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Time's up! The correct answer was Can you hear me now?
THEN THERE'S MAUVE
The mauve flowers of the Paulownia tree adorn the highest grade of the Order of the Rising Sun award of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Japan
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
It's the holiday on which the Tournament of Roses & Mummers parades usually take place
Time's up! The correct answer was New Year's Day
iPOD, YOUTUBE OR WII
Britain's Prince William got one last Christmas & Queen Elizabeth promptly commandeered it
Time's up! The correct answer was Wii
1938
Returning from Ireland to NYC in August, this aviator was given a parade down…er, up Broadway
Time's up! The correct answer was "Wrong Way" Corrigan
GOING TOO "FUR"
To provide & install housewares to a dwelling
Time's up! The correct answer was furnish
SCRAMBLED EGGS
Reptile born with an "egg tooth" so it can escape its shelled jail: TAILOR GAL
Time's up! The correct answer was alligator
GROUP COUNTDOWN
In this sporting quintet, the center is considered No. 5 when diagramming plays
Time's up! The correct answer was a basketball team
BIBLICAL FATHERS & SONS
Abraham was 100 years old & Sarah was 90 when this child was born to them
Time's up! The correct answer was Isaac
BEATLES MUSIC
Chauffeur Alf Bicknell was the inspiration for this 1965 song
Time's up! The correct answer was "Drive My Car"
THE ICU
It comes from the Greek meaning "deep sleep", but it's deeper than that
Time's up! The correct answer was Coma
MR. OR MS. WILLIAMS
Elected to the Hall of Fame in 1966, his lifetime batting average was .344
Time's up! The correct answer was Ted Williams
GANGSTER'S DICTIONARY
Roll out these "bones", boys, so we can play some games of chance
Time's up! The correct answer was Dice
THE VIRTUES
This virtue is also a name of a Rhode Island island & of prim, cautious women
Time's up! The correct answer was Prudence
ANAGRAMMED BIRDS
A front yard favorite: I'm no flag
Time's up! The correct answer was flamingo
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
ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS
James Dean, Rock Hudson & Liz formed a love triangle in this Texas-set film
Time's up! The correct answer was Giant
POLITICS
Baby book author who ran for president in '68
Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Spock
CLASSIC ADS & JINGLES
"The ultimate driving machine"
Time's up! The correct answer was BMW
CLASSIC AD LINES
"Fly The Friendly Skies..."
Time's up! The correct answer was United Airlines
"DEEP" DISH
Oprah's first selection for her book club, in 1996, was this book by Jacquelyn Mitchard about a kidnapping
Time's up! The correct answer was The Deep End of the Ocean
10-LETTER WORDS
It means to set free, as from slavery
Time's up! The correct answer was Emancipate
DRAMA
This lengthy work by Eugene O'Neill is based partly on the Oresteia of Aeschylus
Time's up! The correct answer was Mourning Becomes Electra
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
POLITICS
During his record 11 years as FDR's Sec'y of State, this Tennessean conceived the idea of the United Nations
Time's up! The correct answer was Hull
TRIALS OF THE CENTURY
Despite a highly controversial trial, these 2 were executed for murders in 1920 at a Mass. factory
Time's up! The correct answer was Sacco & Vanzetti
SYMPHONIES ON FILM
The Philadelphia Orchestra played Beethoven's "Pastoral Symphony" for this 1940 Disney film
Time's up! The correct answer was Fantasia
BUSINESS PARTNERS
In a brokerage: William Paine &...
Time's up! The correct answer was Wallace Webber
LANGUAGE QUESTIONS
"Donde está el baño?" is Spanish for "where is" this, sometimes discreetly called "the facilities"
Time's up! The correct answer was bathroom
NOVELISTS
This novelist's nonfiction book "Miami and the Siege of Chicago" was about the 1968 political conventions
Time's up! The correct answer was Norman Mailer
NFL COACHES
In the 1990s Marv Levy led this team to 4 straight Super Bowl appearances
Time's up! The correct answer was the Buffalo Bills
MUNICH
The Summer Olympics in Munich in this year were sadly marred by terrorism & tragedy
Time's up! The correct answer was 1972
CARTOONS
I say there, son, this Warner Bros. cartoon rooster is sometimes pursued by a chicken hawk
Time's up! The correct answer was Foghorn Leghorn
THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
1997's prize went in part to an international group trying to clear these from the world
Time's up! The correct answer was land mines
SSSSSSSSNAKES!!!!!
This highly venomous snake of the eastern U.S. has red & black bands separated by yellow ones
Time's up! The correct answer was coral snake
FOR THE FASHIONISTA
Launched by her brother in the '90s, a fragrance called Blonde was inspired by this Italian designer's long blonde hair
Time's up! The correct answer was Donnatella Versace
FRENCH ART & ARTISTS
Andre Derain was a prominent painter in this style whose name is from the French for "wild beasts"
Time's up! The correct answer was Fauvism
THE LAST POPE OF THIS NAME
1878 to 1903 was the tenure of the XIII & last pope with this name that's also a sign of the Zodiac
Time's up! The correct answer was Leo
EPONYMS
Although sources disagree over the origin of this "do-over" golf shot, many accept that it was named for a bad golfer
Time's up! The correct answer was a Mulligan
INSECTS
This fly that you might find "in distress" resembles a dragonfly but folds its wings back at rest
Time's up! The correct answer was Damselfly
IT BORDERS INDIA
The Ganges River flows through India into this neighbor, where it reaches the Bay Of Bengal
Time's up! The correct answer was Bangladesh
ON THE STAGE
Title of a Jonathan Larson musical, or what the East Village residents in it have trouble coming up with
Time's up! The correct answer was Rent
ISLANDS
These islands famous for their ponies form the northernmost part of Scotland
Time's up! The correct answer was the Shetlands
WHAT COLOR IS GREEN?
This American political party that formed in 1874 favored an increase in paper currency
Time's up! The correct answer was the Greenback Party
SHIPS
In 1994, 9 years after it was hijacked by PLF members, this Italian cruise ship burned & sank in the Indian Ocean
Time's up! The correct answer was Achille Lauro
NOT A POPE
Romanus I, Julius I, Caesar III
Time's up! The correct answer was Caesar III
MEATS
A long-standing tradition in France, hippophagy is the consumption of this
Time's up! The correct answer was horse
REALLY BIG
With its supporting roots & trunks, a single one of these trees in India covers some 3 acres
Time's up! The correct answer was Banyan
ROCK WITH YOU
Quit your yellin' & name this 1995 hit duet for Michael & Janet Jackson, their first together
Time's up! The correct answer was "Scream"
DICTATORS & TYRANTS
As the dictator of this city-state, Francesco Foscari ruined its army & economy by endlessly fighting Milan
Time's up! The correct answer was Venice
FILM FACTS
Roy Rogers sang "Buttons and Bows" with Bob Hope & Jane Russell in this sequel to "The Paleface"
Time's up! The correct answer was Son of Paleface
PRESIDENTS
It was the middle name of President Wilson & of his daughter Jessie
Time's up! The correct answer was Woodrow
AMERICAN WOMEN
She gave herself the third-person name "Phantom", the "no-person" she was from 19 months until she was almost 7
Time's up! The correct answer was Helen Keller
HISTORIC NAMES
In 1955 Ngo Dinh Diem became the first president of this country that no longer exists
Time's up! The correct answer was South Vietnam
WORDS OF LOVE
"In her first passion woman loves her lover, in all the others all she loves is love", he wrote in "Don Juan"
Time's up! The correct answer was Byron
IN THE FIRE
Peshtigo, Wisc. was destroyed by a fire that began Oct. 8, 1871, the same day as this city's Great Fire
Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago
ROYAL FEMALE NICKNAMES
The 19th century's "Widow of Windsor"
Time's up! The correct answer was Queen Victoria
RUBY
Harry Ruby & Bert Kalmar wrote this classic song about "eight little letters which simply mean I love you"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Three Little Words"
EXPIRATION DATES
December 7, 1975: In "our town" of Hamden, Conn.
Time's up! The correct answer was Thornton Wilder
WYOMING
Settlement began in earnest when this railroad pushed across the state in the 1860s
Time's up! The correct answer was the Union Pacific
I HAVEN'T READ SHAKESPEARE, BUT...
Obviously, it's a funny play about bad baseball players
Time's up! The correct answer was The Comedy of Errors
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE MOVIES
This sailor hero's adventures include "The Golden Voyage" & "The Eye of the Tiger"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sinbad
LOW CUT GENES
Because they develop from a single ovum, this variety of twins has the same genetic makeup
Time's up! The correct answer was identical
INVENTORS & INVENTIONS
Alexander Wood & Charles Pravaz are credited with developing this device in 1853 first used to inject morphine
Time's up! The correct answer was asyringe
THE BIG BANGLADESH
About two-thirds of all Bangladeshis work in agriculture, mostly farming this product
Time's up! The correct answer was rice
FOREIGN CURRENCY
A Philippine one-peso coin of 1947 depicted this American, calling him "Defender and Liberator"
Time's up! The correct answer was Douglas MacArthur
RUBY
In newspapers, Jack Ruby was invariably described as an "operator" of these joints
Time's up! The correct answer was strip joints
ANYTHING BUT CHEESESTEAK
The "Kid' seen here represents these snacks
Time's up! The correct answer was Twinkies
NOTABLE NONHUMANS
In 1964 he lifted his beagles Him & Her by the ears on the White House lawn, provoking protest
Time's up! The correct answer was Lyndon Johnson
MONEY SLANG
If you have the itch to start a business "from" it, you'll certainly need some of it
Time's up! The correct answer was Scratch
THE DIRECTOR SPEAKS
"Everybody denies I am a genius--but nobody ever called me one!" noted this man who raised "Kane"
Time's up! The correct answer was Orson Welles
RECORD LOSSES IN 2005
Named for a sport that embodies high society, this Ralph Lauren co. was hacked for 180,000 credit card numbers
Time's up! The correct answer was Polo
ACTION!
In a 1965 speech this president put out a call for "affirmative action" in hiring by federal contractors
Time's up! The correct answer was Johnson
SPORTS FACTS
In 1980 this boxer came out of retirement to fight Larry Holmes & then Trevor Berbick; he lost both bouts
Time's up! The correct answer was Ali
PRESIDENTS IN IOWA
In 1887 Cleveland attended this city's Corn Palace (or should we say Maize Palace)
Time's up! The correct answer was Sioux City
LITERARY TITLES
This 1954 book title refers to an impaled sow's head, an offering to the "beast"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lord of the Flies
U.S. WINTER OLYMPIANS
In 2002 Vonetta Flowers & Jill Bakken won gold in the 2-woman version of this high-speed sport
Time's up! The correct answer was the bobsled
WASHINGTON D.C.
The District's oldest neighborhood, it was named for a king
Time's up! The correct answer was Georgetown
WITH BROTHERHOOD
2 motorcycle accidents, a year apart & 3 blocks from each other, claimed 2 lives of this "Ramblin' Man" band
Time's up! The correct answer was the Allman Brothers
FOREWORDS
One edition calls this Darwin opus one of "the most readable and approachable" of revolutionary scientific works
Time's up! The correct answer was The Origin of Species
TELEVISION
In 1977 her own show aired on CBS just before "Maude"; now she's a "Golden Girl" with Bea Arthur
Time's up! The correct answer was Betty White
THEY'RE ON CABLE
James Roday is Shawn Spencer, a police consultant who pretends to have otherworldly powers, on this comedic series
Time's up! The correct answer was Psych
LITERARY SISTERS
Holden Caulfield tells this little sister that he wants to be a "catcher in the rye" to keep kids from falling
Time's up! The correct answer was Phoebe
DOUBLE TALK
It's a hand-beaten drum used by American Indians
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom-tom
PIRATE MOVIES
In this 1935 film that made him a star, Errol Flynn was Dr. Peter Blood, a physician who turns to piracy
Time's up! The correct answer was "Captain Blood"
WORLD "P"s
World Heritage sites in this nation include the Nasca Lines
Time's up! The correct answer was Peru
MOVIE SONGS
1985: "We Don't Need Another Hero"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
MUSICAL BY CHARACTERS
Emile de Becque & Ensign Nellie Forbush
Time's up! The correct answer was South Pacific
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES
"The Schoolmaster in Politics"
Time's up! The correct answer was Woodrow Wilson
ANIMATED FILMS
Pretty Belle falls for a prince who's been transformed into a monster in this 1991 film
Time's up! The correct answer was Beauty and the Beast
COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC
In Cole Porter's song, these words follow "can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences"
Time's up! The correct answer was don't fence me in
HOLLYWOOD LEFTIES
We gotta hand it to this left-handed actress for winning an Oscar for "Erin Brockovich"
Time's up! The correct answer was Julia Roberts
AGRICULTURE
Generally, a steer is a castrated bull used for food; this shorter word refers to one used as a draft animal
Time's up! The correct answer was ox
"CH"ILL OUT!
15th century Pope Innocent VIII "The Honest" was the first pope to publicly admit having these
Time's up! The correct answer was children
"A" SCIENCE CATEGORY
In the 1920s Edwin Hubble determined that this galaxy was in fact a separate galaxy from the Milky Way
Time's up! The correct answer was Andromeda
ISLANDS
One of France's 26 regions, it doesn't count as an overseas one though it's 100 miles across the Mediterranean
Time's up! The correct answer was Corsica
WORLD CAPITALS
Founded in 1496 by Columbus's brother, this Dominican capitol is the oldest European city in the new world
Time's up! The correct answer was Santo Domingo
___ 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
EDIBLES INSTANT REPLAY REVIEW
After review, the bierwurst, lop chong & kielbasa, types of these, were overcooked
Time's up! The correct answer was sausage
THE "CAPTAIN"
Hans Conried voiced this villain in a 1953 Disney classic
Time's up! The correct answer was Captain Hook
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
Chips' aquatic partner (4)
Time's up! The correct answer was fish
NFL COACHES
In the 1990s Marv Levy led this team to 4 straight Super Bowl appearances
Time's up! The correct answer was the Buffalo Bills
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
Part of Key's solution to this problem was helping found the American Colonization Society
Time's up! The correct answer was slavery
BERMUDA SHORTS
Alexander or Linda could help you with the name of this capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Hamilton
ON THE "WAR"PATH
The 14th Chief Justice of the United States
Time's up! The correct answer was Earl Warren
SOCIOLOGY
The sum of the customs & beliefs that distinguish one group from another; the hippies formed a "counter" one
Time's up! The correct answer was a culture
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
In 1998 the magazine told of efforts to liquify this "cleanest of fossil fuels" for use in cars
Time's up! The correct answer was natural gas
ALSO A VEGAS CASINO
A weapon removed from a stone
Time's up! The correct answer was Excalibur
ANIMAL TERMS
Teens who frequent shopping centers are called these, the title of a Kevin Smith film
Time's up! The correct answer was mall rats
GEOGRAPH"Y"
The last British ship of convicts pulled into this Australian city's port in 1849
Time's up! The correct answer was Sydney
ISRAEL
Home to spectacular ruins, Caesarea was founded around 20 B.C. & named for this Caesar
Time's up! The correct answer was Augustus
HERBS & SPICES
During the Middle Ages, merchants who adulterated this expensive yellow spice were burnt at the stake
Time's up! The correct answer was saffron
1807
In August, this Robert Fulton-built steamship left NYC for Albany on the Hudson River
Time's up! The correct answer was the Clermont
TECHNOLOGY
After hearing this invention of his work, Edison said, "I was never so taken aback in my life"
Time's up! The correct answer was the phonograph
FLAGS OF THE WORLD
It's the kingdom whose flag is seen here (Union Jack)
Time's up! The correct answer was Great Britain/England
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
SHOES
Miranda, Spectator & D'Orsay are types of this slip-on women's shoe
Time's up! The correct answer was Pump
SCOTLAND
The Church of Scotland, the country's national church, is a branch of this Christian denomination
Time's up! The correct answer was Presbyterian
TOUR OF JUDY
Liza & Lorna's mom
Time's up! The correct answer was Judy Garland
AFRICAN ISLANDS
Now a part of Tanzania, this island known for its cloves was mentioned in "The Patty Duke Show" theme song
Time's up! The correct answer was Zanzibar
PARISIANS
In the 1880s he introduced his brother & roommate, Vincent, to the Impressionists
Time's up! The correct answer was Theo Van Gogh
"DOUBLE" JEOPARDY
Line preceding "Fire burn and cauldron bubble"
Time's up! The correct answer was **"Double double, toil and trouble" **
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
COMMON ABBREVIATIONS
To a home viewer, a DVD is one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a digital video disc
PSYCHOLOGY
Founder of “individual psychology”, he broke with Freud in 1911
Time's up! The correct answer was Alfred Adler
IN THE TREASURY DEPT.
When it invites you up to see its etchings, you'll see stamps & dollar bills
Time's up! The correct answer was the Bureau of Engraving & Printing
PASS THE CHEESE, PLEASE
It's also called Chester cheese, & some people think it's the cat's meow
Time's up! The correct answer was Cheshire cheese
THE 14th CENTURY
Name given to the split in the Catholic church when rival popes were elected in 1378
Time's up! The correct answer was Great Schism
SOUNDS LIKE A RAPPER
Lack of movement in traffic--especially at an intersection or in politics
Time's up! The correct answer was gridlock
WEDDINGS
The traditional conclusion of the pre-vow line "If anyone can show just cause why they may not be joined together..."
Time's up! The correct answer was "let him speak now or forever hold his peace"
HORSE SENSE
Golden Cloud had great pull with Roy Rogers under this stage name
Time's up! The correct answer was Trigger
"V"
2-word legal term for preliminary examination of jurors
Time's up! The correct answer was voir dire
LITERARY FIRST LINES
1843: "Marley was dead: to begin with"
Time's up! The correct answer was "A Christmas Carol"
GOOSE...MOTHER GOOSE
Assuming that they lost them all, total number of mittens lost by the kittens
Time's up! The correct answer was 6
GENERAL SCIENCE
Unusual names borne by these celestial objects include 3834 Zappafrank & 10221 Kubrick
Time's up! The correct answer was asteroids
DRAMA
A brother & sister argue over the fate of a piano in this Pulitzer-winning play by August Wilson
Time's up! The correct answer was The Piano Lesson
THE BIG BANGLADESH
After India was partitioned in 1947, what would later become Bangladesh was the "East" part of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Pakistan
SPORTS OF THE FEMALE OLYMPIANS
Misty May & Kerri Walsh
Time's up! The correct answer was beach volleyball
YOUNG ABE LINCOLN
Among the books read by Lincoln as a youngster were "Robinson Crusoe", "Aesop's Fables", & Mason Weems' "Life of" this man
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington
THE 17TH CENTURY
In his 1613 "Letters On Sunspots", he openly supported the Copernican theory
Time's up! The correct answer was Galileo
MAGAZINES
This man's "Lady's Book" was published in Philadelphia from 1830 to 1892
Time's up! The correct answer was Louis Godey
IT'S A DATE!
Oregon entered the union on this date in 1859, sweetie
Time's up! The correct answer was 14-Feb
EARLY AMERICA
The Molasses Act of 1733 placed high duties on molasses & this potent potable from non-English possessions
Time's up! The correct answer was rum
"A"NCIENT GREEKS
The "Oresteia" tragedian: 525-456 B.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Aeschylus
"PH"UN WORDS
You beta know that this letter follows upsilon in the Greek alphabet
Time's up! The correct answer was Phi
DOWN MEXICO WAY
This gritty 1961 Tennessee Williams play unfolds in a seedy Mexican hotel
Time's up! The correct answer was Night of the Iguana
CELEBRITY RHYME TIME
Amanda's avenues
Time's up! The correct answer was Peet's streets
HOTELS
We'll tell you "diplomatically" that this L.A. hotel was the home of the Coconut Grove nightclub
Time's up! The correct answer was The Ambassador Hotel
THE RECORD SHOWS I TOOK THE BLOWS
This ex-NATO commander & presidential candidate was wounded in Vietnam
Time's up! The correct answer was Clark
SONGS
Having this title problem, Barry Manilow sings, "I can't laugh and I can't sing, I'm finding it hard to do anything"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Can't Smile Without You"
RINGING THE OPENING BELL AT THE NYSE
Sept. 24, 2007 found this Bush cabinet member away from her piano & playing the bell
Time's up! The correct answer was Condi Rice
SHAKESPEAREAN WORDS
This word in "Henry VI Part 2" meant blase & world-weary, not having to do with nephrite
Time's up! The correct answer was jaded
ALASKA
This second-largest Alaskan city wasn't named for an actor
Time's up! The correct answer was Fairbanks
GOVERNMENT
This country's National People's Congress has had up to around 3,500 members
Time's up! The correct answer was China
ALL MY SONS
Gutzon Borglum died in 1941 so his son, Lincoln, finished sculpting the 4 figures of this memorial
Time's up! The correct answer was Mount Rushmore
BRANDO
Terry Malloy, who could've been a contender
Time's up! The correct answer was On the Waterfront
TV STARS
In 2001 this actress, Borg babe Seven of Nine on "Voyager", joined the cast of "Boston Public"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jeri Ryan
X MARKS THE SPOT
Southwest of Louisville, it's where you'll find much of the U.S. government's gold reserve
Time's up! The correct answer was Fort Knox
"A"NCIENT GREEKS
A philosopher & student of Plato: 384-322 B.C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Aristotle
CROSSWORD CLUES "D"
Horn of Africa country (8)
Time's up! The correct answer was Djibouti
HEY, "BABY"
This sticky figure of folklore gave its name to a Toni Morrison novel
Time's up! The correct answer was the tar baby
EDIBLES INSTANT REPLAY REVIEW
After review, the bierwurst, lop chong & kielbasa, types of these, were overcooked
Time's up! The correct answer was sausage
SYNONYMS
In court you won't hear a lawyer say "remonstrance!" but this synonym
Time's up! The correct answer was objection
TREES
Arboreal symbol of strength
Time's up! The correct answer was oak
LITERARY HOUSES
In this Anne Tyler novel, a travel writer breaks his leg & moves into his siblings' home
Time's up! The correct answer was The Accidental Tourist
ANATOMY
The nephrons function as filtering units in this pair of organs
Time's up! The correct answer was Kidneys
CZECH, PLEASE
His mother, Olga, was once ranked 2nd in Czechoslovakia in women's singles tennis
Time's up! The correct answer was Ivan Lendl
ANIMAL GROUPS
Though not noted for their musical skills, a group of gorillas is called this
Time's up! The correct answer was a band
SOUND LIKE A LOCAL
Pedernales is in the Dominican Republic; north of the border, the Pedernales River is in this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas
IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY
Denmark
Time's up! The correct answer was Germany
THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY
Hanoi, Phnom Penh, Rangoon, Vientiane
Time's up! The correct answer was Hanoi
CARBON CREDITS
This gas, CO, prevents hemoglobin from supplying oxygen to the body
Time's up! The correct answer was carbon monoxide
NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES
Oct. 2, 1962: "3,000 Troops Put Down....Rioting And Seize 200 As Negro Attends" this school
Time's up! The correct answer was University of Mississippi
RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME
Society of Friends' parcels of land
Time's up! The correct answer was Quakers' acres
COUNTRY MUSIC
In 1990 Jukebox named this Randy Travis cover of a Brook Benton hit the Country Record of the Year
Time's up! The correct answer was "It's Just A Matter of Time"
BRASS
We shall return to this man who graduated from West Point in 1903 with the highest honors in his class
Time's up! The correct answer was Doug MacArthur
GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP
In 2008 Central Wash. players of this sport carried injured Sara Tucholsky of Western Oregon around the bases
Time's up! The correct answer was softball
WORMS
The name of this red shade is from the Latin for "worm"; the dye was first made from cochineal insects
Time's up! The correct answer was vermillion
SPEECH! SPEECH!
Nicholas Butler told Columbia grads, "An expert is one who knows more and more about" this and this
Time's up! The correct answer was less and less
THE CAT
Of all the varieties of cats big & small, the cheetah is the only one that can't fully retract these
Time's up! The correct answer was the claws
GROUP COUNTDOWN
It can mean "one" or a military entity like the army's Third Armored Division
Time's up! The correct answer was unit
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!
1980's "Death Of A Princess" dramatized the execution of a princess from this country & her lover's beheading
Time's up! The correct answer was Saudi Arabia
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
TOP O' THE CHARTS
In 1978 their duet "You're The One That I Want" replaced another duet by Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams at No. 1
Time's up! The correct answer was Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta
THE WOK OF FAME
The 4 main Chinese types of these strips of dried dough are soup, sauce, stir-fried & shallow-fried
Time's up! The correct answer was Noodles
PARTS OF THE WHOLE
Thermostat control, egg tray, crisper
Time's up! The correct answer was refrigerator
HOLD THE MAYO CLINIC
In 1914 Mayo isolated the pure hormone thyroxin, made by this gland
Time's up! The correct answer was Thyroid gland
"B" IN GEOGRAPHY
Since 1969 this Northern Ireland port city of 300,000 has been the site of violent religious conflict
Time's up! The correct answer was Belfast
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 **
DOUGH
Cherry blossoms are featured on the back of the coin worth 100 of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Yen
AYE! IT'S IRELAND
Also called Trinity College, the university of this capital was founded in 1592
Time's up! The correct answer was Dublin
"LAP" DANCE
Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction & Porno for Pyros founded this mega-concert event
Time's up! The correct answer was Lollapalooza
FDR
FDR gave the first of these talks March 12, 1933 from the White House diplomatic reception room
Time's up! The correct answer was Fireside Chats
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS
You'll need some long-winded singers to star in "Stormen", a Swedish opera based on this play
Time's up! The correct answer was The Tempest
WHAT'CHA GOT COOKIN'?
Don't be intimidated by the skewers; I'll use them on the marinated lamb to make this
Time's up! The correct answer was shish kabob
FATHER'S IN LAW
Coincidentally, today father's squash opponent was also his deponent, as father was taking this
Time's up! The correct answer was a deposition
MUSICAL THEATRE
In 1994 Brooke Shields made her Broadway debut as Betty Rizzo in this musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Grease
"DO", "RE", "MI"
Harmful or poisonous fumes caused by decaying organic matter
Time's up! The correct answer was Miasma
ANATOMY
Humans have 33 vertebrae, 7 of them cervical, meaning they are in this part of the body
Time's up! The correct answer was your neck
GIANTS OF SCIENCE
"Father of the A-Bomb" who recalled the Hindu line "I am become death" after the first atomic explosion
Time's up! The correct answer was J. Robert Oppenheimer
INITIALS M.D.
In "Return To Me", David Duchovny has a heart-to-heart with her
Time's up! The correct answer was Minnie Driver
THE FABULOUS '50s
In 1953 Eisenhower proposed to the U.N. a plan of "Atoms for" this
Time's up! The correct answer was Peace
IN THE FIRE
Oliver Wendell Holmes said not to falsely yell "Fire" in one of these, where 850 Viennese died Dec. 8, 1881
Time's up! The correct answer was Theater
LITERARY ANIMALS
This old grey donkey was Winnie-the-Pooh's friend who always saw things in a gloomy light
Time's up! The correct answer was Eeyore
ART & ARTISTS
Aquarelle is a transparent, rather than opaque, type of this painting, as seen in Paul Klee's work "Quarry"
Time's up! The correct answer was watercolor
NYPD TV
In 1982 Sharon Gless took over for Meg Foster to partner with Tyne Daily as this title pair
Time's up! The correct answer was Cagney & Lacey
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
HOME FURNISHINGS
A jardiniere is a decorative stand for holding these
Time's up! The correct answer was plants
CHECK OUT MY CRIB
Sit down in this chair with an X-shaped frame & a canvas seat, perfect for yelling, "Quiet on the set!"
Time's up! The correct answer was a director's chair
LETTER MEN
At his death in 1971, there were more than 1,600 department stores bearing his name
Time's up! The correct answer was J.C. Penney
STARTS WITH "P"
The word "pram" is short for this
Time's up! The correct answer was parambulator
CONTESTS
This cruise ship favorite played on a 52-foot court is an event at the National Senior Games
Time's up! The correct answer was Shuffleboard
WORDS OF LOVE
Virgil's "omnia vincit amor" is translated as this
Time's up! The correct answer was love conquers all
SYRIA'S EATING
Mansaf is this favorite meat cooked in a yogurt sauce
Time's up! The correct answer was lamb
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
At Wimbledon 2000, Venus Williams expressed appreciation for this 1957 & '58 champion
Time's up! The correct answer was Althea Gibson
STATE CAPITALS
This twin city is the capital of Minnesota
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Paul
BEFORE THEY WERE FIRST LADIES
Her daughter Julie says this future first lady was offered a movie contract in the 1930s when she was a USC student
Time's up! The correct answer was Mrs. Nixon
THROUGH THE 1800s WITH SARAH POLK
During the Civil War, Mrs. Polk's Tennessee home had this official status & both union & CSA leaders visited
Time's up! The correct answer was neutrality
CHAD IS RAD
It's the country directly north of Chad
Time's up! The correct answer was Libya
AMERICAN HISTORY
When West Virginia became a state in 1863, Wheeling was its capital; this city became the permanent capital in 1885
Time's up! The correct answer was Charleston
TV PRODUCERS
He probably has another 6 or 7 "Law & Order" offshoots on his desk just waiting for network slots
Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Wolf
NUMBERS
Fittingly, the book of Numbers begins with God telling this man to count the number of Israelites
Time's up! The correct answer was Moses
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
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
On New Year's Day 2002, this school's Seminoles beat Virginia Tech 30-17 to win the Gator Bowl
Time's up! The correct answer was Florida State University
ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST GUITARISTS
Who was No. 50? This Who guitarist, that's who
Time's up! The correct answer was Pete Townshend
A LITERARY TOUR
To see the Great Bed of Ware mentioned in "Twelfth Night", go to this museum named for a royal couple
Time's up! The correct answer was the Victoria and Albert Museum
MY SUITE
"Mars" & "Uranus" are famous works within his 1916 suite "The Planets"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gustav Holst
MIDDLE INITIAL C.
When the parents of this "pathfinder" ran off together, his mother was still legally married to another man
Time's up! The correct answer was John C. Fremont
CLASSICAL MUSIC
This Austrian child prodigy began composing minuets when he was only 5
Time's up! The correct answer was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
AMERICAN HISTORY
When West Virginia became a state in 1863, Wheeling was its capital; this city became the permanent capital in 1885
Time's up! The correct answer was Charleston
HOLIDAYS
O. Henry called it the most “purely American” holiday
Time's up! The correct answer was Thanksgiving
"P.B."
This Latin term used for some legal services means "for the good"
Time's up! The correct answer was pro bono
AMERICAN HISTORY
On May 29, 1765 Patrick Henry's Stamp Act protest was interrupted with this one word
Time's up! The correct answer was Treason!
THE MIDDLE AGES
This continent's Mali empire reached its apogee under Mansa Musa in the 14th century
Time's up! The correct answer was Africa
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
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
WHEN THE SAINTS
Santa Rosa de Lima is honored with festivals each August 30 in this country where she's patron saint
Time's up! The correct answer was Peru
"B" PREPARED
This U.S. government department is abbreviated B.I.A.
Time's up! The correct answer was the Bureau of Indian Affairs
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
DELAWARE
Home to a major U.S. Air Force base, this capital was founded in 1683
Time's up! The correct answer was Dover
TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY
In 1990 Paul McCartney received a Lifetime Achievement Award at these awards
Time's up! The correct answer was the Grammys
ALL IN YOUR MIND
Some people won't give blood due to belonephobia, fear of these
Time's up! The correct answer was needles
WANT ADS
Numbers cruncher needed! Must be member of AICPA, the American Institute of these
Time's up! The correct answer was Certified Public Accountants
LOW CUT GENES
Named for a German neuropathologist, this memory loss disease may be caused by a gene on chromosome 21
Time's up! The correct answer was Alzheimer's disease
THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS
Russell Simmons & Rick Rubin founded Def Jam, the '80s' premier record label for this type of music
Time's up! The correct answer was Rap
WORLD HISTORY
In 1784 she founded the city of Sevastopol in her new domain of the Crimea
Time's up! The correct answer was Catherine the Great
CROSSWORD CLUES "H"
He who does it is lost (9)
Time's up! The correct answer was Hesitates
LITERARY ALLUSIONS
"The shot heard round the world" was first heard in this man's "Concord Hymn"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ralph Waldo Emerson
TUBE TEST
He provides the voice for Thurgood Stubbs on "The P.J.s"
Time's up! The correct answer was Eddie Murphy
DAYS
In 1954 Armistice Day was renamed this
Time's up! The correct answer was Veterans Day
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
HAVE A WHISKEY
The Maker's Mark bourbon distillery in Loretto in this state is a national historic landmark
Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky
AROUND THE APARTMENT BUILDING
These common, crawly apartment insects have German, brown-banded & American species
Time's up! The correct answer was cockroaches
LIVE IN TEXAS
In June 2002 this "Men in Black" agent & Texas rancher was reported to be shopping for a horse farm
Time's up! The correct answer was Tommy Lee Jones
SPORTS LEGENDS
This 7-time Tour de France champ said the 2006 NYC Marathon was the "hardest physical thing" he'd ever done
Time's up! The correct answer was Lance Armstrong
THE 23rd PSALM
"He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside" these
Time's up! The correct answer was still waters
WEEDS
This common weed seen here has a beverage in its name
Time's up! The correct answer was Milkweed
___ OG
A fad in the '90s was this game from Hawaii that used bottle stoppers
Time's up! The correct answer was pogs
CATHOLIC PRIESTS
The priest's duty to keep your sins secret is traditionally protected by "the sanctity of" this booth
Time's up! The correct answer was the confessional
AMERICAN AUTHORS
During the War Of 1812, this "Rip Van Winkle" author wrote biographies of Naval commanders
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington Irving
GREEK LIFE
Crowds flock to Dodona, Philippi & Thassos to see festivals of this art performed in ancient venues
Time's up! The correct answer was Theater
THOSE DARN ETRUSCANS
A 1927 visit to Etruscan sites inspired this author of "The Plumed Serpent" to write "Etruscan Places"
Time's up! The correct answer was D.H. Lawrence
RELIGION
The Southern Convention of this denomination split from the Yankees in 1845
Time's up! The correct answer was the Baptists
CNN
He & Robert Novak have worked together since 1963 & now co-anchor a CNN discussion program
Time's up! The correct answer was Rowland Evans
ALL MY Xs
Without getting a tic-tac-toe on "Hollywood Squares" you could still win a game with this many Xs
Time's up! The correct answer was 5
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
This N.C. peak, the highest east of the Mississippi, was named for the man who surveyed it, died on it & is buried at the top
Time's up! The correct answer was Mt. Mitchell
THE REDS
This man's most avid supporters during the Cultural Revolution were students mobilized as "Red Guards"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mao Tse-tung
THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
Members observe Saturday Sabbath because of Genesis 2:3, which says God did this on the seventh day
Time's up! The correct answer was He rested
CARIBBEAN TASTE TREATS
Don't worry if you see this word on a Barbados menu: it refers to a fish, not the star of "Flipper"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dolphin
GREEK MYTHOLOGY
The Judgement of Paris refers to the picking of a winner in one of these contests
Time's up! The correct answer was a beauty contest
ARE YOU PERHAPS FRENCH?
He was Jacques Chirac's predecessor as president
Time's up! The correct answer was François Mitterand
SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG
Robbie Nevil & B*witched had tunes called this French phrase meaning "that's life"
Time's up! The correct answer was "C'est La Vie"
WORLD CAPITALS
Construction of this planned Asian capital began in 1912; the government was moved there in 1931
Time's up! The correct answer was New Delhi, India
GEOGRAPH"Y"
It's the largest city in Utah
Time's up! The correct answer was Salt Lake City
HOMOPHONES
Masculine, or letters & packages
Time's up! The correct answer was male/mail
ROUGH POLITICS
In October 1974 ths Arkansas congressman's career got kicked in the Fanne (Fox)
Time's up! The correct answer was Wilbur Mills
PARTY OF "FIVE"
After December 1944, it was Ike's rank
Time's up! The correct answer was Five-star general
ANATOMY
The pons connects the 2 hemispheres of this part of the brain that regulates balance
Time's up! The correct answer was the cerebellum
TRANSLATION EXERCISES
Polish to Latin: "Bog", a divine word
Time's up! The correct answer was deus
RODENTS
Some of the quills of the Eurasian species can be 12 inches, equal to about half of its body length
Time's up! The correct answer was a porcupine
TRAVEL & TOURISM
Except when it's on tour, the most important King Tut collection is housed in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was Cairo
MIXED DRINKS
Using Scotch whisky turns a Manhattan into this drink
Time's up! The correct answer was a Rob Roy
SONGS
A standard song says of this "fickle friend", it "came blowin' in from across the sea"
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Summer Wind"
BUSINESS LEADERS
In the 1880s he built a town in Illinois to house employees of his sleeping car company
Time's up! The correct answer was Pullman
GOAT-POURRI
The backward-curving horns of the Siberian species of this 4-letter goat may be nearly 5 feet long
Time's up! The correct answer was ibex
GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
In 2007 he became the first man since Bill Tilden to win the U.S. Open 4 years in a row
Time's up! The correct answer was Federer
ACTORS' RHYME TIME
Michael J.'s containers
Time's up! The correct answer was Fox's boxes
THE GRIDIRON
[Hi, I'm Dick Butkus, Hall of Fame linebacker of the Chicago Bears] Before moving to Soldier Field in 1971, the Bears played its home games for 50 seasons in this Cubs park
Time's up! The correct answer was Wrigley Field
IT HAD TO "BU"
Established in 1881, The Wharton School at the U. of Pennsylvania was the world's first collegiate school of this
Time's up! The correct answer was business
LET'S TAKE A PEAK
This peak in the Black Hills is 5,725 feet above sea level, or a little over 95 times the height of Washington's head
Time's up! The correct answer was Mount Rushmore
I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF IT
(Sarah of the Clue Crew at the chalkboard) It's the classic game being represented here
Time's up! The correct answer was chess
STATE GOVERNMENT
In the Mississippi House of Representatives, this official calls members to order & signs acts
Time's up! The correct answer was speaker of the house
BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY
In Ezekiel this capital of Egypt is called Noph, & the Lord promises to "destroy the idols" there (he didn't mean Elvis)
Time's up! The correct answer was Memphis
WHAT TO WEAR
Front-closing style of sweater favored by Mr. Rogers
Time's up! The correct answer was a cardigan
HIT TUNES
"Where The Streets Have No Name", "With Or Without You"
Time's up! The correct answer was U2
AN ABBREVIATED CATEGORY
In a Webster's Dictionary entry: imper.
Time's up! The correct answer was imperative
LET'S GET MAS*Hed
Company clerk "Radar" O'Reilly was from this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Iowa
4 N
Inopportune or untimely, like the title "woman" in a Dominick Dunne novel
Time's up! The correct answer was inconvenient
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
THE ROYALS
Charles Edward Stuart could have worn a T.Y.P. necklace for "The Young Pretender" or a B.P.C. one for this nickname
Time's up! The correct answer was Bonnie Prince Charlie
NATIONAL FOODS
This cured meat is in the classic McDonald's Egg McMuffin
Time's up! The correct answer was Canadian bacon
THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY
Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Bogota, Belmopan
Time's up! The correct answer was Belmopan
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
BOXING MOVIES
He played Elvis' trainer in "Kid Galahad" a "Dirty Dozen" years before he starred in "Death Wish"
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Bronson
THE HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD
Vow, knight or grail
Time's up! The correct answer was knight
TOP OF THE LIST
Not only is Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta the world's busiest airport, this airline based there is the largest
Time's up! The correct answer was Delta
ALSO A VEGAS CASINO
A weapon removed from a stone
Time's up! The correct answer was Excalibur
WORDS OF LOVE
Virgil's "omnia vincit amor" is translated as this
Time's up! The correct answer was love conquers all
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 BYRDS & THE BEAS
He was the Senate's Minority Leader from 1980-87, then moved up to Majority Leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Byrd
RHYME TIME
A person who teaches you to imitate an owl
Time's up! The correct answer was Hooter tutor
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
A rectifier is an electrical device used to convert alternating current to this
Time's up! The correct answer was direct current
NBA HALL OF FAMERS
Abe Saperstein is in the Hall of Fame, as is this team he promoted & coached for decades
Time's up! The correct answer was The Harlem Globetrotters
IT DON'T MEAN A "THING"
"In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking", now heaven knows, this
Time's up! The correct answer was "Anything Goes"
THE NEW TESTAMENT
In Luke he is quoted as saying, "I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pilate
THOSE WACKY GERMANS
Germans decorate Christmas trees with silvery strings & call it the "hair" of these heavenly beings
Time's up! The correct answer was Angels
PLANTS
Name for a low, enclosed bed covered with glass or plastic for starting plants before the season
Time's up! The correct answer was Cold Frame
THOSE WACKY GERMANS
From 1949 to 1990 Germany was split into 2 countries, which were called this
Time's up! The correct answer was East & West Germany
CITY FOLK
Varsovians
Time's up! The correct answer was residents of Warsaw
NOVEL QUOTES
Its less famous second line is "It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness"
Time's up! The correct answer was A Tale Of Two Cities
MAIN STREET U.S.A.
Your feelings may run deep on historic Main Street in this city, home of Oklahoma State University
Time's up! The correct answer was Stillwater
CINEMA OF "BLOOD"
Leonardo DiCaprio's African jewel smuggler gains a conscience in this film
Time's up! The correct answer was Blood Diamond
INSECTS
This fly that you might find "in distress" resembles a dragonfly but folds its wings back at rest
Time's up! The correct answer was Damselfly
WORLD AUTHORS
In a 1605 prologue, this Spaniard tells the reader that he has written an "invective against books of chivalry"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cervantes
THE LAND
Look east! Japan has long been known by this dawning nickname
Time's up! The correct answer was the Land of the Rising Sun
BRIGHT IDEAS
Edwin Budding adapted a rotary shearer used to remove excess fibers from carpets into this outdoor tool
Time's up! The correct answer was the lawnmower
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
THE HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD
Vow, knight or grail
Time's up! The correct answer was knight
NICKNAMES
"The Father of Pennsylvania"
Time's up! The correct answer was William Penn
NYPD TV
In the '70s this Taos, N.M. Deputy Marshal was on temporary assignment in Manhattan's 27th Precinct
Time's up! The correct answer was McCloud
FASHIONABLE COMMON BONDS
Action, kid, opera
Time's up! The correct answer was gloves
SWEET!
A red cake named for this smooth fabric is really a chocolate cake--food coloring gives it the distinctive color
Time's up! The correct answer was velvet
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME
Icarus could have told you it's not a good idea to fly if your wings are held together with this
Time's up! The correct answer was Wax
BOOK TITLES
"I am the rose of Sharon" & "When you know your name, you should hang on to it" are from 2 different books titled this
Time's up! The correct answer was Song of Solomon
VEGAS, BABY
A legendary weapon that emerged from a lake, or a Las Vegas hotel
Time's up! The correct answer was Excalibur
EMOTICONS
:-b.. Doing this means either you're hungry or you're a pig
Time's up! The correct answer was drooling
THEATRE HODGEPODGE
In titles of musicals, this word stands alone, follows "Bubbling Brown" & precedes "Babies"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sugar
FOOD CHAIN
In 1979 this chain introduced its Happy Meal
Time's up! The correct answer was McDonald's
THE EMPEROR NERO
In the year prior to his death, Nero participated in these games in Greece
Time's up! The correct answer was Olympic Games
THE CINEMA
The popular soundtrack of this 2000 film includes "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow" & "You Are My Sunshine"
Time's up! The correct answer was O Brother, Where Art Thou?
PEOPLE
She owns the St. Louis Rams
Time's up! The correct answer was Georgia Frontiere
LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"
From the Italian for "bad air", this disease kills more than one million people each year
Time's up! The correct answer was malaria
THEATRE AROUND THE WORLD
There's a "method" behind his founding of the Moscow Art Theatre with Nemirovich-Danchenko
Time's up! The correct answer was Stanislavski
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
On Earth, it's the major force responsible for the weight of a body
Time's up! The correct answer was gravity
"DEEP" DISH
People on bed rest are at risk for a serious blood clot in the legs known as DVT, short for this
Time's up! The correct answer was deep vein thrombosis
WHAT TO WEAR?
Throw on an outfit from the "Marc by" this designer line
Time's up! The correct answer was Marc Jacobs
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
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
ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS
Marcel Duchamp coined this term to describe Alexander Calder's moving sculptures
Time's up! The correct answer was Mobiles
SOMETHING'S A "FOOT"
In tennis, it happens when the server steps over the baseline before hitting the ball
Time's up! The correct answer was Foot fault
OFFICIAL STATE THINGS
The juice of this bog fruit is Massachusetts' state beverage
Time's up! The correct answer was cranberry
PRESIDENTS IN THE CABINET
While Secretary of State from 1801 to 1809, he was president from 1809 to 1817
Time's up! The correct answer was James Madison
AMERICAN HISTORY
John Hancock held this political position from 1780-85 & from 1787-93
Time's up! The correct answer was Governor of Massachusetts
5-LETTER CAPITALS
In 1809 one of the first revolts for independence in Latin America broke out in this Ecuadoran capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Quito
DIRECTED BUT DID NOT STAR
"Ordinary People" (1980)
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Redford
DANCE IN THE DICTIONARY
It was established as a cyclic form by Vienna's Josef Lanner; you think you can do this dance in here & order us around?
Time's up! The correct answer was waltz
1933
Known as the "Little Flower", he left the House of Representatives in 1933 & became mayor of NYC
Time's up! The correct answer was Fiorello LaGuardia
SECRET IDENTITIES
Superman
Time's up! The correct answer was Clark Kent
ALL ABOARD THE SOUL TRAIN
White crossover artists featured on "Soul Train" have included David Bowie & this "Island Girl" singer
Time's up! The correct answer was Elton John
FATHERS-IN-LAW
Catherine Zeta-Jones' is this legendary actor
Time's up! The correct answer was Kirk Douglas
NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES
Although its name means "place of sandflies", we associate this Pennsylvania borough with groundhogs
Time's up! The correct answer was Punxsutawney
JEWELRY
Known for its malleability & white brilliance, this rare metal has been used in jewelry since the 19th C.
Time's up! The correct answer was Platinum
TOUR OF JUDY
This CNN news anchor once worked as a correspondent for "The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour"
Time's up! The correct answer was Judy Woodruff
"GENERAL" JOB INFORMATION
In 1775 the Continental Congress appointed man of letters Benjamin Franklin to this job
Time's up! The correct answer was postmaster general
I'M GOING "INN"
An indirect intimation about a person of a disparaging or derogatory nature
Time's up! The correct answer was innuendo
KILLER MUSICALS
"Chronicle of A Death Foretold", which begins with a murder, is based on a novel by this Colombian author
Time's up! The correct answer was Gabriel Garcia Marquez
GETTING TICKED OFF
In 2005 this ex-diplomat wasn't so diplomatic, saying, "I believe Karl Rove should be fired" for outing his CIA wife, Valerie Plame
Time's up! The correct answer was Wilson
ART & ARTISTS
His sculpture, "The Age of Bronze", exhibited in 1877, was inspired by Michelangelo
Time's up! The correct answer was Auguste Rodin
HISPANIC HISTORY
The USA's second "drug czar", Bob Martinez had been governor of this state
Time's up! The correct answer was Florida
ACRONYM EXCITEMENT!
For feminists: NOW
Time's up! The correct answer was National Organization for Women
HARRISON FORD MOVIES
"Something wrong with buttons?...got anything against zippers?"
Time's up! The correct answer was Witness
ENGLISH ROYAL HENRYS
Henry I's famous father was this conqueror who reigned from 1066 to 1087
Time's up! The correct answer was William the Conqueror
HEISMAN WINNERS
In 2006 Troy Smith joined Eddie George & back-to-back winner Archie Griffin as winners from this school
Time's up! The correct answer was Ohio State
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
To audition for this musical, Yul Brynner sang while sitting cross-legged on the floor
Time's up! The correct answer was "The King And I"
LIBRARIES
This Ivy League school's Nassau Hall once served as its library; today, books are housed in the Firestone library
Time's up! The correct answer was Princeton
AMERICAN COUNTIES
All the letters in this state's name are found in the name of its Uintah County
Time's up! The correct answer was Utah
THE FILM THAT ALMOST WAS
Eddie Murphy got the role in this '84 police comedy after Sylvester Stallone dropped out
Time's up! The correct answer was Beverly Hills Cop
WORLD RELIGION
Meaning "sign of God", it's the title of a Shi'ite Muslim scholar & leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Ayatollah
PHILOSOPHY GLOSSARY
The name of this study of moral principles is derived from a Greek word meaning "habit"
Time's up! The correct answer was ethics
5 BANDS
Appropriately, this '80s band sang, "You can't go on thinking, nothing's wrong, who's gonna drive you home tonight?"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Cars
RECORD LOSSES IN 2005
Named for a sport that embodies high society, this Ralph Lauren co. was hacked for 180,000 credit card numbers
Time's up! The correct answer was Polo
RHYMES WITH STONEHENGE
Statues of Ms. Baez, Ms. Collins & Ms. Didion are part of this monument
Time's up! The correct answer was Joanhenge
MR. OR MS. WILLIAMS
The aquatic Mrs. Fernando Lamas
Time's up! The correct answer was Esther Williams
SYRIA'S EATING
To make eish al-Saraya or "Syrian dessert" you need this preparation made by steeping petals in liquid
Time's up! The correct answer was rosewater
BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS
1945-1951
Time's up! The correct answer was Clement Atlee
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
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
ANNIVERSARY GIFTS
In one form or another you can fork over this metal on the 5th or 25th anniversary
Time's up! The correct answer was Silver
ENGLAND, SCOTLAND OR WALES
Tony Blair was born there
Time's up! The correct answer was Scotland
"BLACK" OR "WHITE"
John Archibald Wheeler coined this term in the '60s for a collapsed star so dense, no light can escape it
Time's up! The correct answer was black hole
WAR STORIES
"Marching On", "By Antietam Creek"
Time's up! The correct answer was Civil War
BATTLES
Napoleon's plans to invade England were dashed by this October 21, 1805 battle
Time's up! The correct answer was Battle of Trafalgar
AROUND THE APARTMENT BUILDING
Be careful not to drop your key down this vertical passage in which the elevator moves up & down
Time's up! The correct answer was shaft
LITERARY BADDIES
This villainess of "The Wizard of Oz" ruled over the Winkies
Time's up! The correct answer was the Wicked Witch of the West
I COULD USE SOME SELF-HELP!
Rick Warren guided readers on a 40-day spiritual journey in the No. 1 bestseller "The" this "Driven Life"
Time's up! The correct answer was Purpose
THE YEAR IN SPORTS
In this, his final year, Ted Williams became one of the few major leaguers to play in 4 decades
Time's up! The correct answer was 1960
MOVIE MUSICALS
This actress who played Mary Stone on "The Donna Reed Show" was the only 1 to co-star in 3 Elvis films
Time's up! The correct answer was Shelly Fabares
"DEEP" DISH
You can cook the Thanksgiving turkey this way so the outside is crispy & the inside juicy (just beware of splattered oil)
Time's up! The correct answer was deep fry
ANY FIRST WORDS?
Something that's leading in every respect is "first &" this superlative adjective
Time's up! The correct answer was foremost
WOMEN: WRITE ON!
"Shiksa Goddess: (or, How I Spent My Forties)" is a collection of essays by this "Heidi Chronicles" playwright
Time's up! The correct answer was Wasserstein
OH, "BOY"
The Marine Corps' "Black Sheep" squadron was commanded this famed major
Time's up! The correct answer was Pappy Boyington
COMMON BONDS
Hollywood, salad, Super
Time's up! The correct answer was bowls
ABBREV.
A recent, frightening addition to our world language: WMD
Time's up! The correct answer was weapons of mass destruction
ALSO A TOOL
"U Can't Touch This" bone, aka the malleus, just behind the eardrum
Time's up! The correct answer was the hammer
WORLD CAPITALS
Until 1918 & the collapse of the dynasty, it was home base for the Hapsburgs
Time's up! The correct answer was Vienna
LONG WORDS
This adjective from the Latin for "to boil" is used of a bubbly liquid or person
Time's up! The correct answer was effervescent
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
LANGUAGES
All of the Romance languages have their roots in this language
Time's up! The correct answer was Latin
FOUND
In the early 1900s William Durant put together Buick, Oldsmobile & other companies to found this corporation
Time's up! The correct answer was General Motors
POLITICS
Baby book author who ran for president in '68
Time's up! The correct answer was Dr. Spock
CARTOONS
On screen, he's a "tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff"
Time's up! The correct answer was Winnie the Pooh
CROSSWORD CLUES "K"
A "bear"y nice Alaskan island (6)
Time's up! The correct answer was Kodiak
MILITARY UNITS
From the medieval Latin for "army", it's a large fleet like the one Admiral Howard faced in 1588
Time's up! The correct answer was an armada
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
THEY'RE ON CABLE
James Roday is Shawn Spencer, a police consultant who pretends to have otherworldly powers, on this comedic series
Time's up! The correct answer was Psych
BACH IN THE SADDLE
From the Latin for "to sing", only 202 of the 295 of these that Bach wrote in Leipzig survive
Time's up! The correct answer was cantatas
INLETS
Big ships must pass through Admiralty Inlet to enter or leave this Washington State sound
Time's up! The correct answer was Puget Sound
POOR & FAMOUS
She fled her rich Assisi family to found an order of "poor" nuns
Time's up! The correct answer was Saint Clare
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
This somewhat coarse root vegetable is also called a swede or a Swedish turnip
Time's up! The correct answer was a rutabaga
1984
In December this founder of est announced that he was giving last of his weekend transformation sessions
Time's up! The correct answer was Werner Erhardt
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE
1970's winning word was this French crescent-shaped roll
Time's up! The correct answer was C-R-O-I-S-S-A-N-T
DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB
This TV actor heard here is not really known for his singing: "Picture yourself...in a boat...on a river..."
Time's up! The correct answer was William Shatner
STARTS WITH "B"
A Russian grandmother, or her kerchief
Time's up! The correct answer was Babushka
PHOTOGRAPHERS
In April 1875 the Library of Congress gained possession of his Civil War photographic plates for $25,000
Time's up! The correct answer was Mathew Brady
BRIDGES
The 1st Roman bridge of which there is any record is the Pons Sublicius, built in 621 B.C. over this river
Time's up! The correct answer was Tiber
EDGAR ALLAN POE-POURRI
This French "Flowers of Evil" author translated Poe's tales into French
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Baudelaire
FROM B TO C
Branch of the Indo-European family of languages
Time's up! The correct answer was Baltic
TALK LIKE A BRIT
On British TV's "Top of the Pops" this Booker T. & the MGs hit might be titled "Spring Onions"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Green Onions"
LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L"
Delicious "Doone" damsel (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was Lorna
U.S. PORT CITIES
Pull into this port city & you'll find Fort Sumter guarding its harbor
Time's up! The correct answer was Charleston
LIT MY FIRE
"The Fire Sermon" is Part III of this poet's "The Waste Land"
Time's up! The correct answer was T.S. Eliot
INTERNATIONAL RHYME TIME
An automobile for any former Russian emperor
Time's up! The correct answer was a Czar car
FOOD
Butternut refers to both an actual nut & this type of gourd
Time's up! The correct answer was squash
ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS
In Salzburg you can visit the graves of his parents & his wife Constanze; his own location is uncertain
Time's up! The correct answer was W.A. Mozart
MANIAS
One suffering from bruxomania unconsciously gnashes these
Time's up! The correct answer was Teeth
THE CAST OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
This "Mannix" star was known as Touch Connors when he played an Amalekite herder in the film
Time's up! The correct answer was Mike Connors
THROUGH THE 1800s WITH SARAH POLK
In 1877 Sarah got the first one of these ever hooked up in Nashville
Time's up! The correct answer was a telephone
21st CENTURY MUSIC
The stage name of this R&B singer born Shaffer Smith is a play on the name of a character in "The Matrix"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ne-Yo
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
THE '30s WEREN'T ALL DEPRESSING
In 1932 this country finished reclaiming thousands of agricultural acres from the Zuiderzee
Time's up! The correct answer was the Netherlands
PARDON MY "FRENCH"
Settlers began living in this section of New Orleans in the early 18th century
Time's up! The correct answer was French Quarter
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
THE MOVIES
Mike Myers travels from '60s London to Vegas in the '90s as this "International Man of Mystery"
Time's up! The correct answer was Austin Powers
CHAD IS RAD
Chad's colonial overlord until independence in 1960
Time's up! The correct answer was France
BIBLICAL PAIRS
Jesus' Earthly parents
Time's up! The correct answer was Joseph & Mary
HEADS OF STATE
He was born in 1921 on the island of Java; he left office in 1998
Time's up! The correct answer was Suharto
PUSH BY SAFIRE
Safire defined "the proof of guilt that precipitates resignations" as this 2-word term describing a discharged firearm
Time's up! The correct answer was a smoking gun
DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS
He raises & tends the honey kind
Time's up! The correct answer was beekeeper
FRANCE
Liberation & Le Petit Journal are leading ones of these in France
Time's up! The correct answer was newspapers
ALL "AMERICAN"
In 2009 the U.S. Mint issued a quarter for this territory featuring an ava bowl, a whisk & a coconut tree
Time's up! The correct answer was American Samoa
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
BULL
"Bull City", this place's nickname, is derived from a product sold by American Tobacco
Time's up! The correct answer was Durham
DOWN AT THE OLD FACTORY
Company that ran the Hawk-Eye Works in Rochester, N.Y.
Time's up! The correct answer was Kodak
TOM WOLFE
It was Wolfe who first predicted that the 1970s "Will come to be known as" this "decade"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Me Decade
THE PLANETS
This remote planet orbits the sun at a 98 degree axis, almost lying on its side
Time's up! The correct answer was Uranus
WAITER!
Waiter, we'd like 2 services of this chilled cream-potato-leek soup
Time's up! The correct answer was vichyssoise
YOU'RE AN ANIMAL!
A river, a city & a hound all bear the name of this member of the deer family
Time's up! The correct answer was Elk
ROCK MUSIC
This Seattle grunge band backed Neil Young on his "Mirror Ball" CD
Time's up! The correct answer was Pearl Jam
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
In an essay Woolf wrote, "A woman must have money and a" this "of her own... to write fiction"
Time's up! The correct answer was a room of one's own
NAME THE WORK
O. Henry: "Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present"
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Gift of the Magi"
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
1933
The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 established this corporation that guarantees the savings of bank customers
Time's up! The correct answer was FDIC
PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS
In 1915 William H, & William L. Bragg shared the prize for their analysis of the structure of crystals via this type of image
Time's up! The correct answer was x-ray
ALSO A VEGAS CASINO
A 3.5-million-square-mile land area between the Atlantic Ocean & the Red Sea
Time's up! The correct answer was the Sahara
SCRAMBLED EGGS?
Shhh! I'm making this egg dish for a dessert!: OF FUELS
Time's up! The correct answer was soufflé
FOOD CHAIN
P.F. Chang's is an upscale bistro specializing in the cuisine of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was China
THE 23rd PSALM
"He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside" these
Time's up! The correct answer was still waters
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
IT ENDS WITH "US"
Mildew, mold or a mushroom
Time's up! The correct answer was fungus
CARTOONS
Ted Cassidy, who played Thing on "The Addams Family", was also the voice of The Thing of this superhero group
Time's up! The correct answer was The Fantastic 4
WHOSE IS IT?
2 by 2 the animals were put on this "ark"
Time's up! The correct answer was Noah's Ark
MILLIONS OF REASONS
Like Chico in "Animal Crackers", who got paid more for not performing, she got millions from Virgin not to sing
Time's up! The correct answer was Mariah Carey
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
He was the last sitting president to run for re-election & finish third in the Electoral College
Time's up! The correct answer was William Howard Taft
CELEB STUFF
People Magazine called his 1997 solo album "Destination Anywhere", "Tres Bon"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jon Bon Jovi
BIG, REALLY BIG!
The 120-foot big bat being transported here is now at the Kentucky museum named for this 2-word brand
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisville Slugger
SNACK ATTACK
I've got a big appetite, so give me the Big Cup version of this Reese's treat
Time's up! The correct answer was a peanut butter cup
"NEVER" AT THE MOVIES
The 2 James Bond films that have "Never" in the title
Time's up! The correct answer was Never Say Never Again & Tomorrow Never Dies
PRINCETON
In 1974 this Princeton grad & PBS host wrote "How to Make Money in Wall Street"
Time's up! The correct answer was Louis Rukeyser
MOVIE MUSIC
5-letter word for a group that sings exalting music, like the Bulgarian women's one heard in "Brother Bear"
Time's up! The correct answer was choir
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
JERSEY GIRLS
Governor of New Jersey form 1994 to 2001, she appointed the state's first female Attorney General
Time's up! The correct answer was Christine Whitman
FROM T TO SHINING T
Proverbially, you can have one of these "in a teacup"
Time's up! The correct answer was a tempest
LITERARY LAST NAME'S THE SAME
Frank, Hart, Stephen
Time's up! The correct answer was Crane
COUNTY SEATS
This Iowa city, the seat of Black Hawk County, has a name Wellington would remember
Time's up! The correct answer was Waterloo
MAGNETO
Around 1904 this Norwegian explorer confirmed that the Earth's magnetic poles are not fixed
Time's up! The correct answer was Amundsen
IT'S "BIG"
Empire Toys' trikes for tykes
Time's up! The correct answer was Big Wheels
ON THE GO
The Wright Bros.' experiments in this type of chamber in their bicycle shop led to designs of their flyer's wings
Time's up! The correct answer was wind tunnel
QUOTATIONS
This "Huck Finn" author wrote "Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mark Twain
U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS IN OTHER WORDS
Ex-soldiers' financial arrangements
Time's up! The correct answer was Veterans' Affairs
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
RUSSIA
In April of 1996, Russian rockets killed Dzhokhar Dudayev, this breakaway republic's leader
Time's up! The correct answer was Chechnya
INSECTS
Migration of insects thru the air is classed as active or passive, depending on use of this
Time's up! The correct answer was wind
3-LETTER ABBREV.
On some forms & applications: DOB
Time's up! The correct answer was date of birth
THE 1980s
Representative Jim Wright resigned this congressional office & his seat in the House
Time's up! The correct answer was Speaker of the House
POLITICAL SLOGANS
In 1912, this pres. candidate declared, “We stand at Armageddon, & we battle for the Lord”
Time's up! The correct answer was Teddy Roosevelt
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
CLASSICAL GASES
Lighter than air, it's also called marsh gas & is found in natural gas
Time's up! The correct answer was Methane
TECHNOLOGY
Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and this person founded Apple Computer in 1976.
Time's up! The correct answer was Ronald Wayne
CROSSWORD CLUES "Q"
Feather pen (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was quill
Time's up! The correct answer was Time Warner
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
At about 1,700 square miles, this saline lake is one of the largest lakes in the world with no outlet