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BIOGRAPHIES
"Shalom, Friend" tells of "The Life and Legacy" of this slain Israeli leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Yitzhak Rabin
WORLD HODGEPODGE
On Dutch maps, this country is called Oostenrijk
Time's up! The correct answer was Austria
IT DON'T MEAN A "THING"
Raiment or apparel
Time's up! The correct answer was clothing
BROADWAY LYRICS
"Immigrant goes to America, many hellos in America; nobody knows in America, Puerto Rico's in America!"
Time's up! The correct answer was West Side Story
CLASSICAL GASES
Lighter than air, it's also called marsh gas & is found in natural gas
Time's up! The correct answer was Methane
ROYALTY
This "bonnie" prince had a daughter by his mistress Clementina Walkinshaw
Time's up! The correct answer was "Bonnie" Prince Charlie
"B" PREPARED
A non-rigid flexible dirigible
Time's up! The correct answer was blimp
TV THEME LYRICS
"It's like you're always stuck in second gear, well it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year"
Time's up! The correct answer was Friends
NO. 1 ALBUMS
"Glass Houses"
Time's up! The correct answer was Billy Joel
X MARKS THE SPOT
The harbor of this Nova Scotia capital is one of the largest in the world
Time's up! The correct answer was Halifax
COMMON BONDS
Fife, Rubble, Miller
Time's up! The correct answer was Barney
ASIA
19th century novelist Jose Rizal was a hero of this country's independence movement
Time's up! The correct answer was the Philippines
EXPLORERS
His 1497-98 voyage to India opened the 1st all-water trade route between Europe & Asia
Time's up! The correct answer was Vasco da Gama
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
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
SEAQUEST
One of the traditional 7 seas, it shares its name with a Rodgers & Hammerstein musical
Time's up! The correct answer was South Pacific
INTERNATIONAL NAMES
In 2008 he succeeded his close ally Vladimir Putin as Russia's president
Time's up! The correct answer was Medvedev
STORM
Bogey & Bacall's final film together was this one that saw them waiting out a storm in Florida
Time's up! The correct answer was Key Largo
NATIONAL FOODS
This cured meat is in the classic McDonald's Egg McMuffin
Time's up! The correct answer was Canadian bacon
COME "IN"
A new design or creation; necessity is often the mother of it
Time's up! The correct answer was invention
POETS
Her "I Heard a Fly Buzz" may have been based on a chapter in "The House of the Seven Gables"
Time's up! The correct answer was Emily Dickinson
THE PLANETS
As viewed from Earth, it's the brightest planet in the nighttime sky
Time's up! The correct answer was Venus
TRANSPORTATION
In 1830 England's Manchester & Liverpool Railway became the 1st to have all trains powered by this
Time's up! The correct answer was Steam
LEVITICUS
Chapters 4, 6, 8 & 12 begin, "And the Lord spake unto" him
Time's up! The correct answer was Moses
WHEAT
Pasta is made from this coarsely-ground grain of durum wheat
Time's up! The correct answer was Semolina
YOUNG WOMEN OF TODAY
Royal rapper seen on TV's "Living Single" & in the movie "Living Out Loud"
Time's up! The correct answer was Queen Latifah
THE BODY HUMAN
This vitamin produced when the skin is exposed to sunlight is toxic in excess
Time's up! The correct answer was Vitamin D
AFRICAN AMERICANS
In 1978 she became the first black woman honored on a U.S. postage stamp
Time's up! The correct answer was Harriet Tubman
LITERARY ALLUSIONS
This term for an idyllic place can be checked out in the James Hilton work "Lost Horizon"
Time's up! The correct answer was Shangri-La
THE BUTLER DID IT
He must have a great benefit plan; Alfred began his service to this crime fighter way back in 1943
Time's up! The correct answer was Batman
FIRST LADIES
Her stepfather was Hugh Auchincloss
Time's up! The correct answer was Jackie Kennedy
AMERICAN HISTORY
On April 20, 1971 the U.S. Supreme Court upheld this transportation method as a way to achieve school integration
Time's up! The correct answer was busing
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
In 2004 FedEx acquired this chain of stores, & you can copy me on that!
Time's up! The correct answer was Kinko's
CURRENT BLACK PRESIDENTS
Taking over from his assassinated father in 2001, Joseph Kabila is the president of this country abbreviated D.R.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was the Democratic Republic of the Congo
FOOD FACTS
This word was once used for the meat of any hunted animal; now it refers to deer meat
Time's up! The correct answer was venison
STATES OF THE UNION
Cimarron & Beaver are counties in its Panhandle
Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma
PICK A PLANET
Its "day" is 24 hours & 39 minutes
Time's up! The correct answer was Mars
BEES
Its name comes from the Middle English word "bumblen"
Time's up! The correct answer was a bumblebee
TITLES FROM SHAKESPEARE
Beware Thornton Wilder's "The Ides of March" & this play where you'll find the phrase
Time's up! The correct answer was Julius Caesar
THE BLUE ANGELS
(Sarah of the Clue Crew on the tarmac) When the Blue Angels perform the formation known for this precious gem, the jets are only 12 inches apart
Time's up! The correct answer was diamond
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
LIVE IN TEXAS
This world-famous cyclist named his home in Austin "Casa Linda" after his mother
Time's up! The correct answer was Lance Armstrong
THE MISFITS
In 1953 this big-screen misfit duo met Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde; in 1955 they met the mummy
Time's up! The correct answer was Abbott & Costello
LAW & GOVERNMENT
Because of its secretiveness, the American Party in the 1850s was also known by this name
Time's up! The correct answer was The Know-Nothings
DOUBLE TALK
He's Barney & Betty Rubble's noisy son
Time's up! The correct answer was Bamm-Bamm
CITY OF BIRTH
Sidney Bechet
Time's up! The correct answer was New Orleans
AROUND THE APARTMENT BUILDING
(Sofia of the Clue Crew) You can save lives & earn firemen's gratitude if you keep this in good working order
Time's up! The correct answer was smoke detector
THE PRODUCERS
It leads the states in apple production
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington
FOUNTAINS
Andrea Del Verrocchio sculpted his bronze "Boy With" this sea creature for a Medici villa
Time's up! The correct answer was Dolphin
ETIQUETTE
The most formal evening wear is this color "tie", but black tie is much more popular
Time's up! The correct answer was white tie
BROADWAY
"Thoroughly Modern Millie" takes place during this "roaring" decade when flappers bobbed their hair
Time's up! The correct answer was 1920s
WAR
"Operation Rolling Thunder" was the 1965 U.S. bombing campaign designed in part to stop men & supplies coming south on this road
Time's up! The correct answer was the Ho Chi Minh Trail
ANGELS
The address of Angel Stadium is on a street named for this singing cowboy
Time's up! The correct answer was Gene Autry
THE BIBLE
This son of Jacob served under Potiphar, captain of Pharaoh's palace guard
Time's up! The correct answer was Joseph
3-LETTER WORDS
Cows regurgitate this from the first stomach to the mouth & chew it again
Time's up! The correct answer was the cud
TOP OF THE LIST
U.S. News & World Report calls this New Haven school the best value college, even with tuition at over $38,000 a year
Time's up! The correct answer was Yale
LET'S TAKE A PEAK
Canada's highest peak, Mount Logan, lies in the St. Elias Range in the SW corner of this territory
Time's up! The correct answer was the Yukon
FROM THE GREEK
When food is swallowed, it goes down this tube, the Greek word for "gullet"
Time's up! The correct answer was the esophagus
BEFORE & AFTER
Singer of "My Cherie Amour" whose secret identity is Diana Prince
Time's up! The correct answer was Stevie Wonder Woman
ANIMAL GROUPS
It's a feather filling for quilts, as well as a group of hares
Time's up! The correct answer was Down
IN THE DICTIONARY
Maize is another word for this
Time's up! The correct answer was corn
LITERATURE
Walt Whitman's 52-section "Song Of Myself" is the longest work in this collection first published in 1855
Time's up! The correct answer was "Leaves of Grass"
"HIGH" SCHOOL
Acolytes, a subdeacon & a choir take part in this Catholic service
Time's up! The correct answer was high mass
CANADIAN CAPITALS
This Manitoba capital annexed the adjacent community of Saint Boniface in 1972
Time's up! The correct answer was Winnipeg
ALWAYS SAY NEVER
There's an old expression that says these "never prosper"; remember that
Time's up! The correct answer was cheaters
TAKE A GUESS
Armenia is bordered by this other "A" country on the East & on the Southwest
Time's up! The correct answer was Azerbaijan
THE COMMODORES
"The Commodore" is one of the tales of this C.S. Forester hero
Time's up! The correct answer was Horatio Hornblower
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
A MASSIVE "M"ETROPOLIS
18 million: on the Arabian Sea
Time's up! The correct answer was Mumbai
SCIENCE BRIEFS
Used of radio waves: MHz
Time's up! The correct answer was megahertz
YOU BEAST!
The Chinese zodiac's 12-year cycle begins & ends with these 2 3-letter animals
Time's up! The correct answer was rat & pig
U.S. PRESIDENTS
Subpoenaed for documents in Burr's treason trial, he cited executive privilege; didn't work
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Jefferson
SHAMANISM ON YOU
The Warao Indians of South America believe this noisy shamanic gourd instrument has healing properties
Time's up! The correct answer was a rattle
ALLUSIONAL THINKING
A small person who goes up against a bigger opponent & wins evokes the story of these 2 Valley of Elah foes
Time's up! The correct answer was David & Goliath
HIDDEN BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
Top chefs know that Pez rarely makes it onto the menu
Time's up! The correct answer was Ezra
POETS
Her "I Heard a Fly Buzz" may have been based on a chapter in "The House of the Seven Gables"
Time's up! The correct answer was Emily Dickinson
STORM
The probe used to investigate tornados in this film is aptly named Dorothy
Time's up! The correct answer was Twister
SOME MORE SIMIAN CINEMA
This Rene Russo film about an eccentric & her pets is based on a true story; it features the following:
Time's up! The correct answer was Buddy
THE KILLERS
Pausanius, a young Macedonian noble, killed this man, Alexander's dad, in 336 B.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Philip
NURSERY RHYMES
While "January brings the snow", "may brings flocks of pretty" these, "skipping by their fleecy dams"
Time's up! The correct answer was lambs
ANGELS
This Angel manager spent 13 years catching for the Dodgers
Time's up! The correct answer was Mike Scioscia
IN THE DICTIONARY
This math term comes from the Latin frangere, "to break"
Time's up! The correct answer was fraction
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
In January 1970 Boeing introduced this first wide-bodied jumbo jet; it could seat up to 452 passengers
Time's up! The correct answer was 747
BIBLE BOOK BINDINGS
Losing ___ Washington
Time's up! The correct answer was Isiah
NEPAL
"Wooden temple", the meaning of this city's name, refers to the 400-year old one in its central square
Time's up! The correct answer was Katmandu
JERSEY GIRLS
Jersey City-born, this "Living Omnimedia" lifestyle maven was raised in Nutley, & that's a good thing
Time's up! The correct answer was Martha Stewart
SWEET TREATS
Nestle says over 125,000 tons of these chocolate chip cookies are baked in the home every year
Time's up! The correct answer was Toll House Cookies
NEBRASKA, NEW YORK OR NORTH DAKOTA
Its cities include Minot, Jamestown & Grand Forks
Time's up! The correct answer was North Dakota
JUST DESSERTS
Unlike sherbet, sorbet never contains this dairy product
Time's up! The correct answer was milk
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
ANATOMY
The nephrons function as filtering units in this pair of organs
Time's up! The correct answer was Kidneys
TRAVEL & TOURISM
This British wax museum famed for its chamber of horrors now has a time-traveling ride in it, too
Time's up! The correct answer was Madame Tussauds
THE PRESIDENCY
If a president is impeached, this official presides over the trial in the Senate
Time's up! The correct answer was the Chief Justice of the United States
THE LAST MAN
In "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations", he's paired with Michael Jackson for writing "We Are The World"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lionel Richie
GEOGRAPHY "E"
It's the largest kingdom in the United Kingdom
Time's up! The correct answer was England
WE'RE MALAYSIA-BOUND
Go "strait" to this port & visit St. Paul's Church where St. Francis Xavier's body was held until moved to India
Time's up! The correct answer was Malacca
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
In an $80 billion deal these 2 oil companies joined forces in 1999 in the biggest merger up to that time
Time's up! The correct answer was Exxon & Mobil
ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS
Liz won an Oscar for her role as a battlesome wife in this adaptation of an Albee play
Time's up! The correct answer was Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
CANADIAN CAPITALS
This British Columbia capital was the capital of the colony of Vancouver Island 1848-1866
Time's up! The correct answer was Victoria
MY NAME IS EARL WARREN
I ruled that public school segregation was unconstitutional in this landmark 1954 case
Time's up! The correct answer was Brown v. Board of Education
CLASSIC NICHOLSON MOVIE LINES
1974: "What makes you certain that your husband is, um, involved with someone?"
Time's up! The correct answer was Chinatown
"S"-OTERICA
It's a low-level football "catch" made near the ground by a running player
Time's up! The correct answer was shoestring catch
CLOTHING WORDS
To lose footing on icy ground
Time's up! The correct answer was slip
LANGUAGES
Most of the classes in Quebec schools are taught in this language
Time's up! The correct answer was French
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
Leadville in the Rockies in this state is the USA's highest incorporated city
Time's up! The correct answer was Colorado
WONDER DRUGS
Humulin used by diabetics is short for "human" this
Time's up! The correct answer was insulin
THOSE AMAZING ANIMALS
High in Omega-3 fatty acids, oils from these creatures have been shown to reduce high levels of triglycerides
Time's up! The correct answer was fish
OH, BEE GEE
Though never a Bee Gee, this other brother had 3 No. 1 singles & hosted "Solid Gold"
Time's up! The correct answer was Andy Gibb
AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
"Voyage of the Beagle"
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Darwin
HOW INSPIRATIONAL
Thinking of his sins, poet Heinrich Heine said, "Of course" God will do this to "me; that's his business"
Time's up! The correct answer was forgive
WORLD LEADERS
Serzh Sargsian is its president, Tigran Sargsian is its prime minister
Time's up! The correct answer was Armenia
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
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
HOUSES OF WORSHIP
The last British sovereign buried at this church was George II in 1760; since then, they've been buried at Windsor
Time's up! The correct answer was Westminster Abbey
CHICKENS FOR FREE
Da, comrade-- a fork pierces the bird, launching a jet of fragrant melted butter in chicken this
Time's up! The correct answer was chicken Kiev
SOUNDS LIKE A CAPITAL CITY
Almost half of north Americans have this kind of blood
Time's up! The correct answer was Type A
SSSSSSSSNAKES!!!!!
There are king & Asian species of this "charming" snake seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was cobra
HOMOPHONES
Deserve, or a large decorative vase
Time's up! The correct answer was earn/urn
BROADWAY
The Phantom of the Opera wears a partial one of these on his face, probably because a full one is hard to sing through
Time's up! The correct answer was mask
LITERARY CHARACTERS
Emma is the first name of this title character of an 1857 Gustave Flaubert novel
Time's up! The correct answer was Madame Bovary
MANY IRONS
This Prusso-German statesman was the "Iron Chancellor"
Time's up! The correct answer was Otto von Bismarck
ON THE MOVE
In 1980 the U.S. government loaned this auto company $1.5 billion; the loans were repaid within 3 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Chrysler
A TRIP TO OUTER SPACE
Many astronomers believe the Great Andromeda spiral galaxy has one of these "dark" collapsed stars at its center
Time's up! The correct answer was black hole
LOBBYISTS
Victor Crawford lobbied for, then against, this industry before his death from cancer
Time's up! The correct answer was the tobacco industry
THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY
Khartoum, Cairo, Kinshasa
Time's up! The correct answer was Cairo
THE CONTINENTS
This continent is the largest in area
Time's up! The correct answer was Asia
AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY
In addition to its bountiful wildlife, this desert is the site of the Orapa diamond mine, one of the world's largest
Time's up! The correct answer was Kalahari
NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME
He was honored for discovering "hundreds of new uses for crops such as the peanut"
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington Carver
NAME THE AUTOMAKER
Stratus & Stealth
Time's up! The correct answer was Dodge
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
INTERNATIONAL RHYME TIME
Japanese kimono sash for a small, spiny-finned fish
Time's up! The correct answer was an obi goby
NAME THE OPERA
("La Dona e Mobile")
Time's up! The correct answer was "Rigoletto"
CLIMBING
In "Vertical Limit" Robin Tunney is menaced by this high-altitude condition of fluid leaking into the lungs
Time's up! The correct answer was pulmonary edema
PHRASES THAT SELL
"Be all that you can be" in this military branch
Time's up! The correct answer was the Army
ANATOMY
The human body has 3 types of these: skeletal, smooth & cardiac, a combination of skeletal & smooth
Time's up! The correct answer was muscles
STATE OF THE UNION
The Jack Daniel's distillery is in Lynchburg in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Tennessee
ART & ARTISTS
This Dutch master served as chairman of the Delft Artists' Guild from 1662-63 & 1670-71
Time's up! The correct answer was Jan Vermeer
EUROPE
The fertile plain east of the Danube, making up half this country's area, is called the Great Alfold
Time's up! The correct answer was Hungary
WEBSITES
"Sari Says" is an advice column in the online version of this teen magazine
Time's up! The correct answer was Teen People
TAINTED GOV
Elected to the Senate in 1930, he refused to resign as Louisiana's gov. until '32, when his handpicked crony got the gig
Time's up! The correct answer was Huey Long
ASSASSINS
In 1994, 31 years after the crime, Byron de la Beckwith was convicted of murdering this Civil Rights leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Medgar Evers
SCIENCE GUYS
Until his death in 1907, this chemist headed the Weights & Measures Bureau in St. Petersburg, Russia
Time's up! The correct answer was Mendeleev
WEATHER WORLD
The Australian mountains that include the Charlotte's Pass ski area, or the weather there in July
Time's up! The correct answer was Snowy
CONTESTS
At the 1999 Westminster Dog Show, CH Loteki Supernatural Being won this award for matching the breed standard
Time's up! The correct answer was Best in Show
ASIAN CAPITALS
Check out the Kokugikan Sumo Budokan Arena in this capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Tokyo
IS IT "TEA" TIME YET?
This slang synonym for oil is mentioned in the theme song to "The Beverly Hillbillies"
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas tea
SPORTS EQUIPMENT
Until 1954 major league players could leave these on the field when it was their team's turn to bat
Time's up! The correct answer was Gloves
A REALLY BIG CATEGORY
The Great Red Spot is a great big storm on this great big planet
Time's up! The correct answer was Jupiter
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
Dinarzade is the younger sister of this woman known for her nocturnal stories
Time's up! The correct answer was Shahrazad
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
SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD
We want you to be committed to catagorizing your collectibles cohesively
Time's up! The correct answer was categorizing
BRITISH HISTORY
Though it sounds like a grim volume, it's just William the Conqueror's survey of the British kingdom
Time's up! The correct answer was The Domesday Book
18th CENTURY AMERICANS
In the 1770s, this pamphleteer wrote "African Slavery in America", an article condemning slavery
Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Paine
& HONEY
& Honey, while you're up, can you grab my copy of "Caligula" by this French-Algerian author? He's so existential
Time's up! The correct answer was Camus
ENDLESS SUMER
Utu, who judged the dead at the end of each day, was the Sumerian god of this celestial body
Time's up! The correct answer was sun
BUSY AS A BEAVER
Gee, Wally, this classic TV show premiered on October 4, 1957
Time's up! The correct answer was Leave It to Beaver
NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES
Moving right along--this large Alabama city, as well as a river & bay, was named for an Indian tribe in the region
Time's up! The correct answer was Mobile
RHYMES WITH TEEN
Jack Sprat's wife couldn't eat any
Time's up! The correct answer was Lean
AND I QUOTE
Type of quotations in the title of "Bartlett's"
Time's up! The correct answer was Familiar
SPOOKS
Cuban refugee Antonio Prohias drew this MAD Magazine comic strip for 29 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Spy vs. Spy
THE BODY WOMAN
When a woman's "water breaks" in labor, the "water" is this fluid
Time's up! The correct answer was amniotic fluid
CITY FLAGS
The Y-shaped design on this city's flag represents the convergence of the Mississippi & Missouri rivers
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Louis
NICKNAMES
"The Father of Pennsylvania"
Time's up! The correct answer was William Penn
GRAVE MATTERS
Wayne Newton hopes to find the remains of this tribal ancestor in Britain & bring them home to her native Virginia
Time's up! The correct answer was Pocahontas
ORGANIZED LABOR
This union withdrew from the AFL-CIO in 168 under Walter Reuther, but rejoined in 1981
Time's up! The correct answer was the United Autoworkers Union
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
I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW
Jim Reeves was top-"seeded" after he chomped 13 pounds of this gourd in 15 minutes
Time's up! The correct answer was watermelon
THE FRENCH CONNECTION
From Old French, its [sic] what we call the person who runs the roulette table
Time's up! The correct answer was croupier
SPOILER ALERT!
1932: The unusual circus performers discover Olga's murderous plans & turn her into a "chicken woman"
Time's up! The correct answer was Freaks
MAGAZINES
This founder of Weight Watchers is a cosulting editor of Weight Watchers magazine
Time's up! The correct answer was Jean Nidetch
BIOGRAPHIES
"The Education of a Woman" by Carolyn G. Heilbrun tells of this feminist and famous Ms
Time's up! The correct answer was Gloria Steinem
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME
Elizabeth I reportedly whitened this with a mixture of eggshell, poppy seeds, borax & lead
Time's up! The correct answer was Her Complexion
FOOD CHAIN
Featuring the Famous Bloomin' Onion, this restaurant also offers a Joey Menu for kids
Time's up! The correct answer was Outback
BLARNEY
Now applied to Shakespeare, this word referred originally to Celtic minstrel poets
Time's up! The correct answer was bard
LONG GERMAN WORDS
Freude is this to which Beethoven composed an ode; Schadenfreude is this at someone else's misfortune
Time's up! The correct answer was joy
IS IT "TEA" TIME YET?
In 1975 the Perfumer's Workshop introduced a fragrance named for this flower
Time's up! The correct answer was a tea rose
PRESIDENTS' MONOGRAMS
RMN
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Milhous Nixon
FLOPS
With teams including the Florida Blazers, this football league lasted for 1 1/2 seasons in '74-'75
Time's up! The correct answer was WFL
LIBRARIES
In 1889 this philanthropist funded his first U.S. library in Braddock, Penn., home to one of his steel mills
Time's up! The correct answer was Carnegie
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
LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS?
Embarrassingly but aptly, this baby doctor's name was synonymous with womb
Time's up! The correct answer was Uterus
SPORTS EQUIPMENT
1 of 2 pieces of equipment in track & field that weigh 16 pounds
Time's up! The correct answer was Hammer & Shot-Put
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE COMPANIES
Its original purpose was to insure people on journeys
Time's up! The correct answer was Travelers
FOOD
Also known as an alligator pear
Time's up! The correct answer was an avocado
HISTORIC NICKNAMES
Among the more colorful nicknames of this agricultural chemist were "Peanut Man" & "Sweet-Potato Man"
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington Carver
11-LETTER WORDS
British weight system based on a pound equal to 453.59 grams or 16 ounces
Time's up! The correct answer was Avoirdupois
GOOSE...MOTHER GOOSE
The pig that he stole was actually an animal-shaped, currant-filled pastry
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom
SNACK ATTACK
I'll sip a Berries & Kreme Chiller with my hot Original Glazed doughnut from this chain
Time's up! The correct answer was Krispy Kreme
LUXEMBOURG
During his years in exile, this "Les Miserables" author lived for a while in Vianden; his house there is now a museum
Time's up! The correct answer was Victor Hugo
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
20th CENTURY WORLD LEADERS
In 1958 he launched his Great Leap Forward program; it was a great disaster
Time's up! The correct answer was Mao
GONE TOMORROW?
The endangerment of the New Mexico ridge-nosed species of this snake was caused in part by collectors
Time's up! The correct answer was a rattlesnake
THE "UNDER" WORLD
Lingerie is a fancy word for it
Time's up! The correct answer was underwear
EDIBLES INSTANT REPLAY REVIEW
After review, the bierwurst, lop chong & kielbasa, types of these, were overcooked
Time's up! The correct answer was sausage
HORNS
South America's southernmost point, its rocky terrain rises to a height of 1,391 feet
Time's up! The correct answer was Cape Horn
THE NEW YORK TIMES 2009 FICTION BESTSELLERS
"Homer & Langley" by this author of "Ragtime" details the lives of the reclusive Collyer Brothers
Time's up! The correct answer was Doctorow
PLANT LIFE
If someone insists your spruce is really a fir, show him that these pointy items are square, not flat
Time's up! The correct answer was needles
PUNJAB
Predominant in the Punjab, this religion has origins in both Hinduism & Islam
Time's up! The correct answer was Sikhism
THE BUTLER DID IT
Ted Cassidy played Bigfoot on "The Six Million Dollar Man" & filled this servant's shoes on "The Addams Family"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lurch
JAZZ IT UP
This Thelonious Monk composition provided the title for a 1986 jazz film starring Dexter Gordon
Time's up! The correct answer was 'Round Midnight
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
BORN IN THE WINDY CITY
Tarzan was the most famous creation of this Chicago-born writer
Time's up! The correct answer was Edgar Rice Burroughs
NOT A POPE
Romanus I, Julius I, Caesar III
Time's up! The correct answer was Caesar III
GOAT-POURRI
In "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", Pierre Gringoire rescues this gypsy girl's goat from a mob
Time's up! The correct answer was Esmeralda
THE REEL STORY
Keanu Reeves is a supernatural detective in this 2005 flick based on the Hellblazer comic book
Time's up! The correct answer was Constantine
"TABLE"S
A menu for the subject matter of a book usually placed before the text
Time's up! The correct answer was Table of Contents
ANATOMY
The uvea, the eye's middle layer, includes this contractile diaphragm, the colored part of the eye
Time's up! The correct answer was the iris
GENERAL SCIENCE
This alliterative event happened 14 billion years ago
Time's up! The correct answer was the Big Bang
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
THE SECOND...
...Sherlock Holmes novel published
Time's up! The correct answer was The Sign of Four
STORYTELLERS
He wrote two collections of modern fables, several fairytales, and "My World and Welcome to It"
Time's up! The correct answer was James Thurber
LAW & GOVERNMENT
Because of its secretiveness, the American Party in the 1850s was also known by this name
Time's up! The correct answer was The Know-Nothings
ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE
Native Americans grew these together with corn & at harvest time combined them into "M'sickquatash"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lima beans
3-LETTER ABBREV.
A religious group: LDS
Time's up! The correct answer was Latter Day Saints
NONFICTION
The New Yorker's 1959 review of this said in its brevity & clarity it is "unlike most such manuals, a book as well as a tool"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Elements of Style
TELEVISION
"Freddy's Nightmares", a horror anthology that debuted in 1988, was based on this movie series
Time's up! The correct answer was Nightmare on Elm Street
POEMS ON POETS
This romantic poet was really not clairvoyant / In 1822 / He put "Hellas" into view / But we wish he was more buoyant
Time's up! The correct answer was Shelley
THE REEL STORY
He played Mozart in the 1984 film "Amadeus"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Hulce
PEN NAMES
2 of his pen names were rather transparent: Antosha Chekhonte & Anton Ch.
Time's up! The correct answer was Anton Chekhov
MONEY SLANG
Cheap way off a rodeo bronco
Time's up! The correct answer was Buck
CITY OF BIRTH
Mad magazine illustrator James Warhola
Time's up! The correct answer was Pittsburgh
4-LETTER WORDS
This sound can be emitted by an auto horn or by a wild goose
Time's up! The correct answer was Honk
MEDICAL MILESTONES
In 1906 August von Wassermann developed a well-known test for this sexually transmitted disease
Time's up! The correct answer was syphilis
WAR
"Operation Rolling Thunder" was the 1965 U.S. bombing campaign designed in part to stop men & supplies coming south on this road
Time's up! The correct answer was the Ho Chi Minh Trail
MUSICAL TRAINS
During the 1954-1955 Sun sessions, Elvis climbed aboard this train "sixteen coaches long"
Time's up! The correct answer was the "Mystery Train"
ON THE RADIO
Radio abbreviation that precedes the name of rap figures Quik, Pooh & Jazzy Jeff
Time's up! The correct answer was DJ
FAMOUS NAMES
Creator of "The Cisco Kid", William Sidney Porter was better known by this name
Time's up! The correct answer was O. Henry
THE RULE OF THIRDS
You have to go through this ceremony in order to become a Freemason
Time's up! The correct answer was the Third Degree
SOMETHIN' TO "C"
The means of production are privately owned in this economic system
Time's up! The correct answer was Capitalism
HEADS OF STATE
In July 1994 this Jordanian king signed a peace agreement with Israel's prime minister Yitzhak Rabin
Time's up! The correct answer was King Hussein
BUSINESS PARTNERS
In tools: Duncan Black &...
Time's up! The correct answer was Alonzo Decker
& CROWN THY GOOD
In 1905 Haakon VII was chosen king by the people & parliament of this country after its separation from Sweden
Time's up! The correct answer was Norway
MAGIC
In November 2000 this illusionist known for his street magic was encased in a block of ice for 63 hours in Times Square
Time's up! The correct answer was David Blaine
HISTORIC WOMEN
On April 5, 1614, in Jamestown, she married John Rolfe
Time's up! The correct answer was Pocahontas
HOMOPHONES
A negative vote, or a horse's whinny
Time's up! The correct answer was nay/neigh
DANGER IN WONDERLAND
These 2 brothers may look like dimwits but they're vicious; beware the sword & umbrella, their weapons of choice
Time's up! The correct answer was Tweedledum & Tweedledee
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
TV MOVIES
The 1974 autobiography of this woman won 9 Emmy Awards, 2 for Cicely Tyson
Time's up! The correct answer was The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
LITERARY GENRES
The name of this literary form also means "to try"
Time's up! The correct answer was an essay
SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN
Comedy which features the wedding of Hippolyta, the queen of the Amazons
Time's up! The correct answer was A Midsummer Night's Dream
HISTORIC AMERICA
Pompey's Pillar, a rock formation in Montana, was named by Capt. William Clark for the son of this Indian guide
Time's up! The correct answer was Sacajawea
MILITARY UNITS
3 brigades under 1 headquarters, or a math function
Time's up! The correct answer was a division
WHEAT
Pasta is made from this coarsely-ground grain of durum wheat
Time's up! The correct answer was Semolina
MUSICAL THEATRE
This Stephen Sondheim musical was based on the Ingmar Bergman film "Smiles Of A Summer Night"
Time's up! The correct answer was "A Little Night Music"
CLOTHING
This Channel Island has a close-fitting knitted shirt or sweater named for it, in addition to a cow
Time's up! The correct answer was Jersey
WORLD MUSEUMS
It's the set of museums that includes the Museo Pio-Clementino, exhibiting sculpture
Time's up! The correct answer was the Vatican Museums
A SHAPELY CATEGORY
Something that's cordate is shaped like this, my love
Time's up! The correct answer was a heart
MOVIES
This was the nickname of the Irish man "who knew how to get things" in The Shawshank Redemption.
Time's up! The correct answer was Red
THE "A"s
In 1841 ex-president John Quincy Adams represented the mutineers of this ship before the Supreme Court
Time's up! The correct answer was the Amistad
LET THE GAMES BEGIN
It's the most expensive property in the U.S. version of Monopoly
Time's up! The correct answer was Boardwalk
THE CIVIL WAR
Heavy casualties at Shiloh led to calls for his firing, but Lincoln said, "I can't spare this man; he fights"
Time's up! The correct answer was Grant
PICK A PLANET
Its "day" is 24 hours & 39 minutes
Time's up! The correct answer was Mars
JONATHAN SWIFTIES
"He was a bold man that first ate" this bivalve mollusk
Time's up! The correct answer was an oyster
FLEETS
The Duque de Medina- Sidonia commanded this fleet in 1588
Time's up! The correct answer was the Spanish Armada
PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS
She must have been hairy, as this hairstyle is named for the big-haired mistress of a French emperor
Time's up! The correct answer was Pompadour
A BUNCH OF "GREAT" LEADERS
His forces defeated the Persian Army under Darius III in 333 B.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander the Great
SWEET TREATS
From 1910 to 1912 this popcorn confection came with prize coupons instead of the prizes themselves
Time's up! The correct answer was Cracker Jack
BRITISH BANDS & SINGERS
1997's "Calling All Stations" was their first album since Phil Collins left the group
Time's up! The correct answer was Genesis
SEE THE USA
The science museum in this Virginia capital called its 1987 Science Circus "The Greatest Earth on Show"
Time's up! The correct answer was Richmond, Virginia
BIRD HUNTING
At NYU, Martin Scorsese taught future filmmakers Spike Lee & Oliver Stone
Time's up! The correct answer was a martin
2-LETTER WORDS
An Italian river, or the red Teletubby
Time's up! The correct answer was Po
ASSASSINS
Yigal Amir, a student at Bar-Ilan University, is serving a life sentence for assassinating this leader in 1995
Time's up! The correct answer was Rabin
TITLES FROM SHAKESPEARE
Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" comes from a speech of Miranda's in this play
Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest
"EVER"S
The answer to this title question of 1962: she cares for her crippled sister Blanche
Time's up! The correct answer was Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
MANIAS
One suffering from bruxomania unconsciously gnashes these
Time's up! The correct answer was Teeth
THE KOREAN WAR
In 1950 Gen. Walton Walker, the main U.S. field commander, was killed riding in this type of vehicle
Time's up! The correct answer was Jeep
THE PARTS OF SPEECH
Of the traditional 8 parts of speech, it's the only one that doesn't end in the same 4 letters as 1 of the other parts of speech
Time's up! The correct answer was adjective
EDIBLES INSTANT REPLAY REVIEW
Upon review, this "circular" cut of meat from below the rump was too gristly
Time's up! The correct answer was the round
AMERICAN HISTORY
On April 2, 1917 President Wilson told Congress, "The world must be made safe for" this
Time's up! The correct answer was democracy
DRAMA
Shakespeare's 2 greatest contemporaries: one was murdered in 1593 & one killed a man in 1598
Time's up! The correct answer was Christopher Marlowe & Ben Jonson
METALLICA
This metal was discovered in 1789; it took until 1896 to find out that it was radioactive
Time's up! The correct answer was uranium
MODERN "TIME"S
It's the "Fox"y TV spinoff seen here:
Time's up! The correct answer was The Time of Your Life
POLITICIANS
This champion stock-car racer lost the 1996 race for North Carolina's Secretary of State
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Petty
WHAM-O
Wham-O received its name from this first product; when a projectile hit its target, it made a "Wham-O" sound
Time's up! The correct answer was a slingshot
BIRDS
Listen, you white-bellied bustard, I know where you live-- this continent's savanna
Time's up! The correct answer was Africa
"MUM"s THE WORD
This 2-word term for confusing language may come from a Mande phrase for "ancestor wearing a pompom"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mumbo-jumbo
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
& CROWN THY GOOD
The heroic 480 B.C. death of this king of Sparta at Thermopylae made him famous; c'mon, one of you saw "300", right?
Time's up! The correct answer was Leonidas
CAMERA
Aptly, underwater photography may require these widest wide-angle lenses
Time's up! The correct answer was fisheye lenses
WORLD HISTORY
In 1864 Austria & Prussia went to war with Denmark, winning Schleswig & this duchy
Time's up! The correct answer was Holstein
AMERICAN AUTHORS
His bestselling first novel, published in 1846, was set in Polynesia
Time's up! The correct answer was Herman Melville
COMIC STRIPS
Aaugh! This comic strip character was torn between a summer camp flame named Peggy Jean & the little red-haired girl
Time's up! The correct answer was Charlie Brown
BIRDS! BIRDS! BIRDS!
It loves to swim, but this bird seen here is one of the few that do not fly
Time's up! The correct answer was Penguin
BRITISH HISTORY
Founder of the nursing profession, she was named after the city in which she was born
Time's up! The correct answer was Florence Nightingale
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
Their 1st professional collaboration was this 1943 landmark musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Oklahoma!
HEADS OF STATE
In 1976 this current president of France founded the Rally for the Republic Party
Time's up! The correct answer was Jacques Chirac
COLOSSUS
From this author we get the adjective "brobdingnagian", meaning "gigantic"
Time's up! The correct answer was Swift
"DON'T" YOU KNOW THIS SONG?
Elton John saw the light of the Top 5 with this song twice, in 1974 & 1992
Time's up! The correct answer was "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me"
HORNS
Christian tradition says this archangel will blow his trumpet to announce the Second Coming
Time's up! The correct answer was Gabriel
WHO'S ON FIRST?
I pity the fool who doesn't know that this show led into "Remington Steele" on NBC's 1983-84 schedule
Time's up! The correct answer was The A-Team
HE WAS IN THAT?
He appeared fleet-ingly in "Sailor Beware" with Martin & Lewis before "East of Eden" made him a star
Time's up! The correct answer was James Dean
PROVERBS
There's "no time like" this
Time's up! The correct answer was the present
BRANDO
Blanche's brother-in-law Stanley
Time's up! The correct answer was A Streetcar Named Desire
ON THE "WAR"PATH
Homeothermic, like mammals
Time's up! The correct answer was warm-blooded
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
THE PLANET URANUS
Observations by astronomer James Elliot in 1977 discovered 5 of these around Uranus
Time's up! The correct answer was rings
NONFICTION PULITZER WINNERS
Garry Wills used a lot more than 272 words writing "Lincoln at" this place, which won him a 1993 Pulitzer
Time's up! The correct answer was Gettysburg
HE WAS IN THAT?
He appeared fleet-ingly in "Sailor Beware" with Martin & Lewis before "East of Eden" made him a star
Time's up! The correct answer was James Dean
THE SECOND...
...U.S. manned space program
Time's up! The correct answer was the Gemini program
CliffsNotes
Livestock successfully stage rebellion, pigs end up blowing it for everyone
Time's up! The correct answer was "Animal Farm"
EXPLORERS
A book by Thomas James, who searched for the Northwest Passage, inspired this Coleridge poem
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
MONEY SLANG
2-word phrase for Henny Penny's lunch
Time's up! The correct answer was Chicken feed
THE NEW TESTAMENT
In Revelation, it was the name of he who sat on a pale horse
Time's up! The correct answer was Death
ARTISTS' RETREATS
Proceeds from "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" helped him start a residency program on Long Island
Time's up! The correct answer was Edward Albee
ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL
This element, Na, combines with chlorine to form ordinary table salt
Time's up! The correct answer was sodium
POP MUSIC
In "Take Me Home, Country Roads", John Denver sang, "Almost heaven," this state
Time's up! The correct answer was West Virginia
AMERICAN HISTORY
John O'Sullivan, who later became a diplomat, coined this term for the USA's right to cover the continent
Time's up! The correct answer was Manifest Destiny
SORTA SOUNDS LIKE OPRAH?
Bizet's "Carmen", for example
Time's up! The correct answer was an opera
GENERAL INFORMATION
The only place this general wouldn't "march" was to the presidency; he told the GOP "I will not accept if nominated" in 1884
Time's up! The correct answer was Sherman
KNOTS TO YOU
It is second only to "Gunsmoke" as TV's longest-running primetime drama series
Time's up! The correct answer was Knots Landing
"DIAMOND"s IN THE ROUGH
Carol Channing's Broadway ballad from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend"
THE TREES WERE ANGRY THAT DAY, MY FRIENDS
In the third film of this title guy's animated series, Fiona's planned attack on 2 tree/ guards doesn't make them happy
Time's up! The correct answer was Shrek
HISTORIC QUOTES
When asked how he became a hero, this president replied, "It was involuntary. They sank my boat"
Time's up! The correct answer was John F. Kennedy
THE GIANTS
"Giants in the Earth" is Ole Rolvaag's novel about immigrants from this country adjusting to life on the prairie
Time's up! The correct answer was Norway
SCIENTISTS
This botanist was hailed as "The Wizard of Tuskegee"
Time's up! The correct answer was George Washington Carver
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
Bakula, Wolf
Time's up! The correct answer was Scott
FIRST NOVELS
His first novel, "The Town And The City", might be good to read while you're "On The Road"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack Kerouac
AWARDS
Theodore Hesburgh, once president of this university, has been awarded over 100 honorary degrees
Time's up! The correct answer was Notre Dame
COMPOUND WORDS
It's the 9-letter name for a type of restaurant that specializes in steak & other meat on the bone
Time's up! The correct answer was chophouse
LUNCH COUNTER LINGO
The name of this state is slang for maple syrup
Time's up! The correct answer was Vermont
ROAMIN' THE WORLD
About two-thirds of this U.K. country's area is in its highlands & islands
Time's up! The correct answer was Scotland
WORDS TO THE "Y"s
The last stage of a robbery, as in the McQueen-MacGraw movie
Time's up! The correct answer was a getaway
MOUNTAINS
Geological evidence shows that this 5,000-mile mountain chain may extend south into Antarctica
Time's up! The correct answer was the Andes
THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY
Manila, Jakarta, Canberra
Time's up! The correct answer was Manila
ROUGH POLITICS
On Aug. 5, 1994 he was named independent counsel in the Whitewater affair
Time's up! The correct answer was Kenneth Starr
MEASURING DEVICES
An odometer measures the distance covered by a vehicle & this device measures how far you've walked
Time's up! The correct answer was a pedometer
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
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
TELEVISION
This crime drama with Robert Wagner & Stefanie Powers was created by Sidney Sheldon
Time's up! The correct answer was Hart to Hart
SILENCE
The journal of this quiet type of institution gives an award for the one "of the Year"; in 2010 it was in Columbus
Time's up! The correct answer was a library
FOREIGN
Tredici is Italian for this symbol of bad luck
Time's up! The correct answer was thirteen
WHAT THE KIDS ARE CALLING IT
A sports team member who sees many women at once fits 2 definitions of this word
Time's up! The correct answer was Player
FLY COUNTRIES
Belavia (Its first terminal was in Minsk)
Time's up! The correct answer was Belarus
SWEET TREATS
This snack cake, which turned 60 in 1990, was originally filled with banana creme, not vanilla
Time's up! The correct answer was Twinkies
THE MISFITS
When these misfit brothers were "at the circus" in a 1939 film, "Lydia the tattooed lady" was there, too
Time's up! The correct answer was The Marx Brothers
FATHER'S IN LAW
Father was quite the cutup in Prof. Charles Fried's class at this Massachusetts law school founded in 1817
Time's up! The correct answer was Harvard
THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN
One of the other 3 people in the presidential box with Lincoln & Booth at the time of the attack
Time's up! The correct answer was Mary Todd Lincoln
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
PROVERBS
These two things "wait for no man"
Time's up! The correct answer was time and tide
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
SALMON
The roe of the chum salmon is a popular source for the red variety of this
Time's up! The correct answer was caviar
WANT ADS
We have a primary need for this hyphenated job in our fancy French kitchen; only the head guy is your superior
Time's up! The correct answer was sous-chef
KAN U SPEL BIZNESS?
"Kid tested, mother approved" cereal
Time's up! The correct answer was K-I-X
IT'S A COUP D'ETAT
After his murder, the conspirators did not gain control, as power was passed on to the Second Triumvirate
Time's up! The correct answer was Julius Caesar
ABBREVIATED
An international alliance: EU
Time's up! The correct answer was the European Union
BIBLICAL PAIRS
"Hairy" couple from Judges 16
Time's up! The correct answer was Samson & Delilah
POETS & POETRY
He was descended from an Abyssinian prince, Peter the Great's godson
Time's up! The correct answer was Pushkin
THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION
Philadelphia got its start as a colony for this religious group of which William Penn was a member
Time's up! The correct answer was the Quakers
NATIONAL FOODS
This breakfast treat with deep pockets was introduced to Americans at the 1964 World's Fair
Time's up! The correct answer was Belgian waffles
BACK IN 1906
The 1906 murder of Grace Brown in New York State inspired Theodore Dreiser to write this novel
Time's up! The correct answer was An American Tragedy
3-LETTER ABBREV.
For tax purposes, the total amount you earned less deductions: AGI
Time's up! The correct answer was adjusted gross income
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
Brazil
Time's up! The correct answer was Portuguese
PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY
Gerald Ford was the last president born under this "crab"by sign
Time's up! The correct answer was Cancer
I'M "L__X"
This "Tax" is found on a Monopoly board
Time's up! The correct answer was Luxury Tax
RODENTS
Contrary to popular belief, mass drownings by the Norway species of this rodent are not suicidal in nature
Time's up! The correct answer was lemmings
CROSSWORD CLUES "D"
He's the shadowy Watergate source (4,6)
Time's up! The correct answer was "Deep Throat"
WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
Jacobins in the French Revolution proudly called themselves these, now describing people who use fear to persuade
Time's up! The correct answer was terrorists
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Poi, a luau treat, is made from these mashed roots
Time's up! The correct answer was taro
AFRICAN AMERICANS
In 1978 she became the first black woman honored on a U.S. postage stamp
Time's up! The correct answer was Harriet Tubman
WORLD "P"s
World Heritage sites in this nation include the Nasca Lines
Time's up! The correct answer was Peru
RED SOX IT TO ME
In 1918 he extended his streak of scoreless World Series innings pitched to 29.2 & tied for the most HRs in the league
Time's up! The correct answer was Babe Ruth
MYTHELLANEOUS
Lotis, later turned into the lotus tree, was one of these female spirits of nature
Time's up! The correct answer was a nymph
IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING
This rock band sang, "We are the sultans of swing"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dire Straits
INITIALS M.D.
He's broken many stories in his online "Report"
Time's up! The correct answer was Matt Drudge
"GREEN" THINGS
Oh yes, this North Carolina city was the birthplace of O. Henry
Time's up! The correct answer was Greensboro
RELIGION
Jainism, with 4 1/2 million adherents, was founded in this country by Mahavira, "the Great Hero"
Time's up! The correct answer was India
NATIONAL MONUMENTS
George Custer's men are buried in a cemetery in the national monument named for this river
Time's up! The correct answer was Little Bighorn
INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE
Oh, it bellows: RANCID COO
Time's up! The correct answer was accordion
HORSE SENSE
Shakespeare has this king saying, "Saddle White Surrey for the field to-morrow"
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard III
BEFORE & AFTER
"Thin" piece of disputed Israeli-Palestinian land involved in a clothes-shedding card game
Time's up! The correct answer was Gaza Strip Poker
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
& HONEY
& Honey, it's May--we gotta call your mom in London for Mother's Day; don't forget it's this many hours ahead of N.Y. time
Time's up! The correct answer was five
"IP" SO FACTO
Landing or Gaza
Time's up! The correct answer was a strip
EXPLORERS
In 1848 Johannes Rebmann became the first European to see & describe "the snows" of this African mountain
Time's up! The correct answer was Kilimanjaro
ABBREVIATED STATES
When abbreviated before the number 47, this state becomes an assault weapon
Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska
HOLIDAYS
Until 1752, the 13 colonies observed Annunciation Day, the 25th of this month, as new year's
Time's up! The correct answer was March
CANADIAN FOOTBALL
French for "red", it's the term used for the point that is scored if a punt goes out of the end zone untouched
Time's up! The correct answer was rouge
3-LETTER ABBREV.
On some forms & applications: DOB
Time's up! The correct answer was date of birth
ALSO ON YOUR COMPUTER KEYS
Football position that can be split or tight
Time's up! The correct answer was End
TRAVEL & TOURISM
Type of place you'd be visiting if you were in Wind Cave, Lassen or Zion
Time's up! The correct answer was a national park
SHAMANISM ON YOU
In the traditional religion of this Asian peninsula, male shamans are called Paksu
Time's up! The correct answer was the Korean Peninsula
___ OG
Something can do this to your bad memory; it's also a wheel on a Sony Clie
Time's up! The correct answer was jog
I'M HUNGRY!
I can't pass up the mousse d'ecrevisse, made with these freshwater crustaceans
Time's up! The correct answer was crayfish
WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
This phrase for taking a break from a long period of sitting goes back to 19th century baseball
Time's up! The correct answer was Seventh-inning stretch
SHAKESPEAREAN WORDS
The word "fashionable" came into vogue with Ulysses' speech to Achilles in this play
Time's up! The correct answer was Troilus and Cressida
AGRICULTURE
Spain, Italy & Greece are the leading producers of this liquid from the fruit of Olea europaea
Time's up! The correct answer was olive oil
MAGAZINES
Final Frontier is "The magazine of" this kind of "exploration"
Time's up! The correct answer was Space
SYMPHONIES ON FILM
The Philadelphia Orchestra played Beethoven's "Pastoral Symphony" for this 1940 Disney film
Time's up! The correct answer was Fantasia
"V"
2-word legal term for preliminary examination of jurors
Time's up! The correct answer was voir dire
SPELL CHECK HELL
I want to call my girl "dollpuss", not this suggested alternative meaning large portions of sour cream
Time's up! The correct answer was dollops
MUSIC/TELEVISION
Hey, now! Elvis Costello sold Hank Kingsley a lemon of a sports car on this HBO comedy
Time's up! The correct answer was The Larry Sanders Show
FUN WITH BALLET
Every "Psycho" knows that Matthew Bourne's ballet "Deadly Serious" is an homage to this film director
Time's up! The correct answer was Alfred Hitchcock
THE EVOLUTIONARY WAR
Orderly people are bothered by the idea of thse random changes in genetic material helping evolution along
Time's up! The correct answer was mutations
MOVIE TAG LINES
This 2009 comedy proclaimed, "Some guys just can't handle Vegas"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Hangover
PHYSICS 101
By definition, liquids & gases do this under stress, solids don't
Time's up! The correct answer was they flow
SORORITY WOMEN
This Kappa Delta artist settled in New Mexico in 1949 because of the earth colors, the ochres & the reds
Time's up! The correct answer was Georgia O'Keeffe
ENGLISH LITERATURE
This James Joyce work is a dream sequence in the minds of the Earwicker family
Time's up! The correct answer was "Finnegans Wake"
WITH BROTHERHOOD
Twin brothers Matthew & Gunnar, Ozzie & Harriet's grandsons, had hits in the '90s under this name
Time's up! The correct answer was Nelson
WHEREFORE "ART" THOU
One of these might be flip, flow or pie
Time's up! The correct answer was Chart
MYTHICAL CREATURES
Marco Polo told us of this 3-letter bird that could carry an elephant in its claws
Time's up! The correct answer was the roc
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
BALLS
In racquetball, the ball must strike the front wall before hitting this
Time's up! The correct answer was the ground
EARLY AMERICA
In 1685 he joined his father in pastorship of the Old North Church, a post he held until his death
Time's up! The correct answer was Cotton Mather
WHO PLAYED 'EM
2004: Monster hunter Dr. Gabriel Van Helsing
Time's up! The correct answer was Jackman
MINERALS
You’ll discover not gold, but a black mark, after rubbing this “gold” on porcelain
Time's up! The correct answer was fool’s gold
MUSCAT LOVE
Qaboos bin Said al Said rules from his palace in Muscat under this title that means "ruler" in Arabic
Time's up! The correct answer was sultan
DRAMA
Her 1946 play "Another Part of the Forest" is sometimes considered a prequel to "The Little Foxes"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lillian Hellman
WOLVERINE
During the winter, wolverines hunt caribou & this animal of the genus Rangifer; Santa's gonna be mad
Time's up! The correct answer was reindeer
SPEECH! SPEECH!
This onetime governor of Texas delivered the keynote speech at the 1988 Democratic Convention
Time's up! The correct answer was Ann Richards
MUSICALS OF THE '20s
In a 1927 title, this phrase preceded "Bonnie" (it didn't precede "Birdie" until 1960)
Time's up! The correct answer was Bye Bye
TAINTED GOV
In 2010 a House committee charged this veteran Harlem congressman with ethics violations
Time's up! The correct answer was Rangel
21st CENTURY MUSIC
"Ordinary People" singer John Stephens took on this last name, the stuff that myths are made of
Time's up! The correct answer was Legend
LITERARY OPENINGS
"It was a pleasure to burn."
Time's up! The correct answer was "Fahrenheit 451"
FAMILIAR PHRASES
This phrase meaning "to betray someone" came from slaves sent illegally via the Mississippi to New Orleans
Time's up! The correct answer was to sell them down the river
TAUNT "O"
After a wrong response, we may need to use one of these cathode-ray "scopes" to check for brain activity
Time's up! The correct answer was an oscilloscope
SKUNKS
Skunks are the major carriers of this disease in the continental U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was rabies
SCIENCE & NATURE
In a healthy mouth, this line separates the crown from the root of a tooth
Time's up! The correct answer was Gum Line
FLY ME, BUT NOT TO THE MOON
On Dec. 19, 2008 this "colorful" airline became the official one for the Red Sox, though its main hub is in (gasp!) N.Y.
Time's up! The correct answer was JetBlue
VALUABLE PLACES
The Yellow Brick Road leads to it
Time's up! The correct answer was The Emerald City
"ROCK"Y
Also called halite, this common mineral can be formed by the drying of enclosed bodies of seawater
Time's up! The correct answer was rock salt
SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN
In the 1st act, before he's king, this title character woos the newly-widowed Lady Anne
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard III
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
SHAKESPEARE
Part of Cassius' anatomy Brutus calls “itching” when accusing him of greed
Time's up! The correct answer was palm
SKUNKS
Name of zee skunk in zee popular Warner Brothers cartoons
Time's up! The correct answer was Pepé Le Pew
NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES
Laugh all you like but Hiawatha's wife in a poem by Longfellow was named for this Minnesota waterfall
Time's up! The correct answer was Minnehaha
FROM THE LATIN
You'll often find a statue's feet atop this kind of base whose name is from the Latin for "foot"
Time's up! The correct answer was a pedestal
THE LENIN CLOSET
When Lenin returned to Russia in 1917, he did it in a "sealed" one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was railway car
THE SILVER SCREEN
1960 film that says "Matricide is probably the most unbearable crime of all", especially for "the son who commits it"
Time's up! The correct answer was Psycho
2011 MOVIES
Known for his work as a Shakespearean actor, he directed "Thor"
Time's up! The correct answer was Branagh
FRUIT
More than 50 medications are affected by the juice of this citrus fruit; its enzymes break down the meds
Time's up! The correct answer was grapefruit
ENGLISH LITERATURE
"The Parson's Tale", which deals at length with the 7 deadly sins, concludes this 14th century work
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Canterbury Tales"
"LESS" IS MORE
Putting it before "Communism", Harry Truman popularized the use of this word meaning "atheistic"
Time's up! The correct answer was godless
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
IT'S A COUP D'ETAT
In 1921 Reza Pahlavi helped with a coup that eventually brought his son to power in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Iran
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
LIFE SCIENCE
A nematode is a roundworm; a planarian's shape gives it this name
Time's up! The correct answer was a flatworm
AIRLINE TRAVEL
In 2003 this airline agreed to buy KLM, creating Europe's largest airline
Time's up! The correct answer was Air France
NOT A POPE
Dominicus I, Honorius I, Innocent I
Time's up! The correct answer was Dominicus I
"LESS" IS MORE
Type of whisper in the title of a Wham! hit
Time's up! The correct answer was Careless
19th CENTURY AMERICA
The 1866 Civil Rights Act was passed over this president's veto
Time's up! The correct answer was Johnson
DON'T MESS WITH SICILY
Heading west to Sicily from Calabria, Italy will take you "strait" to this port city of 263,000
Time's up! The correct answer was Messina
FLY COUNTRIES
Aer Lingus
Time's up! The correct answer was Ireland
FAMOUS LLOYDS
In 1953 he orginated the role of Captain Queeg in "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial" on Broadway
Time's up! The correct answer was Lloyd Nolan
THE SHORT FORM
If sending a Valentine to your Guamaninan sweetie, you'll need to know that this is Guam's U.S. postal abbreviation
Time's up! The correct answer was GU
STUPID ANSWERS
It was invented in 1911 by Hans Geiger
Time's up! The correct answer was the Geiger counter
THE SUPREME COURT
After the 1987 rejection of this man's nomination to the court, Anthony Kennedy filled Powell's seat
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Bork
TV ACTORS & ROLES
Once Tommy Mullaney on "L.A. Law", John Spencer now plays White House chief of staff Leo McGarry on this series
Time's up! The correct answer was The West Wing
OF A SALESMAN
This 1992 presidential candidate sold IBM computers in Texas before starting his own company, EDS
Time's up! The correct answer was Ross Perot
ACTRESSES' FIRST FILMS
"The Outlaw"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jane Russell
BILL GATES' 50 BILLION
In this state where he lives, Bill could pay the governor's salary for 413,000 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington
1957
When Wham-O introduced this toy in 1957, it was called the Pluto Platter
Time's up! The correct answer was Frisbee
PRESIDENTS IN THE CABINET
Through skillful negotiation, Secretary of State Martin Van Buren got the U.S. this trade status with Turkey
Time's up! The correct answer was Most favored nation
ANNUAL EVENTS
Called the greatest 2 minutes in sports, it takes place on the first Saturday in May
Time's up! The correct answer was the Kentucky Derby
SSSSSSSSNAKES!!!!!
The name of this deadly mottled brown snake of the tropics is from the French for "lance head"
Time's up! The correct answer was fer-de-lance
ORGANIZED LABOR
In 1978 legislation raised the mandatory retirement age to this
Time's up! The correct answer was seventy
WHERE'S MY COFFEE?
Once Yemen's chief coffee port, its name now refers to a flavor of chocolate & coffee
Time's up! The correct answer was Mocha
LITERATURE
In chapter 52 of this novel, a boisterous crowd is gathering for Fagin's execution
Time's up! The correct answer was Oliver Twist
"LAP" DANCE
Take your gemstones to this specialist to have them cut & polished
Time's up! The correct answer was Lapidary
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
THE NEW TESTAMENT
Always mentioned last in the list of Jesus' 12 Disciples, he was the treasurer of the group
Time's up! The correct answer was Judas Iscariot
PRESIDENTIAL FINAL MOMENTS
He shuffled off this mortal coil in Warm Springs, GA from a cerebral hemorrhage
Time's up! The correct answer was FDR
U.S. PRESIDENTS
In November 1910 he was elected governor of New Jersey
Time's up! The correct answer was Wilson
A BUG'S LIFE
The chigoe is a sand-dwelling variety of this insect
Time's up! The correct answer was a flea
THEATRE AROUND THE WORLD
He directed a landmark Chinese production of his play "Death of a Salesman" at the People's Art Theatre in Beijing
Time's up! The correct answer was Arthur Miller
INTERIOR DESIGN
China & India provide many of the "imports" in the name of this Texas-based home furnishings retailer
Time's up! The correct answer was Pier 1 Imports
WARNER BROS.
He outlasted his brothers Sam, Albert & Harry in the company, finally selling out in 1967
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack Warner
AROUND THE POKER TABLE WITH SLIM
According to Hoyle, before Slim deals, the player to his right has to do this with 5 to 47 cards
Time's up! The correct answer was Cut the deck
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
In 1865 this school in Poughkeepsie became the first women's college in the U.S. to have facilities equal to the men's schools
Time's up! The correct answer was Vassar
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
"G"ARDEN GLOSSARY
Inserting a section of one plant into another so that they grow as one plant
Time's up! The correct answer was to graft
HIT TUNES
"Where The Streets Have No Name", "With Or Without You"
Time's up! The correct answer was U2
THE BODY HUMAN
The human body contains many of these: some are hinge, some are saddle, some are pivot types
Time's up! The correct answer was Joints
BARTLETT'S PAIRS
Kenneth Grahame's 2 quotes both come from this children's book
Time's up! The correct answer was The Wind in the Willows
WORDS OF THE WRITER
"'Do all lawyers defend n-negroes, Atticus?' 'Of course they do, Scout'"
Time's up! The correct answer was Harper Lee
AN ARTHUR BEE
He followed Garfield as president
Time's up! The correct answer was Chester Arthur
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
WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
Politically, this word for a region reflecting a large trend comes from a lead sheep with a ringer around its neck
Time's up! The correct answer was a bellwether
THE "BUTLER" DID IT
Film character who said, "You should be kissed, and often, and by someone who knows how"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rhett Butler
"X"-MEN
The "Apostle of the Indies", this missionary helped found the Jesuits & introduced Christianity to Japan
Time's up! The correct answer was Francis Xavier
DEAR JUNTA
After the junta released activist Aung San Suu Kyi to house arrest, Japan restored aid to this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Burma
TRUTH OR DARE
Dare: She was born on Aug. 18, 1587, the first English child born in America
Time's up! The correct answer was Virginia Dare
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
BALLET
The Carolina Ballet debuted a 2006 work based on this stormy Shakespearean shipwreck saga
Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest
BIG, REALLY BIG!
In 1956 a 12,000-square-mile one of these was seen floating off Antarctica; you might call it titanic
Time's up! The correct answer was an iceberg
HELLO, DELI!
Something smells fishy--must be this chopped fish patty mixed with crumbs & eggs & served cold in a jellied broth
Time's up! The correct answer was gefilte fish
FASHION FROM HEAD TO TOE
This type of felt hat that Dick Tracy wore is named for a play by Sardou
Time's up! The correct answer was a fedora
INTO THE "WOOD"s
1969 rock festival site
Time's up! The correct answer was Woodstock
THE MOVIES
In 1985 Helena Bonham Carter portrayed this historic "Lady" on film
Time's up! The correct answer was Lady Jane Grey
WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?
A New York steak is also known as this alliterative steak
Time's up! The correct answer was strip steak
WE'RE MALAYSIA-BOUND
Go "strait" to this port & visit St. Paul's Church where St. Francis Xavier's body was held until moved to India
Time's up! The correct answer was Malacca
TIME'S TOP 10 EVERYTHING OF 2008
No. 1 in "Discoveries": "Snow on" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Mars
NOT A CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITAL
Bucharest, Bonn, Bern
Time's up! The correct answer was Bonn
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
CANADIAN FOOTBALL
One of the 8 teams in the CFL is the Stampeders, who play for this city in the Canadian Rockies
Time's up! The correct answer was Calgary
TV THEME LYRICS
"Believe it or not, I'm walking on air, never thought I could feel so free"
Time's up! The correct answer was Greatest American Hero
MILITARY UNITS
A group of cavalry, whether A, B, or "F"
Time's up! The correct answer was a troop
ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER
September 2006 brought news of a "Unity Deal" between Hamas & this other 5-letter Palestinian group
Time's up! The correct answer was Fatah
YOUTH IN ASIA
With a 6-wicket victory over Nepal, Bangladesh recently retained the Asian youth championship in this sport
Time's up! The correct answer was cricket
GETTING TICKED OFF
In "The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson", this author wrote, "When angry, count four; when very angry, swear"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mark Twain
PHRASES THAT SELL
It's the popular query in Verizon's TV ads