Colorful Calendar
Stone's hit => RUBY TUESDAY
Shopping day after Thanksgiving => BLACK FRIDAY
Domino hit => BLUE MONDAY
Publish or Perish
It's first cover (1925) had a monocle and butterfly => THE NEW YORKER
First published in New Haven, it contained one page => TELEPHONE BOOK
Revolutionary work published in 1848 => COMMUNIST MANIFESTO
Sacred Spaces
Feature of a living room with an overhanging balcony => CATHEDRAL CEILING
Voice of an Angel singer => CHARLOTTE CHURCH
Florida export => TEMPLE ORANGE
George W.
George W. was the 1st president to be... => ON A POSTAGE STAMP
George W. was the only president.... => ELECTED UNANIMOUSLY
George W. was the only president... => NOT TO LIVE IN D.C.
Grimm Reapers
Story that teaches humility => KING THRUSHBIRD
Gruesome Grimm tale of cannibalism => THE JUNIPER TREE
Story spun around a riddle => RUMPELSTILTSKIN
Someone's in the Kitchen
Gale Norton, for one => CABINET MEMBER
Hindering advancement => COUNTERPRODUCTIVE
Luxury SUV => RANGE ROVER
Global Music
It carried Cash => RING OF FIRE
Joni Mitchell song that starts "Sixteen Springs..." => THE CIRCLE GAME
Monk classic => ROUND MIDNIGHT
Eight Is Enough
Elizabeth Taylor's first husband => NICKY HILTON
Elizabeth Taylor's political husband => JOHN WARNER
Elizabeth Taylor's last husband => LARRY FORTENSKY
Better Red...
She came out of retirement to star in "No, No Nanette" => RUBY KEELER
It contains tomatoes and cream => BLUSH SAUCE
It helps when fixing overhead power lines => CHERRY PICKER
Lost in Space
Painting featured in Thomas Pynchon's "V" => THE BIRTH OF VENUS
Since 2000, it's been called Snickers Almond => MARS BAR
1998 Bruce Willis-Alec Baldwin film => MERCURY RISING
Slightly Imprecise
Miles Davis album that includes "Freddie Freeloader" => KIND OF BLUE
He called California "the big burrito" => DAN RATHER
Don't worry, to Leo Rosten => ISH KABIBBLE
Opposites Attract
Prolonged hunger strike => SLOW FAST
Lengthy legal document => LONG BRIEF
Bordering on hideous => PRETTY UGLY
That Toddlin' Town
Chicago => KANDER EBB MUSICAL
Chicago => GAMBLING CARD GAME
Chicago => MAKE ME SMILE, GROUP
Ivy League
Scarlet side-dish => HARVARD BEETS
6 ft 6 in talking member of a duo => PENN JILLETTE
Security device => YALE LOCK
The clock strikes.
Author of "Alibi Ike" => RING LARDNER
Bake sale favorite => TOLL HOUSE COOKIES
Big blow out => WING-DING
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
1985 novel made into a Robert Downey, Jr. film => LESS THAN ZERO
Phrase of refusal => NOTHING DOING
Alcohol-free cocktail => NADA DAIQUIRI
Grove Trove
Northern Ireland Unionists called him King Billy => WILLIAM III OF ORANGE
Huckleberry Hound's favorite song => DARLING CLEMENTINE
Start of the Beatles "Savoy Truffle" => CREME TANGERINE
Hospital Visit
Winner of 9 Oscars => THE ENGLISH PATIENT
Bottom-dwelling predator => NURSE SHARK
Marvel Comics super-villain => DOCTOR DOOM
Call Out the Troops
Silver Bells was inspired by their ringers => SALVATION ARMY
It had a spokesdog named Magic => OLD NAVY
Warhammer forces => SPACE MARINES
Tender Loving Care
Douglas Adams's holistic tec => DIRK GENTLY
Song covered by the Fugees with Lauryn Hill singing lead => KILLING ME SOFTLY
Superficial treatment => ONCE OVER LIGHTLY
First Family
George and Martha's neighbor => DENNIS THE MENACE
2005 George to Kathleen Turner's Martha => BILL IRWIN
Martha's last names before marrying George => DANDRIDGE CUSTIS
Talking Take Out
Matt Damon's screen debut => MYSTIC PIZZA
Nixon court appointee => WARREN BURGER
Hurry! => SHAKE A LEG
Watch This
Haley Joel Osment was attacked by a pig while filming this => SECONDHAND LIONS
Apparent worth => FACE VALUE
10-part mini-series produced in 2001 => BAND OF BROTHERS
Crafty Show
Family Affair guy => SLY STONE
1974 Pam Grier title role => FOXY BROWN
2005 Philippa Stockley novel => A FACTORY OF CUNNING
Auto-Awareness
1950 Oscar winner for "All the King's Men" => MERCEDES MCCAMBRIDGE
The Good Soldier author => FORD MADOX FORD
1972 Dolphins perfect season runner => MERCURY MORRIS
Cuckoo for Sudoku
Possible translation for su doku for the Japanese => SOLITARY NUMBER
What starting numerals on the sudoku grid are called => THE GIVENS
Leonhard Euler puzzle that's a sudoku ancestor => LATIN SQUARE
Art Heists
Masterpiece stolen from the Louvre in 1911 => MONA LISA
1999 movie remake whose title character is an art thief => THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR
Twice stolen Norse masterpiece => THE SCREAM
Get the Point?
He directed Michael Jordan's Nike ads => SPIKE LEE
Account-access code => PIN NUMBER
With force and ferocity => TOOTH AND NAIL
Sign Language
Motor Trend's 1981 car of the year => DODGE ARIES
Villain of "You Only Move Twice" on "The Simpsons" => HANK SCORPIO
Its larva bores into bark => CAPRICORN BEETLE
Death Be Not Proud
He also wrestled as The Master of Pain => THE UNDERTAKER
Author of Letters to a Young Debtor => WILLIAM SLOANE COFFIN
Midnight to 8 a.m., perhaps => GRAVEYARD SHIFT
Courting Lunacy
Court tactic => INSANITY PLEA
Court event => MARCH MADNESS
17th-century Dutch craze that often led to court cases => TULIPOMANIA
Sock It to Me
Don't Lie group => BLACK EYED PEAS
Fish also called a seven-eleven => SHINER PERCH
Time spent at the computer => MOUSE MILES
Women's Mags
1st living Aussie to be on a postage stamp => ELLE MACPHERSON
It promotes social justice and diversity in Canada => COSMOPOLITAN PARTY
Witchcraft, to Tennyson => GLAMOUR GIFT
Searching for an Answer
Working title for game show "Jeopardy!" => WHAT'S THE QUESTION
Behind Blue Eyes album => WHO'S NEXT
Commercial catch phrase used by Walter Mondale => WHERE'S THE BEEF
Rolling Stone Magazine's Top Records of 2005
No.1 "Rolling Stone" record by Kanye West => LATE REGISTRATION
No.2 "Rolling Stone" record by the Rolling Stones => A BIGGER BANG
No.3 "Rolling Stone" record by the White Stripes => GET BEHIND ME SATAN
Guide Book
Baby on the first issue of TV Guide => DESI ARNAZ JR.
No.1 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest Shows of All Time => SEINFELD
TV Guide's No.1 Cartoon Character of All Time => BUGS BUNNY
That's Miss to You
First outing => MAIDEN VOYAGE
Plaintive TV cry => LASSIE COME HOME
Winner of 2 Tonys, 2 Obies, and 4 Emmys => COLLEEN DEWHURST
Hold the Noise Down!
Clark Gable-Spencer Tracy film of 1940 => BOOM TOWN
Inspiration for some performers => ROAR OF THE CROWD
It might promise to teach you Italian in two weeks => CRASH COURSE
Good Housekeeping
Twinkies component => GOLDEN SPONGE CAKE
Beatles-based game featured on BBC Liverpool => MATCH UP THE MOPTOP
Shrubby evergreen of the lily family => BUTCHER'S BROOM
Game Room
It predicted a Communist takeover => DOMINO THEORY
Computer feature often used by students => SPELL CHECKER
Place where someone who's broke sees a broker => PAWN SHOP
In the Vault
2005 HBO film about FDR => WARM SPRINGS
E-mails that get returned due to a full mailbox => SOFT BOUNCES
Duo indicating great rapidity => LEAPS AND BOUNDS
Big Numbers
Collection that included "The Gift of the Magi" => THE FOUR MILLION
Carl Sagan's final book => BILLIONS AND BILLIONS
Brilliant gemstone with 44 facets => TRILLION CUT
Candyland
Ann Miller-Mickey Rooney musical => SUGAR BABIES
Some Asians believe it was the "Silver River" of heaven => MILKY WAY
Perfect man, to Diane Keaton's Theresa Dunn => MR. GOODBAR
For Eggheads
It spawned the movie "The Nude Bomb" => GET SMART
"Sound of Music" director => ROBERT WISE
Sylvester Stallone's first born => SAGE MOONBLOOD
Gotta Altitude Problem?
Barry Levinson film of 1999 => LIBERTY HEIGHTS
Laura's Theme was written for this => TWIN PEAKS
Richard Bass book about climbing Mt. Everest => SEVEN SUMMITS
Change Is Going to Come
AKA the Royale with Cheese => QUARTER POUNDER
Symbol of worthlessness => PLUGGED NICKEL
Stay close in the ballroom => DANCE ON A DIME
Shut Up!
It charted for Gary Lewis then Bobby Vinton => SEALED WITH A KISS
Company that hires only union members => CLOSED SHOP
When a bid price and ask price are the same => LOCKED MARKET
A Slew of Debuts
Daffy's debut => PORKY'S DUCK HUNT
Silver screen debut for Bugs => A WILD HARE
Tweety's debut => A TALE OF TWO KITTIES
Triple Play
Pirates old home => THREE RIVERS STADIUM
Beethoven work => GHOST TRIO
Phish member => TREY ANASTASIO
Just About
Its soundtrack includes Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" => ALMOST FAMOUS
John Cleese as a "Harry Potter" ghost => NEARLY HEADLESS NICK
Carpenters hit => CLOSE TO YOU
Out of Order
2005 Jim Jarmusch film => BROKEN FLOWERS
Ray Charles singing of his cow that went dry => I'M BUSTED
Brownielocks and the Three Bears, for one => FRACTURED FAIRY TALE
First and Foremost
1996 best-selling tell-all work => PRIMARY COLORS
Place for a pirate => BOUNDING MAIN
Doodyville figure => CHIEF THUNDERTHUD
Family Movies
John Waters film with a Patty Hearst cameo => SERIAL MOM
1992 film originally meant to star Bette Midler => SISTER ACT
1990 Cosby film directed by Sidney Poitier => GHOST DAD
Lingerie Department
Exclusive chivalry group => ORDER OF THE GARTER
Animatronic creature with a Grubby pal => TEDDY RUXPIN
Flip side of "Something So Right" => SLIP SLIDIN' AWAY
Step Lively
He walks onto the field to Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" => CHIPPER JONES
Two-wheeled horse-drawn wagon once used in Ireland => JAUNTY CAR
Vaudeville actress who was the original Alice Kramden => PERT KELTON
Poetic License
Phrase on Michigan's license plate => GREAT LAKES SPLENDOR
Phrase on Illinois' license plate => LAND OF LINCOLN
Phrase on Utah's license plate => GREATEST SNOW ON EARTH
Mr. Clean: Not!
Won Tonys for "A Thousand Clowns" & "Any Wednesday" => SANDY DENNIS
On her variety show, she duetted with Jimi Hendrix => DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
He wrote "Iodine in My Coffee" among many other songs => MUDDY WATERS
Out of Sorts
Eric Carle kiddy book => THE GROUCHY LADYBUG
Video game character who gave hits to Donkey and Diddy => CRANKY KONG
1993 Ann-Margret film => GRUMPY OLD MEN
Hurry Up!
I Can't Quit You Baby bluesman => OTIS RUSH
House Judiciary Committee chief counsel during Watergate => SAMUEL DASH
A Man for All Seasons author => ROBERT BOLT
Military Press
Unemployment protestors of 1894 => COXEY'S ARMY
Where Gavin MacLeod played Happy Haines => MCHALE'S NAVY
Tracks tearers in "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" => STONEMAN'S CAVALRY
Queen of the May
Mayday! => DISTRESS SIGNAL
May Day => SPRING FESTIVAL
Mayday => TAIWANESE ROCK BAND
Circus Critters
Thumbs up from "Good Housekeeping" => SEAL OF APPROVAL
Type of forceps => LION-JAW
Cinnamon-dusted treat at a fair => ELEPHANT EAR
United We Stand
Dallas episode on which J.R. was shot => A HOUSE DIVIDED
Popular "Spy" magazine column => SEPARATED AT BIRTH
Pronto => LICKETY SPLIT
Other Grammy Categories
Favorite Grammy category of uke lovers: Best... => HAWAIIAN MUSIC ALBUM
Favorite Grammy category of air guitarists: Best... => METAL PERFORMANCE
Favorite Grammy category of engineers: Best... => REMIXER OF THE YEAR
Direction-less
Defunct flyer => EASTERN AIRLINES
Cancelled show set in Alaska => NORTHERN EXPOSURE
It's no longer in the dot-dash biz => WESTERN UNION
A Number of Clooney Films
1999 Clooney film => THREE KINGS
2004 Clooney film => OCEAN'S TWELVE
1996 Clooney film => ONE FINE DAY
I Feel the Earth Move
Famed photography pioneer => EDWIN LAND
Wonder hit that was #1 on the R&B charts => HIGHER GROUND
It chose Martin Van Buren as a presidential candidate => FREE-SOIL PARTY
Best of Breed
Nixon's Checkers => COCKER SPANIEL
Dubya's Barney => SCOTTISH TERRIER
Clinton's Buddy => LABRADOR RETRIEVER
The Biggest Little City
1999 movie filmed in Reno => MAGNOLIA
2003 movie filmed in Reno => THE COOLER
1992 movie filmed in Reno => SISTER ACT
Birds of Prey
Skateboarder known as "The Birdman" => TONY HAWK
One with a pretentious interest in the arts => CULTURE VULTURE
Another name for a dor beetle => BUZZARD CLOCK
Gonna' Take a Miracle
Original Musiquarium artist => STEVIE WONDER
Home of the Human Torch => MARVEL COMICS
Repentance time for Jews => DAYS OF AWE
A Whole Bunch
Oscar-nominated actor for "Written on the Wind" => ROBERT STACK
Edgar Guest poetry collection => HEAP O' LIVIN'
Likely candidates for vanity publishing => SLUSH PILE
Workshop
Short that introduced Mickey and Minnie => PLANE CRAZY
He claimed to be the only one to know Lenin and Reagan => ARMAND HAMMER
Biggest hit on "Something/Anything?" => I SAW THE LIGHT
Multi-Media Poker
Full House => BOB SAGET TV SHOW
Ace high => TOM MIX FILM
Flush => VIRGINIA WOOLF BOOK
Evasion Tactics
One rowdy cowtown => DODGE CITY
It came with early Nintendo consoles => DUCK HUNT
Possible source of large capital gains => HEDGE FUND
Untamed Melody
He was the Artful Dodger in the film "Oliver!" => JACK WILD
Dorian Gray's creator => OSCAR WILDE
His matchmaker inspired "Hello, Dolly!" => THORNTON WILDER
That's a Wrap
'50s nuclear fallout advice => DUCK AND COVER
Diner classic => PIGS IN A BLANKET
Feature of a folksy home => WRAP-AROUND PORCH
Glass Act
Hitchcock film based on "It Had to be Murder" => REAR WINDOW
Potter prop => GOBLET OF FIRE
Hip specs => MIRROR AVIATORS
Adieu!
Short-story collection that includes "Eli, the Fanatic" => GOODBYE, COLUMBUS
Oscar-winning film of 1993 => FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE
Tony Curtis gold-digging film => ARRIVEDERCI, BABY
Under a Spell
Five "Harry Potter" statues => MAGICAL BRETHREN
1992 film set on the Italian Riviera => ENCHANTED APRIL
Response to an introduction => CHARMED, I'M SURE
It's Greek to Me!
Ludlum work published posthumously => THE SIGMA PROTOCOL
He named Natal on Christmas Day => VASCO DA GAMA
It typically includes slide guitar and harmonica => DELTA BLUES
Hoss Country
Large-scale agro-business of the late 19th century => BONANZA FARMS
Montana's state tree => PONDEROSA PINE
Lost in Space actress => ANGELA CARTWRIGHT
The Emperor's New Clothes
BBC program => THE NAKED CHEF
Most basic facts => BARE BONES
1980 Maxwell Smart film => THE NUDE BOMB
Way!
What Jim Thorpe's mother named him => BRIGHT PATH
Unfaithful actress => DIANE LANE
What didn't make it to the shredder => PAPER TRAIL
B-B Queue
It's featured at the end of "Gangs of New York" => BROOKLYN BRIDGE
Setting for "Dirty Dancing" and "A Walk on the Moon" => BORSCHT BELT
Deprioritizing locale => BACK BURNER
Lady Godiva
Lady Godiva's husband: => LEOFRIC III
She rode naked to protest her husband's: => OPPRESIVE TAXATION
A tailor who ogled her naked trek became known as: => PEEPING TOM
Desert Storm
1813 "don't" => GIVE UP THE SHIP
Phrase at Hell's entrance, says Dante => ABANDON HOPE
Professional wrestling's 1999 Royal Rumble, e.g. => I QUIT MATCH
Cat Killer
A Natural Curiosity author => MARGARET DRABBLE
Curiouser and curiouser speaker => ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Tagline of 2006's "Curious George" => SHOW ME THE MONKEY
All Aboard!
Thomas, most famously => TANK ENGINE
While You Were Sleeping actor => BILL PULLMAN
Focus of Gertrude Chandler Warner's series => THE BOXCAR CHILDREN
Without a Question
Allen Iverson's nickname => THE ANSWER
Beatles for Sale cut => NO REPLY
Bodily defense reaction => IMMUNE RESPONSE
Lapin It Up
1978 Billy Crystal bomb => RABBIT TEST
Ski resort feature => BUNNY SLOPE
Outdoor game of pursuit => HARE AND HOUNDS
Roman Numerals
Showtime's answer to "Sex and the City" => THE L WORD
2006 Natalie Portman film => V FOR VENDETTA
Marvel Comics series => X-MEN UNLIMITED
GWTW Gals
Triumph on Ice author => TARA LIPINSKI
Vanity Fair cover girl of 2006 => SCARLETT JOHANSSON
She played India Wilkes in "GWTW" => ALICIA RHETT
Green Thumb
Gene Wilder, in "The Producers" => LEO BLOOM
Moth attracted to light and sugar => PEACH BLOSSOM
Solitaire game aka The Bouquet => FLOWER GARDEN
Dental Work
Niagara River crosser => PEACE BRIDGE
Artwork stealing film affair => THOMAS CROWN
Where regular is sold at a premium these days => FILLING STATION
When I Was in Art Class I...
98 Degrees baritone => DREW LACHEY
Badlands that look good => PAINTED DESERT
Material for a lavish banquet centerpiece => SCULPTED ICE
Inclination Station
Tourist attraction that took two centuries to build => LEANING TOWER OF PISA
When something unique becomes common, to Malcolm Gladwell => THE TIPPING POINT
Another name for a teeter-totter => TILTING BOARD
Demonstration
Show Me State => MISSOURI
Show Me musical => MY FAIR LADY
Show me the money movie => JERRY MAGUIRE
Agriculturally Speaking
John Wayne film set in Key West => REAP THE WILD WIND
Bellyshirt, for one => CROP TOP
End of the Christmas holidays => PLOW MONDAY
Chaste Scene
The pinnacle of the Chrysler Building is clad with this => STAINLESS STEEL
Weightlifting maneuver => CLEAN AND JERK
Genuine => SIMON-PURE
Folks in a Hurry
He played mandolin on "Summer Breeze" => DASH CROFTS
See, I Told You So author => RUSH LIMBAUGH
Oscar winner for "Doctor Zhivago" => ROBERT BOLT
Scaredy Cat
27,000 Nuclear Weapons. One Is Missing film => THE SUM OF ALL FEARS
1981 Peter Tosh reggae album => WANTED DREAD AND ALIVE
Disneyland simulated freefall ride => TOWER OF TERROR
Gone to Cede
2001 Sarah McLachlan album => SWEET SURRENDER
Rate of return on a bond, e.g. => YIELD TO MATURITY
Take one's last breath => GIVE UP THE GHOST
Mooovies
1980 Scorsese film => RAGING BULL
1978 Kate Hepburn film => OLLY, OLLY, OXEN FREE
1996 Dustin Hoffman film => AMERICAN BUFFALO
Think Pink
Fleer sold it to Tootsie Roll Industries in 2004 => DUBBLE BUBBLE
April ornamentation in D.C. => CHERRY BLOSSOMS
She was a regular on "Veterinarian's Hospital" => MISS PIGGY
Scrub-a-Dub-Dub
Event sponsored by Chevy in the '50s and '60s => SOAP BOX DERBY
They hold Charlie Brown's exclamations => SPEECH BUBBLES
Agitated and anxious => IN A LATHER
Sag Harbor
Nookie group => LIMP BIZKIT
Intimidating look => WILTING GAZE
Cartoon character known as Happy Hound until 1949 => DROOPY DOG
Stop, Thief!
1968 Truffaut film => STOLEN KISSES
One of Detective Dupin's cases => THE PURLOINED LETTER
Expression attributed to Schmeling manager, Joe Jacobs => WE WUZ ROBBED
American Beauty
They ended with Henry VII becoming king => WARS OF THE ROSES
Sarah McLachlan hit from her album "Solace" => THE PATH OF THORNS
Human tongue's 10,000 => TASTE BUDS
Come Clean
MGM WWII morale-boosting film => THOUSANDS CHEER
Cause a reversal => TURN THE TIDE
Brouhaha => FREE-FOR-ALL
Pooch Parade
It brought Darwin to Tierra Del Fuego => HMS BEAGLE
Fashion of the 50's => POODLE SKIRT
Deadlier Than the Male detective => BULLDOG DRUMMOND
Clue Locales
Famous door-offerer => MONTY HALL
State of deep absorption => BROWN STUDY
Sleazy guy in search of a sugar mama => LOUNGE LIZARD
About-Face
Film in which Ron Silver played Alan Dershowitz => REVERSAL OF FORTUNE
Wear for the casually shod => FLIP-FLOPS
An eye-for-an-eye philosophy => TURNABOUT IS FAIR PLAY
Weekend's Over
First player ever taken in the baseball draft => RICK MONDAY
The press called her "Fox's answer to Sandra Dee" => TUESDAY WELD
12-year-old who always dresses in black => WEDNESDAY ADDAMS
Half the Distance
Famed Pacific atoll => MIDWAY ISLAND
Military command hot spot => NERVE CENTER
Vehicle for La Lohan => MEAN GIRLS
Hew Said It!
One from Column B, perhaps => CHOP SUEY
She played Tiffany on "Charlie's Angels" => SHELLEY HACK
Grievance => AX TO GRIND
Tennis's A-Rod
Andy Roddick was the 2nd tennis player to host this show => SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
2003 honor conferred on Roddick by "People" => SEXIEST ATHLETE
Actress Roddick dated => MANDY MOORE
Scott Riggs Racing Sponsors
Oily sponsor => VALVOLINE
Sponsor that is a favorite of handymen => STANLEY TOOLS
Auto Parts sponsor => BUMPER TO BUMPER
Just the Facts
Edith Ann's observation => AND THAT'S THE TRUTH
Song covered by Aaron Neville => TELL IT LIKE IT IS
Survivor genre => REALITY TV
A Kind of Hush
Take TR's advice => SPEAK SOFTLY
Game aka Telephone => WHISPER DOWN THE LANE
Possible indication of valve damage => HEART MURMUR
Greetings!
Beetle Bailey spin-off => HI AND LOIS
He ran for "President of All the Kids" => HOWDY DOODY
Sounds of Silence start => HELLO DARKNESS
Seasoned Traveler
Stranded Kansas farm girl => MARY ANN SUMMERS
Optimistic Alexander Pope phrase => HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL
It won a Pulitzer for Richard Russo => EMPIRE FALLS
Past Tense
1966 film that spawned a best-selling poster => ONE MILLION YEARS B.C.
Start to "American Pie" => A LONG LONG TIME AGO
Classical antiquity => ANCIENT HISTORY
Fe-te Accompli
Iron Man => CAL RIPKEN, JR.
Iron Lady => MARGARET THATCHER
Iron Duke => WELLINGTON'S NICKNAME
Playing Catch
First "Star Trek" episode => THE MAN TRAP
Kit part => SNARE DRUM
Popular playground game => CAPTURE THE FLAG
De Nada
Billy Preston's flip side of "You Are So Beautiful" => NOTHING FROM NOTHING
It battled Godzilla in the 6th Godzilla film => MONSTER ZERO
Storage device => ZIP DRIVE
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Ava Elizabeth's daddy => RYAN PHILLIPPE
Shiloh Nouvel's daddy => BRAD PITT
Violet Anne's daddy => BEN AFFLECK
Love Me Slender
Ludacris, in "Hustle and Flow" => SKINNY BLACK
Highway 61 Revisited cut => BALLAD OF A THIN MAN
He played poker with Larry Flynt and LBJ => AMARILLO SLIM
Lift-Off
Rockets center => YAO MING
Rocket Man singer => ELTON JOHN
Home of Rocket J. Squirrel => FROSTBITE FALLS
Head-Liners
2003 Judith Martin book => STAR-SPANGLED MANNERS
Cause to be submissive => LEAD BY THE NOSE
Recurring "South Park" character => PRINCIPAL VICTORIA
Filamentary School
Playground game => THREAD THE NEEDLE
Brother's need, once => TYPEWRITER RIBBON
Matthew Modine film based on a David Rabe play => STREAMERS
When?
Naive => BORN YESTERDAY
It's known by some as "McPaper" => USA TODAY
Revolver cut => TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS
Time Without End
1947 Otto Preminger film that raised eyebrows => FOREVER AMBER
1982 #1 on the Country charts => ALWAYS ON MY MIND
Natalie Babbitt book that's a summer reading list staple => TUCK EVERLASTING
Please Come to Boston
One nickname for Boston => CRADLE OF LIBERTY
One nickname for Boston => THE CITY ON A HILL
One nickname for Boston => ATHENS OF AMERICA
We Shawl Overcome
Hall of Famer on a 2006 postage stamp => MICKEY MANTLE
2006 Sheri Reynolds multigenerational novel => FIREFLY CLOAK
The southernmost point of Greenland => CAPE FAREWELL
Ciao for Now
What scientist call cereal-clumping in a bowl of milk => THE CHEERIO EFFECT
Song popularized by Duke Ellington => EAST ST. LOUIS TOODLE-OO
Simpsons episode about Lisa being bullied => BYE BYE NERDIE
Circumnavigation
Around the World => MARIAH CAREY ALBUM
Around the world => BASKETBALL GAME
Around the World => VERNE TITLE START
Subtitles
There and Back Again => THE HOBBIT
The Modern Prometheus => FRANKENSTEIN
What You Will => TWELFTH NIGHT
Armed Forces
Gene Tunney's nickname => THE FIGHTING MARINE
Wild at Heart protagonist => SAILOR RIPLEY
Utah skiing site used during the 2002 Olympics => SOLDIER HOLLOW
Going Up
Cut from Springsteen's "We Shall Overcome" => JACOB'S LADDER
Escher used one in his "Ascending and Descending" => PENROSE STAIRWAY
Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the __" => GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR
We Concur!
First Japanese car to be produced in the U.S. => HONDA ACCORD
Indiana site of a utopian community in the early 1800s => NEW HARMONY
Part of many a website => USER AGREEMENT
Wedding Day Wear
Yosemite attraction => BRIDALVEIL FALLS
Source of easy money => GRAVY TRAIN
Subject of a campus newspaper editorial, perhaps => TOWN AND GOWN
Phrom Philly
Celeb Buddhist born in Philly in 1949 => RICHARD GERE
Rapper born in Philly in 1974 => BEANIE SIEGEL
Singer born in Philly in 1921 => MARIO LANZA
On the Lookout
Google, e.g. => SEARCH ENGINE
She played Murray's daughter on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" => HELEN HUNT
Certain guided missile => SPACE PROBE
According to Confucius
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus... => MAKE THEM CRIMES
Before you embark on a journey of revenge... => DIG TWO GRAVES
He who will not economize... => WILL HAVE TO AGONIZE
Stamp of Approval
Longest U.S. span => VERRAZANO-NARROWS BRIDGE
Largest U.S. land mammal => AMERICAN BISON
Oldest trees in the U.S. => BRISTLECONE PINES
Lucifer Matches
Film that takes a shot at fashion magazines => THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Soul Coughing song => BUS TO BEELZEBUB
Church Lady's question => COULD IT BE SATAN
Grand Elusion
IRS scofflaw => TAX EVADER
Plumbing piece => DIVERTER VALVE
It goes with a diamond in L.A. => DODGER DOG
Down-Home Mini
Li'l Folks was the embryonic version of this strip => PEANUTS
2001 comedy film that featured Lil' Kim => ZOOLANDER
Siberian land in "Li'l Abner" => LOWER SLOBBOVIA
Whistle While You Work
Its theme song was whistled => ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW
This "My Fair Lady" song incorporates whistling => WOULDNT IT BE LOVERLY
The music to this '88 Grammy winner was almost all whistling => DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY
In the End
Wide portion of the Hudson River => TAPPAN ZEE
Government auto, down under => ZED CAR
Sci-fi film based on the novel "I Am Legend" => THE OMEGA MAN
Elevations
First U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security => TOM RIDGE
Procter and Gamble product introduced in 2001 => CREST WHITESTRIPS
Phrase following the cock crowing => RISE AND SHINE
Move It!
Flick, formally => MOTION PICTURE
Title role for Carl Weathers => ACTION JACKSON
1941 film noir starring Gene Tierney => THE SHANGHAI GESTURE
Replication Station
Xerox's ancestor => CARBON COPY
1984 mystery novel by Jane Smiley => DUPLICATE KEYS
Investment emulating an already successful investment => CLONE FUND
Nothing But the Best
They produced Mouse Trap and Hands Down => IDEAL TOY COMPANY
Pitcher's coup => PERFECT GAME
Anne Perry Victorian mystery of 1986 => PARAGON WALK
Recipe Roster
Jamie Oliver cookbook => THE NAKED CHEF
Bobby Flay cookbook => BOY MEETS GRILL
Nigella Lawson cookbook => HOW TO EAT
Little Athletes
Little E => DALE EARNHARDT, JR.
Little Poison => LLOYD WANER
Little Miss Poker Face => CHRIS EVERT
Good Morning!
Buffy's sis => DAWN SUMMERS
New type of business that is quickly expanding => SUNRISE INDUSTRY
19th-century NYC street gang => DAYBREAK BOYS
Educators All
One Frank Morgan role in "Oz" => PROFESSOR MARVEL
Oliver Goldsmith poem => VILLAGE SCHOOLMASTER
On of Stine's Goosebumps books => CREATURE TEACHER
Former Capital Idea
Alabama's capital before Montgomery => TUSCALOOSA
Nigeria's capital before Abuja => LAGOS
Turkey's capital before Ankara => CONSTANTINOPLE
Steering You Right
R&B artist who's part owner of the Cleveland Cavs => USHER RAYMOND
Part of a Douglas Adams title => GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
What many companies offer employees => DIRECT DEPOSIT
Shared Nickname
The Great One => JACKIE GLEASON
The Great One => WAYNE GRETZKY
The Great One => DWAYNE JOHNSON
Taking Shape
John Mayer's first album => ROOM FOR SQUARES
Nickname for the office of many a high-tech company => CUBE FARM
Choice sites in November => BALLOT BOXES
Three-Lane Highway
Lois in 4 Superman flicks => MARGOT KIDDER
The original TV Lois => NOEL NEILL
2006's Lois => KATE BOSWORTH
Ahoy, Matey!
First mate of the "Pequod" => STARBUCK
Cap'n Crunch's first mate => SEADOG
Jack Sparrow's former first mate => BARBOSSA
Nosy Parkers
Most well-connected rapper according to an MIT study => SNOOP DOGG
Automotive tool that helps force out a dent => INSIDE PRY SPOON
Striped orchard item => NORTHERN SPY
Mane Event
Pitcher whose nickname came from his hair color => WHITEY FORD
Maiden name of an hair-aptly named comic strip character => BLONDIE BOOPADOOP
One famous "Big Red" => SECRETARIAT
Come to Your Senses
Supremes sensory hit of 1966 => I HEAR A SYMPHONY
Sensory lyrics for Louis Armstrong => I SEE TREES OF GREEN
carole King sensory hit => I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE
Restaurant Row
In which Dutch Schultz was iced => CHOPHOUSE MASSACRE
R-rated Marilyn Chambers film => BIKINI BISTRO
Chattanooga Choo Choo phrase => DINNER AT THE DINER
Colorful Calendar
She "comes and goes" => RUBY TUESDAY
1929 event that devastated many => BLACK THURSDAY
One of the earliest R&B songs to get on the Billboard charts => BLUE MONDAY
Anything's Possible
1991 Anne Tyler book => SAINT MAYBE
2005 film, the first movie musical made in China in over 40 years => PERHAPS LOVE
Opening to "Something's Coming" ("West Side Story") => COULD BE, WHO KNOWS
O.K. Guys
O.K. Crackerby star => BURL IVES
I'm OK, You're OK author => THOMAS HARRIS
He met his end at the O.K. Corral gunfight => BILLY CLANTON
Downpour
Broadway debut for Julia Roberts => THREE DAYS OF RAIN
1914 Charlie Chaplin film => BETWEEN SHOWERS
Great black deer, in Irish folklore => OX OF THE DELUGE
She-Critters
He succeeded President William Tolbert => SAMUEL K. DOE
Dirt-dishing event => HEN PARTY
JLo song => JENNY FROM THE BLOCK
Stark Ravine Mad
Gold-discovery site of 1864 => LAST CHANCE GULCH
It's also known as Lady's Tears => LILY OF THE VALLEY
Comic strip character visually based on Gary Cooper => STEVE CANYON
Consecutive Trios
Embarrassing event during the John Adams presidency => XYZ AFFAIR
Chris Rock, Bernie Mac, et al. appeared on this show => DEF COMEDY JAM
Actor nominated for an Oscar in "Pigskin Parade" => STU ERWIN
The Flame Game
What Daniel Boone was hired to do => BLAZE A TRAIL
Make haste, in a flivver => BURN RUBBER
Signal serious intent => FIRE A WARNING SHOT
Hush!
Phrase of support coined by Richard Nixon => SILENT MAJORITY
Some cygnets => MUTE SWANS
Title role for Audie Murphy and Brendan Fraser => THE QUIET AMERICAN
Place Setting
T.S. Eliot's Prufrock measured out his life with them => COFFEE SPOONS
Instrument makers' musts => TUNING FORKS
Canadian tribe => YELLOWKNIVES
Active Sorts
Columnist born Elda Furry => HEDDA HOPPER
Trunk item, often => JUMPER CABLES
Barbie's little sis => SKIPPER ROBERTS
Philosophy 101
1st Actress offered the role Regan in "The Exorcist"mom said "no" => DANA PLATO
Second husband of Jacqueline Lee => ARISTOTLE ONASSIS
1935 film role for Paul Muni => DR. SOCRATES
Bath Time
Paradise Falls => SOAP OPERA
What Australians call Rice Krispies => RICE BUBBLES
Thumps pulpit => TUB-THUMPER
In-Laws
A brother-in-law of JFK => SARGENT SHRIVER
Sister-in-law to Shirley Maclaine => ANNETTE BENING
Former son-in-law of Eddie Fisher => PAUL SIMON
Cosmetic Counter
Document signed by 41 males => MAYFLOWER COMPACT
Kidman movie => MOULIN ROUGE
Consumers buying small items of comfort during a recession => LIPSTICK EFFECT
Under a Spell
Fairy tale film based on a book by Gail Carson Levine => ELLA ENCHANTED
Response to an introduction, perhaps => CHARMED I'M SURE
Album that includes "Blue Jay Way" => MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR
Incorrect!
1889 R.L. Stevenson comic novel => THE WRONG BOX
Spoof device, perhaps => MISTAKEN IDENTITY
It may make a program abort => FATAL ERROR
First Light
Monet painting that inspired an art movement => IMPRESSION SUNRISE
Cat Stevens song => MORNING HAS BROKEN
When the cock crows => CRACK OF DAWN
Wendy's Fast Food Phrases
1970 Wendy's slogan => QUALITY IS OUR RECIPE
1984 Wendy's slogan => WHERE'S THE BEEF
2005 Wendy's slogan => IT'S GOOD TO BE SQUARE
I Talk to the Trees
Marg's "CSI" role => CATHERINE WILLOWS
Languishes => PINES AWAY
night on the town => SPRUCES UP
Fraction Action
Equine originally bred for sprinting => QUARTER HORSE
Mary I, to Elizabeth I => HALF-SISTER
It has the same time value as a quaver => EIGHTH NOTE
Sounds Small
Aunt of Millie and Melody and niece of Mortimer => MINNIE MOUSE
Song of Hiawatha woman => MINNEHAHA
Tiny word, often misspelled => MINUSCULE
On an Envelope
Saturday morning TV show of the '90s hosted by Mario Lopez => NAME YOUR ADVENTURE
It's delivery lasted only two minutes => GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
He debuted as Billy Budd in the 1962 film => TERENCE STAMP
Gents' Songs
One of Sally Bowles' numbers in "Cabaret" => MEIN HERR
John C. Reilly sang it in the movie of "Chicago" => MISTER CELLOPHANE
Phantom song => BRAVO, MONSIEUR
Linen Closet
It involved Nicollette Sheridan and Terrell Owens => TOWELGATE
Pre-hardened plaster of Paris => SHEET ROCK
Cocktail party faves => PIGS IN A BLANKET
Most Looked in Webster's Online (2005)
Third most looked up word, it means "disdain" => CONTEMPT
Second most looked up word, it means "political exile" => REFUGEE
Most looked up word, it means "honesty" => INTEGRITY
Trimming Station
Cutty Sark, for one => CLIPPER SHIP
Selection process of sorts => ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS
Where I'm Calling From author => RAYMOND CARVER
Sentry Duty
1863 battle site in Tennessee => LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN
To Kill a Mockingbird daughter => SCOUT FINCH
Those unwilling to learn "new tricks" => OLD GUARD
Hit Parade
First Woody Woodpecker cartoon => KNOCK, KNOCK
Grammy category => RAP ALBUM
Needing adjustment => OUT OF WHACK
NHL Originals
One of the NHL's original teams => MONTREAL WANDERERS
One of the NHL's original teams => QUEBEC BULLDOGS
One of the NHL's original teams => TORONTO ARENAS
There's a Parade in Town
This balloon debuted at the 1927 Macy's Day Parade => FELIX THE CAT
He came out of retirement to star in "Easter Parade" => FRED ASTAIRE
Don't Rain on My Parade was from this musical => FUNNY GIRL
Furniture Showroom
It was founded by Osman I => OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Big Red Machine cog => JOHNNY BENCH
They reported to Captain Dobey => STARSKY AND HUTCH
Magical Creatures
Rapunzel, e.g. => FAIRY TALE
What good deeds might earn you => BROWNIE POINTS
It likes to hide in woodpecker holes => ELF OWL
Eve of Destruction
Cherub Rock group => THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
TV show interruption, perhaps => BREAKING NEWS
Trying to get guffaws => CRACKING A JOKE
Hair-Styling Tools
Charmed actress => HOLLY MARIE COMBS
Hoodlum's collection => BRUSHES WITH THE LAW
Magician's request => PICK A CARD
Quay Sera Sera
Former Atlantic City tourist attraction => STEEL PIER
Spot for wasting time in song => THE DOCK OF THE BAY
Seaside petty criminal => WHARF RAT
Greek Guys
Dominant critter => ALPHA MALE
Character on Disney's "Teamo Supremo" => CHIEF EPSILON
2006 addition to the Nicktoons Network => KAPPA MIKEY
Hurrah!
Shirley Ellis tune covered by Aaron Carter => THE CLAPPING SONG
Musical based on "All About Eve" => APPLAUSE
MGM film intended as a morale booster during WWII => THOUSANDS CHEER
Time for Fun
It includes the story "The Catbird Seat" => THE THURBER CARNIVAL
1933 film nominated for Best Picture => STATE FAIR
1956 Seuss book => IF I RAN THE CIRCUS
Flower Girls
Under the Net author => IRIS MURDOCH
Aunt of April, May, and June => DAISY DUCK
Song from "The Music Man" => LIDA ROSE
Super Heroes
Comic about a billionaire turned Robin Hood => GREEN ARROW
Eel O'Brian after a chemical accident => PLASTIC MAN
He's also known as the Scarlet Speedster => THE FLASH
Barbershop
AKA Joltin' Joe => YANKEE CLIPPER
Heart or star, in the kitchen => COOKIE CUTTER
Body-shaping exercise wear => WAIST TRIMMER
Nosegay
TV role for Mayim Bialik => BLOSSOM RUSSO
Home to Opus => BLOOM COUNTY
Rodgers and Hammerstein collaboration => FLOWER DRUM SONG
XX Marks the Spot
Grammy-nominated, Best Actor Oscar winner => JAMIE FOXX
Former name of the "Sea River Mediterranean" => EXXON VALDEZ
Its mascot is Soccerroo => PHILADELPHIA KIXX
You Gotta' Have Heart
Heart of Dixie => ALABAMA
Heart of Darkness protagonist => CHARLIE MARLOW
Heart of Gold was his only #1 hit single => NEIL YOUNG
Bye-Bye
1,400 actresses tried out for the female lead in this film => GONE WITH THE WIND
Meeting with an almost-former employee => EXIT INTERVIEW
Memorial monument in Madrid => FOREST OF THE DEPARTED
Protrusions
Last German offensive on the Western Front => BATTLE OF THE BULGE
Sign of a chicken? => GOOSE BUMP
Sealing wax recipient => PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON
Capital Personalities
She was convicted of treason after WWII => TOKYO ROSE
Tinkerbell's belle => PARIS HILTON
Marie Antoinette director => SOFIA COPPOLA
Wall to Wall Questions
It did not receive its colorful name unitl 1947 => THE GREEN MONSTER
It's often simply called "The Wall" => VIETNAM MEMORIAL
It divides New Orleans => RAMPART STREET
The Spice of Life
SUV made since 2002 => PORSCHE CAYENNE
Redford performed his own stunts in this great role => WALDO PEPPER
It was fought during the Mexican-American War => BATTLE OF TABASCO
The Cosmos
It published the first crossword puzzle => NEW YORK WORLD
George Clooney got one for "Syriana" => GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD
Negative-heel footwear => EARTH SHOES
Track Meet
Elvis's first #1 Billboard single => MYSTERY TRAIN
Song featured in "Sun Valley Serenade" => CHATTANOOGA CHOO-CHOO
Grateful Dead Live song => BIG RAILROAD BLUES
Toast Toppers
Last Kiss band => PEARL JAM
Inexpensive jewelry item of the '90s => JELLY BRACELET
Orlando of kiddy lit => THE MARMALADE CAT
Hush-Hush
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite, later => QUEEN MUM
It was first performed in an Austrian church with a guitar => SILENT NIGHT
Hollywood shout => QUIET ON THE SET
Ho, Ho, Ho
Santa... => ANITA DERBY
Santa... => FE TRAIL
Santa... => BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
Think Pink
Film directed by Melvin Van Peebles => WATERMELON MAN
Where 1960's "Ocean's Eleven" was filmed => FLAMINGO HOTEL
Club music on upbeat topics => BUBBLE GUM RAP
Cook's Tour
Character who first appeared in "Little White Bird" => PETER PAN
Difficult situation, slangily => KETTLE OF FISH
Fleeting pet fad => POT-BELLIED PIG
I Quit!
First U.S. Vice President to resign => JOHN C. CALHOUN
Pres. Clinton asked her to resign as Surgeon General => JOCELYN ELDERS
He resigned as Speaker of the House => NEWT GINGRICH
Rhyme Time
He studied the expanding universe => EDWIN HUBBLE
Pebbles' father-in-law => BARNEY RUBBLE
Tootsie Roll Industries bought it in 2004 => DUBBLE BUBBLE
Eternally Yours
Natalie Babbitt book frequently on summer reading lists => TUCK EVERLASTING
Hit for Elvis and Willie Nelson => ALWAYS ON MY MIND
It features the villain Two-Face => BATMAN FOREVER
Salute to Isis
Don Corleone was held here in "The Godfather: Part II" => ELLIS ISLAND
Reason for buying a Porsche, perhaps => MIDLIFE CRISIS
The King's first album after his army stint => ELVIS IS BACK
Report Card
Kate Bosworth's "Beyond the Sea" role => SANDRA DEE
This rapper also uses the name Gnarls Barkley => CEE-LO GREEN
2006 Laurence Fishburne film => AKEELAH AND THE BEE
Observation Deck
Item eschewed by many hippies => WRISTWATCH
Daytime talk show => THE VIEW
On Gold Mountain author => LISA SEE
In the Nursery
It featured Kathy Bates and Kim Delaney in 1984 => ALL MY CHILDREN
Welch Co. creation of 1935 => SUGAR BABIES
They were originally called "Little People" => CABBAGE PATCH KIDS
Eve of Destruction
World destroyer => NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST
Cardinal star nicknamed "Country" => ENOS SLAUGHTER
Movie that generated a buzz, after "The" => TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE
Out of Sight
1937 Jane Wyatt film => THE LOST HORIZON
Descriptive word in the wrong spot => MISPLACED MODIFIER
Puzzle lover's bane => MISSING PIECE
The Essence of Adolescence
Wilson's blueprint for lasting peace => FOURTEEN POINTS
1958 hit for The Crests => SIXTEEN CANDLES
Warhol's measure of fleeting celebrity => FIFTEEN MINUTES
Bookmaking Biz
Yardbird who founded Led Zeppelin => JIMMY PAGE
Like many a Stephen King novel => SPINE-TINGLING
Japanese spurge, e.g. => GROUND COVER
Making the Grade
The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead group => CRASH TEST DUMMIES
Film based on the book "Remembering America" => QUIZ SHOW
Pat Robertson didn't pass it => BAR EXAM
Measure for Measure
Strong impulse to travel => ITCHY FEET
Film featuring Bruce Willis as Jimmy the Tulip => THE WHOLE NINE YARDS
Creeps => INCHES ALONG
Elation Station
Wayne Wang film from an Amy Tan novel => THE JOY LUCK CLUB
Song from "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" => HAPPINESS IS
High schooler's extra curricular activity => GLEE CLUB
Hammer's Target
Comedic husband of Julia Louis-Dreyfus => BRAD HALL
Saddle-storing spot => TACK ROOM
Do the impossible, slangily => NAIL JELL-O TO A TREE
It's a Hit!
2002 Adam Sandler film => PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE
Sure thing => SLAM DUNK
Create with little care => SLAP TOGETHER
Donkey Time
He turned into a donkey and was bought by a circus owner => PINOCCHIO
World leader who had a donkey named Ebenezer => CALVIN COOLIDGE
The name of Sancho Panza's donkey => DAPPLE
Being Green
The face of Chanel's fragrance Coco Mademoiselle => KATE MOSS
Cold, Sassy Tree author => OLIVE ANN BURNS
Her debut album was "Thankful" => KELLY CLARKSON
Fore!
Fictional symbol of intolerance => ARCHIE BUNKER
Kill time => PUTTER AROUND
Photographer's cry, once => WATCH THE BIRDIE
Lunchbox
The 50th, before the 19th century => SANDWICH ISLANDS
Her mom's maiden name is Boopadoop => COOKIE BUMSTEAD
Well off => IN THE CHIPS
Refusals
I Want to Be Happy show => NO, NO NANETTE
With the Beatles cut => NOT A SECOND TIME
Johnny Mathis hit => THE TWELFTH OF NEVER
Painter's Tools
Japan's Steel Dragon, e.g. => ROLLER COASTER
It's sometimes caused by lightning => BRUSH FIRE
Bond investor's way to reduce interest rate risk => LADDER STRATEGY
Athletic Olympiad
Golfer Jack Nicklaus => GOLDEN BEAR
Outfielder Duke Snider => SILVER FOX
Pitcher Jose Contreras => TITAN OF BRONZE
Wriggle-letto
1521 meeting in Germany => DIET OF WORMS
What King Henry I is said to have died from => A SURFEIT OF EELS
Popular kiddy board game, across the Pond => SNAKES AND LADDERS
Elementary
Group that included "Howling Mad" Murdock => THE A-TEAM
Slumber Party Massacre, e.g. => B-MOVIE
Moonlight Sonata key => C-SHARP MINOR
No Doubt
He wrote the Monkees song "I'm a Believer" => NEIL DIAMOND
Believe It or Not guy => ROBERT RIPLEY
Reason to Believe singer => ROD STEWART
Popular Marriage Melodies
First dance song => IT HAD TO BE YOU
Garter-tossing song => YOU SEXY THING
Father/daughter song => SUNRISE, SUNSET
Salute to X-Men
Michigan => WOLVERINE STATE
It keeps the heat in => STORM WINDOW
Wild critter that's left the herd => ROGUE ELEPHANT
Punch Bowl
Response to foreign influence in China => BOXER REBELLION
Hillerich & Bradsby's most famous product => LOUISVILLE SLUGGER
Start of a Sunday breakfast => PANCAKE BATTER
Pleased As Punch
Elijah Wood voiced Mumble in this 2006 film => HAPPY FEET
Dave Clark Five hit => GLAD ALL OVER
The Three Tenors' sang this on their Christmas album => O JOYFUL CHILDREN
See Me...
N.Y. paper that had Poe as a literary critic => EVENING MIRROR
Christina Aguilera album from 2000 => MY REFLECTION
1965 Le Carre spy novel => THE LOOKING GLASS WAR
Stat!
Book subtitled: "The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" => FAST FOOD NATION
Aka "two-minute drill" => HURRY UP OFFENSE
Tutor's hope => QUICK STUDY
Hey Bartender
Improvised lint remover => SCOTCH TAPE
It ruled in France from 1589-1793 => BOURBON DYNASTY
One of Christie's Miss Marple stories => A POCKET FULL OF RYE
Reference Desk
The most-quoted female in the Oxford English Dictionary => GEORGE ELIOT
The most-quoted work in the OED => HAMLET
He researched etymologies from Waggle to Warlock for the OED => J.R.R. TOLKIEN
Table Settings
Liz Smith's "title" => GRAND DAME OF DISH
Arctic bird => SPOON-BILLED SANDPIPER
Kilt feature => KNIFE PLEAT
Say Cheese!
Cheesy Jack Nicholson film => AS GOUDA AS IT GETS
Cheesy aphorism: "Where there's a..." => WHEEL THERE'S A WHEY
Hamlet's cheesy conundrum => TO BRIE OR NOT TO BRIE
So Possessive
The third act of this play is called "Death" => OUR TOWN
1964 biopic of Hank Williams => YOUR CHEATIN' HEART
Collectible toy of the '80s => MY LITTLE PONY
Orange You Glad
PM known for reforming Britain's police force => ROBERT PEEL
Film about Vincent Vega among others => PULP FICTION
Famed fossil field => LA BREA TAR PITS
In the Beginning
Third U.S. veep => AARON BURR
Designer of the TWA terminal at JFK => EERO SAARINEN
Knee-high creations of Roald Dahl => OOMPA-LOOMPAS
Decision Making
2005 Academy Awards host => CHRIS ROCK
It grows orange-red fruit => PAPER MULBERRY
It's used with the sidestroke => SCISSORS KICK
Center of Attention
Heat center during the Knicks-Heat rivalry => ALONZO MOURNING
Kennedy Center Honors recipient in 2006 => DOLLY PARTON
His mural was removed from Rockefeller Center => DIEGO RIVERA
Is There a D.R. in the House?
Where Duarte Day is celebrated every January => DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
He had a comedy album "Hello Dummy!" => DON RICKLES
Part of a Clue board => DINING ROOM
Fear Not!
Brecht title character => MOTHER COURAGE
Phrase heard in many a baseball stadium => HOME OF THE BRAVE
Royal Navy flagship in "Pirates of the Caribbean" => HMS DAUNTLESS
Portmanteau Words
Controversial form of redistricting => GERRYMANDERING
Demopublican's kin => REPUBLICRAT
This Is Spinal Tap, for one => MOCKUMENTARY
Lucky 13
Founder of Georgia, the 13th U.S. colony => JAMES OGLETHORPE
Her album "13" included "Sweetheart of the Pines" => EMMY LOU HARRIS
13 was on his jersey throughout his career => WILT CHAMBERLAIN
Torah, Torah, Torah
Genesis front man => PETER GABRIEL
Exodus actress => EVA MARIE SAINT
TV's "Numbers" ("Numb3rs") star => ROB MORROW
Candy Hearts
Necco candy heart phrase that has been around since 1902 => SWEET TALK
Candy heart phrase in the 2006 batch => CALL HOME
Candy heart phrase in the 2005 batch => FIT FOR LOVE
Victoria's Secret
Million-selling song of 1932 => TEDDY BEARS PICNIC
Verbal faux pas => SLIP OF THE TONGUE
Big closet, in Australia => WALK-IN-ROBE
Ivy League
The Barretts of Wimpole Street star => KATHERINE CORNELL
Unofficial anthem of the U.S. until 1931 => HAIL COLUMBIA
Pin-tumbler lock inventor => LINUS YALE
How Far?
He appeared on a "Bewitched" Thanksgiving episode => MILES STANDISH
AKA parking enforcement technician => METER MAID
It occupies a 20-story office block => SCOTLAND YARD
Hot Stuff
Travolta in "Get Shorty" and "Be Cool" => CHILI PALMER
Christian times of prayer and fasting => EMBER DAYS
Someone encountered at a class reunion, perhaps => OLD FLAME
Happy New Year
New Year's tradition in British Columbia => POLAR BEAR SWIM
Japanese New Year's tradition => FLYING KITES
Song played by he Viennese Orchestra on New Year's => BLUE DANUBE WALTZ
Simon Says
Simon's publishing partner => MAX SCHUSTER
Simon's reunited partner => ART GARFUNKEL
Simon's manager => DAVE SEVILLE
End of the Line
China-based epic that won 9 Oscars => THE LAST EMPEROR
Popular series of role-playing video games => FINAL FANTASY
Courtroom presentations => CONCLUDING ARGUMENTS
Body Shop
Stratocaster, for one => FENDER GUITAR
Farmer's hope => BUMPER CROP
Part of the Cascade Range => MOUNT HOOD
It's Greek to Me
Greek's response after a close call? => PSI OF RELIEF
Greek remake of a Walter Matthau film? => IOTA BE IN PICTURES
Merry Greek lyrics? => RHO RHO RHO YOUR BOAT
Blend In
Oater star who's on the "Sgt. Pepper" cover => TOM MIX
Restless to the max => STIR CRAZY
Aid in answering office correspondence => MAIL MERGE
Gomez's Girl
Morticia on TV's "The Addams Family" => CAROLYN JONES
Morticia in the "Addam's Family Values" => ANJELICA HUSTON
Morticia in the "Addam's Family Reunion" => DARYL HANNAH
Ursa-tility
Nicklaus nickname => THE GOLDEN BEAR
Novice on the newspaper => CUB REPORTER
Animal-friendly TV character of the '70s => GRIZZLY ADAMS
Ariel Maneuvers
Animation's Ariel => THE LITTLE MERMAID
Poet who wrote "Ariel" => SYLVIA PLATH
Bard play featuring Ariel => THE TEMPEST
Fast Food Nation
Wendy's => WHERE'S THE BEEF
McDonald's => I'M LOVIN IT
Burger King => HAVE IT YOUR WAY
Cheers!
1793 Eli Whitney invention => COTTON GIN
Famed L.A. nightspot => WHISKEY-A-GO-GO
Noxious yellow weed => SCOTCH BROOM
Last But Not Least
Superhero power => X-RAY VISION
Female's lack => Y-CHROMOSOME
Technique used by facelift doctors => Z-PLASTY
Found: Mound
Airplane! actor => ROBERT STACK
Landfill => GARBAGE HEAP
Large, hammering device => PILE DRIVER
A Punny Wardrobe
Benedict Arnold's wear? => TURNCOAT
Cowardly Lion's wear? => YELLOWJACKET
Wear for Natty Bumppo? => TRAILBLAZER
Joy to the World
Show inspired by "American Graffiti" => HAPPY DAYS
19th-century British prime minister => WILLIAM GLADSTONE
Billy Rose/Ira Gershwin/Harry Warren tune => CHEERFUL LITTLE EARFUL
Inner Sanctum
Where Brian Epstein discovered the Beatles => CAVERN CLUB
Weasley family home in the "Harry Potter" books => THE BURROW
Dark, secluded "Pajama Game" locale => HERNANDO'S HIDEAWAY
Li'l Critters
Robert James Ritchie, as he's better known => KID ROCK
Ollie's dolly => FAWN HALL
He played electric piano for Miles Davis => CHICK COREA
The Butler Did It
Sebastian Cabot role => GILES FRENCH
Christopher Hewett role => LYNN BELVEDERE
Robert Guillaume role => BENSON DUBOIS
Across the Board
He regularly played Scrabble in the White House => RICHARD NIXON
John Goodman movie featuring Scrabble => KING RALPH
Scrabble's inventor used this to decide letter frequencies => NEW YORK TIMES
Blown Away
Selective group => DRAFT BOARD
2003 Mockumentary => A MIGHTY WIND
Garage-house connector => BREEZEWAY
Monster Mash
DJ who appeared in "American Graffiti" => WOLFMAN JACK
Tropical plant species with sinister-looking flowers => GENUS DRACULA
Brooks classic => YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
Oh, My!
Ivy team => COLUMBIA LIONS
Ivy team => PRINCETON TIGERS
Ivy team => BROWN BEARS
Hot Literary Works of 1904
Twain volume => A DOG'S TALE
Best-seller from London => THE SEA-WOLF
Potter piece, after "The" => TALE OF BENJAMIN BUNNY
The Winter Olympics
Locale of the 1st Winter Olympics => CHAMONIX, FRANCE
Locale of the last Winter Olympics => SALT LAKE CITY
Locale of the 2006 Winter Olympics => TURIN, ITALY
Joanne's Man
Newman's Own pasta topper => SOCKAROONI SAUCE
Newman's Own dip => SAY CHEESE SALSA
Newman's Own juice => ORANGE MANGO TANGO
Hey Pal
Gunpowder Plot leader => GUY FAWKES
Small pamphlet of old => CHAPBOOK
Sympathy => FELLOW FEELING
Board Meeting
Frodo Baggins's portrayer => ELIJAH WOOD
Outdoorsy outerwear => LUMBER JACKET
Easily undone knot => TIMBER HITCH
Refusal Bamboozle
Not Again => NEVERMORE
No Joe => NO WAY JOSE
Refusal => NOT ON YOUR LIFE
A Whole Bunch
American Psycho star => CHRISTIAN BALE
Birth announcement phrase => BUNDLE OF JOY
Fibber's output => PACK OF LIES
What's Buzzing?
Publisher-turned-superhero => THE GREEN HORNET
Like Scarlett => WASP-WAISTED
Myla Goldberg book popular with reading groups => BEE SEASON
Super Sunday
Victor in Super Bowl I => GREEN BAY PACKERS
Loser in Super Bowl I => KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
MVP of Super Bowl I => BART STARR
Folks in Days of Yore
Fraternal group founded in New Haven, CT => KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Traffic hit => EMPTY PAGES
Female do-gooders of yore => LADIES AUXILIARY
Beat It!
Beat member turned Merry Prankster => NEAL CASSADY
Plutonian Ode penner => ALLEN GINSBERG
Beat author born Jean-Louis => JACK KEROUAC
What a Pare!
Two-time British PM => ROBERT PEEL
Escape -- just! => CLOSE SHAVE
Reason to don flippers => SKIN-DIVING
Excavation Station
Secretary star => JAMES SPADER
He was "The Best Man" => TAYE DIGGS
She played wise-cracking manicurist Madge => JAN MINER
Checkmate
Questions of Travel poet => ELIZABETH BISHOP
Security stub => PAWN TICKET
Blustering cheat, to Shakespeare => BULLY-ROOK
Grammys 25 Years Ago
Song of the Year => WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES
Best Disco Recording => I WILL SURVIVE
Best Cast Show Album => SWEENEY TODD
Greek Spelling Bee
All Too Human author => GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS
Zorba the Greek author => NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS
Agamemnon author => AESCHYLUS
Au Naturel
Leslie Nielsen spoof => THE NAKED GUN
B-52's anthology => NUDE ON THE MOON
Sans boxing gloves => BARE-KNUCKLED
3 Out of 7
Christina Ricci was Katrina in this film => SLEEPY HOLLOW
1993 Ann-Margret film => GRUMPY OLD MEN
1991 Michael J. Fox film => DOC HOLLYWOOD
In the Beginning
Abigail Bartlet, e.g. => FIRST LADY
Pre-November contest => PRIMARY ELECTION
Churchill Downs offering, e.g. => MAIDEN RACE
Candy Hearts
Classic phrase used since 1902 => SWEET TALK
2003 phrase for Necco's literacy-promotion campaign => CLASS ACT
Recent addition => E-MAIL ME
Free Fall
Home of Apu and Krusty => SPRINGFIELD
Maxwell Anderson play => WINTERSET
A.S. Neill's school => SUMMERHILL
Land of Enchantment
Three-time NBA MVP => MAGIC JOHNSON
Harry Potter title phrase => SORCERER'S STONE
Parker-Hart comic strip => THE WIZARD OF ID
Rain Gear
Cats producer => CAMERON MACINTOSH
It may cover libel and slander => UMBRELLA POLICY
Palance comedy => CITY SLICKERS
Gangland
Gangster who survived four shootings => LEGS DIAMOND
Scott Baio gangster role => BUGSY MALONE
Cut from "Mud Slide Slim" => MACHINE GUN KELLY
Bridge Mix
For Love Alone author => IVANA TRUMP
Goodness gracious! => I DO DECLARE
Very bad driver => CRASH TEST DUMMY
Rapid Transit
Plop plop, fizz fizz fellow => SPEEDY ALKA-SELTZER
New Mexico marshal of cartoons => QUICK DRAW MCGRAW
The Hustler protagonist => FAST EDDIE FELSON
Pleasure Principal
Principal Steven Harper => BOSTON PUBLIC
Principal Willis DeWitt => GROWING PAINS
Principal Seymour Skinner => THE SIMPSONS
The Greatest of E's
Peter Fonda in "Ulee's Gold" => BEEKEEPER
Bubbly quality => EFFERVESCENCE
Helpless one's plight => DEFENSELESSNESS
Who's There?
Jules Feiffer play => KNOCK KNOCK
Arrest record => RAP SHEET
Recital performer => TAP DANCER
Shipwrecked
Shipwrecked Harvard grad => THURSTON HOWELL III
28-year Caribbean shipwreck survivor => ROBINSON CRUSOE
Cast Away castaway => CHUCK NOLAND
It's an Ill Wind
WKRP DJ => DR. JOHNNY FEVER
Infection that might spread through the office => COMPUTER VIRUS
Sick-out staged by police officers => BLUE FLU
Zany Brainy
The first doll to see and talk => CINDY SMART
1979 Gillian Armstrong film => MY BRILLIANT CAREER
Branch of computer science => ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Alley-Oop
Gut, informally => SPARE TIRE
MLB shutdown => BASEBALL STRIKE
Boxing outcome, possibly => SPLIT DECISION
House Party
Mary Higgins Clark recent memoir => KITCHEN PRIVILDEGES
Sissy Spacek film => IN THE BEDROOM
Spider's invitation to the fly => COME INTO MY PARLOR
Get Back
Cabaret lyricist => FRED EBB
Motion to resolve differences between House and Senate => RECEDE AND CONCUR
Depart hastily => BEAT A RETREAT
Round and Round
One of the British Crown Jewels => SOVEREIGN'S ORB
Where one interacts with society => PUBLIC SPHERE
The Puritans shut it down in 1644 => THE GLOBE THEATRE
Put on a Happy Face
2003 Julia Stiles film => MONA LISA SMILE
Star trek command => BEAM ME UP
Make the best of a bad situation => GRIN AND BEAR IT
Ivy Leaguers
The crossing guard director => SEAN PENN
Hardest working man in show biz => JAMES BROWN
First lady of American theater => KATHARINE CORNELL
Computer chat symbols
:-D => BIG SMILE
:-& => TONGUE-TIED
>:-) => HAIR STANDING ON END
Rank and file
One of the big three => GENERAL MOTORS
Sam Spage, e.g. => PRIVATE EYE
Billy Joel alienated youth song => CAPTAIN JACK
Time of the Season
Where “Lizzie Borden took an ax…”—fall river
Where “Mame” and “Gypsy” played in NYC—winter garden theatre
Fried appetizer—spring roll
Indispensable
Site of the first engagement in the French and Indian wars – Fort Necessity
Perfume ingredient – essential oil
Lane Cusack romantic comedy of 2005 – must love dogs
Spice-of-life
Cutter – single mastedboat
Hacker – technogeek
Chopper – helicopter
Golden Gait
Initial advantage – running start
Jet-setter’s specialty – globe trotting
Heartbeat abnormality – gallop rhythm
Eat up
Magazine for interior design lovers – architectural digest
Fork-tailed bird – barn swallow
Reprimand – chew out
Make ‘em laugh
Laugh-in line – you bet your bippy
Laugh-in line – verrry interesting
Laugh-in line – here come de judge
Tree’s a crowd
Legendary dodger president – branch rickey
In a difficult position – out on a limb
Idiom equivalent to “push up daisies” – hop the twig
Leading U.S. Daily Papers
No1 selling newspaper -- WALL STREET JOURNAL
No2 selling newspaper -- USA TODAY
No2 selling newspaper -- NEW YORK TIMES
Autumn: The Season
Meteorological first day of Autumn (Northern Hemisphere) -- September First
Autumn falls between these two seasons -- Summer and winter
"To Autumn" poet -- John Keats
Literary relations
Chekhov play – uncle vanya
Balzac title character – cousin bette
Brecht heroine – mother courage
Join the Choir
Uncle Juniors powerful nephew -- Tony Soprano
Fred Astaire song -- Slap that bass
Sculpture in high relief -- alto-relievo
Hush-hush
Nickname in the 1924 election – silent cal
1949 kurosawa film – the quiet duel
National bird of denmark - mute swan
Anatomy on the Map
Long Island Locale – Great Neck
South Dakota massacre spot – wounded knee
South Carolina resort – Hilton Head
Two for the Road
Megabig R and B group – Boys II Men
Hot film sequel – Men in Black II
English monarch – Henry II
Places and Numbers
Blacklisted cinema group of the ‘40s – Hollywood ten
Anti-vietnam war protestors tried in ’69-70 – Chicago eight
Sayles’ returning group – Secaucus seven
Pay the Piper
Surrender someone to another – fork over
Administer or bestow – shell out
Knuckleheads perform – pony up
Shipshape
Nonsexist term for a news honcho – anchorperson
Hang holly in December – deck the halls
US diplomat who helped create the UN – cordell hull
Nabster
CTF Capture the Flag – capture the flag
Clavicle – collar bone
Hanks-DiCaprio Film – catch me if you can
Imagi-native
Writers’ meeting locale of the ‘30s – algonquin round table
Bing Crosby novelty song – Sioux city sue
Off-road vehicle – jeep Cherokee
Rice Krispies
Quick determination – snap decision
Dinnerware with an interesting glaze – crackle china
Lust for life singer – iggy pop
Double A League
Yellow Teletubby – laa laa
Indianapolis clowns player who rose to fame – Hank Aaron
Serpico author – Peter Maas
Spam Come-Ons
Come-On #1 – cheap printer cartridges
Come-On #2 – get virus protection
Come-On #3 – urgent and confidential
Fictional Haunted Houses
Edgar Allan Poe – House of Usher
Shirley Jackson – Hill House
The Shining – Overlook Hotel
Dining with Relish
Macarena successor – the ketchup song
Minnesota institution – mayo clinic
Clue suspect – colonel mustard
Bachelorettes
1978 Paul Maxursky film – an unmarried woman
Helen Gurley Brown classic – sex and the single girl
May Sarton novel – the magnificent spinster
Attention Span
Longest bridge in the U.S. – Verrazano narrows
2nd-longest bridge in the US – golden gate
3rd longest bridge in the US – mackinacw
Con-Sideration
Billy Eckstine’s first pop hit – Prisoner of love
Flip side of “Treat Me Nice” – Jailhouse Rock
Number for Six Merry Murderesses in “Chicago” – Cell Block Tango
Over the River…
Trekkies know her as Kira – Nana Visitor
Crispy green treat – Granny Smith
1993 Carrie Fisher novel – Delusions of Grandma
Two First Names
Check deliverer on “The Millionaire” – Michael Anthony
He died with a hammer in his hand – John Henry
Heavyweight with a 68-3 record – Joe Louis
Intoxication Station
Inebriated – Four sheets to the wind
Inebriated – Feeling no pain
Inebriated – Stinko
Yule Triple Feature
Crosby-Kaye yule classic – white christmas
Miserable Murray tale – scrooged
Capra classic – it’s a wonderful life
Halloween
Halloween is the eve of – all saints day
Most famous Halloween saying – trick or treat
The carved pumpkin – jack o lantern
Burn, Baby, Burn
National recreation area mostly in Utah – flaming gorge
Mozilla offering – firefox web browser
Marvel Comics anti-hero aka Ghost Rider – Johnny blaze
Simply Smashing
Take punitive action – Lower the boom
Place to stay temporarily – crash pad
Excel – Do a bang-up job
Blue on Blue
Heat Center – Alonzo Mourning
1930s collectible – Depression glass
Popular song of 1912 – My melancholy baby
Horror Film Actors
Hungarian Count Dracula – Bela Lugosi
Popular Frankenstein – Boris Karloff
First American horror movie star – Lon Chaney
Limited Visibility
Bix Beiderbecke piano piece – In a mist
Device used to create atmosphere – fog machine
Hendrix Hit – Purple Haze
Halloween the Movie
White masked villain – Mike Myers
Famous slasher director – john carpenter
2007 remake director – rob zombie
Restaurant Row
In which Dutch Schultz was iced -- CHOPHOUSE MASSACRE
R-rated Marilyn Chambers film -- BIKINI BISTRO
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" phrase -- DINNER AT THE DINER
Y Not?
Locale of the first YMCA in North America – Montreal, Canada
Motto of the YMCA – That they may all be one
YMCA singers – Village People
Job Incentives
Assemblage of roughly 20,000 WWI vets – bonus army
Get really, really mad – Raise the roof
Friends hangout – Central Perk
Starchy Stuff
Van Gogh work – The Potato Eaters
Spring roll wrapper – Rice Paper
He’s in “Elmo’s World” on “Sesame Street” – Mr. Noodle
Baaaa!
McLaughlin-Kraus best-seller – The nanny diaries
Cop’s prop – Billy club
Delicately – with kid gloves
Seussian Sources
Bippo-No-Bungus –if I ran the zoo
Swomee-Swans – the lorax
Slow Joe Crow – Fox in socks
Sweet Stuff
Anne Francis role – honey west
Painfully slow – slow as molasses
Saccharine ‘70’s hit – sugar sugar
Stephen King
King’s first published novel – Carrie
Well known King pen name – Richard Bachman
King’s favorite baseball team – Boston Red Sox
Engagement Ring
Michigan corn-flake-producing locale – Battle Creek
Football field sideline sound – fight song
Reason for a resignation, possibly – conflict of interest
Musical Bedtime
1959 off-Broadway fair-tale adaptation – once upon a mattress
It made Doris Day a household name – lullaby of broadway
Janis Paige musical of 1954 – the pajama game
Pseudo TV Couples in Ads
Radio Shack Couple Teri and Howie – Hatcher and Long
Radio Shack Couple Vanessa and Ving – Williams and Rhames
Polaroid couple Mariette and Jim – Hartley and Garner
Oh, Deer!
She was Clarissa before she was Sabrina – Melissa Joan Hart
Insect with mandibles – stag beetle
Liberia’s president in the ‘80s – Samuel K Doe
the rights stuff
birthday celebrant -- Martin Luther King
work by birthday celebrant -- Stride toward freedom
work by birthday celebrant -- why we cant wait
Chain Gang
Poetic one? -- DYLAN THOMAS
Independent one? -- THOMAS JEFFERSON
Rebellious one? -- JEFFERSON DAVIS
Plankety-Plank
Aggressive rebounding - crashing the boards
Pirates exclamation - shiver me timbers
Kirk's diary - captain's log
January 3rd Newsmakers
On January 3 1521 Pope Leo X excommunicated... - Martin Luther
On January 3 1777 Americans won the... - Battle of Princeton
On January 3 1870 work began on the... - Brooklyn Bridge
Animal Collectives
Cornfield invaders? – Murder of crows
Aerie bunch? – Convocation of eagles
Close-knit group? – Skein of geese
The Butler Did It
Alfred – Bruce Wayne
Cadbury – Richie Rich
Lurch – Gomez Addams
Halloween Party Songs
Bobby Pickett and the Cryptkickers classic – Monster Mash
Michael Jackson’s werewolf video – Thriller
Who you gonna call? - Ghostbusters
View Clue
Hallucinating -- SEEING THINGS
Bored worker's office activity -- CLOCK-WATCHING
Evoking a wolf whistle -- GOOD-LOOKING
Phrase-ology
Child's painful experience -- Booster Shot
Criminal's candid experience -- Mug Shot
Goalie's painful experience -- Penalty Shot
Heavy Metal
Dickens “metallica” novel – David Copperfield
Galsworthy “metallica” play – The Silver Box
Poe “metallica” short story – The Gold Bug
What's in a Name?
Tom -- MALE TURKEY
Dick -- HOUSE DETECTIVE
Harry – AGGRAVATE
The Twilight Zone
Twilight Zone creator - Rod Serling
First Twilight Zone episode - The Time Element
1983 Twilight Zone film producer - Steven Spielberg
Higher and Higher
Go for a more challenging goal - Raise the bar
Help, but just slightly - lift a finger
Victimize yourself - hoist by ones own petard
Auntie Mame quote
Book by Rosalind Russell - Life is a Banquet
Auntie Mame 1958 - and most poor suckers
Patric Dennis - are starving to death
Presidential Claims
watergate scandal - I am not a crook
honest about a cherry tree - I cannot tell a lie
slick former Arkansas governor - I did not inhale
Halloween Superheroes
Gotham City Resident - Batman
Born on the Planet Krypton - Superman
Does battle with Dr. Octopus - Spiderman
Trio
Gershwin declaration - it aint necessarily so
Tempations lament - aint too proud to beg
Marty Robbins question - aint i the lucky one
Maid to Order
One of Beulah's portrayers - Louise Beavers
Hazel's portrayer - Shirley Booth
Alice's portrayer on "The Brady Bunch" - Ann B Davis