Question: 'This play:<br />"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy"'

Answer: Hamlet


Question: '1989:<br />"Wind Beneath My Wings"'

Answer: Bette Midler


Question: 'Term meaning to give oneself up, as to the cops'

Answer: surrender


Question: 'During courtship & fast maneuvers, this bird can beat its wings more than 200 times per second'

Answer: a hummingbird


Question: 'If you want a bracelet Bravia, this company has developed the world's first flexible OLED screen'

Answer: Sony


Question: 'The powder form of this green condiment must be mixed with water before becoming a paste'

Answer: wasabi


Question: 'Don't fear!  This 1962 Edward Albee play won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award'

Answer: Who\'s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?


Question:
'2000:
"Beautiful Day",
2001:
"Walk On"'

Answer: U2


Question: 'To support, or to sign the back of a check'

Answer: endorse


Question: 'Not only does it have armor to protect itself, the 3-banded variety of this can also roll into a ball'

Answer: the armadillo


Question: 'Plastics are being experimented on to make solar cells, as this 2nd-most abundant element in Earth's crust is costly'

Answer: silicon


Question: 'Before you have your sushi, try some miso soup, which usually has green onions & cubes of this in it'

Answer: tofu


Question: 'In his Broadway debut in 2008, Terrence Howard was solid as brick in this Tennessee Williams play'

Answer: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof


Question: '2002:<br />"Don't Know Why"'

Answer: Norah Jones


Question: 'My audition for this Las Vegas ensemble didn't go well; maybe male exotic dancing isn't my thing after all'

Answer: Chippendales


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew illustrates two fur patterns on the monitor.)  It's easy to mistake a jaguar for a leopard, but on closer examination, jaguars often have spots inside these flowery-named markings; the leopard doesn't'

Answer: rosettes


Question: 'The Felica card, a standard in Japan for ID cards, train passes & shopping, uses RFID, this type of frequency ID'

Answer: radio


Question: 'Crab, cucumber, rice & this fatty fruit are all wrapped up in a California roll'

Answer: avocado


Question: 'In this 1949 Pulitzer-winning play, Willy & his 2 sons butt heads'

Answer: Death of a Salesman


Question: '1971:<br />"It's Too Late"'

Answer: Carole King


Question: 'Alliterative term for accidentally causing casualties to one's own combat troops'

Answer: friendly fire


Question: 'The male of this baboon relative is quite colorful--blue cheeks, a long red nose & a red, blue & violet rump'

Answer: a mandrill


Question: 'New super-thin laptops like the Toshiba Portege R500 use this type of hard drive'

Answer: flash


Question: 'Anago is the salt water type of this fish; unagi is the fresh water'

Answer: eel


Question: 'A seedy NYC hotel-saloon & the pipe dreams of its inhabitants are elements of this "cool" 1946 Eugene O'Neill play'

Answer: The Iceman Cometh


Question:
'1963:
"Days of Wine And Roses"
(instrumental)'

Answer: Henry Mancini


Question: 'This 7-letter word means to presage or forebode'

Answer: portend


Question: 'This capital city lies on the Han River, about 22 miles east of Inchon'

Answer: Seoul


Question: '1984:<br />"They ain't afraid of no ghost"'

Answer: Ghostbusters


Question: 'A sinister presence at court is Sir Francis Bryan who lost that eye in one of these sporting events'

Answer: a joust


Question: 'Named for a Bing Crosby movie, this hotel chain is now owned by Britain's Intercontinental Hotels Group'

Answer: Holiday Inn


Question: 'He won a Pulitzer Prize'

Answer: (J.F.) Kennedy


Question: 'This South African monetary unit is named for a major gold mining area'

Answer: the rand


Question: 'This peninsula extends from the Isthmus of Kra in southern Thailand to the Johor Strait'

Answer: the Malay Peninsula


Question: '1996:<br />"There's no such thing as free cable"'

Answer: The Cable Guy


Question:
'Sir Reginald Pole, seen here, doesn't get to be king but was the last Catholic archbishop of this

"There is another Catholic with a legitimate claim, a scion of the Plantagenets who ruled before the Tudors and would gladly rule after them."'

Answer: Canterbury


Question: 'Founded by a guy named Harvey, this tire company formerly based in Akron is now owned by Japan's Bridgestone'

Answer: Firestone


Question: 'He was a member of the Missouri National Guard'

Answer: Harry Truman


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands with a robot at SRI International at Menlo Park, CA.)  Developed in the 1960s, Shakey the robot could carry out complex operations; according to the Robot Hall of Fame, he was the first mobile robot to do this, meaning to think logically'

Answer: reason


Question: 'This region in the northeast, also called Tungpei, or "the northeast", is a "candidate" for having China's best forests'

Answer: Manchuria


Question: '1994:<br />"Life's greatest adventure is finding your place in the circle of life"'

Answer: The Lion King


Question: 'The scene here is part of the king's campaign against these establishments'

Answer: monasteries


Question: 'The "King of Beers" was usurped when this country's InBev bought Budweiser in 2008'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'He was Ben Franklin's successor as minister to France'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'This cat breed is named for its propensity to lie limply in its owner's arms'

Answer: the ragdoll cat


Question: 'This "gem" of a river becomes a 20-mile-wide estuary between Hong Kong & Macao'

Answer: the Pearl River


Question: '1985:<br />"17-year-old Marty McFly got home early last night.  30 years early"'

Answer: Back to the Future


Question:
'This adviser who helped take down Thomas More does lots of the king's dirty work

"There is this... the submission of the Lady Mary."'

Answer: Thomas Cromwell


Question: 'Ruth Graves Wakefield, creator of toll house cookies, sold her treats to this Swiss company'

Answer: Nestlé


Question: 'He defeated the Creek in the 1814 Battle of Horseshoe Bend'

Answer: (Andrew) Jackson


Question: 'Male names for pistols include "rod" & this other name that also starts with "RO"'

Answer: roscoe


Question: 'This country forms the entire shoreline of the Sea of Marmara'

Answer: Turkey


Question: '2008:<br />"Heroes aren't born.  They're built"'

Answer: Iron Man


Question: 'Henry VIII is starting to suspect everyone, even in the honeymoon period with this third wife'

Answer: Jane Seymour


Question: 'In 2008 the Abu Dhabi Investment Council paid $800 million for a 75% share of this NYC Art Deco skyscraper'

Answer: the Chrysler Building


Question: 'He served several years as mayor of Greenville, Tennessee'

Answer: Andrew Johnson


Question: 'This -ology is the medical specialty that treats joint, muscle & connective-tissue disorders'

Answer: rheumatology


Question: 'She was born on February 22, 10,000 B.C. weighing 6 pounds, 12 ounces'

Answer: Pebbles Flintstone


Question: 'Cologne, Germany'

Answer: the Rhine


Question: 'It's the maiden name of the gal Homer married in Shotgun Pete's wedding chapel & of the gal JFK married in Newport'

Answer: Bouvier


Question: 'Contrary to its name, this signature cowboy accessory would actually hold about 96 ounces'

Answer: a ten-gallon hat


Question: 'The presence of this letter chromosome determines that a zygote will develop into a male'

Answer: Y


Question: 'This wrestler & Minnesota governor served on a SEAL underwater demolition team in the Vietnam era'

Answer: Jesse Ventura


Question: 'Proverbially speaking, it's what "cleanliness is next to"'

Answer: godliness


Question: 'Basel, Switzerland'

Answer: the Rhine


Question: 'In "The Homer They Fall", after learning he can withstand any blow to the head, Homer becomes a pro one of these'

Answer: a boxer


Question: 'Used by junks & schooners alike, it's about 1.15 miles'

Answer: a knot (or a nautical mile)


Question: 'Early studies focused on finding the structure not of carbs & fat but of this compound, collagen being one example'

Answer: protein


Question: 'U.S. special operations commander Eric T. Olson is the first SEAL to achieve 4-star status as one of these'

Answer: an admiral


Question: 'Place your bets!  Each May Baltimore's Pimlico Track hosts this Triple Crown race'

Answer: the Preakness


Question: 'Strasbourg, France'

Answer: the Rhine


Question: 'Homer's dislikes include his boss (Mr. Burns), yard work & his next-door neighbor, this man'

Answer: Ned Flanders


Question: 'Due to drying & planing, the piece of lumber known by this name is actually 1 1/2 inches by 3 1/2 inches'

Answer: a 2-by-4


Question: 'These one-celled organisms that may cause disease also produce the "snipping" enzymes that create recombinant DNA'

Answer: bacteria


Question: 'SEAL Christopher Cassidy completed training as one of these in 2006; he was a mission specialist on STS-127'

Answer: an astronaut


Question: 'It describes any invertebrate animal, or a person lacking courage'

Answer: spineless


Question: 'Arnhem, Netherlands'

Answer: the Rhine


Question: 'Homer's official bio says he's earned "the distinction of being the longest-term entry-level employee" here'

Answer: the Springfield nuclear plant


Question: 'Bring your hoe!  This unit of land is equal to 43,560 square feet'

Answer: an acre


Question: 'This process is benign when it replicates DNA segments, but makes people nervous when it replicates mammals'

Answer: cloning


Question: 'As a SEAL team leader in Vietnam, this Nebraska senator earned the Medal of Honor'

Answer: Bob Kerrey


Question: 'From the Greek for "bottomless", it's an immeasurably deep chasm or void'

Answer: an abyss


Question: 'Vienna, Austria'

Answer: the Danube


Question: 'Homer's hippie mom abandoned him, so he was raised by a non-hippie dad named this'

Answer: Abe


Question: 'In a blood pressure reading such as 115/75, the numbers represent these of mercury'

Answer: millimeters


Question: 'Linus Pauling used X-ray crystallography to study the patterns of keratin in this body part'

Answer: hair


Question: 'SEAL John Gay survived a firefight in this Somali capital after a bullet deflected off the knife he wore'

Answer: Mogadishu


Question: 'After you stuff a turkey, you might do this to it, meaning tie up the wings & legs for easier cooking & a nice appearance'

Answer: truss


Question: 'The Egyptians were the first known civilization to power boats using these, probably large leafy fronds on the bow'

Answer: sails


Question: '"Lawrence of Arabia"'

Answer: (Peter) O\'Toole


Question: '"Congress shall make no law"'

Answer: the 1st


Question: 'In this detective's 1892 "Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle", the carbuncle was a blue garnet hidden in a goose'

Answer: Sherlock Holmes


Question: 'It's from the Greek for "well spoken"; Bindi Irwin gave a moving one for her dad'

Answer: a eulogy


Question:
'Secretaries of State:
Madeleine Albright,
Colin Powell...'

Answer: (Condoleezza) Rice


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map of Egypt on the monitor.)  Egypt originally hugged the Nile River, but over the next 1,200 years, it gradually grew to cover an area reaching as far north as this river by the 1400s B.C.'

Answer: the Euphrates


Question: '"Turner & Hooch" (just Turner, please)'

Answer: (Tom) Hanks


Question: '"A well regulated militia, being necessary"'

Answer: the 2nd Amendment


Question: 'Created by Charles Perrault, this fairy tale villain who killed 6 wives may be based on real murderer Gilles de Rais'

Answer: Bluebeard


Question: 'Traditionally they guarded the harem'

Answer: eunuchs


Question:
'Years in the Chinese calendar:
Dog,
pig...
(a smaller critter)'

Answer: rat


Question: 'During the Old Kingdom, Egyptians would paint their eyelids this color using malachite, an oxide of copper'

Answer: green


Question: '"Fantastic Mr. Fox"'

Answer: (George) Clooney


Question: '"Nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself"'

Answer: the 5th Amendment


Question: '4 years after "The Red Badge of Courage", he wrote "The Blue Hotel", considered one of his finest short stories'

Answer: Stephen Crane


Question: 'It's another name for Holy Communion in the Catholic church'

Answer: Eucharist


Question:
'Presidents:
Van Buren,
Harrison...'

Answer: Tyler


Question: 'A Greek scholar named Callimachus wrote a bibliographical survey of the authors of the books held here'

Answer: the Alexandrian Library


Question: '"Peggy Sue Got Married"'

Answer: Kathleen Turner


Question: '"Nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted"'

Answer: the 8th


Question: 'In this 1908 romance by Henry de Vere Stacpoole, a pair of 8-year old cousins are marooned on a tropical island'

Answer: The Blue Lagoon


Question: 'Surveyors named this city in northeastern Ohio for a mathematician'

Answer: Euclid


Question:
'U.N. Secretaries-General:
Javier Perez de Cuellar,
Boutros Boutros-Ghali...'

Answer: Kofi Annan


Question: 'In some cases you could buy this guide for the departed "off the rack" & have a scribe fill in your name'

Answer: the Egyptian Book of the Dead


Question: '"Mary Reilly"'

Answer: Julia Roberts


Question: '"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude"'

Answer: the 13th


Question: 'Elizabeth Kata wrote the novel this "of Blue" on which a 1965 Sidney Poitier movie was based'

Answer: A Patch


Question: 'It's the brass instrument heard here'

Answer: a euphonium


Question:
'Popes:
Pius XII,
John XXIII...'

Answer: Paul VI


Question: 'Of the nations with adjectives in their common names, only this Western Hemisphere one bears the name of a religious order'

Answer: the Dominican Republic


Question: 'Name & number please: launched in 2004, it's 1,132 feet long, has 10 restaurants & 5 pools, & carries 2,620 passengers'

Answer: the Queen Mary 2


Question: 'The ladies' singles trophy for this event is a sterling silver tray called the Rosewater Dish'

Answer: Wimbledon


Question: '...with the most countries'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'I'm in the mood for corned beef this, from the French for "to cut up"'

Answer: hash


Question: 'In 1977 a Tunisian immigrant became the last prisoner in France to be executed with this device'

Answer: a guillotine


Question: 'If your internist gives you a scrip, it's short for this'

Answer: prescription


Question: 'With more than 1 billion members, it's the largest branch of Christianity'

Answer: Catholicism


Question: 'This feisty American's 1984 winning percentage of .965 is the best in the ATP Tour's modern era'

Answer: John McEnroe


Question: '...that can be typed using a single row of letters on a standard keyboard'

Answer: Europe


Question: 'I think I'll chow down on some CFS; that's Texas talk for chicken-fried this'

Answer: steak


Question: 'Eat it, wear it, or play it--what a Greek would do with a bouzouki'

Answer: play it


Question: '"Frag", meaning to kill a fellow soldier, started as a short form of this term for a type of grenade'

Answer: fragmentation


Question: 'At just more than 30 days, he served the shortest term as president'

Answer: William Henry Harrison


Question: 'Only 3 women have won more than 100 singles titles: Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert & this European'

Answer: Steffi Graf


Question: '...that extends down to about 54 degrees south latitude'

Answer: South America


Question: 'What Americans call "Canadian" this is not truly Canadian; give me the "peameal" type, a real specialty of my homeland'

Answer: bacon


Question: 'From the French for "chart", it's the proper term for a person who designs & prepares maps'

Answer: cartographer


Question: '"Buck", as in dollar, is short for this item once used in trade & barter'

Answer: buckskin


Question: 'In 2002 a team at the University of Tokyo calculated this to 1.2411 trillion digits after the decimal point'

Answer: pi


Question: 'It's the "ITF Team Championship for Men"'

Answer: Davis Cup


Question: '...with the first country alphabetically'

Answer: Asia


Question: 'I'll have a honey glazed one of these, from the company of the same name--yep, a whole one, spiral sliced'

Answer: a ham


Question: 'The 4 Noble Truths are the fundamental principles of this religion'

Answer: Buddhism


Question: 'A cab you drink is short for this word'

Answer: Cabernet


Question: 'In 2000 an almost 4,200-square-mile iceberg broke free from this ice shelf in Antarctica'

Answer: the Ross Ice Shelf


Question: 'In April 2007 Switzerland issued its very first stamp of a living person, a 1-franc stamp depicting this tennis player'

Answer: Roger Federer


Question: '...where the Latter-Day Saints believe that Zion or New Jerusalem will be built'

Answer: North America


Question: 'Maybe I'll try the black pudding--that sounds a lot better than this sanguine synonym'

Answer: blood pudding


Question: 'This U.S. president was called Bert for short'

Answer: Herbert Hoover


Question: 'A cab you ride in is short for this word that was a carriage before it was a VW'

Answer: cabriolet


Question: 'In 1991 Poland's Democratic Union Party won the most seats in the House & Senate; it was formed from this trade group'

Answer: Solidarity


Question: '"A Whole New World"<br />(1992)'

Answer: Aladdin


Question: 'In cryoextraction, this is done to grapes to produce the most concentrated juice in pressing'

Answer: freezing


Question: 'In 2003 Mitch Albom had a No. 1 bestseller with "The Five People You Meet" here'

Answer: Heaven


Question: 'St. Columba of this country was martyred in 853 after telling some Moors that Muhammad was a false prophet'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'Here's a high-class clue: it's the last word in the kid's rhyme that begins, "I see London, I see France..."'

Answer: underpants


Question: 'He was King of England from 1189 to 1199 but spent only 6 months there; the rest of the time, he was off fighting'

Answer: Richard the Lionheart


Question: '"Let's Hear It For The Boy"<br />(1984)'

Answer: Footloose


Question: 'Germany's Purity Law of 1516 states that German beer must contain only water, hops & this germinated grain'

Answer: barley


Question: 'In 1947 he published his first story collection, "Dark Carnival"; the "Martian Chronicles" came 3 years later'

Answer: Ray Bradbury


Question: 'St. John Eudes promoted devotion to this sacred body part not just of Jesus but of Mary too'

Answer: the (sacred) heart


Question: 'More than 25 moons are circling it'

Answer: Uranus


Question: 'From 1541 to 1784 this current capital of Slovakia served as the capital of Hungary'

Answer: Bratislava


Question: '"Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"<br />(1947)'

Answer: Song of the South


Question: 'Zymurgy is the chemistry branch that deals with this process in which sugar is converted into alcohol'

Answer: fermentation


Question: 'In Willa Cather's "O Pioneers!", the heroine Alexandra Bergson is of immigrant stock from this country'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'Hermit monk Saint Simeon Stylites resided for decades on one of these, 60 feet tall'

Answer: column


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical diagram on the monitor.)  It's the 2-word term for the continuous anatomical system that contains the kidneys, the ureters, the bladder & the urethra'

Answer: the urinary system


Question: 'In the 100-year period before 268 B.C., Rome annexed all of Italy below this river that flows through Turin'

Answer: the Po


Question: '"Papa, Can You Hear Me?"<br />(1983)'

Answer: Yentl


Question: 'Jameson Irish Whiskey gains its golden hue thanks partly to this acid that also helps give leather its color'

Answer: tannic acid


Question: 'James Michener's "Centennial" centers on a fictional town in this state'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'The Pope struck a medal to celebrate the 1572 massacre of Huguenots on this saint's day'

Answer: St. Bartholomew


Question: 'A patentable invention must be new, non-obvious, & this, like the "arts" the constitution encourages'

Answer: useful


Question: 'On Feb. 28, 1813 these 2 countries whose names rhyme teamed up against France in the Treaty of Kalisch'

Answer: Russia & Prussia


Question: '"Lose Yourself"<br />(2002)'

Answer: 8 Mile


Question: 'After 15 years of aging, 30% of an original quantity of bourbon (the "angels' share") has been lost to this process'

Answer: evaporation


Question: 'In 2007 his book "The Road" earned him a Pulitzer Prize & entry into Oprah's Book Club'

Answer: Cormac McCarthy


Question: 'The order founded by this saint in Toulouse was zealous in carrying out the Inquisition'

Answer: Saint Dominic (founder of the Dominicans)


Question: 'Woody Guthrie sang, "You can't scare me, I'm sticking to" this group'

Answer: the union


Question: 'In the 19th century he created a new type of reference work, a dictionary named from the Greek word for "treasury"'

Answer: Roget


Question: '"The Three Musketeers",<br />"Joseph Balsamo"'

Answer: (Alexandre) Dumas


Question: 'The Times said of these thin young twins, "It isn't the cover of Vogue they seem to seek as much as the cover of Fortune"'

Answer: the Olsen Twins


Question: 'On elephants this prehensile body part has an estimated 150,000 muscles'

Answer: a trunk


Question: 'A villainous type of mustache, a la Snidely Whiplash'

Answer: a handlebar


Question: 'Alone again at Christmas?  Time for a big mug of this milk, cream, eggs & rum favorite with a nutmeg garnish'

Answer: eggnog


Question:
'From this sitcom:
"How's life treating you, Norm?"
"Like it caught me in bed with his wife"'

Answer: Cheers


Question: '"Tom Jones",<br />"Joseph Andrews"'

Answer: (Henry) Fielding


Question: 'nytimes.com's "Find a Show" section tells how to get tickets to "Avenue Q" or this masked man musical'

Answer: The Phantom of the Opera


Question: 'Catholic priests administer 7 of these acts, like penance & holy orders'

Answer: sacraments


Question: 'A style of singing in 4-part harmony; you know, as a "quartet"'

Answer: barbershop


Question: 'Running a fever, eh?  Try a "black balsam" of herbs & this liquor, reputed to have cured Catherine the Great'

Answer: vodka


Question: 'From this '70s radio station sitcom:<br />"As god is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly"'

Answer: WKRP in Cincinnati


Question: '"The Winter of Our Discontent",<br />"The Moon is Down"'

Answer: John Steinbeck


Question: 'From an artsbeat blog: The Vivian Girls, rockers from this NYC borough, are "really, really, really cute"'

Answer: Brooklyn


Question: 'On his "Sky-Cycle" Evel tried to jump a canyon above this river in Idaho in 1974; too bad the parachute opened early'

Answer: the Snake River


Question: 'An 11-letter acid derivative used in medicine as a sedative'

Answer: a barbiturate


Question: 'Caught in the rain, Mac?  How about one of these, the subject of a 1979 No. 1 song by Rupert Holmes'

Answer: a piña colada


Question: 'Shatner, on this show:<br />"dennycranelaw.com.  Pictures, bios, hobbies.  I once captained my own spaceship.  Multi-talented"'

Answer: Boston Legal


Question: '"The Moon is a Harsh Mistress",<br />"Stranger in a Strange Land"'

Answer: Heinlein


Question: 'The times headlined its 2007 review of this series' first episode "smoking, drinking, cheating and selling"'

Answer: Mad Men


Question: 'On New Year's Eve in 1967 Evel jumped 151 feet over the fountains at this Las Vegas casino; never mind the landing...'

Answer: Caesar\'s Palace


Question: 'A conference between the judge & lawyers out of the hearing of the jury'

Answer: a sidebar


Question: 'I can just tell you're sweating for a Lynchburg lemonade, the Lynchburg referring to this brand of whiskey'

Answer: Jack Daniel\'s


Question: 'Chandler, to Ross on this show:<br />"3 failed marriages, 2 illegitimate children... the personal ad writes itself"'

Answer: Friends


Question: '"The Joke",<br />"The Book of Laughter and Forgetting"'

Answer: Milan Kundera


Question: 'nytimes.com has up-to-date info on this NYC museum of American art, like its exhibition on "artists making photographs"'

Answer: the Whitney


Question: 'This priestly class is the highest class in Hinduism'

Answer: the brahmans


Question: 'It's a verb meaning to get off a plane or ship'

Answer: debark (or disembark)


Question: 'Bad day, huh?  You might need shots of these 2 alcohols made from the agave plant'

Answer: tequila & mezcal


Question: 'Steven Culp on this show (after being called Dr. Van de Kamp):<br />"Please, you're dating my wife.  Call me Rex"'

Answer: Desperate Housewives


Question: 'Barry Goldwater, in Arizona, which still had this status'

Answer: a territory


Question: 'It's what the tail does if things are backwards'

Answer: Wag the Dog


Question: 'The first known design of a self-propelled vehicle was made by this artist & scientist around 1478'

Answer: Da Vinci


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew stands at a monument.)  I'm at this country's Monument to the Discoveries, looking at national hero Vasco da Gama'

Answer: Portugal


Question: 'Pairs of these slightly dished metal circular plates have clashed together since Assyrian times'

Answer: cymbals


Question: 'A standard or pennant'

Answer: a flag


Question: 'U Thant, in this current country'

Answer: Myanmar (or Burma)


Question: 'Who can forget Mena Suvari on a bed of petals in this film? (The title is a type of rose)'

Answer: American Beauty


Question: 'Some scientists predict this "seasonal" period of cold & dark weather would be the result of atomic warfare'

Answer: nuclear winter


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands at a windmill.)  I'm at a windmill in the city of Woerden in this country'

Answer: the Netherlands


Question: 'There's a Great Highland type of this musical instrument'

Answer: bagpipes


Question: 'Temperance leader Carry'

Answer: nation


Question: 'This "Streetcar Named Desire" director, in Constantinople'

Answer: Elia Kazan


Question: 'Americans say "the whole enchilada"; Brits say this, a Best Picture Oscar nominee from 1997'

Answer: The Full Monty


Question: 'Astronomer Michael Brown discovered the object classified as UB313 in 2003 & named it for this TV princess'

Answer: Xena


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew stands in a Spanish city.)  I'm in this Spanish city, the home of the world-famous Running of the Bulls'

Answer: Pamplona


Question: 'In "The Music Man", "Seventy-six trombones led the big parade with a hundred and ten" of these "close at hand"'

Answer: cornets


Question: 'Permission granted to a sailor to go ashore'

Answer: liberty


Question: 'This film critic & "A Death in the Family" novelist'

Answer: (James) Agee


Question: 'This 1996 Geena Davis action title can be a euphemism for death (Hint: In the film, she puts her past life to bed)'

Answer: The Long Kiss Goodnight


Question: 'These radiation belts named for an American physicist are found in the earth's magnetosphere'

Answer: the Van Allen Belts


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew stands at a shrine.)  I'm near Kyoto at the famed Fushimi Inari Shrine, so I'm in the southwestern part of this island'

Answer: Honshu


Question: 'As a verb, this musical instrument means "to dwell upon persistently & tediously"'

Answer: harp


Question: 'Declares'

Answer: States


Question: 'Andrei Gromyko, the face of the USSR as this minister from 1957 to 1985'

Answer: Foreign Minister


Question: 'Of the 10 targets one bowls at, it's designated No. 5; it also can refer to a person of chief importance'

Answer: Kingpin


Question: 'Darwin's younger contemporary, this 3-named scientist evolved a similar 1850s theory of natural selection'

Answer: Alfred Russell Wallace


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands on a verdant mountain peak.)  I'm at this legendary South American site whose name means "old peak"; over there is "new peak"'

Answer: Machu Picchu


Question: 'Comrade, enjoy this 3-stringed Russian instrument with a triangular body & a thin neck'

Answer: a balalaika


Question: 'The meaning of the Greek word "atomos" which gives us "atom"'

Answer: indivisible


Question: 'In 1912, midway through one of his works, he wrote, "I have penetrated the secret of the rhythm of spring"'

Answer: Igor Stravinsky


Question: 'This man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman"'

Answer: Adam


Question: 'At age 5 Anna Kournikova received this sporting good for Christmas & it changed her whole life'

Answer: a tennis racket


Question:
'Billy loves the Red Sox no matter what; he loves 'em
A) eerily
B) unconditionally
C) ceremoniously
D) haphazardly'

Answer: unconditionally


Question: 'Hot California is famous for these temblors, making it a shake & bake state'

Answer: earthquakes


Question: 'It's the large, swift bird seen here'

Answer: an ostrich


Question: 'A tall building or structure'

Answer: tower


Question: 'Because of the many psalms he wrote, this kind was called "The Sweet Psalmist of Israel"'

Answer: David


Question: 'This mega pop star seen here has also written several children's books including "Yakov and the Seven Thieves"'

Answer: Madonna


Question: 'In the diagram here, the quantity is greater in column 1, column 2, or the columns are equal'

Answer: the columns are equal


Question: 'From the Latin for "thunder", these funnel-shaped columns of terrific winds are also known as twisters'

Answer: tornadoes


Question: 'Seen here is the trumpeter variety of this bird, whose name comes from an old word for "singer"'

Answer: a swan


Question: 'One carnation or one buttercup'

Answer: a flower


Question: 'His brothers took his coat of many colors & dipped it in goat's blood to make his father believe he had been killed'

Answer: Joseph


Question: 'She's starred in 2 "Charlie's Angels" movies & was the voice of Princess Fiona in 2 others'

Answer: Cameron Diaz


Question:
'Paintbrush: artist as
A) writer: pen
B) lawsuit: duck
C) saw: carpenter
D) stethoscope: supermodel'

Answer: saw: carpenter


Question: 'This type of eruption happens when molten rock, gas & ash pour through a vent in the earth'

Answer: a volcano


Question: 'This bird is probably popular in Vatican City & St. Louis'

Answer: a cardinal


Question: 'A light rain'

Answer: a shower


Question: 'He became the father of Lamech at the age of 187 & lived for another 782 years'

Answer: Methuselah


Question: 'This talk show hostess voiced the ever-forgetful Dory in "Finding Nemo"'

Answer: Ellen DeGeneres


Question:
'Ounce: gallon as
A) water: wine
B) light: dark
C) book: chapter
D) inch: yard'

Answer: inch: yard


Question: 'A "flash" one of these can be caused by persistent, heavy rainfall or the failure of a dam'

Answer: a flood


Question: 'The New Zealand non-flyer seen here; it's also a slang term for any New Zealander'

Answer: a kiwi


Question: '3,600 seconds'

Answer: an hour


Question: 'After he told his people, "Shout, for the Lord hath given you the city", the walls of Jericho came tumbling down'

Answer: Joshua


Question: 'In 2005 she & hubby Nick Lachey were among People magazine's Most Beautiful Couples'

Answer: Jessica Simpson


Question: 'One of these destroyed more than 17,000 buildings in Chicago in October 1871'

Answer: a fire


Question: 'Send the bill to this bird of Brazil that also endorses Froot Loops'

Answer: a toucan


Question: 'To cringe in fear'

Answer: cower


Question: 'Originally an 1864 Christmas gift to a friend, her "Adventures Under Ground" became a classic under a new title'

Answer: Alice in Wonderland


Question: 'The Sphinx of Greek myth would be right at home as this questioning Batman villain'

Answer: the Riddler


Question: 'The flag of Chile has just one of these, 49 fewer than the U.S. flag'

Answer: a star


Question: 'When he visited England in 1921, Hirohito, this country's future emperor, said he "discovered freedom"'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'The Caribbean Sea is part of this second-largest ocean'

Answer: the Atlantic


Question: 'Get hooked on the spelling of...'

Answer: P-H-O-N-I-C-S


Question: 'In "Where the Wild Things Are", he's sent to bed without his supper & later becomes royalty'

Answer: Max


Question: 'This "Mighty Morphin" group battles against monsters & demons unleashed by Queen Bansheera'

Answer: the Power Rangers


Question: 'Python & Scorpion aren't merely animals, they're 2 of these rides at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay'

Answer: roller coasters


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Old North Church in Boston, MA.) The first reigning British monarch to visit Boston, she took part in a Sunday morning service here at Old North Church on July 11, 1976'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth (II)


Question: 'If you've been to Benin, you've been to a country on this continent'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'Protect yourself as you spell...'

Answer: G-U-A-R-D-I-A-N


Question: 'In a 1964 book by this man, the mysterious Willy Wonka owns a unique chocolate factory'

Answer: Roald Dahl


Question: 'In a classic movie, this monstrous character seen here takes a look at New York City from a unique perspective'

Answer: King Kong


Question: 'Of Ketchupseed, Mustardseed or Onionseed, the one who's a fairy in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"'

Answer: Mustardseed


Question: 'Formerly part of the Northwest Territories, Nunavut became a separate territory of this country in 1999'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'Convince me that you can spell...'

Answer: P-E-R-S-U-A-S-I-O-N


Question: 'This young detective didn't have a cell phone & a hybrid car when she debuted 75 years ago, but she has 'em now'

Answer: Nancy Drew


Question: 'Put your cards on the table when you tell us Digimon stands for these strange creatures'

Answer: Digital Monsters


Question: 'This apparatus that female gymnasts compete on is just 4 inches wide, so don't lose your equilibrium'

Answer: the balance beam


Question: 'Much of the western part of this country is covered by the Great Sandy & Great Victoria Deserts'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'You'll make me hungry when you spell...'

Answer: S-P-A-G-H-E-T-T-I


Question: 'In 1981 she won a Newbery Honor for "A Ring of Endless Light"; she won the medal in 1963 for "A Wrinkle in Time"'

Answer: Madeleine L\'Engle


Question: 'A blast of radiation created this big-screen monster seen here'

Answer: the Incredible Hulk


Question: 'If you have any Na, you've got sodium; if you have any Ne, you've got this gas'

Answer: neon


Question: 'It's only about 50 miles from Alaska to Russia when you cross this strait'

Answer: the Bering Strait


Question: 'Put your thoughts in order as you spell...'

Answer: C-H-R-O-N-O-L-O-G-I-C-A-L


Question: 'Once known as fairy floss in the U.S., it's "papa's beard" in France & "sugar wool" in Germany'

Answer: cotton candy


Question: 'The flag might clue you in that Clinton's speaking to this country's parliament<br />(the Diet)'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'When a girl got "pinned" in college, it was one of these pins that she received'

Answer: fraternity pin


Question: 'The U.S. flag flies 24 hours a day over his Frederick, Maryland grave'

Answer: Francis Scott Key


Question: 'This device that tests drivers to see if they're sober came into use around 1960'

Answer: breathalyzer


Question: '1961:<br />"Fat man, you shoot a great game of pool"'

Answer: The Hustler


Question: 'This country produces most of the popcorn consumed in the world'

Answer: United States


Question: 'That's the president in the fur in this world capital<br />(standing in front of Saint Basil's Cathedral)'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'The British call these bulletin board items drawing pins'

Answer: thumbtacks


Question: 'It's the only color on the flag that's also mentioned in the song'

Answer: red


Question: 'This word for a white wine & soda drink first appeared in Webster's in 1961'

Answer: spritzer


Question: '1950:<br />"I am big.  It's the pictures that got small"'

Answer: Sunset Boulevard


Question: 'In 1995 some Boy Scouts in Wisconsin produced a Guinness-record 2,377-pound one of these'

Answer: popcorn ball


Question: 'The president is seen here early in a 1998 six-nation tour of this continent'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'You'll need over 360 needles to insert one in every meridian point on your body in this medical art'

Answer: acupuncture


Question: 'Mary Pickersgill's house in this city is known as "The Star-Spangled Banner House"; she made the famous flag'

Answer: Baltimore


Question: 'Kodak coined this word for its self-loading camera in the early '60s'

Answer: Instamatic


Question: '1981:<br />"Snakes.  Why did it have to be snakes?"'

Answer: Raiders of the Lost Ark


Question: 'In Disneyland vendors sell this man's gourmet popping corn'

Answer: Orville Redenbacher


Question: 'The president's on holiday on this island about 5 miles from Cape Cod'

Answer: Martha\'s Vineyard


Question: '"Here's looking at" the first needles to have these stamped into them, in 1826'

Answer: eyes


Question: 'At the 1996 Olympics, it was the first official event at which "The Star-Spangled Banner" was played'

Answer: opening ceremonies


Question: 'A clause in a document making a condition or restriction; you may have heard of the Wilmot one'

Answer: proviso


Question: '1941:<br />"I think it would be fun to run a newspaper"'

Answer: Citizen Kane


Question: 'Popcorn pops because this inside the kernel expands when heated'

Answer: moisture


Question: 'Clinton's in this country embracing one of its legendary athletes<br />(Pele)'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'It can hold a wheel on an axle or act as the piece that holds everything together'

Answer: lynchpin


Question: 'In 1968 he "Lit a Fire" under traditionalists with his bluesy version at the World Series'

Answer: Jose Feliciano


Question: 'A harsh expression substituted for a more neutral one is a dysphemism & this is the opposite'

Answer: euphemism


Question: '1974:<br />"She's my sister.  She's my daughter.  My sister.  My daughter...she's my sister and my daughter!"'

Answer: Chinatown


Question: 'Legend says that in 1621 this chief's brother Quadequina brought popcorn to the first Thanksgiving'

Answer: Massasoit


Question: 'His November 18, 1998 "Double Line" NBC special was performed live 3 times to accommodate time zone differences'

Answer: Garth Brooks


Question: 'Indications you may have one include a rash, sneezing & itching'

Answer: allergy


Question: 'Let us pause to reflect upon this vain youth who was fatally attracted to his own reflection'

Answer: Narcissus


Question: 'Pius IX convened the "First Vatican" one of these & it declared him infallible'

Answer: Council


Question: 'In Genesis 11 this structure of bricks & mortar is meant to reach heaven'

Answer: Tower of Babel


Question: 'Unstable thorium-230 breaks down into the 226 isotope of this Curie-ous element'

Answer: radium


Question: 'She had 8 Top 10 country hits with George Jones, 4 of them after their d-i-v-o-r-c-e'

Answer: Tammy Wynette


Question: 'Winston Churchill, as first lord of this from 1911 to 1915, kept things shipshape'

Answer: Admiralty


Question: 'Oops!  This famous "Heel" fell for Penthesilia the Amazon a little too late -- he'd already killed her'

Answer: Achilles


Question: 'Little is known of the second pope who bore this name, but we doubt he sucked his thumb & carried a blanket'

Answer: Linus


Question: 'In the song "High Hopes", an ant has this type of "hope" -- apple, to be specific'

Answer: "High apple pie in the sky hopes"


Question: 'In 1960 the wavelength of light from krypton-86 was used to define this measurement, also 39.37"'

Answer: meter


Question: '"There's a Tear in My Beer" was a 1989 duet hit by this man & his father who had died 36 years earlier'

Answer: Hank Williams, Jr.


Question: 'A really big birdcage'

Answer: aviary


Question: 'We often wax nostalgic about this young man who flew too close to the sun'

Answer: Icarus


Question: 'The photo of John Paul I seen here shows how he earned this nickname'

Answer: "The Smiling Pope"


Question: 'If you're too optimistic, you're "dreaming in" this process introduced on film around 1915'

Answer: Technicolor


Question: 'Isotopes are 2 forms of an element with the same number of protons but different numbers of these particles'

Answer: neutrons


Question: 'In 1995 this bluegrass fiddler was named the CMA's Female Vocalist of the Year'

Answer: Alison Krauss


Question: 'Info on the Aurora Australis & eclipses are included in this section of the World Almanac'

Answer: astronomy


Question: 'Jason's new wife Creusa shouldn't have tried on the gown this sorceress sent her: it was poisoned'

Answer: Medea


Question: 'Paul VI's anti-birth control encyclical was called "Humanae Vitae", or "on" this'

Answer: Human Life


Question: 'The Roman auspices, divination by the flight of birds, gave us this adjective meaning "promising"'

Answer: auspicious


Question: 'As in planetary sequence, neptunium-239 emits a beta particle & becomes isotope 239 of this element'

Answer: plutonium


Question: 'Until he was 11 years old, he wasn't aware that Mets pitcher Tug was his father'

Answer: Tim McGraw


Question: 'Bobby Burns noted "The best laid schemes o' mice and men gang aft" this'

Answer: agley


Question: 'The Pierides were turned into magpies after they challenged these "artsy" sisters to a singing contest & lost'

Answer: Muses


Question: 'It's a pattern of runaway financial speculation, like the "South Sea" one that "burst" in 1720'

Answer: bubble


Question: 'The hydrogen isotope called this was discovered in 1932, 2 years before tritium'

Answer: deuterium


Question: 'In 1608 its inventor offered it exclusively to the Dutch government for military use'

Answer: telescope


Question: 'A month before Bastille Day, the Estates--commoners, nobility & this group--became one national assembly'

Answer: the clergy


Question: 'Rowlf the Dog, <br />Kermit the Frog'

Answer: Jim Henson


Question: 'He's the popular multiple Tony Award-winning playwright seen here'

Answer: Neil Simon


Question: 'Who says "real men don't eat" this? Emeril makes one filled with shrimp & cheese & eats it while he's watching football'

Answer: quiche


Question: 'Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah helped found the Hezbollah Party in Lebanon to promote this religion'

Answer: Islam


Question: 'Tetanus'

Answer: lockjaw


Question: 'This nobleman who aided America during its revolution was head of the Paris National Guard'

Answer: Lafayette


Question:
'Lamb Chop,
Charlie Horse,
Hush Puppy'

Answer: Shari Lewis


Question: 'This scandalous wit and playwright seen here died in Paris in 1900.'

Answer: Oscar Wilde


Question: 'Give Emeril some pork bely & kosher salt & he wont just "bring home" this meat, he'll make it himself'

Answer: bacon


Question: 'In 1989 ADOC alliance leader Guillermo Endara was elected this country's president, but Noriega nixed it'

Answer: Panama


Question: 'This small ornamental case for a keepsake is often worn as a pendant'

Answer: a locket


Question: 'With the coup d'etat of 18 Brumaire in 1799, he overthrew the directory'

Answer: Napoleon


Question:
'Yoda,
Cookie Monster,
Miss Piggy'

Answer: Frank Oz


Question: 'The works of this two-time Pulitzer Prize winner are set largely in the American south'

Answer: Tennessee Williams


Question: 'You might like this bird a l'orange; Emeril puts it in his special burritos with--BAM!--chili corn sauce'

Answer: duck


Question: 'Mangosuthu Buthelezi's Inkatha Freedom Party operated in this country while the ANC was outlawed'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'Hairstyle popular among Rastafarians'

Answer: dreadlocks


Question: 'This national anthem was first sung by patriots from Marseille who aided in the storming of the Tuileries in 1792'

Answer: "La Marseillaise"


Question: 'Pedro,<br />Johnny'

Answer: Señor Wences


Question: 'Called the most significant British dramatist since Shakespeare, this Irish-born author wrote 50 stage plays'

Answer: (George Bernard) Shaw


Question: 'To kick it up a notch, Emeril adds jalapenos to these deep-fried cornmeal balls--that'll shush your doggies!'

Answer: hush puppies


Question: 'In 1995 the Inuit Brotherhood held 6 seats in this island's Landsting'

Answer: Greenland


Question: 'This phrase meaning the grave of all who perish at sea dates back about 200 years'

Answer: Davy Jones\'s locker


Question: 'On July 13, 1793 this publisher of "L'Ami du peuple" was stabbed to death by Charlotte Corday'

Answer: Marat


Question: 'Madame'

Answer: Wayland Flowers


Question: 'This absurdist playwright left them waiting for him at the 1969 Nobel Prize ceremony'

Answer: (Samuel) Beckett


Question: 'Emeril's momma taught him that this pungent bulb is a beautiful thing; he drizzles it with olive oil & roasts it'

Answer: garlic


Question: 'The True Path Party's Suleyman Demirel became this country's president in 1993'

Answer: Turkey


Question: 'In 1690 this founder of empericism outlined his philosophical doctrine in "An Essay on Human Understanding"'

Answer: John Locke


Question: 'When the well's dry, we know the worth of" this'

Answer: water


Question: 'In legend, the Tibetan people originated from the union of a female demon & one of these primates'

Answer: a monkey


Question: 'One's a place for experimentation; the other's a polite word for a bathroom'

Answer: a laboratory and a lavatory


Question: 'The desirable total level for this is under 200, with the "bad" kind at under 130'

Answer: cholesterol


Question: 'This synonym for wealthy is the last name of billionaire Marc, pardoned by Bill Clinton in 2001'

Answer: Rich


Question: 'Because the cornea in your eye acts as a magnifying glass & your retina gets burned, even in an eclipse'

Answer: why you shouldn\'t look at the sun


Question: 'Ben's epitaph for himself compared him to the cover of one of these, "stript of its lettering and gilding"'

Answer: a book


Question: 'Following this large country's 1911 revolution, its influence in Tibet was greatly reduced'

Answer: China


Question: 'One's the place of the crucifixtion; one's a horse-mounted military force'

Answer: cavalry and Calvary (sic)


Question: 'The most common cause of mild anemia is a low level of this mineral'

Answer: iron


Question: 'One of Forbes' 50 Wealthiest Americans, this engineering partner of David Packard died in 2001'

Answer: Hewlett


Question: 'Because John J. Raskob of GM wanted to outdo Walter Chrysler in skyscraper building'

Answer: Why was the Empire State Building built to the height it was built?


Question: 'Franklin said the constitution gave the U.S. this form of government, "if you can keep it"'

Answer: a republic


Question: '7th century King Song-Tsen Gampo introduced this religion to Tibet by marrying 2 princesses who practiced it'

Answer: Buddhism


Question: 'One meas to inquire impertinently into someone's affairs; the other means brisk or nimble'

Answer: pry and spry


Question: 'Adding this mineral to toothpaste & mouthwashed helps prevent tooth decay'

Answer: fluoride


Question: 'Fees reported at $600 an hour separate most men from this litigator who's argued against Microsoft & for Al Gore'

Answer: David Boise


Question: 'Because he outwitted, outplayed and outlasted 15 others on Pulau Tiga'

Answer: why Richard Hatch was the Survivor


Question: 'This present state "resembles a beer barrel, tapped at both ends," with the beer "running into Philadelphia & New York"'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'Also known as Mitoh-Kangmi, this legendary creature is mentioned in early Tibetian stories'

Answer: the Yeti (the Abominable Snowman)


Question: 'One's a room where food is kept; one's an adjective for an insultingly small amount'

Answer: pantry and paltry


Question: 'A normal blood pressure reading is said to be 120/80 (systolic/this)'

Answer: diastolic


Question: 'In 2000 this AOL CEO announced a merger with Time Warner'

Answer: (Steve) Case


Question: 'Because Columbus thought he had sailed around the world & he called the people what he thought they were'

Answer: why we call them Indians


Question: 'Final reason for choosing an older woman as a mistress: "They are so" this'

Answer: grateful


Question: 'In the 13th Century, these conquerors incorporated Tibet into their empire'

Answer: the Mongols


Question: 'One means showy clothing or ornaments; the other is a place that prepares petroleum'

Answer: finery and refinery


Question: 'This process, EKG for short, records electric impulses from the heart to diagnose disorders like arrhythmia'

Answer: an electrocardiogram


Question: 'This brash owner of the Washington Redskins made his fortune in marketing & advertising'

Answer: Snyder


Question: 'Because he wanted to hear the sirens, but not steer the ship to them'

Answer: Why was Odysseus lashed -- why did he have himself lashed to the mast?


Question: 'This classic 1952 movie was based on the story "The Tin Star"'

Answer: High Noon


Question: 'Among the more than 100 tombs within this Vatican City church are those of 91 popes & Queen Christina of Sweden'

Answer: St. Peter\'s Cathedral


Question: 'Akebono, a grand champion of this sport of hulks, is seen here'

Answer: sumo wrestling


Question: 'Bon appetit!  On long flights, this airline serves baguettes, cheese & champagne in the "affaires" cabin'

Answer: Air France


Question: 'The yata-no-kagami mirror was used by the sun goddess Amaterasu to bring light to the world in this country's mythology'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'The University of Arkansas has a campus in this state capital'

Answer: Little Rock


Question: 'A young person may be shallow as well as this word that rhymes with shallow & means "immature"'

Answer: callow


Question: 'UNESCO calls this, a world heritage site since 1983, "The jewel of Muslim art in India"'

Answer: the Taj Mahal


Question: 'Fan favorite & part-time big movie star seen here'

Answer: Andre the Giant


Question: 'Allergy concerns have caused most carriers to discontinue these snacks, but Northwest still serves 'em'

Answer: peanuts


Question: 'Maori legend says the south island of this country is the canoe of the Polynesian demi-god Maui'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'The university named for these is in Colorado Springs'

Answer: the Rockies


Question: 'The UK's Eglantyne Jebb founded the organization "Save" them'

Answer: the Children


Question: 'You'll also find a First Lady in this structure in Manhattan's Morningside Heights section'

Answer: Grant\'s Tomb


Question: 'One-time big sportsman & even bigger businessman seen here'

Answer: George Foreman


Question: 'USA!  USA!  This red-white-&-blue carrier will sell you a 4-ounce chocolate chip cookie for just 3 bucks'

Answer: American Airlines


Question: 'The wooden statue Palladium kept this city safe until Odysseus & Diomedes took it'

Answer: Troy


Question: '"Science for the benefit of humanity" is the motto of the NYC school named for & founded by this man in 1901'

Answer: Rockefeller


Question: 'It can mean "not experienced" or "without salt & pepper"'

Answer: unseasoned


Question: 'Venezuela's heroes are entombed in this, from the Greek for "temple of all the gods"'

Answer: pantheon


Question: 'It's the appliance nickname of the former football star seen here'

Answer: "The Refrigerator"


Question: 'United's "classic snackbox" includes this brand of gourmet jelly beans'

Answer: Jelly Belly


Question: 'One legend says this was given by the Lady of the Lake & thrown back in the lake on King Arthur's death'

Answer: Excalibur


Question: 'Missouri's Rockhurst University was founded in 1910 by this Catholic teaching order'

Answer: the Jesuits


Question: 'It's the J in Jaycees'

Answer: Junior


Question: 'This ancient wonder built for the ruler of Caria gave us the generic term for any large tomb'

Answer: mausoleum


Question: 'This big swinger has gained a rep both on & off the course'

Answer: John Daly


Question: 'This Atlanta-based airline's "flight delights" includes hummus, pita chips & a deck of miniature playing cards'

Answer: Delta


Question: 'Now an emblem of the medical profession, it was the staff carried by mercury'

Answer: caduceus


Question: 'Jane Addams was one of the first to receive a B.A. degree at Rockford College in this state'

Answer: Illinois


Question: 'Fledgling can mean a young or inexperienced person or, in the animal world, one of these'

Answer: a bird


Question: 'Later dug up & hanged, Oliver Cromwell's body was originally buried in this church upon his death in 1658'

Answer: Westminster Abbey


Question: 'To commemorate the birth of reggae legend & native son Bob Marley, Feb. 6, 1990 was a national holiday in this country'

Answer: Jamaica


Question: '"A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur" is a lesser play by this man with a southern state in his name'

Answer: Tennessee Williams


Question: 'Yellow fever is primarily carried by the aedes aegypti species of this bloodsucker'

Answer: the mosquito


Question: 'Here, a member of the Department of Agriculture's Beagle Brigade sniffs for contraband at LAX in this city'

Answer: Los Angeles


Question: 'Good thing for tourists that Honolulu's Diamond Head is this type of volcano'

Answer: extinct


Question: '"In the name of god, go!" declared Cromwell in dismissing the so-called "rump" version of this in 1653'

Answer: parliament


Question: 'Inducting Marley into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, this U2 singer said Bob was "showman, shaman, human"'

Answer: Bono


Question: 'Allan Gurganus shot to fame with his novel about the "Oldest Living" this who "Tells All"'

Answer: Confederate Widow


Question: 'This nocturnal insect, cimex lectularius, often finds shelter in the seams, tufts & crevices of mattresses'

Answer: a bedbug


Question: 'The valiant termite-detecting beagle here is ready for action in Chapel Hill in this state'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'Rachael Ray is such a fan of this type of olive oil that she even launched her own brand'

Answer: extra-virgin


Question: 'Oliver Cromwell ruled between these 2 kings, a father & son'

Answer: Charles I & Charles II


Question: 'In February 1979 Marley & his group headlined at this Harlem venue, the first reggae band to do so'

Answer: the Apollo


Question: 'A Miami Herald columnist since 1985, he's known for comic novels about Floridian corruption'

Answer: Carl Hiaasen


Question: 'There are more than 10,000 species of this bloodsucker but pulex irritans is the one used in most "circuses"'

Answer: fleas


Question: 'The Christchurch Beagles representing one of the colleges of this English university are ready for a hunt'

Answer: Oxford


Question: 'A type of tax, it can also mean to cut out, like a tumor'

Answer: excise


Question: 'When he ruled England from 1653 to 1658, Oliver Cromwell went by this 2-word title'

Answer: Lord Protector


Question: 'Marley said his backup band was named this "because we started out crying"'

Answer: the Wailers


Question:
'He's the late American novelist heard here:

"I suppose I had been thinking about Nat Turner for many, many years."'

Answer: William Styron


Question: 'In 19th century France, this aquatic worm was raised on farms by the thousands for medicinal purposes'

Answer: leeches


Question: 'See Uno receive his admirers after winning the Westminster Kennel Club's Best in Show at this New York City venue'

Answer: Madison Square Garden


Question: 'In England, the Chancellor of this is the Minister of Finance'

Answer: the Exchequer


Question: 'Cromwell's puritan followers were known as these for their closely cropped hair'

Answer: roundheads


Question: '"War", a song off Bob's 1976 album "Rastaman Vibration", had lyrics taken from a speech by this emperor'

Answer: Haile Selassie


Question: 'This debut novel by Carson McCullers empathetically tracks an isolated misfit in a Georgia town'

Answer: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter


Question: 'Only the female of this "equine" pest of the family tabanidae feeds on blood; the male feeds on nectar'

Answer: the horsefly


Question: 'First Beagles Him & Her are campaigning for this man, their owner, in 1964'

Answer: LBJ


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew bends her right fingers and arm.)  Flexor muscles allow you to bend joints, like curling your fingers or bending your arm at the elbow; the muscles that straighten the joints are this opposite type'

Answer: the extensors


Question: 'James Bruce taught himself Arabic & Amharic to prepare for his 1768 journey upriver in search of this spot'

Answer: the source of the Nile


Question: 'This threatened national symbol is thriving in areas protected by the Forest Service, like Washington's Skagit River'

Answer: bald eagle


Question: 'This 5-word line from the film was voted the fifth-greatest movie quote of all time by the American Film Institute'

Answer: "Here\'s looking at you, kid"


Question: '"The Frog and the Ox" by this fabulist says, "Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction"'

Answer: Aesop


Question: 'Roger Williams National Memorial'

Answer: Providence


Question: 'This, a collective settlement, usually agricultural, is from the modern Hebrew for "gathering"'

Answer: kibbutz


Question: '"Our actors", says Prospero, "were all spirits, and are melted into" this, "into thin" this'

Answer: air


Question: 'In 1971 Woodsy Owl became a Forest Service spokesman urging Americans, "Give a hoot, don't" do this'

Answer: pollute


Question: 'It's this character's "Cafe Americain" where much of the action takes place'

Answer: Rick


Question: '"Bartlett's" quotes Chinese scientist Chang Heng: "Heaven is like an egg, and the earth is like" this part "of the egg"'

Answer: the yolk


Question: 'Marie Laveau's House of Voodoo'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'This 5-letter Latin word meaning "about" or "around" is used of approximate dates'

Answer: circa


Question: 'This artist created the melting 1931 work seen here'

Answer: Dalí


Question: 'The shape of the Union Pacific Railroad logo was used, & this tree in the pine family was added to create the Forest Service logo'

Answer: fir


Question: 'After Nazi Major Strasser has been shot, the command goes out to "round up" this group, the title of another film'

Answer: usual suspects


Question: '"The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life" is a saying from his "Republic"'

Answer: Plato


Question: 'The South by Southwest festival'

Answer: Austin


Question: 'Arabic gives us the names of both a plant & this bath sponge made from that plant'

Answer: luffah


Question: 'Add melted cheese & chile peppers to tortilla chips & you get this Mexican-American appetizer'

Answer: nachos


Question: 'The Transfer Act of 1905 transferred U.S. forest reserves to the Department of Agriculture from this cabinet dept.'

Answer: Interior


Question: 'Central to the plot are stolen "letters of" this that will allow anyone to travel unopposed'

Answer: transit


Question: 'Socrates once declared, "I am not" this "or a Greek, but a citizen of the world"'

Answer: Athenian


Question: 'The Beat Museum in North Beach'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'This Italian term describes music that has no instrumental accompaniment'

Answer: a cappella


Question: 'In 1979 equipment & human failures led to a partial meltdown of the No. 2 reactor at this U.S. site'

Answer: Three Mile Island


Question: 'During the Depression this New Deal agency renewed our decimated forests by planting about 3 billion trees'

Answer: the Civilian Conservation Corps (the CCC)


Question: 'Bogie delivers the film's last line to Claude Rains, who played this corrupt but honorable Frenchman'

Answer: Louis (Renault)


Question: 'This playwright observed in "Clouds" that "Old men are children for a second time"'

Answer: Aristophanes


Question: 'The American Swedish Institute'

Answer: Minneapolis


Question: 'German for "shape" gives us this name of a school of psychology'

Answer: Gestalt


Question: 'Melting copper & zinc together is the traditional recipe for this alloy used since Neolithic times'

Answer: brass


Question: 'Maori rock carvings on the cliffs of Mine Bay in this country's Lake Taupo are accessible only by boat'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'Gisele Bundchen,<br />in 2009'

Answer: Tom Brady


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us a map of North America and the Pacific Ocean.) Following a 5,000 mile migration route, the gray species of this creature travels from the Arctic to warm Mexican waters, where it mates & gives birth'

Answer: a whale


Question: 'His 1948 report on "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" was based on over 5,000 case histories'

Answer: Kinsey


Question: 'Full name of the organization for which the man seen here has plied his trade since 2001'

Answer: Cable News Network


Question: 'The introduction of power-driven machinery in the early 1800s was a big factor in this process'

Answer: industrialization


Question: 'Half a mile long, in the 1840s it inspired an American literary classic'

Answer: Walden Pond


Question: 'Kim Kardashian,<br />in 2011'

Answer: Kris Humphries


Question: 'Long ago, 4-million-strong herds of these humped ungulates migrated regularly through the great plains'

Answer: bison


Question: 'In 1966 she helped found the National Organization for Women & became its first president'

Answer: (Betty) Friedan


Question: 'Known for its college rankings, it was created by the 1948 merger of 2 magazines'

Answer: U.S. News and World Report


Question: 'Judicial review tests congressional legislation for this, conformity with a certain U.S. document'

Answer: constitutionality


Question: 'This river, Africa's third longest, rises in the highlands of southern Guinea near its border with Sierra Leone'

Answer: Niger


Question: 'Nomar Garciaparra,<br />in 2003'

Answer: Mia Hamm


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us a map of southeast Africa, with Tanzania and the Indian Ocean labeled.) In Africa, the only place where vast animal migrations occur is in this large Tanzanian national park, where herds move in a circular route to find water and grazeable land'

Answer: Serengeti


Question: 'In 1945 in Newport, Arkansas, he opened his first store, a Ben Franklin variety store'

Answer: Sam Walton


Question: 'It's been "the Bible of Baseball" since 1886'

Answer: The Sporting News


Question: 'This adjective means "thwarting an intended goal", like living on credit while trying to save money'

Answer: counterproductive


Question: 'The Amana Colonies were settled on this "stately" river in the 1850s'

Answer: Iowa


Question: 'Ashley Judd,<br />in 2001'

Answer: Dario Franchitti


Question: 'Insects, like some locusts, migrate to areas where they do this, from the Latin for "winter"'

Answer: hibernate


Question: 'This Olympian was named to the National Track & Field Hall of Fame in 1974'

Answer: Wilma Rudolph


Question: 'A 2011 scandal ended the 168-year run of this British scandal sheet'

Answer: News of the World


Question: 'A cosmetic treatment that gently sands the skin'

Answer: microdermabrasion


Question: 'Finland's Aland Islands lie at the southern edge of this gulf'

Answer: the Gulf of Bothnia


Question: 'Carrie Underwood,<br />in 2010'

Answer: Mike Fisher


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows us a map of North & South America.)  Separated by up to 1500 miles at the start of their annual migration, flocks of the scarlet type of this bird come closer together as they move down to South America'

Answer: tanager


Question: 'This Pittsburgh-born financier & art collector was Secretary of the Treasury under Harding, Coolidge & Hoover'

Answer: (Andrew) Mellon


Question: 'Its Nov. 22, 1963 front-page headline read: "Storm of Political Controversy Swirls Around Kennedy on Visit"'

Answer: The Dallas Morning News


Question: 'In politics, really, really traditional & right wing'

Answer: ultraconservative


Question: 'He wrote, "He looked upon the garish day With such a wistful eye; The man had killed the thing he loved, & so he had to die"'

Answer: Oscar Wilde


Question: 'Tintoretto was in his 70s when he began painting his massive "Paradise" canvas for the doge's palace in this city'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'In 2001 terrorism fears spurred calls to close Indian Point, this type of power plant near NYC'

Answer: nuclear power plant


Question: 'In the 1980s this Texan sometimes ended his broadcast with a cryptic "Courage"'

Answer: Dan Rather


Question: 'Indira Gandhi National Open University'

Answer: New Delhi


Question: 'Foucault hung his pendulum from the dome of the Pantheon in this city'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'in geometry a lower case d represents this line segment'

Answer: diameter


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew in San Francisco)  Here at the Palace Hotel you'll find Maxfield Parrish's famous mural depicting this legendary character'

Answer: the Pied Piper


Question: 'In 1998 philanthropist George Soros pledged $1 million to distribute clean ones to prevent HIV spread'

Answer: hypodermic needles


Question: 'Until 1981, this CBS anchorman signed off with "And that's the way it is"'

Answer: Walter Cronkite


Question: 'Istituto Guglielmo Tagliacarne'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'The Pleistocene Epoch was the last time about 1/3 of the Earth's land surface was covered by these'

Answer: glaciers


Question: 'John 3:16 says of the son of God, "Whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have" this type of "life"'

Answer: everlasting


Question: 'He lived for awhile at the Rue des Moulins bordello, & painted its ladies of the evening in their parlor'

Answer: Toulouse-Lautrec


Question: 'In 1994 this state's voters approved a controversial measure allowing assisted suicide'

Answer: Oregon


Question: 'They signed off with "Good Night, David.  Good Night, Chet.  And Good Night from NBC News"'

Answer: Chet Huntley & David Brinkley


Question: 'D.I. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'For Louis XV from 1769 to 1774 it was Marie DuBarry'

Answer: mistress


Question: 'For Colorado Springs, it's 6,000 feet'

Answer: elevation


Question: 'A pink line that resembles a scarf floats atop the abstract Robert Natkin painting named for this dancer'

Answer: Isadora Duncan


Question: 'In 1776 Adam Smith defended makers of these against charges of excessive profit, charges still made today'

Answer: pharmaceuticals/drug companies


Question: '"Good Night and Good Luck" from this newsman who changed his name from Egbert to Edward in college'

Answer: Edward R. Murrow


Question: 'Gallaudet University'

Answer: Washington, D.C.


Question: 'Pemba, one of the world's leading suppliers of clove oil, is an island near Zanzibar in this ocean'

Answer: Indian Ocean


Question: 'Whether you smell a rat or smell the roses, you're using this sense'

Answer: olfactory


Question: 'Carlo Saraceni depicted this mythological woman seen here straining at her chains'

Answer: Andromeda


Question: 'This 2-word phrase for policies assisting minorities is found in a 1961 executive order'

Answer: affirmative action


Question: 'This gossip & radio man greeted audiences, "Good evening, Mr. & Mrs. North & South America & all the ships at sea"'

Answer: Walter Winchell


Question: 'Kyung Hee University'

Answer: Seoul


Question: 'This number meridian was modified to make the International Date Line'

Answer: 180th meridian


Question: 'Type of book, like Martin Gardner's edition of "Alice", that includes explanatory information as well as the text'

Answer: annotated


Question: 'His experiences as a slave for 5 years in Algiers became episodes in "Don Quixote"'

Answer: Cervantes


Question: 'Sampling local elixirs is one of the highlights of the Malt Whiskey Trail in this U.K. country'

Answer: Scotland


Question: '1967:<br />Drifters Scott Wilson & Robert Blake have a killer time in Kansas'

Answer: In Cold Blood


Question: 'Founded in 1845, the Naval Academy at Annapolis first admitted women in this U.S. bicentennial year'

Answer: 1976


Question: 'Decennoval refers to this number, just before one score'

Answer: 19


Question: 'In 1532 this lord chancellor resigned because he wouldn't support Henry VIII's policies against the Pope'

Answer: Sir Thomas More


Question: 'Les Deux Magots is in the very heart of this Parisian area known as "La Rive Gauche" in French'

Answer: the Left Bank


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew)  Come gather by the fire while I share this 1843 story about a murdered man who "took a licking and kept on ticking"'

Answer: "The Tell-Tale Heart"


Question: '1967:<br />They called Sidney Poitier "Mister Tibbs"!'

Answer: In the Heat of the Night


Question: 'It was the most recent year that was a leap year'

Answer: 2000


Question: 'It's a spongy type of rubber, as well as a guy who recently played TV's Hercules'

Answer: Sorbo


Question: 'This "Magnificent Medici" was a gifted poet & was the patron of Botticelli & Michelangelo'

Answer: Lorenzo


Question: 'What a pity if you leave this city without visiting the Pitti Palace'

Answer: Florence


Question: 'One of Poe's stories is called "The Thousand-and-Second Tale of" this storytelling woman'

Answer: Scheherazade


Question: '2001:<br />Marisa Tomei is the "older woman"'

Answer: In the Bedroom


Question: 'A VA. court house hosted a meeting between a son of a "Light-Horse" & a victorious Union general in this year'

Answer: 1865 (to end the Civil War)


Question: 'It's a shallow section of a river with a fast current, or a type of shuffle for cards'

Answer: riffle


Question: 'In 1516 this Dutch humanist published the first Greek version of the New Testament since the original text'

Answer: Erasmus


Question: 'In Jan. in Basel, Switzerland, see the Vogel Gryff, when a lion, a griffin & a wild man float down this river'

Answer: Rhine


Question: 'A poem by Poe begins, "Hear the sledges with" these'

Answer: the bells


Question: '1993:<br />Daniel Day-Lewis is accused of an IRA bombing he had nothing to do with'

Answer: In the Name of the Father


Question: 'The Reuben James became the first U.S. Navy ship torpedoed & sunk in WWII on Halloween of this year'

Answer: 1941


Question: 'If Cleo shows some brio, she's showing this, also a synonym for "ghost"'

Answer: spirit


Question: 'In "The Prince", Machiavelli used him as the model for the ruthless ruler who'd do anything to retain power'

Answer: Cesare Borgia


Question: 'The Viennese summerhouse in which Mozart composed "The Magic Flute" is now in this city, his birthplace'

Answer: Salzburg


Question: '1967:<br />James Coburn battles a secret society of women plotting to take over the world'

Answer: In Like Flint


Question: 'Napoleon sold the vast Louisiana Territory to the U.S. in this year'

Answer: 1803


Question: 'A cinerary is a place for these of the dead'

Answer: ashes


Question: 'In the 20th C., one of the 2 men who've lost as both presidential & vice presidential nominee of a major party'

Answer: Bob Dole or Walter Mondale


Question: 'After 3 attempts, she discovered the secret of Samson's strength & betrayed him to the Philistines'

Answer: Delilah


Question: 'Shades of this color include powder, sapphire & navy'

Answer: blue


Question: 'Ferrovanadium is an alloy of vanadium & this metal'

Answer: iron


Question: 'As this group, Donny & his brothers had only one No. 1 record in the U.S.: "One Bad Apple" in 1971'

Answer: The Osmonds


Question: 'This Rhode Island city has almost twice the population of Warwick, the state's second largest city'

Answer: Providence


Question: 'The Spanish term for these scrambled items is huevos revueltos'

Answer: eggs


Question: 'This queen gave Solomon 120 talents of gold & other precious items'

Answer: Queen of Sheba


Question: 'Battleship is a tint of this color'

Answer: grey


Question: 'The horny casing of the toes of ungulates is called this'

Answer: hooves


Question: '"Piano Man", released in 1973, was his first successful album'

Answer: Billy Joel


Question: 'On July 4, 1831 "America" was first sung at this city's Park Street Church at the foot of Beacon HIll'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'When shopping in Lisbon, you may want to ask, "Quanto custa?", which means this'

Answer: "How much does it cost?"


Question: 'Miriam & Aaron criticized this man, their brother, for marrying an Ethiopian'

Answer: Moses


Question: 'It's the "flowery" color of Elizabeth Taylor's eyes'

Answer: violet


Question: 'In 1990 this space telescope provided the first picture of Charon as completely separate from Pluto'

Answer: the Hubble telescope


Question: 'You "can't trust that day", according to The Mamas & The Papas'

Answer: Monday(, Monday)


Question: 'This capital lies at the southern end of Puget Sound on Budd Inlet & Capitol Lake'

Answer: Olympia(, Washington)


Question: 'In Dutch, apricots are abrikozen, figs are vijgen & this fruit is kokosnoot'

Answer: coconut


Question: 'Jacob's other name was this, like the 12 tribes descended from him'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'This color found on the togas of Roman emperors is a synonym for "regal"'

Answer: purple


Question: 'He outlines his 3 laws of motion in "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica"'

Answer: Sir Isaac Newton


Question: 'At age 40, she won 3 Grammys for "Nick of Time", 1989's album of the year'

Answer: Bonnie Raitt


Question: 'When this future Confederate capital became a city in 1782, half of its population was slaves'

Answer: Richmond(, Virginia)


Question: 'The French refer to this season of the year as l'hiver'

Answer: winter


Question: 'In 1 Samuel 31 this king falls upon his own sword, opening the way for David to become king'

Answer: Saul


Question: 'This pale yellow color shares its name with a French region & the sparkling wine produced there'

Answer: champagne


Question: 'Fusion, the change of a solid to a liquid state, is more commonly called this'

Answer: melting


Question: 'This British group's 1979 album "The Wall" included the hit single "Another Brick in the Wall"'

Answer: Pink Floyd


Question: 'Alphabetically, it's the last state capital named for a U.S. president'

Answer: Madison (Wisconsin)


Question: 'Italians call this country La Svezia'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'In 1791 this future French emperor became a lieutenant colonel in the Corsican National Guard'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'An APR, or annual percentage rate, is a rate of this'

Answer: interest


Question: 'A magazine launched in 1972 helped popularize this courtesy title used before a woman's name'

Answer: "Ms."


Question: 'Ticino is this country's southernmost canton'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'It's voyage was "naturally" chronicled in an 1839 book'

Answer: the Beagle


Question: 'This "Heart of Darkness" author's "Nostromo" takes place in the fictional country of Costaguana'

Answer: Joseph Conrad


Question: 'Between the 800s and 1400s the Khmer had a Hindu-Buddhist kingdom with its capital in what is now this country'

Answer: Cambodia


Question: 'These proceeds from a business may be normal or supernormal & may be "shared" with employees'

Answer: profits


Question: '1994 inductees into the National Women's Hall of Fame included Bella Abzug & this 1984 candidate for VP'

Answer: Geraldine Ferraro


Question: 'This European country's highest point is Vaalserberg which rises 1,053 feet near Maastricht'

Answer: The Netherlands


Question: 'It was the first nuclear-powered submarine to sail under the North Pole'

Answer: the Nautilus


Question: 'In Mary McCarthy's "The Group", Kay Strong marries one week after graduation from this college'

Answer: Vassar


Question: 'In 1830 this peninsula connected to southern Spain was made a British crown colony'

Answer: Gibraltar


Question: 'Term for precious metals like gold or silver used in international transactions in bulk form'

Answer: bullion


Question: 'Grace Murray Hopper, who helped develop COBOL, also coined this term for a computer glitch'

Answer: a bug


Question: 'The 2 northern extensions of the Red Sea are the Gulf of Aqaba & this gulf'

Answer: Gulf of Suez


Question: 'The Cutty Sark was built in 1869 to carry crates of this cargo from China'

Answer: tea


Question: 'Manfred de Spain appears in "The Town", "The Mansion" & "The Reivers" by this author'

Answer: (William) Faulkner


Question: 'In 1964 Moise Tshombe, who led the Katanga secession, became premier of this country, now Zaire'

Answer: the Congo


Question: 'This German researched his 1859 "Critique of Political Economy" at the British Museum'

Answer: Karl Marx


Question: 'In 1868 this author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" co-founded the New England Woman Suffrage Assoc.'

Answer: Julia Ward Howe


Question: 'This European island nation's largest lake is Thingvallavatn in the southwest'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki wa made of balsa; his Ra II was made of this material'

Answer: reeds (or papyrus)


Question: 'Both her "The Member of the Wedding" & "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" feature adolescent tomboys'

Answer: Carson McCullers


Question: 'This Phoenician city was founded in 814 B.C. on the shores of the Gulf of Tunis'

Answer: Carthage


Question: 'Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago 1948-1982, he won a 1976 Nobel Prize'

Answer: Milton Friedman


Question: 'In 1982 Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman cosmonaut since this one to fly in space'

Answer: (Valentina) Tereshkova


Question: 'This Venezuelan river empties into the Atlantic Ocean near Trinidad'

Answer: the Orinoco


Question: 'It was the name of Aristotle Onassis' famous yacht'

Answer: the Cristina


Question: 'Tyrone Slothrop, a character in his "Gravity's Rainbow", is also called Ian Scuffling & Rocketman'

Answer: (Thomas) Pynchon


Question: 'On April 13, 1976 the reverse of this bill was changed from a presidential home to an event'

Answer: the $2 bill


Question: 'It's the "Big Apple"'

Answer: New York City


Question: '"Cool Hand Luke"<br />           (1967)'

Answer: Paul Newman


Question: 'This part of a tree consists of the outer cork & the inner phloem'

Answer: Bark


Question: 'The British Empire abolished this practice August 1, 1834, decades before the U.S.'

Answer: Slavery


Question: 'In Chinese cuisine, pancakes kept in a steamer are often called these, like small ornamental mats'

Answer: Doilys


Question: 'An insufficient punishment is "a slap on" this'

Answer: The wrists


Question: 'This country consists of 2 main islands:  the North Island & the South Island'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: '"Crocodile Dundee"<br />            (1986)'

Answer: Paul Hogan


Question: 'The 65-foot millennium holiday tree sent by Colorado to Washington, D.C. in 2000 was the blue type of this'

Answer: Spruce


Question: 'August 1, 1779 marked the birth of this lawyer who penned the poem that became our national anthem'

Answer: Francis Scott Key


Question: 'At Stout's, this type of mill in Willcox, Arizona, you can also buy apple butter, cake & pie'

Answer: Cider mill


Question: 'To show someone your indifference, give them the "cold" one'

Answer: Shoulder


Question: 'You'll find many of this city's government buildings along the majestic Raj Path'

Answer: New Delhi


Question: '"Little Caesar"<br />             (1930)'

Answer: Edward G. Robinson


Question: 'An autumn picnic might be "a day at" this tree, seen here'

Answer: Beech


Question: 'This innovative performer, seen here, was born August 1, 1942'

Answer: Jerry Garcia


Question: 'Wasa crackers originally came from this country'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'If this is "out of joint", it could be the internasal suture'

Answer: Nose


Question: 'Jaya Peak, in the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya, is the tallest peak on this island'

Answer: New Guinea


Question: '"Silkwood"<br />              (1983)'

Answer: Meryl Streep


Question: 'Timber giant Weyerhaeuser uses this practice of removing all trees in one area, though admitting it's controversial'

Answer: Clear-cutting


Question: 'For defense against the Austrians, this confederation was formed August 1, 1291 by 3 cantons'

Answer: Swiss confederation


Question: 'Brand name of the tofu Thanksgiving dish from entrepreneur Seth Tibbott'

Answer: Tofurky


Question: 'This phrase about living precariously from day to day implies the ready consumption of whatever one can get a hold of'

Answer: Living from hand to mouth


Question: 'It's the oldest state in Australia, as well as the most populous'

Answer: New South Wales


Question: '"Mr. Mom"<br />             (1983)'

Answer: Michael Keaton


Question: 'On Maui, one of these trees with aerial roots has branches covering more than 2/3 of an acre'

Answer: Banyan


Question: 'On August 1, 1849 this missionary became the first European to reach Africa's Lake Ngami'

Answer: Dr. David Livingstone


Question: 'You can sell ice cream to these people if it's aqutaq, which they make from seal oil & caribou fat'

Answer: Eskimos


Question: 'Like funds allocated for a specific purpose'

Answer: Earmarked


Question: 'In 331 this Macedonian took possession of the palaces & treasuries of the major cities of Mesopotamia'

Answer: Alexander the Great


Question: 'Don McLean & Madonna'

Answer: "American Pie"


Question: 'An ibex is a goat & an ibis is a species of this'

Answer: Bird


Question: 'Now protected, this huge animal of the plains graces the seal of the Department of the Interior'

Answer: Buffalo/bison


Question: '"I am a bear of very little brain, and long words bother me"'

Answer: A.A. Milne


Question: 'Fitness guru seen here'

Answer: Billy Blanks


Question: 'The use of this is believed to have originated in Mesopotamia over 3,700 years ago; it was in the form of silver rings'

Answer: Money


Question: 'Creedence Clearwater Revival & Ike & Tina Turner'

Answer: "Proud Mary"


Question: 'This fruit of a perennial herb that grows to 30 feet tall is split for splits'

Answer: Banana


Question: 'On September 15, 1789 the Department of Foreign Affairs changed its name to this'

Answer: Department of State


Question: '"Bred en bawn in a brier-patch, Brer Fox"'

Answer: Joel Chandler Harris


Question: 'Howl the Wolf & Oats the Horse are 2 of these Ty collectibles'

Answer: Beanie Babies


Question: 'The "Rosetta Stone" for this writing system was the "Behistun Inscription" found in Iran'

Answer: Cuneiform


Question: 'Dolly Parton & Whitney Houston'

Answer: "I Will Always Love You"


Question: 'Milk & blood can both go through this process of forming semisolid deposits through coagulation'

Answer: Clotting


Question: 'The National School Lunch Program is one of many assistance programs run by this cabinet department'

Answer: Agriculture


Question: '"I am Tarzan of the apes.  I want you.  I am yours.  You are mine"'

Answer: Edgar Rice Burroughs


Question: 'He had over 2,700 career hits but is often remembered for missing a grounder in the 1986 World Series'

Answer: Bill Buckner


Question: 'Mesopotamia's versions of pyramids were these stepped structures with temples on top'

Answer: Ziggurats


Question: 'George Benson & Whitney Houston'

Answer: "The Greatest Love of All"


Question: 'It was the home city for the centennial games of the modern Olympics'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: 'He was the first of 4 Attorneys General under Richard Nixon'

Answer: John Mitchell


Question: '"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"'

Answer: Emma Lazarus


Question: 'A 19th century landfill project created this Boston neighborhood'

Answer: Back Bay


Question: 'His son Samsu-Iluna inherited his throne in Babylon'

Answer: Hammurabi


Question: 'Dionne Warwick & Aretha Franklin'

Answer: "Say A Little Prayer"


Question: 'This peninsula near Alexandria had a lighthouse on it that was 1 of the 7 wonders of the ancient world'

Answer: Pharos


Question: '1 of the 2 cabinet departments headed by Federico Pena in the Clinton administration'

Answer: Energy or Transportation


Question: '"Peyton Farquhar was dead; his body...swung gently from...the Owl Creek Bridge"'

Answer: Ambrose Bierce


Question: 'His choreography for movie musicals involved dozens of dancers forming kaleidoscopic patterns'

Answer: Busby Berkeley


Question: 'By the time it was disbanded in 1858, this company controlled an area the size of Europe & home to 200 million people'

Answer: The British East India Company


Question: 'Hand-rolled Cohiba & Montecristo cigars originated in this country'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'He's boldly written "Tek" & "Star Trek" novels & nonfiction books chronicling his days as Captain Kirk'

Answer: William Shatner


Question: 'What was nature thinking putting these glands mainly on the paw pads, so dogs have to cool off by panting'

Answer: sweat glands


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) For the '59 Biscayne, Chevy introduced new features like cat's eye taillights and fins named for this mammal's wings'

Answer: bat


Question: 'Strom Thurmond, from 1964 to 2003'

Answer: a Republican


Question: 'Bilbo's surname in the "Lord of the Rings" saga'

Answer: Baggins


Question: 'It's the only Scandinavian nation that borders only one other country (Germany)'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'Kids love her as "Mary Poppins" & as the author of "The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles"'

Answer: Julie Andrews


Question: 'Sandpipers & snipes are shorebirds, also called these for the way they move through shallow water'

Answer: wading birds


Question: 'With a lighter body and large engine, this company's 1968 Dart offered superior handling'

Answer: Dodge


Question: 'Strom Thurmond, until 1964 (except when running for president in 1948)'

Answer: a Democrat


Question: 'The musical "Kismet" opens at dawn in this ancient city'

Answer: Baghdad


Question: 'The name of this Mediterranean country comes from an ancient Greek word for "calf" (as in cow, not leg)'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'In 2006 this first lady of hip-hop came out with her first children's book, "Queen of the Scene"'

Answer: Queen Latifah


Question: 'This type of "high" Southwestern brush, like the scrub oak, depends on fire to renew its growth'

Answer: chaparral


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew leans over the open hood of a muscle car.)  The 1970 Plymouth Barracuda got some extra muscle from its six-barreled setup of these devices'

Answer: carburetors


Question: 'Strom Thurmond, running for president in 1948'

Answer: a Dixiecrat


Question: 'A person who collects money for a political party or a criminal organization'

Answer: a bagman


Question: 'Popular newspapers in this Western Hemisphere nation include The Isthmian & The Bocas Breeze'

Answer: Panama


Question: '"Czech" out her tennis mysteries like "Killer Instinct" & "The Total Zone" by this former champ'

Answer: Martina Navratilova


Question: 'Named for a land animal, this "sea" creature has rings of body armor & a prehensile tale <i>[sic]</i>'

Answer: seahorse


Question: 'The E-type by this British company was one of the first to offer independent rear suspension'

Answer: Jaguar


Question: 'In the 1840s: Henry Clay, Horace Greeley, William Seward'

Answer: Whigs


Question: 'This musical instrument was often played in battle'

Answer: bagpipes


Question: 'Hutus & Tutsis predominate in these 2 neighboring countries once part of German East Africa'

Answer: Rwanda & Burundi


Question: 'Long before playing TV's Dr. Gregory House, he published a spy spoof called "The Gun Seller"'

Answer: Hugh Laurie


Question: 'The insect seen here is called the "water" type of this word that also follows "Volga" in song'

Answer: boatman


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) You can't talk about muscle cars without honoring this racer, car designer, and chili cookoff originator who made the classic GT500'

Answer: Carroll Shelby


Question: 'Ross Perot, independent in 1992, & this other party in 1996'

Answer: the Reform Party


Question: '"Ramp agent" is Southwest Airlines' term for the heavy lifting job more usually called this'

Answer: baggage handler


Question: 'In June 1967 "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" dueled on U.S. charts with "More of" this Beatles TV imitator band'

Answer: the Monkees


Question: 'A short necklace of these cultured gems has epitomized conservative dressing since the 1950s'

Answer: pearls


Question: '"To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did...I've done it 1,000 times" is attributed to this 19th c. humorist'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: '1966 saw the introduction of the telecopier, an early version of this machine; it sent a page in 6 minutes'

Answer: a fax machine


THE "ACT" YOU'VE KNOWN FOR ALL THESE YEARS

Question:
'"I can't get no" contentment...
no, that's not it...
gratification is close...aha!  "I can't get no" this'

Answer: satisfaction


Question: 'This "Lovely" meter maid was "filling in a ticket in her little white book"'

Answer: Rita


Question: 'Senator J. William Fulbright's book "The Arrogance of Power" proposed an 8-point plan to end this event'

Answer: the Vietnam War


Question: 'Many celebs like Sienna Miller, seen here, have sported these fitted pants, hot in the '80s and again in 2006'

Answer: leggings


Question: 'This J.K. Rowling girl says, "I hope you're pleased with yourselves.  We could all have been killed--or worse, expelled"'

Answer: Hermione


Question: 'The rollout of air-filled tires for automobiles was by this French company in 1895'

Answer: Michelin


THE "ACT" YOU'VE KNOWN FOR ALL THESE YEARS

Question: 'It's from the Latin for--look over there, it's Judge Judy, juggling chainsaws--"to draw apart"'

Answer: distract


Question: 'He chipped in with lead vocals on "With A Little Help From My Friends", whose working title was "Bad Finger Boogie"'

Answer: Ringo Starr


Question: 'Striking down a Virginia law, the Supreme Court let Mr. & Mrs. Loving go on loving though they were of different these'

Answer: races


Question: 'This hairstyle that was big--we mean big--in the '70s has recently been seen on stars like Chris Tucker'

Answer: an afro


Question: 'This Miami Herald columnist wrote, "Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face"'

Answer: Dave Barry


Question: 'First made in 1887, they went bifocal in 1958'

Answer: contact lenses


THE "ACT" YOU'VE KNOWN FOR ALL THESE YEARS

Question: 'Some are intolerant to this disaccharide present in milk'

Answer: lactose


Question: 'Paul worried about being needed & fed in this tune in which he also warned, "You'll be older too"'

Answer: "When I\'m Sixty-Four"


Question: 'On June 1, 1967 this man became Israel's Minister of Defense; 4 days later he was very busy'

Answer: Moshe Dayan


Question: 'These 2-toned pumps named for onlookers have been stylish since their introduction in the 1920s'

Answer: spectators


Question: 'This heroine details her own consumption of 5,277 cigarettes, her gain of 74 pounds & her loss of 72 pounds'

Answer: Bridget Jones


Question: 'William Burroughs' arithmometer, a calculator that could print, was later called this "machine"'

Answer: an adding machine


THE "ACT" YOU'VE KNOWN FOR ALL THESE YEARS

Question: 'You pick a horse race's first- & second-place finishers, in order, in this bet'

Answer: the exacta


Question: 'This song tells of "tangerine trees and marmalade skies" & "plasticine porters with looking glass ties"'

Answer: "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"


Question: 'Tragically, a Jan. 27, 1967 fire at Cape Kennedy claimed the lives of Ed White, Roger Chaffee & this man'

Answer: (Gus) Grissom


Question: 'First popular after WWI, these riding breeches named for a city in India were fashionable in the 1980s'

Answer: jodhpurs


Question: 'She wrote the "At Wit's End" column & advised, "Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died"'

Answer: Erma Bombeck


Question: 'GE's Senographe was the first of these machines used largely on women; regular x-ray machines had been used'

Answer: mammography machines


THE "ACT" YOU'VE KNOWN FOR ALL THESE YEARS

Question: 'This insurance job computes premium rates according to probabilities based on statistics'

Answer: an actuary


Question: 'A 45-second piano chord on this song brings "Sgt. Pepper" to a thunderous close'

Answer: "A Day In The Life"


Question: 'Prizefighter Roger Donoghue was Marlon Brando's trainer for "On the Waterfront" & inspired this line on the AFI list'

Answer: \"I coulda been a contender\"


Question:
'Prawn,
fawn,
satyricon'

Answer: a fawn


Question: 'This "most primal sport... has been condemned since Cain & Abel, but it's still here... on barges or in barrooms"'

Answer: boxing


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew dabs some red paint on a fresh canvas.)  As it's water-based, this major type of artistic paint dries fast, so I have to get it right the first time'

Answer: acrylic


Question: 'A small piece of butter, or something you get "on the back"'

Answer: Pat


Question: 'Some Hollywood stars with big egos could be accused of autolatry, the worship of this'

Answer: themselves


Question: 'Not a Chicago band member's kin, it means "and so forth"'

Answer: et cetera


Question:
'Civet,
civray,
cygnet'

Answer: a civet


Question: 'Dave Anderson lamented that Jerry Kramer, Rich Jackson & Charley Conerly were not inducted into this sport's Hall of Fame'

Answer: professional football


Question: 'Gloss & semigloss are this type of paint, also a decorative baked-on coating'

Answer: enamel


Question: 'General term for a Christmas song or hymn'

Answer: Carol


Question: 'You don't have to be from New Orleans to know that hagiolatry is the worship of or a deep reverence for these'

Answer: the saints


Question: 'An allowance for incidental costs, it means "for each day"'

Answer: per diem


Question:
'Koi,
bolshoi,
borzoi,
bok choy'

Answer: a borzoi


Question: 'On April 10, 2006 The New York Times said he "works magic for second Masters"'

Answer: (Phil) Mickelson


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew rolls some green paint over a canvas.)  A type of paint that gives just a slight gloss is named for this slightly glossly product of the animal world'

Answer: eggshell


Question: 'To play in water, or walk through it, like baseball player Boggs'

Answer: Wade


Question: 'Almost a cult with "Jeopardy!" writers & lexicographers, epeolatry is the worship of these'

Answer: words


Question: 'Innate knowledge not based on experience, its antonym is a posteriori'

Answer: a priori


Question:
'Scarab,
scallop,
escolar,
echidna'

Answer: an echidna


Question: 'Not typically thought of as a contact sport, it's "athletic ballet... a brutal sport played by large and powerful men"'

Answer: basketball


Question: 'Traditionally, the finest oil paint brushes are made from the bristles of this animal, especially ones from Chungking'

Answer: hogs


Question: 'To honor, as with one's presence'

Answer: Grace


Question: 'Selenolatry is the worship of this object'

Answer: the Moon


Question: 'A bishop's assurance that a book adheres to Catholic morals, this term now means approval in general'

Answer: imprimatur


Question:
'Newt,
nutria,
nucleolus,
neufchatel'

Answer: a nutria


Question: 'It's "a brief blur of colors between the pate and the brie" for fans attending the major event in this sport'

Answer: the Tour de France


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a roughly-textured canvas.)  Just as it sounds, this Italian term refers to laying on paint with a paste-like thickness'

Answer: impasto


Question: 'A British nobleman ranking above a viscount & below a marquess'

Answer: Earl


Question: 'An ignicolist is a worshipper of this vital force'

Answer: fire


Question: 'Literally "into the middle of things", it's how you describe a story that begins in the middle of the action'

Answer: in medias res


Question: 'The Federico Garcia Lorca play "Bodas de Sangre" is usually known in English as this "Wedding"'

Answer: Blood Wedding


Question: '1973:<br />This group's "Houses of the Holy"'

Answer: Led Zeppelin


Question: 'She appeared with her husband in a 1961 episode of "General Electric Theater" titled "Money and the Minister"'

Answer: Nancy Reagan


Question: 'In 1805 in Milan's cathedral, this non-Italian was crowned King of Italy'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: '"Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job"'

Answer: George Bush


Question: 'If you crave Craisins you know that they're sweetened & dried these'

Answer: cranberries


Question: 'He set his play "The Lady from the Sea" in a small town on a fjord'

Answer: Ibsen


Question: '1990:<br />"Please (this rapper) Don't Hurt 'Em"'

Answer: Hammer


Question: 'She said a quiet husband wouldn't be hard to get used to after teaching at the Clarke Institute for the Deaf'

Answer: Mrs. (Grace) Coolidge


Question: 'Nestor Kirchner is the current president of this South American country'

Answer: Argentina


Question: '"To my fellow journalists... risking all and to each of you, courage"'

Answer: Dan Rather


Question: '"Fabric" name for a certain cake made with oil instead of solid shortening'

Answer: chiffon cake


Question: 'Sophocles' last play was entitled "Oedipus at" this village--coincidentally, Sophocles' birhplace'

Answer: Colonus


Question: '2006:<br />The first TV movie soundtrack to ever hit No. 1, from this Disney Channel movie'

Answer: High School Musical


Question: 'In her early 20s, she studied dance under Martha Graham in NYC; she moved back home to Grand Rapids in 1941'

Answer: Mrs. (Betty) Ford


Question: 'This capital of Madhya Pradesh state was the site of a deadly industrial accident in 1984'

Answer: Bhopal


Question: '"...Matt, Matt, Matt, you don't even--you're glib.  You don't even know what Ritalin is"'

Answer: Tom Cruise


Question: 'This veggie is the main ingredient in the German dish Blumenkohlsalat'

Answer: cauliflower


Question: '(Edward Albee delivers the clue.)  The precarious equilibrium of a couple named Agnes & Tobias is central to this play I wrote in 1966'

Answer: A Delicate Balance


Question: '1976:<br />He "Comes Alive!"'

Answer: Frampton


Question: 'In 1982 she founded her Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas to preserve native North American plants'

Answer: Lady Bird Johnson


Question: 'This Asian river, the world's third longest, may be the world's deepest--490 feet in some spots'

Answer: the Yangtze


Question: '"I said I believed the information came from another source, whom I could not recall"'

Answer: Judith Miller


Question: 'A plant disease known in the U.S. as this smut creates a Mexican delicacy known as huitlacoche'

Answer: corn


Question: 'Jason Miller ended his play "Barrymore's Ghost" with these 4 words, the last that Hamlet speaks in "Hamlet"'

Answer: The rest is silence


Question:
'(Note the year!)
1958:
His "Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1"'

Answer: Van Cliburn


Question: 'The woman born Sara Delano took her son on a 1904 cruise to quash the romance with this woman'

Answer: Eleanor Roosevelt


Question: 'Before independence in 1966, Botswana was a protectorate known as this'

Answer: Bechuanaland


Question: '"I'm the guy they used to call Deep Throat"'

Answer: Mark Felt