Question: 'In the 1880s Marcus Goldman was joined by this son-in-law & an investment banking giant was born'

Answer: Samuel Sachs


Question: 'The Weddell Sea, bordering this continent, was named for James Weddell, who charted it in 1823'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'About 200 years before "Jaws", this painter, born July 3, 1738, terrified viewers with the following<br />("Watson and the Shark")'

Answer: John Singleton Copley


Question: 'Sweetie, darling, it's the nickname of that British series featuring Edina & Patsy'

Answer: Ab Fab


Question: 'The Thuggees worshipped this evil wife of the Hindu god Shiva'

Answer: Kali


Question: 'Chemical engineer Roberto Goizueta fled Cuba & ended up as CEO of this Atlanta-based company'

Answer: Coca-Cola


Question: 'The lyricist of the song "That's America to Me" adopted the 2 brothers with this last name, orphaned in 1953'

Answer: Rosenberg


Question: 'On March 5, 1770 British troops serving in the American colonies were involved in this infamous incident'

Answer: the Boston Massacre


Question: 'In 2007, the 100th anniversary of the founding of boy scouting was celebrated in this country where it began'

Answer: England


Question: 'Paul Frees provided the voices of John & George for this group's Saturday morning animated series'

Answer: the Beatles


Question: 'The tallest building in the world when it was completed in 1931, it's currently the second tallest in the U.S.'

Answer: the Empire State Building


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew serves up a clue from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.) A dessert of cheese & guava jam is named for this romantic Shakespeare pair, who were also very different, but went together well'

Answer: Romeo & Juliet


Question: 'Faithful,<br />true blue'

Answer: loyal


Question: 'In the comics on March 11, 1960 it was revealed that this round-headed boy's father was a barber'

Answer: Charlie Brown


Question: 'The world's longest oil pipeline runs 2,500 miles from Samara in this country to Mozyr in Belarus'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'Diana Ross had a cameo in the first episode of the cartoon adventures of this Motown sibling group'

Answer: The Jackson 5


Question: 'This waterway was first excavated around the 1800s B.C.; excavation began on the present version April 25, 1859'

Answer: the Suez Canal


Question: 'Considered a national dish, feijoada comes from the Portuguese word for this legume'

Answer: beans


Question: 'Fatal,<br />deadly'

Answer: lethal


Question: 'Born March 25, 1934 in Toledo, this magazine founder also helped organize the Nat. Women's Political Caucus'

Answer: (Gloria) Steinem


Question: 'Stanley Kowalski might yell out for a Stella Artois beer from this country'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'Mormons might not have watched, but this group with little brother Jimmy had its Sat. shows rerun on Sundays'

Answer: the Osmonds


Question: 'After Charles Bulfinch became its architect in 1818, he added the Rotunda & the West Central Portico'

Answer: the U.S. Capitol


Question: '( Jimmy of the Clue Crew reels in a clue from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.) Culinary explorers know the name of this fish of South American rivers is Spanish for "golden"'

Answer: the dorado


Question:
'Permitted by law,
licit
(5 letters)'

Answer: legal


Question: 'In the month of March 1945 alone, Leroy Grumman's corporation built a total of 664 of all types of these'

Answer: airplanes


Question: 'Daegu Polytechnic College & the Catholic University of Pusan are 2 colleges in this country'

Answer: South Korea


Question: 'Real concert footage of Donnie, Jordan, Jonathan, Joe & Danny was blended into this group's animated show'

Answer: New Kids on the Block


Question: 'Completed around 1650, the main building seen here was built to serve as one of these'

Answer: a mausoleum


Question: 'Everyone snacks on pao de queijo, a cheese puff made with manioc flour, which is ground from this tropical tuber'

Answer: cassava


Question: 'Reasonable,<br />makes perfect sense'

Answer: logical


Question: 'On March 3, 2004 this charismatic North Carolina senator bowed out of the presidential race'

Answer: Edwards


Question: 'Until the mid-20th century, Indonesia was known as this country's "East Indies"'

Answer: the Netherlands


Question: 'In the early '90s, this MC, Stanley Burrell, turned into a superhero when he put on his magic dancin' shoes'

Answer: Hammer


Question: 'An idea since Napoleon's time, this $15 billion link runs underwater for 23 of its 31 miles'

Answer: the Chunnel


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew spins up a clue from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.) It's a Latin American name for different types of grilled meat; here in Brazil, it's cooked on a spit'

Answer: churrasco


Question: 'Of, at or toward the side'

Answer: lateral


Question: 'Shaw wrote that Eliza Doolittle secretly wishes to drag this man off his pedestal & make love to him'

Answer: Professor Higgins


Question: 'He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in 1988 but never played; in 1993 he began playing Superman on "Lois & Clark"'

Answer: Dean Cain


Question: 'In 2003 she published "Reflections: Life After the White House"'

Answer: Barbara Bush


Question: 'Many were offended when Joan dressed as this, as on her first visit to the King'

Answer: as a male


Question: 'An artificial human'

Answer: an android


Question: 'Eleanor of Aquitaine was his mother & Berengaria was his wife'

Answer: Richard the Lionhearted


Question: '"Heartbreak House", said Shaw, was not just the name of a play; it symbolized leisured Europe before this war'

Answer: World War I


Question: 'A 2003 episode of "Smallville" had this man, a future editor, portrayed as a washed-up alcoholic tabloid reporter'

Answer: Perry White


Question: 'Her bio says she has "arguably interviewed more statesmen and stars than any other journalist in history"'

Answer: Barbara Walters


Question: 'Joan of Arc became the "Maid of" this city after she & a small force freed it from the English in 1429'

Answer: Orleans


Question: 'Mountain principality between France & Spain'

Answer: Andorra


Question: 'Aslan is the Christlike lion in the "Chronicles" of this fabled place'

Answer: Narnia


Question: 'Act II of "Major Barbara" opens at one of this "Army's" shelters, on a cold January morning'

Answer: the Salvation Army


Question: 'This man, Mike Hammer's creator, put food on the table in the 1940s by writing Superman stories'

Answer: Mickey Spillane


Question: 'In 1993 she replaced long-serving Alan Cranston as U.S. Senator from California'

Answer: (Barbara) Boxer


Question: 'Original records still survive of Joan's trial for this--opposition to Church authority'

Answer: heresy


Question: 'He succeeded Brezhnev in 1982'

Answer: Andropov


Question: 'This name for Terois Volitans tells you it's the "king" of reef-dwelling beasts'

Answer: the lionfish


Question: 'At the end of "Caesar and Cleopatra", Caesar promises to send Cleo a beautiful present: this man'

Answer: Mark Anthony


Question: 'This man, Superman's enemy, first appeared in 1940 with a full head of red hair; soon he was drawn as bald'

Answer: Lex Luthor


Question: 'This "queen of romance novels" was the step-grandmother of Princess Diana'

Answer: Barbara Cartland


Question: 'Joan was burned at the stake on May 30, 1431 in this city's Old Market Square'

Answer: Rouen


Question: 'You can see this galaxy from earth wtihout a telescope'

Answer: Andromeda


Question: 'She was the lioness who was "born free" in a Joy Adamson nonfiction bestseller'

Answer: Elsa


Question: 'Shakespeare is a character in Shaw's charming one-act "The Dark Lady of" these'

Answer: the Sonnets


Question: 'The mysterious death of this man who played TV's Superman in the 1950s inspired the film "Hollywoodland"'

Answer: George Reeves


Question: 'This woman of 3 names wrote "A Woman of Substance"'

Answer: Barbara Taylor Bradford


Question: 'Joan was denied a Christian burial, & her ashes were thrown into this river'

Answer: the Seine


Question: 'Playwright Maxwell or singer Marian'

Answer: Anderson


Question: 'Hercules had to labor to kill this feline by strangulation, as no weapon could pierce its skin'

Answer: the Nemean lion


Question: 'According to its earliest ads, .56% of this product was made up of carbonates, mineral matter & uncombined alkali'

Answer: Ivory soap


Question: 'WBZ, based in this New England city, was one of the USA's first commercial radio stations'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'In 1998, to improve auto traffic in this Asian capital, bikes were forbidden on Xisidong Ave.'

Answer: Beijing


Question: 'In Death Valley it's the heat, not this, as this averages less than 5%'

Answer: humidity


Question: 'One explanation for this Laker's jersey switch from 8 to 24 was that 24 was his high school number'

Answer: Kobe Bryant


Question: 'This unit of the fineness of gold is often spelled differently from the weight unit for gems'

Answer: karat


Question: 'As the year 1450 dawned on the Christian calendar, it was year 5210 on this one'

Answer: the Hebrew


Question: 'Carl Kasell reads the news on this NPR program, the USA's most-heard A.M. news magazine'

Answer: Morning Edition


Question: 'Ground professional who says things like "Maintain two thousand, heading two two zero, runway 22 right"'

Answer: air traffic controller


Question: 'North Central China has a climate like Kansas & also gets these choking "storms" in spring'

Answer: dust storms


Question: 'In 2008 this NASCAR driver doubled up on his 8 & took the wheel of the 88 car; his dad could race some, too'

Answer: Dale Earnhardt, Jr.


Question: 'A company called Ace is a major maker of these machines--ooh, this one has "Afternoon Delight"'

Answer: karaoke


Question: 'In 1450 King Christian I of Denmark was also declared king of this other Scandinavian nation'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'The call letters of NYC's 1010 WINS stand for the International News Service of this 1930s newspaper tycoon'

Answer: (William Randolph) Hearst


Question: 'Traffic on the Internet can be measured by "sniffing" bunches of data collectively called these'

Answer: packets


Question: 'In the upslope type of this visibility killer, air rises enough to cool to its dew point, causing condensation'

Answer: fog


Question: 'This legendary no. 8 for the Yankees said, "When you come to a fork in the road...take it"'

Answer: Yogi Berra


Question: 'It follows "go" in the name of a miniature racing car'

Answer: kart


Question: 'With English defeats at Caen & Cherbourg, this long war was nearing its end by 1450'

Answer: the Hundred Years\' War


Question: 'The U.S. has ABC news radio; so does this country, where you can listen on 99.9 FM from Tuggeranong'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'During the filming of "Traffic", this actress' real-life pregnancy was incorporated into her role'

Answer: Catherine Zeta-Jones


Question: 'The photo seen here captures a devastating 2007 one of these, also the title of a 1997 film'

Answer: ice storm


Question: 'Last name of the QB who wore no. 8 for the Saints; his sons have had more NFL success wearing 18 & 10'

Answer: (Archie) Manning


Question: 'In Eastern religion, the total effect of your actions in various existences'

Answer: karma


Question: 'In 1450 he teamed up with investor Johann Fust with the intention of printing books'

Answer: Gutenberg


Question: '"As It Happens", produced by this network, campaigns for official status for the beaver'

Answer: the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


Question: 'In 1910 Congress passed the White Slave Traffic Act named for this Illinois representative'

Answer: Mann


Question: 'Legend says after pitcher Denton Young warmed up against a fence, someone said the fence looked like this had hit it'

Answer: a cyclone


Question: 'Not an '80s British synth-pop group, this "Yaz" who wore No. 8 won the A.L.'s 1967 Triple Crown'

Answer: Carl Yastrzemski


Question: 'In 1959 this conductor headed the Berlin Philharmonic, Salzburg Festival & Vienna State Opera'

Answer: Herbert von Karajan


Question: 'The University of this port city, today Spain's second largest, was founded in 1450'

Answer: Barcelona


Question: 'At the Uffizi in Florence, you can drink in Caravaggio's painting of this Roman god of wine'

Answer: Bacchus


Question: 'In 2004 Scarlett hit the Krusty Krab as the voice of Mindy the mermaid in this title guy's movie'

Answer: SpongeBob SquarePants


Question: '4,406-foot Ben Nevis is the highest point of this, Europe's largest island'

Answer: Great Britain


Question: 'Also the title of a 2006 animated film, this term refers to the time when it's legal to hunt or catch game or fish'

Answer: open season


Question: 'D.H. Donald's biography of this 19th century president made it onto a list of Bill Clinton's favorite books'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'The Left Bank of the Seine is the Rive this'

Answer: Gauche


Question: 'In paintings by Velazquez & Veronese, this Roman metalsmith is seen working in his forge'

Answer: Vulcan


Question: 'As the face of this French luxury bag co., Scarlett may have had to clobber a few people selling knockoffs'

Answer: Louis Vuitton


Question: 'Some parts of this natural wonder have been invaded by crown-of-thorns starfish, which feed on polyps'

Answer: the Great Barrier Reef


Question: 'The official 2003 White House Christmas card mentions this "season"'

Answer: the holiday season


Question: 'The book "Enola Gay" by Gordon Thomas & Max Morgan-Witts is subtitled "Mission To" this Japanese city'

Answer: Hiroshima


Question: '"Windmill" in French; there's a famous red (rouge) one'

Answer: moulin


Question: 'In a painting by Luca Giordano, Perseus turns an angry mob to stone by holding up this'

Answer: Medusa\'s head


Question: 'In 1997 Macaulay Culkin was out of the third entry in this film series, but Scarlett was in, as Molly'

Answer: Home Alone


Question: 'Major peaks in this range include Mount Sterling in North Carolina & Chimney Tops in Tennessee'

Answer: the Great Smoky Mountains


Question: 'In the Atlantic it lasts from June 1 to November 30 & includes tropical storms as well'

Answer: hurricane season


Question: 'Pick up one of the most famous self-help books of all time, Dale Carnegie's "How To Win Friends And" do this'

Answer: Influence People


Question: 'There's a Cafe du this, "the world", in New Orleans'

Answer: monde


Question: 'A sculpture by Ammanati shows her cozying up to a swan'

Answer: Leda


Question: 'Scarlett provided child care for the Xs (Paul Giamatti & Laura Linney) in this 2007 film'

Answer: The Nanny Diaries


Question: 'Uranium mined from this Canadian Arctic lake with an animal name was used to make the WWII atomic bombs'

Answer: Great Bear Lake


Question: 'Though it's 3 to 4 weeks before the start of summer, this holiday is often said to begin the summer driving season'

Answer: Memorial Day


Question: 'Played by Robin Williams on film, he wrote the bestseller "Gesundheit: Good Health Is A Laughing Matter"'

Answer: Patch Adams


Question: 'It's the French word for "apple"; a potato is one "de terre"'

Answer: a pomme


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew shows a painting on the monitor.)  In Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus", you can see that Venus is being blown ashore by this West Wind'

Answer: Zephyr


Question: 'Scarlett is the Cristina of this 2008 Woody Allen film in which a love triangle becomes a love square'

Answer: Vicky Cristina Barcelona


Question: 'Australia's largest desert, it was first crossed in 1875 by Ernest Giles & named for a monarch'

Answer: (Great) Victoria


Question: 'In Britain this alliterative period when debutantes come out includes Royal Ascot & the Henley Regatta'

Answer: the social season


Question: 'In books like "The Way of Zen", this man did much to introduce Buddhism to the United States'

Answer: Alan Watts


Question: 'French for "umbrella", its name comes in part from the French word for "rain"'

Answer: parapluie


Question: 'In 2008 John McCain used this 1958 Top 10 hit by Chuck Berry as an anthem for his presidential bid'

Answer: \"Johnny B. Goode\"


Question: 'In 1814, before the British burned the White House, this woman escaped with silver & other valuables'

Answer: Dolley Madison


Question: 'His ninth & final successful run for the U.S. Senate from West Virginia was in 2006; he died in 2010'

Answer: (Robert) Byrd


Question: 'Fleas make up the order Siphonaptera, siphon meaning tube used to extract this'

Answer: blood


Question: 'Locholest powder is designed to lower the levels of the "bad" cholesterol, known by this 3-letter abbreviation'

Answer: LDL


Question: 'Where baseball players sit while not the field'

Answer: the dugout


Question: 'This nickname of the demonic villain in the "Hellraiser" franchise is also a term for someone not so sharp'

Answer: a pinhead


Question: 'A great escape from Stalag Luft III in 1944 was through one of these dubbed Harry (Tom & Dick weren't used)'

Answer: a tunnel


Question: 'Before his 2006 run to be governor of this state, Butch Otter represented its First District, which includes Coeur d'Alene'

Answer: Idaho


Question: 'Miriam Rothschild discovered that a rubbery protein called resilin stored in the hind legs gives fleas this amazing ability'

Answer: jumping


Question: 'The active ingredients of a dose of Stanback headache powder are 32 mg of caffeine and 650 mg of this'

Answer: aspirin


Question: 'The mortar between tiles'

Answer: grout


Question: 'In a 1998 movie the spawn of this reimagined monster hatched in Madison Square Garden'

Answer: Godzilla


Question: 'He escaped gladiator school in the 1st Century B.C. & formed an army that threatened Rome'

Answer: Spartacus


Question: 'He first ran for the Senate in the 1970s & has become Utah's longest-serving senator'

Answer: (Orrin) Hatch


Question: 'Each day adult fleas deposit up to 50 of these, soon to turn into larvae, on your pet'

Answer: eggs


Question: 'Seidlitz Powder, taken for cathartic effect, includes this element's bicarbonate'

Answer: sodium


Question: 'A condition in polar regions where snow makes visibility poor'

Answer: a white-out


Question: 'In "The Host", something is living in the River Han & is set to wreak havoc on this capital city'

Answer: Seoul


Question: 'His 1791 attempt to flee was thwarted when he was recognized from his picture on French money'

Answer: Louis XVI


Question: 'He was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968, 9 years before his first successful run for mayor of New York City'

Answer: Ed Koch


Question: 'As part of its "Flea Killer Plus" line, Raid sells this 6-letter apparatus for spreading bug-killing mist or spray'

Answer: a fogger


Question: 'Toss back 1,000 mg of ascorbic acid with this powder whose name sounds like a dire situation'

Answer: Emergen-C


Question: 'It's the rock classic heard here'

Answer: Wipeout


Question: 'In this Guillermo del Toro movie, Doug Jones played both "El Fauno" & "The Pale Man" who had eyes on his hands'

Answer: Pan\'s Labyrinth


Question: 'In 1647 King Charles I eluded his Parliamentarian pursuers & escaped to the Isle of this in the English Channel'

Answer: the Isle of Wight


Question: 'Selma native Jo Bonner ran unopposed in his 2008 re-election campaign to represent this state's 1st District'

Answer: Alabama


Question: 'If raising these in your backyard, beware of the sticktight flea attaching itself to their wattles'

Answer: a turkey (or chicken)


Question: 'Sold as a powder, this protein found in cow's milk helps replace amino acids you lose in a workout'

Answer: whey


Question: 'Expressing piety'

Answer: devout


Question: 'This term for hatred or malice is also the beast kept in a pit by Jabba the Hutt & defeated by Luke'

Answer: Rancor


Question: 'In 1996 this space telescope returned the first-ever images of Pluto's surface'

Answer: the Hubble


Question: '1957:<br />"Wake Up Little Susie"'

Answer: The Everly Brothers


Question: 'Seen here is the flag of this nation, made up of 25 states, 7 territories, and 1 billion souls'

Answer: India


Question: 'Grandma got her pectin today, so she's started putting up her delicious peach type of this'

Answer: jam


Question: 'Hercule makes a bust on a choo-choo out of Istanbul'

Answer: Murder on the Orient Express


Question: 'Delaware capital's shamrocks'

Answer: Dover clover


Question: 'Each November debris from Comet Temple-Tuttle produces a meteor shower that streams across this lion'

Answer: Leo


Question: '2009:<br />"Keep It Real" (often heard on Radio Disney)'

Answer: the Jonas Brothers


Question: 'The Chao Phraya, this country's main river, flows to the gulf named for the country'

Answer: Thailand


Question: 'Researching the family tree, Grandpa's back on the Swenson family forum on the website called this -alogy.com'

Answer: genealogy


Question: 'Until the very end, Roxane nose not that her swordsman-poet cousin loves her'

Answer: Cyrano de Bergerac


Question: 'Tired & sleep-deprived Great Lakes city in Pennsylvania'

Answer: weary Erie


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a diagram of the Sun and Earth on the monitor.) On the sunward side of the Earth, these bands are compressed by solar winds; on the other side they can stretch farther'

Answer: the Van Allen belts


Question: '1984:<br />"I'm So Excited"'

Answer: The Pointer Sisters


Question: 'Hey, you! U is a title of respect in this Asian language'

Answer: Burmese


Question: 'The sweater Mother's knitting is coming along nicely but oops, there in the sleeve is a "dropped" this'

Answer: a stitch


Question: 'Hana reads to a burned man; Katharine dies in a desert cave (It's so sad!)'

Answer: The English Patient


Question: 'Taking a peek at the capital of the Wolverine State'

Answer: glancing at Lansing


Question: 'This largest moon of Neptune has active volcanoes that spew crystals of nitrogen as high as 6 miles above the surface'

Answer: Triton


Question: '1941:<br />"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"'

Answer: The Andrews Sisters


Question: 'Operation Baus Au, Tagalog for "get it back", was run by the U.S. military in this nation during World War II'

Answer: the Philippines


Question: 'A lively match at this board game is under way, & I do believe that's the Tartakower Variation on the Torre Attack'

Answer: chess


Question: 'Gustav von Aschenbach succumbs to cholera among the gondolas'

Answer: Death in Venice


Question: 'People in a New York City borough who study policy details endlessly'

Answer: Bronx wonks


Question: 'Pumping out energy, quasars are one type of object described as the active nuclei of these vast structures'

Answer: galaxies


Question: '1974:<br />"Midnight Rider"'

Answer: The Allman Brothers


Question: 'Mack & the boys share a fish-meal storage shed in Monterey and throw a party for Doc'

Answer: Cannery Row


Question: 'The area around South Beach when it's cold & sticky'

Answer: Miami clammy


Question: 'In 1955 she became the first & so far only actress to win a Tony for playing a male role in a musical'

Answer: Mary Martin


Question: 'In the 1930s Ruth Wakefield added a cut-up chocolate bar to cookie dough, creating the cookie named for this "House"'

Answer: Toll House


Question: 'In 1992 this queen of England agreed to pay income tax'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth II


Question: 'A battery:<br />"It Just Keeps Going and Going, and Going..."'

Answer: Energizer


Question: 'Wonder why the saber-toothed cat had these "doggy" teeth, 7 inches long'

Answer: canines


Question: 'In May 2000 she released her second album, "Oops!...I Did It Again"'

Answer: Britney Spears


Question: 'In an apt. bldg., apartment building, you're sure to find a bdrm., one of these'

Answer: bedroom


Question: 'Sharing its name with a French novel, this candy bar was originally 3 chocolate-coated nougat bars'

Answer: 3 Musketeers


Question: 'This queen was one of the few who thought Christopher Columbus' exploration plan made any sense'

Answer: Queen Isabella


Question: 'A branch of the U.S. military:<br />"Aim High"'

Answer: the Air Force


Question: 'Wonder why this liquid is poisonous when it comes from the Asian upas tree'

Answer: sap


Question: '"Bye Bye Bye" from the album "No Strings Attached" was a hit for this group'

Answer: \'N Sync


Question: 'On the avg., average, your mom may spend 20 minutes a day driving down the ave., this'

Answer: avenue


Question: 'A glowing red "Hot Doughnuts Now" sign announces the fresh original glazed doughnuts from this chain'

Answer: Krispy Kreme


Question: 'This king known as "the Lionhearted" was killed when he tried to get a peasant's gold'

Answer: Richard


Question: 'Wonder why the Kermode's type of this colorful North American species of bear is pure white'

Answer: black bear


Question: 'Their 1998 album "Dizzy Up the Girl" includes the songs "Slide", "Broadway" & "Black Balloon"'

Answer: the Goo Goo Dolls


Question: 'WD-40 is an oil you might use on your hinges on your 4WD, an abbreviation for this type of vehicle'

Answer: 4 wheel drive


Question: 'Don't worry -- these reptiles aren't an ingredient in the chocolate & caramel candies named for them'

Answer: Turtles


Question: 'At last, you know what Jigme Singye Wangchuck, king of Bhutan on this continent, looks like'

Answer: Asia


Question: 'Wonder why when insects have true types of these sense organs, they're never on the head'

Answer: ears


Question: 'His song "You Make Me Wanna" was nominated for a Grammy'

Answer: Usher


Question: 'Of lacrosse, paddleball, golf or auto racing, sport played by people in the LPGA'

Answer: golf


Question: 'Enjoy a cookie with chips of white chocolate & this Hawaiian nut'

Answer: macadamia nuts


Question: 'Queen Noor, of this Middle Eastern country named for a river, used to be a regular American girl named Lisa'

Answer: Jordan


Question: 'Wonder why this bird, seen here, the northern counterpart of the penguin, can fly, but penguins can't'

Answer: puffin


Question: 'This single-named singer-turned aactress is aalphabetically first in "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits"'

Answer: Aaliyah


Question: 'If your TV has PIP, it has this feature'

Answer: Picture in Picture


Question: 'This whole continent is considered a polar desert'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'Worth a lot more today, this tall building, seen here, was completed in the '30s for about $25 million dollars'

Answer: the Empire State Building


Question: 'Romantic, yes, but Romeo & this young bride are not -- we repeat not -- good role models for kids'

Answer: Juliet


Question: '"Baa, baa, black sheep..."'

Answer: have you any wool


Question: 'National UNICEF Day & National Magic Day are observed on this date, the same as Halloween'

Answer: October 31


Question: 'This vast country is about 1,000 miles northwest of New Zealand'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'These plants found near Tucson, Arizona may be 50 feet tall, weigh 8 tons & be over 100 years old'

Answer: (Saguaro) cactuses


Question: 'The "Hope"ful, priceless object, seen here, is this type of gem'

Answer: (the Hope) diamond


Question: 'Hard to imagine, but in Shakespeare's time, this queen of Egypt, like other female roles, was played by a boy'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: '"Rock-a-bye baby, on the tree top..."'

Answer: when the wind blows, the cradle will rock


Question: '12-year-old George Abraham Thampy won this contest in 2000; his final word was "demarche"'

Answer: the National Spelling Bee


Question: 'This country with a direction in its name changed direction in the '90s by ending its apartheid policy'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'About 3,000 miles wide, its name is from the Arabic for "desert"'

Answer: the Sahara Desert


Question: 'You'll have to pay in francs to purchase the arc seen here in this European capital city'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'Calista Flockhart, TV's Ally McBeal, graced the 1999 movie version of "A Midsummer Night's" one of these'

Answer: Dream


Question: '"Jack and Jill went up the hill..."'

Answer: to fetch a pail of water


Question: 'Held each August in Akron, Ohio, it's been called "The Greatest Amateur Youth Racing Event in the World"'

Answer: the National Soap Box Derby


Question: 'In the 1800s Argentinean cowboys called this inspired the works of many writers & artists'

Answer: gauchos


Question: 'In order to retain as much water as possible, the desert's kangaroo rat lacks these glands'

Answer: sweat glands


Question: 'Even if you could purchase this object, seen here, how would you get it home?'

Answer: (The Great) Sphinx


Question: 'For sure!  This "Clueless" star played the princess in the 2000 film version of "Love's Labour's Lost"'

Answer: Alicia Silverstone


Question: '"This old man, he played one..."'

Answer: he played knick-knack on my thumb


Question: 'Its northernmost mainland point lies on the Jutland Peninsula at its border with Denmark'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'In the Northern Hemisphere you'll find the largest chain of deserts along the line named the Tropic of this'

Answer: Cancer


Question: 'This $1.5 billion dollar telescope, seen here, has opened our Earth-bound eyes to undreamed-of splendors'

Answer: the Hubble Space Telescope


Question: 'By the end of this Scottish play, the title character has been "kilt"'

Answer: Macbeth


Question: '"Hickory, dickory, dock..."'

Answer: the mouse ran up the clock


Question: 'The symbols on this country's coat of arms represent Aragon, Castile & other historic kingdoms'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'By population, it's the largest city on a Caribbean island, though you may not be allowed to go there'

Answer: Havana, Cuba


Question: 'The 10 included flies, lice, frogs & locusts'

Answer: The Plagues of Egypt


Question: 'According to Leo Durocher, it's where "Nice Guys Finish"'

Answer: Last


Question: 'Christopher Columbus' flag bore a cross with their initials on either side'

Answer: Ferdinand & Isabella


Question: 'This sitcom's theme song is subtitled "Where Everybody Knows Your Name"'

Answer: Cheers


Question: '$1.5 bil. in loan guarantees was the government's Christmas present to this company in December, 1979'

Answer: Chrysler


Question: 'In Disney's "Cinderella" this character sings "Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo"'

Answer: Fairy Godmother


Question: 'John 2 relates this incident at Cana as Jesus' 1st miracle'

Answer: Changing Water into Wine


Question: 'Geena Davis said of this nomination, "It was sort of like I'd won on a game show"'

Answer: Supporting Actress Oscar


Question: 'The American flag can be hung this way only as a distress signal'

Answer: Upside-Down


Question: '"Out of the night when the full moon is bright comes the horseman known as" this'

Answer: Zorro


Question: 'This auto tycoon's home was a 56-room mansion called "Fair Lane"'

Answer: Henry Ford


Question: 'He spun gold from straw'

Answer: Rumplestiltskin


Question: 'In a parable, Jesus compared this kingdom to a grain of mustard seed'

Answer: Kingdom of Heaven


Question: 'USA Today reports she said she "wasn't thinking clearly" when she stuffed her clothes with NSC documents'

Answer: Fawn Hall


Question: 'On the Soviet flag, the hammer represents the workers; the sickle, the peasants; & this, the party'

Answer: The Star


Question: 'Just before tugging on her left earlobe, she sang her theme song, "It's Time to Say So Long"'

Answer: Carol Burnett


Question: 'A Renault won the 1st of these annual French races at Le Mans in 1906'

Answer: Grand Prix


Question: 'Leprechauns are usually seen wearing leather aprons because of their work in this profession'

Answer: Shoemaking


Question: 'When Eliphaz told him "Man is born unto trouble", he could have answered, "You're telling me!"'

Answer: Job


Question: '"Even if someone gave me a million dollars", said this reclusive Swede, "I wouldn't write anything about myself"'

Answer: Greta Garbo


Question: 'South Atlantic islands whose flag shows a Union Jack, a ship & a sheep'

Answer: Falkland Islands (or Malvinas)


Question: 'Fox network sitcom whose theme song is Sinatra's "Love & Marriage"'

Answer: Married... with Children


Question: 'He singled out the General Motors Corvair as being especially "unsafe at any speed"'

Answer: Ralph Nader


Question: 'In Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", he was king of the fairies'

Answer: Oberon


Question: 'The Aramaic name for Calvary, the hill in Jerusalem on which Jesus was crucified'

Answer: Golgotha


Question: 'Asked "What makes a woman unforgettable?" Lauren Bacall said, "She had to know how to" do this'

Answer: Whistle


Question: 'This small country uses the African tricolor of red, yellow & green with a big "R" in the middle'

Answer: Rwanda


Question: 'Clint Eastwood show whose theme song, sung by Frankie Laine, begins "Rollin

Answer: Rawhide


Question: 'This Nash model, which came out in 1950, was the 1st American compact'

Answer: Rambler


Question: 'A mischievous fairy such as "Peter Pan"'s Tinkerbell, or a short hairstyle for women'

Answer: Pixie


Question: 'The only substance known to ancient man in solid, liquid & gas form'

Answer: Water


Question: 'This state was the setting for Edna Ferber's novel "Ice Palace"'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'It's time for you to tell us these are the 3 simple tenses in English'

Answer: Past, Present & Future


Question: 'This orator became governor of Virginia in 1776'

Answer: Patrick Henry


Question: 'The 17th & 18th C. French decorative style called Chinoiserie was influenced by the art of this country'

Answer: China


Question: 'The 1st film he directed was "Psycho III", & he was "showered" with praise for his acting, too'

Answer: Anthony Perkins


Question: 'Most of the world's supply of this light gas comes from natural gas fields in the U.S.'

Answer: Helium


Question: 'This legendary outlaw is the subject of Larry McMurtry's novel "Anything for Billy"'

Answer: Billy the Kid


Question: 'There are dozens of these including at, by & with'

Answer: Prepositions


Question: '19 convicted "witches" were executed this way in Salem, Massachusetts'

Answer: Hanging


Question: 'A fork-type setting for diamonds introduced in 1886 by this NYC jewelry store is named for it'

Answer: Tiffany


Question: 'Actor-playwright whose 1st film as a director, "Far North", starred his girlfriend, Jessica Lange'

Answer: Sam Shepard


Question: 'Launched by the Soviets in 1957, the 1st living creature to orbit the Earth was one of these'

Answer: Dog (Laika)


Question: 'Bombay-born author whose 1st novel was "The Light That Failed"'

Answer: Rudyard Kipling


Question: 'The part of a clause containing the verb, its complements & its modifiers'

Answer: Predicate


Question: 'A Packard touring car was disguised as a police car for this famous "Holiday Holocaust" in 1929'

Answer: The St. Valentine\'s Day Massacre


Question: 'The Great Hall of Xerxes I has been called the architectural masterpiece of this civilization'

Answer: Persia


Question: 'Many of the films he directed starred his wife, Gena Rowlands'

Answer: John Cassavetes


Question: 'Some hemophiliacs spend over $50,000 per year on Factor VIII which does this for the blood'

Answer: Allows it to Clot


Question: 'Biologist whose most famous work was "Silent Spring"'

Answer: Rachel Carson


Question: 'Conjugation is the listing of the forms of a verb, & this is the listing of the forms of a noun'

Answer: Declension


Question: 'In 1616 she went to England with her husband, John, & her infant son'

Answer: Pocahontas


Question: 'This Russian goldsmith designed cigarette boxes & carved animals in addition to jeweled eggs'

Answer: Faberge


Question: 'He directed himself in the national tour of "Camelot" in 1986, 19 years after starring in the film'

Answer: Richard Harris


Question: 'Science took a leap forward when physicist Max Planck devised this theory about light'

Answer: Quantum Theory


Question: 'Dominick Dunne set part of his novel "People Like Us" in the home the Grenvilles lived in in this book'

Answer: The Two Mrs. Grenvilles


Question: 'The antecedent in the sentence "John left the book he brought to school on the bus."'

Answer: John


Question: 'The legal name of this black evangelist-abolitionist was Isabella Van Wagener'

Answer: Sojourner Truth


Question: 'Augustus said he found Rome a city of brick & left it a city of this'

Answer: Marble


Question: 'The 1st film Richard Benjamin directed was this '82 Peter O' Toole comedy about the early days of TV'

Answer: "My Favorite Year"


Question: 'It was built originally on the Whitehall site of a medieval palace used to house visiting Scottish kings'

Answer: Scotland Yard


Question: 'It's the planet that's closest to Venus'

Answer: Earth


Question: 'In a 1989 TV movie Sandra Bullock was a new model of one of these title cyborgs; Lindsay Wagner was an old one'

Answer: a bionic woman


Question: 'It's a composition for 6 instruments or voices'

Answer: a sestet


Question: 'Abbreviated the ABA, this national organization hands out annual "Silver Gavel" awards'

Answer: the American Bar Association


Question: 'Watney's Red Barrel & Newcastle Brown Ale are 2 popular beers from this country'

Answer: England


Question: 'Tee shot tool'

Answer: a driver


Question: 'In 1610 this Italian discovered that Venus has phases like the moon'

Answer: Galileo


Question: 'Waiting out a sandstorm on Tatooine, this astromech droid made a new friend in a protocol droid'

Answer: R2-D2


Question: 'Notations for these on a score for a guitarist include C7 & D7'

Answer: chords


Question: 'In 1982 President Reagan awarded this "God Bless America" singer the Presidential Medal of Freedom'

Answer: Kate Smith


Question: 'Beer, like red wine, can protect your heart by lowering the "bad" type of this'

Answer: cholesterol


Question: 'An artful fellow'

Answer: dodger


Question: 'With few exceptions all specified surface features of Venus are appropriately named after these'

Answer: women


Question: 'In this 2004 film a Chicago cop thinks an NS-5 named Sonny has committed murder'

Answer: I, Robot


Question: 'For a violinist the notation "coll'arco" means go back to using this'

Answer: the bow


Question: 'It's the only Nobel Prize that can be awarded to an organization or institution rather than an individual'

Answer: peace


Question: 'In 1988, after an over 70-year ban, this European island country allowed the brewing and selling of strong beer'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'It's up when you're angry'

Answer: your dander


Question: 'Contributing to its high temperature, Venus' atmosphere is predominantly made up of this gas'

Answer: carbon dioxide


Question: 'His niece Penny & his dog Brain help him defeat criminal masterminds like Dr. Claw'

Answer: Inspector Gadget


Question: 'From the Greek for "to cut short" it's what's being done to the rhythm of the melody here'

Answer: syncopating


Question: 'In 1949 this automobile magazine began awarding its coveted "Car of the Year" award'

Answer: Motor Trend


Question: 'This beer "that made Milwaukee famous" became famous after donating kegs to Chicagoans after the great fire'

Answer: Schlitz


Question: 'Macbeth thought he saw one'

Answer: a dagger


Question: 'Similar to an eclipse, it's the term for the rare passing in front of the sun that Venus did on June 8, 2004'

Answer: a transit


Question: 'Seen here, he celebrated his 50th anniversary in 2002 and got a new series on the WB in 2004'

Answer: Astroboy


Question: 'It's a moderate tempo, faster than adagio but slower than allegretto'

Answer: andante


Question: 'In 1999 J.M. Coetzee became the first 2-time winner of this major British fiction prize'

Answer: the Booker


Question: '1900s coat or 1970s car'

Answer: a duster


Question: 'Around 1964 the North Vietnamese began to turn this famous supply route into a real road that trucks could use'

Answer: the Ho Chi Minh Trail


Question: '"Ewing vs. Ewing"'

Answer: Dallas


Question: 'In the third movement of his "Titan" symphony Mahler used the theme of this French children's song'

Answer: "Frère Jacques"


Question: 'From the Lake Hula area to the Sea of Galilee about 10 miles south, it falls more than 600 feet'

Answer: the Jordan River


Question: '(I'm Andrew Lloyd Webber.)  This ex-"Phantom" plays Count Fosco in my latest musical "The Woman in White", which opened in London in Sept. 2004'

Answer: Michael Crawford


Question: 'The name of this third male human to be mentioned in Genesis means "breath" in Hebrew'

Answer: Abel


Question: 'Eisenhower didn't really send troops; by the time he left office in 1961 he'd sent in 900 personnel called these'

Answer: advisors


Question: '"The Trouble with Tribbles"'

Answer: Star Trek


Question: 'On July 14, 2002 he was shot at while riding in a Paris parade celebrating Bastille Day'

Answer: (Jacques) Chirac


Question: 'The Syr Darya, one of central Asia's major rivers, flows through 3 countries whose names end in this syllable'

Answer: stan


Question: 'This musical was the happy result of a 1974 visit to Argentina by Lloyd Webber's collaborator Tim Rice'

Answer: Evita


Question: 'The first band with a palindromic name to be listed in the Rolling Stone "Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll"'

Answer: ABBA


Question: '"Keep your Eye on the Sparrow"'

Answer: Baretta


Question: 'On August 27, 1783 Jacques Alexandre Charles & the Robert brothers launched the first balloon filled with this gas'

Answer: hydrogen


Question: 'At Al Qurnah, Iraq, it joins the Euphrates to form the Shatt al Arab'

Answer: Tigris (River)


Question: '(Andrew Lloyd Webber reads the clue.)  The only show in Broadway history that ran longer than "The Phantom of the Opera" is this other musical of mine'

Answer: Cats


Question: 'From the Spanish for "poplar grove", it's the county where you'll find Oakland, California'

Answer: Alameda


Question: '"Jessica Behind Bars"'

Answer: Murder, She Wrote


Question: 'Father Jacques Marquette & this cartographer explored the Mississippi River during June & July 1673'

Answer: (Louis) Joliet


Question: 'A 1947 partition divided the water in the basin of this 1,800-mile-long river on the border of Pakistan'

Answer: Indus River


Question: 'Ashley the smoking car is a character in this Lloyd Webber musical (hint: don't lose your train of thought)'

Answer: Starlight Express


Question: 'The large dino known as a Brontosaurus has been reclassified with this name meaning "deceptive lizard"'

Answer: Apatosaurus


Question: 'Begun Jan. 21, 1968, the Battle for this Marine outpost may have been an NVA diversion before the Tet Offensive'

Answer: Khe Sanh


Question: '"The Brothers Caine"'

Answer: Kung Fu


Question: 'He painted "Napoleon Distributing the Eagles"'

Answer: (Jacques-Louis) David


Question: 'The 710-mile-long Kapuas River, Indonesia's longest, is on this third-largest island in the world'

Answer: Borneo


Question: '(Andrew Lloyd Webber reads the clue.)  Emmy Rossum plays Christine in "The Phantom of the Opera" movie; this actress originated the role on stage'

Answer: Sarah Brightman


Question: 'Multiply 6.022 times 10 to the 23rd power to get this scientific "number"'

Answer: Avogadro\'s number


Question: 'A high-bounce ball inspired businessman Lamar Hunt to give an annual event this name'

Answer: the Super Bowl


Question: 'Edward Gibbon published his first volume on its "Decline and Fall", 5 more would follow'

Answer: Roman Empire


Question: 'In the 1995 movie "Nixon", this "Frasier" co-star played John Dean'

Answer: David Hyde Pierce


Question:
'Jefferson,
Deaf Smith,
El Paso'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'According to an old expression, a kid's in trouble when he's caught with his hand in this container'

Answer: Cookie jar


Question: 'A person or thing about to fail is said to be one of these terminal water birds'

Answer: Dead duck


Question: 'This man who died in 1945 is immortalized on the coin'

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt


Question: 'In July 1776 James Cook set out to search for this long-sought passage'

Answer: Northwest Passage


Question: 'In the "Star Wars" movies, he's the voice of Darth Vader'

Answer: James Earl Jones


Question:
'Jefferson,
Cape Girardeau,
Ozark'

Answer: Missouri


Question: 'Container in the title of the following:<br />("Roll out the...")'

Answer: Barrel ("Beer Barrel Polka")


Question: 'This colorful 2-word term is synonymous with morbid comedy often relating to death'

Answer: Black comedy/humor


Question: 'The JS on the front stands for John Sinnock, who did this'

Answer: Designed the coin


Question: 'Fire destroyed the old Ducal Theater in this city in 1776 & La Scala was built to replace it'

Answer: Milan


Question: 'He starred as a dedicated teacher in "Stand and Deliver"'

Answer: Edward James Olmos


Question:
'Jefferson,
Cherokee,
Muskogee'

Answer: Oklahoma


Question: 'Gunny comes from the Sanskrit for this container, so it's redundant when followed by it'

Answer: Sack


Question: 'It's the combustible heap for burning a dead body as part of a funeral rite'

Answer: Pyre


Question: 'The edge has 118 reeds, 1 fewer than this current coin'

Answer: Quarter


Question: 'This gas produced by car engines was first produced in a lab by a French scientist in 1776'

Answer: Carbon monoxide


Question: 'He played Starsky on "Starsky and Hutch"'

Answer: Paul Michael Glaser


Question:
'Jefferson,
Scotts Bluff,
Platte'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'A small box to hold tea leaves, or a person who carries another container, a golf bag'

Answer: Caddy


Question: 'Using cryogenics, this shorter word is the freezing of recently deceased bodies in hopes of future resuscitation'

Answer: Cryonics


Question: '8.33 % of the dime is this metal, the rest is copper'

Answer: Nickel


Question: 'Louis XVI began construction of a fortified breakwater off this city, offering better protection than umbrellas'

Answer: Cherbourg


Question: 'In 1995 she made her feature film debut in "The Baby-Sitters Club"; in 1999 she proved "She's All That"'

Answer: Rachael Leigh Cook


Question:
'Jefferson,
Hood River,
Clackamas'

Answer: Oregon


Question: 'The container Arthur Miller would use to heat substances to a high temperature, or his 1953 play'

Answer: Crucible


Question: 'From the Latin for "to fall", it's a dead body, especially one prepared for dissection'

Answer: Cadaver


Question: 'The branches on the back are from these 2 trees whose names both begin with "O"'

Answer: Oak & olive


Question: 'Aristotle said this teacher of his was dear to him, but not as dear as the truth'

Answer: Plato


Question: 'If you ask your beautiful young Parisian escort "Parlez vous Anglais?", you've asked her this'

Answer: Do you speak English?


Question: 'The triatomic molecule O3 is called ozone; the diatomic O2 is simply this'

Answer: Oxygen


Question: 'Kirk & crew feel the wrath of this title character in the second "Star Trek" movie'

Answer: Khan


Question: 'It burned up the Billboard charts as the Doors' first Top 40 hit'

Answer: "Light My Fire"


Question: 'The Karen Blixen Museum is found in the suburbs of this Kenyan city, one of Africa's largest & fastest growing'

Answer: Nairobi


Question: '"The legislator should direct his attention above all to" this; the U.S. established a cabinet dept. for it in 1980'

Answer: Education


Question: 'When you order "otra cerveza" in a Madrid bar, expect to receive this'

Answer: Another beer


Question: 'C3H8 is the formula for this flammable gas that powers many mobile home stoves'

Answer: Propane


Question: 'Join the club!  Pod people start replacing everyone around Kevin McCarthy in this scary big screener from Don Siegel'

Answer: Invasion of the Body Snatchers


Question: 'The technical term for this phenomenon is the Aurora Borealis'

Answer: Northern Lights


Question: 'This city on the South China Sea once served as the colonial capital of French Indochina'

Answer: Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City


Question: 'Aristotle's work "on" this says that it holds the body together & that plants have one too'

Answer: Soul


Question: 'Tell your Barcelona babe "Hasta la vista" & this is what you've said'

Answer: Good-bye/until we meet again/see you later


Question: 'Popular name given to lethal gases, including VX & sarin, classified as organophosphates'

Answer: Nerve gases


Question: 'Set at the icy North Pole, this 1951 sci fi classic tells the story of a crashed UFO & a creature "From Another World"'

Answer: The Thing From Another World


Question: 'It's another name for Hanukkah'

Answer: Festival/Feast of Lights


Question: 'It's the closest national capital to Mount Everest'

Answer: Kathmandu, Nepal


Question: '"The basis of" this type of state, which began in ancient Greece, "is liberty"'

Answer: Democracy


Question: 'At the Marseille Massage Emporium, ask Mistress Dominique, "Donnez-vous des lecons?" & you've asked her this'

Answer: Do you give lessons?


Question: 'Alkane molecules contain carbon-carbon single ones; alkenes contain carbon-carbon double ones'

Answer: Bonds


Question: 'After nuclear mutation, giant ants terrorize Los Angeles in this 1954 classic'

Answer: Them!


Question: 'It's approximately 300,000 kilometers per second'

Answer: Speed of light


Question: 'In 1309 Clement V moved the Papal residence to this French city, at that time a haven for heretics & criminals'

Answer: Avignon


Question: 'When your Italian auto mechanic tells you "Non si preoccupi", "Don't" do this, that's when you should start'

Answer: Worry


Question: 'This molecule seen here puts nitrogen into fertilizer & zing into household cleaners'

Answer: NH3 (Ammonia)


Question: 'This dystopian tale of a robotlike future society is an expanded version of a short film George Lucas made at USC'

Answer: THX 1138


Question: 'An Alexandrian might know the word minaret comes from an Arabic word meaning this structure'

Answer: Lighthouse


Question: 'Known as "The City of Sails", this New Zealand metropolis hosted the America's Cup 2000 yachting competition'

Answer: Auckland


Question: 'Currently, this show is performed by 3 troupes; the Liffey & Lagan Companies on tour & the Shannon Company on B'way'

Answer: \"Riverdance\"


Question: 'Kangaroo Island is the 3rd largest offshore island of this country'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Lauren Bacall could tell you it's the term used for 1 stroke over par in golf'

Answer: Bogey


Question: 'Despite its name, this pink wine is made from grapes, not flowers'

Answer: Rose


Question: 'On July 22, 1989, she celebrated her 99th birthday at the family compound in Hyannis Port'

Answer: Rose Kennedy


Question: 'The French Empire style of furniture is associated with his empire'

Answer: Napoleon I


Question: 'Dr. West's Miracle Tuft toothbrush of 1938 was the 1st to have bristles made of this'

Answer: Nylon/Plastic


Question: 'Judas trees grow on the northern slopes of this country's Mount Carmel National Park & Nature Reserves'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'In 1968 Olympic gold medalist Jim Hines became the 1st man to run this race in under 10 seconds'

Answer: 100 meter dash


Question: 'The dry particles of matter found on your furniture, or what you do to remove them'

Answer: Dust


Question: 'In this family, Leo was a famous tenor, his son Walter and granddaughter Erika, actors'

Answer: Slezak


Question: 'Small, modern table named for the school where it was designed, not for a clergyman'

Answer: Parson\'s Table


Question: 'Observance at which English colonists 1st ate popcorn'

Answer: Thanksgiving


Question: 'At the old observatory here you can stand with 1 foot in the eastern hemisphere & one in the western'

Answer: Greenwich, England


Question: 'In this team sport, the neutral zone is located between 2 blue lines'

Answer: ice hockey


Question: 'Because of his big bullwhip, western star Al LaRue was nicknamed this'

Answer: "Lash"


Question: 'His daughters Caroline & Stephanie seem to be popular tabloid topics'

Answer: Prince Ranier of Monaco


Question: 'Stand with a sloping top that serves to support a book; its 1st known appearance was in Byzantium'

Answer: Lectern


Question: 'They were the U.S. presidents when the 1st man went into space & the 1st man walked on the moon'

Answer: Kennedy & Nixon


Question: 'The southernmost glacier in Europe, the Calderone, is in this country's Apennine mountains'

Answer: Italy


Question: '"Integument" is a fancy word for this part of an animal when it's separated from the body'

Answer: Skin


Question:
'Michael d'Abo, father of Olivia on "The Wonder Years", was lead singer of the following group:

"Come all without /
Come all within /
You'll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn"'

Answer: Manfred Mann


Question: 'This word can mean either an upholstered, backless & armless seat or a stuffed footstool'

Answer: Ottoman


Question: 'The 8 contestants in the 1st Miss America pageant in 1921 represented these'

Answer: Cities


Question: 'This port city is West Germany's leading industrial center'

Answer: Hamburg


Question: 'The badges Girl Scouts earn are officially worn on this part of the uniform'

Answer: Sash


Question: 'The Marciano Brothers & the Nakash Brothers are feuding families in this line of business'

Answer: Blue Jeans Manufacturers


Question: 'This American furniture style that appeared about 1790 was named for the new style of government'

Answer: Federal


Question: 'In 1981 Western Bancorporation was renamed this when it became the 1st bank to franchise its services'

Answer: First Interstate Bank


Question: 'In 1840 this Swiss was granted 49,000 acres in California & built a tannery, a fort, a mill....'

Answer: John Sutter


Question: 'This term for a secondary school came from Edinburgh, Scotland'

Answer: High School


Question: 'If his mother had listened to friends & named him after his father, he would be Zechariah the Baptist'

Answer: John the Baptist


Question: 'Part of your body which contains a mitral valve'

Answer: Heart


Question: 'Some say man's 1st musical instrument was the flute; others say it was this percussion type'

Answer: Drum


Question: 'Dying in 1832 at age 95, Charles Carrol of Carrolton was the last surviving person who signed this'

Answer: Declaration of Independence


Question: 'He wrote about the time he spent seeking hides on the West Coast in "Two Years Before the Mast"'

Answer: Richard Dana


Question: 'The 1st female med school grad in Italy, she revolutionized methods of teaching young children'

Answer: Maria Montessori


Question: 'Though born in Britain c. 385, he's the patron saint of a nearby island'

Answer: St. Patrick


Question: 'Felt when you "Make a Muscle", this muscle raises the forearm'

Answer: Bicep


Question: 'In the 1960's, Robert A. Moog developed this instrument used in classical & pop music'

Answer: Synthesizer


Question: 'The last beach movie this pair starred in  was "Back to the Beach"'

Answer: Annette Funicello & Frankie Avalon


Question: 'Tx. & Mex. banned the Maher-Fitzsimmons boxing match, so this judge held it on a sand bar in the Rio Grande'

Answer: Judge Roy Bean


Question: 'In 1947 the Supreme Court upheld free busing & in 1968 free books for students in these schools'

Answer: Parochial Schools


Question: 'Brewer's Dictionary quotes this saint as having said, "Love me, love my dog."'

Answer: St. Bernard


Question: 'It comprises about 62% of the weight of an average man; about 6% less in women'

Answer: water


Question: '42 members of the London Symphony are heard in "A Day In The Life" on this Beatles album'

Answer: Sgt. Pepper\'s Lonely Hearts Club Band


Question: 'On Sunday, May 14, 1989, these 2 network shows aired their last episodes & they were on against each other'

Answer: Family Ties & Moonlighting


Question: 'In 1849 the Army took over Fort Laramie, Wyoming, to protect the wagon trains on this trail'

Answer: Oregon Trail


Question: 'In 1896, the Supreme Court used this oft-quoted phrase to describe acceptable segregation'

Answer: separate but equal


Question: 'As their patron saint, St. Erasmus, also known by this name, gets sailors all fired up'

Answer: St. Elmo


Question: 'Collier's Ency. says this Gershwin work is the most widely performed orchestral piece by an American'

Answer: "Rhapsody In Blue"


Question: 'This car company merged with Packard in 1954 & made its last car in the U.S. in 1963'

Answer: Studebaker


Question: 'On May 10, 1869, Leland Stanford drew back his sledgehammer, let it fall, & missed the spike linking these RR's'

Answer: Union Pacific & Central Pacific


Question: '19th century Massachusetts educator who's known as the "Father of American Public Education"'

Answer: Horace Mann


Question: 'He founded the Daughters of Charity & the Lazarists, and a charitable society is named for him'

Answer: St. Vincent DePaul


Question: 'Sigma guitars imported from Korea are sold in the U.S. by this company known for its acoustic guitars'

Answer: Martin


Question: 'This author of "The Last Days of Pompeii" advised Dickens to give "Great Expectations" a happier ending'

Answer: Edward Bulwer-Lytton


Question: 'Of the 1st 7 presidents, only these 2 were not re-elected'

Answer: John Adams & John Quincy Adams


Question: 'Naismith sport played by the men on the "Road to the Final Four"'

Answer: Basketball


Question: 'A bourbon drink garnished with fresh leaves of this is popular in Kentucky'

Answer: Mint (Julep)


Question: 'You have to have the right triangle to use the theorem named for this ancient Greek number cruncher'

Answer: Pythagoras


Question: 'A meteor, according to Perry Como'

Answer: Falling star


Question: 'The aptly named Jonathan Winters narrated the cartoon special this snowman "Returns"'

Answer: Frosty


Question: 'In spring, 1848, ice in Lake Erie blocked the river feeding these famous falls, shutting them off for a day'

Answer: Niagara Falls


Question: 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse appear in the book of Revelation, written by this "divine" saint'

Answer: Saint John the Divine


Question: 'This herb helped cure the treat seen here, so the herb's in its name'

Answer: Dill (pickle)


Question: 'When William Thomson, later Lord this, was born in Belfast in 1824 he knew absolute zero about math'

Answer: Lord Kelvin


Question: 'In 1961 the Civil Defense Department required that signs showing the locations of these be posted'

Answer: Fallout shelters


Question: 'In a 1985 TV version of this classic tale, Jonathan played Humpty Dumpty'

Answer: Alice in Wonderland


Question: 'In April 1931 the 20 millionth car rolled off this company's assembly line'

Answer: Ford


Question: 'His third wife was a member of the Gang of Four'

Answer: Mao Tse-tung


Question: 'This herb also called estragon is essential to a Bernaise sauce'

Answer: Tarragon


Question: '"Algorithm" came from Al-Khwarizmi, the name of the Arab mathematician who named this branch of high school math'

Answer: Algebra


Question: 'Lee Majors' role from 1981 to 1986'

Answer: The Fall Guy


Question: 'This comic who claims Winters as his mentor had Jonathan play his son on TV in 1981'

Answer: Robin Williams


Question: 'In 1994 this NBA star was in spring training with the Class AA Birmingham Barons baseball team'

Answer: Michael Jordan


Question: 'Suffering is the substance of all of the Four Noble Truths of this religion'

Answer: Buddhism


Question: 'If Anthony Kiedis' group was ground & dried, this powder would result'

Answer: Red Hot Chili Powder


Question: 'He worked 8 years with Alfred North Whitehead to produce the monumental work "Principia Mathematica"'

Answer: Bertrand Russell


Question: 'This Poe tale appropriately begins in the fall, on a "dull, dark and soundless day"'

Answer: "The Fall of the House of Usher"


Question: 'In 1999 the Kennedy Center awarded Jonathan Winters the prize named after this humorist'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'In the spring of 1964 this city sprang its World's Fair on the world'

Answer: New York City


Question: 'In a 1939 article for National Geographic, Lincoln Ellsworth described his 4 expeditions to this continent'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'Cilantro is the leaves of this plant whose name is from the Greek koris, "bug"'

Answer: Coriander


Question: 'In 1676, the year after discovering calculus, he began a 40-year-long job as court librarian in Hanover'

Answer: Gottfried Leibniz


Question: 'Lizzie Borden was tried in this Massachusetts town'

Answer: Fall River


Question: 'Last name of Winters' character known as Maude or Maudie'

Answer: Frickert


Question: 'On April 3, 1860 the Pony Express began with riders leaving these 2 cities'

Answer: St. Joseph, Missouri & Sacramento, California


Question: 'Annapurna in Nepal was the highest mountain climbed until the peak of this one was reached in 1953'

Answer: Mount Everest


Question: 'She turned heads as the head-turning Regan in 1973's "The Exorcist"'

Answer: Linda Blair


Question: 'Abe Lincoln is a character in "Norwood", the only novel by her brother Henry Ward Beecher'

Answer: Harriet Beecher Stowe


Question: 'Helen Mirren portrayed "The Passion" of this "Fountainhead" author in a 1999 film'

Answer: Ayn Rand


Question: 'A former state capital:<br />Heel Wing, West Virginia'

Answer: Wheeling


Question: 'Zoo Atlanta has won its stripes by exhibiting 2 of the endangered Sumatran species of this animal'

Answer: Tigers


Question: 'This Philippine volcano's 1991 eruption released 18 million metric tons of sulfur dioxide'

Answer: Mount Pinatubo


Question: 'He took over from John Major in 1997'

Answer: Tony Blair


Question: 'Scratchy Wilson is a drunken cowpoke in "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky" by this "Red Badge of Courage" author'

Answer: Stephen Crane


Question: '[Hi, I'm Noah Wyle]  In "The Pirates of Silicon Valley", I played Steve Jobs & Anthony Michael Hall played this rival computer geek'

Answer: Bill Gates


Question: 'A great place to ski:<br />Panes, Colorado'

Answer: Aspen


Question: 'This city's Zoologischer Garten had under 100 animals after WWII; it grew to lead the world in number of species'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'This Hawaiian mountain's height stretches 33,476 feet from its base on the Pacific Ocean floor to its peak'

Answer: Mauna Kea


Question: 'With 5 Olympic gold medals, she's the most successful U.S. women's speed skater in history'

Answer: Bonnie Blair


Question: 'Fyodor (the father) throws parties that are veritable drunken orgies in this Russian sibling saga'

Answer: "The Brothers Karamazov"


Question: '"Dash and Lily" paired Sam Shepard & Judy Davis as these 2 writers who were longtime lovers'

Answer: Dashiell Hammett & Lillian Hellman


Question: 'A music festival site:<br />Wren Pot, Rhode Island'

Answer: Newport


Question: 'The St. Louis Zoo uses this autumnal German celebration to honor its otters'

Answer: Oktoberfest


Question: 'Named for a famed English sea captain, this New Zealand peak is called Aorangi by the Maoris'

Answer: Mount Cook


Question: 'A temporary White House from 1948 to 1952, it now lodges presidential guests'

Answer: Blair House


Question: 'Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy & Miss Elizabeth Bennet represent these title attributes in an 1813 novel'

Answer: "Pride and Prejudice"


Question: 'This 1971 TV tearjerker told the story of a Chicago Bears running back & his battle with cancer'

Answer: Brian\'s Song


Question: 'A fun town for sports fans:<br />Chortle At, North Carolina'

Answer: Charlotte


Question: 'This Columbus Zoo Director Emeritus is known to TV audiences across the U.S.'

Answer: "Jungle Jack" Hanna


Question: 'Mount Elbrus is the highest peak in this mountain range bordering Russia & Georgia'

Answer: Caucasus


Question: 'Fancy Day is the heroine of "Under the Greenwood Tree" by this "Jude the Obscure" author'

Answer: Thomas Hardy


Question: 'Sally Field played a woman who had developed 16 distinct personalities in this Emmy-winning TV movie'

Answer: Sybil


Question: 'A swank resort city:<br />Not A Cobra, Florida'

Answer: Boca Raton


Question: 'The Singapore Zoo advertises this monkey, seen in its conservation centre, as "The Big Nose Beauty"'

Answer: Proboscis monkey


Question: 'Winning in 1965 & 1966, he was the first man to win the Masters golf tournament in 2 consecutive years'

Answer: Jack Nicklaus


Question: 'This German composer, no slouch himself, said that Handel was "the greatest composer who ever lived"'

Answer: Beethoven


Question: 'The Bates Motel is the location of the intrigue in this thriller from 1960'

Answer: Psycho


Question: 'Slang for a private detective'

Answer: a dick


Question: 'Football, baseball & water polo when watched rather than played'

Answer: a spectator sport


Question: 'The majority of tequila poured in the U.S. goes into making this cocktail'

Answer: a margarita


Question: 'The "Adventures" of this character end when he tells us Tom's okay & he doesn't want to be adopted'

Answer: Huckleberry Finn


Question: 'In the '50s one of his running mates was Estes Kefauver'

Answer: Adlai Stevenson


Question: 'In the 1998 movie starring Tobey Maguire, black & white characters begin living very colorful lives'

Answer: Pleasantville


Question: 'To raid or ravage'

Answer: to harry


Question: 'When learning to swim, little kids wear these inflatable devices on their arms'

Answer: water wings


Question: 'Tanqueray, Gilbey's & Boodles are famous brands of this spirit often partnered with tonic'

Answer: gin


Question: '"Darcy, as well as Elizabeth, really loved" the Gardiners is found in the final paragraph of this 1813 novel'

Answer: Pride and Prejudice


Question: 'It wasn't yellow fever but chronic appendicitis that killed this army surgeon in 1902'

Answer: Walter Reed


Question: 'It's the 1925 black & white classic of Soviet cinema seen here'

Answer: (The Battleship) Potemkin


Question: '"Long" swiveling navy cannon'

Answer: a tom


Question: 'Grossinger's & the Concord were part of this hotel circuit nicknamed for a soup served there'

Answer: the Borscht Belt


Question: 'Add 1 1/2 ounces of vodka to 5 ounces of orange juice & you'll have this classic cocktail'

Answer: a screwdriver


Question: 'The last paragraph of this 1908 novel mentions "the gallant water rat" & "the famous Mr. Mole"'

Answer: The Wind in the Willows


Question: 'During the Civil War, this American painter known for his seascapes made drawings at the front for Harper's Weekly'

Answer: Winslow Homer


Question: 'This European director sealed his reputation with black & white classics like "Persona" & "The Seventh Seal"'

Answer: (Ingmar) Bergman


Question: 'A deep-sided drum'

Answer: a tom (tom-tom accepted)


Question: 'There are 120,000 of these young ladies in Canada & yes, they sell cookies too'

Answer: the Girl Guides


Question: 'This French liqueur was invented in 1880 by blending cognac & orange'

Answer: Grand Marnier


Question: '"They found... a splendid portrait of their master", him, "in all the wonder of his exquisite youth and beauty"'

Answer: The Picture of Dorian Gray


Question: 'As president of the Royal Society, this diarist's imprimatur is on the title page of Newton's "Principia"'

Answer: Samuel Pepys


Question: 'Family name of the creators of the 1895 treasure seen here'

Answer: Lumière


Question: 'A British "spotted" pudding'

Answer: spotted dick


Question: 'An item that's sold retail for less than it cost wholesale as a way to lure customers'

Answer: a loss leader


Question: '"The drink that satisfies", it's made from fine aged scotch, heather honey & secret ingredients'

Answer: drambuie


Question: 'This classic ends with the narrator on a river pier in New Jersey, with thoughts of God, Pooh Bear, & Old Dean Moriarty'

Answer: On the Road


Question: 'A papal edict or degree isn't called a papal cow but this'

Answer: a papal bull


Question: 'For this Beatles song, Paul  rhymed "She was just 17, never been a beauty queen"; John made it "you know what I mean"'

Answer: "I Saw Her Standing There"


Question: 'This Australian city was founded in 1788 as a penal colony'

Answer: Sydney


Question: 'One reason male lions hunt less than females is that this feature makes them too conspicuous to sneak'

Answer: their mane


Question: 'Henry Ford introduced this manufacturing system in 1913'

Answer: the assembly line


Question: 'The last non-Italian Pope before John Paul II was Adrian VI from this low country'

Answer: the Netherlands


Question: 'Paul wrote this paean to Soviet women while in India with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi'

Answer: "Back In The U.S.S.R."


Question: 'A downtown area of this major city is named for "the loop" formed by its elevated train tracks'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'Representing innocence, the ceremonial aprons worn by this largest fraternal order are often made of lambskin'

Answer: the Freemasons


Question: 'When Leo, who represented this company, roared his last, his trainer buried him in Gellette, New Jersey'

Answer: MGM


Question: 'A direct telephone connection between heads of government'

Answer: the hot line


Question: 'Pius X's original name was Giuseppe Sarto; sarto means this, one of the first craftsmen a new pope sees'

Answer: tailor


Question: 'This 1966 No. 1 hit is written in the form of a letter'

Answer: "Paperback Writer"


Question: 'In 930 A.D. Karmathian Muslim rebels stormed & destroyed this holy city, carrying off the sacred black stone'

Answer: Mecca


Question: 'By a 1782 govt. resolution, this trio represents courage, justice & innocence on the U.S. seal'

Answer: the three colors: red, blue & white


Question: 'Male lions form groups called coalitions to try to join these larger groups where the females are'

Answer: prides


Question: 'A bookie begins his day with this "timely" list of entries & their probable odds for races later that same day'

Answer: the morning line


Question: 'This doctrine of papal non-errancy was first promulgated in 1870'

Answer: infallability


Question: 'John & Paul wrote this hit June 26, 1963; Paul flipped the angle from 3 earlier songs all had the word "me" in the title'

Answer: "She Loves You"


Question: 'By the end of 1999 the transfer of the Bundestag back to Berlin from this city was largely complete'

Answer: Bonn


Question: 'The tagline for this 1986 multiple Oscar-winning film was "the first casualty of war is innocence'

Answer: Platoon


Question: 'An 1898 rampage by man-eating lions halted construction of a railway from this body of water to Mombasa'

Answer: Lake Victoria


Question: 'The altitude above which large perennials will not grow'

Answer: the tree line


Question: 'It's the "national" name of the small military unit that escorts & protects the pope'

Answer: the Swiss Guards


Question: 'The jarring chord that opens this Lennon-McCartney composition is a G7 with an added ninth & suspended fourth'

Answer: "A Hard Day\'s Night"


Question: 'Site of a famous commando raid, it was the capital of Uganda until 1962'

Answer: Entebbe


Question: 'This 18th century visionary poet penned the "Songs of Innocence" & the "Songs of Experience"'

Answer: William Blake


Question: 'A lion's teeth are spaced to slip between these when biting through a spinal column'

Answer: vertebrae


Question: 'The Surpreme Court ultimately determined in 1998 that this kind of veto was unconstitutional'

Answer: a line-item veto


Question: 'The official insignia of this profession includes a serpent on a staff, a Greek delta & 32 leaves'

Answer: dentistry


Question: 'The object of a prolonged quest is often referred to as this Christian cup of medieval legend'

Answer: the Holy Grail


Question: 'This "E.T." director, a Cecil B. DeMille Award recipient'

Answer: Stephen Spielberg


Question: 'In 1938 the Bill of Rights was transferred from this cabinet department to the National Archives'

Answer: the State Department


Question: 'Like Turkey's flag, Tunisia's flag bears these 2 celestial symbols of Islam'

Answer: a star & a crescent


Question: 'My best properties in this game were Baltic Avenue and the Electric Company'

Answer: Monopoly


Question: 'Asian hardwood tree of the family verbenaceae'

Answer: teak


Question: 'The British call this rainy day accessory a gamp, after a character in Dickens' "Martin Chuzzlewit"'

Answer: an umbrella


Question: 'This Brit, 2003's Best Actor in a TV Comedy Series for "The Office"; He'd later host the event'

Answer: (Ricky) Gervais


Question: 'The preamble to the Bill of Rights sstates that it was passed by this fraction of the House & Senate'

Answer: two-thirds


Question: 'Its flag consists of 2 vertical bands in yellow & white & crossed keys of Saint Peter'

Answer: Vatican City


Question: 'When all that was left in the cupboard was a packet of "Del Scorcho" hot sauce from this food chain'

Answer: Del Taco


Question: 'A set of draft animals'

Answer: a team


Question: 'To attack imaginary enemies is to "tilt at" these, just like Don Quixote'

Answer: windmills


Question: 'This India-set film, 2008's Best Motion Picture Drama'

Answer: Slumdog Millionaire


Question: 'The statement "No" these "shall issue, but upon probable cause" has frustrated many cops wanting to search a house'

Answer: a search warrant


Question: 'Somalia's flag, based on that of the United Nations, is in these 2 colors'

Answer: blue & white


Question: 'This person, my wombmate, forgot my birthday'

Answer: twin


Question: 'A book or motion picture calculated to evoke sadness'

Answer: a tearjerker


Question: 'The term lotus-eater, referring to an indolent daydreamer, comes from this epic by Homer'

Answer: The Odyssey


Question: 'This man, for his supporting role in "The Fighter"'

Answer: Christian Bale


Question: 'This type of citizen army is mentioned in the second amendment'

Answer: a militia


Question: 'The 11 stripes on this African country's flag commemorate the 11 signers of its Declaration of Independence'

Answer: Liberia


Question: 'I went in the post office & saw my own picture among those on this FBI fugitives list first issued in 1950'

Answer: America\'s most wanted


Question: 'To disturb mischievously'

Answer: teasing


Question: 'A children's story about a girl enamored with her footwear gives us this term for one who is virtuous in a smug manner'

Answer: Goody Two-Shoes


Question: 'This woman, 2007's Best Actress in a TV Comedy for "30 Rock"'

Answer: Tina Fey


Question: 'In Federalist Paper No. 84, he argued that a bill of rights was "unnecessary" & "dangerous"'

Answer: Hamilton


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows flags on the monitor.)  Briefly using a flag with a map, this country opted for a solid red disk, signifying bloodshed after gaining independence in 1971'

Answer: Bangladesh


Question: 'This character on "Happy Days" became a teacher, bought a home & adopted a child'

Answer: Fonzie


Question: 'A dark greenish-blue'

Answer: teal


Question: 'It's the part of a fraction that tells into how many parts the whole is divided'

Answer: the denominator


Question: 'The Beatles: "Rocky Raccoon checked into his room, only to find ___ ___"'

Answer: Gideon\'s Bible


Question: 'Among these "equine" fish, females lay their eggs in a pouch in the males' skin'

Answer: seahorses


Question: 'Well, this filet came from Japanese Wagyu cattle--it must be this type of beef'

Answer: Kobe beef


Question: 'Don't be afraid to roar out this fifth sign of the zodiac'

Answer: Leo


Question: 'Paul Revere'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'It's the greatest common factor of 18 & 24'

Answer: 6


Question: 'Kelly Clarkson: "Since u been gone, I can ___ ___ ___ ___ ___"'

Answer: breathe for the first time


Question: 'Males of the poison arrow variety of these amphibians carry the hatched young on their backs to water'

Answer: frogs


Question: 'Lamb or beef, it's on a stick so it's this, from the Turkish for "roast meat"'

Answer: kebab


Question: 'In 2007 this slugger from the Dominican Republic became only the fifth major league player to hit 600 career home runs'

Answer: Sammy Sosa


Question: 'Geoffrey Chaucer'

Answer: London


Question: 'My 1997 Honda Civic went 403 miles on 13 gallons; I'm getting this many miles per gallon'

Answer: 31


Question: 'Coldplay: "I know St. Peter won't call my name, never an honest word, but that was when I ___ ___ ___"'

Answer: ruled the world


Question: 'Several females will lay up to 50 eggs in the nest of a male of this large flightless S. Amer. bird & he'll incubate them'

Answer: a rhea


Question: 'It's not salmon, but it looks like salmon; it's called Arctic this & no, it will not be burned despite its name'

Answer: char


Question: 'This country's current government, the Fifth Republic, has been in effect since 1958'

Answer: France


Question: 'Boss Tweed'

Answer: New York


Question: 'You'll experience de triomphe if you know that in trigonometry, this prefix denotes an inverse function'

Answer: an arc-


Question: 'David Bowie: "And I've been putting out fire with ___"'

Answer: gasoline


Question: 'Not sure if they're alpha males, but some of the males of this fish genus hatch eggs in their mouths'

Answer: a Betta


Question: 'We'll feast on geoduck, a type of this bivalve that can weigh 8 pounds'

Answer: a clam


Question: 'This river that forms part of the boundary between the U.S. & Mexico is the fifth longest in North America'

Answer: the Rio Grande


Question: 'Francisco Goya'

Answer: Madrid


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a graph on the monitor.)  When graphing the equation y=2x+1, the line intersects the y-axis at 1; in general, the point where the line crosses is called the y-this'

Answer: the y-intercept


Question: 'Gnarls Barkley: "Does that make me crazy? Does that make me crazy? ___"'

Answer: Possibly


Question: 'The males of these monkeys related to tamarins take on the heavy lifting of child care'

Answer: marmosets


Question: 'This "windy vortex" of a tenderloin cut is wrapped in bacon due to its extreme leanness'

Answer: tournedos


Question: 'This "Nutmeg State" was the fifth state to join the Union'

Answer: Connecticut


Question: 'Anwar Sadat'

Answer: Cairo


Question: '"Bearing the bandages, water & sponge, straight & swift to my wounded I go", he wrote in "The Wound-Dresser"'

Answer: Walt Whitman


Question: 'He was the second person to resign from America's second-highest office'

Answer: Spiro Agnew


Question: 'KBC America Inc., also a supplier to motorcyclists, is the U.S. Bobsled & Skeleton Federation's supplier of these'

Answer: helmets


Question: 'While we eternally accept Holland, this is the more accurate name for the country'

Answer: the Netherlands


Question: 'His library is located at 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta, Georgia'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'You can shoot videos & play music with a Walkman phone from Ericsson in partnership with this company'

Answer: Sony


Question: 'It's related to the kangaroo but usually is smaller & has a colorful coat'

Answer: a wallaby


Question: 'John Quincy Adams had John C. Calhoun; James Buchanan had this John C.'

Answer: John C. Breckenridge


Question: 'In 1952 limits were imposed on this, changing the standard physique of bobsled competitors'

Answer: weight


Question: 'We've never even heard anyone say the name Goyathlay, but we'd accept it for this Apache leader'

Answer: Geronimo


Question: 'Yale & the University of Georgia both use this nickname for their sports teams'

Answer: the Bulldogs


Question: 'Nextel's merger with this company should give the competition a run for their money'

Answer: Sprint


Question: 'It's the type of race seen here'

Answer: a soap box derby


Question: 'Alben Barkley's 10-year-old grandson came up with this slang "title" for the vice president'

Answer: veep


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Park City, UT.)  Of the 16 bobsled tracks in the world, 2 are in the U.S.--one here at Park City, & the other in this upstate New York town'

Answer: Lake Placid


Question: 'He went by a shorter name, but William Claude Dukenfield is an acceptable answer when referring to this actor'

Answer: W.C. Fields


Question: 'Georgia's official one is the brown thrasher'

Answer: the state bird


Question: 'Started by SBC & Bellsouth, it's now a "one of a kind" company with its purchase of AT&T Wireless'

Answer: Cingular


Question: 'Acronym referring to opposition by people to a civic project like a jail or garage dump in their neighborhood'

Answer: NIMBY-ism


Question: 'The cartoon seen here lampooned this vice president'

Answer: (Elbridge) Gerry


Question: 'A 1994 U.S. Olympic 4-man team was disqualified because these, which glide along the icy surface, were too warm'

Answer: runners


Question: 'You don't have to be high society to know that Society of Friends is an acceptable alternative name for this group'

Answer: the Quakers


Question: 'The name of this Georgia swamp is a Native American word for "trembling earth"'

Answer: the Okefenokee


Question: 'This cellphone maker has jumped back to the No. 2 spot worldwide by a Razr's edge'

Answer: Motorola


Question: 'In 1965 he set up a company to remove hissing from recordings (& leave it to audiences)'

Answer: Dolby


Question: 'Vice president from 1933 to 1941, he's best remembered for his acerbic quips about the job's worthlessness'

Answer: John Nance Garner


Question: 'A 2-man bobsled team consists of a pilot & this job, also found on railroads'

Answer: a brakeman


Question: 'When asking for the name of this mid-20th century British author, we will of course accept his real name, Eric Blair'

Answer: George Orwell


Question: 'Stolen during the 1862 Andrews railroad raid, this locomotive is on display in Kennesaw, Georgia'

Answer: the General


Question: 'This company beat out Qwest to buy MCI & become a telecom colossus'

Answer: Verizon


Question: 'The minotaur's home'

Answer: the labyrinth


Question: 'The first pope of the 20th century (& lucky No. XIII), his name means lion in Latin'

Answer: Leo


Question: 'In 1972 he spread a 200,000 square-foot curtain across a mountain valley in Colorado'

Answer: Christo


Question: 'The national anthem of Cyprus is the same as this country's'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'This group officially ended its practice of polygamous marriage in 1890'

Answer: the Mormons


Question: 'T.S. Eliot's poetical classic:<br />"Old Possum's Book of Practical" these'

Answer: Cats


Question: 'Postal delivery guy whose sidekick is Sancho Panza'

Answer: the mailman of La Mancha


Question: 'Ordained a priest in 1904, his papacy would begin a scant 54 years later'

Answer: John XXIII


Question: 'One day he woke up to find his 1973 book "Awakenings" on the bestseller list'

Answer: Oliver Sacks


Question: 'With words by future president Daniel B. Warner, this West African country's anthem was adopted in 1847'

Answer: Liberia


Question: 'This Dr. Seuss group that learns prejudice can be costly is divided into star-belly & plain-belly types'

Answer: the Sneetches


Question: 'Thomas Harris introduces Hannibal Lecter:<br />"Red" this'

Answer: Dragon


Question: 'Beloved Schulz cartoon boy who's a port city on the Rio Grande opposite Matamoros'

Answer: Charlie Brownsville


Question: 'In 858 vestments were hung with great care, in hopes that the first pope of this name soon would be there'

Answer: Nicholas


Question: 'You could say this French Olympian went downhill as a ski instructor turned thief in the 1972 film "Snow Job"'

Answer: Jean-Claude Killy


Question: 'If you watch a lot of medal ceremonies for Olympic swimmers, you've heard the anthem of this country'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'A basic tactical Air Force unit, it's made up of 2 or more flights'

Answer: a squadron


Question: 'Jerzy Kosinski novel set during the Holocaust:<br />"The Painted" this'

Answer: Bird


Question: 'Carbonated soft drink that was a VH1 show using thought balloons to comment on the action in the video'

Answer: soda Pop-Up Video


Question: 'This pope (the IV), elected in 1154, is the only English pope to date'

Answer: Adrian


Question: 'She was 13 when she became Broadway's original "Annie" in 1977'

Answer: Andrea McArdle


Question: '"Salut, o terre d'esperance" begins "L'Abidjanaise", the anthem of this nation'

Answer: Ivory Coast


Question: 'When the Goths split up around 370, the Visigoths got the area west of the Dniester River & this group, the other side'

Answer: the Ostrogoths


Question: 'Part one of Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy:<br />"All the Pretty" these'

Answer: Horses


Question: 'Reddish-brown poisonous U.S. snake that leads the RNs at a hospital'

Answer: copperhead nurse


Question: 'It's no "Prophecy", it's history; not including an antipope, the first of 5 popes named this began his reign in 422'

Answer: Celestine


Question: 'Barbra Streisand's fans know this is her middle name, because it's in the title of a 1971 album'

Answer: Joan


Question: '"Allahu" is the first word of Libya's anthem & this, meaning "great", is the second'

Answer: akbar


Question: 'Along with 10 other former Soviet republics, Turkmenistan joined this regional group on Dec. 21, 1991'

Answer: the Commonwealth of Independent States


Question: 'A tale by Madeleine L'Engle about a marine biology student:<br />"The Arm of" this sea creature'

Answer: the Starfish


Question: 'The balderdash capital of the U.S.'

Answer: Hogwashington, D.C.


Question: 'This man who died in 1984 remarked, "We're not in the hamburger business, we're in show business"'

Answer: Ray Kroc


Question: 'Though it's 150 miles from the Atlantic, this capital of New York has an active port'

Answer: Albany


Question: 'His teacher Ghirlandaio frescoed the Sistine Chapel's north wall; he frescoed the ceiling'

Answer: Michelangelo (Buonarroti)


Question: '"We the People of the United States" declare the principles of the Constitution in the preface called this'

Answer: the preamble


Question: 'In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus says that if someone "smiteth" you here, "offer also the other"'

Answer: the cheek


Question: 'Superman has problems with remnants of his destroyed planet, like the green & red varieties of this substance'

Answer: kryptonite


Question: 'Bibliophobia, a fear of these, might hurt you if you want to continue your studies'

Answer: books


Question: 'This northernmost New York City borough boasts the Rose Hill campus of Fordham University'

Answer: the Bronx


Question: 'Hermann Minkowski taught him math in the 1890s & couldn't believe it when he became a great scientist'

Answer: (Albert) Einstein


Question: 'As the Vietnam War raged & men were drafted who couldn't vote, the 26th amendment made the voting age this'

Answer: 18


Question: 'In Numbers 20, after the Israelites complained, Moses smote this object twice & water came out'

Answer: the rock


Question: 'A planet goes boom from the Genesis device as the crew searches for this guy in the third "Star Trek" movie'

Answer: Spock


Question: 'If you suffer from heliophobia, a fear of this, you might be a vampire!'

Answer: the Sun


Question: 'The Maid of the Mist is a fixture at this natural wonder located about 20 miles north of Buffalo'

Answer: Niagara Falls


Question: 'Isocrates didn't teach Iplato but did teach Timotheus, a great general for this city-state'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'The first 10 amendments, called this, establish every citizen's basic civil liberties'

Answer: the Bill of Rights


Question: 'After striking down his brother in Genesis, this man said, "My punishment is greater than I can bear"'

Answer: Cain


Question: 'This animated alien is known for trying to blow up Earth with his Illudium Pew-36 Explosive Space Modulator'

Answer: Marvin (the) Martian


Question: 'If you have pluviophobia, the fear of this weather condition, we probably won't find you "singin' in" it'

Answer: rain


Question: 'The museum for a N.Y. prison known by this double-talk name includes a replica electric chair made by prisoners'

Answer: Sing Sing


Question: 'Mozart & Haydn each taught this composer, briefly; maybe he just wouldn't listen'

Answer: (Ludwig van) Beethoven


Question: 'The 25th amendment states under what conditions the person in this office becomes the new leader'

Answer: vice president


Question: 'In an O.T. book named for Moses' successor, this man smites the Gibeonites, the Hebronites & the Eglonites'

Answer: Joshua


Question: 'Earth was spared thanks to this Nickelodeon "boy genius" who competed on "Intergalactic Showdown"'

Answer: Jimmy Neutron


Question: 'If you've got dendrophobia, a fear of these, we suggest not climbing any'

Answer: trees


Question: 'This liberal arts college that went co-ed in 1969 is located in Poughkeepsie'

Answer: Vassar (College)


Question: 'Mikhail Botvinnik, a world champion at this, was a teacher of Garry Kasparov'

Answer: chess


Question: 'Article 1 gave state legislatures the power to elect these officials; the 17th amendment overrode that'

Answer: senators


Question: 'In Judges, Samson whomped on 1,000 Philistines with this part of an ass'

Answer: its jawbone


Question: 'To pave the way for a new hyperspace bypass, Vogons blow up the Earth in this 2005 film'

Answer: The Hitchhiker\'s Guide to the Galaxy


Question: 'If you have stygiophobia, derived from the River Styx, you have a fear of this place, so act right!'

Answer: hell


Question: 'On an alphabetical list of world nations, it comes directly before Uzbekistan'

Answer: Uruguay


Question: '"Royal" name of the singer & guitarist who was first popular in the 1980s & performed at the 2007 Super Bowl'

Answer: Prince


Question: 'The fish seen here is named for its resemblance to this rodent'

Answer: a porcupine


Question: 'Colorado, "The Centennial State" was admitted to the Union in this year'

Answer: 1876


Question: 'Fokker triplanes were used by this country in dogfights in WWI'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'A famous presidential saying: "A house" this "against itself cannot stand"'

Answer: divided


Question: 'This South American country was named for a man born in 1451 in Genoa'

Answer: Colombia


Question: 'The song "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by this band was a No. 1 hit way back in 1965'

Answer: The Rolling Stones


Question: 'A type of beetle & a species of seal are named for this large land herbivore'

Answer: an elephant


Question: 'Gold seekers who rushed to California were nicknamed for this year'

Answer: 1849


Question: 'Stinger missiles are used against low-flying aircraft & are known as this-to-air'

Answer: ground (or surface)


Question: 'The person seen here is riding in this style'

Answer: sidesaddle


Question: 'The Jurua, the Japura & the Tapajos Rivers all flow into another much larger river in this country'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'Of Alex Van Halen, Eddie Van Halen or David Lee Roth, the one who was the lead singer for Van Halen'

Answer: David Lee Roth


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Institute of Marine Sciences at UC Santa Cruz.)  Though it has the name of an often fierce big cat, this type of shark is a menace to clams but not to people'

Answer: a leopard shark


Question: 'Lincoln's brief speech dedicating the Battlefield at Gettysburg as a cemetery was in November of this year'

Answer: 1863


Question: 'Warships like the USS Missouri were armed with these missiles that bear the name of Captain Ahab's weapon'

Answer: harpoon


Question: 'Term covering people 45 to 65 years old (I'd advise you to be very careful in your response, players)'

Answer: middle-aged


Question: 'This country's almost 4,000-mile coastline is the longest of any in South America on the Pacific Ocean'

Answer: Chile


Question: 'This singer used religious imagery in her 1989 "Like A Prayer" music video & in her 2006 "Confessions" world tour'

Answer: Madonna


Question: 'Though its name comes from words meaning "river horse", it's more closely related to the hog than to the horse'

Answer: a hippopotamus


Question: 'On August 24 of this year, British troops captured Washington, D.C. & burned the White House'

Answer: 1814


Question: '14th C. armies hurling plague-ridden bodies behind enemy lines were practicing this type of warfare'

Answer: biological


Question: 'Impelled or prompted, as if by getting poked'

Answer: prodded


Question: 'It's the South American country whose capital city lies the closest to 0 degrees latitude'

Answer: Ecuador


Question: 'This "Piano Man" has had hits with "Uptown Girl", "My Life" & "It's Still Rock And Roll To Me"'

Answer: Billy Joel


Question: 'Not a diving duck--it's the dabbling ducky seen here'

Answer: a mallard duck


Question: 'The decision in Marbury v. Madison (as in Secretary of State James) was handed down on Feb. 24 of this year'

Answer: 1803


Question: 'This god, AKA Vulcan, made jewelry as well as arms & armor'

Answer: Hephaestus


Question: 'It's the instrument heard here'

Answer: a didgeridoo


Question: 'Some of its pieces, which weighed up to 50 tons, were quarried at Marlborough Downs, about 20 miles away'

Answer: Stonehenge


Question: 'In this year the world said goodbye to Princess Diana & Mother Teresa'

Answer: 1997


Question: 'This band led by brothers Eddie & Alex hit with "Dancing In The Street" & "Dance The Night Away"'

Answer: Van Halen


Question: 'Use a whole toad but only the toe of this similar creature--you want that subtle flavor'

Answer: a frog


Question: 'The Guardian reported in 2008 that this London airport's new Terminal 5 was losing 900 bags a day'

Answer: Heathrow


Question: 'This country, reunited in 1990, is one of Europe's most obese nations because of sausage & beer intake'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'In a car, you missed your street--now this is the maneuver you'll make to head in the opposite direction'

Answer: a U-turn


Question: 'Charles Lindbergh flew solo across the Atlantic in this year'

Answer: 1927


Question: 'Courteney Cox & this guy were "Dancing In The Dark" in his 1984 music video, directed by Brian De Palma'

Answer: Bruce Springsteen


Question: 'Remember that kids' game "got your" this? Well, we've got a Turk's, & in it goes'

Answer: a nose


Question: 'After customers were stranded by delays, JetBlue issued one of these, like a certain 10 amendments'

Answer: a bill of rights


Question: 'Truck drivers are 50% more likely to die of heart disease; exhaust from this type of fuel appears to be the culprit'

Answer: diesel


Question: '22nd-letter style of sweater'

Answer: a V-neck


Question: 'The Russian Revolution began in this year, comrade'

Answer: 1917


Question: 'That hair!  That sneer!  Man, it was the early '80s when this Brit was "Dancing With Myself"'

Answer: (Billy) Idol


Question: 'You'll get a nice crunch with scale of dragon & this sharp item from a wolf'

Answer: a tooth


Question: 'Brussels Airlines retooled after superstitious fliers complained of this number of dots in the logo'

Answer: 13


Question: 'In 2007, 12.1% of U.S. wage & salary workers were members of these, down from 20% in 1983'

Answer: unions


Question: 'This term for an FBI agent dates back to before the 1920s'

Answer: a G-man


Question: 'Federal troops enforced integration at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in this year'

Answer: 1957


Question: 'In 1984 they hit the Top 20 when they took us back to their "Dance Hall Days"; everybody, this band tonight'

Answer: Wang Chung


Question: 'Root of this, the plant that killed Socrates; not hard to find at a good organic produce store'

Answer: hemlock


Question: 'WestJet punk'd fliers on April Fools' Day with a $12 offer for "sleeper cabins", actually these'

Answer: the overhead bins


Question: 'There are currently over 900,000 of these & the avg. American uses under 14,000; Shakespeare used 24,000'

Answer: words


Question: 'Originally made to accompany the main feature on a double bill, today it's any quickly made low-budget film'

Answer: a B movie


Question: 'The fiery crash of the Hindenburg in this year ended the Zeppelin era'

Answer: 1937


Question: '"We can dance if we want to"--it's the 1983 hit by Men Without Hats (& don't jump in too fast with "Pop goes the world")'

Answer: "The Safety Dance"


Question: 'Cool it with the blood of this large, colorful African monkey, & you're done--who wants to taste?'

Answer: a baboon


Question: 'American Airlines made waves in 2008 when it stated it was charging $15 for the first of these'

Answer: checked baggage


Question: 'The lowest prime number that's 2 consecutive digits, it's also the number of the psalm "The Lord Is My Shepherd"'

Answer: 23


Question: 'Leo Gerstenzang created this product in the 1920s after observing his wife applying cotton to toothpicks'

Answer: the Q-tip


Question: 'Botanically, it's the part of the flowering plant that holds the seeds, so it includes acorns'

Answer: the nut (or the fruit)


Question: 'In 2004 this Hollywood legend was honored on the stamp seen here'

Answer: John Wayne


Question: 'In books by Kay Thompson, Eloise lives at this New York hotel'

Answer: the Plaza


Question: 'The Supreme Court said of this 1965 law, "Millions of non-white Americans will now be able to participate..."'

Answer: the Voting Rights Act


Question: 'A work by Jim Carroll:<br />"The ____ Diaries"'

Answer: Basketball


Question: 'Another name for a cinema'

Answer: a theater


Question: 'In HIV these genetic changes that alter the organism happen so fast, a single AIDS drug is unworkable'

Answer: mutations


Question: 'After presiding over the original "People's Court", he took the bench on "Animal Court"'

Answer: Judge (Joe) Wapner


Question: 'Red roofs weren't inn for this restaurateur & hotelier; orange roofs were'

Answer: Howard Johnson


Question: 'According to the 2008 World Almanac, more than half of all Hispanic registered voters live in these 2 states'

Answer: California & Texas


Question:
'Founder of the Unification Church:
____ Myung _____
(2 responses, please)'

Answer: Sun & Moon


Question: 'A self-help book by Dr. Mark Hillman is titled <br />this person "is Making Me Nuts!"'

Answer: My Therapist


Question: 'In the Batesian type of this, aka imitation, an organism evolves to look like a more noxious one so it's left alone'

Answer: mimicry


Question: 'In 1976 he won Elizabeth Taylor's vote & her hand'

Answer: Senator John Warner


Question: 'A dinner roll is named this "House", for a Boston hotel'

Answer: Parker


Question: '9-letter term for a registered member of 1 party who votes in the other party's primary'

Answer: crossover


Question: 'An offering at Taco Bell:<br />Mexican ____'

Answer: pizza


Question: 'This book will help you avoid overusing the word "important" & substitute "salient" or "momentous"'

Answer: a thesaurus


Question: 'Transporting this protein is the main job of your body's erythrocytes'

Answer: hemoglobin


Question: 'Later an actor, he won 3 swimming Olympic gold medals in Paris in 1924'

Answer: Johnny Weissmuller