Question: 'The number of Boeing's first Trijet; you'd use it to dial St. Petersburg, Florida on one of its airfones'

Answer: 727


Question: 'This other John met John Calvin in Geneva & brought his ideas to Scotland'

Answer: John Knox


Question: 'Atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima'

Answer: George VI


Question: 'The tools seen here are meant to be used on these'

Answer: locks


Question: 'This poet's 1961 work "Babi Yar" helped make him an international celebrity'

Answer: Yevgeny Yevtushenko


Question: 'In a 1999 film John Travolta & Madeleine Stowe tried to solve the murder of this title character'

Answer: The General\'s Daughter


Question: 'Dial this badge number of Sgt. Friday before you call a number at Disneyland'

Answer: 714


Question: 'Despite the name, only God gets to "vote" for these people whose souls are saved'

Answer: the Elect


Question: 'Jamestown, Virginia founded'

Answer: James I


Question: 'It's the tool that makes a screw hole that will allow the head of the screw to be flush with the surface'

Answer: a countersink


Question: '1926's "Red Cavalry" is a famous collection of tales by this "tower"ing writer'

Answer: Isaac Babel


Question: 'Writing credits for this film went to Jane Austen & Emma Thompson'

Answer: Sense and Sensibility


Question: 'This area code goes "all around" Olympia, Bellingham & Vancouver'

Answer: 360


Question: 'Calvin believed in the "double" type of this 14-letter term for damnation as well as salvation'

Answer: predestination


Question: '"The Line King" is a film about this man whose work has been in the New York Times for the last 70 years'

Answer: Al Hirschfeld


Question: 'Don't giggle, this gas, the first chemical anesthetic, began life as a party fad'

Answer: Laughing gas/nitrous oxide


Question: 'Several millennia younger than Jerusalem, this Israeli city was founded in 1909 as a suburb of Jaffa'

Answer: Tel Aviv


Question: '"Under the Sea" from this Disney animated feature won the 1989 Oscar for Best Song'

Answer: The Little Mermaid


Question: 'He recorded 2 Top 20 "Blues" hits with John Belushi: "Soul Man" & "Gimme Some Lovin'"'

Answer: Dan Aykroyd


Question: 'Moth or butterfly?  If it flutters by day, it's most likely this'

Answer: Butterfly


Question: 'Sing opera'

Answer: Singapore


Question: 'In 1873 Charles Henry Phillips coined this name for his new liquid laxative'

Answer: Milk of Magnesia


Question: 'Name of a Houston suburb with a strawberry festival, or an L.A. suburb with a rose parade'

Answer: Pasadena


Question: 'He was inspired to compose the melody for "The Christmas Song" by a poem, "Thoughts of Christmas"'

Answer: Mel Torme


Question: 'As attorney Peter Banning in "Hook", he protests, "I'm not a pirate!  It so happens that I am a lawyer"'

Answer: Robin Williams


Question: 'Toads get 'em, frogs don't, & neither of them can give them to you'

Answer: Warts


Question: 'Lay it'

Answer: Italy


Question: '[Hi, I'm Thomas Calabro]  The clinic named for these doctors began as part of St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota'

Answer: The Mayo Clinic


Question: 'Once capital of Denmark, Roskilde is now a suburb of this city & is known for its meat-research center'

Answer: Copenhagen


Question: '"Seventy-six trombones led the big parade with" this number of "cornets close at hand"'

Answer: 110


Question: 'On "Saturday Night Live", he created the "Mahvelous" Fernando & an accident-prone masochist'

Answer: Billy Crystal


Question: 'The old & new world species of these primates can be distinguished by the structure of their noses'

Answer: Monkeys


Question: 'We send'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'J.L. Petit made the first screw type of this device to control bleeding in 1718; in 1997 a woman used dental floss'

Answer: Tourniquet


Question: 'The NYC suburb of North Tarrytown has renamed itself this, the subject of a Washington Irving legend'

Answer: Sleepy Hollow


Question: '"Blues" band heard here with a 1995 hit song:'

Answer: Blues Traveler


Question: 'His 1994 movie debut, "The Santa Clause", "Hammered" the opposition & became the year's top comedy film'

Answer: Tim Allen


Question: 'You may think this black bird is a little crow until it opens its beak & talks'

Answer: Mynah bird


Question: 'Lima'

Answer: Mali


Question: 'From the Greek for "to stir up", the first of these to be isolated was epinephrine'

Answer: Hormone


Question: 'The suburbs Cicero & Skokie are located in this county'

Answer: Cook County, Illinois (suburbs of Chicago)


Question: 'This trumpet player introduced "This Guy's in Love With You" in his 1968 TV special'

Answer: Herb Alpert


Question: 'In 1997 this NBC host created a scholarship for McPherson College students enrolled in auto restoration'

Answer: Jay Leno


Question: 'If the carp you caught is missing barbels, it may actually be a wild descendant of this pet fish'

Answer: Goldfish


Question: 'Vine mat'

Answer: Vietnam


Question: 'Thomas Hobbes became an enthusiast in this field upon reading Euclid in disbelief'

Answer: Geometry


Question: '"Dumb Blonde" was a 1967 hit for this blonde, now the reigning "bigwig" of country music'

Answer: Dolly Parton


Question: 'To make the fat-free version of this, Borden took out the peanuts, but left in the popcorn & the prize'

Answer: Cracker Jack


Question: 'This Mets ballpark is a part of Flushing Meadow Park'

Answer: Shea Stadium


Question: 'During this war, Garfield saw action at both Shiloh & Chickamauga'

Answer: Civil War


Question: 'Canadians native to this province call it "B.C."'

Answer: British Columbia


Question: 'John Calvin's teachings led to this branch of Protestantism whose name is from Greek for "elder"'

Answer: Presbyterianism


Question: 'In this sitcom's theme song, "All of them had hair of gold like their mother, the youngest one in curls"'

Answer: The Brady Bunch


Question: 'This country is the world's leading producer of peanuts & people'

Answer: China


Question: 'Aztec Stadium in this capital is the world's largest covered stadium'

Answer: Mexico City


Question: 'Garfield was one of 7 presidents born in this state nicknamed the "Modern Mother of Presidents"'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'At the grocery store, you read the front of the box, but the register reads this jumble of lines'

Answer: Bar code


Question: 'Hobbes' major work of political theory, its title can also refer to a whale'

Answer: "Leviathan"


Question: 'This blonde from San Bruno, California mastered the Thighmaster "Step By Step"'

Answer: Suzanne Somers


Question: 'This term for a spectator section goes back at least 50 years before Howdy Doody'

Answer: Peanut Gallery


Question: 'Iron City Beer is the brew of choice of this Pittsburgh Pirates ballpark'

Answer: Three Rivers Stadium


Question: 'At Garfield's inauguration, this band master got things marching along with his U.S. Marine Band'

Answer: John Philip Sousa


Question: 'It makes a stick of dynamite go boom!'

Answer: Blasting cap


Question: 'Calvin fled this capital city in 1533 & Hobbes went there after fleeing England in 1640'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'Known for her frosty yet sexy image, this blonde, seen here, once sold refrigerators as "Miss Deepfreeze"'

Answer: Kim Novak


Question: 'In 1933 J.L. Rosefield left Peter Pan & hopped into the market with this brand of peanut butter'

Answer: Skippy


Question: 'A moat protects players from fans at Maracana Municipal Stadium in this Brazilian port'

Answer: Rio de Janeiro


Question: 'The ambidextrous Garfield could write in Greek & this classic language at the same time'

Answer: Latin


Question: 'Women enrolled in this institution receive degrees from Columbia University'

Answer: Barnard College


Question: 'This German's skinny-dipping scene is often cut from TV showings of her 1932 film "Blonde Venus"'

Answer: Marlene Dietrich


Question: 'An American English dialect known as Gullah is the source of this synonym for peanut'

Answer: Goober


Question: 'The NHL's Toronto franchise has been playing hockey in this home arena for 66 seasons'

Answer: Maple Leaf Gardens


Question: 'For his Secretary of War, Garfield chose this man, the son of another president'

Answer: Robert Todd Lincoln


Question: 'They don't travel as fast as dromedaries; perhaps the second hump slows them down'

Answer: Bactrian camel


Question: 'Hamlet tells this man that Yorick was "A fellow of infinite jest"'

Answer: Horatio


Question: 'Hey big spender--set aside a few bucks for the future in one of these, an IRA for short'

Answer: an individual retirement account


Question: 'One of the earliest documentaries was Robert Flaherty's 1922 film about this title Eskimo "of the North"'

Answer: Nanook


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew lurks in the shadows, weapon at the ready...)  A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, this was the weapon of choice'

Answer: a lightsaber


Question: 'German bibliophiles know that a Buchhandlung is this type of retail store'

Answer: a bookstore


Question: 'Just like it "sounds", this electric toothbrush from Philips can give you healthier gums'

Answer: the Sonicare


Question: 'A Tulsa chorale adapted this holiday song, with valkyries for milkmaids & 9 ladies waltzing to Strauss'

Answer: "The 12 Days Of Christmas"


Question: 'In 1976 Bank Americard got this new name with an international flavor'

Answer: Visa


Question: 'The documentary "Hearts of Darkness" recounted the harrowing making of this other movie'

Answer: Apocalypse Now


Question: 'A cutting remark, or the point projecting off the end of a hook in an opposite direction'

Answer: a barb


Question: 'To a Dutchman this clothing accessory is a zakdoek, & is something to sneeze at'

Answer: handkerchief


Question: 'You get an award if you tell us this term for a film of bacteria around teeth that the FDA says "begins gum disease"'

Answer: plaque


Question: 'Nearly 200 Oklahoma singers united in song in 2005 to raise money for the victims of these 2 hurricanes'

Answer: Katrina & Rita


Question: 'If a stock symbol has more than 3 letters, like MSFT, this company, it's probably on the NASDAQ, not the NYSE'

Answer: Microsoft


Question: 'Subway's Jared Fogle turns up for a cameo in this 2004 Morgan Spurlock film about fast food in America'

Answer: Super Size Me


Question: 'Surreal thinker of the comics seen here'

Answer: Zippy (the Pinhead)


Question: 'In Greek this 2-word phrase means "the many"; it refers to the common people'

Answer: hoi polloi


Question: 'From the Latin for "gums", it's an inflammation of the gums in which they bleed easily'

Answer: gingivitis


Question: 'In 2005 the Oklahoma Master Chorale's "Hymns to Theotokos" featured songs dedicated to this biblical woman'

Answer: Mary


Question: 'Applying for college?  Consider going for one of these $4,000 grants, named for a Rhode Island senator in 1980'

Answer: a Pell grant


Question: 'A 1945 Hitchcock film shares its name with this 2002 documentary about the Scripps National Spelling Bee competition'

Answer: Spellbound


Question: 'Davy Crockett said the sight of this man's knife could "give a man of squeamish stomach the colic"'

Answer: Jim Bowie


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew gives an etymology lesson on the monitor.)  According to Grimm's Law, the ancient "D" became our "T" sound, and the German sound "Ts", so Latin "duo" became "two" in English & this word in German'

Answer: zwei


Question: 'Adjective for a tooth that's embedded in the jawbone or soft tissue of the jaw & usually has to be extracted'

Answer: impacted


Question: 'The Council Oaks Men's Chorale of Tulsa wowed 'em in 2002 with their rendition of "I Feel Pretty" from this musical'

Answer: West Side Story


Question: 'The bonds issued by over 95% of U.S. companies are noninvestment grade, less respectfully called these'

Answer: junk


Question: 'In 1997's "Wild Man Blues", director Barbara Kopple followed this other director & his jazz band around Europe'

Answer: Woody Allen


Question: 'The monument seen here is one of these pillars that date back to Egyptian temples'

Answer: an obelisk


Question: '"Margaritas ante porcos" means this in Latin, not "Your aunt has had too many margaritas"'

Answer: pearls before swine


Question: 'From the Latin for "around the tooth", this type of chronic disease is caused by bacterial infection'

Answer: periodontal disease


Question: 'In 2005 the Chorale at St. Joseph Old Cathedral in Oklahoma City sang this kind of "Mass for the Dead" by Mozart'

Answer: a requiem


Question: 'This capital's Vladislav Hall, in the Bohemian Renaissance style, was once Europe's largest enclosed secular space'

Answer: Prague


Question: 'Madison Square Garden'

Answer: the New York Knicks


Question: 'This country emerged from isolation & agreed in 1854 to allow the U.S. trading rights to 2 of its ports'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'As told to Alex Haley:<br />"The Autobiography of ___"'

Answer: Malcolm X


Question: 'In 1986 this U.S. attorney & future mayor wrote on "How to Return Ethics to New York"'

Answer: Giuliani


Question: 'Wooden beams laid down to secure the rails of a railroad'

Answer: ties


Question: 'The audience hall of Lubeck's Rathaus dates from 1754 to 1761, a superb example of this light, ornamental style'

Answer: Rococo


Question: 'The 2 teams that play at the Staples Center'

Answer: the L.A. Lakers & Clippers


Question: 'This runaway slave published his autobiography, "My Bondage, My Freedom", in 1855'

Answer: Frederick Douglass


Question: 'Milan Kundera:<br />"The Unbearable ___"'

Answer: Lightness of Being


Question: 'Lambasting Tom Cruise, Brooke Shields defended her use of drugs to treat this ailment of new mothers'

Answer: postpartum depression


Question: 'To endow a group with the power to do something, like wear part of a 3-piece suit'

Answer: vest


Question: 'The vault of Rome's Il Jesu, built in the 1500s for this new society, led to fears it would cause echos'

Answer: the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits)


Question: 'TD BankNorth Garden (or Gahden)'

Answer: the Boston Celtics


Question: 'This act of 1854 named for 2 future states allowed the new territories to decide the slavery issue themselves'

Answer: the Kansas-Nebraska Act


Question: 'Henry James:<br />"The Turn of the ___"'

Answer: Screw


Question: 'His July 6, 2003 op-ed doubted Iraq's uranium purchase; 8 days later his wife was outed as a CIA agent'

Answer: (Joseph) Wilson


Question: 'Saloonkeeper Clarke & political satirist O'Rourke'

Answer: PJs


Question: 'Based on the column type, it's a style of classical architecture; the Greeks had 3, Doric, Ionic & Corinthian'

Answer: order


Question: 'Rose Garden Arena'

Answer: the Portland Trail Blazers


Question: 'This grandson of a founding father arranged an 1853 purchase from Mexico'

Answer: Gadsden


Question: 'William Faulkner:<br />"Go Down, ___"'

Answer: Moses


Question: 'In political & journalistic circles, this op-edder's fame is such that she's simply called MoDo'

Answer: Maureen Dowd


Question: 'For insulting me, you're going to get a "Van Allen" one of these in the chops'

Answer: belt


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark.)  The Grand Bazaar, one of Tivoli's loveliest buildings, was designed in this exotic style, also known as Moresco'

Answer: Moorish


Question: 'AT&T (formerly SBC) Center'

Answer: the San Antonio Spurs


Question: 'This British inventor created a steelmaking process allowing large quantities of steel to be produced cheaply'

Answer: (Henry) Bessemer


Question: 'Thomas Wolfe:<br />"You Can't ___"'

Answer: Go Home Again


Question: 'His 2005 farewell column said, "Never retire!"; he kept his Sunday magazine language column'

Answer: William Safire


Question: '& for insulting my friend, you're going to get a "wind" one of these in the eye'

Answer: sock


Question: '5 of the 7 islands that make up this U.S. territory are of volcanic origin; the other 2 are coral atolls'

Answer: American Samoa


Question: 'He finished sculpting "David" in 1504 but never completed his 12 apostles for Florence's cathedral'

Answer: Michelangelo


Question: 'Working at night in addition to your full-time day job'

Answer: Moonlighting


Question: 'In 2002 his "Journals" were published, filled with drawings, lyrics & his plans for his band Nirvana'

Answer: Kurt Cobain


Question: 'The United States Mint'

Answer: Treasury


Question: 'Baseball was considered bad box office until this 1955 show hit one out of the park with a Best Musical Tony'

Answer: Damn Yankees


Question: 'A synonym for a woman's restroom'

Answer: powder room


Question: 'This British prime minister must have hated his 1954 birthday portrait by Graham Sutherland; his wife destroyed it'

Answer: Winston Churchill


Question: 'There's Mission, of course, & Lombard; then you've got Market, Golden Gate -- no, that's an avenue....'

Answer: The Streets of San Francisco


Question: 'Edited by H. Paul Jeffers, "The Bully Pulpit" is a collection of quotations by this president'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'The Employment & Training Administration'

Answer: Labor


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew at the St. James Theatre in New York City)  This musical that featured Yul Brynner's most regal performance premiered here at the St. James Theatre in 1951'

Answer: The King and I


Question: 'This multi-state lottery has risen to an almost $315 million winning total'

Answer: Powerball


Question: 'English portraitist Thomas Hudson was noted for painting this "Messiah" composer'

Answer: George F. Handel


Question: 'If there are depressives, there must be these people, their bipolar counterparts'

Answer: manics


Question: 'In 1901 Booker T. Washington published his now-classic autobiography "Up from" this'

Answer: Slavery


Question: 'The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration'

Answer: Transportation


Question: 'When it premiered in 1955, "A View from the Bridge" was a 1-act play; this playwright later expanded it'

Answer: Arthur Miller


Question: '3-word term for the legal authority to act for another person in legal or business matters'

Answer: power of attorney


Question: '"J'accuse" Edouard Manet of painting the portrait of this French novelist, seen here'

Answer: Emile Zola


Question: 'Steel tools made in the seat of Winnebago County, Illinois (perhaps used by Garner)'

Answer: The Rockford Files


Question: '"On Sunset Boulevard" is a book about "The Life and Times of" this famous film director'

Answer: Billy Wilder


Question: 'The Federal Bureau of Investigation'

Answer: Justice


Question: 'A waterfront dive known as Jimmy-the-Priest's inspired the setting of his play "The Iceman Cometh"'

Answer: Eugene O\'Neill


Question: 'As the result of a 1614 wedding, he became John Rolfe's father-in-law'

Answer: Powhatan


Question: 'French songstress Yvette Guilbert hated this cabaret habitue's depictions of her & called him "Little Monster"'

Answer: Toulouse-Lautrec


Question: 'This Italian company traces its history back to Bartolomeo, who sold guns to Venice in the 1500s'

Answer: Beretta


Question: 'He's the killer in Patricia Cornwell's bestseller "Portrait of a Killer"; Case Closed'

Answer: Jack the Ripper


Question: 'The International Trade Administration'

Answer: Commerce


Question: 'Meryl Streep was in the orig. cast of the Sondheim musical based on this Greek play -- we're sure it was "ribbit"ing'

Answer: The Frogs


Question: 'He was Harlem's congressman from 1945 to 1971'

Answer: Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.


Question: 'Sidney Morse invented the bathometer, to explore the sea; this brother was a better-known inventor'

Answer: Samuel Morse


Question: '"Return to Never Land"<br />(2002)'

Answer: Peter Pan


Question: 'Yo, the Gulf of Venice is on this arm of the Mediterranean'

Answer: Adriatic Sea


Question: 'Although the NYSE is considered to be on this street, its main building is actually located on Broad Street'

Answer: Wall Street


Question: 'Citizen's Eco-Drive Thermo is one of these powered by the heat of your body'

Answer: wristwatch


Question: 'This peninsula in southeastern Massachusetts is one of the prime tourist destinations in New England'

Answer: Cape Cod


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew)  Some haunting tales might have been penned at the portable writing desk used by this writer who died in 1849'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe


Question: '"The Road Warrior"<br />(1981)'

Answer: Mad Max


Question: 'In the '90s Russia & Ukraine sorted out who owns what of this sea's fleet'

Answer: Black Sea


Question: 'In 1943 the son of this Wisconsin-born architect sold the rights to his creation Lincoln Logs to Playskool'

Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright


Question: 'If Bram had wanted to give up writing, he could have gotten this job of adding fuel to a ship's furnace'

Answer: stoker


Question: 'When Harding died suddenly, this man became the top man at the White House & in the nation'

Answer: Calvin Coolidge


Question: 'Douglas Southall Freeman wrote a 4-volume biography of this Virginian & 3 volumes on his "Lieutenants"'

Answer: Robert E. Lee


Question: '"Son of Flubber"<br />(1963)'

Answer: The Absent-Minded Professor


Question: 'The Gulf of California is also known as this from the conquistador who sent explorers there in the 1530s'

Answer: Sea of Cortez


Question: 'This Freeport, Maine retail outlet's first product was the Maine Hunting Shoe, first sold in 1912'

Answer: L.L. Bean


Question: 'In 1999 this South American country produced over 300 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity by water power'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'This endangered dark gray vulture of the southwestern U.S. can have a wingspan up to 10 feet'

Answer: California condor


Question: 'He started his company in 1837 & by 1857 his annual output of plows had risen to 10,000'

Answer: John Deere


Question: '"The Two Jakes"<br />(1990)'

Answer: Chinatown


Question: 'It's the sea you sail going from Muscat to Mumbai'

Answer: Arabian Sea


Question: 'This Coventry, England company made its first motorcycle in 1902 & began making its own engines in 1905'

Answer: Triumph


Question: 'The U.S. Air Force primarily uses the JP-8 version of this because of its high flash point'

Answer: jet fuel


Question: 'This unit of measure is equal to one milliliter'

Answer: cubic centimeter


Question: 'Stephen Douglas was nicknamed this for his small stature & great oratorical skill'

Answer: "The Little Giant"


Question: '"Texasville"<br />(1990)'

Answer: The Last Picture Show


Question: 'In the May 1942 battle of this sea, the U.S. stopped the Japanese advance to the south'

Answer: Coral Sea


Question: 'Procter & Gamble has been headquartered in this city since 1837'

Answer: Cincinnati


Question: 'The 2003 Honda Civic GX claims you can get 250 miles on a tank of this, abbreviated CNG'

Answer: compressed natural gas


Question: 'Chalk is a naturally occurring form of this compound whose chemical formula is CaCO3'

Answer: calcium carbonate


Question: 'The only 2 Democratic presidents defeated for reelection since the Civil War'

Answer: Grover Cleveland & Jimmy Carter


Question: 'For a day of fun & shopping, a lot of people head to this Mexican city, about 15 miles south of San Diego'

Answer: Tijuana


Question: '"I pity the fool!" was made famous by him'

Answer: Mr. T


Question: 'Captain Hook in "Peter Pan"'

Answer: a hand


Question: 'This man "did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden"'

Answer: Adam


Question: 'Let's get crazy & sew the "crazy" type of this'

Answer: a quilt


Question: 'She hosted the Emmys in 2001 & 2005 & was named to host the Oscars in 2007'

Answer: Ellen DeGeneres


Question: 'Volksgarten isn't a parking lot for Volkswagens but a beautiful park noted for its rose bushes in this Austrian city'

Answer: Vienna


Question: '"The tribe has spoken" are words familiarly spoken by him'

Answer: Jeff Probst


Question: 'The Scarecrow before he meets the Wizard of Oz'

Answer: a brain


Question: '"Each person is born to one possession which outvalues all his others--his last" one of these'

Answer: breath


Question: 'Citrine, which is cut into gemstones, is a variety of this mineral'

Answer: quartz


Question: 'On Thursday nights, she plays doctor; the title doctor of "Grey's Anatomy"'

Answer: Ellen Pompeo


Question: 'Oh! this city! was the capital of British India from 1772 to 1912'

Answer: Calcutta


Question: '"Yabba dabba do!" was his catchphrase'

Answer: Fred Flintstone


Question: 'The Hessian soldier in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"'

Answer: a head


Question: '"Put all your eggs in the one basket and" then do this'

Answer: watch that basket


Question: 'Originally, it was a 40-day-long period of imposed isolation, so it's from the Italian for "forty"'

Answer: quarantine


Question: 'In 2005 British yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur set a new record by doing this solo in 71 days, 14 hours'

Answer: sailing around the world


Question: 'The defenders of this city were considering surrender when Joan of Arc got the king to send a relieving army'

Answer: Orleans


Question: 'In the early 60s, Maynard G. Krebs would say, "You rang?"; later this "Addams Family" character used it too'

Answer: Lurch


Question: 'The mutinous Long John Silver in "Treasure Island"'

Answer: a leg


Question: '"Man is the only animal that" does this, "or needs to"'

Answer: blush


Question: 'Some think this British slang word for a pound sterling comes from the Latin for "what"'

Answer: quid


Question: 'This First Lady's efforts resulted in a 1914 law improving housing for African Americans in Washington, D.C.'

Answer: Ellen Wilson


Question: 'More than half of Manitoba's people live in this city'

Answer: Winnipeg


Question: 'No one could say, "Jane, you ignorant slut" like this man who made it famous'

Answer: Dan Aykroyd


Question: 'The mysterious real killer in "The Fugitive"'

Answer: an arm


Question: '"When in doubt", do this'

Answer: tell the truth


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew plays a game of chess.) By advancing to the eighth rank, my pawn has taken this self-promoting step'

Answer: queening


Question: 'Ellen of this publishing family co-founded a California institution of oceanography'

Answer: Scripps


Question: 'Car lovers go to San Bernardino, home of the Route 66 Rendezvous festival in this state'

Answer: California


Question: 'The fishlike amphioxus has a structure called a notochord which in humans develops into this column'

Answer: the spinal column


Question: 'In 1902 this senator was born in Edgefield, South Carolina; 101 years later, he died there'

Answer: Strom Thurmond


Question: '"Name your own price" for airline tickets, hotels, cars & more on this website that's a clever way to shop'

Answer: Priceline.com


Question: 'Donovan wrote "the "sky of blue and sea of green" line for this Beatles song'

Answer: "Yellow Submarine"


Question: '...The freedom-loving ACLU'

Answer: Liberties


Question: 'Hi, I'm Neil Patrick Harris. If you get your kicks on Route 66, come visit this city, my hometown & also home to a minor league baseball team, the Isotopes'

Answer: Albuquerque


Question: 'Newton's Third Law of Motion is usually quoted as "For every action there is" this 3-word type of "reaction"'

Answer: equal and opposite


Question: 'One of the 2 companies that merged with Plano, Champion & Milwaukee to form International Harvester'

Answer: (one of) McCormick or Deering


Question: 'Porta Portese in Rome is one of these "verminous" markets selling old articles to those with an "itch" to shop'

Answer: a flea market


Question: '"Looks like we're in for nasty weather" in this CCR hit from 1969'

Answer: "Bad Moon Rising"


Question: '...H.L. Mencken & R.L. Stevenson'

Answer: Louis


Question: 'Take a detour to the Meteor Crater & "don't forget Winona" in this state'

Answer: Arizona


Question: 'In geologic theory, the Earth's outer shell has about 12 big these, moving around tectonically'

Answer: plates


Question: 'A popular song of the day asked this guy, "Won't you please come home?"'

Answer: Bill Bailey


Question: 'This TV network began in the 1970s as a Florida radio show called "Suncoast Bargaineers"'

Answer: Home Shopping Network


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew walks next to a statue of James Meredith at the University of Mississippi.) In tribute to James Meredith, it was on this legendary songwriter's 1963 "Freewheelin'" album that he sang, "He went down to Oxford town, guns and clubs followed him down"'

Answer: Bob Dylan


Question: '...The LSAT, administered 4 times a year'

Answer: Law


Question: '"Well it winds from Chicago to L.A." but you're at the end of the road in this beach city on the Pacific'

Answer: Santa Monica


Question: 'Boric acid, a weak acid, is used as this bacteria-killing infection-preventing type of substance'

Answer: antiseptic


Question: 'Joseph Conrad took us into the "Heart of Darkness" & this author took us on "The Wings of the Dove"'

Answer: Henry James


Question: '(I'm Carson Kressley from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.)  I've helped create catalogs for major retailers like this one whose yummy flagship store is at 59th & Lex'

Answer: Bloomingdale\'s


Question: 'This Brooklynite broke into the Top 40 with 1966's "Cherry, Cherry"'

Answer: Neil Diamond


Question: '...The degenerative ALS'

Answer: Lateral


Question: 'Go "down to Missouri" & see this largest city between Chicago & L.A. on Route 66'

Answer: St. Louis


Question: 'This unit represents the explosive power of 2 billion pounds of TNT'

Answer: megaton


Question: 'This cabinet dept. set up a "Poison Squad", a group of volunteers determining which food additives were harmful'

Answer: Agriculture department


Question: 'Tremont Street in this city's shopping district is where William Lloyd Garrison gave his first antislavery speech'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'This 1961 hit by Dion begins, "Here's my story, sad but true, it's about a girl that I once knew"'

Answer: "Runaround Sue"


Question: '...LOC, as in www.loc.gov'

Answer: Library


Question: 'The sudden 1559 death of France's King Henry II in a joust caused some to believe in this man's writings'

Answer: Nostradamus


Question: 'In 1869, professional players of this sport earned maximum of $1400 a year & didn't strike'

Answer: baseball


Question: 'It can be raw, powdered, whole, evaporated, condensed, or skim'

Answer: milk


Question: 'Snag el toro using his hard bonelike projections'

Answer: take the bull by the horns


Question: '“Weapon” Dorothy used to kill the Wicked Witch of the West'

Answer: water


Question: 'Each week when Roger Moore looked up at beginning of “The Saint” this appeared above his head'

Answer: halo


Question: 'Body part which now can be augmented, sculpted, & wrapped, as well as painted, trimmed, & filed'

Answer: nails


Question: 'Holiday begun 4/22/1875 because J.S. Morton thought Nebraskans should plant trees'

Answer: Arbor Day


Question: 'The 24th letter indicates precise location'

Answer: x marks the spot


Question: '21, or a thug's bludgeon'

Answer: blackjack


Question: 'In 1980 BBC production of this Shakespeare play “Monty Python's” John Cleese played Petruchio'

Answer: The Taming of the Shrew


Question: 'As of July, 1985, Oregon guru Rajneesh had been given 90 of these cars, but he's hoping for 365'

Answer: Rolls Royces


Question: 'Company set up by American Express in 1852 to speed up gold shipments from California'

Answer: Wells Fargo


Question: 'A single wicker container should not hold the entire output of thy hen'

Answer: don\'t put all your eggs in one basket


Question: 'Curare is added to this projectile to give it that little extra shot'

Answer: blowgun dart


Question: '[Audio DD] Man usually being chased to the following: (Opening to “Yakety Sax” played)'

Answer: Benny Hill


Question: 'On 3/25/85, Marty Pasetta opened telecast of this awards show with shot of auditorium upside-down'

Answer: Oscars


Question: 'Effective May 16, 1870, the Central & Union Pacific RR's said you could do it in 6 days, 20 hours'

Answer: go across the country


Question: 'Perpetually place one's prime pedal extremity in advance'

Answer: (always) put your best foot forward


Question: 'The weapon which killed this “1st murder victim” was never revealed'

Answer: Abel


Question: 'Yelling “I am not a number, I am a free man”, this actor was #6 on “The Prisoner”'

Answer: Patrick McGoohan


Question: 'In 1985, Disneyland, McDonald's, & Captain Kangaroo all celebrated this anniversary'

Answer: 30th


Question: 'For a promotional stunt in 1889, this newspaper publisher sent Nellie Bly around the world'

Answer: (Joseph) Pulitzer


Question: 'Perform an optical scan prior to execution of a jete'

Answer: look before you leap


Question: 'Long, straight, 2-edged sword with a large cup hilt; some people have this type of wit'

Answer: rapier


Question: 'Scooter's uncle “owned” the theater from which this American group did their “Show” shot in London'

Answer: Muppets


Question: 'Of the 1.5 million students who took the S.A.T.s in early 1985, only 8 hit this perfect combined score'

Answer: 1600


Question: 'What we call the flow of electrons through wire, air, or even yourself'

Answer: electricity


Question: 'The symbol for “flat” closely resembles this lower case English letter'

Answer: b


Question: 'A flat-topped mountain with steep sides, it's from Spanish for “table”'

Answer: mesa


Question: 'Lofty means of escape Daedalus & son Icarus used to flee King Minos'

Answer: wings


Question: 'Alice thought the White Rabbit was normal until he whipped this out'

Answer: watch


Question: 'In light, 2 colors are said to be complementary if, when added together, they produce this color'

Answer: white


Question: 'Playboy advised “Don't wear t-shirts with pink sports coats unless you live” here'

Answer: Miami


Question: 'The 1954 Dorothy Dandridge/Harry Belafonte film “Carmen Jones” was based on this composer's opera'

Answer: Bizet


Question: 'In 1806, he tried to climb the Colorado peak named for him, took wrong path & wound up on wrong mt.'

Answer: (Zebulon) Pike


Question: 'An ancients “Rubik's Cube”, spliced by the father of Midas, sliced by Alexander'

Answer: Gordian Knot


Question: 'To have room to do the lobster quadrille, you have to clear these spineless creatures off the shore'

Answer: jelllyfish


Question: 'Though it holds our planet together, it's actually a much weaker force than electro-magnetism'

Answer: gravity


Question: 'For gangsters, a killing; in fashion terms it's a cheap copy of a high-priced original'

Answer: knock-off


Question: 'In 1818, Heinrich Stolzel took out a patent on this horn improvement allowing changes of pitch'

Answer: Stolzel valve


Question: 'Lake Placid & the source of the Hudson are found in this New York group'

Answer: Adirondacks


Question: 'Hercules, Orpheus, & Castor & Pollux were among those who joined the search for this'

Answer: Golden Fleece


Question: 'Invented in 1947 to improve electron microscope images, this science created a 3-D picture'

Answer: holography


Question: 'Other orchestra members standardly get their “A” note for tuning from this instrument'

Answer: oboe


Question: 'The highest active volcano in Europe, it's found in Italy'

Answer: Etna


Question: 'Hermaphroditus, whose body combined both sexes, had name combining these 2 gods, his parents'

Answer: Hermes & Aphrodite


Question: 'The Mock Turtle said its 4 branches were “ambition, distraction, uglification, & derision”'

Answer: arithmetic


Question: 'Branch of physics dealing with motion, like the bumping of molecules in a gas'

Answer: kinetics


Question: 'In the 15th century, men's poulaines might have extended 24" beyond this point'

Answer: the foot


Question: 'He wrote his “Farewell Symphony” as a hint he & the orchestra wanted to leave for Vienna'

Answer: Franz Joseph Haydn


Question: 'Elijah took on 450 prophets of Baal & 400 from Asherah on the slopes of this mountain above Haifa'

Answer: Mount Carmel


Question: 'God who gave his name to a river in Asia Minor proverbially known for its wanderings'

Answer: Meander


Question: 'It was at this character's house Alice joined the tea party'

Answer: March Hare


Question: 'Popular name for the Jefferson Nat'l Expansion Memorial'

Answer: Gateway Arch


Question: 'Venus & Serena grew up in this huge city's suburb of Compton, better known for rappers than groundstrokers'

Answer: Los Angeles


Question: 'After Thomas Jefferson's death, daughter Martha sold this home to a local druggist for $4,500 in cash'

Answer: Monticello


Question: '1896's Plessy v. Ferguson promoted the doctrine of "Separate but" this'

Answer: Equal


Question: 'This capital's Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church consists of new structures & a tower ruined in World War II'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'Ruth Cowan was fired by U.P. for posing as a newspaperman but joined this rival agency & reported on WWII'

Answer: The Associated Press


Question: 'Marc Brown's son requested a story about an unusual animal, so "Arthur" became this mammal'

Answer: an aardvark


Question: 'In 2001 the Williams sisters got "animated" on the court in the "Tennis the Menace" episode of this Fox series'

Answer: The Simpsons


Question: 'Abigail, known as "Little Abby", was the oldest child of this U.S. president'

Answer: John Adams


Question: 'In 1989 hundreds of pro-democracy demonstrators were killed by the military at Tiananmen Square in this capital'

Answer: Beijing


Question: 'Seen here, Sean Flynn, son of screen legend Errol, disappeared in April of 1970 during this war'

Answer: Vietnam


Question: 'The professor who created this holiday added an extra "A" as the end to distinguish it from an African festival'

Answer: Kwanzaa


Question: 'In 2001 Serena was seen with LaVar Arrington, LB for this NFL team certain to draw cheers when you answer'

Answer: the Washington Redskins


Question: 'Most of the ancient portion of this city lies on the east bank of the Tiber River'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'One of the greatest war photojournalists, Robert Capa's "GI Landing on Omaha Beach" was shot at this invasion'

Answer: D-Day/Normandy


Question: 'Not Moses alone but this brother as well gets the credit for telling Pharaoh, "Let my people go"'

Answer: Aaron


Question: 'Venus took the 2000 & 2001 singles titles at this British Grand Slam event'

Answer: Wimbledon


Question: 'The Free University of this Belgian capital is 2 institutions: 1 for French speaking students & 1 for Flemish speakers'

Answer: Brussels


Question: 'Alexander Gardner started out as Mathew Brady's aide & ended up taking one of the last photos of this president'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'Established in 1867, it's America's first fashion magazine'

Answer: Harper\'s Bazaar


Question: '"At Home in the World" is this Wall St. Journal reporter's book published after his death in Pakistan'

Answer: Daniel Pearl


Question: 'Philippine peninsula which was the site of an infamous "Death March" in WWII'

Answer: Bataan


Question: 'Williams was born on March 26, 1911 in this Mississippi town named for America's discoverer'

Answer: Columbus


Question: 'Dear Dingbat,<br />I'm donating my chair to the Smithsonian so my meathead son-in-law won't inherit it'

Answer: Archie Bunker


Question: 'Most moles destroy gardens & lawns searching for insect larvae or these "global" worms'

Answer: earthworms


Question: 'Married to a muscleman, she isn't an Army brat, but she is a Sargent's daughter'

Answer: Maria Shriver


Question: 'Prime Ministers Tanaka & Takeshita both resigned as the result of scandals in this country'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'Physician James Salisbury once promoted this ground beef dish as a cure for hardening of the arteries'

Answer: Salisbury steak


Question: 'Richard Burton & Ava Gardner starred in the '64 film adaptation of Tennessee's "Night of" this arboreal lizard'

Answer: the Iguana


Question:
'Dear Mary,
Today I found out you can't do this to "All of the people all [of] the time"
-Abe'

Answer: fool


Question: 'This diva seen here was renowned for her romance with Aristotle Onassis'

Answer: Maria Callas


Question: 'A 1974 scandal led to the end of Willy Brandt's career as the popular chancellor of this country'

Answer: West Germany


Question: 'This German watchdog was bred by the man for whom it's named; the dog has 1 "N", the man 2 "N"s'

Answer: the Doberman Pinscher


Question: 'Going to Provincetown to read for Williams helped get Marlon Brando the role of this character'

Answer: Stanley Kowalski


Question: 'Hey Souter,<br />Quit calling me "The Baby" just because I'm the youngest on the bench'

Answer: Clarence Thomas


Question: 'Carol Lawrence was the original Maria in this Broadway musical'

Answer: West Side Story


Question: 'Politician John Profumo's 1963 affair with young Christine Keeler discredited the Conservative govt. in this country'

Answer: Great Britain


Question: 'This 1955 play featuring Maggie, Brick & Big Daddy won the Pulitzer Prize'

Answer: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof


Question: 'She's seen here on the right with Mary Martin, who played her on stage in "The Sound of Music"'

Answer: Maria von Trapp


Question: 'In the 1870s, prime minister John A. Macdonald of this North American country took bribes in the "Pacific Scandal"'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'Laura Wingfield lives in a fantasy world populated by her collection of fragile animals in this 1945 play'

Answer: The Glass Menagerie


Question: 'I predict you will name this Russian-born actress who played a gypsy fortune teller in "The Wolf Man"'

Answer: Maria Ouspenskaya


Question: 'Former French prime minister Alain Juppe was found guilty of corruption for the misuse of this city's funds'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'Element No. 79, it's estimated that all of it ever mined would only make a cube about 50 feet across'

Answer: gold


Question: 'In April 2010 People reported this daughter of Tom Cruise is turning 4 with a style all her own'

Answer: Suri


Question: 'The original site of this city, Norway's largest, was east of the Aker River, which it now straddles'

Answer: Oslo


Question: 'Robinson Crusoe writes, "I made him know his name should be" this, "which was the day I saved his life"'

Answer: Friday


Question: 'It was billed as "an Aquarian exposition in White Lake, N.Y., 3 days of peace & music"'

Answer: Woodstock


Question: 'For Thanksgiving, "Joy of Cooking" suggests starting out with a bisque made with these shucked bivalves'

Answer: oysters


Question: 'Proverbially, you can do this "out of the other side of your mouth"'

Answer: laugh


Question: 'The magazine loves those "mid-life moms", like this actress who's "Pretty in Pink... and blue!"'

Answer: Molly Ringwald


Question: 'In 1814 the Norwegian parliament accepted this country's King Charles XIII to rule Norway as well'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'In "To Kill a Mockingbird", recluse Arthur Radley is known by this nickname'

Answer: Boo


Question: 'Telluride's festival for this "colorful" style of country music is a good place to fiddle around'

Answer: bluegrass


Question: 'Under "Hot dogs", there's a Mexican dog topped with salsa & a German dog topped with this fermented cabbage'

Answer: sauerkraut


Question: 'A person difficult to know or convince is a this nut to crack'

Answer: tough


Question: 'A 2010 story informed us that Mike Sorrentino aka the Situation, is loving his new fame as part of this show'

Answer: Jersey Shore


Question: 'Norway occupies the western side of this peninsula'

Answer: the Scandinavian Peninsula


Question: 'In "A Streetcar Named Desire", Mitch is a more genteel friend of this man'

Answer: Stanley


Question: 'The Beale Street Music Festival in this city has been called the "Mardi Gras of the mid-South"'

Answer: Memphis


Question: 'The section on "Pasta, noodles, and dumplings" includes a recipe for these Chinese dumplings served in soup'

Answer: wontons


Question: 'This long, narrow receptacle holds food for animals'

Answer: a trough


Question: 'A 2000 issue had Caroline Kennedy on the cover with the line "Profile in" this'

Answer: Courage


Question: 'For its continuous daylight from mid-May through July, the far north of Norway is called "the Land of" this'

Answer: the Midnight Sun


Question: 'This greedy individual died 7 years before the narrative opens in "A Christmas Carol"'

Answer: (Jacob) Marley


Question: 'Founded by Hugh Hefner, this 2-day festival has been grooving at the Hollywood Bowl since 1979'

Answer: the Playboy Jazz Festival


Question: 'For your Super Bowl party, the book recommends the traditional dip of this many layers'

Answer: seven


Question: 'It means having a coarse surface; you can find it bordering a golf fairway'

Answer: a rough


Question: 'We believe the only Canadian political wife to make the cover was this one linked in the '70s to players like Mick Jagger'

Answer: Margaret Trudeau


Question: 'Norway rakes it in off this resource & has high hopes for more from the Goliat Field in the Barents Sea'

Answer: oil


Question: 'In his "Secret Life", this James Thurber character imagines himself as a surgeon & a WWI soldier'

Answer: Walter Mitty


Question: 'In 2006 year-long festivals in Salzburg & Vienna celebrated his 250th birthday'

Answer: Mozart


Question: 'Move over, Lea & Perrins--"Joy of Cooking" has a recipe for this made with walnut catsup, vinegar & anchovy essence'

Answer: Worcestershire sauce


Question: 'An adequate quantity'

Answer: enough


Question: 'The iFitness app's exercises screen is organized alphabetically by muscle groups; these stomach muscles are first'

Answer: abs


Question: 'In the 1990s she played Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'

Answer: Jane Seymour


Question: 'It includes Princeton & the University of Pennsylvania'

Answer: the Ivy League


Question: 'I'm the "Tutti Frutti" singer who also made a historic visit to China'

Answer: Little Richard Nixon


Question: 'On Jan. 28, 1547, after a physical & mental decline, this king of England was (surprisingly) survived by his wife Catherine'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'Walk through water, or measured the ounces of something'

Answer: wade/weighed


Question: 'The RunKeeper app uses GPS to track distance, speed & other data for a host of activities, such as this Bode Miller sport'

Answer: skiing


Question: 'He's gotten high praise for his American accent & his role as the curmudgeonly Dr. House'

Answer: Hugh Laurie


Question: '"Happy Mothers, Breastfed Babies" is the motto of this league whose name includes the Spanish for "milk"'

Answer: La Leche


Question: 'I sang "Atomic" as part of Blondie & also made the decision to use the atomic bomb'

Answer: Debbie Harry Truman


Question: 'This political legend of Texas had a problem--a serious problem--on July 26, 1863'

Answer: Sam Houston


Question: 'Egotistical, or a blood vessel'

Answer: vain/vein


Question: 'Gym Goal Lite enables users to calculate both BMI, body mass index, & BMR, basal this rate'

Answer: metabolic


Question: 'Michelle Ryan was "better, stronger, faster" as Jaime Sommers in the 2007 remake of this series'

Answer: The Bionic Woman


Question: 'It's what the "AD" stands for in the ADL, a league that's been fighting bigotry since 1913'

Answer: the Anti-Defamation League


Question: '"B-B-B-B-Bennie!"  Bennie Franklin!  You & I negotiated peace with Britain in the 1780s'

Answer: Elton John Adams


Question: 'After his death at age 78 on July 1, 1974, Argentina could cry for this 3-time president too'

Answer: Juan Perón


Question: 'High-strung, or shelters for camping'

Answer: tense/tents


Question: 'The "RELAX" entry in this app series provides detailed descriptions of poses, including their Sanskrit names'

Answer: Yoga


Question: 'Before he was "The Mentalist", this Aussie played "The Guardian"'

Answer: Simon Baker


Question: 'Celebrating its 90th anniversary in 2010, this nonpartisan political org. is open to men as well'

Answer: the League of Women Voters


Question: 'Helping win the Mexican War was nothing compared to being CMA Entertainer of the Year as a teenager'

Answer: Zachary Taylor Swift


Question: 'On Nov. 8, 1887 TB claimed the life of this O.K. Corral vet; he's pretty famous for an ex-dentist'

Answer: Doc Holliday


Question: 'A small sailing vessel, or a Southern contraction used to address 2 or more people'

Answer: yawl/y\'all


Question: 'FitDeck helps users with this "timely" training in which short, intensive exercises alternate with slow, easy activity'

Answer: interval training


Question: 'Aussie actress Rachel Griffiths & Welsh actor Matthew Rhys play 2 of Sally Field's children on this series'

Answer: Brothers & Sisters


Question: 'The name of this Northern European trade league comes from the medieval German for "guild"'

Answer: the Hanseatic League


Question: 'Despite meeting "Mary Jane" & a "Super Freak", I never married; I'm...'

Answer: Rick James Buchanan


Question: 'After the second battle of Philippi in 42 B.C., this Roman general could have said, "Et tu, me?" as he killed himself'

Answer: Brutus


Question: 'Sterile, like some women, or a member of the lowest grade of nobility, like some men'

Answer: barren/baron


Question: 'Chocolate Avenue & Cocoa Avenue are 2 of the main thoroughfares in this town that was established in 1903'

Answer: Hershey, Pennsylvania


Question: 'This newspaper guy's estate south of San Francisco boasted 50 miles of ocean frontage & a 1,665-square-foot indoor pool'

Answer: Hearst


Question: 'Mick Jagger & this group have had a satisfying career with hits like "Satisfaction" & "Jumpin' Jack Flash"'

Answer: The Rolling Stones


Question:
'Schipperke,
Borzoi,
Bichon frise'

Answer: dogs


Question: 'The defeat of this city's invasion force at Syracuse in 413 B.C. was the beginning of its end & the start of Sparta's rise'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'Founded in 1929, this New York museum is dedicated to modern art'

Answer: The Museum of Modern Art


Question: 'It's the center part of a wheel, or the center of an activity'

Answer: hub


Question: 'This veteran actor loves to say his name as "Boston Legal" lawyer Denny Crane'

Answer: William Shatner


Question: 'In 2008, at the 50th Grammy Awards, this Amy Winehouse hit won Song of the Year'

Answer: "Rehab"


Question:
'Jersey,
Red poll,
Angus'

Answer: cows (or cattle)


Question: 'This foolhardy "charge" took place at 1854's Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War'

Answer: the Charge of the Light Brigade


Question: 'Carvings of a bell & a star are featured on her gravestone in Porum, Oklahoma'

Answer: Belle Starr


Question: 'In Psalms, "thy" this "and thy staff they comfort me"'

Answer: rod


Question: 'In 1666 this Quaker who founded an American colony went to Ireland to manage his father's estates'

Answer: William Penn


Question: 'This Beatles song begins, "When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me"'

Answer: "Let It Be"


Question:
'Bushmaster,
Coral,
Hognose'

Answer: snakes


Question: 'In the 490 B.C. battle of this plain, the Greeks ran up their first important victory over the Persians'

Answer: Marathon


Question: 'In 1976 Marcel Marceau had the only spoken line in this otherwise silent movie'

Answer: Silent Movie


Question: 'A sweet potato lookalike'

Answer: yam


Question: 'In an opera, he was fortunate--& skilled--enough to shoot an arrow into an apple (& later, into the evil Gessler)'

Answer: William Tell


Question: 'Born in Belfast, he sang lead for the group Them before scoring hits on his own like "Brown Eyed Girl"'

Answer: Van Morrison


Question:
'Bufflehead,
Eider,
Teal'

Answer: ducks


Question: 'England's King Harold II lost the all-important Battle of Hastings in this year'

Answer: 1066


Question: 'Physician Robert Graves first identified this disease in 1835'

Answer: Graves\' Disease


Question: 'To a criminal, this slang term can mean "diamonds" or "to kill", so be specific when taking out a contract'

Answer: ice


Question: 'This orator & Nebraska representative opposed the gold standard & urged the free coinage of silver'

Answer: William Jennings Bryan


Question: 'In hits like "Tuesday Afternoon" from "Days of Future Passed", this band blended rock and classical sounds'

Answer: The Moody Blues


Question:
'Green tree,
Leopard,
Bull'

Answer: frogs


Question: '"2 ships, 2 brigs, 1 schooner & 1 sloop" were the fleet defeated in this battle in the War of 1812'

Answer: the Battle of Lake Erie


Question: 'Since 1970 the General Synod has governed this church of England'

Answer: the Anglican Church (aka the Church of England)


Question: 'One female gamete'

Answer: an egg


Question: 'The hood ornament, the Spirit of Ecstasy, can retract with a button push on some cars made by this company'

Answer: Rolls-Royce


Question:
'Francis Coppola:
"The Conversation",
"The Deer Hunter",
"The Cotton Club"'

Answer: The Deer Hunter


Question: 'In 1717 this oratorio composer found a position writing music for the future Duke of Chandos'

Answer: Handel


Question: 'A likely problem at traffic signals, the defect called deuteranopia usually causes confusion of red & this color'

Answer: green


Question: '1871:<br />"...and the Pussycat"'

Answer: The Owl


Question: 'A supernatural appearance of a person or thing'

Answer: an apparition


Question: 'Budget shoppers go for the $200,000 CL65 AMG; you might want the $500,000 SLR McLaren from this German brand'

Answer: Mercedes(-Benz)


Question:
'Martin Scorsese:
"Platoon",
"Cape Fear",
"The Last Temptation of Christ"'

Answer: Platoon


Question: 'A French term for a "rocking chair", berceuse is also a synonym for this type of piece often sung softly while rocking'

Answer: a lullaby


Question: 'A prism breaks sunlight into the visible part of this, containing all the colors of the rainbow'

Answer: the spectrum


Question: '1961:<br />"...and the Ecstasy"'

Answer: The Agony


Question: 'It's an inflammation of the vermiform organ found in the abdomen'

Answer: appendicitis


Question: 'This car company's Enzo is named for its founder; there was a crash in 2006 of a $1 mil. model in Malibu'

Answer: Ferrari


Question:
'Stanley Kubrick:
"The Sting",
"The Killing",
"Killer's Kiss"'

Answer: The Sting


Question: 'Italian for "half", this prefix often precedes forte & soprano'

Answer: mezzo-


Question: 'This reddish metal is a main ingredient of both brass & bronze'

Answer: copper


Question: '1937:<br />"...and Daniel Webster"'

Answer: The Devil


Question: 'It's a lack of interest in, or emotion for, something that others find exciting'

Answer: apathy


Question: 'You'll want to soup up the 911 Turbo Cabriolet by this company, as the base price is just $136,500'

Answer: Porsche


Question:
'David Lean:
"Ben-Hur",
"Lawrence of Arabia",
"The Bridge on the River Kwai"'

Answer: Ben-Hur


Question: 'It's the part of a wind instrument that's called an embouchure'

Answer: the mouthpiece


Question: 'In violet, this distance is a short 3,800 to 4,500 angstroms'

Answer: wavelength


Question: '1953:<br />"...and Sympathy"'

Answer: Tea


Question: 'Sounding like something found in a kitchen, it's a prosthetic used in filmmaking, like a fake nose'

Answer: an appliance


Question: 'As the founder was born under the sign of Taurus, this sports car company uses the bull as its symbol'

Answer: Lamborghini


Question:
'Sam Raimi:
"Army of Darkness",
"The Quick and the Dead",
"Terminator 3"'

Answer: Terminator 3


Question: 'The name of this small harpsichord may come from the Latin for "rod" or for "maiden"'

Answer: a virginal


Question: '2 colors called this aren't praising each other, they're directly opposite each other on a color wheel'

Answer: complementary


Question: '1961:<br />"...and Zooey"'

Answer: Franny


Question: 'It's the point farthest from the Earth in the orbit of a body traveling around it'

Answer: apogee


Question: 'In 1952 Glen Bell was selling burgers; he then added these to the drive-in menu for 19¢, & the rest is history'

Answer: tacos


Question: 'Fur trader James Bridger was the first non-native to visit this saline lake'

Answer: the Great Salt Lake


Question: '1940:<br />Bad boys are turned into donkeys'

Answer: Pinocchio


Question: 'This luxury brand uses its interlocking Gs on some of its schmancy shoes, like the Grease Platform Sandals'

Answer: Gucci


Question: 'The opposite of a go-thither look would be this inviting hyphenated expression'

Answer: come-hither


Question: '6925 Hollywood Blvd. in Los Angeles:<br />Hands, feet, cement... what more could you ask for?'

Answer: Grauman\'s Chinese Theater


Question: 'A hood who's packing a rod is carrying one of these'

Answer: a gun


Question: 'The Shatt Al Arab is formed by the confluence of these 2 rivers'

Answer: the Tigris & the Euphrates


Question: '1951:<br />The Queen of Hearts wants to chop a little girl's head off'

Answer: Alice in Wonderland


Question: 'Give the devil her due--the shoes from this company named for Ms. Miuccia are heavenly'

Answer: Prada


Question: 'It's produced mainly by the corrugator muscle, which lowers & pulls together the eyebrows'

Answer: frown


Question: '2804 Opryland Drive in Nashville:<br />I'm a little bit country, & I'm a little bit... well, country, also'

Answer: the Grand Ole Opry


Question: 'Ah!  An Old French word for "elegant" evolved into this adjective that means "dazzlingly beautiful"'

Answer: gorgeous


Question: 'A New Deal agency created in 1933 sought to provide electricity for residents of this river's valley'

Answer: the Tennessee


Question: '1991:<br />Talking dishes & a candelabrum in an enchanted castle'

Answer: Beauty and the Beast


Question: 'A museum in Florence honors this footwear designer whose work is considered art'

Answer: Salvatore Ferragamo


Question: 'A sneer is defined by the raising or curling of this'

Answer: the (upper) lip


Question: '193 Salem St. in Boston:<br />How to get there? Some say one if by land, 2 if by sea'

Answer: the Old North Church


Question: 'If I ask you to rustle up some of this slang term for food, don't bring me the insect larva of the same name'

Answer: grub


Question: 'This triangular bay of the Atlantic is bounded on the east by France & on the south by Spain'

Answer: the Bay of Biscay


Question: '1967:<br />A tiger tries to eat a man-cub'

Answer: The Jungle Book


Question: 'Money can't buy you love, but $1,100 will get you a pair of shoes by this daughter of a Beatle'

Answer: Stella McCartney


Question: 'Blinding light, or a look that could kill if looks could kill'

Answer: a glare


Question: '3570 Las Vegas Blvd. South:<br />We who are about to gamble salute you'

Answer: Caesar\'s Palace


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from a dog show at Silver Bay Kennel Club.)  Dog show judges know a good indicator of structure, temperament & condition is this pattern of movement that can be a walk, trot or gallop'

Answer: gait


Question: 'The island of Olkhon is in the center of this deep Siberian lake'

Answer: Lake Baikal


Question: '1998:<br />A young girl joins the Chinese army in place of her ailing father'

Answer: Mulan


Question: 'In the "Sex and the City" film, Sarah Jessica wore $800 sandals like the one seen here by the house of this Frenchman'

Answer: Christian Dior


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a change of face.)  A 2008 study finds that a scared face enlarges the visual field to gather more information about a source of fear; that supports this man's 1872 theory that expressions are adaptations'

Answer: Darwin


Question: '725 5th Avenue at 56th Street in New York City:<br />It's y-uge, it's alliterative, you're fired if you don't know it'

Answer: Trump Tower


Question: 'From the Old French for "watchtower", it's an attic room that's perfect for a soulful starving artist'

Answer: garret


Question: 'He co-wrote "A Charge to Keep: My Journey to the White House"'

Answer: George W. Bush


Question: 'Check out his old blue eyes seen here'

Answer: Frank Sinatra


Question: 'It sounds a bit redundant, but Delaware's state bird is the blue hen this'

Answer: chicken


Question: 'On February 6 this Likud Party leader won election as Prime Minister of Israel'

Answer: Ariel Sharon


Question: 'This 6-letter breathing affliction begins & ends with a vowel & has no vowels in between'

Answer: asthma


Question: '"Physician ____<br />thyself"'

Answer: heal: helium & aluminum


Question: 'His 1891 essay "The Quintessence of Ibsenism" promoted the realistic dramas of a fellow playwright'

Answer: George Bernard Shaw


Question: 'Its official state drink is milk, but (woo-hoo!) it also has an official bourbon festival, in Bardstown'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'This film starring Russell Crowe won the best picture Oscar on March 25'

Answer: Gladiator


Question: 'Look in the OED & you'll find "brrrr", with a rare 4 Rs: it's this one of the traditional 8 parts of speech'

Answer: interjection


Question:
'"I only regret
that I have
but ___ life
to lose for
my country"'

Answer: one: oxygen & neon


Question: 'In 1832 Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin used this masculine pen name for "Indiana"'

Answer: George Sand


Question: 'That's right: the right one of these became Georgia's state marine mammal in 1985'

Answer: a whale


Question: 'This Pennsylvania governor resigned in October to become head of the new office of Homeland Security'

Answer: Tom Ridge


Question: 'This Asian city is the only world capital whose name in English has 3 dotted letters in succession'

Answer: Beijing


Question:
'"And God said
unto Noah...
make thee an ___
of gopher wood"'

Answer: ark: argon & potassium


Question: 'In 1876 Mary Ann Evans used this masculine pen name for "Daniel Deronda"'

Answer: George Eliot


Question: 'The scuppernong grape is its state fruit; one vine in the Outer Banks is more than 400 years old'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'This Vermont senator left the Republican Party, giving control of the Senate to the Democrats'

Answer: Jim Jeffords


Question: 'The 2-syllable "rugged" is made into one syllable when you add these 2 letters to the front; try using an "atlas"'

Answer: S-H


Question:
'"A long time ___
in a galaxy
far, far away"'

Answer: ago: silver & oxygen


Question: 'In 1938 Eric Blair used this masculine pen name for "Homage to Catalonia"'

Answer: George Orwell


Question: 'Its state astronomical symbol is the Beehive cluster in the constellation Cancer'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'Crown Prince Dipendra of this Asian country slew his father & several other royals'

Answer: Nepal


Question: 'With a hyphen added, this 6-letter word meaning "to quit" can mean "to join again", as in pro sports'

Answer: resign


Question:
'"Never in the field
of human conflict
was so much owed
by so many
to so ___"'

Answer: few: iron & tungsten


Question: 'Covering the years 1971-1975, their first greatest hits album was the first ever certified platinum'

Answer: The Eagles


Question: 'He's the "Science Guy" seen here'

Answer: Bill Nye


Question: 'Humpty Dumpty's perch'

Answer: a wall


Question: '"Ut" used to be used for the first or keynote of the musical scale; this has replaced it'

Answer: Do


Question: 'This diva looked far from "Puffy" when she danced off with choreographer Cris Judd in 2001'

Answer: Jennifer Lopez


Question: 'This automaker had tri-motor monoplanes going down his assembly line'

Answer: Ford


Question: 'Ocean City, Maryland is a favorite summer destination for the 650,000 people of this city'

Answer: Baltimore


Question: 'In 1888 this French bacteriologist founded an institute in Paris to continue his rabies research'

Answer: Pasteur


Question: 'After Humpty's fall, they tried to put him together again'

Answer: all the king\'s horses & all the king\'s men


Question: 'In TV show titles this name has stood alone & followed "Mister"'

Answer: Ed


Question: 'This sitcom star had the "Will & Grace" to marry Daniel Zelman'

Answer: Debra Messing


Question: 'C.G. Taylor's partner, any good "cub" reporter knows him'

Answer: Piper


Question: 'The Canadian Football League's Lions play in Vancouver but represent this entire province'

Answer: British Columbia


Question: 'He formulated universal laws of gravitation & motion & was the first scientist buried at Westminster Abbey'

Answer: Newton


Question: '"Cornflake Girl' who wrote a song in which "Humpty Dumpty and Betty Louise... stole a Sony and some camembert cheese"'

Answer: Tori Amos


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew plays a board game with Sarah.)  I'm trouncing Sarah in this classic Japanese game'

Answer: go


Question: 'In Nov. 2001 it was one wedding & no funeral for this actress who wed her former high school pal Rhett Hartzog'

Answer: (Andie) MacDowell


Question: 'Actress Olivia knows this co.'s D.H.88 Comet, a monoplane racer, made its debut in 1934 & only 5 were ever made'

Answer: de Havilland


Question: 'It's the country immediately due south of Guyana'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'Astronomer William Herschel wanted to call the seventh planet Georgium Sidus, or Georges Star'

Answer: Uranus


Question: 'This comedian played Humpty Dumpty in the 1933 Paramount film "Alice in Wonderland"'

Answer: W.C. Fields


Question: 'The Random House Dictionary gives one definition of it as "at bat"'

Answer: up


Question: 'Brooke Shields was the maid of honor when this "Suddenly Susan" co-star seen here got married in 2001'

Answer: (Kathy) Griffin


Question: 'This Donald was known for his DC, not Duck, line of commercial planes'

Answer: Douglas


Question: 'On Oct. 12, 1492 Columbus reached these islands; he marveled at the colorful fish'

Answer: the Bahamas


Question: 'This Italian-born physicist first split the atom in 1934, although he didn't know it for 4 more years'

Answer: (Enrico) Fermi


Question: 'Alice had some of the unusual words in this Lewis Carroll poem explained to her by Humpty'

Answer: "Jabberwocky"


Question: 'Creature of the bovine ilk that the Chinese use to symbolize a year'

Answer: an ox


Question: 'In 2000 this director tied the knot with Suzy Amis, who played Gloria Stuart's granddaughter in his film "Titanic"'

Answer: (James) Cameron


Question: 'His name rings true as the man whose company built copters & the X-1, the first aircraft to break the sound barrier'

Answer: (Lawrence) Bell


Question: 'As its name suggests, this section of the Alps was once controlled by the capital of Switzerland'

Answer: the Bernese Alps


Question: 'He built his revolver business using money from his traveling laughing-gas demonstration'

Answer: Colt


Question: 'Egg drop'

Answer: China


Question: 'The title character in this 1981 classic is a rabid Saint Bernard'

Answer: Cujo


Question: 'Consumers use chapter 7 or 13 of this code, a federal statute; businesses restructure under chapter 11'

Answer: bankruptcy


Question: 'This Grateful Dead leader was named after "Show Boat" composer Jerome Kern'

Answer: Jerry Garcia


Question: 'It's the familiar rule, in rhyme, useful in spelling "chief" & "receive"'

Answer: "I" before "E," except after "C"


Question: 'The son & same-named great-grandson of this man, "the Falstaff of Congress", were both U.S. presidents'

Answer: Benjamin Harrison


Question: 'Menudo'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'In a 2002 TV miniseries horrifying secrets are revealed in a haunted mansion known by this colorful name'

Answer: Rose Red


Question: '(Judge Hatchett delivers the clue.)  Your neighbor's bad cooking odors may not be classified as one of these, but his annoying wind chimes may'

Answer: a nuisance


Question: 'The writer of "Once In Love With" her was married twice (one of them had to be the evil of 2 Loessers)'

Answer: Amy


Question: 'The Passover haggadah has a mnemonic to remember these, which the Egyptians would rather forget'

Answer: the ten plagues


Question: 'Nehemiah Ordway, governor of this territory, wanted it to become one big state, not a north & a south one'

Answer: Dakota


Question: 'Ribollita'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'Anthony Hopkins is a mysterious boarder who befriends a young boy in this 2001 film adapted from a King book'

Answer: Hearts in Atlantis


Question: 'This order allows a worker's wages to be withheld & paid to a third party to whom a debt is owed, as for child support'

Answer: garnishing


Question:
'A song by Joe Henry, heard here, became a hit recording by this sister-in-law of his

"Don't tell me to stop /
Tell the rain not to drop /
Tell the wind not to blow..."'

Answer: Madonna


Question: 'Completes the mnemonic used when working with screws or valves, "Righty tighty..."'

Answer: lefty loosey


Question: 'Samuel Gompers, a main founder of this "American" workers' group, was born in England'

Answer: the American Federation of Labor


Question: 'Gazpacho'

Answer: Spain


Question: '"Coffey's Hands" was the third installment of this novel that was published in serial form in 1996'

Answer: The Green Mile


Question: 'Mother of mercy!  Is this 1970 federal law the end of us wiseguys?'

Answer: the RICO


Question: 'He wrote "My Life", "Big Shot" & the piano works on the recent album "Op. 1-10 Fantasies & Delusions"'

Answer: Billy Joel


Question: 'In biology's "King Philip came over from Germany Saturday", K & P are kingdom & phylum; G & S are these'

Answer: genus & species


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the Minuteman National Historic Park.)  One of the two men who accompanied Paul Revere on his historic ride to warn Concord on the eve of the battle'

Answer: (1 of) William Dawes & Samuel Prescott


Question: 'Ozoni'

Answer: Japan


Question: '"Needful Things" was King's last story set in this fictional town, also the name of an entertainment company'

Answer: Castle Rock, Maine


Question: '(Hi.  I'm Catherine Crier.)  In law, this French phrase means an unexpected event that may excuse a party from a contract'

Answer: a force majeure


Question: 'CS&N's hit "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" was written by Stephen Stills for this singer, his girlfriend'

Answer: Judy Collins


Question: 'The fates of this group go "Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived"'

Answer: the wives of Henry VIII


Question: 'Among countries entirely within Europe, this nation has the highest percentage of Muslims'

Answer: Albania


Question: 'Film in which Paul Newman tells Tom Cruise, "You couldn't find big time if you had a road map"'

Answer: The Color of Money


Question: 'In the 1990s a depiction of this civilization's lightning god was found in a mound in Palenque, Mexico'

Answer: Mayans


Question: 'Adding this vitamin to milk has basically eliminated the disease Rickets in the U.S.'

Answer: vitamin D


Question: 'He kissed Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane'

Answer: Judas Iscariot


Question: 'In 1800 William Nicholson managed to break water molecules into atoms of these 2 elements'

Answer: hydrogen & oxygen


Question: 'In Italy this animated star is known as Topolino'

Answer: Mickey Mouse


Question: 'Film in which an exasperated Sally Kellerman yells, "This isn't a hospital, it's an insane asylum"'

Answer: M*A*S*H


Question: 'A cheese factory, an old stagecoach inn & Native American mounds are found in Sheboygan in this state'

Answer: Wisconsin


Question: 'The name of this bread dish given to sick children became a synonym for a timid person'

Answer: milquetoast


Question: 'In a speech on how to do this, Davy Crockett said that to appeal to the mothers, kiss & slabber their children'

Answer: how to get elected


Question: 'The temperature scale that this Swede invented in 1742 is used pretty much everywhere except the U.S.'

Answer: Anders Celsius


Question: 'In 1989 Crayola makers Binney & Smith acquired the manufacturing rights to these big drawing pens'

Answer: Magic Markers


Question:
'1974 film with the exchange:
Inga: Werewolf!
Freddy: Werewolf?
Igor: There!
Freddy: What?
Igor: There wolf.'

Answer: Young Frankenstein


Question: 'At Sutton Hoo in England, a burial mound excavated in 1939 yielded a 90-foot-long one of these'

Answer: burial ship


Question: 'Pecorino Romano cheese is made from sheep's milk; Caprino Romano, from this animal's milk'

Answer: goat\'s milk


Question: 'During a service in a synagogue, a man touches this with the fringe of his prayer shawl, then kisses the fringe'

Answer: the Torah


Question: 'We'd have much dirtier windows if Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau hadn't liquefied this gas in 1798'

Answer: ammonia


Question: 'She was bedeviled, but according to Luke, Jesus took care of that'

Answer: Mary Magdalene


Question: 'In "Take the Money and Run", asked, "Do you think sex is dirty?", Woody said, "It is if you do it" this way'

Answer: right


Question: 'In 1997 flooding threatened the Shiloh Indian Mounds National Historic Park in this state'

Answer: Tennessee


Question: 'In the early 1900s a Swiss scientist created this powdered mix added to milk; it contained eggs, as its name indicated'

Answer: Ovaltine


Question: 'He took the famous photo of a sailor kissing a girl in Times Square on VJ Day'

Answer: Alfred Eisenstaedt


Question: 'In 1996 Gary Hack discovered the sphenomandibularis, a previously unknown one of these in the face'

Answer: muscle


Question: 'It's the U.S. fleet of ships engaged in foreign commerce & trade'

Answer: Merchant Marine


Question: '1950 film in which Judy Holliday tells Broderick Crawford, "You're just not couth!"'

Answer: Born Yesterday


Question: 'The mounds near Marquette, Iowa are known as these mounds, as they are shaped like birds, bears & other animals'

Answer: effigy mounds


Question: 'This bacterium follows "sweet" in the name of milk that aims to restore healthful microbes to your system'

Answer: acidophilus


Question: 'This song's second line is "Como si fuera esta la noche la ultima vez", "As if tonight was the last time"'

Answer: "Besame Mucho"


Question: 'Last name of the French brothers who introduced the pneumatic tire for cars'

Answer: Michelin


Question: 'Jerry Falwell set up this conservative political organization in 1979 & disbanded it in 1989'

Answer: Moral Majority


Question: '(George Washington)  These are the two cities in which I was inaugurated President of the United States'

Answer: New York & Philadelphia


Question: 'Over half of the national preserves in the U.S. lie in this state'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'Celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2003, this classic features an illustration seen here'

Answer: "Where the Wild Things are"


Question: 'Bassist Jack Bruce wrote most of Cream's material, but this guitarist co-wrote "Sunshine of Your Love"'

Answer: Eric Clapton


Question: 'Look!  Up in the sky!  It's a bird!  It's a plane!  No, it's Urania, muse of this science!'

Answer: astronomy


Question: 'To gently hit a pitched baseball'

Answer: bunt


Question: '(Cleopatra)  Don't make an "asp" of yourself, as you tell me the name of this royal family to which I belonged'

Answer: Ptolemy


Question: 'Capes Cod, Hatteras & Lookout are national these, where life's a beach'

Answer: seashores


Question: 'This book begins, "The sun did not shine.  It was too wet to play.  So we sat in the house all that cold, cold, wet day"'

Answer: "The Cat in the Hat"


Question: 'The Beach Boys sang that this "little one" "made my heart come all undone"'

Answer: "Surfer Girl"


Question: 'Need help in this subject in school?  Call up Clio -- as the muse of it, she'll fill you in on facts & dates'

Answer: history


Question: 'A deep, guttural sound, or a U.S. infantryman'

Answer: grunt


Question: '(Napoleon)  My army defeated a combined Austrian-Russian force at this Czech town on December 2, 1805'

Answer: Austerlitz


Question: 'This Western lake, a national recreation area, was created in the 1930s'

Answer: Lake Mead


Question: '"Runaway Ralph" is a follow-up to this children's classic by Beverly Cleary'

Answer: "The Mouse and the Motorcycle"


Question: '3-letter nickname of Gladys Knight's cousin James Woods; it later inspired the name of her back-up group'

Answer: Pip


Question: 'Whether transverse or end-blown, Euterpe is the muse of them'

Answer: flutes


Question: 'One of your grandmother's daughters'

Answer: aunt


Question: '(Mona Lisa)  If you want to try & make me smile, you'll have to visit this museum'

Answer: the Louvre


Question: 'You can follow the course of this trace, a national parkway, through Mississippi, Alabama & Tennessee'

Answer: Natchez Trace


Question: 'In classic books by Walter R. Brooks, this talking pig "Plays Football" & "Goes to the North Pole"'

Answer: Freddy


Question: 'It's the title of the 1963 hit heard here'

Answer: "It\'s My Party" (by Lesley Gore)


Question: 'The name of this muse of love poetry is an anagram of orate'

Answer: Erato


Question: 'To inhabit, as a ghost'

Answer: haunt


Question: 'This playwright's theater on NYC's W. 49th Street isn't a historic site, but his home in Danville, California is'

Answer: Eugene O\'Neill


Question: 'Remembered as the author of "Little Boy Blue", he was best known as "The Children's Poet"'

Answer: Eugene Field


Question: 'Her only Top 40 hit was 1965's "Goldfinger"'

Answer: Shirley Bassey


Question: 'If you've got hap-hap-happy feet you're inspired by this muse of dancing'

Answer: Terpsichore


Question: 'A group of new rulers after a coup'

Answer: junta


Question: 'Number & type of musical instruments hanging from a Mason City, Iowa ceiling, a tribute to a native son'

Answer: 76 trombones


Question: 'In 1949 a Nationalist government in exile was established in this Asian island nation'

Answer: Taiwan


Question: 'This funny guy seen here made his Broadway debut in 2001 in "The Dinner Party"'

Answer: Jon Lovitz


Question: 'National Country Music Day falls on this Yankee Doodle Dandy day'

Answer: July 4


Question: 'A main predator of the adult gnu, it has a mane, too'

Answer: lion


Question: 'It seems the legend of this ninth reindeer may last longer than the store it was created for -- Montgomery Ward'

Answer: Rudolph


Question: 'These glasses may be plastic or actual animal product'

Answer: horn-rimmed


Question: 'The flag of this nation of around 140 million is seen here'

Answer: Pakistan


Question: 'This man with a tan dazzled us by singing "Razzle Dazzle" when he debuted in the musical "Chicago" in 2001'

Answer: George Hamilton


Question: 'Appropriately, this ice cream treat is celebrated on a weekend day, the third weekend in July'

Answer: ice cream sundae


Question: 'With horns that can bruise you, it's natural that the 2 species of gnus are black & this'

Answer: blue


Question: 'Barney McNulty considered this ski-nosed comic his most important cue card client'

Answer: Bob Hope


Question: 'He had a plum role in a nursery rhyme'

Answer: Little Jack Horner


Question: '"The Adventures of Milo & Otis" was filmed in this country where it was known as "Koneko Monogatari"'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'Rip Torn started out understudying the role of Brick in this Tennessee Williams play & later took over the role'

Answer: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof


Question: 'The Naturist Society sponsors this type of recreation week, a chance for you to let it all hang out'

Answer: nude


Question: 'Gnus curl this when feeling amorous; Whoa!  Elvis was a gnu!'

Answer: lips


Question: 'Seen here, he served for real in the U.S. Army & didn't get a Section 8'

Answer: Jamie Farr


Question: 'The buzz is that this former North Carolina team still plays in the NBA'

Answer: Charlotte Hornets


Question: 'Angkor Thom, a Buddhist temple complex in this country, is modeled on the Hindu complex of Angkor Wat'

Answer: Cambodia (Kampuchea)


Question: 'Uta Hagen flew onto Broadway in 1938, debuting as Nina in this Chekhov play'

Answer: The Seagull


Question: 'The American Meat Institute has dubbed July National this food Month'

Answer: hot dog


Question: 'It's your basic nosh for gnus'

Answer: grass


Question: 'In 2000 Dick Jones was named a Disney legend for supplying the voice of this 1940 title character'

Answer: Pinocchio


Question: 'To squeeze into a small place'

Answer: shoehorn


Question: 'The 3 countries bordered by North Korea'

Answer: China, Russia & South Korea


Question: 'This African-American poet earned a 1973 Tony nomination for her Broadway acting debut in "Look Away"'

Answer: Maya Angelou


Question: 'Ecuador's & Venezuela's celebrations of this man's day July 24 are very liberating'

Answer: Simon Bolivar


Question: 'Gnus seem to have a fear of crossing rivers, maybe from an inbred fear of these predators'

Answer: crocodiles


Question: 'He played Pop Wonder in "Jumbo"; though the title referred to an elephant, it could have been about his nose'

Answer: Jimmy Durante


Question: 'They're also called Rocky Mountain sheep'

Answer: bighorn sheep


Question: 'Year in which Plymouth Colony was founded'

Answer: 1620


Question: '"Jurassic Park", "Disclosure" & "Rising Sun" were all based on books by this author'

Answer: Michael Crichton


Question: 'Soda, lime & this are the primary materials used in making most glass'

Answer: sand


Question: 'In the U.S. Southwest:<br />ABQ'

Answer: Albuquerque


Question: 'For 20 years Jan Miner intoned, "You're soaking in it!" as this manicurist in Palmolive ads'

Answer: Madge


Question: 'In 1990 millions of viewers tuned in to find out who killed Laura Palmer on this quirky ABC drama'

Answer: Twin Peaks


Question: 'Prior to 2000, it was the last year the Yankees won the World Series'

Answer: 1999


Question: 'Julia Roberts played a law student who uncovered a conspiracy & put herself in danger in this 1993 movie'

Answer: The Pelican Brief


Question: 'This nation's Royal Leerdam Company is known for its high quality one-of-a-kind pieces called Unica'

Answer: The Netherlands/Holland


Question: 'Site of the International Court of Justice:<br />HAG'

Answer: The Hague


Question: 'As a partner in a law firm in Arkansas, she earned a higher salary than her husband, then the state's governor'

Answer: Hillary Rodham Clinton


Question: 'He said he would not believe in Jesus' resurrection until he saw the nail wounds in his hands'

Answer: ("Doubting") Thomas


Question: 'Bastille Day, July 14, celebrates the storming of the Bastille in this year'

Answer: 1789


Question: 'Many of the scenes in this Brad Pitt film were shot at the Stoney Indian Reserve near Calgary, Canada'

Answer: Legends of the Fall


Question: 'In ancient times, this black volcanic glass was used to make jewelry, arrowheads & even money'

Answer: obsidian


Question: 'It's way south:<br />JNB'

Answer: Johannesburg, South Africa


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew in New York City)  At one end of Rockefeller Plaza, a large granite block is inscribed with the credo of this famous son'

Answer: John D. Rockefeller, Jr.


Question: 'Nationality in the title of an Ingres "bath"; the painting's too hot to show you'

Answer: Turkish


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Little Rock, Arkansas)  Little Rock's old state house was the scene of a big election party in this year, exactly 150 after its completion'

Answer: 1992


Question: 'This movie seen here was "voted" one of the 100 Greatest Love Stories by the American Film Institute'

Answer: The American President


Question: 'The bulb for Edison's first electric light was made by this New York glass company'

Answer: Corning


Question: 'A "wine"y French seaport:<br />BOD'

Answer: Bordeaux


Question: 'This Irish playwright of the absurd was active in a resistance group in German-occupied France'

Answer: Samuel Beckett


Question: 'He's the legendary crooner heard here'

Answer: Mel Torme


Question: 'Year of Henry Clay's compromise that got California into the Union as a free state'

Answer: 1850


Question: 'Peter Fonda won rave reviews & an Oscar nomination for his role in this 1997 movie'

Answer: Ulee\'s Gold


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew)  Colored pieces bundled together create this type of design, Italian for "thousand flowers"'

Answer: millefiori


Question: 'Oscar Mayer's favorite?:<br />BLQ'

Answer: Bologna, Italy


Question: 'This British nurse, executed during World War I, is honored with a statue near Trafalgar Square'

Answer: Dame Edith Cavell


Question: 'Accidentally drinking a magic potion, this character of Celtic legend falls for his aunt-to-be Isolde'

Answer: Tristan


Question: 'Take 2 letters off a Beatles song title & you get this title of Paul McCartney's 2002 live CD of his American tour'

Answer: Back in the U.S.


Question: 'The Norse goddess Freya was sometimes identified with Frigg, this supreme god's wife'

Answer: Odin


Question: 'This duplication company's New York Stock Exchange symbol is XRX'

Answer: Xerox


Question: 'Little Richard has a street named for him in Macon in this state'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'To help locate missing children, their photos were put on the sides of these containers'

Answer: Milk Cartons


Question: 'Established in 1845 at Fort Severn, this United States military academy's campus is referred to as The Yard'

Answer: U.S. Naval Academy


Question: 'This flightless bird of Australia is a nuisance because it knocks down sheep fences'

Answer: Emu


Question: 'Selane, the goddess of this heavenly body, was the daughter of 2 Titans: Hyperion & Theia'

Answer: Moon


Question: 'In 1994 this company launched Winterfresh, its first sugar-based chewing gum in almost 20 years'

Answer: Wrigley


Question: 'His 1961 hit "Let's Twist Again" received a Grammy for best rock & roll recording'

Answer: Chubby Checker


Question: 'Surgeon General for most of the '80s, he helped stop the x-raying of children's feet in shoe stores in the '50s'

Answer: C. Everett Koop


Question: 'Abbreviated VMI, it held its first co-ed open house in October 1996'

Answer: Virginia Military Institute


Question: 'Chinese-American dish that's essentially a pancake-shaped omelet'

Answer: Egg Foo Young


Question: 'In Egyptian myth Hathor, daughter of this sun god, is the wife of Horus'

Answer: Ra


Question: 'In 1995 it became the only U.S.-based express service with direct flights to China'

Answer: Federal Express


Question: 'This group's "Hotel California" album spawned 2 No. 1 hits, "New Kid In Town" & the title tune'

Answer: The Eagles


Question: 'British troops stormed these islands May 21, 1982'

Answer: Falkland (or Malvinas) Islands


Question: 'This Baltic republic's coat of arms features 3 blue lions on a gold shield'

Answer: Estonia


Question: 'Etymologically, the name of this Greek goddess may mean "foam-risen"'

Answer: Aphrodite


Question: 'This toy retailer opened its first franchise store in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in 1995'

Answer: Toys R Us


Question:
'(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):
In 1978 this group earned Motown its first million seller in the U.K. with the following:
"You're once, twice, three times a lady, and I love you...."'

Answer: The Commodores


Question: 'These 2 cities hosted Live Aid July 13, 1985'

Answer: London & Philadelphia


Question: 'The escarole variety of this vegetable has broad, smooth leaves; the curly type has fringed leaves'

Answer: Endive


Question: 'This goddess was called Parthenos, meaning "The Maiden"'

Answer: Athena


Question: 'Hoover's Handbook says this South Dakota mail-order computer firm is the USA's fastest-growing company'

Answer: Gateway 2000


Question: 'This "American Pie" singer was the subject of "Killing Me Softly With His Song"'

Answer: Don McLean


Question: 'In 1986 Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager flew this plane nonstop around the world without refueling'

Answer: Voyager


Question: 'Britain's Royal Military Academy is also known as this from its location'

Answer: Sandhurst


Question: '1 of the first 5 kings of England'

Answer: Egbert, Ethelbald. Ethelbert, Ethelred & Ethelwolf


Question: 'The viceroy of India lived in the Rashtrapati Bhavan in this city; now the president does'

Answer: New Delhi


Question: 'Jose Ferrer & Gerard Depardieu were nominated for this title role 40 years apart; Ferrer won'

Answer: Cyrano de Bergerac


Question: 'Membership in this organization reached its height in 1934 with 58 countries'

Answer: League of Nations


Question: 'A June 1996 U.S. government report said this trust fund that pays the elderly's hospital bills may go bust in 2001'

Answer: Medicare


Question: 'This "Call Of The Wild" author bought story plots from Lewis'

Answer: Jack London


Question: 'This Kenyan capital is the starting point for many safaris'

Answer: Nairobi


Question: 'This series of films earned nominations for Pat Morita & the song "Glory Of Love"'

Answer: "The Karate Kid"


Question: 'Zoolatry is defined as the worship of these'

Answer: Animals


Question: 'In 1969 Georges Pompidou succeeded this man as president of France'

Answer: Charles De Gaulle


Question: 'This pair introduced the Excelente in 1497'

Answer: Ferdinand & Isabella


Question: 'Lewis was the 1st American to win this award; he received it 4 years after turning down a Pulitzer'

Answer: Nobel Prize for Literature


Question: 'Built for the Asian Games in 1962, the Hotel Indonesia was this city's first high-rise'

Answer: Jakarta


Question: 'This 1949 movie featuring Terry Moore & a gorilla earned a special-effects award'

Answer: "Mighty Joe Young"


Question: 'Sneesh is a British term for this tobacco product -- gesundheit'

Answer: Snuff


Question: 'It's the battle at which Lord Nelson sent the message "England expects that every man will do his duty"'

Answer: Trafalgar


Question: 'In 1909, the centennial of his birth, he was put on a U.S. coin'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'Lewis' 5 major novels, from "Main Street" to "Dodsworth", were published during this decade'

Answer: The 1920\'s


Question: 'In 1988 Bela Bartok's remains were moved from the U.S. & reburied in this capital city'

Answer: Budapest, Hungary


Question: 'This French actress won for "Room At The Top" & was nominated for "Ship Of Fools"'

Answer: Simone Signoret


Question: 'It's a 4-letter synonym for a culinarian'

Answer: Chef/Cook


Question: 'As leader of the People's Temple, he was responsible for the deaths of more than 900 followers in 1978'

Answer: Jim Jones


Question: 'Buying a ticket on this country's Varig Airlines will cost you real money; the real is its currency'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'Often confused with this author on our show, Lewis worked as a janitor at his Utopian colony Helicon Hall'

Answer: Upton Sinclair


Question: 'From 1920 to 1939, this Lithuanian capital was controlled by Poland'

Answer: Vilnius


Question: 'Rick Baker has won Oscars in this category for "An American Werewolf In London" & "Ed Wood"'

Answer: Makeup


Question: 'In 1612 this French explorer claimed & named the Louisiana region for Louis XIV'

Answer: La Salle


Question: 'A Latin term for government-based paper money, or an Italian car that will cost you a lot of it'

Answer: Fiat


Question: 'In this, his hometown, he was known as Harry Lewis; Sinclair is his middle name'

Answer: Sauk Centre, Minnesota


Question: 'Benjamin Franklin was born in this city in 1706'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'In 1781 this traitor's troops massacred the American militia at Fort Griswold in CT'

Answer: Benedict Arnold


Question: 'The cones in the eye allow us to see colors and these light-sensitive cells allow us to see shades of gray'

Answer: rods


Question: 'This No. 1 U.S. bleach company was originally known as The Electro-Alkaline Company'

Answer: Clorox


Question: 'The Ishikari Plain is the largest lowland on this country's Hokkaido island'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'Mash & bake these vegetables, add eggs & butter & they're duchesse'

Answer: potatoes


Question: 'He was a London publisher who loved a Russian girl in "The Russia House" & a Russian sub captain in this'

Answer: The Hunt for Red October


Question: 'To punish Quisling & 24 other traitors, this country reinstated the death penalty'

Answer: Norway


Question: '2 muscles, the brachialis & this one, allow you to bend your arm at the elbow'

Answer: the biceps


Question: 'When this soda company jokingly offered a Harrier jet for 7 million points, John Leonard tried to claim it'

Answer: Pepsi


Question: 'Point Tarifa, in Andalusia in this country, is Europe's southernmost point'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'Gravlax is this red-fleshed fish with mustard sauce'

Answer: salmon


Question: 'Connery caught the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for this 1987 film'

Answer: The Untouchables


Question: 'To this Scottish hero, executed as a traitor, August 23, 1305, we raise not our martinis but our Gibsons'

Answer: William Wallace


Question: 'The hip is a ball-and-socket joint consisting of the acetabulum & the head of this bone'

Answer: the femur


Question: 'In 1993 Louis V. Gerstner became the first outsider to head this computer giant'

Answer: IBM


Question: 'This European country's 14,000' mountains include Weisshorn, Taschhorn & Finsteraarhorn'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'The Indonesian gado-gado is vegetables in this legume sauce'

Answer: peanut sauce


Question: 'In this 1992 film, Connery finds & loses a cancer cure in a rainforest'

Answer: Medicine Man


Question: 'Epialtes, a Greek traitor, allowed Xerxes I of this empire to capture Thermopylae'

Answer: the Persian Empire


Question: 'This section of the respiratory tract is also known as the windpipe'

Answer: the trachea


Question: 'Delta Airlines moved its headquarters from Monroe, La. to this city in 1941'

Answer: Atlanta, Georgia


Question: 'This country's Kemijoki River rises near the Russian border and empties into the Gulf of Bothnia'

Answer: Finland


Question: 'Devils on Horseback are stuffed prunes, & Angels on Horseback are oysters wrapped in this'

Answer: bacon


Question: 'As Danny to Michael Caine's Peachy, Connery was this title character in a 1975 John Huston film'

Answer: The Man Who Would Be King


Question: 'This head of Vichy France died in 1951 on Ile de Re off the coast of Brittany'

Answer: Marshal Henri Petain


Question: 'Among the hormones secreted by these glands are hydrocortisone & aldosterone'

Answer: the adrenal glands


Question: 'This 825,000 acre Texas ranch introduced the Santa Cruz, a new breed of beef cattle, in 1995'

Answer: The King Ranch


Question: 'This capital of Queensland in Australia was founded as a station for British convicts in 1824'

Answer: Brisbane


Question: 'Sauce you put on the ice cream & peaches of a Peach Melba'

Answer: raspberry sauce


Question: 'Although he's Scottish, the luck of the Irish got Connery cast in this 1959 Disney film about the wee folk'

Answer: Darby O\' Gill and the Little People


Question: 'In 1890 this German emperor forced Otto Von Bismarck to resign as chancellor'

Answer: Kaiser Wilhelm II


Question: 'Mighty Casey, Pecos Bill, John Henry & this lumberjack appeared on 1996 stamps honoring folk heroes'

Answer: Paul Bunyan


Question: '"Husbands are like fires; they go out when unattended" quipped this blonde from Budapest, dahlink'

Answer: Zsa Zsa Gabor


Question: 'This telegraph pioneer introduced Mathew Brady to photography in the 1840s'

Answer: Samuel Morse


Question: 'The section of Hwy. 422 that passes through this town is known as Chocolate Avenue'

Answer: Hershey


Question: 'Irving Wallace wrote 1959's "The Fabulous Showman" about this "Prince of Humbugs"'

Answer: P.T. Barnum


Question: 'This Babylonian king's code of laws is said to have been inspired by the sun god, Shamash'

Answer: Hammurabi


Question: 'This female gymnast was featured on a 1976 stamp celebrating Romania's Olympic medalists'

Answer: Nadia Comaneci


Question: 'Fran Leibowitz said, "Never allow your child to call you by this name; he hasn't known you long enough"'

Answer: Your First Name


Question: 'It's another name for a movie's director of photography'

Answer: Cinematographer


Question: 'In 1931 this ruffed game bird became the state bird'

Answer: Ruffed Grouse


Question: 'In 1831 this artist & naturalist began to write "The Ornithological Biography"'

Answer: John James Audubon


Question: 'This Portuguese sailor was known as "The Admiral of the Indian Seas"'

Answer: Vasco Da Gama


Question: 'A 1982 Cuban stamp commemorated the 15th anniversary of this revolutionary's death'

Answer: Ernesto "Che" Guevara


Question: '"America is not old enough yet to get young again", remarked this expatriate who lived in Paris'

Answer: Gertrude Stein


Question: 'This author excelled as a photographer of children & Alice Liddell was one of his subjects'

Answer: Lewis Carroll


Question: 'Although called a state, Pennsylvania is actually this, as are Kentucky, Massachusetts & Virginia'

Answer: Commonwealth


Question: 'Both he & the publisher of his "Madame Bovary" were acquited on charges of immorality'

Answer: Gustauve Flaubert


Question: 'In 1994 the NAACP awarded this poetess its Spingarn Medal for highest achievement by a black American'

Answer: Maya Angelou


Question: 'A U.S. stamp from 1965 commemorated the 700th anniversary of the birth of this Italian poet'

Answer: Dante Aligheri


Question: 'Round Table wit who noted, "Scratch a lover & find a foe"'

Answer: Dorothy Parker


Question: 'Minor White succeeded this man as director of photography at the California School of Fine Arts in 1947'

Answer: Ansel Adams


Question: 'These 2 rivers form the Ohio River in western Pennsylvania'

Answer: Allegheny & Monongahela


Question: 'Allan Drury won a 1960 Pulitzer Prize for this novel about the seamy underside of Congress'

Answer: "Advise And Consent"


Question: 'On January 6, 1066, one day after Edward the Confessor died, he became king of England'

Answer: Harold


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />A recent stamp honoring this artist featured the work seen here:'

Answer: Georgia O\'Keeffe ("Red Poppy")


Question: 'This member of Parliament reportedly said, " I married beneath me, all women do"'

Answer: Lady Astor


Question: 'This German camera changed photojournalism in the 1920s with its small size & brief exposure times'

Answer: Leica


Question: '1 of Pennsylvania's 2 U.S. Senators'

Answer: Arlen Specter & Rick Santorum


Question: 'Sally Bowles, a minimally talented nightclub singer, is the heroine of his "Goodbye To Berlin" stories'

Answer: Christopher Isherwood


Question: 'Set in the 1870s, it ran from 1955 to 1975'

Answer: Gunsmoke


Question: 'A 1906 natural disaster in this city saw its $7 mil. city hall crumble but that's not my fault!  Get it?!  Insurance humor!'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'On Olive Garden's menu, these sauteed in garlic are called Sicilian scampi'

Answer: shrimp


Question: '(David Faber gives the clue from the set of The Faber Report.)  The large, deferred payment due at the end of a type of low-interest mortgage loan is known as this "inflatable" term'

Answer: balloon


Question: 'A tall structure rising from a tower or roof, especially the tapering point of a church's steeple'

Answer: a spire