Question: 'Al Bundy is head of the household on this TV sitcom'

Answer: Married... with Children


Question: 'Waffles are made in an iron & muffins are made in an implement named for this metal'

Answer: tin


Question: 'In 1996 one of these minor planets the size of Pikes Peak was named for newsman Walter Cronkite'

Answer: an asteroid


Question: 'A silver medal goes to totally blind men who score over 185 in this indoor sport'

Answer: bowling


Question: 'Arabie Saoudite'

Answer: Saudi Arabia


Question: 'In 1952 composer Stuart Hamblen was the presidential candidate of this anti-liquor party'

Answer: Prohibition


Question: 'Dick Van Patten played Tom Bradford, father of many, on this ABC drama'

Answer: Eight Is Enough


Question: 'Used to keep food warm, this "dish" is a container with a pan of hot water beneath it'

Answer: a chafing dish


Question: 'America's first weather satellite, its name stood for Television & Infrared Observation Satellite'

Answer: TIROS


Question: 'The developers of this sound system, in common use since the '70s, received an Academy Award in 1989'

Answer: Dolby


Question: 'Norvege'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'On Dec. 23, 1921 President Harding pardoned this Socialist so that he could have Christmas dinner with his wife'

Answer: Eugene Victor Debs


Question: 'Stephen Collins plays a minister & father of 5 on this WB Network drama'

Answer: 7th Heaven


Question: 'When using this short, axlike butcher's knife, keep your other hand out of the way'

Answer: a cleaver


Question: 'Corvus, a small constellation south of Virgo, is said to represent this black bird'

Answer: the crow


Question: 'His innovative poems like "The Waste Land" earned him the 1948 Nobel Prize for Literature'

Answer: T.S. (Thomas Sterns) Eliot


Question: 'Liban'

Answer: Lebanon


Question: 'This soldier & frontiersman won important victories over the British in the Northwest Territory'

Answer: George Rogers Clark


Question: 'She played Kate Lawrence, mother of 4, on the '70s series "Family"'

Answer: Sada Thompson


Question: 'The mandoline, resembling a washboard, eases this process of cutting potatoes into matchlike strips'

Answer: julienning


Question: 'In 1973 Alan Bean spent nearly 2 months aboard this U.S. space station'

Answer: Skylab


Question: 'The MacArthur Foundation's 6-figure awards to brilliant people in various fields are known as these "grants"'

Answer: Genius grants


Question: 'Lettonie'

Answer: Latvia


Question: 'Peach County is the center of this state's peach-growing belt'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'From Miranda v. Arizona, before interrogation one must be told of the right to remain this'

Answer: Silent


Question: 'Readers in 1860-61 picked up copies of "All The Year Round" to read installments of his "Great Expectations"'

Answer: Charles Dickens


Question: 'Before marrying Jackie Kennedy, he was linked romantically with Maria Callas'

Answer: Aristotle Onassis


Question: 'According to the title of a Victor Herbert operetta, it's where the 'babes" are'

Answer: In Toyland


Question: 'It's the only continent occupied by a single nation'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Theodore Roosevelt Island in the District of Columbia lies in this river'

Answer: Potomac


Question: 'In 1962's Engel v. Vitale the Supreme Court eliminated this practice in New York State's public schools'

Answer: Prayer


Question: 'Time in this futuristic Aldous Huxley novel is measured from the invention of the Model T Ford'

Answer: "Brave New World"


Question: 'In 1951 she was nominated for vice president of Argentina, but was forced to withdraw from the race'

Answer: Eva Peron


Question: 'This bandmaster probably knew his operetta "The Free Lance" so well he could "phone" it in'

Answer: John Philip Sousa


Question: 'The red marking on a black widow is described as this shape'

Answer: Hourglass


Question: 'This site of the U.S. Immigration Depot was called Oyster Island by the Dutch'

Answer: Ellis Island


Question: 'Founded in 1920, this organization has been involved with the Scopes trial & Brown v. Board of Education'

Answer: ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)


Question: 'This 1975 E.L. Doctorow novel relates the story of Coalhouse Walker Jr., who's harassed by local firemen'

Answer: "Ragtime"


Question: 'Though best known for his popcorn, this late entrepreneur also pioneered the use of liquid fertilizer'

Answer: Orville Redenbacher


Question: '(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />The 1879 operetta about this title group ends with the song heard here:'

Answer: "The Pirates of Penzance"


Question: 'A fool or madman card is among the 78 cards that make up this special fortune telling pack'

Answer: Tarot


Question: 'At one point this state is less than 2 miles wide between its borders with Pennsylvania & West Virginia'

Answer: Maryland


Question: 'In December 1996 the 1993 federal conviction of this S&L operator was thrown out'

Answer: Charles Keating


Question: 'Saul Bellow's title character whose "gift" to Charlie Citrine was a sense of hope'

Answer: Humboldt


Question: 'From 1942 to 1956 he headed the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University'

Answer: Alfred Kinsey


Question: 'By the end of this Sigmund Romberg operetta, the title pupil has become the King of Karlsberg'

Answer: "The Student Prince"


Question: 'Reigning from 1449 to 1453, Constantine XI Palaeologus was this empire's last emperor'

Answer: Byzantine Empire


Question: 'The U.S.A.'s strongest surface wind, 231 MPH, was recorded on this New Hampshire mountain'

Answer: Mount Washington


Question: 'F. Lee Bailey took the case of this Ohio doctor & convicted murderer to the Supreme Court in 1966 & won'

Answer: Sam Shepherd


Question: 'Willa Cather's "My Antonia", "O Pioneers!" & "A Lost Lady" are set on the frontier in this midwestern state'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'Though she became queen of the Netherlands in 1890, she wasn't crowned until September 6, 1898'

Answer: Queen Wilhelmina


Question: 'Johann Strauss fans are just batty over this operetta whose German title means "The Bat"'

Answer: Die Fledermaus


Question: '3 U.S. presidents died on this date & one, Calvin Coolidge, was born on it'

Answer: July 4


Question: 'This word meaning an expert commentator is derived from the Sanskrit for "learned man"'

Answer: Pundit


Question: 'Noted gangster Pretty Boy Floyd's pretty boyhood was spent in this state's Cherokee Indian Territory'

Answer: Oklahoma


Question: 'Elian Gonzalez' relatives in this U.S. city were a regular headline presence in 2000'

Answer: Miami


Question: '1956:<br />"Inn Of Grief"'

Answer: "Heartbreak Hotel"


Question: 'Also called epidemic parotitis, it's characterized by a sweling of salivary glands near the neck'

Answer: the mumps


Question: 'From the German for "home-ruler", it's a Ford or a Fonda'

Answer: Henry


Question: '(Johnny Gilbert reads the clue, with organ music in the background.) Emily tells Drake the baby's his & she named it Sarah, after this pair's song "Sarah Smile"'

Answer: Hall & Oates


Question: 'Foreign president seen here, a trail used in the '60s was named for him'

Answer: Ho Chi Minh


Question: 'In October 2000 a bomb damaged the U.S.S. Cole in this Mideastern country'

Answer: Yemen


Question: '1964:<br />"Salute The Gambling Mecca!"'

Answer: "Viva Las Vegas"


Question: 'Transmitted by a mosquito bite, protozoans called plasmodia cause this dangerous disease'

Answer: malaria


Question: 'Italian "lady" for Ritchie Valens or Dion'

Answer: Donna


Question: '(Gilbert reads, with organ music.) FBI agent Malone arrests Teri's ex, Benny, & tosses him into this, a nickname for jail from the Spanish for "courtroom"'

Answer: hoosegow


Question: 'After making some major changes in his life in 1952 George Jorgensen changed his name to this'

Answer: Christine


Question: 'President Fujimori of this country led a manhunt for his disgraced adviser Vladimiro Montesinos'

Answer: Peru


Question: '1956:<br />"Canine"'

Answer: "Hound Dog"


Question: 'Caused by a type of streptococcus, it's a "colorful" childhood malady marked by a widespread red rash'

Answer: scarlet fever


Question: 'It's Aramaic for "twin", not "tank engine"'

Answer: Thomas


Question: '(Gilbert reads, with organ music.) Benny's murder of Malone's father by a mine wasn't this, meaning "planned beforehand"'

Answer: premeditated


Question: 'She defected to the United States in '67, lost Soviet citizenship, went back to Russia in '84, got citizenship back, fled in '86'

Answer: Svetlana Stalin


Question: 'In 1999 a Protestant parade was ordered to bypass the Catholic areas along Ormeau Road in this city'

Answer: Belfast


Question: '1956:<br />"Refrain From Inflicting Pain"'

Answer: "Don\'t Be Cruel"


Question: 'AKA varicella, it's marked by blisterlike eruptions on the skin & is even more severe in adults than children'

Answer: chicken pox


Question: 'Karen is just a Dutch form of this "Great" name'

Answer: Katherine


Question: '(Gilbert reads, with organ music.) Agent Malone, Drake & Trent find out they're brothers & that they were this, a popular feature of Spy Magazine'

Answer: Separated at Birth


Question: 'This smaller partner in the Yugoslav Federation has a sometimes uneasy relationship with Serbia'

Answer: Montenegro


Question: '1962:<br />"Mail Back Towards The Dispatcher"'

Answer: "Return To Sender"


Question: 'Without using a "diph"stick, the Schick test can tell if you've had a close shave with this disease'

Answer: diptheria


Question: 'Minnie, as in Mouse, is a pet name of this female version of William'

Answer: Wilhelmina


Question: '(Gilbert reads, with organ music.) At Emily and Drake's wedding, Trent meets Brad; they hit it off & take a "fun" cruise on this Kathie Lee advertised line'

Answer: Carnival


Question: 'In this play the question is, who's going to die--the King, the Queen, Ophelia & the title guy do'

Answer: Hamlet


Question: 'The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey operates JFK, LaGuardia & this Jersey Airport'

Answer: Newark


Question: 'In 1905 this most famous formula was first published in Annalen der Physik'

Answer: E = mc2


Question: '1979: <br />"In space no one can hear you scream"'

Answer: Alien


Question: '"The Union of Earth & Water", seen here, was painted by this zaftig-loving Baroque artist'

Answer: Rubens


Question: 'A knockout punch'

Answer: a haymaker


Question: 'An anaconda squeezing her to death in Act V wouldn't work, so will used an asp instead'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'On Aer Lingus to Ireland, you may land at Dublin Airport or at this one whose code is SNN'

Answer: Shannon


Question: 'The 4 basic forces that exist in nature are strong, weak, etectromagnetic & this one'

Answer: gravity


Question: '1999:<br />"Everyone dies. Not everyone leaves."'

Answer: The Sixth Sense


Question: 'He's the unique neoimpressionist whose work "Study for Le Chahut" is seen here'

Answer: Georges Seurat


Question: '"But where is the boy who looks after the sheep? He's" here'

Answer: "under the haystack (fast asleep)"


Question: 'Will had this title man do the dirty work in Act V, smothering his wife for her supposed infidelity'

Answer: Othello


Question: 'What is now Miami International Airport was built in 1928 by this hemisphere-covering airline'

Answer: Pan American


Question: 'Term for the point toward which lines of magnetic flux converge'

Answer: a pole


Question: '1997:<br />"Julianne fell in love with her best friend the day he decided to marry someone else"'

Answer: My Best Friend\'s Wedding


Question: 'As evidenced here, this artist's Neoclassic style made him a favorite of French rulers'

Answer: David


Question: 'In the early 1960s he co-founded Students for a Domocratic Society while attending the University of Michigan'

Answer: Tom Hayden


Question: 'Banquo & his kid Fleance were ticking Will off, so he penned this play & tried to knock 'em off; only got Dad'

Answer: Macbeth


Question: 'A terminal at LAX is named for this former L.A. mayor who's buried in nearby Inglewood'

Answer: Tom Bradley


Question: 'His principal states a body floating in a fluid will displace a weight of the fluid equal to its own weight'

Answer: Archimedes


Question:
'1967:
"They're young...
They're in love...
And they kill people"'

Answer: Bonnie & Clyde


Question: 'Pollinosis'

Answer: hay fever


Question: 'Will thought he'd keep this pal of Romeo alive, but the "plague o' both your houses" speech really worked'

Answer: Mercutio


Question: 'The Tokyo international airport opened in 1978 to partly replace Haneda is commonly called this'

Answer: Narita


Question: 'In superconductivity this isn't futile, it's basically nonexistent in the material'

Answer: resistance


Question: '1980:<br />"They're on a mission from God"'

Answer: The Blues Brothers


Question: 'The identity of the person who threw the bomb during this May 4, 1886 Chicago riot was never determined'

Answer: Haymarket


Question: 'This author & biochemist who died in 1992 has at least one book in all 10 main Dewey Decimal categories'

Answer: Isaac Asimov


Question: 'This Great Lake is Minnesota's lowest point at an elevation of 602 feet above sea level'

Answer: Lake Superior


Question: 'This TV superhero flies in an invisible plane, but how does she find it?'

Answer: Wonder Woman


Question: '8 furlongs equals 1 _____'

Answer: a mile


Question: '"I had a little" one of these, "his name was Dapple Gray; I lent him to a lady to ride a mile away"'

Answer: a pony


Question: 'In a short-lived in Belgium in 1879, these house pets were used to carry bundles of mail'

Answer: cats


Question: 'It's the pedal "put to the metal" (by professional drivers under controlled conditions)'

Answer: accelerator


Question: 'At 282 feet below sea level, it's California's, and the USA's, lowest point'

Answer: Death Valley


Question: 'On this series test pilot Steve Austin is critically injured in a plane crash'

Answer: The Six Million Dollar Man


Question: '4,840 square yards equals 1 _____'

Answer: acre


Question: 'Mark Twin said, "It's not the size of" this animal" in the fight, "it's the size of the fight in" this animal'

Answer: a dog


Question: 'One of the first non-heads of state to appear on a stamp was this American on the U.S. 5-cent stamp in 1847'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: 'It's the antonym of oriental'

Answer: occidental


Question: 'The highest lowest point of the 50 states is 3,350 feet above sea level in Yuma County in this state'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'Howling Mad Murdock could fly anything from a crop duster to a 747 for this title group'

Answer: the A-Team


Question: '2 bottles of champagne equals 1 _____'

Answer: a magnum


Question: 'The Book of Judges reports Samson's riddle concerning "A swarm of bees and honey in a carcase of" this'

Answer: a lion


Question: 'The first known air mail service took place in Paris in 1870 by this conveyance'

Answer: hot-air balloon


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew is cooking something up in the kitchen.)  Before baking, sprinkle this Italian bread with olio, sale, & rosmarino -- oil, salt, & rosemary'

Answer: focaccia


Question: 'Idaho's lowest point lies in Nez Perce County along this river'

Answer: the Snake River


Question: 'Timothy Daly & Steven Weber played brothers & airline pilots on this sitcom'

Answer: Wings


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in front of an oil pumpjack in Oklahoma City.)  The pumpjack has to pump 42 gallons of oil out of the ground to equal one of these units'

Answer: a barrel


Question: 'This Hans Christian Andersen bird "had come to sing of comfort & hope, as he sang, the phantoms grew pale"'

Answer: the nightingale


Question: 'Postal markings dating back to this civilization in 3000 B.C. translate as, "In the name of the living king, speed!"'

Answer: Egyptians (Egypt)


Question: 'In southern Europe, sometimes it's a dry, dusty wind from Africa, sometimes a warm, sultry wind with rain'

Answer: sirocco


Question: 'Janine Turner played feisty air taxi pilot Maggie on this quirky series'

Answer: Northern Exposure


Question: 'John Donne called it "Nature's great masterpiece ... the only harmless great thing; the giant of beasts"'

Answer: an elephant


Question: 'This country doesn't have its name on its stamps; usually it has the king or queen's head'

Answer: the United Kingdom


Question: 'It's Bach to basics for this type of piece'

Answer: toccata


Question: '"Be but sworn, my love, and I'll no longer be a Capulet"'

Answer: Juliet


Question: 'Every August Elvis Presley fans gather at this Memphis mansion for a week-long celebration of his life'

Answer: Graceland


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew is holding an aluminum bat.)  The first national winner of Hillerich & Bradsby's Silver Bat Award in 1949 was this Dodger second baseman'

Answer: Jackie Robinson


Question: 'This 2-word Latin phrase means "by the fact itself"'

Answer: ipso facto


Question: 'The USA's official observance of Veteran's Day takes place at this cemetery'

Answer: Arlington


Question: 'Based on a 17th century satire, this tone poem from composer Richard Strauss features a viola as Sancho Panza'

Answer: Don Quixote


Question: '"A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!"'

Answer: Richard III


Question: 'Its frappucino beverage was named one of "the best new products of 1996"'

Answer: Starbucks


Question: 'On Dec. 1st, 1955, 4 blacks were asked to move to the back of the bus in Montgomery; 3 did, she didn't'

Answer: Rosa Parks


Question: 'When a roulette croupier says "faites vous jeux", he's asking players to do this'

Answer: place your bets


Question: 'Karl Marx & Michael Faraday are both buried in this city's Highgate Cemetery'

Answer: London


Question: 'Heard here is some suite stuff by this composer'

Answer: Debussy


Question: '"Out, damned spot! Out, I say!"'

Answer: Lady Macbeth


Question: 'She's so outrageous that in 2002 she got her own TV show'

Answer: Anna Nicole Smith


Question: 'This big band leader won 3 Grammys for his work on the 1959 courtroom drama "Anatomy of a Murder"'

Answer: Duke Ellington


Question: 'It's not bubble gum, it's a Greek stringed instrument that's like a lute'

Answer: a bouzouki


Question: 'Appropriately, New York state's Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is where you'll find this author's grave'

Answer: Washington Irving


Question: 'Death plays the violin at midnight while skeletons cavort in this Saint-Saens composition'

Answer: Danse Macabre


Question: '"For I am he am born to tame you, Kate"'

Answer: Petruchio


Question: 'Neil Diamond's 1982 hit "Heartlight" was inspired by this movie'

Answer: E.T.


Question: 'The publisher of such abolitionist papers as North Star & New National Era, he later became a marshall in D.C.'

Answer: Frederick Douglass


Question: 'Term for the Mrs. of a Maharajah'

Answer: Majarani


Question: 'This city's Lafayette Cemetery appears in several of Anne Rice's Vampire novels'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: '"The Pig-Headed Peasants" is one of the lesser-known works of this late 19th century Czech composer'

Answer: Dvorak


Question: '"I am a man more sinned against than sinning"'

Answer: King Lear


Question: 'He's the beloved comic strip character seen here with his friend Albert, back in 1948'

Answer: Pogo


Question: 'A junior high school in Harvey, Illinois is named for this "In the Mecca" poet'

Answer: Gwendoyln Brooks


Question: 'This noted cemetery in Paris is named after the Jesuit father who was the confessor of King Louis XIV'

Answer: the Pere (Father) Lachaise Cemetery


Question: 'On August 10th, 2003, Rafael Furcal of the Braves became only the 12th man in MLB history to perform this single-handedly'

Answer: a triple play


Question: 'Hans Christian Anderson:<br />"The ____ and the Pea"'

Answer: Princess


Question: 'He's been made an honorary ambassador to the city in Japan that shares his name'

Answer: Kobe Bryant


Question: 'New World vultures lack a organ called a syrinx, so they also lack this; all they can do is hiss & grunt'

Answer: vocal cords


Question: 'Al Gore & Tommy Lee Jones were roommates at this Ivy League school'

Answer: Harvard


Question: 'Get your feet moving to this game based on an NBC reality show that wants to help you shed some pounds'

Answer: The Biggest Loser


Question: '...from "native" & it becomes this--simple & unsuspecting'

Answer: naive


Question: 'Sophocles:<br />"Oedipus ____"'

Answer: Rex


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew hangs on a basketball hoop.)  If I hang on the rim after one of my thunderous dunks, I'll be hit with this 2-word infraction'

Answer: a technical foul


Question: 'Sometimes it dines on crustaceans & fish, but the palm-nut vulture's diet is primarily this, aka herbivorous'

Answer: vegetarian


Question: 'These Sesame Street Muppet roommates have shared an apartment since 1969'

Answer: Bert & Ernie


Question: 'This "colorful" game from Rock Star follows former outlaw John Marston as he tames the West'

Answer: Red Dead Redemption


Question: '...from "portion" & you get this type of magic drink'

Answer: potion


Question: 'Machiavelli:<br />"The ____"'

Answer: Prince


Question: 'In 1994 he hit 3 HRs for the Double-A Birmingham Barons; in '96 he was the NBA's season & finals MVP'

Answer: Michael Jordan


Question: 'A New World vulture known as the Andean this is so large that it sometimes preys on newborn calves'

Answer: condor


Question: 'As a senator, this bachelor president roomed with future Vice President William King'

Answer: James Buchanan


Question: 'I hit it big when Nintendo re-created my likeness with one of these, which rhymes with the gaming console you play on'

Answer: Mii


Question: '...from "insane" to get this word meaning silly'

Answer: inane


Question: 'Spenser:<br />"The Faerie ____"'

Answer: Queen


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew bounces the ball on the court.) The alliterative action that I'm demonstrating results in this infraction & puts my team on defense'

Answer: double dribble


Question: 'When feeding, vultures keep strict order based on body size & the strength of this, used for tearing hide & flesh'

Answer: a beak


Question: 'While rooming with his brother Vincent van Gogh, he introduced Vincent to some Impressionist friends'

Answer: Theo van Gogh


Question: '"Dante's Inferno", which is loosely based on this 14th century poem, involves a hellish journey to find Beatrice'

Answer: The Divine Comedy


Question: '...from "invert" & you'll render it this, meaning motionless'

Answer: inert


Question: 'Oscar Wilde:<br />"____ Windermere's Fan"'

Answer: Lady


Question: 'Though he didn't play organized hoops until 9th grade, this Spurs center is a 3-time NBA Finals MVP'

Answer: Tim Duncan


Question: 'This word for the type of bird vultures are is from an old word meaning a toll collector'

Answer: scavenger


Question: 'At Juilliard in the '40s, this "Bird" of a sax player roomed with trumpeter Miles Davis'

Answer: (Charlie) Parker


Question: 'With the Green Lantern, Wonder Woman & Superman, you've got to be gaming in this comic book label's universe'

Answer: DC


Question: '...in "sentiment" to become this--conscious or aware'

Answer: sentient


Question: 'A court said 1998's Dickey-Wicker Amendment clearly bans federal funding for research on these embryonic cells'

Answer: stem cells


Question: '"I'm stayin' up all night hopin

Answer: Ke$ha


Question: 'Melpomene is the muse of tragedy & her sister Thalia, of this'

Answer: comedy


Question: 'Smith College students can sip this at the Haymarket Cafe, knowing it's what "cafe" means'

Answer: coffee


Question: 'This telegraph inventor was a charter trustee of Vassar College'

Answer: Morse


Question: 'Loud speaker<br />(6)'

Answer: orator


Question: 'The administration had trouble getting a moratorium on deepwater this past Judge Feldman'

Answer: drilling


Question: 'On Jay Sean's hit "Down", this "diminutive" guy steps in to rap, "Honestly, I'm down like the economy"'

Answer: Lil Wayne


Question: 'Urania, the muse of this science, is sometimes shown wearing a cloak embroidered with stars'

Answer: astronomy


Question: 'Bring your sonnets to the Rye Bar in Athens, Georgia on Mondays-- it's this "night" for unscheduled performers'

Answer: open mic night


Question: 'During a trip to Europe in 1804, this South American liberator vowed to fight for independence from Spain'

Answer: Bolívar


Question: 'Unit of fluid weight<br />(5)'

Answer: ounce


Question: 'In July a judge blocked major provisions of this Southwestern state's SB 1070'

Answer: Arizona


Question: 'On "Miss Me", this Degrassi alum raps, "I'll be at my table stackin' dollars to the perfect height"'

Answer: Drake


Question: 'Clio is the muse of this & is often depicted with a scroll, perhaps to record the deeds of men through the ages'

Answer: history


Question: 'The Cougar Cottage is convenient to this Pacific Northwest campus in Pullman'

Answer: Washington State


Question: 'At the Diet of Worms in 1521, he said, "I cannot and will not retract anything"'

Answer: Martin Luther


Question: 'To swing like a pendulum (9)'

Answer: oscillate


Question: 'A court nixed these on Utah public roads to honor fallen state troopers--they imply a state religious bias'

Answer: crosses


Question: 'This rapper born Calvin Broadus teamed with The-Dream on "Gangsta Luv"'

Answer: Snoop Dogg


Question: 'This patron of epic poetry is usually pictured with a writing tablet, not a steam-powered circus instrument'

Answer: Calliope


Question: 'Governor Charlie Crist has been known to stop in at Big Daddy's, famed as a hangout for this school'

Answer: Florida State


Question: 'This woman who led the birth control movement in the early 1900s was a founder of what became Planned Parenthood'

Answer: (Margaret) Sanger


Question: 'Round trip<br />(5)'

Answer: orbit


Question: 'In August a Montana federal judge ruled that these predators may not be hunted'

Answer: wolves


Question: 'On "Love The Way You Lie", Eminem raps, "Now you get to watch her leave out the window/Guess that's why they call it" this'

Answer: window pane


Question: 'The name of this muse is from the Greek for "delighting in dance"'

Answer: Terpsichore


Question: 'Long night of, uh, studying at this College Park school? How about a feta omelette at Plato's Diner'

Answer: the University of Maryland


Question: 'For a time, this French author & philosopher lived at the court of Prussian king Frederick the Great'

Answer: Voltaire


Question: 'Barrier, as to justice<br />(11)'

Answer: obstruction


Question: 'Words found in this 1945 fable include brood, baying, bleating, comrade, tyranny & rebellion'

Answer: Animal Farm


Question: 'In 1928 this cubist & Julio Gonzalez pioneered in welded sculpture: 1950's "She-Goat" is a famous example'

Answer: Pablo Picasso


Question: '"Suddenly I'm not half the man I used to be"'

Answer: "Yesterday"


Question: 'Surimi, meaning "formed fish", turns up in packages labeled this type of "crabmeat" & "lobster"'

Answer: imitation


Question: 'Chandler helps Perry & Henson discover this on April 6, 1909 after he asks, "Could it be any more cold?"'

Answer: North Pole


Question: 'Where surgery is performed:<br />OR'

Answer: operating room


Question: 'This salty smoked salmon tastes great on a bagel'

Answer: lox


Question: 'Both Rodin & Brancusi (who once worked for Rodin) did sculptures of an embracing couple titled this'

Answer: "The Kiss"


Question: '"Say you don't need no diamond ring and I'll be satisfied"'

Answer: "Can\'t Buy Me Love"


Question: 'Umeboshi are plums that are pickled, not tickled, this color'

Answer: pink


Question: 'Thinking she's dressed as an Indian for a costume party on Dec. 16, 1773, Phoebe attends this Mass. event'

Answer: Boston Tea Party


Question: 'A doctor:<br />GP'

Answer: general practitioner


Question: 'Dating from around 2500 B.C., it's 240 feet long, 66 feet tall & its face was modeled after the pharaoh Khafre'

Answer: the Sphinx


Question: 'His suspended abstract sculptures were given the name "mobiles" by Marcel Duchamp'

Answer: Alexander Calder


Question: '"Take these broken wings and learn to fly"'

Answer: "Blackbird"


Question: 'Dashi-no-moto is the instant version of dashi; add water & you'll have this'

Answer: soup


Question: 'Joey says, "How you doin'" to this actor on April 14, 1865 but has no idea what "Sic Semper Tyrannis" means'

Answer: John Wilkes Booth


Question: 'Common antibiotic:<br />PCN'

Answer: penicillin


Question: 'A 3-letter word for "to veto", or a German water sprite'

Answer: nix


Question: 'This Edvard Erikson sculpture guards Copenhagen Harbor'

Answer: "The Little Mermaid"


Question: '"The girl that's driving me mad is going away"'

Answer: "Ticket to Ride"


Question: 'Before each bite of sukiyaki, some dip it into this, beaten & raw'

Answer: eggs


Question: 'In 1540 Rachel says sorry, she hasn't had much luck with marriage, so this king marries Anne of Cleves instead'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'Painful disorder of the joints:<br />RA'

Answer: rheumatoid arthritis


Question: 'During an 1878 epidemic of this disease, Calamity Jane helped care for the victims'

Answer: smallpox


Question: 'In a colossal bronze by Cellini, Perseus is holding the head of this gorgon'

Answer: Medusa


Question: '"Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona for some California grass"'

Answer: "Get Back"


Question: 'The Japanese name for this flavor enhancer, also popular in Chinese cooking, is Aji-No-Moto'

Answer: MSG (monosodium glutamate)


Question: 'Monica ends up in France on July 14, 1789 & freaks out at the mess Parisians make storming this prison'

Answer: the Bastille


Question: 'Useful lab test which can detect infections, anemia, etc.:<br />CBC'

Answer: complete blood count


Question: 'A whirling mass of air or water'

Answer: vortex


Question: 'Its return about every 76 years has been documented back to 239 B.C.'

Answer: Halley\'s Comet


Question: 'His work at Alfred A. Knopf made Chip Kidd a superstar in designing these'

Answer: book covers/jackets


Question: 'Yo, as part of his morning workout, this title movie boxer runs up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art'

Answer: Rocky


Question: 'His "Last Stand" came at the hands of the Cheyenne & the Sioux'

Answer: George Custer


Question: 'It's the Canadian province that borders the state of Washington, eh'

Answer: British Columbia


Question: 'You can find Boot Hill Museum on Wyatt Earp Blvd. in this Kansas community'

Answer: Dodge City


Question: 'The Puerto Rico Trench has the Atlantic's deepest point; this trench has the Pacific's'

Answer: Marianas Trench


Question: '[Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Civic Opera House in Chicago]'

Answer: Art Deco


Question: 'After getting a nice motherly stab, Martin Balsam careens backwards down the stairs in this Hitchcock classic'

Answer: Psycho


Question:
'This 18th century man composed the music heard here:
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew singing the following)  Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son and shall call his name...'

Answer: George Frideric Handel


Question: 'Washington State University was closed for a few days in May 1980 because of the eruption of this nearby volcano'

Answer: Mount St. Helens


Question: 'This team plays its home games in Texas Stadium'

Answer: Dallas Cowboys


Question: 'Divided into 3 parts as its name implies, this period came right before the Jurassic'

Answer: Triassic


Question: 'The luxo, with springs to tilt it at the correct angle, is a favorite desktop one of these'

Answer: lamp


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Washington, D.C.)  The steps leading from Prospect Street to M Street, seen here, were featured in this 1973 thriller'

Answer: The Exorcist


Question: 'At a speech given at Harvard in 1947, this man laid out his namesake plan for European economic recovery'

Answer: George C. Marshall


Question: 'The highest summit in Washington state was given this name by George Vancouver in 1792'

Answer: Mount Rainier


Question: 'Pullman's Delmonico became the first of these railroad carriages in 1868'

Answer: dining car


Question: 'Suffering from premature ignition?  You may want a gas where this indicator number is greater'

Answer: octane


Question: 'Type of design that's the title of a work by Raymond Loewy, who designed bottles, cars & refrigerators'

Answer: industrial design


Question: 'A baby buggy careens down steps in a famous scene from this Russian film'

Answer: Battleship Potemkin


Question: 'Asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everest, he famously responded, "Because it is there"'

Answer: George Mallory


Question: 'Nicknamed "Scoop", he represented Washington in the U.S. Senate for 30 years'

Answer: Henry Jackson


Question: 'This cable outlet airs TV shows like "Blue Planet" & "Walking With Prehistoric Beasts"'

Answer: Discovery Channel


Question: 'Symbolized D & called heavy hydrogen, it won a Nobel Prize for its discoverers'

Answer: deuterium


Question: 'Softened by steam, it's the type of wood used to make the 19th century chair seen here'

Answer: bentwood


Question: 'Robert Preston & Angela Lansbury starred in the film version of this 1957 William Inge play'

Answer: The Dark at the Top of the Stairs


Question: 'Nicknamed "The Iceman", this basketball legend was inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame in 1996'

Answer: George Gervin


Question: 'President Truman visited Washington state in May 1950 to rededicate this large dam'

Answer: Grand Coulee Dam


Question: 'He wrote "Public Speaking and Influencing Men in Business" several years before his more famous book'

Answer: Dale Carnegie


Question: 'Armed Services Committee head Carl Vinson was the first living American for whom the government named 1 of these'

Answer: ship/aircraft carrier


Question: 'The first word in I Chronicles is this man first mentioned in Genesis 2:19'

Answer: Adam


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands between two trees, holding binoculars.) It's the style of clothes I'm wearing or the type of expedition I'm gearing up for'

Answer: safari


Question: 'Submarines have fixed tubes in the bow to shoot these underwater weapons'

Answer: torpedoes


Question: 'The first movie with a plot was filmed in 1903 & concerned the "great" robbery of one of these'

Answer: a train


Question: 'This company introduced its Trac II twin-blade razor in 1971 & the good news disposable razor 5 years later'

Answer: Gillette


Question: 'Tyrone Willingham is the first African-American football coach to lead this school's Fighting Irish'

Answer: Notre Dame


Question: 'In Exodus the Lord told Moses to make a laver of brass for Aaron & his sons to wash their hands & these in'

Answer: their feet


Question: 'Better have a breath mint after eating this Italian-named dish of shrimp sauteed in garlic & butter'

Answer: scampi


Question: 'If a surfer rides the tube in London, he's on this'

Answer: the subway


Question: 'City that was home to the USA's first boat club & organized baseball team, both named Knickerbocker'

Answer: New York


Question: 'Originally, this bread built strong bodies 8 ways; later the count went up to 12'

Answer: Wonder Bread


Question: 'To this longtime Packers coach, winning wasn't everything; it was the only thing!'

Answer: Vince Lombardi


Question: 'Upright man who moaned, "Naked came I out of my mother's womb and naked shall I return thither"'

Answer: Job


Question: 'Stephen S. Wise was a well-known one; Isaac Bashevis Singer was the son of one'

Answer: a rabbi


Question: 'Every little breeze seems to whisper the name of this first test tube baby'

Answer: Louise (Brown)


Question: 'In 1901 X-ray discoverer Wilhelm Roentgen became the first recipient of a Nobel Prize in this category'

Answer: Physics


Question: 'In 1984 this TV ratings service was acquired by Dun & Bradstreet'

Answer: Nielsen ratings


Question: 'He was NBA coach of the year 3 times in the 1990s with the Lakers, Knicks & Miami Heat'

Answer: Pat Riley


Question: 'I Kings uses "slept with his fathers" as a euphemism for this'

Answer: died


Question:
'Don't be shy now;
they're the colorful
pond fish seen here'

Answer: koi


Question: 'The gas-filled Geissler tube of the late 1850s was adapted for use in these advertising signs'

Answer: neon signs


Question: 'It's been "cataloged" as the first skyscraper over 1,400 feet in height'

Answer: the Sears Tower


Question: 'Henry Wells & William Fargo co-founded this company known for its credit card; "Don't leave home without it"'

Answer: American Express


Question: 'The all-time winningest NHL coach in regular season & playoffs, he's coached the Detroit Red Wings since 1993'

Answer: Scotty Bowman


Question: 'Saul wanted to give his eldest daughter Merab to this future king, but Michal, another daughter, loved him'

Answer: David


Question: 'Drumroll please... it's another name for a set of kettledrums'

Answer: timpani


Question: 'Like you, a frog has this tube connecting the middle ear & the throat'

Answer: the Eustachian tube


Question: 'In 1891 Samuel O'Reilly turned Edison's electric engraving pen into the first electric machine to make these, sailor'

Answer: tattoos


Question: 'In 1946 this brand came in as the first laundry detergent to have a phosphate compound as a water softener'

Answer: Tide


Question: 'He's one of the few men to win a Super Bowl as a player, as assistant coach & as head coach of the Bears in 1986'

Answer: Mike Ditka


Question: 'Crockett represented this state for 3 terms in the U.S. Congress'

Answer: Tennessee


Question: 'In 2001 she denied reports of a $20 million offer to reprise her role as Ripley for "Alien 5"'

Answer: Sigourney Weaver


Question: 'Robert Yerkes developed 2 intelligence tests: the Alpha exam for the literate & this one for the not'

Answer: the Beta


Question: 'Robert Louis Stevenson drew a map with his 12-year-old stepson that inspired him to write this story'

Answer: Treasure Island


Question: 'Nebraska Wesleyan: in this state capital'

Answer: Lincoln


Question: 'Raisins & currants are traditional ingredients in this sometimes re-gifted Christmas treat'

Answer: fruit cake


Question: 'In 1818 Crockett was elected to this rank in the Fifty-seventh Militia Regiment in Lawrence County'

Answer: a colonel


Question: 'Born in NYC in 1955, this Oscar winner has played a thief, a nun, a psychic & an intergalactic bartender'

Answer: Whoopi Goldberg


Question: 'Since 1992 Alpha Oumar Konare has been president of this African country whose name is an anagram of "mail"'

Answer: Mali


Question: 'This title character releases 2 jinns: The Slave of the Ring & The Slave of the Lamp'

Answer: Aladdin


Question: 'Where the peachtrees grow: Georgia State'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: 'It's another name for a hydrant; a stocky person is said to be built like one'

Answer: fireplug


Question: 'Some believe that Crockett & a few others survived the battle of the Alamo but were executed by this Mexican general'

Answer: Santa Anna


Question: 'Rita Hayworth, Marilyn Monroe & Raquel Welch (in poster form) help Tim Robbins escape prison in this 1994 film'

Answer: The Shawshank Redemption


Question: 'In the 1830s Thomas Henderson established the parallax of this triple star about 4.3 light years away'

Answer: Alpha Centauri


Question: 'A huntsman cuts open this creature's stomach to rescue Little Red-Cap & her grandmother'

Answer: the Big Bad Wolf


Question: 'In northeastern Illinois: Northeastern Illinois'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'If you really don't know, you don't even have this damp type of "notion"'

Answer: foggiest


Question: 'It completes Crockett's personal motto "Be always sure you're right and then" do this'

Answer: "go ahead"


Question: '"Don't Look Now", "Darling", but this beauty gave one of her finest performances in "McCabe and Mrs. Miller"'

Answer: Julie Christie


Question: 'Henry Callis & others founded Alpha Phi Alpha, the first black college fraternity, at this Ithaca, N.Y. school'

Answer: Cornell


Question: 'Dodie Smith wrote this 1956 classic doggy tale'

Answer: The Hundred and One Dalmatians


Question: '360 years old: Yale'

Answer: New Haven


Question: 'Jetsam means goods jettisoned to lighten a ship; this word refers to part of a wrecked ship found floating'

Answer: flotsam


Question: 'Until his re-election defeat in 1835, this party was grooming Crockett to run against Andrew Jackson in 1836'

Answer: the Whig party


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Washington, D.C.) In "The Exorcist," Jason Miller as this priest falls down the steps here, now known as "The Exorcist Steps"'

Answer: Father Damien Karras


Question: 'This innovative French director ventured into science fiction with 1965's "Alphaville"'

Answer: Jean-Luc Godard


Question: 'She wrote the children's classics "Little Lord Fauntleroy" & "The Secret Garden"'

Answer: Frances Hodgson Burnett


Question: 'At the mouth of Chesapeake Bay: Old Dominion'

Answer: Norfolk


Question: 'You can visit this region's "fields" in Belgium; France's Nord province; & the Netherlands' Zeeland province'

Answer: Flanders


Question: 'He was the last president to take the oath of office from someone other than the Chief Justice of the U.S.'

Answer: Lyndon Johnson


Question: 'During World War II this company invented an infrared filter; the instant cameras came later'

Answer: Polaroid


Question: 'Scitrek is the science and technology museum of this Georgia capital'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: 'This "Kickboxer" star was a champion in the European Professional Karate Association'

Answer: Jean-Claude Van Damme


Question: 'This 1803 territorial acquisition gave the U.S. free navigation of the Mississippi River'

Answer: Louisiana Purchase


Question: 'This little Roman love god performs his matchmaking job with a bow & arrow'

Answer: Cupid


Question: 'Made with eggs, cheese & other fillings in a pastry shell, it's what real men don't eat'

Answer: Quiche


Question: 'Made of bronze in Biblical times, today they're often glass with a backing of a silver solution'

Answer: Mirrors


Question: 'You can ride a real trolley at the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport in this state'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'His "Streets of Philadelphia" won him 4 1994 Grammys, including Song of the Year & Best Male Rock Vocal'

Answer: Bruce Springsteen


Question: 'At age 26 Jonathan Dayton of New Jersey was the youngest signer of this 1787 document'

Answer: The Constitution


Question: 'The Munchkins toiled as slaves for this woman until a house fell on her'

Answer: The Wicked Witch of the East


Question: 'Five of a kind siblings, like the Dionnes'

Answer: Quintuplets


Question: 'At the bottom of the Encarta article on this device are links to "optics" & "submarine"'

Answer: Periscope


Question: 'Bill Clinton may know there's an oil and brine museum in Smackover in this state'

Answer: Arkansas


Question: 'In 1996 this strikeout king became the first player to have his uniform number retired by 3 teams'

Answer: Nolan Ryan


Question: 'On December 6, 1976 this congressman was chosen to replace Carl Albert as Speaker of the House'

Answer: Tip O\'Neill


Question: 'To find a leprechaun, follow the tapping of his hammer as he busies himself making these'

Answer: Shoes


Question: 'It's the term for the result when you divide one number by another'

Answer: Quotient


Question: 'Segments for reading, intermediate & distance make up this type of eyeglass lens'

Answer: Trifocals


Question: 'Naples in this state is home to Frannie's Teddy Bear Museum, which boasts more than 1,500 bears'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'Guitarist Richie Sambora of this group co-wrote Cher's hit "We All Sleep Alone"'

Answer: Bon Jovi


Question: 'In 1973 L. Patrick Gray resigned as head of this agency because he destroyed Watergate records'

Answer: FBI


Question: 'In the "Dilbert" comic strip, he's the evil director of human resources'

Answer: Catbert


Question: 'He wanted to ring Esmeralda's bells'

Answer: Quasimodo


Question: 'Fujitsu, NTT & Bell Labs have sent data down a strand of this at a rate of 1 trillion bits per second'

Answer: Optic fiber


Question: 'If you're crazy about quilts, you'll enjoy the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell in this state'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'Pharaoh, Levi & Reuben are characters in this 1973 Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical'

Answer: Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat


Question: 'Successor to the Manhattan Project, this agency, the AEC, was established in 1946'

Answer: Atomic Energy Commission


Question: 'Describing his job, this Shakespearean sprite says, "I jest to Oberon and make him smile"'

Answer: Puck


Question: 'Legally speaking, this Latin phrase means "something for something"'

Answer: Quid pro quo


Question: 'Benjamin Franklin "Beast" Butler was dismissed in 1862 as military governor of this Louisiana city'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'This "Messiah" composer's 1735 opera "Alcina" was based on the epic poem "Orlando Furioso"'

Answer: G.F. Handel


Question: 'These birds are called homers for short'

Answer: homing pigeons


Question: '"Edelweiss" from "The Sound Of Music" was the last song they wrote together'

Answer: Rodgers & Hammerstein


Question: 'An airport in the coastal city of Callao serves this Peruvian capital'

Answer: Lima


Question: 'Buck has unfamiliar yearnings & stirrings when he hears it'

Answer: The Call of the Wild


Question: 'During Leonard Wood's 1899-1902 term as military governor of Cuba, this disease was brought under control'

Answer: Yellow fever


Question: 'Pietro Mascagni wrote his 1935 opera "Nerone" to glorify this dictator'

Answer: Benito Mussolini


Question: 'The African gray species of this talkative bird is a popular pet'

Answer: Parrot


Question: 'In early 1996 they celebrated their 15,000th live performance: [video clue]'

Answer: Siegfried & Roy


Question: 'Avenida 18 de Julio runs through the main business district of this Uruguayan capital'

Answer: Montevideo


Question: 'It's a bloody head wound from being struck with a rifle butt'

Answer: The Red Badge of Courage


Question: 'Term for the military governor of Japan; the last one resigned in 1867'

Answer: Shogun


Question: 'Act I of this composer's "Don Giovanni" features the famous "Champagne Aria"'

Answer: W.A. Mozart


Question: 'These birds that return to San Juan Capistrano in March are of the cliff variety'

Answer: Swallows


Question: 'Born of Chinese parents in 1811, they died in 1874, having literally lived their whole lives together'

Answer: Chang & Eng Bunker (Siamese twins)


Question: 'This city just south of the Equator is the oldest of all South American capitals'

Answer: Quito, Ecuador


Question: 'Kill an old lady pawnbroker, get sent to Siberia'

Answer: Crime And Punishment


Question: 'He was military governor of Judea 26-36 A.D.'

Answer: Pontius Pilate


Question: 'This Leoncavallo opera ends with the words "La commedia e finita" -- "The comedy is ended"'

Answer: Pagliacci


Question: 'You win the "prize" if you know this seabird was named for its stupidity in being easily caught'

Answer: Booby


Question: 'This British pair won 4 consecutive ice dancing world championships 1981-84'

Answer: Torvill & Dean


Question: 'Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira was the leader of the 1950s movement to build this capital'

Answer: Brasilia


Question: 'Al Manheim wonders this about an eager kid named Glick'

Answer: What Makes Sammy Run?


Question: 'Appointed military governor of this Canadian city in 1760, Thomas Gage was made a major general in 1761'

Answer: Montreal


Question: 'Like "Carmen", Prokofiev's opera "The Duenna" takes place in this Spanish city'

Answer: Seville


Question: 'This standard encyclopedia first issued in 1912 was named for a pair of Lutheran ministers'

Answer: Funk & Wagnalls


Question: 'Fueled by the oil industry, this capital has sprawled into the state of Miranda'

Answer: Caracas, Venezuela


Question: 'Philip Marlowe isn't ready to say it to his friend Terry Lennox'

Answer: The Long Goodbye


Question: 'Before the Monitor, John Ericsson designed a screw-driven steamboat & named it for this ancient Greek'

Answer: Archimedes


Question: 'The state dog of Massachusetts is the "Boston" this'

Answer: terrier


Question: '1989:<br />Robin Williams inspires his prep school students to discover Whitman & Tennyson'

Answer: Dead Poets Society


Question: 'Cottage cheese comes in small, medium & large sizes of this dairy substance'

Answer: curd


Question: 'Fred Morrison came up with the idea for the Frisbee & sold it to this company in 1955'

Answer: Wham-O


Question: 'It's a notice of dismissal from a job'

Answer: pink slip


Question: 'Each engine of a 747 generates over 43,000 pounds of this force'

Answer: thrust


Question: 'In a Boston-set sitcom, they were paired with "a Girl & a Pizza Place"'

Answer: Two Guys


Question: '1955: <br />Idealistic Glenn Ford tries to reach troubled students like Sidney Poitier'

Answer: Blackboard Jungle


Question: 'Yogurt is made by curdling milk with purified cultures of these, like Streptococcus thermophilus'

Answer: bacteria


Question: 'The work of Marion Donovan (a mom) & Victor Mills (a grandpa) made these disposable'

Answer: diapers


Question: '"Love Story" author Erich Segal helped with the script for this Beatles film'

Answer: Yellow Submarine


Question: 'A strong motion accelerograph, a type of this device, records shaking too strong for sensitive ones'

Answer: seismograph


Question: 'Boston's Freedom one begins near the frog pond in Boston Common'

Answer: Freedom Trail


Question: '1967:<br />Idealistic Sidney Poitier teaches rough East Enders, earns respect & a song from Lulu'

Answer: To Sir, with Love


Question: 'This process uses moderately high temperatures for a short time to kill microorganisms in milk'

Answer: pasteurization


Question: 'George Ballas invented the powered plant-cutting tool known by this alliterative name'

Answer: Weed Whacker


Question: 'Members of the U.S. Army special forces are also called this, from part of their uniform'

Answer: Green Berets


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew at the Science Museum of Minnesota)  Movement of the ocean floor can cause these fearsome waves with a Japanese name'

Answer: tsunamis


Question: 'In the Boston area, U.S. Interstate 90 is also known as this type of road'

Answer: turnpike


Question: '1987:<br />Edward James Olmos' students from the East L.A. barrio pass the A.P. calculus exam & are accused of cheating'

Answer: Stand and Deliver


Question: 'Ghee is a clarified form of this'

Answer: butter


Question: 'Unaffected by magnetic fields, Elmer Sperry's gyroscopic type of this device even worked at the North Pole'

Answer: compass


Question: 'To go out & celebrate boisterously, particularly by hitting bars & other nightspots'

Answer: to paint the town red


Question: 'In a car, the reciprocating, or up-&-down, motion of these is changed to rotary motion in the wheels'

Answer: pistons


Question: 'In a kids' book, this young Boston Johnny-on-the-spot becomes a messenger for the Sons of Liberty'

Answer: Johnny Tremain


Question: '1995:<br />Marine vet Michelle Pfeiffer uses unorthodox methods to teach inner city kids'

Answer: Dangerous Minds


Question: 'A special lowfat milk has a reduced content of this milk sugar that is hard for some people to digest'

Answer: lactose


Question: 'Mr. Alter, who designed a type of catamaran or "cat", goes by this first name'

Answer: Hobie


Question: 'Originally, it was a tribute paid by English & Scottish farmers to freebooters for protection from harassment'

Answer: blackmail


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew paddling a kayak)  From the Latin for "to twist", this causes a kayak to rotate in the opposite direction from the side of a stroke'

Answer: torque


Question: 'While he wrote a lot of poems, "Doctor Zhivago" was his only novel'

Answer: Boris Pasternak


Question: 'Ned Cuthbert is credited with inventing this larcenous move in the 1860s'

Answer: base stealing


Question: 'Wiliam King, Pierce's VP, used to be the roommate of this bachelor president'

Answer: James Buchanan


Question: 'When you say BUD, you're referring to this Hungarian city's airport'

Answer: Budapest


Question: 'Act IV of this opera begins with Desdemona's "Willow Song"'

Answer: Otello


Question: 'Emotion that's a homophone of a word meaning "Stop!" to a horse'

Answer: woe (Whoa!)


Question: 'After going "Out of Africa" for good in 1931, Isak Dinesen returned to this country'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'In 1860s baseball, the pitching distance was this many feet, about three-quarters of what it is now'

Answer: 45


Question: 'Henry Wilson, later Grant's VP, left the Whigs & the Know-Nothings because of their soft stands on this issue'

Answer: slavery


Question: 'Go away mad & you've left from this world capital's airport, code MAD'

Answer: Madrid


Question: 'He was only 24 when he composed "The Pearl Fishers", which was rediscovered after the success of his "Carmen"'

Answer: Georges Bizet


Question: 'These feelings of distress or sorrow are also what you send to decline an invitation'

Answer: regrets


Question: 'After writing "J'accuse", he was convicted of libel'

Answer: Emile Zola


Question: 'An 1887 rule counting these "free passes" as hits led to 20 guys batting .400'

Answer: walks


Question: 'Elbridge Gerry almost became president when this man got very sick in 1813, but wound up dying in office himself'

Answer: James Madison


Question: 'The luck of the Irish is with you if you know SNN is this city'

Answer: Shannon


Question: 'It's the English translation of the title of Bellini's "La Sonnambula"'

Answer: The Sleepwalker


Question: 'The adjective "blithe" is closely related to this word meaning "ecstasy"'

Answer: bliss


Question: 'A rat infestation takes its toll on a French town in this Algerian-born author's "The Plague"'

Answer: Albert Camus


Question: 'Seen here, he served as vice president for just over 2 years'

Answer: Nelson Rockefeller


Question: 'In Spanish aca means "here" & if you land at ACA, you'll be here'

Answer: Acapulco


Question: 'The first & second Knights of the Grail are roles in this 1882 Wagner opera'

Answer: Parsifal


Question: 'This feeling of awe & respect follows "Your" in a form of address for certain clergymen'

Answer: reverence


Question: 'The main character in his 1947 novel "Doktor Faustus" is a German composer named Adrian Leverkuhn'

Answer: Thomas Mann


Question: 'Garret Hobart was such a good VP that this president didn't replace him after he died in 1899'

Answer: William McKinley


Question: 'Landing at WLG, this city's airport, will set you south of the equator'

Answer: Wellington, New Zealand


Question: 'This Tchaikovsky opera was based on Pushkin's 1833 "Novel in Verse"'

Answer: Eugene Onegin


Question: 'In a poem, Wordsworth was "surprised by" this emotion & "impatient as the wind"'

Answer: joy


Question: 'Scooby-Doo's name was inspired by a line in this 1966 song standard'

Answer: \"Strangers in the Night\"


Question: 'Its seal shows a map of the state with "Georgia" on one side & "Mississippi" on the other'

Answer: Alabama


Question: 'Multi-Oscared Mahatma movie<br />(6)'

Answer: Gandhi


Question: 'This billionaire Texan ran in 1992 & again in 1996'

Answer: Ross Perot


Question: 'Spike Lee, Britney Spears & yours truly have sported these in advertisements for milk'

Answer: mustaches


Question: 'Since they peaked 2,500 years ago, you won't find many Etruscans catching jazz in this city's Preservation Hall'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'Beware of the wolf wearing this'

Answer: sheep\'s clothing


Question: 'Symbols on its seal include the North Star, a moose & a pine tree'

Answer: Maine


Question: '"Enormous" hit, for Hudson<br />(5)'

Answer: Giant


Question: 'In 1968 this former Governor won 13.5% of the vote & carried 5 states'

Answer: George Wallace


Question: 'In 1888 this company's new camera was advertised with the slogan "You press the button--we do the rest"'

Answer: Kodak


Question: 'Historians differ on how Etruscans would have felt about this Mother Goose guy, "Born on a Monday... buried on Sunday"'

Answer: Solomon Grundy


Question: 'If someone isn't really as sorry as he seems, he may shed these'

Answer: crocodile tears


Question: '"United We Stand" appears on the top half of Kentucky's state seal & these 3 words appear on the bottom'

Answer: "Divided We Fall"


Question: 'Garbo "checked in" there, in 1932<br />(5, 5)'

Answer: Grand Hotel


Question: 'This man's third party candidacy in 1912 allowed Woodrow Wilson to win'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'According to Advertising Age Magazine, 96% of North American children recognize this hamburger clown'

Answer: Ronald McDonald


Question: 'No Etruscan could know that 25,000 Southern casualties occured during this July 1-3, 1863 battle'

Answer: Gettysburg


Question: 'Slang term for an indoor television antenna with 2 adjustable aerials'

Answer: rabbit ears


Question: 'Montana's vast natural resources are represented on its seal by the Great Falls of this river'

Answer: the Missouri


Question: 'Denzel's Civil War saga<br />(5)'

Answer: Glory


Question: 'He followed Jackson into the Presidency in 1836 & 12 years later ran as a third party candidate'

Answer: Van Buren


Question: 'In a classic series of commercials, this company "puts you in the driver's seat"'

Answer: Hertz


Question: 'Etruscans don't know he famously said, "I don't give 'em hell; I just tell the truth and they think it's hell"'

Answer: Harry Truman


Question: 'It's a regular & reliable source of income, just as dependable as a certain source of milk'

Answer: a cash cow


Question: 'The woman on its seal represents equal rights, since it was the first state to grant women the right to vote'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: 'Steve & Ali made one, before Kim & Alec<br />(7)'

Answer: Getaway


Question: 'In 1924 this Wisconsin senator ran on the Progressive Party ticket & on the Socialist Party ticket'

Answer: "Fightin\'" Bob La Follette


Question: 'This fast-food chain's 1985 "Herb" campaign has been called one of the most elaborate advertising flops of all time'

Answer: Burger King


Question: 'Etruscans would have loved this playwright who went from the U. of Michigan to the U. of Marilyn (Monroe)'

Answer: Arthur Miller


Question: 'The name of this mischievous black bird may be used for a chatterbox or a hoarder'

Answer: the magpie


Question: 'As published, his "Eroica" symphony was dedicated to his patron Prince Lobkowitz'

Answer: Beethoven


Question: 'You can read a lot into the fact she named her production company Harpo'

Answer: Oprah Winfrey


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands in a ripe cornfield in Wisconsin.)  Because it feels like the fabric of the same name, the tuft at the end of an ear of corn is called this'

Answer: the silk


Question: 'Elizabeth Browning'

Answer: Barrett


Question: 'A group interview held for reporters by a political figure or famous person'

Answer: a news conference


Question: 'Trying to identify this vine always leaves us scratching our heads'

Answer: poison ivy


Question: 'He wrote "William Tell" at age 37, but no other operas during the remaining 39 years of his life'

Answer: (Gioacchino) Rossini


Question: 'It's Irish dreamtime for this Steele, Remington Steele'

Answer: Pierce Brosnan


Question: 'As a thickener, this powder leaves sauces clear rather than opaque, like flour'

Answer: cornstarch


Question: 'Laura Wilder'

Answer: Ingalls


Question: 'Smaller than a newspaper, it's a printed report giving news or information of interest to a special group'

Answer: a newsletter


Question: 'The leaf seen here is used as a symbol of this professional sports team, eh?'

Answer: Maple Leafs


Question: 'In his 20s this "New World" symphony composer played viola in the Czech nat'l theater under Smetana'

Answer: Dvorak


Question: 'This "Legally Blonde" star must be pretty intense; she called her prodction company Type A Films'

Answer: Reese Witherspoon


Question: '(Jimmy is still lost in the Wisconsin cornfield.)  Henry Ford suggested running cars on this fuel made from corn; in recent years it's become a big part of our fuel supply'

Answer: ethanol


Question: 'Mary Dodge'

Answer: Mapes


Question: 'The "March of Time" was a famous series of these short films about recent historic events'

Answer: a newsreel


Question: 'We'll have to garnish your income if you misidentify the leaves of this plant'

Answer: parsley


Question: 'His family was Jewish but his father became a protestant & added Bartholdy to the last name'

Answer: Felix Mendelssohn


Question: 'In 1961, in ancient Mexican trash, R.S. MacNeish discovered tiny, cigarette-filter-sized ones of these'

Answer: corn cobs


Question: 'Adela St. Johns'

Answer: Rogers


Question: 'The sheep-to-human ratio in this nation is about 10 to 1'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'The sight of these leaves was good news to Noah'

Answer: olives


Question: 'Around 1813 he set Goethe's "Gretchen am Spinnrade" to music'

Answer: Franz Schubert


Question: 'A main constituent of corn husks & stalks is this tough cell wall material that's made into fibers like rayon'

Answer: cellulose


Question: 'Mary Rinehart'

Answer: Roberts


Question: '(R2-D2 beeps & whistles the clue.)  When the original "Star Wars" became "Star Wars: Episode IV", this 3-word subtitle was added to its name'

Answer: A New Hope


Question: 'In general, you might see one of these leaves on an Army Major or a Lieutenant Colonel'

Answer: an oak leaf


Question: 'Last name of the first father & son to be awarded medals of honor, for service in the Civil War & WWII respectively'

Answer: Arthur & Douglas MacArthur


Question: 'The region around Mount Etna is this island's most heavily populated'

Answer: Sicily


Question: 'This Russian empress wrote to Voltaire, "Your wit makes others witty"'

Answer: Catherine the Great


Question: 'Astronomers were astonished to discover a gigantic arc of hot gases near the center of this galaxy'

Answer: Milky Way


Question: 'On July 6, 1964 this first Beatles film premiered in London'

Answer: A Hard Day\'s Night


Question: 'This pop artist & filmmaker appeared on the television program "The Love Boat"'

Answer: Andy Warhol


Question: 'The seven of these include pride, lust & envy'

Answer: Seven Deadly Sins


Question: 'Mount Apo is an active volcano on this nation's island of Mindanao'

Answer: Philippines


Question: 'In "Walden", he wrote, "We need the tonic of wildness"'

Answer: Henry David Thoreau


Question: 'This Pakistani leader agreed to an arranged marriage, but kept her maiden name'

Answer: Benazir Bhutto


Question: 'In 1989, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend & John Entwistle reunited as this group for an American tour'

Answer: The Who


Question: 'In the late '30s this Spaniard began painting in a more academic style & was expelled by the Surrealists'

Answer: Salvador Dalí


Question: 'This Hull House founder was the first woman to receive an honorary degree from Yale'

Answer: Jane Addams


Question: 'Its 1980 eruption was the first in the lower 48 states since 1921'

Answer: Mount St. Helens


Question: 'Edison defined this as "one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration"'

Answer: genius


Question: 'In 1985, 55 years after his death, a memorial to D.H. Lawrence was unveiled in this church's Poet's Corner'

Answer: Westminster Abbey


Question: '"Killing Me Softly With His Song" was inspired by a concert performance by this "American Pie" singer'

Answer: Don McLean


Question: '"Inside the Bar, Tynemouth" shows this Maine-based artist's mastery of the watercolor medium'

Answer: Winslow Homer


Question: 'A maker of data communications equipment, U.S. Robotics is named for this author's book "I, Robot"'

Answer: Isaac Asimov


Question: 'This 14,494-foot California peak was named for a California state geologist'

Answer: Mount Whitney


Question: 'In "Waiting for Godot", he wrote, "Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful"'

Answer: Samuel Beckett


Question: 'A 41.94-carat diamond that had belonged to this European empress of Mexico was auctioned off for $660,000'

Answer: Carlotta


Question: 'In 1969 Sam Phillips sold this Memphis-based record label to Shelby Singleton of Nashville'

Answer: Sun Records


Question: 'After assaulting a fellow knight, Caravaggio fled this island'

Answer: Malta


Question: 'Harvey Penick, a mentor to many of the greatest players in this sport, passed away in 1995'

Answer: Golf


Question: 'This second-tallest African peak is about 70 miles from Nairobi'

Answer: Mount Kenya


Question: 'In 1964, he told the Republican Convention, "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice"'

Answer: Barry Goldwater


Question: 'This Colombian author of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" won the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature'

Answer: Gabriel Garcia Marquez


Question: 'This performer won a 1981 Grammy for Record of the Year for "Bette Davis Eyes"'

Answer: Kim Carnes


Question: 'Wassily Kandinsky joined Gropius at this design school in 1922 & remained there until 1933'

Answer: Bauhaus


Question: 'In Arthurian legend, Morgan le Fay is the ruler of this island'

Answer: Avalon


Question: 'They were the co-leaders of the Corps of Discovery that started up the Missouri River, May 14, 1804'

Answer: Lewis & Clark


Question: 'Famous for partnering Rudolf Nureyev, this dancer was born Margaret Hookham in 1919'

Answer: Dame Margot Fonteyn


Question: 'Unlike the octopus or squid, the nautilus may have up to 90 of these armlike appendages'

Answer: Tentacles


Question: 'This current justice was educated at an all-black Roman Catholic school in Savannah, Georgia'

Answer: Clarence Thomas


Question: 'Tages Anzeiger Zurich & Neue Zurcher Zeitung are two of this country's leading newspapers'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'Her nurse tells her, "Thou wast the prettiest babe that e'er I nursed"'

Answer: Juliet


Question: 'Also called Tisquantum, this helper of the Pilgrims was one of the first Native Americans to visit Europe'

Answer: Squanto


Question: 'Lucile Grahn choreographed the Bacchanal in this composer's opera "Tannhauser"'

Answer: Richard Wagner


Question: 'An insect called a webspinner spins this fiber as it runs back & forth'

Answer: Silk


Question: 'In 1993 she became the first justice named by a Democratic president in 26 years'

Answer: Ruth Bader Ginsburg


Question: 'This country consists of 13 states plus the federal territories of Labuan & Kuala Lumpur'

Answer: Malaysia


Question: 'She's walking in her sleep when she says "All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand"'

Answer: Lady Macbeth


Question: 'William Bligh sailed with this explorer on his second voyage around the world'

Answer: Captain James Cook


Question: 'Natalia Makarova joined this company upon graduation from the Leningrad Choreographic School'

Answer: Kirov


Question: 'Estivation is the summer equivalent of this winter sleeplike stage'

Answer: Hibernation


Question: 'This current chief justice served as a law clerk to Justice Robert H. Jackson'

Answer: William Rehnquist


Question: 'You'll find this country's major airports in Varna, Burgas & Sofia'

Answer: Bulgaria


Question: 'This prince stabs King Claudius with a poisoned rapier'

Answer: Hamlet


Question: 'Jean Nicolet was the first European to see these straits that connect Lake Huron & Lake Michigan'

Answer: Straits of Mackinac


Question: 'Last name of Maria & Marjorie, Fairfax, Oklahoma-born ballerinas'

Answer: Tallchief


Question: 'In most cud-chewing animals, this is made up of the reticulum, rumen, omasum & abomasum'

Answer: Stomach


Question: 'This "Great Dissenter" was class poet for the Harvard class of 1861'

Answer: Oliver Wendell Holmes


Question: 'The inhabitants of this country are known as Burkinabe'

Answer: Burkina Faso


Question: 'Settings for this play include an open place by the seaside in Pentapolis & the palace in Tyre'

Answer: Pericles, Prince of Tyre


Question: 'John Speke died just before he was to debate this former exploring partner on the source of the Nile'

Answer: Sir Richard Burton


Question: '"Dancing on My Grave" & "The Shape of Love" are autobiographical works by this New York City ballet dancer'

Answer: Gelsey Kirkland


Question: 'Reaching over 2 feet long, the hellbender is a large one of these tailed amphibians'

Answer: salamander


Question: 'This one-time pro football player was JFK's first nominee to the court'

Answer: Byron "Whizzer" White


Question: 'Sugarcane is the chief crop of this country, once known as British Honduras'

Answer: Belize


Question: 'Character who says "Speak of me as one that love not wisely, but too well"'

Answer: Othello


Question: 'From 1979 to 1986, he was dean of the college of business administration at the University of Northern Iowa'

Answer: Robert James Waller (\"The Bridges of Madison County\")


Question: 'Squealer, this type of "Animal Farm" animal, gets so fat he can barely see'

Answer: pig


Question: 'In this 2002 film Jack Nicholson plays a retired actuary for the Woodmen of the World Insurance Company of Omaha'

Answer: About Schmidt


Question: 'In some courses these are replaced by a pass-fail system'

Answer: grades


Question: 'The serpent told her, "Ye shall not surely die" & "Ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil"'

Answer: Eve


Question: 'It means of, near, or affecting the heart'

Answer: cardiac


Question: 'A first name for girls, it's also a burger without the bun'

Answer: Patty


Question: 'Karait is a little one of these killed by Rikki-Tikki-Tavi'

Answer: snake


Question: 'Debra Winger dated governor Bob Kerrey while in Nebraska filming this 1983 tearjerker with Shirley MacLaine'

Answer: Terms of Endearment


Question: 'Parental permission slips may be required for these excursions to museums & such'

Answer: field trips


Question: 'When Samson wouldn't tell her the source of his strength, she said, "Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies"'

Answer: Delilah


Question: 'Oui! Oui!  The neighbors on "Knots Landing" lived on this type of street'

Answer: cul-de-sac


Question: 'It's our equivalent of a German U-boat'

Answer: submarine


Question: 'Dinah, the name of a real cat that belonged to the Liddell children, is the cat of this fictional girl'

Answer: Alice (of "Alice in Wonderland")


Question: 'Spencer Tracy gave his Best Actor Oscar for this 1938 film set in Nebraska to Father Edward J. Flanagan'

Answer: Boys Town


Question: 'If "Tess" author Thomas was late for school he would have gotten this rhyme time epithet'

Answer: tardy Hardy


Question: '2 Samuel says that this wife of David was "very beautiful to look upon"'

Answer: Bathsheba


Question: 'The irritability & crying caused by this condition in infants can last up to 12 hours'

Answer: colic


Question: 'Forever, or a fragrance by Calvin Klein'

Answer: Eternity


Question: 'An underpaid teacher, this Washington Irving character rides the half-blind, broken-down horse Gunpowder'

Answer: Ichabod Crane


Question: 'Hilary Swank won an Oscar for playing a girl who lives as a guy in small-town Nebraska in this 1999 film'

Answer: Boys Don\'t Cry


Question: 'This "quick" recruiting drive by a frat house or sorority for pledges may last a week'

Answer: rush


Question: 'The resurrected Jesus first appeared to this woman "out of whom he had cast seven devils"'

Answer: Mary Magdalene


Question: 'Adjective that describes a chemical such as lye that can burn or eat away another substance'

Answer: caustic


Question: 'It's what the "Z" stands for in zip code'

Answer: Zone (Zone Improvement Program)


Question: 'Blake asks, "And was" this holy animal "of God on England's pleasant pastures seen?"'

Answer: lamb


Question: 'This "I Am Sam" actor's directing debut was 1991's "The Indian Runner", filmed in Omaha & Plattsmouth'

Answer: Sean Penn


Question: 'More important than a term paper, it's a lengthy essay written by a doctoral candidate'

Answer: thesis/dissertation


Question: 'After her husband died, she & her mother-in-law Naomi moved to Bethlehem'

Answer: Ruth


Question: 'Courvoisier is one of the world's leading makers of this potent potable'

Answer: cognac


Question: 'Without this "effect", the average temperature on Earth would be about 0 degrees'

Answer: greenhouse effect


Question: 'Not exactly the B&O, this type of transportation system runs only 950 yards in Vatican City'

Answer: train/railroad


Question: '"Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It"'

Answer: Mae West


Question: 'This man brought his Wild West show, created in 1883, to Madison Square Garden'

Answer: Buffalo Bill Cody


Question: 'Before 1900, Otto Lilienthal had invented one of these engineless airplanes with arched wings like a bird's'

Answer: glider


Question: 'Stanley is the capital of these islands that were a bone of contention between the U.K. & Argentina'

Answer: Falkland Islands (or Malvinas)


Question: 'A raised open platform at the stern of a ship'

Answer: poop deck


Question: 'In 1995 Vatican City issued a stamp honoring this radio pioneer who established the Holy See's Vatican station in 1931'

Answer: Guglielmo Marconi


Question: '"Confessions of a Dangerous Mind"'

Answer: Chuck Barris


Question: 'At the Minnesota State Fair in 1901 this vice president gave his "Speak Softly-Big Stick" speech'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'East German swimmer Kristin Otto won an unprecedented 6 Olympic gold medals at the 1988 games in this city'

Answer: Seoul


Question: 'This South American lake is 110 miles long, 45 miles wide & drains into Lake Poopo'

Answer: Lake Titicaca


Question: 'Tigger makes his first appearance in the 1928 book about "The House at" this location'

Answer: Pooh Corner


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Vatican City)  Popes entombed here at St. Peter's include this WWII pope, who may be headed for sainthood'

Answer: Pope Pius XII


Question: '"Hi-Ho Steverino!"'

Answer: Steve Allen


Question: 'A saloon in Kiowa, Kansas became the first target in her many attacks on liquor establishments'

Answer: Carrie Nation


Question: 'Otto Hahn & Fritz Strassman discovered this atom-splitting process in 1938'

Answer: nuclear fission


Question: 'The city of Fukui, on this largest of Japan's islands, was devastated by an earthquake in 1948'

Answer: Honshu


Question: 'Steinbeck's Charley was one'

Answer: poodle


Question: 'This site of the Vatican Observatory & the Pope's summer home lies outside the city walls'

Answer: Castel Gandolfo


Question: '"Papa John"'

Answer: John Phillips (of The Mamas and the Papas)


Question: 'In 1904 this act was first applied to dissolve the Northern Securities Co., which was formed by a big merger'

Answer: Sherman Antitrust Act


Question: 'In 1654 Otto von Guericke showed it was nearly impossible to pull 2 hemispheres apart with one of these inside'

Answer: vacuum


Question: 'Vivat this city, the capital of Saskatchewan'

Answer: Regina


Question: 'An impish spirit of Irish folklore; Harvey was a famous one'

Answer: pooka


Question: 'In this 1929 treaty the Pope gave up all claim to the Papal States & Italy agreed to Vatican City's independence'

Answer: Lateran Treaty


Question: '"The Ragman's Son"'

Answer: Kirk Douglas


Question: 'On May 21, 1900 Russia found this area a good "candidate" for annexation'

Answer: Manchuria


Question: 'He's the late 19th century "Man of Iron" seen here'

Answer: Otto von Bismarck


Question: 'Port of Spain is the capital of this island republic that's a bit smaller than Delaware'

Answer: Trinidad & Tobago


Question: 'Grand guy who was the "Lord High Everything Else" in "The Mikado"'

Answer: Poobah


Question: 'He turned down an appointment as a U.S. senator in 1875 because it meant accepting a pardon for treason'

Answer: Jefferson Davis


Question: 'Part of a major purchase, this state entered the Union April 30, 1812'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'The Bible tells us "The price of wisdom is above" these red gems, July's birthstone'

Answer: Rubies


Question: 'To breathe in, unlike Mr. Clinton'

Answer: Inhale


Question: 'A November 1999 meeting of this body abbreviated the WTO was hampered by thousands of protests'

Answer: World Trade Organization


Question: 'The student newspaper of this D.C. university is the GW Hatchet'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'The Beastie Boys opened for her during the 1985 Virgin Tour'

Answer: Madonna


Question: 'Some sources say she died in 1812, but a woman who died in 1884 claimed to be this Indian guide'

Answer: Sacajawea


Question: 'This sea-colored March birthstone is said to cure laziness, but I'm too tired to go out & buy one'

Answer: Aquamarine


Question: 'An alphabetical reference list'

Answer: Index


Question: 'In 1988 this country's bicentennial celebration was protested by Aborigines as a "day of mourning"'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Green Mountain College is located in Poultney in this state'

Answer: Vermont


Question: '"Forget About Dre" is by Dr. Dre (natch) & featuring this rapper also known as Slim Shady'

Answer: Eminem


Question: 'In 1812 Czar Alexander I made this city capital of Finland'

Answer: Helsinki


Question: 'At 563 carats, the Star of India, a blue one of these September birthstones, is a bit large for a pinky ring'

Answer: Sapphire


Question: 'One life in a series of lives'

Answer: Incarnation


Question: 'In a 1985 protest against apartheid, many countries banned the import of Krugerrands, gold coins from this country'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'An old oaken bucket goes to the winner of an annual football game between Purdue & this cross-state rival'

Answer: Indiana


Question: 'This group was "Headin' down the Atlanta Highway...headin' on down to the Love Shack"'

Answer: The B-52\'s


Question: 'He wrote his 7th & 8th Symphonies & that famous "Immortal Beloved" letter in 1812'

Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven


Question: 'People born in the purple love wearing this purple gem, February's birthstone'

Answer: Amethyst


Question: 'Like the Pope, not capable of error in matters of doctrine or dogma'

Answer: Infallible


Question: 'Founding members of this 1960s group are seen here'

Answer: Black Panthers


Question: 'Angie Anderson & Carrie MacDonald are the first women to wear the Hawkeye mascot costume of this university'

Answer: Iowa


Question: '(Hello, we're the Dixie Chicks)  Our song "Ready to Run" was on the soundtrack of this movie with Richard Gere & Julia Roberts'

Answer: Runaway Bride


Question: 'Georges Cuvier in 1812 gave this name to the creature seen here'

Answer: Pterodactyl


Question: 'The "Imperial" type of this November birthstone is highly prized for its golden hues'

Answer: Topaz


Question: '"Picnic" won him a Pulitzer in 1953'

Answer: William Inge


Question: 'Anti-war protests at the 1968 Democratic Convention in this city led to a bloody police crackdown'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'Scripps & Harvey Mudd are part of this consortium of California colleges'

Answer: The Claremont Colleges


Question: 'Salman Rushdie wrote the lyrics to "The Ground Beneath Her Feet", performed by this group'

Answer: U2


Question: 'The radio play "Under Milk Wood" is set in Llareggub in this U.K. country where Thomas was born'

Answer: Wales


Question: 'To some it means everything, but to a tennis player, it means zip, nada, squat'

Answer: Love


Question: 'This country is so huge that it occupies nearly half of South America's land area'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'Proverbial number that can "play at that game"'

Answer: 2


Question: 'Former Royal Ballet dancer Celia Franca founded the National Ballet of this North American country in 1951'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'A common exclamation from this popular TV show is heard here<br />("D'oh!")'

Answer: The Simpsons


Question: 'Dylan may have died as a result of this activity, defined for a male in college as having 5 in a row'

Answer: Binge drinking


Question: 'At Wimbledon 2000 she became only the  second African-American woman to win the singles title'

Answer: Venus Williams


Question: 'It's less than 55 miles from North America to Asia when you cross this strait'

Answer: Bering Strait


Question: 'States in present-day New England'

Answer: 6


Question: 'The comic ballet "Offenbach in the Underworld" features dancers in hats that look like this Parisian tower'

Answer: Eiffel Tower


Question: 'This dramatic musical instrument heard here reached Europe in the 1700s<br />(and a Chuck Barris program later)'

Answer: Gong


Question: 'Thomas addressed the Blitz in "A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in" this city'

Answer: London


Question: '(Hi, I'm Martina Navratilova and the answer is)  In 1973 Billie Jean King & Bobby Riggs played the first "Battle of the Sexes"; I played this "Bad Boy" in 1992's battle'

Answer: Jimmy Connors


Question: 'Poland & Lithuania are among the countries that border this sea'

Answer: Baltic Sea


Question: 'Chambers in your heart'

Answer: 4


Question: 'Nina Ananiashvili toured the U.S. in 2000 as prima ballerina of this Moscow-based ballet company'

Answer: Bolshoi


Question: 'The following sound is regularly heard on this TV show created by Merv Griffin<br />(it's spinning)'

Answer: Wheel of Fortune


Question: 'In "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night", the poet addresses this man'

Answer: His father


Question: 'He has more Grand Slam singles titles than any other man in history'

Answer: Pete Sampras


Question: 'The world's third-largest island, about 3/4 of it belongs to Indonesia'

Answer: Borneo


Question: 'Days of prayer in a novena'

Answer: 9


Question: 'Act 1, Scene 1 of this Balanchine ballet based on this novel is set in La Mancha'

Answer: "Don Quixote"


Question: 'It's the title of the following piece of music <br />(played at military funerals)'

Answer: "Taps"


Question: 'Dylan riffed on one of this author's titles in the book "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog"'

Answer: James Joyce


Question: 'This coveted prize in team tennis was originally known as the International Lawn Tennis Challenge Trophy'

Answer: Davis Cup


Question: 'This Australian city & capital of Queensland was named for a Scottish soldier'

Answer: Brisbane


Question: 'Syllables in a line of standard iambic pentameter'

Answer: 10


Question: '"Lady From the Sea" is adapted from a 19th century play by this Norwegian'

Answer: Henrik Ibsen


Question: 'The long distance-traveling song of one of these animals is heard here'

Answer: Humpback whale


Question: 'As House Majority Whip, he works to get laws passed, though his name sounds like he puts them off'

Answer: Tom DeLay


Question: 'A 1 followed by 9 zeroes is this term in the U.S.; the Brits call that number "a thousand million"'

Answer: a billion


Question: '"I believe the children are our future; teach them well and let them lead the way"'

Answer: Whitney Houston


Question: 'The Wigwam Motels along Route 66 were the basis for the Cozy Cone Motel in this animated flick'

Answer: Cars


Question: 'Belonging to Peter Pan's Ms. Darling'

Answer: Wendy\'s


Question: 'This Las Vegas mogul gestured to a $139 million Picasso he was selling & put his elbow through it'

Answer: (Steve) Wynn


Question: 'You'd find this in the bowl section of the dry Midwest of the 1930s'

Answer: dust


Question: 'For emergencies, the Brits call this number that's 88 higher than the one we use'

Answer: 999


Question: '"The past is gone; it went by like dusk to dawn... Dream on, dream on, dream yourself a dream come true"'

Answer: Aerosmith


Question: 'A lush valley of ranch land in Park County known as South Park can be found in this state'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'Italian pie shack'

Answer: Pizza Hut


Question: 'This Aegean country increased its GDP by including the black market but lost EU aid as it was no longer poor enough'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'To the Chinese, it's a boat; on Wall Street, it's a bond with a low rating'

Answer: junk


Question: 'A U.S. calendar week begins with Sunday; on a British calendar, the week begins with this day'

Answer: Monday


Question: '"Hey now, you're an all star, get your game on... all that glitters is gold; only shooting stars break the mold"'

Answer: Smash Mouth


Question: 'The uninhabited Rose Atoll is part of this 7-island American territory that's part of Polynesia'

Answer: American Samoa


Question:
'11th letter
6th letter
3rd letter'

Answer: KFC


Question: 'Researchers found 2/3 of this company's employees use Google instead of its own MSN Search site'

Answer: Microsoft


Question: 'A great perk of being a presenter at an awards program like the Oscars is getting this assortment of free gifts'

Answer: swag


Question: 'The British don't celebrate this U.S. holiday honoring a 1621 event, but they do have something called St. Swithin's Day'

Answer: Thanksgiving


Question: '"I get knocked down but I get up again; you're never gonna keep me down"'

Answer: Chumbawamba


Question: 'Come face to face with wildlife at the Hiram Blauvelt Museum off this parkway whose name is New Jersey's nickname'

Answer: Garden State


Question: 'Milking facility monarch'

Answer: Dairy Queen


Question: 'An orbiter destined for this planet was lost in 1999 due to confusion between metric & American measurements'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'Trojan warrior who was the son of Telamon, or the powdered cleanser named after him'

Answer: Ajax


Question: 'Great Britain is officially divided into these, like Hampshire & other "shire"s'

Answer: counties


Question: '"Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens... & when you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance"'

Answer: Lee Ann Womack


Question: 'The Norumbega Fault Zone runs from Penobscot Bay in this state through Massachusetts'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'The Tube'

Answer: Subway


Question: 'This country, home to Borat, misspelled the word "bank" on its currency'

Answer: Kazakhstan


Question: 'This was the first inhabited territory of the U.S. that was seized by enemy forces in WWII'

Answer: Guam


Question: 'Explorer Vitus Bering was born in 1681 in Horens in this Scandinavian country'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'As Sonny in this Coppola film, James Caan beats the cannoli out of his no-good brother-in-law'

Answer: The Godfather


Question: 'To assure U.S. food quality, this government body, the FDA, was established as a result of Sinclair's work'

Answer: the Food and Drug Administration


Question: 'Cronkite anchored this network's Evening News from April 16, 1962 to March 6, 1981'

Answer: CBS


Question: 'It means aptitude or ability & can come before "scout"'

Answer: talent


5 PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER BEEN IN MY KITCHEN

Question: 'This New Orleans trumpeter blew some of the first great jazz solos with his Hot Five & Hot Seven combos'

Answer: Louis Armstrong


Question: 'In the 1730s Bering explored the Kuril Islands & the Arctic coast of this vast, freezing Russian region'

Answer: Siberia


Question: 'In this film based on a Stephen King novel, Jimmy uses a statue to dispatch the woman who's been torturing him'

Answer: Misery


Question: 'Sinclair's novel "Oil!" was the basis of this Oscar-winning 2007 film'

Answer: There Will Be Blood


Question: 'Cronkite broke in on a live broadcast of "As the World Turns" to report this 1963 event'

Answer: JFK\'s death (assassination)


Question: 'I ditched school & never found out that this word once also meant a beggar or a vagabond'

Answer: truant


5 PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER BEEN IN MY KITCHEN

Question: 'This Food Network chef who runs Savannah's Lady & Sons has been in her own kitchen plenty, but never in mine'

Answer: (Paula) Dean


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew shows a map of the North Pacific on the monitor.)  In 1740, Bering set out from Okhotsk, Russia, sailing eastward to America; on his return, he sighted many of these Alaskan islands'

Answer: the Aleutians


Question: 'In "The Killer Elite" directed by ths "Wild Bunch" guy, Caan is out for revenge on former buddy Robert Duvall'

Answer: Sam Peckinpah


Question: '10-letter term for the scandal-exposing style of writing employed by Sinclair & others'

Answer: muckraking


Question: 'After Walter called the Vietnam War unwinnable, this man said, "If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost America"'

Answer: Johnson


Question: 'These 11th-13th century poets used a form called "le jeu parti", a verse debate on love'

Answer: troubadours


5 PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER BEEN IN MY KITCHEN

Question: 'Born in 1912, this rocketry genius joined the German Society for Space Travel around 1930'

Answer: Wernher Von Braun


Question: 'In 1703 Bering joined the Russian Navy, newly formed by this czar'

Answer: Peter the Great


Question: 'In "The Way of the Gun", Jimmy pops a righteous cap into kidnappers played by Ryan Phillippe & this "Che" star'

Answer: Benicio del Toro


Question: 'The heroine of Sinclair's 1928 novel "Boston" meets this fellow boarder & through him, his pal Sacco'

Answer: Vanzetti


Question: 'In 1950 this legendary newsman persuaded Walter to leave radio journalism for television'

Answer: (Edward R.) Murrow


Question: '10-letter word for one who holds a late Marxist's theory of permanent revolution'

Answer: a Trotskyite


5 PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER BEEN IN MY KITCHEN

Question: 'This 1st century saint associated with lost causes is also known as Thaddaeus'

Answer: St. Jude


Question: 'On his final voyage, Bering suffered from this deficiency of vitamin C & was unable to maintain command'

Answer: scurvy


Question: 'In this 1999 film, gangster James is sent to carry out a revenge hit on Hugh Grant'

Answer: Mickey Blue Eyes


Question: 'Sinclair resigned from this politial party in 1917 in support of the U.S. entry into World War I'

Answer: the Socialist Party


Question: 'The New York Times praised "Cronkite diplomacy" after Walter helped broker the 1977 summit between these 2 men'

Answer: Begin & Sadat


Question: 'This job can also mean to fashion your actions to the needs of another'

Answer: tailor


5 PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER BEEN IN MY KITCHEN

Question: 'Beating out better-known contenders, she was named Senator from New York in 2009'

Answer: Kirsten Gillibrand


Question: 'It was originally dedicated to a Midwest football team; it's said that Sousa called it the best college song he'd ever heard'

Answer: \"On, Wisconsin!\"


Question: 'By age 13 this Microsoft co-founder had read the entire World Book Encyclopedia through volume P'

Answer: Gates


Question: 'It's the royal composition heard here, my lord'

Answer: "Greensleeves"


Question: 'In 1926 Hormel's innovation was selling its flavor-sealed ham in these containers'

Answer: cans


Question: 'Not much was known about this innermost planet until 1974 when Mariner 10 took some pictures'

Answer: Mercury


Question: 'This industrialist came off the assembly line July 30, 1863'

Answer: Henry Ford


Question: '"Seasonal" quartet in the lyrics of "You've Got A Friend"'

Answer: winter, spring, summer & fall


Question: 'In 2002 he became the first non-black inductee to the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame'

Answer: Clinton


Question: 'Written for the movie "Chasing Rainbows", this hit became a campaign song in 1932'

Answer: "Happy Days Are Here Again"


Question: 'In '71 housewives could stretch a pound of ground beef into a meal for 5 with this new product from General Mills'

Answer: Hamburger Helper


Question: 'This seventh planet from the Sun was the first to be discovered by telescope'

Answer: Uranus


Question: 'Being born July 7, 1940 made him the senior member of the Beatles (& he's older than July-born Mick Jagger, too)'

Answer: Ringo


Question: 'Dressy term for hearts, spades, diamonds or clubs'

Answer: a suit


Question: 'In 1998 he was awarded posthumously a special Pulitzer Prize; his brother Ira won a Pulitzer in 1932'

Answer: George Gershwin


Question: 'A 1972 No. 1 hit, this song would be great hold music for an eye doctor'

Answer: "I Can See Clearly Now"


Question: 'This superpremium ice cream with a fake Danish name was introduced in the 1920s by a man in the Bronx'

Answer: Häagen-Dazs


Question: 'Some scientists want to reclassify this planet as a wayward moon'

Answer: Pluto


Question: 'July 24, 1802 & July 27, 1824 are the birthdays of the pere & fils authors who share this name'

Answer: Alexandre Dumas


Question: '(I'm Tim Brown of the NFL.)  I'm the only Raider to ever score a touchdown in all 4 of these ways'

Answer: rushing, pass receiving, punt return & kickoff return


Question: 'A statue of this man assassinated in 1935 represents Louisiana in National Statuary Hall'

Answer: Huey Long


Question: 'It's this Russian composer's Piano Concerto No. 1 you're listening to here'

Answer: Tchaikovsky


Question: 'This new brand of solid hydrogenated vegetable shortening was introduced in 1911'

Answer: Crisco


Question: 'The root of this planet's name means "god-father"'

Answer: Jupiter


Question: 'Born alone July 12, 1895, he later partnered with Jerome Kern & Richard Rogers'

Answer: Hammerstein


Question: 'To complete a foursome, mathematician Herman Minkowski added this to length, width & height'

Answer: time


Question: 'His newspaper column "On the Right" is syndicated to more than 300 papers'

Answer: William F. Buckley, Jr.


Question: 'The thrill of an expected return is recounted in this favorite'

Answer: "When Johnny Comes Marching Home"


Question: 'In 1940 this company acquired the name Hungry Jack for pancake flour'

Answer: Pillsbury


Question: 'This Italian sonneteer who wrote poems to Laura was born in July 1304'

Answer: Petrarch


Question: 'In the organizational logo seen here, the 4 words that the letters in the clover stand for'

Answer: head, heart, health & hands


Question: 'Reagan wrote that his first day in the Oval Office felt pretty much like this old job of his'

Answer: governor of California


Question: 'After Stockholm hosted these in 1912, Sweden's Hugo Wieslander was awarded a disputed gold in the decathlon'

Answer: the Summer Olympics


Question: 'A discount is deducted from the price before purchase; this is money sent to the buyer after the purchase'

Answer: a rebate


Question: 'John Donne tells death this because "One short sleep past, we wake eternally"'

Answer: be not proud


Question: 'Visit the boardwalk & ride the over 80-year-old Wonder Wheel at this nostalgic amusement resort'

Answer: Coney Island


Question: 'As a noun, it can mean a series of objects; as a verb, to propel a boat with oars'

Answer: row


Question: 'In 1954 Reagan began hosting a TV show for this company & making speeches to its workers'

Answer: General Electric


Question: ''60s summers seemed oh, so romantic when we danced to this theme heard here'

Answer: the "Theme From A Summer Place"


Question: 'The phrase "Ask no" this "and give none" refers to mercy, not a coin'

Answer: quarter


Question: 'This New York neighborhood is home to the National Black Theater as well as the famed Apollo'

Answer: Harlem


Question: 'It'll probably take more than a buck to buy a jumbuck, an Australian term for one of these animals'

Answer: a sheep


Question: 'Like George W. Bush, Reagan sought peace at this type of property, called Del Cielo or "in the sky"'

Answer: a ranch


Question: 'Sebastian Venable's summer fun was no picnic; in fact, he became a picnic in this one-act Tennessee Williams play'

Answer: Suddenly, Last Summer


Question: 'Collective term for the "costs" involved in transferring real estate from a seller to a buyer'

Answer: closing costs


Question: 'King Lear says of the dead Cordelia, "Thou'lt come no more," this, this, this, this, this'

Answer: never


Question: 'Built in 1902, this distinctive-looking building is one of New York's oldest & most famous skyscrapers'

Answer: the Flatiron Building


Question: 'The Latin words for "moving" & "place" are combined to form this word for a self-propelled railroad vehicle'

Answer: a locomotive


Question: 'The first of Reagan's several historic meetings with this man came in Geneva in 1985'

Answer: Gorbachev


Question: 'Cowabunga!  2 surfers travel the world looking for the perfect wave in this 1966 documentary'

Answer: Endless Summer


Question: 'Business people shouldn't infringe on patents, trademarks or these, covered by a 1952 universal convention'

Answer: copyrights


Question: 'Winston Churchill told inquiring reporters, "I think" this 2-word phrase "is a splendid expression"'

Answer: no comment


Question: 'Popular name for the area along Seventh Avenue, south of 42nd Street, with stores full of notions & fabrics'

Answer: the Garment District


Question: 'Meaning crudely indecent, it refers to the every day form of Latin spoken by the ancient Romans'

Answer: vulgar


Question: 'Reagan called this 1942 film in which he played an amputee the best one he ever made'

Answer: Kings Row


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Caffe Florian in Venice, Italy.)  It was right here at Caffe Florian in Venice where Katharine Hepburn met Rosanno Brazzi in this classic 1955 film'

Answer: Summertime


Question: 'When businesses restructure following a bankruptcy they use this section of U.S. federal code'

Answer: Chapter 11


Question: 'F. Scott Fitzgerald theatrically observed, "There are no" these "in American lives"'

Answer: second acts


Question: 'You don't have to be a monk to visit this branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art that's devoted to Medieval art'

Answer: the Cloisters


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew fences with Cheryl of the Clue Crew.)  The name of this answering attack also refers to a quick verbal response'

Answer: riposte


Question: 'Born in January 1919, the month Teddy Roosevelt died, he was given the middle name Roosevelt'

Answer: Jackie Robinson


Question: 'Martha Stewart's favorite recipe for this sandwich includes light mayo & uses 10 whites & only 2 yolks'

Answer: an egg salad sandwich


Question: 'Elvis wasn't "crying all the time", having a dual-sided No. 1 hit with "Don't Be Cruel" & this song'

Answer: "(You Ain\'t Nothin\' But A) Hound Dog"


Question: 'This instrument, in its simplest form a tube with mirrors, enables the sub crew to see above the surface of the water'

Answer: a periscope


Question: 'Mistress of the Robes is the title of this woman's chief lady-in-waiting'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth


Question: 'Roald Dahl's Augustus Gloop gets his just des(s)erts when he falls into a river of this trying to drink it'

Answer: chocolate


Question: 'In 2008 a 6'3", 9,033-pound ball was made using 726,500 of these stretchable office items'

Answer: rubber bands


Question: 'Kraft informs us that Americans eat 2.2 billion of these cooked sandwiches a year'

Answer: grilled cheese