Question: 'Something that sounds familiar strikes one of these musical combinations'

Answer: Chord


Question: 'A medieval torture device shaped like a human body'

Answer: Iron maiden


Question: 'It's the only state with a different design on the reverse of its flag: a yellow beaver'

Answer: Oregon


Question: 'This brunette beauty won an Emmy for "Once and Again" in an eye-popping black leather bodice'

Answer: Sela Ward


Question: 'She slept in a polished walnut shell, using blue violet petals as a mattress & a rose petal for a quilt'

Answer: Thumbelina


Question: 'This "Green" is a heaven reserved for sailors, not violinists'

Answer: Fiddler\'s Green


Question: 'For striking in 1981 in defiance of his orders, this man fired 11,345 members of the air traffic controllers' union'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'Bismarck's moniker'

Answer: "The Iron Chancellor"


Question: 'East met west when the final spike of this was hammered in at Promontory, Utah'

Answer: Transcontinental Railroad


Question: 'Amusing rhyme time name for phony currency'

Answer: Funny money


Question: 'Bing sells Bob to a slave trader in "Road to" this north African country'

Answer: Morocco


Question: 'What Albert Speer was to Hitler, Marcello Piacentini was to this man'

Answer: Benito Mussolini


Question: 'Zafred, Faccio & Mercadante all wrote these based on "Hamlet"'

Answer: Operas


Question: 'Game in which you'd hear the phrase "Ready or not, here I come"'

Answer: Hide and Seek


Question: 'This Swede came up with a dynamite invention & patented it in 1867'

Answer: Alfred Nobel


Question: 'A superficial illusion of something, or the front of a building'

Answer: Facade


Question: 'In "Road to" this South American city, Bob asks Dorothy Lamour, "How did you get into that dress -- with a spraygun?"'

Answer: Rio (de Janeiro)


Question: 'Native country of the appropriately named progressive architect Rem Koolhaas'

Answer: The Netherlands/Holland


Question: 'Schumann's "Nachtlied" is a "Night" this'

Answer: Song


Question: 'Sewing items felt by a foot waking up'

Answer: Pins & needles


Question: 'In 1865 William Booth founded what would become this organization'

Answer: The Salvation Army


Question: 'This computer-generated Gungan from Naboo didn't get good reviews from the "Star Wars" fans'

Answer: Jar Jar Binks


Question: 'In 1940, the first "Road" movie found Bing & Bob swearing off women & hiding out in this Asian city-state'

Answer: Singapore


Question: 'L.A. residents fondly nicknamed Cesar Pelli's Pacific Design Center, seen here, after this huge animal'

Answer: "Blue Whale"


Question: 'Mozart wrote over 20 for piano & orchestra, including the "Coronation" one'

Answer: Concerto


Question: 'Colorful (or is it colorless?) phrase meaning clear-cut, without a doubt'

Answer: Black & white


Question: 'This "Equality State" was still a territory when it gave women the right to vote in 1869'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: 'This training device puts a pilot in a replica of a cockpit'

Answer: Flight simulator


Question: 'Lush trappings & jungle perils dogged Bob & Bing's heels when they took the "Road to" this Indonesian island'

Answer: Bali


Question: 'I.M. Pei's L'Enfant Plaza opened to acclaim in this city in 1968'

Answer: Washington, D.C.


Question: 'Term for Schubert's "Death and the Maiden", heard here, or the type of group playing it'

Answer: String quartet


Question: 'Now referring to a rule that's rigidly enforced, it used to refer to a ship that had run aground'

Answer: Hard & fast


Question: 'With 1,000 Redshirts to cover his back, he captured Sicily & Naples in 1860'

Answer: Giuseppe Garibaldi


Question: 'From the German for "a substitute", it's the term for something like a coffee made from grain'

Answer: Ersatz


Question: 'The quest for an African diamond mine is taken up by Bob & Bing in "Road to" this Tanzanian region'

Answer: Zanzibar


Question: 'In 1906 this partner of McKim & Mead built a Presbyterian church & was killed by a jealous husband'

Answer: Stanford White


Question: 'Tchaikovsky wrote these "On A Rococo Theme"'

Answer: Variations


Question: 'This phrase for decided & fixed comes from how herbs were sold'

Answer: Cut & dried


Question: 'Bertrand Russell said that "What Galileo and Newton were to the 17th century," this man "was to the 19th"'

Answer: Charles Darwin


Question: 'Laura Ingalls Wilder:<br />"La petite maison dans la prairie"'

Answer: Little House on the Prairie


Question:
'1985:
Starred in "Commando";
2005:
Ran an entire state'

Answer: Arnold Schwarzeneger


Question: 'In December 2008 Time magazine shut down its edition for this country; it was the same as the U.S. edition except for the ads'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'The axial rotation of the Earth seems to shift the plane of motion of this scientist's pendulum'

Answer: Foucault


Question: 'Except to break ties, this presiding officer of the House of Representatives rarely votes'

Answer: the Speaker of the House


Question: 'The Hebrews got theirs from olives & used it for anointing the dead & for burning in lamps'

Answer: oil


Question: 'Dickens:<br />"Un chant de noel"'

Answer: A Christmas Carol


Question:
'1989:
Sang on 2 No. 1 hits;
2009:
Judged a singing contest on national TV'

Answer: Paula Abdul


Question: 'Trying to learn this language?  Subscribe to the bilingual Hiragana Times'

Answer: Japanese


Question: 'An excess of neutrons usually causes fission; fission emits neutrons, causing fission... hence this reaction'

Answer: a chain reaction


Question: 'This green gem is actually a rare variety of beryl'

Answer: emerald


Question: 'A cut of meat from the back of an animal, between the ribs & the rump'

Answer: the loin


Question: 'Hemingway:<br />"Le soleil se leve aussi"'

Answer: The Sun Also Rises


Question:
'1988:
Won "Cheers" for his sitcom acting;
2008:
Won raves as a baddie on "Damages"'

Answer: Ted Danson


Question: '64, a magazine devoted to this game, is from Russia, home of champions at it like Khalifman & Kramnik'

Answer: chess


Question: 'Newton's second law is expressed as the equation F=ma, where F stands for this, m is mass & a is acceleration'

Answer: force


Question: 'Seen here, the rare tuatara of New Zealand is the only living member of an entire order of this animal class'

Answer: reptiles


Question: 'Not healthy'

Answer: ill


Question: 'Judy Blume:<br />"Pour toujours"'

Answer: Forever


Question:
'1974:
Had a "Comedy Hour" with his wife on CBS;
1994:
Elected to Congress'

Answer: Sonny Bono


Question: 'You can read about celebrities in Britain's Hello magazine, or about famosos in this Mexican version'

Answer: ¡Hola!


Question: 'This principle says it's impossible to measure a particle's position & momentum at the same time'

Answer: the Heisenberg uncertainty principle


Question: 'These rare fungi are used in the diplomat sauce served over fish or shellfish'

Answer: truffles


Question: 'The puma is also called the mountain this'

Answer: lion


Question: 'Bronte:<br />"Hurlevent"'

Answer: Wuthering Heights


Question:
'1964:
Acted on a Top-10 rated TV show;
1984:
Directed "Splash"'

Answer: Ron Howard


Question: 'One of Cosmopolitan's 58 international editions is in this country to which we owe the word "cosmopolitan"'

Answer: Greece (Greek accepted)


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.)  Molecules continually bombard a particle suspended in liquid, causing this random motion of the particle named for an English scientist'

Answer: the Brownian movement


Question: 'With permission, you can read rare books & manuscripts in the Sistine Hall at this library'

Answer: the Vatican Library


Question: 'Zero, to a Brit'

Answer: nil


Question: 'The Utilitarianism of Jeremy Bentham focused on this, "the pursuit of" which is our right in the Declaration of Independence'

Answer: happiness


Question: 'This comedian who got no respect said, "I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out"'

Answer: Rodney Dangerfield


Question: 'For 46 years Charlemagne was the king of these people who gave their name to a country'

Answer: the Franks


Question: 'The dinner menu at Commander's Palace has this du jour as well as soup du jour'

Answer: gumbo


Question: 'Grand Teton National Park'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: 'Gold, silver or platinum, for instance'

Answer: precious metal


Question: 'This Scot's 1776 work contained 5 books, including "Of Systems of Political Economy"'

Answer: Adam Smith


Question: 'After an injured player couldn't remember who he was, Coach Ted Green said, "Tell him he's" this "Great One"'

Answer: Gretzky


Question: 'In 814 Charlemagne was succeeded by his son, the first of many French kings of this name'

Answer: Louis


Question: 'This sausage with a French origin is traditional in specialties like cornbread stuffing'

Answer: andouille


Question: 'Big Bend National Park'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'Bow your head & name this insect, seen here'

Answer: the praying mantis


Question: 'This supply-side economist popular during the Reagan administration is known for his "curve"'

Answer: Arthur Laffer


Question: 'Defenseman Barry Beck of this Big Apple team: "We have only one person to blame, and that's each other"'

Answer: the New York Rangers


Question: 'Charlemagne standardized & spread the use of this, both the monetary unit & the unit of weight'

Answer: the pound


Question: 'For safety, rather than the traditional plastic baby, you can substitute a pecan in this Mardi Gras treat'

Answer: a king cake


Question: 'Shenandoah National Park'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'In "Cool Hand Luke", Paul Newman is sent to a chain gang camp as punishment for destroying these'

Answer: parking meters


Question: 'In January 1980 PBS began televising this economist's series "Free to Choose"'

Answer: Milton Friedman


Question: 'In 778, hoping to take advantage of civil war among its Muslim rulers, Charlemagne invaded this neighbor'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'Can't get more New Orleans than crawfish tails in the batter for these deep-fried dough treats, savory or sweet'

Answer: beignets


Question: 'Carlsbad Caverns National Park'

Answer: New Mexico


Question: 'Longitude east & west is reckoned by this, which runs through Greenwich, England'

Answer: the Prime Meridian


Question: 'Charlemagne was a grandson of Charles Martel & was the eldest son of this "short" king'

Answer: Pippin the Short


Question: 'In making oyster dressing for holiday turkey, reserve the clear juice of the oysters, called this--cheers!'

Answer: liquor


Question: 'Great Smoky Mountains National Park'

Answer: Tennessee (North Carolina accepted)


Question: 'A good soil conditioner, it's often spread on the ground to protect plants in hot, dry weather'

Answer: peat moss


Question: 'Operation Felix, a planned 1941 Nazi action to seize this territory, was never carried out because Spain wouldn't go along'

Answer: Gibraltar


Question: 'First generation Americans of this ethnic origin are Issei, 2nd generation are Nisei'

Answer: Japanese


Question: 'At Hindu & Buddhist funerals it's the common way to dispose of the body'

Answer: Burning/cremation


Question: 'Modern Bride now publishes a magazine devoted to this annual high school event'

Answer: Prom


Question: 'A turtle's can be elongated or spherical, & turtles usually bury them in sand, mud or rotting plants'

Answer: Eggs


Question: 'On this sitcom Lara Piper plays Viki, the new blonde student in the IHP'

Answer: Head of the Class


Question: 'Eric likes it fried'

Answer: Rice (Eric)


Question: 'It's named after Jonas Bronck, its first European settler'

Answer: The Bronx


Question: 'At 13 a Jewish boy automatically becomes this, the religious ceremony is not essential'

Answer: Bar Mitzvahed


Question: '"Spy vs. Spy" is a feature of this humor magazine's "Joke & Dagger" department'

Answer: Mad magazine


Question: 'This Antarctic bird's name was 1st applied to the now extinct flightless great auk of the Arctic'

Answer: Penguin


Question: 'She was the third actress to play Chris Cagney, but she played the role the longest'

Answer: Sharon Gless


Question: 'A hard-hearted person might find this musical inane'

Answer: "Annie" (inane)


Question: 'This river made famous in an Edgar Lee Masters "Anthology" is a tributary of the Illinois River'

Answer: Spoon River


Question: 'In a Tibetan rite, a boy who picks out this man's former possessions is declared his reincarnation'

Answer: Dalai Lama


Question: 'The Lincoln Town Car won its "Car of the Year" award for 1990'

Answer: Motor Trend


Question: 'Both male & female hartebeests have lyre-shaped ones'

Answer: Horns


Question: 'Of all the actresses on "Designing Women", she has the most "intelligent" name'

Answer: Jean Smart


Question: 'Cameron needs more of it in his love life'

Answer: Romance (Cameron)


Question: 'Montgomery C. Meigs, who was the first to suggest it to A. Lincoln as a cemetery site, is buried there'

Answer: Arlington National Cemetery


Question: 'A tradition at wedding receptions, it's caught by the "Man who'll get married next"'

Answer: Bride\'s garter


Question: '"Loose Talk", "The Hot Page" & "Where Are They Now?" are features of this entertainment magazine'

Answer: Us magazine


Question: 'Chinchillas, which are known for their fur, belong to this order of mammals'

Answer: Rodents


Question: 'She starred in the sitcom "Funny Face" in 1971, 16 years before she joined the Hogan family'

Answer: Sandy Duncan


Question: 'It's the only kind of poetry Cyril enjoys'

Answer: Lyric (Cyril)


Question: 'It was first surveyed to settle a dispute between the Penn family & the Calvert family'

Answer: Mason-Dixon Line


Question: 'Famous street on which the ceremony seen here took place:<br />[star on Walk of Fame]'

Answer: Hollywood Boulevard


Question: 'The "As They Grow" section of this magazine contains articles on child care from pregnancy to age 18'

Answer: Parents magazine


Question: '1 of the raccoon's most distinctive features; most raccoons have 5 to 7 of them'

Answer: Tail rings


Question: '"Crocodile" Dundee's favorite girl, she played a ruthless press aide in "Favorite Son"'

Answer: Linda Kozlowski


Question: 'To play her, Flip Wilson realigned his body shape'

Answer: Geraldine (realigned)


Question: 'The value of all the goods & services a country produces in one year is called this'

Answer: GNP (Gross National Product)


Question: 'This chief organ of taste is composed of skeletal muscle'

Answer: Tongue


Question: 'In the nursery rhyme, suit of the queen whose baking was stolen by a knave'

Answer: Hearts


Question: 'In the 1st Century the Trung sisters headed Vietnam's revolt against the Han overlords from this country'

Answer: China


Question: 'The Pacific Ocean islands of Kanaga, Adak & Unimak are part of this state'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'On August 4, 1753 Lodge No. 4 in Fredericksburg, Virginia initiated him into the Masons'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'It's the study of the principles of punishment as well as the management of prisons'

Answer: Penology


Question: 'Your heart's right ventricle pumps blood only to this pair of organs'

Answer: Lungs


Question: 'Numismatics is the collection & study of coins & this is the collection & study of stamps'

Answer: Philately


Question: 'Solon, the poet & statesman, revised the Draconian Laws in this Greek city-state'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'Borneo is shared by Brunei, Malaysia & this country'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'In 1888 this future president wrote the book "Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail"'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'The first black to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard, his initials stood for William Edward Burghardt'

Answer: W.E.B. Du Bois


Question: 'The femur & the tibia are connected by cartilage, a synovial cavity & these tissues'

Answer: Ligaments


Question: 'In 1985 this country's Prince Sultan became the first Arab astronaut'

Answer: Saudi Arabia


Question: 'He died in 323 B.C. at age 32 when he took ill after a long party with heavy drinking'

Answer: Alexander the Great


Question: 'Between 1921-51 the Cubs held spring training on this island owned by Wrigley near L.A.'

Answer: Catalina Island


Question: 'While attending college, this president served as an editor of the "Princetonian"'

Answer: Woodrow Wilson


Question: '"Chicago School" of economic thought is associated with this conservative who once taught at U. of Chicago'

Answer: Milton Friedman


Question: 'Pharyngeal tonsils are commonly called these'

Answer: Adenoids


Question: '1 of 2 Great Lakes named for an American Indian tribe'

Answer: Erie or Huron


Question: 'Hammurabi conquered neighboring city-states & made this city capital of a kingdom'

Answer: Babylon


Question: 'This country occupies the largest island in the West Indies'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'Both the U.N. Charter & the NATO Pact were signed by this president'

Answer: Harry S. Truman


Question: 'German thinker who saw a link between "The Protestant Ethic & the Spirit of Capitalism"'

Answer: Max Weber


Question: '1 of the 3 sections of the small intestine'

Answer: Duodenum, jejunum, ileum


Question: 'Edmund Burke supposedly said, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do" this'

Answer: Nothing


Question: 'In the "Aeneid" Virgil claimed Carthage was founded by this princess of Tyre who loved Aeneas'

Answer: Dido


Question: 'These islands off the African cpast were the last stop Columbus made before he headed west to the New World'

Answer: Canary Islands


Question: '1,200 quarts of ice cream & a cake 4 feet high were served at his March 4, 1857 inaugural'

Answer: James Buchanan


Question: 'In 1839, at age 19, he joined the crew of the freighter St. Lawrence that ran between NYC & Liverpool'

Answer: Herman Melville


Question: 'Atomic weight is one stat for each of these, a substance that can't be decomposed to a simpler substance'

Answer: an element


Question: 'This longtime Green Bay Packer is the only QB to throw more than 300 career interceptions'

Answer: Brett Favre


Question: 'In one ad, 3 frogs with a possible drinking problem croaked out the name of this beer as they stole a case of the stuff'

Answer: Budweiser


Question: 'In the event of a car crash, the rapid expansion of nitrogen gas is used to inflate these emergency devices'

Answer: air bags


Question: 'Appropriately, Cincinnati is found on this river'

Answer: the Ohio River


Question: 'Head to Moscow's Red Square to see this man on display in his mausoleum'

Answer: Lenin


Question: 'Heavier objects have more this, the tendency of an object to resist a change in its state of motion'

Answer: inertia


Question: 'The 2009 French Open women's final ended with a whimper, Dinara Safina's seventh of these serving mistakes'

Answer: a double fault


Question: 'A dog of this breed became famous for saying, "Yo quiero Taco Bell"'

Answer: a chihuahua


Question: 'In an angioplasty, a balloon is inflated to clear a blocked one of these'

Answer: an artery


Question: 'In 1837 William Procter formed a business partnership in Cincinnati with this man, his brother-in-law'

Answer: (James) Gamble


Question: 'Despite being red, coats worn in this controversial English sport are called pinks after a tailor who invented them'

Answer: fox hunting


Question: 'Rhyming term for the response by animals when they encounter a threat'

Answer: fight or flight


Question: 'In 1968 Roberto de Vicenzo's signing of an incorrect scorecard knocked him from a playoff at this Augusta event'

Answer: the Masters


Question: 'It's the 2-word catchphrase said to an apparently suicidal animated tuna who wanted to be put in a StarKist can'

Answer: "Sorry, Charlie!"


Question: 'Usually attached to an inflatable cuff, a sphygmomanometer measures this'

Answer: blood pressure


Question: 'What's now Cincinnati was part of this territory, the first possession of the United States'

Answer: the Northwest Territory


Question: 'Colorful 1960s song heard here'

Answer: "Roses Are Red (My Love)"


Question: 'Alkalis are strong these, which turn litmus paper from red to blue'

Answer: bases


Question: 'Honus Wagner made 825 of these in his career, including 60 in 1905; good thing he hit .363 that year'

Answer: errors


Question: 'In 2001 Tom Hanks' brother Jim began voicing Geoffrey, spokes-giraffe for this children's play store'

Answer: Toys "R" Us


Question: 'This term for a small, inflatable boat dragged behind a yacht comes from the Hindi for "small boat"'

Answer: dinghy


Question: 'Dr. Albert Sabin developed this vaccine at the University of Cincinnati medical school'

Answer: polio


Question: 'It's the fort over which Francis Scott Key witnessed "the rockets' red glare"'

Answer: Fort McHenry


Question: 'If it's not transparent, or even translucent, but quite impenetrable to light, it's this'

Answer: opaque


Question: 'On "Reading to Succeed" night, this NBA home team's fans got a poster of a player in a "Woves" (not a "Wolves") jersey'

Answer: Minnesota Timberwolves


Question: 'Boy, ah say, boy, this big Warner Bros. bird hawked for the Colonel & KFC; now go away, boy, ya bothah me!'

Answer: Foghorn Leghorn


Question: 'Also called puffers, these fish are known for their ability to inflate themselves for defensive purposes'

Answer: blowfish


Question: 'In 1990 a Cincinnati museum faced obscenity charges after exhibiting the work of this photographer'

Answer: (Robert) Mapplethorpe


Question: 'The Red Sea was formed about 20 million years ago when this peninsula broke away from Africa'

Answer: the Arabian Peninsula


Question: 'The plight of the poor was shown in works like "Horrible" this city & "The Bitter Cry of Outcast" this city'

Answer: London


Question: 'Willem Dafoe in 1988,<br />Jim Caviezel in 2004'

Answer: Jesus


Question: 'This "Pilgrim's Progress" author wrote his autobiography, "Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners", while in prison'

Answer: John Bunyan


Question: 'Types of this shape include right, oblique & isosceles'

Answer: a triangle


Question: 'The first Temple of Solomon was built from this wood of Lebanon'

Answer: cedar


Question: 'A tenant with a rental contract'

Answer: a leasee


Question: 'Prominent feature of women in pre-Raphaelite paintings; model Lizzie Siddal's was said to have filled her coffin'

Answer: long hair


Question: 'Cate Blanchett in 1998,<br />Judi Dench in 1998'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth I


Question: 'He departed from legal thrillers with "Bleachers", about the impending death of a high school football coach'

Answer: John Grisham


Question: 'A honeycomb is an example of a tessellation; these shapes fit together perfectly to cover a frame in the beehive'

Answer: a hexagon


Question: 'Socrates could warn you about turning "the fruit of righteousness" into this poisonous herb'

Answer: hemlock


Question: 'Last name of the folk figure depicted here'

Answer: Appleseed


Question: 'The Broadwood co. led the world in making these instruments & no, they didn't prudishly cover the legs'

Answer: pianos


Question: 'Henry Fonda in 1939,<br />Raymond Massey in 1940'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'In 2008 he tinkered & tailored with "A Most Wanted Man", his latest thriller'

Answer: John le Carré


Question: 'Each side of this Virginia structure is 921 feet long; it's almost a mile in circumference'

Answer: the Pentagon


Question: 'Jacob took idols & hid them under this mighty tree where, we assume, little idols don't grow'

Answer: an oak


Question: 'Style of chicken or other meat stewed in gravy with vegetables'

Answer: fricasee


Question: 'The year Her Majesty came to the throne, Birmingham & Manchester were first linked by this'

Answer: the railway


Question: 'Robert Downey Jr. in 1992,<br />Eddie Izzard in 2001'

Answer: (Charlie) Chaplin


Question: 'His "Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions" says, "Never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee"'

Answer: John Donne


Question: 'Start counting sides:  it's the shape seen here'

Answer: a nonagon


Question: 'In Exodus, the Lord told Moses, not the 3 kings, to bring this gum resin that was used in embalming'

Answer: frankincense


Question: 'One who directs the work of laborers'

Answer: an overseer


Question: '"The Great White Hand or the Tiger of Cawnpore" was one of many novels written about this 1857-58 uprising'

Answer: the Indian Mutiny


Question: 'Philip Seymour Hoffman in 2005, Toby Jones in 2006'

Answer: Truman Capote


Question: 'He followed up "Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus" with "Children Are from Heaven"'

Answer: John Gray


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an animation of conic sections on the monitor.)  A cut parallel to the base of a cone gives us a circle; an angular cut above the base creates an ellipse; & an angular cut through the base makes this shape'

Answer: a parabola


Question: 'Absinthe lovers are forewarned in Amos about "Ye who turn judgment to" this bitter, aromatic plant'

Answer: wormwood


Question: 'In ancient times the Sanhedrin was made up of mostly people from this Jewish group'

Answer: the Pharisees


Question: 'He was the only member of the Warren Commission who would later face would-be assassins himself'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'The U.S. Kennedys trace their roots back to county Wexford in this country'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'Though only the southern end is in Louisiana, this is considered the major physical feature of the state'

Answer: the Mississippi River


Question: 'This rock group featuring Belinda Carlisle has now officially gone-gone'

Answer: The Go-Go\'s


Question: 'According to the 10th Commandment, you shouldn’t do this to a neighbor’s ox, servant or wife'

Answer: covet


Question: 'Instead of using regular paint remover to remove paint from hands, try this foamy toiletry'

Answer: shaving cream


Question: 'Effortlessly arrive, effortlessly depart'

Answer: easy come, easy go


Question: 'He said “Do you realize the responsibility I carry?  I’m (the) only person standing between Nixon & the White House”'

Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: 'In production of cotton, minerals & natural gas, the 1 in which Louisiana doesn’t rank #2 in the U.S.'

Answer: cotton


Question: 'Beatles song about purchasing affection that was 1st to hit #1 in U.S. & Britain at same time'

Answer: "Can’t Buy Me Love"


Question: 'While Encyclopedia Americana says this Old Testament book should be read as a parable, we say it’s a big fish story'

Answer: Jonah


Question: 'For small repairs, nail polish can sometimes substitute for this'

Answer: glue


Question: 'Pattern assumed by disintegration of an Oreo'

Answer: that’s the way the cookie crumbles


Question: 'She supervised the historic restoration of the White House & gave a TV tour of it'

Answer: Jackie Kennedy


Question: 'Counting migrants, in January 25% of all these fowl in the U.S. are wintering in Louisiana'

Answer: duck


Question: 'Release of this Jacksons album was held up until “Thriller” sales peaked'

Answer: Victory


Question: 'Samuel took a horn of oil & did this to David amidst his brethren'

Answer: anoint


Question: 'Heavy starching of braided rugs will keep ends from doing this'

Answer: curling


Question: 'A void of originality exists beneath our class G star'

Answer: nothing new under the sun


Question: 'States that have been represented by Joseph Kennedy’s sons in the U.S. Senate'

Answer: Massachusetts & New York


Question: 'Louisiana has had 11, including 1 which was over 250,000 words & amended 537 times'

Answer: a constitution


Question: 'Van Morrison sang of “making love in the green grass, behind the stadium” with her'

Answer: "Brown Eyed Girl"


Question: 'To save pennies at the supermarket, avoid buying products displayed on shelves at this level'

Answer: eye level


Question: 'Expired Homo sapiens don’t relate fables'

Answer: dead men tell no tales


Question: 'Rose’s maiden name, it became the middle name of one of her sons'

Answer: Fitzgerald


Question: 'The more familiar name of New Orleans’ 85-block “Vieux Carre”'

Answer: the French Quarter


Question: 'In 1985, Tears for Fears said “everybody wants to” do this'

Answer: rule the world


Question: 'Mary Ellen says to soften peanut butter & add flavor, “open” a bottle of this oil & put in a drop'

Answer: sesame seed oil


Question: 'The person that finances a Scottish musician gets to pick song played'

Answer: he who pays the piper calls the tune


Question: 'Article 1 of U.N. charter says maintaining this is the U.N.’s primary purpose'

Answer: world peace


Question: 'According to Aesop, greed killed the goose that did this'

Answer: laid the golden egg


Question: 'In 1919-21, this championship was a best-of-9 series'

Answer: the World Series


Question: 'Great Britain, Prussia, Austria & Russia joined forces in 1815 to rid Europe of him once & for all'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'Of lunar, or solar eclipses, the more frequent'

Answer: a solar eclipse


Question: 'In the pirate drinking song, it follows “yo-ho-ho”'

Answer: a bottle of rum


Question: 'The name “United Nations” was adopted in WWII to note countries opposed to these powers'

Answer: the Axis powers


Question: 'Though this diving bird has a weird, laughing cry, it isn’t really crazy'

Answer: a loon


Question: '2 of the 6 current major league teams that have never won a league pennant'

Answer: (2 of) the Montreal Expos, the Seattle Mariners, the California Angels, the Texas Rangers, the Toronto Blue Jays, & the Houston Astros


Question: 'The 2-year war with this country from 1846-48 cost the U.S. almost $100 million'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'This planet is only about ¾ as dense as water, so it probably wouldn’t leave “rings” in the bathtub'

Answer: Saturn


Question: 'William Lampton said this state was “where the corn is full of kernels & the colonels full a corn”'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'Name of this ugly, naked-headed bird can refer to someone disgustingly predatory'

Answer: a vulture


Question: 'More current active major leaguers come from San Pedro de Macoris in this country than from Chicago'

Answer: the Dominican Republic


Question: 'Until the 19th century & porcelain, hippopotamus bone was the popular material for these falsies'

Answer: false teeth


Question: 'Title of this number one 1958 hit'

Answer: "Little Star"


Question: 'In 1825, Anthelme Brillat-Savarin said, “a meal without wine is like a day without” this'

Answer: sunshine


Question: 'Bird to which Shelley wrote, “Hail to thee, blithe spirit”'

Answer: a skylark


Question: '1st man elected to Baseball Hall of Fame, he played 22 seasons for Detroit'

Answer: Ty Cobb


Question: 'In 1848, Zachary Taylor was the 2nd & last candidate of this party to be elected president'

Answer: the Whigs


Question: 'German astronomer whose laws of planetary motion were published in 1609'

Answer: Johannes Kepler


Question: 'G.W. Young was the one who insisted that these “must never touch mine”'

Answer: lips that touch liquor


Question: 'With longest migratory flight, it spends winters in southern & summers in northern polar regions'

Answer: the arctic tern


Question: 'In 1920, Bill Wambsganss became only player in World Series history to execute this feat'

Answer: an unassisted triple play


Question: 'Famous poetical drinking instruction Ben Jonson gave “to Celia”'

Answer: drink to me only with thine eyes


Question: 'This Best Picture had the shortest title, using only 2 different letters'

Answer: Gigi


Question: 'John Smith recorded the name of this river as Patawomeck, but it is now called this'

Answer: Potomac


Question: 'The fisher, a species of martin, goes after these animals, flipping them over to avoid the quills'

Answer: porcupines


Question: 'Louise Fletcher's nurse's uniform from this film is on display at Planet Hollywood in Beverly Hills'

Answer: One Flew Over the Cuckoo\'s Nest


Question: 'Hit below the belt'

Answer: boxing


Question: 'This reclusive "2001" director has been successfully impersonated by a man who looks nothing like him'

Answer: Stanley Kubrick


Question: 'In 1889 Cesar Franck shocked some French critics by using this "English" instrument in a symphony'

Answer: the English horn


Question: 'Mark Twain could have told you this town of his youth was named for a Carthaginian'

Answer: Hannibal, Missouri


Question: 'Odds are that if you're a grazing antelope this continent is home to you'

Answer: Africa


Question:
'This film is famous for the traffic-stopping scene seen here:

"What are you going to do?"
"A system all my own."'

Answer: It Happened One Night


Question: 'Par for the course'

Answer: golf


Question: '"Girl You Know It's True" was the ironic title of a hit by this fraudulent duo'

Answer: Milli Vanilli


Question: '"Merry Gathering of the Peasants" is one movement of his 1808 "Pastoral" symphony'

Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven


Question: 'Appropriately, the name of this big Florida lake is a Seminole word for "big water"'

Answer: Okeechobee


Question: 'Whales are divided into 2 groups, those that have baleen & those that have these instead'

Answer: teeth


Question: 'It's the ever-popular, ever-cool '50s film seen here<br />[Marlon Brando on motorcycle]'

Answer: The Wild One


Question: 'Threw him a curve'

Answer: baseball


Question: '"The Education of" this Cherokee, billed as autobiography, was written by a white segregationist'

Answer: Little Tree


Question: 'The symphonies of Schumann & Berlioz typify this 19th C. movement of emotion & individualism'

Answer: Romantic music


Question: 'Sailors once thought they'd found gems at this extinct volcanic crater, hence its gem of a name'

Answer: Diamond Head


Question: 'The 2 main foods of the aardvark are ants & these mound insects'

Answer: termites


Question: 'Carole King co-wrote the title song used in this George Clooney-Michelle Pfeiffer film'

Answer: One Fine Day


Question: 'No holds barred'

Answer: wrestling


Question: 'A medical syndrome is named for this baron famous for tall tales about his exploits'

Answer: Baron von Munchausen


Question: 'During WWII Stravinsky wrote a "Symphony in" this many movements, one fewer than is usual'

Answer: 3


Question: 'This city that grew up around Northwestern University is named for one of the university's founders'

Answer: Evanston


Question: 'The bonobo is the pygmy one of these great apes'

Answer: chimpanzees


Question: 'We "count" this Billy Wilder film about a Coca-Cola executive as one of Jimmy Cagney's best'

Answer: One, Two, Three


Question: 'Not pulling one's weight'

Answer: rowing


Question: 'Forger Hans Van Meegeren tried to increase the small number of works by this Dutch master, who died in 1675'

Answer: Jan Vermeer


Question: 'During the Tang dynasty, 618 to 907, Chang'an in this country was the most populous city in the world'

Answer: China


Question: 'Freud, Strauss & Klimt appear in "A Nervous Splendor", a 1980 portrait of this city in the 1880s'

Answer: Vienna


Question: 'The middle name of this archbishop & Nobel Peace Prize winner is Mpilo; it means "life"'

Answer: Desmond Tutu


Question: 'New York City's Stonewall Riots began on the June 1969 night of this "Over The Rainbow" singer's funeral'

Answer: Judy Garland


Question:
'"Revolver",
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band",
"Meet The Beatles"'

Answer: Meet the Beatles, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper\'s Lonely Hearts Club Band


Question: 'Keats wrote an "Ode On A Grecian" one'

Answer: Urn


Question: 'The Grimaldi family first gained control of this country in 1297'

Answer: Monaco


Question: '"The Hero With A Thousand Faces" is a classic work on mythology by this author'

Answer: Joseph Campbell


Question: 'In 1854 she set sail with 38 nurses in tow to help wounded Crimean War soldiers'

Answer: Florence Nightingale


Question: 'A teenage star as Debbie in the '80s, in 1996 she released the album "Deborah"'

Answer: Debbie Gibson


Question:
'Calamity Jane,
Jane Curtin,
Lady Jane Grey'

Answer: Lady Jane Grey, Calamity Jane, Jane Curtin


Question: 'It describes an avant-garde film, a secret political movement, or anything subterranean'

Answer: Underground


Question: 'In 1944 this island country severed all its formal ties with Denmark & became a republic'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'Peasant girl seen here in a 15th century portrait'

Answer: Joan of Arc


Question: 'In the early '60s Darlene Wright adopted this, which she often sang about, as her last name'

Answer: Love


Question:
'William Baldwin,
Daniel Baldwin,
Alec Baldwin'

Answer: Alec, Daniel, William


Question: 'For most of the 1970s, it was dictator Dada's domain'

Answer: Uganda


Question: 'In December 1812 this Venezuelan wrote the "Cartagena Manifesto", a famous essay on independence'

Answer: Simon Bolivar


Question: 'This organization's first general was William Booth'

Answer: The Salvation Army


Question: 'In "Blazing Saddles", Madeleine Kahn as Lili Vonshtupp parodied this legendary German'

Answer: Marlene Dietrich


Question:
'Ramses II,
Nebuchadnezzar,
King Solomon'

Answer: Ramses II, King Solomon, Nebuchadnezzar


Question: 'Mesannepadda & Aannepadda were 2 early rulers of this 2-letter Sumerian city'

Answer: Ur


Question: 'In 1199 this crusader king of England was mortally wounded while besieging the castle of Chalus'

Answer: Richard the Lionhearted


Question: 'When this city-state's leader died around 560 B.C., it was Solon, it's been good ta know ya'

Answer: Athens


Question:
'Oklahoma statehood,
Hawaii statehood,
Arizona statehood'

Answer: Oklahoma, Arizona & Hawaii


Question: 'In "The Last of the Mohicans" he shook his tomahawk at Magua & shouted, "Stay; Dog of the Wyandots!"'

Answer: Uncas


Question: 'In 1973, TIME Magazine blended 2 words to coin this term they gave to Rex Humbard as a job title'

Answer: televangelist


Question: 'Kwame Nkrumah, later a pioneer of independence for this continent's colonies, went to Pennsylvania's Lincoln University'

Answer: Africa


Question:
'1992:
The Sultan,
Jasmine,
Jafar'

Answer: Aladdin


Question: 'This capital of Venezuela has a population of about 3 million'

Answer: Caracas


Question: 'Arranging a lovers' meeting in a crypt is a really bad idea--just look at Act V, Scene 3 of this play'

Answer: Romeo and Juliet


Question: 'Sorry, this company doesn't Supersize its Fruit & Walnut or California Cobb salads'

Answer: McDonald\'s


Question: 'In French, the name of this fancy dining room fixture means "something that holds candles"'

Answer: a chandelier


Question: 'In 1993 Google co-founder Sergey Brin graduated from Maryland with honors in math & this field'

Answer: computer science


Question:
'1961:
Pongo,
Patch,
Cruella de Vil'

Answer: 101 Dalmatians


Question: 'Calcutta was once the capital of India; this "New" city was made the capital in 1931'

Answer: New Delhi


Question: 'Never promise anybody a pound of this; Antonio did, & Shylock tried to collect it (ouch!)'

Answer: flesh


Question: 'If you need to drop a couple of hundred pounds, try this chain's 6" Turkey or Veggie Delite sandwiches'

Answer: Subway


Question: 'The name of the U.S. state is partly from the French word for "green"'

Answer: Vermont


Question: 'Dwight Eisenhower lived in the same Kansas home from the age of 8 until he went off to this school at age 20'

Answer: West Point


Question:
'1940:
Figaro,
The Blue Fairy,
Cleo'

Answer: Pinocchio


Question: 'It's the northernmost capital city in mainland North America'

Answer: Ottawa


Question: 'Never trust a woman whose words are too flattering--like Goneril in this play'

Answer: King Lear


Question: 'Ring up a lower-fat meal by asking for a "Fresco Style" Chalupa or Gordita at this restaurant'

Answer: Taco Bell


Question: 'This synonym for bravery comes from the Old French for "heart"'

Answer: courage


Question: 'This 19th century "Children's Hour" poet attended Bowdoin College & returned to teach there'

Answer: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


Question:
'1999:
Tantor,
Kala,
Jane Porter'

Answer: Tarzan


Question: 'One of the 2 national capital cities located on the island of Hispaniola'

Answer: Port-au-Prince (or Santo Domingo)


Question: 'Losing a hanky might lead to some deadly hanky-panky--I learned it from this play'

Answer: Othello


Question: 'Try this franchise's Crispy Caesar Salad & a Lil' Bucket Strawberry Shortcake for dessert'

Answer: KFC


Question: 'The name of this type of vehicle is a shortened version of the French for "walking hospital"'

Answer: ambulance


Question: 'In 1944 he entered Atlanta's Morehouse College as a 15-year-old struggling with religions doubts'

Answer: Martin Luther King


Question:
'1967:
Baloo,
Bagheera,
King Louie'

Answer: The Jungle Book


Question: 'South Africa actually has 3 capitals: Bloemfontein, Cape Town & this one'

Answer: Pretoria


Question: 'Heed this "Hamlet" character's advice that "the apparel oft proclaims the man"'

Answer: Polonius


Question: 'Have it your fat-conscious way with the Fire-grilled Shrimp Garden Salad or the Croissan'wich from here'

Answer: Burger King


Question: 'This word for an alpine cottage comes from the Swiss French for "shelter"'

Answer: a chalet


Question: 'She turned heads as a cheerleader at North Myrtle Beach High before turning letters on "Wheel of Fortune"'

Answer: Vanna White


Question: '(Hi, I'm Bill Rancic of The Apprentice.)  My boss Donald Trump has made this 2-word catchphrase his own; I just hope he never says it to me'

Answer: "You\'re fired!"


Question: 'Of the U.S. coins currently being minted, it's the smallest in size'

Answer: a dime


Question: 'Make a statement about the infantilization of consumers with a foof chair, which resembles this "bag" chair'

Answer: a beanbag chair


Question: 'At the 2005 British Open, this "Golden Bear" played in what he said would be his final major golf tournament'

Answer: Jack Nicklaus


Question: 'In legend, this pure knight found the Holy Grail'

Answer: Galahad


Question: 'In June 2005 more than 230,000 attended this 86-year-old North Carolinian's New York Crusade'

Answer: Billy Graham


Question: 'Celebrities who've appeared on this show, now on VH1, include Corey Feldman & Bronson Pinchot'

Answer: The Surreal Life


Question: 'Before the euro, the peseta in this country equaled 100 centimos'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'You can find a floral bedding ensemble from these "N Things", founded in 1975'

Answer: Linens \'N Things


Question: 'FDR gave his final one of these radio addresses June 12, 1944'

Answer: the Fireside Chats


Question: 'The 2 U.S. states that fit the category (sorry, Alabama has 4)'

Answer: Arkansas & Alaska


Question: 'Like his late dad, "The Intimidator", this NASCAR hotshot has also made a career on the fast track'

Answer: Dale Earnhardt, Jr.


Question: 'Evan Marriott, a construction worker, was the prize up for grabs on this series'

Answer: Joe Millionaire


Question: 'This national park noted for its geysers was placed on a commemorative U.S. silver dollar in 1999'

Answer: Yellowstone


Question: 'Evoke psychedelia with this type of poster whose fluorescent colors glow in the dark under UV radiation'

Answer: a blacklight poster


Question: 'First performed in London in 1896, "The Grand Duke" was the final one of their Savoy operettas'

Answer: Gilbert & Sullivan


Question: 'Sing out this 2-word musical term, from the Italian from "in the manner of a choir"'

Answer: a cappella


Question: 'This fiery civil rights leader seen here hails from Greenville, South Carolina'

Answer: Jesse Jackson


Question: 'On this show in 2003, Trista gave Ryan the final rose, he gave her a ring & they were later married on TV'

Answer: The Bachelorette


Question: 'Of the 12 words that appear on every currently circulated U.S. quarter, this Latin word is the shortest'

Answer: E


Question: 'Instead of a car or a girlfriend, consider a screensaver of the High Gothic cathedral in this Northwest French city'

Answer: Chartres


Question: 'In contrast to James Joyce, Joseph Heller titled his final novel "A Portrait of an Artist" as this'

Answer: an Old Man


Question: 'Pertaining to farmers, it means rural or agricultural'

Answer: agrarian


Question: 'Internet users have South Carolina-born sci-fi author William Gibson to thank for this 10-letter term'

Answer: cyberspace


Question: 'One "Survivor" locale was the Shaba Game Reserve in this country'

Answer: Kenya


Question: 'It's the "silly" nickname for Canada's one-dollar coin'

Answer: the "Loonie"


Question: 'These storage blocks seen here lend an airy, geometric touch to a space'

Answer: Yaffa blocks


Question: 'In 1955 this admiral made his fifth & final expedition to Antarctica'

Answer: Admiral Byrd


Question: 'Any land of promise, it's the Biblical name of Palestine'

Answer: Canaan


Question: 'He declined the offer to lead a country & once said, "Politics is for the present... an equation is... for eternity"'

Answer: Albert Einstein


Question: 'Of the 4 of these that will happen in 2007, Americans will see only the lunar ones'

Answer: an eclipse


Question:
'Net,
ace,
foot fault'

Answer: tennis


Question: 'Here's a hint from Heloise: celebrate St. Patrick's Day by dyeing your mashed potatoes this color'

Answer: green


Question: 'In 1821 Mississippi named its capital for this hero of the War of 1812; he didn't become president until 8 years later'

Answer: (Andrew) Jackson


Question: '"Ahab's Wife" tells a whale of a tale about a character mentioned briefly in this classic novel'

Answer: Moby-Dick


Question: 'Before a trip, it's proper to wish someone "bon" this, whether they're traveling by ship or not'

Answer: voyage


Question: '"Offbeat News Stories" included a prize given to scientists who explained why these birds don't get headaches'

Answer: woodpeckers


Question:
'Goalie,
throw-in,
midfielder'

Answer: soccer


Question: 'It's the color named for the fatty part of milk that rises to the top'

Answer: cream


Question: 'When Kansas became a state in 1861, this city became capital'

Answer: Topeka


Question: '"Hope Was Here" is a book about a teen waitress at the Welcome Stairways Diner in this "Dairy State"'

Answer: Wisconsin


Question: 'In many places of business, "no zapatos, no service", "zapatos" being Spanish for these'

Answer: shoes


Question: 'Born in 1984, this Brit is the youngest man on the list "Widely Known World Personalities of the Present"'

Answer: Prince Harry


Question:
'Bunker,
wedge,
caddie'

Answer: golf


Question: 'On the flag of El Salvador, the stripe of this color represents peace'

Answer: white


Question: 'This capital lies in the Eagle Valley about 30 miles south of Reno'

Answer: Carson City


Question: 'Take a bite out of "The Vampire Armand", the sixth book in her "Vampire Chronicles"'

Answer: Anne Rice


Question: 'Italian for "to the tooth", it's how to order your pasta if you want it a little firm'

Answer: al dente


Question: 'Alphabetically, a select list of endangered species runs from albatross to this'

Answer: zebra


Question:
'Bomb,
backfield,
blitz'

Answer: football


Question: 'In names of Crayola colors, this color has preceded "heart", "pizzazz" & "mountain majesty"'

Answer: purple


Question: 'Tempe is a southern suburb of this state capital'

Answer: Phoenix


Question: '"Fever 1793" depicts a teen's struggle during the 1793 epidemic of this "colorful" fever in Philadelphia'

Answer: yellow fever


Question: 'Germany's superhighway, it's the equivalent of our expressways'

Answer: the Autobahn


Question: 'The editors' picks for a 2006 time capsule include a yellow ribbon magnet with this 3-word slogan'

Answer: "Support our troops."


Question:
'Fletch,
quiver,
bowstring'

Answer: archery


Question: 'Jewelers know that a tourmaline of this color is sometimes called a Brazilian sapphire'

Answer: blue


Question: 'A statue of Ethan Allen stands within the portico of the state capitol building in this city'

Answer: Montpelier


Question: 'A secret code called nu shu is pivotal to the plat of "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan", set in this country'

Answer: China


Question: '"Seize the day", I tell you, but do it with this Latin phrase'

Answer: carpe diem


Question: 'The third law of thermodynamics implies that a system can never be brought to this temperature point'

Answer: absolute zero


Question: 'The first one of these days was originally conceived as an environmental teach-in'

Answer: Earth Day


Question: 'When the U.K.'s 99-year lease on this crown colony ended, China retook control on July 1, 1997'

Answer: Hong Kong


Question: 'In 1917 & 1918 Ontario's Billy Bishop claimed 72 aerial victories as an Ace in this war'

Answer: World War I


Question: 'Eating at this fast-food chain twice daily helped Jared Fogle lose over 200 pounds'

Answer: Subway


Question: '10-sport olympic event<br />(9)'

Answer: the decathalon


Question: 'In 2006, Israeli scientists claimed to have created the "ball" type of this stormy phenomenon using a microwave oven'

Answer: a lightning storm


Question: 'In 2007 Elvis Presley Birthday Week in Memphis included cake for all visitors to this mansion on January 8th'

Answer: Graceland


Question: 'On Aug. 10, 1993 she was sworn in as the 107th Supreme Court Justice'

Answer: Ginsburg


Question: 'Toronto-born journalist Morley Safer began hosting this Sunday TV news magazine way back in 1970'

Answer: 60 Minutes


Question: 'In July 2004 this tech company said it would give back $75 billion to its shareholders'

Answer: Microsoft


Question: 'to consume quickly, like a good book<br />(6)'

Answer: to devour


Question: 'This type of "cell" sounds like it causes disease, but it refers to a gamete, such as an egg cell'

Answer: a germ cell


Question: 'This Sunday before Easter celebrates Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem'

Answer: Palm Sunday


Question: 'Partying like it was February of 1999, Hugo Chavez became President of this country'

Answer: Venezuela


Question: 'Nova Scotia's Samuel Cunard founded the famous Cunard line of these in 1838'

Answer: cruisers (or ships)


Question: 'Give us your best "Gilbert Gottfried as a duck" impression & name this insurance Co. headquartered in Columbus, Georgia'

Answer: AFLAC


Question: 'pious, or ardent<br />(6)'

Answer: devout


Question: 'We went underground to learn that this unit is equal to about 6.022 x 1023 molecules of a given substance'

Answer: a mole


Question: 'Jerry Lewis has been hosting the Muscular Dystrophy Telethon on this holiday weekend since 1966'

Answer: Labor Day


Question: 'On Jan. 1, 1993 2 new European nations were formed from the split of this suddenly ex-country'

Answer: Czechoslovakia


Question: 'James Gosling helped create this computer language that shares its name with a breakfast beverage'

Answer: Java


Question: 'Dash off a letter to this telecom giant's Overland Park, Kansas HQ where you can hear a pin drop'

Answer: Sprint


Question: 'Strauss' Beautiful Blue body of water<br />(6)'

Answer: the Danube


Question: 'In 2007 Intel announced a new faster chip design replacing silicon with this element, symbol Hf'

Answer: hafnium


Question: 'By law, a term of the U.S. Supreme Court begins on the first Monday in this month'

Answer: October


Question: 'On Oct. 26, 1994 a peace treaty was signed between Israel & this country led by King Hussein I'

Answer: Jordan


Question: 'Co-discoverer of this pancreatic hormone, Ontario's Frederick Banting won a 1923 Nobel Prize'

Answer: insulin


Question: '"We're going to race the truck.  People love the truck", claimed this delivery company'

Answer: UPS


Question: 'Branch of medicine for the skin<br />(11)'

Answer: dermatology


Question: 'Rev. John Robinson, Minister to these people, wrote them a letter saying how upset he was not to be going with them'

Answer: the Pilgrims


Question: 'The remains of the Rose Theater & this one also associated with Shakespeare were uncovered in London in 1989'

Answer: Globe Theater


Question: 'Popular in China, shaoxing is a wine made from this grain'

Answer: Rice


Question: 'The weaverbird was named for its habit of weaving these from plant fibers'

Answer: Nests


Question: 'Most geographers define the northern terminus of the Blue Ridge Mountains as Harpers Ferry in this state'

Answer: West Virginia


Question: 'In an Oscar-winning Disney song, this nonsense phrase precedes "My, oh my, what a wonderful day"'

Answer: "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah"


Question: 'This amusement park attraction contains devices to surprise, frighten, bewilder or amuse'

Answer: Funhouse


Question: 'The tomb of Han king Liu Wu yielded his body & a shroud made of this green gemstone'

Answer: Jade


Question: 'Amontillado, a type of this fortified wine, has a distinctively nutty flavor'

Answer: Sherry


Question: 'The Australian budgerigar is the bird usually sold as this in pet stores'

Answer: Parakeet


Question: 'The Bitterroot Range of this mountain chain extends more than 300 miles along the Idaho-Montana border'

Answer: Rockies


Question: 'Of "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da", "Goo Goo", & "Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu", the one never a Top 40 hit'

Answer: "Goo Goo"


Question: 'This type of popular music combines elements of jazz, soul & blues'

Answer: Funk


Question: 'Like calvados, Swiss batzi is a brandy made from this fruit'

Answer: Apples


Question: 'Mount St. Elias is the second-highest mountain in this state & in the U.S.'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'According to the title of a Roger Miller song, it's what you can't do "In a buffalo herd"'

Answer: Roller skate


Question: 'This Protestant movement was organized in opposition to liberalism & secularism'

Answer: Fundamentalism


Question: 'A recent study suggests that this 3.2-million-year-old skeleton of a female is actually a male'

Answer: "Lucy"


Question: 'This cocktail contains vodka, gin, rum, tequila, lemon juice & cola, but no Lipton's'

Answer: Long Island Iced Tea


Question: 'Rising from the ocean floor, this most massive mountain in the world lies south of Mauna Kea'

Answer: Mauna Loa


Question: 'Syllables that follow "It don't mean a thing, if you ain't got that swing"'

Answer: "Doo wop, Doo wop"


Question: 'Any person who holds a particular office or trust'

Answer: Functionary


Question: 'The palace of this king who ordered the massacre of the innocents was discovered at Masada in 1955'

Answer: Herod The Great


Question: 'First produced in 1801, this "royal" brand is "Scotland's Prince of Whiskies"'

Answer: Chivas Regal


Question: 'Gymnogyps Californianus is the scientific name of this largest North American vulture'

Answer: California Condor


Question: 'This river carved a "water gap" in the Kittatinny Mountains between New Jersey & Pennsylvania'

Answer: Delaware River


Question: '1971 Top 10 hit from Daddy Dewdrop; "Don't Ya Jes' Love It"'

Answer: "Chick-a-Boom, Chick-a-Boom"


Question: 'On this type of railway, ascending & descending cars may counterbalance each other'

Answer: Funicular


Question: 'Len Cariou, Broadway's original Sweeney Todd, plays this author in the one-man show "Papa"'

Answer: Ernest Hemingway


Question: 'This patriot was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence'

Answer: John Hancock


Question: 'Annie Leibovitz was 23 when she became chief photographer for this music magazine in 1973'

Answer: Rolling Stone


Question: 'This Dutch city has more than 400 bridges linking its approximately 90 islands'

Answer: Amsterdam


Question: 'He's sometimes referred to as the "Apostle of Ireland"'

Answer: St. Patrick


Question: 'Lewis Carroll based this title girl on a daughter of the dean of Oxford's Christ Church College'

Answer: Alice


Question: 'You could call Nicol Williamson's recent one-man show a "Great Profile" of this great stage actor'

Answer: John Barrymore


Question: 'On November 15, 1777, Congress adopted this constitution'

Answer: Articles of Confederation


Question: 'Grace Mirabella edited this magazine for 17 years before launching her own in 1989'

Answer: Vogue


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />Capital in which the following was minted: (Canadian gold coin)'

Answer: Ottawa


Question: 'This saint of Assisi was baptized Giovanni; his name was changed by his father'

Answer: Francis


Question: 'Fortunato is the unfortunate victim in this author's famous horror story "The Cask Of Amontillado"'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe


Question: 'A category on Famous Andreas might include this "SCTV" actress who stars in "Nude, Nude, Totally Nude"'

Answer: Andrea Martin


Question: 'Americans lost this June 17, 1775 battle at Charlestown, Massachusetts because they ran out of ammunition'

Answer: Bunker Hill


Question: 'In 1996 this children's magazine that features Goofus & Gallant celebrated its 50th anniversary'

Answer: Highlights


Question: 'This South American capital was founded in 1538 close to a Chibcha Indian center called Bacata'

Answer: Bogota, Colombia


Question: 'A cathedral in Salerno, Italy is said to contain the crypt of this saint & author of the 1st gospel'

Answer: Matthew


Question: 'This Anne Rice vampire has very white skin "that has to be powdered down for cameras of any kind"'

Answer: Lestat


Question: 'In this 1783 treaty, America pledged to restore property to loyalists'

Answer: Treaty of Paris


Question: 'Published by Conde Nast, it's "America's Food and Entertaining Magazine"'

Answer: Bon Appetit


Question: 'The Islamic University of Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud & the Abdulaziz Military Academy are in this city'

Answer: Riyadh


Question: 'Mother of the Virgin Mary, she's the patron saint of pregnant women'

Answer: Anne


Question: 'Montague Tigg uses the rather obvious alias Tigg Montague in his novel "Martin Chuzzlewit"'

Answer: Charles Dickens


Question: 'This comic, once a rabbi, calls his newest solo show "Love Thy Neighbor"'

Answer: Jackie Mason


Question: 'British general Howe's September 1777 victory at this Pennsylvania creek led to the occupation of Philadelphia'

Answer: Brandywine


Question: 'Founded in 1857, this Boston-based magazine was named by Oliver Wendell Holmes'

Answer: Atlantic


Question: 'In 1768 the Gurkhas captured this city & made it their capital'

Answer: Kathmandu, Nepal


Question: 'In 1970 this saint of Avila became the first woman named a doctor of the Roman Catholic Church'

Answer: Teresa


Question: 'In a 1766 novel Squire Thornhill abducts Sophia Primrose, whose father is "The Vicar Of" this'

Answer: Wakefield


Question: 'Before achieving fame in Hollywood, he was a cosmetician to the Russian royal court'

Answer: Max Factor


Question: 'Like Grosse Pointe, Redford is a suburb of the largest city in this state'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'The first Olympic Games were established to honor this "king of the gods"'

Answer: Zeus


Question: 'Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia:<br />Edward'

Answer: (Robert E.) Lee


Question: 'In 2006 the city of L.A. Iimited its planting of this tall tree because it's disease-prone, non-native & gives little shade'

Answer: the palm


Question: 'American Express Card numbers start with 3; MasterCard numbers, with this digit'

Answer: 5


Question: 'It rang for the last time in February 1846'

Answer: the Liberty Bell


Question: 'Red is one of the many colors in the palette of this state's "Painted Desert"'

Answer: Arizona


Question: 'The Winter Games are always held, all or in part, in this month'

Answer: February


Question: 'An MGM studio founder & executive: Burt'

Answer: Louis Mayer


Question: 'This plant family native to America originally had leaves, but they evolved into spines'

Answer: the cactus


Question: 'Ballplayers in a battery'

Answer: 2 (pitcher & catcher)


Question: 'This moniker for Simon Bolivar is ironic, as he became a dictator after defeating the Spanish'

Answer: the Liberator


Question: 'Redwood City, Redding & Redlands are all cities in this state'

Answer: California


Question: 'Sprinter Merlene Ottey, an 8-time Olympic medalist, represented this Caribbean nation in competition'

Answer: Jamaica


Question: 'A Jacksonian Democrat: Knox'

Answer: (James K.) Polk


Question: 'Archaeologists have found that varieties of this grain, like Emmer & Einkorn, were grown in the 7th millennium B.C.'

Answer: wheat


Question: 'Number of times a person today can be elected president of Mexico'

Answer: once


Question: 'This Freudian term refers to all the instinctual desires & energies from the id, not just the sexual ones'

Answer: the libido


Question: 'If you're visiting Glacier National Park in this state, be sure to check out Red Mountain & Red Eagle Mountain'

Answer: Montana


Question: 'Hugo Wieslander was in the record books as 1912 decathlon champ until 1982, when this man was reinstated'

Answer: Jim Thorpe


Question: 'Had a real standard when it came to oil:<br />Davison'

Answer: (John D.) Rockefeller


Question: 'Whether Anaheim or Poblano, these are technically fruits because they develop from the ovary of a flower'

Answer: a chili pepper


Question: 'When writing, many Europeans cross it; most Americans don't'

Answer: 7


Question: 'It can be the text of an oratorio or an opera'

Answer: the libretto


Question: '2 of the 3 states whose borders are partially formed by the Red River of the South'

Answer: Texas & Oklahoma (& Arkansas)


Question: 'Her winning streak with Kerri Walsh hit 108 en route to Olympic gold but "Dancing with the Stars" proved an Achilles heel'

Answer: Misty May Treanor


Question: 'A civilly disobedient leader:<br />Karamchand'

Answer: (Mohandas K.) Gandhi


Question: 'This tree's name comes from the Hindi word for "trader" because people displayed their wares in its shade'

Answer: the banyan tree


Question: 'In the 1930s Harlan F. Stone & Owen J. Roberts were 2 of the group called this many "old men"'

Answer: 9


Question: 'Noun for one who lives a wild, hedonistic life without moral restraint'

Answer: a libertine


Question: 'It's blood rushing to the face that causes this alliterative term for a newly married gal'

Answer: blushing bride


Question: 'This nickname of a Beethoven sonata comes from a reviewer who said it reminded him of Lake Lucerne at night'

Answer: Moonlight Sonata


Question: 'Bartender Sam Malone'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'In "Brighton Beach Memoirs", this playwright introduced young Brooklynite Eugene Jerome'

Answer: Neil Simon


Question: 'Tokugawa Ieayasu took this title in 1603 & later turned the village of Edo into his capital'

Answer: Shogun


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew presents form the Beldin Brick Factory in Canton, Ohio.)  The patterns in which the bricks are set on the kiln car determines their final appearance after this 2000 degree process'

Answer: firing


Question: 'After saying I knew the words to "30 Days In The Hole", I turned red & had this, the band who sang the song'

Answer: Humble Pie


Question: 'Beethoven's piano sonata in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2, has this name for its stormy character, not the Shakespeare play'

Answer: Tempest


Question: 'Sheriff Andy Taylor'

Answer: Mayberry


Question: 'No wonder he's out to kill Macbeth, after his little son is shish-kebabbed'

Answer: Macduff


Question: 'This British king was executed at Whitehall Palace on Jan. 30, 1649'

Answer: Charles I


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew holds a brick.)  Brick commonly turns out red because of the oxidation of this metallic element in the earth'

Answer: iron


Question: '"Much to my" this 7- letter word, I find that when I look carefully at the word, I find a little smile'

Answer: chagrin


Question: 'The violin sonata in F, Op. 24, has a happy, relaxed mood, earning it this seasonal nickname'

Answer: the Spring Sonata


Question: 'Teenager Clark Kent'

Answer: Smallville


Question: '7-year-old Brandon de Wilde, later of "Shane", debuted on stage in this "marital" Carson McCullers play'

Answer: Member of the Wedding


Question: 'In 1618,  2 Catholic officials were thrown out of a window in this European city, sparking the 30 Years' War'

Answer: Prague


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew watches bricks on racks.)  This uneventful process you're looking at takes 20 to 72 hours; for history's first brickmakers, it was the final process'

Answer: drying


Question: 'This word meaning "extremely embarrassed" has lethal undertones; it's derived from the Latin for "death"'

Answer: mortified


Question: 'This name for Beethoven's piano sonata no, 8 in C minor, Op. 13, is just sad'

Answer: Pathetique


Question: 'Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli'

Answer: Milwaukee


Question: 'In a play set at boarding school, a teacher's wife offers more to young Tom than the title "tea and" this'

Answer: sympathy


Question: 'The company of 100 associates was established by this country in 1627 to develop new world interests'

Answer: France


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew is on the brick line.)  Bricks are often made with holes in them. In addition to saving raw materials, itt'll leaves spaces where this substance, brick's partner, can enter'

Answer: mortar


Question: 'This term for an awkward, unforeseen event comes from the French for "against time"'

Answer: a contretemps


Question: 'Beethoven's piano sonata in F Minor, Op. 57, has this nickname, Italian for "with intense feeling"'

Answer: Appassionata


Question: '"Green Acres" attorney Oliver Wendell Douglas'

Answer: Hooterville


Question: 'When "The Diary of Anne Frank" debuted on Broadway in 1955, David Levin played this boy who's in hiding with Anne'

Answer: Peter


Question: 'Construction of the Potala palace began in this mountainous Asian capital in 1645'

Answer: Lhasa


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows bricks being formed.)  Molding bricks produces a looser texture; they're more solid if this process is used, forcing the material through a die to produce the desired shape'

Answer: extrusion


Question: 'The only woman to win a Golden Globe for directing, she won for a 1983 film that she had also co-written'

Answer: Barbra Streisand


Question: 'Wolf, this Washington Irving character's dog, fails to recognize his master after a 20-year absence'

Answer: Rip Van Winkle


Question: 'Try the truffles at Tala's...how 'bout those Mets?...this network my show is on should give me a raise, huh?'

Answer: CNN


Question: 'Over 90% of these exported from the U.S. come from California from firms like Robert Mondavi'

Answer: Wines


Question: 'In 1695 he declared war on the Ottoman Empire, a great move'

Answer: Peter the Great


Question: 'Fisherman-apostle's high-frequency hi-fi speakers'

Answer: Peter\'s tweeters


Question: 'Connecticut's SJ Ranch is "For the girl who loves" these animals -- & which of them doesn't?'

Answer: Horses


Question: 'Santiago, the old man in a Hemingway story, struggles mightily with this type of game fish'

Answer: Marlin


Question: 'Sinatra's new box set is heaven...the yams at Remy's, wow...had dinner with this woman, Clinton's Secretary of State'

Answer: Madeleine Albright


Question: 'The CAAB is the California advisory board for these, seen here'

Answer: Artichokes


Question: 'In 1956 Ingrid Bergman played this possible Romanov'

Answer: Anastasia


Question: 'A gospel writer's small songbirds'

Answer: Mark\'s larks


Question: 'A building or tent where the kids sleep, or the bed within it'

Answer: Bunk


Question: 'She illustrated the piggies seen here'

Answer: Beatrix Potter


Question: 'Don't like seafood much but the eel at Manno's, to die for..."Shopgirl", written by this "All Of Me" star, is a real winner!'

Answer: Steve Martin


Question: 'Dr. William F. House's cochlear implant is helping bring this to people who couldn't be helped before'

Answer: Hearing


Question: 'She & her lover, Count Orlov, overthrew her husband in a July 1762 palace coup'

Answer: Catherine the Great


Question: 'Patient & faithful Old Testament figure's ear parts'

Answer: Job\'s lobes


Question: 'This word for the area down by the lake & activities there is also found in a Brando film title'

Answer: Waterfront


Question: 'Moses, a raven, tells the other creatures about a better life to come on Sugar-Candy Mountain in this 1945 novel'

Answer: "Animal Farm"


Question: 'Mary had a little lamb but I don't eat veal...I think Ryan Stiles' & Wayne Brady's improv on this show is tops!'

Answer: Whose Line Is It Anyway?


Question: 'Skechers makes these up to size 15 for men'

Answer: Shoes


Question: 'Alexander II added $7,200,000 to Russia's coffers by selling off what's now known as this'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'Pillar of salt's hubby's collapsible beds'

Answer: Lot\'s cots


Question: 'Dating from the 1880s, the oldest camp run by this "Christian" organization is Camp Dudley on Lake Champlain'

Answer: YMCA (Young Men\'s Christian Association)


Question: 'Jean de Brunhoff wrote & illustrated the first stories about this urbane king of the elephants'

Answer: Babar


Question: 'I love the hummus at Jorge's...my pick, Jets by 2...don't miss "Snatch", directed by this husband of Madonna'

Answer: Guy Ritchie


Question: 'Callaway's Big Bertha is a titanium one of these'

Answer: Golf club


Question: 'In 1807 Alexander I allied himself with this country; in 1812 the alliance broke & the ex-ally invaded Russia'

Answer: France


Question: 'Noah's son's marine mollusks'

Answer: Ham\'s clams


Question: 'A New Hampshire camp is named for this man in tribute to his poem "I Hear America Singing"'

Answer: Walt Whitman


Question: 'This teeming capital of today is found very near the site of the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis'

Answer: Cairo


Question: 'Lily Tomlin & this "Divine" woman play 2 sets of identical twins mismatched by accident at birth in "Big Business"'

Answer: Bette Midler


Question: 'In the 300s B.C., this Greek philosopher used lunar eclipses to prove that the Earth was spherical'

Answer: Aristotle


Question: 'Pastel jackets worn over T-shirts were all the rage in the '80s because of this Florida-set TV show'

Answer: Miami Vice


Question: 'The only even prime number'

Answer: 2


Question: 'Only boys with a certain first name can attend this camp with the same name as a Maryland retreat'

Answer: Camp David


Question: 'All classes of society wore these accessories; the poor wore vegetable fiber, while the rich got real hair'

Answer: Wigs


Question: 'These 2 actors were the genetically designed "Twins" in a 1988 film comedy'

Answer: Danny DeVito & Arnold Schwarzenegger


Question: 'He led a 1676 rebellion in Virginia protesting lack of protection from Indian raids'

Answer: Nathaniel Bacon


Question: 'In Key West, site of his vacation home, the "Little White House", he favored loud print shirts like the one seen here'

Answer: Harry S. Truman


Question: 'A solid shape with 6 identical faces only'

Answer: Cube


Question: 'It has a racetrack 5 miles long, & we'll learn the official song, "Doo-dah!  Doo-dah!"'

Answer: Camptown Races


Question: '13-letter term for the process undergone by the Egyptian seen here'

Answer: Mummification


Question: 'The little boy Danny sees twin sisters in the hallway of the hotel in this creepy 1980 Kubrick classic'

Answer: The Shining


Question: 'This French hero of WWI surrendered to Hitler in 1940 & later headed a collaboration government'

Answer: Marshall Petain


Question: 'Palm Beach County told hot dog vendors wearing these bikinis (later celebrated in a Sisqo song) to cover their buns'

Answer: Thongs


Question: 'Of a proton, neutron or electron, the one that's heaviest'

Answer: Neutron


Question: 'This camp is not for all baseball players, just those who want to be a Hall of Fame catcher'

Answer: Campanella


Question: 'Herodotus first used this term from the Greek to describe the region of the Nile near the Mediterranean'

Answer: Delta


Question: 'This actor turned in 2 performances as twin gynecologists in "Dead Ringers"'

Answer: Jeremy Irons


Question: 'In the 1820s, the USA's first coeducational school opened in New Harmony in this Midwestern state'

Answer: Indiana


Question: 'In 1997 this fashion designer known for his "Flash & Trash" chic was slain in front of his Miami Beach mansion'

Answer: Gianni Versace


Question: 'The common name for iron oxide'

Answer: Rust


Question: 'Stair-climbing & bell-ringing are the big activities here'

Answer: Campanile


Question: 'Ruler discussed here, ignoring those nasty plagues'

Answer: Ramses II


Question: 'This 1961 twin film, remade in 1998, was based on a German novel'

Answer: The Parent Trap


Question: 'The beloved of Petrarch, she died in 1348 when a plague swept medieval Europe'

Answer: Laura


Question: 'In 2000, the fashion choices of this politician, seen here, came under a lot of scrutiny'

Answer: Katherine Harris


Question: 'It's the main artery leaving the heart'

Answer: Aorta


Question: 'Following the "lucky" story by Bret Harte, we spend the summer here mining, then get wiped out in a flood'

Answer: Roaring Camp


Question: '3 of this federation's constituent parts are Ash Shariqah, Al Fujayrah & Umm Al Qaywayn'

Answer: Unired Arab Emirates


Question: 'Cities in this nation include Iskenderun, Islahiye & Istanbul'

Answer: Turkey


Question: 'Roz Doyle, a character on this sitcom, is named for a late producer of the NBC sitcom "Wings"'

Answer: Frasier


Question: '"Sleep in heavenly peace" is a line from this carol'

Answer: "Silent Night"


Question: 'Radio pioneer Reginald Fessenden, holder of 500 patents, once worked in this man's New Jersey lab'

Answer: Thomas Edison


Question: 'The Federal Aviation Administration'

Answer: Transportation


Question: 'In abbreviations of 3 or more capital letters, like NCAA, these marks are often omitted'

Answer: Periods


Question: 'By population, it's the second-largest city in New York'

Answer: Buffalo


Question: 'This Emmy-winning drama series features the opening heard here:<br />("In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate & equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime, & the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders.  These are their stories.")'

Answer: Law & Order


Question: '"Oh" this, this, this, "I made it out of clay...and when it's dry and ready then" this "I shall play"'

Answer: Dreidel


Question: '(OSHA) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration'

Answer: Labor


Question: 'Shorter than a dash, it came between the Angles & Saxons'

Answer: Hyphen


Question: 'In 1903 Wilbur & Orville flew to new heights near this city'

Answer: Kitty Hawk, North Carolina


Question: 'Robert Pastorelli was the star of "Cracker", but he's best-known for playing Eldin the Painter on this sitcom'

Answer: Murphy Brown


Question: '(Hi, I'm Art Alexakis of the rock group Everclear.)  In a 1998 holiday ad for The Gap, my band did a rendition of this song about an alienated animal'

Answer: "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"


Question: 'The Bureau of Prisons'

Answer: Justice Department


Question: '3-letter word commonly replaced in a sentence by a semicolon'

Answer: And


Question: 'Saddle up!  These high pressure belts are located on either side of the Doldrums'

Answer: Horse Latitudes


Question: 'Diane Keaton directed an episode of this David Lynch series about a strange town in the Northwest'

Answer: Twin Peaks


Question: '"Put on your yarmulke, it's time for Chanukah" is a line from his "Chanukah Song"'

Answer: Adam Sandler


Question: 'The Fish & Wildlife Service'

Answer: Interior


Question: 'It turned the 46th state into the title of a musical'

Answer: Exclamation point


Question: 'These Spanish islands were named for a breed of large dog Romans found there, not a yellow songbird'

Answer: Canary Islands


Question: 'In the mid-'80s Barbara Bel Geddes left this series & Donna Reed stepped in briefly as Miss Ellie'

Answer: Dallas


Question: 'Bobby Helms charted (several times) with this song that mentions "Glidin' in a one-horse sleigh"'

Answer: "Jingle Bell Rock"


Question: 'The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms'

Answer: Treasury


Question: 'If 1 of these takes 3 paragraphs, the marks go at the start of each paragraph & at the end of only the third'

Answer: Quotation


Question: 'It wasn't until 7 years after publishing "Lord of the Flies" that he retired from teaching in England'

Answer: William Golding


Question: '1937:<br />"Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?"'

Answer: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs


Question: 'Hedgehogs make themselves at home in flower beds, in compost heaps &, obviously under these'

Answer: Hedges


Question: 'Now in prime time, she was an original "Not Ready for Prime Time Player"'

Answer: Jane Curtin


Question: 'It's the creature from which hats like the one seen here were originally made:'

Answer: Raccoon


Question: 'Around 405 A.D. this future patron saint was captured by pirates & sold as a slave in Ireland'

Answer: Saint Patrick


Question: 'In 1974 this Brit turned out another novel like clockwork, "The Clockwork Testament"'

Answer: Anthony Burgess


Question: '1982:<br />"God didn't make Rambo.  I made him"'

Answer: First Blood


Question: 'Folk belief has it that hedgehogs do this to sleeping cows'

Answer: Drink their milk


Question: 'She was nominated for a 1993 Best Director Oscar'

Answer: Jane Campion


Question: 'A man with the head of a hawk crowned with a solar disk represents this ancient Egyptian sun god'

Answer: Ra


Question: 'Together they wrote "The Pirates of Penzance" in 1879'

Answer: Gilbert & Sullivan


Question: 'Mrs. Morel in "Sons and Lovers" is based in part on his own mom'

Answer: D.H. Lawrence


Question: '1998:<br />"I'll see you on the beach"'

Answer: Saving Private Ryan


Question: 'She's an Agatha Christie detective'

Answer: Miss Jane Marple


Question: 'Frank Gorshin played him on the small screen, Jim Carrey on the big'

Answer: The Riddler


Question: 'The ruins of ancient Carthage lie just outside this capital city enriched by pirating in the 1600s & 1700s'

Answer: Tunis


Question: 'Let the trumpets sound!  Bang "The Tin Drum"!  He won the 1999 Nobel Prize for Literature'

Answer: Gunter Grass


Question: '1940:<br />"Wherever there's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there"'

Answer: The Grapes of Wrath


Question: 'Ronald Reagan's ex-wife'

Answer: Jane Wyman


Question: 'It's a stream of particles or waves emitted as the result of nuclear decay'

Answer: Radiation


Question: 'This name for a swift pirate ship comes from the Latin cursus, meaning "plunder"'

Answer: Corsair


Question: 'Barbara Vine is a pseudonym of this leading British mystery writer of today'

Answer: Ruth Rendell


Question: '1967:<br />"We rob banks"'

Answer: Bonnie and Clyde


Question: 'The hedgehog genus Hemiechinus is notable for the length of these sensory appendages'

Answer: Ears


Question: 'French director Roger Vadim was this American actress' first husband'

Answer: Jane Fonda


Question: 'An 11-letter word meaning extreme conservative opponent of progress or liberalism'

Answer: Reactionary


Question: 'Celebrating his victory over the Barbary Pirates, this naval hero toasted "Our country, right or wrong!"'

Answer: Stephen Decatur


Question: 'Name shared by a British film company & an American who made millions in oil & pharmaceuticals'

Answer: Hammer (Hammer Films/Armand Hammer)


Question: 'He was the first president to preside over 50 states'

Answer: Eisenhower


Question: 'A notebook newly brought to light shows this Procter partner's "Eureka!" moment in making Ivory soap float'

Answer: Gamble


Question: 'Now at the Smithsonian, it was called the "Blue Diamond of the Crown" when owned by Louis XIV'

Answer: the Hope Diamond


Question: 'A weatherman might enjoy this classic'

Answer: "Hail, Hail, The Gang\'s All Here"


Question: 'The father of John L. Lewis, first president of the CIO, had this job back in Wales'

Answer: a coalminer


Question: 'Nasal voice quality of rural accents'

Answer: a twang


Question: 'It was no act; he was the first president to have been divorced'

Answer: Reagan


Question: 'This quarterback ran for a 4th quarter TD against USC to give Texas the national title in the 2006 Rose Bowl'

Answer: Vince Young


Question: 'The Premier Rose Diamond is one of the world's largest diamonds cut in this fruit shape; it was sold for $10 million'

Answer: pear


Question: 'Based on a Scottish melody, this song of arrival was first used offically around 1845'

Answer: "Hail To The Chief"


Question: 'The No. 2 man for the No. 2 man, he was Dick Cheney's chief of staff until he was indicted'

Answer: Scooter Libby


Question: '"Boss"y fabric of thick, flecked wool'

Answer: tweed


Question: 'He was the first former Boy Scout to become president, as well as the first Catholic'

Answer: John Kennedy


Question: 'The Ohara museum was this nation's--not Ireland's--first museum of modern Western art'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'It's equivalent to about 1/142 of an ounce'

Answer: a karat


Question: 'Heard here, the tune to this military service's "Hymn" is from Offenbach's comic opera "Genevieve de Brabant"'

Answer: the Marines


Question: 'He was the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature'

Answer: Sinclair Lewis


Question: 'In the '60s, this British woman seen here was a standard setter in style'

Answer: Twiggy


Question: 'This U.S. president was the first president for whom all women were eligible to vote'

Answer: Warren G. Harding


Question: 'In November 1995 it was an odd first when Mozambique joined this group of nations, mainly former British colonies'

Answer: the Commonwealth


Question: 'Not decolletage but this property of diamonds allows them to split in certain directions'

Answer: cleavage


Question: '"Fowl" family favorite featured fortuitously for y'all here'

Answer: "Turkey In The Straw"


Question: 'It's not nonsense (or is it?) to say this author was ordained a deacon in 1861'

Answer: Lewis Carroll


Question: 'An involuntary muscle contraction'

Answer: a twitch


Question: 'This New Yorker was the first president born after America declared its independence'

Answer: Martin Van Buren


Question: 'If a boat deal sounds too good to be true, there might be this small, 2-masted vessel that's rigged fore & aft'

Answer: a catch


Question: 'Most diamond crystals are in the form of this solid figure having 8 faces'

Answer: an octahedron


Question: 'They're the animals that appear in the second verse of the following'

Answer: white horses


Question: 'He died on Oct. 11, 1809 of a gunshot wound in Tennessee; murder or suicide has never been proven either way'

Answer: Meriwether Lewis


Question: 'The terpsichorean Ms. Tharp'

Answer: Twyla


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA.) The Exploratorium simulates these features seen in Yellowstone; the eruption comes when the water at the bottom is vaporized'

Answer: a geyser


Question: 'His first regular role on a TV series was as CTU agent Jack Bauer on "24"'

Answer: Kiefer Sutherland


Question: 'Novel whose opening line says, "It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair"'

Answer: A Tale of Two Cities


Question: 'They were "Wild" in the title of a 1957 Bergman film'

Answer: strawberries


Question: 'Zuni & Taos'

Answer: New Mexico


Question: 'This 2-word women's wear item from the Middle Ages led to more low-key Saturday nights--wink wink, say no more'

Answer: a chastity belt


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA.)  Though it looks simple enough, its motion turns out not to be predictable, so it's called the chaotic type of this device'

Answer: a pendulum


Question: 'In 1994 she was nominated as a supporting actress for "The Firm" & won as best actress for "The Piano"'

Answer: Holly Hunter


Question: 'King Louis XI visits the Bastille in this Hugo novel'

Answer: The Hunchback of Notre Dame


Question: 'Caribbean cooks use this fruit to marinate chicken & beef; an enzyme called papain tenderizes the meat'

Answer: papaya


Question: 'Oneida & St. Regis Mohawk'

Answer: New York


Question: 'The former name of Sri Lanka, before it got an agent & went all Hollywood on us'

Answer: Ceylon


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA.)  Pressure from both sides on this vital piece is what holds up a catenary arch'

Answer: the keystone


Question: 'That's actor Billy Crudup doing the "Priceless" voiceovers in commercials for this credit card'

Answer: MasterCard


Question: '"Stephen Hero" was an early draft of what became this James Joyce book'

Answer: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man


Question: 'All individual plants of this berry trace their roots to Knott's Berry Farm, near where it was developed in 1923'

Answer: the boysenberry


Question: 'Huron Potawatomi & Sault Ste. Marie'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'A habitual practice, or an adjective meaning "made to order"'

Answer: custom


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA.)  Mirrors are a good way to demonstrate this visual effect, correspondence in size & shape'

Answer: symmetry


Question: 'The actor who brought Gollum to life in "The Lord of the Rings"; you could call him a 3-ring one'

Answer: (Andy) Serkis


Question: 'Wilde play that says, "To lose one parent... may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness"'

Answer: The Importance of Being Earnest


Question: 'This golfball-sized fruit, Citrus aurantifolia swingle, is now grown mostly in Mexico, not Southern Florida'

Answer: the key lime


Question: 'Passamaquoddy & Penobscot'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'We're betting 2-1 you know Chiron was this type of mythological creature'

Answer: a centaur


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA.)  Spinning the tank of water creates this geometric curve, because less force is needed to hold the center down than the edges'

Answer: a parabola


Question: 'This "Training Day" co-star wrote the novels "The Hottest State" & "Ash Wednesday"'

Answer: Ethan Hawke


Question: 'This Freud work originally called "Die Traumdeutung" is great nonfiction bedtime reading from 1899'

Answer: The Interpretation of Dreams


Question: 'This tiny berry shares its name with a dried fruit named for its place of origin, Corinth, Greece'

Answer: a currant


Question: 'Yankton & Rosebud'

Answer: South Dakota


Question: 'Last name of navigators John or Sebastian, or Doctor Richard C.'

Answer: Cabot


Question: 'Used to describe a response made without thinking, its physical counterpart can take 1/20 second'

Answer: knee-jerk


Question: 'Turkey carving step 1: Cut the band of skin holding the legs which are known as these'

Answer: Drumsticks


Question: 'The Beverly Hills Hotel was the actual hotel shown on the cover of this Eagles LP'

Answer: "Hotel California"


Question: 'This country's 1689 Bill of Rights stated that no Roman Catholic would ever rule it'

Answer: England


Question: 'Herbert Spencer summed up Darwin's theory as "Survival of" these'

Answer: The fittest


Question:
'John Darling,
Wendy Darling,
Tinker Bell'

Answer: "Peter Pan"


Question: 'From "The Big Broadcast of 1938", it's Bob Hope's theme song'

Answer: "Thanks for the Memories"


Question: 'This 19th C. British author is credited with making the turkey a popular choice for Christmas dinners'

Answer: Charles Dickens


Question: 'At the top spot for 5 weeks, "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" was his only No. 1 album'

Answer: Jim Croce


Question: 'In 1983 the church reaffirmed its ban on members joining these lodges, York or Scottish'

Answer: Masonic lodges


Question: 'In 1999 Guinness assigned this record to Vostok, Antarctica'

Answer: Coldest place on Earth


Question:
'Harold Mitchell,
Eunice Hubbell,
Stella Kowalski'

Answer: "A Streetcar Named Desire"


Question: 'Maurice Chevalier crooned this delightful ditty in the film "Gigi"'

Answer: "Thank Heaven for Little Girls"


Question: 'A male turkey's snood hangs directly over this part of its body'

Answer: Beak/nose


Question: 'Beginning with 1970's "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!", this group had a Top 10 LP every year of the decade except 1979'

Answer: Rolling Stones


Question: 'A UNESCO World Heritage Site, it publishes its own newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano'

Answer: The Vatican


Question: 'People magazine began an annual tradition when it named Mel Gibson this for 1985'

Answer: "The Sexiest Man Alive"


Question:
'Chiffon,
Mushnik,
Audrey Two'

Answer: "Little Shop of Horrors"


Question: 'On Martin Luther King, Jr.'s gravestone these 3 words follow "Free at Last, Free at Last..."'

Answer: "Thank God Almighty"


Question: 'Turkey that joined Henny-Penny's "Sky is Falling" campaign'

Answer: Turkey-Lurkey


Question: 'His "Moody Blue" album entered the Top 40 on July 30, 1977; 17 days later he was dead'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Question: 'Presidents Clinton & Bush were on hand in May 2000 to see him entombed in St. Patrick's Cathedral'

Answer: John Cardinal O\'Connor


Question: 'Song that includes the following<br />[Whitney Houston]'

Answer: "The Greatest Love of All"


Question:
'Count Orsini-Rosenberg,
Joseph II,
Antonio Salieri'

Answer: "Amadeus"


Question: 'From April 1975, it was John Denver's third No. 1 hit'

Answer: "Thank God I\'m A Country Boy"


Question: 'This top-selling U.S. turkey brand turned 45 in 1999'

Answer: Butterball


Question: '1-word title of the 1971 Janis Joplin album that contained the No. 1 hit "Me and Bobby McGee"'

Answer: "Pearl"


Question: 'Ideas in his "Summa Theologica" formed the basis of many Roman Catholic doctrines'

Answer: Saint Thomas Aquinas


Question: 'Mark Antony described Caesar's seeing Brutus among the assassins as this "of all"'

Answer: The most unkindest cut


Question:
'Nicely-Nicely Johnson,
Sky Masterson,
Nathan Detroit'

Answer: "Guys and Dolls"


Question: 'This disco-rific film from 1978 starred Jeff Goldblum & Donna Summer'

Answer: Thank God It\'s Friday


Question: 'Decade during which Turkmenistan most recently became an independent country'

Answer: the 1990s


Question: 'This newspaper's Sunday mag features "What They Were Thinking", "The Way We Live Now" & a tough crossword'

Answer: The New York Times


Question: 'In song, "A pretty girl is like" one'

Answer: a melody


Question: 'Acronymically, "KISS" means "Keep it" this way, "stupid"'

Answer: simple


Question: 'Antonio Banderas'

Answer: Spain


Question:
'Famous alarmist depicted in the following

"His mission, to warn Adams and Hancock, hiding out in a Lexington parsonage..."'

Answer: Paul Revere


Question: 'The Turkmen language was 1st written in this script, then Latin, then Cyrillic, & now it's going back to Latin'

Answer: Arabic


Question: 'Attention, cheaters: A Michigan magazine for new parents is cleverly titled these "notes"'

Answer: Crib Notes


Question: 'The treble one is also called the G one'

Answer: Clef


Question: '"Serpentine" acronym for a 1985 law that maintains health insurance if you're fired'

Answer: COBRA


Question: 'Arnold Schwarzenegger'

Answer: Austria


Question:
'Man whose earlier life is the subject here

"His business ventures made him wealthy, free to pursue his experiments and inventions and to devote his life..."'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: 'This crop is "king" in the country's agricultural economy'

Answer: Cotton


Question: 'John Rocker got in trouble for remarks quoted in the Dec. 27, 1999 issue of this magazine'

Answer: Sports Illustrated


Question: 'The crwth of this country is a type of lyre played with a bow'

Answer: Wales


Question: 'Astrophysicists have postulated the "weakly interacting massive" one of these, or WIMP'

Answer: particle


Question: 'Salma Hayek'

Answer: Mexico


Question:
'"Salvador" & "Citizen Cohn" star heard here as the voice of John Adams

"Vanity, I am sensible, is my cardinal vice..."'

Answer: James Woods


Question: 'After joining the IMF, Turkmenistan replaced this unit of currency with the manat'

Answer: the ruble


Question: 'In Ebony's first 50 years, 1945 to 1995, this pop superstar graced the cover a record 17 times'

Answer: Michael Jackson


Question: 'The wide end of a trumpet'

Answer: the bell


Question: 'One of Mobil Corporation's ancestors was SOCONY, this "Company of New York"'

Answer: Standard Oil


Question: 'Jean-Claude Van Damme'

Answer: Belgium


Question:
'Revolutionary inspiration whose work is read here

"These are times that try men's souls..."'

Answer: Thomas Paine ("The American Crisis")


Question: 'Fresh water is tough to get; this large "sea" forming the western border is salt water'

Answer: the Caspian Sea


Question: 'Milton Friedman, or a London magazine founded in 1843 that might discuss his views'

Answer: The Economist


Question: 'Meaning "music loving", it follows Berlin & Vienna'

Answer: philharmonic


Question: 'In NYC acronyms, Soho is joined by Brooklyn's DUMBO, "Down Under" this structure's "Overpass"'

Answer: the Manhattan Bridge


Question: 'Natalie Portman'

Answer: Israel


Question:
'Patriot discussed in the following clip

"He had been a failure in everything that he did, until the revolution; his father gave him a lot of money..."'

Answer: Samuel Adams


Question: 'This Midwest city is the only state capital whose unabbreviated name starts with 3 consonants'

Answer: Springfield, Illinois


Question: 'This country is the invadee in the 1990 headline seen here'

Answer: Kuwait


Question:
'"The Twilight Zone",
"Twin Peaks",
"20/20"'

Answer: The Twilight Zone


Question: 'In the days following Hurricane Katrina, this venue sheltered nearly 25,000 evacuees'

Answer: the Superdome


Question: 'The meaty-clawed Maine type of this crustacean is also called the American type'

Answer: a lobster


Question: 'In a 12th century French tale of this knight, he rides humbly on a cart in pursuit of Guinevere'

Answer: Lancelot


Question: '"Toward"; or, one point up in a tennis game'

Answer: ad


Question: 'It's the capital city on the losing end of a 1971 headline'

Answer: Taipei


Question:
'"The Drew Carey Show",
"The Bob Newhart Show",
"The Bernie Mac Show"'

Answer: The Bob Newhart Show


Question: 'These enormous cargo ships can hold over 300,000 tons of oil'

Answer: supertankers


Question: 'A rich filling called ganache is often used in these chocolates made to look like fancy fungi'

Answer: truffles


Question: 'Dickens novel in which Sydney Carton finds himself riding in one of the "death-carts"'

Answer: A Tale of Two Cities


Question: '"After"; or, to station, as a sentry'

Answer: post


Question: 'This man's 1986 travel itinerary made the front page'

Answer: Ferdinand Marcos


Question:
'"Reba",
"Seinfeld",
"Maude"'

Answer: Maude


Question: 'When a massive star dies out, it may explode & become one of these, billions of times as bright as the sun'

Answer: a supernova


Question: 'Delectably fatty toro, from the belly of this fish, is a sushi delicacy'

Answer: tuna


Question: 'Appropriately, Dr. Watson gets a ride in a dogcart in this novel'

Answer: The Hound of the Baskervilles


Question: '"One"; or, the pre-1958 way to listen to recorded music'

Answer: mono


Question: 'Last name of the 1953 headline pair seen here'

Answer: Rosenberg


Question:
'"Saturday Night Live",
"Monday Night Football",
"60 Minutes Wednesday"'

Answer: Monday Night Football


Question: 'It's what Freud called the conscience or moral part of the personality'

Answer: a superego


Question: 'It's the Italian name for the salad green seen here also called roquette'

Answer: arugula


Question: 'The line in "Hamlet" "Full thirty times hath Phoebus' cart gone round" refers to this god's chariot'

Answer: Apollo


Question: '"Different"; or, someone who's not gay'

Answer: hetero


Question: 'In headlines from 1912 & '13, respectively, very different fates befall these two men'

Answer: Scott & Amundsen


Question:
'"CSI: NY",
"CSI: Miami",
"NCIS"'

Answer: CSI: Miami


Question: 'Seymour Cray was hailed as "the father of" this'

Answer: the supercomputer


Question: 'The name of this beef cut next to the rib implies that it melts in your mouth'

Answer: tenderloin


Question: 'In a bit of optimism at the end of his "Return of the Native", newlyweds Diggory & Thomasin ride off in a dogcart'

Answer: Thomas Hardy


Question: '"Against"; specifically, one fighting against Nicaragua's Sandinistas'

Answer: contra


Question: 'In April 1952 the president seized these mills to help the Korean War effort; then the Supreme Court said he couldn't'

Answer: steel


Question: 'This liquid metal is also called quicksilver'

Answer: mercury


Question: '"The Dueling Cavalier" was the silent film being turned into a musical in this 1952 Gene Kelly favorite'

Answer: Singin\' in the Rain


Question: 'His clever military tactics during WWII earned him the nickname "The Desert Fox"'

Answer: Rommel


Question: '& they're off...  "Holy Roller" from this 109-acre country breaks fast & its 921 residents pray for a win'

Answer: Vatican City


Question: 'It's a scholar or an eye part'

Answer: a pupil


Question: 'In April 2003 WorldCom, Inc. changed its brand name to this 3-letter one'

Answer: MCI


Question: 'When exercising, be sure to replace this element you sweat out, or you risk hyponatremia'

Answer: sodium


Question: 'A docu-comedy called "Yankee Doodle Doctor" was made by the wacky medical staff on this 1950s-set sitcom'

Answer: M*A*S*H


Question: 'French cardinal who said, "Give me 6 lines written by the most honest man, (&) I'll find something in them to hang him"'

Answer: Richelieu


Question: 'This country that built a 20-mi.-long dike in 1932 to add a new province, Flevoland, goes wild as "Dikes R Us" makes a move!'

Answer: the Netherlands


Question: 'This military rank comes from a French phrase for "place holding"'

Answer: lieutenant


Question: 'In April 1972 the U.S. bombed this Vietnamese port city; more recently Seattle became its sister city'

Answer: Haiphong


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports with some textiles from NC State University in Raleigh, NC.)  North Carolina State University is developing shirts lined with transmitters made of this element, symbol Ag, that may one day monitor your vital signs'

Answer: silver


Question: '"Jaws 19" is playing at a movie theater in the first sequel of this Michael J. Fox time-traveling comedy'

Answer: Back to the Future


Question: '"Dutch" & "The Role of a Lifetime" are books about him'

Answer: Reagan


Question: 'At the turn, it's "Rhine River Principality" by a length... & actually, it's greatest length is about 17 miles!'

Answer: Liechtenstein


Question: 'Home buying is scary: this loan agreement comes from the Old French for "dead" & "pledge"'

Answer: mortgage


Question: 'In this theatre April 14, 1865 the play "Our American Cousin" celebrated its 1,000th performance'

Answer: Ford\'s Theatre


Question: 'The name of this metal comes from the Latin cyprian'

Answer: copper