Question: 'This star of "The Practice" played Clint Eastwood's Secret Service partner in the film "In the Line of Fire"'

Answer: Dylan McDermott


Question: 'It's a dish of veal shank braised with wine & veggies that includes a tasty bit of marrow in the bone'

Answer: Osso buco


Question: 'Sadly, her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, died just 10 days after her birth'

Answer: Mary Shelley


Question: 'The NHL's Maple Leafs'

Answer: Toronto


Question: 'In 1954 the French were defeated in the battle of this Vietnamese village; it was the decisive battle in the Indochina War'

Answer: Dien Bien Phu


Question: 'He's the TV star & VMI alumnus seen here:<br />(evil boss in "9 to 5")'

Answer: Dabney Coleman


Question: 'A co-star of Kiefer Sutherland's in "The Lost Boys", we don't know why he felt the need for "Speed 2"'

Answer: Jason Patric


Question: 'To make this "royal" roast, you have to bend your 2 racks of lamb into a circle'

Answer: Crown roast


Question: 'In 1912 he eloped with Freida von Richthofen, sister of the famed aviator'

Answer: D.H. Lawrence


Question: 'The WNBA's Sparks'

Answer: Los Angeles


Question: 'This Holy Roman empress was also the queen of Hungary & Bohemia from 1740 to 1780'

Answer: Maria Theresa


Question: 'Once a VMI science & artillery professor, this famous Confederate general is buried near the campus'

Answer: Stonewall Jackson


Question: 'We could watch this star's films like "In the Name of the Father" & "The Crucible" 24 hours a...'

Answer: Daniel Day-Lewis


Question: 'Add beets to a corned beef hash & it's called this'

Answer: Red flannel hash


Question: 'According to the King James Version of the Bible, the number of people on Noah's Ark'

Answer: 8


Question: 'Presidential Chief of Staff Donald Regan was fired after hanging up on her'

Answer: Nancy Reagan


Question: 'In 1966 he refused military induction by saying, "I ain't got no trouble with them Viet Cong"'

Answer: Muhammad Ali


Question: 'James 5:<br />"Ye have heard of the patience of" this man'

Answer: Job


Question: 'Its official state sport is dog mushing'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'A small, folded pastry with a sealed edge'

Answer: a turnover


Question: 'Cambyses killed Smerdis to head this empire but died stopping a pretend Smerdis; then Darius I took over'

Answer: Persia


Question: 'Reagan was in his 50s in 1962 when he joined this organization founded in 1854'

Answer: the Republican Party


Question: 'After losing the title to Gene Tunney in 1926, he told his wife Estelle, "Honey, I just forgot to duck"'

Answer: Jack Dempsey


Question: 'Luke 4, to this person:<br />"Heal thyself"'

Answer: physician


Question: 'Oklahoma's official one is "Howdy folks", not "A Shropshire Lad"'

Answer: state poem


Question: 'From the Old Norse for "having one's eyes closed", it's a serious mistake or oversight'

Answer: a blunder


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Ireland.)  It's June 16, 2006, a day of mourning in Ireland for Charles Haughey, 3-time Taoiseach, or holder of this office'

Answer: prime minister


Question: 'On Oct. 27, 1964 Reagan was launched in politics with a speech supporting this candidate'

Answer: Barry Goldwater


Question: 'His 1973 call "Down goes Frazier!  Down goes Frazier!  Down goes Frazier!" will long be remembered'

Answer: Howard Cosell


Question: 'Genesis 4:<br />"And the Lord set a mark upon" this man, "lest any finding him should kill him"'

Answer: Cain


Question: 'Appropriately, this is the state song of Kentucky'

Answer: "My Old Kentucky Home"


Question: 'You're this if a judge disallows your objection'

Answer: overruled


Question: 'His "Self-Portrait with Saskia" (his wife) around 1635 showed him in the lap of luxury; in 1669 he died broke'

Answer: Rembrandt


Question: 'In November 1994 Reagan wrote, "I am one of the millions... who will be afflicted with" this'

Answer: Alzheimer\'s disease


Question: 'This heavyweight champ was referring to Billy Conn & their 1946 bout when he said, "He can run, but he can't hide"'

Answer: Joe Louis


Question: 'Matthew 14:<br />"Give me here" this man's "head in a charger"'

Answer: John the Baptist


Question: 'Its state dish is chili & its state mammal is the longhorn cow'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'To disguise the illegal source of money by routing it through banks or intermediaries'

Answer: laundering


Question: 'In a December night in 1916, he was poisoned, shot & thrown in the Neva River to drown'

Answer: Rasputin


Question: '2 new male justices joined the Supreme Court under Reagan: these 2 with similar first names'

Answer: Anthony Kennedy & Antonin Scalia


Question: 'Red Smith wrote that this Cinderella Man's "time was the Great Depression and he was a man of his time"'

Answer: James J. Braddock


Question: 'John 20:<br />"Then saith he to" this man, "...be not faithless, but believing"'

Answer: (Doubting) Thomas


Question: 'This state has 8 official state songs, including "Rocky Top"'

Answer: Tennessee


Question: 'It was also known to the pioneers as a prairie schooner'

Answer: a covered wagon


Question: 'When this ballerina died January 23, 1931, her last words were "Get my swan costume ready"'

Answer: Anna Pavlova


Question: 'Swift's nickname for his "friend" Esther Johnson" it's a name Stanley Kowalski knew well'

Answer: Stella


Question: 'As Jimmy "Rabbit" Smith in "8 Mile"'

Answer: Eminem


Question: 'One of Andrew Jackson's nicknames implied that he was as tough as this tree'

Answer: hickory


Question: 'A vessel propelled by sail, formed of 2 hulls held side-by-side by a frame above them'

Answer: a catamaran


Question: 'I'm a Hungarian-born actress & I once quipped "I never hated a man enough to give him his diamonds back"'

Answer: Zsa Zsa Gabor


Question: 'To make this labor-intensive Italian dish, you must constantly stir stock into rice 1/2 cup at a time'

Answer: risotto


Question: 'Swift sent Gulliver on this many voyages, 3 fewer than Sinbad'

Answer: 4


Question: 'As the leading lady in "The Rose"'

Answer: Bette Midler


Question: 'It's the type of tree on the flag of Lebanon'

Answer: a cedar


Question: 'Spread out along 10 miles of the coast, it's Morocco's chief port, Sweetheart'

Answer: Casablanca


Question: 'I'm a Hungarian actor & I was buried in the cape that I wore in one of my most memorable roles'

Answer: Bela Lugosi


Question: 'This catch-all stew of meat, potatoes & vegetables is said to have originaed in the hobo camps of the early 1900s'

Answer: mulligan stew


Question: 'After 1710 Swift flipped his Whig & joined this conservative party that was gaining power'

Answer: Tory


Question: 'As Althea Flynt in "The People vs. Larry Flynt"'

Answer: Courtney Love


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Oregon.)  Also called the Sierra redwood, or just "the big tree", it once covered much of the Northern Hemisphere; now it's down to a few groves'

Answer: the giant sequoia


Question: 'A dentist could tell you this verb means to mix or alloy a metal with mercury'

Answer: amalgamate


Question: 'I was born in Budapest in 1908 & was instrumental in making possible the first U.S. hydrogen bomb'

Answer: Edward Teller


Question: 'This steak used for fajitas, also called the Romanian tenderloin, is the diaphragm muscle'

Answer: skirt steak


Question: 'In 1729's "A Modest Proposal", Swift wrote that these "...at a year old [are] a most delicious... food"'

Answer: babies (or children)


Question: 'As the estranged husband in "Pay It Forward" & as a housepainter in "Moonlight and Valentino"'

Answer: Jon Bon Jovi


Question: 'The southern tip of Florida has forests of this tree, genus Rhizophora, noted for the above-ground knee roots'

Answer: the common (or red) mangrove


Question: 'It's another term for a bachelor's degree'

Answer: baccalaureate


Question: 'I'm a Hungarian composer & more than proved it with my 20 "Hungarian Rhapsodies"'

Answer: Liszt


Question: 'This type of quahog clam is named for a Long Island bay, not its anatomy'

Answer: Littleneck


Question: 'Not to tell tales, but Swift wrote some pieces for this journal created by Richard Steele in 1709'

Answer: The Tattler


Question: 'As Jareth, the goblin king, in "Labyrinth"'

Answer: David Bowie


Question: 'The Buddhist term for enlightenment, it's also the type of tree under which Buddha attained enlightenment'

Answer: bodhi


Question: 'This 28-letter word means opposition to the withdrawal of a church's official state status'

Answer: antidisestablishmentarianism


Question: 'I'm the Hungarian-born financier & philanthropist who once made $1 billion in a week betting against the British pound'

Answer: George Soros


Question: 'For Marcel Proust the "vicissitudes of life had become indifferent" after eating these small French cakes'

Answer: madeleines


Question: 'The name of this large home located in Aberdeenshire means "the majestic dwelling" in Gaelic'

Answer: Balmoral Castle


Question: 'Grant Show appeared as Dylan's friend Jake on this series before he was spun off to "Melrose Place"'

Answer: Beverly Hills, 90210


Question: 'These are commonly slivered, sauteed & mixed in with green beans, which then become amandine'

Answer: Almonds


Question: 'It's the action of moving an image across the screen by holding the mouse button down'

Answer: Dragging


Question: 'During Memorial Day weekend, one of these national symbols is placed on every grave at Arlington'

Answer: Small U.S. flag


Question: 'In 1901 this toy company began production of the Electric Express, its first electric train'

Answer: Lionel


Question: 'It's a call to the fire department when there truly is no fire'

Answer: False alarm


Question: 'In 1995 it was finally revealed that this kooky character does have a first name:  it's Cosmo'

Answer: Kramer


Question: 'Texas grows several types of this fruit, including the Marrs & Valencia'

Answer: Oranges


Question: 'A length of hair added to your own, or 3 letters, such as EXE, added to a filename'

Answer: Extension


Question: 'The memorial to the crew of this space shuttle is inscribed with a quotation from the poem "High Flight"'

Answer: Challenger


Question: 'In 1959 this Calif. amusement park became the first locale in the U.S. to have an operating monorail'

Answer: Disneyland


Question: 'Rhyming phrase that describes a loyal person, not someone who's holding his breath'

Answer: True blue


Question: 'He's the friend Matt LeBlanc plays on "Friends"'

Answer: Joey Tribbiani


Question: 'Some people are nuts about this green nut ice cream'

Answer: Pistachio


Question: 'A "hot" World Wide Web browser is written in this programming language created by Sun Microsystems'

Answer: Java


Question: 'A simple white cross marks the grave of this Attorney General, buried near his brother in 1968'

Answer: Robert F. Kennedy


Question: 'In 1993 this "southern" country group reached the Top 10 with this song heard here:<br />[audio clue]'

Answer: Confederate Railroad


Question: 'At a track meet, it happens when a runner jumps the gun'

Answer: False start


Question: '(Hi, I'm Joseph Gordon-Levitt.) I used to play D.J. Connor's boring friend George on this sitcom'

Answer: Roseanne


Question: 'Sunsweet first advertised these in the 1960s with the slogan "Today the Pits, Tomorrow the Wrinkles"'

Answer: Prunes


Question: 'Like a waiter, a network computer might say "I'll be your" this & store files or manage printers'

Answer: Server


Question: 'Since 1937 this world-famous tomb has been protected by an honor guard 24 hours a day'

Answer: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier


Question: 'The Trans-Siberian RR, the world's longest track, covers 5,700 miles from Nakhodka to this capital'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'The sender of gifts in "The Twelve Days of Christmas"'

Answer: My true love


Question: 'Claire Danes & A.J. Langer played teenage friends Angela & Rayanne on this acclaimed series'

Answer: My So-Called Life


Question: 'Nuts seen here, they come in 6 main sizes:  mammoth, jumbo, large, medium, standard & babies:'

Answer: Walnuts


Question: '"Strap" once completed this word meaning to start a computer by loading software'

Answer: Boot


Question: 'In 1955 Arlington House was dedicated as a memorial to this Confederate general, who once lived there'

Answer: Robert E. Lee


Question: 'On May 10, 1869 the Union Pacific & Central Pacific "met" at this northern Utah "point"'

Answer: Promentory Point


Question: 'This high-pitched singing voice is produced by shortening the length of the singer's vocal cords'

Answer: Falsetto


Question: 'She played an obsessive teen named Darian in her first film, "The Crush"; we hope you're not left "Clueless"'

Answer: Alicia Silverstone


Question: 'The new charter Virginia got in 1609 amazingly extended its land northwest to this ocean'

Answer: Pacific


Question: 'Last name of runway teen Ivanka, daughter of Donald & Ivana'

Answer: Trump


Question: 'Experts & perhaps the inns of the same name advise parents to spend this "time" with kids'

Answer: Quality time


Question: 'Almost all of Austria's rivers flow into this beautiful blue one'

Answer: Danube


Question: 'Hey, Lassie, the name of this dog breed may come from a Scottish word meaning "sooty with coal dust"'

Answer: Collie


Question: 'Mike Myers' first film was "Birth of a Nation" -- Not!  It was really this 1992 hit, with Dana Carvey'

Answer: Wayne\'s World


Question: 'Pennsylvania colonists sometimes cleaned these by dropping live chickens down them'

Answer: Chimneys


Question: 'The famous feature seen here belongs to this "Queen of Supermodels":'

Answer: Cindy Crawford (the mole on her face)


Question: 'The Ten Commandments command do this to "Thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long...."'

Answer: Honor them


Question: 'The Mexican ports of Guaymas & La Paz lie on the shores of this gulf'

Answer: Gulf of California


Question: 'The lutz, a type of jump in this sport, is probably named for Swiss athlete Gustave Lussi'

Answer: Figure skating


Question: 'In 1994 "Silent Fall" introduced this teenage beauty who became a star in "Stealing Beauty"'

Answer: Liv Tyler


Question: 'You have to "owe it" to Oglethorpe; he wanted GA. to be a haven for men imprisoned for this crime in England'

Answer: Having a debt


Question: 'Former star model who starred in "Groundhog Day" & "Four Weddings and a Funeral"'

Answer: Andie MacDowell


Question: 'The line "It takes" one of these "to raise a child" refers to a circle of friends & family'

Answer: Village


Question: 'It's only about 1,200 miles across this ocean between Russia's Taymyr Peninsula & Greenland'

Answer: Arctic Ocean


Question: 'This hyphenated adverb is an alteration of will ye, nill ye, meaning "Be you willing, be you unwilling"'

Answer: Willy-nilly


Question: 'This star of the "Naked Gun" movies made his feature film debut in the 1956 musical "The Vagabond King"'

Answer: Leslie Nielsen


Question: 'Colonist seen here in an early portrait, he's wearing the emblem of a company he founded in 1736:'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: 'Her book "Naomi" offers a peek into her life & of course, plenty of pictures'

Answer: Naomi Campbell


Question: 'Many conservatives value this key to advancement but want the cabinet department abolished'

Answer: Education


Question: 'Strong currents & prevailing winds make navigation on this Spanish-French bay hazardous'

Answer: Bay of Biscay


Question: 'Vegan is a contraction of this word, & means a strict one'

Answer: Vegetarian


Question: 'Melanie Griffith could appreciate his first film:  "Laberinto de Pasiones" -- "Labyrinth of Passion"'

Answer: Antonio Banderas


Question: 'The settlement he purchased for a few trinkets & named New Amsterdam is known today as Manhattan'

Answer: Peter Minuet


Question: 'She's seen in Estee Lauder ads, in "Austin Powers:  International Man of Mystery" & on Hugh Grant's arm'

Answer: Elizabeth Hurley


Question: 'Dan Quayle calls this synonym for thankfulness "The most needed value in America now"'

Answer: Gratitude


Question: 'Before John Speke named this largest African lake in 1858, it was known to the Arabs as Ukerewe'

Answer: Lake Victoria


Question: 'The name of these beauty devices comes from etuis -- small decorative cases that once held them'

Answer: Tweezers


Question: 'The first store of this giant chain opened in Rogers, Arkansas, population 5,700, in 1962'

Answer: Wal-Mart


Question: 'This gangster got the nickname Lucky when he survived being "taken for a ride"'

Answer: Luciano


Question: 'This character's catch phrase was "I tawt I taw a puddy tat"'

Answer: Tweety Bird (or Tweety Pie)


Question: 'American Indians called the eastern, hard-shell variety of these shellfish quahogs'

Answer: clams


Question: 'It's the element whose atomic weight is closest to its atomic number'

Answer: hydrogen


Question: 'You have to stand up to ride Shockwave, this type of thrill ride at Kings Dominion in Virginia'

Answer: a roller coaster


Question: '"Too many cooks..."'

Answer: spoil the broth


Question: 'In 1904 Winston Churchill left this political party & joined the liberals'

Answer: the Conservative Party


Question: 'This red-headed Walter Lantz cartoon character is Los Angeles County's official recycling mascot'

Answer: Woody Woodpecker


Question: 'This lunch staple is named for the earldom of inveterate gambler John Montagu'

Answer: a sandwich


Question: 'Inventors of these include Georges Leclanche, Gaston Plante & Alessandro Volta'

Answer: batteries


Question: 'Frozen Niagara, which is named for its appearance, is one of the main attractions in this Ky. cave'

Answer: Mammoth Cave


Question: '"Never look a gift horse..."'

Answer: in the mouth


Question: 'Russian-American choreographer who was the brother of Soviet composer Andrei Balanchivadze'

Answer: George Balanchine


Question: 'This mountie often found himself pursuing the dastardly Snidely Whiplash'

Answer: Dudley Do-Right


Question: 'Delicious apples come in these 2 color varieties'

Answer: red & golden


Question: 'Life here was the subject of the 1965 book "World Without Sun"'

Answer: the sea


Question: 'This theme park contains a replica of the "Tennessee Mountain Home" where Dolly Parton grew up'

Answer: Dollywood


Question: '"Charity begins..."'

Answer: at home


Question: 'Ella Flagg Young was the first woman president of this organization abbreviated NEA'

Answer: the National Education Association


Question: 'In his quest to catch the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote used handy contraptions from this company'

Answer: Acme


Question: 'This salad dressing is actually American; its name may come from the fact that it once contained caviar'

Answer: Russian dressing


Question: 'After 1,400 orbits it fell back to Earth January 4, 1958 & burned up'

Answer: Sputnik


Question: 'Caligula would love the Caligula Suite in the Emperors Complex of this Las Vegas hotel'

Answer: Caesars Palace


Question: '"The opera isn't over..."'

Answer: until the fat lady sings


Question: 'In WWII Marshal Petain led the French collaborationist government based in this city'

Answer: Vichy


Question: 'This ape lived in Mr. Peebles' pet shop'

Answer: Magilla Gorilla


Question: 'In America this spice is used largely for its red color; Hungarians appreciate its taste'

Answer: paprika


Question: 'In 1977 the U.S. banned these that used freon as the propellant'

Answer: spray cans


Question: 'There's a 256-acre botanical garden on the grounds of Clemson University in this state'

Answer: South Carolina


Question: '"You cannot make bricks without..."'

Answer: straw


Question: 'This 1848 event made the California trail the most traveled pioneer road by 1850'

Answer: gold strike


Question: 'It's the traditional gem for an engagement ring'

Answer: a diamond


Question: 'After being delivered from the belly of the great fish, he warned Nineveh of its great evil'

Answer: Jonah


Question: 'Sylvester Stallone received "Best Actor" & "Best Original Screenplay" Oscar nominations for this 1976 film'

Answer: Rocky


Question: 'Tha main part of Cairo lies on 2 islands & the East Bank of this river'

Answer: the Nile


Question: 'His last volume of poetry, "The Raven and other Poems", was published in 1845'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe


Question: 'Before becoming chief justice in 1789, he was Sec'y of Foreign Affairs in the Continental Congress'

Answer: John Jay


Question: 'The oldest Chinese carvings made from this gem are simple tools & amulets'

Answer: jade


Question: 'According to Mark, he bent to the will of the mob in sending Jesus to the cross'

Answer: Pontius Pilate


Question: 'His "No Respect" LP won a Grammy for Best Comedy Recording of 1980'

Answer: Rodney Dangerfield


Question: 'The Thar Desert occupies a part of Pakistan & much of this country's Haryana & Rajasthan states'

Answer: India


Question: 'This poet's birthplace in Galesburg, Ill. displays a first edition of his Lincoln biography'

Answer: Sandburg


Question: 'In 1928 this Republican campaigned for president promising "a chicken in every pot"'

Answer: Hoover


Question: 'Popularly worn in brooches, cairngorm is a smoky quartz from this country'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'Her 2 husbands were Uriah the Hittite & David the king'

Answer: Bathsheba


Question: 'This chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1991'

Answer: (Colin) Powell


Question: 'This body of water borders the northern coast of Wales'

Answer: the Irish Sea


Question: 'In a Lewis Carroll poem, these two title characters "were walking close at hand"'

Answer: the Walrus & the Carpenter


Question: 'Judge John T. Raulston presided over this Dayton, Tennessee trial in July 1925'

Answer: the Scopes trial


Question: 'The most highly prized color of this September gem is cornflower blue'

Answer: sapphire


Question: 'This judge's general, Barak, refused to battle the Canaanites unless she accompanied him'

Answer: Deborah


Question: 'In the title role of 1964's "What Makes Sammy Run?", this husband of Eydie Gorme got a Tony nomination'

Answer: Steve Lawrence


Question: 'The capitals of British Columbia, Hong Kong & the Seychelles share this name'

Answer: Victoria


Question: 'A poem about him begins, "Come, all you rounders, if you want to hear a story 'bout a brave engineer"'

Answer: Casey Jones


Question: 'The first gusher in the U.S. occurred in this oil field near Beaumont, Texas in 1901'

Answer: Spindletop


Question: 'An English art critic said this gem "shows the most glorious colors to be seen in the world..."'

Answer: the opal


Question: 'The original name of this man, thrown in the fiery furnace, was Azariah'

Answer: Abednego


Question: 'In 1962 this "Father of the Hydrogen Bomb" was given the Fermi Award for achievement in Atomic Energy'

Answer: Edward Teller


Question: 'Denmark's highest point, Yding Skovhoj, rises only 568 feet on this peninsula'

Answer: Jutland


Question: 'Before he died this poet requested that "Crossing the Bar" appear last in his collections'

Answer: Tennyson


Question: 'Augustus Caesar encouraged the worship of this god who was considered the avenger of Julius Caesar'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'This archipelago east of North Carolina is now self-governing under P.M. Jennifer Smith'

Answer: Bermuda


Question: 'He started "Penthouse" as a pet project in 1965'

Answer: Bob Guccione


Question: 'Laszlo Toth took a hammer to his Pieta & Pietro Cannata took one to his David'

Answer: Michelangelo


Question: 'Matt Damon showed off his talent in this "talented" title role in 1999'

Answer: Mr. Ripley


Question: 'Old Rough & ____ to Wear'

Answer: Ready


Question: 'The last public execution by this method took place on June 17, 1939 in Versailles, France'

Answer: guillotine


Question: 'This Caribbean island group is economically interdependent with the same-named U.S. group to its south'

Answer: British Virgin Islands


Question: 'He was the loser on Sept. 20, 1973 in tennis' "Battle of the Sexes"'

Answer: Bobby Riggs


Question: 'In January 1999 a man scribbled with a gray marker on a painting in Rome by this American drip master'

Answer: Jackson Pollock


Question: 'Clint Eastwood directed & starred in this 2000 film that could have been called "Grumpy Old Astronauts"'

Answer: Space Cowboys


Question: 'Blue Eyes Crying in the ____ Man'

Answer: Rain


Question: 'This band gave its last concert with Jerry Garcia at Chicago's Soldier Field in 1995'

Answer: the Grateful Dead


Question: 'Britain's territory on this continent has no permanent residents & has been governed out of the Falklands'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'Don't worry, he's the musical virtuoso who sang "Don't Worry, Be Happy"'

Answer: Bobby McFerrin


Question: 'In 1998 an art student in London painted a yellow pound sign on a self-portrait by this Dutchman'

Answer: Rembrandt


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew rides the Ferris wheel at the Orange County Fair)  Joseph Cotten & Orson Welles took a famous ride in a Ferris wheel in this classic 1949 film noir'

Answer: The Third Man


Question: 'Sympathy for the ____ with a Blue Dress on'

Answer: Devil


Question: 'The last of these swingin' clubs closed its doors in July of 1988 in Lansing, Michigan'

Answer: Playboy Clubs


Question: 'In the 1990s, one of these destroyed Plymouth, the capital of Montserrat'

Answer: volcano


Question: 'He may not like Mondays, but it didn't stop this man from organizing the "Live Aid" concerts in 1985'

Answer: Bob Geldof


Question: 'Students looking at "Fall of the Angels" in a Rome museum noticed this problem, as it didn't match the guidebook photo'

Answer: it was upside down


Question: 'This Georgia-born actress earned an Oscar nomination for playing Sally Field's Southern daughter in "Steel Magnolias"'

Answer: Julia Roberts


Question: 'The Trouble with ____ and the Hendersons'

Answer: Harry


Question: 'Vadim Bakatin became the last head of this intelligence service in 1991'

Answer: KGB


Question: 'Napoleon was, so to speak, dependent on this island from 1815 to 1821'

Answer: St. Helena


Question: 'This British actor has played Benito Mussolini, Sancho Panza & Manuel Noriega'

Answer: Bob Hoskins


Question: 'In 1999 an escaped mental patient in Amsterdam slashed this Spaniard's "Nude Woman in Front of the Garden"'

Answer: Pablo Picasso


Question: '(Hi, I'm Virginia Madsen)  I played Princess Irulan in this 1984 David Lynch film based on Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi novel'

Answer: Dune


Question: 'Better than ____ Pound'

Answer: Ezra


Question: 'On May 15, 1963 Gordon Cooper became the last American to do this alone'

Answer: last solo American to go into space


Question: 'Ray's story "The Illustrated Man" is about a carnival worker covered in these'

Answer: tattoos


Question: 'In Asia:<br />Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'Don't get all wrapped up with the ball type of this African critter seen here'

Answer: python


Question: 'Listening to cabbies' problems on "Taxi" paid off for him with an Oscar nomination as a shrink in "Ordinary People"'

Answer: Judd Hirsch


Question: 'It's the words of a language; we'll see how good yours is now'

Answer: vocabulary


Question: 'The "Great" one of these paralyzed New York City on March 12, 1888'

Answer: Blizzard


Question: '"Dandelion Wine" is based on Bradbury's own childhood in Waukegan in this state'

Answer: Illinois


Question: 'In southern Europe:<br />Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi'

Answer: Italy


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the San Diego Zoo)  This bird, second in size to the ostrich, has rudimentary wings under its feathers...he should be in here somewhere'

Answer: emu


Question: 'He wasn't the boss but a boxer on "Taxi" & had a real-life pro record of 12-3'

Answer: Tony Danza


Question: 'Donald Rumsfeld & Norman Mineta are 2 of the 15 members of this elite advisory body'

Answer: the cabinet


Question: 'Ladies of Edenton, N.C. held an event called this on Oct. 25, 1774, 10 months after a more famous one in Boston'

Answer: Edenton Tea Party


Question: '"The Fire Man" was the working title of this classic Bradbury novel'

Answer: Fahrenheit 451


Question: 'In central Europe:<br />President Aleksander Kwasniewski'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'Horseshoe crabs are more closely related to this group that includes spiders than they are to crabs'

Answer: arachnids


Question: 'Friends thought that the news of the 1984 death of this comic who played Latka was one of his practical jokes'

Answer: Andy Kaufman


Question: 'Stephen King's 1980 overview of the horror genre was called "Danse" this'

Answer: Macabre


Question:
'He's the secretary of state seen here in a 1981 clip
As of now, I am in control here in the White House'

Answer: Alexander Haig


Question: 'In western Europe:<br />Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar'

Answer: Spain


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew)  I'm with a cub of this animal that could get a speeding ticket in a 65 MPH zone'

Answer: cheetah


Question: 'Played by this actor, Rev. Jim changed his name to Ignatowski, thinking it was "star child" spelled backwards'

Answer: Christopher Lloyd


Question: 'This bandleader seen here passed away in 1994'

Answer: Cab Calloway


Question: 'When an ex-Idaho governor was killed in 1905, this labor leader called "Big Bill" was acquitted in a sensational trial'

Answer: "Big Bill" Haywood


Question: 'In southeast Asia:<br />President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo'

Answer: the Philippines


Question: 'Put on some soft howling music during this season of the year when wolves mate'

Answer: winter


Question: 'This actress who played a cabbie had romances with 2 cast members & John Travolta'

Answer: Marilu Henner


Question: 'It's a type of VW, or a light, 2-wheeled, one-horse carriage with a folding top'

Answer: Cabriolet


Question: 'This team received its name after an 1890 incident in which it "stole" away an important player from another team'

Answer: Pittsburgh Pirates


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C.)  It's no coincidence that the Red Cross emblem looks like this country's flag in reverse; the International Red Cross began there in 1863'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'In 2002 Germany's Oliver Kahn was named World Cup MVP, the first from this position that may hand-le the ball'

Answer: the goalie


Question: 'A seasonal favorite, baseball nut first hit a home run in 1958 to celebrate the Dodgers' move from this borough'

Answer: Brooklyn


Question: 'The shakuhachi, a Japanese flute made of this tall grass, is used as a tool for Buddhist meditation & many types of music'

Answer: bamboo


Question: 'In the Harry Potter world, Parseltongue is the language of these; Salazar Slytherin was a noted speaker'

Answer: snakes


Question: 'Add a letter to surgeon & you'll net yourself this fish'

Answer: sturgeon


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C.)  One of the best ways you can help the Red Cross is to donate blood, & since you can do it every 56 days, that's this many times a year'

Answer: 6


Question: 'In 1987, at age 15, she joined the U.S. women's team & later won the World Cup & 2 Olympic gold medals'

Answer: Mia Hamm


Question: 'Once upon a time, a flavor called "Fiona's Fairytale" celebrated the release of this movie's sequel'

Answer: Shrek


Question: 'In Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf", this 4-letter woodwind represents the duck'

Answer: the oboe


Question: 'The dwarves in his novels speak Khuzdul; the inscription on the ring is in "Black Speech"'

Answer: Tolkien


Question: 'When curvy gets an extra letter, it becomes this disease'

Answer: scurvy


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the American Red Cross in New Orleans, LA.)  The Red Cross recommends that your emergency kit include a radio; here's one with four power sources--namely batteries, A.C. power, solar power, & this old-fashioned method'

Answer: turning or cranking


Question: 'In July 2010 this country won its first ever World Cup by defeating The Netherlands, 1-0'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'How about a scoop of this favorite seen here?  It's among Baskin-Robbins' top-selling flavors'

Answer: mint chocolate chip


Question: 'Big band leaders playing this woodwind included Artie Shaw & Woody Herman'

Answer: the clarinet


Question: 'In Orwell's Newspeak, "Minipax" stood for this government department'

Answer: the Ministry of Peace


Question: 'A letter added to spout causes it to do this, begin to grow'

Answer: sprout


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the American Red Cross in New Orleans, LA.)  In a disaster, the American Red Cross is among the first on the scene, bringing meals and supplies in ERVs, which stands for emergency "this" vehicle'

Answer: response


Question: 'This name of Chicago's MLS team refers to an 1871 event'

Answer: Fire


Question: 'In 1986, to celebrate a Don Johnson TV series, BR came up with this flavor--fruity, refreshing & 1 letter shorter'

Answer: Miami Ice


Question: 'This is often called the clown of the orchestra & is the lowest-pitched of the standard orchestral woodwinds'

Answer: the bassoon


Question: '("Daylight" playing) Matt & Kim reworked their song "Daylight" for the gibberish language used in this game series'

Answer: The Sims


Question: 'Join a letter with union & it becomes this foot malady'

Answer: bunion


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C.)  Dedicated in 1959, the sculpture by Felix de Weldon, who's better known for the Marine Corps War Memorial, was given in memory of the 78 who lost their lives during this war while serving with the American Red Cross'

Answer: World War II


Question: 'About 80% of the world's soccer balls are made in this country, most of them in Sialkot, north of Lahore'

Answer: Pakistan


Question: 'Jamoca was introduced in 1956; Jamoca this came along 3 years later'

Answer: Jamoca Almond Fudge


Question: 'This woodwind with a pear-shaped bell is often called by its French name, cor anglais'

Answer: the English horn


Question: 'Guinness says that by number of users this language, devised by James Doohan, is the most spoken fictional language'

Answer: Klingon


Question: 'A letter added to amiable gets you this word that means the same thing'

Answer: amicable


Question: 'This Tongan word for something off-limits is also a National Geographic channel show about odd customs'

Answer: taboo


Question: 'Originally rated X, this Bertolucci film featured scenes improvised by Marlon Brando'

Answer: Last Tango in Paris


Question: 'Before reelection, his opponents printed a faux business card saying he'd be returning home to "split rails"'

Answer: Lincoln


Question: 'Scientists now believe that birds are descended from the theropods, the "beast foot" family of these'

Answer: dinosaurs


Question: 'Egyptian ruler Ptolemy XV (aka Caesarion)'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'After Eliza Doolittle uttered this sanguine British word, it was termed "the shavian adjective"'

Answer: bloody


Question: 'You won't find the Orthodox Union trademark on lobsters or clams, as they're a no-go if you want to "keep" this diet'

Answer: kosher


Question: 'This 1969 buddy pic was the first X-rated film to win best picture'

Answer: Midnight Cowboy


Question: 'In the 1992 presidential race George H.W. Bush called this political rival "ozone man"'

Answer: Al Gore


Question: 'The big difference between bees & these close relatives is that bees feed their young honey, not other insects'

Answer: wasps


Question: 'Trojan hero Hector (they share a syllable)'

Answer: Hecuba


Question: 'This mild oath doesn't refer to a lost canine but rather means "confounded" or "darned"'

Answer: doggone


Question: 'There are no army bases in an area known by this 3-letter term; Panmunjom is in one'

Answer: a DMZ


Question: 'Gore Vidal removed his name from a salacious 1979 film with Malcolm McDowell as this crazed emperor'

Answer: Caligula


Question: 'Teddy Roosevelt joined the 1912 race saying, "Taft meant well, but he meant well feebly"; this third man was elected'

Answer: Wilson


Question: 'The "Giant" type of this bird is an imposing 8 inches long & weighs a colossal 2/3 of an ounce'

Answer: a hummingbird


Question: 'Spain's queen Joan the Mad & Catherine of Aragon'

Answer: Isabella


Question: 'This variant of "curse" can also mean a troublesome animal'

Answer: cuss


Question: 'Unable to vote, in 1869, she & Susan B. Anthony formed the National Woman Suffrage Association'

Answer: Elizabeth Cady Stanton


Question: 'The tagline for this film describes a young man whose interests include "ultra-violence & Beethoven"'

Answer: A Clockwork Orange


Question: 'This Yorba Linda-born man wanted to give debate advice but said, "My only experience is at losing them"'

Answer: Nixon


Question: 'That's not ladylike! If 2 of these bees emerge from their cells at the same time, they fight to the death'

Answer: the queens


Question: 'The Greek goddess Persephone'

Answer: Demeter


Question: 'It sounds like Mr. Peckinpah's little mountain, but this 2-word phrase is actually a euphemism for hell'

Answer: sam hill


Question: 'Federal law says don't drill, baby, don't drill in ANWR, this U.S. region'

Answer: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge


Question: 'Private eye Mickey Rourke works for Louis Cyphre in this grisly Alan Parker film originally rated X'

Answer: Angel Heart


Question: 'The food of bee larvae is called royal this; it's secreted from the heads of other bees'

Answer: jelly


Question: 'French kings Francis II, Charles IX & Henry III'

Answer: Catherine de Medici


Question: '"Maranatha" often followed this 9-letter word used as an ecclesiastical curse involving excommunication'

Answer: anathema


Question: 'After a construction boom fueled by oil & gas money, this capital city now has Europe's tallest building'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'A natl. historic site, the Hubbell Trading Post in Arizona on this tribe's land has been in business since 1878'

Answer: the Navajo tribe


Question: 'Poppin' Fresh is the real name of this character from Pillsbury'

Answer: the Pillsbury Doughboy


Question:
'Jordan,
Israel,
Egypt'

Answer: Jordan


Question: 'This adjective for an empty lot or uninhabited house also refers to an estate that no heir has claimed'

Answer: vacant


Question: 'Today animation attracts big-name voices--check out this young star who voiced Elliot the mule deer in "Open Season"'

Answer: Ashton Kutcher


Question: 'Upon signing his name in 1776 he said, "There, King George will be able to read that without his spectacles"'

Answer: (John) Hancock


Question: 'A Montana park is named for these formations you'll also find in Washington's Olympic & North Cascades Parks'

Answer: glaciers


Question: 'This great spokes-critter seen here debuted in 1952'

Answer: Tony the Tiger (Tony Tiger accepted)


Question:
'Denmark,
Ireland,
France'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'Going by a common expression, it's mighty close to middlin''

Answer: fair


Question: 'A production one of these was created as one frame in a scene; a limited edition one was created for collectors'

Answer: a cel


Question: 'As head of the union in 1964, he signed the first nationwide trucking contract in Teamster history'

Answer: Jimmy Hoffa


Question: 'The Wilcox House in Buffalo, N.Y., where he was sworn in as president, is designated a natl. historic site'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'Geoffrey is this type of spokes-creature for Toys "R" Us'

Answer: a giraffe


Question:
'Singapore,
Indonesia,
Malaysia'

Answer: Malaysia


Question: 'It's used of bizarre behavior or the numbers 37, 59, 83, etc.'

Answer: odd


Question: 'Because there's not a lot of live production sound in animation, these, abbreviated SFX, come in handy'

Answer: sound effects


Question: 'To distinguish his Corn Flakes from rival brands, he put his signature on each package, & said these are "the original"'

Answer: Kellogg


Question: 'Idaho's Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument has several miles of fossil-bearing cliffs along this river'

Answer: the Snake River


Question: 'Chester Cheetah is the cool cat behind these snacks from Frito Lay'

Answer: Cheetos


Question:
'Bhutan,
Benin,
Botswana'

Answer: Bhutan


Question: 'Its synonyms include level, candid & consecutive'

Answer: straight


Question: '10-letter term for the part of a frame that includes everything except the characters'

Answer: the background


Question: 'The statue seen here is the only work of art he ever signed'

Answer: Michelangelo (Buonarroti)


Question: '1 of 2 North Carolina capes designated a national seashore'

Answer: Cape Hatteras or Cape Lookout


Question: 'The soft and cozy guy seen here represents this laundry product'

Answer: Snuggle (fabric softener)


Question:
'Fiji,
Samoa,
Kiribati'

Answer: Samoa


Question: '13 popes have been Innocent; 14 have been this, meaning "merciful"'

Answer: Clement


Question: 'Unlike traditional 2-D animation, characters are modeled in 3 dimensions in this type, abbreviated CG'

Answer: computer generated


Question: 'Although President Wilson signed this in France on June 28, 1919, the Senate refused to approve it'

Answer: the Treaty of Versailles


Question: 'The first one of these tombs was built about 2650 B.C. by Imhotep for King Zoser & rose about 200 feet using steps'

Answer: a pyramid (the pyramids accepted)


Question: 'The literary adaptation "For Whom The Bell Tolls"'

Answer: Spain


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew enlightens us as she sits in lotus position.)  Energy is said to rise from the base of the spine to the agna chakra, also called the third one of these, like the one that appeared on Lord Shiva'

Answer: the eye


Question: 'At 6 feet tall & 120 pounds, it looks down on all the other birds except for the ostrich'

Answer: an emu


Question: 'Hoffmann's character Peter Schlemihl has lost this, like Peter Pan'

Answer: his shadow


Question: 'It's a term for any Buddhist Temple in Thailand or Cambodia, like the Angkor one'

Answer: a Wat


Question: 'The calculations of Hippias of Elis set the start of the first of these 4-year periods at 776 B.C.'

Answer: Olympiads


Question: '1945's "Back To Bataan"'

Answer: the Philippines


Question: 'For standing poses like reverse half-shoulder, be grateful that a "sticky" one of these is part of yoga equipment'

Answer: a mat


Question: 'If a reindeer had come through Ellis Island, its name would have been changed to this'

Answer: a caribou


Question: 'A Hoffmann tale title lost the words "And The Mouse King" when it became this Tchaikovsky ballet'

Answer: The Nutcracker


Question: 'It's the molded shell on which lugers ride; riding double, you are nestled like 2 peas in it'

Answer: a pod


Question: 'This kingdom of England grew from 2 settlements, one founded around 495 by Cerdic & his son Cynric'

Answer: Wessex


Question: 'The 2001 film "Enemy at the Gates"'

Answer: Russia


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew is in the yoga studio this time.)  When you need a break from one of yoga's pretzel-like poses, you can rest awhile in balasana, this youthful pose'

Answer: child\'s pose


Question: '18th c. Japanese poet Yosa Buson wrote, "I cannot see her tonight / I have to give her up / so I will eat" this'

Answer: fugu


Question: 'Murr, who gave us his views on life, was Hoffmann's pet one of these'

Answer: a cat


Question: 'An adz is an axlike tool; this other 3-letter tool is used to punch holes in leather or wood'

Answer: an awl


Question: 'The north-south & east-west dividing lines of their "Land Of Four Quarters" intersected in Cuzco'

Answer: the Incas


Question: 'Pork Chop Hill starring Gregory Peck'

Answer: Korea


Question: 'The 8 elements of ashtanga yoga include pranayama, control of this vital process'

Answer: breathing


Question: 'This tropical American Mammal, potus flavus, is known for its long, prehensile tail & is related to the raccoon'

Answer: a kinkajou


Question: 'In "The Golden Pot", Anselmus in Dresden is lured to this mythical land some believe was under the sea'

Answer: Atlantis


Question: 'The part of an apron or a pair of overalls that covers the chest'

Answer: the bib


Question: 'Bleda co-ruled with this younger brother for 12 years until his brother had him killed in 445'

Answer: Attila the Hun


Question: 'Clint in "Heartbreak Ridge"'

Answer: Grenada


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew enlightens us from the yoga studio once again.)  Anjali mudra is the hand position associated with this word of greeting & gratitude'

Answer: namaste


Question: 'This category could run from the akiapolaau, a Hawaiian bird, to this member of the cattle familhy in India'

Answer: a zebu


Question: 'Reading "The Devil's Elixir" by Hoffmann helped this Swiss psychiatrist form his "archetypes"'

Answer: (Carl) Jung


Question: 'It's a vessel or duct, like the deferens one'

Answer: a vas


Question: 'This city's website calls it "the last divided capital in Europe"'

Answer: Nicosia


Question: 'The rustic James A. Garfield was born in one of these rustic structures'

Answer: a log cabin


Question: 'In addition to the "Godfather" movies, he directed Michael Jackson's "Captain EO"'

Answer: (Francis Ford) Coppola


Question: 'Californians James Logan & Rudolf Boysen both lent their names to varieties of these they developed'

Answer: berries


Question: 'In ancient times Giza, a suburb of this city, served as a large cemetery, or necropolis'

Answer: Cairo


Question: 'Eerie type of horseman who pursues Ichabod Crane'

Answer: a headless horseman


Question: 'Robust as a violin'

Answer: fit as a fiddle


Question: 'He didn't campaign & denied he wanted the office, but he was elected anyway in 1789'

Answer: (George) Washington


Question: 'This director is seen here in 1998 at yet another awards ceremony'

Answer: James Cameron


Question: 'As the 4th Earl of this, John Montagu could have made a lot of bread off the culinary item named for him'

Answer: Sandwich


Question: 'This Sudanese capital was destroyed by the Mahdists in 1885; Lord Kitchener began to rebuild it in 1898'

Answer: Khartoum


Question: 'This Oglala Sioux chief attacked Custer at Little Big Horn'

Answer: Crazy Horse


Question: 'Weightless as a plume'

Answer: light as a feather


Question: 'In 1815 he had Congress authorize fighting with Algiers'

Answer: (James) Madison


Question: 'He not only directed the movie "Bobby", he also wrote the screenplay & appears in it'

Answer: Emilio Estevez


Question: 'Robert Cobb, the owner of the Brown Derby restaurant, famously created one of these'

Answer: a salad


Question: 'Crosby, Stills & Nash could tell you that the 220-foot-high Kutubiyyah Mosque towers over this Moroccan city'

Answer: Marrakesh


Question: 'In Act One of Berlioz' opera "Les Troyens", this object is dragged inside a city's walls'

Answer: the Trojan Horse


Question: 'Adorable as a blouse fastener'

Answer: cute as a button


Question: 'LBJ once said, "I am a free man, an American, a U.S. Senator, and" one of these, "in that order"'

Answer: a Democrat


Question: '"The Thing" is... as well as directing "Halloween" & "The Fog", he also composed their scores'

Answer: (John) Carpenter


Question: 'This turn-of-the-century opera diva has had a peach & ice cream dessert & a type of toast named for her'

Answer: Nellie Melba


Question: 'The name of this South African city honors someone's first name; there's dispute over which of 3 Dutchmen it was'

Answer: Johannesburg


Question: 'In this type of racing, either a trotter or a pacer pulls a sulky'

Answer: harness racing


Question: 'As horizontal & thin as a crepe'

Answer: flat as a pancake


Question: 'His memoirs of his "Administration on the Eve of the Rebellion" were published in 1866'

Answer: James Buchanan


Question: '"La Voce della Luna" was the last movie by this great Italian director'

Answer: (Federico) Fellini


Question: 'These nuts native to Australia were named after a Scottish-born Australian chemist'

Answer: Macadamia nuts


Question: 'While in this capital, tourists should see the well-preserved Roman aqueduct between Carthage & Zaghouan'

Answer: Tunis


Question: 'At the 2000 Olympics, the German team won the gold in this equestrian event; the U.S. team came in third'

Answer: dressage


Question: 'Abstemious as an adjudicator'

Answer: sober as a judge


Question: 'The "essence of" this chef from Fall River, Massachusetts is that he likes to "kick it up a notch"'

Answer: Emeril Lagasse


Question: '"A Horse With No Name"'

Answer: America


Question: 'Asthma medicine can be delivered by inhaler or by nebulizer, which turns it into this form'

Answer: a mist (or a spray; a gas accepted)


Question: 'He had Hamlin for his veep'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'She dedicated "Jane Eyre" to William Makepeace Thackeray'

Answer: Charlotte Brontë


Question: 'It's the cone-shaped hat that a lazy or slow pupil once wore as punishment'

Answer: a dunce cap


Question: 'In 1984 he published his "Louisiana Kitchen Cookbook"'

Answer: Paul Prudhomme


Question: '(With Gloria Estefan)<br />"Rhythm Is Gonna Get You"'

Answer: The Miami Sound Machine


Question: 'Endotracheal & nasogastric types of these are inserted to help patients breathe'

Answer: tubes


Question: 'He is the prolific writer and scientist seen here'

Answer: Isaac Asimov


Question: '"Memnoch The Devil" is the fifth book in this author's "Vampire Chronicles"'

Answer: Anne Rice


Question: '2-word term for the group of cells for prisoners awaiting execution'

Answer: death row


Question: 'This Irma Rombauer cookbook has a 75th anniversary edition, revised by Irma's daughter Marion'

Answer: The Joy of Cooking


Question:
'(With Sergio Mendes)
"Mas Que Nada",
"One Note Samba"'

Answer: Brasil \'66


Question: 'In 1901 this wounded pres. was treated by a gynecological surgeon who used a sewing needle to close him up'

Answer: William McKinley


Question: 'Born in Ukraine in 1920, this American violin virtuoso led a '60s fight to save Carnegie Hall from demolition'

Answer: Isaac Stern


Question: 'She wrote for the Nebraska State Journal & the Pittsburgh Leader before penning "My Antonia"'

Answer: Willa Cather


Question: 'An announcement, like the one in 1917 wih Balfour's name on it'

Answer: a declaration


Question: 'You can cook like this man who wrote "The Joy of Wokking"'

Answer: (Martin) Yan


Question: '"No More Words",<br />"The Metro"'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'If you go on injured reserve with an ankle sprain, you may need this brand of bandage marketed by BD since 1913'

Answer: Ace


Question: 'He resigned from the Supreme Court in 1969 amid criticism of his financial dealings'

Answer: Abe Fortas


Question: 'In "Emma" she wrote, "Half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other"'

Answer: Jane Austen


Question: 'A spirit or soul that's been freed from its human host is said to be this'

Answer: disembodied


Question: 'This host of the Food Network's "Everyday Italian" was born in Rome & is the granddaughter of film producer Dino'

Answer: Giada De Laurentiis


Question: '"Heat Of The Moment"'

Answer: Asia


Question: 'Rather than for injection, this syringe is for this process of washing wounds, from the Latin for "to water"'

Answer: an irrigation syringe


Question: 'Born in Denmark, this photographer spurred social reform with his pictures & words on NYC tenements in the 1890s'

Answer: Jacob Riis


Question: '2 of her dramas are "Watch on the Rhine" & "The Children's Hour"'

Answer: Lillian Hellman


Question: '"Romeo and Juliet" begins, "Two households, both alike in" this'

Answer: dignity


Question: 'He had the year's bestselling novel a record 7 years in a row with 7 different titles, ending in 2000'

Answer: John Grisham


Question: 'Union Pacific, HP & this Atlanta-based beverage company voted to impose limits on executive severance packages'

Answer: Coca-Cola


Question: 'Sonny & Cher:<br />"Ich Hab Dich Babe"'

Answer: "I Got You Babe"


Question: 'The first U.S. coin with the likeness of a president was this coin based on a photo taken in Mathew Brady's studio'

Answer: (the Lincoln) penny


Question: 'It's not me in the photo seen here, but it is this 1972 nominee'

Answer: Spiro Agnew


Question: 'An MMR vaccine stands for these 3 things it treats'

Answer: measles, mumps, & rubella


Question: 'The Haymarket Square Riot came out of a strike against a company that made these farm machines'

Answer: reapers


Question: 'This retailer's stock went up when it merged with Kmart, but it has room to improve operationally'

Answer: Sears


Question: 'The Partridge Family:<br />"Ich Denke Ich Liebe Dich"'

Answer: "I Think I Love You"


Question: 'The first of these in the U.S. was for a potash process & was signed by Washington & Jefferson'

Answer: a patent


Question: 'It's not me, it's this character, who spoke if you pulled a few strings'

Answer: Charlie McCarthy


Question: '"K" can stand for kelvin or for this type of energy, from the Greek for "to move"'

Answer: kinetic


Question: 'It's the practice of engaging in bootlegging or extortion, for example'

Answer: racketeering


Question: 'Wal-Mart has been compared to this early grocery chain whose name goes back to 2 oceans'

Answer: A&P


Question: 'The Captain & Tennille:<br />"Liebe Halt Uns Zusammen"'

Answer: "Love Will Keep Us Together"


Question: 'The first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was made by this Italian-American physicist in 1942'

Answer: Fermi


Question: 'Despite the uncanny resemblance in the photo seen here, it's actually this Russian born in 1870'

Answer: Lenin


Question: 'Conceived around 1686, "G" is known as this man's constant'

Answer: Newton


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew works out on a machine in the gym.)  I'm doing exercises to strengthen this group of four shoulder muscles; damaging it could be deadly for my pitching career'

Answer: the rotator cuff


Question: 'This oil company with record profits of $36 billion in 2005 appears to have a gradual liquidity strategy'

Answer: ExxonMobil


Question: 'Stevie Wonder:<br />"Sie Sind Der Sonnenschein Meines Lebens"'

Answer: "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life"


Question: 'The first of these cast for a woman was Roger MacBride's, going to 1972 Libertarian V.P. candidate Theodora Nathan'

Answer: an Electoral College vote


Question: 'It's not me in the photo but this man, who was second in his class at West Point in 1829'

Answer: Robert E. Lee


Question: 'This symbol for the element mercury is downright Wellsian'

Answer: Hg


Question: 'Sculptor Constantin Brancusi was born in this Eastern European nation'

Answer: Romania


Question: 'A Times writer's "Scandalot" featured Maurice Greenberg, who resigned as CEO of this insurance giant'

Answer: AIG


Question: 'Joe Cocker:<br />"Sie Sind So Schon"'

Answer: "You Are So Beautiful"


Question: 'Having no reeds, pipes or vibrating parts, this man's 1935 organ was the first of its kind'

Answer: (Laurens) Hammond


Question: 'It's not me seen here, it's this World War II-era British politician'

Answer: Neville Chamberlain


Question: 'The unit of magnetic flux density, abbreviated "T", is named for this scientist'

Answer: (Nikola) Tesla


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from in front of a statue in West Point, NY.) West Point cadets struggling academically come to spin these on General Sedwig's spurs for better luck'

Answer: the rowls


Question: 'It's served by Keflavik airport'

Answer: Reykjavik


Question: 'This Baldwin brother was extremely entertaining in the 2006 revival of "Entertaining Mr. Sloane"'

Answer: Alec Baldwin


Question: 'He used the strength of his mind when he proposed a riddle to the Philistines in Judges 14'

Answer: Samson


Question: 'Common species of this duck include blue-winged, green-winged & cinnamon'

Answer: the teal


Question: 'As a child, Joseph Conrad pointed to the center of this continent on a map & said, "I shall go there"'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'In 1981 he quipped, "You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans"'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'It has a museum devoted to composer Zoltan Kodaly'

Answer: Budapest


Question: '"Red Light Winter" centers on a love triangle that begins in the famous Red Light District of this European city'

Answer: Amsterdam


Question: 'Sphinx: What animal walks on 4 legs in the morning, 2 at noon & 3 in the evening? Oedipus: This'

Answer: man


Question: 'Toco, the largest species of this colorful bird of the American tropics, may have a 7-inch bill'

Answer: a toucan


Question: 'Poet Gregory Corso went on the beat path after meeting this poet in a Greenwich Village bar in 1950'

Answer: Allen Ginsberg


Question: 'In his prime this athlete said, It's hard to be humble "when you're as great as I am"'

Answer: Muhammad Ali


Question: 'It's home to the Holmenkollen ski jump'

Answer: Oslo


Question: 'We'd like to "enlighten" you about the musical "Sidd"; it's based on this novel'

Answer: Siddhartha


Question: 'He created the musical riddles called the "Enigma Variations"'

Answer: (Edward) Elgar


Question: 'One species of this bird breeds in the Arctic tundra & "vacations" at the other end of the globe'

Answer: a tern


Question: 'In his teens he worked in an assistant D.A.'s office; later his Perry Mason character made fools of D.A.s'

Answer: (Erle Stanley) Gardner


Question: 'Oscar Wilde called this 4-letter word "the curse of the drinking classes"'

Answer: work


Question: 'Guyanese capital named for a Hanoverian monarch'

Answer: Georgetown


Question: 'A naughty 18th c. novel originally titled "Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" inspired the 2006 musical named for her'

Answer: Fanny Hill


Question: 'If this riddling Belgian surrealist painter, born 1898 worked for "Jeopardy!", he might write, "This is not a clue"'

Answer: Magritte


Question: 'Nightingales & robins belong to this family of melodious songbirds'

Answer: thrushes


Question: 'Her hotsy-totsy diaries trace back to one she began as an 11-year-old aboard ship in 1914'

Answer: Anaïs Nin


Question: 'A motto of hers was "in politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman"'

Answer: (Margaret) Thatcher


Question: 'It's on the Suriname River'

Answer: Paramaribo


Question: 'In 2006 the cast of this long-running hit embarked on an exuberant & noisy campaign to clean up New York City'

Answer: Stomp


Question: 'This Puccini opera turns on the solution to 3 riddles posed by the heroine'

Answer: Turandot


Question: 'In North America this term is properly applied to only 4 species that are crested, including the tufted'

Answer: a titmouse


Question: 'In Penny Lane, where this "Hellraiser" grew up, the barber shaves another customer--then flays him alive!'

Answer: Clive Barker


Question: 'From Ft. Sill, Okla. he made the plea, Arizona is my land, my home, my father's land, to which I now ask to... return"'

Answer: Geronimo


Question: 'A silent movie title includes the last name of this 18th c. statesman & favorite of Catherine the Great'

Answer: Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin