NCAA career record for yards passing with 15,031
Time's up! The correct answer was Brigham Young University
MYTHOLOGY
Danae gave birth to Perseus after Zeus visited her in the form of a shower of this precious metal
Time's up! The correct answer was Gold
FLY ME, BUT NOT TO THE MOON
Hong Kong's home carrier, in 2006 it celebrated its 60th anniversary
Time's up! The correct answer was Cathay Pacific
THE BUTLER DID IT
Robert Guillaume cleaned up on "Soap" before moving to the governor's mansion on this series
Time's up! The correct answer was Benson
GREAT DAMES
She starred as Cleopatra and Olivier's Juliet, long before booking "A Passage to India"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dame Peggy Ashcroft
SCOTLAND
Ben More, Ben Alder & Ben Macdui are not people but tall ones of these in Scotland
Time's up! The correct answer was mountains
SONG LYRICS
When he's "Hoppin' down the bunny trail, hippity hoppin' Easter's on its way"
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Cottontail
ART & ARTISTS
This pop artist's studio was known as "The Factory"
Time's up! The correct answer was Andy Warhol
YOUNG WOMEN OF TODAY
In "Jerry Maguire", this actress told Tom Cruise, "You had me at hello"
Time's up! The correct answer was Renee Zellweger
CAMERA
In 1986 Kodak left the instant camera business after a judge found it had violated this company's patents
Time's up! The correct answer was Polaroid
STATE OF THE UNION
When Jimi Hendrix played "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock, he was strumming in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was New York
BIG "STAR"
In 1990 this company expanded its Seattle HQ & built a new roasting plant
Time's up! The correct answer was Starbucks
NEWS ON THE MARCH
In March 1967 Robert Kennedy came up with a nifty Vietnam peace plan, but this Secretary of State rejected it
Time's up! The correct answer was Dean Rusk
THE BODY HUMAN
These corpuscles are named for their shape rather than for their color
Time's up! The correct answer was Platelets
18th CENTURY AMERICA
In 1792 Robert Thomas founded this almanac that contained useful weather info; the "Old" was added later
Time's up! The correct answer was The Farmers' Almanac
BATTLE TO NAME THE WAR
Quebec &, a year later, Trenton
Time's up! The correct answer was the Revolutionary War
WHAT COLOR IS GREEN?
This old song says, "Alas, my love, you do me wrong, to cast me off discourteously"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Greensleeves"
"I" LADS
Nudge, nudge, wink, wink! This man seen here starred on a classic British comedy show
Time's up! The correct answer was Eric Idle
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
AYE! IT'S IRELAND
Reflecting its lush, beautiful countryside. it's Ireland's gem of a nickname
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Emerald Isle"
KAN U SPEL BIZNESS?
Dessert topping (the part after "Reddi")
Time's up! The correct answer was W-I-P
GET SMART
Choline may help adult brains grow; one of these breakfast items has about a third of your RDA--want an omelette?
Time's up! The correct answer was an egg
ON THE RADIO
Detroit-born broadcaster who created "American Top 40" & now has his own weekly "Countdown"
Time's up! The correct answer was Casey Kasem
POLITICS & SHOW BIZ
Actress & Congresswoman Helen Gahagan took this last name when she wed Oscar-winning actor Melvyn
Time's up! The correct answer was Douglas
PLAYWRIGHTS
"May All Your Fences Have Gates" is a book of "Essays on the Drama of" this African-American playwright
Time's up! The correct answer was August Wilson
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED
December 8, 1980 in New York City
Time's up! The correct answer was John Lennon
11-LETTER WORDS
Diaphanous or sheer, as in clothing, or flimsy & obvious, as in a lie
Time's up! The correct answer was Transparent
THRILLER
This author's techno-thriller "Rainbow Six" focuses on John Clark, also a hero in "Clear & Present Danger"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Clancy
SOUNDS THAT KITTIES MAKE
In "The Maltese Falcon", Dashiell Hammett wrote, "'That will be excellent,' Gutman" did this
Time's up! The correct answer was purred
THE CIVIL WAR
Hero of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, he resigned November 1, 1861, as head of the Union army
Time's up! The correct answer was Winfield Scott
THE BLUE ANGELS
(Sarah of the Clue Crew on the tarmac) When the Blue Angels perform the formation known for this precious gem, the jets are only 12 inches apart
Time's up! The correct answer was diamond
BERRIES
A judge crossed California & Texas blackberries & created these which bear his name
Time's up! The correct answer was Loganberries
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"
BOB DYLAN CHRONICLES
"Come mothers and fathers throughout the land and don't criticize what you can't understand"
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Times They Are A-Changin'"
CLOTHING WORDS
Breathes heavily, like a dog or a tired jogger
Time's up! The correct answer was pants
FAMILIAR PHRASES
Big throwing don'ts include "the baby out with the bathwater" & "caution to" this
Time's up! The correct answer was the wind
THE 20th CENTURY
Shortly after taking power, he nationalized millions of dollars of American-owned property in Cuba
Time's up! The correct answer was Fidel Castro
B FOLLOWS A
Meaning loathsome, it precedes snowman or, in a movie title, Dr. Phibes
Time's up! The correct answer was abominable
ANAGRAMMED CABINET DEPARTMENTS
Tire iron
Time's up! The correct answer was Interior
WHAT A WEEK
In 1958 the theme of the first national week for these places was "Wake up & read!"
Time's up! The correct answer was libraries
U.S. CITIES
When Oregon became a state in 1859, this city on the Willamette River was already the capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Salem
PHILOSOPHY GLOSSARY
Founded by Zeno of Citium, this -ism is the belief that detachment & self-control enable one to argue in an unbiased fashion
Time's up! The correct answer was stoicism
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
The 24th Amendment says you don't have to pay this type of tax, or any other in order to vote
Time's up! The correct answer was poll
U.N. OBSERVANCES
September 16 is International Day for the Preservation of this atmospheric layer
Time's up! The correct answer was the Ozone Layer
MAD
Back in the '60s Sue Kaufman wrote the "Diary of a Mad" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Housewife
SNOWBOARDING
Snowboarding is often featured in ads for this Pepsico soda with a lofty name
Time's up! The correct answer was Mountain Dew
IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY
Canada
Time's up! The correct answer was the United States
THE ASSASSIN'S VICTIM
1984: Beant Singh & Satwant Singh
Time's up! The correct answer was Indira Gandhi
ANIMAL GROUPS
This term for a group of elk also applies to sharks (the ones in "West Side Story")
Time's up! The correct answer was Gang
SPORTS
Ben Crenshaw & Phil Mickelson are the only 3-time winners of this college sport's championship tournament
Time's up! The correct answer was golf
CARTOONS
This "Funnie" middle school student got his first movie in March 1999
Time's up! The correct answer was Doug
RINGING THE OPENING BELL AT THE NYSE
& then I saw him / Right there & like that / On Leap Day 2000 / 'Twas...
Time's up! The correct answer was the Cat in the Hat
& NOW THE "END" IS NEAR
This type of gland secretes substances directly into the bloodstream
Time's up! The correct answer was endocrine
ADVERTISING SLOGANS
"When you care enough to send the very best", send one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Hallmark Card
ART
In 1920 this impressionist, known for his water lilies, painted another plant, "Wisteria"
Time's up! The correct answer was Claude Monet
THE 17TH CENTURY
Cheers to this Benedictine monk who pioneered the making of champagne in 1698
Time's up! The correct answer was Dom Perignon
5-LETTER WORDS
Headgear for a king, or part of a tooth
Time's up! The correct answer was crown
AMERICAN AUTHORS
Under the name Laura Bancroft, he wrote about Twinkle & Chubbins in Nature Fairyland after taking us to Oz
Time's up! The correct answer was L. Frank Baum
20th CENTURY NOVELS
Ironically, this 1953 science fiction book began appearing in a censored version in 1967
Time's up! The correct answer was Fahrenheit 451
SCIENCE & NATURE
Some members of the genus Aedes of this insect transmit yellow fever
Time's up! The correct answer was Mosquito
NOT A CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITAL
Ljubljana, Bratislava, Barcelona
Time's up! The correct answer was Barcelona
GIVE THE BUCHAREST
This star of 1937's "The Last Gangster" was born Emanuel Goldenberg in Bucharest, Romania
Time's up! The correct answer was Edward G. Robinson
ANGELS
This Angel manager spent 13 years catching for the Dodgers
Time's up! The correct answer was Mike Scioscia
HISTORIC NICKNAMES
This animal phrase meaning "courageous" was Richard I of England's nickname
Time's up! The correct answer was the Lionhearted
WEATHER WORLD
Libya's arid climate is made worse by the ghibli, a crop-destroying wind from this desert
Time's up! The correct answer was Sahara
PASS THE CHEESE, PLEASE
It's also called Chester cheese, & some people think it's the cat's meow
Time's up! The correct answer was Cheshire cheese
BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS
1954: "Dockside"
Time's up! The correct answer was On the Waterfront
WORLD CITIES
Construction began on this German city's Gothic cathedral near the Rhine in 1248 & lasted 632 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Cologne
STATE BIRDS
Virginia: This bird, not Albert Pujols
Time's up! The correct answer was the cardinal
BROADWAY TEENS
Zaneeta Shinn, a character in this musical, is the teenage daughter of the mayor of River City
Time's up! The correct answer was The Music Man
THE SPOOKY & THE MYSTERIOUS
This large dinosaur-like creature possibly lives in a large Scottish lake near Inverness
Time's up! The correct answer was the Loch Ness Monster
WANT ADS
Numbers cruncher needed! Must be member of AICPA, the American Institute of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Certified Public Accountants
HISTORIC NAMES
This 1909 Nobel Prize winner once failed the entrance exams at the Univ. of Bologna, Italy
Time's up! The correct answer was Guglielmo Marconi
BEFORE & AFTER
Louisa May Alcott & relationship guru John Gray collaborated on this book sequel
Time's up! The correct answer was Little Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus
THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY
Manila, Jakarta, Canberra
Time's up! The correct answer was Manila
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
"DO", "RE", "MI"
A small filet of prime beef
Time's up! The correct answer was Mignon
ODDS & ENDS
Room of the house in which you'd normally find a four-poster
Time's up! The correct answer was the bedroom
LET'S MESS WITH TEXAS
Born in 1921, this Mission, Tex.-born senator served with Jack Kennedy, knew Jack Kennedy & hey! you're not Jack Kennedy!
Time's up! The correct answer was Lloyd Bentsen
HABEAS CORPSES
4 places claimed to be the burial site of this explorer, including crypts in Seville & Santo Domingo
Time's up! The correct answer was Christopher Columbus
"X", "Y", "Z"
It looks like a sweet potato, but it isn't even a distant relative
Time's up! The correct answer was a yam
WORD ORIGINS
The Old Norse word "vindauga" gave us this pane-ful word for an opening in a wall
Time's up! The correct answer was window
ANNUAL EVENTS
Dog lovers look forward to the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, held each February in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was New York City
THE CAT
It's the full name for the domesticated kitty called a tortie
Time's up! The correct answer was a tortoiseshell
JUBAL EARLY
Early, a man known for his patriarchal beard, was active in this party in Virginia in the 1840s
Time's up! The correct answer was Whig
POETIC TITLE VERBS
"She _____ In Beauty"
Time's up! The correct answer was Walks
SHIPS
The flagship of Oliver Hazard Perry was named for this captain who said, "Don't give up the ship"
Time's up! The correct answer was James Lawrence
5-LETTER WORDS
Headgear for a king, or part of a tooth
Time's up! The correct answer was crown
"A" SCIENCE CATEGORY
(Kelly of the Clue Crew stands behind a table) The experiment showing that two objects weighing the same displace different amounts of water because they have different densities was developed by this mathematician
Time's up! The correct answer was Archimedes
FLY COUNTRIES
Aer Lingus
Time's up! The correct answer was Ireland
PARTS OF PEACH
These parts of a peach tree are glossy green, pointed & lance shaped
Time's up! The correct answer was leaves
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
To scientists, it's force times distance; to Twain, it's "whatever a body is obliged to do"
Time's up! The correct answer was Work
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
ALL GOD'S CRITTERS
The "great" species of this slender predatory fish seen here has been called the "Tiger of the Sea"
Time's up! The correct answer was Barracuda
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
MYTHOLOGY
Danae gave birth to Perseus after Zeus visited her in the form of a shower of this precious metal
Time's up! The correct answer was Gold
THE KOREAN WAR
In 1950 Gen. Walton Walker, the main U.S. field commander, was killed riding in this type of vehicle
Time's up! The correct answer was Jeep
STATES' FORMER CAPITALS
Wheeling
Time's up! The correct answer was West Virginia
HISTORY
In 1919 this national assembly met in this city & formed a new German republic
Time's up! The correct answer was Weimar
MEDICAL MILESTONES
In 1982 William DeVries performed the 1st permanent artificial heart transplant on this man
Time's up! The correct answer was Barney Clark
INDEPENDENCE DAYS
This North European country marks December 6 for its 1917 independence from Russia
Time's up! The correct answer was Finland
PLACES
A building for religious veneration, or the L.A. auditorium that hosted 1997's Academy Awards
Time's up! The correct answer was shrine
GOOSE...MOTHER GOOSE
Little boys are made of frogs & snails & these, eew...
Time's up! The correct answer was Puppy dog tails
AUTHORS
While attending Lisbon Falls High School in Maine, this horror author published a newspaper, The Village Vomit
Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen King
EMBRACEABLE "U"
This technique uses high-frequency waves & is often used to view fetuses
Time's up! The correct answer was Ultrasound
ESPN's TOP 10 ALL-TIME ATHLETES
No. 2: 1912 Olympian; football star at Carlisle Indian School; 6 MLB seasons with the Reds, Giants & Braves
Time's up! The correct answer was Jim Thorpe
THEIR COUNTRY'S LAST MONARCH
In 1893 the queen seen here (Liliuokalani) became the last monarch of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii
"CH"ILL OUT!
Specific 5-letter term for the block of wood you wedge under the wheels when jacking up a car
Time's up! The correct answer was chock
THE MUSICAL DR. IS IN
"Doctor, doctor, give me the news, I've got" this Robert Palmer title affliction
Time's up! The correct answer was "Bad Case Of Loving You"
NAME THE DECADE
Man first reaches the South Pole
Time's up! The correct answer was the 1910s
IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING
Cool, Daddy-O! The 1939 autobiography by this bandleader was titled "The Kingdom of Swing"
Time's up! The correct answer was Benny Goodman
ALSO A GUN MANUFACTURER
He's the guitarist who had a Top 40 hit with "Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rick Derringer
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
U.S. PRESIDENTS
In November 1910 he was elected governor of New Jersey
Time's up! The correct answer was Wilson
DOWN AT THE OLD FACTORY
In 2004 "Mustang Sally" played on the P.A. as an 86-year-old factory of this company ended production
Time's up! The correct answer was Ford
ANATOMY
The human body has 3 types of these: skeletal, smooth & cardiac, a combination of skeletal & smooth
Time's up! The correct answer was muscles
AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY
Arabs call this Libyan capital Tarabulus
Time's up! The correct answer was Tripoli
NEW WEAPONS
The USA's "E-Bomb" will disable grids & computers and reheat the enemies' lasagna by sending out these waves
Time's up! The correct answer was microwaves
BIOGRAPHIES
"Rare Air" is a photo biography of this basketball star
Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Jordan
BROADWAY
The Phantom of the Opera wears a partial one of these on his face, probably because a full one is hard to sing through
Time's up! The correct answer was mask
THE "BUTLER" DID IT
The mission statement of this school says it's located "In...Indianapolis, one of America's most livable cities"
Time's up! The correct answer was Butler University
IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL
This band is now part of the "Zeitgeist" after suffering "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"
Time's up! The correct answer was Smashing Pumpkins
1988
After 32 years in power, Janos Kadar was ousted as first secretary of this country's Communist Party
Time's up! The correct answer was Hungary
1999
The native Inuit in this country got a new territory--Nunavut
Time's up! The correct answer was Canada
PARTY OF "FIVE"
Vice President Thomas Marshall said, "What this country needs is a good" one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Five-cent cigar
THAT OLD "BLACK" MAGIC
Yo-ho, yo-ho! His real name was believed to be Edward Teach
Time's up! The correct answer was Blackbeard
ISRAEL
Sde Boker, one of these cooperative communities, was the retirement home of first prime minister David Ben-Gurion
Time's up! The correct answer was kibbutz
BRAND-O
Models of this car brand include the Metro & the Storm
Time's up! The correct answer was Geo
TITLE WAVE
Jane Austen & Ben Winters: "Sense and Sensibility and ____ ____"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sea Monsters
WHERE WORDS COME FROM
Latin: This device you open when it's precipitating
Time's up! The correct answer was an umbrella
THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS
"Rock The Casbah" is the biggest hit by this rock group
Time's up! The correct answer was The Clash
SOUNDS THAT KITTIES MAKE
In "The Maltese Falcon", Dashiell Hammett wrote, "'That will be excellent,' Gutman" did this
Time's up! The correct answer was purred
CARIBBEAN TASTE TREATS
If you order "mountain chicken" in Dominica, you won't get chicken but one of these amphibians
Time's up! The correct answer was Frogs
ISLANDS
The Court of Tynwald is the chief legislative body of this island in the Irish Sea
Time's up! The correct answer was Isle of Man
POLITICIANS
In November 1996 Rep. Maxine Waters was elected chairwoman of this caucus
Time's up! The correct answer was Congressional Black Caucus
TUBE TEST
He provides the voice for Thurgood Stubbs on "The P.J.s"
Time's up! The correct answer was Eddie Murphy
THE CIVIL WAR
Northerners who sought advantage in the post-war South were said to tote their belongings in these
Time's up! The correct answer was carpetbags
KIDDY LIT
This dark horse shares stables with Merrylegs & Ginger
Time's up! The correct answer was Black Beauty
PLANTS
Britannica defines it as "any plant growing where it is not wanted"
Time's up! The correct answer was Weed
IT'S A COUP D'ETAT
This S. American president was the leader of an unsuccessful coup in 1992 & was the target of a coup in 2002
Time's up! The correct answer was Hugo Chavez
Y-R
In October 2002 he made another supersonic flight, 55 years after his first
Time's up! The correct answer was Chuck Yeager
AT THE MALL
The name of this clothing store for teens is French for "airmail"
Time's up! The correct answer was Aéropostale
ALSO SOMETHING YOU WEAR
To avoid or go around the edge of
Time's up! The correct answer was a skirt
GOLD RUSH
An 1859 gold strike brought miners to Cherry Creek, the site of this future state capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Denver
QUOTATIONS
The preamble to the U.S. Constitution begins with these 3 words
Time's up! The correct answer was "We the People"
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
OOH... A WISE GUY
He coined the term "utopia" now meaning "an ideal place" & used it for the title of a 1516 satire
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas More
DIRECTED BUT DID NOT STAR
"Apollo 13" (1995)
Time's up! The correct answer was Ron Howard
WHO PLAYED 'EM
2004: Sirius Black, the prisioner of Azkaban
Time's up! The correct answer was Gary Oldman
THAT'S SOME NERVE
The first cranial nerve, it's responsible for the sense of smell
Time's up! The correct answer was the olfactory nerve
PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME
Arthur's school terms
Time's up! The correct answer was Chester's semesters
MIXED DRINKS
This pomegranate syrup turns a Pink Lady pink
Time's up! The correct answer was grenadine
"P.B."
You can use this utensil to apply a glaze to breads & sweets before or after baking
Time's up! The correct answer was pastry brush
JULIUS CAESAR
In 46 B.C. this Egyptian came with Caesar to Rome, where her statue was placed in the temple of Venus Genetrix
Time's up! The correct answer was Cleopatra
FAMOUS TEACHERS
In 1967 this former teacher published a memoir entitled "Center of the Storm"
Time's up! The correct answer was John Scopes
DUKE, DUKE
Famous U.S. group of museums endowed by the illegitimate son of the Duke of Northumberland
Time's up! The correct answer was Smithsonian
PIANO KEYS
It's the only letter in "piano" that corresponds to a piano key
Time's up! The correct answer was A
THE "I"s HAVE IT
Some scientists believe that the universe is undergoing expansion called this, also an economic term
Time's up! The correct answer was Inflation
THE CRUCIBLE
This element, Pt, is used in crucibles & tongs because of its inertness & high fusing point
Time's up! The correct answer was platinum
TRAVEL
Beautiful Margaret Island in this river has been a Budapest park for more than 100 years
Time's up! The correct answer was the Danube
"TRI" HARDER
Bet in which the bettor must correctly choose the first 3 finishers in a horse race in exact order
Time's up! The correct answer was Trifecta
THE RULE OF THIRDS
On Jan. 19, 1966 this woman was elected the third prime minister of her country
Time's up! The correct answer was Indira Gandhi
PULL
From the idea of breaking camp comes this phrase for moving on
Time's up! The correct answer was Pull up stakes
QUOTATIONS
This "Huck Finn" author wrote "Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mark Twain
QUOTATIONS
This "Huck Finn" author wrote "Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mark Twain
BODIES OF WATER
After a 1,750-mile trip from Germany, this river breaks into 3 branches in Romania before emptying into the Black Sea
Time's up! The correct answer was the Danube
COMIC & CARTOON CRITTERS
Heathcliff
Time's up! The correct answer was cat
THE ANIMALS
Thought to resemble lions associated with Buddha, this Chinese dog breed was protected by royal decree
Time's up! The correct answer was Pekingese
THE FUNNIES
“Marmaduke” is this breed of dog
Time's up! The correct answer was a Great Dane
AROUND THE APARTMENT BUILDING
Be careful not to drop your key down this vertical passage in which the elevator moves up & down
Time's up! The correct answer was shaft
I KNOW THAT WORD BACKWARDS & FORWARDS
Coloring something more rubicund makes it this
Time's up! The correct answer was redder
GUINNESS RECORDS
Siberia in this country has had the greatest range in temperatures -- from 98 degrees F. to -90 degrees F.
Time's up! The correct answer was Russia
THE KILLERS
This "insect" of a gangster was a real-life hit man for Murder Incorporated in the 1930s & '40s
Time's up! The correct answer was Bugsy Siegel
___ OG
"Pea Soup" describes a dense one
Time's up! The correct answer was fog
BACKWORDS
You know so much about policy, you qualify as this
Time's up! The correct answer was Wonk
MOVIE SONGS
1985: "We Don't Need Another Hero"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
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
MIDDLE "C"
Define-A-Lash from Maybelline is a line of this
Time's up! The correct answer was mascara
MUSICAL THEATER
It's the musical featuring the song heard here: ("I'm Getting Married in the Morning")
Time's up! The correct answer was "My Fair Lady"
DRAMA
Her 1946 play "Another Part of the Forest" is sometimes considered a prequel to "The Little Foxes"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lillian Hellman
WOOD & WIND
This Frost poem ends with "And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
PRE-COLUMBIAN CULTURES
The Anasazi, a word from this Indian language for "ancient ones", lived in what's now the 4 Corners area
Time's up! The correct answer was Navajo
PUT ON YOUR JAMIES
Thaddaeus in the 1965 film "The Greatest Story Ever Told", he got his greatest role ever in 1972 as Max Klinger
Time's up! The correct answer was Jamie Farr
WORD ORIGINS
The name of this bread spread goes all the way back to bous, a Greek word for "cow"
Time's up! The correct answer was butter
U.S. PRESIDENTS
In the campaign slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too", he's Tippecanoe
Time's up! The correct answer was William Henry Harrison
I 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"
THAT'S SO '90s
His 1997 meeting with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams was the first for a British P.M. & an IRA leader in 76 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Tony Blair
SHAKESPEAREAN WORDS
The word "fashionable" came into vogue with Ulysses' speech to Achilles in this play
Time's up! The correct answer was Troilus and Cressida
THE BIBLE
It was like coriander seed, white; & the taste of it was like wafers made with honey
Time's up! The correct answer was Manna
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
Originally bean-containing dried gourds on handles, they were named by the Tupi of South America
Time's up! The correct answer was Maracas
KFC
The company would have been called Indiana Fried Chicken if it were named for the birthplace of this founder
Time's up! The correct answer was Col. Harland Sanders
PIZZA TOPPINGS
How about a nice traditional Hawaiian pizza topped with ham or Canadian bacon & this fruit
Time's up! The correct answer was pineapple
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
TOP OF THE LIST
Not surprisingly, this taste sensation is rocking as Ben & Jerry's top-selling ice cream flavor
Time's up! The correct answer was Cherry Garcia
FOOD CHAIN
In 1979 this chain introduced its Happy Meal
Time's up! The correct answer was McDonald's
NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES
Like its lengthy river, this state's name is Algonquian for "great water"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mississippi
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
The Sea of Galilee is just a broad basin of this river
Time's up! The correct answer was The River Jordan
18th CENTURY AMERICANS
In 1775 he & a group of axmen cleared & marked the Wilderness Road for the Transylvania Company
Time's up! The correct answer was Daniel Boone
ANGELS
Arte Moreno bought the baseball team in 2003 & renamed it the Los Angeles Angels of this place
Time's up! The correct answer was Anaheim
CROSSWORD CLUES "B"
Mr. Bumble's occupation in "Oliver Twist" (6)
Time's up! The correct answer was beadle
PLAY ADJECTIVES
David Yazbek & Jeffrey Lane's musical "____ ____ Scoundrels"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dirty Rotten
SRO
A song in this Disney musical asks, "How long must this go on?" ---4 years & counting
Time's up! The correct answer was Beauty And The Beast
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
Type of drum seen here, or a dance done to them
Time's up! The correct answer was Conga
THE TITANIC
The U.S. Senate inquiry noted that the 16 compartments in the Titanic's hull that supposedly were this, weren't
Time's up! The correct answer was watertight
ANYTHING BUT CHEESESTEAK
The French have Catherine de Medici to thank for introducing this sprouting Italian veggie to them
Time's up! The correct answer was broccoli
CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
Diamond deposit; it ain't yours! (4)
Time's up! The correct answer was mine
THE LOYOLA OPPOSITION
In 1521, Ignatius was struck by a cannonball while defending this country against the French
Time's up! The correct answer was Spain
FAIRY TALE FEMMES
She ate the window pane of the witch's cottage
Time's up! The correct answer was Gretel
THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION
In 1534 he & his buddy Francis Xavier founded the Society of Jesus
Time's up! The correct answer was Loyola
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
South Carolina's highest point, Sassafras Mountain, rises 3,560 feet in this range of the Appalachians
Time's up! The correct answer was the Blue Ridge Mountains
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
Cash, Depp
Time's up! The correct answer was Johnny
SPORTS
The new 23,500-seat U.S. Tennis Open Stadium is named for this star who died February 6, 1993
Time's up! The correct answer was Arthur Ashe
KOREA
In 1976 this company produced the Pony, the first Korean car
Time's up! The correct answer was Hyundai
"GREEN" THINGS
Oh yes, this North Carolina city was the birthplace of O. Henry
Time's up! The correct answer was Greensboro
"NEVER" AT THE MOVIES
The 2 James Bond films that have "Never" in the title
Time's up! The correct answer was Never Say Never Again & Tomorrow Never Dies
POETS
This "Howl" poet's father was also a poet & the 2 would perform public readings together
Time's up! The correct answer was Allen Ginsberg
THE 17TH CENTURY
In his 1613 "Letters On Sunspots", he openly supported the Copernican theory
Time's up! The correct answer was Galileo
SCIENCE
This German-born American physicist won the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics
Time's up! The correct answer was Albert Einstein
DRAMA
A brother & sister argue over the fate of a piano in this Pulitzer-winning play by August Wilson
Time's up! The correct answer was The Piano Lesson
4-LETTER VERBS
"And when two lovers woo they still say 'I love you' on that you can" do this
Time's up! The correct answer was rely
NAME THE WORK
Jack London: "'The Ghost' was rolling slightly on a calm sea without a breath of wind"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Sea Wolf
IT'S OURS!
Cook Islands
Time's up! The correct answer was New Zealand
FAMOUS LLOYDS
In 1980 this "Evita" composer won a Tony for Best Score & a Grammy for Best Cast Show Album
Time's up! The correct answer was Webber
REAL ESTATE
In 1947 the U.S. was given a 99-year one on Philippine military bases -- it was later shortened
Time's up! The correct answer was Lease
TEENS IN HISTORY
Apprenticed to a British shipowner as a teen in the 1740s, he became one of the great explorers of the Pacific
Time's up! The correct answer was Captain Cook
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE MOVIES
This sailor hero's adventures include "The Golden Voyage" & "The Eye of the Tiger"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sinbad
INDONESIA
An economic downturn in 1998 forced this president to resign & vice president Habibie succeeded him
Time's up! The correct answer was Suharto
SWEET TREATS
From 1910 to 1912 this popcorn confection came with prize coupons instead of the prizes themselves
Time's up! The correct answer was Cracker Jack
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
For over 75 years, Wrigley made only these 3 gums
Time's up! The correct answer was Spearmint, Doublemint & Juicy Fruit
FOREIGN TRAVEL
In part to prevent child abductions, the State Dept. now requires that minors appear in person to get this
Time's up! The correct answer was a passport
COMPUTER JARGON
"Egosurfing" means searching the net for this
Time's up! The correct answer was your own name
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
CONGRESSIONAL MISDEMEANORS
This former house speaker was reprimanded in 1997 for misuse of tax-exempt funds & submitting false informaiton
Time's up! The correct answer was Newt Gingrich
THE COMMODORES
Negotiated by Matthew Perry, 1854's Treaty of Kanagawa opened up this country to commercial trade with the U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was Japan
PLAY ADJECTIVES
Tennessee Williams' "____ Bird of Youth"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sweet Bird of Youth
MOVIES & TV
We were frakkin' sad when this sci fi show had its series finale on March 20, 2009
Time's up! The correct answer was Battlestar Galactica
INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN
Nike's stock fell when this basketball player announced his retirement in January 1999
Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Jordan
MILLIONS OF REASONS
Like Chico in "Animal Crackers", who got paid more for not performing, she got millions from Virgin not to sing
Time's up! The correct answer was Mariah Carey
LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"
San Diego County is estimated to have a million acres of this Spanish-named dense shrub growth
Time's up! The correct answer was chaparral
ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST GUITARISTS
His "Smooth" guitar strains earned him a place at No. 15
Time's up! The correct answer was Carlos Santana
CIVIL WAR LITERATURE
Jeff Shaara has written a prequel & a sequel to this 1974 novel about Gettysburg by his father Michael
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Killer Angels"
EDGAR AWARD WINNERS
"The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" got him the Edgar
Time's up! The correct answer was John le Carré
GOVERNMENT
He, not the Attorney General, represents the government in cases before the Supreme Court
Time's up! The correct answer was the Solicitor General of the U.S.
AT THE MOVIES
1980: Jake LaMotta battles his way to the middleweight title
Time's up! The correct answer was Raging Bull
MUSICAL TRAINS
In 1961 James Brown announced "all aboard" for this train
Time's up! The correct answer was "Night Train"
NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME
A 1975 inductee, he gave us "an electronic alphabet that could carry messages"
Time's up! The correct answer was Morse
LUNCH COUNTER LINGO
This beverage is Adam's ale
Time's up! The correct answer was water
BALLET
This Spanish seducer is attacked by furies at the end of a 1936 ballet
Time's up! The correct answer was Don Juan
TWO
In engines: Stephen Briggs &...
Time's up! The correct answer was Harold Stratton
WESTERNS
This singer's films include the westerns "Flaming Star", "Charro!" & "Love Me Tender"
Time's up! The correct answer was Elvis Presley
THE "UNDER" WORLD
Abolitionist "railroad"
Time's up! The correct answer was underground
HISTORIC AMERICANS
In 1973 he resigned as governor of New York to found the Commission on Critical Choices for Americans
Time's up! The correct answer was Nelson Rockefeller
HAVE A CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
G'Day Mate! Room service hopped in with kangaroo-tail soup, your breakfast from this continent
Time's up! The correct answer was Australia
THE MOVIES
She turned pirate in "Cutthroat Island" & action star in "The Long Kiss Goodnight"
Time's up! The correct answer was Geena Davis
BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS
The Elder, 1766-1768; The Younger, 1783-1801, 1804-1806
Time's up! The correct answer was William Pitt
MANY IRONS
Bruce Dickinson was the lead singer of this British heavy metal band
Time's up! The correct answer was Iron Maiden
AT THE MALL
This "Urban" store is the parent company of Anthropologie
Time's up! The correct answer was Urban Outfitters
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
CROSSWORD CLUES "Q"
A literary bell ringer (9)
Time's up! The correct answer was Quasimodo
AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY
In addition to its bountiful wildlife, this desert is the site of the Orapa diamond mine, one of the world's largest
Time's up! The correct answer was Kalahari
LASTS
Though this book has the word "last" in its title, it's only the second of the 5 "Leatherstocking Tales"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Last of the Mohicans
THE ROYALS
Charles Edward Stuart could have worn a T.Y.P. necklace for "The Young Pretender" or a B.P.C. one for this nickname
Time's up! The correct answer was Bonnie Prince Charlie
CAESAR
According to legend, this unhinged Roman emperor made his horse a priest & a consul
Time's up! The correct answer was Caligula
ANATOMY
This transparent membrane in the eye covers the iris & has no blood vessels
Time's up! The correct answer was the cornea
BIBLICAL CRIME BLOTTER
This woman is wanted in connection with stolen hair & the kidnapping of her boyfriend by Philistines
Time's up! The correct answer was Delilah
DIALING FOR DIALECTS
Dialects of this language include Wu, Yue & Hakka
Time's up! The correct answer was Chinese
"ROCK"Y
Also known as the Mosque of Omar, it was home to the Knights Templar during the Crusades
Time's up! The correct answer was the Dome of the Rock
WORLD CAPITALS
Foreign embassies are located in Jiddah, some 500 miles from this country's capital, Riyadh
Time's up! The correct answer was Saudi Arabia
ABBREV.
You can bank on it: FDIC
Time's up! The correct answer was Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS
South Carolina legislator John "O'Goshen!"
Time's up! The correct answer was land
FOREIGN CURRENCY
A Philippine one-peso coin of 1947 depicted this American, calling him "Defender and Liberator"
Time's up! The correct answer was Douglas MacArthur
ALSO A TOOL
"U Can't Touch This" bone, aka the malleus, just behind the eardrum
Time's up! The correct answer was the hammer
OFFICIAL STATE THINGS
"Swing your partner" & "do-si-do"; it's the state dance of Oregon & Alabama
Time's up! The correct answer was square dance
MILLIONS OF REASONS
Like Chico in "Animal Crackers", who got paid more for not performing, she got millions from Virgin not to sing
Time's up! The correct answer was Mariah Carey
FAMOUS JACQUES
Much of France's 16th century Canadian claim was based on his explorations
Time's up! The correct answer was Cartier
FOOD & DRINK
They're the 2 things Little Miss Muffet was consuming while sitting on her tuffet
Time's up! The correct answer was curds & whey
TOUR OF JUDY
This CNN news anchor once worked as a correspondent for "The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour"
Time's up! The correct answer was Judy Woodruff
BUSY AS A BEAVER
As a boy Joe Namath had a dam good time growing up strong in this Pennsylvania city
Time's up! The correct answer was Beaver Falls
TECHNOLOGY
The iPhone was launches on this date.
Time's up! The correct answer was 29th June 2007
TRANSLATION EXERCISES
Yiddish to French: The polite "a sheynem dank"
Time's up! The correct answer was merci beaucoup
AIN'T THAT "GRAND"
This name for a railroad terminal at Park & 42nd is a synonym for frenzied activity
Time's up! The correct answer was Grand Central Station
SAY "CHI"s
Giving up your seat to the lady proves that this medieval system is not dead
Time's up! The correct answer was chivalry
BOXING MOVIES
This platinum blonde was a real knockout as a prizefighter's scheming wife in the 1931 film "Iron Man"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jean Harlow
NOVEL QUOTES
"...They ought to find a way of being inoculated against love" is a line from his "Anna Karenina"
Time's up! The correct answer was Leo Tolstoy
BOGIE MEN
Fred C. Dobbs
Time's up! The correct answer was The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
"ANT" INFESTATION
The Huguenots received religious freedom from the 1598 edict of this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Nantes
SKIRTING THE ISSUE
This loose-fitting garment often worn as a beach coverup was copied from Indonesian native dress
Time's up! The correct answer was a sarong
EARLY AMERICA
In the 1620s this Dutch company founded New Netherland in what later became N.Y., N.J., Delaware & Connecticut
Time's up! The correct answer was the Dutch West India Company
ISLANDS
A causeway connects this Persian Gulf nation with the Saudi Arabian mainland
Time's up! The correct answer was Bahrain
SHIPS
On May 7, 1915 German submarine commander Walter Schweiger gave the command to torpedo this British liner
Time's up! The correct answer was the Lusitania
ALWAYS SAY NEVER
There's an old expression that says these "never prosper"; remember that
Time's up! The correct answer was cheaters
4 N
Number of "beers on the wall" at the beginning of the song
Time's up! The correct answer was ninety-nine
IT'S RAINING "MN"
Please don't forget this word, from the Greek for "oblivion"
Time's up! The correct answer was amnesia
21st CENTURY MUSIC
Brothers Chad & Mike Kroeger make up half of this rock band
Time's up! The correct answer was Nickelback
MILITARY SLANG
This 2-word term, also a movie title, is slang for Navy Fighter Weapons School
Time's up! The correct answer was Top Gun
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
ISLANDS
Lewis with Harris is the most northerly of this "Outer" Scottish island group
Time's up! The correct answer was Outer Hebrides
SOMETHING'S A "FOOT"
12 inches of hot dog
Time's up! The correct answer was Foot long
SCIENCE CLASS
99.95% of the mass of an atom is in this part
Time's up! The correct answer was the nucleus
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
THE PRESIDENCY
In 1998, the highest-ranking person in the line of presidential succession who could not legally be president
Time's up! The correct answer was Madeleine Albright
WHO'S YOUR MOMMY?
Melanie Griffith
Time's up! The correct answer was Tippi Hedren
TELEVISION
Alice is the housekeeper on this classic sitcom; Sam the butcher is her boyfriend
Time's up! The correct answer was The Brady Bunch
BUSINESS BUDDIES
Book publisher Henry Houghton made this guy his partner
Time's up! The correct answer was Mifflin
COMMON BONDS
Fife, Rubble, Miller
Time's up! The correct answer was Barney
TV STARS
In 2001 this actress, Borg babe Seven of Nine on "Voyager", joined the cast of "Boston Public"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jeri Ryan
ALL "AMERICAN"
A gorilla named Koko learned to communicate using gestures from this
Time's up! The correct answer was American Sign Language
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
___ OG
"Pea Soup" describes a dense one
Time's up! The correct answer was fog
POLITICS
Florida Congressman who champions the senior citizen
Time's up! The correct answer was Claude Pepper
THAT'S BUSINESS
In 1997 Tyco International moved to this U.K. territory in the Atlantic for tax purposes
Time's up! The correct answer was Bermuda
THE EYES HAVE IT
A blow with a whip
Time's up! The correct answer was Lash
ROCK & ROLL FRONTMEN
Anthony Kiedis
Time's up! The correct answer was Red Hot Chili Peppers
RHYMES WITH TRACK
It's a titan in the trucking industry
Time's up! The correct answer was Mack
DEPARTMENT "S"
Eternally doomed rock roller of Greek mythology
Time's up! The correct answer was Sisyphus
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Max Planck gave this name to the smallest amount of energy that can be emitted as electromagnetic radiation
Time's up! The correct answer was Quantum
RADIO DISNEY
"Party In The U.S.A." is by this singer who also plays a young lady named Hannah
Time's up! The correct answer was Miley Cyrus
THREE CHEERS!
The 4-legged Omaha made the record books in 1935 with this 3-feat
Time's up! The correct answer was racing's Triple Crown
"HIGH" SCHOOL
The HD in the new digital format HDTV stands for this
Time's up! The correct answer was high definition
OSCAR NIGHT 2003
Chris Cooper won his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his work in this film seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Adaptation
SHAKESPEARE
“Sweets to the sweet: Farewell!” were Hamlet's mother's words at this woman's funeral
Time's up! The correct answer was Ophelia
THE SILVER SCREEN
Schwarzenegger is a Soviet cop teamed with James Belushi's Chicago cop in this action movie
Time's up! The correct answer was Red Heat
OSCARS OF THE '70s
For her portrayal of Greta Ohlsson in a 1974 mystery, this legendary actress scored her third Oscar
Time's up! The correct answer was Ingrid Bergman
ROYAL FEMALE NICKNAMES
She was "The Untamed Heifer" & "The Virgin Queen"
Time's up! The correct answer was Elizabeth I
KIDDIE LIT
Chapter 4 of this 1908 classic is called "Morning at Green Gables"
Time's up! The correct answer was Anne of Green Gables
"MUM"s THE WORD
....I said it's to utter something quietly & unclearly!
Time's up! The correct answer was Mumble
ALSO A GUN MANUFACTURER
He's the guitarist who had a Top 40 hit with "Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rick Derringer
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
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
WORLD HODGEPODGE
From the old French for "ice", these cover about 1/8 of Iceland; some are 3/4 of a mile thick
Time's up! The correct answer was Glaciers
FIRST NAMES
Once considered too sacred to use, it was later the top girl's name from 1880 to the 1940s
Time's up! The correct answer was Mary
FICTIONAL BOOKS
This character on "Seinfeld" thought of "a coffee table book about coffee tables" that turned into a coffee table
Time's up! The correct answer was Kramer
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
Just because you have this pervasive suspicion of others, doesn't mean they're not out to get you
Time's up! The correct answer was Paranoia
APOLLO 11
Some 1 million spectators surrounded this space center to watch the lift-off
Time's up! The correct answer was Cape Kennedy
NEBRASKA, NEW YORK OR NORTH DAKOTA
The Oregon Trail crossed it
Time's up! The correct answer was Nebraska
TV MOVIES
He played Tony Starr in "Copacabana", which was based on his own hit record
Time's up! The correct answer was Barry Manilow
ROGER!
The "Roger" to Michael Moore's "Me", in 1990 this GM chairman handed over the job to Robert Stempel
Time's up! The correct answer was Smith
ANIMAL PLANET
You'll have a leg up if you know this is the correct term for a baby hippo
Time's up! The correct answer was Calf
SWEET!
This slang term for coffee precedes "chip" in a Starbucks ice cream flavor
Time's up! The correct answer was java
ACTORS WHO DIRECT
"Rocky II", "III" & "IV"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sylvester Stallone
___ OG
"Pea Soup" describes a dense one
Time's up! The correct answer was fog
NICE TO MEAT YOU
This meat comes before "fried steak" in a dish popular in the South
Time's up! The correct answer was chicken
ROCK-Y
His innovations include multitrack recording, overdubbing & the solid-body electric guitar
Time's up! The correct answer was Les Paul
TV STARS
Taylor Negron plays nanny to these twins on "So Little Time"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Olsen twins
BACK IN 1906
In 1906 there were 90 of these; nearly two-thirds of them were Republican
Time's up! The correct answer was senators
CLASSIC ADS & JINGLES
"Is it live or is it" this?
Time's up! The correct answer was Memorex
SOME MORE SIMIAN CINEMA
Robert Guillaume provided the voice of Rafiki, the wise old baboon, in this 1994 film
Time's up! The correct answer was The Lion King
MOVIE TAG LINES
1982 film that showed "A world inside a computer where man has never been. Never before now"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tron
PLAY ADJECTIVES
Noel Coward 's "____ Spirit"
Time's up! The correct answer was Blithe Spirit
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
THE ASSASSIN'S VICTIM
1881: Charles Guiteau
Time's up! The correct answer was James Garfield
DANGER IN WONDERLAND
Distinct alabaster fur; you'll know him by the big pocket watch he refers to; careful--he moves quickly
Time's up! The correct answer was the White Rabbit
BIG "STAR"
As soon as corn is picked, its sugar begins to turn into this, so get it into the pot fast!
Time's up! The correct answer was starch
WORD"Z"
In football, it's a charge on the QB by linebackers or defensive backs
Time's up! The correct answer was a blitz
THE COLOR PURPLE
This purple flower is the state flower of Colorado
Time's up! The correct answer was the columbine
THE BODY WOMAN
Location of the zygomatic bones; fashion models may have prominent ones
Time's up! The correct answer was cheekbones
& NOW THE "END" IS NEAR
Shakespeare's Puck: If we have" done this, "think but this, and all is mended"
Time's up! The correct answer was offended
"A" PLUS
From Greek words meaning "to watch from both sides", it's a large open arena for public entertainments
Time's up! The correct answer was amphitheatre
BEFORE & AFTER
Fictional girl sleuth who's the granddaughter of "The Great Profile"
Time's up! The correct answer was Nancy Drew Barrymore
ART & ARTISTS
He painted "Tahitian Women" shortly after arriving on that island in 1891
Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Gauguin
SCIENCE
When combined with oxygen, this lightest chemical element makes water
Time's up! The correct answer was hydrogen
THAT'S ITALIAN!
Roman soldiers passed the time playing this game, the Italian version of lawn bowling
Time's up! The correct answer was bocce
SPOOKS
This spy came a long way from her origins as the daughter of a Dutch hatter
Time's up! The correct answer was Mata Hari
BEGINS & ENDS WITH "T"
A male feline
Time's up! The correct answer was Tomcat
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
FROM B TO C
1829 novelist of "Les Chouans"
Time's up! The correct answer was Balzac
CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS
Philosopher Soren Kierkegaard was born May 5, 1813 in this capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Copenhagen
WESTERNS
It's the type of transport in the title of John Wayne's 1939 breakout film
Time's up! The correct answer was a stagecoach
ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS
Variety called it "a horse picture" with "a new dramatic find-- moppet Elizabeth Taylor"
Time's up! The correct answer was National Velvet
THE ANIMALS
(Sarah of the Clue Crew at Zoo Atlanta) There are 3 types of gorilla: mountain & the eastern & western type of these lesser-altitude gorillas
Time's up! The correct answer was lowland gorillas
OSCARS OF THE '70s
Of Jack Nicholson's 5 nominations in the 1970s, this was the only movie for which he won
Time's up! The correct answer was One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
THEATRE AROUND THE WORLD
There's a "method" behind his founding of the Moscow Art Theatre with Nemirovich-Danchenko
Time's up! The correct answer was Stanislavski
DOUBLE TALK
It's a hand-beaten drum used by American Indians
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom-tom
AMERICAN HISTORY
It became a U.S. territory in 1900 & a state 59 years later
Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii
BE FRUITFUL & MULTIPLY
3 x 4 x 5 x 6
Time's up! The correct answer was 360
AFRICAN ISLANDS
Uganda's Sese Islands lie in the northern part of this large lake
Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Victoria
SHOES
The lad who's the symbol of a line of Sherwin-Williams paints wears this type of shoes
Time's up! The correct answer was Wooden Shoes/Clogs
MISSING LINKS
Curry ____ Keg
Time's up! The correct answer was powder
FROM THE FRENCH
This type of needlework gets its name from the French for "hook"
Time's up! The correct answer was crochet
SPORTS FACTS
In the 1960s he won 7 major tournaments, more than any other golfer
Time's up! The correct answer was Nicklaus
WEATHER
An increase in air temperature at higher altitudes is unusual & is called this
Time's up! The correct answer was Inversion
NOVELS
Published in 1949, this futuristic tale is set in Oceania, a few years before you were born
Time's up! The correct answer was 1984
RICHARD
He shot the famous photo of Nastassja Kinski & the serpent
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Avedon
FILE UNDER "K"
His "Ode To A Nightingale" says, "With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, and purple-stained mouth"
Time's up! The correct answer was John Keats
OSCARDS WILD
He's the "SNL" guy (& you're not) who opened the 1988 show with, "Good evening Hollywood phonies"; he never hosted again
Time's up! The correct answer was Chevy Chase
THE CIRCUS
Antoinette Concello's triple somersault helped make her the "Queen of" this "flying" apparatus
Time's up! The correct answer was trapeze
CABLE TELEVISION
The name of this channel can be traced back to a movie theater that opened in 1905 in McKeesport, Pa.
Time's up! The correct answer was Nickelodeon
SHAKESPEAREAN WORDS
The word "fashionable" came into vogue with Ulysses' speech to Achilles in this play
Time's up! The correct answer was Troilus and Cressida
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
THIS IS JEOPARDY!
With a cash total of $172,800, he's Jeopardy!'s biggest winner ever
Time's up! The correct answer was Chuck Forrest
ODDS & ENDS
It's the smaller of the two bones in the lower leg
Time's up! The correct answer was the fibula
"O" YOU ANIMAL!
"Cool" cat seen here:
Time's up! The correct answer was Ocelot
SPORTS OF THE FEMALE OLYMPIANS
Mohini Bhardwaj, Courtney Kupets & their 4 teammates
Time's up! The correct answer was gymnastics
BASEBALL
In Los Angeles, the Dodgers have had only these 2 managers
Time's up! The correct answer was Walter Alston & Tommy Lasorda
DAYS
In 1954 Armistice Day was renamed this
Time's up! The correct answer was Veterans Day
DOUBLE-O WORDS
Rideshare is the program of the wise & benevolent Sony Corporation to help employees get to work this way
Time's up! The correct answer was carpooling
WAR MOVIES
1936: Errol Flynn leads a cavalry unit into cannon, annihilation & everlasting glory
Time's up! The correct answer was Charge of the Light Brigade
THE OBLIGATORY POETRY CATEGORY
In a poem titled for the date when Germany invaded Poland, W.H. Auden called this "A low dishonest decade"
Time's up! The correct answer was 1930s
GOOD CAUSES
The LFA is a leading group battling this disease named for lesions that resemble a wolf's bite
Time's up! The correct answer was lupus
NOVELS
Published in 1949, this futuristic tale is set in Oceania, a few years before you were born
Time's up! The correct answer was 1984
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
Anne Shirley leaves the orphanage to live on this "colorful" farm in Avonlea
Time's up! The correct answer was Green Gables
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
ANAGRAMMED BIRDS
A city dweller: ego nip
Time's up! The correct answer was pigeon
BEN
Ben Franklin went to London in 1757 to represent this colony's assembly
Time's up! The correct answer was Pennsylvania
CINEMA OF "BLOOD"
Daniel Day-Lewis starred in this 2008 Oscar-winning adaptation of an Upton Sinclair novel
Time's up! The correct answer was There Will Be Blood
"T" TIME AT THE LIBRARY
Hawthorne's college classmate Horatio Bridge paid for the publication of this collection of "Tales"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Twice-Told Tales"
HISTORIC NAMES
This 1909 Nobel Prize winner once failed the entrance exams at the Univ. of Bologna, Italy
Time's up! The correct answer was Guglielmo Marconi
NO. 3 SONGS
Her "True Blue" peaked at No. 3 just a few weeks after "Papa Don't Preach" topped the charts
Time's up! The correct answer was Madonna
TECHNOLOGY
Count Rumford, who died in 1814, invented the drip version of this
Time's up! The correct answer was the coffee maker
OF "RATH"
On election night 2000, this newsman spouted lines like "Bush will be madder than a rained-on rooster"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dan Rather
MEASURING DEVICES
The amount of this in a solution can be measured by a saccharometer
Time's up! The correct answer was sugar
WRITERS CUBED
In 1845 he published "The Raven and Other Poems"; the other poems include "The Conqueror Worm"
Time's up! The correct answer was Edgar Allan Poe
WOMEN'S HEALTH
In a "Got Milk" ad, Jennifer Love Hewitt says she hates this bone condition, so she has fat free milk with every meal
Time's up! The correct answer was osteoporosis
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
This British actress played Isadora Duncan on film in 1968 & onstage in 1991
Time's up! The correct answer was Vanessa Redgrave
THOSE WACKY GERMANS
From 1949 to 1990 Germany was split into 2 countries, which were called this
Time's up! The correct answer was East & West Germany
THE HAYES YEARS
10 members of this secret society of Irish immigrant coal workers were hanged on June 21, 1877
Time's up! The correct answer was The Molly Maguires
HOME
It's what andirons are built to hold
Time's up! The correct answer was Logs/wood in your fireplace
THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
In 1774 the owner of the Peggy Stewart was forced to burn his ship & its 2,000-pound cargo of this taxed item
Time's up! The correct answer was tea
ALSO A VEGAS CASINO
A popular brand of orange juice
Time's up! The correct answer was Tropicana
STRING THEORY 201
String theory is part of this "P" branch of physics that studies eensy little items
Time's up! The correct answer was particle
MUSICAL PRIME NUMBERS
Prince: "2000 zero zero party over, oops, out of time, so tonight I'm gonna party like it's ____"
Time's up! The correct answer was 1999
ACTRESSES
Her first name honors the playwriting partner of Russel Crouse, her father
Time's up! The correct answer was Lindsey Crouse
HOME, SWEET HOME
As a bachelor in the 1970s, Prince Charles romanced Camilla at Broadlands, the home of this lord, his great-uncle
Time's up! The correct answer was Mountbatten
SHIPS
The flagship of Oliver Hazard Perry was named for this captain who said, "Don't give up the ship"
Time's up! The correct answer was James Lawrence
RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS
For Muslims: witnessing, prayer, alms giving, fasting & pilgrimage
Time's up! The correct answer was Five Pillars of Faith
PEARLS OF WISDOM
A philosopher: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"
Time's up! The correct answer was George Santayana
NOVEL QUOTES
(1719) "I made him know his name should be Friday, which was the day I saved his life"
Time's up! The correct answer was Robinson Crusoe
YOU'RE UNDER A "REST"
Any mountain's summit
Time's up! The correct answer was crest
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Max Planck gave this name to the smallest amount of energy that can be emitted as electromagnetic radiation
Time's up! The correct answer was Quantum
THE "BUTLER" DID IT
In his 1872 novel "Erewhon", poverty is considered a crime
Time's up! The correct answer was Samuel Butler
FOREIGN TRAVEL
In estimating the time to recover from this, figure one day for every hour of the time change
Time's up! The correct answer was jet lag
BIBLICAL PAIRS
"Hairy" couple from Judges 16
Time's up! The correct answer was Samson & Delilah
TONY-WINNING COMPOSERS
1980: "Evita"
Time's up! The correct answer was Andrew Lloyd Webber
BATTLE TO NAME THE WAR
Quebec &, a year later, Trenton
Time's up! The correct answer was the Revolutionary War
UNIVERSITY SPORTS TEAMS
Penn State's teams, they were named partly for a mountain & partly for a creature that could defeat Princeton's Tigers
Time's up! The correct answer was the Nittany Lions