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TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA
It's what you wear to protect yourself against the effects of the device seen here:
Time's up! The correct answer was Sunglasses
THE BLUE ANGELS
(Sarah of the Clue Crew on the tarmac) Using only 5 planes, this formation pays tribute to fallen heroes & comrades
Time's up! The correct answer was Missing Man Formation
AUTHORS
An eye ailment contracted at Eton School ended his plans to study biology, like his brother Julian
Time's up! The correct answer was Aldous Huxley
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?
Appropriately, New Glasgow is in this Canadian province
Time's up! The correct answer was Nova Scotia
& SO I FACE THE FINAL CURTAIN
This musical dreamed "The Impossible Dream", playing 2,328 performances before closing in 1971
Time's up! The correct answer was Man of La Mancha
CROSSWORD CLUES "J"
A joyful celebration (10)
Time's up! The correct answer was jubilation
CABLE CHANNELS
This channel for women produces the original drama "Army Wives"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lifetime
HOLIDAYS
Muslims fast during daylight hours for this entire month
Time's up! The correct answer was Ramadan
OH, BEE GEE
In a Bee Gees hit, this title sort of communication means "you're telling me lies"
Time's up! The correct answer was jive talkin'
THE MOVIES
She turned pirate in "Cutthroat Island" & action star in "The Long Kiss Goodnight"
Time's up! The correct answer was Geena Davis
ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN
"By the time" this work "is over, fate has been trampled underfoot by triumphant music"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Fifth Symphony
MUSICALS OF THE '20s
The big attraction of the 1923 hit "Poppy" was this future film comic as Eustace McGargle
Time's up! The correct answer was W.C. Fields
LAW & GOVERNMENT
Because of its secretiveness, the American Party in the 1850s was also known by this name
Time's up! The correct answer was The Know-Nothings
THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN
One of the other 3 people in the presidential box with Lincoln & Booth at the time of the attack
Time's up! The correct answer was Mary Todd Lincoln
OPERA
Like many of his works, this composer's "Tannhauser" is based on Germanic legends
Time's up! The correct answer was Wagner
4-LETTER CAPITALS
This Latvian capital was founded in 1201 by German crusaders
Time's up! The correct answer was Riga
THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS
Don't lose your head: this French device shares its name with an instrument for surgically removing tonsils
Time's up! The correct answer was guillotine
LITERARY QUOTES
Terence, a Roman poet-playwright who lived in the second century B.C., said, "Charity begins" here
Time's up! The correct answer was At Home
ART
In the 1300s Italy gave birth to this art movement that would eventually sweep across Europe
Time's up! The correct answer was the Renaissance
L____O
It's a long rope with a loop on one end, used to rope cattle
Time's up! The correct answer was a lasso
HEY, "U"!
An entrepreneur who's launching a new enterprise, or a funeral director
Time's up! The correct answer was Undertaker
FASHION FROM HEAD TO TOE
1950s fashion favored this canine skirt
Time's up! The correct answer was a poodle skirt
3-NAMED AUTHORS
She wrote "Jo's Boys" in 1886, a second sequel to her 1860s novel
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisa May Alcott
NAME THE FILM
1995: "To infinity, and beyond!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Toy Story
AMERICAN AUTHORS
While he was in Spain in 1959, he wrote "The Dangerous Summer", a story about rival bullfighters
Time's up! The correct answer was Hemingway
EARLY AMERICA
In "Of Plymouth Plantation", he wrote that there was so much disease "the living were scarce able to bury the dead"
Time's up! The correct answer was William Bradford
NICKNAMES
"The Belle of Amherst"
Time's up! The correct answer was Emily Dickinson
INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE
It's a brass wind instrument: OH OX ASPEN
Time's up! The correct answer was saxophone
OPERA
Stationed in Seville, Don Jose is bewitched by a gypsy girl in this Bizet opera
Time's up! The correct answer was Carmen
1988
The Thatcher government imposed a broadcast ban on this political wing of the IRA
Time's up! The correct answer was Sinn Fein
NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD
In Alberta the scenic Icefields Parkway connects Jasper National Park with this other one
Time's up! The correct answer was Banff
MILITARY SLANG
A "polliwog" has never crossed this geographic line while aboard ship
Time's up! The correct answer was the equator
CELEBRITY RELATIVES
Pam Dawber's famous father-in-law
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Harmon
LOST
Lost in the forest, this pair happens upon a house made of bread, cake & sugar
Time's up! The correct answer was Hansel & Gretel
GIVE ME AN "A"!
The name Zog is not as much in vogue as it once was, when King Zog I ruled this European country
Time's up! The correct answer was Albania
THE MISFITS
Born Joseph Levitch, he's been a nutty professor & an errand boy
Time's up! The correct answer was Jerry Lewis
BALLET
"Scrooge" is a festive holiday ballet inspired by this beloved book
Time's up! The correct answer was A Christmas Carol
6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
Esmeralda & Claude Frollo
Time's up! The correct answer was Hugo
IT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY
Tokelau, a territory of this country, is over 1,000 miles north of its Noeth Island
Time's up! The correct answer was New Zealand
THE ONION HEADLINES FROM THE YEAR 2056
"Refugees Row" this entire island "to Miami"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cuba
THE UNIVERSE
William Herschel thought he saw these around Uranus in 1787; in 1977 they were really seen
Time's up! The correct answer was Rings
TREES & SHRUBS
This shrub produces clusters appropriately called catkins said to resemble kittens climbing up the twig
Time's up! The correct answer was a pussy willow
TV PRODUCERS
David Chase created this HBO series & wrote many of its episodes, like "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Sopranos
IT'S OURS!
Northern Mariana Islands
Time's up! The correct answer was USA
MUSICAL PRIME NUMBERS
Counting Crows: "In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue, in ____ he came home across the deep blue sea"
Time's up! The correct answer was 1493
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
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
The highest airport in the world is Lhasa Airport in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was TIbet
NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES
An exclamation point was warranted for the "End Of" This! in 1918
Time's up! The correct answer was World War I
RADIO PERSONALITIES
Tavis Smiley launched this network's first national show to originate from Los Angeles
Time's up! The correct answer was NPR
CORPORATE SPORTS VENUES
This Disney-owned baseball team plays at Anaheim's Edison International Field
Time's up! The correct answer was Anaheim Angels
OH MY GOD! YOU'VE GOT 3 "I"s
After the taping, what say we cool off with a frozen banana one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was daiquiri
ITALIAN
"Parla come mangi", literally "speak the way you" do this, means to speak simply & clearly
Time's up! The correct answer was eat
NURSERY RHYMES
In a counting nursery rhyme, they were "a-courting", "in the kitchen" & "a-waiting"
Time's up! The correct answer was maids
SPORTS SHORTS
Since 2009 the Mercury, Storm & Lynx have been championship teams in this league
Time's up! The correct answer was the WNBA
WHEREFORE "ART" THOU
One of these might be thrown in an English pub or shot from a blowgun in Peru
Time's up! The correct answer was Dart
POETIC TITLE VERBS
"On First _____ Into Chapman's Homer"
Time's up! The correct answer was Looking
PASS THE CHEESE, PLEASE
Parmesan is named for Parma, & this other grated cheese is named for Italy's capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Romano
SATURDAY
In a classic "SNL" skit, Laraine Newman found this NYC landmark less than packed when covering the Jewish New Year
Time's up! The correct answer was Times Square
AND I QUOTE
Kim Walker's character in "Say Anything" has this annoying habit when quoting
Time's up! The correct answer was Making quotations with your fingers
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
CATHOLIC PRIESTS
Title of any priest's immediate boss; the U.S. has 270 of them
Time's up! The correct answer was bishop
CONDUCTORS
The Lone Ranger could tell you this precious metal is the best conductor of electricity among metals
Time's up! The correct answer was silver
TECHNOLOGY
"GUI" stands for this.
Time's up! The correct answer was Graphical User Interface
BEFORE & AFTER
Leif Ericson's dad who was a huge star with low surface temperature
Time's up! The correct answer was Erik the Red Giant
THEY'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANY MORE
This Kansan made her last known take-off from New Guinea; if you find out where she is, let us know
Time's up! The correct answer was Amelia Earhart
DRAMA
This play begins as Willy Loman returns home from a trip
Time's up! The correct answer was Death of a Salesman
IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL
This '80s trio were "Spirits in the Material World" before the synchronicity of their 2007 reunion
Time's up! The correct answer was The Police
LITERARY BADDIES
This villainous aide in a Shakespeare play states flatly, "I hate the Moor"
Time's up! The correct answer was Iago
THE HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD
Fad, dad or glad
Time's up! The correct answer was fad
FLOWER
Bergamot is also called the "balm" of these creatures to which it's highly attractive
Time's up! The correct answer was bees
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
When this singer starred in a revival of "Funny Girl", one critic said, "Pia doesn't fall on her fanny"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pia Zadora
"D" IN HISTORY
The Vikings founded this city in the mid-800s, probably naming it for a black pool in the river Liffey
Time's up! The correct answer was Dublin
KILLER MUSICALS
Billy Bigelow kills himself after a botched hold-up in this Rodgers & Hammerstein classic
Time's up! The correct answer was "Carousel"
ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER
September 2006 brought news of a "Unity Deal" between Hamas & this other 5-letter Palestinian group
Time's up! The correct answer was Fatah
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
A FLY CATEGORY
Airborne nickname of 1920s Olympic gold medalist Paavo Nurmi
Time's up! The correct answer was the Flying Finn
ALSO ON YOUR COMPUTER KEYS
Proverbially, it's "where the heart is"
Time's up! The correct answer was home
MICHAEL JACKSON HITS IN OTHER WORDS
1983: "Get Out Of Here!"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Beat It"
SEEING "RED"
The title of a 1928 song Sophie Tucker introduced, it was also her nickname
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas"
ALSO A GUN MANUFACTURER
One might run in the Preakness
Time's up! The correct answer was a colt
UNIVERSITY SPORTS TEAMS
They're the sports teams of Fresno State as well as Georgia
Time's up! The correct answer was the Bulldogs
STATE CAPITALS
The French called a land formation La Petite Roche, thus giving this capital its name
Time's up! The correct answer was Little Rock
& NOW THE "END" IS NEAR
This type of gland secretes substances directly into the bloodstream
Time's up! The correct answer was endocrine
WHEN IN ROME?
Mussolini becomes prime minister: this decade
Time's up! The correct answer was the 1920s
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
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
Islamic legal opinion or directive (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was fatwa
MILITARY TELEVISION
This oldest of the Wayans Brothers co-starred with Yaphet Kotto on the 1983 drama series "For Love and Honor"
Time's up! The correct answer was Keenan Ivory Wayans
INTO THE "WOOD"s
On an orchestral score, the music for this instrument group is at the top
Time's up! The correct answer was woodwinds
AUTHORS
Sherwood Anderson told him, write about what "you know... that little patch... in Mississippi where you started from"
Time's up! The correct answer was William Faulkner
HOP ON POP CULTURE
Meadow's dad had her boyfriend Jackie whacked on this show; A.J. had a pretty rough time, too
Time's up! The correct answer was The Sopranos
LAW & GOVERNMENT
A measure defeated in 1990 would have allowed states to prosecute persons who desecrated this
Time's up! The correct answer was the American flag
A "TON" OF PEOPLE
After his death in 1974, his son Mercer took over his band
Time's up! The correct answer was Duke Ellington
BOOK TITLES
"I am the rose of Sharon" & "When you know your name, you should hang on to it" are from 2 different books titled this
Time's up! The correct answer was Song of Solomon
HARRY GUYS
He's the Harry heard here: "Dayyy...."
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Belafonte
SPORTS OF THE FEMALE OLYMPIANS
Misty May & Kerri Walsh
Time's up! The correct answer was beach volleyball
1987
2 Russians made an impromptu spacewalk outside this space station & found a bag of trash that hindered docking
Time's up! The correct answer was Mir
THE EMERALD ISLE
This U.S. president visited his family's ancestral village of Ballyporeen in 1984
Time's up! The correct answer was Reagan
LSU
This basketball star nicknamed "Pistol Pete" went to LSU where his dad "Press" was coach
Time's up! The correct answer was Pete Maravich
THE BODY HUMAN
Blood leaves the heart from ventricles & enters the heart through these chambers
Time's up! The correct answer was Atria
YOUNG WOMEN OF TODAY
Though her name means "wolf", this basketball star was another canine in college -- a U. Conn. Husky
Time's up! The correct answer was Rebecca Lobo
HORNS
Christian tradition says this archangel will blow his trumpet to announce the Second Coming
Time's up! The correct answer was Gabriel
APT ANAGRAMS
This Internet service was big in the '90s: I ONCE RAN EMAIL
Time's up! The correct answer was America Online
THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN
Dirty Harry could tell you it's also the caliber of the Derringer used by John Wilkes Booth to shoot Lincoln
Time's up! The correct answer was 0.44
HOW DO YOU...
Holding the bottom of the ear in the left hand, grasp the husk from the top with the right hand & pull down
Time's up! The correct answer was shuck corn
SO YOU WANT TO BE A 19th CENTURY HEROINE
If you have this adjective before your name, like Nell or Eva, don't bother planning for your old age
Time's up! The correct answer was Little
TECHNOLOGY
Name given to the simplest electron tubes, as they have just 2 main parts, a plate & an emitter
Time's up! The correct answer was a diode
1800
William Herschel discovered these "rays" beyond the red end of the visible spectrum
Time's up! The correct answer was Infrared rays
PRESIDENTS
General whose Presidential campaign song was written by Irving Berlin
Time's up! The correct answer was Dwight Eisenhower
KNOTS TO YOU
Alexander the Great cut it with his sword after being told that whoever could undo it would rule Asia
Time's up! The correct answer was Gordian Knot
WINE
Malaga is a sweet dessert wine that originated in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Spain
THE KIDS LOVE THAT ROCK & ROLL
Known for '80s hits like "The Reflex" & "Hungry Like the Wolf", this band charted in the '90s with "Come Undone"
Time's up! The correct answer was Duran Duran
SCULPTURE
An art museum on Madison Avenue is named for this sculptress who created the Titanic Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
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
BRAND-O
You'll go really fast in this swimwear brand worn by Olympic gold medalists
Time's up! The correct answer was Speedo
THE PARTS OF SPEECH
Of the traditional 8 parts of speech, it's the only one that doesn't end in the same 4 letters as 1 of the other parts of speech
Time's up! The correct answer was adjective
LITERARY ANIMALS
Cottontail & these 2 "went down the lane to gather blackberries" in "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"
Time's up! The correct answer was Flopsy & Mopsy
"EVER"S
Chris Rock narrated this show, loosely based on his childhood
Time's up! The correct answer was Everybody Hates Chris
TOM JONES
Tom hails from Pontypridd in this British Isles country
Time's up! The correct answer was Wales
COMPANIES YOUNGER THAN YOU
The first name of this company's search engine was Backrub, as it analyzed the back links pointing to websites
Time's up! The correct answer was Google
CELEBRITIES' MIDDLE NAMES
Her middle name is Louise; her last name at birth: Ciccone
Time's up! The correct answer was Madonna
LITERARY EPITAPHS
"Run", "Redux", "Rich", finally "At Rest"
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom
WATERFALLS
This scenic waterfall on the Brazil-Argentina border actually consists of about 275 individual cataracts
Time's up! The correct answer was Iguazu Falls
EU, THE EUROPEAN UNION
Each year the EU selects capitals of culture; one of the 2010 cities was this Turkish "meeting place of cultures"
Time's up! The correct answer was Istanbul
BERMUDA SHORTS
The first settlement in 1609 resulted from this event, maybe the one depicted in the first scene of "The Tempest"
Time's up! The correct answer was a shipwreck
HOMOPHONES
A native of Copenhagen, or to stoop to do something
Time's up! The correct answer was dane/deign
BORN IN THE WINDY CITY
Tarzan was the most famous creation of this Chicago-born writer
Time's up! The correct answer was Edgar Rice Burroughs
WAR
It was known as "the war to end all wars"
Time's up! The correct answer was World War I
MARRIED WITH CHILDREN
Make sure all your children are immunized against this "barnyard" disease caused by Varicella-Zoster
Time's up! The correct answer was Chickenpox
IT SOUNDS LIKE
It sounds like the kind of personality most likely to have a heart attack in the capital of Taiwan
Time's up! The correct answer was Taipei
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"
STATE CAPITALS
This state capital is in the Green Mountains along the Winooski River
Time's up! The correct answer was Montpelier
HORSE & RIDER
Rocinante
Time's up! The correct answer was Don Quixote
AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE
The quokka, a short-tailed species of this kangaroo relative, is found on Rottnest Island & in W. Australia
Time's up! The correct answer was a wallaby
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
AMERICAN HISTORY
In 1798 Congress passed this collection of bills to control domestic dissent & conspiracy against the federal govt.
Time's up! The correct answer was the Alien & Sedition Acts
THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS
From the late Latin for "word", this book is the last word on words
Time's up! The correct answer was dictionary
& GO TO "BED"
In math, it means raised to the third power
Time's up! The correct answer was cubed
MISSING LINKS
A good ____ Havoc
Time's up! The correct answer was cry
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
WORLD HISTORY
In 1763, as a result of this numerical war, Florida became a British possession
Time's up! The correct answer was Seven Years' War
THE EMERALD ISLE
At about 230 miles, it's not only the longest river in Ireland, it's the longest in the British Isles
Time's up! The correct answer was the River Shannon
EDUCATION JARGON
From the Latin for "to heal", it's the type of education that brings deficient students up to standard levels
Time's up! The correct answer was remedial
TRAVEL & TOURISM
Andrea Palladio's 1554 book on "The Antiquities of" this city was the standard guidebook for some 200 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Rome
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
EUROPE
France has about 100,000 of these Defense Ministry employees who perform police functions outside the main cities
Time's up! The correct answer was gendarmes
U.S. PRESIDENTS
In 1950 he threatened a music critic who had unkind words for daughter Margaret's singing
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry S. Truman
ALSO A BOOK IN THE BIBLE
Few were "better than" this Mr. Cornell who founded the university in 1865
Time's up! The correct answer was Ezra
THE CIVIL WAR
This battle was Lee's last major offensive
Time's up! The correct answer was Gettysburg
THE COLOR PURPLE
Established by George Washington in 1782, it can also be given to P.O.W.s who've been mistreated
Time's up! The correct answer was Purple Heart
ASTROLOGY
The only moon in our solar system that astrologists say has an influence circles this planet
Time's up! The correct answer was the Earth
OSCARDS WILD
In 1992, proving he could keep up with the younger crowd, he did one-armed pushups accepting his "City Slickers" Oscar
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack Palance
ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE
Native Americans grew these together with corn & at harvest time combined them into "M'sickquatash"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lima beans
BARD BITS
In "Henry VIII" this cardinal bids "a long farewell to all my greatness"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cardinal Wolsey
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
PRE-COLUMBIAN CULTURES
The Adena-Hopewell culture in the Ohio area was known for building these, both the burial & effigy types
Time's up! The correct answer was Mounds
NYPD TV
Max Greevey & Mike Logan were the original 2 N.Y. detectives who investigated crimes in the 1st half of this show
Time's up! The correct answer was Law & Order
WORLD CITIES
This Caribbean island's capital, Fort-de-France, lies about 15 miles southeast of Mt. Pelee volcano
Time's up! The correct answer was Martinique
BIOGRAPHIES
"Shalom, Friend" tells of "The Life and Legacy" of this slain Israeli leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Yitzhak Rabin
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
ENDLESS SUMER
The Sumerian name for the Mesopotamian plain may have given us this name of a Biblical garden
Time's up! The correct answer was Eden
IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL
"Hybrid Theory", the title of this rock-rap band's first hit album, was one of the band's former names
Time's up! The correct answer was Linkin Park
NORM!
The dad of this First Gulf War general was a N.J. State Police bigwig & worked the Lindbergh kidnapping case
Time's up! The correct answer was Schwarzkopf
PLACES
A small & informal restaurant, or one who eats there
Time's up! The correct answer was diner
FRUIT
A cluster, or hand, of this fruit consists of 10-20 fingers
Time's up! The correct answer was Bananas
SCIENCE CLASS
The forked type of this runs unobstructed between the clouds & the ground
Time's up! The correct answer was lightning
ROYAL BRITANNIA
He succeeded his mother & was succeeded in 1910 by his son George V
Time's up! The correct answer was Edward VII
A DICKENSIAN NIGHTMARE
It's no "mystery" why John Jasper haunts me--his fingers have knives on them!
Time's up! The correct answer was The Mystery of Edwin Drood
BALLET
In a Tchaikovsky ballet, this title character is awakened with a kiss
Time's up! The correct answer was Sleeping Beauty
ONE-WORD RHYMES
Nicole Kidman is one; so was Lucille Ball & Vincent Van Gogh
Time's up! The correct answer was redhead
THE MISFITS
In 1953 this big-screen misfit duo met Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde; in 1955 they met the mummy
Time's up! The correct answer was Abbott & Costello
CliffsNotes
2 guys dream of owning a farm, one kills the boss' daughter-in-law, then his pal kills him
Time's up! The correct answer was "Of Mice and Men"
MONEY SLANG
You don't get 5 guesses at this winglike appendage to the underwater portion of a hull
Time's up! The correct answer was a fin
NONFICTION PEOPLE
A biography of him is subtitled "Man's Slave Becomes God's Scientist"
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington Carver
YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT!
Counsel is putting words in the witness' mouth with this type of question; the word also means "in first place"
Time's up! The correct answer was a leading question
THE RENAISSANCE
The name of this musical form probably came from the Latin "matricale", meaning in the mother tongue
Time's up! The correct answer was Madrigal
NO. 32
The 32nd Academy Award for Best Picture went to this 1959 epic
Time's up! The correct answer was Ben-Hur
"MOON"S
“Moon shots” referred to home runs hit by this Dodger over short left field screen in L.A. Coliseum
Time's up! The correct answer was Wally Moon
COMIC & CARTOON CRITTERS
Franklin on Nickelodeon
Time's up! The correct answer was turtle
HISTORY
For the last 8 years of his life, Galileo was under house arrest for espousing this man's theory
Time's up! The correct answer was Copernicus
CITY OF BIRTH
Mad magazine illustrator James Warhola
Time's up! The correct answer was Pittsburgh
HOLIDAYS
Muslims fast during daylight hours for this entire month
Time's up! The correct answer was Ramadan
CARDS & DICE
The 4 players in bridge are given these directional titles
Time's up! The correct answer was North, South, East & West
SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER
It can be a small facility for outpatient care, or a whole medical establishment run by specialists
Time's up! The correct answer was a clinic
HISTORY
In February 1984 he announced his resignation as Prime Minister of Canada
Time's up! The correct answer was Trudeau
4 CONSONANTS IN A ROW
If you're vertical but supported by your palms, you're doing one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a handstand
IT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER
In Nov. 1922, after years of searching, Lord Carnarvon & Howard Carter made this discovery
Time's up! The correct answer was Tutankhamen's tomb
ROAMIN' THE WORLD
Pier 21, considered "Canada's Ellis Island", is in this Nova Scotia city
Time's up! The correct answer was Halifax
NOVELS OF THE PAST
In Barry Unsworth's "The Songs of the Kings", the Greek fleet bound for here is trapped by unfavorable winds
Time's up! The correct answer was Troy
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
TOUGH STUFF
Over 14 times the mass of the Earth, this planet is seventh from the sun
Time's up! The correct answer was Uranus
YOUNG ABE LINCOLN
Among the books read by Lincoln as a youngster were "Robinson Crusoe", "Aesop's Fables", & Mason Weems' "Life of" this man
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington
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
CROSSWORD CLUES "J"
Jettisoned goods (6)
Time's up! The correct answer was jetsam
"PH"UN WORDS
For many years Andre Previn conducted one
Time's up! The correct answer was Philharmonic
& 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
ABBREV.
Like NAFTA, but farther south: CAFTA
Time's up! The correct answer was Central American Free Trade Agreement
MS.
Kristine Holderied was 1st to graduate top in her class from 1 of these
Time's up! The correct answer was service academy
"S"-OTERICA
It's a low-level football "catch" made near the ground by a running player
Time's up! The correct answer was shoestring catch
DRIVING
In September 2000, Congress held hearings on this company's product found on Fords
Time's up! The correct answer was Firestone
A REALLY BIG CATEGORY
At 3 1/2 million square miles, this largest desert could just about cover the United States
Time's up! The correct answer was Sahara
OLYMPIC POTPOURRI
U.S. soccer star Mia Hamm led her team to Olympic gold despite straining this the same day Kerri Strug did
Time's up! The correct answer was Ankle
MAD
TV host seen here on the cover of Mad Magazine
Time's up! The correct answer was Jeff Probst
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
"IBLE"S & BITS
You chew with it
Time's up! The correct answer was mandible
TOM JONES
Singer Tom Jones is the son of one of these workers; Loretta Lynn is famous for being the daughter of one
Time's up! The correct answer was Coal miner
AMERICAN PLAYS
The play in which Amanda says, "I want you to stay fresh and pretty -- for gentleman callers."
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Glass Menagerie"
MEN OF THE WORLD
This media mogul from Melbourne has been called a real-life Citizen Kane
Time's up! The correct answer was Rupert Murdoch
RHYMES WITH TRACK
It's a titan in the trucking industry
Time's up! The correct answer was Mack
BEYOND .COM
It's the perfect 2 letters for video-heavy sites such as Geekbrief
Time's up! The correct answer was TV
THE BYRDS & THE BEAS
The only country in the world today with a reigning Queen Bea
Time's up! The correct answer was the Netherlands
ENDS WITH "K"
If you lack good fortune, you're out of this
Time's up! The correct answer was Luck
ANY FIRST WORDS?
Jung was fond of this word, an original pattern from which all similar things are based
Time's up! The correct answer was an archetype
TAKE OUT
A rhytidectomy removes these surgically; botox takes them out another way
Time's up! The correct answer was wrinkles
THAT'S MY LAW
The Law of Independent Assortment is one of the laws of heredity named for this 19th C. Austrian monk
Time's up! The correct answer was Gregor Mendel
B.C. & AFTER
"Wonder"-ful giant statue of Helios that brings financial aid to study at Oxford
Time's up! The correct answer was The Colossus of Rhodes Scholarship
WOMEN: WRITE ON!
"Shiksa Goddess: (or, How I Spent My Forties)" is a collection of essays by this "Heidi Chronicles" playwright
Time's up! The correct answer was Wasserstein
AUTHORS
In September 1941 this author christened the warship Atlanta, also known as "The Mighty A"
Time's up! The correct answer was Margaret Mitchell
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
ANCIENT HISTORY
This pupil of Socrates went to Sicily to try to turn Dionysius into a philosopher king
Time's up! The correct answer was Plato
AMERICAN PLAYS
"I'm Not Rappaport" takes place on a battered bench near the lake in this famous park
Time's up! The correct answer was Central Park
REALLY BIG
Greenland is more than 2 1/2 times the size of this next largest island
Time's up! The correct answer was New Guinea
WE ARE AMUSED
The first one was added in 1950 by the producers of NBC's "The Hank McCune Show"
Time's up! The correct answer was Laugh track
WHO'S THE MRS.?
Mrs. Maury Povich
Time's up! The correct answer was Connie Chung
ENGLISH LIT
In an Oliver Goldsmith work, Dr. Primrose is the vicar of this parish
Time's up! The correct answer was Wakefield
ACRONYM EXCITEMENT!
For cybergeeks: MS-DOS
Time's up! The correct answer was Microsoft - Disk Operating System
THE "B.G."s
A naval force made up of an aircraft carrier & support vessels
Time's up! The correct answer was battle group
ANIMAL GROUPS
Wisconsin folks know a cete is a group of these carnivores
Time's up! The correct answer was Badgers
POETRY
His series "Bells and Pomegranates" included "Pippa Passes" and "My Last Duchess"
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Browning
MUSCAT LOVE
Muscat is its capital city
Time's up! The correct answer was Oman
WORLD CAPITALS
It's located about 30 miles south of the DMZ
Time's up! The correct answer was Seoul
DECADES OF BESTSELLERS
"The Nanny Diaries" & "Q is for Quarry"
Time's up! The correct answer was the 2000s
ANATOMY
Humans have 33 vertebrae, 7 of them cervical, meaning they are in this part of the body
Time's up! The correct answer was your neck
MYTHOLOGICAL PAIRS
Both a she-wolf & a woodpecker fed & cared for them until they were found by Faustulus
Time's up! The correct answer was Romulus & Remus
FAMOUS FELINES
He made his debut in the 1945 short film "Life with Feathers"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sylvester
LAW ENFORCEMENT
The truant officer may come after you if you fail to do this
Time's up! The correct answer was go to school
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
WOOD & WIND
This author wrote of Fangorn Forest, named for the oldest of the Ents-or was the Ent named for the forest?
Time's up! The correct answer was Tolkien
IT'S A COUP D'ETAT
Carl Henrik Anckarsvard was the leader of the coup that overthrew King Gustav IV of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Sweden
IN THE DICTIONARY
This synonym for "room" can precede music & maid
Time's up! The correct answer was chamber
BRITISH HISTORY
They've been guarding British royalty since 1485 & gin bottles since 1820
Time's up! The correct answer was Beefeaters
WORLD CITIES
From Bei Hai Park in this city, pass the Great Hall of the People, bear left, & then it's straight on to Mao's mausoleum
Time's up! The correct answer was Beijing
LITERATURE
19th c. author known for writing about a "venerable mansion" with "seven acutely peaked gables"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hawthorne
JEWELRY
Sotheby's has announced it won't sell any items of this tusk material produced since 1939
Time's up! The correct answer was Ivory
SCIENCE CLASS
Of the 6 noble gases on the periodic table, it is the lightest
Time's up! The correct answer was helium
ANAGRAMMED STATE CAPITALS
Leg hair
Time's up! The correct answer was Raleigh
A LA "CART"
The 1st graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy to become president
Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Carter
DON'T MESS WITH SICILY
At nearly 11,000 feet this "active" spot is Sicily's highest point
Time's up! The correct answer was Mount Etna
BON APPE-"T"
This "steak" is a hot dog
Time's up! The correct answer was Tube steak
COMICS STRIP
Ken Jeong bared all as crime lord Mr. Chow in this 2009 Vegas comedy
Time's up! The correct answer was The Hangover
NUMBERS
Of the 12 spies sent, only Caleb & this future leader believed the Israelites could take Canaan
Time's up! The correct answer was Joshua
LETTER MEN
At his death in 1971, there were more than 1,600 department stores bearing his name
Time's up! The correct answer was J.C. Penney
THE OLD WEST
Ogden, now this state's sixth-largest city, was named for an Old West fur trapper
Time's up! The correct answer was Utah
TURNING 40 IN '98
This pitcher's "Orel" history continued in '98 with a new team, the Giants
Time's up! The correct answer was Orel Hershiser
EUROPE
It's the smallest in area of the Benelux countries
Time's up! The correct answer was Luxembourg
TUBE TEST
This spin-off spun off a show of its own, "Checking In", with Marla Gibbs continuing as Florence Johnston
Time's up! The correct answer was The Jeffersons
COMPANIES YOUNGER THAN YOU
While a student at Northeastern, Shawn Fanning started this P2P music-sharing service that now gone legit
Time's up! The correct answer was Napster
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
FAIRY TALE FEMMES
She would have been popular in the '60s; she was always letting her hair down
Time's up! The correct answer was Rapunzel
CANALS
In 1825 the Seneca Chief became the first boat to traverse the length of this canal, reaching NYC on Nov. 4
Time's up! The correct answer was the Erie Canal
PHRASES THAT SELL
This shipping company asks, "What can Brown do for you?"
Time's up! The correct answer was UPS
EMOTICONS
:-b.. Doing this means either you're hungry or you're a pig
Time's up! The correct answer was drooling
DECADES OF BESTSELLERS
"The Power of Positive Thinking" & "Marjorie Morningstar"
Time's up! The correct answer was the 1950s
5 BANDS
"Remember when we traveled 'round the world, we met a lot of people & girls", sang this Joey McIntyre boy band
Time's up! The correct answer was New Kids on the Block
MAGAZINES
Final Frontier is "The magazine of" this kind of "exploration"
Time's up! The correct answer was Space
QUOTATIONS
John Kenneth Galbraith said these "are indispensable when you don't want to do anything"--there's one in the boardroom at 2:30
Time's up! The correct answer was meetings
AVIARY
The "sky" type of this songbird, of which Shelley wrote, may be gone from Britain by 2009
Time's up! The correct answer was skylark
WORLD HODGEPODGE
Pato, a combination of basketball & this game played on horseback, is quite popular in Argentina
Time's up! The correct answer was Polo
& 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
PEOPLE IN HISTORY
In 1801 this onetime VP compiled "A Manual of Parliamentary Practice" still used in the U.S. Senate
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Jefferson
"FOR" WORDS
A college team might have to do this for games played with ineligible team members
Time's up! The correct answer was forfeit
OPERA
At 35 he decided for the first time to sit right down & write himself an opera; he produced "Fidelio"
Time's up! The correct answer was Beethoven
NATIONAL FOODS
Thomas' is a brand of these, famed for their nooks & crannies
Time's up! The correct answer was English muffins
THE BIG APPLE
A mast to moor dirigibles was added to this skyscraper, but only one ever moored successfully
Time's up! The correct answer was Empire State Building
WORDS IN (THE) ENCYCLOPEDIA
Book of Genesis garden
Time's up! The correct answer was Eden
FAMOUS AMERICANS
It was the pen name of beloved children's author Theodor Geisel
Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Seuss
MARK TWAIN SEZ
Lines attributed to Twain include "Everybody talks about" this, "but nobody does anything about it"
Time's up! The correct answer was the weather
WHEAT
Pasta is made from this coarsely-ground grain of durum wheat
Time's up! The correct answer was Semolina
LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L"
Delicious "Doone" damsel (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was Lorna
STAMPS
This astronomer for whom a space telescope is named is honored in the American Scientists series
Time's up! The correct answer was Hubble
FLEMISH & DUTCH MASTERS
Artist whose masterpiece is seen here: ("Night Cafe")
Time's up! The correct answer was Vincent Van Gogh
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
CLASSIC AD LINES
"Fly The Friendly Skies..."
Time's up! The correct answer was United Airlines
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
The last of Chaplin's 4 teenage brides was Oona, this playwright's daughter
Time's up! The correct answer was Eugene O'Neill
"DEM"-ONS
A formal reduction in rank, status or position
Time's up! The correct answer was demotion
EUROPE
It's the smallest in area of the Benelux countries
Time's up! The correct answer was Luxembourg
WHO'S THE MRS.?
Mrs. Brad Pitt
Time's up! The correct answer was Jennifer Aniston
WINE
On wine labels, this word which means "estate" precedes Lafite & Mouton-Rothschild
Time's up! The correct answer was Chateau
MUSICAL THEATRE
The rock opera "Rent" is a reworking of this Puccini opera, set in modern times
Time's up! The correct answer was "La Boheme"
THE LIVING PLANET
Relative to the size of the bird, this flightless New Zealand denizen has the largest egg
Time's up! The correct answer was the kiwi
ALL GOD'S CRITTERS
The barn species of this bird is sometimes called monkey-faced due to its simian features
Time's up! The correct answer was Owl
SPORTS LEGENDS
Barry Bonds, among others, is currently trying to break this man's home run record of 755
Time's up! The correct answer was Hank Aaron
HARRISON FORD MOVIES
"Something wrong with buttons?...got anything against zippers?"
Time's up! The correct answer was Witness
GRAINS & STAPLES
The rolled form of this grain cooks in about 5 minutes; the steel-cut takes much longer
Time's up! The correct answer was oats
PERFUME
Though it has the same name, Benetton's perfume wasn't named for this controversial Sean Penn film
Time's up! The correct answer was Colors
CELEBS
Her 18th birthday party was "A Cinderella Story" with 300 guests & red velvet cake
Time's up! The correct answer was Hilary Duff
RADIO DISNEY
"I Never Told You" this alliteratively named singer hit Disney's Top 30 with "Fallin' For You"; wait, I just did
Time's up! The correct answer was Colbie Caillat
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
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
This speech that Lincoln delivered on a battlefield in 1863 lasted only 2 minutes but its impact was huge
Time's up! The correct answer was the Gettysburg Address
SSSSSSSSNAKES!!!!!
There are king & Asian species of this "charming" snake seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was cobra
THE HUMAN ANIMAL
Slang for a woman on the prowl for younger men
Time's up! The correct answer was a cougar
THE BIG 10
In L.A., the western tip of Interstate 10 is called this "freeway", after the beach community it passes through
Time's up! The correct answer was Santa Monica
JAY
He drafted the constitution of New York state & was appointed chief justice of the state in 1777
Time's up! The correct answer was John Jay
POTPOURRI
Charles Schulz said Snoopy didn't become a lead character until he began walking this way
Time's up! The correct answer was on two feet
"TU"
The University of Phoenix has a branch in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Tucson
TOP OF THE LIST
According to the Cat Fanciers' Assoc., the top breed of pedigreed cat is this feline with a Middle Eastern name
Time's up! The correct answer was Persian
FOOD FACTS
The "pearl" type of this is served as a vegetable or pickled & used as a condiment
Time's up! The correct answer was an onion
FATHERS-IN-LAW
Catherine Zeta-Jones' is this legendary actor
Time's up! The correct answer was Kirk Douglas
MUSICAL THEATRE
Elaine Stritch plays Capt. Andy's wife Parthy in the current revival of this Jerome Kern musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Show Boat
WOMEN: WRITE ON!
Esther Greenwood is an aspiring poet in this poet's novel "The Bell Jar"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sylvia Plath
PASS THE CHOCOLATE
Fran's Chocolates of Seattle makes delectable caramels topped with the gray sea type of this
Time's up! The correct answer was salt
COMPANIES YOUNGER THAN YOU
The first name of this company's search engine was Backrub, as it analyzed the back links pointing to websites
Time's up! The correct answer was Google
TAKE A PILL
Bayer hailed the FDA's endorsement of this drug for use during a suspected heart attack
Time's up! The correct answer was Aspirin
SCULPTURE
This English sculptor made one of his reclining figures for the 1951 Festival of Britain
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry Moore
ARTISTS' RETREATS
The colony bearing this single name features a barn poet Edna built from a Sears kit
Time's up! The correct answer was Millay
I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF IT
In physics notation the speed of light is symbolized by this letter in lower case
Time's up! The correct answer was c
TRANSLATION EXERCISES
Yiddish to French: The polite "a sheynem dank"
Time's up! The correct answer was merci beaucoup
AIN'T THAT AMERICA
This state was named for a man who was a European king from 1643 to 1715
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana
MODES OF TRANSPORT
The Triton was the first one of these to travel around the world underwater
Time's up! The correct answer was asubmarine
ARCHITECTURE
The Coonley Estate & the Robie House are examples of this midwestern style created by Frank Lloyd Wright
Time's up! The correct answer was the Prairie Style
TAUNT "O"
By its isolated nature, your last original thought might be considered one of these children without parents
Time's up! The correct answer was an orphan
LUNCH COUNTER LINGO
This beverage is Adam's ale
Time's up! The correct answer was water
UP & ATOM
No matter what element they are in, they weigh the same & their total is an element's atomic number
Time's up! The correct answer was protons
SPORTS HOME CITIES
MLS' Burn
Time's up! The correct answer was Dallas
WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?
A New England boiled dinner is traditionally made with this cured deli meat
Time's up! The correct answer was corned beef
INITIALS M.D.
Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl in "Der Blaue Engel"
Time's up! The correct answer was Marlene Dietrich
SI's SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE
This tire co. paid Rip Hamilton "to braid his hair in the tread pattern of one of its tires", not blimps
Time's up! The correct answer was Goodyear
PHRASES THAT SELL
This shipping company asks, "What can Brown do for you?"
Time's up! The correct answer was UPS
HOLLYWOOD LEFTIES
We gotta hand it to this left-handed actress for winning an Oscar for "Erin Brockovich"
Time's up! The correct answer was Julia Roberts
NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES
The November 25, 1963 front page read, this man "Shot To Death In Jail Corridor By A Dallas Citizen"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lee Harvey Oswald
& CROWN THY GOOD
In 1905 Haakon VII was chosen king by the people & parliament of this country after its separation from Sweden
Time's up! The correct answer was Norway
BIBLE BOOK BINDINGS
Maker's ___ Sanchez
Time's up! The correct answer was Mark
"PH"UN WORDS
For many years Andre Previn conducted one
Time's up! The correct answer was Philharmonic
POLAR EXPLORATION
In 1969, on dogsled, a British team made the first surface crossing of this ocean
Time's up! The correct answer was Arctic Ocean
NONFICTION PEOPLE
"The Corsican" is a diary of his life "In His Own Words"
Time's up! The correct answer was Napoleon
THERE ARE SOME STRINGS ATTACHED
This guitar family member's circular body is covered in front with tightly stretched plastic or parchment
Time's up! The correct answer was a banjo
TAINTED GOV
Elected to the Senate in 1930, he refused to resign as Louisiana's gov. until '32, when his handpicked crony got the gig
Time's up! The correct answer was Huey Long
TV CASTS
In 2000 this Oscar nominee joined the cast of "Ally McBeal" as a lawyer
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Downey, Jr.
CANALS
In 1825 the Seneca Chief became the first boat to traverse the length of this canal, reaching NYC on Nov. 4
Time's up! The correct answer was the Erie Canal
BROADWAY
"Thoroughly Modern Millie" takes place during this "roaring" decade when flappers bobbed their hair
Time's up! The correct answer was 1920s
PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING DRAMAS
David Mamet won in 1984 for this salesman drama whose title includes 2 4-letter words
Time's up! The correct answer was Glengarry Glen Ross
ANY FIRST WORDS?
An adjective meaning "first", or a letter like "F" in F. Murray Abraham
Time's up! The correct answer was an initial
FOUNTAINS
Andrea Del Verrocchio sculpted his bronze "Boy With" this sea creature for a Medici villa
Time's up! The correct answer was Dolphin
OFF TO A GOOD START
It begins a football game or a special event like a political campaign
Time's up! The correct answer was the kickoff
SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN
Name shared by Brutus' wife & the longest female role in "The Merchant of Venice"
Time's up! The correct answer was Portia
NUTRITION
The flavonoids in this may help prevent heart disease, so a "kiss" a day may keep the cardiologist away
Time's up! The correct answer was chocolate
THE JEFFERSON ADMINISTRATION
In 1807, after a trip up the Hudson, he wrote, "The power of propelling boats by steam is now fully proved"
Time's up! The correct answer was Fulton
SHAKESPEARE
“Other women cloy the appetites they feed, but she makes hungry where most she satisfies”
Time's up! The correct answer was Cleopatra
DOWN AT THE OLD FACTORY
Company that ran the Hawk-Eye Works in Rochester, N.Y.
Time's up! The correct answer was Kodak
ANATOMY
This transparent membrane in the eye covers the iris & has no blood vessels
Time's up! The correct answer was the cornea
U.S. PRESIDENTS
Subpoenaed for documents in Burr's treason trial, he cited executive privilege; didn't work
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Jefferson
GETTING TICKED OFF
Jealous of this Prussian chancellor's fame, Wilhelm II sank him by forcing his resignation in 1890
Time's up! The correct answer was Bismarck
ROCKS & MINERALS
Term for the minerals from which metals are extracted
Time's up! The correct answer was ore
OSCARS OF THE '70s
This son of a famous French impressionist painter received an honorary Oscar in 1975
Time's up! The correct answer was Jean Renoir
THE ASPCA
The ASPCA reminds you that you can lengthen a cat's life by neutering a male or doing this equivalent to a female
Time's up! The correct answer was Spaying
"PRO"NOUNS
Gosh darn it! It's abusive, vulgar or irreverent language
Time's up! The correct answer was Profanity
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
The last of Chaplin's 4 teenage brides was Oona, this playwright's daughter
Time's up! The correct answer was Eugene O'Neill
COMMON BONDS
Coconuts, Udders, Canaan
Time's up! The correct answer was Things that give milk
"DREAM"Y SONGS
"Cheer up sleepy Jean, oh what can it mean to" one of these "and a homecoming queen"
Time's up! The correct answer was A daydream believer
NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME
"'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' was the first full length animated film to use" this inductee's multiplane camera
Time's up! The correct answer was Walt Disney
EDGAR AWARD WINNERS
He won in the Best Fact Crime category for such works as "Helter Skelter" & "Till Death Us Do Part"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bugliosi
MUSEUM HOPPING
The Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia houses his original manuscript of "Ulysses"
Time's up! The correct answer was James Joyce
THE 1890s
Relationship of Lizzie Borden to the woman she was acquitted of killing
Time's up! The correct answer was stepdaughter
TAYLOR, SWIFT
This season 5 winner of "American Idol" is from Alabama
Time's up! The correct answer was Taylor Hicks
TAKE A GUESS
2 of the 4 actors who earned 1974 Oscar nominations for "The Godfather Part II"; one of them won
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Michael V. Gazzo, & Lee Strasberg
PHRASES THAT SELL
"Be all that you can be" in this military branch
Time's up! The correct answer was the Army
LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER
Clym Yeobright comes back home & is killed by Bigger Thomas in this Thomas Hardy-Richard Wright work
Time's up! The correct answer was Return of the Native Son
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
LAW ENFORCEMENT
This agency's criminal justice information services div. has the fingerprints of more than 47 million people
Time's up! The correct answer was the FBI
ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE
This Yankee was the "greatest drawing card in history of baseball"
Time's up! The correct answer was Babe Ruth
ALL ASHORE FOR BIRD LORE
This forward from French Lick, Indiana was NBA MVP 3 times in the 1980s
Time's up! The correct answer was Larry Bird
CONGRESSIONAL MISDEMEANORS
Senator Benjamin Tappan was censured in 1844 for leaking information about the annexation of this to the Union
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas
I'M HUNGRY!
Let's make Craig Claiborne's recipe for an upside-down type of this fruit pie; it's a lot like tarte tatin
Time's up! The correct answer was apple pie
GANGSTER'S DICTIONARY
You mugs, I need a "can opener", a tool used to open one of these, not a tin can
Time's up! The correct answer was Safe
"O" YOU ANIMAL!
They might swing through the trees asking "What's Sumatra? Nothing, what's Sumatra with you?"
Time's up! The correct answer was Orangutan
PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS
To apply relativity to the cosmos, Einstein introduced a term called the "cosmological" this
Time's up! The correct answer was constant
THE NEXT BIBLE BOOK AFTER...
Psalms
Time's up! The correct answer was Proverbs
ROCKS & MINERALS
Term for the minerals from which metals are extracted
Time's up! The correct answer was ore
LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS?
Unconquerable & undefeated, he led Rome to victory in the Rugby World Cup championship
Time's up! The correct answer was Invictus
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
WHAT'S ON TV?
In 2007 Marie Osmond blamed allergies & L.A. air quality for her waltz into unconsciousness on this show
Time's up! The correct answer was Dancing with the Stars
GO "SOUTH"
...to this body of water that includes the Gulf of Tonkin & the Gulf of Thailand
Time's up! The correct answer was the South China Sea
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS
In 1985 an animated version of this Soleil Moon Frye sitcom character made the scene
Time's up! The correct answer was Punky Brewster
THE HOLLYWOOD STOCK EXCHANGE
At $4,147 a share, this star of "Firestarter" is one of the highest-valued actresses listed on HSX
Time's up! The correct answer was Drew Barrymore
ALL IN YOUR MIND
Erik Erikson's concept of this type of "crisis", in which you're not sure who you are, is associated with adolescence
Time's up! The correct answer was identity crisis
ABBREV.
You can bank on it: FDIC
Time's up! The correct answer was Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
MARK TWAIN: BOOK LOVER
Writing about this author's "The Deerslayer", Twain called its pathos "funny" & "its love-scenes odious"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cooper
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
NOT A CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITAL
Sofia, Sarajevo, Saigon
Time's up! The correct answer was Saigon
STATE BIRDS
Missouri: Not a redbird but this colorful creature
Time's up! The correct answer was a bluebird
VERBS
You can fluff pillows or do this, also meaning "chubby"
Time's up! The correct answer was plump
BACKWARDS
In T minus 5 seconds, you'll say this word for the inverted series used before a rocket launch
Time's up! The correct answer was a countdown
19th CENTURY LITERATURE
Ydgrun is a goddess worshipped by residents of this Samuel Butler country
Time's up! The correct answer was Erewhon
"PIN" ME
A child holds this toy by the stick & lets the wind do the spinning
Time's up! The correct answer was Pinwheel
RELIGION
Traditionally, in Judaism a ram's horn called this is blown at the end of Yom Kippur
Time's up! The correct answer was shofar
YOU BEAST!
The bulls of these African animals can weigh up to 6 tons
Time's up! The correct answer was an elephant
THE GRIDIRON
[Hi, I'm Champ Bailey, college football's top defensive player of 1998] The award for top defensive player in college football is named for Bronislaw Nagurski, whose nickname was this
Time's up! The correct answer was Bronco
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
ALL IN YOUR MIND
Some people won't give blood due to belonephobia, fear of these
Time's up! The correct answer was needles
EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT...
In the winter of 1971-72, a record 1,122 inches of snow fell at Rainier Paradise Ranger Station in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington
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"
STRINGS
The hope behind String Theory is that it will result in this, sometimes shortened to "T.O.E."
Time's up! The correct answer was the theory of everything
"PH"UN WORDS
You beta know that this letter follows upsilon in the Greek alphabet
Time's up! The correct answer was Phi
MILITARY UNITS
Oliver Stone won an Oscar for his story about one of these title units in which he served in Vietnam
Time's up! The correct answer was a platoon
RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME
A Latter-Day jury spokesperson
Time's up! The correct answer was a Mormon foreman
POETS' RHYME TIME
Alexander's expectations
Time's up! The correct answer was Pope's hopes
ACTRESSES ON TV
She portrays real-life research medium Allison DuBois
Time's up! The correct answer was Arquette
LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"
God requires adult Muslims to fast during this month so they may cultivate piety
Time's up! The correct answer was Ramadan
MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS
They were the 2 main stars of the sequel Hong Kong knew as "Special Unit in Black Glasses Part 2"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tommy Lee Jones & Will Smith
MORTAL MATTERS
In 1961 Hassan II was crowned in this country after his father died following a minor nose operation
Time's up! The correct answer was Morocco
B FOLLOWS A
These 1st & 2nd century B.C. Jewish patriots were active in liberating Judea from Syrian rule
Time's up! The correct answer was the Maccabees
LET'S MESS WITH TEXAS
Educated at Phillips Academy, Yale & Harvard, this part-time Crawford resident was born in Connecticut in 1946
Time's up! The correct answer was George W. Bush
BRITISH FASHION
Designer Vivienne Westwood ran a shop with Malcolm McLaren, who launched this Johnny Rotten band
Time's up! The correct answer was The Sex Pistols
THE EVOLUTION OF "M"USIC
This singer of "Jack & Diane" had to fight to record under his own name
Time's up! The correct answer was John Mellencamp
READING
President Carter has been among the many users of this woman's "Reading Dynamics" system
Time's up! The correct answer was Evelyn Wood
DEAR JUNTA
After the junta released activist Aung San Suu Kyi to house arrest, Japan restored aid to this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Burma
ANNUAL EVENTS
Monroe, near Snohomish in this state, is the site of the annual Evergreen State Fair
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington
INTERNATIONAL RHYME TIME
The forehead of a German mrs.
Time's up! The correct answer was a Frau brow
3-LETTER THE BETTER
What a film reel is stored in; hence something finished is "in" it
Time's up! The correct answer was the can
GOULASH
At the Oscars in 1992, Billy Crystal said this "City Slickers" co-star was backstage on the Stairmaster
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack Palance
20th CENTURY U.S. PRESIDENTS
This president shares his middle name with the name of a 1st C. Jewish theologian mentioned in the New Testament
Time's up! The correct answer was Warren Gamaliel Harding
CROSSWORD CLUES "B"
A throng, often "of beauties" (4)
Time's up! The correct answer was bevy
CITY FLAGS
Its flag features a pioneer family, a covered wagon & 2 sea gulls
Time's up! The correct answer was Salt Lake City
BARD BITS
Comparing "thee to a summer's day" in sonnet 18, the bard realizes that "Thou art more lovely and more" this
Time's up! The correct answer was temperate
MOVIE TAG LINES
"Lather. Rinse. Save the world" advertised this Adam Sandler comedy
Time's up! The correct answer was You Don't Mess with the Zohan
ITALIAN ART
Andrea del Sarto's 1527 version of this Biblical banquet is similar to that of Leonardo, a man he admired
Time's up! The correct answer was The Last Supper
U.S. STATES
Do the wild fais-do-do in this state while motoring on Interstate 10 to Baton Rouge or Ponchatoula
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
Abingdon, Windsor, Gravesend & Southend-On-Sea are on this European river
Time's up! The correct answer was Thames
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
ENGLISH CLASS
It's the indirect object of the sentence "Carmen gave Jose a cookie"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jose
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE COMPANIES
Its original purpose was to insure people on journeys
Time's up! The correct answer was Travelers
DOWN AT THE OLFACTORY
The perfume Quelques Fleurs, whose name means "some" these, supposedly has the fragrances of 313 of them
Time's up! The correct answer was flowers
"TEEN" SCENE
If you're triskaidekaphobic, you're afraid of this number, & not just on a Friday
Time's up! The correct answer was thirteen
ROCK FORMATIONS
This Jimmy Page foursome first played together as part of the session group on P.J. Proby's "Three Week Hero"
Time's up! The correct answer was Led Zeppelin
HAIRY
Dudes, it's the "fishy" hairstyle worn by David Spade in "Joe Dirt"
Time's up! The correct answer was the mullet
MILITARY SLANG
A "polliwog" has never crossed this geographic line while aboard ship
Time's up! The correct answer was the equator
TURN OF THE CENTURY MOVIES
2 warriors seek the Green Destiny, a stolen ancient sword
Time's up! The correct answer was Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
SCIENTISTS
His 1637 "Discours de la methode" prefaced a series of essays on optics, meteorology, and geometry
Time's up! The correct answer was Rene Descartes
THE USA
The name of this New Mexico city where the first atomic bomb was exploded is Spanish for "big cottonwood"
Time's up! The correct answer was Alamogordo
AIRLINE TRAVEL
It can be a place to leave your puppy when you take a trip, or a carrier for him that fits under an airplane seat
Time's up! The correct answer was a kennel
BIOGRAPHERS
As many mourned, this minister wrote in a letter, "Washington is gone! Millions are gasping to read ...about him"
Time's up! The correct answer was Parson Weems
FAMILIAR SAYINGS
If you're one of these capable fellows, you're unfortunately "master of none"
Time's up! The correct answer was a jack of all trades
HOW'S THE WEATHER?
Mountain passes speed up hot, dry air, giving this U.S. state its Santa Ana winds
Time's up! The correct answer was California
WHERE'S MY COFFEE?
The flavorful coffee beans from this country are grown at high altitudes near Nairobi
Time's up! The correct answer was Kenya
YOUR NEW CLASS SCHEDULE
History: Study up on this ship that anchored in Plymouth Harbor on Dec. 26, 1620
Time's up! The correct answer was the Mayflower
MR. MOVIES
Of James Cagney, Henry Fonda or Jack Lemmon, the one who won an Oscar for "Mr. Roberts"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack Lemmon
BALLET
In a Tchaikovsky ballet, this title character is awakened with a kiss
Time's up! The correct answer was Sleeping Beauty
IN A FESTIVAL MOOD
In July 1965 Bob Dylan was booed at the Newport Festival of this, for abandoning that type of music
Time's up! The correct answer was Folk Music
BEGINS & ENDS WITH "O"
L.A. restaurant Locanda Veneta serves this veal dish con risotto
Time's up! The correct answer was osso bucco
STATE: THE OBVIOUS
This state's name includes the name of the country that was the top destination for U.S. tourists in 2001
Time's up! The correct answer was New Mexico
SUPERHEROES
In a 1940 comic book Batman & this sidekick take an undying oath to fight crime & corruption
Time's up! The correct answer was Robin
THE BIG BANGLADESH
About two-thirds of all Bangladeshis work in agriculture, mostly farming this product
Time's up! The correct answer was rice
ACTRESSES' FIRST FILMS
"Body Heat"
Time's up! The correct answer was Kathleen Turner
ART
We're not joshing--in 1769 this portrait painter got knighted
Time's up! The correct answer was Reynolds
CANADIAN CAPITALS
Commercial cod fishing, long a mainstay of this Newfoundland capital, declined to almost nothing by 1990
Time's up! The correct answer was St. John's
NEPAL
At Lumbini, you can visit the birthplace of this "Enlightened One"
Time's up! The correct answer was Buddha
3-NAMED AUTHORS
The movie "Yentl" was based on a story by him
Time's up! The correct answer was Isaac Bashevis Singer
CANADIAN CAPITALS
It's the only provincial capital with its own Major League Baseball team
Time's up! The correct answer was Toronto
ARE YOU PERHAPS FRENCH?
Luc Montagnier identified the AIDS virus while working at the institute named for this 19th c. Frenchman
Time's up! The correct answer was Pasteur
I SERVED IN HIS CABINET
Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Truman
LITERARY FIRST LINES
1900: "Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies..."
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Wizard of Oz"
6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
Catherine Earnshaw
Time's up! The correct answer was Emily Brontë
CORAL REEF LIFE
A species of these well-armed creatures known as the crown-of-thorns feasts on coral reefs
Time's up! The correct answer was starfish
ALL MY SONS
Kidnappers got under this crooner's skin when they kidnapped his son from a Tahoe casino in 1963
Time's up! The correct answer was Frank Sinatra
"E" CHANNEL
Philosophy branch that studies the nature & foundations of knowledge
Time's up! The correct answer was epistemology
SCIENCE CLASS
(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from New York's Central Park) Autumn leaves turn golden red as shorter days & cooler nights cause the breakdown of this green pigment
Time's up! The correct answer was chlorophyll
THE EVOLUTIONARY WAR
Orderly people are bothered by the idea of thse random changes in genetic material helping evolution along
Time's up! The correct answer was mutations
THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN
In the aftermath this owner of the theater/crime scene was thrown in jail as a possible conspirator
Time's up! The correct answer was Ford
SHAKESPEARE
“Other women cloy the appetites they feed, but she makes hungry where most she satisfies”
Time's up! The correct answer was Cleopatra
DRESSING
The hour for mixed drinks, or the type of short evening dress appropriate then
Time's up! The correct answer was cocktail
LITERATURE
People from the past appear to a brother & sister in "Rewards and Fairies" by this author of "The Jungle Book"
Time's up! The correct answer was Kipling
BEGINS & ENDS WITH "T"
One who plays hooky from school might find himself pursued by this type of officer
Time's up! The correct answer was Truant officer
PIRATE MOVIES
In this 1935 film that made him a star, Errol Flynn was Dr. Peter Blood, a physician who turns to piracy
Time's up! The correct answer was "Captain Blood"
WHO'S YOUR MOMMY?
Kate Hudson
Time's up! The correct answer was Goldie Hawn
ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS
In Salzburg you can visit the graves of his parents & his wife Constanze; his own location is uncertain
Time's up! The correct answer was W.A. Mozart
STAMPS
This astronomer for whom a space telescope is named is honored in the American Scientists series
Time's up! The correct answer was Hubble
THE MIDDLE AGES
Irene, who reigned from 797-802, declared herselt Emperor, not Empress, of this empire
Time's up! The correct answer was the Byzantine Empire
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
POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS
"For" Michigan Republican congressman Hoekstra's "sake!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pete's
EDIBLES INSTANT REPLAY REVIEW
Upon review, this "circular" cut of meat from below the rump was too gristly
Time's up! The correct answer was the round
THREE CHEERS!
Since the 1979 incident at this location, no new nuclear reactors have been ordered in the U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was Three-Mile Island
ISLANDS
This Indonesian island became world famous after giant lizards were discovered there in 1912
Time's up! The correct answer was Komodo
NOTABLE NONHUMANS
Colo was the first of these great apes born in captivity, in 1956 at the Columbus Zoo
Time's up! The correct answer was Gorilla
I JUST LIKE SAYING THESE WORDS
Used to mean a vulnerable weak point in an enemy's defenses, it means the lower abdomen
Time's up! The correct answer was underbelly
ODDS & ENDS
This city's Hartsfield International overtook O'Hare as the world's busiest airport even before the Summer Olympics
Time's up! The correct answer was Atlanta
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
WORKING ON THE RAILROAD
The Tokaido Shinkansen, known by this "weapon" name, can hit 185 mph
Time's up! The correct answer was the bullet train
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
Logorrhea, also called verbomania, is doing this excessively or uncontrollably
Time's up! The correct answer was Speaking/talking
DEATH BY...
An overdose of barbiturates, August 5, 1962, at her L.A. home
Time's up! The correct answer was Marilyn Monroe
POOR & FAMOUS
This Russian's 1866 novel "The Gambler" is based on his own ruinous passion for roulette
Time's up! The correct answer was Fyodor Dostoyevsky
THE FUNNIES
"The Flintsones" have a dinosaur named Dino; this strip has a dinosaur named Dinny
Time's up! The correct answer was Alley Oop
THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
To oversimplify, it's a really big hole in the ground in Arizona--1 mile deep & 277 river miles long
Time's up! The correct answer was the Grand Canyon
WOMEN: WRITE ON!
Sadly, she died in Boston in 1888, just 2 days after her transcendentalist father Bronson
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisa May Alcott
BOY MEETS WORLD
Of 6, 10 or 14, the age of Michael Kearney in 1994 when he became the USA's youngest college graduate
Time's up! The correct answer was 10
"ANT" INFESTATION
From the Latin for "delight", this is someone who takes delight in dabbling in the arts
Time's up! The correct answer was dilettante
MOTORCYCLE MAKERS
Baseball's Ichiro must be aware that this maker's B-King is the "rowdy alter ego" to its Hayabusa
Time's up! The correct answer was Suzuki
THE 23rd PSALM
They're the first 5 words of the psalm
Time's up! The correct answer was The Lord is my shepherd
COVER ME!
A No. 1 hit for The Eurythmics in 1983, "Sweet Dreams" was covered in '95 by this goth rocker, the former Brian Warner
Time's up! The correct answer was Marilyn Manson
RHYME TIME
A really big southpaw
Time's up! The correct answer was Hefty lefty
SYNONYMS
This synonym for "to seclude" is also a word for part of a monastery or convent
Time's up! The correct answer was cloister
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
This "Messiah" composer's first job was as a church organist in Halle, Germany, at age 17
Time's up! The correct answer was Georg Handel