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HEY, "U"!
This citrus fruit from Jamaica is named for its lack of physical beauty
Time's up! The correct answer was Ugli fruit
ROCK OF STAGES
Character who sings "Angry Inch "
Time's up! The correct answer was Hedwig
BODIES OF WATER
In 1975 the United Kingdom began piping oil from this sea to its shores
Time's up! The correct answer was the North Sea
LET'S MESS WITH TEXAS
This state bird of Texas belongs to the family Mimidae
Time's up! The correct answer was the mockingbird
MAGAZINE FEATURES
Star Tracks, Scoop, Chatter
Time's up! The correct answer was People
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
The Einheriar were the dead warriors the Valkyries picked up & brought back to this hall where they were revived
Time's up! The correct answer was Valhalla
CELEB STUFF
Her 1988 major label debut album was "Y Kant Tori Read"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tori Amos
NO. 3 SONGS
The Beatles sang that he "doesn't have a point of view, knows not where he's going to"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Nowhere Man"
ANIMAL GROUPS
This word can refer to laziness, a 2-toed mammal, or a group of bears
Time's up! The correct answer was Sloth
MR. OR MS. WILLIAMS
The aquatic Mrs. Fernando Lamas
Time's up! The correct answer was Esther Williams
WORLD LEADERS
Lee Myung-Bak is its head of state; he makes the news a bit less often than his counterpart to the north
Time's up! The correct answer was South Korea
FOREIGN CURRENCY
This currency of Costa Rica gets its name from the first European to see the nation
Time's up! The correct answer was the Colon
YOU HAD TO EXPECT OPERA
King Solomon is a character in "La Reine de Saba", an opera about the queen of this place
Time's up! The correct answer was Sheba
ALL ABOARD THE SOUL TRAIN
This hair care product was among the first major backers of the show
Time's up! The correct answer was Afro Sheen
"X"-MEN
He was the de facto leader of China from the late 1970s to the early 1990s
Time's up! The correct answer was Deng Xiaoping
CARTOONS
This "Funnie" middle school student got his first movie in March 1999
Time's up! The correct answer was Doug
NAME THE WORK
Verne: "Certainly an Englishman, it was more doubtful whether Phileas Fogg was a Londoner"
Time's up! The correct answer was Around the World in Eighty Days
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
This self-absorbed personality disorder is named for a mythical youth who loved his reflection
Time's up! The correct answer was Narcissism
YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT!
Calls for an opinion--only allowed for this type of witness with special knowledge of a subject
Time's up! The correct answer was an expert witness
WE WANT PISA!
Born in Pisa in the 16th century, he studied the laws of falling bodies & the motions of projectiles
Time's up! The correct answer was Galileo
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
This companion island to Trinidad has its own airport, Crown Point International
Time's up! The correct answer was Tobago
SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN
In the 1st act, before he's king, this title character woos the newly-widowed Lady Anne
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard III
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
In 1957 Martin Luther King helped establish this religious organization, the SCLC
Time's up! The correct answer was Southern Christian Leadership Conference
BIBLICAL CRIME BLOTTER
Wife of Ahab, this Baal worshiper & harlot was last seen in Jezreel
Time's up! The correct answer was Jezebel
KOREA
In 1976 this company produced the Pony, the first Korean car
Time's up! The correct answer was Hyundai
COUNTRIES THAT END IN "O"
The largest country in area that ends in "O", it has a population of about 66 million
Time's up! The correct answer was the Congo
PITCHING HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE WOO
Drink (or eat) deep, my dear, for I have brought deep-fried this drink, "the real thing", from the state fair of Texas
Time's up! The correct answer was Coke
PLANT PARENTHOOD
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew in the laboratory) Any glass or plastic container can be used to build one of these self-contained indoor gardens
Time's up! The correct answer was terrariums
EPONYMS
This big hair style is derived from the title of a mistress of Louis XV
Time's up! The correct answer was a madame pompadour
THE FORTUNE 500
Since the Fortune 500 list began in 1955, only Exxon, Wal-Mart & this now-troubled auto co. have held the top spot
Time's up! The correct answer was GM
THE SECOND...
...U.S. manned space program
Time's up! The correct answer was the Gemini program
ANATOMY
This section of the digestive tract is divided into the duodenum, jejunum & ileum
Time's up! The correct answer was Small Intestine
"J" WHIZ
It's believed that the Virgin Mary died in this Middle Eastern city
Time's up! The correct answer was Jerusalem
HEADQUARTERS
The Ford Motor Company has long been headquartered in this city that adjoins Detroit
Time's up! The correct answer was Dearborn
LITERARY HOUSES
In this novel by John Kennedy Toole, Ignatius J. Reilly lives with his mother in her New Orleans home
Time's up! The correct answer was The Confederacy of Dunces
FOUNTAINS
Ottorino Respighi wrote a symphonic poem about the "Fountains Of" this Italian capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Rome
THE LAST BATTLE
The Battle of Bosworth
Time's up! The correct answer was the Wars of the Roses
FATHERS & SONS
The island where this man's son washed ashore was later named Ikaria
Time's up! The correct answer was Daedalus
FUNDRAISING
In fundraising DM stands for this mail, which aims to scare up new donors
Time's up! The correct answer was direct mail
POETIC TITLE VERBS
"On First _____ Into Chapman's Homer"
Time's up! The correct answer was Looking
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 STING
The WNBA team belonging to this southern city is known as The Sting
Time's up! The correct answer was Charlotte
EAT IT!
Traditionally, shepherd's pie contains this meat, ground or diced
Time's up! The correct answer was lamb
THE BYRDS & THE BEAS
He was the Senate's Minority Leader from 1980-87, then moved up to Majority Leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Byrd
NOVELISTS
He followed his first novel, "Appointment in Samarra", with "BUtterfield 8"
Time's up! The correct answer was John O'Hara
THE FILM THAT ALMOST WAS
Eddie Murphy got the role in this '84 police comedy after Sylvester Stallone dropped out
Time's up! The correct answer was Beverly Hills Cop
JULIA ROBERTS FILM FEST
(Hi, I'm Leonard Maltin) I like to think of this 2000 Julia Roberts movie as an "Energetic, engaging David vs. Goliath story"
Time's up! The correct answer was Erin Brockovich
X MARKS THE SPOT
This city on the Salt River sits on the eastern edge of the Sonoran Desert
Time's up! The correct answer was Phoenix
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST
The 6 Earl Derr Biggers novels about this Chinese-American detective were first serialized in the Post
Time's up! The correct answer was Charlie Chan
CALENDAR GIRLS
Patricia Clarkson was nominated for an Oscar for "Pieces of" this title gal played by Katie Holmes
Time's up! The correct answer was April
SI's SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE
A Little League team in Kentucky is sponsored by this "delightfully tacky yet unrefined" restaurant
Time's up! The correct answer was Hooters
CANDY & GUM SLOGANS
"Packed with Peanuts", it "Really Satisfies"
Time's up! The correct answer was Snickers
EMOTICONS
:-$ It's where this emoticon tells you to "put your money"
Time's up! The correct answer was where your mouth is
AT THE BUILDING SITE
A teacher could handle this, the moving of earth to form a smooth surface for a roadway
Time's up! The correct answer was a grader
SPORTS
On Oct. 19, 1924 Grantland Rice wrote of this team's backfield "The Four Horsemen Rode Again"
Time's up! The correct answer was Notre Dame
LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS
Named for his cousin, James Buchanan Eads built the first bridge across this river at St. Louis
Time's up! The correct answer was the Mississippi
HOMOPHONIC PAIRS
Remained sedate
Time's up! The correct answer was stayed staid
OOH... A WISE GUY
Peachy thoughts from this uber philosopher include "God is Dead" & "Is Man only a blunder of God?"
Time's up! The correct answer was Nietzsche
PICTURE THIS
The rights to 5 of Tom Kelley's red velvet photos of this actress taken in 1949 were put on eBay in 2001, but weren't sold
Time's up! The correct answer was Marilyn Monroe
RODENTS
Spaniards named these furry rodents for the Chincha Indians
Time's up! The correct answer was chinchilla
WONDER DRUGS
The arthritis medicine lodine is an NSAID, a non-steroidal anti-this drug
Time's up! The correct answer was inflammatory
BUT IS IT ART?
It can be a gamble to hang the well-known image of dogs playing this card game
Time's up! The correct answer was Poker
BRIGHT IDEAS
In 1948 scientists at Bristol-Meyers "buffered" this medicine for the first time
Time's up! The correct answer was aspirin
COUNTRIES THAT END IN "O"
This small country is about 1/20th the size of NYC & its primary language is Italian
Time's up! The correct answer was San Marino
WE'RE MALAYSIA-BOUND
This capital whose name means "muddy estuary" was named for the 2 rivers that wind through it
Time's up! The correct answer was Kuala Lumpur
19th CENTURY LITERATURE
William Wells Brown's "Clotel; or, The President's Daughter" is about the kids this man allegedly had with a slave
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Jefferson
AND I QUOTE
A quote can be taken "out of" this, from the Latin for "to weave together"
Time's up! The correct answer was Context
WHAT KIND OF FOWL AM I?
Rock Cornish game hen or Rhode Island Red
Time's up! The correct answer was a chicken
MOVIE MUSICALS
The only Ginger Rogers-Fred Astaire film for which these 2 brothers wrote songs was 1937's "Shall We Dance"
Time's up! The correct answer was George & Ira Gershwin
IS IT "TEA" TIME YET?
In 1975 the Perfumer's Workshop introduced a fragrance named for this flower
Time's up! The correct answer was a tea rose
THE LENIN CLOSET
When Lenin returned to Russia in 1917, he did it in a "sealed" one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was railway car
ANCIENT TIMES
The ancient Ban Chiang poetry of Thailand resembles that of this country's neolithic Yang-Shao period
Time's up! The correct answer was China
THE 50 STATES
Cape Prince of Wales on the Seward Peninsula is this state's westernmost mainland point
Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska
KIDDY LIT
In this poem, the hero is instructed to shun the frumious Bandersnatch
Time's up! The correct answer was Jabberwocky
HISTORIC NICKNAMES
This 19th century American politician & orator was nicknamed "The Little Giant"
Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Douglas
LITERATURE
He published the first 4 of his fairy tales in an 1835 pamphlet; "The Tinder Box" was among them
Time's up! The correct answer was Hans Christian Andersen
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
TAIWAN
During Japanese control of Taiwan, this largest city was called Taihoku
Time's up! The correct answer was Taipei
"O" YOU ANIMAL!
The Pacific species of this has an arm span of up to 33 feet
Time's up! The correct answer was Octopus
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
This great Flemish artist's "Adoration of the Magi" adorns King's College chapel
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Paul Rubens
NATIVE AMERICANS
He had 2 adopted sons, One Bull & White Bull
Time's up! The correct answer was Sitting Bull
BACKWORDS
Aye, lass, I'll wed thee ere this has dried on the fields
Time's up! The correct answer was Dew
PHYSICS
Term for the speed of a body in a specified direction
Time's up! The correct answer was velocity
11-LETTER WORDS
British weight system based on a pound equal to 453.59 grams or 16 ounces
Time's up! The correct answer was Avoirdupois
FLAGS OF THE WORLD
Seen here is the flag of this nation (the home of Bollywood)
Time's up! The correct answer was India
POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS
"For" Michigan Republican congressman Hoekstra's "sake!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pete's
U.S. PORT CITIES
Pull into this port city & you'll find Fort Sumter guarding its harbor
Time's up! The correct answer was Charleston
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
RHYMES WITH TRACK
A knave who's a real card
Time's up! The correct answer was a jack
RUSSIAN LITERATURE
Lev Rubin in this Soviet dissident's "The First Circle" was based on 1960s Russian civil rights figure Lev Kopelev
Time's up! The correct answer was Solzhenitsyn
ONE LETTER DIFFERENT
A speechless minute arachnid
Time's up! The correct answer was a mute mite
THE MUSICAL DR. IS IN
The "Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits" describes this "Right Place Wrong Time" man as a "swamp-rock singer/pianist"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. John
TITLE 9
Daniel Okrent: "Nine ___: The Anatomy of a Baseball Game"
Time's up! The correct answer was Innings
LUNCH COUNTER LINGO
Bow wow & Coney Island both refer to this food
Time's up! The correct answer was a hot dog
THE MOVIES
It was double trouble for this martial arts star playing twins in "Twin Dragons"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jackie Chan
TIMELESS TV
September 2010 brought the 45th edition of this comedian's telethon
Time's up! The correct answer was Jerry Lewis
FROM THE WELSH
The name of this Olympic weapon may go back to the Welsh gaflach, "forked branch"
Time's up! The correct answer was Javelin
JERSEY GIRLS
This Algonquin wit was born in West End, N.J. in 1893 & was a drama critic for Vanity Fair by 1917
Time's up! The correct answer was Dorothy Parker
HOLLYWOOD THRILLER PREVIEWS?
In Australia, water is going down drains backwards (to us). This fall, Mel Gibson takes on the reason why--this "Effect"
Time's up! The correct answer was Coriolis
CARY GRANT FILMS
In this 1944 film about a pair of murderous aunts, Cary says, "Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops"
Time's up! The correct answer was Arsenic and Old Lace
THE 1930s
In 1936, in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles, this country began remilitarizing the Rhineland
Time's up! The correct answer was Germany
PUT ON YOUR JAMIES
Jamie in this family that includes N.C. & Andrew said, "Everybody in my family paints -- excluding possibly the dogs"
Time's up! The correct answer was Wyeth
ART & ARTISTS
In 1963 this "Christina's World" artist became the first painter to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Time's up! The correct answer was Andrew Wyeth
ASIAN CAPITALS
Check out the Kokugikan Sumo Budokan Arena in this capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Tokyo
WINE
On wine labels, this word which means "estate" precedes Lafite & Mouton-Rothschild
Time's up! The correct answer was Chateau
LIVE IN TEXAS
Man from Sugarland, Texas known as "The Hammer" in the U.S. House of Representatives
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom DeLay
POP CULTURE
This man who died in 1918 was Snoopy's cursed nemesis in "Peanuts"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Red Baron
GIVE ME AN "A"!
In 2004 an Arctic Beauty wild hair contest became part of the famous Fur Rendezvous in this U.S. city
Time's up! The correct answer was Anchorage
WORDS TO THE "Y"s
A female nickname, or a fall guy
Time's up! The correct answer was a patsy
ART & ARTISTS
You can see this British sculptor's "Reclining Mother and Child" at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry Moore
FLEMISH & DUTCH MASTERS
Artist whose masterpiece is seen here: ("Night Cafe")
Time's up! The correct answer was Vincent Van Gogh
BEGINS & ENDS WITH "O"
Herr Bismarck knows this given name comes from a Germanic word meaning "rich"
Time's up! The correct answer was Otto
SEEING "RED"
In song, just "remember" this place "and the cowboy that loves you so true"
Time's up! The correct answer was Red River Valley
THE MUSICAL DR. IS IN
The "Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits" describes this "Right Place Wrong Time" man as a "swamp-rock singer/pianist"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. John
UP & ATOM
To study atoms you might use a scanning tunneling one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was microscope
A WHITE CATEGORY
The London district of Whitechapel is associated with this infamous killer
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack the Ripper
SCRAMBLED EGGS?
A pancake-like offering in Rome: FAT TRAIT
Time's up! The correct answer was frittata
NOVELS
Chapter 10 of this 1960 novel begins, "Atticus was feeble: he was nearly fifty"
Time's up! The correct answer was To Kill a Mockingbird
SCIENCE & NATURE
His 1947 oceanic expedition began in Callao, Peru & ended 10 days later in Polynesia
Time's up! The correct answer was Thor Heyerdahl
LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER
Daisy Miller & Natty Bumppo could have joined forces in a novel by this author
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry James Fenimore Cooper
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
MUSICALS
(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE): Gwen Verdon sang the following song in the original Broadway version of this show: "Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets..."
Time's up! The correct answer was "Damn Yankees!"
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
Celebrating January 6, the Feast of this, commemorating the day the Magi arrived to honor the Christ Child
Time's up! The correct answer was the Epiphany
TIMELESS TV
In 1948 Douglas Edwards became the first anchor of this network's Evening News
Time's up! The correct answer was CBS
COMPOUND WORDS
Lunar term meaning mentally deranged or dreamily romantic
Time's up! The correct answer was moonstruck
KILLER MUSICALS
Billy Bigelow kills himself after a botched hold-up in this Rodgers & Hammerstein classic
Time's up! The correct answer was "Carousel"
THE COMPANY LINE
In 1963, live on "The Art Linkletter Show", this company served its billionth burger
Time's up! The correct answer was McDonald's
JUST DESSERTS
This thick liquid is the traditional sweetening in Indian pudding
Time's up! The correct answer was molasses
POLITICAL TALK
This type of "son" holds a state's convention votes together but is not a serious candidate for presidency
Time's up! The correct answer was a favorite son
MILITARY POWER
Contour flying is when a pilot flies low, following the Earth's contours, to avoid this
Time's up! The correct answer was Radar
CHINESE CALENDAR ANIMALS
The only 2-letter sign, it represents solid dependability, method & routine
Time's up! The correct answer was the ox
AT THE BUILDING SITE
He's got the building wired for "current" affairs
Time's up! The correct answer was an electrician
THE EYES HAVE IT
People say these are what you need to make it in Hollywood
Time's up! The correct answer was Contacts
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
ANNIVERSARY GIFTS
19th century American "King of the South" that's a 2nd anniversary gift
Time's up! The correct answer was Cotton
"PH"UN WORDS
For many years Andre Previn conducted one
Time's up! The correct answer was Philharmonic
GEOGRAPH"Y"
There's an active volcano on Sicily, an island that's part of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
EPONYMS
This 2-word term for a skeptic refers to one of Jesus' apostles
Time's up! The correct answer was a doubting Thomas
AYE! IT'S IRELAND
Held each year in County Kildare, the Irish Derby is a famous event in this sport
Time's up! The correct answer was Horse racing
SCIENCE
This German-born American physicist won the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics
Time's up! The correct answer was Albert Einstein
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
GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
In 2007 he became the first man since Bill Tilden to win the U.S. Open 4 years in a row
Time's up! The correct answer was Federer
MISSING LINKS
A good ____ Havoc
Time's up! The correct answer was cry
TURKISH LITERATURE
Peter Ustinov directed & starred in the film version of the Yasar Kemal novel "Memed, My" this predatory bird
Time's up! The correct answer was Hawk
ON THE "WAR"PATH
In Super Bowl XXXIV, this Rams QB passed for a record 414 yards, beating Joe Montana's record by 57 yards
Time's up! The correct answer was Kurt Warner
PAINTERS
Dr. Tulp was so pleased with this artist's painting of his "Anatomy Lesson" that it hung in his school of surgery
Time's up! The correct answer was Rembrandt
HAVE A WHISKEY
The Maker's Mark bourbon distillery in Loretto in this state is a national historic landmark
Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky
IT'S GREEK MYTHOLOGY TO ME
Atalanta excelled in this blood sport of which Artemis was goddess
Time's up! The correct answer was hunting
KOREA
South Korea's second-largest city, it gave its name to a Korean war "perimeter"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pusan
WHO IS THEON OF SMYRNA?
Theon seems to have lived at the same time that this Roman emperor was building his famous wall
Time's up! The correct answer was Hadrian
GOING DUTCH
It's a cinch you know the Dutch call this fashion accessory "een ceintuur"
Time's up! The correct answer was Belt
EDGAR ALLAN POE-POURRI
This lung disease claimed the life of Poe's 24-year-old wife
Time's up! The correct answer was tuberculosis
GENERAL SCIENCE
This tiny planet's thin atmosphere is mostly composed of helium & sodium thought to come from the solar wind
Time's up! The correct answer was Mercury
ALLUSIONAL THINKING
Someone compared to this Aesop kid has lied so many times no one believes him even when he's telling the truth
Time's up! The correct answer was the boy who cried wolf
YOU SHOULD BE IN A BALLET!
This fluffy skirt that you may have to wear was not named for archbishop Desmond
Time's up! The correct answer was tutu
TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE WORD THAT RHYMES WITH STAR
Django Reinhardt was a master of this instrument
Time's up! The correct answer was the guitar
OF MILK
Many countries have laws requiring that milk undergo this process that guards against pathogens
Time's up! The correct answer was pasteurization
WHEN THEY WERE TEENS
This TV "Friend" was a cheerleader at Mountain Brook High School in Alabama
Time's up! The correct answer was Courteney Cox
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"
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
CLASSIC STAR TREK
Captain Kirk shares this name, his middle name, with a first century Roman emperor
Time's up! The correct answer was Tiberius
DISNEY VILLAINS
Jafar
Time's up! The correct answer was Aladdin
MONEY SLANG
2-word phrase for Henny Penny's lunch
Time's up! The correct answer was Chicken feed
"TEEN" SCENE
Numerically speaking, read up on "Fun Stuff", "Fashion", "Health" & "Stars" at this magazine.com
Time's up! The correct answer was seventeen.com
PRESIDENTS
The "54º40' or Fight" fever over Oregon helped elect this president, the only one ever to be speaker of the U.S. House
Time's up! The correct answer was James K. Polk
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
ANGELS
Sportswriters refer to the Angels as these appropriate circular items, like the one in the team's logo
Time's up! The correct answer was the Halos
THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL
Novelist Heller
Time's up! The correct answer was Joseph
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MOVIES
A Bergman or Branagh operatic opus: "The Magic _____"
Time's up! The correct answer was Flute
"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
SO YOU WANT TO BE A 19th CENTURY HEROINE
Like Gertrude in this author's "The Europeans", go ahead & marry a relative (it might get you out of your house, too)
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry James
KIDS IN SPORTS
With a mighty leap of 5'1", David Mosely set the U.S. 10 & under record in this event back in 1977
Time's up! The correct answer was the high jump
TRANSLATION EXERCISES
Portuguese to Russian: The positive "sim"
Time's up! The correct answer was da
SOCIOLOGY
The sum of the customs & beliefs that distinguish one group from another; the hippies formed a "counter" one
Time's up! The correct answer was a culture
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
LUNCH COUNTER LINGO
This beverage is Adam's ale
Time's up! The correct answer was water
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
The last British athlete to win the Olympic decathlon, he won it back-to-back in 1980 & 1984
Time's up! The correct answer was Daley Thompson
MUD
The phrase "His name is mud" predates Dr. Mudd's setting this assassin's leg, so it doesn't mean the doctor
Time's up! The correct answer was John Wilkes Booth
LANDINGS
You land, not anchor, at this Phoenix airport, named by a board member from Scenic Airways
Time's up! The correct answer was Sky Harbor Airport
WORLD UP!
Russia's longest border is not with China but with this "stan"
Time's up! The correct answer was Kazakhstan
ANTIQUES
(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE): The kind of clock shown here, invented c. 1800 & named for the musical instrument it resembles:
Time's up! The correct answer was Banjo Clock
FROM B TO C
1829 novelist of "Les Chouans"
Time's up! The correct answer was Balzac
WASHINGTON D.C.
Former Secretary of State for whom Washington, D.C. International Airport is named
Time's up! The correct answer was John Foster Dulles
CliffsNotes
Livestock successfully stage rebellion, pigs end up blowing it for everyone
Time's up! The correct answer was "Animal Farm"
iPOD, YOUTUBE OR WII
Britain's Prince William got one last Christmas & Queen Elizabeth promptly commandeered it
Time's up! The correct answer was Wii
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
Chaplin went on stage at age 5 in this type of "hall", the British equivalent of Vaudeville
Time's up! The correct answer was Music Hall
SCIENCE & NATURE
The iris is a flower & the ibis is one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Bird
11-LETTER WORDS
Don't complain to your waiter that your soup is cold if you're served this French potato soup
Time's up! The correct answer was Vichysoisse
THE BILLBOARD HOT 100
A song by this artist hit No. 1 in 1999, making her at age 52 the oldest female to have a Billboard No. 1 single
Time's up! The correct answer was Cher
SHAKESPEARE
“Other women cloy the appetites they feed, but she makes hungry where most she satisfies”
Time's up! The correct answer was Cleopatra
EUROPE
Descriptive term for the flag of Italy & the flag of France
Time's up! The correct answer was Tricolor
FOOD
While these small bread cubes often top salads, larger versions can be used to catch drippings
Time's up! The correct answer was croutons
LITERATURE
In this novel, Javert says, "There is a brigand, there is a convict called Jean Valjean, and I have got him!"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Les Miserables"
PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES
His presidential library is about 35 miles from the Kansas City, Missouri airport
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Truman
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
COMMON SIMILES
Adjective found before "as leather" & "as nails"
Time's up! The correct answer was tough
WORD"Z"
Last name of German engineer Karl, who in 1885 developed a 3-wheeled vehicle called the Motorwagen
Time's up! The correct answer was Benz
WHAT A CHARACTER!
During a dream sequence, it was revealed that this Richard Dean Anderson character had the first name Angus
Time's up! The correct answer was MacGyver
COUNTY SEATS
Hilo, I love you, you're the seat of this county that's also a "Big Island"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii
FUN WITH OPERA
In "Susannah", a Bible-inspired opera, the elders are scandalized when they see the nude Susannah doing this outside
Time's up! The correct answer was Bathing in a creek
20th CENTURY ARTISTS
"Sky Blue", "Blue Mountain" & "The Blue Rider" are all paintings by this Russian abstract artist
Time's up! The correct answer was Kandinsky
RICHARD
He was actually in prison when he wrote, "Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage"
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Lovelace
"A"NCIENT GREEKS
A fabulist: 620-560 B.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Aesop
COUNTRIES THAT END IN "O"
This former Yugoslavian republic broke away from Serbia in 2006
Time's up! The correct answer was Montenegro
LET THE GAMES BEGIN
A total of 22 means you've gone "bust" in this card game
Time's up! The correct answer was blackjack
SPACE MISSIONS
The MESSENGER craft is the first mission to explore this planet since mariner 10 in the 1970s
Time's up! The correct answer was Mercury
INTERNATIONAL NAMES
Alex Salmond, first minister of this country, wants to take it out of the United Kingdom
Time's up! The correct answer was Scotland
ALSO ON YOUR COMPUTER KEYS
A loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders to below the waist
Time's up! The correct answer was a shift
TRAVEL & TOURISM
To visit Abraham Lincoln's birthplace, you have to go to this U.S. state
Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky
CABLE CHANNELS
The Dire Straits song "Money For Nothing" says, "You play the guitar on" this cable channel
Time's up! The correct answer was MTV
CIVIL WAR LITERATURE
Joanna Higgins' 1998 novel "A Soldier's Book" tells the story of Ira Stevens, a Union P.O.W. in this notorious prison
Time's up! The correct answer was Andersonville
WHAT A CHARACTER!
On "The Addams Family", he was married to Morticia
Time's up! The correct answer was Gomez
WORMS
In this 1965 sci-fi novel, giant sandworms on the planet Arrakis create a much-desired spice called melange
Time's up! The correct answer was "Dune"
BORN IN THE WINDY CITY
On the big screen, this Chicagoan has played Rick Deckard, Jack Ryan & Han Solo
Time's up! The correct answer was Harrison Ford
RHYME TIME
A really big southpaw
Time's up! The correct answer was Hefty lefty
MR. OR MS. WILLIAMS
"The Hillbilly Shakespeare" is one nickname of this legendary singer
Time's up! The correct answer was Hank Williams, Sr.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Of particular interest to the NRA is the amendment that allows us "to keep & bear" these
Time's up! The correct answer was arms
THE 20th CENTURY
On December 1, 1959, 12 nations signed a treaty setting aside this continent as a preserve for scientific research
Time's up! The correct answer was Antarctica
HISTORIC WOMEN
On April 5, 1614, in Jamestown, she married John Rolfe
Time's up! The correct answer was Pocahontas
THE ONION
Nov. 15, 2001: This pasta treat "discontinued as Franco-American relations break down"
Time's up! The correct answer was SpaghettiOs
HAIRY
From the Latin for "to clip", it's the shaved patch on the crowns of the heads of some monks
Time's up! The correct answer was tonsure
LITERATURE
Even Grendel would love Seamus Heaney's new translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic about this title geat
Time's up! The correct answer was Beowulf
NEWS TO ME
Falcon Heene, who it turned out was safe at home, not flying over Colorado, became known as this "boy"
Time's up! The correct answer was the balloon boy
SUPERHEROES
The dude seen here is the "Silver" one of this type of athletes
Time's up! The correct answer was surfers
DISNEY VILLAINS
Jafar
Time's up! The correct answer was Aladdin
CROSSWORD CLUES "B"
It precedes dance, laugh or flop (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was belly
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
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MOVIES
A baseball drama: "Bang the _____ Slowly"
Time's up! The correct answer was Drum
THE MUSICAL DR. IS IN
Despite its name, this synth-pop English band who gave us 1984's "Doctor! Doctor!" was a trio
Time's up! The correct answer was The Thompson Twins
WOMEN'S FIRSTS
Frances Perkins became the first woman cabinet member when FDR put her to work in this post
Time's up! The correct answer was Secretary of Labor
POP MUSIC
In the summer of 2002 this country star hit the Hot 100 chart with "Courtesy Of The Red, White and Blue"
Time's up! The correct answer was Toby Keith
5-LETTER WORDS
Greek for "word", it can mean the word of God
Time's up! The correct answer was logos
MEDICINE
The term "strep", as in strep throat, is short for this type of bacteria
Time's up! The correct answer was Streptococcus
LANGUAGES
This Scandinavian language changed "aa" to a circle-topped "a", making it closer to Swedish and Norwegian
Time's up! The correct answer was Danish
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
In "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", he's the reclusive owner of the factory
Time's up! The correct answer was Willy Wonka
PEOPLE
Fatally, American groupie Nancy Spungen was this British punk rocker's girlfriend
Time's up! The correct answer was Sid Vicious
BRAND-TASTIC
In 1932 George Blaisdell developed this cigarette lighter in Bradford, Pennsylvania
Time's up! The correct answer was Zippo
SPELL CHECK HELL
I want to call my girl "dollpuss", not this suggested alternative meaning large portions of sour cream
Time's up! The correct answer was dollops
IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL
"Who Knew" this colorful singer could be so "M!ssundaztood"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pink
HOLLYWOOD LEFTIES
This left-handed honey socked it to 'em on "Laugh-In" in the 1960s & as Private Benjamin in the 1980s
Time's up! The correct answer was Goldie Hawn
WORD ORIGINS
This 5-letter synonym of "question" comes from the Latin for "to ask" or "to seek"
Time's up! The correct answer was a query
STATE OF THE UNION
The westernmost states to stay loyal to the union were California & this one that had just been admitted in 1859
Time's up! The correct answer was Oregon
GIVE ME AN "A"!
Wow! In 2002 a "supercolony" of billions of these was discovered stretching across several countries in Europe
Time's up! The correct answer was ants
ROUGH POLITICS
On Aug. 5, 1994 he was named independent counsel in the Whitewater affair
Time's up! The correct answer was Kenneth Starr
FLAG 'EM DOWN
This descriptive nickname of the U.S. flag was coined by Francis Scott Key
Time's up! The correct answer was the Star-Spangled Banner
TAKE A GUESS
Gwilym is the Welsh form of this name that's been popular in England for centuries
Time's up! The correct answer was William
INTERNATIONAL RHYME TIME
An automobile for any former Russian emperor
Time's up! The correct answer was a Czar car
TV CASTS
This tap dancer has a recurring role on "Will & Grace" as Eric McCormack's boss
Time's up! The correct answer was Gregory Hines
WORLD "P"s
Malay or Sinai
Time's up! The correct answer was peninsula
MAGIC
According to tradition, this prop used by magicians should be made of hazel wood cut at sunrise
Time's up! The correct answer was a wand
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
PICK A PLANET
Leda is its 13th moon
Time's up! The correct answer was Jupiter
RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME
A Latter-Day jury spokesperson
Time's up! The correct answer was a Mormon foreman
IN EXILE
Exiled for manslaughter, Eric the Red was forced to leave this country around 981
Time's up! The correct answer was Iceland
THAT'S SOME NERVE
A slipped disc can cause pain along this largest nerve that runs down the leg
Time's up! The correct answer was the sciatic nerve
RUSSIA
Abbreviated CIS, it replaced the USSR
Time's up! The correct answer was Commonwealth of Independent States
SOME MORE SIMIAN CINEMA
1968 classic with the ad line "Somewhere in the universe, there must be something better than man!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Planet of the Apes
THE "A"s
Whether for a sorcerer or a craft guild, one serves time as one of these before becoming a journeyman
Time's up! The correct answer was apprentice
WHAT COLOR IS GREEN?
God did make these, & some of them are Granny Smiths
Time's up! The correct answer was apples
BIOPIC-NIC
1992: Jack Nicholson as this labor leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Hoffa
ROCKS & MINERALS
Mark Twain defined it as a hole in the groud with a liar standing at the top
Time's up! The correct answer was mine
RUBY
In a 1999 TV movie, she played Bessie, of the centenarian Delany sisters
Time's up! The correct answer was Ruby Dee
ANTIQUES
French for "Chinese Ornament", it refers to willow pattern china & some Chippendale furniture
Time's up! The correct answer was Chinoisserie
"TOO" MUCH
It's a small porch on the front of the house
Time's up! The correct answer was a stoop
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
SAINTS
Saint Augustine's mom, she's also a saint, as well as an L.A. boulevard that Sheryl Crow sang about
Time's up! The correct answer was Santa Monica
MOVIE CO-STARS
7 years after "The Wizard Of Oz" Ray Bolger co-starred with her again, in "The Harvey Girls"
Time's up! The correct answer was Judy Garland
DIARIES
Fittingly, Samuel Pepys began keeping his famous diary on this date in 1660
Time's up! The correct answer was 1-Jan
THE TITANIC
Milvina Dean, who had this distinction among the 2,200 people on board, lived to see the 95th anniv. in 2007
Time's up! The correct answer was the youngest person
WEATHER
Airplanes can trigger bolts of this when traveling through electrified clouds
Time's up! The correct answer was Lightning
BULL
This energy drink was originally developed by a Thai businessman in 1962 & sold under the name Krating Daeng
Time's up! The correct answer was Red Bull
SPIELBERG MOVIES
Before "The Blues Brothers", Dan Aykroyd & John Belushi starred in this WWII farce
Time's up! The correct answer was 1941
19th CENTURY LITERATURE
He wrote "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky", "The Blue Hotel" & "The Red Badge of Courage"
Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Crane
RADIO
In 2005 NPR revived this 1950s program in which people state their credos
Time's up! The correct answer was This I Believe
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
HAVE A WHISKEY
The Maker's Mark bourbon distillery in Loretto in this state is a national historic landmark
Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky
THE 1960s
Vanishing in the ‘60s, it’s what YUkon, KLondike & VAlencia were examples of
Time's up! The correct answer was telephone prefixes
EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT...
The city of Yuma in this state has a record average of 4,055 hours of sunshine each year
Time's up! The correct answer was Arizona
THE WOK OF FAME
Some people may have adverse reactions to this Chinese food flavor enhancer that's also called "Mei-Jing"
Time's up! The correct answer was MSG
CANDY & GUM SLOGANS
"The Great American Chocolate Bar"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hershey's
BUSINESS LEADERS
Before founding his own corp., John K. Northrop was chief engineer for this company & designed its Vega airplane
Time's up! The correct answer was Lockheed
FORE!
This stretch of closely mowed grass from the tee to the green may be straight or at an angle called a dogleg
Time's up! The correct answer was Fairway
"TOO" MUCH
Fighting ferociously, you go at it this "& nail"
Time's up! The correct answer was tooth
ART & ARTISTS
In 1963 this "Christina's World" artist became the first painter to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Time's up! The correct answer was Andrew Wyeth
THE MOVIES
The first episode in the story told by this popular film series is subtitled "The Phantom Menace"
Time's up! The correct answer was Star Wars
"G"ARDEN GLOSSARY
This cereal grain embryo is usually separated from the endosperm during milling; health nuts love the "wheat" kind
Time's up! The correct answer was the germ
PIRATE MOVIES
Anthony Quinn was a pirate stuck with stowaway children in the film "A High Wind In" this place
Time's up! The correct answer was Jamaica
ORGANIZATIONS
One must be a member of this fraternal group in order to belong to the Shriners
Time's up! The correct answer was Masons
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
RICHARD
He was actually in prison when he wrote, "Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage"
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Lovelace
ITALIAN
The divine "Don Giovanni" duet "La ci darem la mano" means "There, you'll give me" this
Time's up! The correct answer was your hand
ROCK FORMATIONS
This punk group was the brainchild of entrepreneur Malcolm McLaren, who asked John Lydon to be its lead singer
Time's up! The correct answer was The Sex Pistols
HISTORIC NAMES
This Apache tried to keep peace with the palefaces, but after his death, his son joined with the militant Geronimo
Time's up! The correct answer was Cochise
BOB DYLAN CHRONICLES
"In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Mr. Tambourine Man"
AMERICAN LITERATURE
It's the nickname of William Lonigan, the 15-year-old hero of a 1930s trilogy written by James T. Farrell
Time's up! The correct answer was "Studs"
U.S. CITIES
According to a song by Ian Hunter, it "Rocks" (must be why the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is there)
Time's up! The correct answer was Cleveland
VACATION FUN
Soar above the treetops on the Skyfari aerial tram at this West Coast's city's famous zoo
Time's up! The correct answer was San Diego
SNAP
A snap fastener is simply a ball-and-this, like your hip joint
Time's up! The correct answer was ball-and-socket
VEGAS, BABY
A legendary weapon that emerged from a lake, or a Las Vegas hotel
Time's up! The correct answer was Excalibur
FOOD CHAIN
Offering "Home Style Meals" & a line of frozen entrees, this chain is headquartered in Colorado, not Massachusetts
Time's up! The correct answer was Boston Market
IT'S A DOGGY DOG WORLD
Jura, Schweitzer, Lucerne & Berner are the 4 types of this country's laufhund
Time's up! The correct answer was Switzerland
WHEREFORE "ART" THOU
In a nursery rhyme, a queen makes some of these only to have them stolen by a knave
Time's up! The correct answer was Tarts
WHEREFORE "ART" THOU
They can be a city's highways or a person's blood vessels
Time's up! The correct answer was Arteries
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
THE FUNNIES
Creator of “Beetle Bailey”, whose name was defined in “B.C.” as “a dead nightcrawler”
Time's up! The correct answer was Mort Walker
SPACE MISSIONS
In 2008 the Phoenix Mars lander found ice on this region of the planet
Time's up! The correct answer was the poles
COMPOSERS ON FILM
James Cagney in "Yankee Doodle Dandy"
Time's up! The correct answer was George M. Cohan
BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES
George VI
Time's up! The correct answer was Windsor
COMIC & CARTOON CRITTERS
Pumbaa
Time's up! The correct answer was warthog
THE CONTINENTS
This continent is the largest in area
Time's up! The correct answer was Asia
SCRAMBLED EGGS
This bird's eggs are so pretty a color is named for them: IN BRO
Time's up! The correct answer was robin
STARTS WITH "P"
Movie that featured the following music
Time's up! The correct answer was Picnic
"X"-MEN
His dad Earl Little was an outspoken Baptist minister & supporter of black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey
Time's up! The correct answer was Malcolm X
GOING DUTCH
The dairy is "de melwinkel" while "de kaaswinkel" specializes in this kind of dairy product
Time's up! The correct answer was Cheese
& CROWN THY GOOD
In 1696 this Russian czar conquered the Ottoman port of Azov on the Black Sea; awesome! Again the wrong word
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter the Great
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
In west Africa: Luanda
Time's up! The correct answer was Angola
PARLEZ VOUS?
"Je ne sais pas" means this, but you still get credit if you phrase it in the form of a question
Time's up! The correct answer was "I don't know"
FOUND
In the early 1900s William Durant put together Buick, Oldsmobile & other companies to found this corporation
Time's up! The correct answer was General Motors
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
YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT!
The witness is testifying based on what someone else told her--that's called this
Time's up! The correct answer was hearsay
SEAQUEST
Moses "Stretched his hand over" it & it was sundered
Time's up! The correct answer was Red Sea
CHOPIN
Chopin disliked the insincerity of this Hungarian pianist-composer 1 year his junior
Time's up! The correct answer was Franz Liszt
ENGLISH ROYAL HENRYS
These 2 warring royal houses were united in 1486 when Henry VII married Elizabeth, the daughter of Edward IV
Time's up! The correct answer was Lancaster & York
4-LETTER WORDS
Gloomy & forbidding, like a certain "reaper"
Time's up! The correct answer was Grim
IN THE TREASURY DEPT.
Willie Nelson's album "Who'll Buy My Memories" was subtitled this agency's "Tapes"
Time's up! The correct answer was the IRS
WHEN IN ROME?
Mussolini becomes prime minister: this decade
Time's up! The correct answer was the 1920s
THE "I"s HAVE IT
Style of the 1877 painting seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Impressionism
HORSE & RIDER
Rocinante
Time's up! The correct answer was Don Quixote
IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY
Brunei
Time's up! The correct answer was Malaysia
WHAT'CHA GOT COOKIN'?
Don't be intimidated by the skewers; I'll use them on the marinated lamb to make this
Time's up! The correct answer was shish kabob
47
You deserve a medal if you know that this element, symbol Ag, is No. 47 on the periodic table
Time's up! The correct answer was silver
SPELL CHECK HELL
I want to call my girl "dollpuss", not this suggested alternative meaning large portions of sour cream
Time's up! The correct answer was dollops
THE SUPREME COURT
In 1995 two justices rejected The Citadel's appeal of an order to admit her
Time's up! The correct answer was Shannon Faulkner
COVER ME!
In 1979 this Sex Pistols bassist did "My Way", his way
Time's up! The correct answer was Sid Vicious
MISSING LINKS
A good ____ Havoc
Time's up! The correct answer was cry
GOING TO PIECES
The U.S. hasn't minted these, between a penny & a nickel, since 1872
Time's up! The correct answer was a two-cent coin
EPONYMS
Although sources disagree over the origin of this "do-over" golf shot, many accept that it was named for a bad golfer
Time's up! The correct answer was a Mulligan
BUSINESS LEADERS
His business card bore the Golden Arches & the titles "Founder" & "Senior Chairman of the Board"
Time's up! The correct answer was Kroc
"ROCK"Y
Also called halite, this common mineral can be formed by the drying of enclosed bodies of seawater
Time's up! The correct answer was rock salt
GENERAL INFORMATION
The tuliptree, or "yellow" this, was planted by Washington at Mt. Vernon, & Daniel Boone used its wood in his canoe
Time's up! The correct answer was poplar
A BUG'S LIFE
Used by scientists to clean flesh off bones being prepared for research, dermestids are a type of this insect
Time's up! The correct answer was a beetle
PETER, PAUL & MARY
His world travels helped him write "The Great Railway Bazaar", "The Mosquito Coast" & "Riding the Iron Rooster"
Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Theroux
TURNING 40 IN '98
In 1998 she turned 40 & played a 40-year-old in "How Stella Got Her Groove Back"
Time's up! The correct answer was Angela Bassett
TOP O' THE CHARTS
Her "Control" album produced 5 Top 5 singles, each in a different spot; "When I Think Of You" hit No. 1
Time's up! The correct answer was Janet Jackson
OF MILK
This sugar makes up almost all the carbohydrates in milk
Time's up! The correct answer was lactose
"A" SCIENCE CATEGORY
In the 1920s Edwin Hubble determined that this galaxy was in fact a separate galaxy from the Milky Way
Time's up! The correct answer was Andromeda
ACTION!
The action of a boy can ring a girl's bell, & the action of these can ring a buoy's bell
Time's up! The correct answer was a wave
ARE WE THERE YET?
This oldest national park has entrances in Wyoming & Montana
Time's up! The correct answer was Yellowstone
FIRE!
After a 1624 fire Christian IV replanned this Northern European city & renamed it Christiania
Time's up! The correct answer was Oslo
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
Long crack in a rock (7)
Time's up! The correct answer was fissure
BOTANY
The flowers of this lawn weed, Taraxacum oficinale, are sometimes used to make wine
Time's up! The correct answer was dandelions
ANY FIRST WORDS?
Meaning "first", it can precede color, election or health care
Time's up! The correct answer was primary
ON THE "WAR"PATH
Homeothermic, like mammals
Time's up! The correct answer was warm-blooded
SONGS
Having this title problem, Barry Manilow sings, "I can't laugh and I can't sing, I'm finding it hard to do anything"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Can't Smile Without You"
OFFICIAL STATE THINGS
Who was that masked animal? Oklahoma's official state furbearer, that's who
Time's up! The correct answer was a raccoon
METALLICA
In 1984 the album "Ride the Lightning" by Metallica achieved this status of 500,000 copies sold
Time's up! The correct answer was gold
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Co-capitals: La Paz & Sucre
Time's up! The correct answer was Bolivia
WHERE'S MY COFFEE?
Mexico's best coffee comes from Chiapas, a state that borders this noted coffee-growing nation
Time's up! The correct answer was Guatemala
KING ARTHUR
Shortly after birth, Arthur was given to this wizard for safekeeping
Time's up! The correct answer was Merlin
LET'S GET MAS*Hed
Johnny Mandel wrote this "painless" tune that was the show's theme song
Time's up! The correct answer was "Suicide is Painless"
FIRSTS
Marie Antoinette is credited with introducing these rolls to France
Time's up! The correct answer was croissants
CHANCE
To figure out the chance of a given roll with 2 dice, take the number of ways that total can come up & divide by this
Time's up! The correct answer was thirty-six
HISTORIC BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Older brother Frank is thrilled to welcome this Sept. 5, 1847 baby; 10 days old & making guns with his tiny fingers
Time's up! The correct answer was Jesse James
THE EMERALD ISLE
This Irish port city on the River Suir is world famous for its crystal
Time's up! The correct answer was Waterford
"MOON"S
Every week Cybill Shepherd & Bruce Willis have been doing this on ABC
Time's up! The correct answer was Moonlighting
SIMILES
Because artists tend to flatter their models, a fine-looking female is said to be "as pretty as" this
Time's up! The correct answer was a picture
CHAIRS
A collapsible chair intended for outdoor use, especially aboard a ship
Time's up! The correct answer was Deck Chair
GEHRY
Though he's lived for many years in the U.S., architect Frank Gehry was born in this Ontario city of 4.5 million
Time's up! The correct answer was Toronto
LITERATURE
Walt Whitman's 52-section "Song Of Myself" is the longest work in this collection first published in 1855
Time's up! The correct answer was "Leaves of Grass"
THE "I"s HAVE IT
Arabic for "son of", it comes before names like Saud
Time's up! The correct answer was Ibn
IT ENDS WITH "US"
It's a summary or outline given to college students that covers the course of study
Time's up! The correct answer was syllabus
GETTING POSSESSIVE
You'll find this triangular island about 4 miles off the southeast coast of Massachusetts
Time's up! The correct answer was Martha's Vineyard
PLAY HEROINES
Emily Webb of Grover's Corners
Time's up! The correct answer was Our Town
WORDS OF LOVE
In "Prometheus Unbound", he wrote, "All love is sweet, given or returned. Common as light is love"
Time's up! The correct answer was Percy Bysshe Shelley
NAME THE OPERA
("La Dona e Mobile")
Time's up! The correct answer was "Rigoletto"
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Black photographer James Van Der Zee chronicled life in this NYC section for more than a half century
Time's up! The correct answer was Harlem
LUNCH COUNTER LINGO
Bow wow & Coney Island both refer to this food
Time's up! The correct answer was a hot dog
TRADING SPACES
This Illinois city's Board of Trade deals in futures, so less than 5% of what's traded there gets delivered
Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago
HISTORIC BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Older brother Frank is thrilled to welcome this Sept. 5, 1847 baby; 10 days old & making guns with his tiny fingers
Time's up! The correct answer was Jesse James
REAL TO REEL
African captives revolt aboard their slave ship & then have to stand trial in this movie based on an 1839 event
Time's up! The correct answer was Amistad
ARE WE THERE YET?
A theme park in Brainerd, Minnesota welcomes you with a 26-foot-tall statue of this lumberjack
Time's up! The correct answer was Paul Bunyan
SCIENCE & NATURE
In 2009 a new hominid skeleton dubbed Ardi was aged at 4.4 million years, predating this other "girly" find by 1 mil. years
Time's up! The correct answer was Lucy
LANDINGS
The ILS, short for this, was first installed at Indianapolis in 1940
Time's up! The correct answer was the Instrument Landing System
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
I'D RATHER BE SKIING
In this type of race you have to zigzag between flags or other obstacles in proper order
Time's up! The correct answer was a slalom
EXPIRATION DATES
December 7, 1975: In "our town" of Hamden, Conn.
Time's up! The correct answer was Thornton Wilder
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
On the web you can find A. Claude Ferguson's masterful manual on playing these eating utensils
Time's up! The correct answer was Spoons
THE BIBLE
Under the command of this Babylonian king, Nebuzaradan burned "All the houses of Jerusalem"
Time's up! The correct answer was Nebuchadnezzar
ASIAN NATIONS
The Druk Gyalpo, or Dragon King, rules this neighbor of India that has a dragon on its flag
Time's up! The correct answer was Bhutan
AFRICAN ISLANDS
Wine production is a chief industry of this Portuguese island off Africa's northwest coast
Time's up! The correct answer was Madeira
THE SHORT FORM
If sending a Valentine to your Guamaninan sweetie, you'll need to know that this is Guam's U.S. postal abbreviation
Time's up! The correct answer was GU
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
This Welsh form of Margaret was among the USA's top 10 girls' names of the 1990s
Time's up! The correct answer was Megan
LITERARY QUOTES
In "A Study in Scarlet" this author called London "that great cesspool"
Time's up! The correct answer was Arthur Conan Doyle
BRANDO
Terry Malloy, who could've been a contender
Time's up! The correct answer was On the Waterfront
WANT ADS
We have a primary need for this hyphenated job in our fancy French kitchen; only the head guy is your superior
Time's up! The correct answer was sous-chef
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
Aaron Spelling's daughter Tori plays Donna Martin on this popular TV series
Time's up! The correct answer was Beverly Hills, 90210
PITCHING HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE WOO
From this author's "The Jungle" I shall read lines like "On the killing beds you were apt to be covered with blood"
Time's up! The correct answer was Upton Sinclair
DRAMA
Robert Bolt depicted Elizabeth I in "Vivat! Vivat Regina!" & Henry VIII in this play
Time's up! The correct answer was A Man for All Seasons
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
GIRLS IN SONG
In 1964 The Bachelors told this girl, "I'm in heaven when I see you smile"
Time's up! The correct answer was Diane
EARLY AMERICA
In 1718 this Texas town was founded by Martin de Alarcon & Father Olivares & named for St. Anthony of Padua
Time's up! The correct answer was San Antonio
21st CENTURY MUSIC
Brothers Chad & Mike Kroeger make up half of this rock band
Time's up! The correct answer was Nickelback
STOCK SYMBOLS
You don't need a Visa to visit this bank's stock symbol, CMB
Time's up! The correct answer was Chase Manhattan Bank
A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS
Both pleasant & painful, as in a memory
Time's up! The correct answer was bittersweet
& SO I FACE THE FINAL CURTAIN
With more than 7,400 performances, this musical became a "Memory" after its Sept. 10, 2000 finale
Time's up! The correct answer was Cats
BRANDO
Terry Malloy, who could've been a contender
Time's up! The correct answer was On the Waterfront
WARNER BROS.
In May 1999 her Warners talk show was hit with a $2.5 million judgment after one guest killed another
Time's up! The correct answer was Jenny Jones
THE 50 STATES
An 1881 resolution established that this state's name was to be spelled one way but pronounced another
Time's up! The correct answer was Arkansas
COLOSSUS
This adjective that means "amazingly large" or "causing amazement" is from the Latin for "to be stunned"
Time's up! The correct answer was stupendous
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
THE VIRTUES
It was the "T" in the 19th century's WCTU
Time's up! The correct answer was Temperance
BEST MOVIE QUOTES EVER!
1999: "Excuse me, I believe you have my stapler"
Time's up! The correct answer was Office Space
JERSEY GIRLS
This "Fudge"-tastic children's author was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey
Time's up! The correct answer was Judy Blume
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
Washington Irving gave New York City this nickname in 1807
Time's up! The correct answer was Gotham
I'D RATHER BE SKIING
In California, a premier spot for skiing is this resort area that shares its name with a prehistoric elephant
Time's up! The correct answer was Mammoth
FIRSTS
Marie Antoinette is credited with introducing these rolls to France
Time's up! The correct answer was croissants
SPORTS FACTS
In 1980 this boxer came out of retirement to fight Larry Holmes & then Trevor Berbick; he lost both bouts
Time's up! The correct answer was Ali
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
A monument dedicated to the men who lost their lives on the USS Maine stands in this capital's Parque del Maine
Time's up! The correct answer was Havana
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
BIRD HUNTING
The stars of the movie "Network" include Faye Dunaway, Beatrice Straight & Peter Finch
Time's up! The correct answer was a finch
DANGER IN WONDERLAND
She tried to whack Alice with that "off with her head" line; wait 'til she gets a load of you
Time's up! The correct answer was the Queen of Hearts
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
Cash, Depp
Time's up! The correct answer was Johnny
"MUM"s THE WORD
Formerly called Bombay, it's in the top 5 cities in the world in population
Time's up! The correct answer was Mumbai
NEBRASKA, NEW YORK OR NORTH DAKOTA
Its cities include Minot, Jamestown & Grand Forks
Time's up! The correct answer was North Dakota
YOU DO THE MATH
The number of events in a decathlon divided by the number of years in a decade
Time's up! The correct answer was 1
BALLET
A new ballet about this puppet who yearns to be a boy had it's U.S. premiere in Atlanta in 2000
Time's up! The correct answer was Pinocchio
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
LITERARY SISTERS
While in a cataleptic trance, Roderick's sister Madeline is buried alive in this Poe story
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Fall of the House of Usher"
BUSINESS BUDDIES
This maker of optical products borrowed money from his good friend Henry Lomb, but it turned out okay
Time's up! The correct answer was Bausch
ASTRONOMY ADD A LETTER
Add this letter to Earth & you get a scarcity
Time's up! The correct answer was D
OH, BEE GEE
Barry Gibb was born in 1946; these 2 fraternal twins were born in 1949
Time's up! The correct answer was Robin & Maurice
CROSSWORD CLUES "J"
A joyful celebration (10)
Time's up! The correct answer was jubilation
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
THE OBLIGATORY POETRY CATEGORY
It follows "Poems are made by fools like me..."
Time's up! The correct answer was "But only God can make a tree"
THEY'RE ON CABLE
He plays novelist Hank Moody, a New Yorker transplanted to L.A., on "Californication"
Time's up! The correct answer was David Duchovny
WORLD WAR I
At the 1914 Battle of Tannenberg in East Prussia, this country's army was surrounded & largely destroyed
Time's up! The correct answer was Russia
FILE UNDER "K"
Former mortuary science student Jonathan Davis plays bagpipes & sings for this "Freak on a Leash" group
Time's up! The correct answer was Korn
____ OF THE ____
A Baskin-Robbins program, or an expression meaning "popular for right now"
Time's up! The correct answer was flavor of the month
FARAWAY PLACES
The Forbidden City is at the heart of this capital of China, also called Peking
Time's up! The correct answer was Beijing
THE ENGLISH TOP 100
It's No. 1, & no, you don't get a hint
Time's up! The correct answer was the
CORAL REEF LIFE
Just off Australia, it's the largest chain of coral reefs in the world
Time's up! The correct answer was the Great Barrier Reef
MOVIE DEBUTS
She debuted in a bit part as Woody Allen's date in "Annie Hall" 2 years before "Alien" made her a star
Time's up! The correct answer was Sigourney Weaver
THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s
1963: "You've Really Got A Hold On Me"
Time's up! The correct answer was Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
DOUBLE A
Architect Eero
Time's up! The correct answer was Saarinen
WOMEN'S HEALTH
Joint pain is one symptom of SLE, a common disorder in women that's also called by this 5-letter name
Time's up! The correct answer was lupus
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
He won the presidency with help from a song called "Grandfather's Hat Fits Ben"
Time's up! The correct answer was Benjamin Harrison
SPORTS TRIVIA
The French Open tennis tournament is played on courts of this color clay
Time's up! The correct answer was Red
DOUBLE LETTERS
It can precede "sickness" or "beauty" as well as "porch"
Time's up! The correct answer was sleeping
THEIR COUNTRY'S LAST MONARCH
1947: Eastern Europe's King Michael
Time's up! The correct answer was Romania
HOLIDAYS
Muslims fast during daylight hours for this entire month
Time's up! The correct answer was Ramadan
THE HUMAN ANIMAL
Slang for a woman on the prowl for younger men
Time's up! The correct answer was a cougar
WYOMING
Settlement began in earnest when this railroad pushed across the state in the 1860s
Time's up! The correct answer was the Union Pacific
"ROCK"Y
Also called halite, this common mineral can be formed by the drying of enclosed bodies of seawater
Time's up! The correct answer was rock salt
FOR THE BIRDS
The canvasback is a wild North American variety of this bird
Time's up! The correct answer was a duck
GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY
Spectacular waterfalls in Guyana include one named for a British king of this name, who ruled 1901-10
Time's up! The correct answer was Edward
AN E FOR AN I
"To replenish" becomes "to knock down"
Time's up! The correct answer was to fill & to fell
ARCHITECTS
Cass Gilbert designed this merchant's NYC skyscraper for 270,000,000 nickels or 135,000,000 dimes
Time's up! The correct answer was F.W. Woolworth
PROVERBS
"You can't make a silk purse" out of this
Time's up! The correct answer was a sow's ear
AMERICANA
This Connecticut city famous for its university is nicknamed "Elm City" because it once had many elm-lined streets
Time's up! The correct answer was New Haven
TAUNT "O"
After a wrong response, we may need to use one of these cathode-ray "scopes" to check for brain activity
Time's up! The correct answer was an oscilloscope
NATIONAL FOODS
This breakfast treat with deep pockets was introduced to Americans at the 1964 World's Fair
Time's up! The correct answer was Belgian waffles
THE FALL
In 1918 this date in autumn brought the signing of the armistice ending World War I
Time's up! The correct answer was 11-Nov
4 N
Inopportune or untimely, like the title "woman" in a Dominick Dunne novel
Time's up! The correct answer was inconvenient
PIANO KEYS
It's the key the French call "Le do du milieu du piano"
Time's up! The correct answer was middle C
PAINTERS
His "Potato Eaters" was inspired by the time he spent as a missionary in the coal-mining region of Belgium in his mid-20s
Time's up! The correct answer was Van Gogh
LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER
American ambulance driver Frederic Henry satirizes romantic ideas about war in this work by Hemingway & Shaw
Time's up! The correct answer was A Farewell to Arms and the Man
THE "W.B."
It's worn by a novice in judo or karate
Time's up! The correct answer was White belt
LOBBYISTS
In 1997 Jack Williams of this company was indicted for lying about his dealings with Mike Espy
Time's up! The correct answer was Tyson Foods
CINEMA OF "BLOOD"
Leonardo DiCaprio's African jewel smuggler gains a conscience in this film
Time's up! The correct answer was Blood Diamond
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
NEBRASKA, NEW YORK OR NORTH DAKOTA
Its name does not have a Native American origin
Time's up! The correct answer was New York
LITERATURE
In this novel, Javert says, "There is a brigand, there is a convict called Jean Valjean, and I have got him!"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Les Miserables"
FAMOUS NAMES
He published a history of Virginia & New England in 1624, after escaping from Turks, Indians & pirates
Time's up! The correct answer was Captain John Smith
THE MOVIES
Jane Russell & Marilyn Monroe sang about being "Two Little Girls from Little Rock" in this 1953 movie musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
EXPLORERS
Tho he didn't find the Northwest Passage, this Frenchman established France's claim to Canada
Time's up! The correct answer was Jacques Cartier
KIDS IN SPORTS
This sport has an under-17 World Cup every 2 years; Haris Seferovic starred for the 2009 champion Switzerland
Time's up! The correct answer was soccer
MILLIONS OF REASONS
Of 2 million, 20 million or 200 million, the length in years of one trip around the galaxy's center by our sun
Time's up! The correct answer was 200 million
FOR THE BIRDS
The canvasback is a wild North American variety of this bird
Time's up! The correct answer was a duck
LAW & GOVERNMENT
In 1798 Congress passed these controversial laws dealing with foreigners & with inciting rebellion
Time's up! The correct answer was the Alien & Sedition Acts
THE HAYES YEARS
During 1879 he perfected his photographic dry plate
Time's up! The correct answer was George Eastman
POLITICAL TALK
Lincoln once said not to "swap" these "while crossing a stream"
Time's up! The correct answer was horses
POLITICS
At over 30 years, this West Virginian is currently the longest-serving Democrat in the U.S. Senate
Time's up! The correct answer was Byrd
BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES
George VI
Time's up! The correct answer was Windsor
TELEVISION
He was a regular on Danny Kaye's, Carol Burnett's & Tim Conway's variety shows
Time's up! The correct answer was Harvey Korman
PARTS OF THE WHOLE
Mercury bulb, scale
Time's up! The correct answer was a thermometer
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
HOMOPHONES
Sugary, or a group of hotel rooms
Time's up! The correct answer was sweet/suite
EUROPE
In 1917 the name of this castle that dates back to the 11th century was adopted by a royal house
Time's up! The correct answer was Windsor
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
In San Marino: this
Time's up! The correct answer was Italian
GOING DUTCH
Driving through the Netherlands? You should know a sign that says "Parkeerverbod" means this
Time's up! The correct answer was No Parking
EXPIRATION DATES
May 13, 1884: This inventor did not fear the (mechanical) reaper
Time's up! The correct answer was Cyrus McCormick
WE ARE AMUSED
As a noted joke pirate, Milton Berle was punningly known as "The Thief of" these
Time's up! The correct answer was Bad Gags
BOOK NAMES
Theodore Dreiser: "Sister ____"
Time's up! The correct answer was Carrie
BEGINS & ENDS WITH "O"
Herr Bismarck knows this given name comes from a Germanic word meaning "rich"
Time's up! The correct answer was Otto
NONFICTION AUTHORS
First published in 1946, a book written by this man became the bestselling book in the U.S. after the Bible
Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Benjamin Spock
STATES OF THE UNION
Its near islands are farthest from its mainland; Kodiak is closer
Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska
FOOD & DRINK
When used to describe meat, "marbling" means streaks of this
Time's up! The correct answer was fat
WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS
1907: A Powhatan princess
Time's up! The correct answer was Pocahontas
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"
PIZZA TOPPINGS
On November 12 celebrate National Pizza with the Works Except these fish Day
Time's up! The correct answer was Anchovies