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PSYCHOLOGY
Founder of “individual psychology”, he broke with Freud in 1911
Time's up! The correct answer was Alfred Adler
MY SUITE
"Suite Bergamasque" contains this composer's famous piece "Clair De Lune"
Time's up! The correct answer was Claude Debussy
ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST GUITARISTS
Surprisingly, only 2 women made the list: Joni Mitchell & this leader of the Blackhearts
Time's up! The correct answer was Joan Jett
LITERATURE
He published the first 4 of his fairy tales in an 1835 pamphlet; "The Tinder Box" was among them
Time's up! The correct answer was Hans Christian Andersen
FOOD & DRINK
They're the 2 things Little Miss Muffet was consuming while sitting on her tuffet
Time's up! The correct answer was curds & whey
WORDS OF LOVE
Virgil's "omnia vincit amor" is translated as this
Time's up! The correct answer was love conquers all
CNN
In 1997 CNN became the first U.S. news organization since 1969 with a permanent bureau in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Cuba
THAT'S SO '90s
Born Louis Eugene Walcott, he led a million man march in Washington, D.C. in 1995
Time's up! The correct answer was Louis Farrakhan
BALLET
Balanchine choreographed the leading role in "Allegro Brillante" for this part-Osage Indian ex-wife
Time's up! The correct answer was Maria Tallchief
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
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
ACTRESSES
Tamara Dobson fought drugs as "Cleopatra Jones" in 1973, 10 years after this woman was "Cleopatra"
Time's up! The correct answer was Liz Taylor
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
COMPOSERS ON FILM
James Cagney in "Yankee Doodle Dandy"
Time's up! The correct answer was George M. Cohan
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
GET YOUR MOVIE FACTS STRAIGHT
"North Country" starred Charlize Theron; "No Country for Old Men" featured this Spaniard as a relentless killer
Time's up! The correct answer was Javier Bardem
MUSEUMS
The Eisenhower Center in this Kansas town houses numerous mementos of the president's life & career
Time's up! The correct answer was Abilene
FILM FACTS
This TV star played a senator who had his "Hawkeye" on Meryl Streep in "The Seduction of Joe Tynan"
Time's up! The correct answer was Alan Alda
TV THEME LYRICS
"Movin' movin' movi
Time's up! The correct answer was Rawhide
EXPORTS
The hills around San Jose are covered with trees growing this, Costa Rica's top export
Time's up! The correct answer was coffee
GEOGRAPHY
Lake Avernus in Campania in this country was believed by the ancients to be the entrance to Hades
Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
SCIENCE GUYS
In 1920, he was named director of the Institute of Theoretical Physics in Copenhagen
Time's up! The correct answer was Bohr
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC "B"
At the finals in 1999, I asked about a bridge linking the European & Asian parts of Turkey across this strait
Time's up! The correct answer was Bosporus
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 "BUTLER" DID IT
The mission statement of this school says it's located "In...Indianapolis, one of America's most livable cities"
Time's up! The correct answer was Butler University
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS
The Bolshoi presented this ballet at the Met in 1959, with Yuri Zhdanov & Galina Ulanova as the title lovers
Time's up! The correct answer was Romeo & Juliet
MAGNETO
An alnico magnet is an alloy having these 3 elements as its principal ingredients
Time's up! The correct answer was aluminum, nickel, cobalt
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Melville said this abolitionist who was hanged in Charlestown, Va. in 1859 was "the meteor of the war"
Time's up! The correct answer was John Brown
MICHAEL JACKSON HITS IN OTHER WORDS
1987: "Naughty"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Bad"
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
LONG WORDS
Among bodily noises, hiccup & burp are this type of word that imitates sound
Time's up! The correct answer was an onomatopoeia
PLAYWRIGHTS
"May All Your Fences Have Gates" is a book of "Essays on the Drama of" this African-American playwright
Time's up! The correct answer was August Wilson
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
At 15 on the modified Mohs' scale, this substance still has the highest hardness number
Time's up! The correct answer was a diamond
IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING
"Swing Time" was the sixth film to team this pair of legendary dancers
Time's up! The correct answer was Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers
FOR WHOM THE "BELL" TOLLS
Nobel-winning creator of Herzog & Sammler
Time's up! The correct answer was Saul Bellow
ROCK WITH YOU
Jakob Dylan, the son of Bob Dylan, is the frontman for this group
Time's up! The correct answer was The Wallflowers
FOR THE BIRDS
One of the 2 U.S. states with a bird in its official state nickname
Time's up! The correct answer was Iowa or Louisiana
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
Henson, Morrison, Lehrer
Time's up! The correct answer was Jim
SYNONYMS
As a noun, it's a synonym for "flower", as a verb, it's to blossom or come into one's own
Time's up! The correct answer was bloom
THE RENAISSANCE
The name of this musical form probably came from the Latin "matricale", meaning in the mother tongue
Time's up! The correct answer was Madrigal
MOTHER GOOSE
Some say these 2 were actually Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette, who were beheaded (or broke their crowns) in 1793
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack & Jill
BEGINS & ENDS WITH "T"
The Roman god Jupiter used this weather phenomenon as a weapon, by jove
Time's up! The correct answer was Thunderbolt
GUINNESS RECORDS
Working with more than 4.5 million donors, this American org. is the world's largest blood provider
Time's up! The correct answer was the Red Cross
BROADWAY TEENS
[clue missing because of technical glitch]
Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Frank
THE EYES HAVE IT
A hollow area that holds a light bulb
Time's up! The correct answer was Socket
FICTIONAL BOOKS
Jose Chung speaks to FBI agents before writing "From Outer Space" about an alien abduction on this show
Time's up! The correct answer was The X-Files
U.S. CITIES
This Wyoming capital is home to the annual Frontier Days celebration
Time's up! The correct answer was Cheyenne
LITERARY ALLUSIONS
A type of nonsexual love is named for this Greek philosopher who discussed it in his "Symposium"
Time's up! The correct answer was platonic
BOOK NAMES
George Bernard Shaw: "Major ____"
Time's up! The correct answer was Barbara
THE TEENS
Sounds unlucky, but there were this many books in Lemony Snicket's "Series of Unfortunate Events"
Time's up! The correct answer was 13
TRAVEL
Gamblers will love to know that the Hotel Yak & Yeti in this Nepalese capital houses the 2-story Casino Royale
Time's up! The correct answer was Kathmandu
CZECH, PLEASE
Treaty of friendship, cooperations, & mutual assistance that Czechoslovakia signed in 1955
Time's up! The correct answer was the Warsaw Pact
ANIMAL PLANET
A bean with mottled markings shares its name with this equine
Time's up! The correct answer was Pinto
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
Florida's panhandle borders these 2 states
Time's up! The correct answer was Alabama and Georgia
SODA POP QUIZ
They spent $250,000 to develop a can so the shuttle crew could drink their new formula in space
Time's up! The correct answer was Coke
THE NEW CAR LOT
Your pocketbook may not "Bond" with the $130,000 base price of its DB7 Coupe
Time's up! The correct answer was Aston Martin
AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
Can you hear me? This rock opera by The Who was a big hit at the Kennedy Center in 1994
Time's up! The correct answer was Tommy
THIS IS JEOPARDY!
On the original version, this was the highest dollar value on the Double Jeopardy! board
Time's up! The correct answer was **$100 **
POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS
"For" Michigan Republican congressman Hoekstra's "sake!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pete's
MARRIED WITH CHILDREN
It can be an early harmonious period for a president, or a married couple can take a "second" one without the kids
Time's up! The correct answer was Honeymoon
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
Brazil
Time's up! The correct answer was Portuguese
MESOPOTAMIA
Mesopotamia stretched from the Taurus Mountains in the north to this gulf in the south
Time's up! The correct answer was the Persian
THE JEFFERSON ADMINISTRATION
In 1807 Jefferson tried to have this man, his first vice president, convicted of treason
Time's up! The correct answer was Aaron Burr
NO. 32
The Los Angeles Lakers retired his No. 32 jersey
Time's up! The correct answer was Earvin "Magic" Johnson
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
In 2001 Brian Cappelletto won this game's World Championship with words like vozhd for 50 points & jerrid for 44
Time's up! The correct answer was Scrabble
"DON'T" YOU KNOW THIS SONG?
If you've given up, stop! & tell us this Tom Petty song that won the Best Special Effects MTV Music Video Award in '85
Time's up! The correct answer was "Don't Come Around Here No More"
CARIBBEAN TASTE TREATS
Puerto Ricans love to drink the juice of this fruit they call parcha -- maybe it makes them feel "amorous"
Time's up! The correct answer was Passion fruit
NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME
A 1975 inductee, he gave us "an electronic alphabet that could carry messages"
Time's up! The correct answer was Morse
TREES
Arboreal symbol of strength
Time's up! The correct answer was oak
GEOGRAPHIC PHRASES
This common term originated in the early 1500s with the book "De Rebus Oceanicis et Novo Orbe"
Time's up! The correct answer was the New World
LET'S MESS WITH TEXAS
This state bird of Texas belongs to the family Mimidae
Time's up! The correct answer was the mockingbird
WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?
The second word in the French name of this boneless steak means "dainty"
Time's up! The correct answer was filet mignon
CAPITAL IDEA
A small village sacked by Mongol as well as Afghan invaders, it later became the largest Persian city
Time's up! The correct answer was Tehran
BRIGHT IDEAS
Lawrence Sperry used the gyroscope his dad developed in this device that keeps planes on course without human aid
Time's up! The correct answer was autopilot
MORE POWER TO YOU
2-word term for the job that takes you to homes to figure out how much people owe the power company
Time's up! The correct answer was a meter reader
POP CULTURE
In a 2011 movie comedy, the 3 title "horrible" these were summarized as psycho, maneater & tool
Time's up! The correct answer was bosses
TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA
Actor in common to the coming-to-California films "True Romance" & "Kalifornia"
Time's up! The correct answer was Brad Pitt
STOCK SYMBOLS
The annual report of this company, PRD, is as pretty as an instant picture
Time's up! The correct answer was Polaroid
EUROPE
It's the smallest in area of the Benelux countries
Time's up! The correct answer was Luxembourg
THE CIRCUS
Antoinette Concello's triple somersault helped make her the "Queen of" this "flying" apparatus
Time's up! The correct answer was trapeze
SOME MORE SIMIAN CINEMA
1968 classic with the ad line "Somewhere in the universe, there must be something better than man!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Planet of the Apes
MEDICAL TALK
This term refers to the painful inflammation of any of the fibrous structures that connect muscles to bones
Time's up! The correct answer was tendinitis
TIME'S TOP 10 EVERYTHING OF 2008
No. 9 in "Green Stories": "Northeastern utilities bid $38.5 million for the right to emit 12.5 tons of" this
Time's up! The correct answer was carbon dioxide
CARBON CREDITS
This carbon isotope, 2 down from radiocarbon, is the standard for the relative atomic mass of other elements
Time's up! The correct answer was C-12
HE WAS IN THAT?
Before playing Cliff on "Cheers", John Ratzenberger appeared as Major Derlin in this second "Star Wars" film
Time's up! The correct answer was The Empire Strikes Back
KOREA
Reportedly, the farther south you go, the hotter you'll find this common dish of pickled cabbage
Time's up! The correct answer was Kimchi
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
THE "B.G."s
Swingin' virtuoso heard here
Time's up! The correct answer was Benny Goodman
TUBE TEST
He provides the voice for Thurgood Stubbs on "The P.J.s"
Time's up! The correct answer was Eddie Murphy
AMERICAN LITERATURE
A contemporary review of this 1851 novel said, "Who would have looked for... poetry in blubber?"
Time's up! The correct answer was Moby-Dick
HORSE SENSE
Buck, ridden by James Arness on "Gunsmoke", was later used by Lorne Greene on this series
Time's up! The correct answer was Bonanza
ALSO SOMETHING YOU WEAR
To avoid or go around the edge of
Time's up! The correct answer was a skirt
WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT
In 1616 she & her husband John Rolfe traveled to England to help raise funds for the Virginia colonists
Time's up! The correct answer was Pocahontas
SPORTS
In the 1992-93 season this Pittsburgh Penguin missed 24 games but still won the NHL scoring title
Time's up! The correct answer was Mario Lemieux
OF "RATH"
It's an adjective meaning really, really angry
Time's up! The correct answer was wrathful
FICTIONAL BOOKS
This character on "Seinfeld" thought of "a coffee table book about coffee tables" that turned into a coffee table
Time's up! The correct answer was Kramer
THE SUMMER OLYMPICS
Throwing events include this one, the hurling of a spearlike shaft
Time's up! The correct answer was the javelin
IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS
From Koluszki to Kolno, & Wozniki to Strzelce, visit us, but just know we've heard all the jokes already
Time's up! The correct answer was Poland
A TRIP TO OUTER SPACE
The mission of the Apollo space program of the 1960s & '70s was to land men on this celestial body
Time's up! The correct answer was the moon
DOWN MEXICO WAY
Founded in the 1530s, this capital of Jalisco state is the second-largest in Mexico
Time's up! The correct answer was Guadalajara
PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING DRAMAS
David Mamet won in 1984 for this salesman drama whose title includes 2 4-letter words
Time's up! The correct answer was Glengarry Glen Ross
THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL
Explorer Pike
Time's up! The correct answer was Zebulon
"O"PERA
George finds out Lennie has a dead mouse in his pocket in this Carlisle Floyd opera based on a 1937 novel
Time's up! The correct answer was Of Mice And Men
BIBLICAL PAIRS
"Hairy" couple from Judges 16
Time's up! The correct answer was Samson & Delilah
MOVIES & TV
On March 19, 2009 he said, "I'm excited and honored to introduce my first guest... Barack Obama"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jay Leno
ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE
The Houses of Lancaster & York used different colored types of these flowers as their symbols
Time's up! The correct answer was Roses
NATURE
Safes, a type of these desert formations, are often many miles long & several hundred feet high
Time's up! The correct answer was sand dunes
DOWN AT THE OLD FACTORY
The Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Penn. filled its first orders for this industrial material in 1875
Time's up! The correct answer was steel
SONG LYRICS
The woman who "cries the whole night long; he was my man but he done me wrong' "
Time's up! The correct answer was Frankie
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS
"Beaucoup de Bruit Pour Rien"
Time's up! The correct answer was Much Ado About Nothing
DESCRIBING THE NO. 1 SONG
1990: Madonna turns a magazine into a dance
Time's up! The correct answer was "Vogue"
HORSE & RIDER
Silver
Time's up! The correct answer was The Lone Ranger
PLANT LIFE
The spiny shrub ocotillo takes these as its habitat & is common in the Sonoran & Chihuahuan ones
Time's up! The correct answer was a desert
ASTROLOGY
The only moon in our solar system that astrologists say has an influence circles this planet
Time's up! The correct answer was the Earth
ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE
The Houses of Lancaster & York used different colored types of these flowers as their symbols
Time's up! The correct answer was Roses
THE MAINE ATTRACTION
It's the only National Park in all of New England
Time's up! The correct answer was Acadia
PUT ON YOUR JAMIES
Jamie in this family that includes N.C. & Andrew said, "Everybody in my family paints -- excluding possibly the dogs"
Time's up! The correct answer was Wyeth
NICE TO MEAT YOU
A western N.Y. city knows cuts of this humped cattle family member are lower in fat & cholesterol than most cuts of beef
Time's up! The correct answer was buffalo
SHIPS
Neither this admiral nor his flagship, the Trinidad, completed the circumnavigation of the globe
Time's up! The correct answer was Magellan
A WHITE CATEGORY
The London district of Whitechapel is associated with this infamous killer
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack the Ripper
11-LETTER WORDS
The scientific study of birds
Time's up! The correct answer was Ornithology
"A"NCIENT GREEKS
A comedic dramatist: 445-385 B.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Aristophanes
SAINTS
In 1918 padre Pio, who reportedly could levitate, became the first priest in centuries to receive these "wounds"
Time's up! The correct answer was stigmata
STATE SUPERLATIVES
It pumps more than one million barrels of oil a day, more than any other state
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas
LANGUAGES
Of Inka, Dinka or Doo, an actual language spoken in southern Sudan
Time's up! The correct answer was Dinka
NOVEL QUOTES
"Great men can't be ruled", she wrote in "The Fountainhead"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ayn Rand
1988
At the July 1988 Democratic National Convention this Massachusetts governor was nominated for president
Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Dukakis
ISLANDS
These islands famous for their ponies form the northernmost part of Scotland
Time's up! The correct answer was the Shetlands
CATHOLIC PRIESTS
Parish priests have their own one of these, John Vianney
Time's up! The correct answer was patron saint
THE ONION
Sept. 12, 1928: This "It Girl" "to appear sleeveless in Oct. Collier's; 'Besleeve yourself, strumpet!' clergy urge"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bow
"PIN" ME
A child holds this toy by the stick & lets the wind do the spinning
Time's up! The correct answer was Pinwheel
DEMOCRATIC KEYNOTERS
1984: New York governor
Time's up! The correct answer was Mario Cuomo
EMOTICONS
:-b.. Doing this means either you're hungry or you're a pig
Time's up! The correct answer was drooling
DIED ON THE SAME DAY
Italian filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni died in 2007 at age 94 on the same day as this 89-year-old Swedish director
Time's up! The correct answer was Ingmar Bergman
DOWN MEXICO WAY
This resort city about 200 miles southwest of Mexico City is famous for its cliff divers
Time's up! The correct answer was Acapulco
THE PLANETS
In August 1989 it became the last planet encountered by Voyager 2
Time's up! The correct answer was Neptune
GEORGIAN ON MY MIND
This "Pretty Woman" was born in Smyrna, Georgia on Oct. 28, 1967
Time's up! The correct answer was Julia Roberts
STATE GOVERNMENT
Maine's only publicly elected executive officer; if he dies the state senate president succeeds him
Time's up! The correct answer was governor
THERE ARE SOME STRINGS ATTACHED
On this pre-piano item played by Lurch on TV, the strings are plucked by points connected with the keys
Time's up! The correct answer was a harpsichord
SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD
The accomodations at the monastery were rudimentary at best
Time's up! The correct answer was accommodations
WHO'S YOUR MOMMY?
Liza Minnelli
Time's up! The correct answer was Judy Garland
"MUM"s THE WORD
You'll see this group parading through Philly each New Year's Day
Time's up! The correct answer was Mummers
18th CENTURY AMERICA
In 1796 he said that the U.S. should "steer clear of permanent alliances" in foreign policy
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington
"V" IS FOR
...this third-largest city of Spain, famous for its oranges
Time's up! The correct answer was Valencia
CANADIAN CAPITALS
Now a provincial capital, it was once the capital of New France
Time's up! The correct answer was Quebec City
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
CINEMATIC DICTIONARY
Garland Jeffreys sang of having star-studded "dreams" of this size, like movie film
Time's up! The correct answer was 35mm
CARDS & DICE
The winner of a game of War winds up with this many cards
Time's up! The correct answer was 52
FANTASTIC FILMS
Means by which Jack the Ripper & H.G. Wells get to 1970s San Francisco in "Time After Time"
Time's up! The correct answer was Time Machine
EPONYMS
This ancient king of Lydia, thought the wealthiest man on earth, had the Midas touch, hence the phrase "as rich as" him
Time's up! The correct answer was Croesus
ENDS WITH 3 VOWELS
Emmy-winning actor Bridges
Time's up! The correct answer was Beau
PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING DRAMAS
The Pulitzer folks gave "A Delicate Balance" by thIs playwright a 1967 "Woolf" whistle
Time's up! The correct answer was Albee
SECRET MENUS
Fatburger offers a "Hypocrite Burger" featuring this type of patty with slabs of bacon
Time's up! The correct answer was veggie patty
HISTORIC DATES
The accident of April 25-26, 1986 at this facility was caused by a poorly designed experiment at its reactor unit 4
Time's up! The correct answer was Chernobyl
FAMOUS SHIPS
On December 27, 1831 it departed Plymouth, England to map the coastline of South America
Time's up! The correct answer was the HMS Beagle
NONFICTION PULITZER WINNERS
2007's winner, "The Looming Tower" is subtitled this terrorist group "and the Road to 9/11"
Time's up! The correct answer was al-Qaeda
THE HUSBAND MARRIED
Joan Blondell & June Allyson
Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Powell
NO. 1 ALBUMS
"Hell Freezes Over"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Eagles
GOLD RUSH
Forty-niners from this European country were called Keskydees, a corruption of an oft-used phrase
Time's up! The correct answer was France
HOP ON POP CULTURE
Sydney's dad, Jack, was a CIA double agent working against SD-6 on this Jennifer Garner show
Time's up! The correct answer was Alias
HOLLYWOOD THRILLER PREVIEWS?
This emotional bond to a captor by a hostage due to stress & need for survival is the psychothriller of the summer!
Time's up! The correct answer was the Stockholm Syndrome
STATE SUPERLATIVES
A valley at 282 feet below sea level in this state is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere
Time's up! The correct answer was California
ATTACK OF THE THESAURUS
I cannot tell a prevarication: it has this 3-letter synonym
Time's up! The correct answer was lie
4-LETTER WORDS
It's short for one of the muscles, or a large open space on campus surrounded by buildings
Time's up! The correct answer was a quad
CROSSWORD CLUES "D"
He's the shadowy Watergate source (4,6)
Time's up! The correct answer was "Deep Throat"
MY SUITE
It's the title of the "chasmic" 1931 suite heard here
Time's up! The correct answer was "Grand Canyon Suite"
WORLD AUTHORS
This French writer "steaked" a claim as "The Father of Romanticism" by writing such works as "Atala"
Time's up! The correct answer was Chateaubriand
TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY
A brave French soldier might receive the award known as the "Croix de Guerre", meaning "Cross of" this
Time's up! The correct answer was War
ACTORS & ACTRESSES
John Mahoney, who plays Martin Crane on this sitcom, was born in England; he moved to the U.S. when he was 19
Time's up! The correct answer was Frasier
BIBLICAL CRIME BLOTTER
Wanted for treason against King David, he's known to have killed his half-brother for raping Tamar
Time's up! The correct answer was Absalom
CHINESE CALENDAR ANIMALS
This sign for 2006 shows devotion to family; aren't you a good sign? Yes you are! Good sign!
Time's up! The correct answer was the dog
REMEMBER THE TIME
In 960 Mieczyslaw I became the first ruler of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Poland
SPORTS HOME CITIES
The NBA's Cavaliers
Time's up! The correct answer was Cleveland
TV PRODUCERS
The Fairmont in this city's Nob Hill was the exterior used for Aaron Spelling's "Hotel" TV series
Time's up! The correct answer was San Francisco
KANSAS CITIES
In the 1960s this largest Kansas city became the world's largest producer of general aviation aircraft
Time's up! The correct answer was Wichita
WASHINGTON D.C.
What the "D.C." stands for
Time's up! The correct answer was the District of Columbia
BACKWARDS
In T minus 5 seconds, you'll say this word for the inverted series used before a rocket launch
Time's up! The correct answer was a countdown
BROADWAY LYRICS
"All I need is one more try, gotta get that kite to fly"
Time's up! The correct answer was You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
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
ASIA
19th century novelist Jose Rizal was a hero of this country's independence movement
Time's up! The correct answer was the Philippines
POOR & FAMOUS
This Russian's 1866 novel "The Gambler" is based on his own ruinous passion for roulette
Time's up! The correct answer was Fyodor Dostoyevsky
EAT IT!
It's the Spanish-named appetizer of tortilla chips & often beans, beef & onions topped with melted cheese
Time's up! The correct answer was nachos
FOOD FACTS
Carob yields a sweet pulp that is roasted, ground, & used as a substitute for this flavoring
Time's up! The correct answer was chocolate
SLOGANEERING
This large company provides "Solutions For A Small Planet"
Time's up! The correct answer was IBM
TAKE A PILL
This tranquilizer that sounds like a village was introduced in 1955 & became the USA's bestselling drug
Time's up! The correct answer was Miltown
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
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
OOH... A WISE GUY
The writings of this man seen here were truly Revolutionary
Time's up! The correct answer was Karl Marx
BERMUDA SHORTS
Alexander or Linda could help you with the name of this capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Hamilton
PUSH BY SAFIRE
In 2006 George W. Bush awarded Safire this "presidential" item, the highest honor given to civilians
Time's up! The correct answer was the Medal of Freedom
WHAT A GEM!
Cornflower blue is the most prized color of this gem
Time's up! The correct answer was a sapphire
THE EYES HAVE IT
People say these are what you need to make it in Hollywood
Time's up! The correct answer was Contacts
YES, THAT'S "WHITE"
Milk with butter & flour added used as a base in cooking
Time's up! The correct answer was a white sauce
LOW TECH
16 tablespoons equals one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a cup
ALLITERATION STATION
"If" he "picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers" he "picked"?
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Piper
AMERICAN HISTORY
On Mar. 27, 1964 this largest Alaska city was hit by an 8.4 earthquake
Time's up! The correct answer was Anchorage
SHAKESPEARE
In "The Merchant of Venice" he tells his friend Tubal, "Meet me at our synagogue"
Time's up! The correct answer was Shylock
NAME THE OPERA
("Triumph March")
Time's up! The correct answer was "Aida"
NOTABLE NONHUMANS
This favorite horse of Alexander the Great sometimes wore golden horns in battle
Time's up! The correct answer was Bucephalus
CANALS
The city of Balboa is the Pacific terminus of this 51-mile-long canal
Time's up! The correct answer was the Panama Canal
FAMOUS JACQUES
Much of France's 16th century Canadian claim was based on his explorations
Time's up! The correct answer was Cartier
SPORTS & THE MOVIES
When asked for a home address in "The Blues Bros." Elwood gives 1060 W. Addison St., the home of this facility
Time's up! The correct answer was Wrigley Field
WORD ORIGINS
Derived from the Latin for "salted vegetables", this cold dish might be enhanced with a little oil & vinegar
Time's up! The correct answer was salad
DOUBLE-O WORDS
A lateral branch on a main stem
Time's up! The correct answer was an offshoot
AIN'T THAT "GRAND"
Term for an extended visit to Europe, once an essential part of a British gent's upbringing
Time's up! The correct answer was the Grand Tour
CINEMATIC DICTIONARY
SFX is the standard abbreviation for these, from the rustling of trees to cannon fire
Time's up! The correct answer was Sound effects
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
THE KILLERS
In Genesis 4 he becomes the first killer; God isn't happy
Time's up! The correct answer was Cain
TV ACTORS & ROLES
Teri Hatcher looked "shipshape" as one of the singing "mermaids" who jumped on board this cruisin' series in 1985
Time's up! The correct answer was The Love Boat
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
FATHER'S IN LAW
Father learned about the quaint problems of the poor at Chicago's "Edwin F. Mandel" this type of "Clinic"
Time's up! The correct answer was legal aid
KHOMEINI, KHAMENEI OR KHATAMI
Died in 1989
Time's up! The correct answer was Khomeini
ALL "AMERICAN"
In 2009 this organization that maintains the largest registry for purebred dogs celebrated its 125th anniversary
Time's up! The correct answer was the American Kennel Club
ITALIAN ART
In 1533 this Venetian was made court painter by Emperor Charles V, who also ennobled him
Time's up! The correct answer was Titian
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
MEASURING DEVICES
A nilometer measures the height of the water in this
Time's up! The correct answer was the Nile River
HOMOPHONES
Masculine, or letters & packages
Time's up! The correct answer was male/mail
HISTORY OLDER THAN YOU
Julius Caesar became the leader of this empire in 45 B.C. but was killed just one year later
Time's up! The correct answer was Roman
THAT'S HANDY
The hand gesture with 2 pairs of fingers bunched together was made by this Vulcan on the original "Star Trek"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mr. Spock
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
NIGHT WATCH
July 7, 2009: If you're in Australia, the Americas or sailing the Pacific, look for an eclipse of this
Time's up! The correct answer was the Moon
FEELING POSSESSIVE
Jason Robards played editor Ben Bradlee in this 1976 film
Time's up! The correct answer was All the President's Men
SPORTS OF THE FEMALE OLYMPIANS
Misty May & Kerri Walsh
Time's up! The correct answer was beach volleyball
FUNNY FOR NOTHIN'
This Fox-TV cartoon boy: "Just so you don't hear any wild rumors, I'm being indicted for fraud in Australia"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bart Simpson
LET'S HIT IT
Aaron Fechter invented this carnival game where you hit a mammal with a mallet
Time's up! The correct answer was Whack-A-Mole
____ OF THE ____
A Baskin-Robbins program, or an expression meaning "popular for right now"
Time's up! The correct answer was flavor of the month
PRIME NUMBERS
Dial this 3-digit prime number in L.A. only for emergencies
Time's up! The correct answer was 911
IT'S A "SIN"
Carson Sink & the Great Salt Lake lie in the drainage area known as the Great this
Time's up! The correct answer was Basin
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
MOVIE MUSICALS
This Russian composer was portrayed by Jean-Pierre Aumont in 1947's "Song Of Scheherazade"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rimsky-Korsakov
WORD ORIGINS
The name of this dialect comes from a Hindi word, mantri, meaning "counselor"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mandarin
WHY?
They're "unlucky" because in the Middle Ages they were thought to be the mascots of witches
Time's up! The correct answer was Black cats
COMPOSERS
Mendelssohn wrote a series of 49 piano pieces which were appropriately titled “Songs Without” these
Time's up! The correct answer was words
"LAP" DANCE
The type of filmmaking seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Time-lapse photography
SPACE MISSIONS
The Cassini project is exploring Titan & Enceladus, moons of this second-largest planet
Time's up! The correct answer was Saturn
THE SUPREME COURT
This president called his 1953 appointment of Earl Warren "the biggest damn' fool mistake I ever made"
Time's up! The correct answer was Eisenhower
AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
This president's 1972 visit to China inspired an opera that played at the Kennedy Center in 1988
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Nixon
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
To scientists, it's force times distance; to Twain, it's "whatever a body is obliged to do"
Time's up! The correct answer was Work
MR. TEA
The last Dutch governor of New Netherland, he introduced tea to America around 1647
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Stuyvesant
YOUNG WOMEN OF TODAY
She occupies the California congressional seat once held by her late entertainer husband
Time's up! The correct answer was Mary Bono
4-LETTER WORDS
From the Latin for "kitchen", you literally cook ceramics in one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Kiln
COMMON SIMILES
If you're scared, you might be "shaking like" this botanical item
Time's up! The correct answer was a leaf
NAME THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY
"Good-night, good-night! Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say good-night till it be morrow"
Time's up! The correct answer was Romeo and Juliet
TELEVISION
The pilot of this show, set in North Carolina, played as part of "The Danny Thomas Show" in 1960
Time's up! The correct answer was The Andy Griffith Show
AMERICANA
This Connecticut city famous for its university is nicknamed "Elm City" because it once had many elm-lined streets
Time's up! The correct answer was New Haven
CARDS & DICE
Instead of pips, poker dice have 6 card values on them that run 9 through this
Time's up! The correct answer was Ace
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
TRUTH OR DARE
Dare: Imitate Kikazaru, the monkey who illustrates this phrase that goes with "see no evil" & "speak no evil"
Time's up! The correct answer was "hear no evil"
EDS
In order to marry a twice-divorced American woman, King Edward VIII of this country abdicated the throne in 1936
Time's up! The correct answer was England
FOREIGN CURRENCY
This currency of Costa Rica gets its name from the first European to see the nation
Time's up! The correct answer was the Colon
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
WHO PLAYED 'EM
2003 & 2004: The bride who's trying to kill Bill
Time's up! The correct answer was Uma Thurman
NFL COACHES
In 2004 LSU coach Nick Saban was tapped to be the new head coach for this team
Time's up! The correct answer was the Miami Dolphins
REQUIRED READING
In 2 classic survival stories, it's the last name of a Swiss family & the first name of Mr. Crusoe
Time's up! The correct answer was Robinson
CODES
The first 5 digits in these represent the manufacturer; 16000 means General Mills
Time's up! The correct answer was a bar code
IT ENDS WITH "US"
It's a summary or outline given to college students that covers the course of study
Time's up! The correct answer was syllabus
REAL TO REEL
In this 1990 movie Robin Williams played a doctor who roused a group of patients out of their catatonic states
Time's up! The correct answer was Awakenings
NOVELS
Published in 1949, this futuristic tale is set in Oceania, a few years before you were born
Time's up! The correct answer was 1984
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE MOVIES
He played Cameron Poe, an almost-paroled convict thwarting an escape attempt in "Con Air"
Time's up! The correct answer was Nicolas Cage
FETAL ATTRACTION
Named for the sac surrounding the fetus, this fluid cushions the fetus from injury
Time's up! The correct answer was Amniotic fluid
ONE-WORD RHYMES
In Manhattan, going from Central Park to Chelsea is heading this way
Time's up! The correct answer was downtown
BACH IN THE SADDLE
Bach was a composer of great reknown in this musical era that takes its name from "imperfect pearls"
Time's up! The correct answer was Baroque
SPORTS FACTS
In the 1960s he won 7 major tournaments, more than any other golfer
Time's up! The correct answer was Nicklaus
EXPLORERS
In 1616, after Hudson died, this man became the 1st European to reach Ellesmere Island; an island & bay are named for him
Time's up! The correct answer was Baffin
19th CENTURY NOVELISTS
William Wilkinson's "An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia" inspired this author's most famous novel
Time's up! The correct answer was Bram Stoker
POETS
On Feb. 12, 1959, the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, he addressed a joint session of Congress
Time's up! The correct answer was Carl Sandburg
THE HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD
Hell, heaven or limbo
Time's up! The correct answer was heaven
BASEBALL
Though he's had 5 no-hitters & the most career strikeouts of any pitcher, he's never won the Cy Young Award
Time's up! The correct answer was Nolan Ryan
REEL MOTHERS
Kathleen Turner is a psychopathic housewife on a killing spree in this 1994 John Waters comedy
Time's up! The correct answer was Serial Mom
AFRICAN-AMERICANA
In 1964 Martin Luther King became the first African American named this magazine's "Man of the Year"
Time's up! The correct answer was Time
THE ROMANOV DYNASTY
One bio of this "Great" czar says he carried dental instruments around with him because he loved to pull teeth
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter the Great
FIRE!
Though the 1871 Chicago fire began in this family's barn, their house suffered only minor damages
Time's up! The correct answer was the O'Learys
KOREA
It's enlightening to know the eighth day of the fourth lunar month is celebrated as his birthday
Time's up! The correct answer was Buddha
BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES
Henry VIII
Time's up! The correct answer was Tudor
FRANCE
"Jet" over to this largest Paris place, site of the guillotine during the French Revolution
Time's up! The correct answer was the Place de la Concorde
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
FLAG 'EM DOWN
The Alamo is located in this city & is depicted on its flag
Time's up! The correct answer was San Antonio
WHO PLAYED 'EM
2004: Sirius Black, the prisioner of Azkaban
Time's up! The correct answer was Gary Oldman
ART & ARTISTS
In 1956 Time magazine dubbed this abstract expressionist "Jack the Dripper"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pollock
TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA
It's what you wear to protect yourself against the effects of the device seen here:
Time's up! The correct answer was Sunglasses
KNIGHTS
A young boy between 7 & 14 who trained as a knight, or his hairdo
Time's up! The correct answer was Page
BEFORE & AFTER
Fictional girl sleuth who's the granddaughter of "The Great Profile"
Time's up! The correct answer was Nancy Drew Barrymore
DANCE
The basic floor pattern of this elegant 17th c. French court dance evolved to resemble the letter Z
Time's up! The correct answer was the minuet
"B" IN GEOGRAPHY
It's the Canadian province that borders Idaho
Time's up! The correct answer was British Columbia
COMIC & CARTOON CRITTERS
Pumbaa
Time's up! The correct answer was warthog
THE CIVIL WAR
Union pay department officers wore the M1840, one of these weapons that featured a straight 31" all-gilt blade
Time's up! The correct answer was Sword
MOVIE TAG LINES
"Lather. Rinse. Save the world" advertised this Adam Sandler comedy
Time's up! The correct answer was You Don't Mess with the Zohan
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Light flashes in the field of vision may mean this optic tissue has become detatched
Time's up! The correct answer was the retina
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
A rectifier is an electrical device used to convert alternating current to this
Time's up! The correct answer was direct current
STORM
This 2000 film was based on Sebastian Junger's bestseller about a hurricane that meets a cold front
Time's up! The correct answer was The Perfect Storm
"EZ" DOES IT
Port Said is this waterway's northern terminus
Time's up! The correct answer was Suez Canal
TRANSLATION EXERCISES
Turkish to Spanish: Relatively speaking, "anne" & "baba"
Time's up! The correct answer was madre y padre
TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE WORD THAT RHYMES WITH STAR
The incarnation of a god in Hindu myth, or an Internet graphical image representing a person
Time's up! The correct answer was an avatar
THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE
"Bosom Buddies", "The Green Mile"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Hanks
SCIENTISTS
This naturalist wrote, "for my own part I would as soon be descended from that heroic little monkey"
Time's up! The correct answer was Darwin
PRESIDENTS
Sammy Cahn wrote new lyrics for "High Hopes" & it became this man's 1960 campaign song
Time's up! The correct answer was John F. Kennedy
DESCRIBING THE NO. 1 SONG
1990: Madonna turns a magazine into a dance
Time's up! The correct answer was "Vogue"
CROSSWORD CLUES "Q"
A literary bell ringer (9)
Time's up! The correct answer was Quasimodo
RINGING THE OPENING BELL AT THE NYSE
Oh, come on! On Feb. 28, 2008 this TV "Kitchen Nightmares" man added a touch of bell to his resume
Time's up! The correct answer was Gordon Ramsey
POUR ME A STIFF ONE
This brand of liqueur made its debut in Dublin on November 26, 1974
Time's up! The correct answer was Bailey's
ON THE "WAR"PATH
In response to NATO, Eastern European nations including Poland & the USSR signed this 1955 treaty
Time's up! The correct answer was the Warsaw Pact
FOR THE FASHIONISTA
Of Elie Saab, Elie Saturn or Elie Subaru, the one who designed the gown Halle Berry wore when she won her Oscar
Time's up! The correct answer was Elie Saab
BALLPARK FIGURES
With the Yankees from 1923 to 1939, his No. 4 was the first number retired in either league
Time's up! The correct answer was Lou Gehrig
THE SPOOKY & THE MYSTERIOUS
Supposedly, President Harrison is heard in the attic & Jackson haunts the Rose Bedroom in this house
Time's up! The correct answer was the White House
"PH"UN WORDS
Both England's King George V & FDR put their stamp of approval on this "King of Hobbies"
Time's up! The correct answer was Philately
OFF TO A GOOD START
It's a ship at home in the Arctic, or a remark that starts a conversation
Time's up! The correct answer was an icebreaker
COMIC STRIPS
This Scott Adams title guy with a gravity-defying tie accidentally invented a death ray that interested North Korea
Time's up! The correct answer was Dilbert
ROCKS & MINERALS
Fizzing when acid is applied, this mineral is the base of the Portland cement industry
Time's up! The correct answer was limestone
JUST PLANE GEOMETRY
The word geometry means to "measure" this
Time's up! The correct answer was the world, the earth
PROVERBS
It's where you should "never tell tales"
Time's up! The correct answer was out of school
WHO IS THEON OF SMYRNA?
Theon's home of Smyrna is now called Izmir & is one of the chief seaports of this country of Asia Minor
Time's up! The correct answer was Turkey
CONGRESSIONAL MISDEMEANORS
In 1921 Congress censured Rep. Thomas Blanton for inserting "obscene matter" into this publication
Time's up! The correct answer was the Congressional Record
FRANCE
In 1992, 200 years after it was written, 40% of the French found it excessively bloody & 25% wanted it changed
Time's up! The correct answer was the French National Anthem
THE LAST POPE OF THIS NAME
He wasn't the calendar dude, but when he died in 1846, he was the XVI & last pope with this name
Time's up! The correct answer was Gregory
NATIVE AMERICANS
Gov. Bradford said that this Indian who taught the Pilgrims how to plant corn was an "instrument sent of God"
Time's up! The correct answer was Squanto
IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL
"Who Knew" this colorful singer could be so "M!ssundaztood"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pink
TAIWAN
During Japanese control of Taiwan, this largest city was called Taihoku
Time's up! The correct answer was Taipei
FETAL ATTRACTION
Pre-natal process that created the images seen here:
Time's up! The correct answer was Ultrasound
TELEVISION
In 1998 Brian Dennehy made his first appearance as Red Finch, David Spade's firefighter father, on this hit series
Time's up! The correct answer was Just Shoot Me
SHAKESPEARE
Macduff tells us, "Not in the legions of horrid hell can come a devil more damn'd in evils to top" this man
Time's up! The correct answer was the Macbeth
PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY
Gerald Ford was the last president born under this "crab"by sign
Time's up! The correct answer was Cancer
GENERAL SCIENCE
Unusual names borne by these celestial objects include 3834 Zappafrank & 10221 Kubrick
Time's up! The correct answer was asteroids
MUSICAL THEATRE
Barbra Streisand introduced the song "People" in this musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Funny Girl
WHAT A CHARACTER!
On "The Addams Family", he was married to Morticia
Time's up! The correct answer was Gomez
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
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
Connelly, Garner, Holliday
Time's up! The correct answer was Jennifer
DON'T BE A PAIN
This drug marketed as Advil & Nuprin reduces pain by inhibiting chemicals that cause inflammation
Time's up! The correct answer was ibuprofen
SPORTS SHORTS
In 2008 he swam 200 meters freestyle in a record 1 minute, 42.96 seconds
Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Phelps
THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE
"Bosom Buddies", "The Green Mile"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Hanks
GIVE THE BUCHAREST
This star of 1937's "The Last Gangster" was born Emanuel Goldenberg in Bucharest, Romania
Time's up! The correct answer was Edward G. Robinson
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
It's spoken in Hameenlinna & Hyvinkaa (7)
Time's up! The correct answer was Finnish
DRAMA
"Dejavu" was "Angry Young Man" John Osborne's 1992 sequel to this famous play about looking back
Time's up! The correct answer was Look Back in Anger
TAINTED GOV
In 2010 it was revealed that Robert Rizzo made $800,000 a year as the city this of Bell, Calif., population 37,000
Time's up! The correct answer was manager
SLOGANEERING
When going out, take this card because "It's Everywhere You Want to Be"
Time's up! The correct answer was Visa
THE "W.B."
In a 1969 film this title group included William Holden & Warren Oates
Time's up! The correct answer was The Wild Bunch
MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS
In Greece, this Eddie Murphy film became "Daddies as Nannies"
Time's up! The correct answer was Daddy Day Care
ALL MY SONS
Kidnappers got under this crooner's skin when they kidnapped his son from a Tahoe casino in 1963
Time's up! The correct answer was Frank Sinatra
CROSSWORD CLUES "D"
One who gives blood (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was a donor
A SHAPELY CATEGORY
Often stuffed & baked, conchiglioni is jumbo pasta shaped like these
Time's up! The correct answer was shells
BRIGHT IDEAS
In 1882 Schuyler Wheeler put a propellor on the shaft of an electric motor & created this--how cool!
Time's up! The correct answer was a fan
1988
After 32 years in power, Janos Kadar was ousted as first secretary of this country's Communist Party
Time's up! The correct answer was Hungary
ART
"The Regatta at Argenteuil" shows this Frenchman's love of water subjects, like lilies
Time's up! The correct answer was Monet
THE "X" FILES
A shortened form of Christmas is spelled this way
Time's up! The correct answer was Xmas
APT ANAGRAMS
This Internet service was big in the '90s: I ONCE RAN EMAIL
Time's up! The correct answer was America Online
SEAQUEST
Despite this name, it's really the world's largest lake
Time's up! The correct answer was Caspian Sea
LOST IN SPACE
Piers Sellers lost a tool in space while spreading putty into this Space Shuttle named for Capt. Cook's ship
Time's up! The correct answer was Discovery
BOY MEETS WORLD
The last male in the Tudor line, he became king at age 9 upon the death of Henry VIII
Time's up! The correct answer was Edward VI
BODIES OF WATER
12,500' above sea level, this South American lake bordering Bolivia & Peru is the world's most navigable lake
Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Titicaca
THAT'S NO LADY...
Before he was a Yippie leader & one of the "Chicago Seven", he was a pharmaceuticals salesman
Time's up! The correct answer was Abbie Hoffman
WORLD UP!
This island that gained independence from Denmark in 1944 is below the Arctic Circle
Time's up! The correct answer was Iceland
SPORTS
(Hi, I'm Greg Gumbel) During his 26-year career Sparky Anderson managed the Cincinnati Reds to 4 NL titles & this team to 1 AL championship
Time's up! The correct answer was Detroit Tigers
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
This speech that Lincoln delivered on a battlefield in 1863 lasted only 2 minutes but its impact was huge
Time's up! The correct answer was the Gettysburg Address
CLASSICAL GASES
Lighter than air, it's also called marsh gas & is found in natural gas
Time's up! The correct answer was Methane
WORDS
Chat about this in your chat room: "chat" is merely a shortened form of this 7-letter word
Time's up! The correct answer was chatter
BRUCE ALMIGHTY
This Freehold-born rocker has had many "Glory Days"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bruce Springsteen
CELEBS
On Sept. 14, 2005 she gave birth to Sean Preston Federline
Time's up! The correct answer was Britney Spears
VALUABLE PLACES
You can keep the valuable rocks you find in the state park near Murfreesboro, Arkansas: Crater of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Diamonds
NUTRITION
It's good to break a little this between friends--it supplies carbs & fiber
Time's up! The correct answer was bread
CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS
Philosopher Soren Kierkegaard was born May 5, 1813 in this capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Copenhagen
BERRIES
A judge crossed California & Texas blackberries & created these which bear his name
Time's up! The correct answer was Loganberries
BODIES OF WATER
The St. Mary's River connects Lake Superior to this second-largest Great Lake
Time's up! The correct answer was Lake Huron
THE CIRCUS
Trainers shout, "Tail Up!" when they want these performers to follow each other trunk to tail
Time's up! The correct answer was Elephants
THE TEENS
Sonnets are rhymed poems with this many lines
Time's up! The correct answer was 14
BUSINESS PARTNERS
In dessert: Burton Baskin &...
Time's up! The correct answer was Irv Robbins
BUSINESS BUDDIES
Book publisher Henry Houghton made this guy his partner
Time's up! The correct answer was Mifflin
THE TEENS
Rack all your pins in bowling & 10 are set up; rack your balls in a game of 8-ball & this many are set up
Time's up! The correct answer was 15
NATIONAL MONUMENTS
Scotts Bluff National Monument lies in western Nebraska on this pioneer trail
Time's up! The correct answer was Oregon Trail
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE
A suicide pilot during WWII, it was 1993's winning word
Time's up! The correct answer was K-A-M-I-K-A-Z-E
WAR STORIES
"The Good Soldier Schweik", "Paths of Glory"
Time's up! The correct answer was World War I
OCCUPATION HAZARDS
If this is you're job you'd be fired if this clue go t by you uncorected
Time's up! The correct answer was proofreader
MAYORS
In New Orleans' first post-Katrina mayoral election, this man held on to his job
Time's up! The correct answer was Nagin
ORDINAL NUMBER, PLEASE
"Nervous Breakdown" the Rolling Stones suffered in the '60s
Time's up! The correct answer was Nineteenth
BOGIE MEN
Rick Blaine
Time's up! The correct answer was Casablanca
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
The highest airport in the world is Lhasa Airport in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was TIbet
WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?
Part of the name of this expensive boneless cut means "dainty" in French
Time's up! The correct answer was filet mignon
A BUG'S LIFE
Used by scientists to clean flesh off bones being prepared for research, dermestids are a type of this insect
Time's up! The correct answer was a beetle
WRITERS CUBED
19th century minister of the Second Church of Boston, known for essays like "Self-Reliance"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ralph Waldo Emerson
BUSINESS LEADERS
His business card bore the Golden Arches & the titles "Founder" & "Senior Chairman of the Board"
Time's up! The correct answer was Kroc
CHANCE
The U.S. golf register says the chances of this have been estimated north of 1 in 20,000
Time's up! The correct answer was a hole-in-one
ENGLISH CLASS
It's the third person plural objective case pronoun
Time's up! The correct answer was them
IT'S RAINING "MN"
Catch the flue here, where fire goes up in smoke
Time's up! The correct answer was a chimney
POETRY
Poe said this maiden "lived with no other thought than to love and be loved by me"
Time's up! The correct answer was Annabel Lee
THE SUMMER OLYMPICS
You might have to get as high as 20 feet off the ground to win a medal in this "vaulting" Olympic event
Time's up! The correct answer was the pole vault
THREE CHEERS!
It's the breakfast cereal pitched by the animated elves Snap, Crackle & Pop
Time's up! The correct answer was Rice Krispies
"B" PREPARED
Meaning a noisy commotion, it may derive from "baruch habba", a loud traditional greeting at a synagogue
Time's up! The correct answer was brouhaha
ITALIAN
The divine "Don Giovanni" duet "La ci darem la mano" means "There, you'll give me" this
Time's up! The correct answer was your hand
WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT
In 1616 she & her husband John Rolfe traveled to England to help raise funds for the Virginia colonists
Time's up! The correct answer was Pocahontas
ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST GUITARISTS
His "Smooth" guitar strains earned him a place at No. 15
Time's up! The correct answer was Carlos Santana
CHAIRS
A collapsible chair intended for outdoor use, especially aboard a ship
Time's up! The correct answer was Deck Chair
FLOPS
Roger Ebert called this 1980 Michael Cimino film "Painful & unpleasant to look at"
Time's up! The correct answer was Heaven's Gate
THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS
Something that's the first son's due; Esau sold his
Time's up! The correct answer was birthright
CELEBRITY RELATIVES
These brothers both became TV stars: one ran Dodge City & the other led the Impossible Missions Force
Time's up! The correct answer was James Arness & Peter Graves
LIFE SCIENCE
In colenterates like jellyfish, the cavity called the coelenteron has an opening called this--don't get too complex
Time's up! The correct answer was a mouth
TRANSPORTATION
The Kearsarge was the only one of these not named for a U.S. state
Time's up! The correct answer was a battleship
TECHNOLOGY
The average keyboard has this many keys.
Time's up! The correct answer was 104
U.S. PRESIDENTS
This Mexican War hero & winning 1848 candidate had never voted for president before
Time's up! The correct answer was Zachary Taylor
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
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
Of Hawaii's 8 main islands, this one receives the lion's share of the tourist dollars
Time's up! The correct answer was Oahu
BRITISH INVENTIONS
The miner's safety lamp was also called by the name of this British chemist who invented it in 1815
Time's up! The correct answer was Sir Humphry Davy
BRITISH POETS & POETRY
Prince Albert sent his copy of "Idylls Of The King" to this poet & asked him to autograph it
Time's up! The correct answer was Alfred Lord Tennyson
NOW YOU'RE TALKING MY LANGUAGE
Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala is a well-known writer in this language of the Incas
Time's up! The correct answer was Quechua
MILITARY UNITS
Mod or not, it's usually 10 infantrymen headed by a staff sergeant
Time's up! The correct answer was a squad
BRAZILIAN WORDS & PHRASES
Forget about him, he met someone down at Ipanema Beach & now he's "apaixonado", this condition
Time's up! The correct answer was in love
BALLETS WE'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT BEFORE
In Jerome Robbins' "Celebration", couples representing 5 countries dance this, "step for 2" in French
Time's up! The correct answer was pas de deux
ARE YOU PERHAPS FRENCH?
He was Jacques Chirac's predecessor as president
Time's up! The correct answer was François Mitterand
TV CASTS
In 2000 this Oscar nominee joined the cast of "Ally McBeal" as a lawyer
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Downey, Jr.
NOTORIOUS
Using the aliases James Ryan & Harry Place, they boarded a steamer for Argentina in February 1901
Time's up! The correct answer was Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
THE NEXT BIBLE BOOK AFTER...
Joshua
Time's up! The correct answer was Judges
SRO
This musical opened its run in 1980 at the Winter Garden, 8 blocks from the title thoroughfare
Time's up! The correct answer was 42nd Street
THE JEFFERSON ADMINISTRATION
In April 1803 Napoleon renounced this territory in America "with the greatest regret"; so we bought it
Time's up! The correct answer was the Louisiana Territory
BIBLE BOOK BINDINGS
The Heidi ___ of Riddick
Time's up! The correct answer was Chronicles
INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY
The first 4 letters of xylophone refer etymologically to this material used to make its sounding bars
Time's up! The correct answer was wood
SAINTS
This man who added utopia to our vocabulary was made a saint in 1935
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Thomas More
THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL
Novelist Heller
Time's up! The correct answer was Joseph
U.S. RIVERS
The name of this river, famous in song, may be a corruption of the Spanish for "little Saint John"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Swanee
TV MOVIES
She played Francine Hughes, who was accused of murdering her husband, in "The Burning Bed"
Time's up! The correct answer was Farrah Fawcett
BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY
Genesis calls it "the salt sea" perhaps because its salinity reaches 4 times that of ocean water
Time's up! The correct answer was the Dead Sea
SNACK ATTACK
I could eat a whole bag of this type of snack invented in Saratoga Springs in 1853
Time's up! The correct answer was potato chips
CABLE CHANNELS
This channel shows films like "The Magnificent Seven" & original series like "Mad Men" & "Breaking Bad"
Time's up! The correct answer was AMC
PRIME NUMBERS
Fear of this prime number is called triskaidekaphobia
Time's up! The correct answer was 13
IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING
"Swing Time" was the sixth film to team this pair of legendary dancers
Time's up! The correct answer was Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers
20th CENTURY INVENTION
3M's Richard Drew invented it in 1930 to have something to seal the cellophane of food products
Time's up! The correct answer was Scotch tape
"AI"
This dictionary term meaning "old" is applied to words like "wast"
Time's up! The correct answer was archaic
MOUNTAINS
To trek through its Khumbu Icefall, Lhotse Face & South Col, your team needs a $70,000 permit from Nepal's government
Time's up! The correct answer was Mount Everest
FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY
She became Texas' governor in 1990 when her frontrunner opponent kept blundering in interviews
Time's up! The correct answer was Ann Richards
ANY FIRST WORDS?
Meaning "first", it can precede color, election or health care
Time's up! The correct answer was primary
MAGICAL MOUSE-TERY TOUR
Maurice LaMarche found his inner Orson Welles to voice this rodent whose simple goal was to take over the world
Time's up! The correct answer was the Brain
NEW WEAPONS
The FA-18E/F is the "Super" version of this high-tech U.S. Navy fighter jet with a wasplike name
Time's up! The correct answer was a Hornet
THE TITANIC
This happened between the third & fourth funnel, a fact no one knew until the Titanic was found in 1985
Time's up! The correct answer was it broke in half
BETTER KNOWN AS...
Margarita Cansino
Time's up! The correct answer was Rita Hayworth
ADVERTISING SLOGANS
"I like" this lemon-lime soda "in you"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sprite
PHRASES THAT SELL
It's the popular query in Verizon's TV ads
Time's up! The correct answer was Can you hear me now?
GOING DUTCH
This relative is "de oom", whether or not he's a "Dutch" one
Time's up! The correct answer was Uncle
"T" TIME AT THE LIBRARY
It's the third book of the autobiographical trilogy that began with "Tropic of Cancer"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Triopic of Capricorn"
HE WAS IN THAT?
Before playing Cliff on "Cheers", John Ratzenberger appeared as Major Derlin in this second "Star Wars" film
Time's up! The correct answer was The Empire Strikes Back
COUNTRY MUSIC
This performer became an Opry member in 1991, the same year his "When I Call Your Name" album went platinum
Time's up! The correct answer was Vince Gill
JONATHAN SWIFTIES
"A flea / hath smaller fleas that on him prey; / and these have smaller still to bite 'em; / and so proceed" this endless way
Time's up! The correct answer was ad infinitum
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
YOU'RE AN ANIMAL!
It's the genus & species of this animal ("caveman")
Time's up! The correct answer was Homo sapiens
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
1987
In October the Senate rejected this former Watergate figure's nomination to the Supreme Court
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Bork
ANAGRAMMED BIRDS
A big African: to Chris
Time's up! The correct answer was ostrich
ART
Ceramics is the art of making objects, even dreidels, out of this material
Time's up! The correct answer was clay
CROSSWORD CLUES "H"
He who does it is lost (9)
Time's up! The correct answer was Hesitates
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
AUDIO BOOKS
Julie Harris reads the diary this girl wrote while in hiding in WWII Amsterdam
Time's up! The correct answer was Anne Frank
"EVE"NING
Dangerous ones include hemorrhagic & scarlet
Time's up! The correct answer was fever
SOUNDS THAT KITTIES MAKE
This threatening sound can also mean "to become tangled"
Time's up! The correct answer was snarled
MUSEUMS
Barry Goldwater donated his Kachina doll collection to the Heard Museum in this state capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Phoenix
POLITICAL TALK
According to the League of Women Voters, an "empty chair" one of these should be canceled
Time's up! The correct answer was debates
19th CENTURY NOVELISTS
William Wilkinson's "An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia" inspired this author's most famous novel
Time's up! The correct answer was Bram Stoker
CARIBBEAN TASTE TREATS
If you order "mountain chicken" in Dominica, you won't get chicken but one of these amphibians
Time's up! The correct answer was Frogs
NAME THE WORK
Jack London: "'The Ghost' was rolling slightly on a calm sea without a breath of wind"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Sea Wolf
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.
THE BIG APPLE
On the NYC subway this train will also take you to Harlem, but then it splits off & heads for Yankee Stadium
Time's up! The correct answer was the B train
THE UPPER CRUST
Oralando Montagu is making a lot of "bread" selling this lunch item (he's descended from the Earl who invented it)
Time's up! The correct answer was a sandwich
PEANUTS
Of a 25th, 30th or 40th anniversary, what "Peanuts" is celebrating in 1990
Time's up! The correct answer was 40th Anniversary
ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL
Diamonds & graphite are both forms of this element
Time's up! The correct answer was carbon
TRAIN STATIONS
This capital city's main train station is known as Bahnhof Zoo, & not just at rush hour
Time's up! The correct answer was Berlin
WHY SO BLUE?
Utah's state tree is the blue type of this evergreen
Time's up! The correct answer was the spruce
PROPHET SHARING
Poems known as the "Gathas" are attributed to this ancient prophet & teacher who lived in eastern Iran
Time's up! The correct answer was Zoroaster
ART & ARTISTS
His sculpture, "The Age of Bronze", exhibited in 1877, was inspired by Michelangelo
Time's up! The correct answer was Auguste Rodin
DICTATORS & TYRANTS
On Sept. 9, 1948 the DPRK, aka North Korea, was established with this man as its supreme leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Kim Il-sung
THE BIBLE
God instructed Noah to use this kind of wood to build the ark
Time's up! The correct answer was gopher wood
"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"
"KEY"s
No bones about it, it opens many locks
Time's up! The correct answer was a skeleton key
OXYMORONS
In November 1996 Roy Jones, Jr. knocked down Mike McCallum & won the WBC title in this division
Time's up! The correct answer was light-heavyweight
FARAWAY PLACES
To get from Africa to Arabia, you cross (or part) this sea that has a colorful name
Time's up! The correct answer was Red Sea
1933
On March 23 this German parliament relinquished its power to Adolf Hitler
Time's up! The correct answer was Reichstag
IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL
This '80s trio were "Spirits in the Material World" before the synchronicity of their 2007 reunion
Time's up! The correct answer was The Police
INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN
Nike's stock fell when this basketball player announced his retirement in January 1999
Time's up! The correct answer was Michael Jordan
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
Canada (both, please)
Time's up! The correct answer was French & English
HELLO, DELI!
I think I'll just have a nosh--a bagel, cream cheese & the Nova Scotia type of this
Time's up! The correct answer was lox
YOU'RE UNDER A "REST"
Quickly! (to an Italian)
Time's up! The correct answer was Presto
ROCK FORMATIONS
Jack wed Meg & took her name, & in 1997 formed this band on a lark, with him on bass & her on drums
Time's up! The correct answer was The White Stripes
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"
"DIAMOND"s IN THE ROUGH
This lavish-living turn-of-the-century financier rose from a job as a bellhop
Time's up! The correct answer was Diamond Jim Brady
ANYTHING BUT CHEESESTEAK
This hot dog condiment is basically chopped sweet pickles
Time's up! The correct answer was relish
"EZ" DOES IT
Columbus' first landing on the mainland of the Americas was on the coast of what is now this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Venezuela
ACTORS & ACTRESSES
Don't blink--or you'll miss Richard Dreyfuss in this 1967 film based on a Jacqueline Susann novel
Time's up! The correct answer was Valley of the Dolls
ADJECTIVES
As a noun, it's pieces for fastening; as an adjective it's large & robust, like some young men
Time's up! The correct answer was strapping
WORLD MUSEUMS
"ANZACs in France, 1969" was a 2006 exhibit at a war museum in this capital city
Time's up! The correct answer was Canberra
THE "A"s
Whether for a sorcerer or a craft guild, one serves time as one of these before becoming a journeyman
Time's up! The correct answer was apprentice
NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD
In Alberta the scenic Icefields Parkway connects Jasper National Park with this other one
Time's up! The correct answer was Banff
MR. TEA
The last Dutch governor of New Netherland, he introduced tea to America around 1647
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Stuyvesant
I SERVED IN HIS CABINET
Secretary of Health & Human Services Kathleen Sebelius
Time's up! The correct answer was Barack Obama
FICTIONAL BOOKS
This character on "Seinfeld" thought of "a coffee table book about coffee tables" that turned into a coffee table
Time's up! The correct answer was Kramer
FAMOUS AMERICANS
Dismissed from West Point for "deficiency in chemistry", he went on to paint a famous portrait of his mother
Time's up! The correct answer was James Whistler
5-LETTER WORDS
One who steals by stealth: Thessalonians speaks of one "in the night"
Time's up! The correct answer was a thief
SALMON
"Fish ladders" help salmon travel upstream over these man-made obstructions
Time's up! The correct answer was dams
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
THE CANARY ISLANDS
On his 3 15th century voyages to the New World, his ships stopped off at the Canary Islands for supplies
Time's up! The correct answer was Columbus
DIED ON THE SAME DAY
Just hours before Michael Jackson's death, Hollywood lost this TV "Angel"
Time's up! The correct answer was Farrah Fawcett
INSECTS
The katydid is also called the long-horned (meaning long-antennaed) one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Grasshopper
SCIENCE & NATURE
The ARS, an agency of this U.S. government department, is looking to develop better bio-insecticides
Time's up! The correct answer was the Department of Agriculture
WORDS WITHIN WORDS
Color of your face when you've done something irredeemable
Time's up! The correct answer was Red
ART
This Venetian, said his pupil Palma Giovane, "used his fingers more than his brush" to finish his lush works
Time's up! The correct answer was Titian
SHAKESPEAREAN PHRASES
A wife tries to console her husband in this tragedy by telling him, "What's done is done"
Time's up! The correct answer was Macbeth
DRIVING
Experts disagree on whether 10 & 2 o'clock or 9 & 3 is better for this; no one thinks much of the old wrist drape
Time's up! The correct answer was steering wheel position
LITERARY ALLUSIONS
This object from Arthurian & Christian legend has come to mean the object of any difficult quest