Question: 'The northwest corner of Death Valley National Park lies in this state'

Answer: Nevada


Question: 'This British expert on black holes has been called "the greatest theoretical physicist since Einstein"'

Answer: Stephen Hawking


Question: 'In this Nathaniel Hawthorne tale, Colonel Pyncheon is cursed by convicted wizard Matthew Maule'

Answer: The House of the Seven Gables (The House of Seven Gables accepted)


Question: 'In 1734 this city near Mount Vesuvius became the capital of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies'

Answer: Naples


Question: 'Built in 1865, America's first successful oil pipeline was 2" wide & traveled 5 miles in this state'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'There are 2 major techniques of this type of painting: transparent & gouache, which is opaque'

Answer: watercolor


Question: 'When traveling through this Kansas city, be sure to stop at Dwight Eisenhower's boyhood home'

Answer: Abilene


Question: 'This Soviet-born dancer was director of the Paris Opera Ballet from 1983 to 1989'

Answer: Nureyev


Question: 'This author of "2010: Odyssey Two" sold his first science fiction stories while in the RAF during WWII'

Answer: Arthur C. Clarke


Question: 'In 1943 this Chinese leader met with FDR & Winston Churchill at the Cairo conference'

Answer: Chiang Kai-shek


Question: 'Waterway originally dug in the 4th century B.C.; Kublai Khan had it rerouted in the 13th'

Answer: the Grand Canal


Question: 'It's believed that Vermeer used this image-making device to help transfer images to canvas'

Answer: a camera obscura


Question: 'This Alabama city has a collection of spacecraft at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center'

Answer: Huntsville


Question: 'In 1989 his wife Sarah was named chairperson of Handgun Control Inc.'

Answer: (James) Brady


Question: 'Among his novels featuring spy George Smiley are "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" & "Smiley's People"'

Answer: John le Carré


Question: 'At the Congress of Vienna, William I of the Netherlands traded Nassau for this Duchy'

Answer: Luxembourg


Question: 'On May 10, 1869 telegraphs around the U.S. flashed the news that it was "done"'

Answer: the Transcontinental Railroad


Question: 'In the rules of perspective, this is the place at which parallel lines converge on the horizon'

Answer: the vanishing point


Question: 'You can whale-watch at Grand Manan, Deer & Campobello Islands in this Canadian bay'

Answer: the Bay of Fundy


Question: 'In August 1994 he was sworn in as the 108th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court'

Answer: Stephen Breyer


Question: 'His story "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" appeared in 1869 in the Overland Monthly, which he edited'

Answer: Bret Harte


Question: 'Play that includes, "I was so mean as to kill this bird today... soon I shall kill myself in the same way"'

Answer: The Seagull


Question: 'It's not pulp fiction, it's a fact that you have pulp cavities inside these body parts'

Answer: teeth


Question: 'In 2000 this host of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" shared some funny moments in his "Who Wants to Be Me?"'

Answer: Regis Philbin


Question: 'It's believed that in 1994 WXYC in Chapel Hill in this state became the 1st radio station to webcast'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'Its state insect is the Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly'

Answer: Maryland


Question: 'A youth organization:<br />"Do A Good Turn Daily"'

Answer: the Boy Scouts


Question: 'Put the hammer down on this repairer of horseshoes'

Answer: blacksmith


Question: 'Inside the heart there are 4 of these; 2 semilunar, a bicuspid & a tricuspid'

Answer: valves


Question: '"Call Me Crazy" is what this former companion of Ellen DeGeneres called her 2001 tell-all book'

Answer: Anne Heche


Question: 'On May 3, 1978 Gary Thuerk sent the first of this irritating type of communication to 600 users'

Answer: spam


Question: 'Though Utah's not on the ocean, this is its state bird'

Answer: seagull


Question: 'A brand of beer:<br />"Tastes Great, Less Filling"'

Answer: Miller Lite


Question: 'Thorny bush of the rose family with small purplish fruits'

Answer: blackberry


Question: 'This sac in a bird's egg is there to provide nourishment to the embryo'

Answer: yolk


Question: '"Naked Pictures of Famous People" is a collection of comic essays by this host of "The Daily Show"'

Answer: Jon Stewart


Question: 'Hacker Robert Morris' 1988 program with the name of this slithery creature crashed a tenth of the Internet'

Answer: worm


Question: 'It's not odd that its state fish is the cod'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'For preschool consumers:<br />"Our Work is Child's Play"'

Answer: Fisher-Price


Question: 'From an item once used as a ballot, it means to exclude someone socially, or vote against him for membership'

Answer: blackball


Question: 'Mycologists know these are what a puffball puffs out'

Answer: spores


Question: 'This beloved actor wrote about his "Lust for Life" & his frustrations with it in "My Stroke of Luck"'

Answer: Kirk Douglas


Question: 'The first search engine had this comic book name; the original "Archives" was too long of a filename'

Answer: Archie


Question: 'The beaver is a "dam" fine choice as its state animal'

Answer: Oregon


Question: 'A restaurant:<br />"I Want My Baby Back Baby Back Baby Back Ribs"'

Answer: Chili\'s


Question: 'A road surface such as asphalt'

Answer: blacktop


Question: 'Scientists figure Mars isn't creme-filled, but has a liquid core made of this'

Answer: iron


Question: '"Today" this "Inside Edition" & MSNBC host moonlights as a children's author with books like "I Can Fly!"'

Answer: Deborah Norville


Question: 'The 411 is that this 4-letter domain name went live in late 2001'

Answer: info


Question: 'The dolphin & the manatee are in the swim as its state marine mammals'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'An airline:<br />"You are Now Free to Move About the Country"'

Answer: Southwest


Question: 'Fashionable nickname for Italy's Fascists'

Answer: the Blackshirts


Question: 'Hindus disapprove of killing animals, but they regard the slaying of this animal as the worst offense'

Answer: cow


Question: 'Ed O'Neill & Jack Webb'

Answer: Joe Friday


Question:
'Abstract Expressionist:
"Galaxy"
(1947)'

Answer: Jackson Pollock


Question: 'Aaaaaay!  He earned a master's degree from the Yale School of Drama 4 years before playing "The Fonz"'

Answer: Henry Winkler


Question: 'Chapter 11 of Genesis says that this Biblical patriarch hailed from Ur'

Answer: Abraham


Question: 'Not welcome; it usually follows "persona"'

Answer: non grata


Question: 'Many in India idolize this Hindu sitar virtuoso & today they idolize his daughter Norah Jones'

Answer: Ravi Shankar


Question: 'Dick York & Dick Sargent'

Answer: Darrin Stephens


Question:
'French:
"Little Dancer, 14 Years Old"
(1881)'

Answer: (Edgar) Degas


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut)  This blue-eyed icon spent his salad days studying drama at Yale, long before making his own salad dressing'

Answer: Paul Newman


Question: 'Ur's extensive foreign trade was documented on tablets made of this found in the residential section of the city'

Answer: clay


Question: 'A person born in America from parents who emigrated from Japan, it means "second generation"'

Answer: Nisei


Question: 'A good Hindu knows the 3 main gods of Hinduism are Shiva, Vishnu & this creator god'

Answer: Brahma


Question: 'Cathy Lee Crosby (the TV movie) & Lynda Carter (the series)'

Answer: Wonder Woman


Question:
'From an American woman:
"Woman Reading"
(1878-79)'

Answer: Mary Cassatt


Question: 'This Broadway composer known for "Kiss Me Kate" wrote some of Yale's fight songs while he was a student at Yale'

Answer: Cole Porter


Question: 'Ur was located on this river important to its commerce & irrigation; today, the ruins are 10 miles west'

Answer: the Euphrates


Question: 'This London gaol appears in "Tom Jones" & in Charles Dickens' "Barnaby Rudge"'

Answer: Newgate Prison


Question: 'On a visit to Cambodia you can visit this large Hindu temple complex that dates from the 12th century'

Answer: Angkor Wat


Question: 'Dean Cain & Tom Welling'

Answer: Clark Kent


Question:
'From an immigrant to Spain:
"St. Francis in Prayer"
(1580-1585)'

Answer: El Greco


Question: 'This Yale grad's play "The Skin of Our Teeth" premiered in New Haven in 1942 (& later won him his 3rd Pulitzer Prize)'

Answer: Thornton Wilder


Question: 'This king who threw Shadrach, Meschach & Abednego into the fiery furnace rebuilt Ur after years of neglect'

Answer: Nebuchadnezzar


Question: 'Dimlang Peak, this country's highest point, lies near its border with Cameroon'

Answer: Nigeria


Question: 'This important Hindu religious scripture's name means "Song of the Lord"'

Answer: the Bhagavad Gita


Question: 'Audrey Meadows & Sheila MacRae'

Answer: Alice Kramden


Question:
'Impressionist:
"Small Country Farm at Bordighera"
(1884)'

Answer: Claude Monet


Question: 'Of our last 6 U.S. presidents, the 4 who are alumni of Yale'

Answer: George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George Herbert Walker Bush & Gerald Ford


Question: 'Though built over 4,000 years ago, much of this great terraced, pyramid-shaped temple tower still exists'

Answer: the ziggurat


Question: 'Now the capital of China's Jiangsu province, it was once the capital of all China under Chiang Kai-shek'

Answer: Nanking


Question: 'This 1908 work that was followed by several sequels is the bestselling book ever written by a Canadian'

Answer: Anne of Green Gables


Question: 'This team adopted the colors on the logo seen here the same year they adopted Wayne Gretzky:'

Answer: Los Angeles Kings


Question: 'In 1951 near Arco, usable electricity was first generated from this type of power'

Answer: Nuclear power


Question: 'Gary Locke of this "Evergreen State" is the first Chinese-American governor in U.S. history'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'A Walter Lantz cartoon character is the handsome red-headed variety of this bird'

Answer: (Woody) Woodpecker


Question: 'A robbery at gunpoint, or an adhesive air freshener'

Answer: Stick-up


Question: 'Entertainment, 1477:<br />William Caxton prints this Chaucer collection'

Answer: The Canterbury Tales


Question: 'The team whose Penguin logo is seen here calls this city home:'

Answer: Pittsburgh


Question: 'Idaho's first modern permanent settlement was founded in 1860 by members of this religious group'

Answer: Mormons


Question: 'Biologist Joe Tsien developed the smart mouse named this, after TV's Dr. Howser'

Answer: Doogie


Question: 'The smaller species of this small bird beat their wings 60 to 70 times a second'

Answer: Hummingbird


Question: 'A snide, slightly stifled laugh'

Answer: Snicker


Question: 'Education, 972:<br />The new Azhor Mosque in this Egyptian city includes a university'

Answer: Cairo


Question: 'In 1991 this team bit its way into the NHL with the logo seen here:'

Answer: San Jose Sharks


Question: 'The name Idaho was nearly given to this other state, whose current name means "colored red"'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'Dr. William Mow is the man behind this "boy", one of the USA's largest jeans companies'

Answer: Bugle Boy


Question: 'The St. Andreasburg variety of this yellow songbird is bred in the Harz Mountains'

Answer: Canary


Question: 'A wire arch through which croquet players try to drive the ball'

Answer: Wicket


Question: 'Sports, 911:<br />Charles III of France cedes a big area to Rollo & these warriors, later an NFL franchise'

Answer: Vikings


Question: 'A song inspired this team's name & its logo seen here:'

Answer: St. Louis Blues


Question: 'This resort seen here was developed in the 1930s by the Union Pacific Railroad:'

Answer: Sun Valley


Question: 'In 1989 he became the first American man in 34 years to win tennis' French Open singles'

Answer: Michael Chang


Question: 'This bird's name comes from its ability to copy the songs of other birds; it can also mimic pianos & people'

Answer: Mockingbird


Question: 'It can be a man's detachable shirt front or a child's bib'

Answer: Dickie


Question: 'Politics, 1206:<br />This leader sets out The Great Yasa, an imperial law code for the Mongols'

Answer: Genghis Khan


Question: 'An earlier version of the logo seen here included a pair of these rattling weapons:'

Answer: (Buffalo) Sabres


Question: 'This designer's gowns are "Vera" popular with brides & with celebs like Sharon Stone'

Answer: Vera Wang


Question: 'Sandhill & crowned are types of these graceful, long-necked birds that perform a dance before mating'

Answer: Cranes


Question: 'On TV's "Laugh-In", this adjective helped describe the "Finger Of Fate Award"'

Answer: Fickle


Question: 'Morgan Fairchild, Francine Tacker & Priscilla Presley all appeared as Bobby's old flame Jenna Wade on this series'

Answer: Dallas


Question: 'In September 1999 Billy Crystal paid $239,000 for a glove used in a game by this Yankee great'

Answer: Mickey Mantle


Question: 'Before he made a telescope Hans Lippershey made a living grinding lenses for these'

Answer: Eyeglasses


Question: 'If TV's Vanna married 49ers wide receiver Jerry & hyphenated her name, she'd be....'

Answer: Vanna White-Rice


Question: 'Dinamarca'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'This 1999 film was based on a short story by Isaac Asimov originally written for a --hint!-- 1976 anthology'

Answer: Bicentennial Man


Question: 'The handwritten lyrics to this John Lennon song, possibly inspired by a Lewis Carroll poem, sold in 1999 for $129,000'

Answer: I Am The Walrus


Question: 'About 1621 William Oughtred invented this device that stuck out of nerds' shirt pockets well into the 20th century'

Answer: Slide rule


Question: 'If Ms. Lee, lovely co-hostess of "High Rollers", married "Mambo No. 5" singer Lou, she'd be this veggie'

Answer: Ruta Bega


Question: 'Alemania'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'This company's "Anthology Of English Literature" has had 7 editions since 1962'

Answer: Norton


Question: 'A 1940s molded plywood one of these designed by Charles Eames & Eero Saarinen recently went for $129,000'

Answer: Chair


Question: 'In 1628 this British physician circulated his description of how blood circulates'

Answer: William Harvey


Question: 'If "Cider House Rules" actress Theron married Karl Marx' cohort Friedrich, she'd have this name, like a '70s TV show'

Answer: Charlize Engels


Question: 'Islandia'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'Stella could groove on "Breaking Ice", an anthology of fiction by black writers edited by this author'

Answer: Terry McMillan


Question: 'Las Vegas mogul Steve Wynn bought this artist's "Island Of The Grande Jatte" for only $35.2 million'

Answer: Georges Seurat


Question: 'In the appendix of his "Discourse On Method" this Frenchman introduced analytic geometry'

Answer: Rene Descartes


Question: 'If funky singer Neneh finds wedded bliss with hunky "Seven" star Brad, she'd of course hyphenate to be....'

Answer: Neneh Cherry-Pitt


Question: 'Reino Unido'

Answer: United Kingdom


Question: 'The '50s sitcom "Pride Of The Family" featured this "King Kong" star & Natalie Wood as mother & daughter'

Answer: Fay Wray


Question: '"Cthulhu 2000" is a 1999 anthology of short stories based on this author's works'

Answer: H.P. Lovecraft


Question: 'The National Maritime Museum in Britain paid $81,100 for some of this ill-fated South Polar explorer's effects'

Answer: Robert Scott


Question: 'Wow!  In 1660 Otto Von Guericke designed a sulfur globe that when rotated & rubbed produced this'

Answer: Static electricity


Question: 'If Michelle & John Phillips' daughter wed screenwriter Robert, she'd have this name, like his 1974 Oscar-winning screenplay'

Answer: Chyna Towne


Question: 'It resulted from the perpetrator's delusion that he was going to be ambassador to France'

Answer: The Garfield Assassination


Question: 'The largest cell is the 3-inch diameter yolk of this bird's egg'

Answer: Ostrich


Question: 'This all-American pie also has Dutch & deep-dish varieties'

Answer: Apple Pie


Question: 'St. Paul is famous for its winter carnival, & this city, its twin, has an aquatennial festival'

Answer: Minneapolis


Question: 'The artists known as The Four Wangs rose to prominence under this country's Ch'ing Dynasty'

Answer: China


Question: 'In 1892 a Dr. Sheffield first put this hygiene product in a tube'

Answer: Toothpaste


Question: 'In Latin this metal is known as aurum'

Answer: Gold


Question: 'These treats can be baked bite-size & served as appetizers if the Knave of Hearts doesn't get them first'

Answer: Tarts


Question: 'Egg Harbor, a town in this dairy state, may be named for an egg-throwing battle fought there in 1825'

Answer: Wisconsin


Question: 'Delacroix' dramatic historical painting of the "Massacre At Chios" is in this Paris museum'

Answer: The Louvre


Question: 'On March 6, 1996 Detroit Red Wings goalie Chris Osgood did this, the first for an NHL goalie since 1989'

Answer: Score a goal


Question: 'In 1966 "T.H.E. Cat" followed "The Man From" this organization on NBC'

Answer: U.N.C.L.E.


Question: 'On a weather chart this line connects places that have the same barometric pressure'

Answer: Isobar


Question: 'Eggs Benedict are traditionally built on top of this type of bread'

Answer: English muffin


Question: 'You can see fossilized fish at the Badlands Petrified Gardens in Kadoka in this state'

Answer: South Dakota


Question: 'It's the shape of a tondo, a type of painting popular in the 15th century'

Answer: Round


Question: 'This country just south of Niger is 25% smaller & 2 letters longer'

Answer: Nigeria


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />A prime time animated series in 1964, it was revived in 1996 with an updated cast seen here:'

Answer: "Jonny Quest"


Question: 'On June 29, 1994 the temperature reached 125 degrees in Laughlin, the highest ever recorded in this state'

Answer: Nevada


Question: 'Originally a trademark, it refers to a tube pan with fluted sides or the cake baked in it'

Answer: Bundt cake


Question: 'North Platte in this state was once the home of Buffalo Bill & an annual rodeo there is named for him'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'Once a cubist, this Spaniard from Figueras turned to surrealism after going to Paris in 1928'

Answer: Salvador Dali


Question: 'The CMA, this group, gives awards for, among others, "Vocal Event of the Year"'

Answer: Country Music Association


Question: 'According to the show's title, the "Kiwi" was "The Wackiest Ship In" this'

Answer: Army


Question: 'This organ removes excess glucose from the blood & stores it as glycogen'

Answer: Liver


Question: 'Frosted with pecans & coconut, this cake is named for an ingredient, not for its country of origin'

Answer: German chocolate cake


Question: 'Tennessee Williams lived in this Florida city for decades, & a fine arts center there is named for him'

Answer: Key West


Question: 'This word that often precedes expressionism is derived from the Latin for "drawn off" or "drawn away"'

Answer: Abstract


Question: 'The blade of the "shinai", the sword used in kendo, is made of this plant material'

Answer: Bamboo


Question: 'Only 2 CBS shows remained on Sunday nights for the entire decade:  "Lassie" & this variety show'

Answer: "The Ed Sullivan Show" (old "Toast Of The Town")


Question: 'On July 4, 1828 construction began on this pioneering U.S. railroad, the B&O'

Answer: Baltimore & Ohio


Question: 'Steven Spielberg compared this Thalberg Award winner & "Star Wars" director to Luke Skywalker'

Answer: George Lucas


Question: 'Less than 5,000 square miles in area, The Gambia is the smallest independent mainland country on this continent'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'Whittier's "Barefoot boy, with cheek of" this color is clothed in "turned-up pantaloons"'

Answer: Tan


Question: 'In 1839 the village of Waterloo was chosen as the Texas capital & its name was changed to this'

Answer: Austin


Question: 'When he won his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "The Fugitive", his head was shaved for his role as Ty Cobb'

Answer: Tommy Lee Jones


Question: 'Limousin & Blonde D'Aquitaine are popular breeds of cattle imported to the U.S. from this country'

Answer: France


Question: 'Lake Hula is not in Hawaii but just west of the Golan Heights in this country'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'This Japanese car company's first U.S. built Accord was produced in 1982'

Answer: Honda


Question: 'A Whittier poem inspired by this novel begins, "Dry the tears for holy Eva, with the blessed angels leave her"'

Answer: "Uncle Tom\'s Cabin"


Question: 'On January 24, 1848 carpenter James Marshall discovered gold on this man's California property'

Answer: John Sutter


Question: 'The 2 actors nominated for their performances in this 1995 film were Ed Harris & Kathleen Quinlan'

Answer: "Apollo 13"


Question: 'The Saanen & Toggenburg are among the top milk-producing breeds of this animal in the U.S.'

Answer: Goat


Question: '1 of Denmark's 2 overseas regions'

Answer: Faroe Islands & Greenland


Question: 'In 1959 this company sold its billionth can of Spam'

Answer: Hormel


Question: '"The Angels of Buena Vista" is Whittier's tribute to the women who cared for the wounded during this war'

Answer: The Mexican War


Question: 'Known as the "Pathfinder", he was urged to run against Lincoln in 1864 but eventually stepped aside'

Answer: John C. Fremont


Question: 'At age 79 he became the oldest person ever nominated for Best Director, for "Prizzi's Honor"'

Answer: John Huston


Question: 'This llama relative, scientific name Lama pacos, is grown mainly for its fine wool'

Answer: Alpaca


Question: 'English towns include Stratford-on-Avon, Stoke-on-Trent & Henley-on- this river'

Answer: Thames


Question: 'In 1992 this company acquired Security Pacific in the biggest bank merger in U.S. history'

Answer: BankAmerica (Bank of America)


Question: 'Sculptor mentioned in the title of Whittier's 1886 poem about the Statue of Liberty'

Answer: Frederic Bertholdi


Question: 'In 1815 Congress purchased this ex-president's 6,000-book library for the Library of Congress'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'The first movie nominated for Best Foreign Language Film & Best Picture, its title is just 1 letter'

Answer: "Z"


Question: 'This largest deer may weigh up to 1,800 pounds'

Answer: Moose


Question: 'This small Newfoundland city is a major air traffic control center for north Atlantic flights'

Answer: Gander


Question: 'In 1992 the Ritz-Carlton hotel company won this cabinet dept's Malcolm Baldridge Quality Award'

Answer: Department of Commerce


Question: 'A few weeks before his own death, Whittier wrote his last poem "To" this "Old Ironsides" poet'

Answer: Oliver Wendell Holmes


Question: 'This heroine is murdered on the island of Cyprus, as is her waiting-woman'

Answer: Desdemona (from \"Othello\")


Question: 'In March 2000 this former Clinton press secretary gave birth to 5-pound, 11-ounce Katherine'

Answer: Dee Dee Myers


Question: 'Averaging about 74 MPH, Ray Harroun won the first running of this May 30, 1911'

Answer: Indianapolis 500


Question: '"Ask any mermaid you happen to see, 'What's the best tuna?'..."'

Answer: Chicken of the Sea


Question: 'The Delicious variety of this fruit was first grown in the late 1800s on a farm in Peru, Iowa'

Answer: Apple


Question: '(Place to play tennis)'

Answer: Courtroom (tennis court)


Question: 'Even Disney uses this word, putting it in a title between "That" & "Cat"'

Answer: Darn


Question: 'A U.S. Coast Guard cutter was named for Harriet Lane, this bachelor president's hostess'

Answer: James Buchanan


Question: 'Only 2 men have won The Masters 2 years in a row: Nick Faldo & this man'

Answer: Jack Nicklaus


Question: '"Everybody doesn't like something, but nobody doesn't like" this'

Answer: Sara Lee


Question: 'Georgetown, Ohio was named for Georgetown, Kentucky which was named for this man'

Answer: George Washington


Question: '(Sport played by the Knicks)'

Answer: Ballroom (basketball)


Question: 'To fire; if you speak without thinking, you do it "from the hip"'

Answer: Shoot


Question: 'After his wife Rachel died, his niece took over her duties; after she died, a daughter-in-law was summoned'

Answer: Andrew Jackson


Question: 'Bob Beamon made his record 29' 2 1/2" long jump in the thin air of this city in 1968'

Answer: Mexico City


Question: 'It "Has a way with B-O-L-O-G-N-A"'

Answer: Oscar Mayer


Question: 'This St. Paul-born author is credited with coining the term "Jazz Age"'

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald


Question: '(What you catch waves on)'

Answer: Boardroom (surfboard)


Question: 'It followed "Hong Kong" in the name of a crime-fighting cartoon dog'

Answer: Phooey


Question: 'In July 2000 Hearst hired this reporter who had covered the White House for UPI for 37 years; Thank You, Mr. President'

Answer: Helen Thomas


Question: 'Heavyweight boxing champ in 1974, he went back in the ring in 1994 & regained the title'

Answer: George Foreman


Question: 'It's the brand of hot dog that "Answers to a higher authority"'

Answer: Hebrew National


Question: 'Of the 5 Great Lakes, the total number we have to share with Canada'

Answer: 4


Question: '(Macy's, for example)'

Answer: Storeroom


Question: 'As well as an alteration of the devil's home, it's also an attachment on a loom'

Answer: Heck


Question: 'Last name of Evelyn, JFK's personal secretary'

Answer: Lincoln


Question: 'Basketball history was changed October 30, 1954 with the introduction of this device'

Answer: 24-second shot clock


Question: '"It's not nice to fool Mother Nature"'

Answer: Chiffon margarine


Question: 'This "autonomous" Missouri city was the starting point for the Santa Fe, Oregon & California Trails'

Answer: Independence


Question: '(Idaho)'

Answer: Stateroom


Question: 'This 4-letter word is derived from the phrase "od rot" or "God rot"'

Answer: Drat


Question: 'The title of this Dashiell Hammett novel refers to the chap Nick & Nora Charles are looking for'

Answer: "The Thin Man"


Question: '"The Donkey Show" turns this "dream"y Shakespeare play into "The Ultimate '70s Disco Experience"'

Answer: "A Midsummer Night\'s Dream"


Question: 'In 1921 the United States paid this country $25 million for its loss of Panama 18 years earlier'

Answer: Colombia


Question: 'Quarterback Bradshaw or writer Southern'

Answer: Terry


Question: 'This element's name is derived from the names of 2 other substances: borax & carbon'

Answer: Boron


Question: 'The saying "Crazy as" this water bird arose from the strange, laughing calls of the common type'

Answer: Loon


Question: '"The Evening Star" is Larry McMurtry's 1992 sequel to this 1975 mother-daughter novel'

Answer: "Terms of Endearment"


Question: 'Winning a Tony for "Little Me", he said, "There are so many people I must thank, but the reality is, I did it all myself":'

Answer: Martin Short


Question: 'Tikal & Piedras Negras were major cities of this civilization of northern Guatemala'

Answer: Mayans


Question: 'Archaeologist Leonard or actor Monty'

Answer: Woolley


Question: '2 of the 3 elements named for planets'

Answer: Neptunium, Plutonium &/or Uranium


Question: 'The silky envelope of an insect that serves as a covering during the pupal stage'

Answer: Cocoon


Question: 'The last of his many science fiction novels published during his lifetime was "Chapterhouse: Dune" in 1985'

Answer: Frank Herbert


Question: 'This musical that hit Broadway in 1991 is set partly in Bangkok & partly in Ho Chi Minh City'

Answer: "Miss Saigon"


Question: 'NBA coach Fitzsimmons or Puritan preacher Mather'

Answer: Cotton


Question: 'First observed in the sun's atmosphere, it was named for the sun'

Answer: Helium


Question: 'It was a gold coin of Spain used during the 1600s'

Answer: Doubloon


Question: 'In a 1996 book this humor columnist found himself "In Cyberspace"'

Answer: Dave Barry


Question: '(Hi, I'm Marvin Hamlisch, here at the Hollywood Bowl)  I composed the music for this Broadway smash that includes the song...<br />("One")'

Answer: "A Chorus Line"


Question: 'Nickname of boxer Walcott'

Answer: "Jersey Joe"


Question: 'French chemist Lavoisier gave this element its name, which is from the Greek for "water forming"'

Answer: Hydrogen


Question: 'Gene Kelly & Van Johnson discover a magical Scottish village in this film'

Answer: Brigadoon


Question: 'This author of "A Cry in the Night" & "We'll Meet Again" is known as the queen of suspense'

Answer: Mary Higgins Clark


Question: 'The 2000 London musical based on this Updike novel stars Lucie Arnaz as the woman Cher played on film'

Answer: "The Witches of Eastwick"


Question: 'Radium comes from radius, the Latin for "ray"; this element's name comes from radium'

Answer: Radon


Question: 'It's the type of "Delight" in the title of a No. 1 song by the Starland Vocal Band'

Answer: Afternoon


Question: 'In 1939 this state finally finished paying off a $12.4-million debt to the state from which it had separated'

Answer: West Virginia (paid debt to Virginia)


Question: 'The difference between a cornet & this almost-indentical inst. is that the cornet is shorter, with a more conical bore'

Answer: the trumpet


Question: '1991:<br />Clarice Starling'

Answer: Jodie Foster


Question: '2 pairs of these shoes--one for golf & one for soccer'

Answer: cleats


Question: 'This specific body "shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the... states"'

Answer: the House (of Representatives)


Question: 'USB technology was developed by a core group of companies that included Intel, Microsoft & this 3-letter giant'

Answer: IBM


Question: 'If the captain says the ship needs some swabification, you'd better find this 3-letter long-handled item'

Answer: a mop


Question: 'The labels on his violins bear a Maltese cross & the initials A.S., enclosed within a double circle'

Answer: Stradivarius


Question: '1982:<br />She was the choice as Sophie'

Answer: Meryl Streep


Question: 'These trousers made of cotton twill cloth & similar to khakis'

Answer: chinos


Question: 'This job "shall be president of the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided"'

Answer: the vice president


Question: 'USB technology is used to power these "happy" control devices also found in airplanes'

Answer: joysticks


Question: 'In an arithmocracy, this portion of the population rules, not trigonometry teachers'

Answer: the majority


Question: 'To make notes or chords on a guitar, place your fingers in the areas between these metal strips'

Answer: frets


Question: '1980:<br />He TKO'd Oscar as Jake LaMotta'

Answer: Robert De Niro


Question: 'A floral summer dress made from this cotton fabric named for a city in India'

Answer: calico


Question: '"The privilege of the writ of" this "shall not be suspended"'

Answer: habeas corpus


Question: 'In computer speak, "USB" stands for "universal serial" this--but don't try waiting for one at a stop'

Answer: a bus


Question: 'Airgonation is travel via this transport that Phileas Fogg once used'

Answer: hot air balloon


Question: 'The first pitched versions of this Trinidadian instrument were made from small convex metal containers'

Answer: steel drums


Question: '2009:<br />He was really good as Bad Blake'

Answer: Jeff Bridges


Question: 'A fuzzy sweater made from this fabric whose name is French for "caterpillar"'

Answer: chenille


Question: '"The president shall be" this "of the army and navy of the United States"'

Answer: Commander in Chief


Question: 'Often connected via USB port, this device can be used for video chatting, or to keep an eye on things at home'

Answer: a webcam


Question: 'Akin to a dumpster diver, a freegan is an anticonsumerist who eats only what is this'

Answer: thrown out


Question: 'Similar to a xylophone, it's the national musical instrument of Guatemala & other Central American countries'

Answer: a marimba


Question: '1999:<br />Her multi-dimensional performance as Brandon Teena / Teena Brandon won an Oscar'

Answer: Hilary Swank


Question: 'One of these long, full collarless robes with wide sleeves, worn for lounging or as a cover-up at the beach'

Answer: caftan


Question: '"Full faith and" this "shall be given in each state to the public acts... of every other state"'

Answer: credit


Question: 'USB ports on the 1998 first generation of this Apple computer helped make USB an industry standard'

Answer: an iMac


Question: 'A thanatorium is a place for those for whom this is about to occur'

Answer: death


Question: 'In May 1968 demonstrations broke out throughout France against this president's government'

Answer: de Gaulle


Question: 'From 1981 to 1993 it was definitely, definitely time for this judge to rule on "The People's Court"'

Answer: (Joe) Wapner


Question: 'Pongo & Missis:<br />This breed that lives with Mr. & Mrs. Dearly'

Answer: Dalmatians


Question: '"How sweet is your aroma", wrote poet Heinrich Heine in a hymn to this cabbage preparation'

Answer: sauerkraut


Question: 'Iowa's east & west borders are formed by water, primarily these 2 rivers'

Answer: the Mississippi & the Missouri


Question: 'It can be an Indian axe or a cruise missile'

Answer: the tomahawk


Question: 'From 1349 to 1830 the French king's oldest son held this title once used by the Lord of Viennois'

Answer: dauphin


Question: 'From 1997 to 1999 this '80s NYC mayor ruled over "The People's Court"'

Answer: (Ed) Koch


Question: 'Aslan:<br />This majestic creature in Narnia'

Answer: a lion


Question: 'Pichelsteiner Fleisch, a favorite of Otto von Bismarck, is this one-pot concoction, made with beef & pork'

Answer: a stew


Question: 'In 2007 Winterset, Iowa celebrated the centennial of this actor's birth there, Pilgrim'

Answer: John Wayne


Question: 'Elite U.S. soldiers get trapped attempting to capture 2 lieutenants of a Somali warlord in this film'

Answer: Black Hawk Down


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) At one point in the Hundred Years War, England & its allies possessed about half of France; by war's end in 1453, however, the French had pushed England off the mainland, except for this port'

Answer: the port of Calais


Question: 'In 1999 this judge wrote the book "Beauty Fades, Dumb is Forever: The Making of a Happy Woman"'

Answer: Judge Judy


Question: 'Stellaluna:<br />The fruit type of this mammal'

Answer: a bat


Question: 'Mandelschnitzel is a variation on Wienerschnitzel using these nuts, grated or slivered'

Answer: almonds


Question: 'The name of this capital of Iowa may come from a Native American word meaning "river of the mounds"'

Answer: Des Moines


Question: 'This aircraft carrier named for a North Carolina site has been nicknamed "Battle Cat"'

Answer: the Kitty Hawk


Question: 'This legislative assembly was formed by Philip IV in 1302; it was replaced in 1789 with the National Assembly'

Answer: the Estates General (les états généraux)


Question: 'This "Super Freak" singer appeared on "Judge Joe Brown" about his unreturned guitar'

Answer: Rick James


Question: 'Rikki-Tikki-Tavi:<br />This creature that saves his family'

Answer: a mongoose


Question: 'A specialty of the North Sea island of Helgoland is Knieper, this part of a crab'

Answer: the claw


Question: 'The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art houses the largest collection of this native Iowan's paintings'

Answer: Grant Wood


Question: 'This young hero of "Treasure Island" sets off on his adventures after discovering a pirate's map'

Answer: (Jim) Hawkins


Question: 'This 1598 edict gave a large measure of religious liberty to the Huguenots'

Answer: the Edict of Nantes


Question: 'Couples live unhappily ever after on this show featuring Judge Lynn Toler'

Answer: Divorce Court


Question: 'Mr. Jeremy Fisher:<br />This critter, living at the edge of a pond in a Beatrix Potter tale'

Answer: a frog


Question: 'Mimi Sheraton says German stuffed hard-boiled eggs are "always made with a great deal of" this creamy product'

Answer: mayonnaise


Question: 'The first non-native Americans to travel in Iowa, this French pair explored the region in 1673'

Answer: Jacques Marquette & Louis Joliet


Question: 'This New Jersey town across from Manhattan is the western portal to the Lincoln Tunnel'

Answer: Weehawken


Question: 'Only 1 U.S. president represented this party, & he said, "I dread... a division of the republic into 2 great parties"'

Answer: the Federalist Party


Question: 'God tells him his project will be fifty cubits in breadth & thirty cubits high'

Answer: Noah


Question: '"Ignite The Blaze Belonging To Me"'

Answer: "Light My Fire"


Question: 'This brand of grape juice was created in 1869 & was billed as unfermented wine'

Answer: Welch\'s


Question: 'The Dodecanese Islands of this nation include Karpathos, Kos & Rhodes'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'These were certainly "a girl's best friend" for notorious British jewel thief Joan Hannington'

Answer: diamonds


Question: 'In December 1776 Thomas Paine began "The Crisis", a series of this 8-letter type of publication'

Answer: a pamphlet


Question: 'In Exodus 2:10 a woman "called his name" this: "and she said, because I drew him out of the water"'

Answer: Moses


Question: '"Jockeys Of A Tornado"'

Answer: "Riders On The Storm"


Question: 'That's Dorothy Hope Smith's unfinished sketch of a neighbor's baby on the labels of this brand'

Answer: Gerber\'s


Question: 'Little dots of nothing called the Shag Rocks lie about 700 miles east of these islands, subject of a 1980s conflict'

Answer: the Falklands


Question: 'The USA's first of these robberies, netting $245,000, was on Wall Street in 1831'

Answer: a bank robbery


Question: 'A Denver or western one of these includes minced onions, minced green peppers & diced ham'

Answer: an omelet


Question: 'In Revelation 18 earth bewails this mighty city's destruction (gardens & all, we assume)'

Answer: Babylon


Question: '"Greetings, Great Affection For Thee Wells Up Within Me"'

Answer: "Hello, I Love You"


Question: 'The sight of a balloon-filled sky filled a baking company VP with a sense of this, hence the name of their bread'

Answer: wonder


Question: 'At about 43,000 square miles, it's the largest independent island nation in the western hemisphere'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'Gunned down himself in 1957, Albert Anastasia had the Gilbert & Sullivan-inspired title "Lord High" this'

Answer: executioner


Question: 'Jonathan Livingston could tell you it's the throat or the esophagus'

Answer: the gullet


Question: 'Belshazzar sees the handwriting & this man interprets the handwriting'

Answer: Daniel


Question: '"Humans Tend Toward Weirdness"'

Answer: "People Are Strange"


Question: 'This brand gives you "that frosty mug sensation"'

Answer: A&W Root Beer


Question: 'This South Carolina site serves as the major east coast training base for the Marine Corps'

Answer: Parris Island


Question: 'This "Tom Jones" author also wrote "Jonathan Wild", about a real-life thief & extortionist hanged in 1725'

Answer: (Henry) Fielding


Question: 'In 1909 Wisconsin chose the wood species of this as its state flower'

Answer: the violet


Question: 'Chapter 6 of his book concerns his deep anguish; in chapter 10, he questions his oppression'

Answer: Job


Question: '"Make Contact With Moi"'

Answer: "Touch Me"


Question: 'The Dorsa brothers borrowed $35 to buy a waffle iron & this frozen brand was born'

Answer: Eggo


Question: 'Ownership of the Kuril islands has been in dispute between Russia & this country'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'Fritz Haarmann was sort of the Jeffrey Dahmer of the chaotic post-WWI era in Germany named for this republic'

Answer: Weimar


Question: 'While in his mother's sitting room, this play character stabs & kills an old man through a curtain'

Answer: Hamlet


Question: 'E.B. White began this novel about a "mouse" for his 6-year-old niece; she was grown & reading Hemingway by its finish'

Answer: Stuart Little


Question: '(Drew Barrymore delivers the clue.) "I Want To Hold Your Hand" when I hear the song of that name written by this famous pair'

Answer: John Lennon & Paul McCartney


Question: 'At No. 18, she's the only senator on the list'

Answer: Hillary Clinton


Question: 'Into the 20th Century it was thought the universe was one big galaxy--this one'

Answer: the Milky Way


Question: '1882:<br />This influential writer & master of the English language is born in a Dublin suburb'

Answer: James Joyce


Question: 'This state is powered by one "AMP"'

Answer: New Hampshire


Question: '"If it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old", this title guy "would give my soul"'

Answer: Dorian Gray


Question: '(Drew Barrymore delivers the clue) "The Sound Of Music" just wouldn't be the same without the sound of this Broadway duo's music & lyrics'

Answer: Rogers & Hammerstein


Question: 'Do an MSN search & you'll find that this foundation co-founder & director is No. 12'

Answer: Melinda Gates


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew enlightens us with his scientific knowledge) It's a term for a machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.  We've turned a motor into one by making it light up the bulb'

Answer: a generator


Question: '1940:<br />This legendary singer debuts with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra'

Answer: Frank Sinatra


Question: 'Have some "GIN" in the middle of these two states'

Answer: West Virginia & Virginia


Question: 'A line from this book says, "She killed Miles.  And I've got... a black statuette that all that hell was about"'

Answer: The Maltese Falcon


Question: '(Drew Barrymore delivers the clue) "Do You Know The Way To San Jose?"  Then you'll know that Hal David wrote the lyrics, but this composer wrote the music'

Answer: Burt Bacharach


Question: 'On my honor, this Supreme Court Justice is No. 32'

Answer: Ruth Bader Ginsburg


Question: 'Vauquelin found Beryllium in 1798, the year after he found this, symbol Cr'

Answer: Chromium


Question: '1653:<br />This city, later renamed New York City, is incorporated'

Answer: New Amsterdam


Question: 'It's a good place to get a "TAN" (Okay, not really)'

Answer: Montana


Question: 'Chapter 8 of this 1860s novel is "Jo Meets Apollyon"'

Answer: Little Women


Question: '(Drew Barrymore delivers the clue) "Jailhouse Rock" & "Love Potion No. 9" are just 2 of the rock & roll classics by Jerry Leiber & this partner'

Answer: (Mike) Stoller


Question: 'We're happy to report that this Chief International Correspondent for CNN made the list at No. 79'

Answer: Christiane Amanpour


Question: '(Jimmy is in his Jeopardy! lab coat delivering the clue this time) You can take a simple nail, coil wire around it, connect it to a battery, and turn it into this attractive 13-letter item'

Answer: an electromagnet


Question: '1848:<br />The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed, ending this war'

Answer: the Mexican-American War


Question: 'This state has a big "EGO"'

Answer: Oregon


Question: 'Dean says, "Think of it, Sal.  I've never been to Chicago in all my life, never stopped" in this 1957 classic'

Answer: On The Road


Question: '(Drew Barrymore delivers the clue.) "For The Good Times", hits by this legend from Brownsville, Texas "Help Me Make It Through The Night"'

Answer: Kris Kristofferson


Question: 'According to Forbes, the most powerful woman in the world is this German Chancellor'

Answer: Angela Merkel


Question: 'Predicted in 1928, the first known antiparticle was the anti-this, also called the positron'

Answer: the antielectron


Question: '1971:<br />This man begins a 7-year reign as dictator of Uganda'

Answer: Idi Amin


Question: 'Should I wear a "BRA" there?  I think not'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'In part, using donated French tanks, he formed the U.S. Army's first tank training school in 1917'

Answer: George Patton


Question: 'This dancer defected from the USSR during a 1974 tour stop in Toronto'

Answer: Mikhail Baryshnikov


Question: 'Head to the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum to see this woman's pair of gold-plated six shooters'

Answer: Annie Oakley


Question: 'Get out your creminis & portobellos--October 15 is national this day'

Answer: mushrooms


Question: 'Katy Perry wed this British comic in India in 2010'

Answer: Russell Brand


Question: 'Flaubert wrote that this title character was at last "to know those joys of love, that fever of happiness"'

Answer: Madame Bovary


Question: 'To become visible, or to come formally before a tribunal'

Answer: appear


Question: 'The musical about this English boy's dream of going to the Royal ballet school hit Broadway in 2008'

Answer: Billy Elliot


Question: '"Weekend" slang name for a cheap & easily obtained handgun'

Answer: a Saturday Night Special


Question: 'On July 6, you might pick up a bucket of KFC for national this day'

Answer: fried chicken


Question: 'Anna Paquin & Stephen Moyer have been a couple on this show & in real life, marrying in 2010'

Answer: True Blood


Question: 'This Greek thinker, "the Little Shaq", called happiness "an activity of soul in accordance with perfect virtue"'

Answer: Aristotle


Question: 'These "notes" are used illicitly to help you on tests'

Answer: crib notes


Question: 'Prince Siegfried finds romance is for the birds (like Odette) in this 19th century ballet'

Answer: Swan Lake


Question: 'The Handgun Violence Prevention Act was named for this former press secretary'

Answer: James Brady


Question: 'Friday or not, January 21 is national New England this day'

Answer: clam chowder


Question: 'Beyonce married him in a secret ceremony in April 2008'

Answer: Jay Z


Question: 'This Tolstoy novel begins, "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way"'

Answer: Anna Karenina


Question: 'Something cut from a magazine or a lawn'

Answer: a clipping


Question: 'He left the USSR in 1924 & joined Diaghilev's co. in Paris, becoming its leading choreographer, by George'

Answer: Balanchine


Question: 'Weighing about 5 lbs., 1847's "Walker" model was the heaviest handgun ever made by this company'

Answer: Colt


Question: 'Don't pass over May 31; it's the national day for these cookies made from ground almonds or shredded coconut'

Answer: macaroons


Question: 'J. Lo wore $7 million worth of Neil Lane jewelry when she married hubby no. 3, this man'

Answer: Marc Anthony


Question: 'This Welsh poet's "Fern Hill" says, "Now as I was young & easy under the apple boughs ...& happy as the grass was green"'

Answer: Dylan Thomas


Question: 'Past tense word meaning "rejected a bill passed by the legislature"'

Answer: vetoed


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew is in a practice room at the Dance Theatre of Harlem in New York. A dancer is practicing in the background.) The Dance Theatre of Harlem has brought ballet around the world, including giving China's first performance of this 1910 Stravinsky work with an elusive title character'

Answer: The Firebird


Question: 'This Olympic event utilizes both a pistol & a sword, but not at the same time'

Answer: modern pentathlon


Question: 'On December 6, some people celebrate St. Nicholas; others, this cold Spanish soup'

Answer: gazpacho


Question: 'Life as Fergie knows it includes marriage to this star of "Life as we Know It"'

Answer: Josh Duhamel


Question: 'One of the "Last Poems" by this "Shropshire lad" guy says, "Happy bridegroom, Hesper brings all desired and timely things"'

Answer: (A.E.) Housman


Question: 'A small bunch of flowers'

Answer: a nosegay


Question: '"Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury" was the maxim of this French fashion designer'

Answer: (Coco) Chanel


Question: 'Oogenesis is the formation, development & maturation of one of these'

Answer: an egg


Question: 'The "home of golf", it's also home to Scotland's oldest university'

Answer: St. Andrews


Question: '"Rah"<br />is a shortening of this word'

Answer: hurrah


Question: 'China's Jianwen & Wanli; nice vases , fellas'

Answer: Ming


Question: 'When this '80s action series was brought to the big screen in 2010, Rampage Jackson got the role of B.A. Baracus'

Answer: The A-Team


Question: 'In 2010 Oprah gave 50 brides-to-be wedding dresses by this designer, a guest on the show'

Answer: Vera Wang


Question: 'In scientific classification, it immediately follows kingdom, phylum, class...'

Answer: order


Question: 'This Caribbean island that's paired with Nevis is also known as St. Christopher'

Answer: St. Kitts


Question: '"The sound made when a sheep explodes" was Carnac the Magnificent's response to this 3-syllable cheer'

Answer: sis boom bah


Question: 'Russia's Ivan VI & Nicholas I'

Answer: Romanov


Question: 'Once a regular on "A Different World" he had a 2010 comedy special subtitled "Where U Been?"'

Answer: Sinbad


Question: 'This designer seen here celebrates the exuberant, the embellished, and the over-the-top'

Answer: Betsey Johnson


Question: 'Visual purple is a photosensitive pigment found in the rod-shaped cells of this part of the eye'

Answer: the retina


Question: 'This capital of Newfoundland & Labrador is the eastern starting point of the Trans-Canada Highway'

Answer: St. John\'s


Question: 'CCNY's "Allagaroo" cheer is said to come from "allez guerre", French for "go to" this'

Answer: war


Question: 'France's Louis XIII-XVI'

Answer: Bourbon


Question: 'Colin Farrell & Jamie Foxx hit the streets as Crockett & Tubbs in the movie based on this '80s fave'

Answer: Miami Vice


Question: 'After her brother Gianni died in 1997, this woman became the head designer of his label'

Answer: Donatella Versace


Question: 'Types of these, such as methionine & leucine, link up to form proteins'

Answer: amino acids


Question: 'The site of 2 winter Olympics, this Swiss town has also hosted several Alpine world ski championships'

Answer: St. Moritz


Question: 'Yalies once cheered, "Brek-ek-ek-ex, ko-ax, ko-ax", the chorus of these creatures in an Aristophanes play'

Answer: frogs


Question: 'England's Henry VII & Edward VI'

Answer: Tudor


Question: 'Even with Val Kilmer as the voice of K.I.T.T., a remake of this '80s show failed to gain traction with viewers'

Answer: Knight Rider


Question: 'Kate Middleton's wedding dress was designed by Sarah Burton, of this late British designer's fashion house'

Answer: Alexander McQueen


Question: 'The name of this portion of the brainstem means "the long marrow"'

Answer: medulla oblongata


Question: 'Charlotte Amalie, the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands, is located on this island'

Answer: St. Thomas


Question: '"Rock chalk, Jayhawk," is followed by these 2 school letters'

Answer: KU


Question: 'Spain's Charles I & II'

Answer: Hapsburg


Question: 'In the '80s he was a staple of "Wrestlemania"; he "Knows Best", according to the 2005 reality show about him'

Answer: Hulk Hogan


Question: 'This classic book begins, "The pretty little Swiss town of Mayenfeld lies at the foot of a mountain range"'

Answer: Heidi


Question: 'This drink created in 1969 is basically a Bloody Mary mix with a tiny bit of mollusk broth in the recipe'

Answer: Clamato


Question: 'Colonial Americans invented this girls' name by combining Sam from Samuel with the Greek for flower'

Answer: Samantha


Question: '"Death in ____" & "The Merchant of ___"'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'A public showing of a residence that's for sale'

Answer: an open house


Question: 'Though guiltless, this French queen fell even more out of favor after the 1785 Affair of the Diamond Necklace'

Answer: Marie Antoinette


Question: 'Andrew Ridgeley of this "Careless Whisper" '80 duo makes surfing goods & lives with a member of Bananarama'

Answer: Wham!


Question: 'This "chambered" mollusk begins life with about 4 chambers & develops around 30 by adulthood'

Answer: a nautilus


Question: 'This Irish form of Katherine is currently one of the 100 most popular names for girls'

Answer: Katelyn


Question: '"Shogun: A Novel of ____"'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'Someone who's stuck indoors'

Answer: a shut-in


Question: 'A 16.37-carat gem is the largest ever discovered by a visitor to this state's Crater of Diamonds State Park'

Answer: Arkansas


Question: 'Pam Dawber, the "Mindy" of "Mork &..." has been married to this "NCIS" lead actor since 1987'

Answer: Mark Harmon


Question: 'Mr. Frome might know it's from the Hebrew for "solid" or "firm"'

Answer: Ethan


Question: 'JFK's thesis, the bestseller: "Why ____ Slept"'

Answer: England


Question: '9 innings, 6 hits, no runs'

Answer: a shutout


Question: 'Under intense heat & in the presence of oxygen, a diamond will burn &  form this gas'

Answer: carbon dioxide


Question: 'He led "The News" to 3 No. 1 hits in the '80s & in 2010 played Johnny Revere on "Hot in Cleveland"'

Answer: Huey Lewis


Question: 'Leon means "lion" & this name means "lion bold"'

Answer: Leonardo


Question: '"Karma's Embrace: A Novel of ____" & "A Passage to ____"'

Answer: India


Question: 'A test where you're allowed to use notes'

Answer: an open book test


Question: 'Acquired by the House of Winston the day before Halloween, a 5.54-carat vivid orange diamond was dubbed this'

Answer: the Pumpkin Diamond


Question: 'Philip Michael Thomas--Tubbs on this '80s cop show--voiced Lance Vance on "Grand Theft Auto:  Vice City Stories"'

Answer: Miami Vice


Question: 'It's from the Old Norse for "ruler", whether he has red hair or not'

Answer: Eric


Question: 'Taken from a question Hitler asked:  "Is ____ Burning?"'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'Public domain land in the 1800s where the buffalo & cattle roamed before the homesteaders fenced them in'

Answer: open range


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a diamond diagram on the monitor.)  In a cut diamond, the band around the widest part is the girdle, the upper part is the crown, & the bottom area that reflects light is called this, like an exhibition building from the French for "butterfly"'

Answer: pavillion


Question: '"Only In My Dreams" would this '80s teen queen of music play Emma in 2009's "Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus"'

Answer: Deborah Gibson


Question: 'This senator tweeted: "Payson, AZ now holds the record for my longest town hall meeting - 2:32 mins!"'

Answer: (John) McCain


Question: 'Good luck when you ask the singers "What I Did For Love"; they never tell the truth in this musical'

Answer: A Chorus Lie


Question: 'Carson, California is home base for "Spirit of America", one of this company's blimps'

Answer: Goodyear


Question: 'Pope Benedict XVI is the first pope of this nationality in nearly 1,000 years'

Answer: German


Question:
'Laura Bush,
Michael Dell,
Moon walker Alan Bean'

Answer: (University of) Texas


Question: 'People often remark, "I hate to say" this phrase meaning "you were warned" (but they still say it)'

Answer: I told you so


Question: 'He tweets under his own name & @GOPLeader'

Answer: John Boehner


Question: 'NASA astronaut Mr. Grissom gets to gamble, sing & dance as Nathan Detroit in this updated version'

Answer: Gus and Dolls


Question: 'Carson, Wash. is just above the Columbia River, less than a mile from a highway named for these explorers'

Answer: Lewis & Clark


Question: 'His 34-day reign in 1978 was one of the shortest in papal history'

Answer: Pope John Paul I


Question:
'Walter Reed,
Edgar Allan Poe,
George F. Allen (who later was governor & a U.S. senator)'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'This 1972 feminist anthem was a No. 1 hit for Helen Reddy'

Answer: I Am Woman


Question: 'This House speaker was "Very joyful court ruled against Prop. 8, it is a stain upon the CA Constitution"'

Answer: (Nancy) Pelosi


Question: '"Ol' Man River" sung by pigs!  Count me in!'

Answer: Sowboat


Question: 'Kit Carson Peak is one of this mountainous state's many 14ers'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'During the reign of Alexander III, it was established that the pope would be elected exclusively by this body'

Answer: the College of Cardinals


Question:
'Bob Dylan,
man of the heart Dr. Christiaan Barnard,
Alan Page (for law school)'

Answer: The University of Minnesota


Question: 'First title "Poem of the Body", this "charged" Walt Whitman poem got its present 5-word title in 1857'

Answer: "I Sing the Body Electric"


Question: 'This state's Sen. Claire McCaskill talked sports with "Congrats to Chiefs for surprising Denver today"'

Answer: Missouri


Question: 'Embrace the atoms as Simba & company lose & gain electrons en masse in this production'

Answer: The Ion King


Question: 'There have been 12 popes with this devout name, the first during the second century, the last from 1939 to 1958'

Answer: Pius


Question:
'James Carville,
Donna Brazile,
Pete Maravich (but only one averaged 44.2 points per game there)'

Answer: Louisiana State University (LSU)


Question: 'Will Rogers is famous for this sentence of goodwill about all those he encountered'

Answer: I never met a man I didn\'t like


Question: 'Referring to his wife, this Ohio rep urged, "Please vote for Elizabeth in Week 2 of Cleveland Dancing show"'

Answer: Dennis Kucinich


Question: 'Drop an "L" from a Rodgers & Hammerstein roundabout & you get to do this, drunkenly revel'

Answer: Carouse


Question: 'Clement VII, born into this powerful family, was raised by his uncle Lorenzo the Magnificent'

Answer: the de\' Medicis


Question:
'Phil Knight (of Nike fame),
Bill Bowerman (of Nike fame),
Steve Prefontaine (of Nike fame)'

Answer: Oregon


Question: 'He said, "to leave this stream uncrossed will breed manifold distress for me; to cross it, for all mankind"'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'Although these smallest birds are known for drinking nectar, they eat insects as well'

Answer: hummingbirds


Question: 'Co-starring Phylicia Rashad, his new series is based on the British series "One Foot in the Grave"'

Answer: Bill Cosby


Question: 'No "doubt", John 20:24 notes this disciple was absent when Jesus appeared to the others after his resurrection'

Answer: Thomas


Question: 'Any birdbrain knows it's the highest rank a Boy Scout can attain'

Answer: Eagle Scout


Question: 'Nickname given the WWII backyard vegetable patches'

Answer: "Victory Gardens"


Question: '"Joy of Cooking" says the most popular garnish for clear soups is this citrus fruit'

Answer: lemon


Question: 'This cotton pest 1st reached the U.S. at Brownsville, TX around 1892'

Answer: boll weevil


Question: 'After her appearance on "Friends", NBC decided to star her in a sitcom, and voila! - she's "Suddenly Susan"'

Answer: Brooke Shields


Question: 'According to Mark 12:31, the 2nd greatest commandment is "Thou shalt" do this "as thyself"'

Answer: Love thy Neighbor


Question: 'From the 12th to 19th centuries, a person with this tile governed Japan; the emperor's rule was nominal'

Answer: Shogun


Question: 'In May of 1780, Gen. Benjamin Lincoln was forced to surrender this South Carolina port to the British'

Answer: Charleston


Question: 'This "heavenly" herb, whose name reminds us of Ms. Huston, is candied before it decorates desserts'

Answer: Angelica


Question: 'White, bristlecone & pinon are groups of the soft kind of this tree'

Answer: pine


Question: 'Based on the 1995 film, this series stars Annie Potts as an inner-city school teacher'

Answer: Dangerous Minds


Question: 'Jesus said "the wicked will be cast into a furnace of fire, where there shall be wailing &" this'

Answer: gnashing of the teeth


Question: 'Title for the president of a yacht club, or the rank just below a navy's rear admiral'

Answer: commodore


Question: 'More than 200 U.S. Marines were killed in 1983 by a truck bomb at their barracks in this Mideast capital'

Answer: Beirut


Question: 'Pointes d' asperge is the French name for these tips that make a lovely garnish'

Answer: asparagus


Question: 'Bell peppers, tobacco, & henbane are members of this sometimes deadly plant family'

Answer: nightshade


Question: 'Husband-and-wife pair inked to play divorcees in "Ink"'

Answer: Ted Danson & Mary Steenburgen


Question: 'In a letter, he wrote, "I am ready to preach the Gospel to you that are at Rome also"'

Answer: Paul


Question: '2 of the titles in the Random House Unabridged Dictionary that begin with the letters "kh"'

Answer: Khan, Khalif & Khedive


Question: 'He related the story of Pocahontas in his "General History of Virginia" in 1624'

Answer: John Smith


Question: 'When meat is served "a la chatelaine", it's garnished with hearts of this thistle-like vegetable'

Answer: artichoke


Question: 'This Rocky Mountain flower is the state flower of Colorado'

Answer: Columbine


Question: 'Aliens invade Earth in this NBC series starring Eric Close & Megan Ward'

Answer: Dark Skies


Question: 'Jesus said while on the mount, "Seek and ye shall find"; do this "and it shall be opened unto you"'

Answer: knock


Question: 'A count in Germany; Zeppelin was one'

Answer: Graf


Question: 'The Battle of Palo Alto, fought May 8, 1846, was the first battle of this war'

Answer: Mexican-American War


Question: 'Hors d' ouvres may be garnished with thin slices of these expensive fungi that grow underground'

Answer: truffles


Question: 'Aeneas was the son of a Trojan prince & this goddess of love'

Answer: Venus/Aphrodite


Question: '"After Many A Summer Dies the Swan" is a 1939 novel by this author of "Brave New World"'

Answer: Aldous Huxley


Question: 'In 1950 Haifa & this Israeli city were incorporated as a single municipality'

Answer: Tel Aviv


Question: '"The Holy Family" is the only surviving panel painting by this "Pieta" artist'

Answer: Michelangelo


Question: 'Mike Nichols directed the original Broadway production of this playwright's "Plaza Suite"'

Answer: Neil Simon


Question: 'She married John Lloyd in 1979 & went by his name when she won Wimbledon in 1981'

Answer: Chris Evert


Question: 'Since Helen was under a spell, this Trojan persuaded her to elope with him'

Answer: Paris


Question: '"Cynicism is an unpleasnt way of saying the truth", wrote this playwright in "The Little Foxes"'

Answer: Lillian Hellman


Question: 'A large international airport at Tullamarine serves this second-largest Australian city'

Answer: Melbourne


Question: 'Hugo van der Goes painted "The Adoration of the Shepherds" & "The Adoration of " this trio'

Answer: the Magi


Question: 'An updated 1996 version of this playwright's "Tartuffe" starred John Glover as a TV evangelist'

Answer: Moliere


Question: 'He defeated George Bush for a Senate seat long before becoming Secretary of the Treasury in 1993'

Answer: Lloyd Bentsen


Question: 'Shakespeare based this play on the legend of a pair of Trojan lovers'

Answer: Troilus & Cressida


Question: 'A collector of his novels would own copies of "The French Lieutenant's Woman" & "The Collector"'

Answer: John Fowles


Question: 'The Church of the Holy Family dominates the skyline of this port in northeastern Spain'

Answer: Barcelona


Question: 'In 1810 Jacques-Louis David painted this emperor distributing eagle-topped standards'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'Originally, critics panned his play "The Birthday Party", and its London run lasted only a week'

Answer: Harold Pinter


Question: 'This silent screen comedian came out of retirement to act in a 1947 film "The Sin of Harold Diddlebock"'

Answer: Harold Lloyd


Question: 'Ancient Greek dramatist who wrote the anti-war play "The Trojan Women"'

Answer: Euripides


Question: 'She was only 19 when she published her 1st novel "The Outsiders" in 1967'

Answer: S.E. Hinton


Question: 'Pernice, a suburb of this 2nd-largest Dutch city, has the largest oil refinery in northwestern Europe'

Answer: Rotterdam


Question: '17th C. Dutch painter Samuel Von Hoogstraten was profiecient in this "fool the eye" style'

Answer: tromp l\'oile


Question: 'There are 5 basic types of plays in this form of drama: the third is the katsuramono, or "wig play"'

Answer: Noh


Question: 'After succeeding Herbert Asquith as prime minister, he reduced the number of policy-making cabinet members to 5'

Answer: David Lloyd George


Question: 'Considered the greatest Trojan warrior, he killed Achilles' best friend Patrochlus, which angered Achilles'

Answer: Hector


Question: 'He set his novel "The Tin Drum" in & around Danzig, his hometown'

Answer: Gunter Grass


Question: 'In 1787, British abolitionists founded this capital of Sierra Leone as a home for liberated slaves'

Answer: Freetown


Question: 'After a nervous breakdown in 1908, he became more positive & painted lovely murals for the University of Oslo'

Answer: Edvard Munch


Question: 'The Irish Literary Theater's 1st production was this poet's 1892 play "The Countess Kathleen"'

Answer: William Butler Yeats


Question: 'This abolitionist, founder of "The Liberator", was once jailed for libeling a slave trader'

Answer: William Lloyd Garrison


Question: 'He was the first Republican vice president'

Answer: Hannibal Hamlin


Question: 'Oui, oui!  The University of Heidelberg was modeled on the University of this city'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'Trad, as in trad jazz, is short for this'

Answer: traditional jazz


Question: 'Bosnia & _____'

Answer: Herzegovina


Question: 'The Little Dipper is in this "Minor" constellation'

Answer: Ursa


Question: 'Though their roles overlap, a psychiatrist, unlike a psychologist, is required to have this degree also'

Answer: a medical school degree


Question: 'Saddleless horse riding'

Answer: bareback


Question: 'It traces its roots to a group of scholars in 1209, so this British university is celebrating its 800th anniv. in 2009'

Answer: Cambridge


Question: 'Kevin Rudolf's 2009 tour is called "Let It" this'

Answer: Rock


Question: '_____ & Tobago'

Answer: Trinidad


Question: 'Columba represents this bird dear to Noah'

Answer: the dove


Question: 'The study of how individual differences are inherited or environmentally caused is known as behavior these'

Answer: genetics


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds a microphone to a loudspeaker.)  An audio signal returned to its source as an input & retransmitted gives you this loud sound'

Answer: feedback


Question: 'Founded in 1780 as the first college west of the Alleghenies, this university is nicknamed Transy'

Answer: Transylvania University


Question: 'The first "B" in B.B. King's name stands for this musical genre'

Answer: blues


Question: '_____ & Nevis'

Answer: St. Kitts


Question: 'A satellite radio service is named for this star'

Answer: Sirius


Question: 'Sigmund Freud coined this term for both a theory of personality & a method of therapy'

Answer: psychoanalysis


Question: 'Originally, this term referred to people giving actually helpful instructions to a chauffeur'

Answer: backseat driving


Question: 'At schools like Bennington, sign up for this kind of 11-letter "study", meaning "not controlled by others"'

Answer: independent


Question: 'Electronic style that can precede -logical, -babble or -crat'

Answer: techno


Question: 'Saint Vincent & _____'

Answer: the Grenadines


Question: 'This water snake is the largest of all 88 constellations'

Answer: the Hydra


Question: 'Freud developed this technique of encouraging patients to express random thoughts'

Answer: free association


Question: 'Denizen of the deep delightfully drifting here'

Answer: the humpback whale


Question: 'Riding to hounds is a traditional activity at this "sweet" Virginia school, SBC for short'

Answer: Sweet Briar College


Question: 'This subgenre of metal can also mean "to beat savagely"'

Answer: thrash


Question: 'Antigua & _____'

Answer: Barbuda


Question: 'When Cassiopeia is visible, it's not a "strain" to see this daughter of hers chained to a rock; she'll be visible too'

Answer: Andromeda


Question: 'This school of psychology with a German name emphasizes the study of whole, not partial, experiences'

Answer: Gestalt


Question: 'Secret diplomatic negotiations are said to go through this'

Answer: the back door (or back room or back channel)


Question: 'In 1917 L. Frank Baum wrote about "The Lost Princess of" this place'

Answer: Oz


Question: 'It would be cool to own the Spartan shield King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) used in this 2006 film'

Answer: 300


Question: 'In 1901 C.A. Yont & W.B. Felker became the first to drive a car to the top of this Colorado peak'

Answer: Pike\'s Peak


Question: 'Hey there, Delilah, you keep googling "depilatory", something that does this; should I be worried?'

Answer: takes out hair


Question: 'Radically changed China<br />(1949-76)'

Answer: Mao Tse-tung


Question: 'A nickname for a tall guy, or a type of limo that's been extended for greater capacity'

Answer: stretch


Question: 'When he first saw Becky Thatcher, "a certain Amy Lawrence vanished out of his heart and left not even a memory"'

Answer: Tom Sawyer


Question: 'Just looking at the hockey mask this revenge-seeker wears in "Friday the 13th" gives me the creeps'

Answer: Jason Voorhees


Question: 'In March 1944, shortly after the Allies reached Naples, this volcano erupted, damaging 88 B-25 planes'

Answer: Vesuvius


Question: '...Samson has 1,000 of these to slay & you offer him a wiffle ball bat; he'll stick with the jawbone'

Answer: Philistines


Question: 'A less-than-pleasant Russian<br />(1547-84)'

Answer: Ivan the Terrible


Question: 'This number is found in the title of a Shakespeare comedy about Viola & Duke Orsino'

Answer: Twelfth


Question: '"I never liked long walks", says the heroine of this Charlotte Bronte novel'

Answer: Jane Eyre


Question: 'How 'bout a helmet made of omnium steel, based on Tony Stark's original plans, from this 2008 film'

Answer: Iron Man


Question: 'Chile has a central valley, bordered by the Western Cordillera of this range'

Answer: the Andes


Question: '...back off!  This "fish"-y hairdo that's naturally short on the top & sides & long in back is not in style'

Answer: the mullet


Question: 'Spain management<br />(1939-75)'

Answer: Franco


Question: 'Of the chess pieces each player has only 2 of, the one that fits the category'

Answer: knight


Question: 'Wordsworth's poem about her begins, "Hail, Virgin Queen!  O'er many an envious bar triumphant"'

Answer: Elizabeth (I)


Question: 'A more mellow prop is the clipboard he used as process server Dale Denton in "Pineapple Express"'

Answer: Seth Rogen


Question: 'As this mountain range crosses Morocco, it separates the coastal plains from the Sahara'

Answer: the Atlas Mountains


Question: '...watch the scissors-- I only need to condition these damaged hair extremities that have unraveled'

Answer: split ends


Question: 'Roman around<br />(27 B.C. to 14 A.D.)'

Answer: Augustus (Caesar)


Question: 'This synonym for power or might has 7 consonants & only 1 vowel'

Answer: strength


Question: 'Her 1942 novel "Dragon Seed" was yet another tale of Chinese peasant farmers'

Answer: (Pearl) Buck


Question: 'Don't mess with the hair-cutting scissors Adam Sandler used as this title Israeli spy-turned-hair stylist'

Answer: Zohan


Question: 'This Pacific island nation's highest point, Mount Tomaniivi, is on the island of Viti Levu'

Answer: Fiji


Question: '...you won this round but people will remember Samson fondly in this book of the Bible; you, not so much'

Answer: Judges


Question: 'King of Jordan & a familiar name to our president<br />(1952-99)'

Answer: Hussein


Question: 'Matthew 2:11 mentions this 5-letter aromatic gum resin that has only one vowel'

Answer: myrrh


Question: 'The name we know him by was actually a nickname given him for his wide, disc-like shoulders'

Answer: Plato


Question: 'A typical snowflake has this many sides'

Answer: six


Question: 'Named for an island, these '50s shorts are fashionable again'

Answer: Bermuda shorts


Question: 'Though Detective Pinkerton saved him once, he later became 1st assassinated president'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'Police equipment featured in ads for Clint Eastwood's "Tightrope"'

Answer: handcuffs


Question: 'The black & white bear of Walter Lantz cartoons'

Answer: Andy Panda


Question: 'Common element whose refined forms include pig, cast or wrought'

Answer: iron


Question: 'Howard Hughes designed a cantilevered one for voluptuous Jane Russell'

Answer: a brassiere


Question: 'Kind of people Randy Newman "don't want" "'round here"'

Answer: short people


Question: 'Second U.S. president, he was the 1st defeated for re-election'

Answer: John Adams


Question: 'Bo Derek film released unrated so it wouldn't get an "X"'

Answer: Bolero


Question: '"A Family Affair" was the 1st of 15 films in this Mickey Rooney series'

Answer: the Andy Hardy series


Question: 'After length, width & depth, the 4th dimension'

Answer: time


Question: '"Edible" name for a double-breasted wool navy jacket'

Answer: a pea jacket


Question: '1st president to refuse a 3rd term'

Answer: George Washington


Question: '"Flashdance" song whose lyrics were changed to make a mad killer a mad dancer'

Answer: "Maniac"


Question: 'Reg Smythe's pub-crawling comic strip husband of Flo'

Answer: Andy Capp


Question: 'Type of organism that lives off of another, contributing nothing'

Answer: a parasite


Question: 'Teenagers' tooth wear or what the British call suspenders'

Answer: braces


Question: 'Gene Wilder's remake of the '77 French comedy "Pardon mon Affaire"'

Answer: The Woman in Red


Question: 'Donny Osmond made his debut at the age of 4 on his show'

Answer: The Andy Williams Show


Question: 'Shattering sound that accompanies breaking the sound barrier'

Answer: a sonic boom


Question: 'Penitents once wore this rough cloth with ashes'

Answer: a sackcloth


Question: '"Taxi" reverend who played bad guys in "Star Trek III" & "Buckaroo Banzai"'

Answer: Christopher Lloyd


Question: 'An 8-hour static film of the Empire State Building was done by this pop artist'

Answer: Andy Warhol


Question: '"Grimm" stories'

Answer: fairy tales


Question: 'In his memoirs, he insists he really won in 1960'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: 'Asia's population giant, finally admitted to U.N. in 1971'

Answer: (The People\'s Republic of) China


Question: '32 body appendages you masticate with'

Answer: your teeth


Question: 'Literary point of view when I write like this'

Answer: first person singular


Question: 'Phrase "My hat is in the ring" originated with this 1912 "Bull Moose" candidate'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'Including, in 19th century, one quarter of world's land & people, the sun never set on it'

Answer: the British Empire


Question: 'This "cheeky" muscle is the body's largest'

Answer: the gluteus maximus


Question: 'Position of ball after a stroke, which is sometimes a fib'

Answer: the lie


Question: 'Language of Chaucer'

Answer: Middle English


Question: 'Sinatra, Gifford & McGee or Germanic peoples who helped conquer Rome'

Answer: the Franks


Question: 'Where a doctor "hammers out" a patellar reflex'

Answer: the kneecap


Question: '"Super Mex"'

Answer: Lee Trevino


Question: 'Niagara Falls borders on this Canadian province'

Answer: Ontario


Question: 'Vowel missing from entire 50,000 word text of Ernest Wright's "Gadsby"'

Answer: E


Question: 'Nicaraguan guerrilla group that overthrew Somoza'

Answer: the Sandinistas


Question: 'A turkey's wishbone or your collarbone'

Answer: a clavicle


Question: 'In '76, Judy Rankin was 1st woman pro to win this amount in a season'

Answer: $100,000


Question: 'In the '20s, Hemingway & Fitzgerald were among these "missing" literary offspring'

Answer: The Lost Generation


Question: 'In 1888, it was last country in W. Hemisphere to abolish slavery'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'The 4 large veins that return blood to the heart from the head & neck'

Answer: the jugular veins


Question: 'The Ryder Cup matches are between pros of these two countries'

Answer: the U.S. and Great Britain


Question: 'The 2 states on both sides of the Mississippi'

Answer: Louisiana and Minnesota


Question: 'This Pennsylvania city officially owns the bell'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'In 70 A.D. the second temple was destroyed in this city'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'Nidhogg, one of these mythical fire-breathers, gnaws at the roots of the cosmic tree'

Answer: a dragon


Question: 'This illustrated mag had a shake start in 1954 with unpopular coverage of snooty events like yacht races'

Answer: Sports Illustrated


Question: 'He succeeded Robert Montgomery as Guild president in 1947 & later went on to even bigger things'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'Michigan bay that's part of Lake Huron'

Answer: Saginaw Bay


Question: 'Appropriately, it's the number of times the Liberty Bell is symbolically tapped each year on July 4'

Answer: 13


Question: 'The USSR's first man in space program was Vostok, "east"; its second was Voskhod, or this event in the east'

Answer: sunrise


Question: 'This god is known by dozens & dozens of names including Sidfodr, "Father of Victories"'

Answer: Odin


Question: 'This news magazine was started in 1923 so that "busy men" could stay informed'

Answer: Time


Question: 'Of 12,000, 20,000, or 120,000, the one closest to SAG's current U.S. membership'

Answer: 120,000


Question: 'It's the ninth astrological sign'

Answer: Sagittarius


Question: 'Ironically, the Liberty Bell was rung in February 1761 when this man ascended the throne'

Answer: George III


Question: 'The second & last German emperor of this name took the throne in 1888'

Answer: Wilhelm


Question: 'For Norse gods, the "core" of eternal youth was found in these fruits supplied by the goddess Iduna'

Answer: apples


Question: 'Articles in the first edition of this magazine, in 1936, featured ratings of cereal, soap & stockings'

Answer: Consumer Reports


Question: 'In 2008 the SAG Award for a Stunt Ensemble in a Movie went to this Matt Damon Flick'

Answer: The Bourne Ultimatum


Question: 'It's purple in a popular Zane Grey title'

Answer: sage (Riders of the Purple Sage)


Question: 'The bell is 25% tin, 70% this metal'

Answer: copper


Question: 'The Second Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms & mentions "a well regulated" one of these'

Answer: a militia


Question: 'Thurheim, or "Place of Might", is this god's realm in Asgard'

Answer: Thor


Question: 'Bell, Edison & Pasteur wrote for this mag, founded in 1872, that also devoted early attention to evolution theory'

Answer: Popular Science


Question: 'Nominated for an Oscar in 1998, this "Titanic" co-star was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild in 1933'

Answer: Gloria Stuart


Question: 'Giant succulent of the American Southwest'

Answer: the saguaro cactus


Question: 'The bell may have cracked in February 1846 while ringing in his 114th birthday'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'Hercules' second labor was to slay this snakelike water creature'

Answer: the (Lernaean) Hydra


Question: 'This trickster shouldn't have stolen Sif's golden hair; he had to replace it with real gold'

Answer: Loki


Question: 'This urbane magazine wrote in its 1925 start that "it is not edited for the old lady in Dubuque"'

Answer: The New Yorker


Question: 'SAG shares jurisdiction over TV actors with this sister union'

Answer: A(merican) F(ederation of) T(elevision and) R(adio) A(rtists)


Question: 'Teddy Roosevelt's New York mansion'

Answer: Sagamore Hill


Question: 'A whole lot of shakin' goes on in this science that deals almost exclusively with earthquakes'

Answer: seismology


Question: 'In a 1970s hit, Waylon & Willie urged, "Mammas don't let your babies grow up to be" these'

Answer: cowboys


Question: 'Washington Irving's gracious home Sunnyside overlooks this river'

Answer: the Hudson River


Question: 'After the success of "Valley of the Dolls", she proved that "Once Is Not Enough"'

Answer: Jacqueline Susann


Question: 'In the 1940s, Saudi Arabia's revenues in this industry helped fund most of the development of modern Riyadh'

Answer: oil


Question: 'His nautical exploits are outlined in Genesis 6-9'

Answer: Noah


Question: 'Mass number is defined as the number of neutrons & these particles in an atom's nucleus'

Answer: protons


Question: 'Daughter Miley duetted with him on the recent hit "Ready, Set, Don't Go"'

Answer: Billy Ray Cyrus


Question: 'When the people of Nohant, France refer to "the Chateau", they mean the home of this 19th C. woman'

Answer: George Sand


Question: 'In addition to her CNBC show, she's also hosted her own "Financial Freedom" hour on QVC'

Answer: Suze Orman


Question: 'To supply Riyadh, in Central Saudi Arabia, the Bowaib Project has 18 of these producing 80,000 cubic meters of water per day'

Answer: wells


Question: 'I predict you'll know he wrote his 16th century Prophecies in quatrains'

Answer: Nostradamus


Question: 'Like you, dicotyledonous plants have a network of these, but theirs carry food & water'

Answer: veins


Question: 'When he sings "You're My Better Half", he's no doubt referring to Nicole Kidman'

Answer: Keith Urban


Question: 'You can visit the home of this poet and buddy of Wordsworth on Lime Street in the Village of Nether Stowe'

Answer: Samuel Taylor Coleridge


Question: 'Stop the insanity! this diet & fitness guru recently made a comeback with a new website & online community'

Answer: Susan Powter


Question: 'Riyadh lies on what was one of these fertile desert spots at the confluence of several wadis'

Answer: an oasis


Question: 'Name shared by twin border cities of the U.S. & Mexico just south of Tucson'

Answer: Nogales


Question: 'Pauling found an "alpha" type of this spiral in proteins; Watson & Crick found a "double" one in DNA'

Answer: a helix


Question: 'At 16 Taylor Swift shot to fame with a 2006 hit named for this country superstar'

Answer: Tim McGraw


Question: 'This creator of Willy Wonka wrote in a hut whose decor included bits of his own spine from an operation'

Answer: Roald Dahl


Question: 'Since its inception in 1982, the foundation named for her has invested $1 billion to find a cure for breast cancer'

Answer: (Susan G.) Komen


Question: 'Perhaps you could stay at the Holiday Inn Riyadh-Minhal before busing to the Hajj in this city'

Answer: Mecca


Question: 'Latin legal plea meaning to accept the charges without admitting guilt'

Answer: nolo contendere


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew explains a chemical reaction) A chemical reaction between food coloring and bleach, which contains this chemical, NaClO3, turns the color liquid into a colorless compound'

Answer: sodium chlorate


Question: 'Jason Alexander & William Shatner are among the celebrities who appear in his "Celebrity" & "Online" videos'

Answer: Brad Paisley


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Rowan Oak in Oxford, Mississippi) The woman who lived here in Rowan Oak prior to Faulkner was the basis for the title woman in "A Rose For" her'

Answer: Emily


Question: 'Her bestsellers include "The Senator's Wife", "While I Was Gone" & "The Good Mother"'

Answer: Sue Miller


Question: 'He was born in Riyadh in 1957, the 17th of 52 children sired by his construction magnate dad'

Answer: Osama Bin Laden


Question: 'A vocabulary or system of words used in a particular discipline'

Answer: a nomenclature


Question: 'Of the world's 10 largest countries in total area, the 2 whose names start & end with "A" (Algeria is number 11)'

Answer: Australia & Argentina


Question: 'In the front range of this famous chain you can take a peek at Pikes Peak'

Answer: Rockies


Question: 'For over 40 years this U.S. evangelist has been known for his crusades, such as "Youth For Christ"'

Answer: Rev. Billy Graham


Question: '"Where's" this character?  He's "Exploring Geography" & "At The Circus" in 2 Warner Active games'

Answer: Waldo


Question: 'From the Italian for "to serve", this soup could be served to a minister'

Answer: Minestrone


Question: 'This ninth planet's unusual orbit sometimes brings it closer to the sun than the eighth planet'

Answer: Pluto


Question: 'The Executive Mansion'

Answer: White House


Question: 'In 512 A.D. this Naples volcano buried Pompeii even deeper'

Answer: Mount Vesuvius


Question: 'Davy Jones was known for his locker & this TV Davy was known for his coonskin caps'

Answer: Davy Crockett


Question: 'It's the object that's the quest of the player & of the group seen here: <br />[video clue]'

Answer: The Holy Grail


Question: 'A filled tortilla, its name is from Spanish for a young donkey'

Answer: Burrito


Question: 'It's the ratio of the amount of water vapor in the air to the amount the air can hold at that temperature'

Answer: Relative humidity


Question: 'It's the more familiar name for Ursus americanus'

Answer: Black bear


Question: 'The world headquarters for the Bahai Faith is on Mount Carmel in this country'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'A wall named for this man was built across the isthmus between the Tyne & Solway Firth'

Answer: Hadrian


Question: 'Creepy crawly insect featured in "Bad Mojo" & "Joe's Apartment"'

Answer: Cockroach


Question:
'It's It's
a a
north north
African African
steamed steamed
semolina semolina
dish dish'

Answer: Couscous


Question: 'A parasitoid differs from a parasite in that this eventually happens to its host'

Answer: It dies


Question: '1 oz Kahlua, 2 oz. vodka & some milk or cream'

Answer: White Russian


Question: 'Lake Placid lies in this mountain chain in northeastern New York'

Answer: Adirondacks


Question: 'He was head of the FBI when FDR was in office'

Answer: J. Edgar Hoover


Question: 'Lucasarts' "Afterlife" is a world-building simulator in which you construct these 2 ethereal planes'

Answer: Heaven & Hell


Question: 'In Jewish cookery it's a baked pastry, usually with a meat or potato filling'

Answer: Knish


Question: 'The acceleration of falling objects varies from place to place because of variations in this force'

Answer: Gravity


Question: 'A 50' statue of this Sauk Indian chief stands beside the Rock River near Oregon, Illinois'

Answer: Black Hawk


Question: 'Ranges in Australia & Virginia both have this color in their names'

Answer: Blue


Question: 'The real name of this half of a classic comedy team was Arthur Stanley Jefferson'

Answer: Stan Laurel


Question: 'This James Burke TV series that linked inventions through the ages was turned into a game in 1996'

Answer: Connections


Question: 'Meaning "slice-broil", it's a Japanese dish of meat, bean curd & vegetables cooked in soy sauce & sugar'

Answer: Sukiyaki


Question: 'It's the property of a body that opposes an electric current moving through it'

Answer: Resistance


Question: 'This yellow wildflower with a dark center is the state flower of Maryland'

Answer: Black-eyed Susan


Question: 'This journalist's book "How I Found Livingstone" was published in 1872'

Answer: Henry Stanley


Question: 'This director's daughter Patricia played one of Janet Leigh's co-workers in his classic film "Psycho"'

Answer: Alfred Hitchcock


Question: 'Founded in 1889 as a memorial to Princess Bernice Pauahi, the Bishop Museum is this U.S. state's oldest'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'Victor Herbert's operetta about this "naughty" heroine premiered in 1910'

Answer: Marietta


Question: 'In 1971 President Nixon proposed the disbanding of several cabinet departments including this one, the USDA'

Answer: U.S. Department of Agriculture


Question: '1960s war that's the backdrop for Bobbie Ann Mason's "In Country" & Tobias Wolff's "The Barracks Thief"'

Answer: Vietnam War


Question: 'He explored Greenland in 1607, 2 years before exploring the Albany, New York area'

Answer: Henry Hudson


Question: 'Last name of composer cousins Randy & Thomas, who were both Oscar-nominated for scoring 1995 films'

Answer: Newman


Question: 'The restored Richelieu wing reopened at this Paris museum in 1993'

Answer: The Louvre


Question: 'The highest range of the female voice, or an obsolete clef that had middle C on the bottom'

Answer: Soprano


Question: 'As presiding officer of the Senate, the vice president may vote only in this instance'

Answer: A tie (to break one)


Question: 'In 1981 he reissued a parable called "The Children's Story" & published "Noble House"'

Answer: James Clavell


Question: 'On December 16, 1653 the British parliament installed him as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth'

Answer: Oliver Cromwell


Question: 'When this actor was in his early 20s, he cut a record with his mother, Mary Martin'

Answer: Larry Hagman


Question: 'Not surprisingly, there's a museum devoted to the history of lawn tennis in this London district'

Answer: Wimbledon


Question: 'Despite her deafness, Evelyn Glennie, born near Aberdeen in this country, is a world-famous percussionist'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'An act passed in 1986 named the chairman of this panel as the president's principal military adviser'

Answer: Joint Chiefs of Staff


Question: 'In the first decade of the 18th century, this Russian czar taxed beehives, coffins & beards'

Answer: Peter the Great


Question: 'The Barrymores are famous for acting, while the Westmores have specialized in this field since silent film days'

Answer: Makeup


Question: 'Nelson Rockefeller was president of this NYC art museum 1939-1941 & 1946-1953'

Answer: MOMA (Museum Of Modern Art)


Question: 'Andres Segovia helped reestablish this as a concert instrument'

Answer: Guitar


Question: 'This N.Y. congresswoman & wife of Bill Paxon was the keynote speaker at the 1996 Republican Convention'

Answer: Susan Molinari


Question: 'In 1522 this Ottoman ruler repelled the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem from Rhodes'

Answer: Suleiman


Question: 'Buck Henry's mother, Ruth Taylor, played Lorelei Lee in the 1928 silent film of this Anita Loos play'

Answer: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes


Question: 'A small museum in Lambarene, Gabon is devoted to this Alsatian missionary'

Answer: Albert Schweitzer


Question: 'Franco Alfano & Walter Damrosch both composed operas adapted from this 1897 play by Edmond Rostand'

Answer: Cyrano de Bergerac


Question: 'In the 1856 election, Millard Fillmore was supported by the Whigs & this "ignorant" party'

Answer: Know-Nothings


Question: 'It's the world's northernmost national capital'

Answer: Reykjavik, Iceland


Question: 'It wasn't until 1954, the year after it was first scaled, that a survey set it at 29,028 feet'

Answer: Mount Everest


Question: 'Siouxie & the Banshees' cover version of this group's "Dear Prudence" hit No. 3 in the U.K.'

Answer: the Beatles


Question:
'Snap!
Crackle!
_____'

Answer: Pop!


Question: 'This swimsuit made its debut shortly after the appearance of a mushroom cloud over this Pacific atoll'

Answer: Bikini


Question: 'It's the annual general physical exam your doctor gives you'

Answer: Checkup


Question: 'Small ships can travel from this river's mouth 2,300 miles upstream to Iquitos, Peru'

Answer: Amazon


Question: 'Dexy's Midnight Runners No. 1 hit heard here in a version by ska band Save Ferris:'

Answer: "Come On Eileen"


Question:
'Tom,
Dick,
_____'

Answer: Harry


Question: 'Keep your coffee warm in one of these bottles invented by Sir James Dewar in 1892'

Answer: Thermos


Question:
'Juice of 1/2 lime
1/2 oz. triple sec
1 oz. tequila in a salt-rimmed glass'

Answer: Margarita


Question: 'It's the all-too-common lie about payment being on the way'

Answer: The check\'s in the mail


Question: 'It's 8 stories high, cylindrical in shape & about 14 feet off the perpendicular'

Answer: Leaning Tower of Pisa


Question: 'In 1996 the Fugees updated her 1973 hit "Killing Me Softly"'

Answer: Roberta Flack


Question:
'Wynken,
Blynken,
_____'

Answer: Nod


Question: 'Sure hope this guy didn't "blimp" up while celebrating his invention of vulcanized rubber'

Answer: Charles Goodyear


Question:
'Fresh mint
1/2 tsp. sugar
bourbon'

Answer: Mint julep


Question: 'Singer heard here with the Fat Boys, updating one of his hits:<br />("The Twist")'

Answer: Chubby Checker


Question: 'Anything but boring are the Northern Lights, also known by this Latin name'

Answer: Aurora Borealis


Question: 'This artist wrote & sang "Kiss", later covered by the Art of Noise & Tom Jones'

Answer: Prince


Question:
'Tinker,
Evers,
_____'

Answer: Chance


Question: 'Cool!  He discovered his deep freezing method for food while in Labrador on a fur trading expedition'

Answer: Clarence Birdseye


Question:
'1 oz. vodka
1 oz. Kahlua
fresh cream'

Answer: White Russian


Question: 'Americans who crossed the Berlin Wall to East Berlin used the guard station on Friedrichstrasse nicknamed this'

Answer: "Checkpoint Charlie"


Question: '1,250-mile-long wonder seen here:'

Answer: Great Barrier Reef


Question: 'Dolly Parton & 10,000 Maniacs have ridden to success with versions of this Cat Stevens song'

Answer: "Peace Train"


Question:
'Shadrach,
Meshach,
_____'

Answer: Abednego


Question: 'This blacksmith improved the plow in the late 1830s by building the first one of steel'

Answer: John Deere


Question:
'2 jiggers gin
1 tbsp. sugar
juice of 1/2 lemon
juice of 1/2 lime
club soda'

Answer: Gin fizz


Question: 'This system of government confers enough power on each of its branches to restrain the others'

Answer: Checks and balances


Question: 'He was known as Pops as well as Satchmo'

Answer: Louis Armstrong


Question: 'To avenge this monster's death, his mother slays a soldier but is later killed by Beowulf'

Answer: Grendel


Question: 'In "The Wizard of Oz", a cute Cairn terrier named Terry played this little dog'

Answer: Toto


Question: 'Japanese for "harbor wave", one of these giant sea waves may form a wall of water over 100 feet long'

Answer: Tsunami


Question: 'With a relaxed dress code, you won't need to wear one at this type of Asian restaurant's bar'

Answer: Tie/Thai


Question: 'With this nickname, Julian Edwin Adderly barrelled down "Them Dirty Blues"'

Answer: Cannonball


Question: 'This author planned to have each pilgrim tell 2 tales on the way to Canterbury & 2 on the way back'

Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer


Question: 'He starred in the cartoon "Canine Casanova" without his master Mickey Mouse'

Answer: Pluto


Question: 'From the Greek word for "drop" & "dripping", they're the 2 types of formations seen here:'

Answer: Stalagmites & stalactites


Question: 'Zebulon Pike got only this glimpse of this, his namesake'

Answer: Peek/peak


Question: 'Oran Page, trumpeter & accompanist to Bessie Smith, was known as this, the same as a "M*A*S*H" nurse'

Answer: Hot Lips


Question: 'John Milton's 1671 sequel never gained the reputation of this 1667 epic'

Answer: "Paradise Lost"


Question: 'Title character who sang the following about her dog ("Sandy") in a 1982 film:'

Answer: Annie


Question: 'Since prehistoric times, this single-celled fungus has been used to make beer & bread'

Answer: Yeast


Question: 'What Hurricane Andrew did or how some people felt when he did it'

Answer: Blew/blue


Question: 'He's referrred to as the "Hi De Ho" man'

Answer: Cab Calloway


Question: '"All you need to know", according to this Keats ode is "Beauty is truth, truth beauty"'

Answer: "Ode on A Grecian Urn"


Question: 'This singer heard here was born on May 1, 1909:<br />("God Bless America")'

Answer: Kate Smith


Question: 'This pet of Nick & Nora Charles was a schnauzer in the novel "The Thin Man" & a fox terrier in the films'

Answer: Asta


Question: 'In the 1940s zoologist Karl von Frisch discovered that bees use this as a compass'

Answer: Sun


Question: 'When a hunter aims at this red deer, this often beats faster'

Answer: Hart/heart


Question: 'That he was born as an Armando in 1941 should tell you this "Chick" is a guy'

Answer: Chick Corea


Question: 'In this essay Virginia Woolf said women need money & privacy to develop as writers'

Answer: "A Room of One\'s Own"


Question: 'The "Great Exhibition" of industry opened at the Crystal Palace in this city May 1, 1851'

Answer: London


Question: 'When this tobacco heiress died in 1993, she left a $100,000 trust fund to her dog Minni'

Answer: Doris Duke


Question: 'Named for its most prominent feature (its nose), it's the primate seen here:'

Answer: Proboscis monkey


Question: 'He might predict you'll wind up with more money than expenses'

Answer: Prophet/profit


Question: 'Kathy Bates played her in 1997; Debbie Reynolds played her in 1964'

Answer: (\"The Unsinkable\") Molly Brown


Question: '(Jimmy of the clue Crew presents from the Ronald Reagan Library.) On June 12, 1987, in Berlin, Ronald Reagan demanded of this man, "Tear down this wall."'

Answer: Mikhail Gorbachev


Question:
'Officer:
"You folks live out of town?"
Gwen: "Oh yes"
Officer:
"You're lucky"'

Answer: The Out-of-Towners


Question: 'On May 13, 1958 this U.S. Vice President's limousine was pelted with rocks in Caracas, Venezuela'

Answer: Nixon


Question: 'A 1994 biography of him was called "Obsession"'

Answer: Calvin Klein


Question: 'The Silver Star in Europa Park in Germany is billed as Europe's biggest & highest steel one of these'

Answer: a roller coaster


Question: 'It's a type of paint to coat your pottery, or a substance that coats your teeth.'

Answer: enamel


Question: 'In the Cabinet Room, pretend it's 1981 & advise Reagan on what to do about 12,000 of these striking workers'

Answer: air traffic controllers


Question: '"I know sometimes hotels change the numbers around & this could have been 723 or 715 & it's very important I get 719"'

Answer: Plaza Suite


Question: 'On May 25, 1935 Babe Ruth swatted this number home run, his last in the Major Leagues, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh'

Answer: 714


Question: 'A 2000 production of "Rigoletto", set in present-day Hollywood, had costumes by this Italian fashion designer'

Answer: (Georgio) Armani


Question: 'Next to the Goldfish Pagoda in Ocean Park in Hong Kong is the home of An An & Jia Jia, a pair of giant these'

Answer: a panda


Question: 'A proverb warns to "trust not a new friend or an old" one of these'

Answer: an enemy


Question: '(Jimmy gives the clue from the Reagan Library.) The Tomahawk missile benefitted from Reagan's defense buildups; it was used in this operation which began in January 1991'

Answer: Desert Storm


Question: '"Yes, it's five flights, if you don't count the front stoop"'

Answer: Barefoot in the Park


Question: 'On May 10, 1869 the Jupiter & the 119 touched noses at this Utah "Point", completing the Transcontinental Railroad'

Answer: Promontory Point, Utah


Question: 'This designer seen here was born in London in September of 1971'

Answer: Stella McCartney


Question: 'The Drunken Basket at Lotte World in Seoul is basically the same ride as this one in Disneyland's Fantasyland'

Answer: Drunken Teacups


Question: 'Not that you would be one, but it's someone who secretly listens in on others' conversations'

Answer: an eavesdropper


Question: 'There's a display of this Illinois town which Reagan said was "Heaven" when he moved there from Tampico at age 9'

Answer: Dixon


Question: '"I'm trying to clear my ears. You create a pressure inside and then it opens up"'

Answer: The Odd Couple