Question: 'The first message sent by telegraph was this 4-word Biblical phrase sent by Samuel F.B. Morse on May 24, 1844'

Answer: "What hath God wrought?"


Question: 'The 1995 documentary "Unzipped" was about this fashion designer born in Brooklyn'

Answer: Isaac Mizrahi


Question: 'In Las Vegas have some fun "clowning" around at this hotel's fully enclosed Adventuredome'

Answer: Circus Circus


Question: 'From the name of a Greek philosopher, it's a synonym for gastronome'

Answer: an epicurean (epicure)


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue.) In 1989 the Notre Dame football team presented Reagan with this man's letter sweater'

Answer: George Gipp


Question: '"How am I ever going to play for the Yankees with a name like Eugene Morris Jerome?"'

Answer: Brighton Beach Memoirs


Question: 'At 4:07 P.M. on May 31, 1889 this Pennsylvania town was flooded when the South Fork Dam collapsed after heavy rains'

Answer: Johnstown


Question: 'This 4-letter name of designer Max Azria's clothing line is an abbreviation for "good style, good attitude" in French'

Answer: BCBG


Question: 'Kurashiki Tivoli Park is in Japan; Tivoli Gardens is in this country'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'It's just come to me that this festival, Jan. 6, celebrates the baptism of Jesus & the adoration of the Magi'

Answer: Epiphany


Question: 'In 1915 this Hull House founder created the Women's Peace Party, which sought an end to World War I'

Answer: Jane Addams


Question: 'In 1983 Prince has a "Little Red Corvette"; 20 years earlier the Beach Boys had this "fastest set of wheels in town"'

Answer: Little Deuce Coupe


Question: 'Minneapolis has flour power as the headquarters of Pillsbury & this "General" company'

Answer: General Mills


Question: 'Saskatchewan is home to the Training Academy & Centennial Museum of this police force'

Answer: the Royal Canadian Mounted Police


Question: '1980:<br />"A Hangman's Ditty"'

Answer: Executioner\'s Song


Question: 'It's used by astronomers to designate the second-<br />brightest star in a constellation'

Answer: beta


Question: 'This controversial woman now represents Florida's 13th district in the U.S. House'

Answer: Katherine Harris


Question: 'It's the Ricky Nelson hit heard here'

Answer: Poor Little Fool


Question: 'This carrier formed a subsidiardy called American Hotels in 1963'

Answer: American Airlines


Question: 'Great Britain is represented on Saskatchewan's official flag by this animal'

Answer: a lion


Question: '1986: <br />"Friendless Pigeon"'

Answer: Lonesome Dove


Question: 'The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet, it also means a very small amount of something'

Answer: iota


Question: 'This daughter of William Booth composed many of the hymns sung by the Salvation Army'

Answer: Evangeline Booth


Question: 'In 1967 Dionne Warwick sang, "While combing my hair, now, and wondering what dress to wear, now, I" do this'

Answer: "say a little prayer for you"


Question: 'Known as ADM, this agribusiness was one of the first to sell food to the Cuban government since the 1960 embargo'

Answer: Archer Daniels Midland


Question: 'Together with Manitoba & Alberta, Saskatchewan is known as one of these treeless provinces'

Answer: a Prairie Province


Question: '1968:<br />"Some Guilt Admissions from an Antislavery Rebellion Leader"'

Answer: The Confessions of Nat Turner


Question:
'This variety of
globulin
is the part of
blood
that contains
the antibodies'

Answer: gamma globulin


Question: 'During the Civil War, this social reformer was superintendent of the U.S. Army women nurses'

Answer: Dorothea Dix


Question: 'This line precedes "And it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime"'

Answer: "God didn\'t make little green apples"


Question: 'A real shell company, Shell Petroleum is a subsidiart of this petroleum company based in the Netherlands'

Answer: Royal Dutch/Shell


Question: 'One of the 2 U.S. states that borders Saskatchewan'

Answer: Montana (or North Dakota)


Question: '1991:<br />"Bunny Napping"'

Answer: Rabbit at Rest


Question: 'The Romans used their representation of this Greek letter as a numeral representing 50'

Answer: lambda


Question: 'When she landed at Edwards AFB in 1986, she became the first woman to fly nonstop around the world without refueling'

Answer: (Jenna) Yeager


Question: 'She worked as a babysitter for songwriter Carole King until hitting the big time with King's song "The Loco-Motion"'

Answer: Little Eva


Question: 'This former head of Time Warner quit as CEO of AOL Time Warner saying, "I want the poetry back in my life"'

Answer: Gerald Levin


Question: 'The site of a major Canadian Air Force training base, this city sounds like the mandible of a large deer'

Answer: Moose Jaw


Question: '1981:<br />"One Alliance Made from Morons"'

Answer: A Confederacy of Dunces


Question: 'It's also known as St. Anthony's cross & might suit you to a "T"'

Answer: tau


Question: 'According to U.N. data, it's the world's most populous city named for a person'

Answer: São Paulo, Brazil


Question: 'He told the hare, "You are much faster than I, but as you have seen, slow and steady wins the race"'

Answer: the tortoise


Question: 'This part helps start the engine; after that, it's the alternator's job to keep the juice flowing'

Answer: the battery


Question: 'George Bush'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'Gena Lee Nolin traded in her swimsuit for a loincloth & became this "Queen Of The Jungle"'

Answer: Sheena


Question: 'At the Olympics you won't see this "canine" race, where quick, short strokes keep the head above water'

Answer: the dog paddle


Question: 'Renaissance man who wrote several narrative poems, 154 sonnets & oh, yes, over 30 plays'

Answer: William Shakespeare


Question: 'Dan'l Webster was this Twain animal who was so full of quail shot that he couldn't jump'

Answer: The "Celebrated Jumping Frog"


Question: 'This part ignites the fuel within the engine'

Answer: a spark plug


Question: 'Richard Nixon'

Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower


Question: 'For the 2000-01 season, the show dipped back into the pages of this magazine & pulled out Miss April, Brande Roderick'

Answer: Playboy


Question: 'Look directly skyward as you swim this way?  That's just "Krayzelburg" enough to work'

Answer: Backstroke


Question: 'Swiss archer who broke a few child welfare laws around 1307'

Answer: William Tell


Question: 'Felix Salten's fawn, first appearing in print in 1923'

Answer: Bambi


Question: '[video clue]'

Answer: a muffler


Question: 'Harry Truman'

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt


Question: 'Lani in 1997, at the present time she may or may not be married to Dennis Rodman'

Answer: Carmen Electra


Question: 'Mike Barrowman won 200-meter Olympic gold by swimming this stroke that uses a frog kick'

Answer: the breaststroke


Question: 'You like apples?  Well, Matt Damon got Minnie Driver's number in this film....how'd you like them apples?'

Answer: Good Will Hunting


Question: 'Shere Khan, Mowgli's enemy in "The Jungle Book", was this type of feline'

Answer: Tiger


Question: 'Metal shavings & dirt can be cleaned from the engine's lubricant with this part'

Answer: an oil filter


Question: 'Thomas Jefferson'

Answer: John Adams


Question: 'As C.J. Parker, she's been in the opening credits with several variations of her name'

Answer: Pamela Anderson Lee


Question: 'Croc Hunter Steve Irwin's nationality & the way his giant snakes move combine to form the name of this stroke'

Answer: the Australian crawl


Question: 'Last name of heavyweight champ Jess, or first name of the weatherman who'd wish him a happy 120th birthday'

Answer: Willard


Question: 'Gabilan is the equine given to young Jody Tiflin in this Steinbeck work consisting of 4 stories'

Answer: The Red Pony


Question: 'Detroit basketball fans will tell you expanding gas forces this part down the cylinder'

Answer: a piston


Question: 'Theodore Roosevelt'

Answer: William McKinley


Question: 'Seen here, she played Caroline and has since appeared on "Nash Bridges"'

Answer: Yasmine Bleeth


Question: 'The name of this stroke is also a type of voting ballot that made some people's heads swim'

Answer: the butterfly


Question: 'A memorial statue to him bears his famous line, "I never met a man I didn't like"'

Answer: Will Rogers


Question: 'Kemal Ataturk was born in 1881 in the city of Thessaloniki in what is now this country'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'Held each May in Ottawa, the world's largest festival of this flower began with a gift from Dutch royalty'

Answer: Tulips


Question: 'The locals call it Firenze'

Answer: Florence


Question: 'Before they appear on shows like Letterman's, guests are sequestered in this waiting area'

Answer: Green room


Question: 'While she sang of being "Born & raised in San Jose", Dionne's actually from East Orange in this state'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'Speech sound formed by the active use of these is called labial'

Answer: Lips


Question: 'In 1928 Ataturk removed a Turkish constitutional provision naming this as the state religion'

Answer: Islam


Question: 'On display in May is the spider type of this very popular ornamental flower, seen here'

Answer: Orchid


Question: 'Mussolini founded the Fascist party in this city, but keep it under your hat'

Answer: Milan


Question: 'This card game is also called twenty-one or vingt-et-un'

Answer: Blackjack


Question: 'One of Dionne's most beloved songs, "I Say A Little Prayer", was repopularized by this Julia Roberts film'

Answer: My Best Friend\'s Wedding


Question: 'Of the 2 basic categories of speech sounds, the one that earns you money on "Wheel"'

Answer: Consonants


Question: 'It's the city of about 3 miilion where you'll find the Kemal Ataturk mausoleum'

Answer: Ankara


Question: 'It must have been May in "Stage Door" when Katharine Hepburn said these "Lilies are in bloom again"'

Answer: Calla lilies


Question: 'Italy's motor city, it's gearing up to host the 2006 Winter Olympics'

Answer: Turin


Question: 'A chocolate brown color, it shares its name with a coffee flavoring & a port in Yemen'

Answer: Mocha


Question: 'With her first hit, "Don't Make Me Over", Dionne became the main "voice" for this songwriting team'

Answer: Burt Bacharach & Hal David


Question: 'Put this on the wrong syllable in SYL-la-ble & you get syl-LA-ble'

Answer: Accent


Question: 'From the Arabic for "ruler", it's the title held by the man overthrown by Ataturk in 1922'

Answer: Sultan


Question: 'Mary, Mary quite contrary, how does your garden grow?  With these May blossoms, seen here'

Answer: Silver bells


Question: 'Pass go & collect $800 if you can name this seaport city between Bari & Brindisi'

Answer: Monopoli


Question: 'This 2-word term refers to wage earners whose jobs are performed in work clothes'

Answer: Blue collar


Question: '"Chances Are" you know he's the singer who duetted with Dionne on "Friends In Love"'

Answer: Johnny Mathis


Question: 'It's a vowel sound that has a change in tone during a syllable; it also sounds like beachwear for a quick swim'

Answer: Diphthong


Question: 'During WWI, Ataturk played a crucial military role in repelling the Allied invasion of this Turkish peninsula'

Answer: Gallipoli


Question: 'This New England novelist died in May 1864, as the plant with the same-sounding name was blooming'

Answer: Nathaniel Hawthorne


Question: 'You'll find the International School of Violin Making in this city, once home to Amati & Stradivari'

Answer: Cremona


Question: 'A small type of wasp, it normally builds its nest underground'

Answer: Yellowjacket


Question: 'From 1980 to '81 & again in the mid-'80s, Dionne hosted this TV pop show'

Answer: Solid Gold


Question: 'In the words "fricative" & "spirant", the 2 fricative or spirant letters'

Answer: F & S


Question: 'The USA's leading chronic illness in children, it causes 10 million missed school days & 1 in 6 of all pediatric emergency visits'

Answer: asthma


Question: 'Bucephalus was the favorite horse of this ancient warrior, who built a city in its honor when it died'

Answer: Alexander the Great


Question: 'In France, this unforgettable Adam Sandler film became "Love & Amnesia"'

Answer: 50 First Dates


Question: 'In a 1719 sequel, he & his manservant revisit the island where he was shipwrecked'

Answer: Robinson Crusoe


Question: 'Check it out: in 2000, 17-year-old M.I.T. freshman Elina Groverman was the U.S. women's co-champ in this board game'

Answer: chess


Question: 'The diameter of this largest planet in our solar system is more than 11 times that of the earth'

Answer: Jupiter


Question: 'Aristotle's teacher<br />(5)'

Answer: Plato


Question: 'This author first learned of his African ancestor Kunta Kinte while living this his grandparents in Tennessee'

Answer: Alex Haley


Question: 'This Oscar-winning film set in Somalia became "Helicopter on Fire" in Poland'

Answer: Black Hawk Down


Question: 'This Mary Shelley tale is told through the letters of an Arctic explorer named Walton'

Answer: Frankenstein


Question: 'Many a college campus has an area called a quad, which is short for this'

Answer: quadrangle


Question: 'Taken recently, the ultraviolet image seen here shows this planet's most famous feature'

Answer: Saturn


Question: 'At right angles<br />(13)'

Answer: perpendicular


Question: 'This French author penned the immortal line "All for one, and one for all"'

Answer: (Alexandre) Dumas


Question: 'In France, Billy Crystal learned all about "life, love and cows" in this film'

Answer: City Slickers


Question: 'This D.H. Lawrence work was not published in full in England until Penguin books did it in 1960'

Answer: Lady Chatterley\'s Lover


Question: 'This adjective for a second-year student is defined as "intellectually pretentious", "conceited" & "immature"'

Answer: sophomoric


Question: 'It's the only planet that has yet to be visited by a spacecraft'

Answer: Pluto


Question: 'Science of fossils<br />(12)'

Answer: paleontology


Question: 'This scientist was knighted in 1944 for his discovery of penicillin'

Answer: (Alexander) Fleming


Question: 'The censorship board in Malaysia damned this Ron Perlman film with the title "Super Sapiens"'

Answer: Hellboy


Question: 'The activities of a certain London club form the basis of this Dickens novel, his first'

Answer: The Pickwick Papers


Question: 'At cambridge, this "Lord" of poetry became a lifelong friend of John Cam Hobhouse, who later went to Greece with him'

Answer: Byron


Question: 'They're the 2 planets whose astrological symbols also signify male & female'

Answer: Venus & Mars


Question: 'Argentinian region<br />(9)'

Answer: Patagonia


Question: 'A major ocean current off of Peru is named for this man who charted it in 1802'

Answer: (Alexander von) Humboldt


Question: 'This tale published in 1932 is set in the year 632 AF (After Ford)'

Answer: Brave New World


Question: '(Hi.  I'm Keith Olberman.)  I started when I was 16 and I graduated at 20 with a B.S. in communications at this Ivy League school in Ithaca'

Answer: Cornell


Question: 'Named for a water nymph, Naiad is this planet's nearest known moon'

Answer: Neptune


Question: 'In 1948 Dr. King was ordained a minister in this Christian denomination'

Answer: Baptist


Question: 'Ending this man's 50-year reign atop the alphabetical list of MLBers, David Aardsma said, "I owe it all to my parents"'

Answer: Hank Aaron


Question: 'Sterling silver is not pure silver; it's actually an alloy consisting of 92.5% silver & 7.5% this metal'

Answer: copper


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew speaks from Santorini in Greece.)  Volcanic cliffs on Santorini are the remnants of an eruption that may be the source of the legend of this island'

Answer: Atlantis


Question: 'freetranslation.com taught me "Your eyes shine like oysters" in this language--"I suoi occhi brillano come le ostriche"'

Answer: Italian


Question: 'A book by Lynne Truss warns against inserting this into the innocent panda description "eats shoots & leaves"'

Answer: a comma


Question: 'King donated the money he received for winning this international award in December 1964 to civil rights causes'

Answer: the Nobel Peace Prize


Question: 'Gwyneth Paltrow & Chris Martin gave their yummy morsel born April 14 this name'

Answer: Apple


Question: 'An oxide of this metal, symbol Ti, is used as a white pigment in paints'

Answer: titanium


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from Delos in Greece.)  Delos was sacred as the birthplace of this music-loving sun god whose temple this is'

Answer: Apollo


Question: 'howstuffworks.com told me each Apache one of these can carry 16 Hellfire missiles--cool'

Answer: a helicopter


Question: 'The type of essay where you back up your opinion, or the type of person who always challenges others' opinions'

Answer: argumentative


Question: 'While at Crozer Theological Seminary, King studied the nonviolent philosophy of this Asian leader'

Answer: Gandhi


Question: 'This fitness guru was accused of slapping a 255 lb. man (an actual cage wrestler!) who made fun of his exercise videos'

Answer: Richard Simmons


Question: 'Poisoning from this metal is sometimes called plumbism or saturnism'

Answer: lead


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Athens, Greece.)  In Greek cities, orient yourself using this, whose name comes from words meaning "highest" and "city"'

Answer: the Acropolis


Question: 'I learned about the obligations of my moving company at dot.gov, the website of this Cabinet department'

Answer: Transportation


Question: 'You'll find the French word for "day" in this word that may be a daily assignment'

Answer: journal


Question: 'Tragically, Dr. King was assassinated in 1968 while visiting this Tennessee city'

Answer: Memphis


Question: 'Sadly, Shante Broadus got served with divizzle papers after a 7-year marriage to this rapper'

Answer: Snoop Dogg


Question: 'Cassiterite is the chief ore of this metal used to coat food containers'

Answer: tin


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in the the Theatre of Dionysus in Athens, Greece.)  In 401 B.C. here at the Theatre of Dionysus, this man won a posthumous first prize for his play "Oedipus at Colonus"'

Answer: Sophocles


Question: 'At greenwichpast.com I learned that this famed skywatcher was Astronomer Royal from 1720 to his death in 1742'

Answer: Sir Edmond Halley


Question: 'This clue would get or receive a failing & inadequate grade for inordinate & excess use of this 10-letter problem'

Answer: redundancy


Question: 'At this Washington, D.C. landmark in 1963, King gave his famous "I have a dream" speech'

Answer: Lincoln Memorial


Question: 'A 2004 comedy starred Jon Heder as high school geek Napoleon, with this explosive last name'

Answer: Dynamite


Question: 'Named by British scientist Humphry Davy, it's now pronounced & spelled his way in the U.S.; others add an "I"'

Answer: aluminum


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands in front of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece.)  Built in the 400s B.C., the temple of Athena, known as the Parthenon, is the greatest example of this ancient architectural style'

Answer: doric


Question: 'webmd.com tells me this condition, which can cause no symptoms until a stroke, is the "silent killer"'

Answer: high blood pressure


Question: 'From the Latin for "speak" in speaking, it's clarity of pronounciation; in writing, it's word choice'

Answer: diction


Question: 'This state & its capital were named for 2 dukedoms held by the same British man'

Answer: New York


Question: 'Based on the 1990 census, this color is also the fifth most common last name in the U.S.'

Answer: Brown


Question: 'He "was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights"'

Answer: Jonah


Question: 'Freddy Krueger was introduced in this 1984 scarefest'

Answer: A Nightmare on Elm Street


Question: 'This man forms Detroit automobile company'

Answer: (Henry) Ford


Question: 'The one that doesn't appear in the Boy Scout oath'

Answer: love


Question: 'It's the good book's last book'

Answer: Revelation


Question: 'Around the time of this war, Kimberley was a popular name for British boys'

Answer: the Boer War


Question: 'This city was the site of Solomon's temple'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'Classic 1950 film that includes the line "All right, Mr. De Mille, I'm ready for my close-up"'

Answer: Sunset Boulevard


Question: 'Defeating English challenger Shamrock, U.S. continues its dominance of this sailing race'

Answer: the America\'s Cup


Question: 'The Daleks of "Dr. Who" have a limited vocabulary; basically it's this or "You will be exterminated!"'

Answer: obey


Question: 'It's a 3-flavored ice cream usually consisting of chocolate, strawberry & vanilla'

Answer: Neapolitan


Question: 'It's fair to say that this first name of an 'N Sync member is from the Latin for "fair & righteous"'

Answer: Justin (Timberlake)


Question: 'Exodus 3:8 describes the Promised Land as "flowing with" these 2 items'

Answer: milk and honey


Question: 'Michael Douglas won an Oscar for assuring us that "Greed...is good" in this 1987 film'

Answer: Wall Street


Question: 'This girl seen here sets fashion trends for women'

Answer: the Gibson Girl


Question: 'Those darn Brits add a "U' to it'

Answer: honor (honour)


Question: 'In an orchestra, it's the section where you'll find the timpani'

Answer: percussion


Question: 'This presidential first name was originally used as a given name to honor Protestant reformer John'

Answer: Calvin


Question: 'Evil men at Lot's house were smitten with this affliction "so that they wearied themselves to find the door"'

Answer: blindness


Question: 'Naomi Watts & Laura Elena Harring starred in this 2001 Hollywood noir film directed by David Lynch'

Answer: Mulholland Drive


Question: 'Led by this man, "Wild Bunch" gang robs Wyoming train of $30,000'

Answer: Butch Cassidy


Question: 'It's repeated 9 times at the start of the following'

Answer: love


Question: 'Presented by a grand jury, it's a formal written accusation charging a party with a crime'

Answer: indictment


Question: 'As a child Queen Elizabeth II went by this 3-syllable pet form of her name'

Answer: Lilibet


Question: '57 of the 150 of these were meant to be accompanied by a stringed instrument'

Answer: the Psalms


Question: 'College professor Jeff Bridges begins to suspect that his neighbor Tim Robbins is a terrorist in this 1999 thriller'

Answer: Arlington Road


Question: 'General Arthur MacArthur battles rebels in this Asian country'

Answer: the Philippines


Question: 'This type of guard accompanies a casket at a military funeral'

Answer: honor guard


Question: 'It's the medical branch that deals with antigens & antibodies & the body's ability to fight off disease'

Answer: immunology


Question: 'For a piece of the pie...this game full of factoids came out with a 20th anniversary edition in 2002'

Answer: Trivial Pursuit


Question: 'In 1885 one of these explosions, the brightest to appear for the next century, appeared in the Andromeda galaxy'

Answer: a supernova


Question: 'This largest West Indian country's Isle of Youth was formerly called the Isle of Pines'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'The font seen here is named for this machine famously used by Mark Twain'

Answer: typewriter


Question: 'By 1903 this American had settled in France where she was joined by Alice B. Toklas'

Answer: Gertrude Stein


Question: 'To be indebted'

Answer: to owe (o)


Question: 'This classic board game was once known as Criss-Cross Words'

Answer: Scrabble


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh)  Nomad became the first robot to find extraterrestrial objects when it snagged these in Antarctica'

Answer: meteorites


Question: '1 of 2 Caribbean overseas departments of France'

Answer: Martinique or Guadeloupe


Question: 'The Pantone formula guide shows 1,114 of these with their corresponding ink formulas'

Answer: colors


Question: 'This "Waiting for Godot" author moved to France where he worked with fellow Irishman James Joyce'

Answer: Samuel Beckett


Question: 'The first word of "The Rainbow Connection"'

Answer: Why (y)


Question: '"Fiend Folio" & "Monster Manual" are 2 of the books used in conjunction with this game'

Answer: Dungeons and Dragons


Question: 'AKA Zidovudine, the drug AZT was approved in 1987 to fight this virus'

Answer: HIV/AIDS


Question: 'This capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands is the largest cruise-ship port in the Caribbean'

Answer: Charlotte Amalie


Question: 'Named for their large storage tray, these proofs with a nautical name are checked before pages are made up'

Answer: galleys


Question: 'This Pennsylvania-born woman was awarded the French Legion of Honor in 1904 for her art'

Answer: Mary Cassatt


Question: 'The sugar one is also called the Mennonite one (Mennonites like it)'

Answer: pea (p)


Question: 'Known as Jumpman when introduced in Donkey Kong, this video game character has since appeared in over 70 games'

Answer: Mario


Question: 'In 1919 this rocket pioneer published "A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes"'

Answer: (Robert) Goddard


Question: '1 of the 2 nations formed when the Grenadines chain split in the 1970s'

Answer: Grenada or St. Vincent and the Grenadines


Question: 'The resolution of printers is measured in DPI, dots per inch; on a screen, in PPI, this'

Answer: pixels per inch


Question: 'The story of this dancer who became a French citizen in 1937 was made into a telepic starring Lynn Whitfield'

Answer: Josephine Baker


Question: 'A pigtail once mandatory in the British army'

Answer: queue (q)


Question: 'It's all there in black & white; this strategy game is named for a Shakespeare play'

Answer: Othello


Question: 'In 1885, 14 years after a more famous find, this German archaeologist excavated Tiryns in Greece'

Answer: Henrik Schliemann


Question: 'This country has been independent since 1804, making it the 2nd-oldest independent nation in the Western Hemisphere'

Answer: Haiti


Question: 'One paragraph seen here is right ragged, the other is right this, also called aligned & flush'

Answer: justified


Question: 'Look up in the Paris opera & you'll see a ceiling by this Russian-born artist who moved to France in 1923'

Answer: Marc Chagall


Question: '"Haw" tells an animal to turn left & this means turn right'

Answer: gee (g)


Question: 'When this program shows its address to write for audience tickets, its graphic has used one of the stamps seen here'

Answer: The Price Is Right


Question: 'In Holland he's known as "Sinter-Klaas"'

Answer: Santa Claus


Question: 'They're "sown" in one's youth'

Answer: wild oats


Question: 'According to the song, it's "That Toddlin' Town"'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'It's the present-day successor of the old Federal Radio Commission'

Answer: the FCC (Federal Communications Commission)


Question: 'Nickname of Jean-Claude Duvalier, who succeeded his father, a physician, as Haitian leader'

Answer: "Baby Doc"


Question: 'The Holland Herald is this airline's in-flight magazine'

Answer: KLM (Royal Dutch)


Question: 'Wilford Brimley reminds you in commercials that it's 100% rolled oats & nothing else'

Answer: Quaker Oats


Question: 'The last line of this Rodgers & Hart song is "Each day is Valentine's Day"'

Answer: "My Funny Valentine"


Question: 'Number of the Continental Congress which adopted the Declaration of Independence'

Answer: the second


Question: 'Childhood stage name of the actress who played Sally Rogers on "The Dick Van Dyke Show"'

Answer: Baby Rose Marie


Question: 'At Klompenboer in Amsterdam you can watch these being made'

Answer: wooden shoes (klompen)


Question: 'Smuts, rusts & barley yellow dwarf'

Answer: diseases of oats


Question: 'A cartoon by Thomas Nast in an 1874 Harper's Weekly was the 1st to use an elephant as this'

Answer: the symbol of the Republican Party


Question: '1 of 2 popular U.S. films released in late 1987 that had the word "Baby" in their titles'

Answer: Baby Boom or Three Men and a Baby


Question: 'The hat colors of porters of this food product at the Alkmaar Market indicate the guild they work for'

Answer: cheese


Question: 'After being hulled, what's left are these, the sseds of the oat'

Answer: groats


Question: 'The Liberty Bell cracked July 8, 1835 while tolling this Chief Justice's death'

Answer: (John) Marshall


Question: 'Seen w/Casper the Friendly Ghost, this Harvey cartoon & comic character was an overgrown duckling'

Answer: Baby Huey


Question: 'Aruba separated from this island group in 1986 & will be fully independent in 1996'

Answer: the Dutch Antilles (or Netherland Antilles)


Question: 'This state, the top U.S. oat producer, also gave us Tom Brokaw'

Answer: South Dakota


Question: 'The verdict in the 1982 trial of John Hinckley Jr. for attempting to murder the president'

Answer: not guilty by reason of insanity


Question: 'It's how the media referred to little Miss McClure, who, in 1987, fell down a well & was rescued 2 days later'

Answer: Baby Jessica


Question: 'Though he lived in many states, his body "lies a-moudering in the grave" south of Lake Placid'

Answer: John Brown


Question: 'This comedy features a woman named Hero & a hero named Benedick, but it isn't "Much"'

Answer: Much Ado About Nothing


Question: 'In Hebrew, this word literally means "fit", as in "fit to be eaten"'

Answer: kosher


Question: 'In the 1890s William Halsted introduced the practice of wearing these sterile surgical accessories'

Answer: rubber gloves


Question: 'This wealthy oil magnate was born in 1839 just outside the village of Richford'

Answer: (John D.) Rockefeller


Question: 'Villain in "Othello" who says, "Wine is a good familiar creature, if it be well used"'

Answer: Iago


Question: 'The holy day of the week in the Seventh-day Adventist Church'

Answer: Saturday


Question: 'His goal was to collect 100,000 sexual histories; when he died in 1956, he had about 18,000'

Answer: Kinsey


Question: 'The local government official who determines the value of a property specifically for tax purposes'

Answer: an assessor


Question: 'His running ability helped this Dustin Hoffman character escape his Nazi foe'

Answer: The Marathon Man


Question: 'Make no mistake: this play about twins was "musicalized" as "The Boys from Syracuse"'

Answer: A Comedy of Errors


Question: 'Biblical event commemorated by the taking of communion in Christian ceremonies'

Answer: the Last Supper


Question: 'Connected to a beeping machine, people have learned to control their blood pressure using this process'

Answer: biofeedback


Question: 'Before granting a mortgage, a lender has this person inspect the property to determine its market value'

Answer: an appraiser


Question:
'Film that inspired Burt Bacharach & Hal David to write this 1962 Top 10 hit:

"Alone and afraid she prayed that he'd return that fateful night /
Aw, that night /
When nothing she said could keep her man from going out to fight..."'

Answer: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance


Question: 'Brooklynite Jennie Jerome was the mother of this famous statesman'

Answer: Winston Churchill


Question: 'In "Antony and Cleopatra", Marc Antony commits suicide by doing this'

Answer: falling on his blade


Question: 'European mercenaries of the 15th to 19th c., they now exist only to protect the pope'

Answer: the Swiss Guard


Question: 'Encyclopedia Americana says an infant has about 350 of these, but a typical adult only 206'

Answer: bones


Question: 'An area legally designated for specific use, such as business, residential or industrial'

Answer: a zone


Question: 'Title roles played by Jean-Louis Trintignant & Anouk Aimée in 1966 & a 1986 sequel'

Answer: A Man and a Woman


Question: 'This 19th c. politician was born at 1 cherry street, Manhattan & died in the Ludlow St. jail'

Answer: Boss Tweed


Question: 'He was banished from Verona for killing Tybalt'

Answer: Romeo


Question: 'Every good Moslem is expected to make one of these pilgrimages to Mecca once in his life'

Answer: a hajj


Question: 'An otolaryngologist treats these 3 body parts'

Answer: the ear, nose, & the throat


Question: 'An agreement with a real estate broker to market one's property'

Answer: a listing


Question: 'Hitchcock "Man" played by Leslie Banks in 1934 & James Stewart in 1956'

Answer: The Man Who Knew Too Much


Question: 'According to the Browning poem, he could also get rid of "The mole and toad and newt and viper"'

Answer: the Pied Piper of Hamelin


Question: 'The international date line bends around this state'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'This jiggly dessert brand was based on a patented recipe by locomotive inventor Peter Cooper'

Answer: Jell-O


Question: 'In 1996 Renat Akchurin performed a 7-hour heart bypass operation on this Russian president'

Answer: Boris Yeltsin


Question: 'This series features a fox & a wolf, Matthew Fox & Scott Wolf'

Answer: Party of Five


Question: 'Frederic Henry is wounded by a shell while eating cheese & macaroni in his "A Farewell to Arms"'

Answer: Ernest Hemingway


Question: '18th c. bishop Robert Lowth laid down the often-ignored rule that 2 negatives make one of these'

Answer: a positive


Question: 'With over 15,000 lakes, its lowest point is naturally on a lake, Lake Superior'

Answer: Minnesota


Question: 'Made with sugar & crushed or chopped fruit, these preserves have a softer consistency than jellies'

Answer: jams


Question: 'Dr. Audrey Manley is the acting holder of this post for which the Senate rejected Henry Foster in 1995'

Answer: Surgeon General of the United States


Question: 'This actress who played Mallory on "Family Ties" now stars on "Men Behaving Badly"'

Answer: Justine Bateman


Question: 'Dr. Pangloss teaches this Voltaire title character metaphysico-theologo-cosmolonigology'

Answer: Candide


Question: 'It's the correct noun form of "to decline", meaning to list the forms of a noun'

Answer: declension


Question: 'Its state mineral is gold, its state fish is the golden trout & its state flower is the golden poppy'

Answer: California


Question: 'Fannie Farmer says don't overbake these chocolate flavored cake squares; they should be moist & chewy'

Answer: brownies


Question: 'In 1996 David Kessler, known for battling against tobacco use, resigned as head of this agency'

Answer: the FDA (Food and Drug Administration)


Question: 'When they premiered in 1994, "ER" & this medical drama aired opposite each other'

Answer: Chicago Hope


Question: 'This R.L. Stevenson story follows Mr. Utterson as he discovers these 2 characters are the same man'

Answer: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde


Question: 'When reading this clue, a dangling one of these is included'

Answer: participle


Question: 'NCAA teams in this state include the La Salle Explorers, the Villanova Wildcats & the Drexel Dragons'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'It's a rich soft chocolate treat or a precocious 4-year-old created by Judy Blume'

Answer: Fudge


Question: 'This radio host & author of "How Could You Do That?!" earned her doctorate in physiology'

Answer: Dr. Laura Schlessinger


Question: 'It's the first name shared by Frasier Crane's brother & the butler on "The Nanny"'

Answer: Niles


Question: 'The title of this 1987 Toni Morrison novel is what the ghost of Sethe's daughter calls herself'

Answer: Beloved


Question: 'It's the correspondence in number of a subject & a verb, & it aren't found in this clue'

Answer: agreement


Question: 'Cimarron County in this state touches 4 other states'

Answer: Oklahoma (Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico & Texas)


Question: 'From a Turkish term for a cool drink, it's French for sherbet'

Answer: sorbet


Question: 'In the 1950s these 2 famed physicians each developed a polio vaccine'

Answer: Albert Sabin & Jonas Salk


Question: 'This comedian hosts TV's "Politically Incorrect"'

Answer: Bill Maher


Question: 'Rabo Karabekian, a minor character in "Breakfast of Champions", is the focus of his 1987 novel "Bluebeard"'

Answer: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.


Question: 'A verb's voice may be active or passive & this feature may be indicative, subjunctive or imperative'

Answer: mood


Question: 'Clarissa was the original first name of this nurse known as the "Angel of the Battlefield"'

Answer: Clara Barton


Question: 'In the U.S. this official is the leader of the executive branch of a state's government'

Answer: the governor


Question: '"En Folkefiende" is the Norwegian title of his 1882 drama "An Enemy of the People"'

Answer: Henrik Ibsen


Question: 'Air Lanka is the government-owned airline of this Indian Ocean island nation'

Answer: Sri Lanka


Question: 'Boyle's Law says the volume of a gas increases as this decreases if its temperature stays constant'

Answer: its pressure


Question: 'Brad sank his teeth into the role of Louis de Pointe du Lac in this horror film'

Answer: Interview with the Vampire


Question: 'In 1505 this Protestant reformer earned a master of arts degree from the University of Erfurt'

Answer: Martin Luther


Question: 'In John Marshall's day, this highest judicial body met in the basement of the Capitol'

Answer: Supreme Court


Question: 'His 1659 comedy "Les precieuses ridicules", or "The Affected Young Ladies", launched his career'

Answer: Molière


Question: 'This Ecuadorean island group is home to 6 species of giant tortoises found nowhere else on Earth'

Answer: the Galapagos Islands


Question: 'An electron is said to be in this "state" when it's at a higher energy level than its ground state'

Answer: excited


Question: 'Film seen here, it influenced People magazine to pick Brad as the "Sexiest Man Alive":'

Answer: Legends of the Fall


Question: 'Spain's King Philip II was married 4 times; his second wife was this Tudor queen'

Answer: Mary Tudor (Mary I of England)


Question: 'Chicago's Richard M. Daley is the president of the U.S. Conference of people in this post'

Answer: mayors


Question: 'This "Waiting For Godot" playwright once taught French at Trinity College in his native Dublin'

Answer: Samuel Beckett


Question: 'This U.S. Caribbean commonwealth has many smaller islands, including Culebra, Mona & Vieques'

Answer: Puerto Rico


Question: 'Penicillin, the first of these drugs, comes from a fungus'

Answer: antibiotics


Question: 'Brad was flying high in this 1992 fly fishing film'

Answer: A River Runs Through It


Question: 'This Egyptian for whom a lake is named was born in Alexandria in 1918'

Answer: Gamal Abdel Nasser


Question: 'Term for a state's geographical area that sends a representative to the U.S. Congress'

Answer: a district


Question: 'A course in playwriting at Smith College inspired this author of "The Heidi Chronicles"'

Answer: Wendy Wasserstein


Question: 'Brunei & parts of 2 other countries occupy this, the world's third-largest island'

Answer: Borneo


Question: 'This "factor" of the gastric juice in your stomach is about 1.5'

Answer: pH


Question: 'In this 1991 film Brad played the hitchhiker who seduces Geena Davis'

Answer: Thelma & Louise


Question: 'Theodora & Zoe, the daughters of emperor Constantine VIII, became joint rulers of this empire in 1042'

Answer: the Byzantine Empire


Question: 'In this type of primary election, party affiliations do not appear on the ballot'

Answer: non-partisan


Question: 'This author of "The Piano Lesson" founded the Black Horizons Theatre Company in 1968'

Answer: August Wilson


Question: 'A popular tourist site in this Australian state is Port Arthur, a former penal settlement'

Answer: Tasmania


Question: 'This union of atoms may be covalent or ionic'

Answer: a bond


Question: 'The 2 Brad Pitt films released in 1995 with numbers in their titles'

Answer: Se7en & 12 Monkeys


Question: 'Many homes in this city are heated by near-boiling water pumped in from hot springs at Nesjavellir'

Answer: Reykjavik, Iceland


Question: 'One of Texas' first railroads, the BBB&C, became the GH&SA, for Galveston, Harrisburg & this'

Answer: San Antonio


Question: 'It's the most northwestern state in the contiguous U.S.'

Answer: Washington


Question: '2 of these are mirin & sake'

Answer: rice wines


Question: 'In 2002 the Pope added 5 meditations to this prayer aid that has a crucifix'

Answer: rosary


Question: 'Someone who does church work abroad'

Answer: missionary


Question: 'The Delta fraternity gets in deep trouble on the campus of Faber College in this 1978 classic'

Answer: Animal House


Question: 'A museum of the history of looking for this stuff is a tourist attraction in Kilgore, Texas'

Answer: oil


Question: 'This capital lies at the mouth of the Liwung River, on the northwest coast of Java'

Answer: Jakarta


Question: 'If the bran & germ are still attached, you've got this type of rice (sometimes of a different color than its name)'

Answer: brown rice


Question: 'In the Bible, Luke writes that this many others were crucified with Jesus'

Answer: 2


Question: 'It's bordered by Tennessee, Arkansas & Oklahoma'

Answer: Missouri


Question: 'As Thornton Melon, this comedian goes "Back to School" in a 1986 film to earn respect for himself & his son'

Answer: Rodney Dangerfield


Question: 'Founded by Ross Perot in 1962, Electronic Data Systems got its first computer in 1965, this company's 1401'

Answer: IBM


Question: 'Attempts to find the ill-fated 1840s expedition of Sir John Franklin proved the existence of this sea route'

Answer: Northwest Passage


Question: 'This Italian dish is made by constantly stirring stock into rice until all the liquid is absorbed'

Answer: risotto


Question: 'Shaped like a skull, this hill where Jesus was crucified takes its name from an ancient word for "skull"'

Answer: Golgotha/Calvary


Question: 'Theoretical transitional evolutionary stage between apes & humans'

Answer: the Missing Link


Question: 'Windsor College students drop like flies in this 1997 scary sequel co-starring Courteney Cox'

Answer: Scream 2


Question: 'Staley McBrayer of Fort Worth moved newspaper printing from the "hot" to the "cold" variety of this'

Answer: typesetting


Question: 'You'll find this bay at the northwestern-most point of the Pyrenees'

Answer: Bay of Biscay


Question: 'This saffron-flavored rice dish originated in the Valencia region of Spain'

Answer: paella


Question: 'According to tradition, this apostle was crucified on an X-shaped cross, hence the X on the Scottish flag'

Answer: Saint Andrew


Question: 'This musical takes place in part during the last days of the Vietnam War'

Answer: Miss Saigon


Question: 'This Laker (then with Orlando) played a recruit in the 1994 college basketball film "Blue Chips"'

Answer: Shaquille O\'Neal


Question: 'Texas is a leading state in mining this element, atomic number 16 & in manufacturing its acid'

Answer: sulphur


Question: 'Tenerife is the chief island in this Spanish island group off the northwest coast of Africa'

Answer: Canary Islands


Question: 'The name of this fragrant rice of India means "queen of fragrance"'

Answer: Basmati rice


Question: 'In an 1896 speech while running for president, William Jennings Bryan said, "You shall not crucify mankind upon" this'

Answer: a cross of gold


Question: 'City that's home to the University of Montana'

Answer: Missoula


Question: 'Anthony Edwards is one of the geeky freshmen who fight back against the jocks in this 1984 comedy'

Answer: Revenge of the Nerds


Question: 'Willem Janszoon made the first European sighting of this continent, but thought it was part of New Guinea'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'An infant'

Answer: baby blue


Question: 'A professional killer plots to assassinate Charles de Gaulle in this thriller by Frederick Forsyth'

Answer: "The Day of the Jackal"


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland)  These cars were hung as stage props during this group's "Zoo TV" tour in 1992 & 1993'

Answer: U2


Question: 'If the Sea Dragon theme park ride moves in a semicircle, it describes an arc of this many degrees'

Answer: 180


Question: 'So many people are using this type of trendy term that they sound like bees'

Answer: buzzword


Question: 'Philips Wouwerman painted about 1,000 pictures & most included a white one of these animals'

Answer: horse


Question: '12 o'clock'

Answer: midnight blue


Question: 'This '88 bestseller begins, "Behavioral science, the FBI section that deals with serial murder, is...at Quantico"'

Answer: "Silence of the Lambs"


Question: 'On my honor, you can see a Cub Scout uniform worn by this singer long before he was the "Lizard King"'

Answer: Jim Morrison


Question: 'The line along which a bishop in chess moves, it cuts a square into 2 triangles'

Answer: diagonal


Question: 'Also called bubbly, it's an example of a toponym, a word derived from a place name'

Answer: champagne


Question: 'Leeuwenhoek made the first drawings of these microorganisms, which he scraped off teeth'

Answer: bacteria


Question: 'A branch of the U.S. Armed Forces'

Answer: Navy


Question: 'One critic wrote that this memoir by Maya Angelou is "A Biblical study of life in the midst of death"'

Answer: "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland)  These puppies here were worn by this "Master of Funk" on his 1983 "Atomic Dog" tour'

Answer: George Clinton


Question: 'This term meaning "having 2 equal sides" usually refers to triangles but can also be used of trapezoids'

Answer: isoceles


Question: 'A polite term for a bad word, it comes from the Greek for "good speech"'

Answer: euphemism


Question: 'Hugo Grotius helped found international law with "De Jure Belli ac Pacis", "On the Law of" these 2 things'

Answer: War and Peace


Question: 'The element symbolized Co'

Answer: cobalt


Question: 'Clarissa Pinkola Estes wrote this nonfiction work subtitled "Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype"'

Answer: "Women Who Run with the Wolves"


Question: 'In 2002 the ashes of this legendary DJ were enshrined at the Hall of Fame'

Answer: Alan Freed


Question: 'Some of the dimensions of the Parthenon resemble the "golden" type of this quadrangle'

Answer: rectangle


Question: 'Rich Hall has published several books of these words that don't appear in the dictionary but should'

Answer: sniglets


Question: 'After buying Manhattan for the Dutch, he bought what's now Wilmington, Delaware for the Swedes'

Answer: Peter Minuit


Question: 'A male bird of the family Phasianidae'

Answer: peacock


Question: 'It's Scott O'Dell's Newbery Medal-winning tale of a 12-year-old Native American girl named Karana'

Answer: "Island of the Blue Dolphins"


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew in Cleveland)  The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum was designed by this renowned architect who admitted he knew nothing about rock & roll'

Answer: I.M. Pei


Question: 'A spheroid might say, you can call me prolate or this, like the Earth -- just don't call me late for dinner'

Answer: oblate


Question: 'These 2 words meaning "a line of objects" & "an argument", are homographs, spelled alike but said differently'

Answer: row & row


Question: 'In 1999 this Broadway musical was advertised with the line: "Before the Century Ends, See How It All Began"'

Answer: Ragtime


Question: 'In 2000 she addressed the Dem. Nat'l Conv., 40 years after her father won the nomination for president'

Answer: Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg


Question: 'The dapper White Rabbit in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" frequently consulted this'

Answer: Pocket watch


Question: 'There are 5 of these scheduled for 2001:  2 solar & 3 lunar'

Answer: Eclipses


Question: 'No matter what you're canning, you need this space with no matter in it to seal the jar'

Answer: Vacuum


Question: 'When this young co-star became difficult to work with on the set, his real-life father would spank him'

Answer: Ron Howard


Question: 'Insurers may not compensate you for damages from these, like hurricanes or floods'

Answer: Acts of God


Question: 'His daughter Patti has written several books including "Bondage" & "The Way I See It"'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'In 1939 Simon & Schuster launched this imprint, the first line of inexpensive mass-market paperbacks'

Answer: Pocket Books


Question: 'On Sept. 29, 2004 Toutatis, one of these, will be close enough to the Earth to be seen with binoculars'

Answer: Asteroid


Question: 'Keep canned fruit from darkening by adding ascorbic acid, better known nutritionally as this'

Answer: Vitamin C


Question: 'Later to win 5 Emmys, this friend of Andy Griffith's was out of work & asked to play the part of his deputy'

Answer: Don Knotts


Question: 'At your bank a CD isn't a compact disc, it's this'

Answer: Certificate of deposit


Question: '(Hi, I'm Marvin Hamlisch, here at the Hollywood Bowl.) No mystery here, while her father was president, this soprano sang in concert at the Bowl'

Answer: Margaret Truman


Question: 'Snooker is an English form of this game using a cue ball & 21 additional balls, instead of 15'

Answer: Pocket billiards


Question: 'The large Zenith telescope being built near Vancouver will use a pan of this liquid metal as a reflector'

Answer: Mercury


Question: 'Both these foods, the 2 main ingredients in succotash, should be packed loosely, as they expand'

Answer: Corn & lima beans


Question: 'Goooooolly!  This show spun off from "The Andy Griffith Show" in 1964'

Answer: Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.


Question: 'It was the "Holy Grail" for Ponce De Leon'

Answer: Fountain of Youth


Question: 'Sadly, his youngest son, Quentin, was killed in WWI & his oldest son, Ted Jr., died during WWII'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'Using data from the Chandra X-ray telescope, 3 teens in North Carolina discovered one of these spinning neutron stars'

Answer: Pulsar


Question: 'Quinces, rich in this thickening substance, can be added when jellying berries low in it'

Answer: Pectin


Question: 'Frances Bavier played this matronly role on the show for 8 years'

Answer: Aunt Bee


Question: 'In parliamentary procedure, it's a question raised to see if things are proceeding properly'

Answer: Point of Order


Question: 'Abraham Lincoln's son Robert Todd was president of this sleeping car company from 1897 to 1911'

Answer: Pullman


Question: '(Hi, I'm Kevin Sorbo of Gene Roddenberry's "Andromeda".) Using an earthbound telescope, he determined the Andromeda galaxy is 900,000 light years from Earth'

Answer: Edwin Hubble


Question: 'Add lemon juice to canned tomatoes to keep the level of this high enough to prevent botulism'

Answer: Acidity


Question: 'Of "Andy's Theme", "My Mayberry Home" or "The Fishin' Hole", the one that's the title of the theme song'

Answer: "The Fishin\' Hole"


Question: 'A severe test, it's also a soldier's first time in battle'

Answer: Baptism of fire


Question: 'The first person to pass through this immigrant processing facility was Ireland's Annie Moore in 1892'

Answer: Ellis Island


Question: '1999:<br />"____ and the KIng"'

Answer: Anna


Question: 'This political magazine founded by JFK Jr. published its last issue in 2001'

Answer: George


Question: 'Holidays on this island country include the birthdays of Chiang Kai-shek & Sun Yat-sen'

Answer: Taiwan


Question: 'One critic said this musical was "about as Latin as steak & kidney pie"'

Answer: "Evita"


Question: 'The hold of this man, nicknamed "Scarface", over the Chicago underworld lasted less than 10 years'

Answer: Al Capone


Question: 'On June 30, 1859 Charles Blondin became the first person to cross this on a tightrope'

Answer: Niagara Falls


Question: '1947:<br />"____ and the Bobby-Soxer"'

Answer: The Bachelor


Question: 'Its beloved sock puppet couldn't keep this dot-com from closing in 2000'

Answer: Pets.com


Question: 'The remains of the ancient city of Troy were found near the southern end of the Hellespont in this country'

Answer: Turkey


Question: 'One "memory" of this show is that it's based on a book of verse by T.S. Eliot'

Answer: "Cats"


Question: 'This daughter of Oedipus accompanied him into exile, but came back to Thebes after his death'

Answer: Antigone


Question: 'She was the first reigning monarch to live in Buckingham Palace'

Answer: Queen Victoria


Question: '1993:<br />"____ and Joon"'

Answer: Benny


Question: 'On Aug. 31, 2000 this old-time "inn" on the Las Vegas Strip closed its doors after 50 years'

Answer: The Desert Inn


Question: 'In 1789 the mutiny on the Bounty occurred in the waters of this south Pacific kingdom'

Answer: Tonga


Question: 'Andrew collaborated with Tim Rice on "Joseph and the Amazing..." & this other Biblically themed show'

Answer: "Jesus Christ Superstar"


Question: 'An example of a symbiotic relationship is the hermit crab & the sea one of these'

Answer: Anemone


Question: 'Appointed in 1916, he was the first Supreme Court justice of Jewish descent'

Answer: Louis Brandeis


Question: '1983:<br />"____ and the Cruisers"'

Answer: Eddie


Question: 'This long-defunct auto company, one of whose models is seen here, was available on eBay in 2000'

Answer: Packard


Question: 'Habib Bourguiba led this nation's fight for independence from France & served as its president from 1957 to 1987'

Answer: Tunisia


Question: '(Hi, I'm Jane Krakowski of "Ally McBeal".) In 1987 I rollerskated on Broadway in this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical'

Answer: "Starlight Express"


Question: 'Adjective describing one who tends to trip over things, gets his hand caught in doors, drops fragile vases....'

Answer: Accident-prone


Question: 'In 1921 she became the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize, winning for "The Age of Innocence"'

Answer: Edith Wharton


Question: '1941:<br />"____ and Miss Jones"'

Answer: The Devil


Question: 'In 2000 First Union Corp. said it would cash out this home equity lending "store"'

Answer: The Money Store


Question: 'Its 2 largest daily newspapers are The Daily News (in English) & The Uhuru (in Swahili)'

Answer: Tanzania


Question: 'Produced by the Hock process, it's the solvent in rubber cement & some cleaning fluids'

Answer: Acetone


Question: 'The accompanying text to this book was published separately as "Ornithological Biography" in the 1830s'

Answer: Birds of America


Question: 'This breed of draft horse originated in the Clyde River Valley'

Answer: the Clydesdale


Question: '1966:<br />"The Good, the Bad and..."'

Answer: the Ugly


Question: 'The Ten Commandments first appear in this book of the Bible'

Answer: Exodus


Question: 'The moose is the largest member of this family of mammals'

Answer: the deer family


Question: 'Mentha piperita, this one of the more than 20 species of mint, is frequently used in cooking'

Answer: peppermint


Question: 'An advocate of secession'

Answer: separatist


Question: 'From a word meaning "green hollow", it's Scotland's largest city & it's on both banks of the Clyde'

Answer: Glasgow


Question: '2005:<br />"...and the Chocolate Factory"'

Answer: Charlie


Question: 'Nixon beat this Democrat in the 1968 presidential election'

Answer: Hubert Humphrey


Question: 'Weighing up to 1,500 pounds, the largest species of moose is native to this U.S. state'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'This best-known maker of Dijon mustard is named for its French founders, who created the product in 1777'

Answer: Grey Poupon


Question: 'A dividing partition between 2 cavities, like the one between your nostrils'

Answer: a septum


Question: 'Near Lanark, the Clyde drops by the largest of these in Scotland: Bonnington Linn, Corra Linn & Stonebyres Linn'

Answer: waterfalls


Question: '2009:<br />"Fast and..."'

Answer: Furious


Question: 'He's the title guy in "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame"'

Answer: Quasimodo


Question: 'These moose appendages are described as palmate & spatulate'

Answer: antlers


Question: 'This red hot chili pepper bears the name of the capital of French Guiana'

Answer: Cayenne


Question: 'Don't tank while giving us this adjective meaning "resulting from disease-causing organisms"'

Answer: septic


Question: 'A devastating Mar. 13-14, 1941 bombing of a Scottish town is known as the "Clydebank" this Germanic word'

Answer: Blitz


Question: '1994:<br />"...and a Funeral"'

Answer: Four Weddings


Question: 'This sign of the zodiac follows Libra'

Answer: Scorpio


Question: 'This tiny, blood-sucking arachnid is a threat to the great big moose by irritating the skin so the moose rubs off winter hair'

Answer: a tick


Question: 'Some sticks of this spice are made from long pieces of cassia that roll as they dry'

Answer: cinnamon


Question: 'This 3-word doctrine regarding segregation stems from the 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson'

Answer: separate but equal


Question: 'Near Dumbarton, the Clyde drains into an estuary known as this of Clyde, not of forth'

Answer: a Firth


Question: '2005:<br />"...and Good Luck"'

Answer: Good Night


Question: 'Explorer & sailor Thor Heyerdahl was of this nationality'

Answer: Norwegian


Question: 'A study ongoing since 1958 examines the relation between moose & this predator on Michigan's Isle Royale'

Answer: the wolf


Question: 'In producing mace & this spice from the same tree, about 1 male tree is planted for every 10 female trees'

Answer: nutmeg


Question: 'Another term for hara-kiri, it's from the Japanese for "cut the abdomen"'

Answer: seppuku


Question: 'He slipped to No. 2 after a really bad year for Berkshire Hathaway'

Answer: Warren Buffett


Question: '"Hey baby I hear the blues a-callin'.  Tossed salads and scrambled eggs"'

Answer: Frasier


Question: 'A love affair that makes a great story is this type of romance, something the Grimms collected'

Answer: a fairy tale


Question: 'On January 30, police broke up this group's final concert on the Apple Records rooftop'

Answer: the Beatles


Question: 'Norman Mailer won in 1980 for this grisly worker's "Song"'

Answer: The Executioner\'s Song


Question: 'You'll earn points for knowing it's a Girl Scout 6 to 8 years old'

Answer: a Brownie


Question: 'He reclaimed the No. 1 spot despite losing $18 billion in the previous year'

Answer: Bill Gates


Question: '"I'm gonna make it to heaven, light up the sky like a flame"'

Answer: Fame


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows several presidents' approval ratings graphs on the monitor.)  A president's approval ratings are often highest early in his administration, a period called this'

Answer: a honeymoon


Question: 'On February 13, 27 people were hurt when the Front de Liberation du Quebec bombed this city's stock exchange'

Answer: Montreal


Question: 'In 1987 Peter Taylor answered the call for "a summons to" this Tennessee city'

Answer: Memphis


Question: 'Lakes often look bluish green because of an abundance of the blue-green type of this'

Answer: algae


Question: 'At numbers 11 to 14 are members of this U.S. family that founded a retail chain'

Answer: the Waltons


Question: '"You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have..."'

Answer: The Facts of Life


Question: '"A deux" translates as this'

Answer: for two


Question: 'On Dec. 6, Meredith Hunter was stabbed to death as the Rolling Stones performed at this California racetrack'

Answer: Altamont


Question: 'This "News" got E. Annie Proulx the prize for 1994'

Answer: The Shipping News


Question: 'First appearing in magazine illustrations in 1909, this doll is celebrating its 100th anniversary'

Answer: a Kewpie


Question: 'Ranked No. 22, this country's Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud is worth an estimated $13.3 billion'

Answer: Saudi Arabia


Question: '"You'll have some fun now, with me & all the gang, learning from each other while we do our thing, na na na"'

Answer: Fat Albert


Question: 'The 18th-century artwork seen here depicts this dramatic 9-letter event'

Answer: an elopement


Question: 'The Battle of the Bogside, one of the early events in "The Troubles", began in Derry in this U.K. country on August 12'

Answer: Northern Ireland


Question: 'In 1984 William Kennedy won for this metallic "weed"'

Answer: Ironweed


Question: 'This roughly 5-inch-long tube conveys air to & from the lungs'

Answer: a trachea


Question: 'Ingvar Kamprad, who opened the first of these stores 50 years ago, was No. 5'

Answer: IKEA


Question: '"Yo, Holmes, smell ya later"'

Answer: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air


Question: 'Cupid is also called Eros & this 4-letter name heard in ancient Roman trysts'

Answer: Amor


Question: 'In October, the "Days of Rage" riots shook this U.S. city during the trial of 8 antiwar activists'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'Oscar Hijuelos got a Pulitzer for these "Kings" who "play songs of love"'

Answer: The Mambo Kings


Question: 'Seen here, this raccoon relative normally found in tropical forests has become a popular pet'

Answer: a kinkajou


Question: 'His first ancestor to come to America, a maternal forebear, was a Huguenot, Philippe de la Noye, in 1621'

Answer: Franklin Delano Roosevelt


Question: '1290:<br />The Jews are expelled from this nation by King Edward I'

Answer: England


Question: '1993;<br />"A murdered wife.  A one-armed man.  An obsessed detective.  The chase begins."'

Answer: The Fugitive


Question: 'This brand of petroleum jelly was selling a jar a minute in the U.S. by the 1880s, & it's still a favorite'

Answer: Vaseline


Question: 'If you pawn your chess set, the shop will check to make sure there are this many pawns in it'

Answer: 16


THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Question: 'Article 21 says elections shall be held by secret this'

Answer: ballot


Question: 'General term for a Xerox machine or a medieval transcriber'

Answer: a copier


Question: '1818:<br />The first synagogue of this branch of Judaism opens in Hamburg'

Answer: Reform


Question: '1978:<br />"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..."'

Answer: Jaws 2


Question: 'The company that sold Nikkor lenses in the 1930s started selling cameras under this brand in 1946'

Answer: Nikon


Question: 'In castling, you move the king & this piece (aka a castle) simultaneously'

Answer: the rook


THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Question: 'Article 4 prohibits anyone being made one of these or traded as one'

Answer: a slave


Question: 'A decorative floral arrangement in the middle of a dining table'

Answer: a centerpiece


Question: '1897:<br />Theodor Herzl holds the first congress of this group; in one year it would have 800 chapters in Europe'

Answer: the World Zionist Congress


Question: '2000:<br />"She brought a small town to its feet and a huge corporation to its knees"'

Answer: Erin Brockovich


Question: 'Adjective before "Dog" in a brand line from Purina'

Answer: Mighty


Question: 'It's the only chess piece that can jump over others'

Answer: the knight


THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Question: 'Sweet--Article 24 says workers have the right to holidays with this'

Answer: pay


Question: '5-letter term for saintly goodliness or reverence'

Answer: piety


Question: '1909:<br />This 1st modern Jewish city is founded; today it's the financial & cultural center of Israel'

Answer: Tel Aviv


Question: '1997:<br />"Collide with destiny"'

Answer: Titanic


Question: 'The last names of chemists Franklin & Aldam combined in this brand name when they came up with a new oil filter'

Answer: Fram


Question: 'The 17th letter of the English alphabet, in chess notation it stands for the most powerful piece on the board'

Answer: Q


THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Question: '"All children, whether born in our out of" this, "shall enjoy the same social protection"'

Answer: wedlock


Question: 'A small sword with a narrow blade used for thrusting'

Answer: a rapier


Question: '1993:<br />This prime minister agrees to the Oslo Peace Accords along with Yasser Arafat'

Answer: (Yitzhak) Rabin


Question: '2001:<br />"Rule the planet"'

Answer: Planet of the Apes


Question: 'In "Lost in Translation", Bill Murray does ads for this, Japan's oldest whiskey brand'

Answer: Suntory


Question: 'The final stage, with most of the pieces off the board, it's also a Samuel Beckett play title'

Answer: the endgame


THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Question: 'The Dec. of Indep. links these words with "the pursuit of happiness"; the U.N. links them with "security of person"'

Answer: life & liberty


Question: 'Jerry Rubin & Abbie Hoffman were founding members of this group'

Answer: the Yippies


Question: 'The heroine of her 1849 novel "Shirley" was inspired by her sister Emily'

Answer: Charlotte Brontë


Question: 'Longtime TV island-dweller Bob, or longtime singer & Rocky-Mountain dweller John'

Answer: Denver


Question: 'Ross Moore, tired of hanging out the laundry, invented this'

Answer: the dryer


Question: 'In 1871 he began a 19-year period as the leader of Germany'

Answer: Bismarck


Question: 'It's the sea just southeast of the Gulf of Mexico'

Answer: the Caribbean Sea


Question: 'They're the 2 antonyms separated by "or" on an Old West wanted poster for a really bad fugitive'

Answer: dead & alive


Question: 'In English, the title of this Hermann Hesse novel means "The Prairie Wolf"'

Answer: Steppenwolf


Question: 'In music's Top 40: Daryl or Tom T.'

Answer: Hall


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Kadena Air Base in Japan.) The 30-foot rotating dome on top of the AWACS E-3 is a highly advanced version of this system first implemented in England in the 1930s'

Answer: radar


Question: 'If this famous inventor wanted to phone home, it would be to Edinburgh, where he was born in 1847'

Answer: (Alexander Graham) Bell


Question: 'It's the only Great Lake entirely within the U.S.'

Answer: Lake Michigan


Question: 'Antonyms of "tall" & "thin" that describe "a little teapot" in a children's song'

Answer: short & stout


Question: 'The novel "Trilby" introduced this hypnotist whose name is synonymous with evil manipulation'

Answer: Svengali


Question: '"King of Queens" Kevin, or king of the court LeBron'

Answer: James


Question: 'On Oct. 1, 1942 Robert Stanley took off in the XP-59A as the first American leaving on one of these'

Answer: a jet plane


Question: 'From 1992-99 he was CNN's senior White House correspondent covering the tenure of President Clinton'

Answer: (Wolf) Blitzer


Question: 'India, Bangladesh & Burma border this bay of the Indian Ocean'

Answer: the Bay of Bengal


Question: 'Whatever your politics, "hidari" & "migi" still mean these directions in Japanese'

Answer: left & right


Question: 'Fanchette is "the most intelligent cat in the world" in the "Claudine" books by this "Gigi" novelist'

Answer: Colette


Question: '"Top Gun"ner Val, or '70s NFL gunner Billy'

Answer: Kilmer


Question: 'In 1686 Edmond Halley, not Al Roker, published the first comprehensive one of these maps'

Answer: weather maps


Question: 'Known as the "King of Torts", this San Francisco lawyer defended Jack Ruby at his murder trial'

Answer: Melvin Belli


Question: 'Most of the Greek Isles are in this sea, an arm of the Mediterranean'

Answer: the Aegean Sea


Question: 'In law, there are these 2 main kinds of "nuisance"'

Answer: public & private


Question: '"The Wapshot Scandal" was this New Englander's sequel to "The Wapshot Chronicle"'

Answer: John Cheever


Question: 'Mormon religion founder Joseph, or "Howdy Doody Show" founder Buffalo Bob'

Answer: Smith


Question: '(Sarah & Jon of the Clue Crew report from the lab.) The oscillations of a plucked rubber band are normally too fast to see, but it appears slowed down in front of a monitor, which pulses & acts like this lighting instrument used for high-speed photography'

Answer: a strobe light


Question: 'This British horror novelist was executive producer of the 1998 film "Gods and Monsters"'

Answer: Clive Barker


Question: 'This Eurasian "sea" is actually the world's largest lake'

Answer: the Caspian Sea


Question: 'The 2 antonymic varieties of petroleum that could also describe your table manners'

Answer: crude & refined


Question: 'This Plains State capital of only 14,000 people is the only U.S. capital with no letters of its state in its name'

Answer: Pierre, South Dakota


Question: 'Shown here is her 1936 desert landscape entitled "Summer Days"'

Answer: (Georgia) O\'Keeffe


Question: 'And then there were 8 on the Supreme Court when this Chief Justice died at the age of 80'

Answer: Rehnquist


Question: 'A June 11, 2003 ceremony at West & Chambers in NYC re-enacted the first time a seeing eye dog helped its owner do this'

Answer: cross the street


Question:
'1719/
My name is not Gilligan/
Thank God it's Friday'

Answer: Robinson Crusoe


Question: 'Commenting on winning the Indy 500 in 1946, George Robson said, "All I had to do is keep turning" this direction'

Answer: left


Question: 'On his 75th birthday, Paul Newman burned one of these outfits, saying he'd "had enough formality" in his life'

Answer: a tuxedo


Question: 'The distinctive stylings of this American folk artist are seen here in "Winter Joyride"'

Answer: Grandma Moses


Question: 'And here's to you Mrs. Robinson, & this actress who'll always be remembered for playing her'

Answer: Anne Bancroft


Question: 'There are 6 AKC-recognized breeds called this, the most appropriate type of dog to tell, "Fetch!"'

Answer: retreivers


Question:
'1860s book/
Bolkonsky & Rostova/
Read in a day, not!'

Answer: War and Peace


Question: 'Only in America!  This fight promoter said, "I always feel sorry for people who are raided by the FBI"'

Answer: Don King


Question: 'A turn-of-the-20th century rebellion, or the last name of a U.S. senator'

Answer: Boxer


Question: 'Seen here is a work by this man noted for his dramatic depictions of American landscapes'

Answer: Ansel Adams


Question: 'It wasn't the "Death of a Salesman" but this playwright that we mourned on February 10'

Answer: Arthur Miller


Question: 'It's the punning alphanumeric term for dogs that do police & military work'

Answer: K-9s


Question:
'Heller of a book/
Gotta be crazy to fly/
Major Major Gripes'

Answer: Catch-22


Question: 'Mike Cameron, on problems caused by the sun at this New York Mets home field: "The sun has been there for 500, 600 years"'

Answer: Shea Stadium


Question: 'Pass this Grand Duchy to the left-hand side (of Germany)'

Answer: Luxembourg


Question: 'With works like 1828's "Branch Hill Pond", seen here, he was a leading British landscape artist of the early 19th century'

Answer: Constable


Question: 'This Holocaust survivor helped track down more than 1,000 Nazi criminals before his death in September'

Answer: Simon Wiesenthal


Question: 'A certain small German city on the Neckar must have been a safe place, as this guard dog breed was named for it'

Answer: a Rottweiler


Question:
'1931/
Everyone Wang Lung tonight/
& the Buck stops here'

Answer: The Good Earth


Question: 'At Old-Timers Day, seeing a scoreboard list of deceased Yankees, he said, "Boy, I hope I never see my name up there"'

Answer: Yogi Berra


Question: 'It's short for "picture element"'

Answer: pixel


Question: 'The school that produced 19th century landscapes, like the one seen here, bears the name of this geographic feature'

Answer: the Hudson River


Question:
'Sadly, in 2005, the soulful voice of this singer heard here was silenced forever

"Hold me closer /
And every minute /
Of every hour /
Feel the power of love..."'

Answer: Luther Vandross


Question: 'It was the sled & reindeer-herding dog of the Siberian people of the same name'

Answer: a Samoyed


Question:
'Steinbeck at 60/
In search of America/
Poodle co-pilot'

Answer: Travels with Charley


Question: 'On his NBA fines, Kenyon Martin, then of this "Garden State" team: "I lost almost $300,000.  That's 2 cars"'

Answer: the New Jersey Nets


Question: 'An unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners'

Answer: xenophobia


Question: '"We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union... establish" this document'

Answer: the Constitution


Question: 'Your stylist will tell you this least-refracted color on the visible spectrum looks best on TV'

Answer: red


Question: 'The handle of the Big Dipper forms the tail of this constellation, the Great Bear'

Answer: Ursa Major


Question: 'U2's Dave Evans sings & plays guitar & keyboards under this "cutting" nickname'

Answer: "The Edge"


Question: 'It's hard to ask a question about this European country without mentioning its Magyar ethnic group'

Answer: Hungary


Question: 'English Quaker colonialist who teams up for a funny Vegas magic act'

Answer: William Penn & Teller


Question: 'Lincoln's line "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place" refers to this battlefield'

Answer: Gettysburg


Question: 'In politics, Democrats like to live in Georgetown; Republicans prefer McLean in this state'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'One of the first double stars discovered was found by Robert Hook in 1664 in this constellation of the ram'

Answer: Aries


Question: 'This nickname for a London policeman comes from the name of Sir Robert Peel'

Answer: a bobby


Question: 'This oil-rich country on the island of Borneo is ruled by a Sultan'

Answer: Brunei


Question: 'Dick Grayson's mentor who took "Danke Schoen" into the Top 40'

Answer: Bruce Wayne Newton


Question: 'Beethoven wrote but never sent 3 letters addressed to a woman this way, also the title of a Beethoven biopic'

Answer: the immortal beloved


Question: 'To keep away these scandal-seeking photographers with an Italian name, shine a flashlight at them'

Answer: the paparazzi


Question: 'The water jar in this constellation is represented by a Y-shaped group of 4 stars'

Answer: Aquarius


Question: 'Fire it up, dudes! He's the comedian & actor known as Cheech'

Answer: (Richard) Marin


Question: 'The May 1943 battle of this country ended the Axis hold on North Africa'

Answer: Tunisia


Question: '"Screwtape" scribe who also took us to Wonderland'

Answer: C.S. Lewis Carroll


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.)  "I am in Birmingham because injustice is here" is a line from this document written from confinement in April 1963'

Answer: "Letter from Birmingham Jail"


Question: 'Socialize at trendy places; if you can't afford the cover charge, work there, like this "Sixth Sense" star did'

Answer: Bruce Willis


Question: 'The name of the star Deneb in this constellation is Arabic for "tail"; it forms the end of the tail of the swan'

Answer: Cygnus


Question: 'When he ran, this president was known as "the resume candidate"; his resume included CIA director'

Answer: George H.W. Bush


Question: 'Abu Dhabi is the largest of the 7 states that make up this Persian Gulf nation'

Answer: the United Arab Emirates


Question: '"Sweet" boxer who composed the music for "West Side Story"'

Answer: Sugar Ray Leonard Bernstein


Question: 'Article 17 of this U.N. document says, "Everyone has the right to own property alone"'

Answer: the Declaration of Human Rights


Question: 'Can't afford bling?  Accessorize with a shopping bag from this store with the GG logo & horsebit symbol'

Answer: Gucci


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Luxor, Egypt.)  Constellations in the tomb of Seti I include this familiar one that was associated with the god Osiris'

Answer: Orion


Question: 'It was the nickname of country music legend Otis Dewey Whitman Jr.'

Answer: "Slim"


Question: 'The Nile River begins in this country that borders Rwanda'

Answer: Burundi


Question: 'Gritty crime novelist who played the first officer on the original "Star Trek" series'

Answer: Elmore Leonard Nimoy


Question: 'In 1984 his grandson succeeded his daughter to become his country's prime minister'

Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru


Question: '1913:<br />"...and Lovers"'

Answer: Sons


Question: 'Robert De Niro played a Vietnam vet turned N.Y. cabbie in this 1976 film--"You talkin' to me?  You talkin' to me?"'

Answer: Taxi Driver


Question: 'Baked clay found in busts & reliefs'

Answer: terra cotta


Question: 'Dark forearms from wearing a T-shirt are often called this rural occupation's "tan"'

Answer: farmer


Question: 'Spoken by 1.5 million, Qashqai is a secondary language of this country where Farsi is No. 1'

Answer: Iran


Question: 'Though outer space is a giant one of these, it doesn't Hoover us up because there's no air pressure to provide suction'

Answer: a vacuum


Question: '1894:<br />"...and the Man"'

Answer: Arms


Question: 'Meg Ryan visited Katz's Deli to film one of the most famous scenes of recent years, in this 1989 movie'

Answer: When Harry Met Sally...


Question: 'He loved the night life, as seen here'

Answer: Toulouse-Lautrec


Question: 'To face a lesser criminal charge, do this to "a plea"'

Answer: cop


Question: 'Xeroderma pigmentosum is a rare hereditary skin condition in which the skin & eyes are damaged by these rays'

Answer: ultraviolet rays


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds down a sheep on a farm.)  Tiny scales on sheep's wool, unlike processed wool, are aligned in the same direction--that's why this doesn't happen when it rains'

Answer: shrinkage


Question: '1830:<br />"...and the Black"'

Answer: The Red


Question: 'Henry Winkler & Sly Stallone played leather-clad greasers of the '50s in this 1974 flick'

Answer: The Lords of Flatbush


Question: 'Jacopo Robusti was the real name of the painter with this nickname, derived from his father's occupation: dyer'

Answer: Tintoretto


Question: 'To falsify, like evidence, or deface, like a baseball'

Answer: doctor


Question: 'Czestochowa is found in the southern part of this country, just north of Katowice'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'Observant Jews don't eat cheeseburgers because Exodus says, "Thou shalt not seethe a kid in" this'

Answer: (his mother\'s) milk


Question: 'Around 1375:<br />"...and the Green Knight"'

Answer: Sir Gawain


Question: 'All of Manhattan has become a maximum-security prison in this futuristic Kurt Russell thriller'

Answer: Escape from New York


Question: 'This Venetian painted the work seen here around 1530'

Answer: Titian


Question: 'To arrange or contrive an outcome'

Answer: engineer


Question: 'From 1397 to 1417, Huitzilihuitl was the emperor of this Native American people'

Answer: the Aztec


Question: 'As it's stamped on the weak part of the grain, batters try not to hit the ball off this'

Answer: the trademark


Question: '1904:<br />"...and Kings"'

Answer: Cabbages


Question: '3 sailors on shore leave see the sights of New York in this musical, one of the first shot on location'

Answer: On the Town


Question: 'Critics called the work of this British painter "a glaring extravagant daub" & "colouring run mad"'

Answer: Turner


Question: 'To attend to others' needs, religious or not'

Answer: minister


Question: 'From 1980 to 1987, Zhao Ziyang was premier & from 1987 to 1989 General Secretary of this party'

Answer: the Chinese Communist Party


Question: 'In holding back at this city at the E. end of the Strait of Dover, Hitler may have thought he'd force peace on England'

Answer: Dunkirk


Question: 'Cornell University has a lab set up for these animals that only seem to pop up in the news on February 2'

Answer: groundhogs


Question: 'Played Rizzo when she was in her 30s:<br />Susan Stockard'

Answer: Stockard Channing


Question: '(I'm Kevin O'Connor, host of This Old House.)  I got the host gig after writing "Ask This Old House" looking for help removing this pasted-on stuff'

Answer: wallpaper


Question: 'Louisiana's governor from 1928 to 1932 who was a one-legged pirate in "Treasure Island"'

Answer: Huey Long John Silver


Question: '"If anyone wants me, tell them I'm being embalmed", said this Hall of Fame Yankee manager'

Answer: Casey Stengel


Question: 'To get to Miami's port, you can take this boulevard with the same name as the city's bay'

Answer: Biscayne


Question: 'At the Yerkes Primate Research Center, one of these animals named Lana learned 120 words of "Yerkish"'

Answer: a chimpanzee


Question: 'He was always the debonair man-about-town:<br />Archibald Leach'

Answer: Cary Grant


Question: 'This section of sheet metal guides water away so it won't get back under the roof shingles'

Answer: the metal flashing


Question: 'Grammy-winning saxophonist who went from Watergate conspirator to radio talk show host'

Answer: Kenny G. Gordon Liddy


Question: 'Before becoming TV's "Science Guy", Bill Nye studied astronomy with him at Cornell'

Answer: Carl Sagan


Question: 'The 3 Kings Parade is a tradition of this community; it's banned on their home island'

Answer: the Cuban community


Question: 'In 1991 Princeton University Press published a 518-page text on this "naked" underground mammal'

Answer: the naked mole rat


Question: 'A famous dance partner:<br />Virginia McMath'

Answer: Ginger Rogers


Question: '(I'm master carpenter Norm Abram.)  The balloon type is one version of this structural skeleton that makes a house sound like a work of art'

Answer: a frame


Question: 'Seafood salad of a dungeness crustacean & chili sauce that's nicknamed "Satchmo"'

Answer: Crab Louis Armstrong


Question: 'As a congressman he sponsored 1994's Brady Bill on handguns; now, he's New York's senior senator'

Answer: Chuck Schumer


Question: 'Carl Hiaasen joined this publication in 1976 & has written a column for it since 1985'

Answer: The Miami Herald


Question: 'Certain moths make sonar-jamming sounds to confuse these predators'

Answer: bats


Question: 'This "Dirty Rotten Scoundrel" was Maurice Micklewhite'

Answer: Michael Caine


Question: 'Unless you're an NBA player, 8 inches is the comfortable maximum for this vertical part of a step'

Answer: the rise (or the riser)


Question: 'Director of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" whose signature song is "God Bless The USA"'

Answer: Ang Lee Greenwood


Question: 'This cartoonist was nicknamed "Sparky", after Sparkplug the Horse in "Barney Google"'

Answer: Charles Schulz


Question: 'America's oldest of these jai alai venues is on 37th avenue'

Answer: a fronton


Question: 'The Bornean males of these have rounder faces & darker red fur than the Sumatrans'

Answer: orangutans


Question: 'Wasn't born "Dressed to Kill":<br />Angeline Brown'

Answer: Angie Dickinson


Question: '(Hi, I'm Roger Cook, landscape contractor.)  It's an Italian word for an arbor with trelliswork to support climbing plants'

Answer: pergola


Question: 'French-named pit viper that rode to the top of the pro cycling circuit after beating cancer'

Answer: Fer-de-Lance Armstrong


Question: 'When the Spanish-American War broke out, this poet enlisted in the 6th Illinois Infantry'

Answer: Carl Sandburg


Question: 'Great shopping can be found in Coconut Grove or in this area with the same initials to the west'

Answer: Coral Gables


Question: 'It's the more commonly used term for the practice of Chinese geomancy'

Answer: feng shui


Question: 'When John Quincy passed the bar in 1790, his father had this job'

Answer: Vice president


Question: 'John Malkovich was Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom, the leader of a group of criminals who hijack a plane in this 1997 thriller'

Answer: Con Air


Question:
'Lagos,
Algiers,
Mogadishu'

Answer: Algiers


Question: 'It's the collective 2-word name for the extinct bears who lived in caves 1,000,000 years ago'

Answer: Cave bears


Question: 'Charles Duke, Jr. got to go into space only once, but he did get to go here!'

Answer: Moon


Question: 'It's a quantity of drink taken at one time'

Answer: Swig


Question: 'At age 63 John left the White House & began to serve in this house, where he was called "Old Man Eloquent"'

Answer: House of Representatives


Question: 'This film seen here rounded up big crowds in the summer of '91:'

Answer: City Slickers


Question:
'Montevideo,
Buenos Aires,
Bogota'

Answer: Bogota


Question: 'This Englishman born August 19, 1939 was the drummer in "Ginger Baker's Air Force"'

Answer: Ginger Baker


Question: 'As Earl of this, James Brudenell had a sweater named for him'

Answer: Cardigan


Question: 'An important person, like a politician or an executive producer'

Answer: Big-wig


Question: 'John refused to attend the presidential inauguration of this man, his successor'

Answer: Andrew Jackson


Question: 'Rob Lowe played the leader of a conservative religious group in this 1997 sci-fi film starring Jodie Foster'

Answer: Contact


Question:
'Cairo,
Damascus,
Amman'

Answer: Damascus


Question: 'It's the name given the nearly 1-week-long military conflict between Israel & several Arab neighbors in 1967'

Answer: Six-Day War


Question: '"As I walk through this world, nothing can stop this" 1962 Gene Chandler No. 1 hit'

Answer: "Duke of Earl"


Question: 'A small piece of a tree; as a verb it means "to understand"'

Answer: Twig


Question: 'Little John & his mom were witnesses to this June 17, 1775 battle'

Answer: Bunker Hill


Question: 'Clint Eastwood's dialogue in this 1995 romance meant it was "time to harvest the corn", according to People magazine'

Answer: The Bridges of Madison County


Question:
'Managua,
San Salvador,
Guatemala City'

Answer: Guatemala City


Question: '3-letter word that begins the titles of all 3 Best Picture winners of 1930, 1949 & 1950'

Answer: All


Question: 'It's a bergamot-flavored brew'

Answer: Earl Grey tea


Question: 'First name of von Drake, Donald Duck's uncle from the European side of the family'

Answer: Ludwig


Question: 'In 1811 Madison appointed him to this body; the Senate approved it, but John turned it down'

Answer: Supreme Court


Question: 'Whitney Houston played the spouse of a New York pastor in this 1996 film'

Answer: The Preacher\'s Wife


Question:
'Oslo,
Helsinki,
Stockholm'

Answer: Helsinki


Question: 'This great Hindu hero's story is told in the "Ramayana"'

Answer: Rama


Question: 'In the 1940s this man whose first name was Earl invented the type of container seen here:'

Answer: Tupper


Question: 'Eek!  Kill it!  Kill it!...it's the insect seen here:'

Answer: Earwig


Question: 'On April 18, 1960 this Democratic presidential candidate said, "I don't think that my religion is anyone's business"'

Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: 'Clown Dan Rice, who sported the beard of this national symbol, was so popular he ran for president in 1868'

Answer: Uncle Sam


Question: 'In 2000 Jackson, Tennessee's Railroad Museum celebrates the centennial of this engineer's heroic deed'

Answer: Casey Jones


Question: 'David Halberstam looks back on a great World Series in the book titled this month, "1964"'

Answer: October


Question: 'In 1986 this country saw its first cabinet minister dismissed in 33 years, education head Masayuki Fujio'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'A faux filet mignon'

Answer: Fake steak


Question: 'The 1901 oil discovery at Spindletop near Beaumont launched the oil industry in this state'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'Silent film star portrayed in the 1951 film seen here:'

Answer: Rudolph Valentino


Question: 'From the Greek for "through and view", it's the type of museum display seen here:'

Answer: Diorama


Question: '"The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings" is set in the segregated leagues called these'

Answer: Negro Leagues


Question: 'This island nation's minister of culture & education, Bjorn Bjarnason, is the son of a former prime minister'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'An amphibian avenue'

Answer: Toad road


Question: 'On May 11, 1950 President Truman traveled to Washington state to dedicate this dam northwest of Spokane'

Answer: Grand Coulee Dam


Question: 'In 1922 this trumpeter joined the Creole Jazz Band led by King Oliver, who became his mentor'

Answer: Louis Armstrong


Question: 'Prince Edward Island's museum of these displays Canada's own Shepody variety as well as the russet Burbank'

Answer: Potatoes


Question: 'Douglass Wallop's "The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant" was the basis for this musical'

Answer: "Damn Yankees"


Question: 'From 1956 to 1966 she was Israel's minister of foreign affairs'

Answer: Golda Meir


Question: 'A small bird from New Zealand'

Answer: Peewee kiwi


Question: 'This WWII portable military shelter was first built at the Rhode Island naval air station for which it was named'

Answer: Quonset hut


Question: 'For 5 years Tony Charmoli's dancers brought their charm to her televised "Chevy Show"'

Answer: Dinah Shore


Question: 'This famed American architect designed Bilbao, Spain's new Guggenheim, seen here:'

Answer: Frank Gehry


Question: 'Roger Angell's classic baseball articles include a profile of this Hall of Fame Cardinals pitcher of the '60s'

Answer: Bob Gibson


Question: 'This former minister of agriculture & rural development became president of France in 1995'

Answer: Jacques Chirac


Question: 'An oarsman who's not as quick as the rest'

Answer: Slower rower


Question: 'In 1989 this space probe flew by Neptune, discovering geyser-like eruptions on its moon Triton'

Answer: Voyager


Question: 'Long before Chuck Barris, radio's Major Bowes gonged out performers on this "hour"'

Answer: Original Amateur Hour


Question: 'Assembled from European religious structures, it's the medieval art branch of the Museum of Modern Art'

Answer: The Cloisters


Question: 'In 1999 Stephen King published "The Girl Who Loved" this Red Sox relief pitcher'

Answer: Tom Gordon


Question: 'In 1967 this minister of justice began his campaign to become prime minister of Canada'

Answer: Pierre Elliott Trudeau


Question: 'A less vibrant hue'

Answer: Duller color


Question: 'Coined by the chemist J.B. van Helmont, the word gas comes from this Greek word meaning "unformed mass"'

Answer: chaos


Question: 'The day is named after Freya, the Norse version of Aphrodite as goddess of this'

Answer: Beauty/love/fertility


Question: 'The Indian paintbrush has this official designation in Wyoming (no, it's not the state paintbrush)'

Answer: State flower


Question: 'Chocolate dessert, or hair-styling foam<br />(6)'

Answer: Mousse


Question: '"Goings on About Town" & "The Talk of the Town" are regular features of this magazine'

Answer: The New Yorker


Question: 'Before legally adopting the name Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, he was known by this name'

Answer: Lew Alcindor


Question: 'Based on qualities like color & texture, this U.S. government department divides wheat into 7 market classes'

Answer: Agriculture


Question: 'In Islamic belief, this man born on Friday was not only the first man but the first prophet'

Answer: Adam


Question: 'A statue of this great Chinese philosopher adorns the plaza named for him in New York City's Chinatown'

Answer: Confucius


Question: 'Pestle's partner<br />(6)'

Answer: Mortar


Question: '"Not Just Politics as Usual" is the motto of this magazine founded by JFK Jr.'

Answer: George


Question: 'In 1989 Kareem finished his 20-year pro basketball career playing with this team'

Answer: Los Angeles Lakers


Question: 'The name of these facilities where wheat is stored, cleaned & graded is from the Latin for "lifted up"'

Answer: Elevators


Question: 'A Northern Ireland peace accord was reached on April 10, 1998, this holy day'

Answer: Good Friday


Question: 'Yee-haw!  The Durango Cowgirl Classic is an all-female rodeo in this state'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'The "Mama" of all nursery rhymers<br />(6,5)'

Answer: Mother Goose


Question: 'This sports star seen here recently launched his own magazine "In The Red Zone"'

Answer: Joe Montana


Question: 'Kareem majored in history while leading this college's team to 3 straight national championships'

Answer: UCLA


Question: 'Of common, geiger, durum or einkorn, the one that's not a species of wheat'

Answer: Geiger


Question: 'On Friday, Aug. 15, 1969, faced with a crowd of 400,000, promoters of this event decided not to charge admission'

Answer: Woodstock


Question: '(Hey, I'm Shemar Moore from "The Young and the Restless".) I was born in this northern California city that elected Jerry Brown as its mayor in 1998'

Answer: Oakland


Question: 'White mica, or a person from Moscow<br />(9)'

Answer: Muscovite


Question: 'In 1945 John Johnson launched this monthly which he considered the black equivalent of Life magazine'

Answer: Ebony


Question: 'In 1996 Kareem's strong interest in history inspired him to co-write "Black Profiles in" this'

Answer: Courage


Question: 'The primary wheat-growing area in South America is this fertile Argentine plain'

Answer: Pampas


Question: 'This Brazilian bacchanal gets started on the Friday before Ash Wednesday'

Answer: Carnival


Question: 'The Turquoise Trail winds along the east side of the Sandia Mountains in this state'

Answer: New Mexico


Question: 'Adjective for Flash Gordon's Ming<br />(9)'

Answer: Merciless


Question: 'In 1999 this magazine founded by Andy Warhol celebrated its 30th anniversary'

Answer: Interview


Question: 'In 1969 this Midwest team chose Kareem as the NBA's No. 1 draft choice'

Answer: Milwaukee Bucks


Question: 'In the mid-1900s scientists led this worldwide "revolution" to boost wheat production in the third world'

Answer: Green Revolution


Question: 'He's the Virginian who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (he's better-known for a declaration)'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'Clarence Brown directed this Swedish star in 7 films, including "Anna Christie" & "Anna Karenina"'

Answer: Greta Garbo


Question: 'The Olympians came to rule after these earlier gods were banished to Tartarus'

Answer: The Titans


Question: 'Mozart played his Piano Concerto in D at the coronation of Leopold II as this emperor'

Answer: Holy Roman Emperor


Question: 'This baseball organization founded in 1939 includes a tee ball program for kids aged 5-7'

Answer: Little League


Question: 'In 1915 he laid the cornerstone of Arlington National Cemetery's Memorial Amphitheater'

Answer: Woodrow Wilson


Question: 'Paul Muni triumphs with his rabies vaccine in a 1936 biopic of this Frenchman'

Answer: Louis Pasteur


Question: 'When Zeus played follow the Leda, he did it in the form of this bird & seduced her'

Answer: Swan


Question: 'Mozart planned to write one of these for his marriage, but only finished the "Kyrie" & "Gloria" portions'

Answer: Mass


Question: 'The bloom seen here, or the emblem of the House of Lancaster'

Answer: Red rose


Question: 'The largest species of American elk is named for him'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'This un-zany Marx brother plays Groucho's secretary in "Duck Soup" & "Animal Crackers"'

Answer: Zeppo Marx


Question: 'One of these, like those from the garden of the Hesperides, was awarded by Paris in his famous judgment'

Answer: Golden apple


Question: 'Thackeray, Wesley & this founder of Rhode Island were schooled at Charterhouse, which is about 20 miles from London'

Answer: Roger Williams


Question: 'Mozart opera heard here'

Answer: "The Magic Flute"


Question: 'The title character of a 1955 novel by Herman Wouk has this alliterative name'

Answer: Marjorie Morningstar


Question: 'H.L. Mencken said this president's use of language reminded him "of stale bean soup" & dubbed it "Gamalielese"'

Answer: Warren G. Harding


Question: '1940 comedy about journalism seen here'

Answer: His Girl Friday


Question: 'In Greek myth these lustful forest gods who were part goat attended Dionysus'

Answer: Satyrs


Question: 'Shopping in London?  You may head to stores named Marks & Spencer or Fortnum & this'

Answer: Mason


Question: 'Geographic names for these include "Paris", No. 31; "Linz", No. 36; & "Prague", No. 38'

Answer: Symphonies


Question: 'This phrase on a product means the inventor has asked the government to grant property rights'

Answer: Patent pending


Question: 'This president declared that "Any invasion of Formosa would have to run over the 7th Fleet"'

Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower


Question: '"Corny" 1945 film with Bette Davis as a devoted Welsh schoolteacher'

Answer: The Corn is Green


Question: 'After learning that she married her own son Oedipus, this queen hanged herself'

Answer: Iocaste


Question: 'The first man to head this, under Truman, was the brilliant but doomed James Forrestal'

Answer: Defense Department


Question: 'This '70s character was given his last name because he talked ignorant nonsense'

Answer: Archie Bunker


Question: 'Boer voortrekkers who attempted to cross this desert in the late 19th century called it the "Thirstland"'

Answer: Kalahari


Question: 'Ghettoblaster is both a CD & a beer produced by Motor City Brewing Works in this city'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'The small steps taken by this man seen here will be long remembered'

Answer: Neil Armstrong


Question: 'Dry cleaner Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford & their son'

Answer: The Jeffersons


Question: 'This handheld lens is one of Mr. Wizard's 10 most significant inventions of the last millennium'

Answer: Magnifying glass


Question: 'Among kids, it's the favorite hot dog topping'

Answer: Ketchup


Question: 'The Gran Chaco is a low, flat plain covering western Paraguay, southern Bolivia & the northern part of this country'

Answer: Argentina


Question: 'Young's Brewery claims London's last remaining cooperage, where these are made & repaired'

Answer: Barrels


Question: 'Psychedelic '60s soothsayer seen here'

Answer: Timothy Leary


Question: 'Police captain Hal Linden'

Answer: Barney Miller


Question: 'Industrial designer Brooks Stevens added this feature to a clothes dryer's door'

Answer: Window


Question: 'Lipstick, mascara, foundation, etc.'

Answer: Makeup


Question: 'Geothermal steam in the volcanic area of this country's North Island is becoming an important source of power'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'Tourists stumbling along Carlsberg Vej in this city may be coming from a brewery tour'

Answer: Copenhagen


Question: 'Boxing was one of the sports covered by this man seen here'

Answer: Howard Cosell


Question: 'Alien life form voiced by Paul Fusco'

Answer: ALF


Question: 'Rubber sink plugs & drainboard mats were innovations by this company with "Rubber" in its name'

Answer: Rubbermaid


Question: 'Hopefully you'll never have to identify a suspect, at the police station, from this group'

Answer: Lineup


Question: 'This island that's second in size only to Greenland has some of the world's largest gold & copper reserves'

Answer: New Guinea


Question: 'A Mazatlan brewery makes this brand whose name refers to a nearby body of water'

Answer: Pacifico Claro


Question: 'She's the royal sibling & president of the Royal Ballet seen here in the 1950s'

Answer: Princess Margaret


Question: 'Waitress Linda Lavin'

Answer: Alice


Question: 'Big construction projects often include Francois Hennebique's reinforced type of this building material'

Answer: Concrete


Question: 'It's slang for a western or crime film that features a lot of gunfire'

Answer: Shoot \'em up


Question: 'French & Malagasy are this country's 2 official languages'

Answer: Madagascar