Question: 'The lowest 4 ribs, attached only to the backbone, are called by this buoyant name'

Answer: floating ribs


Question: 'At this man's inaugural, Mathew Brady took the first photo of a president being sworn in'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'Traditionally an orchestra's concertmaster sits on this side of a conductor'

Answer: the left side


Question: 'The French term for a wine waiter'

Answer: sommelier


Question: 'It's said this cleric, French prime minister under Louis XIII, exercised by jumping over furniture'

Answer: Cardinal Richelieu


Question: 'For frogs it's singing the night away; for boobies, dancing, whistling & pointing at sky'

Answer: a mating ritual


Question: 'Of the larynx, pharynx, or trachea, the one that serves as a passageway for both food & air'

Answer: pharynx


Question: 'When the following song went gold, so did the chains across this composer's chest:'

Answer: Isaac Hayes


Question: 'On a musical staff pitch is indicated by this symbol'

Answer: note


Question: 'Italian for "sparkling", its use is applied to genuine sparkling wines'

Answer: spumante


Question: 'In Marriott hotels, this religious book is found in drawers along with the Gideon Bible'

Answer: Book Of Mormon


Question: 'The Yokozuna ring-entering ritual is performed by participants in this sport'

Answer: sumo wrestling


Question: 'Bile, secreted by the liver, is stored in this organ until needed for digestion'

Answer: gall bladder


Question: 'In 1818, she "gave birth" to the world's most famous monster'

Answer: Mary Shelley


Question: 'Of lento, adagio, or andante, the slowest tempo'

Answer: lento


Question: 'Traditionally, in England, 2 jiggers equal 1 jack, & 2 jacks equal this'

Answer: a jill


Question: 'Instrument for measuring walked distances that works by responding to body motion'

Answer: a pedometer


Question: 'To aid a patient, a Navajo medicine man would "paint" a ritual design in this medium'

Answer: sand


Question: 'Pro basketball's MVP in 1979, '82, + '83'

Answer: Moses Malone


Question: 'Using "the circle of fifths", this key signature follows C major'

Answer: G major


Question: 'This grain is the main ingredient of both Irish & Scotch whiskey'

Answer: barley


Question: 'Of the female elk, moose or reindeer, the one which has antlers'

Answer: the reindeer


Question: 'Perhaps his name inspired him to be the 1st to fly over the North Pole'

Answer: Byrd


Question: 'In his poetry "cat"alogue are "Gus: The Theatre Cat!" & "Bustopher Jones: The Cat About Town"'

Answer: T.S. Eliot


Question: 'Mass. for Massachusetts for example'

Answer: abbreviation


Question: 'As the constellation Ursa Minor is the Little Bear, Leo Minor is this'

Answer: Little Lion


Question: 'In 1951, this Cuban bandleader began playing the character of a Cuban bandleader'

Answer: Desi Arnaz


Question: 'A confirmed hypochondriac, he was in constant pain because of false teeth'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'In 1960, Don Walsh & Jacques Piccard surfaced as famous explorers of this'

Answer: deep sea


Question: 'He said of Chicago, "I have seen your painted women... luring the farm boys"'

Answer: Carl Sandburg


Question: 'From Greek "a-" (not) & "methy" (wine), this gem was once thought of as a remedy for intoxication'

Answer: amethyst


Question: 'Of elliptical, spiral, or irregular, shape of the Milky Way Galaxy'

Answer: spiral


Question: '"Broadway Open House" accordionist, he led The Gong Show's "Band With A Thug"'

Answer: Milton Delugg


Question: 'He hated & feared doctors so much, this tall redhead endured a permanent wrist deformity'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'Before cannibals ate him in the Indies, this Italian sighted the N.Y. Bay where today a bridge bears his name'

Answer: Verrazano


Question: 'Completes, "As your bright & tiny spark lights the traveler in the dark, tho I know not what you are..."'

Answer: twinkle, twinkle little star


Question: 'The white of an egg'

Answer: albumen


Question: 'An area in space where the pull of gravity is so strong nothing can escape, not even light'

Answer: black hole


Question: 'From the beginning in 1948 to the last show in 1971, he was Ed Sullivan's bandleader'

Answer: Ray Bloch


Question: 'Weak eye muscles & crossed eyes caused this bachelor pres. to walk with a habitual tilt of the head'

Answer: Buchanan


Question: '9 years after B. Dias rounded Africa's tip, this explorer sailed on to open sea route to India'

Answer: Vasco da Gama


Question: 'According to Robert Louis Stevenson, it's when "a child should... speak"'

Answer: when spoken to


Question: 'This plant got its name from the Indians using it to draw poison from certain types of wounds'

Answer: arrowroot


Question: 'Brightest star in constellation Centaurus, its planetary system was the destination in "Lost In Space"'

Answer: Alpha Centauri


Question: 'He's been the leader of TV bands for Pat Boone, Judy Garland, & Merv Griffin'

Answer: Mort Lindsey


Question: 'Our shortest president, his fear of crowds made him almost hysterical when asked to speak in public'

Answer: James Madison


Question: 'This French explorer called the bleak coast of Labrador "the land God gave to Cain"'

Answer: Jacques Cartier


Question: 'Poem which concludes, "I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul"'

Answer: "Invictus"


Question: 'Term for any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces or eliminates pain'

Answer: analgesic


Question: 'A supernova explosion observed by the Chinese in 1054 left this hazy cloud in Taurus'

Answer: Crab Nebula


Question: 'When the Jackie Gleason show moved to Miami Beach, he provided a little traveling music'

Answer: Sammy Spear


Question: 'His operation for cancer of the jaw was kept secret until long after he left office in 1897'

Answer: Grover Cleveland


Question: 'Of the world's 4 largest countries in area, it has smallest percentage of farmland'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'In 1918 Argentine lieutenant Luis C. Candelaria made the first flight over these mountains'

Answer: Andes


Question: 'A family moves into a haunted house in "Jeremiah of Jacob's Neck", written by this "Jaws" author'

Answer: Peter Benchley


Question: 'The average string quartet contains 2 of these instruments'

Answer: violins


Question: 'On May 1, 1996 this national railway passenger service celebrated its 25th anniversary'

Answer: Amtrak


Question: 'From 1973 to 1985 he could say "The name is Bond, James Bond"'

Answer: Roger Moore


Question: 'In baseball it consists of left, right & center'

Answer: the outfield


Question: 'The name of this craft comes from 2 Greek words meaning "spiral" & "wing"'

Answer: the helicopter


Question: 'This playwright's movies "The Cheap Detective" & "The Goodbye Girl" were adapted as pilots for NBC'

Answer: Neil Simon


Question: 'His Brandenburg Concertos 2 & 4 are noteworthy pieces for recorder'

Answer: J.S. Bach


Question: 'This Palestinian leader's status was confirmed in 1996 when President Clinton met with him'

Answer: Yasser Arafat


Question: 'He's been the film critic at the Chicago Sun-Times since 1967'

Answer: Roger Ebert


Question: 'The remote part of Australia'

Answer: the Outback


Question: 'Superfortress was another name for this type of plane that dropped the atomic bombs in 1945'

Answer: the B-29


Question: 'A 1965 U.S. pilot of England's "Steptoe and Son" was recast & sold as this comedy show in 1972'

Answer: Sanford and Son


Question: 'The name of this stringed instrument is derived from Arabic al-ud'

Answer: the lute


Question: 'On May 1, 1937, 5 days after the town was bombed, he began sketching "Guernica"'

Answer: Pablo Picasso


Question: 'After a shoulder operation he won the Cy Young Award in 1986 & 1987'

Answer: Roger Clemens


Question: 'One in business may be hostile'

Answer: a takeover


Question: 'In 1988 a Greek cyclist pedaled 74 miles across the Aegean in an aircraft named for this father of Icarus'

Answer: Daedalus


Question: 'In a 1986 unsold pilot he starred as cop Popeye Doyle; in 1987 he was "Married... with Children"'

Answer: Ed O\'Neill


Question: 'This triangular Russian instrument is normally played with the fingers or a leather plectrum'

Answer: the balalaika


Question: 'The Croats opened fire again May 1, 1995 after the ceasefire negotiated by this ex-U.S. president expired'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'He founded the first Baptist church in America in 1639'

Answer: Roger Williams


Question: 'Pete Seeger & others added lyrics to the civil rights song "We Shall" do this'

Answer: "Overcome"


Question: 'In 1962 the National Aviation Hall of Fame was established in this Ohio city'

Answer: Dayton


Question: 'Barbara Stanwyck was a detective in 2 pilots that aired as episodes of this '60s Robert Stack series'

Answer: The Untouchables


Question: 'Colloquially called a "sweet potato", the modern form of this instrument originated in 19th century Italy'

Answer: the ocarina


Question: 'He was ready & he fired May 1, 1898'

Answer: Captain Charles Gridley


Question: 'If you gave him 4 minutes in 1954, he could run a mile & still have time remaining'

Answer: Roger Bannister


Question: 'Galoshes'

Answer: overshoes


Question: 'It's an Irish form of William, as actor Neeson could tell you'

Answer: Liam


Question: 'In the 19th century it had co-capitals:  Newport & Providence'

Answer: Rhode Island


Question: 'His "Red Badge Of Courage" first appeared in shortened form in the Philadelphia press'

Answer: Stephen Crane


Question: 'On June 15, 1961 Walter Ulbricht assured journalists that "No one intends to build a wall" dividing this city'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'Also called the "Our Father", it begins "Our father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name"'

Answer: The Lord\'s Prayer


Question: 'The E & J in E & J Brandy stand for the names of these Gallo brothers'

Answer: Ernest & Julio Gallo


Question: 'The 3 most common first names that are months, they follow each other in the calendar'

Answer: April, May & June


Question: 'Before closing in 1893, this Nevada city's mint made almost $50 million in silver dollars & other coins'

Answer: Carson City


Question: 'He had one of his western novels in the Top 10 list every year from 1917 to 1924'

Answer: Zane Grey


Question: 'He was "The Great", "Le Grand Monarque" & "The God-Given" as well as "The Sun King"'

Answer: Louis XIV


Question: 'Traditionally, a minyan of 10 male adults is needed to conduct public prayer in this religion'

Answer: Judaism


Question: 'From the French for "disguise", it's used by the military for concealing people or things from the enemy'

Answer: Camouflage


Question: 'The name Reed was once used for a person who had this feature'

Answer: Red hair


Question: 'In 1957 this capital's Central High School was under court order to integrate'

Answer: Little Rock, Arkansas


Question: 'Characters in this Hemingway novel include Jake Barnes, Lady Brett Ashley & Pedro Romero, a bullfighter'

Answer: The Sun Also Rises


Question: 'She had about 300 heretics burnt during her reign over England 1553-58'

Answer: Mary Tudor (Mary I)


Question: 'It's the more common name for the religious Society of Friends'

Answer: Quakers


Question: 'The name of this Russian monetary unit equal to 100 kopecks is from a word meaning a cut piece'

Answer: Ruble


Question: 'This masculine name is derived from French for "The King"'

Answer: Leroy (le roi)


Question: 'It's home to Belmont, David Lipscomb & Vanderbilt universities'

Answer: Nashville


Question: 'Some of the names in this 1915 Edgar Lee Masters work were taken from tombstones in a Lewiston, Illinois cemetery'

Answer: Spoon River Anthology


Question: 'When his nephew & heir was killed in 1914, this man had ruled the Austro-Hungarian Empire for 56 years'

Answer: Franz Joseph


Question: 'In Hinduism the greatest of all mantras is this sacred syllable'

Answer: Om


Question: 'This American won her gymnastics gold medal in 1984 just 6 weeks after undergoing knee surgery'

Answer: Mary Lou Retton


Question: 'Used for both men & women, the "Guinness Book of Names" calls it the "windiest name"'

Answer: Gale/gail


Question: 'This capital's population is 47.4% Hispanic'

Answer: Santa Fe, New Mexico


Question: 'This novel about love, marriage & regret earned Anne Tyler a 1989 Pulitzer Prize'

Answer: Breathing Lessons


Question: 'He gave his first Paris recital March 3, 1888; he became prime minister of Poland in January 1919'

Answer: Jan Paderewski


Question: 'This religious group held its 100th annual meeting in Boston in 1995'

Answer: Christian Science


Question: 'It's the popular name for Bethlehem Royal Hospital, England's first hospital for the insane'

Answer: Bedlam


Question: 'Not long after its development, Robert Boyle renamed the Torricellian Tube this'

Answer: Barometer


Question: 'Duke Leto bites the dust early on in this classic Frank Herbert sci-fi work'

Answer: Dune


Question: 'You can camp overnight at the Global Gathering Weekend Rave near Stratford-upon-Avon in this country'

Answer: England


Question: 'This Tuskegee scientist increased yields by alternating the planting of cotton & peanuts'

Answer: George Washington Carver


Question: 'On Sept. 29, 2005 John Roberts was sworn in as this'

Answer: Supreme Court Justice


Question: 'Myology is the study of these, like biceps'

Answer: muscles


Question: 'So strong an NBA Award is named for him, in a time of crisis, he's the first reserve off the bench; make way for the...'

Answer: Sixth Man


Question: 'Cardinal Wolsey has the Duke of Buckingham arrested & offed in this Shakespeare history play'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'This Black Rock Desert event hasn't had an official rave since 1996, but nuzzle a speaker & feel the fire's glow'

Answer: Burning Man


Question: 'When this Russian made his periodic table, he left room for the still-undiscovered gallium'

Answer: Mendeleev


Question: 'This Cabinet department is nicknamed "Foggy Bottom"'

Answer: the Department of State


Question: 'I'm into proxemics, as people are always invading my personal this'

Answer: space


Question: 'Called "Head Case" until his friends' laughter made him mad, he changed it to this, from the Greek for "skull"; beware the...'

Answer: Cranium


Question: '"The Duke" & "The King" commandeer this title character's raft in an 1884 novel'

Answer: Huckleberry Finn


Question: 'In 1999 the Love Parade drew 1.5 million ravers to this once-divided European capital'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'In 1867 this British surgeon published "On the Antiseptic Principle in the Practice of Surgery"'

Answer: (Joseph) Lister


Question: 'The states with more than 30 electoral votes are California, New York & this'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'If you study petrology, you might have these in your head'

Answer: rocks


Question: '11 letters of trouble, he introduces after-dinner speakers; raise a glass in fear to...'

Answer: Toastmaster


Question: 'John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, bought the farm with Richard III at Bosworth Field, ending this conflict'

Answer: the Wars of the Roses


Question: 'Harvest is a faith-bass'd rave off the Andrew Johnson Highway in this state'

Answer: Tennessee


Question: 'The "motion" of particles in a still liquid was named for this Scottish botanist'

Answer: Robert Brown


Question: 'The Justice Department was created in 1870, but this top job there had existed since 1789'

Answer: Attorney General


Question: 'Lose a syllable from statistics to study this, when forces combine to form an equilibrium'

Answer: statics


Question: 'From the Latin for "judged", she's empowered to decide an issue; sitting mightily at the bargaining table, it's...'

Answer: Arbitrator


Question: 'Later known as the Duke of Windsor, this king had to abdicate the throne in 1936'

Answer: Edward VIII


Question: 'Find a mate in Victoria at the Earthcore Global Carnival in this country'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'The galvanometer, which measured electric currents, is named from a scientist from what's now this country'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'This House Democrat is the first woman to lead a major party in the U.S. Congress'

Answer: Nancy Pelosi


Question: 'A phycologist needs no cough to study these aquatic organisms, which include seaweeds like kelp'

Answer: algae


Question: 'Uh oh!  He just sold you a lemon of a car!  "Let the buyer beware" this 2-word Latin phrase, it's...'

Answer: Caveat Emptor


Question: '"La Clemenza di Tito", this Austrian's last opera, premiered just 3 months before his untimely death'

Answer: Mozart


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew translates from the slopes of Park City, UT.)  English--losing at blackjack by going over 21; Snowboarding--throwing down a mad trick'

Answer: to bust


Question: 'Sanpete County, center for the Mormon Miracle Pageant'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'Spaces for butter in English muffins:<br />Nooks & ___'

Answer: crannies


Question: '"Mr. Watson, come here, I want you"'

Answer: the telephone


Question: 'In a 1976 book, '60s activist Jerry Rubin quoted that era's slogan "Don't trust anyone over" this age'

Answer: 30


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Majestic Theatre in New York: "I'm on the Broadway set of The Phantom of the Opera.")  This man, who wanted to make "The Phantom of the Opera" his great romantic musical, also cowrote the show's libretto'

Answer: Andrew Lloyd Webber


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew translates from the slopes of Park City, UT.)  English--a type of shotgun; Snowboarding--two rails fused together'

Answer: a double barrel


Question: 'Richland County, now the center of state government after replacing Charleston'

Answer: South Carolina


Question: 'In the comics:<br />Calvin & ___'

Answer: Hobbes


Question: '"The British nation is stirred and moved as it has never been... in its long, eventful, famous history"'

Answer: radio


Question: 'The standard measure of visual acuity is based on standing this many feet from an eye chart'

Answer: 20


Question: 'Rikard Nordraak, who composed this country's national anthem, was a friend of Edvard Grieg'

Answer: Norway


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew translates from the slopes of Park City, UT.)  English--to bend; Snowboarding--the degree of a board's softness or stiffness, affecting the way you turn'

Answer: flex


Question: 'Yavapai County, which includes Prescott National Forest'

Answer: Arizona


Question: 'Retail partners:<br />___ & Fitch'

Answer: Abercrombie


Question: 'In the book of Daniel, "Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin"'

Answer: handwriting on the wall


Question: 'A common Biblical number of days; Jesus spent this many on Earth after the Resurrection'

Answer: 40


Question: 'His "Goldberg Variations" were named in honor of harpsichordist Johann Goldberg'

Answer: J.S. Bach


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew translates from the slopes of Park City, UT.)  English--a small compartment in a theater; Snowboarding--a rail with an extra-wide surface'

Answer: a box


Question: 'The north part of the city of Worcester, once a center of abolitionism'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'Best buddies in Greek legend:<br />Damon & ___'

Answer: Pythias


Question: '"Success four flights Thursday morning all against twenty one mile wind"'

Answer: a telegram


Question: 'If some wacky Canadian tells you it's 10 degrees Celsius, it's this round number Fahrenheit'

Answer: 50


Question: 'He was born in the Old World but found fame with his 1893 symphony "From the New World"'

Answer: (Antonin) Dvorak


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew translates from the slopes of Park City, UT.)  English--the hour a TV show is broadcast; Snowboarding--the number of seconds you stay aloft'

Answer: airtime


Question: 'Mercer County, which became the center for a Martian invasion in 1938'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'In the Gulf of Guinea:<br />Sao Tome & ___'

Answer: Principe


Question: '1939:<br />"It may become possible to set up a nuclear chain reaction in a large mass of uranium"'

Answer: a letter


Question: 'This rounded-off number of days in the Kennedy administration is in the title of a 1965 book about it'

Answer: 1,000


Question: 'Speaking at his alma mater, he urged graduates to be voracious readers, donate to worthy causes & stay in Maine'

Answer: Stephen King


Question: 'These brothers were sentenced to life without parole for killing their parents Kitty & Jose'

Answer: Erik & Lyle Menendez


Question: 'Smoke inundated this NYC complex' towers after a bomb exploded  in its garage, February 26, 1993'

Answer: World Trade Center


Question: 'This fast-moving bird got his own TV series in 1966 -- Beep! Beep!'

Answer: The Roadrunner


Question: 'A cylindrical drum called the okedo is used in the kabuki theatre of this country'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'Traditionally the Lord's Supper is a ritual meal of these two items'

Answer: Bread & Wine


Question: 'The peak on a cap, or the movable front piece on the helmet of a suit of armor'

Answer: Visor


Question: 'This CBS News show finally aired its interview with former tobacco executive Jeffrey Wigand'

Answer: "60 Minutes"


Question: 'The Price Tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma was designed by this great American architect'

Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright


Question: 'The Munsters had a pet one of these who was fond of saying, "Nevermore"'

Answer: Raven


Question: 'This military flute derives its name from the German word for "pipe"'

Answer: Fife


Question: 'Sukkot & Shavuot were ancient pilgrimage festivals requiring males to visit this city'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'As a noun it can be a burial chamber; as a verb, it means to leap'

Answer: Vault


Question: 'Galileo probe data released in January showed this planet had less water than expected'

Answer: Jupiter


Question: 'The towers of Angkor Wat in this country symbolize the peaks of mythical Mount Meru'

Answer: Cambodia/Kampuchea


Question: 'Waldo, who was murdered on "Twin Peaks", was a talkative one of these birds'

Answer: Mynah Bird


Question: 'It was Benny Goodman's instrument'

Answer: Clarinet


Question: 'The first day of Lent falls on this weekday'

Answer: Wednesday


Question: 'From the Latin for "to be watchful", it's a person who takes the law into his own hands'

Answer: Vigilante


Question: 'Lee Teng-Hui won the presidency of this country in its first democratic presidential election'

Answer: Taiwan


Question: 'A lamp in her tower was the guiding light for Leander in his swim across the Hellespont'

Answer: Hero


Question: 'The title of this acclaimed miniseries referred to a frontier town, not to a solitary pigeon'

Answer: "Lonesome Dove"


Question: 'It's the smallest & highest sounding brass instrument in an orchestra'

Answer: Trumpet/Cornet


Question: 'Suffering, cause, cessation & the path were his four noble truths'

Answer: Buddha


Question: 'This British title was first given to John Beaumont in 1440'

Answer: Viscount


Question: 'On Feb. 26 this Fox Broadcasting Co. head pledged free air time for major presidential candidates'

Answer: Rupert Murdoch


Question: 'In 1906 this natural formation in Wyoming was made the first U.S. national monument'

Answer: Devils Tower


Question: 'It's the bird name of the Emmy-winning actor who plays twins Adam & Stuart Chandler on "All My Children"'

Answer: David Canary


Question: 'The amadinda of Africa is a type of this percussion instrument made of logs instead of wooden bars'

Answer: Marimba/Xylophone


Question: 'It once referred to the leaden seal on a Papal document; now it refers to the document itself'

Answer: Papal Bull


Question: 'It's a short ornamental drapery placed across the top of a window'

Answer: Valence


Question: 'The two legislative bodies created in Article I, Section 1'

Answer: House & Senate


Question: 'Shortly after "The Grapes of Wrath" was published, he embarked on an expedition to Mexico'

Answer: John Steinbeck


Question: 'This ever-popular pickled cabbage dish may be flavored with weisswein -- white wine'

Answer: Sauerkraut


Question: 'This current 007 was born in Ireland & moved to England at age 11'

Answer: Pierce Brosnan


Question: 'John Boyd Dunlop patented a pneumatic one of these in 1888 & built a whole company around it'

Answer: Tire


Question: 'It's about 30 miles north of the Cape of Good Hope'

Answer: Cape Town


Question: 'It lasted from May 25 to September 17, 1787'

Answer: The Constitutional Convention


Question: 'After leaving the Mayo Clinic, this author committed suicide July 2, 1961 at his Ketchum, Idaho home'

Answer: Ernest Hemingway


Question: 'It's traditional to serve bockwurst, a delicately flavored sausage, with this beverage'

Answer: Beer


Question: 'This "Grace Under Fire" star tells all in her searing autobiography "Knee Deep In Paradise"'

Answer: Brett Butler


Question: 'More than 25,000 mourners came to Dayton, Ohio in 1912 to pay their last respects to this aviation pioneer'

Answer: Wilbur Wright


Question: '4 of the top 10 U.S. ports, including the port of Plaquemine, are in this state'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'It took longer to get this amendment passed than it did to repeal it'

Answer: 18th Amendment (Prohibition)


Question: 'Songwriter Paul Dresser, who changed the spelling of his name, was this "Sister Carrie" author's brother'

Answer: Theodore Dreiser


Question: 'In Germany, these sweets are known as kokonuss-makronen'

Answer: Coconut macaroons


Question: 'Christine Lahti of this TV medical series won an Oscar for her live-action short film "Lieberman in Love"'

Answer: "Chicago Hope"


Question: 'This inventor of a railroad sleeping car also designed a dining car in 1868'

Answer: George Pullman


Question: 'Piraeus is the port for this capital city'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'Article II, Section 3 commands the president to periodically inform the Congress on this'

Answer: State of the Union


Question: 'His 1885 work "King Solomon's Mines" was suggested by the ruins at Zimbabwe'

Answer: H. Rider Haggard


Question: 'Leberknodel are dumplings made from this organ meat'

Answer: Liver


Question: 'Denzel Washington rode into Venice on a submarine to promote this 1995 film'

Answer: "Crimson Tide"


Question: 'When he retired from Polaroid in 1982, he held 533 patents'

Answer: Edwin Land


Question: 'In 1927 Australia's government moved from this port city to Canberra'

Answer: Melbourne


Question: 'He was the only signer representing New York'

Answer: Alexander Hamilton


Question: 'In 1858 W.M. Thackeray quarreled with this author in the so-called Garrick Club Affair'

Answer: Charles Dickens


Question: 'This fruit is the main ingredient in the cold soup kirschkaltschale'

Answer: Cherries


Question: 'This star of "Annie" returned to Broadway as John Davidson's daughter in the 1996 staging of "State Fair"'

Answer: Andrea McArdle


Question: 'His invention of a weaving loom was delayed by his service in the French Revolution'

Answer: Joseph Jacquard


Question: 'Most of this nation's imports come through its port of Lagos on the Bight of Benin'

Answer: Nigeria


Question: 'Common household product named for a 19th century surgical pioneer'

Answer: Listerine (named for Sir Joseph Lister)


Question: 'The first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, this man is pictured on the $10 bill'

Answer: Alexander Hamilton


Question: 'Samuel L. Jackson played this cool detective in a 2000 remake'

Answer: Shaft


Question: 'Robyn Hitchcock's song "Viva! Sea-Tac" rhymes, "Coming and going it has to be" this transportation company'

Answer: Boeing


Question: 'A male one of these is a drake'

Answer: Duck


Question: 'This famous frog cut the ribbon for the official opening of Atlanta's Center for Puppetry Arts'

Answer: Kermit the Frog


Question: 'No bull, it's "Bravo!"'

Answer: Ole!


Question: 'This Greek's "oath" is administered to those about to enter the medical profession'

Answer: Hippocrates


Question: 'Anthony Hopkins' portrayal of this president in a 1995 film was a bit more serious than Dan Hedaya's in 1999'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: 'This company had its genesis when 2 Seattle boys read an article about the Altair 8800'

Answer: Microsoft


Question: 'A flock of these is a gaggle'

Answer: Geese


Question: 'TV fans like to visit Roslyn, Washington, which was transformed into the town of Cicely, Alaska for this '90s series'

Answer: Northern Exposure


Question: 'In 1980 Roberto Duran said to Sugar Ray Leonard, "No" this, meaning "no more"'

Answer: Mas


Question: 'A cousin of Trajan, this Roman emperor built a 2nd century protective wall across Britain'

Answer: Hadrian


Question: 'The L.A. Times said this 2000 Nick Park animated film was "Poultry in Motion"'

Answer: Chicken Run


Question: '(Hi, I'm Jeff Bezos, founder & CEO of Amazon.com)  Like many tech companies, Amazon.com is listed on this stock exchange -- symbol AMZN'

Answer: NASDAQ


Question: 'Flying at 100-200 MPH, this bird is fast as its name implies; in fact, it's one of the fastest'

Answer: Swift


Question: 'Holey Cow!  The city of Monroe in this state calls itself the "Swiss Cheese Capital of the U.S.A."'

Answer: Wisconsin


Question: 'Old Mexican movies & telenovelas end with this 3-letter word'

Answer: Fin


Question: 'In the 18th century B.C., this ruler's code governed Babylon'

Answer: Hammurabi


Question: 'As "Gladiator" Maximus, he instructs, "At my signal, unleash Hell"'

Answer: Russell Crowe


Question: 'Architecture firm NBBJ designed Safeco Field & this structure seen here that it replaced'

Answer: Kingdome


Question: 'The Egyptian plover is also called this, from the old belief it cleaned the teeth of a Nile reptile'

Answer: Crocodile bird


Question: 'This 19th century religious leader's winter home is one of the top attractions in St. George, Utah'

Answer: Brigham Young


Question: 'Domingo, Lunes or Martes, for example'

Answer: Dia


Question: '"Demian" & "Journey to the East" are 2 novels by this Nobel Prize winner who wrote in German'

Answer: Hermann Hesse


Question: 'In a 1996 film this actor proclaimed, "The Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday"'

Answer: Bill Pullman


Question: 'Money from the Alaskan Gold Rush started this fashion retailer whose name means "North River"'

Answer: Nordstrom\'s


Question: 'From the elaborate dwellings wrens build, their Latin family name is this, meaning "cave-dweller"'

Answer: Troglodytes


Question: 'History buffs enjoy touring Bonanzaville, USA, a reconstructed pioneer village in West Fargo in this state'

Answer: North Dakota


Question: 'In Spanish it means "with"; in English, "against"'

Answer: Con


Question: 'Many historians disagree with Shakespeare's portrayal of this king as a hunchbacked, villainous monster'

Answer: Richard III


Question: 'German fans & English hooligans clashed before their teams met up at this sport's Euro 2000 match'

Answer: Soccer (football)


Question: 'Brushing & flossing can prevent & treat this, the inflammation of the gums'

Answer: Gingivitis


Question: 'This king was granted his wish to have the golden touch before he realized he couldn't eat gold food'

Answer: King Midas


Question: 'Alphabetically, it's the last of the Scandinavian countries'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'Ore-extracting spot'

Answer: Mine


Question: 'In "The Tempest" he was the rightful Duke of Milan, although his brother threw him out of the city'

Answer: Prospero


Question: '2 of the 3 Major League Baseball teams named for a bird'

Answer: Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals &/or Toronto Blue Jays


Question: 'This greenish fluid is produced in the liver from the breakdown of red blood cells & is stored in the gallbladder'

Answer: Bile


Question: 'If Paris hadn't run off with her, there wouldn't have been a Trojan War'

Answer: Helen


Question: 'It's the pre-1989 name for the Asian country of Myanmar'

Answer: Burma


Question: 'Cord made from strands twisted together'

Answer: Twine


Question: 'His daughters drive this man to cry out, "I am a man more sinned against than sinning"'

Answer: King Lear


Question: 'Kobe Bryant & Shaquille O'Neal led the Lakers to their first NBA crown in 12 years, defeating this team in the finals'

Answer: Indiana Pacers


Question: 'The Greek word for "wrist" gives us this adjective used to describe a syndrome that affects the wrist'

Answer: Carpal


Question: 'Thrym the frost giant shouldn't have stolen this tool from Thor; Thor got it back & killed him with it'

Answer: Thor\'s hammer


Question: 'In German, this country is known as Vereinigte Staaten'

Answer: United States


Question: 'Boars, hogs & pigs, collectively'

Answer: Swine


Question: 'Play that contains the line "For there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so"'

Answer: "Hamlet"


Question: '5-touch bouts pertain to this combat sport'

Answer: Fencing


Question: 'This fibrous protein is the main constituent of the outermost layers of skin, nails & hair'

Answer: Keratin


Question: 'Anchises bragged about romancing this Greek love goddess, so Zeus struck him with lightning'

Answer: Aphrodite


Question: 'The Strait of Hormuz divides the Arabian Peninsula from this nation'

Answer: Iran


Question: 'The tomb of a holy person'

Answer: Shrine


Question: 'After masquerading as Benedick, Claudio says, "All hearts in love use their own tongues" in this comedy'

Answer: "Much Ado About Nothing"


Question: 'This actress is in a league of her own -- she nearly made the 2000 U.S. Olympic Women's Archery Team'

Answer: Geena Davis


Question: 'This flap of cartilage covers the larynx when you swallow so that food doesn't go down your windpipe'

Answer: Epiglottis


Question: 'This husband of Eurydice so offended a band of women that they tore him to pieces'

Answer: Orpheus


Question: '1 of the 2 South American countries directly east of Ecuador'

Answer: Colombia or Peru


Question: 'In polygamous societies, a secondary mate'

Answer: Concubine


Question: 'Cub Scouting & many of its terms like "akela", "law of the pack", "den" & "wolf" were inspired by this British work'

Answer: \"The Jungle Book\" (by Rudyard Kipling)


Question: 'Saltwater taffy originated in this New Jersey resort in 1883'

Answer: Atlantic City


Question: 'In 1799 this pioneer left Kentucky because it was "Too crowded!  I want more elbow-room"'

Answer: Daniel Boone


Question: '500-million-year-old fish are the first known fossils of this backboned group of animals'

Answer: vertebrates


Question: 'The Royal Swedish Academy of the Sciences, the Swedish Academy & the Karolinska Institutet'

Answer: the Nobel Prizes


Question: 'The Spanish version of this judicial body was set up in 1478; the Roman one, in 1542'

Answer: the Inquisition


Question: 'His human friend'

Answer: Christopher Robin


Question: 'This city's metropolitan area consists of 6 Missouri counties & 5 Illinois counties'

Answer: St. Louis


Question: 'This former member of the Partridge Family turned 40 in August 1999'

Answer: Danny Bonaduce


Question: 'Its tooth, mentioned in "Mack the Knife", is Georgia's state fossil & can date back 375 million years'

Answer: shark


Question: 'National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences'

Answer: the Grammys


Question: 'In 1848 this U.S.-Mexico peace treaty was signed not far from the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe'

Answer: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo


Question: 'His creator'

Answer: A.A. Milne


Question: 'The site of the University of Colorado's main campus, it owns Arapahoe Glacier, from which it gets most of its water'

Answer: Boulder


Question: 'He was first elected to the U.S. Senate as a Democrat from Hawaii in 1962'

Answer: Daniel Inouye


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Page Museum in Los Angeles)  The paw I'm holding belonged to a ground type of this, also one of the seven deadly sins'

Answer: sloth


Question: 'The League of American Theatres & Producers & the American Theatre Wing'

Answer: the Tonys


Question: 'The Boxer Protocol, signed in September 1901, forced this country to pay about $330 million'

Answer: China


Question: 'Tiny Pooh friend who went to school in a pocket'

Answer: Piglet


Question: 'Served by Blue Grass Airport, this Kentucky city was named for the first battle of the American Revolution'

Answer: Lexington


Question: 'In 1971 he gave us the "HIstory of U.S. Decision-Making Process on Viet Nam Policy", a 47-volume study, to the New York Times'

Answer: Daniel Ellsberg


Question: 'The Sandhill type of this can fly; Diatryma, the predatory 7-foot "terror" type, couldn't'

Answer: crane


Question: 'The Downtown Athletic Club of New York'

Answer: the Heisman Trophy


Question: 'This ship left Tahiti April 4, 1789, apparently to the regret of many of the crew'

Answer: the Bounty


Question: 'Mother & son marsupials'

Answer: Kanga & Roo


Question: 'It's the easternmost port on Lake Erie'

Answer: Buffalo


Question: 'A major Dublin street is named for this man who helped pass Catholic emancipation in the 1820s'

Answer: Daniel O\'Connell


Question: 'Trilobites were among the first creatures to have these; they were compound crystals that survive as fossils'

Answer: eyes


Question: 'The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences'

Answer: the Webby Awards


Question: 'Vermeer's view of this city dates from a few years after its devastating powder magazine explosion'

Answer: Delft


Question: 'The imaginary creature who one night "set a trap" for Pooh'

Answer: Heffalump


Question: 'Pejorative name for any group with odd religious leanings & a charismatic leader'

Answer: cult


Question: 'Though they were designated a landmark in 1964, you can still ride them up & down the streets of San Francisco'

Answer: cable cars


Question: 'It's the answer to the classic joke "What's big & purple & swims in the ocean?"'

Answer: Moby Grape


Question: 'Stephen Crane's Civil War story "Private Fleming, His Various Battles" has a more classic ring with this title'

Answer: The Red Badge of Courage


Question: 'It's a mixture of lime or cement with other ingredients used to bond bricks together'

Answer: mortar


Question: 'Dustin Hoffman learns about plastics & then busts up a wedding in this classic 1967 film'

Answer: The Graduate


Question: 'In "Born Yesterday", Judy Holliday drops an "un" & tells boorish Broderick Crawford, "You're just not" this'

Answer: couth


Question: 'Check it out!  You'll find this landmark at Independence Ave. & 1st Street in Washington, D.C.; now keep it down!'

Answer: Library of Congress


Question: 'The 1990 film "Graffiti Bridge" was the sequel to this 1984 hit film'

Answer: Purple Rain


Question: 'F. Scott Fitzgerald regretted changing the title of "Trimalchio in West Egg" to this'

Answer: The Great Gatsby


Question: 'Oy!  Jim Berg & Tim Nyberg believe "if it ain't stuck, & it's supposed to be," use this tape'

Answer: duct tape


Question: 'She was repeatedly a bride, not a bridesmaid, to Alec Baldwin in "The Marrying Man"'

Answer: Kim Basinger


Question: 'Seen here, this flower gives its name to a vivid shade of blue'

Answer: cornflower


Question: 'Designed by Eero Saarinen, this is the tallest monument in the U.S.'

Answer: the Gateway Arch


Question: 'Seen here ...<br />(audio not available on archivist's tape)'


Question: 'He used "Dark House" as the working title for both "Absalom, Absalom!" & "Light in August"'

Answer: William Faulkner


Question: 'Though called tar, the black sticky pitch is really this, used as a glue by early Indians & today, to pave roads'

Answer: asphalt


Question: 'Peter Cook officiated the "mawwidge" of Robin Wright & Chris Sarandon in this fairy tale film'

Answer: The Princess Bride


Question: 'From the Chinese for "breath", it's the vital life force in the body'

Answer: chi


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew in New Orleans)  The bar I'm about to enter was once a blacksmith's shop used by this man as a front for his pirate operations'

Answer: Jean Lafitte


Question: 'Nicknamed the "Purple Heart Battalion", WWII's 442nd Regiment was made up of Americans of this ethnicity'

Answer: Japanese


Question: 'Hemingway considered "To Write It Truly" & "Love is Hunger" as titles for this memoir of living in Paris in the '20s'

Answer: A Moveable Feast


Question: 'In food processing, monoglycerides are added to bond these 2 opposite liquids to improve smoothness'

Answer: water & oil


Question: 'During "Rocky Horror", audiences throw rice when this TV mayor attends a wedding with Susan Sarandon'

Answer: Barry Bostwick


Question: 'The fact that 9 plus 3 is equal to 3 plus 9 demonstrates this property, from the Latin for "exchange"'

Answer: commutative


Question: 'The Little White Schoolhouse in this Wisconsin city claims to be the "Birthplace of the Republican Party"'

Answer: Ripon


Question: 'A gunman named Lassiter is the hero of this Zane Grey novel'

Answer: Riders of the Purple Sage


Question: 'Sinclair Lewis' conformist was G.T. Pumphrey of Monarch City, but became this title character of Zenith'

Answer: George Babbitt


Question: 'In 1951 this company put its Elmer's glue into a plastic squeeze bottle with an orange top'

Answer: Borden\'s


Question: 'Here's a wedding & a funeral; this "Muse" star played "Private Benjamin"'s husband who died on their wedding night'

Answer: Albert Brooks


Question: 'These 2 companies whose products complement each other are the only 2 that have ever topped the Fortune 500'

Answer: General Motors & Exxon


Question: 'With the 1939 "Pact of Steel" Mussolini joined forces with this world leader'

Answer: Adolf Hitler


Question: 'This airline's scheduled services to Great Britain are called the "Kangaroo Route"'

Answer: Qantas


Question: 'Your portable TV might have a telescoping one'

Answer: antenna


Question: 'The Star of Murfreesboro & the Star of Shreveport are these pulled from a mine in Arkansas'

Answer: diamonds


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew)  In 1922 Ralph Samuelson invented waterskiing using 15-pound skis made of this, they've evolved since then'

Answer: wood


Question: 'Bernie Moeller of Pennsylvania has had his skin covered with over 14,000 of these'

Answer: tattoos


Question: 'An ancient Roman symbol of authority was the source for the name of this Mussolini party'

Answer: Fascist


Question: 'Its parent airline inaugurated service on September 1, 1937 with a flight from Vancouver to Seattle'

Answer: Air Canada


Question: 'Bits of this appliance include a color selector, a lever & a bread guide'

Answer: toaster


Question: 'It's what the United Mine Workers of America mine'

Answer: coal


Question: 'In 1995 the Aquanuts show skiing team debuted their 4-high, 28-person one of these structures'

Answer: pyramid


Question: 'Known for its aniselike flavor, this aromatic herb is widely used in cooking'

Answer: tarragon


Question: 'Becoming prime minister of Italy in 1924, Mussolini was called this by his followers, meaning "leader"'

Answer: "Il Duce"


Question: 'Under founder Walter Varney, its predecessor company launched commercial air service in the U.S.'

Answer: United Airlines


Question: 'Spankers, jiggers & jibs are types of these'

Answer: sails


Question: 'George Hearst made a load of money investing in this richest silver strike in the U.S.'

Answer: Comstock Lode


Question: 'Waterskiiers can increase their speeds by cutting across the wake, a maneuver called "cracking" this'

Answer: the whip


Question: 'In a Bobbie Gentry No. 1 hit song from 1967, Billie Joe MacAllister jumps off this'

Answer: Tallahatchie Bridge


Question: 'Mussolini's official militia were named this, from the color of their uniforms'

Answer: Blackshirts


Question: 'With its domestic & international partners, this airline's route network covers over 300 cities worldwide'

Answer: Delta Airlines


Question: 'In a compass, this swings on the pivot'

Answer: needle


Question: 'Mines near Timmins, Ontario produce this mineral whose powder "is always walcum"'

Answer: talcum/talc


Question: 'The first national water ski championships were held in 1939 at this Long Island beach, also a theater site'

Answer: Jones Beach


Question: 'This Asian country's capital city is Dushanbe'

Answer: Tajikistan


Question: 'With big dreams of restoring the Roman Empire, Mussolini had Italy invade this African country in 1935'

Answer: Ethiopia


Question: 'Celebrating its 33rd anniversary in 2002, this airline's logo is a stylized version of the symbol on its national flag'

Answer: Korean Air


Question: 'This part of a drill that tightens the jaw around the bit has a special key'

Answer: chuck


Question: 'In a 1958 show, Lucy & Ricky in Vegas head out to the desert to prospect for this'

Answer: uranium


Question: 'Jane magazine says this sport "is to waterskiing what snowboarding is to skiing"'

Answer: wakeboarding


Question: 'In English the name of the main text of this religion means "The Classic of the Way and its Power"'

Answer: Taoism


Question: 'After Sao Paulo this city is Brazil's largest'

Answer: Rio de Janeiro


Question: 'Everyone from Sean Connery to Henry Fonda to John Wayne turns up in this 1962 WWII epic'

Answer: The Longest Day


Question: 'The buffalo type of this cheese is made with water buffalo milk'

Answer: mozzarella


Question: 'In basketball it's to get possession of the ball after it bounces off the backboard'

Answer: rebound


Question: 'In a 1950 armed robbery, nearly $3 million was stolen from this armored car company'

Answer: Brinks


Question: 'He wrote "The Little Match Girl" & "The Ugly Duckling"'

Answer: Hans Christian Andersen


Question: 'Jerusalem's name probably comes from the Hebrew, Yerushalayim, or "City of" this'

Answer: Peace


Question: 'In this jolly 1962 film based on an O'Neill play, Hepburn's on dope, Robards is an alcoholic & Stockwell has TB'

Answer: Long Day\'s Journey into Night


Question: 'The poem "What a Friend we Have in Cheeses!" says, "Claret, dear, not Coca-Cola, when you're having" this strong cheese'

Answer: gorgonzola


Question: 'It's the periodic realignment of U.S. Congressional seats among states after a census'

Answer: reapportioning


Question: 'Works by this French sculptor including "The Clenched Hand" were stolen from the St. Louis Art Museum in 1978'

Answer: Auguste Rodin


Question: 'This London museum began in part with the private collection of physician & naturalist Sir Hans Sloane'

Answer: The British Museum


Question: 'Tradition says that Columbus announced his discovery of the New World in a courtyard of this Spanish port'

Answer: Barcelona


Question: 'Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward's first film together, it was based on a Faulkner tale'

Answer: The Long, Hot Summer


Question: 'The creation of this cheese in the 1900s is credited to a man named David from the central coast of California'

Answer: Monterey Jack


Question: 'It's defined as refitting a factory with new machinery to make a different or revised product'

Answer: retooling


Question: 'In 1951 investigators recovered this royal "stone" stolen from Westminster Abbey in 1950'

Answer: Stone of Scone


Question: 'German poet Hans Sachs' most famous work, "The Nightingale of Wittenberg", was a defense of this religious figure'

Answer: Martin Luther


Question: 'This Southeast Asian capital, commonly known as KL, was founded as a tin-mining camp in 1857'

Answer: Kuala Lumpur


Question: 'This 1955 Fred Astaire movie had been filmed in 1919, 1931 & as "Curly Top" in 1935'

Answer: Daddy Long Legs


Question: 'This blue cheese first sold in Huntingdonshire is the only English cheese with a trademarked name'

Answer: Stilton


Question: 'It's DNA that's been respliced'

Answer: recombinant DNA


Question: 'This Edvard Munch painting was stolen from an Oslo museum in 1994 & recovered 3 months later'

Answer: "The Scream"


Question: 'This character actor was the voice of Snidely Whiplash on "The Dudley Do-Right Show"'

Answer: Hans Conried


Question: 'The Universal Postal Union is headquartered in this Swiss capital'

Answer: Bern


Question: 'The Carradines, the Keaches, the Quaids & the Guests all played sets of brothers in this 1980 western'

Answer: The Long Riders


Question: 'France & Germany both make cheese called this; the blander American version has no rind but is coated with paprika'

Answer: Muenster


Question: 'Strengthen, or give your psychological test subject a reward for a desired response'

Answer: reinforce


Question: 'Stolen a year earlier, in January 1989 police in The Hague retrieved "Man with Beard", a painting by this old master'

Answer: Rembrandt


Question: 'This man who painted portraits for Henry VIII died in a 1543 plague epidemic'

Answer: Hans Holbein the Younger


Question: 'It was inspired by support for economist Henry George's idea that only land should be taxed'

Answer: Monopoly


Question: 'This Civil War general who remarked that "War is hell" made life hell for Georgia during his march to the sea'

Answer: William Tecumseh Sherman


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Paris)  A military parade goes down the Champs-Elysees from the Arc de Triomphe on this day, which the French call National Day'

Answer: Bastille Day


Question: 'Both Shakespeare & Clement Clarke Moore wrote about this creature not "stirring"'

Answer: mouse


Question: 'Played by Julie Benz, Darla was the vampire who turned this David Boreanaz character into a vampire as well'

Answer: Angel


Question: 'That kid in the Mazda commercials could tell you the lens Roger Cuvillier developed in 1949 could do this'

Answer: zoom


Question: 'In Exodus 5:1 he demands, "Let my people go"'

Answer: Moses


Question: 'He was the first Army general to become president of the United States'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'The first large balloon to float along in this fall event was Felix the Cat in 1927'

Answer: Macy\'s Thanksgiving Day Parade


Question: '"I never saw a purple" one of these: "I never hope to see one, but I can tell you anyhow, I'd rather see than be one"'

Answer: cow


Question: '"Hail to the Chief", & to this series, seen here'

Answer: The West Wing


Question: 'A primitive 3-D color version of this was demonstrated by John Logie Baird in 1941'

Answer: television


Question: 'God warned him to get ready, which this man did, even though he was 600 years old when the flood finally came'

Answer: Noah


Question: 'A onetime brigadier general, he'd been reduced to lt. colonel when he died at Little Bighorn in 1876'

Answer: George Armstrong Custer


Question: 'Every March 2 this state commemorates the 1836 signing of a Declaration of Independence from Mexico'

Answer: Texas


Question: '"All right", said this animal: "and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail"'

Answer: Cheshire Cat


Question: 'In the "Eww!" department, stunts on this NBC show have included bobbing in worms & eating cockroaches'

Answer: Fear Factor


Question: 'In the 1940s Willem Kolff built a machine that could clean your blood if these failed'

Answer: kidneys


Question: 'In the first book of Samuel, David defeats this Philistine by hitting him with a rock'

Answer: Goliath


Question: 'General Stonewall Jackson graduated from this military academy in 1846'

Answer: West Point


Question: 'Hold your nose & run to this Vermont capital for the International Rotten Sneaker Contest'

Answer: Montpelier


Question: 'Groucho Marx said, "One morning I shot" this "in my pajamas.  How he got into my pajamas I'll never know"'

Answer: an elephant


Question: 'On my honor, David James Elliott plays Navy cmdr. & lawyer Harm Rabb, Jr. on this series'

Answer: JAG


Question: 'The first food sold in one of these containers came out in 1947 & was whipped cream'

Answer: aerosol can


Question: 'In the Old Testament, God allows Satan to afflict this man in order to test his faith'

Answer: Job


Question: 'Seen here, this general gained fame fighting in WW1, WW2 & the Korean War'

Answer: Douglas MacArthur


Question: 'In August 2002 Los Angeles celebrated the seventh annual festival of this, another name for soybean curd'

Answer: tofu


Question: 'William Blake wrote that "The pride of" this bird "is the glory of God"'

Answer: peacock


Question: 'Rory attends the prestigious Chilton Prep School on this WB series'

Answer: Gilmore Girls


Question: 'Adeline Gray in June 1942 made the first jump in a parachute made out of this material'

Answer: nylon


Question: 'In 1 Kings 3, he wisely suggests cutting a child in two in order to reveal its true mother'

Answer: Solomon


Question: 'He discovered that heating wine killed the microbes that make it turn sour'

Answer: Louis Pasteur


Question: 'Officials at drug maker Imclone had a sudden urge to sell company stock after bad news from this government body'

Answer: FDA


Question: 'Tinker Bell's out of the drawer -- goes behind the clock -- looks like she's going to pull Wendy's hair'

Answer: Peter Pan


Question: 'Grace was its princess<br />(6)'

Answer: Monaco


Question: 'In 1795 in Chapel Hill the university of this state became the first U.S. state university to open its doors'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'This term for a film's total box office take comes from the Old French for "large"'

Answer: gross


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the Field Museum in Chicago.)  Sue the T. rex was found to possess this bone, which further links birds & dinosaurs--which half do you want?'

Answer: the wishbone


Question: 'In the 1990s McDonald's infiltrated & spied on this "colorful" environmental group'

Answer: Greenpeace


Question: 'Interesting coaching move by Malcolm, using branches from Birnam Wood to disguise his army'

Answer: Macbeth


Question: 'Court dance for Louis XIV<br />(6)'

Answer: minuet


Question: '(Bill Clinton gives the clue)  Before I became a Rhodes Scholar, I earned my bachelor's degree in international affairs from this univ. in our nation's capital'

Answer: Georgetown


Question: 'As the name suggests, these previews of future attractions were originally shown after the main feature'

Answer: trailers


Question: 'The first white dwarf star to be discovered was a companion to this dog star'

Answer: Sirius


Question: 'This accounting firm shredded too exuberantly & was convicted of obstructing justice in 2002'

Answer: Arthur Andersen


Question: 'Jim & Laura keep dancing -- they hit the table & it looks -- yep, the little unicorn is broken, you could see that coming'

Answer: The Glass Menagerie


Question: 'It could have been called Engelsism<br />(7)'

Answer: Marxism


Question: 'This Jesuit university in downtown Milwaukee "Encourages students...to find God in all things"'

Answer: Marquette


Question: '(Sarah & Cheryl of the Clue Crew give the clue together)  A certain rapid camera movement is called the swish type of this'

Answer: pan


Question: 'The remains of a 3.2 million-year-old hominid, discovered in 1974, were nicknamed this, after a Beatles song'

Answer: Lucy


Question: 'In 2002 this communications company revised some recent earnings downward about $4 billion'

Answer: Worldcom


Question: 'Tesman & Mrs. Elvsted are blathering on.  Not much action -- wait!  There's a gunshot!'

Answer: Hedda Gabler


Question: 'Preacher whom some witches didn't "Cotton" to<br />(6)'

Answer: Mather


Question: 'This university's original building, erected in Elko in 1874, became a hospital for indigents before it was leveled in 1920'

Answer: University of Nevada


Question: 'A TV image that retains big-screen proportions is called this, maybe because it's like looking through a mail slot'

Answer: letterboxing


Question: 'In the 1770s Lavoisier discovered that air is made up mostly of oxygen & this gas'

Answer: nitrogen


Question: 'In the 1890s the U.S. government went after a sugar-refining monopoly under this new law'

Answer: Sherman Antitrust Act


Question: 'What's this?  I don't believe it!  Becket just said, "Unbar the door!"  He's letting in the knights!'

Answer: Murder in the Cathedral


Question: 'Adjective for Bavaria's Ludwig II<br />(3)'

Answer: Mad


Question: 'A Virginia university bears the name of this man who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights'

Answer: George Mason


Question: 'The art of creating movie sounds, like using cornstarch for snow under foot, is named for this man'

Answer: Jack Foley


Question: '1 of the 2 planets of the solar system not represented in Gustav Holst's 1916 work "The Planets"'

Answer: 1 of (Earth and Pluto)


Question: 'Its state seal has a reverse side that displays the 6 flags that have flown over it'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'This character's "Th-Th-Th-Th-That's All, Folks" is at the end of many Warner Bros. cartoons'

Answer: Porky Pig


Question: 'Commercial growers usually brush most of the fuzz off this fruit prior to sending it to market'

Answer: peach


Question: '"L'Art de la Guerre"'

Answer: The Art of War


Question: 'An employer gives you this form to show how much you made during the year & how much you paid in taxes'

Answer: W-2


Question: 'Roll about in the mud or self-pity'

Answer: wallow


Question: 'The seals of both South Dakota & Nebraska feature riverboats steaming along this river'

Answer: the Missouri


Question: 'He "will sleep til noon but before it's dark he'll have every picnic basket that's in Jellystone Park"'

Answer: Yogi Bear


Question: 'Canned pears are most likely to be this variety'

Answer: Bartlett


Question: '"Le Silence des Agneaux"'

Answer: The Silence of the Lambs


Question: 'Napster helped popularize this music compression format that was first developed in Germany in the 1980s'

Answer: mp3


Question: 'It's the middle name used as the first name by the man seen here'

Answer: Woodrow (Wilson)


Question: 'The large star on its state seal displays symbols of the 5 Civilized Tribes which first settled there'

Answer: Oklahoma


Question: 'Jay Ward & Bill Scott created this moose & squirrel'

Answer: Rocky & Bullwinkle


Question: 'The white variety of this purplish-red root vegetable has the highest sugar content of any vegetable'

Answer: beet


Question: '"A la Poursuite D'Octobre Rouge"'

Answer: The Hunt for Red October


Question: 'This top-of-the-line brand kicks it up a notch with its "Zesty Steak Sauce"'

Answer: A1


Question: 'It's a device you can use to move your load of garden dirt from point A to point B'

Answer: wheelbarrow


Question: 'The Goddess of Liberty & this great king adorn Hawaii's state seal'

Answer: Kamehameha


Question: 'This cartoon character from Bedrock is a large purple-ish pet snorkasaurus'

Answer: Dino


Question: 'Succotash is a Southern dish of lima beans, sometimes chopped sweet peppers & this veggie'

Answer: corn


Question: '"La Ferme des Animaux"'

Answer: Animal Farm


Question: 'This vessel, seen here, has logged more than 5 million miles at sea'

Answer: the QE2


Question: 'The 1807 Treaty of Tilsit created the duchy of this, now a Polish city'

Answer: Warsaw


Question: 'The sun rising over the mountains on its seal shows that it was the first state west of the Alleghenies'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'Don Adams of "Get Smart" voiced this cartoon penguin'

Answer: Tennessee Tuxedo


Question: 'Bok choy is also called a Chinese type of this, but has a longer, looser head than the red or white types'

Answer: cabbage


Question: '"Autant en Emporte le Vent"'

Answer: Gone with the Wind


Question: 'It's "The Can with a Thousand Uses" & among them are removing stuck gum & adhesives, & lubricating parts'

Answer: WD-40


Question: 'To separate the wheat from the chaff by tossing it into the wind'

Answer: winnow


Question: 'Menkaure, who died around 2465 B.C., has one of these as his tomb'

Answer: pyramid


Question: 'LAPD bomb expert Jack Traven'

Answer: Speed


Question: '"So sue me!", this man might have said when warned about oncoming danger in 1876'

Answer: Custer


Question: 'At 16, this future commodore got his sea legs when he started a Manhattan-to-Staten Island ferry service'

Answer: (Cornelius) Vanderbilt


Question: 'Handy oboists learn to cut these to their personal preference out of pieces of cane'

Answer: reeds


Question: '"Titanic" includes the exchange "This ship can't sink!" -- "She is made of" this, "Sir.  I assure you she can"'

Answer: iron


Question: 'In 2001 at this city's Domkirke Crown Prince Haakon married a single mother & former waitress'

Answer: Oslo


Question: 'FBI special agent & surfer Johnny Utah'

Answer: Point Break


Question: 'This author's 1852 work helped inspire opposition to slavery in America'

Answer: Harriet Beecher Stowe


Question: 'It landed on Mars on July 20, 1976'

Answer: Viking


Question: 'The oboe represents a duck in this orchestral "Tale for Children" by Prokofiev'

Answer: Peter and the Wolf


Question: 'The objects seen here are made from this super-expensive metal, discovered in 1557'

Answer: platinum


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew at the Schlosskirche in Wittenberg, Germany)  The emperor's pew is where this German emperor sat when the castle church was rededicated in 1892'

Answer: Kaiser Wilhelm (II)


Question: 'Future religion founder Prince Siddhartha'

Answer: Little Buddha


Question: 'He's the Brit seen here years before he was prime minister'

Answer: Winston Churchill


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew at Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn, New York)  Seen here at Gleason's Gym is a quote from this Roman poet that ends "Let him come forward, lace on the gloves and put up his hands"'

Answer: Virgil


Question: 'The highlight of the Classical period repertoire is his Oboe & Strings Quartet of 1781'

Answer: Mozart


Question: 'The soft ones are made from high-water-content polymers like hydroxyethylmethacrylate'

Answer: contact lenses


Question: 'English folk still leave flowers at the spot where King Harold fell in this battle'

Answer: Hastings


Question: 'Young attorney Kevin Lomax, who's just moved to New York City'

Answer: The Devil\'s Advocate


Question: 'He's been called the final victim of the reign of terror he helped start'

Answer: Robespierre


Question: 'Ritz Carlton chef Louis Diat invented this soup around 1910 & named it for a city near his home in France'

Answer: Vichyssoise


Question: 'The oboe once had 6 finger pieces & just 2 of these, but added more of these over the centuries'

Answer: keys


Question: '"In the Big Rock Candy Mountain, the jails are made of" this; "you can slip right out again as soon as they put you in"'

Answer: tin


Question: '47 yards across, the compass seen here at Sagres, Portugal is said to have been used by this 15th century prince'

Answer: Prince Henry the Navigator


Question: 'Substitute football player Shane Falco'

Answer: The Replacements


Question: 'From the length of time she was queen, the original 9-day wonder seen here'

Answer: Lady Jane Grey


Question: '16th century Flemish "Father of Modern Anatomy"'

Answer: Vesalius


Question: 'The oboe concerto heard here is by this Italian concerto master'

Answer: Vivaldi


Question: 'Gumboots are made primarily of this (do not say gum)'

Answer: rubber


Question: 'In 1798 George wrote to John Greenwood, a man in this profession, "I am...ready to pay what ever you may charge me"'

Answer: dentist


Question: 'This North American seaway reopened Dec. 9 after a broken bridge blocked passage for a record 18 days'

Answer: the St. Lawrence Seaway


Question: 'The George Washington Carver Museum is on this Alabama school's campus'

Answer: the Tuskegee Institute


Question: 'His 1973 hit "Love Me Like a Rock" featured the Dixie Hummingbirds on vocal backup'

Answer: Paul Simon


Question: 'Edgar Allan's sorrows'

Answer: Poe\'s woes


Question: 'The New Testament says "Jesus wept" prior to raising him from the dead'

Answer: Lazarus


Question: 'In 1985 she embarked on her "Virgin" concert tour'

Answer: Madonna


Question: 'The U.S. & this country agreed on the repatriation of some Mariel boatlift "excludables"'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'Louisiana State University & Louisiana A&M were founded in this capital in 1860'

Answer: Baton Rouge


Question: 'In 1980 Pink Floyd scored its only No.1 single with "Another" one of these'

Answer: a "Brick In The Wall"


Question: 'Vidal's battles'

Answer: Gore\'s wars


Question: 'Jesus referred to him as the Prince of this world & the Father of Lies'

Answer: Satan


Question: 'The FTC enforces the use of the term "virgin" on labels for this fiber'

Answer: wool


Question: 'His daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, returned to the USSR after 17 years in the West'

Answer: (Joseph) Stalin


Question: 'The Hawaii branch of this university was founded in 1955; the one in Provo, Utah dates back to 1875'

Answer: Brigham Young


Question: 'Anthony Kedis is the lead singer of this "Hot" rock group'

Answer: the Red Hot Chili Peppers


Question: 'Mark's aches'

Answer: Twain\'s pains


Question: 'After Joseph, Mary & Jesus returned from Egypt, they settled in this town in Galilee'

Answer: Nazareth


Question: 'This state was named for Elizabeth I around 1584'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'This democrat was elected to a fifth & final term as Speaker of the House'

Answer: Tip O\'Neill


Question: 'This Ivy League university has been turning out its "Crimson" newspaper since 1873'

Answer: Harvard


Question: 'In 1978 this Fleetwood Mac LP won a Grammy for Album of the Year'

Answer: Rumours


Question: 'Walker's castles'

Answer: Alice\'s palaces


Question: '1 of 2 brothers Jesus named the "Sons of Thunder"'

Answer: John (or James)


Question: 'During the 16th & 17th centuries, a small type of this instrument was called a virginal'

Answer: a harpsichord


Question: 'A major study of radial keratotomy, surgery to correct this condition, found it effective'

Answer: nearsightedness


Question: 'The Ringling School of Art & Design has a 20-acre campus in this Florida city'

Answer: Sarasota


Question: 'In 1990 this Righteous Brothers hit recharted & went platinum after its exposure in the movie "Ghost"'

Answer: "Unchained Melody"


Question: 'Percy's fruit spread'

Answer: Shelley\'s jellies


Question: 'He "went unto the chief priests and said unto them, what will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you?"'

Answer: Judas


Question: 'The capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands is named for a queen of this country'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'While sobering up, protagonist Winston Smith realizes he's written a slogan against this leader'

Answer: Big Brother


Question: 'Their famous duel took place on July 11, 1804'

Answer: Burr & Hamilton


Question: 'Germany's transportation hub, its name means "ford of the Franks"'

Answer: Frankfort


Question: 'This heartthrob played the troubled & tempestuous Tristan in "Legend of the Fall"'

Answer: Brad Pitt


Question: 'The buildup of this is the major cause of gum disease'

Answer: plaque


Question: 'Architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart designed the Church of the Dome in the Invalides in this city'

Answer: Paris


Question: '"1984" was first published in England 7 months before this man, its author, died of tuberculosis'

Answer: George Orwell


Question: 'On July 24, 1866 it "voluntarily" became the first Confederate state to rejoin the Union'

Answer: Tennessee


Question: 'In this holy Saudi Arabian city, you'll find a sacred well said to have been used by Hagar, Ishmael's mother'

Answer: Mecca


Question: 'He directed "Broadway Danny Rose" in 1984 & "Bullets Over Broadway" in 1994'

Answer: Woody Allen


Question: 'This pigment can absorb only so much ultraviolet light before your skin starts to burn'

Answer: melanin


Question: 'Pope Urban VIII raised Jules Mazarin to this high church office in 1641'

Answer: a Cardinal


Question: 'In room 101 Smith faces these creature, "The worst thing in the world"'

Answer: rats


Question: 'Governor De Witt Clinton broke ground for the building of this waterway July 4, 1817'

Answer: the Erie Canal


Question: 'In 1860 this chief resort on the Riviera was returned to France from Sardinia'

Answer: Nice


Question: 'July 1996 film concerning the item seen here:'

Answer: Courage Under Fire


Question: 'For the average adult human, the capacity of these is about 3.5 liters'

Answer: the lungs


Question: 'His novels have inspired many movies, beginning with Georges Melies' "A Trip to the Moon"'

Answer: Jules Verne


Question: 'Winston enjoys his work in this ministry changing records'

Answer: the Ministry of Truth


Question: 'In November 1881 Charles Guiteau went on trial for the assassination of this man'

Answer: Garfield


Question: 'Roxas Boulevard in this capital was once called Dewey Boulevard'

Answer: Manila


Question: 'Time Magazine called this Morgan Freeman prison movie one of the best films of 1994'

Answer: The Shawshank Redemption


Question: 'At this joint the capitulum's rounded head articulates with the head of the radius'

Answer: the elbow


Question: 'Jules Favre defended Felice Orsini, who tried to assassinate this emperor also known as Louis Napoleon'

Answer: Napoleon III


Question: 'At his job Smith uses this official language to simplify events for the masses'

Answer: Newspeak


Question: 'the Non-Intercourse Act of 1809 replaced this Act banning international trade by U.S. ships'

Answer: the Embargo Act


Question: 'This Scottish city gave its name to fabric & clothing with colorful, swirled patterns'

Answer: Paisley


Question: '"Ready to Wear" ("Pret-a-Porter") is this director's 1994 film about high jinks & high fashion'

Answer: (Robert) Altman


Question: 'In a vein it's 2 or more cusps arranged to allow blood to flow in only one direction'

Answer: a valve


Question: 'Jules Massenet's most famous opera is "Manon", based on this Abbe Prevost novel'

Answer: Manon Lescaut


Question: 'A 60-foot steel likeness of a transistor stands at its Holmdel, N.J. office'

Answer: Bell Labs


Question: '"Early in the spring of 1750, in the village of Juffure... a manchild was born to Omoro and Binta Kinte"'

Answer: Roots


Question: '1980:<br />She was a "coal miner's daughter"'

Answer: Loretta Lynn


Question: 'A silver jubilee honors this anniversary'

Answer: the 25th


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Orient Express.) This dancer who traveled Europe on the train aroused suspicion by her affair with the chief of the Kaiser Secret Service and was later executed as a spy'

Answer: Mata Hari


Question: 'Sounds fancy, but brochettes de foies de volaille are just these chicken organs, skewered'

Answer: livers


Question: 'To make a good first impression, a "dead fish" one of these is definitely not advised'

Answer: a handshake


Question: '"The great fish moved silently through the night water..."'

Answer: Jaws


Question: '1989:<br />This comedian was "wired"'

Answer: (John) Belushi


Question: 'To a Hungarian, this number is "hat", though an ancient Roman might ask "vi?"'

Answer: 6


Question: 'This Philadelphia-born ex-actress brunched on one of the last runs of the original train, from Nice to Monte Carlo'

Answer: Grace Kelly


Question: 'When the French eat this organ, they call it cervelle (wonder if it makes them smarter?)'

Answer: brains


Question: 'Foils & caps are used to create these different-colored strands in your hair'

Answer: highlights


Question: '"It was love at first sight.  The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him"'

Answer: Catch-22


Question: '1993:<br />Enter this "dragon"'

Answer: Bruce Lee


Question: 'On the U.S. flag, it's the lucky number of stripes directly to the right of (& not under) the star field'

Answer: 7


Question: 'This boy scout founder posed as a butterfly collector and used the Orient Express to sketch Balkan military sites'

Answer: Lord Baden-Powell


Question: 'Let's talk about this organ, which the French call langue'

Answer: tongue


Question: 'Fred Flinstone could tell you that after you dig through gravel, soil, clay, etc., you hit this solid stuff'

Answer: bedrock


Question: '"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen"'

Answer: 1984


Question: '2004:<br />He sang "Beyond The Sea"'

Answer: Bobby Darin


Question: 'Bo Derek knows that Cape Verde's flag has this "perfect" number of stars'

Answer: 10


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Orient Express.) In 1944, using U.S. funds, this Swede banker rode the Orient Express on a mission of mercy to buy fake papers that helped save Hungary's Jews'

Answer: (Raoul) Wallenberg


Question: 'In the French dish pieds et paquets, the paquets are packets of sheep's tripe & the pieds are these sheep extremities'

Answer: feet (hooves accepted)


Question: '"Firefly" is a compound word, & so is this term for a wingless firefly'

Answer: glowworm


Question: '"Once upon a time and a very good time it was<br /> there was a moocow..."'

Answer: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man


Question: '1998:<br />He ran "without limits"'

Answer: Steven Prefontaine


Question: 'Herbert P. Windschitl released a 2003 book of this many "affirmations" (just enough for Scheherazade)'

Answer: 1001


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Orient Express.) On the "Orient Express," this title gal of a 1928 novel tells her dad she's pregnant and that her hubby isn't the father.  Actually it's the gamekeeper'

Answer: Lady Chatterley


Question: 'You might queue up for queue de boeuf, a French term for this part of an ox'

Answer: tail


Question: 'A pluviometer measures it'

Answer: rainfall


Question:
'"There Is Nothin' Like A Dame"
&
"Some Enchanted Evening"'

Answer: South Pacific


Question: 'In 1788 Jacques Necker asked this king to call the Estates-General, which last met in 1614; not the king's best move'

Answer: Louis XVI


Question: 'If you find yourself sporting this hairstyle, you've been punk'd'

Answer: a mohawk


Question: 'Incredibly, this variety of pigeon that went extinct in 1914 was once the most abundant bird species in America'

Answer: a passenger pigeon


Question: 'Greece's easternmost border is with this country with which it has had numerous disputes'

Answer: Turkey


Question: 'Ja, it's another name for German measles'

Answer: rubella


Question:
'"Marian The Librarian"
&
"Seventy-Six Trombones"'

Answer: The Music Man


Question: 'In 1969 Franco said, "Here, king" & named him Spain's head of state upon Franco's leaving office'

Answer: Juan Carlos


Question: 'Colin Quinn, seeing the hair of Trump, Sharpton & this fight promoter, said they "look like the 3 stages of a forest fire"'

Answer: Don King


Question: 'The large moa became extinct by the 19th century after being heavily hunted by these native New Zealand people'

Answer: the Maori


Question: 'Make no mythtake, this 9,750-foot mountain on the border of Thessaly & Macedonia is Greece's highest'

Answer: Mount Olympus


Question: 'To enhance a statement or story with fictitious additions'

Answer: to embellish


Question:
'"Luck Be A Lady"
&
"Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat"'

Answer: Guys and Dolls


Question: 'On June 15, 1978 American-born Lisa Halaby married this Middle Eastern monarch'

Answer: King Hussein of Jordan


Question: 'In the 1974 picture seen here, Julius Erving sports this 4-letter hairstyle'

Answer: an afro


Question: 'The cuckoo & the crake from this isolated S. Atlantic isle are now extinct; did Napoleon get the munchies?'

Answer: St. Helena


Question: 'Greece is bounded on the west by the Ionian Sea, on the south by the Mediterranean Sea & on the east by this sea'

Answer: the Aegean Sea


Question: 'Well, I declare! It means "before the war", like many mansions of the American South'

Answer: antebellum


Question:
'"Climb Ev'ry Mountain"
&
"My Favorite Things"'

Answer: The Sound of Music


Question: 'In 1972 King Frederik IX's oldest daughter, Margrethe, succeeded him on the throne fo this country'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'Named after a French marquise, this style is created when a man brushes his hair up high from the forehead'

Answer: a pompadour


Question: 'Over 5 feet tall, Pachydyptes ponderosus was a prehistoric one of these cold-weather birds'

Answer: a penguin


Question: 'Home to the ancient ruined Minoan palace of Knossos, it's Greece's largest island'

Answer: Crete


Question: 'Alkaloids from this poisonous plant were once used to dilate women's pupils to make them more attractive'

Answer: belladonna


Question:
'"I Don't Know How To Love Him"
&
"Everything's Alright"'

Answer: Jesus Christ Superstar


Question: 'In 324 B.C. at Ecbatana, this king lost his boyhood friend Hephaestion, by then his grand vizier'

Answer: Alexander (the Great)


Question: 'This 'do is all "business in front, party in the back" (it's also a type of fish, which might tell you something)'

Answer: a mullet


Question: 'This bird was not "great" at defending itself, & the last specimen was killed in Iceland in 1844'

Answer: a (great) auk


Question: 'The site of a famous 480 B.C. battle against Persia, this mountain pass' name means "hot gates" in Greek'

Answer: Thermopylae


Question: 'Last name of Venetian artists Jacopo, Gentile & Giovanni'

Answer: Bellini


Question: 'In 1947 this team chose not to be called the "Nickels" but instead paid homage to a Western hero'

Answer: the Buffalo Bills


Question: 'When Sir Kay needed a sword, this young man, his foster brother, fetched him the sword in the stone'

Answer: Arthur


Question: 'On April 13, 1997 this 21-year-old golfer became the youngest to win the Masters'

Answer: Tiger Woods


Question: 'This man designed it in 1908'

Answer: Henry Ford


Question: 'It's the land where the Emerald City is located'

Answer: Oz


Question: 'This "Sultan of Swat" left 10% of his estate to a foundation he created for needy children'

Answer: Babe Ruth


Question: 'Named for the Roman who began its construction, it stretched 350 miles from Rome to Brindisi on Italy's "heel"'

Answer: The Appian Way


Question: 'The children of Izanagi & Izanami include the islands of Japan & deities of this religion'

Answer: Shinto


Question: '"(Hi, I'm Nick Van Exel)  After winning 5 NBA championships, the Lakers moved to Los Angeles in 1960 from this city"'

Answer: Minneapolis


Question: 'Mildendo, a metropolis in this country in "Gulliver's Travels" was only 500 feet square'

Answer: Lilliput


Question: 'He appointed "Beloved Wife, Yoko Ono" to act as executor of his last will & testament'

Answer: John Lennon


Question: 'Scientists estimate that it's 588 quadrillion miles across'

Answer: Milky Way


Question: 'This Texas legend was raised by coyotes after falling out of the family wagon'

Answer: Pecos Bill


Question: 'Gordie Howe's 1,687 games with this team is the most by a player on one team in the NHL'

Answer: Detroit Red Wings


Question: 'In 1927 this model replaced the T'

Answer: Model A


Question: 'J.R.R. Tolkien created Middle Earth; this author created Middlemarch'

Answer: George Eliot


Question: 'In his will he called himself a "printer" & "late minister plenipotentiary" to the court of France'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: 'Paul Anka song that includes "I've lived a life that's full, I traveled each and every highway"'

Answer: My Way


Question: 'This evil Norse trickster god became blood brother to Odin'

Answer: Loki


Question: 'The Johnny Petraglia Open & the AMF Dick Weber Classic have been major tournaments in this sport'

Answer: Bowling


Question: 'In other words, this nickname is Sn Elizabeth'

Answer: "Tin Lizzie"


Question: 'In Sinclair Lewis' "Main Street", Main Street is in the town of Gopher Prairie in this state'

Answer: Minnesota


Question: 'She bequeathed a friend a copy of her husband's inaugural address signed by Robert Frost'

Answer: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis


Question: 'This House committee is charged with raising revenues to run the government'

Answer: Ways and Means Committee


Question: 'In Greek myth this 3-headed snake-tailed dog guarded the gates of Hades'

Answer: Cerberus


Question: 'This winter Olympic sport is contested in 2-man & 4-man events'

Answer: Bobsled


Question: 'The 1910 T featured a rear seat nicknamed for this relative acquired through marriage'

Answer: "Mother-In-Law Seat"


Question: 'In a Samuel Butler novel, the hero & his girlfriend escape from this land via hot-air balloon'

Answer: Erewhon


Question: 'This former Chief Justice's self-written will of 1994 made no provisions for estate taxes'

Answer: Warren Burger


Question: '"Paul Revere's Ride" is one of these collected "tales" by Longfellow'

Answer: Tales of a Wayside Inn


Question: 'This capital of Seychelles shares its name with the capitals of British Columbia & Hong Kong'

Answer: Victoria


Question: 'A Babylonian goddess of love & fertility, or a movie bomb for Warren Beatty & Dustin Hoffman'

Answer: Ishtar


Question: 'Burt attended college on a scholarship for this sport'

Answer: Football


Question: 'Gabriel Prosser & Nat Turner led slave insurrections in this state'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'The hot dog takes its name from a 1906 cartoon depicting this dog on a long bun'

Answer: Dachshund


Question: 'The pine & fir are among trees bearing pointed leaves called these'

Answer: Needles


Question: 'The Grimaldis rule over this country's capital, nicknamed "The Rock" due to its position on a rocky promontory'

Answer: Monaco


Question: 'It'll get your motor running, your car's motor, that is'

Answer: Ignition


Question: 'In the April 1972 issue of this magazine, Burt filled out the foldout'

Answer: Cosmopolitan


Question: 'Robert Wilcox led a revolt against the 1887 "Bayonet Constitution" U.S. businessmen forced on these islands'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'Reaching 34" in height, the tallest dog is the Irish variety of this'

Answer: Wolfhound


Question: 'The processed fruit of the plum tree, it also means to cut back branches to aid growth'

Answer: Prune


Question: 'This Trinidadian capital was called Puerto de Espana by the Spanish; the British anglicized the name in 1797'

Answer: Port-of-Spain


Question: 'This legal term describes a person who leaves no will at the time of death'

Answer: Intestate


Question: 'Burt appeared in 2 "Cannonball Run" films & in 3 installments of this car chase series'

Answer: Smokey And The Bandit


Question: 'On April 24, 1916 Michael Collins participated in this Dublin insurrection'

Answer: Easter Rebellion


Question: 'Though barkless, this African dog does make a sound resembling a yodel'

Answer: Basenji


Question: 'Its resemblance to a Biblical person gave this tree, seen here, its name: [video clue]'

Answer: Joshua tree


Question: 'With a population of 2,300 the capital of this republic lying within Italy is one of the world's smallest'

Answer: San Marino


Question: 'Pressing your hands palm-to-palm is an example of this form of exercise in which there's no movement'

Answer: Isometric


Question: 'Burt's musicals include "At Long Last Love" with Cybill Shepherd & this 1982 one with Dolly Parton'

Answer: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas


Question: 'After Dewey defeated the Spanish in these islands, the islanders there rebelled against U.S. rule'

Answer: Philippines


Question: 'An excellent guard dog, it's the national dog of Japan'

Answer: Akita


Question: 'A tree of the magnolia family is named for the resemblance of its yellow flowers to this bulb flower'

Answer: Tulip tree


Question: 'Honiara, capital of the Solomon Islands, lies on this island, a WWII battle site'

Answer: Guadalcanal


Question: 'In a proverb, it's "no excuse" for breaking the law'

Answer: Ignorance


Question: 'This 1972 film set in the South is considered Burt's dramatic breakthrough film'

Answer: Deliverance


Question: 'McKeesport, Penn. was home to dissidents in this 1794 insurrection against excise taxes on liquor'

Answer: Whiskey Rebellion


Question: 'You shouldn't bite the hand that feeds you, but in 1991 one of these pets bit Queen Elizabeth II'

Answer: Corgi


Question: 'The Latin sempervirens, found in the scientific name of the redwood, means this kind of tree'

Answer: Evergreen


Question: 'On June 11, 1997 the Army deactivated the 43rd Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, its last, in this country'

Answer: (South) Korea


Question: 'CA.'s Catalina Island has the 1st U.S. plant to do this to seawater for use by a residential community'

Answer: desalinate the water


Question: 'He left New Edition, going solo with hits like "Don't Be Cruel" & "Every Little Step"'

Answer: Bobby Brown


Question: 'Farsi, which is also called Persian, is spoken in this country once known as Persia'

Answer: Iran


Question: 'Clinton won first chair in this instrument in the Arkansas state band'

Answer: the saxophone


Question: 'Wrinkles in the fabric of space discovered in 1992 support this theory of how the universe was created'

Answer: the Big Bang


Question: 'If you're German and your nickname is Max, it's likely that this is your first name'

Answer: Maximilian


Question: 'In a 1990 book this newspaper columnist offers her "Hints for a Healthy Planet"'

Answer: Heloise


Question: 'This group won 3 1992 Billboard Music Awards for the single heard here'

Answer: Boyz II Men


Question: 'In dictionaries, this language is often abbreviated Skt.'

Answer: Sanskrit


Question: 'The day before taking office, Clinton prayed at this president's Arlington, Va. grave'

Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: 'It braces a runner's feet at the beginning of a race'

Answer: the starting block


Question: 'This feminine name, a diminutive of Bernard, is especially popular at Lourdes'

Answer: Bernadette


Question: 'Every day, each person in the U.S. produces about 4 pounds of trash & the largest percentage is made of this'

Answer: paper


Question: 'Subtitle of En Vogue's "My Lovin'"'

Answer: "You\'re Never Gonna Get It"


Question: 'It's the language that gave us the words luau & lei'

Answer: Hawaiian


Question: 'Clinton got his bachelor's degree at this D.C. school, the only college he applied to'

Answer: Georgetown


Question: 'At the start of a game of pool, there are this many balls on the table'

Answer: 16


Question: 'Roman myths called Hades' wife Proserpina, while the Greeks knew her by this name'

Answer: Persephone


Question: 'The bald eagle population, now recovering, took a big dive in the 1940s due to this pesticide'

Answer: DDT


Question: 'Hit song title shared by Kris Kross & Van Halen'

Answer: "Jump"


Question: 'Ge'ez is an ancient language still used in this country whose capital is Addis Ababa'

Answer: Ethiopia


Question: 'At the 1988 Dem. convention, Clinton's nominating speech for this man lasted over 30 minutes'

Answer: Dukakis


Question: 'Depressing as it sounds, it's the stroke made by a conductor at the start of a measure'

Answer: the down beat


Question: 'Some women named this are called Mina for short & may have been named for a Dutch queen'

Answer: Wilhelmina


Question: 'According to Guinness, this NW state has the largest living organism, a fungus covering 1,500 acres'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'Smells like this Seattle group was Spin Magazine's Artist of the Year for 1992'

Answer: Nirvana


Question: 'It was the native language of Pope John Paul I, but not of Pope John Paul II'

Answer: Italian


Question: 'Bill Clinton was born in this town on August 19, 1946'

Answer: Hope, Arkansas


Question: 'Japan's Showa period began in 1926 with the accession of this emperor'

Answer: Hirohito


Question: 'First name shared by Charles Lindbergh's mother & Longfellow's Acadian heroine'

Answer: Evangeline


Question: 'The book "Masters of Disguise" is devoted to these highly adaptable lizards'

Answer: chameleons


Question: 'Paris' right & left banks are north & south of this river'

Answer: Seine


Question: 'This class of rocks is formed from deposits on lake beds & sea floors'

Answer: sedimentary


Question: 'Admiral Stansfield Turner who headed this agency under Carter didn't keep his scholarship a secret'

Answer: the CIA


Question: 'From France's Calais this city's a strait away; you should watch when you walk on its cliffs of white chalk'

Answer: Dover


Question: 'Some people do this by reading tea leaves'

Answer: predict the future


Question: 'In 1992 his book "A Brief History of Time" became Britain's longest-running bestseller'

Answer: (Stephen) Hawking


Question: 'The Straits of Florida & the Yucatan Channel are this gulf's only outlets'

Answer: the Gulf of Mexico


Question: 'Any old salt can tell you epsomite is this color'

Answer: white


Question: 'Daniel J. Boorstin & James H. Billington are the last 2 scholars to run this library'

Answer: the Library of Congress


Question: 'When these wars were in bloom, Richard of York met his doom'

Answer: the Wars of the Roses


Question: 'It's the most popular way to serve tea in the U.S., but the British think it's "not so hot"'

Answer: iced tea


Question: 'The 40th Anniversary Edition of his "Baby and Child Care" book was published in 1985'

Answer: Dr. Spock


Question: 'This bay in Virginia & Maryland is the largest on the Atlantic coast of the U.S.'

Answer: the Chesapeake


Question: 'To identify a meteorite, Peterson's guide says to look for iron & this metal'

Answer: nickel


Question: 'This singer was picked to go to Oxford & to co-star with Barbra Streisand in "A Star is Born"'

Answer: Kris Kristofferson


Question: 'Around Wiltshire they tell a story that this rock group was an observatory'

Answer: Stonehenge


Question: 'Darjeeling tea is grown in Darjeeling, India, in the foothills of these mountains'

Answer: the Himalayas


Question: '"According to" our sources, the first game book he wrote was a "Short Treatise on the Game of Whist"'

Answer: (Edmund) Hoyle


Question: 'This sea is sometimes referred to as the "American Mediterranean"'

Answer: the Caribbean


Question: 'The fossils in this type of rock may remain even after it's changed into marble'

Answer: limestone


Question: 'The dean of students might be able to tell you that this Dean was Secretary of State during the '60s'

Answer: Rusk


Question: 'In the P.M.'s chair he was sittin' during the 1940-41 Battle of Britain'

Answer: Churchill


Question: 'The leading tea-growing country in Africa, it's known for its coffee plantations, too'

Answer: Kenya


Question: '"An Amateur Laborer" tells of his unhappy, impoverished period after the publication of "Sister Carrie"'

Answer: Theodore Dreiser


Question: 'This river flows over 2,200 miles from the Valdai Hills NW of Moscow to the Caspian Sea'

Answer: the Volga


Question: 'Shale changes into this rock metamorphically & also by changing 2 letters'

Answer: slate


Question: 'This former Arkansas senator who set up a scholarship fund won a scholarship to Oxford'

Answer: (J. William) Fulbright


Question: 'William's protection against besiegers, it's now the home of the Beefeaters'

Answer: the Tower of London


Question: 'This great Roman orator coined the phrase we translate as "a tempest in a teapot"'

Answer: Cicero


Question: 'General Publius Scipio won the surname "Africanus" for beating this man at the 202 B.C. Battle of Zama'

Answer: Hannibal


Question: '1946:<br />Ah yes, this big-screen comedian passes away at the age of 66 in Pasadena'

Answer: W.C. Fields


Question: 'Dr. Ludwig Roselius' research into this process led to the coffee brand Sanka in 1923'

Answer: decaffeination


Question: 'Bethlehem, Pennsylvania was named for the biblical Bethlehem, which is Hebrew for "house of" this food staple'

Answer: bread


Question: 'Cousin Jim is wound a little tight, so I got him a getaway to Club Med on Guadeloupe in this sea'

Answer: the Caribbean


Question: 'The U.S. was spurred to war with this country in 1898 due in part to "jingo journalism"'

Answer: Spain


Question: '(Rob Reiner starts us off.)  My movie "The Bucket List" stars Morgan Freeman & this acting legend whom I also directed when he played Col. Jessup in "A Few Good Men"'

Answer: Jack Nicholson


Question: '1066:<br />He's crowned king of England'

Answer: William the Conqueror


Question: '6-letter word for an authoritative order having the force of law'

Answer: decree


Question: 'A huge electrical many-pointed one of these sits atop nearby South Mountain, perhaps to guide visitors to the town'

Answer: a star


Question: 'Little Michelle just got her driver's license; she should like one of these, seen here in weapons mode'

Answer: a Hummer


Question: 'In an 1852 speech, Frederick Douglass called this holiday "a sham... fraud, deception, impiety"'

Answer: Independence Day


Question: '(Morgan Freeman continues.)  A great view can be had from this peak the Tibetans call Chomolungma that plays a big part in "The Bucket List" story'

Answer: Mount Everest


Question: '1776:<br />George Washington & his troops cross this river to attack the Hessians'

Answer: the Delaware


Question: 'It's another, earlier name for Memorial Day'

Answer: Decoration Day


Question: 'For a dozen years, Bethlehem's Lehigh University has been home to this NFL team's summer training camp'

Answer: the (Philadelphia) Eagles


Question: 'For Dad, yeah, we know it's the same old thing, but let's call it by its Spanish name: corbata, one of these'

Answer: a tie


Question: 'Orwell called this "if" poet a "jingo imperialist... morally insensitive and aesthetically disgusting"'

Answer: Kipling


Question: '(Rob Reiner returns.)  The leads in "The Bucket List" have a high-speed race between a Dodge Challenger & a Shelby one of these Ford cars'

Answer: a Mustang


Question: '1868:<br />This man grants an unconditional pardon to all who rebelled during the Civil War'

Answer: Andrew Johnson


Question: 'In the 18th century this artistic technique was known as Japanning from its presumed origins'

Answer: decoupage


Question: 'An annual festival honoring this 18th century German composer is highlighted by a performance of his B-minor Mass'

Answer: Johann Sebastian Bach


Question: 'You know how Uncle Billy likes politics; let's giving him this politician's book "The Assault on Reason"'

Answer: (Al) Gore


Question: 'Boswell quoted him as saying that "patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel"'

Answer: (Samuel) Johnson


Question: '(Morgan Freeman reads another clue.)  1 of the amazing sights visited in "The Bucket List" is this fortification stretching from Gansu to Hebei'

Answer: the Great Wall of China


Question: '800 A.D.:<br />This man is crowned the first Holy Roman Emperor'

Answer: Charlemagne


Question: 'This naval hero famously said, "Our country, right or wrong"'

Answer: Stephen Decatur


Question: 'This Penn. corp. built more WWI destroyers at its Quincy, Mass. yard than were built at all other U.S. yards combined'

Answer: Bethlehem Steel


Question: 'Matt asked me to get him one of this brand of air rifle, like Ralphie in "A Christmas Story"'

Answer: a Red Ryder BB gun


Question: 'This 2-word jingoistic tenet stated that territorial expansion of the U.S. is inevitable & ordained'

Answer: Manifest Destiny


Question: '(Hi, I'm Sean Hayes.)  This Islamic tomb on the Yamuna River in India leads Carter and Edward to a discussion of funeral types in "The Bucket List"'

Answer: Taj Mahal


Question: 'For several years, his friend Karl Amenda was one of the few people who knew about his increasing deafness'

Answer: Beethoven


Question: 'NHL:<br />Wayne & Brent'

Answer: Gretzky


Question: 'At the end of "Much Ado About Nothing", Benedick quiets this love of his with a kiss'

Answer: Beatrice


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a campfire in White Sands National Monument, New Mexico.) Even in the desert, fire is important for survival, for cooking, signaling, & avoiding this, from the Greek for "under" & "heat"'

Answer: hypothermia


Question: 'A centerpiece of the 1962 World's Fair, this tower had science-fiction art & a German TV tower as inspirations'

Answer: the Space Needle


Question: 'The Bureau of Land Management can help you adopt one of these wild donkeys'

Answer: a burro


Question: 'On March 3, 1875 his "Carmen" premiered in Paris & he was decorated with the French Legion of Honor'

Answer: Bizet


Question: 'Speed skating:<br />Beth & Eric'

Answer: Heiden


Question: 'He is described by the witches as "lesser than Macbeth, and greater"'

Answer: Banquo


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew walks through brush in White Sands National Monument, NM.) Be very careful relying on desert plants for food & drink; avoid any that have red seeds, milky sap, or leaves that are digitate, meaning shaped like an open one of these'

Answer: a hand


Question: 'A Library of Congress photo collection of buildings includes a 1910 1-room this in South Pass City, Wyoming'

Answer: a schoolhouse (school accepted)


Question: 'As well as "manly" or "virile", this 5-letter word can mean "sledgehammer"'

Answer: macho


Question: 'From 1892 to 1895 he headed NYC's National Conservatory of Music; he returned to Bohemia due to homesickness'

Answer: (Antonin) Dvorák


Question: 'NFL:<br />Shannon & Sterling'

Answer: Sharpe


Question: 'Gassy surname of Sir Toby in "Twelfth Night"'

Answer: Belch


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from  White Sands National Monument, New Mexico.)  In desert conditions, you need at least one gallon of water per person per day, have reusable water containers, & a tincture of a small percentage of this to purify the water'

Answer: iodine


Question: 'A puddled adobe on De Vargas street in this state capital claims to be the USA's oldest house'

Answer: Santa Fe


Question: 'Whether after "Cuba" or not, it simply means "free"'

Answer: libre


Question: 'In 1762 6-year old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & his sister performed for this Holy Roman Empress'

Answer: Maria Theresa


Question: 'NBA:<br />Harvey & Horace'

Answer: Grant


Question: 'His downfall was at Philippi'

Answer: Brutus


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from White Sands National Monument, New Mexico.)  For desert trekkers in the Southwest, it might come in handy to know that the soaptree type of this stiff-leaved evergreen has edible flowers'

Answer: a yucca


Question: 'Greene & Greene designed the Gamble House, a seminal work in this 3-word style inspired by William Morris'

Answer: Arts and Crafts


Question: 'This can mean "taste" or "flavor"; "con mucho" this means "with great pleasure"'

Answer: gusto


Question: 'His wife Clara was one of the finest concert pianists of her time & later taught at the conservatory in Frankfurt'

Answer: Schumann


Question: 'Tennis:<br />Tim & Tom'

Answer: Gullikson


Question: 'In "The Taming of the Shrew", she's courted by 3 men'

Answer: Bianca


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from White Sands National Monument, New Mexico.)  Sounds odd, but black tea bags are handy in the desert: steep the bags & apply to sunburn; this acid in the tea relieves heat, pain & itching'

Answer: tannin (or tannic acid)


Question: 'This Boston hall houses the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, chartered in 1638'

Answer: Faneuil Hall