Question: 'Check out the Campanile & the Galleria Degli Uffizi in this Tuscan town'

Answer: Florence


Question: 'You'll glide past part of the Living With the Land ride while dining at the Garden Grill in this Disney World park'

Answer: Epcot


Question: 'Millionaire Estates,<br />Pay Day!'

Answer: Life


Question: 'The direct opposite, or the term for the rhetorical contrast of "Give me liberty, or give me death"'

Answer: antithesis


Question: 'Miro's 1949 "Women and Bird in the Moonlight" is on the wall of the "modern" branch of this London gallery'

Answer: the Tate


Question: 'Her dad (Crown Prince Haakon) called Princess Ingrid of this country the "most beautiful little girl in the world"'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'As a medical student in this city, Chekhov wrote short stories to help support his family'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'Devices used by a rider to urge his mount forward'

Answer: Spurs


Question: 'Is there a cake under her hat?  No, probably just poofy hair on this regal 18th-century fashion plate'

Answer: Marie Antoinette


Question: 'Dehydrated organs suck water from this one, making it shrink & causing those hangover headaches'

Answer: the brain


Question: '2009's "New in Town" must have some material that may not be suitable for children, as it got this rating'

Answer: PG


Question: 'You've won a brand new White House, & let the fireworks start as your opponent, Thomas Jefferson, is your new V.P.'

Answer: John Adams


Question: 'His "L'Ile mysterieuse" , published in 1874, foresaw the submarine, the aqualung, TV & space travel'

Answer: (Jules) Verne


Question: 'Small, slender dinosaurs of the Cretaceous period'

Answer: Raptors


Question: 'She put a little dent in a pillbox hat she wore on January 20, 1961, & suddenly dented pillboxes were all the rage'

Answer: Jacqueline Kennedy


Question: 'Yikes!  This organ converts alcohol to acetaldehyde, which is 10 to 30 times more toxic than alcohol itself'

Answer: the liver


Question: 'According to the TV show title, it was Thomas Magnum's profession'

Answer: PI


Question: 'You've beaten the Germans in this battle, their last offensive in the west during WWII, & the Ardennes is now yours to keep'

Answer: the Battle of the Bulge


Question: 'First & last name of the writer whose uncle became the president of Chile in 1970'

Answer: Isabel Allende


Question: 'A form of energy associated with the motion of atoms or molecules'

Answer: the (Miami) Heat


Question: 'At Colonial Williamsburg, men wear this type of cocked hat whose name tells you it's tacked up on 3 sides'

Answer: three-cornered hat (tricorne)


Question: 'Sulfites are among the suspected causes of RWH, these headaches; you can get them from burgundy or rioja'

Answer: red wine headaches


Question: 'In November of 2008 shares of its stock dropped to nearly $3, the lowest level in almost 60 years'

Answer: GM


Question: 'You've won a case of sunscreen for your vacation to this kingdom formed by a man who named himself King of al-Hijaz'

Answer: Saudi Arabia


Question: '"Demian" is a Bildungsroman by this German novelist & poet'

Answer: Hermann Hesse


Question: 'Gallant or chivalrous knights, especially on horseback'

Answer: the (Cleveland) Cavaliers


Question: 'The Smithsonian has a teensy top hat worn by this man, possibly P.T. Barnum's most famous attraction'

Answer: Tom Thumb


Question: 'Alcohol blocks this growth gland's creation of antidiuretic hormone, so drinkers do a lot of, um, diureting'

Answer: the pituitary gland


Question: 'In 2006 Nintendo introduced a new sleeker "Lite" version of this handheld game console'

Answer: DS


Question: 'After winning the 3rd Punic War, you deserve a little sack for what you pillage from this city that was near current Tunis'

Answer: Carthage


Question: 'Iraklion-born Nikos Kazantzakis is best known for this 1946 novel'

Answer: Zorba the Greek


Question: 'Enchanters, such as Gandalf'

Answer: the (Washington) Wizards


Question: 'In the 1960s, this Texas-based airline had bubbly looking stewardesses in bubble helmets designed by Pucci'

Answer: Braniff


Question: 'Alcohol causes the stomach to secrete this acid, HCl; drink too much & the body tells the stomach to get rid of it'

Answer: hydrochloric acid


Question: 'In a serious move Sirius Satellite Radio acquired this rival in 2008'

Answer: XM


Question: 'You've won the race to discover this element--now decide whether to call it "fire air" or "dephlogisticated air"'

Answer: oxygen


Question: 'Rhyming last names of the 2 men pictured here, who had two very different professions'

Answer: Barrow & Darrow


Question: 'Si, President Wilson... I led the 1916 raid of a N.M. town but sending troops into Mexico after me?  Bad idea!'

Answer: Pancho Villa


Question: 'Rolling Stone named this 1967 Beatles album the greatest of all time & deemed its cover a work of art'

Answer: Sgt. Pepper\'s


Question: 'These, from the state flower of Kansas, are a natural way to relieve insomnia'

Answer: sunflower seeds


Question: 'Bill Clinton unseated this U.S. president'

Answer: George H. W. Bush (George Herbert Walker Bush)


Question: 'This high South American lake straddles the border between Bolivia & Peru'

Answer: Lake Titicaca


Question: 'Salve'

Answer: ointment


Question: 'Monsieur Zola, merci beaucoup for writing "J'Accuse" pour moi, sorry it got you busted for libel'

Answer: Dreyfus


Question: 'Released in 1969, it's the musical tale of a "deaf, dumb & blind kid" who "sure plays a mean pinball"'

Answer: Tommy


Question: 'This super food, which even resembles the brain, has fatty acids that help with brain function'

Answer: walnuts


Question: 'In 1965 he defeated Philippine President Macapagal'

Answer: Marcos


Question: 'Entebbe is a key Ugandan port on this, the world's second-largest freshwater lake'

Answer: Lake Victoria


Question: 'One who usually expects a favorable outcome'

Answer: an optimist


Question: 'Czarina, they'll have to poison, shoot, shoot again & drown me in the Neva River to tear us apart!  I'm feeling dizzy...'

Answer: Rasputin


Question: 'Her "Pearl" album wasn't yet completed when she died in 1970'

Answer: Janis Joplin


Question: 'At 70ish calories, this "incredible edible" packs a lot of protein & nutrients like choline, a memory booster'

Answer: eggs


Question: 'Valery Giscard d'Estaing was beaten by him in a 1981 election'

Answer: François Mitterand


Question: 'Ownership of Lake of the Woods is split between these 2 countries'

Answer: Canada & the United States


Question: 'Nocturnal wildcat'

Answer: an ocelot


Question: 'It's April 14, 1865 & I'm having a bad night, too; I got stabbed in the throat but I'll stay on as Sec. of State'

Answer: Seward


Question: 'This feast from Guns N' Roses is one of the biggest-selling debut albums of all time'

Answer: Appetite for Destruction


Question: 'Squash & sweet potatoes are rich in this orange pigment that's good for the eyes & the brain'

Answer: beta carotene


Question: 'In 1995 Aleksander Kwasniewski defeated this incumbent'

Answer: Lech Walesa


Question: 'The reservoir known as Lake Nasser in Egypt is Lake Nubia in this country'

Answer: the Sudan


Question: '5-letter term for apparent, as a lie'

Answer: overt


Question: 'Hey, "the Elder"! It's your nephew "the Younger" here, what did you think of my "Letters" to Emperor Trajan?'

Answer: Pliny


Question: 'Simon & Garfunkel were a "matching set", both dressed in black, on the cover of this 1968 album'

Answer: Bookends


Question: 'Treat yourself to this food, especially to the "dark" type which enhances mood & brain activity'

Answer: chocolate


Question: 'Leonid Kuchma ousted Leonid Kravchuk in this country'

Answer: the Ukraine


Question: 'In 1499 explorer Alonso de Ojeda followed the South American coast to this lake & named the region Venezuela'

Answer: Lake Maracaibo


Question: '2-word French term for a small item of aesthetic interest'

Answer: objet d\'art


Question: 'This state capital is about 85 miles northeast of San Francisco'

Answer: Sacramento


Question: 'In this 2008 film Jedi Knights try to restore peace as the droid army rampages'

Answer: The Clone Wars


Question: 'Even with two extra pawns, white can't force a win here, because these pieces can travel only on opposite-colored squares'

Answer: the bishops


Question: 'Its name comes from geranos, Greek for "crane"; its seed capsules look like a crane's bill'

Answer: a geranium


Question: 'The Boathouse, this poet's writing shed in Laugharne, Wales, is now a museum'

Answer: Dylan Thomas


Question: 'This 4-syllable word can refer to any one of the 4 authors of the Gospels or to a type of minister'

Answer: evangelist


Question: 'Much of this nation's northern border with Saudi Arabia is undefined, as it lies in the desert'

Answer: Yemen


Question: '4 musicians help Lord Admiral save Pepperland from the Blue Meanies & their anti-music missiles in this classic'

Answer: Yellow Submarine


Question: 'Literally "in passing", it's the 2-word term for how a pawn can capture another pawn that's moved past it'

Answer: en passant


Question: 'In 1907 a pink one of these boutonniere flowers was chosen as the emblem of Mother's Day'

Answer: a carnation


Question: 'In the early 14th century, he called his most famous work a "comedy" because of its sad beginning & happy ending'

Answer: Dante


Question: 'The name of this, a meeting or conference, comes from the Greek for "to drink together"'

Answer: a symposium


Question: 'In a children's tale, this city of Germany is known for its band of animal musicians'

Answer: Bremen


Question: 'Mrs. Brisby gets help from some super-smart rats who've escaped from a lab in this Don Bluth film'

Answer: The Secret of NIMH


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew demonstrates with a chessboard.)  White should have an easy win here, but he blows it by moving his queen to the D6 square, leading to this drawn outcome'

Answer: a stalemate


Question: 'Japan's special day honoring this flower is also called the Festival of Happiness'

Answer: the chrysanthemum


Question: 'His father came from Russian nobility; his mother was descended from an African prince'

Answer: Pushkin


Question: 'A mere dabbler wouldn't know that this 10-letter Italian word means "a lover of the arts"'

Answer: a dilletante


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.)  Memorial Union Terrace at University of Wisconsin-Madison is right on this lake, whose name comes from a Siouan word'

Answer: Mendota


Question: '50-foot-tall, metal-eating, talking robot befriends boy in this 1999 film'

Answer: Iron Giant


Question: 'Initiated by the moves E4 E6, this defense got its name from its use by a Paris team in an 1834 match with London'

Answer: the French defense


Question: 'The genus of this purplish flower is also a musical instrument'

Answer: Viola (or violet)


Question: 'The Irish Literary Theatre opened on May 8, 1899 with this co-founder's drama "The Countess Cathleen"'

Answer: William Butler Yeats


Question: 'Similar to metonymy, it's a part standing in for the whole, like "sail" to mean a ship'

Answer: synecdoche


Question: 'An Australian gold mining town shares this name with former Aussie prime minister Robert'

Answer: Menzies


Question: 'In this 2007 film things don't get better for young Marjane after the Shah is supplanted by the Islamic Revolution'

Answer: Persepolis


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew demonstrates with a chessboard.)  White can't move his knight, because doing so would expose his king; the knight's said to be stuck to the king with this tactic, named for a pointy little object'

Answer: pinned


Question: 'Saffron is derived from this flower'

Answer: the crocus


Question: 'In 1871, as a debauched, visionary 16-year-old, he wrote "Le Bateau ivre" or "The Drunken Boat"'

Answer: Arthur Rimbaud


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew performs a science experiment with a purple Magic Marker.)  Draw on chalk & put it in water to see the component layers of marker color; it's a demonstration of this range of lab techniques that separate & analyze, from the Greek for "color" & "writing"'

Answer: chromatography


Question: 'Tennyson called this British painter, Constable's contemporary, the "Shakespeare of Landscape"'

Answer: William Turner


Question: 'The next time we'll be able to see this famous object from Earth is in 2134; reserve your seats now'

Answer: Halley\'s Comet


Question: 'In 1995 this "Pretty Woman" was named UNICEF's Goodwill Ambassador to Haiti'

Answer: Julia Roberts


Question: 'The gift of eloquence will be yours if you kiss this during your trip to the Emerald Isle'

Answer: The Blarney Stone


Question: 'In his "History", Livy wrote, "Potius sero quam numquam" -- better late than this'

Answer: Never


Question: 'This Persian Gulf nation gets its name from kut, an Arabic word for "fort"'

Answer: Kuwait


Question: 'Ancient Greeks dated events from the first of these, held in 776 B.C.'

Answer: The Olympic Games


Question: 'It's the only star on which astronomers have observed spots'

Answer: Sun


Question: 'She was once romantically involved with Joe Lando, who plays her husband on "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman"'

Answer: Jane Seymour


Question: 'Lady Godiva's ride was a protest against these'

Answer: Taxes


Question: 'Virgil's saying "Latet anguis in herba" is usually translated as "A snake lurks in" this'

Answer: The grass


Question: 'The major ethnic group in this Pyrenees principality is Spanish at 61%'

Answer: Andorra


Question: 'Name shared by a national monument in Arizona & a famous "faithful Indian companion"'

Answer: Tonto


Question: 'In 1504 Columbus scared the locals in Jamaica when he predicted one of these'

Answer: (Lunar) Eclipse


Question: 'Jeanne Moreau presided over this French film festival's jury twice, in 1975 & in 1995'

Answer: Cannes


Question: 'Both Laocoon & Cassandra warned this city to refuse the big gift from the Greeks, but did they listen?'

Answer: Troy


Question: 'Ovid's famous phrase "Tempus edax rerum" means this is the devourer of all things'

Answer: Time (tempus)


Question: 'In 1962 Tobago & this larger neighbor won their independence from Great Britain'

Answer: Trinidad


Question: 'This word comes from the Greek etymon, "the meaning of a word from its origin" & logos, "word"'

Answer: etymology


Question: 'Betelguese is a red supergiant in this constellation of the hunter'

Answer: Orion


Question: 'This wife of Tom Cruise starred as sexy psychopath Suzanne Stone in the 1995 film "To Die For"'

Answer: Nicole Kidman


Question: 'When the foot & hoof prints left by this pair filled with water, Minnesota's 10,000 lakes were formed'

Answer: Paul Bunyan & Babe


Question: 'Tertullian advised, "Veritas non erubescit" -- this does not blush'

Answer: Truth


Question: 'This sultanate is surrounded on its landward side by the Malaysian state of Sarawak'

Answer: Brunei


Question: 'This animal on Saskatchewan's flag stands for Great Britain'

Answer: Lion


Question: 'CP 1919, the first of these ever found, emits bursts of radiation every 1.337 seconds'

Answer: Pulsar


Question: 'She had her "biggest" role to date in the HBO film "Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman"'

Answer: Daryl Hannah


Question: 'This bird periodically makes an ash of himself, but soon rises above it'

Answer: The Phoenix


Question: 'As he crossed the Rubicon, Julius Caesar quoted the proverb "Iacta alea est" -- this is cast'

Answer: The die


Question: 'It's the only Central American nation that does not border the Caribbean'

Answer: El Salvador


Question: 'An Atlanta football player, or the middle name of explorer Robert Scott'

Answer: Falcon


Question: 'In 1990 the Shoshone-Bannocks of Idaho petitioned for the sockeye species of this to be protected'

Answer: Salmon


Question: 'Lawrence Welk was nicknamed "The Liberace of" this musical instrument'

Answer: Accordion


Question: 'Major rivers entering this gulf include the Rio Grande & the Mississippi'

Answer: Gulf of Mexico


Question: 'It was once said of her, "Indira is India, and India is Indira"'

Answer: Indira Gandhi


Question: 'He based the Red Queen on Miss Prickett, the governess of Alice Liddell'

Answer: Lewis Carroll (Charles L. Dodgson)


Question: 'It's the single-celled organism that makes bread rise'

Answer: Yeast


Question: 'Typically, this dwelling was made with 10 or more bison skins & 20 or more cedar poles'

Answer: Tepee


Question: 'These large bowl-shaped drums are also called timpani'

Answer: Kettle Drums


Question: 'This country's lowest point, about 140' below sea level, is at Lake Enriquillo near its border with Haiti'

Answer: Dominican Republic


Question: '"Atlas Shrugged" is the fullest fictional presentation of this author's philosophy, objectivism'

Answer: Ayn Rand


Question: 'It's caused by drowsiness or acute boredom; a polite person tries to stifle it'

Answer: Yawning


Question: 'Smoked in pipes, kinnikinnick was a mixture of sumac, the inner bark of dogwood or red willow & this plant'

Answer: Tobacco


Question: 'The Portuguese machete is the ancestor of this Hawaiian instrument'

Answer: Ukulele


Question: 'Cape May, New Jersey lies on this bay'

Answer: Delaware Bay


Question: 'Gerald Ford nominated this former actress as ambassador to Ghana in 1974'

Answer: Shirley Temple Black


Question: 'This James Joyce book was first published in France in 1922'

Answer: "Ulysses"


Question: 'The malamute was so important in this Canadian territory's history that it's on the territorial flag'

Answer: Yukon Territory


Question: 'A monument in Nespelem, Washington marks the grave of this Nez Perce chief who died in 1904'

Answer: Chief Joseph


Question: 'Neapolitan folk songs often feature the Neapolitan type of this lutelike instrument'

Answer: Mandolin


Question: 'The Brahmaputra flows into the Bay of Bengal & the Loire flows into this bay'

Answer: Bay of Biscay


Question: 'Tennis players Hana Mandlikova & Martina Navratilova were born in this capital city'

Answer: Prague (Czechoslovakia)


Question: 'The epistolary novel, in the form of these, was popularized by Samuel Richardson's "Pamela" in 1740'

Answer: Letters


Question: 'Khshayarsha was the old Persian name of this old Persian king'

Answer: Xerxes


Question: 'The name of this tribe centered in northeast Arizona means "peaceful ones"'

Answer: Hopi


Question: 'This end-blown woodwind with a whistle mouthpiece was the dominant flute of the Baroque period'

Answer: Recorder


Question: 'This Venezuelan lake has been dredged so transport ships can carry oil from it'

Answer: Lake Maracaibo


Question: 'She danced in Antony Tudor's 1937 ballet "Dark Elegies" before she choreographed "Rodeo"'

Answer: Agnes de Mille


Question: 'Proust paid to publish "Swann's Way", the first part of this epic work, after publishers rejected it'

Answer: "Rememberance of Things Past"


Question: 'Of the countries that border Zambia, the 2 that fit the category'

Answer: Zaire & Zimbabwe


Question: 'His name means "son of the young lion" in Hebrew'

Answer: David Ben-Gurion


Question: 'At Glastonbury Abbey in England, a sign marks the spot where he & Guinevere were once supposedly buried'

Answer: King Arthur


Question: '1994's "Backbeat" was a film about this British group's early days'

Answer: The Beatles


Question: 'Jack Paar once hosted the "Tonight Show" & Jack Sprat could eat no this'

Answer: fat


Question: 'It's the third volume in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy'

Answer: The Return of the King


Question: 'In the 1790s, Lord Macartney, the first British emissary to this large Asian land, got the brush-off from the emperor'

Answer: China


Question: 'The master of ceremonies at a circus'

Answer: the ringmaster


Question: 'In Madrid you can get a peek at Goya's majas, clothed & naked, at this famous museum'

Answer: the Prado


Question: '"This is" the 1984 movie spoof that chronicled the world's loudest rock group'

Answer: Spinal Tap


Question: 'The month of May has 31 days for you to enjoy all the spinach you can eat, rich in this mineral symbolized Fe'

Answer: iron


Question: 'Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein in 1892 in this country & lived there until he was 4'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'When this man asked Lord Halifax to succeed him in 1940, Halifax said, No, I think you want that Churchill fellow'

Answer: (Neville) Chamberlain


Question: 'The chief troublemaker in a group'

Answer: the ringleader


Question: 'Mumm's the word & Taittinger is too when visiting the cellars of this famous French province'

Answer: Champagne


Question: 'This 1986 film told of the deadly relationship between the Sex Pistols' bassist & his groupie girlfriend'

Answer: Sid and Nancy


Question: 'NBA player Kevin Garnett's bed is 98 inches long & this company's 2004 Acura TL is 72.2 inches wide'

Answer: Honda


Question: 'He's the title hobbit in "The Hobbit"'

Answer: Bilbo Baggins


Question: 'The director of "Gandhi" became Lord this of Richmond upon Thames'

Answer: Attenborough


Question: '"Volcanic" country classic heard here'

Answer: "Ring Of Fire"


Question: 'In Paris order up a Bloody Mary at this bar, a favorite of Hemingway's, where it was created'

Answer: Harry\'s Bar


Question: 'This group was captured on film for the documentary "The Song Remains the Same"'

Answer: Led Zeppelin


Question: 'The rivals of the Mixtecs were the Zapotecs & St. Patrick used this plant to explain the Trinity'

Answer: the shamrock


Question: 'It's the university where Tolkien studied & later taught languages & literature'

Answer: Oxford


Question: 'During WWI future Lord Louis of Battenberg's family name was changed to this less Teutonic one'

Answer: Mountbatten


Question: 'A fungal skin disease'

Answer: ringworm


Question: 'For a great view of this capital city, climb to the top of Lykavittos Hill, or take the funicular from Kolonaki'

Answer: Athens


Question: '(Hi.  I'm Vivica Fox.)  I played one of Frankie Lymon's wives in this movie bio, also the title of Frankie's biggest hit'

Answer: Why Do Fools Fall in Love


Question: 'Alexander the Great, born in 356 B.C., was one Macedonian who never read this author's "Glinda of Oz"'

Answer: L. Frank Baum


Question: 'This prequel to "The Lord of the Rings" was published posthumously in 1977'

Answer: The Silmarillion


Question: 'Though his name is a direction, that's what he lacked in dealing with the colonies as prime minister in the 1770s'

Answer: Lord North


Question: 'It's another name for the game called quoits'

Answer: ring toss


Question: 'Harvard College was founded at Newtowne, Massachusetts in 1636; 2 years later the town was renamed this'

Answer: Cambridge


Question: 'The NFL's<br />Colts'

Answer: Indianapolis


Question: 'Though they are called "white ants", these destructive insects are more closely related to the cockroach'

Answer: termites


Question: '"Anatomical" pasta named for a joint'

Answer: elbow macaroni


Question: 'Called the Russian Revolution's most brilliant thinker, he lost a power struggle with Stalin & was killed in Mexico'

Answer: Trotsky


Question: 'In the titles of Bugs Bunny cartoons, it precedes "Trigger" & "Tonic"'

Answer: "Hare"


Question: 'In the summer of 1586 this British circumnavigator attacked the Spanish fort at St. Augustine & razed it'

Answer: (Sir Francis) Drake


Question: 'The NHL's<br />Flames'

Answer: Calgary


Question: 'Marilyn Monroach & Liberoachi are 2 of the fun attractions of the Cockroach Hall of Fame in Plano in this state'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'Escoffier says to leave them in their shells & soak them in a mixture of water, vinegar, salt & flour'

Answer: escargot


Question: 'This New Yorker wondered, "Can we actually 'know' the universe?... It's hard enough finding your way around Chinatown"'

Answer: Woody Allen


Question: 'It's the beastly 6-word line in the "Sound of Music" song "Do Re Mi"'

Answer: "Doe, a deer, a female deer"


Question: 'A British act of 1732 prevented the colonists from exporting these, made out of beaver or anything else'

Answer: hats


Question: 'The NBA's<br />Grizzlies'

Answer: Memphis


Question: 'Like chickens & some dinosaurs, cockroaches have this internal muscular organ where they grind their food'

Answer: a gizzard


Question: '(Hi, I'm Brian Mitchell of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette & the NFL.)  My specialty on the field is kick returns; in the kitchen, it's this, crawfish served over white rice'

Answer: étoufée


Question: 'The works of this woman on the left include 1965's "Normality and Pathology in Childhood"'

Answer: Anna Freud


Question: 'We say ole! to Deloitte Consulting for software called this; it strips inane jargon from documents'

Answer: Bullfighter


Question: 'In December 1620 the Pilgrims established Plymouth Colony on the rocky shore of this bay'

Answer: Cape Cod Bay


Question: 'The NFL's<br />Panthers'

Answer: Charlotte


Question: 'Around 1916 newspaper writer Don Marquis created this typing cockroach & friend of Mehitabel the Cat'

Answer: Archy


Question: 'From the Spanish for "to bake in pastry", it's South America's equivalent of a calzone'

Answer: an empanada


Question: 'This 3-named economist was an architect of the International Monetary Fund & part of the Bloomsbury Group'

Answer: Keynes


Question: '8-letter adjective for an embarrassed ewe'

Answer: sheepish


Question: 'On September 5, 1774 Virginia's Peyton Randolph was unanimously elected the first president of this body'

Answer: the Continental Congress


Question: 'The WNBA's<br />Monarchs'

Answer: Sacramento


Question: 'Hissing cockroaches from this African island have become popular pets in the U.S.'

Answer: Madagascar


Question: 'It's a sweet, succulent peach & the woman it's named for must have been, too'

Answer: an Elberta


Question: 'This "in the machine" was Gilbert Ryle's term for the idea that the mind is apart from the body yet controls it'

Answer: ghost in the machine


Question: '(Hello, my name is James Thrash.)  At my alma mater, Missouri Southern State, the teams are the Lions & our boosters are these, a bit like a football position'

Answer: the Lionbackers


Question: 'The USA's most-climbed mountain, Monadnock, is in this state associated with rock'

Answer: New Hampshire


Question: 'On Sept.16, 1810 Father Hidalgo's "Cry of Dolores" began a revolt in this country for independence from Spain'

Answer: Mexico


Question: '" _____ Hills, 90210"'

Answer: B-E-V-E-R-L-Y


Question: 'In Genesis 9, this guy gets drunk & passes out naked inside his tent; thank heavens it was after the flood'

Answer: Noah


Question: 'One made by Martin Behaim in 1492 may have influenced Columbus to sail west to Asia'

Answer: a globe


Question: 'This site calls itself "The world's online marketpiace"'

Answer: eBay


Question: 'Sargento makes a fancy variety of this'

Answer: shredded cheese


Question: 'The doctrine of papal this was adopted in 1870 by a vote of 533-2; the 2 promptly declared, "Now I believe"'

Answer: infallibility


Question: '"_____ Place"'

Answer: M-E-L-R-O-S-E


Question: 'In 1 Kings, the Syrian kings are getting drunk when the soldiers of this nation slaughter them'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'A British pub hosts the world championship of the game involving your thumb & these spheres'

Answer: marbles


Question: 'This website is "A place for friends"'

Answer: MySpace


Question: 'If you hear the buzzer, it's because of this'

Answer: out of time


Question: 'A lawsuit over sewing machine royalties between Elias Howe & this man was settled in 1854'

Answer: Singer


Question: '"_____ and Hutch"'

Answer: S-T-A-R-S-K-Y


Question: 'In John 2, Jesus helps out the imbiblers of this Galilee village when a wedding party runs short of wine'

Answer: Cana


Question: 'Sphere used on a diamond; also slang for an easy question'

Answer: a softball


Question: 'This site that helps users find jobs, apartments & dates is named for its founder, a certain Mr. Newmark'

Answer: Craig\'s List


Question: 'Do something that's not like you'

Answer: act out of character


Question: 'Unable to attend university, he went to Africa in 1870 & made his fortune'

Answer: Cecil Rhodes


Question: 'This king gets Uriah the Hittite drunk before sending him to his death & stealing his wife'

Answer: David


Question: 'An archaic 3-letter word for a sphere, or for the eye'

Answer: an orb


Question: 'This site, reference pages of urban legends, is named for a family that appears in William Faulkner's books'

Answer: Snopes


Question: 'You might become the smartest person in the world by answering this'

Answer: pie in the sky


Question: 'In 1848 mysterious rapping in a house in New York state led to the cult of this paranormal -ism'

Answer: spiritualism


Question: 'In Genesis 27, this son of Abraham drinks wine before he blesses the wrong son'

Answer: Isaac


Question: 'Blythe, California has an area for collecting these spherical crystal-filled rocks'

Answer: a geode


Question: 'The logo seen here belongs to this site that educates, amuses & enriches with its stock-investing advice'

Answer: The Motley Fool


Question: 'This term was first used in the military for abandoning a formation'

Answer: breaking ranks


Question: 'The '70s novel "Go Ask" her is the alleged diary of a teenage girl whose life descends into drug use'

Answer: Alice


Question: '"Come on baby, let's do" this dance, performed by Chubby Checker on "American Bandstand" in 1960'

Answer: The Twist


Question: 'The daughter of a furrier, she grew up to become the second woman on the Supreme Court'

Answer: Ginsberg


Question: 'The Oregonian'

Answer: Portland


Question: 'Physicist Heinrich Hertz was born in 1857 in this German city for which a beef sandwich is named'

Answer: Hamburg


Question: 'Dampness; can you feel it in the air before it rains?'

Answer: moisture


Question: 'Work thought to be by an 8th C. East Anglican poet who fused Scandinavian history with Christian elements'

Answer: Beowulf


Question: 'For years partygoers have been flapping their wings, doing this dance to the music heard here'

Answer: the chicken dance


Question: 'This tough-talking TV judge described her dad, Murray Blum, as "The greatest thing since sliced bread"'

Answer: Judge Judy


Question: 'The Post-Dispatch'

Answer: St. Louis


Question: 'In 1880 Hertz received his Ph.D. magna cum laude from the university of this largest German city'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'The halyard is the rope used to do this to a flag on a flagpole'

Answer: hoist


Question: 'No author is credited for "Alcoholics Anonymous", known to AA members as this alliterative tome'

Answer: The Big Book


Question: 'In 1975 Van McCoy had everyone lined up at the disco to do this dance'

Answer: The Hustle


Question: 'The daughter of two newspaper reporters, she served 5 times as a Florida state attorney before a big promotion'

Answer: Janet Reno


Question: 'The Sun, founded in 1837'

Answer: Baltimore


Question: 'Hertz was the 1st to send & receive radio waves; this Italian devised a practical means for communicating via those waves'

Answer: Marconi


Question: 'Adjective meaning exuberant & noisy & lacking in restraint'

Answer: boisterous


Question: 'The Laxdaela, one of these Icelandic prose epics, may be by a woman'

Answer: a saga


Question: 'In the early '90s, it was billed as Brazil's "forbidden dance"'

Answer: the lambada


Question: 'Fraser & Marian Robinson's daughter, she once practiced law in Chicago & look at her now!'

Answer: Michelle Obama


Question: 'The Journal-Constitution'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: 'Unlike Newton, who had 3, Hertz developed only one law of this'

Answer: motion


Question: 'Coolness & composure under strain'

Answer: poise


Question: '"Imperial Hubris", saying the war on terror is failing, was published in 2004 by a then-nameless analyst for this agency'

Answer: the CIA


Question: 'From "Rocky Horror", it's "just a jump to the left and then a step to the right with your hands on your hips..."'

Answer: the Time Warp


Question: 'A chip off the old block, TV host & legal analyst Lisa Bloom is pictured here with this lawyer, her mom'

Answer: Gloria Allred


Question: 'The Bee, in this state capital'

Answer: Sacramento


Question: 'In the 1880s Hertz observed the photoelectric effect, for which this famous man would win a Nobel in 1921'

Answer: Einstein


Question: 'A series of connected spirals'

Answer: coil


Question: 'Since 1971 he has directed only 6 films, but those 6 have averaged more than $283 million each at the box office'

Answer: George Lucas


Question: 'Built by the federal government, Boulder City is the only community in Nevada where this isn't legal'

Answer: Gambling


Question: 'Originally a social satire magazine, it became a pictorial weekly when bought by Luce in 1936'

Answer: Life


Question: 'It was Alice Walker's third novel'

Answer: "The Color Purple"


Question: 'In 1992, 29 years after her last NBC show, she began "Lamb Chop's Play-Along" on PBS'

Answer: Shari Lewis


Question: 'This D.C. structure is the world's tallest obelisk'

Answer: Washington Monument


Question: 'It's an untrained person pretending to have medical knowledge'

Answer: Quack


Question: 'The largest lake entirely within Nevada, or the shape of the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas'

Answer: Pyramid


Question: 'The United States' oldest continuously published newspaper is this city's Courant'

Answer: Hartford


Question: 'In 1935 Hemingway wrote about these hills of Africa'

Answer: Green Hills


Question: 'This star, called "Mr. Television", hosted a prime-time bowling series for NBC in the 1960s'

Answer: Milton Berle


Question: 'The largest land gorge is this one on the Colorado River'

Answer: Grand Canyon


Question: 'In 1912, a reticulated one of these animals was measured at 32' 9 1/2" long'

Answer: Python


Question: 'The state capital was named for this man'

Answer: Christopher "Kit" Carson


Question: 'Modern Maturity is a bi-monthly publication of this organization for those over 50'

Answer: AARP (American Association of Retired Persons)


Question: 'In it, Billie Holiday said she didn't like singing the same song the same way two nights in a row'

Answer: "Lady Sings the Blues"


Question: 'The FCC deleted this channel number from VHF allocations in 1948'

Answer: 1


Question: 'The greatest tides occur in this Canadian bay'

Answer: Bay of Fundy


Question: 'The first free-fall jump using one of these devices was from a damaged airplane in 1922'

Answer: Parachute


Question: 'William Randolph Hearst's father George made a "lode" of money when he invested in this mining area'

Answer: Comstock


Question: 'Columbia is the magazine of this fraternal order of Roman Catholic men'

Answer: Knights of Columbus


Question: 'Conan Doyle's "The Sign of Four" & this Oscar Wilde novel were commissioned at the same time'

Answer: "The Picture of Dorian Gray"


Question: 'This first host of "The Tonight Show" emceed "Meeting of Minds" for PBS in 1977'

Answer: Steve Allen


Question: 'A Fender Stratocaster belonging to this man who died in 1970 sold for a record $338,580 in 1990'

Answer: Jimi Hendrix


Question: 'Today most of this medicine comes from cinchona trees in Java'

Answer: Quinine


Question: 'Saloons in this city include the Bucket of Blood & the Ponderosa'

Answer: Virginia City


Question: 'His famous open letter "J'accuse" was published in the newspaper L'Aurore'

Answer: Emile Zola


Question: 'In 1941 Walter Farley created this now-classic animal tale'

Answer: "The Black Stallion"


Question: 'In 1957 this duo created the musical "Cinderella" expressly for television'

Answer: Rodgers & Hammerstein


Question: 'The highest price paid for one of these was $3.315 million for a Patek Philippe Calibre 89'

Answer: Watch


Question: 'Used in jellies & compotes, this fruit of the rose family puckers the mouth when tasted raw'

Answer: Quince


Question: 'When caught as a spy in September of 1776, he was disguised as a Dutch schoolteacher'

Answer: Nathan Hale


Question: 'This university has campuses at Tuscaloosa, Huntsville & Birmingham'

Answer: University of Alabama


Question: 'A composer's works are often numbered & appear with the abbreviation Op., which stands for this'

Answer: Opus


Question: 'This founder of the American Red Cross also founded one of New Jersey's first public schools'

Answer: Clara Barton


Question: 'Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, is located on this island'

Answer: Vancouver Island


Question: 'A defrocked minister-turned-tour guide is the leading character in his play "The Night of the Iguana"'

Answer: Tennessee Williams


Question: 'During the last years of the revolution, he worked on his "Notes on the State of Virginia"'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'Churchill College is one of 31 residential colleges at this British university'

Answer: Cambridge


Question: 'Earlier composers used these large drums in pairs; modern composers may use 3 or more'

Answer: Timpani


Question: 'A candidate for vice president in 1984, she ran for the Senate in 1992'

Answer: Geraldine Ferraro


Question: 'What Argentina calls the Islas Malvinas, England calls this'

Answer: Falkland Islands


Question: 'He was a writer for "The Garry Moore Show" when he began his first play "Come Blow Your Horn"'

Answer: Neil Simon


Question: 'He protested the Stamp Act through his widely circulated copper engravings'

Answer: Paul Revere


Question: 'The oldest U.S. university west of the Alleghenies is Transylvania University, at Lexington, in this state'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'Styles of music in the titles of the JVC & Playboy festivals'

Answer: Jazz


Question: 'Urged by Louis Leakey, she went to Africa to study mountain gorillas in 1966'

Answer: Dian Fossey


Question: 'The last pureblooded Aborigine on this Australian island died in 1876'

Answer: Tasmania


Question: '"Plutus" is the latest extant play by this master of ancient Greek comedy who gave us "The Birds"'

Answer: Aristophanes


Question: 'About 60% of the essays in "The Federalist" were written by him'

Answer: Alexander Hamilton


Question: 'The University of Cape Town is on the grounds of Groote Schuur, the estate of this 19th century diamond king'

Answer: Cecil Rhodes


Question: 'Sousa wrote "Semper Fidelis" during the 12 years he directed this group'

Answer: Marine Corps Marching Band


Question: 'In 1975 a New Jersey park was named for this swimmer of the English Channel'

Answer: Gertrude Ederle


Question: 'This unincorporated U.S. territory includes the islands of Olosega, Ofu & Tutuila'

Answer: American Samoa


Question: 'The women in his play "Three Tall Women" are known by the letters "A", "B" & "C", not by names'

Answer: Edward Albee


Question: 'In 1770, this future president defended the British soldiers accused in the Boston Massacre & won the case'

Answer: John Adams


Question: 'Established in 1881, this Atlanta college is America's oldest college for black women'

Answer: Spelman College


Question: 'After his 1901 opera "Feuersnot" flopped, he found a wild story, "Salome"'

Answer: Richard Strauss


Question: 'As well as MADD, she founded SADD, Students Against Driving Drunk'

Answer: Candy Leitner


Question: 'Mount Fengari, the highest point in the Aegean, is on this island, famous for its "Winged Victory" statue'

Answer: Samothrace


Question: '"Master Harold...and the Boys" was the first of this South African's plays to premiere in the United States'

Answer: Athol Fugard


Question: 'At its standard mass, it puts the red in red fireworks; its 90 isotope is found in nuclear fallout'

Answer: Strontium


Question: 'Shagreen, the dried skin of this meat eater, was once used as sandpaper'

Answer: the shark


Question: '"Joey"'

Answer: Friends


Question: 'One of these with a carrot nose was the mascot of the 1976 Winter Games in Innsbruck'

Answer: a snowman


Question: 'In the 1840s a potato famine killed close to 1 million in this country'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'Horace Mann began his career as "The Father of American Public Education" in the 1830s in this "Bay State"'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'A plant, Apium graveolens, of the parsley family'

Answer: celery


Question: 'Unlike most sea animals, in the sea horse this pair of sense organs can move independently of one another'

Answer: eyes


Question: '"Fish"'

Answer: Barney Miller


Question: 'Decked out in a red, white & blue top hat, an eagle named this was the mascot of the 1984 Los Angeles games'

Answer: Sam


Question: 'Science class: with a little wire & strips of copper & zinc, you can turn lemons or potatoes into these'

Answer: batteries


Question: 'Mann depended on an itinerant teacher to learn Latin, required for entry to this Rhode Island Ivy League school'

Answer: Brown University


Question: 'Credit card ad:<br />Cost of books to help study for tournament, $412... beating Ken Jennings, this 9-letter word'

Answer: priceless


Question: 'In 1957 this undersea explorer became director of Monaco's Oceanographic Museum'

Answer: (Jacques-Yves) Cousteau


Question: '"Mama's Family"'

Answer: The Carol Burnett Show


Question: 'The mascots for the 2004 Summer Games were a brother & sister named Phevos & this, like the Greek goddess'

Answer: Athena


Question: 'Made of hollow metal, earthenware or plastic, this musical instrument is also called a "sweet potato"'

Answer: an ocarina


Question: 'Mann said, "Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for" this; oh, the this!'

Answer: humanity


Question: 'This New World cat can be 4 feet long, including the tail'

Answer: ocelot


Question: 'The largest crustacean is a Japanese species of this; it can measure 12 feet between its claws'

Answer: a crab


Question: '"Phyllis"'

Answer: The Mary Tyler Moore Show


Question: 'Hidy & Howdy, polar bears with cowboy hats, were the mascots of the 1988 Winter Games in this city'

Answer: Calgary (Alberta)


Question: 'Famous for another spuddy image, he painted the potato-peeling peasant seen here'

Answer: Van Gogh


Question: 'Mann: "Seek not greatness but seek" this "and you will find both"; you might get justice & the American way, too'

Answer: truth


Question: 'Full title of the Minister of Finance in the British government'

Answer: the Chancellor of the Exchequer


Question: '(Jeff Probst, host of Survivor, delivers the clue from Palau.)  The nearly extinct sea cow is found in the coastal waters of Palau, & even here, it is threatened by poaching'

Answer: a dugong


Question: '"The Simpsons"'

Answer: The Tracey Ullman Show


Question: 'The mascots for the Sydney games were Syd the platypus, Olly the kookaburra, and Millie, this spiny anteater'

Answer: an echidna


Question: 'Most of this state's potatoes are produced in Aroostook County'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'In 1848 Mann again "donned" this political party in winning a second term in Congress'

Answer: Whig


Question: 'The University of this seaport city on the Mediterranean was founded in 1450'

Answer: Barcelona


Question: 'On Dec. 30, 2002 this billionaire mayor signed a law banning smoking in most working-class bars'

Answer: Bloomberg


Question:
'1999:
Brandon Teena/
Teena Brandon'

Answer: Hilary Swank


Question: 'In September 1992, noted humanitarian Audrey Hepburn visited this famine-stricken African country'

Answer: Somalia


Question: 'For silver, it's 1,762 degrees Fahrenheit'

Answer: the melting point


Question: 'Little Wolfie played piano duets sitting on the lap of J.C., "the English" member of this musical family'

Answer: Bach


Question: 'CBers & C.W. McCall use it to mean "okay"'

Answer: 10-4


Question: 'Mayor Dinkins fought to divest the city of funds invested in companies that did business with this country'

Answer: South Africa


Question:
'1967:
Christina Drayton;
1968:
Eleanor of Aquitaine'

Answer: Katharine Hepburn


Question: 'The Nevsky Cathedral seen here is a landmark in this Eastern European capital city'

Answer: Sofia


Question: 'Silver-107 & silver-109 are 2 naturally occurring these of silver'

Answer: isotopes


Question: 'Lorenzo Da Ponte simultaneously wrote librettos for "Don Giovanni" & this Mozart rival's "Tarare"'

Answer: Salieri


Question: 'New York Central Railroad's flagship train, it ran from Chicago to New York City from 1902 to 1967'

Answer: the Twentieth Century


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Umbertos in New York City.) As part of a civil lawsuit, in 1987, the Feds took over Umbertos at the request of this U.S. attorney and future mayor, but couldn't make a go of it'

Answer: Giuliani


Question: '1975:<br />Nurse Mildred Ratched'

Answer: Louise Fletcher


Question: 'Guadalcanal is part of this nation of islands east of New Guinea'

Answer: the Solomon Islands


Question: 'Light changes colorless silver ions into black silver atoms, leading to this technology in the 1830s'

Answer: photography


Question: 'Michael Puchberg, a fellow member of this secret society depicted in "The Magic Flute", was a soft touch for loans'

Answer: the Masons


Question: 'These were posted October 31, 1517; the Archbishop of Mainz got a copy'

Answer: the 95 Theses


Question: 'This flamboyant pol has the distinction of being the only mayor to later host "The People's Court"'

Answer: Ed Koch


Question:
'1957:
Eve White/
Eve Black/
Jane'

Answer: Joanne Woodward


Question: 'The Bear Flag Republic was proclaimed in this California city now known as a wine center'

Answer: Sonoma


Question: 'Silver is the best metal conductor of these 2 things'

Answer: heat & electricity


Question: 'In scores for this type of work for orchestra & soloist, Mozart said horn player Ignaz Leutgeb was an ass, ox & fool'

Answer: a concerto


Question: 'This 1844 rallying cry referred to the northern boundary of the Oregon Territory'

Answer: "54-40 or fight!"


Question: 'Mayor George McClellan was subjected to scathing newspaper attacks when running against this mogul'

Answer: William Randolph Hearst


Question: '1996:<br />Marge Gunderson'

Answer: Frances McDormand


Question: 'One of the possible sites for Camelot is said to have been South Cadbury in this historic English county'

Answer: Somerset


Question: 'Silver is second only to gold in ductility & this, the ability to be hammered into thin sheets'

Answer: malleability


Question: 'Mozart wrote a lovely motet for Venanzio Rauzzini, one of these specially treated singers'

Answer: a castrato


Question: 'The heroes in the title of this Aeschylus tragedy include Polyneices, Tydeus & Capaneus'

Answer: Seven Against Thebes


Question: 'A chemist in the 1920s coined this term after finding lavender oil not only hid the odor of his burnt hand but also healed it'

Answer: aromatherapy


Question: 'This mega-bestseller by John Gray is touted as "the classic guide to understanding the opposite sex"'

Answer: Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus


Question: 'Erik Estrada was a CHiP, meaning he worked for this agency'

Answer: California Highway Patrol


Question: 'In the 17th century Oxford University Press got the right to print this "royal" version of the Bible, quite a cash cow'

Answer: King James Bible


Question: 'Totally cool! This dude wrote Deuteronomy as a way of reinforcing what he first learned on Mount Sinai'

Answer: Moses


Question: '"It's the real thing"'

Answer: Coca-Cola


Question: 'Curl up on a desert island with his "Political History of the Devil" or "Robinson Crusoe"'

Answer: Daniel Defoe


Question: 'Oprah chose for her book club "The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography" by this Oscar winner'

Answer: Sidney Poitier


Question: 'On the series "24", C.T.U., the good guys, stands for this'

Answer: Counter-Terrorism Unit


Question: 'Like the "Idiot's Guide" series 2 years earlier, this series with a similar title began with a book about DOS'

Answer: ...for Dummies


Question: 'Sweet! The fifth chapter of Deuteronomy raps out this list of dos & don'ts, just in case we spaced it'

Answer: the Ten Commandments


Question: '"We try harder"'

Answer: Avis


Question: 'National Lead was one of the 12 companies tracked by this "average" when it debuted May 26, 1896'

Answer: Dow Jones Industrial Average


Question: 'The first edition of this book about the body was published in 1858 with 750 pages & 363 figures'

Answer: Gray\'s Anatomy


Question: 'In the 1960s Peter Graves led this squad, "IMF" for short'

Answer: Impossible Missions Force


Question: 'Puffin & Firebird are young readers imprints of this publisher'

Answer: Penguin


Question: 'Awesome, dude! Deuteronomy says that all debts are to be canceled after this many years!'

Answer: seven


Question: '"Look, mom -- no cavities!"'

Answer: Crest


Question: 'In the comics, she's Dagwood & Blondie's dog'

Answer: Daisy


Question: 'Her "The Sea Around Us" was among the top 10 nonfiction bestsellers for 1951 & 1952'

Answer: Rachel Carson


Question: 'It's the "S" in "M*A*S*H"'

Answer: Surgical


Question: 'Since 1933 this publication called this "reviews" has provided pre-publication reviews to its subscribers'

Answer: Kirkus


Question: 'Grab your surfboard, rad boy! In Deuteronomy, this sea is referred to as the "salt sea"'

Answer: Dead Sea


Question: '"Ring around the collar"'

Answer: Wisk


Question: '6-letter word meaning to expose as being false or ridiculous, like certain wacky theories'

Answer: debunk


Question: 'Oliver Sacks shared some of his fascinating neurological cases in "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A" this'

Answer: hat


Question: '( I'm Bill Goldberg. ) I tossed Detective Stabler through a window when I made my prime time TV debut in 2007 on this NBC drama & by the way, the head writer is my cousin Neal'

Answer: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit


Question: '"Electronic Mission Aircraft" & "Fighting Ships" are put out by this publisher with a feminine-sounding name'

Answer: Jane\'s


Question: 'Party on, dude! This guy gets appointed to be the new leader of the Israelites!'

Answer: Joshua


Question: '"Does she... or doesn't she?"'

Answer: Clairol


Question: 'In Greek mythology, the mother of Persephone'

Answer: Demeter


Question: 'This chairman soon ended his Hundred Flowers Movement encouraging criticism of the Communist Party'

Answer: Mao Zedong


Question: 'Not averse to portraying icons, this alum has played Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley & Batman on film'

Answer: Val Kilmer


Question: 'The roof of the mouth is made up of hard & soft ones that are covered by mucous membranes'

Answer: palates


Question: 'A thrice-married Revolutionary War flag seamstress from Philly, & the ice-resurfacing machine patented in 1953'

Answer: Betsy Ross & Zamboni


Question: 'Legend says Abe became interested in this profession when he found Blackstone's "Commentaries" in a rubbish barrel'

Answer: law


Question: 'Intolerable, as in a Milan Kundera title'

Answer: unbearable


Question: 'In 1902 Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud captured what's now this capital city'

Answer: Riyadh


Question: 'In 1992, a year after playing an older Peter Pan, he was a mime instructor in "Shakes the Clown"'

Answer: Robin Williams


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from a lab.)  Due to its worm-like shape, the adjective vermiform is commonly used to refer to this tube that's attached to the cecum'

Answer: appendix


Question: '9-foot man from the Biblical books of Samuel, & the franchise that created the Frappuccino in 1995'

Answer: Goliath & Starbucks


Question: 'Lincoln said one of things that made him president was this man's retouched Cooper Union photo of him'

Answer: Mathew Brady


Question: 'The tent that housed the Ark of the Covenant; today the Mormons have a big one in Salt Lake City'

Answer: tabernacle


Question: 'The future leader of independent Malaya is shown in this city signing an agreement ending British rule'

Answer: Kuala Lumpur


Question: 'This man who began leading the Federal Reserve in 1987 studied clarinet & sax at the school'

Answer: Alan Greenspan


Question: 'The meniscus disks in your knee are a type of this material that may tear if you twist wrong'

Answer: cartilage


Question: 'The Russian president right before Putin & an "Absolut" type of alcohol (There's no connection)'

Answer: Boris Yeltsin & vodka


Question: 'In a classic "Twilight Zone" episode, a time traveler tries to save Lincoln but is drugged by this man'

Answer: John Wilkes Booth


Question: 'From the Greek for "together" & "name", it means having the same meaning'

Answer: synonymous


Question: 'In the 1990s 5 "stan" nations agreed to give up to .3% of national income to restore this shrunken saltwater body'

Answer: Aral Sea


Question: 'This Oscar winner, the most "verbal" of "The Usual Suspects", got into Juilliard but blew his "Gong Show" audition'

Answer: Kevin Spacey


Question: 'It includes the ascending colon & the sigmoid colon'

Answer: large intestine


Question: 'One-mile-deep Arizona landmark that's up to 18 miles wide & ex-MTV "Weasel" star of "Jury Duty"'

Answer: Grand Canyon & Pauly Shore


Question: 'On his April 4, 1865 visit to Richmond, Lincoln sat at this man's desk; we don't know if he put his feet up on it'

Answer: Jefferson Davis


Question: 'Graphic representation of surface features on a region of a map'

Answer: topography


Question: 'An alternate to the Ho Chi Minh Trail was a trail named for this Cambodian royal'

Answer: Norodom Sihanouk


Question: 'In 1958, this Israeli violinist entered Juilliard; in 1963 he played Carnegie Hall'

Answer: Itzhak Perlman


Question:
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads in front of a skeleton)
It's the medical name for these two bones, from the Latin for "key"; in birds, they fuse to form a wishbone'

Answer: clavicle


Question: '6-letter fuzzy nylon fastening device used in place of zippers, & the "king of the pan flute"'

Answer: velcro & (Gheorghe) Zamfir


Question: 'It's unusual for U.S. coins that Lincoln faces right on his penny, first issued in 1909 to commemorate this'

Answer: 100th anniversary of his birth


Question: '<i>It's how the words seen here are presented</i>'

Answer: italicized


Question: 'One of his last letters said, "I am risking my life for (my work) and my reason has half-foundered owing to it..."'

Answer: Vincent Van Gogh


Question: 'Scientists believe this sea was formed when the Arabian Peninsula was torn from Africa 20 million years ago'

Answer: Red Sea


Question: 'The amount of this per liter determines if champagne is brut, sec or doux'

Answer: sugar


Question: 'The top choice for sweetening food or medicine, the Hymettus type from Attica was famous'

Answer: honey


Question: 'As a sign of respect, sailors will "strike the colors" by lowering this'

Answer: the flag


Question: 'You might get this hold music after dialing a dating service'

Answer: "Only the Lonely"


Question: 'Fruit-flavored ice on one or 2 sticks'

Answer: popsicle


Question: 'Islands in this gulf include Bahrain, Kharg & Bubiyan'

Answer: Persian Gulf


Question: 'A calendar month is an arbitrary number; a synodic month or a sidereal month is based on the movement of this'

Answer: the moon


Question: 'The Roman gladiators only worked funerals until this leader instituted some games for them in 46 B.C.'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'This U.S. military decoration is awarded to all armed forces personnel wounded or killed in action'

Answer: Purple Heart


Question: 'This song would be appropriate hold music for a maternity ward'

Answer: "New Kid in Town"


Question: 'Happy-go-lucky "naked" guy seen here'

Answer: Poppin\' Fresh


Question: 'A small portion of Russia is separated from the motherland & lies between Poland & Lithuania on this sea'

Answer: Baltic Sea


Question: 'This measure of water depth was originally the distance between your fingertips with your arms outstretched'

Answer: fathom


Question: 'The monster Typhon, the giant Enceladus & the workshop of Vulcan have been called sources for its eruptions'

Answer: Mount Etna


Question: 'This "dark" epidemic that swept medieval Europe killed millions, including Laura, the beloved of Petrarch'

Answer: Black Plague/Black Death


Question: 'She's the high-flying nanny of Jane & Michael Banks'

Answer: Mary Poppins


Question: 'In the mid-1970s an oil pipeline was built between this Alaskan bay & the city of Valdez on Prince William Sound'

Answer: Prudhoe Bay


Question: 'A seed of this tree that gives us a chocolate substitute is the original "carat"'

Answer: carob


Question: 'Ptolemy X, a little short of funds, replaced this Macedonian's fancy gold coffin with an alabaster one'

Answer: Alexander the Great


Question: 'The Buddhist Gelukpa sect, which this man heads, is also known as the Sect of the Yellow Hat'

Answer: Dalai Lama


Question: 'You'll often find them sprinkled on top of kaiser rolls'

Answer: poppy seeds


Question: 'In 1957 a deep channel was completed allowing ocean ships to reach this largest Venezuelan lake'

Answer: Lake Maracaibo


Question: '150 MHz is in this band that falls between HF & UHF'

Answer: VHF


Question: 'At 15, Ovid's "Metamorphoses" topped the length of this poet's "Aeneid" by 3 books'

Answer: Virgil


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew)  Paired with colors that produce white or gray when combined are called this'

Answer: complementary


Question: 'It was the nickname of Eddie Egan, the cop whose life was the basis of "The French Connection"'

Answer: "Popeye"


Question: 'Hercules used these flying weapons to shoot down the Stymphalian birds'

Answer: arrows


Question: '1994:<br />Tom Hanks for this modern parable'

Answer: Forrest Gump


Question: 'Originally, members of the U.S. Senate were chosen not by popular vote, but by these bodies'

Answer: state legislatures


Question: 'Pile an O atop this Swiss mountain to get this dog food'

Answer: Alp & Alpo


Question: 'For a preppy look, the points of the button-down one of these are fastened to the shirt'

Answer: collar


Question: 'Before snakes shed their skin, also called this activity, their eyes get cloudy, then clear again'

Answer: molting


Question: 'One of the labors was to capture this raging porker of Mount Erymanthus'

Answer: big boar


Question: '1944:<br />Bing Crosby for this religious experience'

Answer: Going My Way


Question: 'The Bureau of Land Management is part of this cabinet department'

Answer: Department of the Interior


Question: 'A one-person compartment with a telephone; remove an O & you get a word referring to 2 people'

Answer: booth & both


Question: 'The formal garment known as a boiled shirt is usually this color'

Answer: white


Question: '3-foot-long tusks & inch-&-a-half-thick skin are among the defenses of this Arctic mammal'

Answer: walrus


Question: 'Instead of getting these golden fruits of the Hesperides himself, Herc held up the sky while Atlas got them for him'

Answer: apples


Question: '1934:<br />Clark Gable for this romantic comedy'

Answer: It Happened One Night


Question: 'In early January this official presides over a joint section of Congress at which the electoral votes are counted'

Answer: vice president (who is president of the Senate)


Question: 'The title of this 1847 Melville novel is the sound an Irish cow might make'

Answer: "Omoo" & moo


Question: 'The name of this type of shirt also means to puff out loosely over the waistband'

Answer: blouse


Question: '2 of the main types of these are the cycloid ones found on salmon & the placoid ones on sharks'

Answer: scales


Question: 'For his labor of cleaning the Augean Stables, Hercules diverted 1 or 2 of these'

Answer: rivers


Question: '1938:<br />Spencer Tracy for this heartfelt drama'

Answer: Boys Town


Question: 'In 1856, 3 years after leaving the presidency, he ran again -- this time as the Know-Nothing Party's candidate'

Answer: Millard Fillmore


Question: 'An extra O differentiates these 2 words, both pictured here'

Answer: dragon & dragoon


Question: 'In primates, volar skin, which is hairless & sweats, is found in these 2 places on the body'

Answer: palms of your hand & the soles of your feet


Question: 'The work seen here shows Hercules in his second labor doing battle with this monster'

Answer: Hydra


Question: '1937:<br />Spencer Tracy for this rollicking adventure'

Answer: Captains Courageous


Question: 'Independent Bernard Sanders is this state's sole representative in the House'

Answer: Vermont


Question: 'These 2 words, one O different, combine to form the name of a plant disease'

Answer: root & rot (rootrot)


Question: 'In the mammalian order chiroptera, 2 layers of skin stretch out to form these distinctive features'

Answer: wings


Question: 'Called the first U.S. stewardess, Ellen Church later went back to this old job, something the 1st stews had to be'

Answer: nurse


Question: 'The promised land of Canaan was said to be flowing with these 2 things'

Answer: Milk & honey


Question: 'The NBA's<br />Bucks'

Answer: Milwaukee


Question: 'Uh-oh!  This 14,410-foot mountain that looms over Seattle is actually an active volcano'

Answer: Mount Rainier


Question: 'Cut from cords of semolina dough, they're dried & packed in boxes with cheese by Kraft'

Answer: Macaroni


Question: 'This ancient statue is also named the Aphrodite of Melos'

Answer: Venus de Milo


Question: 'One who goes along for the ride'

Answer: Passenger


Question: 'Sound the trumpets!  Before his death, Moses named this man his successor'

Answer: Joshua


Question: 'MLB's <br />Devil Rays'

Answer: Tampa Bay


Question: 'When dining at SkyCity, this famous tower's revolving restaurant, save room for the Lunar Orbiter dessert'

Answer: The Space Needle


Question: 'Billabong, an Aussie company, makes this out of emu, ostrich & kangaroo meats as well as regular beef'

Answer: Jerky


Question: 'He said he had no difficulty expressing sadness & extreme solitude in the work seen here'

Answer: Vincent Van Gogh


Question: 'To study in minute detail or take apart; some people draw the line at doing it to frogs'

Answer: Dissect


Question: 'They're the only 2 books of the Hebrew bible named for specific women'

Answer: Esther & Ruth


Question: 'The NFL's<br />Titans'

Answer: Nashville


Question: 'A museum on Main Street is named for this Klondike event that turned 1890s Seattle into a boom town'

Answer: Gold Rush


Question: 'Cut in sections off trees, it's boiled, scraped & then dried for commercial use, like for bottle stoppers'

Answer: Cork


Question: 'A 231-foot band of linen, this medieval embroidery depicts the Norman Conquest of England'

Answer: The Bayeux Tapestry


Question: 'It's the highest rank of diplomat'

Answer: Ambassador


Question: 'While in the court of Nebuchadnezzar, this visionary was given the name Belteshazzar'

Answer: Daniel


Question: 'The NHL's<br />Canucks'

Answer: Vancouver


Question: 'Known as the EMP for short, this music museum seen here is one of Seattle's newest attractions'

Answer: Experience Music Project


Question: 'Cut down a bunch of Thompson seedlesses, dry them & you get these'

Answer: Raisins


Question: 'This movement got its name from the painting seen here'

Answer: Impressionism


Question: 'The pressure is on to make this coffee, quick'

Answer: Espresso


Question: 'Twice, with an evil spirit upon him, this king tried to slay David with his javelin'

Answer: King Saul


Question: 'MLS's<br />Earthquakes'

Answer: San Jose


Question: 'Dudley, who lives in the Seattle Aquarium, aspires to the largest of these 8-armed creatures in captivity'

Answer: Octopus


Question: 'Cut from a bog, it's then dried for use as a fuel'

Answer: Peat


Question: 'She vacationed in New Mexico & settled there after her husband Alfred Stieglitz died in 1946'

Answer: Georgia O\'Keeffe


Question: 'The name of this thin, sheer fabric preceded condor & albatross in the names of pedal-driven planes'

Answer: Gossamer


Question: 'Mary McAleese is president of this country also called Eire'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'Greeks in your dorm might be from Athens or members of one of these organizations'

Answer: Fraternities or sororities


Question: 'The off-Broadway hit "The Bomb-itty of Errors" is a hip-hop version of this Shakespeare play'

Answer: "The Comedy of Errors"


Question: 'Each human cell has 23 pairs of chromosomes, 1 of them this type rated XX or XY'

Answer: Sex chromosome


Question: 'Biblical book that's the source of the Jewish Theological Seminary's "And The Bush Was Not Consumed"'

Answer: Exodus


Question: 'In 1999 Vaira Vike-Freiberga became president of this Baltic nation wedged between Lithuania & Estonia'

Answer: Latvia


Question: 'As seen in the film "Dead Man on Campus", legend has it that if this person dies you get straight As'

Answer: Your roommate


Question: '"Ataka", perhaps the most famous play in this form of Japanese drama, has been adapted for Kabuki'

Answer: Noh


Question: 'Dyan Cannon plays Judge Cone, she of the sexy Wattles, on this TV show'

Answer: Ally McBeal


Question: 'Beadle & Tatum's study of mold on this food helped launch molecular genetics'

Answer: Bread


Question: '"Petimus Credimus", "We Seek, We Trust" at this Christian school in the news when George W. visited in 2000'

Answer: Bob Jones University


Question: 'The daughter of 2 former leaders, Chandrika Kumaratunga is president of this country highlighted here'

Answer: Sri Lanka


Question: 'By now you may have personal names for some of these dorm insects, AKA Periplaneta Americana'

Answer: Cockroaches


Question: '(Hi, I'm Donny Osmond)  I sang "Any Dream Will Do" from "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" at this composer's 50th birthday celebration in London in 1998'

Answer: Andrew Lloyd Webber


Question: 'He's passed for "astronomical" yardage quarterbacking Houston, Minnesota & Seattle'

Answer: Warren Moon


Question: 'Made up of amino acids, they form structures called histones around which DNA curls'

Answer: Proteins


Question: 'Honor & Country come after this in West Point's motto'

Answer: Duty


Question: 'Since 1996 prime minister Sheikh Hasina has led this nation formerly known as East Pakistan'

Answer: Bangladesh


Question: 'You're all set to meet the Swedish students moving in across the hall with records like "Dancing Queen" by this band'

Answer: ABBA


Question: 'In a play by Karl Schonherr, a man who plays this role in a passion play becomes a betrayer in real life, too'

Answer: Judas


Question: 'Nickname of Katherine Kelley, author of tell-all-&-then-some bios of Nancy Reagan & Jackie O.'

Answer: Kitty


Question: 'A key to mapping the human genome was the random-sequencing method known by the name of this weapon'

Answer: Shotgun method


Question: 'Yale's "Lux et Veritas" means "Light and" this'

Answer: Truth


Question: 'In 2000 Tarja Halonen became the first woman president of this northern European nation seen here'

Answer: Finland


Question: 'Stanton, Thompson, Leblanc & Marchand are all dorm names at my alma mater, this university in Canada's capital'

Answer: University of Ottawa


Question: 'This actor-playwright's acclaimed 1980 drama "True West" was finally produced on Broadway in 2000'

Answer: Sam Shepard


Question: 'He represented Washington in the House for 30 years, including 1989-1995 as speaker'

Answer: Tom Foley


Question: 'The genotype is an organism's genetic makeup; this rhyming word means its resulting appearance'

Answer: Phenotype


Question: 'The University of North Dakota's "Lux et Lex" means "Light and" this'

Answer: Law


Question: 'The only palaces on U.S. soil that were built for monarchs are found in this state'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'Renaissance women wore several necklaces at a time, often made of these mollusk gems'

Answer: pearls


Question: 'Pizzicato isn't a direction to order pizza but to pluck these instead of playing them with a bow'

Answer: violin strings


Question: 'It was a fine moment in "summer" swimming when she finally got the gold after a silver & bronze'

Answer: Summer Sanders


Question: 'They include Mount Shasta in California & Kilimanjaro in Africa'

Answer: (extinct) volcanoes


Question: 'When the British Crown Jewels aren't on the queen's head, they're on display here'

Answer: the Tower of London


Question: 'In Monopoly, a player collect $200 on passing this'

Answer: Go


Question: 'Peridots are often this shade of green that may remind you of a martini garnish'

Answer: olive


Question: 'Bach used his bean to write a comic cantata about a girl who can't give up this breakfast drink'

Answer: coffee


Question: 'Yael Arad, this country's first medalist ever, dedicated her silver to the slain athletes of the '72 games'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'Known for its overbite, this prehistoric cat could be found throughout much of the world'

Answer: the saber-toothed tiger


Question: 'The daughter of an earl uses this title in front of her name, as Diana Spencer did'

Answer: Lady


Question: 'A letter of the alphabet, or one's former spouse'

Answer: ex


Question: 'The 128-carat Tiffany Diamond was discovered in this country's famous Kimberley Mine'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'Nachtmusik is German for this; you might like to hear "a little" of it'

Answer: night music


Question: 'World champion Giovanna Trillini of Italy "foiled" her opponent to win an individual gold in this sport'

Answer: fencing


Question: 'These birds became extinct on Reunion Island about 1750 & on Rodrigues Island about 1800'

Answer: dodos


Question: 'The 2 sphinxes at the base of this famous ancient obelisk were added during the Victorian Era'

Answer: Cleopatra\'s Needle


Question: 'Freud described it as the instinctive part of the personality'

Answer: id


Question: 'Many fine fire opals come from Queretaro in this North American country'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'The pavillon is this part of a brass instrument, which has a nice ring to it'

Answer: the bell


Question: 'B. Jenner called her the "greatest athlete who ever lived, male or female" after she won her 2nd heptathlon'

Answer: Jackie Joyner-Kersee


Question: 'Coccolithophorids that lived 70-100 mil. yrs. ago fossilized to form this famous seaside site in England'

Answer: Dover


Question: 'The ancient baths in Bath, England were built by these people soon after they invaded Britain'

Answer: the Romans


Question: 'In Egyptian mythology, he was the sun god'

Answer: Ra


Question: 'The most highly valued of these gems are a deep color known as pigeon blood'

Answer: rubies


Question: 'Bagpipes usually have 3 of these; beehives have a few more'

Answer: drones


Question: 'Added to the gymnastics all-around at the last minute, this 15-year-old Ukrainian took the gold'

Answer: Tatiana Gutsu


Question: 'Known & named for its 3 horns, this dinosaur became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous Period.'

Answer: a Triceratops


Question: 'In England it is appropriate to fly the Union Jack on April 23, this saint's day'

Answer: Saint George


Question: 'It's the title of a hit song by Bread, or a poem by Rudyard Kipling'

Answer: "If"


Question: 'After his death on January 21, 1924, Stalin & Trotsky struggled for power in the USSR'

Answer: Lenin


Question: 'As its name indicates, a mineral called calcitonin lowers the level of this mineral in the blood'

Answer: calcium


Question: 'The 2 French-speaking groups in Louisiana are the Creoles & this group originally from Canada'

Answer: the Cajuns


Question: 'In 1978 this sequel to "The Winds of War" was a No. 1 bestseller'

Answer: War and Remembrance


Question: 'The Celts believed this plant had magic powers & brought them good luck; the kissing under it came later'

Answer: mistletoe


Question: 'As a result of the Congress of Vienna in 1835, Sweden received Norway from this country'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'Related to red hemoglobin, chlorocruorin, a pigment in some worms, is this color'

Answer: green


Question: 'Experts say a proper mint julep should be made with this state's bourbon'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'A 1986 bestseller, "The Class" was inspired by this "Love Story" author's own class reunion'

Answer: (Erich) Segal


Question: 'According to "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" it's what "a kiss on the hand may be"'

Answer: quite continental


Question: 'Signed in 1912, the Treaty of Fez established this African country as a French protectorate'

Answer: Morocco


Question: 'In fish & amphibians, the mesonephros functions much like this organ in humans'

Answer: the kidney


Question: 'Havana-style cigars are made in this Florida city, an embarkation point for Spanish-American war troops'

Answer: Tampa


Question: 'Tom Clancy's recurring hero Jack Ryan was introduced in this 1984 bestseller'

Answer: The Hunt for Red October


Question: 'Traditional length of time the person associated with the following building waited for a kiss:'

Answer: 100 years


Question: 'It was Tell's response when Gessler asked what the extra arrow was for'

Answer: to kill him if he missed with the first one


Question: 'Portuguese sailors off course in a 1543 storm became the 1st Europeans to land in this Asian island country'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'A flower is considered perfect if it has both pistils & these male organs'

Answer: the stamen


Question: 'The name of this city, home to the University of Alabama, comes from the Choctaw for "black warrior"'

Answer: Tuscaloosa


Question: 'No. 1 thrillers by this author include "The Firm" & "The Pelican Brief"'

Answer: (John) Grisham


Question: '"The Kiss" was supposed to be a part of this sculptor's "Gates of Hell"'

Answer: (Auguste) Rodin


Question: 'Tell, real or imagined, led the fight for Swiss freedom from this Austrian ruling house'

Answer: Habsburg


Question: 'This Prussian ruler's invasion of Silesia in 1740 led to the War of the Austrian Succession'

Answer: Frederick the Great


Question: 'Latin for "hard mother" it's the outermost membrane covering the brain'

Answer: dura mater


Question: 'The first chair factory in Thomasville in this state opened around 1870'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'Barbara Tuchman's "The First Salute" is an account of this war'

Answer: The American Revolution


Question: 'This word meaning to kiss is from the Latin for "kiss"'

Answer: osculate


Question: 'This German cut down on the Sturm und Drang a bit for his 1804 play about the Tell legend'

Answer: (Friedrich) Schiller


Question: 'The 2 languages on the Rosetta Stone'

Answer: Egyptian & Greek


Question: 'Sigurd, also known as Siegfried, was famous for slaying one of these creatures'

Answer: Dragon


Question: 'This 1972 movie begins with a funeral director telling Don Corleone, "I believe in America"'

Answer: The Godfather


Question: 'Fannie makes a relish from these dark red root vegetables, horseradish, lemon juice, sugar & salt'

Answer: Beets


Question: 'De Beers Mining Company was established in 1880 to mine these gems'

Answer: Diamonds


Question: 'The bank may offer this type of protection if your check exceeds the amount in your account'

Answer: Overdraft protection


Question: 'This tool was used by lumberjacks in days of yore'

Answer: Saw (was)


Question: 'The name of this creature comes from the old English for "man-wolf"'

Answer: Werewolf


Question: 'It's John Goodman's first onscreen line in "The Flintstones"'

Answer: "Yabba-Dabba-Doo!"


Question: 'The cookbook suggests using both green & red types of this fruit in Waldorf salad'

Answer: Apples


Question: 'In 1887 this explorer was sent back to Africa to rescue Mehmed Emin Pasha'

Answer: Henry Stanley


Question: 'This term for a top quality stock comes from the gambling world'

Answer: Blue chip


Question: 'Food you'll find in a small western burg'

Answer: Grub (burg)


Question: 'In the legends of these people, Chalchihuitlicue, a water deity, is the wife of Tlaloc, the rain god'

Answer: Aztecs


Question: 'Clint Eastwood film with the line "I see you, Frank.  I see you standing over the grave of another dead president"'

Answer: In The Line Of Fire


Question: 'To make 20 pints of this suet-laden pie filling, Fannie adds a quart of brandy'

Answer: Mincemeat


Question: 'Put these 3 letters, the date, the amount & the debtor's signature on paper & it's a legal debt'

Answer: IOU


Question: 'A lawyer may trot down to the court to pursue one of these actions'

Answer: Tort (trot)


Question: 'Legend says this doomed spectral ship, an omen of ill luck, can be seen off the Cape of Good Hope in stormy weather'

Answer: The Flying Dutchman


Question: '"My dreams are pure rock 'n' roll", says Lou Diamond Phillips while playing this singer'

Answer: Ritchie Valens


Question: 'This paste, an ingredient in marzipan, may be made in a blender or in a food processor'

Answer: Almond paste


Question: 'Cash is a current type; patents are intangible types; & plants, land, & machinery are fixed types of these'

Answer: Assets


Question: 'In ancient Greece seeing this god was a sight for sore lovers' eyes'

Answer: Eros (sore)


Question: 'This queen of Carthage who fell in love with Aeneas is also known as Elissa'

Answer: Dido


Question: 'In it, nanny Rebecca De Mornay hisses, "When your husband makes love to you, it's my face he sees"'

Answer: The Hand That Rocks The Cradle


Question: 'Cleveland dressing contains oil, vinegar, sugar, salt, paprika & the "dry" type of this condiment'

Answer: Mustard


Question: 'It's the Tokyo Stock Exchange's equivalent of the NYSE's Dow Jones Average'

Answer: Nikkei


Question: 'This kind of poll could determine how many Americans believe you get warts by touching a frog'

Answer: Straw (warts)


Question: 'This entertainer, "The Divine Miss M", was born in Honolulu, where her father was a Navy house painter'

Answer: Bette Midler


Question: 'The DeVry Institute of Technology with campuses in several states began in 1931 in this Illinois city'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'Some species of this marsupial in South America have a rudimentary pouch or no pouch at all'

Answer: Opossum


Question: 'In 1993 she teamed up with Beavis & Butt-Head for a new recording of "I Got You Babe"'

Answer: Cher


Question: 'Several currents flow through this ocean, including the Brazil Current & the Labrador Current'

Answer: Atlantic Ocean


Question: 'This U.S. publishing family originally spelled its last name Scrivener'

Answer: Scribner


Question: 'Pres. Clinton's 1994 tribute to veterans of the WWII campaign in Italy included this Hawaiian senator'

Answer: Daniel Inouye


Question: 'Named for William Jennings Bryan, Bryan College was founded in this Tennessee city in 1930'

Answer: Dayton


Question: 'Varieties of this bulbous member of the lily family include the Darwin & the Duc Van Tol'

Answer: Tulip


Question: 'This "Blue Bayou" singer recently released an album of rock lullabyes called "Dedicated To The One I Love"'

Answer: Linda Ronstadt


Question: 'Kuwait's largest island, Bubiyan, lies in this gulf'

Answer: Persian Gulf


Question: 'Editor Maxwell Perkins accepted his "Look Homeward, Angel" when others thought it unpublishable'

Answer: Thomas Wolfe


Question: 'Joseph De Veuster was the original name of this Belgian priest'

Answer: Father Damien


Question: 'This Cambridge, Mass. college was incorporated as the Soc. for the Collegiate Instruction of Women'

Answer: Radcliffe


Question: 'This container named for a Dutch city was one of the first devices used to store electricity'

Answer: Leyden jar


Question: 'Singing sisters Ann & Nancy Wilson formed this group in the 1970s'

Answer: Heart


Question: 'The valley of this river is also called the North Italian Plain'

Answer: Po


Question: 'This writer's great-grandfather, the inspiration for his John Sartoris, wrote "The White Rose Of Memphis"'

Answer: William Faulkner


Question: 'Utica College is affiliated with this university in upstate New York'

Answer: Syracuse University


Question: 'The order caudata consists of newts & these tailed amphibians, including mudpuppies'

Answer: Salamanders


Question: 'Released in 1995, her "The Woman In Me" is now the all-time best-selling album by a female country artist'

Answer: Shania Twain


Question: 'The lowest point in Iran is 92 feet below sea level at the shore of this body of water on its northern border'

Answer: Caspian Sea


Question: 'He succeeded Margaret Fuller as editor of the transcendentalist journal The Dial in 1842'

Answer: Ralph Waldo Emerson


Question: 'This 3-time Olympic gold medalist popularized the flutter kick'

Answer: Duke Kahanamoku


Question: 'In 1996, after lifting a ban, this Waco, Texas university held the 1st on-campus dance in its 151-year history'

Answer: Baylor


Question: 'Van Maanen's Star, one of these small stars, is only about the size of Earth'

Answer: White dwarf


Question: 'In 1995 she won a Grammy for Female Rock Vocal for her hit "Come To My Window"'

Answer: Melissa Etheridge


Question: 'It's the only Central American country that does not border the Caribbean'

Answer: El Salvador


Question: 'Eddie Rickenbacker scattered this "Guys and Dolls" author's ashes over Broadway'

Answer: Damon Runyon


Question: 'The first & last to preside over exactly 48 states'

Answer: William Howard Taft & Dwight Eisenhower


Question: 'The characters in the cartoon on which this series was based had no first names; Morticia & others were added'

Answer: The Addams Family


Question: 'It's not a romance novel hero, it's what you pull to open the parachute pack'

Answer: ripcord


Question: 'In early 1988 this "Cheers" patron married Lilith, a sharp-tempered fellow psychiatrist'

Answer: Dr. Frasier Crane


Question:
'Popov,
Wolfschmidt,
Smirnoff'

Answer: vodka


Question: 'Tom Petty likes this part of skydiving -- the part between the jump & the chute opening'

Answer: freefall


Question: 'It attracts fish while dangling from your hook'

Answer: bait


Question: 'One of the 4 notes to which violin strings are tuned'

Answer: (1 of 4) A, D, E, or G


Question: 'Its theme song begins, "Here's the story of a lovely lady, who was bringing up three very lovely girls"'

Answer: The Brady Bunch


Question:
'Andre,
Moet et Chandon,
Dom Perignon'

Answer: champagne


Question: 'The first manned parachute jump from a vehicle wasn't made from a plane, but from one of these over Paris in 1797'

Answer: hot-air balloon


Question: 'The white rabbit Alice saw exclaimed he was this'

Answer: late


Question: 'Of the 2 Darrins on this series, actor Dick York played the role longer -- 5 years'

Answer: Bewitched


Question:
'Montezuma Gold,
Pepe Lopez White,
Sauza Conmemorativo'

Answer: tequila


Question: 'In the 1940s this stronger & cheaper material began to replace silk in parachute canopies'

Answer: nylon


Question: 'N.Y. cabbie Travis Bickle'

Answer: Robert de Niro


Question: 'In England, yours might be measured in stones'

Answer: weight


Question: 'In Italian this term for vocal music without instrumental accompaniment means "as in the chapel"'

Answer: a cappella


Question: 'In 1977 this character left his job at Prendergast Tool & Die & purchased Kelsey's Bar'

Answer: Archie Bunker


Question:
'Gilbey's,
Gordon's,
Fleishmann's'

Answer: gin


Question: 'In the 1490s he sketched out the chute seen here'

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci


Question: 'Blonde beauty Lorelei Lee, from Little Rock'

Answer: Marilyn Monroe


Question: 'The human head, perhaps a bald one'

Answer: pate


Question: 'William Faulkner once lived at 624 Pirates Alley in this Louisiana city; it's now a bookstore that sells his works'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'This co-star of "Holiday", seen here, called Kate "A joy to work with"'

Answer: Cary Grant


Question: 'To a graduating college student:<br />B.A.'

Answer: Bachelor of Arts


Question: 'Born in 1770, studied with Salieri, became totally deaf in 1819, died 1827'

Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven


Question: 'Fans of this author can tour the Atlanta home where she wrote much of "Gone with the Wind"'

Answer: Margaret Mitchell


Question: 'Around 1000 A.D. this art of growing miniature trees was getting started in Asia'

Answer: bonsai


Question: 'In "Adam's Rib" Hepburn & this actor are married lawyers on opposite sides of a case'

Answer: Spencer Tracy


Question: 'A Providence landmark is the Colonial House of Stephen Hopkins, one of the signers of this document'

Answer: Declaration of Independence


Question: 'To a Republican:<br />GOP'

Answer: Grand Old Party


Question: 'Born 1491, married 1509, married 1533, married 1536, married twice in 1540, married 1543'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'Undershaw, the home where he wrote "The Hound of the Baskervilles", is now a hotel in Surrey, England'

Answer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


Question: 'Norsemen sailing from a settlement on this island founded L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland'

Answer: Greenland


Question: 'In 1936 Hepburn played this doomed Scots queen who was married to a real-life Hepburn ancestor'

Answer: Mary, Queen of Scots


Question: 'This "colorful" Ivy League school located in Providence is the seventh-oldest college in the U.S.'

Answer: Brown


Question: 'In the president's cabinet:<br />HUD'

Answer: Housing and Urban Development


Question: 'Born 1892 in Germany, shot down 80 enemy planes in WWI, himself shot down in 1918'

Answer: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron")


Question: 'Kate wrote a book on "The Making of" this film in which she & Bogie run the Ulanga River'

Answer: The African Queen


Question: 'Providence lies on this bay'

Answer: Narragansett Bay


Question: 'At the top of a corporation:<br />CEO'

Answer: chief executive officer


Question: 'Born in Virginia in 1809, invented reaper in 1831, reaped in profits until death in 1884'

Answer: Cyrus McCormick


Question: 'In 1959 Hepburn did "Suddenly Last Summer"; 9 years later she did this historical film with another season in its title'

Answer: The Lion in Winter


Question: 'Grateful for God's providence, this man founded the town & named it accordingly'

Answer: Roger Williams


Question: 'To a banker:<br />FDIC'

Answer: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation


Question: 'Name of the animal that measured 42 axe handles & 1 plug of chewing tobacco between the horns'

Answer: Babe the Blue Ox


Question: 'Perhaps the only world capital we've never before asked about is Funafuti, an atoll in this ocean: it's Tuvalu's capital'

Answer: the Pacific Ocean


Question: 'Kevin Dillon as Johnny "Drama", Vincent Chase's older brother'

Answer: Entourage


Question: 'April 29 is Emperor's Day in this Asian country'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'The chess piece that there are the most of'

Answer: the pawns


Question: 'In May a rally at this Ohio university turned tragic when 4 students were slain by National Guardsmen'

Answer: Kent State


Question: 'If that Chihuahua yaps any more, I swear I'm going to do this to it'

Answer: spay


Question: 'In its local version the name of this festive island is spelled K-i-r-i-t-i-m-a-t-i'

Answer: Christmas Island


Question: 'Jonathan Rhys Meyers as King Henry VIII'

Answer: The Tudors


Question: 'In England the anniversary of this queen's birthday is observed on a Saturday following May 24'

Answer: Victoria


Question: 'The 2 chess pieces of which each side has only one'

Answer: the king & queen


Question: 'Garry Trudeau's "Bull Tales" was renamed this & began appearing in some 2 dozen newspapers'

Answer: Doonesbury


Question: 'God didn't like the joke about the dyslexic agnostic, you know, where the guy wonders if there really is a this'

Answer: a dog


Question: 'From April to August 1958 the U.S. conducted 22 of these on Enewetak Atoll to get them in before a ban took effect'

Answer: nuclear tests


Question: 'Mark Feuerstein as Hank Lawson, a doctor who makes mansion calls in the Hamptons'

Answer: Royal Pains


Question: 'A Hallmark card for these professionals' day, near Mother's Day, refers to their "patient, giving ways"'

Answer: nurses


Question: 'The piece that shares its name with a job in the Catholic church'

Answer: the bishop


Question: 'Legislation signed on April 1 (no joke) banned ads for these on TV'

Answer: cigarettes


Question: 'I believe these were the cause of the missing produce on the White Star Line's flagship'

Answer: rats


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the screen.)  In the 1930s, transoceanic air routes starting from Midway Island used tiny Wake Atoll as a perfect fuel base to complete the 2,800-mile trip to this U.S. island territory'

Answer: Guam


Question: 'Bryan Cranston as chemistry teacher-turned-drug kingpin Walter White'

Answer: Breaking Bad


Question: 'Celebrated in Asia in the fall, Diwali is an annual festival of lights of this religion'

Answer: Hinduism


Question: 'The one that shares its name with a crow relative'

Answer: a rook


Question: 'American subcompacts hit the road for the first time, including this Ford model'

Answer: a Pinto


Question: 'I felt it was excessive when the waiter was rotated on one of these after complaining about his tips'

Answer: a spit


Question: 'Bring me the head of this atoll largest in the Chagos Archipelago, where the U.S. has a naval facility'

Answer: Diego Garcia


Question: 'Alexander Skarsgard as Eric Northman, an old & powerful Nordic vampire'

Answer: True Blood


Question: 'This August 15 feast day commemorates the Virgin Mary's ascension to Heaven'

Answer: the Assumption


Question: 'The only piece in the back row that can start a game'

Answer: a knight


Question: 'In November a memorial service was held at Notre Dame for this former French president who died at 79'

Answer: (Charles) de Gaulle


Question: '"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" was the favorite poem of the Middle East leader with this title'

Answer: Emir


Question: 'The School of Fontainebleau is named for one of these built by Francis I in the 1530s'

Answer: a palace


Question: 'This pop diva was downright dowdy in her role as a welfare caseworker in "Precious"'

Answer: Mariah Carey


Question: 'A South American toad displays its orange feet to predators to let them know it's this'

Answer: poisonous


Question: 'Tweens can spend hours on this 140-character max website created by a 10-person startup called Obvious'

Answer: Twitter


Question: 'Around 1387, this poet wisely noted, "in love, ther is but litel reste"'

Answer: Chaucer


Question: 'It's said there are 3 things that matter in real estate: this. this, this'

Answer: location


Question: '"First Steps" is by Jozef Israels of this country's traditionalist Hague School'

Answer: the Netherlands


Question: 'He was clean-shaven & minus the cowboy hat as Sandra Bullock's husband in "The Blind Side"'

Answer: (Tim) McGraw


Question: 'In salamanders named for a lack of these internal organs, a tiny pulmonary artery runs in the body wall'

Answer: lungs


Question: 'From the Latin for "adulthood", this process generally starts for girls between 10 & 12 & boys, 12 to 14'

Answer: puberty


Question: '"Love is strong as death: jealousy is cruel as the grave" is from this biblical "song" book'

Answer: the Song of Solomon


Question: 'There once was a clue in our place/ about this type of poem, not mace/ short & quick/ a niffy old trick/ but then we ran out of'

Answer: a limerick


Question: 'The Stroganov School in Russia specialized in these exquisite artworks for private devotions'

Answer: icons


Question: 'As Saraghina in "Nine", this pop star belts out "Be Italian"'

Answer: Fergie


Question: 'A South African frog favors the arum type rather than the water type of this plant'

Answer: a lily


Question: 'Tweens watching this young man's video "Baby" on YouTube helped it to a record 260 million views as of summer 2010'

Answer: Justin Bieber


Question: 'In "A Woman of No Importance", he wrote, "One should always be in love, that is why one should never marry"'

Answer: Oscar Wilde


Question: 'One honored for achieving distinction in a certain field; poet is one type'

Answer: laureate


Question: 'While part of the Avignon School, Simone Martini met this poet & painted a portrait of his beloved Laura'

Answer: Petrarch


Question: 'Check out this singer back in 1985 in his role as Dr. Frankenstein in "The Bride"'

Answer: Sting


Question: 'Many caecilians have these in their skin, like snakes, which they resemble, but unlike most other amphibians'

Answer: scales


Question: 'Alliterative 2-word term for the actions of a tween's social group to make him or her conform'

Answer: peer pressure


Question: 'A little late, this Shakespearean character describes himself as "one that loved not wisely, but too well"'

Answer: Othello


Question: 'The this & Lymphoma Society is a charity fighting blood cancers'

Answer: Leukemia


Question: 'The school named for this big city began in the1940s & mutated into abstract expressionism, Pop Art, etc.'

Answer: New York City


Question: 'As June Boatwright in "The Secret Life of Bees", she didn't play the piano but rather the cello, which she learned for the role'

Answer: Alicia Keys


Question: '4-letter word for a salamander that leans toward the land side of amphibianness'

Answer: a newt


Question: 'Hmm, your tween is reading works in this movement, like Camus' "Caligula"? That's both impressive & disturbing'

Answer: existentialism


Question: 'Thomas Fuller observed that "love and pride stock" this British mental hospital'

Answer: Bedlam (or Bethlehem Royal)


Question: 'To contest in court or to carry on a lawsuit'

Answer: litigate


Question: 'From 1513 to 1972, only men named Christian & Frederick alternated as rulers of this nation'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'In "The Merchant of Venice" this man's daughter Jessica elopes with Lorenzo'

Answer: Shylock


Question: 'The record winter snowfall for a 24-hour period was 78 inches at "Mile 47 Camp" in 1963 in this U.S. state'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'A fetus' food lifeline'

Answer: Umbilical cord


Question: 'Julius declared "The die is cast" & crossed this river, provoking the Roman Civil War'

Answer: Rubicon


Question: 'This character's doomed love for Ann Darrow ends tragically at the foot of the Empire State Building'

Answer: King Kong


Question: 'Major producers of these nuts seen here include Turkey & California'

Answer: Pistachios


Question: 'When he mistakes frankness for lack of affection, this king rejects his only loyal daughter'

Answer: King Lear


Question: 'In the Northern Hemisphere, 1 of the 2 dates on which winter can begin'

Answer: December 21 or 22


Question: 'Montevideo is the capital'

Answer: Uruguay


Question: 'In the English translation of the writings of Suetonius, they're Julius Caesar's last words'

Answer: "And you, Brutus?"


Question: 'The son of a depressed widower dials up a radio call-in show in this film directed by Nora Ephron'

Answer: Sleepless In Seattle


Question: 'Pie favorite seen here:'

Answer: Pecans


Question: 'Kate's sister Bianca is courted by Lucentio, Hortensio & Grumio in this play'

Answer: "The Taming of the Shrew"


Question: 'The hard red winter type of this grain is planted in autumn & in late spring'

Answer: Wheat


Question: 'An arm bone'

Answer: Ulna


Question: 'Julius invaded this "great" island twice:  once in 55 B.C. & once in 54 B.C.'

Answer: Great Britain


Question: 'Count Almasy tragically leaves the love of his life behind to seek help in this 1996 Oscar-winning film'

Answer: The English Patient


Question: 'It's where these nuts are in a classic holiday song:'

Answer: "(Chestnuts) roasting on an open fire..."


Question: 'It's the last name of the character who is Tybalt's killer & Mercutio's friend'

Answer: Montague


Question: 'In "Don Juan" he quipped, "The English winter -- ending in July, to recommence in August"'

Answer: Lord Byron


Question: 'AKA Northern Ireland'

Answer: Ulster


Question: '1 of Julius Caesar's 3 wives'

Answer: Calpurnia, Cornelia & Pompeia


Question: 'The big screen tearjerker "Love Story" was followed by this sequel'

Answer: Oliver\'s Story


Question: 'A main source of these nuts is the Amazon River region'

Answer: Brazil nuts


Question: 'The king's castle in this Danish seaport is the setting for most of "Hamlet"'

Answer: Elsinore/Helsingor


Question: 'The Old Farmer's Almanac says to count the bands on one of these "woolly" insects to see how hard winter will be'

Answer: Caterpillar


Question: 'Nietzsche's Superman'

Answer: Ubermensch


Question: 'With no male heir of his own, Julius adopted this grandnephew'

Answer: Octavian/Octavius


Question: 'Vincent Price took revenge on those responsible for the tragic death of his wife as this mad doctor'

Answer: Dr. Phibes


Question: 'The 2 main types of the nut seen here are the English variety & this other full variety:'

Answer: Black walnut


Question: 'This air tube in the neck is held open by 16 to 20 C-shaped rings of cartilage'

Answer: Trachea


Question: '"Queen of the House" by Jody Miller was a reply to this 1965 Roger Miller hit'

Answer: "King of the Road"


Question: 'In 1967 this country lost the West Bank to Israel'

Answer: Jordan


Question: 'This military group abbreviated RCAF developed the 5BX program of calisthenics'

Answer: Royal Canadian Air Force


Question: 'Akiko Kojima became the first woman from this continent to win the Miss Universe pageant in 1959'

Answer: Asia


Question: 'A TV network:<br />           ABC'

Answer: American Broadcasting Company


Question: 'During this process, the opposite of photosynthesis, plants use oxygen & give up water & carbon dioxide'

Answer: Respiration


Question: '"Ue O Miute Aruko" by Kyu Sakamoto was retitled this for the U.S.'

Answer: "Sukiyaki"


Question: 'In 1967 this country lost the Golan Heights to Israel'

Answer: Syria


Question: 'This method of intensive or downright painful massage is also called structural integration'

Answer: Rolfing


Question: 'This Greek-American diva, born in 1923, was acclaimed for her portrayals of Norma & Anna Bolena'

Answer: Maria Callas


Question: 'In the National Football League:<br />            AFC'

Answer: American Football Conference


Question: 'Once hunted for its pelt, this Australian monotreme is now protected by law'

Answer: Duck-billed platypus


Question: 'Both Simon & Garfunkel & Sergio Mendes found "thyme", parsley, sage & rosemary to make this hit'

Answer: "Scarborough Fair"


Question: 'These 2 rivers form the Shatt al Arab, which then flows into the Persian Gulf'

Answer: the Tigris & the Euphrates


Question: 'You'll no longer get sand kicked in your face if you use the Charles Atlas program of "dynamic" this'

Answer: Tension


Question: 'Muriel Spark was born in this capital city, the setting for her novel "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"'

Answer: Edinburgh


Question: 'An educators' group:<br />            AFT'

Answer: American Federation of Teachers


Question: 'Hidalgo, one of these objects, reaches the orbit of Saturn, but most are confined to a belt between Mars & Jupiter'

Answer: Asteroid


Question: 'Bob Dylan numbered them 12 & 35'

Answer: "Rainy Day Women"