Question: 'Lex traded in his optical one for a scanning electron one & increased his magnification 50x'

Answer: Microscope


Question: 'Probably the first fish raised in captivity, the rainbow species of this fish is most commonly found on farms'

Answer: Trout


Question: 'Cheese-topped tortilla chips<br />(6)'

Answer: Nachos


Question: 'From 1977 to 1981, this NHL city's Blues played their home games in the Checkerdome'

Answer: St. Louis


Question: 'This Al Capp comic strip made its last appearance November 13, 1977'

Answer: "Li\'l Abner"


Question: '[audio clue]'

Answer: "Eight Days A Week"


Question: 'The only clique Lex finds rad is the click of this portable radiation detector'

Answer: Geiger counter


Question: 'Calamari, another name for this mollusk with an edible ink, comes from the Latin for "writing pen"'

Answer: Squid


Question: 'Nothing<br />(4)'

Answer: Nada


Question: '(Hi, I'm Jim Lampley)  Only 2 Americans have won 5 gold medals in the Winter Olympics: Bonnie Blair & this fellow speedskater'

Answer: Eric Heiden


Question: 'Referring to the stock market crash on October 30, 1929, Variety ran the headline: "Wall St." does this'

Answer: Lays an Egg


Question: '[audio clue]'

Answer: "Ticket to Ride"


Question: 'Lex has a whole spectrum of uses for this optical device seen here:'

Answer: Prism


Question: 'Top quality caviar contains less than 5% of this additive'

Answer: Salt


Question: 'It's a boy!<br />(4)'

Answer: Niño


Question: 'Both John Elway & Jim Plunkett were NFL No. 1 draft choices from this university'

Answer: Stanford


Question: 'He was last reported alive July 30, 1975 outside a Bloomfield Township, Mich. restaurant'

Answer: Jimmy Hoffa


Question: '[audio clue]'

Answer: "We Can Work It Out"


Question: 'Lex found separating red & white blood cells by hand tough, so he bought one of these spinners'

Answer: Centrifuge


Question: 'Some connoisseurs prefer the flesh of the female spider one of these crustaceans'

Answer: Crabs


Question: 'Direction opposite sur<br />(5)'

Answer: Norte


Question: 'Will Shakespeare's father John was a businessman in this town & once held an office equal to mayor'

Answer: Stratford-on-Avon


Question: '1998 will see this NBC sitcom with Jerry, Elaine, George & Kramer sign off the network'

Answer: Seinfeld


Question: 'This Steven Spielberg film recently renewed interest in William Owen's history "Black Mutiny"'

Answer: Amistad


Question: 'Skiing accidents recently claimed the lives of Michael Kennedy & this entertainer-turned-congressman'

Answer: Sonny Bono


Question: 'Sir Philip Sidney addressed this satellite, "With how sad steps...thou climb'st the skies!"'

Answer: Moon


Question: 'The globe's remotest island is Bouvet Island in the south Atlantic, 1,050 miles north of this continent'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'Will's children Hamnet & Judith were these, like Dromio & Dromio in "The Comedy of Errors"'

Answer: Twins


Question: 'This sitcom, part of ABC's TGIF lineup, began with Marty eating a stale hamburger & dying'

Answer: Teen Angel


Question: 'He won the 1953 Nobel Prize for Literature partly for his 6-volume history of World War II'

Answer: Winston Churchill


Question: 'Though nearby, the Californian never heard this liner's distress call in 1912; its radio operator was off duty'

Answer: Titanic


Question: 'In 1956 one of these, larger than the state of New Hampshire, was seen floating in the south Pacific'

Answer: Iceberg


Question: 'Will's birth is celebrated on April 23 partly because that's the feast day of this patron saint of England'

Answer: Saint George


Question: '1997 film concerning a cute dog, a gay artist, an earthy waitress & a really strange author'

Answer: As Good As It Gets


Question: 'Stephen Ambrose's "Undaunted Courage" explores the friendship of Meriwether Lewis & this president'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'This singer left us not in a jet plane, but in a small experimental plane in 1997'

Answer: John Denver


Question: 'Mt. Wai-'ale-'ale on this "Garden Island" of Hawaii has up to 350 rainy days a year, the most on the globe'

Answer: Kauai


Question: 'In London, Shakespeare boarded with the Mountjoys, a family of these French Protestants'

Answer: Huguenots


Question: 'From 1946 to 1955, the man seen here (Shemp Howard) was partnered with these two men in a series of comedy shorts:'

Answer: Moe Howard & Larry Fine


Question: 'Barbara Tuchman won her first Pulitzer for this history of the beginning of World War I'

Answer: "The Guns of August"


Question: 'This May 6, 1937 disaster was broadcast live on radio'

Answer: The explosion of the Hindenburg


Question: 'The water pressure at the bottom of this trench, the globe's deepest, is over 18,000 PSI'

Answer: Marianas Trench


Question: 'A perplexing bequest in Will's will left wife Anne the second best one of these'

Answer: Bed


Question: 'This Nathan Lane film is basically "Home Alone" with a rodent'

Answer: MouseHunt


Question: 'The author of "The Gallic War" wrote in third person referring to himself by this one-word title'

Answer: Caesar


Question: 'This writer & wife of a famous author died in a fire at a mental hospital in 1948'

Answer: Zelda Fitzgerald


Question: 'Shelley's poem about the sheltered statue of an arrogant ruler'

Answer: "Ozymandias"


Question: 'This "sea", the globe's largest lake, has been known to evaporate at an alarming rate of 40 inches per year'

Answer: Caspian Sea


Question: 'In 1997 this entertainer became the first American named an honorary U.S. veteran by Congress'

Answer: Bob Hope


Question: 'A new industry in Europe began in 1747 when Andreas Marggraf discovered this in beets'

Answer: sugar


Question: 'Barbra Streisand sings "Some Day My Prince Will Come" on the 2001 deluxe DVD edition of this Disney classic'

Answer: Snow White (and the Seven Dwarfs)


Question: 'Cars come with standard equipment, but you can add on these, from the Latin for "choice"'

Answer: options


Question: 'This Spanish surrealist once broke the window of a 5th Avenue gallery after it had rearranged a display of his art'

Answer: Salvador Dali


Question: 'The scientific name of this Andean animal is Lama glama'

Answer: llama


Question: 'Meaning "to quiet down", it derives from the practice of stuffing a stocking into a gramophone to control volume'

Answer: put a sock in it


Question: 'In 1835 Jan Purkinje noted animal tissues, like plant tissues, are made from these'

Answer: cells


Question: 'This superstar who was raised in Hawaii was named for the star of "Now, Voyager" & "All About Eve"'

Answer: Bette Midler


Question: 'This piece of equipment was first worn by a future admiral playing in the 1893 Army-Navy Game'

Answer: football helmet


Question: 'While living in Parma, Italy, this American impressionist began painting babies, later her trademark'

Answer: Mary Cassatt


Question: 'It's the third-largest city in Kansas'

Answer: Kansas City


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew standing in front of a chalkboard)  It's the 2-word term for this "arboreal" representation'

Answer: family tree


Question: 'In 1834 one of the projects this German had on the back burner was finding an antidote for arsenic poisoning'

Answer: (Robert) Bunsen


Question: 'Injured in a 1990 bus accident, in 1997 she donated $250,000 to the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis'

Answer: Gloria Estefan


Question: 'Corers, ballers, griddles & mousse rings are equipment used by these professionals'

Answer: chefs


Question: 'His painting "View of Toledo" is also called "Toledo in a Storm"'

Answer: El Greco


Question: 'This rockabilly trio had a 1983 hit with "Stray Cat Strut"'

Answer: the Stray Cats


Question: 'On April 14, 1865 John Wilkes Booth must have taken literally this 3-word actors' phrase meaning "good luck"'

Answer: break a leg


Question: 'Elso Barghoorn found the remains of these acids in 3-billion-year-old rocks, exhibiting proof of very early life'

Answer: amino acids


Question: 'In 1995 she & country star George Jones reunited for an album called "One"'

Answer: Tammy Wynette


Question: 'Among the equipment in a well-stocked lab is this piece you grow your mold in'

Answer: petri dish


Question: 'In July 1954 her coffin was draped with a hammer & sickle flag while lying in state in Mexico's Palace of Fine Arts'

Answer: Frida Kahlo


Question: 'Composer Benjamin Britten was born November 22, 1913 at Lowestoft on this island'

Answer: Great Britain


Question: 'An enthusiastic hard worker is often described as one of these zealous rodents'

Answer: eager beaver


Question: 'In 1986 Williams & Dubner, with too much time on their hands, found that a number formed by 1,031 ones in a row was this'

Answer: prime


Question: 'She's the songwriter extraordinaire of the hits "How Do I Live" & "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"'

Answer: Diane Warren


Question: 'Hidden cameras, bugs & PC taps are classified as this type of equipment, from the French for "to watch over"'

Answer: surveillance


Question: 'A Lord Byron poem inspired this great French romantic painter's "The Death of Sardanapalus"'

Answer: Eugene Delacroix


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew up in the Goodyear Blimp)  It's a majestic sight as the water breaks over this barrier located below us'

Answer: the breakwater


Question: 'To "machine gun the zephyr" is a literal way of saying this phrase meaning to chat aimlessly'

Answer: shoot the breeze


Question: 'The West Point Military Reservation includes Constitution Island, which lies in this river'

Answer: the Hudson River


Question: '1977:<br />"I suggest a new strategy, R2: let the Wookie win"'

Answer: Star Wars


Question: 'Real-Fyre, a brand of these for your faux fireplace, features realistic knotholes & peeled bark'

Answer: logs


Question: 'Phileas Fogg's journey in this Jules Verne novel begins & ends at the Reform, a real club still going on Pall Mall'

Answer: Around the World in Eighty Days


Question: 'Article 25 of the League covenant called for the establishment of chapters of this relief group by all members'

Answer: the Red Cross


Question: 'This candy that comes in a yellow wrapper is a milk caramel pop'

Answer: Sugar Daddy


Question: 'The dome of the capitol building in this city 100 miles west of Philadelphia is a copy of St. Peter's in Rome'

Answer: Harrisburg


Question: '1974:<br />"I know it was you, Fredo.  You broke my heart.  You broke my heart"'

Answer: The Godfather Part II


Question: '(Hi, I'm Paige Davis, host of TLC's "Trading Spaces")  Use a kind of map called a bagua to get your space in balance according to this system'

Answer: feng shui


Question: 'A giant sea monster turns out to be a submarine in this 1870 Verne tale'

Answer: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea


Question: 'One of this man's "14 Points" led to the establishment of the League of Nations'

Answer: Woodrow Wilson


Question: 'You can also call 'em crayfish'

Answer: crawdads


Question: 'Virginia's longest river, it provides abundant waterpower for the state's industries'

Answer: the James River


Question: '2000:<br />"I may die tonight in this cell or in the arena tomorrow.  I am a slave"'

Answer: Gladiator


Question: 'This suite at the Regent Beverly Wilshire boasts 3 sitting rooms, a dining room & sunken marble tubs'

Answer: the Presidential Suite


Question: 'A German professor of geology makes a subterranean expedition in this 1864 classic by Jules Verne'

Answer: Journey to the Center of the Earth


Question: 'For attacking Finland in 1939, this country was expelled from the League in December of that year'

Answer: the USSR


Question: 'A thingamabob or trinket'

Answer: doodad


Question: 'This state's highest point is Mount Frissell; its lowest point is at sea level on Long Island Sound'

Answer: Connecticut


Question: '1974:<br />"Pardon me, boy.  Is this the Transylvania station?"'

Answer: Young Frankenstein


Question: '"Ornithological" term for the item seen here'

Answer: gooseneck lamp


Question: 'The title place of this 1874 novel is an unchartered locale in the south Pacific'

Answer: The Mysterious Island


Question: 'This emperor pleaded for help but the League did nothing to stop Italy's 1935 invasion of his country'

Answer: Haile Selassie


Question: '"To run away hurriedly", Random House says it's from the Scots for "to scatter"'

Answer: skedaddle


Question: 'A statue of Hiawatha & this wife stands atop the waterfall named for her'

Answer: Minnehaha


Question: '1970:<br />"There's only 1 proper way for a professional soldier to die: the last bullet of the last battle of the last war"'

Answer: Patton


Question: 'A knot or lump on a tree, or the wood cut from it, used as veneer in Jaguar interiors'

Answer: burled wood


Question: 'This 1865 novel is about some U.S. Civil War vets who decide to create a cannon to shoot a "space-bullet" from Florida'

Answer: From the Earth to the Moon


Question: 'From 1919 to 1939 this Polish port was a free city under the supervision of the League of Nations'

Answer: Gdansk (Danzig)


Question: 'This island off Venezuela is famous for its Pitch Lake'

Answer: Trinidad


Question: 'The spear that killed him in 1779 sold at auction in 2003 for over $400,000'

Answer: Captain James Cook


Question: 'After the death of this friend of his, Madison succeeded him as the rector of the University of Virginia'

Answer: Jefferson


Question:
'"Western" used to be a part of this musical style's name
"I've been running from the law /
Living in flashing lights /
I've been..."'

Answer: country


Question: 'In 2006 we learned that Antarctic fish have proteins that keep their blood from doing this'

Answer: freezing


Question: 'He wrote "Redburn", "Omoo" & a seafaring novel of some repute'

Answer: (Herman) Melville


Question: 'The "Sea of" these, whether altostratus or cirrocumulus'

Answer: clouds


Question: 'A fat & sagging striped house cat'

Answer: a flabby tabby


Question: 'Ben Franklin & James Madison were 2 of the 39 men who signed this document; Madison was its last living signer'

Answer: the Constitution


Question:
'Encyclopedia Britannica calls it a "cultural movement" as well as "backing music"
sample'

Answer: hip-hop


Question: 'AKA barbels, these on a South American catfish can reach 4 feet in length & are covered with taste buds'

Answer: whiskers


Question: 'False advertising alert!  In 1933 she penned "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas"'

Answer: Gertrude Stein


Question: 'The "Bay of" this, early morning precipitation'

Answer: dew


Question: 'What's that putrid odor coming from Paris & Nice?'

Answer: a French stench


Question: 'John Jay, Madison & Hamilton wrote these "papers", which stressed the need for a strong central government'

Answer: the Federalist Papers


Question:
'In the mid-1950s, this style got its name, combining a type of music & a rural fellow
"Riding down Sunset /
Santa Monica, too /
Over to the Valley /
To pick up Peggy Sue"'

Answer: rockabilly


Question: 'The largest fish, the whale shark, won't eat you; he likes algae & protozoa known by this collective term'

Answer: plankton


Question: 'In addition to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", he penned "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency"'

Answer: Douglas Adams


Question: 'The "Marsh of" this, when REM activity can occur'

Answer: sleep


Question: 'A minuscule spirit in a magic lamp'

Answer: a teeny genie


Question: 'He was Secretary of State for part of Madison's first term & stayed in the post for the second term'

Answer: Monroe


Question:
'A Jamaican musical genre is part of the name of this Latin style
"We got you jammin

Answer: reggaeton


Question: 'The 4-winged version of this alliterative swimmer has been known to "glide" up to 200 meters'

Answer: a flying fish


Question: 'The second part of his "The Sound and the Fury" is told by a neurotic on the day of his suicide'

Answer: Faulkner


Question: 'The "Sea of" this sweet plant secretion that attracts insects & birds'

Answer: nectar


Question: 'A nearer food merchant'

Answer: a closer grocer


Question: 'President Madison promoted him to captain in honor of his victory in the Battle of Lake Erie'

Answer: (Oliver Hazard) Perry


Question:
'The name of this style of music may come from an alteration of the French word for "beans"
"Shot below /
Dig a hole"'

Answer: zydeco


Question: 'As the quinnat, a type of this, goes upstream, it changes color, stops eating & lives off its fat'

Answer: a salmon


Question: 'The first book by this "Chocolate Factory" guy was "The Gremlins" in 1943, written for Walt Disney'

Answer: Roald Dahl


Question: 'The "Ocean of" these; perhaps a blizzard or 2?'

Answer: storms


Question: 'Fine powdery remains from a piece of oxidized metal'

Answer: rust dust


Question: 'Rene Laennec invented this to save a young woman from the shock of a man listening directly to her chest'

Answer: a stethoscope


Question: 'After her release from jail in 2007, she promised to stop partying but then had her 27th birthday in Vegas wearing lingerie'

Answer: Paris Hilton


Question: 'The hotel Le Meridien  Haifa By The Sea overlooks this sea'

Answer: the Mediterranean Sea


Question: 'This disc is a registered trademark of Wham-O'

Answer: a Frisbee


Question: 'Before she was First Lady, this woman from New England was the wife of the first U.S. vice president'

Answer: Abigail Adams


Question: 'If you win the tournament, yours will have $100,000 more in it'

Answer: a bank account


Question: 'In this type of illness, the physical ailment (such as peptic ulcers) is real, but the cause is believed mental'

Answer: a psychosomatic


Question: 'Sister Ali will have to undress the part if she wants to compete with this older sister of "Mean Girls" fame'

Answer: Lindsay Lohan


Question: 'This 830,000-square-mile kingdom is not a lifeless desert but teems with quince trees & wild gerbils'

Answer: Saudi Arabia


Question: 'Kraft's "cheese food", melting since 1928'

Answer: Velveeta


Question: 'She was the only surviving child of Henry VIII's first wife'

Answer: Mary Tudor


Question: 'Monsieur, here is your poulet saute petit-duc, & as we do in France, let me wish you this'

Answer: bon appetit


Question: 'The "mellitus" in the full name of this disease comes from the Latin for "honey-sweet"'

Answer: diabetes


Question: 'This Heisman-winning Cardinals QB was sacked in the off-season by photos of his hot tub party'

Answer: (Matt) Leinart


Question: 'The dude in white is one of these nomads, from a word for "desert-dweller"'

Answer: a Bedouin


Question: 'Tussis is Latin for "cough", hence the name of this Wyeth product'

Answer: Robitussin


Question: 'After Julia Ward Howe heard Union soldiers singing "John Brown's Body", she wrote this song to the same tune'

Answer: "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"


Question: 'It's the specialty of Kat Von D's seen here'

Answer: a body artist


Question: 'In 1906 a German doctor first presented his findings about this memory-loss disease that's now named for him'

Answer: Alzheimer\'s


Question: 'This blonde "American Pie" actress was number one...on In Touch magazine's top party animals list'

Answer: (Tara) Reid


Question: 'Iran has called itself this type of republic since an April 1, 1979 declaration by Ayatollah Khomeini'

Answer: Islamic republic


Question: 'This alphanumeric lubricant is "the can with a thousand uses"'

Answer: WD-40


Question: 'St. Thomas' Hospital, where she founded a training school for nurses in 1860, is now home to her museum'

Answer: Florence Nightingale


Question: 'The introduction of ironworking around 1100 B.C. brought it to an end'

Answer: the Bronze Age


Question: 'The original Hippocratic oath mentioned Asclepius & this son of Zeus who was called "the physician"'

Answer: Apollo


Question: 'In 2007 this ex-Mr. Pamela Anderson got in one fight with Tommy Lee & another one at a Waffle House'

Answer: Kid Rock


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew indicates a map of the Middle East on the monitor.) In 1958 the spell of President Nasser's Pan-Arab Movement persuaded this country to join Egypt in the United Arab Republic'

Answer: Syria


Question: 'Your room could use this "windy" product--"It's a breath of fresh air"'

Answer: Febreze


Question: 'In the late 1940s she founded a female branch of her husband's political party in Argentina'

Answer: Eva Peron


Question: 'In John 3, Jesus said, "Except a man be" this, "he cannot see the Kingdom of God"'

Answer: born again


Question: 'The home on Vienna's Domgasse where he lived in the 1780s was reopened amid fanfare in January 2006'

Answer: Mozart


Question: 'Dedicated on June 30, 1941, his presidential library was the first planned while a president was still in office'

Answer: FDR


Question: 'This Coen Brothers tale from 1996 is "A homespun murder story"'

Answer: Fargo


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew sits down to a meal in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.)  Here in the Yucatan, this tasty bundle is wrapped & cooked in banana leaves rather than the usual corn husks'

Answer: a tamale


Question: '"Oh my darling, oh my darling..."'

Answer: "...oh my darling Clementine"


Question: 'After hitting .202 in the minors in '94, he went back to his day job of all-universe NBA star'

Answer: (Michael) Jordan


Question: 'Usual meal you're headed to when "brown bagging" it'

Answer: lunch


Question: 'His recently won Nobel Peace Prize is now on display at his presidential library'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'Reverse in told was film Nolan Christopher 2001 this'

Answer: Memento


Question: 'Top a crisp tortilla with refried beans, meat, lettuce, tomatoes & cheese & you've got this Mexican salad'

Answer: a tostada


Question: '"Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag..."'

Answer: "...and smile, smile, smile"


Question: 'When God told him to get a-buildin' in Genesis 6:14, he was smart enough to say yes'

Answer: Noah


Question: 'The Rolling Stones asked, "How come you taste so good?"'

Answer: Brown Sugar


Question: 'His library is located on the Columbia Point Promontory in Boston'

Answer: JFK


Question: 'Robert Duvall wrote, directed & played a preacher in this 1997 film'

Answer: The Apostle


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew follows her meal with a chaser in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.)  By Mexican law, this potent potable must be made with at least 51% agave; the rest is often sugar cane'

Answer: tequila


Question: '"Roll out the barrel..."'

Answer: "...and we\'ll have a barrel of fun"


Question: 'In 1989 the people at Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts were smart cookies to acquire RJR this'

Answer: Nabisco


Question: 'Rudbeckia triloba is this "Brown-Eyed" plant, less well known than the Black-Eyed one'

Answer: Susan


Question: 'The complex of buildings at this library in Abilene, Kansas includes a nondenominational chapel where the president is buried'

Answer: Eisenhower


Question: 'Title job of Dante & Randal in a 1994 Kevin Smith film'

Answer: clerks


Question: 'Translated as "little meats", it's shredded pork eaten with salsa or used as a filling for tacos'

Answer: carnitas


Question: '"Yes we have no bananas..."'

Answer: "...We have no bananas today"


Question: 'He married Catherine Zeta-Jones'

Answer: Michael Douglas


Question: 'The Brown Hornet was the favorite superhero of this 1970s animated TV group of pals'

Answer: Fat Albert & the Cosby Kids


Question: 'Along with his papers, his library contains a large mural by Thomas Hart Benton'

Answer: Harry Truman


Question: 'An Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature went to this '50s-style melodrama with Julianne Moore & Dennis Quaid'

Answer: Far from Heaven


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew has seconds at Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.)  One of my favorite Mexican dishes is this one--raw seafood marinated in lime juice, garnished with onions & tomatoes'

Answer: ceviche


Question: '"Go tell it on the mountain..."'

Answer: "...over the hills and everywhere"


Question: 'In a prudent move, he ran for the vice presidency & his Senate seat in 2000'

Answer: Joe Lieberman


Question: 'Because of the way she was conceived, Louise Brown is known as this alliterative type of baby'

Answer: test tube


Question: 'The Queen is pictured here in the elaborate Mausoleum built for this man'

Answer: (Prince) Albert


Question: '"The Incredible"'

Answer: the Hulk


Question: 'Get off at Sportivnaya in this city to see the venue for much of the 1980 Summer Olympics'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'An Internet site about this product from Bayer can be found at wonderdrug.com'

Answer: aspirin


Question: 'During China's Sung Dynasty tea was cultivated & this powder was first used militarily'

Answer: gunpowder


Question: 'It's a narrow groove made in the ground by a plow, or a deep wrinkle on the face'

Answer: a furrow


Question: 'By its etymology, this Victorian room seen here was an early chat room'

Answer: a parlor


Question: '"The Amazing"'

Answer: Spider-Man


Question: 'This word follows "Oxford" & "Piccadilly" in tube stop names'

Answer: Circus


Question: 'Brands of these self-administered tests include Clearblue Easy & First Response'

Answer: pregnancy tests


Question: 'Seen here, it's awarded by the U.S. military for meritorious achievement in ground combat'

Answer: a Bronze Star


Question: 'The Book of Proverbs tells us that this person "is servant to the lender"'

Answer: the borrower


Question: 'In 1877, long before Margaret Sanger, Annie Besant was prosecuted for a pamphlet on this'

Answer: birth control


Question: '"The Uncanny"'

Answer: the X-Men


Question: 'If you're on NYC's A train, get off at Howard Beach in this borough to go to JFK Airport'

Answer: Queens


Question: 'Sadly, in a Chinese pharmacy, this bile-producing organ from a brown bear can fetch as much as $150'

Answer: the gall bladder


Question: 'A popular German hit song during WWII was these tanks "Are Rolling In Africa"'

Answer: Panzers


Question: 'After agreeing to purchase a home, funds go "into" this, until all the conditions of the sale are met'

Answer: escrow


Question: 'In this 1850s war, Roger Fenton took the first extensive war photos, though he spared viewers the gore'

Answer: the Crimean War


Question: '"The Man Without Fear"'

Answer: Daredevil


Question: 'The Metro stop for Montreal's Olympic stadium is Pie-IX, named for this 19th century religious figure'

Answer: Pope Pius IX


Question: 'Ulcer sufferers at the end of their ropes go to the end of the alphabet for this, aka ranitidine hydrochloride'

Answer: Zantac


Question: 'In the 1920s Marine Corps General Smedley Butler turned this temporary camp in Virginia into a permanent base'

Answer: Quantico


Question: 'Alumni of this school include Winston Churchill, Sir Robert Peel & Lord Byron'

Answer: Harrow


Question: '"Merlin" is by this 1890s artist, some of whose work was too graphic for the Victorians (or our viewers)'

Answer: Aubrey Beardsley


Question: '"The Invincible"'

Answer: Iron Man


Question: 'The major hub of the Washington Metro is the stop named for this French planner'

Answer: (Pierre Charles) L\'Enfant


Question: 'A chemical found in a Norwegian fungus became this immuno-suppressant drug that made organ transplants safer'

Answer: cyclosporine


Question: 'This medieval order of knights was aka "the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ & the Temple of Solomon"'

Answer: the Knights Templar


Question: 'A descendant of Alfred the Great, she ends up marrying Ivanhoe'

Answer: (the Lady) Rowena


Question: 'Born in 1564, he was employed by Elizabeth I's Secretary of State to uncover Catholic plots against her reign'

Answer: Christopher Marlowe


Question: 'Over its 2,340-mile course, this river forms the boundary or part of the boundary of 9 states'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'He appeared alone on Rolling Stone's first cover November 9, 1967 & nude with Yoko a year later'

Answer: John Lennon


Question: 'Hurricane Andrew hits Florida'

Answer: 1990s


Question: 'The endangered red variety of this animal once ranged from the Atlantic to Texas'

Answer: Wolf


Question: 'Introduced in 1982, it used the slogan "Just for the taste of it"'

Answer: Diet Coke


Question: 'Talleyrand resigned from this emperor's service in 1807 & began intriguing against him'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'It's the largest body of fresh water lying entirely within the USA'

Answer: Lake Michigan


Question: 'The stars of this sitcom, including Jason Alexander, hit the yellow brick road for the 1998 30th anniversary cover'

Answer: Seinfeld


Question: '"I Love Lucy" premieres'

Answer: 1950s


Question: 'It's the dark endangered species seen here'

Answer: Black rhinoceros


Question: 'A syrup named for this "Mrs." was introduced in 1961; a pancake mix with her name on it came out in 1982'

Answer: Mrs. Butterworth


Question: 'Her husband, Franklin, was the godson of her father, Elliott'

Answer: Eleanor Roosevelt


Question: 'Colorado's Mount Elbert in the Sawatch range is this mountain system's tallest peak'

Answer: Rockies


Question: 'He should get some "Satisfaction" knowing he's been on the cover more times than anyone else'

Answer: Mick Jagger


Question: 'Last time a man walked on the moon'

Answer: 1970s (1972)


Question: 'In 1941 there were less than 2 dozen of this type of crane in North America'

Answer: Whooping crane


Question: 'Frank Epperson created it in 1923 when he pulled lemonade frozen onto a spoon out of a glass'

Answer: Popsicle


Question: 'Drunk or sober, no one dared call this hatchet-wielding saloon smasher "Old Hatchet-Face"'

Answer: Carrie Nation


Question: 'Francisco de Ortega is credited with discovering this strait leading into San Francisco Bay'

Answer: Golden Gate


Question: 'Anthony Kiedis went solo for a 1994 cover & appeared with this group on a '95 cover'

Answer: Red Hot Chili Peppers


Question: 'Ferdinand Marcos leaves the Philippines for the last time'

Answer: 1980s


Question: 'This endangered species of brown bear can grow to a height of 8 feet'

Answer: Grizzly bear


Question: 'In 1993 Hershey introduced these white & milk chocolate treats as a companion to its Kisses'

Answer: Hugs


Question: 'Besides founding Pennsylvania, he found time to father more than 10 children'

Answer: William Penn


Question: 'This 113-mile sand bar along Texas' Gulf Coast is the state's largest island'

Answer: Padre Island


Question: '"Nothing Compares" to this singer seen on covers in 1990 & '91, & with even less hair in '92'

Answer: Sinead O\'Connor


Question: 'Chinese Nationalist government flees to Taiwan'

Answer: 1940s


Question: 'Use of pesticides like DDT have been a major cause of this type of falcon's decline'

Answer: Peregrine falcon


Question: 'In 1998 Frito-Lay introduced this line of olean-containing chips nationwide'

Answer: WOW Chips


Question: '"The people made the Constitution and the people can unmake it", said this fourth chief justice'

Answer: John Marshall


Question: 'This lord & poet known for his licentious behavior actually kept a pet bear at Cambridge'

Answer: Lord Byron


Question: 'Everybody knows the name of this long-running sitcom inspired by Boston's Bull & Finch Pub'

Answer: Cheers


Question: 'This is worth 100 pence'

Answer: British pound


Question: 'An item in a political platform, or a bad way off a pirate ship'

Answer: Plank


Question: 'Jodie Bernstein, consumer protection head for the FTC, helped kill this animal symbol of Reynolds Tobacco'

Answer: Joe Camel


Question: '"To be, or not to be:  for soon there will be no more me"'

Answer: Hamlet


Question: 'This 1929 graduate acted at Cambridge long before hosting "Masterpiece Theatre"'

Answer: Alistair Cooke


Question: 'Its staff included doctors Donald Westphall, Mark Craig & Victor Ehrlich'

Answer: St. Elsewhere


Question: 'This is equal to 100 pfennigs'

Answer: Deutsch mark


Question: 'Get on the pirate ship, or a place for a company officer to sit'

Answer: Board


Question: 'In the '50s Walter Bernstein joined other Hollywood writers on this most unwanted list'

Answer: Blacklist


Question: '"Kiss me, Kate, though you're a meanie; now go cook some spaghettini!"'

Answer: Taming of the Shrew


Question: 'This lord protector studied at Sidney Sussex College, & now his head is buried there'

Answer: Oliver Cromwell


Question: 'Dylan McDermott heads up a small Boston law firm on this Emmy-winning drama'

Answer: The Practice


Question: 'This equals 100 sen'

Answer: Japanese yen


Question: 'Cutting trees down, or a word that describes the Frankenstein monster's walk'

Answer: Lumbering


Question: 'Socialist Eduard Bernstein revised Karl Marx' ideas but stayed friends with this Marx pal & collaborator'

Answer: Friedrich Engels


Question: '"My only love sprung from my only hate!  O!  Why can't I find a better date?"'

Answer: Romeo And Juliet


Question: 'Though he was an Oxford graduate, he was selected to design the library at Trinity College in the 1670s'

Answer: Sir Christopher Wren


Question: 'Richard Ruccolo, Ryan Reynolds & Traylor Howard stick together through thick & thin crust on this sitcom'

Answer: Two Guys, A Girl, And A Pizza Place


Question: '100 kopecks make up this'

Answer: Russian ruble


Question: 'A measure of firewood, or a string you can use to bind it'

Answer: Cord


Question: 'In 1988 Leonard Bernstein's 70th birthday gala was held at this music center in the Berkshires'

Answer: Tanglewood


Question: '"Out, darned Spot!  Out, I say!  I can't make this blood go away!"'

Answer: Macbeth


Question: 'In the early 1500s this Dutch humanist taught Greek at Cambridge'

Answer: Erasmus


Question: 'This Robert Urich series about a Boston detective was based on books by Robert B. Parker'

Answer: Spenser: For Hire


Question: 'This is equal to 100 centessimi'

Answer: Italian lira


Question: 'A long, squared-off piece of wood used in construction, or to smile ear-to-ear'

Answer: Beam


Question: 'Henry Bernstein wrote a powerful play about this Biblical-era heroine who cut off Holofernes' head'

Answer: Judith


Question: '"I lov'd not wisely but too well; killed my wife, that's just not swell"'

Answer: Othello


Question: 'Pioneered by pro hockey player Scott Olsen, it had 3 million U.S. participants in 1989 & has 30 million now'

Answer: Rollerblading


Question: 'Ending in 1504, his fourth voyage to the New World took him to Panama'

Answer: Columbus


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Nike campus, Oregon.)  Nike has replicas of the Grand Slam trophies of this golfer, like the '97 Masters & the 2000 British Open'

Answer: Tiger Woods


Question: 'Mary Manley, back in the 1600s, came up with "There's no time like" this'

Answer: the present


Question: 'Abercrombie & Kent offers these African journeys; founder Geoffrey Kent was born on one in Zambia'

Answer: safari


Question: 'The Feb. 18, 1929 issue of Time magazine featured the first of 6 covers devoted to this physicist'

Answer: Einstein


Question: 'No--yes, no is a classic drama of this country'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'Johann Eck debated this noted Protestant in 1519 & helped get him excommunicated in 1521'

Answer: Martin Luther


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Nike campus. Oregon.)  In 1996 wearing his golden shoes, he became the first man to win the 200 & 400 meters at the same Olympics; today, he's immortalized at Nike's track'

Answer: Michael Johnson


Question: 'A commodity bought or sold with an agreement that delivery will come later'

Answer: a future


Question: 'His 129-country international travels ended in August 2004 with a trip to Lourdes'

Answer: Pope John Paul II


Question: 'Although published by this organization for 62 years, American Girl advertised itself as "for all girls"'

Answer: the Girl Scouts of America


Question: 'Aa--basaltic lava having a rough surface, from this language that brought us the Lanai'

Answer: Hawaiian


Question: 'Crowned in 1523, Swedish King Gustav I ended the Kalmar Union of Sweden & these 2 countries'

Answer: Norway & Denmark


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Nike campus, Oregon.)  This is one of the actual shoes Bill Bowerman hand-made for the man known as "Pre", the first major athlete to endorse Nikes, who died tragically in 1975'

Answer: Steve Prefontaine


Question: 'Alvin Toffler wrote that when man's capacity for change is overwhelmed, he experiences this "shock"'

Answer: future shock


Question: 'The hero of the novel "Up in the Air" is a business traveler obsessed with obtaining 1 million of these'

Answer: frequent flyer miles


Question: 'She once published The Hatchet, a monthly illustrated magazine devoted to Prohibition'

Answer: Carry Nation


Question: 'Fo--Chinese name for this prince turned religious leader'

Answer: Buddha


Question: 'He was so devastated to find out his fifth wife was cheating on him, he had her beheaded'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Nike campus. Oregon.)  In 1988, Nike's first ads with this 3-word tagline starred wheelchair athlete Craig Blanchette, among others'

Answer: "Just do it"


Question: 'Proust's title "A la recherche du temps perdu" ends with this word in the English translation'

Answer: past


Question: 'Books by Redmond O'Hanlon include the tale of "A Journey Between the Orinoco and" this river'

Answer: the Amazon


Question: 'Edwin Meredith, a former Secy. of Agriculture, founded Fruit, Garden and Home, which later was changed to this'

Answer: Better Homes and Gardens


Question: 'Ti--a tropical plant in the agave family, or the symbol for this element'

Answer: titanium


Question: 'In the early 1500s, between 2 more famous pictures, he worked on his "Virgin and Child with St. Anne"'

Answer: (Leonardo) da Vinci


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Nike campus, Oregon.)  Nike Research & Development has come a long way since Bill Bowerman was inspired by this kitchen appliance to design a famous shoe'

Answer: a waffle iron


Question: 'It's a homophone for a word meaning "thrown"'

Answer: past


Question: '(Hi, I'm Anderson Cooper of CNN's 360.)  I took a 16-hour flight from New York to this 25,000-square-mile nation off India to report on tsunami damage'

Answer: Sri Lanka


Question: 'The woman for whom this magazine is named is called "orator, union organizer, and hellraiser" on its masthead'

Answer: Mother Jones


Question: 'Ai--this slow-moving arboreal South American animal; its laziness is debatable'

Answer: a sloth


Question: 'Loved by felines, the herb Nepeta cataria is better known by this name'

Answer: catnip


Question: 'Billy Ray Cyrus:<br />"_____ _____ Heart"'

Answer: Achy Breaky


Question: 'His first short story collection of the Jazz Age was 1920's "Flappers and Philosophers"'

Answer: Fitzgerald


Question: 'America's National Zoo was just 1 year old when it became part of this institution in 1890'

Answer: the Smithsonian Institution


Question: 'Not an ex-Phillie third baseman, but the chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982'

Answer: (Helmut) Schmidt


Question: 'Any of the 4 anterior teeth in the jaw used for cutting'

Answer: incisors


Question: 'In 1885 this horticulturist bought a farm in Sebastopol, California for his plant-breeding activities'

Answer: Luther Burbank


Question: 'A top-ten hit twice:<br />"_____ Rhapsody"'

Answer: Bohemian


Question: 'In an 1819 tale, his daughter says about him, "It's been twenty years since he went away from home, with his gun"'

Answer: Rip Van Winkle


Question: 'During the Fabulous '50s, this theme park had an exhibit called the Bathroom of Tomorrow'

Answer: Disneyland


Question: 'Not a current senator from Wisconsin, but the chancellor of West Germany from 1982 to 1990'

Answer: Helmut Kohl


Question: 'It's found after "Disco" in a Top 40 song & "Dante's" in story'

Answer: inferno


Question: 'The jonquil is a species of this flower, & its name is often wrongly applied to all yellow species of the flower'

Answer: a daffodil


Question: 'A hard-rock classic:<br />"_____ Child O' Mine"'

Answer: Sweet


Question: 'Dan'l Webster was this "celebrated" title character of an 1865 sketch written by Mark Twain'

Answer: "The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"


Question: 'This Vermont capital with 1 "L" took the name of a French city that has 2 "L"s'

Answer: Montpelier


Question: 'Architect Helmut Jahn's works include 1982's One South Wacker Drive building in this city'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'It's a 10-letter verb meaning to introduce into public use by some formal ceremony'

Answer: inaugurate


Question: 'Pollen grains are grown in this part of a flower that lies at the end of the filament'

Answer: the anther


Question: 'Simon & Garfunkel:<br />"A _____ Shade Of Winter"'

Answer: Hazy


Question: 'John Steinbeck wrote a famous story about young Jody Tiflin & this title equine'

Answer: the Red Pony


Question: 'The city of High Point in this state is a high point for shoppers; it's the "Home Furnishings Capital of the World"'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'The late Helmut Newton was best known as one of these, especially of nudes'

Answer: a photographer


Question: 'It's a polypeptide hormone produced by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans'

Answer: insulin


Question: 'Fungus diseases that attack this potassium-rich tropical fruit include Panama & Sigatoka'

Answer: the banana


Question: 'Poison:<br />"_____ Bop"'

Answer: Unskinny


Question: 'In Hawthorne's "The Great Stone Face", Ernest had an uncanny resemblance to this N.H. formation'

Answer: the Old Man of the Mountain


Question: 'Jay Rockefeller's rich life includes serving as a U.S. senator from this state since 1985'

Answer: West Virginia


Question: 'In 2005 this Austria-born fashion designer left Prada; his flagship office in New York still bears his name'

Answer: Helmut Lang


Question: 'From the Latin for "deceitful", it means "stealthily treacherous"'

Answer: insidious


Question: 'A 1958 coup in this city ended a monarchy; 10 years of political turmoil followed, then 35 years of dictatorship'

Answer: Baghdad


Question: 'Daniel Defoe claimed that this shipwreck classic was an allegory of his own life'

Answer: "Robinson Crusoe"


Question: 'A 100-foot-tall Coke bottle adorns a mall in front of the MGM Grand Hotel in this city'

Answer: Las Vegas


Question: '"Behind the Music"'

Answer: VH1


Question: 'It has the shortest name of the 7 continents'

Answer: Asia


Question: 'He spun straw into gold<br />(15)'

Answer: Rumpelstiltskin


Question: 'This man's story begins in Genesis 1:26'

Answer: Adam


Question: 'This 1961 novel by Joseph Heller takes place on the island of Pianosa'

Answer: "Catch-22"


Question: 'Bodie, California, this type of abandoned "town", features 170 buildings in a state of "arrested decay"'

Answer: Ghost town


Question: '"South Park"'

Answer: Comedy Central


Question: 'The number of eyes visible on the back of the U.S. $1 bill'

Answer: 2


Question: 'Midnight rider<br />(6)'

Answer: (Paul) Revere


Question: '"Come Together" is one of many biographies about this late rock legend'

Answer: John Lennon


Question: 'If you're from Narnia, you may know this author wrote some poetry under the pen name Clive Hamilton'

Answer: C.S. Lewis


Question: 'A long, lit-up "M" marks the Hernando de Soto Bridge that crosses this river at Memphis'

Answer: Mississippi River


Question: '"Sex and the City"'

Answer: HBO


Question: 'Currently, the only 2 countries in the world that begin with the letter Z'

Answer: Zambia & Zimbabwe


Question: 'Movie boxer Balboa<br />(5)'

Answer: Rocky


Question: '"The Last Lion" is William Manchester's bestselling bio of this WWII British prime minister'

Answer: Winston Churchill


Question: 'This lyrical drama by Percy Shelley takes license with Aeschylus' "Prometheus Bound"'

Answer: "Prometheus Unbound"


Question: 'In 1946 a chain of convenience stores in Texas adopted this name to reflect the hours they were open'

Answer: 7-11


Question: '"Larry King Live"'

Answer: CNN


Question: 'They're the 2 of Snow White's 7 dwarves whose names don't end in "Y"'

Answer: Bashful & Doc


Question: 'Precedes nose & numerals<br />(5)'

Answer: Roman


Question: 'Smile!  "Historian With A Canera" is a 1955 biography of this famous Civil War photographer'

Answer: Mathew Brady


Question: 'This "Wilde" guy gives his soul to remain young while his picture reflects his descent into debauchery'

Answer: Dorian Gray


Question: 'See experts at the Smithsonian work on the conservation of the Star-Spangled Banner from this fort'

Answer: Fort McHenry


Question: '"True Hollywood Story"'

Answer: E!


Question: 'By last name, he's alphabetically last on a list of U.S. presidents'

Answer: Woodrow Wilson


Question: 'Enrollment record keeper at a university<br />(9)'

Answer: Registrar


Question: '"The World At His Fingertips" tells the story of this handicapped Frenchman'

Answer: Louis Braille


Question: 'The trident on Barbados' flag stands for this Roman god of the sea'

Answer: Neptune


Question: 'Before "The Matrix" he debuted as a goalie in the hockey film "Youngblood"'

Answer: Keanu Reeves


Question: 'John Smeaton, the first to call himself a civil engineer, built one of these ship-guiding structures near Plymouth'

Answer: Lighthouse


Question: 'This nosy, long-tailed critter is the only marsupial found in the U.S.'

Answer: Opossum


Question: 'A variation of couch potato, a mouse potato is someone who spends a lot of time with this'

Answer: Computer


Question: 'She plotted against the French Revolution & gave military secrets to her brother Leopold II of Austria'

Answer: Marie Antoinette


Question: 'This nation's area consists of about 44% of all the land area in the West Indies'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'He was just 14 (& not yet married to Uma Thurman) when he debuted in "Explorers" in 1985'

Answer: Ethan Hawke


Question: 'Name shared by a tunnel-digging machine & a mammal with poor eyesight'

Answer: Mole


Question: 'While true buffaloes have 13 pairs of ribs, this American counterpart has 14'

Answer: Bison


Question: 'Like Carson Daly of MTV, a TV host who plays musical clips or images is known by this "initial" term'

Answer: VJ


Question: 'On November 15, 1920 the League of Nations held its first meeting in this city'

Answer: Geneva


Question: 'Duarte Peak, the highest point in the West Indies, rises 10,417 feet in this nation that occupies 2/3 of Hispaniola'

Answer: Dominican Republic


Question: 'She debuted as a lovesick teen in 1991's "The Man in the Moon"; in 1999 she was up for "Election"'

Answer: Reese Witherspoon


Question: 'Malaria killed many workers on the Rideau one of these, though it's in Canada, not Panama'

Answer: Canal


Question: 'The basilisk, which can run short distances over water, is a type of this creature'

Answer: Lizard


Question: 'Also a term in census taking, it's borrowing an old piece of music & using it in a new song; try it!'

Answer: Sampling


Question: 'In 1968 Soviet troops invaded this country & abducted Communist Party leader Alexander Dubcek'

Answer: Czechoslovakia


Question: 'The College of the Bahamas, that nation's only school of higher learning, is located in this capital city'

Answer: Nassau


Question: 'This talk show host was a student at Ithaca College when she won the lead in "Hairspray"'

Answer: Ricki Lake


Question: 'The 40-mile-long Old Croton one of these was completed in 1842 -- but that's all water over the bridge'

Answer: Aqueduct


Question: 'The 2 African species of the mammal seen here have these contrasting names'

Answer: Black & White rhinoceros


Question: 'From the title of a 1990 Martin Scorsese film, it's a popular term for mobsters'

Answer: Goodfellas


Question: 'In the 4th century Greece became a part of the Byzantine Empire; about 1,100 years later it became part of this empire'

Answer: Ottoman Empire


Question: 'Once known as St. Christopher and Nevis, it's now known by this slightly shorter name'

Answer: St. Kitts and Nevis


Question: '"Purple People Eater" introduced this young star who played Kevin Spacey's daughter in "American Beauty"'

Answer: Thora Birch


Question: 'Beginning in 1824 Congress allowed this military group to take on civilian projects'

Answer: Army Corps of Engineers


Question: 'The rough skin of these fish that make up the order Selachii was once made into a type of sandpaper called shagreen'

Answer: Sharks


Question: 'For politicians this medical-sounding spokesperson makes the bad news all better'

Answer: Spin doctor


Question: 'In the 1200s this western Italian city-state ruled the central Mediterranean, including Sardinia & Corsica'

Answer: Genoa


Question: 'The first NBA playoff game outside the United States was played in this city'

Answer: Toronto


Question: 'From 1945 to 1990, it was gesplit into Osten & Westen'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'The tribe has spoken in Fiji & Nicaragua, among other places'

Answer: Survivor


Question: 'This McDonald's burger with the shortest name is too large for the room'

Answer: a Big Mac


Question: 'Zacharias ministers in the temple in this book that comes before John & after Mark'

Answer: Luke


Question: 'If you're into acting or photography, you may want a B.F.A., which stands for this'

Answer: Bachelor of Fine Arts


Question: 'A junction of lines or streets'

Answer: an intersection


Question: 'It was officially divided into North & South in 1953'

Answer: Korea


Question: '14 questions stand between you & the cash; would you like to ask the audience?'

Answer: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire


Question: 'I couldn't grow my nails out, so the best I could do with them was this national treatment'

Answer: a French manicure (or French tip)


Question: 'In I Samuel, he brings but 5 stones to a sword fight, wins anyway, then decapitates his opponent'

Answer: David


Question: 'A dentist may have a D.M.D., Doctor of Dental Medicine, or a D.D.S., Doctor of Dental this'

Answer: Surgery (Science accepted)


Question: 'The Bureau of Mines was a division of this Cabinet department'

Answer: Interior


Question: 'It was officially divided into North & South in 1954--& reunited 21 years later'

Answer: Vietnam


Question: 'Celebs can samba away with the money or fall flat on their face in front of host Tom Bergeron'

Answer: Dancing with the Stars


Question: 'I don't worry about infestation by the head type of this wingless insect; in here they get claustrophobia'

Answer: lice


Question: 'He says, "I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt"'

Answer: Moses


Question: 'One who has an I.E. degree works in this type of engineering'

Answer: industrial


Question: 'When the defensive player makes the catch in football'

Answer: an interception


Question: 'In 1971 it broke away from what's now Pakistan, which was 1,100 miles away anyhow'

Answer: Bangladesh


Question: 'Married couples predict their partners' answers'

Answer: The Newlywed Game


Question: 'I bring in no more than 1 volume at a time of this author's "Hunger Games" trilogy'

Answer: (Suzanne) Collins


Question: 'In Genesis 7 we learn "The windows of heaven were opened" in the 600th year of this man's life'

Answer: Noah


Question: 'To earn this degree, M.Div., you'll have to study Greek, Hebrew & the Old & New Testaments'

Answer: a Master of Divinity


Question: 'Oh, my heavens!  It's a word or phrase used in exclamation'

Answer: an interjection


Question: '"An act to provide for the better government of" this island divided it in 2 in 1920'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'A CEO tries working in the lower echelons of his or her company'

Answer: Undercover Boss


Question: 'It's hard to find space for my 2/3-inch-thick Adamo laptop from this company'

Answer: Dell


Question: '1 of the 3 fireproof companions in Daniel 3'

Answer: Shadrach (also Meshach or Abednego)


Question: 'You can earn a J.D. degree online, preparing you to practice in this field'

Answer: law


Question: 'From the Old English for "twisted thread", to twist 2 or more fibers together to form a single strand'

Answer: intertwine


Question: 'These small glass or plastic dishes used to culture microorganisms are named for a German bacteriologist'

Answer: a Petri dish


Question: 'Deepak Chopra performed the 2010 wedding ceremony of Swizz Beatz & this R&B songstress'

Answer: Alicia Keys


Question: 'In 1845, the same year he began "Les Miserables", he was elected a peer of France'

Answer: (Victor) Hugo


Question: 'Built by Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, Rikugien Garden in this capital reproduces scenes from famous poems'

Answer: Tokyo


Question: 'A full-length film, or a journalist's long, in-depth story'

Answer: a feature


Question: 'This dog, of which there are more than 20 breeds, takes its name from the Latin for "earth"'

Answer: a terrier


Question: '373.15 is the boiling point of water on the scale named for this Scottish scientist'

Answer: Kelvin


Question: '"Bubbly" was a No. 1 single from "Coco", her debut album'

Answer: Colbie Caillat


Question: 'Louise Colet's 1859 novel "Lui" was a scathing account of her relationship with this "Madame Bovary" author'

Answer: (Gustave) Flaubert


Question: 'Keukenhof Gardens near Amsterdam has over 4 million of these flowers on display showcasing the latest hybrids'

Answer: tulips


Question: 'A "lockout" is an identifier like "Joe Smith, WTI Radio, Schenectady," this state'

Answer: New York


Question: 'The name of this ballroom dance with gliding turns comes from German for "roll" or "turn"'

Answer: a waltz


Question: 'Galileo used a supernova in 1604 to disprove this ancient Greek's theory that the universe never changes'

Answer: Aristotle


Question: 'This indie rock group lit up the charts with its 2010 album "The Suburbs"'

Answer: Arcade Fire


Question: 'This sci-fi writer's "An Antarctic Mystery" attempts to finish Poe's "Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym"'

Answer: Jules Verne


Question: 'A mile-long canal winds through its gardens commissioned by Louis XIV & designed by Andre Le Notre'

Answer: Versailles


Question: 'Often a card, this alliterative item that gives journalists access is also the name of a Newseum annual membership'

Answer: a press pass


Question: 'This word for the art & science of good eating goes back to Greek for "belly"'

Answer: gastronomy


Question: 'With his book & TV show named this, Carl Sagan popularized astronomy for bil--thousands, at least'

Answer: Cosmos


Question: 'It's no "Nightmare"--MTV's 2006 Best New Artist was the metalcore band called Avenged this'

Answer: Avenged Sevenfold


Question: 'This Guy, a master of the short story, also wrote 6 novels, including "Bel-Ami" & "Pierre et Jean"'

Answer: Guy de Maupassant


Question: 'In 1913 his wife Ellen planted the first actual rose garden in the White House's West Garden'

Answer: (Woodrow) Wilson


Question: 'Reuters' 10 Rules include "always reveal" this, like if you owe money to the subject of a story'

Answer: a conflict of interest


Question: 'This term for a novice or beginner is from Latin & Greek for "newly planted"'

Answer: a neophyte


Question: 'Introduced in 1856, his process, using blasts of air to remove impurities, made the mass production of steel possible'

Answer: Henry Bessemer


Question: '"Lisztomania" was a 2010 hit for this French band with the name of an American city'

Answer: Phoenix


Question: 'Before her time with Chopin, she had an affair with Alfred de Musset, a basis for "Elle et Lui"'

Answer: George Sand


Question: 'Neptune's Fountain & The Abundance are statues found in the Boboli gardens behind this Florentine palace'

Answer: Pitti Palace


Question: 'Murray Gell-Mann adopted this word for various hypothetical particles from "Finnegan's Wake"'

Answer: quarks


Question: 'Several species appear in the logo of the U.N.'s International Year of this 12-letter word, vital to the health of "life" on Earth'

Answer: biodiversity


Question: 'In 2000 Virginia & Maryland reached an agreement to stop pollution & increase the blue crab population in this bay'

Answer: the Chesapeake Bay


Question: 'In April 2009 this mail order DVD rental company delivered its 2 billionth movie'

Answer: Netflix


Question: 'If you use a TV antenna, you'll need to hook up a converter box for the June 12, 2009 transition from analog to this'

Answer: DTV


Question: 'In 2007 Forbes estimated her earnings at $1 billion; Author!  Author!'

Answer: J.K. Rowling


Question: 'Ursine term for an investor who expects share prices to fall'

Answer: bear


Question: 'You can text the name of this TV network by using only the 2 on your phone; it's spelled on the button'

Answer: ABC


Question: 'Great Peconic & Napeague Bays are at the tip of this New York island'

Answer: Long Island


Question: 'Model Bar Refaeli graced the cover of this magazine in 2009 wearing nothing but a bikini'

Answer: Sports Illustrated


Question: 'This 10-letter item seen here can be hooked up to a motion sensor in the backyard to detect intrusion'

Answer: floodlight


Question: 'Ginsberg called this fellow Beatnik "American lonely prose trumpeter of drunken Buddha sacred heart"'

Answer: (Jack) Kerouac


Question: 'Rhyming with but less severe than a depression, it's 2 consecutive quarters of negative economic growth'

Answer: a recession


Question: 'Friendly greeting spelled out on your cell's 4 button'

Answer: hi


Question: 'Fighters at this Cuban bay in 1961 were ransomed back to the U.S. for $53 million'

Answer: the Bay of Pigs


Question: 'His return to bicycle racing took a fall when he fell & was injured during a race in March 2009'

Answer: Lance Armstrong


Question: 'A drain hose on this, such as a Kenmore, may connect to an inlet on the garbage disposal unit'

Answer: a dishwasher


Question: 'This Irish novelist's July 4, 1931 marriage occurred 27 years & 18 days after the first date with his intended'

Answer: (James) Joyce


Question: 'It's the 4-letter word for the degree of hazard involved in making a loan or investment'

Answer: risk


Question: 'Use the 3 button for this nickname of the banking system headed by Ben Bernanke'

Answer: Fed


Question: 'The 2000 Census recorded only 5 residents in this Alaskan bay, though thousands work the oil rigs'

Answer: Prudhoe Bay


Question: 'Robert Downey Jr. played Aussie actor Kirk Lazarus playing a black U.S. soldier in this recent film'

Answer: Tropic Thunder


Question: 'Radio Shack says its Monster XPMS speaker cable is perfect for this home video setup with stereo audio on all sides'

Answer: surround sound


Question: 'Born in 1919, he "caught" acclaim in 1951 & published all of 1 novel & 13 short stories; tends to keep to himself'

Answer: (J.D.) Salinger


Question: 'Alliterative term for what you've got when spending equals income'

Answer: a balanced budget


Question: 'Day of the week whose abbreviation can be texted using only the letters on the 6 button'

Answer: Monday


Question: 'The name of this Jamaican bay is from the Spanish manteca, "hog's butter", recalling its early function as a lard center'

Answer: Montego (Bay)


Question: 'Born Curtis Jackson, this rap superstar took his stage name from an armed robber he knew in Brooklyn'

Answer: 50 Cent


Question: 'To hook up a DVD player, you may need an RGB cable, RGB standing for these primaries'

Answer: red, green & blue


Question: '"Anathem" is a 2008 bestseller by this author of "Snow Crash"'

Answer: Neal Stephenson


Question: 'This 3-word concept describes the relationship between buyers, sellers & producers'

Answer: supply and demand


Question: 'To text the 2-letter postal code of this U.S. state, get your thumb on the 9'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: 'In 1818 U.S. troops sacked Pensacola as they marched into this Spanish territory; soon it was ours'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'Gertrude's royal title, in "Hamlet" (& don't say mom)'

Answer: Queen


Question: 'William J. Mayo (of clinic founding fame) was a Wolverine, getting his medical degree from this school'

Answer: the University of Michigan


Question: 'This "Friend" was Claire on the "30 Rock" episode "The One with the Cast of 'Night Court'"; her life is far from the Pitts'

Answer: (Jennifer) Aniston


Question: 'It can mean vitality, as when it's paired with "get up &..."'

Answer: go


Question: 'Langdon finds clues in a work by this Italian called a heretic due to his pro-Copernican views'

Answer: Galileo


Question: 'African Americans, 13% of the U.S., were nearly twice that percentage of U.S. troops in this 1990-91 war'

Answer: the First Gulf War


Question: '"My little body is aweary of this great world", she sighs in "The Merchant of Venice"'

Answer: Portia


Question: 'Lady Bird Johnson & John B. Connally went to the University of this state'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'This actress seen here is godmother to the daughter of Kurt Cobain & Courtney Love'

Answer: Drew Barrymore


Question: 'In a proverb this word precedes "fool like an old fool"'

Answer: no


Question: 'In "Angels & Demons", this sect, "the enlightened ones" in Latin, use ambigram brands, which can still be read upside down'

Answer: the Illuminati


Question: 'In 1960 the last of these locomotives was retired from general use in the U.S. & Diesel ones took over'

Answer: steam engines


Question: 'Kate: "if I be waspish, best beware my sting"; his reply: "my remedy is then, to pluck it out"'

Answer: Petruchio


Question: 'This private college in Northern California boasts astronauts Sally Ride & Eileen Collins as alums'

Answer: Stanford University


Question: 'She voiced Princess Pea in "The Tale of Despereaux"; oh yeah, she was also Hermione in a few "Harry Potter"s'

Answer: Emma Watson


Question: 'It's the name of the long-awaited new White House dog'

Answer: Bo


Question: 'Langdon in "Angels & Demons" is looking for this type of bomb made of opposing particles like positrons'

Answer: an antimatter bomb


Question: 'In the 1600s most of New York State was occupied by this Native American confederacy'

Answer: the Iroquois


Question: 'Marina's dad (need a hint? he rules Tyre)'

Answer: Pericles


Question: 'Presidential kids are welcome at this New Orleans university: both Neil Bush & Amy Carter hold degrees from it'

Answer: Tulane


Question: 'She didn't vamp it up & did a bella job as Em in "Adventureland"'

Answer: Kristen Stewart


Question: 'Third syllable intoned by the giant who smells the blood of an Englishman'

Answer: fo


Question: 'Much of "Angels & Demons" takes place at one of these, where Cardinals elect a new pope in secret assemblies'

Answer: a conclave


Question: 'In 1899 Secretary of State John Hay proclaimed this "welcoming" policy to preserve U.S. trading rights in China'

Answer: open-door policy


Question: 'Fruity surname of Peter in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"'

Answer: Quince


Question: 'Quincy Jones, Kevin Eubanks & Branford Marsalis are alumni of this college of music in Boston'

Answer: Berklee


Question: 'In 2009 she returned to being "Fast & Furious" as Letty'

Answer: Michelle Rodriguez


Question: 'The book of Genesis says this ancient city "of the Chaldees" was the home of Abraham'

Answer: Ur


Question: '"Habakkuk and the Angel" is one of a series of clues by this Renaissance master depicting angels pointing'

Answer: Bernini


Question: 'In medieval England, it meant the smallest unit of time, 1/376 of a minute; it didn't refer to matter until the 16th century'

Answer: atom


Question: 'This Texas city is the largest in the U.S. to have an African-American mayor'

Answer: Houston (Lee Brown)


Question: '...& the Crickets'

Answer: Buddy Holly


Question: 'In the 990s this son of Erik the Red brought Christianity to Greenland'

Answer: Leif Ericson


Question: 'Concerning a failed Windows 98 demonstration, he said, "I guess we still have some bugs to work out"'

Answer: Bill Gates


Question: 'This llama product is used to make hats, blankets & fishing flies'

Answer: Wool


Question: 'In 1967 this company introduced its chocolate-covered Ding Dong snack cakes'

Answer: Hostess


Question: 'Of 8, 12 or 18, the number of U.S. states that touch the Atlantic Ocean'

Answer: 18


Question: '...& the New Power Generation'

Answer: Prince


Question: 'In 1589 he was appointed professor of mathematics at the University of Pisa'

Answer: Galileo


Question: 'Before the grand jury she said, "I'm really sorry for everything that's happened.  And I hate Linda Tripp"'

Answer: Monica Lewinsky


Question: 'Llamas are the heftiest South American members of this animal family'

Answer: Camels


Question: 'This children's song says, "Morning bells are ringing, ding dong ding, ding dong ding"'

Answer: "Frère Jacques"


Question: '2 of the 4 U.S. states that have capitals with "City" in their names'

Answer: Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma & Utah


Question: '...& Herb'

Answer: Peaches


Question: '"Pig-Sticking or Hog-Hunting" & "Scouting For Boys" are among the books by this former British soldier'

Answer: Sir Robert Baden-Powell


Question: 'The difference between her "Mad About You" Emmys & her Oscar was that the Oscar was "Thinner and without wings"'

Answer: Helen Hunt


Question: 'On farms, llamas, like Great Pyrenees dogs, most commonly guard these animals'

Answer: Sheep


Question: 'Ding-Dongs is another alliterative term for these flared pants popular in the '60s & '70s'

Answer: Bell Bottoms


Question: '(Hi, I'm Jason Elam of the Denver Broncos.)  In 1998 I earned a trip to the NFL's Pro Bowl, held each year in this city where I played college ball'

Answer: Honolulu


Question: '...& the Sunshine Band'

Answer: KC


Question: 'This American was known as the "Napoleon of Luzon"'

Answer: Douglas MacArthur


Question: 'He removed himself from the Orioles' lineup after 2,632 straight games by saying, "I think the time is right"'

Answer: Cal Ripken, Jr.


Question: 'Like typical ruminants, llamas chew their cud, but have only 3 chambers in this organ'

Answer: Stomach


Question: 'The Fifth Estate had a 1967 Top 20 hit with this song from a 1939 movie'

Answer: "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead"


Question: 'Vancouver is the northernmost city represented in the NBA; this is the southernmost'

Answer: Miami


Question: '...& the Mechanics'

Answer: Mike


Question: 'Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I was also known by this name that means "red beard"'

Answer: Barbarossa


Question: 'Of this country's first nuclear tests, prime minister Sharif said, "Today we have evened the score with India"'

Answer: Pakistan


Question: 'A female llama often lets a male llama know she is pregnant by sticking her nose up & doing this'

Answer: Spitting


Question: '4-word title of the Barry Mann song that asks, "Who put the ram in the rama lama ding dong?"'

Answer: Who Put The Bomp


Question: 'Dissatisfaction with Henry VI's reign helped lead to these "botanical" wars'

Answer: The Wars of the Roses


Question: 'It's the "A" in the RAM of your computer'

Answer: Access


Question: 'In 1968 this rugged actor had a hit at the box office playing a San Francisco cop named Bullitt'

Answer: Steve McQueen


Question: 'This title character comments, "Duncan is in his grave; after life's fitful fever he sleeps well"'

Answer: Macbeth


Question: 'Used by lamas in prayer, it has 108 beads, about twice as many as the typical Catholic version'

Answer: Rosary


Question: 'A game is won when a player reaches this many points with at least a 2-point margin'

Answer: 21


Question: 'He was king from 1936 until 1952'

Answer: George VI


Question: 'Sweet's "Blitz" site'

Answer: Ballroom


Question: 'She played Tom Cruise's pretty flight instructor girlfriend in "Top Gun"'

Answer: Kelly McGillis


Question: '"Twelfth Night" begins, "If music be the food of love", do this'

Answer: Play on


Question: 'Lamaism is also known as this type of buddhism, after a lofty region of Asia'

Answer: Tibetan Buddhism


Question: 'USA Table Tennis uses the slogan "Putting A New" one of these "On An Old Favorite"'

Answer: Spin


Question: 'On January 30, 1649 this English king lost his head, literally'

Answer: Charles I


Question: 'The yolk's not on you when this is unbroken'

Answer: Eggshell


Question: 'It's been claimed that this actress who played Mammy in "GWTW" was the first black woman to sing on American radio'

Answer: Hattie McDaniel


Question: 'She tells her love, "My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep"'

Answer: Juliet


Question: 'When asking a lama for help in prayer, you may proffer a kata, a scarf of this color'

Answer: White


Question: 'The grip shown here is usually called by this "sociable" name'

Answer: Handshake


Question: 'Queen Elizabeth's husband, Prince Philip, is a son of the royalty of this country where he was born'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'He's got mail!'

Answer: Addressee


Question: 'Knighted in 1991, he co-wrote, executive produced & starred in 1995's "Richard III"'

Answer: Sir Ian McKellen


Question: 'In "Hamlet", this line precedes "For loan oft loses both itself and friend"'

Answer: "Neither a borrower nor a lender be"


Question: 'The name of Padmasambhava, who established the first order of lamas, means "born of" this flower'

Answer: Lotus


Question: 'In 1999 Andre Agassi won this event in tennis in NYC; Peng-Lung Chiang won it in table tennis in Fort Lauderdale'

Answer: U.S. Open


Question: 'The first Plantagenet English king, this Henry took power in 1154'

Answer: Henry II


Question: 'It was supposed to accompany the Mayflower, but was found unseaworthy'

Answer: Speedwell


Question: 'You betcha, she played pregnant police chief Marge in "Fargo" & won an Oscar for it'

Answer: Frances McDormand


Question: 'Businessman Antonio begins this play by saying, "In sooth I know not why I am so sad"'

Answer: The Merchant of Venice


Question: 'The Dalai Lama & China's government chose different children to be this second-ranking lama'

Answer: Panchen Lama


Question: 'In 1952 this movie production city of India hosted the 1st world championships held in Asia'

Answer: Bombay (Mumbai)


Question: 'After the decline of cathedral building in the 1600s, this organization began to accept non-stoneworkers'

Answer: The Masons


Question: 'In 1961 a phenomena investigation bureau was set up to find proof of this Scottish lake's "monster"'

Answer: Loch Ness


Question: 'In 1968-69 Liechtenstein issued a series of stamps honoring prominent collectors of these'

Answer: Stamps


Question: '"Halt!" to a horse'

Answer: "Whoa!"


Question: 'He was playing Opie on TV when he played Eddie in the 1963 film "The Courtship Of Eddie's Father"'

Answer: Ron Howard


Question: 'They're the embalmed, cloth-wrapped bodies of ancient Egypt; some of them were daddies'

Answer: Mummies


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />"(Hello, I'm Patrick Duffy)  According to Plato, Solon discovered the legend of this lost continent while on a trip to Egypt"'

Answer: Atlantis


Question: 'Its trademark Rock of Gibraltar made its debut in 1896'

Answer: Prudential


Question: 'Network on which you'd see David Duchovny play Fox Mulder & Matthew Fox play Charlie Salinger'

Answer: FOX


Question: 'They're the traditional 5 W's of journalism'

Answer: Who, what, when, where & why


Question: 'Laurie Metcalf, who played Jackie on this sitcom, appeared as the landlady in "Leaving Las Vegas"'

Answer: Roseanne


Question: 'For breakfast this Mexican dish contains scrambled eggs, chorizo & beans wrapped in a tortilla'

Answer: (Breakfast) Burrito


Question: 'This 16th century doctor said he gazed into a bowl of water on a tripod to divine his prophecies'

Answer: Nostradamus


Question: 'This world's leading brand of contact lenses comes from New Brunswick-based Johnson & Johnson'

Answer: Acuvue


Question: 'The first 2 words of the French version of the Canadian national anthem'

Answer: "O, Canada"


Question: 'It makes the sound heard here:'

Answer: Whippoorwill


Question: 'This creator of "Jeopardy!" appeared in the 1954 3-D horror film "Phantom Of The Rue Morgue"'

Answer: Merv Griffin


Question: '15 to 21 feet long, it wraps around the body of a woman in India'

Answer: Sari


Question: 'The Cyclops was the 1st large U.S. vessel with radio equipment recorded lost in this "shapely" area'

Answer: The Bermuda Triangle


Question: 'The initials A&P in the name of a Montvale-based company stand for this'

Answer: Atlantic & Pacific


Question: 'After Mexico, it's the most populous country whose official language is Spanish'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'Ulysses' "Charybdis" or Poe's "Maelstrom"'

Answer: Whirlpool


Question: 'We hope his "Friends' co-stars rushed out to see him in 1997's "Fools Rush In"'

Answer: Matthew Perry


Question: 'In 1947 this company introduced its aluminum foil "wrap"'

Answer: Reynolds


Question: 'In 1872 this ship was found in the Atlantic intact, but with no one aboard'

Answer: Marie Celeste


Question: 'In 1993 Morris Plains' Warner-Lambert bought Wilkinson Sword to go with this, its first line of razors'

Answer: Schick


Question: 'In 1981 this 9-letter word was added to the state flag of Wisconsin'

Answer: Wisconsin


Question: 'Kids like to do them with their bikes, off the curb'

Answer: Wheelies


Question: 'She already had her own talk show when she played Kathleen Turner's daughter in "Serial Mom"'

Answer: Ricki Lake


Question: 'These "clothes" wrap up an infant so he can't move'

Answer: Swaddling clothes


Question: 'Joseph Heller based his play "Clevinger's Trial" on chapter 8 of this, his most famous novel'

Answer: Catch-22


Question: 'It not only may lower your blood pressure, it may stop blood loss by repelling vampires'

Answer: Garlic


Question: 'A treatise on this feminine area of medicine from around the year 1000 is attributed to Trotula'

Answer: Gynecology


Question: 'The 1,000-ton Silver Sturgeon is the largest riverboat operating on this major river'

Answer: Thames


Question: 'In 1988 this superstar released his autobiography "Moonwalk"'

Answer: Michael Jackson


Question: 'A reasonable taxi charge'

Answer: Fair fare


Question: 'Years before the novel "Lolita", he published his verse play "Smerti" under a pseudonym in 1923'

Answer: Vladimir Nabokov


Question: 'The juice of this bog fruit is sometimes used to treat urinary tract infections'

Answer: Cranberry


Question: 'This 12th c. queen was the granddaughter of one of the first troubadours, William, Duke of Aquitaine'

Answer: Eleanor of Aquitaine


Question: 'This woman's cottage is an attraction in the village of Shottery, a suburb of Stratford'

Answer: Anne Hathaway


Question: 'Known as the "Velvet Fog", he wrote the 1970 account of Judy Garland's life, "The Other Side Of The Rainbow"'

Answer: Mel Torme


Question: 'A 7-day period that's not up to snuff'

Answer: Weak week


Question: '"Sheppey" is this "Of Human Bondage" author's play about a barber who wins the sweepstakes'

Answer: Somerset Maugham


Question: 'Some consider ginger superior to dramamine in preventing symptoms of this'

Answer: Motion sickness


Question: 'As empress of Japan in the 7th century, Suiko helped promote this religion at the expense of Shintoism'

Answer: Buddhism


Question: 'The house of the tailor in her "Tailor Of Gloucester" is now a gift shop devoted to her'

Answer: Beatrix Potter


Question: '(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />This artist was named Canada's Country Female Vocalist Of The Year from 1979 to 1986:  "I'll always remember the songs they were playing..."'

Answer: Anne Murray (Can I Have This Dance?)


Question: 'Chop up Certs'

Answer: Mince mints


Question: 'This British romance novelist was in her 20's when she wrote the 1925 play "Blood Money"'

Answer: Barbara Cartland


Question: 'For centuries the Japanese have been using the maitake, a type of this fungus, to improve overall health'

Answer: Mushroom


Question: 'Passionate love letters by nuns include Marianna Alcoforado's in the 17th century, & hers in the 12th to Abelard'

Answer: Heloise


Question: 'Trinity Chapel in Canterbury is on the site of this man's tomb, destroyed in 1538'

Answer: Thomas a Becket


Question: 'She co-starred as Aunty Entity in "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome"'

Answer: Tina Turner


Question: 'It's a notation on a percussion score to clash'

Answer: Cymbal symbol


Question: 'A "Giant" among American women novelists, she wrote the play "Stage Door" with George S. Kaufman'

Answer: Edna Ferber


Question: 'GBE, an extract from the leaves of this Chinese tree, may help in the treatment of senility'

Answer: Ginkgo


Question: 'Laura inspired the poems of Petrarch & this teenager inspired the poems of Dante'

Answer: Beatrice


Question: 'Her 1987 album "Canciones de Mi Padre" went platinum, although it only reached No. 42 on the pop charts'

Answer: Linda Ronstadt


Question: 'Totally missed the aquamarine question on a color test'

Answer: Blew blue


Question: 'You can view the Jungfrau Peak from the main street of this town between the Brienz & Thun Lakes'

Answer: Interlaken, Switzerland


Question: 'Now usually green, they've been called the world's most widely used visual aid'

Answer: chalkboard


Question: 'A popular annual event in this state is the crowning of "Alice in Dairyland"'

Answer: Wisconsin


Question: 'He first shaved his head to play Pontius Pilate in "The Greatest Story Ever Told"'

Answer: Telly Savalas


Question: 'In all members of the equidae family except the domestic horse, this hair stands erect'

Answer: mane


Question: 'Saroyan & Wordsworth'

Answer: William


Question: 'Adjective describing the swift-moving L.A. Lakers, or a quick-developing news story'

Answer: fast-breaking


Question: 'It used to be a student who kept order in the halls; now it's a screen for your computer'

Answer: monitor


Question: 'Washington & Rhode Island have the shortest ones in the U.S., "Alki" & "Hope" respectively'

Answer: mottos


Question: 'Evan Kim, a former tae kwon do champion, plays Dirty Harry's new partner in this 1988 film'

Answer: The Dead Pool


Question: 'Type of gait in which diagonally opposite legs move forward together'

Answer: trot


Question: 'Crane & Leacock'

Answer: Stephen


Question: 'Title of the following, men take note:'

Answer: Slow Hand


Question: 'The viewing of these is reported to be superseding Cliff Notes for quick cramming'

Answer: videos


Question: 'In 1802 the Tlingit Indians massacred many of the Russian settlers in what is now this state'

Answer: Alaska


Question: '10 years after playing "The Greek Tycoon", he turned up in a miniseries as Onassis' dad'

Answer: Anthony Quinn


Question: 'A yellowish horse with a black mane & tail, or the hide of a male deer'

Answer: buckskin


Question: 'Baudelaire & Lamb'

Answer: Charles


Question: 'Moral of the story, "The Tortoise & the Hare"'

Answer: slow and steady wins the race


Question: 'A student has to take the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test to qualify for this scholarship'

Answer: National Merit Scholarship


Question: 'The state where you're most likely to get invited to a dance party called a "fais dodo"'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'A b-girl in "From Here to Eternity", Mary Carver plays mom to this pair of TV detectives'

Answer: Simon & Simon


Question: 'This breed called "drinkers of the wind" is still used to develop & upgrade other breeds'

Answer: Arabian


Question: 'Ruskin & Bunyan'

Answer: John


Question: 'Fabric that does not "bleed" when washed or worn is said to be this'

Answer: colorfast


Question: 'From the Latin for "running", it's a run-down of the courses the school offers'

Answer: curriculum


Question: 'This "Equality State" granted its women political equality when it was still a territory'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: 'A hunchback in "The Name of the Rose" & a prehistoric man in "Quest for Fire", he's now a beast on TV'

Answer: Ron Perlman


Question: 'The Jockey Club registers only this breed of horse'

Answer: thoroughbred


Question: 'Werfel & Kafka'

Answer: Franz


Question: 'This phrase from the '30s means to succeed in a trick or a swindle'

Answer: to pull a fast one


Question: 'In an account of this speech, the Chicago Times decried Lincoln's embarrassing "dishwatery utterances"'

Answer: Gettysburg Address


Question: 'At age 9, Lorin Maazel shared the podium with L. Stokowski at this outdoor L.A. landmark'

Answer: Hollywood Bowl


Question: 'Outcries by sports car fans convinced Ford to continue making this classic "pony" car'

Answer: Mustang


Question: 'This TV show about little blue creatures won a Humanitas Prize for its "enriching human values"'

Answer: Smurfs


Question: 'This Norwegian was an apothecary's apprentice before becoming "The father of modern drama"'

Answer: Ibsen


Question: 'This process makes milkfat globules so small the cream no longer rises to the top'

Answer: homogenization


Question: 'On Christmas night, 1860 Major Anderson moved his troops from Ft. Moultrie to this more defensible fort'

Answer: Fort Sumter


Question: 'Saxophonist Julian Adderley was 1st nicknamed "Cannibal", but it was later changed to this'

Answer: Cannonball


Question: 'In Beijing nearly everyone commutes to work on these vehicles'

Answer: bicycles


Question: 'The 1985 U.N. Population Award went to this federation that has affiliates in 121 countries'

Answer: Planned Parenthood


Question: 'The original commedia dell'arte performers wore masks & spoke this language'

Answer: Italian


Question: 'It's the most widely consumed beverage in the world'

Answer: tea


Question: 'In April 1863 he ended a bread riot in Richmond by personally addressing the mob'

Answer: Jefferson Davis


Question: 'This flamboyant pianist said he did "Reader's Digest versions of concertos"'

Answer: Liberace


Question: 'In 1783 Joseph & Jacques Montgolfier, sons of a French paper bag maker, invented this'

Answer: hot air balloon


Question: 'While a Golden Gloves winner is a boxer, a Gold Glove winner is this'

Answer: baseball fielder


Question: 'Many ancient Greek plays featured a chorus of these mythical goat-men'

Answer: satyrs


Question: 'Most milk has 400 units of this vitamin added per quart'

Answer: vitamin D


Question: 'This Union general declared, "I can make Georgia howl" & then did in late 1864'

Answer: Sherman


Question: 'This famous flügelhorn player is a protégé of Dizzy Gillespie'

Answer: Chuck Mangione


Question: 'If you're riding in the Maid of the Mist, you're sightseeing at this landmark'

Answer: Niagara Falls


Question: 'In 1975 "The Towering Inferno" won the Cinematographer Oscar, & this disaster film won for Sound'

Answer: Earthquake


Question: 'At 1st only 1 appeared in a tragedy until Aeschylus added a second one'

Answer: actor


Question: 'Popular in New Orleans, its top is a salad green & its root is roasted & mixed with coffee'

Answer: chicory


Question: 'This Louisiana creole general designed the famous Confederate battle flag'

Answer: General Beauregard


Question: 'At age 6 this classical & jazz trumpeter was given his 1st horn by Al Hirt'

Answer: Wynton Marsalis


Question: 'This major U.S. airport was built on an orchard, so it's abbreviated "ORD" on luggage tags'

Answer: O\'Hare


Question: 'In 1913 this poet from India became the 1st Asian to win a Nobel Prize for Literature'

Answer: Rabindranath Tagore


Question: 'Developed in the 17th century, this form of theater features men called "onnagata" in female roles'

Answer: kabuki


Question: 'Tea imported to the U.S. must be approved by a tea inspector from this federal agency'

Answer: Food & Drug Administration


Question: 'This Queen of England was the granddaughter of Ferdinand & Isabella of Spain'

Answer: Mary I (Bloody Mary)


Question: 'In 1990 "Four Past Midnight" hit the bestseller lists for this horrormeister'

Answer: Stephen King


Question: '(James Lipton delivers the clue.)  He told us, as a struggling actor, he used the pay phone at Pioneer Chicken as his office, before he got "Family Ties"'

Answer: Michael J. Fox


Question: 'A physics prize was awarded for analytically determining why women in this condition don't tip over'

Answer: pregnancy


Question: 'This 1844 novel is set during the time of Louis XIII'

Answer: The Three Musketeers


Question: 'The only wartime use of nuclear weapons occurred in this year'

Answer: 1945


Question: 'A Michael Jackson album title is "Off" this'

Answer: the Wall


Question: 'This ex-president scored big in 1990 with his autobiography "An American Life"'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: '(James Lipton delivers the clue.)  For his pants-less slide in "Risky Business", he said he put wax on the floor to the center of the shot, then dust to help him stop'

Answer: Tom Cruise


Question: 'A 2009 veterinary medicine prize was given for showing cows who have names give more of this than nameless ones'

Answer: milk


Question: 'The diameter of this is about 100,000 light-years, but it doesn't have a malt-flavored nougat center'

Answer: a Milky Way


Question: 'The Manhattan project to develop nuclear weapons first tested them at Alamogordo in this state'

Answer: New Mexico


Question: 'An uncommon shop on an untraveled street is "off" this well-worn road'

Answer: the beaten path


Question: 'It's an open & shut case: his "Runaway Jury" was the bestselling hardback fiction work of 1996'

Answer: John Grisham


Question: '(James Lipton delivers the clue.)  He said he loved his show's early scripts, because "Mulder is a complete failure... he's never solved a case.  Ever"'

Answer: David Duchovny


Question: 'A team from Mexico won in chem for creating diamonds from this Jalisco liquor distilled from fermented mash of an agave'

Answer: tequila


Question: 'More than one elevated ground area for baseball pitchers'

Answer: Mounds


Question: 'You might seek "shelter" from this, radioactive particles that descend through the atmosphere'

Answer: fallout


Question: '"Off the" this, also one of the writers of the 4 Gospels, means inaccurate'

Answer: the mark


Question: 'In 1998 his novel "Rainbow Six" became another in his long line of military bestsellers'

Answer: Tom Clancy


Question: '(James Lipton delivers the clue.)  He recounted how he himself named his "Gladiator" character; "Narcissus" just wouldn't work'

Answer: Russell Crowe


Question: 'A doctor won for cracking his left knuckles, but not his right, for 60 years to test a rumored cause of this disease'

Answer: arthritis


Question: 'Laughs in an indecorous or disrespectful manner'

Answer: Snickers


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an atomic animation on the monitor.)  A neutron is used to split the nucleus of an atom, releasing energy in this type of nuclear bomb process'

Answer: fission


Question: '"Off" this can mean exceedingly cool, or emitting an annoying noise --hang up already!'

Answer: the hook


Question: 'This "metallic" woman had 3 bestsellers in the top 10 for 1997: "The Ghost", "The Ranch" & "Special Delivery"'

Answer: Danielle Steel


Question: '(James Lipton delivers the clue.)  He shared with us how the role of Tony Soprano may have driven him, ironically, to the psychiatrist's office'

Answer: James Gandolfini


Question: 'A math prize to this African country's reserve bank, for giving folks the chance to use big numbers like 100 trillion'

Answer: Zimbabwe


Question: 'In 1977 Diane Keaton went "Looking for" him; he wasn't so delicious'

Answer: Mr. Goodbar


Question: 'Abbreviated B.R., it's the distance from the point of impact that will be affected when a nuclear explosion occurs'

Answer: blast radius


Question: 'Hippies & survivalists may be "off" this, meaning living so as to not require electricity'

Answer: the grid


Question: 'The Staffordshire type of this was formerly called the pit bull'

Answer: a terrier


Question: 'Winning in Seoul & Los Angeles, he was the last American to win gold in the men's 10-meter platform dive'

Answer: (Greg) Louganis


Question: 'Quite simply, frijoles negros are these'

Answer: black beans


Question: 'This Texan of Danish heritage, Dukakis' running mate, also served as treasury secretary under Clinton'

Answer: Lloyd Bentsen


Question: 'Just as in Norway, Labrador's coast is broken with many bays & these long, narrow inlets'

Answer: fjords


Question: 'This synonym for husky is also a brand of trash bags & paper plates'

Answer: hefty


Question: 'The Viszla is a Hungarian version of this & should be told it's being impolite & to at least use an open hand'

Answer: pointer


Question: 'Glenn Eller targeted the gold when he won the double trap in this sport in Beijing'

Answer: double trap shooting


Question: 'Chow down on a traditional Reuben sandwich, sauerkraut & Swiss cheese atop this deli meat'

Answer: corned beef


Question: 'A successful 11th c. invader of Britain was this Dane whose name sounds like that of a Notre Dame coach'

Answer: Canute


Question: 'In 2005 these native people created a regional government called Nunatsiavut to preserve their culture'

Answer: the Inuit


Question: 'A dry, dark beer from Guinness, or what you might become if you drink too many'

Answer: stout


Question: 'This hunting hound is the state dog of Virginia'

Answer: the foxhound


Question: 'In 2002, Jim Shea took the gold in this event that gets its name because of the sled's "bony" appearance'

Answer: skeleton


Question: 'Chicken is popularly prepared this way, Italian for "hunter's style", with mushrooms, onions & tomatoes'

Answer: cacciatore


Question: 'In 1965 the Hamilton River, Labrador's longest, was renamed this after a late British prime minister'

Answer: Churchill


Question: 'From the Latin for "oaken" & "strong", this word is used to describe a rich, strong cup of coffee'

Answer: robust


Question: 'Marie Antoinette loved this breed whose name is derived from the fact that its ears looked like a butterfly'

Answer: papillon


Question: 'In 1960 Abebe Bikila became the first black African gold medalist when he won this event--barefoot!'

Answer: the marathon


Question: 'This Provencal vegetable melange typically includes eggplant, zucchini & tomatoes, not rodents'

Answer: ratatouille


Question: 'Found on the coast, opalescent specimens of a feldspar known as labradorite are sold under this "lunar" name'

Answer: moonstone


Question: 'A term for a conservative Republican of the late 1800s, it also means strong & sturdy'

Answer: stalwart


Question: 'The Cavalier King Charles spaniel is in this AKC group'

Answer: toy


Question: 'In 2008 Sue Bird helped the U.S. win its fourth straight Olympic gold medal in this sport'

Answer: basketball


Question: 'This special roast is made by tying 2 rib roasts together in a circle'

Answer: crown roast


Question: 'He's the only president sworn in on a Catholic missal; it wasn't his'

Answer: Lyndon Baines Johnson


Question: 'This dam at the Arizona-Nevada border is 726 feet high'

Answer: the Hoover Dam


Question: 'Crystl Bustos hit .500 in Beijing swinging one of these'

Answer: a softball bat


Question: 'The Hotlix company makes a green lollipop flavored like this fruit--appropriately, with a worm inside'

Answer: an apple


Question: 'Jonathan is the BFF (biblical fast friend) of this future king'

Answer: David


Question: 'Today most of the "tin" foil that we use is made from this other metal'

Answer: aluminum


Question: 'A sliver from a LaserJet that gets under your skin'

Answer: a printer splinter


Question: 'This recumbent statue on the Giza Plateau is 66 feet high & 240 feet long'

Answer: the (Great) Sphinx


Question: 'Champion lumberjill Nancy Zalewski swings one of these'

Answer: an axe


Question: 'Crick-ettes (yep, they're made from crickets) come in several tangy flavors, including these breakfast strips & cheese'

Answer: bacon


Question: 'In "Slumdog Millionaire" Jamal & Salim are musketeers, calling themselves Athos & him'

Answer: Porthos


Question: 'This element that makes up about 25% of the sun's mass was first discovered on the sun in 1868'

Answer: helium


Question: 'A parasitic insect on the device that moves the cursor'

Answer: a mouse louse


Question: 'This Gothic cathedral stands on the eastern end of Paris' Ile de la Cite'

Answer: Notre Dame


Question: 'Saskatchewan's Hayley Wickenheiser swings this to score'

Answer: a hockey stick


Question: 'These winged wood-eaters, aka white ants, are fried as a snack in Africa'

Answer: termites


Question: '"SNL" parodied him as calling John McCain "a raging maniac and a dear dear friend"'

Answer: Joe Biden


Question: 'When rubber is vulcanized, it's treated with heat & this smelly element'

Answer: sulfur


Question: 'One Air Jordan shoe on your audio component'

Answer: a sneaker speaker


Question: 'This Madrid art museum was completed under Ferdinand VII in 1819'

Answer: the Prado


Question: 'It's what Elena Dementieva swings'

Answer: a tennis racket


Question: 'edible.com sells ground beans for this hot beverage that have been regurgitated by weasels, cleaned & roasted'

Answer: coffee


Question: 'Hector kills Patroclus, this hero's best buddy; mistake'

Answer: Achilles


Question: 'This silvery element often appears as droplets on deposits of cinnabar'

Answer: mercury


Question: 'A device to digitally copy a landed estate'

Answer: a manor scanner


Question: 'Prince Charles was born in this London landmark'

Answer: Buckingham Palace


Question: 'Paula Creamer swings one'

Answer: a golf club


Question: 'The snack called Amber Insectnside features these stinging arachnids in amber-colored candy'

Answer: scorpions


Question: 'This co-author also supported Karl Marx financially'

Answer: Friedrich Engels


Question: 'It's no secret--the name of this element that makes up a tiny fraction of the atmosphere is from the Greek for "hidden"'

Answer: krypton


Question: 'Temporary memory crushed into a jelly'

Answer: a RAM jam


Question: 'In February, 8 months after knee surgery, he was back teeing it up on the PGA Tour'

Answer: Tiger Woods


Question: 'Ben Gibbard is the lead singer of this band that sounds like a ride a hottie should turn down'

Answer: Death Cab for Cutie


Question: 'It's the world's second-largest ocean'

Answer: the Atlantic


Question: 'Among the writers in this movement, Byron is more highly esteemed than Darley'

Answer: the Romantic movement


Question: 'This artist painted "Tahitian Landscape"'

Answer: Gauguin


Question: 'In Philly:<br />Flattened region on either side of the forehead'

Answer: Temple


Question: 'In April 2009 this 82-year-old strayed from protocol when she briefly put her arm around Michelle Obama'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth II


Question: 'Kingsizemaybe's song "Dallas" recalls the day of this man's assassination'

Answer: JFK


Question: 'This most sacred river of India was named for a Hindu goddess'

Answer: the Ganges


Question: 'Thackeray took a lot of "pride" in this novel; it was his first major work published under his own name'

Answer: Vanity Fair


Question: 'He returned to the White House in 1893 for his second term'

Answer: Cleveland


Question: 'An Ivy:<br />To saute until color changes'

Answer: Brown


Question: 'Pilot Sully Sullenberger became a real-life hero after safely landing his plane here'

Answer: the Hudson River


Question: 'L.A.'s Silversun Pickups got their name from a store at the corner of Silver Lake Blvd. & this one with a famous "Strip"'

Answer: Sunset


Question: 'This river carries more water than the Mississippi, Yangtze & Nile combined'

Answer: the Amazon


Question: 'This fifth Harry Potter novel is the longest'

Answer: Order of the Phoenix


Question: 'The U.S. Navy established this rank abbreviated C.P.O.'

Answer: chief petty officer


Question: 'Founded in 1701:<br />A lock company'

Answer: Yale


Question: 'Prime Minister of Israel in the 1990s, he resumed the post in 2009'

Answer: Netanyahu


Question: 'As a child, Jenny Lewis appeared on "Baywatch"; now she fronts this "Portions For Foxes" band'

Answer: Rilo Kiley


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew points to a map on the monitor.)  The Straits of Mackinac separate the Upper & Lower Peninsulas & connect these two Great Lakes'

Answer: Huron & Michigan


Question: 'Of Nobel Prize literature laureates, this documenter of the Gulag has the longest one-word surname'

Answer: Solzhenitsyn


Question: 'This wit's play "A Woman of No Importance" premiered'

Answer: Oscar Wilde


Question: 'For cadets:<br />A fortress or stronghold that commands a city during siege'

Answer: The Citadel


Question: 'Hilda Solis has her work cut out for her as the new Secretary of this Cabinet department'

Answer: Labor


Question: 'Think twice before kissing these "hot" Oklahoma indie stars who sang "Do You Realize?"'

Answer: The Flaming Lips


Question: 'Golden Sands is a resort on Bulgaria's east coast along this sea'

Answer: the Black Sea


Question: 'Of the Greek tragedy trinity Aeschylus, Sophocles & him, he was the least honored in his time'

Answer: Euripides


Question: 'The U.S. facilitated the overthrow of this kingdom's monarchy; annexation came later'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'A Roman Catholic school:<br />"The room" in French'

Answer: La Salle


Question: 'Since 1974, the official residence of this public servant has been at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue & 34th Street'

Answer: the vice president


Question: 'Cheese & army knife'

Answer: Swiss


Question: 'When Samantha joined Darrin, it became the first live-action show to regularly put a man & wife in the same bed'

Answer: Bewitched


Question: 'When checking this at kitty's femoral artery, normally it should be from about 160 to 220'

Answer: the pulse


Question: 'It boasts the world's largest citrus research center'

Answer: the University of Florida


Question:
'(Jimbo of the CC keeps on truckin'.)  Often used by truckers, these radios that work on 40 channels were a fad in the '70s & '80s

"That's a big 10-4, good buddy."'

Answer: CB radios


Question: 'A stock that's a low risk investment is a blue this'

Answer: a chip


Question: 'Toast & twist'

Answer: French


Question: 'The first color TV transmission was produced by John Baird in this European capital in 1928'

Answer: London


Question: 'The eccrine type of these glands are down on the paw pads, because they're not that vital in keeping kitty cool'

Answer: sweat glands


Question: 'The incoming freshmen of 2001 at this Philadelphia university had averaged 1,412 on their SATs'

Answer: the University of Pennsylvania


Question: 'Inspired by 1978's "Animal House", these ancient dress shindigs are still popular with frats'

Answer: toga parties


Question: 'You can get mauled when it's this market that features a lengthy period of price drops'

Answer: the bear


Question: 'Muffin & saddle'

Answer: English


Question: 'American television's first Hispanic superstar was this bandleader'

Answer: Desi Arnaz


Question: 'In one theory, purring comes from membranes in the throat called "false" these'

Answer: vocal cords


Question: 'Pope Boniface VIII founded it in 1303'

Answer: the University of Rome