Question: 'U.S. Selective Service system designation meaning unfit for active military duty'

Answer: 4-F


Question: 'AKA "Los Reyes Catolicos", these 2 marched into the last Moorish stronghold in Granada in the late 15th century'

Answer: Ferdinand & Isabella


Question: 'Tom Hayden, Roger Vadim, Ted Turner'

Answer: Jane Fonda


Question: 'A series of comebacks highlights his life, including election to a final stint as British PM at nearly 77 in 1951'

Answer: Churchill


Question: 'Justin Timberlake got props from Urban Dictionary for describing Janet Jackson's woes as this 2-word term'

Answer: a wardrobe malfunction


Question: 'The buzz is that this Hairdo, also called a B-52, has made a big comeback in the musical "Hairspray"'

Answer: a beehive


Question: 'The Hs in the 4-H Club stand for these 4 words'

Answer: Health, Hand, Heart and Head


Question: '6 years after a fatwa was issued regarding him, this author published "The Moor's Last Sigh"'

Answer: Salman Rushdie


Question: 'Sean Penn, Guy Ritchie'

Answer: Madonna


Question: 'Despite being filmed using an illegal drug, he was reelected Washington, D.C. mayor in 1990'

Answer: (Marion) Barry


Question: 'Ace Frehley & Paul Stanley could tell you that "snog" means to do this'

Answer: kiss


Question: 'Often navy blue with metal buttons, this sports jacket is worn by both men & women'

Answer: a blazer


Question: 'On a baseball scorecard, it's the position designated number 4'

Answer: second base


Question: 'This country south of Morocco derives its name from the word "moor"'

Answer: Mauritania


Question: 'Andre Previn, Frank Sinatra'

Answer: Mia Farrow


Question: 'First elected Arkansas governor in 1978, he was defeated for reelection but later won 4 consecutive terms'

Answer: (Bill) Clinton


Question: 'An "ear worm" is slang for one of these that you can't get out of your head'

Answer: a song


Question: 'For a formal occasion, a man might wear this, a flower or small bouquet, on his lapel'

Answer: a boutonniere


Question: 'Proverbially lucky mutant version of a plant of the genus Trifolium'

Answer: 4-leaf clover


Question: 'This Portuguese circumnavigator fought the Moors in North Africa in 1513'

Answer: Ferdinand Magellan


Question: 'Jeremy Thomas, Tom Green'

Answer: Drew Barrymore


Question: 'Despite twice being purged and imprisoned, he led China for nearly 20 years after Mao's death'

Answer: Deng Xiaoping


Question: 'Though it sounds like a wading bird, this is an e-mail saying that you won't be able to attend Johnny's birthday party'

Answer: an E-gret


Question: 'In the 1970s, it was named Arizona's official state neckwear'

Answer: a bolo (or bola) tie


Question: 'These 4 Biblical writers are symbolized by a man, a lion, an ox & an eagle'

Answer: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John


Question: 'Robert Evans, Steve McQueen'

Answer: Ali McGraw


Question: 'From Germany, this river flows into the Netherlands, where it divides into 3 branches: the Waal, the Lek & the Ijssel'

Answer: the Rhine


Question: '1990: “___ Versus the Volcano”'

Answer: Joe


Question: 'In 1983 Vostok Station on this continent had the lowest temp. ever recorded on Earth, -128.6 degrees F.'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew sits at a drum set.) Though it's more associated with violin and piano, this process is also done with drums; you tighten the head to raise the pitch'

Answer: tuning


Question: 'On film, Brendan Fraser played this title Canadian Mountie'

Answer: Dudley Do-Right


Question: 'Both the Neman & Vistula Rivers flow into this European sea'

Answer: the Baltic


Question: '1994: “Guarding ___”'

Answer: Tess


Question: 'The National Weather Service says some Gulf Coast areas get a second peak tornado period, in this season'

Answer: autumn


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew plays taps a drum.) These wires, stretched across the drum to vibrate against it, give the drum its name'

Answer: a snare


Question: 'Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time is recounted in this anti-war Vonnegut novel'

Answer: Slaughterhouse-Five


Question: 'It's the land covered by a public road or over which a power line passes'

Answer: a right-of-way


Question: 'The largest lake in this South American country is a reservoir, W.J. Van Blommestein Lake'

Answer: Suriname


Question: '1999: “___ Blue Eyes”'

Answer: Mickey


Question: 'Barometric pressure is measured in these units abbreviated mb'

Answer: millibars


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew plays with cymbals.) The snowshoe, a cymbal set on the floor, moved up a bit and became the low boy, which moved up some more and became this'

Answer: a high hat


Question: 'A game about Kevin Bacon was inspired by the title of this play'

Answer: Six Degrees of Separation


Question: 'Founded in 1978, the group called this "watch" is a smaller U.S. counterpart to Amnesty International'

Answer: Human Rights Watch


Question: 'This bay off Pitcairn Island is named for the ship that was burned & sunk in its waters on January 23, 1790'

Answer: Bounty Bay


Question: '1997: “G.I. ___”'

Answer: Jane


Question: 'Lightning results from movement of charged particles, usually within this 12-letter type of cloud also called a thundercloud'

Answer: a cumulonimbus


Question: 'This John Reed title refers to the period following Nov. 7, 1917, when the Bolsheviks seized power'

Answer: Ten Days That Shook The World


Question: 'It's a claim on property by a person who openly possesses & occupies it without legal authority'

Answer: squatter\'s rights


Question: '2 straits off Newfoundland lead into this gulf; the Strait of Belle Isle & Cabot Strait'

Answer: the Gulf of St. Lawrence


Question: '1969: “___ & ___ & ___ & ___”'

Answer: Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice


Question: 'The Earth’s rotation causes this “effect” in which winds gradually shift direction'

Answer: the Coriolis effect


Question: 'T.E. Lawrence wrote that this book has "No lessons for the world...it is filled with trivial things"'

Answer: Seven Pillars of Wisdom


Question: 'The Supreme Court decided states must provide a lawyer to the accused in the ruling Gideon v. this person'

Answer: Wainwright


Question: 'Standart, Azov & Clock are among the names of these items, given as royal Easter gifts starting in the mid-1880s'

Answer: Fabergé eggs


Question: 'Breaking news--this Caesar has spread panic with his decree that "all the world should be taxed"'

Answer: Augustus


Question: 'Captain Oveur:<br />"Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?" & "Joey, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?"'

Answer: Airplane!


Question: 'This company's Centurion Card has a $5,000 initiation fee & annual membership is $2,500'

Answer: American Express


Question: 'This ballet concludes with Pat Garrett leading pioneers, marching west'

Answer: Billy the Kid


Question: 'From its Times-Picayune:<br />"Basin Street sampler benefits Louis Armstrong... Jazz Camp"'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'A legume, maybe a green one'

Answer: a bean


Question: 'Joseph's current whereabouts are unknown; he went "out of the city of Nazareth", "up from" this region'

Answer: Galilee


Question: 'A band manager:<br />"The Boston gig has been canceled... I wouldn't worry about it, though, it's not a big college town"'

Answer: This Is Spinal Tap


Question: 'Since 1898 Mrs. Hunt's Agency has provided staff including this, the manservant to the gentleman of the house'

Answer: a valet


Question: 'Twyla Tharp used the music of this group for the ballet "Deuce Coupe"'

Answer: The Beach Boys


Question: 'From its Sun-Times:<br />"Former Blagojevich fund-raiser gets 37 months in prison"'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'A prohibition'

Answer: ban


Question: 'Eyewitnesses confirm the babe was "lying in" this--we'll be uploading video to our website soon'

Answer: a manger


Question: 'Hans Gruber, reading a message:<br />"Now I have a machine gun.  Ho ho ho"'

Answer: Die Hard


Question: 'If there's ever a "Gilligan's Island" feature film, we hope the theme song will change 1 letter & upgrade Mr. Howell to this'

Answer: a billionaire


Question: 'Facing the evil Kastchei, Prince Ivan summons this title creature with a red feather'

Answer: the Firebird


Question: 'From its Herald:<br />"Broward teachers are losing hope as layoffs loom"'

Answer: Miami


Question: 'Ship's officer who summons the crew with a whistle'

Answer: a boatswain


Question: 'We've got expert analysis of the heavenly host's words "and on Earth" this & "good will toward men"'

Answer: peace


Question: 'Crash:<br />"Man, that ball got out of here in a hurry... anything that travels that far ought to have a... stewardess on it"'

Answer: Bull Durham


Question: 'In 2009 Gordon Brown created a 50% one of these in Britain; still better than the '70s, when there was an 83% one'

Answer: a tax bracket


Question: 'Jerome Robbins choreographed a ballet to these Bach "Variations"'

Answer: Goldberg Variations


Question: 'From its Morning News:<br />"arrest warrant for Plano man in sucker punch attack"'

Answer: Dallas


Question: 'Maine college that was Nat Hawthorne's alma mater'

Answer: Bowdoin


Question: 'From Jerusalem, also called "the city of" this king, Luke signing off'

Answer: David


Question: 'Jack:<br />"I eat breakfast 300 yards from 4,000 Cubans who are trained to kill me"'

Answer: A Few Good Men


Question: 'Generally it's the well-off who use this as a verb, meaning "to pass the time (in a certain place) from June to September"'

Answer: summer


Question: 'A maiden is chosen for a sacrifice, the title act of this 1913 ballet'

Answer: The Rite of Spring


Question: 'From this northwestern city's Times:<br />"Stone tools turned up at Snohomish County site"'

Answer: Seattle


Question: 'Seaside Sussex town where the pinball wizard played'

Answer: Brighton (England)


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from New York with a bell ringer.)  A familiar sight on New York City streets is the holiday appeal of this organization that each year provides 3 million meals and 900,000 nights of lodging to those in need'

Answer: the Salvation Army


Question: '"SexyBack" by this former member of 'N Sync spent 7 weeks at the top spot in 2006'

Answer: (Justin) Timberlake


Question: 'The names of both aqua vitae & eau de vie literally mean water of this'

Answer: life


Question: 'It is believed that 2 different men known as this saint were martyred on Feb. 14 by beheading'

Answer: Saint Valentine


Question: 'During the 1870s a new method of teaching law, the case method, was developed at this Cambridge, Mass. university'

Answer: Harvard


Question: 'Classic candy bar that's a female Supreme Court justice'

Answer: Baby Ruth Ginsburg


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a festive shopping display in New York.)  During the holiday season, more than a quarter of a million people visit Santaland at this famous store on Herald Square'

Answer: Macy\'s


Question: 'This subtitle of a 1993 Meat Loaf chart-topper follows "I'd Do Anything For Love..."'

Answer: "(But I Won\'t Do That)"


Question: 'Gunpowder is a green China type of this beverage'

Answer: tea


Question: '"Teach" your kids that on Nov. 22, 1718 this pirate took 25 wounds before someone said, "Heads up!"'

Answer: Blackbeard (Edward Teach)


Question: 'This form of homicide is the unlawful killing of a human being, committed without malice'

Answer: manslaughter


Question: 'Woody Allen romantic comedy about a student who patrols the corridors of a school'

Answer: Annie Hall Monitor


Question: 'Since 1933 this hall has dazzled NYC with its Christmas Spectacular, featuring precision choreography & a living nativity'

Answer: Radio City Music Hall


Question: 'His Grammy-winning "Gold Digger" featured Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx'

Answer: Kanye West


Question: 'The portrait by Sir Henry Raeburn seen here was bought by a distiller of this & put on bottles of it'

Answer: scotch


Question: 'In myth, the winged horse Pegasus sprang from this female monster's beheaded body'

Answer: Medusa


Question: '"Lacy's Law" in Colorado cracks down on impersonating one of these, & on having red & blue lights on your car'

Answer: a police officer


Question: 'This president made a "clean sweep" of the White House from 1929 to 1933 (including the carpets)'

Answer: Herbert Hoover Vacuum Cleaner


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew rides up an escalator at a toy store in New York.)  Part of many New York City holiday memories, this store opened in Manhattan in 1870, calling itself a toy bazaar & has been a wonderland for kids at Christmastime ever since'

Answer: F.A.O. Schwarz


Question: 'In 1986 he topped the charts with "Glory Of Love" as a solo artist & "The Next Time I Fall" in a duet with Amy Grant'

Answer: Peter Cetera


Question: 'This fitness water, from the makers of Gatorade, may "drive" you to drink--more water'

Answer: Propel


Question: 'On Feb. 12, 1554 this teen & her husband topped out; hope those 9 days were worth it'

Answer: Lady Jane Grey


Question: '(I'm legal analyst Nancy Grace.)  From the Latin for "twisted", it's the branch of civil law dealing with injuries to one's body, property, business, reputation or privacy'

Answer: tort


Question: 'John Donne poem that's "rolling, rolling, rolling on the river"'

Answer: "Death Be Not Proud Mary"


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew gets a whiff of a holiday treat sold at a hot dog vendor's sidewalk stand in New York.)  The aroma reminds me of one of the most popular holiday songs; written in 1946, it's simply called "The Christmas Song", but is better known by this first line'

Answer: "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire"


Question: 'In 1998 this "nude" Toronto-based group reached No. 1 for 1 week with "One Week"'

Answer: Barenaked Ladies


Question: 'In 1928 Thomas Hargreaves Geddes & Eugene Desnoes began brewing this lager in Jamaica'

Answer: Red Stripe


Question: 'On Feb. 13, 1542 she became the second of Henry VIII's wives to lose her head over the man (literally)'

Answer: (Catherine) Howard


Question: 'Contractors can have a mechanic's type of this placed against a property, assuring that they'll get paid for their work'

Answer: a lien


Question: 'Ingredient in the witches' potion in "Macbeth" that's a body part of a 1990s House speaker'

Answer: eye of Newt Gingrich


Question: 'This term for an economic system first appeared in English in Thackeray's "The Newcomes", about the rise of a family'

Answer: capitalism


Question: 'The April 9, 2005 wedding of these 2 people was the topic of "Bride of Chucky"'

Answer: Prince Charles & Camilla


Question: 'Gentler than Hammurabi's, the code of Ur-Nammu demands these, such as 1 mina, for inflicting injury'

Answer: a fine


Question: 'Swollen lymph nodes called buboes are the main sign of this disease that devastated 14th century Europe'

Answer: the bubonic plague


Question: 'No need to set my alarm--it's Saturday & time for my worship of Somnus, the Roman god of this'

Answer: sleep


Question: 'Pete's wife refuses to say why she was put in a kabocha shell, the Japanese type of this vegetable'

Answer: a pumpkin


Question: 'You won't need 21 guesses to name this rhyming type of short, leather-covered club'

Answer: a blackjack


Question: 'Our plan to make an enormous superpower with a grudge vs. the U.S. was outlined in "De-Weakening" this country'

Answer: Iraq


Question: 'What some Mesopotamians called the "Nether Sea" we call this gulf'

Answer: the Persian Gulf


Question: 'The American Academy of Dermatology told you to wear flip-flops to prevent this; Tinactin, stat!'

Answer: athlete\'s foot


Question: 'It's Sunday & time to say a few prayers to Cautha, the sun god of this ancient people of the Italian peninsula'

Answer: the Etruscans


Question: 'When he wants to reap, Pete always sickles down this cereal, Avena sativa, which he rolls or eats Irish-style'

Answer: oats


Question: 'The scientific name of this medium-sized animal is Ursus americanus, if "medium-sized" means weighing up to 600 lbs.'

Answer: a black bear


Question: 'In 2005 the DNC was in the crosshairs when this Vermont man became "Chairman Now"'

Answer: Howard Dean


Question: 'Utnapishtim, the Mesopotamian version of this Biblical man, is warned of the destruction of Shuruppak'

Answer: Noah


Question: 'Mere contact on scratched skin of saliva from an animal with this disease, aka hydrophobia, can transmit it'

Answer: rabies


Question: 'It's Tuesday & it's raining; must be the work of Lei Kung, the thunder god of this religion founded by Lao Tzu'

Answer: Taoism


Question: 'When pickled, Pete especially likes the Tuscan pepper seen here, which is called this in Italy'

Answer: pepperoncini


Question: 'Theoretically, its gravitational field is so intense that no electromagnetic radiation can escape'

Answer: a black hole


Question: 'A White House man's involvement in the outing of this woman as a CIA agent was presented as "Rove Actually"'

Answer: Valerie Plame


Question: 'They settled Mesopotamia around 3500 B.C. & brought in some good ideas, like civilization & writing'

Answer: the Sumerians


Question: 'These blood-clotting aiders have an average life span of 9 to 14 days; healthy adults have over a trillion of them'

Answer: a platelet


Question: 'It's Wednesday & it's time to light a candle to Ho Musubi No Kami, a fire god of this Japanese religion'

Answer: Shintoism


Question: 'Beetles no longer bother Pete's best fruit tree, which grows this treat sometimes called a Persian apple'

Answer: a peach


Question: 'Ex-LAPD detective Steve Hodel thinks his own father killed Elizabeth Short, nicknamed this'

Answer: the "Black Dahlia"


Question: '"Deconstructing Harriet" broke down her Supreme Court nomination (before it broke down)'

Answer: Harriet Miers


Question: 'Nebuchadnezzar's spending on buildings & war left this empire open to conquest in 539 B.C.'

Answer: the Babylonian Empire


Question: 'Wilson's disease, which can be misdiagnosed as schizophrenia, is caused by an excess of this element, Cu'

Answer: copper


Question: 'It's Thursday & I had to work 16 hours today!  Guess I'll pray to Nyx, the Greek goddess of this'

Answer: night


Question: 'Pete pan-fries this Chinese legume that the French call mange-tout--eat it all, pod & all'

Answer: snow peas


Question: 'Churchill called his case of depression this animal'

Answer: the black dog


Question: 'President Taft wasn't a Communist, but he was from this city that's home to Reds'

Answer: Cincinnati


Question:
'"American Beauty":
Kevin Spacey,
Annette Bening,
Chris Cooper'

Answer: Kevin Spacey


Question: '"...Conversing with the Houyhnhnms, and looking upon them with delight, I fell to imitate their gait and gesture"'

Answer: Gulliver


Question: '...of Clovis I, who made this city the Frankish capital in the 6th century'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'A book's preface, or presenting one person to another for the first time'

Answer: an introduction


Question: 'The Sternwheel Regatta, a 10-day river festival, is held each summer in this West Virginia capital'

Answer: Charleston


Question:
'"Jerry Maguire":
Cuba Gooding, Jr.,
Tom Cruise,
Renee Zellweger'

Answer: Cuba Gooding, Jr.


Question: '"It was when curiosity about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on..."'

Answer: Nick Carraway


Question: '...of this French monarch, who granted the American colonies cash before losing his head in 1793'

Answer: Louis XVI


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents an image of a page of a book.)  A "gloss" is a marginal translation or explanation of a difficult term; the same root gives us this word for a list of such terms'

Answer: a glossary


Question: 'Billy Joel could tell you this "town" near Bethlehem, Penn. has the oldest municipal band in the U.S.'

Answer: Allentown


Question:
'"The Treasure of the Sierra Madre":
Humphrey Bogart,
Tim Holt,
Walter Huston'

Answer: Walter Huston


Question: '"But though I was so terrified by the idea of the seafaring man with one leg, I was far less afraid... than anybody else"'

Answer: Jim Hawkins


Question: '...of this man, who in 1703 founded what is now Russia's largest port on a Swedish fort site on the Gulf of Finland'

Answer: Peter the Great


Question: 'It can also mean a local branch of an organization, such as the American Red Cross'

Answer: a chapter


Question: 'Once the starting point for Florida's Celestial Railroad, this community has a park named for Burt Reynolds'

Answer: Jupiter


Question:
'"Shampoo":
Warren Beatty,
Goldie Hawn,
Lee Grant'

Answer: Lee Grant


Question: '"I am now faced with the distasteful task of recording a definite drop in Lolita's morals"'

Answer: Humbert Humbert


Question: '...of this English monarch, who made a truce with Saladin, ceding him Jerusalem'

Answer: Richard I (Richard the Lionhearted)


Question: 'It's been said that this painter changed her birth year to 1910 to coincide with the Mexican Revolution'

Answer: Frida Kahlo


Question: 'Often several pages, this customary section of appreciation may name editors, grant agencies, librarians & wives'

Answer: the acknowledgements


Question: 'This "town" on Martha's Vineyard was named in 1671 for a son of the Duke of York'

Answer: Edgartown


Question:
'"A Beautiful Mind":
Russell Crowe,
Jennifer Connelly,
Ed Harris'

Answer: Jennifer Connelly


Question: '"I'm immortal, more or less.  The light of the sun, the sustained heat of an intense fire--these things might destroy me"'

Answer: Lestat


Question: '...of this Mongol of Xanadu fame, who founded his capital on the site of modern-day Beijing'

Answer: Kublai Khan


Question: 'Marshalsea is a debtor's prison that figures prominently in this "little" 1857 Dickens classic'

Answer: Little Dorrit


Question: 'Any randomly chosen book is likely to include this institution's cataloging-in-publication data'

Answer: the Library of Congress


Question: 'Of the 3 men honored August 13, 1969, the one who spent part of July 20th miles from the other 2'

Answer: Michael Collins


Question: 'Secretary of State Rusk visited this capital to assure South Vietnam we wouldn't sell it out'

Answer: Saigon


Question: '"Who Censored Roger Rabbit?"'

Answer: Who Framed Roger Rabbit


Question: 'It comes between Doctors & Borders in an international humanitarian organization'

Answer: without


Question: 'Gaze into Uma Silbey's book about these fortune-telling spheres; there's a whole section on quartz ones'

Answer: crystal balls


Question: 'A symbol of Judaism, the star of David is formed by 2 interlocking these'

Answer: triangles


Question: 'The 3 Baltic states are Estonia, Latvia & this other country'

Answer: Lithuania


Question: 'On Dec. 18 this Dr. Seuss animated classic aired for the first time'

Answer: How the Grinch Stole Christmas!


Question: '"Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team"'

Answer: Munich


Question: 'If this preposition didn't exist, we'd have song titles like "More Than There" & "More Than The Rainbow"'

Answer: over


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew tries her hand at fortune-telling.)  The middle part of the cup stands for the near future in tasseography, the art of doing this'

Answer: reading tea leaves


Question: 'In March 2007 Colorado adopted as its second state song this John Denver hit'

Answer: "Rocky Mountain High"


Question: 'Linus Pauling had the same initials as this other chemist who lived in France 100 years earlier'

Answer: Louis Pasteur


Question: 'This leader launched his Cultural Revolution'

Answer: Mao


Question: '"Wiseguy"'

Answer: Goodfellas


Question: 'It's the 4-letter preposition in the 4-word phrase that starts many a fairy tale'

Answer: upon


Question: '"It's only a game--isn't it?" is a slogan of this board whose mysterious new version actually glows in the dark'

Answer: a Ouija board


Question: 'The cooling capacity of an air conditioner is measured in these 3-letter units'

Answer: a BTU


Question: 'The 2 official languages of Haiti are Creole & this'

Answer: French


Question: 'U.S. Catholic bishops did away with the rule prohibiting this on Fridays'

Answer: eating meat


Question: '"The Murder of Bob Crane"'

Answer: Auto Focus


Question: 'It precedes "wraps" when keeping something a secret'

Answer: under


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reads your future.) In palmistry, the fleshy pads on the hands are called mounts; a well-developed mount of this signifies a satisfying love life'

Answer: a mount of Venus


Question: 'This attraction at Disneyland is about 1/100th the height of its real Swiss counterpart'

Answer: the Matterhorn


Question: 'Among the 30 busiest airports in the U.S. are O'Hare & this other one in Chicago'

Answer: Midway


Question: 'The Tashkent agreement, signed in the USSR, ended a 17-day war between these 2 other countries of Asia'

Answer: India & Pakistan


Question: 'A 2008 award-winning movie:<br />"Q & A"'

Answer: Slumdog Millionaire


Question: 'To infinity & this preposition, as they say in "Toy Story"'

Answer: beyond


Question: 'From the Latin for "to speak", it's a speaker of wise predictions, whether at Delphi or in Omaha'

Answer: an Oracle


Question: 'This bay on the U.S. Atlantic Coast is actually the submerged valley of the Susquehanna River'

Answer: the Chesapeake


Question: 'The holiest cities in Islam are Mecca & this'

Answer: Medina


Question: 'On June 15, 1991 a volcanic eruption tore the top off Mount Pinatubo in this country'

Answer: the Philippines


Question: '"Welcome to Korea"<br />(Directing, 1976)'

Answer: M*A*S*H


Question: 'Esthetician is another word for this skin care professional'

Answer: a cosmetician


Question: 'Could it be this name for the devil, from the Hebrew for "adversary"?'

Answer: Satan


Question: '"I.M."<br />by Ralph Ellison'

Answer: Invisible Man


Question: 'These snakes, such as the reticulated type of Asia, have tiny hind limbs'

Answer: pythons


Question: 'Mount Ansel Adams is found on the southeast boundary of this national park'

Answer: Yosemite


Question: '"The Return of Barney Fife"<br />(Actor, 1966)'

Answer: The Andy Griffith Show


Question: 'Stonewall Jackson was an expert this, great at maneuvering on the battlefield'

Answer: tactician


Question: 'Sweeney Todd was this title type of barber'

Answer: demon


Question: '"T.S."<br />by Albert Camus'

Answer: The Stranger


Question: 'This adder earns its name by inflating its body & hissing (call it P. Addy)'

Answer: a puff adder


Question: 'When Mount Everest's summit was reached in May 1953, this became the world's highest unclimbed peak'

Answer: K2


Question: '"Mary Richards Goes to Jail"<br />(Writing, 1975)'

Answer: The Mary Tyler Moore Show


Question: 'A master of the triangle trade (percussion-wise)'

Answer: a musician


Question: 'The name of this rebellious archangel comes from the Latin for "light bringing"'

Answer: Lucifer


Question: '"R.R."<br />by Richard Yates'

Answer: Revolutionary Road


Question: 'The mangrove snake's vertically elliptical eye pupils give rise to this other name for it (does it hiss or meow?)'

Answer: the cat-eyed snake


Question: 'Of South America's 10 highest peaks, 9 of them rise all or in part in this country'

Answer: Argentina


Question: '"The Contest"<br />(Writing, 1993)'

Answer: Seinfeld


Question: 'Someone who handles fireworks (carefully, we hope)'

Answer: a pyrotechnician


Question: 'When used with "the", this last name of a British author is an exclamation meaning "the devil!"'

Answer: Dickens


Question: '"J.S.S."<br />by Rudyard Kipling'

Answer: Just So Stories


Question: 'Grim name of Australian adders of the genus Acanthophis'

Answer: death adders


Question: 'This highest Australian peak was named for a Polish patriot who aided America during the Revolutionary War'

Answer: Kosciusko


Question: '"Today I Am a Clown"<br />(Voice-over Performance, 2004)'

Answer: The Simpsons


Question: 'Sir, step away from the cream pie.  I repeat, step away from the pie.  I am an RD, short for this'

Answer: registered dietician


Question: 'The current form of this 14-letter name for one of the 7 chief devils comes from Goethe's "Faust"'

Answer: Mephistopheles


Question: '"D.O.A.M."<br />by Nikolai Gogol'

Answer: Diary of a Madman


Question: 'These snakes of the genus Lycodon get their familiar name from "what big teeth they have"'

Answer: wolf snakes


Question: 'This cartoon character debuted in 1930, the same year the object he shares a name with was discovered'

Answer: Pluto


Question: 'She was valedictorian of Plains High School, class of 1944'

Answer: (Rosalynn) Carter


Question: 'He traveled the world & beyond with his novels "Poland", "Caribbean" & "Space"'

Answer: (James) Michener


Question: 'Dedicated in November 1982, it now bears more than 58,000 names'

Answer: the Vietnam War memorial


Question: 'Relive the gold rush days at Diamond Tooth Gertie's in this Canadian territory'

Answer: the Yukon


Question: 'Danny Kaye played a cobbler who gained fame as this writer of fairy tales'

Answer: Hans Christian Andersen


Question: 'It follows alma when referring to your school (& yours must be proud)'

Answer: mater


Question: 'While she was first lady, her half brother Samuel was killed at the Battle of Shiloh'

Answer: Mary Lincoln


Question: 'Roddy Doyle chronicles life in this country in "Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha" & "The Woman Who Walked into Doors"'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'On March 25, 1961 Elvis Presley held a benefit concert in Honolulu for the building of this ship's memorial'

Answer: the Arizona


Question: 'In 1953 Newsweek said that Onassis didn't break the bank at this town--he bought the casino'

Answer: Monte Carlo


Question: 'Nicole Kidman spent "The Hours" in a fake nose as her'

Answer: Virginia Woolf


Question: 'Things get dull when you "fall into" this furrow in the ground'

Answer: a rut


Question: 'Her father was David W, Wallace, a public official in Independence, Missouri'

Answer: Bess Truman


Question: 'Born in Edinburgh in 1771, he's considered the first major historical novelist'

Answer: Sir Walter Scott


Question: 'A memorial near Shanksville, Pa., commemorates the passengers & crew who died on this flight thwarting an attack on 9/11'

Answer: United 93


Question: 'This riverside Nevada town is named for a guy called Don, who turned the place into a gambling destination'

Answer: Laughlin


Question: '"In Love and War" showed this author as an ambulance driver wounded in WWI & falling for his nurse'

Answer: Ernest Hemingway


Question: 'The lovely locks of a Lipizzaner'

Answer: mane


Question: 'Born Letitia Christian, she was the first to become first lady upon the death of the previous president'

Answer: (Letitia) Tyler


Question: 'This author's "Noble House" follows the tea trading business in Hong Kong & China'

Answer: James Clavell


Question: 'Fort Caroline Natl. Memorial in Florida overlooks the site of a colony founded by these French Protestants'

Answer: Huguenots


Question: 'This Illinois town has a statue of Superman as well as a casino'

Answer: Metropolis


Question: 'Daniel Craig played this British poet in the biopic "Sylvia"'

Answer: Ted Hughes


Question: 'To learn by repetition is to "learn by" this'

Answer: rote


Question: 'An 1877 reception for the Grand Duke of Russia was the only time she permitted alcohol at a state function'

Answer: Lucy Hayes ("Lemonade Lucy")


Question: 'People might see a theme in his "Washington, D.C.", "Hollywood" & "Julian", about restoring paganism in Rome'

Answer: Gore Vidal


Question: 'The Tampa Bay memorial named for this Spaniard has reenacted his coming ashore in 1539'

Answer: (Hernando) de Soto


Question: 'A bingo hall opened by the Mashantucket Pequot tribal nation in 1986 evolved into this massive complex'

Answer: Foxwoods


Question: '"Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle" included Lili Taylor as this "Show Boat" author'

Answer: Edna Ferber


Question: 'A water bird related to seagulls; we hope you don't take one "for the worse"'

Answer: tern


Question: 'The Rhine is the longest river to flow through this country, covering more than 450 miles there'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'This NYC director:<br />"Rather than live on in the hearts & minds of my fellow man, I'd prefer to live on in my apartment"'

Answer: Woody Allen


Question: 'Raphael must have used up a lot of red paint for his portrait of Pope Leo X with 2 of these men'

Answer: cardinals


Question: 'The First Crusade began in 1097 when 4 European armies met up in this Byzantine capital to march on the Holy Land'

Answer: Constantinople


Question: 'Around 1890 Thomas Edison schemed to have this invention named after his rival George Westinghouse'

Answer: the electric chair


Question: 'Add the 1-letter symbol for this element to "stor" or "lar" & you get birds'

Answer: potassium


Question: 'Before it empties into the North Sea, the Rhine splits into 3 branches in this country'

Answer: the Netherlands


Question: 'In 2008 David Letterman said it was so cold, this accused Wall St. Ponzi scheme operator looks forward to Hell'

Answer: (Bernard) Madoff


Question: 'This creature toys with a bird in William Holman Hunt's painting of seduction "The Awakening Conscience"'

Answer: a cat


Question: 'Deus vult, Latin for this, served as an unofficial motto of the First Crusade'

Answer: God wills it


Question: 'With a 2007 women's water polo title, this California school became the first to win 100 NCAA titles'

Answer: UCLA


Question: 'Add the symbol for this element to the front of "ow" & you get precipitation'

Answer: tin


Question: 'The 1815 Treaty of this capital made the Rhine an international waterway'

Answer: Vienna


Question: 'He said, "On this show, your voice will be heard, in the form of my voice", & that's the truthiness!'

Answer: (Stephen) Colbert


Question: 'The elongated heads of this Toledo master are on display in his painting of two saints'

Answer: El Greco


Question: 'After this wife of Louis VII took part in the Second Crusade, the Church forbade women to join future crusades'

Answer: Eleanor of Aquitaine


Question: 'When Pluto got demoted, this 1916 Gustav Holst composition was once again complete'

Answer: The Planets


Question: 'Add the symbol for this element to "ali" & you get an excuse to avoid blame'

Answer: bismuth


Question: 'Switzerland's third-largest city, this port on the Rhine handles much of the country's cargo'

Answer: Basel


Question: 'This 1970s African-American comic: "Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers"'

Answer: (Richard) Pryor


Question: 'In Poussin's painting titled "Rape of" them, "rape" means abduction, nothing worse'

Answer: the Sabine Women


Question: 'Also called the order of St. John of Jerusalem, it was founded to give health care & protection to Christians'

Answer: the Knights Hospitallers


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the bridge of the USS John C. Stennis in San Diego, CA.)  USS John C. Stennis is one of this class of carrier named for an admiral under whose command carriers like Yorktown & Enterprise fought in WWII'

Answer: Nimitz


Question: 'Add the symbol of this element to "fi" & get a small flute'

Answer: iron


Question: 'This cliff on the Rhine near Koblenz bears the name of a siren said to lure boatmen to their doom there'

Answer: Lorelei


Question: 'This deadpan comic: "I'm staying in an old hotel; they sent me a wake-up letter"'

Answer: Steven Wright


Question: 'In the work seen here from the early 1600s, Saint Peter is asking this question--in Latin, if you please'

Answer: Quo vadis?


Question: 'This Holy Roman Emperor led the Third Crusade but drowned bathing in a river en route to the Holy Land'

Answer: Barbarossa (Frederick I)


Question: 'Africa's closest national capitals are Brazzaville & Kinshasa, separated by this river'

Answer: the Congo


Question: 'Put the symbol for this element after "ine" & you have no aptitude or skill'

Answer: platinum


Question: 'Appropriately, the center of cult worship for this ancient Egyptian god was in Cynopolis, "City of the Dog"'

Answer: Anubis


Question: 'If its royal family has no male heir, Monaco will become part of this country'

Answer: France


Question: 'Though often credited with winning it, this Sioux medicine man sat out of the Battle of Little Big Horn'

Answer: Sitting Bull


Question: '"Rex" & "Roy" both mean this, Your Majesty'

Answer: king


Question: 'Not surprisingly, this agency's motto is "Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity"'

Answer: FBI


Question: 'This fictional setting of "The Edge of Night" shared its name with Jefferson's home'

Answer: Monticello


Question: 'After all these years, Joe Di Maggio still has the longest one in baseball'

Answer: hitting streak


Question: 'Discoverers of these South Sea islands named them for wise Biblical king whose wealth they sought'

Answer: the Solomon Islands


Question: 'Imposing Duwamish Indian chief for whom Washington state's largest city was named'

Answer: Seattle


Question: '1st name of this football coach, who stressed winning, means "winner"'

Answer: Vince (Lombardi)


Question: 'Vermont is known for these gatherings considered the purest form of democracy'

Answer: the town meeting


Question: 'When "all you see are silhouettes & all you hear are castanets & no one cares how late it gets", you're there'

Answer: "Hernando\'s Hideaway"


Question: 'Longest distance flown by this type of airplane is 1¼ miles'

Answer: paper airplane


Question: 'As co-sovereign of this Pyrenees land, the Bishop of Urgel, Spain is paid about $6.87 semi-annually'

Answer: Andorra


Question: 'While not the most common Russian name, Ivan Kuznetsov is literal Russian equivalent of this English name'

Answer: John Smith


Question: 'In 1982, James Watt proposed changing this dept's seal from a buffalo facing left to one facing right'

Answer: the Department of the Interior


Question: 'Not in world atlases but in this comic strip could "Lower Slobovia" be found'

Answer: Li\'l Abner


Question: 'George Bell of Virginia, who takes size 26, won 20th Century-Fox's contest for the longest pair of these'

Answer: shoes


Question: 'A problem for this African country is that much of its mail is mistakenly sent to Switzerland'

Answer: Swaziland


Question: 'Common Arabic name which means "servant of Allah"'

Answer: Abdullah


Question: 'A toll-free hotline for whistle-blowers is maintained by this agency in charge of federal b'ldgs'

Answer: the General Services Administration


Question: 'Number of fabulously wealthy "cities of Cibola" the Spanish explorer Coronado was looking for'

Answer: 7


Question: 'Longest continuous run of any show is London performance of "The Mousetrap" by this author'

Answer: Agatha Christie


Question: '80% of San Marino's gross national product comes from tourism & the sale of these'

Answer: postage stamps


Question: 'Girl's name common in Germany & America, it's a contraction of Mary Magdalene'

Answer: Marlene


Question: 'In 1973, the federal government printed 4.8 billion coupons for this'

Answer: gas rationing


Question: 'A battleship was built to honor this Russian who built fake villages to impress his empress'

Answer: (Grigori) Potemkin


Question: 'Longest ocean liner, the "Norway", was originally named for this country when built in 1961'

Answer: France


Question: 'He recited verses about Troy aflame, not fiddling as alleged, while watching Rome burn'

Answer: Nero


Question: 'Pat Boone descends from this famed frontiersman'

Answer: Daniel Boone


Question: 'These were 1st made during WWII at Quonset Point, Rhode Island'

Answer: Quonset huts


Question: 'The Grand Ole Opry is now located in the middle of this amusement park'

Answer: Opryland


Question: 'Antony said this assassin of Caesar made "the most unkindest cut of all"'

Answer: Brutus


Question: 'Shortest on record lasted 38 minutes in 1896 & involved the United Kingdom and Zanzibar'

Answer: the shortest war


Question: 'A runner ran 25 miles & died after announcing Greeks had defeated them in the Battle of Marathon'

Answer: the Persians


Question: 'Actress whose autobiography is named for her most famous role, "Baby Doll"'

Answer: Carroll Baker


Question: 'A turnpike is called that because originally a pike or turnstile was turned after you did this'

Answer: paid toll


Question: 'Hawkshaw Hawkins performed in a silk jacket with this embroidered on the back'

Answer: a hawk


Question: 'King Henry IV complained "Uneasy lies the head" that does this'

Answer: wears the crown


Question: 'Shortest valid one of these in record reads "Vse zene" Czech for "All to wife"'

Answer: the shortest will


Question: 'Roman statesman Cato closed every speech, regardless of subject, by saying this must be destroyed'

Answer: Carthage


Question: 'Bing Crosby said, "I think he's always nurtured a secret desire to be a hood"'

Answer: Frank Sinatra


Question: 'From Old French "manoeuvrer" meaning "to work by hand", which was how this item was put into soil'

Answer: manure


Question: 'Falstaff was said to have "eaten" a widow "out of" this'

Answer: house and home


Question: 'America's shortest-lived major TV network, it brought us Capt. Video until its demise in 1955'

Answer: the DuMont Network


Question: 'Norwegian who in 1970, crossed the Atlantic in reed boat to prove Egyptians may have reached New World'

Answer: Thor Heyerdahl


Question: 'On personal intervention of Khruschchev, his "1 Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" was published'

Answer: (Aleksandr) Solzhenitsyn


Question: 'Weapon said to have been the size of a pomegranate & filled with "seeds" of gunpowder'

Answer: a hand grenade


Question: 'At Hamlet's death he says, "Good night, sweet prince"'

Answer: Horatio


Question: 'Shortest scheduled flight takes just 2 minutes in this country's Orkney Islands'

Answer: the United Kingdom (Scotland)


Question: 'King Philip of Macedonia hired him as private tutor for his son, Alexander'

Answer: Aristotle


Question: 'Formerly South Vietnam's prime minister & vice president, he now lives in Cal. and owes Caesars Palace $20,000'

Answer: Nguyen Cao Ky


Question: 'Though he wasn't part of the Lincoln conspiracy, his name's been blackened in many a town'

Answer: (Dr. Samuel) Mudd


Question: 'Expression "O brave new world" comes from this last play Shakespeare wrote alone'

Answer: The Tempest


Question: 'At 5'4" & weighing 100 lbs., he was our shortest president'

Answer: James Madison


Question: 'Mother of Bonnie Blue, she ran a sawmill after the Civil War'

Answer: Scarlett O\'Hara


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew rides in a boat with some SEALs at the Navy Amphibious Bas in Coronado, CA.) Navy SEALs are charged with fighting terrorism around the globe; the first Medal of Honor given for service in this country was to a SEAL for pursuit of a Taliban ally'

Answer: Afghanistan


Question: 'His 1985 hit "Raspberry Beret" was his first on his own label, Paisley Park'

Answer: Prince


Question: 'The N.Y. Times said of the benefits of doing this before or after exercise: "The answer is elastic"; warming up might be better'

Answer: stretching


Question: 'No one wants to play this Munich team with a fever, congestion & fine red rash that lasts a few days: let's avoid the...'

Answer: German Measles


Question: 'Wow!  You must have used Sephora's morning body scrub named for this beverage "& Cream"'

Answer: Coffee


Question: '32 ounces'

Answer: a quart


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands on shore as 2 attack boats approach at the Navy Amphibious Base in Coronado, CA.) The Navy SEALs were created by this U.S. president who had been a small-unit naval commander & who knew what a small, tough force could do'

Answer: JFK


Question: 'The group that finished the '80s as Starship first took off in the '60s under this name'

Answer: Jefferson Airplane


Question: 'The Well blog on nytimes.com noted "even pop stars have a right to medical privacy" after docs peeked at her UCLA files'

Answer: Britney Spears


Question: 'Now hitting the pitch, this North Sea squad who want to split the cost of the date with you; all cheer for the...'

Answer: Dutch Treats


Question: 'Your Juicy Couture parfum makes you smell like this huge juicy melon, with a little caramel creme brulee'

Answer: watermelon


Question: 'The northern bobwhite is a common variety of this small bird'

Answer: a quail


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew indicates the SEAL emblem at the Navy Amphibious Base in Coronado, CA.)  On the Navy SEAL emblem, the anchor, eagle & pistol stand for sea, air & land, & this weapon represents all 3, & is also the name fo the emblem itself'

Answer: a trident


Question: '"Brass Monkey" & "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" were songs on their hit 1986 debut album'

Answer: the Beastie Boys


Question: 'Researchers think they know why a blood disorder in the tropics protects against this mosquito-borne disease'

Answer: malaria


Question: 'England politely applauds this 2-word steak served crosscut into thin slices; rah, indeed, for the...'

Answer: London Broils


Question: 'I can tell that this spice precedes "buns" in the name of that Philosophy body wash you just used'

Answer: cinnamon


Question: 'This wet, boggy ground can put you in quite a predicament'

Answer: a quagmire


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands on shore as attack boats approach at the Navy Amphibious Base in Coronado, CA.) High-speed boats help with what the legendary SEAL Richard "Shark Man" Marcinko calls "the 2 critical mission points": insertion & this opposite, from the Latin for "draw out"'

Answer: extraction


Question: 'In 1988 the Beach Boys had a No. 1 hit with this song from the Tom Cruise movie "Cocktail"'

Answer: "Kokomo"


Question: 'The N.Y. Times scrutinized the wisdom of TV ads for drugs, like the ones with this artificial heart inventor'

Answer: Jarvik


Question: 'Our neighbors to the north know this meat made from a boned strip of pork loin, eh; it's the...'

Answer: Canadian Bacons


Question: 'This designer's Opium intoxicates me with its blend of tangerine, plum & cloves'

Answer: Yves Saint Laurent


Question: 'It once meant wise or skilled; now it means old-fashioned & charming'

Answer: quaint


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew rides in the boat at the Navy Amphibious Base in Coronado, CA.) Special Boat Teams support Navy SEALs in special warfare missions such as "SR", or "special" this, where they scope out hostile environments'

Answer: reconnaissance


Question: 'This Aussie group brought a "New Sensation" to radio in 1988'

Answer: INXS


Question: 'The bacterium Oxalobacter formigenes may reduce the risk of these, aka renal calculi'

Answer: kidney stones


Question: 'A tip of the cap to this 8-measure dance, with foot kicks & arm swinging: from south of the border, it's the...'

Answer: Mexican Hat Dance


Question: 'Oh, you savage! Your Eau Sauvage cologne has a whiff of this herb found in classic pesto sauce'

Answer: basil


Question: 'In Chapter X of "Alice in Wonderland", this French square dance gets top billing along with a lobster'

Answer: a quadrille


Question: 'Discovered in 1858, Donati, one of these, developed a curved dust tail & 2 thin gas tails'

Answer: a comet


Question: 'The great No. 13 for the Miami Dolphins, he was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005'

Answer: Dan Marino


Question: 'The Gorgons, 3 monsters with women's bodies & snakes for hair, were the sisters Stheno, Euryale & her'

Answer: Medusa


Question: 'In 1934 he caught "Manhattan Melodrama" at the Biograph Theater; then he caught some government bullets'

Answer: (John) Dillinger


Question: 'More than 40% of Juneau consists of this type of woodland area more often associated with the Amazon'

Answer: the rainforest


Question: 'Animals on this list include the desert bandicoot & the gray bat'

Answer: the endangered species list


Question: 'This element is the most common substance in the universe'

Answer: hydrogen


Question: 'As a CBS News bureau chief in Dallas in 1963, he covered the Kennedy assassination'

Answer: Dan Rather


Question: 'This mighty Greek love goddess is the mother of Eros'

Answer: Aphrodite


Question: 'Bugs Moran's North Side Mob was decimated on this holiday in 1929'

Answer: Valentine\'s Day


Question: 'The USA's second-largest city in area, Juneau is larger than either of these 2 states'

Answer: Rhode Island & Delaware


Question: 'In December 2001, it filed the largest corporate bankruptcy in U.S. history'

Answer: Enron


Question: 'As seen from the Earth, this galaxy passes through several constellations, including Perseus & Sagittarius'

Answer: the Milky Way


Question: 'In 2004 he had 4 novels on the bestseller lists at the same time'

Answer: Dan Brown


Question: 'The name of this multi-headed water serpent means "water serpent"'

Answer: Hydra


Question: 'He's the youthful-looking 1930s gangster seen here'

Answer: "Baby Face" Nelson


Question: 'The annual fishing derby for this fish features one tagged specimen worth $100,000'

Answer: salmon


Question: 'A group of attendants, like the ones Adrian Grenier surrounds himself with on an HBO series'

Answer: entourage


Question: 'A star figure known as the Northern Cross appears in this constellation, the swan'

Answer: Cygnus


Question: '"The Kid from Brooklyn" is a musical based on the life of this beloved entertainer'

Answer: Danny Kaye


Question: 'This Roman goddess who protected women during childbirth is associated with the Greek goddess Artemis'

Answer: Diana


Question: 'He talked the syndicate into putting $6 million into the Flamingo in Vegas, but that didn't work out so well for him'

Answer: ("Bugsy") Siegel


Question: 'Juneau has several sister cities including Whitehorse in the Yukon & this port in Southeastern Siberia'

Answer: Vladivostok


Question: 'Belgian & curly are 2 types of this leafy salad ingredient'

Answer: endive


Question: 'There's a horsehead one of these fuzzy objects in Orion & a ring one in the constellation Lyra'

Answer: a nebula


Question: 'He's the Emmy-winning voice of Homer Simpson'

Answer: Dan Castellaneta


Question: 'In Roman myth, she's the goddess of wisdom & of the arts & sciences'

Answer: Minerva


Question: 'In 1906 this "fortunate" guy arrived from Palermo at age 9; he was busted for shoplifting at 10 & didn't look back'

Answer: "Lucky" Luciano


Question: 'Juneau's most popular tourist destination is this glacier lying only 13 miles from downtown'

Answer: Mendenhall Glacier


Question: '& it's root, root, root for this type of dentist who specializes in root canal treatment'

Answer: an endodontist


Question: 'In 1947 editor William Styron said this book was a long, "tedious Pacific voyage best suited" for National Geographic'

Answer: Kon-Tiki (by Thor Heyerdahl)


Question: 'Nebraska is north of Kansas & directly south of this state'

Answer: South Dakota


Question: 'In 1985 this 5-medal-winning gymnast was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame'

Answer: Mary Lou Retton


Question: 'Now a Supreme Court justice, in 1964 Stephen Breyer was one of these to Supreme Court Justice Goldberg'

Answer: a clerk


Question: '"Empire: The Life, Legend, and Madness of" this aviator billionaire'

Answer: Howard Hughes


Question: 'There may be more of these animals, including the Bengal type, kept as pets in the U.S. than living in the wild in Asia'

Answer: tigers


Question: 'A clumsy mistake, such as one selected by Dick Clark'

Answer: a blooper


Question: 'All of Connecticut's almost 100-mile northern border is with this state'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: '"And here's to" this mrs. who was Ireland's first woman president, serving from 1990 to 1997'

Answer: Mary Robinson


Question: 'Barry C. Black holds this job; his duties include teaching Senate Bible-study groups'

Answer: the chaplain


Question: '"American Sphinx: The Character of" this founding father & president'

Answer: Jefferson


Question: 'Proto-surrealist poet Gerard de Nerval reportedly walked one of these crustaceans on a leash through Paris'

Answer: a lobster


Question: 'A small porch leading to the entrance of a house'

Answer: a stoop


Question: 'They're the 2 states you could be entering is you're crossing Florida's northern border'

Answer: Georgia & Alabama


Question:
'Heard here, she was Motown's first big singing star

"Nothing you could say /
Can tear me away /
From my guy..."'

Answer: Mary Wells


Question: 'There are 93 of these, the main litigators on behalf of the nation'

Answer: U.S. attorneys


Question: 'This writer's name precedes "and the Lost Boys" in the title of a biography by Andrew Birkin'

Answer: J.M. Barrie


Question: 'To feed your gecko, PETCO offers a "Case O'" these noisy insects'

Answer: crickets


Question: 'Soldiers who jump out of airplanes'

Answer: paratroopers


Question: 'Nevada's northern border is shared with these 2 states'

Answer: Idaho & Oregon


Question: 'The beat goes on for this woman who assumed the House seat left vacant by her husband's death in 1998'

Answer: Mary Bono


Question: 'As this type of "examiner", you'll determine if that combination scalpel & salt shaker is really a new invention'

Answer: a patent examiner


Question: '"Unforgivable Blackness" is subtitled "The Rise and Fall of" this first black heavyweight champion'

Answer: Jack Johnson


Question: 'Alice Roosevelt appeared in public with one of these around her neck--the reptile, not the scarf'

Answer: a boa (constrictor)


Question: 'Endangered tall critter seen here'

Answer: a whooping crane


Question: 'Part of Tennessee's northern border is with Missouri & Virginia, but the longest section is with this state'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'Her designs, like the one seen here, can be found on everything from teapots & greeting cards to needlework'

Answer: Mary Engelbreit


Question: 'If you can read and translate Arabic, Dari or this majority language of Afghanistan, the CIA could use your help'

Answer: Pushtu


Question: '"His Invention So Fertile" is "A Life of" this reshaper of 17th century London'

Answer: (Christopher) Wren


Question: 'The most popular coloration for this polecat relative is fitch, or buff with black feet'

Answer: a ferret


Question: 'Chingachgook creator'

Answer: James Fenimore Cooper


Question: 'The second one of these in Jerusalem was destroyed in Titus in 70 A.D.'

Answer: the Temple


Question: '1953:<br />Military corruption, romance & boxing at a Hawaiian Army camp just prior to Pearl Harbor'

Answer: From Here to Eternity


Question: '"Dawn's Family Feud" is No. 64 in this book series'

Answer: The Baby-sitters Club


Question: 'Eggs, watercress & this pig product are key ingredients of a traditional Cobb salad'

Answer: bacon


Question: 'This African republic's 2 official languages are English & Swahili'

Answer: Tanzania


Question: 'Fowl 5-letter adjective meaning arrogant or conceited'

Answer: cocky


Question: 'He founded his academy in the olive grove of Academus outside Athens'

Answer: Plato


Question: '1970:<br />A bombardier desperately tries to prove his insanity in order to get out of bombing missions'

Answer: Catch-22


Question: 'This book by F.X. Toole was originally titled "Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner"'

Answer: Million Dollar Baby


Question: 'Natural ones of these sausage coverings are made from the submucosa, & that's all you want to know'

Answer: casings


Question: 'Following 50 years of rule by Japan, this island was returned to China in 1945'

Answer: Taiwan


Question: '"Come On, Get Happy" was one of its theme songs'

Answer: The Partridge Family


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Karnak, Egypt.) Some columns at the temple to this god, whose name later includes the sun god Re or Ra are nearly 80 feet high'

Answer: Amon


Question: '2001:<br />A love triangle & snipers' duel play out amidst the rubble of Stalingrad during a Nazi seige'

Answer: Enemy at the Gates


Question: '"Baby Catcher" is the "Chronicles of a Modern" one of these'

Answer: a midwife


Question: 'Italians cure this, the flesh of the pig's cheek & jaw, & call it guanciale'

Answer: the jowl


Question: 'The UTO is the united opposition group that once opposed president Rakhmonov in this "stan"'

Answer: Tajikistan


Question: 'Xanthippe's reputation as a shrewish wife led the spectator to call Socrates the "head of the sect of" this'

Answer: the henpecked


Question: '(Jeff Probst reports from Guatemala.) With a name meaning "rubber people", this first great Mexican tribe used stone in architecture & influenced the Mayans greatly'

Answer: the Olmecs


Question: '1967:<br />Charles Bronson & Jim Brown are 2 of the 12 angry men on a secret mission behind Nazi lines'

Answer: The Dirty Dozen


Question: 'A 4-room apartment at the Bramford becomes available at the beginning of this Ira Levin novel'

Answer: Rosemary\'s Baby


Question: 'Despite its name, there's no brie or cheddar in this jellied pig loaf'

Answer: headcheese


Question: 'Italy's industrial triangle is formed by Milan, Genoa & this city on the Po'

Answer: Turin


Question: 'This round dance is performed by couples, properly to ragtime'

Answer: the turkey trot


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Athens.) The agora was partially enclosed by long buildings called this, the Greek word for "portico"'

Answer: a stoa


Question: '1990:<br />The crew of a B-17 bomber has to make one final bombing raid over Europe & then can return home'

Answer: Memphis Belle


Question: 'This 1981 novel by Toni Morrison takes place on a Caribbean island'

Answer: Tar Baby


Question: 'It's the alliterative term for the shredded sandwich filling seen here, a Southern favorite'

Answer: pulled pork


Question: 'It was Montezuma's capital'

Answer: Tenochtitlán


Question: 'An English game of follow-the-leader on horseback was called this, after a certain fowl's flight formation'

Answer: wild goose chase


Question: 'The largest single accumulation of gold known, about $90 billion from several countries, is found in this U.S. state'

Answer: New York


Question: 'Overactors & others flock to Smithfield, Va., the capital of this, processing millions of lbs. of it every year'

Answer: ham


Question:
'(1939)
Ray Bolger:
"Oh, no!"'

Answer: The Wizard of Oz


Question: 'A small car, or a small mirrored case in a handbag'

Answer: a compact


Question: 'Buoyant plank for wave riding'

Answer: a surfboard


Question: 'Little babycakes, I give you a giant one of these stones with the highest refractive index of any natural gemstone'

Answer: a diamond


Question: '(Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. gives the clue.)  In a recent essay, I cited the election of Barack Obama as one of the 4 "transformative moments" in African-American history; this 1863 event was the first'

Answer: the Emancipation Proclamation


Question: 'Anthony, a city straddling Texas & New Mexico, celebrates only once every 4 years as this "Capital of the World"'

Answer: Leap Year


Question: '(1971)<br />Richard Roundtree: "Hey, baby"'

Answer: Shaft


Question: 'A 2001 experiment found not just primates but these aquatic mammals recognize themselves in mirrors'

Answer: dolphins


Question: 'An extra fee for a special service'

Answer: a surcharge


Question: 'My darling, only the best of this potent potable for you, like a fine extra brut Bollinger'

Answer: champagne


Question: '(Dr. Gates gives the clue.)  In the "African American National Biography" series, which I co-edited with Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, the second entry is a profile of this baseball great'

Answer: Hank Aaron


Question: 'Kansas City, Missouri & this Tennessee city both claim the tangy title "Barbecue Capital of the World"'

Answer: Memphis


Question: '(1977)<br />Carrie Fisher: "What?!"'

Answer: Star Wars


Question: 'The "Car Talk" guys recommend pulling up next to a line of parked cars to adjust this'

Answer: side view mirrors


Question: 'An excess or overabundant supply'

Answer: a surplus


Question: 'Yes, my yummy sugar pie, tonight we escape to Nassau, the capital of this country'

Answer: The Bahamas


Question: '(Dr. Gates gives the clue.)  My ancestor, Revolutionary War soldier John Redman, was one of an estimated 5,000 black soldiers in this army, the first regular U.S. fighting force'

Answer: the Continental Army


Question: 'It's Crystal City, Texas vs. Alma, Arkansas for this title--they even have Popeye statues to back their claim'

Answer: spinach


Question: '(1978)<br />Olivia Newton-John: "The cameraman?"'

Answer: Grease


Question: 'A shaving mirror is usually this curved type'

Answer: a concave mirror


Question: 'The Brits call a doctor's office this'

Answer: a surgery


Question: 'Yes, my flower, I match your intoxicating scent with a gift of this perfume introduced in France in 1921'

Answer: Chanel No. 5


Question: '(Dr. Gates gives the clue.)  I direct a research institute at Harvard University named for this author of "The Souls of Black Folk", black America's leading public intellectual through most of his long life, 1868-1963'

Answer: W.E.B. Du Bois


Question: 'Thanks to John Deere, this Illinois city is the "Plow Capital of the World"'

Answer: Moline


Question: '(1984)<br />F. Murray Abraham, "Hmmm?"'

Answer: Amadeus


Question: 'In the 18th c. James Short cut the distortion with the first truly parabolic & elliptical mirrors for these'

Answer: telescopes


Question: 'Close observation of someone by the police'

Answer: surveillance


Question: 'For you, my sweet, a classic Silver Shadow II luxury car from this make of auto'

Answer: Rolls Royce


Question: '(Dr. Gates gives the clue.)  In 2003, I published "The Trials of" this woman, a book about America's first black poet & her encounters with the Founding Fathers'

Answer: Phillis Wheatley


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew discusses earthquakes.)  The hypocenter is where an earthquake originates.  The point on the surface, vertically above the hypocenter, is known as this'

Answer: the epicenter


Question: 'Katie Holmes made her Broadway debut in a 2008 revival of this playwright's "All My Sons"'

Answer: Arthur Miller


Question: 'Johnson's first major poem was called this, like the city he loved'

Answer: "London"


Question: 'A hammock is something you lie in; this North Atlantic food fish is Melanogrammus aeglefinus'

Answer: haddock


Question: 'Psychologist & theorist of archetypes:<br />CARL J. GUN'

Answer: Jung


Question: 'Our hollow body this sounds just as good as an Ibanez--why pay more for a big name?'

Answer: a guitar


Question: 'Termed "The Last Sorcerer" in a recent biography, in 1705 he became the first scientist to be knighted for his work'

Answer: Isaac Newton


Question: 'Christian Slater returned to B'way in a 2005 revival of this Tennessee Williams play about shattered illusions'

Answer: The Glass Menagerie


Question: 'Samuel was proud of compiling one of these on his own in 9 years, a task that took the French Academy 50'

Answer: a dictionary


Question: 'Anchor Steam is a beer; Angkor Wat is a temple complex in this country'

Answer: Cambodia


Question: '15th c. philosopher:<br />CUSA OF NICHOLAS'

Answer: Nicholas of Cusa


Question: 'A little old lady only blew this ram's horn on high holidays, so it's in great condition'

Answer: a shofar


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue.)  Because of the intense magnetic fields that block heat from the core, these solar phenomena can be thousands of degrees cooler than the surrounding surface'

Answer: sunspots


Question: 'Gems like "Much may be made of a Scotchman if he be caught young" were recorded by this Scottish-born biographer'

Answer: (James) Boswell


Question: 'The term "sonata" originally meant a piece was to be played, as opposed to this term, for a piece that was to be sung'

Answer: cantata


Question: 'Scottish-born author of "On Heroes":<br />THOMAS LYRE CAL'

Answer: Carlyle


Question: 'Got one of these, patented in 1858 and used for canning?  Isn't she a beauty?'

Answer: a Mason jar


Question: 'From the Latin for "about a day", these body rhythms govern cycles of wakefulness & sleep'

Answer: circadian rhythms


Question: 'Johnson was a staunch Tory, or supporter of the king, & referred to foes in this party as "dogs"'

Answer: the Whigs


Question: 'The Willamette River runs through Eugene, Oregon; this title Pushkin character is a sort of Russian Don Juan'

Answer: Eugene Onegin


Question: 'Linguist who says the U.S. is a brutal imperialist state: Mona Chomsky'

Answer: Noam Chomsky


Question: 'I know I said you could have this steel reinforcing material for $3,800, but sorry, my boss says no less than $5,000'

Answer: rebar


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue.)  Carbon, one of the most common elements, has been discovered in 60-atom configurations called these, named for an architect'

Answer: buckyballs (fullerenes)


Question: 'Alar means "winglike"; the basis of this culture medium is the product of certain seaweeds'

Answer: agar


Question: 'Pre-Socratic "all is one" thinker:<br />RAPMENIDES'

Answer: Parmenides


Question: 'This Aussie bird with a 10-letter name is the most popular caged parakeet, so it doesn't have a lot of miles on it'

Answer: a budgerigar


Question: 'It's the only Major League Baseball team name whose first 4 letters match the first 4 letters of its city'

Answer: the Philadelphia Phillies


Question: 'On July 9, 1982 Michael Fagan made headlines when he broke into her bedroom'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth II


Question: 'In April 1996 this "Doonesbury" creator joined Time magazine as a regular contributor'

Answer: Garry Trudeau


Question: 'In 1964 Vincent Gaddis coined this term for the area in which Flight 19 disappeared in 1945'

Answer: "The Bermuda Triangle"


Question: 'Li Xiaoshuang became the first athlete from this country to win the men's all-around gold in gymnastics'

Answer: China


Question: 'Its state sport is dog mushing'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'In his famous recruitment poster, James Montgomery Flagg modeled this figure on himself'

Answer: Uncle Sam


Question: 'During the Wars of the Roses, the houses of Lancaster & this one both claimed the English throne'

Answer: York


Question: 'This "Dr. Quinn" star's twins John & Kristopher are named in part for Christopher Reeve & Johnny Cash'

Answer: Jane Seymour


Question: 'A 1961 book by Ivan T. Sanderson linked these 2 creatures of the Pacific Northwest & the Himalayas'

Answer: Sasquatch/Bigfoot & The Abominable Snowman/Yeti


Question: '21-year-old Justin Huish of Simi Valley was right on target with 2 gold medals in this sport'

Answer: Archery


Question: 'This state's largest lake is Yellowstone Lake in the northwest'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: 'After Little Eva's death, he's sold to Simon Legree'

Answer: Uncle Tom


Question: 'As early as the 8th century, the English were required to pay Peter's Pence, a tax in support of this person'

Answer: The Pope


Question: 'This son of A.A. Milne, the inspiration for Winnie-The-Pooh's human friend, passed away in 1996'

Answer: Christopher Robin Milne


Question: 'An explanation for these areas of flattened grain is that they're saucer-shaped UFO landing sites'

Answer: Crop Circles


Question: 'Nike named its Air Swoopes for Sheryl Swoopes of this gold medal-winning U.S. team'

Answer: Women\'s Basketball


Question: 'It's known as "The Land Where the Tall Corn Grows"'

Answer: Iowa


Question: 'John Candy gets the third degree from his nephew, played by Macaulay Culkin, in this 1989 film'

Answer: "Uncle Buck"


Question: 'In 1661 the body of this Lord Protector was exhumed, strung up & beheaded'

Answer: Oliver Cromwell


Question: 'A vice-presidential candidate in 1984, she recently became co-host of CNN's "Crossfire"'

Answer: Geraldine Ferraro


Question: 'It's alleged a 1943 experiment transported a destroyer from this PA. city to Virginia & back within minutes'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'He's the first American athlete to win the decathlon since Bruce Jenner in 1976'

Answer: Dan O\'Brien


Question: 'One of its oldest universities is named for Robert Baylor, who helped craft its state constitution'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'It was Jackie Coogan's character on "The Addams Family"'

Answer: Uncle Fester


Question: 'This envoy for the Archbishop of Canterbury was held hostage in Lebanon for over 4 years before his 1991 release'

Answer: Terry Waite


Question: 'In 1996 this Illinois Democrat pleaded guilty to mail fraud & was sentenced to 17 months in prison'

Answer: Dan Rostenkowski


Question: 'If you came home & found your maid had suffered from this, SHC, she'd be a real char woman'

Answer: Spontaneous Human Combustion


Question: 'Swimmer Michelle Smith, the first woman from this country to win Olympic gold, took home 3 gold medals & 1 bronze'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'In Latin its state motto is "Montani Semper Liberi"'

Answer: West Virginia ("Mountaineers are Always Free")


Question: 'In a Chekhov play, this title character runs the estate of his brother-in-law, a pompous professor'

Answer: Uncle Vanya


Question: 'This legendary Green Bay Packers leader coached high school football in Englewood until he was 34'

Answer: Vince Lombardi


Question: 'The crookneck type of this vegetable has creamy-yellow, mild-tasting flesh'

Answer: Squash


Question: 'This element used in advertising signs was first separated from other inert gases in 1898'

Answer: Neon


Question: 'Businessman Gere opened up a whole new world to hooker Julia Roberts in this 1990 hit'

Answer: "Pretty Woman"


Question: 'This Stephen Crane novel is set during the Battle of Chancellorsville'

Answer: "The Red Badge of Courage"


Question: 'It's another term for the cranium'

Answer: Skull


Question: 'The Grolier Encyclopedia called his "Trees" "A work full of sentiment & confused simile"'

Answer: Joyce Kilmer


Question: 'A Middle Eastern treat, labna is made by draining this cultured milk product of whey & forming it into balls'

Answer: Yogurt


Question: 'He considered the nitroglycerin made by his family unsafe, so he invented dynamite'

Answer: Alfred Nobel


Question: 'As a Naval cadet Gere suffered 13 weeks of agony under drill sergeant Louis Gossett, Jr. in this film'

Answer: "An Officer & A Gentleman"


Question: 'In an Anthony Hope novel, King Rudolf is "The Prisoner Of" this castle in Ruritania'

Answer: Zenda


Question: 'Coined by Jonathan Swift, it's come to mean any tiny person'

Answer: Lilliputian


Question: 'This poet moved to Camden in 1873 to be near his mother & brother George'

Answer: Walt Whitman


Question: 'Langues-De-Chat are long, thin cookies that resemble one of these, hence the name'

Answer: Cat\'s tongues


Question: 'Edison's 1876 carbon transmitter was invented to improve this device'

Answer: Telephone


Question: 'Gere grabbed the spotlight as defense attorney Martin Vail in this 1996 thriller'

Answer: "Primal Fear"


Question: 'Novel in which an old seaman sings, "Fifteen men on the dead man's chest --- Yo--Ho--Ho, and a bottle of rum"'

Answer: "Treasure Island"


Question: 'It's one who makes or sells women's hat'

Answer: Milliner


Question: 'In 1995 this New Jersey senator announced his retirement but said he might run for president'

Answer: Bill Bradley


Question: 'The German name of this German cake is Schwarzwalder Kirschtorte'

Answer: Black Forest Torte


Question: '1883 saw the debut of alloy steel & 1884 this first synthetic fiber'

Answer: Rayon


Question:
'(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):
(Alex:  Take a look at this video while I read this clue):
As this character, Gere performed the stunts seen here to impress the woman he loves'

Answer: Sir Lancelot ("First Knight")


Question: 'This Raymond Chandler private eye was introduced in the 1939 novel "The Big Sleep"'

Answer: Philip Marlowe


Question: 'Like sour cream on a potato or whipped cream on cake, it's a small, unspecified serving'

Answer: Dollop


Question: 'John McPhee became a staff writer on this magazine in 1965'

Answer: The New Yorker


Question: 'Around 1850 he absolutely positively came up with the idea for an absolute temperature scale'

Answer: Lord Kelvin


Question: 'In a 1985 film Gere portrayed this Biblical ruler'

Answer: King David


Question: 'Poe's "The Mystery of Marie Roget" was a sequel to this story featuring detective C. Auguste Dupin'

Answer: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"


Question: 'The only president whose first & last names contain double Ls'

Answer: Millard Fillmore


Question: 'With 930 million people, it's the world's second-most populous country & its most populous democracy'

Answer: India


Question: 'In August 1851 this schooner won the Hundred Guinea Cup & the cup was later renamed for it'

Answer: America


Question: 'This American gymnast is nicknamed "Awesome Dawesome"'

Answer: Dominique Dawes


Question: 'Congressman Dick Armey holds this position in the House of Representatives'

Answer: Majority leader


Question: 'Unlike other species of this polar bird, the emperor breeds in the winter months of May & June'

Answer: Penguin


Question: 'There's a full-scale replica of this Egyptian king's tomb in Cavendish on Prince Edward Island'

Answer: King Tut


Question: 'Ferment molasses & water & you'll get this potent potable, yo ho ho'

Answer: Rum


Question: 'The Confederate ship the Virginia was also known by this name'

Answer: Merrimac


Question: 'Surya Bonaly began her serious training in this sport at age 10 in France'

Answer: Figure skating


Question: 'From 1960 to 1964 this future vice president  served as Minnesota's attorney general'

Answer: Walter Mondale


Question: 'The "rainbow" on this fish is a band of red on each of its sides'

Answer: Trout


Question: 'You'll find Santa's Village & Rudolph's Funland about 100 miles north of Toronto in this province'

Answer: Ontario


Question: 'If you're basking on the beach in Cannes, you're on a strip known as this'

Answer: Riviera


Question: 'When Columbus left Spain August 3, 1492, he was aboard this ship'

Answer: Santa Maria


Question: 'On the field in this sport, Mia Hamm eggs on her teammates'

Answer: Soccer


Question: '2 of the 3 states with 30 or more representatives in the House'

Answer: California, New York & Texas


Question: 'This pigeon relative is named for its sad cooing sound'

Answer: Mourning dove


Question: 'Dozens of species of butterflies flit around Victoria Butterfly Gardens in this province'

Answer: British Columbia


Question: 'Ancient stream that Caesar was forbidden to cross'

Answer: Rubicon


Question: 'It was the flagship of the 5 commanded by Sir Francis Drake that set sail December 13, 1577'

Answer: The Golden Hind


Question: 'Famous skier who's the daughter of Stubby & Dee Street'

Answer: Picabo Street


Question: 'From 1875 to 1881, this general known for his whiskers served as a U.S. senator from Rhode Island'

Answer: Ambrose Burnside


Question: 'The "black" species of this large horned mammal can grasp twigs with its upper lip'

Answer: Rhinoceros


Question: 'St. Ann's in this province is home to the Gaelic Mod, an annual festival celebrating Scottish culture'

Answer: Nova Scotia


Question: 'In 1903 a King in America introduced a safety one of these instruments'

Answer: Razor


Question: 'In an 1872 race between these fast sailing ships, the Thermopylae beat the Cutty Sark'

Answer: Clipper ships


Question: 'In 1984 she won the first Olympic gold medal awarded in the women's marathon'

Answer: Joan Benoit-Samuelsson


Question: 'This 1948 running mate of Thomas Dewey later became chief justice'

Answer: Earl Warren


Question: 'This colorful eagle is unpopular with U.S. sheep ranchers because it preys on rams'

Answer: Golden eagle


Question: 'This purple flower that grows throughout most of the world is the floral emblem of New Brunswick'

Answer: Violet


Question: 'In 1903 L.A. added to its charter this process of removing an elected official prior to term end'

Answer: Recall


Question: 'After writing "Moby Dick", he wrote to Nathaniel Hawthorne, "I have written a wicked book"'

Answer: Herman Melville


Question: 'Once the capital of the Spanish Netherlands, today it's the capital of Belgium'

Answer: Brussels


Question: 'In addition to carrying nutrients, this fluid transports oxygen to your body's cells'

Answer: Blood


Question: 'Jill Barad, this company's president, has posed with Barbie in ads for Forbes magazine'

Answer: Mattel


Question: '1941 film in which Bogart tells Mary Astor, "Don't be too sure I'm as crooked as I'm supposed to be"'

Answer: "The Maltese Falcon"


Question: 'This "great" Russian empress seemed to loathe her son Paul & he lived in fear that she would kill him'

Answer: Catherine The Great


Question: 'In 1871 this author of "Les Miserables" was elected to the French National Assembly, but soon resigned'

Answer: Victor Hugo


Question: 'It's the capital of Taiwan'

Answer: Taipei


Question: 'Running, cycling & swimming are examples of this type of exercise that improves the body's use of oxygen'

Answer: Aerobic exercise


Question: 'Ian Schrager & Steve Rubell established this NYC club, the most famous of the disco era'

Answer: Studio 54


Question: 'George Reeves, later TV's Superman, appears as one of the Tarleton Twins in this 1939 classic'

Answer: "Gone With The Wind"


Question: 'Henry II kept this woman of Aquitaine locked up for years after she & his sons rebelled against him'

Answer: Eleanor


Question: 'Around 1889 this Scotsman purchased an estate in Samoa, which he called Valima, or "Five Streams"'

Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson


Question: 'It's home to the Hofburg, the former imperial palace of the Hapsburgs'

Answer: Vienna


Question: 'Henry Cavendish said it's made of dephlogisticated air (oxygen) united with phlogiston (hydrogen)'

Answer: Water


Question: 'Ingevar Kamprad, a Swedish farmer's son, founded & put his initials in the name of this furniture store'

Answer: IKEA


Question: 'Kirk Douglas & James Mason dine on preserves made from sea cucumbers in this Disney film'

Answer: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea


Question: 'Fed up with his in-laws, this "confessor" banished them in 1051 & sent his wife to a nunnery'

Answer: Edward


Question: 'Prior to writing "King Solomon's Mines", he was master of the high court in Transvaal'

Answer: H. Rider Haggard


Question: 'One of this city's top attractions is the masuoleum of Kemal Ataturk'

Answer: Ankara


Question: 'Name given the triatomic form of oxygen'

Answer: Ozone


Question: 'This Mirage & Treasure Island mogul is credited with giving gambling resorts a family image'

Answer: Steve Wynn


Question: 'Emmett Kelly & John Ringling North played themselves in this DeMille epic, the best picture of 1952'

Answer: "The Greatest Show On Earth"


Question: 'When this Tudor queen was a princess, her half-sister Mary imprisoned her in the Tower of London'

Answer: Elizabeth I


Question: 'In 1826 this future British prime minister published his first novel, "Vivian Grey"'

Answer: Benjamin Disraeli


Question: 'It's the city where the Althing, the world's oldest parliament, is located'

Answer: Reykjavik, Iceland


Question: 'This British chemist discovered oxygen in 1774, years after Carl Wilhelm Scheele, a Swedish chemist'

Answer: Joseph Priestley


Question: 'Stock expertise has gained this Berkshire Hathaway chairman a $15 billion fortune'

Answer: Warren Buffett


Question: 'Peter Lorre played Raskolnikov in this 1935 film based on a Dostoyevsky novel'

Answer: "Crime And Punishment"


Question: 'King Haakon III of this Scandinavian country may have been poisoned by his Swedish stepmother'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'As a disc jockey in the 1940s, he was known as "The Blues Boy from Beale Street"'

Answer: B.B. King


Question: 'Sunnis say he named no successor; Shi'ites say he picked his son-in-law'

Answer: Muhammad


Question: 'The Baseball Hall of Fame's<br />Iron Horse'

Answer: (Lou) Gehrig


Question:
'Girls' No. 1:
Like a Dickinson,
a Post or
a Litella'

Answer: Emily


Question: '"Upon such sacrifices, my Cordelia, the gods themselves throw incense"'

Answer: King Lear


Question: 'Proverbially, to work hard is to "keep your nose to" this'

Answer: grindstone


Question: 'Edsel II has been a director of this, his family company, since 1988'

Answer: Ford


Question: 'Though Kali, a goddess of this religion, is fearsome & fierce, she's worshipped in Bengal as the Supreme Mother'

Answer: Hinduism


Question: 'The NFL's<br />Pacman'

Answer: (Adam) Jones


Question:
'Boys' No. 2:
Collins,
Kidd,
"Row The Boat Ashore"'

Answer: Michael


Question: '"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet"'

Answer: Juliet


Question: 'According to the nursery rhyme, if you were born on a Tuesday, you're full of it'

Answer: grace


Question: 'Former Georgia Senator Sam Nunn is on the board of this soda company'

Answer: Coca-Cola


Question: 'The Druze, who permit no conversion or intermarriage, live mainly in Syria & this neighboring Mideast country'

Answer: Lebanon


Question: 'Retired NBAer<br />The Glide'

Answer: (Clyde "The Glide") Drexler


Question:
'Girls' No. 7:
de Havilland,
Newton-John
(I really can't think of another Newton-John, can you?)'

Answer: Olivia


Question: '"Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more"'

Answer: Brutus


Question: 'One of the 7 deadly sins, it's from the Latin for "to swallow"'

Answer: gluttony


Question: 'It sounds odd that James Firestone joined this Ohio company's board in 2007'

Answer: Goodyear


Question: 'From the Spanish for "way of the saints", it came with the Yoruba to Cuba'

Answer: Santeria


Question: 'The Ice Man<br />of 1970s tennis'

Answer: (Bjorn) Borg


Question:
'Boys' No. 4:
Reynolds,
Logan,
Tree National Park'

Answer: Joshua


Question: '"The play's the thing, wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king"'

Answer: Hamlet


Question: 'A period of pregnancy, or a time for the development of an idea'

Answer: gestation


Question: 'Drinking & driving do mix: Andrew Taylor, CEO of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, is a director of this hyphenated beer company'

Answer: Anheuser-Busch


Question: 'As you might expect, this influential Christian mystical thinker was born in Sweden, in 1688'

Answer: (Emanuel) Swedenborg


Question:
'The NBA's
Agent Zero,
aka Hibachi,
aka The Black President'

Answer: Gilbert Arenas


Question:
'Boys' No. 7:
Burgess,
Eden,
Wayne
(he of the "Mad" variety)'

Answer: Anthony


Question: '"The Thane of Fife had a wife; where is she now?  What, will these hands ne'er be clean?"'

Answer: Lady Macbeth


Question: 'It's the London borough famous for a royal observatory'

Answer: Greenwich


Question: 'The chief of medicine at Mass. General is on this company's board, so he can keep an eye on the Lipitor & Xanax'

Answer: Pfizer


Question: 'Beginning around 697 A.D., it was the title of the leader of the Venetian Republic'

Answer: doge


Question: 'Chile shares its longest land border with this country'

Answer: Argentina


Question: 'Why so this, sullenly dejected?  Did you forget to bring this, an Elmer's specailty, to art class?'

Answer: glue & glum


Question: 'Fron April to October, this southwesterly seasonal wind brings heavy rains to Southeastern Asia'

Answer: the monsoon


Question: 'Joseph Pulitzer endowed a school of journalism at this NYC school'

Answer: Columbia


Question: 'This director can't bore "Lord of the Rings" fans, even with the 4-hr. 10-min. DVD version of "The Return of the King"'

Answer: Peter Jackson


Question: '1397's Union of Kalmar united Sweden with these 2 other countries'

Answer: Denmark & Norway


Question: 'La Moneda, alliteratively called the "Presidential" this building, was bombed by Chile's own jets 9/11/1973'

Answer: a palace


Question: 'You'll make the this, perhaps an A+, if you can dig deep & name this somber earth excavation'

Answer: grade & grave


Question: 'The King James Bible says that Elijah went up into heaven by one of these, also called a dust devil'

Answer: a whirlwind


Question: 'Albert Einstein gave a series of lectures on the theory of relativity at this N.J. school's McCosh Hall in 1921'

Answer: Princeton


Question: 'We didn't tire of this director's Westerns even by 1964's "Cheyenne Autumn"'

Answer: John Ford


Question: 'Charlotte Corday was executed for taking the life of this French Revolutionary leader in his bathtub'

Answer: Marat


Question: 'Chile stretches more than 2,000 miles between the Pacific Ocean on one side & this mountain range on the other'

Answer: the Andes


Question: 'Use your head to think of this body part & you'll get to this word, a girl's woven locks'

Answer: braid & brain


Question: 'From the Greek for "circle", it's a low-pressure area, with spiraling winds, that may be half the size of the U.S.'

Answer: a cyclone


Question: 'In 1701 Increase Mather saw a decrease in his workload: he was removed as president of this college'

Answer: Harvard


Question: 'His films fascinate, from "Mean Streets" to the mean streets in "Gangs of New York"'

Answer: (Martin) Scorcese


Question: 'This major league was a political & commercial confederacy of European towns from the 13th to the 17th century'

Answer: the Hanseatic League


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew points out Chile on a map.)  Outside of its main land area, Chile also owns several islands, including this one way out in the South Pacific about 2300 miles away'

Answer: Easter Island


Question: 'Change direction quickly with this 4-letter word into this one that precedes "sucker" in fashion'

Answer: veer & seer


Question: 'There are 3 types of this in the upper troposphere: polar-front, subtropical & tropical'

Answer: the jet stream


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds the first computer mouse at SRI International.)  The first computer mouse was developed & demonstrated here at SRI back when SRI was affiliated with this university as its research institute'

Answer: Stanford


Question: 'We weren't bored by his 1997 film "Lost Highway"--confused, sure, but not bored'

Answer: David Lynch


Question: '2 of the 3 member nations of the Triple Alliance at the beginning of World War I'

Answer: Austria-Hungary & Germany (also Italy)


Question: 'Chile's Corporacion Nacional del Cobre is the world's biggest producer of this metal'

Answer: copper


Question: '"Begin" with this word; end with this one, meaning harsh or desolate, as a landscape'

Answer: start & stark


Question: 'Warm, dry winds called foehns include the Santa Ana of California & this one that descends the Eastern Rockies'

Answer: a Chinook


Question: 'Richard Nixon graduated from this North Carolina university's law school in 1937'

Answer: Duke


Question: 'Audiences weren't bored by William Wyler's 5th Oscar nomination, for this Greer Garson film; good thing, as he got 7 more'

Answer: Mrs. Miniver


Question: 'The state building that houses Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection is named in her honor'

Answer: Rachel Carson


Question: 'Leonardo Da Vinci International'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'When the King sang "Wear my ring around your neck", he may have meant one made of this metal, symbolized Au'

Answer: gold


Question: 'Paul Gauguin moved to this island in 1891'

Answer: Tahiti


Question: 'For kids & teens, doctors recommend 3 glasses of this a day'

Answer: milk


Question: 'In their 1940 MGM debut, "Puss Gets the Boot", this feline partner of Jerry was called Jasper'

Answer: Tom


Question: 'The 1st U.S. president Mao receivedon an official state visit was this man in the 1970's'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: 'Ben-Gurion International'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'Scientists believe that the Earth's core is primarily made up of this metal, Fe'

Answer: iron


Question: 'This artist painted Gauguin's chair, seen here:'

Answer: Vincent Van Gogh


Question: 'A type of lizard, or a desktop computer necessity'

Answer: monitor


Question: 'When Tweety tawt he taw a puddy tat, this is usually the puddy tat that Tweety tawt he taw'

Answer: Sylvester


Question: 'In 1918 Mao worked briefly as a library assistant at the state university in this city'

Answer: Peking/Beijing


Question: 'Ninoy Aquino International'

Answer: the Philippines


Question: 'Cinnabar, a bright red ore, provides most of the world's supply of this liquid metal'

Answer: mercury


Question: 'When this crashed in Paris in 1883, Gauguin lost his day job & decided to devote himself to painting full-time'

Answer: stock market


Question: 'It's a spice or a trademarked name of a tear gas spray'

Answer: mace


Question: 'The 1972 adventures of this risque cat became the first animated film ever to get an "X" rating'

Answer: Fritz the Cat


Question: 'Mao's international status as a communist leader rose after the death of this Georgian in 1953'

Answer: Josef Stalin


Question: 'Soekarno-Hatta International'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'As its name implies, an alnico magnet is composed mainly of these 3 metals'

Answer: aluminum, nickel, & cobalt


Question: 'Quoth this, the 1-word title of the painting seen here, a reference to Poe; notice the black bird in the corner'

Answer: Nevermore


Question: 'In 1886 a railroad tunnel opened under this river to connect Birkenhead & Liverpool'

Answer: Mersey


Question: 'Geppetto's cat in "Pinocchio"; he shares his name with an operatic barber of Seville'

Answer: Figaro


Question: 'Many of Mao's sayings & beliefs were collected in this diminutive book for easy dissemination'

Answer: The Little Red Book


Question: 'Augusto Cesar Sandino International'

Answer: Nicaragua


Question: 'This metal is used to galvanize steel to prevent rusting'

Answer: zinc


Question: 'Gauguin's 1888 painting "The Vision After the Sermon" shows this biblical figure "wrestling with the angel"'

Answer: Jacob


Question: 'Born in Scotland in 1838, his name is on an Alaskan glacier & a California forest & trail'

Answer: John Muir


Question: 'The "meeses" this beatnik cat hated "to pieces" included Pixie & Dixie'

Answer: Mr. Jinks ("Jinksie")


Question: 'In 1930 Mao married He Zizhen, who accompanied him on this famous trek'

Answer: The Long March


Question: 'Chorus: "Two households both alike in dignity, in fair Verona, where we lay our scene"'

Answer: Romeo & Juliet


Question: 'Blackfriars Bridge'

Answer: Thames


Question: 'Ford gave him the nod in 1976'

Answer: Bob Dole


Question: 'In the 1930s both Chiang Kai-shek & Francisco Franco assumed this "military" title'

Answer: generalissimo


Question: 'I premiered this huge hit song at the Fairmont Hotel, figuring that at least the folks in this city would like it'

Answer: "I Left My Heart In San Francisco"


Question: 'The Duke of Gloucester: "Now is the winter of our discontent"'

Answer: Richard III


Question: 'The Pont-Neuf & the Pont St.-Louis'

Answer: Seine


Question: 'In 1996 he tapped Jack Kemp'

Answer: Bob Dole


Question: 'This adjective means forming right angles'

Answer: perpendicular


Question:
'My album "Here's to the Ladies" includes the following song made famous by this legendary lady:

"When all the world's a hopeless jumble and the raindrops tumble, heaven opens magically.  When all the clouds darken up the skyway, there's a rainbow highway to be found"'

Answer: Judy Garland ("Over The Rainbow")


Question: 'Theseus: "Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour draws on apace"'

Answer: A Midsummer Night\'s Dream


Question: 'Scripts for Marlon Brando's roles of Jor-El & Don Corleone were written by this man'

Answer: Mario Puzo


Question: 'The Huey P. Long Bridge'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'He chose John Nance Garner in 1932 & 1936'

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt


Question: 'The name of a Florentine writer gave us this adjective meaning cunning & duplicitous'

Answer: Machiavellian


Question: 'My album of this maestro's songs included "Sophisticated Lady" & "In a Sentimental Mood"'

Answer: Duke Ellington


Question: 'Flavius:  "Hence!  Home, you idle creatures, get you home"'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'The NHL's Rookie of the Year for 1984-85; he was also the 1985 All-Star Game's MVP'

Answer: Mario Lemieux


Question: 'The Dusseldorf-Neuss Bridge'

Answer: Rhine


Question: 'After Eagleton, George McGovern saluted him in '72'

Answer: Sargent Shriver


Question: 'Developed in the 1830s, it's a photographic image made on a copper plate coated with polished silver'

Answer: a daguerreotype


Question: 'I sang "Rags To Riches" in this Scorsese picture that could have been called "Bad Guys"'

Answer: Goodfellas


Question: 'The Earl of Kent: "I thought the king had more affected the Duke of Albany than Cornwall"'

Answer: King Lear


Question: 'In a 1951 film, he was "The Great Caruso"'

Answer: Mario Lanza


Question: 'The Ponte Garibaldi & the Ponte Palatino'

Answer: Tiber


Question: 'Perot's partner in '92'

Answer: Admiral James Stockdale


Question: 'This division of the Paleozoic era was characterized by the deposits of plant remains that later hardened into coal'

Answer: Carboniferous


Question: 'This composer's song, "Ol' Man River", stopped the show at Carnegie Hall'

Answer: Jerome Kern


Question: '40 years after a famous incident, he was awarded a DFC, POW Medal & Natl. Defense Service Medal posthumously'

Answer: Francis Gary Powers


Question: 'Far from Trenton, Emanuel Leutze probably used the Rhine as a model for his painting of "Washington Crossing" this'

Answer: the Delaware


Question: 'You can get you sheepskin at this Cambridge university whose "yahd" once held grazing sheep'

Answer: Harvard


Question: 'Germany invaded this country on June 22, 1941, attacking Minsk & Odessa'

Answer: Soviet Union/Russia


Question: 'Time, Newsweek or Playboy'

Answer: magazines


Question: 'The expression about minding these & Qs may have originated with printers or pub owners'

Answer: Ps


Question: 'The Great Kennebec Whatever Festival begins in June & the festival for this crustacean is held in August'

Answer: lobster


Question: 'In 1899 E.S. Paxson completed his monumental painting of this June 1876 battle'

Answer: Little Bighorn


Question: 'The College of New Jersey was 150 years old in 1896 when it got this new name for the city it was in'

Answer: Princeton


Question: 'On July 4, 1941 he told the nation America can't be an oasis of liberty in a desert of dictatorship'

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt


Question: 'If you're at a disadvantage, you're "over" one of these'

Answer: a barrel


Question: 'CCR sang of her, "I love the way you walk I love the way you talk"'

Answer: Suzie Q


Question: 'Tired of this largest city in Maine?  You can take a ferry from there to Nova Scotia'

Answer: Portland


Question: 'This attack during the Battle of Balaklava inspired a painting by Richard Caton Woodville & a poem by Tennyson'

Answer: the Charge of the Light Brigade


Question: 'Founded in 1693, its name used to end with "in Virginia"'

Answer: the College of William and Mary


Question: 'This former New York Yankee seen here on a stamp died at age 37'

Answer: Lou Gehrig


Question: 'The Beatles' Maxwell had a silver one'

Answer: hammer


Question: 'In Guatemala 100 centavos equal a Q, one of these'

Answer: quetzal


Question: 'As seen on the flag, the state coat of arms has one of these largest deers lying under a pine tree'

Answer: moose


Question: 'Sir Richard Rezac's painting seen here shows a medical corpsman at this WWII landing site, far from Nebraska'

Answer: Omaha Beach


Question: 'This Providence university that dates back to 1764 is home to a NASA research center'

Answer: Brown


Question: 'British & free French forces took Syria from this collaborationist French government'

Answer: Vichy


Question: 'Goosey, Goosey Gander wandered into his lady's'

Answer: chamber


Question: 'The Q in the shopping channel QVC stands for this'

Answer: Quality


Question: 'Archibald Willard first planned to call his painting of 2 Revolutionary War drummers & a fife player "Yankee Doodle"'

Answer: "The Spirit of \'76"


Question: 'For a while, Fred Rogers' neighborhood was this New Hampshire college, his alma mater'

Answer: Dartmouth


Question: 'Charles Evans Hughes resigned from this post he'd held since 1930'

Answer: Chief Justice of the United States


Question: 'Act that normally ends a wrestling match'

Answer: pin


Question: 'Without the U Q is pronounced like a K, as in the names of these 2 Middle East countries'

Answer: Iraq & Qatar


Question: 'Daniel probably would have preferred it if Darius had a big-screen TV in his den instead of these'

Answer: lions


Question: 'Samuel Taylor Coleridge:<br />"Water, water, everywhere nor any..."'

Answer: drop to drink


Question: 'He's the genial former host seen here'

Answer: Alistair Cooke


Question: 'In the 1970s sign language was taught to Koko the gorilla & Washoe, one of these'

Answer: chimpanzee


Question: 'This Hal Linden TV cop was on the beat from 1975 to 1982'

Answer: Barney Miller


Question: 'An elegant master:<br />SEDATE FRIAR'

Answer: Fred Astaire


Question: 'Abraham owned the dromedary type of this animal'

Answer: camel


Question: 'Poe:<br />"Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door..."'

Answer: quoth the raven, "Nevermore"


Question: 'This 1990 series following the drug trade from Pakistan to England inspired a 2000 movie'

Answer: Traffic


Question: 'A magnetron is an electronic tube used to produce these waves found in some kitchens'

Answer: microwaves


Question: 'In 1977 he could "Fly Like an Eagle" in his "Jet Airliner"'

Answer: Steve Miller


Question: 'Former Soviet:<br />HI KIROV ASHY INK BALM'

Answer: Mikhail Baryshnikov


Question: 'A rule in Deuteronomy 22 says you shouldn't yoke an ass & this together to plow'

Answer: ox


Question: 'Shakespeare:<br />"Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit..."'

Answer: impediments


Question: 'The 1985-'86 season included "The Last Place on Earth", about the struggle to reach this point'

Answer: the South Pole


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles)  The bubbling seen here is caused by this gas, a major part of Jupiter's atmosphere'

Answer: methane


Question: 'Always a "Tropic" of conversation, a trilogy of his was composed of "Sexus", "Plexus" & "Nexus"'

Answer: Henry Miller


Question: 'Dame seen in Ashton's "Ondine":<br />MANY FORGOTTEN'

Answer: Margot Fonteyn


Question: 'Worshipped by the ancient Egyptians as Bast, there's not one mention of this animal in the Bible'

Answer: cat


Question: 'Frost:<br />"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, and that has made..."'

Answer: all the difference


Question: 'Daniel Radcliffe, David Copperfield on "Masterpiece Theatre", is rolling along; he was cast as this hero on film'

Answer: Harry Potter


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports)  The spin of a frisbee keeps it stable in flight, illustrating angular this'

Answer: momentum