Question: 'A type of beer & something suitable for a king'

Answer: lager and regal


Question: 'Hot sauce, mustard & garlic powder can all go into this, the 3-letter term for the sauce used while the meat grills'

Answer: the mop (BBQ accepted)


Question: 'The St. Louis Zoo's 228-foot-long free-flight one has been there since the 1904 World's Fair'

Answer: an aviary


Question: '2 movies whose 1-word titles are cities; they won the Oscar for Best Picture, 59 years apart'

Answer: Casablanca & Chicago


Question: 'This party has a sizable majority (614 of 614) in Cuba's National Assembly of People's Power'

Answer: the Communist Party


Question: 'This star of "Failure to Launch" was born Nov. 4, 1969, the same day as Diddy'

Answer: Matthew McConaughey


Question: 'The Pembroke variety of this breed is popular with royalty'

Answer: corgis


THE NEW YORK TIMES LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Question: 'This Conn. senator wants to spread Homeland Security funds, as the enemy "will strike wherever there is a... target"'

Answer: (Joseph) Lieberman


Question: 'The overall effect of these, especially thick stratocumulus ones, is to cool the Earth's surface'

Answer: clouds


Question: 'It's the genealogical record of an animal's breeding'

Answer: pedigree


Question: 'This 105 member Canadian body has a mandatory retirement age of 75; Strom Thurmond would have protested'

Answer: the Senate


Question: 'He's Eric Lensherr, aka Magneto, in the "X-Men" films'

Answer: Ian McKellen


Question: 'Lord Tweedsmuir bred some yellow these to produce the breed we know as golden these'

Answer: retrievers


THE NEW YORK TIMES LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Question: 'This author of "Push" wrote a letter to the editor saying "Silence will not save African Americans"'

Answer: Sapphire


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.)  Fossil fuel-burning industries emit sulfur dioxide & nitrogen oxide, which combine with water in the atmosphere & fall as this nasty stuff'

Answer: acid rain


Question: '2-word term for an area where hidden police strictly enforce motorist velocity'

Answer: a speed trap


Question: 'Lithuania has a Seimas; this neighbor to the North has a Saeima'

Answer: Latvia


Question: 'Oh, yah, we loved her performance as Brainerd Minnesota's pregnant police chief, Marge Gunderson'

Answer: Frances McDormand


Question: 'This breed was originally raised by the Romans to fight lions'

Answer: a Rottweiler


THE NEW YORK TIMES LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Question: 'In a lighter vein, Ogden Nash wrote to complain that these won't stick unless he uses Scotch tape'

Answer: stamps


Question: 'Rossby waves are formed when air from these 2 chilly spots heads for the equator'

Answer: the poles


Question: '2-word numerical term for burial at sea or just getting rid of something'

Answer: deep sixing


Question: 'This land's legislature is the State Great Hural, hural meaning a council of khans'

Answer: Mongolia


Question: 'Before he was "Wanted" by Angelina Jolie, he sought "Atonement" with Keira Knightley'

Answer: (James) McAvoy


Question: 'The pharaohs bred this ancient dog, also called the gazelle hound'

Answer: salukis


THE NEW YORK TIMES LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Question: 'A 1998 letter from this longtime head of the Motion Picture Association of America praised China's crackdown on piracy'

Answer: (Jack) Valenti


Question: 'At about 37,000

Answer: the stratosphere


Question: 'To plead or implore urgently'

Answer: beseech


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands in an ornate chamber in The Hague, the Netherlands.)  I'm the The Hague in the meeting place of the First Chamber, part of this Dutch Parliament for which a New York City borough is named'

Answer: the Staten-Generaal


Question: 'Ilya Kuryakin on "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.", he plays Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard on "NCIS"'

Answer: David McCallum


Question: 'The name of this breed comes from a Slavic word meaning "swift"'

Answer: a Borzoi


THE NEW YORK TIMES LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Question: 'In a 1934 letter this economist said a U.S. recovery would be helped by low interest rates, like in Britain'

Answer: John Maynard Keynes


Question: 'The way-up-there ionosphere was defined as where ions are numerous enough to affect the propagation of these waves'

Answer: radio waves


Question: 'To go forward or onward'

Answer: proceed


Question: 'When not in Africa, Rhodes intermittently attended this British university where Rhodes scholars go today'

Answer: Oxford


Question: '1988 for "Don't Worry Be Happy"'

Answer: Bobby McFerrin


Question: 'I've created this, an exact duplicate of the flower you requested from that field in Afghanistan'

Answer: a copy poppy


Question: '178 feet above sea level on the Mississippi River in metropolitan Memphis'

Answer: Tennessee


Question: 'The last words of Nazi Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel were this "uber alles"'

Answer: Deutschland


Question: '(Alex reports from a field of flowers in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.)  Specimens of finches from different parts of the Galapagos gave Darwin a deep insight into evolution; later, back home in England, he figured out its mechanism, this 2-word term'

Answer: natural selection


Question: 'Rhodes' 1902 will called for a new secret society to take back the U.S. for Britain; in 1877 he joined this secret society'

Answer: the Masons


Question: '1994 for "All I Wanna Do"'

Answer: Sheryl Crow


Question: '2-word phrase the photographer on Discovery could have said while close to the Russian space station in 1998'

Answer: Mir here (or Mir near)


Question: '479 feet above sea level on the Colorado River in Clark County just south of Laughlin'

Answer: Nevada


Question: 'Josef Breuer wrote an 1895 book on hysteria with this fellow Austrian'

Answer: Sigmund Freud


Question: 'Equador made the Galapagos its first national park in 1959, the centennial year of this seminal Darwin work'

Answer: The Origin of Species


Question: 'In 1888 Rhodes secured a near monopoly on South Africa diamond mining & formed this company'

Answer: De Beers


Question: '2006 for "Not Ready to Make Nice"'

Answer: The Dixie Chicks


Question: 'Vexing problem seen here'

Answer: preamble scramble


Question: '95 feet above sea level on Lake Champlain'

Answer: Vermont


Question: 'This crumbly coffee cake topping is often paired with "swirl"'

Answer: Streusel


Question: '(Alex sits with some seals at the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.)  "The circumstance that several of the islands possess their own species strikes me with wonder", Darwin wrote in "Journal of Researches", which today is better known as "The Voyage of" this'

Answer: the Beagle


Question: 'A gold coin bears the name of this South African president whom Rhodes & others tried to overthrow in 1895'

Answer: (Paul) Kruger


Question: '1982 for "Rosanna"'

Answer: Toto


Question: 'Within the structure seen here lies the tube that passes food from pharynx to stomach'

Answer: sarcophagus esophagus


Question: '282 feet below sea level at Badwater Basin in Inyo County'

Answer: California


Question: 'He whipped the Continental Army into shape in the 1770s; the Ohio ville named for him lost the Prussian pronunciation'

Answer: Steuben


Question: 'Young Darwin saw himself as a geologist, & his 1st entry on the isles says, "They are all formed of... rocks" from this event'

Answer: a volcanic eruption


Question: 'In 1890 Rhodes became prime minister and virtual dictator of this South Africa "Colony"'

Answer: the Cape Colony


Question: '2009 for "Use Somebody"'

Answer: Kings of Leon


Question: 'An invisible member of a U.S. armed service founded in 1775'

Answer: unseen Marine


Question: '679 feet above sea level on the Verdigris River near its southern border with Oklahoma'

Answer: Kansas


Question: 'This mid 20th-century architect designed Palm Springs' Kaufmann house seen here'

Answer: Richard Neutra


Question: '(Alex reports from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.)  Darwin believed the shape of the mouth of this reptile might be an adaptation to its herbivorous diet'

Answer: iguana


Question: 'In 59 A.D. Agrippina wrote to this man, her son, "Tell me why I should plot against your life?"--she was killed anyway'

Answer: Nero


Question: 'When the European mole wants lunch, it goes after this annelid that comes out after the rain'

Answer: Earthworm


Question: 'In 1918 the USS Cyclops vanished into this "triangle"'

Answer: Bermuda Triangle


Question: 'In 1775 this pioneering American blazed the Wilderness Road'

Answer: Daniel Boone


Question: 'The U.S. Mint Police protect $100 billion in assets at this Kentucky site'

Answer: Fort Knox


Question: 'Manicotti or macaroni<br />(5)'

Answer: Pasta


Question: '"Fe Fe Fi Fi Fo Fo Fum" this title character of a Coasters song is "a clown"'

Answer: "Charlie Brown"


Question: 'Rodents native to this continent include the cavy, coypu & capybara'

Answer: South America


Question: 'Term for the process of putting all your billiard balls in a triangle to set them for a break'

Answer: Racking


Question: 'One of his literary works gave us the term "Man Friday"'

Answer: Daniel Defoe


Question: 'During WWII these were made of steel, but a rare 1943 copper one has sold for over $80,000'

Answer: Penny


Question: 'Pilgrims' stepping stone<br />(8,4)'

Answer: Plymouth Rock


Question: 'Judy Collins recorded a version of this song from "A Little Night Music"'

Answer: "Send in the Clowns"


Question: 'The white variety of this pachyderm is the only type that eats by grazing'

Answer: Rhinoceros


Question: 'A Badfinger hit or the 4-word phrase associated with the item seen here:<br />(ringing a triangle)'

Answer: "Come and Get It"


Question: 'On the big screen he's been Gerry Conlon, Hawkeye & Christy Brown'

Answer: Daniel Day-Lewis


Question: 'Perhaps the young woman seen here is looking to these two expedition leaders for their next words to translate:<br />(Sacajawea on 2000 dollar coin)'

Answer: Lewis and Clark


Question: 'Coffin carrier<br />(10)'

Answer: Pallbearer


Question: 'In 1960 the Everly Brothers reached the top of the charts with this tune'

Answer: "Cathy\'s Clown"


Question: 'The big toe on a marmoset doesn't have a claw like its other digits; it has one of these, like you'

Answer: Nail


Question: 'Body part in the triangle atop the pyramid in the Great Seal of the United States'

Answer: Eye


Question: 'One of his best-known orations is the Bunker Hill speech of 1825'

Answer: Daniel Webster


Question: 'A seedy fruit<br />(11)'

Answer: Pomegranate


Question: 'His hit "I'm Still Standing" says, "If our love was just a circus, you'd be a clown by now"'

Answer: Elton John


Question: 'Unlike birds today, the hesperonis of the cretaceous period had these, all the better to eat fish with'

Answer: Teeth


Question: 'To get into this city's Golden Triangle you can use the Fort Pitt Bridge'

Answer: Pittsburgh


Question: 'The Pentagon Papers he gave to the N.Y. Times in 1971 revealed deceptions about Vietnam dating back to the 1940s'

Answer: Daniel Ellsberg


Question: 'He crossed from heads to tails to appear on the reverse of the 1999 New Jersey quarter'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'Ahab's vessel<br />(6)'

Answer: Pequod


Question: 'This title of a Stealers Wheel song completes the line "Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am..."'

Answer: "Stuck in the Middle With You"


Question: 'In 1161 Pope Alexander III canonized this British king & gave him the title of Confessor'

Answer: Edward


Question: 'She was named for her birthplace: Winona, Minnesota'

Answer: Winona Ryder


Question:
'"The Crusades",
"The King of Kings",
"The Ten Commandments"'

Answer: Cecil B. DeMille


Question: 'In a bitterly fought 1894 election to decide the state capital, Anaconda lost to this city'

Answer: Helena


Question: 'Arnold Lobel took a page out of Aesop's book, publishing a book of these that won in 1981'

Answer: Fables


Question: 'A survey of the gnomelike beings of Scandinavian folklore'

Answer: Troll poll


Question: 'These ever-popular singing sisters perform at the Lawrence Welk Champagne Theatre in Branson, Missouri'

Answer: Lennon Sisters


Question:
'"Dick Tracy",
"Reds",
"Heaven Can Wait"'

Answer: Warren Beatty


Question: 'This nickname used on Montana license plates is also the name of a popular ski resort'

Answer: Big Sky


Question: 'If you wonder where the Caldecotts are, in 1964 the new one was with this author/illustrator'

Answer: Maurice Sendak


Question: 'A perspiring abominable snowman'

Answer: Sweaty yeti


Question: 'Kay Waldo Barnes, this former CBS anchorman's cousin, became the first female mayor of Kansas City, MO. in 1999'

Answer: Walter Cronkite


Question:
'"Straw Dogs",
"The Killer Elite",
"The Wild Bunch"'

Answer: Sam Peckinpah


Question: 'The Cartwright family would be right at home with this type of pine, the state tree of Montana'

Answer: Ponderosa pine


Question: 'The 1998 Paul O. Zelinsky book about this girl isn't a hair-raising tale, just the opposite!'

Answer: Rapunzel


Question: 'Goat god's well-thought-out merrymaking schemes'

Answer: Pan\'s plans


Question: 'Her first novel, "The Road Through the Wall", was published in 1948, the same year as her short story "The Lottery"'

Answer: Shirley Jackson


Question:
'"Three Amigos!",
"National Lampoon's Animal House",
"The Blues Brothers"'

Answer: John Landis


Question: 'In 1882 the Northern Pacific Railroad founded this city & named it for one of its presidents, not a collection dept.'

Answer: Billings


Question: 'Remember, this 1982 Chris Van Allsburg winner is only a book; well, a game, too...a book & a game'

Answer: "Jumanji"


Question: 'Top Greek god's prune squeezin's'

Answer: Zeus\'s juices


Question: '(Hi, I'm Ekaterina Gordeeva)  I won my first Olympic gold medal in 1988, the same year this skater won her second gold medal'

Answer: Katarina Witt


Question:
'"Death Becomes Her",
"Back to the Future",
"Forrest Gump"'

Answer: Robert Zemeckis


Question: 'In 1916 this Missoula, Montana native became the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress'

Answer: Jeannette Rankin


Question: '1948's & '49's books had this weather condition in their titles; Roger Duvoisin's was "White" & "Bright"; the Haders

Answer: Snow


Question: 'A wisdom goddess' amphitheaters'

Answer: Athena\'s arenas


Question: 'Retired since 1977, he said, "All I can say is I'm glad I never had to go up against Mia Hamm"'

Answer: Pele


Question: 'In his 1789 address he stated that he didn't believe he should be paid for becoming president'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'It's the band that had a hit with "Up on Cripple Creek"'

Answer: The Band


Question: 'This Kate Mulgrew "Star Trek" show would've been very different if the crew traveled around space in the Chrysler van'

Answer: Star Trek: Voyager


Question: 'Like rust, Mars gets its reddish color from oxides of this element'

Answer: Iron


Question: 'The Potomac'

Answer: Chesapeake Bay


Question: 'Let's hear it for this capital of Idaho'

Answer: Boise


Question: 'He thanked Al Gore "for a contest conducted with spirit and ended with grace"'

Answer: George W. Bush


Question: 'It's the nickname of the Beatles album that has a stark white cover'

Answer: "The White Album"


Question: 'It won't tax you much to take a gamble & name this Riviera city 9 miles from Nice, France'

Answer: Monte Carlo


Question: '"Once upon a time there was a Martian named Valentine Michael Smith", begins this Heinlein work'

Answer: "Stranger in A Strange Land"


Question: 'The Ganges'

Answer: Bay of Bengal


Question: '"Streetwise" nickname of the Super Bowl III MVP'

Answer: "Broadway Joe" Namath


Question: 'He said, "The country having just emerged from a great rebellion, many questions will come before it for settlement"'

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant


Question: 'In a 1978 song, this group asked, "Who Are You?"'

Answer: The Who


Question: 'One might think that this make of Ford runs best from April 20 to May 20'

Answer: Taurus


Question: 'Arnold arduously activates an ancient atmosphere appliance in this 1990 Martian big screen adventure'

Answer: Total Recall


Question: 'The Loire River in France'

Answer: Bay of Biscay


Question: 'Appropriately, the stock ticker symbol for Sotheby's is this 3-letter word'

Answer: BID


Question: 'In his March 4, 1825 address he mentioned our forefathers but never mentioned his own father, a former president'

Answer: John Quincy Adams


Question: 'A song by this group says, "Everybody have fun tonight, everybody Wang Chung tonight"'

Answer: Wang Chung


Question: 'Once living near the Great Lakes but defeated by the Iroquois, this tribe moved to the Southeast (but not in Jeeps)'

Answer: Cherokee


Question: 'The Trinity River in Texas'

Answer: Galveston Bay


Question: 'Oh, you can call it Istanbul, or you can call it Constantinople, or you can call it this'

Answer: Byzantium


Question: 'Polk declared, "Our title to" this western territory "is 'clear and unquestionable'"'

Answer: Oregon Territory


Question: 'This double album by Kiss was certified platinum'

Answer: "Double Platinum"


Question: 'It orbits the sun at a mean distance of about 888 million miles, though we're not sure what kind of MPG it gets'

Answer: Saturn


Question: 'The Cooks & Georges Rivers in Australia'

Answer: Botany Bay


Question: 'A carillon is a set of 23 or more of these'

Answer: Bells


Question: 'The Sui dynasty refortified this major construction project mainly built under the Ch'ins'

Answer: Great Wall of China


Question: 'This entertainer earned the nickname "The Handcuff King" for his ability to escape manacles'

Answer: Harry Houdini


Question: 'In 2000 Salman Rushdie visited this, his native country, for the first time since the "Satanic Verses" furor'

Answer: India


Question: 'Bilbo Baggins'

Answer: J.R.R. Tolkien


Question: '1986:<br />Paul Hogan faces the jungle of New York City'

Answer: Crocodile Dundee


Question: 'In the King James Bible, Hilkiah is described as this type of priest'

Answer: High priest


Question: '(Alex reading clue in a Southern drawl)  Li Po & Tu Fu did their own thang, & wrote a bunch of these works in the dynasty T'ang'

Answer: Poems


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the halls of Alcatraz)  During his term at Alcatraz, this man called "Machine Gun" worked as an altar boy in the prison chapel'

Answer: "Machine Gun" Kelly


Question: 'People in this South American city were upset by a "Simpsons" episode showing street kids & monkeys there'

Answer: Rio de Janeiro


Question: 'Captain Nemo & Phileas Fogg'

Answer: Jules Verne


Question: '1992:<br />Criminals "hound" each other following a bungled jewel heist'

Answer: Reservoir Dogs


Question: 'It's the type of music played here, from the place you might hear it'

Answer: Elevator music


Question: 'The Chinese one of these dates back to the Shang dynasty & it accounted for the phases of the moon'

Answer: Calendar


Question: 'Because of his oratory style, James K. Polk was nicknamed this French leader "of the stump"'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'In a landmark case, Slobodan Milosevic was arraigned on war crimes charges in this European city in 2001'

Answer: The Hague


Question: 'Pudd'nhead Wilson'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: '1968:<br />As Henry II, Peter O'Toole deliberates over who should succeed him'

Answer: The Lion in Winter


Question: 'A type of apartment often used by artists, or the backward slant on a golf club's face'

Answer: Loft


Question: 'It was the "chubby" nickname of jazz musician Thomas Wright Waller'

Answer: "Fats"


Question: 'A coup against this country's president Hugo Chavez fizzled in 2002'

Answer: Venezuela


Question: 'John Yossarian'

Answer: Joseph Heller


Question: '1965:<br />Jane Fonda turns from schoolteacher to outlaw'

Answer: Cat Ballou


Question: '"You're" this, "you're a Waldorf salad; you're" this, "you're a Berlin ballad"'

Answer: The Top


Question: 'Nicknamed "Night Train", in 1952 he became the first & only player in NFL history to intercept 14 passes in one season'

Answer: Dick Lane


Question: 'On June 14, 2001 the U.S. said it would end bombing exercises on this Puerto Rican island'

Answer: Vieques


Question: 'George Smiley'

Answer: John le Carre


Question: '1976:<br />Burt Reynolds as an ex-con with a personal vendetta against corrupt politicians'

Answer: Gator


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew pulling up a punching bag)  As a verb, it means "to lift"; as a noun, it's an assembly of pulleys to lift heavy objects'

Answer: Hoist


Question: 'In the 1800s Carl Wunderlich got this number by averaging over a million readings from armpits of 25,000 patients'

Answer: 98.6 degrees


Question: 'This flower's name didn't come from just any old garden, but from a botanist, Dr. Alexander Garden'

Answer: the Gardenia


Question: 'Leonard Maltin described the 1971 British film version of this Anna Sewell tale as "average horse opera"'

Answer: Black Beauty


Question: 'After Macbeth's death, his stepson, Lulach, became king of this country, but only for a few months'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'This city was named after Daniel Greysolon, who was also known as Sieur du Lhut'

Answer: Duluth


Question: 'While they've served in the Navy since before WWI, they weren't admitted to the academy until 1976'

Answer: Women


Question: 'The short-grain, medium-grain & long-grain varieites of this can all be used to make pudding'

Answer: rice


Question: 'From the Greek, these 2nd year students are the "wise fools" of the academic world'

Answer: sophomores


Question: 'In this film Theresa Russell played a young woman who seduced, married & then murdered wealthy men'

Answer: Black Widow


Question: 'In 1931 Alfonso XIII was forced to leave this country, & he died in exile in Rome 10 years later'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'About 10,000 years ago this dug out the 10,000 lakes'

Answer: the glacier


Question: 'One-word term for an authorized leave from duty; to a sailor it means freedom for 48 hours or less'

Answer: liberty


Question: 'This phrase refers to the ability to measure up to expectations & can precede "is in the eating"'

Answer: The proof of the pudding is in the eating


Question: 'Something producing rainbowlike colors is said to be this, after Iris, goddess of the rainbow'

Answer: iridescent


Question: 'This 1929 Hitchcock movie, his & England's 1st talkie, was shot originally as a silent'

Answer: Blackmail


Question: 'Queen Victoria's uncle Leopold I was the 1st king of this country'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'Both the cities of Bemidji & Brainerd have statues honoring this ox'

Answer: Babe the Blue Ox


Question: 'They are the 2 official colors of the U.S. Navy'

Answer: blue & gold


Question: 'This pudding is a type of cornmeal mush, as Yankee Doodle could have told you'

Answer: hasty pudding


Question: 'An ideal community, from the title of a Thomas More work'

Answer: Utopia


Question: 'George Segal played Sam Spade Jr. in this 1975 film satirizing "The Maltese Falcon"'

Answer: The Black Bird


Question: 'This country has been ruled by Haakon the Good, Haakon the Old & Haakon the Broad-Shouldered'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'With this as the state nickname, Fred Grandy should have been a representative from Minnesota'

Answer: "The Gopher State"


Question: 'In 1985 the submarine Rhode Island was renamed for this late Washington State senator'

Answer: (Henry) Jackson


Question: 'The 3 traditional methods used in cooking puddings are boiling, baking & this'

Answer: steaming


Question: 'From the Urdu word for "dusty", cloth of this color was popularized during the Sepoy Mutiny in India'

Answer: khaki


Question: 'This 1979 Disney sci-fi film starring Maximilian Schell was nominated for an Oscar for Visual Effects'

Answer: The Black Hole


Question: 'This St. Paul co. began by mining corundum, then making sandpaper & masking tape'

Answer: 3M


Question: 'Base that's headquarters to the U.S. Pacific Fleet'

Answer: Pearl Harbor


Question: 'In a nursery rhyme, this boy's name is followed by "pudding and pie"'

Answer: Georgie Porgie


Question: '3 men are captured by a "sea monster" which turns out to be a strange underwater ship, the Nautilus'

Answer: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea


Question: 'A little birdie told us this timepiece was 1st made around 1750 in Germany's Black Forest'

Answer: the cuckoo clock


Question: 'He had a "Big Adventure" that pulled in big bucks at the box office'

Answer: Pee-Wee Herman


Question: 'Unlike their Spanish-speaking Central American neighbors, most residents of Belize speak this language'

Answer: English


Question: 'This curvaceous country singer has written many of her own hits, including "Applejack" & "2 Doors Down"'

Answer: Dolly Parton


Question: 'The Dept. of Egyptian Antiquities was formed in 1826 to study artifacts from his Egyptian campaign'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'Martians conquer England with heat rays but then succumb to Earthly bacteria'

Answer: The War of the Worlds


Question: '1st called a longcase or coffin clock, it was renamed this after a popular turn-of-the-century song'

Answer: a grandfather clock


Question: 'Ted Turner tried to buy CBS after this company bought ABC'

Answer: Capital Cities


Question: 'The so-called click languages, such as Hottentot, are native to this continent'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'He titled one of his albums "A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night"'

Answer: Harry Nilsson


Question: 'His "Arrangement in Grey & Black No. 2" is in a Glasgow museum; No. 1 is in the Louvre'

Answer: James McNeill Whistler


Question: 'W. Somerset Maugham's tale of a medical student obsessed with the vulgar waitress Mildred'

Answer: Of Human Bondage


Question: 'The 1st mechanical clock had no dial or hands but did this to indicate the time'

Answer: chimed (a bell rang)


Question: 'Robert McFarlane resigned as National Security Advisor & this man, his deputy, succeeded him'

Answer: John Poindexter


Question: 'It was the basic literary language of Italy as late as the 15th century'

Answer: Latin


Question: 'Canadian whose 1st No. 1 hit in the U.S. was "You Needed Me" in 1978'

Answer: Anne Murray


Question: 'Visitors now enter the museum through a new structure shaped like one of these'

Answer: a pyramid


Question: 'Emma takes poison after using up her husband's inheritance to finance her love affair'

Answer: Madame Bovary


Question: 'After WWII the United States Time Corporation changed its name to this'

Answer: Timex


Question: 'A typo that reversed her explanation of rhythm method forced Warner Books to recall her book'

Answer: Dr. Ruth (Westheimer)


Question: 'What the Dalmatian, Gothic & Babylonian languages have in common'

Answer: dead languages


Question: '"Seasonal" surname of siblings Jimmy & Edgar'

Answer: Winter


Question: 'The French ambassador at Constantinople bought this statue, though incomplete, from Greek peasants'

Answer: Venus de Milo


Question: 'The old priest Stephen Kumalo sadly tracks down his son in Johannesburg in this Alan Paton novel'

Answer: Cry, the Beloved Country


Question: 'The city of Times Beach, Mo. was permanently abandoned due to contamination by this chemical substance'

Answer: dioxin


Question: 'Seemingly unrelated to any other language, "Euskara" is spoken by these people of the Pyrenees'

Answer: Basques


Question: 'He sang with Sarah Vaughan & Mel Torme on his "2:00 AM Paradise Cafe" album'

Answer: Barry Manilow


Question: 'Among his other paintings in the Louvre are "St. John the Baptist" & the "Virgin of the Rocks"'

Answer: Leonardo


Question: 'He was born in Connecticut in 1800 & hanged for treason in Virginia in 1859'

Answer: John Brown


Question: 'Musically, this capital is known for its "Pops" concerts & summer concerts on the Charles River Esplanade'

Answer: Boston


Question:
'Basketball,
American intercollegiate football,
rugby'

Answer: Rugby


Question: 'This group of warriors called Hippolyta their queen'

Answer: Amazons


Question: 'Title character who says, "Rommel, you magnificent bastard...I read your book!"'

Answer: Patton


Question: 'This domestic animal's circling movement before lying down goes back to a grass-flattening behavior'

Answer: Dog


Question: 'Every clod has a liver shining'

Answer: Every cloud has a silver lining


Question: 'This small capital lies at the western edge of its state's Bluegrass region'

Answer: Frankfort, Kentucky


Question:
'The Red Hot Chili Peppers,
the Sex Pistols,
the Moody Blues'

Answer: Moody Blues (1960s)


Question: 'By jove, she was right by Jupiter, as his wife'

Answer: Juno


Question: 'Classic 1930 movie in which you'd hear "Mother of mercy!  Is this the end of Rico?"'

Answer: Little Caesar


Question: 'Salmon depend mainly on this sense to find their native rivers'

Answer: Smell


Question: 'Bleat, stink & be hairy'

Answer: Eat, drink & be merry


Question: 'It was the original western terminus of the Transcontinental Railroad'

Answer: Sacramento


Question:
'The Slinky,
Wham-O's hula hoop,
the Barbie Doll'

Answer: Slinky


Question: 'All that blooms or the Roman goddess of all that blooms'

Answer: Flora


Question: 'In "Gilda" this actress declares, "If I'd been a ranch, they would've named me The Bar Nothing"'

Answer: Rita Hayworth


Question: 'Some frogs retract their eyes to help them do this after catching a fly'

Answer: Swallow


Question: 'Streak while the organ is wrought'

Answer: Strike while the iron is hot


Question: 'A statue of Ethan Allen graces the Capitol Building portico in this city'

Answer: Montpelier, Vermont


Question:
'J.C. Penney,
Sears,
K Mart'

Answer: Sears


Question: 'Plato split her into 2 goddesses: one of pure love & one of common love'

Answer: Aphrodite


Question: 'Trying to act "Honor"ably in this movie, Jack Nicholson asks, "Do I ice her?  Do I marry her?"'

Answer: Prizzi\'s Honor


Question: 'The emperor variety of this bird can stay underwater for 18 minutes'

Answer: Penguin


Question: 'If witches were heroes then beavers would hide'

Answer: If wishes were horses then beggars would ride


Question: 'This capital's executive mansion was once the home of James G. Blaine'

Answer: Augusta, Maine


Question:
'"Pet Sematary",
"Carrie",
"The Shining"'

Answer: "Carrie"


Question: 'Odysseus spent a month (or maybe longer) with this sorceress on the island of Aeaea'

Answer: Circe


Question: 'Whoopi Goldberg asks, "How am I supposed to write for a guy that doesn't have a head?" in this film about daytime TV'

Answer: Soapdish


Question: 'Dominance was first discovered in flocks of chickens, hence this common hierarchical phrase'

Answer: Pecking order


Question: 'The whales have oars'

Answer: The walls have ears


Question: 'A holiday is named for this building Charles V added to the fortification of Paris'

Answer: the Bastille


Question: 'This country is planting a "green wall" to try to stop the encroachment of the Sahara'

Answer: Algeria


Question: 'This late night show lost 2 of its former stars, Phil Hartman & Chris Farley, within months of each other'

Answer: Saturday Night Live


Question: 'In this play, Paris is a kinsman to the prince of Verona'

Answer: Romeo and Juliet


Question: 'Bunyan's barroom fisticuffs'

Answer: Paul\'s brawls


Question: 'England's Charles I dismissed it in 1629, ruled without it for 11 years, then called a short one'

Answer: Parliament


Question: 'It's the only "A" country whose currency is the peso'

Answer: Argentina


Question: 'Robert Pilatus, half of this lip-synching recording duo, died in April 1998'

Answer: Milli Vanilli


Question: 'Gratiano is this "Othello" heroine's uncle'

Answer: Desdemona


Question: 'Robin's booty that he stole from the rich'

Answer: Hood\'s goods


Question: 'Holy Roman Emperor Charles II was nicknamed this; we guess he wasn't the hair apparent to the throne'

Answer: Charles the Bald


Question: 'It's said that he co-wrote his first hit, "Splish Splash", with D.J. Murray the K's mother in 12 minutes'

Answer: Bobby Darin


Question: '1 of the 2 countries whose names begin with "A" but don't end in "A"'

Answer: Afghanistan & Azerbaijan


Question: 'On film she was Hannah's mother & Tarzan's Jane'

Answer: Maureen O\'Sullivan


Question: 'Horatio begs this king's ghost to "Stay, and speak!" but it disappears when the cock crows'

Answer: Hamlet


Question: 'Norse thunder god's daily duties'

Answer: Thor\'s chores


Question: 'This woman was instrumental in putting the Dauphin on the throne of France as King Charles VII'

Answer: Joan of Arc


Question: 'Among the film scores written by this "Short People" composer are "Parenthood", "Avalon" & "Maverick"'

Answer: Randy Newman


Question: 'Birds that call this country home include the galah, the rosella & the fairy penguin'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Mae Quesnel, famous as the voice of Betty Boop & this other cartoon woman, died in January 1998'

Answer: Olive Oyl


Question: 'Leontes is the king of Sicilia in this "seasonal" play set in Sicilia & Bohemia'

Answer: The Winter\'s Tale


Question: 'Legendary Carthaginian queen's faithful dogs'

Answer: Dido\'s Fidos


Question: 'Charles III of Spain made religious news by curbing this institution & expelling the Jesuits'

Answer: Spanish Inquisition


Question: 'He was awarded the Medal of Merit for his 1942 all-soldier show "This is the Army"'

Answer: Irving Berlin


Question: 'Diamonds are a major export of this former Portuguese colony'

Answer: Angola


Question: 'They were the first black mayors of Detroit & Los Angeles'

Answer: Coleman Young & Tom Bradley


Question: '"Imprisoned is he, say you?" is the first line spoken by this title Athenian'

Answer: Timon of Athens


Question: 'Gentleman's comforting "companions" in the Greek underworld'

Answer: Hades\' ladies


Question: 'This type of machine, in the news in 1987, was developed in the '70s from a noodle-making device'

Answer: Paper shredder


Question: '1969's Las Vegas Entertainer of the Year was this "King of Rock & Roll"'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: 'Charles & this American president were born on the same day, February 12, 1809; Charles lived much longer'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'You'll find it at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue'

Answer: the White House


Question: 'Daniel Hough, the Civil War's first fatality, died not in battle but in an accident at this fort'

Answer: Fort Sumter


Question: 'I'm at Gray's Papaya, a stand that advertises hot dogs tastier than this cut of steak with a French name'

Answer: filet mignon


Question: 'This band with an "Appetite for Destruction" is known as G N' R'

Answer: Guns N\' Roses


Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: 'Young Charles had John Edmonstone teach him this art whose motto may be "Get Stuffed"'

Answer: taxidermy


Question: 'When waved in the air, it's a universal sign of surrender'

Answer: white flag


Question: 'The siege of Vicksburg in 1863 gave the Union control of this river'

Answer: Mississippi River


Question: 'Have I got a deal for you!  Name this engineering triumph of the 19th century'

Answer: Brooklyn Bridge


Question: 'This "Fly" group's latest CD "14:59" plays on their so-called 15 minutes of fame'

Answer: Sugar Ray


Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt


Question: 'It was Darwin's favorite professor who recommended him for the naturalist post aboard this ship'

Answer: the HMS Beagle


Question: 'With possible political aspirations, Elizabeth Dole resigned as head of this in January 1999'

Answer: American Red Cross


Question: 'Less than a month after graduating last in his class from West Point, he made his first stand at Bull Run'

Answer: George Custer


Question: 'This home for our furry & feathered friends is named for the borough where I grew up'

Answer: The Bronx Zoo


Question: 'When INXS went home, they went to this country'

Answer: Australia


Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'A Galapagos governor told Darwin he could look at one of these giant creatures & identify its island'

Answer: a turtle (or a tortoise)


Question: 'St. Basil's Cathedral stands at one end of it'

Answer: Red Square


Question: 'Robert E. Lee lost nearly a quarter of his troops in this bloody Maryland battle of 1862'

Answer: Antietam (or Sharpsburg)


Question: 'Theatergoers know that Times Square is formed by the intersection of 7th Avenue & this street'

Answer: Broadway


Question: 'Before recording their own songs in 1969, he & Bernie Taupin wrote for other artists'

Answer: Elton John


Answer: James Madison


Question: 'The grandfather of this "Brave New World" author was known as "Darwin's Bulldog"'

Answer: Aldous Huxley


Question: '3-time Super Bowl champs, they won in 1983, 1988 & 1992'

Answer: Washington Redskins


Question: 'Though relieved as Union Army chief in March 1862, he continued to lead the Army of the Potomac until November'

Answer: George McClellan


Question: 'This man hit a harmless single here (Yankee Stadium) on May 15, 1941 & he wasn't held hitless in a game until July 17'

Answer: Joe DiMaggio


Question: 'A 6-day fast by this man in 1932 changed the way the untouchables in India were treated'

Answer: Mohandas Gandhi


Question: 'Jean Marsh of "Upstairs/Downstairs" played Antony's wife Octavia in this Taylor-&-Burton epic'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'It can save someone's life:<br />CPR'

Answer: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation


Question: 'She dedicated her book "The Mirror Crack'd" to Margaret Rutherford, who played Miss Marple in several films'

Answer: Agatha Christie


Question: 'Columnist Abigail, who opposes smoking, or president Martin, who opposed the annexation of Texas'

Answer: Van Buren


Question: 'In the words of the New York Times, the minivan "dethroned" this "as the preferred utility vehicle of American families"'

Answer: Stationwagon


Question: 'The first factory to make these cars was dedicated in Wolfsburg, Germany May 26, 1938'

Answer: Volkswagen


Question: 'He wasn't an Oscar winner yet when his uncle Francis Ford Coppola directed him in "Rumble Fish" in 1983'

Answer: Nicolas Cage


Question: 'A type of managed care plan:<br />HMO'

Answer: Health maintenance organization


Question: 'When this heroine shrinks, she falls into a pool of tears she'd shed when she was 9 feet tall'

Answer: Alice in Wonderland


Question: 'Game show producers once quaked at the name of this 1950s Columbia University instructor'

Answer: Charles Van Doren


Question: 'This number, the usual minivan capacity, would have been enough for TV's Bradford children'

Answer: 8


Question: 'In 1931 chemists discovered a growth hormone in this gland'

Answer: Pituitary gland


Question: 'Shirley Eaton played the gilded glamour gal in this 1964 spy classic'

Answer: Goldfinger


Question: 'It records brain waves:<br />EEG'

Answer: Electroencephalogram


Question: 'This playwright, a "Blithe Spirit", wrote his "Chelsea Buns" poems under the pen name Hernia Whittlebot'

Answer: Noel Coward


Question: 'This "Moondance" singer was once married to a woman named Janet Planet'

Answer: Van Morrison


Question: 'The '96 Dodge Caravan was the first minivan to be this "Trend"y magazine's Car of the Year'

Answer: Motor Trend


Question: 'Pope Pius XI's "Casti Connubii" encyclical of 1930 was largely a condemnation of this practice'

Answer: Birth control


Question: 'Originally named Susan Stockard, she found fame & fortune when she co-starred in "The Fortune" in 1975'

Answer: Stockard Channing


Question: 'One who takes care of the sick:<br />LPN'

Answer: Licensed practical nurse


Question: 'Cherry Pecksniff, Paul Sweedlepipe & Jonas Chuzzlewit are all characters in this novel'

Answer: "Martin Chuzzlewit"


Question: 'Last name of "Watermelon Man" director Melvin & his son, "New Jack City" director Mario'

Answer: Van Peebles


Question: 'On Nov. 2, 1983 this man drove the first modern minivan off a Chrysler assembly line'

Answer: Lee Iacocca


Question: 'Tops in country music in the '30s were this family's A.P., Sara & Maybelle'

Answer: Carter family


Question: 'This leading man of "Speed II" was first seen onscreen in the futuristic flick "Solarbabies"'

Answer: Jason Patric


Question: 'A vaccination:<br />DPT'

Answer: Diphtheria, pertussis & tetanus


Question: 'Published in 1928, "All the Conspirators" was the first novel by this British author of "The Berlin Stories"'

Answer: Christopher Isherwood


Question: 'She set an American record in 1996 by swimming the 50-meter freestyle in 24.87 seconds'

Answer: Amy Van Dyken


Question: 'Perhaps you can sail the dark emerald seas in this Honda minivan that comes in dark emerald pearl'

Answer: Odyssey


Question: 'This 800-mile-long feature was discovered & named by Andrew Lawson'

Answer: San Andreas Fault


Question: '1890:<br />This territory, no small potatoes, joins the Union as the 43rd state'

Answer: Idaho


Question: '"Father McKenzie, wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave, no one was saved"'

Answer: "Eleanor Rigby"


Question: 'Though he wrote a number of operas, Michael Haydn is far less famous than this older brother'

Answer: Joseph Haydn


Question: 'The Last Drop Tavern was named for its proximity to the spot where public hangings took place in this Scottish capital'

Answer: Edinburgh


Question: 'Pooh's porcine pal'

Answer: Piglet


Question: 'A hunky hurler:<br />ROTH'

Answer: Thor


Question: '1988:<br />The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge is completed in this city, its second bridge between Europe & Asia'

Answer: Istanbul


Question: '"You've got me on my knees... I'm begging, darlin

Answer: "Layla"


Question: 'His 18th child, Johann Christian, wrote operas for the King's Theatre in London'

Answer: Johann Sebastian Bach


Question: 'The good folk at gdaypubs.com are making a major pub crawl in this country, which has more than 4,000 of them'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Many a mom has compared her kid's messy room to this kind of hog enclosure'

Answer: a pigsty


Question: 'She's Mrs. Osiris:<br />SI SI'

Answer: Isis


Question: '1962:<br />After 132 years of French rule, this North African nation becomes independent'

Answer: Algeria


Question: '"Oo, you make my motor run, my motor run, gun it comin' off the line (this girl)... my my my i yi woo!"'

Answer: "My Sharona"


Question: 'Both the junior & senior Johanns in this Viennese family conducted dance music as well as composed it'

Answer: Strauss


Question: 'In the 1600s London's leading literary lights got lit at this tavern named for a fish-tailed female'

Answer: a mermaid


Question: 'This "airborne" 3-word phrase is a cute way of saying "never"'

Answer: when pigs fly


Question: 'Apollo's sister:<br />A MISTER'

Answer: Artemis


Question: '1608:<br />Samuel de Champlain establishes this city, Canada's oldest'

Answer: Quebec


Question: '"Well, I'm not the world's most physical guy but when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine"'

Answer: "Lola"


Question: 'Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, was a composer as well as the brother-in-law of this British queen'

Answer: Queen Victoria


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Raleigh Tavern in Williamsburg, VA.)  The Raleigh Tavern here in Williamsburg has hosted many a feast, including one for this Frenchman during his triumphant return to America in 1824'

Answer: Lafayette


Question: 'In an 1865 book, the Duchess' baby surprises this title girl when it grunts, turns into a pig & trots away'

Answer: Alice in Wonderland


Question: 'Babylonian babe:<br />HI STAR'

Answer: Ishtar


Question: '324 A.D.: this Roman emperor defeats Licinius at the Battle of Adrianople'

Answer: Constantine


Question: '"You don't have to put on the red light, those days are over, you don't have to sell your body to the night"'

Answer: "Roxanne"


Question: 'We hope that Liszt was on the guest list when his daughter Cosima married this "Die Walkure" composer in 1870'

Answer: Wagner


Question: 'Have some Bass Ale or Strongbow Cider at the Rose & Crown in the U.K. section of this Disney World park'

Answer: Epcot


Question: 'In "Henry IV, Part II", Doll Tearsheet calls this rotund gent a "little tidy Bartholomew boar-pig"'

Answer: Sir John Falstaff


Question: 'He's swift of foot:<br />MY CURER'

Answer: Mercury


Question: '1930:<br />Woman with brooch; balding man with glasses, pitchfork; cottage in Gothic Revival style in back'

Answer: American Gothic


Question: 'Havana-born Manny Diaz'

Answer: Miami


Question: 'Armed robbers have targeted tourists hiking the trails above this Colombia capital'

Answer: Bogotá


Question: 'Spike chronicled the aftermath of this disaster in the 2006 documentary series "When the Levees Broke"'

Answer: Hurricane Katrina


Question: 'The jungle babbler isn't someone who's gone mad in the forest, it's a type of this'

Answer: a bird


Question: 'Old British coin equal to one fourth of a penny'

Answer: a farthing


Question: 'Deity stands on shell, modestly covering herself; Zephyr & Aura bring winds & a grace rushes to cover her'

Answer: The Birth of Venus


Question: 'Richard M. Daley'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'An Ebola outbreak in the Western Kasai Province & rising crime in Kinshasa: don't go to this country'

Answer: the Congo


Question: 'Spike directed Denzel Washington in "Mo' Better Blues", "He Got Game" & this biopic'

Answer: Malcolm X


Question: 'This 1987 song features the lyrics, "If you got the money, honey, we got your disease"'

Answer: "Welcome To The Jungle"


Question: 'Cosa Nostra, another term for the Mafia, can be translated as this'

Answer: our thing


Question: '1893:<br />2 people on a rail behind a bald man; hands clasped over his ears; his mouth contorts to an "O" shape'

Answer: The Scream


Question: 'Thomas Menino, who followed Ray Flynn'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'Violent crime & harassment of women are on the rise in this country's Kathmandu Valley'

Answer: Nepal


Question: 'Spike's 1989 film "Do the Right Thing" was nominated for this film festival's Palme d'Or Award'

Answer: the Cannes


Question: 'Go to the Columbus Zoo & see Jungle Jack's Landing, named for this director emeritus of the zoo'

Answer: Jack Hanna


Question: 'An old prayer asks for deliverance from ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties & these'

Answer: things that go bump in the night


Question: '1931:<br />3 timepieces appear to be melting (one's on a branch); a fourth is swarming with ants'

Answer: The Persistence of Memory


Question: 'Gavin Newsom'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'The State Dept. says travel in this country, including Khartoum & Omdurman, is potentially dangerous'

Answer: Sudan


Question: 'In "Get on the Bus", Spike told the tale of a group headed to this 1995 Washington, D.C. gathering'

Answer: the Million Man March


Question: 'John Huston wrote & directed this 1950 jewel heist caper that starred Sterling Hayden & Marilyn Monroe'

Answer: The Asphalt Jungle


Question: 'In the 1818 poem "Endymion", John Keats reminded us all that this 4-word phrase "is a joy forever"'

Answer: a thing of beauty


Question: '1492:<br />Naked "man" within circle & square; appears to have multiple limbs; text above & below'

Answer: Vitruvian Man


Question: 'The South's Shirley Franklin'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: 'The State Dept. notes troops & tensions along this country's southern borders with Ethiopia & Djibouti'

Answer: Eritrea


Question: 'Set in 1944 Italy, this 2008 Spike Lee film told the story of 4 black American soldiers trapped in a Tuscan village'

Answer: Miracle at St. Anna


Question: 'He wrote of the law of the jungle, "The wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die"'

Answer: Rudyard Kipling


Question: 'Millard Fillmore ran unsuccessfully for president as this party's candidate in 1856'

Answer: the Know-Nothing Party


Question: 'One of the 2 moons in our solar system larger than Mercury; one orbits Jupiter & one orbits Saturn'

Answer: (1 of) Ganymede & Titan


Question: '1916's "Easter Rebellion" against British rule was centered in this capital city'

Answer: Dublin


Question: 'In the 1940 cartoon "A Wild Hare", this character utters the iconic "What's up, Doc?" line for the first time'

Answer: Bugs Bunny


Question: 'Fast-forward into the 21st century with this electronic device that "gets you way more than a DVR"'

Answer: TiVo


Question: 'Confrontation downtown today near the fair, as a pieman denied this penniless man food'

Answer: Simple Simon


Question: 'In French this graceful swimmer is un cygne'

Answer: a swan


Question: 'An annual publication chock full of facts & figures'

Answer: an almanac


Question: 'These fund-raising stamps for disabled children were first issued in 1934'

Answer: Easter Seals


Question: 'This icon of extended battery life has been going & going since 1989'

Answer: the Energizer Bunny


Question: 'Before being spun off in 1934 this airline was part of Boeing'

Answer: United


Question: 'Animal Control today swarmed over "the house that" he "built", finding a tossed dog, a worried cat & a dead rat'

Answer: Jack


Question: 'This peaceful bird is une colombe'

Answer: a dove


Question: 'Hellbenders & newts are types of these'

Answer: salamanders


Question: 'It's where you'll find Chile's Isla de Pascua National Park'

Answer: Easter Island


Question: 'A 1950s hit song by Ray Anthony inspired this popular dance craze'

Answer: the bunny hop


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew compares a logo with its antecedent.)  This association adapted the Duke of Lorraine's emblem because they, too, were fighting a crusade, but against tuberculosis'

Answer: the American Lung Association


Question: 'She terrorized 3 non-sighted rodents & dismembered them; I've never seen such a sight in my life'

Answer: the farmer\'s wife


Question: 'Ask your "mother"-- this "silly" bird is une oie'

Answer: a goose


Question: 'To take apart'

Answer: dismantle


Question: 'This Hollywood landmark began observing its famous Easter sunrise service in 1921'

Answer: the Hollywood Bowl


Question: 'Gap-toothed supermodel & onetime Playboy Bunny who now plays a publicist on "Nip/Tuck"'

Answer: Lauren Hutton


Question: 'The first credit card that could be used at multiple businesses was started by this company'

Answer: Diners Club


Question: 'This guy, "the piper's son", was arrested on pig-theft charges today, shortly after being beaten until he wept'

Answer: Tom, Tom


Question: 'This nocturnal bird of prey is un hibou'

Answer: an owl


Question: 'In the photo seen here, it's the snow-laced mountain in the background'

Answer: Kilimanjaro


Question: 'This location's first Easter Egg Roll was on April 22, 1878'

Answer: the White House


Question: 'He was Bambi's bunny buddy on the big screen'

Answer: Thumper


Question: 'This company is named after the aircraft carrier the owner served on during World War II'

Answer: Enterprise Rent-A-Car


Question: 'In a daring holdup this animal's "three bags full" of wool, intended for 3 locals, were taken at gunpoint today'

Answer: baa, baa, black sheep


Question: 'This small game bird is une caille'

Answer: a quail


Question: 'Not temporary'

Answer: permanent


Question: 'She is the "Shrew" whom Petruchio must tame'

Answer: Katarina


Question: 'Meryl Streep played an Iowa housewife who has a brief affair with Clint Eastwood in this film'

Answer: The Bridges of Madison County


Question: 'Maybe you can see here why Edison said "Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent" this'

Answer: perspiration


Question: 'The first part of Italy liberated by the Allies during World War II was this island invaded in July 1943'

Answer: Sicily


Question: 'In 1968 this president cited a "division in the American House" & quit the upcoming race in the name of national unity'

Answer: Lyndon Johnson


Question: 'To satisfy one's thirst<br />(6)'

Answer: quench


Question: 'He cannot overcome temptation or ambition but does ignore his own scruples to murder Duncan'

Answer: Macbeth


Question: 'The title trio of this movie classic are played by Clint, Lee van Cleef & Eli Wallach'

Answer: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly


Question: 'Men do it in order to look older; Abe Lincoln did it in 1860'

Answer: grow a beard


Question: 'The world's first major film festival was held in this city in 1932; today it awards the prestigious Golden Lion'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'During his second term, he authorized the sale of missiles to Iran; it would lead to Iran-Contra issues'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'Good place to hunt slate & marble<br />(6)'

Answer: quarry


Question: 'The title of this problem comedy tells you how everything is going to turn out when the play is over'

Answer: All\'s Well that Ends Well


Question: 'For 7 years, Clint played Rowdy Yates on this long-running TV western that helped launch his career'

Answer: Rawhide


Question: 'The 1530s were hard on Henry VIII; marital problems, weight gain, & this action taken by the Pope in 1533'

Answer: excommunication


Question: 'Begun in 312 B.C. & originally 20 feet wide, this first & most famous Roman road still handles traffic today'

Answer: the Appian Way


Question: 'One of his final acts as President was the controversial pardoning of financier Marc Rich'

Answer: Bill Clinton


Question: 'Leap or mechanics preceder<br />(7)'

Answer: quantum


Question: 'These 2 seasons are found in the titles of Shakespeare plays'

Answer: winter & summer


Question: 'Clint directed & starred in this 1971 film about a radio DJ & an obsessed female fan'

Answer: Play Misty for Me


Question: 'In "Little Big Man", this actor's character ages from 17 to 121'

Answer: Dustin Hoffman


Question: 'Modeled in part on aircraft landing gear, this brand of motor scooter was first produced in Tuscany in 1946'

Answer: Vespa


Question: 'He said, "I do not feel... it is my duty to spend another 4 years in the White House", then campaigned for Adlai Stevenson'

Answer: Harry Truman


Question: 'Where FBI agents train<br />(8)'

Answer: Quantico


Question: 'Achilles & Ajax are characters in this play'

Answer: Troilus & Cressida


Question: 'Clint has won 2 Oscars for directing & in 1995 got this memorial award from the Academy'

Answer: the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award


Question: 'In the 1850s Robert E. Lee was a dashing, dark-haired officer; by this year of Gettysburg, his hair was white'

Answer: 1863


Question: 'Giuseppe Mazzini, Conte di Cavour & this "Redshirt" were main figures of the Risorgimento movement'

Answer: Giuseppe Garibaldi


Question: 'Just before he left office he signed a bill creating the toxic waste-cleaning "Superfund"'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'The most typical of all<br />(14)'

Answer: quintessential


Question: 'In 1793, Haydn wrote he will be "one of Europe's finest composers, & I shall be proud to be called his teacher"'

Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven


Question: 'Steel & horses helped the Spanish conquer this empire in a single battle at Cajamarca, Peru in 1532'

Answer: the Incan Empire


Question: 'Once a scooper, Jan is now the top taste tester at this Vermont-based ice cream company'

Answer: Ben & Jerry\'s


Question: 'Tiger Woods, George Patton, Shirley Temple Black'

Answer: California


Question: 'Eczema'

Answer: skin


Question: 'Its inventor originally called it Criss-Cross Words'

Answer: Scrabble


Question: 'On a treasure map, it "marks the spot"'

Answer: X


Question: '"Colonel William Prescott, June 17, 1775", reads the inscription memorializing this Boston battle'

Answer: the Battle of Bunker Hill


Question: 'Remember Cindy & her lisp? Today, Cindy helps other lisping kids in her job as this, S.T. for short'

Answer: speech therapist


Question: 'Aaron Burr, Jack Nicholson, Frank Sinatra'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'Ophthalmitis'

Answer: the eyes


Question: 'Water on the knee is one complaint that requires surgery in this game created in 1965'

Answer: Operation


Question: 'In 2010 Liam Neeson led this team'

Answer: the A-Team


Question: 'The national monument honoring this battle covers 765 rolling acres in southern Montana'

Answer: the Little Big Horn


Question: 'Peter, with his penchant for pork chops & apple sauce, was a natural for this job, like Sam'

Answer: a butcher


Question: 'Edna St. Vincent Millay, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Margaret Chase Smith'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'Cardiomegaly'

Answer: the heart


Question: 'Milton Bradley's first game was about vice & virtue: it evolved into this game with teeny station wagons'

Answer: Life


Question: 'This class designated the first line of SUVs Mercedes made'

Answer: the M-class


Question: 'Norman victory in this battle capped the 1st successful invasion of Britain since the Roman conquest 1,000 years before'

Answer: the Battle of Hastings


Question: 'Ironically, Greg, who once adopted the rock persona Johnny this, now works for the cable network of the same name'

Answer: Bravo


Question: 'Wynton Marsalis, Cokie Roberts, Truman Capote'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'Nephromalacia'

Answer: the kidneys


Question: 'Bump, slide & switch until someone gets all the way home in this game whose name is a word I often use'

Answer: Sorry


Question: 'Like "Jeopardy!", this cable network uses an exclamation point in its name'

Answer: the E! Network


Question: 'The Ottoman Turks' failed siege of this European capital in 1529 marked the limit of the Islamic advance westward'

Answer: Vienna, Austria


Question: 'Remember the football incident?  Today, Marcia specializes in performing this, the 11-letter term for a nose job'

Answer: rhinoplasty


Question:
'Hoagy Carmichael,
Michael Jackson,
Cole Porter'

Answer: Indiana


Question: 'Pleurisy'

Answer: the lungs


Question: 'Try to be the first to put 10 pieces of fruit in your basket in the game called "Hi Ho" this'

Answer: Cherry-O


Question: 'Keenness of vision can be measured by rotating a circle with a break in it known as the "Landolt" this'

Answer: C


Question: 'In his epistle to the Galatians he declares that those who preach a false gospel will be cursed'

Answer: St. Paul


Question: 'In this 1983 hit, "I was dreamin' when I wrote this, so sue me if I go too fast": did I say 1983?'

Answer: "1999"


Question: '(Alex drives a race car at the Toyota Grand Prix.)  When braking & downshifting, it's always a good idea to tap this pedal in order to increase your RPMs for a smooth transition'

Answer: an accelerator


Question: 'She replied to a gushing fan letter of 1845, "I thank you, dear Mr. Browning, from the bottom of my heart"'

Answer: Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Question: 'Manitoba is the smallest & easternmost of the Canadian provinces known by this "grassy" 7-letter word'

Answer: prairie


Question: 'In 1953 it's where Hillary was head & shoulders above the rest'

Answer: Mount Everest


Question: 'In chapter 3 of his book, this sufferer curses the day he was born'

Answer: Job


Question: '"Why do we scream at each other, this is what it sounds like when" this happens'

Answer: "When Doves Cry"


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the Toyota Grand Prix.)   The addition of a 6-point roll cage provides extra safety, & also strengthens this, the body of the car, from the Latin for "box"'

Answer: the chassis


Question: 'In 1848 she wrote to Belgium's King Leopold, "Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves"'

Answer: Victoria


Question: 'With one of the largest denning areas for them nearby, Churchill is the world capital of these Arctic carnivores'

Answer: polar bears


Question: 'Spinal Tap's guitar amps went up to this level of loudness'

Answer: 11


Question: 'This apostle curses at those saying he knew Jesus; then the cock crows'

Answer: Peter


Question: '"That's when I saw her, oo, I saw her, she walked in through the out door, out door, she wore" this'

Answer: "Raspberry Beret"


Question: '(Alex delivers the clue from the Toyota Grand Prix.)  In math, this 4-letter term is the top part of a triangle, but in car racing, it's the innermost part of a turn'

Answer: the apex


Question: 'This poet wrote to a friend, "we are by September and yet my flowers are as bold as June. Amherst has gone to Eden"'

Answer: Emily Dickinson


Question: 'This city is home to the blue bombers of the Canadian football league'

Answer: Winnepeg


Question: 'They run alphabetically from actinium to zirconium'

Answer: elements


Question: 'In 2 Kings, this wicked queen is referred to as "that cursed woman"'

Answer: Jezebel


Question: '"Honey, I know, I know, I know times are changin

Answer: "Purple Rain"


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the Toyota Grand Prix.)   The cars got more power due to the addition of this super device that forces air into the combustion chamber for a bigger bang & more horsepower'

Answer: a supercharger


Question: 'In 1776 she asked hubby John to "remember the ladies and be more favorable to them than your ancestors"'

Answer: Abigail Adams


Question: 'Representing Manitoba's bond with England, this saint's cross is on the provincial flag'

Answer: St. George


Question: 'En garde! it's a weapon used in fencing'

Answer: an epee


Question: '"You don't have to be rich, to be my girl, you don't have to be cool, to rule my world" -- Prince just wanted this'

Answer: (Extra time and) "Kiss"


Question:
'(Alex gets some safety pointers at the Toyota Grand Prix.)
"Okay, you want to make sure that this strap is low and tight."
"Okay, like that?"
"Good."
I'm getting advice on the proper installation of my seat belts from the junior member of this family, the family with the most Indy 500 wins'

Answer: the Unsers


Question: 'She wrote in 1822 of her husband's drowning, "Adonais is not Keats's it is his own elegy"'

Answer: Mary Shelley


Question: 'Manitoba's motto is "gloriosus et liber": in English, this 3-word phrase also found in the national anthem'

Answer: "glorious and free"


Question: 'Adjective for a journalist who accompanies soldiers in battle'

Answer: embedded


Question: 'The IUPAC named an element for this man born in 1473 to "highlight the link between astronomy and... nuclear chemistry"'

Answer: Copernicus


Question: 'Established in 1872, it's the oldest national park in U.S.'

Answer: Yellowstone Park


Question: 'In 1977, Bishop John Neumann was 1st American man to be named this by Roman Catholic Church'

Answer: saint


Question: 'Of amber, amethyst, or agate, the one that once came from a living thing'

Answer: amber


Question: 'The real title of this 1979 hit by Rupert Holmes is “Escape”'

Answer: The Pina Colada Song


Question: 'Besides the breast, only part of chicken or turkey that is all white meat'

Answer: wing


Question: 'Of historic value, recreational value, or natural features, reason most nat'l parks are preserved'

Answer: natural values


Question: 'The 2 South American countries whose names begin with “B”'

Answer: Brazil & Bolivia


Question: 'Cellist Charlotte Moorman achieved fame by performing this way, but just “barely”'

Answer: topless


Question: 'Intaglio & cameo are principal forms of doing this to gemstones'

Answer: carving (or engraving)


Question: 'This & “wild women will drive you crazy, will drive you insane”'

Answer: cigarettes & (rye) whiskey


Question: 'Candling is a technique to inspect these'

Answer: eggs


Question: 'California national park that's site of the world's tallest known tree'

Answer: Redwood National Park


Question: 'The only “B” word in the nursery rhyme, “Little Miss Muffet”'

Answer: beside


Question: 'In March of 1979, Egypt was suspended from this organization for signing peace treaty with Israel'

Answer: the Arab League


Question: 'Gemologists call this stone found in abundance in Australia hydrated silica gel'

Answer: opal


Question: 'According to The Limelighters, “It's ever so much nicer than beer...m'dear”'

Answer: Madeira


Question: 'Some farmers specialize in raising pullets which are these'

Answer: young hens


Question: 'Kentucky's only national park, it's great for spelunkers'

Answer: Mammoth Cave National Park


Question: 'From Greek for “great hunger” beating this behavior syndrome is among Jane Fonda's causes'

Answer: bulimia


Question: 'In 1978, he won a reverse discrimination lawsuit against the University of California'

Answer: Alan Bakke


Question: 'When chemically pure, without metallic oxides, most gems lack this characteristic property'

Answer: color


Question: '[Audio DD] Title of this Ray Charles instrumental:'

Answer: One Mint Julep


Question: 'Called “fool hens” because their extreme curiosity makes these wild fowl easy prey for hunter'

Answer: grouse


Question: 'The state with the largest number of national parks'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'On the River Dee in Scotland, it's private residence of the British sovereign'

Answer: Balmoral Castle


Question: 'Eons of wind & rain have worn away ancient mtns., making this smallest continent the flattest, too'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'The word “church” can be traced back to “kyros”, meaning “power” in this language'

Answer: Greek


Question: 'It's said he turned down Pulitzer for “Arrowsmith” because he felt he was due one sooner'

Answer: Sinclair Lewis


Question: 'Composer who had a celebrated love affair with novelist George Sand'

Answer: Chopin


Question: 'Of 4, 12, or 20, the number of independent countries in Africa before WWII'

Answer: 4


Question: 'A church is called a “cathedral” when this official's chair, a “cathedra” in Latin, is there'

Answer: bishop


Question: 'In 1895, this 67-year-old count learned to ride the bicycle he received from Moscow admirers'

Answer: Tolstoy


Question: 'Peter Pan's flight plan to Never-Never Land'

Answer: second star to the right and on till morning


Question: '“La Traviata” is his operatic version of “Camille”'

Answer: Verdi


Question: 'This hard yellowish tartar found on teeth sounds like a mathematical matter'

Answer: calculus


Question: 'Mountain range that's the accepted dividing line between Europe & Asia'

Answer: Urals


Question: 'Traditionally, the entrance of a cathedral faces this direction'

Answer: west


Question: 'From age 19 on, he had a platinum kneecap to replace one shattered in WWI'

Answer: Hemingway


Question: 'Name for a ship's “speedometer”, as well as for the record of its voyage'

Answer: log


Question: 'His “Love For 3 Oranges” is loved by opera folks'

Answer: Prokofiev


Question: 'The first primary teeth to appear in a baby are usually of this variety'

Answer: incisors


Question: 'Besides the Amazon, 1 of the other 4 river systems that drain South America'

Answer: River Plate (Orinoco, San Francisco, or Magdalena)


Question: 'Where the altar & seats for the choir are located, it's a semicircular area at end of nave'

Answer: apse


Question: 'Don't wait for the mini-series of “My Antonia”; this author's will forbids screen adaptations'

Answer: Willa Cather


Question: 'This instrument measures the angular distance of a celestial body above the horizon'

Answer: sextant


Question: 'Nationality of the composers who comprised “The Five” in 1862'

Answer: Russian


Question: 'From Latin for “bad closing”, an overbite is a type of this'

Answer: malocclusion


Question: 'The continental drift theory says that all the continents once formed a giant land mass called this'

Answer: Pangaea


Question: 'Most famous feature of this Spanish city's cathedral is the Giralda Tower, which used to be a minaret'

Answer: Seville


Question: 'It's said this author of “The Human Factor” wrote 200 words a day then stopped, even in mid sentence'

Answer: Graham Greene


Question: 'As stars are on a celestial navigators chart, so these are on charts for piloting'

Answer: landmarks (buoys)


Question: 'The N. & S. European countries for which German F. Mendelssohn named his 3rd & 4th symphonies'

Answer: Italy & Scotland


Question: 'Of the 4 basic tissues, the one that makes up the bulk of a tooth'

Answer: dentin


Question: 'Winning Best Actress Oscars in 1964 & 65, these 2 British-born actresses share the same 1st name'

Answer: Julie Andrews & Julie Christie


Question: 'The Burchell's species of this striped equine is found in many parts of eastern Africa'

Answer: Zebra


Question: 'You can play "Donkey Kong Land" on the new smaller "pocket" version of this portable device'

Answer: Game Boy


Question: 'Micki & David Colfax sent 3 sons to Harvard after teaching them exclusively in this place'

Answer: At Home


Question: 'In the 1992 sequel to this 1990 film, Macaulay Culkin was "Lost In New York"'

Answer: "Home Alone"


Question: 'Beginning as a Moorish fortress that guarded Toledo to the south, it's now the capital'

Answer: Madrid


Question: 'A task that's nearly impossible is compared to "looking for a needle in" one of these'

Answer: A Haystack


Question: 'The "wolf" type of this arachnid pounces on its victims like a wolf'

Answer: Spider


Question: 'Bugs Bunny & Foghorn Leghorn are competitors in this basketball game for the Sony PlayStation'

Answer: Space Jam


Question: 'Mary McLeod Bethune was a friend of this WWII first lady & advised her husband on minority affairs'

Answer: Eleanor Roosevelt


Question: 'In a 1996 sequel to this film, 2 dogs & a cat are "Lost In San Francisco"'

Answer: "Homeward Bound"


Question: 'The trout stream in "The Sun Also Rises" is above the village of Burguete in this mountain range'

Answer: Pyrenees


Question: 'A person who's "easy to read" is described as "an open" this'

Answer: Book


Question: 'Both the chinchilla & the chinchilla rat belong to this order of mammals'

Answer: Rodents


Question: '"MK Trilogy" packages all 3 versions of this game on one cartridge'

Answer: "Mortal Kombat"


Question: 'Like Plato, Corla Hawkins started a small, innovative school called this; hers is in Chicago's inner city'

Answer: The Academy


Question: 'We'll be doggone if Charles Grodin didn't return for this 1993 sequel about a St. Bernard'

Answer: "Beethoven\'s 2nd"


Question: 'In the Catedral de Burgos you'll find the tomb of this 11th century national hero'

Answer: El Cid


Question: 'This adjective often precedes "as a hound's tooth" or "as a whistle"'

Answer: Clean


Question: 'This shaggy wild ox of Tibet holds its head low like the American bison'

Answer: Yak


Question: 'In just 3 days in 1996, this company sold 350,000 new N64 systems featuring Super Mario 64'

Answer: Nintendo


Question: 'In the 1820s Josiah Holbrook pioneered this, also called continuing education'

Answer: Adult Education


Question: 'This 1993 Whoopi Goldberg sequel was subtitled "Back In The Habit"'

Answer: "Sister Act 2"


Question: 'After Franco's death, this city, host of the 1992 Olympics, changed its street signs from Castilian to Catalan'

Answer: Barcelona


Question: 'When you're up late studying, you're said to be "burning the midnight" this'

Answer: Oil


Question: 'Among the most primitive fish are the hagfish & this other scaleless fish that looks like an eel'

Answer: Lamprey


Question: '"Battlemage" is a multi-player video game based on this collectible card game'

Answer: Magic: The Gathering


Question: 'In Sikhism Nanak was the first teacher called this, now a term for any spiritual guide'

Answer: Guru


Question: 'The 1993 sequel to this Charlie Sheen comedy was "Part Deux"'

Answer: "Hot Shots"


Question: 'A branch of this dynasty, originally French, was restored to the throne in 1814 & again in 1874'

Answer: Bourbon


Question: 'When you settle a bill, you "pay" this person, whether or not he's "pied"'

Answer: The Piper


Question: 'Voters of this "Granite State" elected Democrat Jeanne Shaheen as the state's first woman governor'

Answer: New Hampshire


Question: 'Roger Ebert has recently edited a book of essays & other writings on this subject'

Answer: Movies


Question: 'Nicknamed "Cheese Box on a Raft", it battled the Merrimack March 9, 1862'

Answer: Monitor


Question: 'In 1983 Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Symphony No. 1 made her the first woman to win this prize for music'

Answer: Pulitzer Prize


Question: 'America's chief mountain system, it forms the Continental Divide'

Answer: Rocky Mountains


Question: 'Common term for the "bad guy" in a play or novel'

Answer: Villain


Question: 'Bob Dole received his highest vote margin over President Clinton, 21%, in this "Beehive State"'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'Many of H.L. Mencken's noted essays started as newspaper columns in this Maryland city's "Sun"'

Answer: Baltimore


Question: 'On Washington's birthday, 1862 he was inaugurated president of the Confederacy'

Answer: Jefferson Davis


Question: 'Shostakovich's 7th portrays the WWII siege of this city, the once & future St. Petersburg'

Answer: Leningrad


Question: 'Laughing Whitefish is a well-known waterfall in this state's Upper Peninsula'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'This word is often used to designate a school's first-string sports team'

Answer: Varsity


Question: 'This 94-year-old South Carolina Republican won his eighth term to the U.S. Senate'

Answer: Strom Thurmond


Question: 'He wrote his essay "Life Without Principle" after he returned from Walden Pond'

Answer: Henry David Thoreau


Question: 'At the Battle of Mobile Bay he reportedly said, "Damn the torpedoes!  Full speed ahead!"'

Answer: Admiral David Farragut


Question: 'For a choral symphony, Stravinsky wrote settings for the 39th, 40th & 150th of these Biblical songs'

Answer: Psalms


Question: 'This second-largest Hawaiian island is located about 70 miles southeast of Oahu'

Answer: Maui


Question: '"Discretion is the better part of" it'

Answer: Valor


Question: 'This Massachusetts senator defeated Governor William Weld to retain his U.S. Senate seat'

Answer: John Kerry


Question: 'This humorist's collection of essays "In Cyberspace" is formatted like a computer manual'

Answer: Dave Barry


Question: 'Rewards offered for the capture of this Underground Railroad conductor once totaled $40,000'

Answer: Harriet Tubman


Question: 'Schubert's 7th symphony is also incomplete, but it's his 8th that bears this title'

Answer: Unfinished


Question: 'The Boston Mountains of Arkansas contain the highest peaks of these mountains'

Answer: Ozark Mountains


Question: 'It can refer to a boat or a bowl'

Answer: Vessel


Question: 'Voter turnout was about 49%, the lowest since 1924, when this president defeated John W. Davis'

Answer: Calvin Coolidge


Question: 'This English philosopher developed the formal style of essays in works like 1625's "Of Beauty"'

Answer: Francis Bacon


Question: 'This September 17, 1862 Maryland battle ended with over 27,000 casualties & Lee's retreat'

Answer: Antietam/Sharpsburg


Question: 'Symphony No. 82 by this composer called "Papa" is nicknamed "The Bear"'

Answer: Franz Joseph Haydn


Question: 'This 'bleak" swamp covers about 750 square miles in Virginia & North Carolina'

Answer: The Great Dismal Swamp


Question: 'It's a synonym for wordy'

Answer: Verbose


Question: 'The 2 planets that have no moons'

Answer: Mercury & Venus


Question: 'In the "Aeneid", Virgil wrote, "I fear" them "even when they bring gifts"'

Answer: Greeks


Question: 'A clause in Orson Welles' RKO contract prevents Ted Turner from colorizing this 1941 film'

Answer: "Citizen Kane"


Question: 'According to ancient rumor, Mark Antony donated 200,000 books to this city's library'

Answer: Alexandria


Question: 'The mother of a mule'

Answer: Horse (Mare)


Question: 'These 7 characters received their names from the Disney studios, not from the Brothers Grimm'

Answer: The Seven Dwarfs


Question: 'It's a prefix meaning "former" but it's also used alone to describe a former spouse'

Answer: Ex


Question: 'England's James I called it "Hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs"'

Answer: Tobacco


Question: 'It was the 2nd film in the "Star Wars" trilogy'

Answer: "The Empire Strikes Back"


Question: 'When the Library of Congress bought this president's private library, it doubled its collection'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'It's another name for your coccyx'

Answer: Tailbone


Question: 'The Pied Piper was hired by Hamelin to rid the town of these pests'

Answer: Rats


Question: 'It is I, royally speaking'

Answer: We


Question: '19th C. German chancellor who spoke of "Blut und Eisen", meaning "blood & iron"'

Answer: Otto von Bismarck


Question: 'Vangelis' theme from this 1981 British film took a record 21 weeks on the charts to reach No. 1'

Answer: "Chariots of Fire"


Question: 'In 1757 King George II gave his royal library to this London museum's library'

Answer: The British Museum


Question: 'Union Carbide makes this common car additive that contains ethylene glycol'

Answer: Antifreeze


Question: 'This author was born in a slum in Odense, Denmark on April 2, 1805'

Answer: Hans Christian Andersen


Question: 'Freudian component of personality that seeks immediate gratification'

Answer: Id


Question: 'Longfellow called it "The Universal Language of Mankind"'

Answer: Music


Question: 'Herbert Marshall played this author in "The Moon & Sixpence" & "The Razor's Edge"'

Answer: Somerset Maugham


Question: 'This D.C. Shakespeare library is named for the oil executive who founded it'

Answer: Folger Library


Question: 'This unit of measure in weather is abbreviated mb'

Answer: Millibar


Question: 'In this tale, the heroine is named for the rampion her father stole from the witch's garden'

Answer: Rapunzel


Question: 'Originating in China c. 2300 B.C., it's still the most popular board game in Japan'

Answer: Go


Question: 'Pascal said if her "nose had been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been changed"'

Answer: Cleopatra (of Egypt)


Question: 'It completes the title of the 1973 film "No Sex Please,..."'

Answer: "We\'re British"


Question: 'Pope Clement VII commissioned him to design the Medicean-Laurentian Library in 1523'

Answer: Michelangelo


Question: 'Frenchman who discovered the Piezoelectric Effect, that certain crystals when stressed make electricity'

Answer: Pierre Curie


Question: 'She wrote 6 sequels to "Anne of Green Gables", but her adult fiction never sold well'

Answer: Lucy Maud Montgomery


Question: 'A girlfriend of Zeus, or a moon of Jupiter'

Answer: Io


Question: 'A work week of this many days was not generally accepted until the 1930s'

Answer: 5


Question: 'The Mona Lisa was painted in oil on this, not canvas'

Answer: Wood Panel


Question: 'U.S. pioneers in this industry include Little, Brown & Co., 1837 & Houghton Mifflin Co., 1832'

Answer: Publishing


Question: 'This Ibsen play usually ends with Nora leaving home because she's tired of being treated like a toy'

Answer: "A Doll\'s House"


Question: 'A Soviet writer says he found the lost graveyard of this czar & his family'

Answer: Nicholas II


Question: 'Anne Lindbergh's maiden name'

Answer: Morrow


Question: 'Gerald Ford, Hale Boggs & Allen Dulles were among those appointed to this commission 11/29/63'

Answer: The Warren Commission


Question: 'Winslow Homer's "Prisoners from the Front" is a scene from this war'

Answer: The Civil War


Question: 'Nestle became "contented" when it acquired this company in 1985'

Answer: Carnation


Question: 'The original cast of this Agatha Christie play featured Richard Attenborough as a detective, not a rodent'

Answer: "The Mousetrap"


Question: 'Gorbachev cut short his trip to NYC in 1988 to visit this republic devastated by a 6.9 earthquake'

Answer: Armenia


Question: 'Julia Howe's'

Answer: Ward


Question: 'In 1904, Ida Tarbell published the muckraking history of this oil company'

Answer: Standard Oil


Question: 'On May 9, 1989 a self-portrait by this artist went for a whopping $47.85 million'

Answer: Pablo Picasso


Question: 'These new Nabisco animal cookies were almost called "Grrrrahams"'

Answer: Teddy Grahams


Question: 'In "West Side Story", these gangs represent the Capulets & the Montagues'

Answer: Jets & Sharks


Question: 'The party chief who lost the election in this city, the cradle of the revolution, was running unopposed'

Answer: Leningrad


Question: 'Adela St. Johns''

Answer: Rogers


Question: 'Between '46-51 this organization was headquartered at the Sperry gyroscope plant at Lake Success on Long Island'

Answer: The United Nations


Question: 'Meaning "like a wild beast", it's the art movement associated with Matisse'

Answer: Fauvism/Fauves


Question: 'Edward VII's authorization in 1901 allowed John Doulton's Co. to market porcelain under this name'

Answer: Royal Doulton


Question: 'Actor-playwright who won a 1979 Pulitzer Prize for "Buried Child"'

Answer: Sam Shepard


Question: 'To quell recent protests in Tbilisi in this republic, the gov't used poison gas & several people died'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'Mary Rinehart's'

Answer: Roberts


Question: 'At 1st this "radio priest" supported FDR but in later years opposed the New Deal'

Answer: Fr. Charles Coughlin


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />Artist whose most famous painting, seen here ("The Swing"), is an example of the Rococo style:'

Answer: Fragonard


Question: 'Catalog shoppers know Lillian Katz better by this name'

Answer: Lillian Vernon


Question: 'Durrenmatt play in which a woman promises to give townspeople a fortune if they will kill her ex-lover'

Answer: "The Visit"


Question: 'We gave the Soviets this spy in 1962 to get back U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers'

Answer: Col. Rudolf Abel


Question: 'Mary Dodge's'

Answer: Mapes


Question: '2 of the 4 U.S. states with a population density greater than 500 people per square mile'

Answer: (2 of) Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey & Rhode Island


Question: 'In 1974 farmers digging for water found an army of clay warriors "protecting" an emperor's tomb in this country'

Answer: China


Question: 'Idolizers of this singer:<br />claymates'

Answer: Clay Aiken


Question: 'Hollywood in this state isn't too far from Biscayne Bay'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'The N.Y. Times questioned where the $123 billion the Federal Reserve loaned to this insurer actually went'

Answer: A.I.G.


Question: 'The FBI began publishing an official "Ten Most Wanted" list in 1950, while this man was director'

Answer: J. Edgar Hoover


Question: 'Oolong & Assam'

Answer: teas


Question: 'This Andean civilization used knotted cords called quipus to store information'

Answer: the Incas


Question: 'Fans of this radio host:<br />Dittoheads'

Answer: Rush Limbaugh


Question: 'This state's Phoenix welcomes y'all!  Perhaps you'll also visit its Oak Ridge or Thibodaux'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'This 185-nation agency agreed to lend $100 billion to healthy countries that are having trouble borrowing money'

Answer: IMF (the International Monetary Fund)


Question: 'When arrested in 1967, James Ringrose gave FBI agents one of these Monopoly cards; it didn't work'

Answer: "get out of jail free"


Question: 'To worry, perhaps over goulash'

Answer: stew


Question: 'In 1932 Danish archaeologists uncovered the remains of a church near Erik the Red's farm on this island'

Answer: Greenland


Question: 'Nothing against Trekkies but Leonard Nimoy says true believers prefer this term'

Answer: Trekkers


Question: 'O Pioneers!  To get from Lexington to Columbus in this state, take Highway 30, through Kearney'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'The Times said that with stocks, the price-to-this ratio should average about 16; it was at 27 as of 2007'

Answer: earnings


Question: 'Don Bussmeyer made the list in 1967 but didn't last long; he was caught shirtless, with this tattooed on his chest'

Answer: his name


Question: 'A yell, or a brand of stain remover'

Answer: shout


Question: 'Excavations of this neighbor of Pompeii show it to have been a secluded retreat of the leisure class'

Answer: Herculaneum


Question: 'Cheeseheads eat up this NFL team (love the hats)'

Answer: the Green Bay Packers


Question: 'Paris is in the northeast corner of this state, near Detroit, Omaha & Pittsburg'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'This N.Y. attorney general, son of a former governor, warned against bonuses for bankers who took federal funds'

Answer: Andrew Cuomo


Question: 'Of the nearly 500 people on this list since its inception, only 8 have been these; the first made it in 1968'

Answer: women


Question: 'On a plant it's also known as a  prickle'

Answer: thorn


Question: 'In 1922 the remains of this 2-lettered Sumerian city & its cemetery were unearthed'

Answer: Ur


Question: 'Change one letter in Barry Manilow's last name to get this term for one of this fans'

Answer: a fanilow


Question: 'Home to an intl. airport & a motor speedway, Ontario in this state was named by Canadian settlers around 1882'

Answer: California


Question: 'The original "Slick Willie", this bank robber made the list in its second week; he got caught within 2 years'

Answer: Willie Sutton


Question: 'To fill an appetite'

Answer: sate


Question: 'Joyce's masterpiece "Ulysses" was modeled on this ancient work'

Answer: The Odyssey


Question: 'U2 vocalist known for good works'

Answer: Bono


Question: 'He created the self-portrait seen here in 1986'

Answer: (Andy) Warhol


Question: '…as a pre-teen this "Le Nozze di Figaro" composer wrote a one-act German singspiel'

Answer: Mozart


Question: 'This goddess of wisdom appears to Ulysses' son Telemachus & tells him to find out what happened to Dad'

Answer: Athena


Question: 'When Finnegan has to get up early at a Radisson, he appreciates one of these, even if it's automated'

Answer: a wake-up call


Question: 'Bloomsday, a celebration of Joyce & his works, is celebrated each year on the 16th of this month'

Answer: June


Question: 'Boomtown Rats vocalist known for good works'

Answer: Bob Geldof


Question: 'If you can't remember the name of this painter, just put your lips together and blow'

Answer: Whistler


Question: '…he was tutored by Aristotle & then beat Darius III at Issus'

Answer: Alexander the Great


Question: 'Ulysses is trying to return from Troy to this place, but not for his Cornell class reunion'

Answer: Ithaca


Question: 'Finn was BMOC at the ACC school that's located in Winston-Salem'

Answer: Wake Forest


Question: 'Joyce died in 1941 after an operation for a perforated duodenal one of these'

Answer: an ulcer


Question: 'Plays the therapist on "In Treatment"'

Answer: Gabriel Byrne


Question: 'This early Renaissance great didn't go to the School of Athens, he studied in Italy'

Answer: Raphael


Question: '…in the 1300s B.C. he made Thebes Egypt's capital & changed his name to honor Amon'

Answer: Tutankhamon


Question: 'After two decades waiting for ol' Uly to haul his tush back home, she decides to marry the winner of an archery contest'

Answer: Penelope


Question: 'Finn's karaoke choice: this Everly Brothers song that says, "We fell asleep, our goose is cooked"'

Answer: "Wake Up Little Susie"


Question: 'Joyce & his family spent World War I in this Swiss city'

Answer: Zurich


Question: 'Shaven-headed woman who sang "Mandinka"'

Answer: Sinead O\'Connor


Question: 'In 1872, this Frenchman became a dad, later the father of modern art'

Answer: Paul Cezanne


Question: '…He covered the Boer War for the Morning Post, got captured, escaped & became a national hero'

Answer: Winston Churchill


Question: 'This enchantress changes Ulysses' men into pigs but on the plus side, does warn the man about the sirens'

Answer: Circe


Question: 'After Pearl Harbor, Japanese forces his this U.S. territory where Finn was vacationing in '41'

Answer: Wake Island


Question: 'In 1931 Joyce married this woman, his longtime companion'

Answer: Nora


Question: 'Joycean actress & our favorite Fionnula'

Answer: Fionnula Flanagan


Question: 'Seen here is a self-portrait of this impressionist, better known for portraits of women'

Answer: Renoir


Question: '…he ran his brother's senatorial campaign, then investigated Hoffa & the Teamsters'

Answer: Bobby Kennedy


Question: 'Ulysses has to deal with these 2 sea monsters, who are rock & whirlpool-related'

Answer: Scylla and Charybdis


Question: 'Jonathan Edwards spurred Finn to prayer in this "super" revival of evangelical religion in the 1700s'

Answer: the Great Awakening


Question: 'The 1970s saw the coining of the term "runner's high" & the discovery of these opiate proteins that produce it'

Answer: endorphins


Question: 'Paul Emmanuel in this Bronte's novel "Villette" is based on M. Heger, a married man she fell in love with in Brussels'

Answer: Charlotte Bronte


Question: '"Rocket Man" Reginald Dwight'

Answer: Elton John


Question: 'In Matthew 4 Jesus resists 3 of these'

Answer: temptations


Question: 'In 1945 the world's first atomic bomb was tested in this state'

Answer: New Mexico


Question: 'The space between these should be tweezed to the width of 1 eye, not 2'

Answer: eyebrows


Question: 'If you're in real trouble, your chances are "Slim & none, & Slim just..." did this'

Answer: left (town)


Question: 'Sherwood Anderson was the model for Dawson Fairchild in "Mosquitoes", a 1927 novel by this Mississippi author'

Answer: Faulkner


Question: 'Ex-Police man Gordon Sumner'

Answer: Sting


Question: 'His book "2061" is subtitled "Odyssey Three"'

Answer: (Arthur) Clarke


Question: 'You'll find one of the world's largest chocolate factories 20 miles north of York in this eastern state'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'Doing this 100 times before going to bed (like Marcia Brady did) can cause damage'

Answer: brushing your hair


Question: 'In a rather unpleasant image, "I cried because I had no shoes, until..." this'

Answer: "I met a man with no feet"


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Louisa May Alcott's house in Concord, Massachusetts.) Here in the parlor in 1860, Anna Alcott, the model for this oldest March sister, married John Bridge Pratt'

Answer: Meg


Question: 'Thankful "Country Boy" Henry John Deutschendorf'

Answer: John Denver


Question: 'Pregnant women and preschoolers within 5 miles of this facility were advised to leave the area on March 30, 1979'

Answer: Three Mile Island


Question: 'One of the biggest working U.S. movie studios outside California is at Universal Studios in this State'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'To use a curler on these after you've applied the mascara is a bad thing to do'

Answer: eyelashes


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew demonstates science.) The electrical charge in the tube is seeking this path, so it's moving from the tube to my body'

Answer: the path of least resistance


Question: 'The title character of his unfinished novel "The Last Tycoon" was based on movie tycoon Irving Thalberg'

Answer: Fitzgerald


Question: '"Big Yellow Taxi" driver Roberta Joan Anderson'

Answer: Joni Mitchell


Question: 'A psychiatrist treats a woman with multiple personalities in this 1957 film'

Answer: The Three Faces of Eve


Question: 'In 1896 a gold rush took place in what is now this state'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'This juice may be good in a cup of tea, but as a hair lightener, it will dry it out'

Answer: lemon juice


Question: 'Careful craftsmen know these 2 words precede "Cut once"'

Answer: "Measure twice"


Question: 'This Willa Cather novel was inspired by the life of Jean Baptiste Lamy, the first bishop of Santa Fe'

Answer: Death Comes for the Archbishop


Question: '"Legit" rapper Stanley Burrell'

Answer: MC Hammer


Question: 'In 2002 President Bush identified these 3 countries as forming an "Axis of Evil"'

Answer: Iraq, North Korea and Iran


Question: 'Hawaii and this southern state are the only states whose names contain 3 consecutive vowels'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew gives the clue in a bikini.) Protect your skin by wearing a sunscreen with an SPF of 15 or higher, "SPF" standing for this'

Answer: sun protection factor


Question: 'This cliche originated with the caption of the cartoon seen here; Note what the man facing you is carrying'

Answer: "Back to the drawing board."


Question: 'He's the Dr. who wrote "Problems of Parents" & "Baby's First Year"'

Answer: Dr. Spock


Question: 'Cyrus the Great captured Babylon in 539 B.C. & this Great guy took it in 331 B.C.'

Answer: Alexander the Great


Question: 'At a mean distance of 67 million miles, it's the second planet from the sun'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'Welcoming his fourth child in November 2001, this former "Spin City" star is big on "Family Ties"'

Answer: Michael J. Fox


Question: 'In 1774 this English captain reached 71 deg., 10 min. south latitude -- the most southerly point then achieved'

Answer: Captain Cook


Question: 'The B & N in bn.com stand for these 2 names'

Answer: Barnes & Noble


Question: '...developed a maneuver for choking victims & performed the first total organ replacement, an esophagus'

Answer: Heimlich


Question: 'Etemenanki, a ziggurat, is sometimes identified as this legendary landmark'

Answer: the Tower of Babel


Question: 'The 1990s "Good Times" one, which would erase your hard drive if you opened an e-mail, was a hoax'

Answer: a virus


Question: 'This star of "Monster's Ball" was the first runner up in the 1986 Miss USA pageant'

Answer: Halle Berry


Question: 'In 1609, while Henry Hudson was exploring the Hudson River, this man was not far north naming a lake for himself'

Answer: (Samuel de) Champlain


Question: 'Psst! Hey buddy! Check it out -- a watch from this company that made watches waterproof in 1926. Only 20 bucks'

Answer: Rolex


Question: '...served as U.S. Surgeon General from 1982 to 1989 & launched "Shape Up America" to fight obesity'

Answer: Koop


Question: 'This son of Nabopolassar has been called the greatest king of Babylon's Chaldean dynasty'

Answer: Nebuchadnezzar


Question: 'The early Normans were among these plunderers whose name came from a word for "creek"'

Answer: the vikings


Question: 'This actor born in London in 1972 was named for a Beatles song & an "Obscure" literary character'

Answer: Jude Law


Question: 'Beheaded Oct. 29, 1618, this voyager's last words were "So the heart be right, 'tis no matter which way the head lieth"'

Answer: (Sir Walter) Raleigh


Question: 'This company moved its U.S. base to the Seattle area in 1982, the year after launching Donkey Kong'

Answer: Nintendo


Question: '...in 1817 first described the disease now named for him, as paralysis agitan, or "shaking palsy"'

Answer: Parkinson


Question: 'To read the Code of Hammurabi in its original script, you have to know how to read this'

Answer: cuneiform


Question: 'This 10-letter word is the part you look through on your camera'

Answer: a viewfinder


Question: '(Hi. I'm Mackenzie Phillips.) This actress who used to play my little sister is now married to a big-time rock star'

Answer: Valerie Bertinelli


Question: 'In 1524 this Italian explorer sailed into Narragansett Bay & named an island for its resemblance to Rhodes'

Answer: Verrazano


Question: 'In 1986 U.S. Steel changed its name to this 3-letter one'

Answer: USX


Question: '...in 1893, became professor of clinical microscopy at the Army Medical College in Washington, D.C.'

Answer: Walter Reed


Question: 'The Babylonians developed a sexagesimal math system, one based on this number'

Answer: 60


Question: 'Born in this capital of Lithuanian, violinist Jascha Heifetz was giving concerts there by age 6'

Answer: Vilnius


Question: 'She won the Emmy for Best Actress in a TV Comedy Series for 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994 & 1995'

Answer: Candice Bergen


Question: 'Last name of the father & son who took the bathyscaphe Trieste to a record depth off Italy in 1953'

Answer: (Auguste) Piccard


Question: 'South Africa's vast Venetia diamond mine is operated by this company founded in 1888'

Answer: De Beers


Question: 'History-making woman whose Sept. 1984 itinerary included speeches in Dallas, Spokane, Syracuse & Youngstown'

Answer: Geraldine Ferraro


Question: 'Fiat began building automobiles in this European country'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'In 1979 Blondie "shattered" their image with this disco-flavored tune, their first No. 1 hit'

Answer: "Heart of Glass"


Question: 'Sam Spade'

Answer: Dashiell Hammett


Question: 'It follows "whip" in the sound that gives a little brown bird its name'

Answer: -porwill


Question: 'I cannot tolerate this Latin phrase abbreviated A.D. when referring to the time since Jesus was born'

Answer: Anno Domini


Question: 'In Copley Square'

Answer: the Boston Marathon


Question: 'Pioneering French filmmaker Georges Melies made 1899's "Cendrillon", which we know as this fairy tale'

Answer: "Cinderella"


Question: 'In 1992 you couldn't escape this country crossover hit by Billy Ray Cyrus'

Answer: "Achy Breaky Heart"


Question: 'Kinsey Millhone'

Answer: Sue Grafton


Question: 'The Andean & California varieties of this bird lack voice boxes & can only hiss'

Answer: the condor


Question: 'I don't care that it's only 4 letters long; I'm not using this abbrev. phrase meaning "and others" in a crossword clue'

Answer: et al.


Question: 'In front of Buckingham Palace'

Answer: the London Marathon


Question: 'In 1899 the Transvaal & Orange Free State engaged Britain in this war'

Answer: the Boer War


Question: '"My mouth is dry, my legs are weak", sang Olivia Newton-John, "You're givin' me" this title condition'

Answer: "Heart Attack"


Question: 'C. Auguste Dupin'

Answer: (Edgar Allan) Poe


Question: 'Birds seen in this engraving are based on a painting by this naturalist'

Answer: (John James) Audubon


Question: 'I certainly won't call you this word meaning "retired but still retaining the title of your old position"'

Answer: emeritus


Question: 'In Grant Park near Buckingham Fountain'

Answer: the Chicago Marathon


Question: 'He was president in 1899 but would only live 2 years longer'

Answer: McKinley


Question: 'The title of this song, Paula Abdul's third consecutive No. 1 hit in 1989, refers to a guy who's a snake'

Answer: "Cold Hearted Snake"


Question: 'Alex Cross'

Answer: James Patterson


Question: 'It's no surprise that these ostrich relatives make up the genus Casuarius'

Answer: a cassowary


Question: 'Not that I care but...it means "for the time being"; you'll find it as part of a Senate job title'

Answer: pro tem


Question: 'Near the Kapiolani Park bandstand'

Answer: the Honolulu Marathon


Question: 'Oddly, Herbert Putnam became the first experienced librarian to fill this D.C. post'

Answer: Librarian of Congress


Question: 'A Paul Westerberg song says, "I try and comprehend you but I got" this type of heart, having a learning disability'

Answer: "Dyslexic Heart"


Question: 'Easy Rawlins'

Answer: Walter Mosley


Question: 'The Greek goddess Hera was associated with (& probably proud as) this showy bird, Pavo muticus'

Answer: a peacock


Question: 'It's a fact; there's no way I'm saying this phrase that means "in fact" (as in the man behind the scenes, perhaps)'

Answer: de facto


Question: 'In the Heldenplatz'

Answer: Vienna