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LANGUAGE LESSONS Latin:Voice of the people

vox populi

KENNY ROGERS With the First Edition in 1967, Kenny "Just dropped in to see" this

what condition his condition is in

KIDDY LIT Dick Wilkins & Bob Cratchit are characters in this Dickens holiday favorite

"A Christmas Carol"

JOHNNY MERCER LYRICS Song that urges "E-lim-inate the negative; latch on to the affirmative; don't mess with Mr. In-Between"

"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive"

JAIL (audio Daily Double)Title of the following prison song, the 2nd-biggest hit of its singer's career:

"Chain Gang" (by Sam Cooke)

KIDDY LIT Perrault's version of this classic story was subtitled "Or the Little Glass Slipper"

"Cinderella"

JEOPARDY! PLACE Emily, sobbing, tells Jonas Teri wants her to plead guilty; Jonas starts singing this 1988 Bobby McFerrin hit

"Don't Worry, Be Happy"

LADIES OF LITERATURE Robert Jordan could sing, "I've just met a girl named Maria / she was brutalized by Fascists" in this Hemingway novel

"For Whom the Bell Tolls"

JACQUES IN THE BOX In the third movement of his "Titan" symphony Mahler used the theme of this French children's song

"Frère Jacques"

JOHNNY MERCER LYRICS (AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE) - Johnny wrote the updated lyrics for this classic in the 1940s: (clue: Mills Brothers classic)

"Glo-Worm"

JOHNNY MERCER LYRICS Phrase following "So you met someone who set you back on your heels"

"Goody Goody"

KNOCK, KNOCK T.S. Eliot knocked this Shakespearean tragedy with King Claudius, saying it was "certainly an artistic failure"

"Hamlet"

JACK NICHOLSON One of Jack's memorable moments is stealing this line from Ed McMahon in "The Shining"

"Heeere's Johnny!"

K.K. Poem that mentions "A sunny pleasure dome with caves of ice"

"Kubla Khan"

KENNY ROGERS His only #1 pop hit as a solo artist was this 1-word title song of 1980 written by Lionel Richie

"Lady"

JAZZ PIANISTS Erroll Garner wrote the music for this ballad that begins, "Look at me, I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree"

"Misty"

JOHNNY MERCER LYRICS Johnny told this river, "I'm crossing you in style someday"

"Moon River"

JOE DiMAGGIO "Joltin' Joe" was immortalized in this song that hit No. 1 in 1968

"Mrs. Robinson"

JANET RENO'S DANCE PARTY M-m-m-my goodness, the "Dance Party" theme song is this 1979 No. 1 hit by The Knack

"My Sharona"

LADIES OF LITERATURE Albertine, created by a man named Marcel, dallies with a man named Marcel in this work

"Remembrance of Things Past"

KIDDY LIT Robin McKinley's "Spindle's End" is a retelling of this fairy tale

"Sleeping Beauty"

JOHNNY MERCER LYRICS "A woman's a two-face, a worriesome thing who'll leave you to sing" this song

"The Blues in the Night"

IVAN In this Dostoyevsky novel, Ivan is the atheistic intellectual of the 4 sons

"The Brothers Karamazov"

KEY WORDS This Ken Follett novel was about a WWII code based on a Daphne du Maurier novel

"The Key to Rebecca"

KIDDY LIT Edward Tudor learns about the problems of commoners after switching clothes with an urchin in this Twain book

"The Prince and the Pauper"

KIDDIE LIT It's the reason "Jack and Jill went up the hill"

"To fetch a pail of water"

JUNGLE FEVER This 1987 song features the lyrics, "If you got the money, honey, we got your disease"

"Welcome To The Jungle"

JAIL In "Monopoly", if you pay to get out of jail, it costs this much

$50

KENNY ROGERS 1 of 3 female artists with whom Kenny Rogers has had a top 10 pop hit

(1 of) Dolly Parton (Kim Carnes & Sh

JUST MARRIED 2 of the traditional "Big 5" animals you'd hope to see on a safari honeymoon

(2 of 5) lion, elephant, leopard, rh

IT'S AN EXPERIMENT In 1876 this inventor reproduced sound using a tuning fork, a crude relay & a conductive solution

(Alexander Graham) Bell

JOE THE SENATOR On Sept. 26, 1797 Joseph Anderson began repping Tennessee along with this future president

(Andrew) Jackson

JUST CHUTE ME On Nov. 24, 1971 he parachuted out of a hijacked jet between Seattle & Reno with $200,000

(D.B.) Cooper

JUST DESSERTS Chef Josef Dobos is famous for creating this type of cake named for him

(Dobos) torte

JAMES THURBER Thurber's first book, 1929's "Is Sex Necessary?", was co-written with this collaborator of William Strunk

(E.B.) White

JAMES BOND "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" was the only film to feature him as Bond

(George) Lazenby

JUPITER This colorful feature centered at 22 degrees south latitude is about 22,000 miles long & 9,000 miles wide

(Great) Red Spot

JACQUES IN THE BOX On July 14, 2002 he was shot at while riding in a Paris parade celebrating Bastille Day

(Jacques) Chirac

JACQUES IN THE BOX He painted "Napoleon Distributing the Eagles"

(Jacques-Louis) David

JOHN LEGEND A college in Cambridge, Mass. was named for this man after he left it half his fortune & a 400-book library

(John) Harvard

JOHN LEGEND The American Library Association awards a medal named for this children's book publisher

(John) Newbery

JOE THE SENATOR Joseph Hill, a strong health care advocate as a senator, was named for this antiseptic surgery pioneer

(Joseph) Lister

JACQUES IN THE BOX Father Jacques Marquette & this cartographer explored the Mississippi River during June & July 1673

(Louis) Joliet

JOE DiMAGGIO DiMaggio earned this nautical nickname with his graceful outfield play

"The Yankee Clipper"

LAKES & RIVERS Either of 2 Marilyn Monroe films with "watery" titles

(1 of) Niagara and the Riv

KILLED BY DEATH In 1940 this Jamaican-born journalist & black nationalist died after reading his own mistakenly printed obituary

(Marcus) Garvey

JUST THE FACT, MA'AM In 1969 he penned the famous line "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse"

(Mario) Puzo

KANSANS In '78, she became 1st woman to win full term in U.S. Senate who hadn't succeeded her husband in Congress

(Nancy) Kassebaum

JANET RENO'S DANCE PARTY In 1997 Janet challenged this then-NYC mayor to a boxing match (& kneed him downstairs--Janet boxed dirty)

(Rudy) Giuliani

JUST DESERTS These plants found near Tucson, Arizona may be 50 feet tall, weigh 8 tons & be over 100 years old

(Saguaro) cactuses

JINGO ALL THE WAY Boswell quoted him as saying that "patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel"

(Samuel) Johnson

JOE-PARDY! In a 1979 film Meryl Streep seduces fallen politician Alan Alda in "The Seduction of" this man

(The Seduction of) Joe Tynan

KISS ME! The first kiss on film occurred in a short 1896 film by this American & was titled "May Irwin Kiss"

(Thomas) Edison

KIDDIE LIT Edward Bear was known to his friends as this

(Winnie the) Pooh

JA! BABY! 5 is funf & this number is funfzehn

15

JORDAN Jordan lost the city of Jerusalem & the territory known as the West Bank during a war in this year

1967

KNOW YOUR EARTH It's the length in hours of a mean solar day

24

IT'S WHAT WE DO Going back to 1906, this all-"American" company predates its rival, Hallmark

American Greetings

JOHN TYLER A Maverick Democrat, Tyler defied this president & party leader in the early 1830s

Andrew Jackson

KELLOGG'S An apple wearing high tops & a cinnamon stick in a hat are on the box of this Kellogg's cereal

Apple Jacks

JEWISH FOOD On Rosh Hashanah it's traditional to dip slices of this fruit in honey

Apples

LANGUAGES In the 500s B.C., this replaced Hebrew as the Jews' language; part of the Book of Daniel is written in it

Aramaic

JAPANESE BUSINESS & INDUSTRY The largest ones of these in the world are Japan's Sanwa & Dai-Ichi Kangyo

Banks

JAZZ SINGERS The father of this "Don't Worry, Be Happy" singer provided Sidney Poitier's singing voice in "Porgy And Bess"

Bobby McFerrin

IT'S MY PARTY Teddy Roosevelt,November 1912

Bull Moose

JANUARY 11, 1996 This ship belonging to Jacques Cousteau sank in a Singapore shipyard

Calypso

JINGLES & SLOGANS It's "M'm! M'm! Good!"

Campbell's soup

JUNE SWOON On June 17, 1957 John Diefenbaker became prime minister of this country

Canada

JAMES THURBER Thurber joined the cast as himself for 88 performances of the Broadway play "A Thurber" this

Carnival

IT'S MATTHEW PERRY As this "Friends" guy, Matthew Perry said, "All right, I took the (Cosmo) quiz, & it turns out, I do put career before men"

Chandler (Bing)

KINGS & QUEENS King of Franks who was advised, it's said, by Theodulf the Visigoth & Elissaeus the Eunuch

Charlemagne

JUNE SWOON On June 15, 1844 this man was granted a patent for rubber vulcanization

Charles Goodyear

IT'S OUR ISLAND Hainan

China

I'VE ZINE THE MOVIE A GQ article became this film where Piper Perabo learned that beautiful women plus booze equals money

Coyote Ugly

LAKES & RIVERS Located in Oregon, it's the deepest lake in North America

Crater Lake

LANGUAGES In Greenland, Greenlandic & this language are official ones

Danish

JERUSALEM The Shrine of the Book houses these parchment & papyrus manuscripts discovered in caves in 1947

Dead Sea Scrolls

IT'S TOO DARN HOT! You may not want to visit this national park in July, when the average high is about 115 degrees--what a "killer"!

Death Valley

JUST DESERTS This California desert valley was named by gold seekers, many of whom didn't survive the crossing of it

Death Valley

IT'S MY PARTY Strom Thurmond,November 1948

Dixiecrat

LADY'S NIGHT On Oct. 27, 1996 this American designer unveiled a new line she simply called D

Donna Karan

JUST DESSERTS Sea captain Hanson Gregory & the Pennsylvania Dutch are both credited with putting the hole in this treat

Doughnuts

KID STUFF Mrs. Jumbo's big-eared baby boy

Dumbo

KINGS NAMED ED He was the oldest son of Queen Victoria

Edward VII

JAZZ SINGERS In 1938 she had her first smash hit with Chick Webb's band, "A-Tisket A-Tasket"

Ella Fitzgerald

IT'S MY PARTY U.S. president John Adams

Federalist

KING ME! Maybe Columbus was trying to butter up this king when he gave his son the same name in 1488

Ferdinand

JOHN HUGHES FILMS Film in which Matthew Broderick says, "Life goes by so fast that if you don't stop and look around, you might miss it"

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

JANUARY 11, 1996 Many world leaders attended his funeral mass in Notre Dame Cathedral

Francois Mitterand

KENNEDY CENTER HONOREES 1983 "Was A Very Good Year" for this entertainer; that's when he was honored

Frank Sinatra

LADIES OF LITERATURE In the original tale, Elizabeth, the bride of this man, is strangled by the monster

Frankenstein

IT'S GARY He's played Sirius Black & Gotham's Lt. Jim Gordon

Gary Oldman

LANGUAGES Encyclopedia Americana calls the Homeric form of this "an artificial literary language"

Greek

JADED The sought-after imperial jade is usually this color

Green

JAVA, THE HUT In the early '60s, many folkies flocked to Cafe Wha?, at MacDougal & Minetta in this Manhattan area

Greenwich Village

KIDDY LIT In a Grimm tale, grim indeed, she pushed a witch into an oven

Gretel

JULY Born alone July 12, 1895, he later partnered with Jerome Kern & Richard Rogers

Hammerstein

KIDDY LIT CHARACTERS His father, Raff, fell off a scaffold while working on the dikes & lost his memory

Hans Brinker

KIDS IN LIT He joined the Auror Department under Kingsley Shacklebolt at age 17

Harry Potter

JINGO ALL THE WAY In an 1852 speech, Frederick Douglass called this holiday "a sham... fraud, deception, impiety"

Independence Day

KEEP THE FAITH 2-letter name shared by the Maori creator of the universe & Jupiter's third-largest moon

Io

JORDAN The easternmost point of Jordan borders this troubled country

Iraq

LANGUAGES Abruzzese is a dialect of this language

Italian

JOE-PARDY! In 1975's "Thrilla in Manila" Muhammad Ali defeated him

Joe Frazier

JOCK JACKS & JOHNS This former coach of the Raiders has won many Emmy Awards as an NFL analyst with CBS & Fox

John Madden

KINGS & QUEENS Queen Noor, of this Middle Eastern country named for a river, used to be a regular American girl named Lisa

Jordan

JERRY SPRINGER'S BIBLE SHOW He crowded onto the stage with his 11 brothers for the "Dad Likes You Best" show

Joseph

JOURNALISM Born in Hungary, he ran the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before buying the New York World

Joseph Pulitzer

KINGS & QUEENS Named Franco's successor in 1969, he became king in 1975

Juan Carlos

KINGS & QUEENS This king & his family have lived at La Zarzuela palace just outside Madrid since 1962

Juan Carlos

K.K. Before writing his first novel, he worked as a night attendant in the mental ward of a V.A. hospital

Ken Kesey

LAKES A part of Minnesota, the northernmost point in the lower 48 states, juts into this U.S.-Canadian lake

Lake of the Woods

ITS LONGEST BORDER Vietnam's longest

Laos

KINGS & QUEENS The leaders of several royal families take turns ruling this country whose capital is Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

IT'S GEOGRAPHIC Calexico, California lies opposite this aptly named Mexican city

Mexicali

JULY 4 On July 4, 1982 Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado was elected president of this North American country

Mexico

LAKES & RIVERS Including Lake Managua, the 2 largest lakes in Central America are found in this country

Nicaragua

KIDNAPPED This wealthy heiress who was kidnapped in 1974 was renamed "Tania" after Che Guevara's girlfriend

Patricia Hearst

JURY DUTY Like a witness, a prospective juror who lies during selection can be charged with this crime

Perjury

KEY WORDS In 1960 this magazine opened its first Key Club in Chicago

Playboy

KELLOGG'S The original slogan for these: "Drop 'em in the toaster--or eat 'em just as they are"

Pop Tarts

IT'S YOUR DIME The edge has 118 reeds, 1 fewer than this current coin

Quarter

JUST DESSERTS In 1948 Aaron Lapin's company introduced this aerosol dessert topping brand

Reddi-wip

KIRSTEN, REESE OR SCARLETT Born in the 1970s, she's the oldest

Reese

IT'S MY PARTY Strom Thurmond,1968

Republican

JUNEAU The USA's second-largest city in area, Juneau is larger than either of these 2 states

Rhode Island & Delaware

JAZZ IT UP This Thelonious Monk composition provided the title for a 1986 jazz film starring Dexter Gordon

Round Midnight

LADIES OF LITERATURE Ladies, don't be like this Rostand heroine; make sure your suitor's great letters are really his own

Roxanne

KILLED BY DEATH Jim Fixx, author of "The Complete Book of" this, died in 1984 doing just that

Running

KINGS & QUEENS During his reign, 1953-1964, King Saud nearly bankrupted this country

Saudi Arabia

JERRY SPRINGER'S BIBLE SHOW David was hidden offstage when Jonathan told this man "Dad, Leave My Friends Alone!"

Saul

KINGS & QUEENS Kings of this largest island in the Mediterranean included William the Bad & his son William the Good

Sicily

KIDDIE LIT The 1st flowers mentioned in "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary"

Silver Bells

JADED Prized Chinese artifacts include jade bottles for this tobacco product that induced sneezing

Snuff

JADED The formula NaAlSi2O6 tells you these 4 chemical elements make up jadeite

Sodium, aluminum, silicon & oxygen

JAIL This country's Kharkov Prison is said to be world's largest, accommodating 40,000 prisoners

Soviet Union

KATHARINE HEPBURN FILMS In "Adam's Rib" Hepburn & this actor are married lawyers on opposite sides of a case

Spencer Tracy

IT'S IN MY COFFEE Sweet'N Low contains saccharin; sucralose goes into this "S" brand

Splenda

JAIL Unlucky Col. Klink was in charge of this prison camp housing "Hogan's Heroes"

Stalag 13

IT'S AN EXPERIMENT This university's 1971 experiment simulating prison life was ended as it got too real for students playing inmates & guards

Stanford University

IT'S BIG IN JAPAN This Tokyo transit system is so popular, "platform pushers" make sure everyone gets on

Subway

KNIGHT TIME In 1027 the Council of Elne prohibited hostilities between knights & others any time on this day of the week

Sunday

LANGUAGES It was Greta Garbo's native language

Swedish

LAKES & RIVERS The Aare, originating in the Bern canton, is a major river of this country

Switzerland

LANDING ZONES OF NORMANDY This weapon is aflame in Genesis 3:24

Sword

JAPAN In a traditional Japanese home, floors are covered with straw mats called these

Tatami

I'VE GOT THE BREWS This Mexican beer, the top-selling canned import in the U.S., is named for a town in Baja California

Tecate

JOHN STEINBECK "Jody put out his bruised hand again, and..." this title animal "let his nose be rubbed"

The Red Pony

KIDDY LIT The frontispiece of this Robert Louis Stevenson book featured a detailed map

Treasure Island

JOHN HUGHES FILMS John Candy looks after his brother's kids for a few days in this 1989 comedy

Uncle Buck

LABOR UNIONS Members of this Detroit-based union also make lawn mowers in Tennessee & Radio Flyer wagons in Illinois

United Auto Workers

LANDMARKS Country: Punta Del Este, Catedral de Montevideo

Uruguay

LANDING ZONES OF NORMANDY The Bear River runs through this state into a lake

Utah

JOURNALISM Sime Silverman, editor of this weekly trade paper, coined the headline "Sticks Nix Hick Pix"

Variety

ITS LONGEST BORDER Colombia's longest

Venezuela

LAKES & RIVERS This largest African lake is the chief source of the Nile River

Victoria

LAND O' LAKERS L.A.'s city fathers renamed Weyse Avenue this street; "Hollywood & Weyse" just didn't cling

Vine

KNOWN BY THEIR INITIALS Social reformer William Edward Burghardt...

W.E.B. Du Bois

KIDDY LIT CHARACTERS Chapter 17 of "Peter Pan" is "When" this girl "Grew Up"

Wendy

KNOWN BY THEIR INITIALS NFL All-Pro Yelberton Abraham...

Y.A. Tittle

JAPAN The name of this monetary unit comes from the word for "round"; earlier coins were often oval

Yen

JOB DESCRIPTION A 6-letter waitress who brings burgers to your vehicle

a carhop

JOB DESCRIPTION 3-letter para-paramedic

an EMT

JUST DESSERTS In "The Godfather", Richard Castellano says, "Leave the gun. Take" these pastries

cannolis

KING JAMES BIBLE BEASTS The Song of Solomon 2:15 tells of these "little" critters "that spoil the vines"

foxes

LAKES & RIVERS Scottish word for lake

loch

JOEY In marsupials only, these glands develop independently to provide tailored nutrition to individual joeys

mammary glands

JUST SAY NO In Hollywood, this 5-letter word of possibility (per the L.A. Times)

maybe

JUST SAY NO In German, this 4-letter word

nein

JUST SAY NO In French, this 3-letter word

non

JAIL Calling it "Most Secure Prison", Guinness says tho 23 attempted to escape from Alcatraz, this many succeeded

none

IT'S ALL "OVER", BABY 3-word topographical phrase for someone whose peak years are behind him

over the hill

IT'S ALL "OVER", BABY It's where a "man" is when the O flag is hoisted on a ship

overboard

JULIA CHILD When World War II broke out, Julia, hoping to become a spy, joined the OSS, this forerunner of the CIA

the Office of Strategic Services

LANDMARKS Though unmarried & childless, he lives in the world's largest residential palace

the Pope

KISS ME! In 1975, in an unprecedented act of humility, he kissed the feet of the envoy of the Orthodox Patriarch

the Pope (Paul VI)

LAKES & RIVERS A German river or the wine grown on its banks

the Rhine

LAKES & RIVERS Early explorers gave it a Spanish name meaning "large river"

the Rio Grande

JORDAN Around 106 A.D. Jordan became part of this empire's province of Arabia

the Roman Empire

IT'S OUR ISLAND Midway Island

the U.S.

JUST THE FACT, MA'AM This "rhythm" is the biological clock in humans, based on a 24-hour cycle

the circadian rhythm

JUST DESSERTS Try one of my blondies; it's like a brownie but made with this flavoring instead of chocolate

vanilla (or butterscotch)

JEOPMARK CARDS FOR LITERARY CHARACTE Wishing this 1726 title guy bon voyage! Whether you meet people big or small, may your 4 trips make you say "Yahoo!"

Gulliver

IVAN Ivan was the middle name of this astronaut, Virgil was his first, but most people called him "Gus"

Gus Grissom

KNOWN BY THEIR INITIALS Journalist & essayist Henry Louis...

H.L. Mencken

IT'S GREEK MYTHOLOGY TO ME This underworld kingpin had a helmet that made him invisible; after all, his name means "the unseen"

Hades

JUST FOR THE "HALL" OF IT Literally it means "Praise ye the Lord" in Hebrew

Hallelujah

JUST FOR THE "HALL" OF IT It's a feature that distinguishes something from other things

Hallmark

JUST FOR THE "HALL" OF IT It's a false perception when no external stimulus exists

Hallucination

I'VE GOT 2 TICKETS TO PARADISE This state's record low is 12 degrees; its January average is a balmy 68

Hawaii

KINGS & QUEENS In 1895, Liliuokalani was charged with treason & forced to abdicate throne of this island group

Hawaii

LANGUAGES "Hauoli makahiki hou" means "happy new year" in this language of the Pacific

Hawaiian

LANGUAGES In its earliest form, this Old Testament language was probably identical to Phoenician

Hebrew

KENNY ROGERS His wife Marianne was once a regular on this country comedy TV show

Hee Haw

IT'S GREEK MYTHOLOGY TO ME Menelaus not only wanted this wife back, but the treasure Paris stole along with her

Helen

JASON MILLER When Jason played Edmund in "Long Day's Journey into Night", this "First Lady of the American Theatre" played his mother

Helen Hayes

JOURNALISM UPI journalist who's the senior member of the White House press corps

Helen Thomas

LADY'S NIGHT At a 1984 dinner, this "doubting" woman became the 1st woman to win the National Press Club's Fourth Estate Award

Helen Thomas

JEOPARDY! PLACE FBI agent Malone comes into town to find out how a claymore mine got there & see his mom, one of these blood doctors

Hematologist

JULY This industrialist came off the assembly line July 30, 1863

Henry Ford

JUDEA This ruler of Judea attempted to kill the infant Jesus

Herod

JAPANESE HISTORY Called Michinomiya as a child, he became Japanese emperor on Christmas Day, 1926

Hirohito

KINSEY Dr. Alfred Kinsey was born in this New Jersey city in 1894, as was Frank Sinatra 21 years later

Hoboken

JAPAN The Ainu, most of whom live on this northernmost island, may have been Japan's first inhabitants

Hokkaido

KNOW BUSINESS This company squealed with delight because sales of Spam porked up first quarter profits in 2008

Hormel

IT'S ABOUT TIME Timepiece mentioned in the introduction to "Days of Our Lives"

Hourglass

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS At age 63 John left the White House & began to serve in this house, where he was called "Old Man Eloquent"

House of Representatives

KIDS IN LIT This boy, about 14 years old, escapes from his alcoholic father & helps a slave who's on the run

Huckleberry Finn

JA! BABY! In German this country is Ungarn

Hungary

JULIUS CAESAR In 47 B.C., after defeating the King of Pontus, Caesar boasted, "Veni, vidi, vici!"; I came, I saw, I did this

I conquered

LANGUAGES [Sarah] It's the three-word phrase expressed here in American sign language

I love you

LAGER RHYTHMS In 1988, after an over 70-year ban, this European island country allowed the brewing and selling of strong beer

Iceland

LAND OF _____ Its glaciers & hot springs have earned this country the nickname "Land of Frost and Fire"

Iceland

JUNE SWOON This composer's first ballet, "The Firebird", premiered in Paris June 25, 1910

Igor Stravinsky

LAND OF _____ Go to this state if you want to see the "Land of Lincoln"

Illinois

KINSEY In 1947 Dr. Kinsey founded his institute for sex research at this Bloomington university

Indiana

KEEPING UP WITH THE JONES In 1989 the leather jacket & fedora worn by this Harrison Ford character went to the Smithsonian

Indiana Jones

IT'S THEIR FAULT The great Sumatran fault lies within this fourth-most populous country

Indonesia

LANGUAGES A variety of Malay called Bahasa Jakarta is spoken in the capital of this island nation

Indonesia

LANGUAGES Balinese is spoken on several islands of this country

Indonesia

LANGUAGES Halloween has its origins in the festival of Samhain, which means "summer's end" in this language

Irish (or Celtic)

IT'S THEIR FAULT The Ovindoli-Pezza fault runs through this earthquake-prone Mediterranean country

Italy

JUST DESSERTS Perfect for dipping in wine or coffee, biscotti are twice-baked cookies from this country

Italy

IVAN In a 1985 book he called Arbitrage "Wall Street's best kept money-making secret"

Ivan Boesky

IVAN Before the revolution, he was appointed director of the physiology dept. at the Inst. of Experimental Medicine

Ivan Pavlov

IVAN As director of "Twins" & "Kindergarten Cop", he told Arnold Schwarzenegger what to do

Ivan Reitman

JUST DESSERTS Liquor brand that's integral to the sweet potato pudding at Miss Mary Bobo's boarding house in Lynchburg, Tenn.

Jack Daniel's

JACKs Explaining why he lost the heavyweight championship to Gene Tunney, he said, "I forgot to duck"

Jack Dempsey

JOCK JACKS & JOHNS In 1927 he lost a heavyweight title rematch with Gene Tunney in the Battle of the "Long Count"

Jack Dempsey

JUNGLE FEVER Go to the Columbus Zoo & see Jungle Jack's Landing, named for this director emeritus of the zoo

Jack Hanna

JACKS OF ALL TRADES This 1996 vice-presidential candidate was once a quarterback for the Buffalo Bills

Jack Kemp

JACKs In 1989 this former NFL quarterback became U.S. Secretary of Housing & Urban Development

Jack Kemp

JACKs In the '60s he reigned as TV's exercise guru

Jack LaLaine

JACKs One of his last adventure novels, "Jerry of the Islands", told of an Irish terrier pup in the south seas

Jack London

JACKs After joking around in "Batman", he directed & starred in "The Two Jakes"

Jack Nicholson

JACKS OF ALL TRADES He was named "Golfer of the Century" in 1988 & "Golf Course Architect of the Year" in 1993

Jack Nicklaus

JOCK JACKS & JOHNS In 1986, at age 46, this "Golden Bear" became the oldest golfer to win the Masters tournament

Jack Nicklaus

KILLER OPERAS "Lulu" has a lulu of an ending: the heroine is killed by this notorious London murderer

Jack the Ripper

JASON MILLER Shortly before his death, Jason wrote a teleplay about this TV "Honeymooner", once his father-in-law

Jackie Gleason

I'VE GOT 2 TICKETS TO PARADISE The name of this West Indies island comes from an Arawak word for "land of wood & water", mon

Jamaica

JOHN C. FREMONT In 1856 he ran as the Republicans' first presidential candidate, but was defeated by this man

James Buchanan

KEEPING UP WITH THE JONES Giving serious bang for the buck, his salary for his voice-only role in "Star Wars" was just $7,000

James Earl Jones

IT'S MATTHEW PERRY In July 1853 Matthew Perry became famous by sailing into a fortified harbor in this country

Japan

JANUARY 11, 1996 Ryutaro Hashimoto was sworn in as this country's 8th prime minister in 7 years

Japan

JEAN-WHAT? Hatian leader Aristide

Jean-Bertrand

JEAN-WHAT? Actor Van Damme

Jean-Claude

JEAN-WHAT? 18th century thinker Rousseau

Jean-Jacques

JEAN-WHAT? Film director Godard

Jean-Luc

JEAN-WHAT? 20th century thinker Sartre

Jean-Paul

JUST DESSERTS This brand of gelatin first jiggled in 4 flavors: strawberry, lemon, orange & raspberry

Jell-O

JELL-O, EVERYONE The Smithsonian's 1991 conference on Jell-O history included a talk on this "sport"

Jell-O wrestling

JUNIOR SAMPLES Edmund Jr. is the real name of this California pol known to some as "Governor Moonbeam"

Jerry Brown

JUST FOR THE "HALL" OF IT Ex-wife of Mick

Jerry Hall

KISS ME! The 2 participants in the memorable kiss in Mark 14:44

Jesus & Judas

JOIN THE CLUB If you belong to a Parrot Head club, we bet you're devoted to this singer

Jimmy Buffett

JACK NICHOLSON In a 1992 movie, Nicholson portrayed this famous American, who's seen here, with kind of a Jack-like grin

Jimmy Hoffa

JANUARY 11, 1996 He was given a 4-year, $8 million contract to coach the Miami Dolphins

Jimmy Johnson

JOANS "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" was her only hit to reach the Top 10

Joan Baez

JOANS She appeared in "Addams Family Values" & opposite her brother John in "Say Anything"

Joan Cusack

JOANS After watching her on "Good Morning America", you can exercise to her video "Workout America"

Joan Lunden

JOANS Laurence Olivier's widow, she was featured in the movies "Enchanted April", "Avalon" & "Dennis the Menace"

Joan Plowright

JOANS From 1983 to 1986 she was the permanent guest host of the "Tonight Show"

Joan Rivers

JOAQUIN His siblings are River, Rain, Liberty & Summer

Joaquin Phoenix

JOE-PARDY! He teamed with William Hanna to produce "The Flintsones"

Joe Barbera

IT'S THE HUMILITY In 2011 this politician said he didn't deserve the honor of having the Wilmington, Del. train station named after him

Joe Biden

JOE THE SENATOR This Delaware man served in the Senate from 1973 to 2009, then got kicked upstairs

Joe Biden

JOE THE SENATOR In 1950 he attracted national attention by accusing the State Department of harboring Communists

Joe McCarthy

JUST THE FACT, MA'AM He's the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations

John Bolton

KANSANS In 1855, he moved to Osawatomie, Kan. where he was known as "Osawatomie Brown"

John Brown

JON STEWART'S <em class="underline"> This mascot "is like Uncle Sam, only shorter and fatter, clearly playing to the British infatuation with stoutness"

John Bull

JUNIOR SAMPLES This philanthropist donated the land on which the U.N. headquarters was built in New York City

John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

JOHN LEGEND He developed the first successful steel plow, & his company found tractors to be a fertile market

John Deere

JUNE 5 BABIES Born 1883:A 3-named English economist

John Maynard Keynes

JOCK JACKS & JOHNS The No, 1 tennis player in the world from 1981 to 1984, he won more U.S. Davis Cup singles matches than anyone else

John McEnroe

JOHN PAUL II Like this immediate predecessor, John Paul II declined coronation

John Paul I

JOURNALISM New York City editor acquitted of libel in 1735 establishing the principle of freedom of the press

John Peter Zenger

JOCK JACKS & JOHNS This Utah Jazz guard holds the NBA record for career steals with over 2,600

John Stockton

JOHN LEGEND As the U.S. Constitution was vague, this V.P. decided to name himself President instead of calling for an election

John Tyler

JERUSALEM In 168 B.C. Syrian Antiochus IV destroyed much of the city, causing a revolt under this man's leadership

Judah the Maccabee

JUNE SWOON One of the 2 days on which summer can begin in the Northern Hemisphere

June 21 or 22

LANDING ZONES OF NORMANDY Hellenically, Hera

Juno

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

KGB

KNOCK, KNOCK Tom Shales said the difference between this ex-"Live" host's XMAS special & a 24-hour flu was 23 hours

Kathie Lee Gifford

K.K. On radio, this bandleader had a "Kollege of Musical Knowledge"

Kay Kyser

JUNE 5 BABIES Born 1956:An American pop saxophonist

Kenny G

KEY WORDS If you read our credits you know this post on our crew is filled by Luke Lima

Key grip

KEY WORDS On a music score, it's the set of sharp &/or flat signs that follow the clef

Key signature

JERUSALEM Jews pray at the Wailing Wall, a part of the Second Temple renovated by this king & later destroyed

King Herod

JORDAN In 1952 he succeeded his father Talal as King of Jordan

King Hussein

JINGO ALL THE WAY Orwell called this "If" poet a "jingo imperialist... morally insensitive and aesthetically disgusting"

Kipling

K.K. He was the majority stockholder in MGM until it was sold to Sony in 2005

Kirk Kerkorian

KIRSTEN, REESE OR SCARLETT Has starred with Pitt & Cruise

Kirsten

KIRSTEN, REESE OR SCARLETT The tallest at 5'7"

Kirsten

JOHN C. FREMONT On many of his survey trips, he travelled with this Kentucky-born guide & Indian agent

Kit Carson

JUNE SWOON This war began with an attack across the 38th Parallel on June 25, 1950

Korean War

JOHN PAUL II In 1964 he was promoted from auxilliary bishop to archbishop of this Polish city

Krakow

JUST DESSERTS A glowing red "Hot Doughnuts Now" sign announces the fresh original glazed doughnuts from this chain

Krispy Kreme

K.K. Mmm... these doughnuts

Krispy Kremes

JAPANESE HISTORY In 1281 a storm the Japanese called Kamikaze, or "Divine Wind", thwarted an amphibious attack by this Mongol

Kublai Khan

KICK THE CANNES Co-Palme d'Or winners in 1980 were "All That Jazz" by Bob Fosse & "Kagemusha" by this man

Kurosawa

JUNIOR SAMPLES He wrote the bestsellers "Slaughterhouse-Five" & "Breakfast of Champions"

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

JAPAN After being rebuilt in 1855, the Imperial Palace in this former capital was home to just 2 emperors

Kyoto

JAPANESE HISTORY In 794 Emperor Kammu established the Japanese capital in this city that was then called Heian-Kyo

Kyoto

JELL-O, EVERYONE In the 1930s Jell-O sponsored a series of "Oz" booklets by this author who died in 1919

L. Frank Baum

KNOWN BY THEIR INITIALS Maine retailer Leon Leonwood...

L.L. Bean

LAKES & RIVERS The northern tip of this long lake on the border between Vermont & New York extends into Quebec

Lake Champlain

LANDMARKS An over 300-foot Doric column on this Great Lake is both a peace memorial & a Perry's victory memorial

Lake Erie

LAKES & RIVERS This lake on the French-Swiss border shares its name with the Swiss city at its southern end

Lake Geneva

LAKES A castle on this French-Swiss lake was made famous by the poem "The Prisoner of Chillon"

Lake Geneva

KNOW YOUR EARTH Filling this reservoir behind Hoover Dam caused earthquakes in the area until the land settled

Lake Mead

LAKES & RIVERS This largest of the Great Lakes is also the highest above sea level at 600 feet

Lake Superior

LAKES Fur trappers called this Great Lake the "Upper Lake" in French

Lake Superior

LAKES Located in South America, it's the world's highest large navigable lake

Lake Titicaca

LAKES & RIVERS This lake in Manitoba, Ontario & Minnesota is a remnant of an extinct glacial lake

Lake of the Woods

JEWELRY Last name of the French jeweler Rene, who was famous for his art nouveau designs & his crystal

Lalique

IT'S ALL A LEGEND As a child, this tough Knight of the Round Table was plunged into the lake from which Excalibur came

Lancelot

KING ARTHUR Arthur set up the diamond jousts, a series of 9 annual tournaments all won by this knight

Lancelot

LANGUAGES All of the Romance languages have their roots in this language

Latin

LABOR Fired in 1976, in 1980 striking workers got him reinstated at the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk

Lech Walesa

JUST CHUTE ME In 1485 this Italian designed a parachute; over 500 years later, Adrian Nicholas made a jump using that design

Leonardo

JUST CHUTE ME In the 1490s he sketched out the chute seen here

Leonardo da Vinci

JUNE SWOON The 2 men who signed the Salt II Treaty in Vienna on June 18, 1979

Leonid Brezhnev & Jimmy Carter

JULY On July 14, 1980, Billy Carter registered as an agent of this country's government

Libya

JAMES BOND The title of this film with Timothy Dalton & Carey Lowell explains why Bond gets away with murder

Licence to Kill

JOE THE SENATOR This Connecticut senator was chairman of the Government Affairs Committee from 2001 to 2003

Lieberman

IT'S MY PARTY Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Likud

KENNEDY CENTER HONOREES This musician who gave off good "vibes" was one of the honorees in 1992

Lionel Hampton

I'VE GOT A LITTLE LISZT The 1840s excitement over Liszt was dubbed this (later a movie title) by Heinrich Heine

Lisztomania

LANGUAGES In a list of dictionary abbreviations, this language is often listed as Lith.

Lithuanian

LAKES & RIVERS You can take a high road or a low road to this, the largest lake in Scotland

Loch Lomond

JAVA, THE HUT In the early 1700s there were 550 coffeehouses in this city, including Edward Lloyd's

London

JOURNALISM "Newsweek" spoke of "the power of the press" when B. Bain's dog was killed by copy of this heavy paper

Los Angeles Times

KING ME! He was deposed by the Bavarian government in 1886; must've made him really "Mad"

Ludwig II

KEEP THE FAITH A group of 16th century German princes started this Protestant denomination

Lutheranism

JINGLES & SLOGANS It's slogan "The Milk Chocolate Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hand" was introduced in 1954

M&M's

LADIES OF LITERATURE S'posin a fella was to meet the lady that birthed Tom Joad; he could jus' call her this

Ma

IT'S VEGAS, BABY! You can get really close to Brad Pitt at the Vegas version of this world-famous wax museum

Madame Tussaud's

KIDDY LIT Title character among Ludwig Bemelmans' "Twelve Little Girls In Two Straight Lines"

Madeline

LANGUAGES Hungarians call their official language this

Magyar

KANSAS CITIES This college town has been called the "Little Apple"

Manhattan

JINGO ALL THE WAY This 2-word jingoistic tenet stated that territorial expansion of the U.S. is inevitable & ordained

Manifest Destiny

KENNEDY CENTER HONOREES The first group of honorees in 1978 included Arthur Rubinstein & this African-American opera singer

Marian Anderson

KINGS & QUEENS This 11th daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I was guillotined in 1793

Marie Antoinette

JULIUS CAESAR In Shakespeare's" Julius Caesar", this man begins his eulogy of Caesar, "Friends, Romans, countrymen..."

Mark Antony

JUNE SWOON The Romans named the month for Juno, patron goddess of women & this social rite

Marriage

KNOW BUSINESS This hotel chain that owns Renaissance, Courtyard & Ritz-Carlton also has a timeshare division

Marriott

KIDS ON THE NET On the website for this comics brand, you can watch the Fantastic Four or play Iron Man Armory Assault

Marvel

KNIGHT TIME The increasing idealization of women by knights developed out of cult devoted to this biblical woman

Mary

KINGS & QUEENS In 1558 Elizabeth I succeeded this half-sister as Queen of England

Mary I (Mary Tudor)

IT'S SECRET, DON'T TELL ANYONE A March 31, 1920 L.A. times headline said, this adorable actress "and Douglas Fairbanks are secretly married"

Mary Pickford

KATHARINE HEPBURN FILMS In 1936 Hepburn played this doomed Scots queen who was married to a real-life Hepburn ancestor

Mary, Queen of Scots

JUST A BILL ON CAPITOL HILL Born in Quincy & educated in Braintree, Bill Delahunt has repped this state since 1997

Massachusetts

I'VE GOT A LITTLE LISZT One of Liszt's later works was an 1867 funeral march for this Austrian archduke & emperor of a N. American country

Maximillian

JADED When a big shot in this Central American civilization died in Tikal, he was buried with a piece of jade

Mayan

KEY WORDS This company added a remote keyless entry system to its 1996 Miata M edition

Mazda

JINGLES & SLOGANS "You Deserve a Break Today" at this chain

McDonald's

IT'S JUST A GAME "Allied Assault" & "Rising Sun" are from this militaristic video game series

Medal of Honor

JULY This hospital insurance program for the elderly began July 1, 1966

Medicare

JUNEAU Juneau's most popular tourist destination is this glacier lying only 13 miles from downtown

Mendenhall Glacier

KING ARTHUR Shortly after birth, Arthur was given to this wizard for safekeeping

Merlin

JUST DESERTS Part of the Chihuahuan Desert lies in Chihuahua, one of this country's most prosperous states

Mexico

KIDDY LIT This "Soul Provider" singer made his debut as a children's book author with 1997's "The Secret of the Lost Kingdom"

Michael Bolton

KICK THE CANNES In 2004 he became the first to win the Palme d'Or for a documentary since Jacques Cousteau in 1956

Michael Moore

JELL-O, EVERYONE The 1990s saw a new way to make Jell-O puddings using this type of oven

Microwave oven

JAZZ IT UP At the 2000 Grammys the Best Boxed Recording Package was this late trumpeter's "Complete Bitches Brew Sessions"

Miles Davis

JELL-O, EVERYONE During her 140-day-long mission on this workplace Shannon Lucid made Jell-O every Sunday

Mir

LAKES & RIVERS This river runs from Three Forks, Montana to its mouth 17 miles north of St. Louis

Missouri

JERRY SPRINGER'S BIBLE SHOW Miriam & Aaron answered this man's questions on the "Who's My Real Mother?" episode

Moses

LANDMARKS The famous Oracle of Delphi was located on the lower slope of this sacred Greek mountain

Mount Parnassus

JINGLES & SLOGANS According to the old jingle, he "Gets Rid of Dirt and Grime and Grease in Just a Minute"

Mr. Clean

JOE DiMAGGIO From 1974 to 1985, DiMaggio served as the spokesman for this line of automatic drip coffeemakers

Mr. Coffee

JANE AUSTEN IN POP CULTURE 2 sisters go broke & move to East L.A. in the rhymingly titled fiim "From Prada to" this, based on "Sense & Sensibility"

Nada

JAPANESE HISTORY From the 1630s to 1850s, this port on Kyushu served as Japan's only window to the Western World

Nagasaki

LADIES' LOCKER ROOM Fore! This Mexican-American woman won a record 5 golf tournaments in a row in 1978

Nancy Lopez

JULES VERNE In 1828 Verne was born in this port city, 230 years after Henry IV signed an important "edict" there

Nantes

KIDS ON THE NET At this magazine's website you can take a "Geobee" or play Iggy Games with Iggy Arbuckle

National Geographic

JOHN HUGHES FILMS John Hughes was a writer & editor for this humor magazine whose name appears in 4 of his movie titles

National Lampoon

IT'S BIG IN JAPAN Beauty in this body part is so valued that a common insult is "Your mother has an outie"

Navel

JOURNALISM Attempting to beat the fictional Phileas Fogg, this woman reporter went around the world in 72 days in 1889

Nellie Bly

JADED The gemstone jade comes from 2 minerals, jadeite & this one whose name is from the Greek for "kidney"

Nephrite

JAMES BOND This title was a reference to Sean Connery's 1971 insistence that he'd played Bond for the last time

Never Say Never Again

JOE DiMAGGIO DiMaggio's last hit, a double, came in his last at-bat in the 1951 World Series when the Yankees played this NYC team

New York Giants

IT'S THEIR FAULT Alpine fault runs almost the entire length of South Island in this country

New Zealand

JUST MARRIED In 1804 Napoleon's brother Jerome & his Baltimore-bred bride honeymooned at this upstate New York site

Niagara Falls

LADY'S NIGHT Pitcher Dennis Martinez attended a 1991 White House dinner for this country's Pres. Violeta Barrios de Chamorro

Nicaragua

IT'S YOUR DIME 8.33 % of the dime is this metal, the rest is copper

Nickel

LAKES & RIVERS It's the longest river in the world

Nile

JOAQUIN It was the surname of Cuban-born composer Joaquin & his writer-daughter Anais

Nin

KIDDIE LIT In "Hiawatha" she's the "daughter of the moon"

Nokomis

ITS LONGEST BORDER Sweden's longest

Norway

IT'S YOUR DIME The branches on the back are from these 2 trees whose names both begin with "O"

Oak & olive

LAKES & RIVERS The artificial Lake O' the Cherokees in this state was formed by damming the Neosho river

Oklahoma

LANDING ZONES OF NORMANDY A branch of the Sioux Indian tribe

Omaha

IT'S AN ILLUSION The 1965 exhibition "The Responsive Eye" popularized this art movement based on illusions

Op Art

JUST DESSERTS One variation of this cookie is the Double Stuf, with twice the creme filling of the original

Oreo

JOAN OF ARC She was called the "Maid of" this city which she liberated from the English

Orleans

I'VE GOT THE BREWS This company no longer brews its own Blue Ribbon brand but owns Schaefer, Schlitz & 30 other brands

Pabst

I'VE GOT A LITTLE LISZT Liszt's "La Clochette Fantasy" is a difficult piano piece based on this violinist's difficult B minor concerto

Paganini

JUDEA Galilee, Samaria & Judea in the south were the 3 traditional divisions of this ancient area with a still-current name

Palestine

IT'S GEOGRAPHIC Darien is both a mountain range & a province of this country; it's also the former name of the whole isthmus

Panama

JUNE 5 BABIES Born 1878:A Mexican revolutionary

Pancho Villa

LANGUAGES Guarani is both a language & the basic unit of currency in this landlocked South American country

Paraguay

LANDMARKS Industrial pollution threatens the remains of this temple built on the Acropolis to honor Athena

Parthenon

JEWISH FOOD Not all matzos can be used during this holiday, only those in boxes designated for it

Passover

JUNE 5 BABIES Born 1850:An Old West lawman & "Kid" killer

Pat Garrett

JOE-PARDY! Legendary Joe Paterno has coached this school's football team for 36 years

Penn State

KING ME! "Le Bref" was the epithet of this medieval king, Charlemagne's father

Pepin the Short

JURY DUTY A trial jury is also called this type, as opposed to a grand jury

Petit jury

JULY This Italian sonneteer who wrote poems to Laura was born in July 1304

Petrarch

KINGS & QUEENS Ancient Macedonia had 5 kings with this name; one came immediately before Alexander the Great & one immediately after

Philip

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

Philistines

JUPITER The "trail blazing" name of the first spacecraft to fly by Jupiter, in 1973

Pioneer

IT'S WHAT WE DO Dynegy, whose name comes from "dynamic energy", operates 17,000 miles of these to move oil & gas

Pipelines

KINGS & QUEENS In 1587 Sigismund, the son of Sweden's king, became ruler of this Eastern European country

Poland

JOURNALISM This racy monthly which promoted 1892 Corbett-Sullivan fight was a barbershop favorite

Police Gazette

KINGS NAMED ED This country's King Edward supported exploration projects of his brother Henry the Navigator

Portugal

LANGUAGE LAB Galician, spoken in northwestern Spain, is similar to this language spoken just over the border

Portuguese

LANGUAGES "Obrigado" means thank you in this Iberian language spoken by about 190 million people worldwide

Portuguese

JEWISH FOOD A kugel may be noodle or this type made from the main ingredient in latkes

Potatoes

JUST DESSERTS Despite its name, Sara Lee's "All Butter" one is only 10 3/4 ounces

Pound cake

KINGS NAMED ED After Edward I killed the only native Welshman to hold this title, he gave it to his son

Prince of Wales

JEOPMARK CARDS FOR LITERARY CHARACTE Your daughter is getting married! Hoping 1611 will be wonderful for this guy & our love to Miranda & Ferdinand!

Prospero

KIDNAPPED Pierre Laporte was kidnapped in 1970 by the FLQ, who sought independence for this Canadian province

Quebec

KINGS & QUEENS In 1992 this queen of England agreed to pay income tax

Queen Elizabeth II

KINGS & QUEENS This queen was one of the few who thought Christopher Columbus' exploration plan made any sense

Queen Isabella

KINGS & QUEENS This queen reportedly referred to William Gladstone as "that dreadful old man"

Queen Victoria

JEOPMARK CARDS FOR LITERARY CHARACTE As we sail off in an 1851 novel, you're this man, a true friend (& thanks for laying off on the cannibalism)

Queequeg

JACK NICHOLSON Nicholson won an Oscar for playing this rebellious character in "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"

Randle P. McMurphy

IT'S MOVIE TIME This title chameleon faced a snake & a hawk in the town of dirt

Rango

KIRSTEN, REESE OR SCARLETT Married, with children

Reese

IT'S MY PARTY Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura

Reform

KELLOGG'S This Kellogg's cereal has been "talking" since 1927

Rice Krispies

KINGS & QUEENS This king known as "the Lionhearted" was killed when he tried to get a peasant's gold

Richard

KNIGHT TIME In 1202 Albert, this Latvian city's bishop, organized the Brothers of the Sword to convert pagans

Riga

JULY Being born July 7, 1940 made him the senior member of the Beatles (& he's older than July-born Mick Jagger, too)

Ringo

IT'S ALL A LEGEND The headstone of Robert, Earl of Huntingdon says he was this legendary medieval outlaw

Robin Hood

JOLLY "ROGER"S As Harcourt Fenton Mudd, he gave Captain Kirk no end of trouble

Roger C. Carmel

JOLLY "ROGER"S Maroon Studios star who enjoyed a Diet Coke while watching his wife, Jessica, perform

Roger Rabbit

JACKIE ROBINSON Jackie won the major leagues' first of these awards for first-year players

Rookie of the Year

JUNGLE FEVER He wrote of the law of the jungle, "The wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die"

Rudyard Kipling

JEWELRY Legend says the Orloff, a crown jewel of this country, was stolen from the eye of an idol in India

Russia

I'VE GOT 2 TICKETS TO PARADISE This island is spelled with a double "A" if you're talking about the Dutch part, with beaches like Guana Bay

Saint Martin

JOLLY "ROGER"S In one episode, she coached Rob's brother, Stacey Petrie, through a practice date

Sally Rogers

JAVA, THE HUT Daddy-o, leave the squares at home on Wednesday--it's open mic night at Sacred Grounds in this city's Haight

San Francisco

JOAQUIN The San Joaquin River flows through the San Joaquin Valley & joins with the Sacramento before reaching this bay

San Francisco Bay

IT'S GEOGRAPHIC Much of this tiny, "serene", landlocked nation stands on Mount Titano

San Marino

JEOPARDY! PLACE Jonas slips Emily a fake passport & a plane ticket to this city, Brazil's most populous

Sao Paulo

JAPAN This city, site of the 1972 Winter Olympics, is capital of Hokkaido Prefecture

Sapporo

JUNE BUGGED On June 28, 1914 the Kaiser's yacht race was interrupted by news from this Balkan city

Sarajevo

KIRSTEN, REESE OR SCARLETT Born of a Danish father

Scarlett

LAGER RHYTHMS This beer "that made Milwaukee famous" became famous after donating kegs to Chicagoans after the great fire

Schlitz

JUST TO THE RIGHT In the zodiac look to the right of the weapon-wielding Sagittarius to find this creature

Scorpio

JEWEL A variety of smoky quartz, cairngorm is a gemstone that comes from the Cairngorm Mountains of this country

Scotland

JANE AUSTEN IN POP CULTURE Giant lobsters & rampaging octopi threaten the Dashwood sisters in the book "Sense and Sensibility and" these

Sea Monsters

IT'S GARY Gary Ross wrote the screenplay for this film in which Tobey Maguire played Jockey Red Pollard

Seabiscuit

JAPANESE BUSINESS & INDUSTRY This brand name meaning "precision" first appeared on Hattori's watches in 1924

Seiko

JURY DUTY Term for the isolation of a jury from the public; it lasted 9 months in the O.J. Simpson criminal case

Sequestering

LANGUAGES In 1821, he became only person to invent, unaided, an entire alphabet & numbering system

Sequoyah

IT'S ALL A LEGEND One legend says the snows of Kilimanjaro are the final resting place of Menelik, son of Solomon & this queen

Sheba

KENNEDY CENTER HONOREES She was a child star, an ambassador & in 1998 a Kennedy Center honoree

Shirley Temple Black

JACK LONDON Jack London often purchased story ideas, including "The Assassination Bureau", from this "Babbitt" author

Sinclair Lewis

IT'S THE HUMILITY This British scientist born in 1642 said he was only a boy finding pretty shells beside "the great ocean of truth"

Sir Isaac Newton

KISS ME! Perrault's version of this fairy tale where a kiss plays an important role was titled "La belle au bois dormant"

Sleeping Beauty

JAPANESE BUSINESS & INDUSTRY Setting out to make the world's smallest transistor radio, it marketed a pocket-size one in 1957

Sony

IT'S OUR ISLAND Ibiza

Spain

JINGO ALL THE WAY The U.S. was spurred to war with this country in 1898 due in part to "jingo journalism"

Spain

KINGS & QUEENS This country was so unstable during the reign of Isabella II that it had 60 different governments

Spain

KELLOGG'S This word precedes the Big Red "K" in the name of a Kellogg's cereal

Special

KNOCK, KNOCK This 1977 film was "as exciting as last year's weather reports"; guess the force wasn't with that critic

Star Wars

JINGLES & SLOGANS "Like a Good Neighbor", this insurer "is There"

State Farm

LADIES' LOCKER ROOM Born in Mannheim, Germany in 1969, she's one of only 5 tennis players in history to win a Grand Slam

Steffi Graf

LANDMARKS Some believe this megalithic monument near Salisbury, England, was an astronomical observatory

Stonehenge

JELL-O, EVERYONE Due to a shortage of this during WWII, it was tough to find Jell-O on grocery shelves

Sugar

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS In 1811 Madison appointed him to this body; the Senate approved it, but John turned it down

Supreme Court

I'VE GOT A LITTLE LISZT For one of his few songs in English, "Go Not Happy Day", Liszt took his text from this "Light Brigade" poet

Tennyson

LAKES & RIVERS Sam Rayburn Reservoir is this state's largest lake

Texas

KING ME! Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Bhumibol Adulyadej grew up to become king of this country

Thailand

JASON MILLER Jason won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize & the Tony Award for writing this play about the reunion of a basketball team

That Championship Season

KATHARINE HEPBURN FILMS Kate wrote a book on "The Making of" this film in which she & Bogie run the Ulanga River

The African Queen

JUNGLE FEVER John Huston wrote & directed this 1950 jewel heist caper that starred Sterling Hayden & Marilyn Monroe

The Asphalt Jungle

KICK THE CANNES People were talking when Coppola won for this 1974 Gene Hackman movie where he listens to a murder plot

The Conversation

JASON MILLER Jason Miller earned an Oscar nomination for his electrifying film debut as Father Karras in this 1973 classic

The Exorcist

IT'S WHAT WE DO Salespeople at this athletic shoe retailer are known as "stripers" & dress accordingly

The Foot Locker

JULIA CHILD In 1963, Julia became a staple on PBS, hosting this long-running show

The French Chef

JULIA CHILD As a newlywed, Julia learned to prepare food from Gourmet Magazine & this Erma Rombauer book

The Joy of Cooking

I'VE ZINE THE MOVIE Sydney Schanberg's magazine article "The Death & Life of Dith Pran" lived on to become this film

The Killing Fields

LAND OF _____ A nickname for Minnesota, or the source of Hamm's beer

The Land of Sky Blue Waters

KATHARINE HEPBURN FILMS In 1959 Hepburn did "Suddenly Last Summer"; 9 years later she did this historical film with another season in its title

The Lion in Winter

JAMES THURBER In 1927 James Thurber began a lifelong association with this Manhattan magazine

The New Yorker

IT'S WHAT WE DO A leading Italian restaurant chain, it's increasing its expertise by opening the Culinary Institute of Tuscany

The Olive Garden

KNOCK, KNOCK Newsweek said this Gregory Peck horror film with young Damien was "the latest serving of deviled ham"

The Omen

JOHN C. FREMONT Thinking it was this chain's highest peak, he climbed what's now called Fremont Peak in 1842

The Rockies

JACK LONDON The 1913 Hobart Bosworth film is the first movie of this Jack London novel about Wolf Larsen & his ship

The Sea Wolf

IT'S MOVIE TIME Julie Andrews leaves the convent to work for the von Trapps in this musical

The Sound of Music

KIDS IN LIT A book by a great-great-uncle shows Jared, Simon & Mallory the hidden world around them in this series

The Spiderwick Chronicles

JULY 4 She not only carries a torch, she holds a law book inscribed with the date "JULY IV MDCCLXXVI"

The Statue of Liberty

JOURNALISM Time, Inc. spent $85 million in a futile attempt to save this D.C. paper

The Washington Star

IT'S MATTHEW PERRY As Joe Quincy, Matthew Perry served at the pleasure of the president (Martin Sheen) on this NBC show

The West Wing

KIDDY LIT This book begins with the mole "spring-cleaning his little home"

The Wind in the Willows

KNOCK, KNOCK "...no trace of imagination, good taste or ingenuity", The New Yorker said of this '39 film set in Kansas

The Wizard of Oz

JAZZ PIANISTS The musical "Ain't Misbehavin" was based on the music of this heavyweight pianist-songwriter

Thomas "Fats" Waller

JUST THE FACT, MA'AM This god's principal weapon is Mjollnir

Thor

JUST DESSERTS Sharing its name with a French novel, this candy bar was originally 3 nougat bars

Three Musketeers

LANDMARKS This historic New York fort overlooks both Lake George & Lake Champlain

Ticonderoga

JOE RANFT: PIXAR LEGEND Also the voice of Elmo St. Peters, Joe was Emmy-nominated as a writer of 1987's "Brave Little" this

Toaster

JAPANESE HISTORY On March 20, 1995 a cult released sarin gas in this city's subway system, killing a dozen people

Tokyo

LAND O' LAKERS The Nisei Week Festival is held every August in the section of Los Angeles known as "Little" this city

Tokyo

KEEPING UP WITH THE JONES "It's Not Unusual" for women to throw their underwear at this singer; he said the first time was at the Copa in '68

Tom Jones

KEEPING UP WITH THE JONES In a 1993 film, after Harrison Ford tells this actor, "I didn't kill my wife", he replies, "I don't care"

Tommy Lee Jones

LADY'S NIGHT In 2001, at the New York Public Library, Oprah & Jessye Norman helped pay tribute to this author on her 70th birthday

Toni Morrison

KANSAS CITIES The Menninger Clinic founded in this capital owns a collection of Sigmund Freud's papers

Topeka

KINGS NAMED ED Though never proven, it's believed Little Edward V was smothered to death at this London location

Tower of London

JAPANESE BUSINESS & INDUSTRY In 1994 it made over a quarter of a million Camrys in U.S. plants

Toyota

IT'S THEIR FAULT The North Anatolian fault stretches along this country's Black Sea region to Georgia

Turkey

LANGUAGES In the 1920s this language of Anatolia switched from the Arabic to the Latin alphabet

Turkish

JUST DESSERTS Don't worry -- these reptiles aren't an ingredient in the chocolate & caramel candies named for them

Turtles

JULES VERNE This 1869 novel's 16th chapter is titled "A Walk on the Bottom of the Sea"

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the

JUST TO THE RIGHT On a QWERTY typewriter keyboard, it's the key just to the right of the "Y"

U

JACKIE ROBINSON Jackie lettered in 4 sports at this Southern California university, the only athlete ever to do so

UCLA

LANGUAGE LAB Sometimes called "Little Russian", it was banned in Russia from 1876 to 1905

Ukrainian

JURY DUTY In 1972 the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution does not require this type of jury verdict

Unanimous

JOHN PAUL II On October 2, 1979 at this New York site, he asked, "Are the children to receive the arms race from us?"

United Nations

JOHN TYLER Tyler had a son at 63 who had a son at 75, so the President still has a living grandson in this Tyler home state

Virginia

KEEP THE FAITH Kalkin is an avatar-to-come of this Hindu deity

Vishnu

JUNEAU Juneau has several sister cities including Whitehorse in the Yukon & this port in Southeastern Siberia

Vladivostok

I'VE GOT A LITTLE LISZT Cosima, Liszt's daughter with a countess who wrote under the pen name Daniel Stern, married this "Ring" cyclist

Wagner

KNOW BUSINESS In 2007, this company passed Exxon Mobil to regain its status as the nation's largest company by revenue

Wal-Mart

JAMES THURBER Thurber's "My World--And Welcome To It" contained a story about "The Secret Life of" this henpecked man

Walter Mitty

KINGS NAMED ED Edward IV's symbol wasn't the tulip, though he fled to Holland before returning to fight this war

War of the Roses

JULY 4 The cornerstone for this monument was laid July 4, 1848 with a trowel once used by our first president

Washington Monument

LAND O' LAKERS Simon Rodia built the folk art towers named for this South L.A. community between 1921 & 1954

Watts

JOLLY "ROGER"S Both Elliott Gould and this man played Trapper John McIntyre in "M*A*S*H"

Wayne Rogers

JACK LONDON Beauty Smith trains the title wolf dog to become a lethal dog fighter in this Jack London novel

White Fang

KANSAS CITIES In the 1960s this largest Kansas city became the world's largest producer of general aviation aircraft

Wichita

JACKS OF ALL TRADES Jack McCall is best remembered for shooting this frontiersman while he was playing poker

Wild Bill Hickok

JANET RENO'S DANCE PARTY Playing Janet Reno on "SNL", he repeatedly accused teens of lying during "Teen Talk" & threatened them with physical harm

Will Ferrell

JOHN TYLER Tyler took office in April 1841 following the passing of this man

William Henry Harrison

KINGS & QUEENS In French this King of England is called Guillaume le Conquerant

William the Conqueror

LANGUAGES In this country, Serbo-Croatian is written in the Cyrillic alphabet & Croato-Serbian is written in the Roman alphabet

Yugoslavia

IT'S GREEK MYTHOLOGY TO ME This god zapped Salmoneus into oblivion for trying to imitate his thunder & lightning

Zeus

IT'S VEGAS, BABY! At the Las Vegas Natural History Museum, a 35'-long replica of one of these "tyrant lizards" actually moves & roars

a Tyrannosaurus rex

JOE THE PLUMBER Joe knows how to "assemble" 2 words into this 1-word toilet part by combining comedienne Lucille & a male chicken

a ballcock

JAPAN You wash before entering an ofuro, a traditional Japanese one of these

a bath

JUNGLE FEVER The jungle babbler isn't someone who's gone mad in the forest, it's a type of this

a bird

JEWELRY An ornament held by a pin or clasp & worn at the neck

a brooch

JEWELRY A gem carved in relief, or the kind of appearance Alfred Hitchcock made in his movies

a cameo

IT'S COMPLICATED A fisherman might get bait out of this; it's a common term for a complicated problem

a can of worms

LAND MARKS It's a grand term for a deep, steep valley similar to a gorge

a canyon

LANDMARKS In Bern, Switz. the point from which distances in the canton are measured is the Zeitglockenturm, one of these

a clock tower

KNIGHT TIME The name of these identifying designs comes from their use on the surcoat worn over a knight's armor

a coat-of-arms

JUST DESSERTS At a luau, you might finish off your meal with haupia, a pudding made with the milk of this fruit

a coconut

IT'S JUST A GAME If a soccer defender knocks the ball out of bounds past her own goal, it's put back in play with this kick

a corner kick

IT'S VEGAS, BABY! Vegas Vic is the name of the famous neon sign depicting one of these men; it has lit up Vegas for half a century

a cowboy

JUST A "SEC"! A sacrilegious act; it may be done to a shrine

a desecration

JACK LONDON The popular Jack London story "To Build" this is about a man trying to survive a harsh Yukon winter night

a fire

JOE THE PLUMBER It's not a 1920s gal, it's this item Joe must replace that covers the opening inside the base of the tank

a flapper

KNOTS TO YOU Kind of knot that sounds like its tied by your mother's mother

a granny knot

JUMP AROUND! JUMP AROUND! Yes, Caine of "Kung Fu", this insect can leap 20 times its body length; a human would have to leap about 120' to do that

a grasshopper

JOB DESCRIPTION Wal-Mart welcomer

a greeter

JUST CHUTE ME In 1797 Andre Garnerin became the first to use a parachute without a rigid frame when he jumped from one of these

a hot air balloon

IT'S TOO DARN HOT! It's a 6-letter term for a heated enclosure for growing plants in cold weather; you also might have one "of crime"

a hotbed

JOEY Mr. & Mrs. eastern gray this animal welcome joey, 1 inch long & weighing less than a gram

a kangaroo

KING JAMES BIBLE BEASTS You'll "spot" this feline variety in Jeremiah 13:23

a leopard

IT'S EXTINCT The name of this extinct elephant-like creature comes from Greek meaning "breast tooth"

a mastodon

I'VE GOT THE BREWS This type of "brewery" is defined as one producing less than 15,000 barrels a year; its name even means "small"

a microbrewery

JANET RENO'S DANCE PARTY Janet was opposed to slam-dancing teens forming this type of "pit"--after all, the party was in the basement of her house

a mosh pit

JOHN STEINBECK John Steinbeck really went on "Travels with Charley"; Charley, or Charles le Chien, was this breed of dog

a poodle

JOB DESCRIPTION The biblical Habakkuk was a "minor" one

a prophet

IT'S POISONOUS A delicacy in Japan, just one of this fish that can greatly expand its stomach rapidly has enough poison to kill 30 adults

a pufferfish

LAND MARKS A hunted animal, or a pit that yields stone

a quarry

KILLER OPERAS In "Il Trovatore" Leonora escapes the clutches of a count by drinking poison from this piece of jewelry

a ring

IT'S GETTING HOT IN HERE A comedy tribute that's more putdown than praise

a roast

IT'S POISONOUS This arachnid's sting is a curved organ at its tail's end; 2 glands at the base give out a poison

a scorpion

LAND MARKS A passage sunk into the ground for mining

a shaft

KING JAMES BIBLE BEASTS In Exodus 29 God demands a rump roast from a male one of these as tribute

a sheep

IT'S IN YOUR MIND Peccatophobia is the fear of committing one of these religious transgressions

a sin

JOE THE PLUMBER The cleanout plug is out, & Joe uses this long , flexible "reptilian" tool to clear debris

a snake

KNOTS TO YOU This geometric knot is one of the oldest in use

a square knot

KILLER OPERAS Aargh! In "Zampa", Zampa the pirate is dragged into the sea & drowned by one of these marble artworks

a statue

KING ARTHUR The title of this T.H. White book refers to the object that made Arthur king

a sword in the stone

JEWELRY Latin for a royal Persian headdress, it's Miss America's crowning glory

a tiara

IT'S GETTING HOT IN HERE British flashlight

a torch

JOB DESCRIPTION This doctor ministers to the health of your Maltese

a veterinarian

LAND MARKS Crater Lake in Oregon wasn't formed by a meteor strike but by one of these

a volcano

KINSEY Before he took up sex, Dr. Kinsey studied & became a renowned expert on the gall type of this insect

a wasp

JUNE BUGGED Zut! On June 22, 1815, 4 days after Waterloo, Napoleon had to do this officially for the second time

abdicate

IT'S IN YOUR MIND From the Greek for "not remembered", it's partial or complete memory loss

amnesia

KILLED BY DEATH In 163 B.C. Eleazer Maccabeus was crushed to death in battle by one of these enormous war animals

an elephant

JUST PLANE GEOMETRY To make this figure, put a looped string around 2 tacks, place a pencil tight against the string & draw

an ellipse

JUNG AT HEART Jung figured that though you're predominantly an extrovert or this, you still have tendencies to both

an introvert

JOIN THE CLUB The Philadelphia men who founded the first U.S. club for this sport in 1828 were probably straight arrows

archery

LANGUAGE LESSONS Japanese:Thank you

arigato

JUST DESSERTS "Joy Of Cooking" calls it "the best known of all phyllo pastries"

baklava

LAB EQUIPMENT (Cheryl) Technically a scale is just one of the trays or pans; the entire scientific item has this name

balance

IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS BB can be a small lead pellet, or an abbreviation for this spherical friction-reducing object

ball bearing

JAZZ IT UP Saxophonist Sonny Rollins was one of the leaders of the "hard" type of this style that began in the '40s

bebop/bop

JUST TO THE RIGHT At the start of a chess game, it's your piece just to the right of the white king

bishop

I'VE GOT THE BREWS This type of beer follows "Shiner" in a brew introduced in 1913

bock

KANSANS The Pottawatomie Giant, 6' 6" Jess Willard, rose to the top in this sport when he beat Jack Johnson

boxing

IT'S IN MY COFFEE For a coffee royal, add this, perhaps from Christian Brothers

brandy

KEEP THE FAITH A daily supply of this is asked for in the Catholic version of the Lord's Prayer

bread

LANGUAGE LESSONS Spanish:Good afternoon

buenas tardes

KILLER OPERAS In "The Devils of Loudon", Grandier the priest is killed this way, a la Joan of Arc

burning at the stake

JUST DESSERTS The Lord Baltimore one is usually yellow while the Lady Baltimore one is white

cake

IT'S NOT SO To hide the success of radar in WWII, the British govt. said this root vegetable helped increase pilots' vision

carrots

JUSTIN WHO? He's the one you need if anything should happen; he's Justin this, also a container

case

JUNE BUGGED A June 1967 Encyclical affirming that priests must maintain this may have disappointed some

celibacy

LAGER RHYTHMS Beer, like red wine, can protect your heart by lowering the "bad" type of this

cholesterol

LABOR Term for the process by which unions & employers negotiate the terms of employment

collective bargaining

KILLED BY DEATH Doing this with a cane, the composer Lully hit his toe & died of an abscess; a baton would have been safer

conducting

JUST A "SEC"! In a row, like Presidents Fillmore, Pierce & Buchanan

consecutive

JUST DESSERTS In England, a biscuit can be a cracker or one of these sweet treats

cookie

JAPAN The custom of using these seabirds to catch fish has been practiced for over a millennium

cormorants

JUST DESSERTS To make your own marshmallows, you need some of this syrup

corn syrup

JUSTIN WHO? He's just bad beyond reform; he's Justin this, from the Latin for "correct"

corrigible

LANGUAGE LESSONS French:Stroke of mercy

coup de grâce

IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS From the French for "little hook", this form of needlework can be used to make decorative clothes & gifts

crochet

KING JAMES BIBLE BEASTS Since Leviticus 19:19 expressly forbids this, mules are not allowed

crossbreeding

JUST DESSERTS A rich custard topped with caramelized sugar, its name means "burnt cream" in French

crème brûlée

JUST SAY NO In Morse code, beginning with dash dot & ending this way

dash dash dash

JAMES THURBER In a 1940 story Thurber wrote, "Early to rise and early to bed makes a male healthy and wealthy and" this

dead

JA! BABY! "Ich moechte koffeinfreien kaffee" means "I would like" this type of coffee

decaffeinated coffee

JULIUS CAESAR From 46 to 44 B.C. Julius Caesar literally ruled as one of these, having been appointed so by the Roman Senate

dictator

JUST A "SEC"! To cut apart a dead animal's body to examine the structure & relation of parts

dissection

JUNG AT HEART Jung's theory of archetypes came from studying the symbols in these of uneducated patients

dreams

IT'S IN YOUR MIND A first shot in golf, or a psychological term for a strong motivating instinct

drive

JOIN THE CLUB It quacks me up that the NDSCS is a club for people who collect stamps featuring these

ducks

JEWELRY Dangle, clip-on or pierced, for example

earrings

JUSTIN WHO? He's unforgivable, intolerable, unpardonable; he's Justin this, from the Latin for "accusation"

excusable

JUSTIN WHO? He's immune from error, like the pope when he speaks ex cathedra; he's Justin this

fallible

IT'S NOT SO One of the body parts made of keratin that don't grow after death; it's an illusion as the body shrinks from dehydration

fingernails

LABRADOR Just as in Norway, Labrador's coast is broken with many bays & these long, narrow inlets

fjords

IT'S GETTING HOT IN HERE Signals that are fired off, or another word for bell-bottoms

flares

LAND OF _____ The United States according to "The Star-Spangled Banner"

free

LAND OF THE "FREE" A series of lawsuits forced team owners in 1993 to agree to this in the NFL

free agency

LAND OF THE "FREE" The planets are in this alliterative state in the gravitational field of the sun

free fall

JUST CHUTE ME Tom Petty likes this part of skydiving -- the part between the jump & the chute opening

freefall

LAND OF THE "FREE" A.A. Milne moved to London to make his living as this type of writer, though he did eventually join the staff of Punch magazine

freelance

LAND OF THE "FREE" Moving independently, like Bob Dylan in the title of a 1963 album

freewheeling

KNOTS TO YOU Not tightness per se, but this kinetic force gives knots their holding power

friction

JEWEL The American ruby & the Cape ruby are not rubies, but red varieties of this mineral

garnet

JULIA CHILD Asked about her favorite comfort food, Julia quipped, "Red meat &" this liquor that's popularly paired with tonic

gin

KID STUFF <u>Theyu> were first allowed to play Little League ball in 1974

girls

JUST MARRIED In Venice, this professional needs a license to operate his boat, but not to sing to newlyweds

gondolier

JUPITER On the surface this force is 2.64 times ours; a 100-pound object would weigh 264 lbs.

gravity

IT'S IN MY COFFEE A recipe for this: add 1 part milk to 1 part cream

half-and-half

IT'S IN MY COFFEE Starbucks sells bottles of syrup to add the flavor of this nut to your joe

hazelnut

KEEP THE FAITH From the Greek for an "act of choosing", it's something done or said against traditional doctrines

heresy

KIDDIE LIT When Pinocchio told a lie, this happened

his nose grew

JOHN TYLER A veto by Tyler caused this whole group except Daniel Webster to quit in September 1841

his whole Cabinet

KNOTS TO YOU Term for a knot used to fasten a rope to an object or "your wagon to a star"

hitch

KING JAMES BIBLE BEASTS I Kings 10 tells us that these were imported from Egypt at 150 shekels each; the chariots were extra

horses

JUST CHUTE ME The first manned parachute jump from a vehicle wasn't made from a plane, but from one of these over Paris in 1797

hot-air balloon

IT'S GREEK MYTHOLOGY TO ME Atalanta excelled in this blood sport of which Artemis was goddess

hunting

JACQUES IN THE BOX On August 27, 1783 Jacques Alexandre Charles & the Robert brothers launched the first balloon filled with this gas

hydrogen

JAVA, THE HUT Madrid's Gran Cafe de Gijon serves blanco y negro--coffee with this cool treat, cinnamon flavor

ice cream

KIDDIE LIT Tom Sawyer & Becky Thatcher spent 4 days alone here

in the cave

IT'S SECRET, DON'T TELL ANYONE Photography with UV or infrared light can reveal this alliterative writing fluid

invisible ink

KNOWN BY THEIR INITIALS Singer kathryn dawn...

k.d. lang

IT'S COMPLICATED 12-letter adjective that means "resembling a mythical Greek maze"

labyrinthine

KILLED BY DEATH Around 207 B.C. the Greek Stoic philosopher Chrysippus died this way while watching a drunk donkey eat figs

laughing

JUST DESSERTS Enjoy a cookie with chips of white chocolate & this Hawaiian nut

macadamia nuts

IT'S NOT SO The "functional" type of this, MRI for short, shows we use all of our brain, not just 10%

magnetic resonance image

KNOW YOUR EARTH The book "The Earth" calls this the most potent geomorphological agent there is, causing the most damage

man

JOB HUNTING In a 60-year-old man age really takes its toll on the body, no matter which sport he works in

manager (in <b>man age rb>eally)

IT'S IN YOUR MIND Bipolar disorder was once known as this type of "depression"

manic

JUST DESSERTS This fluffy white confection holds your Rice Krispies Treats together

marshmallows

JOAN OF ARC She was tried for witchcraft, heresy, & for wearing this type of clothing

men's soldier's clothing

JUST DESSERTS The layer of this that tops Baked Alaska insulates the ice cream & helps keep it from melting

meringue

LAB EQUIPMENT Types of this magnifying device include compound, electron & bullet comparison

microscope

JUST DESSERTS Unlike sherbet, sorbet never contains this dairy product

milk

IT'S AN ILLUSION Light distorted by heated air leads to illusions known by this French word

mirage

IT'S JUST A GAME If Dick & Jane are playing tennis on the same side of the net, the game is called this

mixed doubles

JUST DESSERTS This thick liquid is the traditional sweetening in Indian pudding

molasses

LABRADOR Found on the coast, opalescent specimens of a feldspar known as labradorite are sold under this "lunar" name

moonstone

JEWELRY Many of these gems, one of June's birthstones, come from Sri Lanka, not the lunar surface

moonstones

LAND MARKS Babu Chhiri, a sherpa famed for this skill, died in a crevasse in 2001

mountain climbing

JAPANESE WORDS A collector's item, this small ornament carved of wood or bone is often used as a kimono fastener

netsuke

JANUARY 11, 1996 The shuttle Endeavour blasted off to retrieve a satellite containing these amphibians

newts

IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS It's the interchangeable writing point of a fountain pen

nib

JUST SAY NO In Spanish, this 2-letter word

no

JUST CHUTE ME In the 1940s this stronger & cheaper material began to replace silk in parachute canopies

nylon

IT'S ALL "OVER", BABY Write a check for more than you've got & your account is considered this

overdrawn

IT'S ALL "OVER", BABY Move your pawns up too far too fast, or lend & spend more money than you should, & you're this 12-letter word

overextended

JUST TO THE RIGHT On the periodic table, this gas is just to the right of nitrogen

oxygen

IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS In French these office supplies are called trombones

paper clips

JUMP AROUND! JUMP AROUND! In the U.S. Army jump masters transform regular soldiers into these

paratroopers

JEWEL The Pinctada maxima, or silver-lip oyster, is the largest oyster capable of cultivating one of these

pearl

IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS Isaac Newton said he felt like a boy finding these small stones on the seashore of the Ocean of Truth

pebbles

LANGUAGE LAB The Navajo language has a "fourth" this in which speakers can address someone without naming him

person

JUST DESSERTS One baking sheet can hold 32 of these French dessert treats whose name in part means "little"

petits fours

KNOW YOUR MUPPETS Dr. Teeth & Rowlf play this instrument

piano

IT'S JUST A GAME In the draw type of this game, you get 5 cards from the dealer & usually can trade in up to 3 of them

poker

JULY On July 12, 1843 Joseph Smith announced that a divine revelation sanctioned this practice

polygamy

LABOR UNIONS When several unions of these workers struck in 1970, troops had to replace federal employees for the first time

postal workers

LABOR UNIONS California's CCPOA, representing this type of peace officer, has been known to put the screws to politicians

prison guards (or correction officer

IT'S AN EXPERIMENT In the 1940s John Draize did eye irritancy tests of these cute animals; we don't like scientists to do that anymore

rabbits

IT'S AN EXPERIMENT Recent experiments show lasers can make water condense--shoot 'em into the sky & maybe we can make it do this

rain

KNOW YOUR MUPPETS Originally a backstage worker on "The Muppet Show", Rizzo is one of these animals

rat

KINSEY Caused by a deficiency of vitamin D, this bone-softening disease curved Dr. Kinsey's spine as a child

rickets

JUST CHUTE ME It's not a romance novel hero, it's what you pull to open the parachute pack

ripcord

IT'S ALL A LEGEND These legendary histories of Norse literature include a famous one about Njall & his adventures

sagas

LABOR UNIONS The Log is the monthly newspaper of a union of these

sailors

JOAN OF ARC St. Michael, St. Margaret & St. Catherine, so Joan said

saints that spoke to her

JUNEAU The annual fishing derby for this fish features one tagged specimen worth $100,000

salmon

IT'S TOO DARN HOT! You shouldn't take these heat tablets named for a seasoning unless your physician recommends them

salt tablets

JAPANESE HISTORY In 1192 Yoritomo, the leader of the Minamoto Clan controlling Japan, was given this title that means "great general"

shogun

LANGUAGE LAB In linguistics a primary medium lets you acquire a mother tongue; there are 2--speech & this non-verbal method

signing

KNOTS TO YOU Half a pair of pants, or the looseness in a knot

slack

JAZZ IT UP We think jazzman Ron Carter is this kind of "guy"; we know he plays the same kind of bass

stand-up guy

LAB EQUIPMENT Consisting of a vessel for vaporizing liquid & a coil for condensing vapor, it's associated with moonshining

still

JEWELRY These "buttons" button up your tuxedo shirt

studs

JUST DESERTS In order to retain as much water as possible, the desert's kangaroo rat lacks these glands

sweat glands

JUNG AT HEART It was Jung, not Sting, who first applied this 13-letter word to the coincidence of events that seem related

synchronicity

LADIES' LOCKER ROOM Amy Feng, Wei Weng & Lily Yip made up the 1996 U.S. Olympic team in this sport, also known as ping pong

table tennis

JUMP AROUND! JUMP AROUND! Jumping, parrying & blocking techniques are part of this Korean martial art that translates to "kick fist way"

tae kwon do

IT'S COMPLICATED Sir Walter Scott wrote of this type of "web we weave when first we practice to deceive"

tangled

JOB HUNTING Memories of Ms. Klausner include cups of tea cherished by her friends after class

teacher (in <b>tea cherb>ished)

LAB EQUIPMENT A stalagmometer, a tube with a bulb in it, determines surface this in liquids

tension

JACKIE ROBINSON Jackie broke pro baseball's color barrier & joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in this decade

the 1940s

JOAN OF ARC Though she lived in the 15th century, she wasn't formally declared a saint until this century

the 20th century

LABOR UNIONS The advent of sound in movies put many members of the AFM, this union, out of work

the American Federation of Musicians

JUST A BILL ON CAPITOL HILL From 1999 to 2005, Rep. Bill Young chaired this House committee that oversees discretionary federal spending

the Appropriations Committee

LAKES The construction of this created Lake Nasser

the Aswan Dam

IT'S NOT THE MIAMI HEAT In every year but 1 between 1959 & '69, the rest of the NBA was green with envy because this was your NBA championship team

the Boston Celtics

JON STEWART'S <em class="underline"> This D.C. building's rotunda "was made famous by the Stephen Baldwin/Pauly Shore vehicle Bio-Rotunda"

the Capitol

LAKES & RIVERS The Ural river flows 1,500 miles to this inland sea where sturgeon swim

the Caspian Sea

LAKES & RIVERS World's largest lake, nearly 5 times as big as Superior

the Caspian Sea

IT'S NOT THE MIAMI HEAT The website of this team that joined the NBA in 1966 has a section titled "the team that Mike built"

the Chicago Bulls

JOURNALISM The New York Daily News is owned by the parent company of this Chicago newspaper

the Chicago Tribune

LANDMARKS There's a chapel for 150 people in the base of this statue sitting atop Corcovado Mountain in Rio de Janeiro

the Christ the Redeemer Statue

IT'S NOT THE MIAMI HEAT With LeBron in 2009-2010, this team went 61-21; without LBJ the following season, 19-63

the Cleveland Cavaliers

LAKES & RIVERS Over millions of years, it carved out the Grand Canyon

the Colorado

IT'S THE HUMILITY Salvatore Giunta, the first living recipient of this medal for actions in Afghanistan, calls himself a mediocre soldier

the Congressional Medal of Honor

I'VE GOT 2 TICKETS TO PARADISE Cannes is a chief city in this region, the eastern end of the Mediterranean coast of France, named for its blue sky & sea

the Côte d'Azur

IT'S GEOGRAPHIC In Hungary this river is known as the Duna

the Danube

LAKES & RIVERS This "beautiful blue" river begins as 2 small springs, the Breg & Brigach, in the Black Forest

the Danube

JAPANESE HISTORY The Meiji Constitution of 1889 created this 4-letter legislature with 2 houses

the Diet

JAPANESE HISTORY Until 1993 the Liberal Democratic Party had controlled this legislative assembly for 38 straight years

the Diet

JOAQUIN Temperamental but talented baseball pitcher Joaquin Andujar hails from this Caribbean nation

the Dominican Republic

IT'S ALL A LEGEND Shades of Moses: Ancient Sumer's Sargon I was sealed in a reed basket & floated down this river

the Euphrates

JUST CHUTE ME In the U.S. civilian riggers who pack parachutes must be certified by this government agency

the FAA (Federal Aviation Administra

LAND OF THE "FREE" This government agency formed in 1865 to aid former slaves also had refugees & abandoned lands in its full name

the Freedmen's Bureau

JACKIE ROBINSON In 1956 Jackie was traded to this team, but retired rather than play for his old NYC rival

the Giants

LANDMARKS Only 1 of the 7 wonders of the ancient world still standing

the Great Pyramid

IT'S GEOGRAPHIC North America's deepest lake is this Canadian one with a servile-sounding name

the Great Slave Lake

IT'S NOT SO Though 4,500 miles long, it's not visible from space, as its materials are similar in color to the surrounding soil

the Great Wall of China

KING ARTHUR Arthur's round table had a seat reserved for the knight who could find this

the Holy Grail

KINSEY Completes the title of Dr. Kinsey's shocking 1948 work "Sexual Behavior in" this

the Human Male

JAPAN This moated residence in Tokyo is open to the public only 2 days a year

the Imperial Palace

IT'S EXTINCT The dodo was found on the Islands of Reunion, Rodrigues & Mauritius in this ocean

the Indian Ocean

LABOR "Big Bill" Haywood helped organize this union whose members were called Wobblies

the Industrial Workers of the World<

LABOR Under David Dubinsky's leadership, this union grew from 34,000 members in 1932 to 404,000 in 1966

the International Ladies' Garment Wo

LABRADOR In 2005 these native people created a regional government called Nunatsiavut to preserve their culture

the Inuit

JOHN STEINBECK The struggles of this family, including son Tom, are at the heart of "The Grapes of Wrath"

the Joad family

JUST A BILL ON CAPITOL HILL Before the Hill, longtime Florida Rep. Bill McCollum was a commander in JAG, this U.S. Navy corps

the Judge Advocate General

IT'S GETTING HOT IN HERE Amazon's e-reader

the Kindle

JOIN THE CLUB Circle K Intl., a collegiate branch of this service org., circles the globe with members on some 450 campuses

the Kiwanis Club

IT'S NOT THE MIAMI HEAT For signing Gail Goodrich, the Jazz ended up conveying the very first pick of the 1979 draft to this team, who got Magic Johnson

the Los Angeles Lakers

IT'S VEGAS, BABY! In a balloon, the Wizard of Oz once hovered over this hotel's main casino

the MGM Grand

JON STEWART'S <em class="underline"> This 1215 document "served as a wake-up call that Europe would be forced to answer...in about 500 years"

the Magna Carta

LAKES & RIVERS The ferry 'cross this British river predates Gerry & the Pacemakers by 635 years

the Mersey

IT'S MATTHEW PERRY In 1847 Matthew Perry commanded a squadron besieging Veracruz in this war

the Mexican War

LAND OF _____ Norway & Alaska are each known as the "Land of" this

the Midnight Sun

LAKES & RIVERS American river only 33 miles shorter than the Mississippi

the Missouri

JUDEA The territory of Judea became part of this empire in 63 B.C.

the Roman Empire

JUST DESERTS This desert in North Africa is the largest in the world

the Sahara

JUST DESERTS About 3,000 miles wide, its name is from the Arabic for "desert"

the Sahara Desert

JAPANESE HISTORY This warrior class was excluded from power in the 1870s & its privileged status dissolved

the Samurai

JOAN OF ARC Joan's ashes were eventually thrown into this river

the Seine

JOHN TYLER Tyler's administration ended the second of these Native American wars in Florida

the Seminole Wars

LANDMARKS The Cappella della Sacra Sindone was built in the 17th century to house this relic

the Shroud of Turin

JUST A BILL ON CAPITOL HILL Florida senator Bill Nelson took a long, high route to the Hill; he was a crewman on the 24th flight of one of these

the Space Shuttle

LADIES' LOCKER ROOM This name for the WNBA team from Los Angeles should light your fire

the Sparks

LAND O' LAKERS This L.A. arena, home to the Lakers & the site of 9 Grammy Awards, is named for an office-supply company

the Staples Center

LANDMARKS The white marble dome of this mausoleum in India is decorated with floral patterns & passages from the Koran

the Taj Mahal

LAKES & RIVERS Vatican City lies on the west, or right, bank of this river

the Tiber

IT'S NOT THE MIAMI HEAT Named when "Jurassic Park" was big, it's the only NBA team not based in the United States

the Toronto Raptors

KIDS ON THE NET At the site for this government department, you can "Design Your Own Bill" & send it to others--but don't spend it

the Treasury

KIDDY LIT "The great swans swam round him, stroking him welcomingly"

the Ugly Duckling

LABOR The Mitsubishi Eclipse & Mazda 626 are 2 Japanese cars made in the U.S. by members of this union

the United Auto Workers

JORDAN Following World War I, this European country took control of Jordan

the United Kingdom

JOURNALISM The Midwest edition of this paper (circulation 600,000) is printed in Naperville, Illinois (population 43,000)

the Wall Street Journal

JOURNALISM Main D.C. rival of the Washington Post is this paper published by the Reverend Moon's Unification Church

the Washington Times

LAKES & RIVERS Major tributaries of this river include the Pelly, Porcupine & Klondike

the Yukon

IT'S POISONOUS Unusual among snakes, the poisonous king type of this builds nests & protects its "princes" until they hatch

the cobra

KINGS & QUEENS 2 members of this Florentine family, Catherine & Marie, became queens of France

the de Medici

KNOW YOUR EARTH Follow this line & you'll travel almost exactly 24,900 miles to get back to your starting point

the equator

I'VE GOT THE BREWS The thickness of this top part of your draft beer is measured in fingers

the head

JUMP AROUND! JUMP AROUND! This track & field event has a fully equipped bar-- it's set at around 7'6" for the top men

the high jump

JUST PLANE GEOMETRY The sum of the squares of the lengths of the legs of a right triangle is equal to the square of the length of this

the hypotenuse

IT'S GETTING HOT IN HERE Hot place in an Italian Dante title

the inferno

IT'S POISONOUS The tentacles of this 9-letter invertebrate have stinging cells that explode when touched, driving poison into its prey

the jellyfish

KIDDIE LIT The story of this animal teaches that only those who help make the bread should eat the bread

the little red hen

IT'S EXTINCT Steller's Sea Cow was a relative of this rare aquatic mammal found in Florida

the manatee

JUST DESSERTS A croquembouche is a pyramid of caramel-coated cream puffs; its name means "crunches in" this body part

the mouth

LAKES & RIVERS The end of a river that empties into a lake or ocean

the mouth

IT'S POISONOUS Swimming Down Under, you don't need 8 reasons to stay away from the blue-ringed this, just 1--its bite can paralyze & kill you

the octopus

IT'S EXTINCT The last known representative of this type of pigeon died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914

the passenger pigeon

JUNEAU More than 40% of Juneau consists of this type of woodland area more often associated with the Amazon

the rainforest

KNOW YOUR EARTH Just above the troposphere is this ozone-containing layer of the atmosphere

the stratosphere

JUST PLANE GEOMETRY The word geometry means to "measure" this

the world, the earth (the land)

JUSTIN WHO? He arrives early enough to avert disaster: Justin this, the fourth dimension

time

JUST A "SEC"! To cut into 2 equal parts

to bisect

KIDDIE LIT "Fee-fi-fo-fum", the giant said he'd grind Jack's bones to do this

to make my bread

IT'S ALL "OVER", BABY It can mean to toss a baseball too far or to remove a ruler by force

to overthrow

JUST A "SEC"! To pursue with harassing treatment because of race or religious beliefs

to persecute

IT'S COMPLICATED These 2 words, one "R" different, may be confused; 1 means twisting or complicated, 1 means causing pain

tortuous & torturous

JAPAN The Shinkansen is the famous high-speed one of these

train

IT'S IN YOUR MIND I love Dr. Freud for using this term for strong feelings of attachment by a patient toward an analyst

transference

LANGUAGE LAB Pinyin is the official method of doing this with Mandarin, transcribing its sounds in Roman characters

transliterating

KID STUFF Originally ridden by such dignitaties as Queen Victoria, this 3-wheeler is now mostly for kids

tricycle

IT'S AN EXPERIMENT "Experiment Eleven" is a book on the discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic to work against this lung disease

tuberculosis

JEWEL The Aztecs showed their rank in society by wearing this bluish-green December birthstone

turquoise

IT'S NOT SO In the early 20th century, Mary Mallon infected about 50 people, not thousands, with this disease

typhoid

JA! BABY! (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports) In German, this diacritical mark [two dots over the "O" in Dorfchen] indicates a change in vowel sound

umlaut

JUNG AT HEART Jung wrote about a "collective" this shared universally by all humans

unconscious

JAZZ IT UP Milt Jackson, heard here, was one of the masters of this instrument

vibes (vibraphone)

JUST THE FACT, MA'AM A traditional boilermaker is beer & an ounce of this

whiskey

IT'S THE HUMILITY The 21st century English version of mass includes "Lord, I am not" this "that you should enter under my roof"

worthy

LANGUAGE LESSONS German:Time spirit

zeitgeist

JUST PLANE GEOMETRY A straight angle has this many degrees

180

JACKIE ROBINSON Jackie played first base his first season, but switched to this position for the next 5 years

2nd base

JUST DESSERTS Sharing its name with a French novel, this candy bar was originally 3 chocolate-coated nougat bars

3 Musketeers

JULY 4 The first U.S. flag with this many stars was flown July 4, 1960

50

JOURNALISM =

=

JOE RANFT: PIXAR LEGEND Joe ate some of the scenery as Heimlich the Ravenous Caterpillar in this 1998 animated feature

A Bug's Life

KIDDIE LIT It's what Jack gave in exchange for the beans that grew into the beanstalk

A Cow

KIDS IN LIT Violet invents, Klaus remembers everything he reads & Sunny likes to bite things in this book series

A Series of Unfortunate Events

IT'S WHAT WE DO Paper giant Weyerhaeuser can beat you to this, producing 2.5 million tons a year at 9 mills

A pulp

I'VE GOT 2 TICKETS TO PARADISE "Dive" into this Mexican port & resort city on the Pacific coast officially founded by Spaniards in 1550

Acapulco

JERRY SPRINGER'S BIBLE SHOW These 2 were rather circumspect when Seth's letter got them on "Fig Leaf Makeovers"

Adam & Eve

LAKES & RIVERS Lake Assal in Djibouti is this continent's lowest point at about 500 feet below sea level

Africa

JAPAN Tokyo is served by two of these: Narita & Haneda

Airports

JAPAN The first Japanese film director to become famous internationally; his films include "Rashomon" & "The Seven Samurai"

Akira Kurosawa

KINGS & QUEENS Like this great leader whom he'd served as a general, Egypt's King Ptolemy I was Macedonian

Alexander the Great

JULES VERNE While living in Paris, Verne got advice on writing from this "Three Musketeers" author

Alexandre Dumas

JULY July 24, 1802 & July 27, 1824 are the birthdays of the pere & fils authors who share this name

Alexandre Dumas

JUNE BUGGED This League MVP didn't talk to reporters after the 76ers lost out on the NBA crown June 15, 2001

Allen Iverson

I'VE ZINE THE MOVIE This Cameron Crowe film was a fictionalized account of his adventures writing for Rolling Stone

Almost Famous

LAKES & RIVERS Even though it's the world's second longest river, it still has the world's largest drainage basin

Amazon

JUST CHUTE ME In 1934 Stanley Switlik & George Putnam made the 1st jump tower; the 1st public demo was by this woman, Putnam's wife

Amelia Earhart

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS John refused to attend the presidential inauguration of this man, his successor

Andrew Jackson

JUNIOR SAMPLES In 1979 he resigned as ambassador to the U.N. because of an unauthorized meeting with a PLO representative

Andrew Young, Jr.

JACK NICHOLSON This actress, Jack's longtime girlfriend, acted with him in her dad's movie "Prizzi's Honor"

Anjelica Huston

IT'S BIG IN JAPAN The WWII diary of this Dutch Jewish teenager is widely read by young Japanese girls

Anne Frank

JANE AUSTEN IN POP CULTURE She played a pre-fame Jane Austen in the 2007 film "Becoming Jane"

Anne Hathaway

JUST DESERTS This whole continent is considered a polar desert

Antarctica

JUST FOR THE "HALL" OF IT This actor first gained attention as a likable geek in "Sixteen Candles"

Anthony Michael Hall

IT'S GREEK MYTHOLOGY TO ME This war god wasn't too successful in battle; he was once captured & stuck in a jar for 13 months

Ares

JUST DESERTS The Patagonian Desert lies west of Buenos Aires in this country

Argentina

JEWEL The bulk of the world's peridot is mined from Peridot Mesa on the Apache Indian Reservation in this state

Arizona

JULES VERNE In Chapter 3 of this book wagers are made whether Phileas Fogg can complete his journey in the allotted time

Around the World in Eighty Days

IT'S MOVIE TIME "The Borrowers" is the basis for "The Secret World of" her

Arrietty

JASON MILLER Jason played this fellow playwright, also a Pulitzer Prize winner, in the 1980 TV movie "Marilyn: The Untold Story"

Arthur Miller

KINGS & QUEENS At last, you know what Jigme Singye Wangchuck, king of Bhutan on this continent, looks like

Asia

LANDMARKS Continent: The Red Fort, the Motahari Mosque

Asia

JANET RENO'S DANCE PARTY The real Janet Reno made a "Dance Party" appearance on Jan. 20, 2001, hours after she left this job

Attorney General

KING ARTHUR After Mordred mortally wounded him, Arthur's body was carried away to this island

Avalon

KIDDY LIT This letter completes the title of William Steig's classic 1968 book that was all in letters, "CD...."

B

KIDDY LIT CHARACTERS In 2011's "I Want My Hat Back", he questions his fellow forest dwellers as to the whereabouts of his "red pointy hat"

Bear

JOE RANFT: PIXAR LEGEND "Be our guest" & name this enchanting 1991 Disney film that Joe co-wrote

Beauty & The Beast

KINGS & QUEENS Fabiola, the current queen of this Low Country, was born a Spanish noblewoman

Belgium

KNOW YOUR MUPPETS Ernie's roommate, he collects paper clips

Bert

JAZZ SINGERS In 1970 Janis Joplin helped pay for a gravestone for this "World's Greatest Blues Singer"

Bessie Smith

JUST A BILL ON CAPITOL HILL He reached the hill in 1979, after stops in Princeton, Oxford & the NBA

Bill Bradley

JAZZ SINGERS Known as "Lady Day", she began her recording career with Benny Goodman in November 1933

Billie Holiday

IT'S ABOUT TIME Time in the U.S. is determined by the National Institute of Standards & Technology whose atomic clock is in this Colorado city

Boulder

JEWELRY This piece of jewelry has been worn around the thigh or the ankle, but most people prefer the wrist

Bracelet

JEWISH FOOD Challah, a type of this, is served in a twisted form on the Sabbath

Bread

KIDDIE LIT Hansel & Gretel scattered these to find their way home, but the birds ate them

Breadcrumbs

KIDDY LIT He was "bawn and bred in a brier-patch"

Brer Rabbit

JANE AUSTEN IN POP CULTURE Helen Fielding reworked "Pride & Prejudice" & used the name Mr. Darcy for this novel & its 2001 film

Bridget Jones's Diary

JUNE SWOON Born June 1, 1801 he led the Mormon migration to Utah in 1847

Brigham Young

I'VE ZINE THE MOVIE Annie Proulx said she was driving while she wrote most of the article that became this Wyoming-set film

Brokeback Mountain

JACK LONDON In "The Call of the Wild", a dog with this name is stolen & forced to be a working dog in Alaska

Buck

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS Little John & his mom were witnesses to this June 17, 1775 battle

Bunker Hill

LAB EQUIPMENT (Cheryl) This portable lab accessory bears the name of a German chemist who made it popular

Bunsen burner

JOHN C. FREMONT In 1850 & '51, Fremont served as a U.S. senator from this newly admitted state

California

JUST DESERTS In the Northern Hemisphere you'll find the largest chain of deserts along the line named the Tropic of this

Cancer

LANDMARKS The president of Venezuela has his offices in the Miraflores Palace in this city

Caracas

KANSANS After a Wichita monument to this temperance crusader was knocked over by a beer truck, it was moved

Carry Nation

JOE RANFT: PIXAR LEGEND Not only the voice of Peterbilt, Joe Ranft co-directed & helped write this Oscar-nominated 2006 Pixar hit

Cars

KATHARINE HEPBURN FILMS This co-star of "Holiday", seen here, called Kate "A joy to work with"

Cary Grant

JAMES BOND Orson Welles played "Le Chiffre" in the campy 1967 version of this Bond film

Casino Royale

LAKES & RIVERS Despite its huge size, this saltwater "sea" bordering Iran has no tides

Caspian Sea

JUNE SWOON After a revolt in Algeria, this man became premier of France in June 1958 with almost unlimited authority

Charles de Gaulle

KIDDY LIT CHARACTERS This Raold Dahl boy gets 1 chocolate bar a year on his birthday but makes it last a month

Charlie

KICK THE CANNES Forest Whitaker & Clint Eastwood both won awards in 1988 for bringing this "flighty" jazzman to life

Charlie "Bird" Parker

IT'S BIG IN JAPAN 20 years after recording the following live in Japan, this group remains popular there:

Cheap Trick

IT'S THEIR FAULT The Haiyuan fault slices through the Gansu Province of this Asian country

China

ITS LONGEST BORDER North Korea's longest

China

JUST DESERTS The Gobi, the largest desert in Asia, is in southern Mongolia & the northern part of this country

China

LANGUAGES About half of all Korean words come from this language

Chinese

JUNE 5 BABIES Born 1932:A left-footed Irish artist & author

Christy Brown

JERUSALEM A popular Christian shrine is this church where Jesus is said to have been entombed after his crucifixion

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

LABRADOR In 1965 the Hamilton River, Labrador's longest, was renamed this after a late British prime minister

Churchill

JUNE BUGGED June 10, 1985 was a cloudy day for the prosecution, as this man was acquitted of trying to kill his wife Sunny

Claus von Bulow

JANE AUSTEN IN POP CULTURE As if! This movie starring Alicia Silverstone was based on "Emma"

Clueless

IT'S IN MY COFFEE This trusted friend was the first non-dairy powdered creamer

Coffee-Mate

LANDMARKS By flooding the arena, this largest Roman amphitheater could be used for mock naval battles

Colosseum

IT'S MY PARTY British prime minister Margaret Thatcher

Conservative

LANDMARKS County: The Old Water Tower, Carl Sandburg Village

Cook County

JAZZ PIANISTS This "royal" pianist's band made a cameo appearance in Mel Brooks' 1974 film "Blazing Saddles"

Count Basie

JACKS OF ALL TRADES (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):"(Hi, I'm Jack Ford, chief legal correspondent for NBC News) Before joining NBC, I was an anchor for this ca

Court TV

JURY DUTY The general type of this military tribunal usually has a jury of 5 members

Court martial

JEOPMARK CARDS FOR LITERARY CHARACTE Sometimes 3's not enough of a crowd! Here's hoping for that promotion for this 1844 guy from Gascony!

D'Artagnan

KNOW BUSINESS This car company's divorce from Chrysler is paying off, as it's seen profits grow since

Daimler (Benz)

KANSANS Born & died in Manhattan, (Kansas & NYC respectively), this writer gave us "Guys & Dolls"

Damon Runyon

KENNEDY CENTER HONOREES In 1984 children from the United Nations School Chorus sang the praises of this beloved comedian & actor

Danny Kaye

LAKES & RIVERS Rising in the Black Forest, it's the second longest river in Europe

Danube

JAZZ PIANISTS His quartet, featuring Paul Desmond on alto sax, reached the pop charts in 1961 with "Take Five"

Dave Brubeck

JAZZ PIANISTS This "Take Five" pianist was named a "living legend" in 2003 by the Library of Congress

Dave Brubeck

KEEPING UP WITH THE JONES This "Monkee" man said, "Most people think I married Marcia Brady and moved to Ohio and had 6 kids"

Davy Jones

JERRY SPRINGER'S BIBLE SHOW Samson brought the house down when she tricked him into appearing on the "No More Secrets!" show

Delilah

IT'S MY PARTY Strom Thurmond,1956

Democrat

KINGS & QUEENS In 1918 this country's Christian X recognized Iceland as self-governing but still under his rule

Denmark

KINGS & QUEENS The last king of this Scandanavian country was Frederick IX, a rear admiral who died in 1972

Denmark

JOHN PAUL II John Paul II visited this U.S. city in August of 1993, & President Clinton visited him there

Denver

IT'S YOUR DIME The JS on the front stands for John Sinnock, who did this

Designed the coin

LANDMARKS City: Greektown, Cobo Hall

Detroit

KIDDY LIT The title of this 1992 children's book, seen here, is also the name of its island setting:

Dinotopia

KIDS ON THE NET At the website for the CDC, the Centers for this, kids can learn about diabetes & toxic chemicals

Disease Control

IT'S MOVIE TIME Rex Harrison & Eddie Murphy have both played this Doctor who talked to the animals

Doctor Dolittle

I'VE ZINE THE MOVIE The Life article that became this film described the bisexual bank robber as having the "good looks of an Al Pacino"

Dog Day Afternoon

JOE DiMAGGIO 1 of 2 DiMaggio brothers to play major league baseball at the same time as Joe

Dom or Vince

JERUSALEM It houses a massive gray stone believed to be the one on which Abraham was prepared to sacrifice Isaac

Dome of the Rock

JOHN PAUL II He visited this Haitian neighbor in 1992 in celebration of Columbus' visit there 500 years earlier

Dominican Republic

JACKS OF ALL TRADES In 1991 he published "Prescription Medicide: The Goodness of Planned Death"

Dr. Jack Kevorkian

KIDDY LIT In 1937 Tolkien published "The Hobbit" & this author put out "And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street"

Dr. Seuss

IT'S MOVIE TIME Elliott befriends a homesick alien who loves candy in this classic

E.T.

JAZZ PIANISTS Early in his career this jazz pianist acquired the nickname "Fatha"

Earl "Fatha" Hines

JAZZ PIANISTS He earned his "Fatha" nickname in the 1930s after giving fatherly advice about drinking to an announcer

Earl "Fatha" Hines

JUPITER At its closest approach, Jupiter is 367 million miles from this planet

Earth

JAPAN Occuring nearly 1,500 times a year, one of these led to more than 100,000 deaths in 1923

Earthquakes

JOHN STEINBECK John Steinbeck named one of the families in this novel after Captain Trask, a friend of his father

East of Eden

JACK NICHOLSON In this 1969 film Jack wonders, "This used to be a fine country. What went wrong?"

Easy Rider

JUST TO THE RIGHT During a Carnac sketch, he was usually on Carnac's right

Ed McMahon

JOURNALISM This CBS newsman once petitioned Churchill to let him broadcast outdoors so people could hear the Blitz

Edward R. Murrow

KINGS NAMED ED King for 3 months in 1483, Shakespeare's "Richard III" tells of his death in the tower

Edward V

KINGS NAMED ED The last Tudor King of England, he was the only surviving legitimate son of Henry VIII

Edward VI

KINGS NAMED ED In 1939 he visited England for the first time since his abdication

Edward VIII

KINGS NAMED ED In 1061, he was King of England; by 1161, he was a saint

Edward the Confessor

KINGS NAMED ED At his death he named Harold his successor though he allegedly promised the crown to William of Normandy

Edward the Confessor (Edward III)

KELLOGG'S The Dorsa family created this frozen waffle

Eggos

JULY On July 28, 1945 a plane crashed into this building, lodging in the 79th floor

Empire State Building

LAGER RHYTHMS Watney's Red Barrel & Newcastle Brown Ale are 2 popular beers from this country

England

LANGUAGES Fiji doesn't have an official religion, but it does have this as its official language

English

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

Enigma (Machine)

KIDDY LIT "In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf" is the first line of his story "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"

Eric Carle

JAZZ PIANISTS His inability to read music didn't prevent this pianist from composing the music to "Misty"

Erroll Garner

JUST PLANE GEOMETRY In the 3rd century B.C., this "Father of geometry" taught at the Museum, an institute in Alexandria, Egypt

Euclid

KILLER OPERAS In an opera based on a Pushkin poem, Lensky challenges this title character to a duel--big mistake

Eugene Onegin

JOAQUIN Responsible for economic & monetary affairs, Joaquin Almunia is a prominent official in the EC, this organization

European Commission

IT'S MY PARTY Italian dictator Benito Mussolini

Fascist

JAZZ PIANISTS His score for the 1929 stage production "Hot Chocolates" included the hit tune "Ain't Misbehavin'"

Fats Waller

JOE RANFT: PIXAR LEGEND Joe provided the voice of Jacques the Shrimp in this 2003 Oscar winner

Finding Nemo

JUNE SWOON On June 4 this country honors Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, a leader in its fight for independence from Russia

Finland

JEWISH FOOD When chopped & formed into a ball, it's gefilte

Fish

JULES VERNE Verne's first published book, it describes an aerial journey over Africa lasting more than a month

Five Weeks in a Balloon

LADIES' LOCKER ROOM This sister-in-law of Jackie Joyner-Kersee set world records in the 100 & 200 meter dashes in 1988

Florence Griffith-Joyner ("Flo-Jo")<

IT'S BIG IN JAPAN The film "A River Runs Through It" inspired a Japanese craze for this sport

Fly fishing

LANDMARKS Stronghold in Baltimore Harbor named for a man who was Secretary of War while it was being built

Fort McHenry

KIDNAPPED In 2006 Olaf Wiig & Steve Centanni, 2 reporters working for this cable channel, were released from Gaza

Fox News Channel

IT'S OUR ISLAND Martinique

France

IT'S YOUR DIME This man who died in 1945 is immortalized on the coin

Franklin D. Roosevelt

JON STEWART'S <em class="underline"> He was "quoted" as saying, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself...oh, and starvation. We might all starve"

Franklin Roosevelt

LANGUAGES Among the many dialects of this language are Maine, Gallo & Bourbonnais

French

LANGUAGES In 1974 Quebec, Canada declared this to be its sole official language

French

JUNG AT HEART Jung met this noted psychiatrist in 1907 & became a friend, but after a disagreement in 1912 things turned sour

Freud

JUST DESSERTS A happy baking accident led to the invention of this semisoft candy that's often chocolate

Fudge

JAPANESE BUSINESS & INDUSTRY In 1995 Kodak lodged a trade complaint that this company had an unfair advantage in Japan

Fuji Film

JAPAN You can reach the summit of this mountain via the Gotemba or Subashiri paths

Fujiyama

LANDMARKS To honor W. Churchill, London's Church of St. Mary the Virgin was moved stone by stone to this Mo. town

Fulton

JOE-PARDY! Seen here: He first hit the trenches in 1964

G.I. Joe

JUPITER He discovered the 4 largest moons of Jupiter, but Simon Marius gave them names

Galileo

IT'S THE HUMILITY This Indian wrote, "I have nothing new to teach the world; truth and nonviolence are as old as the hills"

Gandhi

IT'S GARY In 2011 this toothy-grinned actor was a contestant on "Celebrity Apprentice"

Gary Busey

IT'S GARY This actor is in the Lt. Dan Band

Gary Sinise

JEOPMARK CARDS FOR LITERARY CHARACTE My love for you, Daisy, will never die, but I will. All my love, this 1925 title guy

Gatsby

JULIUS CAESAR It took from 58 to 50 B.C., but Caesar decisively overcame this fractious French region

Gaul

JULY In July 1980 the Republican party nominated this former CIA director for vice president

George (H.W.) Bush

JAZZ SINGERS This jazz guitarist has had several pop vocal hits including "This Masquerade" & "Give Me The Night"

George Benson

KENNY ROGERS Home base for Kenny & family is a ranch in this "peachy" state

Georgia

LANDMARKS State: Little Five Points, Jimmy Carter Museum and Library

Georgia

JULY 4 On the day of the bicentennial, this president said, "We lead because our whole history says we must"

Gerald Ford

JAPANESE HISTORY In 1914 Japan joined the Allies & quickly seized this European power's islands in the Pacific

Germany

IT'S JUST A GAME The board for this Asian game has 361 intersections on which black & white stones are placed

Go

IT'S MATTHEW PERRY On this sitcom that debuted in 2012, Matthew Perry led his support group in a "March Sadness" tourney

Go On

JOHN C. FREMONT His wealth came from a deposit of this found on his Mariposa land; later, he lost it all in railroad deals

Gold

LANDING ZONES OF NORMANDY Bug, Glove or Coast

Gold

JA! BABY! This greeting is Guten Morgen!

Good Morning!

KANSAS CITIES As you might expect, Ulysses is the seat of this "Presidential" county

Grant

LAND O' LAKERS Sean Connery went shoeless when imprinting his feet in the cement at this Hollywood theater

Grauman's Chinese Theater