Question: '1968 Oscar winner for special visual effects that includes the piece heard here:<br />[audio clue]'

Answer: 2001: A Space Odyssey ("The Blue Danube")


Question: 'After moving to Europe, this New Yorker wrote his 1890 novel "The Tragic Muse" about the art world of Europe'

Answer: Henry James


Question: 'Now the second-largest country in Europe, it hosted the Yalta Conference in 1945'

Answer: Ukraine


Question: 'Before this word came to mean an extraterrestrial, it was used as an adjective meaning "warlike"'

Answer: Martian


Question: 'In Tennessee Williams' play, streetcars named Desire & Cemetery run on a single track in this southern city'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'Go figure--sand usually flows through this shapely instrument for measuring time'

Answer: an hourglass


Question: 'Rent a streetcar for your birthday party at the Shore Line Trolley Museum in this state's East Haven'

Answer: Connecticut


Question: 'He honored his grandfather as he & Angelina Jolie named their boy twin Knox'

Answer: Brad Pitt


Question: 'I'd like a 1970 magnum of this champagne named for a 17th c. monk, please. $892?! I'd like a soda'

Answer: Dom Perignon


Question: 'If a star larger than 3 solar masses completely burns its nuclear fuel, theory says it'll collapse into this'

Answer: a black hole


Question: 'In "The Glass Menagerie", Jim accidentally breaks the horn off this animal, the prize of Laura's collection'

Answer: a unicorn


Question: 'The 12th & 13th c. Notre Dame de la Belle Verriere in the Chartres Cathedral is a fine example of this'

Answer: stained glass


Question: 'Rio de Janeiro's streetcars were once pulled by these animals, called asnos or burros'

Answer: donkeys


Question: 'This English rocker rhymingly named his son Zowie (he's now Joey)'

Answer: David Bowie


Question: 'Winning $276 million in this 29-state lottery like 8 West Virginians did in 2008 wouldn't be so bad'

Answer: Powerball


Question: 'This constellation represents a youth pouring water from a jar'

Answer: Aquarius


Question: 'The Pollitt Plantation in Mississippi is the setting of this Williams work'

Answer: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof


Question: 'Aka spun glass, this is used in insulation & boat hulls'

Answer: fiberglass


Question: 'Beginning service in 1832, this city's first streetcar ran along Bowery Street'

Answer: New York


Question: 'Moxie Crimefighter is the daughter of this taller half of a magical duo'

Answer: Penn


Question: 'I wish I had a few "A" shares of this stock, BRK-A; in September 2008 they were going for $131,000 a pop'

Answer: Berkshire Hathaway


Question: 'Sagittarius is the archer & Sagitta is, appropriately, one of these with its brightest star at the point'

Answer: an arrow


Question: '1950 Williams play in which a truck driver has the title body art on his chest'

Answer: The Rose Tattoo


Question: 'From looking at P.P.G. Place in Pittsburgh, you won't be surprised that the "P.G." stands for this material'

Answer: plate glass


Question: 'The first complete electric streetcar system was installed in this former Confederate capital in 1888'

Answer: Richmond, Virginia


Question: 'Lark Song Previn is one of this actress' 14 children'

Answer: Mia Farrow


Question: 'I want my kids to get scholarships to this California school near Palo Alto, as undergrad tuition is $36,030 a year'

Answer: Stanford


Question: 'Although Castor in Gemini is designated Alpha Geminorum, this star, Beta Geminorum, is actually brighter'

Answer: Pollux


Question: 'A defrocked priest is one of the characters at a seedy Mexican hotel in this 1961 play'

Answer: Night of the Iguana


Question: 'One of his best-known compositions is the score for the 1982 film "Koyaanisqatsi"'

Answer: Philip Glass


Question: 'This passionate Pasternak protagonist suffers a heart attack on a streetcar & dies'

Answer: Dr. Zhivago


Question: 'Rachel Griffiths' son Banjo is named for the man who wrote this song of her native Australia'

Answer: "Waltzing Matilda"


Question: 'Gimme gimme gimme one of these items from China; an underglaze copper-red one sold for $10 million in 2006'

Answer: a Ming vase


Question: 'The veil one of these in Cygnus is the remnant of a star that may have exploded 50,000 years ago'

Answer: a nebula


Question: 'In the first Punic War, Rome conquered this island to the south, making it the first Roman province'

Answer: Sicily


Question: 'In 2004 Ryoko Tani's inside leg technique brought her a second straight gold in this martial art'

Answer: judo


Question: 'The median nerve in your arm controls your pollex, better known as this digit'

Answer: your thumb


Question: 'Marzipan, used to cover or decorate cakes, is a paste made from this nut'

Answer: almonds


Question: 'After the death of Peter the Great, this former consort took up the job of empress & wasn't great'

Answer: Catherine


Question: 'Financially well off'

Answer: affluent


Question: 'A quarter of a million people crowded into this largest hippodrome to watch the chariot races'

Answer: the Circus Maximus


Question: 'This decathlete from Mount Kisco, N.Y. lit up Montreal's Olympic Stadium at the 1976 games'

Answer: (Bruce) Jenner


Question: 'The vagus nerve, from the Latin for "wandering", is the longest of these 12 sets of nerves arising in the brainstem'

Answer: cranial nerves


Question: 'To make edible flowers & ribbons, sugar can be pulled, spun or this, as in making glass'

Answer: blown


Question: 'Fined $100 for voting in an 1873 Rochester election, she said, "I shall never pay a dollar of your unjust penalty"'

Answer: Susan B. Anthony


Question: 'The power to affect persons or events'

Answer: influence


Question: 'The Curia was the meeting place of this most powerful political body in the Republic'

Answer: the Senate


Question: 'This Pittsburgh Penguins great was the captain of Canada's 2002 gold-medal hockey team'

Answer: (Mario) Lemieux


Question: 'When you're talking about the C8 spinal nerves, the C stands for this'

Answer: cervical


Question: 'Good modeling chocolate has a high content of this fatty solid that comes from the seeds of the bean'

Answer: cocoa butter


Question: 'This witty woman who helped found the Screen Writers Guild left her estate to Martin Luther King Jr.'

Answer: (Dorothy) Parker


Question: 'A series of decorative grooves on an architectural column'

Answer: flutes (fluting)


Question: 'He was the first Roman emperor, & his 40-year reign marked the beginning of the Pax Romana'

Answer: Augustus


Question: 'In both '84 & '88, Greg Louganis doubled up in diving, winning gold in platform & this'

Answer: springboard


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a diagram on the monitor.)  Neurons receive impulses with these structures that branch out, giving them this name from the Greek for tree'

Answer: dendrites


Question: 'This decorative flourish on a cake shares its name with the ornamental band on upholstery'

Answer: piping


Question: 'After hearing a song by this poetess, the Athenian ruler Solon wanted to "learn it and die"'

Answer: Sappho


Question: 'Noisemaker seen here'

Answer: a flugelhorn


Question: 'In 330 A.D. the capital of the Roman Empire moved from Rome to this city much farther east'

Answer: Byzantium


Question: 'On a sweltering July 10, 1924 this Finn set Olympic records in the 1,500 & 5,000 meters'

Answer: (Paavo) Nurmi


Question: 'This cluster of nerves behind the stomach controls vital functions; a punch that penetrates there slows you down'

Answer: the solar plexus


Question: 'French for "melting", this pliable sugar mixture is rolled & used as an icing to cover cakes of any shape & size'

Answer: fondant


Question: 'Female name given to the fossil found by Donald Johanson in Hadar, Ethiopia in 1974'

Answer: Lucy


Question: 'Adjective meaning serving no purpose, or more than is required'

Answer: superfluous


Question: 'Some people in this Asian country named for a European king now want to call it by an indigenous name, Maharlika'

Answer: the Philippines


Question: 'Dauphin Island, the largest coastal island in this state, lies at the entrance to Mobile Bay'

Answer: Alabama


Question: 'Gene Reynolds won an Emmy in '76 for directing "Welcome to Korea", an episode of this series'

Answer: M*A*S*H


Question: 'The more familiar name for a "synoptic chart"'

Answer: weather chart (or weather map)


Question: 'This queen is a leading character in the epic 20th century opera "Christophe Colomb"'

Answer: Queen Isabella


Question: 'Andy Warhol said of these, "Plastic's better than dirty, used money"'

Answer: credit cards


Question: 'This former nightclub singer is the announcer on "Jeopardy!"'

Answer: Johnny Gilbert


Question: 'Washington, D.C. residents did this for the 1st time in November, 1964'

Answer: vote for president


Question: 'After losing 3 straight years to Tyne Daly, she finally won for "Best Dramatic Actress" in 1986'

Answer: Sharon Gless


Question: '"The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountain" is an opera based on this John Bunyan work'

Answer: The Pilgrim\'s Progress


Question: 'Its last line is "And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea!"'

Answer: "America The Beautiful"


Question: 'One who is on hand & ready to perform a service or respond to an emergency'

Answer: "Johnny-On-The-Spot"


Question: 'This state is home to The National Fishing Tackle Museum & The 5 Civilized Tribes Museum'

Answer: Oklahoma


Question: '"The Bunkers & The Swingers", an episode of this sitcom, won an Emmy for Best Comedy Writing in 1973'

Answer: All in the Family


Question: 'Both of these opera companies are based at Lincoln Center'

Answer: Metropolitan & New York City Opera


Question: 'In names of cocktails this color precedes blazer, devil, Monday, moon & train'

Answer: blue


Question:
'(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):
In the '50s he set a high jump record in college & had his 3rd Top 10 hit with the following:

"You asked how much I love you..."'

Answer: Johnny Mathis


Question: 'Smurfs frolic on Smurf Island at Carowinds, an amusement park on the border of these 2 states'

Answer: North & South Carolina


Question: 'She won an Emmy as "Private Benjamin"'s Capt. Lewis, the same role she played in the film'

Answer: Eileen Brennan


Question: 'Trade winds blow from both the northeast & southeast toward this line'

Answer: the equator


Question: 'In English, the name of this Verdi opera means "The Troubadour"'

Answer: Il trovatore


Question: 'This magazine has the same name as one of the greatest Victorian novels'

Answer: Vanity Fair


Question: 'Jane Wyman won her only Oscar playing a young deaf-mute girl in this film'

Answer: Johnny Belinda


Question: 'Appropriately, the magnolia is the state flower & the state tree of this "Magnolia State"'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'Gary Frank & Kristy McNichol both won Emmys for their supporting roles in this ABC drama'

Answer: Family


Question: 'Stratus clouds at ground level are called this'

Answer: fog


Question: 'Birgit Nilsson is best known for her heroic roles in this composer's operas'

Answer: Richard Wagner


Question: 'This European capital named for bears has bear cookies, bear puzzles & bear clocks, if you can bear it'

Answer: Bern, Switzerland


Question: 'Because of its rapid rate of growth, the European pansy is also known by this name'

Answer: Johnny Jump-Up


Question: 'This author's 1st book, "Betty Zane", was an historical novel about his mother's ancestors'

Answer: Zane Grey


Question: 'Prior to 1954, income taxes were due on this date, 1 month earlier than at present'

Answer: March 15


Question: 'The only king of England named Stephen was the grandson of this conqueror'

Answer: William the Conqueror


Question: 'Niece of Cecil B DeMille, she choreographed the 1st ballet that included tap dancing'

Answer: Agnes DeMille


Question: 'You'll be moonstruck to learn she appeared on more 1988 magazine covers than anyone else'

Answer: Cher


Question: 'This John Lennon - Paul McCartney tune was the 1st by the Beatles to reach No. 1 in the U.S.'

Answer: "I Want To Hold Your Hand"


Question: 'The actual title of his 1st novel is "The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club"'

Answer: Charles Dickens


Question: 'These taxes are levied on the production, sale, or consumption of items such as tobacco & gasoline'

Answer: excise tax


Question: 'He was the 1st heir to the British throne to earn a bachelor's degree'

Answer: Prince Charles


Question: 'This dancer nicknamed Misha played a huge insect in the B'way production of Kafka's Metamorphosis'

Answer: Mikhail Baryshnikov


Question: 'Douglas Fairbanks Jr., who was married to this star for 4 years, said he refused to read "Mommie Dearest"'

Answer: Joan Crawford


Question: 'The islets of Langerhans provide this hormone that regulates the body's use of sugar'

Answer: insulin


Question: '"Valley of the Dolls"'

Answer: Jacqueline Susann


Question: '"No Taxation Without Representation" was the cry of Colonists opposed to this 1765 tax bill'

Answer: the Stamp Act


Question: 'This person ruled England during America's Civil War'

Answer: Queen Victoria


Question: 'Choreographer whose song & dance routines from "Gypsy", "The King & I" & other shows are a new B'way hit'

Answer: Jerome Robbins


Question: 'The 1988 film for which Jodie Foster received the "Best Actress" Oscar'

Answer: The Accused


Question: 'This period of unusually warm weather occurs in late autumn in the Central & Eastern U.S.'

Answer: Indian summer


Question: 'Stephen King's 1st published novel, it was made into a 1976 movie starring Sissy Spacek'

Answer: Carrie


Question: 'Withholding taxes from one's paycheck began in this president's administration'

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt


Question: 'England had this many kings named Richard'

Answer: 3


Question: 'He 1st danced in Vaudeville in 1929 at age 4, & in 1989 you can still see him strut his stuff in "Tap"'

Answer: Sammy Davis, Jr.


Question: '2 of the 3 directors of the "New York Stories" trilogy'

Answer: Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola & Martin Scorsese


Question: 'Term for a narrow strip of land that links 2 larger land masses'

Answer: Isthmus


Question: 'This California novelist's 1st book was "Cup of Gold", a fictionalized account of Sir Henry Morgan'

Answer: John Steinbeck


Question: 'Many foreign governments impose this tax at each stage in the production of a good or service'

Answer: value-added tax


Question: '"The Merry Monarch" whose reign was known as the Restoration Era'

Answer: Charles II


Question: 'Pavlova, Nijinsky & Balanchine all trained with the Leningrad ballet company now called this'

Answer: Kirov Ballet


Question: 'New Orleans D.A. who staged a JFK assassination conspiracy trial, he appeared in "The Big Easy"'

Answer: Jim Garrison


Question: 'This term for a person who attacks long-held beliefs comes from 2 Greek words for "image breaker"'

Answer: iconoclast


Question: 'When this department was established in 1849, it was called the Home Department'

Answer: the Department of the Interior


Question: 'Mormons make up about 70% of this state's population'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'Tickets for her MGM Grand concert range from $500 to $2500 each'

Answer: Barbra Streisand


Question: '"A Wild and Crazy Guy"'

Answer: Steve Martin


Question: 'Sharks were the first vertebrates with a fully functioning set of these, also the title of a famous novel'

Answer: Jaws


Question: '"Fondue" comes from the French fondre, meaning this action that's done to the cheese'

Answer: Melting


Question: 'When Phonemate introduced the first commercially successful one in 1971, it weighed 10 pounds'

Answer: Answering machine


Question: 'Until surpassed by California & Texas, it was the most populous state'

Answer: New York


Question: 'Plans are to turn this Seattle landmark into a 605-foot Roman candle'

Answer: Space Needle


Question: '"No Respect"'

Answer: Rodney Dangerfield


Question: 'Most of the shark fossils found have been of this body part & they've even been found in the Midwestern U.S.'

Answer: Teeth


Question: 'In the classic Fondue Bourguignonne, cubes of this are dipped in hot oil, then in a savory sauce'

Answer: Beef


Question: 'At age 9 Ben Stiller made his TV acting debut on "Kate McShane" starring this actress, his mom'

Answer: Anne Meara


Question: '(Hi, I"m Joshua Morrow from "The Young and the Restless")  "North to the Future" is the official motto of this state, my birthplace'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'At the Pasadena Civic Auditorium 2000 guests will see Disney's Y2K update of this 1940 animated classic'

Answer: Fantasia


Question: '"To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With"'

Answer: Bill Cosby


Question: 'Shark hide was once used by cabinetmakers as this abrasive'

Answer: Sandpaper


Question: 'Legend says fondue was invented in this largest Swiss city when winter left only cheese, bread & wine'

Answer: Zurich


Question: 'Hail Schubert who came up with this composition so "full of grace" in 1825'

Answer: "Ave Maria"


Question: 'The geographic center of the 48 contiguous states is in Smith County in this state'

Answer: Kansas


Question: 'This pop star's set to do her last show before taking her sabbatical in Montreal'

Answer: Celine Dion


Question: '"The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress"'

Answer: Flip Wilson


Question: 'This shark, which produces litters of 30 to 50 at a time, has stripes that fade as it ages'

Answer: Tiger shark


Question: 'According to "Joy of Cooking", fresh fruit served with this sauce for dipping "never disappoints"'

Answer: Chocolate


Question: 'Marilyn Monroe's last movie, "The Misfits", was written by this playwright, her then-husband'

Answer: Arthur Miller


Question: 'The 5-pointed star on this state's seal displays symbols of the Five Civilized Tribes'

Answer: Oklahoma


Question: 'You can waltz in the year 2000 at the Imperial Ball in this city's Hofburg Palace'

Answer: Vienna


Question: '"This Is A Recording"'

Answer: Lily Tomlin


Question: 'The shark with this 4-letter name, also called the bonito shark, has been clocked at 20 miles per hour'

Answer: Mako


Question: 'This brandy whose name is from German for "cherry" is a popular fondue ingredient & accompaniment'

Answer: Kirsch


Question: 'Once home to the Hittites, today this region is occupied by Turkey'

Answer: Asia Minor


Question: 'Thomas Conway was involved in a 1777 plot to replace this American commander-in-chief with Horatio Gates'

Answer: George Washington


Question: '1993:<br />"A murdered wife.  A one-armed man.  An obsessed detective.  The chase begins."'

Answer: The Fugitive


Question: 'Famous tale that contains the line "If he be Mr. Hyde...I shall be Mr. Seek"'

Answer: "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"


Question: 'Technically, a menorah has 7 branches, the one with this many is a hanukkiyah'

Answer: 8


Question: 'The sinking of this British liner in May 1915 indirectly influenced the U.S. to enter WWI'

Answer: Lusitania


Question: 'Sir Robert Walpole is usually considered Britain's first one, though the title wasn't official at the time'

Answer: Prime minister


Question: 'She was almost 6 feet tall & strong as an ox (she could have smashed saloons without her famous hatchet)'

Answer: Carrie Nation


Question: '1995:<br />"A little pig goes a long way"'

Answer: Babe


Question: 'Martha Grimes is from Pittsburgh, but she sets her mystery novels in this country & names them for pubs'

Answer: England


Question: 'A menorah by sculptor Benno Elkan stands before this Israeli parliament building'

Answer: Knesset


Question: 'One legend mentioned by Plato says that this island was swallowed by the sea as a result of earthquakes'

Answer: Atlantis


Question: 'In a familiar old song, it's "sailing over a cardboard sea"'

Answer: "Paper Moon"


Question: 'In the 11th century Anawratha became the first ruler to politically unite this country that's also known as Myanmar'

Answer: Burma


Question: '1993:<br />"An adventure 65 million years in the making"'

Answer: Jurassic Park


Question: 'In a poem about this city, Bret Harte wrote, "Wrap her, o fog, in gown and hood of her Franciscan brotherhood"'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'Per Exodus 25, "The tongs and the snuff-dishes" of the temple menorah shall be of this material'

Answer: Gold


Question: 'A 1976 Gordon Lightfoot song told the true story of the sinking of this ore vessel in Lake Superior'

Answer: Edmund Fitzgerald


Question: 'Sinanthropus pekinensis is another name for this Homo erectus whose remains were discovered in the 1920s'

Answer: Peking Man


Question: 'As chancellor of this country in the 1930s, Kurt von Schuschnigg favored restoring the Hapsburgs to the throne'

Answer: Austria


Question: '1973:<br />"Where were you in '62?"'

Answer: American Graffiti


Question: 'Ann Radcliffe's 1794 novel "The Mysteries of Udolpho" is a fine example of this "architectural" genre'

Answer: Gothic


Question: 'According to a prayer, Jews light the menorah "Al Ha-Nissim", meaning "for" these wondrous events'

Answer: Miracles


Question: 'In 1997 "Nova" went under the sea to look at this ship, the Titanic's lost sister:'

Answer: HMS Britannic


Question: 'Blasted, it's the weapon of war seen here:'

Answer: Patriot missile


Question: 'The father of this Danish astronomer was the governor of Halsingborg Castle'

Answer: Tycho Brahe


Question: '1990:<br />"You will believe"'

Answer: Ghost


Question: 'This "I, Claudius" novelist's memoir "Good-Bye to All That" is noted for its vivid depiction of WWI'

Answer: Robert Graves


Question: 'When the second temple was destroyed in 70 A.D., its menorah was carried off to this city'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'A 1999 TV movie portrayed the torpedoing & sinking of the federal sloop Housatonic by this Confederate sub'

Answer: Hunley


Question: 'While at LSU he became college basketball's first point-a-minute scorer'

Answer: Pete Maravich


Question: '2 of 4 performing duos inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame'

Answer: The Everly Brothers, Ike & Tina Turner, Sam & Dave &/or Simon & Garfunkel


Question: 'In the late 11th century this peninsula contained the kingdoms of Leon, Castile, Navarre & Aragon'

Answer: Iberia


Question: 'Holland Taylor plays mom to Jon Cryer & Charlie Sheen on this sitcom'

Answer: Two and a Half Men


Question: 'In a nursery rhyme, he "picked a peck of pickled peppers"'

Answer: Peter Piper


Question: 'Most of a shark's brain is devoted to this sense'

Answer: smell


Question: 'Explorer'

Answer: Ford


Question: 'Legend has it Gershwin had to write this famous piece in 3 weeks because he forgot about a deadline'

Answer: Rhapsody in Blue


Question: 'This city-state began electing its own doges in 727 after gaining its independence from the Byzantine Empire'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'This woman who makes being a CIA officer exciting on TV recorded a recruitment video for the agency'

Answer: Jennifer Garner


Question: 'Christopher Columbus may have grown up on the salami with white peppercorns named for this hometown of his'

Answer: Genoa


Question: 'Don't book any chipmunks for a recordings session during this season of the year; they're sleeping'

Answer: winter


Question: 'Grand Cherokee'

Answer: Jeep


Question: 'Music-hating enemies of the denizens of the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine"'

Answer: the Blue Meanies


Question: 'One of the 63 articles in this 1215 document granted the English Church freedom from royal interference'

Answer: the Magna Carta


Question: 'Ming-Na plays Dr. Jing-Mei (Deb) Chen on this drama'

Answer: ER


Question: 'The annual sombrero festival in Brownsville, Texas includes a contest of eating these peppers; that's hot!!!!!'

Answer: jalapeños


Question: 'Swifts use this thick and gummy substance to hold their nests together'

Answer: saliva


Question: 'Blazer'

Answer: Chevrolet


Question: 'Murzim, Hadar & Acrux are these astronomical "behemoths"'

Answer: blue giants


Question: 'In 1291 leaders of 3 cantons signed the Perpetual Covenant, the beginning of what became this nation'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'S. Epatha Merkerson payed Reba, the mail lady, on this Saturday morning series starring Paul Reubens'

Answer: Pee-Wee\'s Playhouse


Question: 'This pungent herb's scientific name is Mentha piperita'

Answer: peppermint


Question: 'These black & white Chinese "bears" don't usually roar like grizzly bears, but sort of bleat'

Answer: giant pandas


Question: 'Xterra'

Answer: Nissan


Question: 'They're the geological formations mentioned in John Denver's "Take Me Home Country Roads"'

Answer: the Blue Ridge Mountains


Question: 'Designed by Filippo Brunelleschi, this city's Pazzi Chapel was one of the first buildings in the Renaissance style'

Answer: Florence


Question: 'She played Ida Morgenstern & Rosie, fan of Bounty paper towels'

Answer: Nancy Walker


Question: 'The name of this German rabbit stew literally means "peppered hare"'

Answer: Hasenpfeffer


Question: 'Male lions are the only cats to have them & they darken as they grow'

Answer: manes


Question: 'Montero'

Answer: Mitsubishi


Question: 'Legend has it that this breed descended from the royal cat of the czars'

Answer: the Russian blue


Question: 'John Wheeler named this singularity in the late 1960s; the Russians called it a collapsar'

Answer: a black hole


Question: 'Julie Covington made a popular recording of this song from "Evita"'

Answer: "Don\'t Cry For Me Argentina"


Question: 'A memorial on an island in this Great Lake honors Oliver Hazard Perry's victory there during the War of 1812'

Answer: Erie


Question: 'Hey, hey, hey--several of this comic's "Little Bill" books have made Oprah's list, including "The Best Way to Play"'

Answer: (Bill) Cosby


Question: 'Concentrate & perhaps you can come up with this state beverage of Florida'

Answer: orange juice


Question: 'And old proverb says not to do this "till you come to it"'

Answer: cross that bridge


Question: 'On a map, this is denoted by 1 inch=3 miles, for example'

Answer: scale


Question: 'In 1976 Elton John wrote & duetted with Kiki Dee on this world-conquering smash hit'

Answer: "Don\'t Go Breaking My Heart"


Question: 'Trasimeno, a large lake in this European country, was the site of a big Hannibal victory in 217 B.C.'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'In 2004 Oprah selected this Garcia Marquez novel, calling it "one of the greatest books of all times"'

Answer: 100 Years of Solitude


Question: 'With flavors like lemon-lime & black cherry, this official soft drink of Nebraska keeps the kids smiling'

Answer: Kool-Aid


Question: 'Dan Quayle warped this line to "What a waste it is to lose one's mind or not to have a mind is very wasteful"'

Answer: a mind is a terrible thing to waste


Question: 'Adolphe Brongniart is called the father of this science that studies fossil plants'

Answer: paleobotany


Question: 'The Grammys honored vocal virtuoso Bobby McFerrin for this 1988 song'

Answer: "Don\'t Worry, Be Happy"


Question: 'About 116 square miles in area, Moosehead is the largest lake in this "Pine Tree State"'

Answer: Maine


Question: '"Sula", in 2002, was the fourth book by this author to be selected'

Answer: Toni Morrison


Question: 'A true delicacy, the morel is Minnesota's state one of these'

Answer: a mushroom


Question: 'A traditional prayer asked for deliverance "from the ghoulies and the ghosties... and the things that" do this'

Answer: go bump in the night


Question: 'Around 1850 George Boole devised a new take on this branch of math'

Answer: algebra


Question: 'This Cole Porter song says, "Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above"'

Answer: "Don\'t Fence Me In"


Question: 'This lake holds 2 extreme world records: the saltiest & the lowest'

Answer: the Dead Sea


Question: 'This coming-of-age story by Jane Hamilton about a small-town Illinois girl sounds like an Old Testament book'

Answer: The Book of Ruth


Question: 'A variety of muscadine, the scuppernong type of this is North Carolina's state fruit'

Answer: grape


Question: 'In "An Essay on Man", he wrote, "Hope springs eternal in the human breast"'

Answer: Pope


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew demonstrates with a strip of paper from the top secret Jeopardy! labs.)  The Mobius strip is used in this field, the study of properties that don't change when a shape bends or twists'

Answer: topology


Question: 'Journey's 1981 album "Escape" featured this hit that went to No. 9 on the charts'

Answer: "Don\'t Stop Believing"


Question: 'Bujumbura, capital of this land, sits on Lake Tanganyika'

Answer: Burundi


Question: 'Oprah gave readers 2 shakes of this author's tales: "She's Come Undone" & "I Know This Much Is True"'

Answer: Wally Lamb


Question: 'This alliterative state cookie of Massachusetts was invented there in the 1930s'

Answer: the chocolate chip cookie


Question: 'This drinking instruction is the first line of Ben Jonson's "To Celia"'

Answer: Drink to me only with thine eyes


Question: 'Its solo female winner is awarded the Venus Rosewater Dish'

Answer: Wimbledon


Question: '"Parenting for Dummies" uses this toy as an analogy for consistency: "it spins until it wobbles, and then it falls down"'

Answer: a top


Question: 'June Cleaver'

Answer: Leave It to Beaver


Question: 'Once President of the Confederacy, he served as president of an insurance company after the war'

Answer: (Jefferson) Davis


Question: 'Christmas must be a bummer for you, having this condition & not being able to distinguish between red & green'

Answer: colorblindness


Question: 'In French, this word can refer to an image on turkey's flag as well as a tasty roll'

Answer: a croissant


Question: '(Alex presents the clue from Petra, Jordan.)  Petra is built on a terrace overlooking Wadi Musa the valley of this man, who tradition says struck a rock here & made it gush with water'

Answer: Moses


Question: '"Allergies &" this "for Dummies" lists famous folks with the condition, including Beethoven & Teddy Roosevelt'

Answer: Asthma


Question: 'Marion Cunningham'

Answer: Happy Days


Question: 'The voice of Darth Vader, he isn't from a galaxy far, far away but from Arkabutla, Mississippi'

Answer: James Earl Jones


Question: 'All that guitar playing has caused these tough, thickened numb patches of skin on your fingertips'

Answer: calluses


Question: 'The vineyard & petit-gris are varieties of this mollusk; please respond in French, though it might "slow" you down'

Answer: escargot


Question: 'Once, only Muslims could visit Petra's highest point; tradition says that as a 10-year-old, this man visited the site'

Answer: Muhammed


Question: 'Released in 1991, this 3-letter computer abbreviation "for Dummies" was the first in the "For Dummies" series'

Answer: DOS


Question: 'Evelyn Harper (Holland Taylor)'

Answer: Two and a Half Men


Question: 'This Muppet master was born in Mississippi, where his father was doing research for the Department of Agriculture'

Answer: Jim Henson


Question: 'Try stretching if you suffer these, like Rafael Nadal did at the 2011 U.S. Open, including at a press conference'

Answer: cramps


Question: 'From Provence & pretty as a Pixar, this eggplant dish simmered in olive oil can be served hot or cold'

Answer: ratatouille


Question: '(Alex presents the clue from Petra, Jordan.)  The approach to Petra is though a narrow cleft which in 312 B.C. helped it withstand a siege by the army of Antigonus of these people; he was an heir to Alexander the Great'

Answer: the Macedonians


Question: 'Chapter 1 of "Beekeeping for Dummies" has this question for a title, playing on a line from Shakespeare'

Answer: "To bee or not to bee?"


Question: 'Maggie Seaver (Joanna Kerns)'

Answer: Growing Pains


Question: 'In March 2011, Columbus, Mississippi celebrated what would have been the 100th birthday of this playwright'

Answer: Tennessee Williams


Question: 'What's that I say?  You need this type of implant in your inner ear that directly stimulates the hearing nerve'

Answer: a cochlear implant


Question: 'Tomatoes, garlic, black olives, anchovies, onions, tuna, green beans, eggs & herbs make up a salade this'

Answer: nicoise


Question: 'For the thousands of tourists today, 4-footed transport options within Petra are horse, donkey or this'

Answer: a camel


Question: '"Architecture for Dummies" calls this NYC skyscraper an "Art Deco fantasy" that's complete with hubcaps & hood ornaments'

Answer: the Chrysler Building


Question: 'A new mom in 2011, Reagan Brinkley (Christina Applegate)'

Answer: Up All Night


Question: 'Legendary bluesmen born in Mississippi include Chester Arthur Burnett, known as Howlin' this'

Answer: Wolf


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation on the monitor.)  With osteoporosis, the vertebrae in the spine are weakened, & when forced against each other, can result in this common type of fracture'

Answer: a compression fracture


Question: 'In a remembrance of things Proust, it's a small, buttery sponge cake eaten as a cookie, often dipped in coffee'

Answer: a madeleine


Question: '(Alex presents the clue from Petra, Jordan.)  There are a number of important tombs in the ancient city of Petra, like the one behind me, which is not named for a person, but because of the magnificent color striations, is named for this expensive fabric'

Answer: silk


Question: 'It's alternately titled "Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy"'

Answer: Little Women


Question: 'To sibilate is to do this, like a disapproving audience or a rattler'

Answer: hiss


Question: 'Best "CORK" Song'

Answer: Rock


Question: 'Rouen, May 30, 1431:<br />A female saint'

Answer: Joan of Arc


Question: 'Chimbu & Enga are among the nearly 800 Papuan languages spoken on this "new" island'

Answer: New Guinea


Question: 'The largest one of these California conifers would yield more than 50,000 cubic feet of lumber'

Answer: sequoia


Question: 'The hero escapes from a dungeon by sewing himself into the burial sack of a fellow prisoner in this Dumas work'

Answer: Count of Monte Cristo


Question: 'A chiropractic session may include this 5-letter sound, made by a locked-up joint being freed'

Answer: a crack


Question: 'Best "WEDS NO PORK" Album (including poetry)'

Answer: Spoken Word


Question: 'Scotland, 1727:<br />Janet Horne, for this crime--the last person in Britain burned to death for it'

Answer: witchcraft


Question: 'The people of this island nation south of Sicily use a Semitic language written in the Latin alphabet'

Answer: Malta


Question: 'Hawaii's fourth-largest island, it's the state's only island that has navigable rivers'

Answer: Kauai


Question: 'Her "Agnes Grey" appeared in 1847 under the pseudonym Acton Bell (note the initials)'

Answer: Anne Brontë


Question: 'Our studio has great these, also the branch of physics that deals with sound & sound waves'

Answer: acoustics


Question: 'Best "COZY ED" or Cajun Music Album'

Answer: Zydeco


Question: 'Florence, May 23, 1498:<br />An anti-papal priest & reformer'

Answer: Savonarola


Question: 'The language group named for these nomadic tribesmen of north Africa is also called Tamazight'

Answer: Berber


Question: 'A line of waiting people, or a sequence of stored computer data awaiting processing'

Answer: a queue


Question: 'Originally published anonymously, his "Waverley Novels" included "Rob Roy" in 1817'

Answer: Scott


Question: 'For a comedian, it's instrumental that one of these heard here follows a punchline'

Answer: a rimshot


Question: 'Best "CIRCLE NOTE"/Dance Album'

Answer: Electronic


Question: 'Oxford, March 21, 1556:<br />Thomas Cranmer, holder of this high religious office'

Answer: Archbishop of Canterbury


Question: 'Although Dutch is the official language, Sranan Tongo is spoken by most people in this South American country'

Answer: Suriname


Question: 'This adjective means fawning or exhibiting servile obedience'

Answer: obsequious


Question: 'In this Dostoyevsky novel, Prince Myshkin, like the author, suffers from epilepsy'

Answer: The Idiot


Question: 'Small pieces of ice that can damage a ship are called these, as trapped air escaping during melting makes them sound like animals'

Answer: growlers


Question: 'Welcome to the Best "SNARE TWIT"'

Answer: New Artist


Question: 'Konstanz, Germany, July 6, 1415:<br />A Czech religious reformer'

Answer: (Jan) Hus


Question: 'The language of these Japanese aboriginal people is virtually extinct but once had as many as 19 dialects'

Answer: the Ainu


Question: '"The moan of doves in immemorial elms, and murmuring of innumerable bees" is an example of this literary device'

Answer: onomatopoeia


Question: '7 women have been the secretary of this, the most for any department in the president's cabinet'

Answer: Labor


Question: 'In November 2002 Resolution 1441 declared this nation in "material breach" of its obligations'

Answer: Iraq


Question: 'Kate Mulgrew portrayed this legendary Kate in the 2002 play "Tea at Five"'

Answer: Kate Hepburn


Question: 'In the '80s aerobics shoes were a big item from the company called L.A. this'

Answer: Gear


Question: 'A. Scott Berg won in 1999 for a bio on this guy who won in 1954 with "The Spirit of St. Louis"'

Answer: Charles Lindbergh


Question: 'In a newspaper personals ad'

Answer: single


Question: 'Completes the title of a guide Heidi Murkoff co-wrote for expectant mothers "What To Expect When You're..."'

Answer: expecting


Question: 'In population, one of the 2 smallest permanent members'

Answer: England (or Great Britain; or France)


Question: 'Angus MacFadyen in "Cradle Will Rock" & Liev Schreiber in "RKO 281" played this man who raised "Kane"'

Answer: Orson Welles


Question: 'In "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", Jeff Spicoli wore the now-classic checkerboard pattern of these shoes'

Answer: Vans


Question: 'Forrest Wilson's "Crusader in Crinoline" tackled the life of this novelist & abolitionist'

Answer: Harriet Beecher Stowe


Question: 'On a report card'

Answer: satisfactory


Question: 'Endocrinology deals with the function & secretion of these glands'

Answer: the endocrine glands


Question: 'The military type of these were imposed on North Korea in the '50s; the economic type, on Rhodesia in the '60s'

Answer: sanctions


Question: 'Kevin Kline cut a dashing figure as this silent screen swashbuckler in the film "Chaplin"'

Answer: Douglas Fairbanks


Question: '"Flashdance" inspired torn, off-the-shoulder sweatshirts & these, not socks, bunched at the ankles'

Answer: leg warmers


Question: 'In 1944 Carleton Mabee dubbed this telegraph pioneer "The American Leonardo"'

Answer: Morse


Question: 'A "First" or "Second" book of the BIble'

Answer: Samuel


Question: 'A cation is a positively charged one of these; an anion is a negatively charged one'

Answer: an ion


Question: 'In 1948 the Council passed 29 resolutions, 16 on the mideast region it referred to as this'

Answer: Palestine


Question: 'In a 1983 TV movie, Cheryl Ladd played this regal beauty who knew her way around "High Society"'

Answer: Grace Kelly


Question: 'Bugle Boy dreamed up these tight-fitting pants decorated with many zippers; the nylon was ideal for break dancing'

Answer: parachute pants


Question: 'Emory Holloway's sampler of this poet's life won for 1927'

Answer: Walt Whitman


Question: 'A chemical element'

Answer: sulfur


Question: 'This American cyclist criticized Lance Armstrong in the July 15, 2004 issue of the French newspaper Le Monde'

Answer: (Greg) LeMond


Question: 'In 2004 the Security Council called for a halt to fighting in Darfur & the Upper Nile in this country'

Answer: Sudan


Question: 'Christopher Plummer is seen here (in profile, of course) in his Tony-winning role as this legend of stage & screen'

Answer: John Barrymore


Question: 'A Sheryl Crow song says that Uncle Larry wears this brand of jacket "'cause he thinks it turns on all the ladies"'

Answer: Members Only


Question: 'David Herbert Donald's 1988 winner "Look Homeward" was "A Life of" this author'

Answer: Thomas Wolfe


Question: 'Former British currency that smacks of a certain Boston pitcher'

Answer: shilling


Question: 'Henry Adams, grandson of John Quincy Adams, wrote the nonfiction classic "The Education of" him'

Answer: Henry Adams


Question: 'To help teens with self-acceptance, "Chicken Soup..." co-author Kimberly Kirberger wrote "No Body's" this'

Answer: perfect


Question: 'This all-time leader in hits & games placed was a regular at first, second & third'

Answer: Pete Rose


Question: 'A saltwater lake, Lake Merritt, lies in the heart of the downtown of this city on San Francisco Bay'

Answer: Oakland


Question: 'Mandatory in boxing, it comes with air holes'

Answer: a mouth guard


Question: 'In 1984, for $1.5 million, Ross Perot bought one of the only 17 known copies of this historic British document'

Answer: the Magna Carta


Question: 'George Bush's is Laura'

Answer: wife


Question: 'Beginning in the '20s, a series of this brand's ads showed victims of the dreaded halitosis'

Answer: Listerine


Question: 'This third baseman's quest for a .400 average was the talk of baseball in 1980'

Answer: George Brett


Question: 'Because of its many canals & rivers, this city is known as the "Venice of Japan"'

Answer: Osaka


Question: 'The ADA says kids should have stopped this habit by the time their permanent teeth come in'

Answer: sucking their thumb


Question: 'It "worked" out that in 1924 Ramsay MacDonald became the first prime minister from this party'

Answer: the Labour Party


Question: 'An agricultural additive to improve soil with a low calcium content'

Answer: lime


Question: 'The section of "Hannah and Her Sisters" where Mickey thinks he has a brain tumor is titled this type of person'

Answer: hypochondriac


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from the University of Pittsburgh, site of Forbes Field.)  Over this wall in 1960, this Pirate second baseman hit the first World Series-ending home run'

Answer: Bill Mazeroski


Question: 'This state capital is home to Evergreen State College'

Answer: Olympia


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew points to a model of the skull.) In the universal numbering system used by dentists, tooth number one is here, and this is the number of the tooth down here'

Answer: 32


Question: 'During Stanley Baldwin's term as P.M., this King of England abdicated'

Answer: King Edward VIII


Question: 'Fill your pockets with money'

Answer: line


Question: 'In his book "Gasping for Airtime", comedian Jay Mohr deals with these attacks of intense fear'

Answer: panic attacks


Question: 'A great defensive shortstop & a southerner too, New York Giant Travis Jackson was inevitably nicknamed this'

Answer: Stonewall


Question: 'Akershus Castle, overlooking a fjord, is a popular tourist attraction in this capital'

Answer: Oslo


Question: 'In 1995 scientists found natural antibiotics on these of cows; people probably have them too'

Answer: tongues


Question: 'The only part of the U.K. occupied by the Germans in WWII; the French call them Iles Normandes'

Answer: the Channel Islands


Question: 'Widespread'

Answer: rife


Question: 'This Danish thinker defined anxiety as "the dizziness of freedom"'

Answer: (Søren) Kierkegaard


Question: 'In 2003 this Oriole first sacker was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame'

Answer: Eddie Murray


Question: 'A spectacular stairway called the Potemkin Steps slopes down to this Ukraine seaport's harbor on the Black Sea'

Answer: Odessa


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads with model skull in hand.) Grinding your teeth may lead to pain in this joint, often known by three initials'

Answer: TMJ (or temporomandibular)


Question: 'The Marquess of this had a large "steak" in British politics; he was the first 20th century prime minister'

Answer: Salisbury


Question: 'It often has 6 holes in it'

Answer: the fife


Question: 'His early play "Ivanov" opens with a man carrying a gun & yes, a gun does go off by the end'

Answer: (Anton) Chekhov


Question: 'You're right, an angle that is more than acute but less than obtuse has this many degrees'

Answer: 90


Question: 'Tennis racket strings, though called this, are made out of cattle, sheep or hog intestines'

Answer: Catgut


Question: 'Edible items you "spill" when you tell a secret'

Answer: The beans


Question: 'This term for an older baby comes from its unsteady gait as it learns to walk'

Answer: Toddler


Question: 'Celebrity seen here:<br />(hair of a famous boxing promoter)'

Answer: Don King


Question: 'She played a political journalist in "Woman of the Year", her first film with Spencer Tracy'

Answer: Katharine Hepburn


Question: 'In this notation system, 1/4 is .25, & is terminating'

Answer: Decimal


Question: 'This yummy bird came to Europe from America, not Asia Minor, so maybe it should be called a "USA" or a "Mexico"'

Answer: Turkey


Question: 'Beware:  Someone who offers you this kind of "sandwich" wants to punch you'

Answer: Knuckle sandwich


Question: 'In November 1997 Bobbi McCaughey made the news when she gave birth to this many babies'

Answer: 7


Question: 'World leader seen here:<br />(birthmark on top of bald head)'

Answer: Mikhail Gorbachev


Question: 'Leonard Nimoy appeared as a football player in the third film about this talking mule'

Answer: Francis


Question: 'In the term 3x, the factor 3 is called x's this'

Answer: Coefficient


Question: 'Though its name means "new star" it's just a star that flares up to many times its nornal brightness'

Answer: Nova


Question: '"One Fell" this refers to the quick, fierce move a hawk makes when seizing its prey'

Answer: Swoop


Question: 'He said "What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is best after all"'

Answer: Dr. Benjamin Spock


Question: 'Comedian seen here:<br />(wearing trademark glasses)'

Answer: Groucho Marx


Question: 'Actress seen here in her first major film role, in 1949's "Ladies Of The Chorus"'

Answer: Marilyn Monroe


Question: 'A figure is defined as this if it can be divided into 2 parts that are mirror images of each other'

Answer: Symmetrical


Question: 'Despite its name, some paleontologists don't think this ancient animal was even part of the cat family'

Answer: Saber-tooth tiger


Question: 'The phrase "To come on like" these refers to the old-time radio program heard here<br />(machine gun fire)'

Answer: "Gangbusters"


Question: 'Pink spots appearing on a baby's face & neck at birth are referred to as these bird markings'

Answer: Stork bites


Question: 'Talk show host seen here:<br />(big chin)'

Answer: Jay Leno


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />64 years before she appeared in "Titanic", Gloria Stuart was the leading lady in this classic film:'

Answer: "The Invisible Man"


Question: 'Devotees of this celebrate its irrational existence each 3/14 at 1:59 P.M.'

Answer: Pi


Question: 'This cute rodent is a cavy from South America, not a sow from a country in Africa'

Answer: Guinea pig


Question: 'To give someone you dislike the credit he deserves is to "Give the devil" this'

Answer: His due


Question: 'She's internationally famous for her photos of babies, like the one seen here:'

Answer: Anne Geddes


Question: 'Comic actor seen here:<br />(closeup of nose)'

Answer: W.C. Fields


Question: 'Bela Lugosi portrayed a Soviet commissar in this 1939 comedy promoted with the slogan "Garbo Laughs!"'

Answer: "Ninotchka"


Question: 'This disciple is the title character in Jose Limon's biblical ballet "The Traitor"'

Answer: Judas Iscariot


Question: 'He's the best-remembered member of the 1890s troupe, The Four Cohans'

Answer: George M. Cohan


Question: 'When visiting this country's North Island, don't miss the glowworm grotto in the Waitomo Cave'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'CNN has 32 of these offices, in places from Bangkok to Buenos Aires, & they're all "top-drawer"'

Answer: Bureaus


Question: 'About 5' 5" in real life, he towers nearly 17 feet above his column in Trafalgar Square'

Answer: Lord Nelson


Question: 'Stylish or "in"'

Answer: Chic


Question: 'Prince Ivan falls in love with an enchanted Tsarevna in Stravinsky's ballet about this magical bird'

Answer: "The Firebird"


Question: 'Quartet heard here:<br />"It's the same old song...."'

Answer: The Four Tops


Question: 'The University of Basel, this country's oldest, was established by Pope Pius II in 1459'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'Every half hour since 1982, this CNN network has updated America on news, sports, business & entertainment'

Answer: CNN Headline News


Question: 'Group heard here; they were named members of The Order of the British Empire in 1965'

Answer: Beatles


Question: 'It's a French brandy distilled from white wine'

Answer: Cognac


Question: 'This fairy tale ballet often features fairies of the 4 seasons as well as a fairy godmother'

Answer: "Cinderella"


Question: 'Any one of the 4 members of the "Fearsome Foursome" on the L.A. Rams defensive line, 1963 to 1966'

Answer: Roosevelt Grier, Deacon Jones, Lamar Lundy & Merlin Olsen


Question: 'Columbus named the island now usually called St. Kitts for this man, his patron saint'

Answer: St. Christopher


Question: 'City where the footage seen here was shot in 1989: (hammering a wall)'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'In 1768 this "Blue Boy" painter was a founding member of The Royal Academy of Arts'

Answer: Thomas Gainsborough


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />Type of circle seen here:'

Answer: Concentric


Question: 'Angel Corella of Spain is one of the "muy caliente" male stars of this U.S. company known as ABT for short'

Answer: American Ballet Theatre


Question: 'A British string quartet that played together for 39 years bore this middle name of Mr. Mozart'

Answer: The Amadeus Quartet


Question: 'The taka is the basic monetary unit of this country whose official language is Bengali'

Answer: Bangladesh


Question: 'After a tour as White House Chief of Staff, he became the "nunu" conservative voice on "Crossfire"'

Answer: John Sununu


Question: 'In 1923, on the 200th anniversary of his death, a memorial service was held in his St. Paul's Cathedral'

Answer: Sir Christopher Wren


Question: 'It's a finely woven white linen'

Answer: Cambric


Question: 'The 1938 ballet named for this famous outlaw features a musical gun battle'

Answer: "Billy The Kid"


Question: 'In the 19th century the big 4  who built this were named Crocker, Hopkins, Huntington & Stanford'

Answer: Transcontinental Railroad (Central Pacific & Union Pacific)


Question: 'One of the first Arab settlements on the east African coast, it's now the capital of Somalia'

Answer: Mogadishu


Question: 'This group includes Robert Novak & Margaret Carlson; they "rumble" on weekends at 7:00 P.M.'

Answer: "The Capital Gang"


Question: 'He wrote a review of Samuel Johnson's dictionary before inquiring into the "Wealth of Nations"'

Answer: Adam Smith


Question: '"Knots Landing" was set in one'

Answer: Cul-de-sac


Question: 'In 1820 a man named Yorgos unearthed 3 statues:  2 of Hermes & one of Aphrodite, later renamed this'

Answer: Venus de Milo


Question: 'In 1959 Walter Williams, said to be the last surviving veteran of this war, died at age 117'

Answer: the Civil War


Question: 'In "Road to Rio", he asked Dorothy Lamour, "How did you get into that dress--with a spray gun?"'

Answer: Bob Hope


Question: 'Types of these with specific names include op-ed and front'

Answer: pages


Question: 'Visitors learn how to make these floral necklaces at Senator Fong's plantation & gardens'

Answer: leis


Question: 'An edible fat, such as lard, that's used to make pastry flaky'

Answer: shortening


Question: 'Add the dots on the opposite sides of a die & you'll always come up with this lucky number'

Answer: seven


Question: 'In 1776 Sgt. Ezra Lee led the first known attack in one of these submersible crafts'

Answer: a submarine


Question: 'Orson Welles film in which you'd hear the line "I think it would be fun to run a newspaper"'

Answer: Citizen Kane


Question: 'Teasers and screamers are types of these'

Answer: headlines


Question: 'The beachfront home used as Robin Masters' estate on this TV series lies on Oahu's east shore'

Answer: Magnum, P.I.


Question: 'Isaac Pitman invented a system of this in the 1830s, decades before John Robert Gregg'

Answer: shorthand


Question: 'Until 1966 Roman Catholics were urged not to eat meat on this day of the week'

Answer: Friday


Question: 'In 1927 this aviator became the first person to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross'

Answer: (Charles) Lindbergh


Question: 'While preparing for a party in "All About Eve", she said, "Fasten your seatbelts.  It's going to be a bumpy night"'

Answer: Bette Davis


Question: 'The author's name printed with the story'

Answer: a byline


Question: 'A tower topped by a giant pineapple stands atop this company's Cannery Square'

Answer: Dole


Question: 'This 19th century poet mastered many languages including Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, & Provencal'

Answer: (Henry Wadsworth) Longfellow


Question: 'The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was created in 1974 to replace this agency abbreviated AEC'

Answer: Atomic Energy Commission


Question: 'In 1909 the Lincoln penny replaced this one, which had been in circulation for 50 years'

Answer: the Indian head


Question: 'In "Kings Row", he asked Ann Sheridan, "Where's the rest of me?"'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'The top news item of the day, or the first sentence in the story about it'

Answer: the lead


Question: 'A chocolate replica of this Oahu volcano is a specialty of Honolulu's Bali by the Sea restaurant'

Answer: Diamond Head


Question: 'Since 1968 this renowned entertainer has tickled the ivories at Manhattan's Cafe Carlyle'

Answer: Bobby Short


Question: 'This form of silica is the main constituent of sand and flint'

Answer: quartz


Question: 'In 1770 Robert Treat Paine prosecuted the British troops indicted  for murder in this incident'

Answer: the Boston Massacre


Question: ''60s film containing the line "Some of us prefer Austrian voices raised in song to ugly German threats"'

Answer: The Sound of Music


Question: 'It's at this "desk" that the local news is put together'

Answer: the city desk


Question: 'Merisol created the statue of this Belgian missionary that stands in front of the state capitol building'

Answer: Father Damien


Question: 'Even though he was Teddy Roosevelt's son-in-law, he supported W.H. Taft in the 1912 presidential campaign'

Answer: (Nicholas) Longworth


Question: 'The first woman president of an NBA club, Susan O'Malley became head of this D.C.-area team in 1991'

Answer: the Washington Bullets


Question: 'The highest railway station in Europe is in the Jungfraujoch, a pass in these mountains'

Answer: the Alps


Question: 'This measure of firewood is equal to 128 cubic feet'

Answer: a cord


Question: 'He was JFK's attorney general'

Answer: Robert Kennedy


Question: 'From his high throne, this supreme Norse god could see everything, everywhere'

Answer: Odin


Question: 'Its ears are larger than those of any other mammal'

Answer: the elephant


Question: 'Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" takes place during this struggle'

Answer: the French Revolution


Question: 'This New Zealand city of 150,000 people was named for a British duke'

Answer: Wellington


Question: 'A perfect one of these is 516 sheets, not 500'

Answer: a ream


Question: 'He served as Secretary of State under both Abraham Lincoln & Andrew Johnson'

Answer: (William) Seward


Question: 'With a stroke of his trident, he could create islands in the sea'

Answer: Neptune (or Poseidon)


Question: 'Technically called cerumen, it attracts dust and dirt before they can damage the eardrum'

Answer: earwax


Question: 'George S. Kaufman helped John Steinbeck turn this work about George & Lennie into a play'

Answer: Of Mice and Men


Question: 'Part of the international boundary between the U.S. & this country lies in the Juan de Fuca Strait'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'It's equivalent to .946 liters'

Answer: a quart


Question: 'Those who have held this cabinet post include Bob Bergland, J. Sterling Morton & Earl Butz'

Answer: Secretary of Agriculture


Question: 'Before going into battle, Roman troops would offer sacrifices to this god of war'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'This tube helps to ensure equal pressure on both sides of the eardrum'

Answer: the Eustachian tube


Question: 'First published in 1966, "The Bloomsday Book" is a guide to this James Joyce work'

Answer: Ulysses


Question: 'The ancient Mesopotamian city of Nineveh was on its East Bank'

Answer: the Tigris


Question: 'The number of ounces in a pint'

Answer: sixteen


Question: 'On March 17, 1989 the Senate voted 92-0 to confirm this Wyoming congressman as Secretary of Defense'

Answer: (Dick) Cheney


Question: 'Hypnos was the god of sleep & his sonds Morpheus, Icelus & Phantasus were gods of these'

Answer: dreams


Question: 'This term for a ringing of the ears comes from a Latin word meaning "tinkling"'

Answer: tinnitus


Question: 'Henry Miller's "The Colossus of Maroussi" is an account of his travels in this country'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'Though independent since 1975, Cape Verde still uses this as its official language'

Answer: Portuguese


Question: 'It's equivalent to 640 acres'

Answer: one square mile


Question: 'Albert B. Fall, who was jailed for the Teapot Dome scandal, held this Cabinet post under Harding'

Answer: Secretary of the Interior


Question: 'He was the twin brother of Artemis'

Answer: Apollo


Question: 'The organ of corti in this snail-like structure of the inner ear contains the true receptors of sound'

Answer: the cochlea


Question: 'Herman Wouk won a 1952 Pulitzer Prize for this "novel of World War II"'

Answer: The Caine Mutiny


Question: 'In population, it was by far the largest city in the Confederacy at the start of the Civil War'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'In a book subtitled "A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation", the equation is this'

Answer: E = mc2


Question: 'The very first Time cover, in March 1923, featured Joe Cannon, who had held this job currently held by John Boehner'

Answer: Speaker of the House


Question: 'GEICO'

Answer: a gecko


Question: 'This person supervises the gambling in a casino'

Answer: a pit boss


Question: 'Appropriately, Kentucky's official state music is this type of country music that favors the banjo'

Answer: bluegrass


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from outside the New York Stock Exchange.)  The pediment above the New York City Stock Exchange entrance is titled "Integrity Protecting the Works of Man"; presiding over images of industry, science & agriculture, the figure of Integrity wears the winged hat representing & associated with this Roman god of commerce'

Answer: Mercury


Question: 'It holds the record in its own record book as the bestselling copyrighted nonfiction book of all time'

Answer: the Guinness Book of World Records


Question: 'July 23's cover showed Roy Asa Haynes, the U.S. commissioner of this unpopular program repealed in 1933'

Answer: Prohibition


Question: 'Aflac'

Answer: a duck


Question: 'This pea-sized gland is also called the hypophysis'

Answer: pitutary


Question: 'The Western hemlock, Washington's state tree, is this type, also found in the state's official nickname'

Answer: evergreen


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from inside the New York Stock Exchange.)  Share prices on the Big Board have been listed in decimals since 2001, when the 200-year-old practice of trading in these numerical units was finally ended'

Answer: fractions


Question: '"Have A Little Faith: A True Story" was a 2009 bestseller by this "Tuesdays with Morrie" author'

Answer: (Mitch) Albom


Question: 'Late in the year, Time showcased this fading former U.S. president who died the following year'

Answer: (Woodrow) Wilson


Question: 'NBC<br />(since the 1950s)'

Answer: a peacock


Question: 'In baseball, it's a ball purposely thrown wide of the plate to help the catcher nab a base stealer'

Answer: a pitchout


Question: 'Maryland's state dog is this retriever with a body of water in its name'

Answer: a Chesepeake Bay retriever


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from inside the New York Stock Exchange.)  When world events disrupt markets, even the bustling New York Stock Exchange can undergo an emergency closure; the longest such shutdown began July 31st of this year, with war in Europe just days away'

Answer: 1914


Question: '"Against All Odds" is this current Massachusetts senator's tale of overcoming a childhood of beatings & worse'

Answer: Scott Brown


Question: 'At the end of 1923, this Irish author graced Time's cover & inside discussed his new play about Joan of Arc'

Answer: (George Bernard) Shaw


Question: 'Klondike bar'

Answer: a polar bear


Question: 'This term for a meager monetary wage originally referred to the allowance of food given to a monk'

Answer: a pittance


Question: 'Virginia's official nickname is "Old" this, a reference to its status as England's oldest colony in the Americas'

Answer: Dominion


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.)  In 1979, the New York Stock Exchange formed a new exchange for trading in these forward-looking securities; right now I can buy 33.2 ounces of gold for delivery next January'

Answer: futures


Question: 'Published posthumously in 1977, "American Hunger" is a continuation of his "Black Boy" autobiography'

Answer: (Richard) Wright


Question: 'The fourth issue in 1923 featured the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Pasha, who's better known by this name'

Answer: Ataturk


Question: 'Elmer's glue'

Answer: a bull


Question: 'Adamstown is the only settlement on this tiny British dependency in the South Pacific'

Answer: Pitcairn Island


Question: 'The diatonic or Cajun type of this is Louisiana's state musical instrument'

Answer: an accordion


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from inside the New York Stock Exchange.)  If the Dow Jones Industrial Average declines more than 10% in a day, trading is halted to prevent a market slide; it's a safety feature called this 2-word term, also a device that protects homes from electrical overloads'

Answer: circuit breaker


Question: 'Like Whistler, this "American Gothic" artist painted his own mother, in "Woman With Plants"'

Answer: (Grant) Wood


Question: '"Ghost" (Oscar) &<br />"The View" (Emmy)'

Answer: (Whoopi) Goldberg


Question: 'A tank; in an effort to escape his notoriety, this hero joined the Royal Tank Corps in 1923 as T.E. Shaw'

Answer: Lawrence (of Arabia)


Question: 'In 1949 Life magazine asked if this drip artist was "the greatest living painter in the United States"'

Answer: Jackson Pollock


Question: '"Kramer vs. Kramer" (Oscar) &<br />"Holocaust" (Emmy)'

Answer: Meryl Streep


Question: 'Yes, Lady, the founders hoped to "secure the blessings of" this'

Answer: liberty


Question: 'The Golden Apples of the Hesperides'

Answer: Hercules


Question: 'Numeric title for an Arabian folktale collection that originated in the 9th century'

Answer: 1,001 Nights


Question: 'This Chicago businessman looks like he might be taking in a ballgame'

Answer: (William) Wrigley


Question: 'He modeled the 2 seated men in his "Nighthawks" after himself & the lone woman at the diner after his wife Jo'

Answer: (Edward) Hopper


Question: '"The Fugitive" (Oscar) &<br />"The Executioner's Song" (Emmy)'

Answer: Tommy Lee Jones


Question: 'The preamble mentions this peaceful state; there's a sea of it on the Moon'

Answer: tranquility


Question: 'A horn named Olifant, which was sounded too late to help his Frankish forces'

Answer: Roland


Question: 'A volcanic region within Alaska's Katmai National Park is designated "The Valley of Ten Thousand" these'

Answer: Smokes


Question: 'Once a part of the original trio, he rejoined the troupe after a short solo career'

Answer: Shemp


Question: 'This "Whaam!" artist said that "paintings are Rorschach ink blots.  They are what you want them to be"'

Answer: Roy Lichtenstein


Question: '"Tender Mercies" (Oscar) &<br />"Broken Trail" (Emmy)'

Answer: Robert Duvall


Question: 'One goal is to "promote the general" this, also a term for government aid to the needy'

Answer: welfare


Question: 'A sword named Gram, which he used to kill Fafnir'

Answer: Siegfried


Question: 'Before the Soviet tankis rolled in, a manifesto called the "Two Thousand Words" urged protest in this country in 1968'

Answer: Czechoslovakia


Question: 'This precocious little girl first appeared in the comics in 1933 as the niece of an aunt named Fritzi'

Answer: Nancy


Question: 'After visits to this country in the 1850s, Frederic Church painted its Cotopaxi volcano'

Answer: Ecuador


Question:
'"The Miracle Worker"
(Oscar) &
"The Miracle Worker" (Emmy)'

Answer: Patty Duke


Question: 'We want this to be "more perfect"; not the best English, but let's go with it'

Answer: union


Question: 'The hero with a seat at the 2011 S.O.T.U. was named Daniel Hernandez, who helped when this Arizona rep. was attacked'

Answer: (Gabrielle) Giffords


Question: 'This thinker published the bestsellers "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" & "The Power of Myth"'

Answer: (Joseph) Campbell


Question: 'This late brother-in-law of JFK was the first director of the Peace Corps & later ran the war on poverty'

Answer: Sargent Shriver


Question: 'With about 340,000 people today, it's the most populous French city that came under Italian occupation in World War II'

Answer: Nice


Question: 'At the burning bush, God told him he was "the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob"'

Answer: Moses


Question: 'This teen queen sang, "Wake up, wake up on a Saturday night, could be N.Y., maybe Hollywood & Vine"'

Answer: Hilary Duff


Question: 'You can apologize (as the name says) when you send someone back to the start in this Parker Brothers board game'

Answer: Sorry!


Question: 'Walter Diemer, with the Fleer Co., invented the first commercially successful type of this chewing gum in 1928'

Answer: bubble gum


Question: 'Eat a salad with this vegetable that can be classified as butterhead, crisphead, leaf or Romaine'

Answer: lettuce


Question: 'It can mean strange as well as amusing'

Answer: funny


Question: 'Goliath mocked him, saying, "Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves?"'

Answer: David


Question:
'This "beautiful soul" heard here has also been nominated for 2 acting Emmys for "All My Children"

"I don't want my love to go to waste /
I want you and your beautiful soul..."'

Answer: Jesse McCartney


Question: 'Boggle is a word search game; you make words using wood tiles in this classic board game'

Answer: Scrabble


Question: 'In 1879 James A. Ritty invented this machine, & retailers have been ringing up sales ever since'

Answer: a cash register


Question: 'Some of the recommended "whole" types of this food pyramid product are quinoa, millet, sorghum & barley'

Answer: grains


Question: 'It's in the name of a kind of Cheerios'

Answer: honey


Question: 'In Luke, he is quoted as saying, "I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh"'

Answer: John the Baptist


Question: 'Bowling for Soup sang, "There was U2, & Blondie, & music still on MTV" in this song (Yes kids, MTV used to play music!)'

Answer: 1985


Question: 'Collect pieces of cheese & build a zany contraption to try to catch your opponents in this board game'

Answer: Mouse Trap


Question: 'In 1798 this cotton gin inventor began using a system of interchangeable parts to make muskets for the U.S. government'

Answer: Eli Whitney


Question: 'If you want to go nuts, eat this nut native to Brazil and taken to Asia by Portuguese missionaries'

Answer: the cashew


Question: 'Type of nose for those with a cold'

Answer: runny


Question: 'When Jesus saw this tax collector & first Gospel writer, he told him to "follow me"'

Answer: Matthew


Question: 'This "colorful" trio had a simple request: "Wake me up when September ends"'

Answer: Green Day


Question: 'The name of this game in which you stack hardwood blocks into a tower comes from a Swahili word for "to build"'

Answer: Jenga


Question: 'In 1938 chemist Roy Plunkett invented polytetrafluorethylene, a nonstick substance better known as this'

Answer: Teflon


Question: 'If you don't like fuzzy food, eat this fruit that often originates from peach seeds'

Answer: a nectarine


Question: 'Skiing slope for beginners'

Answer: the bunny slope


Question: 'In Judges he said, "With the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men"'

Answer: Samson


Question: 'One letter, one number, one boy band; this group asked the musical question, "Who's afraid of the big bad wolf"'

Answer: B5


Question: 'Find out which of Mr. Boddy's guests murdered him in his own mansion & with what weapon in this classic mystery game'

Answer: Clue


Question: 'Among legumes, a good source of protein, are peas & this type of seed such as the pinto, white or black variety'

Answer: beans


Question: 'Sack material similar to burlap'

Answer: gunny


Question: 'Although called a sea, it's actually a large salty lake between Israel & Jordan'

Answer: the Dead Sea


Question: 'This "Spider-Man" star's real first name is Tobias'

Answer: Tobey Maguire


Question: 'This famous transaction in 1803 doubled the territory of the U.S.'

Answer: the Louisiana Purchase


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the State Capitol at Lincoln, NE.)  The Nebraska state capitol's statue, "The Sower", is tossing these to the Great Plains, 400 feet below'

Answer: seeds (of prosperity)


Question: 'The Sydney Morning Herald,<br />the Queensland Independent'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Change your attitude, or rather one letter in attitude, to get this word meaning "height"'

Answer: altitude


Question: 'This holy river of India was named for the daughter of the Mountain God Himalaya'

Answer: the Ganges


Question: 'He may have stepped down in 2006 as captain of England's national team, but nobody bends it like this soccer great'

Answer: David Beckham


Question: 'In the 1760s these 2 surveyors used milestones to mark the boundary line between Maryland & Pennsylvania'

Answer: Mason & Dixon


Question: 'Blue Earth, Minnesota has a definitely "giant" 55-foot statue of this pea-pusher from commercials'

Answer: the Green Giant


Question: 'The Shizuoka Shimbun,<br />the Nikkan Ube Jiho'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'It's what we call a word that has the same meaning as another word'

Answer: a synonym


Question: 'The Sea of Japan splashes against this peninsula that's politically divided into North & South'

Answer: Korea


Question: 'She must have been in "7th Heaven" when her "Autobiography" & "I Am Me" CDs both reached No. 1'

Answer: Ashlee Simpson


Question: 'The Watergate scandal led to the resignation of this U.S. president in 1974'

Answer: Nixon


Question: 'Sam Houston stands 67 feet tall along Interstate 45 in this state'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'Avanti,<br />Il Messaggero'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'It's one of the bones of the forearm, or a line from the center of a circle to the circumference'

Answer: the radius


Question: 'Leading ports on this gulf include Abadan in Iran & Al Basrah in Iraq'

Answer: the Persian Gulf


Question: 'This star of "The Princess Diaries" & "The Devil Wears Prada" has the same name as Shakespeare's wife'

Answer: Anne Hathaway


Question: 'This 14-letter term refers to the period of readjustment & rebuilding after the Civil War'

Answer: Reconstruction


Question: 'The 7 rays of this mighty lady's crown represent the 7 seas & continents of the world'

Answer: Lady Liberty


Question: 'This word can mean a hole or any hollow place, but especially in a tooth--ouch!'

Answer: a cavity


Question: 'One of the world's longest rivers, it forms the border between China's Sichuan Province & Tibet'

Answer: the Yangtze River


Question: 'Yep!  He made his "Soul Patrol" fans very proud when he became 2006's "American Idol"'

Answer: Taylor Hicks


Question: 'Tragically, in the 1830s, some 4,000 members of this Indian tribe died during a forced march known as the Trail of Tears'

Answer: the Cherokee


Question: 'The statue of this man, seen here coming down, had gone up just a year earlier to mark his 65th birthday'

Answer: Saddam Hussein


Question: 'It means to take someone else's ideas or writings & pass them off as your own'

Answer: plagiarism


Question: 'The quote "with malice toward none" is on the wall of his Washington, D.C. Memorial'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'Derived from Latin meaning "dug up", it's the remains of a plant or animal preserved in rock'

Answer: fossil


Question: 'In 1976 she became the first Romanian to win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics'

Answer: Nadia Comaneci


Question: 'This Los Angeles Kings hockey player is known as "The Great One"'

Answer: Wayne Gretzky


Question: 'In this country sheep ranchers are called graziers & they operate sheep stations'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Between May & July, this man & a small crew crossed the Atlantic in a reed boat, the Ra II'

Answer: Thor Heyerdahl


Question: '"The milk chocolate melts in your mouth — not in your hand"'

Answer: M&M\'s


Question: 'A fracture in the earth along which the sides are displaced; the San Andreas is a dramatic example'

Answer: a fault


Question: 'Anna May Hayes & Elizabeth Hoisington were the first two women to achieve this Army rank'

Answer: general


Question: 'It's the only NFL team that currently plays its home games in New York state'

Answer: Buffalo (Bills)


Question: 'Nickname for a college diploma'

Answer: a sheepskin


Question: 'Dr. Roger Payne & his wife released recordings they made of these animals "singing"'

Answer: whales


Question: '"It's not done 'til it's done with" this steak sauce'

Answer: A1


Question: 'It's the shallow body of water enclosed within an atoll'

Answer: a lagoon


Question: 'She founded the Opera Company of Boston in 1957 & in 1976 became the first woman to conduct at the Met'

Answer: Sarah Caldwell


Question: 'This "sweet" fighter won the world middleweight boxing title a record 5 times from 1951-1958'

Answer: ("Sugar Ray") Robinson


Question: 'In "Little Boy Blue", it's where the sheep is'

Answer: the meadow


Question: 'Leonard Woodcock was elected to head this union May 22, 1970'

Answer: the UAW (United Auto Workers)


Question: '"You'll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with" this product'

Answer: Pepsodent


Question: 'This "powdery" mineral is number 1 on the Mohs scale of hardness'

Answer: talc


Question: 'This author & wife of Time magazine's founder was the USA's first female ambassador to Italy'

Answer: Clare Boothe Luce


Question: 'In 1930 he became the first & only man to sweep golf's four Grand Slam tournaments'

Answer: Bobby Jones


Question: 'It's a knot for shortening a rope'

Answer: a sheepshank


Question: 'This magazine based on one that began at Harvard debuted'

Answer: National Lampoon


Question: '"Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't" refers to these two candy bars by Peter Paul'

Answer: Mounds & Almond Joy


Question: 'Longer than an era, this is the longest geological time unit'

Answer: an eon


Question: 'Under FDR, Frances Perkins became the first female cabinet member, heading this department'

Answer: the Department of Labor


Question: 'In 1964 & 1965 The Sporting News named this future senator College Player of the Year in basketball'

Answer: Bill Bradley


Question: 'It was observed nationwide for the first time April 22, 1970'

Answer: Earth Day


Question: '"Hasn't scratched yet"'

Answer: Bon Ami


Question: 'A Bouvier des Flandres is a working type of this animal'

Answer: a dog


Question: '"The Exploration of Space" is one of several nonfiction works by this "2001" author'

Answer: (Arthur) Clarke


Question: 'For mountain touring, many people prefer this vehicle to have 18 or 21 speeds'

Answer: a bicycle


Question: 'His Piano Concerto No. 18, K. 456, was written for Viennese virtuoso Maria Theresia von Paradis'

Answer: Mozart


Question: '"Bleeding Kansas" was so named because of violence over this issue in the 1850s'

Answer: slavery


Question: 'Though the brain is only 2% of human body weight, it uses up to 25% of this in the blood'

Answer: oxygen


Question: 'Occupation by the Germans in World War II led to a major evacuation from this port'

Answer: Dunkirk


Question: 'Vincent Bugliosi took the title of this 1974 book about the Manson murders from a Beatles song'

Answer: "Helter Skelter"


Question: 'One of man's earliest boats was this type of canoe made by hollowing out a log'

Answer: a dugout


Question: 'This Spaniard who gave his first concert in Granada in 1909 arranged Bach & Haydn for the guitar'

Answer: Segovia


Question: 'He obtained a charter to establish Georgia in 1732 & founded Savannah a year later'

Answer: (James) Oglethorpe


Question: 'In 1929 Hans Berger first recorded these on paper'

Answer: brain waves


Question: 'A chief textile production center in the 15th century, it was the site of a treaty signing in 1814'

Answer: Ghent


Question: 'Barbara Tuchman won a 1963 Pulitzer Prize for "The Guns of August", a history of this war's 1st month'

Answer: World War I


Question: 'In 1990 this cruise line founded by a British shipowner celebrated its 150th anniversary'

Answer: the Cunard Line


Question: 'This Hungarian wrote two program symphonies based on literature, "Faust" & "Dante"'

Answer: Liszt


Question: 'This 1848 treaty ending the Mexican-American War added over 500,000 square miles to U.S. territory'

Answer: the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo


Question: 'The longitudinal fissure is the deep groove that separates the hemispheres of this part of the brain'

Answer: the cerebrum


Question: 'John McCrae wrote, "In Flanders Fields" these "blow between the crosses, row on row"'

Answer: poppies


Question: 'In "Chutzpah", this lawyer best known for his defense of Claus von Bulow discusses the plight of Jews'

Answer: (Alan) Dershowitz


Question: 'In August 1991 this French automaker of the 405 Series said it will quit selling cars in the U.S.'

Answer: Peugeot


Question: 'He wrote his "A Midsummer Night's Dream" overture before he was 18'

Answer: Mendelssohn


Question: 'This Shawnee chief & his brother, the Prophet, were both defeated in battles by William Henry Harrison'

Answer: Tecumseh


Question: 'There are over 10 billion of these cells in the brain, each part of the brain having its own type'

Answer: neurons


Question: 'This city famous for its bridges is the capital of the West Flanders province'

Answer: Bruges


Question: 'A journal kept by this British adventurer & soldier was published in 1955 as "The Mint"'

Answer: T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)


Question: 'Japan's Hosho, launched in 1922, was the first warship designed specifically for this use'

Answer: launching airplanes (aircraft carrier)


Question: '"Gloriana", which he wrote for Elizabeth II's coronation, was about Elizabeth I & Essex'

Answer: Benjamin Britten


Question: 'On Dec. 4, 1783 George Washington bade his officers farewell at this New York City tavern'

Answer: Fraunces Tavern


Question: 'Descartes called this gland "the seat of the rational soul"; scientists still aren't sure what it does'

Answer: the pineal gland


Question: 'He died in 1965 & was buried in St. Martin's churchyard near the palace where he was born in 1874'

Answer: Winston Churchill


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from a dais in the State House in Concord, NH.)  As Speaker, my duties would include clearing this area if it becomes restless, especially the peanut one'

Answer: the gallery


Question: '"A child of five would understand this.  Send someone to fetch a child of five"'

Answer: Groucho Marx


Question: 'Forwarding an e-mail supposedly sent by this Microsoft chairman got you $1,000 & a free copy of Windows'

Answer: Gates


Question: 'Ichthyosaurs swam by undulating; plesiosaurs, mainly by moving these'

Answer: fins


Question: 'Guinness says Peter Broeker owns more than 8,000 bottles of this--hope they're on a wall & he sings about them'

Answer: beer


Question: 'To proceed by a winding or indirect course'

Answer: meander


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from the State House in Concord, NH.)  An article dating from 1792 in this document provides for open sessions of the legislature to all who behave decently'

Answer: the Constitution


Question: '"This is Al Sleet, your hippie-dippie weatherman"'

Answer: George Carlin


Question: 'Altar-bound Jennifer Wilbanks' 2005 kidnapping proved to be less than true, so she was given this 2-word nickname'

Answer: the "Runaway Bride"


Question: 'These fish that sound like players of a pub game are named for the way they zip around the stream bottom'

Answer: darters


Question: 'A song from "Gigi" celebrates "The Night They Invented" this bubbly beverage'

Answer: champagne


Question: 'Informal 2-word term for a person upon whom one is dependent for income, or a free lunch'

Answer: a meal ticket


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew sits in the chamber of the State House in Concord, NH.)  With only one member present in the 400-seat House, we're way short of this, which has to be a majority of the members'

Answer: a quorum


Question: '"Now cut that out!"'

Answer: Jack Benny


Question: 'This Caribbean leader's reported baseball tryouts for the Major Leagues in the '40s never happened'

Answer: Castro


Question: 'This other name of the ocean's devil ray comes from the Spanish for "blanket" or "cloak"'

Answer: manta ray


Question: 'The popular liqueur known as "sloe" this is made from the fruit of the blackthorn'

Answer: gin


Question: 'Disorderly conduct is one of the crimes usually classified as this'

Answer: a misdemeanor


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew sits in the chamber of the State House in Concord, NH.)  In 1975, the New Hampshire House introduced an electronic system for this type of vote, which can now be tabulated in 30 seconds'

Answer: a roll call vote


Question: 'Oprah Winfrey said that she was "deeply sorry" over the scandal that this man's "A Million Little Pieces" had caused'

Answer: (James) Frey


Question: 'Qualified Navy submariners wear these creatures on their uniforms; sonar operators sometimes hear them in the deep'

Answer: dolphins


Question: 'Stay at Woodland Plantation if you love this genteel liqueur; it has been depicted on the liqueur's label since 1934'

Answer: Southern Comfort


Question: 'An early sign of this 1-word disease is Koplik's spots, which can be seen on the insides of the cheeks'

Answer: measles


Question: '(Jon speaks from the podium of the State House in Concord, NH.)  As Speaker, it would be one of my jobs to move things toward a vote, by saying, "Shall" this "now be limited?"'

Answer: debate


Question: 'Words from Marianne Williamson's "A Return to Love" have been attributed to this African leader'

Answer: (Nelson) Mandela


Question: 'The crabeater type of this aquatic mammal doesn't eat crabs but mainly krill'

Answer: a seal


Question: 'This fermented honey-&-water beverage was a favorite of Chaucer's miller & of the god Thor'

Answer: mead


Question: 'It's your own fault if you don't know it means deficient in quantity or quality'

Answer: meager


Question: 'It's the number of degrees in a standard school protractor'

Answer: 180


Question: '1993:<br />4 Asian-American women & their moms sit around talking'

Answer: The Joy Luck Club


Question: 'He's been a Pony Express rider, scout & showman & is now the Senate Majority Leader'

Answer: Buffalo Bill Frist


Question: 'A shot & a beer'

Answer: a boilermaker


Question: 'The "Twinkle Lights" version of this fairy tale doll comes with glass slippers that light up'

Answer: Cinderella


Question: 'This fictional character carves a post with the words "I came on shore here on the 30th of Sept. 1659"'

Answer: Robinson Crusoe


Question: 'In plane geometry, a chord is a line segment connecting 2 points that lie on this shape'

Answer: a circle


Question: '1978:<br />Small town band makes it big, all to the music of the Beatles'

Answer: Sgt. Pepper\'s Lonely Hearts Club Band


Question: 'A mammal that bites legs off sea captains, rams ships & in his spare time is an Illinois senator'

Answer: Moby Dick Durbin


Question: 'Dark, viscous material, or slang for a sailor'

Answer: a tar


Question: '11 1/2" of macho muscle when he debuted in 1964, this action figure had shrunk to a mere 3 3/4" by 1982'

Answer: G.I. Joe


Question: 'Listen!  Up in the attic!  It must be Mr. Rochester's first wife!--in this 1847 novel'

Answer: Jane Eyre


Question: 'One of this ancient Greek mathematician's axioms is that all right angles are congruent'

Answer: Euclid


Question: '1985:<br />5 high school students endure a daylong detention'

Answer: The Breakfast Club


Question: 'As an adjective it means "neatly arranged"; as a noun it's someone who works in a hospital'

Answer: an orderly


Question: 'Maybe this doll's love life will improve, now that he's dressed like Legolas in the "Lord of the Rings" films'

Answer: Ken


Question: 'In one version of the story, Nimiane, also known as Nimue, imprisons this magician in a tower of air'

Answer: Merlin


Question: 'An equilateral parallelogram can be a square or this slanty shape'

Answer: a rhombus


Question: '1984:<br />Gangsters & musicians jazz things up at a Harlem nightspot'

Answer: The Cotton Club


Question: 'It's the French word for head, boss, top man'

Answer: chef


Question: 'Introduced in 1960, this "talkative" doll had blonde hair, blue eyes & an astounding vocabulary of 11 phrases'

Answer: Chatty Cathy


Question: 'In an adventurous 1894 novel, the king of Ruritania is "The Prisoner of" this place'

Answer: Zenda


Question: 'Pythagoras' theorem says that if one leg of a right triangle is 6 & the other leg is 8, the hypotenuse is this length'

Answer: 10


Question: '1999:<br />Legendary Cuban musicians are brought together to record an album'

Answer: Buena Vista Social Club


Question: 'Before "on", this military word means to maintain one's effort through difficulties'

Answer: soldier


Question: 'It sounds like a type of soup, but it's the kind of unglazed china used to make many beautiful 19th century dolls'

Answer: bisque


Question: 'An infernal drawing room is the sole setting of this existential 1944 play'

Answer: No Exit


Question: 'It was Russia's third-largest city until it became the capital of an independent republic in 1918'

Answer: Riga, Latvia


Question: 'Before becoming president, W served this many terms as governor of Texas'

Answer: 2


Question: 'Tom Cruise'

Answer: Nicole Kidman


Question: 'St. Patrick's Day & the feast of Joseph of Arimathea are both celebrated on this date'

Answer: March 17


Question: 'Famous for its monster, it forms part of the Caledonian Canal'

Answer: Loch Ness


Question: 'In Wyoming, this crime is fourth degree when property worth less than $200 is purposely burned'

Answer: arson


Question: 'From the Greek for "forgetfulness", it's a partial or total loss of memory'

Answer: amnesia


Question: 'George W. Bush was born in this state while his father was in college there'

Answer: Connecticut


Question: 'Billy Joel'

Answer: Christie Brinkley


Question: 'On this date in 1929, 7 members of the Bugs Moran gang were massacred in Chicago'

Answer: February 14 (Valentine\'s Day)


Question: 'In Israel the area where this river exits the Sea of Galilee is considered holy'

Answer: the Jordan


Question: 'If the guy hired to throw unruly people out of bars writes a bad check, he's doubly one of these'

Answer: a bouncer


Question: 'Polynomials & coefficients are used in this branch of math'

Answer: algebra


Question: 'Now working for W, this Wyomingite was President George H.W. Bush's Secretary of Defense'

Answer: (Dick) Cheney


Question: 'Nicolas Cage'

Answer: Lisa Marie Presley


Question: 'Unless you receive an extension this is the usual due date for filing your Form 1040'

Answer: April 15


Question: 'About halfway along its course from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, it falls 167 feet'

Answer: the Niagara River


Question: 'Term for a person who conceals himself on a ship to avoid paying for the passage'

Answer: stowaway


Question: 'It's a solo vocal piece in an opera'

Answer: aria


Question: 'At one time, W was the managing general partner of this baseball team'

Answer: the Texas Rangers


Question: 'Will Smith'

Answer: Jada Pinkett


Question: 'Featuring parades, dancing & lots of music, the biggest Mexican celebration in the U.S. occurs on this date'

Answer: May 5 (Cinco de Mayo)


Question: 'It's the largest body of fresh water entirely within the U.S.'

Answer: Lake Michigan


Question: 'This phrase refers to an auto accident in which the driver probably at fault fails to stay & identify himself'

Answer: hit-and-run


Question: 'It's the food of the gods'

Answer: ambrosia


Question: 'W is the first candidate since this man in 1888 to win the electoral vote & presidency while losing the popular vote'

Answer: Benjamin Harrison


Question: 'Tommy Lee'

Answer: Heather Locklear


Question: 'George Washington planned his Delaware crossing for this date in 1776, during a silent night'

Answer: December 25


Question: 'After the Yukon, it's the longest river in the Western Hemisphere to "roll on" into the Pacific'

Answer: the Columbia


Question: 'From the Middle English for "to wander", it's the crime of a person without home or money wandering idly in public'

Answer: vagrancy


Question: 'The fleece of this mammal, seen here, can be used for wool'

Answer: alpaca


Question: 'Miss this term for the main body of a church & it sounds like you don't know jack'

Answer: the nave


Question: 'In a 1964 hit, the Reflections sang, "Our love's gonna be written down in history a-just like" these Shakespeare teens'

Answer: Romeo & Juliet


Question: 'Arab forces conquered this Syrian capital in the 1600s, the 1100s & 1918'

Answer: Damascus


Question: 'Sarah Josepha Hale wrote "Mary Had a Little Lamb" & advocated making this November day a national holiday'

Answer: Thanksgiving


Question: 'M&Y Trading Co. of San Francisco prints almost all the little slips of paper put in these in the U.S.'

Answer: fortune cookies


Question: 'This expression relates to a boxer who's being counted out when the round mercifully ends'

Answer: saved by the bell


Question: 'The Philadelphia Museum of Art was designed as a vast temple in this style inspired by antiquity'

Answer: Neoclassical


Question: 'Jackson Browne got the title "Tender is the Night" from this author'

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald


Question: 'The first Gulf War caused a rift in this organization of which Iraq was 1 of 7 founding members in 1945'

Answer: the Arab League


Question: 'In the tradition of "The Little Engine That Could", this royal wrote about a little helicopter named Budgie'

Answer: Sarah Ferguson


Question: 'At the beginning of a tarot card reading, the subject should do this with his left hand'

Answer: cut the cards


Question: 'This phrase for a move from poverty to wealth provides the title for a book about Horatio Alger'

Answer: rags to riches


Question: 'This low wall on the top of a castle may feature crenellation'

Answer: parapet/battlement


Question: 'Their No. 1 duet "Islands in the Stream" shares its name with a Hemingway title'

Answer: Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton


Question: 'Seen here is the name of this Persian Gulf country; it begins with the Arabic "Q" that requires no "U"'

Answer: Qatar


Question: 'Her discography includes 1946's "The Divine Sarah" & 1956's "Sassy"'

Answer: Sarah Vaughn


Question: 'The three main lines on your palm are usually designated life, head & this'

Answer: heart


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Alaska)  Often a bear, the base of the pole is the strongest position, so this English expression is inaccurate'

Answer: low man on the totem pole


Question: 'Along with Tuscan, Ionic, Corinthian & Composite, it's the fifth of the orders in ancient architecture'

Answer: Doric


Question: 'Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." was inspired by this memoir of Vietnam by Ron Kovic'

Answer: Born on the Fourth of July


Question: 'A traditional industry in Bahrain is building dhows, which are these'

Answer: boats


Question: 'She was the first woman to conduct at the Metropolitan Opera in New York'

Answer: Sarah Caldwell


Question: 'In 1886 a newspaper dubbed this Pennsylvania resident the "Seer of Seers" & "Weather Prophet Extraordinary"'

Answer: Punxsutawney Phil


Question: 'Experimentation by testing method after method, eliminating the faulty ones'

Answer: trial and error


Question: 'The construction technique of vertical posts & crosspieces is called "post & lintel" or "post &" this'

Answer: beam


Question: 'The title of Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" refers to a path created by this author'

Answer: L. Frank Baum


Question: 'The term for divinely revealed law in Islam, it's the basis of the legal system in much of Arabia'

Answer: Sharia


Question: '"The Country of the Pointed Firs", about life in a Maine seaport, is her masterpiece'

Answer: Sarah Orne Jewett


Question: 'From the French for "clear seeing", it's a person who may see the future'

Answer: clairvoyant


Question: 'The last 4 words Blanche speaks in "A Streetcar Named Desire" make up this famous phrase'

Answer: the kindness of strangers


Question: 'Challenging the election of Calixtus in 217, Hippolytus declared himself the first one of these'

Answer: an antipope


Question: 'Of all the elements, this metallic one has the shortest name'

Answer: tin


Question: 'An illegal lottery, or the fourth book of the Old Testament'

Answer: Numbers


Question: 'In 1982 this country, appropriately, began issuing a series of panda coins'

Answer: China


Question: 'Guitars on display include ones from Mother Maybelle Carter & this "Man in Black", her son-in-law'

Answer: Johnny Cash


Question: 'Thanks to firms like Pegaso & Telemex, this country now has more cellular users than fixed line customers'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'Cock-a-doodle doodler<br />(7)'

Answer: rooster


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew scuba diving in the Barrier Reef near Belize)  Sponges are classified based on what this structure is made of, such as calcium carbonate or silica'

Answer: the skeleton


Question: 'One of the USA's 500 largest businesses by revenue is this state's lottery, based in Schenectady'

Answer: New York


Question: 'In 1985 this large Middle Eastern country's Prince Sultan became the first Arab astronaut'

Answer: Saudi Arabia


Question: 'You can see her wringer washer & the nurse's cap she wore while working to support Wynonna & Ashley'

Answer: Naomi Judd


Question: 'The Kyocera QCP 6035 Smartphone combines a cell phone with one of these multifunction organizers'

Answer: PDA (personal digital assistant)


Question: 'A Mackintosh<br />(8)'

Answer: raincoat


Question: 'Granite contains this mineral whose name contains the German word for "field"'

Answer: feldspar


Question: 'In 1980 Congress forbade the use of this for distribution of lottery materials'

Answer: the mails


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit)  On March 30, 1981 outside the Washington Hilton, this man was shoved into this 1972 Lincoln limousine'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'She's the Hall of Famer heard here, makin' like Jerry Lee Lewis'

Answer: Dolly Parton


Question: 'In 1946 this detective's 2-way wrist radio made its debut in the funnies'

Answer: Dick Tracy


Question: 'Approve an amendment<br />(6)'

Answer: ratify


Question: 'Sadly, the one-horned Javan species of this is nearly extinct'

Answer: rhinoceros


Question: '13 workers at one of this coffee chain's stores in California became stars when they won big bucks in 2000...$87 million'

Answer: Starbucks


Question: 'Reportedly, this fad happened for the first time on October 15, 1981 during a baseball game in the Oakland Coliseum'

Answer: the wave


Question: 'In 2002 the museum exhibited quilts loaned by this superstar, & 5 of her costumes from "Annie Get Your Gun"'

Answer: Reba McEntire


Question: '44 GM models offer this wireless service that now has over 2,000,000 members'

Answer: OnStar


Question: 'The first "R" in radar'

Answer: radio


Question: 'Weighing 300 pounds or more, this South American boa is the heaviest of all snakes'

Answer: anaconda


Question: '2000 saw a fight in England over running the lottery, with this Virgin king at the forefeont'

Answer: Richard Branson


Question: 'The nomination of this U.S. Appeals Court judge to the Supreme Court was rejected by the Senate on October 23, 1987'

Answer: Robert Bork


Question: 'You could never put a price on this funny lady seen here who was inducted in 1975<br />("Howdeeee!")'

Answer: Minnie Pearl


Question: 'Buying one of this company's DynaTAC models in 1984 could have set you back about $4,000'

Answer: Motorola


Question: 'Monastery mess hall<br />(9)'

Answer: refectory


Question: '"Crossing the Water", a collection of her poems, was published posthumously in 1971'

Answer: Sylvia Plath


Question: 'Cary Grant's 1959 cross-country adventure'

Answer: North by Northwest


Question: 'The 1840 Treaty of Waitangi guaranteed the Maori rights to this country's land in return for British sovereignrty'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'The Cattleya is the variety of this flower most widely used for corsages'

Answer: orchids


Question: 'From 1957 to 1974 this tycoon owned & operated Olympic Airways, Greece's national airlines'

Answer: Aristotle Onassis


Question: 'To bend the elbow is to indulge in this activity'

Answer: drink


Question: 'Volumes such as "My Sister, Life" brought him renown as a lyrical poet long before he created Zhivago'

Answer: Boris Pasternak


Question: 'James Dean's starring debut'

Answer: East of Eden


Question: 'Most of the inhabitants of this tiny island are descended from the Bounty mutineers & their Polynesian wives'

Answer: Pitcairn Island


Question: 'Proceeds from the sale of her rose, seen here, are donated to her memorial fund in England'

Answer: Princess Diana


Question: 'This world leader who worked toward peace in the Middle East was assassinated in Cairo in 1981'

Answer: Anwar Sadat


Question: ''90s slang for an attractive woman, like the Archie Comics blonde of that name'

Answer: Betty


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew standing in front of the Colosseum in Rome)  Not a European poet, but this American coined the phrase "The glory that was Greece & the grandeur that was Rome"'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe


Question: 'Zip-a-dee-doo-dah!  Uncle Remus tells his tales in this 1946 Disney classic'

Answer: Song of the South