Jeopardy, Season 2 (1985-1986, incomplete)

In 1952, 12-year-old Jimmy Boyd earned a fortune with this Christmas song hit (THE 1950s)

"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"

"Instrumental" title of this, only instrumental no. 1 hit of 1959 (MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS)

"The Happy Organ"

1 of 3 original members of the Country Music Hall of Fame (CLASSIC COUNTRY)

(1 of) Hank Williams Sr., Jimmie Rodgers, Fred Rose

2 of the 5 "Civilized Tribes", so called because they resembled European nations in structure (AMERICAN INDIANS)

(2 of) Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, & Seminole

3 of the 4 actors who sought "Deliverance" in that 1972 film ('70s CINEMA)

(3 of) Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ronny Cox, Ned Beatty

"The Crucible", his 1953 play about Salem witchcraft trials drew a parallel to McCarthyism (AMERICAN LITERATURE)

(Arthur) Miller

Though he wasn't part of the Lincoln conspiracy, his name's been blackened in many a town (WORD ORIGINS)

(Dr. Samuel) Mudd

He wrote his "Farewell Symphony" as a hint he & the orchestra wanted to leave for Vienna (CLASSICAL MUSIC)

(Franz Joseph) Haydn

He personally paid for many of the instruments & made this his soldier' theme: (Gary Owens Theme) (WILD WEST)

(General) George (Armstrong) Custer

Of the 25 lawyers who have been President, he served most recently (1986) (PRESIDENTS)

(Gerald) Ford

A battleship was built to honor this Russian who built fake villages to impress his empress (UNREAL ESTATE)

(Grigori) Potemkin

When his wife woke him in 1893, fearing burglars in the house, he said, "In the Senate maybe, not the House" (PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES)

(Grover) Cleveland

His actual first name was Hiram while his middle name was Ulysses (PRESIDENTIAL MIDDLE NAMES)

(Hiram) Ulysses (S) Grant

While prisoner of the Germans in WWII, this French existentialist wrote some of his greatest work (GREAT THINKERS)

(Jean-Paul) Sartre

German astronomer whose laws of planetary motion were published in 1609 (ASTRONOMY)

(Johannes) Kepler

Because he said "Ich bin ein Berliner", not "Ich bin Berliner", it could have meant "I am a doughnut" (PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES)

(John F.) Kennedy

In 1964 his widow said "So now he is a legend when he would have preferred to be a man" (THE '60s)

(John F.) Kennedy

For a promotional stunt in 1889, this newspaper publisher sent Nellie Bly around the world (19TH CENTURY)

(Joseph) Pulitzer

In 1804, this merchant got Rhode Island College to rename itself after him by donating $5,000 dollars

(Nicholas) Brown

Last Communist party chief of the USSR to leave office without dying (WORLD POLITICS)

(Nikita) Khrushchev

Appropriately, these birds play in the National Hockey League (SPORTS BIRDS)

(Pittsburgh) Penguins

French soldier & mathematician whose motto was "I think, therefore I am" (GREAT THINKERS)

(Rene) Descartes

1st Englishman to sail around the world (ENGLISH HISTORY)

(Sir) Francis Drake

In 1806, he tried to climb the Colorado peak named for him, took a wrong path & would up on wrong mt. (MOUNTAINS)

(Zebulon) Pike

Of 1 out of 5, 1 out of 15, or 1 out of 50, approximate ratio of Polish families who own cars (POLAND)

1 out of 50

Ratio of quarter notes to a whole note (MUSICAL NUMBERS)

1/4

1,000 expressed by using 10 and an exponent (MATHEMATICS)

10 cubed

How many meters you've run if you finish a 10K race (SHAPING UP)

10,000

Of 25, 50, or 100 miles, the longest length lightning strokes can reach the earth (LIGHTNING)

100 miles

Legal in 4 states, it's youngest specified age a female can be married with parental consent (1986) (ODDS & ENDS)

12

Of the 1.5 million students who took the S.A.T.s in early 1985, only 8 hit this perfect combined score (NEWSPAPER FILLER)

1600

Year the first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded and the United States entered World War I (HISTORICAL TRIVIA)

1917

Year of 1st World Series telecast, which featured the Dodgers' Jackie Robinson, Rookie of the Year (SPORTS)

1947

Captain Nemo "dies" in both of these Jules Verne novels (19TH CENTURY NOVELS)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea & The Mysterious Island

Number of different basic shapes in a box of Post Alpha-Bits (STUPID ANSWERS)

26

Number of teams in the NFL (1985) (FOOTBALL)

28

Number of movements in Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor (MUSICAL NUMBERS)

3

While Rhode Island has 5 counties, Delaware has only this many (U.S. STATES)

3

The prime factors of 21 (MATHEMATICS)

3 and 7

In 1985, Disneyland, McDonald's, & Captain Kangaroo all celebrated this anniversary (NEWSPAPER FILLERS)

30th

A rink of players--it's the number of persons on a curling team (WINTER SPORTS)

4

Of 4, 12, or 20, the number of independent countries in Africa before WWII (THE CONTINENTS)

4

Aside from the Dakotas & Carolinas, # of states with 2 words in their names as commonly used (THE 50 STATES)

6

Whole number equidistant from 5 & 7 (STUPID ANSWERS)

6

Number of fabulously wealthy "cities of Cibola" the Spanish explorer Coronado was looking fore (UNREAL ESTATE)

7

Number of players in a string septet (MUSICAL NUMBERS)

7

It was originally called bib-label lithiated lemon-lime soda (SODA POP QUIZ)

7-UP

Number of strings on a standard mandolin (MUSICAL NUMBERS)

8

Phil Silvers received a Tony in 1972 revival of this play based on Plautus ('70s THEATER)

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Director Norman Jewison's alliterative tale of a black infantry unit (MOVIES)

A Soldier's Story

17-year-old usher Sheila Delaney got a taste for theatre and went home one night to start this play (PLAYWRIGHTS)

A Taste of Honey

"Yippie" leader who wrote a book called "Steal This Book" (PEOPLE)

Abbie Hoffman

Common Arabic name which means "Servant of Allah" (NAMES)

Abdullah

The weapon which killed this "1st murder victim" was never revealed (WEAPONS)

Abel

Lake Placid & the source of the Hudson are found in this New York group (MOUNTAINS)

Adirondacks

John & Stewart Alsop revived the word "egghead" to describe this candidate's supporters (THE '50s)

Adlai Stevenson

Of the 7, this continent has the greatest number of independent countries (THE CONTINENTS)

Africa

Twi, Ga, Fang, & Bubi are languages spoke on this continent (LANGUAGES)

Africa

Longest continuous run of any show is London performance of "The Mousetrap" by this author (1986) (THE LONGEST)

Agatha Christie

In 1978, he won a reverse discrimination lawsuit against the University of California (THE '70s)

Alan Bakke

The state with the largest number of national parks (NATIONAL PARKS)

Alaska

Spanish for "pelican" but appropriately called "The Rock" by its inhabitants (ISLANDS)

Alcatraz

Though he said he found dueling abhorrent, he participated in one in 1804 (AMERICAN HISTORY)

Alexander Hamilton

Delta city with automatic door openers, washing machines, & a world-famous library (ANCIENT SCIENCE)

Alexandria

Founder of "individual psychology", he broke with Freud in 1911 (PSYCHOLOGY)

Alfred Adler

The "official" title of "Alice In Wonderland" (19TH CENTURY NOVELS)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

"The Road Back" is sequel to this famous novel of WWI by Erich Remarque (WAR STORIES)

All Quiet on the Western Front

San Francisco police confiscated this beat poet's epic "Howl" wen it first came out (THE 1950s)

Allen Ginsberg

As co-sovereign of this Pyrenees land, the Bishop of Urgel, Spain is paid about $6.87 semi-annually (MINI-COUNTRIES)

Andorra

Roman slave famous for broaching a "thorny" subject with a lion (ANCIENT TIMES)

Androcles

This black activist was 1 of only 6 women ever to make the FBI's "Most Wanted" list (WOMEN)

Angela Davis

Peter Gennaro won Tony for choreographing Andrea McArdle in this 1977 hit ('70s THEATER)

Annie

1st to hold a nominating convention, this 3rd party ironically chose Mason Wm. Wirt to run for Pres. (AMERICAN HISTORY)

Anti-Masonic party

The original of Islam's sacred book, the Koran, was written in rhyme in this language (LANGUAGES)

Arabic

Holiday begun 4/22/1875 because J.S. Morton thought Nebraskans should plant trees (19TH CENTURY)

Arbor Day

In '67, this "Lady of Soul" got due "Respect" (SINGERS)

Aretha Franklin

Standard comment of Little Orphan Annie's dog Sandy (COMIC STRIPS)

Arf!

Considered 1st universal genius, this student of Plato believed goats breathed through their ears (ANCIENT SCIENCE)

Aristotle

Greek philosopher whose works were the basis for most scientific study well into 17th C. (GREAT THINKERS)

Aristotle

King Philip of Macedonia hired him as private tutor for his son, Alexander (ANCIENT HISTORY)

Aristotle

In 1912, it became 48th & last contiguous state to join the Union (AMERICAN HISTORY)

Arizona

It's the battlefield where good & evil will fight their final battle (THE BIBLE)

Armageddon

"You must remember this", the theme song for "Casablanca" ("TIME"LY SONGS)

As Time Goes By

The lines "And thereby hands a tale" & "All the world's a stage" come from this comedy (SHAKESPEARE)

As You Like It

Artificial grass named for the site of its 1st installation (SPORTS STADIUMS)

AstroTurf

In 1956, Congress adopted this 4-word Florida motto to be our national motto (STATE MOTTOS)

In God We Trust

Goddess of wisdom for whom Athens was named (GREECE)

Athena

Some fashionable women dyed their hair blue in this ancient Greek city, home of Socrates (FASHION)

Athens

Along with Argos & Thebes, they made up the 4 earliest city-states of ancient Greece (ANCIENT TIMES)

Athens and Sparta

"Monopoly" inventor Charles Darrow named properties in the game for streets in this city (HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS)

Atlantic City

In March, 1985, Michael Lewis, intending to fly to Oakland, Cal. inadvertently ended up in this city (PEOPLE)

Aukland

Eons of wind & rain have worn away ancient mtns., making this smallest continents the flattest, too (THE CONTINENTS)

Australia

Farms on this continent average about 5000 acres (AGRICULTURE)

Australia

During the 14th century "Babylonian Captivity", the French city was seat of the papacy (RELIGIOUS HISTORY)

Avignon

The name "United Nations" was adopted in WWII to note countries opposed to these powers (UNITED NATIONS)

Axis powers

When doubled, this letter can be shot from a gun (LETTER PERFECT)

B

[Audio DD] in 1978, Gerry Rafferty found his way down this street ("STREETS")

Baker Street

On the River Dee in Scotland, it's private residence of the British sovereign (STARTS WITH "B")

Balmoral Castle

In Shakespeare's play, ghost who sat in Macbeth's place at the banquet table (GHOSTS)

Banquo

Hindu for "trader" this unusual tree whose branches grow down can look like a mini-forest (TREES)

Banyan

It took a team of 8 writers to adapt a French comic strip into this 41st century ultra-high camp film (FUTURISTIC FILMS)

Barbarella

Police show which began as "Toma" became much better known with new star & this new name (TELEVISION)

Baretta

A triangular-shaped nut grown in North America & Europe, or a brand of baby food (NUTS)

Beech Nut

They've been guarding British royalty since 1485 & gin bottles since 1820 (BRITISH HISTORY)

Beefeaters

Although a general hospital for 250 years, it is commonly thought of as NYC's lunatic asylum (THE HOSPITAL)

Bellevue

His "Volpone" played at Shakespeare's Globe Theater in 1605 (PLAYWRIGHTS)

Ben Jonson

Of all his achievements, this pediatrician is most proud of his 1924 Olympic gold medal for rowing (SPORTS)

Benjamin Spock

Higgins played the title role of this 1974 film (HOLLYWOOD DOGS)

Benji

[Audio DD] Man usually being chased to the following (Opening to "Yakety Sax" played) (BRITISH TV)

Benny Hill

Chile's liberator ("B.O.")

Bernardo O'Higgins

The constellation Ursa Major, meaning the "great bear", is better known by this name (BEAR FACTS)

Big Dipper

Fall 1962 was a #1 season for the Four Seasons with "Sherry" & this song ("CRY"ING SONGS)

Big Girls Don't Cry

Melville title sailor who personifies innocence (AMERICAN LITERATURE)

Billy Budd

"Suddenly", he's once of pop music's top artists ("B.O.")

Billy Ocean

In 1937, this singer & golf enthusiast put on the 1st celebrity pro-am match (GOLF)

Bing Crosby

The 1954 Dorothy Dandridge/Harry Belafonte film "Carmen Jones" was based on this composer's opera (CLASSICAL MUSIC)

Bizet

When smoked with juniper brush, this food is associated with the German town of Westphalia (FOOD)

Black Forest ham

The following was theme of this 1959 Best Foreign Film ("B.O.")

Black Orpheus

Name of this sea is said to allude not to its dark water but its storms (BODIES OF WATER)

Black Sea

The name of Hitler's dog, or Deborah Harry's singing group (TRIVIA)

Blondie

He recorded "Mack The Knife" under this name he picked out of a phone book (ROCK N' ROLL HEAVEN)

Bobby Darin

This former Boston Bruin might get "defensive" if you talk to him about hockey ("B.O.")

Bobby Orr

Once known as Upper Peru, it has had over twenty presidents since WWII (SOUTH AMERICA)

Bolivia

This girl was "as skinny as a stick of macaroni" (GOLDEN OLDIES)

Boney Maronie

Famous fooderie, found on 15th, for feasting on fish in Philly ("BOOK"S)

Bookbinder's

In 1985, at 17, he became Wimbledon's youngest & only unseeded winner of men's singles (SPORTS)

Boris Becker

In 1967, 1st woman to run this Mass. distance event had to sneak her way in (FEMININE FIRSTS)

Boston Marathon

Composers known as "the 3 B's" (COMPOSERS)

Brahms, Beethoven, and Bach

They layout of this, the capital, resembles a jet airliner (BRAZIL)

Brasilia

Aldous Huxley's 1932 version of "1984" (LITERATURE)

Brave New World

In the past, 12- to 14-year-old brides were not unusual in this Portuguese-speaking country (SOUTH AMERICA)

Brazil

The 2 South American countries whose names begin with "B" (STARTS WITH "B")

Brazil and Bolivia

This variety of nut is grown only in the country it's named for & adjacent lands (NUTS)

Brazil nut

Named not for lovers but sorrowful prisoners crossing it to Venetian prison (BRIDGES)

Bridge of Sighs

Side the Iroquois supported in the French & Indian War (AMERICAN INDIANS)

British (English)

Van Morrison sang of "making love in the green grass, behind the stadium" with her (ROCK 'N ROLL)

Brown Eyed Girl

While Paris is on the Seine, this Belgian capital is on the Senne (WORLD CAPITALS)

Brussels

Antony said this assassin of Caesar made "the most unkindest cut of all" (SHAKESPEARE)

Brutus

Well-known nickname of Siddhartha Gautama (RELIGION)

Buddha

Needing time to do laundry on tour, this early rock giant chartered a fatal flight (ROCK N' ROLL HEAVEN)

Buddy Holly

Howdy Doody host Bob Smith's real hometown (THE 1950s)

Buffalo, New York

Single-letter chemical designation of a diamond (ROCKS & MINERALS)

C

First Roman army to invade Britain was led by this general (BRITISH HISTORY)

Caesar

Appropriately, you'll find "The Appian Way" at this hotel casino on The Strip (LAS VEGAS)

Caesar's Palace

As far back as 1609, sacramental wine was made in what is now this state (WINE)

California

Beatles song about purchasing affection that was 1st to hit #1 in US. & Britain at same time (ROCK 'N ROLL)

Can't Buy Me Love

The "crabby" sign of the zodiac (ASTROLOGY)

Cancer

12 beats of a gong & an airplane swooping down signaled his arrival on radio (RADIO HEROES)

Captain Midnight

London street where in the '60s, you'd find the mods & the miniskirts ("STREETS")

Carnaby Street

Meaning "removal of meal", it's Rio's 4-day pre-Lenten festival (HOLIDAYS)

Carnival

He played Archie Bunker (O'HOLLYWOOD)

Carrol O'Connor

Actress whose autobiography is named for her most famous role, "Baby Doll" (FAMOUS FOLKS)

Carroll Baker

TV's Clinton Corners or Jimmy's Plains, Georgia ("CC")

Carter Country

Roman statesman Cato closed every speech, regardless of the subject, by saying this must be destroyed (ANCIENT HISTORY)

Carthage

In it, Rick tells Ilsa, "I remember every detail; the Germans wore gray; you wore blue" (MOVIE TRIVIA)

Casablanca

He, along with Joel Cairo & Brigid "Shaughnessy, sought the Maltese Falcon ("GUT"s)

Casper Gutman

When 1400 actresses show up to audition for 1 part ("CC")

Cattle Call

Former special counsel to president Nixon who's since been "Born Again" (AUTOBIOGRAPHIES)

Charles Colson

Of all his books, he said "David Copperfield" was his "favourite child" (19TH CENTURY NOVELS)

Charles Dickens

Demonstrators were kicked out of this city's Lincoln Park August 27, 1958 (U.S. HISTORY)

Chicago

He presides over the Senate during the trial following the impeachment of a President (U.S. CONSTITUTION)

Chief Justice (of the Supreme Court)

An estimated 40% of the world's total copper supply is in three mines in this coastal country (SOUTH AMERICA)

Chile

Asian nation 2nd only to U.S. in meat production (AGRICULTURE)

China

Name of wind which flows down eastern slopes of Rocky mtns. raising temp. as much as 40 degrees in 3 hours (WEATHER)

Chinook

Composer who had a celebrated love affair with novelist George Sand (COMPOSERS)

Chopin

In 1810, the same year as Schumann, this Polish pianist & composer was born (COMPOSERS)

Chopin

This young religion was becoming so popular, a school teaching it was estab. in Alexandria (2ND CENTURY)

Christianity

A 6th-century monk originally established the first day of the Christian era, not as January the 1st, but this holiday (HISTORICAL TRIVIA)

Christmas

Ernest Evans' "twist"ed name (AKA)

Chubby Checker

Now a retired brig. gen., this West Virginian was 1st to fly faster than speed of sound (WEST VIRGINIA)

Chuck Yeager

Stuart Damon & Lesley Ann Warren starred in this only R & H musical written for TV (RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN)

Cinderella

Romantic idol who said, "This king stuff is pure bull... I'm just a lucky slob from Ohio" (CELEBRITY SAYINGS)

Clark Gable

"Other women cloy the appetites they feed, but she makes hungry where most she satisfies" (SHAKESPEARE)

Cleopatra

Film which used the following as a greeting (5 tones) (FUTURISTIC FILMS)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

The 3 things growing in "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary's" garden (NURSERY RHYMES)

Cockleshells and silver bells and pretty maids all in a row

They spent $250,000 to develop a can so the shuttle crew could drink their new formula in space (SODA POP QUIZ)

Coke

Up to 80% of the counterfeit dollars passed in the U.S. are from this coffee country (SOUTH AMERICA)

Colombia

"Home" of the Air Force Academy, it has over 300 days of sunshine yearly (U.S. CITIES)

Colorado Springs

October holiday which Mexicans call Dia de la Raza is celebrated in the U.S. as this (HOLIDAYS)

Columbus Day

After Indian wars, Chief Rain-In-The-Face ended up selling autobiographies at this Brooklyn resort (WILD WEST)

Coney Island

For some 2,000 years, in order to enter gov't services, applicants had to now his sayings (CHINA)

Confucius

For service as a medical officer in 1865 Mary Walker became only woman to win this (1985) (FEMININE FIRSTS)

Congressional Medal of Honor

While Prime Minister, Winston Churchill belonged to this political party (ENGLISH HISTORY)

Conservatives

In English this Texas city's name would be "The body of Christ" ("CC")

Corpus Christi

A more accurate translation of his name would be "wild" or "unbroken" horse (AMERICAN INDIANS)

Crazy Horse

Gall & he led the attack on Custer's 7th cavalry (AMERICAN INDIANS)

Crazy Horse

In 1968 he took over U.S. Vietnam command from General Westmoreland (GENERALS)

Creighton Abrams

A top hit in 1955 for Julie London, it's not about the Thames ("CRY"ING SONGS)

Cry Me A River

2 Elvis Presley Top 10 hits that fit this category ("CRY"ING SONGS)

Crying in the Chapel, Don't Cry Daddy

Country to which the U.S. began beaming Radio Marti in May 1985 (U.S. HISTORY)

Cuba

Unlike most European languages, Bulgarian doesn't use the Roman alphabet, but uses this one (LANGUAGES)

Cyrillic

Towering snack named for comic strip character whose nocturnal noshes cleaned out the fridge (FOOD)

Dagwood sandwich

Teng Hsiao-Ping tried to unsuccessfully persuade him to return to Tibet (CHINA)

Dalai Lama

Pat Boone descends from this famed frontiersman (FAMOUS FOLKS)

Daniel Boone

His words became North Dakota motto, "Liberty & Union, Now & Forever, One & Inseparable" (STATE MOTTOS)

Daniel Webster

Tanzania's largest city & functioning capital, its name means "haven of peace" (1985) (WORLD CITIES)

Dar es Salaam

1st prime minister of Israel, he could be called the father of his country ("DAVID"s)

David Ben-Gurion

Name shared by a Union general at Gettysburg & an actor who played TV's "Serpico" ("DAVID"s)

David Birney

Julie's Ika ("DAVID"s)

David Eisenhower

Consumers can "fight back" with him ("DAVID"s)

David Horowitz

Actor David Meyer changed his name to this before he started playing "Richard Diamond, Priv. Det." (AKA)

David Janssen

Though popular in early 1800s the Tennessee congressman was even more popular in the 1950s (U.S. HISTORY)

Davy Crockett

Over 1/2 of Fortune 500 and 42% of all NY Stock Exchange companies are incorporated in this state (BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY)

Delaware

Until the 1700s, this city was noted for its fine blue patterned china (THE NETHERLANDS)

Delft

"Does anybody really care" about this Chicago song? ("TIME"LY SONGS)

Does Anybody Know What Time it is?

[Audio] Title question asked in this Lonnie Donegan song: (CHEWING GUM)

Does Your Chewing Gum Lose its Flavor On the Bedpost Overnight?

You'd better stop sobbing when Melissa Manchester sings this, her 1979 hit ("CRY"ING SONGS)

Don't Cry Out Loud

Starsky & Hutch's David Soul made his recording debut with this soulful plea ("UP" SONGS)

Don't Give Up On Us

This Gerry & the Pacemakers 1964 hit suggests you should do your weeping at night ("CRY"ING SONGS)

Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying

In "Singin' in the Rain", he knew how to "Make 'Em Laugh" (O'HOLLYWOOD)

Donald O'Connor

"Season"ed disco queen born Ladonna Gaines (AKA)

Donna Summer

The only 1 of the 7 dwarfs without a beard, though he was probably too stupid to notice (TRIVIA)

Dopey

Her 1918 lunch with Robert Benchley at an Algonquin Hotel round table started a famous literary circle (WOMEN)

Dorothy Parker

Cardiologist best known for dispensing medical info on the "Today Show" (1985) (DOCTORS)

Dr. Art Ulene

In the 1931 film, he used lightning to bring this monster to life (LIGHTNING)

Dr. Frankenstein

Bela Lugosi was reportedly buried in the cape he wore for this role (MOVIE TRIVIA)

Dracula

Freed at 46 after suffering 11 years false imprisonment on Devil's Island, this Frenchman lived to 75 (CRIME & PUNISHMENT)

Dreyfus

Julius Caesar devoted 3 chapters of his "Commentaries" to this religion of the "Ancient Briton" (RELIGIOUS HISTORY

Druidism

Company that is Delaware's largest single employer (CORPORATE AMERICA)

DuPont

Poet who relived his boyhood in "A Child's Christmas in Wales (ENGLISH LITERATURE)

Dylan Thomas

When casting a horoscope, astrologer's place this, not the sun, at the center of the solar system (ASTROLOGY)

Earth

Sunlight reflected by the earth the illuminates the dark part of the moon (NATURE)

Earthshine

Of a North, East, South, & West Side, the 1 Chicago doesn't have (NEIGHBORHOODS)

East

Half a city, it's capital of East Germany (1985) (WORLD CAPITALS)

East Berlin

The penultimate Anglo-Saxon king, Edward was known by this pious title (BRITISH HISTORY)

Edward the Confessor

According to the Bible, thousands of frogs, perhaps millions, plagued this country (FROGS)

Egypt

In his farewell, he warned against the influence of "military-industrial complex" (PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES)

Eisenhower

1 of 2 races Rod Taylor meets circa 800,000 A.D. in "The Time Machine" (FUTURISTIC FILMS)

Elois, Morlocks

In the early 1950s, "Teddy Boys" first appeared in this country (THE 1950s)

England

The Texas Troubadour (CLASSIC COUNTRY)

Ernest Tubb

The highest active volcano in Europe, it's found in Italy (MOUNTAINS)

Etna

Poem that begins, "This is the forest primeval" (QUOTES)

Evangeline

Not surprisingly, this agency's motto is "Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity" (GOVERNMENT)

FBI

This series built around wine currently makes your TV a potent potable (1985) (POTENT POTABLES)

Falcon Crest

This series sounds like a show about kinfolk's cravats (TELEVISION)

Family Ties

This building marked by a grasshopper weather vane, gained nickname "The cradle of liberty" (AMERICAN REVOLUTION)

Faneuil Hall

U.S. naval officer famous for saying "Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead" ("GUT"s)

Farragut

Most acclaimed novel of Ivan Turgenev, 1st Russian to be widely read and admired in Europe (RUSSIAN LITERATURE)

Fathers and Sons

Foreign title of this song, expressing sentiments heard here ("I want to wish you a merry Christmas, from the bottom of my heart...") (CHRISTMAS CAROLS)

Feliz Navidad

French general & WWI Allied commander who predicted another war within 20 years (GENERALS)

Ferdinand Foch

Played by his home club, the following became the unofficial theme song for this 1980 rookie (Audio DD, ABBA's "Fernando")(SPORTS)

Fernando Valenzuela

Now a real estate developer, this actor opened up territory as "Daniel Boone" (PEOPLE)

Fess Parker

Rose's maiden name, it became the middle name of one of her sons (THE KENNEDYS)

Fitzgerald

In song "my gal's" height that rhymes with her eyes of blue (MUSICAL NUMBERS)

Five Foot Two

Founder of the nursing profession, she as named after the city in which she was born (BRITISH HISTORY)

Florence Nightingale

This Hollywood features dog racing & a beach boardwalk (U.S. CITIES)

Florida

[Audio DD] 1984 film which featured the following: (opening to Dancing in the Sheets by Shalmar) (DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS

Footloose

Helping us fight bankrupted this country & sent it into internal revolution (AMERICAN REVOLUTION)

France

If its royal family has no male heir, Monaco will become part of this country (MINI-COUNTRIES)

France

Longest ocean liner, the "Norway", was originally named for this country when built in 1961 (THE LONGEST)

France

Both Susan Blakely & Jessica Lange played this tragic Hollywood actress in 1980s films (ACTORS & ROLES)

Frances Farmer

In 1517, this French king & patron of Da Vinci orig. bought the "Mona Lisa" to hang in his bathroom (ART)

Francois I

"Bring 'em Back Alive" guy, played by Bruce Boxleithner on TV but by himself on radio (RADIO HEROES)

Frank Buck

"The doctor can bury his mistakes, but we can only advise clients to plant vines", said this architect (QUOTES)

Frank Lloyd Wright

Bing Crosby said, "I think he's always nurtured a secret desire to be a hood" (FAMOUS FOLKS)

Frank Sinatra

This president vetoed more legislation than any other (1985) (U.S. HISTORY)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Composer profiled in "Song Without End" and "Lisztomania" (MOVIES)

Franz Liszt

The 2 "superpower" adversaries of the French & Indian War (AMERICAN INDIANS)

French and English

This flowering shrub was named for 16th century botanist Leonard Fuchs (PLANTS)

Fuchia

Letter referring to string originally used to hold up Indians' loincloths (LETTER PERFECT)

G

Later a foil for Lucy as Harry Carter, he foiled Ming on radio as Flash Gordon (RADIO HEROES)

Gale Gordon

Since the publication of Alex Haley's "Roots", tourism has increased to this African country (TRAVEL AND TOURISM

Gambia

Dustin Hoffman & Alec Guinness were considered for this role that won Oscar for Ben Kingsley (MOVIES)

Gandhi

Jim Davis named this cat after his grandfather, not the 20th president (COMIC STRIPS)

Garfield

He was Buddy Holly in "The Buddy Holly Story" ('70s MOVIES)

Gary Busey

Popular name for the Jefferson Nat'l Expansion Memorial (LANDMAKRS)

Gateway Arch

Apollo 11 astronauts Armstrong, Collins & Aldrin each also flew in this program (MAN IN SPACE)

Gemini

The symbol for this sign aptly resembles the Roman numeral two (ASTROLOGY)

Gemini

Lord Byron wore "jean trowsers" which were named for this Italian city (FASHION)

Genoa

As a young congressman, LBJ escorted this author of "Pygmalion" around Texas (PLAYWRIGHTS)

George Bernard Shaw

In his first screen role since 1939, he won the 1975 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "The Sunshine Boys" (MOVIES

George Burns

He played Superman in '50s series whose reruns are 2nd only to "I Love Lucy" in popularity (TELEVISION)

George Reeve(s)

With under 200 men, this Revolutionary War general captured 3 British forts in Ill. & Ind. (GENERALS)

George Rogers Clark

In the 1968 election, he won 13 & 1/2 percent of the popular vote & carried 5 southern states (U.S. HISTORY)

George Wallace

General Howe faced hi in Brandywine, Germantown, & Long Island battles (AMERICAN REVOLUTION)

George Washington

This D.C. university is America's oldest Roman Catholic-sponsored college (HIGHER EDUCATION)

Georgetown

America's leading pecan-growing state (NUTS)

Georgia

Foreign country in which the most American soldiers are stationed (1984) (THE MILITARY)

Germany

Creators of "Casper" say this film's logo plagiarized 1 of their characters (GHOSTS)

Ghostbusters

This Best Picture had the shortest title, using only 2 different letters (1986) (THE OSCARS)

Gigi

Unlikely site of 1967 meeting between pres. Johnson & Soviet premier Kosygin was this NJ town (THE '60s)

Glassboro

"Sparkling" nickname for Fremont St. in downtown Las Vegas (LAS VEGAS)

Glitter Gulch

100 years ago the now-dead philosopher Nietzsche claimed this being was dead (RELIGION)

God

According to Ohio's "All things are possible" with him (STATE MOTTOS)

God

One of the few sequels to critically surpass the original, this film won Best Picture for 1974 ('70s MOVIES)

Godfather II

Hercules, Orpheus, & Castor & Pollux were among those who joined the search for this (MYTHOLOGY)

Golden Fleece

An ancients "Rubik's Cube", spliced by the father of Midas, sliced by Alexander (MYTHOLOGY)

Gordian Knot

It's said this author of "The Human Factor" wrote 200 words a day then stopped, even in mid sentence (LITERARY TRIVIA)

Graham Greene

In Paris, this musical was called "Brilliantine" & in Mexico City, "Vaselina" (THEATER)

Grease

In 1818, this country & the U.S. agreed to joint occupation of the Oregon territory (U.S. HISTORY)

Great Britain

Waving American-style is an insult in this Hellenistic country (ODD CUSTOMS)

Greece

The word "chuch" can be traced back to "kyros", meaning "power" in this language (CHURCHES & CATHEDRALS)

Greek

"Aroma" was the word for spices in this ancient civilization (HERBS & SPICES)

Greek (Greece)

A retailer of fresh fruits & vegetables, or TV's Joe Carcione ("GREEN")

Green Grocer

This company is #1 in bus transportation & bus manufacturing (TRANSPORTATION)

Greyhound

Once France's richest colony, this now-impoverished country was 2nd in the New World to gain independence (HISTORICAL TRIVIA)

Haiti

Without his lyrics, Dionne Warwick would have only hummed Burt Bacharach's tune ("DAVID"s)

Hal David

The pair's lyricist (RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN)

Hammerstein

This rodent's name is German for "hoarder" since he hoards food in his cheeks (ODDS & ENDS)

Hamster

"The Ugly Duckling" was autobiographical for this shy author (FAIRY TALES)

Hans Christian Andersen

Among his "Marx" of success were silence & musical virtuosity (5-LETTER WORDS)

Harpo

Since overeating was a status symbol, early rulers of what's now this state often weighed over 400 lbs. (EATING IN AMERICA)

Hawaii

Only NBA team that qualifies for this category (SPORTS BIRDS)

Hawks

Though known for pickles and "slow" ketchup, this company's 1st product was horseradish (EATING IN AMERICA)

Heinz

From age 19 on, he had a platinum kneecap to replace one shattered in WWI (LITERARY TRIVIA)

Hemingway

"Take My Wife... Please!" (AUTOBIOGRAPHIES)

Henny Youngman

Before he died in 1547, this Tudor king weighed over 400 pounds (HISTORICAL TRIVIA)

Henry VIII

In the 16th century, this great Tudor king abolished the privilege of clergy issuing coins (ENGLISH HISTORY)

Henry VIII

The title of this Jim Unger comic refers to everyone in it, not just a single character (THE FUNNIES)

Herman

Hermaphroditus, whose body combined both sexes, had name combining these 2 gods, his parents (MYTHOLOGY)

Hermes & Aphrodite

When "all you see are silhouettes & all you hear are castanets & no one cares how late it gets", you're there (UNREAL ESTATE)

Hernando's Hideaway

This company's tours became so successful in 1973 it built a simulated chocolate factor (CORPORATE AMERICA)

Hershey

This Axis leader had a complete set of dental tools taken everywhere he went (WWII TRIVIA)

Hitler

"Tinsel Town" (DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS)

Hollywood

In Colo., "people had a careless way.. of firing revolvers... at each other...", so he went east young man (COLORADO)

Horace Greeley

At Hamlet's death he says, "Good night, sweet prince" (SHAKESPEARE)

Horatio

In 1977, The Eagles checked into the #1 spot on the charts with this song (HOTELS)

Hotel California

The Sands, Frontier, Desert Inn, & Landmark Hotels were once owned by this mysterious billionaire (LAS VEGAS)

Howard Hughes

National chain of hotels often referred to as "HoJo's" (HOTELS)

Howard Johnson's

Honest, Wyatt, his name was originally Hugh Krampe (AKA)

Hugh O'Brian

1 of 2 Paul Simon hits that fit this category ("ROCK" & "ROLL" SONGS)

I Am A Rock (or Loves Me Like A Rock)

A WWII morale booster for Filipinos was gum printed with this famous promise (CHEWING GUM)

I shall return

Common phrase that might follow "Call me!" ("BOOK"S)

I'm in the book

Continent on which the densest, tallest, & most valuable stand of timber is found (TREES)

North America

The only 2 venomous species of lizards, Gila monsters & beaded lizards, are native to this continent (ANIMALS)

North America

Farms & ranches cover 90% of this border state's land ("NORTH")

North Dakota

Tho' Catholicism is this English province's largest single denomination, it's a "persecuted minority" ("NORTH")

Northern Ireland

The founded of this aircraft company also helped form its competitor Lockheed ("NORTH")

Northrop

1st to sail it, Roald Amundsen found this "shortcut" a difficult 3-year trip ("NORTH")

Northwest Passage

Begun in 1948, this university's African studies program was the 1st of its kind in U.S. ("NORTH")

Northwestern

Links "the wisp & the will", or McDonald's "fish & "filet" (LETTER PERFECT)

O

[Audio DD] Title of this Ray Charles instrumental:

One Mint Julep

"Sweets to the sweet: Farewell!" were Hamlet's mother's words at this woman's funeral (SHAKESPEARE)

Ophelia

The Grand Ole Opry is now located in the middle of this amusement park (COUNTRY MUSIC)

Opryland

Pentecostal revivalist turned Methodist, in 1965 he founded a Tulsa, Oklahoma university (HIGHER EDUCATION)

Oral Roberts

Dutch settlers named this longest river of South Africa not for its color but their royal family (BODIES OF WATER)

Orange

Ape found on Sumatra, Borneo, & in "Every Which Way But Loose" (PRIMATES)

Orangutan

On 3/25/85, Marty Pasetta opened telecast of this awards show with shot of auditorium upside-down (NEWSPAPER FILLERS)

Oscars

To demonstrate his elevator's safety in 1852, he got in & cut the cable (INVENTIONS)

Otis

The continental drift theory says that all the continents once formed a giant land mass called this (CONTINENTS)

Pangaea

Tatum O'Neal won an Oscar for her film debut in this 1973 picture ('70s CINEMA)

Paper Moon

3 major cities of this S. American country are Concepcion, Encarnacion, & Asuncion, the capital (WORLD CITIES)

Paraguay

In 1782, a preliminary treaty ending the Revolution was signed in this European city (U.S. HISTORY)

Paris

L-Dopa has provided relief for sufferers of this "shaking palsy" (MEDICINE)

Parkinson's Disease

Finishing the Channel swim in 1926, Gertrude Ederle was met on beach by immigration officer demanding this (SPORTS)

Passport

Before experiments of this 19th century scientist, fermentation was basically a mystery (WINE)

Pasteur

Yelling "I am not a number, I am a free man", this actor was #6 on "The Prisoner" (BRITISH TV)

Patrick McGoohan

[Audio DD] General with whom this movie theme is associated (about a WWII tank commander) (GENERALS)

Patton

"Every Secret Thing" contains her own account of her kidnapping (AUTOBIOGRAPHIES)

Patty Hearst

Since it was established in 1901, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to these 2 U.S. Presidents (THE NOBEL PRIZE)

Theodore Roosevelt & Woodrow Wilson

Though Sinatra had the hit, it was this singer who wrote the lyrics of "My Way" (THE '60s)

Paul Anka

"The regulars are out!" he warned Hancock & Adams on April 18, 1775 (AMERICAN REVOLUTION)

Paul Revere

Behaviorists & dogs drool over the work of this Russian physiologist (SCIENCE)

Pavlov

1985 film that was a story of a "rebel & his bike" (BICYCLES)

Pee Wee's Big Adventure

Caleb Bradham named his elixir this because it was supposed to relieve dyspepisa (SODA POP QUIZ)

Pepsi Cola

He's coming out of retirement to defend Della Street, his former secretary (TELEVISION)

Perry Mason

In "My Favorite Year", his character admitted "I'm not an actor; I'm a movie star" (O'HOLLYWOOD)

Peter O'Toole

This French company is known for making fine bicycles as well as cars (BICYCLES)

Peugeot

Founded in 1683, Germantown is now an historic part of this city (NEIGHBORHOODS)

Philadelphia

You could use a Mustang to round up this discontinued Ford horse (AUTOMOBILES)

Pinto

Three Rivers Stadium is located where 3 rivers meet in this city (SPORTS STADIUMS)

Pittsburgh

With 4 victories, this team has won the most Super Bowls (1985) (FOOTBALL)

Pittsburgh Steelers

Besides the Amazon, 1 of the other 4 river systems that drain South America (THE CONTINENTS)

Plate, Orinoco, San Francisco, Magdalena

An estimated 79% of sales revenues of this "fade cream" are spent on advertising (BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY)

Porcelana

While Bugs was "introduced" in "Porky's Hare Hunt", Daffy was introduced in this cartoon (STUPID ANSWERS)

Porky's Duck Hunt

Besides Spanish, 3 of 4 other official languages of South American countries (GEOGRAPHY)

Portuguese, English, French, Dutch

It's what the P.T.L. in TV's "P.T.L. Club" stands for (RELIGION)

Praise the Lord (or People that Love)

Just as wife of U.S. President is called "First Lady", husband of a reigning British Queen is called this (ROYALTY)

Prince consort

His "Love For 3 Oranges" is loved by opera folks (COMPOSERS)

Prokofiev

Peace, Hope & Friendship are streets in this state capital name din honor of God (HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS)

Providence (Rhode Island)

Narrow Biblical sea between Saudi Arabia & Africa that's an intense blue-green in color (BODIES OF WATER)

Red Sea

California national park that's site of the world's tallest known tree (NATIONAL PARKS)

Redwood National Park

Thaddeus Kosciusko, a general in this North American war, tried to united Poland in 1794 but failed (POLAND)

Revolutionary War

On Jan. 5, 1980, only 4th time in history, Broadway lights were dimmed in tribute to this composer ('70s THEATER

Richard Rodgers

General Cigar Company brand & national poet of Scotland (SMOKING)

Robert Burns

He said, "Good fences make good neighbors (POETRY)

Robert Frost

He played Alexander Mundy on TV's "It Takes a Thief" (IT TAKES A THIEF)

Robert Wagner

To do this in '55, you had to "put your glad rags on" ("ROCK & "ROLL" SONGS)

Rock Around the Clock

Chuck Berry's way of saying "Step aside, Ludwig" ("ROCK" & "ROLL SONGS)

Roll Over Beethoven

The 1st line of the chorus of the "Beer Barrel Polka" ("ROCK" & "ROLL" SONGS)

Roll out the barrel

As of July, 1985, Oregon guru Rajneesh had been given 90 of these cars, but he's hoping for 365 (NEWSPAPER FILLERS)

Rolls Royces

Though he left the service after WWII as a captain, today he holds the highest rank possible (1985) (U.S. HISTORY)

Ronald Reagan

This author of "The Jungle Book" lived in Vermont for 4 years (LITERATURE)

Rudyard Kipling

Nationality of the composers who comprised "The Five" in 1862 (COMPOSERS)

Russian

Harare, capital of Zimbabwe, was called this when the country was Rhodesia (WORLD CAPITALS)

Salisbury

She accepted her Oscar for Best Actress shouting "You like me! You like me!" (CELEBRITY SAYINGS)

Sally Field

In February, 1984, the Soviets reactivated this space station (MAN IN SPACE)

Salyut 7

This playwright and actor portrayed Colonel Chuck Yeager, not Alan Shepard, in "The Right Stuff" (PLAYWRIGHTS)

Sam Shepard

A cigarmaker by trade, he founded he American Federation of Labor (AFL) (SMOKING)

Samuel Gompers

Largest Chinese community outside Asia lives in this city's Chinatown (1985) (NEIGHBORHOODS)

San Francisco

1st to claim Calif. gold, said he found it on this island named for St. Catherine (ISLANDS)

Santa Catalina

Larger than Rio, it's the industrial heart of Brazil & fastest growing city in Latin America (BRAZIL)

Sao Paulo

Since the face wasn't shown, a stand-in stood for John Travolta in famous opening shot of this film (ACTORS & ROLES)

Saturday Night Fever

This planet is only about 3/4 as dense as water, so it probably wouldn't leave "rings" in the bathtub (ASTRONOMY)

Saturn

Mother of Bonnie Blue, she ran a sawmill after the Civil War (FICTIONAL CHARACTERS)

Scarlett O'Hara

A shutout in gin rummy, or Pat Harrington in "One Day at a Time" (CARDS)

Schneider

There's nothing fishy about his "Trout" quintet (COMPOSERS)

Schubert

Every Fall, these "predators" take wing in the AFC West (SPORTS BIRDS)

Seahawks

Grandma Moses ordered her first set of paints from this Chicago mail order company (20th CENTURY ART)

Sears-Roebuck

Imposing Duwamish Indian chief for whom Washington state's largest city was named (AMERICAN INDIANS)

Seattle

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

Sequoyah

Baby Fae heart transplant occurred in a hospital run by this denomination (RELIGION)

Seventh-Day Adventists

Most famous feature of this Spanish city's cathedral is the Giralda Tower, which used to be a minaret (CHURCHES & CATHEDRALS)

Seville

Bill Haley hit that opens, "Get down to that kitchen & rattle those pots & pans" (GOLDEN OLDIES)

Shake, Rattle, and Roll

Susanna & the twins, Hamnet & Judith (SHAKESPEARE)

Shakespeare's Children

Family name of Laurence Sterne's characters Walter, Toby, & Tristram (ENGLISH LITERATURE)

Shandy

Oliver Goldsmith thrashed a publisher whose paper attacked this, his last play (PLAYWRIGHTS)

She Stoops to Conquer

This author of "Prometheus Unbound" suggested to his wife that she write "Frankenstein" (POETRY)

Shelley

Skyline Drive rides the crest of the mountains in the Virginia national park (HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS)

Shenandoah

If you don't believe she was born Shirley Beaty, ask her little brother Warren (AKA)

Shirley MacLaine

The Mogul school introduced western perspective, not a Hollywood one, to art of this country (ART)

India

Meredith Wilson modeled his "River City" on his home town of Mason City in this state (U.S. STATES)

Iowa

The girl from here was "tall & tan & young & lovely" (MUSIC ON THE MAP)

Ipanema

The U.S. Kennedys trace their roots back to county Wexford in this country (THE KENNEDYS)

Ireland

Language of the world's oldest republic, tiny San Marino (LANGUAGES)

Italian

In 1983 & 84, this country got more tourists from around the wold than any other in Europe (TRAVEL AND TOURISM)

Italy

The N. & S. European countries for which German F. Mendelssohn named his 3rd & 4th symphonies (COMPOSERS)

Italy & Scotland

Listed as a billionaire in 1957, this American lived in a modest room in London (THE 1950s)

J. Paul Getty

Hurdler who was nimble & quick (NURSERY RHYMES)

Jack

This all-American boy's theme began "Wave the flag for Hudson High, boys" (RADIO HEROES)

Jack Armstrong

Though born in Manassa, Colorado, this fighter grew up in Logan, W.V. (WEST VIRGINIA)

Jack Dempsey

She supervised the historic restoration of the White House & gave a TV tour of it (THE KENNEDYS)

Jackie Kennedy

Singer of this song, he spent 9 years in a coma before dying (Audio: song title "Lonely Teardrops") (ROCK N' ROLL HEAVEN)

Jackie Wilson

In 1602, the hdqtrs. for the Dutch East India Co. was Batavia, now called this, Indonesia's capital (WORLD CITIES)

Jakarta

Abram (PRESIDENTIAL MIDDLE NAMES)

James (Abram) Garfield

At 5'4" & weighing 100 lbs., he was our shortest president (THE SHORTEST)

James Madison

Creator of "Little Orphan Annie", this "Hoosier Poet" once passed 1 of his poems as Edgar Allan Poe's (POETRY)

James Whitcomb Riley

Playboy asked this Australian golfer to pose in the buff, not in the rough (GOLF)

Jan Stephenson

Charlotte Bronte's hard-luck heroine who finally finds happiness with Mr. Rochester (FICTIONAL HEROINES

Jane Eyre

World power whose emperor gave up claims to divinity before it adopted a new constitution in 1947 (HISTORY)

Japan

In the sentence "Julie gave Jules a jab in the jaw", the indirect object (GRAMMAR)

Jules

Winning Best Actress Oscars in 1964 & 65, these 2 British-born actresses share the same 1st name (THE OSCARS)

Julie Andrews & Julie Christie

In 1979 Soviet troops began occupying this Afghan capital (WORLD CAPITALS)

Kabul

"Brown vs. Board of Education" dealt with school segregation in this state's capital (U.S. STATES)

Kansas

A drummer, she & brother Richard were best known as vocalists (ROCK N' ROLL HEAVEN)

Karen Carpenter

Doc Holiday's mistress; Dean Martin & John Wayne were among her movie sons (THE OLD WEST)

Katie Elder

He usually drove the Black Beauty (RADIO HEROES)

Kato

William Lampton said this state was "where the corn is full of kernels & the colonels full of corn (POTENT QUOTABLES)

Kentucky

On this show, Michael's "armor" is K.I.T.T. (TELEVISION)

Knight Rider

Of the Tree of Life, Three of Knowledge, or the Tree of Righteousness, the 1 forbidden to Adam (TREES)

Knowledge

A cloud of ask circled the Earth when most of this volcanic island was obliterated in an 1883 explosion (ISLANDS)

Krakatoa

When asked about his condition this president said, "I don't have ulcers, I give 'em" (PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES)

L(yndon) B(aines) J(ohnson)

In 1982, this huge city became #1 beer-producing area in U.S. (CORPORATE AMERICA)

L.A.

'60s Emmy winner that was Rowan & Martin's answer to a sit-in (TELEVISION)

Laugh-in

Famous for his Olympic & sports action paintings, he's appeared in 2 "Rocky" movies (20th CENTURY ART)

LeRoy Neiman

Bacterium responsible for this outbreak was coined "Legionella Pnuemophilia" (MEDICINE)

Legionnaires' Disease

In 1927, this Russian leader's book "The State & Revolution" was banned in Boston as obscene (RUSSIAN LITERATURE)

Lenin

Though he claims never to have said it, he called his autobiography "Nice Guys Finish Last" (AUTOBIOGRAPHIES)

Leo Durocher

This 15th century artist built fortresses, bridges, harbors, & locks (ENGINEERING)

Leonardo da Vinci

Developer William J. Levitt built 3 suburban communities all named this (THE '50s)

Levittown

Turning down ABA offer of 3,500 head of cattle & 40,000 acre ranch in 1969, he signed with NBA Bucks (THE 1960s)

Lew Alcindor (or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)

John Steinbeck wrote the preface of a book about this Al Capp character (COMIC STRIPS)

Li'l Abner

Not in world atlases but in this comic strip could "Lower Slobovia" be found (UNREAL ESTATE)

Li'l Abner

Magazine that raised the photo essay to an art form, it debuted with a photo of a dam on its cover (PHOTOGRAPHY)

Life

Virginia's state motto, which John Wilkes Booth yelled as he shot Lincoln (STATE MOTTOS)

Sic Semper Tyrannis

It's said he turned down Pulitzer for "Arrowsmith" because he felt he was due one sooner (LITERARY TRIVIA)

Sinclair Lewis

Both North Carolina's capital & a brand of cigarettes are named for him (SMOKING)

Sir Walter Raleigh

Though often credited with winning it, this Sioux medicine mad sat out of the Battle of Little Big Horn (AMERICAN INDIANS)

Sitting Bull

Kurt Vonnegut's novel of U.S. soldier who watches bombing of Dresden while German prisoner (WAR STORIES)

Slaughterhouse Five

Word "slavery" comes from these eastern European who were often enslaved by conquerors (WORD ORIGINS)

Slavs

It in, Woody Allen proves cryogenics works, if you don't mind waking up in a police state (FUTURISTIC FILMS)

Sleeper

Some of the character names rejected for this classic were "Gaspy", "Daffy", & "Snoopy" (MOVIES)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

How love was for Ashford & Simpson in 1985 ("ROCK" & "ROLL" SONGS)

Solid

King whose reign was so rich that silver was said to have been as common as stones in Jerusalem (THE BIBLE)

Solomon

On personal intervention of Khruschchev, his "1 Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" was published (FAMOUS FOLKS)

Solzhenitsyn

The last #1 song of the '60s, it was Diana Ross' last song with the supremes (THE 1960s)

Someday We'll be Together

Except for Thailand, all independent states in this area have won their freedom since 1945 (1985) ("SOUTH")

Souteast Asia

Until 1963, Studebakers were made in this Indiana city ("SOUTH")

South Bend

Columbia, capital of this southern state, had no paved roads until 1908 (U.S. CITIES)

South Carolina

State where gold was found in 1874 when Custer led expedition to explore it ("SOUTH")

South Dakota

Helping to found it in 1957, Martin Luther King Jr. headed this civil rights group until his death ("SOUTH")

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

As the Big Dipper points to the North Star, this major constellation points to the sky's South Pole ("SOUTH")

Southern Cross

Country which had the first woman to walk in space (MAN IN SPACE)

Soviet Union

You'd find the cities of Kotte 'n' Kandy on this "Serendipitous" island (GEOGRAPHY)

Sri Lanka

"St. Elsewhere" is the nickname for this TV hospital ("SAINTS")

St. Eligius

Angel-food cake was supposedly created in this Missouri city (AMERICAN FOOD AND DRINK)

St. Louis

Ice cream cones & iced tea were both introduced at this Missouri city's 1904 world's fair (U.S. CITIES)

St. Louis

The first artificial bobseld run was built in 1904 at this Swiss resort town (WINTER SPORTS)

St. Moritz

A patron saint of Russia, he was probably skinny & never wore a red suit ("SAINTS")

St. Nicholas

At 5th & 50th, its Lady Chapel is the place to get married, if you're in NYC & Catholic ("SAINTS")

St. Patrick's Cathedral

Chorea, as in choreography, is a condition associated with rheumatic fever formerly called this ("SAINTS")

St. Vitus (Dance)

In 1954 Conrad Hilton wrote checks for $97 million to purchase this entire hotel chain (HOTELS)

Statlers

At various times, regulars on his comedy variety show included Gene Rayburn, Buck Henry, & Louis Nye (TELEVISION

Steve Allen

On Sept. 29, 1985 this film director activated "META", a radio to contact extra-terrestrials (MAN IN SPACE)

Steven Spielberg

In 1818, Heinrich Stolzel took out a patent on this horn improvement allowing changes of pitch (CLASSICAL MUSIC)

Stolzel valve

West Virginian who tried to avoid fighting on Sundays & became 2nd highest general of Confederacy (GENERALS)

Stonewall Jackson

Ntozake Shange wrote a 1977 play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered" this ('70s THEATER)

Suicide

Of a Sunbeam, Triumph, or Austin-Healey, Maxwell Smart's car (TOUGH TRIVIA)

Sunbeam

These schools were first opened to educate children who worked in factories 6 days a week (BRITISH TRIVIA)

Sunday schools

Though Shi'ites have been getting the headlines, most Muslims belong to this sect (RELIGION)

Sunnis

In 1975, independence of this S. American country caused mass emigration to the Netherlands (THE NETHERLANDS)

Suriname

A problem for this African country is that much of its mail is mistakenly sent to Switzerland (MINI-COUNTRIES)

Swaziland

In "Going My Way", Bing Crosby asks "Would you rather" be doing this title task or be a fish (OSCAR SONGS)

Swinging On A Star

Steak named for the shape of its bone (FOOD)

T-bone

Title of this number one 1958 hit (The Elegants song) (ASTRONOMY)

Little Star

Its subtitle is, "Or Meg, Jo, Beth, & Amy" (FICTIONAL HEROINES)

Little Women

To visit the largest lake in all of Britain, you have to go to this lake's "bonnie, bonnie banks" (TRAVEL AND TOURISM)

Loch Lomond

There are 10 switch-backs in 1 block of this S.F. street often called "crookedest in the world" (HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS)

Lombard Street

William Golding novel in which English school boys stranded on an island turn savage (ENGLISH LITERATURE)

Lord of the Flies

Nephew whom Abraham rescued in Gen. 14, he also needed rescuing from Sodom by Gen. 19 (THE BIBLE)

Lot

This 1803 acquisition doubled the size of the U.S. (AMERICAN HISTORY)

Louisiana Purchase

1955 Jennifer Jones-William Holden film whose title song became #1 for the 4 Aces (LOVE)

Love is a Many-Splendored Thing

Baines (PRESIDENTIAL MIDDLE NAMES)

Lyndon (Baines) Johnson

Profession of Rex Morgan (THE FUNNIES)

M.D.

General who told Congress in 1951, "There is no substitute for victory" (GENERALS)

MacArthur

In 1951 he told Congress "I now close my military career & just fade away" (GENERALS)

MacArthur

According to The Limelighters, "It's ever so much nice than beer...m'dear" (SONGS WITH SPIRITS)

Madeira

In crossing midtown Manhattan it's only "avenue" you hit that's named for a president (HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS)

Madison

Waylon Jennings' maternal admonition ("UP" SONGS)

Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys

Kentucky's only national park, it's great for spelunkers (NATIONAL PARKS)

Mammoth Cave National Park

Brooklynite Jennie Churchill, Winston's mother, created this whiskey & vermouth cocktail (POTENT POTABLES)

Manhattan

Until 1752, the 13 colonies observed Annunciation Day, the 25th day of this month, as new year's (HOLIDAYS)

March

It was at this character's house Alice joined the tea party (ALICE IN WONDERLAND)

March Hare

At age 6, she asked the director, "Do you want the tears to run all the way, or shall I stop halfway down?" (O'HOLLYWOOD)

Margaret O'Brien

After posing for pictures she was asked what she had on & relied, "The radio" (THE '50s)

Marilyn Monroe

A reporter for the Virginia City, Nev. Territorial Enterprise first used this byline Feb. 2, 1863 (WILD WEST)

Mark Twain

Girl's name common in Germany & America, it's a contraction of Mary Magdalene (NAMES)

Marlene

The oldest city in France & still its chief seaport (WORLD CITIES)

Marseilles

In "Understanding Media", he explained the Dodgers move to L.A. & fishnet stockings (THE 1960s)

Marshall McLuhan

Highest price for painting by a female was $1.1 mil. for "Reading Le Figaro" by this U.S. artist (1985) (ART)

Mary Cassat

This First Lady was committed to a mental hospital in 1875, 10 years after her husband's death (U.S. HISTORY)

Mary Todd Lincoln

States that have been represented by Joseph Kennedy's sons in the U.S. Senate (THE KENNEDYS)

Massachusetts and New York

Since 1971 these authors of "Human Sexual Response" have been viewing it from a married perspective (LOVE)

Masters & Johnson

Jon Bauman & Gene Rayburn passed the mic for an hour when these games combined in 1983 (GAME SHOWS)

Match Game & Hollywood Squares

Not "Rosemary's Baby", but "Rosemary's" real-life mother (O'HOLLYWOOD)

Maureen O'Sullivan

In England, "the merriest month in all the year" (NURSERY RHYMES)

May

This civilization's pyramids & hieroglyphic writing were making their initial appearance (2ND CENTURY)

Mayans

Creator of "Beetle Bailey", whose name was defined in "B.C." as "a dead nightcrawler" (THE FUNNIES)

Mort Walker

Elijah took on 450 prophets of Baal & 400 from Asherah on the slopes of this mountain above Haifa (MOUNTAINS)

Mount Carmel

Character from group therapy on old Bob Newhart show who checked into St. Elsewhere this season (1986) (PSYCHOLOGY)

Mr. Carlin

James Hilton's schoolmaster father was the model for this novel's title character (LITERATURE)

Mr. Chips

Scooter's uncle "owned" the theater fro which this American group did their "Show" shot in London (BRITISH TV)

Muppets

Russian who spent "A Night on Bald Mountain" (COMPOSERS)

Mussorgsky

1 of 2 NFL divisions that have only 4 teams (SPORTS)

NFC West, AFC Central

"Presidents come & go, but the court goes on forever", this massive Chief Justice said knowingly (PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES)

Taft

As Dr. Doolittle, Rex Harrison sand this 1967 Oscar-winner to people too (OSCAR SONGS)

Talk to The Animals

[Audio DD] Name of bridge mentioned in the following song: ("Bobbie Gentry: it was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty...") (BRIDGES)

Tallahatchie Bridge

His 6th Symphony, not "Swan Lake", was his swan song (COMPOSERS)

Tchaikovsky

In 1912, this pres. candidate declared, "We stand at Armageddon, & we battle for the Lord" (POLITICAL SLOGANS)

Teddy Roosevelt

Expression "O brave new world" comes from this last play Shakespeare wrote alone (SHAKESPEARE)

Tempest

O. Henry called it the most "purely American" holiday (HOLIDAYS)

Thanksgiving

Psychoanalyst Erich Fromm defined love as "giving" in this popular 1956 work (LOVE)

The Art of Loving

Unpunished in the Maxwell Anderson play, Rhoda is roasted by lightning in this movie's finale (LIGHTNING)

The Bad Seed

In song, battle where Johnny Horton put cannonballs in a gator's head "& powdered his behind" (GOLDEN OLDIES)

The Battle of New Orleans

This British/Australian group's name was take fro oldest brother Barry's initials (SINGERS)

The Bee Gees

The actual title of "Jimmy Crack Corn" (INSECTS)

The Blue Tail Fly

Books in 1951 included "The Caine Mutiny", "From Here to Eternity", and this Salinger classic (THE 1950s)

The Catcher in The Rye

This famous song by Mel Torme is more often called "Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire" (CHRISTMAS CAROLS)

The Christmas Song

South Carolina military college whose name sounds like a fortress (HIGHER EDUCATION)

The Citadel

This 1st winner, from "Gay Divorcee", is also a luxury car (OSCAR SONGS)

The Continental

These 12th & 13th century religious wars spread the use of money & created a middle class (RELIGIOUS HISTORY)

The Crusades

2 films of the Vietnam battlefront & homefront that took 1978's top 5 Oscars ('70s MOVIES)

The Deer Hunter and Coming Home

Though it sounds like a grim volume, it's just William the Conqueror's survey of the British kingdom (BRITISH HISTORY)

The Doomsday Book

1985 film set in Brazil that featured the fierce people, the invisible people, & the bat people (BRAZIL)

The Emerald Forest

The more familiar name of New Orleans' 85-block "Vieux Carre" (LOUISIANA)

The French Quarter

This rock group featuring Belinda Carlisle has now officially gone-gone (ROCK 'N ROLL)

The Go-Go's

The prosperous 5th century B.C. in Greece is better known as this (GREECE)

The Golden Age (or the Age of Pericles)

National British newspaper that was formerly published in Manchester (NEWSPAPERS)

The Guardian

It begins, "I swear by Apollo the physician, & Aesclepius, Hygia, & Panacea,..." (DOCTORS)

The Hippocratic Oath

The Great Plains, last great frontier to be exploited, was opened up by this Act of 1862 (THE OLD WEST)

The Homestead Act

The "Times" Brooks Atkinson called it "an original & beautiful excursion into...the Far East" (RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN)

The King and I

9-man teams nearly always lose to softball pitcher Eddie Feigner & his 3-man team nicknamed this (SPORTS NICKNAMES)

The King and his Court

By escorting Randy Quaid to Prison in 1973, Jack Nicholson & Otis Young carried out this title task ('70s MOVIES)

The Last Detail

Movie that helped launch the careers of Jeff Bridges, Cybil Shepherd, & Peter Bogdanovich ('70s CINEMA)

The Last Picture Show

The U.N. basically copied the structure of this, its forerunner (THE U.N.)

The League of Nations

"Not I" said the duck & the cat & the dog when she asked them, "Who will thresh the wheat?" (FAIRY TALES)

The Little Red Hen

For this Kipling story, John Huston first thought of Gable and Bogart, not Michael Caine and Sean Connery (MOVIES)

The Man Who Would Be King

Title store inhabited by Little Nell in Dickens' tale (FICTIONAL HEROINES)

The Old Curiosity Show

1952 novel that begins off the coast of Cuba, & ends on shore 3 days later (LITERATURE)

The Old Man and the Sea

The real title of this 1979 hit by Rupert Holmes is "Escape" (SONGS WITH SPIRITS)

The Pina Colada Song

It's ad read, "Young, skinny fellows not over 18, must be expert riders & willing to risk death daily..." (THE OLD WEST)

The Pony Express

Manhattan's MoMA stands on land once occupied by 2 mansions of this noted N.Y. family (20th CENTURY ART)

The Rockefellers

A temporary Civil War hospital was only one ever in New Orleans with this famous title (THE HOSPITAL)

The St. James Infirmary

In 1980 BBC production of this Shakespeare play "Monty Python's" John Cleese played Petruchio (BRITISH TV)

The Taming of the Shrew

1 of the 2 18th century periodicals in which Addison & Steele published their essays (ENGLISH LITERATURE)

The Tatler, The Spectator

Central Park's famous eating establishment ("GREEN")

The Tavern on the Green

Kodak used this Paul Anka song in a '70s ad campaign ("TIME"LY SONGS)

The Times of your Life

This newspaper for which Lou Grant worked was in L.A., not Chicago (TELEVISION)

The Tribune

Actual title of this selection from Mendelssohn's music for "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (WEDDINGS)

The Wedding March For Titania And Oberon

He wanted to put his finger into the nail marks in Jesus' palms (THE BIBLE)

Thomas (or Didymus)

Thanks to his invention, we saw Mickey Rooney & Spencer Tracy play him in the movies (INVENTIONS)

Thomas Edison

Norwegian who in 1970, crossed the Atlantic in reed boat to prove Egyptians may have reached New World (ANCIENT HISTORY)

Thor Heyerdahl

Anatomical nickname of pitcher Mordecai Brown (SPORTS NICKNAMES)

Three-Fingered Brown

After 1977's "Year of the Cat", a year went by before Al Stewart had this 2nd hit ("TIME"LY SONGS)

Time Passages

It connects the 3 boroughs of Manhattan, Queens, & The Bronx (BRIDGES)

Triborough Bridge

He railed against the "do-nothing 80th congress" during his whistle-stop campaign (POLITICAL SLOGANS)

Truman

1st man elected to Baseball Hall of Fame, he played 22 seasons for Detroit (BASEBALL)

Ty Cobb

The 5 permanent members of the Security Council (1985) (THE U.N.)

U.S.A, USSR, Great Britain, France China

While U.S. is #2 petroleum producer in the world, this country produces the most (1985) (ENERGY)

USSR

Role Hans Conreid played "relatively" well on "Make Room For Daddy" (TOUGH TRIVIA)

Uncle Tonoose

1980 failure of "Heaven's Gate" led Transamerica to sell this movie company to MGM (CORPORATE AMERICA)

United Artists

After they fell asleep at the drive-in the Everly Brothers had this to say ("UP" SONGS)

Wake Up Little Susie

It's bordered by the Bristol Channel, Cardigan Bay, the Irish Sea & England (GEOGRAPHY)

Wales

Financiers literally made a big impact on this street in October 1929 ("STREETS")

Wall Street

"Moon shots" referred to home runs hit by this Dodger over short left field screen in L.A. Coliseum ("MOON"S)

Wally Moon

Company set up by American Express in 1852 to speed up gold shipments from California (19TH CENTURY)

Wells Fargo

Boosting the space program, this rocket expert said, "Your tax dollars will go farther" (The '60s)

Werner Von Braun

Now site of a military academy, Benedict Arnold plotted to turn over its fort to the British (AMERICAN REVOLUTION)

West Point

Inventor of the boxing glove, English boxer Jack Broughton is commemorated in this regal resting palace (SPORTS)

Westminster Abbey

No. 1 show in history of syndicated TV, its theme is the following (1985, no audio) (GAME SHOWS)

Wheel of Fortune

1942 Irving Berlin classic that's sold more records than any other (1985)(OSCAR SONGS)

White Christmas

Icebreakers now keep Port of Archangel, on this appropriately-named sea, open in winter (BODIES OF WATER)

White Sea

Our country has plenty of good 5 cent cigars, but they charge 15 cents for them, said this "cowboy philosopher" (SMOKING)

Will Rogers

Don't wait for the mini-series of "my Antonia"; this author's will forbids screen adaptations (LITERARY TRIVIA)

Willa Cather

Howard (PRESIDENTIAL MIDDLE NAMES)

William (Howard) Taft

Ironically Catherine, wife of this poet, painter, & printer, was illiterate (LITERATURE)

William Blake

In 1700, his "The Way of the World" was so poorly received, he wrote no more plays (THEATER)

William Congreve

For several years, he was only surgeon authorized by the FDA to implant artificial hearts (DOCTORS)

William DeVries

Not the duke, duchess, or castle, but Canada's southernmost city (WORLD CITIES)

Windsor

Bear who was featured in an exercise book with drawings by Ernest Shepard (BEAR FACTS)

Winnie-the-Pooh

From Cree words "win nipee" meaning muddy water, it's the capital of Manitoba (GEOGRAPHY)

Winnipeg

"America's Dairyland" (U.S. STATES)

Wisconsin

David Carradine was "Bound for Glory" playing this great folk singer (MOVIES)

Woody Guthrie

Ravel was an ambulance driver during this war (COMPOSERS)

World War I

Though WWII's "Rosie the Riveter" wore them, this war 1st popularized trousers for womenswear (FASHION)

World War I

Once kicked out of school, this "chewing gum king" eventually captured 70% of gum market (CHEWING GUM)

Wrigley

Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies, for you know" this state "will be your new home" (MUSIC ON THE MAP)

Wyoming

NY stadium that now seats 13,000 fewer people than it did 15 years ago (1985) (SPORTS STADIUMS)

Yankee Stadium

China's Huang River carries large amounts of straw-colored earth into this sea (BODIES OF WATER)

Yellow Sea

Established in 1872, it's the oldest national park in U.S. (NATIONAL PARKS)

Yellowstone

Strung together for snoring sleepers (LETTER PERFECT)

Z(s)

Marmaduke is this breed of dog (THE FUNNIES)

a Great Dane

Main attraction of New Orleans' Preservation Hall (TRAVEL AND TOURISM)

a Jazz Band

Laboratory culture dish named for the German bacteriologist who invented it (WORD ORIGINS)

a Petri dish

Named for an English Dr. who recommended meat as cure-all, it's a hamburger without a bun (FOOD)

a Salisbury steak

The only mammal capable of sustained flight (ANIMALS)

a bat

You might throw a fit if you "throw" this part joining the crankshaft & piston (AUTO SHOP)

a connecting rod

13 witches (5-LETTER WORDS)

a coven

You can get a knish at a Jewish one, or mozzarella at an Italian one (12-LETTER WORDS)

a delicatessen

In a military wedding, an enlisted bride may wear a gown or this (WEDDINGS)

a dress uniform

"Just Men" had 7 keys & 1 of these, while "Split Second" had 1 key & 5 of these (GAME SHOWS)

cars

Intaglio & cameo are principal forms of doing this to gemstones (GEMS)

carving

Though an insect larva, its name comes from French word for "hairy cat" (WORD ORIGINS)

caterpillar

Greek for "cleansing", Aristotle used it to mean the purging of emotions in an audience (THEATER)

catharsis

From S. American work "kyinha", this type of pepper makes your mouth hot & beans "chili" (HERBS & SPICES)

cayenne

Not only the oldest, but also the most common method of turning sea water in to fresh water (WATER)

distillation

Deuteronomy 24 provides a no fault legal procedure for this, but only for men (THE FAMILY BIBLE)

divorce

Scottish for a square of turf, amateur golfers often become pros at producing one (5-LETTER WORDS)

divot

They licked the sores of Lazarus & ate the flesh of Jezebel (BIBLICAL ZOO)

dogs

Contrary to popular legend, "mush!" isn't a command usually used in these races (WINTER SPORTS)

dogsled (races)

A single wicker container should not hold the entire output of thy hen (IN OTHER WORDS...)

don't put all your eggs in one basket

Roman Quintas Ennius said a man of worth follows the rule "No sooner said" than this (QUOTES)

done

One who'll give you blood or the kidney off his back (SCIENCE)

donor

The 5th amendment guards against both self-incrimination & this segment of our show (THE LAW)

double jeopardy

The bride-price is the opposite of this (WEDDINGS)

dowry

Antiallergy drug 1st found to help motion sickness when 1 patient took it before riding a streetcar (MEDICINE)

dramamine

Famous poetical drinking instruction Ben Jonson gave "to Celia" (POTENT QUOTABLES)

drink to me only with thine eyes

In 1209 the Pope punished King John by doing this to him (ENGLISH HISTORY)

excommunication

From 1965-80, Testor Comp. made over 2,435,000 gliders powered by this office supply (ENERGY)

a rubber band

"Home sweet home" done in needlework, or soap star Philece (HANDICRAFTS)

a sampler

Term for creatures like vultures or hermit crabs that eat carcasses & refuse (SCIENCE)

a scavenger

Of lunar, or solar eclipses, the more frequent (ASTRONOMY)

a solar eclipse

Until the 19th century & porcelain, hippopotamus bone was the popular material for this falsies (THE 19TH CENTURY)

false teeth

This engine-driven bad sounds like what a sports enthusiast might buckle (AUTOMOBILES)

fan belt

Mussolini's party name came from this bundle of rods bound to an ax, a symbol of ancient Rome (ANCIENT TIMES)

fasces

This bodily feature makes birds different from all other animals (NATURE)

feathers

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

a square knot

In Italian, "finnochio", it's a basic bottle in spice racks (HERBS & SPICES)

fennel

An oncologist would treat you if you had one of these (THE HOSPITAL)

a tumor

This term means that extra alcohol has been added, as to sherry, for example (WINE)

fortified

The 2nd of Egypt's plagues was hoards of this amphibian (BIBLICAL ZOO)

frogs

Member of the iris family with as many as 25 flowers on a single spike (STARTS WITH "G")

gladiolus

In 1872 the Marquess of Queensberry introduced this equipment to protect aristocrats while boxing (SPORTS TRIVIA)

gloves

For small repairs, nail polish can sometimes substitute for this (HOUSEHOLD HINTS)

glue

Effective May 16, 1870, the Central & Union Pacific RR's said you could do it in 6 days, 20 hours (19TH CENTURY)

go across the country

In 1960, Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Ceylon became 1st prime minister of any country who was also this (THE '60s)

a woman

Not a pardon, which lifts punishment, it differs by barring prosecution (THE LAW)

amnesty

A luna moth's are feathered, a june bug's leaflike, & a cockroach's are feelers (ANIMALS)

antennae

A basic math statement whose truth is self-evident & therefore needs not further proof (MATHEMATICS)

axiom

The symbol for "flat" closely resembles this lower case English letter (CLASSICAL MUSIC)

b

Member of the lute family mentioned in the lyrics of "Oh Susanna" (MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS)

banjo

It's said this SW. feast comes from French "from snout to tail," the way meat is put on a spit (EATING IN AMERICA)

barbecue

Since 1955 ultrasonic vibrations have repelled these crusty creatures from ship hulls (ANIMALS)

barnacles

In 1869, professional players of this sport earned maximum of $1400 a year & didn't strike (19TH CENTURY)

baseball

To brush melted butter on the Thanksgiving turkey at regular intervals (COOKING TERMS)

baste

It was once believed evil spirits tat rode storms were driven away by ringing these (STORMS)

bells

To brown a piece of meat & then simmer it in small amount of liquid in covered pan (COOKING TERMS)

braising

28 times in the King James New testament the Greek word "agape", meaning love, is translated as this (LOVE)

charity

Once applied to slaves, it's the general legal term for items of personal property (THE LAW)

chattel

A railroad or a gambling game you could be railroaded in (FRENCH PHRASES)

chemin de fer

Block Bros. of Wheeling made "Mail Pouch" a popular brand of this (WEST VIRGINIA)

chewing tobacco

A primary part of gum base, it's the natural gum of the Sapodilla tree (CHEWING GUM)

chicle

Individual receiving 2nd-highest U.S. gov't salary -- $104,700 per year excluding expenses (1985) (U.S. GOVERNMENT)

chief justice

Not a fabric but a cake that's a cross between an angel & a sponge (FOOD)

chiffon

Minton, Limoges, & Spade, for example

chinas

In 1952, this plant substance was added to toothpaste, gum, soap, & many other things (THE 1950s)

chlorophyll

Most air conditioners' filers won't trap this, the #1 contaminant of indoor air (LEFTOVERS)

cigarette smoke

This & "wild women will drive you crazy, will drive you insane" (SONGS WITH SPIRITS)

cigarettes & (rye) whiskey

Around for 400 million yrs. there are now more than 2,000 species of these pesty cricket cousins (SCIENCE)

cockroaches

To cook food in liquid just below the boiling point, it's a way to pamper your eggs (COOKING TERMS)

coddling

In 1879, Chase & Sanborn became 1st US company to pack this in sealed cans (EATING IN AMERICA)

coffee

Lloyd's of London started out not as an insurer, but as a purveyor of this beverage (BRITISH TRIVIA)

coffee

It's what gives soda pop the bubbles (SODA POP QUIZ)

carbon dioxide

He share his name & color with an ecclesiastic (BIRDS)

cardinal

In 1901, Annie Edson Taylor became the 1st person to do this at Niagara Falls (FEMININE FIRSTS)

go over (Niagara Falls in a barrel)

U.S. 550 between Ouray & Silverton is called "Million Dollar Highway" because it's paved with this ore (COLORADO)

gold ore

If you put J. Arthur Rank's Donald Duck's & Chuck Barris' together, you might have a bonang (MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS)

gong

Even in the wild, this largest of apes takes a midday nap (ANIMALS)

gorilla

A baby goose (BIRDS)

gosling

A strikebreaker, or a blood clot on the surface of one's skin (BLOOD)

scab

From same root as "senile", to Romans this body's name meant a council of old men (WORD ORIGINS)

senate

Inter-tribal language of the North American Plains Indians (AMERICAN INDIANS)

sign language

Mirrors & photovoltaic cells are among the devices used to collect this (ENERGY)

solar energy

George Bell of Virginia, who takes size 26, won 20th Century-Fox's contest for the longest pair of these (1986) (THE LONGEST)

shoes

"Don't bother me", I'm eating this Pennsylvania Dutch molasses pie (FOOD)

shoo-fly

Lt. George Patton lost a medal in 1912 Olympics due to poor scores in this warlike skill (TRIVIA)

shooting

Though this diving bird has a weird, laughing cry, it isn't really crazy (BIRDS)

loon

The most common one found in the home is "mus musculus", which may be where Walt got the initials (NATURE)

mouse

Soft white Italian cheese often used as pizza topping (DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS)

mozzarella

They say "You can always tell a Harvard man, but you can't tell him" this (HIGHER EDUCATION)

much

1951 saw the first electric power ever generated from this source (THE 1950s)

nuclear energy

Arboreal symbol of strength (TREES)

oak

Term for the minerals from which metals are extracted (ROCK & MINERALS)

ore

Master in this field, Akira Yoshizawa, said it took 30 years to get a paper cicada folded right (HANDICRAFTS)

origami

3-letter suffix used to form chemical terms, esp. names of sugars & other carbohydrates (SCIENCE)

ose

Before 1934, the date for this was March 4; after 1934, January 20 (12-LETTER WORDS)

inauguration

Completes Mae West line, "It's not the men in my life that count..." (CELEBRITY SAYINGS)

it's the life in my men

To have room to do the lobster quadrille, you have to clear these spineless creatures off the shore (ALICE IN WONDERLAND)

jellyfish

Flotsam's "friend" ("J" WORDS)

jetsam

to place side by side, as in an unexpected combination of colors or ideas ("J" WORDS)

juxtaposition

Branch of physics dealing with motion, like the bumping of molecules in a gas (PHYSICS)

kinetics

"Rex" & "Roy" both mean this, Your Majesty (NAMES)

king

Name for both Chinese gooseberry & people of New Zealand comes from this bird (ANIMALS)

kiwi

For gangsters, a killing; in fashion terms it's a cheap copy of a high-priced original (FASHION)

knock-off

Canadian Indians played 1st version of this sport with few rules & up to 1000 players in a game (AMERICAN INDIANS)

lacrosse

Sponge cake baked in the form of a female digit (FOOD)

lady fingers

According to Aesop, greed killed the goose that did this (BIRDS)

laid the golden egg

As stars are on a celestial navigators chart, so these are on charts for piloting (NAVIGATION)

landmarks (buoys)

G.W. Young was the one who insisted that these "must never touch mine" (POTENT QUOTABLES)

lips that touch liquor

Of gas, liquid, & solid, the densest state of water (WATER)

liquid

Variation of poker where the worst hand wins (CARDS)

lo-ball

Name for a ship's "speedometer", as well as for the record of its voyage (NAVIGATION)

log

Perform an optical scan prior to execution of a jete (IN OTHER WORDS...)

look before you leap

In the early 1930s Americans were told that it was "just around the corner" (POLITICAL SLOGANS)

prosperity

This color appears on more different national flags than any other (1985)(FLAGS)

red

At record companies, it's what the "R" in A&R stands for (10-LETTER WORDS)

repertoire

The Indonesian smorgasbord, "Rijsttafel" means this (FOOD)

rice table

Like a tree, you can tell the age of a fish by country these on its scales (NATURE)

rings

In 1977, Bishop John Neumann was 1st American man to be named this by Roman Catholic Church (THE '70s)

saint

Vanishing in the '60s, it's what YUkon, KLondike & VAlencia were examples of (THE 1960s)

telephone prefixes

With longest migratory flight, it spends winters in southern & summers in northern pol polar regions (BIRDS)

the arctic tern

According to a survey, "True Story" is the magazine read most by people sitting here (LEFTOVERS)

the bathroom

Primate "preacher" who marries the following: "'aba daba daba daba daba daba daba' said the monkey to the chimp." (PRIMATES)

the big baboon

In the following, Al Jolson stops to tell you to look & listen for this bird (Audio DD, "April Showers") (BIRDS)

the bluebird

"Davy Jones' Locker" is sailor's name for this (ODDS & ENDS)

the bottom of the ocean

Before the 17th century, the word theater referred only to this (THEATER)

the building

Hot term for catabolic tissue breakdown, it's what Jane Fonda "goes for" (SHAPING UP)

the burn

In Exodus 3, it burned but wouldn't burn up (THE BIBLE)

the burning bush

"Rub a dub dub", these 3 went to sea in a tub (NURSERY RHYMES)

the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker

Root vegetable that was the root of Peter Rabbit's passion (FRUITS & VEGETABLES)

the carrot

Where you are when you "open the door & see all the people" (NURSERY RHYMES)

the church

Vivaldi was known as "the red Priest" due to his clerical rank & this (COMPOSERS)

the color of his hair

In an apple, it's the "inside" name for the pericarp (BIOLOGY)

the core

By tradition, the sons in a Greek family don't marry until this happens first (GREECE)

the daughters marry

Innovation introduced in the Middle Ages to distinguish the small "i" from the m, n, & u (LEFTOVERS)

the dot

According to psychoanalytic theory, it's part of the personality which balances the id & superego (PSYCHOLOGY)

the ego

Days & nights are always 12 hours long there (SCIENCE)

the equator

Ecuador derives its name from this geographical line (SOUTH AMERICA)

the equator

In Spain and Portugal, the proper way to eat asparagus is with these (TABLE MANNERS)

the fingers

In the 15th century, men's poulaines might have extended 24" beyond this point (FASHION)

the foot

Polish musician Wanda Landowska was credited with modern revival of this instrument (WOMEN)

the harpsichord

Dolly, Jeffrey, Billy, & P.J. (THE FUNNIES)

the kids in the Family Circus

In "The Queen of Hearts", he stole the tarts (NURSERY RHYMES)

the knave (of Hearts)

Prokofiev wrote his 4th Piano Concerto for this hand only (COMPOSERS)

the left hand

Pastoral meaning of "Las Vegas" in English inappropriate to its desert locale (LAS VEGAS)

the meadows

Michael Jackson and Neil Armstrong are both experts at this ("MOON"S)

the moonwalk

Saki advised "In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, always leave room for" this (QUOTES)

the mouse

The "hospitality" fruit, it can keep Jello-O from jelling (FRUITS & VEGETABLES)

the pineapple

In 1966, Supreme Court ruled the 24th amendment outlawed this tax on both federal & state levels (GOVERNMENT)

the poll tax

It's the direct result of rapid expansion & contraction of air in path of a lightning bolt (NATURE)

thunder

The ancient Sumerian number system, based on 60, still used today to measure this (ANCIENT SCIENCE)

time

In 1963, the U.N. declared this area should benefit mankind & no nation could claim it (THE U.N.)

space

Cheek color of Whittier's "Barefoot Boy" (AMERICAN LITERATURE)

tan

On a sailor's chest it might say "Mother"; on Cher it's a butterfly (DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS)

tattoo

From Turkish for "turban", these flowers were 1st grown in Turkey, not Holland (PLANT NAMES)

tulip

Grown on less than 1% of the land of the Netherlands, it's their living symbol (NATURE)

tulip

Your early training (WHAT'S "UP" DOC)

upbringing

Describes an effective pep talk or effective bra (WHAT'S "UP" DOC)

uplifting

The 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (WHAT'S "UP" DOC)

upsilon

Direction you want to be when meeting a skunk (WHAT'S "UP" DOC)

upwind

In the U.S., wines using at least 51% of a certain grape a labeled this (WINE)

varietal

In an emergency room, the triage nurse primarily decides this (THE HOSPITAL)

which patient is seen first

In light, 2 colors are said to be complementary if, when added together, they produce this color (PHYSICS)

white

Because usage favors "who", this grammatically useful related word may someday disappear (GRAMMAR)

whom

Shortest valid one of these in record reads "Vse Zene" Czech for "all to wife" (THE SHORTEST)

will

Migrations of insects thru the air is classed as active or passive, depending on use of this (INSECTS)

wind

Besides the breast, only part of chicken or turkey that is all white meat (POULTRY)

wing

Lofty means of escape Daedalus & son Icarus used to flee King Minos (MYTHOLOGY)

wings

Mendelssohn wrote a series of 49 piano pieces which were appropriately titled "Songs Without" these (COMPOSERS)

words

Article 1 of U.N. charter says maintaining this is the U.N.'s primary purpose (UNITED NATIONS)

world peace

The 24th letter indicates precise location (IN OTHER WORDS...)

x marks the spot

Why Henry Kissinger & I cannot run for President (U.S. CONSTITUTION)

you weren't born in the United States

Some farmers specialize in raising pullets which are these (POULTRY)

young hens

A.E. Housman "heard a wise man say, give crows & pounds & guineas but not" this away (ENGLISH LITERATURE)

your heart

"If you shut up your mug, I'll fill up" this with "good ol' mountain dew" ("J" WORDS)

your jug

Stanford psychology grad who, in 1980, became 1st player to win over $1/2 million in 1 year (GOLF)

Tom Watson

Participants can sail through this sport at speeds over 100 mph (WINTER SPORTS)

ice sailing (boating)

Tracking these, coast guard rtes them as bergy bits, growlers, small, medium, & large (SCIENCE)

icebergs

Mark Twain defined it as a hole in the group with a liar standing at the top (ROCKS & MINERALS)

mine

Only a few of these in the Pennsylvania coal fields are under 18 years old (HOMOPHONES)

miners (minors)

Snag el toro using his hard bone like projections (IN OTHER WORDS...)

take the bull by the horns

Perpetually place ones prime pedal extremity in advance (IN OTHER WORDS...)

(always) put your best food forward

Primate Desmond Morris called "the naked ape" (PRIMATES)

(hu)man

In six of the first seven Winter Olympics, Canadian teams took the gold in this sport (WINTER SPORTS)

(ice) hockey

FDR appointed Frances Perkins, 1st woman cabinet member, to head this department (GOVERNMENT)

the Department of Labor

While Amy Vanderbilt says a waiter should remove these from the right, Vogue says from the left (TABLE MANNERS)

(used) plates

In 1848, Zachary Taylor was the 2nd & last candidate of this party to be elected president (THE 19TH CENTURY)

the Whigs

In 1919-1921, this championship was a best-of-9 series (BASEBALL)

the World Series

Lightning causes over 10,000 of these a year and Smokey the Bear is getting mad! (LIGHTNING)

forest fires

The French call it "A.C.", the Italians "D.C., a 12-hour NBC miniseries called it this (ANCIENT TIMES)

A.D.

Of the 4, blood group of the universal recipient (BIOLOGY)

AB

2 of the 6 current major league teams that ave never won a league pennant (1986) (BASEBALL)

Montreal Expos, Seattle Mariners, California Angels, Texas Rangers, Toronto Bluejays, Houston Astros

Though a woman, this black tennis star of he '50s was known as "Big Al" (SPORTS NICKNAMES)

Althea Gibson

Top grossing film ever with budget under a mil., it gave George Lucas clout to make "Star Wars" (1985) ('70s CINEMA)

American Graffiti

This payment plan includes both lodging and meals (HOTELS)

American plan

Of its varieties, the atlas is 1 of the largest & the death's head hawk chirps by blowing its nose (INSECTS)

moths

Lawman William Barclay Masterson's nickname (THE OLD WEST)

Bat Masterson

This most popular U.S. aspirin was originally acquired from German company as spoils of WWI (MEDICINE)

Bayer

Queen Juliana's daughter, she is the present queen of the Netherlands (THE NETHERLANDS)

Beatrix

Miss Landers taught this title character his ABCs (TOUGH TRIVIA)

Beaver Cleaver

Despite its name, this large Midwest city's "Free Press" costs 20 cents, 75 on Sundays (NEWSPAPERS)

Detroit

Papillon, the French "butterfly", was netted & brought to this prison (ISLANDS)

Devil's Island

J. Edgar Hoover kept this "Public Enemy's" death mask in his own office (CRIME & PUNISHMENT)

Dillinger

The 999 ghosts at the mansion in this Anaheim landmark tell visitors "There's always room for 1 more" (GHOSTS)

Disneyland

This 1979 song was Captain & Tennille's 2nd #1 hit & last Top 40 hit ("TIME"LY SONGS)

Do That To Me One More Time

Serious body builder go for the "washboard" effect with these muscles (SHAPING UP)

the ab(dominal)s

Title of the following, it can be performed by a big bandleader or a nighttime Romeo (popular song by Glenn Miller) ("MOON"S)

Moonlight Serenade

Every week Cybill Shepherd & Bruce Willis have been doing this on ABC (1986) ("MOON"S)

Moonlighting

He had 4 Top 40 hits before & 4 after his death at 30 on Sept. 20, 1973 (ROCK N' ROLL HEAVEN)

Jim Croce

Earl (PRESIDENTIAL MIDDLE NAMES)

Jimmy (Earl) Carter

1 of 3 actors who won Best Actor Oscar for playing an actor (ACTORS & ROLES)

Jimmy Cagney, Ronald Colman, Richard Dreyfuss

President under whom the U.S. gave full recognition to Communist China (RECENT HISTORY)

Jimmy Carter

O. Henry's life resembled that of this honest crook he created, perhaps on Feb. 14th (IT TAKES A THIEF)

Jimmy Valentine

In 1975, it was the Bee Gee's way of talkin' ("J" WORDS)

Jive

Probably best known to TV viewers as Valene Ewing, she had female lead in 1972 "Frogs" (FROGS)

Joan Van Ark

Charles Hamilton lists this French martyr's autograph as most valuable by a woman (WOMEN)

Joan of Arc

Broadway Joe (SPORTS NICKNAMES)

Joe Namath

Regis Philbin was his Ed McMahon (TOUGH TRIVIA)

Joey Bishop

"May none but honest & wise men ever rule under this roof", said this 1st occupant of the White House (PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES)

John Adams

Stephen Vincent Benet won the Pulitzer Prize for this epic poem of the Civil War (WAR STORIES)

John Brown's Body

He said "Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm (the) only person standing between Nixon & the White House" (THE KENNEDYS)

John F. Kennedy

Pupil of John Calvin, this John united protestants in Scotland (RELIGIOUS HISTORY)

John Knox

Of John Riggins, O.J. Simpson, or Jim Brown, the 1 holding record for most TDs scored in an NFL season (1986) (SPORTS TRIVIA)

John Riggins

While not the most common Russian name, Ivan Kuznetsov is literal Russian equivalent of this English name (NAMES)

John Smith

Since his 1st lead in 1930s "The Big Trail", he starred in more films than any other actor (1985) (MOVIE TRIVIA)

John Wayne

While Encyclopedia Americana says this Old Testament book should be read as a parable, we say it's a big fish story (THE OLD TESTAMENT)

Jonah

Coppola based his Vietnam war epic, "Apocalypse Now", on "Heart of Darkness" by this Polish-born author (WAR STORIES)

Joseph Conrad

By ancient law of this religion, one of three ways to get married was simply to consumate the union (WEDDINGS)

Judaism

To shed her good-girl "Waltons" image, she shed her clothes in the August 1985 Playboy (TELEVISION)

Judy Norton-Taylor

"Four more years of the full dinner pail" symbolized this president's re-election campaign in 1900 (POLITICAL SLOGANS)

McKinley

1973 Martin Scorsese film starring Robert De Niro about hoodlums in NYC's Little Italy ("STREETS")

Mean Streets

God who gave his name to a river in Asia Minor proverbially known for its wanderings (MYTHOLOGY)

Meander

If a Muslim calls himself "Haji", it means he's visited there (TRAVEL AND TOURISM)

Mecca

The 2-year war with this country from 1846-48 costs the U.S almost $100 million (THE 19TH CENTURY)

Mexico

"Old Fuss & Feathers", general Winfield Scott captured this foreign capital in 1847 (GENERALS)

Mexico City

Westernmost national capital in the Americas (THE AMERICAS)

Mexico City

2 of the 5 specific places "Travelin' Man" Ricky Nelson had traveled to according to the song (MUSIC ON THE MAP)

Mexico, Alaska, Berlin, Hong Kong, Waikiki (Hawaii)

Playboy advised, "Don't wear t-shirts with pink coats unless you live" here (FASHION)

Miami

In his 1st feature film, he played The Scarecrow in "The Wiz" (ACTORS & ROLES)

Michael Jackson

"If you seek a pleasant peninsula look around you", which is apt since this state consists of 2 (STATE MOTTOS)

Michigan

A "Babe on Broadway" in 1941 film, it wasn't until 1979's "Sugar Babies" he made a real Broadway debut ('70s THEATER)

Mickey Rooney

"Half horse, half alligator", he was a famous fighting keelboater & marksman of early 1800s (THE OLD WEST)

Mike Fink

Mickey Spillane's violently anti-Communist private eye (THE 1950s)

Mike Hammer

Few Americans got to see this mascot at the 1980 Olympics (BEAR FACTS)

Misha

The winner of the Miss USA contest goes on to represent the U.S. in this pageant (ODDS & ENDS)

Miss Universe

"Yes" woman of Jame Joyce's "Ulysses" (FICTIONAL HEROINES)

Molly Bloom

Celtic for "from the red marsh", it was glamorous Marilyn's surname (6-LETTER WORDS)

Monroe

This fictional setting of "The Edge of Night" shared its name with Jefferson's home (UNREAL ESTATE)

Monticello

His lovesick narrator begins, "Lolita, light of my life, fire of my lions" (AMERICAN LITERATURE)

Nabokov

Great Britain, Prussia, Austria & Russia joined forces in 1815 to rid Europe of him once & for all (THE 19TH CENTURY)

Napoleon (Bonaparte)

Upon reflection, this Greek mythological figure fell in love with himself (LOVE)

Narcissus

In '72, he sang "Song Sung Blue" (SINGERS)

Neil Diamond

Character who is "corny as Kansas in August" (RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN)

Nellie Forbush

He recited verses about Troy aflame, not fiddling as alleged, while watching Rome burn (ANCIENT HISTORY)

Nero

Movie that spawned the phrase "I'm as mad as hell, & I'm not going to take it anymore" ('70s CINEMA)

Network

Cape May, in this state, is as far south as Washington, D.C. (U.S. STATES)

New Jersey

Recently, New Jersey had the highest value per farm acre & this other "New" state the lowest (1985)(AGRICULTURE)

New Mexico

Within 6 weeks in 1912, this & Arizona were admitted as the 47th & 48th states (U.S. HISTORY)

New Mexico

World's largest indoor stadium is the domed one in this city (1985) (SPORTS STADIUMS)

New Orleans

In 1997, Kurt Russell & Season Hubley will try to "escape" from this city turned prison (FUTURISTIC FILMS)

New York

Altho' founded in 1883, it wasn't until 1967 that Sarah Caldwell became 1st woman to conduct this opera company (FEMININE FIRSTS)

New York Metropolitan

With only 4 ships, this neighbor of Australia had the smallest navy (WWII TRIVIA)

New Zealand

Formerly South Vietnam's prime minister & vice president, he now lives in Cal. and owes Caesar's Palace $20,000 (FAMOUS FOLKS)

Nguyen Cao Ky

In 1859, with his agent on his back, Charles Blondin walked a tightrope suspended over this (AMERICANA)

Niagara Falls

In "Thus Spake Zarathustra" this 19th century German declared, "God is dead" (GREAT THINKERS)

Nietzsche

Aided by lightning each year, 100 million tons of this gas washes into the soil and becomes fertilizer (LIGHTNING)

Nitrogen

IN 1844, "The Cherokee Advocate" became the 1st ever paper published in what's now this state (NEWSPAPERS)

Oklahoma

Migrants leaving this state's "Dust Bowl" helped to bring country music to the West (CLASSIC COUNTRY)

Oklahoma

Their 1st professional collaboration was this 1943 landmark musical (RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN)

Oklahoma!

'50s brand that advertised with 2 leggy cigarette boxes dancing (SMOKING)

Old Gold

Colchester, England was named for this legendary Celtic king immortalized in rhyme (NURSERY RHYMES)

Old King Cole

Her dog dies in the 2nd verse, probably from malnutrition (NURSERY RHYMES)

Old Mother Hubbard

"Handy Tables", "Harmonica", & "The Almagest" are among this astronomers surviving works (2ND CENTURY)

Ptolemy

Possibly the greatest Russian poet of all time, this author of "Boris Godunov" was part black (RUSSIAN LITERATURE)

Pushkin

Greek who 1st used math to tune an instrument, he's more famous for a triangle (ANCIENT SCIENCE)

Pythagoras

The only 2 letters not on a telephone dial (1985) (TRIVIA)

Q and Z

1 of 2 Oscar winners sung in the films by Doris Day (OSCAR SONGS)

Que Sera Sera, Secret Love

The queen Glenda Jackson played in "Mary Queen of Scots" & PBS mini-series (ACTORS & ROLES)

Queen Elizabeth I

The only national capital to begin with a "Q" is this, Ecuador's (WORLD CAPITALS)

Quito

These were 1st made during WWII at Quonset Point, Rhode Island (WORD ORIGINS)

Quonset huts

Sellouts have been the rule for years at this, the Washington Redskins' home stadium (SPORTS STADIUMS)

R.F.K. Stadium

English novelist Ernest Hornung created this "gentleman cracksman" (IT TAKES A THIEF)

Raffles

Muslims fast during daylight hours for this entire month (HOLIDAYS)

Ramadan

In 1895, this 67-year-old count learned to ride the bicycle he received from Moscow admirers (LITERARY TRIVIA)

Tolstoy

Every ear, this company delivers more than a billion packages, more than the Post Office (1985) (CORPORATE AMERICA)

UPS

Where you'd be going "by the old mill run...in the noonday sun" ("UP" SONGS)

Up The Lazy River

In '80, Diana Ross was "inside out" with this #1 hit ("UP" SONGS)

Upside Down

Mountain range that's the accepted dividing line between Europe & Asia (THE CONTINENTS)

Ural

1 of 8 Popes who might be up for renewal (STARTS WITH "U")

Urban

Libra ladies are traditionally lovely because Librans are ruled by this planet (ASTROLOGY)

Venus

"La Traviata" is his operatic version of "Camille" (COMPOSERS)

Verdi

The Rutland Herald, begun in 1794, is still publishing in this state (NEWSPAPERS)

Vermont

Fenton & Fowler's calls this elite Detroit ginger ale the best soft drink the the world (SODA POP QUIZ)

Vernor's

Actress whose exercise plan is called "The Body Principal" (PEOPLE)

Victoria Principal

Release of this Jacksons album was help up until "Thriller" sales peaked (ROCK 'N ROLL)

Victory

"Sorry I Kept You Waiting, Madam" is this hairdresser's story (AUTOBIOGRAPHIES)

Vidal Sassoon

"Hell no, we won't go" was a chant often heard at rallies against this war (POLITICAL SLOGANS)

Vietnam War

1st name of this football coach, who stressed winning, means "winner"

Vince(nt Lombardi)

Pt. Udall, in this island group, is called the easternmost American point in the western hemisphere (ISLANDS)

Virgin Islands

Not until 1939 did West Virginia pay off its 68-year-old financial debt to this state (WEST VIRGINIA)

Virginia

During WWI, Germany torpedoed U.S. ships within sight of this, Virginia's largest resort (U.S. CITIES)

Virginia Beach

The make of car that starts up immediately after 200 years in Woody Allen's "Sleeper" (MOVIES)

Volkswagen Beetle

The hero's clubfoot in "Of Human Bondage" represented this author's stammer (LITERATURE)

W. Somerset Maugham

Audrey Hepburn played the charming Natasha Rostova in this novel's 1956 film adaptation (FICTIONAL HEROINES)

War & Peace

After WWII, over 80% of the buildings in this capital were uninhabitable (POLAND)

Warsaw

This president appointed more Supreme Court justices than any other (THE SUPREME COURT)

Washington

Henry James novel whose New York setting is its title (19TH CENTURY NOVELS)

Washington Square

The Village Stompers stomped around this part of Greenwich Village (audio clue) (NEIGHBORHOODS)

Washington Square

The original Smokey the Bear became a popular attraction at this city's zoo (BEAR FACTS)

Washington, D.C.

Saying he's "simply the best" Time Magazine agrees he's hockey's "Great One" (SPORTS NICKNAMES)

Wayne Gretzky

California's famous Ahwahnee Hotel is in the heart of this national park (HOTELS)

Yosemite

Used as early as 230 BC, the 1st successful electric one was developed by the Otis Bros. in 1889 (ENGINEERING)

an elevator

In "Sleigh Ride", the kind of party going on "at the home of Farmer Gray" (CHRISTMAS CAROLS)

a birthday party

New York's 1st big one was November 9, 1965 ("B.O.")

a blackout

Samuel Pepys sometimes put one of these in both the front and the back of his books ("BOOK"S)

a bookplate

A cutting bit used to enlarge holes, it might cause the user ennui (HARDWARE STORE)

a boring bit

In the pirate drinking song, it follows "yo-ho-ho" (POTENT QUOTABLES)

a bottle of rum

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

a brooch

Archie, Edith, or a sand trap (GOLF)

a bunker

Author Susan Brownmiller said when Hugh Hefner wears this on "his rear end, then we'll have equality' (WOMEN)

a bunny tail

By age 33, John MacLean, this type of thief, had stolen $150 mil. worth of goods by himself (CRIME & PUNISHMENT)

a burglar

Though most popular in late 1800s, this bottom bolster had been around since the middle ages (FASHION)

a bustle

Used to open & close points & valves, they come in single or double overhead, if you're cool (AUTO SHOP)

a cam

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

a cameo

Most living organisms have million, but a prisoner only has one (SCIENCE)

a cell

The frame of the car without the out shell, some are classy (AUTO SHOP)

a chassis

From Greek "chrysos", meaning gold, it's the gold-colored pupa of a butterfly (INSECTS)

a chrysalis

Part which makes a lightbulb light up ("F" WORDS)

a filament

A type of raid that its this category ("F" WORDS)

a foray

It brings out the worst in werewolves ("MOON"S)

a full moon

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

a granny knot

Weapon said to have been the size of a pomegranate & filled with "seeds" of gunpowder (WORD ORIGINS)

a hand grenade

Hawkshaw Hawkins performed in a silk jacket with this embroidered on the back (COUNTRY MUSIC)

a hawk

Not a Kawasaki, but this loop knot, makes a lasso circular (LEFTOVERS)

a honda

Various sources say it's named for one of Popeye's pals, or for initials of "general purpose", G.P. ("J" WORDS)

a jeep

In a fitted skirt, the inverted fold that gives the wearer freedom to walk or punt (FASHION)

a kick pleat

In Japanese, it means "a thing for waring" or "clothes' (FASHION)

a kimono

In spite of its name, this brightly colored beetle can be male or female (INSECTS)

a ladybug

Often called the panther, its name was originally given to the cat now known as the cheetah (ANIMALS)

a leopard

Samson killed one of these with his bare hands (BIBLICAL ZOO)

a lion

Hung on a necklace, this small portrait case was popular during the Renaissance (FASHION)

a locket

Start by steeping, in a glass, crushed leaves in sugar syrup (AMERICAN FOOD AND DRINK)

a mint julep

Army officer above a captain but below a lieutenant colonel (5-LETTER WORDS)

a major

A wrench with fixed & adjustable jaw at right angles, it's a primate's favorite (HARDWARE STORE)

a monkey wrench

1920 painting by George Grosz shows one of these machines Karel Capek named the next year (20th CENTURY ART)

a robot

Emerson said, "If a man makes a better" one of these, "the world will beat a bath to his door" (QUOTES)

a mousetrap

It keeps your neck warm in the winder, or your engine quiet all year (AUTO SHOP)

a muffler

From Latin for "repentance", San Quentin for example (12-LETTER WORDS)

a penitentiary

Only type of invention for which the U.S. Patent Office still insists on seeing a working model (INVENTIONS)

a perpetual motion machine

From 1905-7, Austria & Serbia fought an economic "war" over tariffs, such as over this porcine animal (HISTORY)

a pig

Every complete sentence must have a subject & this part containing the verb (GRAMMAR)

a predicate

Autumn edible which figured in the Alger Hiss case (FRUITS & VEGETABLES)

a pumpkin

Originally Italian for gondola race, it's a racing meet that might be held on the Thames (SPORTS)

a regatta

In December 1985, Fuzzy Zoeller won $255,00 competing in this type of hole-by-hole contest (GOLF)

a skins game

Originally a brand applied to slaves & criminals, it has come to mean a mark of disgrace (WORD ORIGINS)

a stigma

By 193, Rome had sunk so low, Juliannus bought this at public auction, but never reigned on it (2ND CENTURY)

a throne

Latin for a royal Persian headdress, it's Miss America's crowing glory (JEWELRY)

a tiara

In 1942, approaches to the Mississippi River were mined by this type of German vessel (WWII TRIVIA)

a submarine (or U-boat)

Proof of a good workout is breaking into this before going into the steam room (SHAPING UP)

a sweat

Generals Lee, Grant, Sherman, Pershing, & Patton have all had a type of these named for them (GENERALS)

a tank

Name of this ugly, naked-headed bird can refer to someone disgustingly predatory (BIRDS)

a vulture

To repair a leaky faucet, all you might need is this little flat or beveled rubber piece (HARDWARE STORE)

a washer

In 1982, James Watt proposed changing this dept's seal from a buffalo facing left to one facing right (GOVERNMENT)

the Department of the Interior

More current active major leaguers come from San Pedro de Macoris in this country than from Chicago (BASEBALL)

the Domincan Republic

America's shortest-lived major TV network, it brought us Capt. Video until its demise in 1955 (THE SHORTEST)

the DuMont Network

Jiang Qing's occupation before she married Mao Tse-tung (CHINA)

actress

Of amber, amethyst, or agate, the one that once came from a living thing (GEMS)

amber

The band that made Asbury Park, NJ & Bruce Springsteen famous ("STREETS")

the E Street Band

Named for a city in Scotland, it's a type of overcoat with detachable cape (FASHION)

an Iverness

In newer cars it has generally replaced the generator or keeping the battery charged (AUTO SHOP)

an alternator

Type of well named for the French region of Artois where 1 was 1st drilled in 1126 (ENGINEERING)

an artesian well

In 1920, Bill Wambsganss became only player in World Series history to execute this feat (1986) (BASEBALL)

an unassisted triple play

Exercising to the point of oxygen debt puts you in this condition, meaning "without oxygen" (SHAPING UP)

anaerobic

Completes the quote "Go west, young man" (QUOTES)

and grow up with the country

Samuel took a horn of oil & did this to David amidst his brethren (THE OLD TESTAMENT)

anoint

Where the altar & seats for the choir are located, it's a semicircular area at end of nave (CHURCHES & CATHEDRALS)

apse

Old world monkeys are both arboreal & ground-dwelling, but all new world monkeys are this type (PRIMATES)

arboreal

The Mock Turtle said its 4 branches were "ambition, distraction, uglification, & derision" (ALICE IN WONDERLAND)

arithmetic

Found even in dinosaurs, this world's oldest known disease is still considered incurable (BIOLOGY)

arthritis

Completes a Ben Franklin phrase "Here skugg lies snug..." (INSECTS)

as a bug in a rug

A 5th C. BC Greek philosopher was 1st to theorize that all matter is made of these (SCIENCE)

atoms

Cooked in a covering of bread crumbs or cheese or both (FRENCH PHRASES)

au gratin

A big kiss upon parting, or the Greyhound that carries you away (HOMOPHONES)

buss (bus)

It's the shortest route taken back to the hive (INSECTS)

bee line

He raises & tends the honey kind (DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS)

beekeeper

When sexually aroused, the carpenter species of this insect will chase jet liners (BIOLOGY)

bees

Word used over 25 times in Genesis 11, it's the Biblically polite way of saying "fathered" (THE FAMILY BIBLE)

begat

The only "B" word in the nursery rhyme, "Little Miss Muffet" (STARTS WITH "B")

beside

In the musical "South Pacific", Bloody Mary was said to chew these nuts which blacken the teeth (NUTS)

betel nuts

According to the Everly Brothers, not only was Johnny a joker, he was also this (GOLDEN OLDIES)

bird dog

A church is called a "cathedral" when this official's chair, a "cathedra" in Latin, is there (CHURCHES & CATHEDRALS)

bishop

21, or a thug's bludgeon (WEAPONS)

blackjack

Next to slots, Nevada casinos make more money from this game than any other, nearly $3/4 billion in 1985 (GAMBLING)

blackjack

1957 U.S. policy allowing the president to use armed force in the Middle East (HISTORY)

the Eisenhower Doctrine

From French "to make white", it's to boil food for a short time (COOKING TERMS)

blanch

Septicemia & saprema are 2 types of it (BLOOD)

blood poisoning

Of blood type, dental work, & tattoos, the subject not queried of Red Cross blood donors (BLOOD)

blood type

Curare is added to this projectile to give it that little extra shot (WEAPONS)

blowgun dart

Type of music that's named after Bill Monroe's band (CLASSIC COUNTRY)

bluegrass

The appropriate goal in authors is to form these (CARDS)

books

The insect kind east binding, and the human kind devours pages ("BOOK"S)

bookworms

Name of the cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona & many other towns as well (WILD WEST)

boot hill

It was invented in 1911 by Has Geiger (STUPID ANSWERS)

the Geiger counter

Peruvian bridge which collapses Friday July 20, 1714 in Thornton Wilder novel of the same name (BRIDGES)

bridge of San Luis Rey

1st produced in 1928, manufacturers blew their wad making it (CHEWING GUM)

bubble gum

Until their near extinction in the 1880s, they were the plains Indians main source of food (AMERICAN INDIANS)

buffalo (or bison)

From Greek for "great hunger" beating this behavior syndrome is among Jane Fonda's causes (STARTS WITH "B")

bulimia

Something set next to a volume, or something done according to the rules ("BOOK"S)

by the book

From Dutch "kaban huis", meaning ship's galley, in US. it came to mean last car on a train (WORD ORIGINS)

caboose

This hard yellowish tartar found on teeth sounds like a mathematical matter (TEETH)

calculus

It means comradeship, comrade (FRENCH PHRASES)

camaraderie

About 30 years ago, this South American game created the biggest fad in card history (CARDS)

canasta

Starting in the 1920s, Erich Salomon's spontaneous photographs inspired this term (PHOTOGRAPHY)

candid camera (snapshots)

U. of Colorado's "Alfred Packer Grill" was named after 1st man in U.S. convicted of this crime (COLORADO)

cannibalism

In the 1890s, autos were so new and strange they were shown under the big top at these (AUTOMOBILES)

circuses

Cat-like animal raised for the secretions it produces which are used to make perfumes (ANIMALS)

civet

The average weather conditions of a region over a long period of time (WEATHER)

climate

In British newspapers, it's what a "Page 3 Girl" is usually lacking (BRITISH TRIVIA)

clothing

Poland is among the world's largest producer of this fuel (POLAND)

coal

Produced from peat under pressure, Loretta Lynn's dad knows all about it (ENERGY)

coal

Ham, bologna, & pimiento loaf, for example ("CC")

cold cuts

When chemically pure, without metallic oxides, most gems lack this characteristic property (GEMS)

color

Sadly for Tom Selleck fans, Genevieve Bujold didn't solve the mystery before he lapsed into this ('70s MOVIES)

coma

What Little Bo Peep's sheep will do if left alone (NURSERY RHYMES)

come home

The hub of the U.N., it's been called the "Town Meeting of the World" (THE U.N.)

the General Assembly

In 15th century, Italian scholars saw commedia Erudita, nobles saw commedia intermezzi, & commoners, this (THEATER)

commedia dell'arte

Acute viral disease of upper respiratory tract, marked by a "ruddy dose" ("CC")

common cold

Matrimony by agreement of both parties, without a civil or religious ceremony (THE LAW)

common law

A toll-free hotline for whistle-blowers is maintained by this agency in charge of federal b'ldgs (GOVERNMENT)

the General Services Administration

French for stewed fruit, it can also be the bowl it's served in (FOOD)

compote

Radio program originally called the "WSM Barn Dance" (CLASSIC COUNTRY)

the Grand Ole Opry

Louisiana has had 11, including 1 which was over 250,000 words & amended 537 times (1986) (LOUISIANA)

constitutions

The 2nd 5-year plan, which forced farmers into giant communes, was also called this (CHINA)

the Great Leap Forward

Though industry uses more water than any other material it uses most of it for this (WATER)

cooling

Wrinkled or furrowed, as cardboard or iron (10-LETTER WORDS)

corrugated

In production of cotton, minerals & natural gas, the 1 in which Louisiana doesn't rank #2 in the U.S. (1986) (LOUISIANA)

cotton

In the Northern Hemisphere, hurricane winds blow around the storm's eye in this direction (STORMS)

counterclockwise

It could be "The final blow" in boxing or "The finishing stroke" in tennis (FRENCH PHRASES)

coup de grace

According to the 10th Commandment, you shouldn't do this to a neighbor's ox, servant or wife (THE OLD TESTAMENT)

covet

Joseph explained Pharaoh's dreams of 7 cleans ones who ate 7 fat ones but still remained lean (BIBLICAL ZOO)

cows

Due to contamination of crops from N.W. states, growers of this small fruit had a bad Nov. in 1959 (EATING IN AMERICA)

cranberries

From Greek "krokos", meaning saffron which this flower produces (PLANT NAMES)

crocus

Vacationing on a ship, or people that staff them (HOMOPHONES)

cruise (crews)

Primarily a movement in painting, this "square" trend also influenced sculpture (20th CENTURY ART)

cubism

Artisans in the Black Forest have been turning out these bird-brained time-pieces since 1730 (HANDICRAFTS)

cuckoo clocks

Heavy starching of braided rugs will keep ends from doing this (HOUSEHOLD HINTS)

curling

Strictly required according to etiquette or usage, such as wearing a bow tie with your tux (FRENCH PHRASES)

de rigueur

Expired Homo sapiens don't relate fables (IN OTHER WORDS)

dead men tell no tales

In Latin, rosa, rosae, rosam, for exaple (10-LETTER WORDS)

declension

A 1984 survey found an additional 2,500 miles to this barrier, now totaling 6,200 miles long (ENGINEERING)

the Great Wall of China

Of the 4 basic tissues, the one that makes up the bulk of a tooth (TEETH)

dentin

Adding hot or tangy seasonings to food, it's Satan's favorite method of cooking ham or eggs (COOKING TERMS)

deviled

Colorful term that refers to the gradual heating of Earth's atmosphere by carbon dioxide in the air (NATURE)

the Greenhouse Effect

Name for temperature at which water vapor in the atmosphere beings to condense (WEATHER)

dew point

In 18th-century English gambling dens, employees swallowed these in case of police raid (BRITISH TRIVIA)

dice

In 1842, Richard Owen coined this word for "dinosaur" (STUPID ANSWERS)

dinosaur

Prayer taken from salutation of Gabriel, it's now said as commonly as the Lord's Prayer (RELIGION)

the Hail Mary (or Ave Maria)

For wines, it never means the opposite of wet (POTENT POTABLES)

dry

Counting migrants, in January 25% of all these fowl in the US. are wintering in Louisiana (LOUISIANA)

duck

The 14th amendment protects against being deprived "of life, liberty, or property, without" this (THE LAW)

due process of law

Though John Duns Scotus was considered a great philosopher, his followers were later called this (WORD ORIGINS)

dunces

In gold, this bird in the hand is worth 2 under par (SPORTS BIRDS)

eagle

Dangle, clip-on, or pierced, for example (JEWELRY)

earrings

Effortlessly arrive, effortlessly depart (IN OTHER WORDS)

easy come, easy go

Almost everything most insects do is related to these 2 survival activities (INSECTS)

eating and reproducing

Europeans once believed this purple-skinned cousin to the tomato caused insanity (FRUITS & VEGETABLES)

eggplant

The popular dish moussaka is layers of ground meat & this vegetable (GREECE)

eggplant

Candling is a technique to inspect these (POULTRY)

eggs

After 1572, the Poles used this method to select a king (POLAND)

election

What we call the flow of electrons through wire, air, or even yourself (PHYSICS)

electricity

2 of the 3 sword varieties used in fencing (SPORTS TRIVIA)

epee, foil, saber

Haydn burst into tears upon first hearing this famous section of 'The Messiah" (COMPOSERS)

the Hallelujah Chorus

This term first applied only to manners and conduct at royal courts (HISTORICAL TRIVIA)

etiquette

From Greek for "easy death", painlessly pulling the plug (SUDDEN DEATH)

euthanasia

Mercy killing (10-LETTER WORDS)

euthanasia

"Reading is to the mind as" this is "to the body" (QUOTES)

exercise

Until 1896, majority in this branch of Congress were 1st termers, now less than 10% are (GOVERNMENT)

the House (of Representatives)

Capital punishment was widely used under Mosaic Law of this ancient people (CRIME & PUNISHMENT)

the Jews

To save pennies at the supermarket, avoid buying products displayed on shelves at this level (HOUSEHOLD HINTS)

eye level

At 3 times proportional size of any other primate the tarsier has a colossal pair of these (PRIMATES)

eyes

Sitting in church, Aunt Esther might tell you to sit still & not do this ("F" WORDS)

fidget

From 1956-60, Carol Heiss was world champion in this sport (SPORTS)

figure skating

It's usually plastic, covered with silver salts (PHOTOGRAPHY)

film

Pliny the Elder wrote about & Da Vinci taught this art form now done by 4-year-olds (HANDICRAFTS)

finger painting

The primary feature of a "nickel" defense (FOOTBALL)

five backs

You do this to Crepe Suzettes by lighting brandy, rum, or cognac ("F" WORDS)

flame

The bubonic plague of Medieval Europe was spread by these insects feeding on rats (INSECTS)

fleas

Oddity shared by the ostrich, kiwi, & penguin (BIRDS)

flightlessness

Miss Scarlet loved to do this with Ashley & the Tarleton Twins ("F" Words)

flirt

Less than 1% of Brazil's land is devoted to producing this necessity of life (BRAZIL)

food

This type of retail store sells more shampoo & makeup than any other (BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY)

food stores (supermarkets)

You'll discover not gold, hut a black mark, after rubbing this "gold" on porcelain (MINERALS)

fools gold

Term for what Cain did to Abel (SUDDEN DEATH)

fratricide

Cyrobiologists are interested in doing this to living matter to preserve it for future use (SCIENCE)

freezing

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

friction

In 1965, Pope Paul VI formally exonerated this group of blame for the death of Jesus (RELIGION)

the Jews

An early warship propelled by oars, it's now just the kitchen on a ship (STARTS WITH "G")

galley

In 1973, the federal government printed 4.8 billion coupons for this (GOVERNMENT)

gas rationing

This desert is home to Africa's Bushmen (GEOGRAPHY)

the Kalahari

Gerry & the Pacemakers ferry crossed this Liverpool river (MUSIC ON THE MAP)

the Mersey

From the Latin for "bend the knees", not the cray of a ski instructor, but the act of showing reverence (12-LETTER WORDS)

genuflection

Silver City, Idaho & Bodie, California for example (GHOSTS)

ghost towns

Refers to the moon when it's more than half but not completely full (STARTS WITH "G")

gibbous

Command to old dobbin to make him go faster (STARTS WITH "G")

giddy-up

Inflammation of the gums (STARTS WITH "G")

gingivitis

By French law, no drink may be sold as wine that is not exclusively made from these (WINE)

grapes

Though it holds our planet together, it's actually much a weaker force than electromagnetism (PHYSICS)

gravity

In the Superman TV series, editor Perry White frequently invoked this spirit (GHOSTS)

great Caesar's ghost

Where actors wait, or 1st time comedians on "The Tonight Show" try to keep their dinner down ("GREEN")

green room

Syrup originally made from pomegranates processed on the Caribbean island of Grenada (FRUITS & VEGETABLES)

grenadine

Y'all can have these ground kernels boiled, baked, or fried for breakfast, lunch, or dinner (AMERICAN FOOD AND DRINK)

grits

Called "fool hens" because their extreme curiosity makes these wild fowl easy prey for hunter (POULTRY)

grouse

What Little Tommy Tucker vocalizes for (NURSERY RHYMES)

his supper

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

hitch

As of March 1985, 3.46 of these equaled the American dollar (THE NETHERLANDS)

guilder

The 2 instruments associated with the Smothers Brothers (MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS)

guitar and bass

Chinese for "work together", it was motto of U.S. marine raiders in WWII (WORD ORIGINS)

gung ho

Botanical name for "plant sweat", from Latin word for "droplet" ("GUT"s)

guttation

Name for street urchin, probably derived from where they are said to live ("GUT"s)

guttersnipe

Adjective describing sounds of German, & to non-English speakers, English ("GUT"s)

guttural

Each week when Roger Moore looked up at the beginning of "The Saint" this appeared above his head (BRITISH TV)

halo

After all these years, Joe Di Maggio still has the longest one in baseball (1986) (THE LONGEST)

hitting streak

Nickname of judge Isaac Parker whose court was called "The Gates of Hell" (WILD WEST)

hanging judge

A scratch test won't reveal a mineral's allergies, but this property (MINERALS)

hardness

Invented in 1947 to improve electron microscope images, this science created a 3-D picture (PHYSICS)

holography

An American Indian word for food, now the basis for a common style of grits (AMERICAN INDIANS)

hominy

When Indians made peace, they symbolically buried this weapon (AMERICAN INDIANS)

hatchet

Though only the southern end is in Louisiana, this is considered the major physical feature of the state (Louisiana)

the Mississippi River

The person that finance a Scottish musician gets to pick song played (IN OTHER WORDS)

he who pays the piper calls the tune

Achilles died because his wound here would not do this (HOMOPHONES)

heel (heal)

In genetics, it's what passing of characteristics from Mon & Dad to Junior is called (BIOLOGY)

heredity

3 types of this hardware found on doors are self-closing, pivot, & butterfly (HARDWARE STORE)

hinges

From German for "rear", it's the region behind a coast or remote from other cities (10-LETTER WORDS)

hinterland

Maurice Chevalier's contract with Paramount would have been invalid if he'd lost this (MOVIE TRIVIA)

his French accent

Ernie K-Doe called her, "The worst person I know" (GOLDEN OLDIES)

his mother-in-law

A gathering at which Pete Seeger & Joan Baez, or an owl & a goat might sing (DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS)

hootenanny

Longfellow said "When she was good, she was very, very good but when she was bad, she was" this (POETRY)

horrid

They cost "one-a-penny, two-a-penny" (NURSERY RHYMES)

hot cross buns

Falstaff was said to have "eaten" a widow "out of" this (SHAKESPEARE)

house and home

Over 90% of the world food supply comes from farms or ranches & the rest from these 2 methods (AGRICULTURE)

hunting and fishing

Small cornmeal fritters supposedly tossed to dogs to make them quiet (AMERICAN FOOD AND DRINK)

hush puppies

Term for the side of a right triangle that is opposite the 90 degree angle (MATHEMATICS)

hypotenuse

The U.S. Navy had a ship whose sole purpose was to make this dessert (WWII TRIVIA)

ice cream

This council's members are the president, vice president, sec'y of state & sec'y of defense (GOVERNMENT)

the National Security Council

The first primary teeth to appear in a baby are usually of this variety (TEETH)

incisors

The period of time between egg laying & hatching is called this (BIOLOGY)

incubation

Nero sent an expedition out about 60 AD to find the source of this great river (ANCIENT TIMES)

the Nile

The western jury system is thought to have been brought to England by these people (HISTORY)

the Normans

DDT commits this (SUDDEN DEATH)

insecticide

A runner ran 25 miles & died after announcing Greeks had defeated them in the Battle of Marathon (ANCIENT HISTORY)

the Persians

Noticing ill effects, the Roman, Vitruvius, recommended water pipes be made of clay rather than this (ANCIENT SCIENCE)

lead

3 miles, or the one for women voters (6-LETTER WORDS)

league

George Washington is one of many whose death is attributed to "bleeding" by these (MEDICINE)

leeches

Jeremiah rhetorically asked, "can it change its spots?" (BIBLICAL ZOO)

leopard

A tenant under lease (DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS)

lessee

When Rapunzel did this, it wasn't her way of being informal (FAIRY TALES)

let down her hair

In algebra, numbers can be represented by numerals or these symbols (MATHEMATICS)

letters

Herbs anise & fennel resemble the flavor of this common black candy (FOOD)

licorice

Both shutter speed & size of lens opening control amount of this let into a camera (PHOTOGRAPHY)

light

Fizzing when acid is applied, this mineral is the base of the Portland cement industry (ROCKS & MINERALS)

limestone

It lay in the house that Jack built (FAIRY TALES)

malt

It's the only organization to have been awarded 3 Nobel Peace Prizes (THE NOBEL PRIZE)

the Red Cross

Philip Bailey said "Respect is what we owe;" this, "What we give" (QUOTES)

love

W. & O. Wright felt passengers wouldn't mind flying in this position they 1st flew in themselves (TRANSPORTATION)

lying down (on their stomachs)

The Terrytoons' Heckle & Jeckle are this type of chattering bird (BIRDS)

magpies

From Latin for "bad closing", an overbite is a type of this (TEETH)

malocclusion

According to NY's Bronx Zoo, it's "the most dangerous animal in the world" (ANIMALS)

man

From the nightshade family, its fleshy forked root sometimes resembles the human form (HERBS & SPICES

mandrake

From Old French "manoeuvrer" meaning"to work by hand", which was how this item was put into the soil (WORD ORIGINS)

manure

The cry "sap's a runnin" refers to this tree (TREES)

maple tree

Joan Benoit was 1st to win this Olympic event, finally offered for women in '84 (MS.)

marathon

Largest block ever found of it in U.S., 56 tons, was used for Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (ROCKS & MINERALS)

marble

When it was 1st introduced into England from France, it was called "butterine" (FOOD)

margarine

If you're studying mensuration, you're studying this (SCIENCE)

measurement

In the psychology of learning, it's "the retention of association"; in "Cats", it's a showstopping song (PSYCHOLOGY)

memory

A flat-topped mountain with steep sides, it's from Spanish for "table" (MOUNTAINS)

mesa

It can be raw, powdered, whole, evaporated, condensed, or skim (FOOD & DRINK)

milk

Though pleasant to kiss under, this plant is poisonous to eat (SCIENCE)

mistletoe

The viceroy mimics this poisonous "royal" butterfly's appearance to avoid predators (NATURE)

monarch

From Arabic "mawsim", meaning "season", it's the wind which changes direction with the seasons (NATURE)

monsoon

Emotional state of a cow who bellowed (HOMOPHONES)

mood (mooed)

Gary the gardener would use this protective covering of sawdust, leaves, etc. on his soil (5-LETTER WORDS)

mulch

Intact DNA was recently extracted from one of these ancient "royal relics" (SCIENCE)

mummy

Mycophagists, including humans, are eaters of this kind of fungus (NATURE)

mushrooms

Body part which now can be augmented, sculpted, & wrapped, as well as painted, trimmed, & filed (NEWSPAPER FILLERS)

nails

From Latin "nasus tortium" meaning twisted nose, due to this plant's pungent qualities (PLANT NAMES)

nasturtium

Of historic value, recreational value, or natural features, reason most nat'l parks are preserved (NATIONAL PARKS)

natural features

This poisonous alkaloid is found in tobacco & used as an insecticide (PLANTS)

nicotine

What N.Y. World-Telegram & Sun, St. Louis Globe-Democrat & Wash. Star currently have in common (1985) (NEWSPAPERS)

no longer being published

From Turkish for "dough", you can pick the pockets of this Mideastern bread (FOOD)

pita

A void of originality exists beneath our class G star (IN OTHER WORDS)

nothing new under the sun

Other orchestra members get their "A" note for tuning from this instrument (CLASSICAL MUSIC)

oboe

In 1806, brine well drillers in Virginia were mad when this came up with the salt water (ENERGY)

oil

French kiss cheeks, but in Romania male friends often kiss this way (ODD CUSTOMS)

on the lips

It's where I'm sitting "just rolling along, just rolling along" (MUSIC ON THE MAP)

on top of the world

Red China encourages families to have only this many children (CHINA)

one

In Hollywood for example, if he's going to a preview, you've already seen it at a private screening (WHAT'S "UP" DOC)

oneupsmanship

Gemologists call this stone found in abundance in Australia hydrated silica gel (GEMS)

opal

Classic children's novel & Disney movie, "Johnny Tremain", is set during this war (WAR STORIES)

the Revolutionary War

Currently, it's Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru (1985) (THE U.N.)

the Secretary-General

Under Art. 1, Sec. 6, 1 of 2 places mentioned where a person can slander another with legal immunity (U.S. CONSTITUTION)

the Senate or the House (during a speech or a debate)

From French for "small pan" it's traditional Spanish dish made of seafood & saffron flavored rice (FOOD)

paella

A turnpike is called that because originally a pike or turnstile was turned after you did this (WORD ORIGINS)

paid toll

The most delicate of these is made only of 150-200 sable hairs, weighing .000529 oz. altogether (ART)

paintbrush

Part of Cassius' anatomy Brutus calls "itching" when accusing him of greed (SHAKESPEARE)

palm

Longest distance flown by this type of airplane is 1 & 1/4 miles (1986) (THE LONGEST)

paper airplane

Called "Drogues", they open during a capsule's descent (MAN IN SPACE)

parachutes

Since Pittsburgh's baseball team is the Pirates, their mascot dresses up as this (SPORTS BIRDS)

parrot

Romans believed a garland of this garnish worn on the head would prevent drunkenness (HERBS & SPICES)

parsley

From the Romanian word for "to preserve", it's served hot with mustard on rye (FOOD)

pastrami

After graphite deposits were discovered in 1564, the British began making "marking stones" &, later, these (BRITISH TRIVIA)

pencils

The smallest denomination of coin that can be played in Las Vegas slots (1985) (LAS VEGAS)

penny

Up to a million had already fallen victim to this persecution from 1484 to 1692, when it hit Salem (RELIGIOUS HISTORY)

persecution for witchcraft

"From today painting is dead", said a French artist upon seeing this type of picture in 1839 (ART)

photograph (Daguerreotype)

In plants, respiration is the reciprocal & opposite process of this (PLANTS)

photosynthesis

The 1st of these with flipper were 1947's "Bermuda" & "Humpty Dumpty" (INVENTIONS)

pinball machines

Some cities add lime to their water, not to flavor it, but to prevent this type of decay (WATER)

pipe decay (rusty pipes)

In order to produce this green-kerneled nut, male & female trees must be near each other (NUTS)

pistachio

Slivovitz is a brandy made from this fruit (POTENT POTABLES)

plum

What a thief called a "dip" dips into (IT TAKES A THIEF)

pocket

Literary hobby of Dr. Zhivago, whose writing got better, not "verse" (RUSSIAN LITERATURE)

poetry

In Netherlands, a hostess may serve herself 1st, from custom of tasting food to prove it wasn't this (ODD CUSTOMS)

poisoned

In the U.S., the crime said to have the highest conviction rate is murder of these (CRIME & PUNISHMENT)

police

According to Aristophanes's famous saying "Man is by nature" this type of animal (QUOTES)

political

A baby frog is called either a tadpole or this (FROGS)

polliwog

At up to 300 x 200 yards, or over 5 acres, this sport has the largest playing field of any (SPORTS)

polo

5600-year-old samples of this "movie treat" have been found in the New Mexico caves (AMERICAN FOOD AND DRINK)

popcorn

Though voracious, locusts do not migrate for food, but after an enormous increase in this (INSECTS)

population

80% of San Marino's gross national product comes from tourism & the sale of these (MINI-COUNTRIES)

postage stamps

He, not the Attorney General, represents the government in cases before the Supreme Court (GOVERNMENT)

the Solicitor General (of the United States)

When routinely measuring systolic blood pressure, a stethoscope is used to listen for this (BLOOD)

pulse

Special name for physician who specializes in the use of x-rays (DOCTORS)

radiologist

From German for "little cake", the Lorraine style includes cheese & bacon bits (FOOD)

quiche

This form of transport still carries the most freight in the U.S. (TRANSPORTATION)

railroad

Discoverers of these South Sea islands named them for wise Biblical king whose wealth they sought (MINI-COUNTRIES)

the Solomon Islands

Long, straight, 2-edged sword with a large cup hilt; some people have this type of wit (WEAPONS)

rapier

Of a rat, a raven, & a spineless jellyfish the one which can be taught to count (ANIMALS)

raven

In "This little pig went to market", it's what the only pig that ate pigged out on (NURSERY RHYMES)

roast beef

A famous mini-series, or what blondes have to keep bleaching (TELEVISION)

roots

Bridge term for a set of three games or what a hot rod lays when it takes off (CARDS)

rubber

In 1985, Tears for Fears said "everybody wants to" do this (ROCK 'N ROLL)

rule the world

Bacardi, America's single best-selling brand of liquor, is this type (1985) (POTENT POTABLES)

rum

Peter Pan's flight plan to Never-Never Land (NAVIGATION)

second star to the right and on till morning

Kristine Holderied was 1st to graduate top in her class from 1 of these (MS.)

service academy

Only team that can score points in volleyball (SPORTS)

serving team

Mary Ellen says to soften peanut butter & add flavor, "open" a bottle of this oil & put in a drop (HOUSEHOLD HINTS)

sesame seed oil

This instrument measures the angular distance of a celestial body above the horizon (NAVIGATION)

sextant

Instead of using regular paint remover to remove paint from hands, try this foamy toiletry (HOUSEHOLD HINTS)

shaving cream

Term for noisy dance or party which originally meant a kick in the shins (WORD ORIGINS)

shindig

For over 50 years, one of these was "The Man Without A Country's" home (19TH CENTURY NOVELS)

ship

Paul Revere's day job (HANDICRAFTS)

silversmith

What little Tommy Tucker did for his supper (NURSERY RHYMES)

sing

Run-down part of town, from the rough forest paths along which newly-cut logs were dragged (WORD ORIGINS)

skid row

The woman's bicycle without the bar was created so women could ride while wearing these (BICYCLES)

skirts

Bird to which Shelley wrote, "Hail to thee, blithe spirit" (BIRDS)

skylark

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

slack

Quality of ice, eels, & banana peels (DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS)

slipperiness

Appropriate way "Laugh-In" actress Judy Carne would have asked for a light bulb holder (HARDWARE STORE)

socket to me

Shortest scheduled flight takes just 2 minutes in this country's Orkney Islands (THE SHORTEST)

the United Kingdom (Scotland)

In the 1984 Olympics, Alexi Grewal won a gold medal in cycling for this country (BICYCLES)

the United States

Unable to speak (DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS)

speechless

To become the "Sleeping Beauty", the princess pricked her hand on this part of the spinning wheel (FAIRY TALES)

spindle

In 1857, William Kelly convinced U.S. Patent Office to give him, bot Bessemer, rights to make it (AMERICANA)

steel

Of rubber, steel, or glass, the ball capable of bouncing highest (ODDS & ENDS)

steel

Upon leading 1894 march of unemployed on Washington, Jacob Coxey was arrested for this trivial of offenses (AMERICAN HISTORY)

stepping on the grass

A steam or gas autoclave is used for this process (THE HOSPITAL)

sterilization

These "buttons" button up your tuxedo shirt (JEWELRY)

studs

The univ. choral group whose theme song is the following: "Yes, the magic of their singing/ Of the songs we love so well/ 'Shall I Wasting' and 'Mavoumeen' and the rest..." (12-LETTER WORDS)

the Whiffenpoofs

In "And Quiet Flows the Don", Natlia Korshunov tries to commit this with a scythe (RUSSIAN LITERATURE)

suicide

In 1825, Anthelme Brillat-Savarin said, "a meal without wine is like a day without" this (POTENT QUOTABLES)

sunshine

A sewing needle will float on the surface of water because of this property (WATER)

surface tension

What's done to a pesky mosquito or an acronym for a police special weapons team (INSECTS)

swat

If napkins weren't provided, 19th c. etiquette permitted a gentleman to use a hanky or this instead (TABLE MANNERS)

table cloth

Anatomical feature absorbed by its body when a tadpole becomes a frog (FROGS)

tail

A frozen plant should be put in a cool, dark place where it can do this slowly (PLANTS)

thaw

Century known as the "high Renaissance" (HISTORY)

the 16th

The University of Brazil, the country's oldest, wasn't founded until this century (BRAZIL)

the 20th (century)

The only amendment to be ratified by state conventions rather than by legislatures (U.S. CONSTITUTION)

the 21st (repeal Prohibition)

North American Protestant group featured in the movie "Witness" (RELIGION)

the Amish

In March of 1979, Egypt was suspended from this organization for signing peace treaty with Israel (THE '70s)

the Arab League

The mainland of Greece forms the southern part of this peninsula (GREECE)

the Balkan (Peninsula)

Until November 3, 1930, this was the name of the Bank of America, capisci? (TRIVIA)

the Bank of Italy

President Hayes, Garfield, & Benjamin Harrison were all generals in this war (GENERALS)

the Civil War

Body part on which you'd wear on epaulet (FASHION)

the shoulder

A German circus performer has made the Guinness record book for riding a bicycle with this distinction (1986) (BICYCLES)

the smallest

This corner of Colorado meets corners of 3 other states at "4 Corners" (COLORADO)

the southwest corner

2 of the 3 most important position in any natal chart (ASTROLOGY)

the sun, the moon, your rising sign

In 1915, the British created this mobile weapon that could cross trenches (ENGLISH HISTORY)

the tank

Largest North American wasp, it hunts tarantulas like a bird of prey (INSECTS)

the tarantula hawk

1st credited to Hans Lippershey in 1608, it was Galileo, in 1609, who first used it to look up (INVENTIONS)

the telescope

Vermont is knoon of these gathering considered the purest form of democracy (GOVERNMENT)

the town (hall) meeting

Pattern assumed by disintegration of an Oreo (IN OTHER WORDS)

the way the cookie crumbles

1st sold by the Hookless Fastener Co. in 1913, it didn't get this name until 1923 (FASHION)

the zipper

All proper ones descend from Matchem, Herod, or Eclipse of the mid-18th century (SPORTS TRIVIA)

thoroughbreds

Completes Omar Khayyam's threesome, "Jug of wine, loaf of bread, and" (POETRY)

thou

In song, Davy Crockett was said to have "Kil't him a bar when he was only" this age (BEAR FACTS)

three

How Mr. Rogers' sweaters "suit him" (LETTER PERFECT)

to a T

Product reserved in bags for the master, the dame, & the little boy (NURSERY RHYMES)

wools

Standard test of responding to a key word with the 1st words which come to your mind (PSYCHOLOGY)

word association

Cellist Charlotte Moorman achieved fame by performing this way, but just "barely" (THE '70s)

topless

1 of these carried a Kansas woman 60 ft., dropping her next to a record titled "Stormy Weather" (STORMS)

tornado

After turning around, what "Teddy bear, teddy bear" does (NURSERY RHYMES)

touches the ground

Purposely wrapped between the injury & heart, this tight band should only be removed by a doctor (DOCTORS)

tourniquet

Needing only the approval of the Senate, these, along with the Constitution are the supreme laws of the land (U.S. CONSTITUTION)

treaties

From old French "non" & "per" meaning "not equal", a person who decides when things are not equal (STARTS WITH "U")

umpire

Tom, Scrooge, & Vanya (STARTS WITH "U")

uncles

According to Tom Jones, "It's Not" this (STARTS WITH "U")

unusual

Created by Edward Hoch, professional thief Nick Velvet will only steal objects of this value (IT TAKES A THIEF)

valueless

Knob you adjust if your picture rolls (TOUGH TRIVIA)

vertical

From Latin "way", it's a bridge that crosses mainly over dry land instead of water (BRIDGES)

viaduct

Nancy Ross, Angela Davis, & Geraldine Ferraro all sought this office in 1984 (MS.)

vice president (of the United States)

It's what chewable "chocks" were (THE 1960s)

vitamins

Shortest on record lasted 38 minutes in 1896 & involved the United Kingdom and Zanzibar (THE SHORTEST)

war

You should do this after handling a diseased plant to avoid spreading infection (PLANTS)

wash (your) hands

Alice thought the White Rabbit was normal until he whipped this out (ALICE IN WONDERLAND)

watch

"Weapon" Dorothy used to kill the Wicked Witch of the West (WEAPONS)

water

Dorothy Parker said, "Men seldom make passes at girls who" do this (QUOTES)

wear glasses

King Henry IV complained "Uneasy lies the head" that does this (SHAKESPEARE)

wears the crown

Daily newspaper illustration that shows isobars & temperatures (WEATHER)

weather map

The 2 main types are polar-orbiting & geostationary (WEATHER)

weather satellites

According to Kodak, only 45% of these are taken by a professional (WEDDINGS)

wedding pictures

Traditionally, the entrance of a cathedral faces this direction (CHURCHES & CATHEDRALS)

west

Compass directions of the Wicked Witches killed in "The Wizard of Oz" (MOVIES)

west and east

Movie question posed by Barbra Streisand & Bugs Bunny (MOVIES)

what's up, doc?

Over 5,000 of them were pilots in the Soviet air force (WWII TRIVIA)

women

Today very few Hollanders can be found clompin' around in these "klompen" (THE NETHERLANDS)

wooden shoes

Class of instruments which the flue belongs (MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS)

woodwind