Question: 'The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn, & he's under the haystack fast asleep'

Answer: Little Boy Blue


Question: 'Term for the skirt worn by Dorothy Lamour on film, or the traditional garb of Indonesians of both sexes'

Answer: sarong


Question: 'People normally top off a bowl of goulash with a dollop of this dairy product'

Answer: sour cream


Question: 'Something that is not unusual is described as "run of" this place'

Answer: the mill


Question: 'Pardon my sensitivity -- I may be over 1,500 miles long, but I cannot be seen from the moon'

Answer: the Great Wall of China


Question: 'Measuring about 5 feet wide, the ears of the African species of this are the largest of any animal'

Answer: elephant


Question: 'This rodent couldn't stay awake through the Mad Hatter's tea party'

Answer: Dormouse


Question: 'Amid a Muslim nation, this island next to java maintains its Hindu rituals, music & dance.'

Answer: Bali


Question: 'This herb's name comes from the latin "salvus" meaning "safe", not "wise"'

Answer: sage


Question: 'To stir up trouble you put it "among the pigeons"; to give away an ending you let it "out of the bag"'

Answer: the cat


Question: 'Look at me.  You can now e-mail a prayer to be placed in my crevices'

Answer: the Wailing Wall (Western Wall)


Question: 'In the '70s she ended her TV variety show by tugging on her ear as a signal to grandma'

Answer: Carol Burnett


Question: 'Dorothy, Toto, and the Cowardly Lion fell asleep in a field of these flowers'

Answer: poppies


Question: 'A factory in the town of Serang makes over a million sports shoes a month for this U.S. company'

Answer: Nike


Question: 'Ricotta isn't a cheese, it's a cheese by-product made from this liquid drained from cheeses'

Answer: whey


Question: 'Similar to "shape up or ship out" is "straighten up and" do this'

Answer: fly right


Question: 'Tourists come to see me at Santa Maria Della Grazie because of this mural Leonardo painted on me'

Answer: The Last Supper


Question: 'According to folklore, if your ears are doing this, someone is talking about you'

Answer: burning


Question: 'He played a narcoleptic drifter in the 1991 film "My Own Private Idaho"'

Answer: River Phoenix


Question: 'This anticommunist general took power from Sukarno in 1966 & has run the country since'

Answer: Suharto


Question: 'Term for boiling a sauce to lessen the volume by evaporation, causing it to thicken'

Answer: to reduce


Question: 'From the Dutch "honk", meaning "home" or "goal" comes this phrase for all is A-OK'

Answer: hunky-dory


Question: 'I'm named for the Roman Emperor who visited Britain around 121 but didn't stick around to see me built'

Answer: Hadrian\'s Wall


Question: 'An inner ear disorder kept this first American in space from retuning to space until 1971'

Answer: Alan B. Shepard


Question: 'The Magna Carta of 1215 & The Stamp Act Protest of 1765 opposed this "without representation"'

Answer: taxation


Question: 'It was once said of this singing cowboy:  he "used to ride off into the sunset.  Now he owns it"'

Answer: Gene Autry


Question: 'Men's teams at Washington & Jefferson College are the Presidents; the women once had this nickname'

Answer: the First Ladies


Question: 'Most of the play takes place at Elsinore, in this country'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'In a "SNL" spoof of this kids' show Eddie Murphy said, "Ooo, look, boys & girls, an eviction notice"'

Answer: Mr. Rogers\' Neighborhood


Question: 'Stevenson's two-faced physician/monster who relaxes at FDR's New York Estate'

Answer: Jekyll & Hyde Park


Question: 'The last Abbasid Caliph was killed in 1258 when these Asian warriors sacked Baghdad'

Answer: the Mongols


Question: 'His movie title roles include Quackser Fortune, Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother & Willy Wonka'

Answer: Gene Wilder


Question: '"I have found it!"<br />The westernmost college in the lower 48 states is the College of the Redwoods in this California city'

Answer: Eureka


Question: 'In the German version, it's "Sein, oder nicht sein; das ist die frage"'

Answer: "To be or not to be; that is the question"


Question: 'This title character put his webbed hands & feet to work for the Foundation for Oceanic Research'

Answer: The Man from Atlantis


Question: 'Citrus drink franchise owned by the conqueror of Gaul'

Answer: Orange Julius Caesar


Question: 'In 1929 Amanullah Khan marched on Kabul in an attempt to retake this country from an outlaw leader'

Answer: Afghanistan


Question: 'Chris O'Donnell played this actor's legal eagle grandson in the 1996 film "The Chamber"'

Answer: Gene Hackman


Question: 'This Rochester, N.Y. businessman's gift allowed MIT to be built'

Answer: (George) Eastman


Question: 'Hamlet tells her "Get thee to a nunnery", which might have meant a brothel'

Answer: Ophelia


Question: 'This series' title character worked for the United Network Command for Law & Enforcement'

Answer: The Man from U.N.C.L.E.


Question: '"The Bodyguard" star's troubled message to mission control from Apollo 13'

Answer: Whitney Houston, we have a problem


Question: 'Called by some the Father of Europe, he was crowned Emperor of the Romans December 25, 800'

Answer: Charlemagne


Question: 'When Steve Allen hosted the original "Tonight" Show, this "Match Game" host was his sidekick'

Answer: Gene Rayburn


Question: 'Originally the colors of Syracuse were pea green & pink, but in 1890 this one color was chosen'

Answer: orange


Question: 'Polonius closes his advice to his son with these 6 words, following "This above all"'

Answer: "to thine own self be true"


Question: 'Debuting in 1947, and now hosted by the man seen here,  it's network televsion's oldest program'

Answer: Meet the Press


Question: 'Famous lingerie store's hidden nuclear warhead'

Answer: Victoria\'s Secret Weapon


Question: 'In June 1812, Napoleon sent this French army to defeat the Russians -- didn't work'

Answer: La Grande ArméE (the Grand Army)


Question: 'Oleg Cassini was once married to this beautiful movie star of the 1940s'

Answer: Gene Tierney


Question: 'Located in Pyongyang, North Korea's oldest university is named for this late Communist leader'

Answer: Kim Il-sung


Question: 'It's "The thing where in I'll catch the conscience of the king"'

Answer: the play


Question: 'It was the original title of the long-running "Danny Thomas Show"'

Answer: Make Room for Daddy


Question: 'Deformed bellringer who does a pas de deux with Rudolf Nereyev in "Swan Lake"'

Answer: the Hunchback of Notre Dame Margot Fonteyn


Question: 'The French call him "Le Roi du Crazy"'

Answer: Jerry Lewis


Question: 'Born in Limoges in 1841, as a child this Impressionist worked in a porcelain factory painting china'

Answer: Renoir


Question: 'Don McLean:<br />"Drove a machete into the levy but the levy won't die"'

Answer: "American Pie"


Question: 'Don't wonder, naan, roti & puri are types of this in India'

Answer: bread


Question: 'Mordor, Gondor & Hobbiton are located in this place'

Answer: Middle Earth


Question: 'In 1730 Ben Franklin printed a made-up account of the trial of these, including testing whether they floated'

Answer: witches


Question: 'To have this "to the wind" is to wait until others have decided before committing oneself'

Answer: your finger


Question: 'He was the youngest of the 3 creators of the high Renaissance'

Answer: Raphael


Question: 'Mary MacGregor:<br />"Born Between Two Cupboards"'

Answer: "Torn Between Two Lovers"


Question: 'Meal at which you'd normally serve muesli'

Answer: breakfast


Question: 'At the end of this novel, Yorkshire folks swear that the ghosts of Heathcliff & Cathy walk the moors'

Answer: Wuthering Heights


Question: 'On April 1, 1957 this very English network reported deadpan on Swiss farmers' bumper crop of spaghetti'

Answer: the BBC


Question: 'When Daily Variety reports that a studio's prexy has ankled, it means its president did this'

Answer: left the job


Question: 'Fragonard, painter of "The Swing", is considered one of the greatest artists of this ornate style'

Answer: Rococo


Question: 'Steppenwolf:<br />"Head out on the highway, looking for my dentures"'

Answer: "Born to Be Wild"


Question: 'If you make it right, your salsa verde should be this color'

Answer: green


Question: 'Celesteville is the capital of this elephant king's realm in classic children's stories'

Answer: Babar


Question: 'In 1991 2 Englishmen said they'd spent 13 years sneaking around fields creating these'

Answer: crop circles


Question: 'Someone who keeps saying the wrong thing has this, a play on the name of a cattle disease'

Answer: foot-and-mouth


Question: 'His house in the Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam is now a museum'

Answer: Rembrandt


Question: 'Sly & the Family Stone:<br />"It's a Family of Bears"'

Answer: "It\'s a Family Affair"


Question: 'A meat-filled tortilla in a chili sauce, its name is from the Spanish for "to season with chili"'

Answer: enchilada


Question: 'After "Heart of Darkness", he wrote "Nostromo" about the imaginary country of Costaguana'

Answer: Joseph Conrad


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew at the Buckhorn Museum in San Antonio, Texas)  One of P.T. Barnum's classic hoaxes was the Fiji this, actually a monkey's head on a fish's body'

Answer: mermaid


Question: 'What you may get from having that extra helping of pie, or what you do when you complain about it'

Answer: bellyache


Question: 'An adjective meaning "voluptuous" comes from the name of this old master'

Answer: Rubens


Question: 'The Everly Brothers:<br />"Only trouble is, Cheese Whiz"'

Answer: "All I Have to Do is Dream"


Question: 'This style of topping may sound good, but its name is from the French for "with the burnt scrapings"'

Answer: au gratin


Question: 'Paul Theroux' novel about an American family settling in Central America is called this "Coast"'

Answer: The Mosquito Coast


Question: 'The Bible's "There were" these "in the Earth" inspired George Hull to create the phony prehistoric "Cardiff" one'

Answer: giants


Question: 'When it comes before "the burden" or "the blame", it's a synonym for "assume"'

Answer: shoulder


Question: 'These title characters worked on an assembly line in the bottle-cap division of the Shotz Brewery'

Answer: Laverne & Shirley


Question: 'George Walton, a Declaration of Independence signer for this state, was wounded fighting for Savannah'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'The 5 main animal styles of kung fu are the tiger, leopard, snake, dragon & this long-legged bird'

Answer: crane


Question: 'As of 2002, 1 of the 3 presidents who lived to the age of 90'

Answer: (1 of 3) John Adams, Ronald Reagan or Herbert Hoover


Question: 'A container of articles representing the present buried for a future generation to find'

Answer: time capsule


Question: 'It's Qatar's official language'

Answer: Arabic


Question: 'LeVar Burton played this slave, later called Toby, in the miniseries "Roots"'

Answer: Kunta Kinte


Question: 'Sir William Walton's "Orb and Sceptre", a march for this event, premiered in Westminster Abbey June 2, 1953'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth II\'s coronation


Question: 'Of Wing Chun, Hoi Sin or Hung Gar, the one that's not a popular style of kung fu'

Answer: Hoi Sin


Question: 'This word for fun little facts comes from the Latin for "The place where 3 roads meet"'

Answer: trivia


Question: 'Broadway crosses 7th Avenue there'

Answer: Times Square


Question: 'It's the body of water into which the Qatar Peninsula juts'

Answer: the Persian Gulf


Question: 'On a '70s TV show, a mild-mannered teacher could transform herself into this Egyptian goddess to thwart crime'

Answer: Isis


Question: 'Seen here, he became one of the USA's wealthiest men'

Answer: Sam Walton


Question: 'One of the later styles of kung fu to develop bears the name of this "worshipful" insect'

Answer: praying mantis


Question: 'The principal action of this 1844 novel involves the return of 12 diamond pendants to the queen of France'

Answer: The Three Musketeers


Question: 'Released in 1936, it was the last film to feature Chaplin's "Little Tramp" character'

Answer: Modern Times


Question: 'The ruler of Qatar is known by this 4-letter title'

Answer: emir


Question: 'John Houseman reprised his role as Prof. Charles Kingsfield on this TV series based on a 1973 film'

Answer: The Paper Chase


Question: 'All that fishing must have done this author some good; he was 90 when he died in 1683'

Answer: Izaak Walton


Question: 'Those kicks were fast as lightnin' when Carl Douglas had a number one hit with this song in 1974'

Answer: "Kung Fu Fighting"


Question: 'The name of this Japanese company that produces Eclipses translates into English as "Three Diamonds"'

Answer: Mitsubishi


Question: 'This Charles Dickens work is about the tough living & working conditions brought about by industrialization'

Answer: Hard Times


Question: 'This satellite TV news service based in Qatar has become one of the most important Middle East broadcasters'

Answer: Al Jazeera


Question: 'Created by Sid & Marty Krofft, this live-action show, whose characters are seen here, was set in Tranquility Forest'

Answer: The Bugaloos


Question: 'In 1932 physicist Ernest Walton co-developed one of these that sped up protons to smash lithium nuclei'

Answer: particle accelerator


Question: 'On Aug. 14, 1900 U.S. & British troops helped capture Beijing, thus halting this uprising by kung fu practitioners'

Answer: the Boxer Rebellion


Question: 'This 3-cornered hat was introduced to men's fashion around 1690'

Answer: tricorn


Question: 'It's what indicates the meter on a piece of sheet music'

Answer: time signature


Question: 'With a population near 350,000, this capital city of Qatar is also the most populous'

Answer: Doha


Question: 'Archaeologist Richard Lepsius gave this name to a collection of spells, hymns & prayers to deities like Ra'

Answer: The Book of the Dead


Question: 'This taro root paste is available in a powder, so you can bring some home from Maui'

Answer: Poi


Question: 'In 1941 this movie studio gave us "Dumbo"; in 1995 it released "Operation Dumbo Drop"'

Answer: Disney


Question: '"The cow is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo the other" this'

Answer: Milk


Question: '[video clue]'

Answer: Slippery When Wet


Question: 'Japan's most sacred mountain, or the brand of film one may use to photograph it'

Answer: Fuji


Question: 'Ringo's Renaults & Rolls-Royces'

Answer: Starr\'s cars


Question: 'Often filled with fried oysters, a po' boy is a Louisiana type of this item named for an earl'

Answer: Sandwich


Question: 'Angela Cartwright of "The Danny Thomas Show" & "Lost In Space" played Brigitta Von Trapp in this film'

Answer: The Sound Of Music


Question: 'Nash coined the word "Cleopatricide" in his quatrain about this snake'

Answer: Asp


Question: '[video clue]'

Answer: Lost And Found


Question: 'Holy Moses!  The monastery of St. Catherine at the base of this mountain dates back 14 centuries'

Answer: Mount Sinai


Question: 'Hirsch's beers'

Answer: Judd\'s suds/Buds


Question: 'This ingredient that comes from ruminants' stomachs gives Philadelphia Pepper Pot its distinctive flavor'

Answer: Tripe


Question: '"(Hi, I'm Benjamin Salisbury) I appeared in this 1992 film that inspired the creation of a real-life hockey team"'

Answer: The Mighty Ducks


Question: 'In "Reflections on Ice-Breaking", he wrote that "Candy is dandy but" this "is quicker"'

Answer: Liquor


Question: '[video clue]'

Answer: (Registered) Trademark


Question: 'In 1987 thousands participated in the harmonic convergence on this dormant double-peaked Calif. volcano'

Answer: Mount Shasta


Question: 'Sharon's sultry sighs'

Answer: Stone\'s groans/moans


Question: 'A favorite in New England, red flannel hash gets its color from these red veggies'

Answer: Beets


Question: 'An animatronic dolphin & 3 real dolphins named McGuyver, Jake & Fatman shared this title role in a 1996 film'

Answer: Flipper


Question: '"God in his wisdom made" this insect "and then forgot to tell us why"'

Answer: Fly


Question: '[video clue]'

Answer: Aries the Ram (two horns)


Question: 'Everyone in the Chagga tribe of Tanzania sleeps with his or her head toward this sacred peak'

Answer: Mount Kilimanjaro


Question: 'O'Donnell's teapot covers'

Answer: Rosie\'s cozies


Question: 'Craig Claiborne said, "There are more recipes for" this "bread than there are magnolia trees in the South"'

Answer: Cornbread


Question: 'This TV "Golden Girl" hit the big screen as Sly Stallone's mom in "Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot"'

Answer: Estelle Getty


Question: 'In his poem "The Baby", Nash remarked, "A bit of" this "is always walcum"'

Answer: Talcum


Question: '[video clue]'

Answer: Storage locker


Question: 'Pele, the goddess of volcanoes, lives in the inner crater of this volcano on Mauna Loa's southeast slope'

Answer: Kilauea


Question: 'Tom's contusions'

Answer: Cruise\'s bruises


Question: 'Costa Rica has coasts on these 2 bodies of water'

Answer: the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans


Question: 'You'll have a peachy-keen time at this state's peach festival in Fort Valley'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'The Lincoln Home National Historic Site covers 4 blocks in this capital city'

Answer: Springfield, Illinois


Question: 'Whether you want a "complete" or an "easy going" workout, she has over 20 videos to choose from'

Answer: Jane Fonda


Question: 'He wrote half of the 48 pieces in his "Well-Tempered Clavier" in Cothen, the other half in Leipzig'

Answer: J.S. Bach


Question: 'Of befuddled, vagrant or having a fuzzy rear end, what bumfuzzled means'

Answer: befuddled


Question: 'You may dine on ants' eggs at a restaurant in this country's capital of Vientiane'

Answer: Laos


Question: 'Sedalia, Missouri has a June festival honoring this "King of Ragtime" who once studied music there'

Answer: Scott Joplin


Question: 'The "White House of the Confederacy" in Richmond was home to this leader'

Answer: Jefferson Davis


Question: '"Today" she's the principal anchor with Stone Phillips of "Dateline NBC"'

Answer: Jane Pauley


Question: 'At the time of his death, Beethoven was working on this number symphony'

Answer: 10th


Question: 'Singultus is a fancy name for this involuntary spasm of the diaphragm'

Answer: a hiccup


Question: 'This group of about 600 islets & islands is located between Grenada & St. Vincent'

Answer: Grenadines


Question: 'In August these "reclusive" crabs compete in a Miss Crustacean beauty pageant in Ocean City, N.J.'

Answer: hermit crabs


Question: 'In 1901 he was sworn in as president at the Wilcox Mansion in Buffalo, New York'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'This figure skater turned sportscaster performed the first triple jump in competition'

Answer: Dick Button


Question: 'Debussy had also planned an interlude & finale to this tone poem, but only wrote the prelude'

Answer: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun


Question: '"Shrubbery" word for what you do to a bet to reduce or eliminate your risk'

Answer: hedge


Question: 'Tourists to this country visit Ambergris Caye, Mayan ruins & the world's second-largest barrier reef'

Answer: Belize


Question: 'Join this country superstar for a Smoky Mountain Christmas at her theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee'

Answer: Dolly Parton


Question: 'Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia was the meeting place for this delegation in 1774'

Answer: the Continental Congress


Question:
'The 2 actors seen here, they both played the same role on TV:

[Darrin Stephens]'

Answer: Dick Sargent & Dick York


Question: 'Skeletons trip the light fantastic in this Saint-Saens symphonic poem'

Answer: Danse Macabre


Question: 'A framelike stand that supports barrels, or Sinclair Lewis' Elmer'

Answer: a gantry


Question: 'The largest nation in area that's an archipelago, it covers 3 time zones'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'A spike driving contest is a feature of the Railroaders Festival near Brigham City in this state'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'Montana's Bear Paw area, where Chief Joseph surrendered, was the site of this Indian war's last battle'

Answer: Nez Perce


Question: 'This director of "The Piano" was the first female director to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes'

Answer: Jane Campion


Question: 'This Russian composer & pianist died in Beverly Hills March 28, 1943'

Answer: Sergei Rachmaninoff


Question: 'It's a "shell" term for the part of your heart warmed by emotion or sentiment'

Answer: Cockles


Question: 'In 1995 she became the first sitting governor to give the rebuttal to a State of the Union address'

Answer: Christine Todd Whitman


Question: 'The 747 reasons to buy from this company include the E-6 Tacamo & a little thing called Air Force One'

Answer: Boeing


Question: 'Born Caryn Johnson, she's the only host on "The View" to have won an Oscar'

Answer: Whoopi Goldberg


Question: 'Feel like a swim?  The gap between Florida & this island nation of 11 million is about 90 miles'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'Telemus, "the best of soothsayers", warned the Cyclops about this wandering man'

Answer: Odysseus


Question: 'Quaker John Love went to Rome to convert this man in 1658; when he couldn't, he was arrested & hanged'

Answer: the Pope


Question: 'Want to be one of these bandaged guys for Halloween?  You should know their name is from the Persian for "wax"'

Answer: a mummy


Question: 'New releases from this co. include the $185 Jordan winterized Spiz'ike men's shoe; yeah, I said Spiz'ike--what what'

Answer: Nike


Question: 'A character played by him worked for the Metro Dade Organized Crime Bureau & had a pet alligator, Elvis'

Answer: Don Johnson


Question: 'In 1999 a bridge spanned the 10-mile gap between Denmark & this country for the first time since the last ice age'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'Ironically, the mythical seer Tiresias was stricken with this, a punishment from the gods'

Answer: blindness


Question: 'William Penn wrote "No Cross, No Crown", a testament of his Quaker beliefs, while in this British prison'

Answer: the Tower of London


Question: 'Some doctrines of this system advocate the revolution of the proletariat'

Answer: communism


Question: 'Stock up on shower curtains with this chain whose stock symbol is BBBY'

Answer: Bed Bath & Beyond


Question: 'The Crow Indians kill Robert Redford's family in this 1972 film & he's hell-bent on revenge'

Answer: Jeremiah Johnson


Question: 'Alaska's Little Diomede Island is a scant 2 1/2 miles away from this country'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'In this play, 3 seers show the title king 8 spectral kings followed by the ghost of Banquo'

Answer: Macbeth


Question: 'This Quaker & suffragist leader declared in 1873, "This government is not a democracy... it is an odious aristocracy"'

Answer: Susan Anthony


Question: 'Meaning huge, but not necessarily woolly'

Answer: mammoth


Question: 'The fiscal year 2009 sales of this Bentonville, Arkansas companv were $401 billion'

Answer: Walmart


Question: 'In his wrestling days, beefy actor Dwayne Johnson went by this name'

Answer: The Rock


Question: 'In our solar system the gap between these 2 bodies ranges from about 225,000 miles to 251,000 miles'

Answer: the Earth & the Moon


Question: 'This seer wrote "Centuries" in 1555 & later cast horoscopes at the court of Catherine de Medicis'

Answer: Nostradamus


Question: 'Her oath of matrimony to our 4th president got her kicked out of the Quakers for marrying a nonmember'

Answer: Dolley Madison


Question: 'The highest class of the subphylum Vertebrata'

Answer: Mammalia


Question: 'On its website this Freeport, Maine company offers rod & reel outfits & insect shield apparel'

Answer: L.L.Bean


Question: 'This gymnast won a 2009 ESPY for best female Olympian'

Answer: Shawn Johnson


Question: 'Meaning "Gate of Tears", the Bab el Mandeb is a 20-mile-wide strait allowing passage from the Gulf of Aden into this sea'

Answer: the Red Sea


Question: 'Meaning "knowledge" in Sanskrit, these sacred texts are thought to be "heard" by gifted seers'

Answer: Vedas


Question: 'Impersonal American painting & sculpting style, developed as a response to abstract expressionism'

Answer: minimalism


Question: 'In a magnet flux lines converge at these points'

Answer: the poles


Question: '2001:<br />Male supermodel Ben Stiller is on the downside of his career'

Answer: Zoolander


Question: '"The Smartest Guys in the Room" tells of the rise & fall of this Houston-based energy company'

Answer: Enron


Question: '...of animals on exhibit at the L.A. Zoo'

Answer: a zebra


Question: 'Seen here are busts of the founders of this British luxury car company'

Answer: Rolls-Royce


Question: 'Ma'am, yes ma'am!  In 2009 Teresa King became the first woman to command the army's school for these training taskmasters'

Answer: drill sergeants


Question: 'This Italian discovered the laws of the pendulum when he observed a hanging lamp swinging back & forth'

Answer: Galileo


Question: '1981:<br />George Hamilton swashbuckles his way through 19th c. Spanish California as him, "the Gay Blade"'

Answer: Zorro


Question: 'His "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" is subtitled "A Triumph"'

Answer: T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)


Question: 'A bust of this rock icon atop his grave at Paris' Pere Lachaise cemetery was stolen in 1988'

Answer: Jim Morrison


Question: 'On modern looms, this measurement of cloth is 100 yards long & 45 or 60 inches wide'

Answer: a bolt


Question: 'This measure of pressure abbreviated atm. is equivalent to 14.7 pounds per square inch'

Answer: atmospheric pressure


Question: '1946:<br />Fred Astaire & Lucille Ball dance & sing their way into these title "Follies" of the 1920s'

Answer: Ziegfeld


Question: 'Sylvia Nasar wrote this biography of math genius & Nobel laureate John Nash'

Answer: A Beautiful Mind


Question: 'He's the Caesarest of Caesars seen here'

Answer: Augustus


Question: 'Single word meaning to disembark from an aircraft'

Answer: deplane


Question: 'This elementary particle has 6 types: 3 have 1/3 unit of negative charge & 3 have 2/3 unit of positive charge'

Answer: a quark


Question: '1983:<br />Woody Allen plays a human chameleon'

Answer: Zelig


Question: 'One of his follow-ups to "All Creatures Great and Small" was "All Things Wise and Wonderful"'

Answer: James Herriot


Question: 'Appropriately, some of the busts of this German philosopher on sale at his house in Trier are red'

Answer: (Karl) Marx


Question: 'The members of an organization aside from its leaders are this 3-word term'

Answer: rank and file


Question: 'From their location, protons & neutrons but not electrons are called these, also ending in -on'

Answer: nucleons


Question: '1964:<br />British forces keep a stiff upper lip fighting Africans at the 1879 Battle of Rorke's Drift'

Answer: Zulu


Question: 'Australia's Miles Franklin was just 16 when she wrote this "Career"-oriented book'

Answer: My Brilliant Career


Question: 'The sun shines on the Quebec City bust of this French king'

Answer: Louis XIV


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Pacific Research Labs, aka orthopedic model maker Sawbones.)  This foot shows normal anatomy; if tight shoes bend the little piggies, the result can be this condition, whose symptoms include corns, calluses & pain'

Answer: hammertoe


Question: '6 of the top 10 U.S. cities in population are found in these 2 states'

Answer: California & Texas


Question: 'A Texas MSA is Arlington, Dallas & this partner of Dallas'

Answer: Fort Worth


Question: 'Pollution in Lake Springfield dooms the town in this film'

Answer: The Simpsons Movie


Question: 'The Magna Carta was approved near London at Runnymede; a small meadow on this river'

Answer: the Thames


Question: 'The whine of this dental excavator is frightening as well as noisy'

Answer: a drill


Question: 'The special edition of this Guitar Hero competitor comes with guitar, mic & drum kit peripherals'

Answer: Rock Band


Question:
'Barbara Boxer,
Chuck Hagel,
George Voinovich'

Answer: (U.S.) senators


Question: 'This state's MSAs include Harrisburg-Carlisle & Scranton-Wilkes-Barre'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'In this Jerry Seinfeld film, eating honey brings on a class action lawsuit'

Answer: Bee Movie


Question: 'The introductory section of the Magna Carta is known as this, just like the intro to the U.S. Constitution'

Answer: the Preamble


Question: 'It seems like somebody turned the lowing of these animals on high'

Answer: cows


Question: 'Accessories for this Nintendo game system include boxing gloves, a dancing mat & a balance board'

Answer: the Wii


Question:
'Abyssinian,
Calico,
Manx'

Answer: cats


Question: 'You'll be Racine to your buzzers with the MSA Racine, in this state'

Answer: Wisconsin


Question: 'Seen here is this movie about penguins who don't sing or dance'

Answer: Surf\'s Up


Question: 'Fearing its limits on the clergy, this man officially annulled the document after a few months'

Answer: the Pope


Question: 'A New Jersey motorcycle rally is rhymingly called this "to the Shore"'

Answer: Roar


Question: 'Use a device that creates doors in the unlikeliest of places in this futuristic game from Valve'

Answer: Portal


Question: 'Thyme, crime, dime, grime, lime, mime, slime'

Answer: things that rhyme


Question: 'Ogden & this city grew almost 25% between 1990 & 2000'

Answer: Salt Lake City


Question: 'The sequel to this 2002 animated movie was subtitled "The Meltdown"'

Answer: Ice Age


Question: 'This English king was forced to agree to the Magna Carta after a group of Barons captured London'

Answer: King John


Question: 'It's the "seismic" name of the stereo company that makes the Supernova subwoofer'

Answer: Earthquake


Question: 'The year is 1720 in the Sony Online Entertainment game named these swarthy types "of the Burning Sea"'

Answer: Pirates


Question:
'The hay,
the road,
the nail right on the head'

Answer: things you hit


Question: 'These same-named Midwest cities in 2 neighboring states combine into one metro area with nearly 2 million people'

Answer: Kansas City


Question: 'An evil stepmother is out to ruin not just Cinderella's storybook existence, but all fairy tales in this 2006 film'

Answer: Happily Never After


Question: 'In 1957 the ABA, this group, acknowledge the debt U.S. law owed the Magna Carta & erected a U.K. monument'

Answer: the American Bar Association


Question: 'I called 703-417-8020 about noise at this facility named for Ronald Reagan, but couldn't hear the person talk'

Answer: the Washington, D.C. airport


Question: 'MMORPGers rejoice & play the "Hyborian Adventures" of this swordsman created by Robert E. Howard'

Answer: Conan (the Barbarian)


Question:
'Feathers from a chicken,
a violin (sometimes),
eyebrows'

Answer: things you pluck


Question: 'Around 1325 B.C. this boy king was buried in a gold mask inside 4 coffins, one of which was made of gold'

Answer: King Tut


Question: 'The Canadian version of this sport has 12 men on a side, & the field is 110 yards long'

Answer: football


Question: 'After a female ant mates & loses her wings, she becomes one of these'

Answer: a queen (or an egglayer)


Question: 'Wearing costumes on this day goes back to a medieval practice of dressing as angels & demons'

Answer: Halloween


Question: 'His son Wolfgang Jr. was a pupil of Salieri'

Answer: Mozart


Question: 'BNN'

Answer: a banana


Question: 'In 1542 this 50ish SWK (single white king) was looking for lucky wife No. 6'

Answer: King Henry VIII


Question: 'Dating back to Ancient Egypt, this sport, also called kegling, can keep you in the gutter'

Answer: bowling


Question: 'The "med" in the name medfly refers to this region where it can damage olive trees'

Answer: the Mediterranean


Question: 'Every spring Washington Square Park in NYC holds a fiesta for these "wiener dogs" & their owners'

Answer: dachshunds


Question: 'This Russian collaborated on "Swan Lake" with choreographer Marius Petipa'

Answer: Tchaikovsky


Question: 'KMQT'

Answer: a kumquat


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Mount Vernon.)  This is where Washington planned  for this 1781 battle, one of the most skillful military operations in history'

Answer: Yorktown


Question: 'Taking its name from the French for "sled", this sport held its first international race in 1883'

Answer: luge


Question: 'This luxurious fabric of Asia is produced by the larva of the insect Bombyx mori'

Answer: silk


Question: 'This Christian holy day can occur as early as March 22 or as late as April 25'

Answer: Easter


Question: 'After his "Rhapsody In Blue", this American composer gave us a "Second Rhapsody"'

Answer: Gershwin


Question: 'CRRNT'

Answer: a currant


Question: 'At age 70, this Athenian was put on trial for "not believing in the gods the state believes in"'

Answer: Socrates


Question: 'Originating in Persia, this sport gained popularity with British officers in India who liked horsing around'

Answer: polo


Question: 'One of Japan's most complex kites is the mukade-dako, formed of jointed sections to look like this insect'

Answer: a centipede


Question: 'Look for the Ancient Order of Hibernians in this parade that has marched up 5th Ave. every year since 1762'

Answer: the St. Patrick\'s Day Parade


Question: 'Born in 1810, this pianist studied harmony at the Warsaw Conservatory'

Answer: Chopin


Question: 'PSSNFRT'

Answer: a passion fruit


Question: 'The only monarch representing a state in the National Statuary Hall represents this state'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'In 1843 Norway held the first competition in the Nordic type of this winter sport'

Answer: skiing


Question: 'Seen here on cotton, it can be a threat to crops in the southern United States'

Answer: the boll weevil


Question: 'Limerick Day, May 12, coincides with the birthday of this "Owl and the Pussy-cat" poet who popularized limericks'

Answer: (Edward) Lear


Question: 'First performed in Cairo, this Verdi opera was commissioned by the Khedive of Egypt'

Answer: Aida


Question: 'PPY'

Answer: a papaya


Question: 'In a 1914 novel, as a boy he could "drop twenty feet at a stretch from limb to limb in rapid descent to the ground"'

Answer: Tarzan


Question: 'Last name of William & Charles, brothers who built their own medical center in Rochester, Minnesota in 1914'

Answer: Mayo


Question: '"n... an Eskimo canoe made of a frame covered usu. with sealskin except for a small opening in the center"'

Answer: a kayak


Question: 'The Chick-fil-A Bowl at the Georgia Dome'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: 'The restaurant chain known by these 4 letters also serves Florentine, Danish & Swedish crepes'

Answer: IHOP


Question: 'Do this with your car horn "if you love peace and quiet"'

Answer: honk


Question: 'Sirius is pretty close--just 8.6 of these from Earth'

Answer: light years


Question: 'Seen here, the monument of this Lakota Indian is in the Black Hills of South Dakota'

Answer: Crazy Horse


Question: '"vt 1 archaic: to plan ahead... 2 a...to predict (weather conditions)"'

Answer: forecast


Question: 'The Valero Alamo Bowl at the Alamodome'

Answer: San Antonio


Question: 'In Orthodox churches, screens before the altar display these for instruction'

Answer: icons


Question: '"When" this food "gets its picture taken, what does it say?"'

Answer: cheese


Question: 'In 1844 Friedrich Bessel discovered that Sirius was one of these, also called a double or twin star'

Answer: a binary


Question: 'In 2009 she became Solicitor General of the U.S., arguing cases before the Supreme Court'

Answer: Elena Kagan


Question: '"pron... archaic... a nominative pronoun of the second person singular esp. in biblical... language"'

Answer: thou


Question: 'The Insight Bowl at Sun Devil Stadium'

Answer: Tempe


Question: 'Formerly aligned with Lacoste, this clothing brand is now a brand of Phillips-Van Heusen'

Answer: Izod


Question: '"Veni, vidi, Visa. I came, I saw, I" did this'

Answer: went shopping (spent money/charged it accepted)


Question: 'As massive as the sun but much more condensed, Sirius B was the first of these "colorful" little stars to be discovered'

Answer: a white dwarf


Question: 'He managed to save Leopold & Loeb from the death penalty in 1924; the 2 got 99 years plus life'

Answer: Clarence Darrow


Question: '"conj... 1 a: except for the fact--used to introduce a dependent clause"'

Answer: but


Question: 'The Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl at LP Field'

Answer: Nashville


Question: 'It's a European peninsula, or a European airline founded in 1927'

Answer: Iberia


Question: '"Cannibals won't eat" these circus performers... "they taste funny"'

Answer: clowns


Question: 'Sirius is really bright--it has an apparent this of -1.44 (the lower the brighter)'

Answer: magnitude


Question: 'This doc imprisoned for his role in the assassination of Lincoln saved many prisoners & guards in a yellow fever epidemic'

Answer: (Dr. Samuel) Mudd


Question: '"adj... 2 b: happy, golden" as in (this) era or the (this) days of youth'

Answer: halcyon


Question: 'The Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl at Qualcomm Stadium'

Answer: San Diego


Question: 'It's Albuquerque's minor league baseball team; I can't wait for uranium 235 to bat'

Answer: the Isotopes


Question: '"I believe in ghosts.  My past just came back to" do this'

Answer: haunt me


Question: 'In Ancient Egypt Sirius was known as the Nile star or the star of this goddess'

Answer: Isis


Question: 'Everything you need to know about cosmetic surgery:<br />"The Face-" this "Sourcebook"'

Answer: Lift


Question: '(Glenn Close delivers the clue.)  Michael Douglas tried to strangle & drown me but it still took a bullet to take me out in this 1987 thriller; Rasputin's got nothing on me'

Answer: Fatal Attraction


Question: 'This structure for the cultivation of your prized orchids can have quite an "effect" on visitors'

Answer: a greenhouse


Question: 'Polska'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'Doing exercise to strengthen this 4-letter region?  It includes the stomach muscles, the butt, hips & lower back'

Answer: the core


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from New York City.)  It may not be crowded right now, but come New Year's Eve, there'll be more revelers gathered in this festive New York City location where the ball has dropped for more than 100 years'

Answer: Times Square


Question: 'Reflect on this one:<br />"The Face in the" this, by Stephanie Tolan'

Answer: Mirror


Question: 'She played Katherine in then-husband Kenneth Branagh's 1989 film of "Henry V"'

Answer: Emma Thompson


Question: 'A retailer of fresh vegetables & fruits in England'

Answer: a greengrocer


Question: 'Nippon'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'The name of this machine that gives a low-impact cardio workout is the almost circular motion its pedals make'

Answer: an elliptical


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from New York City.)  Take someone special to Radio City Music Hall's Christmas spectacular to see a lineup of 36 of these performers'

Answer: the Rockettes


Question: 'A 1931 collection of Irving Berlin librettos:<br />"Face the" this'

Answer: Music


Question: 'This alumna of "That '70s Show" went to the future in "The Book of Eli"; "Friends with Benefits" is present-day'

Answer: Mila Kunis


Question: 'A first timer on a cattle drive'

Answer: a greenhorn


Question: 'Magyarorszag'

Answer: Hungary


Question: '"Your" these "will amaze you", says the women-only gym of the same name'

Answer: curves


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from New York City.)  Fight the crowds on this famous avenue for quality gifts from the likes of Tiffany, Bergdorf Goodman, & Louis Vuitton'

Answer: 5th Avenue


Question: 'I can't recall the name, but "The Face Is" this, by Ogden Nash'

Answer: Familiar


Question: 'This "Party of Five" actress, a trained ballerina, starred in Robert Altman's ballet film "The Company"'

Answer: Neve Campbell


Question: 'A swath of parks or rural land surrounding a city, or a rank of a karate student'

Answer: a greenbelt


Question: 'Hellas'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'You have to be careful swinging around this hefty piece of equipment that's gained popularity recently'

Answer: a kettlebell


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from New York City.)  Here's a Christmas cocktail that's sure to warm your heart: made with melon-flavored Midori liqueur, it's named for this Dr. Seuss character'

Answer: the Grinch


Question: 'A 1950s picture book:<br />"The Face of" this Asian part of Turkey aka Asia Minor'

Answer: Anatolia


Question: 'A star for decades, she's seen here in the 1939 film "Golden Boy"'

Answer: Barbara Stanwyck


Question: 'A raiding practice of buying up shares, forcing the company to buy them back at a premium'

Answer: greenmail


Question: 'Suomi'

Answer: Finland


Question: 'Colombian-born Alberto Perez brought this Latin-inspired "Dance Fitness Party" to Miami in 2001'

Answer: Zumba


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from New York City.)  Gingerbread men & handmade ornaments are but a few of the items offered at the holiday market at this famous circle named for an Italian explorer'

Answer: Columbus Circle


Question: 'Recent evidence suggests that, despite its name, this 1599 building was a 20-sided icosagon'

Answer: the Globe Theatre


Question: 'Scientists believe the west part of this continent would be an archipelago if the ice were removed'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'In general, in this job the person with the tallest white pleated hat rules the kitchen'

Answer: chef


Question: 'The largest one on the moon is about 700 miles in diameter; there are billions at least 1 foot wide'

Answer: craters


Question: 'Teens love this company's famous peanut butter cups to "pieces"'

Answer: Reese\'s


Question: '("Cyber Lucy" reads the clue.) It's a little picture on your screen to click, or an idol to millions, like me'

Answer: an icon


Question: 'It's a polluted haze found over a city'

Answer: smog


Question: 'This country's largest city was named for George Eden, Earl of Auckland'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'Your local TV weatherman may prefer this job title from the Greek root for "high in the air"'

Answer: meteorologist


Question: 'An analogy:<br />moth is to caterpillar as frog is to this'

Answer: tadpole


Question: 'Pilgrims enjoyed this popped snack, even though there were no Pilgrim movie theaters'

Answer: popcorn


Question: 'Web addresses that end with ".au" are located on host computers in this country'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Material that makes up an unwanted "bunny" under your bed'

Answer: dust


Question: 'This 350-foot waterfall is on the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe & Zambia'

Answer: Victoria Falls


Question: '"Pufnstuf" creators Sid & Marty Krofft got their start as these, following in the family business'

Answer: puppeteers


Question: 'The tympanic membrane is this organ's "drum"'

Answer: the ear


Question: 'When these were introduced in the 1920s, they were actually baked by the troops who sold them'

Answer: Girl Scout cookies


Question: 'This Microsoft chairman addressed 1997's Macworld Expo via satellite on a large screen TV'

Answer: Bill Gates


Question: 'Army dining hall before or after the meal'

Answer: mess


Question: '1/5 of the fresh water entering all oceans comes from this river that flows northeast to the equator'

Answer: the Amazon


Question: 'Harry Houdini was known as this type of magician who specializes in breaking bonds'

Answer: an escape artist


Question: 'What fish do to make more fish, or a Todd McFarlane character'

Answer: spawn


Question: 'Wetzel's tops these twisted treats with caramel & almond or sour cream & onion, as well as butter & salt'

Answer: pretzels


Question: 'Brand name of the virtual pets from Bandai, first marketed in Japan'

Answer: Tamagotchi


Question: 'A woolly growth produced by a fungus; don't eat the Jell-O if there's some on it'

Answer: mold


Question: 'In 1842 the British made Stanley the capital of these later war-torn islands off Argentina'

Answer: Falkland Islands (or Malvinas)


Question: '15-letter term for a newspaper employee who tells a story mainly through photographs'

Answer: photojournalist


Question: '2-word phrase for the property that allows the effect seen here:'

Answer: surface tension


Question: 'Some teens go crazy for Craisins, which are these Ocean Spray items, sweetened & dried'

Answer: cranberries


Question: 'Mojo Nixon & the Rev. Horton Heat provided music for this CD-ROM game set in an Arkansas trailer park'

Answer: Redneck Rampage


Question: 'Writer Upton Sinclair was a famous "raker" of it'

Answer: muck


Question: 'Total number of amendments to the U.S. Constitution ratified on December 15, 1791'

Answer: 10 (the Bill of Rights)


Question: 'Ivy Ruckman's "Night of the Twisters" is a fact-based book about kids who survived a series of these'

Answer: tornadoes


Question: 'If you're Aurelio Figueroa, each of your names contains all 5 basic letters of this type'

Answer: vowels


Question: 'Arnold played this sword-wielding barbarian in 2 1980s films'

Answer: Conan


Question: 'Traditionally, to resign a player tips over this piece'

Answer: king


Question: 'The sun does this on its axis; since it's a ball of gas, its parts do it at varying speeds'

Answer: rotates


Question: 'It's how Lincoln "addressed" the number of years between 1776 & 1863'

Answer: "Four score and seven..."


Question: 'He created Crane, Ichabod Crane, a schoolteacher in Sleepy Hollow'

Answer: Washington Irving


Question: 'It's the least common letter in English printed matter, but a common "S" substitute among rappers'

Answer: Z


Question: 'Wife Jamie Lee Curtis thought hubby Arnold was a computer salesman instead of a superspy in this 1994 thriller'

Answer: True Lies


Question: 'The number of files on the board, it's the same as the number of ranks'

Answer: 8


Question: 'Like the moon's, the sun's gravity causes these on Earth, but they're half as high due to greater distance'

Answer: tides


Question: 'After this short conflict in 1967, Israel controlled the entire Sinai Peninsula'

Answer: Six-Day War


Question: 'In Sheila Burnford's "Incredible Journey", 2 dogs & a cat trek across this country'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'The Phoenician version of this letter resembled ours, but the 3 lines pointed left'

Answer: E


Question: 'In 1993 Arnold was Jack Slater, the title idol of the boy seen in this film:'

Answer: Last Action Hero


Question: 'In chess, notation "x" means your piece has been captured & "ch" means you're in this'

Answer: check


Question: 'A device you light to signal an emergency, or a brief brightening near a sunspot'

Answer: a flare


Question: 'Its release, just over 2 years ago, was accompanied by the Rolling Stones' "Start Me Up"'

Answer: Windows 95


Question: '"A Journey to the Center of the Earth" was first published in 1864 in this language'

Answer: French (written by Jules Verne)


Question: 'THEY'RE ALSO CALLED MAJUSCULES & YOU'RE LOOKING AT THEM'

Answer: capital letters (or upper case letters)


Question: 'The title of this 1977 bodybuilding documentary has become synonymous with working out with weights'

Answer: Pumping Iron


Question: 'It's the only piece that can't move to an adjacent square'

Answer: the knight


Question: 'Your body needs these solar rays to make vitamin D, but too many can cause sunburn or worse'

Answer: UV (ultraviolet) rays


Question: 'This phrase about where we wanted our northern border was a Polk campaign slogan'

Answer: "54-40 or fight!"


Question: 'These people added "X" & "G" to the Etruscan alphabet & gave their name to the one we use'

Answer: Romans


Question: 'For "Batman & Robin", Arnold spent over 2 1/2 hours a day in makeup to play this cool villain'

Answer: Mr. Freeze (Dr. Victor Fries)


Question: 'In a Lewis Carroll book, Alice begins as one of these white pieces but later becomes a queen'

Answer: a pawn


Question: 'The sun's energy comes from this nuclear reaction at 27,000,000 deg. F. -- clearly not the cold type'

Answer: fusion


Question: 'He delivered eulogies for Jackie Robinson in 1972 & Cleveland mayor Carl Stokes in 1996'

Answer: Rev. Jesse Jackson


Question: 'Able to run up to 40 MPH, this largest flightless bird is the world's fastest bird on land'

Answer: Ostrich


Question: 'Alan Parker & Oliver Stone co-wrote the screenplay for this Madonna musical'

Answer: Evita


Question: 'He "discovered" the island of Saint-Barthelemy in 1493 & named it for his brother, Bartholomeo'

Answer: Christopher Columbus


Question: 'Associated with Asian cooking, it's frying over high heat while moving the food about'

Answer: Stir-frying


Question: 'Bad news for women -- they're more than twice as likely as men to develop one of these severe headaches'

Answer: Migraines


Question: 'It's a synonym for a test'

Answer: Exam


Question: 'In areas with few trees, the redheaded species of this bird is known to damage telephone & telegraph poles'

Answer: Woodpecker


Question: 'Tom Cruise played this sports agent whose only remaining client was football player Rod Tidwell'

Answer: Jerry Maguire


Question: '"Disney's Fantillusion!", a spectacular musical parade, debuted in this Asian city's Disneyland in 1995'

Answer: Tokyo


Question: 'In England, this breakfast dish of bread dipped in an egg-milk mixture & fried is called "Poor Knights of Windsor"'

Answer: French toast


Question: 'The American Cancer Society says two-thirds of all cancers are linked to dietary factors & this habit'

Answer: Smoking


Question: 'To put out a fire'

Answer: Extinguish


Question: 'There are 2 families of this large bird:  barn & typical'

Answer: Owls


Question: 'This Tim Burton science fiction film was based on a series of Topps trading cards'

Answer: Mars Attacks!


Question: 'Bulgaria's is "Mila Rodino", which means "Dear Homeland"'

Answer: National anthem


Question: 'One of the most common ways to serve this organ meat is sauteed, with sauteed onions'

Answer: Liver


Question: 'A blow to the nose may cause this partition to become deviated'

Answer: Septum


Question: 'To exclude someone from the sacraments of the church'

Answer: Excommunicate


Question: 'In 1954 there were only 21 of these cranes in existence; the flock has since grown to about 200'

Answer: Whooping cranes


Question: 'He's the scruffy title angel played by John Travolta in a 1996 film'

Answer: Michael


Question: 'Peru is almost twice as big as this second-largest U.S. state'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'Apple, corn & crab are popular types of these small fried-batter cakes'

Answer: Fritters


Question: 'Dr. David Ho, who's leading the fight against this disease, was named Time's Man of the Year for 1996'

Answer: AIDS


Question: 'In the funnies, "!%?$" may take the place of a deleted one of these'

Answer: Expletive


Question: 'The American kestrel is the most common North American species of this bird related to the hawk'

Answer: Falcon


Question: 'Shirley MacLaine reprised her role as Aurora Greenway in this sequel to "Terms Of Endearment"'

Answer: The Evening Star


Question: 'Now in ruins, the temple complex of Angkor Thom in this country was built by Khmer ruler Jayavarman VII'

Answer: Cambodia (Kampuchea)


Question: 'Veal & this purple vegetable are the foods most often prepared alla parmigiana'

Answer: Eggplant


Question: 'This syndrome characterized by continual exhaustion is abbreviated CFS'

Answer: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome


Question: 'These circumstances make a criminal offense seem less serious'

Answer: Extenuating


Question: 'President who called Watergate "A burden I shall bear for every day of the life that is left to me"'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: 'This South American predator is also called the cannibal fish'

Answer: Piranha


Question: 'This escape artist who died in 1926 is called the "World's Handcuff King" in a new book by Kenneth Silverman'

Answer: Harry Houdini


Question: 'The romance languages all developed directly from this ancient tongue'

Answer: Latin


Question: 'Type of tailed object that hit Jupiter in 1994 & perhaps hit Earth in 65 million B.C., dooming the dinosaurs'

Answer: Comet


Question: 'Servants worked the Indian punkah, a ceiling type of this; modern bladed types use electricity'

Answer: Fans


Question: 'This dictionary compiler was descended from William Bradford, second governor of the Plymouth Colony'

Answer: Noah Webster


Question: 'Kenneth Buell, who had worked on the Gemini space program, helped design Luvs, a type of these'

Answer: Diapers


Question: 'Lee Daniels & Rachel Robinson's biography of this first black major leaguer features 301 photographs'

Answer: Jackie Robinson


Question: 'A sign in a store window in Spain may say "Ici On Parle Francais" meaning this'

Answer: Here we speak French


Question: 'In 1997 this planet, a morning star until May, will be an evening star for the rest of the year'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'The famed Persian types of these often feature floral designs & softly blended colors'

Answer: Rugs


Question: 'This interpreter for Lewis & Clark was also called Boinaiv, meaning "Grass Maiden"'

Answer: Sacajawea


Question: 'In 1978 Peter T. Coleman was sworn in as this "American" territory's first elected governor'

Answer: American Samoa


Question: 'Geoffrey Perret titled his biography of this WWII general "Old Soldiers Never Die"'

Answer: Douglas MacArthur


Question: 'It's the official language of South America's largest country'

Answer: Portuguese (Brazil)


Question: 'The light & radio energy emitted by quasars may come from gases being sucked into these'

Answer: Black holes


Question: 'Since 1965 these illumination devices filled with glowing wax have given Americans a "volcanic" thrill'

Answer: Lava lamps


Question: 'In May 1857, 2 months after the Supreme Court ruled against him, this slave & his family were freed'

Answer: Dred Scott


Question: 'When he died in England in 1703, he left his famous diary to a nephew'

Answer: Samuel Pepys


Question: 'Ekaterina Gordeeva wrote "A Love Story" about this skater, her late husband'

Answer: Sergei Grinkov


Question: 'Romance languages are rich in diphthongs, combinations of these sounds, as in "sounds"'

Answer: Vowel sounds


Question: 'Galactic light's "shift" toward this color of the visible spectrum shows that the universe is expanding'

Answer: Red


Question: 'The old Boston Garden featured this flooring of patterned wooden strips'

Answer: Parquet


Question: 'In the 1870s a Nashville univ. was renamed for this shipping & railroad magnate who donated $1 million'

Answer: Cornelius Vanderbilt


Question: 'Women's Equality Day, August 26, celebrates the enactment of this number amendment in 1920'

Answer: 19th Amendment


Question: 'In 1996 Peter Ackroyd pubilshed a biography of this poet who wrote "Songs of Innocence" in 1789'

Answer: William Blake


Question: 'Works like "Sad Turtledove" made Ienachita Vacarescu a major poet in this eastern European language'

Answer: Romanian


Question: 'In the stellar type of this celestial event, one star in a binary system obscures the other'

Answer: Eclipse


Question: 'Juarez, Mexico is the world center of painting on this fabric, a symbol of kitsch'

Answer: (Black) Velvet


Question: 'The final word in Genesis is the name of this country'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'This title queen uses an asp, a "poor venomous fool", to kill herself'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: '(Leonard Maltin reads the clue.)  This WWII classic set in war-torn Morocco is my candidate for the best Hollywood movie of all time'

Answer: Casablanca


Question: 'Robert Kennedy was this relation to Jackie Kennedy, especially when he was attorney general'

Answer: brother-in-law


Question: 'Dick Durbin and the guy seen here are this state's senators'

Answer: Illinois


Question: 'Type 1 of this disease, in which the beta cells of the pancreas aren't doing their job, was formerly called "juvenile"'

Answer: diabetes


Question: 'My dad was laying one of these on me, saying my grandma would wither away if I don't go visit her'

Answer: guilt trip


Question: 'This moneylender asks, "Hates any man the thing he would not kill?"'

Answer: Shylock


Question: '(Leonard Maltin reads the clue.)  This Scorsese film is a compelling look at a boxer whose leading opponent outside the ring was always himself'

Answer: Raging Bull


Question: 'This term refers to a difference in generations; your first cousin's child is your first cousin once this'

Answer: removed


Question: 'Seen here, the former governor of this state comes from a family of politicos'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'You can get the 2007 S-Type of this cat starting at $49,000'

Answer: Jaguar


Question: 'One of these often contains a Chinese restaurant, 7-Eleven, dry cleaner & video store'

Answer: strip mall


Question: 'He uses the word "assassination" for what he plans to do to Duncan'

Answer: Macbeth


Question: '(Leonard Maltin reads the clue.)  A story that was originally written as a Christmas card became the basis for this beloved James Stewart classic'

Answer: It\'s A Wonderful Life


Question: 'Your grandma's brother is this to your brother'

Answer: great-uncle


Question: 'Born in Baltimore, the gal seen here serves this state as Speaker of the House of Representatives'

Answer: California


Question: 'Meyer Friedman coined this term for an angry, driven personality type who Friedman thought had high heart attack risk'

Answer: Type A


Question: 'Area mentioned in the second line of "The Marines' Hymn"'

Answer: the shores of Tripoli


Question: 'Women in this king's play included Katharine, wife to the king, later divorced, & Anne, maid of honor, later queen'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: '(Leonard Maltin reads the clue.)  David Lean's 1946 British film of this Dickens tale is a real "Pip", & the opening graveyard sequence is a gem'

Answer: Great Expectations


Question: 'The Latin nepos, giving us the word "nepotism", means this, what Hadrian was to his predecessor Trajan'

Answer: nephew


Question: 'The gubernatorial victory by the woman seen here was the first for a woman in this state since Ma Ferguson in 1924'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'Among blood types, this one has neither of the main letter antigens'

Answer: Type O


Question: 'Mr. Dewey, Mr. Cheatem & Mr. Howe will each need a copy of that letter, so it should be typed this way'

Answer: in triplicate


Question: 'Characters in this play include the charming Rosalind & the sardonic Jaques'

Answer: As You Like It


Question: '(Leonard Maltin reads the clue.)  Debbie Reynolds was a teenager when she tapped up a storm in this 1952 film, perhaps the best movie musical ever made'

Answer: Singin\' In The Rain


Question: 'Elzire Dionne of Ontario, Canada gave birth to 14 children via this many pregnancies'

Answer: ten


Question: 'The senator seen here serves this state and is part of the Finance & Judiciary Committees'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'If you're only ever offered one kind of role, like a priest or a Nazi, you're being this'

Answer: typecast


Question: 'In the hammer throw, a wire exerts this force on the hammer, keeping it moving in a circle'

Answer: centripetal


Question: 'As a solo artist, his presenters were ex-bandmates -- not the Beatles but The Traveling Wilburys'

Answer: George Harrison


Question: 'Check out the Quay of Karakoy in this city, known as Constantinople during the Byzantine Empire'

Answer: Istanbul


Question: 'This Anglo-Irish satirist was born in Dublin on Nov. 30, 1667'

Answer: Jonathan Swift


Question: 'Also found before plant, pack & politics, it's the P in P equals force times velocity'

Answer: power


Question: 'A handbag for an R.N.'

Answer: a nurse purse


Question: 'Artists become eligible this long after their first release; The Beach Boys went in in 1988, Springsteen in '99'

Answer: 25 years


Question: 'Circular Quay is a hub of transportation & tourism in this city'

Answer: Sydney


Question: 'Disney's Animal Kingdom features a fast whitewater raft ride called, appropriately, Kali River these'

Answer: rapids


Question: 'This element, Pu, was first detected in a cyclotron at Berkely in 1940'

Answer: Plutonium


Question: 'One who rides motorcycles as well as enjoys walking & climbing in the outdoors'

Answer: hiker biker


Question: 'After King David Kalakaua died at the Palace Hotel in S.F. in 1891, this woman, his sister, became queen of Hawaii'

Answer: Liliuokalani


Question: 'In 1986 it was Hail! Hail! this 1950s performer, the very first inductee'

Answer: Chuck Berry


Question: 'Govt. Building, on Lambton Quay in this New Zealand capital, is one of the world's largest wooden buildings'

Answer: Wellington


Question: 'Stop the presses! Ye Olde Cock Tavern has entertained generations of reporters on this London street'

Answer: Fleet Street


Question: 'A cube is an example of a rectangular one of these; A Pink Floyd cover displays a triangular one'

Answer: prism


Question: 'A self-satisfied shell-less gastropod'

Answer: smug slug


Question: 'This actress' liaison with Henri, Prince du Ligne, produced a son named Maurice in 1864'

Answer: Sarah Bernhardt


Question: 'At 1997's ceremony, the first in the hall's home city, this Rolling Stone magazine founder said, "Ich bin ein Clevelander"'

Answer: Jann Wenner


Question: 'A large stone quay built by the French in 1780 is still used in this capital of Haiti'

Answer: Port-au-Prince


Question: 'A has-been knows that this phrase for a short-lived success goes back to the misfiring of flintlocks'

Answer: flash in the pan


Question: 'The bob of a simple one of these moves with simple periodic motion'

Answer: pendulum


Question: 'Just about every 365 days'

Answer: nearly yearly


Question: 'On Nov. 26, 1894 the chapel at the Winter Palace was aglow with candles for the wedding of this royal couple'

Answer: Nicholas and Alexandra


Question: 'This singer is paired with her ex-husband & songwriting partner Gerry Goffin'

Answer: Carole King


Question: 'We wonder whether a "steamroller" was used to form the many quays of this German city chartered in 1607'

Answer: Mannheim


Question: 'In cinema slang, they're the first, unedited prints of a movie scene, & they're also called the dailies'

Answer: the rushes


Question: 'It's an elementary light particle also called a fuzzy ball'

Answer: photon


Question: 'A note on a book jacket about parsley, sage or rosemary'

Answer: herb blurb


Question: 'The original 1994 Broadway cast of this musical based on a film featured Alan Oppenheimer as Cecil B. DeMille'

Answer: Sunset Boulevard


Question:
'March 4, 1885-
March 3, 1889;
March 4, 1893-
March 3, 1897'

Answer: Grover Cleveland


Question: 'In Byron's Biblical drama "Cain", she's the first female character to speak'

Answer: Eve


Question: 'She's the "Terror of Colorado Boulevard"...go, Granny, go'

Answer: "Little Old Lady From Pasadena"


Question: 'The medallion of the National Inventors Hall of Fame depicts this owner of 1,093 patents'

Answer: Thomas Edison


Question:
'John Elway,
Jim Everett,
Troy Aikman'

Answer: Quarterback


Question: 'If someone wants you to hurry, he tells you to "get" this metal out'

Answer: Lead


Question: 'March 4, 1797-<br />March 3, 1801'

Answer: John Adams


Question: 'Because of his scandalous life, Byron was refused burial here, among other literary lions'

Answer: Poets\' Corner at Westminster Abbey


Question: 'This Christmas perennial by the Harry Simeone Chorale reached the Top 40 5 times, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum'

Answer: "The Little Drummer Boy"


Question: 'J. Murray Spangler's upright one of these built in 1907 used a pillow case as the dustbag'

Answer: Vacuum cleaner


Question:
'David Robinson,
Hakeem Olajuwon,
Shaquille O'Neal'

Answer: Center (in basketball)


Question: 'When too much attention to detail clouds your judgment, you "can't see the forest for" these'

Answer: The trees


Question: 'March 4, 1841-<br />April 4, 1841'

Answer: William Henry Harrison


Question: 'Ironically, Byron, who was a legendary rake, left his poem about this Spanish seducer unfinished'

Answer: Don Juan


Question: 'In 1968 O.C. Smith crooned, "God didn't make" these "and it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime"'

Answer: Little green apples


Question: 'This temperature scale debuted in the 1740s with boiling at 0 & freezing at 100; they were later reversed'

Answer: Celsius


Question:
'Randy Johnson,
Roger Clemens,
Greg Maddux'

Answer: Pitcher


Question: 'A skeptic takes things this way; the Latin phrase for it was "cum grano salis"'

Answer: "With a grain of salt"


Question: 'March 4, 1857-<br />March 3, 1861'

Answer: James Buchanan


Question: 'In 1801 young Byron began attending this school, Eton's rival'

Answer: Harrow


Question: 'This song heard here was the first No. 1 pop hit for its singer:<br />(Jimmy Dean)'

Answer: "Big Bad John"


Question: 'In 1926 he launched the world's first liquid fuel rocket'

Answer: Robert Goddard


Question:
'Marshall Faulk,
Barry Sanders,
Emmitt Smith'

Answer: Running back


Question: 'When you really botch something up, you "make" this meat & potatoes dish "of it"'

Answer: Hash


Question: 'March 4, 1869-<br />March 3, 1877'

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant


Question: 'Byron's character Harold bears this title that once referred to a "youth" of noble birth'

Answer: Childe


Question: 'This No. 1 pop hit by the 4 Seasons also spent 3 weeks at the top of the R&B charts -- "Silly girl"'

Answer: "Big Girls Don\'t Cry"


Question: 'In 1893 these brothers made a trial run of their gasoline-powered auto in Springfield, Massachusetts'

Answer: Duryea brothers


Question:
'Mike Richter,
Dominik Hasek,
Ron Hextall'

Answer: Goaltender (in hockey)


Question: 'Thomas Gray originated the phrase "Far from" this tumultuous group; Thomas Hardy borrowed it'

Answer: Madding crowd


Question: 'Its leader in 1000 A.D. was Emperor Chen-tsung; today it's president Jiang Zemin'

Answer: China


Question: 'Eek!  The Eek River in this state might be named for the Eskimo word for "unknown"'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'In 1965 this pop artist made "Empire", an 8-hour stationary look at the Empire State Building'

Answer: Andy Warhol


Question: 'If you've got one of these, everything will grow for you'

Answer: Green thumb


Question: 'Alphabetically, in the U.S. they run from Acadia to Zion'

Answer: National parks


Question: 'In 1000 A.D. Grand Prince Vladimir I led the Russians; today this president does'

Answer: Boris Yeltsin


Question: 'Its state song is "The Old North State"'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: '1977's "Our Hitler" runs over 7 hours, even longer than Abel Gance's 1927 film about this French despot'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: '(Hi, I'm Foreign Affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell)  This is the full name of my employer'

Answer: National Broadcasting Company


Question: 'In 1000 A.D. Japan was led by Emperor Ichijo; today this emperor is on the throne'

Answer: Akihito


Question: 'This "Gem State" has a gem of a motto: "Esto Perpetua (Let It Be Perpetual)"'

Answer: Idaho


Question: 'A cultivated plant of multiple genetic types is called this, after a mythical lion-goat-serpent'

Answer: Chimera


Question: 'Burton, Taylor & Roddy McDowall plan to rule Rome in this 4-hour 1963 bun-deadener'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'Famous thumbs seen here:<br />(movie reviewers)'

Answer: Gene Siskel & Roger Ebert


Question: 'This Conservative magazine has a section called "Outrage du Jour"'

Answer: National Review


Question: 'Caliph Al-Hakim ruled Egypt in 1000 A.D.; today the country has this president'

Answer: Hosni Mubarak


Question: 'You'll find this state's highest pojnt, which is just 442 feet, in New Castle County, near Centerville'

Answer: Delaware


Question: 'The idea that an animal's growth mirrors evolution is phrased "ontogeny recapitulates" this'

Answer: Phylogeny


Question: 'Jack Nicholson played Eugene O'Neill in this 200-minute Warren Beatty epic'

Answer: Reds


Question: 'It's a brief sketch or outline'

Answer: Thumbnail sketch


Question: 'This party gained power in Germany in 1933 with the support of about 44% of voters'

Answer: National Socialist Party


Question: 'In 1998 Elizabeth II is ready & able to rule England; in 1000 A.D. he was "Unready"'

Answer: Ethelred


Question: 'Its state flower is the white pine cone and tassel'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'Amino acids make up these chains, which in turn make up proteins'

Answer: Polypeptides


Question: 'Despite its title, this Bertolucci film that has 4- & 5-hour versions covers the period of 1901 to 1945'

Answer: 1900


Question: 'It's what the dictionary on the right is as opposed to the dictionary on the left:'

Answer: thumb-indexed


Question: 'You'll meet Dr. Johnson & James Boswell in Room 9 of this 3-word London museum'

Answer: National Portrait Gallery


Question: 'It's the century during which Saturn's rings were first observed'

Answer: The 17th Century (first observed by Galileo in 1610)


Question: 'Have long online discussions of how this trilogy's Legolas would fare against Batman'

Answer: Lord of the Rings


Question: 'This relative of the squid & cuttlefish is shy & can change its color to hide in the coral'

Answer: the octopus


Question: 'In South America:<br />MAIL'

Answer: Lima


Question: 'Originally, it was the area that could be plowed by a team of oxen in a morning without tiring them'

Answer: an acre


Question: 'I crave a Krispy Kreme chicken sandwich: a fried chicken breast served between these'

Answer: donuts


Question: 'It's common slang for a huge 18-wheeler'

Answer: a big rig


Question: 'The truth was out there, & the geeky "Lone Gunmen" (there were 3) tried to help Mulder find it on this '90s drama'

Answer: The X-Files


Question: 'Of the main types of coral reef, this one is miles offshore with a channel between it & the mainland'

Answer: a barrier reef


Question: 'In Western Europe:<br />RUBS LESS'

Answer: Brussels


Question: 'A unit of commerce, it's 42 gallons of crude oil'

Answer: a barrel


Question: 'I think I'll dunk my Double Stuf version of this Nabisco cookie in milk'

Answer: Oreo


Question: 'Dirt on a 10-cent piece'

Answer: dime grime


Question: 'You may wonder if Yoda disappeared after dying, why didn't Vader after dying in this 1983 film'

Answer: (Star Wars Episode VI:) Return of the Jedi


Question: 'The largest known living bivalve is a giant one of these reef dwellers; its shell can weigh about 300 pounds'

Answer: a clam


Question: 'In Northeast Asia:<br />LOUSE'

Answer: Seoul


Question: '2 fathoms, the minimum safe clearance for steamboats, inspired this 19th century pen name'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'I'll refresh myself with tzatziki, a Greek dish made from yogurt & this green gourd'

Answer: cucumbers


Question: 'Throw dental thread around'

Answer: toss floss


Question: 'Be proud if you know "Resistance is futile" is the staple phrase of this "Star Trek" race'

Answer: the Borg


Question: 'The skeletons of coral polyps are made of calcium carbonate, so coral reefs are mainly this sedimentary rock'

Answer: limestone


Question: 'In Northern Europe:<br />OPEN CHANGE'

Answer: Copenhagen


Question: 'The Greek letter omega is the symbol for this unit of electrical resistance'

Answer: the ohm


Question: 'I'm going to make Rice Krispies Treats; I've got butter, Rice Krispies & 4 cups of miniature these'

Answer: marshmallows


Question: 'A query about the process by which food is broken down, absorbed & assimilated by the body'

Answer: a digestion question


Question: 'You could quote Princess Irulan's line "The planet is Arrakis, also known as" this title'

Answer: Dune


Question: 'There's a fungus among us with this type of coral seen here'

Answer: mushroom coral


Question: 'A Mediterranean capital:<br />HASTEN'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'This country once used a Cape foot, which was .314858 meters'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'I'll have 2 of Chicken of the Sea's new Peel & Eat Cups: cajun tuna & skinless boneless pink this'

Answer: salmon


Question: 'Debacle following the spilling of McIlhenny's famous hot sauce'

Answer: a Tabasco fiasco


Question: '"Energy is never created or destroyed" is one way of stating the law of this "of energy"'

Answer: conservation


Question: '"Everybody Loves" this first name that means "mighty protector"'

Answer: Raymond


Question: 'This director's films, like "North by Northwest", often have a wrongly accused hero'

Answer: Hitchcock


Question: 'The rise & fall of ocean waters loses a D & transforms into neckwear'

Answer: tide & tie


Question: 'Strom Thurmond has a wellness & fitness center named for him at this school, the other USC'

Answer: the University of South Carolina


Question: 'This strait entering the Aegean may be named for Troy's founder, Dardanus'

Answer: the Dardanelles


Question: 'In 1912 experiments by Max von Laue established that X-rays are not particles but these'

Answer: waves


Question: 'Real first name of U.S. president Grover Cleveland; it was also that of Texas pioneer Austin'

Answer: Stephen


Question: 'Even dead-broke students should avoid staying in this title establishment of a gory 2005 film'

Answer: hostel


Question: 'Mr. Roddick's first name thinks the D is passe, so out it goes & it becomes a word for "some"'

Answer: Andy & any


Question: 'As a midshipman, Ross Perot was elected president--not of the U.S., but of his class at this school'

Answer: the Naval Academy


Question: 'The greatest of the Trojan warriors, he's killed by the greatest of the Greek warriors'

Answer: Hector


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew performs an experiment.)  I'll put a coin in the bowl, but you won't be able to see it until I pour in water, which causes this, from the Latin for "to break"'

Answer: refraction


Question: 'First name of Britain's Commissioner of Works in 1856; a bell was named for him'

Answer: Ben


Question: 'Several cardiectomies are performed in "Apocalypto", set in this civilization'

Answer: the Mayans


Question: 'She's wearing her white dress, about to be married... Oh no!  No D, & she's now a soft white cheese'

Answer: bride & brie


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from a college campus.)  Luckily, spelling the name of this school's Coach Krzyzewski isn't a requirement for admission'

Answer: Duke


Question: 'Seen here is Achilles slaying Penthesilea, queen of these warriors who fought for the Trojans'

Answer: the Amazons


Question: 'An "electric eye" alarm detects a break in the beam of light not with a simple "electric" cell but with this type of cell'

Answer: photoelectric


Question: 'Henry VIII married 3 women with this first name'

Answer: Catherine


Question: 'In this Clive Owen movie, the human race has stopped having kids'

Answer: Children of Men


Question: 'Another name for Satan, after losing a D, shows its true colors & gets truly wicked'

Answer: devil & evil


Question: 'A 7-foot statue of this colonial statesman overlooks the campus of GMU, the university named for him'

Answer: George Mason University


Question: 'This son of Priam was raised as a shepherd after his mom learned in a vision he would cause the fall of Troy'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'Electromotive force, or EMF, is energy put out per unit of charge put in; this is its basic unit of measure'

Answer: the volt


Question: 'First name of pollster Gallup & 19th century U.S. VP Clinton'

Answer: George


Question: 'He won a 1990 Oscar not for acting but for directing "Dances with Wolves"'

Answer: Kevin Costner


Question: 'A vertical blade that steers a ship sets one D adrift & acts more discourteous'

Answer: rudder & ruder


Question: 'This Quebecois began teaching law at the University of Montreal in 1961 & became Canada's P.M. 7 years later'

Answer: Pierre Elliott Trudeau


Question: 'The rose seen here shares its name with this Trojan woman, who deserted her lover for Diomedes'

Answer: Cressida


Question: 'In 1887 this artist tried living in Panama & worked on the canal before the U.S. got involved'

Answer: Paul Gauguin


Question: 'Occupied by England, Scotland & Wales, it's Europe's largest island'

Answer: (Great) Britain


Question: 'You wouldn't let the Phillies’ Greg Luzinski, nicknamed this, into your China shop'

Answer: "Bull"


Question: 'Disney dwarf'

Answer: Happy


Question: 'In 1928 Daniel Gerber introduced his new line of these to be sold through grocery stores'

Answer: baby food


Question: 'Every route goes in the direction of Italy's capital'

Answer: all roads lead to Rome


Question: '(Johnny Gilbert reads.) Teri was seen at the airport by Misou, who was on her way to a shoot in this capital of Iran'

Answer: Tehran


Question: 'This high point seen here has long peaked the interest of climbers'

Answer: the Matterhorn


Question: 'Bulldog of the mound seen here'

Answer: Orel Hershiser


Question: 'Popeye's “Poopdeck” relative'

Answer: Pappy


Question: 'This 1921 book by Edith M. Hull inspired the Rudolph Valentino film of the same name'

Answer: The Shiek


Question: 'It's impossible to instruct elderly canines in modern skills'

Answer: you can\'t teach an old dog a new trick


Question: '(Johnny Gilbert reads.) Drake revealing Emily didn't kill Carson, got her out of jail in time to see this team win the 2000 World Series'

Answer: the New York Yankees


Question: 'The Gulf of Corinth divides the mainland of this country into 2 uneven parts'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'Large deer that was the nickname of first baseman William Skowron'

Answer: moose


Question: 'Comic White'

Answer: Slappy White


Question: 'The sides warring over this theory that took shape in the 19th c. were the modernists & the fundamentalists'

Answer: evolution


Question: 'An overabundance of chefs ruins one's soup stock'

Answer: too many cooks spoil the broth


Question: 'Flowing nearly 2,200 miles, this longest river of Europe begins in the Valdai Hills of Russia'

Answer: Volga


Question: 'Dodger Ron Cey's waddling gait earned him this handle'

Answer: "The Penguin"


Question: 'Elder Yokum'

Answer: Pappy


Question: 'Warren Harding was heard on the radio June 14, 1922 dedicating a Francis Scott Key memorial in this city'

Answer: Baltimore


Question: 'One malus pumila per 24 hours precludes a medical professional's visit'

Answer: an apple a day keeps the doctor away


Question: 'This peninsula accounts for nearly 70 percent of Denmark's land area'

Answer: Jutland


Question: 'This '70s Tigers pitcher known for talking to the ball was nicknamed “The Bird”'

Answer: Mark Fidrych


Question: 'Rockefeller wife'

Answer: Happy


Question: 'This name that Goodrich used for its galoshes with slide fasteners became a generic term for the fasteners'

Answer: zipper


Question: 'Ancient warriors fail to perish, but dematerialize instead'

Answer: old soldiers never die, they just fade away


Question: '(Johnny Gilbert reads.) While Benny's out, Carson cuts his bindings with one of these knives that attach to the front of a rifle'

Answer: a bayonet


Question: 'This hunter's dogs Canis Major & Canis Minor are positioned at his heels'

Answer: Orion


Question: 'Tim Burton worked with this star on 3 films, including “Batman Returns” & “Beetlejuice”'

Answer: (Michael) Keaton


Question: 'This Beverly Cleary tale shares its name with a recent White House cat'

Answer: Socks


Question: 'In the late '60s this man's “family” lived for a time on the Spahn Movie Ranch near Los Angeles'

Answer: Charles Manson


Question: 'Dick Cheney'

Answer: Bush


Question: 'In a song from “Snow White”, it's what you do “while you work”'

Answer: whistle


Question: 'Sagitta, which represents this item, landed in the sky, not far from Satittarius himself'

Answer: arrow


Question: 'In 2001 Tim shot a film based on this 1968 sci-fi classic that starred Roddy McDowall'

Answer: Planet of the Apes


Question: 'In 1958 Dr. Seuss wrote this sequel'

Answer: The Cat in the Hat Comes Back


Question: 'Despite numerous coup attempts & the actions of several presidents, he's been in power since 1979'

Answer: Saddam Hussein


Question: 'In a Manhattan cocktail, it's combined with vermouth'

Answer: whiskey


Question: 'This constellation of a lady chained to a rock contains the nearby M31 galaxy'

Answer: Andromeda


Question: 'Tim cites as an important influence this actor who played a quirky inventor in “Edward Scissorhands”'

Answer: Vincent Price


Question: 'It was Tao the cat, along with 2 dogs, on this Sheila Burnford title trip'

Answer: The Incredible Journey


Question: 'These brothers were convicted of killing their Beverly Hills parents in 1996'

Answer: Lyle & Eric Menendez


Question: 'Robert McNamara & Clark Clifford'

Answer: LBJ


Question: 'It's a capricious idea carried out on the spur of the moment'

Answer: whim


Question: 'Corona Australis is the Southern Cross; this is the Northern Crown'

Answer: Corona Borealis


Question: 'Many of Tim's films have been scored by this composer & leader of the band Oingo Boingo'

Answer: Danny Elfman


Question: 'He wrote of all creatures great & small, including “Moses the kitten”'

Answer: (James) Herriot


Question: 'This millionaire & alleged terrorist leader seen here is on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List'

Answer: Osama Bin Laden


Question: 'Melvin Laird, Elliot Richardson & James Schlesinger'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: 'Look!  Up in the sky!  It's a helicopter!  No, it's this slang term for helicopter'

Answer: whirlybird


Question: 'A large but faint constellation, Monoceros represents this mythical creature'

Answer: unicorn


Question: 'Wrriten & produced by Tim in 1993, this stop-motion film was a wildly imaginative excursion into the macabre'

Answer: The Nightmare Before Christmas


Question: 'He's “The Mystery Cat” of T.S. Eliot'

Answer: Macavity


Question: 'German-born carpenter & convicted kidnapper seen here'

Answer: Bruno Richard Hauptmann


Question: 'You'll find this capital of the Yukon Territory on the Alaska Highway; so giddyup now!'

Answer: Whitehorse


Question: 'The president of this social club founded by New York City entertainers in 1904 is called the Abbot'

Answer: Friars\' Club


Question: 'Roy Bean & Kenesaw Mountain Landis'

Answer: Judges


Question: 'Probably by not hitting into his last name, he won the 1997 Masters by 12 strokes, an all-time best'

Answer: Tiger Woods


Question: 'Although this creature walks on 8 arms, its name is Greek for "8-footed"'

Answer: an octopus


Question: 'The Diamond Lady, the first of this state's riverboat casinos, launched from Bettendorf in 1991'

Answer: Iowa


Question: 'Madrid's Gran Cafe de Gijon serves blanco y negro--coffee with this cool treat, cinnamon flavor'

Answer: ice cream


Question: 'From 1997 to 2001 Tyson Foods paid 84,000 of green to care for this area at the homes of its chairman'

Answer: the lawn


Question: 'Short pithy sayings espousing fundamental truths'

Answer: Proverbs


Question: 'In 1999 at Wimbledon, Pete Sampras had 108 of these unreturned serves "up his sleeve"'

Answer: aces


Question: 'This 2-word phrase meaning essential food or money needed in order to live comes from the Lord's Prayer in Matthew'

Answer: daily bread


Question: 'In area, it's the smallest mainland state west of the Appalachian Mountains'

Answer: Indiana


Question: 'In the early '60s, many folkies flocked to Cafe Wha?, at MacDougal & Minetta in this Manhattan area'

Answer: Greenwich Village


Question: 'In "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?", Tony Randall's goal is to get the key to this executive sanctum'

Answer: the executive washroom


Question: 'Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, et al.'

Answer: Genesis


Question: 'This Chargers back rewrote the NFL record book in 2006 with 31 touchdowns & 186 points'

Answer: LaDainian Tomlinson


Question: 'This phrase arose from a man who rented horses & gave customers one "pick", the horse nearest the stable door'

Answer: Hobson\'s choice


Question: 'Rockford is its third-largest city'

Answer: Illinois


Question: 'In the early 1700s there were 550 coffeehouses in this city, including Edward Lloyd's'

Answer: London


Question: 'An exec might be kept happy with a membership in one of these, like Winged Foot'

Answer: a country club (or a golf club)


Question: 'Many acts of mourning'

Answer: Lamentations


Question: '(Hi, I'm Keith Olbermann.) This heavyweight boxing champ was adopted by Cus D'Amato, & since my uncle wed Cus' niece, that makes him my cousin'

Answer: Mike Tyson


Question: 'From the Latin for "elbow", it's the forearm bone that...well, forms the elbow'

Answer: the ulna


Question: 'One of the world's largest tractor factories can be found in this state's city of Waterloo'

Answer: Iowa


Question: 'Daddy-o, leave the squares at home on Wednesday--it's open mic night at Sacred Grounds in this city's Haight'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'A book helping women get ahead is called "Nice Girls Don't Get" this desirably positioned workspace'

Answer: the corner office


Question: 'Slang term for an illegal lottery run by organized crime'

Answer: Numbers


Question: 'In baseball it's a brutish swing, or the nickname of Lewis Wilson, who holds the one-season RBI record'

Answer: Hack


Question: 'This name for a type of flask invented by James Dewar in 1892 became a trademark'

Answer: a Thermos


Question: 'The city of East Chicago is located there'

Answer: Indiana


Question: 'After World War II, Paris's Cafe de Flore became awash with tourists hoping to find this man pondering the purpose of being'

Answer: (Jean-Paul) Sartre


Question: 'The right to buy a certain number of shares of the company you work for for a certain price at a certain time'

Answer: a stock option


Question: 'Accepting this honor for 1949, Faulkner said any story needs the old truths like love, honor, pity & pride'

Answer: the Nobel


Question: 'Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & this pink-clad singer sang "Lady Marmalade" at the 2002 Grammys'

Answer: Pink


Question: 'He called himself "king of Great Britain" after gaining England's throne in 1603--he was already king of Scotland'

Answer: James I


Question: 'The tallest living tree, a 378-footer, was discovered in 2006 in this U.S. state; its exact location is secret'

Answer: California


Question:
'Total number
of words
in this clue'

Answer: 7


Question: 'A midge is one of these small biting flies'

Answer: a gnat


Question: 'Faulkner worked uncredited on many movies but did get his name on this 1946 adaptation of a Chandler novel'

Answer: The Big Sleep


Question: 'Joe Theismann changed the pronunciation of his name in college while trying to merit one of these'

Answer: a Heisman


Question: 'When he was executed on Jan. 30, 1649, the chopping block was so low he had to lie down rather than kneel'

Answer: Charles I


Question: 'Lake Vostok, the size of Lake Ontario, was only discovered in the last 40 years, as it's under 2 1/2 miles of this'

Answer: ice


Question:
'Zero
divided by
3.14159'

Answer: zero


Question: 'In this casino game, the winner is the one whose cards total closest to a number ending in 9'

Answer: baccarat


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Rowan Oak in Oxford, Mississippi.)  Speaking at the rededication of Faulkner's home, John Grisham said this 1929 book at first baffled him; guess he thought it was signifying nothing'

Answer: The Sound and the Fury


Question: 'Mirage crowds love this new Cirque du Soleil show that features re-mastered Beatles tunes'

Answer: Love


Question: 'This mother of King Henry II tried "waltzing" onto the English throne but failed to get herself crowned'

Answer: Matilda


Question: 'Silicon carbide, used for grinding & cutting, was discovered by a man trying to make artificial these'

Answer: diamonds


Question:
'Of rock,
paper,
or scissors,
the one that's the lowest-scoring Scrabble word'

Answer: paper


Question: 'A warning or caution, or a formal notice in law'

Answer: a caveat


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Rowan Oak in Oxford, Mississippi.) "The Town" and "The Mansion" were written here in Rowan Oak, and were the final two pieces of this family's trilogy'

Answer: the Snopes family


Question: 'In this director's film, Pres. Bush can be seen saying into a mike, "This is an impressive crowd: the Haves, & the Have-Mores"'

Answer: Michael Moore


Question: 'Isabella of Angouleme was 12 or 13 (perhaps a bit too young) when she wed this king in 1200'

Answer: King John


Question: 'In 1650 Mizar was the first double one of these discovered; today we know it's actually a quadruple'

Answer: a star


Question:
'It's the
10-letter term for the phrase
"never odd
or even"'

Answer: a palindrome


Question: 'A terraced pyramid of the ancient Babylonians'

Answer: a ziggurat


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Rowan Oak in Oxford, Mississippi.)On the wall is Faulkner's handwritten plot outline for this 1954 novel set during World War I.  Its title is a type of story'

Answer: Fable


Question: 'Most of the action in this 2005 movie takes place in Basin City'

Answer: Sin City


Question: 'This king may have been starved to death by order of Henry IV, but at least he got his own Shakespeare play'

Answer: Richard II


Question: '"Love waves" isn't a Barry White song; they're this type of wave discovered by geophysicist Augustus Love'

Answer: seismic waves


Question:
'(4 x 22)
divided by
(11 x 8)
equals this'

Answer: 1


Question: 'A national capital on the Arabian Peninsula'

Answer: Muscat


Question: 'The unusual flag of this Canadian province is seen here'

Answer: Prince Edward Island


Question: 'John Billington, the first person executed for a murder in the colonies, came over on this ship'

Answer: the Mayflower


Question: 'A niche in the wall, or a pause between classes at grade school'

Answer: recess


Question: 'The sea horse has a prominent pair of these which can move independently of each other'

Answer: Eyes


Question: 'In most sets of checkers, half the men are red or white & half are this color'

Answer: black


Question: 'A traditional string quartet is made up of 2 violins, 1 viola & 1 of these instruments'

Answer: a cello


Question: '84% of 4-year colleges use this most common standardized test in determining admissions'

Answer: the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test)


Question: '1732 saw the birth of Washington & this almanack's first issue'

Answer: Poor Richard\'s Almanack


Question: 'A sand trap for Edith or Archie'

Answer: bunker


Question: 'An object of the game Early Birds is to catch the orange ones & avoid the green ones'

Answer: worms


Question: 'Composer of the 18th c. work that includes the following:'

Answer: George Frideric Handel ("Hallelujah Chorus" from The Messiah)


Question: 'Under certain conditions, a Yale law grad making less than $28,000 in a year can have this paid for him'

Answer: student loans


Question: 'When the British parliament passed this March 22, 1765, the colonists put their foot down'

Answer: The Stamp Act


Question: '3 miles, or a group of bowling teams'

Answer: league


Question: 'Sullivan, of Gilbert & Sullivan, wrote an opera based on this Walter Scott character'

Answer: Ivanhoe


Question: 'This university opened in 1868 on a hill overlooking Cayuga Lake in Ithaca, N.Y.'

Answer: Cornell


Question: 'In 1699 Virginia's capital was moved from Jamestown to this town'

Answer: Williamsburg


Question: 'This word often preceding "aforethought" can mean ill will or a desire to inflict harm on another'

Answer: malice


Question: 'Benthic animals are the ones which live in this part of the ocean, the benthos'

Answer: the bottom


Question: 'Other stanzas of this kids' singing game are "Build it up with iron bars" & "Get a man to watch all night"'

Answer: "London Bridge"


Question: 'This Sibelius work was banned by Russia because it inspired patriotism among Finns'

Answer: "Finlandia" (The National Anthem)


Question: 'Balliol College & Merton College are part of this university'

Answer: Oxford


Question: 'In September 1664 he surrendered New Netherland to the British without a shot'

Answer: Peter Stuyvessant


Question: 'It's the oldset alloy known to humans'

Answer: bronze


Question: 'These animals are the only pinnipeds with tusks'

Answer: walruses


Question: 'Madame Alexander is famous for making this type of toy'

Answer: dolls


Question: 'The English translation of this Debussy work's title is "Moonlight"'

Answer: "Clair de Lune"


Question: 'This religious order runs 28 colleges in the U.S. including St. Louis U., Holy Cross & Georgetown U.'

Answer: the Jesuits


Question: 'Grip, Barnaby Rudge's pet, was this type of bird; Poe would have approved'

Answer: Raven


Question: '"Ancien Regime" refers to the government of France prior to this 1789 event'

Answer: The French Revolution


Question: 'The first White House of the Confederacy stands on Washington St. in this Alabama city'

Answer: Montgomery


Question: 'The pharaoh's daughter found him in an ark made of bulrushes'

Answer: Moses


Question: 'Class of crime more serious than a misdemeanor, with a penalty of more than a year in prison or death'

Answer: Felony


Question: 'She was a 19-year-old kindergarten teacher when she became world famous in 1981'

Answer: Lady Diana Spencer/Princess Diana


Question: 'In a 19th century novel, this stranded family built a house in a tree'

Answer: Swiss Family Robinson


Question: 'In French, a cuckoo clock is a "coucou" & this kind of clock is a "reveil"'

Answer: Alarm Clock


Question: 'This capital lies on an isthmus between Lakes Monona & Mendota 76 miles west of Milwaukee'

Answer: Madison, Wisconsin


Question: 'One account says this disciple of Jesus hanged himself in remorse'

Answer: Judas Iscariot


Question: 'Minimum age at which most states allow marriage without parental consent'

Answer: 18


Question: 'Prince Edward is his youngest child'

Answer: Prince Philip


Question: 'This "Wuthering Heights" character forces Catherine's daughter to marry his son'

Answer: Heathcliff


Question: 'Most favorable season in which to make a "bonhomme de neige"'

Answer: Winter (Hiver)


Question: 'Patrick Henry gave his "Liberty or Death" oration at St. John's Church in this city'

Answer: Richmond


Question: 'The story of this Biblical structure begins, "And the whole Earth was of one language & of one speech."'

Answer: Tower of Babel


Question: 'A person is guilty of this crime if he willfully makes a false statement under oath'

Answer: Perjury


Question: 'In 1985 he became the first heir to the British throne to begin his schooling outside the palace'

Answer: Prince William


Question: 'The pilgrims in this poetic work include a knight, a cook, a squire, a miller & a merchant'

Answer: "The Canterbury Tales"


Question: 'This household appliance is known as an "aspirateur", which literally means "inhaler"'

Answer: Vacuum Cleaner


Question: 'State whose capital was named after the village of Lansing, N.Y.'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'This parable begins "A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves..."'

Answer: The Good Samaritan


Question: 'A judgement or decision of a court cited as an example or analogy to justify a similar decision'

Answer: Precedent


Question: 'Prince Henry Charles Albert David, who was born in 1984, is known by this nickname'

Answer: Prince Harry


Question: 'This fictional animal, who was found in a London station, celebrated his 30th anniversary in 1988'

Answer: Paddington Bear


Question: 'Trying to describe an indescribable thing, the French will say "Je ne sais quoi", meaning this'

Answer: I do not know


Question: 'Three Mile Island is located 10 miles south of this state capital'

Answer: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania


Question: 'He was David's best friend & the son of David's worst enemy, King Saul'

Answer: Jonathan


Question: 'Law that derives authority from custom & usage, especially the ancient unwritten law of England'

Answer: Common Law


Question: 'The January 9, 1989 cover of People showed her in her helicopter pilot's helmet'

Answer: Sarah Ferguson (Duchess of York)


Question: 'In 1910 it could be seen with the naked eye; in 1911 a telescope was necessary; by 1912 it was gone'

Answer: Halley\'s Comet


Question: 'On average, this human organ covers between 14 & 18 square feet'

Answer: the skin


Question: 'Veronica Lake's haircut that covered one eye was this style, also the name of a game played with small children'

Answer: a peekaboo


Question: 'The bright star Regulus represents the lion's foot in this constellation'

Answer: Leo


Question: 'There she is, again & again--Mary Campbell, from this capital of Ohio, won in 1922 & '23 & was 1st runner-up in '24'

Answer: Columbus


Question: 'This mideastern member nation holds the world's largest reserves of petroleum'

Answer: Saudi Arabia


Question: 'Proverbially, it's what you do to a child when you spare the rod'

Answer: spoil


Question: 'These identifying ridges on the hands are visible on human fetuses at about 4 months'

Answer: fingerprints


Question: 'In the '60s people "flip"ped for this actress' 'do as Laura Petrie'

Answer: Mary Tyler Moore


Question: 'Fischbacher & Horn are the last names of this pair made famous by their magical live performances with tigers'

Answer: Siegfried and Roy


Question: 'It's fair (& balanced) to tell you 1989's Gretchen Carlson reports for this news channel--you decide which one'

Answer: FoxNews


Question: 'One of the smallest PECs is this country that was invaded in 1990 for its oil'

Answer: Kuwait


Question: 'A weapon for fencing'

Answer: a foil


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates with a knife.) The paper clip moves because no matter how hard you try, you can't hold completely still because the cells of this type of tissue are always in alternating states of contraction & relaxation'

Answer: muscle tissue


Question: 'In 2011 she sported a new chin-length bob while promoting her film "Just Go With It"'

Answer: Jennifer Anniston


Question: 'You might do the funky chicken or the fox trot at one of these endurance contests for couples'

Answer: a dance-a-thon (or a dance marathon)


Question: 'In 2011 17-year-old Teresa Scanlan from this "Cornhusker State" became the youngest winner since 1933'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'Until it withdrew in 2008, the only far east nation in OPEC was this large one made up of thousands of islands'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: '7-letter word for the highest layer of dirt from which plants take nutrients'

Answer: topsoil


Question: 'The average life span of these receptor cell groups in the mouth is 8-10 days'

Answer: tastebuds


Question: 'This redheaded co-star of "The Kids Are All Right" has published a children's book, "Freckleface Strawberry"'

Answer: Julianne Moore