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just_the_facts | JUST THE FACTS: <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-07-06_DJ_14.jpg" target="_blank">This dog breed seen here</a> is a loyal and protective companion | a German Shepherd |
see_&_say | SEE & SAY: Say the name of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-07-06_DJ_28.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> bug; don't worry, it doesn't breathe fire | the dragonfly |
news_to_me | NEWS TO ME: (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-07-06_DJ_21.wmv">Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates, putting his arm over his mouth.</a>) To avoid spreading germs & maybe flu, we learned the sneeze named for this character made famous in an 1897 book | Dracula |
in_the_dictionary | IN THE DICTIONARY: Maize is another word for this | corn |
science_class | SCIENCE CLASS: Of the 6 noble gases on the periodic table, it is the lightest | helium |
kids_in_sports | KIDS IN SPORTS: 11-year-old Ashlyn White won a 2009 U.S. youth title in this martial art in which you try to throw your opponent | judo |
just_the_facts | JUST THE FACTS: In 1751 the Penn Provincial Assembly placed the order for this symbol of freedom, now in Philadelphia | the Liberty Bell |
see_&_say | SEE & SAY: Say the name of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-07-06_DJ_29.jpg" target="_blank">these</a> big trees; it has a color in it | redwood |
news_to_me | NEWS TO ME: In a surprise, Ted Kennedy's old Senate seat in this state went to a Republican in a January 2010 election | Massachusetts |
in_the_dictionary | IN THE DICTIONARY: This word for someone who walks comes from the Latin for "foot" | pedestrian |
science_class | SCIENCE CLASS: Lava & igneous rock are formed from this hot liquid rock material found under the earth's crust | magma |
kids_in_sports | KIDS IN SPORTS: This sport has an under-17 World Cup every 2 years; Haris Seferovic starred for the 2009 champion Switzerland | soccer |
just_the_facts | JUST THE FACTS: He's the older son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana | Prince William |
see_&_say | SEE & SAY: Say the name of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-07-06_DJ_30.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> man you see shaking hands with the Premier of China | Ronald Reagan |
news_to_me | NEWS TO ME: Falcon Heene, who it turned out was safe at home, not flying over Colorado, became known as this "boy" | the balloon boy |
in_the_dictionary | IN THE DICTIONARY: Kayak is an example of this, a word that reads the same forwards & backwards | a palindrome |
historic_women | HISTORIC WOMEN: She was born in Virginia around 1596 & died in Kent, England in 1617 | Pocahontas |
royal_female_nicknames | ROYAL FEMALE NICKNAMES: Prime Minister Tony Blair dubbed her "The People's Princess" | Princess Diana |
tv_actors_&_roles | TV ACTORS & ROLES: Once Tommy Mullaney on "L.A. Law", John Spencer now plays White House chief of staff Leo McGarry on this series | The West Wing |
travel_&_tourism | TRAVEL & TOURISM: The Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour is a highlight of this Asian city's Disneyland | Tokyo |
"i"_lads | "I" LADS: This punk rock hitmaker heard here has had numerous hits on both sides of the Atlantic | Billy Idol |
forewords | FOREWORDS: "Conrad begins (and ends) Marlow's journey... on the Thames, on the yawl, Nellie", says the foreword to this novel | Heart of Darkness |
backwords | BACKWORDS: We'll look smart in these vehicles that returned to London in 1999 | Trams (smart) |
royal_female_nicknames | ROYAL FEMALE NICKNAMES: She was "The Untamed Heifer" & "The Virgin Queen" | Elizabeth I |
tv_actors_&_roles | TV ACTORS & ROLES: Barbra Streisand knows he played Lt. Col. Bill "Raider" Kelly on "Pensacola: Wings of Gold" | James Brolin |
travel_&_tourism | TRAVEL & TOURISM: The home of silk merchant Jim Thompson, who disappeared in 1967, is a tourist attraction in this Thai city | Bangkok |
"i"_lads | "I" LADS: Czar at 17, he was famous for extraordinary sadism & cruelty, even as a boy | Ivan the Terrible |
forewords | FOREWORDS: Part 2 "is Lilliput in reverse, but...also offers some of" his "fiercest assaults upon the behavior of" his countrymen | Jonathan Swift |
backwords | BACKWORDS: Ed leaves pools of water on the carpet when he comes in from sailing this boat | Sloop (pools) |
royal_female_nicknames | ROYAL FEMALE NICKNAMES: Mark Antony called her "The Queen of Queens" | Cleopatra |
tv_actors_&_roles | TV ACTORS & ROLES: (Hi, I'm Wallace Langham) I played Don Kirshner in VH1's TV movie about this quartet who sang "Daydream Believer" | The Monkees |
travel_&_tourism | TRAVEL & TOURISM: We're not stringing you along: this capital of the Czech Republic is famous for its puppet theatres | Prague |
"i"_lads | "I" LADS: Nudge, nudge, wink, wink! This man seen here starred on a classic British comedy show | Eric Idle |
forewords | FOREWORDS: She said that her husband Frank O'Connor was the fuel that kept her spirited while she wrote "The Fountainhead" | Ayn Rand |
backwords | BACKWORDS: You'd be naive to think you can make bottled water that's more popular than this | Evian (naive) |
royal_female_nicknames | ROYAL FEMALE NICKNAMES: The 19th century's "Widow of Windsor" | Queen Victoria |
tv_actors_&_roles | TV ACTORS & ROLES: Teri Hatcher looked "shipshape" as one of the singing "mermaids" who jumped on board this cruisin' series in 1985 | The Love Boat |
travel_&_tourism | TRAVEL & TOURISM: Jomo Kenyatta International Airport serves this world capital | Nairobi, Kenya |
"i"_lads | "I" LADS: His is the first & longest book of the Bible's major prophets | Isaiah |
forewords | FOREWORDS: One edition calls this Darwin opus one of "the most readable and approachable" of revolutionary scientific works | The Origin of Species |
backwords | BACKWORDS: Aye, lass, I'll wed thee ere this has dried on the fields | Dew (wed) |
royal_female_nicknames | ROYAL FEMALE NICKNAMES: "The Catholic" of 15th century Spain | Queen Isabella |
tv_actors_&_roles | TV ACTORS & ROLES: On "Saturday Night Live", he's famous for playing Craig the Cheerleader, Janet Reno & moi | Will Ferrell |
travel_&_tourism | TRAVEL & TOURISM: Andrea Palladio's 1554 book on "The Antiquities of" this city was the standard guidebook for some 200 years | Rome |
"i"_lads | "I" LADS: This auto exec's autobiography is one of the bestselling nonfiction works in publishing history | Lee Iacocca |
backwords | BACKWORDS: You know so much about policy, you qualify as this | Wonk (know) |
people_in_history | PEOPLE IN HISTORY: After a 15-year stay in England, this proprietor of Pennsylvania returned to his colony in 1699 | William Penn |
cinematic_dictionary | CINEMATIC DICTIONARY: SFX is the standard abbreviation for these, from the rustling of trees to cannon fire | Sound effects |
it's_ours! | IT'S OURS!: Saint-Pierre & Miquelon | France |
british_fashion | BRITISH FASHION: Designer Vivienne Westwood ran a shop with Malcolm McLaren, who launched this Johnny Rotten band | The Sex Pistols |
andy_warhol | ANDY WARHOL: Because he had the same thing for lunch every day for 20 years, Andy Warhol painted these, beginning in 1962 | Campbell\'s Soup cans |
theatre_crossword_clues_"m" | THEATRE CROSSWORD CLUES "M": Lerner & Loewe's "Lusty Month"<br />(3) | May |
people_in_history | PEOPLE IN HISTORY: This young man put his savings into a small Cleveland refinery in 1862 & eventually had an oil monopoly | John D. Rockefeller |
cinematic_dictionary | CINEMATIC DICTIONARY: Term for the flow of a film, maintained by keeping details consistent throughout a scene | Continuity |
it's_ours! | IT'S OURS!: Montserrat | Great Britain (United Kingdom) |
british_fashion | BRITISH FASHION: Star designer John Galliano was born Juan Carlos Galliano in this British possession at the tip of Spain | Gibraltar |
andy_warhol | ANDY WARHOL: Warhol went against his Capitalist tendencies with his portrait of this man, seen here | Mao Tse-tung |
theatre_crossword_clues_"m" | THEATRE CROSSWORD CLUES "M": Patrick Dennis' "Auntie"<br />(4) | Mame |
people_in_history | PEOPLE IN HISTORY: First Lady Helen Taft led a fund-raising drive for a memorial to this 1912 marine disaster | Sinking of the Titanic |
cinematic_dictionary | CINEMATIC DICTIONARY: Garland Jeffreys sang of having star-studded "dreams" of this size, like movie film | 35mm |
it's_ours! | IT'S OURS!: Cook Islands | New Zealand |
british_fashion | BRITISH FASHION: Katharine Hamnett created the '80s T-shirt telling us to "choose" this | Life |
andy_warhol | ANDY WARHOL: Andy's "15 minutes of fame" quote was once the motto of this magazine | Interview |
theatre_crossword_clues_"m" | THEATRE CROSSWORD CLUES "M": It "Becomes Electra"<br />(8) | Mourning |
people_in_history | PEOPLE IN HISTORY: This Chiricahua Apache was a popular attraction at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis | Geronimo |
cinematic_dictionary | CINEMATIC DICTIONARY: The inventors of this camera-stabilizing device won a special 1977 Oscar | Steadicam |
it's_ours! | IT'S OURS!: Madeira Islands | Portugal |
andy_warhol | ANDY WARHOL: Andy's loft on East 47th Street got this nickname from its former use & Andy's mass-production techniques | The Factory |
theatre_crossword_clues_"m" | THEATRE CROSSWORD CLUES "M": Colchian jilted by Jason<br />(5) | Medea |
people_in_history | PEOPLE IN HISTORY: In 1801 this onetime VP compiled "A Manual of Parliamentary Practice" still used in the U.S. Senate | Thomas Jefferson |
cinematic_dictionary | CINEMATIC DICTIONARY: Near the end of the credits comes the "cutter" of this, the exposed but unfinished film | Negative cutter |
it's_ours! | IT'S OURS!: Northern Mariana Islands | USA |
andy_warhol | ANDY WARHOL: Warhol became the manager of this Lou Reed rock group in 1965 & produced their first album | Velvet Underground |
theatre_crossword_clues_"m" | THEATRE CROSSWORD CLUES "M": Faust's fiendish foe<br />(14) | Mephistopheles |
sports_legends | SPORTS LEGENDS: If Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak had gone one more game in 1941, this company would have given him a $10,000 contract | H.J. Heinz (Heinz 57 Varieties) |
general_science | GENERAL SCIENCE: This white, glossy coating on your teeth is the hardest substance in the human body | Enamel |
getting_possessive | GETTING POSSESSIVE: This bovine took the rap for the disastrous fire of October 8, 1871 | Mrs. O\'Leary\'s cow |
flags_of_the_world | FLAGS OF THE WORLD: It's the kingdom whose flag is seen here (Union Jack) | Great Britain/England |
architects | ARCHITECTS: Minoru Yamasaki reached new heights with this New York City complex | World Trade Center |
1994_films | 1994 FILMS: Quentin Tarantino directed this film & also had a bit role as Jimmy of Toluca Lake | Pulp Fiction |
the_eyes_have_it | THE EYES HAVE IT: A student, or a minor in Roman law | Pupil |
general_science | GENERAL SCIENCE: The time it takes for 50% of the atoms to decay in a radioactive substance is called this | Half-life |
getting_possessive | GETTING POSSESSIVE: At 14,140 feet, this Rocky Mountain peak discovered in 1806 is one of Colorado's highest | Pike\'s Peak |
flags_of_the_world | FLAGS OF THE WORLD: Seen here is the flag of this nation (the home of Bollywood) | India |
architects | ARCHITECTS: William Pereira erected his Transamerica "Pyramid" in this city | San Francisco |
1994_films | 1994 FILMS: As mad bomber Howard Payne in this film, Dennis Hopper planted a bomb on an L.A. area transit bus | Speed |
the_eyes_have_it | THE EYES HAVE IT: A blow with a whip | Lash |
general_science | GENERAL SCIENCE: While compounds of this element are added to table salt, in its pure form it's quite poisonous | Iodine |
getting_possessive | GETTING POSSESSIVE: While one creation slept, God took this to make Eve | Adam\'s rib |
flags_of_the_world | FLAGS OF THE WORLD: Andy Garcia is a native of this country whose flag is seen here | Cuba |
architects | ARCHITECTS: Charles Bulfinch, who contributed to the Capitol in Washington, D.C., designed this city's state house on Beacon Hill | Boston |
1994_films | 1994 FILMS: Jean Vander Pyl, who played Wilma in the original cartoon series, played Mrs. Feldspar in this movie adaptation | The Flintstones |
the_eyes_have_it | THE EYES HAVE IT: A hollow area that holds a light bulb | Socket |
general_science | GENERAL SCIENCE: The "super" class of these stars, the largest known, includes Antares & Betelgeuse | Red giants |
getting_possessive | GETTING POSSESSIVE: You'll find this triangular island about 4 miles off the southeast coast of Massachusetts | Martha\'s Vineyard |
flags_of_the_world | FLAGS OF THE WORLD: In the 1990s, this nation whose flag is seen here moved its seat of government to a different city | Germany |
architects | ARCHITECTS: Dallas-Fort Worth Airport architect Gyo Obata helped design this Smithsonian museum | Air & Space Museum |
1994_films | 1994 FILMS: Containing the hit "Can You Feel The Love Tonight", it was Disney's first animated feature not based on an existing story | The Lion King |
the_eyes_have_it | THE EYES HAVE IT: Flower seen here (that fits the category) | Iris |
general_science | GENERAL SCIENCE: On the pH scale, a pH of 7 indicates this type of solution | Neutral |
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