Question: 'Blow a band in Rotterdam & you might have to get a new one of these'

Answer: Tire


Question: 'This Virginian, beloved in peace & war, is featured on the Great Seal of the Confederacy'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'In the 1920s this Fascist leader of Italy set up a puppet regime in Albania & reconquered Libya'

Answer: Mussolini


Question: 'Both Hoffman & Streep won Oscars as the title duo in this film'

Answer: Kramer vs. Kramer


Question: 'Tusk material'

Answer: Ivory


Question: '"The Teammates" by David Halberstam chronicles the friendships of Ted Williams & others on this team'

Answer: Boston Red Sox


Question: 'In 1850 a St. Louis jury said that this man's prior residence in Wisconsin & Illinois had made him a free man'

Answer: Dred Scott


Question: 'From the Latin for "having a sharp point", it's an adjective meaning keeping to an arranged time'

Answer: punctual


Question: 'Elizabeth II succeeded her father, this man who died unexpectedly at age 56'

Answer: George VI


Question: 'Dustin says, "I was a better man with you, as a woman... than I ever was with a woman, as a man" in this 1982 film'

Answer: Tootsie


Question: 'Rotary phone part'

Answer: Dial


Question: 'John Grisham switched gears with "Skipping" this holiday, about a couple who want to skip the consumerism'

Answer: Christmas


Question: 'In 1814, while this lawyer & poet was helping to free his friend William Beanes, he saw the bombing of Fort McHenry'

Answer: Francis Scott Key


Question: 'Consent, especially formal authorization'

Answer: permission


Question: 'On Feb. 8, 1904 Japanese ships attacked this country's fleet at Lushun, Manchuria, beginning a war'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'Dustin spent more than a weekend as Bernie in this 2004 Stiller & De Niro sequel'

Answer: Meet the Fockers


Question: 'Molten rock'

Answer: Lava


Question: '"The Devil in the White City" examines "Murder, Magic & Madness" at the 1893 World's Fair in this U.S. city'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'A skier in his free time, this Mercury 7 astronaut landed his Aurora 7 capsule 250 miles off course in 1962'

Answer: Scott Carpenter


Question: 'This "canine" seen here has been known to live in communities of as many as 400 million'

Answer: a prairie dog


Question: 'On Feb. 15, 1965, Canada's new flag, which prominently featured an 11-pointed one of these, flew for the first time'

Answer: the maple leaf


Question: '"Frankly, you're beginning to smell and for a stud in New York, that's a handicap", says Dustin in this 1969 film'

Answer: Midnight Cowboy


Question: 'Peace advocate'

Answer: Dove


Question: 'In a Stephen King book, writer Paul Sheldon is weary of this title heroine he created'

Answer: Misery


Question: 'Captured & freed in the War of 1812, he was later an 1852 presidential candidate & a Union general'

Answer: Winfield Scott


Question: 'A large fire built for a funeral cremation'

Answer: a pyre


Question: 'On Valentine's Day 1989 the Ayatollah Khomeini showed no love for this author's "Satanic Verses", giving him a death sentence'

Answer: Salman Rushdie


Question: 'Laurence Olivier sets dentistry back about 1,000 years as he works on Dustin in this film; that's not safe at all'

Answer: Marathon Man


Question: 'April in Tipperary'

Answer: Irish Spring


Question: 'Appropriately, Part 3 of this 1953 novel is "Burning Bright"'

Answer: Fahrenheit 451


Question: 'This White House Press Secretary freed up his schedule in 2006 & was replaced by Tony Snow'

Answer: Scott McClellan


Question: 'In mathematics, it's a flat surface of infinite extent; in carpentry, it's a tool used on surfaces'

Answer: a plane


Question: 'this country isn't out of "kilt"er with the thistle as its national flower'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'The "T" in TCM, which shows classic movies, stands for this last name'

Answer: Turner


Question: 'Movie or play part'

Answer: role


Question: 'In the 1980s Kellogg's sugar these were renamed honey these'

Answer: smacks


Question: 'This period for the earth's moon is 27.322 days'

Answer: rotation


Question: 'Ingvar Kamprad founded this home-furnishing company in 1943 & once delivered its products by milk van'

Answer: IKEA


Question: 'One March 22, 1994 the Dutch Ambassador to the U.S. gave her a new tulip named for her'

Answer: Hillary Clinton


Question: 'This film & arts network has hit the jackpot with reality shows like "Real Housewives of Orange County" & "Project Runway"'

Answer: Bravo


Question: 'A small rounded hill'

Answer: knoll


Question: 'They're the waxy cellular structures in which bees store their food & lay their eggs'

Answer: honeycomb


Question: 'Photos from Voyager 2 helped spot this moon of Uranus that's named for the heroine of "As You Like It"'

Answer: Rosalind


Question: 'This prominent Swedish chemist established the prizes bearing his family name after reading his own obituary in 1888'

Answer: [Alfred] Nobel


Question: 'Singularly speaking, the bright blue cornflower is known as this "button"'

Answer: a bachelor button


Question: '"Beach Patrol", "Body of Evidence" & "Forensic Files" are shows on this network'

Answer: Court TV


Question: 'One of the 5 civilized tribes'

Answer: Seminole


Question: 'It's also known as winter melon'

Answer: a honeydew


Question: 'Saturn's second largest moon, it's named for the mother of the gods'

Answer: Rhea


Question: 'In 1792 Jakob Johan Anckarstrom assassinated the III Swedish king of this name at a masquerade ball'

Answer: Gustav


Question: 'The earliest garden flower to blossom in spring, it still has "snow" in its name'

Answer: a snowdrop


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew "reigns" on the set.)  I'm at the headquarters of this network that was launched to a storm of skepticism, but is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2007'

Answer: The Weather Channel


Question: 'To persuade by flattery or promises'

Answer: cajole


Question: 'In a Four Tops hit, this term of endearment follows "sugar pie"'

Answer: honey bunch


Question: 'Seen here they're the bright streaks of lunar ejecta flung from an impact crater'

Answer: [crater] rays


Question: 'This U.N. Secretary-General died tragically in Africa in 1961'

Answer: Dag Hammarskjöld


Question: 'Bloom forms of this large hardy perennial include spoon, quill & pompon'

Answer: chrysanthemum


Question: '"Dexter" & "Sleeper Cell" are original series on this channel'

Answer: Showtime


Question: 'Whimsically humorous'

Answer: droll


Question: 'Aw, shucks!  It's the variety of plant seen here'

Answer: honeysuckle


Question: 'From the German for rivulet these trenches on the moon's surface probably carried lava'

Answer: rills


Question: 'This Swedish botanist introduced the binomial system of biological nomenclature now named for him'

Answer: Linnaeus


Question: 'In 1949 he wrote, "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face--forever"'

Answer: George Orwell


Question: 'In 1998 he came out of retirement to help cover John Glenn's return to space, "And that's the way it is"'

Answer: Walter Cronkhite


Question: '1984:<br />"I'll be back"'

Answer: The Terminator


Question: 'This phrase on American coins has been jokingly followed by "All others pay cash"'

Answer: "In God We Trust"


Question: 'Pitt's bachelor apartments'

Answer: Brad\'s pads


Question: 'Around the start of WWI, the turkey trot's popularity was surpassed by this other animal "trot"'

Answer: foxtrot


Question: 'This lass who co-anchor's ABC's "20/20" was born in Glasgow -- Glasgow, Kentucky that is'

Answer: Diane Sawyer


Question: '1939:<br />"As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again!"'

Answer: Gone with the Wind


Question: 'Now meaning trivial, this phrase once referred to the cheapest type of poker game'

Answer: penny ante


Question: 'Damon's rodents'

Answer: Matt\'s rats


Question: 'Introduced around 1910, the "Boston" & "Hesitation" were new forms of this dance in 3/4 time'

Answer: waltz


Question: 'He was co-editor of "60 Minutes" until 1981 when he left to anchor the "CBS Evening News"'

Answer: Dan Rather


Question: '1956:<br />"Thus sayeth the Lord God of Israel: Let my people go!"'

Answer: The Ten Commandments


Question: 'It's not "hard", it's the phrase for campaign donations not regulated by the FEC'

Answer: soft money


Question: 'Kinnear's beer barrels'

Answer: Greg\'s kegs


Question: 'A companion to the twist was this hip-swivelling dance that you might serve with meat'

Answer: mashed potato


Question: 'For the latest on foreign affairs Alan Greenspan can ask this correspondent, his wife'

Answer: Andrea Mitchell


Question: '1967:<br />"Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me"'

Answer: The Graduate


Question: 'This phrase for cash set aside for trifles goes back to what was a luxury item for 14th century seamstresses'

Answer: pin money


Question: 'Springsteen's evergreens'

Answer: Bruce\'s spruces


Question: 'The movements of the paso doble represent this sporting event, with the lady as the "cape"'

Answer: bullfighting


Question: 'Her father Hale Boggs was a congressman; her mother Lindy is ambassador to the Vatican'

Answer: Cokie Roberts


Question: '1967:<br />"What we've got here is failure to communicate"'

Answer: Cool Hand Luke


Question: 'This type of fund began with Navy ships selling their trash for cash; now it's a fund for bribes'

Answer: slush fund


Question: 'Danes' rockers'

Answer: Claire\'s chairs


Question: 'Composers like Haydn & Mozart established this French court dance as the third movement of the symphony'

Answer: minuet


Question: 'According to Matthew, he hanged himself in remorse after betraying Jesus'

Answer: Judas Iscariot


Question: 'Anything faster than the speed of sound'

Answer: supersonic


Question: 'Something found before "of limitations", it means a law enacted by a governmental legislature'

Answer: statute


Question: 'Pope John Paul II was born in the city of Wadowice in this country'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'You'll find this famous store with "Fifth Avenue" in its name at 611 Fifth Avenue'

Answer: Saks


Question: 'In 1962 this "King of Swing"'s band became the first U.S. jazz band to visit the Soviet Union'

Answer: Benny Goodman


Question: 'Regrettably, a Loyalist cousin may have caused this patriot to lose his one life for his country in 1776'

Answer: Nathan Hale


Question: 'A common one of these is "break a mirror & you'll have 7 years bad luck"'

Answer: superstition


Question: 'Usual word for an interval when a court suspends business, but doesn't adjourn'

Answer: recess


Question: 'Beginning in the mountains of Queensland, the Darling River flows 1,700 miles as this continent's longest river'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Of Fred's, Wilma's or Barney's, the one that debuted on NYC's 17th Street in 1923'

Answer: Barney\'s


Question: 'Keyboard virtuoso nicknamed "Fatha"'

Answer: Earl Hines


Question: 'For his role in Nazi Germany's mass murder of the Jews, he was hanged in Israel May 31, 1962'

Answer: Adolf Eichmann


Question: 'Fine examples include Rebecca Romijn, Heidi Klum & Kate Moss'

Answer: supermodels


Question: 'Habeas corpus is one of these orders whose name implies they're down in black & white'

Answer: writ


Question: 'Cities in this country include Baguio, Quezon City & Manila'

Answer: the Philippines


Question: 'Hmm...the garnet heart ring in this actor's Sundance catalog might be perfect for an "Indecent Proposal"'

Answer: Robert Redford


Question: 'On April 29, 1986 many fans probably took the "A Train" to the post office to get stamps with his likeness'

Answer: Duke Ellington


Question: 'A convicted war criminal, this Japanese leader who ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor was hanged in 1948'

Answer: Hideki Tojo


Question: 'Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber turned Jesus Christ into one in 1971'

Answer: superstar


Question: 'When it's planned, this synonym for evil intent is often said to be "aforethought"'

Answer: malice


Question: 'This imaginary line that circles the globe is also known as 0 degrees latitude'

Answer: the equator


Question: 'Eleanora Fagan was the real name of this singer whom Diana Ross played in a 1972 film'

Answer: Billie Holiday


Question: 'Killers Perry Smith & Dick Hickock, whose crime inspired this Truman Capote book, were hanged in 1965'

Answer: "In Cold Blood"


Question: 'The sound of this nonsense word "is something quite atrocious", but Mary Poppins wanted you to say it anyway'

Answer: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious


Question: 'From the Latin for "none", it's a jury's decision to acquit though the law points to conviction'

Answer: nullification


Question: '3 of the 7 countries that make up Central America'

Answer: (3 of 7) Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua & Panama


Question: 'Located at 333 Canal Street, Canal Place is one of the most beautiful shopping centers in this Southern city'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'Paul Desmond is the alto saxophonist heard on this other jazz legend's 1961 hit "Take Five"'

Answer: Dave Brubeck


Question: 'On January 20, 1981 the U.S. released about $8 billion of this country's assets it had frozen'

Answer: Iran


Question: 'Eisenhower said, "No treaty or international agreement can contravene" this document'

Answer: the Constitution


Question: 'Katherine Heigl unexpectedly finds herself expecting in this 2007 film'

Answer: Knocked Up


Question: 'The initials of this organization disbanded in 1991 were from Russian words meaning "Committee for State Security"'

Answer: the KGB


Question: 'Pierre Curie:<br />this division of the University of Paris'

Answer: the Sorbonne


Question: 'Historic places of interest in Massachusetts include the Old State House & the Old North Church in this city'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'It's the compartment where a B-52's ordnance is carried & from which it's dropped'

Answer: the bomb bay


Question: 'Ike telegrammed that the mission of "Allied force was fulfilled at 0241 hours local time" in this month, 1945'

Answer: May


Question: '(I'm Rob Reiner.)  In this romantic comedy that I directed, it was my mother Estelle who uttered the famous line, "I'll have what she's having"'

Answer: When Harry Met Sally...


Question: 'First on radio, then on TV, 3 chimed notes were a longtime trademark of this network'

Answer: NBC


Question: 'John F. Kennedy Jr.:<br />this Providence campus'

Answer: Brown


Question: 'The Pilgrims could tell you this is Massachusetts' official state flower'

Answer: the mayflower


Question: 'This rifle attachment was first developed in France in the 17th century'

Answer: bayonet


Question: 'Of this man's contributions to major White House decisions, Ike said, "If you give me a week, I might think of one"'

Answer: Nixon


Question: '30-somethings Vince Vaughn & Will Ferrell are members of the Lambda Epsilon Omega fraternity in this comedy'

Answer: Old School


Question: 'A high school equivalency diploma is referred to by these 3 letters'

Answer: G.E.D.


Question: 'Antonin Scalia & basketball great Patrick Ewing:<br />this Jesuit school'

Answer: Georgetown


Question: 'Minute Man National Historical Park is located between these 2 Massachusetts cities made famous in April 1775'

Answer: Lexington & Concord


Question: 'This Caribbean location was headline news on April 17, 1961'

Answer: the Bay of Pigs


Question: 'In 1957 Ike used "the full power of the United States" to enforce integration at Central High in this city'

Answer: Little Rock


Question: '(Here's Morgan Freeman.)  My character's directive leads to Steve Carrell reading "Ark Building for Dummies" in this film'

Answer: Evan Almighty


Question: 'With more than 6,200 stores across the U.S., it's the nation's largest retail pharmacy chain'

Answer: CVS


Question: 'Dick Cheney (bachelor's & master's):<br />the University of this state'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: 'We "checked": the first Massachusetts factory to make this fabric opened in 1846'

Answer: gingham


Question: 'An oriel is one of these projecting from an upper floor of a house'

Answer: a bay window


Question: 'Eisenhower said appointing him to the Supreme Court was "the biggest damn-fool mistake I ever made"'

Answer: Earl Warren


Question: 'Michael Caine & Steve Martin teamed up as Lawrence & Freddy, a couple of these, the title of a 1988 film'

Answer: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels


Question: 'This global express shipping co. began as a service to deliver documents between the West Coast & Hawaii'

Answer: DHL


Question: 'Isaac Newton & Lord Byron:<br />this Cambridge University college'

Answer: Trinity


Question: 'Founded in 1620, this town is the seat of a Mass. county of the same name & sits on a bay of the same name'

Answer: Plymouth


Question: 'German city that's home to an annual Wagnerian festival'

Answer: Bayreuth


Question: 'The 843 Treaty of Verdun divided his empire; grandson Louis II received lands east of the Rhine River'

Answer: Charlemagne


Question: 'It's Señor Schwarzenegger's Spanish catchphrase meaning "see you later", baby'

Answer: hasta la vista


Question: 'This deficiency of hemoglobin is often accompanied by a reduced  number of red blood cells'

Answer: anemia


Question: 'When founded by Benjamin Day in 1833, the New York Sun was sold daily for this much per issue'

Answer: a penny


Question: 'Joanne Kathleen...'

Answer: J.K. Rowling


Question: 'This Italian word for the concluding part of a performance is often "grand"'

Answer: finale


Question: 'Around 4,500 years ago, the bronze age Minoan civilization emerged on this Mediterranean island'

Answer: Crete


Question: 'In the title of a Raymond Chandler novel, it precedes "My Lovely"'

Answer: Farewell


Question: 'This adjective means "having a pH factor of more than 7"'

Answer: alkaline


Question: 'It's the day of the week that Columbus discovered the island of Dominica'

Answer: Sunday


Question: 'Jerome David...'

Answer: J.D. Salinger


Question: 'This synonym for "split" most often describes certain hooves'

Answer: cloven


Question: 'The Glorious Revolution of 1688 brought this Dutchman to power as king of England, Scotland, & Ireland'

Answer: William of Orange


Question: 'In this 1957 film classic, Marlon Brando played a war pilot who fell in love with a Japanese dancer'

Answer: Sayonara


Question: '(Jon  of the Clue Crew reports from the lab, holding an inflated balloon.)  If you put a flame up to a balloon it will pop, but if you put water inside the balloon and hold it over a flame it will not pop, because the water does this'

Answer: absorb (the heat)


Question: 'In the book of Exodus, the fourth commandment says to remember this day'

Answer: the sabbath


Question: 'Elwyn Brooks...'

Answer: E.B. White


Question: 'A grain or seed of an ear of corn'

Answer: a kernel


Question: 'In the 5th century B.C., this Greek historian wrote that it took 100,000 men 20 years to complete the Great Pyramid'

Answer: Herodotus


Question: 'In a Woody Guthrie dust bowl song, the parting words before "It's Been Good To Know Yuh"'

Answer: So Long


Question: 'The name of this one-celled protozoan comes from the Greek for "change"'

Answer: amoeba


Question: 'In 1886 a workers' demonstration asking for this, now common, turned into the Haymarket Square Riot'

Answer: the 8-hour workday


Question: 'Virginia Cleo...'

Answer: V.C. Andrews


Question: 'If that "spring lamb" you bought was really a 3-year-old animal, it should have been labeled this'

Answer: mutton


Question: 'It's been estimated that this grand inquisitor put to death about 2,000 people during his term of office, 1483-1498'

Answer: (Tomás de) Torquemada


Question: 'In the title of a Louis Malle film, it precedes "les enfants"'

Answer: Au revoir


Question: 'This type of "shock" is usually a severe allergic reaction, as to a bee sting'

Answer: anaphylactic


Question: 'This day is oddly named, as it's celebrated on June 24, which is only 2 or 3 days after the solstice'

Answer: Midsummer\'s Day


Question: 'Gilbert Keith...'

Answer: Chesterton


Question: 'This flowery shade of reddish blue was one of the original Crayola colors'

Answer: violet


Question: 'Appropriately, the name of this dramatist comes from Greek words meaning "wise" & "famous"'

Answer: Sophocles


Question: 'Sicily'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'As a kid, he loved Charlie Brown's dog, adding, "And my mama thought I looked like him" ...the birth of this rap name'

Answer: Snoop Dogg


Question: 'The Archbishop of York is second in authority to the Archbishop of this in the Church of England'

Answer: Canterbury


Question: 'A boxer:<br />"Frazier is so ugly he should donate his face to the U.S. Bureau of Wildlife"'

Answer: Muhammad Ali


Question: 'A leaner is worth 2 points in this pastime that dates back centuries'

Answer: horseshoes


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew watches a machine fold and pound a batch of candy at the See's candy factory.)  That's a 110-pound batch of candy that the machine is doing this to, from the Old English for knot'

Answer: kneading


Question: 'Sumatra'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'This rapper, one of whose logos is seen here, got his stage name from his initials'

Answer: Eminem


Question: 'Dick York was "Bewitched" in this role from 1964 to 1969'

Answer: Darrin Stephens


Question: 'An Irish wit & playwright:<br />"Bigamy is having one wife too many.  Monogamy is the same"'

Answer: Oscar Wilde


Question: 'In ancient times Cassandra tried to warn her countrymen about this, but no one believed her'

Answer: the Trojan Horse


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew watches ropes of candy be split on the conveyor belt at the See's candy factory.)  As the candy moves down the conveyor belt, a splitter cuts it into ropes, & this French-named device cuts it to a certain length'

Answer: a guillotine


Question: 'Spitsbergen'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'Born Alicia Augello-Cook, this R&B lass chose her new last name for "the piano... and it can open so many doors"'

Answer: Alicia Keys


Question: 'In 71 A.D. this empire founded what would become York, then called Eboracum'

Answer: the Roman Empire


Question: 'A Nobel Prize winner: "Don't worry about your difficulties in mathematics.  I can assure you mine are still greater"'

Answer: Einstein


Question: 'Nickname of the man who led the American League in runs batted in for 1927, 1928, 1930 & 1934'

Answer: "The Iron Horse"


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a conveyor belt at the See's candy factory.)  One of the most famous episodes of this sitcom had two of its characters working the production line at a candy factory; the show's stars learned the ropes at the See's factory'

Answer: I Love Lucy


Question: 'Hainan'

Answer: China


Question: 'Pop star Pink has blushed pink before but says, "I also loved Mr. Pink", a character in this Tarantino film'

Answer: Reservoir Dogs


Question: 'This N.Y. area that early Native Americans called Paumanok covers about 1,700 square miles; I'll see you in the Hamptons'

Answer: Long Island


Question: 'A German composer: "Music should strike fire from the heart of man and bring tears from the eyes of a woman"'

Answer: Beethoven


Question: 'Alliterative name for an equine head on a pole used as a child's toy'

Answer: a hobbyhorse


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a scanner of some sort on the conveyor belt at the See's candy factory.)  Before packaging, the candy goes through this electronic device to make sure that, for instance, the nuts inside aren't the hardware kind; if so, it's dropped from the belt'

Answer: a metal detector


Question: 'Zanzibar'

Answer: Tanzania


Question: 'This Guns N' Roses guy got his name from a friend's dad: "I was always in such a hurry... always just passing through"'

Answer: Slash


Question: 'This Shakespeare title guy, the last Yorkist king of England, was beloved by the people of York'

Answer: Richard III


Question: 'A 19th c. woman: "For the theater one needs long arms; an artiste with short arms can never... make a fine gesture"'

Answer: Sarah Bernhardt


Question: 'This fearsome biblical quartet appears in Revelation 6'

Answer: the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew points out a QA worker stirring a sample of liquid chocolate with a measurement probe at the See's candy factory.)  The quality assurance team checks the chocolate's temperature & this, resistance to flow; if the chocolate is too thin, it won't coat the candy well'

Answer: viscosity


Question: 'Rhenium is named for this 820-mile-long river'

Answer: the Rhine


Question: 'In 1963 Wendell Scott became the first African American to win a stock car race in this association'

Answer: NASCAR


Question: 'Swiss student seeks companion for scavenger hunts in graveyards & dissecting rooms'

Answer: Victor Frankenstein


Question: 'This female daytime TV icon is "the only person to appear on this list every year since it began"'

Answer: Oprah Winfrey


Question: 'The American consul in Bangkok sent First Lady Lucy Hayes a cat of this breed, the first in the United States'

Answer: Siamese


Question: 'In Spanish it's a courtyard; in English, an outdoor deck'

Answer: patio


Question: 'Platinum comes from the Spanish "platina", which refers to this other element'

Answer: silver


Question: 'The aptly named Willie Thrower, the NFL's first black quarterback, played one game in 1953 for this team at Wrigley Field'

Answer: the Chicago Bears


Question: 'Young Russian count wanted for affair with married woman; open to pregnancy & train travel'

Answer: Anna Karenina


Question: '"The non-stop crisis has made his job the toughest any Treasury Secretary has faced in generations"'

Answer: Tim Geithner


Question: 'The breed called this Rex was developed in Cornwall, England'

Answer: Cornish


Question: 'Seattle has one of the oldest of these martial arts schools outside Japan'

Answer: dojo


Question: 'Promethium is named for a man in Greek legend known for theft of this'

Answer: fire


Question: 'Seeking nymphet to be light of my life, fire of my loins.  Must answer to "Lolita"'

Answer: Humbert Humbert


Question: 'T. Boone Pickens wrote the essay on this cable news pioneer, who did the same for T. Boone'

Answer: Ted Turner


Question: 'The coon cat, which has large snowshoe feet, has this state in its full name'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'In French "My God" is "Mon" this, as in an Edith Piaf song'

Answer: dieu


Question: 'Symbol Th, this element is named for a Norse god'

Answer: thorium


Question: 'Paralyzed British landowner seeks gamekeeper for Wragby estate'

Answer: Sir Chatterley (Lady Chatterley\'s husband)


Question: 'This woman was "the first Chancellor who grew up in the old East Germany"'

Answer: Merkel


Question: 'It's the exotic type of kitty seen here, just like a certain tiger'

Answer: a Bengal


Question: 'It's Dutch for "night", spelled the same as the German word'

Answer: Nacht


Question: 'Etymologically, phosphorus refers to something that is "bearing" this'

Answer: light


Question: 'Seeking governess for ward Adele at Thornfield; must not snoop in the attic'

Answer: Rochester


Question: 'Chuck Yeager wrote the entry for this pilot who gained instant fame for his heroic actions on January 15, 2009'

Answer: Sullenberger


Question: 'A mutation of the American shorthair is the American this, with crimped fur, much like a lamb's coat'

Answer: wirehair cat


Question: 'If you frequent shops that have saldi, "sales", you'll save this, a similar-sounding Italian word for "money"'

Answer: soldi


Question: 'This man, only the third man to serve his state in the U.S. Senate, left the body in 2009'

Answer: Ted Stevens


Question: 'D.H. Lawrence visited this country in 1922 & set his 1923 novel "Kangaroo" there'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'For swimming, you might want an anti-fog pair of these with shatter-resistant lenses'

Answer: goggles


Question: '1865: Ending the Civil War, Lee surrenders at this Virginia site'

Answer: Appomattox (Court House)


Question: 'The name of the Sahara Desert is from the Arabic for this'

Answer: desert


Question: 'In 1845 & 1846 the Phytophthora infestans fungus destroyed this crop in Ireland, causing a famine'

Answer: potatoes


Question: 'You say "goodbye", I say "hello", but it can also mean "love"'

Answer: aloha


Question: 'The title of the novel "The Heart Of Midlothian" refers to an old prison in this Scottish city'

Answer: Edinburgh


Question: 'For soccer, you want to protect the front of the leg from the knee to the ankle with a pair of these in addition to socks'

Answer: shin guards


Question: '1939: Denied permission to sing at Constitution Hall, Marian Anderson sings at this location instead'

Answer: the Lincoln Memorial


Question: 'The name of the Gobi Desert is Mongolian for this'

Answer: desert


Question: 'The Jack-o'-lantern mushroom, whose cap & gills are this color, gets its name because it glows in the dark'

Answer: orange


Question: 'Sharing its name with one of the islands, it's also a veranda or roofed patio'

Answer: Lanai


Question: 'Chapter 1 of "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" is entitled "Before I Came To" this city'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'Both spikes & these can be the projections added to shoes for traction or the shoes themselves'

Answer: cleats


Question: '1959: NASA publicly introduces Messrs. Glenn, Shepard & the rest of this program's 7 astronauts'

Answer: Mercury


Question: 'This novel begins, " Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition..."'

Answer: Emma


Question: 'This antibiotic was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928 in a mold'

Answer: penicillin


Question: 'This word means "expert", often a "big" one'

Answer: kahuna


Question: 'In "Daisy Miller", Henry James calls this Swiss city "the little metropolis of Calvinism"'

Answer: Geneva


Question: 'In billiards, it's a stick with a notched plate at one end used to support the cue'

Answer: a bridge


Question: '1859: This author receives his steamboat pilot's license'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'The gorilla is a member of the ape superfamily & is this genus & species--2 words'

Answer: Gorilla gorilla


Question: 'Fungi lack this green coloring matter that plants use to make food'

Answer: chlorophyll


Question: 'Not to be confused with a luau, a lua is this place (I hope there's no line outside)'

Answer: a restroom (bathroom)


Question: 'The preface to a Steinbeck novel tells us this title place "above the town of Monterey...isn't a flat at all"'

Answer: Tortilla Flat


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from wrestling practice at the University of Iowa.) Ancient Greek wrestlers competed naked; today's wrestlers wear this one-piece garment'

Answer: a singlet


Question: '1942: American & Philippine troops are overwhelmed by Japanese forces on this peninsula'

Answer: Bataan


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew catches a medicine ball in the Herbert Hoover Library.) President Hoover made his staff play a combination of volleyball & tennis using a medicine ball; in 1931 a New York Times reporter dubbed the game'

Answer: Hooverball


Question: 'The name of this dark brown mushroom whose cap can be up to 10 inches across is Japanese for "oak mushroom"'

Answer: shiitake


Question: 'Say it once or say it twice, but it means "hurry up"'

Answer: wiki wiki


Question: 'M.I.T.'s campus is on the Charles River in this Boston-area city'

Answer: Cambridge


Question: 'Despite sleeping elsewhere, during the Blitz this prime minister continued to work & take meals at No. 10'

Answer: Churchill


Question: 'Be careful changing this powdered ink in your printer or you may end up looking like a chimney sweep'

Answer: toner


Question: 'It was invented by mixing nitroglycerin with a type of earth to make it safer'

Answer: dynamite


Question: 'This seemingly clairvoyant company clerk was a big fan of Grape Nehi soda'

Answer: Radar


Question: 'Liquid measure equal to 3.785 liters'

Answer: a gallon


Question: 'This largest city in Alabama is a leading industrial & textile center'

Answer: Birmingham


Question: 'In 2002 an elaborate dinner party was held at No. 10 to celebrate this many year's reign by Elizabeth II'

Answer: 50 years


Question: 'For real security, get not a strip-cut but a cross- or micro-cut one of these devices'

Answer: a shredder


Question: 'Of Ramtex, Semtex, or Boomtex, the deadly Czech-made plastic explosive'

Answer: Semtex


Question: 'Harry Morgan earned 8 Emmy nominations as this Colonel, scoring a win in 1980'

Answer: Colonel Potter


Question: 'One can be observation or hot-air'

Answer: balloon


Question: 'This largest city in New Hampshire is "united" in being a leading financial & manufacturing center'

Answer: Manchester


Question: 'Though he works at No. 10, because of his large family, PM Tony Blair lives at this other Downing Street address'

Answer: No. 11


Question: 'The multimedia features of this Co.'s Dimension E510 let you spend all day watching videos'

Answer: Dell


Question: 'From their name, we assume these tubular fireworks are popular in Italy'

Answer: Roman candles


Question: 'After Trapper John was transferred stateside, this California-born surgeon replaced him'

Answer: B.J. Hunnicutt


Question: 'Solid fat extracted from the tissue of animals'

Answer: tallow


Question: 'The bronze statue of a fisherman at a ship's steering wheel in this Mass. city honors its many locals lost at sea'

Answer: Gloucester


Question: 'An early resident was the countess of Lichfield, the daughter of this 17th century king who returned from exile'

Answer: Charles II


Question: 'Also a wood-milling tool, this device directs data between a network & the Internet & can have a firewall'

Answer: a router


Question: 'It sounds like you wear it on your head, but it's a small tube with an explosive like RDX, used to start a bigger boom'

Answer: a blasting (or detonating) cap


Question: 'Played by William Christopher, this chaplain was always raising money for St. Teresa's orphanage'

Answer: Father Mulcahy


Question: 'Tubes in the female abdomen that transport ova to the uterus'

Answer: Fallopian


Question: 'This Connecticut city is home to the American Clock & Watch Museum & to ESPN'

Answer: Bristol


Question: 'Styled "the younger", this youngest-ever British PM lived at No. 10 1783-1801 & again 1804-06'

Answer: (William) Pitt


Question: 'Iomega calls this disk "the super floppy", whether it has a 1200MB or a 750MB capacity'

Answer: a zip disk


Question: 'Black powder, an explosive dating from medieval times, is about 75% saltpeter, 15% charcoal & 10% this element'

Answer: sulfur


Question: 'Of the 2 main ethnic groups of Belgium, the one that fits the category'

Answer: Walloon


Question: 'It's the last Best Picture winner with a real person's name in the title (a person who lived 400 years ago)'

Answer: Shakespeare in Love


Question:
'The viceroy butterfly looking like the monarch is:
(A) mimicry
(B) puppetry
(C) chicory
(D) rabbitry'

Answer: mimicry


Question: 'This founding member of Destiny's Child tells people that her first name rhymes with fiance'

Answer: Beyonce Knowles


Question: 'Try mixing lipstick with petroleum jelly if you run out of this cheek cosmetic'

Answer: blush


Question: 'In 1902 he published his newest Sherlock Holmes tale, "The Hound of the Baskervilles"'

Answer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


Question: 'This term for a stingerless male bee sounds like an unmanned spy plane'

Answer: drone


Question: 'Cards for these are air-blown into magazines'

Answer: subscriptions


Question:
'The only hormone that can lower blood sugar is:
(A) epinephrine
(B) glucagon
(C) thyroxine
(D) insulin'

Answer: insulin


Question: 'In 2001 Elton John courted controversy when he sang a duet with this rapper at the Grammys'

Answer: Eminem


Question: 'Make sure to avoid the eye area when you apply this insect sweet that's Heloise's favorite facial'

Answer: honey


Question: 'When Cecil Rhodes died in 1902, his fortune went to establishing scholarships to this school'

Answer: Oxford University


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Monkey River in Belize)  A mainstay of the toucan's diet, it's also in the name of the cereal that it promotes'

Answer: fruit


Question: 'You don't have to be a detective to know that this math process involves deduction'

Answer: subtraction


Question:
'A Venus's Flytrap is considered:
(A) aluminous
(B) bigamous
(C) carnivorous
(D) decamerous'

Answer: carnivorous


Question: 'On July 30, 2002 he gave a rare live TV appearance, broadcast from Asbury Park, New Jersey on the "Today" show'

Answer: Bruce Springsteen


Question: 'Add a half pound of the "sea" type of this to your bath water & you may feel like you're swimming in Utah'

Answer: salt


Question: 'He & Matthew Henson made their first serious attempt to reach the North Pole, but it would take 7 more years'

Answer: Robert Peary


Question: 'This substance produced by bees is used in the making of candles & cosmetics'

Answer: wax


Question: 'In 2000 the Yankees & the Mets played in a World Series dubbed this'

Answer: the "Subway Series"


Question:
'Gills are not a feature on:
(A) manatees
(B) sharks
(C) mushrooms
(D) sand dollars'

Answer: manatees


Question: 'In 2002 she delivered a new album, "Full Moon", a baby, Sy'rai, & an MTV reality series on her life'

Answer: Brandy


Question: 'This sandwich spread is Heloise's favorite oil treatment for the hair, but use it only on the ends'

Answer: mayonnaise


Question: 'After 3 years of fighting, this South African war came to an end'

Answer: the Boer War


Question: 'Ectopistes migratorius is the scientific name of this now extinct variety of pigeon'

Answer: passenger pigeon


Question: 'It's a government payment to a farmer not to grow something'

Answer: subsidy


Question:
'Experiencing piloerection you have:
(A) hemorrhoids
(B) razor stubble
(C) goose bumps
(D) bed hair'

Answer: goose bumps


Question: 'The parents of this R&B songstress named her in tribute to Mahatma Gandhi -- she was due on his birthday'

Answer: India Arie


Question: 'Cut this kitchen item into wedges for applying makeup or for separating your toes during a pedicure'

Answer: sponge


Question: 'In August this "Junior", son of a physician, poet & essayist, was appointed to the Supreme Court'

Answer: Oliver Wendell Holmes


Question: 'Seen here, this long-winged native of the Andes Mountains is actually a type of vulture'

Answer: condor


Question: 'Adjective for something that lives under your skin, like a parasite'

Answer: subcutaneous


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports in front of the Santa Maria in Columbus)  On October 12, 1492 Santa Maria sailor Rodrigo de Triana did this first, but Columbus awarded himself the prize for it, anyway'

Answer: spotting land


Question: 'In 1998 this school's Trojans defeated Arizona State 21-14 in the College World Series' highest-scoring final game'

Answer: Southern California (USC)


Question: 'In 1949 the state legislature made this "wily" canine South Dakota's state animal'

Answer: coyote


Question: 'There must be "2001" reasons to read this Englishman's sci-fi classic "Childhood's End"'

Answer: Arthur C. Clarke


Question: 'Sharing the 1945 Nobel Prize with Alexander Fleming, Howard Florey & Ernst Chain developed this antibiotic drug'

Answer: penicillin


Question: 'It's the informal, more common term for rhinoplasty'

Answer: nose job


Question: 'The first thing Columbus noted in his log about the New World natives was their lack of these'

Answer: clothing


Question: 'In 1947 NYU's Abraham Balk became the only man to win the foil & epee events in this sport in the same year'

Answer: fencing


Question: 'This South Dakota capital was founded as a fort in the early 1800s & named for a French fur trader'

Answer: Pierre


Question: 'Reinaldo Arenas called "Journey to" this Cuban city "A Novel in Three Trips"'

Answer: Havana


Question: '2 basic drug categories are depressants & these, which include caffeine'

Answer: stimulants


Question: 'We predict you'll know that this man famous for his prophecies was court physician to King Charles IX of France'

Answer: Nostradamus


Question: 'After 7 years living in this country, Columbus asked its King John II for backing, but was turned down'

Answer: Portugal


Question: 'The U. of Nebraska has had 3 Heisman Trophy winners: Johnny Rodgers, Mike Rozier & this quarterback in 2001'

Answer: Eric Crouch


Question: 'South Dakota's highest point is 7,242-foot-high Harney Peak in these hills'

Answer: Black Hills


Question: 'The Awangarda Krakowska was an avant-garde literary movement begun in this country in 1922'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'The name of this anti-inflammatory drug used in OTC preparations is a contraction of isobutylphenyl propionic acid'

Answer: ibuprofen


Question: 'Canada's Cape Breton Island forms part of this province'

Answer: Nova Scotia


Question: 'This settlement Columbus named for its Christmas founding wasn't "feliz" when all its men were killed'

Answer: Navidad


Question: 'On March 13, 1981 this future Olympian set an NCAA indoor record in the long jump by leaping 27' 10"'

Answer: Carl Lewis


Question: 'A majority leader of the U.S. Senate, this South Dakotan was the first in his family to graduate from college'

Answer: Tom Daschle


Question: 'A priest falls for the girl he's sent to exorcise in "Of Love and Other Demons" by this Colombian Nobel Prize-winner'

Answer: Gabriel Garcia Marquez


Question: 'Also called methylmorphine, this opium-derived drug is used in some cough medicines'

Answer: codeine


Question: 'A mutual fund that doesn't carry a sales charge going in or out is described as this type'

Answer: no-load


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports on the deck of the Santa Maria in Columbus)  Chris thought he was in Asia because he thought the length of one of these at the equator was 57 miles, not 69'

Answer: degree of longitude


Question: 'In 1994 Amy Van Dyken set an NCAA record, 21.77 sec., in the shortest freestyle swimming distance, this many yards'

Answer: 50


Question: 'A pageant inspired by her "Little House" books takes place in De Smet in late June & early July'

Answer: Laura Ingalls Wilder


Question: '"The Diary of a Superfluous Man" is a poignant novella by this Russian author of "Fathers and Sons"'

Answer: Ivan Turgenev


Question: 'Used today as an antispasmodic asthma treatment, this drug's name is Italian for "beautiful woman"'

Answer: belladonna


Question: 'It's John Donne's famous 5-word phrase about isolation that precedes "entire of itself"'

Answer: "No man is an island"


Question: 'Baptist minister Francis Bellamy penned this oath in 1892 to reflect his Christian Socialist beliefs'

Answer: the Pledge of Allegiance


Question:
'Netanya,
Beersheba,
Haifa'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'J. Alexander & Nigel Barker bring some testosterone to the judging panel on this show'

Answer: America\'s Next Top Model


Question: 'Knott's Berry Farm turns into "Knott's Scary Farm" mainly during this month'

Answer: October


Question: 'McKinley man, rode rough, bully for him'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'This fast food giant has resumed its Monopoly game'

Answer: McDonald\'s


Question: 'In Spanish, it's dos'

Answer: two


Question:
'Moose Jaw,
Sudbury,
Portage La Prairie'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'One of the few things the half brothers on this drama share is the love of basketball'

Answer: One Tree Hill


Question: 'Thrill to the spectacle of the "BraviSEAmo!" show at this Japanese city's DisneySea theme park'

Answer: Tokyo


Question: 'Never actually said he invented the Internet, told "An Inconvenient Truth" in 2006'

Answer: Al Gore


Question: 'At this eatery, the calorie conscious can now replace cheese & sauce with "Fresco Style" fiesta salsa'

Answer: Taco Bell


Question: 'In 1673 Marquette & Joliet explored in birchbark ones of these'

Answer: canoes


Question:
'Bialystok,
Slupsk,
Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'Taking buses from Bed-Stuy to Corleone Junior High School is an adventure in hilarity on this show'

Answer: Everybody Hates Chris


Question: 'Get away to Holiday World in Indiana to ride the Gobbler Getaway in the area named for this holiday'

Answer: Thanksgiving


Question: 'First Number 2 to go to Number One, anti-tea tax, lived to be 90'

Answer: John Adams


Question: 'Among the items you can have your way at this chain are its chicken fries & its chicken tenders'

Answer: Burger King


Question: 'Throwing techniques in this martial art are called nagewaza'

Answer: judo (jujitsu accepted)


Question:
'Nakuru,
Kisumu,
Nairobi'

Answer: Kenya


Question: 'Kristen Bell solves mysteries on this show now set in college'

Answer: Veronica Mars


Question: 'Zap aliens on the Men in Black Alien Attack ride at this movie-themed park in Florida'

Answer: Universal Studios


Question: 'Beat Alexander Hamilton's father-in-law to become Senator in 1791, did worse to Alexander Hamilton'

Answer: Aaron Burr


Question: 'In 1951 this chain served its first banana splits; in 2003 it launched a Blizzard-of-the-Month program'

Answer: Dairy Queen


Question: 'In U.S. harbors, these floating objects with red & white markings indicate the boundaries of safe water'

Answer: buoys


Question:
'Hoorn,
Haarlem,
Arnhem'

Answer: the Netherlands


Question: 'Brothers have to fight vampires, spirits & even clowns on this ghoulish drama'

Answer: Supernatural


Question: 'Ride the Curse of Darkcastle at Busch Gardens Europe in Williamsburg in this southern state'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'More than a Metrodome, Nixon nemesis, was "Triple H" way before the WWE guy'

Answer: (Hubert) Humphrey


Question: 'Any hedgehog could tell you that this is the place to go to get toaster sandwiches & Coney hot dogs'

Answer: Sonic


Question: 'In the U.S. Army or Marine Corps, a platoon is normally commanded by this officer'

Answer: a lieutenant


Question: 'Appropriately, it's the title of the 13th & final book in "A Series of Unfortunate Events"'

Answer: The End


Question: 'Before getting an Oscar nomination, this actress won hearts as Queen Amidala'

Answer: Natalie Portman


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the U.S. Mint in Denver, CO.) The United States Mint's Westward Journey nickel shows the word "Liberty" in this man's handwriting'

Answer: Jefferson


Question: 'This peak's name in Arabic is Jabal Musa, or "Mount of Moses"'

Answer: Mount Sinai


Question: 'Shades of this color include azzuro & celeste'

Answer: blue


Question: 'A pulpit called a minbar is often found in this Muslim house of worship'

Answer: a mosque


Question: 'In Meg Cabot's "Valentine Princess", this girl's grandmere disapproves of her boyfriend Michael'

Answer: Princess Mia


Question: 'At age 13, Keisha Castle-Hughes was nominated for an Oscar in 2004 for playing a Maori girl who "rode" these cetaceans'

Answer: whales


Question: 'It's the creature on the reverse of the quarter in use since 1932'

Answer: the eagle


Question: 'Prospectors travelling West in 1859 vowed to reach this famous "Peak or Bust"'

Answer: Pike\'s Peak


Question: 'This primary color is giallo'

Answer: yellow


Question: 'It's the film of mucus & bacteria on a tooth's surface'

Answer: plaque


Question: 'In a book by Irene Hunt, 9-year-old Jethro Creighton lives during the Civil War, which lasts "Across Five" of these months'

Answer: Aprils


Question: 'Seen here, he was 11 when he got his Oscar nomination for "The Sixth Sense"'

Answer: (Haley Joel) Osment


Question: 'Compared to about 8 billion Lincoln cents, each year the Mint issues about 7 million of the Kennedy these'

Answer: half dollars


Question: 'At about 29,000 ft., the summit of this Nepalese peak reaches 2/3 of the way throught the Earth's troposphere'

Answer: Mount Everest


Question: 'This eye color is marrone'

Answer: brown


Question: 'Unparalleled, one of a kind'

Answer: unique


Question: 'Guy Montag is a fireman whose job is to burn books in this classic by Ray Bradbury'

Answer: Fahrenheit 451


Question: 'Her 1935 honorary award made this curly-haired girl the youngest actress ever to receive an Oscar'

Answer: Shirley Temple


Question: 'Move over, Sacajawea: a new series of presidential coins worth this much is being launched in 2007'

Answer: one dollar


Question: 'To some Buddhists the 33rd & 88th ascents of this Japanese peak carry special religious significance'

Answer: Mount Fuji


Question: 'It is arancio'

Answer: orange


Question: 'From 1970 to 1975 & in 1980, Arnold Schwarzenegger was crowned Mr. Olympia for having the best this'

Answer: physique


Question: 'Death narrates this novel about Liesel Meminger, who steals reading material during WWII'

Answer: The Book Thief


Question: 'At age 20, she was nominated for playing Emma Thompson's sister in "Sense and Sensibility"'

Answer: Kate Winslet


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Denver.) Though it depicts Caesar Rodney's ride to vote for the Declaration of Independence, Delaware got the Mint's first state quarter because it was the first to do this'

Answer: ratify the U.S. Constitution


Question: 'This horn-shaped peak's English name is derived from the name of the nearby town of Zermatt, Switzerland'

Answer: the Matterhorn


Question: 'This metallic color is argento'

Answer: silver


Question: 'This country was once known as Portuguese East Africa'

Answer: Mozambique


Question: 'The emblem seen here is now used in countries where this organization's original emblem was controversial'

Answer: the (International) Red Cross


Question: '1938:<br />"For her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China"'

Answer: Pearl S. Buck


Question: 'If you're at the Superdome for an NFL game, you'll hear this song made famous by Louis Armstrong in 1939'

Answer: "When The Saints Go Marching In"


Question: 'Said to make the creamiest & best version, Ricotta can be the namesake ingredient in this dessert'

Answer: cheesecake


Question:
'Baldwin,
Thurber,
Michener'

Answer: James


Question: 'On Dec. 24, 1943 this U.S. general was appointed Supreme Allied Commander'

Answer: Eisenhower


Question: 'The Motion Picture Association of America gave us this term meaning explicit or obscene'

Answer: X-rated


Question: '1958:<br />"For his important achievement... in the field of the great Russian epic tradition"'

Answer: Pasternak


Question: '"Spirits In The Material World" is an aptly titled song on this 1981 Police album'

Answer: Ghost in the Machine


Question: 'Logically enough, Genoise was developed in this European city'

Answer: Genoa


Question:
'Principle,
Marshall,
Pumpkin Eater'

Answer: Peter


Question: 'Destroying more than 35,000 volumes, a fire devastated this location in Washington, D.C. on Christmas Eve 1851'

Answer: the Library of Congress


Question: 'This shortened term for a weapon appeared as early as August 1945'

Answer: A-bomb


Question: '1970:<br />"For the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions" of Russian literature'

Answer: Solzhenitsyn


Question: 'Cash registers ring for Shania Twain in this song that says "We live in a greedy little world"'

Answer: "Ka-Ching!"


Question: 'It's the geographic-sounding name of the cake seen here'

Answer: German chocolate cake


Question:
'Ortega,
Bernoulli,
Boone'

Answer: Daniel


Question: 'Christmas Island in the Pacific gets its name from its Christmas Eve 1777 discovery by this British explorer'

Answer: (Captain) Cook


Question: 'One of the first versions of this, in Michigan in 1956, had the kids hitting off a metal pipe'

Answer: T-ball


Question: '2005:<br />"Who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle"'

Answer: Harold Pinter


Question: 'In a Journey title, it comes between "Lovin'" & "Squeezin'"'

Answer: "Touchin\'"


Question: 'A sponge cake without egg yolks or butter, it's fat free, pure white, &, as its name implies, a little piece of heaven'

Answer: angel food cake


Question:
'Rothko,
Begich,
Spitz'

Answer: Mark


Question: 'The War of 1812 was officially ended by the signing of the Treaty of Ghent on Dec. 24 of this year'

Answer: 1814


Question: 'A double bend in a road, or a record label with Tom Jones on its roster'

Answer: S-curve


Question: '1932:<br />"For his distinguished art of narration which takes its highest form in 'The Forsyte Saga'"'

Answer: John Galsworthy


Question: '"You think you're alone until you realize you're in it" are lyrics in this voyeuristic Elvis Costello song'

Answer: "Watching The Detectives"


Question: 'It's the festive name of the cake seen here'

Answer: a yule log


Question:
'Pound,
Cornell,
Better Than'

Answer: Ezra


Question: 'Held on spying charges by this nation, the crew of the USS Pueblo returned to the U.S. for Christmas 1968'

Answer: North Korea


Question: 'In varying sizes, this versatile item holds almost anything together & is especially useful when glue is drying'

Answer: a C-clamp


Question: 'An indoor pool was built for him in the West Terrace because he swam as therapy'

Answer: FDR


Question: 'At the start of this comedy classic, Elwood is picking up his brother Jake, who's getting out of prison'

Answer: The Blues Brothers


Question: 'Until 1700 a commoner in this William III-led country couldn't own a greyhound, property only for the nobility'

Answer: England


Question: 'In 1791 Vermont joined the Union as this number state, not quite original'

Answer: 14th


Question: 'After Dolley Payne's first husband died of yellow fever in 1793, she married this man'

Answer: Madison


Question: 'Dark military offensive'

Answer: black attack


Question: 'The walls of the White House are this "stone", a type of sedimentary rock, that has been painted over'

Answer: sandstone


Question: 'Shaquille O'Neal's big screen debut was in this 1994 film, as a college basketball phenom'

Answer: Blue Chips


Question: 'Dedicated to the adoption of ex-racing greys, First State Greyhound Rescue places dogs in N.J., Penn. & this state'

Answer: Delaware


Question: 'Bordering Vermont to the north is Canada, specifically this province'

Answer: Quebec


Question: 'Yellow fever is caused by one of these microorganisms that get transmitted by mosquito bites'

Answer: a virus


Question: 'Earthy dress for a ball'

Answer: a brown gown


Question: 'The first of these was installed in 1879 for Rutherford B. Hayes; his number was 1'

Answer: a telephone


Question: 'Diana Ross belts out "God Bless The Child" in this musical biography'

Answer: Lady Sings the Blues


Question: 'Greyhound owners groups commonly advise that unless you can run 40 mph, it's a really bad idea to walk one "off" this'

Answer: off-leash


Question: 'This man from Middlesex is the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee'

Answer: Patrick Leahy


Question: 'From the old French for "yellowness", this skin condition puts the yellow in yellow fever'

Answer: jaundice


Question: 'Commie grooved part of a tire'

Answer: red tread


Question: 'The earliest known photograph taken inside the White House is of him & his cabinet at the start of the Mexican War'

Answer: Polk


Question: 'This action flick starring Roy Scheider & a high-tech police helicopter was also briefly a TV series'

Answer: Blue Thunder


Question: 'In Proverbs 30:31 this son of David wrote about a greyhound, the only dog breed mentioned in the Old Testament'

Answer: Solomon


Question: 'Between New Hampshire & Vermont runs this river named for a third state'

Answer: the Connecticut


Question: 'Control of yellow fever greatly aided the completion of this large-scale Central American project in 1914'

Answer: the Panama Canal


Question: 'Salmon-colored psychiatrist'

Answer: pink shrink


Question: 'When electric lights were installed in 1891, this pres., afraid of being shocked, wouldn't operate the switches'

Answer: Benjamin Harrison


Question: 'This 1971 documentary about great white sharks contains some of the most terrifying underwater footage ever shot'

Answer: Blue Water, White Death


Question: 'The greyhound originated more than 5,000 years ago in this African country, where it was used to hunt gazelles'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'This most populous city in the state is home to the main campus of the University of Vermont'

Answer: Burlington


Question: 'A Washington, D.C. hospital bears the name of this man who fought yellow fever in Cuba & discovered its cause'

Answer: Walter Reed


Question: 'Blood-hued courtesan'

Answer: a scarlet harlot


Question: 'Referring to a 1999 incident, her autobiography is titled "It's Not About the Bra"'

Answer: Brandi Chastain


Question: 'In 2010 this Arizonan won a fifth 6-year term to the Senate'

Answer: John McCain


Question: 'This 2009 film is the all-time top-grossing movie in the U.S. & the world'

Answer: Avatar


Question: '"Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to..." California, which produces 3/4 of this jam item in the United States'

Answer: strawberry


Question: 'An Observatory at Corning CC, her alma mater, is named for Eileen Collins, the first woman to command this NASA vehicle'

Answer: the Space Shuttle


Question: 'It's a synonym for speed'

Answer: velocity


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the Maui Ocean Center.)  To be hard to see from both above and below, many sharks have dark backs and paler bellies; this was named "counter-shading" by Abbot Thayer, an artist who helped the military develop this during World War I'

Answer: camouflage


Question: 'This house minority leader has routinely won 80% of the vote in her re-elections to California's 8th district'

Answer: Nancy Pelosi


Question: 'It's all a dream (or a dream within a dream within a dream) for Leonardo DiCaprio & Ellen Page in this film--or is it?'

Answer: Inception


Question: 'This jam fruit named for a New Zealand bird is rich in vitamin C'

Answer: kiwi


Question: 'Richard Carmona rose from Bronx Community College to med school to this job atop the U.S. public health service'

Answer: the Surgeon General


Question: 'Prohibited, German style'

Answer: verboten


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reads from the Maui Ocean Center.)  Mature green sea turtles are herbivores; that's why their body fat is green; young ones who haven't developed their color yet feed on creatures like jellyfish, so they're classified as these'

Answer: carnivores


Question: 'In 2000 this Virginian won his primary by 263 votes; now he's house majority leader'

Answer: Eric Cantor


Question: 'Disney retold the story of Rapunzel in this 2010 animated film'

Answer: Tangled


Question: 'A cultivar of this jam fruit is Elberta, a freestone that originated in Georgia in 1870'

Answer: peach


Question: 'A long time ago in Modesto, Calif., far, far away, this producer/ director went to community college & studied history'

Answer: George Lucas


Question: 'Word for word'

Answer: verbatim


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the Maui Ocean Center.)  The teeth of many rays, which evolved from the scaly pieces that make up their skin, are adapted to their diet; eagle rays have flat teeth for crushing these protective structures'

Answer: shells


Question: 'Now Senate majority leader, he beat John Ensign by 428 votes in 1998'

Answer: Harry Reid


Question: 'Cher played Christina Aguilera's Mentor in this musical'

Answer: Burlesque


Question: 'Good in jam (& pulled out of pies with a thumb), Japanese these are native to China, but were 1st cultivated in Japan'

Answer: plums


Question: 'Curt Jones studied chemistry at CC before inventing these delicious flash-frozen beads of ice cream'

Answer: Dippin\' Dots


Question: 'Revenge, Italian style, especially between families'

Answer: vendetta


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reads from the Maui Ocean Center.)  Sea turtles dive to hundreds of feet by storing air in special passages; unlike the lungs, the passages don't have a network of blood vessels, so nitrogen doesn't get into the bloodstream to cause this, as in humans'

Answer: the bends


Question: 'In the Senate, Mark Kirk replaced Roland Burris, who had replaced this man'

Answer: Barack Obama


Question: 'Tina Fey was the voice of reporter roxanne ritchi, who covers the title villain-turned-hero of this 2010 movie'

Answer: Megamind


Question: 'Greeks & Phoenicians spread the popularity of this 3-letter jam fruit throughout the old world; enjoy a San Pedro!'

Answer: fig


Question: 'This PBS "newshour" anchor edited the student newspaper at Victoria College in Beaumont, Texas'

Answer: Jim Lehrer


Question: 'When you make an active decision, you do it of your own this'

Answer: volition


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the Maui Ocean Center.)  The distinctive head of the hammerhead shark gives the fish added lift in rising to the surface; this pair of fins that serves the same purpose is relatively underdeveloped'

Answer: the pectoral fins


Question: 'Bemoaning a "Heart of Glass"'

Answer: Blondie


Question: 'Rice or noodles traditionally accompany this beef dish named for a 19th century Russian diplomat'

Answer: Stroganoff


Question:
'By distance from the sun:
1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Earth
4. this planet'

Answer: Mars


Question: '...Of a burns poem rhymes "newly sprung in June" with "sweetly play'd in" this'

Answer: tune


Question: 'Get some goggles & recline in one of these beds: go for the high pressure for a greater proportion of UVA rays'

Answer: a tanning bed


Question: 'This Egyptian whose reign ended around 1322 B.C. would never be old enough to drink legally in the United States'

Answer: King Tut


Question: 'Doin' some "Jive Talkin' "'

Answer: The Bee Gees


Question: 'In 1966 this was named the official ballet company of the New York City Center'

Answer: the Joffrey Ballet


Question:
'By career homers:
1. Barry Bonds
2. Hank Aaron
3. Babe Ruth
4. "Say Hey" to him'

Answer: Willie Mays


Question: '...Of "To Autumn" by Keats says this season "has O'er-brimm'd" the bees' "clammy cells"'

Answer: summer


Question: 'Grab the 2 handles on your sled & race in this singles sport, a winter Olympic event since 1964'

Answer: the luge


Question: 'On Nov. 28, 1859 he became a Legend of Sleepy Hollow himself'

Answer: (Washington) Irving


Question: 'Suggesting, "Come See About Me"'

Answer: The Supremes


Question: 'The most frequent type of exchange between Ben Roethlisberger & Rashard Mendenhall'

Answer: a handoff


Question:
'By area:
1. Asia
2. Africa
3. North America
4. this continent'

Answer: South America


Question: '...Of Yeats' "Leda and" this bird mentions "her nape caught in his bill"'

Answer: a swan


Question: 'I'm practicing tricks on my Screaming Eagle one of these toys from Duncan'

Answer: a yo-yo


Question: 'On Nov. 26, 1504, 12 years after saying "Goodbye, Columbus", this queen made her royal exit'

Answer: Isabella


Question: 'Desiring "Money For Nothing"'

Answer: Dire Straits


Question: '2-word term for a public school official who investigates unauthorized absences from school'

Answer: a truant officer


Question:
'By electoral votes:
1. California
2. Texas
3. New York
4. this state'

Answer: Florida


Question: '"The Courtship of Miles Standish" mentions this man, "friend, and household companion" of Miles'

Answer: John Alden


Question: 'Try acting out in prison & you may get sent to this solitary place; Humble Pie sang about "30 Days" in it'

Answer: the hole


Question: 'In 1521 this Spanish explorer could've used a Fountain of Youth after an arrow wound led to his death in Havana'

Answer: Ponce de Leon


Question: 'Insisting, "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)"'

Answer: Hall & Oates


Question: 'A box for valuables; flush ones in a treasury are said to be "filled"'

Answer: a coffer


Question:
'By atomic number:
1. hydrogen
2. helium
3. lithium
4. this element'

Answer: Beryllium


Question: '...Of this poet's "Prairie" begins, "I was born on the prairie" (Galesburg, Illinois, 1878)'

Answer: (Carl) Sandburg


Question: 'I like making this type of solo monologue; my favorite begins, "is this a dagger which I see before me"'

Answer: a soliloquy


Question: 'The diary closed for this English government official on May 26, 1703'

Answer: (Samuel) Pepys


Question: 'Completed in 1858, it was to be named St. Stephen, but was nicknamed this, honoring the chief commissioner of the works'

Answer: Big Ben


Question: '"Brace yourself" -- Edward Angle was the first specialist in this dental field'

Answer: orthodontics


Question:
'(1983)
Michael Jackson:
"Scram"'

Answer: "Beat It"


Question: 'New in dictionaries, it's low-paying employment with no hope of advancement'

Answer: McJob


Question: 'One of this state's license plates depicts an automobile & says it's the "World's Motor Capital"'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'The costumes for this long-running musical based on a T.S. Eliot book of poems include pointy ears & tails'

Answer: Cats


Question: 'The less developed, non-industrialized nations of the planet'

Answer: third world


Question: 'The FDA has approved getting your flu vaccine this way (same way as many pay their doctors)'

Answer: through the nose


Question:
'(1959)
Frankie Avalon:
"Second Planet from the Sun"'

Answer: "Venus"


Question: 'On Feb. 1, 2000 he defeated George W. Bush in the New Hampshire primary'

Answer: John McCain


Question: 'This "Home on the Range" animal "roams" across Indiana's state seal'

Answer: buffalo


Question: 'A bullfighter's costume includes a satin "suit of lights" & a montera, a 2-cornered one of these'

Answer: hat


Question: 'It rose in Germany in 1933 & fell in 1945'

Answer: the Third Reich


Question: 'Because it mainly affects babies & children, this disease is also called infantile paralysis'

Answer: polio


Question:
'(1989)
Billy Joel:
"You & I Weren't Responsible for Those Flames"'

Answer: "We Didn\'t Start the Fire"


Question: 'A spring wrapped around a shock absorber, it's the strut system of many front-wheel-drive vehicles'

Answer: MacPherson strut


Question: 'Its state poem, "Howdy Folks", was written for a memorial to a humorist & mentions Wiley Post'

Answer: Oklahoma


Question: 'Because of the jackets they wore during the 18th century, troops of this nation were known as Redcoats'

Answer: Britain


Question: 'In a classic comedy routine, it's where you'll find "I Don't Know"'

Answer: third base


Question: 'Listen up!  Teens & adults, as well as children, may have this disorder, ADD for short'

Answer: Attention Deficit Disorder


Question:
'(1986)
The Bangles:
"Saunter Similarly to Tut or Ramses"'

Answer: "Walk Like an Egyptian"


Question: 'In 1841 a sound that became a center for Antarctic exploration was named for him'

Answer: McMurdo


Question: 'Connecticut has a state ship -- this nuclear-powered submarine which was commissioned at Groton on September 30, 1954'

Answer: the Nautilus


Question: 'The distinctive colored clothes worn by these competitors are called "silks"'

Answer: jockeys


Question: 'This type of narrator is outside of the action commenting on it'

Answer: third person


Question: 'In 1997 dieters who'd taken this drug combination were advised to get checked for heart damage'

Answer: Fen-phen


Question:
'(1996)
Toni Braxton:
"Put Back Together This Beating Organ Of Mine"'

Answer: "Un-Break My Heart"


Question: '"The Northern Lights have seen queer sights, but the queerest they ever did see was that night...I cremated" him'

Answer: Sam McGee


Question: 'This state animal of Vermont, a breed of horse, is named for the ancestor's original owner'

Answer: the Morgan horse


Question: 'Designer Sarah Phillips made news for designing this woman's inaugural gown worn on Jan. 20, 1993'

Answer: Hillary Clinton


Question: 'Called the Ajna Chakra in Hinduism, opening it leads to cosmic wisdom'

Answer: the Third Eye


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Berlin Wall)  In Berlin in 1963, this American said, "Democracy is not perfect, but we never had to put a wall up to keep people in"'

Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: 'This villain started out as Anakin Skywalker, a young slave on Tatooine'

Answer: Darth Vader


Question: 'Pew was an evil pirate in this classic 1883 novel'

Answer: "Treasure Island"


Question: 'Smothers ____,<br />entertainers'

Answer: Brothers


Question: '"The Fiddler" by Marc Chagall is portrayed as a fiddler on one of these -- L'Chaim!'

Answer: a roof


Question: 'If the bottom stripe falls off your American flag, you're left with this many'

Answer: 12


Question: 'Karl Schinkel designed the Werderscher Kirche as this type of building; it's now a Schinkel museum'

Answer: a church


Question: 'Of "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly", the one played by Lee Van Cleef'

Answer: the Bad


Question: 'His ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, was formerly a French merchant ship he took & refitted'

Answer: Blackbeard


Question: '____ Ben,<br />rice guy'

Answer: Uncle


Question: 'This French sculptor's first masterwork, a young male nude circa 1875, was later called "The Age of Bronze"'

Answer: Auguste Rodin


Question: 'If 1/3 of the U.S. Supreme Court suddenly quits, there'll be this many judges left on the bench'

Answer: 6


Question: 'Tempelhof Airport, opened in 1923, was made famous by this 1948-'49 event'

Answer: the Berlin Airlift


Question: 'In this 1988 film Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber spoils Bruce Willis' day -- well, night'

Answer: Die Hard


Question: 'In honor of its centenary Joseph Papp produced a version of this in Central Park in 1980'

Answer: The Pirates of Penzance


Question: '____ Machree,<br />Irish favorite'

Answer: Mother


Question: '17th century artist born in Delft known for his paintings that have a cool, silvery light'

Answer: Jan Vermeer


Question: 'If one of your nonet gets bumped off, you're left with a group called this'

Answer: an octet


Question: 'Much of this innovative female director's film "Olympia" was shot at Berlin's Olympic Stadium in 1936'

Answer: Leni Riefenstahl


Question: 'Bill McKinney, one of the mountain men who went after Ned Beatty in this 1972 film, has a CD of love songs out'

Answer: Deliverance


Question: 'Tortola in this island group was a popular spot for 17th century pirates'

Answer: (British) Virgin Islands


Question: '____ Jones,<br />"Hee Haw" star'

Answer: Grandpa


Question: 'In 1930 Picasso created 30 etchings as illustrations for this ancient Roman's "Metamorphoses"'

Answer: Ovid


Question: 'If 31 of the gross of personalized pencils you ordered were sent back due to typos, you'd still have this many'

Answer: 113


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Berlin)  The Reichstag became a museum after World War II, but was reborn in the '90s as the home of this parliament'

Answer: the Bundestag


Question: 'Betty Lou Gerson voiced her in 1961; Glenn Close played her in 1996 & 2000'

Answer: Cruella de Vil


Question: '(I'm Jeff Probst in Panama)  In 1671 this Welsh buccaneer burned much of Panama City to the ground while his men looted what was left'

Answer: Sir Henry Morgan


Question: '____ Rhody,<br />recipient of goose death notice'

Answer: Aunt


Question: 'The Philadelphia Museum of Art has works by this famed local artist, like the one seen here, & a parking lot named for him'

Answer: Thomas Eakins


Question: 'Congrats!  You won the Nobel Prize in Economics -- that leaves you this many other categories to go after'

Answer: 5


Question: 'The first man to die as the result of one of these accidents was Lt. Thomas Selfridge on Sept. 17, 1908'

Answer: an airplane crash


Question: 'In ancient times, Babylonia was located in the southern part of what is now this country'

Answer: Iraq


Question: 'Take a bow if you know that "Take A Bow" was a big hit for her'

Answer: Madonna


Question: 'Chlorine for the pool?  Nope.  Used as this type of liquid chemical whitener?  Also no'

Answer: bleach


Question: 'Neil Armstrong famously took a small one'

Answer: step


Question: 'Choosing "or bust", in Nov. 1806 Ol' Zebulon made it partway up but didn't summit this featured later named for him'

Answer: Pike\'s Peak


Question: 'It's how polar bears sense a dead whale 20 miles away'

Answer: smell


Question: 'In 1964 & 1976 this resort city in Austria hosted the Winter Olympics'

Answer: Innsbruck


Question: 'In a 1995 hit he asked, "Have you ever really loved a woman?"'

Answer: Bryan Adams


Question: 'Sorry, Dr. Scholl, but gel inserts for these aren't allowed'

Answer: shoes


Question: 'Approximately 1.094 yards'

Answer: meter


Question: 'On July 11, 1955 the first class of cadets for this academy was sworn in at its temporary location in Denver'

Answer: the Air Force Academy


Question: 'Fantastic, groovy, "out of" this, man'

Answer: sight


Question: 'In Roman times, this peninsula was known as Hispania'

Answer: Iberia


Question: 'Their "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" was featured in the movie "Armageddon"'

Answer: Aerosmith


Question: 'Funny you should ask, but no, you can't bring this electrified rod for driving livestock in your carry-on'

Answer: a cattle prod


Question: 'A destructive insect, or just anyone annoying you'

Answer: pest


Question: 'This architect's Mile High Center in Denver was completed in 1956; we'd like your initial reaction'

Answer: I.M. Pei


Question: 'It's a session in which testimony is presented before a judge in a lawsuit'

Answer: hearing


Question: 'The Bosporus Bridge links the Asiatic & European sections of this city'

Answer: Istanbul


Question: 'In the '90s they peppered the charts with songs like "Wannabe" and "Say You'll Be There"'

Answer: The Spice Girls


Question: 'Items like this one seen here?  Not so much'

Answer: a snow globe


Question: 'Grolsch or Molson, for example'

Answer: beer


Question: 'Toot toot!  By the late 1930s, this northwest Colorado town shipped itself out as "Ski Town, USA"'

Answer: Steamboat Springs


Question: 'It's the sense that Simple Simon asks to use'

Answer: taste


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew points to a Southeast Asian region on a map on the monitor.)  Once referring to a region controlled by France, today it's simply the name of this peninsula that includes Thailand, Cambodia & Vietnam'

Answer: Indochina


Question: 'In 1992 it was hardly the "End Of The Road" for this group, whose hit spent 13 weeks at No. 1'

Answer: Boyz II Men


Question: 'Like the billy club, this leather-covered club with a rhyming name cannot be in a carry-on bag'

Answer: a blackjack


Question: 'The larch'

Answer: tree


Question: 'In 1870 this man helped young men go west by sponsoring a Colorado farming colony'

Answer: Horace Greeley


Question: 'Meissner corpuscles are nerve endings thought to aid this sense'

Answer: touch


Question: 'When Queen Victoria's granddaughter married into the Russian royal house, this blood disease went with her'

Answer: hemophilia


Question:
'Sybil Williams,
Elizabeth Taylor,
Elizabeth Taylor,
Susan Hunt,
Sally Hay'

Answer: Richard Burton


Question: 'David's son Adonijah asked to wed his late father's nurse; he was denied, & this brother of his had him whacked'

Answer: Solomon


Question: 'A young woman named Latifa wrote the memoir "My Forbidden Face: Growing Up Under" this Afghan group'

Answer: the Taliban


Question: 'Fill up your basket & focus on this store:<br />TGT'

Answer: Target


Question: '"Yankee" before the name of this braised beef dish means that vegetables were added during the cooking process'

Answer: pot roast


Question: 'Montezuma's real revenge: a 1741 British expedition to conquer Mexico was devastated by this "colorful" disease'

Answer: yellow fever


Question:
'Donna Peele,
Denise Richards,
Brooke Mueller'

Answer: Charlie Sheen


Question: 'In a move that came back to haunt him, this twin brother of Jacob sold his birthright for some lentil soup'

Answer: Esau


Question: 'Robert Louis Wilken's "The Spirit of Early Christian Thought" is subtitled "Seeking the Face of" him'

Answer: God


Question: 'For you do-it-yourselfers:<br />HD'

Answer: Home Depot


Question: 'It has the domain extension .pr'

Answer: Puerto Rico


Question: 'In 1996 Michael DeBakey advised this Russian to have a bypass, prolonging his presidency & life'

Answer: Yeltsin


Question:
'Randall Lee Gosch,
Casey Coates,
Mary Steenburgen'

Answer: Ted Danson


Question: 'The first called of Jesus' disciples, he was the brother of Simon Peter'

Answer: Andrew


Question: 'Teen Jane Johnson realizes she was kidnapped in Caroline Cooney's "The Face on" this, where missing kids are pictured'

Answer: a milk carton


Question: 'For a good deal on electronics & appliances:<br />BBY'

Answer: Best Buy


Question: 'It's a system in which one's work is evaluated by those in the same field; NIH grants are subject to dual ones'

Answer: peer review


Question: 'Generations of inbreeding doomed this dynasty in Spain as Charles II was both witless & childless'

Answer: Hapsburg


Question:
'Judy Nye,
Janie Shirley Smith,
Jane Fonda'

Answer: Ted Turner


Question: 'This biblical patriarch's brothers were Haran & Nahor, & he was Lot's uncle'

Answer: Abraham


Question: 'After penning "My Stroke of Luck", this Hollywood legend shared "90 Years of Living, Loving, & Learning" in "Let's Face It"'

Answer: Kirk Douglas


Question: 'For cookbooks, cookware, cutlery & more:<br />WSM'

Answer: Williams-Sonoma


Question: 'This Latin phrase means "determined by share"'

Answer: pro rata


Question: 'Napoleon's invasion of Russia was partly doomed by epidemic typhus, primarily carried by bacteria on this parasite'

Answer: lice


Question:
'Melissa Lee Gatlin,
Toni Lawrence,
Cynda Williams,
Pietra Dawn Cherniak,
Angelina Jolie'

Answer: Billy Bob Thornton


Question: 'Joseph had 10 half-brothers & only 1 full brother, him'

Answer: Benjamin


Question: '"Cover Her Face" is an Adam Dalgliesh mystery by this British woman'

Answer: P.D. James


Question: 'For incense, candles & home accents:<br />PIR'

Answer: Pier 1 Imports


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew bangs Jimmy of the Clue Crew on the knee.)  It's the medical term for the response elicited by a tap on a particular tendon; axons quickly carry the impulse, causing the lower leg to extend'

Answer: patella reflex


Question: 'It's the largest country in the world without any permanent natural rivers or lakes'

Answer: Saudi Arabia


Question: 'The reconstructed birthplace of this pres., known as "Teedie" when he lived there, is on E. 20th St. in NYC'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'He's the NHL's all-time leader in goals with 894; No. 2 checks in with 801'

Answer: Wayne Gretzky


Question: 'It's okay to use this 4-letter word for a group of people or relatives, even if they aren't Scottish'

Answer: a clan


Question: 'This beer company was started in 1984 by Jim Koch, not the patriot-brewer of the Revolutionary War'

Answer: Sam Adams


Question: 'There are 360 in a circle'

Answer: degrees


Question: '2-word literary term for when a character gets his just deserts in an especially appropriate way'

Answer: poetic justice


Question: 'A fine collection of Haida & Tlingit totem poles was toted to Sitka National Historic Park in this state'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'In 2003 he won an Emmy for his work on "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"'

Answer: Wayne Brady


Question: 'That's right, good buddy--it's a group of ships or vehicles traveling together with a protective escort'

Answer: a convoy


Question: 'This beer company was one of the first to use pasteurization & the first to make Lite beer'

Answer: Miller


Question: 'Your professional life, hopefully a distinguished one'

Answer: career


Question: 'Chekhov said a story shouldn't include unnecessary stuff--if one of these appears, it better go off'

Answer: a gun


Question: 'Make a "pilgrim"age to this New England town to visit the 1627 English village re-created there'

Answer: Plymouth


Question: 'He billed himself as Duke Morrison for the 1929 film "Words and Music"'

Answer: John Wayne


Question: 'This term for a small group of musicians like a jazz band sounds like a fast food meal'

Answer: a combo


Question: 'During prohibition this Golden, Colorado company switched to selling malted milk'

Answer: Coors


Question: 'A Cretan or a Spartan'

Answer: a Greek


Question: 'It's the fancy Frenchified name for the resolution of a story's plot following the climax'

Answer: the denouement


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Governor's Palace in Williamsburg, VA.)  Residents of Williamsburg's lavish Governor's Palace included this famous orator, the first governor of Virginia after independence'

Answer: Patrick Henry


Question: 'As Wayne Campbell, this actor said, "Garth, marriage is punishment for shoplifting in some countries"'

Answer: Mike Myers


Question: 'Like the legislature of Great Britain, a group of owls is called this'

Answer: a parliament


Question: 'Adolphus sold brewing supplies & Eberhard was his best customer; their last names became this beer company's name'

Answer: Anheuser-Busch


Question: 'Type of birth where the baby's feet come out first'

Answer: breech


Question: 'When the audience knows something that one of the characters doesn't, it's dramatic this, isn't it?'

Answer: irony


Question: 'Splendors of the Gilded Age adorn the Lightner Museum, once a Gilded Age hotel in this oldest Florida city'

Answer: St. Augustine


Question: 'This author of self-help books like "Change Your Thoughts--Change Your Life" is a regular guest of Ellen DeGeneres'

Answer: Wayne Dyer


Question: 'It's the 12-letter word for an assembly of people who worship together at a temple or church'

Answer: a congregation


Question: 'Produced in California & made without ice, steam beer has become a trademark of this San Francisco brewery'

Answer: Anchor


Question: 'Winnie-the-Pooh's buddy with a gloomy view of life'

Answer: Eeyore


Question: 'It was Hitchcock's term for a plot element (like stolen microfilm) whose sole purpose is to advance the story'

Answer: a MacGuffin


Question: 'This title character is actually the daughter of King Amonasro of Ethiopia'

Answer: Aida


Question: 'The hijackers in "The Delta Force" didn't reckon with this man as Major McCoy--Mike Huckabee could have warned them'

Answer: Chuck Norris


Question: 'Securus'

Answer: safe


Question: 'Scotland's largest city, it was also the middle name of Admiral David Farragut'

Answer: Glasgow


Question: 'The name of this Saudi Arabian city has come to mean any place to which people of a common interest are drawn'

Answer: Mecca


Question: 'In 1989 Fleischmann & Pons claimed they'd found a "cold" way to start this process--nope'

Answer: cold fusion


Question: 'Donizetti's this woman "di Lammermoor" was based on Walter Scott's "The Bride of Lammermoor"'

Answer: Lucia


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Navy Amphibious Base in Coronado, CA.)  The SEALs remain all male, despite this movie in which Demi Moore makes it through seal training and a Libyan rescue mission'

Answer: G.I. Jane


Question: 'Tempus'

Answer: time (or time out)


Question: 'Colin Powell & a slain civil rights leader share this middle name'

Answer: Luther


Question: 'In France a woman from Utrecht or Delft is called this, like a classic sauce'

Answer: hollandaise


Question: 'A Berkeley physicist claimed he'd discovered no. 118 of these--nope again'

Answer: element


Question: 'The title of this opera refers to Minnie, keeper of the Polka Saloon in 1850 California'

Answer: The Girl of the Golden West


Question: 'Army Rangers' struggles in this country are depicted in "Black Hawk Down"'

Answer: Somalia


Question: 'Pila quarta'

Answer: ball four


Question: 'Born November 27, 1957, she was given the middle name Bouvier'

Answer: Caroline Kennedy


Question: 'Finishing an object with glossy black lacquer isn't called Iranning or Sudanning, but this'

Answer: Japanning


Question: 'Korea's Woo-Suk Hwang faked a 2004 breakthrough in getting these mighty medical things from cloned embryos'

Answer: stem cells


Question: 'How convenient--the title character of this Puccini opera is an opera singer'

Answer: Tosca


Question: 'In "Tears of the Sun", special ops tough guy Bruce Willis tries to help a physician from this organization'

Answer: Doctors Without Borders or Médecins Sans Frontières


Question: 'Impedimentum'

Answer: obstruction (or interference)


Question: 'Appropriately, this vitamin C advocate had the middle initial C, which stood for Carl'

Answer: Linus Pauling


Question: 'The fabric muslin gets its name from this third-largest city in Iraq'

Answer: Mosul


Question: 'In 2001 Hendrik Schön claimed to have created a molecule-sized one of these semiconductors-- bad Hendrik!'

Answer: a transistor


Question: 'In this Verdi opera Violetta Valery is a fallen woman who has a touch of consumption'

Answer: La traviata


Question: 'In "Navy Seals" Charlie Sheen & Michael Biehn try to get these SAMs back from the wrong hands'

Answer: Stingers


Question: 'Extra ludum es!'

Answer: "You\'re out of the game!" or "You\'re ejected!"


Question: 'Charles Lindbergh's parents could have chosen Octavian but gave him this exalted middle name'

Answer: Augustus


Question: 'Named for where Yugoslavia used to be, it's the process of fragmenting into smaller political units'

Answer: balkanization


Question: 'No one knows who planted this fossilized "man" in an English dig, setting the study of evolution back decades'

Answer: Piltdown Man


Question: 'He wrote, "The mason singing... the boatman... the hatter... singing what belongs to him or her and to none else"'

Answer: Walt Whitman


Question: 'The Yale-Harvard athletic rivalry began in 1852 in this sport'

Answer: rowing


Question: 'Detective Stan "Wojo" Wojciehowicz,<br />Detective Sergeant Nick Yemana'

Answer: Barney Miller


Question: 'Up to 8 varieties of these are sold every year; the shortbread trefoils are always included'

Answer: Girl Scout Cookies


Question: 'It's known as "the birthplace of baseball"'

Answer: Cooperstown


Question: 'Joshua Cowen gave his middle name to this brand of model trains'

Answer: Lionel


Question: 'British clergyman Charles Wesley was a notable Methodist writer of these'

Answer: hymns


Question: 'Scientists have confirmed that HIV came from a similar virus in this African ape'

Answer: a chimpanzee


Question: 'Kyle,<br />Butters'

Answer: South Park


Question: 'Swanson Broth is owned by this other soup company'

Answer: Campbell\'s


Question: 'The George Eastman House in this city is home to the International Museum of Photography & Film'

Answer: Rochester


Question: 'This doll was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2002; her brother Andy didn't join her until 2007'

Answer: Raggedy Ann


Question: 'It's the adverb for how the bashful boy does things'

Answer: shyly


Question: 'Some scholars believe this punctuation mark comes from the Latin word Io, a shout of joy'

Answer: an exclamation point


Question: 'Hayden Fox,<br />Luther Van Dam'

Answer: Coach


Question: 'You're on a "roll" if you know that Leo Hirschfeld gave this chewy chocolate candy his daughter's nickname'

Answer: Tootsie Roll


Question: 'It's no myth, this city was named because of its location within the town of Ulysses'

Answer: Ithaca


Question: 'Initial sales for it were sluggish, but demonstrations of how it walked down stairs at Gimbels made it walk off shelves'

Answer: a Slinky


Question: 'A naiad, in myth, or Lolita, in literature'

Answer: a nymph


Question: 'In 1939 a Montgomery Ward copywriter wrote this story that was handed out to children in the store for Xmas'

Answer: "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"


Question: 'Leslie Knope,<br />Ron Swanson'

Answer: Parks and Recreation


Question: 'For a box top & 25 cents, you could get a rag doll from this brand; the family included Uncle Mose & twins Diana & Wade'

Answer: Aunt Jemima


Question: 'This small town in Wyoming county boasts a large annual rodeo & a rather well-known maximum security prison'

Answer: Attica


Question: 'A steam shovel & a crane were the first metal trucks the Mound Metalcraft Co. sold under this brand name'

Answer: Tonka


Question: 'Romany'

Answer: gypsy


Question: 'Formed as a result of WWII, this think tank took its name from "Research and Development"'

Answer: (The) RAND (Corporation)


Question: 'Jack McFarland,<br />Karen Walker (not the title characters)'

Answer: Will & Grace


Question: 'The No.1 selling brand of frozen pizza in dollar sales; it's not delivery, it's this'

Answer: DiGiorno


Question: 'Take note--the fort in this town was once considered the "Gibraltar of the North"'

Answer: Ticonderoga


Question: 'John Lloyd Wright, son of Frank, created this "presidential" construction toy'

Answer: Lincoln Logs


Question: 'In the "Iliad" this dwarven race from Africa fought against cranes who destroyed their fields'

Answer: pygmy


Question: 'This woman, upon meeting Jimmy Page at Buckingham Palace, asked, "And what do you do?'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth II


Question: 'Desperado pays tribute to this group'

Answer: The Eagles


Question: 'In command when the war began, Artemas Ward was soon playing second fife to this man'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'Because it operates like an old execution device, your average paper cutter also goes by this name'

Answer: a guillotine


Question: 'Dateline Southwark:<br />30 pilgrims en route from Tabard Inn ultimately to this town in Kent'

Answer: Canterbury


Question: 'Spooky'

Answer: eerie


Question: 'A 1939 editorial:<br />The problem with this is "people must sit and keep their eyes glued... the average American family hasn't time"'

Answer: television


Question: 'Well, whatever--Nevermind has the look & sound of this grunge group'

Answer: Nirvana


Question: 'In 2002 this French general became only the sixth person to be named an honorary U.S. citizen'

Answer: Lafayette


Question: 'A ciborium is a small container used to hold the consecrated wafers for this sacrament'

Answer: communion


Question: 'Dateline Hell:<br />This "lost archangel" laments loss of Paradise & plots revenge'

Answer: Satan


Question: 'If you've got lots & lots of something, you've got this large amount'

Answer: oodles


Question: '"No matter what happens, the U.S. Navy is not going to be caught napping", said Navy Sec. Frank Knox Dec. 4 of this year'

Answer: 1941


Question: 'Here's a message in a bottle: Stung covers the songs of this trio'

Answer: The Police


Question: 'This last surviving general who died in 1832 at 98, gave his name to a South Carolina site that later made big news'

Answer: (Thomas) Sumter


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a diagram on a monitor.)  In the pronunciation of the word "circus", the "U" is an unstressed vowel & is marked with what looks like an inverted "e", called this'

Answer: a schwa


Question: 'Dateline Georgia:<br />Sharecropper Jeeter Lester lives out his sad existence on this "road"'

Answer: Tobacco Road


Question: 'In the Bible he made the Golden Calf, disappointing his brother'

Answer: Aaron


Question: 'Variety in 1955 on this musical style:<br />"It will be gone by June"'

Answer: rock & roll


Question: 'Covering this quartet, Vertigo USA could be "even better than the real thing"'

Answer: U2


Question: 'This general became our nation's first Secretary of War & had a Kentucky fort named in his honor'

Answer: (Henry) Knox


Question: 'It's the 3-letter word for an apple seed or any of the spots on a pair of dice'

Answer: a pip


Question: 'Dateline London:<br />Orphan asks for additional serving of this 5-letter foodstuff'

Answer: gruel


Question: 'This kind of tea gets its name from the Chinese for "black dragon"'

Answer: oolong


Question: 'In 2010 British Petroleum said it "seemed inconceivable" that this oil rig device, BP for short, could fail'

Answer: the blowout preventer


Question: 'Perhaps "Back In Black", Live Wire "Shook Me All Night Long" with its tribute to this hard rock group'

Answer: AC/DC


Question: 'A statue of this "colorful" general in the U.S. Capitol represents the State of Rhode Island'

Answer: Nathanael Greene


Question: 'Derived from French, it's the small type of souffle baking dish seen here--who wants dessert?'

Answer: a ramekin


Question: 'Dateline "On the Road":<br />Sal & Dean beat-ing it to this West Coast town'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'This British company bills itself as "the world's leading insurance market"'

Answer: Lloyd\'s


Question: 'Built about 50 years ago, it's the only world capital to start with the letter "I"'

Answer: Islamabad


Question: 'It's the only Canadian province on the Pacific Ocean'

Answer: British Columbia


Question: 'The 19th time was the charm for this soap star, who finally won her first Emmy in 1999'

Answer: Susan Lucci


Question: 'On April 15, 1912 the Carpathia picked up its SOS & radioed back, "Coming hard"'

Answer: Titanic


Question: 'He starred in "Wanted: Dead or Alive" on TV & in "Papillon" on the big screen'

Answer: Steve McQueen


Question:
'Familiar TV voice & now author heard here

"When Pearl Harbor made it irrefutably clear that America was not a fortress, this generation was summoned to the parade ground and told to train for war."'

Answer: Tom Brokaw


Question: '"A watched pot never" does this'

Answer: boils


Question: 'Called the "Eighth Natural Wonder of the World", it stretches over 1,250 miles off Australia's east coast'

Answer: the Great Barrier Reef


Question: 'This "20/20" co-anchor is Mrs. Maury Povich'

Answer: Connie Chung


Question: '128 Americans died when this British liner was torpedoed by a German submarine on May 7, 1915'

Answer: Lusitania


Question: 'He threw 6 touchdown passes when the 49ers beat the Chargers in Super Bowl XXIX'

Answer: Steve Young


Question: 'Perhaps referring to her marriage to Arnold Schwarzenegger, she wrote the kids' book "What's Heaven?"'

Answer: Maria Shriver


Question: '"Don't cross" one of these "til you come to it"'

Answer: a bridge


Question: 'Much of Pakistan's trade passes through this largest city's port on the island of Kiamari'

Answer: Karachi


Question: 'On her 1998 Oscar Night Special, she asked Will Smith, "Do you think I'm getting jiggy with it?"'

Answer: Barbara Walters


Question: 'Built in 1765, this admiral's flagship the Victory is preserved & on display in Portsmouth, England'

Answer: Admiral Nelson


Question: 'He reached No. 17 on the Billboard charts in 1978 with "King Tut"'

Answer: Steve Martin


Question:
'This former "Candid Camera" personality reads her literary work here

"Baby girl, I wrote to tell you that I do not have good news about your mother, but it is not terrible news, either."'

Answer: Fannie Flagg


Question: '"Never rub your eye but with" this body part (it's sort of impossible anyway)'

Answer: the elbow


Question: 'The Volga River contributes some 75% of all river water in this, the globe's largest lake'

Answer: the Caspian Sea


Question: 'This cartoon family watches the zany antics of a TV personality known as "Bumblebee Man"'

Answer: The Simpsons


Question: 'Francis Drake's flagship the Pelican was renamed this, after passing through the Strait of Magellan'

Answer: the Golden Hind


Question: 'This man hosted "Meeting of Minds" for PBS & an early version of "The Tonight Show" for NBC'

Answer: Steve Allen


Question: 'On "Feel this Book", Ben Stiller collaborated with this actress & frequent co-star'

Answer: Janeane Garofalo


Question: 'This "never comes" as it's always a day away'

Answer: Tomorrow


Question: 'In the early 19th century, this capital of French Polynesia became a favorite port of call for South Pacific whalers'

Answer: Papeete


Question: '(I'm Jon Stewart.)  I took over as host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" after this man left for CBS'

Answer: Craig Kilborn


Question: 'In 1791 the HMS Pandora sailed into Tahiti to seize several of this ship's crew'

Answer: the Bounty


Question: 'In TV commercials, the U.S. Postal Service uses his band's hit song "Fly Like An Eagle"'

Answer: Steve Miller


Question: 'This low-budget legend wrote "How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime"'

Answer: Roger Corman


Question: 'These "will happen", but "don't make the same" one "twice"'

Answer: Mistakes


Question: 'The senator with this title presides over the Senate in the absence of the vice president'

Answer: president pro tempore


Question: 'Working these muscles, including the transverse & oblique ones, can give you a "six-pack"'

Answer: stomach muscles (or your abs)


Question: 'In 1996 David Breashears led an IMAX film crew to the top of this Himalayan peak'

Answer: Everest


Question: 'In "The Muppet Movie", this Muppet sang "The Rainbow Connection"'

Answer: Kermit


Question: '1969-1973:<br />Theodore'

Answer: (Spiro T.) Agnew


Question: 'You say goodbye & I say hello, but we can both use this word'

Answer: Aloha


Question: 'This cabinet department administers the Food Stamp program'

Answer: the USDA (the Department Agriculture)


Question: 'This word precedes minimus, medius & maximus in the names of the 3 large muscles of the buttocks'

Answer: gluteus


Question: 'An IMAX film shown in Tusayan, Arizona shows "Hidden Secrets" of this nearby national park'

Answer: the Grand Canyon


Question: 'As raindrops sometimes do, this device separates white light into the color spectrum'

Answer: a prism


Question: '1974-1977:<br />Aldrich'

Answer: (Nelson A.) Rockefeller


Question: 'Perhaps Yoko could tell you this word means delicious'

Answer: Ono


Question: 'This office supplies paper & ink to government offices & distributes publications for them'

Answer: the GPO (Government Printing Office)


Question: '4 muscles make up this "cuff" that pitchers dread tearing'

Answer: rotator


Question: 'Omar Sharif starred in the 1999 IMAX film "The Mysteries of" this country'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'It's what ROY stands for in the acronym ROY G. BIV'

Answer: red, orange, yellow


Question: '1857-1861:<br />Cabell'

Answer: (John C.) Breckenridge


Question: 'This term for a priest or teacher often follows "Big"'

Answer: Kahuna


Question: 'This cabinet member is custodian of the Great Seal of the United States'

Answer: the Secretary of State


Question: 'According to its name, this knee-straightening muscle has twice as many heads as the biceps'

Answer: quadriceps


Question: 'Astronauts became cinematographers for the 1997 film "Mission to" this space station'

Answer: Mir


Question: '1825-1832:<br />Caldwell'

Answer: (John C.) Calhoun


Question: 'Fast on the buzzer now: it means "hurry hurry"'

Answer: Wiki wiki


Question: 'It's the only word in the presidential oath of office that may be replaced with another'

Answer: swear


Question: 'A muscle that draws a body part away from the middle of the body, or a synonym for "kidnapper"'

Answer: an abductor


Question: '1925-1929:<br />Gates'

Answer: (Charles G.) Dawes