Question: 'This mat used on a plate beneath sandwiches & cakes comes from a drapery shop owner'

Answer: doily


Question: 'Camus' gripping "La Peste"'

Answer: "The Plague"


Question: 'The Byzantine style, mixing east & west, featured domes & these tall towers attached to mosques'

Answer: minarets


Question: 'During World War II this country surrendered to Allied forces on September 8, 1943'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'In 1854 this naturalist observed that much of winter is "suggestive of an inexpressable tenderness"'

Answer: Henry David Thoreau


Question: 'In the fall of 2000, Tim Daly hit the road on an updated version of this series last seen in 1967'

Answer: The Fugitive


Question: 'An Austrian novelist's name lives on in this tendency in which a person finds pleasure in receiving abuse'

Answer: masochism


Question: 'The chilling tale "Froken Smillas Fornemmelse For Sne"'

Answer: "Smilla\'s Sense of Snow"


Question: 'Colonial was the American version of this style named for 4 British kings'

Answer: Georgian


Question: 'It was not a merry Christmas for this man on December 25, 1989; his own security forces killed him'

Answer: Nicolae Ceausescu


Question: 'At the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, this man was vice president of the U.S.'

Answer: Henry Wallace


Question: 'Old Ebony, ridden by Chuck Connors in this western, was the grandson of Kentucky Derby winner Flying Ebony'

Answer: The Rifleman


Question: 'This synonym for "severe" comes from a harsh Athenian lawmaker'

Answer: draconian


Question: 'Now part of a national recreation area, it was once referred to as "Uncle Sam's Devil's Island"'

Answer: Alcatraz Island


Question: 'Dmitry Mendeleyev & Julius Meyer independently proposed a principle that led to this table'

Answer: the periodic table of elements


Question: 'The 3 primary wine-growing regions of this state are Columbia Valley, Yakima Valley & Walla Walla'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'Wicker furniture maker Harry Shill built the rolling chairs used on this city's Boardwalk'

Answer: Atlantic City


Question: 'The third of these military expeditions was led by Frederick I Barbarossa, Philip II & Richard the Lion-Hearted'

Answer: the Crusades


Question: 'Police officers rank No. 8; this occupation "heats up" at No. 2'

Answer: fireman


Question:
'The Grand Duke,
Prince Charming,
the Fairy Godmother'

Answer: Cinderella


Question: 'Brimstone is another name for this light yellow nonmetallic element'

Answer: sulphur


Question: 'By U.S. law this spread must be at least 80% milkfat; the rest is water & milk solids'

Answer: butter


Question: 'This Lake Havasu City landmark had to be trimmed 53 feet from its original length'

Answer: the London Bridge


Question: 'In 1513 he reached & named Florida'

Answer: Ponce de León


Question: 'No. 9 on the list is this profession; no wonder Joe Greene was so mean'

Answer: football player


Question:
'Nana,
the crocodile,
Mr. Smee'

Answer: Peter Pan


Question: 'It's the branch of chemistry that studies compounds containing carbon'

Answer: organic chemistry


Question: 'In China, this dish of fried egg & vegetable patties is never served with sauce'

Answer: egg foo yung


Question: 'In Arkansas you can visit the Daisy International Air Gun Museum in Rogers & Daisy Mae in this Al Capp theme park'

Answer: Dogpatch USA


Question: 'In 1718 the British tracked down & killed this "dark" pirate in a North Carolina inlet'

Answer: Blackbeard


Question: 'It's ranked as America's most stressful job; only one person at a time holds it'

Answer: President of the U.S.


Question:
'Governor Ratcliffe,
Kocoum,
Nakoma'

Answer: Pocahontas


Question: 'Chemists use this whirling device to separate solids from liquids or one liquid from another'

Answer: a centrifuge


Question: 'This lunch meat is named for the Italian city that's also home to mortadella'

Answer: bologna


Question: 'Houses you can visit in this city include Babe Ruth's & H.L. Mencken's'

Answer: Baltimore


Question: 'In 1946 the Ivory Coast was made an overseas territory of this country; in 1960 it gained its independence'

Answer: France


Question: 'No. 7 is this job that's been held by a Cooper, a Shepard & a Schweickart'

Answer: astronaut


Question:
'Flora,
Prince Philip,
Princess Aurora'

Answer: Sleeping Beauty


Question: 'It's 1 or 2 or more atoms of the same element that differ in atomic weight'

Answer: an isotope


Question: 'Sogrape, this country's largest wine company, produces Mateus Rose & Ferreira Port'

Answer: Portugal


Question: 'At his birthplace at 224 S. 2nd St., Winterset, Iowa, you can see the eye patch he wore in a 1969 film'

Answer: John Wayne (as Rooster Cogburn)


Question: 'The treaty that ended the Russo-Japanese War in 1905 was named for this New Hampshire city'

Answer: Portsmouth


Question: 'At No. 10 the list takes off with these airport personnel'

Answer: air traffic controllers


Question:
'Nala,
Mufasa,
Scar'

Answer: The Lion King


Question: 'In 1604 this king appointed 54 scholars, including Sir Henry Savile, to retranslate the Bible'

Answer: James I


Question: 'This capital is the home of the Bourbon Palace, the meeting place of the French National Assembly'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'If a weasel pops by for lunch in the cold winter, you'll notice its coat is this color'

Answer: White


Question: 'This star of "Born On The Fourth of July" was actually born on the third of July in 1962'

Answer: Tom Cruise


Question: 'In 1728 this Philadelphian & partner Hugh Meredith bought a printing press'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: '10 years after its 1956 debut, it was reworked into a musical & its title was shortened to "Mame"'

Answer: "Auntie Mame"


Question: 'In 1667 Jonathan Swift was born & this poet published "Paradise Lost"'

Answer: John Milton


Question: 'Once the chief town of the Ligurian tribe of the Taurini, it was Italy's first capital, 1861-65'

Answer: Turin


Question: 'Dabbling types of these include the pintail & teal'

Answer: Ducks


Question: 'This country singer could serve his sausage to Rosanna Arquette on their mutual birthday, August 10'

Answer: Jimmy Dean


Question: 'This Naval hero helped outfit the Alfred, the first ship bought by the Continental Congress'

Answer: John Paul Jones


Question: 'The 1974 musical "Mack And Mabel" was about this Keystone Kops director & star Mabel Normand'

Answer: Mack Sennett


Question: 'His "Compleat Angler" went through 5 editions during the 17th century'

Answer: Izaak Walton


Question: 'The Gothic cathedral in this southern Polish city was once the site of the coronation of Polish kings'

Answer: Krakow


Question: 'The word mouse is from a Sanskrit word for this, because they stole people's food'

Answer: Thief


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />On March 7, 2034 he can wish himself a happy 100th birthday:'

Answer: Willard Scott


Question: 'This man, "Old Tippecanoe", was elected the Northwest Territory's delegate to Congress in 1799'

Answer: William Henry Harrison


Question: 'In a Christopher Marlowe play, Barabas is "The Jew Of" this island'

Answer: Malta


Question: 'In 1680 this "Pilgrims Progress" author published "The Life And Death of Mr. Badman"'

Answer: John Bunyan


Question: 'This capital of Liechtenstein has a postal museum & a museum of the royal family's art collection'

Answer: Vaduz


Question: 'If you spot several servals slinking south of the Sahara, you'll see slender types of these animals'

Answer: Cats


Question: 'She celebrates her "official" birthday in June; her real birthday is April 21'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth II


Question: 'Although called the "Great Dissenter", this jurist's dissents numbered only about 3% of some 6,000 cases'

Answer: Oliver Wendell Holmes


Question: 'Hot Dog!  He's the villain of "The Rocky Horror Show"'

Answer: Frank N. Furter


Question: 'The first classical work translated in Colonial America was this Ovid work by George Sandys in 1626'

Answer: "Metamorphoses"


Question: 'It's the hub of the British metal goods industry'

Answer: Birmingham


Question: 'Found in all oceans, they have the widest distribution of any whale & use echolocation to hunt'

Answer: Orcas/Killer Whales


Question: 'This actor who played Bobby Ewing on "Dallas" was born on St. Patrick's Day'

Answer: Patrick Duffy


Question: 'In 1887 this future Democratic presidential nominee moved to Lincoln, Nebraska'

Answer: William Jennings Bryan


Question: 'The starting team of the Chicago Bulls could fill the cast of this 1972 Jason Miller play; it only has 5 parts'

Answer: "That Championship Season"


Question: '2 of the 5 U.S. presidents who played football for their college teams'

Answer: Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Ford & Reagan


Question:
'Kealakekua Bay,
Nuuanu Pali,
Akaka Falls'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'In 2008 Brendan Fraser took a third stab at this title monster in "Tomb of the Dragon Emperor"'

Answer: the Mummy


Question: 'In 2002 this neighbor's currency hit a low of 61.79 cents to the U.S. dollar'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'If you're twisted, you'll love these Wetzel treats in flavors like Jalapeno Cheese Melt & Sinful Cinnamon'

Answer: pretzels


Question: 'Queen Hatshepsut of Egypt's 18th Dynasty dressed as a man so that she could remain this type of king'

Answer: a pharaoh


Question: 'Twain's outdoor recreation areas'

Answer: Mark\'s parks


Question: 'The Mendenhall Glacier,<br />Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'In this spy film a phone-throwing Steve Carell unleashed "the element of surpraaaah...!"'

Answer: Get Smart


Question: 'To show peaceful intentions, you can hold up a dime as it has this branch on it'

Answer: the olive branch


Question: 'For a veggie version of this, top the crust with zucchini & bell peppers instead of the usual pepperoni'

Answer: pizza


Question: 'His father told him to "Seek out a kingdom worthy of thyself, for Macedonia is too little for thee"'

Answer: Alexander the Great


Question: 'Austen's throbs & twinges'

Answer: Jane\'s pains


Question: 'Delta Blues Museum,<br />Natchez Trace Parkway'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'Jim Carrey's motto is "An elephant's faithful, 100%" in this animated feature'

Answer: Horton Hears a Who!


Question: 'A synonym for "monarch", it can also mean an old British gold coin'

Answer: a sovereign (a crown accepted)


Question: 'No horses were harmed to make the Horsey Sauce served with this roast beef chain's sandwiches'

Answer: Arby\'s


Question: 'In 1700 B.C. the palace of Knossos on this Minoan island was destroyed by an earthquake'

Answer: Crete


Question: 'Harriet Beecher's private agonies'

Answer: Stowe\'s woes


Question: 'Greenfield Village,<br />Kellogg Bird Sanctuary'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'It's no fairy tale--or is it?--when Princess Giselle hits Manhattan in this 2007 musical film'

Answer: Enchanted


Question: 'There's a picture of the Bolshoi Theater on the note worth 100 of these'

Answer: the ruble


Question: 'In July 2008 this chain's Blizzard of the Month was made with Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies'

Answer: Dairy Queen


Question: 'The son of Suddhodana, a wealthy ruler, he was born in what's now Nepal around 563 B.C.'

Answer: Buddha


Question: 'Bradbury's portions of the week'

Answer: Ray\'s days


Question: 'Zion National Park,<br />Monument Valley'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'Meryl Streep's daughter is caught up in a musical version of "My Three Dads" in this film'

Answer: Mamma Mia!


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew explains with an animated illustration on the monitor.)  The most common theory of the origin of the dollar sign is that instead of writing Ps as a plural, people started putting the S over the P; the P stood for this'

Answer: peso


Question: 'For your next party, have your photo printed on these candies; the 13th letter of the alphabet will be on the reverse'

Answer: M&M\'s


Question: 'This Babylonian king's code states that if a son strikes his father, the son's hands shall be cut off'

Answer: Hammurabi


Question: 'Kerouac's burlap bags'

Answer: Jack\'s sacks


Question: 'He was hidden for 3 months before an "ark of bulrushes" was built for him'

Answer: Moses


Question: 'It was still love all even after she beat sis Serena for her fifth Wimbledon title'

Answer: Venus Williams


Question: 'While veins carry blood toward the heart, these vessels carry blood away from the heart'

Answer: arteries


Question: 'This canal between the Arabian desert & the Sinai peninsula formally opened Nov. 17, 1869'

Answer: the Suez Canal


Question: 'The smallest of these recognized by Guinness is the chicken-sized Compsognathus'

Answer: a dinosaur


Question: 'An eleve attends une ecole, this'

Answer: a school


Question: 'He sat on his father David's mule before taking his seat on the throne'

Answer: Solomon


Question: 'In 2008 this figure skater added a new title: winner of "Dancing with the Stars"'

Answer: Kristi Yamaguchi


Question: 'This reddish-brown organ, the largest inside the body, is believed to perform at least 500 functions'

Answer: the liver


Question: 'This nervous 33-year-old married Mary Todd on Nov. 4, 1842'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'Alan Nash holds the record for crushing these with his toes, 23 in 30 seconds, & that's no yolk!'

Answer: eggshells


Question: 'Une cigogne is French for this wading bird that really delivers'

Answer: a stork


Question: 'His offering of an animal was accepted by God, while his sibling's offering of fruit wasn't'

Answer: Abel


Question:
'(Hi, I'm Misty May-Treanor.  And I'm Kerri Walsh.)
Kerri & I won the USA's first gold in women's beach volleyball at the 2004 Olympics held in this city--we didn't lose a single set'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'Hormones from this gland at the base of the neck control the body's metabolism'

Answer: the thyroid gland


Question: 'This pair saw the Pacific Ocean for the first time at the mouth of the Columbia River on Nov. 7, 1805'

Answer: Lewis & Clark


Question: 'The most votes cast in a national election occurred in May 2004 when 387 million voted in this country'

Answer: India


Question: 'Sucre is this crystalline substance'

Answer: sugar


Question: 'The sons of Zilpah hated this brother for his fancy clothes & the dreams that said he'd reign over them'

Answer: Joseph


Question: 'In 2008 she revved up to become the first woman to win an IndyCar race, the Indy Japan 300'

Answer: Danica Patrick


Question: 'These 3 pairs of glands, including the sublingual ones, are what make your mouth water'

Answer: salivary glands


Question: 'The colonists' response to this act that went into effect Nov. 1, 1765: "No taxation without representation"'

Answer: the Stamp Act


Question: 'In a 110-hour "Bardathon", Adrian Hilton read the complete works of this author'

Answer: Shakespeare


Question: 'Un cheval is a horse; cheveux is this, as on one's tete'

Answer: hair


Question: 'He discovered his father's plan after he asked where the lamb was for the burnt offering'

Answer: Isaac


Question: 'Before scoring that winning goal in the 1999 Women's World Cup, she'd played soccer for a Japanese team'

Answer: Brandi Chastain


Question: 'The plantar fascia is a thick band of tissue that keeps the bones of this body part in place'

Answer: feet


Question: 'On Nov. 29, 1929 he sent the message "My calculations indicate that we have reached the vicinity of the South Pole"'

Answer: Richard Byrd


Question: 'With a designed speed of 128 mph, the fastest of these rides is Kingda Ka at Six Flags in New Jersey'

Answer: a roller coaster


Question: 'Jamais is this adverb'

Answer: never


Question: 'Because of the Earth's rotation, a person at sea level is lightest when standing at this degree of latitude'

Answer: 0 degrees


Question: 'Lake Timsah,<br />Lake Nasser'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'Pasiphae was the mother of this monster, & that's no bull!'

Answer: the Minotaur


Question: 'Madonna:<br />"But you made me feel yeah, you made me feel shiny and new"'

Answer: "Like A Virgin"


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a laboratory.)  The Mexican red knee variety of this type of spider is crawling on my hand right now'

Answer: tarantula


Question: 'At dunkindonuts.com you can't buy donuts, but you can get this traditional accompaniment by the pound'

Answer: coffee


Question: 'On a snowy winter night he nips at your nose & your window'

Answer: Jack Frost


Question: 'Lake Onega,<br />Lake Baikal'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'It's the name of the ship on which Jason sailed to find the Golden Fleece'

Answer: the Argo


Question: 'Duran Duran:<br />"I'm on the hunt I'm after you, mouth is alive with juices like wine"'

Answer: "Hungry Like The Wolf"


Question: 'In names of spiders, it follows red, brown, varied &, of course, black'

Answer: widow


Question: 'You can click to hear a train whistle at the website of this model maker'

Answer: Lionel


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a basketball court.)  Hi!  Don't mind me, I'm just warming up, doing a round of these'

Answer: jumping jacks


Question: 'Lake Thirlmere,<br />Lake Windermere'

Answer: England/Great Britain


Question: 'Rejected by Narcissus, she faded away until all that was left was a voice, a voice'

Answer: Echo


Question: 'Donna Summer: <br />"Dialed about a thousand numbers lately, almost rang the phone off the wall"'

Answer: "Hot Stuff"


Question: 'A spider's body has 2 main sections: a cephalothorax, which includes the head & thorax, & this'

Answer: abdomen


Question: 'calwine.com is located "In the Heart of" this valley'

Answer: Napa Valley


Question: 'Aye, matey!  It's the popular term for a black pirate flag with a white skull & crossbones'

Answer: Jolly Roger


Question: 'Lake Chapala,<br />Lake Patzcuaro'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'A prophecy before he was born said he would be the ruin of Troy, & he was!'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'Aerosmith:<br />"Don't want to close my eyes, I don't want to fall asleep 'cause I'll miss you baby..."'

Answer: "I Don\'t Want To Miss A Thing"


Question: 'Spiders belong to this class named for a Lydian maiden who was transformed by Athena into a spider'

Answer: arachnids


Question: 'vixenoffroad.com specializes in women's apparel for this biking sport abbreviated MX'

Answer: motocross


Question: 'Bartenders use this small cup or glass to measure 1 1/2 ounces of liquor'

Answer: a jigger


Question: 'Lake Macquarie,<br />Lake Mungo'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'The Greek gods swore their most solemn oaths in the name of this river of Hades'

Answer: Styx


Question: 'Christina Aguilera:<br />"Whatever makes me happy sets you free and I'm thanking you for knowing exactly..."'

Answer: "What A Girl Wants"


Question: 'Name for a group of spiders that live in the ground & cover their burrows with a lid'

Answer: trap-door spiders


Question: 'alzheimersupport.com is among sites offering this super-herb, the scientific name of the maidenhair tree'

Answer: Gingko biloba


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew rides a carousel at the Santa Monica Pier.)  In the 1600s an early type of carousel was used to train noblemen in this sport that uses lances'

Answer: jousting


Question: 'Born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1946, he grew up to be president of the United States'

Answer: George W. Bush


Question: '"Porgy And Bess" was first performed on September 30, 1935, at the Colonial Theatre in this Mass. city'

Answer: Boston


Question: '"Joy Of Cooking" calls the pudding made from this grain "The All-Time Favorite"'

Answer: Rice pudding


Question: 'It's a flame in an appliance that's sometimes relit with great cursing & dropping of matches'

Answer: Pilot light


Question: 'Viewers flocked to see Calista Flockhart & this "angel" kiss on "Ally McBeal"'

Answer: Lucy Liu


Question: '"And so through the night went his cry of alarm to every Middlesex village and farm"'

Answer: Paul Revere


Question: 'He has 3 stars on Hollywood Boulevard; 2 by himself & 1 with Gracie'

Answer: George Burns


Question: 'To research the opera, this composer spent weeks among the Gullah people on an island off the Carolina coast'

Answer: George Gershwin


Question: 'Bill Cosby has helped sell this brand's Jigglers as well as puddings'

Answer: Jell-O


Question: 'In 2001 bad weather helped cause one of these of over 100 vehicles on I-95 in Virginia'

Answer: Pile-up


Question: 'In "From Here To Eternity" this actress tells Burt Lancaster, "Nobody ever kissed me the way you do"'

Answer: Deborah Kerr


Question: 'It was the battle cry rallying the Texans in the Battle of San Jacinto'

Answer: "Remember The Alamo!"


Question: 'He came up with the first practical roll film before he came up with the first practical camera to use roll film'

Answer: George Eastman


Question: 'In Scene 1 of "Porgy And Bess", Clara sings this song heard here as a lullaby to her baby  [audio clue]'

Answer: Summertime


Question: 'For lactose-intolerant pudding lovers, there's Trembleque, made with this "milk" from a tree'

Answer: Coconut milk


Question: 'Northern creature seen here, perhaps looking for a nice, tasty hook:'

Answer: Pike


Question: 'In "You're In The Army Now" Regis Toomey planted an over 3-minute long kiss on this future wife of Ronald Reagan'

Answer: Jane Wyman


Question: 'It's the beloved country in Alan Paton's "Cry, The Beloved Country"'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'In 1987 his "Ocean Front Property" became the first album to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard country chart'

Answer: George Strait


Question: 'It's the traditional type of pudding demanded in "We Wish You A Merry Christmas"'

Answer: Figgy pudding


Question: '2-syllable laboratory term for a slender tube used to transfer liquids between containers'

Answer: Pipette


Question: 'In the "Friends" episode "The One With Rachel's Big Kiss", Jennifer Aniston kissed this little woman'

Answer: Winona Ryder


Question: '"Poyekhali!"  ("Let's Go!" in Russian) was his cry April 12, 1961'

Answer: Yuri Gagarin


Question: 'At the merger, Walter Reuther was president of the CIO & this man was president of the AFL'

Answer: George Meany


Question: 'It's a Yiddish word for noodle pudding'

Answer: Kugel


Question: 'It's a 7-letter term for an animal whose coat has patches of 2 or more colors'

Answer: Piebald


Question: '1968 film in which Charlton Heston as Taylor tells Kim Hunter, "Doctor, I'd like to kiss you goodbye"'

Answer: Planet Of The Apes


Question: '"Never" do this was Canadian Farley Mowat's tale of living in the north to see what was killing caribou'

Answer: Never Cry Wolf


Question: 'Character from an 18th century tale who felt "Above an hundred arrows discharged on my left hand"'

Answer: Gulliver


Question: '(Tom Ritchie presents the clue from Antarctica.)  The 1959 Antarctic Treaty opened the continent to science & made possible such findings as this hole in the atmosphere in the 1980s'

Answer: the ozone


Question: 'Robin Roberts & George Stephanopoulos are 2 of the anchors of this ABC A.M. offering'

Answer: Good Morning America


Question: 'Juliet's family, they hate the Montagues'

Answer: the Capulets


Question: 'Mitch McDeere heads to Memphis to practice tax law in this bestseller'

Answer: The Firm


Question: 'This org. sells 8 varieties of its cookies, with 3 mandatory ones: Peanut Butter Sandwich, Thin Mint & Shortbread'

Answer: the Girl Scouts


Question: 'Ancient Persian priests, like those who visited the baby Jesus'

Answer: the magi


Question: 'The youngest mountain chain in Antarctica is a southward extension of this South American range'

Answer: the Andes


Question: 'Julianna Margulies stars as Alicia Florrick, the title political spouse on this CBS drama'

Answer: The Good Wife


Question: 'Home computer buyers choose between these 2 types played by Justin Long & John Hodgman in commercials'

Answer: a PC & a Mac


Question: 'Tulane law student Darby Shaw writes this title object of a 1992 Grisham page turner'

Answer: The Pelican Brief


Question: 'This sandwich cookie brand also has one covered in milk chocolate & a Golden Uh-Oh with chocolate creme'

Answer: Oreo


Question: 'A Welsh dog breed with a fox-like head'

Answer: a corgi


Question: '(Tom Ritchie presents the clue from Antarctica.)  Port Lockroy was the start of Britain's permanent presence in Antarctica as a secret base to observe German movements during this war'

Answer: World War II


Question: 'This spin-off from "Maude" focused on the dy-no-mite Evans family, who lived in Chicago'

Answer: Good Times


Question: 'The rivalry between these 2 men culminated in the "Thrilla in Manila"'

Answer: Ali & Frazier


Question: 'A black man murders the 2 white men who raped his daughter in this novel, Grisham's first'

Answer: A Time to Kill


Question: 'Hee hee! This co. offers Ready to Bake! & Simply... Chocolate Chip Cookies (& stop poking my gut!)'

Answer: Pillsbury


Question: 'A Hindu holy man, or a Yankees great'

Answer: a yogi


Question: 'Explorer Richard E. named an unclaimed region of Antarctica Marie this land, for his wife'

Answer: (Richard E.) Byrd


Question: 'This 1985 animated TV special had the Peanuts gang perform the Broadway musical of the same name'

Answer: You\'re a Good Man, Charlie Brown


Question: 'Antonio Prohias, a Cuban refugee, spoofed the Cold War in this Mad magazine comic strip'

Answer: Spy vs. Spy


Question: 'The direction of the verdict in a tobacco lawsuit is at stake in this 1996 novel'

Answer: The Runaway Jury


Question: 'Chips Deluxe & Fudge Shoppe are cookies made by this "elfin" company'

Answer: Keebler


Question: 'From the Polish for "dumpling", it's a baked turnover with meat inside'

Answer: a pierogi


Question: '(Tom Ritchie presents the clue from Antarctica.)  Lifeless boats and rusted tanks that once held the precious oil are relics of Deception Island's past: from 1906 to 1931, it was a processing center for this brutal trade'

Answer: whaling


Question: 'This guy from "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" went on to host "How to Look Good Naked"'

Answer: Carson Kressley


Question: 'A truce signed in 2003 officially ended the century-old feud between these 2 Appalachian families'

Answer: the Hatfields & the McCoys


Question: 'Reggie Love represents 11-year-old Mark Sway, the title character of this legal thriller'

Answer: The Client


Question: 'Rhyming name of the bite-sized chocolate chip cookie brand with the "homemade recipe, homemade taste"'

Answer: Famous Amos


Question: 'It's the Italian version of Louis'

Answer: Luigi


Question: 'The cities of Antwerp & Ghent lie in this northern region of Belgium'

Answer: Flanders


Question: 'The 2007 cover seen here was drawn for "Entertainment Weekly" by this man'

Answer: Matt Groening


Question: 'A 1913 W.V. miners' strike brought martial law, so 82-year-old Mother Jones was tried in this type of military tribunal'

Answer: a court-martial


Question: 'This closed tube that may become inflamed is from Latin for "hanging from", as it hangs at the end of the large intestine'

Answer: the appendix


Question: 'This existentialist wrote the 1943 play "Les Mouches", or "The Flies"'

Answer: Sartre


Question: 'In a Shakespeare quote, the 5-word metaphor that precedes "and all the men and women merely players"'

Answer: "All the world\'s a stage"


Question: 'Historically a manufacturing stronghold, it's 60 miles northwest of Detroit'

Answer: Flint


Question: 'In 1990, the very first "E.W." cover didn't feature a movie or TV star, but this alternative country singer'

Answer: k.d. lang


Question: 'In 1586 she insisted she had no designs on Elizabeth I's throne: she was not believed'

Answer: Mary, Queen of Scots


Question: 'This rubbery connective tissue gets its name from a Latin word meaning "gristle"'

Answer: cartilage


Question: 'During WWII this future U.S. president flew a Grumman Avenger & was shot down over the Pacific'

Answer: George H.W. Bush


Question: 'This "deathly" phrase may come from a notion that those who hanged themselves pushed away what they stood on'

Answer: kick the bucket


Question: '(Jimmy of Clue Crew shows a map of the Middle East.)  In 1914, historian James Breasted coined this 2-word term to describe the agricultural area that extends from the Nile Valley to the Persian Gulf'

Answer: the Fertile Crescent


Question: 'The title of the 2008 cover story on Tina Fey was "One Hot Mama", referring to the title of this film she starred in'

Answer: Baby Mama


Question: '(Legal commentator Jack Ford presents the clue from a courtroom.)  After a 3-week trial in March 1951, she became the first woman executed by the U.S. government since alleged Lincoln conspirator Mary Surratt in 1865'

Answer: Ethel Rosenberg


Question: 'The name of this gland near the stomach literally means "all flesh"'

Answer: the pancreas


Question: 'Jack kills a pig & Roger kills Piggy in this 1954 work'

Answer: Lord of the Flies


Question: 'Meaning "to use unfair means", this action was prohibited by the Marquess of Queensberry's rules'

Answer: hit below the belt


Question: 'Nova Scotia's Cobequid Bay is an arm of this much larger bay'

Answer: the Bay of Fundy


Question: 'In 2007, Reese told "E.W." about her big fall movie in which her Egyptian-born husband suffers this title transfer by force'

Answer: Rendition


Question: 'Though under house arrest in this country off & on since 1989, Aung San Suu Kyi was not brought to trial until 2009'

Answer: Myanmar (or Burma)


Question: 'The heart is completely enclosed in this membranous sac from the Greek for "surrounding the heart"'

Answer: the pericardium


Question: 'As far as the Cold War goes, the Iron Curtain dealt with the Soviets & this curtain dealt with China'

Answer: the Bamboo Curtain


Question: 'This Danish island group between Iceland & the U.K. is self-governing & has its own parliament, the Lagting'

Answer: the Faroe Islands


Question: 'In 1996, as George Clooney hit the big screen in "From Dusk Till Dawn," he was still an "E.R." heartthrob as this doctor'

Answer: Doug Ross


Question: 'The yearlong murder trial of Amanda Knox, an American student in this country, riveted Europe in 2009'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'From the Greek for "hard", it's the dense white part of the eye'

Answer: the sclera


Question: 'The Pieter Brueghel the Elder painting here refers to this metaphor meaning ignorance by leaders & followers'

Answer: the blind leading the blind


Question: 'His son Christopher said, my father "got to where he was by climbing upon my infant shoulders"'

Answer: A.A. Milne


Question: 'In 1775 David Bushnell built the first of these underwater craft used by the military'

Answer: Submarines


Question: 'After it molts this colorful crab is the most popular soft-shell variety in the U.S.'

Answer: Blue crab


Question: 'He served as FBI director under every president from Coolidge to Nixon'

Answer: J. Edgar Hoover


Question: 'He told Walter Matthau in "The Sunshine Boys", "You know what you are, Willie?  You're a 73-year-old schmo"'

Answer: George Burns


Question: 'When visiting this New England capital, stop at Charlestown Navy Yard to see "Old Ironsides"'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'The flood & the birth of Isaac are covered in this book'

Answer: Genesis


Question: 'In 1812 Congress denied his patent renewal for the cotton gin'

Answer: Eli Whitney


Question: 'Named for its consistency, it's a beverage made by blending fruit with yogurt, milk or both'

Answer: Smoothie


Question: 'She received her nickname "Little Sure Shot" from Sitting Bull'

Answer: Annie Oakley


Question: 'Film in which Jimmy Stewart told Henry Travers, "Well, you look about like the kind of angel I'd get"'

Answer: "It\'s A Wonderful Life"


Question: 'This Washington D.C. theater has been restored to appear as it did on the night of April 14, 1865'

Answer: Ford\'s Theater


Question: 'Obadiah, the shortest Old Testament book with 21 verses, is the fourth of the 12 "minor" ones of these'

Answer: Prophets


Question: 'This Italian established wireless communication across the English Channel in 1899'

Answer: Guglielmo Marconi


Question: 'To top off a French meal, you might try this pancake dish served flaming in an orange sauce'

Answer: Crepes Suzette


Question: 'In 1948 he became the first Democrat elected to the Senate from Minnesota'

Answer: Hubert Humphrey


Question: 'He remarked to Esther Muir in "A Day At The Races", "If I hold you any closer, I'll be in back of you"'

Answer: Groucho Marx


Question: 'Open to the public, the U.S. Mint in this city stands near the site of its original 1792 building'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'These 2 books chronicle the monarchs of Israel & Judah, beginning with David & ending with Jehoiachin'

Answer: Kings I & II


Question: 'In 1925 this frozen food developer began marketing packaged frozen fish'

Answer: Clarence Birdseye


Question: 'Lamb served in a pita & topped with onions, peppers & sauce makes up this Greek sandwich'

Answer: Gyro


Question: 'This photographer was a director of the Sierra Club from 1936 to 1970'

Answer: Ansel Adams


Question: 'In this film Vivien Leigh cracked, "Stanley Kowalski, survivor of the Stone Age"'

Answer: "A Streetcar Named Desire"


Question: 'This bronze symbol of Copenhagen, located in its harbor, was designed by Edvard Eriksen'

Answer: The Little Mermaid


Question: 'Chapters 8-10 of this Old Testament book continue the narrative from Exodus 29'

Answer: Leviticus


Question: 'In 1953 he was commissioned to design a rotunda dome in Dearborn, Michigan'

Answer: Buckminster Fuller


Question: 'Lynchburg, Tennessee is home to the distillery that makes this brand of sour mash whiskey'

Answer: Jack Daniels


Question: 'This man famous for his classification system founded Columbia Univ.'s School of Library Economy'

Answer: Melville Dewey


Question: 'Elizabeth Taylor said to James Dean in this film, "Money isn't all, you know, Jett"'

Answer: "Giant"


Question: 'The graves of Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane can be seen at Mount Moriah Cemetery in this South Dakota city'

Answer: Deadwood


Question: 'You'll find the quotation "To every thing there is a season" in Chapter 3 of this book'

Answer: Ecclesiastes


Question: 'In 146 B.C. what's now Greece was conquered by this western Mediterranean power'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'This high female voice may be classified as lyric, dramatic or coloratura'

Answer: Soprano


Question: 'Canada's James Bay was named for Thomas James, who explored it while looking for this passage'

Answer: Northwest Passage


Question: 'In March 1996 this husband of Kim Basinger was acquitted of battering a photographer'

Answer: Alec Baldwin


Question: 'This country's University of Havana was authorized by the Pope in 1721 & founded 7 years later'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'In 1996 this master of horror turned to serial fiction with a 6-part thriller called "The Green Mile"'

Answer: Stephen King


Question: 'Around 430 this large temple on the Acropolis was converted into a Christian church'

Answer: Parthenon


Question: 'Parlando is a direction to sing with clear enunciation as if doing this, as its name implies'

Answer: Speaking


Question: 'It flows around the Ile de la Cite'

Answer: The Seine


Question: 'On Oct. 25, 1993 John Shalikashvili became the first foreign-born chairman of this group'

Answer: Joint Chiefs of Staff


Question: 'The Meadows Museum at this church-founded Dallas school houses a large collection of Spanish art'

Answer: Southern Methodist University


Question: 'This Peter Benchley book about a giant killer squid was turned into a 1996 TV miniseries'

Answer: "The Beast"


Question: 'This city-state's men were required to eat in the soldiers' barracks  until age 60'

Answer: Sparta


Question: 'The name of this type of sailors' work song is derived from the French word for "sing"'

Answer: shanty


Question: 'Ulm in this country is home to the cathedral with the tallest spire in the world'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'Christine Todd Whitman was elected the 50th governor of this state in 1993'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'The Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is located at this Boston-area "institute"'

Answer: MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)


Question: 'He dedicated his bestseller "The Rainmaker" "To American Trial Lawyers"'

Answer: John Grisham


Question: 'This civilization flourished on Crete beginning around 1900 B.C.'

Answer: Minoan


Question: 'In 1910 "The Pipe of Desire" became the 1st American opera performed at this American opera house'

Answer: The Metropolitan


Question: 'The Golden Gate of Yaroslav the Wise can be seen in this largest city in the Ukraine'

Answer: Kiev


Question: 'This PBS late night talk show host previously worked for Bill Moyers on 3 series'

Answer: Charlie Rose


Question: 'This Hanover, New Hampshire college was established in 1770 when Eleazer Wheelock erected a single log hut'

Answer: Dartmouth


Question: 'Newsweek's Joe Klein turned out to be the "Anonymous" author of this 1996 "Novel of Politics"'

Answer: "Primary Colors"


Question: 'This plain northeast of Athens was the site of the Athenians' victory over the Persian army in 490 B.C.'

Answer: Marathon


Question: 'A fado is a type of melancholy song closely associated with this European capital'

Answer: Lisbon


Question: 'You can find the Wilhelmina Mountains in this South American country'

Answer: Suriname (formerly Dutch Guyana)


Question: 'In 1989 Daniel Arap Moi named this paleo-anthropologist head of the Kenya Wildlife Service'

Answer: Richard Leakey


Question: 'This De Land, Florida university is named for a 19th century Philadelphia hat maker'

Answer: Stetson


Question: 'Betty J. Eadie touched many lives with this 1992 mega-bestseller about her near-death experience'

Answer: "Embraced By The Light"


Question: 'In a 1940 eulogy of this man, Churchill spoke of his "Love of peace....Toil for peace....Strife for peace"'

Answer: Neville Chamberlain


Question: 'The evocatively named sticktight is one of these pet-tormenting parasites'

Answer: a flea


Question:
'1939:
"I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!"'

Answer: The Wizard of Oz


Question: 'Rhode Island is nicknamed "Little Rhody", & this state is "Little Ida"'

Answer: Idaho


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Harley-Davidson in Wisconsin.)  This very first Harley from 1903 had a production run of 3; 3 was also the number of these units it put out, while today's bikes are often 125'

Answer: horsepower


Question: 'One of the most famous fictional crimesolvers ever, he also played the violin & used cocaine'

Answer: Sherlock Holmes


Question: 'In city names, they can be Grand or Cedar'

Answer: Rapids


Question: 'The Colorado type of this plentiful insect is the terror of potato growers'

Answer: the potato beetle


Question:
'1933:
"Oh, no.  It wasn't the airplanes.  It was Beauty killed the Beast"'

Answer: King Kong


Question: 'The fabulous Hawaiian estate of heiress Doris Duke is now a tourist attraction near Diamond Head on this island'

Answer: Oahu


Question: 'The 1960 "Topper" was Harley's version of this type of bike made by Italian companies like Vespa'

Answer: a scooter


Question: 'About 63% of the people in U.S. federal prisons are there on offenses relating to these'

Answer: drugs


Question: 'A natural, friendly liking for someone based on mutual trust'

Answer: rapport


Question: 'The Viceroy butterfly does its best to look like this bad-tasting butterfly'

Answer: the monarch


Question:
'1976:
"I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"'

Answer: Network


Question: 'This Chicago cemetery is the final resting place of Mies van der Rohe, but not--despite its name--of Elvis'

Answer: Graceland


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Harley-Davidson in Wisconsin.) The 1990 "Fat Boy" featured in "Terminator 2" is a fitting model whose bikes go by this famous nickname'

Answer: "Hogs"


Question: 'In the film "Bugsy" Ben Kingsley played this Jewish syndicate leader & founder of Murder, Inc.'

Answer: Meyer Lansky


Question: 'Toronto pro team'

Answer: the Raptors


Question: 'Some solitary ones make their nests out of mud; social ones, usually from paper'

Answer: wasps


Question:
'1989:
"I'll have what she's having"'

Answer: When Harry Met Sally...


Question: 'You don't have to be in spitting distance to know that N.C. has 3 official festivals; 2 of them honor this fruit'

Answer: the watermelon


Question: 'In 1980 Harley released a bike named for this Black Hills Motorcycle Rally site'

Answer: Sturgis (South Dakota)


Question: 'Hanged in 1912, Thomas Jennings was the USA's first criminal convicted using this evidence unique to each of us'

Answer: fingerprints


Question: '"I'm Not" this guy in a Tony Award-winning play from 1986'

Answer: Rappaport


Question: 'A mosquito at this life stage is called a wriggler'

Answer: a larva


Question:
'1967:
"They call me Mr. Tibbs!"'

Answer: In the Heat of the Night


Question: 'Love was in the air in 1969 when this state adopted the tourism slogan that says it "is for lovers"'

Answer: Virginia


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Harley-Davidson in Wisconsin.) This is a World War I-era Harley, like the ones this general's forces rode in pursuit of Pancho Villa'

Answer: Pershing


Question: 'On Sept. 26, 1933 he dropped his namesake gun & told the police, "I've been waiting all night for you"'

Answer: "Machine Gun" Kelly


Question: 'This archaic term for a mischievous or annoying child can also mean a rogue or scamp'

Answer: a rapscallion


Question: 'In 1961 this country's P.W. Botha assumed his first cabinet position--Minister of Coloured Affairs'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'This actor married Ms. Taylor in 1964 (& was divorced from her in 1974)'

Answer: Richard Burton


Question:
'Cairo,
Copenhagen,
Canberra'

Answer: Copenhagen


Question: 'Sho' nuff!  He's the American author & cartoonist best known for "Li'l Abner"'

Answer: (Al) Capp


Question: 'In the 1600s Basho wrote a famous hard-to-translate haiku about this creature jumping into a pond'

Answer: a frog


Question: 'If you're schussing around on these, remember that their name comes from old Norse for "sticks"'

Answer: skis


Question: 'Though his Fatah party lost in 2006 Palestinian elections, he remained president'

Answer: Abbas


Question: 'This actor married Ms. Taylor in 1975 (& was divorced from her in 1976)'

Answer: Richard Burton


Question:
'Brasilia,
Bogota,
Buenos Aires'

Answer: Bogota


Question: 'He wrote the immortal words "he took his Vorpal sword in hand: long time the manxome foe he sought"'

Answer: (Lewis) Carroll


Question: 'The infamous Lowood School in this novel was based on a real school that Charlotte Bronte attended at age 8'

Answer: Jane Eyre


Question: 'The minute you walked in the joint, you knew the name of this body part was from the old English "elnboga"'

Answer: elbow


Question: 'In 1984 Louis Gossett Jr. was nominated for an Emmy for his portrayal of this assassinated Egyptian leader'

Answer: Sadat


Question: 'Paul Simon's ex-father-in-law, he co-starred with Elizabeth in "BUtterfield 8"'

Answer: Eddie Fisher


Question:
'Wellington,
Warsaw,
Washington, D.C.'

Answer: Warsaw


Question: 'This turn-of-the-century magician's instruction manual for witches is known as "The Book of Shadows"'

Answer: (Aleister) Crowley


Question: 'This Jane Austen novel begins, "The family of Dashwood had been long settled in Sussex"'

Answer: Sense and Sensibility


Question: 'It's no Greek myth: this big South American bird was probably named for the wife of Cronus'

Answer: the rhea


Question: 'Nana Sahib was an important leader of these rebels in 1857 India'

Answer: the Sepoys


Question: 'He was first elected as a Virginia senator in 1978'

Answer: John Warner


Question:
'Oslo,
Ottawa,
Osmara'

Answer: Oslo


Question: 'While in the service of Spain in 1542, this Portuguese explorer discovered California'

Answer: Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo


Question: 'After Christian's death in an 1897 drama, this title character still acts as a platonic friend to the widow'

Answer: Cyrano de Bergerac


Question: 'This word for what one often does to red wine before serving comes from a Latin word for an iron ring'

Answer: decant


Question: 'Indonesia's President Sukarno was the father of this woman who also became president of Indonesia'

Answer: Megawarti Sukarnoputri


Question: 'Married in 1991, this construction worker... aw heck, either you know this guy or you don't'

Answer: Fortensky


Question:
'Bridgetown,
Brussels,
Belmopan'

Answer: Brussels


Question: 'On July 18, 1938 he was questioned by police after a 28-hour, 13-minute airplane flight'

Answer: "Wrong Way" Corrigan


Question: 'Tolstoy wrote this character's "life had been most simple and most ordinary and therefore most terrible"'

Answer: Ivan Ilyich


Question: 'The name of this greenish patina that forms on copper comes from Old French for "green of Greece"'

Answer: verdigris


Question: 'When Alexander Hamilton & James Monroe nearly met in a duel, this man interceded & defused the situation'

Answer: Aaron Burr


Question: 'In February 1962 millions of Americans tuned in to watch her TV "Tour of the White House"'

Answer: (Jackie) Kennedy


Question: 'To savor the taste of, like a certain hot dog topping'

Answer: relish


Question: 'No. 1:<br />This Maryland town that's home to a naval hospital'

Answer: Bethesda


Question: '...of "Little Men"'

Answer: (Louisa May) Alcott


Question: 'Horton heard that "Read Across America Day", March 2, coincides with the birthday of this children's author'

Answer: Dr. Seuss


Question: '(Sarah reports from backstage at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.)  The great soprano Deborah Voigt wears this costume in the Met's 2011 production of this Wagner opera, in which she plays the title role'

Answer: Die Walkure (The Valkyrie)


Question: 'Only 6 rooms were finished when she moved in in 1800, & she ended up using the East Room to hang laundry'

Answer: Abigail Adams


Question: 'To thwart someone's plans is "to cook" this web-footed bird'

Answer: his goose


Question: 'No. 12:<br />You'll find some southern Ph.D.'s here, 10 miles from Durham & 25 from Raleigh'

Answer: Chapel Hill


Question: '...of "Metaphysics" in the 300s B.C.'

Answer: Aristotle


Question: 'Britannica says this animal observed on Feb. 2 is "basically a giant North American ground squirrel"'

Answer: a groundhog


Question: '(Sarah reports from backstage at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.)  Now what opera might feature dancing bears?  "The Magic Flute", when staged at the Met by this director, famed for her Broadway version of "The Lion King"'

Answer: Julie Taymor


Question: 'After her husband suffered a stroke in 1919, any requests to see him or communicate with him had to go through her first'

Answer: Edith Wilson


Question: 'This food staple is paired with circuses to mean extravagant entertainment to appease the masses'

Answer: bread


Question: 'No. 15:<br />This Pennsylvania town that's also known for some football, Nittany Lions style'

Answer: State College


Question: '...of a poem she read at Clinton's first inauguration'

Answer: (Maya) Angelou


Question: 'Casimir Pulaski Day, the first Monday in March, celebrates a Revolutionary War hero born in this country'

Answer: Poland


Question: '(Jimmy reports from backstage at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.)  Here in the scenic shop, we're hammering away at the items that are used onstage in this number performed by the Gypsies in "Il trovatore"'

Answer: the "Anvil Chorus"


Question: 'The woman enjoying her grandkids in the White House movie theater isn't any old granny--she's this First Lady'

Answer: Mamie Eisenhower


Question: 'Joyce's "Ulysses" includes a version of this "sweet" proverb about using something up & still having it to enjoy'

Answer: "You can\'t have your cake and eat it, too"


Question: 'No. 2:<br />This Boston suburb that's home to one of the Seven Sisters'

Answer: Wellesley


Question: '...of the ancient Greek comedy "Clouds"'

Answer: Aristophanes


Question: 'Daisy Gatson Bates Day in this state celebrates a civil rights activist who helped integrate Little Rock's schools'

Answer: Arkansas


Question:
'(Jimmy reports from backstage at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.)  Backstage at the Met, you can find sets for operas by Verdi, Mozart & Puccini, who begins this opera in a Latin quarter garret

"O, Mimi, tu pi..."'

Answer: La bohème


Question: 'She actually served wine at an 1877 White House dinner before the ban on alcohol went into effect'

Answer: "Lemonade" Lucy Hayes


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map of recent earthquakes around the San Andreas Fault on the monitor.)  A Japanese seismologist saw a possible circular earthquake pattern that could build up to one very large quake, in the hole in what's called the Mogi this, like a bakery treat'

Answer: a doughnut


Question: '...of 1980's "The Clan of the Cave Bear"'

Answer: (Jean) Auel


Question: 'Seward's Day, the last Monday in March, is one of this state's holidays'

Answer: Alaska


Question: '(Sarah reports from backstage at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.)  The jewelry here was worn by Elisabeth Rethberg, portraying this Verdi slave girl, a role in which she made both her 1922 met debut & her 1942 farewell'

Answer: Aida


Question: 'Earl Warren was the first 3-term governor of California & was this man's running mate on a 1948 ticket'

Answer: (Thomas) Dewey


Question: 'The logical choice was to cast this comic actor as Arnold's brother in "Twins"'

Answer: (Danny) DeVito


Question: 'The wingspan of the California this can be nearly 10 feet; instead of giving it an E for endangered, it gets a gentleman's "C"'

Answer: a condor


Question: 'A part of a .45, or last name of Mike in Mickey Spillane's "My Gun Is Quick"'

Answer: Hammer


Question: 'Seen here, the brown four-eyed one of these critters is the only large American marsupial that lacks a pouch'

Answer: an opossum


Question: 'From the Latin for "war" comes this adjective meaning "ready to fight"'

Answer: bellicose


Question: 'President of the Central Pacific Railroad, he was governor from 1862 to 1863 & later opened a university'

Answer: (Leland) Stanford


Question: 'The few lines that Arnold mouthed in "Conan the Barbarian" were written by John Milius & this "Wall Street" director'

Answer: Oliver Stone


Question: 'The red-winged this gets a "B" for its "konk-ka-reee" song; Mr. McCartney heard it "singing in the dead of night"'

Answer: a blackbird


Question: 'In a James Bond novel, Francisco "Pistols" Scaramanga is also known as "The Man with" this'

Answer: the Golden Gun


Question: 'This record-setting athlete is a member of the halls of fame for college football, pro football & lacrosse, too'

Answer: Jim Brown


Question: 'This "avian" word refers to those advocating conflict'

Answer: hawks (war hawks accepted)


Question: 'Dr. George Pardee was elected governor in 1902 in part to eradicate this rat-borne illness in San Francisco'

Answer: the plague


Question: 'Arnold used the last name "Strong" when portraying this demigod "in New York"'

Answer: Hercules


Question: 'The St. Andreasburg type of this bird is noted for its singing; be the "cat who swallowed" one & earn a "C"'

Answer: a canary


Question: 'In a 1939 Dalton Trumbo novel, he "Got his Gun" & got badly wounded'

Answer: Johnny


Question: 'The 2 main types of mustard seed are yellow, from the Mediterranean region, & brown, from these lofty Asian mountains'

Answer: the Himalayas


Question: 'From the Greek for "fist" comes this adjective used to describe boxers, & perhaps some little dogs...'

Answer: pugnacious


Question: 'Frank Merriam didn't suffer from "Jungle" fever after beating this novelist in the 1934 gubernatorial race'

Answer: Upton Sinclair


Question: 'In "The Running Man", Arnold feuded with this British game show host'

Answer: Richard Dawson


Question: '"The Gun" is a tale of the Napoleonic Wars by C.S. Forester, creator of this sea captain who also fights Napoleon'

Answer: Horatio Hornblower


Question: 'Before his time at No. 10 Downing Street, he won election in 1983 as the MP for Dunfermline East'

Answer: Gordon Brown


Question: 'This warlike word is a homophone for a residence for youths abroad'

Answer: hostel


Question: 'In 1982 George Deukmejian beat this L.A. mayor to win the office'

Answer: Tom Bradley


Question: 'Arnold reteamed with this innovative director for 1994's "True Lies"'

Answer: James Cameron


Question: 'A big-fifty Sharps & a sawed-off 12-gauge show up in chapter 1 of "Gunsights" by this author of "Get Shorty"'

Answer: Elmore Leonard


Question: 'This American playwright's 1926 work "The Great God Brown" was significant for its symbolic use of masks'

Answer: Eugene O\'Neill


Question: 'The first 7 letters of this word meaning "quarrelsome" spell a word meaning satisfied'

Answer: contentious


Question: 'After Alaska, it's the largest state in area without a Major League Baseball team'

Answer: Montana


Question: 'The Art Institute of Chicago is guarded by 2 of these beasts (bronze ones, not real ones)'

Answer: lions


Question: 'You might want to take a water taxi to this city's Piazza San Marco but--mamma mia!--it can be pricey'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'This common name for a cow is also an adjective that means "overly authoritative"'

Answer: Bossy


Question: '"I have given up newspapers... for Tacitus and Thucydides... and I find myself much the happier", said this U.S. pres.'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'Nestle introduced this drink product in 1948 to compete with Ovaltine'

Answer: Quik


Question: 'John Lithgow & Norbert Leo Butz conned their way onto Broadway as the title rogues in "Dirty Rotten" these'

Answer: Scoundrels


Question: 'In 2005, a search for "Chicago's Fairest Colleen" chose Bridget McLaughlin to reign over this parade'

Answer: the St. Patrick\'s Day parade


Question: 'Even when you think it's too expensive, the price you pay to ride in a cab is called by this homophone'

Answer: a fare


Question: 'If cows went surfing, they'd probably yell this 9-letter word that starts with "cow", dude'

Answer: cowabunga


Question: 'He had the "Common Sense" to idolize Ben Franklin, who encouraged his move to America in 1774'

Answer: Tom Paine


Question: 'Elizabeth Hooton was one of the first female preachers of this religious group'

Answer: the Quakers


Question: 'Tim Curry & David Hyde Pierce star in this Monty Python inspired show'

Answer: Spamalot


Question: 'Untouchable Tours visits such sanguineous spots as the site of this February 1929 event'

Answer: the Valentine\'s Day Massacre


Question: 'Often seen in Central Park, this conveyance gets part of its name from the Latin word for "foot"'

Answer: a pedicab


Question: 'In the theme song of this classic TV Western, Frankie Laine sang, "Head 'em up, move 'em on"'

Answer: Rawhide


Question: 'Since childhood, this author of "I Am Charlotte Simmons" has been a huge fan of a book called "Honey Bear"'

Answer: (Tom) Wolfe


Question: 'This luxury liner moored in Long Beach, Calif. is said to be haunted by a mysterious woman in white'

Answer: the Queen Mary


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the Gershwin Theatre in New York: "I'm on the Broadway set of Wicked.")  In 2004, this young actress defied gravity & flew off with a Tony award for her performance as a witch in "Wicked"'

Answer: Idina Menzel


Question: 'Shoppers adore "The Magnificent Mile", the north part of this avenue'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'Cab drivers came to be called hacks because of this old word for a coach for hire'

Answer: hackney


Question: 'Range Riders Ranch in this state offers a cattle drive vacation along the old Bozeman Trail'

Answer: Montana


Question: 'This "Jude the Obscure" author admired Browning but was said to be too shy to meet him'

Answer: Thomas Hardy


Question: 'He was Norway's minister of defense from 1931 to 1933'

Answer: Quisling


Question: 'An off-Broadway hit in 1987 & then a film, this play set in a Louisiana beauty parlor finally blossomed on B'way in 2005'

Answer: Steel Magnolias


Question: 'At Shedd Aquarium these white whales are such good vocalizers that you may feel they're talking to you'

Answer: belugas


Question: '"Cab" is a shortened form of this 4-syllable French word for a light one-horse carriage'

Answer: cabriolet


Question: 'By definition, cattle that are described as "polled" lack these'

Answer: horns


Question: 'This Scot's famous 1840s lectures on heroes & hero worship featured Odin & Rousseau'

Answer: Carlyle


Question: 'When medium-sized, these hard clams are marketed as cherrystones'

Answer: quahogs


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the Golden Theatre in New York with a special friend.)  In the Broadway hit "Avenue Q", Nicky here sings about this German word that means happiness at the misfortune of others'

Answer: Schadenfreude


Question: '1-word name of the brain disease marked by delusions that's the largest cause of admission to mental hospitals'

Answer: schizophrenia


Question: 'As fun-loving businessman Thornton Melon, Rodney returned to college to help out his son in this comedy'

Answer: Back to School


Question: 'The Treaty of Paris, 1783'

Answer: the American Revolution


Question: 'This name of a "Sound of Music" actor has the same origin as the job of fixing pipes'

Answer: (Christopher) Plummer


Question: 'The largest city by population is this capital with about 35 million'

Answer: Tokyo


Question: 'Abbreviated Mlle, it's the French equivalent of Miss'

Answer: mademoiselle


Question: 'Giving a treat to a rat after it presses a bar is this type of "reinforcement"'

Answer: positive


Question: 'In "Ladybugs", a flustered Rodney coached a girls' team in this sport'

Answer: soccer


Question: 'The Treaty of Paris, 1856'

Answer: the Crimean War


Question: 'This one-syllable bookish-sounding name goes back to young attendants of lords'

Answer: Page


Question: 'In Turkish this capital is known as known as Lefkosa; in Greek it's known as Levkosia'

Answer: Nicosia


Question: 'Postal abbreviation of the state whose largest city is Burlington'

Answer: VT


Question: 'Psychologist Carl Rogers favored this word over "patient"; perhaps he counted his billable hours'

Answer: client


Question: 'In a rare dramatic turn, Rodney starred as an abusive father in this film about a murderous couple'

Answer: Natural Born Killers


Question: 'The Treaty of Paris, 1763'

Answer: the French and Indian War


Question: 'This common English last name indicates an ancestor who rounded wood on a lathe'

Answer: Turner


Question: 'Founded in the 13th century, it's the capital & largest city of Laos'

Answer: Vientiane


Question: 'In Internet addresses, zw stands for this country'

Answer: Zimbabwe


Question: 'In the mind, it's coming to associate a behavior with a stimulus; in the body, it helps you get in shape'

Answer: conditioning


Question: 'Rodney's real last name, it means "priest" in Hebrew'

Answer: Cohen


Question: 'The Treaty of Portsmouth, 1905'

Answer: the Russo-Japanese War


Question: 'Schneider is German for this professional, & a Schneiderpuppe is his dummy'

Answer: a tailor


Question: 'No longer Alma-Ata, the capital city of this central Asian country is now Astana'

Answer: Kazakhstan


Question: '4-letter abbreviation for the agency that investigates all the USA's civil aviation accidents'

Answer: the NTSB


Question: 'Behaviorist Clark Hull reduced motivations to needs like hunger, which he gave this "transporting" term'

Answer: drives


Question: 'Popular comedians helped along by Rodney include Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Carrey, Tim Allen & this late ex-preacher'

Answer: Sam Kinison


Question: 'The Treaty of Frankfurt, 1871'

Answer: the Franco-Prussian War


Question: 'This name of a great opera composer could be anglicized as Wainwright'

Answer: Wagner


Question: 'Situated on the Hrazdan River, this Armenian capital city is a mere 14 miles from the border with Turkey'

Answer: Yerevan


Question: 'TVP, which stands for this, is a soybean product used as a food extender & is often used in faux hot dogs'

Answer: textured vegetable protein


Question: 'A top member of the Reagan Cabinet, he was also Labor Secretary & Treasury Secretary under Richard Nixon'

Answer: George Shultz


Question: 'This New York capital was once known as Beverwyck'

Answer: Albany


Question: 'It's the 1997 sequel to 1981's "An American Werewolf in London"'

Answer: An American Werewolf in Paris


Question: 'On April 14, 1927 this company's first car came off its Gothenburg, Sweden assembly line'

Answer: Volvo


Question: 'The monkey-eating species of this bird lives in the Philippines; the bald species lives in the U.S.'

Answer: the eagle


Question: 'It's a group of convicts linked together for outdoor labor'

Answer: a chain gang


Question: 'The title of a 1958 Connie Francis song calls this love god "stupid"'

Answer: Cupid


Question: 'In 1982 Alaskans rejected a proposal that would have made Willow the capital instead of this city'

Answer: Juneau


Question: 'His 1997 film "Jackie Brown" was the first full feature film he's directed since "Pulp Fiction"'

Answer: Quentin Tarantino


Question: 'This brand of water comes from a natural spring in Vergeze'

Answer: Perrier


Question: 'These birds range in size from the 1-foot blue to the 4-foot emperor'

Answer: the penguin


Question: 'Used for flogging, it's a whip with 9 knotted cords fastened to a handle'

Answer: Cat o\' Nine Tails


Question: 'If you didn't show up for a blind date, you have these kind of "feet"'

Answer: cold feet


Question: 'In hopes that Germany would help finance its railroad, North Dakota named its capital this'

Answer: Bismarck


Question: '2 of the 3 James Bond movies with "Gold" in the title'

Answer: (2 of) GoldenEye, Goldfinger & The Man with the Golden Gun


Question: 'In 1900, this Japanese company began production of its upright pianos; in 1954, its motorcycles'

Answer: Yamaha


Question:
'Group of mammals seen here:

[like Timon in The Lion King]'

Answer: meerkats


Question:
'The group who sang the 1980 hit heard here:

["Whip It"]'

Answer: Devo


Question: 'From an old word for "cape", it's an older person who, for propriety's sake, accompanies young unmarrieds'

Answer: a chaperone


Question: 'Bulit in 1610, the Spanish Palace of Governors in this southwest capital is now a museum'

Answer: Santa Fe


Question: '(Hi, I'm Jane Curtin.)  For this 1993 film I reprised my role as parental unit Prymaat'

Answer: Coneheads


Question: 'For 177 years, until 1936, Guinness brewed all of its stout in this city'

Answer: Dublin


Question: 'It has webbed, padded toes & can drink over 20 gallons of water in a single drink'

Answer: the camel


Question: 'House leadership position held by Republican congressman Tom DeLay at the start of 1997'

Answer: majority whip


Question: 'The youngest daughter of King Lear; the only one who really loved him'

Answer: Cordelia


Question: 'It's "The Birthplace of Dixie"'

Answer: Montgomery, Alabama


Question: 'He played the absent-minded professor who invented Flubber in the original 1961 film'

Answer: Fred MacMurray


Question: 'Guiliana & Luciano's United Colors Company'

Answer: Benetton


Question: 'This land animal can weigh more than 8,000 pounds & can open its immense jaws 150 degrees'

Answer: the hippopotamus


Question: 'Flexible armor composed of small, overlapping metal rings'

Answer: chain mail


Question: 'Italian for "with love", it's the musical direction to play or sing lovingly'

Answer: con amore


Question: 'It's the theoretical cosmic explosion that marked the origin of the universe'

Answer: The Big Bang Theory


Question: 'A brand name, it's become a synonym for a photocopy'

Answer: Xerox


Question: 'A swimsuit wasn't required during a call-in vote to this pageant in 1996 when viewers were the "8th Judge"'

Answer: Miss America


Question: 'It "Catches the worm"'

Answer: The early bird


Question: 'Act 2 of this farce finds Algernon Moncrieff earnestly pretending to be Ernest Worthing'

Answer: The Importance of Being Earnest


Question: 'Make Way!  Modern science has revealed that this planet travels around the sun at about 68,000 MPH'

Answer: Earth


Question: 'It was a party when Lenin & his followers formed this "majority" party in 1903'

Answer: Bolsheviks


Question: 'Second name of St. Francis, known as the "Apostle of the Indies"'

Answer: Xavier


Question: 'Paul Newman played this folk hero who was the only law "West of the Pecos"'

Answer: Judge Roy Bean


Question: 'There's not only one "to every rule", it also "proves the rule"'

Answer: Exception


Question: 'Act 1 of this play introduces Juror No. 8, the man who convinces the other 11 to re-examine the evidence'

Answer: 12 Angry Men


Question: 'In 1962 Rachel Carson revealed the dangers of toxic pollution to a mass audience in this book'

Answer: Silent Spring


Question: 'He went "Big Time" & was replaced by Phil Collins as lead singer of Genesis'

Answer: Peter Gabriel


Question: 'It's the 4-letter spelling of the shortened form of Christmas; many Christians frown on it'

Answer: Xmas


Question: 'She was the first Olympic gymnast to receive a perfect 10 from the judges'

Answer: Nadia Comaneci


Question: 'A variation of this pony proverb says "You may force a man to shut his eyes, but you can't make him sleep"'

Answer: "You can lead a horse to water, but you can\'t make him drink"


Question: 'In Act 1 of this play, Happy complains to Biff about their father's driving'

Answer: Death Of A Salesman


Question: 'Using one of these test strips will reveal the acidity & alkalinity of a solution on a scale from 1 to 14'

Answer: Litmus paper


Question: 'The daughter of Eleanor & Ananias, she was the first English child born in the New World'

Answer: Virginia Dare


Question: 'Back Off!  I've got this irrational fear of strangers'

Answer: Xenophobia


Question: 'The 15 judges of this court are the main judicial body of the U.N.'

Answer: World Court


Question: 'George Bernard Shaw was the first to observe that "He who can does; he who cannot" does this'

Answer: Teach


Question: 'In act 3 of this Ionesco work, Berenger's ladylove Daisy runs off to join a pack of horned pachyderms'

Answer: Rhinoceros


Question: 'This German's excavations of Troy in the 1870s revealed the Homeric legends were not completely a myth'

Answer: Heinrich Schliemann


Question: 'His 12-volume "A Study Of History" probed the genesis, growth & decline of the world's great civilizations'

Answer: Arnold Toynbee


Question: 'It's the alphabetical name for the troubling 1790s incident involving French agents'

Answer: XYZ Affair


Question: 'Judges give out the Golden Lion Award at this European film festival; hope it can swim'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'The saying "There is nothing new under the sun" is a variation of a proverb in this Old Testament book'

Answer: Ecclesiastes


Question: 'Finally in act 2, Dr. Dysart solves the riddle of the blinded horses in this Peter Shaffer masterpiece'

Answer: Equus


Question: 'Greek for "heat writing", this technique reveals abnormal tissue growth by studying temperature'

Answer: Thermography


Question: 'It was refloated, towed to Matauri Bay & sunk there Dec. 12, 1987, with full Maori ceremony'

Answer: The Rainbow Warrior (of Greenpeace)


Question: 'The main harbor on Tobago has a huge port for these, so come on, Mabel, let's get off & see the town'

Answer: cruise ships


Question: 'In 2010 he became the second Emmitt in the Pro Football Hall of Fame'

Answer: Smith


Question: 'This comedian known for entertaining the troops was honored with a stamp in 2009'

Answer: Bob Hope


Question: 'To build this Inuit structure, begin harvesting blocks of hard-packed snow about 3' long, 15" high & 8" deep'

Answer: an igloo


Question: 'The parathyroid glands regulate this element essential to bone health'

Answer: calcium


Question: 'Steal from "Peter to pay Paul"'

Answer: rob


Question: 'Parang, a style of music with songs called anunciacions & nacimientos, is popular at this time of the year'

Answer: Christmas


Question: 'Martina Navratilova ended up ahead in the rivalry with her, 43 matches to 37'

Answer: Chris Evert


Question: 'A 2010 stamp honored political cartoonist Bill Mauldin, the youngest winner of this prize'

Answer: the Pulitzer


Question: 'A terrace is often part of this apartment found on the roof or top floor of a building'

Answer: a penthouse


Question: 'One basic & one more serious, they're the 2 main types of bone fracture'

Answer: simple & compound


Question: 'A riotous crowd of people'

Answer: mob


Question: 'T&T are close enough to this country that the water from the Orinoco murks up scuba diving'

Answer: Venezuela


Question: 'In 1979 Grete Waitz was the first woman to do this in NYC in under 2 1/2 hours--no, not finish her shopping at Saks'

Answer: finish the New York Marathon


Question: 'The Love stamp seen here is adapted from an image on a Hallmark card, & features these flowers'

Answer: pansies


Question: 'From the Latin for "assembly", it's a building housing nuns'

Answer: a convent


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical rendering on the monitor.)  In the second year of life, two bones fuse to form this lower jawbone, & the chin starts to develop at the fusion point'

Answer: the mandible


Question: 'Weep aloud, or cry uncontrollably'

Answer: sob


Question: 'Trinidad's prime minister lives in Whitehall--the one located in the capital, this of Spain'

Answer: Port of Spain


Question: 'Called "Slammin' Sam", he's the only man to win the same PGA tournament 8 times'

Answer: Snead


Question: 'This author of "Hawaii" was honored on a stamp wearing (what else?) a Hawaiian lei'

Answer: Michener


Question: 'Mukesh Ambani's $1 billion home, the world's most expensive, lies on the Arabian Sea in this largest Indian city'

Answer: Bombay (or Mumbai)


Question: 'Infection-fighting white blood cells called neutrophils are produced in this part of the bone'

Answer: the marrow


Question: 'In tennis, a high-arcing shot hit deep into the opponent's court'

Answer: a lob


Question: 'At the Caroni Sanctuary you can see Trinidad's national bird, the scarlet this'

Answer: an ibis


Question: '(Alex Trebek presents the clue from the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, MI.)  I once introduced this hockey player to a large group of sports fans by saying, "All of us have heroes, and he is one of mine"--Number 9 for the Detroit Red Wings--"Mr. Hockey"'

Answer: Gordie Howe


Question: 'Part of the Nature of America series, the pane seen here is called this type of forest'

Answer: a kelp forest


Question: 'The Navajo usually built this one-room earth-covered dwelling with the entrance facing east'

Answer: a hogan


Question: 'This forearm bone takes its name from the Latin for "elbow"'

Answer: the ulna


Question: 'A male swan'

Answer: a cob


Question: 'Historic landmarks in this city include Hull House & the Marshall Field Company Store'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'The outdoorsy home of British Merry Men becomes the new pad for a "Last King of Scotland" winner'

Answer: Sherwood Forest Whitaker


Question: 'History-loving Edgar Lawrence...'

Answer: (E.L.) Doctorow


Question: 'Alaska's richest company, Arctic Slope Regional, trades in this, also the name of a U.S. Cabinet department'

Answer: energy


Question: 'Elder Zhang Guo, one of the Chinese 8 immortals, is depicted as carrying this clingstone fruit'

Answer: a peach


Question: 'Scallop & scaloppine come from a word meaning these; the fillets are so thin they curl up like them'

Answer: shells


Question: 'It was in Emigration Canyon near Salt Lake City in 1847 that he told his followers, "This is the place"'

Answer: Brigham Young


Question: 'Uh oh... it's "Misery" when this actress checks into a "Psycho" lodging'

Answer: Kathy Bates Motel


Question: 'The fantastic James Matthew...'

Answer: (J.M.) Barrie


Question: 'Immortelles are these that retain their color & shape when dried'

Answer: flowers


Question: 'The verb "to pounce" comes from a noun meaning this part of a bird of prey'

Answer: talons (or claws)


Question: 'The site where he launched the first liquid fuel rocket in 1926 is now part of a golf course fairway in Massachusetts'

Answer: (Robert) Goddard


Question: 'A 1953 musical based on a Shakespeare play becomes an actress who won as a literature-loving Nazi'

Answer: Kiss Me Kate Winslett


Question: 'The very British Pelham Grenville...'

Answer: (P.G.) Wodehouse


Question: 'Legend says that an Arawak chief named Sequene went in search of this pool of immortality on the Island of Bimini'

Answer: the Fountain of Youth


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a line of poetry on the monitor.)  A natural break or pause in a line of poetry is called a "caesura"; the "caes" part comes from the Latin for this verb, as in "excise"'

Answer: cut


Question: 'The Kentucky Derby was modeled on England's Epsom Derby & is held at this site'

Answer: Churchill Downs


Question: 'This best actor winner for "Stalag 17" has no time for Hollywood phonies as the "Catcher in the Rye" kid'

Answer: William Holden Caulfield


Question: 'Young people's author Susan Eloise...'

Answer: (S.E.) Hinton


Question: 'In Virginia, look to the heavens & you just might come up with the name of this confectionery that's tops'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'Mormons believe these 2 members of the godhead have physical bodies but are immortal'

Answer: God the Father & Jesus Christ


Question: 'The French for "to throw" gives us this word for a pier'

Answer: a jetty


Question: 'His home Beauvoir, where he wrote "The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government", is a landmark in Biloxi'

Answer: Jefferson Davis


Question: 'A "timely" London landmark turns into an actor who won for a 1982 biopic'

Answer: Big Ben Kingsley


Question: 'The adventurous Cecil Scott... (it's not Lewis)'

Answer: (C.S.) Forester


Question: 'This "Entertainment" company is numero uno in Nevada'

Answer: Harrah\'s


Question: 'In Greek mythology, these immortals included Cronus, Rhea & Oceanus'

Answer: the Titans


Question: 'Older baling equipment would malfunction & tangle, a possible origin of this word for crazy or disordered'

Answer: haywire


Question: 'Of the 20 presidents elected to a second term, 2 of the 3 who failed to complete that term'

Answer: (2 of) Lincoln, Nixon & McKinley


Question: 'The U.S. Navy bought the first modern one of these, which used gasoline on the surface & electricity below'

Answer: a submarine


Question: 'A Spanish–speaking host may say, "Mi casa es su casa", "My" this "is your" this'

Answer: house


Question: 'This Dylan McDermott-Lara Flynn Boyle legal show "Made Perfect" as Best Drama in 1998 & '99'

Answer: The Practice


Question: 'This man says that the ball is about to drop in Times Square when you play his New Year's Rockin' Eve slots'

Answer: Dick Clark


Question: 'Smarter than the average bear, he stole picnic baskets from Jellystone Park'

Answer: Yogi Bear


Question: 'Unlike 2000, 1900 wasn't one of these, so Thursday, March 1 followed Wednesday, Feb. 28'

Answer: a leap year


Question: 'It's the English meaning of the title of Wayne Newton's hit song "Danke Schoen"'

Answer: "Thank You"


Question: 'David Hyde Pierce has been nominated for an Emmy 7 times for playing this "Frasier" role, winning 3 times'

Answer: Niles Crane


Question: '"Are you experienced" to play the slots that feature this legendary rock guitarist left-handed?'

Answer: Jimi Hendrix


Question: 'Yoplait is a brand of this food'

Answer: yogurt


Question: 'One of these natural disasters killed 6,000 people on the Texas coast'

Answer: a hurricane


Question: 'From Yiddish, it can mean liquid chicken fat or a sappy, sentimental story'

Answer: schmaltz


Question: 'In 1993 Dan Castellaneta won an Emmy for voice-over for the "Mr. Plow" episode of this series'

Answer: The Simpsons


Question: 'The video slot seen here is based on this TV show'

Answer: "I Dream of Jeannie"


Question: 'Half Dome and El Capitan are features of this California national park'

Answer: Yosemite


Question: 'Victor Emmanuel began a 46-year rule over this country, whose people thought his name was Vittorio Emanuele'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'Dobre utra means "Good morning" in this language spoken in Omsk & Tomsk'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'The Ken Burns series about this war won a 1991 Emmy for outstanding informational series'

Answer: the Civil War


Question: 'Herman shouts "I'm rich, I'm rich" with every big win in the game based on this ghoulish TV family'

Answer: The Munsters


Question: 'Looking at a skull, Hamlet says, "Alas, poor" this fellow of infinite jest'

Answer: Yorick


Question: 'Probably slapping & cursing, Walter Reed identified this insect as the cause of yellow fever'

Answer: a mosquito


Question: 'If you meet a fine Finn in a bar, ask for this by saying, "Mika on puhelin numeronne"'

Answer: "May I have your phone number?"


Question: 'In 1989 Diane English won an Emmy for comedy writing for "Respect", the pilot episode of this series'

Answer: Murphy Brown


Question: 'The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino has slots featuring this Sid Vicious–Johnny Rotten punk band'

Answer: The Sex Pistols


Question: 'Neil Simon wrote the play "Lost in" this city in New York'

Answer: Yonkers


Question: 'Blind since birth, he's given us such great hits as "Part-Time Lover" & "You are the Sunshine of My Life"'

Answer: Stevie Wonder


Question: 'The memorable characters seen here were created by this man'

Answer: Charles Schulz


Question: 'Seen here, this painting is probably the world's most famous'

Answer: the Mona Lisa


Question: 'With help from "miracle worker" Anne Sullivan, she learned to speak, & to read Braille, & even graduated college'

Answer: Helen Keller


Question: 'This late great entertainer's Vegas museum displays his dazzling costumes like the one seen here'

Answer: Liberace


Question: 'Pub beer stored in kegs or barrels & then drawn off is said to be "on" this'

Answer: on tap


Question: 'The portrait of this artist's mother is really called "Arrangement in Gray and Black No. 1"'

Answer: (James) Whistler


Question: 'For her film role in "Children of a Lesser God", she became the first deaf actress to win an Oscar'

Answer: Marlee Matlin


Question: 'People magazine's obit called this "Funny Face" actress "a rail-thin gamine during the zaftig zeitgeist"'

Answer: Audrey Hepburn


Question: 'In this state, the 10 doesn't take that left at Albuquerque, but does hang a sharp right near Las Cruces'

Answer: New Mexico


Question: 'It's the 2-word final warning to order drinks before the bar closes'

Answer: last call


Question: 'Much of this sitcom involved the goings on at WJM-TV in Minneapolis'

Answer: The Mary Tyler Moore Show


Question: 'His "Rose Period" lasted from about 1904 to 1907 & included paintings of acrobats & circus performers'

Answer: Picasso


Question: 'Afflicted with cerebral palsy, Christy Brown not only painted with this appendage, he also wrote books & poetry'

Answer: his left foot


Question: 'This producer of "Grease" on film, "La Cage Aux Folles" on stage & the Oscars on TV died in 1999'

Answer: Allan Carr


Question: 'Entering this Texas city on the 10 East, hop onto the I-37 to visit the Alamo'

Answer: San Antonio


Question: 'This balloon–shaped stemmed goblet that narrows at the top is used especially for brandy'

Answer: a snifter


Question: 'Premiering in 1979, it starred Robert Wagner & Stefanie Powers as husband-&-wife sleuths'

Answer: Hart to Hart


Question: 'In the painting seen here, Édouard Manet showed himself and others in this city's Tuileries Gardens'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'In 1999 he returned to the screen as an elderly ex-boxer in "Diamonds", his first film role since his stroke'

Answer: Kirk Douglas


Question: 'Last name of American astronaut Alan & his wife Louise, who died 5 weeks apart in 1998'

Answer: Shepard


Question: 'You could swing into this Florida city, the eastern end of the 10, for a Jaguars tailgate party'

Answer: Jacksonville


Question: 'Useful when making mixed drinks, it's a hinged device for lifting ice cubes'

Answer: tongs


Question: 'Martin Miler & Kent McCored were on the beat as a couple of cops on this series'

Answer: Adam-12


Question: 'Pretty pictures by this French painter include "Dancers in Pink", "Dancers in the Foyer" & "Four Dancers"'

Answer: Edgar Degas


Question: 'First line of the poem thought to be based on Mary Sawyer's experience at a Massachusetts school-house around 1815'

Answer: \"Mary had a little lamb\"


Question: 'Dec. 1, 1969:  the Selective Service conducts the first lottery for this since World War II'

Answer: the draft


Question: '"Blast this Christmas music! It's joyful and triumphant"'

Answer: How the Grinch Stole Christmas


Question: 'It can be a continuous low humming sound or a male bee'

Answer: drone


Question: 'There were 39 signers of this 1787 document'

Answer: the Constitution


Question: 'It's forcing people to pay money by threatening to reveal their embarrassing secrets'

Answer: blackmail


Question: '1959: 12 countries including the U.S. & the U.S.S.R. sign a treaty to keep this continent a scientific preserve'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: '"Riddle me this, riddle me that, who's afraid of the big black bat?"'

Answer: Batman Forever


Question: 'If you listen to your heart using a stethoscope, you'll hear the sound of these flaps opening & closing'

Answer: valves


Question: 'In 2003 this team won its 39th pennant, a major league baseball record'

Answer: the New York Yankees


Question: 'Movie 007 No. 6'

Answer: Pierce Brosnan


Question: '1952: the New York Daily News reports George Jorgensen is now her after a visit to Denmark'

Answer: Christine


Question: '"Good morning! And in case I don't see you, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!"'

Answer: The Truman Show


Question: 'In part of the Capitol dome, you can clearly hear distant sounds, making it this kind of "gallery"'

Answer: a whispering gallery


Question: '...if Paxil is the appropriate treatment for panic attacks or OCD, which stands for this'

Answer: obsessive-compulsive disorder


Question: 'This president was 39 when he won a Pulitzer Prize'

Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: '192 people were killed trying to cross this infamous barrier'

Answer: the Berlin Wall


Question: '1822: Dom Pedro is crowned emperor of this Western Hemisphere nation'

Answer: Brazil


Question: '"Hi.  Is there a problem with your service?"'

Answer: The Cable Guy


Question: 'The name of this instrument comes from the Italian for "little goose"'

Answer: an ocarina


Question: '...about this, America's No. 1 prescribed sleep aid that "works like a dream"'

Answer: Ambien


Question: 'This Welsh poet did not go gentle into that good night but died at age 39 in NYC after drinking 18 whiskies'

Answer: Dylan Thomas


Question: 'From the Latin for a type of hawk, it's the word commonly applied in the U.S. to a turkey vulture'

Answer: a buzzard


Question: '1941: The C.A.P., this nonmilitary U.S. Air Force auxiliary, is created'

Answer: the Civil Air Patrol


Question: '"Here I come to save the day!"'

Answer: Man on the Moon


Question: 'This rude noise is the last name of Toby, a character in "Twelfth Night"'

Answer: Belch


Question: '...about taking omeprazole, sold under this brand name and available over the counter, to treat acid reflux disease'

Answer: Prilosec


Question: 'There are 39 stories in these Nathaniel Hawthorne "Tales"'

Answer: Twice-Told Tales


Question: 'It's the marine activity seen here'

Answer: breaching


Question: 'Picasso's patrons included this expatriate American writer & her brother Leo'

Answer: Gertrude Stein


Question: 'Puttin' the biscuit in the basket, this "Great One" is the NHL's regular-season goals leader with 894'

Answer: Wayne Gretzky


Question: 'California's Fort Irwin, the National Training Center, covers a Rhode Island-sized area in this desert'

Answer: the Mojave


Question: 'One of FedEx's original 13 Falcon jets from 1973 is in this Smithsonian museum; they've gone to bigger aircraft'

Answer: the National Air and Space Museum


Question: 'This dairyman ponders what it would be like "if I were a rich man"'

Answer: T-E-V-Y-E


Question: '"My Oberon! What visions have I seen! Methought I was enamoured of an ass" can be heard in this play'

Answer: A Midsummer Night\'s Dream


Question: 'Luca Della Robbia was famous for his reliefs in this type of clay earthenware'

Answer: terra cotta


Question: 'We'll "Award" you $800 for knowing this pitcher is number 1 with 511 career wins (but also tops in losses with 316)'

Answer: Cy Young


Question: 'The name of this Texas Air Defense training base implies that its soldiers are completely happy'

Answer: Fort Bliss


Question: 'Open since 1900, it's been overshadowed by newer versions for baseball, rock & roll, cowboys, etc.'

Answer: Halls of Fame


Question: 'Martin Dysart psychoanalyzes a boy who's been re-creating the centaur myth in this drama'

Answer: E-Q-U-U-S


Question: 'Bust out your Latin to translate "I think, therefore I am"'

Answer: cogito, ergo sum


Question: 'This "Grand" Parisian theatre shares its name with the French equivalent of the British puppet Punch'

Answer: Guignol


Question: 'In 1961-62 this ex-Globetrotter averaged (averaged!) 50.4 points per game'

Answer: Wilt Chamberlain


Question: 'The hotel that Chester Nimitz' grandfather founded in Texas is in the shape of one of these'

Answer: a steamboat


Question: 'This inspector relentlessly pursues Le Miserable Jean Valjean'

Answer: J-A-V-E-R-T


Question: 'In diploma-speak, it's the highest of 3 special honors for grades above average'

Answer: Summa Cum Laude


Question: 'The black lace made in the town of Chantilly was exported to Spain & made into these Spanish head coverings'

Answer: mantillas


Question: 'In 1967 this NASCAR "king" won 27 races to set the single-season standard'

Answer: Richard Petty


Question: 'Service branch with a San Diego recruit depot & a Yuma air station'

Answer: Marines


Question: 'Fred Hervey bought the Kay's food store chain & expanded it under this geometrical name'

Answer: Circle K


Question: 'This "Beauty and the Beast" character is an enchanted candlestick played by Peter Flynn'

Answer: L-U-M-I-E-R-E


Question: 'A common mineral used to make plaster of Paris'

Answer: gypsum


Question: 'This Scottish-American born in 1768 helped define the federal style of furniture'

Answer: Duncan Phyfe


Question: 'In 1952 Dick Lane, who sported this nickname, set an NFL record with 14 interceptions in a season'

Answer: Dick "Night Train" Lane


Question: 'This Missouri fort is named for Teddy Roosevelt's superior officer in Cuba'

Answer: Fort Leonard Wood


Question: 'Had the photo seen here been taken in the 1920s, these four additional letters would've appeared at the right'

Answer: L, A, N and D


Question: 'Don Quixote, the "Man of La Mancha", worships her as "Dulcinea"'

Answer: A-L-D-O-N-Z-A


Question: 'A shrub or small tree in the cashew family having milky sap'

Answer: sumac


Question: 'In 1790 the HMS Pandora sailed thousands of miles specifically to bring back this man but failed'

Answer: Fletcher Christian


Question: 'In 1648 Margaret Jones from Charlestown, Mass., not Salem, was one of the first executed for this in America'

Answer: witchcraft


Question: 'Awards for this art form include the Cesar, the Palme d'Or & the Golden Lion'

Answer: film


Question: 'On March 12, 2008 this governor announced his resignation'

Answer: Spitzer


Question: 'For a quick meal, crack open a can of these square, stuffed cases of pasta from Chef Boyardee'

Answer: ravioli


Question: 'Bend that beard like him: Gillette gave this athlete a $50,000 diamond-encrusted razor for Father's Day'

Answer: David Beckham


Question: 'Erase, erase, erase, perhaps with the touch of a button'

Answer: delete


Question: 'In 1757 Philadelphia had its first street lights, whale oil lamps designed by this man'

Answer: Franklin


Question: 'A peace prize has the Gujarati word for "peace" inscribed on it & is named for this man who died in 1948'

Answer: Gandhi


Question: 'In 2008 he reiterated that if the majority of Tibetans resorted to violence, he'd resign as their spokesperson'

Answer: the Dalai Lama


Question: 'Yee haw!  Today's cafeteria special is chili pie with this brand of corn chips, either the Original or the Flamin' Hot'

Answer: Fritos


Question: 'It's the last name of celebrity siblings Jake & Maggie'

Answer: Gyllenhaal


Question: 'Major party nominees for president are decided by these representatives'

Answer: delegates


Question: 'In 1723 in Boston, construction began on this church, one of the first Georgian churches in the Northeast'

Answer: the Old North Church


Question: 'Each year, the Kennedy Center gives a humor award named for this 19th century novelist'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'In 2008 the committee cited "profound impact" & "poetic power" in giving him the first Pulitzer for a rock musician'

Answer: Bob Dylan


Question: 'For St. Patrick's Day, foodnetwork.com featured a recipe for this dish, also a Dr. Seuss title'

Answer: green eggs & ham


Question: '"Run It!" was a smash hit R&B single by this teenager'

Answer: Chris Brown


Question: 'These false beliefs might be of grandeur or of persecution'

Answer: delusions


Question: 'On March 3, 1513 this Spaniard left Puerto Rico, reaching the American mainland 30 days later'

Answer: Ponce de Léon


Question: 'The Turing Award for contributions to this field was first given to Alan Perlis for his compiler construction'

Answer: computer science


Question: 'Lawyers took to the streets after the suspension Iftikhar Chaudhry, chief justice of this country'

Answer: Pakistan


Question: 'They're the geographic names for the 2 most popular styles of clam chowder'

Answer: Manhattan & New England


Question: 'Travolta found a way into this actress' heart (with a giant needle!) in "Pulp Fiction"'

Answer: Uma Thurman


Question: 'It's another term for a flood, especially the biblical one'

Answer: a deluge


Question: 'Having learned the Narragansett language, this theologian served as a negotiator during the Pequot War in 1637'

Answer: Roger Williams


Question: 'The Fermat Prize in this field is awarded for contributions to "statements of variational principles"'

Answer: mathematics


Question: 'Erik Prince founded this co., a major presence in Iraq; it gets its name from the dark liquid at its N.C. headquarters'

Answer: Blackwater


Question: 'How about some Cuban food?  Garlic chicken, black beans & rice & fried slices of this starchy banana relative'

Answer: plantains


Question: 'In 2007 Rowan Atkinson returned to the big screen in this bumbling man's "Holiday"'

Answer: Mr. Bean


Question: 'This Ancient Greek town on Mount Parnassus was the site of a famous oracle'

Answer: Delphi


Question: 'The USDA reported that Wisconsin's dairy plants produced 205.8 million lbs. of this in Jan. 2008'

Answer: cheese


Question: 'In 2008 this actor returned, fedora & all, in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"'

Answer: Harrison Ford


Question: 'Confederate general John Hood lost an arm at Gettysburg & one of these at Chickamauga'

Answer: a leg


Question: 'Lemuel is the first name of this doctor & adventurer who set off on his travels in 1699'

Answer: Gulliver


Question: 'When he was inaugurated as president, he had only one tooth left'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'The "Peace Garden State" hits the silver screen as a young actress in "Charlotte's Web"'

Answer: North Dakota Fanning


Question: 'In 1979 this U.S. govenuh got a degree in business & international economics from UW-Superior'

Answer: Schwarzenegger


Question: 'This late actor, Joaquin's brother, played the young Indiana Jones'

Answer: River Phoenix


Question: 'In the 1870s, Joseph Glidden received patents for this type of wire used to enclose livestock'

Answer: barbed wire


Question: 'This unhappy salesman has sons named Biff & Happy'

Answer: Willy Loman


Question: 'In 1997 he lost part of an earlobe during his bout with Mike Tyson's teeth'

Answer: (Evander) Holyfield


Question: 'A white, roly-poly tire co. mascot learns to dream "The Impossible Dream" as a stage musical'

Answer: Michelin Man of La Mancha


Question: 'This city, b'gosh, the seat of Winnebago County, is at the mouth of the Upper Fox River'

Answer: Oshkosh


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Skywalker Ranch in San Francisco.)  I'm at Skywalker Ranch with the Zeppelin on which Indiana Jones took a journey in this installment of his adventures'

Answer: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade


Question: 'George Akerlof shared the 2001 Nobel Prize in this for his analysis of markets with asymmetric information'

Answer: economics


Question: 'At the end of this Ibsen play, Nora Helmer claims her independence & walks out on her family'

Answer: A Doll\'s House


Question: 'If you're described as "long in the tooth", someone's calling you this'

Answer: old


Question: 'A Tim Gunn catchphrase that has convicts laboring outside of prison while still serving their sentences'

Answer: make it work release


Question: 'Hazlewood, the house where the Wisconsin state constitution was drafted, is in this city; oh yeah, & Lambeau Field, too'

Answer: Green Bay


Question: 'This man composed the music for all 4 Indiana Jones films'

Answer: John Williams


Question: 'Julia Morgan designed a castle for this publisher's San Simeon, California estate'

Answer: Hearst


Question: 'In "The Chronicles of Narnia", this nephew of the evil King Miraz is the rightful heir to the throne'

Answer: Prince Caspian


Question: 'While vying for the Golden Fleece, this hero had to deal with some dragon's teeth that sprouted into warriors'

Answer: Jason


Question: 'A British P.M. gives his blood, toil, tears & sweat as a Louisville horse race track'

Answer: Winston Churchill Downs


Question: 'On June 8, 1867 this architect began building a life for himself when he was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin'

Answer: (Frank Lloyd) Wright


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Skywalker Ranch in San Francisco.)  In "The Temple of Doom", Indy Jones discovered that this Indian cult that worshiped Kali had stolen 3 of the magical stones'

Answer: Thugee


Question: 'Julian Huxley made the Oscar-winning 1934 film "The Private Life of the Gannets", which are these creatures'

Answer: sea birds


Question: 'He's the professor of symbology who is the protagonist of "The Da Vinci Code" & "Angels & Demons"'

Answer: Robert Langdon


Question: 'It was once thought that this pinniped raked the ocean floor with its tusks to look for food'

Answer: a walrus


Question: 'An "Abbey Road" tune becomes China's Nationalist Party leader'

Answer: "Here Comes the Sun Yat-sen"


Question: 'Philo of Byzantium called it a ploughed field "above the heads of those who walk between the columns below"'

Answer: the Hanging Gardens of Babylon


Question: 'On October 26, 1972 this future U.S. Secretary of State declared that "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam'

Answer: Henry Kissinger


Question: 'German Lotte Reiniger pioneered animation using these dark cutouts on a light background'

Answer: Silhouettes


Question: '"Spider's Web" in 2000 was the third adaptation of one of her plays into a novel'

Answer: Agatha Christie


Question: 'This canned tuna company has been using a mermaid on its logo since 1952'

Answer: Chicken of the Sea


Question: 'To join the LAPD you must be younger than 35, but at least this age at the time of hire'

Answer: 21


Question: 'A doctor who may be summoned at any time, especially by phone'

Answer: On call


Question: 'In 1990 Guillermo Endara became Panama's president after this strongman surrendered to U.S. officials'

Answer: Manuel Noriega


Question: 'The first British feature-length cartoon was a 1955 version of this beastly Orwell novel'

Answer: "Animal Farm"


Question: 'Under the name Maxwell Grant, Walter B. Gibson created this hero who could cloud men's minds'

Answer: The Shadow


Question: 'This fast food chain told us to "Save the Chickens...Eat a Whopper"'

Answer: Burger King


Question: 'During the physical abilities test, this must be maintained for 30 seconds while standing on a platform'

Answer: Balance


Question: 'Engulfed in flames'

Answer: On fire


Question: 'On March 1, 1954 5 Congressmen were wounded by supporters of independence for this commonwealth'

Answer: Puerto Rico


Question: 'A very late rabbit is featured in Czech master Jan Svankmajer's 1988 version of the story of this girl'

Answer: "Alice In Wonderland"


Question: 'Day job of the mystery-solving character Roger Dowling'

Answer: Priest


Question: 'The unofficial theme song of this Warner Brothers blabberbeak is "Camptown Races"<br />...doo dah'

Answer: Foghorn Leghorn


Question: 'Of weight, height or hearing requirements, the one dropped by the LAPD as of March 1997'

Answer: Height


Question: 'Getting British unemployment benefits begun in 1911'

Answer: On the dole


Question: 'In 1961 military leaders killed this Caribbean nation's dictator Rafael Trujillo'

Answer: Dominican Republic


Question: 'Like George Pal's "Toons", director Ladislas Starevich was best known for animation using these 3-D figures'

Answer: Puppets


Question: 'FDR & Isaac Asimov were among members of the BSI, this group of Sherlock Holmes fans'

Answer: Baker Street Irregulars


Question: 'It's often performed at wedding receptions'

Answer: Funky chicken


Question: 'Like woman Penelope Cruz in a 2000 film title'

Answer: On top


Question: 'In the 1980s Bulgaria ordered this ethnic minority from a neighbor to the southeast to take Slavic names'

Answer: Turks


Question: 'In the 1950s the Zagreb School in this country gained notice for its unDisneyfied style'

Answer: Croatia/Yugoslavia


Question: 'In 1972 Faye Marder married this man; in 1985 they each put out their first mystery novels'

Answer: Jonathan Kellerman


Question: 'Created by Jay Ward & Bill Scott, his secret identity was Henry Cabot Henhaus III'

Answer: Super Chicken


Question: 'Acting as judge in a trial or not picked to participate in your team's baseball game'

Answer: On the bench


Question: 'He's the late religious leader & political figure seen here'

Answer: Ayatollah Khomeini


Question: 'You can toss a ball with a flick of this because the carpal bones articulate with the radius & ulna'

Answer: Wrist


Question: 'In an ad for these khakis, a couple chases a mouse & ends up keeping it as a pet'

Answer: Dockers


Question: 'Mount McKinley'

Answer: United States