Jeopardy 2

NOVELS 'This 1934 novel was partly written in the Hotel Pera Palace in Istanbul; the room is now a memorial to the author'

'Murder on the Orient Express'

REMEMBER BOOKSTORES? Daily Double 'This word preceded "Ink" in the name of one of the first mystery bookstores, opened in 1972'

'Murder'

ATHLETIC CUPS 200 'Previously known as the Winston Cup, the Sprint Cup is awarded to champions in this stock-car racing organization'

'NASCAR'

JOHNS' MIDDLE NAMES Daily Double 'Vice President John Garner'

'Nance'

WOMEN'S FIRSTS 200 'On becoming House Speaker in 2007, she said, "Today we have broken the marble ceiling"'

'Nancy Pelosi'

TRAVEL & TOURISM 800 'The Seahorse Sail & Snorkel Adventure gives you a different view of the harbor in this capital of the Bahamas'

'Nassau'

I LIKE TO READ 200 'Lincoln Pierce & Marjorie Weinman Sharmat write about boys with this first name; one is "Big" & one is "the Great"'

'Nate'

CHARACTER IN JAMES FENIMORE COOPER 400 "First & last name of the scout who's Cooper's most famous creation"

'Natty Bumppo'

THE NATIVITY 600 "Soon after Jesus' birth, the family traveled to Jerusalem to offer a sacrifice & returned to this Galilee city"

'Nazareth'

COLLEGE MASCOTS 200 'Herbie Husker'

'Nebraska'

OH, THE HUMANITIES! 400 'He's hosted the Tony Awards & in 2014 won one for "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"'

'Neil Patrick Harris'

BRITISH NICKNAMES 1600 '"The Hero of Trafalgar"'

'Nelson'

VERTICAL LANDMARKS 800 'His London "column", including his statue by E.H. Baily, was completed in 1843'

'Nelson'

LET'S GO ONLINE 800 'Shoyru, Kacheek & Bruce are title critters at this .com backed by Nickelodeon'

'Neopets'

TV SHOWS' THEME SONGS 1600 '"Who's that girl? Who's that girl? It's Jess"'

'New Girl'

THE OTHER 45 STATES 800 "Susana Martinez, this state's first female governor, is also the first Latina governor of a U.S. state"

'New Mexico'

WHERE IS CARL?! 800 'Carl has wandered into this state, site of the first atomic bomb explosion'

'New Mexico'

19th CENTURY FEMALE AUTHORS 400 'Kate Chopin set many works in this city; her early story "A No-Account Creole" begins there'

'New Orleans'

DRAWING A CROWD Daily Double 'Attendance was still down some 20%, but 800,000 revelers jammed the streets of this U.S. city in February 2007'

'New Orleans'

ANIMAL PLANET 1000 'The Haast tokoeka kiwi: this country'

'New Zealand'

IT'S U.N. ANIMUS 1000 '"President Reagan, Rambo only exists in movies", said Daniel Ortega, warning the U.S. against invading this country'

'Nicaragua'

MY PRESIDENTIAL FANTASY DRAFT 1600 'His R.E.M. (re-election metric) is killer; he won 49 states--only Mass. said no--but his TC (term completion) worries me'

'Nixon'

THE LAND 800 'After killing Abel, Cain was banished to the sleepy-sounding land of this place, east of Eden'

'Nod'

NEWBIES 800 'Following the sudden "ill health" of Ri Yong Ho, this nation made Hyon Yong Chol its new military head in 2012'

'North Korea'

THE GREAT PRETENDERS 1200 'King Inge the Hunchback of this country had to battle the pretender Haakon the Broad-Shouldered'

'Norway'

COLLEGE MASCOTS 600 'The Leprechaun'

'Notre Dame'

THE LAND 1000 'The name of this state is from Choctaw & means it's the land of the "red people"'

'Oklahoma'

THE KIDS ARE NOT ALL RIGHT 400 '"Don't send me back to the wretched place I came from. Have mercy", begs this title orphan to Mr. Brownlow'

'Oliver Twist'

POP CULTURE 800 'Snow White & Prince Charming are characters on this TV show set in the town of Storybrooke'

'Once Upon a Time'

THE BOOK OF NUMBERS 2000 "Solzhenitsyn's book describing an inmate's 24 hours"

'One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich'

"RIO" GRAND 400 '2 answers please: the smallest & the largest of the Great Lakes'

'Ontario & Superior'

WHAT'S GOING "ON"? 200 'The smallest of the Great Lakes in area'

'Ontario'

ODDITIES 200 'A 2004 contest saw "Brain Freeze" beat out "Growling Stomach" & "Tennis Elbow" to be added to this electric game'

'Operation'

STATE NICKNAMES 400 '"The Beaver State"'

'Oregon'

STARRY NIGHT 400 "Bellatrix & Saiph mark the right shoulder & left foot of this guy's constellation, not his belt"

'Orion'

WRITTEN IN THE STARS 400 'Canis Major, said to represent the dog of this hunter, is at the heel of his constellation'

'Orion'

DESCRIBING THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY 400 'Title guy denies a promotion to his aide; aide gets revenge-y; title guy gives new meaning to the term "death bed"'

'Othello'

WE ALL NEED A "FRIEND" 1000 'The feeling must have been shared in 1865 when Charles Dickens published this novel'

'Our Mutual Friend'

SOME ROMAN GUY 2000 'Poet who noted in "The Art of Love" that a triumphal procession was a great place to pick up a girl'

'Ovid'

KEEP CALM 200 'Assume this conciliatory tone, also the name of an ocean'

'Pacific'

OPERA TUNES 800 '"O Colombina, the tender, faithful Harlequin is near" is from this clownish opera'

'Pagliacci'

"P" COUNTRY 800 'An Islamic republic'

'Pakistan'

ANCIENT "P"LACES 400 "If you were a Philistine in biblical times, it means you hailed from what's now called this place"

'Palestine'

THE ROOSEVELTS Daily Double 'TR was the first president to leave the U.S. while in office, traveling to this Central American country in 1906'

'Panama'

MOVIE STUDIO LOGOS 800 'A mountain peak surrounded by stars'

'Paramount'

YOU'RE TRIPPING 2000 "Magellan's crew thought natives of this Argentinian area had big feet; they had stuffed their moccasins to keep out the cold"

'Patagonia'

CHARACTER IN JAMES FENIMORE COOPER 800 '"The troops and rangers call me" this title, "inasmuch as I have never been known to miss one end of the trail"'

'Pathfinder'

OLD VIRGINIA 1600 'In 1763 this gifted orator & lawyer presented the "Parson's Cause", an early test case of royal authority'

'Patrick Henry'

THAT WAS ON TV 1600 'In a TV movie based on a P.D. James mystery & Jane Austen's characters, "Death Comes to" this estate of Mr. Darcy'

'Pemberley'

NEWBIES 600 "James Franklin is this U.'s new head football coach, following 2 years of Bill O'Brien & 46 years of another guy"

'Penn State'

ANCIENT "P"LACES 800 'The Iranian region of Fars was part of this historical area'

'Persia'

"P" COUNTRY 400 'The Andes cover about 25% of it'

'Peru'

TOOT SWEET 1200 'The bassoon represents grandfather & the clarinet is a cat in this Prokofiev "tale for children"'

'Peter and the Wolf'

1950s BESTSELLERS 1200 'Grace Metalious shocked America with her novel of secrets, sex & hypocrisy in this fictional N.H. title town'

'Peyton Place'

ANCIENT "P"LACES Daily Double 'The Roman-created Decapolis had 10 cities, including this one that shares its name with one of the largest in the U.S.'

'Philadelphia'

IT'S SECRET, DON'T TELL ANYONE 1600 "In the Book of Judges, this anti-Israelite people found out the secret of Samson's power by bribing Delilah"

'Philistines'

MY SON, THE ARTIST 400 'This Cubist put his father, art teacher Don Jose Ruiz Blasco, in his first major work, "First Communion"'

'Picasso'

EUROPEAN PAINTERS 1000 'In 1912 he went to Paris to learn Cubism; in 1914 he returned to the Netherlands & showed his 16 new works'

'Piet Mondrian'

YOU'RE TRIPPING 1200 'This explorer got lost looking for the Red River & failed to scale the Colorado mountain now named for him'

'Pike'

ANIMATED CHARACTERS 1600 'Last name of auto racer Penelope, who faced "perils"'

'Pitstop'

MUSEUMS BY CITY 1000 'The Carnegie Museums'

'Pittsburgh'

FEDERATION 600 'This "Federation of America" was started by Margaret Sanger, whose mother died at 50 after 18 pregnancies'

'Planned Parenthood Federation of America'

ODDITIES 600 'In 1986 a judge told the Library of Congress to resume producing pictureless Braille editions of this magazine'

'Playboy'

"P" COUNTRY 2000 'It borders Belarus'

'Poland'

STARRY NIGHT 200 'Merak & Dubhe, the pointer stars in the Big Dipper, point to this star'

'Polaris'

YOU'RE TRIPPING 800 "This Florida explorer was part of the crew on Columbus' second voyage"

'Ponce de Lexc3x83xc2xb3n'

BIBLICAL WHO SAID IT? 1600 '"What evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go"'

'Pontius Pilate'

"P" COUNTRY 1200 'Uses the euro as its currency'

'Portugal'

MONUMENTALLY ODD Daily Double "Go to this European capital if you'd like to see a statue of Saint Wenceslas mounted atop the belly of a dead horse"

'Prague'

JULIA ROBERTS MOVIE BY ROLE 400 'Street walker Vivian Ward'

'Pretty Woman'

AMERICAN NOVELS 800 'This Pat Conroy novel tells the story of Tom Wingo, his twin sister Savannah & their violent South Carolina family'

'Prince of Tides'

U.S NEWS & WORLD REPORT BEST OF 2014 200 'The best "elementary particles/fields/string theory" grad school? This New Jersey Ivy League school'

'Princeton'

WHO OWNS WHAT 600 'P&G for short, it owns Pampers & Pantene shampoo'

'Procter & Gamble'

NAMETH THE BIBLE BOOK 1000 '"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction"'

'Proverbs'

5 CLUES FOR A BUCK 800 'The "eye" glowing over the pyramid is referred to as the "Eye of" this, also a state capital'

'Providence'

OPERA TUNES 2000 '"Vissi d'arte" (I lived for art") from this composer's "Tosca" is a test of a soprano's own artistry'

'Puccini'

CHARACTERS IN MOVIES 200 'This animated feline is "the most daring swashbuckler, ladies man and all-around coolest cat"'

'Puss in Boots'

NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS 2000 'An antioxidant important in our metabolism is Ubiquinone, aka coenzyme (or Co) this letter & number'

'Q10'

THE WEDDING OF ELIZABETH & PHILIP 800 'Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip are third cousins, & have this great-great-grandmother in common'

'Queen Victoria'

I MYTH YOU 1600 'For 14th century Aztecs, this god was the patron of priests & inventor of the calendar'

'Quetzalcoatl'

IN THE STATE CAPITAL 800 'The Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts'

'Raleigh'

RELIGION 800 'In 2014 this Islamic holy month of fasting began on June 28 in some countries & on the 29th in others'

'Ramadan'

MY SON, THE ARTIST 1600 'This "School of Athens" painter was the son of Giovanni Santi, an artist who headed a studio in Urbino'

'Raphael'

THE FIRST SUPPER 600 'Guests at his inaugural parties downed some 40 million jelly beans'

'Reagan'

RHYMING MOVIES 1200 'Hugh Jackman rocked & socked audiences in this 2011 robot fighting film'

'Real Steel'

SOME ROMAN GUY 800 'This legendary co-founder of Rome was killed by his brother'

'Remus'

AS THE TITLE CHARACTER'S WIFE 400 'She completes "Jerry Maguire"'

'Renee Zellwegger'

NAMETH THE BIBLE BOOK 400 '"And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake"'

'Revelation'

"RH" FACTOR 400 'In titles of pop hits, this aspect of music "Is A Dancer" & "Is Gonna Get You"'

'Rhythm'

STRIKE IT "RICH" 400 'Capital captured in 1865'

'Richmond'

THE "RIGHT" 800 'This form of address is used for abbots, Anglican bishops & other prelates'

'Right Reverend'

THE "RIGHT" 1000 'This national committee was founded in 1968, 5 years before the Roe V. Wade decision it opposes'

'Right to Life'

SHAKIRA 1000 '"Can't Remember To Forget You" was a 2014 hit for Shakira & this other single-named foreign-born star'

'Rihanna'

TO LIFE 1600 'A popular phrase since World War I to lead a comfortable life is to "live the life of" him'

'Riley'

AS THE TITLE CHARACTER'S WIFE 200 'This actress ties the knot with "Forrest Gump"'

'Robin Wright Penn'

FAMOUS PAIRS 400 'In 1944 they won a special Pulitzer for their musical "Oklahoma!"'

'Rodgers and Hammerstein'

GO AHEAD... MAKE MY CAR 800 'A convertible 2013 Phantom from this maker can fetch more than $470,000'

'Rolls-Royce'

LIBRARIES 'The street address of his presidential library is 40 Presidential Drive'

'Ronald Reagan'

MY PRESIDENTIAL FANTASY DRAFT 1200 'His R.E.M. (re-election metric) is killer; he won 49 states--only Minn. said no--& his I.G. (invade Grenada) stats are big, too'

'Ronald Reagan'

STOP & SMELL 2000 'As governor of Calif., he described a hippie as: "dresses like Tarzan, has hair like Jane & smells like Cheetah"'

'Ronald Reagan'

AMERICAN WOMEN 'Geraldine Doyle, who in 1942 took a job at a Michigan metal factory, helped inspire the look & job of this iconic character'

'Rosie the Riveter'

ACTUAL FBI FILES 800 'The Air Force "telephonically advised... an object purporting to be a flying disc" was found near this New Mexico city'

'Roswell'

BIOGRAPHY 800 '"Dark Lover" smolders with "The Life and Death of" this silent-screen legend'

'Rudolph Valentino'

THAT WAS ON TV 1200 "Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2014, this animated holiday special finds Santa's sleigh fogged in on Christmas Eve"

'Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer'

ASIA 400 "It's the northernmost country in Asia"

'Russia'

COLLEGE MASCOTS 1000 'The Scarlet Knight'

'Rutgers University'

SPORTS NICKNAMES 200 '"The Bambino" of baseball'

'Ruth'

COUNTRIES' LARGEST ETHNIC GROUPS 1200 'At over 80%, Hutu (1 of 2 countries)'

'Rwanda (or Burundi)'

ESSAYS 1600 'Norman Mailer dissed this author who died in 2010 as being "no more than the greatest mind ever to stay in prep school"'

'Salinger'

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD 1600 '"Western" was attached to the name of this Pacific island nation when it gained independence in 1962'

'Samoa'

THE 17th CENTURY 2000 'After coming down from Canada, in 1605 he & his party became the first Frenchmen to visit the site of Boston'

'Samuel de Champlain'

5 CLUES FOR A BUCK 2000 'An "L" on your bill denotes this city, the Federal Reserve bank that's the farthest west'

'San Francisco'

SARAH TONE IN... 1600 '"All I Ask Of You", by her onetime husband Andrew Lloyd Webber'

'Sarah Brightman'

SARAH TONE IN... 800 '"Building A Mystery" & a TV ad for British Columbia tourism'

'Sarah McLachlan'

SARAH TONE IN... 400 '"Going Through The Motions" from the "Buffy" musical episode'

'Sarah Michelle Gellar'

QUOTH THE POLITICIAN 200 'In 2010 she asked, "A year later... how's that hopey/ changey stuff workin' out for ya?"'

'Sarah Palin'

SARAH TONE IN... 1200 'A song to Jimmy Kimmel about Matt Damon'

'Sarah Silverman'

EUROPEAN CAPITALS 800 'This capital of Bosnia was once ruled by the Ottoman Empire, & its name is from a Turkish word for a palace'

'Sarajevo'

WORLD CITIES 1200 'This largest city of Saskatchewan also starts with "S-A-S-K"'

'Saskatoon'

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1200 'A slave, Quamino Dolly, led the British through swamps to attack the Colonists at the 1778 battle of this Ga. port'

'Savannah'

THE ARABIAN NIGHTS Daily Double 'To prevent her execution, this daughter of a vizier tells the king a story a night for 1,001 nights'

'Scheherazade'

ORGANIZATIONS 800 'The Hugo Awards are given annually by the WSFS, the World this Society'

'Science Fiction'

CHANGE ONE LETTER 1200 'A word meaning to move hastily & with urgency becomes a classic wordplay board game'

'Scrabble & scramble'

5 CLUES FOR A BUCK 400 'The 2 jobs that entitle the holders to put their signatures on a dollar bill'

'Secretary of the Treasury & the Treasurer of the United States'

1950s BESTSELLERS 1600 'Mac Hyman's comedic book about Air Force life was "No Time for" these'

'Sergeants'

TV SHOWS' THEME SONGS 400 '"Sunny day, sweepin' the clouds away"'

'Sesame Street'

ESSAYS 400 'Charles Lamb wrote essays "On the Genius" of Hogarth" & "On the Tragedies of" this playwright'

'Shakespeare'

OBSESSIONS 200 'Delia Bacon was obsessed with the idea that other Elizabethans wrote the works attributed to this man'

'Shakespeare'

ALPHANUMERIC NAMES & TITLES 2000 'Surname of the musical artist whose debut album was entitled "2Pacalypse Now"'

'Shakur'

FICTIONAL LOCALES 'Featured in a 1933 novel, it may have been inspired by the 1920s Tibetan travel writings of explorer Joseph Rock'

'Shangri-La'

SHAKIRA 400 'A 2009 Shakira album was titled this, also a term for the creature that suckled Romulus & Remus'

'She Wolf'

I LIKE TO READ 800 '"A Scandal in Bohemia" was a case for this British detective'

'Sherlock Holmes'

THE CIVIL WAR 800 'After completing his "March to the Sea", this general led another march through the Carolinas'

'Sherman'

PEOPLE OF FAITH 400 'In this major branch of Islam, an Ayatollah is an important teacher or leader'

'Shiite'

FAMOUS PAIRS 600 'Chang & Eng, born in May 1811 & died in January 1874, were known as this pair'

'Siamese twins'

BEST ACTRESS OSCAR NOMINEES 'Her nomination in 1987 was the first best actress nomination for a science fiction film'

'Sigourney Weaver'

FACTS ABOUT AUTHORS 1200 'This European woman who wrote "The Second Sex" also wrote about communist China'

'Simone de Beauvoir'

THE ARABIAN NIGHTS 600 'This sailor's first voyage begins, "My father left me a considerable estate"'

'Sinbad'

"DOWN" & "OUT" 600 "One of Syfy's most watched shows is the WWE's Friday Night this"

'SmackDown'

CHICAGO THE BEAUTIFUL 600 'This is the stadium where the Bears play, but please don't put an "s" on the end'

'Soldier Field'

SHADES OF GRAY 1000 "A Gray Lady is said to haunt this African country's castle of Goede Hoop"

'South Africa'

TV SHOWS' THEME SONGS 1200 '"Friendly faces everywhere, humble folks without temptation"'

'South Park'

3 "E"s 1000 '14-letter word for someone from Florida, Georgia or South Carolina'

'Southeasterner'

AIRLINES' HOME COUNTRIES 800 'Iberia Airlines'

'Spain'

THE GREAT PRETENDERS 400 "Though born in what's now Slovenia, Don Carlos was a 19th c. pretender to this country's throne"

'Spain'

CIVICS 200 'House debates are presided over by the person in this congressional position'

'Speaker of the House'

IN CASE YOU'RE THIRSTY 400 'The name of this lemon-lime soda means an elf or a fairy'

'Sprite'

COUNTRIES' LARGEST ETHNIC GROUPS Daily Double 'At 73%, Sinhalese'

'Sri Lanka'

ISLANDS OF THE ATLANTIC 2000 'This island was discovered on May 21, 1502, the feast day of the mother of Constantine the Great'

'St. Helena'

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS, MON 2000 'The peak that forms much of this partner of Nevis is Mount Misery; with an average temperature of 80, sounds rough'

'St. Kitts'

CHRISTMASTIME AROUND THE WORLD 1000 'In Sweden this patron saint of sight is honored on December 13 as part of the Christmas celebration'

'St. Lucy'

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS, MON 1600 'In 1648 the French & the Dutch agreed to share this "saintly" 34-square-mile island'

'St. Martin'

TOOT SWEET Daily Double 'This Sousa piece, the official march of the U.S. includes the tooting of the euphonium, clarinet & cornet'

'Stars and Stripes Forever'

LAS VEGAS 1000 "The Bellagio once housed this man's multi-million-dollar art collection"

'Steve Wynn'

OH, THE HUMANITIES! 800 'Keep incredibly calm & carry on; Britannica says "tranquillity of mind" is key to this ancient Greek philosophy'

'Stoicism'

BUILDING 600 'This landmark on Salisbury Plain is an early example of post-&-lintel construction'

'Stonehenge'

MOVIE MISSING LINKS 600 'Lovers and Other ____ on a Train'

'Strangers'

LET'S HAVE A BOWL 600 'Sweet! This New Orleans Bowl game celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2009'

'Sugar Bowl'

SPORTS SHORTS 800 'He split 2 1980 title fights with Roberto Duran'

'Sugar Ray Leonard'

ORGANIZATIONS Daily Double 'This Utah institute is devoted to discovering & training new filmmakers, composers & theater artists'

'Sundance'

LESSER-KNOWN WOMEN 1600 "A board certified pediatrician, Antonia Novello was sworn into this post by Sandra Day O'Connor in 1990"

'Surgeon General'

POTPOURRI 1000 'Michael Dukakis attended this Quaker-founded college in Pennsylvania'

'Swarthmore College'

AIRLINES' HOME COUNTRIES 1000 'SAS'

'Sweden'

PLACE NAMES 'Built in 1911, this Wisconsin home was named for a Welsh bard associated with King Arthur'

'Taliesin'

THE 1910s 800 'The October 1912 All-Story magazine featured the tale of this man "of the Apes", his debut in print'

'Tarzan'

STOP & SMELL 800 'Nirvana sang "Smells Like" this brand of deodorant'

'Teen Spirit'

GO AHEAD... MAKE MY CAR 1000 'The Roadster, an electric car from this new company named for an inventor, goes 0 to 60 in 3.7 seconds'

'Tesla'

MAD TV 400 '"Howling Mad" Murdock was part of this title TV group that also included Sgt. B.A. Baracus'

'The A-Team'

THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL 400 'In 1870s New York society, Newland Archer falls in love with Ellen Olenska in this novel'

'The Age of Innocence'

AMERICAN NOVELS 1200 'This 1961 Irving Stone novel is subtitled "A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo"'

'The Agony & the Ecstasy'

LESSER-KNOWN WOMEN Daily Double "Massachusetts' state heroine is Deborah Samson, who, disguised as a male soldier, fought in this war"

'The American Revolution'

TV SHOWS' THEME SONGS 800 '"Our whole universe was in a hot dense state, then nearly 14 billion years ago, expansion started"'

'The Big Bang Theory'

THAT WAS ON TV 400 "Here's the story... this sitcom that premiered in 1969 left ambiguous the absence of the biological dad of the 3 girls"

'The Brady Bunch'

RHYMING MOVIES 400 'Mike Myers took on the feline role in this adaptation of a Dr. Seuss classic'

'The Cat in the Hat'

"C" YOU AT THE MOVIES 800 'Emma Stone & Nicolas Cage voice members of a modern Stone Age family in this 2013 animated film'

'The Croods'

THE BOOK OF NUMBERS 1600 '"Weepy" 1966 Thomas Pynchon novel'

'The Crying of Lot 49'

ATHLETIC CUPS 600 'This tennis trophy that weighs 231 pounds was first awarded in 1900'

'The Davis Cup'

CHARACTERS IN THE BROADWAY PLAY 800 'Otto Frank & Mr. van Daan, who live in dark times'

'The Diary of Anne Frank'

QUOTATIONS IN AMERICAN HISTORY 800 'No. 35 of these 1780s essays says, "the most productive system of finance will always be the least burdensome"'

'The Federalist Papers'

WE WILL ROCK YOU 1200 '"The Pretender, "Times Like These"'

'The Foo Fighters'

PLAY CHARACTERS 400 'Amanda, Tom & the fragile Laura Wingfield are all characters in this Tennessee Williams play'

'The Glass Menagerie'

OTHER WONDERS OF THE WORLD 200 "This barrier's name in Chinese, Wanli Ch'ang Ch'eng, says that it's 10,000 li in length, or about 3,000 miles"

'The Great Wall'

AMERICAN NOVELS 1600 'This 1851 novel begins, "Halfway down a by-street of one of our New England towns stands a rusty wooden house"'

'The House of the Seven Gables'

THE BOOK OF NUMBERS 800 "Hawthorne's home where it's a rough time for the Pyncheons"

'The House of the Seven Gables'

LINE FROM THE TV SHOW 1200 'David Banner: "Mr. McGee, don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry"'

'The Incredible Hulk'

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE 400 '"Mowgli's Brothers" is the first story in this 1894 collection'

'The Jungle Book'

WE WILL ROCK YOU 2000 '"Somebody Told Me", "When You Were Young"'

'The Killers'

OPERA TUNES 1200 'The Highlanders sing "Qual rapido torrente" in "La donna del lago", based on this Water Scott Poem'

'The Lady of the Lake'

ENGINEERING 400 'This building in Italy tilts 3.97 degrees off the vertical'

'The Leaning Tower of Pisa'

CHARACTERS IN THE BROADWAY PLAY Daily Double 'James & Kate Keller, who need one'

'The Miracle Worker'

ALL ABOUT TROMBONES 600 'The song "Seventy-six Trombones" is a rousing crowd pleaser from this musical'

'The Music Man'

MIDDLE "K" 2000 'In the title of a 1967 work, Desmond Morris called humans this type of ape'

'The Naked Ape'

AGELESS QUOTES 1600 'In this novel, Oscar Wilde wrote, "the tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young"'

'The Picture of Dorian Gray'

TOOT SWEET 2000 'No wonder it caused a riot: this Stravinsky work is overwhelmingly scored for drums & wind instruments, not strings'

'The Rite of Spring'

JULIA ROBERTS MOVIE BY ROLE 1200 'Reluctant nuptialist Maggie Carpenter'

'The Runaway Bride'

WE ALL NEED A "FRIEND" 800 'When describing themselves, the Quakers are this religious group'

'The Society of Friends'

FROM PAGE TO STAGE 2000 'Massenet's tragic opera "Werther" was based on this longer-titled 18th century coming-of-age novel by Goethe'

'The Sorrows of Young Werther'

ROCK'S FRONTMEN & WOMEN 2000 'Bjork'

'The Sugarcubes'

BARTLETT'S PAIRS 1200 "Kenneth Grahame's 2 quotes both come from this children's book"

'The Wind in the Willows'

CARRY ON 800 'For a sweet treat carry on these chocolate-covered Girl Scout cookies, the top seller'

'Thin Mints'

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE 800 'This Hans Christian Andersen maiden was born in a tulip; a polished walnut shell served as her cradle'

'Thumbelina'

DESCRIBING THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY 1000 "It's totally goth; act I, scene 1 sees the title Roman kill his son & the deaths don't stop; ends with the worst dinner ever"

'Titus Andronicus'

WHERE IS CARL?! 1000 "At Odin Express--Carl's not a Norse god, he's on one of the rides at this Copenhagen amusement park"

'Tivoli Gardens'

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS, MON 800 'In 1632 the Dutch settled on this island, about 20 miles northeast of Trinidad'

'Tobago'

OH, HI, OHIO! 400 "Holy this city! Located on both banks of the Maumee River, it's named for a city in Spain"

'Toledo'

AMERICAN NOVELS 2000 'His books "Little Children" & "Election" have been made into movies'

'Tom Perrotta'

CARRY ON 600 'Carry on your MP3 player with your download of the album "Cheek to Cheek" by the unlikely duo of Lady Gaga & him'

'Tony Bennett'

BOOK SERIES 'In the 8th book in a series by L. Frank Baum, this character begins to speak; he simply chose not to before'

'Toto'

THE WALKING DEAD 800 'In "Love at First Bite", Dracula warns, "without me" this area "will be as exciting as Bucharest... on a Monday night"'

'Transylvania'

LAS VEGAS 400 "The sailing ships the Song & the Bull battle it out in Siren's Cove at this casino"

'Treasure Island'

IN THE STATE CAPITAL 600 'Thomas Edison State College'

'Trenton (New Jersey)'

WHAT'S ON CABLE? 800 'This country singer's "Southern Kitchen" on Food Network'

'Trisha Yearwood'

THE WALKING DEAD 400 "Russell, a vampire on this HBO show, took over a TV newscast, said he'd eat us all, then threw it to Tiffany for the weather"

'True Blood'

HISTORIC DATES 600 'The Egyptian government opened his mummy case on March 6, 1924'

'Tutankhamun'

STAR TREK 600 'A decades-old mystery was solved in the 2009 movie when her first name was found to be Nyota, Swahili for "Star"'

'Uhura'

RECENT NONFICTION 200 '"The Most Dangerous Book" takes a look at the battle to get this James Joyce work published'

'Ulysses'

COLLEGE MASCOTS 800 'Bevo, a steer'

'University of Texas'

SHAKIRA 200 'In 2001 Shakira won a Grammy for an album from this acoustic MTV show'

'Unplugged'

IN CASE YOU'RE THIRSTY 1000 'This brand known for its vegetable juices has a line of V-Fusion juices'

'V8'

HARD ROCKERS 400 '"Can't you see me standin' here, I got my back against the record machine... ah, might as well jump (jump!)"'

'Van Halen'

CLING-ONS Daily Double 'George de Mestral invented this material after analyzing the hook-shaped burrs left on his pants after a walk'

'Velcro'

THE MOOR YOU KNOW 400 'According to the Shakespeare title, Othello is "The Moor of" this place'

'Venice'

HEAR ME ROAR 800 'The Kalolo-Lozi people call the roar & mist that the Zambezi River makes as it forms this "the smoke that thunders"'

'Victoria Falls'

THE DAILY QUADRUPLE 1000 'Members of the Quadruple Alliance called the shots at the 1814-15 meetings known as the Congress of this city'

'Vienna'

ODDITIES 1000 'From 2007 to 2011 the president, V.P. & prime minister all had the same family name in this country of Indochina'

'Vietnam'

M.I.A. 1200 'The first child born to English parents in the New World, she disappeared along with the rest of Roanoke Colony'

'Virginia Dare'

GO AHEAD... MAKE MY CAR 200 "You can bug out in this automaker's Jetta"

'Volkswagen'

STAR TREK 1000 'Transporter accidents will happen! Tuvok & Neelix merged into one being called "Tuvix" on this "Trek" incarnation'

'Voyager'

SLAV TO THE GRIND 600 'In 1980 he became the leader of Solidarity, an organization of more than 30 Polish trade unions'

'Walesa'

BIOGRAPHY 600 'In 2012 Douglas Brinkley published a biography of this "most trusted man in America"'

'Walter Cronkite'

VICE PRESIDENTS 800 "On Jan. 20, 1977 he became the first veep to reside in the Admiral's House at the U.S. Naval Observatory"

'Walter Mondale'

SPORTS NICKNAMES 600 '"Sweetness" on the gridiron'

'Walter Payton'

BRAVO 1000 'In 1893 this military physician was named a professor of bacteriology at the Army Medical School'

'Walter Reed'

MOVIE STUDIO LOGOS 400 'A shield bearing 2 letters that represent its founding siblings'

'Warner Brothers'

EUROPEAN CAPITALS 600 'This capital is divided into 18 districts including Wlochy, Bialoleka & Srodmiescie'

'Warsaw'

THE OTHER 45 STATES 2000 'Wenatchee, in this state's Chelan County, bills itself as "apple capital of the world"'

'Washington'

MUSEUMS BY CITY 200 'The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum'

'Washington, D.C.'

MUSIC & HISTORY 1200 'Rhyme along as "Young Edmund bid his eyes adieu... the drummer boy of" this 1815 battle'

'Waterloo'

TOYS & GAMES 800 'These roly-poly figures "wobble, but they don't fall down!"'

'Weebles'

THE WEDDING OF ELIZABETH & PHILIP 400 'The couple tied the royal knot before 2,000 guests November 20, 1947 in this imposing church'

'Westminster Abbey'

STAR TREK 800 'As Guinan, this actress got a good "view" of the Enterprise while tending bar'

'Whoopi Goldberg'

RELIGION 2000 'Combining witchcraft & nature worship, this religious movement was first publicized in England in 1954'

'Wicca'

PALME D'OR WINNERS 2000 "Nicolas Cage has an Elvis fixation in this 1990 Palme d'Or winner from David Lynch"

'Wild at Heart'

19th CENTURY FEMALE AUTHORS 2000 'The youngest of the sisters, Anne Bronte penned "The Tenant of" this residence in 1848 but died from TB a year later'

'Wildfell Hall'

IN BEVERLY HILLS 600 'A 1920s mayor, he said "Congress--every time they make a joke, it's a law, & every time they make a law it's a joke"'

'Will Rogers'

BRITISH NOVELISTS 'In his journals he described how he once set 2 groups of boys against each other, likely inspiring his 1954 novel'

'William Golding'

FAN MAIL TO HISTORIC FIGURES 600 "Loved your Mar. 4, 1841 speech, despite the weather! 1 hour, 45 minutes of awesome! Now it's clear skies for your presidency!"

'William Henry Harrison'

FAN MAIL TO HISTORIC FIGURES 800 'Will you sign my copy of the "Domesday Book" you commissioned, my king? It's a first edition from 1086!'

'William the Conqueror'

OLD VIRGINIA Daily Double 'In 1699 the capital of Virginia was moved from Jamestown to this city'

'Williamsburg'

QUOTH THE POLITICIAN 400 'This man's "answer which I will give to President Roosevelt" was "give us the tools and we will finish the job"'

'Winston Churchill'

WHAT'S ON CABLE? 200 '"The Situation Room with" this anchor on CNN'

'Wolf Blitzer'

MRS. HIPPIE 800 'A "bad trip" is an uncomfortable LSD experience, like the one Mrs. Hippie had at this August 1969 N.Y. music festival'

'Woodstock'

MUSIC & HISTORY 400 '"Belgium Put the Kibosh on the Kaiser" was made popular during this war'

'World War I'

SHAKIRA 600 'Shakira's hit "Hips Don't Lie" featured this musician who in 2010 announced that he wanted to be Haiti's president'

'Wyclef Jean'

MY SON, THE ARTIST 800 'Last name of illustrator N.C., who left a mural unfinished when he died in 1945; son Andrew completed it'

'Wyeth'

THE OTHER 45 STATES 1600 'This basically rectangular state is surrounded by Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado & Utah'

'Wyoming'

ALPHANUMERIC NAMES & TITLES 400 'In 1999 a feature film & a TV movie both had this 3-character title, a reference to the millennium bug'

'Y2K'

TO LIFE 2000 'The movie "Life of Pi" was based on a novel by this author'

'Yann Martel'

OUR HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS 2000 'The 1872 act establishing this called it a "tract of land in the territories of Montana and Wyoming"'

'Yellowstone National Park'

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD 400 'What was Rhodesia on a 1975 map is called this now'

'Zimbabwe'

THE WALKING DEAD 1000 'Woody Harrelson loves Twinkies & killing the undead in this 2009 film'

'Zombieland'

SHAKIRA 800 'This Latin dance & fitness craze ran a 2014 contest for best moves to Shakira's "Dare (La La La)", a favorite in its classes'

'Zumba'

WORLD CITIES 800 'Cabaret Voltaire in this largest Swiss city is considered the birthplace of Dadaism'

'Zurich'

WHAT'S THAT ON YOUR HEAD? 200 'This Russian word for "grandmother" has come to mean a headscarf'

'a babushka'

FROM B TO SHINING B 600 "That's the spot! it's a therapeutic manipulation of the dorsal muscles"

'a backrub'

POLITICAL TERMS 200 'To test public reaction to some controversial idea, politicians may send up a "trial" one of these'

'a balloon'

ARCHITECTURE & BUILDING 1600 'This simplest form of vault consists of a single continuous arch'

'a barrel vault'

CONTAINERS 800 'From the French for "small basin", it's a basketlike container for an infant'

'a bassinet'

TOYS & GAMES 200 "Use mallets to tap out the white blocks in the Hasbro game called don't do this"

"Don't Break the Ice"

OLD NAMES FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS 400 'What was once referred to as mongolism is now called this'

"Down's syndrome"

TV SPIN-OFFS 1600 '"Private Practice" from...'

"Grey's Anatomy"

HARD ROCKERS 800 '"Take me down to the Paradise City, where the grass is green & the girls are pretty, oh, won't you please take me home?"'

"Guns N' Roses"

HAIL! 200 The U.S. Marine band plays "Ruffles & Flourishes" on drums & bugles before this presidential tune

"Hail To The Chief"

2-WORD SONG TITLES 1200 It's the title & shout-along chorus of a 2012 hit by The Lumineers

"Ho Hey"

THE WORLD AT WAR 1600 On Oct. 20, 1944 Douglas MacArthur fulfilled this 3-word promise he'd made to the Philippine people in 1942

"I shall return"

WHO OWNS WHAT 200 "Rice Krispies comes from this company's kitchen"

"Kellogg's"

2-WORD SONG TITLES 800 It was Sixpence None the Richer's request "beneath the milky twilight"

"Kiss Me"

SCI-FI NOVELS 400 Book 2 of "The Lunar Chronicles" is "Scarlet", which was inspired by this fairy tale & features a street fighter named Wolf

"Little Red Riding Hood"

2-WORD SONG TITLES 400 In a 2016 No. 1 Justin Bieber told an ex to go & do this

"Love Yourself"

WHO OWNS WHAT 400 'Kit Kat is part of this European chocolate company'

"Nestlxc3x83xc2xa9's"

JULIA ROBERTS MOVIE BY ROLE 2000 'Tess, sometime wife of a gambler & thief'

"Ocean's Eleven"

RAINY SONGS 200 The clouds parted enough for Prince to take this tune to No. 2 in 1984; I only wanted to see you responding in the...

"Purple Rain"

19th CENTURY CONGRESSMEN 400 'It wasn't "The Devil and" him repping Massachusetts in the House from 1823 to 1827--it was just him'

'(Daniel) Webster'

CELEBRITY PALS 200 'Posh Spice said, "Mr. Snoopy, you're not taking my husband out", but this man & Snoop Dogg became buddies anyway'

'(David) Beckham'

RECENT NONFICTION 600 'Glenn Greenwald's "No Place to Hide" is subtitled this man, "the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State"'

'(Edward) Snowden'

TO "EACH" HIS "OWN" 1600 "Blackbeard's real last name"

'(Edward) Teach'

BIOGRAPHY 1000 'Written by his son Brian, "Dreamer of Dune" is a chronicle of the life of this sci-fi author'

'(Frank) Herbert'

SLAV TO THE GRIND 1000 'This short story writer got his law degree from the Univ. of Prague in 1906; that's "Mr. Depressing, Esq.", my doomed friend'

'(Franz) Kafka'

BUILDING 800 'Dick Bowser designed the unique tram system that takes visitors to the top of this St. Louis landmark'

'(Gateway) Arch'

QUOTATIONS IN AMERICAN HISTORY 1000 'During the Battle of Manila Bay, this commodore told his captain, "you may fire when you are ready, Gridley"'

'(George) Dewey'

GEORGE, UHHH... Daily Double 'You know, he was a 1901 VMI grad, spearheaded the big European recovery program 46 years later'

'(George) Marshall'

VICE PRESIDENTS 1600 "In 1864, while serving as Lincoln's Vice President, he served 2 months as a cook in the Maine Coast Guard"

'(Hannibal) Hamlin'

"ICK"Y WORDS 2000 "Last name of the lawyer who served as FDR's Secretary of the Interior"

'(Harold) Ickes'

19th CENTURY FEMALE AUTHORS 800 'Many of her novels dealt with slavery, including "Dred" & a certain 1852 bestseller'

'(Harriet Beecher) Stowe'

CADILLACS 200 'He originally ran what became Cadillac, before taking his crazy assembly-line ideas elsewhere'

'(Henry) Ford'

FACTS ABOUT AUTHORS 400 'He was a merchant seaman, then roamed around the U.S. before publishing "On the Road"'

'(Jack) Kerouac'

MY PRESIDENTIAL FANTASY DRAFT 800 'In saying there was no "right of secession" but not backing it up, his PTCWOL (push the Civil War onto Lincoln) is huge'

'(James) Buchanan'

IT'S A TELEGRAM 800 'This Irish author of long, often confusing novels sent a short, clear wire in 1905: "Son born Jim"'

'(James) Joyce'

OLD VIRGINIA 800 'President Jefferson sent this fellow Virginian, later our 5th president, to negotiate the Louisiana Purchase'

'(James) Monroe'

PAINTERS' MONOGRAMS 600 'To call him, just put your lips together & blow: JW'

'(James) Whistler'

MAD TV 2000 'This fiery money manager literally rolls up his sleeves to host CNBC's "Mad Money"'

'(Jim) Cramer'

SPORTS NICKNAMES 800 '"Catfish" of baseball'

'(Jim) Hunter'

OPERA TUNES 1600 'This waltz master wrote a Czardas in "Die Fledermaus", where Rosalinde has to pretend she's Hungarian'

'(Johann) Strauss'

MIDDLE INITIAL C. 1000 'This South Carolinian was known as the "Great Nullifier" for his view that states could reject natl. laws'

'(John C.) Calhoun'

BIOGRAPHY 400 '"Titan: The Life of" this 19th century oil baron gushes with the tale of history's first billionaire'

'(John D.) Rockefeller'

EUROPEAN PAINTERS 600 'A wagon is the subject of "The Hay Wain", an 1821 work by this English landscape painter'

'(John) Constable'

ESSAYS 800 '"Just Looking" & "Still Looking" are 2 collections of art essays by this "Rabbit, Run" author'

'(John) Updike'

ESSAYS 2000 '"The Prophet", consisting of 26 poetic essays, is the best known work by this Lebanese-born author'

'(Khalil) Gibran'

SLAV TO THE GRIND 200 'This 19th century woman nee Sklodowska coined the word "radioactivity", of which she got a bit too much'

'(Marie) Curie'

ACTUAL FBI FILES 200 'This "subject is very vulnerable right now because of her rejection by Arthur Miller and also by Joe DiMaggio"'

'(Marilyn) Monroe'

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 400 'Silas Deane promised this young Frenchman a major-generalship in the Continental Army; Congress gave it to him'

'(Marquis de) Lafayette'

MY PRESIDENTIAL FANTASY DRAFT 2000 'His O-LZT (out-living Zachary Taylor) looms large but I worry about his short pres. career of only 32 months'

'(Millard) Fillmore'

VICE PRESIDENTS 1200 'This vice president had the same July 8 birthday as his very wealthy grandfather'

'(Nelson) Rockefeller'

MAD TV 1200 'On the '90s sitcom "Mad About You", he played Paul Buchman'

'(Paul) Reiser'

EUROPEAN PAINTERS 200 'Shortly after his 1609 marriage, this artist known for his voluptuous women painted himself & his young wife Isabella'

'(Peter Paul) Rubens'

THE CIVIL WAR 1600 'On Oct. 19, 1864 this Union general known as "Little Phil" made his ride to stop Jubal Early at Cedar Creek'

'(Philip) Sheridan'

ON POSTAGE STAMPS 1600 'This Swedish diplomat who helped save tens of thousands of Jews during WWII was featured on a 1983 Israeli stamp'

'(Raoul) Wallenberg'

THE KIDS ARE NOT ALL RIGHT Daily Double '"Veruca Salt, the little brute, has just gone down the garbage chute", wrote this author'

'(Roald) Dahl'

AGELESS QUOTES 2000 'This 19th century English poet penned the line "grow old along with me, the best is yet to be"'

'(Robert) Browning'

ON POSTAGE STAMPS 800 'In 1965 it was full steam ahead for this steamboat designer honored on a stamp for his 200th birthday'

'(Robert) Fulton'

CELEBRITY PALS 800 'Come on, Vogue! Anna Wintour has given fashion advice to this Wimbledon-winning Swiss guy pal'

'(Roger) Federer'

FACTS ABOUT AUTHORS 1600 'During the German occupation of France, this "Godot" playwright was active in the resistance'

'(Samuel) Beckett'

OBSESSIONS 800 'This African-American composer was so obsessed with his opera "Treemonisha" that he suffered a breakdown in 1911'

'(Scott) Joplin'

PLAY CHARACTERS 1200 'In "Six Degrees of Separation", a young man named Paul claims to be this actor's son'

'(Sidney) Poitier'

FAN MAIL TO HISTORIC FIGURES 200 'Even when you were el dictador of Peru in 1825, we still said viva el libertador!'

'(Simxc3xb3n) Bolxc3xadvar'

FAN MAIL TO HISTORIC FIGURES 400 'Sir, your 1704 book "Opticks" laid the foundation for the science of spectrum analysis! You totally rock!'

'(Sir Isaac) Newton'

FACTS ABOUT AUTHORS 800 'His experiences as a medical student were fodder for his semi-autobiographical novel "Of Human Bondage"'

'(Somerset) Maugham'

19th CENTURY CONGRESSMEN 800 'No debate--this Illinois man, "The Little Giant", was elected to the House in 1843 & the Senate in 1847'

'(Stephen) Douglas'

COLLEGE MASCOTS 400 'Buckingham U. Badger'

'(University of) Wisconsin'

THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL 800 'The title of his 1959 novel "The Mansion" refers to the de Spain home in Jefferson, Mississippi'

'(William) Faulkner'

FAMOUS PAIRS 1000 'Their first map appeared in an 1872 issue of the "Railway Guide"'

'(William) Rand (Andrew) McNally'

FACTS ABOUT AUTHORS 2000 'She was in Haiti on a Guggenheim fellowship when she wrote "Their Eyes Were Watching God"'

'(Zora Neale) Hurston'

NEXT IN ORDER 800 '"...and the Sorcerer's Stone", "...and the Chamber of Secrets", "...and the Prisoner of Azkaban"'

'...and the Goblet of Fire'

AS THE TITLE CHARACTER'S WIFE 600 "Kelsey Scott plays Anne, wife of Solomon Northup, a free black man who's enslaved for more than a decade in this film"

'12 Years a Slave'

MATH FUN 200 "If the 4 people at your standup show each bring 2 friends to your next gig, you'll have this size audience"

'12'

MATH FUN 800 "It's the sum of the 4 numbers in the center column of buttons on a standard touch-tone phone"

'15'

5 CLUES FOR A BUCK 1600 'Under the pyramid is a string of letters starting with "MD", signifying this'

'1776'

DO THE MATH 1000 'If 3xxc2xa0-xc2xa011xc2xa0=xc2xa043, xxc2xa0=xc2xa0this'

'18'

SPIKE 400 'From an average of about 2.3 million in the 1930s, births in the U.S. spiked to almost 3.5 million in this 1st baby boom year'

'1946'

SPIKE 600 'In 2013 revelations of NSA domestic spying caused a spike in sales of this novel first published in 1949'

'1984'

THE BOOK OF NUMBERS 400 'Anthony Burgess one-upped Orwell with this title'

'1985'

DO THE MATH 400 "If your friends say to meet them 130 minutes after 11:30 AM, you'll meet up at this time of day"

'1:40 PM'

MOVIE STUDIO LOGOS 600 'Searchlights scanning the skies & lighting up its name'

'20th Century Fox'

DO THE MATH 600 'The largest common factor of 84 & 105 is this'

'21'

CADILLACS 800 'The ill-fated Cimarron, a 1980s "economy model", was the first Cadillac since 1914 with only this many engine cylinders'

'4'

ORGANIZATIONS 1200 'Members of this org. originally aimed at rural youth pledge their head, heart, hands & health for their greater community'

'4-H'

DO THE MATH Daily Double 'The total surface area of a cube with each side 10 inches long is this'

'600 square inches'

SONGS IN MUSICALS 1000 '"The Music And The Mirror" & "One"'

'A Chorus Line'

ALPHABETICALLY FIRST 800 'Of bands in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame'

'ABBA'

HARD ROCKERS 1600 '"The walls were shaking, the earth was quaking, my mind was aching, & we were making it, & you... shook me all night long"'

'AC/DC'

WE WILL ROCK YOU 800 '"Back in Black", "Moneytalks"'

'AC/DC'

19th CENTURY PEOPLE 'After meeting him, Hawthorne said he had a "sallow, queer, sagacious visage" warmed by "homely human sympathies"'

'Abraham Lincoln'

THE FIRST SUPPER 200 'The menu for his 1865 inaugural banquet included terrapin stew & quail'

'Abraham Lincoln'

BIBLICAL WHO SAID IT? 400 '"This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh"'

'Adam'

WORLD CAPITAL POINTS OF INTEREST 1000 "If you're heading to A.A.-- this world capital, of course!-- take pictures of the Jubilee Palace"

'Addis Ababa'

ROCK'S FRONTMEN & WOMEN 400 'Steven Tyler'

'Aerosmith'

CLASSICAL LITERATURE 400 'Herodotus described this "fabled" teller of tales as a slave from Thrace'

'Aesop'

IT'S U.N. ANIMUS 600 'In a 2008 U.N. speech, this Iranian called the U.S. a "bullying power"'

'Ahmadinejad'

TOOT SWEET 1600 'Act II of this Verdi opera features a triumphal march played on archaeologically correct valveless trumpets'

'Aida'

STATE NICKNAMES 800 '"The Yellowhammer State"'

'Alabama'

THE ARABIAN NIGHTS 400 "An African magician claiming to be this boy's uncle traps him in a cave: a genie gets him out"

'Aladdin'

IN THE STATE CAPITAL 200 'The Empire State Plaza'

'Albany'

THE CIVIL WAR 2000 'In February 1865 Lincoln met with this Confederate vice president aboard the River Queen at Hampton Roads, Virginia'

'Alexander Stephens'

FRENCH LIT 400 'In 1845 this pere continued the story of a certain trio in "Twenty Years After"'

'Alexandre Dumas, pxc3xa8re'

GO AHEAD... MAKE MY CAR 400 'Be an Alfa dog & hop in its 2-seat 8c Spider'

'Alfa Romeo'

TV SPIN-OFFS 400 '"The Jeffersons" from...'

'All in the Family'

CHARACTERS IN THE BROADWAY PLAY 1200 'Salieri & the Emperor of Austria were music to our ears'

'Amadeus'

FEDERATION 200 'The first "A" in IAAF once stood for this, but the world of track got more professional'

'Amateur'

M.I.A. 1600 'This "Devil's Dictionary" wit went down Mexico way in 1913 & vanished without an adios'

'Ambrose Bierce'

HEAR ME ROAR 2000 'Alphabetically first in the Old Testament comes this prophet who says, "The Lord will roar from Zion"'

'Amos'

WORLD CAPITAL POINTS OF INTEREST Daily Double "Enjoy the Van Gogh Museum & the Stock Exchange, founded in 1602 in this city... but don't stop for any red lights"

'Amsterdam'

THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL 1000 "Chester Gillette's murder of his pregnant girlfriend inspired this 1925 Thodore Dreiser novel"

'An American Tragedy'

ALPHANUMERIC NAMES & TITLES 800 'The show hosted by this CNN anchor is sometimes shortened to AC360'

'Anderson Cooper'

IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY Daily Double 'This nearby galaxy aka M31 contains remnants of smaller galaxies "eaten" by the giant central one'

'Andromeda'

STARRY NIGHT 1000 'Alpheratz is the brightest star of this northern celestial constellation named for the wife of Perseus'

'Andromeda'

AS THE TITLE CHARACTER'S WIFE 1000 'In "Malcolm X" she was Mrs. X, Betty Shabazz'

'Angela Bassett'

THE WEDDING OF ELIZABETH & PHILIP 1600 'To marry Elizabeth, Philip renounced titles from Denmark & Greece & converted from Greek Orthodox to this'

'Anglican'

FINNISH HIM! 400 'Niklas Hed, Kim Dikert & Jarno Vakevainen founded Rovio, best known for this game series'

'Angry Birds'

TOYS & GAMES 600 'A board game based on this bestselling phone app includes 3 green pigs & a slingshot-style launcher'

'Angry Birds'

DRAWING A CROWD 400 'In September 2013 a record crowd of more than 115,000 saw host Michigan beat Notre Dame in this football-crazy city'

'Ann Arbor'

THE 6 WIVES OF HENRY VIII 1200 'She secretly married the King on January 25, 1533'

'Anne Boleyn'

THE 6 WIVES OF HENRY VIII 2000 'This wife known as "The Flanders Mare" wasn't around long'

'Anne of Cleves'

THE LAND 400 'Victoria Land, one of its regions, lies north of the Ross Ice Shelf'

'Antarctica'

IAMB WOMAN 400 'George Eliot's poem "God Needs Antonio" praises this master maker of musical instruments'

'Antonio Stradivarius'

STARRY NIGHT 800 'The helix nebula is in this constellation, whose "arm" holds 5 stars suggesting a water pitcher'

'Aquarius'

WRITTEN IN THE STARS 600 'This constellation depicts a youth pouring water from a jar into the mouth of piscis austrinus, the southern fish'

'Aquarius'

COLORFUL VOCABULARY 1200 'Watery word for Steve Zissou's "Life" in a movie title'

'Aquatic'

STATE NICKNAMES 200 '"The Grand Canyon State"'

'Arizona'

FRENCH LIT 800 '"Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours" is the French title of this 1873 book'

'Around the World in Eighty Days'

MIDDLE INITIAL C. 600 'This author of the 1956 sci-fi novel "The City and the Stars" was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1998'

'Arthur C. Clarke'

GREAT ARTS 1200 'This big band leader was married 8 times, including nuptials with hotties Lana Turner & Ava Gardner'

'Artie Shaw'

NETWORK INITIALS 200 'A&E'

'Arts & Entertainment'

MY INVENTION WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME 400 'A metal bull made to literally roast criminals within was tested on its inventor, Perillos, of this Greek city-state'

'Athens'

WHERE IS CARL?! 600 'Carl knows cures are found at the HQ of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention in this city'

'Atlanta'

FAN MAIL TO HISTORIC FIGURES 1000 'You got the Eastern Roman Empire to pay a ton of gold per year! Will you speak to our "Scourge of God" fan club?'

'Attila the Hun'

THE 17th CENTURY Daily Double 'Under the Treaty of Karlowitz of 1699, most of Hungary was ceded to this country by the Ottoman Empire'

'Austria'

OH, HI, OHIO! 1600 'The first rubber company in Akron was founded by this man who was named for Benjamin Franklin'

'B.F. Goodrich'

CHILDISH WORDS 400 'A blue ox of lore, or a non-blue pig of film'

'Babe'

A LONG TIME AGO 800 'By the waters of the Euphrates, this city became a Mesopotamian capital in the early 2nd millennium B.C.'

'Babylon'

ARCHAEOLOGY 400 'Discoveries such as yarn & whetstones on this largest Canadian island suggest that Vikings once settled there'

'Baffin Island'

WORLD CITIES 400 'Ironically, Madinat al-Salam, meaning "city of peace", is the former name of this Iraqi capital'

'Baghdad'

WORLD CAPITAL POINTS OF INTEREST 600 'One night in this Asian city, go to Wat Traimit, a temple with a 5 1/2-ton solid gold Buddha statue'

'Bangkok'

PLAY CHARACTERS 800 'After Macbeth has this general killed, his ghost shows up at a dinner party to haunt him'

'Banquo'

WOMEN'S FIRSTS 1000 'In 1976 she began giving her "view" as the first woman co-anchor on a nightly network news show'

'Barbara Walters'

MATH FUN 400 'It's the response to the classic riddle "Why is 6 afraid of 7?"'

'Because 7 8 9'

OH, THE HUMANITIES! 1000 '1874's "The Moldau" by this composer depicts his beloved Czech landscape'

'Bedrich Smetana'

ALL ABOUT TROMBONES 200 'Composed around 1808, his Fifth Symphony was one of the first symphonic works to use the trombone'

'Beethoven'

COUNTRIES' LARGEST ETHNIC GROUPS 400 'At 58%, Fleming'

'Belgium'

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD 1200 "You don't need to brush up your Spanish to visit this northernmost Central American country"

'Belize'

FAMOUS PAIRS 200 'Born just days apart in 1951, in 1976 they opened their first ice cream shop in a renovated gas station in Vermont'

'Ben & Jerry'

ANIMATED CHARACTERS 1200 'Tennyson is the last name of this kid--10 for short'

'Ben'

RECENT NONFICTION 1000 '"13 Hours" is an inside account of the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in this city'

'Benghazi'

ISLANDS OF THE ATLANTIC 1200 "Until 1995, the U.S. maintained an air base on St. David's Island in this British group off the coast of Cape Hatteras"

'Bermuda'

TV SPIN-OFFS 800 '"Melrose Place" from...'

'Beverly Hills 90210'

WHAT'S ON CABLE? 400 'It's "The Real Housewives of" this city, including Lisa Vanderpump & former child star Kim Richards'

'Beverly Hills'

ASIA 2000 "Get high in the Himalayas in Thimphu, this nation's capital"

'Bhutan'

OFFICIAL STATE STUFF 200 'Alabama has an official state one of these, which was used to swear in Jefferson Davis'

'Bible'

PEOPLE OF FAITH 600 'The Gideons say these last an average of 6 years'

'Bibles'

CELEBRITY PALS 400 'In 2009 Jon Bon Jovi got his pal, this Patriots head coach, to take the stage & belt out "Wanted Dead or Alive"'

'Bill Belichick'

OLDIES 200 '"Rock Around The Clock" by this man & His Comets was No. 1 for 8 weeks in 1955'

'Bill Haley'

ROCK'S FRONTMEN & WOMEN 1200 'Ozzy Osbourne'

'Black Sabbath'

MOVIE MISSING LINKS 400 'Sling ____ Runner'

'Blade'

BLOGS 800 'Add one letter to the last name of the director of "The Last Picture Show" & you get this, his movie commentary site'

'Blogdanovich'

ROCK'S FRONTMEN & WOMEN 800 'Debbie Harry'

'Blondie'

PALME D'OR WINNERS 1600 '1974's winner "The Conversation" is an homage to this 1967 winner by Michelangelo Antonioni'

'Blow-Up'

ANIMATED CHARACTERS 800 'On Fox he runs a burger joint that tries to lure customers with grand re-re-re-openings'

'Bob Belcher'

THE GREAT PRETENDERS 1600 'Charles Stuart, the 18th c. "Young Pretender" to the British throne, was better known by this handsome-sounding nickname'

'Bonnie Prince Charlie'

REMEMBER BOOKSTORES? 2000 'In the early 2000s this chain had 1,200 stores; in September 2011 the last one closed'

'Borders'

VERTICAL LANDMARKS 600 "In 2009 this city's 60-story John Hancock Tower sold for $660 million in a foreclosure auction"

'Boston'

HISTORIC DATES 400 'On May 17, 1954 the Supreme Court ruled on this case, unanimously outlawing public school segregation'

'Brown v. the Board of Education'

EUROPEAN CAPITALS 200 'It has sprouts named for it'

'Brussels'

THE FIRST SUPPER 800 "This bachelor president's inaugural guests were served 400 gallons of oysters & 60 mutton saddles"

'Buchanan'

MY INVENTION WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME 800 'Romania named an airport in this capital for Aurel Vlaicu, who in 1913 crashed his own innovative all-metal plane'

'Bucharest'

ANIMATED CHARACTERS 400 "Chuck Jones' golden rule for this rascally rabbit was that he must always be provoked"

'Bugs Bunny'

LET'S GO ONLINE 600 'Help construct the product at this 3-word "Workshop" where there's a "Sale Den" & a link to "Hug a Cub"'

'Build-A-Bear'

STOCK SYMBOLS 600 'Kids & adults like to create their own stuffed animals at this retailer, symbol BBW'

'Build-a-Bear'

ALPHANUMERIC NAMES & TITLES 1200 'This humanoid robot calls Chewbacca "You flea-bitten furball"'

'C-3PO'

"C" YOU AT THE MOVIES 1000 'British housewives bare it all, or nearly all, to earn money for charity in this 2003 comedy'

'Calendar Girls'

RELIGIOUS MATTERS Daily Double 'In 1536 this French reformer moved to Geneva, which became the center for his form of Protestantism'

'Calvin'

ASIAN NATIONS "Since 1991, it's the only former Communist nation to restore its monarchy, which it still has"

'Cambodia'

I LIKE TO READ 400 'In the Percy Jackson books, Percy meets other teen demigods at camp this'

'Camp Half-Blood'

ANIMAL PLANET 800 'The Banff Springs snail: this country'

'Canada'

THAT'S OUR ISLAND 800 'Baffin Island'

'Canada'

ATHLETIC CUPS 800 "I cheered when my Hamilton (Ontario) Tiger-Cats won this league's Grey Cup in 1999"

'Canadian Football League (CFL)'

THE THEATRE 'Dramatizing a murder from the year 1170, a 1935 T.S. Eliot play aptly had its first performance in this English city'

'Canterbury'

WRITTEN IN THE STARS 800 'This constellation of the zodiac represents a fish-tailed goat'

'Capricorn'

CHARACTERS IN MOVIES 1000 'This Bogart character exclaims in court, "Ah, but the strawberries! That's... that's where I had them"'

'Captain Queeg'

FROM PAGE TO STAGE 800 'Bizet based this opera about a tempestuous gypsy girl on a novella by Prosper Merimee'

'Carmen'

U.S NEWS & WORLD REPORT BEST OF 2014 1000 'When it comes to a computer science Ph.D. program, this university in Pittsburgh leads the field'

'Carnegie Mellon'

OBSESSIONS 1000 "Cato the Elder's obsession with the threat offered by this city led in part to the Third Punic War"

'Carthage'

LET'S GO ONLINE 200 '"The Clone Wars: Fierce Twilight" & "The Powerpuff Girls: Fast and Flurrious" are games at this TV channel's .com'

'Cartoon Network'

CHARACTERS IN THE BROADWAY PLAY 2000 'Maggie, Gooper & Big Mama prowl around the stage'

'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'

ANIMAL PLANET 600 'The Avalon Hairstreak butterfly: this island, part of Los Angeles County'

'Catalina Island'

THE 6 WIVES OF HENRY VIII 1600 'The last 2, both Catherines; one was executed, one survived Henry'

'Catherine Parr & Catherine Howard'

THE 6 WIVES OF HENRY VIII 400 'She was born in the Citadel city of Alcala de Henares'

'Catherine of Aragon'

BLOGS 200 'American Papist bills itself as "not your average" blog for those of this faith'

'Catholic'

WE LIECH LIECHTENSTEIN! 800 "Liechtensteiners didn't much take to Luther; more than 75% practice this form of Christianity"

'Catholicism'

FROM PAGE TO STAGE 1600 'If "Memory" serves me, this Broadway musical was based on a 1939 book of humorous verse'

'Cats'

SONGS IN MUSICALS 200 '"Memory" & "Mr. Mistoffelees"'

'Cats'

GENERAL SCIENCE Daily Double 'In most other parts of the world, this scale, not Fahrenheit, is used for measuring temperature'

'Celsius'

CHARLES DISCHARGED 200 'This cartoonist died in not particularly macabre fashion Sept. 29, 1988'

'Charles Addams'

CHARLES DISCHARGED 1000 'This man who muscled his way into the world as Angelo Siciliano in 1892 left his well-built body Dec. 23, 1972'

'Charles Atlas'

AMERICAN HISTORY 2000 'After shooting President Garfield, he surrendered to police & said, "I am a Stalwart. Arthur is now president of the United States"'

'Charles Guiteau'

CHARLES DISCHARGED 400 'You might say he took that final solo flight from Maui Aug. 26, 1974'

'Charles Lindbergh'

QUOTH THE POLITICIAN Daily Double 'He said, "since they whose duty it was to wield the sword of France have let it fall... I have taken up the broken blade"'

'Charles de Gaulle'

SLAV TO THE GRIND 800 'This "Cherry Orchard" playwright was a med school graduate; that's "Dr. Depressing", tovarisch'

'Chekhov'

HISTORIC DATES 1000 'The accident of April 25-26, 1986 at this facility was caused by a poorly designed experiment at its reactor unit 4'

'Chernobyl'

BARTLETT'S PAIRS 1600 'The 2 quotes by Charles Evans Hughes, the USA's 11th this, include "The Constitution is what the judges say it is"'

'Chief Justice'

A LONG TIME AGO 200 'Around 1600 B.C. the Shang became the first recorded ruling dynasty of this country'

'China'

ALPHABETICALLY FIRST Daily Double 'Of permanent UN Security Council members'

'China'

AMERICAN NOVELS 400 'In John Grisham's comic novel "Skipping" this holiday, Luther & Nora Krank try to avoid the holiday chaos & frenzy'

'Christmas'

OH, HI, OHIO! 2000 "The 665-foot Great American Tower, this city's tallest building, stands at Queen City Square near Fourth & Sycamore Streets"

'Cincinnati'

SOME ROMAN GUY 400 'A selfless citizen-soldier lent his name to this city in Southern Ohio'

'Cincinnati'

"C" YOU AT THE MOVIES 200 'Billy Crystal so liked the horse the rode in this 1991 comedy that he rode him at the Oscars'

'City Slickers'

TIME FOR VIDEO GAMES? 1600 'Ratchet & this robot buddy of his kick some serious butt in their PlayStation game "All 4 One"'

'Clank'

AMERICAN RED CROSS HISTORY 400 'After learning about the Intl. Red Cross while visiting Europe, she founded the American Red Cross in 1881'

'Clara Barton'

"C" YOU AT THE MOVIES 400 "Elizabeth Taylor's costume budget for this 1963 historical drama was $194,800 & included a gold cloth dress"

'Cleopatra'

AGELESS QUOTES 400 'About this queen, Shakespeare wrote, "age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety"'

'Cleopatra'

MUSEUMS BY CITY 600 'The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum'

'Cleveland'

LET'S GO ONLINE 400 'Play card-jitsu, become a ninja or check out the featured igloo at "Club" this'

'Club Penguin'

IN CASE YOU'RE THIRSTY 800 'Created in Atlanta, this soft drink was being sold in every state & territory of the U.S. by 1895'

'Coca-Cola'

WHERE IS CARL?! 400 "Carl heard it's always a party in Parque Lleras in Medellxc3xadn in this South American country, so..."

'Colombia'

STATE NICKNAMES 600 '"The Centennial State"'

'Colorado'

BUILDING 1000 "This amphitheater was built on the grounds of what was Nero's golden house"

'Colosseum'

NETWORK INITIALS 600 'CBS'

'Columbia Broadcasting System'

OH, HI, OHIO! Daily Double 'Courtesy of Genoa, Italy, a 20-foot statue stands in in City Hall Plaza in this city'

'Columbus'

WHICH U.S. CABINET DEPT.? 800 'The Bureau of Industry & Security'

'Commerce'

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 2000 'Sam Adams proposed that towns form these "committees" to be informed of British activities'

'Committees of Correspondence'

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1200 'This 1776 pamphlet read, "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil"'

'Common Sense'

RELIGIOUS MATTERS 1200 'The name of Kung Fu Tzu, founder of a way of thought often termed a religion, was westernized to this'

'Confucius'

SOME ROMAN GUY Daily Double 'In 313 A.D. he legalized Christianity throughout the Empire'

'Constantine (the Great)'

"C" YOU AT THE MOVIES 600 "Paul Newman's role as a chain gang prisoner in this film was inspired by a safecracker named Donald Garrison"

'Cool Hand Luke'

AS THE TITLE CHARACTER'S WIFE 800 'This singer plays the Mrs. in "The People vs. Larry Flynt"'

'Courtney Love'

HISTORIC DATES 800 "He dissolved England's Rump Parliament on April 20, 1653"

'Cromwell'

BREAKING BAD 800 'Germany broke the Munich Agreement of 1938 in march of 1939 by seizing the rest of this country that no longer exists'

'Czechoslovakia'

FATHERS & SONS "The island where this man's son washed ashore was later named Ikaria"

'Daedalus'

WORLD CAPITAL POINTS OF INTEREST 200 'The tomb of Saladin is in this Syrian capital'

'Damascus'

FROM PAGE TO STAGE Daily Double 'Gosh darn it! Douglass Wallop's "The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant" hit a home run as this musical'

'Damn Yankees'

WOMEN'S FIRSTS 600 'In 2008 she beat Helio Castroneves by 5.9 seconds to become the first woman to win an Indy car race'

'Danica Patrick'

MOVIE MISSING LINKS 1000 'Wait Until ____ Victory'

'Dark'

TV DAVIDS 800 'He played a DEA agent on "Twin Peaks" & later had a good time on "Californication"'

'David Duchovny'

TV DAVIDS 400 "He was nominated for a supporting actor Emmy for each of the 11 years that he played Frasier's brother Niles"

'David Hyde Pierce'

TV DAVIDS 1600 'He has a lot of practice creating TV shows, like "Ally McBeal" & "The Practice"'

'David Kelley'

SPIKE 200 'A 2014 study showed a spike in heart attacks during the first week after this goes into effect each March'

'Daylight Savings Time'

THE 1910s 2000 'This grim-sounding California valley reached its all-time high temperature of 134 degrees in 1913'

'Death Valley'

CHARACTERS IN THE BROADWAY PLAY 400 'Pay attention to Linda & Biff Loman'

'Death of a Salesman'

CHRISTMASTIME AROUND THE WORLD Daily Double 'In Latin America the Christmastime walks & visits called novenas start on this pre-Christmas date'

'December 16th'

THE 17th CENTURY 800 'In the Kalmar War these 2 countries fought over a region that is now part of northern Norway'

'Denmark & Sweden'

HORSE BREED NAMES 200 "The Jutland horse is named for this country's Jutland Peninsula, where it has been bred for centuries"

'Denmark'

LAS VEGAS 600 'This actor's character on the TV show "Vegas" is named for & based on longtime Vegas sheriff Ralph Lamb'

'Dennis Quaid'

WHICH U.S. CABINET DEPT.? 200 'The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention'

'Department of Health & Human Services'

BRITISH NICKNAMES 400 'The late "People's Princess"'

'Diana'

IAMB WOMAN 1200 'She loved her iambs, as in "Because I could not stop for Death"'

'Dickinson'

1980s MOVIES "At his term's end, Ronald Reagan took an office in an L.A. high-rise, still a mess from the filming of this 1988 thriller"

'Die Hard'

I MYTH YOU 1200 "Let's drink to the Greeks, who dedicated the Great Theater in Athens to this god, Bacchus' alter ego"

'Dionysus'

SONGS IN MUSICALS 600 '"Johnny's Mambo" & "(I've Had) The Time Of My Life"'

'Dirty Dancing'

QUOTATIONS IN AMERICAN HISTORY 400 'Wyatt Earp reportedly called him "a loyal friend... a dentist whom necessity had made a gambler"'

'Doc Holliday'

TV SPIN-OFFS 1200 '"Go, Diego, Go" from...'

'Dora the Explorer'

TOYS & GAMES 1000 'A line of wooden puzzles & toys is made by the company called Melissa & him'

'Doug'

BIOGRAPHY 200 '"Parting the Waters" is volume 1 in Taylor Branch's trilogy about this man's life & the civil rights movement'

'Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'

TRAVEL & TOURISM 400 "If you want to see the Book of Kells, it's on display at the Old Library at Trinity College in this city"

'Dublin'

1950s BESTSELLERS 800 'This Steinbeck novel follows the destinies of 2 generations of California brothers'

'East of Eden'

ALPHABETICALLY FIRST 1600 'Of the 3 films that starred James Dean'

'East of Eden'

JULIA ROBERTS MOVIE BY ROLE 800 'Recently divorced round-the-world traveler Liz Gilbert'

'Eat Pray Love'

NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS 1600 'If you have an allergy to plants like ragweed, be cautious using this herb often paired with goldenseal to fight colds'

'Echinacea'

BARTLETT'S PAIRS 2000 'The first of this French playwright's 2 quotes begins, "A great nose indicates a great man"'

'Edmond Rostand'

CHARACTERS IN MOVIES Daily Double 'When Winona Ryder whispers, "Hold me", this Johnny Depp title character replies, "I can't"'

'Edward Scissorhands'

BUILDING 200 'The elevators in this Paris landmark ascend on a curve'

'Eiffel Tower'

THE BOOK OF NUMBERS 1200 'Eliot Asinof bestseller about the 1919 Black Sox scandal'

'Eight Men Out'

THE FIRST SUPPER 400 'His 1957 inauguration included a "minority dinner" featuring gefilte fish, minestrone soup & Greek salad'

'Eisenhower'

BRAVO 400 'In 1926 this future First Lady started a furniture factory in Hyde Park to help the unemployed'

'Eleanor Roosevelt'

THE ROOSEVELTS 800 'From 1935 to 1962, 6 days a week, this member of the clan wrote the newspaper column "My Day"'

'Eleanor'

COOL IDEA 800 'In 2012 2 congressmen proposed to move this November day to a weekend to get a better turnout'

'Election Day'

CLASSICAL LITERATURE 1600 'Both Euripedes & Sophocles wrote tragedies about this woman known for her devotion to her father Agamemnon'

'Electra'

IAMB WOMAN 1600 'The 44 sonnets in an 1850 volume by her are largely in iambic pentameter'

'Elizabeth Barrett Browning'

IAMB WOMAN 2000 'Her 1883 "1492" celebrates "A virgin world where doors of sunset part, / Saying, 'Ho, all who weary, enter here!'"'

'Emma Lazarus'

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE 600 'Bugs Meany is often the villain in the stories about this young detective who was introduced in 1963'

'Encyclopedia Brown'

WHICH U.S. CABINET DEPT.? 600 'The Office of Scientific & Technical Information'

'Energy'

THAT'S OUR ISLAND 1000 'The Isle of Wight'

'England'

IT'S SECRET, DON'T TELL ANYONE 2000 'Alan Turing led a secret code-breaking group that figured out this "puzzling" German encryption device'

'Enigma (machine)'

1950s BESTSELLERS 2000 '"Across the River & Into the Trees" was a 1950 bestseller by this giant of American literature'

'Ernest Hemingway'

FINNISH HIM! 2000 'A critic said this conductor made the L.A. Phil "the most intellectually lively orchestra in America"'

'Esa-Pekka Salonen'

CADILLACS 600 "Rolled out in 1998, it was Cadillac's first luxury SUV"

'Escalade'

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD 800 "Linguistically & geographically, it's closer to Finland than are the other 2 Baltic republics"

'Estonia'

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1600 'This "Green Mountain Boy" was captured by the British in September 1775 & held prisoner for 2 years'

'Ethan Allen'

YOU'RE TRIPPING 400 "Chinese monk Rabban Bar-Sauma headed west in the 13th century & saw things like this volcano's eruption on Sicily"

'Etna'

NATIONAL PARKS 'A biosphere reserve, this Southern national park is the largest in the lower 48 completely within one state'

'Everglades National Park'

NAMETH THE BIBLE BOOK 200 '"Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste"'

'Exodus'

STOCK SYMBOLS 200 'It went public in 2012 as FB'

'Facebook'

PALME D'OR WINNERS 800 "The top-grossing Palme D'or winner from 2000 to 2010 was this political 2004 documentary"

'Fahrenheit 9/11'

THAT WAS ON TV 2000 'Some thought this Jane Wyman & Lorenzo Lamas show about running a winery was for the birds'

'Falcon Crest'

TV SHOWS' THEME SONGS 2000 '"What would we do, baby, without us"'

'Family Ties'

TEACHERS IN THE MOVIES 2000 'Dude! Ray Walston totally lent a (Mr.) Hand to this 1982 comedy; Mr. Hand, not a fan of classroom pizza delivery'

'Fast Times at Ridgemont High'

BRAVO 800 'In the 1870s he built his own chapels on Molokai'

'Father Damien'

SONGS IN MUSICALS 400 '"Tradition" & "Matchmaker, Matchmaker"'

'Fiddler on the Roof'

TO LIFE 800 'A song from this musical begins, "To life, to life, L'chaim!"'

'Fiddler on the Roof'

BRITISH NICKNAMES 800 '"The Lady with the Lamp"'

'Florence Nightingale'

THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL 600 'In this Hemingway novel, Robert Jordan, a young U.S. professor, serves as a dynamiter in the Spanish Civil War'

'For Whom the Bell Tolls'

COLLECTIONS 2000 'This editor of Famous Monsters of Filmland turned his L.A. mansion into a museum of sci-fi memorabilia'

'Forrest Ackerman'

JOHNS' MIDDLE NAMES 800 '1950s Secretary of State John Dulles'

'Foster'

IN THE STATE CAPITAL Daily Double 'The graves of Daniel Boone & his wife, Rebecca'

'Frankfort'

OLDIES 1000 'I'm confused--this vocal group told us, "Let's hang on to what we've got" & "Dawn, go away, I'm no good for you"'

'Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons'

THE WALKING DEAD 200 'Robert Englund once again sank his claws into this role in "A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master"'

'Freddy Krueger'

DJIBOUTI 800 "Though Somali is most widely spoken, Djibouti's official languages are Arabic & this, a relic of its colonial past"

'French'

OH, THE HUMANITIES! 200 "Last name of Lucian, a certain psychoanalyst's grandson; his '50s paintings keyed on realistic nudes, for some reason"

'Freud'

RHYMING MOVIES 1600 "Colin Farrell played a vampire in this remake of an '80s flick"

'Fright Night'

MOVIE MISSING LINKS 800 'Jack ____/Nixon'

'Frost'

TO LIFE 400 'For nearly a quarter century, this company used the advertising slogan "We bring good things to life"'

'G.E.'

RELIGIOUS MATTERS 800 'Muslims believe that this angel revealed the Koran to the prophet Muhammad over a 22-year period'

'Gabriel'

IT'S U.N. ANIMUS 400 'In 2009, in his first speech to the U.N. after 40 years in power, this North African threatened to tear the U.N. Charter'

'Gaddafi'

RECENT NONFICTION 800 '"My Happy Days in Hollywood" is the memoir of this TV writer, director & producer'

'Garry Marshall'

IN CASE YOU'RE THIRSTY 200 'The logo of this sports drink is a capital "G" with an orange lightning bolt in it'

'Gatorade'

STARRY NIGHT Daily Double 'Best viewed from January to March, the stars of this constellation form 2 conventional stick figures holding hands'

'Gemini'

MIDDLE INITIAL C. 800 'A 5-star general & Defense Secretary, in 1953 he became the first career military man to receive the Nobel Peace Prize'

'Gen. George C. Marshall'

FAMILY PLANNING 400 'When he died in 1227, he passed on to his children land that extended from Beijing to the Caspian Sea'

'Genghis Khan'

MONUMENTALLY ODD 400 "Near Ulaanbaatar is the world's largest equestrian statue, a 131-foot-tall one of this Mongol leader"

'Genghis Khan'

"G"EOGRAPHY Daily Double 'This major seaport sits at the center of the Italian Riviera'

'Genoa'

GEORGE, UHHH... 2000 "It'll come to me... the algebra or logic named for him is central to the design of computer circuits"

'George Boole'

VICE PRESIDENTS 400 'While still vice president, he wrote the 1987 autobiography "Looking Forward"'

'George Herbert Walker Bush'

BRITISH NICKNAMES Daily Double '"The Last King of America"'

'George III'

GEORGE, UHHH... 800 'In 1819 Shelley called him "an old, mad, blind, despised, and dying king"--I know the name, but I forget the number'

'George III'

M.I.A. 2000 'He & climbing partner Sandy Irvine disappeared on Mt. Everest in June 1924; his body was found 75 years later'

'George Mallory'

GEORGE, UHHH... 400 "I've gone blank...he was born Eric Blair & wrote that book about barnyard animals that overthrow their human masters"

'George Orwell'

19th CENTURY FEMALE AUTHORS Daily Double 'Amantine-Lucille-Aurore Dupin was the real name of this "manly" authoress whose love life scandalized Paris'

'George Sand'

GEORGE, UHHH... 1200 'Oh, drat, him... chose his own famous middle name, taught agriculture at Tuskegee in 1896'

'George Washington Carver'

U.S NEWS & WORLD REPORT BEST OF 2014 400 'For part-time law programs, think D.C.; George Washington U. was No. 2 & this university topped the list'

'Georgetown'

"G"EOGRAPHY 400 'It left the Union--of Soviet Socialist Republics--April 9, 1991'

'Georgia'

WE LIECH LIECHTENSTEIN! 1200 'Most of the population speaks Alemmanic, a dialect of this language'

'German'

AIRLINES' HOME COUNTRIES 400 'Lufthansa'

'Germany'

THE WALKING DEAD 600 "Sam Wheat says, whoopi! Oda Mae Brown can hear me even though I'm the title character in this 1990 film"

'Ghost'

"G"EOGRAPHY 600 "There's a British colony on this southern Spanish peninsula"

'Gibraltar'

LINE FROM THE TV SHOW 2000 'Lorelai: "Cheeseburger, onion rings and a list of people who killed their parents and got away with it"'

'Gilmore Girls'

QUOTATIONS IN AMERICAN HISTORY 600 'Stepping down as Speaker in 1998, this Republican said, "I'm not willing to preside over people who are cannibals"'

'Gingrich'

LINE FROM THE TV SHOW 1600 'Brittany: "I've been here since first period... I took all my antibiotics at the same time & now I can't remember how to leave"'

'Glee'

CLING-ONS 200 'The work of Harry Coover, 1917-2011, led to the adhesive known as "The Original Super" this'

'Glue'

DEFINING THE UNDEFINABLE 2000 'St. Anselm said this "is that, the greater than which cannot be conceived"'

'God'

HEAR ME ROAR Daily Double "Akira Ifukube used a leather glove coated in pine-tar resin & a double bass to create this character's roar in 1954"

'Godzilla'

TEACHERS IN THE MOVIES 400 'Matt Damon brings an M.I.T. prof to his knees by burning a previously unsolved math proof in this film'

'Good Will Hunting'

TEACHERS IN THE MOVIES 1600 'Farewell! Robert Donat won an Oscar for playing a shy British teacher in this film'

'Goodbye, Mr. Chips'

CHARLES DISCHARGED 800 'He vulcanized rubber but bounced out of the world a poor man July 1, 1860'

'Goodyear'

EUROPEAN PAINTERS 400 'In the 1770s he painted cartoons, or preliminary paintings, for tapestries for the Spanish crown'

'Goya'

PAINTERS' MONOGRAMS 400 'She was never too old to paint: really AMRM, but known as GM'

'Grandma Moses'

SONGS IN MUSICALS 800 '"It's Raining On Prom Night" & "Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee"'

'Grease'

NETWORK INITIALS 1000 'GAC'

'Great American Country'

I LIKE TO READ 600 'We meet Pip in Chapter 1 of this "Great" novel by Charles Dickens'

'Great Expectations'

"G"EOGRAPHY 200 "It's the southernmost country on the Balkan Peninsula"

'Greece'

THAT'S OUR ISLAND 600 'Crete'

'Greece'

JOHNS' MIDDLE NAMES 400 'Quaker poet & abolitionist John Whittier'

'Greenleaf'

"G"EOGRAPHY 800 'In this area of Lower Manhattan, independent spirits like Eugene O'Neill & Margaret Sanger found a "Voice"'

'Greenwich Village'

ACTUAL FBI FILES 1000 'This mustachioed comic "commented he should be given half a" Communist Party "membership because his mother was a gentile"'

'Groucho Marx'

ALPHABETICALLY FIRST 1200 "Of Hogwarts' 4 houses"

'Gryffindor'

MY SON, THE ARTIST 1200 'Gold engraver Ernst Klimt fathered this artist known for putting gold leaf on his works'

'Gustav Klimt'

MY SON, THE ARTIST Daily Double 'This German artist studied under his father, the elder, & later became court painter to Henry VIII'

'Hans Holbein the Younger'

TIME SPAN LANGUAGE 1200 '"An nou fericit" is the Romanian equivalent of this annual English phrase'

'Happy New Year'

1950s BESTSELLERS 400 '"State" this title of James Michener's 1959 epic'

'Hawaii'

CHARACTER IN JAMES FENIMORE COOPER 1600 'In "The Last of the Mohicans", he's Chingachgook's friend with a name out of "M*A*S*H"'

'Hawkeye'

ARCHAEOLOGY 2000 'This "man" named for a German university city was first known from a single bone called the Mauer jaw'

'Heidelberg man'

THE KIDS ARE NOT ALL RIGHT 800 'This 7-year-old orphan is kidnapped from the Swiss Alps & taken to Frankfurt'

'Heidi'

TIME SPAN LANGUAGE 1600 'In 1950 an Alpha Tau Omega master changed one letter in this to create a do-gooding "Help Week"'

'Hell Week'

DESCRIBING THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY 800 'Buckingham gets the boot from the palace, as does a wife; title guy is not a cardinal fan; on to wife 2!'

'Henry VIII'

SHIPS DON'T LIE 200 'In Portsmouth you can see the Mary Rose, a favorite of this king until it sank in 1545; it was raised in 1982'

'Henry VIII'

HEALTH & MEDICINE 1200 'To raise awareness about a chronic viral liver disease, July 28, 2011 was observed as the first World this Day'

'Hepatitis'

RHYMING MOVIES 2000 'Bette Midler was one of 3 witches in this aptly named 1993 comedy'

'Hocus Pocus'

IT'S A TELEGRAM 400 'In 1913 Cecil B. DeMille wired from California, "Want authority to rent barn in place called" this "for $75 a month"'

'Hollywood'

DO YOUR "HOME" WORK 2000 'Maybe on Saturday you went with your dad to this do-it-yourself home improvement store founded in 1978'

'Home Depot'

NETWORK INITIALS 400 'HGTV'

'Home and Garden Television'

CLASSICAL LITERATURE 800 'He may have been an illiterate bard who sang the "Iliad" & the "Odyssey" to others who wrote them down'

'Homer'

THEY DRIVE ON THE LEFT IN... 800 'this special administrative region of about 7 million people bordering Guangdong Province'

'Hong Kong'

JULIA ROBERTS MOVIE BY ROLE 1600 "Tinkerbell (she's fairy nice)"

'Hook'

MY INVENTION WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME Daily Double 'On Oct. 15, 1863 this Confederate & 7 others sank on the sub that bore his name'

'Horace Hunley'

LINE FROM THE TV SHOW 400 'The title medico, knocking on Dr. Wilson's door: "I know you're in there. I can hear you caring"'

'House'

SHIPS DON'T LIE 800 'In 1968 this rich eccentric teamed with the CIA to build the Glomar Explorer, which retrieved parts of a Soviet sub'

'Howard Hughes'

RHYMING MOVIES 800 "TV's Bill Cosby & Robert Culp were replaced by Eddie Murphy & Owen Wilson in this 2002 film"

'I Spy'

ISLANDS OF THE ATLANTIC 400 'The largest natural lake on this North Atlantic island is Thingvallavatn near the capital'

'Iceland'

MISCELLAN"IUM" 1600 "The Latin name for ancient Troy, it's also a broad flat hipbone"

'Ilium'

STATE NICKNAMES 1000 '"The Prairie State"'

'Illinois'

MASS 1600 "Mass is obligatory on December 8, the feast of this doctrine of Mary's purity"

'Immaculate Conception'

THE NATIVITY 1000 'Isaiah wrote, "Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name" this, meaning "God with us"'

'Immanuel'

NETWORK INITIALS 800 'IFC'

'Independent Film Channel'

GEOPOLITICAL HOT SPOTS 'On the Grand Trunk Road, the Wagah border separating these 2 countries since 1947 is called the "Berlin Wall of Asia"'

'India & Pakistan'

THEY DRIVE ON THE LEFT IN... 400 "all of this country with about 1/6 of the world's population"

'India'

ANIMAL PLANET 400 'The Javan rhinoceros: this country'

'Indonesia'

COUNTRIES' LARGEST ETHNIC GROUPS 800 'At 40%, Javanese'

'Indonesia'

THE LAND 200 'This country is "The Land of the Shamrock"'

'Ireland'

I MYTH YOU 800 "Don't confuse this Egyptian mother goddess, sister & consort of Osiris, with a Mideast terrorist group of the same name"

'Isis'

DJIBOUTI 400 "More than 90% of Djibouti's people practice this religion"

'Islam'

AIRLINES' HOME COUNTRIES 600 'El Al'

'Israel'

OTHER WONDERS OF THE WORLD 800 'The magnificent Suleiman mosque in this city has a dome 175 feet high'

'Istanbul'

THAT'S OUR ISLAND 200 'Capri & Sicily'

'Italy'

THE GREAT PRETENDERS Daily Double "In the early 1600s 3 pretenders to Russia's throne claimed to be Dmitry Ivanovich, son of this man"

'Ivan the Terrible'

MIDDLE INITIAL C. 200 'He began his retail career managing several Golden Rule stores & in 1913 formed his own chain'

'J.C. Penney'

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS, MON 400 "One love, people! The white sand beaches of Montego Bay await you on this country's northern coast"

'Jamaica'

THEY DRIVE ON THE LEFT IN... 1200 'this largest island of the Caribbean with English as its official language'

'Jamaica'

18th CENTURY SCOTSMEN 'A relative of this inventor described him as a boy staring at the tea kettle for an hour watching it boil'

'James Watt'

PALME D'OR WINNERS 1200 "In 1993 Holly Hunter's performance helped this woman become the only female director to win the Palme d'Or"

'Jane Campion'

THE 6 WIVES OF HENRY VIII Daily Double 'She died 12 days after childbirth & is buried next to Henry'

'Jane Seymour'

AIRLINES' HOME COUNTRIES 200 'All Nippon Airways'

'Japan'

THAT'S OUR ISLAND 400 'Honshu'

'Japan'

ACTORS & THEIR OSCAR-WINNING ROLES 200 'Alright, alright, alright, for 2013, these 2 guys for their roles as Ron & Rayon in "Dallas Buyers Club"'

'Jared Leto & Matthew McConaughey'

FINNISH HIM! 1600 'He studied law in Helsinki before completing his first large-scale orchestral work, 1892's "Kullervo Symphony"'

'Jean Sibelius'

FAMILY PLANNING 1200 "This owner's death in 2013 left his kids Jim & Jeanie in charge of the L.A. Lakers"

'Jerry Buss'

HIGH-SCORING SCRABBLE WORDS 1200 'The name of this wife of Ahab has come to mean an evil or scheming woman'

'Jezebel'

MUSIC & HISTORY Daily Double 'This character from a minstrel show song lent his name to segregation laws enacted after Reconstruction'

'Jim Crow'

THE FIRST SUPPER 1000 'Instead of an elaborate meal, this southerner served peanuts & pretzels'

'Jimmy Carter'

POP CULTURE Daily Double 'This late country singer called his autobiography "Thirty Years of Sausage, Fifty Years of Ham"'

'Jimmy Dean'

WE WILL ROCK YOU 400 '"I Love Rock 'N Roll", "I Hate Myself for Loving You"'

'Joan Jett'

NAMETH THE BIBLE BOOK Daily Double '"They bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him"'

'Job'

QUOTH THE POLITICIAN 600 'At the 2012 DNC he quoted his mom: "Joey, bravery resides in every heart, and the time will come when it must be summoned"'

'Joe Biden'

RING MAGAZINE'S GREATEST TITLE FIGHTS 1000 'The 1941 bout between Billy Conn & this "Brown Bomber"'

'Joe Louis'

MIDDLE INITIAL C. 400 'In "Talladega Nights", he plays Cal Naughton Jr., friend & fellow racer of Ricky Bobby'

'John C. Reilly'

SINGERS 'On the eve of Earth Day, 2011, he became the first performer inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame'

'John Denver'

EPITAPHS 'His headstone in Rome reads in part: "This grave contains all that was mortal, of a young English poet"'

'John Keats'

BRITISH NICKNAMES 2000 '"The Blind Poet" (1608-1674)'

'John Milton'

THAT WAS ON TV 800 'Addressing web commenters directly to write the govt. about net neutrality, this Brit began, "Good evening, monsters"'

'John Oliver'

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 800 'Richard Dale, his First Lieutenant, was the first to credit him with the words "I have not yet begun to fight"'

'John Paul Jones'

19th CENTURY CONGRESSMEN Daily Double 'In his diary, he wrote "My election as president... was not half so gratifying" as his later election to Congress in 1830'

'John Quincy Adams'

MY PRESIDENTIAL FANTASY DRAFT 400 'Like his dad, he made the big leagues, & his 1794 appointment as minister to the Netherlands pads his intl. stats'

'John Quincy Adams'

PAINTERS' MONOGRAMS 800 'Salute this American painter of the Edwardian age: JSS'

'John Singer Sargent'

OLD VIRGINIA 400 'He was cornered & fatally wounded by federal troops on a farm near Port Royal, Virginia on April 26, 1865'

'John Wilkes Booth'

1930s NOVELS 'An audio version of this anti-war novel by a once blacklisted author has introductions from Cindy Sheehan & Ron Kovic'

'Johnny Got His Gun'

U.S NEWS & WORLD REPORT BEST OF 2014 600 'On 2014's hospital "Honor Roll", the Mayo Clinic was No. 3, Mass. General No. 2 & this Baltimore facility the leader'

'Johns Hopkins'

AMERICAN RED CROSS HISTORY 1200 'In 1889, in one of its earliest relief efforts, the Red Cross aided victims of the killer flood in this Pennsylvania city'

'Johnstown'

BIBLICAL WHO SAID IT? Daily Double '"Out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice"'

'Jonah'

BIBLICAL WHO SAID IT? 2000 '"The dream of Pharaoh is one... the seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years"'

'Joseph'

I LIKE TO READ 1000 '2 dogs & a cat trek through the wilderness to find their way home in "The Incredible" this'

'Journey'

CLASSICAL LITERATURE 1200 'This general's "Commentaries" were reports to the Romans about his campaigns in Gaul & the Civil War'

'Julius Caesar'

DESCRIBING THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY Daily Double 'The plot? Potters plot; mid-March gets dangerous; main plotter ends up committing Strato-cide'

'Julius Caesar'

CHARACTERS IN MOVIES 600 'In this title role, Ellen Page says, "I'm already pregnant, so what other kind of shenanigans could I get into"'

'Juno'

TEACHERS IN THE MOVIES 1200 '"Bad Teacher" Cameron Diaz set her sights on a colleague played by this singer/actor/anything else he wants to do'

'Justin Timberlake'

ALPHANUMERIC NAMES & TITLES 1600 'The robot dog on "Dr. Who" goes by this name'

'K9'

IT'S SECRET, DON'T TELL ANYONE 800 "The People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs, a Soviet secret police force begun in 1934, led to this agency's 1954 birth"

'KGB'

WORLD CAPITAL POINTS OF INTEREST 400 "Afghanistan's capital since 1776, of all years, is this city whose sights include Babur's Gardens"

'Kabul'

OUR HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS Daily Double 'This 1854 act introduced by Stephen Douglas created 2 new territories west of Missouri'

'Kansas-Nebraska Act'

WORLD CITIES 2000 "This chief port of Pakistan served as the country's capital from 1947 to 1959"

'Karachi'

TIME FOR VIDEO GAMES? 2000 'On Sony's PS Vita you can play "Touch My" this Japanese word & roll balls of increasing size around landscapes'

'Katamari'

JOHNS' MIDDLE NAMES 1200 'American economist John Galbraith'

'Kenneth'

SHADES OF GRAY 200 "An elderly lady in a gray dress haunts Frankfort's Liberty Hall, once home to this state's first U.S. Senator"

'Kentucky'

IT'S U.N. ANIMUS 200 'Criticism from a Filipino delegate prompted this Soviet premier to bare his sole to the General Assembly in 1960'

'Khrushchev'

GO AHEAD... MAKE MY CAR 600 'This Korean brand has "Soul"'

'Kia'

BIBLICAL WHO SAID IT? 800 '"O my son Absalom, o Absalom, my son, my son!"'

'King David'

KINGS 'The last British monarch to be buried outside the U.K., he was interred in 1727 in the land where he was born'

'King George I'

NAMETH THE BIBLE BOOK 600 '"Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne" (in First this)'

'Kings'

WE WILL ROCK YOU 1600 '"Christine Sixteen", "Shout It Out Loud"'

'Kiss'

WHO OWNS WHAT 1000 'Philadelphia cream cheese is from this company headquartered in Northfield, Illinois'

'Kraft'

SPORTS SHORTS 400 'This manager went out on top when he called it quits Oct. 31, 2011'

'La Russa'

TV SPIN-OFFS 2000 '"The Hills" from...'

'Laguna Beach'

THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS 1600 'One project is the "Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System", this lake "and Vicinity"'

'Lake Pontchartrain'

TOYS & GAMES 400 'The Toys R Us 2011 holiday hot toys list included the LeapPad Explorer from this company'

'LeapFrog'

CHARACTER IN JAMES FENIMORE COOPER 2000 'In the tale "The Pioneers", it's 1793 & this hunter named for his apparel has spent 50 years in the wilderness'

'Leatherstocking'

HARD ROCKERS 1200 '"If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now, it's just a spring clean for the May Queen"'

'Led Zeppelin'

THE KIDS ARE NOT ALL RIGHT 1200 '"The Complete Wreck" is the collection of books 1-13 about the oft-in-distress Baudelaire kids by this author'

'Lemony Snicket'

COLLECTIONS 800 "This talk show host's car collection ranges from a 1906 Stanley Steamer to a 2006 Corvette"

'Leno'

FROM PAGE TO STAGE 400 'Seeing the Artful Dodger sing on stage made lyricist Alain Boublil think of turning this Victor Hugo novel into a musical'

'Les Misxc3x83xc2xa9rables'

WHO OWNS WHAT 800 'Dockers are a product of the company named for this man'

'Levi Strauss'

LESSER-KNOWN WOMEN 400 'Vinnie Ream was commissioned in 1866 to do a Capitol rotunda statue of this man; pretty good likeness'

'Lincoln'

FINNISH HIM! 800 'Linus Torvalds completed the earliest version of this computer operating system at age 21 at the Univ. of Helsinki'

'Linux'

HORSE BREED NAMES 1000 'This breed takes its name from a city in Slovenia that was home to the Austrian imperial stud'

'Lipizzaner'

IN THE STATE CAPITAL 400 'Central High School, site of a 1957 clash on desegregation'

'Little Rock'

OBSESSIONS 400 'This British missionary was obsessed with finding the headwaters of the Nile but died in 1873 with no luck'

'Livingstone'

I MYTH YOU 400 "This Norse trickster god directed the blind Hodur's mistletoe toss that got Balder dashed"

'Loki'

OLD KING COAL 600 'In the 13th century a duty of one farthing was assessed on coal unloaded at Billingsgate in this city'

'London'

19th CENTURY FEMALE AUTHORS 1200 'Author Frances Hodgson Burnett based the long curls of this title pampered "Lord" on her son Vivian's'

'Lord Fauntleroy'

THE KIDS ARE NOT ALL RIGHT 1600 '"Perhaps there aren't any grownups anywhere", says Ralph at the start of this 1954 novel'

'Lord of the Flies'

THE GREAT PRETENDERS 2000 "In the 21st century Henri d'Orleans & Louis de this were rival claimants to the nonexistent title King of France"

'Louis de Bourbon'

SPORTS NICKNAMES 400 '"The Brown Bomber" of boxing'

'Louis'

OUR HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS 400 'The 1803 treaty for this deal stated that France would give up all military posts in New Orleans'

'Louisiana Purchase'

THE OTHER 45 STATES 400 'The name of this state honors "The Sun King"'

'Louisiana'

STOCK SYMBOLS Daily Double 'LVB, the former symbol for Steinway Musical Instruments, honored this man'

'Ludwig van Beethoven'

MOVIE STUDIO LOGOS 200 'Leo the lion'

'MGM'

ACTUAL FBI FILES 600 'Would not pursue the 1948 Republican nomination in part because he might need to lead "an American-Japanese army into Russia"'

'MacArthur'

DESCRIBING THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY 200 "3 gals predict big things for the title guy; he's iffy but his wife has big plans; both learn to be careful what you wish for"

'Macbeth'

LINE FROM THE TV SHOW 800 'Roger Sterling: "I did everything they told me. Drank the cream, ate the butter. Then I get hit with a coronary"'

'Mad Men'

MAD TV 800 "Peggy Olson & Joan Holloway are characters on this '60s-set series"

'Mad Men'

OFFICIAL STATE STUFF 600 "The sailing ship Bowdoin is this state's state vessel"

'Maine'

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE 1000 'This mouse created by Lucy Cousins for preschoolers has such friends as Cyril the Squirrel & Eddie the Elephant'

'Maisy the Mouse'

EUROPEAN CAPITALS 1000 "This Mediterranean island's capital Valletta was planned by the Knights of St. John in the 16th century"

'Malta'

OLD KING COAL 200 'This European adventurer reported that coal was widely used in the 13th century Far East'

'Marco Polo'

CUSTER'S LAST STAND 2000 "This major who shares his name with a Nevada city was nearby & controversially didn't counter-attack in time"

'Marcus Reno'

OH, THE HUMANITIES! 600 'For decades this alliterative anthropologist was a curator of ethnology at the American Museum of Natural History'

'Margaret Mead'

QUOTH THE POLITICIAN 800 'In 1983 Labour politician Neil kinnock said, if this woman wins, "I warn you not to fall ill ...not to grow old"'

'Margaret Thatcher'

LESSER-KNOWN WOMEN 800 'In 1963 Maria Goeppert Mayer became the only woman besides her to win a Nobel Prize in Physics'

'Marie Curie'

ROCK'S FRONTMEN & WOMEN 1600 'Adam Levine'

'Maroon 5'

OUR HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS 1200 'The 1947 speech that launched this plan said Europe must have help "or face economic social & political deterioration"'

'Marshall Plan'

ACTUAL FBI FILES 400 'His extensive file noted in 1964 that Mrs. Leonard Farber of White Plains contacted his Atlanta office'

'Martin Luther King, Jr.'

SUPER BOWLERS 800 "This 16th century reformer is said to have built a bowling lane for his kids when he wasn't busy nailing theses"

'Martin Luther'

MAD TV 1600 'This "SCTV" veteran became the Mad Hatter for a 1999 TV movie of "Alice in Wonderland"'

'Martin Short'

IT'S SECRET, DON'T TELL ANYONE 1200 'A March 31, 1920 L.A. Times headline said, this adorable actress "and Douglas Fairbanks Are Secretly Married"'

'Mary Pickford'

OUR HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS 800 'This document remained in effect for 71 years, until Plymouth was incorporated into the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691'

'Mayflower Compact'

JOHNS' MIDDLE NAMES 1600 'British economist John Keynes'

'Maynard'

HISTORIC DATES 200 'He was shot on Sept. 6, 1901 while shaking hands with a crowd of well-wishers at the Pan-American Exposition'

'McKinley'

SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE 2000 'Differing from Richter, the MM or "modified" this scale uses witness observations to gauge intensity'

'Mercalli'

MUSEUMS 1600 "One of the oldest vehicles in this Stuttgart automaker's museum is a 1907 Milnes-Daimler double-decker bus"

'Mercedes-Benz'

GENERAL SCIENCE 1600 'From the Greek for "middle life", this geologic era that included the Jurassic Period is often called the "Age of Reptiles"'

'Mesozoic Era'

NEWBIES 200 'Si, since December 2012 Enrique Pena Nieto has been president of this country'

'Mexico'

OH, HI, OHIO! 800 'Benjamin Harrison went to this university--in Oxford, Ohio, not Florida'

'Miami University'

SPORTS SHORTS 200 'In 2008 he swam 200 meters freestyle in a record 1 minute, 42.96 seconds'

'Michael Phelps'

NEWBIES 1000 "In 2014 Satya Nadella became the third CEO in this tech company's history, succeeding Steve Ballmer"

'Microsoft'

SLAV TO THE GRIND 400 'In 1999 the intl. criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia indicted this then-Serbian pres. for crimes against humanity'

'Miloxc3x85xc2xa1evixc4x87'

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD 2000 'In area this European coastal principality is about 3 times the size of the Mall in Washington, D.C.'

'Monaco'

ASIA 1200 'The modern cooking style called this landlocked country's "barbecue" was invented in Taiwan'

'Mongolian'

WHERE IS CARL?! 200 "Carl stays in the house exploring this Thomas Jefferson home that became a UNESCO World Heritage site in '87"

'Monticello'

YOU'RE TRIPPING 1600 'Jacques Cartier found this largest island of the Hochelaga Archipelago while searching for gold'

'Montreal'

LET'S GO ONLINE 1000 '"Adopt your own pet monster" at this .com; over 50 million have found good cyber-homes'

'Moshi Monsters'

HARD ROCKERS 2000 '"Girls, girls, girls... long legs & burgundy lips, girls, girls, girls... dancin' down on the Sunset Strip... girls, girls, girls"'

'Motley Crue'

20th CENTURY SCULPTURE 'Its sculptor asked for prayer that this work would "endure until the wind and the rain alone shall wear them away"'

'Mount Rushmore'

THE 1910s 400 'In 1919 the Chicago White Sox lost this big baseball series on purpose, making them the "Black Sox"'

'the World Series'

POLITICAL TERMS 600 'A legislator who abandons the party line & votes for the other party's bill is said to be "crossing" this'

'the aisle'

BREAKING BAD 200 "If you've busted your scaphoid, radius & ulna, you've broken bones in this limb"

'the arm'

"ART", FOR ART'S SAKE 800 'Although many types of this edible plant are popular in Europe, the globe variety is mostly grown in the United States'

'the artichoke'

QUOTATIONS IN AMERICAN HISTORY 200 'In a 1784 letter Ben Franklin called this national symbol "a bird of bad moral character"'

'the bald eagle'

THERE WILL BE "BLOOD" 800 'This word means the dynastic descendants of one individual'

'the bloodline'

FROM B TO SHINING B 200 "Found after dive, cherry or stink, it's da this!"

'the bomb'

BEASTLY EXPRESSIONS 200 '"The straw that broke" this creature's "back"'

'the camel'

PEOPLE OF FAITH 800 'In a synagogue this person also called a hazzan leads the congregation in chanting & singing'

'the cantor'

"In 2010 they broke The Beatles' record for having had the most songs on the Hot 100 chart by a non-solo act"

'the cast of Glee'

"C" BIRDS 400 'Its 2-note call gave it its name & inspired a type of clock'

'the cuckoo'

PULL A MUSCLE 1600 'The anatomy prof brought in a human model to identify this shoulder muscle'

'the deltoid (in model to identify)'

POTPOURRI 200 'If you know the correct procedure, you "know" this, also a tool'

'the drill'

E-I-O 200 'The supervisor of a department of a newspaper'

'the editor'

WHATCHAMACALLIT 200 'On a pencil, the ferrule is the metal ring that holds this'

'the eraser'

SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE 1200 'Herculaneum had not yet recovered from a 62 A.D. earthquake when this calamity occurred 17 years later'

'the eruption of Vesuvius'

TURN, TURN, TURN 1200 "A heavy wheel on a revolving shaft that helps regulate an engine's power has this insect name"

'the flywheel'

IN YOUR FACE! 400 "It's the 8-letter top part of your face, from your eyebrows to your hairline"

'the forehead'

WE ALL NEED A "FRIEND" 200 "It's what Casper is, according to his theme song"

'the friendly ghost'

OLD NAMES FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS 800 'An old name for influenza wasn't grab or clutch but this, from French for "seize"'

'the grippe'

AS I RECALL 1200 'Oops! DePuy Orthopedics had to recall defective implants for this 3-letter joint'

'the hip'

STATE SYMBOLS OF HAWAII 200 "It wasn't until 1999 that this was designated Hawaii's official state dance"

'the hula'

"I" LOVE SCIENCE 2000 'The magnetosphere is in the outer layer of this'

'the ionosphere'

NOW YOU KNOW 200 'Chopping an onion releases a compound that causes these glands to produce tears'

'the lachrymal glands'

ON THE "LEFT" 800 'The aorta emerges from this chamber of the heart'

'the left ventricle'

IN YOUR FACE! 800 'The Vermilion border defines these'

'the lips'

HORSE BREED NAMES 800 'The name of this horse of the American plains comes from a Spanish word meaning "stray"'

'the mustang'

CREATURE FEATURES 400 'In the barn & other species of this bird, one ear is higher so the time lag in hearing helps locate the source'

'the owl'

SHADES OF GRAY 800 "Brodick Castle's Gray Lady is said to be a woman who was locked in the dungeon because she carried this deadly disease"

'the plague'

A LONG TIME AGO 400 'At the "Cadaver Synod" of 897, the corpse of Formosus, late holder of this office, was put on trial by Stephen VII'

'the pope'

CREATURE FEATURES Daily Double 'This monkey from Borneo is named for its nose, which can be 1/4 its body length'

'the proboscis monkey'

HIGH-SCORING SCRABBLE WORDS 1600 'This beautifully plumed central American bird was sacred to the Aztecs & Mayans'

'the quetzal'

"RH" FACTOR 800 'The coast variety of this "rose tree" is Washington's state flower'

'the rhododendron'

FAMILIAR PHRASES 'OED's earliest citation of this 5-word phrase is "Now, Monsieur Poirot, you would without doubt like to visit" this place'

'the scene of the crime'

MONUMENTALLY ODD 800 "A 25' headless shark monument was installed in England Aug. 9, 1986, anniversary of the dropping of one of these"

'the second atomic bomb'

KEEP CALM 1000 "This peaceful state is the name of a prayer that's been a part of AA since the 1940s"

'the serenity prayer'

GOVERNMENT JOBS 1000 'Chief lawman for the U.S. House; says, "Mr. Speaker, the President of the United States"'

'the sergeant at arms'

ARCHAEOLOGY Daily Double 'In 2013 the stone paws of one of these creatures dedicated to Egyptian King Menkaure were found in Israel'

'the sphinx'

NOW YOU KNOW 1000 "The world's smallest flowers, Wolffia globosa, each consist of 1 pistil & 1 this, the pistil's male counterpart"

'the stamen'

3 "E"s 200 "Here's the church, here's this tall pointed tower on top"

'the steeple'

ENGINEERING 800 'On April 28, 1869 laborers laid a record 10 miles of track in one day in the final stretch of building this'

'the transcontinental railroad'

& HONEY 800 "& Honey, could you take the minivan to the mechanic? It's still making noise here, also called the gearbox"

'the transmission'

ROOM SERVICE 1000 'On a submarine or other warship, this room is the main dining area for commissioned officers'

'the ward room'

TIME SPAN LANGUAGE 800 "This term for midnight implies it's the time to bring out the broom & pointy hat"

'the witching hour'

CREATURE FEATURES 200 "Chipmunks don't pack on much body fat for winter; hence the storage pouches in these, helping them put away food"

'their mouth (their cheeks)'

"T.V." LAND 1000 'Spinal segments that extend from the seventh cervical to the first lumbar'

'thoracic vertebrae'

CIVICS Daily Double 'For a constitutional amendment to take effect, this fraction of the states must ratify it'

'three-quarters'

3-LETTER WORDS 1000 "It's the possessive form of thou"

'thy'

A LITTLE T & A 1600 "It's America's most popular farm-raised fish"

'tilapia'

SCIENCE-Y 3-LETTER WORDS 1200 'Sn is the chemical symbol for this'

'tin'

TO "EACH" HIS "OWN" 800 'To make whiter chemically'

'to bleach'

STARTS WITH A FARM ANIMAL 400 'To shrink with fear'

'to cower'

WHAT'S ON "TAP"? 2000 'To place close together for comparison or contrast'

'to juxtapose'

COLLECTIONS 1200 "A chrome pop-up one from the 1950s was the first in Jens Veerbeck's collection of about 600 of these kitchen appliances"

'toasters'

KEEP CALM 400 'Be this adjective, found in the name of a drug type that includes Xanax'

'tranquil'

"T.V." LAND Daily Double 'This part of speech requires an object'

'transitive verb'

CRIME 2000 'Richard III was killed at Bosworth Field shouting, this crime! This crime!'

'treason'

"T.V." LAND 200 'A narrow point of view named for a confined passageway'

'tunnel vision'

"T.V." LAND 600 'Another name for a New World buzzard'

'turkey vulture'

ON THE "LEFT" 400 'A clumsy dancer is said to have this anatomical impossibility'

'two left feet'

PALME D'OR WINNERS 400 'In 1964 Jacques Demy won with "Les parapluies" or these "de Cherbourg"'

'umbrellas'

PHILOSOPHY 800 'Scholasticism is a term for the philosophies coming out of these, as opposed to out of the church'

'universities'

PAINTERS' MONOGRAMS 200 'He made a fine post-impressionism on us: VVG'

'van Gogh'

TO LIFE 1200 'He's the subject of the novel & movie "Lust for Life"'

'van Gogh'

THE MAIN ALCOHOLIC INGREDIENT 200 '...in a screwdriver'

'vodka'

WHO ORDERED THE CHINESE FOOD? 600 'These so-called "nuts" that make a crispy sound are actually marsh vegetables'

'water chestnuts'

IN CASE YOU'RE THIRSTY Daily Double 'Glaceau makes a bottled beverage called "Vitamin" this'

'water'

HEALTH & MEDICINE 400 "A driver who's rear-ended may suffer this type of neck injury that jerks the head rapidly backward or forward"

'whiplash'

THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT 400 'A Merry Irishman pairs Kahlua with Tullamore Dew, an Irish type of this'

'whiskey'

THE MAIN ALCOHOLIC INGREDIENT 400 '...in a boilermaker, along with beer (rye works fine)'

'whiskey'

IAMB WOMAN 800 'Lady Mary Chudleigh's "To the Ladies" warns fiancees that this "and servant are the same / But only differ in the name"'

'wife'

ODDITIES 400 'Raise a glass to Angela Mount, who had her olfactory system insured for 10 million pounds while working evaluating this'

'wine'

WHAT'S ON "TAP"? 400 'In 2006 a civil rights group sued the NSA over its program to allow this without a warrant'

'wiretapping'

WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? 600 'Wiccaphobia'

'witches'

WHO ORDERED THE CHINESE FOOD? 200 'This dumpling with a rhyming name might be steamed & served with duck sauce'

'wonton'

COLOR MY WORLD 1000 'Jacket (it flies), or journalism'

'yellow'

IN YOUR FACE! 1600 'Your ciliary processes are in these'

'your eyes'

CHILDISH WORDS 1200 'This is often found before "hostel" & after "fountain of"'

'youth'

CAPTAIN 200 In 1770 he sailed through a body of water Tasman thought was a bay & showed that New Zealand is made up of 2 large islands

(Captain) Cook

FROM B TO SHINING B 1000 'Grover Norquist said he wanted to reduce government to the size where he could "drown it in" this household feature'

'a bathtub'

ENDS WITH 3 VOWELS 400 'Yes, Mr. Brummell, it means a dandy'

'a beau'

4 LEGS FOR YOU 600 'A transparent inner eyelid helps this animal see underwater & protects it from wood chips when it cuts trees'

'a beaver'

NATIONAL ANIMALS 600 "Canada's national animals are a horse & this one whose pelt played an important part in its history"

'a beaver'

ONE LETTER DIFFERENT 200 'A large sack'

'a big bag'

"DOWN" & "OUT" 400 'A temporary loss of consciousness, or utter darkness caused by a massive power outage'

'a blackout'

THERE WILL BE "BLOOD" 200 'A vein or an artery, functionally'

'a blood vessel'

FROM B TO SHINING B 800 "A brief advertisement, perhaps for your buddy's novel"

'a blurb'

WEIRD SPORTS 1600 'Speed snorkeling through these peat moss wetlands of Europe can earn you a spot in the record books'

'a bog'

WOMEN'S FIRSTS 400 'Jane Colden, who died in 1766, was the first female one of these plant scientists in the colonies'

'a botanist'

BREAKING BAD 1000 "A loved one's death may cause this, described as a medical syndrome in 1991 & called Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy"

'a broken heart'

WHATCHAMACALLIT 400 'A witch could tell you a besom is one of these with a cluster of brush or twigs on the end'

'a broom'

LAS VEGAS 800 'In 1946 El Rancho Vegas started a tradition with this type of meal service, chuck wagon-style'

'a buffet'

FROM B TO SHINING B 400 "It's a globular underground part of a flower"

'a bulb'

NATIONAL ANIMALS 400 "This national animal of Spain doesn't get much love at the corrida"

'a bull'

THE DAILY QUADRUPLE 600 'For heart patients, WebMD.com has a "post-quadruple" this procedure "workout"'

'a bypass'

BIRD SOUNDS 1000 'A shrill laugh, or the shrill cry of a hen, especially after she lays an egg'

'a cackle'

BEASTLY EXPRESSIONS 1000 '"Killing the fatted" one'

'a calf'

COOL IDEA 600 'Dr. John Hunter has a simple way to get supplies into space: shoot them up there with a giant one of these'

'a cannon'

"C" BIRDS Daily Double 'One story has it that this duck got its name from being shipped in sacks with labels asking that the sack be returned'

'a canvasback'

"C" BIRDS 800 'The northern species of this North American bird is known for red plumage, a crest & whistling year-round'

'a cardinal'

"ART", FOR ART'S SAKE 2000 'In Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, this figure encloses characters that represent the name of a sovereign'

'a cartouche'

WHAT'S ON "TAP"? 1600 'The British word for a slingshot is this, an ancient military engine for hurling stones'

'a catapult'

BIRD SOUNDS 800 "It's the harsh, 3-letter call of a crow or raven"

'a caw'

"RIO" GRAND 600 "It's an old war transport pulled by horses"

'a chariot'

GOVERNMENT JOBS 600 'CM for short; runs daily operations in Dallas'

'a city manager'

WHAT KIND OF MOVIE? 600 '"Zookeeper"; Shakespeare wrote one "of Errors"'

'a comedy'

DJIBOUTI 1200 "Djibouti became independent June 27, 1977, but it didn't adopt one of these until September 4, 1992"

'a constitution'

HERE'S 2 "U"! 1000 'It's a riddle involving a play on words, like "What's black & white & read all over?"'

'a conundrum'

3-LETTER WORDS 800 'A narrow bed made of canvas on a collapsible frame'

'a cot'

FRENCH 101 600 'A dead-end street, literally the "bottom of the bag"'

'a cul-de-sac'

TURN, TURN, TURN 800 "In a lock, it's the central part that contains the tumblers; in a car engine, it contains a piston"

'a cylinder'

ROOM SERVICE 800 'A grain focuser & an enlarger are equipment you might need for this room'

'a dark room'

ENDS IN DOUBLE E 800 'Let me rock you, Kubla Khan, with this type of authoritative & formal order'

'a decree'

NATIONAL ANIMALS Daily Double 'There are no photographs, only illustrations of this symbol of Mauritius'

'a dodo (bird)'

BE A LIZARD WIZARD 1200 'Types of lizards include the bearded this & the Komodo this'

'a dragon'

OF SPRINGS 1000 'In Greek myth Cadmus sowed the teeth of this creature, & they sprang up as armed men'

'a dragon'

OCCUPATIONS Daily Double 'From the Latin for "iron", this worker was similar to a blacksmith & often did a shod-y job'

'a farrier'

WHAT'S THAT ON YOUR HEAD? 1000 'Philip Treacy made the hats with this name that tells you that they capture & hold your attention'

'a fascinator'

MORE THAN ONE MEANING 200 'A rasp or a Rolodex'

'a file'

"ICK"Y WORDS 400 'A light, quick blow or touch, or slang for a movie'

'a flick'

ROOM SERVICE 600 'From a word meaning "fireplace" comes this term for a theater or hotel lobby'

'a foyer'

YOU'RE AN ANIMAL! 1200 'The tail of this lizard is easily broken off during an attack, hence its fragile name'

'a glass lizard'

STATE SYMBOLS OF HAWAII 800 "Hawaii's state bird, the nene, is also known as the Hawaiian variety of this bird"

'a goose'

"G-P-S" 1600 'This navigational device continuously indicates true north'

'a gyrocompass'

3-LETTER WORDS 200 'This finished border on a garment is made by folding an edge under & stitching it down'

'a hem'

BEASTLY EXPRESSIONS 600 '"Mad as a wet" this bird'

'a hen'

"DOWN" & "OUT" 800 'For Butch Cassidy, Hole in the Wall in Wyoming was one of these'

'a hideout'

BIRD SOUNDS 600 'Despite its name, the mute swan, when angry, makes this noise, like a snake'

'a hiss'

DO YOUR "HOME" WORK 1600 "It's the initial & main hypertext document of a website"

'a home page'

BIRD SOUNDS 400 "The cry of an owl; it's also an extremely funny person like moi"

'a hoot'

BEASTLY EXPRESSIONS 800 '"A" this "of a different color"'

'a horse'

4 LEGS FOR YOU 400 'The South American variety of this 4-legged cat can weigh 350 lbs.; some 2-legged Jacksonville ones can go 350, too'

'a jaguar'

HIGH-SCORING SCRABBLE WORDS 400 '45 rpm records are still made for this coin-operated machine, but CDs are now standard'

'a jukebox'

NATIONAL ANIMALS 200 'The name of this creature is a nickname for a citizen of New Zealand'

'a kiwi'

SCIENCE-Y 3-LETTER WORDS 400 "It's short for the room or building where experiments are done"

'a lab'

OLD KING COAL 400 "Coal mining was made safer by the 19th c. invention of the safety this, which wouldn't ignite methane"

'a lantern (or lamp)'

SHADES OF GRAY 600 "A mysterious Gray Lady is said to frequent the children's reading room of this public building in Willard, Indiana"

'a library'

OTHER WONDERS OF THE WORLD 600 'On a peninsula in NW Spain, the Tower of Hercules is perhaps the oldest functioning one of these'

'a lighthouse'

NATIONAL ANIMALS 800 'Bolivia uses this animal for wool, to carry loads &, going back to 1827, on coins'

'a llama'

MIDDLE "C" 400 "In the movies it was Tarzan's garment of choice"

'a loincloth'

THE ARABIAN NIGHTS 800 'Prince Houssain buys this transportation device at a bazaar for 40 purses of gold'

'a magic carpet'

"MAIN" 800 'Term for a very large computer that was the hub of a system for many users in the 1960s; today we call it a server'

'a mainframe'

"MAIN" 1200 'Also a nautical term, it describes one who acts as a chief support'

'a mainstay'

CREATURE FEATURES 1000 "Used in sonar, a fatty area on a dolphin's forehead is called this, like a large vine fruit or a whole human head"

'a melon'

ORGANIZATIONS 400 'According to the United Negro College Fund, this "is a terrible thing to waste, but a wonderful thing to invest in"'

'a mind'

YOU'RE AN ANIMAL! 400 'This marsh-dwellling rodent is named for its odor'

'a muskrat'

ONE LETTER DIFFERENT 1000 'A speechless minute arachnid'

'a mute mite'

3-LETTER WORDS 600 'A sharp, stinging quality, as of frosty air, or a small amount of liquor'

'a nip'

PEOPLE OF FAITH 1000 'Another term for a heathen, originally it meant a follower of ancient religions'

'a pagan'

ART CLASS 2000 'Used to apply ink, a brayer is one of these rounded objects, like the kind used to paint walls'

'a paint roller'

GOVERNMENT JOBS 200 'He monitors behavior of released felons in Oklahoma or Florida'

'a parole officer'

3 "E"s 600 "The American Kennel Club offers certified ones listing a dog's ancestry for 4 or 5 generations"

'a pedigree'

ONE LETTER DIFFERENT 600 'Humorous wordplay about a quill'

'a pen pun (a pun about a pen accepted)'

ONE LETTER DIFFERENT 800 'A hole in the ground for your baked pastry'

'a pie pit'

WHAT'S THAT ON YOUR HEAD? 600 "Oleg Cassini dressed Jackie for JFK's inauguration while Halston put this style of hat on her head"

'a pillbox'

OFFICIAL STATE STUFF 800 "Accordion to 1993 Wisconsin Act 411, it's the state dance"

'a polka'

CONTAINERS 200 "It's what a baby wallaby rides in"

'a pouch'

TURN, TURN, TURN 2000 'A machine that turns energy from a natural source into mechanical energy is this kind of "mover", an old term for God'

'a prime mover'

MY INVENTION WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME 600 'Installing his rotary one of these for a newspaper, William Bullock got his foot fatally stuck in the gears'

'a printing press'

"RIO" GRAND 1000 "As opposed to a posteriori, it's the term for knowledge not based on experience"

'a priori'

TURN, TURN, TURN 400 'A wheel & a rope are all you need to make this one of the 6 simple machines'

'a pulley'

FRENCH 101 800 'One who tells stories & anecdotes with skill & wit; the Old French meaning is "to count up" or "reckon"'

'a raconteur'

YOU'RE AN ANIMAL! 800 'Quoth the Bible, Noah released 2 birds from the Ark to test for dry land, a dove & one of these'

'a raven'

COOL IDEA 200 'What could go wrong with the 1958 Ford concept car known as the Nucleon, powered by a tiny one of these?'

'a reactor'

TIME SPAN LANGUAGE 400 'Church calendars once marked festivals in a certain color, hence this term for a special day'

'a red-letter day'

MORE THAN ONE MEANING 1000 "A lively country dance, or a projectionist's spool"

'a reel'

"RH" FACTOR 1200 'A male of this large beetle uses his single front horn to drive other males away from females'

'a rhinoceros beetle'

"RH" FACTOR 1600 "It's an underground stem that can produce new roots, helping plants reproduce despite nasty weather"

'a rhizome'

"RH" FACTOR 2000 "It's not your run-of-the-mill parallelogram, it's classified as a special parallelogram"

'a rhombus'

THE "RIGHT" 400 'The lack of a dorsal fin characterizes this member of the balaenidae family'

'a right whale'

CUSTER'S LAST STAND 400 "Lending its name to the climactic battle, it's what the Little Bighorn is"

'a river'

WHATCHAMACALLIT 1000 'Hey cowboy! This term for the small spiked wheel on the end of a spur is from the Latin for "wheel"'

'a rowel'

"SAFE" 400 'Private bank box for your valuables'

'a safety deposit box'

"SAFE" 800 'Medicaid & social security are described as part of this to help the non-rich'

'a safety net'

ARCHITECTURE & BUILDING 1200 'An alteration of a French word for "frame", it's the frame holding the panes of a window or door'

'a sash'

CONTAINERS 400 'A sheath to hold your dagger or sword'

'a scabbard'

OF SPRINGS 200 'Spring hinges are used on these mosquito-foiling doors'

'a screen door'

FEATURES OF CREATURES Daily Double 'This creature of the genus Hippocampus has a prehensile tail & a brood pouch'

'a seahorse'

5 CLUES FOR A BUCK 1200 'The bald eagle on the back is seen behind an escutcheon, one of these'

'a shield'

4 LEGS FOR YOU 800 'Forest musk is one species of this smelly insectivore whose body & name are the same length as a mouse'

'a shrew'

ENDS IN DOUBLE E 1000 'French term for an evening party, perhaps a musical one'

'a soirxc3x83xc2xa9e'

ROOM SERVICE 400 'The name of this bright room has also been used to mean a sundial'

'a solarium'

MIDDLE "K" 400 'During Prohibition, it was a place where alcohol was illegally sold & consumed'

'a speakeasy'

OF SPRINGS 600 "South Africa's national Rugby team is named for this antelope that springs about"

'a springbok'

3 "E"s 800 "Considered a delicacy, it's the more pleasant-sounding name for the thymus or pancreas of an animal"

'a sweetbread'

COLORFUL VOCABULARY 800 'A large drinking cup with a handle & hinged cover'

'a tankard'

OLDIES 800 'Dion & the Belmonts wanted to know, "Why must I be" one of these "in love?"'

'a teenager'

19th CENTURY INVENTIONS 'Thoreau noted in 1854, it "resounds at every post. it is a harp with one string--the first strain from the American lyre"'

'a telegraph'

TAKING A "TEN" DANCE 600 'An inclination or predisposition to something'

'a tendency'

TAKING A "TEN" DANCE 400 'A run-down apartment house'

'a tenement'

HEALTH & MEDICINE 800 'Like Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever is transmitted by one of these arachnids'

'a tick'

A LITTLE T & A 1200 'Tegere, meaning "to cover", gives us this garment worn by the ancient Romans'

'a toga'

MIDDLE "K" 800 'As of May 4, 2003 this small metal item no longer admitted riders to the Manhattan subway'

'a token'

ENDS IN DOUBLE E 400 'This word for a man's wig comes from the French for "tuft"'

'a toupee'

WHAT'S THAT ON YOUR HEAD? 400 'The name of this piece of headwear comes from the French for "tuft of hair"'

'a toupxc3x83xc2xa9e'

CRIME 800 'Britain's "Great" robbery of one of these took place north of London in 1963, netting 2 1/2 million pounds'

'a train'

A LITTLE T & A 800 'The E-flat bass type of this instrument has a fourth valve so you can get extra low'

'a tuba'

HERE'S 2 "U"! 200 'This skirt worn by ballerinas is frequently made of tulle'

'a tutu'

TEXT TALK 600 "I'm not laughing out loud, but I do have a VBG, one of these"

'a very big grin'

YOU'RE AN ANIMAL! 1600 "Of the 6 living members of the camel family, it's the only one spelled with a tilde"

'a vicuxc3xb1a'

DJIBOUTI 1600 'Temperatures in Djibouti go up each year with the arrival from the inland desert of the Khamsin, one of these'

'a wind'

OF SPRINGS 800 'The Omega brand of this accessory boasts of its tiny but critical silicon balance spring'

'a wristwatch'

MIDDLE "C" 1000 "The Seven Seas, Steven Spielberg's luxury one of these, includes an infinity pool, a helipad & an indoor cinema"

'a yacht'

4 LEGS FOR YOU 1000 'Likely domesticated in Tibet, this oxlike mammal aka "hairy cattle" can check in at around 1,800 pounds'

'a yak'

CRIME 1200 'In Texas you may not possess this "quick" 3-letter type of homemade gun'

'a zip gun'

ANY FIRST WORDS? 800 'Aussies are familiar with this term for native inhabitants that once referred to pre-Roman Italians'

'aborigines'

PULL A MUSCLE 400 "You don't have to be self-absorbed to do the endless crunches needed to develop these"

'abs (in self-absorbed)'

OPPOSITES 800 'The opposite of scarce, it starts with the first 2 letters of the alphabet'

'abundant'

EASY "A" 1600 'Acid that gives vinegar its taste & smell'

'acetic acid'

ENDS WITH 3 VOWELS 200 "It's how the French say goodbye"

'adieu'

POTPOURRI 400 '"Shaping a Life", "Building a Home" & "Creating a World" are on the U.S. postage stamp promoting awareness of this'

'adoption'

PHILOSOPHY Daily Double "It's a matter of taste whether to spell this study of beauty with 2 vowels at the start"

'aestheticism'

SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE 800 'The force of these smaller post-earthquake tremors decreases quickly over time'

'aftershocks'

EASY "A" 2000 '6-letter term for discrimination against the elderly'

'ageism'

RELIGIOUS MATTERS 400 'From the Aramaic for "my father", it's the title of the superior of a monastery'

'an abbot'

MIDDLE "C" 200 'In cards, you can get blackjack with a face card & this'

'an ace'

EASY "A" 400 'A representative or operative; one can be "free" or "secret"'

'an agent'

PEOPLE OF FAITH 200 'In their youth Rick Santorum & Antonin Scalia each served as this, helping a priest celebrate mass'

'an altar boy'

ROOM SERVICE 200 'From a word meaning "before", it's a waiting area that sounds like a good place to make a poker bet'

'an anteroom'

ANY FIRST WORDS? 2000 'Jung was fond of this word, an original pattern from which all similar things are based'

'an archetype'

GOVERNMENT JOBS 400 'She estimates market value of homes in Milwaukee so as to set taxes'

'an assessor'

WHATCHAMACALLIT 800 'Traditionally in India, a riding seat called a howdah is howdah person rides on the back of this animal'

'an elephant'

SCIENCE-Y 3-LETTER WORDS 2000 'These 2 similarly spelled words mean a span of time longer than an era & an electrically charged atom'

'an eon & an ion'

FRENCH 101 400 "A naive or innocent girl or woman; in the theater, it's an actress who plays such roles"

'an ingenue'

ANY FIRST WORDS? 1200 'An adjective meaning "first", or a letter like "F" in F. Murray Abraham'

'an initial'

SHIPS DON'T LIE 600 'A portion of the CSS Georgia, one of these "metallic" Civil War ships, was recovered in 2013 from a Georgia river'

'an ironclad'

NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS 400 "Nutritionally, EPA isn't an agency but one of these fatty acids from fish oils, thought to lower blood pressure"

'an omega-3'

WHAT'S GOING "ON"? 600 'A bystander watching but not participating'

'an onlooker'

WHAT'S GOING "ON"? 400 "A short football kick that's recoverable by the kicking team"

'an onside kick'

WHAT'S GOING "ON"? 800 'A variety of agate with alternating colored layers'

'an onyx'

MORE THAN ONE MEANING 400 'A heart or a Hammond'

'an organ'

OXYMORONS 1200 'Go to the Vital Records office of the county in which you were born to get an original one of these of your birth certificate'

'an original copy'

STRIKE IT "RICH" 2000 'The 2-toed Struthio camelus'

'an ostrich'

"DOWN" & "OUT" 1000 'In 1920 H.G. Wells turned to nonfiction & published one of these "of History"'

'an outline'

AN ANTONYM OF 400 '...natural is this, commonly found before "intelligence"'

'artificial'

"ART", FOR ART'S SAKE 1200 'Large-caliber weaponry operated by crews, such as cannons, howitzers & missile launchers'

'artillery'

"ART", FOR ART'S SAKE 1600 'Do come to my eco-friendly loft for cheese described by this 9-letter adjective, meaning with craft & by hand'

'artisanal'

MISCELLAN"IUM" 1200 "Once the open main court of a Roman house, it's now a skylit central court in an office building or hotel"

'atrium'

HERE'S 2 "U"! 600 'The name of this reddish-brown color actually comes from the Latin word for "white"'

'auburn'

EASY "A" 800 'Peyton Manning is a master of these plays called at the line of scrimmage'

'audibles'

"ICK"Y WORDS 1600 "It's the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction"

'bailiwick'

AS I RECALL 400 'In 2008 the USDA ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of this meat, though most of it had already been eaten'

'beef'

OPPOSITES 400 "The opposite of straighten, as a noun it's found in a river"

'bend (crook accepted)'

PREFIXES & ROOTS 400 'Before -factor, -ficiary & -diction, it means "good"'

'bene-'

BLOGS 1000 'lunchinabox.net is a blog devoted to these Japanese meals'

'bento'

TEXT TALK 200 'RBTL implores you to keep an eye on the subtext & to "read" this way'

'between the lines'

COLOR MY WORLD 800 'Market, or bottom pie'

'black'

AS I RECALL 1600 'A 2009 recall covered millions of window coverings, including Roman shades & roll-up these'

'blinds'

LESSER-KNOWN WOMEN 2000 "Olive Riley, who passed away at 108, was known as the world's oldest this, posting some 70 entries online about her life"

'blogger'

THERE WILL BE "BLOOD" 400 "Abbreviated BAL, it's a legal measurement of intoxication"

'blood alcohol level'

THERE WILL BE "BLOOD" 1000 'Green chalcedony with red spots'

'bloodstone'

COLOR MY WORLD 600 'Marlin, or Ridge Mountains'

'blue'

POP CULTURE 1600 'In a 2011 movie comedy, the 3 title "horrible" these were summarized as psycho, maneater & tool'

'bosses'

"ICK"Y WORDS 800 "Slender & crisp, they're known as grissini in Italy"

'breadsticks'

REMEMBER BOOKSTORES? 400 "amazon.com invites you to do this through online titles, but it's not the same as a leisurely search among the shelves"

'browse'

STARTS WITH A FARM ANIMAL 1600 'Impervious to a full metal jacket'

'bulletproof'

WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME 2000 'A big toe ailment & the Teamsters'

'bunion & union'

CHRISTMASTIME AROUND THE WORLD 400 'British kids do this with Christmas letters so their wishes will go up the chimney to Father Christmas'

'burn them'

SHADES OF GRAY 400 "The Gray Lady of Scotland's Glamis Castle is said to be Lady Douglas, an accused witch who met this fiery fate"

'burning at the stake'

OXYMORONS 800 'This oxymoronic dress code for the office can include neatly pressed tailored pieces but never gym clothes or bare midriffs'

'business casual'

"XO" 600 'Voluptuous'

'buxom'

THE "DUCE" YOU SAY 1000 'Snake-encircled wand carried by Mercury'

'caduceus'

MISCELLAN"IUM" 400 'Not just women but men over 50 also need at least 1,200 mg of this bone-building element daily'

'calcium'

AS I RECALL 800 'In 2010 Legacy propane infrared plaque heaters were recalled due to the chance of poisoning by this odorless gas'

'carbon monoxide'

CHEMISTRY 2000 'The buckyball, a stable, spherical molecule of this element, occurs naturally in soot'

'carbon'

PULL A MUSCLE 800 "When you dealt that card I acted as if this type of muscle, one of the body's 3 main types, had stopped working"

'cardiac (in card I acted)'

CHRISTMASTIME AROUND THE WORLD 200 'A down under tradition since 1937 is these "by candlelight", with Aussies singing outdoors in the summer weather'

'carols'

REMEMBER BOOKSTORES? 800 'A common sight at small bookstores is an in-house one of these animals, like the late Silas at A Novel Idea in Lincoln, Nebraska'

'cats'

IN YOUR FACE! 1200 'This part of your face can also mean impudence; the "barefoot boy" had one "of tan"'

'cheek'

WEIRD SPORTS 1200 'The WCBO challenges both brains & brawn in its combined matches of boxing & this board game'

'chess'

ENDS IN DOUBLE E 600 'Ah, yes, hello, my dear, my little this bird of the titmouse family'

'chickadee'

OFFICIAL STATE STUFF 400 'New Mexico has an official state question, "Red or green?"--it refers to these edibles'

'chili peppers'

ENDS WITH 3 VOWELS 800 'This farewell word first appeared in an English text in Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms"'

'ciao'

NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS 800 'This spice from the bark of a tree is good on toast; some studies say it may lower blood sugar in people with diabetes'

'cinnamon'

MIDDLE "K" 1600 "With outerwear or without, it's a private lounge next to a legislative chamber"

'cloakroom'

THAT CAN MEAN 2 THINGS! 1000 "Take your foot off the gas & ____ so you don't miss the beauties of a scenic drive down the ____"

'coast'

CHANGE ONE LETTER 400 'A toothed strip of plastic for arranging hair goes to its grave as a burial chamber'

'comb & tomb'

WORD ORIGINS 'This word for a friend comes from the Latin for "with whom you would eat bread"'

'companion'

MUSEUMS 400 'A museum in Mountain View, Calif. devoted to the history of this has a 1964 IBM mainframe & an Apple II'

'computers'

ARCHITECTURE & BUILDING 400 'In the 1870s Francois Hennebique pioneered the use of reinforced this in building construction'

'concrete'

CHEMISTRY 1600 'Creating modern electronics depended largely on doping, adding impurities to pure silicon to increase this quality'

'conductivity'

THE WEDDING OF ELIZABETH & PHILIP 1200 "At a pre-wedding party, Elizabeth's father King George VI led one of these dance lines"

'conga'

OLD NAMES FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS 200 "This older name for tuberculosis referred to the disease's wasting away of the body"

'consumption'

BIRD SOUNDS 200 'This soft, murmuring sound of a dove rhymes with a bovine sound'

'coo'

FRENCH 101 1000 '"Esprit de" this is a feeling of solidarity among members of a group'

'corps'

OCCUPATIONS 400 'Pleasanton, Texas claims to be the "birthplace of" this occupation that's an American symbol'

'cowboy'

THAT CAN MEAN 2 THINGS! 600 'Make sure you see the majestic ____ in flight even if you have to ____ your neck'

'crane'

AS I RECALL 2000 'Millions of these made from 1995 to 2007 for kids were recalled; the MTV show of the same name is still safe'

'cribs'

FRENCH 101 200 'The French use this word to mean kitchen; we use it to refer to a manner of preparing food'

'cuisine'

CRIME Daily Double 'In 2011 a renegade group was accused of doing this to fellow Amish, a heinous crime in that culture'

'cutting off their beards'

COLORFUL VOCABULARY 1600 'Apple seeds contain a compound of this poison'

'cyanide'

SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS 800 '____ had just broken when Timmy woke up, eager to play with his magic ____'

'dawn/wand'

PAINTERS' MONOGRAMS 1000 'He was a man of action (painting): W de K'

'de Kooning'

THE "DUCE" YOU SAY 200 'Holmes, how do you know Watson's practicing medicine again? "I" do this, derive by a process of reasoning'

'deduce'

HEAR ME ROAR 400 "It's not just carnivores--the harts of the red type of this roar to drive rival males away"

'deer'

& HONEY 200 '& Honey, could you pick up some of the Huggies brand of these on the way home?'

'diapers'

CHANGE ONE LETTER 2000 "An individual's style of speaking morphs into a class of literature that includes novels"

'diction & fiction'

NEW JERSEY 800 'Hoping to improve times, the 2012 U.S. Olympic track team wore new uniforms with these on them, like on golf balls'

'dimples'

TO "EACH" HIS "OWN" 1200 'Deny connection with, as with an heir'

'disown'

"DOWN" & "OUT" 200 'Hyphenated term used to describe someone practical & realistic'

'down-to-earth'

OLDIES 400 '"Whenever I want you", sang the Everly Brothers, "all I have to do is" this'

'dream'

ADD A LETTER 200 'Add a letter to "dive" & you can do this, operate a car (in a few years)'

'drive'

CARRY ON 1000 'Good news! You can carry on perishables along with up to 5 pounds of this, solid carbon dioxide'

'dry ice'

CLING-ONS 600 'MacGyver once made a plane with bamboo & "lots of" this sticky grayish product'

'duct tape'

I'M BORED 400 'This antonym of "sharp" means boring or not bright in color'

'dull'

HEALTH & MEDICINE 1600 'An M.I.T. study found that adults with this reading disability also have a harder time recognizing voices'

'dyslexia'

SCIENCE-Y 3-LETTER WORDS 800 "It's the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea"

'ebb'

THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT 600 'The vegan version of this holiday classic uses soy milk, extra firm silken tofu & of course rum & nutmeg'

'eggnog'

E-I-O 400 'We proclaim this word means the act of freeing a slave from bondage'

'emancipation'

I'M BORED 1600 "It's the 5-letter French word for boredom"

'ennui'

STRIKE IT "RICH" 800 'To increase isotopes in uranium'

'enrich'

CHEMISTRY 1200 'Increasing the percentage of U-235 in a sample of uranium is called this process; Iran says it has the right to do it'

'enrichment'

OLD NAMES FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS 600 'In "Julius Caesar", Shakespeare mentions "falling sickness", this disorder characterized bv seizures'

'epilepsy'

E-I-O 600 "It's the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet"

'epsilon'

E-I-O 1000 'This synonym for spying was the name of a 1917 wartime Act of Congress'

'espionage'

PHILOSOPHY 1600 'Metaphysics studies the real nature of things; meta-these studies the language used in talk of morality'

'ethics'

OF MILK 800 'Canned milk that has 60% of the water removed is known by this 10-letter term'

'evaporated'

OCCUPATIONS 1600 'In Great Britain Harry Allen was the last person in this job made obsolete by an act of Parliament in 1965'

'executioner (last hangman)'

CIVICS 800 'In June 2012 the president invoked this right over Operation Fast & Furious papers'

'executive privilege'

"XO" 800 'To clear of suspicion'

'exonerate'

PHILOSOPHY 400 'Empiricism believes all knowledge comes from this, which William Blake wrote "Songs of"'

'experience'

E-I-O 800 'This adjective sometimes found before "latex paint" is from the Latin for "outside"'

'exterior'

WE ALL NEED A "FRIEND" 600 '"Meteorological" acquaintance who only hangs out with you when things are good'

'fair-weather friend'

DEFINING THE UNDEFINABLE 800 'In Mark Twain's writings, you'll find this religious word defined as "believing what you know ain't so"'

'faith'

WHAT KIND OF MOVIE? 1000 '"The Nightmare Before Christmas": it means a wild daydream'

'fantasy'

WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME 1600 'One of your parents & someone in a tub'

'father & bather'

I'M BORED 1200 'Often found after "combat", it means weariness or exhaustion'

'fatigue'

SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE Daily Double 'These, like the thrust type, are defined as narrow zones where rock masses move in relation to one another'

'faults'

GEMS & JEWELRY 1000 'From Latin for "thread", this style of jewelry is made by twisting fine wires of precious metals into patterns'

'filigree'

ART CLASS 800 'To make paint for this "digital" type of pre-school art, you can simply take tempera & thicken it with cornstarch'

'finger painting'

"ICK"Y WORDS 1200 'Difficult to please, like Morris the cat'

'finicky'

WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? 200 'Pyrophobia'

'fire'

BEASTLY EXPRESSIONS 400 '"A fine kettle of" these'

'fish'

& HONEY 600 "& Honey, it's May--we gotta call your mom in London for Mother's Day; don't forget it's this many hours ahead of N.Y. time"

'five'

NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS Daily Double 'Pregnant women take this, also called vitamin B9, to reduce the risk of birth defects of the brain & spinal cord'

'folic acid'

AN ANTONYM OF 1200 '...wisdom is this, like "Seward's"'

'folly'

GENERAL SCIENCE 400 'Kangaroos are marsupials known as macropods, macro- meaning "large" & -pod, from the Greek for this body part'

'foot'

TIME FOR VIDEO GAMES? 400 '"NFL Blitz" lets you experience this sport without getting hit'

'football'

WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? 400 'Xenophobia'

'foreigners (strangers)'

ANY FIRST WORDS? 1600 'Something that's leading in every respect is "first &" this superlative adjective'

'foremost'

THE DAILY QUADRUPLE 800 'In radio communication, "F" is for this social dance that's in quadruple meter'

'foxtrot'

WE LIECH LIECHTENSTEIN! 1600 'In 1924 Liechtenstein adopted the Swiss this as its currency'

'franc'

AN ANTONYM OF 1600 '...secretive is this, also a ballpark food'

'frank'

THE NATIVITY 400 'Among the gifts of the magi were these 2 gum resins'

'frankincense & myrrh'

NOW YOU KNOW 800 'This type of "burn" happens when water molecules escape from food preserved there & begin to migrate'

'freezer burn'

"G-P-S" 800 'These trousers are modeled after those worn by South American cowboys'

'gaucho pants'

"G-P-S" 2000 'Oceanography & volcanology are part of this branch of geology'

'geophysics'

COOL IDEA 1000 'Like Venkman & Egon, Edison shared an interest in these & tried to build something to talk to them'

'ghosts'

THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT 1000 "Angels we have heard on high suggest an angel's delight, made with this spirit, such as Bombay"

'gin'

THE MAIN ALCOHOLIC INGREDIENT 600 '...in a Tom Collins: the dry type of this'

'gin'

A DONUT SHOP DICTIONARY 200 'Having a fixed or lifeless expression'

'glazed'

RELIGION 400 'This one of the 7 deadly sins includes excess drinking as well as eating'

'gluttony'

ELEMENTAL SYMBOLS Daily Double 'French preposition between coq & vin'

'gold'

ONE LETTER DIFFERENT 400 'Excellent eats'

'good food'

"G-P-S" Daily Double 'Horripilation is the medical term for this skin condition'

'goose bumps (goose pimples accepted)'

TEXT TALK 800 "I'm agreeing with you & complimenting us both by texting you GMTA, this 4-word phrase"

'great minds think alike'

COLOR MY WORLD 200 'Card for U.S. permanent residents'

'green card'

"G-P-S" 400 "During adolescence, you might feel these in your limbs, also the title of an '80s sitcom"

'growing pains'

PULL A MUSCLE 1200 'Her boyfriend is a NYC lawyer--a Gotham stringbean who never stretches out this leg muscle'

'hamstring (in Gotham stringbean)'

BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS 1600 '"Testimony that is given by a witness who relates not what he or she knows personally, but what others have said"'

'hearsay'

CHEMISTRY 800 "This 2nd-lightest gas is the only element that can't be solidified by cooling at normal atmospheric pressure"

'helium'

ELEMENTAL SYMBOLS 800 'A masculine pronoun'

'helium'

STARTS WITH A FARM ANIMAL 1200 'Reddish-brown dye used in temporary tattoos'

'henna'

OLDIES 600 '"Is it in his sighs? Oh no, he'll make believe. If you want to know if he loves you so, it's in" this'

'his kiss'

WHO ORDERED THE CHINESE FOOD? 1000 "Horsey sauce is at Arby's; Chinese restaurants serve this similar-sounding soybean paste also called Peking sauce"

'hoisin sauce'

DO YOUR "HOME" WORK 800 'For your side dish, would you like hash browns or these, potatoes cooked in butter with onions & green peppers?'

'home fries'

DO YOUR "HOME" WORK 1200 'The U.S. Department of Education says 1.5 million U.S. students are taught this way, perhaps by a parent'

'homeschool'

WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME 400 'Someone held against his will & the cost to mail a letter'

'hostage & postage'

PREFIXES & ROOTS 800 'This prefix meaning "water" precedes -plane, -chloric & -electric'

'hydro-'

"I" LOVE SCIENCE 800 "It's the scientific study of fishes"

'ichthyology'

"I" LOVE SCIENCE 1200 'A tooth or a broken bone can be this, meaning fixed or pressed closely together'

'impacted'

TO "EACH" HIS "OWN" 400 'To accuse an official of misconduct before an appropriate tribunal'

'impeach'

TEXT TALK 400 'I have no idea what you're talking about; I'm SITD, "still" this'

'in the dark'

"I" LOVE SCIENCE 400 'This process is used by birds to warm their eggs'

'incubation'

THE "DUCE" YOU SAY 800 "The baby's 2 weeks past its due date--might be time to do this"

'induce (labor)'

"XO" 400 'Fate or a bill collector may be this, meaning unyielding & unstoppable'

'inexorable'

SPIKE 1000 'U.S. mortgage interest rates spiked at 18.5% in 1981 as the Federal Reserve battled to keep this in check'

'inflation'

TO "EACH" HIS "OWN" 2000 'Covered by adjacent tissues, especially referring to the toe'

'ingrown'

HEALTH & MEDICINE 2000 'Some people are head over heels, relieving back pain by stretching their spine in this type of upside-down therapy'

'inversion therapy'

IT'S SECRET, DON'T TELL ANYONE 400 'Photography with UV or infrared light can reveal this alliterative writing fluid'

'invisible ink'

MIDDLE "C" 800 'In geometry it describes a triangle with 2 equal sides'

'isosceles'

3-LETTER WORDS 400 'This climbing vine is known to cover the walls of older college buildings'

'ivy'

GEMS & JEWELRY 600 'The Chinese call it the "jewel of heaven" & believe it protects against accidents'

'jade'

A DONUT SHOP DICTIONARY 600 'Someone intimidating is said to "reduce you to" this'

'jelly'

OFFICIAL STATE STUFF 1000 "Bring your lance if you want to compete in this, Maryland's official state sport"

'jousting'

THE NATIVITY 800 'In Luke 2 an angel announced the birth of Jesus to shepherds, saying, "I bring you good tidings of" this (but no "comfort")'

'joy'

ENDS IN DOUBLE E 200 'A 25th anniversary is a "silver" this'

'jubilee'

CHILDISH WORDS 800 'It precedes "league" & "varsity" but, in another way, can come after sophomore'

'junior'

KEEP CALM 600 'You won't capsize if you keep "on an even" this part of a boat'

'keel'

SUPER BOWLERS 1600 'This term for a bowler derives not from the beer container by the lane but from an old German word for "club"'

'keglers'

ASIA 800 'The popular sport muay thai is a type of this martial art'

'kickboxing'

CHILDISH WORDS 2000 '3-letter word meaning to jest'

'kid'

THE 1910s 1600 'In 1918 Lawrence of Arabia shocked King George V by refusing this high honor that lets you be called "Sir"'

'knighthood (knightship accepted)'

POTPOURRI 600 "The pillow type of this delicate fabric isn't made to sleep on; the pillow is the pad that holds the pattern"

'lace'

OF MILK 600 'This sugar makes up almost all the carbohydrates in milk'

'lactose'

ADD A LETTER 800 'Add a letter to "air" to get this hiding place for a beast of prey'

'lair'

STARTS WITH A FARM ANIMAL 2000 'To reprimand or beat baaadly'

'lambaste'

ART CLASS Daily Double 'This term for a painting depicting outdoor scenery was first used in English in the early 17th century'

'landscape'

COLLECTIONS 400 "Doug Arbittier's collection of medical antiques in York, Pa. includes colorful jars that held these bloodsuckers"

'leeches'

ON THE "LEFT" 600 "The Rams' Tom Mack made the Hall of Fame at this position next to the center"

'left guard'

ON THE "LEFT" 1000 'This 4-word phrase meaning to be abandoned to face a problem alone is used in the game of cribbage'

'left in a lurch'

SUPER BOWLERS 1200 "Earl Anthony & Johnny Petraglia were this kind of bowler that, despite what some say, doesn't have a natural hook"

'left-handed'

ON THE "LEFT" 200 'Mmmmmmmm! Dinner from last night, reheated & served today'

'leftovers'

OXYMORONS 400 '175 pounds is the maximum for professional boxers in this class'

'light-heavyweight'

DEFINING THE UNDEFINABLE 1200 '"We are young, heartache to heartache we stand, no promises, no demands," it "is a battlefield"'

'love'

WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? 800 'Philophobia'

'love'

SCIENCE-Y 3-LETTER WORDS 1600 'This unit of illumination shares its name with an old brand of soap & detergent'

'lux'

CARRY ON 200 'Take along a couple of these for your flight, maybe Maxim or Bon Appetit'

'magazines'

OXYMORONS 1600 'This literary genre matter-of-factly includes mythical elements in the narrative, as seen in the work of Isabel Allende'

'magical realism'

CLING-ONS 1000 'A system introduced to model railroading in 1950 used these to keep the wheels on the track'

'magnets'

OF MILK 200 'In mammals, milk is secreted by these glands'

'mammary glands'

PREFIXES & ROOTS 1600 'In the words androcentric & androgen, andro- means this'

'man (or male)'

BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS 400 '"The unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought", it may be involuntary'

'manslaughter'

COLLECTIONS 1600 "Ralph Isham was more interested in his mss. than his mrs.--his passion was collecting these, including James Boswell's"

'manuscripts'

MORE THAN ONE MEANING 800 'A deep red color, or what a pirate might do to a captive instead of giving him the deep six'

'maroon'

BREAKING BAD 600 '"Black's Law Dictionary" says breach of promise is "the violation of one's word... especially a promise to" do this'

'marry'

NOW YOU KNOW 600 'As we humans get older, less & less of this pigment is added to beginning hair cells, leading to gradual graying'

'melanin'

KEEP CALM 800 'Be this 6-letter word, like a gentle person, a smooth scotch or easy listening music'

'mellow'

RING MAGAZINE'S GREATEST TITLE FIGHTS 600 "155-lb. Rocky Graziano's 1947 defeat of 159-lb. Tony Zale for the world title in this weight class"

'middleweight'

ENDS WITH 3 VOWELS 600 'Social or cultural surroundings'

'milieu'

CHILDISH WORDS 1600 'Not serious, like a superficial wound; it can also mean a type of musical key'

'minor'

BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS 2000 'This circumstance "reduces the degree of culpability and thus may reduce the damages... or the punishment"'

'mitigating (or extenuating circumstances)'

WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME 800 'A baboon & a burro'

'monkey & donkey'

I'M BORED 800 'Lacking in variety, having very little inflection, repetitive; lacking in variety...'

'monotonous'

THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL 200 'A 9-letter word for one who attends a film, or the title of a 1961 prize-winning novel by Walker Percy'

'moviegoer'

CRIME 400 'It's the crime in Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment"'

'murder'

PREFIXES & ROOTS 1200 'In medicine myo- refers to one of these body parts'

'muscle'

WHO ORDERED THE CHINESE FOOD? 800 'Yes, we have dishes made with cloud ears & wood ears, types of these'

'mushrooms'

MISCELLAN"IUM" 2000 "It's the muscle tissue that forms the middle layer of the heart's walls"

'myocardium'

MONUMENTALLY ODD 2000 'Thebes in Egypt is home to a vast one of these, from the Greek for "city of the dead"'

'necropolis'

OXYMORONS 2000 'Henry Fox Talbot invented this oxymoronic photo-developing process in 1835'

'negative positive'

WE LIECH LIECHTENSTEIN! 400 'Perhaps taking a cue from the Swiss, Liechtenstein proclaimed itself this in 1868'

'neutral'

TEXT TALK 1000 'On dating sites, discerning types may want to stay away from the acronym NSA, meaning this'

'no strings attached'

ELEMENTAL SYMBOLS 1200 'Negative!'

'nobelium'

WHO ORDERED THE CHINESE FOOD? 400 'If you order a "mein" dish, whether lo or chow, you'll get this carb; it's what "mein" means'

'noodle'

STRIKE IT "RICH" 1600 'French term for those with recently acquired wealth'

'nouveau riche'

BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS 1200 'The "state of being morally abhorrent or socially taboo" in depicting sex, such as in pornography'

'obscene (or obscenity)'

A DONUT SHOP DICTIONARY 800 'No longer in vogue'

'old-fashioned'

WHAT'S GOING "ON"? 1000 'The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis & treatment of malignant tumors'

'oncology'

THE ARABIAN NIGHTS 200 'Ali Baba takes his son to the cave & teaches him this 2-word password'

'open sesame'

MISCELLAN"IUM" 800 'For many centuries this drug derived from a poppy was the main painkiller used in medicine'

'opium'

BARTLETT'S PAIRS 800 'Fred Allen gets 2 zingers, including "California's a wonderful place to live--if you happen to be" this fruit'

'orange'

CHEMISTRY 400 'On this scale, battery acid is listed as a 1, lye as a 14'

'pH'

ART CLASS 400 "After you've finished painting, wash these & store them bristles up"

'paintbrushes'

ALL ABOUT TROMBONES 1000 'The French call these office supplies trombones, because of their similar shape'

'paper clips'

OF MILK 400 'Many countries have laws requiring that milk undergo this process that guards against pathogens'

'pasteurization'

"RIO" GRAND 800 'English author & critic Samuel Johnson once quipped that this "is the last refuge of a scoundrel"'

'patriotism'

GEMS & JEWELRY 400 'In 1893 Kokichi Mikimoto developed a process to create these "cultured" gems'

'pearls'

ADD A LETTER 600 'Add a letter to "peal" to get this bike part'

'pedal'

THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT 200 'Duh--a candy cane cocktail gets its signature flavor from this kind of schnapps'

'peppermint'

STOP & SMELL 400 "The smell of these cannot be copyrighted in some countries, but 2004's Lancome V. Kecofa proved it can in Holland"

'perfumes'

SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS 400 "A spider in my house is a real ____, but my wife won't let me ____ just on it"

'pest/step'

STOP & SMELL 1600 'The scents of these chemicals made by insects & vertebrates can be used to mark territory & attract mates'

'pheromones'

IN YOUR FACE! 2000 "It's that indentation in the middle of your upper lip, just below your nose"

'philtrum'

TIME FOR VIDEO GAMES? 800 'In "Golden Trails 2" you're trying to exonerate a man accused of this crime, like Jack Sparrow might be'

'piracy (pirating accepted)'

WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME 1200 'Medieval pestilence & a Central European capital city'

'plague & Prague'

DEFINING THE UNDEFINABLE 400 'Coleridge called it "the best words in their best order" & wrote some of it that's pretty good'

'poetry'

THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT 800 'Named for a red plant, this cocktail has triple sec, champagne & cranberry juice'

'poinsettia'

BE A LIZARD WIZARD 800 'Having special glands in their lower jaws, the Gila monster & the Mexican beaded lizard are both this, so beware'

'poisonous'

ELEMENTAL SYMBOLS 2000 '405-mile Italian river'

'polonium'

FEATURES OF CREATURES 800 'The arrectores pilorum muscles cause the quills to stand up on these creatures also called quill pigs'

'porcupines'

POLITICAL TERMS 800 'The sight of hungry people grabbing meat from a keg probably inspired this term for certain spending'

'pork barrel'

BLOGS 600 "The popular mommy blogosphere includes Katherine Stone's site named for this new-mom sadness"

'post-partum depression'

THAT CAN MEAN 2 THINGS! 200 "If we visit 3 or 4 ____, we should find a sweet dog who's less than 50 ____"

'pounds'

ADD A LETTER 1000 'Add a letter to "rank" to get this, a practical joke'

'prank'

ANY FIRST WORDS? 400 'Meaning "first", it can precede color, election or health care'

'primary'

THE 1910s 1200 'In March 1915 the Russian army seized an Austrian fortress & captured 119,000 P.O.W.s, these "of war"'

'prisoners'

THE "DUCE" YOU SAY 400 'It was Darryl F. Zanuck's job on "All About Eve" & "Gentleman's Agreement"'

'producer'

OBSESSIONS 600 'In 1674 Anton van Leeuwenhoek's obsession with lenses paid off; he discovered these, from the Latin for "first animal"'

'protozoa'

"MAIN" 400 "When a book's copyright expires, it enters this, & anyone can publish it without liability"

'public domain'

OLD KING COAL 1000 'In the 1300s the Southwest Indian tribes named for these dwellings used coal in pottery making'

'pueblos'

HIGH-SCORING SCRABBLE WORDS 2000 'Posed a series of oral or written questions'

'quizzed'

ELEMENTAL SYMBOLS 400 'Egyptian sun god'

'radium'

"ART", FOR ART'S SAKE 400 '"Oe'r" these "we watched" the Star-Spangled Banner as it was "so gallantly streaming"'

'ramparts'

COLORFUL VOCABULARY 2000 "Salvation from sin, or the return of an investor's principal"

'redemption'

REMEMBER BOOKSTORES? 1600 'Also used in division, this term for books that a publisher has discounted lends its name to a bin full of bargains'

'remainders'

POLITICAL TERMS 1000 'Folks in this job are called the "Boys on the Bus" after a book that documented the 1972 presidential campaign'

'reporters'

THE "RIGHT" 200 'Position played by Hank Aaron & Babe Ruth'

'right field'

MIXED GREENS 2000 'Caesar salad is made with it: auctioneer melt'

'romaine lettuce/auctioneer melt'

HORSE BREED NAMES 600 '"Real" in the name of the alter-real means this; it was bred for the Portuguese court'

'royal'

THE MAIN ALCOHOLIC INGREDIENT 800 '...in a Gauguin'

'rum'

MASS 400 "Mass is one of the Catholic church's 7 of these"

'sacraments'

"SAFE" 2000 'The right or guarantee of unmolested passage through a region or country'

'safe conduct'

"SAFE" 1200 "It's very important to flex your fingers before this act of breaking into a vault"

'safecracking'

COLORFUL VOCABULARY 400 'The "S" in the bacterium S. typhosa, it enters the digestive tract in contaminated food'

'salmonella'

OCCUPATIONS 1200 'Essential tools for a carpenter include these 4-legged beams used to support a board for cutting'

'sawhorse'

THAT CAN MEAN 2 THINGS! 800 'First put your fish on the ____ to make sure you win the contest, then go ahead & ____ it'

'scale'

THE MAIN ALCOHOLIC INGREDIENT 1000 "...in a Rob Roy; vermouth's along for the ride, too"

'scotch'

CIVICS 400 "Term for withdrawal from the Union, as by 11 states in 1860 & '61"

'secession'

AN ANTONYM OF 2000 '...new is this 10-letter ordinal term often used of clothes or furniture'

'secondhand'

THE "DUCE" YOU SAY 600 'To lead someone astray, like Tess in a Hardy novel'

'seduce'

SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE 400 'These waves, from the Greek for "shake", that pass through the Earth's rocks are caused by earthquakes'

'seismic waves'

SOME ROMAN GUY 1200 'In his "Odes" Horace opined that one must "carpe diem"--this'

'seize the day'

THE MOOR YOU KNOW 2000 'It's said that in 1492 deposed ruler Boabdil glanced at Granada one final time, known as "the Moor's last" this'

'sigh'

ART CLASS 1200 'Before you create your final, full-scale artwork, you might want to make a practice drawing, so "etch a" this'

'sketch'

NOW YOU KNOW 400 'The best result in this lakeside game also called "ducks & drakes" is with a flat projectile thrown at a 20-degree angle'

'skipping stones'

MIDDLE "K" 1200 'It can precede box, dive or scraper'

'sky'

BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS Daily Double '"A defamatory assertion expressed in a transitory form, especially speech"'

'slander'

PREFIXES & ROOTS 2000 'The dorm- in dormouse & dormitory means this'

'sleep'

WEIRD SPORTS 2000 "OK, it's an Olympic event as of 2014, but this snowboarding event still looks unusual with those rails"

'slope style'

CHANGE ONE LETTER 800 'A word meaning to secretly & illegally import goods just wants to cuddle'

'smuggle & snuggle'

BLOGS 400 'With sections devoted to "OLTL" & "B&B", Daytime Confidential is loaded with news about this type of show'

'soap opera'

THAT CAN MEAN 2 THINGS! 400 'I have a ____ to the problem of how to make a ____ of 2 substances without blowing us up'

'solution'

PHILOSOPHY 2000 'Plato & Aristotle gave this word for a teacher the meaning "one who quibbles & argues deviously"'

'sophist'

OPPOSITES Daily Double "This 11-letter compound word sounds like it means miser, but it's the opposite"

'spendthrift'

A DONUT SHOP DICTIONARY 400 'A light drizzle'

'sprinkle'

HIGH-SCORING SCRABBLE WORDS 800 'As a slang term, it can refer to your sweetheart; as a verb, it means to press together'

'squeeze'

MORE THAN ONE MEANING 600 "A type of fastener, or a community's basic food"

'staple'

IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY 200 'Britannica notes that the Canis Major dwarf galaxy "contains only about a billion" of these'

'stars'

STARTS WITH A FARM ANIMAL 800 'Ship accommodation for the poorest of passengers'

'steerage'

CHANGE ONE LETTER 1600 'It means to exert to the utmost, perhaps rowing on a narrow passage of water connecting 2 large bodies'

'strain & strait'

DEFINING THE UNDEFINABLE 1600 'Christopher Morley said this, which some people "dress for", is "to be able to spend your life in your own way"'

'success'

CLING-ONS 400 'You can buy a kit to attach your Garmin GPS to the dashboard with this type of cup'

'suction'

IT'S U.N. ANIMUS 800 'At the U.N. podium where George W. Bush had spoken the day before, Hugo Chavez said, "It still smells of" this element'

'sulfur'

SPIKE 800 'Electromagnetic spikes in these 11-year solar cycles can affect radio & telecommunications here on Earth'

'sunspots'

ADD A LETTER 400 'Add a letter to "warm" & you're buzzing with this bunch of bees'

'swarm'

ENDS WITH 3 VOWELS 1000 'It precedes "vivant" in a theatrical scene where actors stand still as if in a picture'

'tableau'

A LITTLE T & A 2000 'Silk can be woven into many fabrics, including this one whose name is from the Persian for "to spin"'

'taffeta'

WHAT'S ON "TAP"? 1200 'The common bond that unites Carole King, the fabric industry & Bayeux'

'tapestries'

WHAT'S ON "TAP"? 800 "This starch that's obtained from the cassava plant is used in puddings"

'tapioca'

THE NATIVITY 200 'In the KJV, Joseph & Mary were in Bethlehem to pay these, according to "a decree from Caesar Augustus"'

'taxes'

"XO" 1000 'The science of the classification of organisms'

'taxonomy'

I'M BORED 2000 'It's "T" time! Prolix, or wordy so as to cause boredom; how...'

'tedious'

AN ANTONYM OF 800 '...permanent is this, from the Latin for "time"'

'temporary'

TAKING A "TEN" DANCE 1000 'It describes a theory capable of being defended against dispute or attack'

'tenable'

TAKING A "TEN" DANCE 200 'Substance used to soften meat before cooking'

'tenderizer'

WEIRD SPORTS 400 'Still played today, jeu de paume is an early version of this court & net game but using only the hands'

'tennis'

ALL ABOUT TROMBONES 400 'The most common trombone bears the name of this male singing voice'

'tenor'

TAKING A "TEN" DANCE 800 'W.E.B. Du Bois wanted to develop the youth he called "the talented" this'

'tenth'

"T.V." LAND 400 'A falling body reaches this when gravity is balanced by retarding forces'

'terminal velocity'

FRENCH LIT 2000 '2 siblings create a sinister, unreal world of their own in Cocteau's tale of these "enfants"'

'terribles'

OPERA TUNES 400 'This nuptial tune from "Lohengrin" does have words: "Guided in faith, enter within, where the blessing of love may attend"'

'the "Wedding March"'

AMERICAN HISTORY 400 'The Americans were protesting a tax & a monopoly with this Dec. 16, 1773 event'

'the (Boston) tea party'

NBA CHAMPS 400 'They won 3 in a row from 1991 to 1993 & again from 1996 to 1998'

'the (Chicago) Bulls'

RECENT NONFICTION 400 '"A Nice Little Place on the North Side" is George Will's affectionate look at this baseball team & its 100-year-old park'

'the (Chicago) Cubs'

NBA CHAMPS 600 'Bill Walton helped these guys pioneer their first title in 1977'

'the (Portland) Trail Blazers'

TOOT SWEET 400 'A military band & the tooting of a piccolo are part of the instrumentation of this Tchaikovsky overture, opus 49'

'the 1812 Overture'

FEDERATION 800 "The USA's most powerful union in the late 1800s, it merged in the 1950s with one of its splinter groups"

'the AFL (American Federation of Labor)'

ALPHABETICALLY FIRST 400 'Of branches of the United States military'

'the Air Force'

LET'S HAVE A BOWL 1000 "It's played annually in San Antonio, not too far from the site of an 1836 battle"

'the Alamo Bowl'

OTHER WONDERS OF THE WORLD Daily Double 'The Alcazaba is the citadel of this Moorish masterpiece in Granada, Spain'

'the Alhambra'

SUPER BOWLERS 2000 "It's easy as 1-2-3: this ABC was organized September 9, 1895 in New York City"

'the American Bowling Congress'

NEWBIES 400 'In November 2012 Tony Hall became director-general of this historic U.K. radio & TV company'

'the BBC'

SHIPS DON'T LIE 1000 'In 2000 the Russian sub Kursk was raised from the bottom of this Arctic sea bounded by Russia & Norway'

'the Barents Sea'

LAS VEGAS 200 'The Cirque du Soleil production "Love" is a Las Vegas show featuring the music of this band'

'the Beatles'

STAR TREK 400 'This deadly "Trek" enemy race was Bjorn to say what became their catchphrase: "Resistance is futile"'

'the Borg'

SHARED COLLEGE SPORTS NICKNAMES 600 'Western Michigan & Boise State'

'the Broncos'

ISLANDS OF THE ATLANTIC Daily Double 'In antiquity this Spanish archipelago with an avian-sounding name was known as the Fortunate Isles'

'the Canary Islands'

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE 200 'Sally & her brother were looking out the window on a rainy day when they saw him standing on a doormat'

'the Cat in the Hat'

NBA CHAMPS 800 'In 2008 they captured their first title in 22 years'

'the Celtics'

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1600 'For the Battle of Bunker Hill, British troops were ferried across this river from Boston'

'the Charles'

GOVERNMENT JOBS 800 'Oversees the executive office of the president to help the big man make decisions'

'the Chief of Staff'

BUILDING 400 'The sunburst spire of this art deco NYC skyscraper was hoisted into position after being assembled inside the building'

'the Chrysler Building'

OTHER WONDERS OF THE WORLD 400 'It was dedicated by Titus in 80 A.D. in a ceremony that also included 100 days of games'

'the Colosseum'

"SAFE" 1600 "This government commission, the CPSC, makes sure the cribs & power tools we buy won't kill us"

'the Consumer Product Safety Commission'

MASS 2000 'Now again kosher (wrong word?), the Latin-language tridentine mass is named for this 16th century council'

'the Council of Trent'

SHARED COLLEGE SPORTS NICKNAMES 1000 'McNeese & Wyoming'

'the Cowboys'

MASS 1200 "Either the Nicene or Apostles' one of these texts is recited"

'the Creed'

CHARACTER IN JAMES FENIMORE COOPER Daily Double 'Fittingly, the title character of this 1841 novel dines on venison in Chapter 1'

'the Deerslayer'

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 800 "In December 1776 John Glover & his fishermen ferried Washington's forces across this river to victory"

'the Delaware'

"RIO" GRAND 200 'The Office of Surface Mining is part of this U.S. government department'

'the Department of the Interior'

WHICH U.S. CABINET DEPT.? 400 'The Minerals Management Service'

'the Department of the Interior'

AMERICAN HISTORY 800 'Depleted fields, drought & wind created the climate that led to this name for an area of the Great Plains in the 1930s'

'the Dust Bowl'

FINNISH HIM! 1200 'Playing with Wayne Gretzky, "The Great One", on this '80s team, pesky Esa Tikkanen was "The Grate One"'

'the Edmonton Oilers'

MY INVENTION WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME 200 'In 1912 an inventor called "The Flying Tailor" failed to fly after leaping from this Paris landmark in his parachute suit'

'the Eiffel Tower'

CADILLACS 1000 'This top-of-the-line Caddie convertible was designed for the company's 1952 "golden" anniversary--si?'

'the Eldorado'

CIVICS 600 'Hamilton said using this group to choose the president, rather than direct popular vote, was "excellent"'

'the Electoral College'

MUSEUMS 800 'The Syracuse, N.Y. museum devoted to this 19th century waterway is in a building once used to weigh boats'

'the Erie Canal'

SHARED COLLEGE SPORTS NICKNAMES 800 'Bowling Green & Air Force'

'the Falcons'

MUSEUMS 1200 'Founded as the Columbian Museum of Chicago in 1893, it was renamed 12 years later to honor a major benefactor'

'the Field Museum'

LET'S HAVE A BOWL 800 'Party on, amigo, & name this Bowl game held in Arizona since 1971'

'the Fiesta Bowl'

IT'S NATIONAL PARK WEEK 1600 "St. Louis' Jefferson National Expansion Memorial includes this landmark that cost $13 million to build"

'the Gateway Arch'

VERTICAL LANDMARKS Daily Double "The 2 towers of this bridge completed in 1937 are 746 feet high & 4,200 feet apart: that's about 4/5 of a mile"

'the Golden Gate Bridge'

IN BEVERLY HILLS 1000 "In Asia, Laos, Burma & Thailand form this geometric area; in Beverly Hills, it's Canon Dr., Wilshire & Santa Monica Blvd."

'the Golden Triangle'

ENGINEERING 1600 'The first section of this waterway was dug around 400 B.C.; Kublai Khan added a link to Beijing in the 1200s'

'the Grand Canal'

ENGINEERING 2000 "The USA's largest producer of hydropower, this Washington structure has 12 million cubic yards of concrete"

'the Grand Coulee dam'

RELIGIOUS MATTERS 2000 'This 71-member religious council of ancient Judea could name political leaders & even declare war'

'the Great Sanhedrin'

TIME FOR VIDEO GAMES? 1200 'In "Mystery Legends: Sleepy Hollow", players solve puzzles as this character searches for his noggin'

'the Headless Horseman'

I MYTH YOU 2000 'A sleepless dragon helped these nymphs guard the golden apples Gaia gave Hera'

'the Hesperides'

ENGINEERING 1200 "Connecting lower Manhattan with Jersey City, it was the world's first ventilated underwater vehicular tunnel"

'the Holland Tunnel'

GEMS & JEWELRY 200 'On Nov. 10, 1958 New York City jeweler Harry Winston donated this great blue stone to the Smithsonian'

'the Hope Diamond'

BRAVO 600 'Pat Quinn popularized this phenomenon that increased ALS Society donations tenfold in summer 2014'

'the Ice Bucket Challenge'

OLD KING COAL 800 'Britannica says coal "was the basic energy source that fueled the" this "of the 18th and 19th centuries"'

'the Industrial Revolution'

THE LAND 600 'Look east! Japan has long been known by this dawning nickname'

'the Land of the Rising Sun'

VERTICAL LANDMARKS 400 'In 2001 it reopened after its foundation was stabilized & straightened about 15 inches to prevent collapse'

'the Leaning Tower of Pisa'

NBA CHAMPS 200 'Magic & Kareem led these guys to 5 titles in the 1980s'

'the Los Angeles Lakers'

"MAIN" 2000 'Merion & Villanova are 2 of the towns in this Philadelphia area named for a route of the Pennsylvania railroad'

'the Main Line'

FRENCH LIT 1600 '"120 Days of Sodom" by this man was published in 1904, nearly 100 years after his death'

'the Marquis de Sade'

A LONG TIME AGO 600 'Between 250 & 900 this Central American culture flowered in its Classic Period in such cities as Tikal'

'the Maya (the Mayans accepted)'

ARCHAEOLOGY 800 "In 2012 scientists in Guatemala unearthed the tomb of Lady K'abel, who ruled the Snake Dynasty of this civilization"

'the Maya'

FAMILY PLANNING 800 "4 popes came from this Italian renaissance family, starting with Leo X, formerly Giovanni de'"

'the Medicis'

NEW JERSEY 400 'In 2011 a Florida Major League Baseball team unveiled a New Jersey & this new alliterative name'

'the Miami Marlins'

THE 17th CENTURY 1200 'The peasants uprising led by Li Zicheng ended this Chinese dynasty in 1644'

'the Ming'

THE CIVIL WAR 400 'By June 1862 the Union held this river as far south as Memphis'

'the Mississippi'

AMERICAN HISTORY Daily Double "This 1820 agreement said there would be no slavery in the bulk of the Louisiana Territory north of latitude 36xc2xb030'"

'the Missouri Compromise'

THE 17th CENTURY 400 'In 1647 astronomer Johannes Hevelius published "Selenographia", an atlas of the surface of this'

'the Moon'

WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? Daily Double 'Selenophobia'

'the Moon'

THE MOOR YOU KNOW 1600 'This Spanish word for Moor is used of a Muslim people of the Philippines with a separatist National Liberation Front'

'the Moros'

IT'S NATIONAL PARK WEEK 800 'You can "trace" a path through this 444-mile parkway in Tennessee, Alabama & Mississippi'

'the Natchez Trace Parkway'

ORGANIZATIONS 2000 'More accuracy in family histories is the goal of this organization, NGS for short, whose roots go back to 1903'

'the National Genealogical Society'

LET'S HAVE A BOWL 400 'Now at Sun Life Stadium, it was played at its self-named stadium in Miami until 1996'

'the Orange Bowl'

RING MAGAZINE'S GREATEST TITLE FIGHTS 800 'Jack Dempsey's 1923 2nd-round thumping of Luis Firpo, the "Wild Bull of" these Argentine plains'

'the Pampas'

A LONG TIME AGO 1000 'Athens & Sparta squared off in this war that lasted from 431 to 404 B.C.'

'the Peloponnesian War'

THE BIBLE 'The first birthday celebration mentioned in the Bible takes place in Genesis 40 & is in honor of this ruler'

'the Pharaoh in Egypt'

"P" COUNTRY 1600 'Pacific land named for a 16th century king'

'the Philippines'

ASIA Daily Double 'The only U.S. mint ever outside the continental U.S. was opened in 1920 in this Asian country, then a U.S. colony'

'the Philippines'

COUNTRIES' LARGEST ETHNIC GROUPS 1600 'At 28%, Tagalog'

'the Philippines'

ANCIENT "P"LACES 1600 'Carthage was a colony of these ancient seafarers'

'the Phoenicians'

MUSEUMS 2000 'This Madrid art museum houses its treasures in the Villanueva Building & the Cason del Buen Retiro'

'the Prado'

ANCIENT "P"LACES 1200 'The Bible calls Canaan this "land", a name you won't find on any map'

'the Promised Land'

CLASSIC KID STUFF 'This 1920s plaything still made today got its name in tribute to 2 famous men of the day: Marconi & Lindbergh'

'the Radio Flyer'

POP CULTURE 1200 'This man who died in 1918 was Snoopy's cursed nemesis in "Peanuts"'

'the Red Baron'

COLOR MY WORLD 400 'Cross helping folks since 1863'

'the Red Cross'

FAMILY PLANNING Daily Double 'Relatives in this family include a vice president, a West Virginia senator & an Arkansas governor'

'the Rockefeller family'

LET'S HAVE A BOWL 200 "Since 1923 it's been played at its self-named stadium in Pasadena, California"

'the Rose Bowl'

AMERICAN HISTORY 1200 'In 1951 this married couple was tried under the Espionage Act of 1917 & found guilty'

'the Rosenbergs'

FAMILY PLANNING 2000 'This banking family of German-Jewish descent helped the British buy part of the Suez Canal'

'the Rothschilds'

ANIMAL PLANET 200 'The screwhorn antelope: this desert'

'the Sahara'

IT'S A TELEGRAM 600 'William Booth, who founded this charitable group, wired 2 of his struggling officers, "Try tears"'

'the Salvation Army'

NBA CHAMPS 1000 'They must like the odds: behind Tim Duncan, they won in 2003, 2005 & 2007'

'the San Antonio Spurs'

CLASSICAL LITERATURE 2000 'The word "satyr" begins the title of this work that satirizes Rome of the 1st century'

'the Satyricon'

"XO" 200 'Along with the Angles, they came from continental Europe to Britain in the 5th century'

'the Saxons'

NEW JERSEY Daily Double "Nike redesigned the NFL uniforms for 2012, with the biggest revamp for this team that's closest to Nike headquarters"

'the Seattle Seahawks'

CUSTER'S LAST STAND 1600 'At the battle of the Little Bighorn, Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer led this cavalry unit into history'

'the Seventh Cavalry'

OLD VIRGINIA 2000 "In 1716 Virginia's governor claimed possession of this scenic valley for England"

'the Shenandoah Valley'

CUSTER'S LAST STAND 800 'About 200 soldiers & Custer faced off against about 2,000 Indians of many tribes including Cheyenne & this largest group'

'the Sioux'

RELIGION 1200 'SBC for short, this large Protestant denomination was organized in Georgia in 1845'

'the Southern Baptist Convention'

VERTICAL LANDMARKS 200 "This 605-foot Seattle landmark opened on the first day of the 1962 World's Fair"

'the Space Needle'

"MAIN" 1600 'This haunt of pirates was the Caribbean Sea & adjacent waters; Tom Sawyer was "The Black Avenger" of it'

'the Spanish Main'

ODDITIES 800 'Its nose is missing, but part of the beard of this ancient statue is in the British Museum'

'the Sphinx (the Great Sphinx of Giza)'

RIVERS 'This North American river first sailed by Europeans in 1534 is named for a man who was martyred in Rome in the 3rd century'

'the St. Lawrence River'

WHICH U.S. CABINET DEPT.? 1000 'The International Boundary & Water Commission'

'the State Department'

THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS 800 'The levees USACE is building in the New Orleans area will use enough clay to fill 12 of this local structure opened in 1975'

'the Superdome'

RELIGION 1600 'Daf Yomi is the reading of a page a day from this collection of Jewish law that includes the Mishnah'

'the Talmud'

POLITICAL TERMS Daily Double 'While scrambling eggs for her kids, Congresswoman Pat Schroeder got the idea of calling Reagan this "President"'

'the Teflon president'

SHARED COLLEGE SPORTS NICKNAMES 400 'Missouri & Clemson'

'the Tigers'

DISASTERS 'In 2012 the National Postal Museum marked the 75th & 100th anniversaries of these 2 disasters with an exhibit called "Fire & Ice"'

'the Titanic sinking & the Hindenburg'

IT'S A TELEGRAM 200 'In 1912 White Star Lines in NYC got a distressing wire reading, "Deeply regret advise" this "sunk"'

'the Titanic'

NEW JERSEY 2000 "This team that once featured a dribbling dinosaur on its jersey became the NBA's first to debut a camouflage one"

'the Toronto Raptors'

WHAT'S ON CABLE? 600 '"Extreme RVs" & "Ghost Adventures" on this cable channel'

'the Travel Channel'

SHARED COLLEGE SPORTS NICKNAMES 200 'Troy & USC'

'the Trojans'

FEDERATION 1000 'Abu Dhabi is one of 7 emirates that make up this federation'

'the UAE (United Arab Emirates)'

U.S NEWS & WORLD REPORT BEST OF 2014 800 "Let's get down to business--for undergrads, this City of Brotherly Love university was tops"

'the University of Pennsylvania'

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS, MON 1200 'St. Thomas in these islands was the birthplace of Camille Pissarro'

'the Virgin Islands'

THE ROOSEVELTS 1600 'Archibald Roosevelt served as a section head in this government radio entity from 1949 to 1951'

'the Voice of America'

SPORTS SHORTS 1000 'Since 2009 the Mercury, Storm & Lynx have been championship teams in this league'

'the WNBA'

BREAKING BAD 400 'On June 17, 1972 some "plumbers" got into hot water for breaking into this office complex'

'the Watergate'

FEDERATION 400 'Jamaica, Barbados & Dominica were all part of the federation named for this "directional" archipelago'

'the West Indies'

"SHUT" UP 1000 One who rarely leaves home, confined by introversion or illness

a shut-in

"SHUT" UP 400 The opposing team doesn't score while losing

a shut-out

"SHUT" UP 600 A courtesy one may take you from the airport to a rental car

a shuttle

"ORM"Y WEATHER 1000 Ancient Babylonian writing

cuneiform

THE ROOSEVELTS 400 "Cheers! A highlight during this first year of FDR's tenure as president was the repeal of Prohibition"

"'33"

SOMETHING TO READ 800 William Blake's "Songs of Innocence and of Experience", including this poem about a member of the Felidae family

"A Tyger"

2-WORD SONG TITLES 1600 In 2013 Katy Perry was "coming atcha like a" this, perhaps James K. Polk

"Dark Horse"

CHARACTERS IN MOVIES 400 "This character's 3 husbands were played by Rand Brooks, Carroll Nye & Clark Gable"

"Scarlett O'Hara"

2-WORD SONG TITLES 2000 This Earth, Wind & Fire hit reminds you "what your life can truly be"

"Shining Star"

ATHLETIC CUPS 400 "First awarded in 1851 by England's Royal Yacht Squadron, it's now named for the winner of that year's race"

"The America's Cup"

EUROPEAN ART 800 This painting depicting a militia company had to be cut down to a mere 12 by 14 feet to fit in Amsterdam's Town Hall

"The Night Watch"

WE ALL NEED A "FRIEND" 400 'In a song from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", diamonds are said to be this'

"a girl's best friend"

OF MILK Daily Double 'Mongolians cool off with airag, a slightly fermented version of this alliterative liquid'

"mare's milk"

OLD NAMES FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS 1000 "Pens down, scrivener's palsy is an old term for this, also known as graphospasm"

"writer's cramp"

AGELESS QUOTES 1200 'A Clairol slogan proclaimed, "you're not getting older, you're" doing this'

"you're getting better"

NAME THAT SONG 800 'This song by Boston says, "I'm gonna take you by surprise and make you realize"'

'"Amanda"'

NAME THAT SONG 1600 'Rats! Michael Jackson had a No. 1 hit in 1972 with this movie theme'

'"Ben"'

STAR TREK 200 'In this "Trek" role both Karl Urban & DeForest Kelley could have said, "Jim, I'm a doctor, not a game show response!"'

'"Bones" McCoy'

BARTLETT'S PAIRS 400 'Ernest L. Thayer is represented by a pair of quotations, both from this baseball poem'

'"Casey at the Bat"'

ESSAYS Daily Double 'Essay in which Thoreau wrote, "I heartily accept the motto, that government is best which governs least"'

'"Civil Disobedience"'

MASS 800 'The hymn "Glory to God in the Highest" also has this Latin name'

'"Gloria in excelsis"'

RING MAGAZINE'S GREATEST TITLE FIGHTS 400 'Marvin Hagler's 1985 demolition of Thomas Hearns, nicknamed this 2-word synonym for "assassin"'

'"Hit Man"'

DO YOUR "HOME" WORK 400 'It's the song "where seldom is heard a discouraging word"'

'"Home On The Range"'

MUSIC & HISTORY 1600 '"He saw that his conspiracy would soon be brought to light" are lyrics in "The Ballad of" this executed British major'

'"John Andre"'

MUSIC & HISTORY 800 'It was composed in one night during the French Revolution as a marching song for French troops'

'"La Marseillaise"'

NAME THAT SONG 1200 "Chuck Berry's first Top 40 hit was this one about a girl in a Coupe de Ville"

'"Maybellene"'

NAME THAT SONG 400 'This No. 1 song was originally called "Kitty" but Toni Basil changed the title after coming up with the cheerleader theme'

'"Mickey"'

NAME THAT SONG Daily Double "Buddy Holly named this song for his drummer's girlfriend"

'"Peggy Sue"'

HEAR ME ROAR 1200 'Written in 1792, this French song asks, "Do you hear in the countryside the roar of those savage soldiers?"'

'"The Marseillaise"'

THE "RIGHT" 600 "If you're read your Mirandas, this is the first line you'll hear"

'"You have the right to remain silent."'

AGELESS QUOTES 800 'Betty Friedan wrote, "to keep... life-giving ties alive...is our" this, the opposite of Ponce de Leon's legendary quest'

'"fountain of age"'

DO THE MATH 200 "If the meter says $16.00 & you tip 20%, you'll give the driver this total"

'$19.20'

& HONEY 1000 '& Honey, while you're up, can you grab my copy of "Caligula" by this French-Algerian author? He's so existential'

'(Albert) Camus'

MONUMENTALLY ODD 1600 "Careful--this American mobile artist's fountain in Barcelona has mercury coursing through it"

'(Alexander) Calder'

GREAT ARTS 800 'Hey, hey, Ralphie boy--he was up to his knees in the sewers as Ed Norton on "The Honeymooners"'

'(Art) Carney'

GREAT ARTS 2000 'This stop-motion animator created Gumby & Pokey'

'(Art) Clokey'

GREAT ARTS 400 'He & Paul Simon had their first hit under the names Tom & Jerry'

'(Art) Garfunkel'

GREAT ARTS 1600 'This "holy" Washington Redskins wide receiver was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2008'

'(Art) Monk'

SPORTS SHORTS 600 'In 2011 this QB was a first-round draft pick by Carolina'

'(Cam) Newton'

CHARLES DISCHARGED 600 'The world of seismology was shaken when he passed on Sept. 30, 1985'

'(Charles) Richter'

CADILLACS 400 'This sporty Caddy "Coupe" with a name meaning "of the town" was introduced in 1949'

'(Coupe) de Ville'

GANGSTERS 400 Dion O'Banion ran his gang empire out of a Chicago flower shop...until 3 of this rival's men came by for "flowers" in 1924

(Al) Capone

ON STAGE 200 Recently on Broadway as "the present", "Platonov" is a play by this other -ov

(Anton) Chekhov

MILITARY NICKNAMES Daily Double He said his people called him the "Victor of Tampico" but Davy Crockett probably had a few other nicknames for him

(Antonio López de) Santa Anna

DOCTOR WHO 400 ...abandoned his medical practice after achieving success with his Sherlock Holmes stories

(Arthur Conan) Doyle

THE THEATER 1600 Rosalind Russell originated this role of a wealthy, eccentric flapper who inherits her late brother's son Patrick

(Auntie) Mame

OVER HILL, OVER DALE 1200 He compiled "Little Known Facts About Well Known People" 2 years before telling us how to influence people (in general)

(Dale) Carnegie

MILITARY NICKNAMES 200 To his troops this WWII general was "Dugout Doug" because he was rarely seen out of his tunnels in Corregidor

(Douglas) MacArthur

EUROPEAN ART 400 Deemed indecent, his "Naked Maja" painting caused him to be called before the Inquisition

(Francisco) Goya

COMPOSERS Daily Double This German-born composer wrote 4 coronation anthems for Britain's George II

(George Frederick) Handel

ELECTORAL COLLEGE SILVER MEDALISTS Daily Double In 1864 Lincoln gave him a general beatdown, 212-21

(George) McClellan

ELECTORAL COLLEGE SILVER MEDALISTS 400 In 1888 this president was down in his re-election bid 168-233, but 4 years later proved to be not out

(Grover) Cleveland

ROBOTS 1000 In "I, Robot", a sci-fi collection by this author, a robot become self-aware & begins to feel emotions

(Isaac) Asimov

ELECTORAL COLLEGE SILVER MEDALISTS 2000 In 1856 this "Pathfinder" did not chart the correct course to the White House, losing 114-174 to Buchanan

(John C.) Fremont

COMPOSERS 400 In the 2000s alone, 13 of his movie scores have been Oscar nominated, including "War Horse" & "The Book Thief"

(John) Williams

WHAT A TV DRAMA KING 400 It seemed like Jack Bauer, played by him, always had the absolute worst day at work

(Kiefer) Sutherland

FRANCO FILE 2000 The star clients of irreverent '80s designer Franco Moschino included this princess, Grace & Rainier's oldest

(Princess) Caroline (of Monaco)

SLEUTHS & THEIR CREATORS 600 Philip Marlowe

(Raymond) Chandler

DOCTOR WHO Daily Double ...came out of Cornell med school & revolutionized dieting with his high-protein, low-carb system

(Robert) Atkins

PUERTO RICO STRONG 1200 A HOFer in every way, this P.R.-born Pittsburgh Pirate died in a plane crash trying to aid Nicaraguan earthquake victims

(Roberto) Clemente

PLAYWRIGHTS 2000 No Richie or Fonzie in his 1961 play "Happy Days"; who will rid me of this meddlesome playwright?

(Samuel) Beckett

SOMETHING TO READ 600 This man's "Morte d'Arthur"; you're into 15th century English prose, right?

(Thomas) Malory

THE TV CHARACTER IS HAVING A MOMENT 400 When Bill Bixby's yes suddenly changed color, this title guy was on his way, & not in a good mood

(the Incredible) Hulk

HOW 'BOUT THOSE... 2000 Golden State Warriors, who in 2015-16 lost 9 & won a NBA record this many regular-season games

73

AT LAST, SUN 1000 The movie "A Place in the Sun" was based on this Theodore Dreiser novel

An American Tragedy

BELOW ZERO 400 Oops! I just wrote a check for $1,100 & my balance is only $522--I'm this far in the red

578

USA! 400 Disneyland may be "the Happiest Place on Earth", but this town in Pennsylvania is "the Sweetest"

Hershey

SCI-FI NOVELS Daily Double Meg & Charles Murry travel the universe with Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who & Mrs. Which in this 1962 novel

A Wrinkle in Time

WHOLE LOTTA LOVE BOAT 2000 This "Melrose Place" mogul was the show's executive producer

Aaron Spelling

THE CONSTITUTION 1000 Article II, Section 2: "The President... shall have Power, by and with the ____ and ____ of the Senate, to make Treaties"

Advice and Consent

LET'S GO TO TOGO 200 We're going to the western part of this continent

Africa

PRE-AMBLE 600 Beginning 1972, these ABC specials dealt with issues & concerns of young people

Afterschool Specials

1920s FICTION BESTSELLERS 400 The first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for a novel was Edith Wharton, for this 1920 bestseller

Age of Innocence

COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY 400 Bear Bryant led Maryland & 2 other schools before rolling to 232 wins at this university

Alabama

ALBUM COVERS 2000 David Bowie sports a makeup lightning bolt across his face

Aladdin Sane

TV DADS 400 Played by Jon Cryer, this single father muddles through on "Two and a Half Men"

Alan Harper

1980s BESTSELLERS 800 In this 1988 bestseller, James Michener told the story of the 49th state

Alaska

REPRESENTIN' 800 This state has 1 representative in Congress; it has also sent a grand total of 4 men to fill that seat

Alaska

STATE FIRSTS 200 The first gold discovered in this state was found along the Russian River & Kenai Peninsula around 1849

Alaska

"SMALL" TALK 2000 A line from an old hymn gave veterinarian James Herriot this title for a beloved 1972 memoir

All Creatures Great and Small

HISTORIC AGREEMENT WORDS 800 The USA bonded with Latin America through 1961's AFP, this for Progress

Alliance

FAMOUS WOMEN On January 5, 1939, in a Los Angeles probate court, this national heroine was declared legally dead

Amelia Earhart

ROBOTS 400 Many computer tablets use this operating system created by Google & named for a humanoid robot

Android

DON'T HATE THE PLAYA 1600 300 miles off the mainland of this country are muchas playas that are muy lindas en las Islas Malvinas

Argentina

SWEET ISLE OF MINE 1200 East Wallabi Island

Australia

LETTER PERFECT 800 A book about these movies is subtitled "An Informal Survey of the American Low-Budget film, 1933-1945"

B-movies

THE MONGOLS 1600 An ancient country gives us the name of this type of camel used for desert transport, meat, milk & clothing

Bactrian

MATT DAMON 1200 Hilton Head pro Tim Moss taught Matt how to play golf for "The Legend of" him

Bagger Vance

INSIDE THE PARK 1000 Canadian Ski Museum West & Icefields Parkway

Banff

DON'T HATE THE PLAYA 2000 Beautiful Playa de la Concha brings crowds to San Sebastian in this cultural "country" of northern Spain

Basque

EUROPEAN ART 1600 This medieval embroidery that depicts the Norman Conquest was hung in a French cathedral on special occasions

Bayeux Tapestry

USA! 1600 Take a sight-seeing cruise on one of the Gateway Arch riverboats named for Tom Sawyer & this girlfriend of his

Becky Thatcher

THE MONGOLS 800 The Mongols established Karakorum as their capital but moved it in 1267 to Khanbaliq, now this Chinese city

Beijing

THE POLITICS OF TV 800 This 1980s "Soap" spin-off had its main character go from running the governor's household to being lt. gov. himself

Benson

SCREEN TEST 800 In "Bridge of Spies": the city where the bridge is located

Berlin

OVER HILL, OVER DALE 1600 Oliver Hill argued in lawsuits against segregated public schools, leading to this landmark 1954 Supreme Court case

Brown v. Board of Education

DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS 800 Oui, it's a clasp for holding a girl's hair in place

a barrette

THE THEATER 2000 In 2013 Daniel Craig & Rachel Weisz were in this Pinter play whose title refers to a character's infidelity

Betrayal

GEEK CONFUSION 600 Bilbo is the title character of "The Hobbit"; this city is the capital of Spain's Vizcaya province

Bilbao

OUR MUSICAL PRESIDENTS 400 This saxophonist became a member of Kappa Kappa Psi, an honorary band fraternity

Bill Clinton

THE THEATER 400 As "A Streetcar Named Desire" opens, this faded Southern belle comes to live with Stanley & Stella Kowalski

Blanche DuBois

MILITARY NICKNAMES 600 German general Heinz Guderian was called the "Father of" this lightning war

Blitzkrieg

WHAT A TV DRAMA KING 2000 In 2016 Kyle Chandler picked up an Emmy nomination for murdering his black sheep brother in this Netflix series

Bloodline

ALBUM COVERS 400 A close-up of Springsteen's denim-clad backside in front of Old Glory

Born in the U.S.A.

GANGSTERS 1600 Salvatore Maranzano's efforts to make himself "Capo di Tutti Capi", this, did not end well for Sal

Boss of All Bosses

ODD COMBINED RESPONSES 1200 A new team to make 2 towns shudder: city that's home to Faneuil Hall + the NATO phonetic alphabet word for "Y", pluralized

Boston Yankees

SOMETHING TO READ 1000 Charles Dickens' "Nicholas Nickleby", originally published under this 3-letter pseudonym

Boz

SCI-FI NOVELS 800 "Mother" & "Father" are forbidden terms in this novel by Aldous Huxley

Brave New World

DANCE WITH ME 1000 The samba is a dance of this largest South American nation

Brazil

BOOKS ABOUT ASIA 2000 "First They Killed My Father" by Loung Ung takes place during the brutal reign of this group in Cambodia

Khmer Rouge

BODIES OF WATER WORDS 400 The M16 has fittings to attach this close-quarters weapon

a bayonet

LET IT SNOW Daily Double In a 3-day period in November 2014, this second-most-populous city in New York got 7 feet of the white stuff

Buffalo

FAR OUT! 1200 The 5th-brightest star in the nighttime sky, Vega is often called the harp star because it's in this harp constellation

Lyra

STATE PARKS 400 Malibu Creek State Park

California

FRANCO FILE 1200 Franco Nero met Vanessa Redgrave in 1966 when he played Lancelot in this movie musical; in 2006, they wed

Camelot

BUSINESSES 200 Beginning in 1904 chubby cartoon kids called Roly-Polys advertised this soup brand

Campbell's Soup

CATCHING "FIRE" 1000 "Light the fire within" is the motto of this youth organization that began accepting boys in 1975

Campfire

AMERICAN ARCHITECTS 1200 Welton Becket & associates designed the round headquarters for this record label on Vine Street in Los Angeles

Capitol Records

SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES 400 For a stunning view of this Venezuelan capital, take the cable car up to the top of Pico el Ãvila

Caracas

ALPHABETIC HOMOPHONES 1600 A get-together for quilters

a bee

U.S. ISLANDS 1000 For 3 decades, this California island's Avalon Ballroom has been home to the JazzTrax music festival

Catalina

INSIDE THE PARK 200 Cleopatra's Needle & Tavern on the Green

Central Park

1920s FICTION BESTSELLERS 1200 "Mamba's Daughters" by DuBose Heyward explored racial tensions in this South Carolina city

Charleston

MOCKING JAY 400 Rhea Perlman fell for NHLer Jay Thomas on this show's mockingly titled "Never Love a Goalie" episode

Cheers

STATE CAPITALS AKA 2000 A Plains-dwelling Native American tribe

Cheyenne

SCI-FI NOVELS 200 In "Steelheart" this Midwestern American city has been transformed into steel; even Lake Michigan has turned to metal

Chicago

ON YOUR LEFT! 800 Left of Argentina

Chile

THE CONSTITUTION 200 Article I, Section 1: "All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a ____ of the United States"

Congress

DISEASES NAMED AFTER PEOPLE 2000 This inflammatory digestive disease was named after one of the 3 men who published a paper on it in the 1930s

Crohn's disease

COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY 800 Gipper-winning aside, he graduated from Notre Dame in 1914 & taught chemistry at the school before he was head coach

Knute Rockne

OVER HILL, OVER DALE 400 This NASCAR driver entered 676 Winston Cup races, won 76 of them & earned more than $40 million in prize money

Dale Earnhardt

HISTORIC AMERICANS The debate team at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire is named for this man who entered the academy in 1796

Daniel Webster

MATT DAMON 800 So far, Matt played Linus Caldwell, a member of this title guy's gang, 3 times, in 2001, '04 & '07

Danny Ocean

ALBUM COVERS 1600 On a black background, light goes through a prism & comes out a rainbow

Dark Side of the Moon

VALLEYS 200 Today part of Israel, the Valley of Elah is where these 2 fought as recounted in the first book of Samuel

David and Goliath (or the Philistines and the Israelites)

DON'T HATE THE PLAYA 800 Racetrack Playa in this very hot California valley is home to 700-pound rocks that mysteriously move

Death Valley

COMPOSERS 800 Andre Caplet is mainly remembered as an orchestrator of this man's works, like "Clair de Lune"

Debussy

SWEET ISLE OF MINE 1600 Zealand, aka Sjaelland

Denmark

ANCIENT BATTLES Daily Double Defeat at the 207 B.C. Battle of the Metaurus River ended this man's efforts to conquer Italy

Hannibal

THE MOST EXCITING PLAY 800 You can cut the tension with a knife in this John Patrick Shanley play about a Catholic school's secrets

Doubt

WHAT A TV DRAMA KING 800 Hugh Bonneville's Lord Grantham had a bloody awful supper & a brush with death on this PBS period piece

Downton Abbey

VETERINARY MEDICINE 2000 This "Incredible" vet has his own TV series on Nat Geo Wild that follows his practice in Central Michigan's farm country

Dr. Jan Pol

THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 800 These 2 characters finish the title of Stevenson's novel that begins "The Strange Case of"...

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1980s BESTSELLERS 400 In 1986 he celebrated his 82nd birthday with the publication of "You're Only Old Once!"

Dr. Seuss

A SHOW OF HANS 800 This "Die Hard" character made AFI's list of the 100 greatest movie heroes & villains of all time

Hans Gruber

THE TV CHARACTER IS HAVING A MOMENT 600 "Honeymooners" guy who made Ralph nuts by declaiming about "a villa in France, a yacht, or a string of poloponies"

Ed Norton

WHO FIRST SANG THOSE WORDS? 800 "And they say she's in the Class A team, suck in her daydream, been this way since 18"

Ed Sheeran

THE CONSTITUTION 400 At the end: "Done in Convention...in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ____ ____"

Eighty seven

THE CONSTITUTION Daily Double Amendment XII: "The ____ shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President

Electors

COMPOSERS 2000 At 22 this alliterative British composer led the Worcester glee club; 25 years later in 1904, he was knighted

Elgar

A SHOW OF HANS 1600 He's composed music for more than 100 films, including "The Dark Knight" & "Interstellar"

Hans Zimmer

THE QUEEN 400 She was queen when William Shakespeare was born & died when he was almost 40

Elizabeth I

HISTORIC AGREEMENT WORDS 1600 In 1907 Britain, France & Russia formed the Triple this French word

Entente

THE HUNGARY GAMES 200 He made his first prototype of his hand-held game in Budapest using 27 wooden blocks

Erno Rubik

MOVIE MUSICAL ROLES 1200 At the time Madonna said of this 1996 role, it was the most challenging of her career but one she was born to play

Evita

WHOLE LOTTA LOVE BOAT 400 On Saturday nights from 1980 to 1984, da boat! da boat! was paired with this other ABC hit

Fantasy Island

THE THEATER 800 2 recent books, "Wonder of Wonders" & "Tradition!", celebrate this show that turned 50 in 2014

Fiddler on the Roof

U.S. ISLANDS 800 The Karluk River on this largest Alaskan island is famous for its red salmon, but you'll have to fight the bears for them

Kodiak

CATCHING "FIRE" 800 It's nicknamed "New York's Key West"

Fire Island

BROTHERHOODS 1000 The Elks began celebrating this very patriotic June holiday in 1907

Flag Day

GEEK CONFUSION 1000 Hodor is a "Game of Thrones" character; this is the last name of Eugene, who put out his first travel book in 1936

Fodor

MOVIE MUSICAL ROLES 400 Kenny Wormald & Julianne Hough starred in this remake in which rock music & dancing are banned in a small town

Footloose

"ORM"Y WEATHER 800 Trademarked countertop covering

Formica

THE WEATHER 2000 Around 1806 this British commander drew up a "wind force scale and weather notation"

Francis Beaufort

EUROPE 1962 Rudolf Abel & this American are most associated with Germany's Glienicke Bridge on February 10, 1962

Francis Gary Powers

FRANCO FILE 800 This dictator was nicknamed El Caudillo, "The Leader"

Francisco Franco

AMERICAN ARCHITECTS 400 After the crash of 1929, he began designing his "Usonian" homes, affordable housing for the middle class

Frank Lloyd Wright

LITERARY LINES 200 "I beheld the wretch--the miserable monster whom I had created"

Frankenstein

NAME THE NOVEL "I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet"

Frankenstein

THE BOOK'S ORIGINAL LANGUAGE Daily Double "A Journey to the Center of the Earth"

French

DOCTOR WHO 200 ...is known as "the father of psychoanalysis"

Freud

THE TV CHARACTER IS HAVING A MOMENT 200 I was ready to run through a wall when Coach Taylor gave the "clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose" speech on this show

Friday Night Lights

FAR OUT! 2000 This largest moon of Jupiter has a thin oxygen atmosphere & is the solar system's only moon to have a magnetosphere

Ganymede

THE MONGOLS 400 In addition to doing some conquering, he created the first Mongol code of laws, known as the Yasa

Genghis Khan

THE THEATER 1200 In 2014 "The Winter's Tale" was staged at the "Old" this Shakespearean theater, a San Diego landmark

Globe

BOOKS ABOUT ASIA 1600 Simon Winchester's study of the 19th century eruption of this volcano is subtitled "The Day the World Exploded"

Krakatoa

STICK WITH ME 1600 Cyanoacrylates are a family of fast-acting adhesives commonly known by this "demented" name

Krazy Glue

BROWNIAN NOTIONS 1600 Before becoming U.K. prime minister, he said economic & "environmental objectives now... reinforce each other"

Gordon Brown

THE WORLD AT WAR 400 In October 1940 Italy launched an invasion of this country only to get routed by the gyros of General Papagos

Greece

STATE FIRSTS 400 First published in 1833, Wisconsin's first newspaper was the Intelligencer of this "colorful" city

Green Bay

RAINY SONGS 800 "So never mind the darkness, we still can find a way, 'cause nothin' lasts forever, even cold November rain", they sang

Guns N' Roses

FAR OUT! 400 During its 1910 appearance, this comet was photographed for the first time

Halley's comet

HOME RUN 200 He hit a record-breaking 715th home run on April 8, 1974

Hank Aaron

TV DADS 800 Billy Ray Cyrus was dad Robby Stewart on this show

Hannah Montana

LITERARY LINES Daily Double "In the interior you will no doubt meet Mr. Kurtz"

Heart of Darkness

SNOW WHITE'S LESSER-KNOWN DWARFS 400 With his long hair, groovy headband & love beads, he's still stuck in the 1960s

Hippie

ALBUM COVERS 800 The pink Beverly Hills Hotel, shot at sunset

Hotel California

THE POLITICS OF TV 200 On this series, Robin Wright isn't just the First Lady--she was also U.S. ambassador to the United Nations

House of Cards

HURRICANE, TORNADO OR CYCLONE 800 It comes between "National" & "Center" in the workplace of about 50 people

Hurricane

INSIDE THE PARK Daily Double The Serpentine & Speakers' Corner

Hyde Park

FAMILIAR PHRASES 400 This beastly phrase of suspicion alludes to a feline's ability to sniff out a rodent that it can't see

I smell a rat

SCI-FI NOVELS 1000 "The Infinite Sea" is the follow-up to this book in which Cassie Sullivan has survived an alien invasion

The 5th Wave

SWEET ISLE OF MINE 2000 Celebes

Indonesia

THE MOST EXCITING PLAY 1000 The Scopes monkey trial is the inspiration for this riveting play, later a Spencer Tracy film classic

Inherit the Wind

THE YOUNG POPE 2000 The III pope of this adjectival name, elected in 1198 at 30-something, has been called the most important of the middle ages

Innocent

NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES 1000 In 2013 a go-to paper for expats in Europe changed its name from International this to International New York Times

International Herald-Tribune

MOVIE MUSICAL ROLES 800 Meryl Streep landed a record 19th Oscar nomination for her role as the Witch in this musical

Into the Woods

MATT DAMON 2000 Matt took the field as rugby player Francois Pienaar in this 2009 film based on a true story

Invictus

NICKNAMES FOR NATIVES 800 If you're a Hibernian, you're from this country

Ireland

MOVIE MUSICAL ROLES 2000 She played Coco & sang the title tune form "Fame"-- she was gonna live forever... do you remember her name?

Irene Cara

THE QUEEN 800 She sponsored Columbus' voyages, bringing wealth & power to Spain

Isabella of Castile

"SMALL" TALK 400 Dolls represent children from around the globe on this Disneyland ride

It's a Small World

THE BOOK'S ORIGINAL LANGUAGE 800 "The Name of the Rose"

Italian

VALLEYS Daily Double Once a national monument, this valley in Wyoming became part of Grand Teton National Park in 1950

Jackson Hole

HAVE A GREAT ONE! 2000 Famous for its mad scene, this great Donizetti opera was based on a novel by Sir Walter Scott

Lucia di Lammermoor

BROWNIAN NOTIONS 400 He soulfully sang it's a "man's world, but it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl"

James Brown

FRANCO FILE 400 From 2009 to 2012 this Franco played "Franco" on General Hospital

James Franco

REPRESENTIN' 600 In late 1880 he was a congressman, a senator-elect & president-elect, all at the same time

James Garfield

HAVE A GREAT ONE! 1200 Written by a woman in the early 1000s, "The Tale of Genji" is considered this country's greatest work of literature

Japan

THE MONGOLS Daily Double In both 1274 & 1281 thousands of Mongol ships & men were destroyed by typhoons while invading this island country

Japan

MATT DAMON 400 So far, Matt has played this extremely hard to kill guy 4 times, in 2002, '04, '07 & '16

Jason Bourne

MOCKING JAY 200 This "Tonight Show" host mockingly said President Obama promised me if I liked my current job, I could keep it

Jay Leno

MOCKING JAY 1000 Stephen A. Smith said of this former "SNL" star's impression of him: "My style is a little bit more pristine"

Jay Pharoah

BROWNIAN NOTIONS 800 Referring to the nickname "Governor Moonbeam", he says "I've earned that moniker"

Jerry Brown

MOCKING JAY 600 "You said fewer clients, you put it all down on paper", said Jay Mohr to this title Tom Cruise character

Jerry Maguire

ANCIENT BATTLES 400 In 66 A.D. victory by Jewish forces over a Roman army at Beth-Horon led to a brief liberation of this capital city

Jerusalem

MATT DAMON 1600 "I missed the last category", said Matt to this Emmy host right after John Oliver got a talk show award; "Did you win?"

Jimmy Kimmel

COMPOSERS 2000 The letters of this composer's last name have been used as a musical theme, including in his own "Art Of The Fugue"

Johann Sebastian Bach

BROWNIAN NOTIONS 1200 He said he knew "slave-holders" would not give up their slaves "till they felt a big stick about their heads"

John Brown

THE POLITICS OF TV 400 This actor went from being Roseanne's TV hubby to senator Gil John Biggs on "Alpha House"

John Goodman

1980s BESTSELLERS 1200 In 1981 he checked into the bestseller list with "The Hotel New Hampshire"

John Irving

CAPTAIN 800 In September 1608 he became president of the Jamestown Council

John Smith

AMERICAN AUTHORS Nominated 8 previous times, he finally won a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962, 6 years before his death

John Steinbeck

PUERTO RICO STRONG 2000 Written to protect ships from German U-boats, this 1920 act dealing with shipping was said to be hurting P.R.'s economy in 2017

Jones Act

WHOLE LOTTA LOVE BOAT 1200 Lauren Tewes played the perky cruise director with this first name

Julie

FRANCO FILE 1600 He was still playing Major League Baseball in 2007 at age 49 & was still playing pro ball in Japan in 2015 at 57

Julio Franco

ANCIENT BATTLES 800 This commander's victory over Pompey in 48 B.C. at Pharsalus took him to the pinnacle of power

Julius Caesar

WHO FIRST SANG THOSE WORDS? 200 "Yeah I know that I let you down, is it too late to say I'm sorry now?"

Justin Bieber

STATE PARKS 1200 Fort Boonesborough State Park

Kentucky

THE PHARAOHS 400 At 9 he was the youngest pharaoh in history & his sarcophagus from the 1300s B.C. is a classic symbol of Ancient Egypt

King Tut

BROTHERHOODS 400 This Catholic organization is named for the explorer, not the capital of Ohio

Knights of Columbus

1980s BESTSELLERS 1600 His 1987 novel "Texasville" reintroduced the characters of "The Last Picture Show", all 30 years older

Larry McMurtry

GANGSTERS Daily Double While Bugsy Siegel was being shot in B H., Meyer Lansky's goons were walking into a hotel in this city & taking over

Las Vegas

BUSINESSES 1000 Last name of Henry David, whose Kansas company started making dungarees in 1911

Lee

A TIME FOR "US" 800 The line "thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself" first appears in this Biblical book

Leviticus

AMERICAN HISTORY "A stimulus to the courageous", the $25,000 Orteig Prize offer of 1919 resulted in his success 8 years later

Lindbergh

SWEET AISLE OF MINE 600 This product that comes in original, lite & sugar-free varieties shares a name with honest Abe's boyhood dwelling

Log Cabin Syrup

HAVE A GREAT ONE! 800 This "Long" Eugene O'Neill play that premiered in 1956 ranks among the greatest plays of the past 100 years

Long Day's Journey Into Night

VETERINARY MEDICINE 800 Dogs should never eat these Hawaiian nuts, as they contain a toxin that can affect the nervous system

Macadamia nuts

AMERICAN ARCHITECTS 800 In 1906 Stanford White was killed by the jealous husband of a showgirl at this NYC sports arena he designed

Madison Square Garden

LET IT SNOW 1000 This state's 24-hour record for snowfall is 40 inches in Orono on Dec. 30, 1962

Maine

STATE PARKS 2000 Quoddy Head State Park

Maine

MOVIE MUSICAL ROLES 1600 Peter O'Toole dreamed "The Impossible Dream" when he played Don Quixote in this film

Man of La Mancha

MUCH BIGGER THAN A BREADBOX 600 In 1626 for 60 guilders you could have purchased all 23 square miles of this NYC borough

Manhattan

PUERTO RICO STRONG 400 Want to donate? Orgs. like UNICEF, save the children & Hispanic federation aided P.R. after the devastation of this 2017 hurricane

Maria

NICKNAMES FOR NATIVES 400 It's not just a national anthem, it's a female resident of a city on the gulf of Lion

Marseillaise

AMERICAN ARCHITECTS Daily Double Henry Richardson influenced the Chicago school with such designs as the Glessner House & this department store

Marshall Field's

DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS 600 It's the only state with exactly 2 pairs of double letters

Massachusetts

BUSINESSES 400 This company's 1st product was wood picture frames; doll furniture made from wood scraps changed its emphasis to toys

Mattel

RELIGION Famous Catholics who've publicly answered this question include Susan Boyle (sweets) & Paul Ryan (beer)

What did you give up for Lent?

BUSINESSES Daily Double In 1915 Thomas Lyle Williams began selling mascara under this brand name that honored his sister

Maybelline

ELECTORAL COLLEGE SILVER MEDALISTS 800 In 1972 this Democrat won only D.C. & Massachusetts, losing his home state of South Dakota by 9 points

McGovern

NICKNAMES FOR NATIVES 1000 A Hatter is a resident of this Alberta city

Medicine Hat

GEEK CONFUSION 800 Metatron is an archangel of Jewish myth; this Transformers bad guy could be turned into a toy gun

Megatron

DON'T HATE THE PLAYA 1200 Playa del Carmen, a luxury resort in this country, offers tours of nearby Chichen Itza

Mexico

HAVE A GREAT ONE! 400 Around 1511 he created "The Creation of Adam" on the Sistine Chapel ceiling

Michelangelo

REPRESENTIN' 400 In 2014 John Conyers won his 26th term for this state & is the first black rep. to be the senior member of Congress

Michigan

STATE PARKS 1600 Lake Bemidji State Park

Minnesota

DEEP STATE 200 The city of Butte's wealth was largely built on 290 million tons of copper ore taken from this state's Berkeley mine

Montana

MILITARY NICKNAMES 800 This British field marshal was "Monty" & the "Spartan General", for his Spartan habits

Montgomery

STATE CAPITALS AKA 1200 On "The Simpsons" it comes between C. & Burns

Montgomery

THE WORLD AT WAR 800 On Dec. 2, 1941 German troops who wished they'd packed heavier got to the suburbs of this capital but no further

Moscow

FAR OUT! 1600 This mount's observatory was built in 1904 near Pasadena because the air above it is the steadiest in North America

Mount Wilson

IT'S MURDER 200 A hired killer syndicate of the 1930s got this name from the press; it didn't actually have shareholders

Murder Incorporated

GANGSTERS 2000 Though he most likely didn't file with the state, Louis Lepke founded the hitman organization known as this

Murder, Inc.

A LONG ELEVATOR RIDE 800 To ease anxiety, elevator music first appeared in the 1920s, with this trademarked variety arriving in 1934

Muzak

THE TV CHARACTER IS HAVING A MOMENT 1000 Tony DiNozzo's head demanded constant slapping & Jethro was happy to help on this drama

NCIS

U.S. ISLANDS 600 This island shaped like a pork chop is to the east of Martha's Vineyard across Muskeget Channel

Nantucket

MILITARY NICKNAMES 400 When banished to Elba, he told his people he'd return with the violets & he did, receiving the nickname "Corporal Violet"

Napoléon

WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE 400 Beneath the Newport pell bridge in Rhode Island (a bay)

Narragansett Bay

DON'T HATE THE PLAYA 400 Playa is Spanish for beach & also means a dry lake bed, like the one where Burning Man is held in this Western state

Nevada

ALBUM COVERS 1200 A naked baby underwater reaches towards a dollar bill on a string

Nevermind

LET IT SNOW 600 On Dec. 30, 1963 this "Crescent City" got a record 5 inches of snow

New Orleans

NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES 400 You can read the Times-Picayune in print or online at nola.com; NOLA is short for this city

New Orleans

STATE PARKS 800 Hudson Highlands State Park Preserve

New York

REPRESENTIN' 200 This Speaker of the House helped draft the "Contract with America"

Newt Gingrich

SNOW WHITE'S LESSER-KNOWN DWARFS 2000 This dwarf's name fits him perfectly as he's always a bit chilly & also inclined to bite

Nippy

ODD COMBINED RESPONSES 2000 Belonging to dictionary maker Mr. Webster + a game in which you might hear, "You sank my aircraft carrier!"

Noah's Battleship

ON STAGE 800 In 2014 at age 88 Angela Lansbury returned to London's West End to star in this playwright's "Blithe Spirit"

Noel Coward

BOOKS ABOUT ASIA 400 Spending 7 years in the hermit kingdom as a business executive helped Felix Abt write "A Capitalist in" this nation

North Korea

OUR MUSICAL PRESIDENTS 1000 Warren G. Harding played in a brass band in college & later organized a cornet band in Marion in this state

Ohio

STATE CAPITALS AKA Daily Double Ancient Greek site of athletic fame

Olympia

TV DADS 1600 On "The Andy Griffith Show", solo pa & sheriff Andy Taylor raised this boy

Opie

PLAYS This play was derived from a 1565 story, "Un Capitano Moro"

Othello

LETTER PERFECT 2000 The element that can glow in the dark and has atomic number 15 is symbolized by this letter

P

SLEUTHS & THEIR CREATORS 800 Adam Dalgliesh

P.D. James

NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES 200 This magazine's annual special issues include the Oscars Double Issue &, of course, Sexiest Man Alive

People magazine

STATE CAPITALS AKA 400 Legendary rising bird

Phoenix

1990s EMMYS 2000 This series not only won for best drama in 1993, but its stars Tom Skerritt & Kathy Baker won Best Acting awards

Picket Fences

FICTIONAL CHARACTERS' LAST WORDS In a British novel this young character's last words are, "Which is better--to have rules & agree, or to hunt & kill?"

Piggy

THE BOOK'S ORIGINAL LANGUAGE 1000 "The Pianist", a wartime memoir & the basis for a 2002 film

Polish

PUERTO RICO STRONG 1600 Around 1508 he founded the first European settlement on Puerto Rico; the Fountain of Youth? Not as easy to find

Ponce de Leon

ON YOUR LEFT! 400 Left of Spain

Portugal

U.S. ISLANDS 200 Long Island has 4 counties: Nassau, Suffolk, Kings & this

Queens

ROBOTS 200 These 2 robots from a galaxy far, far away first appeared in a 1977 hit movie

R2-D2 & C-3PO

AT LAST, SUN 400 It's the 2-letter name of the ancient Egyptian sun god who traveled across the sky

Ra

WHO FIRST SANG THOSE WORDS? 1000 "This is my fight song, take back my life song"

Rachel Platten

ON STAGE 600 Based on Lorraine Hansberry's play, this musical omits the prepositional phrase & keeps just the dried fruit for a title

Raisin

LET'S GO TO TOGO 1000 Perhaps we'll see the festival of 'Id al-Fitr, marking the end of this Muslim holy month

Ramadan

TV DADS 2000 On "South Park", it turned out that this character, Stan's dad, is in fact the singer Lorde

Randy

OUR MUSICAL PRESIDENTS 200 On March 16, 1974 this president played piano at the dedication of the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville

Richard Nixon

SCREEN TEST 2000 "The Martian": the director

Ridley Scott

RAINY SONGS 400 She sang, "Now that it's raining more than ever... you can stand under my umbrella... ella, ella, eh eh eh"

Rihanna

DOCTOR WHO 800 ...created the inkblot test that's used to assess personality characteristics

Rorschach

SWEET ISLE OF MINE 800 October Revolution Island

Russia

PUERTO RICO STRONG 800 The San Jose church dates to 1532 in this capital named for another saint

San Juan

SCREEN TEST 1600 "The Blind Side": the Best Actress winner

Sandra Bullock

THE POLITICS OF TV 600 Joshua Malina plays the Attorney General on this show that's technically set in D.C. but c'mon, it's in Shondaland

Scandal

OVER HILL, OVER DALE 2000 Clint Hill, an agent with this part of the government from 1958 to 1975, leaped to fame in November 1963

Secret Service

WHO FIRST SANG THOSE WORDS? 600 "I'm so sick of that same old love, my body's had enough"

Selena Gomez

"SHUT" UP 800 The Groovebook app delivers a monthly photo book, courtesy of this memory-preserving website

Shutterfly

COMPOSERS 800 This Finn abandoned his law studies & went on to compose "The Swan Of Tuonela" & "Finlandia"

Sibelius

GEEK CONFUSION 400 Kardashians are reality TV stars; Cardassians are an alien culture in this sci-fi universe

Star Trek

SCI-FI TV 400 This 1994 Kurt Russell film spawned several TV spinoffs, including "SG-1" & "Atlantis"

Stargate

SLEUTHS & THEIR CREATORS 200 Sherlock Holmes

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

SNOW WHITE'S LESSER-KNOWN DWARFS 800 He was named for his mom's favorite brand of peanut butter that's been around since the 1930s

Skippy

SNOW WHITE'S LESSER-KNOWN DWARFS 1600 He gets lots of complaints from his housemates because he's messy, he's untidy, he's this

Sloppy

AT LAST, SUN 600 Now it's OK to play Sun City, a resort in this country, including a Gary Player championship golf course

South Africa

ANCIENT BATTLES 1200 7,000 Thebans at the Battle of Leuctra in 371 B.C. broke the power this Greek city had enjoyed for a generation

Sparta

ROBOTS 800 Like its pal Opportunity, this robotic rover, launched into space June 10, 2003, has roved for miles on Mars

Spirit

DOCTOR WHO 600 ...wrote a book on the Vietnam War as well as the definitive book on "Baby and Child Care"

Spock

NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES 600 Slugger Eddie Mathews of the Braves was on the cover of its first issue, August 16, 1954

Sports Illustrated

GEEK CONFUSION 200 OK, keep up! A Cylon is found on "Battlestar Galactica"; Ceylon is an old name for this country

Sri Lanka

CATCHING "FIRE" 400 Sailors thought this luminous atmospheric phenomenon was good luck

St. Elmo's Fire

STATE CAPITALS AKA 800 A later apostle

St. Paul

COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES 200 In 1920 going to Palo Alto to this university cost $120 but it's gone up a bit since then

Stanford

SCREEN TEST 1200 Michael Fassbender plays an "Apple" grower: the title

Steve Jobs

THE ANCIENT WORLD 1600 In the "Bingfa" or "Art of War", this Chinese general laid out his battle strategies

Sun Tzu

THE MOST EXCITING PLAY 400 Though it may have put me off all pies forever, this play about a "demon barber" certainly has some thrills

Sweeney Todd

THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 1200 Stevenson's short novel "The Ebb-Tide" follows 3 beggars operating in the port of Papeete on this Pacific island

Tahiti

NICKNAMES FOR NATIVES 600 This nickname for residents of N.C. may derive from a Civil War regiment that stubbornly held their position as if glued down

Tar Heels

WHO FIRST SANG THOSE WORDS? 400 "Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods yet?"

Taylor Swift

BOOKS ABOUT ASIA Daily Double An early 2000s bestseller was a memoir about a secret book club in this city that discussed works like "Lolita"

Tehran

WHOLE LOTTA LOVE BOAT 800 Before she was a desperate housewife, she was a Love Boat "mermaid" who danced at the ship's club

Teri Hatcher

SLEUTHS & THEIR CREATORS 1000 Jane Rizzoli

Tess Gerritsen

THE CONSTITUTION 600 Article VI: "No religious ____ shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust"

Test

LITERARY LINES 600 A Pulitzer Prize-winning book: "You better not never tell nobody but God"

The Color Purple

HAVE A GREAT ONE! Daily Double This ballet about a feathered creature was Igor Stravinsky's first international success

The Firebird

THE MOST EXCITING PLAY 200 The central character, Hickey, cometh not on stage until well into this O'Neill play, generating great excitement

The Iceman Cometh

ON STAGE 1000 Let's go to this Lillian Hellman show whose "small" title comes from creatures in the Bible "that spoil the vines"

The Little Foxes

LITERARY LINES 1000 "My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered..."

The Lovely Bones

1980s BESTSELLERS 2000 The top fiction book of 1985 was Jean Auel's novel about these Ice Age "Hunters"

The Mammoth Hunters

LITERARY LINES 400 "If I make any mistakes, there'll be nothing left but the 'Mark Watney Memorial Crater'"

The Martian

SOMETHING TO READ 400 James Baldwin's 1953 classic "Go Tell It On" this

The Mountain

WHAT A TV DRAMA KING 1200 Jeff Daniels shared a few thoughts on America being the greatest country in the world in the very first scene of this HBO show

The Newsroom

ON STAGE Daily Double Some of the buccaneers in this Gilbert & Sullivan show may do double duty as policemen

The Pirates of Penzance

A TRIPLE FEATURE 1200 This 2009 remake featured John Travolta as a criminal mastermind who hijacks a New York City subway train

The Taking of Pelham 123

A TRIPLE FEATURE 2000 Joanne Woodward won an Oscar for playing a Georgia housewife with multiple personalities in this 1957 film

The Three Faces of Eve

NEW MUSICAL SUPERGROUPS 200 The Velvet Dead

The Velvet Underground & The Grateful Dead

NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES Daily Double From 1889 until early in the Great Depression, this newspaper rarely reported beyond business & economic news

The Wall Street Journal

A TRIPLE FEATURE 1600 Mark Wahlberg, George Clooney & Ice Cube are soldiers in Iraq in this 1999 film named for a trio

Three Kings

A TRIPLE FEATURE 400 It only took 2 years for "Trois hommes et un couffin", or "Three Men and a Cradle", to be remade as this in 1987

Three Men and a Baby

HOW 'BOUT THOSE... 1600 Montreal Expos, who saw this legendary base stealer & left fielder inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2017

Tim Raines

BROWNIAN NOTIONS 2000 She ran Vanity Fair & the Daily Beast but said, "I didn't see myself as an editor. I wanted to be a playwright"

Tina Brown

TV DADS 1200 He plays a police commissioner & patriarch of the Reagan family on "Blue Bloods"

Tom Selleck

COMPOSERS 1200 Victor Herbert composed more than 40 operettas, including "Naughty Marietta" & "Babes in" this place

Toyland

WE HAVE "U" SURROUNDED! 400 Victory, or an insult comic dog

Triumph

WHAT A TV DRAMA KING 1600 Time is a flat circle?! Ex-cop Matthew McConaughey blew our minds with the concept on this drama

True Detective

OUR MUSICAL PRESIDENTS 600 While playing the piano at a Missouri fair, he said, "When I played this, Stalin signed the Potsdam Agreement"

Truman

BUSINESSES 600 In 1903 William Ellis Corey became the second president of this iron-strong company

U.S. Steel

NICKNAMES FOR NATIVES 200 Sheik, rattle & roll with an Emirian, someone from this Mideast nation

United Arab Emirates

LOSER! 2000 Longfellow titled a poem "Victor and" this "V" word for "loser"

Vanquished

THE POLITICS OF TV 1000 As Chief of Staff Teddy Sykes, Patton Oswalt was unafraid to give Jonah a hand on this comedy

Veep

STICK WITH ME 800 This brand was invented in the 1940s by a Swiss engineer after he examined sticky burrs on his dog

Velcro

SCREEN TEST 400 The "Star Trek" universe: Mr. Spock's emotionless race

Vulcan

LETTER PERFECT 1600 In classical Latin, "V" was said like this other letter in the text now appearing on the screen

W

SOMETHING TO READ 200 The 1,452-page Penguin Classics edition of this Tolstoy tome, if you've got a month or 2 to spare

War and Peace

LET IT SNOW 200 From July 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999, the Mount Baker ski area in this "Evergreen State" got 1,140" of snow--that's 95 feet!

Washington

THE TV CHARACTER IS HAVING A MOMENT 800 The "Diff'rent Strokes" catch-phrase given by the often-surprised Arnold was "What you talkin' 'bout", this sibling

Willis

MUCH BIGGER THAN A BREADBOX 400 The most powerful mobile artillery piece to that time, "Big Bertha" was a long-range German cannon first used in this conflict

World War I

INSIDE THE PARK 400 Bridalveil Fall & Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias

Yosemite

VALLEYS 400 Lincoln signed the bill protecting this Calif. valley in 1864 & Benjamin Harrison signed the bill making it a natl. park in 1890

Yosemite

OUR MUSICAL PRESIDENTS 800 Thomas Jefferson owned at least 3 of these instruments, one of which may have been an Amati

a violin

1920s FICTION BESTSELLERS 2000 He continued his Old West tales with "The Man of the Forest" in 1920 & "The Mysterious Rider" in 1921

Zane Grey

SNOW WHITE'S LESSER-KNOWN DWARFS 1200 This lively guy shares his name with a comic strip pinhead

Zippy

THE ANCIENT WORLD 1200 This religion of ancient Persia has a good god, Ahura Mazda & a bad spirit, Ahriman

Zoroastrianism

MUCH BIGGER THAN A BREADBOX 200 Weighing up to 200 tons & growing to nearly 100 feet long, some spend their summers off the California coast

a blue whale

CEREMONIES 200 It's the ceremony at which a father is supposed to give away his daughter

a wedding ceremony

STICK WITH ME 400 After a rugby scrum, you might require what the Brits call a sticking plaster, one of these

a Band-Aid

LETTER PERFECT 400 Something perfect for you "suits you to" this letter

a T

TALK LIKE A CANADIAN 400 A stagette party in Toronto is called this south of the border

a bachelorette party

BODIES OF WATER WORDS 1600 A secret avenue of communication in diplomacy

a backchannel

SHADES OF YELLOW 400 A pet songbird

a canary

CEREMONIES 400 This ceremony for babies often includes baptism & naming

a christening

"USA"! 200 A religious military expedition

a crusade

BEJEWELED 200 A coronet is a small crown & this is a small, crownlike semicircular jeweled headdress

a diadem (or tiara)

BEJEWELED 400 From the French for "small side", it's any of the small, polished sides on a cut gemstone

a facet

BROTHERHOODS 200 In college if you're an Ape, an Ox or a Pike, you're in one of these brotherhoods

a fraternity

BOOKS ABOUT ASIA 1200 "Snow Country" is Yasunari Kawabta's tale of a doomed love between a rich Japanese man & one of these hostesses

a geisha

HOME RUN 400 In the 7th inning of a 2013 NCAA softball game, St. Louis' Laura Bohning put 8 runs on the board with 2 of these

a grand slam

IT'S A CRIME! 1600 A federal statute fighting this type of crime includes assault motivated by disability, gender identity & sexual orientation

a hate crime

TALK LIKE A CANADIAN 800 If it's cold in Calgary, put on your bunny hug, one of these items that are also popular Stateside

a hoodie

TALK LIKE A CANADIAN Daily Double Originally a derogatory term for Depression-era gasoline thieves, today it means any foolish or uncivilized person

a hoser

ALPHABETIC HOMOPHONES 800 A noisy bird

a jay

OXYGEN 1200 The turboram type of this engine on certain planes mixes liquid oxygen with the fuel to support combustion

a jet engine

TALK LIKE A CANADIAN 1200 When dining on poutine, keep handy une serviette, this

a napkin

ANIMAL GROUPS 400 A group of cobras, or a holder for a group of arrows

a quiver

YOU AUTO KNOW 600 "Let's get ready to" sit in this folding outside seat in the back of some early automobiles

a rumble seat

BODIES OF WATER WORDS 1200 A winter crystal, or a derogatory word for someone easily offended

a snowflake

TALK LIKE A CANADIAN 2000 Got a Chesterfield inside that Regina mansion? It's one of these, not a cigarette

a sofa

DEEP STATE 800 We'd have to say the Soudan Underground Lab has the coolest spot in Minnesota--about .01 degrees F. above this

absolute zero

PRE-AMBLE 1000 Robert Herrick rhymed, "Against diseases here the strongest fence / is the defensive virtue", this one

abstinence

ANIMAL PARTS 1200 Biologists say snakes do have a distinct one of these, going back from an outlet called the cloaca

a tail

ALPHABETIC HOMOPHONES 400 It's a ball support in both golf & football

a tee

HURRICANE, TORNADO OR CYCLONE 600 World Book says it's "the most violent of all storms"

a tornado

CEREMONIES 1000 With special permission, your group or club may lay this circle of flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

a wreath

PRE-AMBLE 400 In show biz this Latin phrase means "improvise, wing it"; on a prescription, it means take it as you like

ad lib

PRE-AMBLE 200 From the Latin for "thing to be done", it's a list of items to be covered at a meeting

agenda

THE ANCIENT WORLD Daily Double Don't be phobic about giving us this name for the central market & meeting place of many ancient Greek cities

agora

WE HAVE "U" SURROUNDED! 800 The science of soil cultivation

agriculture

MUCH BIGGER THAN A BREADBOX 800 The largest known of these Greek sacrificial platforms was found at Syracuse & measures 650 by 74 feet

an altar

YOU AUTO KNOW 1000 After being in a car accident with his wife & daughter in 1952, John Hetrick was inspired to invent these

airbags

THE OBJECT OF MY OBSESSION 1600 Dipsomania

alcohol

PRE-AMBLE 800 Say the name of a pain reliever brand, add 2 syllables & you have this word meaning "to relieve pain"

alleviate

HAIL! 1000 Marquette & Boston College are among schools whose traditions include singing "Hail" this Latin phrase

alma mater

12-LETTER WORDS 400 A good cop or a bad cop may be this person who asks you formal questions in an investigation

an interrogator

THE START OF AN "ART" 200 A new person in an organization who behaves as if he's more important than those already there

an upstart

COMPOSERS 1200 In the 19th century composers like Mendelssohn & Weber were among the first to do this standing up

lead the orchestra (or conduct)

FAMILIAR PHRASES 800 Found in "Macbeth", "at one" this refers to the action of a bird of prey

at one fell swoop

CATCHING "FIRE" 200 A loud, premature explosion in your engine's intake manifold

backfire

SAILOR TALK 200 7-letter term for the fixed weight carried in the bottom of a ship to make it more stable

ballast

ANIMAL PARTS 2000 These fish whiskers sound like gym equipment

barbels

DEEP STATE 400 One of Texas' largest colonies of Mexican free-tailed these lives 300+ feet down in Devil's Sinkhole

bats

SHADES OF YELLOW 200 A hair color that could be platinum or peroxide

blonde

SWEET AISLE OF MINE 800 C&H or Domino is a good choice for this colorful stuff containing oodles of molasses

brown sugar

VALLEYS 600 The vast wheat fields of Canada's Manitoba province are found in the valley of this "colorful" river "of the North"

the Red River

12-LETTER WORDS 2000 Dorothy Parker said, "Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply" these exercises "with words"

calisthenics

IT'S A CRIME! 2000 A word for taking over a plane led to this word for taking someone's automobile

carjacking

STICK WITH ME 2000 The silicone type of this window-sealing material makes an excellent adhesive

caulk

ALSO ON A BIKE 2000 Term for a range of mountains

chain

BELOW ZERO 800 An anion has negative this

charge

HAIL! 600 Many believe this NFL team name should be changed, & with it the song "Hail To" them

the Redskins

HISTORIC AGREEMENT WORDS 1200 In a 1941 U.S.-U.K. deal, it follows "Atlantic"; it's also found before "school"

charter

12-LETTER WORDS Daily Double Paul Ehrlich coined this term for treating a disease with specific drugs

chemotherapy

CEREMONIES 600 May 2015 speakers at this ceremony included Denzel Washington at Dillard University

commencement

HISTORIC AGREEMENT WORDS 2000 Concord is agreement; add 2 letters to get this agreement by a state & a pope

concordat

12-LETTER WORDS 1200 Compulsory enrollment in the military

conscription

AT LAST, SUN 800 The Sun's dim, extended halo called this flows outward at a speed of 400 km per sec., a flow known as the solar wind

corona

ODD COMBINED RESPONSES 800 Army rank immediately above private 1st class + hopping marsupial of the family Macropodidae

corporal kangaroo

RAINY SONGS 600 In "The Perfect" this genre "Song", "I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison, & I went to pick her up in the rain"

country

ABBREV. 800 The Federal Circuit has one of these intermediate bodies, C.O.A. for short

court of appeals

ABBREV. 600 The car automatically adjusts its speed with ACC, the adaptive type of this

cruise control

HURRICANE, TORNADO OR CYCLONE 1000 In 1848 Henry Piddington coined this word from a Greek root

cyclone

HURRICANE, TORNADO OR CYCLONE 400 Meteorologically, this term can include both the other 2

cyclone

LETTER PERFECT 1200 Before "p" it was the British abbreviation for a penny or pence

d

SAILOR TALK 600 This process of removing a ship from active service can be emotional for the crew

decommission

LOSER! 1200 Michael Jackson sang, "Beat it, beat it, no one wants to be" this

defeated

COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY 200 Doubtful we'll see a rematch of the 1919 version of this "Granddaddy of Them All" bowl game: Great Lakes 17, Mare Island 0

the Rose Bowl

THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND 600 This 4-word rhyming term for one who has been overserved includes the name of a black & white mammal

drunk as a skunk

HOW 'BOUT THOSE... 400 USC Trojans, who've won this bowl game 25 times since their first appearance in 1923

the Rose Bowl

BEJEWELED 600 These accessories include chandeliers, dangles & push backs

earrings

FAR OUT! 800 One theory for why dust covers our moon: rocks are pulverized by rapid cooling during this, partial or total

eclipse

ALPHABETIC HOMOPHONES 1200 "She" in France

elle

TREES 800 The leaves of the Sydney peppermint, a type of this gum tree from New South Wales, are used in Aboriginal remedies

eucalyptus

WHOLE LOTTA LOVE BOAT 1600 The 2 adjectives that describe "Love" in the first line of the show's theme song

exciting & new

ABBREV. 200 EP stands for this lofty position on a film or TV show

executive producer

WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE 1000 Beneath the Quebec Bridge

the Saint Lawrence

TREES 400 The desert-dwelling smoke tree depends on the flash type of these to spread its seeds

flood

LOSER! 800 Half of a plastic beach shoe, it's also used of a film that's a loser at the box office

flop

THE WEATHER 400 Advection (common in San Francisco) & upslope are 2 main types of this visibility reducer

fog

ANIMAL PARTS 800 Unlike some other whales, baleen whales lack this body part, so they can't gesture that they could've had a V8!

forehead

ALSO ON A BIKE 1200 Collective word for equipment

gear

ABBREV. 1000 G.I., this index, is the measure of how fast & how much a food raises blood sugar levels

glycemic index

DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS 200 Aphrodite or Artemis

goddess

THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND 400 After that last glass of Chablis, I'm this, what the smith just did at the anvil

hammered

BROTHERHOODS 600 Known for their red hats, this fraternal organization has established more than 20 hospitals for children

the Shriners

SWEET AISLE OF MINE 1000 Nutella is a spread made of these nuts with skim milk & cocoa

hazelnuts

POTENT POISONABLES 200 Its leaves look like parsley, but parsley didn't kill Socrates like this herb did so be careful!

hemlock

TREES 600 Pecans are the largest of these, a type of walnut tree, whose wood is popularly used in barbecues

hickory

SWEET AISLE OF MINE 200 One favorite on the sweet aisle is the Y.S. Bee Farms brand of the clover type of this product

honey

AT LAST, SUN 200 The sun bear is also known as this bear, after a sweet food that it eats

honey (bear)

DANCE WITH ME 600 These insects do a "dance" to communicate the location of distant flowers & nectar

honeybees

THE HUNGARY GAMES 800 In Hungary this sidewalk game can have kids jumping on a design that looks like a snail

hopscotch

"ORM"Y WEATHER 200 The body's growth & development are controlled by these chemical substances

hormones

DANCE WITH ME 400 Drums called pahu help provide the rhythm for this sensuous dance of the Pacific

hula

ODD COMBINED RESPONSES 1600 5-letter synonym for "person" + blows thrown with your south paw

human lefts

HURRICANE, TORNADO OR CYCLONE 200 The University of Miami named its sports teams after them

hurricanes

HOW 'BOUT THOSE... 1200 Montreal Amateur Athletic Association fellas, who in 1893 became the first to win possession of this

the Stanley Cup

RHYME SCENE 200 General maintenance of one's health & cleanliness

hygiene

OXYGEN Daily Double Because the pressure lets the body absorb more oxygen, these decompression chambers can help blue babies

hyperbaric

IT'S A CRIME! 1200 2-word term for stealing & using someone's personal information to commit fraud

identity theft

WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE 800 Under Blackfriars Bridge

the Thames

SWEET ISLE OF MINE 400 Kodiak Island

the United States

HOW 'BOUT THOSE... 800 1948 Cleveland Indians, the only team other than this one to win a World Series from 1947 to 1953

the Yankees

"USA"! 400 Adjective for an action that can't be forgiven

inexcusable

SEARCH TERMS 1000 In the U.K. this "searching" police rank comes between sergeant & superintendent

inspector

WE HAVE "U" SURROUNDED! 1200 Done without volition, be it muscles or manslaughter

involuntary

BEJEWELED 800 When dense, black lignite coal takes on a high polish & is used for jewelry, it's called by this high-flying name

jet

THE HUNGARY GAMES 600 In Hungary this chess piece is called the kiraly; the chess notation for it is the same as in English

king

SHADES OF YELLOW 600 A condiment made from the seeds of plants of the genus Brassica

mustard

TREES 1000 Native Americans used the inner bark of the sugar type of this tree to make a tea to treat coughs

maple

SWEET AISLE OF MINE 400 Kraft has big bags of these white things called Jet-Puffed that don't seem to weigh a lot

marshmallows

ABBREV. 400 MFA is this graduate degree

master of fine arts

THE WEATHER 1200 One millibar, a measurement of atmospheric pressure, equals .75 millimeters of this element, Hg

mercury

YOU AUTO KNOW 200 An automobile odor eliminator from Chemical Guys is named for this 3-word quality of fresh vehicles

new car smell

VETERINARY MEDICINE 1600 Animal diseases that can be transmitted to humans are called zoonoses & include psittacosis, also called this fever

parrot fever

HISTORIC AGREEMENT WORDS 400 The 1939 Nazi-Soviet deal is usually called a nonaggression this 4-letter word

pact

ROCK, PAPER & SCISSORS 200 A rare example of Cleoptra's handwriting is on a document made from this plant; she wrote "make it happen" in Greek

papyrus

USA! 800 Instead of counties, Louisiana is divided into 64 of these, probably each with its own church

parishes

IT'S A CRIME! 400 Lying under oath

perjury

THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND 200 You could be this briny word usually reserved for cucumbers & the sort

pickled

OXYGEN 1600 The basic oxygen process, BOP for short, helps turn this "porcine" material into steel

pig iron

HOME RUN 600 In 1983 George Brett was called out after a go-ahead HR; his bat had too much of this sticky stuff on the handle

pine tar

THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND 800 I'm this, like a wall that's had wet gypsum applied

plastered

BODIES OF WATER WORDS 800 Don't think too long about this word meaning "to think long"

ponder

OXYGEN 400 Oxygen therapy is part of treating COPD, short for chronic obstructive this disease

pulmonary

ROCK, PAPER & SCISSORS 400 Found in lava soap, this very light porous rock is used as an abrasive in solid form & a polish in powdered form

pumice

ANIMAL GROUPS 200 A group of these black birds is known as an unkindness; you can "quoth" me on that

ravens

"USA"! 1000 A voluntary withdrawal by a judge

recusal

THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND 1000 This is bad if you're hoping for sober, but good if it describes your abs or an '80s jeans style

ripped

LOSER! 400 At the Miss America pageant, the person who finishes second is the "first" this

runner-up

THE ANCIENT WORLD 400 The Roman poet Horace was known for a series of witty works called not "parodies", but these

satires

"USA"! 800 Braunschweiger is a liver type of this

sausage

SHADES OF YELLOW 1000 A type of transport; the color is AKA chrome yellow

school bus yellow

SEARCH TERMS 600 To reconnoiter ahead of a main body, or the soldier who does it

scout

ALPHABETIC HOMOPHONES 2000 It can precede bass or bed

sea

ALSO ON A BIKE 1600 The place in which administrative power is centered

seat

ROCK, PAPER & SCISSORS 600 Diagenesis is the process of forming this type of rock, like sandstone, through compaction & cementation

sedimentary

SEARCH TERMS 200 In Matthew 7 it precedes "and ye shall find"

seek

ODD COMBINED RESPONSES 400 Word after "open" in an Ali Baba command + term for a wide street like L.A.'s world-famous Sunset

sesame boulevard

"SHUT" UP 200 I'm going to grab some this, meaning sleep

shut-eye

"SMALL" TALK 800 In Connecticut, you cannot have a jury for this type of court where cases might be about back rent or damaged property

small claims court

"SMALL" TALK 1200 Unimportant people or things can be called this, a term for young fish

small fry

"SMALL" TALK 1600 In 18th century Europe, this disease was killing 400,000 annually

smallpox

LET'S GO TO TOGO 600 We can watch this popular sport in which Togo qualified for its first World Cup in 2006

soccer

LOSER! 1600 Laws that ban a primary election loser from running as an independent in the general are named after this type of loser

sore loser

ALSO ON A BIKE 400 Told others orally

spoke

"USA"! 600 Adjective meaning pertaining to marriage

spousal

A LONG ELEVATOR RIDE 400 When it opened in 1902, the Santa Justa lift elevator in Lisbon, Portugal uniquely used this type of power, like the Clermont

steam power

BODIES OF WATER WORDS 2000 Meaning "prudish", this hyphenated word is the right way for putting on a bodice

straitlaced

"ORM"Y WEATHER 600 This religion originated in the U.S. but a majority of its members live outside the country

the Mormons

COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY 600 Awarded since 1972 in 2015 the Commander-in-Chief's trophy was won by this Maryland school

the Naval Academy

WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE 200 Under the 6th October Bridge in Cairo

the Nile

THE YELLOW HORNET 400 How green! The yellow band on the Oriental hornet's midsection allows it to trap this type of energy

sunlight

DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS 1000 Withhold from publication, or stop a rebellion

suppress

SAILOR TALK 800 The direction a boat is heading can be referred to by this "pointy" term

tack

IT'S A CRIME! 800 Illegally avoiding paying the government on state, federal or local levels

tax evasion

CAPTAIN 600 Brothers Martin & Vincente Pinzon captained these 2 ships for Columbus in 1492

the Niña and the Pinta

THE QUEEN Daily Double Also known as Makeda, in the Bible she visited King Solomon

the Queen of Sheba

NAME THE 19th CENTURY DECADE 1200 General Kutuzov evacuates Moscow, which then burns

the 1810s

NAME THE 19th CENTURY DECADE 800 San Francisco's population of 1,000 grows to over 25,000

the 1840s

NAME THE 19th CENTURY DECADE 400 The Battle of Chattanooga

the 1860s

NAME THE 19th CENTURY DECADE Daily Double Colorado statehood

the 1870s

NAME THE 19th CENTURY DECADE 2000 Jack the Ripper makes himself known

the 1880s

ROMAN HISTORY Of this battle in 31 B.C., Virgil wrote, "Neptune's fields grow red with fresh slaughter"

the Battle of Actium

A LONG ELEVATOR RIDE 2000 Push the button for floor No. 124 at this tallest building in the world, then gaze out over Dubai, where it's located

the Burj Khalifa

ROCK, PAPER & SCISSORS 800 The U.S. printed its first national paper currency during this war

the Civil War

A LONG ELEVATOR RIDE 1200 The ride was not long enough on the 28 elevators at this ancient Roman site, raising beasts & fighters to the arena floor

the Colosseum

U.S. ISLANDS 400 East Sand Island in this river near Chinook, Wash. is home to a vast nesting colony of Caspian terns

the Columbia

RELIGIOUS GROUPS Their name comes from the Greek word for "Egyptian"

the Copts (or Coptics)

YOU AUTO KNOW 800 In 2013 Toyota sold its 40 millionth of this model, accounting for 1 in 5 of all Toyotas ever sold worldwide

the Corolla

WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE 600 Beneath the Arpad Bridge in Budapest

the Danube

BELOW ZERO Daily Double From sea level, it's 400 meters down to the shore of this landlocked Middle Eastern body of water

the Dead Sea

BROTHERHOODS 800 Lodges of the Fraternal Order of these beasts are known as aeries

the Eagles

RAINY SONGS 1000 This duo, in 1984: "Here comes the rain again, falling on my head like a memory, falling on my head like a new emotion"

the Eurhythmics

INSIDE THE PARK 800 Flamingo Visitor Center & Nine Mile Pond

the Everglades

NONFICTION 400 This series of 85 essays said that the Articles of Confederation were garbage

the Federalist Papers

1920s FICTION BESTSELLERS Daily Double Like "Beau Geste", also by P.C. Wren, "Beau Sabreur" is about a man in this fighting unit

the French Foreign Legion

THE MONGOLS 2000 Russians called Mongol invaders Zolotaya Orda, this 2-word phrase, perhaps from the color of their tents

the Golden Horde

THE MOST EXCITING PLAY 600 "Bumblescratch", set in 1665-66 London, starts with a plague & ends with this other disaster

the Great Fire of London

THE PHARAOHS 800 The pharaoh Khufu had this pointy marvel built during the last decades of his rule, around 2500 B.C.

the Great Pyramid

THE QUEEN 2000 14th century Queen Margaret I of Denmark took on this commercial league to win back coastal strongholds

the Hanseatic League

STICK WITH ME Daily Double More than 1 million fossil bones have been recovered at this sticky but popular L.A. tourist attraction

the La Brea Tar Pits

USA! 1200 February 12, 2014 marked the 100th anniversary of the ground breaking for this memorial

the Lincoln Memorial

HOME RUN 800 The longest MLB homer of 2016 was a 504-foot shot by this Florida team's Giancarlo Stanton

the Marlins

THE HUNGARY GAMES 400 Oseink irasa is a picture-based game that helps you learn the 44 characters in this

the alphabet

SAILOR TALK 400 Watch your head when the crew lowers this, also an item used on a movie set

the boom

ANIMAL PARTS 1600 The gorget is the colorful feathers of this part of the hummingbird

the breast

CEREMONIES 800 2-word term for what gets thrown out on Opening Day at Nationals Park

the first pitch

LET'S GO TO TOGO 400 We'll spend the official currency, the CFA this, remember that Togo was formerly French Togoland

the franc

12-LETTER WORDS 800 A comedian to the end, Rodney Dangerfield has as his epitaph "There goes" this region

the neighborhood

THE PHARAOHS Daily Double Akhenaten tried to switch the empire to worship of this, symbolized by the last 4 letters of his name

the sun

THE WEATHER 800 If the UVI, standing for this, is above 10, it will take only 10 minutes to get a sunburn

the ultraviolet index

ALSO ON A BIKE 800 To make weary

tire

FAMILIAR PHRASES 1000 The placement of men's wigs to block their vision might be the literal origin of this cliche about deception

to pull the wool over your eyes

SEARCH TERMS 400 To examine a document quickly, or to convert it to digital format

to scan

SEARCH TERMS 800 To search thoroughly, or to clean by hard rubbing

to scour

FAMILIAR PHRASES 600 Set Emeril, Wolfgang Puck & Alton Brown all to making vichyssoise & you'll sadly see the truth of this

too many cooks spoil the broth

"ORM"Y WEATHER 400 To afflict with great bodily or mental suffering

torment

FAMILIAR PHRASES 200 Take it from me, this duo "Don't make a right"

two wrongs

THE PHARAOHS 1600 Menes was the first pharaoh after the unification of these 2 parts of Egypt into one monarchy

upper and lower

"W"ORDS 2000 This 9-letter word means "forlorn"

woebegone

THE YELLOW HORNET 600 Though they're often confused with them, these Georgia Tech mascots aren't true hornets

yellow jackets

WE HAVE "U" SURROUNDED! 1600 To attest to someone's character