Question: 'In Scotland it was once forbidden for anyone below the rank of earl to own this stag-hunting hound'

Answer: a deerhound


Question: '"Casey would waltz with a strawberry blonde" and this happened'

Answer: "The Band Played On"


Question: 'This outspoken first lady once told "60 Minutes" she wouldn't be surprised if her daughter Susan had an affair'

Answer: Betty Ford


Question: 'This Dolphins coach has a yacht named Three Rings for his 2 Super Bowl titles & 1 college championship'

Answer: Jimmie Johnson


Question: 'Field salad is a salad green also known as this young hoofed animal's lettuce'

Answer: Lamb\'s Lettuce


Question: 'Mount Erebus in this continent's Victoria Land region was discovered by Sir James Ross in 1841'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'Though this "Tibetan" dog's hair falls over its eyes, its hearing makes it an excellent watchdog'

Answer: Lhasa Apso


Question: 'A completely different title to this often sung 1893 classic is "Good Morning To All"'

Answer: "Happy Birthday To You"


Question: 'Scientists prefer to find dinosaur eggs that are cracked because these remains may be preserved inside'

Answer: Embryos


Question: 'In 1986 & 1987 this comic topped the bestseller list with "Fatherhood" & "Time Flies"'

Answer: Bill Cosby


Question: 'In 1928 this Spanish cubist artist pioneered welded sculptures with Julio Gonzalez'

Answer: Pablo Picasso


Question: 'In 1992 this founder of another "Famous" venture started the Uncle Noname Cookie Company'

Answer: Wally "Famous" Amos


Question: 'In Budapest, if you can't master this local language, English & German are widely understood'

Answer: Hungarian


Question: 'Bulrush baby<br />           (5)'

Answer: Moses


Question: 'Diego de Landa, bishop of Yucatan, deciphered some of these people's hieroglyphics in the mid-16th century'

Answer: Mayans


Question: 'In 1995 this star of "Psycho" published a Hollywood novel called "House of Destiny"'

Answer: Janet Leigh


Question: 'Alexander Rodchenko is credited with developing these sculptures by suspending wood structures'

Answer: Mobiles


Question: 'After taking a correspondence course in ice-cream making, they opened their first shop in Vermont in 1978'

Answer: Ben & Jerry


Question: 'Nicolae Ceausescu had part of this capital built in the style of communist North Korea'

Answer: Bucharest


Question: 'Not a minor prime minister<br />           (5)'

Answer: Major


Question: 'The Mother Goddess figurine found in Austria near Willendorf is named for this Roman love deity'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'In "Make the Connection", this talk show host & her trainer reveal "Ten Steps to a Better Body & a Better Life"'

Answer: Oprah Winfrey


Question: 'George Segal's direct-cast plaster sculptures are usually this color'

Answer: White


Question: 'Representing such people as Mike Tyson, he bills himself as "The World's Greatest Boxing Promoter"'

Answer: Don King


Question: 'Pinsk is an important port in this former Soviet republic whose capital is Minsk'

Answer: Belarus


Question: 'Gangster's "gun" gal<br />            (4)'

Answer: Moll


Question: 'On his 1798 conquest of Egypt, this man brought many scholars to study its antiquities'

Answer: Napoléon


Question: 'Doing research on her grandfather led her to co-write the 1996 mystery novel "Murder at San Simeon"'

Answer: Patricia (Patty) Hearst


Question: '"Man with a Broken Nose", his first sculpture submitted for exhibit to the Paris Salon, was rejected'

Answer: Auguste Rodin


Question: 'Former garbage truck driver H. Wayne Huizenga was the driving force behind this entertainment & video group'

Answer: Blockbuster


Question: 'In the 1990s thousands of young westerners have made this Bohemian capital quite Bohemian'

Answer: Prague


Question: 'Couscous country<br />            (7)'

Answer: Morocco


Question: 'In 1996 New Mexico wildfires damaged ruins of this tribe the Navajo called "the Ancient Ones"'

Answer: the Anasazi


Question: 'Her books include "Delusions of Grandma" & "Postcards from the Edge"'

Answer: Carrie Fisher


Question: 'In addition to his "Minute Man" statue, he sculpted equestrian statues of Grant & Washington'

Answer: Daniel Chester French


Question: 'Her cosmetics company is famous for awarding pink Cadillacs to its consultants & directors'

Answer: Mary Kay


Question: 'The name of this country means "plain" & its flatness was helpful to the Nazi war machine'

Answer: Poland


Question: '"La boheme" femme<br />(4)'

Answer: Mimi


Question: 'In 1849 Americans traveling to the California gold fields via boat popularized this hat'

Answer: Panama Hat


Question: 'From Earth 4 galaxies are visible without a telescope: the Large & Small Magellanic Clouds, Andromeda & this'

Answer: the Milky Way


Question: 'The "Rachel cut" hairstyle was popularized by this sitcom'

Answer: Friends


Question: 'Early in the morning of August 3, 1923 he was sworn in as U.S. president'

Answer: (Calvin) Coolidge


Question: 'In carpentry, this body part "& groove" form a joint between 2 boards'

Answer: tongue


Question: 'A home run with the bases loaded'

Answer: a grand slam


Question: 'In 2000 Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ruled that this computer company should be split in two'

Answer: Microsoft


Question: 'The possible 10th planet of our solar system was nicknamed for this TV warrior princess; Gabrielle is its moon'

Answer: Xena


Question: 'Tourists flocked to California wineries after seeing this 2004 Paul Giamatti film but probably held off on the Merlot'

Answer: Sideways


Question: 'In 1923 this city replaced Constantinople as the capital of its country'

Answer: Ankara


Question: 'Seen here are grooves in this Buckeye State scoured into limestone 18,000 years ago by the Great Ice Sheet'

Answer: Ohio


Question: '"Colorful" 9-letter word used derisively of an immigrant unfamiliar with American life'

Answer: a greenhorn


Question: 'Grammar alert: there's a split one of these in the phrase "He chose to wisely decline the invitation"'

Answer: an infinitive


Question: 'Appropriately, the star Acubens, "The Claw", is found in this constellation named for a crustacean'

Answer: the Crab Constellation (Cancer accepted)


Question: 'In the '90s this somewhat hallucinatory TV title attorney brought back the micro-miniskirt'

Answer: Ally McBeal


Question: 'Alfred P. Sloan Jr. became the CEO of this giant auto company in 1923 & brought it back from the brink of collapse'

Answer: General Motors


Question: 'Much of the cortical surface of this is hidden in grooves called sulci'

Answer: the brain


Question: 'He's the first astronaut later elected U.S. senator'

Answer: John Glenn


Question: 'Otto Hahn & Fritz Strassman got together long enough to split this in 1938'

Answer: the atom


Question: 'Fomalhaut, the brightest star in Piscis Austrinus, means "mouth of" this in Arabic'

Answer: a fish


Question: 'In 2005 the terpsichorean splendor of John O'Hurley repopularized a somewhat lost art on this TV show'

Answer: Dancing with the Stars


Question: 'Governor Al Smith of this state signed a repeal of the state's Prohibition Enforcement Act, angering the feds'

Answer: New York


Question: 'This Simon & Garfunkel tune is also known as "The 59th Street Bridge Song"'

Answer: "Feelin\' Groovy"


Question: 'January is the first month of the year on this, first used in 1582'

Answer: the Gregorian calendar


Question: 'Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda share ownership of this body of water'

Answer: Lake Victoria


Question: 'Named in the 17th c. by Dutchman Petrus Plancius, the constellation Monoceros represents this mythical animal'

Answer: a unicorn


Question: 'Sales of Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses soared after Tom Cruise donned a pair in this 1983 film'

Answer: Risky Business


Question: 'In July the U.S. Open golf tournament was won by this amateur in a playoff'

Answer: Bobby Jones


Question: 'In this artistic process, printing is done by forcing ink into grooves made by acid'

Answer: copperplate etching


Question: 'Psychologist Max Wertheimer co-founded this theory in which the sum is greater than its parts'

Answer: Gestalt


Question: 'Name given to the period between 1378 & 1417 when the Catholic Church had 2 or 3 popes serving simultaneously'

Answer: the Great Schism


Question: 'Britannica states that the name "Agora" was first found in the work of this ancient Greek poet'

Answer: Homer


Question: '"Miles Ahead" is a 1957 album by this jazz trumpeter'

Answer: Miles Davis


Question: 'Eponymous term meaning biased devotion to a group, it sometimes follows "male" when used by feminists'

Answer: chauvenism


Question: 'Freed from prison in 2005, she said, "The experience of the last five months... has been life altering and life affirming"'

Answer: Martha Stewart


Question: 'S.C. native Robert Mills designed the Washington Monument & some of the USC campus in this state capital'

Answer: Columbia


Question: '"The herb you need to improve this recipe isn't parsley, rosemary or thyme", Tom remarked in this wise fashion'

Answer: sagely


Question: 'This 1953 book title tells us the temperature at which books burn'

Answer: Fahrenheit 451


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Smithsonian Institution.)  This Grammy is one of 13 awarded to this jazz singer called "The First Lady of Song"'

Answer: Ella Fitzgerald


Question: 'Part of many religions, it's the opposition to war & violence as means of settling disputes'

Answer: pacifism


Question: 'Dorothy Parker quipped that "Brevity is the soul of" this sexywear'

Answer: lingerie


Question: 'The Francis Marion National Forest contains plenty of these soggy areas found in Marion's nickname'

Answer: swamps


Question: '"I've struck unrefined oil!" Tom related in this coarse manner'

Answer: crudely


Question: 'In 1900 he wrote the line, "The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick"'

Answer: L. Frank Baum


Question: 'The album title "Satch Plays Fats" refers to these 2 musicians, one a trumpeter, the other a pianist'

Answer: Louis Armstrong & Fats Waller


Question: 'The practices of some extreme Protestants of the Reformation era; or any moral strictness'

Answer: puritanism


Question: 'She once remarked, "The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender"'

Answer: Sandra Day O\'Connor


Question: '2 crops, indigo & this grain, made the colony wealthy in the 18th century'

Answer: rice


Question: '"I only have clubs, diamonds and spades", Tom said in this cruel fashion'

Answer: heartlessly


Question: 'This 1952 Pulitzer-winning book grew out of Herman Wouk's experiences on a WWII destroyer-minesweeper'

Answer: The Caine Mutiny


Question: 'This bop saxophonist's 1946 tune "Ornithology" became a jazz standard'

Answer: Charlie Parker


Question: 'Latin for "other" gave us this word meaning unselfish concern for others'

Answer: altruism


Question: 'In 1926 she told Ernest Hemingway, "You are all a lost generation"'

Answer: Gertrude Stein


Question: 'It's the annoyingly cheerful way Tom said, "Golly!  The coffee's bubbling through!"'

Answer: perkily


Question: 'Elizabeth Barrett Browning gave this volume of 44 sonnets to Robert in 1847, a year after they eloped'

Answer: Sonnets from the Portuguese


Question: 'This bandleader was the "King of Hi-De-Ho"'

Answer: Cab Calloway


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew explains a symbol pictured on a screen.)  A Roman symbol in which rods tied together meant unity led to the name of this ideology that glorifies the state'

Answer: fascism


Question: 'People said women couldn't swim the Channel... I proved they could"; & so she did, in 1926'

Answer: Gertrude Ederle


Question: 'When Tom yelled, "Neigh!  Neigh!  A thousand times neigh!" it was in this rough way, as if he had a sore throat'

Answer: hoarsely


Question: 'Clause 39 of this reads "No freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned... except by the legal judgment of his peers"'

Answer: the Magna Carta


Question: 'The deepest ground penetration on June 6 was not by Americans or Brits but by this country's forces at Juno beach'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'Let's have this mid-morning meal with a portmanteau name'

Answer: brunch


Question: 'As a U.S. governor, he established the hydrogen highway & million solar roofs plan'

Answer: Schwarzenegger


Question: 'The USBGN rarely approves the use of this punctuation mark, so it endorses names like Henrys fork & Pikes Peak'

Answer: an apostrophe


Question: 'You may facetiously call your wastebasket this "file"'

Answer: a circular file


Question: '(Chevy Chase delivers the clue from the set of Community.)  On "Weekend Update", I announced "Our top story tonight: Generalissimo" this man "is still dead"'

Answer: Franco


Question: 'The decision to go on June 6 was due to James Stagg, chief adviser to Eisenhower on this atmospheric science'

Answer: weather


Question: 'Let's hit the gym & do these till our abs cry'

Answer: crunch


Question: 'He graduated from the medical school of the university of Vienna in 1881; tell me, how do you feel about that?'

Answer: Freud


Question: 'D'oh!  The USBGN's website says it's a myth that there's a community named this in each of the 50 states--there's one in only 34'

Answer: Springfield


Question: 'The Texas dept. of agriculture uses this geometric term for the nutritious food kids should eat--breakfast, lunch & dinner'

Answer: a square meal


Question: '(Chevy Chase delivers the clue from the set of Community.)  In 1986, 10 years after I played at least a small part in denying this man a new term, I met him at a conference on humor & the presidency held at his museum'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'A counterattack by tanks called these, from the German for "armor", was barely turned back by British gunners'

Answer: panzers


Question: 'Let's get a pizza... & a couple of burritos... & some chips... I've got a bad case of these'

Answer: the munchies


Question: 'Pre-Spago, this chef's first job in the U.S. was at La Tour in Indianapolis in 1973'

Answer: (Wolfgang) Puck


Question: 'The USBGN shot down a recent proposal to change the name of this to the "Gulf of America"'

Answer: the Gulf of Mexico


Question: 'At the 1976 Olympics, Nadia Comaneci got a perfect 10 on this uneven equipment'

Answer: the parallel bars


Question: '(Chevy Chase delivers the clue from the set of Community.)  When I checked into "Samurai Hotel", Richard Pryor & this actor argued with swords, over who'd carry my bags to my room'

Answer: John Belushi


Question: 'Visits to Longues-sur-Mer, the only coastal German one of these emplacements with guns intact, are " electrifying"'

Answer: batteries


Question: 'Let's have you prove me right by showing you know this term for an intuition'

Answer: a hunch


Question: 'The USBGN has been in the middle as Alaska's lawmakers have fought with Ohio's over the name of this mountain'

Answer: (Mt.) McKinley


Question: 'Rather than long-term care for chronic disorders, some hospitals give this type of care (the opposite of obtuse)'

Answer: acute


Question: '(Chevy Chase delivers the clue from the set of Community.)  I played this "SNL" character who tried to gain entry into peoples' homes by claiming to be a plumber, a dolphin & a deliverer of a "candygram"'

Answer: the landshark


Question: 'Rommel said, "the first 24 hours of the invasion will be decisive...it will be" this, which became the title of a book & movie'

Answer: the longest day


Question: 'Let's read "An American Dilemma", this Nobel Prize winner's 1944 study of race relations'

Answer: (Ralph) Bunche


Question: 'The USBGN catalogs the locations of these but won't release them; if you want to spelunk, you're on your own'

Answer: caves


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Microsoft Research in Redmond, WA.)  Microsoft surface uses multiple cameras to find my finger position with this geometric technique where two known points lead to the location of an unknown'

Answer: triangulation


Question: '(Chevy Chase delivers the clue from the set of Community.)  I told Gilda Radner, "I don't know, Babs, but I do know this--you've really let" this small, fleshy item that hangs from the soft palate "go to the dogs"'

Answer: your uvula


Question: 'In November 1848, for the first time, it was the same for Americans in every state'

Answer: Election Day


Question: 'In 2003 geri halliwell, this redheaded spice, played Phoebe in an episode of "Sex and the City"'

Answer: Ginger Spice


Question: 'In the 1960s Galina Ulanova retired & Maya Plisetskaya became this company's prima ballerina'

Answer: the Bolshoi


Question: 'The British rescued 5 of these toy dogs when looting the Chinese imperial palace in 1860; one was presented to Queen Victoria'

Answer: Pekingese


Question: 'James Michener's novel about this country centers on a village on the Vistula River'

Answer: Poland


Question:
'Uranium,
phosphorus,
oxygen,
nitrogen'

Answer: U P O N


Question: 'In 1834 slavery was abolished in the British Empire as of August 1, long celebrated as this day'

Answer: Emacipation Day


Question: 'This trumpet player headed the Tijuana brass on "Spanish Flea", the theme song for "The Dating Game"'

Answer: Herb Alpert


Question: 'The Aztecs revered this dog; by the 19th century, it was nicknamed pelon, Spanish for "bald"'

Answer: a Mexican hairless dog


Question: '"riverrun, past Eve and Adam's" is the opening passage, & about the most comprehensible part, of this Joyce novel'

Answer: Finnegans Wake


Question:
'Boron,
aluminum,
potassium'

Answer: B Al K


Question: 'The U.S. Department of Energy has a website urging us to "Make every day" this April event'

Answer: Earth Day


Question: 'The uniquely dressed Herb Tarlek hung out with Les Nessman & Dr. Johnny fever at this title radio station (on TV)'

Answer: WKRP in Cincinnati


Question: 'The AKC says the name of this dog breed seen here goes back to one owned by Kees de Gyselaer'

Answer: keeshond


Question: 'Just before his death in 1975, Rex Stout published "A Family Affair", his final book about this portly detective'

Answer: Nero Wolfe


Question: 'Sulfur,<br />silver'

Answer: S Ag


Question: 'Fittingly, schools were not closed on April 5, 2009, which was this "and sharing day, U.S.A."'

Answer: Education


Question: '"I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want"; for you to name this 1-word 1997 Spice Girls No. 1 hit'

Answer: Wannabe


Question: 'Before studying ballet & opening his own ballet school in New York City in 1953, he was a tap dancer'

Answer: (Robert) Joffrey


Question: 'In the 1980s Wally Conron was the first to breed this dog; now there are oodles of them'

Answer: labradoodles


Question: 'At 900+ pages, his 1998 novel "I Know This Much is True" is one hefty read'

Answer: (Wally) Lamb


Question: 'Sodium,<br />yttrium'

Answer: Na Y


Question: 'In Japan before WWII February 11 was celebrated as this large political unit day'

Answer: Empire Day


Question: 'In 1979 this duo hit No. 1 for 4 weeks with "Reunited"'

Answer: Peaches & Herb


Question: 'Byron said his dog, of this large breed, possessed beauty without vanity & all the virtues of man without his vices'

Answer: a Newfoundland


Question: 'Yakov Liebermann, the hero of this Ira Levin novel, was based on Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal'

Answer: The Boys from Brazil


Question:
'Tin,
iodine,
fluorine,
fluorine'

Answer: Sn I F F


Question: 'Founded in 1795, this city that hosts a popular annual sporting event has "sport" in its name'

Answer: Williamsport


Question: 'Disguised as a lawyer, Portia foils Shylock's plan to collect a pound of flesh in this play'

Answer: "The Merchant of Venice"


Question: 'He played New York cop James Edwards who became MIB Agent J'

Answer: Will Smith


Question: 'Seen here, it's a helpful "feminine" predator of other bugs:'

Answer: Ladybug


Question: 'There's a pyramid on the back of his greenback'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'Having jumped in a lake during their Orlando photo shoot, these "Boys" sported the wet look on a 1998 cover'

Answer: Backstreet Boys


Question: 'If I can never die, I'm this'

Answer: Immortal


Question: 'This character who loved Cressida was a prince of Troy'

Answer: Troilus


Question: 'According to the title of a 1984 movie musical, they "Take Manhattan"'

Answer: The Muppets


Question: 'In the U.S. these insects are divided into 3 main groups: damp-wood, dry-wood & subterranean'

Answer: Termites


Question: 'On the back of his bill is the front of his memorial'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'In 1998 Brandy & this teen country diva were among the "Hottest Stars Under 21"'

Answer: LeAnn Rimes


Question: 'On the football field, this line separates the Lions from the Bears'

Answer: Line of scrimmage


Question: 'In Act I of this play, Cordelia says, "What shall Cordelia speak?  Love, and be silent"'

Answer: "King Lear"


Question: '"Lost in New York" is the subtitle of the 1992 sequel to this film'

Answer: Home Alone


Question: 'This common pest is quite the leaper:'

Answer: Flea


Question: 'The only dueling fatality on the front of a current bill'

Answer: Alexander Hamilton


Question: 'This Yankees shortstop reveals he's "A big movie person"; "Seven" is his favorite'

Answer: Derek Jeter


Question: 'IDG books "For" these people include ones on "Bird Watching", "Opera" & "Windows 98"'

Answer: Dummies


Question: 'Shakespeare laid the scene of this tragedy in "Fair Verona"'

Answer: "Romeo and Juliet"


Question: 'She played a New York photographer who's a stepmom-to-be in 1998's "Stepmom"'

Answer: Julia Roberts


Question: 'Unlike the grasshopper, the 17-year "locust" is really one of these winged insects noted for their loud buzzing'

Answer: Cicada


Question: 'This president seen on a bill lost all his money to swindler Ferdinand Ward in 1884'

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant


Question: 'For this Wallflower, when it comes to style & fashion, "Black...rocks like no other color"'

Answer: Jakob Dylan


Question: '"Tell me more" about this song from "Grease"'

Answer: "Summer Nights"


Question: '"'Tis incredible to believe how much she loves me.  O the kindest Kate!" Petruchio says in this play'

Answer: "The Taming of the Shrew"


Question: 'Tea Leoni & the Big Apple are destroyed by a tidal wave when a meteor hits the Earth in this 1998 disaster film'

Answer: Deep Impact


Question: 'Imitations of this "monthly" flier are used as fishing lures:'

Answer: Mayfly


Question: 'Of people on the front of current U.S. bills, he was born the earliest'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: 'Talk about most embarrassing moments, she said hers was on "Jeopardy!":'

Answer: Kirsten Dunst


Question: 'For 1/3 & 1/4, it's 12'

Answer: Lowest common denominator


Question: 'Just 17 when he set sail for Kublai Khan's court, this Italian didn't return home for 24 years'

Answer: Marco Polo


Question: 'The Union of Concerned Scientists says thermal expansion has raised this level 4-10 inches in the last century'

Answer: Sea level


Question: 'Doggy Dogg's chicken houses'

Answer: Snoop\'s coops


Question: 'In 1921 former president William Howard Taft achieved his life's goal -- an appointment to this body'

Answer: Supreme Court


Question: 'To keep a secret one might seal or button these body parts'

Answer: Lips


Question: 'The Mycenean form of this language was spoken in Knossos on Crete & in Pylos & Mycenae on the mainland'

Answer: Greek


Question: 'This Icelandic explorer whose statue is seen here visited America almost 500 years before Columbus'

Answer: Leif Ericson


Question: 'If the temperature is 90 degrees & this figure is 80 percent, the heat index rises to 113 degrees'

Answer: Humidity


Question: 'Jagger's ballpoint pens'

Answer: Mick\'s Bics


Question: 'Seen here, Taft began this presidential tradition at the 1910 season opener:'

Answer: Throwing out the first pitch


Question: 'In the phrase "on the Q.T.", Q.T. is short for this word'

Answer: Quiet


Question: 'Before Latin spread, Oscan was the most widely spoken group of dialects on this country's Apennine Peninsula'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'He served in the Confederate army & the Union navy before hooking up with Livingstone'

Answer: Henry Stanley


Question: 'This innovation that makes summer bearable was named by engineer Stuart Cramer in 1906'

Answer: Air conditioner


Question: 'Bono's band's ballet wear'

Answer: U2\'s tutus


Question: 'Taft was the first civil governor of these islands, acquired from Spain in 1898 after the Spanish-American War'

Answer: Philippines


Question: 'In a familiar phrase for becoming silent, "up" follows the name of this bivalve mollusk'

Answer: Clam


Question: 'It's Libya's official language'

Answer: Arabic


Question: 'For his circumnavigation of the world, he was knighted aboard his Golden Hind in 1581'

Answer: Sir Francis Drake


Question: 'For this cliche to be true, the sidewalk must reach at least 130 degrees to permit coagulation'

Answer: Fry an egg on the sidewalk


Question: 'Hagar's nightclothes'

Answer: Sammy\'s jammies


Question: 'These 2 states were admitted to the Union during Taft's presidency'

Answer: New Mexico & Arizona


Question: 'You won't get enough coconut cream or key lime if you keep this slang term for your mouth shut'

Answer: Piehole


Question: 'This South African language has been called Cape Dutch'

Answer: Afrikaans


Question: 'This Portuguese explorer commanded the first fleet to reach India from Europe'

Answer: Vasco da Gama


Question: 'Sweating doesn't cool the body -- the perspiration has to leave the skin by this process'

Answer: Evaporation


Question: 'Mr. Vicious' children'

Answer: Sid\'s kids


Question: 'After the presidency, Taft was a law professor at this Connecticut university, his alma mater'

Answer: Yale


Question: 'You might be told to put one on; the real thing keeps a dog from biting'

Answer: Muzzle


Question: 'In 1967 newly identified dialects of the language spoken by these people were found in Guatemala & Chiapas, Mexico'

Answer: Mayans


Question: 'Title hero who "silently rowed to the Charlestown shore, just as the moon rose over the bay"'

Answer: Paul Revere


Question: '"Linda's Kitchen" is a vegetarian cookbook by this wife of a former Beatle'

Answer: McCartney


Question: 'This name was especially popular in the 1800s, when a certain Miss Dickinson and Miss Bronte were born'

Answer: Emily


Question: 'According to the Magickal Almanac, this is the only country where a black cat is considered bad luck'

Answer: the United States


Question: 'This city is the seat of Washington's King County'

Answer: Seattle


Question: 'France's Marie-Jose Perec won the women's 200- & 400-meter runs, & this American became the 1st man to win both'

Answer: Michael Johnson


Question: 'When Abel Tasman discovered this island in 1642, he called it Van Diemen's Land'

Answer: Tasmania


Question: 'Robert K. Massie concluded his saga of this royal couple in "The Romanovs: The Final Chapter"'

Answer: Nicholas & Alexandra


Question: 'Actress Bergman helped popularize this Scandinavian first name, possibly meaning "beautiful"'

Answer: Ingrid


Question: 'Don't ask a fisherman this question; if he answers, it'll stop his streak'

Answer: "Did you catch any?" (or "Are they biting?")


Question: 'The name of this state's Kennebec River is Algonquian for "long reach"'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'Karch Kiraly became the only player to win a 3rd gold medal in this sport, indoors or out'

Answer: volleyball


Question: 'The Chinese plan called the Great Leap Forward was initiated by this leader in 1958'

Answer: Mao Tse-tung


Question: 'This Microsoft CEO talks about the future of computers in his bestseller "The Road Ahead"'

Answer: Bill Gates


Question: 'The name Perdita was created by this playwright for the heroine of his "Winter's Tale"'

Answer: Shakespeare


Question: 'In pagan Ireland this plant was a symbol of the 3 aspects of this goddess'

Answer: the shamrock


Question: 'The geographic center of this state lies in Wexford County, 5 miles north-northwest of Cadillac'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'On July 19, 1996 Janet Evans lit his fire'

Answer: Muhammad Ali


Question: 'In 1986 this dictator fled Haiti, ending 28 years of rule by his family'

Answer: Baby Doc Duvalier


Question: 'This family of anthropologists is the subject of the biography "Ancestral Passions"'

Answer: the Leakeys


Question: 'Dominique is traditional for a girl born on this day of the week'

Answer: Sunday


Question: 'For a bride, a coin in here ensures future wealth & perhaps a painful walk down the aisle'

Answer: her shoe


Question: 'The largest area of sand dunes in North America lies north of the Platte River in this state'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'Nickname of Turkey's gold medal-winning weightlifter Naim Suleymanoglu'

Answer: The Pocket Hercules


Question: 'In 405 B.C. Spartan commander Lysander won the final victory over the Athenians in this war'

Answer: the Peloponnesian War


Question: '"Years of Upheaval" is his personal account of foreign affairs during President Nixon's 2nd term'

Answer: Henry Kissinger


Question: 'Lolita is a pet form of Lola & Lola is a pet form of this name, Spanish for "sorrows"'

Answer: Dolores


Question: 'Finding & carrying a rusty one of these is luckier than a shiny one…just don't step on it'

Answer: a nail


Question: 'Over 3 dozen mountains in this northern New York range exceed 4,000 feet'

Answer: the Adirondacks


Question: 'As it turned out, the U.S. didn't need the points from her 2nd vault, which worsened her ankle injury'

Answer: Kerri Strug


Question: 'In 1358 Lubeck, on the Baltic coast, became the headquarters of this league'

Answer: the Hanseatic League


Question: 'The U.S. will stop operating this 50-mile-long passageway in the year 2000'

Answer: the Panama Canal


Question: 'Before starting the Pennsylvania Gazette in 1729, he worked for nearly a year in a London printing office'

Answer: (Benjamin) Franklin


Question: 'In 1995 she reprised her role of Victor/Victoria for the Broadway stage'

Answer: (Julie) Andrews


Question: 'This South American river has more than a thousand known tributaries'

Answer: the Amazon


Question: 'In 1726 this "Messiah" composer became an English citizen'

Answer: Handel


Question: 'The titles Kaiser & Czar were both derived from this earlier title'

Answer: Caesar


Question: 'The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake did little damage to this, the world's tallest suspension bridge'

Answer: the Golden Gate Bridge


Question: 'At age 19 this "Leaves of Grass" author became editor of The Long Islander, a weekly newspaper'

Answer: Whitman


Question: 'She's played 2 Stephen King characters on film: Annie Wilkes in "Misery" & "Dolores Claiborne"'

Answer: (Kathy) Bates


Question: 'Lake Manapouri on South Island is one of this country's deepest lakes'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'Although known as "The Waltz King", he also wrote numerous marches & polkas'

Answer: (Johann) Strauss


Question: 'Pants, as an item of apparel, is short for this word, from an Italian comic character'

Answer: Pantalone


Question: 'Built in 410 days, it was the tallest building in the world for 4 decades of the 20th century'

Answer: the Empire State Building


Question: 'In 1805 this explorer was sent to take a "peak" at the upper Mississippi'

Answer: (Zebulon) Pike


Question: 'In a 1995 film this Irish actor portrayed Scottish outlaw Rob Roy'

Answer: Liam Neeson


Question: 'Bordered by Ukraine & Russia, the Sea of Azov is a northern arm of this sea'

Answer: the Black Sea


Question: 'His 1742 "Aria with Thirty Variations" is usually called the "Goldberg Variations"'

Answer: Bach


Question: 'Dating from the 16th century, goodbye is a contraction of these 4 words'

Answer: god be with you


Question: 'The Itaipu, one of these 5 miles wide on the Brazil-Paraguay border, inspired a Philip Glass symphony'

Answer: a dam


Question: 'When he left office in 1987, this Democrat had served an unprecedented 4 terms as Alabama governor'

Answer: George Wallace


Question: 'He directed live-in love Susan Sarandon in the movie "Dead Man Walking"'

Answer: Tim Robbins


Question: 'Hellespont is the ancient name for this strait that connects the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea'

Answer: the Dardanelles


Question: 'Shortly after this "Gretchen am Spinnrade" composer met Beethoven, he was a torchbearer at his funeral'

Answer: Schubert


Question: 'Copper was named for this island where it was abundant'

Answer: Cyprus


Question: 'It runs between the towns of Folkestone & Coquelles'

Answer: the Chunnel (or Channel Tunnel)


Question: 'In 1780 this "Swamp Fox" was appointed Brigadier General of the South Carolina militia'

Answer: Francis Marion


Question: 'Deborah Zerby is the real name of this actress who starred in "True Grit"'

Answer: Kim Darby


Question: 'This "Great" lake is the largest lake entirely within Canada'

Answer: the Great Bear Lake


Question: 'This "Grand Canyon Suite" composer was once and arranger & pianist for Paul Whiteman'

Answer: Ferde Grofé


Question: 'Coined by a 9-year-old circa 1940, it's a 1 followed by 100 zeros'

Answer: a googol


Question: 'The preface to this 1913 play was entitled "A Professor of Phonetics"'

Answer: Pygmalion


Question: 'The website bbhq.com has trivia, chat, etc. for these people born between '46 & '64'

Answer: Baby boomers


Question: 'Throughout his career Polk remained an ardent member of the Jacksonian wing of this political party'

Answer: Democrats


Question: 'During his 24-year career, this longtime Cincinnati Red set a record with 14,053 at-bats'

Answer: Pete Rose


Question: 'Symbols on its seal include icebergs & the Northern Lights'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'Made in various shapes, spicy cakes called "lebkuchen" are popular at Christmas in this country'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'Store founder H. Gordon Selfridge insisted this person "is always right"'

Answer: The customer


Question: 'In 1978 Daniel Levinson developed the idea of this "midlife" upheaval'

Answer: Midlife crisis


Question: 'Running for president as a relative unknown, Polk is considered the first of these swarthy animals'

Answer: Dark horse


Question: 'In 1984 this Dolphins QB became the first in NFL history to pass for more than 5,000 yards in a season'

Answer: Dan Marino


Question: 'Although not known for its wineries, Connecticut has 3 of these plants on its state seal'

Answer: Grapes/grapevines


Question: 'Cook up some bitochki in Moscow & you'll feast on these rolled ground beef & ground veal favorites'

Answer: Meatballs


Question: 'Parents living together have the joint type of this, & may continue to have it after a divorce'

Answer: Custody


Question: 'Middle-aged men live out big-league baseball dreams at these "camps"'

Answer: Fantasy camps


Question: 'During Polk's administration, the U.S. waged this war of expansion from 1846 to 1848'

Answer: Mexican-American War


Question: '(Hi, I'm NBA Hall-of-Famer John Havlicek)  The Celtics have won 16 NBA titles, including 1968 & 1969 when we were led by this man, the NBA's first black head coach'

Answer: Bill Russell


Question: 'This structure, a honey of a symbol for hard work & industry, graces Utah's seal'

Answer: Beehive


Question: 'This festive holiday drink can be enjoyed all year:<br />(topped with nutmeg)'

Answer: Eggnog


Question: 'Philip Astley, who added acrobats & dancing dogs to his trick-riding show, is called "The Father of" this'

Answer: Modern circus


Question: 'A series of stages that includes middle age, or a trademarked exercise bike used then'

Answer: Life cycle


Question: 'After John Quincy Adams' disputed election, Polk called for an end to the electoral system & for this type of vote'

Answer: a popular vote


Question: 'In 1976 this track star who won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Olympics was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom'

Answer: Jesse Owens


Question: 'South Dakota's state seal features a riverboat steaming along this major river'

Answer: Missouri River


Question: 'One tasty type of this sausage made from spices & pork livers is called braunschweiger'

Answer: Liverwurst


Question: 'It's a more pleasant-sounding word for a spittoon'

Answer: Cuspidor


Question: 'Along with cholesterol, watch your level of this substance partly named for its 3 molecules of fatty acids'

Answer: Triglycerides


Question: 'Before winning the White House, Polk served in this state's assembly & as its governor'

Answer: Tennessee


Question: 'In 1952 he won the heavyweight boxing title by KOing Jersey Joe Walcott; he retired undefeated in 1956'

Answer: Rocky Marciano


Question: 'This bird is depicted on Louisiana's state seal in a nest with her 3 young'

Answer: Brown pelican


Question: 'Also called Chinese parsley, this flat-leafed, long-stemmed herb can be used as a seasoning agent or as a garnish'

Answer: Cilantro


Question: 'Notable early bloomers seen here:'

Answer: Crocuses


Question: 'This animal accessory changed agriculture; no wonder it's a symbol of luck'

Answer: Horseshoe


Question: 'According to Guinness, Deanne Sarre did this to 390 sheep in 8 hours, all by hand'

Answer: Sheared them


Question: 'Eternal laugh riot "La Divina Commedia"'

Answer: "The Divine Comedy"


Question: 'Serial killer Vincent D'Onofrio torments Jennifer Lopez & other women in this creepy 2000 film'

Answer: The Cell


Question: 'The 2 traditional symbols of Islam on the Turkish flag'

Answer: Crescent & star


Question: 'Rhett Butler's most famous adverb, it modified an entire phrase in the film'

Answer: Frankly


Question: 'Astrologer Albumazar thought the world would end when the planets were in this fishy constellation'

Answer: Pisces


Question: 'It's where you shouldn't put a wool product if the symbol seen here is on its label:'

Answer: In the dryer


Question: 'Magical realism masterpiece "Cien Anos de Soledad"'

Answer: "100 Years of Solitude"


Question: 'This character hoped to make a coat out of "101 Dalmatians"'

Answer: Cruella de Vil


Question: 'At 16,945 feet, it's the highest point in Turkey'

Answer: Mount Ararat


Question: 'It's how the original Enterprise crew went "Where no man has gone before"'

Answer: Boldly


Question: 'In Norway's state church only one of these men survived the Black Death; maybe he moved diagonally away'

Answer: Bishop


Question: 'It can be a fabric used as a warm lining for a coat, or the coat of a sheep, removed as one unit'

Answer: Fleece


Question: 'Existential disappearing act "L'Etre et le Neant"'

Answer: "Being and Nothingness"


Question: 'Being invisible brings out the bad side of this actor in "Hollow Man"'

Answer: Kevin Bacon


Question: 'In the 1300s these Muslim Turks began to build a vast empire that would last until 1922'

Answer: Ottomans


Question: 'In a book by Mark Harris, it was how you had to "Bang the Drum"'

Answer: Slowly


Question: 'In a 1346 battle, France's Philip VI was Crecy to take on the third English king of this name'

Answer: Edward III


Question: 'It'll happen to young-looking customers in a liquor store & to wool fibers before they're spun'

Answer: Carded


Question: 'Not a Roman holiday for Thomas Mann, "Der Tod in Venedig"'

Answer: "Death in Venice"


Question: 'Michael Madsen sliced off a cop's ear while dancing to "Stuck in the Middle With You" in this '92 Quentin Tarantino movie'

Answer: Reservoir Dogs


Question: 'Beginning a program to modernize the nation, he set up the Republic of Turkey in 1923'

Answer: Kemal Ataturk


Question: 'In the presidential oath of office, it's how they "swear" or "affirm"'

Answer: Solemnly


Question: 'Prussia was Christianized in the 13th century by knights of this order'

Answer: Teutonic Knights


Question: 'Wool is one of the main industries of these islands fought over in a brief war in 1982'

Answer: Falkland (or Malvinas) Islands


Question: 'Gogol's 1842 "mortal"ity play "Myortvye Dushi"'

Answer: "Dead Souls"


Question: 'Bruce Willis squares off against terrorists led by this actor in 1988's "Die Hard"'

Answer: Alan Rickman


Question: 'In 330 A.D. he moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium, today the city of Istanbul'

Answer: Constantine the Great


Question: 'Living your life through the experiences of others, you're living this way, from the Latin for "stead"'

Answer: Vicariously


Question: 'This woman designed NYC's Museum for African Art, as well as a famous memorial in Washington, D.C.'

Answer: Maya Ying Lin


Question: 'In his 1834 autobiography, this frontiersman stated, "I never wrote (a book) before, and never read very many"'

Answer: Davy Crockett


Question: 'Held in Melbourne in January, it's the first of the 4 tennis Grand Slam events every year'

Answer: the Australian Open


Question: 'In 1877 "Swan Lake" took flight in this country, the homeland of the composer'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'Louisette Bertholle & Simone Beck share co-author credit on her "Mastering the Art of French Cooking"'

Answer: Julia Child


Question: 'Greeks & Turks share a statue of Liberty in this island country'

Answer: Cyprus


Question: 'The cry of a crow'

Answer: caw


Question: 'In 1920 he said that "Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country"'

Answer: Lenin


Question: 'These 2 sisters have faced each other in the Wimbledon singles finals 4 times'

Answer: Venus & Serena Williams


Question: 'The Martha Graham Company first presented "Clytemnestra" on April 1, 1958 in this country'

Answer: the United States


Question: 'His "There's a Chef in My Soup!", a cookbook for kids, includes recipes for Junior's Jambalaya & Ka-Bam Kabobs'

Answer: Emeril Lagasse


Question: 'Lady Liberty is looking very put together as depicted in this Jutland park'

Answer: Legoland


Question: '5-letter adjective meaning lewd or humorously indecent'

Answer: bawdy


Question: 'Article 40 of this 1215 document stated, "To no one will we sell, to no one will we refuse or delay right or justice"'

Answer: the Magna Carta


Question: 'In 2008 Stanislas Wawrinka teamed with this pro to represent Switzerland in the Olympics, winning the doubles title'

Answer: Roger Federer


Question: 'One of the great romantic ballets, "Giselle" first danced to life in this country in 1841'

Answer: France


Question: '"Skinny Italian" offers recipes & cooking tips from Teresa Giudice of this "Real Housewives" franchise'

Answer: The Real Housewives of New Jersey


Question: 'People didn't want President Fujimori to have his freedom & demonstrated near a statue of Liberty in this country'

Answer: Peru


Question: 'It's the only state that doesn't have national parks, monuments, battlefields or historic sites'

Answer: Delaware


Question: 'In December 1899 Queen Victoria said about this war, "We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist"'

Answer: the Boer War


Question: 'In 2010 this Spaniard exceeded $10 million in tournament earnings & was the world's No. 1 ranked player'

Answer: Rafael Nadal


Question: 'The Central Ballet of this country has created "Ode to the Yimeng Mountain", & "Lin Dai-Yu" & "Lan Hua-Hua"'

Answer: China


Question: 'A book by this chef & restaurateur features "recipes from Spago, Chinois, and Points East and West"'

Answer: Wolfgang Puck


Question: 'The statue seen here is in this Western city that wants to liberate your cash'

Answer: Las Vegas


Question: 'Developed by sailors to pass the time, it's the art of carving on whalebone or ivory'

Answer: scrimshaw


Question: 'Attributed to Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata: "It's better to die on your feet than live on" these'

Answer: your knees


Question: 'The 2 Martinas to have been ranked as the year's No. 1 women's tennis player'

Answer: Martina Hingis & Martina Navratilova


Question: 'The April 13, 1965 premier of "Onegin" helped put this country's Stuttgart Ballet on the world stage'

Answer: Germany


Question: '"Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 2" tells you how to make this chain's "Kookabura Wings" & "Shrimp on the Barbie"'

Answer: Outback Steakhouse


Question: 'For our nation's centennial, "Religious Liberty" was housed in this Eastern city's Fairmount Park'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'This reddish grape grown in the east shares its name with a Native American tribe of South Carolina'

Answer: Catawba


Question: 'The central figure in a biblical Rubens painting is Salome, who is presenting the head of John the Baptist to this biblical king'

Answer: Herod


Question: 'Simon Lake built the Argonaut, the first of these to navigate the open seas; air for the crew came from a floating hose'

Answer: a submarine


Question: 'Earl Warren &<br />Jerry Brown'

Answer: California


Question: 'Young Charlie McGee inherits pyrokinetic powers from her parents & the feds want to recapture all of them'

Answer: Firestarter


Question: 'The iPods of the Baby Boom were small radios using this device invented in 1947'

Answer: the transistor


Question: 'For the Beatles, he was better than Best'

Answer: Ringo Starr


Question: 'A rich auburn is named for this Venetian artist, who favored that hair color in his paintings'

Answer: Titian


Question: 'Alan Ladd's frequent co-star, she was also a pilot; she once flew solo from L.A. to New York'

Answer: Veronica Lake


Question: 'Steven Spielberg &<br />Orville Wright'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'Flu virus kills most people on Earth; survivors follow either Mother Abagail or the "Dark Man"'

Answer: The Stand


Question: 'Early ones used a sled powered by an airplane prop; in the 1950s J.A. Bombardier made them with smaller engines'

Answer: snowmobiles


Question: 'The Brits call this game housey-housey'

Answer: bingo


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew displays a painting on the monitor.)  This artist cleverly included a glimpse of his painting "The Dance" as part of a 1909 still life'

Answer: Matisse


Question: 'The appropriately named Lake Speed won the 1988 Trans South 500 in one of these GM cars; it was not his father's'

Answer: an Oldsmobile


Question: 'William Faulkner &<br />Shelby Foote'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'Ben Mears finds his hometown infested with vampires, decides to fight back'

Answer: Salem\'s Lot


Question: 'Willis Carrier found a way to control humidity & temperature & created the modern type of this machine'

Answer: an air conditioner


Question: 'If you go to Argentina, you must do this national dance'

Answer: tango


Question: 'It's the nickname of painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos, acquired when he lived in Italy'

Answer: El Greco


Question: 'Singer/bassist Greg Lake left King Crimson to form this progressive rock supergroup with 2 other guys'

Answer: Emerson, Lake & Palmer


Question: 'Ray Bradbury &<br />Gene Siskel'

Answer: Illinois


Question: 'Coma victim wakes up, shakes hands with a politician he forsees will start nuclear armageddon'

Answer: The Dead Zone


Question: 'As Volvo's safety engineer, Nils Bohlin invented the 3-point type of this device'

Answer: a seat belt


Question: 'For several decades in the 20th century this Caribbean capital was known as Ciudad Trujillo'

Answer: Santo Domingo


Question: 'The clouds undulate in van Gogh's painting called "A Wheat Field with" these trees'

Answer: cypresses


Question: 'NFL star Carnell Lake recorded 819 tackles in a 12-year career spent mostly at SS, this position'

Answer: strong safety


Question: 'Hank Aaron &<br />Willie Mays'

Answer: Alabama


Question: 'Losers Club reunites to rid Derry, Maine of its sewer-dwelling, child-killing monster once & for all'

Answer: It


Question: 'Using a rotating red, blue & green disk, Peter Goldmark invented a version of this approved by the FCC in 1950'

Answer: a color television


Question: 'This palm tree from Indonesia yields a starchy foodstuff'

Answer: sago


Question: '"L'Unifolié" is one of the names popularly given to the new flag unveiled in 1965 by this country'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'Stevenson:<br />"La Isla del Tesoro"'

Answer: Treasure Island


Question: 'Costume designers win awards named for Irene Sharaff, who designed Jet & Shark costumes for this 1957 musical'

Answer: West Side Story


Question: 'Lug, monkey, or pipe'

Answer: a wrench


Question: 'Founded in 1917 by Father Flanagan for homeless & abused waifs, it was made a municipality in 1936'

Answer: Boys Town


Question: 'You'll need your platinum card when shopping along the avenue posted here in this city'

Answer: Beverly Hills


Question: 'A language of the Middle East, it was added as the sixth language of the U.N. General Assembly in 1973'

Answer: Arabic


Question: 'London:<br />"El Llamado de la Selva"'

Answer: The Call of the Wild


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew gondolas across the stage of the Majestic Theatre in New York.)  On June 5, 1988, "Phantom Of The Opera" won seven of these awards, & you can see why it won for scenic design and lighting'

Answer: Tony Awards


Question: 'It's the office or position of a judge, or where he sits'

Answer: a bench


Question: 'The alleged site of Doubleday's invention of baseball, this N.Y. village is home to Baseball's Hall of Fame'

Answer: Cooperstown


Question: 'Hopefully you won't rue the day you see the "Rue" sign seen here in this Louisiana district'

Answer: the French Quarter


Question: 'This sixth planet from the Sun was first visited by Pioneer 11 in 1979'

Answer: Saturn


Question: 'Steinbeck:<br />"De Ratones y Hombres"'

Answer: Of Mice and Men


Question: 'Paul Huntley is B'way's master of these; you might flip yours over the ones he designed for "Hairspray"'

Answer: wigs


Question: 'A deep ditch or furrow'

Answer: a trench


Question: 'An armistice to end the Korean War was signed at this village in July 1953'

Answer: Panmunjom


Question: 'When we're near the sign seen here, it's time to go tubing in this city'

Answer: London


Question: 'Number corresponding to 10 to the sixth power'

Answer: a million


Question: 'Twain:<br />"El Prinicpe y el Mendigo"'

Answer: The Prince and the Pauper


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the New Amsterdam Theatre.)  The New Amsterdam Theatre is a fine example of this art style that features vines, flowers & flowing hair'

Answer: Art Nouveau


Question: 'It can mean to make white, or to boil fruit or vegetables briefly, then plunge them into cold water'

Answer: blanch


Question: 'This blue cheese is named for a village that's now a suburb of Milan, not a snake-haired monster'

Answer: Gorgonzola


Question: 'If you've stopped for a breather next to this sign, it's only 100 more miles northeast to this capital'

Answer: Little Rock (Arkansas)


Question: 'From the Latin for "sixth hour", it's an early afternoon rest or nap'

Answer: a siesta


Question: 'Conan Doyle:<br />"El Mundo Perdido"'

Answer: The Lost World


Question: 'Peter Foy revolutionized stage flying with the "inter-related pendulum" he designed for this 1954 musical'

Answer: Peter Pan


Question: 'In mythology Triton could calm or stir the waters by blowing this shell'

Answer: a conch


Question: 'In the Bible, only John's gospel mentions this village in Galilee as the site of Jesus' wedding feast miracle'

Answer: Cana


Question: 'The sign seen here might cross your mind if you're driving in this country'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'Per the text of the Sixth Amendment, the accused must know the charge & "be confronted with" these'

Answer: witnesses against him


Question: 'Cleopatra (soprano) & Curio (bass) appear in Handel's opera about this man (contralto) in Egypt'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'Founded in 1922, the international brotherhood of these people opposes revealing their trade secrets'

Answer: magicians


Question: 'Bergamot & Seville are types of this fruit'

Answer: oranges


Question: 'Taking kickbacks from Baltimore contractors helped oust him from office in the 1970s'

Answer: (Spiro) Agnew


Question: 'He's won 7 MVP awards, far more than anyone else in his sport'

Answer: Barry Bonds


Question: 'Tums & Rolaids are competitors of this antacid introduced in 1949'

Answer: Maalox


Question: 'He wrote the ragtime opera "A Guest of Honor"'

Answer: (Scott) Joplin


Question: '(Honorary Clue Crew member Dayna Devon from Extra reports from an awards show.)  The Golden Globe Awards are given by the HFPA, a group whose reporters hail from places like Argentina, Egypt & Taiwan'

Answer: the Hollywood Foreign Press Association


Question: 'In the U.S. the yellow Cavendish is the most popular type of this fruit'

Answer: the banana


Question: 'After failing to create his own country in the West, he asked Napoleon to help him conquer Florida'

Answer: (Aaron) Burr


Question: 'Use running or Flemish bonds while laying these to make sure your house won't get blown down'

Answer: bricks


Question: 'Last name of acting siblings Maggie & Jake'

Answer: Gyllenhaal


Question: 'This Verdi opera was first performed on Dec. 24, 1871, in Cairo'

Answer: Aida


Question: 'Harold Arlen & Doc Pomus are members of these people's Hall of Fame & Johnny Mercer was a co-founder'

Answer: songwriters


Question: 'When the name of this fruit is preceded by "sugar", it refers to a kind of candy'

Answer: the plum


Question: 'Schuyler Colfax, this ex-general's vice president, pleaded that bribe money given to him was for the sale of a piano'

Answer: (Ulysses S.) Grant


Question: 'This 1915 Maugham work details the life & loves of Philip Carey'

Answer: Of Human Bondage


Question: 'From the Arabic, it's a low bow, or a salutation meaning "peace"'

Answer: salaam


Question: 'In a Puccini opera, he marries then abandons Cio-Cio-San'

Answer: Pinkerton


Question: 'Head of the Motion Picture Association of America, 1966-2004, he created the current movie rating system'

Answer: (Jack) Valenti


Question: 'Now is the time to name this tart berry, seen here'

Answer: a currant


Question: 'This V.P. diverted attention from his slush fund by explaining his wife had a cloth coat & not a mink'

Answer: (Richard) Nixon


Question: 'In 1968, he became the first African-American man to be placed in nomination for the VP candidacy of a major party'

Answer: Julian Bond


Question: 'This former province of South Africa was bounded by Cape Province on the west'

Answer: Transvaal


Question: 'In a Wagner opera, this title knight tells Elsa he'll marry her so long as she never asks his identity'

Answer: Lohengrin


Question: 'Spanish for "we", this organization was founded by Ricardo Montalban to improve the image of Latinos on screen'

Answer: Nosotros


Question: 'A wekiwa sometimes called a lavender gem is a cross between a tangelo & a white one of these'

Answer: a grapefruit


Question: 'Levi Morton was soiled by the Peruvian guano scandal before taking office in 1889 for this president'

Answer: Benjamin Harrison


Question: 'These covalent bonds are largely responsible for the attraction between water molecules'

Answer: hydrogen bonds


Question: 'The figurine seen here illustrates an article about this biblical man'

Answer: Balaam


Question: 'These 2 writers of lavish prose, born in North Carolina & Virginia 30 years apart, have the same first & last name'

Answer: Thomas Wolfe & Tom Wolfe


Question: 'Famed for 7 hills / A forum for discussion / All roads lead to here'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'Homer Simpson: "You're the richest guy I know"; this man: "Yes, but I'd trade it all for a little more"'

Answer: (Montgomery) Burns


Question: 'This paper-thin creation, whether savory or sweet, means "pancake" in French'

Answer: crepe


Question: '"Last sightings" of this flightless bird were reported in 1662,1674 & 1681'

Answer: the dodo


Question: 'For just $50, this shoe company purchased the photo of the soft-eyed basset hound that would become its logo'

Answer: Hush Puppies


Question: 'It's a bony growth on certain animals & an instrument that really blows'

Answer: a horn


Question: 'Romantics all know / Rude waiters cannot obscure / "City of Light"'s glow'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'Played by Carlos Bernard, Tony Almeida was good, then bad, then good, then really bad on this Fox drama'

Answer: 24


Question: 'A pastry shell filled with eggs, cream & other ingredients, this dish originated in the Alsace-Lorraine region'

Answer: quiche


Question: 'It's not so gr-r-reat that the last known member of the Balinese species of this big cat was killed in 1937'

Answer: a tiger


Question: 'Fittingly, this brand known for its vintage-inspired jeans uses a 4-leaf clover as its logo'

Answer: Lucky


Question: 'This type of file looks like the bellows of the same-named instrument'

Answer: an accordion


Question: 'Pole dancing is big / A '44 uprising / Let's make a pact here'

Answer: Warsaw


Question: 'In 1997 James Marsters rocked a Billy Idol look as Spike, a bloodsucker on this show'

Answer: Buffy the Vampire Slayer


Question: 'This seafood stew of Marseilles was originally cooked on the beach by fishermen'

Answer: bouillabaisse


Question: 'The last quagga, a species of this with stripes limited to its head, died at the Amsterdam zoo in 1883'

Answer: a zebra


Question: 'This brand of athletic wear uses the logo seen here'

Answer: Under Armour


Question: 'A piece of music, or a short school essay'

Answer: a composition


Question: 'Slavic to the grind / here comes the Ukraine again / please, try the chicken!'

Answer: Kiev


Question: 'The Showtime website for this title character calls him "America's favorite serial killer"'

Answer: Dexter


Question: 'This specialty of Alsace & Perigord is goose liver marinated in port & seasonings'

Answer: paté foie gras


Question: 'The last wild wisent, also called the European variety of this plains animal, was killed in the Caucasus in 1927'

Answer: a bison


Question: 'This brand of luggage & handbags uses the simian logo seen here; some purses come with Furry Monkey key chains'

Answer: Kipling


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew performs a science experiment.)  Electricity will only light the fluorescent bulb to where I put my hand, because like copper or an orchestra leader, my body is acting as this'

Answer: a conductor


Question: 'Good King Wenceslas / Bohemian lifestyle / Czech out its churches'

Answer: Prague


Question: 'J.K. Simmons just plain scared the heck out of us as Vern, prisoner 92S110 on this HBO drama'

Answer: Oz


Question: 'As the name says, this classic dish is chicken cooked in red wine'

Answer: coq au vin


Question: '"Booming Ben", the last Heath hen, stopped booming in 1932 on this big Massachusetts island'

Answer: Martha\'s Vineyard


Question: 'You can check out celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe's picks at this fresh web site whose logo is seen here'

Answer: Piperlime


Question: 'A laser printer writes on a photoconductive revolving this; it shares its name with a percussion instrument'

Answer: a drum


Question: 'At a ball, Mr. Elton annoys Jane Austen's Emma by saying he is too old to do this'

Answer: dance


Question: 'Bruce Willis is on good terms with Ashton Kutcher & this woman, first wife of both Bruce & Ashton'

Answer: Demi Moore


Question: 'Elisha Gray was involved in a legal battle with Alexander Graham Bell over the invention of this device'

Answer: the telephone


Question: 'Shhhhh... Johnny's taking one of these afternoon naps, from the Spanish for "sixth hour"'

Answer: a siesta


Question: 'Eriu is a celtic fertility goddess of this island named for her; Eire & Erin are corruptions of her name'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'On Sept. 20, 1519 this Portuguese navigator headed west on a trip around the world'

Answer: Magellan


Question: 'In the Bible, she tells daughter-in-law Ruth to leave her, "For I am too old" to have a husband'

Answer: Naomi


Question: 'The public was surprised by Lyle Lovett's marriage to this actress; it was a first marriage for both'

Answer: Julia Roberts


Question: 'A shade of gray is named for this heavily armored class of warship'

Answer: battleship


Question: 'So long, farewell, good-bye; or if you prefer, you can say it this way in Japanese'

Answer: sayonara


Question: 'The Angolan sea god Kianda is the guardian of this nearby ocean & all its creatures'

Answer: the Atlantic Ocean


Question: 'He served at the Civil War Battle Of New Orleans before becoming the USA's greatest Spanish-American War Naval hero'

Answer: Admiral Dewey


Question: 'He said, "Too old to plant trees for my own gratification, I shall do it for posterity" & at 83 designed an arboretum for UVa [the University of Virginia]'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'Perhaps David Justice's first marriage, to this Oscar winner & Bond girl, was "Jinx"ed'

Answer: Halle Barry


Question: 'Harold Gray created this comic strip that featured a frizzy-haired girl & a bald billionaire'

Answer: Little Orphan Annie


Question: 'Also the name of a pasta sauce, this 5-letter Italian word can mean please, thank you, or excuse me'

Answer: prego


Question: 'A Roman goddess of birth & newborns, Deverra was symbolized by one of these, used to sweep away evil'

Answer: a broom


Question: 'A British Columbia city is named for this man who in 1793 surveyed the coast there'

Answer: Vancouver


Question: 'Hemingway's hero Santiago thinks, "I am too old to club" these "to death.  But I will try it"'

Answer: the sharks


Question: 'Her first hubby was Billy Smith; she was a topless dancer when she met No. 2, oilman J. Howard Marshall, 60+ years her senior'

Answer: Anna Nicole Smith


Question: 'Thomas Gray is best remembered for his "Elegy Written In A Country" one of these'

Answer: a churchyard


Question: 'Bwana means "sir" in this African language'

Answer: Swahili


Question: 'The creator god Vairacocha of these people of Peru traveled the world teaching man all the arts & sciences'

Answer: the Incas (Incans accepted)


Question: 'This missionary traveled down the Mississippi River with Louis Jolliet & reported the first accurate data on its course'

Answer: Marquette


Question: 'Nestor says wistfully that his days of wrestling & spear-throwing are behind him in book 23 of this work'

Answer: the Iliad


Question: 'She eloped with James DeBarge at age 18; the marriage was soon annulled & she moved back in with her parents'

Answer: Janet Jackson


Question: 'In an expression from the French, someone wielding power behind the scenes is a "gray" this'

Answer: eminence


Question: 'Literally "war name", this French term refers to a pseudonym adopted in times of conflict'

Answer: nom de guerre


Question: 'In pre-Islamic times Qaynan was a protector god of blacksmiths on this peninsula'

Answer: the Arabian Peninsula


Question: 'During World War II, newspapers gave Admiral William Halsey this animal nickname'

Answer: Bull


Question: 'In 1945 George Orwell coined this 2-word phrase for "an epoch as horribly stable as the slave empires of antiquity"'

Answer: cold war


Question: 'Idaho's official one is titled "Here We Have Idaho"'

Answer: State song


Question: 'As a rule, the length of this item should be 3 times the thickness of the board being fastened with it'

Answer: Nail


Question:
'Athos,
Porthos,
Aramis'

Answer: the Three Musketeers


Question: 'All-American boy Jack Armstrong never tired of this "Breakfast of Champions"'

Answer: Wheaties


Question: 'It's the brand that takes a licking & keeps on ticking'

Answer: Timex


Question: 'Peter Gabriel & Phil Collins split from this group'

Answer: Genesis


Question: 'Nicknamed the "Bay Horse", it's the capital of the "Bay State"'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'A 1.5-liter champagne bottle, or sometimes a .357 round of ammunition'

Answer: Magnum


Question: 'The butcher, the baker & the candlestick-maker'

Answer: "Three Men in a Tub"


Question:
'He's the answer to the question posed in the following:
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?'

Answer: the Shadow


Question: 'To "lick" these is to relish in anticipation'

Answer: Lips/chops


Question: 'The 1998 Nobel Peace Prize money was split between John Hume & David Trimble for their work in this part of the U.K.'

Answer: Northern Ireland


Question: 'This Maryland city celebrated the 200th anniversary of its incorporation in 1997'

Answer: Baltimore


Question: 'Olive oil with oleic acid content under 1% is graded "Extra" this'

Answer: Extra Virgin


Question: 'Alvin, Simon & Theodore'

Answer: the Chipmunks


Question: '"Lux Radio Theatre" was brought to you by Lever Brothers, makers of the Lux brand of this product'

Answer: Soap


Question: 'On the cover of their 1983 album "Lick It Up" this group appeared without their makeup'

Answer: Kiss


Question: 'In 1955 a joint unity committee was formed to bring these 2 labor groups, split since the '30s, together'

Answer: AFL & CIO


Question: 'The Actors Theatre of this Kentucky city is housed in a national historic landmark'

Answer: Louisville


Question: 'American ones are 53 to 57 inches long & hang to the top of the belt buckle; the longer British ones hang lower'

Answer: Ties


Question:
'Adam,
Hoss,
Little Joe'

Answer: Sons on Bonanza


Question: '"Sorry Wrong Number", a popular episode of "Suspense", starred this "Bewitched" actress'

Answer: Agnes Moorehead


Question: 'This Tennessee city began with the unmusical name of French Lick'

Answer: Nashville


Question: 'Her relationship with Yanni lasted 9 years, 1 year longer than her run on "Dynasty"'

Answer: Linda Evans


Question: 'In southern Florida, the "queen" type of this large sea snail is often found in chowder'

Answer: Conch


Question: 'To keep the ratios, for a 1:12 scale dollhouse buy a smaller dollhouse in this scale to put inside it'

Answer: 1:144


Question:
'Kentucky Derby,
Preakness Stakes,
Belmont Stakes'

Answer: Triple Crown


Question: 'Robert Ripley hosted the 1930s radio adaptation of this newspaper feature'

Answer: "Ripley\'s Believe It or Not"


Question: '"Lick into shape" may come from an old belief that these animals licked their formless newborn cubs into shape'

Answer: Bears


Question: 'On January 1, 1993 this country split into 2 separate states'

Answer: Czechoslovakia


Question: 'Mexico refused to accept the USA's annexation of this & broke off diplomatic relations in March 1845'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'In this 1989 film Meg played Sally Albright'

Answer: When Harry Met Sally...


Question: 'The first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Lit. was this nation's Rabindranath Tagore in 1913'

Answer: India


Question: 'In Holland in the 1630s, a single bulb of this plant was sold for the equivalent of over $30,000'

Answer: Tulip


Question: 'Called the "Garden State", it leads the U.S. in hazardous waste sites'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'Lincoln's infants (or his female fans)'

Answer: Abe\'s babes


Question: 'This exiled Mexican general headed back home from Cuba in August 1846 to aid in the fight'

Answer: Santa Anna


Question: 'Meg supplied the speaking voice for this animated Russian title heroine; someone else did the singing'

Answer: Anastasia


Question: 'In "As You Like It", Shakespeare paid tribute to this "Dr. Faustus" dramatist, calling him the "Dead Shepherd"'

Answer: Christopher Marlowe


Question: 'Examples include nitrogen, compost & manure varieties'

Answer: Fertilizer


Question: 'The Champs-Elysees runs from the Place de la Concorde to this Paris landmark'

Answer: Arc de Triomphe


Question: 'Eisenhower's two-wheelers'

Answer: Ike\'s bikes


Question: 'This group's official hymn was reportedly written after the U.S. took Mexico City in 1847'

Answer: Marines


Question: 'A pilot's wife in 1986's "Top Gun", Meg joined the military in this 1996 film'

Answer: Courage Under Fire


Question: 'Max Prince is the main character in this American playwright's "Laughter on the 23rd Floor"'

Answer: Neil Simon


Question: 'The Declaration of Independence was drafted on paper made from this plant grown by Washington; it's now restricted'

Answer: Hemp


Question: 'Conquered by Alexander the Great in 333 B.C., this Syrian capital is one of the oldest cities in the world'

Answer: Damascus


Question: 'Kennedy's khakis'

Answer: Jack\'s slacks


Question: 'On April 26, 1846 this general & future president sent the message "Hostilities may now be considered as commenced"'

Answer: Zachary Taylor


Question: '1 of the 2 Meg films with "kiss" in the title'

Answer: French Kiss or Prelude to a Kiss


Question: 'Pyewacket was the musical & mysterious cat in this supernatural play by John Van Druten'

Answer: Bell, Book and Candle


Question: 'It's the technique of growing plants in a nutrient solution without soil'

Answer: Hydroponics


Question: 'This U.S. state leads the nation in coffee production'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'They hold up Jimmy's socks'

Answer: Carter\'s garters


Question: 'This ex-president died after voting in the House not to give medals to officers who served in a war he had opposed'

Answer: John Quincy Adams


Question: 'Meg lettered in 2 films, 1988's "D.O.A" & this 1994 film featuring Walter Matthau as Albert Einstein'

Answer: I.Q.


Question: 'In 1819 this English poet wrote, "St. Agnes' Eve -- ah, bitter chill it was!"'

Answer: John Keats


Question: 'Some of the first citrus trees in California were planted by this Spanish "Apostle of California"'

Answer: Father Junipero Serra


Question: 'The 2 countries that border the Czech Republic to the north are Germany & this other large country'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'William Howard's log vessels'

Answer: Taft\'s rafts


Question: 'The name of this vitamin is from the Latin for "leaf" because leafy green vegetables are a good source'

Answer: Folic acid


Question: 'Fox sitcom featuring Hank, Bobby, Peggy & Luanne'

Answer: King of the Hill


Question: 'These quilled critters & their relationship to humans poked their way into the May 1992 issue'

Answer: porcupines


Question: 'To begin this swimming stroke, rest your head on your arm, which is extended ahead with the palm turned downward'

Answer: the sidestroke


Question: 'This Italian city's biennial, the oldest in the world, has exhibits on the Lido & the Island of San Giorgio'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'October 7, 1984:<br />Ronald Reagan & him'

Answer: Walter Mondale


Question: 'Compass direction'

Answer: S (for south)


Question: 'Roger Miller won 5 Grammys in 1965 for this hit'

Answer: "King Of The Road"


Question: 'The 1930s Art Deco architecture of this Florida city with a 2-word name was featured in the December 1982 issue'

Answer: Miami Beach


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew plays a card game with Sarah.)  We've gone through the flop & turn cards of this geographic game; now it's time for the river card'

Answer: Texas hold \'em


Question: 'This country's first "Documenta" highlighted the artists of the "Degenerate Art" propaganda exhibit of 1937'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'October 15, 1858:<br />These 2 men who wanted to be U.S. Senator from Illinois'

Answer: Lincoln & Douglas


Question: 'Roman numeral'

Answer: V


Question: 'Howard Stern's famous self-proclaimed 4-word title'

Answer: "King of All Media"


Question: 'The inaugural issue from April 1970 featured a cover story on a breeding program for these animals in Sri Lanka'

Answer: elephants


Question: 'On April 19, 1906 dynamiting to create a firebreak on Van Ness Ave. was tried to contain the blaze sweeping this city'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'Anselm Kiefer & Richard Serra shared the Carnegie Prize at this city's "International"'

Answer: Pittsburgh


Question: 'October 5, 1988:<br />Dan Quayle & this man'

Answer: Lloyd Bentsen


Question: ''80s sci-fi blockbuster miniseries concerning man-eating reptilian aliens'

Answer: V


Question: 'Bruce Boxleitner & Kate Jackson were the title duo on this '80s TV show'

Answer: Scarecrow and Mrs. King


Question: 'A January 1996 article explored how this country was doing 20 years after the American pullout'

Answer: Vietnam


Question: 'Steve McQueen knew it's French for "butterfly"'

Answer: papillon


Question: 'This Vanderbilt-funded museum in NYC has held a renowned biennial since 1973'

Answer: the Whitney


Question: 'October 11, 1984:<br />These 2 vice presidential hopefuls'

Answer: George H.W. Bush & Geraldine Ferraro


Question: 'Feel enriched if you know this symbol for the 92nd element of the periodic table'

Answer: U (for uranium)


Question: 'Jeffrey Hunter played Jesus & Rip Torn played Judas in this 1961 Bible big-screener'

Answer: King of Kings


Question: 'From hand-hewn hideaways to rustic mansions, these wooden residences were featured in the March 1992 issue'

Answer: log cabins


Question: 'Photographer Robert Frank documented the people of the U.S. in a '50s book with this simple title'

Answer: The Americans


Question: 'Venues for this country's biennial have included the Hagia Eirene Museum & the Yerebatan Cistern'

Answer: Turkey


Question: 'October 11, 1992:<br />These 3 men vying to be Commander in Chief'

Answer: Perot, Clinton, and George Herbert Walker Bush


Question: 'Also known as a transverse wave, this type of wave is found in an earthquake'

Answer: S (for shear wave)


Question: 'Following victory in the first crusade, Baldwin became the first European king of this city in 1100 A.D.'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'Thousands of folks wanted furniture from Pottery Barn after Rachel purchased some on this sitcom'

Answer: Friends


Question: 'Type of squirrel that has a thin, extending membrane called a patagium'

Answer: a flying squirrel


Question: 'I need my favorite albums on CD--I only have them on this, meaning "small box"'

Answer: cassette


Question: 'This is the only American car maker that uses a one-letter stock symbol'

Answer: Ford


Question: '(Hello, I'm Edward Albee.)  My first play, "The Zoo Story", had its world premiere way, way off Broadway... in this largest German city'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'A 1952 military coup <br />forced the abdication of Farouk I, the last king of this African country'

Answer: Egypt


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands next to an immortally still canine.)  A format change ended this show's shopping days in 1987, so these ceramic Dalmatians became collector's items'

Answer: Wheel of Fortune


Question: 'A type of cricket that mainly lives underground is named for this tiny-eyed mammal'

Answer: a mole


Question: '12-letter word for one who starts & assumes the risk of a business'

Answer: entrepreneur


Question: 'There's a reason this company's Rice Krispies is spelled with a "K"'

Answer: Kellogg


Question: 'When Albee was honored by this center in 1996, Pres. Clinton said, "In your rebellion the Amer. theater was reborn"'

Answer: the Kennedy Center


Question: 'In 1886 this "Mad" Bavarian King was declared insane; he drowned a few days later'

Answer: Ludwig (II)


Question: 'Women went wild for red La Perla lingerie after Marcia Cross revelaed it under her fur coat on this series'

Answer: Desperate Housewives


Question: 'The male redback type of this creature, 1/3 the size of the female, dies happy if you know what I mean'

Answer: a spider


Question: 'It's a hint or trace of something (sounds like of Campbell's)'

Answer: soupçon


Question: 'Procter & Gamble think this company they're buying, "G", won't "shave" any profits off its balance sheet'

Answer: Gillette


Question: '(Edward Albee reads the clue.)  The new Broadway production of my play "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?" stars Bill Irwin & Kathleen Turner as this fun-loving couple'

Answer: George & Martha


Question: 'The IV king of this name (following the Norman Conquest) brought the House of York to England's throne'

Answer: Edward


Question: 'This whimsical talk-show host loves to give out donkey cigarette dispensers, & you can buy them on her website'

Answer: Ellen DeGeneres


Question: 'Newborn gazelles are a favorite prey of the black-backed species of this canine'

Answer: the jackal


Question: 'This word goes back to one building in Paris where "Jean Does" must have been taken'

Answer: the morgue


Question: 'If you have a "Q", just call this Baby Bell'

Answer: Qwest


Question: 'Brother Julian is ensnared by Miss Alice in this 1964 play that Albee called a "metaphysical melodrama"'

Answer: Tiny Alice


Question: 'He's the last king of France whose reign straddled 2 centuries'

Answer: Louis XIV


Question: 'If you crave the cuisine made by this bubbly chef, check out her "30-Minute Meals" cookbooks'

Answer: Rachael Ray


Question: 'One of Gerald Durell's nature books is called "Catch Me" this type of monkey, seen here'

Answer: a colobus


Question: 'French for "duck", it's a false or misleading story'

Answer: canard


Question: '"C", this financial services company, brought Smith Barney under its umbrella'

Answer: Citigroup


Question: '(Edward Albee reads the clue.)  In my Tony-winning 2002 play, a family is torn asunder by the husband's pastoral passion for one of these farm animals'

Answer: a goat


Question: 'It's the colorful 2-word term used to describe the motion of galaxies coming toward us, like Andromeda is'

Answer: blue shift


Question: 'Kaye Gibbons' "Ellen Foster" & "A Virtuous Woman" have found their way into this TV host's book club'

Answer: Oprah Winfrey


Question: 'Jim Davis draws the line at this title cat'

Answer: Garfield


Question: 'When remeasured in 1999, this highest mountain was found to have grown by 7 feet'

Answer: Mount Everest


Question: 'An oversized oinker'

Answer: Big pig


Question: 'Get the "Cool Sensation" of these mint candies made by Hershey'

Answer: York Peppermint Patties


Question: 'In 1929 Al Capone's men massacred rival gangsters on St. Valentine's Day in this city'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'Isabel Allende's 1999 novel "Daughter of Fortune" begins in Valparaiso in this country'

Answer: Chile


Question: 'Distinct phraser heard here reading "The Autobiography of Foudini M. Cat":'

Answer: David Hyde-Pierce


Question: 'Most of this small British dependency on ths Spanish coast is dominated by a big "rock"'

Answer: Gibraltar


Question: 'An appaloosa from Oslo'

Answer: Norse horse


Question: 'According to a jingle, "Almond Joy's Got Nuts", this candy bar "Don't"'

Answer: Mounds


Question: 'TV's Mrs. Brady, she was born on Feb. 14, 1934'

Answer: Florence Henderson


Question: 'Chili Palmer returns in "Be Cool", a 1999 sequel to this Elmore Leonard novel'

Answer: "Get Shorty"


Question: 'This colorful big cat has been bopping to a Henry Mancini theme since 1963'

Answer: The Pink Panther


Question: 'For safety reasons this landmark seen here was closed to the public in 1990:'

Answer: Leaning Tower of Pisa


Question: 'A bird of prey allowed by law'

Answer: Legal eagle


Question: 'The name of this candy bar, taffy with a peanut butter center, runs from A to Z to A'

Answer: Abba-Zaba


Question: 'In 1995 Arthur Chaskalson, who defended Nelson Mandela in 1964, was sworn in as this country's chief justice'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'Say a little prayer for this title character of a 1989 John Irving novel, who speaks in capital letters'

Answer: Owen Meany


Question: 'Beanie Baby fanatics know Blizzard is a white one of these'

Answer: Tiger


Question: 'Vatnajokull, the largest glacier in this country, covers some 3,200 square miles'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'Goldilocks sat on one (actually, on all three)'

Answer: Bear chair


Question: 'The character seen here represents this candy:'

Answer: Lemonheads


Question: 'Americans fell in love with her when she gave a TV tour of the White House on Feb. 14, 1962'

Answer: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis


Question: 'Newsweek calls this "Cryptonomicon" author "The Hacker Hemingway"'

Answer: Neal Stephenson


Question: 'The cat seen here lives with the TV family with this last name:<br />(Salem the Cat: "I'll take 'World Domination' for $1000, Alex!")'

Answer: Spellman (on "Sabrina the Teenage Witch")


Question: 'Argentina, Bolivia & Brazil could say to this small country, "Halt, we've got you surrounded!"'

Answer: Paraguay


Question: 'The jargon of an Australian wild dog'

Answer: Dingo lingo


Question: 'The peaks & the triangular shape of this Swiss chocolate bar were inspired by the Matterhorn'

Answer: Toblerone


Question: 'On Feb. 14, 1989 the Ayatollah Khomeini called for the death of this Indian-born British author'

Answer: Salman Rushdie


Question: 'These fluid-filled swellings on the skin are most commonly caused by burns or friction'

Answer: Blisters


Question: 'This 1997 movie opens with Jada Pinkett meeting her end at a screening of "Stab"'

Answer: Scream 2


Question: 'Life's not the pits when it's like "a bowl of" these'

Answer: Cherries


Question: 'Though he's rather dim as Dick on "3rd Rock from the Sun", he graduated magna cum laude from Harvard'

Answer: John Lithgow


Question: 'She ran the farm while the revolution kept her & future president John apart for most of 10 years'

Answer: Abigail Adams


Question: 'We hope she meant the following for husband Robert:<br />("I love thee to the level of every day's most quiet need, by sun and candlelight")'

Answer: Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Question: 'A violinist rubs this substance onto his bow to increase the friction between it & the strings'

Answer: Rosin


Question: '"Judgment Day" was the subtitle to this 1991 movie sequel'

Answer: Terminator 2


Question: 'Some people can be "as nutty as" this holiday treat with a long shelf life'

Answer: Fruitcake


Question: 'She was a freshman at the University of Miami when she joined the Miami Sound Machine in 1975'

Answer: Gloria Estefan


Question: 'At Cornwallis' defeat, 1 of the 3 major American divisions was headed by this Frenchman'

Answer: Marquis de Lafayette


Question: 'It's the object John Donne is addressing here:<br />("Why doest thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us; must to thy emotions lovers' seasons run")'

Answer: Sun


Question: 'The rolling element types of these friction-reducing machine parts come in 2 varieties, roller & ball'

Answer: Bearings


Question: '"The Dream Child" was the subtitle to the fifth installment in this series'

Answer: Nightmare on Elm Street


Question: 'Hold on to your wallet if you're ever "packed in like" these small herring relatives'

Answer: Sardines


Question: 'David Schwimmer's friends know he studied speech & drama at this Evanston, Illinois school'

Answer: Northwestern


Question: 'For his dealings with this man, Major John Andre concocted codes & used secret inks'

Answer: Benedict Arnold


Question: 'With words like the following, this poet's name could be read as a statement:<br />("Is fair art thou my bonnie lass...")'

Answer: Robert Burns


Question: 'Friction gives a balloon rubbed on wool a static charge by transferring these subatomic particles'

Answer: Electrons


Question: 'In this series Part 4 was "The Final Chapter", but Part 5 was "A New Beginning"'

Answer: Friday the 13th


Question: 'A score of zero in sports is also known by this bird term'

Answer: Goose egg


Question: 'This oldest of the Baldwin acting brothers was a poli sci major at George Washington University'

Answer: Alec Baldwin


Question: 'This future treasury secretary was appointed Washington's aide-de-camp in 1777'

Answer: Alexander Hamilton


Question: 'It's the line that precedes the following:<br />("Thou art more lovely and more temperate; rough winds do shape the darling buds of May")'

Answer: How do I compare thee to a summer\'s day?


Question: 'Friction is what makes this type of machine impossible; all machines will eventually run down'

Answer: Perpetual motion machine


Question: '"The Evil Escapes" in the fourth installment of this normally housebound "Horror"'

Answer: The Amityville Horror


Question: 'Proverbs 9:17 wisely observes that "Stolen waters are sweet, and" this food "eaten in secret is pleasant"'

Answer: Bread


Question: 'He wrote his 1st complete play, "Camel", while studying at Goddard College; "Glengarry Glen Ross" came later'

Answer: David Mamet


Question: 'A staff officer for Frederick the Great, he came to fight after meeting Franklin in France'

Answer: Baron von Steuben


Question: 'She wasn't so "saint"ly when she wrote the following:<br />("What lips my lips have kissed and where and why I have forgotten and what arms have lain under my head til morning")'

Answer: Edna St. Vincent Millay


Question: 'According to Suetonius it was inscribed on a parade wagon after the 5-day Pontic campaign of 47 B.C.'

Answer: \"Veni, Vidi, Vici\" (\"I came, I saw, I conquered\")


Question: 'Better known for his operettas with a partner, he also composed the hymn "Onward Christian Soldiers"'

Answer: Sir Arthur Sullivan


Question: 'The Ragin' Cajuns play basketball in the Cajundome arena in this state'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'The largest entertainment company on the list, at No. 57, is this one that owns both ABC & ESPN'

Answer: Disney


Question: '"To the hungry soul every bitter thing is ____"'

Answer: sweet


Question: 'This letter is right by 221 in Sherlock Holmes' street address'

Answer: B


Question: 'What I like for an early nosh'

Answer: two eggs over easy


Question: 'The fourth king of this name ruled Britannia from 1399 to 1413'

Answer: Henry


Question: 'For WWE fans Jan. 25, 2010 was this night "Raw" at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio'

Answer: Monday Night


Question: 'Despite a 57% drop in profits last year, this oil company, No. 2, is still the most profitable co. on the list'

Answer: Exxon Mobil


Question: '"The ____ is servant to the lender"'

Answer: borrower


Question: 'When this letter follows 4, it means not qualified for military service due to medical reasons'

Answer: F


Question: 'I save mine for a midnight snack'

Answer: leftovers


Question: 'In office for 11 years, this British prime minister was the longest serving of the 20th century'

Answer: Thatcher


Question: 'This city's Mellon Arena was formerly Civic Arena'

Answer: Pittsburgh


Question: 'Kaplan, an education subsidiary of this "capital" media co., helped put it back on the list after a 16-year absence'

Answer: The Washington Post


Question: '"As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is ____ news from a far country"'

Answer: good


Question: 'When it follows 3, this letter means having length, breadth & depth'

Answer: D


Question: 'You might need it if you have a dangerous job'

Answer: life insurance


Question: 'This "New" law enforcement agency is headquartered at 10 Broadway in London'

Answer: New Scotland Yard


Question: '(Alex reports from Detroit, MI.)  As of 2009, there are 3 NHL arenas with no corporate sponsorship, Nassau Coliseum, Madison Square Garden & this Detroit one, named for a famous sports legend'

Answer: Joe Louis


Question: 'Perhaps reflecting the bust, for the first time in 15 yrs., no cos, from this industry; last year the list had Centex & Pulte'

Answer: building


Question: '"Lust not after her beauty in thine ____"'

Answer: heart


Question: 'It follows 4 in the name of a youth organization that uses a clover symbol'

Answer: H


Question: 'A facetious remark'

Answer: a wise crack


Question: 'This British socialist society was named after a Roman general famous for being cautious'

Answer: the Fabian Society


Question: 'In other words, this home of the Minnesota Timberwolves could be called "the bull's eye"'

Answer: the Target Center


Question: 'The first female African-American Fortune 500 CEO is Ursula Burns of this document technology giant'

Answer: Xerox


Question: '"Pride goeth before ____" (& don't say "a fall")'

Answer: destruction


Question: 'It preceded 38 in the designation of the U.S. Army's Lightning fighter plane of World War II'

Answer: P


Question: 'A plea for needed comprehension'

Answer: try to understand


Question: 'This country is the world's No. 1 debtor, owing more than $13 trillion'

Answer: the U.S.


Question: 'Superman:<br />A county in southeastern England'

Answer: Kent


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Sony Pictures Studios.)  Sony's green philosophy uses varied trees, like the California sycamore, important to hummingbirds & butterflies, & the coast live oak, resistant to this condition from the Middle English for "dryness"'

Answer: drought


Question: 'About this season Josiah Conder wrote, "The light yellow leaves of fading trees come dancing down all ways"'

Answer: fall (autumn)


Question: 'This trusted friend was the first non-dairy powdered creamer'

Answer: Coffee-Mate


Question: 'When I visit here, I play bocce in St. Johnsbury, never Montpelier'

Answer: Vermont (in never Montpelier)


Question: 'This Riviera principality has the world's lowest unemployment rate--0%'

Answer: Monaco


Question: 'Spider-Man:<br />Follows "valet" in a job outside L.A. restaurants'

Answer: Parker


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Sony Pictures Studios.)  Sony Studios' new basketball court is made from thousands of recycled these, provided by Nike'

Answer: sneakers


Question: 'John Milton wrote a sonnet about this Lord Protector under whom he served as Secretary of Foreign Languages'

Answer: Oliver Cromwell


Question: 'For a coffee royal, add this, perhaps from Christian Brothers'

Answer: brandy


Question: 'Let's visit my grandma in Exeter in this state--it's a quaint little place'

Answer: Maine (in grandma in Exeter)


Question: 'It has the world's highest net immigration rate; Dubai needs workers'

Answer: United Arab Emirates


Question: 'Batman:<br />Detroit is its county seat'

Answer: (Bruce) Wayne


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Sony Pictures Studios.)  Though it looks like a more traditional wood, the flooring here is actually made from what is called the perfect renewable resource, this treelike grass that can grow a foot a day'

Answer: bamboo


Question: 'Best known for "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard", his only sonnet was a memorial to friend Richard West'

Answer: (Thomas) Gray


Question: 'A recipe for this: add 1 part milk to 1 part cream'

Answer: half-and-half


Question: 'You'd have found the 120-degree heat exasperating at Seymour in this state on Aug. 12, 1936'

Answer: Texas (in heat exasperating)


Question: 'Riyals actually gain value in Qatar--it has the world's lowest rate of this, negative 3.9%'

Answer: inflation


Question: 'The Hulk:<br />A flag unfurled'

Answer: Banner


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Sony Pictures Studios.)  Some energy on the Sony lot is generated by the sun's photons striking the solar cell surface, making these jump from one atom to the next, creating a chain reaction which can be harnessed'

Answer: electrons


Question: 'This sonnet by Shelley begins, "I met a traveller from an antique land"'

Answer: "Ozymandias"


Question: 'Starbucks sells bottles of syrup to add the flavor of this nut to your joe'

Answer: hazelnut


Question: 'If you need to seek out a great bookstore go no further than Powell's in this state'

Answer: Oregon (in bookstore go no)


Question: 'This tiny country wedged between Switzerland & Austria has the world's highest per capita GDP'

Answer: Liechtenstein


Question: 'Aquaman:<br />Pungent dish of India or the powdery spice that flavors it'

Answer: Curry


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Sony Pictures Studios.)  The residue from producing electricity with coal is called fly this; instead of ending up in a landfill, it's been added to the now eco-friendly concrete used at Sony'

Answer: ash


Question: 'No. XVII of these begins, "My poet, thou canst touch on all the notes God set between his after and before"'

Answer: Sonnets from the Portuguese


Question: 'Sweet'N Low contains saccharin; sucralose goes into this "S" brand'

Answer: Splenda


Question: 'If you're under 18, put a helmet on when you ride a motorcycle in this Western state'

Answer: Utah (in put a helmet)


Question: 'The aria "Pour mon ame" by Donizetti includes 9 of these; a few tenors have earned the nickname "King of" them'

Answer: high Cs


Question: 'This notice that consumers are encouraged to "look for" goes back to California carpenters in 1869'

Answer: The Union Label


Question: 'Bruce Springsteen was born in 1949 in Freehold, near Asbury Park, in this state'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'Amen to this leader whose statue represents Utah in Washington, D.C.'s Statuary Hall'

Answer: Brigham Young


Question: 'War during which "Gremlin", "Snafu" & "Kilroy Was Here" were popularized'

Answer: World War II


Question: '39 years after "Goodbye, Columbus", this author won for his novel "American Pastoral"'

Answer: Philip Roth


Question:
'A bee,
a con man,
a sharp blow'

Answer: Things that sting


Question: 'Abbreviated WGA, it provides many services to members, including script registration'

Answer: Writers Guild of America


Question: 'This longtime backup group was named for the address of the original keyboardist's mother'

Answer: The E Street Band


Question: 'On "Father Knows Best" he played dad to Betty, Bud & Kathy'

Answer: Robert Young


Question: 'On September 14, 1847 U.S. troops raised the U.S. flag in this capital's Zocalo, or grand plaza'

Answer: Mexico City


Question: 'This newspaper was shut out, but its ex-chairperson Katherine Graham won for her autobiography'

Answer: The Washington Post


Question:
'Larks,
crickets,
informers'

Answer: Things that sing


Question: 'When he was killed in 1968, he was planning a march of striking Memphis sanitation workers'

Answer: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.


Question: 'This singer became Bruce's wife in 1991'

Answer: Patti Scialfa


Question: 'Of the 906 Major League Baseball games that he pitched, he won more than half; he deserves an award'

Answer: Cy Young


Question: 'The Confederates bought a French-built ironclad & named it this, the nickname of General Jackson'

Answer: "Stonewall"


Question: 'The history winner was about this 1925 event "And America's...debate over science and religion"'

Answer: Scopes Monkey Trial


Question:
'A prisoner,
a trap,
a leak'

Answer: Things that are sprung


Question: 'It's the F in AFL-CIO as well as in the Stallone film "F.I.S.T."'

Answer: Federation


Question: 'The Boss turned down $12 million from Chrysler to use this "All-American" song in ads'

Answer: "Born In The U.S.A."


Question: 'In 1992 he released "Harvest Moon", a sequel to his "Harvest" album from 1972'

Answer: Neil Young


Question: 'The Battle of the Little Big Horn was part of the Sioux Wars that also included the massacre here in 1890'

Answer: Wounded Knee


Question: 'The prizewinning play "How I Learned to Drive" was inspired by Nabokov's novel about this girl'

Answer: "Lolita"


Question:
'Benny Goodman,
Ken Griffey Jr.,
Tom Dooley'

Answer: People who swing


Question: 'A strike by this union shut down UPS for 15 days in 1997'

Answer: The Teamsters


Question: 'In a revealing memoir, Judy Lewis claims to be the "love child" of Clark Gable & this actress'

Answer: Loretta Young


Question: 'Mark Twain was among those who opposed the U.S. acquiring these Pacific islands from Spain in 1898'

Answer: The Philippines


Question: 'A gold medal went to this state's Grand Forks Herald for coverage of a flood & other disasters'

Answer: North Dakota


Question:
'A game of footsie,
a bribe,
a drunk person'

Answer: Things that are done under the table


Question: 'In the U.S. this sex accounts for over 90% of the cases of gout'

Answer: Male


Question: 'The Olympic steeplechase has been won by men named Korir, Koriuki & Keter from this "K" country'

Answer: Kenya


Question: 'In Rome you can visit the tomb of these nameless warriors of the revolution'

Answer: Unknown Soldiers


Question: 'Cain responded with this question when God asked where Abel was'

Answer: Am I My Brother\'s Keeper?


Question: 'This term for a collection of maps arose because early ones pictured the titan of that name'

Answer: Atlas


Question: 'It would be easy to tear up the phone book of Winston, New Mexico, one of these "haunted" settlements'

Answer: Ghost Town


Question: 'Dr. Belding Scribner developed a shunt to allow long-term use of this kidney substitute'

Answer: Dialysis


Question: 'This Nigerian-born center played for the U. of Houston's Phi Slamma Jamma before joining the NBA's Rockets'

Answer: Hakeem Olajuwon


Question: 'A drum & bugle corps contest held annually is called "Drums Along" this nearby river'

Answer: The Mohawk


Question: 'In a Longfellow poem, Priscilla asks this when John Alden urges her to marry Miles Standish'

Answer: Why don\'t you speak for yourself, John?


Question: 'Among other events in this Tolstoy novel, the emperor Napoleon shouts, sneers & takes snuff'

Answer: "War And Peace"


Question: '"Recent Interviews With" this author would be a lot shorter than his "Catcher In The Rye"'

Answer: J.D. Salinger (he doesn\'t give interviews)


Question: 'A group of synthetic drugs are "anti" this chemical produced during an allergic reaction'

Answer: Histamine


Question: 'Running barefoot, Abebe Bikila surprised the track world by winning this Olympic event in 1960'

Answer: The Marathon


Question: 'Do as the Romans Ski-Doo & ride this type of vehicle across the Tug Hill Plateau'

Answer: Snowmobile


Question: 'In a Joe Jackson song, this title is followed by "Is she really going to take him home tonight?"'

Answer: Is she really going out with him?


Question: 'Karl Marx didn't live to complete this 3-volume work laying out his economic ideas'

Answer: "Das Kapital"


Question: 'One quick read might be "Modern Naval Heroes Of" this European nation, "Helvetia" in Latin'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'The pineal gland also makes this popular hormone used to remedy sleep disorder & jet lag'

Answer: Melatonin


Question: 'South African runner whose encounter with Mary Decker in the 1984 Olympic 3,000 meters made headlines'

Answer: Zola Budd


Question: 'In Rome you're in this county that shares its name with an Indian tribe, a silverware brand & utopian group'

Answer: Oneida


Question: 'In a well-known pickup line, it follows "If I said you had a great body,..."'

Answer: Would you hold it against me?


Question: 'Thomas Pynchon's 1997 novel about these 2 surveyors runs over 700 pages -- that's a lot of "line"s'

Answer: Mason & Dixon


Question: 'Don't waste your money on the complete lyrics of this band that gave us "Walk -- Don't Run"'

Answer: The Ventures


Question: 'Visual aids with concave lenses correct this defect in which light rays meet before they hit the retina'

Answer: Nearsightedness/Myopia


Question: 'You can ride a horse-drawn boat along a restored section of this waterway'

Answer: Erie Canal


Question: 'This catchphrase from the comic strip "Zippy The Pinhead" has made its way into Bartlett's'

Answer: Are we having fun yet?


Question: 'His chilling "Gulag Archipelago" was originally published in 3 volumes'

Answer: Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn


Question: 'Adrian IV, born Nicholas Breakspear, would be the only entry in "Lives of the English" these'

Answer: Popes