LOOSE LADY
Credit: LA Times Crossword
Dec. 20. 2009
Alan Arbesfeld

Now for something entirely different. Instead of answering the clues and trying to figure out the theme of a crossword, you are here given the answers and the theme (LOOSE LADY). But there is an even better theme to this puzzle, more specific than the one given. Can you determine what it is?

SHRIMP BISQUE
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
SUSPENSION BRIDGE
SUMMER SOLSTICE
SUNFLOWER STATE

HINT:
Notice the beginning and ending letters of the clues.

Answer:

RUNAROUND SUE

Explanation: Runaround Sue was a #1 hit song for Dion (formerly of The Belmonts) in 1961. It tells the story of a disloyal lover (Sue) who "goes out with other guys." In the puzzle, the letters S, U, and E are found "around" each answer, either as S_____UE or SU_____E.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

JEOPARDY IV

WHAT'S MY LINE?
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Nov. 1985
JoAnn Witt

Listed below are some common answers to some common questions. Can you figure out the question from the answer, and the job or profession of the one asking the question? For example, given the answer clue Yes, please, with cream and sugar, the question would be Would you like some coffee? and the asker would be a waiter or waitress.

1. The dog ate it.
2. Every two minutes
3. Two for dinner
4. Hit me.
5. Not guilty
6. F G E H P
7. 9 1/2
8. His left front paw
9. Non
10. No thanks, we're stuffed

Answers:

1. Where's your homework? - Teacher
2. How far apart are the contractions? - Obstetrician 
3. How many in your party? - Host or hostess
4. Do you want another card? - Blackjack dealer
5. How do you plead? - Judge
6. Can you read the next line? - Optometrist
7. What size? - Shoe salesman/woman
8. What's bothering with your dog/cat? - Veterinarian
9. Smoking or non - Motel desk clerk
10. Would you like dessert? - Waitress
 

JEOPARDY III

BRIGHT IDEA
Credit: GAMES Magazine
Oct/Nov, 1987
Mark Kantrowitz

Here's the answer to a simple question:

Sending an electrical current through a coil of thin tungsten wire creates a magnetic field, which stretches the coil. When the wire is cool, the tungsten has very low resistance to the flow of current, and may break. But if the wire is heated to, say, 2000 degrees C, the tungsten has a very high resistance and the coil is less likely to break.

What's the question?

Answer:

Why do light bulbs usually burn out when they are first turned on, instead of while they are in use?

JEOPARDY II

Here are the answers. What are the questions?

1. Alternate

2. Archaic

3. Geometry

4. Parasites

5. Yale

6. 9 - W

7. About ten drachmas a day

8. Sudafed

Questions:

1. What happens after we all are seven?

2. What can't we have and eat too?

3. What did the little acorn say when he grew up?

4. What can you see from the Eiffel Tower?

5. What do you call a Swedish prison?

6. Herr Wagner, do you spell your name with a "V" ?

7. What's a Grecian urn?

8. What happened when he brought litigation against an FBI agent?

JEOPARDY I

Here are the answers. What are the questions?

1. The Clone Rangers
2. Babe Ruth, Jack the Ripper, Rudolph Valentino, Richard Nixon
3. The Least Common Denominator
4. Fourscore
5. To be or not to be
6. The Periodic Table
7. Make me one with everything.
8. Diplomatic ties
9. Atrophy
10. Subordinate clause

Questions:

1. Who were those 600 masked men?
2. Name a slugger, a mugger, a lover, and a bugger.
3. Who is the king of Denominator Land?
4. What happens after a grand-slam home run?
5. What is the square root of 4b squared?
6. What goes with the occasional chair?
7. What did the Zen Master say to the hotdog vendor?
8. What did the ambassador get every Christmas?
9. What is the name of the award given for lack of exercise?
10. What do you call one of Santa's helpers?