|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current title of newspaper feature begun by Robert Leroy Ripley |
Ripley's Believe It Or Not
|
|
|
Though not related, both South Africa's president & foreign minister have this last name |
Botha
|
|
|
Of $1 million or a date with Joan Collins, choice R.F. Priller made in Canada Dry contest |
million dollars
|
|
|
Little Toot was this type of boat |
tugboat
|
|
|
Not one or the other |
neither
|
|
|
Founder of the 12th dynasty, Amenemhet I, was busy reorganizing this country & moving the capital |
Egypt
|
|
|
Front page of the London Times was filled with these for the last time on May 2, 1966 |
classified ads
|
|
|
Most predominant in north Africa, it's the largest single religion on the entire continent |
Islam
|
|
|
Of bacon, bosom, or babushka, word censored from an ad by N.Y. paper The Jewish Week |
bacon
|
|
|
It contained evil tempers, many cares & more than 150 sorrows |
Pandora's Box
|
|
|
The measure of someting from side to side, as opposed to length |
breadth
|
|
|
This metal's "age" was all the rage in northern Europe |
bronze
|
|
|
L.A.'s Times Mirror Co. owns this Long Island daily with largest evening circulation in America |
Newsday
|
|
|
In the late '60s, Biafra tried unsuccessfully to secede from this country |
Nigeria
|
|
|
Of the 12, sign of the Zodiac which is usually pictured carrying a weapon |
Sagittarius
|
|
|
Story from which come the replies: "Not I," said the duck; "Not I," said the cat; "Not I," said the dog |
The Little Red Hen
|
|
|
For a Catholic after confession, it may consist of 3 Hail Marys & 4 Our Fathers |
penance
|
|
|
Some archeologists figure this Biblical "father" was living at the time in Ur |
[ERRATUM: The word "archaeologists" was misspelled in the clue as shown.]
Abraham
|
|
|
Purchased by Pope Leo XIII in 1890, in the 1930s it was the only Italian paper free of fascist control |
L'Osservatore Romano
|
|
|
The meaning of this country's name is "lion mountains" |
Sierra Leone
|
|
|
Of the 27 current network sitcoms, the 2 whose titles end with question marks |
(Jay: I can't even think of one.)
Who's The Boss? and You Again?
|
|
|
By always replying this when asked to work, that's "how the camel got its hump" |
humph
|
|
|
A school's teachers or an inherent power or ability |
faculty
|
|
|
Historian Wm. Langer says the Sumerians were in a period of this, like Italy in 15th cent. A.D. |
renaissance
|
|
|
|
The former Joseph D. Mobutu, now Mobutu Sese Seko, is president of this large country |
Zaire
|
|
|
Of the over 120 characters John Wayne has played, the only one that we know was Mongolian |
(Alex: [**], [*], in The Conqueror.)
Genghis Khan (or Temujin)
|
|
|
This vegetable was so big, it took an old man & woman, a little girl, cat, dog & mouse to pull it up |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
turnip
|
|
|
In 1971 song title rank of the man Paul McCartney paired with "Uncle Albert" |
admiral
|
|
|
Ency. Americana says that topless dresses were the fashion of the day for women on this Minoan isle |
Crete
|
|