Question: 'Good Lord!  It's a severe case of halitosis, this alliterative condition!  I need a case of Mentos, stat!'

Answer: bad breath


Question: 'Stephen Hawking's 1988 bio of the universe that was a No. 1 hit for Jim Croce'

Answer: "A Brief History Of Time In A Bottle"


Question: 'It's an intensive fitness program, or a Navy & Marine training period; stars of the film "Jarhead" went through both'

Answer: boot camp


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.)  With more than 60 known tombs, the Valley of the Kings was part of this ancient city the Greeks called Diaspolis'

Answer: Thebes


Question: 'In the title of yet another Susan Dey series, this phrase followed "Loves Me"'

Answer: Loves Me Not


Question: '"Pericles..."'

Answer: Prince of Tyre


Question: 'I'm sorry to say you have this ocular abscess known medically as a hordeolum'

Answer: a stye


Question: 'Henry James-D.H. Lawrence work in which an American woman goes to Europe & has an affair with a gamekeeper'

Answer: The Portrait of a Lady Chatterley\'s Lover


Question: 'Ultra-endurance athlete Johnny G created this indoor cycling workout'

Answer: spinning


Question: 'In the 1400s the temple complex of Angkor in this present country was abandoned & the jungle crept in'

Answer: Cambodia


Question: 'What can you say about a '50s game show with the same name (sob) as this Erich Segal novel'

Answer: Love Story


Question: '"Twelfth Night, or..."'

Answer: What You Will


Question: 'You have this-tococcal tonsillitis, caused by beta-hemolytic this-tococci, so no yelling'

Answer: strep


Question: 'James Joyce novel that becomes a musical whose characters include Stephen Dedalus, Aldonza & Sancho Panza'

Answer: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man of La Mancha


Question: 'The name of this meditative exercise & martial art comes from Chinese words for "fist of the great absolute"'

Answer: tai chi


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew gives the clue under arches in Visby, Sweden.)  Sweden's island city of Visby, once the trade center of northern Europe, is alliteratively called "The City of" these melancholy items "and Roses"'

Answer: Ruins


Question: 'This classic Sinatra hit served as the theme song for "Married... with Children"'

Answer: "Love And Marriage"


Question: '"The Third Part of King..."'

Answer: Henry VI


Question: 'Bad news & good news--you have hypertension, but the minoxidil will also help your alopecia, this'

Answer: hair loss (baldness)


Question: 'Judith Krantz royally bloomed with this Henry James heroine'

Answer: Princess Daisy Miller


Question: 'Capoeira, developed in this country in the 1500s, has becoma a popular dance & martial arts class'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'It begins, "Amerigo Bonasera... waited for justice; vengeance on the men who had so cruelly hurt his daughter"'

Answer: The Godfather


Question: 'In 1855 a group of these missionaries settled in what's now Las Vegas; Brigham Young helped them build a mine'

Answer: Mormons


Question: '"Hard Gems Exist Eternally"'

Answer: Diamonds Are Forever


Question: 'At dlife.com you may qualify for free products pertaining to this insulin-related condition'

Answer: diabetes


Question: 'When you add this New World fruit to a BLT, in becomes a BLAT'

Answer: avocado


Question: 'A circular band of flowers'

Answer: a wreath


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew sits in a flight simulator.)  The simulator is on stilts & uses hydrolic power to create a very realistic version of this condition defined as the random fluctuations of a fluid such as air'

Answer: turbulence


Question: 'The 1930s construction of this across Black Canyon brought thousands of workers (& power) to Vegas'

Answer: the Hoover Dam


Question: '"One Secret Agent Devoted To Yours Truly"'

Answer: The Spy Who Loved Me


Question: 'Through Facebook this company offered a summer sample pack of goods & coupons for items like its macaroni & cheese'

Answer: Kraft


Question: 'Seen here he not only has his own signature sandwich, but now there's a sandwich shop chain named for him as well'

Answer: Dagwood Bumstead


Question: 'Of journalism's 5 w's, this one fits the bill'

Answer: who


Question:
'(Kelly of the Clue Crew sits in a flight simulator)
The simulator's primary flight display indicates the aircraft's trajectory; place the bird here on this line that defines the boundary between earth and sky and you'll get level flight'

Answer: the horizon


Question: 'In 1946 Bugsy Siegel opened this future Hilton adorned with a big pink neon sign & replicas of wading birds'

Answer: The Flamingo


Question: '"Precious Digit"'

Answer: Goldfinger


Question: 'In 2009 this company gave away 500 Fusion razors a day for a month'

Answer: Gillette


Question: 'The Woody Allen sandwich at the Carnegie Deli has "lotsa corned beef plus lotsa" this similar meat that's a tad spicier'

Answer: pastrami


Question: 'socket & torque are types of these'

Answer: wrenches


Question:
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew sits in a flight simulator)
As technology advances keyboards, mouse buttons and trackballs have replaced dials and the state-of-the-art side-stick has replaced the control column or yoke that controls the 3 axes:  roll, yaw, and this up-and-down movement'

Answer: pitch


Question: 'El Rancho Las Vegas opened in 1941, sparking the transition of Las Vegas Blvd. into the street known by this nickname'

Answer: the Strip


Question: '"One Vision of Murder"'

Answer: View to a Kill


Question: 'acuvue.com was offering a certificate for a free trial pair of these'

Answer: contact lenses


Question: 'Next time this sandwich is back at McDonald's & you decide to pork out, beware that the patty alone has 24 fat grams'

Answer: a McRib


Question: 'A small bird with house, cactus & rock types'

Answer: wren


Question:
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew sits in a flight simulator)
After takeoff it's normal to retract these on the wings whose functions include increasing lift and drag; the process is controlled by the pilot and monitored on the primary flight display'

Answer: the flaps


Question: 'Las Vegas is in the county named for this man who brought a railroad to the area'

Answer: Clark


Question: '"Endure While Allowing Others to Perish"'

Answer: Live and Let Die


Question: 'In 2009 this chain halted a promotion for a free meal after too many people downloaded the coupon from oprah.com'

Answer: KFC


Question: 'I can "count" how many times I've had this sandwich -- turkey, ham & cheese dipped in egg & grilled & dusted with sugar'

Answer: Monte Cristo


Question: 'This word meaning "miserable" is found in the poem on the base of Lady Liberty'

Answer: wretched


Question:
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew sits in a flight simulator)
The simulator has a database of many different airports that can be used for pilot training; for each airport satellite imagery creates this detailed mapping whose name comes from the Greek for "place writing"'

Answer: topography


Question: 'The too-short 63-year lifespan of Rembrandt van Rijn was all in this century'

Answer: the 17th century


Question: 'A scarf for your neck, or a sound-deadener for your car'

Answer: a muffler


Question: 'Stacy Schiff wrote a much-lauded 2010 biography of this Egyptian queen'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'This state floral emblem of Oklahoma gets a lot of press around Christmas'

Answer: mistletoe


Question: 'From this duo's classic routine: "Who's on first?" "Yes." "I mean the fellow's name." "Who." "The guy on first." "Who"'

Answer: Abbott and Costello


Question: 'An overly formal person is sometimes referred to as a "stuffed" one of these'

Answer: a shirt


Question: 'The Boston Tea Party tea dumpers were dressed up as these'

Answer: Indians


Question: 'This 6-letter test checks the acidity or alkalinity of a solution'

Answer: litmus


Question: 'Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen have written a series of books called this food "for the Soul"'

Answer: Chicken Soup


Question: 'Historians believe the face of this 66'-high landmark represents King Khafre, but we're pretty sure the king had a nose'

Answer: the Sphinx


Question: 'By George! He noted, "Football is concerned with downs...baseball is concerned with ups! Who's up? Are you up? I'm not up!"'

Answer: George Carlin


Question: 'Want to stuff your recently deceased pet? Take him to one of these, from the Greek for "arrange skin"'

Answer: a taxidermist


Question: 'Later First Lady, she was sent to finishing school in England in 1899, shortly before her uncle became president'

Answer: Eleanor Roosevelt


Question: 'Meaning destiny, this word is from Sanskrit for "deed"; let's see if yours is good, man'

Answer: karma


Question: '"Golden Rules", by this "Project Runway" mentor, is subtitled "Life's Little Lessons for Making it Work"'

Answer: Tim Gunn


Question: 'In rhyme, this type of footstool is a great place to enjoy curds and whey'

Answer: a tuffet


Question: 'This deadpan comic: "Last week the candle factory burned down. Everyone...stood around and sang 'Happy Birthday'"'

Answer: (Steven) Wright


Question: 'StuffIt, which makes computer files smaller, is this type of program, also a kind of wave or bandage'

Answer: compression


Question: 'Lasting only 12 years, it billed itself ordinally as the successor to the Holy Roman Empire & German Empire of 1871-1918'

Answer: the Third Reich


Question: 'It means occurring every 6 years'

Answer: hexennial


Question: 'This singer won a National Book Award for "Just Kids", about her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe'

Answer: Patti Smith


Question: 'An imaginary line extends north from the 2 stars at the front of the "cup" of this star group and points to Polaris'

Answer: the Big Dipper


Question: 'This cross-dressing comic from Britain, on Stonehenge: "No one's built a henge like that...since"'

Answer: Eddie Izzard


Question: 'This young actress gave her clothing line a rhyming name: her last name & the word "Stuff"'

Answer: Hilary Duff


Question: 'In 1798 Malthus published an essay arguing that population will always grow faster than this essential'

Answer: food


Question: 'To withdraw from a case as a judge to avoid any semblance of bias'

Answer: recuse


Question: 'This New York Times food writer gives 2,000 recipes in the 10th anniversary edition of "How to Cook Everything"'

Answer: Mark Bittman


Question: 'Harry Brearley's 1913 try at an alloy that would better resist erosion in gun barrels led to this type of steel'

Answer: stainless steel


Question: 'Mitch Hedberg: "I saw a wino eating" these fruit items. "I was like, dude, you have to wait"'

Answer: grapes


Question: 'The first words he ever spoke to his assistant were "How are you?... You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive"'

Answer: Sherlock Holmes


Question: 'Now yer gonna be the one who helps you, knowin' this Texas fella wrote "The Relationship Rescue Workbook"'

Answer: Dr. Phil


Question: 'Lindsay rumbled with this "Simple Life" star over her ex, Stavros Niarchos'

Answer: Paris Hilton


Question: 'This style that's popular in San Francisco was named for a British monarch'

Answer: Victorian


Question: 'It was once called the Union of South Africa'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'In animal reproduction, males contribute a gamete called a sperm & females, a gamete called this'

Answer: an egg


Question: 'Red caps are required for this position in water polo'

Answer: goalie


Question: 'In the 1950s he wrote "Baby's First Year"'

Answer: Dr. Spock


Question: 'Lindsay engaged in a 5-year feud with this "Lizzie McGuire" star over their mutual interest in teen idol Aaron Carter'

Answer: Hilary Duff


Question: 'The Hollyhock House was this architect's first California commission'

Answer: (Frank Lloyd) Wright


Question: 'This seaport is the capital of Djibouti'

Answer: Djibouti


Question: 'In fragmentation the parent breaks off pieces that become new individuals, then the parent does this'

Answer: die


Question: 'Beard sported by a billy, not a nanny'

Answer: a goatee


Question: 'A work by this Indian-born self-help guru was subtitled "The Path to Joy and Spiritual Optimism"'

Answer: Deepak Chopra


Question: '"Fight!" said a 2006 Us Weekly cover; "Lindsay makes" this Romo lover "cry in public as a screaming match turns violent"'

Answer: Jessica Simpson


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from New York.)  From the Strawberry Fields area of Central Park, you can look up at this building where John Lennon lived'

Answer: the Dakota


Question: 'This sea lies to the north of Belgium, the Netherlands & Germany'

Answer: the North Sea


Question: 'Only one letter apart, they're the 2 main ways to reproduce in the animal & plant kingdoms'

Answer: sexual & asexual


Question: 'A 1990s computer text retrieval protocol shared its name with this rodent'

Answer: Gopher


Question: 'Miami must be determined to make us skinny, as Arthur Agatson & Joseph Signorile have this "Diet Supercharged"'

Answer: South Beach


Question: 'In 2008 Lindsay's guest star role on this fashion world sitcom was mysteriously cut from 6 episodes to 4'

Answer: Ugly Betty


Question: 'It was originally built as a comfortable family home; a few rooms have been added since the 1700s'

Answer: Buckingham Palace


Question: 'The Arabian Sea lies between India on the east & this peninsula on the west'

Answer: the Arabian peninsula


Question: 'Bees perform this important hyphenated reproductive function when jumping from flower to flower'

Answer: cross-pollination


Question: 'This 1960s movie theme song is Shirley Bassey's biggest hit'

Answer: "Goldfinger"


Question: 'In 1948, after setting up his Indiana institute, he published "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male"'

Answer: (Alfred) Kinsey


Question: '"The party mom, the party mom, the party mom...I'm not the party mom!" this "Living Lohan" star scolded an interviewer'

Answer: Dina Lohan


Question: 'The White House Green Room is decorated in this style at its most popular between 1790 & 1820'

Answer: Federal


Question: 'Kansas City is at the confluence of the Missouri River & this river'

Answer: the Kansas River


Question: 'In this type of reproduction common to strawberries & coral, offspring grow from a part of the parent'

Answer: budding


Question: 'Israel's only ski resort is in this area named for a Biblical city of refuge'

Answer: the Golan Heights


Question: 'In 1866 citizens of this northern city-state voted to join the Kingdom of Italy'

Answer: Venice


Question:
'Oscar's Best Picture of 1991:
"Baaaaaaaa...
Baaaaaaaa...
Baa--"
(abrupt stop)'

Answer: The Silence of the Lambs


Question: '5 of the 7 American winners of this literary honor have been diagnosed as alcoholics'

Answer: the Nobel Prize (for Literature)


Question: 'Proposed in the 19th century, Olbers' Paradox questions why light from these doesn't illuminate the night sky'

Answer: stars


Question: 'You'll find the Art Gallery of New South Wales in this city'

Answer: Sydney


Question: 'The use of this term for aerial combat between 2 or more planes dates back to World War I'

Answer: a dogfight


Question:
'1965 Rodgers & Hammerstein film:
"Honk Honk,
Toot Toot,
Drum Drum,
Strum Strum"'

Answer: The Sound of Music


Question: 'Because he was "drinking a case of 16-ounce tallboys a night", he said, he barely remembers writing "Cujo"'

Answer: Stephen King


Question: 'This heavenly body shares its name with a liquid, & in 2007 scientists discovered that it has a liquid core'

Answer: Mercury


Question: 'In 2004 Japan's Mori Art Museum began using these devices as its audio guides'

Answer: iPods


Question: 'It can precede man, arrow & shooter'

Answer: straight


Question: 'Oscar's Best Picture of 1983:<br />"Sweetie Pie, Honey Lamb, Angel Feet, Snookie Muffin"'

Answer: Terms of Endearment


Question: '"What care I how time advances? I am drinking ale today" is attributed to him: no wonder West Point expelled him'

Answer: (Edgar Allan) Poe


Question: '(Hi, I'm astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.) The entire universe acts in many ways like a gas in a laboratory, so we conclude that as the universe expands, this will drop continuously as it approaches absolute zero'

Answer: temperature


Question: 'This museum with a heap of Delacroixes put on the show "Delacroix and the Companions of His Youth"'

Answer: the Louvre


Question: 'In baseball this word describes a doubleheader that begins in the late afternoon'

Answer: twilight (or twinight)


Question: 'In the Middle Ages, the Ghibellines supported the Holy Roman Emperor; the Guelphs, the man in this post'

Answer: the Pope


Question: '1951 Fredric March pic: "'Can I Interest You In A Fuller Brush? Aack! Oh, My heart! Aack! Aack!' (Thud!)"'

Answer: Death of a Salesman


Question: '"Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine", he wrote in "The Long Goodbye"'

Answer: Raymond Chandler


Question: 'A coma is found around the head of one of these, which also takes its name from the Greek for "hair"'

Answer: a comet


Question: 'A painting of Isaac Newton by Godfrey Kneller is one of the gems of this London museum with a 3-word name'

Answer: the National Portrait Gallery


Question: 'In 1902 Teddy Roosevelt said the first requisite of a good citizen is to be able & willing to pull this'

Answer: your own weight


Question: 'Jeremy Irons starrer: "E-N-U-T-R-O-F"'

Answer: Reversal of Fortune


Question: 'This famously dipsomaniacal poet & author of "Post Office" wrote the screenplay for "Barfly", loosely based on his life'

Answer: Charles Bukowski


Question: 'The USA's first modern art museum, opened in 1921, is the Phillips Collection in this city's DuPont Circle'

Answer: Washington, D.C.


Question: 'In "The Natural History of Nonsense", Bergen Evans wrote that "there is no freedom of" this "without doubt"'

Answer: thought


Question:
'This country borders the most "stan"s:
Afghanistan,
Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan &
Turkmenistan'

Answer: Uzbekistan


Question: 'On Feb. 9, 1861 he was elected provisional president of the Confederacy'

Answer: Jefferson Davis


Question: 'Japanese film brand whose blimp debuted at the 1984 Summer Olympics'

Answer: Fuji


Question: 'Schwarzenegger's first inaugural address pledged his governorship "to your" these, "not to special" these'

Answer: interests


Question: 'A variant of BSE, a disease of these animals, can be found in mink; we guess that would be mad mink disease'

Answer: cows


Question: 'A type of Eucalyptus, or something kids chew'

Answer: gum


Question: 'In January 1985 Madonna & this actor had their first date; they'd be married by August'

Answer: Sean Penn


Question: 'Alphabetically, he's the first U.S. vice president'

Answer: John Adams


Question: 'This "flowery" brand used the slogan "the milk from contented cows"'

Answer: Carnation


Question: 'Anthony Downs' theory of these groups has them habitually moving toward the middle to win elections'

Answer: political parties


Question: '90% of Argentina's supply of this comes from people donating to members of their own families'

Answer: blood


Question: 'A member of the olive family, or the residue of something burned'

Answer: ash


Question: 'In 1992 Madonna's Mae Mordabito took the field with Geena Davis in this film'

Answer: A League of Their Own


Question: 'A slave called Isabella at birth adopted this unusual name in 1843 & became an itinerant preacher'

Answer: Sojourner Truth


Question: 'It's the rhyming brand name of a popular slender jerky snack that comes in Tabasco & Nacho flavors'

Answer: Slim Jim


Question: 'The thrust of secularism in the 16th & 17th centuries was to separate politics from this'

Answer: religion


Question: 'Research shows no increased risk of brain cancer from using these, but they do cause traffic accidents'

Answer: cell phones


Question: 'A variety of California laurel, or a body of water forming an indentation of a shoreline'

Answer: bay


Question:
'"Don't just stand there,
Let's get to it,
Strike a pose,
There's nothing to it";
come on, it's this hit song'

Answer: "Vogue"


Question: 'This American educator born in 1796 favored the abolition of corporal punishment in schools'

Answer: Horace Mann


Question: 'This meatless brand started with a veggie burger created by chef Paul Wenner'

Answer: Gardenburger


Question: '"Every community is established with a view to some good", says this ancient man's "Politics"'

Answer: Aristotle


Question: 'Malignant melanoma, which is on the rise, is strongly related to one's history of this painful affliction'

Answer: sunburn


Question: 'English is one variety of this tree that is also a nightmare-ridden movie street'

Answer: elm


Question: 'Madonna was Breathless (Mahoney) in this 1990 detective flick'

Answer: Dick Tracy


Question: 'Farmer Jabez Stone sells his soul in his classic story "The Devil and Daniel Webster"'

Answer: Stephen Vincent Benét


Question: 'This 5-letter word follows "Marshmallow" in the name of Durkee-Mower's marshmallow creme'

Answer: Fluff


Question: 'In 1921 the black flag flew at the funeral of Peter Kropotkin, philosopher of this government-negating ideology'

Answer: anarchy


Question: 'In 2000 Rift Valley fever scared WHO by making its first appearance outside this continent'

Answer: Africa


Question: '"It had to be" this evergreen tree that is a homonym for a second-person-singular pronoun'

Answer: yew


Question: 'In 1977 Madonna won a scholarship to the studio of this alliteratively named N.Y. choreographer'

Answer: Alvin Ailey


Question: 'Alex Haley described this 1976 blockbuster as "faction", a combination of fact & fiction'

Answer: Roots


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Iowa State Fair.)  I'm in this city, home of the Iowa State Fair, whose name may be from the French for "monks", recalling early French missionaries'

Answer: Des Moines


Question: 'This sexpot nicknamed "La Lollo" lolled around with lots of men in the 1954 film "Woman of Rome"'

Answer: Gina Lollobrigida


Question: 'WET MATH'

Answer: Matthew


Question: 'Meteorologically speaking, it's a very light rain in which the droplets are less than 1/50" in diameter'

Answer: a drizzle


Question: 'It Italy, Helen Reddy could sing "I Am Donna", as "Donna" means this in Italian'

Answer: woman


Question: 'This poet & author called the first volume of her autobiography "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"'

Answer: Maya Angelou


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a state capital.)  I'm in this state capital, the last one to be named for a U.S. president'

Answer: Lincoln, Nebraska


Question: 'James Darren reprised his role as Moondoggie in the 1963 flick called this teen "Goes to Rome"'

Answer: Gidget


Question: 'I JAM HERE'

Answer: Jeremiah


Question: 'It means "snout", or a device used to cover a snout to prevent biting'

Answer: a muzzle


Question: 'In 1994 this ex-disco queen sang with the Nashville Symphony at a city arts festival'

Answer: Donna Summer


Question: 'His autobiography "Black Boy" was originally the first section of a longer work called "American Hunger"'

Answer: Richard Wright


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum.)  I'm at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum in this city that's grown from 45,000 people in 1950 to half a million today'

Answer: Tucson


Question: 'In a 2003 film, this Hilary Duff character goes to Rome & gets mistaken for an Italian pop star--doesn't everyone?'

Answer: Lizzie McGuire


Question: 'DENY OUR TOME'

Answer: Deuteronomy


Question: 'In 2004 he broke Carlton Fisk's record for career home runs as a catcher by hitting his 352nd'

Answer: Mike Piazza


Question: 'In 1960 Hurricane Donna reached Florida with this category number, one less than the max'

Answer: 4


Question: 'Introduced in "Devil in a Blue Dress", Easy Rawlins is the hero of several mysteries by this author'

Answer: Walter Mosley


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from The Pentagon.)  I'm at the building put up between 1941 & 1943 to house what was then this government department'

Answer: the Department of War


Question: 'She married Troy Donahue after Rome-ancing him onscreen in "Rome Adventure"; "The Bob Newhart Show" came later'

Answer: (Suzanne) Pleshette


Question: 'VEIL IS CUT'

Answer: Leviticus


Question: 'This type of logic employs a range of values from true to false & is used in decision-making with imprecise data'

Answer: fuzzy logic


Question: 'In 1968, she joined the fashion house of Anne Klein; in 1984, she started her own company'

Answer: Donna Karan


Question: 'While serving time in prison, he wrote "Soul on Ice", a series of essays on prejudice & racism'

Answer: Eldridge Cleaver


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a state capital.)  This state capital was the subject of a 20-year boundary dispute & gets its name from the fight's peaceful outcome'

Answer: Concord, New Hampshire


Question: '"Whither goest thou?" perhaps to rent this 1951 epic starring Robert Taylor & Deborah Kerr'

Answer: Quo Vadis


Question: 'LAST AGAIN'

Answer: Galatians


Question: 'In 2005 one of these people crashed his car into Lindsay Lohan's'

Answer: the paparazzi


Question: 'She was Clinton's Secretary of Health & Human Services & later, a president herself (of the University of Miami)'

Answer: Donna Shalala


Question: 'Meaning "not working properly", it may date back to a character in the comic strip "The Katzenjammer Kids"'

Answer: on the fritz


Question: 'Its hydrogen bonds help keep its double helix structure firm'

Answer: DNA


Question: 'In grammar, the case of the "we" in "We drove to the city"'

Answer: nominative


Question: 'When chosen by God to lead the Israelites, he said "But I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue"'

Answer: Moses


Question: 'He invented the "Rope-A-Dope" technique to tire his opponents'

Answer: Muhammad Ali


Question: 'Popular varieties on the west coast include the dungeness & Alaska king'

Answer: crab


Question: '"Thoroughbreds Don't Cry" was the first of many films to team Judy with this "Andy Hardy" star'

Answer: Mickey Rooney


Question: 'The mandible is not the only moveable bone in the head; the incus in the middle part of this moves too'

Answer: ear


Question: 'It was formerly known as South West Africa'

Answer: Namibia


Question: 'To escape from Damascus, this "Apostle to the Gentiles" was lowered over the city walls in a basket'

Answer: Paul


Question: 'Meaning to strike rapidly, it's the term used for practice fighting'

Answer: sparring


Question: 'Their age & size determine whether they're called littlenecks, cherrystones or quahogs'

Answer: clams


Question: 'The year after "Meet Me in St. Louis" was released Judy married this man who directed it'

Answer: (Vincente) Minnelli


Question: 'You have 4 pairs of these air-filled passages, 2 in the forehead, 2 in the cheekbones'

Answer: sinuses


Question: 'You can reserve a tomb with a view in one of these "cities of the dead"'

Answer: necropolises


Question: 'According to the Psalm, "The days of our years are threescore years and" this'

Answer: ten


Question: 'He held the heavyweight title from 1937 to 1949, the longest reign'

Answer: Joe Louis


Question: 'There's an old saying that this shellfish should be eaten only in months that have "R" in their names'

Answer: oyster


Question: 'Her stage name "Garland" was given to her by this entertainer nicknamed the "Toastmaster General"'

Answer: (Georgie ) Jessel


Question: 'Of the approximately 33 bones called vertebrae, 12 of them in the upper back are classified as this'

Answer: thoracic


Question: 'In philosophy it's a doctrine that nothing exists & there is no objective truth'

Answer: nihilism


Question: 'He wrestled with an angel "until the breaking of the day"'

Answer: Jacob


Question: 'In 1915 Jess Willard took the heavyweight title from this first black man to hold it'

Answer: (Jack) Johnson


Question: 'While some consider its meaty pincers to be the best part, others prefer the tail'

Answer: lobster


Question: 'In "For Me and My Gal" bells rang for Judy & this actor who was making his film debut'

Answer: Gene Kelly


Question: 'The esophagus is your food pipe & this is your windpipe'

Answer: trachea


Question: 'Completes the line from a Thomas Hood poem, "No fruit, no flowers, no leaves, no birds, ___"'

Answer: November


Question: 'Although elderly & barren, this cousin of Mary gave birth to John the Baptist'

Answer: Elizabeth


Question: 'At 260 lbs., the heaviest heavyweight champ was this "Ambling Alp" from Italy'

Answer: Primo Carnera


Question: 'A recipe for moules mariniere would call for these mollusks'

Answer: mussels


Question: 'The eulogy at her funeral was given by this actor who played her husband in "A Star is Born"'

Answer: James Mason


Question: 'This prince was hospitalized in June 1990 after he broke his arm playing polo'

Answer: Prince Charles


Question: 'The title of his play "Arms and the Man" comes from the first line of Virgil's "Aeneid"'

Answer: Shaw


Question: 'New Zealand leads the world in the production of this fruit also known as the Chinese gooseberry'

Answer: kiwi fruit


Question: 'The 1815 Congress of Vienna guaranteed this country's traditional neutrality'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'His "Great" & "Unfinished" symphonies premiered years after his death in 1828'

Answer: Schubert


Question: '"After three days men grow weary of a wench, a guest, and weather rainy", he said in his almanac'

Answer: Poor Richard


Question: 'Because 2 provinces opposed ratificaion of this country's "Meech Lake Accord", it was blocked'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'He hated school & left after striking the headmaster but we don't know if he looks back in anger'

Answer: (John) Osborne


Question: 'New Zealand's flag contains a Union Jack & 4 stars representing this constellation'

Answer: Southern Cross


Question: 'After a 20-year siege, the Turks took control of this Greek island in 1669 & held it for over 200 years'

Answer: Crete


Question: 'In 1943 American composer William Schuman became the first composer to win one of these prizes'

Answer: Pulitzer


Question: 'Asked what he did during France's Reign of Terror, Abbe Sieyes replied with these 2 words'

Answer: I survived


Question: 'The June 4, 1990 cover of U.S. News called him "The Most Dangerous Man in the World"'

Answer: Saddam Hussein


Question: 'Tennessee Williams helped this "Come Back, Little Sheba" playwright get his first play produced'

Answer: (William) Inge


Question: 'The government building in this city is one of the world's largest wooden buildings'

Answer: Wellington


Question: 'This country got its bill of rights 100 years before our constitution was adopted'

Answer: Great Britain


Question: 'Shostakovich's seventh symphony is named for this Soviet city where he began it during the Nazi siege'

Answer: Leningrad


Question: 'This great Prussian king told his troops at Prague "No firing till you see the whites of their eyes"'

Answer: Frederick the Great


Question: 'In June 1990 Alberto Fujimori was elected president of this South American country'

Answer: Peru


Question: 'The Belgian king raised this author of "The Blue Bird" to the rank of count on his 70th birthday'

Answer: Maeterlinck


Question: 'In 1985 a Swedish anti-war organization nominated this prime minister for the Nobel Peace Prize'

Answer: David Lange


Question: 'La Scala was built by order of this Austrian empress in 1776 when Milan was ruled by Austria'

Answer: Maria Teresa


Question: 'Ravel orchestrated Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition", first written for this instrument'

Answer: piano


Question: 'This great English lexicographer called Dryden "The father of English criticism"'

Answer: Samuel Johnson


Question: 'On June 11, 1990 he became the first defendant in the Iran-Contra case to be sentenced to prison'

Answer: Poindexter


Question: '"Bound East For Cardiff", the first of his sea plays, premiered in Provincetown, Massachusetts in 1916'

Answer: Eugene O\'Neill


Question: 'Auckland is the largest city on North Island; this the largest on South Island'

Answer: Christchurch


Question: 'The name of this 19th century movement for Italian unification means "rising again"'

Answer: risorgimento


Question: '20th-century Italian composer of "The Pines of Rome", "The Fountains of Rome" & "Roman Festivals"'

Answer: Respighi


Question: '"What dire offense from amourous causes springs" begins his "The Rape of the Lock"'

Answer: (Alexander) Pope


Question: 'The University of Cape Town is on the grounds of Groote Schuur, the former home of this statesman'

Answer: Cecil Rhodes


Question: 'In a folktale, this yummy "man" runs away after he is baked & is later eaten by a sly fox'

Answer: Gingerbread Man


Question: 'Australian chefs make soup from the long, muscular tail of this big marsupial'

Answer: Kangaroo


Question: 'Though sworn in 7 months earlier, Lewis Strauss was denied confirmation by this body in 1959'

Answer: Senate


Question:
'"Please Please Me",
"Rubber Soul",
"Help!"'

Answer: The Beatles


Question: 'Literary magazine edited by O. Henry in 1894, or rock magazine founded in 1967'

Answer: Rolling Stone


Question: 'It's an espresso with steamed milk; make mine a double'

Answer: Cappuccino


Question: 'In this Hans Christian Andersen story, a child observes, "He has got nothing on at all!"'

Answer: "The Emperor\'s New Clothes"


Question: 'Craig Claiborne loves to eat this farm animal's feet; he boils them with celery & onions'

Answer: Pig\'s feet


Question: 'Last name of Reagan's commerce secretary Malcolm, or his sister, etiquette expert Letitia'

Answer: Baldrige


Question:
'"Strange Days",
"L.A. Woman",
"Morrison Hotel"'

Answer: The Doors


Question: 'Pop Momond called his new comic strip in 1913 "Keeping Up with" this family'

Answer: The Joneses


Question: 'Family name of the Bard's Juliet'

Answer: Capulet


Question:
'He's the character described in the audiobook heard here
(He liked to sit just quietly & smell the flowers)'

Answer: Ferdinand the Bull


Question: 'Make sure you remove the thorns before eating nopales, the leaves of the prickly pear type of this'

Answer: Cactus


Question: 'In 1903 George Cortelyou may have been over"worked" as both Secretary of Commerce & of this'

Answer: Labor


Question:
'"Incesticide",
"In Utero",
"Nevermind"'

Answer: Nirvana


Question: 'A Confederate camp fire song about "eating" these called them "Goodness how delicious"'

Answer: Goober peas/goobers


Question: 'A short description accompanying a photograph'

Answer: Caption


Question: 'Ichabod Crane & Brom Bones are rivals for the affections of Katrina Van Tassel in this story'

Answer: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"


Question: 'These "soft-shell" animals are sometimes prepared & eaten without removing their eyes'

Answer: Crabs


Question: 'He was Secretary of Commerce for most of the 1920s, before he became president'

Answer: Herbert Hoover


Question:
'"Rocket to Russia",
"Road to Ruin",
"Animal Boy"'

Answer: The Ramones


Question: 'The first Miss America he crowned was Lee Meriwether in 1954'

Answer: Bert Parks


Question: 'Large web-footed rodent seen here'

Answer: Capybara


Question: 'In a 1970 Judy Blume book, this title character asked, "Are you there God?"'

Answer: Margaret


Question: 'This "masked" animal is sometimes stuffed with sweet potatoes, though we've never tried it'

Answer: Raccoon


Question: 'Harry Hopkins directed the WPA, this program, before becoming commerce secretary in 1938'

Answer: Works Progress Administration or Work Projects Administration


Question:
'"Colour by Numbers",
"Kissing to be Clever",
"From Luxury to Heartache"'

Answer: Culture Club


Question: 'It was incorporated as a city May 3, 1802 with its mayor to be appointed by the president'

Answer: Washington, D.C.


Question: 'A nautical spool-shaped cylinder rotated to wind up a cable or rope'

Answer: Capstan


Question: 'Ferdinand & Isabella promised to make him "Admiral of the Ocean Sea" if he was successful in his 1492 voyage'

Answer: Christopher Columbus


Question: 'This "sunshine vitamin" is unique in that it functions not only as a vitamin but also as a hormone'

Answer: Vitamin D


Question: 'Gilligan'

Answer: Bob Denver


Question: 'Sexy hostess of MTV's "Singled Out" doubles up with1950s Commie hunter Joe'

Answer: Jenny & Joseph McCarthy


Question: 'A synonym for Norseman, this term may come from a Scandinavian word meaning a pirate'

Answer: Viking


Question: 'This 2,000-mile river was the principal transportation route during the early mining days of Alaska'

Answer: Yukon River


Question: 'In 1455 Johann Fust won a judgment against this printer & took the type used to print his famous Bible'

Answer: Johannes Gutenberg


Question: 'For proper colon health, it's been suggested that everyone get 20-35 grams per day of this, both soluble & insoluble forms'

Answer: Fiber


Question: 'T.J. Hooker'

Answer: William Shatner


Question: '"Birth of a Nation"'s director casts his matrimonial net over Antonio Banderas' wife'

Answer: D.W. & Melanie Griffith


Question: 'Bjarni Herjulfsson may have been the first to sight North America, but this Norseman's expedition was first to land'

Answer: Leif Ericson


Question: 'In 1942 this nation's forces occupied Attu & Kiska in the Aleutian Islands'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'In 1795 Austria, Prussia & Russia partitioned this country, eliminating its existence'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'About 70% of the iron we absorb ends up in this protein in red blood cells'

Answer: Hemoglobin


Question: 'Theo Huxtable'

Answer: Malcolm-Jamal Warner


Question: 'Comedian-director much loved by the French says "I Do" with Lamb Chop's driving force'

Answer: Jerry & Shari Lewis


Question: 'This Norse god led his brothers in an attack on Ymir, the first giant'

Answer: Odin


Question: 'Number of Congressmen representing Alaska in the U.S. House'

Answer: 1


Question: 'At the death of Cardinal Mazarin in 1661, this French king declared that he would serve as his own prime minister'

Answer: Louis XIV


Question: 'Muscle spasms & leg cramps can be prevented with adequate amounts of this mineral, symbol Mg'

Answer: Magnesium


Question: 'Phyllis Lindstrom'

Answer: Cloris Leachman


Question: '"R-E-S-P-E-C-T" is all this singer wants from her kite-flying beau'

Answer: Aretha & Ben Franklin


Question: 'At only 2 1/2 miles away, Little Diomede Island in this strait is the closest part of North America to Asia'

Answer: Bering Strait


Question: 'This ancient north African city-state was protected by a high wall about 23 miles in length'

Answer: Carthage


Question: 'A good antioxidant, it's also called tocopherol'

Answer: Vitamin E


Question: 'Joanie Cunningham'

Answer: Erin Moran


Question: '"Old Hickory"'s wife & Lisa Marie Presley's ex tie the knot'

Answer: Rachel & Michael Jackson


Question: 'This Secretary of State bought Alaska from Russia in 1867 at about 2 cents an acre, a bargain price'

Answer: William Seward


Question: '1 of the 2 '90s films by German director Wolfgang Petersen concerned with a U.S. president's safety'

Answer: (1 of) Air Force One & In the Line of Fire


Question: 'Before marching to the sea, he said that "War is cruelty... the crueler it is, the sooner it will be over"'

Answer: Sherman


Question: 'Cowboy Jake Gyllenhaal has a son with Anne Hathaway (but he can quit her) in this film'

Answer: Brokeback Mountain


Question: 'This Ernest Hemingway love story that takes place during WWI was one of Penguin Books' first 10 titles'

Answer: A Farewell to Arms


Question: 'Halekulani,<br />Sheraton Moana Surfrider'

Answer: Honolulu


Question: 'Discover what happened to Mr. Boddy, the victim of foul play in this game'

Answer: Clue


Question: 'Some colleges run on a calendar of 3 10-week terms each called this'

Answer: a trimester


Question: 'William Lloyd Garrison said, "In firing his gun", this abolitionist "has merely told what time of day it is. It is High Noon"'

Answer: John Brown


Question: 'Anne is the assistant to Miranda Priestly, editor of Runway Magazine, in this fashionable film'

Answer: The Devil Wears Prada


Question: 'The middle initial of this author of "The Good Earth" stood for Sydenstricker, her maiden name'

Answer: (Pearl) Buck


Question: 'Covent Garden Hotel,<br />The Dorchester'

Answer: London


Question: 'In the "Fleet Command" version of this game, use salvos or triple shots to blow your enemy out of the water'

Answer: Battleship


Question: 'Texas' Buffalo Spring Lake was host to the 2010 collegiate championships in this multi-sport sport'

Answer: a triathlon


Question: 'About this speech, Lincoln said, "I failed, and that is about all that can be said about it"'

Answer: the Gettysburg Address


Question: 'Anne finds out she's Genovian royalty in this 2001 film'

Answer: The Princess Diaries


Question: 'This Khaled Hosseini novel is about Amir, who flees Kabul for America'

Answer: The Kite Runner


Question: 'Hotel Romischer Kaiser,<br />Hotel am Schubertring'

Answer: Vienna


Question: 'One description of this 4-letter game says the object is to "retire in style"'

Answer: Life


Question: 'If you're double-majoring in Spanish & Mandinka, you're planning to become this'

Answer: trilingual


Question: 'In his Feb. 16, 1861 inaugural address, he said, "The time for compromise has now passed"'

Answer: Jefferson Davis


Question: 'Anne engaged in "Bride Wars" with this blonde actress'

Answer: Kate Hudson


Question: 'The bestselling novel "Freedom" has put him back in Oprah's Book Club & good graces'

Answer: Jonathan Franzen


Question: 'Excelsior Copacabana Hotel,<br />Ipanema Plaza'

Answer: Rio de Janeiro


Question: 'Shake container with little lettered cubes; after they settle into the pockets, make more words than your opponent'

Answer: Boggle


Question: 'Arizona State's mascot Sparky the Sun Devil carries one of these 3-pronged pitchforks'

Answer: a trident


Question: 'Giving aid to Union Army surgeons, she said, "while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them"'

Answer: Clara Barton


Question: 'Anne got an Oscar nomination for this 2008 film in which she was the troubled sister of the bride'

Answer: Rachel Getting Married


Question: 'This "Remembrance of Things Past" author was so deathly afraid of germs he wouldn't pick up a pen if he had dropped it'

Answer: (Marcel) Proust


Question: 'Hotel Sherpa,<br />Yak & Yeti'

Answer: Kathmandu


Question: 'Don't be the person who topples the tower that starts with 54 wooden blocks'

Answer: Jenga


Question: 'The math department will gladly instruct you in plane & spherical this'

Answer: trigonometry


Question: 'Ancient Persians called the region the "land of the Aryans", from which we get this country's name'

Answer: Iran


Question: 'In a spin-off from "Keeping up with the Kardashians", these 2 sisters "Take Miami"'

Answer: Kourtney and Khloé


Question: 'The tail of your average male housecat'

Answer: 1


Question: 'In "Idylls of the King" Tennyson calls this place "the mighty hall that Merlin built"'

Answer: Camelot


Question: 'Like diamond & graphite, fullerene is a form of this element'

Answer: carbon


Question: 'Meaning "self-moving", this word often precedes pilot or transmission'

Answer: automatic


Question: 'The Persians wrote in this Northwest Semitic language related to Hebrew'

Answer: Aramaic


Question: 'This game's new "Warriors of Rock" features narration by Gene Simmons of KISS'

Answer: Guitar Hero


Question: 'A meterstick'

Answer: 3


Question: '"What troubles you, Yankee phantoms?" asked Whitman in a ballad of this New England city'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'This really light gas has the lowest boiling point of any element, -452 degrees Fahrenheit'

Answer: helium


Question: 'Greek for "overseer" gives us this chess piece big on 45-degree angles'

Answer: the bishop


Question: 'The palace in the city of Susa was built from cedar timber from what's now this country'

Answer: Lebanon


Question: 'This outfitter, whose logo is seen here, first took wing in 1977'

Answer: American Eagle


Question: 'A Texas state flag that's 4 feet wide'

Answer: 6


Question: '"Chalk-white arrows" lead to this title Shel Silverstein place that's located "before the street begins"'

Answer: Where the Sidewalk Ends


Question: 'To earn a B.A. in chemistry, you'd better know that Ba is the symbol for this'

Answer: barium


Question: '4 horsemen could tell you this word is from the Greek for "Revelation"'

Answer: Apocalypse


Question: 'This "Great" king, dad of Xerxes I, standardized weights & measures & built highways'

Answer: Darius the Great


Question: '"Dear John" & "The Last Song" are among his bestsellers that have been turned into films'

Answer: Nicholas Sparks


Question: 'In MLB the baseline from home plate to first base'

Answer: ninety


Question: 'Sections of the lengthy Eliot poem about this place include "The Fire Sermon" & "What the Thunder Said"'

Answer: The Waste Land


Question: 'Your daily diet should include ample amounts of this element, kalium in Latin'

Answer: potassium


Question: 'An essay topic or a written work similar to a dissertation, it's from the Greek for "putting down"'

Answer: thesis


Question: 'At its greatest extent, the Persian Empire stretched from Cyrenaica in Libya to this longest river in Pakistan'

Answer: the Indus


Question: '"Miss Celie's Pants" & "Shug Avery Comin' To Town" are songs featured in this Broadway musical'

Answer: The Color Purple


Question: 'The length of the shelf of classic books compiled by Harvard's president in 1909'

Answer: 5


Question: 'This "stately pleasure-dome" was situated "where Alph, the sacred river ran"'

Answer: Xanadu


Question: 'This element named for a moon goddess is used in photoelectric cells & solar batteries'

Answer: selenium


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands by a map of the South Pacific.)  The islands of the central & South Pacific are often divided into these three regions, whose names mean "little", "black" & "many islands"'

Answer: Micronesia, Melanesia & Polynesia


Question: 'The mailing address for this company is P.O. Box 57, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230'

Answer: Heinz


Question: 'A museum in Superior, Arizona with a mere 80 square feet for exhibits claims this distinction'

Answer: world\'s smallest museum


Question: 'Goldie's little deer'

Answer: Hawn\'s fawns


Question: 'His grandson, the II, took over as president of his auto company in 1945 & ran it until 1980'

Answer: Henry Ford


Question: 'Their mother wouldn't let them have pie until they found their mittens'

Answer: Three Little Kittens


Question: 'According to the Labor Department, in 1950 over 30% of working stiffs belonged to these; today, fewer than 15%'

Answer: labor unions


Question:
'My claim when I'm late with a bill payment
----------------------------------
MAcheckIL'

Answer: the check is in the mail


Question: 'Built as a convent school, an Australian museum honoring this British sea captain has his cannon & anchor on display'

Answer: Captain James Cook


Question: 'Blanchett's<br />beaus'

Answer: Cate\'s dates


Question: 'This psychiatrist's grandson Lucian is an award-winning artist'

Answer: Sigmund Freud


Question: 'She wanted "to give her poor dog a bone", but her cupboard was bare'

Answer: Old Mother Hubbard


Question: 'The stiff-mud process is a way of combining water & clay to make these pieces of buildings & walls'

Answer: brick/block


Question:
'Describe something nice but unbelievable
---------------------------------
GOOD GOOD
BEE BEE
TRUE'

Answer: too good to be true


Question: 'The Patton Museum of Chivalry & Armor at this fort has several German Panzer tanks (in case Indiana invades?)'

Answer: Fort Knox


Question: 'Raquel's burps'

Answer: Welch\'s belches


Question: 'Mangu Khan called this leader granddad; so did Kublai'

Answer: Genghis Khan


Question: '"What are little boys made of?  Snips and snails, and" these; "that's what little boys are made of"'

Answer: puppy dog tails


Question: 'If part of your body is literally frozen stiff, this condition, immerse it in water at about 110 degrees Fahrenheit'

Answer: frostbite


Question:
'A good way to determine the implied meaning of something
----------------------------------
LINE
READ
LINE'

Answer: read between the lines


Question: 'A Boston museum features the Beaver II, a full-scale replica of one of the 3 ships involved in this 1773 event'

Answer: Boston Tea Party


Question: 'Sharon's femurs & ulnas'

Answer: Stone\'s bones


Question: 'Noah's grandfather, he died the year of the deluge at age 969'

Answer: Methuselah


Question: 'This boy, the piper's son, "learned to play when he was young"'

Answer: Tom


Question: 'If you need a stiff drink, try a Greyhound, made with grapefruit juice & this liquor'

Answer: vodka


Question:
'Make a rash or impetuous move
----------------------------------
DEEP  GO
END'

Answer: go off the deep end


Question: 'This Amsterdam museum was once called the Great Royal Museum'

Answer: Rijksmuseum


Question: 'Ms. Delaney's flights of fancy'

Answer: Kim\'s whims


Question: 'George du Maurier, grandfather of this "Rebecca" author, was quite an author himself'

Answer: Daphne du Maurier


Question: 'When "Jack fell down and broke his crown", Old Dame Dob "patched his nob with vinegar and" this'

Answer: brown paper


Question: 'In a P.G. Wodehouse title, "Stiff Upper Lip" precedes the name of this manservant'

Answer: Jeeves


Question:
'A difficult & prolonged struggle
----------------------------------
E
L
T
T
A
B'

Answer: uphill battle


Question: 'Botanist Asa Gray was one of the earliest supporters of this man's evolution theory'

Answer: Charles Darwin


Question: 'In 1990 San Francisco's mayor put up sourdough; this city's mayor, Rocky Mountain trout'

Answer: Denver


Question: 'It's the largest country in area that borders Russia'

Answer: China


Question:
'Barbarino,
Epstein,
Horshack'

Answer: Welcome Back, Kotter


Question: 'It's the chronological opening phrase of the Gettysburg Address'

Answer: "Four score and seven years ago..."


Question: 'A small sum of money given regularly by a parent to a child'

Answer: allowance


Question: 'The abbey in Brno where he once lived & worked now houses a genetics museum that's named for him'

Answer: Gregor Mendel


Question: 'Backing his team in 1999, this city's mayor put up peanuts & a case of Coke'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: 'Russia shares its longest border with this large "stan"'

Answer: Kazakhstan


Question:
'Lamont,
Grady Wilson,
Aunt Esther'

Answer: Sanford and Son


Question: 'Genius has been famously defined as "1% inspiration and" this'

Answer: 99% perspiration


Question: 'Upon his death in 1981, Joe Louis was buried with full military honors in this cemetery'

Answer: Arlington National Cemetery


Question: 'Chemist Hilaire Chardonnet, who invented rayon, had worked under this man when he was researching silk & silkworms'

Answer: Louis Pasteur


Question: 'In 1986 Mayor Harold Washington put plenty of beef behind this team'

Answer: Chicago Bears


Question: 'The Caucasus Mountains straddle the border between Russia & this country, y'all'

Answer: Georgia


Question:
'Inspector Luger,
Wojo,
Fish'

Answer: Barney Miller


Question: 'Of Homer's lovely Helen, it was asked, "Was this the face that" did this'

Answer: launched a thousand ships


Question: 'Whether his name is Bud or not, he's the head man at a monastery'

Answer: abbot


Question: 'In 1888 he became the first director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Berlin'

Answer: Max Planck


Question: 'For Super Bowl XXXI, a Massachusetts mayor bet lobsters against the bratwurst of this state'

Answer: Wisconsin


Question: 'Russia's northernmost border with another country is with this country'

Answer: Norway


Question:
'Chin Ho Kelly,
Ben Kokua,
Danny Williams'

Answer: Hawaii Five-O


Question: 'At Trafalgar, Nelson declared that "England expects every man will do" this'

Answer: his duty


Question: 'Now home to Air Force One, this Air Force base is located about 11 miles southeast of Washington, D.C.'

Answer: Andrews AFB


Question: 'Torricelli made improvements to the microscope & telescope, but he's best known for developing this instrument'

Answer: barometer


Question: 'In 2001 this mayor had to pay up in knishes to Mayor O'Malley of Baltimore'

Answer: Rudolph Giuliani


Question:
'Jim-Bob,
Mary Ellen,
Grandpa'

Answer: The Waltons


Question: 'Completes the quote "Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat..."'

Answer: is an orphan


Question: 'Fritz Haber invented a process to make this smelly gas'

Answer: ammonia


Question: 'Originally called "Prima Donna", it was renamed for a Renaissance painting & won an Oscar'

Answer: \"Mona Lisa\"


Question: 'The 2 slaves Michelangelo sculpted for the unfinished tomb of Pope Julius II are in this Parisian museum'

Answer: the Louvre


Question: '"The Onion" reported that 450,000 unsold copies of "TIME"'s special issue on this April "day" went to a landfill'

Answer: Earth Day


Question: 'These 2 "stately" rivers are the longest in the U.S.'

Answer: the Mississippi & the Missouri


Question: '"I will not encourage others to fly" & "I will not skateboard in the halls" are 2 of his chalkboard scribblings'

Answer: Bart Simpson


Question: 'An almost black hammerhead'

Answer: a dark shark


Question: 'In June 2000 this group boosted production by 3% but said high U.S. gas prices aren't its fault'

Answer: OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)


Question: 'The Sapporo Snow Festival in this country features stunning snow sculptures like the one seen here:'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'In a headline from history, "War Rationing Boards Restricts Nylon Use to Armed Forces" & this FBI director'

Answer: J. Edgar Hoover


Question: 'Mespotamia, where many early civilizations developed, was located between these 2 rivers'

Answer: the Tigris & the Euphrates


Question: 'These devices on the undersides of boards hold the wheels & share their name with large transport vehicles'

Answer: trucks


Question: 'A baked confection for a rattler'

Answer: a snake cake


Question: 'Geologists use this earthquake measuring instrument to figure out where to drill for oil'

Answer: a seismograph


Question: 'Tutu much!  A bronze ballerina by this artist was auctioned off for $11.9 million in 1996'

Answer: Edgar Degas


Question: 'In entertainment news, Anatoly Ivaskevich hosts this country's hit game show "Who Wants to Eat a Meal?"'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'This large lake is the chief source of the Nile River'

Answer: Lake Victoria


Question: 'Of Cruiser, Thrasher, or Grinder, the magazine that's the bible of rad skateboard culture'

Answer: Thrasher


Question: 'A stinky barn-dwelling bird of prey'

Answer: a fowl owl


Question: 'Workers on a drilling crew are said to be "rough" in this body part'

Answer: the neck


Question: 'The colossal figures seen here are found in this country:'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'Most coverage of this territory's return to China left out its desperate plea to Jackie Chan for help'

Answer: Hong Kong


Question: 'Less than half the size of the Pacific, it's the third-largest ocean'

Answer: Indian Ocean


Question: 'Stan Laurel could tell you the name of this trick where the board is propelled into the air by tapping the tail hard'

Answer: Ollie


Question: 'A vixen storage container'

Answer: a fox box


Question: 'This company now better known for motor oil takes its name from the state where petroleum was found in 1859'

Answer: Pennzoil (Pennsylvania)


Question: 'This Frenchman sculpted Victor Hugo in 1886 & Pope Benedict XV in 1915'

Answer: Auguste Rodin


Question: 'It was a sad day when an employee of this computer company was fired for "thinking a little too different"'

Answer: Apple


Question: 'The Sea of Crete is the southernmost part of this sea, an arm of the Mediterranean'

Answer: Aegean Sea


Question: 'Last name of skateboarding legend Tony, who's never "dove-ish" when bombing or carving'

Answer: Hawk


Question: 'A beardless bird who quoth "Nevermore"'

Answer: a shaven raven


Question: 'The oilfields that led to a 1920s scandal are named for this feature seen here (note the spout?):'

Answer: Teapot Dome


Question: 'Argentina cried for her when this former actress & first lady died of cancer in 1952'

Answer: Eva Peron


Question: 'This band's last U.S. concert was at Seattle's Center Arena on January 8, 1994'

Answer: Nirvana


Question: 'A real 19th century whale named Mocha Dick may have inspired this 1851 novel'

Answer: Moby Dick


Question: 'About 2 million in Northwestern Spain speak Galician, a dialect of this language spoken by its neighbor'

Answer: Portuguese


Question: 'Zoology:<br />Animals of the genus Rangifer that provide the Lapps with meat, milk, clothing & transportation'

Answer: reindeer


Question: 'It precedes Dutchman, fish & saucer'

Answer: Flying


Question: 'Her findings on pesticides in the book "Silent Spring" sparked the environmental protection movement'

Answer: Rachel Carson


Question: 'Born in Washington in 1942, he's the musician heard here:'

Answer: Jimi Hendrix


Question: 'In 2000 this creator of Augie March & Mr. Sammler gave us "Ravelstein", who resembles scholar Allan Bloom'

Answer: Saul Bellow


Question: 'Cornish, the language of this county of England, became extinct in 1777'

Answer: Cornwall


Question: 'Classical Mythology:<br />Oddly, these "heavenly" twins had the same mother, Leda, but different fathers'

Answer: Castor & Pollux


Question: 'A chambermaid does it to your pillow; forgetful actors do it to their lines'

Answer: fluff


Question: 'This 19th century woman boasted, "I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger"'

Answer: Harriet Tubman


Question: 'An official Pearl Jam website informs us this singer likes card tricks & the Chicago Bulls'

Answer: Eddie Vedder


Question: 'It's said that Doc in his novel "Cannery Row" is based on a marine biologist with whom he'd written a book'

Answer: John Steinbeck


Question: 'With nearly 50 million speakers, this Bantu language is the most widely spoken in Africa'

Answer: Swahili


Question: '20th Century Literature:<br />First name of Jack London's sea captain Larson of the Ghost'

Answer: Wolf


Question: 'This 3-letter name of an illness sounds like part of a chimney'

Answer: the flu


Question: 'King Henry VIII's first wife, Catherine of Aragon, was the daughter of this famous queen'

Answer: Isabella


Question: 'This '90s band named themselves after the Seattle art installation seen here:'

Answer: Soundgarden


Question: 'Edward Driffield, a novelist in Maugham's "Cakes and Ale", is said to be based on this "Jude the Obscure" author'

Answer: Thomas Hardy


Question: 'In 1928 this president of Turkey outlawed Ottoman Turkish & switched alphabets from Arabic to Roman'

Answer: Kemal Ataturk


Question: 'Math Year 1:<br />As a rule every fraction can be expressed as a terminating decimal or this kind'

Answer: repeating


Question: 'Provided for a horse's dining pleasure, it's also called a nose bag'

Answer: a feedbag


Question: 'Seen here, this woman did quite a "smashing" job during her crusade against liquor:'

Answer: Carrie Nation


Question: 'Robyn Miller composed the music for Myst & this 1997 CD-ROM sequel'

Answer: Riven


Question: '"The Financier" by this author of "Sister Carrie" was inspired by real financier Charles T. Yerkes'

Answer: Theodore Dreiser


Question: 'About 3/4 of Sri Lankans speak Sinhala & about 1/4 speak this as their native language'

Answer: Tamil


Question: 'Religion 1400-1600:<br />This queen had Protestant Thomas Cranmer burned for heresy'

Answer: Mary I


Question: 'It's the kind of sycophantic favor-seeking you'd expect from someone named Bambi'

Answer: fawning


Question: 'This annual event was co-created in 1993 by Marie C. Wilson, mother of 5 & president of the National Ms. Foundation'

Answer: \"Take Your Daughter to Work\" Day


Question: 'A 1991 railroad accident dumped 19,500 gallons of pesticide into this state's Sacramento River'

Answer: California


Question: 'Dolly Parton wrote, "Working" these hours, "what a way to make a living"'

Answer: 9 to 5


Question: 'The book lists 2 of these solar phenomena, including a total one'

Answer: an eclipse


Question: 'H.L. Mencken nicknamed him "Roosevelt minor"'

Answer: Franklin Roosevelt


Question: 'This animal has been described as "a pogo stick with a pouch"'

Answer: a kangaroo


Question: 'They're the parts of a baby's body referred to in rhyme as "piggies"'

Answer: the toes


Question: 'This phrase begins Kentucky's motto, which ends, "divided we fall"'

Answer: United we stand


Question: '"Rock-a-bye your baby with" one of these Southern tunes'

Answer: a Dixie melody


Question: 'It's the chief wool-producing state, & we're not pulling the wool over your buckeyes'

Answer: Ohio


Question: '1 of the 2 playwrights named Miller who won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama'

Answer: Arthur Miller (or Jason Miller)


Question: 'Seneca wrote, "What fools these mortals be" centuries before this dramatist'

Answer: Shakespeare


Question: 'It's the mixture of liquid & solid foods fed to pigs'

Answer: slop (or swill)


Question: 'This state capital is named for William Trent, a Colonial Chief Justice of New Jersey'

Answer: Trenton


Question: '"Love me or" do this, "and let me be lonely"'

Answer: leave me


Question: 'On Nov. 14, 1867 there were meteor showers & this volcano near Naples erupted'

Answer: Vesuvius


Question: 'He married Evita in 1945 & Isabel in 1961'

Answer: Juan Perón


Question: 'The quote "I am looking for" this type of "man" has been attributed to Aesop & to Diogenes the Cynic'

Answer: an honest man


Question: 'Collective term for pigs & hogs, or a brutish person'

Answer: a swine


Question: 'In 1845 the town of Marthasville, Georgia was renamed this after the Western & Atlantic Railroad'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: '"I'd love to get you on a slow boat to" this place, "all to myself, alone"'

Answer: China


Question: 'There are about 1,250,000 free & accepted ones of these around the world, including 100,000 in Scotland'

Answer: Masons


Question: 'This director produced many of his own films, including "Strangers on a Train"'

Answer: Alfred Hitchcock


Question: 'Aristotle said, "One" of these birds "does not make a summer; neither does one fine day"'

Answer: a swallow


Question: '3-letter synonym for piggery, a place where pigs are kept'

Answer: a sty


Question: 'This is Washington, D.C.'s oldest college as well as the oldest Catholic college in the nation'

Answer: Georgetown


Question: '"The falling leaves drift by the window, the autumn leaves, of" these 2 colors'

Answer: red & gold


Question: 'This U.S. president earns a big $25,000 a year'

Answer: Andrew Johnson


Question: 'This prince consort was only 42 when he died of typhoid fever at Windsor Castle in 1861'

Answer: Prince Albert


Question: 'The first line of "The American Crisis, No. 1", a 1776 tract by Thomas Paine'

Answer: These are the times that try men\'s souls


Question: 'Pig parts featured in the commodities market'

Answer: pork bellies


Question: 'Zenodotus of Ephesus was this ancient library's first librarian'

Answer: Alexandria


Question: 'Michelangelo's works for Pope Julius II's tomb included an 8'4" statue of this Biblical lawgiver'

Answer: Moses


Question: 'A vicereine is the wife of one of these'

Answer: a viceroy


Question: 'Biologically speaking, something that is subcutaneous is beneath this'

Answer: the skin


Question: 'This cabinet department administers minimum wage laws'

Answer: the Labor Department


Question: 'Finn or Mouse<br />(6)'

Answer: Mickey


Question: 'This country's 1954-1962 struggle for independence caused a million Europeans to leave it'

Answer: Algeria


Question: 'Gutzon Borglum's seated figure of this 16th president can be seen outside a Newark courthouse'

Answer: Lincoln


Question: 'You're on a roll if you know this was the title of the German emperor from 1871 to 1918'

Answer: Kaiser


Question: 'A mixture of 2 or more metals; alnico is a magnetic one'

Answer: an alloy


Question: 'Rep. William Miller was chosen as his running mate in 1964 partly because "he drives Johnson nuts"'

Answer: Goldwater


Question: 'Kids shoot them, parents lose them<br />(7)'

Answer: marbles


Question: 'Stanley found Livingstone in this country that merged with Zanzibar in 1964'

Answer: Tanganyika


Question: '"Cowboy on a Wild Pony" by Constance Warren Whitney stands in front of this Sooner State's capitol building'

Answer: Oklahoma


Question: 'Thank heaven, or at least Maurice, for this lowest rank of the French nobility'

Answer: chevalier


Question: 'In the Northern Hemisphere, the summer one of these is on June 21 or 22, the longest day of the year'

Answer: the solstice


Question: 'Dale Bumpers was this state's governor from 1971 until 1975, when he entered the U.S. Senate'

Answer: Arkansas


Question: 'Prime line<br />(8)'

Answer: meridian


Question: '450 years of Portuguese rule ended for this SE African nation when it became independent June 25, 1975'

Answer: Mozambique


Question: 'Verrocchio's only surviving work in precious metal is a silver relief of "The Beheading of" this man'

Answer: John the Baptist


Question: 'Enter & sign in please with this admitting officer of a university'

Answer: the registrar


Question: 'Matter has the "potential" form of this by virtue of its position or structure'

Answer: energy


Question: 'This Wisconsin Democrat chaired the House Armed Services Committee from 1985 to 1993'

Answer: (Les) Aspin


Question: 'Company lover<br />(6)'

Answer: misery


Question: 'Burton & Speke explored the Nile & Mungo Park explored this West African river'

Answer: the Niger


Question: 'In 1884 Rodin began work on a monument honoring the self-sacrificing "Burghers of" this French city'

Answer: Calais


Question: 'After retirement, this adjective can be added to one's title to make it honorary'

Answer: emeritus


Question: 'Normally, the periods of this type of sleep are short early in the night, then lengthen'

Answer: REM sleep


Question: 'This Michigan governor became Richard Nixon's first Secretary of H.U.D. in 1969'

Answer: (George) Romney


Question: 'Sicily strait city<br />(7)'

Answer: Messina


Question: 'The Brooklyn Flint Glass Works changed its name to this after moving to a N.Y. town of the same name'

Answer: Corning


Question: 'In 1271 he left Venice for the Far East with his father & uncle; 24 years later, he finally made it back home'

Answer: Marco Polo


Question: 'I've got to have some penuche candy made the classic way, with this color sugar'

Answer: brown


Question: 'To skip school, or the furrow on the side of the road'

Answer: ditch


Question: 'By definition this type of automobile has a top that can be removed or folded back'

Answer: a convertible


Question: 'Bizarrely, Orson Welles played Captain Ahab, Starbuck & Ishmael in a 1971 experimental film version of this'

Answer: Moby Dick


Question: 'In 1897 Dr. Ronald Ross demonstrated that malaria was transmitted by these insects'

Answer: mosquitoes


Question: 'On Feb. 18, 2008 the U.S. recognized this new Balkan state'

Answer: Kosovo


Question: 'Maybe I'll earn a merit badge by eating the bestselling Girl Scout cookies called "Thin" these'

Answer: Thin Mints


Question: 'A superlative form of little, it's an antonym of utmost'

Answer: least


Question: 'A boat that transports passengers across a river, it's a homonym for a tiny imaginary creature'

Answer: a ferry


Question: 'This 1938 Orson Welles broadcast scared millions into thinking that a Martian invasion was happening'

Answer: War of the Worlds


Question: 'Salticidae, the jumping types of these arachnids, have hairy bodies & feed on insects & on others of their kind'

Answer: spiders


Question: 'In a 1587 edict, Boris Godunov bound these to the land they worked on by forbidding their trade'

Answer: serfs


Question: 'As in the song, I'll have shoo-fly pie & this fruit pandowdy (they'll make my stomach say "Howdy!")'

Answer: apple (pandowdy)


Question: 'This part of the face can mean "impudence" or "sass"'

Answer: cheek


Question: 'Glasgow residents call this transport the "Clockwork Orange", & you follow the "U" signs to get to it'

Answer: the underground (or subway)


Question: 'Orson Welles provided the voice of wealthy author Robin Masters on this TV detective series set in Hawaii'

Answer: Magnum, P.I.


Question: 'Some ants herd these small insects of the order Hemiptera for the sweet excretions they produce'

Answer: aphids


Question: 'Cities like Copan thrived in this Mesoamerican civilization's Classic Period, until about 900'

Answer: the Maya


Question: 'As a snack, it's often flavored; the version used in the Eucharist is more austere'

Answer: a wafer


Question: 'It's a glass bottle used to hold vinegar or oil for salad dressing'

Answer: a cruet


Question: 't's the country that gave us the term for a 3-horse-drawn sled known as a troika'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'Arrrrr! In 1972 Orson Welles was back aboard ship as the evil Long John Silver in this tale'

Answer: Treasure Island


Question: 'The term "locust" commonly refers to the short-horned variety of this insect'

Answer: a grasshopper


Question: 'J.J. Dessalines, who bore scars from his master's whip, wanted to kill all whites on his island, now called this'

Answer: Hispaniola


Question: 'General Mills makes "Fruit Roll-Ups" & "Fruit by" this measure'

Answer: the Foot


Question: 'This diminutive of Bridget usually refers to a fussy old woman'

Answer: biddy


Question: 'From the Dutch for "small, fast ship", the name of this type of frigate sounds like a popular sports car'

Answer: a corvette


Question: 'You might have the right touch if you know in 1958 Orson Welles starred in the cult classic film "Touch of" this'

Answer: Touch of Evil


Question: 'Edward Lorenz' "effect" on how something small can make a big change in the weather is named for this insect'

Answer: the butterfly


Question: 'Carl Sandburg's famous ode to this city calls it "Hog Butcher for the World" & "City of the Big Shoulders"'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'In an episode entitled "D'oh-in' in the Wind", this TV dad finds out that his middle name is Jay'

Answer: Homer


Question: 'I didn't know you wanted specific numbers for the lottery, so I just got you these, abbreviated QP'

Answer: quick picks


Question: 'The official badge of the Prince of Wales features 3 plumes from this largest bird'

Answer: the ostrich


Question: 'One of these struck Boston in 1755, Missouri in 1811 & Charleston in 1886, so it's not West Coast-specific'

Answer: an earthquake


Question: 'Revelation 16:16 names this place where the final battle will be fought between good & evil'

Answer: Armageddon


Question: 'The initials W.H. in this poet's name stood for Wystan Hugh'

Answer: W.H. Auden


Question: 'In 2001 Arnold Schwarzenegger signed one of this Jay's Harleys, which was auctioned off to help 9/11 victims'

Answer: Leno


Question: 'Sorry these Amazonian fish, AKA caribes, didn't get along with your other fish--who knew they were carnivores?'

Answer: piranhas


Question: 'When a boy does a rollie pollie on a British playground, he's doing one of these'

Answer: a somersault


Question: 'Of the 3 main classes of rock, this one accounts for about 75% of all the exposed rocks on land'

Answer: sedimentary


Question: 'It's the piece of furniture seen here'

Answer: an armoire


Question: '"Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink" comes from this poem first published in 1798'

Answer: "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"


Question: 'He played Geronimo in several westerns as well as a famed sidekick to Clayton Moore'

Answer: Jay Silverheels


Question: 'Geez Mr. Brett, I had no idea I put too much of this sticky wood distillation on your baseball bat; lighten up'

Answer: pine tar


Question: 'Branwyn, Gwyllum, & Baldrick are 3 of the famous ravens at this location'

Answer: the Tower of London


Question: 'From the Greek kryos, "ice", it's the form a mineral grows into when unrestricted'

Answer: a crystal


Question: 'It's a former name for Veterans Day'

Answer: Armistice Day


Question: 'Robert Frost ended this poem about a barrier with the line "good fences make good neighbors"'

Answer: "Mending Wall"


Question: 'Jason Mewes & Kevin Smith tried to "strike back" as these 2 slackers in a 2001 comedy'

Answer: Jay & Silent Bob


Question: 'When I dropped your dog, it was really just one of these social blunders, from the French for "false step"'

Answer: faux pas


Question: 'This British pair dominated the world ice-dancing scene in the early 1980s'

Answer: Torvill & Dean


Question: 'Alaska's Malaspina is an example of the piedmont type of this, where ice spreads out over a large terrain'

Answer: a glacier


Question: 'Nissan has an SUV named this, like an invincible Spanish fleet'

Answer: Armada


Question: 'In "A Few Figs From Thistles" she wrote, "My candle burns at both ends, it will not last the night"'

Answer: Edna St. Vincent Millay


Question: 'For 2 seasons he found some "action" on "SNL", often imitating Christopher Walken'

Answer: Jay Mohr


Question: 'I didn't cook your burger at 140 degrees, & this bacteria (real first name Escherichia) is still there--oops!'

Answer: E. coli


Question: 'One of the 2 crowned English kings since 1066 whose royal name is not followed by a number'

Answer: John (or Stephen)


Question: 'From an Old English word for "clay", it's a valuable soil consisting of clay, sand & silt'

Answer: loam


Question: '(Cheryl reports from the American Museum of Natural History in New York.) A new pavilion features a 3500 lb. sculpture of one of these spheres used by early astronomers to represent the circles of the heavens'

Answer: armillary


Question: 'The action in this film begins at 10:30 A.M. & plays out in almost-real time until 12:15'

Answer: High Noon


Question: 'In the 2000 census, Des Moines & Cedar Rapids were the only 2 cities in this state with populations of more than 100,000'

Answer: Iowa


Question: 'SpongeBob's multi-limbed neighbor & best friend who became a Jewish national symbol'

Answer: Patrick Star of David


Question: 'Imagine managing propulsion for a Navy sub under this type of power, like the Virginia class'

Answer: nuclear power


Question: 'In October 2005, 6 days shy of her 16th birthday, this golf phenom from Hawaii announced she was turning pro'

Answer: (Michelle) Wie


Question: 'Honored with a star on Hollywood's "Walk of Fame"'

Answer: Keanu


Question: 'Furry fungi you might find on food'

Answer: mold


Question: 'Most of our nation's gold reserves are stored at Fort Knox in this state'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'Krusty the Clown's odd-haired partner who jammed to reggae in Jamaica before his 1981 death'

Answer: Sideshow Bob Marley


Question: 'You'll stay closer to home in this service, the USA's main maritime search & rescue organization'

Answer: the Coast Guard


Question: 'Henry Morton Stanley's most famous discovery, we presume, was this missing explorer in 1871'

Answer: Dr. Livingstone


Question: 'Studied music & the violin at the behest of his mother, Paulina'

Answer: (Albert) Einstein


Question: 'A wallet for carrying paper money'

Answer: a billfold


Question: 'It's the only state that has parishes instead of counties'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'Ghost-hunting Nickelodeon superhero who's in the title of "Star Wars: Episode I"'

Answer: Danny Phantom Menace


Question: 'In the Army, gyms, movies & shopping are part of life on one of these, the P in PX'

Answer: post


Question: 'It's the proper term for the dot dot dots that indicate missing words in a sentence'

Answer: ellipses (or an ellipsis)


Question: 'A high school dropout but later graduated from college'

Answer: Einstein


Question: 'A word meaning to rebuke someone angrily'

Answer: to scold


Question: 'The Ten Thousand Islands are off Florida; the Valley of the Ten Thousand Smokes is in this state'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'Mysterious masked brother of Speed who is an extreme sports competition'

Answer: Racer X Games


Question: 'Though this job of controlling the course comes from the Latin for "ship", you can be one for an Air Force plane'

Answer: a navigator


Question: '1 potato, 2 potato, 3 potato, 4, more potatoes are of this brown-skinned variety than any other'

Answer: russet


Question: 'Studied biochemical engineering in college'

Answer: Ashton (Kutcher)


Question: 'American plant seen here'

Answer: a marigold


Question: 'The U.S. Naval Academy opened in 1845 in this state'

Answer: Maryland


Question: 'Based on Peter Pan's little winged fairy friend, it's a way of grading tests'

Answer: Tinker Bell Curve


Question: 'Sorry, ladies--some Army jobs under this 6-letter category, like cannon crewmember, are off limits'

Answer: combat


Question: 'ancestry.com is one of the better-known websites for people interested in this 9-letter hobby'

Answer: genealogy


Question: 'Born in Beirut, Lebanon'

Answer: Keanu (Reeves)


Question: 'A doorsill, or a point that must be exceeded to begin producing a desired effect'

Answer: the threshold


Question: 'The water mammals called cetaceans are divided into dolphins, porpoises & these'

Answer: whales


Question: 'Every year in Brockworth, England, a big wheel of this food is rolled down a hill & chased'

Answer: cheese


Question: 'Founded in 1963, the Barcelona museum devoted to this Spanish Cubist's works sprawls across 5 gothic palaces'

Answer: Picasso


Question:
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a forge in Old World Wisconsin.)
Essential to every community was the blacksmith, the black referring to this metal he worked with'

Answer: iron


Question: 'This novel by J.D. Salinger chronicles 2 days in the life of a prep school student'

Answer: The Catcher in the Rye


Question: 'It was a water sport before it became a term for browsing the web'

Answer: surfing


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a microscopic photo on the monitor.)  This genus comes before proteus, a shape changing Greek god, in the scientific name of  the creature we're looking at'

Answer: an Amoeba


Question: 'Overseen by WEPA, a polo tourney is played in Nepal each year using these huge animals instead of horses'

Answer: elephants


Question: 'The Peggy Guggenheim collection is housed at the Palazzio Venier Dei Leoni on this city's Grand Canal'

Answer: Venice


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Old World Wisconsin.)  On a shaving bench like this one, pioneers would cut these thin pieces of wood to cover their roofs'

Answer: shingles


Question: 'Christopher Paolini was only 18 when he self-published "Eragon", the first volume in this trilogy'

Answer: Inheritance


Question: 'It was a fine string before it became a series of posts dealing with the same subject'

Answer: a thread


Question: 'Linnaeus posited just 2 of these living realms, Plantae & Animalia; more are recognized now'

Answer: a kingdom


Question: 'Compressed air, CO2 or N2 is what propels the marble-sized gelatin capsules in this war game'

Answer: paintball


Question: 'The Museo Internazionale delle Marionette in Palermo on this Italian island is the world's top puppet museum'

Answer: Sicily


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Old World Wisconsin.)  Many Finns came to the Upper Midwest; this is an authentic one of these bathhouses built by one family to sort of steam clean themselves'

Answer: a sauna


Question: 'The Greasers face off against the Socs in Oklahoma in this 1967 S.E. Hinton novel'

Answer: The Outsiders


Question: 'It was slang for coffee before it became a programming language that could run on any platform'

Answer: Java


Question: 'Microorganisms called euglena have a flexible pellicle, or membrane, in place of a rigid one of these'

Answer: a cell wall


Question: 'As seen on Spike TV, slamball is basically this court sport played with the help of trampolines'

Answer: basketball


Question: 'You can "wax" nostalgic at the historical figures in this museum next to the London Planetarium'

Answer: Madame Tussaud


Question:
'(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a pasture in Old World Wisconsin.)
In this "Little House" book that precedes "on the Prairie", Laura Ingalls Wilder described her earliest days in Wisconsin'

Answer: Little House in the Big Woods


Question: 'Jerry's refusal to sell candy for a school fundraiser ignites the title conflict in this Robert Cormier novel'

Answer: The Chocolate War


Question: 'It was a marketplace or public square before it became an online area to post discussions'

Answer: a forum


Question: 'Part of the immune system, these, named for their origin in the thymus, feature special receptor molecules'

Answer: T-cells


Question: 'Get up to 70 mph in the "street" version of this sport; it's like skateboarding down a hill on your back'

Answer: luge


Question: '19th century Parisian dolls are on display at this principality's Museum of Automatons & Dolls'

Answer: Monaco


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Old World Wisconsin.)  Dedicated at Old World Wisconsin by Queen Margrethe, this restored house is typical of ones built by immigrants from this country'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'Billy, whose dogs are Old Dan & Little Ann, finds out "Where" this "Grows" in a book by Wilson Rawls'

Answer: the Red Fern


Question: 'It was a small, flowing body of water before it became a continuous data transfer'

Answer: a stream


Question: 'In 2004 & 2005 this former university provost topped Forbes' list of the 100 most powerful women in the world'

Answer: Condoleezza Rice


Question: 'Radical socialist Y. Breshko-Breskovskaya is called “the grandmother of” this country’s “revolution”'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'In 1969 a heartbeat alarm worn on the wrist was patented by Zeppo of this comedy team'

Answer: the Marx Brothers


Question: 'While the heights may change, these are the 2 types of diving boards'

Answer: the springboard & the platform


Question: 'The performers in a play, or a framework for a fracture'

Answer: a cast


Question: 'A cummerbund is worn around this part of the body'

Answer: the waist


Question: 'The Standard Oil Company opened the U.S.A.’s first drive-in one of these in Columbus around 1913'

Answer: a gas station


Question: 'Sir Francis Drake often raided islands in this New World sea where he was eventually buried in 1596'

Answer: the Caribbean


Question: 'On her patent for a cigar-holder ring, she’s listed as Edith A. Kovacs'

Answer: Edie Adams


Question: 'Prior to par, this term was used for the score golfers should make, and was preceded by “Colonel”'

Answer: Bogie


Question: 'Actors “wait in” this offstage area on either side of the proscenium before they fly onto the stage'

Answer: the wings


Question: 'A middy is a loose one of these with a sailor collar'

Answer: a blouse


Question: 'USA Today says this ice cream & tropical fruit dish was invented in 1904 at Foeller’s Drug Store'

Answer: a banana split


Question: 'This Portuguese prince fought against Tangier with his brother Ferdinand, who died in captivity there'

Answer: Prince Henry


Question: 'This actress who starred in “Ecstasy” and “Algiers” helped invent a torpedo control system'

Answer: Heddy Lamarr


Question: 'Four letter word for all the gear used for controlling a horse in harness racing'

Answer: tack


Question: 'If a skier were to do it he’d go to the hospital, while to an actor it just means “good luck”'

Answer: break a leg


Question: 'The “kick” type of these folds is found on some skirts'

Answer: a pleat


Question: 'Columbus was the first U.S. city planned & built to be one of these'

Answer: a state capital (a capital city accepted)


Question: 'This first Christian emperor of Rome ordered the execution of his son Crispus in 326 A.D.'

Answer: Constantine


Question: 'No knucklehead, this ventriloquist designed an artificial heart but Jarvik’s was chosen over his'

Answer: Paul Winchell


Question: 'Though she came in 50th in this marathon, November 4, 1990, Wanda Panfil of Poland still got $26,385 & a car'

Answer: the New York City Marathon


Question: 'A cook’s accessory, or a stage’s extension'

Answer: an apron


Question: 'Styles of these include lantern, dolman & leg-of-mutton'

Answer: a sleeve


Question: 'School in Columbus that’s home to the world’s largest all-brass marching band'

Answer: Ohio State University


Question: 'Queen Alexandra, consort of this turn of the cen. British king, was the daughter of Denmark’s Christian IX'

Answer: Edward VII


Question: 'Some 20 years after finishing his “U.S.A.” trilogy, he took out a patent on a soap-bubble gun'

Answer: John Dos Passos


Question: 'If you form a polo team to take on Prince Charles

Answer: 4


Question: 'A way of doing anything, or Strasberg’s way of acting'

Answer: method


Question: 'This word for a tight-fitting 1-piece woman’s bathing suit is from the OFr. for “swaddling clothes”'

Answer: a maillot


Question: 'On October 12, 1992 Columbus plans to have a replica of this flagship sitting in its Scioto River'

Answer: the Santa Maria


Question: '“Men in White”, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1934, is a Sidney Kingsley play about this profession'

Answer: medicine


Question: 'After mating and removing her wings, a queen ant devotes her life to this'

Answer: laying eggs


Question: 'This country’s Hurricane and Spitfire fighter planes scored decisive victories over the Luftwaffe'

Answer: England


Question: 'The former name of the Moluccas, islands known for cloves, mace & nutmeg'

Answer: the Spice Islands


Question: 'When arthritis made needlework difficult, she turned to painting copies of Currier & Ives prints'

Answer: Grandma Moses


Question: 'Things done in secret or on the hush-hush are also "on" this'

Answer: the QT


Question: 'He wrote “The Bells” & “Annabel Lee” at his farmhouse in the Bronx'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe


Question: 'These ants never build nests but occupy temporary bivouacs'

Answer: army ants


Question: 'He was minister of propaganda for the Nazi regime from 1933-45'

Answer: Joseph Goebbels


Question: '2 of the 3 South American countries on the equator'

Answer: (2 of) Ecuador, Brazil, & Colombia


Question: 'Corpulent sea nymphs circle Marie de Medicis’ ship in this Flemish artist’s painting of her arrival in France'

Answer: (Peter Paul) Rubens


Question: 'On the Great Seal of the U.S., it’s the only letter that stands alone'

Answer: E (in E Pluribus Unum)


Question: 'In 1976 this Canadian-born author of “Herzog” won the Nobel literature prize'

Answer: Saul Bellow


Question: 'Also known as plant lice, these insects are captured by some ants for the sweet liquid they produce'

Answer: aphids


Question: 'During WWII, Marshall Henri Petain headed the Vichy gov’t while this man led the Free French'

Answer: Charles de Gaulle


Question: 'This Canadian province’s largest lake is Lake Winnipeg'

Answer: Manitoba


Question: '1 of this German’s first commissions when he moved to England was to paint the family of Sir Thomas More'

Answer: Hans Holbein


Question: 'Put between 2 “A”s, it forms the title of an Ottoman official; between 2 “M”s, a movie company'

Answer: G


Question: 'Baltimore writer who coined the term “booboisie” & said Hoover was "a fat Coolidge"'

Answer: H.L. Mencken


Question: 'Unlike termites, these ants chew wood to make living quarters, not for food'

Answer: carpenter ants


Question: 'This portable rocket launcher was named for an instrument played by comedian B. Burns in the ’40s'

Answer: the bazooka


Question: 'With over a million people, this township is South Africa’s most populous black community'

Answer: Soweto


Question: 'This American Impressionist formed a close friendship with Degas & posed for his “At the Milliner’s”'

Answer: Mary Cassatt


Question: 'The King James Bible is sometimes abbreviated KJV & sometimes denoted by these 2 letters'

Answer: AV (for authorized version)


Question: 'She published “The Member of the Wedding” as a novel in 1946, then rewrote it as a play in 1950'

Answer: Carson McCullers


Question: 'Harvester ants collect these food items & store them in underground chambers'

Answer: seeds


Question: 'These German armored divisions consisted of 2 to 4 tank battalions'

Answer: Panzer divisions


Question: 'This Moroccan capital city is located about 60 miles northeast of Casablanca'

Answer: Rabat


Question: '19th century French Primitive artist who painted “The Snake Charmer”'

Answer: Henri Rousseau


Question:
'Japanese company known by its three initials that own the following trademark:

VHS'

Answer: JVC (for Japan Victor Corporation)


Question: 'This woman, elected president of Ireland in 1990, used a 1968 Simon & Garfunkel hit in her campaign'

Answer: Mary Robinson


Question: 'After viewing the city from the top of this landmark, make sure to visit the museum of westward expansion, below'

Answer: the Gateway Arch


Question: 'Need some toner for that printer? Give HPQ, this company, a try'

Answer: Hewlett-Packard


Question: 'As a verb it means to sit with an awkward, drooping posture; as a noun, it refers to an awkward, lazy person'

Answer: a slouch


Question: 'For his revolver with interchangeable parts'

Answer: Colt


Question: 'Millet, this type of plant, is a West African staple'

Answer: a grain


Question: 'This Dylan song asked, "How many times must the cannonballs fly, before they're forever banned"'

Answer: "Blowin\' In The Wind"


Question: 'This type of transport on St. Louis' official seal symbolizes the city's early growth'

Answer: the steamboat


Question: 'AA doesn't stand for aluminum, aluminum, but this company'

Answer: Alcoa


Question: 'This gate fastener consists of a bar that fits into a slot & is lifted by a lever'

Answer: a latch


Question: 'For the disposable safety razor'

Answer: Gillette


Question: 'A Spaniard's flan is a Frenchman's alliterative dessert called creme this'

Answer: caramel


Question: 'His song told of "People talking without speaking... people writing songs that voices never share"'

Answer: Paul Simon


Question: 'A replica of his Spirit of St. Louis plane that was used in the 1957 movie is on display at the Missouri History Museum'

Answer: Lindbergh


Question: 'This company, WMT, employs 2.1 million associates worldwide & is the largest private employer in Mexico'

Answer: Walmart


Question: 'It's a space for a ship to anchor, or a space to sleep on that ship'

Answer: a berth


Question: 'For his ice rink resurfacing machine'

Answer: (Frank) Zamboni


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds a plate of hummus in Israel.)  On average, each Israeli eats 22 pounds a year of hummus, a spread made from these'

Answer: garbonzo beans (or chick peas)


Question: 'This rock god wrote, "Am I sitting in a tin can? Far above the world, planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do"'

Answer: David Bowie


Question: 'In 1953 Sportsman's Park was renamed this, becoming the first of 3 ballparks to bear the name'

Answer: Busch Stadium


Question: 'What's in your wallet? This financial company, COF, hopes it's their credit card'

Answer: Capital One


Question: 'Savior, from the Aramaic for "anointed one"'

Answer: messiah


Question: 'For his noise reduction systems that revolutionized the audio industry'

Answer: Dolby


Question: 'Raita, which cools the mouth after spicy Indian dishes, is made from this dairy product'

Answer: yogurt


Question: 'English major Lou Reed wrote lyrics like "Whiplash girlchild in the dark" for this 1960s band'

Answer: the Velvet Underground


Question: 'He was director of the St. Louis Zoo in 1962 when he began working on "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom"'

Answer: Marlin Perkins


Question: 'You probably have something made by this company, PFE, in your medicine cabinet'

Answer: Pfizer


Question: 'The only state capital ending in "H", it was named for an English soldier & courtier'

Answer: Raleigh


Question: 'For improvements in the condensing of milk'

Answer: Borden


Question: 'Japanese-Peruvians changed cubes to strips, making tiradito instead of this traditional marinated fish dish'

Answer: ceviche


Question: '"Love is a Banquet on which we feed" is from "Because The Night", co-written by this poetess of punk'

Answer: Patti Smith


Question: 'Ornithologist Alexander Wetmore was also secretary of this Washington, D.C. institution'

Answer: the Smithsonian


Question: 'Joel McHale & Chevy Chase attend Greendale, this type of college'

Answer: a community college


Question: 'His dad was the second U.S. president; he was No. 6'

Answer: John Quincy Adams


Question: 'From the Hindi for "tie-dyeing", this cowboy accessory was often used as a dust mask while driving cattle'

Answer: a bandanna


Question: 'A Canaanite god:<br />2-1-1-12'

Answer: Baal


Question: 'Sections of this 1855 poem include "The Peace Pipe", "The White-Man's Foot" & "Blessing The Corn Fields"'

Answer: The Song Of Hiawatha


Question: 'He won a Nobel Prize for his 1928 discovery of an early antibiotic'

Answer: Alexander Fleming


Question: 'On a sitcom, Amy Poehler works for this department of the local government of Pawnee, Indiana'

Answer: Parks & Recreation


Question: 'His grandpa was the ninth U.S. president; he was No. 23'

Answer: Benjamin Harrison


Question: 'In Hawaii a maile one of these was once used to signify a peace treaty between opposing chiefs'

Answer: a lei


Question: 'A metallic element:<br />26-9-14-3'

Answer: zinc


Question: 'Read during Passover, it's also referred to as the "Canticle Of Canticles"'

Answer: The Song Of Songs


Question: 'Only 4'6" tall, this 18th century Dunciad poet was known as the Wasp of Twickenham'

Answer: (Alexander) Pope


Question: 'This comedy gets its title from the part of the U.S. (Orson, Indiana) where Patricia Heaton's family lives'

Answer: the middle


Question: 'Patrick of this illustrious family was first elected to Congress from Rhode Island in 1994'

Answer: the Kennedy family


Question: 'For formal wear there are 2 types of these ties: the bat wing & the thistle'

Answer: a bowtie


Question: 'It's ready for war:<br />1-18-13-25'

Answer: an army


Question: 'Before the 1881 edition, it was simply titled "Poem Of Walt Whitman, An American"'

Answer: Song Of Myself


Question: 'Enslaved in a war in Asia Minor, Alexander Polyhistor tutored a Patrician's kids & was made a citizen of this empire'

Answer: the Roman Empire


Question: 'On Bones, Dr. Temperance Brennan has the title of forensic this, and is able to read clues left behind in bones'

Answer: anthropologist


Question: 'This president's son & grandson were Ohio senators; a great-grandson, Ohio's governor'

Answer: William Howard Taft


Question: 'This long tubular scarf was usually made of fur or feathers such as ostrich or marabou'

Answer: a boa


Question: 'The thread of a long story: <br />25-1-18-14'

Answer: yarn


Question: 'William Blake published this collection in 1789; "Experience" would come a few years later'

Answer: Songs Of Innocence


Question: 'A major Pacific Ocean current off the South American Coast is named for this Alex who measured it in 1802'

Answer: (Alexander) Von Humboldt


Question: 'Nathan Fillion plays a mystery novelist with this last name; he helps a female NYC police detective solve crimes'

Answer: Castle


Question: 'Members of this family dynasty have included 2 Phoenix mayors, a Secretary of the Interior & 3 U.S. senators'

Answer: the Udalls


Question: 'In the 19th Century, it was not considered proper for men to wear this, a false shirt front with attached collar'

Answer: a dickey


Question: 'A shade of blue:<br />3-25-1-14'

Answer: cyan


Question: 'An insignificant battle between Charlemagne & the Basques at Roncesvalles is the basis for this French epic poem'

Answer: The Song Of Rolland


Question: 'Of all the countries with Spanish as an official language, this one is last alphabetically'

Answer: Venezuela


Question: 'The bell tower in this city began to tilt after the construction of the first 3 of its 8 stories'

Answer: Pisa


Question: 'The world's 2nd--& now the oldest--revolving restaurant has topped this Jetson-y Seattle landmark since '62'

Answer: The Space Needle


Question:
'Luxury Tax,
Chance,
Jail/Just visiting'

Answer: Monopoly


Question: 'Certain Dri & Secret are brands of this personal product'

Answer: antiperspirant


Question: 'Some Joan Miro paintings are on the wall in this Spanish seaport where Miro was born in 1893'

Answer: Barcelona


Question: 'In a 1937 Disney film, the wicked queen is miffed when the mirror says the fairest one is this heroine'

Answer: Snow White


Question: 'We'll fly into this city's Leonardo Da Vinci international airport, popularly called Fiumicino'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'In 1961, La Ronde at the Ala Moana office tower in this state capital became the first revolving restaurant'

Answer: Honolulu


Question:
'Areas called
Greenland,
Western Europe,
Alaska'

Answer: Risk


Question: 'Amoxicillin & ampicillin are types of these'

Answer: antibiotics


Question: 'Oui, oui!  Miro created a ceramic wall for the UNESCO building in this city in 1958'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'A Long Beach, Ca. bathing beauty contest evolved into this pageant that picks the best-looking gal in our cosmos'

Answer: Miss Universe


Question: 'You can visit this volcano that overlooks the Bay of Naples, reaching the rim of the crater's mouth'

Answer: Vesuvius


Question: 'For a peachy view of this city, visit the Sun Dial restaurant atop the Westin Peachtree Plaza'

Answer: Atlanta


Question:
'Hall,
Study,
Conservatory'

Answer: Clue


Question: 'Cymbalta & Lexapro are types of these'

Answer: antidepressants


Question: 'The huge mural that Miro painted for a hotel in this southwest Ohio city in 1947 is now owned by the city's art museum'

Answer: Cincinnati


Question: 'In 2008 this Goldie girl (actually, Goldie's daughter) graced the cover of People's Most Beautiful People issue'

Answer: Kate Hudson


Question: 'This northern Italian city at the heart of the Po Basin is known for the Pirelli Building & its Fashion Weeks'

Answer: Milan


Question: 'See a moving view of Manhattan from the View Restaurant & Lounge at the Marriott Marquis on this square'

Answer: Times Square


Question:
'Yes,
No,
Good Bye'

Answer: Ouija


Question: 'A 1997 treaty banned this type of land mine, used against people rather than mechanized vehicles'

Answer: anti-personnel


Question: 'Many of Miro's works have adorned the walls of this Manhattan museum known by a 4-letter acronym'

Answer: MOMA


Question: 'A 2005 "60 Minutes" story said the world's most beautiful woman is Aishwarya Rai, queen of this country's cinema'

Answer: India