Question: 'She was "Divine" as the voice of a French poodle named Georgette in the Disney film "Oliver & Company"'

Answer: Bette Midler


Question: 'North American types of this bird include Montezuma, mountain & bobwhite'

Answer: Quail


Question: 'French for "good trip", it's the kind of party you throw for someone leaving on a cruise'

Answer: Bon Voyage


Question: 'This bookstore chain founded by Larry Hoyt in 1933 was named for an inspirational pond'

Answer: Waldenbooks


Question: 'Thoth is a moon god associated with this large, robust monkey'

Answer: Baboon


Question: 'Steeler city<br />            (10)'

Answer: Pittsburgh


Question: 'We hope this singer got some "Satisfaction" when he starred as the famous Australian outlaw "Ned Kelly"'

Answer: Mick Jagger


Question: 'In 1928 physicist Walther Muller helped this man improve his radiation detector'

Answer: Hans Geiger


Question: 'The "high" form of this meal should feature sturdy food such as eggs rather than dainty little sandwiches'

Answer: Tea


Question: 'This media company's NYSE symbol is TWX'

Answer: Time Warner


Question: 'Egyptians studied The Book Of The Dead to help them get past this presiding god into paradise'

Answer: Osiris


Question: 'Left on board<br />             (4)'

Answer: Port


Question: 'He appeared in "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea" before he hit the beach with Annette Funicello'

Answer: Frankie Avalon


Question: 'Photosynthesis takes place in these specialized structures in the cells of plants'

Answer: Chloroplasts


Question: 'Swedes toast each other with this word derived from Old Norse for "bowl"'

Answer: Skol


Question: 'Named for the Mississippi area it served, this airline began in 1924 as a crop-dusting service'

Answer: Delta Airlines


Question: 'Thor Heyerdahl's 1969 & 1970 expeditions to cross the Atlantic in reed boats were named after this god'

Answer: Ra


Question: 'Czech out this beer<br />             (7)'

Answer: Pilsner


Question: 'This writer was the daughter of liberal clergyman Lyman Beecher'

Answer: Harriet Beecher Stowe


Question: 'The shortest of the tragedies, it may have been written to appeal to James I's interest in witchcraft'

Answer: "Macbeth"


Question: 'This Maryland-Virginia bay varies between 4 & 40 miles in width'

Answer: Chesapeake Bay


Question: 'Flat, topspin & slice are the 3 basic types of this first shot'

Answer: Serve


Question: 'James I created this post, M.C. for short, to have someone in charge of the formalities of public functions'

Answer: Master of Ceremonies


Question: 'Like "Presumed Innocent", his novel "Burden Of Proof" is set in fictional Kindle County'

Answer: Scott Turow


Question: 'This showman's first attraction was Joice Heth, a slave presented as George Washington's former nurse'

Answer: P.T. Barnum


Question: 'This jester makes an appearance in the last act of "Hamlet" when a gravedigger uncovers his skull'

Answer: Yorick


Question: 'In 1983 artist Christo wrapped islands in this southern Florida bay with pink plastic'

Answer: Biscayne Bay


Question: 'She was the No. 1 ranked player in Czechoslovakia 1972-75'

Answer: Martina Navratilova


Question: 'In 1915 many high officials in the Russian court were incompetents chosen by this "Mad Monk"'

Answer: Rasputin


Question: 'This "Ragtime" author's initials stand for Edgar Laurence'

Answer: E.L. Doctorow


Question: 'His "Blue-Backed Speller", issued in 1783, is still in print in revised form'

Answer: Noah Webster


Question: 'His youngest daughter, Cordelia, shares his stubbornness & refuses to flatter him like her sisters'

Answer: King Lear


Question: 'The ruins of Pompeii are on the eastern shore of this bay'

Answer: Bay of Naples


Question: 'The International Lawn Tennis Challenge trophy is better known as this, for the man who established it'

Answer: The Davis Cup


Question: 'The first to hold this lifetime appointment in England was John Dryden in 1668'

Answer: Poet Laureate


Question: 'His WWII imprisonment in a Dresden slaughterhouse inspired "Slaughterhouse-Five"'

Answer: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.


Question: 'In 1901 this Hartford-born financier organized U.S. Steel, the largest corp. in the world'

Answer: J.P. Morgan


Question: '"As You Like It" is set in part in this forest'

Answer: Forest of Arden


Question: 'The eastern coast of this bay has many good ports, including Sittwe, Myanmar'

Answer: Bay of Bengal


Question: 'Chris Evert retired as a pro in 1989 & this 13-year-old girl trained by Chris' father turned pro in 1990'

Answer: Jennifer Capriati


Question: 'In 1830 this British dandy was appointed British consul at Caen'

Answer: Beau Brummel


Question: 'In his 1st book, "The Boo", Pat Conroy wrote about this South Carolina military academy, his alma mater'

Answer: The Citadel


Question: 'This "Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God" preacher was valedictorian of his class at Yale'

Answer: Jonathan Edwards


Question: 'Act IV, Scene 1 of this play takes place in the English camp at Agincourt'

Answer: "Henry V"


Question: 'Chaleur Bay separates New Brunswick from the Gaspe Peninsula of this province'

Answer: Quebec


Question: 'To accomplish a Grand Slam, you have to win certain tournaments in these 4 countries'

Answer: Australia, England, France & United States


Question: 'A year after discovering Uranus, he was appointed private astronomer to King George III'

Answer: Sir William Herschel


Question: '"Letting Go" was the 1st full-length novel by this author of "Goodbye, Columbus"'

Answer: Philip Roth


Question: 'His brother Jonathan lost his life in 1976 leading the raid on Entebbe'

Answer: Benjamin Netanyahu (prime minister of Israel)


Question: 'Rejected in Russia, this Boris Pasternak novel began making house calls in Italy'

Answer: "Doctor Zhivago"


Question: 'In 1956 this Giants halfback & future "Monday Night Football" announcer was the NFL's Most Valuable Player'

Answer: Frank Gifford


Question: 'For an astounding 3 decades, he youthfully hosted "American Bandstand"'

Answer: Dick Clark


Question: 'Emil Pallenberg first trained bears in tightrope walking working for these brothers' circus'

Answer: Ringling Brothers


Question: 'In 1913 Pierre de Coubertin designed this event's logo of 5 interlocking rings'

Answer: Olympics


Question: 'Gator relative<br />(4)'

Answer: Croc


Question: 'Joanne Woodward exhibited a trio of personalities in this 1957 film'

Answer: The Three Faces of Eve


Question: 'In his last game as a player, Super Bowl XXXIII, this Denver QB passed for 336 yards & 1 touchdown'

Answer: John Elway


Question: 'Traditionally, this name is given to a woman whose identity is unknown during legal proceedings'

Answer: Jane Doe


Question: 'Bruno starred as this TV bear often seen with Clint Howard as Mark Wedloe'

Answer: Gentle Ben


Question: 'In the 1940s Achille Gaggia built an appliance to make this beverage, basis of cappuccino, in your kitchen'

Answer: Espresso


Question: '"See ya," in Rome<br />(4)'

Answer: Ciao


Question: 'During the summer Ford rolled out this all-new auto; big mistake!'

Answer: Edsel


Question: 'This coach of the Colts & Dolphins is the NFL's winningest coach with 347 career victories'

Answer: Don Shula


Question: 'In 1990 Warren Beatty took on the role of this hawk-nosed, jut-jawed crime crusader'

Answer: Dick Tracy


Question: 'Munna, this type of performing bear, made news when India's government took him from trainer Nasir Khan'

Answer: Dancing bear


Question: 'Though called this, a popular '60s chair was actually filled with tiny polystyrene balls'

Answer: Bean Bag chair


Question: 'Turkey slicer<br />(6)'

Answer: Carver


Question: 'Ceremonies in the U.S. & France marked this statesman's 200th birthday'

Answer: Marquis de Lafayette


Question: 'In July of 2000 this player seen here signed a $42 million, 6-year contract, at the time tops among NFL running backs'

Answer: Eddie George


Question: '(Here's a former "Jeopardy!" college contestant, Maggie Bandur, who's now a writer on "Malcolm in the Middle".) On an episode of mine, Malcolm's mother, played by this actress, has to go to the funeral of an aunt she hated'

Answer: Jane Kaczmarek


Question: 'Customers at the saloon of this frontier judge would buy sarsaparilla for his bear Bruno'

Answer: Judge Roy Bean


Question: 'In the 1930s Donald Deskey used this style for the interior of Radio City Music Hall'

Answer: Art Deco


Question: 'Don't tell!  ___ up<br />(4)'

Answer: Clam


Question: 'Only 3 players have rushed for more than 2,000 yards in a season: O.J. Simpson, Eric Dickerson & this Lion in 1997'

Answer: Barry Sanders


Question: 'In 1553 this monarch was a true "Nine Days' Wonder"'

Answer: Lady Jane Grey


Question: 'Bart the Bear terrorized Anthony Hopkins & Alec Baldwin in "The Edge" & Brad Pitt in this film'

Answer: Legends of the Fall


Question: 'Harley Earl's designs for GM peaked with this 1959 Cadillac model'

Answer: Eldorado


Question: 'Intoned, like a monk<br />(7)'

Answer: Chanted


Question: 'These beautiful Hawaiian garlands aren't always made of flowers: seeds & shells are used, too'

Answer: Leis


Question: '"Alive" & "Jeremy" are songs by this band'

Answer: Pearl Jam


Question: 'In 1719 Daniel Defoe wrote "The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of" this character'

Answer: Robinson Crusoe


Question: '1993:<br />Jason Scott Lee'

Answer: Bruce Lee


Question: 'While the military type of this composition is usually fast & upbeat, the funeral type is slow & somber'

Answer: March


Question: 'The former mayor of Washington, D.C. who "Can't Smile Without You" "At the Copa, Copacabana"'

Answer: Marion Barry Manilow


Question: 'Once home to Father Damien, this island is so unspoiled that it still has no traffic lights'

Answer: Molokai


Question: 'Nicknamed "The Pearl", he was the captain of the Knicks in the late '70s'

Answer: Earl Monroe


Question: 'Thomas Hardy called his epic work on this emperor "The Dynasts"; "War and Peace" had already been taken'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: '1955:<br />Audie Murphy'

Answer: Audie Murphy (in "To Hell and Back")


Question: 'A famous series of concertos by Vivaldi, or Frankie Valli's group'

Answer: "The Four Seasons"


Question: 'Phone call you make to Jack London where he pays the buck, not you'

Answer: Collect Call of the Wild


Question: 'One of the "Big Island"'s biggest thrills is flying in a helicopter over this volcano that's been erupting since 1983'

Answer: Kilauea


Question: 'The pearl type of this cassava starch is used to make pudding'

Answer: Tapioca


Question: 'This Tennyson poem was published in the Examiner a few weeks after the October 1854 event'

Answer: "The Charge of the Light Brigade"


Question: '1988:<br />Forest Whitaker'

Answer: Charlie Parker (in "Bird")


Question: 'It's the rhyming name for the energetic blues-based piano style that became popular in the '30s'

Answer: Boogie-woogie


Question: 'Kids' game in which a certain phrase allows you to imitate the movements of this "Odd Couple" playwright'

Answer: Neil Simon Says


Question: 'Yee-ha!  You'll see Hawaiian cowboys known as Paniolo at this 225,000-acre cattle ranch'

Answer: Parker Ranch


Question: 'This trombonist & bandleader had a smash hit in 1942 with the song heard here'

Answer: Glenn Miller ("String of Pearls")


Question: 'An ominous character from this 1949 novel lent his name to a summer 2000 series on CBS'

Answer: "1984" ("Big Brother")


Question: 'From the passage heard here, it's the common nickname of the following symphony by Haydn'

Answer: "The Surprise Symphony"


Question: 'Laura Ingalls Wilder's novel about growing up out west with Garrison Keillor's radio show'

Answer: Little House on the Prairie Home Companion


Question: 'The name of this island sounds like a Hawaiian veranda'

Answer: Lanai


Question: 'The title of this 1904 W.H. Hudson novel refers to the wild forests of South America'

Answer: "Green Mansions"


Question: 'Norman Mailer's "True Life Novel" about Gary Gilmore that featured Disney's Uncle Remus & Brer Rabbit'

Answer: The Executioner\'s Song of the South


Question: 'This "Dragon" was first famous for resisting Ottoman domination of Romania'

Answer: Vlad the Impaler (\"Count Dracula\")


Question: 'On Feb. 10, 1985 this African man said, "Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts"'

Answer: Nelson Mandela


Question: 'In kabbadi, one team member tries to tag out as many of the opposing team while holding this as long as possible'

Answer: one\'s breath


Question: 'This food tartare originated in medieval Russia'

Answer: steak


Question: '16th Street Mission is a station in this city on the rail system called BART, or Bay Area Rapid Transit'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'West Virginia's state tree is sugar type of this'

Answer: the maple


Question: 'A Freudian this is said to be when you mean one thing but say your mother'

Answer: slip


Question: 'A senate report showed his govt., deposed in 2003, stole billions from the U.N.'s Oil-for-Food program'

Answer: (Saddam) Hussein


Question: 'Doing it in unusual places turns this household task into an "extreme" sport for some; got spray starch?'

Answer: ironing


Question: 'A restaurant called Que Seraw Seraw makes this with organic buckwheat crust & macadamia cheese'

Answer: pizza


Question: 'The Silver Cloud & The Silver Ghost are classic models from this alliterative luxury automaker'

Answer: Rolls Royce


Question: 'The state bird of Indiana is this red bird'

Answer: the cardinal


Question: '2 missed serves in tennis will get you a double this'

Answer: fault


Question: 'On March 3, 1873, amid pre-inaugural festivity, Congress quietly passed a law increasing these by 50%, retroactive 2 years'

Answer: salaries


Question: 'Up for a game of sepak takraw? Popular in Asia, it's basically this beach team game but using only the feet'

Answer: volleyball


Question: 'We don't have any food ideas for raw Yukon Gold or other types of these, but they're supposed to help with warts'

Answer: potatoes


Question: 'In the Disney film of the same name, the "Love Bug" was a Beetle from this automaker'

Answer: Volkswagen


Question: 'Georgia's official state vegetable is the vidalia sweet this'

Answer: onion


Question: 'From the Latin for "to deceive", it can precede teeth or sense of security'

Answer: false


Question: 'On Sept. 3, 1658 this Lord Protector of England stopped breathing (& protecting)'

Answer: Oliver Cromwell


Question: 'The "charming" of these annelids from the ground has evolved into an annual world championship in Cheshire, England'

Answer: worms


Question: 'The danger of eating unbaked cookie dough is mainly due to this ingredient'

Answer: eggs


Question: 'This supersonic transport made its last flights in 2003 after British Airways & Air France canceled service'

Answer: the Concorde


Question: 'Alabama's motto is "We dare maintain our" these'

Answer: rights


Question: 'Children's author Mo Willems penned "Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of" this "identity"'

Answer: Mistaken


Question: 'On July 26, 1956 Egypt seized control of this geographic feature from its French & British owners'

Answer: the Suez canal


Question: 'Also called noodling, the grabbing or grabbling of these large fish is popular in Mississippi'

Answer: catfish


Question: 'Some sushi restaurants also serve this similar food, from the Japanese for "stab the body"'

Answer: sashimi


Question: 'In 1967 The Douglas Aircraft company merged with this aircraft company'

Answer: McDonnell


Question: 'Native to Idaho, the cutthroat type of this is the state fish'

Answer: trout


Question: 'Proverbially, when you find you're wrong, you "see the" this 5-letter word "of your ways"'

Answer: error


Question: '5-letter word for the leader of an African (as well as an Indian) tribe, like the moro-naba of Ouagadougou'

Answer: a chief


Question: 'Alecia Moore got this nickname as a child, years before she dyed her hair accordingly'

Answer: Pink


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew explains an equation on the monitor.) The big "E" is actually the Greek letter sigma; in math, it means to do this to a series of terms--here, from 1 to 3'

Answer: sum them (or add them)


Question: 'This character from an 1819 tale missed the American revolution; he was asleep'

Answer: Rip Van Winkle


Question: '(8 letters) Overtwisted, like an injured knee'

Answer: strained


Question: '"The Fame Monster" has struck for Stefani Germanotta, now better known as this'

Answer: Lady Gaga


Question: 'The symbol here says "A" is this with respect to "B"; more than 2 words'

Answer: less than or equal to


Question: 'Cassy & Emmeline escape from this slave owner after the 2 convince him his house is haunted'

Answer: Simon Legree


Question: '(8 letters) What the mouse said, or, with "by", describing narrow victory'

Answer: squeaked


Question: 'The Circassians are among the many peoples of this region, Kavkaz in Russian'

Answer: the Caucasus


Question: 'The rapper born Booby Ray Simmons goes by these 3 letters'

Answer: B.o.B.


Question: 'A peasant might play his cards close to his jerkin, a type of this'

Answer: a vest


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew explains an expression on the monitor.) The vertical bars around the negative 3 indicate this, also known as numerical value'

Answer: absolute value


Question: 'Alphabetically last of the 3 musketeers, he has a "somewhat vainglorious strength"'

Answer: Porthos


Question: '(8 letters) Injuriously long periods of low precipitation'

Answer: droughts


Question: 'The lao loum live in the lowlands;  the lao theung, on the slopes; lao soung means people of here'

Answer: mountain tops


Question: 'To avoid confusion with Davy Jones of The Monkees, British singer Davey Jones took this last name for his "Golden Years"'

Answer: Bowie


Question: 'To become skilled using this long spear, a squire would practice against a wooden dummy called a quintain'

Answer: a lance


Question: 'We're pretty sure you can give us the name of this symbol that denotes a range of uncertainty'

Answer: plus or minus


Question: 'Alice questions reality after these 2 say she's only a character in the Red King's dream; ooo, 19th century "Inception"!'

Answer: Tweedledee and Tweedledum


Question: '(7 letters) German for "German"'

Answer: deutsch


Question: 'For at least the sixth time, the Al-Houthis are revolting along this country's northern border with Saudi Arabia'

Answer: Yemen


Question: 'William Bailey used this stage name when he sang on hits like "Welcome to the Jungle"'

Answer: Axl Rose


Question: 'The term "chivalry" comes from this French word meaning "one who rides a horse"'

Answer: chevalier


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew explains an equation on the monitor.)  In math, an exclamation mark is called a factorial symbol; it means to do this with every positive integer of equal or lesser value--in this case, equal to 120'

Answer: multiply it


Question: 'This "obscure" guy marries Arabella but really wants to revisit Sue Bridehead'

Answer: Jude the Obscure


Question: '(8 letters) Vigor'

Answer: strength


Question: 'German is its official national language; Croatian, Slovene & Hungarian are each official in one of its states'

Answer: Austria


Question: 'On Nov. 11, 1918, Pvt. Henry Gunther became the last American casualty in this war'

Answer: World War I


Question: '"You'll come runnin' back, you'll come runnin' back, you'll come runnin' back to me"'

Answer: "Time Is on My Side"


Question: 'On June 4, 2002 the New York Times ran the obituary for Albin Krebs, 73, who wrote these from 1969 to 1989'

Answer: obituaries


Question: 'It's the usual item with which you wouldn't touch someone despicable'

Answer: a 10-foot pole


Question: 'About 75% of the corn sold by farmers in the U.S. is used as this on other farms'

Answer: animal feed


Question: '(Dr. Joyce)  Having older brothers may make a girl more likely to be this sporty type, a word that includes a male name'

Answer: tomboy


Question: 'Remarkably, there were more than 60 survivors when this Zeppelin crashed in New Jersey in 1937'

Answer: the Hindenburg


Question: '"Who could hang a name on you?"'

Answer: "Ruby Tuesday"


Question: '(I'm Jeff Probst in Panama)  The Pearl Islands are in this gulf, off the coast of Panama'

Answer: the Gulf of Panama


Question: 'Though "heck" & "darn" are examples of these, the phrase usually refers to saltier language'

Answer: 4-letter words


Question: 'The official website for this 2002 Mel Gibson film explains how they made its crop circles in cornfields'

Answer: Signs


Question: 'A 1977 study found that these children learn language slowly, because adults leave them to amuse each other'

Answer: twins


Question: 'Elected the 19th U.S. president in 1876, Rutherford B. Hayes was a member of this political party'

Answer: Republican


Question: '"You better stop.  Look around.  Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes"'

Answer: "19th Nervous Breakdown"


Question: 'In 2003 top model Tyra Banks conducted a search for "America's Next" one of these'

Answer: Top Model


Question: 'This traditional symbol of businessman's indulgence adds up to about 6 ounces of gin'

Answer: 3-martini lunch


Question: 'In 1906 a man with this last name began the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company'

Answer: Kellogg


Question: 'In the "complex" named for this Biblical man, one brother must de-identify with another to avoid angry competition'

Answer: the Cain complex


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Ronald Reagan Library)  This man awarded the Medal of Freedom to Ronald Reagan on January 13, 1993'

Answer: George H.W. Bush


Question: '"I was born in a crossfire hurricane"'

Answer: "Jumpin\' Jack Flash"


Question: 'David James Elliott of "JAG" might know it's the monogram of our 20th president'

Answer: JAG (James A. Garfield)


Question: 'Originated by Alcoholics Anonymous, it includes a "fearless moral inventory"'

Answer: 12-step program


Question: 'I played Dr. O'Dell in this "Rich Man, Poor Man" sequel that's about coping with the loss of a brother'

Answer: Beggarman, Thief


Question: 'This Indian "king" for whom a war against American colonists was named was tracked down & killed in 1676'

Answer: Philip


Question: '"My back is broad, but it's a-hurtin

Answer: "Beast of Burden"


Question: '1939 film in which Bette Davis said, "That's our victory -- our victory over the dark"'

Answer: Dark Victory


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Rome)  It's the literal translation of the grateful Italian phrase "mille grazie"'

Answer: a thousand thanks


Question: 'For this famous man's patient "Little Hans", the birth of a sister helped cause a fear of horses -- go figure'

Answer: (Sigmund) Freud


Question: 'In May 1827 he enlisted in the U.S. Army as "Edgar A. Perry"'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe


Question: 'This 1977 film that was the highest-earning film of the 1970s didn't even take place in our galaxy'

Answer: Star Wars


Question: 'In 2002 the commonwealth rejoiced as she celebrated 50 years on the throne'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth II


Question: 'Pocatello'

Answer: a city in Idaho


Question: 'The first president of the Fifth French Republic, he was wounded 3 times while serving in World War I'

Answer: Charles de Gaulle


Question: 'Term for the 3 lower pipes on a bagpipe, or the male honey bees that live off the work of others'

Answer: drones


Question: 'In 1900 his grandfather bought him a chicken farm near Derry, New Hampshire'

Answer: Robert Frost


Question: 'In the beginning of this film, peaceful apes confront a black monolith & turn deadly & carnivorous'

Answer: 2001: A Space Odyssey


Question: 'One of the few houses left from the early 18th century in Bonn is the 1770 birthplace of this composer'

Answer: Beethoven


Question: 'Clavichord'

Answer: musical instrument


Question: '9 years before arriving at the Mississippi River, he met the Incan ruler Atahualpa in Peru'

Answer: Hernando de Soto


Question: 'The place where relief pitchers warm up, or the group of relief pitchers; this term works for both'

Answer: bullpen


Question: 'He was a descendant of John & Priscilla Alden, whose love story he told in an 1858 narrative poem'

Answer: (Henry Wadsworth) Longfellow


Question: 'The Sony Pictures Studios were once home to this co.; Gracie Films is in the building that held Louis B. Mayer's office'

Answer: MGM


Question: 'The Piazza del Duomo is the center of religious life in this city, the birthplace of the Renaissance'

Answer: Florence


Question: 'Mimic thrush'

Answer: bird


Question: 'In 1993 Nelson Mandela & this fellow South African shared the Nobel Peace Prize for ending apartheid'

Answer: F.W. de Klerk


Question: 'This 4-letter word is the Aussie term for the wild, wooded & little-populated part of Australia'

Answer: the bush


Question: 'He wrote, "What would you do if you were up a dark alley with Caesar Borgia and he was coming torgia"'

Answer: Ogden Nash


Question: 'Dude, in 1998 this brotherly team brought us "The Big Lebowski"'

Answer: the Coen Brothers


Question: 'Scotland's first national park includes this, Scotland's largest lake'

Answer: Loch Lomond


Question: 'Sphalerite'

Answer: mineral


Question: 'While assistant vice-consul in Egypt, this French diplomat began planning the construction of the Suez Canal'

Answer: Ferdinand de Lesseps


Question: 'This term for chaos is from the Greek for "all the demons"'

Answer: pandemonium


Question: 'First name of the Pulitzer-winning poet whose son Charles was involved in the 1950s quiz show scandals'

Answer: Mark (Van Doren)


Question: 'The military clones Ripley to produce a bioweapon in this 1997 film, the fourth in the "Alien" series'

Answer: Alien Resurrection


Question: 'Gloria is a popular restaurant & wine cellar in this capital of Estonia'

Answer: Tallinn


Question: 'A plessor'

Answer: little hammer with a rubber head


Question: 'This Italian director, an exponent of Neorealism, used that technique in "The Bicycle Thief"'

Answer: Vittorio De Seca


Question: 'Term for the Neoclassical style of furniture, decoration & fashion in vogue in Napoleonic France'

Answer: the Empire Style


Question: 'This man's successful 2001 campaign was the most expensive non-presidential campaign in history'

Answer: Michael Bloomberg


Question: 'You can buy a Vitameatavegamin TV night light at the Jamestown museum honoring her'

Answer: Lucille Ball


Question: 'Featuring the voice of Mike Myers, this film reached $300 million faster than any film before it--18 days'

Answer: Shrek 2


Question: 'In a stunning reversal, a baby kisses a politician!--the one seen here'

Answer: Harry Truman


Question: 'This company's happy to serve you a daily Double Caramel Macchiato or Frappuccino'

Answer: Starbucks


Question: 'Actor Joseph Jefferson was renowned for his portrayal of this snoozy Washington Irving character'

Answer: Rip Van Winkle


Question: '"Blood is T.T.W."'

Answer: thicker than water


Question: 'This New York metropolis is nicknamed "The Bison City"'

Answer: Buffalo


Question: 'Before becoming the supervillain in this film, Dr. Otto Octavius worked to make fusion a cheap energy source'

Answer: Spider-Man 2


Question: 'Trying to mend fences, he's the world leader seen here with the First Lady in 2003'

Answer: Chirac


Question: 'Unfortunately, even if I play golf every day, I'll score at least one of these, 2 strokes over par on a hole'

Answer: a double bogey


Question: 'He improved the French milk & wine industries & made a vaccine for anthrax'

Answer: Pasteur


Question: '"Look B.Y.L."'

Answer: before you leap


Question: 'Chittenango holds an annual 4-day OZFest for this man born there in 1856 & no, Ozzy isn't that old'

Answer: L. Frank Baum


Question: 'In this 1997 sequel a cruise ship is going too fast & everyone might get killed'

Answer: Speed 2(: Cruise Control)


Question: 'Hey, why the long face, baby?  This world leader showed his softer side in 2005'

Answer: Vladimir Putin


Question: 'This performer's "Adventure" takes place in a 7-million-gallon pool in San Diego at least twice a day'

Answer: Shamu


Question: 'In 1897 this U.S. train car maker was buried in a room-sized block of concrete to guard against angry workers'

Answer: (George) Pullman


Question: '"T.H.A. better than one"'

Answer: two heads are (two hands are accepted)


Question: '10 feet plus of hoax, "The Cardiff Giant" has been on display at the Farmers' Museum in this Hall of Fame city since 1948'

Answer: Cooperstown


Question: 'This Reese Witherspoon sequel is subtitled "Red, White and Blonde"'

Answer: Legally Blonde 2


Question: 'He's seen here with his wife; his state kissed him off in 2003'

Answer: Gray Davis


Question: 'Every day in Vegas, baby, Vegas, folks split their aces & double down playing this game'

Answer: blackjack


Question: 'After this British poet drowned off Italy in 1822, his friend E.J. Trelawny kept his heart'

Answer: Percy Shelley


Question: '"A watched P.N.B."'

Answer: pot never boils


Question: 'While living in these New York mountains, Robert Louis Stevenson began writing "The Master of Ballantrae"'

Answer: the Adirondacks


Question: 'Jessie, a cowgirl doll, pines for her former owner in the song "When She Loved Me" in this 1999 sequel'

Answer: Toy Story 2


Question: 'LBJ gives this fellow Texan & Speaker of the House seen here a peck on his birthday'

Answer: Sam Rayburn


Question: 'Your daily grammar lesson: we don't not have an example of this 2-word syntactic construction in the clue'

Answer: a double negative


Question: 'He wasn't "The Greatest", but he did rule Egypt from 1805 to 1848'

Answer: Muhammad Ali


Question: '"T.I.S.T. fiction"'

Answer: truth is stranger than


Question: 'When forces of this empire invaded Britain in 43 A.D., one of the areas they conquered was Hampshire'

Answer: the Roman Empire


Question: 'It's the 1946 Western that shares its name with the song heard here'

Answer: My Darling Clementine


Question: 'He coined the name Jessica for the character of Shylock's daughter'

Answer: Shakespeare


Question: 'The 1st important American variety of this shortcake fruit was the hovey, grown in 1834 in Massachusetts'

Answer: strawberry


Question: 'This nearly transparent 3-syllable envelope of gases surrounding the Earth is about 78% nitrogen'

Answer: the atmosphere


Question: 'It's obligatory on doing this to say that you can't fire the players'

Answer: firing the coach


Question: 'The county of Hampshire is famed as the home of Jane Austen & this author of "Nicholas Nickleby"'

Answer: Charles Dickens


Question: 'Number of horses doing the work in the song heard here'

Answer: 1


Question: 'His trilogy, "Mourning Becomes Electra" is based on Aeschylus' "Oresteia"'

Answer: Eugene O\'Neill


Question: 'This bog fruit is sometimes called a bounceberry because ripe ones bounce'

Answer: a cranberry


Question: 'This appendage of a neuron transmits impulses away from the cell body'

Answer: an axon


Question: 'As his country is on the metric system, Aussie Jason Stoltenberg called tennis "a game of" these'

Answer: centimeters


Question: 'Completed around 1544 to protect Hampshire's coast, Hurst Castle was built by this English king'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'The deer & antelope are playing, but these creatures are roaming'

Answer: buffalo


Question: 'This "Saint Joan" playwright used the pseudonym Corno Di Bassetto when he wrote music criticism'

Answer: Shaw


Question: 'Used in pancakes & muffins, this "colorful" berry is sometimes confused with the harder-seeded huckleberry'

Answer: blueberry


Question: 'This marine snail has a genus name, it's H-A-L-I-O-T-I-S'

Answer: abalone


Question: 'The phrase about your back being here has been used in sports & by Earl Haig in a more serious situation in WWI'

Answer: against the wall


Question: 'One of Britain's largest, this Hampshire port city was the home port of the Titanic'

Answer: Southampton


Question: '3-word title of the song heard here'

Answer: "Need You Tonight"


Question: 'People turn into rhinoceroses in an allegorical play by this absurd dramatist'

Answer: Eugene Ionesco


Question: 'This berry of the genus Ribes is the one traditionally used to make fool, a British dessert'

Answer: the gooseberry


Question: 'It's the fancy way of saying the white of an egg'

Answer: albumen


Question: 'With all those mental mistakes, we did this, like flagellants'

Answer: beat ourselves


Question: 'Winchester, the county seat of Hampshire, was the capital of this Western Anglo-Saxon kingdom of England'

Answer: Wessex


Question: 'They're the first two landmarks sung about in this song'

Answer: Broadway & Herald Square


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Golden Hall in Stockholm, Sweden.)  Among the famous Swedes depicted here, in the Golden Hall of Stockholm City Hall, is this dramatist'

Answer: August Strindberg


Question: 'Some botanists believe that this berry developed by a California judge in 1881 is a blackberry-raspberry hybrid'

Answer: the loganberry


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew illustrates on a chalkboard.)  North on the horizon connects to an imaginary circle that passes through a star via this arc'

Answer: azimuth


Question: 'Told, "There is no 'I' in 'team", Michael Jordan supposedly responded that there is one in this 3-letter word'

Answer: win


Question: 'Mary Roberts Rinehart's 1930 mystery novel "The Door" turned blaming this character into a cliche'

Answer: the butler


Question: 'After losing a Ca. governor's race, he angrily told reporters they wouldn't have him "to kick around any more"'

Answer: Nixon


Question: 'Elisha Graves Otis invented the safety hoist, which we call this'

Answer: an elevator


Question: 'If these green organisms are taking over, try introducing a fish called the Siamese them-eater'

Answer: algae


Question: 'Jerry Lee Lewis did Shakespeare! in 1968's "Catch My Soul", a rock musical based on "Othello", he played this villain'

Answer: Iago


Question: 'The French & Indian War'

Answer: the 18th


Question: 'It precedes "And Shout" in an Isley Brothers tune'

Answer: "Twist"


Question: 'After losing a 2007 supporting actor Oscar to Alan Arkin, this "Dreamgirls" guy stormed out; he must've felt "raw"'

Answer: Eddie Murphy


Question: 'In the 18th century Oliver Evans invented the high-pressure type of this engine'

Answer: a steam engine


Question: 'Characins, which include the tetras, have an extra one of these on their backs'

Answer: fin


Question: 'In the 1970s, when she was in her 70s, Dame Judith Anderson took on this male role; she'd previously played his mom'

Answer: Hamlet


Question: 'The Battle of Waterloo'

Answer: the 19th


Question: 'My grandpappy would do this to a yarn; it also precedes "out" or "one's wheels"'

Answer: spin


Question: 'Cameras caught Faith Hill shouting "What?" after this American Idol beat her as top female vocalist at the 2006 CMA awards'

Answer: Carrie Underwood


Question: '(Sarah of the clue clue presents from a bicycle garage.)  This artist and inventor is credited with developing the idea of the chain & cog in the 15th century; it took another 400 years for that idea to be applied to bike design'

Answer: (Leonardo) Da Vinci


Question: 'In the tank these edifices are resin instead of stone; my aquarium has a replica of Warwick'

Answer: castles


Question: 'A scheming couple plot to take over a burger joint in the 2001 film "Scotland, Pa.", inspired by this tragedy'

Answer: Macbeth


Question: 'The English Civil War that brought Cromwell to power'

Answer: the 17th


Question: 'From the Latin for "roll", it means to move in a curving orbit; your mom thinks "the world" does it "around you"'

Answer: revolve


Question: 'After losing at this, grandmaster Aron Nimzovich once jumped on a table & shouted, "Why must I lose to this idiot?"'

Answer: chess


Question: 'We just checked ours & found a message that Gordon Matthews, who pioneered this in the '70s, died in 2002'

Answer: voice mail


Question: 'The Java type is one of the few of these spore-bearing plants used in aquariums'

Answer: ferns


Question: 'Coach Benedick & Professor Beatrice face off in "About Face", a college-set musical update of this comedy'

Answer: Much Ado About Nothing


Question: 'The Spanish conquest of Mexico'

Answer: the 16th


Question: 'To change one's loyalties, perhaps "from a Communist country", like Baryshnikov did'

Answer: defect


Question: 'One second from defeat in the 2008 Super Bowl, this losing head coach threw a hissy fit & stalked off the field'

Answer: Bill Belichick


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew takes a sip, gets wet.)  S.S. Adams was not just a prankster, but a businessman & got a patent on this item that has small hidden holes to create its effect'

Answer: a dribble glass


Question: 'This striking fish needs to be with others its own size; contrary to its heavenly name, it'll eat the smaller ones'

Answer: the angelfish


Question: 'Set in Harlem & featuring characters named Vy & Lady Liv, the musical "Play On!" is a revamp of this comedy'

Answer: Twelfth Night


Question: 'The Wars of the Roses'

Answer: the 15th


Question: 'Meaning to cause to turn on an axis, it's time to do this to "the farm crops"'

Answer: rotate


Question: 'After a marathon 1996 U.S. Open match, this American ace needed an I.V. drip'

Answer: Pete Sampras


Question: 'This college in Maryland doesn't have Fighting Irish on the gridiron, but their Gators are tough in field hockey'

Answer: College of Notre Dame of Maryland


Question: 'Residents of the Iraqi city of Kirkuk are called these; yum!'

Answer: Kirkukis


Question: 'On Nov. 23, 1903 this tenor made his U.S. debut playing the Duke in "Rigoletto" at the Metropolitan Opera'

Answer: Caruso


Question: 'Cha-ching!<br />This resort lies on Absecon Island on the southeast coast of New Jersey'

Answer: Atlantic City


Question:
'Happiness or bliss,
to Keri Russell?
(8)'

Answer: felicity


Question: 'He had four surgeries on his knees, but he still led his team to Super Bowl victory'

Answer: Joe Namath


Question: 'At $35,700 a year, a Bryn Mawr student should at least know that "Bryn Mawr" is this language'

Answer: Welsh


Question: 'Calling residents of Nome, Alaska Nomers is a misnomer; this is the correct word'

Answer: Nomites


Question: 'Adelheid Wette, Engelbert Humperdinck's sister, wrote the libretto for this 1893 opera of a fairy tale pair'

Answer: Hansel and Gretel


Question: 'In the 1870s Father Damien arrived at the leper colony on this, which has been called the most Hawaiian isle'

Answer: Molokai


Question: 'A lie<br />(9)'

Answer: a falsehood


Question: 'Sutures in this Red Sox pitcher's ankle gave way and turned his white sock red, but he still beat the Yanks in 2004'

Answer: Curt Schilling


Question: 'Like the University of this state, Stephens College for Women is in Columbia, but Stephens is older'

Answer: Missouri


Question: 'A resident of L.A., it's also a word preceding "Heights" in the name of an L.A. neighborhood'

Answer: an Angeleno


Question: 'This Finn's only opera, "The Maiden in the Tower", had a libretto in Swedish'

Answer: Sibelius


Question: 'Destroyed in a 1906 earthquake, the first lighthouse on the West Coast was located on this island'

Answer: Alcatraz


Question:
'Eggs-acting
Russian goldsmith
(7)'

Answer: Faberge


Question: 'Hobbled by a bad hamstring & bum knee, he homered to win Game 1 of the 1988 World Series & limped around the bases'

Answer: Kirk Gibson


Question: 'Hillary Clinton became a Democrat while attending this Massachusetts school'

Answer: Wellesley


Question: 'Pomponian is a word for people from this city in England, not for those from the same-named place in New Hampshire'

Answer: Portsmouth


Question: 'The role Placido Domingo has played more than any other is Cavaradossi in this Puccini opera'

Answer: Tosca


Question: 'Gay Head, on this island off Cape Cod, has been renamed Aquinnah'

Answer: Martha\'s Vineyard


Question: 'Dangerously attractive woman<br />(5, 6)'

Answer: a femme fatale


Question: 'After limping off with a knee injury, he came back to inspire the New York Knicks to victory in the 1970 NBA Finals'

Answer: Willis Reed


Question: 'A Virginia college founded in honor of Daisy Williams is called "Sweet" this'

Answer: Sweet Briar


Question: 'Just as "Shavian" refers to the works of Shaw, this is the term for a person from Moose Jaw'

Answer: Moose Javian


Question: 'In Act II of this Verdi opera, a band of Gypsies sings the "Anvil Chorus", one of opera's most familiar numbers'

Answer: Il Trovatore


Question: 'Otter & Walrus are 2 islets of this Alaskan group that is known for its fur seals'

Answer: the Pribilofs


Question: 'In physics, splitting the nucleus<br />(7)'

Answer: fission


Question: 'Poland's Independence Day commemorates this month & day in 1918'

Answer: November 11


Question: 'Asia's only lions live in Gir Forest, about 200 miles northwest of Bombay in this country'

Answer: India


Question: 'This company's 1st restaurant in China served nearly 40,000 people the day it opened April 23, 1992'

Answer: McDonald\'s


Question: 'In early 1865 he said, "I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice"'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'Corfu is this country's second-largest Ionian island, & its most populous'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'More than half of his "solo" career consisted of collaborations with Yoko Ono'

Answer: John Lennon


Question: 'It was the 1990 date of the last official U.S. census; no fooling'

Answer: April 1, 1990


Question: 'The sting family of this fish has sharp poisonous dorsal spines near the tail'

Answer: Ray


Question: 'In 1995 this apparel company reintroduced "The Fruits" who'd starred in its ads in the 1970s'

Answer: Fruit Of The Loom


Question: 'In 1964 he told a National Urban League conference, "We must open the doors of opportunity"'

Answer: Lyndon Johnson


Question: 'Cape Morris Jesup in the Arctic is the most northerly point on this Danish island'

Answer: Greenland


Question: 'This composer of such film scores as "Star Wars" has also written a symphony & a violin concerto'

Answer: John Williams


Question: 'One of these was added to 1992 at 7:59:59 P.M. EDT June 30'

Answer: Second


Question: 'Australia has over 300 species of these animals, including skinks, geckos & giant goannas'

Answer: Lizards


Question: 'In 1995 NBC & this giant software company announced plans for an all-news television channel'

Answer: Microsoft


Question: 'Truman said, "I never sit on" one of these.  "I am either on one side or another"'

Answer: Fence


Question: 'The Patagonian region of South America lies mainly in this country'

Answer: Argentina


Question: 'He recorded many of his famous songs like "I Walk The Line" within 2 years of his debut on Sun Records'

Answer: Johnny Cash


Question: 'The 4-H Clubs are an extension service of this U.S. cabinet department'

Answer: Agriculture


Question: 'This dark fluid is secreted by cuttlefish & other cephalopods'

Answer: Ink


Question: 'This Colorado-based brewer introduced Zima Clearmalt in 1992'

Answer: Coors


Question: 'In a 1963 speech at Vanderbilt University, he said, "Liberty without learning is always in peril"'

Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: 'These mountains extend 270 miles along the French-Spanish border, from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean'

Answer: Pyrenees


Question: 'After he left the Lovin' Spoonful, his theme song to "Welcome Back, Kotter" was a No. 1 hit'

Answer: John Sebastian


Question: 'The YMCA found his indoor versions of soccer & rugby too violent, so he invented basketball'

Answer: James Naismith


Question: 'Named for the texture of its shells, it's the largest living turtle'

Answer: Leatherback


Question: 'In 1992 Hughes Aircraft Co., a division of this automaker, agreed to buy part of General Dynamics'

Answer: General Motors


Question: 'In 1897 he said, "War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed"'

Answer: William McKinley


Question: 'Wales' smallest city is named for this patron saint who established a monastery there in the 6th century'

Answer: St. David


Question: 'This heavy metal band included 2 Johns: drummer John "Bonzo" Bonham & bassist John Paul Jones'

Answer: Led Zeppelin


Question: '1 of the 2 cities whose Bee is among the top 100 U.S. newspapers in circulation'

Answer: Fresno & Sacramento


Question: 'This European capital was divided in 1948 & not reunified until 1990'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'Lucille Ball appeared in 3 films with this dance duo:  "Roberta", "Top Hat" & "Follow The Fleet"'

Answer: Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers


Question: 'This holiday for lovers probably grew out of the Roman feast of Lupercalia'

Answer: Valentine\'s Day


Question: 'The final chapter of this classic book is entitled "Quasimodo's Marriage"'

Answer: "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"


Question: 'The temporo-mandibular joint allows movement of this, the only mobile bone on the face'

Answer: Jaw


Question: 'This structure on Athens' Acropolis was badly damaged in 1687 during a Venetian bombardment'

Answer: The Parthenon


Question: 'This stripper co-starred with Eddie Cantor in "Ali Baba Goes To Town" under her real name, Louise Hovick'

Answer: Gypsy Rose Lee


Question: 'In 1887 Oregon became the first state to pass a law establishing this holiday now in September'

Answer: Labor Day


Question: 'He wrote about Polish life in "Poland" & the history of South Africa in "The Covenant"'

Answer: James Michener


Question: 'This joint may be replaced because of rheumatoid arthritis or a bad fracture of the upper femur'

Answer: Hip


Question: 'A museum devoted to this Western sculptor in Ogdensburg, N.Y. has a collection of his art & bronze statues'

Answer: Frederic Remington


Question: 'In 1804 this city changed from the capital of the colony of St.-Domingue to the capital of Haiti'

Answer: Port-au-Prince


Question: 'Randolph Scott, Buster Crabbe & this "Shane" star played ape men in the 1933 horror film "Island of Lost Souls"'

Answer: Alan Ladd


Question:
'(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):
Holiday on which you'd hear the following:
"Why is this night different from all the other nights?"'

Answer: Passover


Question: 'Published in 1613, his "Exemplary Tales" are believed to be the first short stories written in Castilian'

Answer: Cervantes


Question: 'The cruciate ligaments, which run between femur & tibia, limit side-to-side movement of this joint'

Answer: Knee


Question: 'In 1937 Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, a native of this country, came to Chicago & founded the New Bauhaus'

Answer: Hungary


Question: 'In 1958 Nasser was elected president of the United Arab Republic, Egypt's union with this country'

Answer: Syria


Question: 'She earned $1,000 a week for playing the Wicked Witch in "The Wizard of Oz" -- twice as much as Judy Garland'

Answer: Margaret Hamilton


Question: 'This country celebrates Queen Margrethe's birthday on April 16'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'A curse placed on one of Nathaniel Hawthorne's ancestors inspired this 1851 novel'

Answer: "The House of the Seven Gables"


Question: 'This joint consists of 8 bones collectively known as the carpus'

Answer: Wrist


Question: 'In 1778 this Frenchman made a bust of Benjamin Franklin & a death mask of Jean-Jacques Rousseau'

Answer: Jean-Antoine Houdon


Question: 'In 1745 this Austrian archduchess obtained the title of Holy Roman Emperor for her husband'

Answer: Maria Theresa


Question: 'Garbo spoke the immortal words "I want to be alone" in this 1932 film that became a 1989 Broadway musical'

Answer: "Grand Hotel"


Question: 'October 23 is Chulalongkorn Day in this country'

Answer: Thailand


Question: 'In this Kipling short story, Daniel Dravot becomes the godlike monarch of an Afghani tribe'

Answer: "The Man Who Would Be King"


Question: 'The rotator cuff is a reinforcing structure in this joint'

Answer: Shoulder


Question: 'This state capital rose from the ruins of a Hohokam Indian settlement'

Answer: Phoenix, Arizona


Question: 'Explorer Sir Richard Burton disguised himself as an Afghani to make a pilgrimage to this city & sketch its Kaaba'

Answer: Mecca


Question: 'On the internet www.dol.gov gets you the Department of this'

Answer: Labor


Question:
'TV's "Ren & Stimpy",
"Laverne & Shirley",
"Once & Again"'

Answer: "Laverne & Shirley", "Ren & Stimpy", "Once & Again"


Question: 'He fictionalized his early love Maria Beadnell as Dora Spenlow, the first wife of "David Copperfield"'

Answer: Charles Dickens


Question: 'This term for temporary stitching sounds like something you'd do when roasting fowl'

Answer: Basting


Question: 'In the early '80s he was Dr. Canard on "Another World"; today he's another doctor, Frasier Crane'

Answer: Kelsey Grammer


Question: 'Once the center of the Hittite Empire, Bogazkoy is located in this country's Anatolia region'

Answer: Turkey


Question: 'MTV's 1997 award for Best New Artist in a Video went to this "Sleep to Dream" singer with 2 5-letter names'

Answer: Fiona Apple


Question:
'The first Super Bowl,
the first Rose Bowl,
the first Sugar Bowl'

Answer: Rose, Sugar, Super


Question: 'This author said that he based Injun Joe on a real man he knew who got lost in a cave'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'Starting out as Joey Perini in "Another World", he's best remembered as Henry Hill in "Goodfellas"'

Answer: Ray Liotta


Question: 'Rebels took the post office in this city during their "rising" on Easter Monday, 1916'

Answer: Dublin


Question: 'The 2 5-letter words for the appliance being repaired here:'

Answer: Range & stove


Question:
'Madonna's "Bedtime Stories",
"Like A Virgin",
"Like A Prayer"'

Answer: "Like A Virgin", "Like A Prayer", "Bedtime Stories"


Question: 'Mr. Flosky in the 1818 novel "Nightmare Abbey" is a caricature of this "Ancient Mariner" poet'

Answer: Samuel Taylor Coleridge


Question: 'This stitch that forms a pattern resembling a strong rope is often used in knit sweaters'

Answer: Cable stitch


Question: 'Back in 1990 this actor seen here was Sam Fowler on "Another World":'

Answer: Thomas Gibson


Question: 'Under Darius I the capital of this empire was moved from Pasargadae to Persepolis'

Answer: Persian Empire


Question: 'It's a glass bottle used to hold vinegar or oil for salad dressing'

Answer: Cruet


Question:
'"Ace Ventura: Pet Detective",
"The Cable Guy",
"The Truman Show"'

Answer: "Ace Ventura", "Cable Guy", "Truman Show"


Question: 'This "Sister Carrie" author modeled the heroine of his novel "Jennie Gerhardt" in part on his sister Mame'

Answer: Theodore Dreiser


Question: 'This synonym for a spool is also found in the name of a type of lace'

Answer: Bobbin


Question: 'Julia Shearer on "Another World", she was the quirky Corky on "Murphy Brown"'

Answer: Faith Ford


Question: 'On April 1, 1945 U.S. forces landed on this largest of the Ryukyu Islands; in 1972 we gave it back to Japan'

Answer: Okinawa


Question: 'This diminutive of Bridget usually refers to a fussy old woman'

Answer: Biddy


Question:
'English kings Henry VIII,
Edward VIII,
George III'

Answer: Henry VIII, George III, Edward VIII


Question: 'Her close friend Vita Sackville-West inspired the gender-bender title character of her 1928 novel "Orlando"'

Answer: Virginia Woolf


Question: 'This type of stitch that holds hems in place gets its name because it's supposed to be unseen'

Answer: Blind stitch


Question: 'It was Byrd's base in Antarctica'

Answer: Little America


Question: 'During Hanukkah the candles on this are lit by a separate candle called a shammash'

Answer: Menorah


Question: 'The Acer saccharum is the sugar species of this'

Answer: Maple


Question: 'In 323 B.C. this "great" man, who had conquered much of the known world, died at age 33 of a nasty fever'

Answer: Alexander the Great


Question: 'In blackjack, it can be worth 1 or 11'

Answer: Ace


Question: 'On September 10, 1863 Union troops captured this capital'

Answer: Little Rock


Question: 'Inti was the sun god prayed to by the ruling family of this South American empire'

Answer: Incas


Question: '"Quaking" poplar popularized in the name of a Colorado ski resort city on the Roaring Fork River'

Answer: Aspen


Question: 'Buried in 1953, this leader was moved in 1961 to a less prestigious grave along the Kremlin wall'

Answer: Josef Stalin


Question: 'It's the "Heart of Georgia" & the home of Mercer University'

Answer: Macon


Question: '(Jack Lemmon speaking)  This actor, my fellow grumpy old man, was one of the speakers when I got AFI's Life Achievement Award in 1988'

Answer: Walter Matthau


Question: 'This informal Miami community was formed in the 1960s by Cuban refugees'

Answer: "Little Havana"


Question: 'With over 15 million members, this Baptist denomination is the USA's largest branch of Protestantism'

Answer: Southern Baptist


Question: 'This tree's name has passed into the names of honors, like a poet's post or a degree'

Answer: Laurel


Question: 'In 1870 the first black U.S. senator, Hiram Revels of Miss., occupied the Senate seat of this Confederate leader'

Answer: Jefferson Davis


Question: 'It makes the sound heard here:'

Answer: Piccolo


Question: 'Made a year apart in 1941 & '42, they were Nos. 1 & 2 on the AFI's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies'

Answer: Citizen Kane & Casablanca


Question: 'This British dependency in the West Indies has a "Little" island, as well as a "Grand" one'

Answer: Cayman Islands


Question: 'He was born Kong Qiu around 551 B.C. in the Chinese state of Lu'

Answer: Confucius


Question: 'Thelonious Monk's Time magazine cover was pulled in 1963 for coverage of this man's death'

Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: 'If you're eating bagels & drinking mimosas late on a weekend morning, you're doing this'

Answer: Brunching


Question: 'Alphabetically, this Woody Allen film is last among the 500 films nominated as America's Funniest'

Answer: Zelig


Question: 'This "Little" island in the Bering Strait belongs to the U.S.; its "Big" companion, to Russia'

Answer: Little & Big Diomede Island


Question: 'This religion grew out of the Babi Faith, which was founded in Iran in 1844'

Answer: Baha\'i Faith


Question: 'Chief by age 33, he's the Nez Perce leader seen here:'

Answer: Chief Joseph


Question: 'This type of transport seen here has its ups & downs:'

Answer: Funicular


Question: 'The AFI was established in 1967 by this government body that's had its funding troubles'

Answer: National Endowment for the Arts


Question: 'In 1925 it was founded by an ex-editor of Stars and Stripes; in the '90s it was run by an ex-editor of Vanity Fair'

Answer: The New Yorker


Question: 'Homo sapiens had a higher & more rounded one of these than did Homo erectus'

Answer: a skull


Question: 'Ryan &<br />Tatum'

Answer: O\'Neal


Question: 'This children's "cocktail" is ginger ale & grenadine, garnished with a Maraschino cherry'

Answer: a Shirley Temple


Question: 'It's the city (also a country) that's home to St. Peter's Basilica'

Answer: Vatican City


Question: 'Students are allowed to bring a toad, a cat or an owl to this fictional boarding school'

Answer: Hogwarts


Question: 'This brand was named in 1925 for early June peas; the towering mascot & his friend Sprout came later'

Answer: Green Giant


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum.) The University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum has a skeleton of this animal that humans may have driven extinct; the distinctive teeth that provided its name were once thought to belong to a carnivore'

Answer: a mastodon


Question: 'Brothers<br />Ben & Casey'

Answer: Affleck


Question: 'It's a tall, cool drink of wine & soda water'

Answer: a spritzer


Question: 'In the 17th century the Corsairs controlled this current capital of Morocco'

Answer: Rabat


Question: 'This last Ivy-League school to win this college football bowl game was Columbia University in 1934'

Answer: the Rose Bowl


Question: 'This cheerful literary feline left his smile behind when the rest of him disappeared'

Answer: the Cheshire Cat


Question: 'This development divides prehistoric times from historic times'

Answer: written records (or writing)


Question: 'Dad & son<br />Freddie'

Answer: Prinze


Question: 'This type of fortified wine comes out of Spain's Andalusia region, baby'

Answer: sherry


Question: 'The first Japanese city to host the Winter Olympics, it's also famous for its beer & its Snow Festival'

Answer: Sapporo


Question: 'When "Face The Nation" premiered in 1954, this first guest was grilled over comments he had been making about the Army'

Answer: Senator Joe McCarthy


Question: 'P.T. Barnum thought so highly of this 40-inch man, he promoted him to General'

Answer: Tom Thumb


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum.) Apatosaurus weighed up to 30 tons, so just this bone of the upper leg is 5 feet long & weighs 300 pounds'

Answer: the femur


Question: 'Efrem &<br />Stephanie'

Answer: Zimbalist


Question: 'One of the more popular red wines in the U.S. is this Australian import, known in Europe as Syrah'

Answer: Shiraz


Question: 'In 1942 Field Marshal Erich Von Manstein led a failed effort to assist surrounded German forces in this Soviet city'

Answer: Stalingrad


Question: 'In 1907, the first 4 groups in this org. started in England were the Bulls, the Wolves, the Curlews & the Ravens'

Answer: Boy Scouts


Question: 'Security videos are usually transmitted in this manner, involving no broadcast'

Answer: closed circuit


Question: 'One of the earliest known uses of this metal alloy was in Sumer in Mesopotamia around 3500 B.C.'

Answer: bronze


Question: 'Junius & his boys <br />Edwin & John'

Answer: Booth


Question: 'This drink made with red wine & fruit juices isn't so appealing when you know its name is from Spanish for "blood"'

Answer: sangria


Question: 'Found in the Dong Cheng district, this capital city's main railway station connects to Harbin & Qingdao'

Answer: Beijing


Question: 'On this date in 1999, England's Guardian newspaper announced a coup in the nation of San Seriffe'

Answer: April 1st


Question: 'A trip from New York to Ireland earned Douglas Corrigan this nickname in 1938'

Answer: "Wrong Way"


Question: 'William Blake wrote & illustrated "Songs of Innocence" & "Songs of" this'

Answer: Experience


Question: 'When this Spaniard showed up in 1519, things would change forever for the Aztecs'

Answer: Cortés


Question: 'Milan, Mariner & Mountaineer are all makes of this auto brand'

Answer: Mercury


Question: 'This martial art meaning "supreme ultimate fist" uses slow movements that harmonize with breathing'

Answer: tai chi


Question: 'Born Robert Allen Zimmerman, Bob took his stage name from this man born in Swansea, Wales in 1914'

Answer: Dylan Thomas


Question: 'A bird dog may lose its job if it's this, afraid of loud noises'

Answer: gun-shy


Question: 'This Irish poet "will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, and a small cabin build there"'

Answer: (William Butler) Yeats


Question: 'According to Aztec myth, the god Nanahuatl sacrificed himself to become this heavenly body'

Answer: the Sun


Question: 'The Swedish company Poseidon helps you with this pastime with products like hoses, regulators & pressure gauges'

Answer: scuba diving


Question: 'Mawashi geri is the Japanese name for this sweeping karate kick (also how you might describe an igloo)'

Answer: roundhouse


Question: '"Take A Load Off" & tell us the name of this group, formerly The Hawks, who backed Dylan starting in 1965'

Answer: The Band


Question: 'It was an accident with this substance that caused John Smith to go back to England in 1609'

Answer: gunpowder


Question: 'This British poet wrote, "When I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide"'

Answer: John Milton


Question: 'The principal food of the Aztecs was a thin cornmeal pancake called a tlaxcalli, this in Spanish'

Answer: a tortilla


Question: 'Flywire & Lunalite are innovations from the "labs" of this company named for a goddess of victory'

Answer: Nike


Question: 'Don "The Dragon" Wilson has 11 world titles in this martial art combining pugilism with blows from the feet'

Answer: kickboxing


Question: 'Richard Gere, Heath Ledger & Cate Blanchett played incarnations of Bob in this unusual biopic'

Answer: I\'m Not There


Question: '"Anything You Can Do" is a song from this popular musical'

Answer: Annie Get Your Gun


Question: 'For his greatest poem, Edmund Spenser invented a land called this & its queene'

Answer: Faerie


Question: 'An important part of Aztec religious worship, human sacrifice culminated with the removal of this organ'

Answer: the heart


Question: 'Thor, a type of this, was decommissioned by the military in 1963 & later used by NASA'

Answer: a rocket


Question: 'Originating in Korea, this "foot-fist-way" martial art has been an Olympic medal sport since 2000'

Answer: tae kwon do


Question: 'In 1995 Bob went digital when releasing the multimedia CD-ROM titled this road "Interactive"'

Answer: Highway 61


Question: '2-word name for a cannon support that was often coupled with a caisson'

Answer: a gun carriage


Question: 'This Matthew Arnold poem says, "on the French coast the light Gleams" & "The cliffs of England stand Glimmering"'

Answer: "Dover Beach"


Question: 'It was the capital city of the Aztec empire'

Answer: Tenochtitlan


Question: 'We wonder if the gods live at the headquarters of this Pennsylvania camera & microscope company'

Answer: Olympus


Question: 'Royce Gracie won the first 2 of these, UFC for short, featuring masters of different martial arts'

Answer: Ultimate Fighting Championship


Question: 'Bob won an Oscar for his song "Things Have Changed", featured in this 2000 Michael Douglas film'

Answer: Wonder Boys


Question: 'Nobel literature laureate Grass'

Answer: Günter


Question: 'In 2009 she was on a world tour at age 69; when "Jeopardy!" premiered in September 1984, she had the USA's No. 1 hit'

Answer: Tina Turner


Question: 'Before each shuttle landing at the KSC, workers have to remove these reptiles that like to sun on the runway'

Answer: alligators


Question: 'With players like Joe Montana & Steve Young, this team dominated in the 1980s & '90s'

Answer: the 49ers


Question: 'His uncle, the African magician, told him where to find the "wonderful lamp"'

Answer: Aladdin


Question: '"I get by with a little help from my friends" is a line from this classic Beatles album'

Answer: Sgt. Pepper\'s Lonely Hearts Club Band


Question: 'Halalii Lake'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'A sister or brother'

Answer: a sibling


Question: 'This insect's sound as he rubs his wings together is a courtship song'

Answer: a cricket


Question: 'After finishing the 2005 season with a 3-13 record, this team bounced back in 2006 to win the NFC South'

Answer: the New Orleans Saints


Question: 'Originally Frederic Bartholdi wanted this to be placed at the Suez Canal to light the way to Asia; plan B was America'

Answer: the Statue of Liberty


Question: 'In April 1948 the "European Recovery Program", more popularly known as this, was signed into law'

Answer: the Marshall Plan


Question: 'Lake Tahoe<br />(2 states)'

Answer: California & Nevada


Question: 'It can be a small savory lump of dough served in soup, or a baked treat filled with apples'

Answer: a dumpling


Question: 'The most abundant species of bear, these "colorful" ones can live for more than 30 years in the wild'

Answer: black bears


Question: 'In 2007 this Green Bay QB eclipsed Dan Marino's career record for TD passes'

Answer: Brett Favre


Question: 'In the evenings she carried a lamp while walking the corridors of a hospital in the Crimea tending to Britain's wounded'

Answer: Florence Nightingale


Question: 'A resident member of a hospital's medical staff, or an unpaid trainee'

Answer: an intern


Question: 'Coeur d'Alene Lake'

Answer: Idaho


Question: 'It's meaningless chatter, or the soothing sound of a brook as it flows over stones'

Answer: babbling


Question: 'A baboon's diet can include rodents, birds & even fawns of this "g"raceful small antelope'

Answer: a gazelle


Question: 'After coaching this team for 3 seasons, Al Davis became one of its owners'

Answer: the Raiders


Question: 'On April 18, 1775 Robert Newman sneaked into this building to hang 2 lanterns'

Answer: the Old North Church


Question: 'With the assistance of Jonathan Harker, this literary character buys a property near London'

Answer: Count Dracula


Question: 'Lake Kissimmee'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'I've got a feeling you'll know it's a vague idea or notion'

Answer: an inkling


Question: 'Boeing has named a military aircraft after this bird that's showing off its flight capabilities'

Answer: an osprey


Question: 'Prior to the Ravens, the city of Baltimore had only one other NFL team name in its history--this one'

Answer: the Colts


Question: 'It's said that he wandered about Athens with a lighted lamp in broad daylight looking for an honest man'

Answer: Diogenes


Question: 'Before he wrote "Roots", Alex Haley helped write "The Autobiography of" this black leader'

Answer: Malcolm X


Question: 'Chickamauga Lake'

Answer: Tennessee


Question: 'An inexperienced person, or a young bird that just got its flying feathers'

Answer: a fledgling


Question: 'Meriwether Lewis named a tributary of the Musselshell River in Montana for her'

Answer: Sacagawea


Question: 'A little bird told me that Susan Dey played Laurie on this '70s series'

Answer: The Partridge Family


Question: 'It's the shortest name a pope has chosen, & we're not lion'

Answer: Leo


Question: 'China & Greece didn't adopt this calendar until the 1900s'

Answer: the Gregorian calendar


Question: 'In 1613 Francis Bacon got this office; he'd have trouble with the U.S. Senate today, as he approved of torture'

Answer: Attorney General


Question: 'Adding pepper sauce & cayenne pepper to stuffed eggs makes them this wicked dish'

Answer: deviled eggs


Question: 'This Sioux chief is said to have received his name when an equine raced through camp at his birth, c. 1849'

Answer: Crazy Horse


Question: 'This 1989 CBS Western was the highest-rated miniseries in 5 years'

Answer: Lonesome Dove


Question: 'The largest Protestant cathedral in Dublin is named for this saint'

Answer: Patrick


Question: 'It was first joined with Bosnia in 1482'

Answer: Herzegovina


Question: 'Years after this country's revolution, it reshowed its Francis Bacon triptych... in a London museum'

Answer: Iran


Question: 'Have a hangtown fry, traditionally, eggs, bacon & these shellfish--a pearl of a dish!'

Answer: oysters


Question: 'B'gosh!  A Wisc. city is named for this Menominee chief who helped the British capture Fort Mackinaw in 1812'

Answer: Oshkosh


Question: 'Gina Lollobrigida showed up as Jane Wyman's half-sister on this series about a winery'

Answer: Falcon Crest


Question: 'Rifai Dervishes are colloquially known for "howling"; Mawlawi Dervishes are known for doing this'

Answer: whirling


Question: 'Jamaica's second-largest city & main tourist center, it shares its name with the body of water it overlooks'

Answer: Montego Bay


Question: 'Bacon admired this Italian author for writng about "what men do, and not what they ought to do"'

Answer: Machiavelli


Question: 'You don't have to travel to Edinburgh for this appetizer, a hard-boiled egg that's coated with sausage & fried'

Answer: a Scotch egg


Question: 'A Cree Indian, this folk singer won a 1982 Oscar for co-writing "Up Where We Belong" from "An Officer and a Gentleman"'

Answer: Buffy Sainte-Marie


Question: 'Edward Everett Horton played a medicine man named Roaring Chicken on this goofy cavalry sitcom'

Answer: F-Troop


Question: 'Traditionally, it is read aloud in its entirety in the synagogue over the course of a year'

Answer: the Torah


Question: 'A Spanish city, or Spanish guitarist Andres'

Answer: Segovia


Question: 'The title of "Novum Organum" meant the work was to supersede the "organon" of this Greek logic-meister'

Answer: Aristotle


Question: 'The name of this egg dish, sort of a flat omelet, is from the Italian for "fried"'

Answer: frittata


Question: 'This "royal" Wampanoag leader fought a 1675-76 war against colonists in what was New England's worst Indian war'

Answer: King Philip


Question: 'Morgan Fairchild was tickled "pink" to star in this '80s TV series based on a Joan Crawford film'

Answer: Flamingo Road


Question: 'From 1934 to his death in 1975, he led the Nation of Islam'

Answer: Elijah Muhammad


Question: 'Completes the title of the Eugene O'Neill play "A Moon for the..."'

Answer: Misbegotten


Question: 'From the Latin for "to lead", this method that goes from specific to general was the basis of Bacon's scientific method'

Answer: induction


Question: 'For Passover, this Jewish dish is sort of like French toast but uses unleavened bread dipped in beaten egg'

Answer: matzo brei


Question: 'They're the only 2 trilogies in which all 3 of the films were nominated for Best Picture Oscars'

Answer: The Godfather & The Lord of the Rings


Question: 'Along with Picasso & Braque, Juan Gris was a leading member of this movement'

Answer: Cubism


Question: '"There's Something About ____"'

Answer: Mary


Question: 'It's Greek for "victory"'

Answer: Nike


Question: 'In 1885 America got its first skyscraper, the Home Insurance Building, in this "Windy City"'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'Mark your calendar--Encke's one of these has a mere 3.3-year orbital period (Halley's needs 76)'

Answer: a comet


Question: 'To mar or spoil the appearance of something'

Answer: to deface


Question: 'Sculptures of his at the Musee d'Orsay include "Balzac" & "L'hiver"'

Answer: Rodin


Question: '"A Fish Called ____"'

Answer: Wanda


Question: 'A small South-African antelope'

Answer: Reebok


Question: 'Waterloo, N.Y. is the birthplace of this holiday, having first honored the Civil War dead May 5, 1866'

Answer: Memorial Day


Question: 'One measure of this constant in a vacuum is 299,792,458 meters per second'

Answer: the speed of light


Question: 'A style of type with thick, heavy lines to draw attention'

Answer: boldface


Question: 'Frida Kahlo married him in 1929; they divorced in 1939 & remarried in 1940'

Answer: Diego Rivera


Question: '"My Cousin ____"'

Answer: Vinny


Question: 'Cougar'

Answer: Puma


Question: 'The Democratic campaign song in the 1932 election was these "Are Here Again"'

Answer: Happy Days


Question: 'The Magellanic Clouds are actually the 2 of these large assemblages nearest to us'

Answer: galaxies


Question: 'JFK & other newsmakers have often been seen on "FTN", this news program'

Answer: Face the Nation


Question: 'This "Joy of Life" Fauvist studied law, but turned to painting when recuperating from an operation (Good choice!)'

Answer: Henri Matisse


Question: '"____ Getting Married"'

Answer: Rachel


Question: 'The opposite or the contrary'

Answer: Converse


Question: 'In the 1920s Shipwreck Kelly made a name for himself sitting high atop these'

Answer: flagpoles


Question: 'O-type stars are hot, massive blue stars that radiate strongly in this part of the spectrum from 10 to 400 nanometers'

Answer: ultraviolet


Question: 'To connect a peripheral machine with a computer'

Answer: interface


Question: 'In 1824 this British landscape painter's "The Hay Wain" received a gold medal at the Paris Salon'

Answer: John Constable


Question: '"Deconstructing ____"'

Answer: Harry


Question: 'Walk correctly'

Answer: Stride Rite


Question: 'This Panhandle State's Cimarron County borders 4 states'

Answer: Oklahoma


Question: 'Living up to its name, the 10th space probe in this series was the first manmade object to leave the Solar System'

Answer: Pioneer


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew turns around roughly in place.)  This marching maneuver used by military formation can also mean a complete change of opinion'

Answer: an about-face


Question: 'On July 7, 2009, this man seen here was sworn in as a U.S. senator eight months after the election'

Answer: Al Franken


Question: 'In the "Beer Barrel Polka", this 4-word line comes before "we'll have a barrel of fun"'

Answer: Roll out the barrel


Question: 'Established in 1891 as the USA's first national forest, Shoshone National Forest lies in Wyoming adjacent to this natl. park'

Answer: Yellowstone


Question: 'Traditionally, it's the age at which a boy has his Bar Mitzvah'

Answer: 13


Question: 'This actress' memoir "Wishful Drinking" talks about coming of age on the set of "Star Wars"'

Answer: Carrie Fisher


Question: 'Sport popular in Canada that's mistakenly called shuffleboard on ice'

Answer: curling


Question: 'In the clearing stands this California senator, seen here, & a fighter by her trade'

Answer: (Barbara) Boxer


Question: 'Of 2/4, 3/4 or 4/4 time, it's the tempo used in polkas'

Answer: 2/4


Question: 'Through efforts by the VFW, a memorial forest in N.C. is named for this "Trees" poet who was killed in WWI'

Answer: Joyce Kilmer


Question: 'This popular cleaner is named for the number of tries it took scientists to come up with the correct formula'

Answer: 409


Question: '"High Crimes" tells of "The Fate of" this mountain "in an Age of Greed"'

Answer: Mount Everest


Question: 'Hans Christian Andersen's poignant avian tale about beauty & judgment'

Answer: "The Ugly Duckling"


Question: 'We'll gamble you'll know this Nevadan seen here'

Answer: Harry Reid


Question: 'Between 1955 & 1982 a good polka was often on the program of this bandleader's wunnerful TV program'

Answer: Lawrence Welk


Question: 'Hells Canyon, North America's deepest canyon, lies in this Idaho national forest named for Chief Joseph's tribe'

Answer: Nez Percé


Question: 'Barry Bonds currently holds the single-season home run record with this many*'

Answer: 73


Question: '2008's "Giants" covers "The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and" this man'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: '"Digit"-al baby fish'

Answer: a fingerling


Question: 'In 2009, this veteran senator was the life of his new party'

Answer: Arlen Specter


Question: 'The "Circus Polka" composed by Igor Stravinsky for the Ringling Brothers was originally intended to be danced by these'

Answer: elephants


Question: 'Wheeler Peak in Nevada has a grove of the oldest type of tree, these pines; they're 3,000 if they're a day'

Answer: bristlecone pines


Question: 'Boeing is hoping to put this new plane, also called the Dreamliner, into service in 2010'

Answer: 787


Question: 'David Remnick covered "The Last Days of the Soviet Empire" in his "Tomb"'

Answer: Lenin


Question: 'Spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm'

Answer: rifling


Question: 'Shown here, Roland Burris from this state had some problems with his Senate seating arrangements'

Answer: Illinois


Question: 'The Germans & the Poles claim the polka, but more than likely it was created in Bohemia in this present country'

Answer: the Czech Republic


Question: 'Mineral springs in this Belgian forest have made the town of Spa a popular health resort for 500 years'

Answer: the Ardennes


Question: 'It's the next prime number year; the last one was 2003'

Answer: 2011


Question: 'Thomas L. Friedman explains "Why We Need a Green Revolution" in "Hot, Flat, and" this'

Answer: Crowded


Question: 'An abandoned child, like Tom Jones in the novel'

Answer: a foundling


Question: 'In 1298 this explorer created his "Description of the World"'

Answer: Marco Polo


Question: 'The Spinifex people of Australia are among the few remaining societies of foragers, also called "hunter"- these'

Answer: gatherers


Question: 'The American Academy of Ophthalmology declares July safety month for these rays'

Answer: UV (ultraviolet) rays


Question: 'Rolling grassland covers much of the southern half of Mali; this desert, the northern half'

Answer: the Sahara Desert


Question: 'From the Latin for "guardian", it's a private instructor who helps you with your studies after class'

Answer: a tutor


Question: 'A famous crossing of this river took place in 49 B.C.'

Answer: the Rubicon


Question: 'The light skin of northern peoples prevents rickets by turning limited sunlight into the maximum amount of this vitamin'

Answer: vitamin D


Question: 'Russian ensign rushin' around on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise'

Answer: Ensign Chekov


Question: 'NBA star Sean Elliot, who got one of these from his brother, wants you to know that March is the month for them'

Answer: kidney


Question: 'Mali's nomads, including the Tuareg, live in portable tents chiefly made of this animal's hair'

Answer: the camel


Question: '(Sarah gives the clue.) This signal was chosen because it was easy to remember and quick to send'

Answer: SOS


Question: 'It's also called a Swedish turnip'

Answer: a rutabega


Question: 'Rotund Venus figures made of this substance are common artworks of the age named for this substance'

Answer: stone


Question: 'Chubby prison camp guard on "Hogan's Heroes"'

Answer: Sergeant Schultz


Question: 'OB/GYNs know that April is time to be aware of this type of special delivery'

Answer: caesarean


Question: 'This European power ruled Mali from 1895 to 1959, when Mali united with Senegal; independence came in 1960'

Answer: France


Question: 'A military officer acting as secretary to a general is called this "de-camp"'

Answer: an aide


Question: 'Adjective meaning elementary or relating to first principles'

Answer: rudimentary


Question: 'In some societies this type of "feud" is settled by paying this type of "money"'

Answer: blood


Question: 'Cool as a cucumber cop of "Hawaii Five-O" who bagged the bad guys while saying "Book 'em, Dan-O"'

Answer: Steve McGarrett


Question: 'January is National  Month for these people, who need to sit afterwards for 15 minutes & have juice & cookies'

Answer: blood donors


Question: 'Mali is the largest African producer of this plant fiber crop, its chief export'

Answer: cotton


Question: 'This first female co-anchor on "60 Minutes" helped Nixon write his bestselling memoirs'

Answer: Diane Sawyer


Question: 'One of PBS' highest-rated programs was "Wall $treet Week", a show this man hosted for 32 years'

Answer: (Louis) Rukeyser


Question: 'This study of one society, from the Greek for "people", began with Bronislaw Malinowski's work in Melanesia'

Answer: ethnography


Question: 'Catsuited cutie cavorting with John Steed on "The Avengers"'

Answer: Emma Peel


Question: 'February is for this type of health in kids & includes "Give Kids a Smile Day"'

Answer: dental health


Question: 'Mali's most fertile agricultural area lies in the valley of this major west African river'

Answer: the Niger


Question: 'Call up the Royal Flying Doctor Service if you need emergency medical help in a remote part of this country'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Xavier Cugat was its "king"'

Answer: the rumba


Question: 'Tennyson's "Ode On the Death of the Duke Of" this place was considered pretty beefy by some'

Answer: Wellington


Question: 'Susan Sarandon & Geena Davis discover "there's no such thing as justifiable robbery" in this film'

Answer: Thelma and Louise


Question: 'Leopold II succeeded his dad as King of the Belgians in this year that also marked the end of a war in the U.S.'

Answer: 1865


Question: 'The saliva of this species of flying mammal contains an anticoagulant'

Answer: vampire bat


Question: 'On the Travel Channel's "Pizza Wars", NYC's thin crust pies were compared to this city's deep dish style'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'It's the "F" in the common web acronym "FAQ"'

Answer: frequently


Question: 'This author's "The Awakening" finds Mme. Pontellier shaken by the appropriate strains of a Polish composer'

Answer: Chopin


Question: 'Paul Giamatti delivers the line "Quaffable but uh...far from transcendent" in this 2004 film'

Answer: Sideways


Question: 'You may have "Red" about his father, Erik, but he was so successful he was nicknamed "The Lucky"'

Answer: Leif Ericson


Question: 'When not in use, it's retracted by a woodpecker, & it may wrap around under the skull, beneath the skin'

Answer: tongue


Question: 'A punny promo for "Superman Returns" saw Papa John's offer free pies to those living on any street named this'

Answer: Lois Lane


Question: 'If you reply anonymously to support your own post in an online forum, you're this hand puppet, like Lamb Chop'

Answer: sock puppet


Question: 'These title islands in a Vonnegut parable are home to the doomed survivors of the cruise ship Bahia de Darwin'

Answer: Galapagos Islands


Question: 'Careful! You will say one word 4 times (not 5, not 3!) in the title of this zany 1963 road comedy'

Answer: It\'s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World


Question: 'This only son of Prince Andrew of Greece became a British subject in 1947 & gained a dukedom'

Answer: Prince Philip


Question: 'The wisent is considered the European version of this animal once essential to the lives of the Plains Indians'

Answer: buffalo


Question: 'Pizza Hut paid $1 million to deliver a pie to Yuri Usachov, who was here at the time'

Answer: International Space Station


Question: 'Differing from e-mail, correspondence via post office is considered this, as if carried by a gastropod'

Answer: snail mail


Question: 'Hawthorne's "The Marble" this was inspired by a Praxiteles sculpture'

Answer: Faun


Question: 'Hey man, hit the road with Wyatt & Billy, man & check out Phil Spector as Connection in this 1969 film, man'

Answer: Easy Rider


Question: 'On May 14, 1643 the Sun rose on the reign of this 4-year-old king whose father had died at age 42'

Answer: Louis XIV


Question: 'This deep-sea fish takes it name from the fact that it dangles an enticing appendage over its mouth to attract prey'

Answer: angler


Question: 'After a 5-year legal battle with a sugar company, this pizza chain won the right to keep its name in 1980'

Answer: Domino\'s


Question: 'Reusing components in old electronics is termed this, one letter shorter than the word it's derived from'

Answer: eCycling


Question: 'Ornithological title name of a prison in a John Cheever novel'

Answer: Falconer


Question: 'Say it! Say it! Say Julie Hagerty lost the nest egg in this 1985 Albert Brooks comedy'

Answer: Lost in America


Question: 'The devil you say! He inherited the title "Duke of Normandy" from his dad Robert the Devil in 1035'

Answer: William the Conqueror


Question: 'The ursus californicus variety of this fierce brown bear is featured on California's state seal'

Answer: grizzly


Question: 'Taken from a mining phrase, a "climate" this animal is an event that foretells environmental disaster'

Answer: canary


Question: 'Between July 2005 & July 2006, this state gained nearly 500,000 people, more than any other state'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'Lloyd Bridges laments, "Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue" in this 1980 film'

Answer: Airplane!


Question: 'Drisheen sausage, made with lamb's blood, is a specialty of Cork in this country'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'In 1802 South Carolina agreed to pay this inventor's company $50,000 for patent rights to the cotton gin'

Answer: Eli Whitney


Question: 'This niece of film director Cecil B. had some devilish fun choreographing "Three Virgins and a Devil" in 1941'

Answer: Agnes de Mille


Question: 'Trinity Church in NYC was where this Treasury Sec. worshipped & where he was buried after the duel'

Answer: Alexander Hamilton


Question: 'Not a fully automatic machine gun, a basic weapon of Marines is the M16A2 semi-automatic type of this'

Answer: a rifle


Question: '(I'm Michael McKean.)  As David St. Hubbins I lead this rock band through the trials & tribulations of stardom'

Answer: Spinal Tap


Question: 'Buen provecho when eating tapas made with morcilla, pig's blood with rice, from this European country'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'While serving as Governor of this territory, 1880-1886, Eli Murray opposed the advancement of polygamy'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'Oh, the anguish!  Ninette de Valois choreographed a 1931 work named for this biblical sufferer'

Answer: Job


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Machu Picchu, Peru.)  The cave beneath the Temple of the Sun is called the Royal Tomb and probably held these remains more associated with Egypt'

Answer: mummies


Question: 'Also the name of an Adam Sandler movie, this military term is slang for 1 kilometer'

Answer: a click


Question: 'From the files of the TV show "Police Squad!" came this film with Lt. Frank Drebin'

Answer: The Naked Gun


Question: 'Popular Thuringer rotwurst from this country has been given geographic protection by the EU'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'With 35 seconds left in the game, he threw a TD pass to Plaxico Burress to win Super Bowl XLII for the Giants'

Answer: Eli Manning


Question: 'This sitarist's brother Uday danced with Pavlova & created dances for her, too'

Answer: Ravi Shankar


Question: 'In October 1876, 4 months after the massacre, he was laid to rest at West Point'

Answer: Custer


Question: 'HALO, standing for "high altitude, low opening", is an acronym used in the operation of these'

Answer: parachutes


Question: 'Shaun's life becomes zombie-filled in this 2004 British film'

Answer: Shaun of the Dead


Question: 'Charcuterie includes boudin blanc & this other delicacy made from pig's blood, brandy & cream'

Answer: boudin noir


Question: 'In 2008 actress Anne Jackson & this popular character actor celebrated an amazing 60th anniversary'

Answer: Eli Wallach


Question: 'When Balanchine choreographed this ballet in 1965, he played the title role & Suzanne Farrell was his Dulcinea'

Answer: Don Quixote


Question: 'This explorer's Puerto Rico tomb says the valiant lion's "deeds surpassed the greatness of his name"'

Answer: Ponce de León


Question: 'From the Latin for "before the war" comes this term for a period before a war, especially the Civil War'

Answer: antebellum


Question: 'This 2000 horror film had the tagline "No mercy.  No shame.  No sequel"; the sequel's tagline was "We lied"'

Answer: Scary Movie


Question: 'Soondae, filled with potato noodle & served with kimchi, is a popular street dish in this country'

Answer: Korea


Question: 'In May 1876 this pharmaceutical chemist founded the global research-based company that still bears his name'

Answer: Eli Lilly


Question: 'This great modern dancer was born in 1894 & she was still choreographing in 1990'

Answer: Martha Graham


Question: 'His body may be at Pere Lachaise in Paris, but he left his heart at a church in Warsaw'

Answer: Frederic Chopin


Question: 'From the French for "to disguise", it was "dazzle painting" to the British navy in WWI'

Answer: camouflage


Question: 'In 1953 he was elected President of Yugoslavia, a position he retained until his death in 1980'

Answer: Tito


Question: '"You Give Love A Bad Name" was this New Jersey group's first No. 1 hit'

Answer: Bon Jovi


Question: 'Erle Gardner'

Answer: Stanley


Question: 'Wow!  Illinois' state animal, the white-tailed this, can jump 9-foot fences'

Answer: a deer


Question: 'Chloroplasts are the sites within plants where this process changes light into chemical energy'

Answer: photosynthesis


Question: 'Give me an E--this Greek equivalent of the letter E'

Answer: epsilon


Question: 'In 1997 Bobbi McCaughey two-upped Mrs. Dionne by giving birth to these'

Answer: septuplets


Question: '(Hey, I'm Mark McGrath, &) one of my all-time favorite bands is this Johnny Rotten-Sid Vicious group that lasted only 3 years in the 1970s'

Answer: The Sex Pistols


Question: 'T.S. Eliot'

Answer: Stearns


Question: 'This metal topped the dome of Utah's State Capitol long before it became the state mineral'

Answer: copper


Question: 'Its wavelength is about 500 to 550 nanometers, & it means "go"'

Answer: green


Question: 'Found in yeast, zymase, which promotes fermentation, is this type of catalytic protein'

Answer: an enzyme


Question: 'In 1973 members of AIM occupied this South Dakota village for 71 days to protest federal policies toward Indians'

Answer: Wounded Knee


Question: 'Kiss said, "You gotta lose your mind" in this "Rock City"'

Answer: Detroit


Question: '"The Moonstone" author William Collins'

Answer: Wilkie


Question: 'This romantic 3-word phrase precedes "California" in the title of California's state song'

Answer: "I Love You"


Question: 'Lasers make possible this 3-dimensional representation of an object in light'

Answer: a hologram


Question: '2008 marks the 20th anniversary of this Calvin Klein fragrance for all time'

Answer: Eternity


Question: 'Drummer Cindy Blackman kept the beat for this man on "Fly Away" & "Are You Gonna Go My Way"'

Answer: Lenny Kravitz


Question: 'William Thackeray'

Answer: Makepeace


Question: 'North Carolina got religion & named this its state bird'

Answer: the cardinal


Question: 'The name of this herb, thought by many to shorten the length of a cold, is from the Greek for "hedgehog"'

Answer: echinacea


Question: 'In May 1966 this small South American country became independent, with Forbes Burnham as its first P.M.'

Answer: Guyana


Question: 'This Seattle group hit No. 1 on the mainstream rock chart with the song "Black Hole Sun"'

Answer: Soundgarden


Question: 'C.S. Lewis'

Answer: Staples


Question: 'Georgia has an official state 'possum: this comic strip cutie who lives in the Okefenokee Swamp'

Answer: Pogo


Question: 'Light can be interpreted either as particles called these or as waves called, uh, waves'

Answer: photons


Question: 'In mythology Zeus pursued her in the form of a white bull, then carried her across the sea to Crete'

Answer: Europa


Question: 'Before an 1867 sale, this island group was known as the Catherine Archipelago'

Answer: the Aleutian Islands


Question: 'This Canadian province's flag shows the setting sun & wavy blue bars representing the Pacific Ocean'

Answer: British Columbia


Question: 'Betsy shared an aptitude for fine needlework as a schoolgirl in this city of her birth'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'His later career included intoning that Paul Masson would "Sell no Wine Before Its Time"'

Answer: Orson Welles


Question: 'It's the Central American stripe-kneed variety of this hairy species seen here'

Answer: Tarantula


Question: 'The Bangles hit about an "eternal" one lit up the No. 1 spot on the charts in 1989'

Answer: Flame


Question: 'A nursery rhyme's "merry old soul"'

Answer: Old King Cole


Question: 'France's tricolor flag features red & blue -- the colors of Paris -- & this , the royal color of the Bourbon kings'

Answer: White


Question: 'According to the legend, Robert Morris, George Ross & this man asked Betsy to make the first Stars & Stripes'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'This actress from an acting family is the wife of Nicolas Cage'

Answer: Patricia Arquette


Question: 'There are striped-tailed as well as ruby-throated varieties of this species seen here'

Answer: Hummingbird


Question: 'Fictional candy maker who created the Everlasting Gobstopper'

Answer: Willy Wonka


Question: 'A PBS series once hosted by Bob Vila'

Answer: This Old House


Question: 'This U.S. commonwealth's flag is patterned after that of Cuba'

Answer: Puerto Rico


Question: 'This religious group was not so "amiable" when it banned Betsy for marrying out of meeting'

Answer: Society of Friends (Quakers)


Question: 'After a 1980 contract dispute, this actress only appeared in "Three's Company" talking on the phone'

Answer: Suzanne Somers


Question: 'Hey, steer clear of the fellow seen here (skunk) who's known down south by this "feline" nickname'

Answer: Polecat


Question: 'It's a theoretical device that once running goes forever without any additional inputs of energy'

Answer: Perpetual motion machine


Question: 'A 1952 Hemingway novella'

Answer: "The Old Man and the Sea"


Question: 'This state's flag features a mother pelican with its young'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'The story that Betsy made the flag was made public in 1870 by William Canby, who was this relative of Betsy's'

Answer: Grandson


Question: 'Having emerged as a star in "Apollo 13" & "Twister", he gets confused with Bill Pullman less often'

Answer: Bill Paxton


Question: 'The striped species seen here (tiger) is believed to have originated on this continent'

Answer: Asia


Question: 'Zeus condemned him to the hellish region of Tartarus & an eternity of pushing a rock up a hill'

Answer: Sisyphus


Question: 'General George Patton's visceral nickname'

Answer: "Old Blood and Guts"


Question: 'The staff & hat of the Bishop of Urgel can be found on this tiny Pyrenees country's flag'

Answer: Andorra


Question: 'Betsy's dad helped build Pennsylvania's old state house, better known by this name'

Answer: Independence Hall


Question: 'This Broadway, movie & TV actor wasn't related to "The Duke"<br />(starred in "The Last Angry Man")'

Answer: David Wayne


Question: 'The striped menu favorite seen here derives this name from the sound it makes when taken out of the water'

Answer: Grunt


Question: 'Michael Ende's story of a boy who enters a fantasy world when he reads a book about it'

Answer: The Neverending Story


Question: 'Also the title of a 1595 play, it's a traditional belief or story that's often superstitious'

Answer: "Old Wives\' Tale"


Question: 'In 1998 he brought back ex-Navy Seal & former CIA agent John Clark in the techno-thriller "Rainbow Six"'

Answer: Tom Clancy


Question: 'Her background includes studying law at Yale & over a decade as first lady of Arkansas'

Answer: Hillary Rodham Clinton


Question: 'Among the themes he composed for Blake Edwards were "Peter Gunn" & "The Pink Panther"'

Answer: Henry Mancini


Question: 'The hepatic portal vein connects the intestine to this organ'

Answer: Liver


Question: 'Addis Ababa'

Answer: Ethiopia


Question: 'First name of TV's McBeal'

Answer: Ally


Question: 'This John Grisham bestseller about corruption in the insurance business was turned into a 1997 film'

Answer: The Rainmaker


Question: '"Red Cross my heart & hope to be president" may be a motto of this ex-Secretary of Labor'

Answer: Elizabeth Dole


Question: 'His backup band is the Buckaroos'

Answer: Buck Owens


Question: 'It's been proposed that sulfate aerosols from these geological phenomena killed off the dinosaurs'

Answer: Volcanoes


Question: 'Vientiane'

Answer: Laos


Question: 'This word for a payment to a former spouse is from the Latin for "sustenance" or "nourishment"'

Answer: Alimony


Question: 'His 1950 classic "I, Robot" contains 9 related stories about (what else?) robots'

Answer: Isaac Asimov


Question: 'This senator nicknamed Di Fi could have her eye on the White House pie'

Answer: Dianne Feinstein


Question: 'The 1998 album "Painted from Memory" paired this composer & Elvis Costello'

Answer: Burt Bacharach


Question: 'The internodes on the stem of a cabbage plant are very short, so these are stacked close together'

Answer: Leaves


Question: 'Tirane'

Answer: Albania


Question: 'According to a 1992 song title, it's the 2-word description of Billy Ray Cyrus' heart'

Answer: "Achy Breaky Heart"


Question: 'She's written about her father & "Women of Courage" as well as of "Murder in Georgetown"'

Answer: Margaret Truman


Question: 'Some would like to see her move from the New Jersey governor's house to the White House'

Answer: Christine Todd Whitman


Question: 'Frank Sinatra recorded this song first, but it was Dean Martin's version that went to No. 1 in 1964'

Answer: "Everybody Loves Somebody"


Question: 'Night blindness may come from a deficiency in this vitamin, also called retinol'

Answer: Vitamin A


Question: 'Tallinn'

Answer: Estonia


Question: 'The Yeti, a notorious Himalayan snowman, has a reputation for behaving this way'

Answer: Abominably


Question: 'This Camus novel is known in French as "La Peste"'

Answer: "The Plague"


Question: 'One woman being suggested for the job is Mae Jemison, who's famous for having this job'

Answer: Astronaut


Question: 'Veronica Bennett fronted this "Be My Baby" group'

Answer: The Ronettes


Question: 'Filter feeders include flamingos & these whales named for their filters'

Answer: Baleen whales


Question: 'Suva'

Answer: Fiji


Question: 'A cerebral hemmorhage, or a fit of rage'

Answer: Apoplexy


Question: '"Reaching for the Note" was the subtitle of a 1998 film about this American music legend who died in 1990'

Answer: Leonard Bernstein


Question: 'With the 35-pound "Empathy Belly" in the news in 1991, men could experience the feeling of this'

Answer: Pregnancy


Question:
'Corn,
cowards,
business phone directory pages'

Answer: Things that are yellow


Question: 'In other words, this musical would be "The 46th State!"'

Answer: "Oklahoma!"


Question: 'The kind of appendages found in the title of a Shelley Winters film about a giant octopus'

Answer: Tentacles


Question: 'Noted residents of this type of little house include a young Abraham Lincoln & Tom, a slave in literature'

Answer: Log cabin


Question: 'The largest oil spill ever occured during this war (it was on purpose)'

Answer: The Persian Gulf War


Question:
'Elephants,
autos,
trees'

Answer: Things that have trunks


Question: 'Nell Carter played the orphan-hating Miss Hannigan in a 1997 revival of this musical'

Answer: "Annie"


Question: 'Name shared by a European region famous for vampires & a Kentucky university that isn't'

Answer: Transylvania


Question: 'This term refers to the dwellings of farm workers under the feudal system; Anne Hathaway's is in Shottery'

Answer: Cottage


Question: 'In September 1991 Macedonians voted for independence from this country'

Answer: Yugoslavia


Question:
'Helicopters,
lumberjacks,
teeth'

Answer: Choppers


Question: 'It's the modern musical classic that features the song heard here'

Answer: "Phantom of the Opera" (with Michael Crawford)


Question: 'This cowboy hat could hold a lot of liquor, even if its wearer couldn't'

Answer: Ten-gallon hat


Question: 'The restoration of this Roman landmark was finished in 1991; many of the statues had been chipped by coins'

Answer: Trevi Fountain


Question:
'Wilbur,
Jerusalem,
hitching'

Answer: Posts


Question: 'Joey Heatherton was 15 going on 16, not 16 going on 17, when she understudied the role of Liesl in this musical'

Answer: "The Sound of Music"


Question: '"Furniture" term for wine that contains not more than 14 percent alcohol & is usually served with food'

Answer: Table wine


Question: 'The word for this little house is from Canadian French; a "town" of them is a poor or depressed area'

Answer: Shanty


Question: 'A pioneer wagon with a sail-like top, or a literary magazine at the University of Nebraska'

Answer: Schooner