J! set 20

I DON'T KNOW Common translation of the Latin graecum est (to which is added non potest legi, "It cannot be read")

"It's Greek to me"

HOW HEAVENLY! Shelley Fabares had a No. 1 hit with this song in 1962, long before she co-starred on "Coach"

"Johnny Angel"

IF THEY WERE MUSICALS... A musical of this Hardy novel might include the song "Jude, Glorious Jude"

"Jude the Obscure"

I GOT A CALDECOTT! Remember, this 1982 Chris Van Allsburg winner is only a book; well, a game, too...a book & a game

"Jumanji"

I HAVEN'T READ POE, BUT... In this story, it's the woman's magazine Poe "found in a bottle"

"MS. Found in a Bottle"

HUMOR Canine term for a long, drawn-out, complicated, overinvolved & even purposely irritating story

"Shaggy Dog" story

I HAVEN'T READ POE, BUT... I know, it's a poem about the inventor of the telephone & his family

"The Bells"

HOLY TOLEDO Called El Greco's masterpiece, the painting titled this event of the Count of Orgaz is in the chapel of Santo Tome

"The Burial of the Count of Orgaz"

I HAVEN'T READ POE, BUT... In this story an earthquake takes down a Broadway theater... right?

"The Fall of the House of Usher"

I HAVEN'T READ POE, BUT... Sure, it's a tale about a peach stone & a clock

"The Pit and the Pendulum"

I HAVEN'T READ POE, BUT... It's a valentine that contains the story of a Swiss archer

"The Tell-Tale Heart"

I SEE TENNESSEE The willingness of Tennessee's citizens to serve in the military earned the state this nickname

"The Volunteer State"

I AM CURIOUS "YELLOW" "You may talk about your Clementine and sing of Rosalee but" she's "the only girl for me"

"The Yellow Rose of Texas"

HOLLYWOOD HISTORY Director who said "If I made Cinderella, the audience would be looking for the body in the coach"

(Alfred) Hitchcock

I PROMISED YOU THE ROSE GARDEN JFK's first guest in the Rose Garden was this foreign minister of the USSR who held his job from 1957 to 1985

(Andrei) Gromyko

HUSBAND & WIFE Daniel Day-Lewis married this playwright's daughter Rebecca after starring in the film version of "The Crucible"

(Arthur) Miller

I DO, I DO, I DO It was woe-be-gone as this broadcaster kept finding the wrong prairie home companion

(Garrison) Keillor

I AM YOUR LEADER My 2012 reelection means I can stay in power in Caracas until 2019--that would be 20 years on the job

(Hugo) Chávez

HUSBAND & WIFE This "Fantasia" conductor was a vigorous 63 when he married 21-year-old Gloria Vanderbilt in 1945

(Leopold) Stokowski

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES The Girl Scouts' World Thinking Day, Feb. 22, coincides with the birthday of this Boy Scouts founder

(Lord) Baden-Powell

HUD SECRETARIES After leaving HUD in 2003, he was elected U.S. senator from Florida

(Mel) Martinez

I DO, I DO, I DO This fast-food tycoon supersized his life with 3 marriages; Joan was the dessert

(Ray) Kroc

HORSES A novel by Richard Adams shows the Civil War through the eyes of this man's horse Traveller

(Robert E.) Lee

I DO, I DO, I DO This former NYC mayor has walked up the broad way with Judith Nathan, Donna Hanover & Regina Peruggi

(Rudy) Giuliani

I DO, I DO, I DO Clarence Thomas officiated at the third marriage of this conservative radio host, but the final verdict was divorce

(Rush) Limbaugh

I PROMISED YOU THE ROSE GARDEN Many Supreme Court justices have been introduced in the Rose Garden, including her, Clinton's 1st pick

(Ruth) Ginsburg

HOLLYWOULDN'T Groucho said no to a script this surrealist wrote for the Marx Bros.; he sent Harpo a barbed-wire harp anyway

(Salvador) Dali

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES If it's July 24, Ecuador & Venezuela must be celebrating the birthday of this early 19th century leader

(Simón) Bolívar

HOLLYWOOD HISTORY This comic actor produced a singing cowboy Western without his partner Ollie

(Stan) Laurel

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES This "Camptown Races" composer's death is commemorated on January 13

(Stephen) Foster

HOW THE WEST WAS SPUN A Topeka paper said this "wild" gunfighter should be thanked for "the safety of life and property at Abilene"

(Wild Bill) Hickock

HOWDY, PARTNER! After his partner's death in 1809, he partnered with Nicholas Biddle to complete the expedition report

(William) Clark

I READ THE NEWS TODAY This "Post" is one of Israel's largest English-language daily newspapers

(the) Jerusalem (Post)

HOLD ME CLOSER, TONY DANZA Tony got serious playing Jack Warden's role, Juror No. 7, in the TV remake of this 1957 classic

12 Angry Men

I LOVE A MOZART OPERA Of 14, 24 or 34, Mozart's age when he commissioned his first opera, "Mitridate Re di Ponto", premiered in 1770

14

HOLE A standard round of PGA golf is this many holes

18

HORSES Of 18, 36 or 48, the maximum number of letters allowed in the name of a thoroughbred racehorse

18

HOLY CROSS In the Bible, Luke writes that this many others were crucified with Jesus

2

HOLLYWOOD REMAKES This 1957 Glenn Ford-Van Heflin western was remade in 2007

3:10 to Yuma

HORRORS! John Larroquette narrated this 1974 film in which lumbering tools are put to new use

<I>The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

HOLLYWOULDN'T John Candy, John Belushi & Chris Farley have all been linked to film versions of this John Kennedy Toole novel

A Confederacy of Dunces

I DUNNO "To draw" this is said to have originally referred to a non-winning lottery ticket

A blank

HODGEPODGE Since 2008 this insurance conglomerate has gotten $182 billion in government funds

AIG

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES The 1st time his birthday was formally observed was February 12, 1866 in Washington, D.C.

Abraham Lincoln

HORSES His steed Balius was immortal; it didn't have a tendon problem

Achilles

IF YOU CAN'T SAY SOMETHING NICE On April 4, 1940 Neville Chamberlain said that this dictator had "missed the bus"

Adolf Hitler

HOT SPOTS Hottest temperature ever recorded was on this "dark" continent

Africa

HOW CONTINENTAL! This continent has the longest freshwater lake, 420 miles, in the world

Africa

HODGEPODGE The 2 continents on which the Great Rift Valley is found

Africa & Asia

I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU It's the "A" in the advocacy group known as MADD

Against

HOMONYMS Where newlyweds might walk on their wedding day & on the day after

Aisle/isle

I SEE TENNESSEE Though born in Washington, D.C. on March 31, 1948, his birth was front page news in the Nashville Tennessean

Al Gore, Jr.

HOME BOYS Yellowhammers

Alabama

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES The last Monday in March is Seward's Day in this state

Alaska

HOLD THE FORT Fort Orange was established by Dutch settlers in 1624 in what is now this state capital

Albany

I GO BY "AL" En route to Grenoble, the 1968 Winter Olympics site, I go by this 1992 Winter Olympics site

Albertville

I GO BY "AL" On the way to Santa Fe, I go by this city where Bugs Bunny wished he'd taken a left

Albuquerque

I MADE IT THROUGH THE REIGN Averaging 23 years per reign, the last 5 Russian czars were named either Nicholas or this

Alexander

I GO BY "AL" Heading south from Washington, D.C., I go by this Virginia city where George Washington once drilled troops

Alexandria

HODGEPODGE He's considered the mascot of Mad Magazine

Alfred E. Neuman

I GO BY "AL" On the road to Morocco from Tunis, I go by this capital city

Algiers

HOP ON POP CULTURE Sydney's dad, Jack, was a CIA double agent working against SD-6 on this Jennifer Garner show

Alias

I GO BY "AL" If I take the 5:15 p.m. train from Adelaide, Australia on Sunday night, I go by this city Monday at noon

Alice Springs

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES It's celebrated the evening before All Saints' Day

All Hallow's Eve (Halloween)

I HAVE THE WINE This pale, dry Spanish sherry is mentioned in the title of an Edgar Allan Poe story

Amontillado

HUMANITARIANS He used some of his enormous wealth to build a New York City concert hall & over 2,500 public libraries

Andrew Carnegie

HUD SECRETARIES HUD Secretary in the 1990s, he's now governor of New York

Andrew Cuomo

I BEAT YOU John Quincy Adams & then Henry Clay

Andrew Jackson

HOLD ME CLOSER, TONY DANZA Tony gets heavenly help in this 1994 film in which he plays struggling A.L. pitcher Mel Clark

Angels in the Outfield

I THINK I LOVE YOU This Tolstoy character is one Aleksei's lover & another Aleksei's wife

Anna Karenina

HODGEPODGE In December 1998 a Dutch court banned any publication questioning the veracity of this girl's diary

Anne Frank

I AM LEGEND This mighty Greek love goddess is the mother of Eros

Aphrodite

HORSE BREEDS The Nez Perce Indians are famous for developing this breed of horse seen here:

Appaloosa

HORSES This spotted breed originated in the Palouse River region of Washington & Idaho

Appaloosa

HODGEPODGE Rachmaninoff, Bismarck & Edmond Rostand were all born on this day, no "fool"ing

April 1st

HORSES This breed called "drinkers of the wind" is still used to develop & upgrade other breeds

Arabian

HORSES These lithe desert horses are the oldest existing breed

Arabians

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES This annual day is usually observed in schools specifically to stress forest preservation

Arbor Day

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES This holiday was first suggested by J. Sterling Morton, a future Secretary of Agriculture

Arbor Day

HOLIDAYS This country observes June 10 as Malvinas Day

Argentina

HORSE BREEDS The Criollo is a breed from this country & is popular with the gauchos of the Pampas

Argentina

HORSES The smallest breed of horse, the Falabella, was developed by ranchers in this S. American country

Argentina

HOT SPOTS When it hit 120 on Dec. 11, 1905 in Rivadavia in this country the gauchos must have stayed in the sombra

Argentina

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES The third Saturday in May is this American military observance

Armed Forces Day

HOLIDAYS The 2nd Sunday in May is Mother's Day while the 3rd Saturday in May is this day

Armed Forces Day

HUMANITARIANS Billionaire Kirk Kerkorian has provided $100 million for an airlift to this country

Armenia

HOW'S THE SCREENPLAY GOING, STEVE? Steve Gordon both wrote & directed this 1981 film where super-rich Dudley Moore drank in the scenery

Arthur

HOW CONTINENTAL! Both the highest & lowest places on earth are on this continent

Asia

I HAVE A QUESTION This 1957 novel opens with the query"Who is John Galt?"

Atlas Shrugged

HOT SPOTS Cloncurry in this country's state of Queensland hit 128 degrees Fahrenheit in 1889

Australia

HOW CONTINENTAL! This continent covers only about 5% of the earth's land area; deserts cover about 1/3 of the continent

Australia

HOLLYWOOD HISTORY The poster for this controversial 1956 film showed Carroll Baker sucking her thumb like an infant

Baby Doll

HOT WATER The water variety of this Jewish roll is simmered before it's popped in the oven

Bagel

HODGEPODGE The "Citrus Obsession" version of this classic Mattel doll is scented to smell like a piece of fruit

Barbie

HORSING AROUND This term for riding without a saddle sounds like you have to be partially nude to do it

Bareback

HOMOPHONES Prevented, or a poet (maybe Shakespeare)

Barred/bard

HOLD IT Container in the title of the following:("Roll out the...")

Barrel ("Beer Barrel Polka")

HOOKED ON PHOENIX Born in Phoenix in 1909, he ran for president in 1964

Barry Goldwater

ICE CREAM More than 60 years ago, this brand started with 31 flavors; today it has over 1,000

Baskin-Robbins

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES It's the most famous holiday we know that was named for a prison

Bastille Day

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES This French holiday that commemorates the storming of a prison is also known as la Fete Nationale

Bastille Day

I MADE IT THROUGH THE REIGN Otto, who ruled Greece from 1832 to 1862, was the son of King Ludwig of this German state

Bavaria

HODGEPODGE The earliest form of this weapon was a dagger that fit into the muzzle of a musket

Bayonet

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES September 10 is St. George's Cay Day in this Central American country

Belize (formerly British Honduras)

IF YOU CAN'T SAY SOMETHING NICE Margot Asquith said of Lloyd George, "He could not see" one of these "without hitting below it"

Belt

HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS The University of St. Andrews awarded this lightning rod inventor an honorary degree

Ben Franklin

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES In Mexico March 21 is a national holiday because it's the birthday of this man, the "Abraham Lincoln" of Mexico

Benito Juarez

HOLLYWOOD QUOTES He said, ".... I was typecast as a lion, and there aren't all that many parts for lions."

Bert Lahr

HOTEL NAMES In 1959, "Maverick" won the Emmy for this category, only year it was given

Best Western

HOW CAN I HELP? See a movie with the little fellow or help him with his homework as one of these in a program founded in 1904

Big Brothers

HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS On June 8, 1994 this U.S. president received an honorary degree in civil law from Oxford

Bill Clinton

HOW THE WEST WAS SPUN After killing this outlaw, Pat Garrett wrote a book to "correct the thousand false statements" in the press

Billy the Kid

IF THEY MARRIED... Ms. Cantrell, a jazzy vocalist, weds actor Jude & gets this puritanical name

Blu Law

HOMOPHONES A wild hog, or to drill a hole

Boar/Bore

HOTELS BY CITY Ritz-Carlton,Copley Plaza,Back Bay Hilton

Boston

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES Every December, Bostonians put on disguises & reenact this 1773 act of defiance

Boston Tea Party

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES If Leon Spinks is in England on December 26, he might join in the observance of this

Boxing Day

HOME OF THE CAVE Marvel--this Missouri vacation city

Branson

HOW 'BOUT THEM DODGERS? The Dodgers departed this NYC borough for the west in 1957

Brooklyn

HUSBAND & WIFE SINGERS In 1991 he married his backup vocalist Patti Scialfa

Bruce Springsteen

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES It's traditional for England's royal family to appear on a balcony here on the queen's official birthday

Buckingham Palace

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES An annual festival in Kandy, Sri Lanka honors one of this religious figure's teeth

Buddha

HOLIDAYS Japan has 3 separate observances marking this man's birth, enlightenment & death

Buddha

HOLLY-WOOD In a 1978 film Gary Busey played this rock legend

Buddy Holly

HUMOR The name of this comic imitation that lacks the moral aspect of satire also means a strip show

Burlesque

HOLD THE MAYO CLINIC In 1973 Mayo introduced to North America this scanner that uses a computer & X-rays

CT scanner

I'M 18 & I LIKE IT The mass market versions of these Xavier Roberts dolls first born in 1983 are now ready for college

Cabbage Patch Kids

HOLD IT A small box to hold tea leaves, or a person who carries another container, a golf bag

Caddy

HODGEPODGE It's said this silent pres. liked to eat breakfast in bed while having Vaseline rubbed on his head

Calvin Coolidge

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

Camp Half-Blood

I THINK I LOVE YOU This title character of a Voltaire work falls in love with Cunegonde, a baron's daughter

Candide

I LOVE CANDY The pattern on this Christmas favorite may have come from the barber pole

Candy cane

HOMOPHONES To survey opinions, or what an artist paints on

Canvass/canvas

HODGEPODGE This goat constellation is the smallest of the zodiac

Capricorn

HUSBAND & WIFE SINGERS Their first hit, 1975's "Love Will Keep Us Together", was written by Neil Sedaka

Captain & Tennille

HOME OF THE CAVE The Big Room--this New Mexico national park

Carlsbad Caverns

HUSBAND & WIFE Her cousin Maria Shriver was her matron of honor when she married Edwin Schlossberg in 1986

Caroline Kennedy

HOLLYWOOD HODGEPODGE Aaron Spelling's first wife was this actress who played Morticia Addams on TV

Carolyn Jones

HOT TOPICS Wisconsin studies have found higher crime near these fun palaces on tribal lands

Casinos

HODGEPODGE This "insect" of a company calls itself the world's leading maker of construction & mining equipment

Caterpillar

HOLLYWOOD TO BROADWAY Playing Desiree in "A Little Night Music" was the Broadway debut of this Welsh-born movie star, & won her a Tony

Catherine Zeta-Jones

HORSEMEN Napoleon divided these troops into light & heavy forces

Cavalry

HOLLYWOOD HODGEPODGE Anne Bauchens edited films for this director of "The Ten Commandments" from 1918 until his death in 1959

Cecil B. DeMille

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER A U.S. court ruled in August 1998 that sampling would not be allowed during the one of these conducted in 2000

Census

HOUSES OF WORSHIP Willow Creek Community Church draws 15,000 worshipers every week to this Illinois city's suburbs

Chicago

HORROR FILMS Chucky, a killer doll, made his debut in this 1988 film

Child's Play

HOMELANDS Han lives in Changchun, in Kirin province, in this country

China

I LOVE YOU GUYS Wo ie ni

Chinese

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES The New Year's Day of this calendar can fall between our January 20 & February 20

Chinese calendar

HUNGER GAMES After each course, a chef is "cut" from the competition on this show hosted by Ted Allen of "queer eye"

Chopped

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES Every year on this holiday, Washington's crossing of the Delaware is reenacted near Trenton, New Jersey

Christmas

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES It's the last federal holiday of the year

Christmas

HOLIDAYS In colonial Massachusetts, Puritans made this Christian holiday illegal

Christmas

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES In Italy some families eat a traditional supper of fried eels on this December Eve

Christmas Eve

HORRORS! He's the monstrous doll in the 3 "Child's Play" movies

Chucky

HOME To reset a tripped one of these in your house, flip it over to full "off" before returning it to "on"

Circuit breaker

HORSE SENSE We'll issue you one if you can name this horse who in 1951 became the first million-dollar earner

Citation

HOT TOPICS In 1998 Richard Seed planted doubts when he announced he would open a clinic for this procedure

Cloning

HOW HEAVENLY! After classes of these were categorized numerically, number "nine" became a synonym for euphoria

Clouds

I DON'T KNOW It's how the 1995 film with Alicia Silverstone as a girl named Cher should leave you

Clueless

HORSE BREEDS This Scottish draft horse can certainly pull a heavy load, bud

Clydesdale

I SEE TENNESSEE In 1999 Chattanooga celebrated 100 years of putting this beverage into bottles

Coca-Cola

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES This South American country marks the independence of Cartagena each November 11

Colombia

HOW TERRIBLY BRITISH Cartoonist David Low created this colonel, a symbol of stuffy views & blind patriotism

Colonel Blimp

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES This holiday was first celebrated in the U.S. in 1792, the 300th anniversary of a historic event

Columbus Day

HOLIDAYS Italian-American's have made this their equivalent of St. Patrick's Day

Columbus Day

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES In Taiwan, Teachers' Day, September 28, celebrates the birthday of this philosopher

Confucius

HOUSES OF WORSHIP Many Roman basilica churches were built after this emperor's Edict of Milan in 313

Constantine

HOLD IT According to an old expression, a kid's in trouble when he's caught with his hand in this container

Cookie jar

HOMOPHONES Chickens & jailbirds "fly" it; others drive the 2-door style

Coop/coupe

HOMOPHONES A measure of wood, or three or more musical notes played together

Cord/Chord

HOLD THE MAYO CLINIC In 1950 Mayo doctors Edward Kendall & Philip Hench won the Nobel Prize for their work with this steroid

Cortizone

HORSEMEN From a word meaning "adventurer" or "vagabond", they were the Russian army's elite horsemen

Cossacks

HOMOPHONES A small stream, or the sound a squeaky stair makes

Creek/Creak

HODGEPODGE Larousse says the eggs of this African alligator relative "Apparently make excellent omelettes"

Crocodile

HOLD IT The container Arthur Miller would use to heat substances to a high temperature, or his 1953 play

Crucible

I THINK I LOVE YOU Gamekeeper Oliver Mellors is the title lover in this man's "Lady Chatterley's Lover"

D.H. Lawrence

HOLLYWOOD QUOTES Frank Capra dubbed this director of "The Birth of a Nation" "The Poor Man's Shakespeare"

D.W. Griffith

HOOKUPS If you use a TV antenna, you'll need to hook up a converter box for the June 12, 2009 transition from analog to this

DTV

ICE CREAM In January of 2011, pecans fruit & chocolaty bits in vanilla soft serve was this brand's "Blizzard of the Month"

Dairy Queen

I REMEMBER TELEVISION I remember this 1966-1971 soap opera about vampires, witches & werewolves

Dark Shadows

HOW ODD! His name may be erased from your head, but he directed odd movies like "Eraserhead" & "Mulholland Drive"

David Lynch

HORSES Of the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the one symbolizing this rode a pale horse

Death

HOT SPOTS 43 consecutive days of 120º heat were recorded in this appropriately named Calif. valley

Death Valley

HOT SPOTS Greenland Ranch Station was the odd name of the spot in this U.S. area where a thermometer hit 134 on July 10, 1913

Death Valley

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES This date, New Year's Eve in the U.S., has been celebrated as Feed Yourself Day in Benin

December 31st

HOLIDAYS It's the original name for Memorial Day

Decoration Day

HUSBAND & WIFE Bruce Willis can toast her with a demitasse when they celebrate their tenth anniversary November 21, 1997

Demi Moore

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

Denmark

HORSEY WORDS Now part of the AFC's Western Division, this team started out as a charter member of the AFL in 1960

Denver Broncos

I AM LEGEND This Roman goddess who protected women during childbirth is associated with the Greek goddess Artemis

Diana

HODGEPODGE This Scottish missionary explored the Kalahari Desert & discovered the Zambezi River in 1851

Dr. David Livingstone

I REMEMBER TELEVISION I remember these 2 hunky doctor shows that dueled on ABC & NBC from 1961 to 1966

Dr. Kildare & Ben Casey

HORROR FILMS In 1992 Gary Oldman sank his teeth into this title role, playing him both young & old

Dracula

HOW CAPITAL! It's difficult, but try picturing George Bernard Shaw as a baby when you visit his birthplace in this world capital

Dublin

I DON'T SPEAK... Ik spreek geen Nederlands

Dutch

HOLLYWOOD'S MIDDLE INITIALS David Kelley

E.

HOT STUFF 15 seconds at 160° F. kills this bacterium that in 1997 caused the USA's biggest beef recall

E. coli

HOLLYWOULDN'T "Nocturnal Fears", a proposed sequel to this, would've seen Elliot kidnapped by aliens; Spielberg said N-O

E.T.

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES Maundy Thursday falls 3 days before this religious holiday

Easter

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES The most candy bought for a holiday is for this springtime one, not Valentine's Day

Easter

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES This Christian holiday is also called the Feast of the Resurrection

Easter

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES The Ukranians use a batik process to decorate these fragile holiday items

Easter eggs

I HAVE A QUESTION "'What's to-day?' cried" this Dickens guy, "calling downward to a boy in Sunday clothes"

Ebenezer Scrooge

I THINK I LOVE YOU In mythology, she pined away for Narcissus until nothing was left but her voice

Echo

HOP ON POP CULTURE Mark Hamill played the oldest of Dick Van Patten's octet of kids in the pilot but not the series of this show

Eight Is Enough

I BEAT YOU Adlai Stevenson (twice)

Eisenhower

HOW'S THE WEATHER UP THERE? Affecting the weather in the U.S., this Pacific Ocean current's name is Spanish for "the child"

El Nino

HODGEPODGE In February 1815 Napoleon snuck off this island with about 1,000 followers

Elba

HOME COOKIN' Appropriately, Chicken a la King is featured in "Are You Hungry Tonight?", a book of his favorite recipes

Elvis Presley

HODGEPODGE More than 25% of the world's daily newspapers are published in this language

English

HORSES In Britain, horse racing's Triple Crown consists of the St. Leger Stakes, the Two Thousand Guineas & this derby

Epsom

ICE CREAM Originally without a stick, this ice cream bar was named in 1921 by future candy magnate Russell Stover

Eskimo Pie

HOLIDAYS On Purim, the Biblical book named for this queen is read in synagogues

Esther

HOLD ME CLOSER, TONY DANZA Tony's role of Rocky in this man's "The Iceman Cometh" in 1999 won him some Broadway raves

Eugene O'Neill

HOT TOPICS This word comes from Greek for good or easy death

Euthanasia

I GOT A CALDECOTT! Arnold Lobel took a page out of Aesop's book, publishing a book of these that won in 1981

Fables

HOT MOVIES Words were heated when Truffaut filmed this Bradbury novel

Fahrenheit 451

HUSBAND & WIFE SINGERS "You Can't Lose Me" is something she might sing to fellow country star Tim McGraw; they married in 1996

Faith Hill

HUD Until 2008, HUD was responsible for regulation of these 2 govt.-sponsored agencies with cutesy nicknames

Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac

HODGEPODGE The Perry Ellis Award is presented to people in this field

Fashion design

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES The red or white rose is the official flower of this Sunday observance in June

Father's Day

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES Presidents' Day is observed on the third Monday in this month

February

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES The only 2 months in which Ash Wednesday can occur

February & March

HOME Holes in household objects made of wood & metal can be easily patched with this "glass", AKA spun glass

Fiberglass

HODGEPODGE The Royal Opera House in London has staged this Beethoven opera over 100 times since World War II

Fidelio

HORSING AROUND Specifically, it's the term for a female horse who's less than 4 years old

Filly

HOT SPOTS National seashore resort that's been "burning" off Long Island for years

Fire Island

HOLIDAYS Sweden celebrates this national symbol on June 6, eight days before the U.S. celebrates its own

Flag Day

HURRY UP! It's the perfect British "street" to report on naval maneuvers

Fleet Street

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES National Hospital Week honors the birthday of this founder of modern nursing

Florence Nightingale

HOME BOYS Alligators

Florida

HOLD THE FORT Give yourself a pat on the back if you know that the Patton museum is located at this famous fort in Kentucky

Fort Knox

HOLD THE FORT Built by George Washington's troops in June 1754, you might say it was the mother of invention

Fort Necessity

HORSING AROUND Oscar Wilde called this sport seen here "The unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable"

Fox hunting

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES On October 2 Guinea celebrates its independence from this European country

France

HOME OF THE CAVE Lascaux--this country

France

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER In 1998 this country not only hosted the World Cup of men's soccer, it won it

France

HOLLYWOOD HODGEPODGE Chill Wills provided the voice of this talking mule in 6 films

Francis

HOW THE WEST WAS SPUN Jesse's brother, he said outlaw life was "one long, anxious, inexorable, eternal vigil"

Frank James

HUMOROUS QUOTES It's claimed Rousseau said, "To do is to be" & Sartre said, "To be is to do" while he said, "Doobedoobedoo"

Frank Sinatra

I BEAT YOU Herbert Hoover, Alf Landon, Wendell Willkie & then Thomas Dewey

Franklin Roosevelt

HOLLYWOOD HISTORY In their 1st musical number together, Ginger sang, he played the accordion & neither 1 of them danced

Fred Astaire

HOLLYWOOD QUOTES The famous report on his first screen test said, "Can't act. Slightly bald. Also dances."

Fred Astaire

I DON'T SPEAK... Je ne parle pas Francais

French

HORROR MOVIE SERIES BY CHARACTER Jason Voorhees

Friday the 13th

HORRORS! Despite its title, this 1980 film had enough box office luck to produce 7 sequels by 1989

Friday the 13th

HODGEPODGE This language has 3 main dialects: Connact, Munster & Ulster

Gaelic (or Irish)

HORSEMEN Argentine literature has a whole category of tales of these horsemen of the Pampas

Gauchos

HODGEPODGE The former palace of the League of Nations in this Swiss city houses a philatelic museum

Geneva

IF THEY WERE MUSICALS... His play about Mrs. Warren could become "Best Little Whorehouse in Europe"

George Bernard Shaw ("Mrs. Warren's

HUD SECRETARIES HUD secretary under Nixon, he earlier served as American Motors president & sired a candidate for U.S. president

George Romney

HODGEPODGE Though California & South Carolina grow far more peaches, this is known as the "Peach State"

Georgia

I DON'T SPEAK... Ich spreche kein Deutsch

German

I LOVE YOU GUYS Ich liebe dich

German

HOLD THE FORT While imprisoned at Fort Dickens, this Apache Indian leader became Pensacola's first tourist attraction

Geronimo

I FORGET In "The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here", it's the "here"

Gettysburg

HOT WATER From old Norse for "gush", these erupting springs are found in Iceland, New Zealand & Yellowstone

Geysers

HOLLYWOULDN'T A proposed third film in this series would've seen the title guys "in Hell", but Bill Murray slimed the project

Ghostbusters

HOMOPHONES To coat with gold, or an association for members of the same profession

Gild/Guild

HOLLYWOOD HODGEPODGE Rita Hayworth & this famous dancing partner of Fred Astaire were related by marriage

Ginger Rogers

I DO, I DO, I DO This ex-Speaker of the House from Georgia had a Contract with America but broke his contract with a few wives

Gingrich

I BEFORE E, AFTER C It precedes "Bay" in a national park in Alaska & "National Park" in a national park in Montana

Glacier

HOOKED ON PHOENIX In 1967 he had his first Top 40 pop hit with "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"

Glen Campbell

HOT TOPICS Literally a "hot" topic, it's partly caused by greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide

Global warming

IF YOU CAN'T SAY SOMETHING NICE "I can sometimes deal with men as equals and therefore can afford to like them", she wrote in Ms.

Gloria Steinem

HOLY CROSS Shaped like a skull, this hill where Jesus was crucified takes its name from an ancient word for "skull"

Golgotha/Calvary

ICE CREAM Candy Center Crunch & Strawberry Shortcake are ice creams on a stick from this "good" company, man

Good Humor

ICE CREAM Harry Burt started this co. whose 1st white truck used a set of bells from the family bobsled

Good Humor

HODGEPODGE Thomas Gore, a blind senator from Oklahoma, was the grandfather of this "Myra Breckinridge" author

Gore Vidal

I SAY, HERMIONE It's the last name of Harry Potter's pal Hermione

Granger

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

Great Expectations

HOLLYWOOD QUOTES This mustachioed comic quipped, "I've been around so long, I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin"

Groucho Marx

IF YOU CAN'T SAY SOMETHING NICE Bartletts quotes this comedian: "I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception"

Groucho Marx

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES The Punxsutawney Spirit was the first newspaper to print news about the observance of this holiday in 1886

Groundhog Day

HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS Harvard gave this author of "The Tin Drum" an honorary degree in 1976

Gunter Grass

HOLLYWOOD'S MIDDLE INITIALS William Macy

H.

HORSE BREEDS A high-stepping carriage horse in England, or the coach for hire that it pulls

Hackney

HORSES This harness breed shares its name with a 17th century English coach for hire

Hackney Pony

IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK I'm named for the Roman Emperor who visited Britain around 121 but didn't stick around to see me built

Hadrian's Wall

HOLIDAY IN...? The Cite Soleil shantytown is not to be missed on a holiday in this Caribbean nation of 7 million

Haiti

HOLLYWOOD HISTORY Tho known for comedies like "Our Gang Shorts", his studio also produced 1939's "Of Mice & Men"

Hal Roach

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES In 1972 the mayor of Burbank, Illinois limited trick or treating on this holiday

Halloween

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES It's celebrated the evening before All Saints' Day

Halloween

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES Originally this holiday was celebrated on the last day of the Celtic year

Halloween

HOLIDAYS National UNICEF Day coincides with this other holiday

Halloween

HOLIDAYS The eve of All Saints' Day

Halloween

HORROR MOVIE SERIES BY CHARACTER Michael Myers

Halloween

ICONIC PENTAMETER "To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub"

Hamlet

HOWDY, PARTNER! Born in 1895, this lyricist partnered with composers Friml, Romberg, Kern & Rodgers

Hammerstein

HODGEPODGE The famous code of this Babylonian king said a priestess who drinks in a wine shop "shall be burned"

Hammurabi

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES The name of this 8-day Jewish festival is Hebrew for "dedication"

Hannukah

HOP ON POP CULTURE Howard Cunningham actually had 3 kids on this show, but Chuck was never seen after Season 2

Happy Days

IF THEY MARRIED... If "Entertainment Tonight" anchor Mary married Irish actor Gabriel, she'd suffer with this hyphenated name

Hart-Byrne

HOW HEAVENLY! Unlike the corned beef & red flannel varieties, the "heavenly" type of this food is a candy

Hash

HOW CAPITAL! If you know that El Castillo del Morro looms over this city's harbor, have a cigar

Havana

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES On March 26, this state honors Prince Jonah Kuhio, who became a delegate to Congress

Hawaii

IF THEY WERE MUSICALS... Forget "Cats"; the musical of this Orwell book would feature jackbooted dancing pigs

"Animal Farm"

HODGEPODGE RR engineer John Luther Jones got this nickname from his Kentucky hometown

"Casey"

I DUNNO Alicia Silverstone's 1995 breakthrough film

"Clueless"

IF THEY WERE MUSICALS... The musical version of this Ibsen play might be titled "Hedda Get Your Gun!"

"Hedda Gabler"

I SAY, HERMIONE In "Gigi" Hermione Gingold is Maurice Chevalier's partner for this duet; ah, yes...

"I Remember It Well"

I DON'T KNOW If something is puzzling you & you can't "make" this out "of it", maybe it's a pushmi-pullyu

Heads or tails

HOLD THE MAYO CLINIC The Mayo-Gibbon bypass machine assumes the functions of these 2 different organs

Heart & lung

HODGEPODGE In Greek Myth this most beautiful woman was not so much born as hatched

Helen

HUMANITARIANS Her parents asked Alexander Graham Bell about a teacher for their daughter; Anne Sullivan was soon hired

Helen Keller

I SAY, HERMIONE In mythology Hermione was the daughter of Menelaus & her, & must have hoped to look like mom

Helen of Troy

HORROR MOVIE SERIES BY CHARACTER Pinhead

Hellraiser

HUMOROUS QUOTES Secretary of State who said, "There cannot be a crisis next week; my schedule is already full"

Henry Kissinger

HORSES World Book says the shire breed developed after this Tudor king had all horses under 5' high destroyed

Henry VIII

HOLY DAYS & OBSERVANCES Holy Innocents' Day on December 28 commemorates the killing of children by order of this king

Herod

HOTEL NAMES Liz's Nicky

Hilton

I REMEMBER TELEVISION I remember Bob Crane outwitting Werner Klemperer on this show every week from 1965 to 1971

Hogan's Heroes

HOTEL NAMES The film in which Bing sang about a white Christmas & an Easter parade

Holiday Inn

HOLLY-WOOD In "Breakfast at Tiffany's" Audrey Hepburn played this small-town girl in the big city

Holly Golightly

HOLLY-WOOD She won an Oscar for her muted performance in "The Piano"

Holly Hunter

HOLLY-WOOD TV's "Charmed" star who took on "Dr. Giggles" on film

Holly Marie Combs

IF THEY MARRIED... If Ms. Hunter of "Broadcast News" married Rolling Stone Ron, she'd say hooray for this name

Holly Wood

HOMOPHONES Sacred & hallowed, or totally & completely

Holy/wholly

HOOK University of Texas cheerleader Harley Clark created the gesture known by this phrase

Hook 'em Horns

HODGEPODGE This unit used to measure the power of engines is equal to 746 watts

Horsepower

HOLLYWOOD TO BROADWAY In 2009 the entire cast of "A Steady Rain" was Daniel Craig & this Australian as Chicago cops

Hugh Jackman

HODGEPODGE The fundamental cause of this 1337-1453 conflict was England's possession of the Fief of Guienne

Hundred Years' War

HOMELANDS Bela lives on central Europe's largest lake, Balaton, in this country

Hungary

I AM LEGEND The name of this multi-headed water serpent means "water serpent"

Hydra

HOW AM "I" DOING? In 1981 this company introduced its first home computer, the PC

IBM

HORSES In "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", he rides Gunpowder during his encounter with the Headless Horseman

Ichabod Crane

I DUNNO Shakespeare wrote, "There is no darkness but" this; having it "of the law is no excuse"

Ignorance

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES Not surprisingly in 1892, this state became the first to make Lincoln's birthday a legal holiday

Illinois

ILLINOIS, IOWA OR INDIANA Rockford is its third-largest city

Illinois

HOT MOVIES Poitier & Steiger made sparks fly in this '67 Oscar winner

In the Heat of the Night

I SAY, HERMIONE At age 19 in 1925, Hermione Bulwer-Lytton was acting vicereine of this country

India

ILLINOIS, IOWA OR INDIANA In area, it's the smallest mainland state west of the Appalachian Mountains

Indiana

ILLINOIS, IOWA OR INDIANA The city of East Chicago is located there

Indiana

ILLINOIS, IOWA OR INDIANA One of the world's largest tractor factories can be found in this state's city of Waterloo

Iowa

ILLINOIS, IOWA OR INDIANA The Diamond Lady, the first of this state's riverboat casinos, launched from Bettendorf in 1991

Iowa

I MADE IT THROUGH THE REIGN Fath Ali Shah ruled this country from 1797 to 1834 & led it in disastrous wars against Russia

Iran

HUNGER GAMES "Ryori No Tetsujin" is the original title of this Japanese import

Iron Chef

HOLIDAYS In this religion, Ashura is a simple fast for Sunnis but a day of guilt & mortification for Shiites

Islam

HOLIDAYS 1 of 2 European countries that honor the martyred St. Lucia on December 13

Italy & Sweden

I WROTE THAT! "Ottsy i Deti", aka "Fathers and Sons"

Ivan Turgenev

HOWDY, PARTNER! 19th century printing partner of Nathaniel Currier

Ives

IF ANYONE ASKS It's said its other 56/100% is .28% carbonates, .11% alkali, & .17% mineral matter

Ivory Soap

I HAVE A QUESTION Act IV of this writer's 1904 play has the line"Do you believe in fairies?" (He didn't add "Yes!")

J.M. Barrie

HORRIFYINGLY REAL MOTHER GOOSE He "broke his crown", but Old Dame Dob just "patched his nob with vinegar and brown paper"

Jack

HOLLYWOULDN'T Warner Bros.' "Green Lantern" missed the green light after fan outcry over this "School of Rock" guy as the lead

Jack Black

HUD This onetime HUD secretary was also a Buffalo Bills QB, a N.Y. Congressman &--oh yeah--a 1996 VP candidate

Jack Kemp

I WRITE THE SONGS This singer-songwriter of "Doctor My Eyes" had a highly publicized breakup with Daryl Hannah in the early '90s

Jackson Browne

HOLE Now a major ski resort, this Wyoming valley was named for a beaver trapper

Jackson Hole

HOME COOKIN' Make this Creole dish with Spam & voila! You've got Spambalaya!

Jambalaya

HUMANITARIANS In 1931 this social reformer & Hull House founder was a co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

Jane Addams

I WROTE THAT! The beloved "Pride and Prejudice"

Jane Austen

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES Autumn brings Choyo-No-Sekku or Chrysanthemum Day in this country

Japan

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES The emperor's birthday, on April 29, has been a national holiday in this country for over half a century

Japan

I DON'T SPEAK... Nihongo ga Wakarimasen

Japanese

HUSBANDRY Beyonce married him in a secret ceremony in April 2008

Jay Z

I DON'T KNOW It's that French "I don't know what" expression for an indescribable quality

Je ne sais quoi

HOLIDAYS Several Southern states celebrate <u>hisu> June 3rd birthday instead of Lincoln's

Jefferson Davis

IF ANYONE ASKS Of Tommy Dorsey or Jimmy Dorsey, the one who played sax

Jimmy Dorsey

I LOVE CANDY This late actor was a part owner of the Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts

John Candy

HOLLYWOOD 90028 A street & a "Gulch" are named for this rancher who came to town in 1869

John Gower

I SEE TENNESSEE In 1925 he told a Tennessee court, "I feel that I have been convicted of violating an unjust statute"

John Scopes

I REMEMBER... ...the book by this author that ends, "And the music of the pearl drifted to a whisper and disappeared"

John Steinbeck

HOLIDAYS The people of San Juan, Puerto Rico lose their heads celebrating June 24, this saint's feast day

John the Baptist

HOLLYWOOD HODGEPODGE A West Hollywood nightclub called The Viper Room is co-owned by this star of "Edward Scissorhands"

Johnny Depp

HUD The Dept. of Housing & Urban Development's 1st secretary, Robert Weaver, joined this president's cabinet in 1966

Johnson

HUSBANDRY Life as Fergie knows it includes marriage to this star of "Life as we Know It"

Josh Duhamel

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

Journey

ICELANDIC HOTSPOTS An Icelandic volcano is the starting point for the explorations in this Jules Verne classic

Journey to the Center of the Eart

HOW THE WEST WAS SPUN This West Texas judge said, "I know the law...I am its greatest transgressor"

Judge Roy Bean

HOLLYWOOD QUOTES Christopher Plummer said, "Working with her is like being hit over the head with a Valentine's card."

Julie Andrews

IF THEY MARRIED... Actress Julie, nurse Dixie McCall on "Emergency!", falls for Lloyd's son Jeff & hyphenates her name to...

Julie London-Bridges

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES On this date Denmark's Rebild Park holds the largest foreign celebration of American independence

July 4

HOLLAND The Holland Herald is this airline's in-flight magazine

KLM (Royal Dutch)

HOLIDAY IN...? On holiday in this disputed territory where you'll find K2, you might be served Indian food one day & Pakistani the next

Kashmir

HOME OF THE CAVE Mammoth (the most mammoth one)--this state

Kentucky

I'M 18 & I LIKE IT This Toys "R" Us offshoot has 18 candles on its cake

Kids "R" Us

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES On June 11, the day that honors him, hundreds of leis are draped over his statue in front of Iolani Palace

King Kamehameha

ICONIC PENTAMETER "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child"

King Lear

HYPHENATES This newspaper chain that picked up 39 Pulitzers between 1980 & 1990 had a hyphenectomy in 1997

Knight-Ridder

I SEE TENNESSEE The structure seen here was built for the World's Fair held in this city

Knoxville

HUSBAND & WIFE SINGERS During the '70s, he & Rita Coolidge released 3 duet albums including "Full Moon"

Kris Kristofferson

HOW CAPITAL! This city on Honshu Island was once the capital of Japan, & its name means "capital city"

Kyoto

I WROTE THAT! As well as "The Road to Oz", "Queen Zixi of Ix"

L. Frank Baum

HUD SECRETARIES In 1966 this president chose Robert C. Weaver to be the first HUD Secretary

LBJ

HODGEPODGE The USA's largest independent maker of upholstered furniture, its name is synonymous with recliner

La-Z-Boy

HOME You can produce shapely wooden legs using this machine in which the piece is held, rotated & a tool applied to it

Lathe

HODGEPODGE In 1802 Napoleon instituted this award, France's highest

Legion of Honor

I AM A CAMERA This German company introduced the first precision miniature 35 mm camera in 1924

Leica

I THINK I LOVE YOU In "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe, she's the young woman the poet will see "nevermore"

Lenore

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES In Bulgaria, the week before this 40-day period is Cheese Week; during it, you finish all your cheese

Lent

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES Mardi Gras comes at the end of the carnival season & the beginning of this 40-day period

Lent

HOLY DAYS & OBSERVANCES This 40-day period of fasting & penitence begins on Ash Wednesday

Lent

HODGEPODGE The bright star Regulus represents the lion's foot in this constellation

Leo

HORRIFYINGLY REAL MOTHER GOOSE So ends the tail! She found her sheep "indeed, but it made her heart bleed, for they'd left all their tails behind 'em"

Little Bo Peep

HOLLYWOOD REMAKES This 1960 Jack Nicholson-Jonathan Haze movie was remade as a musical in 1986

Little Shop of Horrors

I LOVE CANDY It's a good ship for Shirley Temple, & a bad woods to get lost in while playing Candy Land

Lollipop

I MADE IT THROUGH THE REIGN For 164 years, 1610 to 1774, France was ruled by just 3 kings, all of this name

Louis

HOME BOYS Pelicans

Louisiana

ILLINOIS ME Before 1992, the last time Illinois voted for a Democrat in the presidential election was for this man in 1964

Lyndon Johnson

HONORING WHAT? The Maurice Podoloff Trophy:this NBA distinction

MVP (most valuable player)

HOME COOKIN' I need lots of "elbow" room when I cook up a big pot of these elbow-shaped noodles "and cheese"

Macaroni

ICONIC PENTAMETER "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand"

Macbeth

HODGEPODGE You'll often find Alfred E. Neuman on the cover of this magazine

Mad magazine

I REMEMBER... ...this second & more adorable Secretary of State in Clinton's cabinet

Madeleine Albright

HOLLYWOOD QUOTES Star of "She Done Him Wrong" who said, "I'm a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it."

Mae West

I DON'T KNOW "Reply hazy try again" seems to be this globular future predictor's way of saying "I don't know"

Magic 8-Ball

HORSES This thoroughbred who won 20 of his 21 races was nicknamed "Big Red"

Man O' War (Man of War accepted)

HUSBANDRY J. Lo wore $7 million worth of Neil Lane jewelry when she married hubby no. 3, this man

Marc Anthony

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES It makes sense that this is Irish-American heritage month

March

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES Celebration during which you might view the Mystic Krewe of Comos

Mardi Gras

I NEED AN M.D.! This frequent foil for the Marx Brothers was the goddaughter of author Joel Chandler Harris

Margaret Dumont

HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS In 1907 this American author of "Roughing It" received an honorary degree from Oxford

Mark Twain

HOWDY, PARTNER! In 1673, he & his exploring partner Joliet became the first Europeans to visit the area of Chicago

Marquette

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES In December Mexico's festival Las Posadas commemorates these 2 people's search for shelter

Mary & Joseph

IF THEY MARRIED... Mary, co-host of "E.T.", weds Watergate "Deep Throat" W. Mark & hyphenates to get this sincere name

Mary Hart-Felt

HUD SECRETARIES Moon Landrieu, HUD Secretary from 1979 to 1981, is the father of this current Louisiana senator

Mary Landrieu

HYPHENATES First drawn between 1763 & 1767, it was extended to present-day West Virginia in 1779

Mason-Dixon Line

I NEED AN M.D.! He was Bourne again in 2004, when he returned as Jason Bourne in "The Bourne Supremacy"

Matt Damon

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES The Thursday before Easter is known as Holy Thursday or this

Maundy Thursday

I GOT A CALDECOTT! If you wonder where the Caldecotts are, in 1964 the new one was with this author/illustrator

Maurice Sendak

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES Military bases are often open to the public on Armed Forces Day, the third Saturday of this month

May

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES In 1889 the 2nd Socialist International designated this day to honor the world's workers

May 1st

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES In 1889 this day was designated a labor holiday by the Second Socialist International

May Day

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES This spring festival sounds like a ship's distress call

May Day

ILLINOIS ME 14-year-old Orion Howe, a Civil War drummer boy from Waukegan, was awarded this high "honor" during that war

Medal of Honor

HOMOPHONES To interfere in someone's business, or an Olympic award

Meddle/Medal

I AM LEGEND The Gorgons, 3 monsters with women's bodies & snakes for hair, were the sisters Stheno, Euryale & her

Medusa

I'M A SPINELESS JELLYFISH A free-floating jellyfish is called this, also the name of a mythological snake-haired woman

Medusa

HOLLYWOOD QUOTES "I stare at life through fields of mayonnaise," which may have been how he came up with "Blazing Saddles"

Mel Brooks

HODGEPODGE The National Gallery of Victoria is in this Australian city, capital of the state of Victoria

Melbourne

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES This holiday began in 1868 when a general designated a day to adorn the graves of the Civil War dead

Memorial Day

HOT STUFF Forecasts on this planet called for highs of 800° F. & black skies due to lack of significant atmosphere

Mercury

HOW CAPITAL! There are many places to buy pesos in this capital's Benito Juarez Airport

Mexico City

HOW HEAVENLY! Wallace Langham appeared in this 1996 film that featured John Travolta's most "angelic" performance

Michael

I AM LEGEND In Roman myth, she's the goddess of wisdom & of the arts & sciences

Minerva

HOLD THE MAYO CLINIC The Mayo Clinic was started in Rochester in this state

Minnesota

HODGEPODGE I was disappointed that Miss Pluto & Miss Venus weren't contestants in this international pageant run by Donald Trump

Miss Universe

ILLINOIS ME Kaskaskia Island may be the only part of Illinois that lies west of this river

Mississippi River

I NEED AN M.D.! On an '80s TV series, Blair Brown showed us "The Days and Nights of" this character

Molly Dodd

I NEED AN M.D.! Remove all wire hangers from your closet before watching this 1981 Faye Dunaway film

Mommie Dearest

HODGEPODGE In 1505, Prince Jean the II was murdered by his brother Lucien in this tiny principality on the Riviera

Monaco

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES Traditionally, the annual Egg Roll on the White House lawn takes place on this day of the week

Monday

HODGEPODGE International Nurses Day is May 12; in 2013 it'll coincide with this other big day for caregivers

Mother's Day

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES If May Day falls on a Sunday, this holiday is the very next Sunday

Mother's Day

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES In 1915 President Wilson declared this holiday the second Sunday in May

Mother's Day

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES Jokingly, this May observance is said to fall nine months after Father's Night

Mother's Day

HODGEPODGE Phoenix, Arizona is in this time zone

Mountain

HORSING AROUND It's the proper term for getting on a horse; most riders do it from the horse's left

Mounting

HORSEY WORDS The logo seen here represents this model:(introduced by Ford in 1964)

Mustang

HOLLYWOOD REMAKES This waterlogged 1935 movie with Charles Laughton & Clark Gable was remade in 1962 & 1984

Mutiny on the Bounty

HOME COOKIN' By gosh, this singer seen here is famous for her By Gosh beef stew

Naomi Judd

HOTELS BY CITY Santa Lucia,Mediterraneo,Vesuvio

Naples

HODGEPODGE Some speculate that he may have been poisoned on St. Helena by arsenic in his wallpaper

Napoleon

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

Nate

HOMOPHONES Pertaining to a sailor, or to his belly button

Naval/navel

HOW CAN I HELP? Look for suspicious activity near home in this program, an initiative of the National Sheriffs' Association

Neighborhood Watch

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES You can tour old homes in this city's Garden District & French Quarter during its spring fiesta

New Orleans

HOME BOYS Knickerbockers

New York

I'LL HAVE THE BEEF The boneless top loin muscle is called Kansas City steak or by this name of the state

New York

HOMELANDS Yakubu used to send me e-mails from this country's old capital, Lagos

Nigeria

HORROR MOVIE SERIES BY CHARACTER Freddy Krueger

Nightmare on Elm Street

HUNTER S. THOMPSON In 1972's "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail", Thompson chronicled the campaigns of these 2 opponents

Nixon & McGovern

HOLLYWOOD'S MIDDLE INITIALS David Selznick

O.

HOLLYWOOD REMAKES This 1960 Rat Pack film was remade in 2001

Ocean's Eleven

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES United Nations Day falls on the anniversary of its founding, the 24th of this month

October

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES From June to August, the "Trail of Tears" drama is staged near Tahlequah in this state

Oklahoma

HYPHENATES In 1998 she remade her 1974 hit "I Honestly Love You"

Olivia Newton-John

HODGEPODGE His "War of the Worlds" broadcast, Sept. 30, 1938 had half of N.J. fleeing the Martians

Orson Welles

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER In 1998 this Mideast group got its status at the U.N. upgraded

PLO (Palestine Liberation Organizati

HODGEPODGE Newspaper is most often the basic ingredient for making this modeling material

Papier-mache

I WROTE THAT! The novel "The Prince of Tides" & the screenplay thereof

Pat Conroy

HUSBAND & WIFE SINGERS He may be an expert on "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover", but in 1992 he married singer Edie Brickell

Paul Simon

I WRITE THE SONGS Just 5'2", his stature is huge for writing "An Old Fashioned Love Song" & a theme for "The Love Boat"

Paul Williams

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES Flag Day is a legal holiday only in this state where Betsy Ross worked as a seamstress

Pennsylvania

I'M 18 & I LIKE IT This Texas senator turned Republican in 1983 & hasn't gone back

Phil Gramm

ICE HOCKEY City whose '74 & '75 NHL champs, the Flyers, were called the "Broad Street Bullies"

Philadelphia

HOLIDAY IN...? Holiday in this Asian capital to visit a former U.S. embassy & the killing fields of Choeung Ek

Phnom Penh

HORROR FILMS Face it, this nickname really sticks on Clive Barker's main demon from the "Hellraiser" films

Pinhead

HORSING AROUND This horse seen here shares its name with a bean & a car

Pinto

HOMOPHONES To braid one's hair, or a piece of tableware

Plait/plate

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES December 21st, Forefathers' Day, commemorates the 1620 landing here

Plymouth

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES This Christmas flower named for an American diplomat is honored on December 12

Poinsettia

I AM A CAMERA In 1947 this company introduced an instant camera that could deliver a finished print in 60 seconds

Polaroid

I DON'T SPEAK... Nie mowie po Polsku

Polish

IF YOU CAN'T SAY SOMETHING NICE Simon Cameron said "An honest" one of these "is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought"

Politician

HORSEY WORDS Ralph Lauren gained fame in the late '60s with this sporty menswear line

Polo

HUMOR It's defined as a tumble in which one lands on the buttocks

Pratfall

I READ THE NEWS TODAY Political theorist Nikolai Bukharin edited this "truthful" Soviet newspaper from 1917 to 1929

Pravda

HUSBAND & WIFE Queen Victoria exulted over her honeymoon night with him, "I never, never spent such an evening!!!"

Prince Albert

HOMOPHONES Ballet "Igor" or what you make from negatives

Prince/prints

HOMOPHONES The head of a high school, or a fundamental truth he or she believes in

Principal/principle

HORRORS! This 1960 Hitchcock classic was partly based on real-life murderer Ed Gein, who skinned his victims

Psycho

HUMOR Only a groan man should attempt this "lowest form of wit"

Pun

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES In Canada, the Monday before May 25th is a holiday named for this queen

Queen Victoria

HODGEPODGE In 1919 this company absorbed the Marconi Wireless Co. & got David Sarnoff with it

RCA

HOLLYWOOD HISTORY Studio founded in 1920s by the Radio Corporation of America & the Keith-Orpheum Theatre chain

RKO

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES Eid ul-Fitr marks the end of this month of fasting

Ramadan

HOLY DAYS & OBSERVANCES Id al-Fitr is a Muslim day of feasting immediately following this holy period

Ramadan

I GOT A CALDECOTT! The 1998 Paul O. Zelinsky book about this girl isn't a hair-raising tale, just the opposite!

Rapunzel

HOMOPHONES It can mean to have a strong offensive smell, or to cause something, like havoc

Reek/wreak

HODGEPODGE To play Milton Bradley's "Channel Surfing" you need one of these hand-held devices

Remote control

I WRITE THE SONGS We've got nothing but this for Otis Redding, who wrote the song, Aretha Franklin's first No. 1 hit

Respect

HORSE SENSE Count Casimir Pulaski led his own cavalry unit in this war

Revolutionary War

ICELANDIC HOTSPOTS Iceland's first settler, Ingolfur Arnarson, named this city "Smoky Bay" because of the hot springs there

Reykjavik

HOLLYWOOD HISTORY The 2 husbands of Elizabeth Taylor who starred opposite her in films for which she won Oscars

Richard Burton & Eddie Fisher

ICONIC PENTAMETER "I have set my life upon a cast, & I will stand the hazard of the die: I think there be six Richmonds in the field"

Richard III

I BEAT YOU Hubert Humphrey & then George McGovern

Richard Nixon

I PROMISED YOU THE ROSE GARDEN This president's daughter Tricia was married in the White House Rose Garden

Richard Nixon

HOME COOKIN' "Orange" you a gorgeous tart? I'm not being rude, that's a favorite treat of this celebrity seen here

Richard Simmons

HYPHENATES Ladies this Russian scored with include "The Snow Maiden" & "Scheherazade"

Rimsky-Korsakov

HOTELS BY CITY Sol Ipanema,Plaza Copacabana,Copacabana Palace

Rio de Janeiro

ICELANDIC HOTSPOTS Famous for his laboratory "burner", he also studied the volcanic rocks of Iceland's Mount Hekla

Robert Bunsen

HORROR FILMS This star of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" made his directorial debut with "976-EVIL"

Robert Englund

HOT TOPICS On Jan. 22, 1998 demonstrators on both sides marked the 25th anniversary of this Supreme Court ruling

Roe v. Wade

HUNTER S. THOMPSON Though he rarely contributed after the '70s, Thompson was listed as an editor at this magazine until his death in 2005

Rolling Stone

ICONIC PENTAMETER "See how she leans her cheek upon her hand! O that I were a glove upon that hand, that I might touch that cheek"

Romeo & Juliet

ICELANDIC HOTSPOTS These 2 world leaders met in Iceland in 1986 to ease the heat generated by the Cold War

Ronald Reagan & Mikhail Gorbachev

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES This Jewish holiday that celebrates the new year occurs in the fall before Yom Kippur

Rosh Hashanah

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES The Jewish 10 Days of Penitence begin & end on these two holy days

Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur

IF THEY MARRIED... Comedienne O'Donnell weds 76ers head coach Maurice & is all aglow with this name

Rosie Cheeks

I REMEMBER TELEVISION I remember this 1960-64 show with Tod & Buz cruising the U.S. (actually, I remember the theme better)

Route 66

HORSEMEN It's the federal police force of Canada

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

HURRY UP! Geddy Lee is the lead singer of this trio from Toronto

Rush

HUSBANDRY Katy Perry wed this British comic in India in 2010

Russell Brand

I LOVE YOU GUYS Ya vas lyublyu

Russian

HOLD IT Gunny comes from the Sanskrit for this container, so it's redundant when followed by it

Sack

HORSEY WORDS The stamp, seen here, celebrates '50s teen fashion with these items of apparel

Saddle shoes

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES A miss, hoping to be a mrs., might want to observe this November holiday created by Al Capp

Sadie Hawkins Day

HOLIDAYS This November day on which girls court boys comes from the comic strip "Li'l Abner"

Sadie Hawkins Day

HOLY CROSS According to tradition, this apostle was crucified on an X-shaped cross, hence the X on the Scottish flag

Saint Andrew

HOLLYWOOD QUOTES Movie mogul famed for statements like "He has warmth & charmth" & "It rolls off my back like a duck"

Sam Goldwyn

HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS Boswell recorded that this man received an honorary doctorate from Trinity College in 1765

Samuel Johnson

HODGEPODGE One of the first cable cars from 1873 sits on a pedestal in this California city's Cable Car Museum

San Francisco

HOLIDAYS September 3 commemorates the founding of all 24 square miles of this republic within Italy

San Marino

HOW 'BOUT THEM DODGERS? This lefty with a blazing fastball led the Dodgers to 2 World Series titles in the 1960s

Sandy Koufax

HOT WATER It's the word for a burn of any degree caused by hot water

Scald

HOLLYWOOD QUOTES Vivien Leigh said of this role, "I knew it was a marvelous part, but I never cared for her"

Scarlett O'Hara

HOW'S THE SCREENPLAY GOING, STEVE? Steven Zaillian said hello to both Oscar & Oskar in penning this 1993 film set in WWII Poland

Schindler's List

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES Mother's Day is in May; Father's Day is in June; and Grandparent's Day is in this month

September

HOT SPOTS 122 degrees must have melted the stripes off the barber poles in this Spanish city August 4, 1881

Seville

HOW HEAVENLY! This Scottish-born singer's "Angel Touch" dolls aren't "For Your Eyes Only"; anyone can buy them from QVC

Sheena Easton

I HAVE A QUESTION In 1821 he wrote mournfully,"Where was lorn Urania when Adonais died?"

Shelley

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

Sherlock Holmes

I'M A SPINELESS JELLYFISH A lion's mane jellyfish is the means of death in a 1926 story featuring this British detective

Sherlock Holmes

HOWDY, PARTNER! He partnered with Edward Williams in 1866 to "Cover the Earth" with paint

Sherwin

HOME Perhaps from the Latin for "split", it's a thin piece of asphalt laid in overlapping rows to cover a roof

Shingle

HOUSES OF WORSHIP Hie Jinja, dedicated to Oyamakui no Kami, is a Tokyo shrine of this religion

Shinto

HOLLYWOOD HISTORY Charles Black was dropped from the Social Register for marrying this ex-child star in 1950

Shirley Temple

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES Ecuador & Venezuela observe the birth of this "George Washington of South America" each July 24

Simon Bolivar

HORRIFYINGLY REAL MOTHER GOOSE It was post-pie revenge later in this rhyme when "down came a blackbird and snapped off" a maid's nose!

Sing A Song Of Sixpence

HUMOR Stout Shakespearean character "Not only witty myself; but the cause that wit is in other men"

Sir John Falstaff

HOLLYWOOD HISTORY He said, "The best films are best because of nobody but the director" - before he made "Pirates"

Sir Roman Polanski

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES National Freedom Day, February 1, celebrates the 13th Amendment, which abolished this

Slavery

I'M A WHEEL WATCHER Falling victim to a curse, this fairy tale maiden pricks her finger on a spinning-wheel spindle

Sleeping Beauty

HOMELANDS Gustav lives in Bratislava, this country's capital

Slovakia

I PREDICT "SNOW" A woman raised in Greenland is an expert on all things icy in this 1993 novel by Danish author Peter Hoeg

Smilla's Sense of Snow

I GOT A CALDECOTT! 1948's & '49's books had this weather condition in their titles; Roger Duvoisin's was "White" & "Bright"; the Haders', "Big"

Snow

I PREDICT "SNOW" In 1983 her ride at Disneyland got the word "Scary" added to its name

Snow White

HORRIFYINGLY REAL MOTHER GOOSE "Died on Saturday, buried on Sunday, this is the end of" this guy; 'night, kids! Sweet dreams!

Solomon Grundy

HOT MOVIES The male stars tested their disguises for this '59 film by visiting studio ladies' room

Some Like it Hot

HOW CONTINENTAL! A waterfall on this continent has the longest drop in the world, 3,212 feet

South America

HOME BOYS Palmettos

South Carolina

HURRY UP! First name of an animated Alka-Seltzer spokesman or an animated cartoon mouse

Speedy

HOMONYMS Olympic swimmer, or what a tobacco chewer does into a spittoon

Spitz (spits)

HUNTER S. THOMPSON Thompson's best known work, "Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas" grew out of an assignment in this athletic magazine in 1971

Sports Illustrated

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES Lost this saint of Padua's feast day? It can be found on June 13

St. Anthony

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES The conversion of this "Apostle of the Gentiles" on January 25 is a major Episcopal holy day

St. Paul

HODGEPODGE It's believed that the first pope is buried under this building

St. Peter's Cathedral

I READ THE NEWS TODAY Florida's highest circulation newspaper is this Gulf Coast city's Times, with about 350,000 daily copies sold

St. Petersburg

HODGEPODGE Some romantics really lose their heads on the day named for this saint who was probably beheaded

St. Valentine

HOLIDAYS Though we "love" his "day", he's been taken off calendar of saints

St. Valentine

HORSEY WORDS Steadfast, or unchanging, like a patient's condition

Stable

HOT WATER Last name of twin brothers Francis & Freelan who manufactured steam-driven cars

Stanley

HOW 'BOUT THEM DODGERS? Nicknamed "Mr. Clean", this Dodger first baseman made 8 straight all-star teams from 1974 to 1981

Steve Garvey

HOW'S THE SCREENPLAY GOING, STEVE? This star of "Roxanne" is also credited with the screenplay but he generously cites Edmond Rostand as his inspiration

Steve Martin

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER The "list" of this director's awards includes Germany's National Medal of Merit given in 1998

Steven Spielberg

HOLE Dating from 3000 B.C., the Aubrey holes are a series of burial pits found near this English megalithic site

Stonehenge

HOMOPHONES Uncurved, or a narrow passage of water

Straight/strait

HOLLYWOOD 90028 The Alto Nido Apartments on Ivar were William Holden's home in this movie named for a nearby street

Sunset Boulevard

HOMOPHONES A Proust character, or a ballet lake

Swann/Swan

HOMELANDS Joonas used to live in Goteborg, the second-largest city in this country

Sweden

I LOVE YOU GUYS Jag alskar dig

Swedish

HURRY UP! No use in fasting when the Butterball turkey this company introduced in 1954 is set before you

Swift

HOLE The holes in this Reuben sandwich ingredient are technically called "eyes"

Swiss cheese

HOUSES OF WORSHIP The oldest of these buildings in America was built in 1763 by Isaac Touro's Newport, R.I. congregation

Synagogue

HOLLYWOOD'S MIDDLE INITIALS Craig Nelson

T.

I AM A CAMERA Patented around 1938, Vladimir Zworykin's iconoscope was the first practical one of these

TV camera

I DUNNO This phrase for a mind with no empirical knowledge is Latin for "scraped tablet"

Tabula rasa

HORSE BREEDS Missouri has a fox-trotting horse & this state has a walking horse

Tennessee

I LOVE CANDY "Hard Candy" was a 1954 collection of short stories by this "Rose Tattoo" playwright

Tennessee Williams

HORSEMEN A baseball team is named for this noted group of riders that dates back to the 1830s

Texas Rangers

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES Canadians observe it the second Monday in October; we celebrate it on a Thursday in November

Thanksgiving

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES This day of prayer & celebration was first decreed by Gov. William Bradford inn 1621

Thanksgiving

HORRORS! You won't find this hook-handed slasher of a 1992 film taking a sunrise & sprinkling it with dew

The Candyman

HOLD ME CLOSER, TONY DANZA Tony was so adept in his first primate movie, "Going Ape!", he was teamed up again with one in the sequel to this 1981 racing flick

The Cannonball Run

I REMEMBER TELEVISION I remember this variety show that signed off with "I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together" from 1967 to 1978

The Carol Burnett Show

HODGEPODGE In 1779 this Virginia college became the 1st in the U.S. to offer professional training in law

The College of William and Mary

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES "I paid 50 cents to see the elephant jump the fence; he jumped so high, he touched the sky and didn't come back til'" then

The Fourth of July

ILLINOIS ME This Illinois event lasted 27 hours, killed 250 people & destroyed 17,450 buildings

The Great Chicago Fire

IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK Tourists come to see me at Santa Maria Della Grazie because of this mural Leonardo painted on me

The Last Supper

HOT MOVIES 1st movie that newlyweds Newman & Woodward made together

The Long Hot Summer

I DUNNO In the Iran-Contra affair, George Bush was "out of" this, like a Chicago suburbanite

The Loop

I LOVE A MOZART OPERA This 1791 work is considered the greatest example in music history of the Zauberoper, or "magic opera"

The Magic Flute

IF THEY WERE MUSICALS... Songs from this TV show would highlight the adaptation "Shirley and the Amazing Technicolor School Bus"

The Partridge Family

I PREDICT "SNOW" Some say that Ernest Hemingway considered this 1936 tale his finest story

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

HOP ON POP CULTURE Meadow's dad had her boyfriend Jackie whacked on this show; A.J. had a pretty rough time, too

The Sopranos

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER Ralph Lauren donated $13 million to the Smithsonian, with most of it going to restore this piece of cloth

The Star-Spangled Banner

I'M 18 & I LIKE IT "(She's) Sexy And Seventeen" by this group is now 18(who'd-a-thunk?)

The Stray Cats

HOLLYWOOD REMAKES This 1974 Walter Matthau-Robert Shaw movie came through the station again in 2009

The Taking of Pelham One Two Thre

HORROR MOVIE SERIES BY CHARACTER Leatherface

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

HOT MOVIES Irwin Allen's tall tale that went up in smoke

The Towering Inferno

I SAY, HERMIONE Hermione suffers from the jealousy of her husband Leontes in this late Shakespeare play

The Winter's Tale

I AM CURIOUS "YELLOW" Drawn by R.F. Outcault, this hero of the first true newspaper comic strip debuted on May 5, 1895

The Yellow Kid

ILLINOIS ME Known as the "Second City", Chicago actually ranks in this position by population in the U.S.

Third

HOLD THE MAYO CLINIC In 1914 Mayo isolated the pure hormone thyroxin, made by this gland

Thyroid gland

HOT SPOTS Named by Magellan for fires blazing on shore, it's South America's stormy southern tip

Tierra del Fuego

I WROTE THAT! The thriller "Patriot Games"

Tom Clancy

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES Each May this small Arizona community celebrates Wyatt Earp Days

Tombstone

HOW 'BOUT THEM DODGERS? Walter Alston managed the Dodgers for 23 years; this successor, for 20

Tommy Lasorda

HOLD ME CLOSER, TONY DANZA Quick! It was the first name of Tony's character on "Taxi"

Tony

HUNGER GAMES An "All Stars" version of this Bravo cooking show brought back 18 contestants who'd almost won in past seasons

Top Chef

HOW'S THE SCREENPLAY GOING, STEVE? Stephen Gaghan wrote this 2000 Michael Douglas film about the effects of the international trade in narcotics

Traffic

I HAVE THE WINE Tarnave, the oldest wine region in this ex-Romanian province, is big on white wine; you'd think it would only do blood reds

Transylvania

I LOVE A MOZART OPERA Ilia, the daughter of King Priam, is a captive princess in "Idomeneo", set just after this war

Trojan War

HUSBANDRY Anna Paquin & Stephen Moyer have been a couple on this show & in real life, marrying in 2010

True Blood

IF THEY MARRIED... Actress Tuesday says bravo to this hyphenated name after marrying journalist & author Dominick

Tuesday Weld-Dunne

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES Also the title of a Shakespeare comedy, it's when the Magi arrived to adore the baby Jesus

Twelfth Night

HOLIDAY IN...? An active holiday in this European nation might begin with becoming radioactive in its Kiev Reservoir region

Ukraine

HOLIDAYS "(Hi, I'm Chuck Woolery) You can send a card to your sweetheart or anyone in your 4th grade class on this February holiday"

Valentine's Day

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES It's the No. 1 day for fresh-cut flower sales

Valentine's Day

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES The old English belief that birds select their mates on a certain day may have given rise to this holiday

Valentine's Day

HOOKED ON PHOENIX The city of Phoenix lies in the huge sprawling Valley of this

Valley of the Sun

HOLLYWOOD QUOTES Life quoted her, "It's not the most intellectual job in the world, but I do have to know the letters"

Vanna White

I LOVE A MOZART OPERA Appropriately, this Roman goddess oversees the love life of her grandson in Mozart's opera "Ascanio in Alba"

Venus

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES Bennington Battle Day, August 16th, is a legal holiday in this New England state

Vermont

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES The two U.S. federal holidays in November on which there is no mail delivery

Veterans Day & Thanksgiving

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES Across the pond, Commonwealth Day was originally established on May 24, the birthday of this 19th century queen

Victoria

HOTELS BY CITY Sacher,Imperial,Pension Wiener

Vienna

HOUSES OF WORSHIP Wooden stave churches of Norway were built by these seafarers using shipbuilding techniques

Vikings

IF THEY MARRIED... Singer Vikki thinks "it must be him" of English dramatist Harold & hyphenates her name to become...

Vikki Carr-Pinter

HONEST AL TREBEK'S USED CARS Never mind this carmaker's Jetta--I see you top down, stone cold chillin' in its model called the Thing

Volkswagen

HOME OF THE CAVE Dan yr Ogof--this U.K. division

Wales

HUMANITARIANS He began studying yellow fever in 1897, 3 years prior to being appointed to a commission to find its cause

Walter Reed

HOT SPOTS Its foundation for polio victims was founded by FDR, who died here

Warm Springs, Georgia

HOME Useful in bolting, they're the "screwy" companions seen here

Washers

HOTELS BY CITY Loew's l'Enfant Plaza,Hay-Adams,Watergate

Washington, D.C.

HOT WATER If you never run out of hot water, you might lower the setting of this household device to save energy

Water heater

ICE HOCKEY Edmonton struck oil when they signed him in 1978 at age 17

Wayne Gretzky

I LOVE YOU GUYS Yr wyf i'n dy garu di

Welsh

HODGEPODGE Nickname of the team that won the 1997 NCAA men's basketball title

Wildcats

IF THEY MARRIED... 80s singer Kim ("Kids In America") forms a duo with Daryl Hall's singer partner & sows this hyphenated name

Wilde-Oates

I BEAT YOU William Jennings Bryan (twice)

William McKinley

HODGEPODGE Queen Matilda, the wife of this Norman conqueror, was just 4' 2" tall

William the Conqueror

I LOVE CANDY The "Candy Man" Sammy sang about was this one played by Gene Wilder

Willy Wonka

HYPHENATES It's the seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina

Winston-Salem

HOLIDAYS Festivals in Dutch-American communities are highlighted by Klompen Dances, named for these

Wooden Shoes

HOMOPHONES Take note, it can mean to jot down, or a religious ceremony

Write/rite

I AM CURIOUS "YELLOW" In 1970 it became the first & only incorporated city in Canada's Northwest Territories

Yelllowknife

I AM CURIOUS "YELLOW" This North American woodpecker lives on the east coast but flies to Central America for the winter

Yellow-bellied sapsucker

I AM CURIOUS "YELLOW" Its headquarters are located in Mammoth Hot Springs

Yellowstone National Park

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES It's the Jewish Day of Atonement

Yom Kippur

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES This Jewish holiday marks the end of the 10 days of penitence that begins with Rosh Hashanah

Yom Kippur

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES This Jewish observance marks the end of 10 days of penitence

Yom Kippur

HOLY DAYS & OBSERVANCES It's the Jewish day of atonement

Yom Kippur

HONEST AL TREBEK'S USED CARS This import had its U.S. debut in 1985 at $3,990, but its home country got split up later, so I'll let it go for a cool grand

Yugo

HONEST AL TREBEK'S USED CARS Yes, this American Motors car shares its name with a WWII engine trouble-causing imp... what, no sale?

a Gremlin

HYBRID POODLES A pomapoo

a Pomeranian

HOTEL NAMES According to Andy Griffith, "Everything's good that sits on" this cracker

a Ritz

I'D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE In 1981 James G. Nourse wrote the bestseller "The Simple Solution to" this puzzling toy phenomenon

a Rubik's Cube

HYBRID POODLES A poogle

a beagle

HOME FURNISHINGS Four-poster is a type of this, sometimes with a canopy

a bed

I'LL HAVE THE BEEF It's a cross between the American bison & cattle, the beef strain being dominant

a beefalo

I FEEL A BIT "ILL" A soldier's lodging place

a billet

I NEED A "BREAK" In ice hockey, it's when a player with the puck moves in alone on the goalie

a breakaway

I NEED A "BREAK" These days a home's fuse box usually holds these, not fuses; go ahead & reset it, honey!

a circuit breaker

HOW DO YOU WORK THIS THING? Put the point at the center of the desired circle & swing the pencil around it

a compass

HYDRO LOGICAL The main source of thermal pollution is water that's been used industrially as this

a coolant

HOLY CROSS In an 1896 speech while running for president, William Jennings Bryan said, "You shall not crucify mankind upon" this

a cross of gold

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES In 1223 St. Francis of Assisi famously celebrated Christmas by setting up one of these displays in Greccio, Italy

a crèche (or a nativity scene)

I HAVE A QUESTION Macbeth asks, "Is this" this "which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?"

a dagger

HODGEPODGE You might do the funky chicken or the fox trot at one of these endurance contests for couples

a dance-a-thon (or a dance marathon)

HOOKUPS A drain hose on this, such as a Kenmore, may connect to an inlet on the garbage disposal unit

a dishwasher

HODGEPODGE It sounds rude, but this 5-letter word is the correct term for a ventriloquist's puppet

a dummy

HORSES It's a projection with a tuft of hair on the back of a horse's leg just above the hoof

a fetlock

I'M A WHEEL WATCHER Numerical term for a superfluous person; it could apply on a double date

a fifth wheel

HOOK A hook & ladder is another way of referring to this type of conveyance

a fire truck

HYBRID POODLES A goldendoodle

a golden retriever

HORSES Based on the width of a man's palm, this unit is used to measure a horse's height

a hand

HORSES Of a senator, Civil War hero, or horse, identity of the Justin Morgan for whom the Morgan is named

a horse

HYPO-POURRI One who fears that he is suffering from a major undetected disease, despite medical evidence to the contrary

a hypochondriac

I'D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE These puzzles bear the name of the tool that's used to cut up & make them

a jigsaw

HOW WAS SCHOOL TODAY? By 7-2 we agreed with the Supreme Court in Ring v. Arizona that only this group can impose the death penalty

a jury

I BELIEVE <em class="underline">WEBS "n... an Eskimo canoe made of a frame covered usu. with sealskin except for a small opening in the center"

a kayak

HUMAN VISION Snooty specs on a stick

a lorgnette

HOLLYWOOD 90028 Musso & Frank's, Hollywood's oldest restaurant, is renowned for this "dry" vermouth cocktail

a martini

HODGEPODGE Hey, Bullwinkle! On Aug. 16, 2001, one of these large deer took a dip in a swimming pool near Spokane

a moose

HORSE SENSE Overo & Tobiano are 2 major color patterns of this breed that's not available from Sherwin-Williams

a paint (or pinto)

HORSES The name of this spotted horse comes from the Spanish word for "painted"

a pinto

HOW DO YOU WORK THIS THING? Hammer it into a crack in the rock & clip a carabiner to its eye through which to run rope

a piton

HOW TO MAKE A VEGETABLE STEW Cut up this tuber that was native to South America before becoming a major crop in Europe at the end of the 17th c.

a potato

I'M A WHEEL WATCHER In Tibetan Buddhism, one of these objects is inscribed with mantras & always rotated clockwise

a prayer wheel

I HAVE THE WINE For its colour & the band that once recorded there, Chateau Miraval calls a wine of this type "Pink Floyd"

a rosé

HYBRID POODLES A schnoodle

a schnauzer

I'LL HAVE THE BEEF You're not ordering a prison weapon; it's this front leg of beef that requires braising

a shank

HYBRID POODLES A shih-poo

a shih tzu

I FEEL A BIT "ILL" A small frying pan

a skillet

I PREDICT "SNOW" Bonhomme, the symbol of Quebec's winter carnival, is a cute one of these

a snowman

I FEEL A BIT "ILL" An illegal device for making moonshine

a still

HODGEPODGE Of Italy's president, a style of pasta, or a brand of motor scooter, what tagliatelle is

a style of pasta

I FORGET On May 14, 2001 Lynn Harrell left his $4 million cello in one of these, but got it back thanks to Mohamed Ibrahim

a taxicab

I FEEL A BIT "ILL" A sudden wave of high emotion or excitement

a thrill

HODGEPODGE In 1989 accidents on this exercise apparatus "bounced" nearly 16,000 people to the hospital

a trampoline

I PROMISED YOU THE ROSE GARDEN If the prospective "pardonee" one of these can't fulfill his duties at an annual Rose Garden event, an alternate is ready

a turkey

I HAVE ISSUES I'm so fanatical, I've been called this, named for a Judean sect that battled Rome

a zealot

HOME SWEET HOME This movie star couple's Pickfair estate included canoe ponds & a stable

acupuncture

HODGEPODGE Name shared by a clay & straw brick home & a Photoshop maker

adobe

I WANT "A_E" Newcastle is a popular brand of brown this

ale

HOOKED ON HOMOPHONICS An adjective being permitted, or an adverb meaning communicated vocally

allowed / aloud

IF ANYONE ASKS It's short for "and per se and", which means "this character by itself is the word 'and'"

ampersand

HOLLYWOOD HISTORY Actor Emil Jannings was the very 1st person to get 1 of these objects designed by Cedric Gibbons

an Oscar

HOPE "U" CAN MAKE IT Irish name for a long, loose Irish overcoat

an Ulster

HOW DO YOU WORK THIS THING? To add 14 to another number, shift 4 beads on the 1s wire & 1 bead on the 10s wire

an abacus

I WANT "A_E" It's a hidden advantage you keep "up your sleeve"

an ace

HOW'S IT "HANG"ING? A shed for your Cessna

an airplane hangar

HORSES Some breeders use this term to describe any white horse, whether lacking pigment or not

an albino

HOME SWEET HOME Her Silver Spring, Maryland home where she wrote "Silent Spring", is now a national landmark

an anesthesiologist

I HAVE THE WINE A chemical called resveratrol acts as this to protect cells from free radicals--if you drink 15 gallons of red wine a day

an antioxidant

I WANT "A_E" Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" ends with the sound of this striking a tree

an axe

HOW AM "I" DOING? "Kick the bucket" is an example of this type of expression

an idiom

HOME SWEET HOME Notables who have called this NYC apartment building home include Judy Garland, John Lennon & Lauren Bacall

an incubation chamber

HUMAN VISION You have to keep an eye on this M.D.

an opthamologist

HOME SWEET HOME His home was a castle in San Simeon, Calif. complete with indoor & outdoor pools & a private airstrip

an x-ray

I BEFORE E, AFTER C Adjective meaning time long past, especially before the end of the Western Roman Empire

ancient

I WANT "A_E" It can also mean to mimic, ya big hairy...

ape

HOMOPHONIC PAIRS You could see these if your mother's sister showed you her tiny insect "farm" under glass

aunt's ants

HONORING WHAT? The Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy:service of value to this in the United States

aviation

I WANT "A_E" The military strategy used in the early days of the Iraq War was known as shock & this

awe

ICE CREAM In soda fountain jargon, a "house boat" is this type of ice cream concoction

banana split

HOMOPHONES A ballet dancer's exercise equipment, or a place for a drinker to belly up

barre/bar

HOMOPHONES Lies in the sun, or people who live in the Pyrenees

basks/Basques

HOW DO YOU... Die, become covered with mud, wait thousands of years & petrify

become a fossil

I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU Neil Gaiman wrote, "Now slip, now slide, now move unseen, above, beneath, betwixt," this

between

I HAVE ISSUES I'm an onychophagist, which means I do this, so you're safe--only my manicure is not

bite your nails

HOMOPHONIC PAIRS While some large rocks might be brave, this one is even braver

bolder boulder

I HAVE THE WINE Some call it aroma, some, nose; we prefer this "flowery" term for a wine's fragrance

bouquet

I NEED A "BREAK" To an actor, this menacing phrase actually expresses hopes for success

break a leg

I NEED A "BREAK" You should've seen my spinning headstand in this style that emerged in the '70s

breakdancing

HOME FURNISHINGS By definition, this type of china cabinet has a slightly projecting middle section

breakfront

HOW TO MAKE A VEGETABLE STEW Toss in some florets of this vegetable whose name comes from the Italian

broccoli

HOUSEPLANTS Like Spanish moss & pineapple, Earth Star & air plant are in this family of attractive tropical plants

bromeliads

HORSES A yellowish horse with a black mane & tail, or the hide of a male deer

buckskin

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES During the Fiesta de San Fermin, these animals run through the streets

bulls

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES In the Fiesta de San Fermin at Pamplona, Spain, these animals are driven thru the streets

bulls

HOMOPHONES Kissed, or a head-to-shoulders sculpture

bussed/bust

I BELIEVE <em class="underline">WEBS "conj... 1 a: except for the fact--used to introduce a dependent clause"

but

HOW'D THEY DIE? Tennessee Williams

by choking on a pill-bottle cap

HOW'D THEY DIE? Maximilien Robsepierre

by guillotine

HOUSEPLANTS Unlike many plants, these, which include the barrel & snowball types, prefer to get completely dry

cacti

HORS D'OEUVRES Ideally, this type of small appetizer served on toast or crackers should be small enough to eat in 1 bite

canapé

HOW TO MAKE A VEGETABLE STEW Use a bunch of these orange taproots, rich in provitamin A

carrots

HOW WAS SCHOOL TODAY? For the school play, this process of choosing actors & assigning parts started--I hope they pick me!

casting

HOW TO MAKE A VEGETABLE STEW Use a few green stalks of this, which is a good dip scoop & is also the log in an "ant"sy snack

celery

I LOVE A MOZART OPERA A toast to Mozart's "Don Giovanni", which features an aria nicknamed for this bubbly beverage

champagne

I AM YOUR LEADER As Germany's head of government, I hold this title, not president

chancellor

HOMOPHONES Ran after someone, or pure & virginal

chased/chaste

HOLLAND The hat colors of porters of this food product at the Alkmaar Market indicate the guild they work for

cheese

I'D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE The Knight's Tour & 8 Queens are logic puzzles using this game's board & its pieces

chess

HORSE SENSE Among trees, the Aesculus hippocastanum is the common horse this

chestnut

I PITY DA FOOD! Cook boneless this fowl until the internal temp is 179 degrees; that's a rough day for a capon

chicken

HODGEPODGE USDA meat grade between prime & good

choice

HOMOPHONES Quote an authority, or catch a glimpse of something

cite/sight

HORSES The small Welsh pony was bred to work in the confined spaces of these

coal mines

I REMEMBER... ...my friend Birkir telling me that Iceland's No. 1 export is the frozen type of this fish

cod

HUMAN VISION People with this deficiency can't get mad and see red

colorblindness

HONORING WHAT? The Eisner & Kirby Awards:for these printed items

comics

HONORING WHAT? Clio Awards:for these seen on TV

commercials

HOW ODD! This insect, the Musca domestica, can become a great-grandmother in only 60 days

common housefly

HOW IT'S DONE Pile up garbage & lawn clippings at least 3' x 3'; let sit a few months, turning every 4-6 weeks, before using

composting

HUMAN VISION These were first made in 1887 by German physiologist A.E. Fick

contact lenses

I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU It means against, & is also a prefix found before -diction

contra

HOMOPHONES A ballet ensemble, or an apple center

corps/core

HOMOPHONIC PAIRS A shy Japanese carp

coy koi

HOW CAN I HELP? Wield your "Stop" paddle with authority as one of these outside a school

crossing guard

HOW'D THEY DIE? The Wicked Witch of the East

crushed by a house

HOUSEHOLD HINTS Heavy starching of braided rugs will keep ends from doing this

curling

HOMOPHONIC PAIRS A beloved doe

dear deer

HOW DO YOU WORK THIS THING? Place the electric pads to the chest, press down, yell "Clear!" & hit the button

defibrillator

HOW DO YOU WORK THIS THING? Wind 12-18" of it around your index fingers, slip it between 2 teeth to the gum & scrape both sides

dental floss

HOW ODD! It's the only precious gem composed of only one element

diamond (carbon)

HODGEPODGE The name of this certificate conferring a degree is from the Greek for "folded paper"

diploma

HORROR FILMS "Christine" was a car, "Carrie" a girl & "Cujo" one of these

dog

HORSES Suffolk, Shire, & Clydesdale breeds are this type of horse whose name means "pulling"

draft horses

HOMOPHONIC PAIRS A gun or sword fight between 2 pairs of people

dual duel

HOMOPHONES It can be a permanent coloring, or a cube with dots--roll again

dye/die

I MADE IT THROUGH THE REIGN Franz Joseph got plenty of new clothes when he ruled Austria for 68 years with this loftier title than king

emperor

HYDRO LOGICAL It's the process by which water goes from a liquid to a gas

evaporation

HOUSEHOLD HINTS To save pennies at the supermarket, avoid buying products displayed on shelves at this level

eye level

HUMAN VISION Called hyperopia, it's the opposite of myopia

farsightedness

HOMOPHONES A young deer, or a half-man, half-goat deity

fawn/faun

I'M A WHEEL WATCHER About 500' high, Singapore's "The Flyer" is one of the world's tallest of these amusement park rides

ferris wheel

HODGEPODGE In photography, these lens attachments include polarizing, star & neutral density

filters

HONORING WHAT? The Bulwer-Lytton contest:the worst this for a novel

first line

HOMOPHONES Run away from a tiny circus bug

flee/flea

HORSES During their first year, both male & female horses are referred to by this term

foal

HOW DO YOU... From bottom to top, then from bottom to top again, then into triangles starting at the end with the stripes

fold an American flag

HUNGER GAMES Meals on wheels, indeed! Teams competed in a coast-to-coast culinary battle in a great race of these

food trucks

I BELIEVE <em class="underline">WEBS "vt 1 archaic: to plan ahead... 2 a...to predict (weather conditions)"

forecast

HODGEPODGE In Greek mythology dryads were nymphs who lived here

forest

HOOK Used on fishing boats, this long pole with an iron hook is a homophone of a social blunder

gaff

ICELANDIC HOTSPOTS A famous hot spring of southern Iceland gave us this term for a steaming hot spring

geyser

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

glue

HUNTER S. THOMPSON Thompson created this highly personal style of journalism that shares its name with a muppet

gonzo

I'LL HAVE THE BEEF 2-word rhyming name for the finely chopped section of the hind leg of beef extending from rump to ankle

ground round

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES Bears, badgers & this mammal have been known to predict the weather on Candlemas, February 2

groundhog

HOW THE WEST WAS SPUN Of this incident, Wyatt Earp remarked, "were it to be done again, I would do it exactly as I did it at the time"

gunfight at the O.K. Corral (shootou

I BELIEVE <em class="underline">WEBS "adj... 2 b: happy, golden" as in (this) era or the (this) days of youth

halcyon

HOW'S IT "HANG"ING? Banned for decades in East Berlin, these recreational transports are now legal & soaring

hang gliders

HOW'S IT "HANG"ING? (Sofia of the Clue Crew) It's the 2-word slangier way of saying "have all pedal digits off the boards"

hang ten

HOW'D THEY DIE? Nathan Hale

hanging

HOW'S IT "HANG"ING? Morning nausea after too many Mai Tais

hangover

HUSKY This synonym for husky is also a brand of trash bags & paper plates

hefty

I REMEMBER... ...that tricky formula for a cylinder's volume, pi times the radius squared times h, this

height

HOP, SKIP OR JUMP Flowers from this vine are used to make beer

hops

HORS D'OEUVRES This chic Middle-Eastern dip is made primarily from chickpeas & served with pita bread

hummus

HYPO-POURRI The FDA does not require testing to back up claims that cosmetics are this, meaning causing fewer reactions

hypoallergenic

HYPO-POURRI Low blood sugar

hypoglycemia

HYPO-POURRI Prolonged exposure to the cold causes this condition in which the body's temperature drops below 95 degrees

hypothermia

HOW AM "I" DOING? technically, it's the fear of fish

ichthyphobia

HOMOPHONIC PAIRS An inactive graven image

idle idol

I'M A SPINELESS JELLYFISH Being spineless, jellyfish are members of this "no bones about 'em" animal group

invertebrates

HOT STUFF Blacksmiths were the original opportunists who "struck while" this was hot

iron

HOP, SKIP OR JUMP The "ball" that starts a basketball game

jump

HOP, SKIP OR JUMP To start your friend's dead car

jump

HOMOPHONIC PAIRS Was familiar with the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet

knew nu

I AM YOUR LEADER I'm president of the United States & I'm also called the leader of this, meaning all nations living in liberty

leader of the free world

HOMONYMS Expensive onion, or what happens when there's a hole in the bucket

leek (leak)

HODGEPODGE Madagascar's pygmy mouse type of this grows about 8 inches long & weighs about 1 ounce

lemurs

HOMOPHONES Reduce, or something to be learned or studied

lessen/lesson

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

lipizzaner

I PITY DA FOOD! Maine & spiny are types of this; its shell turns vivid red only affer it's been cooked

lobster

HOMONYM FILL-INS Some thieves in the night sought the troubadour's ____; they found not a dime, just a 6-stringed ____

loot/lute

HOMOPHONES Crafted, or the upstairs cleaning lady

made/maid

I PROMISED YOU THE ROSE GARDEN Rose Garden trees include this tree--Mississippi's state tree, flower & by golly, its in the state nickname too

magnolia

HOW DO YOU... Put shirt on horizontal stick, stuff with straw; put pands on attached vertical piece, stuff; attach head

make a scarecrow

I HAVE ISSUES I've lost jobs by doing this, a verb meaning pretend to be sick

malingering

HORSES In all members of the equidae family except the domestic horse, this hair stands erect

mane

I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU 5-letter word meaning less by the subtraction of; don't overthink it

minus

HOMONYMS What Oliver Twist wanted, or Susan Anton's diminutive date

more (Moore)

I FORGET Completes Don Quixote's plaintive line "My memory is so bad that many times I forget my own..."

name

HOMOPHONES A negative vote, or a horse's whinny

nay/neigh

HOMONYM FILL-INS Listening to the facts spouted by the just-arrived talking antelope, I couldn't believe what the ____ ____ ____

new/gnu/knew

HOOKED ON HOMOPHONICS Negating adverb, or a half-hitch

not / knot

HOOK This 3-word phrase can mean out of trouble, free from obligation or, in slang parlance, excellent!

off the hook

HOW'D THEY DIE? Yoda

old age

HOW TO MAKE A VEGETABLE STEW Don't forget to add this bulb; you can use the Walla Walla, Maui, Bermuda or Vidalia variety

onion

HOMOPHONES Wan, or a bucket

pale/pail

HOW IT'S DONE Back up, turning toward the curb; when your front door reaches the bumper of the car beside you, turn the other way

parallel parking

I PITY DA FOOD! Gray & red-legged are 2 varieties of this game bird that can be roasted, broiled or braised; you, in the pear tree! Hide!

partridge

HOMONYMS Dave Garroway's sign-off, or a slice of cake

peace (piece)

HOMOPHONES Fuel from a bog, or the "Little Rascal" dog

peat/Pete

HOMOPHONIC PAIRS London wharves owned by a member of the upper house of Parliament

peer's piers

ICE HOCKEY With over 3000 of these, Dave Williams holds an ignominious record

penalty minutes

HOUSEPLANTS Though its name means "lover of trees", it's very popular indoors as a houseplant

philodendron

HODGEPODGE Puritan punishment, it's a device in which both hands & head were locked in a wooden frame

pillory

HOME FURNISHINGS A jardiniere is a decorative stand for holding these

plants

HOMOPHONIC PAIRS How a judge might politely ask the defendants to state if they're innocent or guilty

please pleas

IF ANYONE ASKS He dresses in white except for red shoes with a cross embroidered on each one

pope

HYDRO LOGICAL 13-letter collective name for any & all forms of water that fall from the sky

precipitation

I BEFORE E, AFTER C Here's the evidence:this 2-word Latin term means "at first view"

prima facie

HOMONYM FILL-INS When the ____ wrote a letter in cursive, the king pored over it & said, "next time, he ____"

prince/prints

I AM YOUR LEADER I'm Mr. Belding & I have this job title running Bayside High

principal

HODGEPODGE Puce is a shade of this

purple (purple-brown, shade of red)<

HOOKED ON HOMOPHONICS A British lineup, or a stick for a game of snooker

queue / cue

HORS D'OEUVRES From Latin for "undigested food", crudites refers to these

raw vegetables

HOUSEPLANTS Roots sticking through drainage holes in containers are a sign that it's time to do this

re-pot

HOOKUPS To hook up a DVD player, you may need an RGB cable, RGB standing for these primaries

red, green & blue

HOW ODD! Reportedly, when Henry Ford built his first automobile, he forgot to put in one of these gears

reverse

HODGEPODGE The 1-word name for vitamin B<sub>2sub>

riboflavin

HUSKY From the Latin for "oaken" & "strong", this word is used to describe a rich, strong cup of coffee

robust

ICE CREAM When setting up an ice cream maker, use table salt or this type which dissolves more slowly

rock salt

HOLY CROSS In 2002 the Pope added 5 meditations to this prayer aid that has a crucifix

rosary

HOOKED ON HOMOPHONICS A path of travel, or a subterranean plant part

route / root

HORSE BREED NAMES "Real" in the name of the alter-real means this; it was bred for the Portuguese court

royal

HORS D'OEUVRES Chicken livers & water chestnuts wrapped in bacon; fortune cookies to follow

rumaki

HODGEPODGE In 1977 John Neumann, a bishop of Philadelphia, became the first American male to be made this

saint

HYDRO LOGICAL Multiply chlorinity, the amount of chlorine in seawater, by 1.80655 to get this figure

salinity

HODGEPODGE If a corundum gem is red, it's a ruby; if it's any other color -- especially blue -- it's this

sapphire

HODGEPODGE Your hair gets oily when these glands secrete too much oil

sebaceous glands

HOMONYMS A peasant, or where you hang 10

serf (surf)

HOUSEHOLD HINTS Mary Ellen says to soften peanut butter & add flavor, "open" a bottle of this oil & put in a drop

sesame seed oil

HOW'S THE SCREENPLAY GOING, STEVE? Steven Soderbergh broke onto the scene writing this 1989 film; the title might have ended with "DVDs" if Steve wrote it today

sex, lies, and videotape

HOUSEHOLD HINTS Instead of using regular paint remover to remove paint from hands, try this foamy toiletry

shaving cream

I FEEL A BIT "ILL" Adjective describing a high-pitched & piercing sound

shrill

HOP, SKIP OR JUMP To not attend an event on purpose

skip

HODGEPODGE Of the 7 deadly sins, the one that's also the name of an animal

sloth

I BEFORE E, AFTER C This word that can mean an association often follows "honor" or "high"

society

HOW'S THE WEATHER UP THERE? Of a basketball, a volleyball or a softball, the one closest in size to the USA's largest hailstone

softball

IF ANYONE ASKS There are no standard running times on pre-1928 films because the image wasn't synchronized to this

sound

I BEFORE E, AFTER C "The origin of" this word meaning a distinct sort or kind? The Latin for "form"

species

HUMOROUS QUOTES Commerce Sec'y Peter Peterson said, "The era of low-cost energy is almost dead. Popeye is running out of" this

spinach

HOW CAN I HELP? Send just $30 a month to World Vision for a needy child & you'll be designated one of these

sponsor

I HAVE ISSUES My favorite actor says I've been doing this, defined in California as willfully following & making a credible threat

stalking

HUSKY A term for a conservative Republican of the late 1800s, it also means strong & sturdy

stalwart

HOUSEPLANTS If other plants are too exciting for you, try lithops, or living "this", seen here

stones

HOW TERRIBLY BRITISH If you're not happy saying your weight is 280 pounds, go to England where you're only 20 of these

stones

HUSKY A dry, dark beer from Guinness, or what you might become if you drink too many

stout

ICE CREAM It's the most popular fruit flavor of ice cream in the U.S.

strawberry

I'D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE This number grid puzzle takes its name from the Japanese for "single number"

sudoku

HOOKUPS Radio Shack says its Monster XPMS speaker cable is perfect for this home video setup with stereo audio on all sides

surround sound

HOMOPHONES Sugary, or a group of hotel rooms

sweet/suite

HOLY TOLEDO Toledo has been famous for making these weapons since it was a Roman city

swords

HOW TERRIBLY BRITISH In Britain this industry is dominated by a few brands including Tetley, Typhoo & Twinings

tea

HUMOROUS QUOTES Ernie Kovacs described it as "a medium, so called because it is neither rare nor well done"

television

I'M A SPINELESS JELLYFISH Some varieties of cyanea jellyfish can grow these up to 120 feet long

tentacles

HONEST AL TREBEK'S USED CARS You'll feel like Montezuma in his chariot--I've got a whole lot of these Pontiac "sport recreation vehicles"

the Aztek

HOT STUFF A second after this hypothesized explosion, the temperature was 10 billion degrees kelvin

the Big Bang

I AM A CAMERA This "colorful" camera introduced in 1900 cost a mere dollar

the Brownie

HOLIDAY IN...? We hope you don't contract a virus on your scenic boating holiday in this country's Ebola River region

the Congo

I READ THE NEWS TODAY At the time JFK was shot, Jack Ruby was placing some ads in this "morning" publication

the Dallas Morning News

ICE HOCKEY Demonic name of New Jersey's franchise

the Devils

HOOKED ON PHOENIX This pro team plays its home games at Phoenix' Bank One Ballpark

the Diamondbacks

HOLLAND Aruba separated from this island group in 1986 & will be fully independent in 1996

the Dutch Antilles (or Netherland An

HOLY TOLEDO (Sofia of the Clue Crew) The Alcazar was an icon of this ruling group, because in 1936 it held off the Republican siege for 2 monthst

the Fascists

IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK Pardon my sensitivity -- I may be over 1,500 miles long, but I cannot be seen from the moon

the Great Wall of China

HOW'S IT "HANG"ING? It was the second Ancient Wonder to be built

the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

HUNTER S. THOMPSON Based on hundreds of interviews he'd conducted, Thompson's first successful book was about this motor cycle gang

the Hell's Angels

HOLLY-WOOD A 1982 concert film showed "Monty Python Live at' this landmark

the Hollywood Bowl

HOLLYWOOD 90028 This series of plaques lets you walk through Hollywood stepping on stars

the Hollywood Walk of Fame

HOW TERRIBLY BRITISH The Marquess of Cholmondeley & Earl Baldwin of Bewdley belong to this upper house of Parliament

the House of Lords

I FORGET Testifying to Congress about this 1980s scandal, John Poindexter claimed 184 instances of memory loss

the Iran-Contra scandal

HOW AM "I" DOING? Imaginary "drapery" between western Europe & the old Communist bloc

the Iron Curtain

I FORGET Mythical rivers of Hades include the Styx & this one from which the dead drank to forget their lives

the Lethe

IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK Surrounding the statue, my walls are inscribed with quotes like "with malice toward none"

the Lincoln Memorial

HORSES These horses are trained primarily at the Spanish riding school in Vienna

the Lipizzaners

I AM A CAMERA In 1895 these French brothers invented the cinematographe, which combined a movie camera & a projector

the Lumière Brothers

HOLY TOLEDO (Sarah of the Clue Crew in Toledo, Spain) Cristo de la Luz was originally a mosque built by these people who took Toledo in 712

the Moors

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES On April 30 this country celebrates the birthday of its former queen Juliana

the Netherlands

HODGEPODGE This character jumped out of his first biscuit can on TV in 1965

the Pillsbury Doughboy (or Poppin' F

HONEST AL TREBEK'S USED CARS Sure, in the '70s this car's gas tank exploded a bit when rear-ended but I prefer to think of the same-named bean

the Pinto

HOLD THE FORT Fort Leavenworth in Kansas was established in 1827 to protect travelers along this trail

the Santa Fe Trail

HOT SPOTS On December 27, 1978 this spot on Earth reached a balmy record high of 7.5 degrees

the South Pole

HODGEPODGE On our summer solstice, the sun at noon is directly over this "tropic"

the Tropic of Cancer

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES Though Kwanzaa was inspired by an African harvest festival, it was developed in this country

the United States

HOLY TOLEDO (Jimmy of the Clue Crew) When they were done sacking Rome, these Germanic people came to Spain & made Toledo their capital

the Visigoths

IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK Look at me. You can now e-mail a prayer to be placed in my crevices

the Wailing Wall (Western Wall)

HOT STUFF Plain old water is a common coolant for this part of a nuclear reactor you might call the "fission hole"

the core

ICE HOCKEY All-time great goalie Jacques Plante is also remembered for popularizing this piece of equipment

the facemask

HORRIFYINGLY REAL MOTHER GOOSE 3 mice. Sightless. Scared. & this lady "cut off their tails with a carving knife"; did you ever see such a sight in your life?t

the farmer's wife

HOW CAN I HELP? If in a small town, consider volunteering for this department -- 76% of them in the U.S. are all-volunteer

the fire department

HYPO-POURRI This structure of the brain directs the workings of the autonomic nervous system

the hypothalamus

HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES To commemorate this event, some New Englanders celebrate Forefathers' Day on December 21

the landing of the Mayflower<

HODGEPODGE This Madagascan animal is the only primate that pulls hair from its body to make a nest

the lemur

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

the mustang

HOP, SKIP OR JUMP The captain of a curling team

the skip

HOW ODD! To make the film "The Sound of Music" shorter, a theater manager in Seoul, South Korea cut all of these out of it

the songs

HODGEPODGE Until 1967 it was illegal to teach this theory in Tennessee public schools

the theory of evolution

HOMOPHONES A serving piece that can be fancy, or a fancy name for a card in the deck

the tray/trey

HORSES Encyclopedia Americana estimates it to be 61,600,600

the world horse population

HORSES The Jockey Club registers only this breed of horse

thoroughbred

I BELIEVE <em class="underline">WEBS "pron... archaic... a nominative pronoun of the second person singular esp. in biblical... language"

thou

HOW'S THE WEATHER UP THERE? It lags behind a stroke of lightning at a rate of about 5 seconds per mile

thunder

HUMOROUS QUOTES Dean Martin said, "If you drink, don't" do this; "Don't even putt"

to drive

HOW IT'S DONE Ovulate, add albumen, then shell, & pass from body-- or tell a bad joke

to lay an egg

HOW IT'S DONE With your right hand, touch your forehead, base of the sternum, left & right shoulder; think of the Trinity

to make the sign of the Cross

HOW IT'S DONE Note the dial numbers, left to right; subtract the previous figure to get kilowatt-hours used

to read your electric meter

HOOKED ON HOMOPHONICS An amphibian, or being pulled by a boat

toad / towed

HOW'S THE WEATHER UP THERE? The National Weather Service issues tornado watches during storms & these when a tornado is spotted

tornado warnings

HOMOPHONES Followed footprints through the forest, or a large expanse of land

tracked/tract

I'LL HAVE THE BEEF You don't expect me to swallow this beef stomach lining that comes in honeycomb, pocket & smooth varieties, do you?

tripe

HORSES Type of gait in which diagonally opposite legs move forward together

trot

HOMOPHONES Popular netting used for a ballet tutu, or an implement for a task at hand

tulle/tool

I PITY DA FOOD! Canned this is precooked & sold as albacore & light meat; it comes in 3 grades, the best being solid or fancy

tuna

HODGEPODGE Numerical name for 20 minute comedies a la Chaplin & Laurel & Hardy

two-reelers

HOPE "U" CAN MAKE IT It's a final proposal; there was a Bourne one in a 2007 movie title

ultimatum

HOPE "U" CAN MAKE IT "The Elements of Style" says it is incorrect to modify this adjective that means "being the only one"

unique

HORSES Until reaching this milestone, stallions, geldings & mares alike are known as "maidens"

until winning a race

HOPE "U" CAN MAKE IT This 5-letter verb meaning "to seize by force" is often used of the throne

usurp

HOPE "U" CAN MAKE IT John Stuart Mill wrote the book on this philosophy that says an action is right if it promotes happiness

utilitarianism

I PITY DA FOOD! Though there are no precise age standards for this, the term is used for a young calf who didn't make it past 3 mos.

veal

I REMEMBER... ...Diana Spencer married a Windsor prince, while fashion designer Diane Halfin married a prince of this family

von Furstenberg

HOW WAS SCHOOL TODAY? We learned about these caravans of prairie schooners that rolled over Western trails, & I wish I could have been aboard

wagon trains

HOMONYM FILL-INS You're right to refuse to give up your rights by signing a ____; don't ____ in your convictions

waiver/waver

HOMONYM FILL-INS When you fast, food often goes to ____; start eating again, & it will go to your ____

waste/waist

I'M A SPINELESS JELLYFISH Jellyfish are composed of about 5 percent organic matter & 95 percent this

water

HOMOPHONIC PAIRS Salem officials might have asked a witness to point this out from a lineup of suspected sorceresses

which witch

HOLLAND At Klompenboer in Amsterdam you can watch these being made

wooden shoes (klompen)

HORS D'OEUVRES Hors d'oeuvres is French for "outside of" this, which is usually when they're served

work

HOW WAS SCHOOL TODAY? The kids were too lazy to learn about this measure of energy transfer that equals force times distance

work

HOMONYMS Copied on paper by memory

wrote/rote

I NEED A "BREAK" This proverb involving a breakfast dish means sometimes to create, you have to destroy

you have to break an egg to get an o