Question: 'This European banking dynasty's properties include Chateau Lafite, which makes a pretty good Bordeaux'

Answer: the Rothschilds


Question: 'Also one end of a swimming pool, this adjective can mean "superficial"'

Answer: shallow


Question: 'This U.S. city's 1915 Panama Pacific Expo was held over a landfill made partly of earthquake debris'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'This position is the last line of defense; in the NFL it's the offensive role of Larry Csonka & Moose Johnston'

Answer: the fullback


Question: 'A traditional appetizer is caviar, the red type being the roe of this fish'

Answer: the salmon


Question: 'A Thomson's'

Answer: a gazelle


Question: 'Marble House in Newport, Rhode Island was bilt in the late 1800s for William, last name this'

Answer: Vanderbilt


Question: 'To move unsteadily, or to arrange in a zigzagged order'

Answer: stagger


Question: 'The First World's Fair, the Great Exhibition of 1851, was held in this London park famed for its Speakers' Corner'

Answer: Hyde Park


Question: 'The USA's national team is the Eagles; Argentina's is Los these, aka mountain lions'

Answer: Pumas


Question: 'Sharlotka is a Russian dessert made with this fruit'

Answer: apple


Question: 'A Poland China'

Answer: a pig


Question: '269-room Villa Hugel in Essen, Germany was home to this arms & steel industry family until 1945'

Answer: the Krupps


Question: 'A small tower, or a revolving gun structure on a military plane'

Answer: turret


Question: 'A cascade is a small one of these & a ribbon is a tall narrow one'

Answer: a waterfall


Question: 'He went to join Gracie in 1996, less than 2 months after his 100th birthday'

Answer: George Burns


Question: 'This watery fella's kids included Orion & Polyphemus'

Answer: Poseidon


Question: 'In 1961 he reached an altitude of 115 miles in the Freedom 7'

Answer: Alan Shepard


Question: 'Eat it with corn chips, señor'

Answer: salsa


Question: '"Cheers" or "Two and a Half Men"'

Answer: a sitcom


Question: 'A fertile spot in a desert; the Sahara's Erg Awbari comes complete with palm trees & lakes'

Answer: an oasis


Question: 'A "Hee Haw" regular known for her straw hat with dangling price tag, she said good-bye in Nashville in 1996'

Answer: Minnie Pearl


Question: 'Oddly, in one tradition the war god Ares fathered this Greek love god'

Answer: Eros


Question: 'On July 20, 1969 he was alone in the command module Columbia, circling the Moon at an altitude of 60-75 miles'

Answer: (Michael) Collins


Question: 'An unforeseen & clever plot change towards the end of a movie'

Answer: twist


Question: 'In February 1960 black college students staged one at a Greensboro, North Carolina lunch counter'

Answer: a sit-in


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from about the National Geographic Explorer.)  Today we're crossing 66 degrees, 33 minutes south latitude; it was 250 years ago that Captain Cook was the first to cross this same borderline'

Answer: the Antarctic Circle


Question: 'Chance the gardener, he stopped "Being There" in London in 1980'

Answer: Peter Sellers


Question: 'Mnemosyne, or "memory", was the mom of these inspirational sister goddesses'

Answer: the muses


Question: 'Haise, Swigert & this commander were about 205,000 miles from Earth when an explosion ruptured an oxygen tank'

Answer: (James) Lovell


Question: 'A design dot used in regular patterns'

Answer: polka


Question: 'This toy from Hasbro uses 2 revolving plastic discs around an axis'

Answer: a Sit \'n Spin


Question: 'From the Latin for "one who makes a levied payment" comes this term for a stream that flows into a larger stream'

Answer: tributary


Question: 'The "Monty Python" member who played King Arthur, he ended his grail quest in Maidstone, England'

Answer: Graham Chapman


Question: 'A big supporter of the heavens, he was the son of the Titan Iapetus'

Answer: Atlas


Question: 'He described the moonscape that he walked on as "magnificent desolation", also the title of his 2009 memoir'

Answer: Buzz Aldrin


Question: 'The sixth letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet'

Answer: foxtrot


Question: 'This southeastern Alaskan town was once the territorial capital'

Answer: Sitka


Question: 'Spanish for "table" & common in the southwest, it's a broad, flat-topped elevation with clifflike sides'

Answer: a mesa


Question: 'An overdose killed this controversial standup comic in Hollywood in 1966'

Answer: Lenny Bruce


Question: 'This son of the Celtic river god Boann shares his name with a breed of cattle'

Answer: Angus


Question: 'This Apollo 12 astronaut painted himself tiptoeing on the Ocean of Storms'

Answer: Alan Bean


Question: 'In Catholic theology, it's a region reserved for unbaptized babies'

Answer: limbo


Question: 'Last name of poet Dame Edith'

Answer: Sitwell


Question: 'Armor-clad knights face off in a game of baseball in an 1889 work by this author'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'The historic village of Gokayama & the Itsukushima Shrine'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'To "paper" someone at his front door is to give him this before turning the place upside-down'

Answer: search warrant


Question: 'Camels were first brought to this continent in 1840 & later transported goods between Adelaide & Perth'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Stab with a fork to prevent explosion; set on an oven rack at 400 degrees for 45-60 minutes'

Answer: bake a potato


Question: 'Eastman Medical Center hired this very young title M.D.'

Answer: Doogie Howser


Question: 'In Chaucer's "Parliament of Fowls", the fowls gather to choose their mates on this day'

Answer: Valentine\'s Day


Question: 'The Church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye & the Kamchatka volcanic region'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'A record of arrests, or the name of a hip-hop magazine'

Answer: Rap Sheet


Question: 'From an earlier occupation, this prophet was known as the "Camel Driver of Mecca"'

Answer: Mohammed


Question: 'Toss one of the 2 in your right hand to your left; at its highest point, toss the one in your left hand to your right...'

Answer: juggle


Question: 'Since 1994 it's been set at Cook County Hospital'

Answer: ER


Question: 'The first laws against alcohol in the Americas were passed in 1623 with the help of Gov. Francis Wyatt of this colony'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'The Maulbronn Monastery & the Volklingen Ironworks'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'Don't sweat it, just tell us "the box" is this investigative machine'

Answer: lie detector


Question: 'Camels are widely used on farms in the Punjab region of India & this country'

Answer: Pakistan


Question: 'Decelerate hard, line 'er up, fire up the engines in case the cables don't catch you & you have to take off again'

Answer: land on an aircraft carrier


Question: 'On this series that debuted in 1972, Squad 51 took its patients to Rampart Hospital'

Answer: Emergency!


Question: 'This great writer of the Enlightenment was known as "The Plato of the 18th Centuty"'

Answer: Voltaire


Question: 'The Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork & the Wieliczka Salt Mine'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'Smaller than a precinct, it's the geographic area of an individual patrol; there are 279 in Chicago'

Answer: beat


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew)  Also a brand of blue jeans, it's the name for a handler of animals, like camels on a movie set'

Answer: Wrangler


Question: 'Get replacement from deceased donor, crack open sternum, sew it in, connect key parts like venae cavae'

Answer: heart transplant


Question: 'Since 1977 Dr. Monica Quartermaine has spent a lot of days living out dramas at this hospital'

Answer: General Hospital


Question: 'In the 1860's this industrial "commodore" lost the fight for control of the Erie Railroad'

Answer: Cornelius Vanderbilt


Question: 'Komodo National Park & the Sangiran early man site'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'In 1949 the LAPD created this bureau, I.A., to look into police corruption'

Answer: Internal Affairs


Question: 'This ethnic group, whose name is from the Arabic for "desert dwellers", uses camels for riding & racing'

Answer: Bedouins


Question: 'Sharpen your burin, incise the design, warm & ink the plate, print the design onto paper'

Answer: how you make an engraving


Question: 'While the series was titled "St. Elsewhere" this was the actual name of the hospital'

Answer: St. Eligius


Question: 'From the Latin for "wide vessel", this type of drug does just that; it widens blood vessels'

Answer: vasodilator


Question: '"Eat", an early film by this pop artist, showed fellow artist Robert Indiana eating a mushroom'

Answer: Andy Warhol


Question: 'In 1825 John Nash used his beautiful mind to remodel this London royal residence'

Answer: Buckingham Palace


Question: 'The first human to walk on the moon did it on July 20 of this year'

Answer: 1969


Question: 'His books include "I Am Not Spock" & a photographic study of the female form called "Shekhina"'

Answer: Leonard Nimoy


Question: 'Hubert Humphrey'

Answer: Lyndon B. Johnson


Question: 'It's the national capital a Sinophile would most like to visit'

Answer: Beijing (Peking)


Question: 'This "American Gothic" painter produced a series of drawings for Sinclair Lewis' "Main Street"'

Answer: Grant Wood


Question: 'This city's Schonbrunn Garden Palace houses the Museum of Austrian Folk Art & Folk Life'

Answer: Vienna


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew)  From the Latin for "wheel track", it's the path a body follows around a larger body, like a planet around the sun'

Answer: orbit


Question: '"Ash Wednesday" is a novel about love & marriage by this actor, Uma Thurman's husband'

Answer: Ethan Hawke


Question: 'Walter Mondale'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'A discophile doesn't particularly like discos but does like these, which are used there'

Answer: records


Question: 'He's the artist who painted the portrait (George Washington) seen here'

Answer: Gilbert Stuart


Question: 'It's the largest of the rusticated stone palaces in Florence'

Answer: Pitti Palace


Question: 'Despite being 10 times the size of the Earth, this sixth planet from the sun would actually float in water'

Answer: Saturn


Question: '"You Might Be a Redneck if..." you know this funnyman wrote the book'

Answer: Jeff Foxworthy


Question: 'Aaron Burr'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'A logophile is a lover of these: long or short, Latinate or Anglo-Saxon...'

Answer: words


Question: 'His "Whaam!" is part of the collection at the Tate Gallery in London'

Answer: Roy Lichtenstein


Question: 'We wish the walls of this city's Topkapi Palace could talk -- it housed the sultans & their harems'

Answer: Istanbul


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Johnson Space Center in Houston)  The first voyage in the shuttle program came 20 years to the day after he became the first man in space'

Answer: Yuri Gagarin


Question: 'In a 1995 autobiography this TV & film star told how she made it "After All"'

Answer: Mary Tyler Moore


Question: 'Chester A. Arthur'

Answer: James Garfield


Question: '1 of the 2 letters that can begin the standard term for a lover & connoisseur of wine'

Answer: O or E  (oenophile or enophile)


Question: 'Done in monochrome, "White Flag" from 1955 is the largest of his flag paintings'

Answer: Jasper Johns


Question: 'This palace southeast of Paris is where Napoleon gave up his throne'

Answer: Fontainebleau


Question: 'These "clouds" named for a circumnavigating explorer are the nearest galaxies to our own'

Answer: Magellan/Magellanic Clouds


Question: 'In 2002 this Oscar winner published her first novel for young readers, "Deaf Child Crossing"'

Answer: Marlee Matlin


Question: 'John C. Calhoun'

Answer: John Quincy Adams


Question: 'From the French, it's someone who wouldn't miss a Samuel Fuller or Alain Resnais festival'

Answer: cinephile


Question: '(Alex)  Parts of this 1985 movie were filmed right here in Karen, a suburb of Nairobi'

Answer: Out of Africa


Question: 'This imaginary line lies at about 66 degrees 30 minutes south latitude'

Answer: Antarctic Circle


Question: 'Before she was Will's Grace, Debra Messing was Gail O'Grady's sister Dana Abandando on this cop drama'

Answer: NYPD Blue


Question: 'On September 9, 1976 this Communist chairman died'

Answer: Mao Tse-tung


Question: 'On April 1, 1998 a Little Rock judge threw out this woman's lawsuit against President Clinton'

Answer: Paula Jones


Question: '"Legs" is William Kennedy's novel about this "gem" of a gangster'

Answer: Legs Diamond


Question: 'On a kahua pohili, "baseball field", you'll find a yuao, "umpire", behind this, pahu eo'

Answer: Home plate


Question: 'Antarctica's largest human community, McMurdo Station, is maintained by this country'

Answer: United States


Question: '"(Hi, I'm A Martinez) Before joining "General Hospital", I won an Emmy playing Cruz on this California-based soap"'

Answer: Santa Barbara


Question: 'Name for the style seen here after a king who reigned from 1643 to 1715:'

Answer: Louis XIV


Question: 'An American teenager given a controversial caning in May 1994 was allowed to leave this country in June'

Answer: Singapore


Question: 'Thea Kronborg battles adversity to become an opera star in "Song Of The Lark" by this "O Pioneers!" author'

Answer: Willa Cather


Question: 'Lihilihi maka kuyi are false ones of these for women (no, think higher up)'

Answer: Eyelashes


Question: 'This big city lies just 30 miles north of the Cape of Good Hope'

Answer: Cape Town


Question: 'This gritty drama focuses on the police, paramedics & firefighters who work the 3-11 P.M. shift'

Answer: Third Watch


Question: 'After his presidency, this West Point graduate was imprisoned for 2 years'

Answer: Jefferson Davis


Question: 'In 1990 4 performance artists sued this government body for denying them grants'

Answer: National Endowment for the Arts


Question: 'The real-life murder of a Moscow student inspired him to write his 1872 novel "The Possessed"'

Answer: Fyodor Dostoyevsky


Question: 'Holi hau is to do this, something a player of hoke has to learn'

Answer: Skate


Question: 'Stewart Island extends south of South Island in this nation'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'Frankie Muniz is the title kid on this quirky family sitcom that premiered on FOX in 2000'

Answer: Malcolm In The Middle


Question: 'In 1904 this man's running mate was Charles W. Fairbanks'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'In July 1999 Disney settled its suit with this former executive for hundreds of millions of dollars'

Answer: Jeffrey Katzenberg


Question: 'Your mail carrier may know this was James M. Cain's first novel'

Answer: The Postman Always Rings Twice


Question: 'Pea kina translates to "Chinese bear", meaning this'

Answer: Panda


Question: 'In Antarctica, Mount Erebus occupies an island at the edge of this ice shelf'

Answer: Ross Ice Shelf


Question: 'On "The Simpsons", the chief executive of Springfield is this corrupt mayor nicknamed Diamond Joe'

Answer: Mayor Quimby


Question: 'Given their part-French name in the 1960s, by 1975 this Asian group controlled its country of origin'

Answer: Khmer Rouge (Cambodia)


Question: 'Before he died in 1996, this Chicago cardinal gave us the bestseller "The Gift Of Peace"'

Answer: Joseph Cardinal Bernadin


Question: 'He was a natural as a novelist, as his first novel, "The Natural", proved'

Answer: Bernard Malamud


Question: 'A Hawaiian version of this musical would feature the scale song "Pa-Ko-Li"'

Answer: The Sound of Music ("Do-Re-Mi")


Question: 'This author of "Volpone" inspired a generation of younger writers called the "Sons of Ben"'

Answer: Ben Jonson


Question: 'This lemon-lime drink from the Coca-Cola Company was introduced in 1961'

Answer: Sprite


Question: 'In both Canada & the U.S., Father's Day falls on the third Sunday in this month'

Answer: June


Question: 'In 1999 she entered the Pro Figure Skating Championships, as they weren't covered under her lifetime ban'

Answer: Tonya Harding


Question: 'This explorer's January 20, 1778 landing site in Hawaii is an historic landmark'

Answer: Captain James Cook


Question: 'Mr. Flintstone & the first "Spice Girl" to quit the group'

Answer: Fred & Ginger


Question: 'This king whose Latin name gave us the word "Jacobean" suppressed the satire "A Game At Chess"'

Answer: King James I


Question: 'A heartwarming Coke commercial from 1979 featured this Steelers lineman'

Answer: "Mean" Joe Greene


Question: 'On Halloween children collect money for this agency using official orange cartons'

Answer: UNICEF


Question: 'Around 1846 Sarah Bagley became the first female "operator" of this device'

Answer: Telegraph


Question: 'The Pecos Pueblo in this state is in a sorry state from weather erosion'

Answer: New Mexico


Question: 'An examination supervisor & what people do in a casino'

Answer: Proctor & Gamble


Question: 'The title character is strangled in Act IV of John Webster's "The Duchess of" this'

Answer: Malfi


Question: 'In a 1940s hit the Andrews Sisters were drinking this with their Coca-Cola'

Answer: Rum


Question: 'This general's birthday, July 24, is a national holiday in Ecuador & Venezuela'

Answer: Simon Bolivar


Question: 'Aaron Copland composed "Appalachian Spring" for this choreographer'

Answer: Martha Graham


Question: 'You'll find this plant wizard's house & garden in Santa Rosa, California on the list'

Answer: Luther Burbank


Question: 'Another name for a mongrel & actor Goldblum'

Answer: Mutt & Jeff


Question: 'Francis Beaumont's usual partner, he may have teamed up with Shakespeare to write "The Two Noble Kinsmen"'

Answer: John Fletcher


Question: 'A part of Coca-Cola, this company named for its orange juice also makes Hi-C'

Answer: Minute Maid


Question: 'Boston's annual marathon takes place on this Massachusetts holiday, the third Monday in April'

Answer: Patriots Day


Question: 'Chicago got its first black mayor, Harold Washington, 4 years after its first woman mayor, her'

Answer: Jane Byrne


Question: 'You can stand with feet of clay, Henry Clay, at the reconstructed home where he lived from 1811 to 1852 in this state'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'The "colorfully" depressed & popular Old West writer Zane'

Answer: Blue & Grey


Question: 'This author of the play "The Widow's Tears" also did a Homer translation that blew John Keats away'

Answer: George Chapman


Question: 'Coca-Cola first advertised on live network TV in 1950 as a sponsor of this ventriloquist'

Answer: Edgar Bergen


Question: 'This Swedish holiday goes back to Viking times when the night of Dec. 12-13 was the year's longest'

Answer: St. Lucia\'s Day


Question: 'This "Backlash" author won a Pulitzer for a story she wrote while at the Wall Street Journal'

Answer: Susan Faludi


Question: 'The Chadds Ford Township, Penn. house & studio in which this artist trained Andrew & James is an historic landmark'

Answer: N.C. Wyeth


Question: 'The computer in the movie "Alien" & French Chef Julia'

Answer: Mother & Child


Question: 'He administered the presidential oath of office more times than any other chief justice -- 9 times'

Answer: John Marshall


Question: 'Herbert George...'

Answer: H.G. Wells


Question: 'To accessorize granny dresses chicks wore these necklaces of little balls for peace & goodwill'

Answer: Love beads


Question: 'An old French word for "thicket" gave us this word for something tossed by a bride'

Answer: Bouquet


Question: 'The Mouton girls of Louisiana were the first of these successfully separated, in 1953'

Answer: Siamese twins


Question: 'In 1959 the Russian probe Luna 1 came within about 4,000 miles of this body & Luna 2 hit it'

Answer: The moon


Question: 'In July 1994 St. Vincent & the Grenadines issued a set of these honoring The Next Generation's last episode'

Answer: Postage stamps


Question: 'Pelham Grenville...'

Answer: P.G. Wodehouse


Question: 'In a famous '60s slogan it came between "turn on" & "drop out"'

Answer: "Tune In"


Question: 'From a Provencal word for "witch", it's a sports team's good-luck symbol'

Answer: Mascot


Question: 'On January 8, 1963 art viewers in the U.S. got their first smile from this woman'

Answer: Mona Lisa


Question: 'The U.S. launched its first satellite in 1958, while the second in this Soviet program was orbiting'

Answer: Sputnik


Question: 'Chase Masterson, Leeta on "DS9", is staying in the genre co-hosting an entertainment show on this cable network'

Answer: Sci Fi Channel


Question: 'Alan Alexander...'

Answer: A.A. Milne


Question: 'Bought a black light for my posters, man, & one of these ooze lights for my mantle'

Answer: Lava lamp


Question: 'This word for a swinging cot is derived from Spanish & from the Taino language of the West Indies'

Answer: Hammock


Question: 'In 1895 C.B. Macdonald won the first official U.S. Amateur Championship of this sport'

Answer: Golf


Question: 'In the early '70s Pioneer 10 & 11 slipped through this "belt" to reach Jupiter'

Answer: Asteroid belt


Question: 'These include the Galileo & the Magellan, & the Enterprise has a bay for them'

Answer: Shuttles


Question: 'Clive Staples...'

Answer: C.S. Lewis


Question: 'In '67 we did a psychedelic paint job on our "bus" from this German company & headed off to Frisco'

Answer: Volkswagen


Question: 'From middle English & Latin for "toward" & "to climb", one does it to a staircase or the throne'

Answer: Ascend


Question: 'He was the 1st to succeed to the presidency due to a death, & the 1st incumbent pres. photographed, in 1844'

Answer: John Tyler


Question: 'Gordon Cooper was the last astronaut launched in this first U.S. manned space program'

Answer: Mercury


Question: '(Hi, I'm Jeri Ryan) "Star Trek" occasionally adds new characters to the original casts; among them were Dr. Pulaski, me & this Walter Koenig Russian'

Answer: Pavel Chekov


Question: 'Howard Phillips...'

Answer: HP Lovecraft


Question: 'The fact that Leslie Hornby modeled under this name "sticks" in our minds'

Answer: Twiggy


Question: 'From old English for a male servant or a boy, it's a synonym for a jack in a deck of cards'

Answer: Knave


Question: 'Henry Wells, in his Duryea, was probably at fault in the USA's first of these, in 1896'

Answer: Automobile accident


Question: 'The 1960s rocket that shared its name with this planet only went as far as Earth's moon'

Answer: Saturn


Question: '1 of the 3 alien races Mark Lenard portrayed in the "Star Trek" TV shows & films'

Answer: Klingons, Romulans or Vulcans


Question: 'Managua'

Answer: Nicaragua


Question: 'His 66 home runs in 1998 helped the Cubs to the playoffs for only the 3rd time in 53 years'

Answer: Sammy Sosa


Question: 'As a teenager this dictator tried to get into the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, but failed twice'

Answer: Adolf Hitler


Question: 'Candy bar galaxy<br />         (5,3)'

Answer: Milky Way


Question: 'Mills for this product process the raw cane into molasses'

Answer: Sugar


Question: 'An empire began when Tom & Louis Borders opened this type of store in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1971'

Answer: Bookstore


Question: 'Dhaka'

Answer: Bangladesh


Question: 'A little birdie told us an eagle is a score this many under par on a hole'

Answer: 2


Question: 'He was elected governor of the state of Oaxaca in 1847 & president of Mexico 14 years later'

Answer: Benito Juarez


Question: 'Sousa's month<br />          (5)'

Answer: March


Question: 'Type of mill that turns logs into two-by-fours'

Answer: Lumber mill


Question: 'This "Cats" creator wrote a set of cello variations for his brother Julian to play'

Answer: Andrew Lloyd Webber


Question: 'Nicosia'

Answer: Cyprus


Question: '(Hi, I'm Austin Peck & I play boxer-turned-executive Austin Reed on "Days Of Our Lives") One of the largest crowds in indoor boxing history gathered on Sept. 15, 1978 when Leon Spinks fought this man'

Answer: Muhammad Ali


Question: 'This Dane was a law student in 1560 when a solar eclipse sparked his interest in astronomy'

Answer: Tycho Brahe


Question: 'Colonel's condiment in the game of Clue<br />            (7)'

Answer: Mustard


Question: 'A plain old "miller" usually means one whose mill grinds grain into this'

Answer: Flour


Question: 'The Mills Brothers were a singing group; these brothers were the first to vacuum-pack coffee in tins'

Answer: The Hills Brothers


Question: 'Colombo'

Answer: Sri Lanka (Ceylon)


Question: 'This Italian skier is nicknamed La Bomba, "The Bomb"'

Answer: Alberto Tomba


Question: 'This trailblazer was in his 60s when he moved to the Femme Osage district of what is now Missouri in the late 1790s'

Answer: Daniel Boone


Question: 'Patriotic Pennsylvania Pitcher<br />            (5)'

Answer: Molly


Question: '"Warm & cozy" type of mill seen here (maybe in Pittsburgh)'

Answer: Steel mill


Question: 'In 1982 Christian leader Amin Gemayel became pres. of this Mideast country in place of his slain brother'

Answer: Lebanon


Question: 'Valletta'

Answer: Malta


Question: 'This Milwaukee NBA team moved to St. Louis in 1955 & then to Atlanta in 1968'

Answer: Hawks


Question: 'To murmur indistinctly, or a mongrel's mama<br />            (6)'

Answer: Mutter


Question: 'These mills that process the fiber that makes burlap were once the main industry of Dundee, Scotland'

Answer: Jute mills


Question: 'Last name of directors Peter & Bobby, the men behind "Dumb & Dumber" & "There's Something About Mary"'

Answer: The Farelly Brothers


Question: 'Spurned in love, he joined the Light Dragoons in 1793 under the alias Silas Tomkyn Comberbache'

Answer: Samuel Taylor Coleridge


Question: 'Ho, ho, ho!  The North Pole sits near the center of this ocean'

Answer: Arctic Ocean


Question: '"I'd love to get you on a slow boat to" this country, "all to myself alone"'

Answer: China


Question: 'In 1997 Ira Levin delivered "Son of Rosemary", the sequel to this novel'

Answer: "Rosemary\'s Baby"


Question: 'She appeared almost totally hairless in her video "Nothing Compares 2 U"'

Answer: Sinead O\'Connor


Question: 'The White House wasn't yet finished in 1800 when this second president moved in'

Answer: John Adams


Question: 'It's another name for a frankfurter'

Answer: Hot dog


Question: 'There are 3 major types of these structures in the tropics: fringing, barrier & atolls'

Answer: Reefs


Question: 'It begins, "When you walk through a storm hold your head up high and don't be afraid of the dark"'

Answer: "You\'ll Never Walk Alone"


Question: '"This kind of certainty comes only once", Robert tells Francesca in this bestselling love story'

Answer: "The Bridges of Madison County"


Question: '1985's NBA Rookie of the Year, he played college ball at North Carolina'

Answer: Michael Jordan


Question: 'The Emancipation Proclamation was signed in this famous room; maybe you've slept there'

Answer: Lincoln Bedroom


Question: 'A controversial problem, or a flaming tuber'

Answer: Hot potato


Question: 'The 2 bodies whose gravitational pull on the Earth has the greatest effect on ocean tides'

Answer: Sun & Moon


Question: 'In 1942 Glen Miller received the very first gold record for this song, heard here:'

Answer: "Chattanooga Choo Choo"


Question: 'In "The Fourth K", Mario Puzo put a new member of this political family in the White House'

Answer: Kennedy


Question: 'This "platinum-dome" character saves the day in "Annie" by adopting her'

Answer: Daddy Warbucks


Question: 'The desk President Clinton uses in the Oval Office was given to Rutherford B. Hayes by this queen'

Answer: Queen Victoria


Question: 'This category's doing so well, it's "selling like" these pan-fried foods'

Answer: Hotcakes


Question: 'The cyanea, a northern type of this, may have 100-foot-long tentacles & not one bone'

Answer: Jellyfish


Question: '"When whippoorwills call and ev'ning is nigh, I hurry to my" this'

Answer: Blue Heaven


Question: 'This 1993 James Redfield book has been described as "An adventure in pursuit of a spiritual mystery"'

Answer: "The Celestine Prophecy"


Question: 'So it shall be written, he starred in "Anastasia" & "Solomon and Sheba"'

Answer: Yul Brynner


Question: 'This president hung a large moose head in the State Dining Room; a bull moose, we presume'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'Be nice, or I'll light the match that's stuck in your shoe in this classic practical joke'

Answer: Hot foot


Question: 'You cross it going from Mogadishu to the Maldives'

Answer: Indian Ocean


Question: 'This 1944 Bing Crosby hit was subtitled "Mister In-Between"'

Answer: "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive"


Question: 'This "Beloved" author set her latest novel "Paradise" in the fictional all-black town of Ruby, Oklahoma'

Answer: Toni Morrison


Question: 'The man born Tenzin Gyatso is the 14th holder of this title'

Answer: Dalai Lama


Question: 'Churchill liked to stay in this "regal" room, where he often startled the staff with his nudity'

Answer: Queen\'s Room


Question: 'Not Don Juan's mattress, but an environment conducive to the growth of something undesirable'

Answer: Hotbed


Question: 'This heroine's stepsisters try to squeeze their big feet into her glass slipper, but they don't fit'

Answer: Cinderella


Question: 'In 1963 NASA opened its $8 million Mission Control Center in this Texas city'

Answer: Houston


Question: 'This star of "Cobb" & "Men In Black" is a champion-caliber polo player'

Answer: Tommy Lee Jones


Question: 'Edgar Allan's enemies'

Answer: Poe\'s foes


Question: 'In 1988 a 4 1/2-mile one of these fruity desserts was created in Pennsylvania'

Answer: Banana Split


Question: 'In 1936 Edgar Snow reached Shaanxi province & got an interview with this future chairman'

Answer: Mao Tse-tung


Question: 'This late ballet star of Tartar ancestry was Margot Fonteyn's best-known partner'

Answer: Rudolf Nureyev


Question: 'Neil Simon's Eugene Jerome had the "blues" in this Mississippi city'

Answer: Biloxi


Question: 'After divorcing Robert Walker, Jennifer Jones married this "Gone With The Wind" producer in 1949'

Answer: David O. Selznick


Question: 'Ogden's shindigs'

Answer: Nash\'s bashes


Question: 'Minty Python & Choc Ness Monster were suggestions for this company's new British flavor'

Answer: Ben & Jerry\'s


Question: 'In 1945 reporter William Laurence got to fly over this city for the second A-bomb drop'

Answer: Nagasaki


Question: 'This famous Isaac of high fashion designed the costumes for the 1995 ballet "Jump Start"'

Answer: Isaac Mizrahi


Question: 'Longfellow dubbed this Ohio city the "Queen City of the West"'

Answer: Cincinnati


Question: 'In "Mars Attacks!", this Oscar winner played 2 roles: President James Dale & casino owner Art Land'

Answer: Jack Nicholson


Question: 'Elizabeth Barrett's coronations'

Answer: Browning\'s crownings


Question: 'Mid-20th C. electric refigerators meant no more waiting for frozen treats until he cometh'

Answer: Iceman


Question: '(Hi, I'm Andrea Mitchell of NBC News)  As a campaign reporter I got the scoop that George Bush had made this controversial choice August 16, 1988'

Answer: Selecting Dan Quayle as his running mate


Question: 'Aaron Copland's score for this ballet, heard here, was inspired by American folk tunes:'

Answer: "Rodeo"


Question: 'This queen city is home to the Carolina Panthers'

Answer: Charlotte, North Carolina


Question: 'An Oscar winner for "Goodfellas", he once played guitar for Joey Dee & the Starliters'

Answer: Joe Pesci


Question: 'Rupert's volumes'

Answer: Brooke\'s books


Question: 'This chain once boasted over 1,000 restaurants serving 28 flavors with 16% butterfat'

Answer: Howard Johnson\'s


Question: 'The Register of this county near L.A. won a 1996 Pulitzer for reporting on fertility clinic fraud'

Answer: Orange County


Question: 'The erotic ending of this great dancer's 1912 ballet "L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune" created a scandal'

Answer: Vaslav Nijinsky


Question: 'This site of the 1992 America's Cup races was originally called San Miguel'

Answer: San Diego


Question: 'Now a talk show host for CNBC, he was considered for the Richard Dreyfuss role in "Jaws"'

Answer: Charles Grodin


Question: 'A.A.'s ovens'

Answer: Milne\'s kilns


Question: 'In the 1980s restauranteur David Mintz began marketing soy ice cream under this brand name'

Answer: Tofutti


Question: 'Among scoops by this "Washington Merry-Go-Round" columnist were facts leading to the censure of Sen. Thomas Dodd'

Answer: Jack Anderson


Question: 'Formed in 1988 & subject of a 1993 film, this team had its first sponsor, Red Stripe Lager, for the Nagano games'

Answer: Jamaican Bobsled Team


Question: 'Massachusetts' state rock is the Roxbury puddingstone; its state historical rock is this celebrated stone'

Answer: Plymouth Rock


Question: 'In 1981 Frenchman Thierry Vigneron became the first to clear 19 feet in this track & field event'

Answer: the pole vault


Question: 'In the song "Winter Wonderland", these "ring, are you listening"'

Answer: sleigh bells


Question: 'She asked, "How do I love thee?  Let me count the ways"'

Answer: Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Question: 'Exclusive control of a market'

Answer: Monopoly


Question: 'Zusatzlich, zusatzlich, read all about it! Translated from German, zusatzlich means this! in English'

Answer: extra


Question: 'You might want to wear your mackinaw to cross the Mackinac bridge in this state'

Answer: Michigan


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Ping Hdqtrs in Phoenix, AZ.) In 1990, Karsten Solheim, founder of Ping Golf, created the Solheim Cup for women; as in the Ryder Cup, these are the 2 teams'

Answer: the U.S. & the Europeans


Question: 'This long-necked lute of India is played with a plectrum'

Answer: the sitar


Question: 'This biblical "song" waxes poetic with lines like "As a lily among brambles, so is my love among maidens"'

Answer: Song of Songs (or Song of Solomon)


Question: 'The USS Arizona, for one'

Answer: Battleship


Question: 'Pessimistic Spaniards see the vaso, this, as half empty'

Answer: the glass


Question: 'If you're leaving Normal, you're leaving a university town near Bloomington in this "Prairie State"'

Answer: Illinois


Question: 'Yes!  It was this thoroughbred that won the Triple Crown in 1978'

Answer: Affirmed


Question: 'This is a term for any musical instrument with a keyboard, including "The Well-Tempered" one'

Answer: a clavier


Question: '"My luve is like a red, red rose, that's newly sprung in June", once swooned this poetic Scot'

Answer: (Rabbie) Burns


Question: 'Hint<br />(4)'

Answer: Clue


Question: 'When you want to show deliberate indifference in Greece, throw 'em a cold omos, this body part'

Answer: the shoulder


Question: 'On clear days, Seattleites are fond of saying, "The mountain is out", meaning this mountain'

Answer: Mount Rainier


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Yankee Stadium.) On June 22, 1938, in a famous rematch here at Yankee Stadium, Joe Louis KO'd this German heavyweight in the first round'

Answer: Max Schmeling


Question: 'Ricola ads have featured this Swiss horn'

Answer: an alpenhorn


Question: 'Not often thought of as wild, she wrote, "Wild nights!  Were I with thee, wild nights should be our luxury!"'

Answer: Emily Dickinson


Question: 'Whirlwind'

Answer: Twister


Question: 'Volare, wo oh!  It's Italian meaning to do this'

Answer: to fly


Question: 'The Great Falls of the Passaic are a sight to be seen in this state'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'This 1972 newsmaker became the "King of Amateur Swimming"'

Answer: Mark Spitz


Question: 'Anton Karas' music for the movie "The Third Man" was played on this stringed instrument of Austria'

Answer: a zither


Question: '"Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love", wrote this epic poet around 39 B.C. in ancient Rome'

Answer: Virgil


Question: 'Biography'

Answer: Life


Question: 'It's how you'd say "thank you very much" in Japanese, especially to Mr. Roboto'

Answer: domo arigato (gozaimasu)


Question: 'Here's a changeup; the 3 classes of rock are igneous, sedimentary & this'

Answer: metamorphic


Question: 'This British fortress includes Bloody Tower, Wakefield Tower & Devereux Tower'

Answer: the Tower of London


Question: 'Of Houis, Douis, or Louis, the royal leader of the Eighth Crusade'

Answer: Louis


Question: 'A Pittsburgh museum devoted to this pop artist/publisher is the largest single-artist museum in the U.S.'

Answer: Andy Warhol


Question: 'To cook an egg gently, or to be overprotective of someone'

Answer: to coddle


Question: 'On a 1972 record she sings "What a friend we have in Jesus"; Rev. C.L. Franklin, her dad, is on the album too'

Answer: Aretha Franklin


Question: 'The name of this hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony, can also be found on maps of Michigan'

Answer: flint


Question: 'Built between 1585 & 1593, Belyi Gorod helped defend this world capital'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'These family emblems go back to the Crusaders' robes, which were emblazoned with heraldic symbols'

Answer: crests (or coats of arms)


Question: '"Christina's World" came about when he saw his crippled neighbor Christina Olson in a field'

Answer: Andrew Wyeth


Question: 'A man of advanced years who is seen as slightly eccentric or amusing'

Answer: a codger


Question: '"How sweet the sound" of Meryl Streep singing this hymn on the soundtrack to the film "Silkwood"'

Answer: "Amazing Grace"


Question: 'Give me a Z!  One crystal of this 6-letter mineral was found in sandstone formed in Australia about 4.4 bil. years ago'

Answer: zircon


Question: 'You can find Canada's oldest fort, Fort Anne, at Annapolis Royal in this maritime province'

Answer: Nova Scotia


Question: 'Jaufre Rudel was a crusading one of these performers, aka minstrels, like Manrico in an opera title'

Answer: a troubador


Question: 'He was quoted as saying, "I like to make explosions into elaborate beautiful forms... what they become in a comic strip"'

Answer: Lichtenstein


Question: 'Rich in vitamins A & D, this notoriously bad-tasting substance is often used as a food supplement'

Answer: cod-liver oil


Question: 'In 2005, this "First Lady of Contemporary Christian Music" gave us "Rock of Ages... Hymns & Faith"'

Answer: Amy Grant


Question: 'The Rock of Gibraltar is made up mostly of this rock that's generally composed of calcium carbonate'

Answer: limestone


Question: '"Fortress" in Hebrew, these ruins excavated by Yigael Yadin in the 1960s are today an Israeli shrine'

Answer: Masada


Question: 'The 7th Crusade began in 1248, 4 years after the Muslim recapture of this city, but it was all but over for the Europeans'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'This Iowan's "Daughters of Revolution" was a stab at what he thought was the smugness of the D.A.R. & others'

Answer: Grant Wood


Question: 'To arrange laws or rules into an organized system'

Answer: to codify


Question: 'Alicia Keys is featured on the Gospel-tinged title tune of this 2006 Josh Lucas film about a 1960s basketball team'

Answer: Glory Road


Question: 'Also starting with "MA", this is a big element in the rocks that make up the Earth's mantle'

Answer: magnesium


Question: 'Heinrich Schliemann found this place after digging on a mound called Hissarlik, "place of fortresses"'

Answer: Troy


Question: 'This "hermit" was a leader of the First Crusade & preached its cause throughout Europe'

Answer: Peter the Hermit


Question: 'This "mama's boy" answered the art critics in his 1890 book "The Gentle Art of Making Enemies"'

Answer: Whistler


Question: 'At times unhealthy, it's a relationship based on mutual need'

Answer: a codependent relationship


Question: 'Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey wrote "Peace In The Valley" with this contralto, the Gospel Queen, in mind'

Answer: Mahalia Jackson


Question: '2 new place names on the map in 1924, both honoring the same man, were Ulyanovsk & this'

Answer: Leningrad


Question: 'This Texas city that spells its name like a NYC street is the USA's fourth largest'

Answer: Houston


Question: 'Kids get a kick out of these high-kicking dancers at Radio City Music Hall (dads like them, too)'

Answer: the Rockettes


Question: 'Michael Isikoff of this Time magazine rival nearly broke the Monicagate story, but his editors held it back'

Answer: Newsweek


Question: 'If your kids want to know who's buried in this tomb, take them to see it at Riverside Drive & 122nd Street'

Answer: Grant\'s Tomb


Question: 'The magazine is a mix of lifestyles & sex; the cocktail of the same name is a mix of vodka, cointreau, lime & cranberry juice'

Answer: Cosmopolitan


Question: 'I heard it through the grapevine that she appeared in "Smokey Joe's Cafe" without her famous "Pips"'

Answer: Gladys Knight


Question: 'He hops in & out of Margaritaville on a seaplane'

Answer: Jimmy Buffett


Question: 'Make Sunday a fun day by visiting the Congo Gorilla Forest at this world-famous zoo'

Answer: Bronx Zoo


Question: 'Kevin Spacey gave us a hickey to remember in the brilliant revival of this Eugene O'Neill drama'

Answer: The Iceman Cometh


Question: 'The head of a faculty, school or administrative division of a university bears this title'

Answer: Dean


Question: 'He's logged over 3,000 hours in the air & probably even more on the radio airwaves'

Answer: Kenny G


Question: 'Take its famous ferry to this island, which has a children's museum'

Answer: Staten Island


Question: 'Stockard Channing reigned as Eleanor of Aquitaine in a 1999 revival of this "seasonal" play'

Answer: The Lion in Winter


Question: 'It can be the spoken lines in a script or a conversation between 2 people'

Answer: Dialogue


Question: 'This duchess used the helicopter she trained in as the subject of her book for kids'

Answer: Sarah Ferguson (Duchess of York)


Question: 'Even landlubbers love to climb aboard historic ships like the schooner Pioneer at this street's "seaport"'

Answer: South Street


Question: '"An ounce of" this leading health magazine "is worth a pound of cure"'

Answer: Prevention


Question: 'A broken foot delayed her, but Sandy Duncan finally joined the cast of this murderous musical in August 1999'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'On the big screen Rex Harrison did quite a lot playing this medical man who could "Talk to the Animals"'

Answer: Dr. Dolittle


Question: 'The Post calls this entertainer "Wacko Jacko", as in "Wacko Jacko Backo"'

Answer: Michael Jackson


Question: 'He romances 17-year-old Mariel Hemingway in his 1979 movie "Manhattan"'

Answer: Woody Allen


Question: 'He played the Devil in the 1984 film "Oh, God! You Devil" (by the way, he also played God)'

Answer: George Burns


Question: 'Useful in cocktails, it's carbonated water'

Answer: Club soda


Question: 'In 1977 the Post sold 1 million papers instead of the usual 600,000 when this NYC serial killer was "Caught!"'

Answer: "Son of Sam" (David Berkowitz)


Question: 'In 1949's "White Heat" he reaches the "top of the world" before blowing up'

Answer: James Cagney


Question: '(Alex: And to help set up the clue, please welcome Broadway's "Phantom of the Opera", Howard McGillen)  Act I of "Phantom of the Opera" ends with this fixture crashing to the stage'

Answer: Chandelier


Question: 'On 1950s TV its members included Darlene Gillespie & Annette Funicello'

Answer: The Mickey Mouse Club


Question: 'Reporting a scandal, the Post put "Dis-" before this name of the NYC mayor's residence'

Answer: Gracie Mansion


Question: 'In "Pride of the Yankees", Gary Cooper played this proud but ailing Yankee'

Answer: Lou Gehrig


Question: 'In 1974 he tied Babe Ruth's record in his first at-bat of the season'

Answer: Hank Aaron


Question: 'As Claire Standish, Molly Ringwald endures detention in this 1985 film'

Answer: The Breakfast Club


Question: 'In Julio Iglesias' hometown: Hola!'

Answer: Madrid


Question: 'The Post smelled the blood of this tabloid rival with August 7, 1992's "Save-the-News Talks in Chaos"'

Answer: New York Daily News


Question: 'Peter Graves spies on William Holden & the other G.I.s in this 1953 P.O.W. film'

Answer: Stalag 17


Question: 'Employees say "Thank God it's" this, especially when a dress code makes it "casual"'

Answer: Friday


Question: 'They're the Boy George band heard here in 1983 with their first U.S. Top 10 hit<br />("Do You Really Want to Hurt Me")'

Answer: Culture Club


Question: 'In Yitzhak Rabin's hometown: Shalom!'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'The Post created this alliterative appellation for escort service boss Sydney Biddle Barrows'

Answer: "Mayflower Madam"


Question: 'Oscar-winning political drama seen here<br />(with Broderick Crawford speaking)'

Answer: All the King\'s Men


Question: 'The albums "So" & "Us" made a megastar of this first lead singer of Genesis'

Answer: Peter Gabriel


Question: 'This very first multi-use credit card was originally used in New York City restaurants in 1950'

Answer: Diners Club


Question: 'In Akira Kurosawa's hometown: Kon-nichi Wa!'

Answer: Tokyo


Question: 'Appropriately, this hotel on West 44th Street has a Round Table Suite'

Answer: the Algonquin


Question: 'Hope there's enough gravy for this bicontinental nation'

Answer: Turkey


Question: '"The Great One", this record-setting center became coach of the NHL's Phoenix Coyotes in 2005'

Answer: (Wayne) Gretzky


Question: 'Mesothelioma is a rare cancer strongly linked to long-term exposure to this fibrous mineral'

Answer: asbestos


Question: '"Beware" this, "my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!  Beware the jubjub bird..."'

Answer: the jabberwock


Question: 'In 1931 Pangborn & Herndon landed a Bellanca CH-200 at Wenatchee, Wash., ending the first nonstop flight across this'

Answer: the Pacific


Question: 'This soft, furry rodent seen here has become an increasingly popular house pet'

Answer: chinchilla


Question: 'Before the euro, this country used the escudo'

Answer: Portugal


Question: 'This "large" pool hustler wanted his epitaph to be "Beat everybody living on Earth.  Now, St. Peter, rack 'em up"'

Answer: Minnesota Fats


Question: 'The name of this elastic synthetic fiber is an anagram of "expands"'

Answer: spandex


Question: 'The last verse of the first version of this Tennyson poem begins, "When can their glory fade?  O the wild charge they made!"'

Answer: "The Charge of the Light Brigade"


Question: 'Airsick but intact, in 1797 Andre-Jacques Garnerin became the first aeronaut to make one of these descents'

Answer: a parachute jump


Question: 'It's the cherry of choice for garnishing a cocktail'

Answer: a maraschino


Question: 'It can get cold in this country, around 40 degrees in July in Puerto Montt'

Answer: Chile


Question: 'The USA's top amateur athlete in 1930, this golfer retired & helped design the Augusta National Golf Course'

Answer: Bobby Jones


Question: 'DuPont coined this term but chose not to trademark it so it could enter the lexicon as a synonym for "stockings"'

Answer: nylon


Question: 'In his "Departmental Ditties", Kipling wrote, "A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is" this'

Answer: a smoke


Question: 'This overture, first heard on August 3, 1829 in Paris, debuted as a radio show's theme in 1933'

Answer: the William Tell Overture


Question: 'Add a "y" to a common drapery fabric & you'll get this word meaning cheap or gaudy'

Answer: chintzy


Question: 'Don't get angry identifying this nation'

Answer: Madagascar


Question: 'This catcher retired at the end of '63, managed the Yankees to a pennant in '64 & played 4 games for the Mets in '65'

Answer: Yogi Berra


Question: 'The soft white fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family'

Answer: cotton


Question: '"I never saw a man who looked with such a wistful eye upon that little tent of blue which prisoners call" this'

Answer: the sky


Question: 'Probably the first emergency use of this device was on January 15, 1878 to alert doctors to a train wreck'

Answer: the telephone


Question: 'Seen here is a display of these dolls made by the Navajo'

Answer: kachinas


Question: 'Put on your outerwear when visiting this country'

Answer: Outer Mongolia


Question: '1974's top money-winning horse was named for this U.S.-born woman who won 157 tennis singles titles'

Answer: Chris Evert


Question: 'Before becoming a successful poet, Robert Burns worked in the linen industry as a dresser of this plant fiber'

Answer: flax


Question: '"When I was one and twenty I heard a wise man say, 'Give crowns and pounds and guineas but not'" this "'away'"'

Answer: your heart


Question: 'In 1824 this first foreigner to address a joint session of Congress congratulated the U.S. on its growth'

Answer: the Marquis de Lafayette


Question: 'In 1982 he choreographed his final ballet, a new version of Stravinsky's "Variations for Orchestra"'

Answer: (George) Balanchine


Question: '"Now there are cornfields where" this ancient city, temporary home to Helen, "once was"'

Answer: Troy


Question: '"The Watcher's Guide" & "The Sunnydale High Yearbook" are offical book companions to this TV show'

Answer: Buffy the Vampire Slayer


Question: 'Beefsteak is an often misshapen but delicious type of this'

Answer: a tomato


Question: 'It can be a synonm for "bar", or a stately English dance of old'

Answer: a measure


Question: 'In 1579 he anchored the Golden Hind for repairs on the West Coast of N. America--no one knows where'

Answer: (Sir) Francis Drake


Question: 'In the 1939 film of "The Wizard of Oz" the medal presented to the Cowardly Lion has this single word on it'

Answer: courage


Question: '"Tempus edax rerum"--this "is the devourer of all things"'

Answer: time


Question: 'In 2004 he was back as the title vampire slayer in "Blade: Trinity"'

Answer: Wesley Snipes


Question: 'This variety of lime grown only in Southern Florida is best known as an ingredient in a certain pie'

Answer: a key lime


Question: 'Many opera overtures are these, sequences of tunes from the opera to follow'

Answer: medleys


Question: 'After discovering the MIssissippi River on May 8, 1541, he took several weeks to build barges to cross it'

Answer: De Soto


Question: '"Every lover is a warrior, and" this Roman god "has his camps"'

Answer: Cupid


Question: 'Peter Cushing, Anthony Hopkins & Laurence Olivier have played this nemesis of Dracula'

Answer: Van Helsing


Question: 'The California French variety of this dried fruit can be juiced, stewed or eaten out of hand'

Answer: a prune


Question: 'Renowned Australian-born diva seen here around 1900'

Answer: Dame Nellie Melba


Question: 'In April 1524 he sighted the Hudson River; his bridge hadn't been built yet'

Answer: Verrazzano


Question: 'This 2-word term for a rundown area of town originally referred to a logging road paved with logs'

Answer: skid row


Question: 'Ovid says he was "scarecely able to find his way back to the entrance, so confusing was the maze" he constructed'

Answer: Daedalus


Question: 'Title time during which George Clooney & Quentin Tarantino ran into some vampires in Mexico'

Answer: From Dusk Till Dawn


Question: 'Cauliflower & kohlrabi probably developed from a wild European coastal type of this vegetable'

Answer: cabbage


Question: 'In 1723 Bach wrote a setting for this part of Vespers, from the Latin for "to extol"'

Answer: magnificat


Question: 'On Feb. 20, 1521 he set sail from Puerto Rico with 200 men; days later, he landed near Charlotte Harbor, Florida'

Answer: Ponce de Leon


Question: 'It's the 1-word title of the classic game show that debuted in 1961 in which you gave 1-word clues one at a time'

Answer: Password


Question: 'Ovid relates how this hero "sailed homewards in triumph and, with his wife Medea, came... to Iolcos' harbor"'

Answer: Jason


Question: 'In this 1985 classic, Roddy McDowall hunts down vampire Chris Sarandon'

Answer: Fright Night


Question: 'There are 2 species of this fruit native to the U.S.: Vitis labrusca & Vitis rotundifolia'

Answer: the grape


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds up an instrument having a keyboard.)  The harmonica company, Hohner, trademarked the name for this instrument that plays single notes or chords'

Answer: the melodica


Question: 'He discovered San Diego Bay & Catalina Island in 1542 & is said to be buried there'

Answer: Juan Cabrillo


Question: 'In 2003 President Bush said, "Saddam Hussein is not" this, an adjective meaning "engaging" or "full of charm"'

Answer: disarming


Question: 'Never president, he was the youngest man ever to receive the Republican presidential nomination'

Answer: (Thomas) Dewey


Question: 'Under Jean Chretien, in 2001 this country became the first to legalize marijuana for medical use'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'He ran an historic 5,280 feet on May 6, 1954, later became a neurologist & was knighted in 1975'

Answer: Roger Bannister


Question: 'This movie "Daredevil" is lucky at cards: he won the 2004 California State Poker Championship'

Answer: Ben Affleck


Question: 'Covering 2% of the earth's surface, they're disappearing at the rate of several acres a minute'

Answer: rain forests


Question: 'The power went out on this Houston company when it declared bankruptcy in December 2001'

Answer: Enron


Question: 'In the '70s Jon Landau wrote he saw rock & roll's future & its name was this Jersey guy; guess he was right'

Answer: (Bruce) Springsteen


Question: '9-letter term for a body part, like the sinoatrial node, that is a regulator of bodily rhythm'

Answer: a pacemaker


Question: 'GM's chairman from 1981 to 1990, he was the Roger in the documentary "Roger & Me"'

Answer: Roger Smith


Question: '"Ready. Aim. Scream" is the slogan of this Buena Park theme park's Silver Bullet ride'

Answer: Knott\'s Berry Farm


Question: 'They sound soothing to some'

Answer: wind chimes


Question: 'This airline's "Friendly Skies" were darkened by its Dec. 2002 bankruptcy'

Answer: United Airlines


Question: '1930's "Anna Christie" was advertised with the line "Garbo" does this'

Answer: talks


Question: '"The Hot Zone", a medical thriller, tells the true story of an outbreak of this virus near Washington, D.C.'

Answer: Ebola


Question: 'In 1996, he became the founding chairman & CEO of Fox News'

Answer: Roger Ailes


Question: 'Huzzah!  The Old Globe Theatre in this city's Balboa Park is celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2005'

Answer: San Diego


Question: 'Onesies are a standard gift at this type of event'

Answer: a baby shower


Question: 'In Jan. 2002 this undersea fiber optic telecom co. founded by Gary Winnick sank beneath the bankruptcy waves'

Answer: Global Crossing


Question: 'Opening at No. 1 at the box office in 2004, a prequel to this 1973 horror flick really "turned some heads"'

Answer: The Exorcist


Question: 'Factor VIII is a protein in the blood that helps it do this'

Answer: clot


Question: 'The New England university named for this man is seen here'

Answer: Roger Williams


Question: 'At L.A.'s George C. Page Museum, watch scientists clean & identify specimens plucked from this primeval pool next door'

Answer: the La Brea tar pits


Question: 'In 2001 a S.F. Chronicle writer defended Pres. Bush's vacation by pointing out that W. has this type of job'

Answer: high pressure


Question: '$11 billion in alleged fraud might've played a tiny part in this long-distance co.'s July 2002 bankruptcy'

Answer: WorldCom


Question: 'Imitation gruel & "Non-Toxic Kologne" are endorsed by this "Simpsons" "k"lown'

Answer: Krusty


Question: 'The name of these pain suppressors is short for endogenous morphines'

Answer: endorphins


Question: 'This 6-time Hugo-winning sci-fi writer's last name was near the end of the phone book'

Answer: Roger Zelazny


Question: 'This town in the Santa Ynez valley is "The Danish capital of America", so, yes, you'll find lots of pastry there'

Answer: Solvang


Question: 'To have another city as one's birthplace or residence'

Answer: to hail (from)


Question: 'Conspiracy & fraud led to a June 2002 "reorganization" of this cable co. led by the Rigas family'

Answer: Adelphia


Question: 'In 1992 Rene Echevarria wrote the classic "I, Borg" episode of this Patrick Stewart series'

Answer: Star Trek: The Next Generation


Question: 'The novel "Moby-Dick" calls this decorative art "skrimshander"'

Answer: scrimshaw


Question: 'Sally Kellerman &<br />Loretta Swit'

Answer: "Hot Lips" Houlihan


Question: 'This measure of booze equals .666 jigger or 1 ounce'

Answer: a shot


Question: 'Born in 1906, Samuel Beckett attended Trinity College in this city'

Answer: Dublin


Question: 'Not surprisingly, in Korean this city's name means "capital city"'

Answer: Seoul


Question: 'Your body's metabolism is regulated by hormones from this gland'

Answer: the thyroid


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew spins a clay pot on a wheel in Greece.)  Keramos, a Greek word for "clay", gave us this English word for pottery'

Answer: ceramics


Question: 'Buddy Ebsen &<br />Jim Varney'

Answer: Jed Clampett


Question: 'As I understand it, this unit used to measure the depth of water equals 6 feet'

Answer: fathom


Question: 'Beckett won this big prize in 1969, but declined the trip to Sweden to avoid the public speeches at the ceremony'

Answer: the Nobel Prize in Literature


Question: 'In 1831 the city of Thang Long changed its name to this, a capital idea by the Vietnamese'

Answer: Hanoi


Question: 'After meeting the basic requirements for scout, a Boy Scout achieves this rank'

Answer: tenderfoot


Question: 'This ornamental covering on the back of an upholstered couch was meant to protect against a specific hair oil'

Answer: an antimacassar


Question: 'Goldie Hawn &<br />Lorna Patterson'

Answer: Private Benjamin


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from JFK Airport in New York.)  Each of these bricks of cocaine, seized by Homeland Security agents, weighs this metric unit & has a street value of over $15,000'

Answer: a kilogram


Question: 'It's the English title of the play Beckett originally worte in French as "Fin de partie"'

Answer: Endgame


Question: 'In exile, Lenin ran a training school for Russian revolutionists at Longjumeau, a suburb of this capital city'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'This word for a device popularized in the 1800s can mean to signal your plans unintentionally'

Answer: telegraph


Question: 'From the French for partition, it's enamel work in which colored areas are separated by thin metal bands'

Answer: cloisonné


Question: 'Ross Martin &<br />Kevin Kline'

Answer: Artemis Gordon


Question: 'The weight system used for gems & precious metals; 1.215 of its pounds equals one avoirdupois pound'

Answer: troy


Question: 'Beckett is a major dramatist of the "Theater of" this, which portrays a bewildered & anxious humanity'

Answer: the Absurd


Question: 'Razed in the 16th century, the reconstructed ruins of Templo Mayor are found in this capital's Zocalo'

Answer: Mexico City


Question: 'This lover of Cressida was killed by Achilles'

Answer: Troilus


Question: 'This iridescent substance used as an inlay on the lacquered box seen here is also called mother-of-pearl'

Answer: nacre


Question: 'Jonathan Harris &<br />Gary Oldman'

Answer: Dr. Smith


Question: 'The name of this unit of force comes from the Greek for "force" or "power"'

Answer: a dyne


Question: 'It's subtitled "A Tragicomedy in Two Acts"'

Answer: Waiting for Godot


Question: 'Honoring one of the country's famous sons, the Universidad de Belgrano is found in this South American capital'

Answer: Buenos Aires


Question: 'It's the "bewitching" first name of Stephen King's wife; she's an author, too'

Answer: Tabitha


Question: 'This real man inspired a 1719 novel character & a poem that says, "I am monarch of all I survey"'

Answer: Alexander Selkirk


Question: 'Kaelin's Restaurant claims to have originated this all-American meat-&-dairy item'

Answer: the cheeseburger


Question: 'A quarterback:<br />San Francisco 49ers No. 16'

Answer: Joe Montana


Question: 'The Biology Ig Nobel was won by a team studying the odoriferous secretions of 131 of these toad cousins'

Answer: frogs


Question: 'Probably what I'm having for dinner'

Answer: leftovers


Question: 'In the will-like "Heiligenstadt Testament" to his brothers in 1802, Beethoven lamented this infirmity'

Answer: deafness


Question: 'This 4-letter word for a time of day comes from the Latin for "ninth hour"'

Answer: noon


Question: 'The Filson Club's Kentuckiana collection includes a tree stump inscribed by this 18th century pioneer'

Answer: Daniel Boone


Question: 'A linebacker:<br />Chicago Bears No. 51'

Answer: Dick Butkus


Question: '2 men won in Fluid Dynamics for "Pressures Produced When" these birds "Pooh", published in Polar Biology'

Answer: penguins


Question: 'A good way to stay warm in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, in January'

Answer: to hop up and down


Question: 'Of Mozart, Haydn or Bach, the one Beethoven studied under in his early 20s'

Answer: Haydn


Question: '7 moons of our solar system are larger than this ninth planet, which some say should be reclassified'

Answer: Pluto


Question: 'Don't dive for the Olympic gold medal Muhammad Ali said he threw into this river--it's listed as "impaired" for swimming'

Answer: Ohio River


Question: 'A running back:<br />Chicago Bears No. 34'

Answer: Walter Payton


Question: 'Gauri Nanda won the Economics prize for inventing one of these that runs away & hides after doing its morning job'

Answer: an alarm clock


Question: 'It's why talk radio has become so popular'

Answer: there\'s nothing good on TV


Question: 'Total number of operas completed by Beethoven'

Answer: one


Question: 'Muslims may hope this ninth month of their calendar goes by fast'

Answer: Ramadan


Question: 'This symbol on Louisville's official seal represents French aid during the Revolutionary War'

Answer: the fleur-de-lis


Question: 'A quarterback:<br />Minnesota Vikings No. 10'

Answer: Fran Tarkenton


Question: '2 U.K. minds won the Peace Ig Nobel for analyzing brain cells of locusts that were watching this 1977 George Lucas film'

Answer: Star Wars


Question: 'What you'll need to be to win'

Answer: ready for anything


Question: 'Beethoven was born in 1770 in this city that until 1990 was the capital of West Germany'

Answer: Bonn


Question: 'If you know one small, tiny thing about the Greek alphabet, it should be that this is its ninth letter'

Answer: iota


Question: 'Knowing that Zachary Taylor was a soldier should tell you this Cabinet Dept. maintains the cemetery he's in'

Answer: Veterans Affairs


Question: 'A fullback:<br />Miami Dolphins No. 39'

Answer: Larry Csonka


Question: 'For Literature, the African entrepreneurs of this country were honored for their attempts to con via e-mail'

Answer: Nigeria


Question: 'It's the discrepancy between an official statement's claim & the truth'

Answer: a credibility gap


Question: 'Gary Oldman played Beethoven with fiery relish in this insightful 1994 biopic'

Answer: Immortal Beloved


Question: 'The Ninth Labor of Hercules was to steal this Amazon queen's girdle'

Answer: Hippolyta


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the North Carolina State Veterinary School.)  As with human patients, metal is kept away from this diagnostic machine, so be careful with collars & bells'

Answer: an MRI


Question: 'Cher slapped Nicolas Cage in this 1987 hit'

Answer: Moonstruck


Question: 'Koninkrijk der Nederlanden'

Answer: the Netherlands


Question: 'In 1982 this Austrian-born chef opened Spago on Sunset Boulevard'

Answer: Wolfgang Puck


Question: 'Inspired by her second-grade teacher, she earned a degree in education from SMU in 1968'

Answer: Laura Bush


Question: 'Girl's patent-leather shoe that's an 1847 Charlotte Bronte novel'

Answer: Mary Jane Eyre


Question: 'Navicular disease usually refers to lameness in this animal's foreleg'

Answer: a horse


Question: 'Madeline Kahn was delightful as Trixie Delight in this Bogdanovich classic'

Answer: Paper Moon


Question: 'Rzeczpospolita Polska'

Answer: Poland


Question: '4-letter first name used by Mr. Romney, the current governor of Massachusetts'

Answer: Mitt


Question: 'Before marrying the future president, she dated his political rival Stephen Douglas'

Answer: Mary Todd Lincoln


Question: 'Conservative syndicated columnist who's a sitcom starring Eric McCormack & Debra Messing'

Answer: George Will and Grace


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the North Carolina State Veterinary School.)  X-rays can detect hip dysplasia common in large dogs in which the ball of this bone is loose in its socket'

Answer: the femur


Question: 'Kristin Scott Thomas had her first major movie role in this "Prince"ly epic from 1986'

Answer: Under the Cherry Moon


Question: 'Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'Named for the island on which it was bred, it's the type of cow seen here'

Answer: Jersey


Question: 'She was born in 1912; her real first name was Thelma'

Answer: Pat Nixon


Question: 'Native American drum that headed the Department of Homeland Security'

Answer: Tom Tom Ridge


Question: 'When a fish has trouble with the "swim" type of this sac, doctors can attach a new one to keep it floating upright'

Answer: a bladder


Question: 'Judd Hirsch & Marilu Henner played themselves in this movie bio about Andy Kaufman'

Answer: Man on the Moon


Question: 'Lietuvos Respublika'

Answer: Lithuania


Question: 'First name of the man elected chancellor of a reunified Germany in 1990'

Answer: Helmut


Question: 'First Lady in the 1910s, she later rode in President Kennedy's inaugural parade'

Answer: Edith Wilson


Question: 'Traditional presidential musical welcome for the proverbial man in charge of the kitchen stove & sink'

Answer: Hail to the Chief Cook and Bottle Washer


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the North Carolina State Veterinary School.)  The owner of a recipient cat must adopt the donor cat when North Carolina State University performs this veterinary procedure used in some cases of feline nephritis'

Answer: a kidney transplant


Question: 'Albert Finney & Diane Keaton deal with the collapse of their marriage in this 1982 drama'

Answer: Shoot the Moon


Question: 'Kipriaki Dimokratia'

Answer: Cyprus


Question: '3-letter nickname used by the man who assisted Wyatt Earp in Tombstone, Arizona in 1880'

Answer: "Bat"


Question: 'She was the first First Lady to be married in the White House, & the first to bear a child there'

Answer: Frances Cleveland


Question: 'Star of the film "Elmer Gantry" who's a city on the Conestoga River'

Answer: Bert Lancaster, Pennsylvania


Question: 'Oddly enough, this 3-word phrase is the only Latin phrase spoken in the play "Julius Caesar"'

Answer: \"Et tu, Brute?\"


Question: 'The war over these islands was fought in May & June of 1982'

Answer: Falkland (or Malvinas) Islands


Question: '"Hello Princess!" directed by & starring Roberto Benigni, this film was re-released in 1999 & dubbed in English'

Answer: Life is Beautiful


Question: 'In 1852 this "Scarlet Letter" author wrote a campaign biography for his friend Franklin Pierce'

Answer: Nathaniel Hawthorne


Question: 'A bell in Dublin is supposed to have belonged to this man -- maybe he used it to lure snakes to their doom'

Answer: Saint Patrick


Question: 'On the list of the Top 10 most popular commemorative U.S. stamps, he's the only rabbit'

Answer: Bugs Bunny


Question: 'Food on a ship that's designed to go underwater'

Answer: Sub grub


Question: 'On March 24, 1989 it made headlines after it hit a reef in Prince William Sound'

Answer: Exxon Valdez


Question: 'This actor considered running for president after directing himself in 1998's "Bulworth"'

Answer: Warren Beatty


Question: 'In addition to his "Alice" books, he wrote many math works including "Euclid and His Modern Rivals"'

Answer: Lewis Carroll


Question: '(Hi, I'm Catherine Bell)  In a popular Christmas song, these bells ring; "Are you listening?"'

Answer: Sleigh bells


Question: 'Of 60 cents, $1.60 or $2.60, the cost to send a half-ounce letter to any country except Canada or Mexico'

Answer: 60 cents


Question: 'A moist F-16'

Answer: Wet jet


Question: 'In a controversial election, this former U.N. secretary-general became president of Austria in 1986'

Answer: Kurt Waldheim


Question: 'Replacing Kubrick as the director of 1961's "One-Eyed Jacks" was an offer this actor could not refuse'

Answer: Marlon Brando


Question: 'Articles he wrote for the Atlantic Monthly in 1875 became Chapters IV to XVII in "Life on the Mississippi"'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'In this traditional ceremony of expulsion, a priest tolled a bell as for the dead'

Answer: Excommunication


Question: 'Special services for domestic mail include this type of "receipt" service that confirms who received it'

Answer: Return receipt


Question: 'A genuine member of the Navy's elite commando force'

Answer: Real Seal


Question: 'Fearing the extinction of a mammal species, Kenya called for a worldwide ban on the trade of this in 1989'

Answer: Ivory


Question: 'This director was back on screen playing a TV reporter in his 1999 film "Summer of Sam"'

Answer: Spike Lee


Question: 'The Samoans gave him the title "Tusitala", or "Teller of Tales"'

Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson


Question: 'Common 2-word term for a campanile, such as the one seen here:'

Answer: Bell tower


Question: 'Express mail offers next-day delivery; this U.S. postal "mail" service offers delivery within 2 days'

Answer: Priority mail


Question: 'A football kick on fourth down by a lowly infantryman'

Answer: Grunt punt


Question: 'In April 1980 Samuel K. Doe led a coup in this African country, deposing William R. Tolbert, Jr.'

Answer: Liberia


Question: 'As a divorce attorney, director Danny DeVito narrated this 1989 comedy'

Answer: The War of the Roses


Question: 'His "Screwtape Letters" & other works examining Christianity were first heard on the BBC or serialized in newspapers'

Answer: C.S. Lewis


Question: 'At sea the bells ring every half hour, & 8 bells signals the end of one of these shifts'

Answer: Watch


Question: 'It's the official 2-letter U.S. postal abbreviation for the Pine Tree State'

Answer: ME (Maine)


Question: 'The high-pitched sound an ICBM might make'

Answer: Missile whistle


Question: 'On June 22, 1897 London celebrated her diamond jubilee with cannon fire & a  ceremony at St. Paul's'

Answer: Queen Victoria


Question: 'Feature that made Jimmy Durante "The Schnozz" & Ken Harrelson "The Hawk"'

Answer: Nose


Question:
'Cumberland Gap,
Monument Valley,
Pikes Peak'

Answer: Monument Valley


Question: 'He's the host of the American version of "Whose Line is it Anyway?"'

Answer: Drew Carey


Question: 'Chapter 1 of the book of Joel concerns the day of this crop-ravaging type of grasshopper'

Answer: Locust


Question: 'A steamy spaghetti scene heats up the action in this 1955 Disney animated romance'

Answer: Lady and the Tramp


Question: 'This monarch was born in Falaise in the Normandy region of France around 1027'

Answer: William the Conqueror


Question: 'It was just Baby Fats when he was earning his nickname playing piano in New Orleans in the '40s'

Answer: Fats Domino


Question:
'Rangoon,
Bangkok,
Hanoi'

Answer: Rangoon


Question: 'On her spinoff "Time of Your Life", this former "party" girl is partying in the Big Apple'

Answer: Jennifer Love Hewitt


Question: 'At 21 verses, the book of Obadiah holds this distinction in the Old Testament'

Answer: Shortest book


Question: 'In her big screen debut, Diana Ross was nominated for an Oscar for her work in this film'

Answer: Lady Sings the Blues


Question: 'In 1714 the Prince of Hanover, who spoke little English, became king of England under this name'

Answer: George I


Question: ''30s killer Vincent Coll had this 2-word nickname because he reminded some of a rabid animal'

Answer: "Mad Dog"


Question:
'The Urals,
the Pyrenees,
the Carpathians'

Answer: The Pyrenees


Question: 'From 1988 to 1991 Conan O'Brien wrote for this long-running NBC series'

Answer: Saturday Night Live


Question: 'Hosea warns that his people "Have sown the wind, and they shall reap" this'

Answer: The whirlwind


Question: 'It's the dessert item seen here:<br />(type of cookie)'

Answer: Ladyfingers


Question: 'In 1603 he became the first Stuart king of England'

Answer: James I


Question: '"Twisted" nickname of country singer & mystery novelist Richard Friedman'

Answer: "Kinky"


Question: 'On "The West Wing", this former Brat Packer plays deputy communications director Sam Seaborn'

Answer: Rob Lowe


Question: 'When God called him to prophesy in Nineveh, he fled by ship'

Answer: Jonah


Question: 'First performed in 1892, this comedy of manners by Oscar Wilde is a study in human jealousy'

Answer: "Lady Windermere\'s Fan"


Question: 'Because of her admirable character, this daughter of James II was known as the "Good Queen"'

Answer: Anne


Question: 'Nickname of "Guys and Dolls" comedian-actor Kaye, who wouldn't tell his real first name'

Answer: "Stubby"


Question: '(Hi, I'm Gil Bellows)  In addition to "Ally McBeal", this man has created such great shows as "Chicago Hope" & "PIcket Fences"'

Answer: David E. Kelley


Question: 'Haggai prophesied during the reign of this great king of Persia'

Answer: Darius the Great


Question: 'In Mallory's version, the magic sword Excalibur is given to King Arthur by this legendary character'

Answer: The Lady of the Lake


Question: 'If the mother of the 35th president married the father of the 41st, she would have been named this'

Answer: Rose Bush


Question: 'Lurleen Wallace, <br />1967-1968'

Answer: Alabama


Question: 'The daughter of Broadway legend John Raitt, she's won numerous Grammys for her blues-rock style'

Answer: Bonnie Raitt


Question: 'Listen up, Berhanu!  New South Wales, Australia has banned changing these for adopted kids over 1 year old'

Answer: names


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a picture of the President making a gesture on the monitor.) The President can tell you the Shaka gesture means "Hang loose, brah" & comes from this U.S. state'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'Parson Weems' 1806 biography of George Washington included the story of chopping down one of these trees'

Answer: a cherry tree


Question: 'Cleopatra's cobra plus a command to stop gives us this road surface'

Answer: asphalt (asp + halt)


Question: 'Michael Dukakis, <br />1983-1991'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'This quirky director's films include "Mars Attacks!" & "Sweeney Todd"'

Answer: Tim Burton


Question: 'Many adoptees come from this type of care in which they were with a family but still wards of the court'

Answer: foster care


Question: 'In Italy a raised little finger means this, an observation sometimes made about supermodels'

Answer: skinny


Question: 'This tall tree can be lodgepole or ponderosa'

Answer: a pine


Question: 'To ask for spare change plus one ninth of a baseball game gives us this starting place'

Answer: beginning (beg + inning)


Question: 'Rutherford B. Hayes, <br />1876-1877'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'Before playing agent Gibbs on "NCIS", this Burbank native played quarterback for UCLA'

Answer: Mark Harmon


Question: 'For 2008 this Central American country passed China in the number of babies adopted by Americans'

Answer: Guatemala


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew cups her hands in front of her.) South Africans in the service sector have a gentle but insistent gesture to ask for this'

Answer: a tip


Question: 'Populus tremuloides is the scientific name for this "quaking" species'

Answer: an aspen


Question: 'One piece of butter plus public group violence gives us this nation lover'

Answer: patriot (pat + riot)


Question: 'Tom Ridge, <br />1995-2001'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'She was a successful fashion model before starring in films like "Lethal Weapon 3" & "The Thomas Crown Affair"'

Answer: Rene Russo


Question: 'In 2008 Americans adopted 2 kids from this African country; Madonna has adopted that many by herself'

Answer: Malawi


Question: 'Legend says that a rude British 2-finger salute began as defiance of the French, who were de-fingering these people'

Answer: archers or bowmen


Question: 'This timber tree of the genus Fraxinus sounds like what's left over after you burn some of it'

Answer: an ash


Question: 'A Catholic religious service plus a standard unit of area gives us this wanton slaughter'

Answer: massacre (mass + acre)


Question: 'Thomas Dewey, <br />1943-1954'

Answer: New York


Question: 'This Burbank boy starred in "8 Simple Rules" & also voiced Clifford the Big Red Dog'

Answer: John Ritter


Question: 'From the Anita Bryant era, this state has the only law banning gay adoption; it's been ruled unconstitutional'

Answer: Florida


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew twirls a finger near his temple.) In much of the world, the twirled finger means "you're crazy", but in Argentina, it means you may have one of these--pick up!'

Answer: a phone call


Question: 'The first tree brought from America to Europe was the northern white species of this aromatic conifer'

Answer: the cedar


Question: 'A shark appendage plus a type of beer gives us this musical conclusion'

Answer: finale (fin + ale)


Question: '"A noble Moor in the service of the Venetian state"'

Answer: Othello


Question: 'Harvey Keitel agrees to deliver the title instrument to Holly Hunter in this 1993 film'

Answer: The Piano


Question: 'You can tune into this network's "Situation Room" & hear a report from Jack Cafferty's "File"'

Answer: CNN


Question: 'The grave of English king Edward I calls him by his nickname, "Hammer of" these people'

Answer: the Scots


Question: 'The Agua Fria river might be better for its scenery than for a swim, as its name means this'

Answer: cold water


Question: 'Even though I'm a beefmaster cow, one of the "six essential qualities" I fulfill is the ability to give this'

Answer: milk


Question: '"Daughters to Lear" (all 3)'

Answer: Cordelia, Goneril & Regan


Question: 'In 1970 Sam Peckinpah directed one of these for "Cable Hogue"; in 2006 there was one for "Ricky Bobby"'

Answer: a ballad


Question: 'In 2008 David Gregory replaced this late host of "Meet the Press"'

Answer: Timothy Russert


Question: 'The Vienna grave of physicist Ludwig Boltzmann doesn't have a quotation but one of these mathematical items'

Answer: an equation


Question: 'The Cholla Apartments & Jojoba Hall are part of this Tempe institution'

Answer: Arizona State University


Question: 'I know you've got to keep tabs, so sure, put that RFID tag on this part where they usually go on cattle'

Answer: the ear


Question: '"The right duke of Milan"'

Answer: Prospero


Question: 'Based on a Gunter Grass novel, this film was "Die Blechtrommel" in German'

Answer: The Tin Drum


Question: 'A 2009 Time poll asked, since the death of Cronkite, who is the nation's most trusted newsman?  No joke, it's him'

Answer: Jon Stewart


Question: 'The grave of Primo Levi, author of "Survival in" this place, bears the number the Nazis gave him there'

Answer: Auschwitz


Question: 'A 1680 rebellion by the Hopi Indians against the Spanish is named for these typical communal dwellings'

Answer: Pueblo


Question: 'I'm this kind of cow, & I'm eager to end up on a plate at the "genuine American steakhouse" of the same name'

Answer: the Black Angus


Question: '"Queen of the Fairies"'

Answer: Titania


Question: 'The title for this Dixie Chicks documentary came from an irate fan who wanted them to get on with the show'

Answer: Shut Up and Sing


Question: 'If you tune in to MSNBC, you'll know that this host likes to play "Hardball"'

Answer: Chris Matthews


Question: 'Conservationist Michael Grzimek's grave in this park says, "He gave all he possessed for the wildlife of Africa"'

Answer: the Serengeti


Question: 'Federico Ronstadt, ancestor of Linda, founded the first symphony orch. in this major city of Southeast Arizona'

Answer: Tucson


Question: 'As I'm this breed, you might want to keep your distance'

Answer: a longhorn


Question: '"Nephew to the Lady Capulet"'

Answer: Tybalt


Question: 'In this 1995 film Richard Dreyfuss finds it easier to reach the kids in his music class than his deaf son'

Answer: Mr. Holland\'s Opus


Question: 'In 2002 on Fox News she launched her show "On the Record"'

Answer: Greta Van Susteren


Question: 'The Chicago grave of this detective agency founder calls him "a friend to honesty and a foe to crime"'

Answer: Pinkerton


Question: 'In Arizona politics conservative Democrats who vote Republican are called these, after the multi-colored horse'

Answer: Pinto Democrats


Question: 'Don't worry, I show no signs of this, FMD for short--the U.S. hasn't had an outbreak since 1929 & let's keep it that way'

Answer: foot-and-mouth disease


Question: 'In 1945 Africa had only 4 independent countries; these 2 started with the same first letter'

Answer: Egypt & Ethiopia


Question: 'The 5 stars of this constellation are featured on Samoa's national flag'

Answer: the Southern Cross


Question: '"Rock Around The Clock"'

Answer: Bill Haley and His Comets (Bill Haley and The Comets accepted)


Question: 'The 2004 Keelboat nickel featured these 2 explorers in full uniform on the keelboat's bow'

Answer: Lewis & Clark


Question: 'The Bible:<br />"As a shepherd divideth his sheep from" these'

Answer: goats


Question: 'In 1966 this consumer advocate gained national attention testifying before Congress on auto safety'

Answer: Ralph Nader


Question: 'Ordinary viral infection of the nose & throat that symbolized the conflict between the U.S. & Russia'

Answer: the common cold war


Question: 'Eastern Samoa is "American Samoa"; Western Samoa won its independence from this island country in 1962'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: '"I Get Around"'

Answer: The Beach Boys


Question: 'Introduced in January 2004, the U.S. quarter honoring this state depicts all 5 Great Lakes'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'Ogden Nash:<br />"The song of" these "never varies, and when they're moulting they're pretty revolting"'

Answer: canaries


Question: 'In 1991 the Senate testimony of law professor Anita Hill nearly derailed this man's Supreme Court nomination'

Answer: Clarence Thomas


Question: '"Singin' in the Rain" star who once worked as an office temp'

Answer: Gene Kelly Girl (or Gene Kelly Services)


Question: 'This "line", roughly equal to the 180th meridian zigzags, so the Wallis Islands are west of it & Samoa is east'

Answer: the International Date Line


Question: '"Heart Of Glass"'

Answer: Blondie


Question: 'Of the 7 real women to appear on U.S. coins, this queen was the first, in 1893'

Answer: Queen Isabella of Spain


Question: 'Arthur Conan Doyle: "The Curious Incident of" this "in the Nighttime"--it "did nothing"'

Answer: the dog


Question: 'In 1947 playwright Bertolt Brecht returned to Europe after testifying before this House committee'

Answer: the House Un-American Activities Committee


Question: 'Long Russian novel smoked to prevent fighting between Native American tribes'

Answer: War and Peace Pipe


Question: 'The international airport code for this city of American Samoa is PPG'

Answer: Pago Pago


Question: '"Dancing Queen"'

Answer: ABBA


Question: 'The mints in these 2 cities manufacture most of the coins for general circulation'

Answer: Denver & Philadelphia


Question: 'Carl Sandburg:<br />"The fog comes on" these'

Answer: little cat feet


Question: 'In 1987 Fawn Hall testified that she had altered & shredded documents for this man, her boss'

Answer: Oliver North


Question: 'Aaron Burr dueling victim who closely advised Jimmy Carter'

Answer: Alexander Hamilton Jordan


Question: 'It's the title of Margaret Mead's classic 1928 anthropological study of Samoan youth'

Answer: Coming of Age in Samoa


Question: '"Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter"'

Answer: Herman\'s Hermits


Question: 'The reverse of this current U.S. coin depicts an olive branch, an oak branch & a torch'

Answer: a dime (or ten-cent piece)


Question: 'Robert Frost:<br />"The way" this bird "shook down on me the dust of snow from a hemlock tree..."'

Answer: the crow


Question: 'On June 25, 1973 he testified before the Senate & revealed the existence of a White House "enemies list"'

Answer: (John) Dean


Question: 'Popular American dancer of 1920s Paris who arrives with one more loaf of bread than the usual 12'

Answer: Josephine Baker\'s Dozen


Question: 'Clint:<br />"I know what you're thinking, punk. You're thinking, 'Did he fire six shots or only five?'"'

Answer: Dirty Harry


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew throws a paper airplane.)  Air can easily get around the plane's thin wings, so there's less of this force resisting forward motion'

Answer: drag


Question: 'The Pascal type of this vegetable is the typical, pale green crunchy type'

Answer: celery


Question: 'A cutting remark, or the sharp point projecting in the reverse direction of the main point of a fishhook'

Answer: a barb


Question: 'Its first edition contained "The Lunations, Eclipses" & "Judgment of the Weather" for the year 1733'

Answer: Poor Richard\'s Almanack


Question: 'Meryl Streep:<br />"Are you supposed to be in Iowa?"'

Answer: The Bridges of Madison County


Question: 'The parachute-like wing made by Francis & Gertrude Rogallo from their kitchen curtains led to this soaring sport'

Answer: hang gliding


Question: 'A large green sandstone block at this prehistoric English site is called the "Altar Stone"'

Answer: Stonehenge


Question: 'This stringed instrument of India has 20 movable frets with 19 or 20 strings'

Answer: a sitar


Question: 'Washington's steward, a French West Indian named "Black Sam", owned this NYC tavern off & on for 23 years'

Answer: the Fraunces Tavern


Question: 'Clint:<br />"The United States Marines is lookin' for a few good men--you ain't it"'

Answer: Heartbreak Ridge


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew compares two paper airplanes.)  In paper airplanes, bending the rear section of the wing up or down has the equivalent effect of this device that moves up & down in a jumbo jet's tail'

Answer: an elevator


Question: 'His website listed him as a Marine fighter pilot, baseball Hall of Famer & world-class angler, in that order'

Answer: Ted Williams


Question: 'At age 61 in 1941, he made his screen debut in "The Maltese Falcon" as Kaspar Gutman'

Answer: Sydney Greenstreet


Question: 'A paved airport runway'

Answer: a tarmac


Question: 'In 1706 this Boston minister published "The Good Old Way", in which he decried the lessening of Puritan influence'

Answer: Cotton Mather


Question: 'James Cromwell:<br />"I can't fill up a space shuttle with geriatrics!"'

Answer: Space Cowboys


Question: '2 main types of aircraft are rotary wing, like helicopters, & this type of "wing", like your standard passenger planes'

Answer: fixed wing


Question: 'Dr. Seuss, good old Ted, with his books gave sheer bliss; though he'd write as LeSieg, his last name was this'

Answer: Geisel


Question: 'This island nation off Senegal has no green in its flag but does have the Portuguese word for it in its name'

Answer: Cape Verde


Question: 'On October 27, 1999 gunmen stormed this country's parliament, killing prime minister Vazgen Sarkisyan'

Answer: Armenia


Question: 'In February 1733 this Oxford alumnus landed where present-day Savannah is now'

Answer: James Oglethorpe


Question: 'John Quade:<br />"Well it appears that there can't be too many guys driving around this valley with an ape"'

Answer: Every Which Way But Loose


Question: 'Her "Rilla of Ingleside" & "Pat of Silver Bush" were not as successful as her "Anne of Green Gables"'

Answer: Lucy Maud Montgomery


Question: 'Derived from a Serbian word for "highwayman", it refers to a 15th century horseman of the Hungarian light infantry'

Answer: Hussar


Question: 'In a famous incident, it's the school at which William Webb Ellis disregarded the rules in 1823'

Answer: Rugby


Question: 'This F. Scott Fitzgerald character was born James Gatz'

Answer: The Great Gatsby


Question: 'Some authorities believe it was actually Jim Bowie's brother Rezin who designed this weapon'

Answer: Bowie Knife


Question: 'Jackson was the first president to use this form of transportation while in office'

Answer: Railroad


Question: 'Louis Armstrong's only No. 1 hit, it hit the charts for 19 weeks in 1964'

Answer: "Hello, Dolly!"


Question: 'You take the SAT exam to get into college & the LSAT to get into one of these schools'

Answer: Law School


Question: 'After death, this faith's devout members get houris, celestial handmaidens'

Answer: Islam


Question: 'In "Ivanhoe" the black knight who rescues Wilfred & Rowena is really this king in disguise'

Answer: Richard the Lionhearted


Question: 'This measure of sound intensity is named for Alexander Graham Bell'

Answer: Decibel


Question: 'In 1804 & again in 1837 Jackson retired from public life to this estate'

Answer: The Hermitage


Question: 'Sonny & Cher's only No. 1 hit, they used to sing it at the close of their TV show'

Answer: "I Got You Babe"


Question: 'Nickname formed from the initials of the Government National Mortgage Association'

Answer: Ginnie Mae


Question: 'The last words of this first president to die were, "It is well I die hard, but I am not afraid to go."'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'For saving this little girl from the waters of the Mississippi, Uncle Tom was bought by her father'

Answer: Little Eva


Question: 'What Michael Begon & J.G. Zinn had named after them'

Answer: Flowers (begonias & zinnias)


Question: 'It's what Jackson had in common with Lewis Robards from Aug. 1791 to Sept. 1793'

Answer: Same Wife (they both thought they were married to the same woman)


Question: 'Group whose first No. 1 hit, "Cherish", was recorded in a garage that was converted to a studio'

Answer: The Association


Question: 'You could see one of them write down "q.i.d.", but you might find it hard to read'

Answer: Doctors (they write that down on your prescription; take it 4 times a day)


Question: 'Romeo commits suicide by drinking poison whereas Juliet kills herself using this'

Answer: A Dagger


Question: 'John D. MacDonald used colors in the titles of all the adventures of this private investigator'

Answer: Travis McGee


Question: 'Two foods named for opera singer Dame Nellie Melba'

Answer: Melba Toast & Peach Melba


Question: 'Jackson's choice for minister to Great Britain; after the Senate turned him down he became VP & then president'

Answer: Martin Van Buren


Question: 'The Beatles' 8th No. 1 hit, it begins "I think I'm gonna be sad"'

Answer: "Ticket To Ride"


Question: 'It's an editor's abbreviation for more than one manuscript'

Answer: MSS


Question: 'In 1984 this author of "The Complete Book of Running" died while running'

Answer: Jim Fixx


Question: 'Educated at Rennsselaer Polytechnic, he built railroads & bridges before his amusement park ride'

Answer: George Washington Gale Ferris


Question: 'Collective term for Jackson's unofficial group of presidential advisors'

Answer: "Kitchen Cabinet"


Question: 'They had No. 1 hits with Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" & Pete Seeger's "Turn, Turn, Turn"'

Answer: The Byrds


Question: 'A cousin to the R.A.F., the R.A.A.F. is this'

Answer: Royal Australian Air Force


Question: 'By custom, books printed in the U.S. carry this library's card catalogue number on the copyright page'

Answer: Library of Congress


Question: 'A simple one of these consists of a small weight swinging to & fro on the end of a string'

Answer: Pendulum


Question: 'Paris was known by its Celtic name "Lutetia", when he took it from the Parisii tribe in 52 B.C.'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'Providence County is this state's largest county in both area & population'

Answer: Rhode Island


Question: 'It "makes all men equal" & "makes the world go round"'

Answer: Love


Question: 'He fled the Potala, his palace in Tibet, when Chinese forces invaded Lhasa in 1959'

Answer: The Dalai Lama


Question: 'Of 4-6 pages, 14-20 pages or 40-60 pages, the size of the typical Soviet daily newspaper'

Answer: 4-6 pages


Question: 'The process by which a substance changes from liquid to a gas is called this'

Answer: Vaporization


Question: 'Cleopatra had 4 children out of wedlock, 3 fathered by this Roman'

Answer: Marc Antony


Question: 'Symbols of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, Choctaw & Seminole Indian nations are on its seal'

Answer: Oklahoma


Question: 'He coined the saying, Early to bed & early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy & wise"'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: 'From 1561-1567, Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh was the home of this queen of Scotland'

Answer: Mary Stuart


Question: '"The Talk Of The Town" is a weekly feature of this magazine also known for its drawings'

Answer: The New Yorker


Question: 'The planets that are smaller than Earth are Mercury, Venus & these two'

Answer: Mars & Pluto


Question: 'The earliest known civilization, it was home to the Sumerians & Akkadians'

Answer: Mesopotamia


Question: 'State whose motto "Eureka", meaning "I have found it" is attributed to Archimedes'

Answer: California


Question: 'They're the "Windows of the Soul"'

Answer: The Eyes


Question: 'King of Bavaria whose Neuschwanstein Castle might be called a monument to his madness'

Answer: Ludwig II


Question: '"The Budget" is a weekly paper published nationally for members of this Mennonite sect'

Answer: Amish


Question: 'An LED; it's used for displaying readings on digital watches & calculators'

Answer: Light Emitting Diode


Question: 'The Hebrew kingdom split into Judah & Israel after the death of this king'

Answer: Solomon


Question: 'This "Tree Planters State" in the midwest has the only 2 man-made national forests in the U.S.'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'Proverb that was the title of a Kaufman/Hart play about an unconventional family'

Answer: "You Can\'t Take It With You"


Question: 'Huis Ten Bosch Palace, home of Holland's Queen Beatrix, is in this city'

Answer: The Hague


Question: '"News You Can Use" & "Worldgram" are registered trademarks of this magazine'

Answer: U.S. News & World Report


Question: 'When this scientist discovered oxygen, he called it dephlogisticated air'

Answer: Joseph Priestley


Question: 'The ruins of Ur are in a desert because this river, which once ran near it, changed course'

Answer: Euphrates


Question: 'The Great Serpent Mound near Hillsboro in this state is an ancient Indian burial site'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'In a Thomas Gray poem this precedes " 'Tis folly to be wise"'

Answer: Where Ignorance Is Bliss


Question: 'Hiram Bingham claimed he found a castle of the Incas in this remote fortress city he excavated'

Answer: Machu Picchu


Question: 'This actor won a 1952 Tony and a 1956 Oscar for playing the same ruler'

Answer: Yul Brynner (\"The King & I\")


Question: 'Kansas' 10-member Board of this has made news for its doubts about Darwin'

Answer: Education


Question: 'In 1951 he was "The King"; Gertrude Lawrence was "I"'

Answer: Yul Brynner


Question:
'Dr. Jonas Salk,
Dr. Louis Pasteur,
Dr. Benjamin Spock'

Answer: Dr. Louis Pasteur


Question: 'This "chaste" sixth sign of the Zodiac gets bold today! You're feminine, but you can play with the big boys!'

Answer: Virgo


Question: 'The Severomuyskiy Tunnel stretches 9 1/2 miles in this nation'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'Fred Grandy popped up as Gopher on this cruisin' TV show'

Answer: The Love Boat


Question:
'(Jon of the Clue Crew reporting from the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, AR.)
The Bill Clinton library's cabinet meeting room shows that the President has the Defense Secretary on his left and this cabinet officer on his right'

Answer: Secretary of State


Question: 'In 2002 this "Notes on a Scandal" dame went "Into the Woods" as Giant (well, her recorded voice did, anyway)'

Answer: Judi Dench


Question:
'Tiberius Caesar,
Augustus Caesar,
Sid Caesar'

Answer: Augustus Caesar


Question: 'Today people will feel the "sting" of this fixed water sign, the Zodiac's eighth! You have the answer! Say it!'

Answer: Scorpio


Question: 'Traveling under the Alps, the Great St. Bernard Tunnel connects Italy to this country'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'It's not a vixen's mitten, it's a traditional herb used in medicines & also known as figwort'

Answer: foxglove


Question: 'This type of joint committee settles differences between Senate & House versions of a bill'

Answer: Conference Committee


Question: 'In 1968, before the force was with him, he landed the lead in "The Great White Hope"'

Answer: James Earl Jones


Question:
'Ulysses Grant,
Abraham Lincoln,
Franklin Pierce'

Answer: Franklin Pierce


Question: 'This sign has carried the water for "ages"! You're positive! Make things happen today!'

Answer: Aquarius


Question: 'Dating from the time of Hezekiah, the Siloam Tunnel diverts water under this city to a pool inside the city walls'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'Adjective for the hoof of a goat or a devil'

Answer: cloven


Question:
'(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reporting from inside the State Capitol building in Lincoln, NE.)
As in Washington, the Vice President presides over the Senate.  In Nebraska, this official presides over the unicameral legislature'

Answer: the Lieutenant Governor


Question:
'(Hi.  I'm Bebe Neuwirth.)
In 1997 I won my 2nd Tony Award for playing Velma Kelly in "Chicago"; in 2007 I appeared in a revival of the production playing this dancer, Velma's rival'

Answer: Roxie


Question:
'John Irving,
James Michener,
Arthur Miller'

Answer: James Michener


Question: 'This masculine, mutable air sign is ruled by Mercury & knows there are 2 sides to everything, so think twice today!'

Answer: Gemini


Question: 'What's officially the Lucius J. Kellam, Jr. Bridge-Tunnel travels more than a mile under this east Virginia bay'

Answer: the Chesapeake Bay


Question: 'The title of this 1985 Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel should put you at disease'

Answer: Love in the Time of Cholera


Question: 'Judicially, the U.S. is divided regionally into 12 of these, each with a Court of Appeals'

Answer: circuits


Question: 'In 1948 he was drafted to play "Mister Roberts"'

Answer: Henry Fonda


Question:
'Andy Warhol,
Jackson Pollock,
Judy Chicago'

Answer: Jackson Pollock


Question: 'This December-January sign is negative & can be stubborn, but not today; relax & you'll respond'

Answer: Capricorn


Question: 'The 11 1/2-mile tunnel between Bologna & Florence, Italy bears the name of this Italian mountain chain'

Answer: the Apennines


Question: 'The capital of this former Yugoslav Republic & now independent nation is Ljubljana'

Answer: Slovenia


Question: 'Berthold Lubetkin's designs for the London Zoo include a gorilla house & a pool for these flightless birds'

Answer: penguins