Question: 'Labatt's'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'Its first issue, in 1845, included articles on "A Smoke Filter for Locomotives" & "Cause of Sound and Thunder"'

Answer: Scientific American


Question: 'She had lead roles in "The English Patient" & "The Horse Whisperer"'

Answer: Kristin Scott Thomas


Question: 'Bearing Taiwan's Portuguese name, it's between Taiwan & mainland China'

Answer: Strait of Formosa


Question: 'This 1968 comedy about a family with 18 kids starred Lucille Ball & Henry Fonda'

Answer: Yours, Mine and Ours


Question: 'In Asia:<br />President Kim Dae Jung'

Answer: South Korea


Question: 'Hickory, Indiana's basketball team goes all the way to the state championships in this 1986 film'

Answer: Hoosiers


Question: 'Kiss' Frehley or Carrey's Ventura'

Answer: Ace


Question: 'This author of "The Martian Chronicles" co-wrote the 1956 screenplay for "Moby Dick"'

Answer: Ray Bradbury


Question: 'When you're frightened your arrector pili muscles make this "stand on end"'

Answer: Hair


Question: 'In 1998 she remade her 1974 hit "I Honestly Love You"'

Answer: Olivia Newton-John


Question: 'In the Middle East:<br />President Mohammad Khatami'

Answer: Iran


Question: 'Small-town lawyer Jimmy Stewart matches wits with prosecutor George C. Scott in this 1959 courtroom classic'

Answer: Anatomy of a Murder


Question: 'To have an otherwise good quality to an extreme degree is to have it "to" this'

Answer: Fault


Question: 'Frankie ages a year over the course of this author's "Member of the Wedding"'

Answer: Carson McCullers


Question: 'High amounts of this fatty compound in the blood raise the risk of heart disease'

Answer: Cholesterol


Question: 'First drawn between 1763 & 1767, it was extended to present-day West Virginia in 1779'

Answer: Mason-Dixon Line


Question: 'In Africa:<br />President Thabo Mbeki'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'Aliens inhabit the bodies of the staff of a small-town high school in this 1998 horror flick'

Answer: The Faculty


Question: 'Slang term for the bill seen here:<br />(Jefferson's on it)'

Answer: Deuce ($2 bill)


Question: 'A lady from "The Burden of Proof" returns as a judge in his "Laws of Our Fathers"'

Answer: Scott Turow


Question: 'Each of these paired organs contains about a million tiny filtering units called nephrons'

Answer: Kidneys


Question: 'It's the seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina'

Answer: Winston-Salem


Question: 'In central Europe:<br />Chancellor Viktor Klima'

Answer: Austria


Question: 'A Ted Hughes tale was the basis for this 1999 animated film about a metal man who befriends a boy in a small Maine town'

Answer: The Iron Giant


Question: 'Rilke defined it as when "Two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other"'

Answer: Love


Question: 'The home he described in "You Can't Go Home Again" is actually on 11th, not 12th St., as he wrote in the book'

Answer: Thomas Wolfe


Question: 'Listen up!  Your actual organ of hearing is located in this snail-shaped part of the inner ear'

Answer: Cochlea


Question: 'Ladies this Russian scored with include "The Snow Maiden" & "Scheherazade"'

Answer: Rimsky-Korsakov


Question: 'In Europe:<br />Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'In this 1999 movie, the "Rocky" of hockey, an Alaska town's amateur hockey team takes on the New York Rangers'

Answer: Mystery, Alaska


Question: 'As a group of people with common interests or styles, it may be "smart"'

Answer: Set


Question: 'Derived from Greek, it's the name of the bones that form your fingers & toes'

Answer: Phalanges


Question: 'This newspaper chain that picked up 39 Pulitzers between 1980 & 1990 had a hyphenectomy in 1997'

Answer: Knight-Ridder


Question: 'His 1998 "Greatest Hits" album made him the first instrumentalist to have 7 consecutive multi-platinum albums'

Answer: Kenny G


Question: 'When morning arose, 2 of these beings warned Lot to leave Sodom quickly with his wife & daughters'

Answer: angels


Question: 'More than 1 million Americans have Type 1, or the juvenile form of this insulin-dependent disease'

Answer: diabetes


Question: 'The Islanders & the Rangers both have this place in their names'

Answer: New York


Question: 'The borders of 5 Utah counties lie within this lake'

Answer: The Great Salt Lake


Question: 'Besides having its own California "Land", this building block toy has its own mall outlets that sell its Bionicle kits'

Answer: Lego


Question: 'The speedometer's site'

Answer: dashboard


Question: 'He sent out a dove & the dove did not return, indicating that "the face of the ground was dry"'

Answer: Noah


Question: 'Anxiety, stress & lack of food can all trigger one of these severe headaches, from the Greek for "half skull"'

Answer: migraine


Question: 'The holy grail of the NHL, it's named for a governor-general of Canada'

Answer: Stanley Cup


Question: 'Mapmakers named this Colorado mountain after its 1806 discoverer, who had called it Grand Peak'

Answer: Pikes Peak


Question: '"When You Care Enough to Send the Very Best", go to one of this stationer's Gold Crown stores'

Answer: Hallmark


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from behind a desk)  This used to be a bigger part of the school curriculum; I'm working on mine'

Answer: penmanship


Question: 'This 4th gospel writer begins his book with "In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God..."'

Answer: John


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Colorado)  Dress warmly to prevent a fallen body temperature below 95 degrees Fahrenheit - the definition of this condition'

Answer: hypothermia


Question: 'The logo of this Alberta team is seen here'

Answer: Calgary Flames


Question: 'This Northwestern capital's name is derived from the Hebrew shalom, meaning "peace"'

Answer: Salem, Oregon


Question: 'At the food court check out the Pizza Twist & Grateful Garlic varieties of this snack at Wetzel's'

Answer: pretzels


Question: 'A 2-word term for a type of group; ours is discussing "The Lovely Bones" next Tuesday'

Answer: book club


Question: 'In Genesis 32 Jacob's name was changed to this, "For as a prince hast thou power with God and with men"'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'Somnambulism is the medical term for this; snap out of it!'

Answer: sleepwalking


Question: 'Without a home stadium in 1926, this American team played at Windsor's Border Cities Arena'

Answer: Detroit Red Wings


Question: 'This river flows through 3 state capitals: Bismarck, Pierre & Jefferson City'

Answer: Missouri River


Question: 'Founded in 1984, a clothing store is called Forever this number'

Answer: 21


Question: 'It's said that this type of reversal "is fair play"'

Answer: turnabout


Question: 'He wrote in his epistle to the Galatians, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself"'

Answer: Paul


Question: 'The flu, which occurs most often in winter, is short for this'

Answer: influenza


Question: 'Jaromir Jagr is a star of this Washington team'

Answer: Washington Capitals


Question: 'It's the only U.S. state lying on the Tropic of Cancer'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'Stock up on vitamins & herbs at GNC, which stands for this'

Answer: General Nutrition Centers


Question: 'Word for Ted Kennedy's politics, a generous serving of food or a city in Kansas'

Answer: Liberal


Question: 'Of a schizoid, rhizoid or trapezoid, the one you'll normally run across in geometry class'

Answer: trapezoid


Question: 'Miss Manners has a simple way to remember which of these utensils to use: "The one farthest to the left"'

Answer: fork


Question: 'In 1786, 10 years after writing the Declaration of Independence, his writing hand became crippled after an accident'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'Ron & the title character return to school in a flying car in this 2002 film'

Answer: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets


Question: '2 steamboats race annually on the Mississippi between St. Louis & this city about 700 miles away'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'A skinny little horsie'

Answer: bony pony


Question: 'Analytic geometry uses a coordinate system in which the abscissa & the ordinate are represented by these 2 letters'

Answer: x & y


Question: 'If a waitress refuses to give your group separate these, separate yourself from the restaurant'

Answer: checks


Question: 'In the 1984 campaign he said he was not going to exploit Walter Mondale's "youth and inexperience"'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'He took over the role of Jack Ryan in 2002's "The Sum of All Fears"'

Answer: Ben Affleck


Question: 'On August 6, 1945 an atomic bomb was dropped on this Asian city on the Ota River in western Honshu'

Answer: Hiroshima


Question: 'A foliage filcher'

Answer: leaf thief


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports standing in front of a chalkboard)  Angles 1 & 2 are angles of this type, as they add up to 180 degrees'

Answer: supplementary


Question: 'When 2 people are walking down the street sharing an umbrella, this person should have the sense to hold the umbrella'

Answer: the taller person


Question: 'He died on January 22, 1973; after services in Washington, D.C., he was buried on his Texas ranch'

Answer: Lyndon B. Johnson


Question: '"Gilmore Girl" Alexis Bledel plays Winnie in the film version of this book about a family that will live forever'

Answer: Tuck Everlasting


Question: 'Make a resolution to tell us the name of this Vietnamese capital that lies on the Red River in the Tonkin Delta'

Answer: Hanoi


Question: 'Cetacean correspondence'

Answer: whale mail


Question: 'Whether a convex polygon has 4, 9 or even 22 sides, the exterior angle sum will always total this'

Answer: 360


Question: 'To do this, "Arrange the lady on a sofa", "kneel in front of her" & then "pull out of your pocket a small velvet box..."'

Answer: propose


Question: 'In 1885 this 22nd & 24th president said, "Office seeking is a disease...it is ever catching"'

Answer: Grover Cleveland


Question: 'A Nicholas Sparks bestseller became this 2002 film starring Mandy Moore as a preacher's daughter'

Answer: A Walk to Remember


Question: 'Cities on this 626-mile-long river include Toledo, Spain & Santarem, Portugal'

Answer: Tagus River


Question: 'An agreeable ring-necked bird'

Answer: pleasant pheasant


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports standing in front of a chalkboard)  If the 3 sides of one triangle are equal to the same parts in another, the two triangles are called this'

Answer: congruent


Question: 'Miss Manners says that if you wear white shoes after this holiday, "you will develop warts on your toes"'

Answer: Labor Day


Question: 'In 1823 he warned European powers to stay out of the hemisphere in what became known as his doctrine'

Answer: James Monroe


Question: 'A.E.W. Mason's novel "The Four Feathers" made it to the screen in 2002 with this Aussie hunk as Harry Feversham'

Answer: Heath Ledger


Question: '38 years before she lost her head, Marie Antoinette was born in this capital on the Danube River'

Answer: Vienna


Question: 'The principal thunderstorm'

Answer: main rain


Question: 'In 1985 Cliffs Notes' "The Scarlet Letter" retook the top-selling spot; this book had briefly replaced it'

Answer: \"1984\"


Question: 'In her debut single Jamie O'Neal sang, "There is no" this state "no Painted Desert no Sedona"'

Answer: Arizona


Question: 'The Roman god of war'

Answer: Mars


Question:
'"Shadows and Fog",
"Deconstructing Harry",
"Radio Days"'

Answer: Woody Allen


Question: 'From the Greek for "split mind", this mental disorder is not, as many believe, the same as a split personality'

Answer: schizophrenia


Question: 'In 1945 he became president of a Dearborn, Michigan car company started by his grandfather'

Answer: Henry Ford II


Question: 'An ermine coat, or a coniferous tree'

Answer: fur/fir


Question: 'She has kids named Presley, Beau & Layla, but no Glen or Campbell'

Answer: Tanya Tucker


Question: 'This king of Ithaca was married to the faithful Penelope'

Answer: Odysseus


Question:
'"The Mirror Has Two Faces",
"Yentl",
"The Prince of Tides"'

Answer: Barbra Streisand


Question: 'In Freudian theory, it's the part of the personality that's responsible for primitive instinctual drives'

Answer: the id


Question: 'Eleuthere Du Pont de Nemours got a lot of bang for his buck when he opened his factory to make this in 1802'

Answer: gunpowder


Question: 'Zero, or a religious sister'

Answer: none/nun


Question: 'Sadly, the circle was broken in May 2003 when this daughter of Mother Maybelle & wife of Johnny passed away'

Answer: June Carter Cash


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew at the headquarters of Goodyear)  Goodyear's "winged foot" symbol was inspired by a statue of this god'

Answer: Mercury


Question:
'"Dementia 13",
"Bram Stoker's Dracula",
"The Cotton Club"'

Answer: Francis Ford Coppola


Question: 'Bipolar disorder is also called this'

Answer: manic depressive disorder


Question: 'He founded his pencil company in 1925 & in 1957 bought Occidental Petroleum'

Answer: Armand Hammer


Question: 'Put pen to paper, or correct'

Answer: write/right


Question: '(Hi, I'm Carolyn Dawn Johnson)  In 2002 I was named Best Country Artist by the Juno Awards, this country's equivalent of the Grammys'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'When this Greek god came to Delphi, he killed a dragon named Python'

Answer: Apollo


Question:
'"Girl 6",
"Summer of Sam",
"25th Hour"'

Answer: Spike Lee


Question: 'This disorder is characterized by persistent ideas that result in ritualized acts, such as repetitive handwashing'

Answer: obsessive compulsive disorder


Question: 'The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company he founded in 1838 later became an eponymous line'

Answer: (Samuel) Cunard


Question: 'An equal, or a jetty'

Answer: peer/pier


Question: 'The trio singing in "Trio" & the follow-up album "Trio II" are Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton & this woman'

Answer: Emmylou Harris


Question: 'After Zeus turned her to stone, she still wept over the loss of her children'

Answer: Niobe


Question:
'"Black Rain",
"Gladiator",
"Black Hawk Down"'

Answer: Ridley Scott


Question: 'Elizabeth Wurtzel's psycho-memoir is titled this "Nation"'

Answer: Prozac Nation


Question: 'This stout fellow was the first lord mayor of Dublin'

Answer: (Sir Benjamin) Guinness


Question: 'A term used for Shakespeare, or the species of owl seen here'

Answer: bard/barred


Question: 'Isabel Peron'

Answer: Argentina


Question: 'Elizabeth Taylor got married (for the first time) at Good Shepherd in this fancy L.A.-area city'

Answer: Beverly Hills


Question: 'Some bartenders say shaking this gin & vermouth cocktail ruins it by giving it a metallic taste from the shaker'

Answer: martini


Question: 'In 2002 Sue Grafton released "Q is for" this synonym for pit'

Answer: Quarry


Question: 'He betrayed Jesus with a kiss'

Answer: Judas


Question: 'Corazon Aquino'

Answer: the Philippines


Question: 'You can visit the Mondsee, Austria church where the wedding of these "Sound of Music" characters was filmed'

Answer: the Von Trapps


Question: 'Rachmaninoff's 1913 symphony "The Bells" was based on a Russian translation of this American's poem'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe


Question: 'This cocktail made with gin & orange juice might make you do the Hawaiian dance of the same name'

Answer: the Hula


Question: 'Sidney Sheldon wrote "The Other Side of" & "Memories of" this'

Answer: Midnight


Question: 'This TV show began as a spinoff of "All in the Family"'

Answer: The Jeffersons


Question: 'Benazir Bhutto'

Answer: Pakistan


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew at All Hallows Church in London)  This man got married here at All Hallows Church on July 26, 1797, soon after his dad became U.S. president'

Answer: John Quincy Adams


Question: 'The unpublished manuscript of the 20th of his "Hungarian Rhapsodies" has been in a museum in Weimar, Germany'

Answer: Franz Liszt


Question: 'A mimosa is equal parts orange juice & this potent potable'

Answer: champagne


Question: 'Bruce Feiler's biography of this Biblical figure is subtitled "A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths"'

Answer: Abraham


Question: 'In a nonsense poem Lewis Carroll warned, "Beware" of this creature, "my son"'

Answer: the jabberwock


Question: 'Mary McAleese'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'In 1962 Prince Juan Carlos married Princess Sophia in a Catholic & also in an Orthodox cathedral in this city'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'Many date the beginning of the Modernist movement to the 1913 premiere of this Stravinsky work'

Answer: The Rite of Spring


Question: 'Use vodka instead of rum in this pineapple cocktail & it's called a Chi Chi'

Answer: pina colada


Question: 'David Brock's book about "The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative" is called "Blinded by" this'

Answer: the Right


Question: 'On March 28, 1990 this NBA player scored 69 points, a career high, in a game against Cleveland'

Answer: Michael Jordan


Question: 'Sirimavo Bandaranaike'

Answer: Sri Lanka


Question: 'Oct. 12, 1822 was a romantic day for this French romantic novelist: he got married at St. Sulpice'

Answer: Victor Hugo


Question: 'In 2003 the Met celebrated this composer's bicentennial by mounting his epic opera "Les Troyens"'

Answer: Hector Berlioz


Question: 'A beauty spot cocktail is gin, dry & sweet vermouth, orange juice & a dash of this pomegranate-flavored syrup'

Answer: grenadine


Question: 'Zora Neale Hurston relates Janie's 3 marriages in "Their Eyes Were" doing this'

Answer: Watching God


Question: 'Members of this Catholic order helped us get oriented by compiling an atlas of China'

Answer: the Jesuits


Question: 'This sports superstar of 1973 bears the name of one of the 6 major organs of the United Nations'

Answer: Secretariat


Question: '...Hawaii gained statehood'

Answer: Eisenhower


Question: 'Before working in "The West Wing", Allison stumbled into a tryst with candidate John Travolta in this 1998 film'

Answer: Primary Colors


Question: 'Karl Marx: <br />This "is the opium of the people"'

Answer: religion


Question: 'To retain its crispness, the sugar snap type of this should be eaten raw'

Answer: peas


Question: 'She began co-hosting "Entertainment Tonight" in 1982'

Answer: Mary Hart


Question: 'It's the term for a young child who's learning to walk'

Answer: toddler


Question: '...the Hindenburg Zeppelin crashed'

Answer: F.D. Roosevelt


Question: 'Allison was just peachy as the voice of Peach the starfish in this 2003 animated film'

Answer: Finding Nemo


Question: 'Mark Twain:<br />"Familiarity breeds contempt--and" these'

Answer: children


Question: 'If you like pina coladas, then you must like coconut & this fruit, the 2 main flavors'

Answer: pineapple


Question: 'Go this way to a dance & you're going as a solo male'

Answer: stag


Question: 'If someone wishes you "zay gezundt", he's blessing you in this language'

Answer: Yiddish


Question: '...the U.S. extended full diplomatic recognition to Vietnam'

Answer: Clinton


Question: 'Yep, that was Allison as Anne Heche's boss in this Harrison Ford film about a week in the tropics'

Answer: Six Days Seven Nights


Question: 'Napoleon:<br />"From" this "to the ridiculous is but a step"'

Answer: the sublime


Question: 'The Bosc variety of this fruit is excellent for baking or poaching'

Answer: pears


Question: 'Famous for her work with a paper shredder, she worked for Iran-Contra witness Oliver North'

Answer: Fawn Hall


Question: 'In golf, before hitting the ball you do this to it, in preparation'

Answer: address it


Question: '...Golda Meir became Prime Minister of Israel'

Answer: Nixon


Question: 'Allison clocked in as Meryl Streep's domestic partner in the 2002 film with this "timely" title'

Answer: The Hours


Question: 'Kipling:<br />"And a woman is only a woman, but a good" this "is a smoke"'

Answer: a cigar


Question: 'It's the leading agricultural product of the island nation of Dominica'

Answer: bananas


Question: 'Located in St. John, New Brunswick, it's Canada's oldest independent brewery'

Answer: Moosehead


Question: 'These circular currents that move against the main current occur in wind as well as water'

Answer: eddies


Question: '...the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan'

Answer: Carter


Question: 'Chris Cooper & Allison played the deeply weird couple next door to realtor Annette Bening in this 1999 film'

Answer: American Beauty


Question: 'Shakespeare:<br />"Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and" this?'

Answer: ale


Question: 'The scientific name of this garnish used in salads & sandwiches is Nasturtium aquaticum'

Answer: watercress


Question: 'Later assassinated himself, he became head of Liberia in 1980 after the assassination of its president'

Answer: (Samuel) Doe


Question: 'Considered her masterpiece, this novel by George Eliot is subtitled "A Study of Provincial Life"'

Answer: Middlemarch


Question: '...John F. Kennedy was assassinated'

Answer: Elizabeth II


Question: '"If I Were A Rich Man"'

Answer: Fiddler on the Roof


Question: 'The honeymoon video of this unconventional documentarian was the first episode of his hit show'

Answer: Steve Irwin


Question: 'In English it's an Asian sauce; in Spanish it means "I am"'

Answer: soy


Question: 'It's the last name of West Virginia's junior senator, whose great-granddad dabbled in the oil business'

Answer: Rockefeller


Question: 'This city's airport terminal building has a white fabric roof formed into peaks to resemble the snow-capped Rockies nearby'

Answer: Denver


Question: '...John Hancock signed the Declaration of Independence'

Answer: George III


Question: '"When You're Good To Mama"'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'The singer & political activist seen here formerly fronted this famous rock band'

Answer: Midnight Oil


Question: 'Latin for "with", it precedes "grano salis" (grain of salt) as well as "laude" (praise or honor)'

Answer: cum


Question: 'Think faster than the speed of sound: this pilot was born in Myra on Feb. 13, 1923'

Answer: (Chuck) Yeager


Question: 'This airport on the island of Bonaire in the Caribbean is named for a protected stilt-legged, pink wading bird'

Answer: Flamingo (Airport)


Question: '...the Church of England broke with the Roman Catholic Church'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: '"Scenes From An Italian Restaurant"'

Answer: Movin\' Out


Question: 'Eleanor Gow is the birth name of this Australian supermodel'

Answer: (Elle) Macpherson


Question: 'If hesitating between guten morgen & guten abend, there's always guten this, "good day"'

Answer: tag


Question: 'Alphabetically, this West Virginia family once led by a man named "Devil Anse" comes before their Pike County, Ky. rivals'

Answer: Hatfield


Question: 'The international terminal at LAX is named for this former mayor'

Answer: Bradley


Question: '...Shakespeare wrote "Hamlet"'

Answer: Elizabeth I


Question: '"Kansas City" (where "ev'rythin's up to date")'

Answer: Oklahoma!


Question: 'Sydney-born Prime Minister seen here'

Answer: John Howard


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew clinks drinks with Sarah at an outdoor cafe in Greece.)  To the Greeks, having kefi, or joy in the moment, often inspires this three-letter exclamation'

Answer: opa


Question: 'The state's motto is these people, also the nickname of WVU's athletic teams, "are always free"'

Answer: mountaineers


Question: 'It's airport code, ORD, comes from Orchard Field, the airport previously on the site'

Answer: O\'Hare


Question: '...the 20th century began'

Answer: Victoria


Question: '"Wand'rin' Star"'

Answer: Paint Your Wagon


Question: 'Seen here wearing his definitive yet oddball headgear, this 19th century Australian lives on in myth & legend'

Answer: (Ned) Kelly


Question: 'It's French for "growth" & may follow "premier" to describe a first-rate wine'

Answer: cru


Question: 'Then a part of Virginia, this village became famous for an Oct. 16, 1859 event'

Answer: Harpers Ferry


Question: 'With 30 million passengers a year, it's the UK's second-busiest airport'

Answer: Gatwick


Question: 'The remarkable elasticity of yew led to this new weapon that made history at a 1346 battle'

Answer: the longbow


Question: 'On Sept. 13-14, 1814, a British bombardment failed to capture this fort; "our flag was still there"'

Answer: Fort McHenry


Question: '"One of these days... one of these days... POW!!!  Right in your kisser"'

Answer: Ralph Kramden


Question: 'Nixon White House official Harry Robbins'

Answer: H.R. Haldeman


Question: 'The Random House Dictionary theorizes this other word for a jackass may be a corruption of the name "Duncan"'

Answer: donkey


Question: '"All Hail To" this state (no beans about it)'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'This camel-like cud chewer hisses & spits when it's angry'

Answer: a llama


Question: 'In this last major battle of the war, the British suffered about 2,000 casualties, including General Edward Pakenham'

Answer: the Battle of New Orleans


Question: '"...we didn't have no tails & we didn't come from monkeys, you atheistic pinko meathead"'

Answer: Archie Bunker


Question: '5 & dimer Frank Winfield'

Answer: F.W. Woolworth


Question: 'The jackass, possibly the Somali variety, was domesticated on this continent about 6,000 years ago'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'Bet you a buckeye knows that his state song is "Beautiful" this'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'The Davy Crockett craze of the 1950s made these pioneer toy building sets wildly popular'

Answer: Lincoln Logs


Question: 'In asking for a declaration of war, this president charged that Britain had stirred up Indian warfare in the Northwest'

Answer: James Madison


Question: '"I transported the whole kit & kaboodle into their engine room where they'll be no tribble at all"'

Answer: Scotty


Question: 'Eccentric punctuator & typographer Edward Estlin'

Answer: E.E. Cummings


Question: 'When a jackass & a mare mate, the hybrid offspring is one of these'

Answer: a mule


Question: 'In 2000 it got a new state song: "These Green Mountains"'

Answer: Vermont


Question: 'This tiny country doesn't manage its own postal & telephone services; it lets Switzerland do it'

Answer: Liechtenstein


Question: 'In August 1812 the U.S. lost Fort Dearborn, where, oddly, this city now stands'

Answer: Chicago


Question: '"It's a... fact that cows were domesticated in Mesopotamia & were also used in China as guard animals"'

Answer: Cliff Clavin


Question: 'American artist & illustrator Newell Convers'

Answer: N.C. Wyeth


Question: 'Apollo made these parts of Midas resemble those of a jackass after Midas picked Pan in a "Greek Idol" music contest'

Answer: his ears


Question: 'The title of this state song is simply the name of the state with an exclamation point after it'

Answer: "Oklahoma!"


Question: 'This 5-letter adjective can mean "full of healthy vigor" or just plain "lecherous"'

Answer: lusty


Question: 'The War Hawks included John C. Calhoun & this "Great Compromiser" who was Speaker of the House'

Answer: Henry Clay


Question: '"The sea was angry that day, my friends... like an old man trying to return soup at a deli"'

Answer: George Costanza


Question: 'American author Edgar Laurence'

Answer: E.L. Doctorow


Question: 'Jack or jackass refers to a male ass; this refers to a female'

Answer: a jenny


Question: '"Here We Have" this Northwest state (we know, we've seen its ID)'

Answer: Idaho


Question: 'The emperor Nero believed this big onion relative would improve his singing voice'

Answer: the leek


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew hangs out on a street in Prage, Czech Republic.)  Legend says the upper part of Prague's Old-New Synagogue holds the remains of this clay giant created to protect the Jews'

Answer: the golem


Question: '"The Perfect Nanny" was a track on this soundtrack album that toppled "Beatles '65" from the No. 1 spot'

Answer: Mary Poppins


Question: 'Beaumarchais paired a clever servant with an amorous master in "Le barbier de Seville" & "Le mariage de" him'

Answer: Figaro


Question: 'A cashew shack'

Answer: a nut hut


Question: 'This prophet was thrown into a den of lions by Darius'

Answer: Daniel


Question: 'When these 2 countries were reunited, the ostmark was eliminated'

Answer: East & West Germany


Question: 'Prague is in this region whose name comes from the Boii, a tribe that once populated the area'

Answer: Bohemia


Question: 'This 1976 Eagles album was the first to feature the "new kid in town", Joe Walsh, who replaced Bernie Leadon'

Answer: Hotel California


Question: 'In the final act it's the final act of the heroine of Racine's tragic masterpiece "Phedre"'

Answer: suicide


Question: 'A prized French cheese that you got without paying for it'

Answer: free brie


Question: 'The Hadith is a collection of the words & deeds of this prophet'

Answer: Mohammed


Question: 'Before the euro, the money seen here was the currency of this country'

Answer: Greece


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew steps out of a housefront in Prage, Czech Republic to point out the address.)  This novelist lived within the castle at number 22 Golden Lane a few years before he wrote his novel "The Castle"'

Answer: (Franz) Kafka


Question: 'Bela Fleck & this group's 2000 CD "Outbound" featured guest stars Shawn Colvin & Yes' Jon Anderson'

Answer: The Flecktones


Question: 'This progressive "Theatre", unlike the "Cirque", began in 1964 with a production of "Les petits bourgeois"'

Answer: du soleil


Question: 'A long, tiresome speech delivered by a frothy pie topping'

Answer: a meringue harangue


Question: 'The last book of the New Testament is a collection of prophetic visions by this man'

Answer: John (the Divine)


Question: 'When shopping in Cairo, it's important to know that 100 piastres make up this unit of Egyptian currency'

Answer: the Egyptian pound


Question: 'This river that runs through Prague was immortalized in a work by composer Bedrich Smetana'

Answer: the Moldau


Question: 'In 1995 Alanis Morissette became one of the youngest to win a Grammy when this was named album of the year'

Answer: Jagged Little Pill


Question: 'A wise fool is at the center of this man's 1668 play "George Dandin"'

Answer: Molière


Question: 'A chocolate substitute shaped like an Egyptian beetle'

Answer: a carob scarab


Question: 'This visionary Lebanese-American poet penned "The Garden of the Prophet"'

Answer: Kahlil Gibran


Question: 'It's the unit of currency of the bill seen here'

Answer: a ruble


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew leans out of a famous portal.) 2 men were tossed out this window in the incident called the Defenestration of Prague, leading to this numerical war'

Answer: the Thirty Years\' War


Question: '"All Jacked Up" was the follow-up to "Here for the Party", the debut album by this "Redneck Woman" of country'

Answer: Gretchen Wilson


Question: 'This satirical novelist got serious with "Zaire", a 1732 tragedy about a Christian raised by Turks'

Answer: Voltaire


Question: 'A lower-fat Frankfurter'

Answer: leaner wiener


Question: 'To his fellow slaves, this 19th century insurrectionist was known as "The Prophet"'

Answer: Nat Turner


Question: 'Like its much larger neighbor Saudi Arabia, Qatar uses the currency called this'

Answer: the rial


Question: 'Historians refer to "the long 19th century", the 125-year span between these 2 events'

Answer: the French Revolution and World War I


Question: 'In 2010 stranded airline passengers learned that Eyjafjallajokull is a volcano in this country'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'Unlike most birds, cuckoos have 2 of these pointing forward & 2 pointing backwards, if you "grasp" the clue'

Answer: talons (or toes)


Question: 'At a June 2008 auction, candid footage of her on the set of "The Misfits" sold for $60,000'

Answer: Marilyn Monroe


Question: 'A king's headgear, or a tooth cover'

Answer: a crown


Question: 'Around 900 the Toltec leader "Cloud Serpent" sacked Teotihuacan in what's now this country'

Answer: Mexico


Question: '"Yesterday" was released as a Beatles song, but this lad wrote & sang it himself'

Answer: (Paul) McCartney


Question: 'A Japanese proverb says, "he who climes" this peak "once is a wise man, he who climbs it twice is a fool"'

Answer: Mt. Fuji


Question: 'In this 1975 film Jack Nicholson commented, "I must be crazy to be in a looney bin like this!"'

Answer: One Flew Over the Cuckoo\'s Nest


Question: 'Before she was Secretary of State, she was a professor of international affairs at Georgetown Univ.'

Answer: Madeline Albright


Question: 'A chemical element, or a golf club'

Answer: iron


Question: 'In Egypt in the 2nd millennium B.C., a typical daily laborer's wage included 1 or 2 jugs of this'

Answer: beer


Question: 'The thousands of covers include this group singing "I'm not half the girl I used to be" on the album "I Hear a Symphony"'

Answer: the Supremes


Question: 'According to National Geographic, it's the most dangerous volcano in the lower 48 states'

Answer: Mt. St. Helens


Question: 'Edmund Spenser called the cuckoo the "messenger of" this season'

Answer: Spring


Question: 'She's one tough bunny--she ran daddy's Playboy Enterprises as CEO for over 20 years'

Answer: Christie Hefner


Question: 'To throw a baseball, or to present a TV show idea for production consideration'

Answer: pitch


Question: 'In 627 Meccans besieged this city, but new resident Muhammad & his followers saved the day by digging a trench'

Answer: Medina


Question: 'This man crooned "Yesterday" on his 1969 album "My Way"'

Answer: Frank Sinatra


Question: 'In Sicilian it's called Muncibeddu, meaning "mountain"'

Answer: Mt. Etna


Question: 'Many cuckoo clocks have weights made into the shape of this reproductive part of a certain evergreen tree'

Answer: a pine cone


Question:
'She's the author & poet heard here reading from her memoir "A Song Flung Up to Heaven"

The times were so solemn, and the daily news so somber that we snatched mirth
 from unlikely places.'

Answer: Maya Angelou


Question: 'It's a house of worship, or the flattened region on either side of the forehead'

Answer: a temple


Question: 'In the 11th C. south Indian ruler Rajendracola Deva I conquered this island'

Answer: Sri Lanka


Question: 'Syesha Mercado did the honors on this TV show's 2008 Beatles night'

Answer: American Idol


Question: 'A specific eruption style is named for this Caribbean volcano that erupted in 1902, killing thousands'

Answer: Mt. Pelée


Question: 'Dating from the 13th century, this word is derived from "cuckoo" & refers to a man with an unfaithful wife'

Answer: a cuckold


Question: 'Both of these Supreme Court justices were inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame'

Answer: O\'Connor and Ginsburg


Question: 'To sink, or someone who establishes something'

Answer: founder


Question: 'Demosthenes was much in demand in ancient Athens as a logographer, later this job of Ted Sorenson'

Answer: a speech writer


Question: 'This R&B quartet's version of "Yesterday" is on their 1994 album "II"'

Answer: Boyz II Men


Question: 'It was a short interlude between his wins for "Anna Christie" (1922) & "Strange Interlude" (1928)'

Answer: (Eugene) O\'Neill


Question: '"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"<br />(1967)'

Answer: Spencer Tracy


Question: 'Able to sit on a quarter, the dwarf variety of this lizard is the world's smallest & won't try to sell you car insurance'

Answer: the (dwarf) gecko


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew is ties a knot.)  Also known as a reef knot, this common knot should be used as a binding knot, never a bend'

Answer: a square knot


Question: 'Berklee College of Music & Amherst College'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'Fabric from goat hair'

Answer: cashmere


Question: 'It was a picnic for him when he won in 1953 for "Picnic"'

Answer: William Inge


Question: '"Canadian Bacon"<br />(1995)'

Answer: John Candy


Question: 'The basilisk lizard is also known as the Jesus Christ lizard because of its ability to do this'

Answer: walk on water


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew ties a knot.)  Especially useful in sailing & rock climbing, this knot with a numerical name is easily untied, even after the greatest strain'

Answer: a figure-eight knot


Question: 'New England College & Daniel Webster College'

Answer: New Hampshire


Question: 'From the Latin for "to respect", it's a verb meaning to regard with awe & devotion'

Answer: revere


Question: 'For Frank Gilroy in 1965, the subject was winning when "The Subject Was" these took home a Pulitzer'

Answer: Roses


Question: '"Game of Death"<br />(released in 1978)'

Answer: Bruce Lee


Question: 'Because of a fracture plane across their lower vertebra, lizards have this ability, aka autotomy, to escape danger'

Answer: to shed their tail


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew ties a knot.)  The knot called a "fisherman's bend" is also known as this "bend", as it can act as one for a boat to a dock'

Answer: an anchor bend


Question: 'Swarthmore & Bryn Mawr'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'Disease has been declared a crime & the sick are imprisoned in this 1872 Samuel Butler novel'

Answer: Erewhon


Question: 'Sadly, Jonathan Larson had died by the time this musical of his won the Pulitzer in 1996'

Answer: Rent


Question: '"Brainstorm"<br />(1983)'

Answer: Natalie Wood


Question: 'To ward off predators, the horned lizard will squirt this out of its eyes'

Answer: blood


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew ties a knot.)  This type of hitch can be used to tow a log either afloat or on land; you might hear a lumberjack yell it, too'

Answer: a timber hitch


Question: 'Morehouse & Spelman Colleges'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'Lake Hazen on this Canadian island is the world's largest lake entirely north of the Arctic Circle'

Answer: Ellesmere Island


Question: '1954's winner was John Patrick for "The Teahouse of" this'

Answer: The Teahouse of the August Moon


Question: '"Always"<br />(1989)'

Answer: Audrey Hepburn


Question: 'The name of this lizard of Australia tells you he's not just happy to meet you, he's this'

Answer: frilled


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew ties a knot.)  The name of this binding knot also describes a suffocating type of snake'

Answer: a constrictor


Question: 'Flagler College & Ringling School of Art & Design'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'In Greek mythology, one must pass through this dark region of the underworld to reach Hades'

Answer: Erebus


Question: 'Because of a policy adopted in 1979, this country's young people are collectively referred to as "little emperors"'

Answer: China


Question: 'The problem in this 1902 story is for Sherlock to find the beast (or man) that's been killing folks on the Devonshire moors'

Answer: The Hound of the Baskervilles


Question: 'The Huntington Library has some jewels--a manuscript of "The Canterbury Tales" (c. 1410) & one of his Bibles (c. 1455)'

Answer: Gutenberg


Question: 'A flat piece of absorbent material on which you wipe your feet before entering a house'

Answer: a doormat


Question: 'This Spielberg film featured a longer ending in which Richard Dreyfuss explores the mother ship'

Answer: Close Encounters of the Third Kind


Question: 'Grapple'

Answer: a grape & an apple


Question: 'The outward projection of a hat'

Answer: a brim


Question: 'In this story Bilbo & the dwarves have to get a pile of treasure out from under a dragon'

Answer: The Hobbit


Question: 'Hebrew university has his archives--digitized, too, so you can see his notes on relativity in his hand'

Answer: Einstein


Question: 'This basic type of sheet has elastic edges tailored to grip a mattress; can somebodv help me fold it?'

Answer: a fitted sheet


Question: 'A blood-craving Audrey II "branches" out & takes over NYC in Frank Oz' ending that never was to this film'

Answer: Little Shop of Horrors


Question: 'Stagflation'

Answer: stagnation & inflation


Question: 'Filled with gloom, like a certain reaper'

Answer: grim


Question: 'Sydney Carton solves the problem of saving Charles Darnay's neck (literally) in this work'

Answer: A Tale of Two Cities


Question: 'Apollo astronauts collected 841 pounds of these (most are stored at Johnson space center)'

Answer: Moon rocks


Question: 'From the Greek for heavy fabric, it's the type of thick wall covering seen here'

Answer: a tapestry


Question: 'An alternate ending for this movie has Will Smith alive & a reunion of vampire lovers'

Answer: I Am Legend


Question: 'Pixel'

Answer: picture element


Question: 'Dainty & refined partner of proper'

Answer: prim


Question: 'In this 1980 Ludlum thriller, an amnesiac is faced with the problem of reconstructing his past while dodging killers'

Answer: The Bourne Identity


Question: 'A 17-ton piece of its hull was recovered from its wreckage site, 450 miles off the coast of Newfoundland'

Answer: the Titanic


Question: 'Named for an 18th century London draper, it's a small, lacy, ornamental cloth'

Answer: a doily


Question: 'Dante got shot while minding the convenience store in the original end of this Kevin Smith comedy'

Answer: Clerks


Question: 'Tangelo'

Answer: a tangerine & a pomelo


Question: 'A sudden, capricious desire or act'

Answer: whim


Question: 'Porfiry's problem in this story is to get Raskolnikov to confess'

Answer: Crime and Punishment


Question: 'The oldest artifact in D.C.'s Newseum is a 3,200-year-old Sumerian brick that spread the news using this writing system'

Answer: cuneiform


Question: 'It's not something false, it's a decorative covering for a pillow'

Answer: a sham


Question: 'The original script for this Jamie Foxx film set in Saudi Arabia had his FBI team getting blown up'

Answer: The Kingdom


Question: 'Cyborg'

Answer: cybernetic organism


Question: 'What one does during natation'

Answer: swim


Question: '12 hens each lay a half dozen eggs, but 2 get broken; then a hen lays one more, leaving this many unbroken eggs'

Answer: 71


Question: 'The 18th c. fanfare heard here is the theme for this PBS show that's brought class & drama to American TV'

Answer: Masterpiece Theatre


Question: 'Until 1792 Kentucky was a part of this state'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'From the Dutch for "to cross", it's a pleasure trip taken aboard ship'

Answer: a cruise


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the California Highway Patrol Academy in Sacramento, CA.)  Though they've ridden Harleys & Kawasakis, the CHP has been riding motorcycles made by this Munich-based company since the 1990s'

Answer: BMW


Question: 'If a lepidopterist spots 4 butterflies, each with 3 black spots & 5 yellow spots, he spots this many spots'

Answer: 32


Question: 'The evening newscast by Chet Huntley & this partner used Beethoven's 9th for its theme'

Answer: (David) Brinkley


Question: 'Reflecting the state nickname, the International Museum for this genre of music is in Owensboro'

Answer: bluegrass


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the California Highway Patrol Academy in Sacramento, CA.)  The Breathalyzer will test to see if I'm over this blood alcohol content; its enactment as the limit in all 50 states has saved many lives'

Answer: .08


Question: 'The "Jeopardy!" writers drank 72 beers after work yesterday: 20 in the 1st round, 26 in the 2nd & this many at last call'

Answer: 26


Question: 'Appropriately, the series titled this director "Presents" used a funeral march by Gounod as its theme'

Answer: Hitchcock


Question: 'This racetrack is home to the Kentucky Derby'

Answer: Churchill Downs


Question: 'A widget costs 64 cents & you pay with a dollar; you get 4 coins in change, these'

Answer: a penny, a quarter & two nickels


Question: 'In 1829, though he didn't know it, he composed the theme music for "The Lone Ranger"'

Answer: Gioachino Rossini


Question: 'The first of these restaurants was opened by Colonel Harland Sanders in Corbin, Kentucky'

Answer: KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken)


Question: 'A medical charlatan, it's from a longer Dutch word meaning one who applies a phony cure-all ointment'

Answer: a quack


Question: 'A scout troop hikes 3 miles due north, 4 miles due east & straight back this far to their starting point'

Answer: 5


Question: 'Eric Lindros,<br />Eric Gagne'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'The overture to Reznicek's "Donna Diana" introduced this TV mountie "of the Yukon"'

Answer: Sergeant Preston


Question: 'Not Calhoun but this John C. from Kentucky was U.S. VP from 1857 to 1861 & then Sec. of War for the Confederacy'

Answer: John C. Breckinridge


Question: 'This term for a leave of absence granted to a member of the military is from a Dutch word for "permission"'

Answer: furlough


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the California Highway Patrol Academy in Sacramento, CA.)  Named for a slain nine-year-old girl, these alerts issued by the CHP are an attempt to galvanize a community into looking for a missing child'

Answer: an Amber alert


Question: 'In 1875 she wrote, "Jesus of Nazareth was the most scientific man that ever trod the globe"'

Answer: Mary Baker Eddy


Question: 'In February 1898, this battleship sent to protect U.S. citizens & property in Cuba mysteriously blew up'

Answer: the Maine


Question: 'Popeye might like epinards au beurre, which is this vegetable with butter'

Answer: spinach


Question: 'Annette Bening's pregnancy kept her from playing this "feline" role in "Batman Returns"'

Answer: the Catwoman


Question: 'He didn't dream of Genie, but of Badrul-Bodor, the Sultan of China's daughter'

Answer: Aladdin


Question: '"Jim Smiley and His Frog" was the original title of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of" this place'

Answer: Calaveras County


Question: 'This is the largest & most important French island in the south Pacific'

Answer: Tahiti


Question: 'It was in the late 1890s that he first described the Oedipus Complex'

Answer: Sigmund Freud


Question: 'You can use the instant type of this beverage to make a souffle au cafe'

Answer: coffee


Question: 'In 1991 Bruce Willis rented Six Flags Magic Mountain for this actress's 29th birthday party'

Answer: Demi Moore


Question: 'Legend has it Diogenes carried a lighted lamp in daylight searching for one of these'

Answer: an honest man


Question: 'The adventures of Rat, Mole, Toad & Badger are told in this 1908 British book'

Answer: The Wind in the Willows


Question: 'Bay Street is the heart of this Canadian city's financial district'

Answer: Toronto


Question: 'As an indoor alternative to other sports, James Naismith invented this game in 1891'

Answer: basketball


Question: 'Adventurous chefs can use these fungi to make an ice cream called glace au truffe'

Answer: truffles


Question: 'At age 82, she reunited with Sid Caesar for a 1991 stage show called "Together Again"'

Answer: Imogene Coca


Question: 'Sir Humphrey Davy won the Rumford gold & silver medals for the safety lamp he made for these workers'

Answer: coal miners


Question: 'In this work, James M. Barrie based Nana partly upon his wife's St. Bernard, Porthos'

Answer: Peter Pan


Question: 'This lake on the California-Nevada border drains into Pyramid Lake via the Truckee River'

Answer: Lake Tahoe


Question: 'The world's first Ferris wheel began cranking in 1893 at the Columbian Exposition in this city'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'If you want to order this ever-popular dessert in France, ask for gateau au chocolat'

Answer: chocolate cake


Question: 'Timothy Bottoms fell in love with her while making "The Last Picture Show"; so did Peter Bogdanovich'

Answer: Cybill Shepherd


Question: 'She wrote the 1883 poem that ends "I lift my lamp beside the golden door"'

Answer: Emma Lazarus


Question: 'In "Rumplestiltskin", it's the trade of the man whose daughter must spin straw into gold'

Answer: Miller


Question: 'This city became the seat of the Nationalist Chinese government in 1949'

Answer: Taipei (Taiwan)


Question: 'In an effort to curb monopolies, Congress passed this act in 1890'

Answer: the Sherman Anti-Trust Act


Question: 'After you stuff this vegetable, you can call it chou-farsi'

Answer: cabbage


Question: 'One of this late actress's last films, "Dying Young", starred her son, Campbell Scott'

Answer: Colleen Dewhurst


Question: 'During the Crimean War, she used a lamp to light her way on rounds in the Scutari Hospital wards'

Answer: Florence Nightingale


Question: 'In an interview, Dr. Seuss said he modeled this domineering reptile on Adolf Hitler'

Answer: Yertle the Turtle


Question: 'This North African city was officially international until integrated into Morocco in 1956'

Answer: Tangier


Question: 'Using this form of electromagnetic radiation, you can cook an entire chicken in 15 minutes'

Answer: Microwave


Question: '18-year-old Manuel II became king of this country after his father was assassinated in Lisbon in 1908'

Answer: Portugal


Question: 'As you might expect, you'll find Golden Gate University in this city'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'While living in Paris in 1829, he wrote his last opera, "William Tell"'

Answer: Gioachino Rossini


Question: 'Around 1898 Frederic Remington asked Kicking Bear, a veteran of this battle, to create a painting of it'

Answer: Little Big Horn


Question: 'He died on July 23, 1885 just 4 days after completing his Civil War memoirs'

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant


Question: 'The mineral argentite is an important ore of this metal'

Answer: Silver


Question: 'Maximillian & Carlotta landed in this country on May 28, 1864'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'This university's origins go back to 1794 when it was founded in Knoxville as Blount College'

Answer: University of Tennessee


Question: 'Beethoven originally dedicated his 1804 "Eroica" symphony to this world leader'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'Southwestern Indian children learned about their mythical ancestors from these dolls that represented them'

Answer: Kachina Dolls


Question: 'In his 2nd inaugural address, he called for peace "with malice toward none; with charity for all"'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'Marble, which is formed from limestone, is an example of this type of changing rock'

Answer: Metamorphic


Question: 'Atahualpa, the last emperor of these Indians, tried to buy his freedom with a roomful of gold'

Answer: Incas


Question: 'Paul Tulane gave a substantial endowment to a school in this city, and it was renamed in his honor'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'He was born in 1756; the son of the assistant concertmaster to the Prince of Salzburg'

Answer: W.A. Mozart


Question: 'According to William Brandon, this Chiricahua leader's name was spelled & pronounced with an "H"'

Answer: Geronimo


Question: 'In 1791 he wrote that "Science is my passion, and politics, my duty"'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'Callisto is the outermost of this planet's four Galilean moons'

Answer: Jupiter


Question: 'One of the last things he said was "Take care of my dear Lady Hamilton, Hardy"'

Answer: Lord Nelson


Question: 'It used to be Tempe State Teachers' College'

Answer: Arizona State University


Question: 'This French composer's 1894 work, "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun", illustrated a Mallarme poem'

Answer: Claude Debussy


Question: 'Though the Chickasaw & Choctaw were enemies, they were part of this group of tribes'

Answer: Civilized Nations/Tribes


Question: 'They're the 2 presidents who were awarded Nobel Peace Prizes'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt & Woodrow Wilson


Question: 'With 2 neutrons & 2 protons, an alpha particle is identical to the nucleus of an atom of this gas'

Answer: Helium


Question: 'His nickname was "Bertie", but he used this name & number when he became king of England in 1901'

Answer: Edward VII


Question: 'Appropriately, Australia's oldest university is located here in Australia's oldest city'

Answer: Sydney


Question: 'This Russian's popular Polovitzian dances are from his 1890 opera "Prince Igor"'

Answer: Alexander Borodin


Question: 'Lt. Charles Wood recorded this leader's "I Will Fight No More Forever" speech'

Answer: Chief Joseph (of the Nez Perce)


Question: 'His autobiography is "A Time to Heal"'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'Since the breakup of the Soviet Union, this is the largest country in area in the world'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'A high school requirement for many, it's the scientific study of life'

Answer: biology


Question: 'For 1957, Hank Aaron was the MVP of the National League & this Yankee was MVP for the American'

Answer: Mickey Mantle


Question: 'While Archimedes was thinking up inventions, this Carthaginian was thinking of how to get elephants over the Alps'

Answer: Hannibal


Question: 'In Oensingen, Switz. a repairman stranded on one of these (with no one saluting) had to be rescued by helicopter'

Answer: flagpole


Question: 'A garment worn by cooks shares its name with this part of the stage that extends in front of the curtain line'

Answer: apron


Question: 'Before the Euro, 100 groschen in Austria made one of these, abbreviated S or SCH'

Answer: shilling


Question: 'William James wished that "by treating" this discipline "like a natural science" it would help it to become one'

Answer: psychology


Question: 'This American League team made its first World Series appearance in 2002 (& won)'

Answer: Anaheim Angels


Question: 'In 1699 Capt. Kidd was out pirating for loot & this scientist was made master of the Mint in England'

Answer: Sir Isaac Newton


Question: 'In August 1998 a TV station in this largest Canadian city bought Howard Stern's show, then refused to air it'

Answer: Toronto


Question: 'If you're handling a prop in a play, you should know that "prop" is short for this'

Answer: property


Question: 'In 1994 a portrait of this author whose father went to debtor's prison was put on the British 10-pound note'

Answer: Charles Dickens


Question: 'In 1585 Pope Sixtus V condemned the practice of this; wonder if anyone saw that coming?'

Answer: astrology


Question: 'The logo of this west coast team is seen here'

Answer: Seattle Mariners


Question: 'In 1828 Webster published his American dictionary & this man was president of Gran Colombia'

Answer: Simon Bolivar


Question: 'It's reported that a closed caption ID'd this Gulf War leader, commenting on Kosovo, as Gen. Schwarzenegger'

Answer: General Norman Schwartzkopf


Question: 'You'll often find musicians in this area of the theatre directly in front of & below the stage'

Answer: orchestra pit


Question: 'Norfolk Island & the Republic of Kiribati use this country's dollar'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'It's the field of study for an expert on diamonds, rubies & emeralds'

Answer: gemology


Question: 'This charter member of the American League won the World Series 5 times between 1903 & 1918'

Answer: Boston Red Sox


Question: 'Anne Boleyn was a youth in 1513 when this Spaniard was searching for the Fountain of Youth'

Answer: Ponce de Leon


Question: 'Nickname for having your long distance service changed without asking; Cicero, Illinois' city hall experienced it'

Answer: slamming


Question: 'It's the term for a word or action that prompts an actor to remember when to speak or make an entrance'

Answer: cue


Question: 'This tiny country, whose capital is Vaduz, uses the Swiss franc as capital'

Answer: Liechtenstein


Question: 'The study of poisons & drugs, coroners often wait its report to determine the cause of death'

Answer: toxicology


Question: 'On Sept. 27, 1999 this team played the last of its 6,783 games at "The Corner" of Michigan & Trumbull'

Answer: Detroit Tigers


Question: 'Types of tulip are named for Darwin & his contemporary, this Austrian genetics pioneer'

Answer: Gregor Mendel


Question: 'Quizzed by a fan club on his "Spenser" TV series, this author of the books got 5 answers wrong'

Answer: Robert Parker


Question: 'This oily make-up is so synonymous with the theatre that it's found in the name of an Anthony Newley musical'

Answer: Greasepaint


Question: 'Unit of currency used by the greatest number of Arab countries'

Answer: dinar


Question: 'In his 1969 novel he penned the famous line "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse"'

Answer: Mario Puzo (from "The Godfather")


Question: 'It's where "the wind comes sweepin' down the plain, and the wavin' wheat can sure smell sweet"'

Answer: Oklahoma!


Question: 'Naturally, this cabinet member is "Rummy"'

Answer: Donald Rumsfeld


Question: 'You'll find a replica of the world's largest cheese (it weighed 34,500 pounds) in Neillsville in this state'

Answer: Wisconsin


Question: 'This body part has to be staked to kill a vampire'

Answer: heart


Question: 'Boaz' wife's detectives'

Answer: Ruth\'s sleuths


Question: 'In 1925 she won a really big prize, the Pulitzer Prize, for her novel "So Big"'

Answer: Edna Ferber


Question: 'It's the title tune heard here'

Answer: Camelot


Question: 'His congressional office led to his nickname "Speak"'

Answer: Dennis Hastert


Question: 'In its own language, it's known as Cymru'

Answer: Wales


Question: 'A ringer on the stake in this game scores 3 points; 50 points wins the game'

Answer: horseshoes


Question: 'The person who would put fresh sheets on Baby Jesus' bed'

Answer: manger changer


Question: 'Prior to his first big literary success with "Five Weeks in a Balloon", he wrote librettos & plays'

Answer: Jules Verne


Question: 'A song from "Chicago" begins, "Come on, babe, why don't we paint the town and" these 3 words'

Answer: "All That Jazz"


Question: 'Appropriate 2-digit nickname bestowed on the president's dad'

Answer: 41


Question: 'Once known as Montezuma, this Minnesota city was renamed to honor an Indian princess (not actress Ryder)'

Answer: Winona


Question: '16th century poet Giordano Bruno was judged a heretic & killed this way'

Answer: burned at the stake


Question: 'An encirclement of the river that runs from Galilee to the Dead Sea'

Answer: Jordan cordon


Question: 'This Californian's last work was 1976's "The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights"'

Answer: John Steinbeck


Question: 'George M. Cohan: "But should auld acquaintance be forgot, keep your eye on" this'

Answer: "Grand Old Flag"


Question: 'Senator Olympia Snowe of this state got to have "The Big O" as a nickname'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'It's "crystal" clear that this Irish city is 40 miles west of Wexford'

Answer: Waterford


Question: 'In the 1990s this beer company bought stakes in Mexico & sold the Cardinals'

Answer: Anheuser-Busch


Question: 'Calamine & Jergens from the "land" where the Hebrews began the Exodus'

Answer: Goshen\'s lotions


Question: 'This author, a native of Salem, Mass., wrote about witchcraft in the Salem area in 1835's "Young Goodman Brown"'

Answer: Nathaniel Hawthorne


Question: 'A song in "The Sound of Music" tells you to do this, "search high and low, follow every byway, every path you know"'

Answer: "Climb Every Mountain"


Question: 'This advisor seen here became "The Boy Genius"'

Answer: Karl Rove


Question: 'Little Red Riding Hood might be afraid to visit this Virginia park devoted to the performing arts'

Answer: Wolf Trap


Question: 'This church organized into wards, stakes & regions was established in 1830 by Joseph Smith'

Answer: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints


Question: 'He said, "I...really never considered myself a TV star.  I always thought I was a neighbor who just came in for a visit"'

Answer: Fred Rogers (of Mister Rogers\' Neighborhood)


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us a partial skull at the Smithsonian Hall of Human Origins.)  Ouranopithecus macedoniensis, a 9-million-year-old ape from Greece, is a candidate as the long sought-for common ancestor of African apes & humans, popularly but inaccurately known by this two-word term'

Answer: the missing link


Question: '"Hannah Montana"'

Answer: Miley Cyrus


Question: 'Use lotion to protect your skin from these rays with wavelengths shorter than 4,000 angstroms'

Answer: ultraviolet rays


Question: 'For some 2,300 miles, this "Ol' Man River" just keeps rollin' along'

Answer: the Mississippi


Question: 'It rhymes with dwindle, & your money will dwindle if you fall for one'

Answer: a swindle


Question: 'A planet of our solar system'

Answer: Mars


Question: '790,000-year-old flints from a site in Israel provide the oldest known evidence of early man's control of this'

Answer: fire


Question: '(Adrian) "Monk"'

Answer: Tony Shalhoub


Question: 'Remove dead cells from your skin via this method, from the Latin for "to strip off leaves"'

Answer: exfoliate


Question: 'This river that rises in the Rockies forms the Arizona-California border'

Answer: the Colorado


Question: 'A proverbial mistake is buying swampland in this state, maybe around Sunniland'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'Basketball's Mr. Nowitzki knows it's a small Scottish dagger'

Answer: a dirk


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew holds a small statue at the Smithsonian Hall of Human Origins.)  This 35-thousand-year-old figurine known as the Lion Man, the oldest known human statue, is made from the ivory of this animal that went from endangered to extinct thousands of years ago'

Answer: the Woolly Mammoth


Question: '"The Good Wife"'

Answer: Julianna Margulies


Question: 'Moisturizer with glycolic acid helps prevent these alliteratively named results of years of chuckling'

Answer: laugh lines


Question: 'Fort Smith & Little Rock are among the cities located on its banks'

Answer: the Arkansas River


Question: 'Add "D" to a word for sheep's wool & you've been this, meaning taken'

Answer: fleeced


Question: 'A twisting tool that's "thrown into" a situation to mess it up'

Answer: a wrench


Question: 'The evolution of a large flexor pollicis muscle in this digit was key to early man's ability to use tools'

Answer: the thumb


Question: '"Barney Miller"'

Answer: Hal Linden


Question: '"Free" these aren't out to overthrow your government; they accelerate age-related diseases, so avoid them'

Answer: radicals


Question: 'This river is formed by the confluence of the Tallapoosa & Coosa Rivers, north of Montgomery'

Answer: the Alabama River


Question: 'This sensory word follows "soft"' to mean someone easy to take advantage of'

Answer: a soft touch


Question: 'A country in Central Africa'

Answer: Chad


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew holds a partial skull at the Smithsonian Hall of Human Origins.) The enlarged brain of this early human species helped it become the longest-lived member of the human family tree; named for its upright posture, it survived nine times longer than our species has been around'

Answer: Homo erectus


Question: '"Chuck" (Bartowski)'

Answer: Zachary Levi


Question: 'This alphabetically second-to-last element is an antioxidant & good for cell repair'

Answer: zinc


Question: 'Trenton, New Jersey lies at the head of navigation on this river'

Answer: the Delaware River


Question: 'This phrase for a house that keeps needing costly repairs is also the name of a home improvement radio show'

Answer: a money pit


Question: 'Last name of the president when the California Gold Rush began'

Answer: Polk


Question: 'Photocopy pioneer Robert Gundlach, 1926-2010, helped transform the Haloid Company into this office-equipment giant'

Answer: Xerox


Question: 'Celtic independence on the European continent came to an end with this leader's 58 to 51 B.C. conquest of Gaul'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'It's Venice, Italy's main waterway'

Answer: the Grand Canal


Question: 'Perry Mason'

Answer: an attorney


Question: 'With the 1866 remodeling of offices, Andrew Johnson installed a room for this communications device'

Answer: a telegraph


Question: 'The loopy comedy "Raising Arizona" was written & directed by these brothers'

Answer: the Coen Brothers


Question: 'Morrie Yohai, 1920-2010, "sketched" out the idea for these puffy cheese-flavored snacks'

Answer: Cheez Doodles


Question: 'Begun more than 2,000 years ago & meaning "summer's end", Samhain was a Celtic festival that has evolved into this holiday'

Answer: Halloween


Question: 'Titles in this mega-selling video game series include "Vice City" & "Chinatown Wars"'

Answer: Grand Theft Auto


Question: 'Horatio Hornblower'

Answer: sailor


Question: 'Once a stable, the Rose Garden lies in the ell of this part of the White House, also the name of a TV show'

Answer: the West Wing


Question: '"In Living Color" featured siblings Kim, Marlon, Damon, Shawn & Keenen Ivory of this family'

Answer: the Wayans


Question: '"Piper Bill" Millin, 1922-2010, played "Hieland Laddie" while under heavy gunfire on Sword Beach on this day in 1944'

Answer: June 6


Question: 'Irish, a form of this language, is one of the only Celtic languages to receive full state recognition & support'

Answer: Gaelic


Question: 'In bridge, it's when you take all 13 tricks'

Answer: a grand slam


Question: 'Lew Archer'

Answer: a private investigator


Question: 'This distinctively shaped room was designed by Nathan C. Wyeth at the order of President Taft in 1909'

Answer: the Oval Office


Question: 'The real first names of this comedy troupe were Julius, Leonard, Milton, Adolph & Herbert'

Answer: the Marx Brothers


Question: 'Composer Milton Babbitt, 1916-2011, received a 1986 "Genius Grant" from this American foundation'

Answer: MacArthur


Question: 'Celts were divided into social classes such as warriors, commoners & this priestly class, performers of religious rituals'

Answer: druids


Question: 'Used for flood control & power production, it's been called the "8th Wonder of the World"'

Answer: the Grand Coulee Dam


Question: 'Howard Roark'

Answer: an architect


Question: 'On June 2, 1886 Grover Cleveland married Frances Folsom in this "colorful" room'

Answer: the Blue Room


Question: 'The dark comedy "Grosse Pointe Blank" starred this actor as an assassin & this sister of his as his office manager'

Answer: Joan & John Cusack


Question: 'Professor Nicolae Popescu, 1937-2010, made many contributions to this branch of math with an Arabic name'

Answer: algebra


Question: 'Celtic folklore told of this "woman of the fairies" whose mournful wails & screams foretold death'

Answer: a banshee


Question: 'How sweet the sound of this composition by Ferde Grofe'

Answer: the Grand Canyon Suite


Question: 'George Smiley'

Answer: the spy


Question: 'The White House's general manager is the chief this, from the time when his chief duty was escorting visitors to the president'

Answer: the chief usher


Question: 'Last name of writers & siblings Amy & David, who collaborated on the play "The Book of Liz"'

Answer: Sedaris


Question: 'Name shared by a popular world sport & a member of the Gryllidae family'

Answer: cricket


Question: 'Each person elected to this highest Catholic office gets a new ring designed just for him'

Answer: pope


Question: 'On September 19, 1992 Sergei Bubka broke the world record in this event   for the 32nd time'

Answer: the pole vault


Question: 'Colorful patches called p'u-fang used to indicate the rank of officials in this country'

Answer: China


Question: 'Nephology is the branch of meteorology that studies these, nimbus or otherwise'

Answer: clouds


Question: 'One legend says it was his ox' footprints that formed the 10,000 lakes in Minnesota'

Answer: Paul Bunyan


Question: 'Fear, Horn & Cod are 3 of these'

Answer: capes


Question: 'A hajji is a Muslim who's made a pilgrimage to this city'

Answer: Mecca


Question: 'Known as the "Golden Bear", he was the 1st golfer to win all 4 major titles at least twice'

Answer: Jack Nicklaus


Question: 'In the late 1800s, gowns named for this hot beverage were worn at afternoon gatherings'

Answer: tea


Question: 'It's a fact that olfactology is the study of this sense'

Answer: smell


Question: 'In the heavens Betelgeuse & Bellatrix are this giant's "shoulder" stars'

Answer: Orion


Question: 'In Mexico the 9 days before this holiday are called posadas, meaning "inns"'

Answer: Christmas


Question: 'Artists often depict Durga, a goddess of this Indian religion, riding a lion or a tiger'

Answer: Hinduism


Question: 'Greco-Roman & freestyle are the 2 styles featured in this Olympic sport'

Answer: wrestling


Question: '19th century beauties wore tight-waisted dresses that made them resemble these timepieces'

Answer: hourglasses


Question: 'Once called psychical research, the study of psychic phenomena is now called this'

Answer: parapsychology


Question: 'A man-eating giant, or any cruel, brutal or hideous person'

Answer: an ogre


Question: 'Some fabrics do this to your body; some people do it to old-fashioned ideas'

Answer: cling


Question: 'Members of this ancient Celtic order served as judges as well as priests'

Answer: Druids


Question: 'In 1975 this college football bowl game moved from Tulane Stadium to the Louisiana Superdome'

Answer: the Sugar Bowl


Question: 'This once-fashionable shade of pale grayish-blue was named for Teddy Roosevelt's daughter'

Answer: Alice blue


Question: 'Often associated with archaeology, it's the study of fossils'

Answer: paleontology


Question: 'Cormoran, a Cornish giant, was felled by this famous giant killer'

Answer: Jack


Question: 'The spoon-back style of this piece of furniture was popular during the Queen Anne period'

Answer: chairs


Question: 'The archbishop of Uppsala is the presiding bishop of the church of this country'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'It's the only NBA team in Ohio'

Answer: the Cleveland Cavaliers


Question: 'Some brides wear a decorative skullcap named for this Shakespearean heroine'

Answer: Juliet


Question: 'Although it sounds like it deals with oil, it's the study of rocks'

Answer: petrology


Question: 'His home was a mountain chain in Africa that supported the heavens'

Answer: Atlas


Question: 'This title character sings a Spanish song called the seguidilla in Act I of a Bizet opera'

Answer: Carmen


Question: 'This building that opened May 1, 1931 remained the world's tallest until 1971'

Answer: the Empire State Building


Question: 'He wrote "Rhapsody In Blue" for jazz conductor Paul Whiteman's orchestra'

Answer: George Gershwin


Question: 'Hannibal Dobbs was the bugler at Fort Courage on this series'

Answer: F Troop


Question: 'Principal islands of this chain include Andros, the Biminis & New Providence'

Answer: the Bahamas


Question: 'The name of this spirit comes from the Russian word for water'

Answer: vodka


Question: 'The book-of-the-month club calls this Dostoyevsky work "the greatest crime novel ever written"'

Answer: Crime and Punishment


Question: 'This Macedonian conqueror campaigned along the Indus River in 327-326 B.C.'

Answer: Alexander the Great


Question: 'The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company was founded to perform the works of this British duo'

Answer: Gilbert & Sullivan


Question: 'Joe Regalbuto, who played Harry fisher on "Knots Landing", is now a regular on this series'

Answer: Murphy Brown


Question: 'John Adams, the last Bounty mutineer on this island, died in 1829'

Answer: Pitcairn Island


Question: 'This American liquor is named for a Kentucky county'

Answer: bourbon


Question: 'In an 1896 sequel, this Mark Twain title character turned "Detective"'

Answer: Tom Sawyer


Question: 'This German noble family traced its descent from the counts of Zollern'

Answer: the Hohenzollerns


Question: 'Also called colophony, this yellowish resin is rubbed on violin bows to produce friction'

Answer: rosin


Question: '"Northern Exposure" is set in this Alaskan town'

Answer: Sicily


Question: 'Chileans call it Isla de Pascua'

Answer: Easter Island


Question: 'Legend assigns the invention of this to Dom Perignon in the late 1600s'

Answer: champagne


Question: 'In 1846 these sisters published a collection of poems under the pen names Currer, Ellis & Acton Bell'

Answer: the Brontë sisters


Question: 'In 1954 an agreement between these 2 countries ended the Trieste dispute'

Answer: Italy & Yugoslavia


Question: 'Wanda Landowska initiated the revival of this plucked keyboard instrument in the 20th century'

Answer: the harpsichord


Question: 'Lori Beth Allen married this "Happy Days" character'

Answer: Richie Cunningham


Question: 'Named for a surgeon-explorer, the Bass Strait separates Victoria, Australia from this island'

Answer: Tasmania


Question: 'The name of this German white wine can be translated as "blessed mother's milk"'

Answer: Liebfraumilch


Question: 'One of his last collections of tales, "Uncle Remus and the Little Boy", was published posthumously in 1910'

Answer: Joel Chandler Harris


Question: 'Jerusalem was captured by this king of Babylon in 597 & 586 B.C.'

Answer: Nebuchadnezzar


Question: 'This "Billy the Kid" composer won an Oscar for the score of "The Heiress"'

Answer: (Aaron) Copland


Question: 'One of the prime time series whose theme was sung by its star, Greg Evigan'

Answer: B.J. and the Bear (or My Two Dads or P.S. I Luv U)


Question: 'This island group makes up 2 provinces of Spain: Santa Cruz de Tenerife & Las Palmas'

Answer: the Canary Islands


Question: 'Though they may have little significance, the letters VO on a brandy label stand for this'

Answer: very old


Question: 'This Hemingway novel about the "Lost Generation" is told from the viewpoint of Jake Barnes'

Answer: The Sun Also Rises


Question: 'In 1942 she become the first reigning queen to address the U.S. Congress'

Answer: Wilhelmina


Question: 'This adhesive can be made from animal hides, bones, vegetables or fish'

Answer: Glue


Question: 'Half of the Psalms are attributed to this king whose name means "Beloved (Of God)"'

Answer: David


Question: 'Snakes have a peculiar respiratory system; most of them have only one of these'

Answer: Lung


Question: 'He placed 6th in the U.S. Olympic decathlon trials in 1948 before limping into TV's "Gunsmoke"'

Answer: Dennis Weaver


Question: 'Natural wonder shared by Ontario & New York State; it's a famous honeymoon destination'

Answer: Niagara Falls


Question: 'Jim Cole, who keeps us posted on fruit imports & exports, works for this cabinet dept.'

Answer: Dept. of Agriculture


Question: 'Some folks eat these leaping insects jellied, roasted or dipped in honey'

Answer: Grasshoppers


Question: 'This New Testament apostle is also called Simon, Simeon or Cephas'

Answer: Peter


Question: 'Snakes used in these acts sway in response to the musician's movements; they can't really hear the music'

Answer: Snake Charmer


Question: 'Dan Rather hosts this documentary series that condenses 2 days of coverage into a single hour'

Answer: "48 Hours"


Question: 'The 2 capitals located in Ontario; 1 is the provincial capital & the other the national capital'

Answer: Toronto & Ottawa


Question: 'When we have a question about this, the "Breakfast of Champions", we call Kathryn Newton'

Answer: Wheaties


Question: 'Some of these muscles are minimus & some of them are maximus'

Answer: Gluteus


Question: 'This came out of the rock at Horeb after Moses struck it with his rod'

Answer: Water


Question: 'In Hopi Indian snake dances, priests carry these snakes in their mouths'

Answer: Rattlesnakes


Question: 'In 1966 this ex-producer of "ABC's Wide World of Sports" received the 1st of his more than 40 Emmy nominations'

Answer: Roone Arledge


Question: 'The Ambassador Bridge, world's largest int'l suspension bridge, links Windsor, Ontario & this city'

Answer: Detroit, Michigan


Question: 'Richard Arnold, researcher for this Paramount "Enterprise", told us about Vulcan mating customs'

Answer: "Star Trek"


Question: 'Romany is known as the language of these nomadic people'

Answer: Gypsies


Question: 'This gospel writer was a tax collector at Capernaum when Jesus 1st met him'

Answer: Matthew


Question: 'Related to the boa constrictor, this largest South American snake is also called the water boa'

Answer: Anaconda


Question: 'Carroll O' Connor stars as chief Bill Gillespie in this NBC series based on 1967's "Best Picture"'

Answer: "In The Heat Of The Night"


Question: 'Tyrone Guthrie was the 1st to direct the Shakespeare-oriented festival in this town'

Answer: Stratford


Question: 'When we need to know about this, the King of Beers, we call Mary McHugh'

Answer: Budweiser


Question: 'Part eagle & part lion, these mythical beasts were famous for guarding gold'

Answer: Griffins


Question: 'The hamadryad, the longest poisonous snake, is also known by this name'

Answer: King Cobra


Question: 'He played sheriff Sam Cade in the early 1970s drama "Cade's County"'

Answer: Glenn Ford


Question: 'The large bay & it's smaller bay that form the northern border of Ontario'

Answer: Hudson Bay & James Bay


Question: 'Mr. Otha Day of this bandleader's archive told about the 1st performance of "Rhapsody In Blue"'

Answer: Paul Whiteman


Question: 'He was called "Black Dan" due to his swarthy complexion & "Godlike Daniel" from his imposing style'

Answer: Daniel Webster


Question: 'Completes the title of Alan Seegar's most famous poem, "I Have A Rendezvous With..."'

Answer: Death


Question: 'A person who brings his own lunch to work instead of using the cafeteria'

Answer: Brown Bagger


Question: 'It's what the ancient Greek historian Herodotus called "the gift of the Nile"'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'He got his nickname as a kid from his fondness for the comic strip "Bingville Bugle"'

Answer: Bing Crosby


Question: 'Tibetans were played by Pala Indians from California in this film based on James Hilton's novel'

Answer: "Lost Horizon"


Question: 'A branch of the military that was part of the army before it became independent in 1947'

Answer: Air Force


Question: '"I never saw a moor, I never saw the sea; yet know I how the heather looks, and what" one of these "must be"'

Answer: Wave (by Emily Dicikinson)


Question: 'A yellowish-pink color which describes a pretty girl from Georgia'

Answer: Peach


Question: 'Eleanora Fagan was known as Billie Holiday & John Henry Holliday was known as this'

Answer: "Doc" Holliday


Question: 'In 1932 Paul Muni was "A Fugitive From" this'

Answer: A Chain Gang


Question: 'He resigned as Secretary of State April 15, 1959 & died a few weeks later'

Answer: John Foster Dulles


Question: '"Freely", "Purely", & "To the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach"'

Answer: "How Do I Love Thee?" (by Elizabeth Barrett Browning)


Question: 'It can precede bull, gate, horde or rule'

Answer: Golden


Question: 'The musical "Call Me Madam" was inspired by this "Hostess with the Mostes"'

Answer: Perle Mesta


Question: 'In this film E.G. Robinson uttered the dying words, "Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?"'

Answer: "Little Caesar"


Question: 'He, not FDR, was the only Democrat Vermont supported for president since the Civil War'

Answer: Lyndon Johnson (LBJ)


Question: 'Leigh Hunt wrote, "Jenny" did this to "me when we met, jumping from the chair she sat in"'

Answer: Kissed Me


Question: 'In "An Essay On Criticism", Alexander Pope wrote "All looks" this color "to the jaundiced eye"'

Answer: Yellow


Question: 'This state's name is Indian for friendship but its people didn't want "The Friendship State" on lic. plates'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'This Greta Garbo film in which she played a Russian was remade in 1957 as the musical "Silk Stockings"'

Answer: "Ninotchka"


Question: 'These unpopular laws that dealt with citizenship & free speech contributed to John Adams' defeat in 1800'

Answer: Alien & Sedition Laws


Question: 'Milton had him bemoaning, "O loss of sight, of thee I most complain!"'

Answer: Samson


Question: 'The word iodine comes from "ion", the same Greek root that gave this flower its name'

Answer: Violet


Question: 'He, not Valentino, was "The Great Lover" of the silent screen'

Answer: John Gilbert (Greta Garbo\'s lover)


Question: 'In this 1936 film Gary Cooper portrayed a tuba player from Mandrake Falls who inherits $20 million'

Answer: "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town"


Question: 'If Prince Charles keeps his name when he becomes king, this number will follow it'

Answer: Charles III


Question: 'It's a gated canal section in which water levels are raised & lowered'

Answer: locks


Question: 'Bob Denver said the first name of the title character on this sitcom, never revealed, would have been Willie'

Answer: Gilligan\'s Island


Question: 'The Coliseum is the home stadium of this pro football team'

Answer: the Tennessee Titans


Question: 'In 1970 he began his newspaper career with the Montgomery Co. Sentinel, & in 1971 he joined the Washington Post'

Answer: Bob Woodward


Question: 'In the 1980s it was Nancy Reagan's 3-word advice to someone offered illegal drugs'

Answer: "Just say no"


Question: 'In Book 3 of "War and Peace", this city is famously abandoned & burned'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'Used extensively by the Romans, it's a bridge built to transport water, not people'

Answer: an aqueduct


Question: 'Just one more thing, sir: this L.A. detective's show premiered in 1971, but his first name wasn't actually "Lt."'

Answer: Columbo


Question: 'Located in Memphis, this mansion is the second most-visited home in the U.S.; thank you very much'

Answer: Graceland


Question: 'If there's anything Bob Dole knows, it's that when Bob Dole was Senate majority leader, Bob Dole served for this state'

Answer: Kansas


Question: 'This type of legal evidence is unverified, unofficial & not part of one's direct knowledge'

Answer: hearsay


Question: 'In "War and Peace", this man is described as the Antichrist scourging Europe'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'The Golden Gate & the Brooklyn are steel-cabled examples of this type of bridge'

Answer: a suspension bridge


Question: 'Say hello to this evil postal worker played by Wayne Knight on "Seinfeld"'

Answer: Newman


Question: 'This music program based in Nashville is the USA's oldest continuous live radio program'

Answer: the Grand Ole Opry


Question: 'This former sitcom shrink got the Kennedy Center's 2002 Mark Twain Prize for his contribution to American humor'

Answer: Bob Newhart


Question: 'This popular children's game bearing a man's name tests your ability to follow directions'

Answer: Simon Says


Question: 'Appropriately, Tolstoy wrote "War and Peace" in these 2 languages'

Answer: French & Russian


Question: 'When burned with oxygen, this gas, C2H2, burns so hot it can weld iron & cut steel'

Answer: acetylene


Question: 'You are about to enter the world of forensic medicine with this boat-dwelling coroner played by Jack Klugman'

Answer: Quincy


Question: 'One of the 3 instruments that appear with some sheet music on the back of Tennessee's state quarter'

Answer: a guitar (or a fiddle or a trumpet)


Question: 'In 1972 he choreographed "Pippin", & later, "Chicago"; now... jazz hands!'

Answer: Bob Fosse


Question: 'A person who professes to foretell the future; one warned of the ides of March'

Answer: a soothsayer


Question: 'The novel opens at a party given by Anna Pavlova in this city, the capital at the time'

Answer: St. Petersburg


Question: 'In this type of well named for a region of France, groundwater rises to the surface under pressure from an aquifer'

Answer: an Artesian well


Question: 'In 1987 this android, a Lt. Commander in Starfleet, began going where no android had gone before'

Answer: Data


Question: 'Instrumental in the development of the atomic bomb, this Tenn. city is the "Energy Capital of the World"'

Answer: Oak Ridge


Question: 'This ex-senator & governor of Nebraska served in the Navy & received the Medal of Honor'

Answer: Bob Kerrey


Question: 'Bring your ore nuggets down to this office in the Old West to see if they're really gold, pilgrim'

Answer: an assayer


Question: 'Real life figures in "War and Peace" include this man who was the czar from 1801 to 1825'

Answer: Czar Alexander I


Question: 'Dahalo, a language of Kenya, uses only one of these, like Amazon.com's online shopping technology'

Answer: a click


Question: 'Norman Jewison asked Rod Steiger to chew gum, eventually 263 packs, as Police Chief Bill Gillespie in this 1967 film'

Answer: In the Heat of the Night


Question: 'Mount Meron in Galilee'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'The museum of this largest & oldest military academy in the U.S. houses tanks & other WWI memorabilia'

Answer: West Point


Question: 'This get personal for a personal computer mogul Michael Dell in a 2005 H2 from this manufacturer'

Answer: Hummer


Question: 'I'd pay to see a hare race this tall South American bird'

Answer: the rhea (for hare)


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates that he is a man of letters.)  By looking at its first few letters, you'll see the Russian alphabet is based largely on this much more ancient alphabet'

Answer: Greek


Question: 'Hedy Lamarr sued Mel Brooks over the "use" of her name in this 1974 comedy & eventually settled out of court'

Answer: Blazing Saddles


Question: 'Mount Ararat'

Answer: Turkey


Question: 'Benedict Arnold finished his military career in this nation's army'

Answer: Great Britain


Question: 'Investor Warren Buffett drives one of these "urban" car models from Lincoln'

Answer: a Town Car


Question: 'This arctic bird should rent a waterfront home'

Answer: tern (for rent)


Question: 'Police radio codes that start with this 2-digit number date back to the 1930s'

Answer: 10


Question: 'Steve McQueen & Paul Newman did some of their own stunts in this 1974 special-effects extravaganza'

Answer: The Towering Inferno


Question: 'Ras Dashen, the fourth-highest mountain in Africa'

Answer: Ethiopia


Question: 'The world's most powerful military alliance takes its name from this ocean region'

Answer: the North Atlantic


Question: 'Put it together: IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad drives a 240 GL from this European auto company'

Answer: Volvo


Question: 'I'd like to greet this wading bird with a friendly hello'

Answer: egret (from greet)


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew delivers a cryptic message.)  Julius Caesar communicated with his generals using a code that shifted each letter a set distance down the alphabet--for instance, these letters spell "Jeopardy"; it's now called the "Caesar" this'

Answer: cipher


Question: 'This 1977 movie produced the second-best-selling soundtrack in movie history'

Answer: Saturday Night Fever


Question: 'Pico Bolivar in Merida'

Answer: Venezuela


Question: 'During WWII, the U.S. built a military base in this Ecuadorian island group to protect the Panama Canal'

Answer: the Galapagos


Question: 'For Bill Gates, it computes to own 2 models, the 959 & the 911, from this manufacturer'

Answer: Porsche


Question: 'If you're in the lair of this slim bird, don't tell him he's as skinny as...'

Answer: rail (from lair)


Question: 'It can mean "speed", or a message or news story sent with speed'

Answer: a flash (or a dispatch)


Question: 'This 1981 dramatic film about Stone Age man won the Academy Award for Best Makeup'

Answer: Quest for Fire


Question: 'Moldoveanu'

Answer: Romania


Question: 'This term from the Japanese refers to the 3 military govts. that ruled Japan between 1192 & 1867'

Answer: the Shogunate (the Shogun accepted)


Question: 'No stranger to the finer things in life, Saudi Prince Alwaleed Alsaud traverses the sands in this auto's Phantom'

Answer: Rolls-Royce


Question: 'I wonder if I'd see this long-legged bird along the Rhone River'

Answer: heron (from Rhone)


Question: 'He wrote, "Isn't it the irony of fate that I have been prescribed nitroglycerin to be taken internally"'

Answer: Alfred Nobel


Question: 'In 2001 this San Diego aquatic attraction was home to a rare sight, chambered nautilus eggs hatching'

Answer: Sea World


Question: 'Neurologist Sean Kenniff was voted off this show on episode 12'

Answer: Survivor


Question: 'Members of this family won women's singles & doubles titles at Wimbledon'

Answer: Williams


Question: 'Besides making light beer, this Milwaukee-based brewery gives the "Tools for Success" to small colleges'

Answer: Miller


Question: '"Murder on the Orient Express"'

Answer: Agatha Christie


Question: 'The simile "clean as" one of these may come from the need to have a clean one to get a good sound'

Answer: a whistle


Question: 'Organization that employs the woman seen here'

Answer: the World Wrestling Federation


Question: 'After announcing he was hanging up his stethoscope as Dr. Sloan on "Diagnosis Murder", he took it back'

Answer: Dick Van Dyke


Question: 'In June 2000 the top 3 finishers in this Scripps Howard-sponsored competition were home-schooled kids'

Answer: the (National) Spelling Bee


Question: 'Benjamin Guinness stoutly provided funds for this Irish city's St. Patrick's Cathedral'

Answer: Dublin


Question: '"'O' Is for Outlaw"'

Answer: (Sue) Grafton


Question: 'This phrase once meant a Caucasian who could outbox Jack Johnson; later it referred to any promising leader'

Answer: Great White Hope


Question: 'Published in 8 volumes in 1917, it went to 22 volumes in 1972, went on a CD-ROM in 1990 & online in 1998'

Answer: World Book Encyclopedia


Question: 'The top show of each season from 1985 to 1989 was a sitcom starring this man as a Brooklyn obstetrician'

Answer: Bill Cosby


Question: 'Following Ecuador's lead, El Salvador also decided to make this currency legal tender'

Answer: the (U.S.) dollar


Question: 'Brewer Michael Bass established orphanages, parks & museums in this country of his birth'

Answer: England


Question: '"Farewell, My Lovely"'

Answer: Raymond Chandler


Question: 'Thomas Carlyle coined the phrase "captains of" this to mean powerful businessmen'

Answer: industry


Question: 'This union organized in Chicago in 1905 wanted to overthrow capitalism'

Answer: the Industrial Workers of the World (the IWW or the "Wobblies")


Question: 'He was Jim Anderson, insurance agent, for 13 years; he was Marcus Welby, M.D. for only 7'

Answer: Robert Young


Question: 'This city opened Enron Field for its baseball team, broke ground on a new football stadium & OK'd a basketball arena'

Answer: Houston


Question: 'Money from the golden nectar was used to start this women's liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York'

Answer: Vassar


Question: '"The First Deadly Sin"'

Answer: Lawrence Sanders


Question: 'Meaning "in trouble", the expression "in" this presumably refers to the briny liquid it's made in'

Answer: a pickle


Question: 'In 1998 MCI Communications merged with this major company'

Answer: WorldCom


Question: 'In 1976 "The Practice" was a medical sitcom with this "Make Room for Daddy" star'

Answer: Danny Thomas


Question: 'Found under an old palace, the body of this last emperor of Ethiopia was moved to a tomb with a view'

Answer: Haile Selassie


Question: 'This Canadian brewer founded in 1786 builds recreational facilities & gives suds & funds to AIDS benefits'

Answer: Molson


Question: '"Devil in a Blue Dress"'

Answer: Walter Mosley


Question: 'It now means a person who's an example of something; the original one is seen here'

Answer: a poster child


Question: 'Year of the fateful headline seen here'

Answer: 1914


Question: 'Journalist Bob Woodward'

Answer: All the President\'s Men


Question: 'The serpent said that on eating the fruit, "Ye shall be as" these, "knowing good and evil"'

Answer: gods


Question: 'The dipper seen here is to be used with this sticky substance'

Answer: honey


Question: 'This nation's regions include Viborg, Ringkobing & Fyn'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'If fictional girl Longstocking married real basketball player Scottie, she'd love this new name'

Answer: Pippi Pippen


Question: 'Think back to this year of "Clinton Acquitted Decisively: No Majority for Either Charge"'

Answer: 1999


Question: 'Baseball player Roy Hobbs'

Answer: The Natural


Question: 'Moses begged to "Go over and see the good land that is beyond" this river'

Answer: the River Jordan


Question: 'It's what you do to cherries or olives with the item seen here'

Answer: pit them


Question: 'Off the coast of French Guiana, it became part of a penal colony in the late 19th century'

Answer: Devil\'s Island


Question: 'Ms. Marshall, TV's Laverne, gets hitched to "Mule Train" singer Frankie & becomes...'

Answer: Penny Laine


Question: 'November of this year brought the headline seen here'

Answer: 1984


Question: 'Senate hopeful Bill McKay'

Answer: The Candidate


Question: 'In Luke 2, an angel tells a group of these, "I bring you good tidings of great joy"'

Answer: shepherds


Question: 'Use the item seen here to remove these from shrimp'

Answer: the veins


Question: 'About 20 miles northwest of Raleigh, this city is also home to North Carolina Central University'

Answer: Durham


Question: 'Actress Clark, an Oscar nominee for "American Graffiti", weds "Cider House Rules" Oscar winner Michael & becomes...'

Answer: Candy Caine


Question: 'It was the roaring year of "Lindbergh Does It!" & "Sacco & Vanzetti Put to Death"'

Answer: 1927


Question: 'Billionaire John Gage'

Answer: Indecent Proposal


Question: 'According to Proverbs, "A merry" one of these "doeth good like a medicine"'

Answer: heart


Question: 'A shipping point for agriculture, this eastern Iowa city is located on the Mississippi River across from Rock Island'

Answer: Davenport


Question: '"Armageddon"'s Tyler weds "Spartacus" author Howard & takes this name, like a phrase paired with "die young"'

Answer: Liv Fast


Question: 'Post World War II-year of the headline seen here'

Answer: 1948


Question: 'TV news director Warren Justice'

Answer: Up Close and Personal


Question: 'David told Solomon, "Be strong and of good" this; "dread not, nor be dismayed"'

Answer: courage


Question: 'You'll find this African country in the Gulf of Aden at the entrance to the Red Sea'

Answer: Djibouti


Question: 'If Clint's ex Sondra wed "Untouchable" Eliot, hyphenated her name & then wed TV character Herman, she'd be...'

Answer: Loch-Ness Munster


Question: '2 of the 3 countries classified as extending across 2 continents'

Answer: (2 of) Turkey, Russia, or Egypt


Question: 'This river's drainage basin, the world's largest, includes parts of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador & Colombia'

Answer: Amazon


Question: 'Cher'

Answer: Both


Question: 'The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus gave its first performance in 1919, in this famed NYC arena'

Answer: Madison Square Garden


Question: 'According to Genesis, he was the world's first murderer'

Answer: Cain


Question: '"2 shakes of" this animal's "tail" means instantaneous'

Answer: Lamb\'s tail


Question: 'If you see this on a party invitation, stop by the liquor store on your way over'

Answer: BYOB (bring your own bottle/booze)


Question: 'Ethiopia's Lake Tana is the source of this river's blue branch'

Answer: Nile


Question: 'Meryl Streep'

Answer: Oscar


Question: 'The handmade pottery studio at 654 Tenth Avenue isn't called Blood, Sweat & these but Mud, Sweat & these'

Answer: Tears


Question: 'In 44 B.C. his assassins included Trebonius, Tillius Cimber & Cassius Longinus'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'This John Grisham book's plot involves a greedy industrialist who has 2 Supreme Court justices killed'

Answer: "The Pelican Brief"


Question: 'Formed on July 26, 1947, it's the organization that sends up F-16's & B-2's'

Answer: USAF (United States Air Force)


Question: 'Australia's only large permanent lakes are artificially created & include Lake Gordon in this island state'

Answer: Tasmania


Question: 'Madonna'

Answer: Grammy


Question: 'The Algonquin Hotel has a suite named for this pair who wrote "My Fair Lady" there'

Answer: Lerner & Loewe


Question: 'In 482 B.C. the ruling Persians set fire to this city, destroying its Hanging Gardens'

Answer: Babylon


Question: 'In 1994 Laetitia Thompson made news when she asked this man the "Boxers or Briefs" question'

Answer: President Bill Clinton


Question: 'On a paycheck, it indicates your Social Security payroll tax'

Answer: FICA (Federal Insurance Contributions Act)


Question: 'The Rhone River enters & exits this Alpine lake on the French-Swiss border'

Answer: Lake Geneva


Question: 'Rita Moreno'

Answer: Both


Question: 'The statue of Prometheus is bound to impress you at this location seen here:'

Answer: Rockefeller Center


Question: 'The first use of dynamite as a weapon in America was during the 1886 Haymarket Riots in this city'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'A phrase that means "briefly", or the location of a pistachio'

Answer: In a nutshell


Question: 'It's often typed in before www'

Answer: http


Question: 'A portion of Thailand's border with Laos is provided by this river'

Answer: Mekong


Question: 'Shirley Jones'

Answer: Oscar (for "Elmer Gantry")


Question: 'You'll feel like a diplomat when you eat in the delegates' dining room in this international organization's HQ'

Answer: United Nations


Question: 'Archaeologists excavating Pompeii have uncovered looters trapped by this volcano's eruption'

Answer: Mount Vesuvius


Question: 'In 1988 he gave us "A Brief History of Time" (in over 200 pages)'

Answer: Stephen Hawking


Question: 'I need you response now!  No, I need it yesterday!  On the double!  Stat!  This way!'

Answer: ASAP (as soon as possible)


Question: 'Of all his books, he said he liked "David Copperfield" the best'

Answer: Charles Dickens


Question: 'The NFL's Seahawks'

Answer: Seattle


Question: 'These ancient people referred to themselves as Hellenes'

Answer: Greeks


Question: 'VMI is located in this Virginia city named for the Massachusetts town where the Revolutionary War began'

Answer: Lexington


Question: 'This "Friends" star has the name of an old sailor, but his father was the one in the Old Spice commercials'

Answer: Matthew Perry


Question: 'To make this kind of "corn", you coat popcorn with butter, corn syrup & brown sugar'

Answer: Caramel corn


Question: 'In 1937 this "Brave New World" author left Europe for a new home in the United States'

Answer: Aldous Huxley


Question: 'The NBA's Suns'

Answer: Phoenix


Question: 'During the third of these military expeditions, the Palestinian ports of Acre & Jaffa were captured, but not Jerusalem'

Answer: Crusades


Question: 'During this war, VMI cadets made up the only American student unit ever to fight in combat'

Answer: Civil War


Question: 'In 1999 he left his role of Det. Reynaldo Curtis on "Law & Order"'

Answer: Benjamin Bratt


Question: 'Shrimp covered in a flour, baking powder, salt, water & egg mix then deep-fried in peanut oil; it's popular in Japan'

Answer: Tempura


Question: 'While out of work, she wrote much of her first Harry Potter book at a cafe while her daughter napped'

Answer: J.K. Rowling


Question: 'MLB's Rockies'

Answer: Denver


Question: 'In 1840 regular transatlantic steamship service was inaugurated between Great Britain & this Nova Scotia capital'

Answer: Halifax


Question: 'Among VMI's most famous graduates is this 20th century 5-star general & Nobel Peace Prize winner'

Answer: George Marshall