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NAME THE DECADE
Khruschev's "Secret Speech" denounces Stalin
Time's up! The correct answer was the 1950s
STORM
Hurricane Camille leaves only one operational shrimping boat in Bayou La Batre in this 1994 Oscar winner
Time's up! The correct answer was Forrest Gump
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
CONDUCTORS
Unlike most nonmetals, this element with the symbol B is a workable conductor
Time's up! The correct answer was boron
ALSO A GUN MANUFACTURER
Famous for its cathedral, this English city was the capital of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex
Time's up! The correct answer was Winchester
BE FRUITFUL & MULTIPLY
5 x 10 x 15
Time's up! The correct answer was 750
THE SUPREME COURT
Justices Butler, Van DeVanter, Sutherland, and McReynolds opposed this president's "New Deal"
Time's up! The correct answer was F.D. Roosevelt
FROM THE WELSH
Perhaps from the Welsh for "goblin", Elwood P. Dowd's Harvey was a famous one
Time's up! The correct answer was Pooka
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
NAMES IN THE NEWS
This former U.N. ambassador is a co-chairman of the host city's committee for the 1996 Olympic Games
Time's up! The correct answer was Andrew Young
EARTH, WIND & FIRE
Oh, "Boy"! This warming of the Pacific that causes unusual weather patterns occurs about every 2 to 7 years
Time's up! The correct answer was El Nino
THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE SOUTH
The American Heritage Dictionary calls this pronoun the most famous feature of Southern dialects
Time's up! The correct answer was y'all
THEY'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANY MORE
This author of the "Guys & Dolls" stories really was from Manhattan--Manhattan, Kansas, that is
Time's up! The correct answer was Damon Runyon
BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS
1980: "Regular Folks"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ordinary People
3-NAMED AUTHORS
In 2001 this novelist & short story writer's "We Were the Mulvaneys" was chosen for Oprah's Book Club
Time's up! The correct answer was Joyce Carol Oates
KIDS IN SPORTS
The perfect waves of New Zealand's Piha Beach were the site for the 2010 World Junior Championships of this
Time's up! The correct answer was surfing
ANIMATED FILMS
Pretty Belle falls for a prince who's been transformed into a monster in this 1991 film
Time's up! The correct answer was Beauty and the Beast
FOR THE FASHIONISTA
The sex-symbol look of films like "La Dolce Vita" has long insired Domenico Dolce & this partner
Time's up! The correct answer was Gabana
FOREIGN TRAVEL
In estimating the time to recover from this, figure one day for every hour of the time change
Time's up! The correct answer was jet lag
THE '30s WEREN'T ALL DEPRESSING
In 1939 Edwin Armstrong built the first full-scale station for this type of commercially used radio transmission
Time's up! The correct answer was FM
FOOD FACTS
Cannellini is a white kidney bean, cannelloni is a type of this
Time's up! The correct answer was pasta
"ANT" INFESTATION
It's the part of the military that traditionally fights on foot
Time's up! The correct answer was infantry
"PUN" JAB
William Gibson pioneered this sci-fi genre of characters in a dark, futuristic world dominated by computers
Time's up! The correct answer was cyberpunk
TURN OF THE CENTURY MOVIES
Policeman Ichabod Crane is sent to a small town to investigate a series of decapitations
Time's up! The correct answer was Sleepy Hollow
MOVIE SONGS
1995: "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
Time's up! The correct answer was Waiting to Exhale
HOMOPHONIC PAIRS
A complete donut center
Time's up! The correct answer was whole hole
QUEEN VICTORIA
Victoria found this poet laureate's "In Memoriam" a great comfort in her widowhood
Time's up! The correct answer was Alfred Lord Tennyson
MAIN STREET U.S.A.
Your feelings may run deep on historic Main Street in this city, home of Oklahoma State University
Time's up! The correct answer was Stillwater
3-NAMED AUTHORS
The movie "Yentl" was based on a story by him
Time's up! The correct answer was Isaac Bashevis Singer
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC "B"
This small western European country is known for quality carpets, cut diamonds & fine chocolates
Time's up! The correct answer was Belgium
HOME, SWEET HOME
As a bachelor in the 1970s, Prince Charles romanced Camilla at Broadlands, the home of this lord, his great-uncle
Time's up! The correct answer was Mountbatten
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
JULIUS CAESAR
Caesar divorced his wife after a scandal & said, "Caesar's wife must be above" this
Time's up! The correct answer was suspicion
FATHER'S IN LAW
Father has rooms near the Court of Chancery in this state where half of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated
Time's up! The correct answer was Delaware
ANAGRAMMED BIRDS
A front yard favorite: I'm no flag
Time's up! The correct answer was flamingo
SYNONYMS
In court you won't hear a lawyer say "remonstrance!" but this synonym
Time's up! The correct answer was objection
ALL MY SONS
Nickname of the "son" who terrorized NYC in the summer of '77
Time's up! The correct answer was Son of Sam
TWO
In fashion: Domenico Dolce &...
Time's up! The correct answer was Stefano Gabbana
THE CONTINENTS
This continent has the longest mountain chain
Time's up! The correct answer was South America
FEMINISM
The work of Laura X (no relation to Malcolm) led to March being designated this every year
Time's up! The correct answer was Women's History Month
RHYMES WITH TRACK
A somewhat shapeless dress
Time's up! The correct answer was a sack
BALLETS WE'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT BEFORE
In "Harlequinade" the hero tries to rescue Columbine with the help of the magical "La Bonne Fee", this in English
Time's up! The correct answer was the good fairy
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Under the 5th Amendment, 1 of the 3 things that no person shall be deprived of "without due process of law"
Time's up! The correct answer was life
LITERATURE
At one point in this 1862 novel, Jean Valjean owns a factory
Time's up! The correct answer was Les Miserables
AN E FOR AN I
A Hawaiian wreath becomes an area sheltered from wind
Time's up! The correct answer was a lei & a lee
INITIALS M.D.
Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl in "Der Blaue Engel"
Time's up! The correct answer was Marlene Dietrich
FLY COUNTRIES
Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatshappij (you might know it by its abbreviation)
Time's up! The correct answer was The Netherlands
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
ISRAEL
In 1961 this Israeli airline set a record for the longest nonstop commercial flight, New York to Tel Aviv
Time's up! The correct answer was El Al
ABBREVIATED
High-ranking business operative: CFO
Time's up! The correct answer was chief financial officer
CORAL REEF LIFE
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, the USA's first underwater park, is just off the coast of this Florida key
Time's up! The correct answer was Key Largo
DEFENESTRATION IN CINEMA
Movie in which Axel Foley asks, "where ...you get off arresting me for being thrown out a window?"
Time's up! The correct answer was Beverly Hills Cop
BACKWORDS
Aye, lass, I'll wed thee ere this has dried on the fields
Time's up! The correct answer was Dew
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"
LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER
Faulkner novel about Joe Christmas that's the Swedish playwright of "The Dance of Death"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Light in August Strindberg
I HAVEN'T READ SHAKESPEARE, BUT...
Toyotas! Yeah, that's it; it's about Toyotas
Time's up! The correct answer was Troilus & Cressida
INTERNATIONAL CUISINE
On an Italian menu this term describes pasta with a sauce of eggs, cream, parmesan & bacon
Time's up! The correct answer was carbonara
MOVIE DEBUTS
The Al Pacino legal drama "...And Justice for All" marked the screen debut of this actor, later TV's "Coach"
Time's up! The correct answer was Craig T. Nelson
MILITARY UNITS
A group of cavalry, whether A, B, or "F"
Time's up! The correct answer was a troop
LARRY KING'S PUBLIC FIGURES
I'm all shook up about my next guest & the caller is from his hometown...Tupelo, MS., hello?
Time's up! The correct answer was Elvis Presley
THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
This 1990 winner said it was "a recognition of what we call perestroika and innovative political thinking"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gorbachev
SELLERS
Founded in 1957, Dialamerica, Inc. is the USA's largest private company in this type of marketing
Time's up! The correct answer was Telemarketing
WEEDS
This fabric follows Queen Anne's in the name of the weed seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Lace
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
Playwright who made his film debut in "Renaldo and Clara" in 1978 & won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in '79
Time's up! The correct answer was Sam Shepard
PLACES
A building for religious veneration, or the L.A. auditorium that hosted 1997's Academy Awards
Time's up! The correct answer was shrine
TITLE WAVE
Malcolm Gladwell: "The ____ Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tipping
UNFORESEEN FINDS
The idea for this device occurred when a magnetron melted a candy bar in Raytheon engineer Percy Spencer's pocket
Time's up! The correct answer was the microwave
LSU
This civil "War is Hell" general was president of the seminary & military academy that became LSU
Time's up! The correct answer was William Tecumseh Sherman
THE PLANETS
The 4 largest moons of this planet are called Galilean satellites after Galileo, who saw them in 1610
Time's up! The correct answer was Jupiter
LAST NAME'S THE SAME
Late radio commentator Paul & James I's physician William
Time's up! The correct answer was Harvey
GENERAL SCIENCE
This white, glossy coating on your teeth is the hardest substance in the human body
Time's up! The correct answer was Enamel
LITERARY HOUSES
In this Anne Tyler novel, a travel writer breaks his leg & moves into his siblings' home
Time's up! The correct answer was The Accidental Tourist
HEIR
Peter Faneuil, who gave this city its hall, inherited his uncle's fortune after another nephew was cut off for marrying
Time's up! The correct answer was Boston
THE BIBLE
God guided the Israelites out of this country with a pillar of cloud by day & of fire by night
Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt
"A"NCIENT GREEKS
A comedic dramatist: 445-385 B.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Aristophanes
"DIAMOND"s IN THE ROUGH
Honolulu high spot
Time's up! The correct answer was Diamond Head
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
64 paintings from the Met's founding purchase are still in its collection; over 1/3 of them are from this current European nation
Time's up! The correct answer was the Netherlands
AMERICANA
On December 19 the people of this U.S. state celebrate Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop's birthday
Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii
SOMETHIN' TO "C"
Ichabod's patronymic
Time's up! The correct answer was Crane
GONE TOMORROW?
The Oahu tree one of these gastropods is quickly, not slowly, disappearing
Time's up! The correct answer was a snail
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
On this date Denmark's Rebild Park holds the largest foreign celebration of American independence
Time's up! The correct answer was 4-Jul
BESTSELLERS
Numerical title of Jeffrey Toobin's look "Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Nine
WORDS WITHIN WORDS
Color of your face when you've done something irredeemable
Time's up! The correct answer was Red
WHEN THEY WERE TEENS
In 1991 Heather Tom was a teen when she debuted as Victor Newman's daughter on this CBS soap opera
Time's up! The correct answer was The Young & the Restless
BESTSELLERS
Numerical title of Jeffrey Toobin's look "Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Nine
CELEBS
"You Stand Watching" this "Shine On" singer
Time's up! The correct answer was Ryan Cabrera
FASHIONABLE COMMON BONDS
French, Cuban, wedge
Time's up! The correct answer was heels
CRAFT
The tole type of this decorative activity was originally done on tin utensils but now uses lots of surfaces
Time's up! The correct answer was painting
RULERS IN HISTORY
Born in 1672 & named for a saint, in 1703 he founded a city whose name represents both of them
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter the Great
BOOKS & AUTHORS
In 1990 he reissued "The Stand" with nearly 500 more pages than the original
Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen King
ALBUMS
"All I Have" with LL Cool J was a last-minute addition to this Jennifer Lopez CD
Time's up! The correct answer was This Is Me... Then
PUSH BY SAFIRE
Safire defined "the proof of guilt that precipitates resignations" as this 2-word term describing a discharged firearm
Time's up! The correct answer was a smoking gun
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
In 1566 this "Magnificent" sultan was succeeded by his not-so-magnificent son Selim II, "the Sot"
Time's up! The correct answer was Suleyman
THE COMPANY LINE
Edward Teller & this man partnered in 1898 to sell high fashions to women
Time's up! The correct answer was Bonwit
PHRASES THAT SELL
"Obey your thirst" and drink this
Time's up! The correct answer was Sprite
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
AskOxford.com says the most commonly cited collective term for these animals is a clowder
Time's up! The correct answer was cats
"PER"CUSSION
This daughter of Zeus & Demeter made regular trips to Hades
Time's up! The correct answer was Persephone
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
CROSSWORD CLUES "G"
"Cheesy" Dutch city (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was Gouda
U.S. CITIES
Its nicknames include "The Athens of America" & "The Cradle of Liberty"
Time's up! The correct answer was Boston
ROYAL BRITANNIA
In 1707 her title changed to Queen of Great Britain & Ireland (it used to be Queen of England, Scotland & Ireland)
Time's up! The correct answer was Queen Anne
I KNOW THAT WORD BACKWARDS & FORWARDS
Exalted to the rank of a god
Time's up! The correct answer was deified
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
DEPARTMENT "S"
Winter Olympic events using these first appeared at the 1998 Nagano games
Time's up! The correct answer was snowboards
PRIME NUMBERS
Fear of this prime number is called triskaidekaphobia
Time's up! The correct answer was 13
THE ENGLISH BEAT
Researchers estimate its construction on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire took about 30 million man-hours
Time's up! The correct answer was Stonehenge
U.S. CITIES
This Arizona city's name comes from Chuk Son, Papago for "Spring at the foot of a black mountain"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tucson
TAIWAN
It is prohibited to bring literature promoting this ideology into Taiwan
Time's up! The correct answer was Communism
NOT A CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITAL
Ljubljana, Bratislava, Barcelona
Time's up! The correct answer was Barcelona
DOUBLE MEANINGS
Maybe Don needs to get more exercise; he _____ just from pulling up his _____
Time's up! The correct answer was pants
PULL
From the idea of breaking camp comes this phrase for moving on
Time's up! The correct answer was Pull up stakes
FAMOUS AMERICANS
It was the famous nickname of frontiersman & scout Christopher Carson
Time's up! The correct answer was Kit
MAGAZINES
Conan O'Brien was the first since Robert Benchley to be president of this Harvard humor magazine 2 straight years
Time's up! The correct answer was Harvard Lampoon
INTERNATIONAL CUISINE
To enjoy this national Swiss dish, you'd better like cheese, lots of it, melted in wine
Time's up! The correct answer was fondue
STATES' FORMER CAPITALS
Guthrie
Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma
WE'RE MALAYSIA-BOUND
Endau-Rompin Park is one of the last homes of the Sumatran species of this horned mammal
Time's up! The correct answer was Rhinoceros
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
THAT'S BUSINESS
In 1927 this brand name first appeared on a Sears washing machine
Time's up! The correct answer was Kenmore
ART
Surrealists used odd juxtapositions in this form whose name is French for "gluing"
Time's up! The correct answer was collage
A THOMAS GUIDE
This late medieval Christian spiritual writer is the probable author of "Imitation of Christ"
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas à Kempis
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
Y1K
With the crowning of King Boleslaw, this central European nation is recognized as an independent state
Time's up! The correct answer was Poland
TIME TO CONVERT
MMIX in Roman numerals gives us this year
Time's up! The correct answer was 2009
EMPIRES
In the early 1800s, this man's empire included the duchy of Warsaw, the kingdom of Naples & Spain
Time's up! The correct answer was Napoleon
NEW WEAPONS
It's the Indian tribe in the name of the USA's AH-64D Longbow, the most advanced combat helicopter in the world
Time's up! The correct answer was Apache
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
Administrative units in this country include Giza, Aswan & Suez
Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt
STATES' FORMER CAPITALS
Guthrie
Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma
LIVE IN TEXAS
In June 2002 this "Men in Black" agent & Texas rancher was reported to be shopping for a horse farm
Time's up! The correct answer was Tommy Lee Jones
TRAVEL
This Rome landmark is 620 feet long by 513 wide-- plenty of room to run away from a wild beast
Time's up! The correct answer was the Colosseum
TELEVISION
In January 2000 this libidinous HBO show won the Golden Globe for Best Comedy Series
Time's up! The correct answer was Sex and the City
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
LANGUAGES
Hungarians call their official language this
Time's up! The correct answer was Magyar
BIG, REALLY BIG!
Built on 200 acres, this Washington, D.C. train station was once the world's largest
Time's up! The correct answer was Union Station
WORLD MUSEUMS
Hanoi, where this man died in 1969, has a museum devoted to him
Time's up! The correct answer was Ho Chi Minh
OF "RATH"
On election night 2000, this newsman spouted lines like "Bush will be madder than a rained-on rooster"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dan Rather
VIETNAM
A fertile marshland, Vietnam's southernmost region is the broad delta of this river
Time's up! The correct answer was Mekong
"NEVER" AT THE MOVIES
This 1977 movie about a schizophrenic girl was adapted from Joanne Greenberg's book of the same name
Time's up! The correct answer was I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
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
CROSSWORD CLUES "Q"
Petty critique (7)
Time's up! The correct answer was quibble
20th CENTURY THEATER
This play ends with 1 character asking, "Well? Shall we go?"; the other replies, "Yes, let's go", but they do not move
Time's up! The correct answer was Waiting for Godot
FRANCE
With its team led by Zinedine Zidane, France won this prestigious contest in July 1998
Time's up! The correct answer was the World Cup
PRINCETON
Of 1769, 1869 or 1969, the year Princeton began to admit women as undergraduates
Time's up! The correct answer was 1969
"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
MACBETH
Macbeth says to this character, "Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold"
Time's up! The correct answer was Banquo's ghost
THE LAST BATTLE
The Battle of Bosworth
Time's up! The correct answer was the Wars of the Roses
JURY DUTY
In selecting jurors, an attorney may reject some for no stated reason-- this type of challenge
Time's up! The correct answer was a peremptory challenge
WORMS
In "Henry VI, Part 3", Clifford tells the king that "The smallest worm will" do this "being trodden on"
Time's up! The correct answer was turn
DIRECTED BUT DID NOT STAR
"Apollo 13" (1995)
Time's up! The correct answer was Ron Howard
CROSSWORD CLUES "E"
The "bigger picture" (11)
Time's up! The correct answer was enlargement
3-LETTER WORDS
Cows regurgitate this from the first stomach to the mouth & chew it again
Time's up! The correct answer was the cud
"PH"UN WORDS
Because the Greek goddess Artemis was associated with the Moon, she was also called this, which means "light one"
Time's up! The correct answer was Phoebe
PLANT LIFE
If someone insists your spruce is really a fir, show him that these pointy items are square, not flat
Time's up! The correct answer was needles
SPORTS
Ben Crenshaw & Phil Mickelson are the only 3-time winners of this college sport's championship tournament
Time's up! The correct answer was golf
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
SAY CHEESE
This name refers to natural cheddar made in the U.S. & is often confused with processed cheese
Time's up! The correct answer was American cheese
WEAPONRY
The weapons that are "bursting" in line 5 of "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Time's up! The correct answer was bombs
LITERARY QUOTES
"Always do right." he wrote; "This will gratify some people and astonish the rest"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mark Twain
PRESIDENTS IN THE CABINET
Through skillful negotiation, Secretary of State Martin Van Buren got the U.S. this trade status with Turkey
Time's up! The correct answer was Most favored nation
ANIMAL RHYME TIME
An 18-wheeler used to get your porkers to market
Time's up! The correct answer was pig rig
IT'S RAINING "MN"
6-letter word meaning mirthless, sober, or grave
Time's up! The correct answer was solemn
MEATS
Used to cure many meats including bacon, its the creosote and formaldehyde in this that help preserve things
Time's up! The correct answer was smoke
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color line in 1947 when he was signed by this team
Time's up! The correct answer was the Dodgers
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
SORTA SOUNDS LIKE OPRAH?
In an Irish battle cry, these 2 words follow "Erin"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Go Bragh"
11-LETTER WORDS
Term for someone who collects deniers, drachmas & doubloons
Time's up! The correct answer was Numismatist
KAN U SPEL BIZNESS?
"Kid tested, mother approved" cereal
Time's up! The correct answer was K-I-X
TOP OF THE LIST
U.S. News & World Report calls this New Haven school the best value college, even with tuition at over $38,000 a year
Time's up! The correct answer was Yale
WE WANT PISA!
At the head of his own militia, this medieval author of "The Prince" helped conquer Pisa for Florence in 1509
Time's up! The correct answer was Machiavelli
SRO
The stage show seen here has brought this dance to cheering audiences
Time's up! The correct answer was Tango
CROSSWORD CLUES "B"
A throng, often "of beauties" (4)
Time's up! The correct answer was bevy
PEOPLE IN HISTORY
First Lady Helen Taft led a fund-raising drive for a memorial to this 1912 marine disaster
Time's up! The correct answer was Sinking of the Titanic
WORLD WAR I
In the 1st raid of its kind in history, the British town of Yarmouth was bombed in 1915 by a German one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a Zeppelin
WHO'S THE MRS.?
Mrs. Maury Povich
Time's up! The correct answer was Connie Chung
TRAVEL & TOURISM
While visiting the city of Agra in this country, don't miss the Agra Fort & the Taj Mahal
Time's up! The correct answer was India
IN THE FIRE
2-word phrase for what sometimes happens to oily rags & often happens to the drummers of Spinal Tap
Time's up! The correct answer was Spontaneous combustion
THE LAND
The name of this state is from Choctaw & means it's the land of the "red people"
Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma
ORGANIZATIONS
It's what the R stands for in AARP
Time's up! The correct answer was retired
SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER
This 5-letter word can mean "overweight"
Time's up! The correct answer was plump
WORLD MUSEUMS
It's the set of museums that includes the Museo Pio-Clementino, exhibiting sculpture
Time's up! The correct answer was the Vatican Museums
OF A SALESMAN
In the '80s this city's Old Vic Theater was refurbished by salesman "Honest Ed" Mirvish
Time's up! The correct answer was London
THE MAINE ATTRACTION
It's the only National Park in all of New England
Time's up! The correct answer was Acadia
POLITICS & SHOW BIZ
She's played Queen Elizabeth I, but decided to join the House of Commons:
Time's up! The correct answer was Glenda Jackson
TIME'S TOP 10 EVERYTHING OF 2008
No. 7 in "Quotes": This politician, when told that 2/3 of Americans did not support the Iraq War--"So?"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Cheney
ABBREVIATED STATES
The abbreviation of this state is also an abbreviation for the largest city in California
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana
MUSICAL THEATRE
It's based on the memoir "Anna And The King Of Siam"
Time's up! The correct answer was "The King And I"
BRUCE ALMIGHTY
His July 20, 1973 death in Hong Kong at age 32 shocked the world
Time's up! The correct answer was Bruce Lee
FROG ANATOMY
The pancreas & this 3-lobed organ provide digestive enzymes
Time's up! The correct answer was a frog liver
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
The summer varieties of this gourd-like vegetable are eaten green; the winter ones, ripe
Time's up! The correct answer was squash
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
Hymir was really hammered by the hammer of this god
Time's up! The correct answer was Thor
JUST PLANE GEOMETRY
In the 3rd century B.C., this "Father of geometry" taught at the Museum, an institute in Alexandria, Egypt
Time's up! The correct answer was Euclid
TIME TO "EAT"
The administrative metropolis in a U.S. county
Time's up! The correct answer was the seat
TRANSPORTATION
This light Russian sleigh is pulled by 3 horses
Time's up! The correct answer was Troika
THE DE NIRO CODE
As Al Capone in this 1987 film: "You can get further with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Untouchables
NOTORIOUS
Name of FBI "sting" operation that sent 4 former Congressmen to prison in '83
Time's up! The correct answer was Abscam
MAGAZINE FEATURES
Leading Off, Faces in the Crowd, Scorecard
Time's up! The correct answer was Sports Illustrated
HEADQUARTERS
Where on earth is Earthlink headquartered? In this city, same as Coca-Cola
Time's up! The correct answer was Atlanta
MAMMALS
The giant species of this "armor-plated" animal has more teeth than any other land mammal
Time's up! The correct answer was armadillo
SCIENCE & NATURE
The flexible neck of this bird of prey allows it to rotate its head an amazing 270 degrees
Time's up! The correct answer was Owl
BUSINESS
This San Francisco-based clothing company's full name includes "De Corps"
Time's up! The correct answer was Esprit
LICENSE PLATE MOTTOS
"First In Flight"
Time's up! The correct answer was North Carolina
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
Magazine contributor Steven Chu won a Nobel Prize for slowing atoms with these light beams
Time's up! The correct answer was lasers
HORSE SENSE
Guy Williams rode Tornado as this hero
Time's up! The correct answer was Zorro
HOUSES OF WORSHIP
The Church of this in Jerusalem is said to be built over the site where Jesus was entombed after his crucifixion
Time's up! The correct answer was Holy Sepulchre
NEW WEAPONS
It's the Indian tribe in the name of the USA's AH-64D Longbow, the most advanced combat helicopter in the world
Time's up! The correct answer was Apache
FUNDRAISING
In fundraising DM stands for this mail, which aims to scare up new donors
Time's up! The correct answer was direct mail
THE CINEMA
It was the mythological container sought by Lara Croft in "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pandora's box
PLAY HEROINES
Emily Webb of Grover's Corners
Time's up! The correct answer was Our Town
COMIC STRIPS
Ack! In 2010 Ms. Guisewite said her "creative biological clock" was ticking & ended this strip after 34 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Cathy
FOOD FACTS
German sausage named for the crackling sound the skin of the sausage makes when bitten into
Time's up! The correct answer was Knockwurst
MUSEUMS
A Brussels art & history museum has a giant statue from this Chilean island on exhibit
Time's up! The correct answer was Easter Island
SCIENCE
Boyle's Law says normally if you double the pressure on a gas, the volume decreases by this amount
Time's up! The correct answer was one-half
HOW'S THE WEATHER?
Longer autumn nights let the ground cool, producing condensation & the "ground" type of this
Time's up! The correct answer was fog
FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY
In the Aesop fable, he's so far ahead he takes a nap; what a loser!
Time's up! The correct answer was Hare
"IP" SO FACTO
Mating rituals, perhaps for Miles Standish?
Time's up! The correct answer was courtship
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
Antelope Island in this Utah lake is used as a refuge for bison
Time's up! The correct answer was the Great Salt Lake
LOST IN SPACE
Ed White, the first U.S. spacewalker, lost one of these outside Gemini 4; he must've looked like a later "moonwalker"
Time's up! The correct answer was a glove
JUBAL EARLY
Early, a man known for his patriarchal beard, was active in this party in Virginia in the 1840s
Time's up! The correct answer was Whig
THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE
"Sex and the City", "Sex and the City" (& "Did you Hear About the Morgans?")
Time's up! The correct answer was Sarah Jessica Parker
ALBUMS
In 1997 Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" appeared on her album "Let's Talk About Love" & on this soundtrack
Time's up! The correct answer was Titanic
FOOD FACTS
Bursting with beta carotene, the melon we call this is actually a type of muskmelon
Time's up! The correct answer was the cantaloupe
THE GIANTS
1 Samuel 17 informs us that the Philistine city of Gath was the home of this giant
Time's up! The correct answer was Goliath
EPITAPHS & TRIBUTES
Signer of the Dec. of Indep., framer of the Constitution of Mass., second President of the United States
Time's up! The correct answer was John Adams
"DREAM"Y SONGS
Title that follows "When I want you in my arms, when I want you and all your charms, whenever I want you..."
Time's up! The correct answer was "All I Have to Do Is Dream"
THE NEW TESTAMENT
In Revelation, it was the name of he who sat on a pale horse
Time's up! The correct answer was Death
SYRIA'S EATING
The leaves of mulukhiya resemble those of this vegetable; we hope Syrian kids don't turn up their noses at mulukhiya
Time's up! The correct answer was spinach
TAKE OUT
It's the common operation to remove 2 small oval masses of tissue at the back of the mouth
Time's up! The correct answer was a tonsillectomy
SCIENCE & NATURE
Take the fibrinogen out of blood plasma & you're left with a fluid called this
Time's up! The correct answer was Serum
21st CENTURY MUSIC
"Ordinary People" singer John Stephens took on this last name, the stuff that myths are made of
Time's up! The correct answer was Legend
A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS
Grambling, McNeese State, Southern
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana
"DOUBLE" JEOPARDY
In this form of jumping rope, 2 people twirl 2 jump ropes in the opposite direction simultaneously
Time's up! The correct answer was Double Dutch
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
AMERICAN NICKNAMES
Born in 1905, he was the "Billionaire Recluse"
Time's up! The correct answer was Howard Hughes
SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS
She says, "that death's unnatural that kills for loving" before Othello strangles her
Time's up! The correct answer was Desdemona
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'
OSCARS OF THE '70s
No relation to the Lakers' center, she's the youngest ever to win a Supporting Actress Oscar
Time's up! The correct answer was Tatum O'Neal
HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT
If you're playing midfield in this sport & the center is dribbling the ball towards you, kick at his shins
Time's up! The correct answer was Soccer
DIALING FOR DIALECTS
Sprechen Sie Plattdeutsch? If you do, you speak the Low variety of this language
Time's up! The correct answer was German
WHEN IN ROME?
The U.S. Fifth Army comes to town: June 4 of this year
Time's up! The correct answer was 1944
ALLUSIONAL THINKING
Your vulnerability might be compared to this body part of an ancient Greek hero who killed Hector
Time's up! The correct answer was an Achilles' heel
NOT A CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITAL
Ljubljana, Bratislava, Barcelona
Time's up! The correct answer was Barcelona
THE STARTING INFIELD
The 1908 Chicago Cubs featured Harry Steinfeldt & these 3 guys of yore
Time's up! The correct answer was Tinker, Evers & Chance
TRANSPORTATION INNOVATIONS
This type of program that began in 1981 was inspired by Green Stamps
Time's up! The correct answer was Frequent flyer program
20th CENTURY NICKNAMES
"The People's Lawyer" & 2000 Green Party presidential candidate
Time's up! The correct answer was Ralph Nader
WHEN IN ROME?
The U.S. Fifth Army comes to town: June 4 of this year
Time's up! The correct answer was 1944
REQUIRED READING
In works of mythology, Ajax was one of the heroes of this country in the Trojan War
Time's up! The correct answer was Greece
I'VE TRAVELED EACH & EVERY HIGHWAY
The 42 bridges of the Overseas Highway link many of this state's islands to the mainland
Time's up! The correct answer was Florida
WESTERNS
It's the type of transport in the title of John Wayne's 1939 breakout film
Time's up! The correct answer was a stagecoach
OSCAR WINNERS & NOMINEES ON TV
"An Unmarried Woman" in the movies, she played Donald Sutherland's wife Letitia on "Dirty Sexy Money"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jill Clayburgh
LITERATURE
In English, Ivan Turgenev's novel "Ottsy i Deti" is known by this "familial" title"
Time's up! The correct answer was Fathers and Sons
HISTORY
On May 30, 1967 Colonel Ojukwu declared Biafra's independence from this country, starting a civil war
Time's up! The correct answer was Nigeria
FRANCES FARMER
In college an essay Frances wrote for a radical newspaper won her a trip to this country
Time's up! The correct answer was the Soviet Union
HAVE A WHISKEY
The world's most popular whiskey is this color Johnnie Walker
Time's up! The correct answer was Red
INLETS
This largest Alaskan city lies at the head of cook inlet on the Kenai peninsula
Time's up! The correct answer was Anchorage
RADIO PERSONALITIES
This "idol" worshipper replaced Casey Kasem as host of "American Top 40"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ryan Seacrest
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
This state's largest county, San Bernardino, was divided in 1893 to form Riverside county
Time's up! The correct answer was California
CAMERA
In 1986 Kodak left the instant camera business after a judge found it had violated this company's patents
Time's up! The correct answer was Polaroid
DEPARTMENT "S"
Eternally doomed rock roller of Greek mythology
Time's up! The correct answer was Sisyphus
U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
Maryland is "the Old Line State"; this is "the Old Dominion"
Time's up! The correct answer was Virginia
AMERICAN AUTHORS
During the War Of 1812, this "Rip Van Winkle" author wrote biographies of Naval commanders
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington Irving
DAN-O-MITE
American architect Daniel Burnham was the Director of Works at the 1893 World's Fair in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago
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
PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES
His presidential library is about 35 miles from the Kansas City, Missouri airport
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Truman
HARRY GUYS
This trumpet-playing band-leader helped Sinatra get started, & lost him to the Tommy Dorsey band
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry James
INLETS
North Carolina's Albemarle Sound is no deeper than 25 feet & is protected from the Atlantic by this island chain
Time's up! The correct answer was the Outer Banks
U.S. CITIES
Its nicknames include "The Athens of America" & "The Cradle of Liberty"
Time's up! The correct answer was Boston
MEDICINE
A Pseudofolliculitis barbae is an "ingrown" one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a hair
STARTS WITH "W"
The cicada killer is a large predatory variety of this insect
Time's up! The correct answer was a wasp
BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS
The Elder, 1766-1768; The Younger, 1783-1801, 1804-1806
Time's up! The correct answer was William Pitt
EUROPE
In '67 this last king of Greece went into exile
Time's up! The correct answer was Constantine
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
He composed his "Leningrad Symphony" during the World War II siege of Leningrad
Time's up! The correct answer was Dmitri Shostakovich
SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG
You're nuts if you don't know this title of hits by Seal, Icehouse & Patsy Cline
Time's up! The correct answer was "Crazy"
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
A Mrs., in Munich (4)
Time's up! The correct answer was Frau
TRANSPORTATION
In "Sixteen Candles", Molly Ringwald says, "I loathe" this method of transport
Time's up! The correct answer was the bus
HARRISON FORD MOVIES
"I didn't kill my wife!"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Fugitive
POLITICS & SHOW BIZ
She's played Queen Elizabeth I, but decided to join the House of Commons:
Time's up! The correct answer was Glenda Jackson
THOSE WACKY GERMANS
The food many Germans like best is wurst, which are these hot-dog-shaped meat treats
Time's up! The correct answer was Sausages
MAGAZINE FEATURES
Star Tracks, Scoop, Chatter
Time's up! The correct answer was People
HAMMERS
Paul McCartney said this song "Epitomizes the downfalls in life"
Time's up! The correct answer was Maxwell's Silver Hammer
I KNOW THAT WORD BACKWARDS & FORWARDS
Reza Khan, born in Iran in 1878, & his son were these for a combined 54 years
Time's up! The correct answer was shahs
IT'S A "SIN"
As well as discovering a famous gap in Saturn's rings, he also discovered 4 of Saturn's moons
Time's up! The correct answer was Cassini
BIBLE BOOK BINDINGS
Losing ___ Washington
Time's up! The correct answer was Isiah
"V" IS FOR
...this, like Paricutin in Mexico
Time's up! The correct answer was volcano
BASIC SCIENCE
In North America, these tiny birds are the main birds that pollinate flowers
Time's up! The correct answer was hummingbirds
HEY, GOOD-LOOKIN'
Psalm 8 declares, "Out of the mouth of" these "and sucklings hast thou ordained strength"
Time's up! The correct answer was babes
AMERICANA
The name of this Texas city is Spanish for "yellow"
Time's up! The correct answer was Amarillo
THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s
1967: "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon"
Time's up! The correct answer was Neil Diamond
PHILOSOPHY GLOSSARY
Camus & Buber were big in this movement that said humans were fully responsible for making meaning of their own lives
Time's up! The correct answer was existentialism
"A" SCIENCE CATEGORY
(Kelly of the Clue Crew stands behind a table) The experiment showing that two objects weighing the same displace different amounts of water because they have different densities was developed by this mathematician
Time's up! The correct answer was Archimedes
MUSICALS
This show opens with a Ziegfeld star waiting for her husband to be released from prison
Time's up! The correct answer was "Funny Girl"
ANGELS
With an appropriate-sounding name, John Dye plays the angel of this on "Touched By An Angel"
Time's up! The correct answer was Angel of Death
CROSSWORD CLUES "H"
He who does it is lost (9)
Time's up! The correct answer was Hesitates
DRAMA QUEENS
In Euripides' play about this famed beauty, it's her double who goes to Troy
Time's up! The correct answer was Helen
RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS
For Muslims: witnessing, prayer, alms giving, fasting & pilgrimage
Time's up! The correct answer was Five Pillars of Faith
MINORITY REPORT
In his first major case as Chief Justice, he found himself in the minority in 2006 as Oregon assisted suicide was okayed
Time's up! The correct answer was John Roberts
SEE THE USA
You can "Go Home Again" to see this author's boyhood home in Asheville, North Carolina
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Wolfe
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
NOTABLE NAMES
His last direct descendant was a granddaughter, Elizabeth Hall, born to John & Susanna Hall in 1608
Time's up! The correct answer was William Shakespeare
ANIMAL PLANET
Useful in long-term avian study, it's the placing of metal identification tags on the legs of wild birds
Time's up! The correct answer was Banding
ART
19th c. painter Thomas Cole lived in Catskill, N.Y. on this river, whose "School" he helped found
Time's up! The correct answer was the Hudson River
WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR II
"Hefty" nickname of the second & last atomic bomb used during the war
Time's up! The correct answer was Fat Man
WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN
"One of the most original and provocative American architects working today"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gehry
COMMON SIMILES
Adjective found before "as leather" & "as nails"
Time's up! The correct answer was tough
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
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS
"The Immature Radioactive Samurai Slugs" on "Tiny Toons" were a parody of this cartoon group
Time's up! The correct answer was the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
TV STARS
Coming to TV in 2002, this star of an Oscar-nominated movie was once known as Johnny Quasar
Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Neutron
THE FORTUNE 500
With 14,000 videos, the most watched Fortune 500 CEO on YouTube was this bespectacled chairman of the No. 35 company
Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Gates
MESOPOTAMIA
Transcribed in the 1800s, the Behistun Inscription is the Rosetta Stone for this type of writing developed in Mesopotamia
Time's up! The correct answer was cuneiform
EARTH, WIND & FIRE
Scientists believe the continents were once part of a single land mass called this, from the Greek for "all earth"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pangaea
EXPLORERS
Born Giovanni Caboto, this Venetian did his exploring in the service of England
Time's up! The correct answer was John Cabot
NURSERY RHYMES
It's what Peter, Peter ate; later he kept his wife in the shell of one
Time's up! The correct answer was Pumpkin
ON THE GO
(Sofia of the Clue Crew paddling a canoe) Some of the earliest canoes were this type of boat, made from a hollowed-out tree trunk
Time's up! The correct answer was dugout canoe
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
OOH... A WISE GUY
Therefore it's this 17th century mathematician and philosopher--I think
Time's up! The correct answer was Descartes
THE 1960s
Turning down ABA offer of 3,500 head of cattle & 40,000 acre ranch in 1969, he signed with NBA Bucks
Time's up! The correct answer was Lew Alcindor
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
ARTS & CRAFTS
The name of this knotty craft comes from a word that means "embroidered veil"
Time's up! The correct answer was macramé
GEOGRAPH"Y"
It's the largest city in Utah
Time's up! The correct answer was Salt Lake City
TBA
White smoke rising from the Vatican announces the election of a new one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Pope
MISC.
Jules Verne's book "Around the Moon" was the sequel to this 1865 best seller
Time's up! The correct answer was From the Earth to the Moon
FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS
The National School Lunch Program comes from this dept., also concerned with foot-and-mouth disease
Time's up! The correct answer was Agriculture
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
In the 1999 Fiesta Bowl, quarterback Tee Martin led this school to the national title by defeating Florida State, 23-16
Time's up! The correct answer was Tennessee
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
Tributaries of this Mississippi tributary include the Cheyenne, James & Platte
Time's up! The correct answer was the Missouri
TELL ME "Y"
A bumpkin, perhaps a local one
Time's up! The correct answer was Yokel
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
THAT'S BUSINESS
In 1851 this company started using a logo with a man in the moon & 13 stars; now it uses its initials
Time's up! The correct answer was Proctor & Gamble
WORDS OF LOVE
He concludes "The Divine Comedy" with "The love that moves the sun and the other stars"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dante
TRANSPORTATION
In 1994 the trip across this body of water was cut from a little more than an hour to about 35 minutes
Time's up! The correct answer was the English Channel
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
EXPLORERS
On July 4, 1803 Thomas Jefferson supplied this pair with a general letter of credit to use on their trip
Time's up! The correct answer was Lewis & Clark
RECORD LOSSES IN 2005
A computer with 98,000 names & SSNs was reported stolen from this oldest campus of the Univ. of Calif.
Time's up! The correct answer was Berkeley
I COULD USE SOME SELF-HELP!
John Gray penned the book these 2 planets "Together Forever--Relationship Skills for Lasting Love"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mars & Venus
BEYOND .COM
As of 2010, you can invent your own domain, according to the folks who regulate the Net; they're at www.icann.this
Time's up! The correct answer was .org
MODES OF TRANSPORT
These ships were nicknamed "blubber ships"
Time's up! The correct answer was whaling ships
AMERICAN LITERATURE
In this Hemingway WWI novel, ambulance driver Frederic Henry falls in love with British nurse Catherine Barkley
Time's up! The correct answer was "A Farewell to Arms"
WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
The French for "scandal" gave us the name of this high-kicking dance popular in music halls of the 19th century
Time's up! The correct answer was Can-Can
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!
This principal leader of the Reign of Terror faced the guillotine himself on July 28, 1794
Time's up! The correct answer was Robespierre
ACRONYM EXCITEMENT!
At the United Nations: WHO
Time's up! The correct answer was World Health Organization
5 BANDS
Appropriately, this '80s band sang, "You can't go on thinking, nothing's wrong, who's gonna drive you home tonight?"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Cars
BEFORE & AFTER
Film legend who became an 1823 edict against European intervention in the Western Hemisphere
Time's up! The correct answer was the Marilyn Monroe Doctrine
THE ONION
Aug. 9, 2000: Popular names for these include Shopwood, Storemont & Indianburialgroundbrook
Time's up! The correct answer was shopping malls
BILLS & WILLS
This outlaw of the Old West also went by the name Henry McCarty
Time's up! The correct answer was Billy the Kid
WINE
The famous Moselle wines come from this country
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@fresh mulch guessed it! The answer was: Germany
STATE: THE OBVIOUS
Florida's in the southeast corner of the 48 contiguous states; this state is in the northwest corner
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@fresh mulch guessed it! The answer was: Washington
DESCRIBING THE NO. 1 SONG
J. Geils, 1982: Horrors! The singer must deal with his "angel" being cute enough to be featured in a men's magazine
Time's up! The correct answer was "Centerfold"
WOMEN OF THE WORLD
She wrote her first novel, "The House of the Spirits", in exile soon after her uncle's assassination
Time's up! The correct answer was Isabel Allende
MAGIC
In November 2000 this illusionist known for his street magic was encased in a block of ice for 63 hours in Times Square
Time's up! The correct answer was David Blaine
AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY
Most of Africa's major rivers, including the Congo & the Niger, flow into this ocean
Time's up! The correct answer was Atlantic
HIT TUNES
"Doo Wop (That Thing)"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lauryn Hill
ODDS & ENDS
This French tennis star of the 1920s who went on to start a clothing line was known as "the Crocodile"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lacoste
BRAND-O
You'll go really fast in this swimwear brand worn by Olympic gold medalists
Time's up! The correct answer was Speedo
MISSING LINKS
Curry ____ Keg
Time's up! The correct answer was powder
THE 1990s
Jacques Chirac of the Rally for the Republic Party won a 7-year term as this country's president
Time's up! The correct answer was France
POLAR EXPLORATION
This South Pole conqueror died trying to rescue Umberto Nobile, who eventually lived to be 93
Time's up! The correct answer was Roald Amundsen
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
HERBS & SPICES
The scientific name of this herb is Mentha piperita
Time's up! The correct answer was peppermint
A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS
Alliterative two-word term for action by one's own forces causing casualties to one's own troops
Time's up! The correct answer was friendly fire
WAR
It was known as "the war to end all wars"
Time's up! The correct answer was World War I
1988
At the July 1988 Democratic National Convention this Massachusetts governor was nominated for president
Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Dukakis
WORLD LEADERS
It's prime minister Mr. Tuila'Epa, won a silver medal in archery at the 2007 South Pacific Games
Time's up! The correct answer was Samoa
ALBUMS
Their 1999 CD "Californication" reunited guitarist John Frusciante with the group
Time's up! The correct answer was The Red Hot Chili Peppers
MUSICAL THEATRE
Barbra Streisand introduced the song "People" in this musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Funny Girl
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
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
ARCHITECTURE
This 6-letter part of a house is also called an eaves trough
Time's up! The correct answer was gutter
CAPITOL THINKERS
This self-made man has the distinction of being the longest serving senator ever from West Virginia
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Byrd
GEORGIAN ON MY MIND
Dinah Shore, Sally Field & Loni Anderson were longtime loves of this hunk from Waycross
Time's up! The correct answer was Burt Reynolds
TV THEME LYRICS
"I don't know who you think you are but before the night is through, I wanna do bad things with you"
Time's up! The correct answer was True Blood
COUNTY SEATS
As I walked out in the streets of this city, I was in the seat of Webb County, Texas
Time's up! The correct answer was Laredo
RHYME TIME
A really big southpaw
Time's up! The correct answer was Hefty lefty
MISC.
This noble gas glows orange-red when an electric current is passed through it
Time's up! The correct answer was neon
WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
2 Greek words for "long life" give us this word which refers to a diet or lifestyle said to prolong life
Time's up! The correct answer was Macrobiotic
ART
Roger Fry of the Met coined this term for the works of artists like Cezanne & Gauguin
Time's up! The correct answer was Postimpressionist
STARTS WITH "P"
As being of great price purchased with all she had, Hester Prynne named her child this
Time's up! The correct answer was Pearl
HORNS
According to mythology, this Horn of Plenty is the horn of the goat Amalthea
Time's up! The correct answer was Cornucopia
SPORTS EQUIPMENT
This apparatus used in women's gymnastics is about 4 in. wide & 16 ft. long
Time's up! The correct answer was Balance Beam
RINGING THE OPENING BELL AT THE NYSE
& then I saw him / Right there & like that / On Leap Day 2000 / 'Twas...
Time's up! The correct answer was the Cat in the Hat
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
Suisse is the French name for this mountainous country
Time's up! The correct answer was Switzerland
EDIBLES INSTANT REPLAY REVIEW
This notoriously smelly cheese whose last U.S. maker is in Monroe, Wisconsin was fumbled on aisle 3
Time's up! The correct answer was Limburger
THE 1990s
Jacques Chirac of the Rally for the Republic Party won a 7-year term as this country's president
Time's up! The correct answer was France
CONSUMER PRODUCTS
This product was reintroduced in 1906 with trimethylxanthine as the sole remaining stimulant
Time's up! The correct answer was Coca-Cola
IN THE GOOD OLD SUMER TIME
Mythic Sumerian hero Utnapishtim built a big boat & survived this catastrophe
Time's up! The correct answer was The flood
LEGAL "E"s
This person is appointed by a testator to carry out the directions & requests in his will
Time's up! The correct answer was executor
COUNTIES BY STATE
Whitley, Wayne, Wabash
Time's up! The correct answer was Indiana
19th CENTURY AMERICA
The 1866 Civil Rights Act was passed over this president's veto
Time's up! The correct answer was Johnson
ORGANIZATIONS
Int'l club that "promotes putting off until later those things that needn't be done today"
Time's up! The correct answer was Procrastinator's Club
ROCK WITH YOU
Quit your yellin' & name this 1995 hit duet for Michael & Janet Jackson, their first together
Time's up! The correct answer was "Scream"
THE BIBLE
The first verse of this book says, "There was a man in the land of Uz that feared God and eschewed evil"
Time's up! The correct answer was Job
MYTHOLOGY
Leda laid 2 eggs: one with Helen & Pollux in it, the other containing Clytemnestra & him
Time's up! The correct answer was Castor
"CAR" PARK
In this casino game the winner is the one whose hand totals closest to 9
Time's up! The correct answer was Baccarat
POEMS ON POETS
This romantic poet was really not clairvoyant / In 1822 / He put "Hellas" into view / But we wish he was more buoyant
Time's up! The correct answer was Shelley
FAMILIAR PHRASES
Big throwing don'ts include "the baby out with the bathwater" & "caution to" this
Time's up! The correct answer was the wind
AIRLINE TRAVEL
In 2003 this airline agreed to buy KLM, creating Europe's largest airline
Time's up! The correct answer was Air France
CATHOLIC PRIESTS
The priest's duty to keep your sins secret is traditionally protected by "the sanctity of" this booth
Time's up! The correct answer was the confessional
FATHERS-IN-LAW
United Farm Workers president Arturo Rodriguez' father-in-law was this man who died in 1993
Time's up! The correct answer was César Chávez
TOM WOLFE
It's Wolfe's 1968 book about Ken Kesey & friends' cross-country journey
Time's up! The correct answer was The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
GAME SHOWS
Richard Karn hosts this game show where 2 clans match wits; survey says...
Time's up! The correct answer was Family Feud
STATE SUPERLATIVES
Considered the healthiest state in 2006, it's also home to the Mayo Clinic
Time's up! The correct answer was Minnesota
THE 19th CENTURY
1853 purchase that brought the contiguous U.S. about up to its present area
Time's up! The correct answer was the Gadsden Purchase
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC "B"
This small western European country is known for quality carpets, cut diamonds & fine chocolates
Time's up! The correct answer was Belgium
BROADWAY
The Phantom of the Opera wears a partial one of these on his face, probably because a full one is hard to sing through
Time's up! The correct answer was mask
ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL
Diamonds & graphite are both forms of this element
Time's up! The correct answer was carbon
LOST
Performed annually in North Carolina, "The Lost Colony" is an outdoor drama about this lost colony
Time's up! The correct answer was Roanoke Island
PRE-COLUMBIAN CULTURES
The Anasazi, a word from this Indian language for "ancient ones", lived in what's now the 4 Corners area
Time's up! The correct answer was Navajo
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
Synonym for dignity that's the term for a group of lions
Time's up! The correct answer was a pride
“SAINTS”
Chorea, as in choreographer, is a condition associated with rheumatic fever formerly called this
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Vitus
HISTORY
Karl led the first of these Marxist organizational efforts; the second one began in 1889
Time's up! The correct answer was the International
MOVIE MUSIC
She sings "Cry" & "Only Hope" on the soundtrack of her movie "A Walk to Remember"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mandy Moore
EARLY AMERICA
His 1699 proposal for a permanent French trading post on the Detroit River didn't include a car dealership
Time's up! The correct answer was Cadillac
I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU
Neil Gaiman wrote, "Now slip, now slide, now move unseen, above, beneath, betwixt," this
Time's up! The correct answer was between
LOW CUT GENES
Named for a German neuropathologist, this memory loss disease may be caused by a gene on chromosome 21
Time's up! The correct answer was Alzheimer's disease
WORLD CAPITALS
Started in 1988 for this city's 75th anniversary, a Springtime Flower Festival in September shows off its Commonwealth Park
Time's up! The correct answer was Canberra, Australia
CANADIAN FOOTBALL
French for "red", it's the term used for the point that is scored if a punt goes out of the end zone untouched
Time's up! The correct answer was rouge
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
"I" LADS
This punk rock hitmaker heard here has had numerous hits on both sides of the Atlantic
Time's up! The correct answer was Billy Idol
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
ISLANDS
The Court of Tynwald is the chief legislative body of this island in the Irish Sea
Time's up! The correct answer was Isle of Man
POLITICS
Nickname of late Washington Senator Henry Jackson
Time's up! The correct answer was Scoop Jackson
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
RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS
The sixth of these was an outbreak of boils & sores
Time's up! The correct answer was Ten Plagues of Egypt
CELEB STUFF
In a 1997 issue of "George", he said his cousins Michael & Joseph were "poster boys for bad behavior"
Time's up! The correct answer was John F. Kennedy, Jr.
BESTSELLERS
This author's "The Secret Man" detailed the history of his interactions with Deep Throat
Time's up! The correct answer was Bob Woodward
LONG GERMAN WORDS
Sauerbraten is literally "sour roast"; this is literally "roast sausage"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bratwurst
BOOKS & AUTHORS
Margaret Mitchell began this book, "Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it..."
Time's up! The correct answer was "Gone with the Wind"
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
KAN U SPEL BIZNESS?
Drugstore with 4,700 outlets (the part before "Aid")
Time's up! The correct answer was R-I-T-E
THE ICU
A neonatal ICU may contain several isolettes, a type of this chamber
Time's up! The correct answer was Incubator
POTPOURRI
In 2001 Sweden & the U.S. honored this award's 100th anniversary with a set of postage stamps
Time's up! The correct answer was the Nobel Prize
NATIONS OF AFRICA
Milton Obote, no bargain either, ran this country before & after Idi Amin
Time's up! The correct answer was Uganda
ANNUAL EVENTS
The Tanglewood Music Festival is a summer highlight in Lenox in this New England state
Time's up! The correct answer was Massachusetts
AUTHORS
While attending Lisbon Falls High School in Maine, this horror author published a newspaper, The Village Vomit
Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen King
ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER
Oxford University's fall term is named for this -mas, not Christmas; it's a saint's Sept. 29 feast day
Time's up! The correct answer was Michaelmas
CONDUCTORS
It's the term for material that conducts at high temperatures & insulates at low temperatures
Time's up! The correct answer was a semiconductor
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
TIME TO "EAT"
Moss type used as fuel
Time's up! The correct answer was peat
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
FOOD FACTS
Bread is eaten so widely it's often called the "staff of" this
Time's up! The correct answer was life
TREES
Arboreal symbol of strength
Time's up! The correct answer was oak
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
MYTHELLANEOUS
This goddess after whom a major city in Greece is named sprang from the head of Zeus
Time's up! The correct answer was Athena
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Fighting started April 19, 1775 with a battle in Lexington that spread to this nearby town
Time's up! The correct answer was Concord
ASTRONOMY
These long distance travelers may be dirty ice balls or icy dirt balls
Time's up! The correct answer was comets
WEAPONS
U.S. land-based long-range nuclear missile that shares name with type of Revolutionary War fighter
Time's up! The correct answer was a Minuteman
ASTRONOMY ADD A LETTER
Add this letter to Mars & you get a fen
Time's up! The correct answer was H
THE FRENCH CONNECTION
From the French for "to sort" comes the word for this process of treating patients based on need
Time's up! The correct answer was triage
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
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
On this date Denmark's Rebild Park holds the largest foreign celebration of American independence
Time's up! The correct answer was 4-Jul
THE KOREAN WAR
His reaction to the North's invasion was "Dean, we've got to stop the blanks of blanks no matter what"
Time's up! The correct answer was Harry S. Truman
PRESIDENTS' MONOGRAMS
RMN
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Milhous Nixon
PAINTERS
She called her New Mexico home, where she spent the last half century of her life, Ghost Ranch
Time's up! The correct answer was Georgia O'Keeffe
AIN'T THAT AMERICA
This state's largest lake may be 20 times as salty as any ocean
Time's up! The correct answer was Utah
ALL MY Xs
Maximum number of Xs that can appear on one bowler's score sheet in one game
Time's up! The correct answer was 12
U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS IN OTHER WORDS
A person's condition or disposition
Time's up! The correct answer was State
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 ENGLISH BEAT
You'll find the Cavern Club at 10 Mathew Street in this port city; how fab
Time's up! The correct answer was Liverpool
WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR II
Ships in the U.S. Navy's Casablanca class of "escort" these were smaller than their big cousins like the Lexington
Time's up! The correct answer was aircraft carriers
WHAT TO WEAR
Front-closing style of sweater favored by Mr. Rogers
Time's up! The correct answer was a cardigan
TITLE 9
Jeffrey Toobin: "The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the ___ ___"
Time's up! The correct answer was Supreme Court
GETTING TICKED OFF
In 2005 this ex-diplomat wasn't so diplomatic, saying, "I believe Karl Rove should be fired" for outing his CIA wife, Valerie Plame
Time's up! The correct answer was Wilson
WOMEN OF THE WORLD
This Norwegian beauty is noted for her work with Ingmar Bergman & with UNICEF
Time's up! The correct answer was Liv Ullmann
AMERICAN HISTORY
In December 1974 this former New York governor was sworn in as Vice President
Time's up! The correct answer was Rockefeller
LIBRARIES
Sterling Memorial Library in New Haven, Connecticut houses the archives of this university
Time's up! The correct answer was Yale
BALLET
The longer "romantic" version of this ballet garment was inspired by the one Taglioni wore in the 1830s
Time's up! The correct answer was tutu
AIRLINE TRAVEL
In the seat pocket you'll find the catalog called "Sky" this, with must-haves like a solar-powered patio umbrella
Time's up! The correct answer was Mall
BEFORE THEY WERE POPES
Alexander VI was formerly a high-living nobleman of this family & the father of Cesare & Lucrezia
Time's up! The correct answer was Borgia
PLAY ADJECTIVES
Howard Sackler's "The ____ ____ Hope"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Great White Hope
CROSSWORD CLUES "H"
Sleep like a bear (9)
Time's up! The correct answer was Hibernate
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
One of the largest of these shallow channels in the U.S. is the Bartholomew in N. Louisiana
Time's up! The correct answer was Bayou
BETTER KNOWN AS...
Archibald Leach
Time's up! The correct answer was Cary Grant
THE SHORT FORM
This British organization hands out its equivalent to the Oscars
Time's up! The correct answer was BAFTA
"I" LADS
Czar at 17, he was famous for extraordinary sadism & cruelty, even as a boy
Time's up! The correct answer was Ivan the Terrible
STAMPS
Woo hoo! In 2009 this animated family was chosen to grace stamps, though postage did go up to 44 cents (D'oh!)
Time's up! The correct answer was the Simpsons
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
SOME MORE SIMIAN CINEMA
It's the island where Fay Wray first encountered King Kong; to think of its name, use your "head"
Time's up! The correct answer was Skull Island
JERSEY GIRLS
Governor of New Jersey form 1994 to 2001, she appointed the state's first female Attorney General
Time's up! The correct answer was Christine Whitman
GAME SHOWS
Richard Karn hosts this game show where 2 clans match wits; survey says...
Time's up! The correct answer was Family Feud
BALLET
As a law student in St. Petersburg, this man became interested in the arts, & in 1909 he founded the Ballets Russes
Time's up! The correct answer was Diaghilev
FUN WITH BALLET
Dizzy Gillespie's music is also featured in it, but the ballet "For 'Bird' - With Love" is a tribute to him
Time's up! The correct answer was Charlie Parker
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
A greengage is a plum & a greening is this fruit
Time's up! The correct answer was an apple
"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
NAME THE DECADE
The first controlled nuclear chain reaction
Time's up! The correct answer was the 1940s
TITLE WAVE
Kate Jacobs: "The ____ Night Knitting Club"
Time's up! The correct answer was Friday
ON THE GO
(Sofia of the Clue Crew paddling a canoe) Some of the earliest canoes were this type of boat, made from a hollowed-out tree trunk
Time's up! The correct answer was dugout canoe
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
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
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
RHYME TIME
A really big southpaw
Time's up! The correct answer was Hefty lefty
APT ANAGRAMS
He co-wrote "South Pacific": MASS ROMANTIC HERE
Time's up! The correct answer was Oscar Hammerstein
LONG WORDS
Adjective for an act done without meaning to; legally, it's a type of manslaughter
Time's up! The correct answer was involuntary
CHANTED
Their chant in "Macbeth" begins, "Double, double, toil and trouble"
Time's up! The correct answer was the witches
STARTS WITH "W"
The cicada killer is a large predatory variety of this insect
Time's up! The correct answer was a wasp
STATE FISH
The reef triggerfish, this state's state fish, can be found as far south as Australia
Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii
IT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER
18-year-old Will Shakespeare married her in November 1582; their daughter was born 6 months later
Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Hathaway
I COULD USE SOME SELF-HELP!
John Gray penned the book these 2 planets "Together Forever--Relationship Skills for Lasting Love"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mars & Venus
MUD
Of an artist, a fish, or a wasp, it's what a mud dauber is
Time's up! The correct answer was wasp
WHEN THEY WERE TEENS
In 1991 Heather Tom was a teen when she debuted as Victor Newman's daughter on this CBS soap opera
Time's up! The correct answer was The Young & the Restless
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
SCIENCE BRIEFS
Used of radio waves: MHz
Time's up! The correct answer was megahertz
SENIOR SENATORS
When admiring the Stamford train station, thank this state's Christopher Dodd, who helped secure funding