Question: 'In 1991 at LSU, this current Lakers center & part-time rapper led the NCAA in rebounds with 14.7 per game'

Answer: Shaquille O\'Neal


Question: 'Specialty of Rubin's Red Hots & Tail O' The Pup'

Answer: hot dogs


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew in Spain)  The first thing little Pablo Picasso drew was one of these sugary treats eaten for breakfast in Spain'

Answer: churros


Question: 'In 1973 Carl XVI Gustaf became the king of this country'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'Colorado,<br />Oklahoma'

Answer: cook


Question: 'It's the eating implement on the cover of Adam Bellow's "In Praise of Nepotism"'

Answer: a silver spoon


Question: 'In 1932 he was College Player of the Year at Purdue; in the 1970s he coached UCLA to a record 88 straight wins'

Answer: (John) Wooden


Question: 'On the Warner Bros. lot tour you can see the water tower that this cartoon trio calls home'

Answer: the Animaniacs


Question: 'Salad dish that's a side at KFC'

Answer: coleslaw


Question: 'Dying in 1989 at the age of 87, he was the longest-reigning & longest-living emperor in Japanese history'

Answer: Hirohito


Question: 'Virginia,<br />Nebraska'

Answer: vane


Question: '"The Art of Happiness" is a dialogue between Dr. Howard Cutler & this Buddhist'

Answer: the Dalai Lama


Question: 'The NCAA basketball tournament is known by this "crazy" monthly name'

Answer: March Madness


Question: 'In 1929 most of the canals Abbot Kinney added to this community were filled in'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'It's the French fromage in the foreground'

Answer: Camembert


Question: 'A Canadian province is named for this son of King George III'

Answer: Prince Edward (Island)


Question: 'Michigan,<br />Maine'

Answer: mime


Question: 'In 1961 Julia Child started a culinary revolution when she published "Mastering the Art of" this'

Answer: French Cooking


Question: 'Only 2 men have won 3 NCAA scoring titles -- Pete Maravich & this Cincinnati player known as the "Big O"'

Answer: Oscar Robertson


Question: 'The original & current homes of the Oscar ceremony are on opposite sides of this street'

Answer: Hollywood Blvd.


Question: 'It's a clarified meat or fish broth; flavor it with tomato juice & it becomes Madrilene'

Answer: consomme


Question: 'Queen Noor, whom he married in 1978, was his fourth wife'

Answer: King Hussein (of Jordan)


Question: 'Pennsylvania,<br />Connecticut'

Answer: pact


Question: 'Her books include "Treason" & "Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right"'

Answer: (Ann) Coulter


Question: '(Hi, I'm Bill Walton)  This award for College Player of the Year is named for the inventor of basketball; I won it 3 times in the 1970s'

Answer: (James) Naismith


Question: 'Every spring the Toyota Grand Prix races through the downtown streets of this city'

Answer: Long Beach


Question: 'The lemons seen here are studded with these'

Answer: cloves


Question: 'Previously married to her bodyguard, in September 2003 this 38-year-old princess married a Portuguese circus acrobat'

Answer: Princess Stephanie (of Monaco)


Question:
'California,
North Dakota,
Oregon'

Answer: candor


Question: 'In 1953 the U.S. completed its air base at Thule on this island, causing the resettlement of over 100 Eskimos'

Answer: Greenland


Question: 'James Cagney played Bottom & Mickey Rooney was Puck in a 1935 adaptation of this Shakespeare comedy'

Answer: A Midsummer Night\'s Dream


Question: 'The Black Hills Spruce is its state tree'

Answer: South Dakota


Question: 'A narrow opening in rock, or the last name of a "Star Wars" character'

Answer: fissure/Fisher


Question: 'From the Latin for "stern one", it was Kierkegaard's first name'

Answer: Soren


Question: 'To make cloth by interlacing threads'

Answer: weave


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Alaska)  Overfishing has such bad effects that in 1953 Ike declared Alaska this, like in the aftermath of a flood or quake'

Answer: (federal) disaster area


Question: 'This Amy Tan novel became a movie with Ming-Na & Tamlyn Tomita'

Answer: The Joy Luck Club


Question: 'Because of its durability in wet soil, this "spreading" tree is used to make fenceposts'

Answer: chestnut


Question: 'Hey, man, what's the capital of Switzerland?  This, baby, this'

Answer: Bern/burn


Question: '"The Father of Existentialism", Kierkegaard said that human life requires a "leap of" this'

Answer: faith


Question: 'To ease a baby animal off its mother's milk'

Answer: wean


Question: 'On December 12 this U.S. Air Force pilot set a speed record by flying his Bell X-1A rocket plane over 1600 MPH'

Answer: (Chuck) Yeager


Question: 'Alan Alda starred as George Plimpton playing football for Detroit in this film based on Plimpton's book'

Answer: Paper Lion


Question: 'The Douglas Fir is not a true fir but a separate genus in this tree family'

Answer: pine


Question: 'The type of road seen here, or a Southern university'

Answer: two-lane/Tulane


Question: 'The European country in which Kierkegaard was born'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'In basketball, it's the side away from the ball'

Answer: the weak side


Question: 'Concerning this, Ike said, "We have won an armistice on a single battleground, not peace in the world"'

Answer: the Korean War


Question: '(Hi, I'm CCH Pounder from "The Shield")  I starred in a TV movie of "Go Tell It on the Mountain", based on a novel by this African-American author'

Answer: James Baldwin


Question: 'The inner bark of the slippery species of this tree has been used as a thirst quencher & for medicinal purposes'

Answer: elm


Question: 'Detectives in this city in West Yorkshire follow these to solve cases'

Answer: Leeds/leads


Question: 'Kierkegaard's powerful work "Frygt Og Baeven" is usually translated into English as "Fear and" this'

Answer: Trembling


Question: 'A sly & underhanded person, or a black-footed ferret for example'

Answer: weasel


Question: 'On April 7, he was elected by a vote of 57-1 to succeed Trygve Lie'

Answer: Dag Hammarskjold


Question: 'The Lady Chablis, a Savannah drag queen, played herself in this John Cusack film based on a bestseller'

Answer: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil


Question: 'The nuts from this tree are also called green almonds'

Answer: pistachios


Question: 'This important French naval city is a homophone of an anatomical English word'

Answer: Brest/breast


Question: 'From 1919 to 1933 Germany was known as this republic'

Answer: the Weimar Republic


Question: 'Since 1820, 1 of 3 men to lose a presidential election but win the rematch with the same individual 4 years later'

Answer: (1 of 3)  Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison or Grover Cleveland


Question: 'Actors born in Peekskill, N.Y. include Paul "Pee Wee Herman" Reubens & this "Road Warrior"'

Answer: Mel Gibson


Question: 'In area, it's the largest island of our 50th state'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'This "Mad About You" star reads about his son's "Babyhood"'

Answer: Paul Reiser


Question: 'This Southern anthem was first performed in 1859 in New York City, not in the land of cotton'

Answer: "Dixie"


Question: 'When Johnny Depp didn't feel the need for "Speed", the movie, this actor got the starring role'

Answer: Keanu Reeves


Question: 'If Jefferson had a thesaurus, he could have written of "The Pursuit of Oblectation" instead of this'

Answer: Happiness


Question: 'On "Celebrity Jeopardy!" this sportscaster from Queens won $25,000 for his charity'

Answer: Bob Costas


Question: 'Together with South Island, it makes up most of the area of New Zealand'

Answer: North Island


Question:
'Author Thomas Harris is heard here reading from this 1999 bestseller
And so with small steps, Clarice Starling began to pursue Dr. Lecter down the corridors of his tastes, with more confidence in her footing that was entirely justified'

Answer: "Hannibal"


Question: 'Mine eyes have seen that Julia Ward Howe wrote the words to this Union "hymn"'

Answer: "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"


Question: 'He's the party animal seen here'

Answer: Matthew Fox


Question: 'This word or a "flight of" it is a common synonym for "imagination"'

Answer: Fancy


Question: 'In 1932 this New Deal Democrat went from the New York governor's mansion to the White House'

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt


Question: 'The "boot" of Italy looks like it's kicking this large island'

Answer: Sicily


Question: 'This young Clinton adviser reads his own memoir "All Too Human"'

Answer: George Stephanopoulos


Question: 'It's the actual legume referred to in "Peas!  Peas!  Peas!  Peas! Eating Goober Peas"'

Answer: Peanuts


Question: 'This "Mummy" star was pretty much unwrapped in "Encino Man" & "George of the Jungle"'

Answer: Brendan Fraser


Question: 'On the road, it's on triangular signs; in the thesaurus, it's listed with "submit" & "kowtow"'

Answer: Yield


Question: 'This infamous gangster seen here was born in Brooklyn January 17, 1899'

Answer: Al Capone


Question: 'You'll find this island nation about 95 miles due south of Cuba, mon'

Answer: Jamaica


Question: 'Stephen Covey made time to read his own bestseller "The 7 Habits of" these people'

Answer: Highly Effective People


Question: 'This "War is Hell" general is mentioned in the fourth stanza of "Marching Through Georgia"'

Answer: William Tecumseh Sherman


Question: 'Dad would have been proud of this young actor seen here because "He's All That" & more'

Answer: Freddie Prinze, Jr.


Question: '"Cretaceous" & "lactescent" are fancy ways of describing this color'

Answer: White


Question: 'He's the innovative New Yorker whose 1924 composition is heard here<br />("Rhapsody in Blue")'

Answer: George Gershwin


Question: 'It's the last island as you travel the Florida Keys on U.S. 1 south'

Answer: Key West


Question:
'This author heard here climbed high on the bestseller list
The Everest climb had rocked my life to its core; it became desparately important for me to record the events in complete detail'

Answer: Jon Krakauer


Question: 'Hurrah!  Hurrah!  This song speaks of a "hearty welcome then" for a returning soldier'

Answer: "When Johnny Comes Marching Home"


Question: 'Si, he played Che in the movie "Evita" & the hero of "The Mask of Zorro"'

Answer: Antonio Banderas


Question: '5-letter synonym for "maledict" or "swear"'

Answer: Curse


Question: 'This 16-year-old is miffed when Ashley Wilkes decides to marry Melanie instead of her'

Answer: Scarlett O\'Hara


Question: 'From a French phrase for "traveling hospital", it'll get you to the hospital quickly in an emergency'

Answer: Ambulance


Question: 'Edward Kennedy,<br />John Kerry'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: '"The Phantom Menace" was the first film he directed since the original "Star Wars" in 1977'

Answer: George Lucas


Question: 'Tradition says it cracked in 1835 while tolling the death of John Marshall'

Answer: Liberty Bell


Question: 'This world capital's name is from the Arabic Al Qahira, "The Victorious"'

Answer: Cairo


Question: 'Stradlater is the cocky prep school roommate of this J.D. Salinger teenager'

Answer: Holden Caulfield


Question: 'Type of airplane seen here; it gets its name from its double-wing structure'

Answer: Biplane


Question: 'Charles Robb,<br />John Warner'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'This Hutt, an unscrupulous crime lord, introduces the racers for the biggest podrace of the year'

Answer: Jabba the Hutt


Question: 'In 1837 William Procter formed a business partnership with this man in Cincinnati'

Answer: James Gamble


Question: 'Produced by the destructive distillation of wood, it helps artists draw the line'

Answer: Charcoal


Question: 'When "Little Women" begins, this eldest of the March sisters is 16'

Answer: Meg


Question: '"Feline" name for the type of boat seen here'

Answer: Catamaran


Question: 'Phil Gramm,<br />Kay Bailey Hutchison'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'Using spare parts, Anakin built this protocol droid to be a household servant'

Answer: C-3PO


Question: 'John Jacob Astor got out of this business in 1834, way before PETA could pester him'

Answer: Fur


Question: 'Unlike Dolly the Sheep, an identical twin is a naturally occurring one of these'

Answer: Clone


Question: 'By age 13 Philip Carey is a student at the King's School in Tercanbury in this Somerset Maugham novel'

Answer: "Of Human Bondage"


Question: 'The tail rotor counters torque on this type of aircraft developed in the 1930s'

Answer: Helicopter


Question: 'William Frist,<br />Fred Thompson'

Answer: Tennessee


Question: 'Needing repairs, Queen Amidala's starship landed on this planet where young Anakin Skywalker lived with his mom'

Answer: Tatooine


Question: 'When he died in 1830, this South American liberator was disliked by many; he's seen in a different light today'

Answer: Simon Bolivar


Question: 'Nun but the best live in one'

Answer: Convent


Question: '18-year-old Carrie Meeber moves to Chicago & gets a job in a shoe factory in this Theodore Dreiser novel'

Answer: "Sister Carrie"


Question: 'Seen here, it's something you have to have "patients" to move around'

Answer: Gurney


Question: 'Christopher Dodd,<br />Joseph Lieberman'

Answer: Connecticut


Question: 'Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn fights a deadly lightsaber duel with this evil Sith apprentice'

Answer: Darth Maul


Question: 'In 1836 Richmond, Canada, just across the river from Detroit, was renamed this'

Answer: Windsor


Question: 'In 1508 Leonardo da Vinci suggested these to correct defective vision'

Answer: Contact lenses


Question: 'Towns in this country include Marshall & Tubmanburg'

Answer: Liberia


Question: 'Time magazine named this taupe-colored, blue-eyed animated baby elephant its "Mammal of the Year"'

Answer: Dumbo


Question: 'This letter marks the 24th spot in our alphabet'

Answer: X


Question: 'His trademarks were jeweled costumes & elaborately designed pianos topped by candelabra'

Answer: Liberace


Question: 'The inner part of this is the basilar membrane; the outer part has the lobe'

Answer: Ear


Question: 'Drummer Andy White played on this group's U.S. release of "Love Me Do"; Ringo was heard on the British version'

Answer: The Beatles


Question: 'In July he was made lieutenant general & named commander in chief of all U.S. forces in the Far East'

Answer: Douglas MacArthur


Question: 'You can still see the wheel ruts in this pioneer trail that ran from Independence to the Willamette Valley'

Answer: Oregon Trail


Question: 'In 1989 this sitcom star was reunited with the daughter she'd given up for adoption at 18'

Answer: Roseanne Barr


Question: 'From the Greek for breastbone, it's, well...the breastbone'

Answer: Sternum


Question: 'He followed "The Twist" with "Let's Twist Again" & "Slow Twistin'"'

Answer: Chubby Checker


Question: 'Bradbury's stage dramas'

Answer: Ray\'s plays


Question: 'In a 1941 hit song "You leave the Pennsylvania Station 'bout a quarter to four" aboard this title train'

Answer: "Chattanooga Choo Choo"


Question: 'Of a fish, a fencing move, or a firth in Scotland, what a muskellunge is'

Answer: Fish


Question: 'In 1998 supermodel Rebecca Romijn married this former star of TV's "Full House"'

Answer: John Stamos


Question: 'This organ secretes glucagon as well as insulin'

Answer: Pancreas


Question: 'Jimmy Dean described him as 6-foot-6, "kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip"'

Answer: "Big Bad John"


Question: 'Harte's wagers'

Answer: Bret\'s bets


Question: 'In 1941 George Halas coached this team to a 37-9 victory over the New York Giants in the NFL title game'

Answer: Chicago Bears


Question: 'The chief northern tributary of this river is the Ubangi'

Answer: Congo


Question: 'This "Fast Car" singer honed her style on the Boston circuit while a student at Tufts University'

Answer: Tracy Chapman


Question: 'The ligament holding this "cover" in place is an extension of the tendon of the thigh muscle'

Answer: Kneecap


Question: 'Instrument played by Stevie Wonder on his 1963 hit "Fingertips (Part 2)"'

Answer: Harmonica


Question: 'Mary Higgins' Biblical boats'

Answer: Clark\'s arks


Question: 'In May 1941 he & his comrades organized the League for the Independence of Vietnam'

Answer: Ho Chi Minh


Question: 'With an "I" it's a sweet herb; with an "E" it's a Swiss city'

Answer: Basil/Basel


Question: 'With dad in tow, this young royal took in a 1997 Spice Girls concert in South Africa'

Answer: Prince Harry (Henry)


Question: 'Cindy Crawford's mole, or anybody's is a collection of cells with a high concentration of this pigment'

Answer: Melanin


Question: 'In December 1963 this hit by the Singing Nun rapidly climbed the charts & remained No. 1 for the entire month'

Answer: "Dominique"


Question: 'Stephen's violas & cellos'

Answer: King\'s strings


Question: 'A series on these of the '30s & '40s features the Daylight & the 20th Century Limited'

Answer: Trains


Question: 'Like Prometheus, Tohil brought this to mankind, but demanded human sacrifice in return'

Answer: Fire


Question: 'This film set in the Bronx featured Angie & Clara as well as the Ernest Borgnine title character'

Answer: Marty


Question: 'Different campuses of the university of this state are home to Anteaters, Banana Slugs & Golden Bears'

Answer: California


Question: 'To lose control of the pigskin'

Answer: Fumble


Question: 'Lorenz Hart is featured alone but this man shares a stamp with Oscar Hammerstein II'

Answer: Richard Rodgers


Question: 'Ah Puch gave a hoot for the dying, sending this bird to announce their impending deaths'

Answer: Owl


Question:
'1959 title character seen here:
Gee, If I had one of those boards, I could be a surfer too...'

Answer: Gidget


Question: 'This word precedes the Irish of Notre Dame & the Illini of the University of Illinois'

Answer: Fighting


Question: 'Proverbially, to dally in the face of a crisis is to do this "while Rome burns"'

Answer: Fiddle


Question: 'China'

Answer: Shanghai


Question: 'The fifth Legends of Hollywood stamp put him on the top of the envelope, Ma!'

Answer: James Cagney


Question: 'Tepeu & Gucumatz created the first humans from a paste made of this staple grain'

Answer: Maize/corn


Question: 'Frank Sinatra fought a dope addiction in "The Man with" this'

Answer: The Golden Arm


Question: 'This canine represents over 30 colleges including Yale & the University of Georgia'

Answer: Bulldog


Question: 'If you're gonna set on the porch for a spell, you'll want to do this to shape pieces of wood'

Answer: Whittle


Question: 'He's the subject of the latest Black Heritage stamp; it's worth 33 cents, not 10'

Answer: Malcolm X


Question: 'Kinich Ahau had a day job as sun god, but at night he roamed the underworld as this jungle cat'

Answer: Jaguar


Question: 'In it, Marlene Dietrich says Orson Welles "was some kind of a man.  What does it matter what you say about people?"'

Answer: Touch of Evil


Question: 'The men's teams at Northland College in Wisconsin are the Lumberjacks & the women's teams are these'

Answer: Lumberjills


Question: 'Some birds are named for the ability to do this, sing with trills & quavers'

Answer: Warble


Question: 'Nigeria'

Answer: Lagos


Question: 'Author honored on the stamp seen here<br />(wrote "Atlas Shrugged")'

Answer: Ayn Rand


Question: 'We don't know how old Itzamna could have pronounced his name, as he had none of these'

Answer: Teeth


Question: 'Gregory Peck fought corporate America in "The Man in" this title outfit'

Answer: The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit


Question: 'Ohio State honors each of its All-Americans by planting one of these mascot trees in a grove'

Answer: Buckeye


Question: 'From Old English for "dart", it means to move back & forth between 2 places -- perhaps Earth & space'

Answer: Shuttle


Question: 'In 1903 Morris Michtom of New York began marketing these with presidential permission'

Answer: Teddy Bears (named after Theodore Roosevelt)


Question: '"Famous Potatoes"'

Answer: Idaho


Question: 'The Falkland Islands war tested the mettle of this "Iron Lady"'

Answer: Margaret Thatcher


Question: 'Mr. Schmidt spins them by the fire; Ma Schmidt spins it out of wool'

Answer: yarn


Question: '8 years before "Speed", he co-starred with Drew Barrymore in a musical remake of "Babes in Toyland"'

Answer: Keanu Reeves


Question: 'A cooking situation that's gone from bad to worse'

Answer: out of the frying pan, into the fire


Question: 'Ivan I was Ivan Moneybag, Ivan II was Ivan the Red, & Ivan IV was this'

Answer: Ivan the Terrible


Question: '"...on my mind"'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'This tough-talking Miamian is the nation's No. 1 cop'

Answer: Janet Reno


Question: 'The Schmidts travel in one of these; their descendants loved the Ward Bond TV show of the same name'

Answer: wagon train


Question: 'This former sitcom queen bedeviled Meryl Streep in "She-Devil"'

Answer: Roseanne


Question: 'To be out of favor temporarily, as when "Peter Pan"'s Mr. Darling was exiled to Nana's kennel'

Answer: in the doghouse


Question: 'Buck Taylor, a star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, earned this "Royal" nickname before Roy Rogers'

Answer: King of the Cowboys


Question: 'An orange'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'The pineapple of Bob's eye, she returned to Red Cross leadership in 1997'

Answer: Liddy Dole


Question: 'On a stopover, the little Schmidts climb on the walls of this type of fort, also an army prison'

Answer: stockade


Question: 'The Nabakov novel nymphet played by Sue Lyon in 1962 & Dominique Swain in 1997'

Answer: Lolita


Question: '1986 movie seen here:'

Answer: Down and Out in Beverly Hills


Question: 'George W. Perkins gave so much money to this political party that he was nicknamed "The Dough Moose"'

Answer: the Bull Moose Party


Question: 'Garden State'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'She was publisher of The Washington Post during Watergate'

Answer: Katharine Graham


Question: 'Whether broad or pole type, it's Mr. Schmidt's most important tool; he calls his mother-in-law a "battle" one'

Answer: ax


Question: 'This world-famous sitarist composed some Indian music for the 1962 film, "Tarzan goes to India"'

Answer: Ravi Shankar


Question: 'Visual cliche that's the opposite of "Absence makes the heart grow fonder"'

Answer: out of sight, out of mind


Question: 'We presume this Virginian felt good about his nickname, "The Era-Of-Good-Feeling President"'

Answer: James Monroe


Question: 'A saguaro cactus'

Answer: Arizona


Question: 'This NFL team owner moved her team from California to Missouri'

Answer: Georgia Rosenbloom (Frontiere)


Question: 'The Schmidts are plump, so it's good they didn't join this "party" that crossed the Sierra Nevada in 1846-87'

Answer: Donner Party


Question: '"The Edge" reunited Anthony Hopkins with Bart the Bear, who was pitted against Brad Pitt in this 1995 film'

Answer: Legends of the Fall


Question: 'Lady Macbeth's 3-word lament while sleepwalking, it precedes, "Out, I say!"'

Answer: Out, damn spot!


Question: 'Some called this "Messiah" composter "The Thunderbolt" after Mozart said he struck like one'

Answer: Handel


Question: 'She whacked her stepmom, saw what she'd done, then "gave her father 41"'

Answer: Lizzie Borden


Question: 'Unlike their undead counterparts, these bats prefer biting cattle to humans'

Answer: vampire bats


Question: 'Citius, altius, fortius--swifter, higher, stronger--is the motto of this event'

Answer: the Olympics


Question: 'He tells the way it is with Aerosmith in his 1997 book "Walk This Way"'

Answer: Steven Tyler


Question: 'When this is happening, "Sure it's like a morn in spring"'

Answer: "when Irish eyes are smiling"


Question: 'Some folks call him Old Nick or Old Scratch when they "speak of" him'

Answer: the devil


Question: 'Thanks to an angel, Abraham didn't make him the ultimate sacrifice'

Answer: Issac


Question: 'A persistently biting insect, or a persistently provoking person, is this kind of "fly"'

Answer: gadfly


Question: 'Used as a footnote abbreviation, this word means "in the same place"'

Answer: ibid


Question: 'Hansen is the last name of this singer-guitarist whose albums include "Mellow Gold" & "Odelay"'

Answer: Beck


Question: 'The term Gioconda Smile refers to an enigmatic smile like the famous one painted by this man'

Answer: Da Vinci


Question: 'He was still a student at Ohio State when he won his first U.S. Amateur Golf Championship in 1959'

Answer: Jack Nicklaus (The Golden Bear)


Question: 'It's pretty "complex" how he managed to kill his father, solve the Sphinx' riddle & marry his mother'

Answer: Oedipus


Question: 'Vipers keep these teeth folded in until it's time to bite'

Answer: fangs


Question: 'Descartes' "Je pense, donc je suis" is better known as this Latin phrase'

Answer: Cogito ergo sum


Question: 'Son of another famous singer, he's the frontman for The Wallflowers'

Answer: Jakob Dylan


Question: 'As Pudd'nhead Wilson, he wrote, "Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been"'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'This protagonist of Hemingway's famous story, "The Killers", has been called Hemingway's alter-ego'

Answer: Nick Adams


Question: 'In 1989, Jose & Kitty paid dearly because these 2 allegedly couldn't wait for their Beverly Hills inheritance'

Answer: Menendez brothers


Question: 'Long before the queen song, Homer used this metaphor for warriors who die in battle'

Answer: bite the dust


Question: 'It's the English translation of "Ars Gratia Artis", the motto seen here:'

Answer: Art for art\'s sake


Question: 'Rock stars turning 50 in 1998 include Alice Cooper, Steve Winwood & this singer, heard here:'

Answer: Kenny Loggins


Question: 'In office for only 33 days in 1978, he was there long enough to earn the sobriquet "The Smiling Pope"'

Answer: John Paul I


Question: 'He directed his mom, Gena Rowlands, in the 1996 film "Unhook the Stars"'

Answer: Nick Cassavetes


Question: 'Executed in Utah in 1977, he told his brother that their father was the first person he ever wanted to murder'

Answer: Gary Gilmore


Question: 'This 1857 mutiny began among Indian troops ordered to bite cartridges greased with animal fat'

Answer: Sepoy Mutiny


Question: 'In "The Silence of the Lambs" Hannibal Lecter bargains with Clarice using this phrase meaning "What for what"'

Answer: Quid Pro Quo


Question: 'He had a cameo in "Young Guns II" & also wrote its theme song "Blaze Of Glory"'

Answer: Bon Jovi


Question: 'Stephen Sodnheim's "A Little Night Music" was based on this 1955 Ingmar Bergman film'

Answer: Smiles of a Summer Night


Question: 'Omar Sharif played this gambler in "Funny Girl" & "Funny Lady"'

Answer: Nicky Arnstein


Question: 'He built the Valley of the Fallen, his final resting place, just north of El Escorial'

Answer: Francisco Franco


Question: 'This glamour girl reigned in Egypt from 51 to 31 B.C.'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'Albert Brooks was born with this surname; you might say it was all relativity'

Answer: Einstein


Question: 'Norman Schwarzkopf & Teddy Roosevelt were officers in this branch'

Answer: the Army


Question: 'Mensa's organ of choice'

Answer: the brain


Question: 'Type of "Times at Ridgemont High"'

Answer: fast


Question: 'Don't tread on the giant desert hairy type of this creature seen here'

Answer: a scorpion


Question: 'After the Sack of Baghdad in 1258 by the Mongols, a new line of Abbasid caliphs was formed in this Egyptian city'

Answer: Cairo


Question: 'He was asked to find the Nile's source before marrying the cinematic Queen of the Nile in 1964'

Answer: Richard Burton


Question: 'The Blue Angels are a part of it'

Answer: the Navy


Question: 'The silo's full of it'

Answer: grain


Question: 'A bad speed for a decision, or a good Pudding for Harvard'

Answer: hasty


Question: 'Like sands through the hourglass, so are the cramps caused by this spider'

Answer: the black widow


Question: 'In 1979 Egypt became the first Arab country to make peace with Israel as this leader went to Camp David'

Answer: Anwar Sadat


Question: 'This singing King of Romance usually reminisces on his prior life as a "Hansel und Gretel" composer'

Answer: Engelbert Humperdinck


Question: 'Became its own branch under the National Security Act of 1947'

Answer: the Air Force


Question: 'You can do it to a muscle or wet spaghetti'

Answer: strain


Question: 'Kind of "Boat to China" in a 1948 hit song'

Answer: slow


Question: 'Mom told you not to hang around with "hoods", like the one on this creature'

Answer: a cobra


Question: 'Built in the 3rd century B.C. by Ptolemy I, it contained over 500,000 manuscripts'

Answer: the Library at Alexandria


Question: 'Is it possible this "Ella Enchanted" actress was buried in Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon?'

Answer: Anne Hathaway


Question: 'In 1805 they crossed 600 miles of desert to raise the American flag over a foreign fort'

Answer: the Marines


Question: 'Delicately beautiful, like some little girls or flowers'

Answer: dainty


Question: 'As a verb, it might be to move stealthily up behind someone; as a noun, it's an annoying person who might do it'

Answer: creep


Question: 'In addition to the jagged wounds its tail spines can give you, there's also the paralysis & pain'

Answer: a stingray


Question: 'In 1952 a group of army officers overthrew King Farouk & by 1954 this man had taken over the Egyptian govt.'

Answer: Nasser


Question: 'He kicked around as the author of "The Power and the Glory" before he was Kicking Bird in "Dances with Wolves"'

Answer: Graham Greene


Question: 'About 1 out of every 5 members is an officer'

Answer: the Air Force (Coast Guard accepted)


Question: 'Shiites are dominant in this Qatar neighbor'

Answer: Bahrain


Question: 'This common name of the small speedy bird seen here even means "speedy"'

Answer: swift


Question: 'The name of the venomous starfish seen here; it's something associated with the suffering of Jesus'

Answer: the crown of thorns starfish


Question: 'His 1909 "Head of a Woman", one of the first Cubist works, divided the surface of the head into many different planes'

Answer: Picasso


Question: 'Boy loses dog, boy gets dog in the first feature film about this canine, co-starring Roddy McDowall'

Answer: Lassie


Question: 'Cruise a coastal paradise--visit Nice on the French one or Mazatlan on the Mexican one'

Answer: the Riviera


Question: 'In 1547, just 9 years after his birth at Hampton Court, Edward VI became the last English king of this dynasty'

Answer: the Tudors


Question: 'In "The Interpretation of Murder", this real Austrian psychoanalyst lends his talents to a murder case'

Answer: Freud


Question: 'Formaggio is this dairy product'

Answer: cheese


Question: 'Donatello's earliest authenticated work is a marble of this biblical king'

Answer: David


Question: '1942's issue No. 1 of this comic book shows the heroine leading U.S. troops'

Answer: Wonder Woman


Question: 'Princess' cruise from San Juan to Acapulco is named for this man-made waterway'

Answer: the Panama Canal


Question: 'After his dad John the Fearless was killed in 1419, Philip the Good became duke of this famed French red-wine region'

Answer: Burgundy


Question: 'Newt Gingrich & Bill Forstchen's historic take on this event is subtly subtitled "A Novel of December 8th"'

Answer: the bombing of Pearl Harbor


Question: 'This food staple is pane'

Answer: bread


Question: 'As marble was expensive, Luca Della Robbia made his "Madonna and Child" with this glazed material'

Answer: terra cotta


Question: 'In the movie seen here, Red Skelton tries to make good as this type of salesman'

Answer: a Fuller Brush salesman


Question: '19 tours to Alaska are offered by this cruise line named for a body of water much farther south'

Answer: Royal Caribbean


Question: 'As a younger son of Amyntas III, he never expected to rule Macedonia--but then his older brother died in battle'

Answer: Philip


Question: 'This Indian-born dr. & self-help guru has ventured into novel territory with "Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment"'

Answer: (Deepak) Chopra


Question: 'This body part is il piede'

Answer: the foot


Question: 'In this type of relief sculpture, figures are carved into the background'

Answer: intaglio


Question: 'From soldiers' slang, this acronym for a messed-up situation became the title of a hit 1944 stage comedy'

Answer: snafu


Question: 'Bermuda & Hawaii are the specialties of this cruise line named for a country much farther north'

Answer: Norwegian


Question: 'Still miffed about the Magna Carta, he kicked the bucket in 1216 & his 9-year-old son became King Henry III'

Answer: King John


Question: 'The author of "We Were the Mulvaneys", she starts 2007's "The Gravedigger's Daughter" with a bang'

Answer: Joyce Carol Oates


Question: 'This quadruped is un cavallo'

Answer: a horse


Question: 'Rodin's "The Thinker" was originally created for this work inspired by Dante's "Inferno"'

Answer: The Gates of Hell


Question:
'This quiz show heard here evolved into an almanac

"It's easy money, ladies and gentlemen, and here's how to get it.  You may submit from one to three original questions per letter.  Your question is used, you receive five dollars."'

Answer: Information Please


Question: 'Orient Lines' historical cruise from Istanbul to Venice is named for these 2 seas'

Answer: the Aegean & the Adriatic


Question: 'In short, Carloman & this brother inherited titles from Pepin the Short'

Answer: Charlemagne


Question: '"A Thousand Splendid Suns", Khaled Hosseini's follow-up to "The Kite Runner", is also mainly set in this country'

Answer: Afghanistan


Question: 'This day of the week is martedi'

Answer: Tuesday


Question: 'It's the country from which the U.S. imports the most oil'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'Many are ready to demonstrate their bravery at the start of this 1895 Stephen Crane novel'

Answer: "The Red Badge of Courage"


Question: 'It's a domesticated cavy, or any person or thing used as the subject of an experiment'

Answer: Guinea pig


Question: 'You can catch a glimpse of this blonde in Woody Allen's "Stardust Memories", her film debut'

Answer: Sharon Stone


Question: 'The name of this brand of corn chips means "fried" in Spanish'

Answer: Fritos


Question:
'Keith Jarrett,
Barry Manilow,
Billy Joel'

Answer: Piano


Question:
'It's your kisser,
your yap,
your trap'

Answer: Mouth


Question: '"The Autobiography of a Horse" is the subtitle to this first major animal novel in literature'

Answer: "Black Beauty"


Question: 'An informer'

Answer: Rat


Question: 'This director first came to fame with his Oscar-winning screenplay for "Midnight Express"'

Answer: Oliver Stone


Question: 'This man who died in 1995 made the first significant genetic improvement in popcorn in more than 5,000 years'

Answer: Orville Redenbacher


Question:
'Roger Daltrey,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Bobby McFerrin'

Answer: Voice


Question: 'Your peepers,<br />your lamps or your blinkers'

Answer: Eyes


Question: 'This 1906 tale tells the story of a wolf-dog gradually domesticated by his kindly new owner'

Answer: "White Fang"


Question: '(Hi, I'm NBA All-Star Gary Payton.) As a college student at Oregon State, I was one of these tree-cutting rodents'

Answer: Beavers


Question: 'Stewart is the real last name of this man, the head of an interracial soul "family"'

Answer: Sylvester "Sly" Stone


Question: 'This city is the capital of the Cornhusker State'

Answer: Lincoln


Question:
'Karen Carpenter,
Charlie Watts,
Zac Hanson'

Answer: Drums


Question:
'Your soup strainer,
your handlebars,
your stash'

Answer: Moustache


Question: 'This dystopian Anthony Burgess novel was brought to the big screen by Kubrick in 1971'

Answer: A Clockwork Orange


Question: 'In December 1958 these speedy singers had the No. 1 single in the U.S.'

Answer: The Chipmunks ("The Chipmunk Song" ("Christmas Don\'t Be Late"))


Question: 'He was a correspondent for "20/20" before joining "Dateline NBC" in 1992'

Answer: Stone Phillips


Question: 'Meat & vegetables are cooked with a masa dough & wrapped in a corn husk to make this Mexican dish'

Answer: Tamales


Question:
'Stevie Ray Vaughan,
Andy Summers,
Neil Young'

Answer: Guitar


Question:
'Your dukes,
your mitts,
your paws'

Answer: Hands


Question: 'This exotic "green" novel by W.H. Hudson is set in the jungles of South America'

Answer: "Green Mansions"


Question: 'It "Roared" & "Saved The West" in novels about a tiny duchy called Grand Fenwick'

Answer: Mouse


Question: 'His biographical novels include "Those Who Love", "Love Is Eternal" & "Lust For Life"'

Answer: Irving Stone


Question: 'TV commercials for this brand of corn oil featured a Native American woman saying, "You call it corn, we call it maize"'

Answer: Mazola


Question:
'Tony Banks,
Rick Wakeman,
Thomas Dolby'

Answer: Synthesizer


Question:
'Your gams,
your pins,
your shanks'

Answer: Legs


Question: 'In 1790 this future Waterloo-winning general was elected to the Irish parliament'

Answer: Duke of Wellington


Question: 'In 794 Kyoto began its 1,074 years as capital of this country'

Answer: Japan


Question: '1994:<br />"...& Dumber"'

Answer: Dumb


Question: 'This pair processed 8 tons of pitchblade to produce 1 gram of radium'

Answer: Pierre & Marie Curie


Question: 'With this type of ear you "can" not appreciate good music'

Answer: Tin


Question: 'Perhaps the original "Maori Home", it became Paul Gauguin's new home in 1891'

Answer: Tahiti


Question: '(Hi, I'm Bob Goen of Entertainment Tonight.) He got his star on the Walk of Fame Dec. 3, 1997 to tie in with the release of his film "Tomorrow Never Dies"'

Answer: Pierce Brosnan


Question: '1975:<br />"...and the Holy Grail"'

Answer: Monty Python


Question: 'It wasn't until this metal became cheap enough that Zeppelin could make the dirigible of his dreams'

Answer: Aluminum


Question: 'A "C" on a faucet in Mexico stands for caliente, which translates as this'

Answer: hot


Question: 'This "cubist painter" was born near Paris May 13, 1882'

Answer: Georges Braque


Question: 'Nickname of labor activist Mary Jones, born in Ireland in 1830, died in Maryland in 1930'

Answer: "Mother" Jones


Question: '1996:<br />"...and the Giant Peach"'

Answer: James


Question: 'Daniel Webster represented this vulcanization inventor in a patent infringement trial'

Answer: Charles Goodyear


Question: 'Sing with your lips shut'

Answer: hum


Question: 'This "Beatles drummer" was born in India in 1941'

Answer: Pete Best


Question: 'Irish-born actor who played Britain's King Arthur in the movie version of "Camelot"'

Answer: Richard Harris


Question: 'On this date around 735, Pope Gregory II dedicated a chapel in St. Peter's to all saints'

Answer: November 1


Question: '1944:<br />"...and Old Lace"'

Answer: Arsenic


Question: 'Not wanting to lose him, this Schenectady, N.Y. company allowed Charles Steinmetz to smoke in the lab'

Answer: General Electric


Question: 'Unnaturally pale... two... three'

Answer: wan


Question: 'This "Scottish Poet" & historian was elected a baronet in 1820'

Answer: Sir Walter Scott


Question: 'Among his operettas, "Babes in Toyland" & "Naughty Marietta" are more famous than "Hearts of Erin"'

Answer: Victor Herbert


Question: 'In 751 this short son of Charles Martel became king of the Franks in a fancy new ceremony'

Answer: Pepin the Short


Question: '1974:<br />"...and the Bean"'

Answer: Freebie


Question: 'In 1921 this behavioral psychologist known for his anti-Freud stance went into advertising'

Answer: John Broadus Watson


Question: 'Nickname of General Henry Arnold, the first commander of the Army Air Force'

Answer: "Hap"


Question: 'This "capital of France" was the seat of Petain's government'

Answer: Vichy


Question: 'In 1999 famous Shakespearean actors joined an effort to preserve this murderer's childhood home'

Answer: John Wilkes Booth (It\'s called Tudor Hall & it\'s near Baltimore)


Question: 'Ralph Bunche was the first black American to win the Nobel Peace Prize & this civil rights leader was second'

Answer: Martin Luther King, Jr.


Question: 'In 1988 this 1962 Frank Sinatra film based on Richard Condon's novel was re-released to the theatres'

Answer: The Manchurian Candidate


Question: 'A popular Chippendale style of the 1750s was inspired by designs from this large Asian country'

Answer: China


Question: 'These islands about 100 miles north of Scotland are famous for their sheepdogs & ponies'

Answer: Shetland Islands


Question: '"American Birds" is a publication of this organization'

Answer: National Audubon Society


Question: 'Shaw wrote, "A government which" does this "to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul"'

Answer: Robs Peter


Question: 'This state song of Virginia was written by black composer James A. Bland'

Answer: "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny"


Question: 'Joe Eszterhas received a record $3 million for his script of this 1992 Michael Douglas-Sharon Stone film'

Answer: Basic Instinct


Question: 'Point d'Angleterre is a lovely example of the bobbin or pillow type of this dainty fabric'

Answer: Lace


Question: 'The Sanjuanito is considered the national dance of this country that is crossed by the equator'

Answer: Ecuador


Question: 'In 1986 Red Crescent became part of its official name'

Answer: International Red Cross


Question: 'He was quoted April 14, 1961: "I could have gone on flying through space forever"'

Answer: Yuri Gagarin


Question: 'When he retired from the Supreme Court in 1991, Clarence Thomas was appointed to his seat'

Answer: Thurgood Marshall


Question: 'Joseph Wiseman played the lanky title villain in this 1962 James Bond movie, the first in the series'

Answer: Dr. No


Question: '"The Hunt of the Unicorn" is a famous example of the mille-fleur type of this wall hanging'

Answer: Tapestry


Question: 'Over half the population of this Malaysian capital is of Chinese ethnicity'

Answer: Kuala Lumpur


Question: 'This organization sponsors the Great American Smokeout the third Thursday in November'

Answer: American Cancer Society


Question: 'Virgil spoke of it as "flying, never to return", a sign he was having fun'

Answer: Time


Question: 'In 1957 she became the first black American athlete to win the Wimbledon singles'

Answer: Althea Gibson


Question: 'The finale of Alfred Hitchcock's "Saboteur" takes place on this national landmark'

Answer: Statue of Liberty


Question: 'This sleek, elegant style of the 1920s is also known as Jazz Modern'

Answer: Art Deco


Question: 'You'll find the Museum of Catalan Art in this Spanish city, the capital of Catalonia'

Answer: Barcelona


Question: 'General Ambrose Burnside was one of the early leaders of this organization, abbreviated GAR'

Answer: Grand Army of the Republic


Question: 'Truman said, "It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job, it's" this "when you lose your own"'

Answer: Depression


Question: 'This "Beloved" author was born Chloe Anthony Wofford in 1931'

Answer: Toni Morrison


Question: 'Barbara Stanwyck got an Oscar nomination for her role in this 1948 thriller based on a 1943 radio play'

Answer: Sorry, Wrong Number


Question: 'This English potter was noted for the black basaltes ware he developed around 1768'

Answer: Josiah Wedgwood


Question: 'Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, lies on this sea'

Answer: Caspian Sea


Question: '"We Build" is the club motto of this civic organization with an Indian name'

Answer: Kiwanis International


Question: 'Konrad Adenauer defined this subject as "the sum total of things that could have been avoided"'

Answer: History


Question: 'This Englishman introduced the potato to Ireland & popularized tobacco smoking in Britain'

Answer: Sir Walter Raleigh


Question: 'The U.S. Naval War College is maintained in Newport, in this state'

Answer: Rhode Island


Question: 'Also known for his virtuosity on the pennywhistle, this Irish flautist has taught at the Eastman School'

Answer: James Galway


Question: 'Eid ul-Fitr marks the end of this month of fasting'

Answer: Ramadan


Question: 'During the Civil War this writ, ordering that the prisoner be brought before the court, was suspended'

Answer: Habeas corpus


Question: 'Some of this talk show host's favorite recipes are featured in the bestseller "In the Kitchen with Rosie"'

Answer: Oprah Winfrey


Question: 'In 1570, this Russian czar ravaged Novgorod after hearing rumors that it was conspiring against him'

Answer: Ivan the Terrible


Question: 'In 1749 this Williamsburg, Virginia college awarded George Washington his surveyors license'

Answer: William and Mary


Question: 'He composed the "Eroica Variations" before he wrote the "Eroica Symphony"'

Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven


Question: 'Traditionally, the annual Egg Roll on the White House lawn takes place on this day of the week'

Answer: Monday


Question: 'This delaying tactic used in the Senate has been defined as "talking a bill to death"'

Answer: Fillibustering


Question: '"Fear of Fifty" is the first admitted autobiography by this "Fear of Flying" author'

Answer: Erica Jong


Question: 'In a 1513 work, he described the way a prince could acquire & keep power'

Answer: Niccolo Machiavelli


Question: 'Schools in Tulsa include the University of Tulsa & this one, named for its evangelist founder'

Answer: Oral Roberts University


Question: 'The bands that this clarinetist led in the 1940s & 1950s were called "Herds"'

Answer: Woody Herman (and the Thundering Herds)


Question: 'In Taiwan, Teachers' Day, September 28, celebrates the birthday of this philosopher'

Answer: Confucius


Question: 'In 1989's Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, the Supreme Court nearly reversed this 1973 decision'

Answer: Roe v. Wade


Question: 'While teaching at Cornell, she wrote "Gorillas in the Mist"'

Answer: Dian Fossey


Question: 'This Italian navigator died in 1512, 5 years after Martin Waldseemuller put his name on the map'

Answer: Amerigo Vespucci


Question: 'Willamette University, in this state capital, is called the oldest institution of higher learning in the West'

Answer: Salem, Oregon


Question: 'Duke Ellington wrote a musical based on this John Gay ballad opera'

Answer: The Beggar\'s Opera


Question: 'On June 11, the day that honors him, hundreds of leis are draped over his statue in front of Iolani Palace'

Answer: King Kamehameha


Question: '2-word phrase for the power of the federal government to take private property for public use'

Answer: Eminent domain


Question: 'An art enthusiast, this billionaire oilman wrote "Collector's Choice" & "The Joys of Collecting"'

Answer: Jean Paul Getty


Question: 'This "Praise of Folly" author taught Greek at Cambridge & published a Greek New Testament'

Answer: Desiderius Erasmus


Question: 'This Nashville school has a collection of network evening news telecasts dating back to 1968'

Answer: Vanderbilt


Question: 'Richard Bonynge, former musical director of the Australian Opera, is married to this soprano'

Answer: Dame Joan Sutherland


Question: 'In Mexico March 21 is a national holiday because it's the birthday of this man, the "Abraham Lincoln" of Mexico'

Answer: Benito Juarez


Question: 'It's the legal process by which a person's citizenship can be taken away, or by which it may be given up'

Answer: Expatriation


Question: 'His book "Memoirs of a Chinese Revolutionary" was published posthumously in 1927'

Answer: Sun Yat-sen


Question: 'The last king of the Hellenes, he was the second to bear this name'

Answer: King Constantine II (former King Constantine)


Question: 'The bat parrot probably got its name from sleeping in this position'

Answer: upside-down


Question: 'Defacing books or shouting or throwing spitballs at the other readers'

Answer: three activities prohibited in the library


Question: 'Genesis'

Answer: Phil Collins


Question: 'To compete with "G.I. Joe", Coleco has created a line of soldiers inspired by this Stallone film'

Answer: Rambo


Question: 'Hamilton, Ohio recently added this punctuation mark to its name, like our show's always had'

Answer: an exclamation mark


Question: 'If you "boil the hides", it means your rear tires are producing this at the start of a drag race'

Answer: smoke


Question: 'Too "lei"zy to migrate, the geese in this tropical state stay year-round'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'On most reference books in your local library, you'll find this letter above the call number'

Answer: R


Question: 'The Police'

Answer: Sting


Question: 'In 1977, Kenner sold gift certificates for toys based on this sci-fi film since the toys didn't exist yet'

Answer: Star Wars


Question: '"Hands Across America" raised money for the hungry & homeless in this country'

Answer: the United States of America


Question: 'When fixing cars, "R & R" means remove & do this to an auto part'

Answer: restore (or replace or repair)


Question: 'A bird waterproofs its feathers with oil from its "preen gland", located at the base of this'

Answer: its tail


Question: 'When a book has been checked out it's said to be "in" this'

Answer: circulation


Question: 'Wham!'

Answer: George Michael


Question: 'Christmas stockings in 1986 were filled with this Hungarian inventor's "Magic", as well as Santa's'

Answer: Rubik


Question: 'In October 1986, Reagan & Gorbachev went face to face in this cold capital'

Answer: Reykjavik


Question: 'When your car is "on the hook", it's traveling this way'

Answer: on a tow truck


Question: 'In this classification system, WWII, 940.54, comes before the Civil War, 973.7'

Answer: the Dewey Decimal system


Question: 'Eurythmics'

Answer: Annie Lennox


Question: 'Since 1949, this game manufacturer has sold about 1 million Candyland sets a year'

Answer: Milton Bradley


Question: 'Father Lawrence Jenco, the Reverend Benjamin Weir, & David Jacobsen'

Answer: hostages that were released from Beirut


Question: 'When a car has been "chopped", this part of it has been lowered'

Answer: the top


Question: 'Shirley Jones played this part by the book in "The Music Man"'

Answer: (Marion the) librarian


Question: 'Talking Heads'

Answer: David Byrne


Question: 'A battle of the bands is ensuing between Barbie & The Rockers & this doll & The Holograms'

Answer: Jem


Question: 'In 1986, for the 1st time ever, 2 women ran against each other for gov. in this plains state'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'Death of his son led him to write a "History of Spiritualism" before his last Sherlock Holmes book'

Answer: (Sir Arthur Conan) Doyle


Question: 'On the 1st day of spring or fall, the Sun is directly over this imaginary line'

Answer: the Equator


Question: 'This teenage Egyptian ruler gave birth to a son she claimed was Julius Caesar's'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'Ben Franklin said, "There was never a good war or a bad" 1 of these'

Answer: peace


Question: 'Since 1941, Thanksgiving is observed on this Thursday in November'

Answer: the fourth Thursday


Question: 'Sacher Torte originated in this Austrian capital'

Answer: Vienna


Question: '"A Christmas Carol" character who tells Scrooge, "I wear the chain I forged in life"'

Answer: Jacob Marley


Question: 'Of about 10, 30, or 50%, percentage of Earth's surface covered by land'

Answer: 30%


Question: 'Teen-aged Mary, Queen of Scots, also became queen of this country, because she'd married the Dauphin'

Answer: France


Question: 'It was way back in 1696 that Mary Manley wrote there's "no time like" this'

Answer: the present


Question: '"Shrove Tuesday", the day before Lent starts, is commonly called this in New Orleans'

Answer: Mardi Gras


Question: 'Like lemon pie, "Baked Alaska" is covered with this, then put in an oven to brown'

Answer: meringue


Question: 'Narrator of classic tales translated by Sir Richard Burton, or title of this "suite" music'

Answer: Scheherezade


Question: 'All of the peoples of the world belong to this single species'

Answer: Homo sapiens


Question: 'At 15, she became the future Louis XVI's bride; at 18, she became queen'

Answer: Marie Antoinette


Question: 'Penguin's Modern Quotes lists "Supercalifragilistic- expialidocious" under his name'

Answer: Disney


Question: 'Supposedly a union president suggested date of this holiday to fill gap between July 4th & Thanksgiving'

Answer: Labor Day


Question: 'It's thought Saladin offered this fruity dessert, cousin to ice cream, to Richard I during Crusades'

Answer: sherbet


Question: '19th c. feminist Catharine Beecher wrote "The American Woman's Home" with this more famous sister'

Answer: Harriet Beecher Stowe


Question: 'Guinness says more people emigrate from this Latin country than any other in the world'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'British monarch crowned in 1837, when she was barely 18'

Answer: Victoria


Question: '17th century English diarist known for the phrase "and so to bed"'

Answer: Samuel Pepys


Question: 'Until June 1, 1954, this was officially called "Armistice Day"'

Answer: Veterans Day


Question: 'A dessert that might be appropriate while repairing shoes'

Answer: cobbler


Question: 'Subtitled "A Tale of Acadie", this Longfellow poem describes the tragic romance of an Acadian woman'

Answer: Evangeline


Question: 'The term "second world" refers to this nation & its nearby allies'

Answer: the Soviet Union


Question: 'Many claim that before Bloody Mary grabbed the throne, this "Lady" was Queen of England for 9 days'

Answer: Lady Jane Grey


Question: 'Bartlett's says she "coined" the phrase "equal pay for equal work" on March 18, 1869'

Answer: Susan B. Anthony


Question: 'This memorialized president's birthday, April 13, was a legal holiday in Virginia from 1943 to 1967'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'Bordering on Mich. & N.Y., these 2 Great Lakes are the only ones to border on 1 state each'

Answer: Lake Huron & Lake Ontario


Question: 'You can have a picnic at Hanging Rock State Park in Stokes County in this "Tar Heel State"'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'The opposite of a base, it turns blue litmus red'

Answer: an acid


Question: 'OK, he's 400 feet tall with bad fire breath, but as long as we don't go near Tokyo, this title guy can really samba'

Answer: Godzilla


Question: 'This QB must dream of meeting brother Peyton in the Super Bowl (where the Giants just destroy the Colts)'

Answer: Eli Manning


Question: 'Written first'

Answer: The Iliad


Question: 'Buy me a drink & I'll be your sweetie on Valentine's Day, this date'

Answer: February 14


Question: 'Jaundice can be a symptom of this liver disease, type A, B or C'

Answer: hepatitis


Question: 'Hope your salsa is up to snuff when you team with Det. Sonny Crockett's pet alligator, Elvis, from this show'

Answer: Miami Vice


Question: 'In 2006 this ex-Yankee managed the Mets to their first division win since 1988'

Answer: Willie Randolph


Question: 'Not written by a Brit'

Answer: The Iliad


Question: 'Black History Month begins on this date'

Answer: February 1


Question: 'The 10th to 12th of these body parts that form a "cage" articulate with single vertebrae'

Answer: ribs


Question: 'Might be best not to bring up this fishy movie's sequels "3-D" & "The Revenge" when taking the floor'

Answer: Jaws


Question: 'This '80s Giants LB, No. 56, once told teammates to "Go out there like a bunch of crazed dogs & have some fun"'

Answer: Lawrence Taylor (L.T. accepted)


Question: '3 witches prophesy in a thunderstorm'

Answer: Macbeth


Question: 'It only happens every 4 years, but it's the month & day on which a leap day occurs'

Answer: February 29


Question: 'Echocardiography can tell you whether this doublespeak heart issue is caused by an abnormal valve'

Answer: heart murmur


Question: 'If you tango with this "mild" '60s TV title bear, at 650 lbs., let him lead'

Answer: Gentle Ben


Question: 'In 1973-74 this Zen-like Knick averaged a career-high 11.1 ppg; oh yeah, he's coached a little in Chicago & L.A., too'

Answer: Phil Jackson


Question: 'After Smaug is killed, the "Battle of Five Armies" ensues'

Answer: The Hobbit


Question: 'Also known as epinephrine, this hormone is secreted in response to stress, like fear or injury'

Answer: adrenaline


Question: 'Better take a deep breath before you do an underwater merengue with this '60s TV title dolphin'

Answer: Flipper


Question: 'Watch 54 years of frustration end when this Ranger captain takes the ultimate NHL prize'

Answer: Mark Messier


Question: 'A king named Duncan is killed'

Answer: Macbeth


Question: 'It's a 7-letter medical term meaning "related to fever"'

Answer: febrile


Question: 'I feel so cool in this state that contains the northernmost point, on the Arctic Ocean'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'The god Rama is this religion's embodiment of chivalry & virtue'

Answer: Hinduism


Question: 'A young female servant, she sounds like what she did to the bed'

Answer: a maid


Question: 'In 2007 Metropolis, Illinois' annual Superman celebration will unveil a statue of actress Noel Neill as this character'

Answer: Lois Lane


Question: 'In this show, Manhattan is the playground for Riff, Tony, Bernardo & a girl named Maria'

Answer: West Side Story


Question: 'Thunder's partner<br />(9)'

Answer: lightning


Question: 'I feel so hot when I'm in this state, especially after I gamble & visit Yucca Flat during a nuclear weapons test'

Answer: Nevada


Question: 'In Islam, Harut & Marut are a couple of fallen ones of these'

Answer: angels


Question: 'King Arthur had a lot of these to remember--Sir Galahad, Sir Gawain...'

Answer: knights


Question: 'Each year this "Dairyland State" selects an Alice in Dairyland spokesperson who helps out with June Dairy Month'

Answer: Wisconsin


Question: 'A floating craps game goes bust at the Bowery's Save-A-Soul Mission in this play'

Answer: Guys and Dolls


Question: 'A retriever breed, or a peninsula<br />(8)'

Answer: Labrador


Question: 'I feel jazzed when I compete in Evangeline Parish's Crawfish Etouffee Cookoff in this state'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'Matthew & Luke put Satan's temptation of Christ in chapter 4 of their books; this man put it in chapter 1'

Answer: Mark


Question: 'In a 1974 Eric Clapton song, it's the person he didn't shoot'

Answer: the deputy


Question: 'Fiesta San Antonio honors the heroes of the Battle of San Jacinto & this mission with a 10-day celebration'

Answer: the Alamo


Question: 'The laughter ends when Fanny Brice & Nick Arnstein break up in this musical'

Answer: Funny Girl


Question: 'Feminine digit cakes<br />(11)'

Answer: ladyfingers


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Peterson Air Force Base.)  My mood is elevated here at Peterson Air Force Base, located at 6,200 feet in this state that has the highest average elevation'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'In April 2003 the government of this Caribbean nation officially declared voodoo a religion'

Answer: Haiti


Question: 'In "Fantasia", Mickey Mouse was this for a sorcerer'

Answer: apprentice


Question: 'Northfield, Minn. celebrates the defeat of this bank robber's gang with a re-enactment of an 1876 raid'

Answer: Jesse James


Question: '"Bet Your Bottom Dollar" that you can name this musical about a girl in the New York Municipal Orphanage'

Answer: Annie


Question: 'It precedes Lazuli<br />(5)'

Answer: Lapis


Question: 'I feel like a lover in this state that's named for England's celibate queen, Elizabeth I'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'The largest Protestant group in the U.S., they immerse their followers as a ritual of spiritual rebirth'

Answer: Baptists


Question: 'Rosemary may be one of these helpers "de-camp"'

Answer: aide


Question: 'A band concert is a highlight of the celebration of this June holiday at the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia'

Answer: Flag Day


Question: 'Gabey, Chip & Ozzie are 3 sailors on shore leave in New York lusting for a good time in this play'

Answer: On the Town


Question: 'Elmore, who gave us "Get Shorty"<br />(7)'

Answer: Leonard


Question: 'Famous ones have included the Kimberley, the Great Mogul & the Star of Arkansas'

Answer: diamonds


Question: 'This Toni Morrison novel won a 2006 Times survey of prominent literary types looking for the best fiction in the last 25 years'

Answer: Beloved


Question: 'After stopping a puck with his face in 1930, Clint Benedict became the first NHL goalie to wear one of these'

Answer: a mask


Question: 'The 4 words that follow "One Fish Two Fish" in a Dr. Seuss book title'

Answer: Red Fish Blue Fish


Question: 'Horace Bixby, a steamboat pilot, taught this American author the skills of the trade'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'A classic Scarlett O'Hara cocktail contains a squeeze of this (remember the color of Scarlett's eyes)'

Answer: lime


Question: 'He sang "The Rainbow Connection" in the movies'

Answer: Kermit the Frog


Question: 'This Bernhard Schlink novel about Hanna Schmitz was "ultimately hopeful"; it became a 2008 film'

Answer: The Reader


Question: 'Goalies have done this only 11 times in NHL history'

Answer: score a goal


Question: 'Referring to this companion, Paul Bunyan could say, "I've got you, Babe"'

Answer: his blue ox


Question: 'In 1852 Horace Smith teamed up with this man to manufacture firearms'

Answer: (Daniel) Wesson


Question: 'The Willard Hotel in D.C. still serves this Southern bourbon classic the way Henry Clay liked it in the 1800s'

Answer: a mint julep


Question: 'A babushka is one of these tied around the head'

Answer: a kerchief


Question: 'The Times noted that this "Russia House" author left the Cold War behind for his new novel "A Most Wanted Man"'

Answer: John le Carré


Question: 'When a goalie stops a shot on goal, he gets credit for this, like a relief pitcher in baseball'

Answer: a save


Question: 'A Toronto pro sports team'

Answer: the Blue Jays


Question: 'In 1848 this educator became a congressman for Mass., filling a vacancy caused by John Quincy Adams' death'

Answer: Horace Mann


Question: 'For a Miami Beach cocktail, you'll need scotch, grapefruit juice & the dry type of this martini ingredient'

Answer: vermouth


Question: 'Billions worldwide still light their homes with this liquid obtained from distilling petroleum'

Answer: kerosene


Question: 'In 2009 the Times liked "The Women", which dealt with this man's loves, like Mamah, who was murdered at Taliesin'

Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright


Question: 'A goalie's stick is composed of 3 parts: the shaft, the paddle & this ice-scraping bottom piece also found on a skate'

Answer: the blade


Question: 'This East Coast state's official crustacean is the blue crab'

Answer: Maryland


Question: 'The source of the Perseid meteor shower is one of these objects named for Lewis Swift Horace Tuttle'

Answer: a comet


Question: 'A liqueur of this flavor (Kahlua, perhaps) gives that pretty muddy color to a Mississippi mud cocktail'

Answer: coffee


Question: 'Shown here, it's adjusting the space between characters in typeset text'

Answer: kerning


Question: 'In 2008 the Times called this author's "The Widows of Eastwick" a "predictably ingenious sequel"'

Answer: John Updike


Question: 'It's the area a goalie patrols in front of the net, or a feature of freshly pressed pants'

Answer: the crease


Question: 'Though, as you see, it comes in other colors, the terrier seen here has this cerulean name'

Answer: a Kerry blue terrier


Question: 'This newspaper editor ran for president & lost to Grant in 1872'

Answer: Horace Greeley


Question: 'The main ingredients in an Alabama slammer are amaretto, Southern Comfort & the sloe type of this'

Answer: gin


Question: 'This woolen fabric named for a village is not to be confused with a softer fabric named for an island'

Answer: kersey


Question: 'It's the central bank of the United States'

Answer: the Federal Reserve


Question: 'Bobby didn't die... he's in my shower!  Pam realized the previous year was only a dream on this series'

Answer: Dallas


Question: 'He never said, "Judy, Judy, Judy" on film but his girlfriend in "Only Angels Have Wings" was named Judy'

Answer: Cary Grant


Question: 'The Music Genome Project named a user-chosen radio site for this woman of box fame, who received music from Apollo'

Answer: Pandora


Question: 'This capital of the Dominican Republic is said to contain the remains of Christopher Columbus'

Answer: Santo Domingo


Question: 'He arrives early enough to avert disaster: Justin this, the fourth dimension'

Answer: time


Question: 'For a security or a coin, the market this & face this may be different'

Answer: value


Question: 'Wookiees grunted & Bea Arthur sang in a never-rebroadcast TV special based on this film'

Answer: Star Wars


Question: 'He actually said, "Take a look at them.  All nice guys.  They'll finish last.  Nice guys.  Finish last"'

Answer: Leo Durocher


Question: 'With an "E", it's to shine with a wavering light; without an "E", it's a photo-sharing website'

Answer: Flickr


Question: 'It's where you'd find the magnificent India Gate seen here'

Answer: New Delhi


Question: 'He's the one you need if anything should happen; he's Justin this, also a container'

Answer: case


Question: 'The cost of a fixed market basket of goods & services purchased by a household is used to calculate this, the CPI'

Answer: the consumer price index


Question: 'First rule of "Cheers"... never leave "Cheers", as this lead actress did in 1987 (does everybody know her name?)'

Answer: Shelley Long


Question: '"That government is best that governs least" was said not by Jefferson but by this "Civil Disobedience" author'

Answer: (Henry David) Thoreau


Question: 'Digital gourmands eat up this Conde Nast website that features recipes from Bon Appetit & Gourmet magazines'

Answer: Epicurious


Question: 'The first 2 letters are silent in the name of this capital at the junction of the Mekong & Tonle Sap Rivers'

Answer: Phnom Penh


Question: 'He's unforgivable, intolerable, unpardonable; he's Justin this, from the Latin for "accusation"'

Answer: excusable


Question: 'This act says, "Every person who shall monopolize... trade or commerce... shall be deemed guilty of a felony"'

Answer: the Sherman Antitrust Act


Question: 'From pigskin to pigtails: NBC ditched the final minute of a 1968 Jets-Raiders game to air this TV movie'

Answer: Heidi


Question: 'In the Bible it's not money itself but this that's "the root of all evil"'

Answer: the love of money


Question: 'It's the American idol-ization of news: visit this site started in 2004 where people can vote on news articles'

Answer: Digg


Question: 'This country's capital is called either Abu Dhabi or Abu Zaby'

Answer: the United Arab Emirates


Question: 'He's just bad beyond reform; he's Justin this, from the Latin for "correct"'

Answer: corrigible


Question: 'Steven Bochco's 1990 experiment; it featured singing murderers, juries & politicians'

Answer: Cop Rock


Question: 'Churchill didn't really call the rule against ending sentences with these "nonsense up with which I will not put"'

Answer: a preposition


Question: 'In 1969 this precursor to the Internet first linked 4 educational institutions'

Answer: ARPANET


Question: 'This Tanzanian capital contains a word used in a common Muslim greeting'

Answer: Dar es Salaam


Question: 'He's immune from error, like the pope when he speaks ex cathedra; he's Justin this'

Answer: fallible


Question: 'History was made on December 1, 1955 when bus driver James Blake called the police & had this person arrested'

Answer: Rosa Parks


Question: 'At the start of the game Diplomacy, France controls 3 supply centers: Paris, Brest & this port'

Answer: Marseille


Question: 'Of golfing with this president, Bob quipped, "It's hard to play a guy who rattles his medals while you're putting"'

Answer: Eisenhower


Question: 'In 1851 Harriet Beecher Stowe began serializing this'

Answer: Uncle Tom\'s Cabin


Question: 'Kobe'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'A crimson toboggan'

Answer: a red sled


Question: 'It's the phenomenon being signed here'

Answer: a rainbow


Question: 'Each army unit is represented by a cannon; each fleet unit, by this, also the name of a different game'

Answer: a battleship


Question: 'After playing golf with this president: "He hit a birdie--and an eagle, a moose, an elk, an aardvark..."'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'He began serializing his "Child's History of England", but he's a bit better known for "Great Expectations"'

Answer: Charles Dickens


Question: 'Hereford'

Answer: England


Question: 'A cobalt Native American boat'

Answer: a blue canoe


Question: 'The Beatles' Rocky knows the sign for this animal'

Answer: a raccoon


Question: 'Turkey is one of the 7 great powers players may represent; the game is set just before this war'

Answer: World War I


Question: '"It's so cold" in this city "that politicians have their hands in their own pockets"'

Answer: Washington, D.C.


Question: 'Herman Melville's good buddy Nat Hawthorne published this novel about a creepy old mansion'

Answer: The House of the Seven Gables


Question: 'Zebu (aka Brahman)'

Answer: India


Question: 'Licorice eaten to satisfy hunger between meals'

Answer: a black snack


Question: 'You'll find this word in an Edgar Allan Poe title'

Answer: a pendulum


Question: 'On the Diplomacy board, this country in the middle of Europe is considered impassable'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'Bob said this guy was going to name "2 mil. Communists, he just got his hands on the Moscow telephone directory"'

Answer: Senator McCarthy


Question: 'English poet & critic John Ruskin published the 1st volume of "The Stones of" this decaying & sinking Italian city'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'Angus'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'An ivory paper toy that flies in the wind'

Answer: a white kite


Question: 'This area of land with a specific use is of grave importance'

Answer: graveyard (cemetery)


Question: 'The game is based on making & breaking these, such as the triple one that in real life united Italy, Germany & Austria'

Answer: alliances


Question: 'Bob said, "No one" of these "can fool all of the people all of the time. That's why we have two"'

Answer: political parties


Question: 'In "Casa Guidi Windows", written while she & hubby Bob lived abroad, she counted the ways she loved Florence'

Answer: Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Question: 'Holstein'

Answer: the Netherlands


Question: 'A coffee-colored tiara'

Answer: a brown crown


Question: 'Here is the sign for this geometry term'

Answer: a perpendicular


Question: 'This department suggests reading "Ghost Wars" & Newsweek if you want to be a foreign service officer'

Answer: the State Department


Question:
'George McFly,
Dr. Emmett Brown,
Biff Tannen'

Answer: Back to the Future


Question: 'Thomas Savery's contribution to British history was patenting the first of these engines in 1698'

Answer: a steam engine


Question: 'According to the ballad, "'Twas on the Illinois central that" this engineer "won his fame"'

Answer: Casey Jones


Question: 'In China this practice, zhen ke, dates back 4,000 years; today it's mostly used there for surgical analgesia'

Answer: acupuncture


Question: 'Ben Bernanke earned his Ph.D. in this from MIT'

Answer: economics


Question: 'A marsupial might know this word for a diplomatic mailbag'

Answer: a pouch


Question:
'Bishop,
Ripley,
Rebecca "Newt" Jorden'

Answer: Aliens


Question: 'After WWII hundreds of thousands with nowhere to go lived in DP camps, short for this'

Answer: displaced person


Question: 'Since 1718 this pirate's ghost has been haunting Pamlico Sound searching for his missing head'

Answer: Blackbeard or Edward Teach


Question: 'In 1842 Crawford Long first used anesthetic in surgery, allowing his patient to sniff this gas, C4H10O'

Answer: ether


Question: 'It's the specialty that deals with women's health & diseases'

Answer: gynecology


Question: 'NYC councilman Eric Gioia says 10 U.N. missions owe the city $8 million in these'

Answer: parking tickets


Question:
'Ellis "Red" Redding,
Andy Dufresne,
Warden Norton'

Answer: The Shawshank Redemption


Question: 'In the 17th c. each member of the Polish legislature had this power & could defeat any measure & end the session'

Answer: a veto


Question: 'This Texas cowboy spent his early years running with a pack of coyotes & howling at the moon'

Answer: Pecos Bill


Question: 'First mentioned in Genesis, it's the only surgical procedure clearly described in the Bible'

Answer: circumcision


Question: 'This period in American history lasted from 1865 to 1877'

Answer: Reconstruction


Question: 'Criminals, don't try fleeing to Malta, whose government signed this type of treaty with the U.S. May 18, 2006'

Answer: extradition


Question:
'Dean Keaton,
Fred Fenster,
Roger "Verbal" Kint'

Answer: The Usual Suspects


Question: 'After a 1547 victory over Protestant armies, Emperor Charles V said, "Veni, vidi, Deus vicit", meaning this'

Answer: "I came, I saw, and God conquered"


Question: 'Old Stormalong soaped his ship to squeeze through the English channel; the soap rubbed off on these cliffs'

Answer: the Cliffs of Dover


Question: 'Early Egyptian physicians diagnosed & inspected patients by palpation, examination by this sense'

Answer: touch


Question: 'In this French-named art form, paper cutouts are used to cover a flat surface, then varnish is applied'

Answer: decoupage


Question: 'Henry Kissinger's practice of zipping between Mideastern capitals for talks was known as this type of diplomacy'

Answer: shuttle


Question:
'Jules Winnfield,
Butch Coolidge,
"The Wolf"'

Answer: Pulp Fiction


Question: 'Germany's worst terrorist gang finally disbanded in 1998, though Baader died in 1977 & this co-leader in 1976'

Answer: Ulrike Meinhof


Question: 'In Native American culture, these mythical birds flashed lightning from their eyes & caused storms with their wings'

Answer: thunderbirds


Question: '19th c. physician William Little first described this disorder caused by brain injury before or soon after birth'

Answer: cerebral palsy


Question: 'For 2008 the Grammys added a new category to honor cajun & this style of music'

Answer: zydeco


Question: 'The libretto for Haydn's oratorio "The Creation" was based on this epic English poem'

Answer: Paradise Lost


Question: 'Don't cry for her: she won a Golden Globe for "Evita"'

Answer: Madonna


Question: 'Ancient Greek historian Herodotus said, "Egypt is the gift of" this river'

Answer: the Nile


Question: 'Ben Franklin was 70 years old when he signed this document in 1776'

Answer: Declaration of Independence


Question: 'This U.S. travel document usually has 24 pages, but a 48-page one is available for frequent travelers'

Answer: passport


Question: 'When you "hit" this "bone", the ulnar nerve creates the "unamusing" sensation in your elbow'

Answer: humerus


Question: 'In most states, this holiday is observed on the last Monday in May'

Answer: Memorial Day


Question: 'This singer, seen here in concert, is the subject of a 1997 film:'

Answer: Selena


Question: 'The section of this river near London Bridge is called the Pool'

Answer: the Thames


Question: 'These establishments nicknamed B&B's don't always have private baths, so inquire in advance'

Answer: bed & breakfasts


Question: 'Term for a group of nerves; among the most famous is the "solar" one'

Answer: plexus


Question: 'Named for its surveyors, this "line" was once considered the boundary between slave & free states'

Answer: Mason-Dixon Line


Question: 'Her mother & former partner, Naomi Judd, has sung harmony on some of her solo albums'

Answer: Wynonna


Question: 'This river has hundreds of tributaries, including more than 200 in Brazil alone'

Answer: the Amazon


Question: 'If you travel by train in this country, you can save money with a Canrailpass'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'As part of his "drill", this doctor often anesthetizes the mandibular & lingual nerves'

Answer: dentist


Question: 'He's Kirk's kid'

Answer: Michael Douglas


Question: 'This star of "Moesha" shares her name with a potent potable she's too young to drink'

Answer: Brandy


Question: 'The basin of this sacred river in India lies between the Himalayas & the Vindhya range'

Answer: the Ganges


Question: 'Fodor's suggests carrying this common seasoning if you think you'll encounter leeches'

Answer: salt


Question: 'The olfactory nerve is the nerve of this sense'

Answer: smell


Question: 'He monkeed around with Davy Jones, Peter Tork & Mike Nesmith'

Answer: Micky Dolenz


Question: '"Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves" was her first solo No. 1 hit'

Answer: Cher


Question: 'The longest river west of the Rockies, it enters Mexico near Yuma, Arizona'

Answer: the Colorado


Question: 'This company was the first to offer travelers cheques for two'

Answer: American Express


Question: 'Running from the lower back down the leg, the sciatic nerve holds this distinction among the body's nerves'

Answer: the longest nerve


Question: 'This 18-year-old boy king of Egypt to be buried in a 220-pound solid gold coffin; hieroglyphics at 11'

Answer: King Tut


Question: 'Husband & wife Oscar winners, he won for "The Color of Money", she for "The Three Faces of Eve"'

Answer: Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward


Question: 'Baked ham may be topped with rings of this tropical fruit for which Hawaii is famous'

Answer: pineapple


Question: 'The part of the Sistine Chapel on which Michelangelo painted Adam's fall'

Answer: ceiling


Question: 'National elections in the U.S. are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of this month'

Answer: November


Question: 'He wrote "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" as a sequel to "Tom Sawyer"'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'With 10, he's won more Emmys as Best Game Show Host than anyone else -- 8 more than you-know-who'

Answer: Bob Barker


Question: 'Tuna-noodle is a common variety of this dish named for the dish it's baked in'

Answer: casserole


Question: 'In this Italian's "Virgin & Child with Saint Anne", both women wear smiles rather like his Mona Lisa's'

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci


Question: 'This California city was the site of the 1996 Republican Convention'

Answer: San Diego


Question: 'In George Orwell's "1984", Big Brother represents this Soviet dictator'

Answer: Joseph Stalin


Question: 'Patricia Wettig won Emmys for Best Actress & Supporting Actress for the same role in this series'

Answer: Thirtysomething


Question: 'This device with a rotating spit gives its name to a style of chicken roasted in it'

Answer: rotisserie


Question: 'Dutch artist Anton Mauve was a relative & counselor of this "Sunflowers" painter'

Answer: Vincent Van Gogh


Question: 'In 1996 Sam Brownback won the Kansas Senate seat vacated by this presidential candidate'

Answer: Bob Dole


Question: 'In this Charlotte Bronte novel, Edward Rochester is the moody master of Thornfield Hall'

Answer: "Jane Eyre"


Question: 'He won an Obie for his role in "Driving Miss Daisy" & received an Oscar nomination for the film version'

Answer: Morgan Freeman


Question: 'This slowly braised beef dish is called "Yankee" when it's cooked with vegetables'

Answer: pot roast


Question: 'Beds & couches are common props in the paintings of this psychoanalyst's grandson Lucian'

Answer: Sigmund Freud


Question: 'Don Young, the congressman from this state, once operated a tugboat on the Yukon River'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'In 1949 she adapted her novel "The Fountainhead" for the big screen'

Answer: Ayn Rand


Question: 'From 1991-93 this country star won 3 straight CMA Songwriting Awards, the last for "I Still Believe in You"'

Answer: Vince Gill


Question: 'Served over fettuccine, this sauce combines butter, cream, Parmesan cheese & plenty of pepper'

Answer: Alfredo sauce


Question: 'In a 1996 movie Jeffrey Wright played this Haitian-American, a star of the 1980s art world'

Answer: Jean-Michel Basquiat


Question: 'This current Chief Justice of the United States is the 16th man to serve in that post'

Answer: William Rehnquist


Question: 'His 1925 novel "An American Tragedy" was based on a real life murder case'

Answer: Theodore Dreiser


Question: 'Range of mountains where Danny Kaye, Alan King & Rip Van Winkle gained fame'

Answer: the Catskills


Question: 'This man, the USA's first ambassador to France, has a Paris rue named for him'

Answer: Franklin


Question: '"Livin' La Vida Loca"<br />(1999)'

Answer: Ricky Martin


Question: 'In 1966 this All-Star player became the first African-American head coach in the NBA'

Answer: Bill Russell


Question: 'Denti-'

Answer: teeth


Question: 'Le Duc Tho & this secretary of state won the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating a Vietnam cease-fire agreement'

Answer: Kissinger


Question: 'These phenomena are also known as tropical cyclones'

Answer: hurricanes


Question: 'For this activity, Frommer's suggests Rome's Via Condotti, & in Paris, Rue du Faubourg St.-Honore'

Answer: shopping


Question: '"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"<br />(1985)'

Answer: Sting


Question: 'Astronomers Henry Russell & Ejnar Hertzsprung devised a diagram displaying the luminosity of these'

Answer: stars


Question: 'Dermato-'

Answer: skin


Question: 'Steve Ditko & this man created "The Amazing Spider-Man" comic book series'

Answer: Stan Lee


Question: 'One popular activity in Cairo cafes is smoking using this device'

Answer: a hookah


Question: 'Rue des Ecoles takes you right to this ecole, a name commonly used of the University of Paris'

Answer: the Sorbonne


Question: '"Shock The Monkey"<br />(1982)'

Answer: Peter Gabriel


Question: '"The Analysis of Mind" & "Marriage & Morals" are books by this thinker, grandson of a British prime minister'

Answer: Bertrand Russell


Question: 'Podo-'

Answer: the feet


Question: 'Bell Atlantic & GTE merged in 2000 to form this company, then the nation's largest wireless provider'

Answer: Verizon


Question: 'The pagan New Year festival of Samhain evolved into this current observance'

Answer: Halloween


Question: 'In history, it follows "Catherine de"; near the Palais du Luxembourg, it follows "Rue de"'

Answer: Medici


Question: '"Dirty Laundry"<br />(1982)'

Answer: Don Henley


Question: 'Until 1931 members of this religious movement founded by Charles Russell were known as Russellites'

Answer: Jehovah\'s Witnesses


Question: 'Pulmo-'

Answer: the lung


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from atop a horse.)  The cattle known as black baldies are Hereford bred with this Scottish variety'

Answer: Aberdeen Angus


Question: 'The chief minister responsible for law & order in the United Kingdom'

Answer: the Home Secretary


Question: 'Rue Jean Giraudoux connects to a rue named for this place in the title of Giraudoux' best-known work'

Answer: Chaillot


Question: '"It Don't Come Easy"<br />(1971)'

Answer: Ringo Starr


Question: 'A collection of this New York Times columnist's work was titled "Poor Russell's Almanac"'

Answer: Russell Baker


Question: 'Entero-'

Answer: the intestine


Question: 'Alfred & Helen Free developed a "dip & read" test so diabetics could check the level of this sugar in their blood'

Answer: glucose


Question: 'The government departments, jurisdiction & authority associated with the Vatican'

Answer: the Holy See


Question: 'He commanded all the Union armies'

Answer: Grant


Question: 'Monkey business abounds in this 1951 film in which Reagan co-stars with a chimp'

Answer: Bedtime for Bonzo


Question: '"Filling Station" features dancing truck drivers & this 1930s dance whose name is New York City's nickname'

Answer: the Big Apple


Question: 'In October 1959, soon after being discharged from the Marines, this American applied for Soviet citizenship'

Answer: Oswald


Question: 'Steinbeck:<br />"____ Flat"'

Answer: Tortilla


Question: 'It's commonly used to denote both a gender & a sweater size'

Answer: M


Question: 'He taught debate & public speaking at a Houston, Texas high school'

Answer: Lyndon B. Johnson


Question: 'In 1938's "Brother Rat", Reagan acted with this woman who would become his first wife'

Answer: Jane Wyman


Question: 'Concubines & a eunuch are featured in the exotic ballet named for this "Arabian Nights" tale-spinner'

Answer: Scheherezade


Question: '(Hi, this is Wayne Brady.)  Before getting his own sitcom, Andy Richter was this talk show host's sidekick for 7 years'

Answer: Conan O\'Brien


Question: 'Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen:<br />"____ for the Soul"'

Answer: Chicken Soup


Question: 'Strikeout master Roger Clemens gave all 4 of his children names starting with this letter'

Answer: K


Question: 'He practiced law in Grand Rapids, Michigan'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'In 1940's "Santa Fe Trail", co-starring Errol Flynn, Reagan played this flamboyant cavalry officer'

Answer: Custer


Question: 'Tipsy revelers frolic with ladies of easy virtue in the Hogarth-inspired ballet about this man's "Progress"'

Answer: the Rake


Question: 'In 27 B.C. the man known as this was officially confirmed as emperor'

Answer: Octavius


Question: 'Sandra Cisneros:<br />"The House on ____ Street"'

Answer: Mango


Question: 'To begin English words that come from Greek, it can have a "Z" sound; to begin words from Chinese, a "SH" sound'

Answer: X


Question: 'He was Tennessee's first delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives'

Answer: (Andrew) Jackson


Question: 'Reagan's last film role was as a bad guy in 1964's "The Killers", based on a short story by this man'

Answer: Hemingway


Question: 'In an 1870 Delibes ballet, Swanilda, the heroine, gets all dolled up to impersonate this title doll'

Answer: Coppelia


Question: 'His best known plays include "Waiting for Lefty" & "The Country Girl"'

Answer: (Clifford) Odets


Question: 'Spencer Johnson:<br />"Who Moved My ____?"'

Answer: Cheese


Question: 'You can find one of these chic hotels in New Orleans, Diamond Head or Mexico City'

Answer: W


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a desk at NYPD headquarters.)  This future U.S. president sat at this desk when he was president of the board of police commissioners'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'Reagan played Bette Davis' boozing high society pal in this 1939 film about a socialite dying of a brain tumor'

Answer: Dark Victory


Question: '1977's "Calcium Light Night" was the first ballet choreographed by this great Dane, Ballet Master in Chief of the NYCB'

Answer: Peter Martins


Question: 'This cardinal was entombed in St. Patrick's Cathedral in May 2000'

Answer: (John) O\'Connor


Question: 'Mark Leyner:<br />"Tooth Imprints on a ____"'

Answer: Corndog


Question: 'This symbol that gauges magnetic flux density comes from the creator of the rotating magnetic field & an 1891 "coil"'

Answer: T


Question: 'After 285 years, in 1945 this British organization inducted its first women, including Kathleen Lonsdale, seen here'

Answer: the Royal Society


Question: 'You're in the Army now--in 1940 FDR instituted the first peacetime one of these in U.S. history'

Answer: the draft


Question: 'Cubby O'Brien & Annette Funicello were 2 members of this Disney TV group'

Answer: the Mouseketeers


Question: 'The title of this 1951 J.D. Salinger book doesn't refer to a boozy baseball player'

Answer: Catcher in the Rye


Question: 'On Tennis magazine's list of the 40 greatest players from 1965 to 2005, she's the top female player'

Answer: Martina Navratilova


Question: 'The "Best (and Worst!) of 2008" issue had "My Year of Surprises"; she "Talks About Marriage, Men and 'Marley & Me'"'

Answer: Jennifer Aniston


Question: 'This term for a mechanical device can also be an organization running city politics, like NYC's Tammany Hall'

Answer: a machine


Question: 'Edna O'Brien's frank depiction of women's lives has gotten her books banned in this, her native country'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'Before "The Lord of the Rings" came this other Tolkien tale about little Bilbo & a big dragon'

Answer: The Hobbit


Question: 'In 2009 this player who holds the record for career steals slid free & clear into the Baseball Hall of Fame'

Answer: Rickey Henderson


Question: 'May 25, 2009: This reality show couple--"We might split up"; July 6: "(Him) to (her): get a lawyer"'

Answer: Jon & Kate


Question: 'Edward Brooke was the first African American to hold this post for a state; Eric Holder is the first federal one'

Answer: Attorney General


Question: 'To cook these vegetables O'Brien, dice them & fry them with onions & green peppers'

Answer: potatoes


Question: 'In addition to his Sherlock Holmes books, he wrote historical nonfiction like "The Great Boer War"'

Answer: Arthur Conan Doyle


Question: 'In 1996 this "Golden Boy" TKOed Julio Cesar Chavez in 4 rounds; in '98, it took him 8'

Answer: Oscar De La Hoya


Question: 'In 2008, "A Decade After Revealing His Parkinson's", this movie & sitcom "Star Talks About How He and His Family Cope"'

Answer: Michael J. Fox


Question: 'Buzz Aldrin & Jim Lovell do look like twins as they prepare for a mission in this 1960s program'

Answer: Gemini


Question: 'In 1996 Dan O'Brien won a gold medal in this grueling Olympic sport, the first American to do so since Bruce Jenner'

Answer: the decathlon


Question: 'In a review, Time magazine referred to the title man of this 1925 novel as a "Jazz Age zillionaire"'

Answer: The Great Gatsby


Question: 'As a rookie in 1975, this Chicago Bear led the league in kickoff returns; he went on to a "sweet" career as a running back'

Answer: Walter Payton


Question: 'On March 31, 2008 it was "Twin Bliss!  Intimate Photos at Home" with her, "Marc Anthony and Max and Emme"'

Answer: Jennifer Lopez


Question: 'This man's 1807 steamboat run up the Hudson led to an 1824 Supreme Court decision on interstate commerce'

Answer: (Robert) Fulton


Question: 'At the end of Prohibition in 1933, Pat O'Brien converted his speakeasy to a legal bar in this city'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'In a Toni Morrison novel, Sethe kills her daughter named this so she won't know a life of servitude'

Answer: Beloved


Question: 'Until 1994 this right wing for the Detroit Red Wings held the NHL record for the most goals with 801'

Answer: Gordie Howe


Question: 'December 17, 2007: "Stop Calling Me Fat!"; this "Ghost Whisperer" "Urges Women to 'Put on a Bikini and Stay Strong'"'

Answer: Jennifer Love Hewitt


Question: 'Formerly known as insulin dependent, type 1 of this disease accounts for only 5-10% of all cases of the disease'

Answer: diabetes


Question: 'Widower & sole dad Billy Ray Cyrus raises a pop star daughter on this Disney Channel sitcom'

Answer: Hannah Montana


Question: 'Tell your old man to drag this '70s UCLA & Trail Blazer center (& Lanier!) up & down the court for 48 minutes'

Answer: Bill Walton


Question: 'This brilliant pianist's compositions include "Blue Monk" & "'Round Midnight"'

Answer: Thelonious Monk


Question: 'A Dutch flower seller once told me that daffodils & tulips are most often grown from these, not seeds'

Answer: bulbs


Question: 'Seabed samples suggest that this 970,000-square-mile sea between Europe & Africa was once largely dry'

Answer: the Mediterranean Sea


Question: 'Extreme cold can bring on hypothermia & this condition, when areas of skin & underlying tissue freeze'

Answer: frostbite


Question: 'David Hasselhoff was a divorced single dad on this '90s smash; luckily, he had a few babes around to console him'

Answer: Baywatch


Question: 'Kirsten Gillibrand got her law degree from UCLA in 1991 & filled the Senate seat left vacant by this woman in 2009'

Answer: Hillary Clinton


Question: 'May 30, 2009 would have been the 100th birthday of this clarinetist & "King of Swing"'

Answer: Benny Goodman


Question: 'My Latin teacher often reminded me that the name of this month comes from a Latin word meaning "'when flower buds open"'

Answer: April


Question: 'The bottom of this ocean has a ridge that rises to form islands like Iceland & St. Helena'

Answer: the Atlantic Ocean


Question: 'A lumbar puncture, used to diagnose things like meningitis, is also called this'

Answer: a spinal tap


Question: 'The movie "Tin Men" said this classic TV Western was about "a 50-year-old father with three 47-year-old sons"'

Answer: Bonanza


Question: 'Here's an offer you can't refuse: name this co-writer & director of "The Godfather"'

Answer: Francis Ford Coppola


Question: 'The Encyclopedia Britannica calls this Hot Five bandleader "the first superstar of jazz"'

Answer: Louis Armstrong


Question: 'A lowlife opportunist, or a fish like the lake sturgeon, which takes sustenance from the bed of big lakes'

Answer: a bottom-feeder


Question: 'One of the things the MMR vaccine protects against is this viral infection that causes swelling of the salivary glands'

Answer: mumps


Question: 'His wife is killed in a courthouse shooting, leaving Detective Sipowicz to raise their baby boy alone in this cop drama'

Answer: NYPD Blue


Question: 'A 2008 Grammy went to the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra's "Monday Night Live at" this venue'

Answer: the Village Vanguard


Question: 'The 600,000-square-mile bottom of this gulf off the southern U.S. includes the Sigsbee Abyssal Plain'

Answer: the Gulf of Mexico


Question: 'A.L.S., the most common form of motor neuron disease, is also named for him'

Answer: Lou Gehrig


Question: 'Widower Fred MacMurray raised Mike, Robbie, Chip & Ernie (go figure!) on this long-running comedy'

Answer: My Three Sons


Question: 'This Dave Brubeck Quartet tune got its title because it's played with an irregular quintuple time signature'

Answer: "Take Five"


Question: 'In 2008, over 65 years after it was sunk, HMAS Sydney was found 11/2 miles down in this ocean off Western Australia'

Answer: the Indian Ocean


Question: 'Trees with biblical names include the Joshua tree & the world's oldest tree, a 4,700-year-old pine named for him'

Answer: Methuselah


Question: 'Traditionally the Last Supper is thought to have taken place on this day of the week'

Answer: Thursday


Question: '1987 thriller in which Glenn Close threatened Michael Douglas, "I'm not gonna be ignored, Dan"'

Answer: Fatal Attraction


Question:
'By sword,
at Canterbury Cathedral,
December 29, 1170'

Answer: Thomas Becket


Question: 'At least one of us on stage has this name'

Answer: Alex


Question:
'The Beard that Ate Cuba;
Dictator Emeritus;
Mr. Poison-Proof (that one may or may not be from the CIA)'

Answer: (Fidel) Castro


Question: 'This character in "The Wizard of Oz" wants some brains to make him happier'

Answer: the Scarecrow


Question: 'According to 3 of the Gospels, this Jewish holiday was being celebrated during the Last Supper'

Answer: Passover


Question: 'The title of this 1989 comedy refers to Baby Mikey, voiced by Bruce Willis'

Answer: Look Who\'s Talking


Question:
'By plane crash,
near Point Barrow, Alaska,
August 15, 1935'

Answer: Wiley Post (or Will Rogers)


Question: 'If you need to semaphore for help, these 3 letters here will do just fine'

Answer: SOS


Question:
'The Royal Austrian/French Connection;
The Ace of Cakes;
Ol' Headless'

Answer: Marie Antoinette


Question: 'One of these in the floor of the stage is useful in putting on "Doctor Faustus"'

Answer: a trapdoor


Question: 'During the meal Jesus predicts that this man will deny knowing him 3 times'

Answer: Peter


Question: '"I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way" is a line from this 1988 film that mixed live action & animation'

Answer: Who Framed Roger Rabbit


Question:
'By shotgun blast,
July 2, 1961,
in Ketchum, Idaho'

Answer: Ernest Hemingway


Question: 'This in the clue is much worse than its bite'

Answer: bark


Question:
'The Long Marcher;
The Great Leaper;
The Bull in the China Shop'

Answer: Mao Zedong


Question: 'As you can see, Bolivia and Paraguay are the only two South American countries that are this, with no direct access to the ocean'

Answer: landlocked


Question: 'Traditional 2-word name for the chalice used by Jesus during the Last Supper'

Answer: the Holy Grail


Question: '"Big Business" found this divine comedienne & Lily Tomlin playing 2 sets of mismatched twins, separated at birth'

Answer: Bette Midler


Question: 'By A.L.S.,<br />June 2, 1941'

Answer: Lou Gehrig


Question: 'Listen up, it's the body part semaphored here'

Answer: ear


Question:
'The Mustache of Solidarity;
The Intensive Labor Leader;
The Pole of the Electorate'

Answer: Lech Walesa


Question: 'A cinematic device, or a mental return to a past traumatic experience'

Answer: a flashback


Question: 'Leonardo's "The Last Supper" is painted on the wall of a monastery in this northern Italian city'

Answer: Milan


Question: 'Steve Guttenberg & Kim Cattrall are 2 of the recruits in this 1984 comedy'

Answer: Police Academy


Question: 'By strangulation with a scarf or shawl while riding in a car,<br />September 14, 1927'

Answer: Isadora Duncan


Question: 'Stop, yield, then go one way to this 4-letter term'

Answer: sign


Question:
'Lincoln's Log;
Don't Call Me Harry;
Hannibal the Vice Presidential Non-Cannibal'

Answer: Hannibal Hamlin


Question: 'The Jeptones feature Murray Pariah on these; he plays the Roland VK-8'

Answer: keyboard


Question: '1,250 feet from sidewalk to roof; completed in 1931; not giant ape-friendly'

Answer: the Empire State Building


Question: 'Troy University & USC'

Answer: the Trojans


Question: 'EIA figures say a gallon cost 21.4 cents in this year; the price then "crash"ed & didn't get that high again for 18 years'

Answer: 1929


Question: 'A noisy spirit, its name is from the German for "to make noise" & "ghost"'

Answer: a poltergeist


Question: '"Homeward now went Hiawatha; pleasant was the landscape round him, pleasant was the air above him"'

Answer: Longfellow


Question: 'Authorities generally agree that this founding father created such electrical terms as battery & armature'

Answer: (Benjamin) Franklin


Question: 'More than 2 million stone blocks of 2 1/2 tons each; Khufu's quarters'

Answer: the Great Pyramid of Egypt


Question: 'San Jose State & Michigan State'

Answer: the Spartans


Question: 'A gallon of regular held steady at 27 cents from 1949 through 1952--pretty much this guy's whole second term'

Answer: Truman


Question: 'This Chinese art of creating harmonious surroundings means "wind water" in Chinese'

Answer: feng shui


Question: '"His house is in the village though; he will not see me stopping here to watch his woods fill up with snow"'

Answer: Robert Frost


Question: 'It's the most abundant fossil fuel produced in the United States'

Answer: coal


Question: 'Roughly 2,080 lbs.; worth about $300 to Pennsylvania in 1752; now damaged but priceless'

Answer: the Liberty Bell


Question: 'Bowling Green & Air Force'

Answer: the Falcons


Question: 'The Iranian Revolution in this year drove a gallon of regular from 63 cents to 86 cents'

Answer: 1979


Question: 'This word for a spectacular failure comes from the Italian for "flask"'

Answer: a fiasco


Question: '"'From the fiends, that plague thee thus!--Why look'st thou so?'--'With my crossbow I shot the albatross'"'

Answer: (Samuel Taylor) Coleridge