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In new houses, when all your lights go out, you flip the circuit breaker back; in old houses, you change these
Time's up! The correct answer was Fuses
PRESIDENTS
General whose Presidential campaign song was written by Irving Berlin
Time's up! The correct answer was Dwight Eisenhower
ON THE GO
Lighter than a Conestoga wagon, it was named for its white canvas covering which resembled the sails of ships
Time's up! The correct answer was prairie schooner
BON APPE-"T"
This "steak" is a hot dog
Time's up! The correct answer was Tube steak
I'D RATHER BE SKIING
Bumps or mounds of snow that accumulate on a slope are called these, like some very wealthy & powerful people
Time's up! The correct answer was moguls
INDIA
Gandhi famously sent a letter stating this many demands to Lord Irwin.
Time's up! The correct answer was 11
FOOD
Some say these dried treats are tastier made from seeded grapes than from seedless ones
Time's up! The correct answer was Raisins
KNOTS TO YOU
The Honda is a slip knot used by cowboys to make this tool of the trade
Time's up! The correct answer was Lasso
HISTORY
In the midst of the Korean War, this South Korean president was elected to his second of 4 terms
Time's up! The correct answer was Syngman Rhee
WORD ORIGINS
A Greek word for cowherd has given us this term for "pastoral" or "rustic"
Time's up! The correct answer was bucolic
FROG ANATOMY
It's attached at the front of the mouth so the frog can flick it out rapidly
Time's up! The correct answer was the frog's tongue
IT SOUNDS LIKE
Jay Leno's show, it sounds like how you address a letter for Sir Galahad
Time's up! The correct answer was Tonight
AMERICAN LITERATURE
An epigraph he used on one story says, "our hearts though stout and brave, still, like muffled drums are beating"
Time's up! The correct answer was Edgar Allan Poe
U.N. SECRETARIES-GENERAL
At the time only a secretary-general to-be, this Egyptian played a major role in the 1979 Arab-Israeli peace accord
Time's up! The correct answer was Boutros Boutros-Ghali
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
2 names that follow Gerald, who speaks in weird sounds instead of words in a Dr. Seuss story
Time's up! The correct answer was McBoing-Boing
HOW DO YOU...
Attach a pencil to a string, pin the other end of the string down & move the pencil around the pin
Time's up! The correct answer was draw a circle
IN EXILE
David Ben-Gurion went to the U.S. in 1915 when this empire exiled Zionists from Palestine
Time's up! The correct answer was Ottoman Empire
BUSINESS LEADERS
Before founding his own corp., John K. Northrop was chief engineer for this company & designed its Vega airplane
Time's up! The correct answer was Lockheed
MOUNTAINS
The Waianae Mountains in this U.S. state rise up to 4,025-foot Mt. Kaala
Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii
PLAYWRIGHTS
These British twin brother playwrights wrote mystery novels under the rather obvious alias Peter Anthony
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter & Anthony Shaffer
GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY
One of Guyana's largest cities, it's also an old name for New York City
Time's up! The correct answer was New Amsterdam
NEWS TO ME
This car company has been in the news for widespread recalls of its Corollas & other models
Time's up! The correct answer was Toyota
EXPLORERS
Louis Antoine de Bougainville arrived at this island in 1768 & natives gave him fowls, fruit & naked women
Time's up! The correct answer was Tahiti
THE FALL
In October 1967 in Tehran, he crowned himself Light of the Aryan Race, among other things
Time's up! The correct answer was the Shah
SOUNDS THAT KITTIES MAKE
This sound made by lions can carry 5 miles
Time's up! The correct answer was a roar
HOLLYWOOD LEFTIES
The Brad jumped the Jen for this left-handed hottie
Time's up! The correct answer was Angelina Jolie
FUN WITH BALLET
The music of film composer Alex North drives the ballet based on this play about Stanley Kowalski
Time's up! The correct answer was "A Streetcar Named Desire"
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
Papua New Guinea is just off this country's Cape York Peninsula
Time's up! The correct answer was Australia
1987
This British prime minister won a rare third term in June
Time's up! The correct answer was Margaret Thatcher
AMERICAN COUNTIES
All the letters in this state's name are found in the name of its Uintah County
Time's up! The correct answer was Utah
CHEKHOV, PLEASE
The plot shows Mme. Ranevsky is the owner of this title Chekhov plot
Time's up! The correct answer was The Cherry Orchard
COMMON ABBREVIATIONS
A PAC, one of these, might help your electoral chances
Time's up! The correct answer was a political action committee
ORDINAL NUMBER, PLEASE
(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE): Street in the title of the following: (audio clue - instrumental)
Time's up! The correct answer was "42nd Street"
LITERATURE
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel, Nick Carraway lives next door to this title character
Time's up! The correct answer was the Great Gatsby
THE "A" "B" "C"s
Ring in & tell me this correct name for a young swan
Time's up! The correct answer was Cygnet
CALL ME A"LEX"
A light transparent weather-resistant man-made thermoplastic
Time's up! The correct answer was Plexiglas
U.S. PRESIDENTS
A Civil War general, he was the last man to go directly from the House of Representatives to the presidency
Time's up! The correct answer was James A. Garfield
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
IT'S EXTINCT
The dodo was found on the Islands of Reunion, Rodrigues & Mauritius in this ocean
Time's up! The correct answer was the Indian Ocean
THE YEAR IN SPORTS
Super Bowl XXXVIII was in 2004; this was the year of Super Bowl I
Time's up! The correct answer was 1967
"BOO"!
An illegally made product, especially a musical recording
Time's up! The correct answer was bootleg
PEOPLE
He made the cover of Life magazine 3 times in February & March of 1962, & again in October 1998
Time's up! The correct answer was John Glenn
AWARDS
You might have to take a bullet to earn one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Purple Heart
1987
This British prime minister won a rare third term in June
Time's up! The correct answer was Margaret Thatcher
HOLD THE MAYO CLINIC
In 1950 Mayo doctors Edward Kendall & Philip Hench won the Nobel Prize for their work with this steroid
Time's up! The correct answer was Cortizone
STORM
The probe used to investigate tornados in this film is aptly named Dorothy
Time's up! The correct answer was Twister
BEFORE & AFTER
Singer of "My Cherie Amour" whose secret identity is Diana Prince
Time's up! The correct answer was Stevie Wonder Woman
EUROPEAN HISTORY
He filed for divorce citing Leviticus 20:21, "If a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing"
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry VIII
BEING THOREAU
Work that says, "Under a gov't which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison"
Time's up! The correct answer was Civil Disobedience
CANADIAN FOOTBALL
The Alouettes play their home games at Molson Stadium on the campus of this Montreal university
Time's up! The correct answer was McGill
THE LAW
Failure to pay a building contractor may result in his leaning on you with this type of lien
Time's up! The correct answer was Mechanic's lien
THE USA
The discovery of the Comstock Lode in 1859 attracted miners & prospectors to this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Nevada
WEBSITES
"Sari Says" is an advice column in the online version of this teen magazine
Time's up! The correct answer was Teen People
LESSER-KNOWN MUSICALS
Danny Kaye's career "ark" included this Biblical role in "Two By Two"
Time's up! The correct answer was Noah
ALSO A VEGAS CASINO
Stevenson's rousing tale from 1881
Time's up! The correct answer was Treasure Island
QUEEN VICTORIA
Queen Victoria was said to be happiest at this "humble" Scottish home
Time's up! The correct answer was Balmoral Castle
THE 23rd PSALM
These 2 items, "they comfort me"
Time's up! The correct answer was rod & staff
SCIENCE & NATURE
This innermost & larger of Mars' 2 moons orbits the planet every 7.65 hours
Time's up! The correct answer was Phobos
FOR THE FASHIONISTA
Launched by her brother in the '90s, a fragrance called Blonde was inspired by this Italian designer's long blonde hair
Time's up! The correct answer was Donnatella Versace
SIGNS & SYMBOLS
The 3 Zodiac signs with horns
Time's up! The correct answer was Aries, Capricorn & Taurus
FETAL ATTRACTION
For the first 8 weeks after fertilization, an unborn child is called this, from the Greek for "full"
Time's up! The correct answer was Embryo
KING ARTHUR
After Mordred mortally wounded him, Arthur's body was carried away to this island
Time's up! The correct answer was Avalon
CHECK OUT MY CRIB
In the furniture sense, this synonym of "pride" is dressing table
Time's up! The correct answer was vanity
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
MUSIC/TELEVISION
Phil Collins, Ted Nugent & The Fat Boys hit the Sunshine State on this '80s cop show
Time's up! The correct answer was Miami Vice
DRAMA
A brother & sister argue over the fate of a piano in this Pulitzer-winning play by August Wilson
Time's up! The correct answer was The Piano Lesson
THE BIBLE
In 1 Corinthians, he wrote that "Your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God"
Time's up! The correct answer was Paul
BEFORE THEY WERE POPES
Pius XII previously held this Vatican office that, like its U.S. cabinet counterpart, requires travel
Time's up! The correct answer was Secretary of State
ETIQUETTE
In 1922 Emily Post wrote, "A gentleman takes off" this "when a lady enters the elevator"
Time's up! The correct answer was his hat
WHAT A WEEK
In 1999 this country began 3 "golden weeks" of vacation for its vast populace, including one around May Day
Time's up! The correct answer was China
CALL ME A"LEX"
By profession, Noah Webster was one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a lexicographer
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
NOT A VERB
Capable, succeed, accomplish
Time's up! The correct answer was capable
4-LETTER CAPITALS
It's been said that "All roads lead to" this "Eternal City"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rome
THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR
"Z", "State of Siege", "Missing"
Time's up! The correct answer was Costa-Gavras
THE COMMODORES
Commodore Isaac Hull commanded this ship to victory over Britain's Guerriere in the War of 1812
Time's up! The correct answer was U.S.S. Constitution
3-LETTER WORDS
A small demon, or a mischievous child (who might be a little demon!)
Time's up! The correct answer was imp
20th CENTURY VICE PRESIDENTS
The only VP to become president not immediately after his vice presidential term
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Nixon
THE GIANTS
Jett Rink, a poor ranch hand, becomes an oil millionaire in her novel "Giant"
Time's up! The correct answer was Edna Ferber
COMPOSERS ON FILM
James Cagney in "The Seven Little Foys"
Time's up! The correct answer was George M. Cohan
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
ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE
"Boston Red Sox A.L. 1939-1960... batted .406 in 1941"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ted Williams
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
CHAIRS
The French version of a day bed, the chaise longue, literallly means this
Time's up! The correct answer was Long Chair
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
SEXPERTISE
P.D. James, G.K. Chesterton, A.A. Milne
Time's up! The correct answer was P.D. James
VERBS
As a verb, this British nationality means to put an end to something abruptly
Time's up! The correct answer was Scotch
IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY
Denmark
Time's up! The correct answer was Germany
ANAGRAMMED BIRDS
A big African: to Chris
Time's up! The correct answer was ostrich
SHAKESPEARE
It's the play in which Thaliard says, "So, this is Tyre, and this the court"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pericles, Prince of Tyre
WHAT'S ON TV?
Justin Timberlake had a rough day on this MTV show: phony "tax agents" said he owed $900,000 & raided his house
Time's up! The correct answer was Punk'd
BEGINS & ENDS WITH "O"
This term for an extended musical composition comes from the Italian for "small chapel"
Time's up! The correct answer was oratorio
CORPORATE SPORTS VENUES
3-letter corporate name that's on the Indianapolis venue seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was RCA Dome
HEY, "U"!
It precedes label, suit & Jack
Time's up! The correct answer was Union
THE KILLERS
This "insect" of a gangster was a real-life hit man for Murder Incorporated in the 1930s & '40s
Time's up! The correct answer was Bugsy Siegel
REMEMBER THE TIME
In 1526 he greeted an Inca nobleman on his ship, but conquest would have to wait a few years until funds were raised
Time's up! The correct answer was Pizarro
SOUNDS LIKE A CAPITAL CITY
A light yellow-brown; perfect color for an envelope, I say
Time's up! The correct answer was manila
CINEMA OF "BLOOD"
Leonardo DiCaprio's African jewel smuggler gains a conscience in this film
Time's up! The correct answer was Blood Diamond
ANCIENT VIP's
In the 6th century B.C., he conquered Babylon and made Persia the greatest empire in the world
Time's up! The correct answer was Cyrus the Great
WITH BROTHERHOOD
Originally formed as a trio in Gary, Indiana in 1963, these singing siblings gained fame as a quintet
Time's up! The correct answer was the Jacksons
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
TONY WINNERS OF THE '50s
Gertrude Lawrence won in 1952 for playing the title pronoun in this Rodgers & Hammerstein musical
Time's up! The correct answer was The King and I
"NEVER" AT THE MOVIES
Advice that's the title of a 1941 W.C. Fields film
Time's up! The correct answer was Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
11-LETTER WORDS
Something that evokes happiness & sadness at the same time, or a kind of chocolate
Time's up! The correct answer was Bittersweet
SPACE MISSIONS
The New Horizons mission was launched to explore this planet before it was downgraded to a dwarf
Time's up! The correct answer was Pluto
19th CENTURY AMERICA
The 1866 Civil Rights Act was passed over this president's veto
Time's up! The correct answer was Johnson
CELEBS
Her 18th birthday party was "A Cinderella Story" with 300 guests & red velvet cake
Time's up! The correct answer was Hilary Duff
"LAP" DANCE
Take your gemstones to this specialist to have them cut & polished
Time's up! The correct answer was Lapidary
MIDDLE "C"
It means of or pertaining to the sense of smell
Time's up! The correct answer was olfactory
THE "FIRST" STATE
Ryan Howard's day job with the Phillies
Time's up! The correct answer was first baseman
FEELING "ANCY"
Loitering in a town & not having any visible means of support, you may get picked up for it
Time's up! The correct answer was Vagrancy
SCIENCE
Also a term for someone from Warsaw, it's one of the 2 strongest points in a magnetic field
Time's up! The correct answer was Pole
WORD ORIGINS
These sparkly fake gems are partly named for a river that flows through Germany
Time's up! The correct answer was rhinestones
WE WANT PISA!
This island off the Italian coast where Napoleon was first exiled was controlled for many years by Pisa
Time's up! The correct answer was Elba
"B" PREPARED
"I'll Go Home With Bonnie Jean" is one of many lively songs in this Lerner & Loewe musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Brigadoon
SIMILES
Because artists tend to flatter their models, a fine-looking female is said to be "as pretty as" this
Time's up! The correct answer was a picture
CANADIAN FOOTBALL
Unlike the NFL, a CFL team gets this many downs in a series to advance the ball 10 yards
Time's up! The correct answer was three
THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION
Ali, who married this man's daughter Fatima, is considered by Shia Muslims to be his true successor
Time's up! The correct answer was Muhammed
FOUND
Ben Franklin helped found this Ivy League school that had the USA's first medical school
Time's up! The correct answer was University of Pennsylvania
THE REEL STORY
Kate Winslet wears a blue diamond necklace called the "Heart of the Ocean" in this 1997 film
Time's up! The correct answer was Titanic
EMBRACEABLE "U"
This technique uses high-frequency waves & is often used to view fetuses
Time's up! The correct answer was Ultrasound
BEN
In 1783 Franklin asked Congress to recall him from this country; he finally made it home in 1785
Time's up! The correct answer was France
MICHAEL JACKSON HITS IN OTHER WORDS
1983: "Speak, Speak, Speak"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Say Say Say"
PHOTOGRAPHERS
He once said that his life was "colored and modulated by the great earth gesture of the sierra"
Time's up! The correct answer was Adams
CHINESE CALENDAR ANIMALS
1967 folks "flock" to this sign that represents the essence of the Yin, the feminine passive principle
Time's up! The correct answer was the sheep
KING ARTHUR
Shortly after birth, Arthur was given to this wizard for safekeeping
Time's up! The correct answer was Merlin
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
PEOPLE IN HISTORY
This Chiricahua Apache was a popular attraction at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis
Time's up! The correct answer was Geronimo
A WHITE CATEGORY
The London district of Whitechapel is associated with this infamous killer
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack the Ripper
BIBLICAL PEOPLE & PLACES
It was the wealthiest Greek city in Paul's time; he founded a church there & wrote 2 letters to its Christians
Time's up! The correct answer was Corinth
SHIPS
In 1831 Charles Darwin sailed as naturalist on this ship
Time's up! The correct answer was the Beagle
TAKE A PILL
Antabuse is designed to make you feel really, really bad after ingesting this
Time's up! The correct answer was alcohol
SHAKESPEAREAN LAST SCENES
You could say this comedy "ends well" -- Helena finally wins the love of her husband Bertram
Time's up! The correct answer was All's Well That Ends Well
MEASURING DEVICES
A spirometer measures the capacity of these organs
Time's up! The correct answer was the lungs
DRESSING
In 1953 the Witty Brothers promoted the first suit made of this by having a model wear it for 67 straight days
Time's up! The correct answer was polyester
COOKING EQUIPMENT FOOD
Bobby Flay's recipe for this includes as special equipment a rod to skewer the bird with
Time's up! The correct answer was rotisserie chicken
"X", "Y", "Z"
This Saint Francis was the "Apostle of the Indies"
Time's up! The correct answer was Xavier
CANALS
With capital of about $40 million set in place, work was begun on this waterway in April 1859
Time's up! The correct answer was the Suez Canal
BRAND-TASTIC
This yogurt brand is named for founder Isaac Carasso's son Daniel
Time's up! The correct answer was Dannon
IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL
He perked up his career by letting Starbucks release his album "Memory Almost Full"
Time's up! The correct answer was McCartney
AMERICAN NICKNAMES
The "Plant Magician" was Luther Burbank; this man was the "Plant Doctor"
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington Carver
FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
This word for a sidelong glance of crude desire used to mean "the cheek"
Time's up! The correct answer was a leer
HISTORIC BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Henry & Clara Ford are proud to announce the rollout of this model Nov. 6, 1893
Time's up! The correct answer was the Edsel
WYOMING
The source of this main tributary of the Columbia River is located in Yellowstone National Park
Time's up! The correct answer was the Snake River
DIARIES
This creator of Peter Rabbit devised a private code for the journals she kept in her youth
Time's up! The correct answer was Beatrix Potter
FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY
By allowing rebel forces to escape after Gettysburg, this Union general may have prolonged the war 2 more years
Time's up! The correct answer was George Meade
WATERFALLS
Wollomombi Falls in northern New South Wales is one of this continent's highest waterfalls
Time's up! The correct answer was Australia
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
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
Only Philip Morris & this Cincinnati-based firm have yearly ad expenditures exceeding $2 billion
Time's up! The correct answer was Procter & Gamble
20th CENTURY INVENTION
In 1939 the Hydra-Matic system made this automatic in the Oldsmobile
Time's up! The correct answer was Transmission
FUNDRAISING
Donations in the form of equipment or time instead of money are called "in" this 4-letter word
Time's up! The correct answer was in kind
PICTURE THIS
In 1964 this first lady made the first call to inaugurate the new commercial picturephone service
Time's up! The correct answer was Lady Bird Johnson
WORLD CAPITALS
On a plane trip to this capital, you'd likely land at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
Time's up! The correct answer was Jakarta
DRIVING
"Multitudinous" name for this part of the car that transmits gases from the cylinders to the exhaust pipe
Time's up! The correct answer was exhaust manifold
WE'RE MALAYSIA-BOUND
Of proton, electron or neutron, with "Saga", it's Malaysia's national car
Time's up! The correct answer was Proton
CARTOONS
I say there, son, this Warner Bros. cartoon rooster is sometimes pursued by a chicken hawk
Time's up! The correct answer was Foghorn Leghorn
TUBE TEST
"Happy Days" was spun off from a segment on this "Love"ly comedy anthology show of the '70s
Time's up! The correct answer was Love, American Style
TRUTH OR DARE
Truth: This "Common Sense" pamphleteer later turned to inventing, trying to come up with a smokeless candle
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Paine
FOUNTAINS
There are fountains beyond the outfield at the stadium of this Kansas City baseball team
Time's up! The correct answer was Kansas City Royals
TRAVEL & TOURISM
You can visit this sport's hall of fame on PGA Blvd. in Pinehurst, North Carolina
Time's up! The correct answer was golf
ALWAYS SAY NEVER
Shelley said of this, "Hail to thee, blithe spirit! Bird thou never wert!"; Wordsworth said they "soar but never roam"
Time's up! The correct answer was a skylark
WHAT'CHA GOT COOKIN'?
I'm sauteeing this organ meat in butter & lemon juice, as you'd know, if you had any
Time's up! The correct answer was brains
THE PLANETS
In 1971 Mariner 9 discovered a volcano on this planet rising 15 1/2 miles above the surface
Time's up! The correct answer was Mars
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
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
CARY GRANT FILMS
This 1957 Cary Grant-Deborah Kerr weepie was a major plot device in "Sleepless In Seattle"
Time's up! The correct answer was An Affair To Remember
HERE'S LUCY
She was the first wife of a president to be called first lady on a regular basis
Time's up! The correct answer was "Lemonade Lucy" Hayes
YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS STUFF
Bird similes include "Spry as a spring chicken" & "Proud as" one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was peacock
"LAP" DANCE
The type of filmmaking seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Time-lapse photography
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
STATES THAT END IN HAMPSHIRE
Also the name of a "United" city in England, this city lies along the banks of the Merrimack River
Time's up! The correct answer was Manchester
LETTER MEN
A visit to the Marabar Caves is a turning point in his novel "A Passage to India"
Time's up! The correct answer was E.M. Forster
TRAVEL & TOURISM
To visit Abraham Lincoln's birthplace, you have to go to this U.S. state
Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky
BARD BITS
In the first line of "Twelfth Night", this is described as the "food of love"
Time's up! The correct answer was music
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"
IT'S A DOGGY DOG WORLD
If this Norwegian breed had originated in North America, it would be called the moosehound
Time's up! The correct answer was Elkhound
POLITICAL TALK
Lincoln once said not to "swap" these "while crossing a stream"
Time's up! The correct answer was horses
PSYCHOLOGY
It took 8 years for this 1899 Freud work to sell the initial 600 copies printed, earning him about $250 in royalties
Time's up! The correct answer was The Interpretation of Dreams
MILLIONS OF REASONS
Like Chico in "Animal Crackers", who got paid more for not performing, she got millions from Virgin not to sing
Time's up! The correct answer was Mariah Carey
I LOVE L.A. KERS
A wizard at passing the ball, this Laker is the NBA's all-time leader in assists per game
Time's up! The correct answer was Magic Johnson
EU, THE EUROPEAN UNION
As of 2010, Croatia & Macedonia are candidates but this is the only former Yugoslav republic in the EU
Time's up! The correct answer was Slovenia
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
This character in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is said to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper
Time's up! The correct answer was the Headless Horseman
TRAVEL
This island's Mataveri Intl. Airport, the world's most remote, is serviced only by Chile's LAN Airlines
Time's up! The correct answer was Easter Island
SODA POP QUIZ
Fenton & Fowler''s calls this elite Detroit ginger ale the best soft drink in the world
Time's up! The correct answer was Vernor's
& SO I FACE THE FINAL CURTAIN
It was nice to see this musical "Looking Swell" & "Still Goin' Strong", but after 2,844 shows, it bowed out in 1970
Time's up! The correct answer was Hello, Dolly!
WHAT'CHA GOT COOKIN'?
I'm sauteeing this organ meat in butter & lemon juice, as you'd know, if you had any
Time's up! The correct answer was brains
THIS CATEGORY STINKS!
The only film ever released in "Odorama", it shares its name with a synthetic fabric popular in the 1970s
Time's up! The correct answer was Polyester
FOOD & DRINK
In 2006 the Chicago City Council banned restaurants in the city from selling this goose liver dish
Time's up! The correct answer was foie gras
BIOPIC-NIC
2004: Liam Neeson as this behavioral researcher
Time's up! The correct answer was Kinsey
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
The Indus River provides the western border of this desert also known as the Great Indian Desert
Time's up! The correct answer was the Thar Desert
THE EVOLUTION OF "M"USIC
1974's "Mandy" was his first Top 40 hit--& it reached No.1
Time's up! The correct answer was Barry Manilow
FAIRY TALE FEMMES
She ate the window pane of the witch's cottage
Time's up! The correct answer was Gretel
THE LAST MAN
In the "Book Of Sports Legends" is this man who threw the first pitch in a World Series game
Time's up! The correct answer was Cy Young
"IBLE"S & BITS
14-letter adjective for something that can't be wiped out
Time's up! The correct answer was indestructible
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
He was our country's 1st blue-eyed president
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington
SORORITY WOMEN
This Sigma Kappa is remembered as one of the first senators to speak out against Joseph McCarthy
Time's up! The correct answer was Margaret Chase Smith
THOSE WACKY GERMANS
Gesundheit, meaning "health", is what Germans say instead of "bless you" when you do this
Time's up! The correct answer was Sneeze
HISTORY
In 1991 B.C. Amenemhet, a former vizier, founded this country's 12th dynasty
Time's up! The correct answer was Egypt
CLASSIC DISNEY FILMS
Among the babes in "Babes in Toyland" are Ann Jillian as Bo Peep & this Mouseketeer as Mary Contrary
Time's up! The correct answer was Annette Funicello
NONFICTION
Dave Eggers not-so-modestly titled his memoir "A Heartbreaking Work of" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Staggering Genius
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
This longest river on the Iberian Peninsula is also known as the Tajo
Time's up! The correct answer was the Tagus
DAYS
Leap day date
Time's up! The correct answer was 29-Feb
MOVIE TRIVIA
Turned down to be an "Our Gang" member, she became top box office star of 1935
Time's up! The correct answer was Shirley Temple
LANGUAGES
This Scandinavian language changed "aa" to a circle-topped "a", making it closer to Swedish and Norwegian
Time's up! The correct answer was Danish
3 LITTLE LETTERS
Its headquarters compound in Langley, Virginia is named for Former President George Bush
Time's up! The correct answer was the CIA
ARTISTS' RETREATS
Around 1912, 2 painters from the Art Institute of this city founded the Ox-Bow Institute in Saugatuck, Mich.
Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago
CONTESTS
134-pound Hirofumi Nakajima holds the record of eating 24 1/2 of these in 12 minutes at the Nathan's July 4th contest
Time's up! The correct answer was Hot dogs
PRESIDENTIAL FINAL MOMENTS
His passing came in Buffalo, New York from gunshot wounds
Time's up! The correct answer was McKinley
GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY
One of Guyana's largest cities, it's also an old name for New York City
Time's up! The correct answer was New Amsterdam
LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"
From the Italian for "bad air", this disease kills more than one million people each year
Time's up! The correct answer was malaria
THE SPOOKY & THE MYSTERIOUS
This large dinosaur-like creature possibly lives in a large Scottish lake near Inverness
Time's up! The correct answer was the Loch Ness Monster
THE BIBLE
While carting this, Uzza touched it to right it after the oxen stumbled, & the Lord smote him
Time's up! The correct answer was The Ark of the Covenant
ALL "AMERICAN"
When Iowa farmers & their wives first saw this 1930 painting of a farm couple, many of them were downright angry
Time's up! The correct answer was American Gothic
THE FUNNIES
The title of this Jim Unger comic refers to everyone in it, not just a single character
Time's up! The correct answer was Herman
YOUTH IN ASIA
Like voters in the USA, young women seeking to compete in the Miss Thailand contest must be at least this age
Time's up! The correct answer was 18
THE FUNNIES
This Johnny Hart strip features such characters as Thor, Peter, Wiley & Clumsy Carp
Time's up! The correct answer was B.C.
THE EVOLUTIONARY WAR
He surprised many in 1996 when he told the Pontifical Academy of Science that evolution was no mere hypothesis
Time's up! The correct answer was Pope John Paul II
CANDY & GUM SLOGANS
"The Great American Chocolate Bar"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hershey's
ABBREVIATED
On an accountant's calendar: FY
Time's up! The correct answer was fiscal year
MOVIES & TV
We were frakkin' sad when this sci fi show had its series finale on March 20, 2009
Time's up! The correct answer was Battlestar Galactica
POP MUSIC
Alan, Merrill & Wayne, 3 of these Utah brothers, co-wrote their own 1972 hit "Crazy Horses"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Osmonds
BUT IS IT ART?
The Mitchell, South Dakota "palace" seen here is built of & named for this cereal grain
Time's up! The correct answer was Corn
WHO'S YOUR MOMMY?
Gwyneth Paltrow
Time's up! The correct answer was Blythe Danner
PLACES
A place where a river is shallow enough to cross on foot, alone or with an "escort"
Time's up! The correct answer was a ford
HAMMERS
Paul McCartney said this song "Epitomizes the downfalls in life"
Time's up! The correct answer was Maxwell's Silver Hammer
DOWN AT THE OLD FACTORY
Company that ran the Hawk-Eye Works in Rochester, N.Y.
Time's up! The correct answer was Kodak
THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION
In 1534 he & his buddy Francis Xavier founded the Society of Jesus
Time's up! The correct answer was Loyola
GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY
One of Guyana's largest cities, it's also an old name for New York City
Time's up! The correct answer was New Amsterdam
NATIONS OF AFRICA
In a song title, this country whose capital is Accra might come before "Fly Now"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ghana
THE "X" FILES
High-energy radiation used to take a picture of your insides
Time's up! The correct answer was X-rays
MONEY SLANG
No "Wonder" you're on a "roll" -- you're not a "loaf"er & you're earning a lot of this
Time's up! The correct answer was Bread/dough
HITCHCOCK
Hitchcock made this film in 1934 & then remade it in 1956 with Doris Day & Jimmy Stewart
Time's up! The correct answer was The Man Who Knew Too Much
U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS IN OTHER WORDS
Instruction
Time's up! The correct answer was Education
GREEK LETTERS
Precedes "-bits" in the name of a sweet Post cereal
Time's up! The correct answer was alpha
SKIP TO MY "LOO"
Chinese city opposite Hong Kong island
Time's up! The correct answer was Kowloon
5-LETTER WORDS
Teddy Roosevelt said "The credit belongs to the man" in this, "whose face is marred by dust & sweat & blood"
Time's up! The correct answer was the arena
METALLICA
To buy this precious metal, visit Taxco, Mexico; it's the city's best-known product
Time's up! The correct answer was silver
TELEVISION
He was a regular on Danny Kaye's, Carol Burnett's & Tim Conway's variety shows
Time's up! The correct answer was Harvey Korman
TAKE A GUESS
Of a pogo stick injury, a dense winter fog or the bite of a comic strip possum, what a pogonip is
Time's up! The correct answer was a dense winter fog
LET'S MESS WITH TEXAS
From 1846 to 1859 this ex-Tennessee governor was a U.S. senator from Texas
Time's up! The correct answer was Sam Houston
TELL ME "Y"
It can be a standard for comparison, or a measuring rod 3 feet in length
Time's up! The correct answer was Yardstick
A LITERARY TOUR
Head to Odense, Denmark to see his childhood home & sculptures inspired by his fairy tales
Time's up! The correct answer was Andersen
WE ARE AMUSED
6-letter term for the job associated with the item seen here (medieval mask)
Time's up! The correct answer was Jester
POP CULTURE
Snow White & Prince Charming are characters on this TV show set in the town of Storybrooke
Time's up! The correct answer was Once Upon a Time
I'D RATHER BE SKIING
If you're a beginner, you might hippity-hop over to this smaller, gentler slope
Time's up! The correct answer was a bunny hill
ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS
Marcel Duchamp coined this term to describe Alexander Calder's moving sculptures
Time's up! The correct answer was Mobiles
GOOD CAUSES
A "Mission" to help the homeless is named for this Lower Manhattan street known as a skid row since the 1800s
Time's up! The correct answer was Bowery
10-LETTER WORDS
Lionel Hampton's instrument
Time's up! The correct answer was Vibraphone
THEATRE HODGEPODGE
Big Stone Gap, Virginia is home to the outdoor drama "Trail of the Lonesome" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Pine
HERE COMES BAHRAIN AGAIN
The "humped" shape of a Bahraini island gives it the name Hawer, meaning "young" one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Camel
KANSAS CITIES
This college town has been called the "Little Apple"
Time's up! The correct answer was Manhattan
RINGING THE OPENING BELL AT THE NYSE
On Oct. 11, 2007 this chairman of the Virgin Group rang us up, but he didn't parachute in while on fire or anything
Time's up! The correct answer was Branson
TRANSPORTATION
Smaller than a junk, this Oriental boat usually has a cabin with a roof made of mats
Time's up! The correct answer was Sampan
EDGAR AWARD WINNERS
Writing about the world of horse racing, he's won for "Forfeit" & "Come to Grief"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Francis
ENGLISH CLASS
When "do not" and "should not" are contracted, this mark of punctuation is used to show missing letters
Time's up! The correct answer was apostrophe
MUSICALS
(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE): Gwen Verdon sang the following song in the original Broadway version of this show: "Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets..."
Time's up! The correct answer was "Damn Yankees!"
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
This 1928 title character begins as a man & ends, almost 400 years later, as a young woman (but not in Florida)
Time's up! The correct answer was Orlando
LITERATURE
This James M. Cain novel, which has been filmed "twice", was written under the title "Bar-B-Q"
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Postman Always Rings Twice"
PIZZA TOPPINGS
On November 12 celebrate National Pizza with the Works Except these fish Day
Time's up! The correct answer was Anchovies
CHAIRS
Also called a slat-back chair, this chair is named for an object you might climb
Time's up! The correct answer was Ladder-Back Chair
PARTS OF THE WHOLE
Grip, shaft, a head made of stainless steel, titanium, carbon graphite...
Time's up! The correct answer was golf club
FINE DINING
NYC sushi chef Masa Takayama has paid more than $120 a pound for this fish--a bit pricier than Star-Kist's
Time's up! The correct answer was tuna
GET SMART
A U. of California study found that listening to the too many notes in this guy's sonatas raised IQ scores 8-9 points
Time's up! The correct answer was Mozart
REMEMBER THE TIME
In 1958 this country launched its second 5-year plan, called "The Great Leap Forward"
Time's up! The correct answer was China
ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE
"Detroit - Philadelphia, A.L. - 1905-1926... retired with 4191 major league hits"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cobb
THE 50 STATES
In 1845, after nearly 10 years of independence, it became the 28th state
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas
CINEMATIC DICTIONARY
Term for the flow of a film, maintained by keeping details consistent throughout a scene
Time's up! The correct answer was Continuity
ARE YOU PERHAPS FRENCH?
Philippe of this family is Chief Ocean Correspondent for Animal Planet
Time's up! The correct answer was Cousteau
FUNNY FOR NOTHIN'
On his first night taking over "The Daily Show", he informed us, "Craig Kilborn is on assignment in Kuala Lumpur"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jon Stewart
"KEY"s
From 1833 to 1841 he served as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia
Time's up! The correct answer was Francis Scott Key
WOMEN OF THE WORLD
Under 5 feet tall & all of about 90 pounds, this frail French chanteuse was nicknamed the "Little Sparrow"
Time's up! The correct answer was Piaf
BULL
This energy drink was originally developed by a Thai businessman in 1962 & sold under the name Krating Daeng
Time's up! The correct answer was Red Bull
ROCK MUSIC
He recorded his 1982 hit album, "Nebraska", as a series of demos on a 4-track machine at home
Time's up! The correct answer was Bruce Springsteen
ENDS WITH "K"
A snide, simpering, self-satisfied smile
Time's up! The correct answer was Smirk
CELEBRITY RHYME TIME
Ashton's meat sellers
Time's up! The correct answer was Kutcher's butchers
SSSSSSSSNAKES!!!!!
The appendage seen here gives this variety of snake its name
Time's up! The correct answer was rattlesnake
IN THE DICTIONARY
This process is the diffusion of a fluid through a semipermeable membrane; some students seem to learn by it
Time's up! The correct answer was osmosis
BOXING MOVIES
Before starring on TV's "Thunder In Paradise", this "Hulkster" played Thunderlips in "Rocky III"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hulk Hogan
GREEK LETTERS
Precedes "-bits" in the name of a sweet Post cereal
Time's up! The correct answer was alpha
I'VE TRAVELED EACH & EVERY HIGHWAY
This highway that Bob Dylan "Revisited" begins in Thunder Bay, Ontario
Time's up! The correct answer was Highway 61
THE UNIVERSE
It wasn't until 1959 that the "far side" of this body was seen
Time's up! The correct answer was The Moon
OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s
The district of conservative rep. Patrick McHenry in this state includes Mooresville, a home of NASCAR
Time's up! The correct answer was North Carolina
LITERATURE
Nicodemus Frapp is a narrow-minded evangelist in "Tono-Bungay", a 1909 novel by this author of "The Time Machine"
Time's up! The correct answer was H.G. Wells
A FLY CATEGORY
These BF Goodrich sneakers were said to make you "run faster and jump higher"
Time's up! The correct answer was PF Flyers
THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY
Rome, Brussels, Lisbon
Time's up! The correct answer was Brussels
BRAND NAMES
Formulated in 1953, its first purpose was "water displacement" to prevent corrosion on missiles
Time's up! The correct answer was WD-40
FRENCH ART & ARTISTS
This resident of Argenteuil painted "The Regatta at Argenteuil", seen here:
Time's up! The correct answer was Claude Monet
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
PROVERBS
It's where you should "never tell tales"
Time's up! The correct answer was out of school
THE "A" "B" "C"s
They're the 2 words describing lenses that curve outward or inward
Time's up! The correct answer was Concave & convex
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
TOM JONES
This author of the novel based the heroine, Sophia, on his beloved late wife
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry Fielding
THAT'S NO LADY...
He was a comic foil as Mr. Mooney on "The Lucy Show" & Mr. Wilson on "Dennis the Menace"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gale Gordon
CARDS & DICE
The 4 players in bridge are given these directional titles
Time's up! The correct answer was North, South, East & West
PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS
Nobelist George Thomson is the son of J.J. Thomson, a Nobel Prize winner who discovered this negative particle
Time's up! The correct answer was electron
THE 14th CENTURY
Chaucer wrote a treatise on how to build one of these & use it to compute the position of a star
Time's up! The correct answer was astrolabe
BON APPE-"T"
A yellow cheddar from Oregon
Time's up! The correct answer was Tillamook
NATURE
This spotted cat is also known as the hunting leopard
Time's up! The correct answer was the cheetah
THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID
In his 1918 poem "Prairie", he wrote, "I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes"
Time's up! The correct answer was Carl Sandburg
THE CAT
The name of this striped color pattern may come from a market in Baghdad famous for 2-tone silk
Time's up! The correct answer was Tabby
TAKE A GUESS
Of a pogo stick injury, a dense winter fog or the bite of a comic strip possum, what a pogonip is
Time's up! The correct answer was a dense winter fog
PEANUTS
When Lucy invites Charlie Brown to kick a football, you can expect her to do this
Time's up! The correct answer was Pull it out from under him
THE MOVIES
Jane Russell & Marilyn Monroe sang about being "Two Little Girls from Little Rock" in this 1953 movie musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
READING
From the Greek for "bad word", this disorder is marked by difficulty in recognizing written language
Time's up! The correct answer was dyslexia
THE ENVIRONMENT
In 1970 President Nixon created this government body that sets and enforces national pollution control standards
Time's up! The correct answer was the E.P.A.
RELIGION
Founded by & named for a Persian prophet, this religion flourished during Persia's Achaemenian empire
Time's up! The correct answer was Zoroastrianism
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
IRAQNOPHOBIA
This Iraqi president attended Cairo Law School in 1962 & 1963 while in exile
Time's up! The correct answer was Saddam Hussein
COMPUTER TERMS
In the acronym BIOS, these 2 words come between "basic" & "system"
Time's up! The correct answer was input & output
INTERNATIONAL NAMES
The U.N. ties of this Secretary-General date back to 1975, when he was a South Korean diplomat
Time's up! The correct answer was Ban Ki-moon
BRAND-O
You'll go really fast in this swimwear brand worn by Olympic gold medalists
Time's up! The correct answer was Speedo
"O"PERA
Verdi's work on this General's life opens in Cyprus; Shakespeare's tale begins in Venice
Time's up! The correct answer was Otello
TECHNOLOGY
The iPhone was launches on this date.
Time's up! The correct answer was 29th June 2007
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
SPORTS
Except for 1995, the NHL scoring title has gone to either Wayne Gretzky or this Penguins star the past 16 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Mario Lemieux
MUSEUM HOPPING
Before going "Out Of Africa", you might visit the museum devoted to this author near Nairobi
Time's up! The correct answer was Isak Dinesen
THEN THERE'S MAUVE
"Madame de Mauves" was an 1874 novel by this expatriate American
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry James
TRANSPORTATION
In "Sixteen Candles", Molly Ringwald says, "I loathe" this method of transport
Time's up! The correct answer was the bus
RELIGION
The A.M.E. in A.M.E. Church stands for African Methodist this
Time's up! The correct answer was Episcopal
A LITERARY TOUR
Have a homey lunch at this author's Salinas, California birthplace; it's now a restaurant
Time's up! The correct answer was John Steinbeck
WORLD FACTS
This isthmus connects North & South America
Time's up! The correct answer was Isthmus of Panama
BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES
George VI
Time's up! The correct answer was Windsor
47
You deserve a medal if you know that this element, symbol Ag, is No. 47 on the periodic table
Time's up! The correct answer was silver
OLD VIRGINIA
In 1763 this gifted orator & lawyer presented the "Parson's Cause", an early test case of royal authority
Time's up! The correct answer was Patrick Henry
THE COMPANY LINE
In 1963, live on "The Art Linkletter Show", this company served its billionth burger
Time's up! The correct answer was McDonald's
TV DRAMAS BY EPISODE
"The Path to the Black Lodge"
Time's up! The correct answer was Twin Peaks
SODA POP QUIZ
Caleb Bradham named his elixir this because it was supposed to relieve dyspepsia
Time's up! The correct answer was Pepsi Cola
HISTORIC DATES
The Egyptian government opened his mummy case on March 6, 1924
Time's up! The correct answer was Tutankhamun
EPONYMS
From the disciple who betrayed Jesus, it's one who betrays a friend for some reward
Time's up! The correct answer was a Judas
U.N. OBSERVANCES
December 2 is International Day for the Abolition of this, which didn't disappear in 1865
Time's up! The correct answer was Slavery
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
BALLS
To start your golf round, put your ball up on one of these little pegs
Time's up! The correct answer was a tee
'65
This company's new Toronado eliminated the hump on the floor with a new drive system
Time's up! The correct answer was Oldsmobile
ONE LETTER DIFFERENT
A speechless minute arachnid
Time's up! The correct answer was a mute mite
BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES
George III
Time's up! The correct answer was Hanover
IT'S RAINING "MN"
'Tis this season (of the year)
Time's up! The correct answer was autumn
SPORTS
Tennis serve that touches net before dropping into proper court, it's replayed
Time's up! The correct answer was a let ball
PUSH BY SAFIRE
At the American National Exhibition in Moscow in 1959, Safire corralled these 2 politicos into a mock kitchen & the 2 debated
Time's up! The correct answer was Nixon & Khrushchev
THE MUSICAL DR. IS IN
This rapper & producer co-founded N.W.A. & is the stepbrother of Warren G
Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Dre
FOOD CHAIN
Offering "Home Style Meals" & a line of frozen entrees, this chain is headquartered in Colorado, not Massachusetts
Time's up! The correct answer was Boston Market
TV STARS
Putting the Goth in "American Gothic", this rocker & his family starred in a hit MTV reality show in 2002
Time's up! The correct answer was Ozzy Osbourne
PROVERBS
"Every" one of these "fits not every foot"
Time's up! The correct answer was a shoe
YES, THAT'S "WHITE"
Down a shot & name this 1973 Burt Reynolds movie
Time's up! The correct answer was White Lightning
MR. OR MS. WILLIAMS
The aquatic Mrs. Fernando Lamas
Time's up! The correct answer was Esther Williams
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
MONEY SLANG
When speaking of Messrs. Netanyahu or Britten, it's all about the first name, pluralized
Time's up! The correct answer was the Benjamins
EMBRACEABLE "U"
It's bordered by Kenya to the east & Sudan to the north
Time's up! The correct answer was Uganda
SPORTS
You win this when you pick the winners of 2 successive horse races
Time's up! The correct answer was the Daily Double
ARCHITECTS
Dallas-Fort Worth Airport architect Gyo Obata helped design this Smithsonian museum
Time's up! The correct answer was Air & Space Museum
CHEESE
"To Kiss in Shadows" & "Stealing Heaven" won 2003 Rita Awards for this type of novel
Time's up! The correct answer was romance
18th CENTURY AMERICANS
In 1775 he & a group of axmen cleared & marked the Wilderness Road for the Transylvania Company
Time's up! The correct answer was Daniel Boone
EXPORTS
90% of Qatar's income comes from the export of this product
Time's up! The correct answer was oil
ANNUAL EVENTS
The Pendleton Roundup, an annual rodeo, takes place in Pendleton in this northwestern state
Time's up! The correct answer was Oregon
SILENCE
The name of this branch of monks known for keeping silent comes from a 17th century Cistercian Abbey
Time's up! The correct answer was the Trappists
EPITAPHS & TRIBUTES
Outlaw: "Murdered by a traitor and a coward whose name is not worthy to appear here"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jesse James
HISTORY OLDER THAN YOU
In 1347, this "bubonic" disease began in Europe; as many as one-third of the population would perish
Time's up! The correct answer was plague
WHEN THEY WERE TEENS
This daughter of Francis Ford Coppola was an intern for fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld in Paris
Time's up! The correct answer was Sofia Coppola
WHAT'S THAT SOUND?
Antarctica's McMurdo Sound was discovered in 1841 by this Brit who has a nearby sea & ice shelf named for him
Time's up! The correct answer was Ross
IT'S RAINING "MN"
6-letter word meaning mirthless, sober, or grave
Time's up! The correct answer was solemn
THAT'S MY BUSINESS
Meg Whitman heads up this Internet company where you can bid on items & sell them, too
Time's up! The correct answer was eBay
LET'S PLAY BLACKJACK
In multi-deck blackjack, the cards are usually dealt from one of these--but not the kind you wear
Time's up! The correct answer was a shoe
LEGENDARY LEGENDS
A legendary sailor of the Incas shares his name with this raft on which Thor Heyerdahl sailed the Pacific
Time's up! The correct answer was the Kon-Tiki
A LITERARY TOUR
Chat about Lady Chatterley at this author's birthplace museum in Nottinghamshire
Time's up! The correct answer was D.H. Lawrence
HOW NOVEL
He not only appeared on the cover of some 350 romance novels, he's written ones like "Rogue" & "Mysterious"
Time's up! The correct answer was Fabio
"B" PREPARED
This period lasted from about 3500 to 1500 B.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was the Bronze Age
POETS' RHYME TIME
Sylvia's tub times
Time's up! The correct answer was Plath's baths
MAIN STREET U.S.A.
Bob Seger was "down on Main Street" in this city, home to a university
Time's up! The correct answer was Ann Arbor
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
Hamilton, Calder, Haig
Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander
BRAND-O
Cryst & Krispo were potential names for this brand of shortening
Time's up! The correct answer was Crisco
WOMEN OF THE WORLD
Under 5 feet tall & all of about 90 pounds, this frail French chanteuse was nicknamed the "Little Sparrow"
Time's up! The correct answer was Piaf
19th CENTURY PRESIDENTS
The time of his administration was known as "the Era of Good Feelings"
Time's up! The correct answer was Monroe
"LIGHT"s
Ben Franklin invented this device & would have been shocked if it hadn't worked
Time's up! The correct answer was the lightning rod
DOUBLE TALK
He's Barney & Betty Rubble's noisy son
Time's up! The correct answer was Bamm-Bamm
MINORITY REPORT
Justice Harlan was an honorable one-man minority in this 1896 decision that enshrined the "separate but equal" doctrine
Time's up! The correct answer was Plessy v. Ferguson
THE OLD COLLEGE TRY
Rhode Island's only Ivy League school is this institution
Time's up! The correct answer was Brown
EARTH
As well as trash & absorbent pet material, it can also mean the organic surface layer of the forest floor
Time's up! The correct answer was litter
BRIGHT IDEAS
Edwin Budding adapted a rotary shearer used to remove excess fibers from carpets into this outdoor tool
Time's up! The correct answer was the lawnmower
THE SHORT VERSION
A women's society: DAR
Time's up! The correct answer was Daughters of the American Revolution
"TEEN" SCENE
Golfing "hole" with a bar (where you can't go), or the amendment granting women's suffrage
Time's up! The correct answer was 19th
LITERARY CHARACTERS
This Sinclair Lewis real estate broker is a member of the Zenith civic booster club
Time's up! The correct answer was George Babbitt
U.N. OBSERVANCES
International this Remembrance Day, January 27, commemorates the 1945 date on which Auschwitz was liberated
Time's up! The correct answer was Holocaust
THE LAST BATTLE
The Battle of Bosworth
Time's up! The correct answer was the Wars of the Roses
THE NEW YORK TIMES THEATER
As a critics' pick in 2008, this Lin-Manuel Miranda musical was called "a salsa-flavored soap opera"
Time's up! The correct answer was In the Heights
DICTATORS & TYRANTS
A humble lawyer from Arras, in 1793 he became Head of the Committee of Public Safety & launched a bloodbath
Time's up! The correct answer was Robespierre
IT'S A DOGGY DOG WORLD
This dog once prized by the Aztecs is sometimes called perro pelon, "bald dog"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Mexican hairless
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
SCRAMBLED EGGS
This bird's eggs are so pretty a color is named for them: IN BRO
Time's up! The correct answer was robin
NFL COACHES
Of current head coaches, this reigning Super Bowl champ has the longest consecutive tenure with 1 team
Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Cowher
BOOK NAMES
Alexander Solzhenitsyn: "One Day in the Life of ____ ____"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ivan Denisovich
I'M GOING "INN"
It's the third word in the first book of the Bible
Time's up! The correct answer was beginning
"PU"
It's the time of life when a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of....sex
Time's up! The correct answer was Puberty
WORD"Z"
Many French eateries include this word in their names; it means "at the home of"
Time's up! The correct answer was chez
THEY REST IN NEBRASKA
Grover Cleveland Alexander was inducted into this sport's Hall of Fame in 1938 & interred in Nebraska in 1950
Time's up! The correct answer was Baseball
MIXED DRINKS
A teaspoon of creme de cassis is added to this to make a Kir
Time's up! The correct answer was white wine
CLASSIC ADS & JINGLES
It's "finger lickin' good!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky Fried Chicken
CLASSICAL GASES
Discovered separately in the 1770s by British & Swedish chemists, it was found to be a gas by a Frenchman
Time's up! The correct answer was Oxygen
GREECE
The popular dish moussaka is layers of ground meat & this vegetable
Time's up! The correct answer was eggplant
BEGINS & ENDS WITH "T"
The name of this device used to stop bleeding may come from a French word for "turn"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tourniquet
HISTORIC BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
James & Lady Blanche have a "declaration": the July 25, 1848 birth of this future foreign secretary & prime minister
Time's up! The correct answer was Balfour
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
THIS IS JEOPARDY!
On this late night host's list of 10 Things Communists Are No Damn Good At, #1 was "Guessing Final Jeopardy"
Time's up! The correct answer was David Letterman
YOU MUST BE JOKING
When this gastropod in a shell rode on the turtle's back, it said, "Whee!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Snail
GENERAL SCIENCE
This tiny planet's thin atmosphere is mostly composed of helium & sodium thought to come from the solar wind
Time's up! The correct answer was Mercury
WORLD RELIGION
Sukkot, a Jewish festival, began as a harvest celebration & was a model for this centuries-old American holiday
Time's up! The correct answer was Thanksgiving
THE STARTING INFIELD
The 1975 Reds fielded Rose, Concepcion, Perez & this Hall of Fame second sacker, now a broadcaster
Time's up! The correct answer was Joe Morgan
STATE BIRDS
Ohio: This redbird
Time's up! The correct answer was a cardinal
PARTS OF THE WHOLE
Eyepiece, declination setting scale, azimuth fine adjustment
Time's up! The correct answer was a telescope
GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
You don't have to buy a vowel, but you do begin this word game by drawing a gallows
Time's up! The correct answer was hangman
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
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"
JUAN
1998's MVP in the American League was outfielder Juan Gonzalez, then with this team
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas Rangers
MUSICAL THEATRE
"Cabaret" was based partly on this 1951 play by John Van Druten
Time's up! The correct answer was I Am a Camera
VOLCANOES
In 1908 members of Ernest Shackleton's expedition became the first to climb this continent's Mount Erebus
Time's up! The correct answer was Antarctica
SCIENTISTS
"American Prometheus" is a biography of this physicist who died in 1967
Time's up! The correct answer was J. Robert Oppenheimer
WHEN THE SAINTS
Santa Rosa de Lima is honored with festivals each August 30 in this country where she's patron saint
Time's up! The correct answer was Peru
FOR THE BIRDS
This long-legged wading bird of the genus Platalea is named for its prominent flatware-like bill
Time's up! The correct answer was the spoonbill
THE "A" "B" "C"s
Ring in & tell me this correct name for a young swan
Time's up! The correct answer was Cygnet
SCIENCE CLASS
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Colorado) As snowflakes are frozen water vapor, they're made up of these 2 chemical elements
Time's up! The correct answer was hydrogen & oxygen
U.S. CITIES
Located in this city's Garden District, Commander's Palace features a jazz brunch on weekends
Time's up! The correct answer was New Orleans
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
BUSINESS LEADERS
Before founding his own corp., John K. Northrop was chief engineer for this company & designed its Vega airplane
Time's up! The correct answer was Lockheed
WRITERS CUBED
Her 2000 novel "Blonde" is, of course, about Marilyn Monroe
Time's up! The correct answer was Joyce Carol Oates
"BLACK" OR "WHITE"
Famous landmark composed of chalk in the county of Kent in England
Time's up! The correct answer was the White Cliffs of Dover
FIRE!
Maria Theresa ordered this Italian opera house built after a fire destroyed the Royal Ducal Theatre in 1776
Time's up! The correct answer was La Scala
SAINTS BE PRAISED
The first American citizen canonized was an immigrant from this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
GEOGRAPHY
Boothia Peninsula in this country is the former location of the north magnetic pole
Time's up! The correct answer was Canada
NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES
Although its name means "place of sandflies", we associate this Pennsylvania borough with groundhogs
Time's up! The correct answer was Punxsutawney
AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE
This carnivorous marsupial serves as the symbol of the Tasmanian Parks & Wildlife Service
Time's up! The correct answer was the Tasmanian devil
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
CLASSIC AD LINES
"Fly The Friendly Skies..."
Time's up! The correct answer was United Airlines
TREES
Arboreal symbol of strength
Time's up! The correct answer was oak
DAYS
Leap day date
Time's up! The correct answer was 29-Feb
LITERARY CHARACTERS
In "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court", his character puts Hank Morgan to sleep for 1,300 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Merlin
POLITICS
At over 30 years, this West Virginian is currently the longest-serving Democrat in the U.S. Senate
Time's up! The correct answer was Byrd
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
It has over 9,700 tax preparation offices worldwide
Time's up! The correct answer was H&R Block
BIBLE BOOK BINDINGS
Prime ___ Racket
Time's up! The correct answer was Numbers
THAT OLD TIME NEW WAVE MUSIC
(Hi, I'm Jane Wiedlin) Among my credits is this song that starts, "Can you hear them? Talkin' about us, telling lies..."
Time's up! The correct answer was "Our Lips are Sealed"
THE PRODUCERS
Orange you glad to know that this state leads the U.S. in citrus production
Time's up! The correct answer was Florida
"A"NCIENT GREEKS
A fabulist: 620-560 B.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Aesop
WORDS IN (THE) ENCYCLOPEDIA
Fake wooden bird used by hunters to attract ducks
Time's up! The correct answer was decoy
PICK A PLANET
It's never observable when the sky is fully dark
Time's up! The correct answer was Mercury
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
SRO
The stage show seen here has brought this dance to cheering audiences
Time's up! The correct answer was Tango
THE MUSICAL DR. IS IN
He dealt with ophthalmological issues in the 1972 hit "Doctor My Eyes"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jackson Browne
SPORTS OF THE FEMALE OLYMPIANS
Mohini Bhardwaj, Courtney Kupets & their 4 teammates
Time's up! The correct answer was gymnastics
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
THE 50 STATES
In 1845, after nearly 10 years of independence, it became the 28th state
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas
FOOD FACTS
Mostly made from the whites, egg substitutes don't contain fat or this artery-clogging lipid
Time's up! The correct answer was cholesterol
TEENS IN HISTORY
Betrothed as a teen to her creepy cousin in 1744, she later became a "Great" empress of Russia
Time's up! The correct answer was Catherine the Great
SPOILER ALERT!
1968: The Statue of Liberty sticks up out of the sand
Time's up! The correct answer was Planet of the Apes
ALLUSIONAL THINKING
Someone compared to this Aesop kid has lied so many times no one believes him even when he's telling the truth
Time's up! The correct answer was the boy who cried wolf
I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF IT
In astrological notation, this sign is represented by 2 fish
Time's up! The correct answer was Pisces
4-LETTER FRIENDS
The first name of actress Sheedy, pronounced differently
Time's up! The correct answer was ally
AMERICANA
On July 8, 1776 it was rung to proclaim the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence
Time's up! The correct answer was the Liberty Bell
MYTHOLOGICAL PAIRS
Until the night he drowned, Leander swam across the Hellespont every night to meet her
Time's up! The correct answer was Hero
ALWAYS SAY NEVER
Shelley said of this, "Hail to thee, blithe spirit! Bird thou never wert!"; Wordsworth said they "soar but never roam"
Time's up! The correct answer was a skylark
AT THE BUILDING SITE
The current affairs this person deals with are labelled H & C
Time's up! The correct answer was the plumber
3 LITTLE LETTERS
"Day to Day" & "All Things Considered" are among the programs going out to its 26 million listeners
Time's up! The correct answer was NPR
ODDS & ENDS
On April 9, 1963 this Brit was made the first honorary U.S. citizen
Time's up! The correct answer was Winston Churchill
MUD
Of an artist, a fish, or a wasp, it's what a mud dauber is
Time's up! The correct answer was wasp
VACATION FUN
For a fabulous view of Barcelona, take the elevator to the top of the Monument a Colom, built to honor him
Time's up! The correct answer was Christopher Columbus
AskOxford.com tells us that this word is the missing one in the sequence primary, secondary... quaternary
Time's up! The correct answer was tertiary
WHAT A GEM!
The largest deposits of this fossil tree resin are found in the sands along the shores of the Baltic Sea
Time's up! The correct answer was amber
STATE CAPITALS
No beans about it, this capital is the largest city in New England
Time's up! The correct answer was Boston
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
Norse myth is big on trees; the first man & woman -- Ask & Embla -- were created out of these 2 species
Time's up! The correct answer was ash & elm
HIDDEN BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
From answers to questions; that's "Jeopardy!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Romans
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
THE COLOR PURPLE
Defensive tackle Alan Page was part of the "purple people eaters" of this NFL team
Time's up! The correct answer was the Minnesota Vikings
ARCHITECTS
In 1805 Charles Bulfinch enlarged this city's Faneuil Hall
Time's up! The correct answer was Boston
THE REDCOATS ARE COMING!
The Battle of Long Island was fought in what is now this New York City borough
Time's up! The correct answer was Brooklyn
FIGURE SKATERS
An injury forced him & Tai Babilonia to withdraw from the pairs competition at Lake Placid in 1980
Time's up! The correct answer was Randy Gardner
PRIMETIME TV REUNIONS
1997: "Back to the Cul-de-sac"
Time's up! The correct answer was Knots Landing
OFFICIAL STATE THINGS
"Swing your partner" & "do-si-do"; it's the state dance of Oregon & Alabama
Time's up! The correct answer was square dance
DESCRIBING THE NO. 1 SONG
1968: Marvin Gaye gets the news through third parties that his girlfriend will be leaving him
Time's up! The correct answer was "Heard It Through the Grapevine"
WONDER DRUGS
The arthritis medicine lodine is an NSAID, a non-steroidal anti-this drug
Time's up! The correct answer was inflammatory
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
EXPORTS
This crop is king in Mali; about 1/2 of its export income comes from it
Time's up! The correct answer was cotton
DOWN AT THE OLD FACTORY
Company that ran the Hawk-Eye Works in Rochester, N.Y.
Time's up! The correct answer was Kodak
4-LETTER WORDS
It's the edge of a hat, or the topmost edge of a cup or bowl
Time's up! The correct answer was Brim
LITERARY ANIMALS
Anna Sewell wrote her only novel about this title animal as a plea for the proper care of horses
Time's up! The correct answer was "Black Beauty"
IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY
Canada
Time's up! The correct answer was the United States
BUGS
Also known as a devil's darning needle, it may have as many as 28,000 lenses in its compound eyes
Time's up! The correct answer was Dragonfly
REALLY BIG
Growing over 20 feet, it's the largest predatory fish
Time's up! The correct answer was Great White Shark
HEADQUARTERS
The Ford Motor Company has long been headquartered in this city that adjoins Detroit
Time's up! The correct answer was Dearborn
DESCRIBING THE NO. 1 SONG
1968: Marvin Gaye gets the news through third parties that his girlfriend will be leaving him
Time's up! The correct answer was "Heard It Through the Grapevine"
EMOTICONS
:-* Gene Simmons might accept one of these from any pretty woman
Time's up! The correct answer was a kiss
NAME THE PLAY
George: "It's very simple, Martha, this young man is working on a system whereby chromosomes can be altered"
Time's up! The correct answer was Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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
ANY FIRST WORDS?
Something that's leading in every respect is "first &" this superlative adjective
Time's up! The correct answer was foremost
A REALLY BIG CATEGORY
Until it met disaster in 1912, it was the largest & most luxurious passenger ship afloat
Time's up! The correct answer was Titanic
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
In 1934 he plugged Bulova "Lone Eagle" watches
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Lindbergh
NOVELISTS
He followed his first novel, "Appointment in Samarra", with "BUtterfield 8"
Time's up! The correct answer was John O'Hara
FAMOUS NAMES
This star of "Kojak" admits he shaves his head every morning
Time's up! The correct answer was Telly Savalas
GRAPES
In 1962 this man organized migrant grape pickers into what became known as the United Farm Workers
Time's up! The correct answer was Cesar Chavez
TAYLOR, SWIFT
This season 5 winner of "American Idol" is from Alabama
Time's up! The correct answer was Taylor Hicks
WORDS WITHIN WORDS
Color of your face when you've done something irredeemable
Time's up! The correct answer was Red
MONEY SLANG
When speaking of Messrs. Netanyahu or Britten, it's all about the first name, pluralized
Time's up! The correct answer was the Benjamins
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
4 CONSONANTS IN A ROW
Hard coal that burns with little flame
Time's up! The correct answer was anthracite
MY SUITE
Go "trolling" with this Edvard Grieg suite that shares its name with an Ibsen work