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BUSINESS LEADERS
Since founding Amazon.com in 1994, he's tried to make it "The Earth's most customer-centric company"
Jeff bernes
Time's up! The correct answer was jeff bezos
BRIDGES
The Francis Scott Key Bridge crosses the Patapsco River in this city
Time's up! The correct answer was baltimore
A LITERARY TOUR
Chat about Lady Chatterley at this author's birthplace museum in Nottinghamshire
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Time's up! The correct answer was dh lawrence
SOUNDS LIKE A CAPITAL CITY
Is old-time ballplayer Yogi able to?
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THAT'S SO '90s
Joe Brown, Greg Mathis & Mills Lane joined the ranks of these on TV
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AIRLINE TRAVEL
In 2004 United launched this new service that features low fares & more seats per plane
Time's up! The correct answer was ted
BETTER KNOWN AS...
Falsetto ukulele strummer Herbert Khaury
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SHAKESPEAREAN PHRASES
In this play, Casca says Cicero's speech "was Greek to me"
Julius ceaser
Time's up! The correct answer was julius caesar
U.S. COLLEGES
The student newspaper of this Hanover, N.H. school calls itself "America's Oldest College Newspaper"
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DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME
You have to have permission to do this in a barrel since someone died doing it in 1951
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CHECK OUT MY CRIB
A Black Molly or 2 would be perfect to keep this calming crib feature in your living room free from algae
Time's up! The correct answer was aquarium
BODIES OF WATER
12,500' above sea level, this South American lake bordering Bolivia & Peru is the world's most navigable lake
Time's up! The correct answer was lake titicaca
"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
SHAMANISM ON YOU
Yikes! Among these indigenous Australians, a person is thought to become a shaman after an initiatory death
Time's up! The correct answer was aborigines
NAME THE FILM
2007: "I... drink... your... milkshake! I drink it up!"
Time's up! The correct answer was there will blood
JUST PLANE GEOMETRY
To make this figure, put a looped string around 2 tacks, place a pencil tight against the string & draw
Time's up! The correct answer was ellipse
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
LIFE SCIENCE
In colenterates like jellyfish, the cavity called the coelenteron has an opening called this--don't get too complex
Time's up! The correct answer was mouth
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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
NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME
Inducted in 1973, he "earned patents for more than a thousand inventions, including... the phonograph"
Time's up! The correct answer was edison
ALSO A GUN MANUFACTURER
This 19th century American artist & sculptor was known as "The Rembrandt of the West"
Time's up! The correct answer was remington
ALSO ON YOUR COMPUTER KEYS
Proverbially, it's "where the heart is"
Time's up! The correct answer was home
1938
On December 10 he announced he'd leave his Hyde Park estate & its papers & books to the U.S. government
Time's up! The correct answer was fdr
OF A SALESMAN
In the '80s this city's Old Vic Theater was refurbished by salesman "Honest Ed" Mirvish
Time's up! The correct answer was london
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
This Venezuelan waterfall was named for an American bush pilot who discovered it in 1935
Time's up! The correct answer was angel falls
OH, BEE GEE
In a Bee Gees hit, this title sort of communication means "you're telling me lies"
Time's up! The correct answer was jive talkin
WHAT TO WEAR
Christian Lacroix popularized the pouf type of this
Time's up! The correct answer was dress
I LOVE L.A. KERS
Kobe called it "idiotic criticism" that he hadn't (until 2009) won an NBA title without this teammate
Time's up! The correct answer was shaquille oneal
TV MINISERIES
(Hi, I'm Stephen Collins of "7th Heaven") In 1994 I played Ashley Wilkes in this miniseries sequel to "Gone with the Wind"
Time's up! The correct answer was scarlett
ATTACK OF THE THESAURUS
I cannot tell a prevarication: it has this 3-letter synonym
Time's up! The correct answer was lie
LINGUISTICS
Considered part of grammar, it's the study of the interrelation of words in a sentence
Time's up! The correct answer was syntax
RHYME TIME
An intelligent beginning
Time's up! The correct answer was smart start
WHAT TO WEAR?
If you're wearing Wellingtons at Wimbledon, you're wearing these
Time's up! The correct answer was rainboots
THE LENIN CLOSET
When Russian Marxism split into 2 factions, Lenin led this "majority" group
Time's up! The correct answer was bolsheviks
PETER, PAUL & MARY
This American silversmith & patriot was noted for his courier service
Time's up! The correct answer was paul revere
PRESIDENTS' MONOGRAMS
RWR
Time's up! The correct answer was ronald wilson reagan
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
In 1904 Virginia & her siblings moved to this London district, where they would host "group" gatherings
Time's up! The correct answer was bloomsbury
BALLET
"The Nutcracker" often features a pas de deux bythe prince and this fairy who rules the Kingdom of Sweets
Time's up! The correct answer was sugarplum fairy
SPORTS FACTS
In the 1960s he won 7 major tournaments, more than any other golfer
Time's up! The correct answer was nicklaus
ANIMAL PLANET
You'll have a leg up if you know this is the correct term for a baby hippo
Time's up! The correct answer was calf
COMIC STRIPS
This Scott Adams title guy with a gravity-defying tie accidentally invented a death ray that interested North Korea
Time's up! The correct answer was dilbert
ART
Roger Fry of the Met coined this term for the works of artists like Cezanne & Gauguin
Time's up! The correct answer was postimpressionist
BUT IS IT ART?
The Mitchell, South Dakota "palace" seen here is built of & named for this cereal grain
Time's up! The correct answer was corn
BEFORE & AFTER
Dystopian Anthony Burgess novel that's a New Zealand fish
Time's up! The correct answer was clockwork orange rough
PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY
It's Jimmy Carter's sign, so don't tip his scales
Time's up! The correct answer was libra
THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS
Stanley Durwood of AMC pioneered these cinemas, putting his first in a shopping mall in 1963
Time's up! The correct answer was multiplexes
TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA
Actor in common to the coming-to-California films "True Romance" & "Kalifornia"
Time's up! The correct answer was brad pitt
"BLACK" OR "WHITE"
Name shared by a Sauk chief famous for his war & a U.S. military helicopter
Time's up! The correct answer was black hawk
NAME THE OPERA
(Audio clip in Italian from opera about clowns)
Time's up! The correct answer was pagliacci
ODDS & ENDS
This city's Hartsfield International overtook O'Hare as the world's busiest airport even before the Summer Olympics
Time's up! The correct answer was atlanta
HOMELAND SECURITY
Before becoming Homeland Security chief, Michael Chertoff's last job in the Bush admin. was in this Cabinet department
Time's up! The correct answer was justice
B.C. & AFTER
Homo erectus archaeological find on Jakarta's island by an expatriate U.S. photographer
Time's up! The correct answer was java man ray
"IRA"
Australia's Yellow Tail winery sells this on its own as well as in a cabernet blend
Time's up! The correct answer was shiraz
COMMON SIMILES
Adjective found before "as leather" & "as nails"
Time's up! The correct answer was tough
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
JERSEY GIRLS
This Algonquin wit was born in West End, N.J. in 1893 & was a drama critic for Vanity Fair by 1917
Time's up! The correct answer was dorothy parker
OSCARDS WILD
This "American Beauty" nominee nearly had a pregnant pause at the 2000 show; she was due with her 4th at any moment
Time's up! The correct answer was annette bening
THE TITANIC
You can still see the crane to lower these; the starboard & port ones weighed 9 tons, the center one, 17 tons
Time's up! The correct answer was anchors
COME "IN"
Each Latin verb has 6 of these, including the perfect passive one, like optatus esse, "to have been desired"
Time's up! The correct answer was infinitive
SAINTS BE PRAISED
In September 1999 an abridged version of his "City of God" ranked 9,821st on Amazon.com's sales list
Time's up! The correct answer was saint augustine
"IND" THE KNOW
Also a term in logic, it's the process by which a magnetic field is ordered into poles
Time's up! The correct answer was induction
PRESIDENTS
All elected Presidents who are members of this party died in office
Time's up! The correct answer was whig
PEOPLE
She got into the advice business before her twin sister, Dear Abby
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Time's up! The correct answer was ann landers
HISTORIC NAMES
This 1909 Nobel Prize winner once failed the entrance exams at the Univ. of Bologna, Italy
Time's up! The correct answer was guglielmo marconi
THAT OLD "BLACK" MAGIC
Yo-ho, yo-ho! His real name was believed to be Edward Teach
.ts
Time's up! The correct answer was blackbeard
GENERAL SCIENCE
Of the noble gases, it's first, alphabetically, was the first discovered & is the most abundant in air
Time's up! The correct answer was argon
THE COLOR PURPLE
Established by George Washington in 1782, it can also be given to P.O.W.s who've been mistreated
Time's up! The correct answer was purple heart
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SHAKESPEAREAN WORDS
Polonius uses the word "outbreak" about Laertes' fiery mind, not this title character
Hamlet
@cursive swallow guessed it! The answer was: hamlet
MILITARY UNITS
A group of cavalry, whether A, B, or "F"
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Time's up! The correct answer was troop
LOST
Presumably she was lost at sea after vanishing in the central Pacific in July 1937
Amelia earhart
@cursive swallow guessed it! The answer was: amelia earhart
AT THE MALL
Found "just what I needed" at this "City", an electronics store
Time's up! The correct answer was Circuit City
BIG, REALLY BIG!
The 120-foot big bat being transported here is now at the Kentucky museum named for this 2-word brand
Louisville slugger
@cursive swallow guessed it! The answer was: louisville slugger
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
Papua New Guinea is just off this country's Cape York Peninsula
Reep
Time's up! The correct answer was australia
SPELL CHECK HELL
Confound it! Spell check just changed chancre into this 14th c. author of some "Tales"
Charles
Time's up! The correct answer was chaucer
ADJECTIVES
Adjective in the name of Hans, the turn-of-the-century calculating horse
Hi edsel
Hi
Time's up! The correct answer was clever
PEOPLE IN HISTORY
This young man put his savings into a small Cleveland refinery in 1862 & eventually had an oil monopoly
John d rockefeller
@cursive swallow guessed it! The answer was: john d rockefeller
LESSER-KNOWN MUSICALS
Shaun Cassidy was 10 years old when these actors, his parents, starred in the 1968 musical "Maggie Flynn"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack Cassidy & Shirley Jones
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BALLPARK FIGURES
Baseball's "Mr. October", he generated headlines for his cantankerous personality & his athletic prowess
Reggie jackson
@cursive swallow guessed it! The answer was: reggie jackson
I KNOW THAT WORD BACKWARDS & FORWARDS
Coloring something more rubicund makes it this
Time's up! The correct answer was redder
LITERARY BADDIES
This villainess of "The Wizard of Oz" ruled over the Winkies
The wicked witch of the west
Time's up! The correct answer was wicked witch the west
"EVER"S
Chris Rock narrated this show, loosely based on his childhood
Everybody hates chris
@cursive swallow guessed it! The answer was: everybody hates chris
IT'S A DATE!
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew at the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii) Pearl Harbor will always be remembered for this date in 1941, which FDR said "will live in infamy"
7 dec
Time's up! The correct answer was 7dec
ONE-WORD RHYMES
Nicole Kidman is one; so was Lucille Ball & Vincent Van Gogh
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WAR STORIES
"Body Count", "Coming Home"
Time's up! The correct answer was Vietnam War
THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
Like Jews, many Adventists follow Leviticus 11:7 in abstaining from this meat
Time's up! The correct answer was pork
RHYMES WITH STONEHENGE
The queen bee is missing from the center of this enclosure; only a ring of males remains
Time's up! The correct answer was Dronehenge
NIGHT WATCH
The schedule is TBD, but if you head way up north in March or Sept., you can probably catch this big light show
Time's up! The correct answer was Aurora borealis
THE SUMMER OLYMPICS
In 2004 the USA's Bryan Clay, with 8,820 points, took the silver in this 10-event contest
Time's up! The correct answer was the decathlon
GIANTS OF SCIENCE
Good Lord! With absolute zero heirs at his death in 1907, this physicist's peerage became extinct
Time's up! The correct answer was Lord Kelvin
EDGAR ALLAN POE-POURRI
Spoiler alert! "The Cask of" this potent potable tells of a man sealing his enemy up behind a wall... alive!
Time's up! The correct answer was Amontillado
Y1K
Finished around 1000 A.D., "The Pillow Book" of Sei Shonagon is one of this country's literary masterpieces
Time's up! The correct answer was Japan
RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME
A large Asian white winter radish that's a representation of a saint
Time's up! The correct answer was a daikon icon
ANYTHING BUT CHEESESTEAK
Part of a British breakfast, this jam is made from bitter Seville oranges, including the rinds
Time's up! The correct answer was marmalade
BERRIES
The tart, red cowberry is also called the "mountain" type of this berry, it is likewise used for sauce
Time's up! The correct answer was Cranberry
BRAND-TASTIC
Dr. Joseph Lawrence & Jordan Lambert invented this bad-breath-busting product in 1879
Time's up! The correct answer was Listerine
BIRDS
Also known as a duck hawk, it has been clocked at 175 miles per hour during a dive
Time's up! The correct answer was Peregrine falcon
POLITICIANS
Bill Clinton awarded this political rival the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1997
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FEMALE ATHLETES
This soccer player whose real first name is Mariel is one of 4 women to have scored over 100 goals in international play
Time's up! The correct answer was Mia Hamm
HISTORIC BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
James & Lady Blanche have a "declaration": the July 25, 1848 birth of this future foreign secretary & prime minister
Time's up! The correct answer was Balfour
WOLVERINE
This creature is the main predator of wolverines; what else would be dumb enough to take one on?
Time's up! The correct answer was man
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
AMERICAN AUTHORS
Her home Orchard House was the model for whre the March family lived in her most famous novel
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisa May Alcott
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
While studying at Cambridge in the late 1960s, this prince showed a flair for acting in comedy revues
Time's up! The correct answer was Prince Charles
MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS
In Finland, this Tim Burton film was subtitled "Fish Stories as Large as Life Itself"
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Time's up! The correct answer was big fish
DUDE, YOU'RE A SONG!
In a Pearl Jam tune this boy "spoke in class today"
jeremy
@ember geyser guessed it! The answer was: jeremy
INTERNATIONAL CUISINE
To enjoy this national Swiss dish, you'd better like cheese, lots of it, melted in wine
fenile
Time's up! The correct answer was fondue
SAINTS
During his reign St. Pius X revised this Latin version of the Bible
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Jerome's or the Vulgate
SURVIVAL AT SEA
Steven Callahan drifted for 76 days & 1,800 miles on one of these he called Rubber Ducky III
Time's up! The correct answer was an inflatable raft
PIRATE MOVIES
Robert Newton played this pirate before Peter Ustinov played his ghost in a Disney film
Time's up! The correct answer was Blackbeard
AUSTRALIA
This flightless bird is featured on Australia's coat of arms
emu
@ember geyser guessed it! The answer was: emu
14:59
Before her 15 minutes expired, this gal who got mixed up with televangelist Jim Bakker got onto Playboy's cover
Time's up! The correct answer was jessica hahn
IN THE DICTIONARY
This synonym for "room" can precede music & maid
Time's up! The correct answer was chamber
FAMOUS JACQUES
He composed both "The Tales of Hoffmann" & that scandalous "Cancan" music
Time's up! The correct answer was Offenbach
FRENCH ART & ARTISTS
Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun was noted for portraits of this queen, including the one with her children, seen here:
Time's up! The correct answer was marie antoinette
MUD
In 1999 scientists found the remains of one of these giant creatures embedded in the frozen mud in Siberia
Time's up! The correct answer was mammoth
BUSY AS A BEAVER
Grey Beaver is the first master of this Jack London wolf-dog
Time's up! The correct answer was White Fang
ANATOMY
The head of the femur fits into the acetabulum, a socket in this pelvic bone
Time's up! The correct answer was the hip bone
TRANSPORTATION
Surprisingly, the Cadillac Motor Car Co. was founded by & originally named for this man
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry Ford
ROYALTY
This dreaded czar who died in 1584 was probably the most famous member of the Rurik dynasty
Time's up! The correct answer was Ivan The Terrible
FACTS & FIGURES
Since 1970 the number of U.S. men aged 25-34 still living here has increased from 10% to 15%
Time's up! The correct answer was at home
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NICKNAMES
"The Big Hurt"
Time's up! The correct answer was Frank Thomas
WORD ORIGINS
The Old Norse word "vindauga" gave us this pane-ful word for an opening in a wall
Time's up! The correct answer was window
DANCE
Some dancers get their kicks doing high kicks in this Radio City Music Hall chorus line
Time's up! The correct answer was the Rockettes
HISTORIC AMERICANS
In 1973 he resigned as governor of New York to found the Commission on Critical Choices for Americans
Time's up! The correct answer was Nelson Rockefeller
"FOR" WORDS
This word on the label signifies that vitamins have been added to milk
Time's up! The correct answer was fortified
DICTATORS & TYRANTS
By murdering all his brothers around 1413, Mehmed I took power as the fifth ruler of this empire
Time's up! The correct answer was the Ottoman Empire
TREES & SHRUBS
A 1912 gift from Japan, the Yoshino species of this tree is found in great abundance by the Jefferson Memorial
@ember geyser guessed it! The answer was: cherry trees
"G"ARDEN GLOSSARY
Open an account at one of these banks that exist for the conservation of seeds, tissues or reproductive cells
Time's up! The correct answer was gene bank
BASEBALL
In Los Angeles, the Dodgers have had only these 2 managers
Time's up! The correct answer was Walter Alston & Tommy Lasorda
VOLCANOES
This lake lies in a caldera formed when Oregon's Mount Mazama volcano collapsed 7,000 years ago
@ember geyser guessed it! The answer was: crater lake
PROPHET SHARING
On the Sistine Chapel ceiling, Michelangelo included some of these ancient oracle-like prophetesses
Time's up! The correct answer was sibyls
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
The name Midgard, the world of humans, can be translated as this, a place familiar to Tolkien
middle norse
Time's up! The correct answer was middle earth
BRIGHT IDEAS
James Fergason invented this type of "display" that found an early use in calculators
@ember geyser guessed it! The answer was: lcd
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
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
INTERNATIONAL NAMES
4 times married, ex-German leader Gerhard Schroeder is aka Audi Man, for the car's symbol of 4 of these
rings
@ember geyser guessed it! The answer was: rings
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE
1970's winning word was this French crescent-shaped roll
crossaint
Time's up! The correct answer was croissant
NO. 3 SONGS
No. 3 Simon & Garfunkel hit that ends, "And an island never cries"
Time's up! The correct answer was i am rock
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
The Einheriar were the dead warriors the Valkyries picked up & brought back to this hall where they were revived
Time's up! The correct answer was valhalla
BREAKFAST CEREALS
This "fortunate" cereal is "magically delicious"
Time's up! The correct answer was lucky charms
lucky cherios
AND I QUOTE
3-word phrase for a quote meant for attribution, or a quote like "Gretzky's 92 goals are unbeatable!"
on the
Time's up! The correct answer was on record
"MUM"s THE WORD
You'll see this group parading through Philly each New Year's Day
Time's up! The correct answer was mummers
"NIGHT"
"Timely" 5-word nickname that describes Scandinavia north of the Arctic Circle
Time's up! The correct answer was "Land of the Midnight Sun"
NOTED EUROPEANS
Giuseppina Strepponi, a prima donna in "Nabucco", married this famous Giuseppe in 1859
Time's up! The correct answer was Verdi
TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA
Kurt Russell, who later played Elvis, was in the 1963 Elvis film "It Happened" here
Time's up! The correct answer was At the World's Fair
NEWMAN'S OWN
Film in which washed-up lawyer Newman redeems himself by taking a medical malpractice case to trial
Time's up! The correct answer was The Verdict
THE TITANIC
The Titanic carried plenty of these, 3,560, but many passengers died wearing them in the 28-degree water
Time's up! The correct answer was lifejackets
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
WHY?
These events occur because gas-filled magma is forced to the surface by pressure from solid rock
Time's up! The correct answer was Volcanic eruptions
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
GEHRY
The Gehry-designed Nationale Nederlanden Building is informally known as this film dancing pair
Time's up! The correct answer was Fred & Ginger
DEMOCRATIC KEYNOTERS
1988: Texas state treasurer
Time's up! The correct answer was Ann Richards
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
OSCAR NIGHT 2003
Seen here, the Chub Chubs won the Oscar in this category
Time's up! The correct answer was Animated Short
THE ANIMALS
Tuna are members of Scombridae, known commonly as this "holy" family of fishes
Time's up! The correct answer was mackerels
THE FABULOUS '50s
In early 1951 TV viewers were riveted watching the Kefauver committee's look into this in America
Time's up! The correct answer was organized crime
HERBS & SPICES
Though derived from the same plant as opium, these seeds are non-narcotic
Time's up! The correct answer was poppyseeds
JULIUS CAESAR
Caesar divorced his wife after a scandal & said, "Caesar's wife must be above" this
Time's up! The correct answer was suspicion
THOSE AMAZING ANIMALS
No longer used in Thailand to haul teak from the jungle, these animals are being trained to paint
Time's up! The correct answer was an elephant
ANIMAL GROUPS
This term for a group of elk also applies to sharks (the ones in "West Side Story")
Time's up! The correct answer was Gang
FOOD
Butternut refers to both an actual nut & this type of gourd
Time's up! The correct answer was squash
CAPITAL IDEA
Though Kyoto remained the imperial capital, Tokugawa Ieyasu made this obscure village his capital
Time's up! The correct answer was Tokyo
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
5 BANDS
"Fun", "sleazy" & "raucous" are under "moods" at AllMusic.com for this metal band co-founded by Tommy Lee
Time's up! The correct answer was MΓΆtley CrΓΌe
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MOVIES
A Bergman or Branagh operatic opus: "The Magic _____"
Time's up! The correct answer was Flute
"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
PHYSICS 101
Term for one end of a bar magnet, or for one of the discoverers of radium
Time's up! The correct answer was a pole
REEL MOTHERS
Kathleen Turner is a psychopathic housewife on a killing spree in this 1994 John Waters comedy
Time's up! The correct answer was Serial Mom
PULL
Ermal Fraze holds the 1963 patent for part of the "tear strip opener" better known to pop drinkers as this
Time's up! The correct answer was Pull tab
WHO'S YOUR MOMMY?
Gwyneth Paltrow
Time's up! The correct answer was Blythe Danner
GET YOUR MOVIE FACTS STRAIGHT
"North Country" starred Charlize Theron; "No Country for Old Men" featured this Spaniard as a relentless killer
Time's up! The correct answer was Javier Bardem
CINEMA OF "BLOOD"
Sylvester Stallone played Vietnam vet John Rambo in this 1982 film
Time's up! The correct answer was First Blood
MAD
TV host seen here on the cover of Mad Magazine
Time's up! The correct answer was Jeff Probst
EXPLORERS
Ponce de Leon was looking for it when he discovered Florida; some are still looking for it today
Time's up! The correct answer was Fountain of Youth
LITERARY COLLABORATORS
Sidney Howard helped this author dramatize "Dodsworth"
Time's up! The correct answer was Sinclair Lewis
LITERARY OPENINGS
"My mother died. Today, or maybe it was yesterday."
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Stranger"
SILENCE
The type used for a trumpet or sax is more familiar, but string instruments can be muffled with this device
Time's up! The correct answer was a mute
MEN OF THE WORLD
Armando Munoz Garcia sculpted a 55' statue of a nude woman & lived in it in this Mexican city near San Diego
Time's up! The correct answer was Tijuana
KING ARTHUR
After Mordred mortally wounded him, Arthur's body was carried away to this island
Time's up! The correct answer was Avalon
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
TELEVISION
This wallaby's "Modern Life" takes place in O Town with his dog Spunky & his pal Heffer
Time's up! The correct answer was Rocko
BULL
In 1923 James Cummings & Earl McLeod designed the first one of these using a Model T frame & a wooden blade
Time's up! The correct answer was a bulldozer
MUSICAL THEATRE
In January 1997 Liza Minnelli returned to Broadway, filling in for Julie Andrews in this musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Victor/Victoria
POLITICIANS
Now a Tennessee senator, he appeared in the films "Die Hard 2" & "The Hunt For Red October"
Time's up! The correct answer was Fred Dalton Thompson
THE HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD
Fad, dad or glad
Time's up! The correct answer was fad
GOAT-POURRI
Crippled beggar Sammy Smalls, who traveled in a goat cart, inspired a title character of this opera set on Catfish Row
Time's up! The correct answer was porgy and bess
IN THE TREASURY DEPT.
This service quarantines animals & can stop you from bringing sausages into the country
Time's up! The correct answer was Customs
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
iPOD, YOUTUBE OR WII
Its name was reportedly inspired by a line from "2001: A Space Odyssey"
Time's up! The correct answer was iPod
IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING
An athlete who is "swinging for the fences" is playing this sport
Time's up! The correct answer was baseball
HISTORIC NAMES
In 1961 scared villagers thought he was a downed U2 pilot until he removed his helmet & spoke Russian to them
Time's up! The correct answer was Yuri Gagarin
TONY WINNERS OF THE '50s
Gertrude Lawrence won in 1952 for playing the title pronoun in this Rodgers & Hammerstein musical
Time's up! The correct answer was The King and I
KIDS IN BOOKS
"The Sword in the Stone" is a book about a kid who grows up to be this king
Time's up! The correct answer was King Arthur
TAINTED GOV
In 2010 this Illinois governor was tried on corruption charges, but convicted on only 1 count
Time's up! The correct answer was Blagojevich
FASHION FROM HEAD TO TOE
The French name of these casual summer shoes derives from a tough wiry grass that's used to make rope
Time's up! The correct answer was espadrilles
IT'S GREEK MYTHOLOGY TO ME
This god zapped Salmoneus into oblivion for trying to imitate his thunder & lightning
Time's up! The correct answer was Zeus
PROVERBS
"Imitation is the sincerest form of" it, but beware, it "corrupts both the receiver and the giver"
Time's up! The correct answer was flattery
ENDS WITH "K"
A soda server, whether or not he's fatuous
Time's up! The correct answer was Jerk
FOOD
The non-chocolate version are called "blondies"
Time's up! The correct answer was brownies
I JUST LIKE SAYING THESE WORDS
Enjoy this $2000 quanswer--see, I'm one of these, a creator of new words
Time's up! The correct answer was neologist
SPOILER ALERT!
1968: The baby's father, could it be... Satan?
Time's up! The correct answer was Rosemary's Baby
THE ASSASSIN'S VICTIM
1901: Leon Czolgosz
Time's up! The correct answer was William McKinley
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Cape Catoche, the northeastern tip of this large peninsula, lies a little more than 30 miles north of Cancun
Time's up! The correct answer was the Yucatan
ARCHITECTS
Dallas-Fort Worth Airport architect Gyo Obata helped design this Smithsonian museum
Time's up! The correct answer was Air & Space Museum
BICYCLES
A German circus performer has made the Guinness record book for riding a bicycle with this distinction
Time's up! The correct answer was the smallest
WORLD HODGEPODGE
Jorge Icaza, who was born in Quito, was one of this country's most famous 20th century authors
Time's up! The correct answer was Ecuador
ANTIQUES
(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE): The kind of clock shown here, invented c. 1800 & named for the musical instrument it resembles:
Time's up! The correct answer was Banjo Clock
PIZZA TOPPINGS
How about a nice traditional Hawaiian pizza topped with ham or Canadian bacon & this fruit
Time's up! The correct answer was pineapple
FAMILIAR SAYINGS
If you're one of these capable fellows, you're unfortunately "master of none"
Time's up! The correct answer was jack all trades
"YN"
In music, to place accents on beats that are normally unaccented
Time's up! The correct answer was syncopated
"E" CHANNEL
Philosophy branch that studies the nature & foundations of knowledge
Time's up! The correct answer was epistemology
ORGANIZED LABOR
In 1978 legislation raised the mandatory retirement age to this
Time's up! The correct answer was seventy
COUNTRIES THAT END IN "O"
This nation has been ruled by the Grimaldi royal family since the 14th century
Time's up! The correct answer was Monaco
"T"ELEVISION
Running for 5 years, it starred William Shatner as a hard-nosed veteran police officer
Time's up! The correct answer was tj hooker
AN ARTHUR BEE
For 50 seasons this Boston-born man was director of the Boston Pops
Time's up! The correct answer was arthur fiedler
WORD ORIGINS
The name of this bread spread goes all the way back to bous, a Greek word for "cow"
Time's up! The correct answer was butter
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
GENERAL INFORMATION
This "old soldier" was a general at age 38; in 1930 at age 50, he was Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army
Time's up! The correct answer was MacArthur
WOMEN'S FIRSTS
In 2007 Drew Gilpin Faust became the first female president in this university's 371-year history
Time's up! The correct answer was Harvard
WHEN THEY WERE TEENS
This daughter of Francis Ford Coppola was an intern for fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld in Paris
Time's up! The correct answer was Sofia Coppola
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?
Mount Logan, Canada's highest peak, is found in this territory
Time's up! The correct answer was yukon territory
LOW CUT GENES
Since the 1980s this hormone used by diabetics has been produced by genetically engineered bacteria
Time's up! The correct answer was insulin
THAT'S HANDY
U.S. code says that when this song plays, you put your hand over your heart
Time's up! The correct answer was the national anthem
WORLD UP!
In 1980 Luis Garcia Meza took power in this landlocked S. Amer. country that's had more than 180 coups in its history
Time's up! The correct answer was Bolivia
THE MOVIES
It was double trouble for this martial arts star playing twins in "Double Impact"
Time's up! The correct answer was jeanclaude van damme
BASEBALL
The "Black Sox" team that threw the 1919 World Series lost to this Ohio team
Time's up! The correct answer was cincinnati reds
WATERFALLS
One of the most spectacular sites in this national park is Bridalveil Fall, which drops a misty curtain of water 620 feet
Time's up! The correct answer was yosemite
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
IT'S ALL ABOUT ME
Albrecht Durer's first known drawing, done at the age of 13, was one of these artistic efforts
Time's up! The correct answer was selfportrait
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
A HORSE IS A HORSE
A horse named Comanche survived this man's June 1876 "Last Stand"
Time's up! The correct answer was custer
WHAT A CHARACTER!
Hardcore fans of "Gilligan's Island" known that this character's real name is Roy Hinkley
Time's up! The correct answer was professor
HAIR TODAY
This palindromic word can mean to cut short, or a short, blunt cut, with or without bangs
Time's up! The correct answer was bob
NONFICTION PULITZER WINNERS
Herbert P. Bix won in 2001 with a book on this emperor "and the Making of Modern Japan"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hirohito
STATE FISH
The reef triggerfish, this state's state fish, can be found as far south as Australia
Time's up! The correct answer was hawaii
LAW ENFORCEMENT
This agency's criminal justice information services div. has the fingerprints of more than 47 million people
Time's up! The correct answer was the FBI
AYE! IT'S IRELAND
Held each year in County Kildare, the Irish Derby is a famous event in this sport
Time's up! The correct answer was horse racing
ANIMAL PLANET
Useful in long-term avian study, it's the placing of metal identification tags on the legs of wild birds
Time's up! The correct answer was banding
"B" PREPARED
"I'll Go Home With Bonnie Jean" is one of many lively songs in this Lerner & Loewe musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Brigadoon
SPOUSE IN COMMON
Roger Vadim, Tom Hayden
Time's up! The correct answer was Jane Fonda
GREECE
The prosperous 5th century B.C. in Greece is better known as this
Time's up! The correct answer was golden age
DIED ON THE SAME DAY
On April 25,1995 first "Jeopardy!" host Art Fleming passed away & the dance was over for this partner of Fred
Time's up! The correct answer was ginger rogers
LIFE SCIENCE
In a fish's 2-chambered heart, it's the chamber that receives blood from the veins
Time's up! The correct answer was atrium
MUSICAL THEATRE
In 1994 Brooke Shields made her Broadway debut as Betty Rizzo in this musical
Time's up! The correct answer was Grease
THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL
Novelist Heller
joseph
@ember geyser guessed it! The answer was: joseph
THE RULE OF THIRDS
On Jan. 19, 1966 this woman was elected the third prime minister of her country
Time's up! The correct answer was Indira Gandhi
HAIR TODAY
This rastafarian style is Whoopi Goldberg's trademark
dreadlocks
@ember geyser guessed it! The answer was: dreadlocks
OFFICIAL STATE THINGS
Extinct? You bet. But this "3-lobed" arthropod has crawled into history as Wisconsin's state fossil
Time's up! The correct answer was trilobite
IRAQNOPHOBIA
During the Gulf War, foreign journalists used this city's Al-Rashid Hotel as their base of operations
Time's up! The correct answer was baghdad
not quite
WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?
Corned beef is cured in brine; this other deli meat is seasoned brisket that's been cured, smoked & cooked
Time's up! The correct answer was pastrami
EPITAPHS & TRIBUTES
1939 Oscar winner: "...you are a credit to your craft, your race and to your family"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hattie McDaniel
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
CINEMATIC DICTIONARY
Near the end of the credits comes the "cutter" of this, the exposed but unfinished film
Time's up! The correct answer was Negative cutter
I'M "L__X"
From the Greek for "of words", it's all the words belonging to a particular branch of knowledge
Time's up! The correct answer was lexicon
THRILLER
You were born to identify this author of "The Bourne Identity"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ludlum
TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA
Actor in common to the coming-to-California films "True Romance" & "Kalifornia"
Time's up! The correct answer was brad pitt
THAT OLD "BLACK" MAGIC
Early in his career, Burt Reynolds played Quint Asper, one of these on "Gunsmoke"
Time's up! The correct answer was Blacksmith
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
ROSE BOWL HISTORY
The only time the game wasn't held in Calif. was 1942, when it was in N.C., amidst fears of another event like this one
Time's up! The correct answer was Pearl Harbor
THE BLUE ANGELS
(Sarah of the Clue Crew on the tarmac) Bearing the name of a Greek letter, this classic Blue Angels formation uses all 6 jets
Time's up! The correct answer was Delta
GUINNESS RECORDS
Working with more than 4.5 million donors, this American org. is the world's largest blood provider
Time's up! The correct answer was the Red Cross
CELEB STUFF
In a 1997 issue of "George", he said his cousins Michael & Joseph were "poster boys for bad behavior"
Time's up! The correct answer was John F. Kennedy, Jr.
MAGAZINES
As the old saying goes, "An ounce of" this magazine "is worth a pound of cure"
Time's up! The correct answer was Prevention
MATH TERMS
A function's domain is the set of possible values of x; this is the set of possible values of y
Time's up! The correct answer was range
NURSERY RHYMES
Simple Simon met him "going to the fair"
Time's up! The correct answer was A pieman
JUAN
1998's MVP in the American League was outfielder Juan Gonzalez, then with this team
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas Rangers
"IP" SO FACTO
A bon mot
Time's up! The correct answer was a quip
OSCAR-WINNING ROLES
1951: Boat captain Charlie Allnut
Time's up! The correct answer was Bogart
20th CENTURY BALLET
"Happiness is just a thing called Joe" goes one of the songs in the 1997 ballet about this late sex symbol
Time's up! The correct answer was Marilyn Monroe
NATIONAL MONUMENTS
Castillo de San Marcos in this Florida city is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S.
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Augustine
SPORTS EVOLUTION
In the 1750s the original golf course here had 11 holes & you played each of them twice
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Andrews
FAMOUS AMERICANS
Her appointment to the Supreme Court in 1981 to replace Potter Stewart was history-making
Time's up! The correct answer was Sandra Day O'Connor
TALK LIKE A BRIT
Of stay in bed, hit someone on the head or rub till it's red, what you do if you cosh
Time's up! The correct answer was hit someone on the head
NOVELS BY CHAPTER TITLE
"The Lotus Eaters" & "Circe"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ulysses
COUNTRY MUSIC
"Strawberry Wine" was the first of 3 No. 1 hits from this debut album by Deana Carter
Time's up! The correct answer was "Did I Shave My Legs for This?"
POETS & POETRY
Of the 31 pilgrims in this Chaucer work, only 23 tell their stories
Time's up! The correct answer was The Canterbury Tales
THEY'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANY MORE
This Wild West town might still be wild if native son Dennis Hopper still lived there
Time's up! The correct answer was Dodge City
FATHERS-IN-LAW
Jefferson Davis' was this U.S. president
Time's up! The correct answer was Zachary Taylor
"KEY"s
Attractions in this Florida city include the homes of Ernest Hemingway & John Jacob Audubon
Time's up! The correct answer was Key West
GOULASH
Beechwood & juniper branches are used to smoke Germany's Westphalian type of this meat
Time's up! The correct answer was Ham
EARTH
1 of the 3 Cs in the geological-period mnemonic "camels often sit down carefully--perhaps their joints creak..."
Time's up! The correct answer was Cretaceous
MED. ABBREV.
CTS, carpal tunnel syndrome, can be an RSI, this kind of injury
Time's up! The correct answer was repetitive stress injury
GEOGRAPH"Y"
There's an active volcano on Sicily, an island that's part of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
LUNCH COUNTER LINGO
Bow wow & Coney Island both refer to this food
Time's up! The correct answer was a hot dog
CAPITOL THINKERS
This self-made man has the distinction of being the longest serving senator ever from West Virginia
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Byrd
MED. ABBREV.
A CAT scan is computerized axial this kind of imaging
Time's up! The correct answer was tomography
COMPANIES YOUNGER THAN YOU
While a student at Northeastern, Shawn Fanning started this P2P music-sharing service that now gone legit
Time's up! The correct answer was Napster
TV MINISERIES
Vanessa Williams played Calypso & Greta Scacchi was the long-suffering Penelope in this 1997 epic
Time's up! The correct answer was The Odyssey
FOR THE BIRDS
The genus for this American bird is Turdus; ah, to see the first Turdus of spring
Time's up! The correct answer was a robin
TOUGH STUFF
It includes the postcentral gyrus, the precentral gyrus, the parietal lobe & the occipital lobe
Time's up! The correct answer was Brain/skull
U.S. CITIES
It's the only Maryland city not located within a county
Time's up! The correct answer was Baltimore
DIALING FOR DIALECTS
Vedic, dating back at least 4,000 years, is the earliest dialect of this classical language of India
Time's up! The correct answer was Sanskrit
TALK LIKE A BRIT
If you're right on queue for a movie in Piccadilly, you're in one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a line
IT'S "BIG"
Sasquatch
Time's up! The correct answer was Bigfoot
WORLD "P"s
World Heritage sites in this nation include the Nasca Lines
Time's up! The correct answer was Peru
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
POETS' RHYME TIME
Alexander's expectations
Time's up! The correct answer was Pope's hopes
MOVIE MUSICALS
This Russian composer was portrayed by Jean-Pierre Aumont in 1947's "Song Of Scheherazade"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rimsky-Korsakov
LOW TECH
This brand says its "magic" tape is "the original matte-finish, invisible tape"
Time's up! The correct answer was Scotch
LITERARY QUOTES
Robert Louis Stevenson said, "Marriage is ..... a field of battle, and not a bed of" these
Time's up! The correct answer was Roses
THE ENVIRONMENT
In June 1992 over 100 heads of state met in Rio de Janeiro for this environmental "Summit"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Earth Summit
IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL
This band is now part of the "Zeitgeist" after suffering "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"
Time's up! The correct answer was Smashing Pumpkins
PEARLS OF WISDOM
A philosopher: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"
Time's up! The correct answer was George Santayana
CROSSWORD CLUES "E"
Zealous, like a beaver (5)
Time's up! The correct answer was eager
FOREIGN CURRENCY
Malta's currency shares its name with this monetary unit of Italy
Time's up! The correct answer was lira
THE ROLLING STONES
The Rolling Stones took their name from a song by this legendary blues musician
Time's up! The correct answer was Muddy Waters
THAT OLD TIME NEW WAVE MUSIC
Last name of Gary, the former Tubeway Army leader who charted with New Wave hits like "Cars"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gary Numan
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
Characters in this musical include Mei Li, Linda Low & Sammy Fong
Time's up! The correct answer was "Flower Drum Song"
"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
SORTA SOUNDS LIKE OPRAH?
In an Irish battle cry, these 2 words follow "Erin"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Go Bragh"
GREEK LETTERS
A homophone of a verb meaning "to paddle"
Time's up! The correct answer was rho
QUOTATIONS
The preamble to the U.S. Constitution begins with these 3 words
Time's up! The correct answer was "We the People"
DOUBLE A
Biblical man with a talking ass
Time's up! The correct answer was Balaam
THE TIGERS
The autobiography written by this famous Nepalese was titled "Tiger of the Snows"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tenzing Norgay
SHAKESPEARE
In "King Lear", she poisons her sister Regan, then stabs herself
Time's up! The correct answer was goneril
POP CULTURE
This man who died in 1918 was Snoopy's cursed nemesis in "Peanuts"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Red Baron
COMMON SIMILES
If you're scared, you might be "shaking like" this botanical item
Time's up! The correct answer was a leaf
WORD ORIGINS
A type of ear implant to help the deaf, it's from the Greek for "snail"
Time's up! The correct answer was cochlear
WHAM-O
Versions of this lawn toy to keep you cool in the summer include "Wave Rider" & "Bounce 'N Splash"
Time's up! The correct answer was a Slip 'N Slide
FOREIGN
If Popeye spoke Hebrew he'd ask for tered, this
Time's up! The correct answer was spinach
RED SOX IT TO ME
In 2001 this Osaka-born pitcher tossed Boston's first no-hitter since 1965
Time's up! The correct answer was Nomo
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
This river begins in Colorado & empties into the Gulf of Mexico near Brownsville, Texas
Time's up! The correct answer was Rio Grande
ON THE STAGE
This playwright hit the right note with "Amadeus" & then horsed around with "Equus"
Time's up! The correct answer was Peter Shaffer
DOUBLE A
This river "trans"its South Africa & flows into the Orange
Time's up! The correct answer was Vaal River
THAT'S SO '90s
Joe Brown, Greg Mathis & Mills Lane joined the ranks of these on TV
Time's up! The correct answer was tv judges
ENGLAND, SCOTLAND OR WALES
The largest in area of the 3
Time's up! The correct answer was England
CROSSWORD CLUES "R"
A stuffed pasta pocket (7)
Time's up! The correct answer was a ravioli
POLITICAL MOVIES
2 reporters unearth a political scandal that goes all the way to the top in this 1976 film based on a book
Time's up! The correct answer was All the President's Men
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
This Algonquin wit was born in West End, N.J. in 1893 & was a drama critic for Vanity Fair by 1917
Time's up! The correct answer was dorothy parker
FAMOUS NAMES
George Bush pardoned this 91-year-old industrialist for his illegal contributions to Nixon's campaign
Time's up! The correct answer was Armand Hammer
AND I QUOTE
Publishing term for the type of quote seen here: [Trebek's...made it into record books as host of television's #1-rated quiz show.]
Time's up! The correct answer was Pull quote
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!
This principal leader of the Reign of Terror faced the guillotine himself on July 28, 1794
Time's up! The correct answer was Robespierre
THE OBLIGATORY POETRY CATEGORY
In a poem titled for the date when Germany invaded Poland, W.H. Auden called this "A low dishonest decade"
Time's up! The correct answer was 1930s
SHIRLEY
She played Shirley Feeney on "Laverne & Shirley"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cindy Williams
SCIENCE & NATURE
This innermost & larger of Mars' 2 moons orbits the planet every 7.65 hours
Time's up! The correct answer was Phobos
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
DRAMA
This play begins as Willy Loman returns home from a trip
Time's up! The correct answer was Death of a Salesman
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
ONE BUCK OR LESS
The USPS cost for mailing this, a minimum of 3 1/2 x 5 inches, is 28 cents; wish you were here!
Time's up! The correct answer was a postcard
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS
"Il Mercante Di Venezia"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Merchant of Venice
COLONIAL ARTS
Some of the earliest surviving colonial portraits are of Richard & Increase, members of this family
Time's up! The correct answer was the Mathers
HORSE & RIDER
Silver
Time's up! The correct answer was The Lone Ranger
ALL ABOARD THE SOUL TRAIN
To gain better production values, "Soul Train" was moved from this city to Los Angeles
Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago
QUOTATIONS
In a saying attributed to the Duke of Wellington, this battle "was won on the playing fields of Eton"
Time's up! The correct answer was Waterloo
BROADWAY TEENS
R&B sensation Stephanie Mills was a teenager when she eased on down the road in this role in "The Wiz"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dorothy
POP MUSIC
Alan, Merrill & Wayne, 3 of these Utah brothers, co-wrote their own 1972 hit "Crazy Horses"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Osmonds
3-LETTER THE BETTER
What a film reel is stored in; hence something finished is "in" it
Time's up! The correct answer was the can
LICENSE PLATE MOTTOS
"Aloha State"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii
ABBREVIATED
A "green" government group: EPA
Time's up! The correct answer was Environmental Protection Agency
THE FORTUNE 500
Fortune's "Most Likely to Succeed" was this Internet search site at No. 119 with 35 different "buy" ratings
Time's up! The correct answer was Google
AMERICAN LITERATURE
This Mark Twain character's father "Pap" briefly held him prisoner in a cabin on the Illinois side of the Mississippi
Time's up! The correct answer was Huckleberry Finn
WHAT TO WEAR
Front-closing style of sweater favored by Mr. Rogers
Time's up! The correct answer was a cardigan
ANAGRAMMED BIRDS
A head-banger: cowpoke red
Time's up! The correct answer was woodpecker
NEBRASKA, NEW YORK OR NORTH DAKOTA
The least populous
Time's up! The correct answer was North Dakota
ACTRESSES' FIRST FILMS
"Halloween"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jamie Lee Curtis
A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL
"They're dead...my team is dead...they knew we were coming"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mission: Impossible
BREAKFAST CEREALS
Babe Ruth was one of the first athletes to endorse this "Breakfast of Champions"
Time's up! The correct answer was Wheaties
& GO TO "BED"
In math, it means raised to the third power
Time's up! The correct answer was cubed
DOWN MEXICO WAY
This resort city about 200 miles southwest of Mexico City is famous for its cliff divers
Time's up! The correct answer was Acapulco
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
Smooth move in a bridge game (7)
Time's up! The correct answer was finesse
LEGENDARY LEGENDS
A modern urban legend says the USS Eldridge disappeared in this city's Navy yard in a 1943 "Experiment"
Time's up! The correct answer was Philadelphia
NOTABLE NAMES
His last direct descendant was a granddaughter, Elizabeth Hall, born to John & Susanna Hall in 1608
Time's up! The correct answer was William Shakespeare
WHAT'S ON TV?
Bryan Fuller created this show about a piemaker whose touch can bring the dead to life
Time's up! The correct answer was Pushing Daisies
THE LOYOLA OPPOSITION
In 1521, Ignatius was struck by a cannonball while defending this country against the French
Time's up! The correct answer was Spain
THE HOLLYWOOD STOCK EXCHANGE
Millions of HSX shares of this scary movie "project" were traded a full year before it was released
Time's up! The correct answer was The Blair Witch Project
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
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
THEIR COUNTRY'S LAST MONARCH
1952: Infant king Fu'ad II
Time's up! The correct answer was egypt
RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME
Society of Friends' parcels of land
Time's up! The correct answer was Quakers' acres
BRUCE ALMIGHTY
This actor lived up to the title of his TV show in 1987 when he hit the Top 40 chart with "Respect Yourself"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bruce Willis
LASTS
The Battle of Castillon in 1453 was the last battle of this war that began back in 1337
Time's up! The correct answer was the Hundred Years' War
___ OG
A fad in the '90s was this game from Hawaii that used bottle stoppers
Time's up! The correct answer was pogs
EPONYMS
Inventor & shirtmaker S.L. Cluett's first name gives us this process for minimizing fabric shrinkage
Time's up! The correct answer was Sanforizing
AMERICANA
Check out exotic marine life at one of these, like the National one in Baltimore
Time's up! The correct answer was an aquarium
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Her 1981 Rolling Stone cover shot of a nude John Lennon was taken hours before his murder
Time's up! The correct answer was Annie Leibovitz
TECHNOLOGY
In 1835 C.S.A. Thilorier froze this gas to create the first "dry ice"
Time's up! The correct answer was carbon dioxide
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
One story says this point was so named becuase it was a positive sign of a sea route from Europe to India
Time's up! The correct answer was Cape of Good Hope
WATERFALLS
This scenic waterfall on the Brazil-Argentina border actually consists of about 275 individual cataracts
Time's up! The correct answer was Iguazu Falls
INLETS
North Carolina's Albemarle Sound is no deeper than 25 feet & is protected from the Atlantic by this island chain
Time's up! The correct answer was the Outer Banks
THE SPOOKY & THE MYSTERIOUS
This "Triangle" near Florida has been the site of numerous maritime disasters
Time's up! The correct answer was the Bermuda Triangle
ANIMATED FILMS
One of the highlights of this film was Sebastian the Caribbean crab singing "Under The Sea"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Little Mermaid
"HIGH" SCHOOL
The L.A. Dodgers & the U. of Louisville basketball team pioneered this gesture in the late '70s
Time's up! The correct answer was the high five
WORDS WITHIN WORDS
This capital city could be the climax of your world tour
Time's up! The correct answer was Lima
SHAKESPEARE
Richard III says, "How sweet a thing it is to wear" one & Henry IV says, "Uneasy lies the head that wears" one
Time's up! The correct answer was a crown
ART
Surrealists used odd juxtapositions in this form whose name is French for "gluing"
Time's up! The correct answer was collage
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
In Sri Lanka: Sinhala & this
Time's up! The correct answer was Tamil
SCIENCE GUYS
This "Father of Genetics" is the subject of the biography "The Monk in the Garden"
