Question: 'Stroget in this largest Danish city is Europe's longest street given over to pedestrians'

Answer: Copenhagen


Question: 'Keep bad men outside with this, defined as a bolt operated by key or knob without spring action'

Answer: deadbolt


Question: 'Born Oct. 9, 1975, on his father's 35th birthday, he has the middle name Ono'

Answer: Sean Lennon


Question: 'Hans Christian Andersen's "The Nightingale" sang its sweet melodies for the emperor of this country'

Answer: China


Question: 'This small woodwind is known for its high pitch, & its name is Italian for "small"'

Answer: piccolo


Question: 'It's also called a lightning bug'

Answer: firefly


Question: 'The Palazzo del Diamanti, whose name means this palace, stands in the Italian city of Ferrara'

Answer: diamond


Question: 'Get ready for summer by putting in these, generally made of either aluminum or fiberglass'

Answer: screens


Question: 'John McEnroe's middle name, it's the first name of his brother, also a Davis Cup captain'

Answer: Patrick


Question: 'In "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", 4 siblings rule this land from the throne at Cair Paravel'

Answer: Narnia


Question: 'He wrote several anthems, including "The King Shall Rejoice", for the coronation of England's King George II'

Answer: George Frideric Handel


Question: 'A safety exercise to quickly evacuate a building'

Answer: fire drill


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew in London)  First, look right when crossing a London street or you may end up on someone's hood, which the British call this'

Answer: bonnet


Question: 'It's the somewhat ominous name for the device that dispenses caulk'

Answer: caulk gun


Question: 'Bill Cosby's middle name is this name of 8 English kings'

Answer: Henry


Question: 'In an 1883 fantasy by Carlo Collodi, Mr. Cherry, a carpenter, gives a piece of talking wood to this old man'

Answer: Geppetto


Question: 'Rachmaninoff rhapsodized over this Italian violinist, & Franz Lehar wrote an operetta about him'

Answer: Niccolo Paganini


Question: 'In wartime, a fierce episode of combat'

Answer: firefight


Question: 'This Paris palace was destroyed by Communards in 1871, but the gardens of the same name are still around'

Answer: Tuileries


Question: 'For emergencies, you can pick up this illuminating product introduced in 1979 by Anthony Maglica's company'

Answer: Maglite


Question: 'Sean Combs' middle name, it's on his clothing line'

Answer: John


Question: 'Long John Silver was the mutinous cook aboard this "Treasure Island" ship that shares its name with a Caribbean island'

Answer: Hispaniola


Question: 'It's a flourish of trumpets or an orchestral passage featuring brass; Copland wrote one "for the Common Man"'

Answer: Fanfare


Question: 'Inspiring a nation, FDR began these radio "chats" within days of his first inauguration'

Answer: Fireside Chats


Question: 'A cliff above a dangerous part of the Rhine, or a siren said to lure boatmen to their doom there'

Answer: Lorelei


Question: 'If you bring home a Lux programmable one of these, you'll find it pre-programmed to save energy'

Answer: thermostat


Question: 'Holly Combs' middle name, it's familiar to fans of her series "Charmed"'

Answer: Marie


Question: 'On his third voyage, Gulliver encountered this floating island populated by philosophers'

Answer: Laputa


Question: 'The British often call this "fractional" note a semiquaver'

Answer: sixteenth note


Question: 'From the Middle English, it's a strong or aggressive personality who encourages unrest'

Answer: firebrand


Question: 'Of Advertising Age's Top 10 Advertising Icons of the 20th Century, one of the 3 that are animals'

Answer: Elsie the Cow, the Energizer Bunny or Tony the Tiger


Question: 'An average Dutch person has twee en dertig, 32, of these, tanden'

Answer: teeth


Question: 'The elevated tracks of the "People Mover" move people around this American "Motor City"'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'His original name was Carl Adolf Von Sydow'

Answer: Max Von Sydow


Question: 'A potato famine during the 1840s caused this island's population to decline by about 2 million'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'The Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto features a pair of black silk socks worn by this emperor on St. Helena'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: '(Big white "H" on a blue background)'

Answer: Hospital


Question: 'A German woman may pluck these, her augenbrauen'

Answer: eyebrows


Question: 'Kanmon Tunnel, the world's first under an ocean, connects the island of Kyushu with this island'

Answer: Honshu


Question: 'Before he played "Dirty Harry", he made a name for himself as the "Man With No Name" in Sergio Leone westerns'

Answer: Clint Eastwood


Question: 'The Treaty of Versailles ended this war & set up the League of Nations'

Answer: World War I


Question: 'It's Spain's national museum of painting & sculpture'

Answer: The Prado


Question: '(Giant marsupial with a pouch in the middle of a yellow sign)'

Answer: "Careful -  Kangaroo Crossing"


Question: 'If a Japanese isha (doctor) asks you to stick out your shita, he means this'

Answer: tongue


Question: 'An "underground city" connects the subway with downtown offices & shopping in this largest Quebec city'

Answer: Montreal


Question: 'He played Michael Corleone in all 3 of Francis Ford Coppola's "Godfather" films'

Answer: Al Pacino


Question: 'Hernando Cortes conquered the Aztecs & Francisco Pizarro conquered this Indian empire'

Answer: Incan


Question: 'The National Museum of American History is just one part of this Washington, D.C. institution'

Answer: Smithsonian


Question: '(White rectangle in middle of a red dot)'

Answer: "No Entrance"


Question: 'This body part is as plain as a burun on a Turk's yuz, his face'

Answer: nose


Question: 'It's a chair carried on poles by porters, or a car with 4 doors'

Answer: sedan


Question: 'This star of "Schindler's List" used to drive a forklift in Belfast'

Answer: Liam Neeson


Question: 'By the end of his reign in 1786, Frederick the Great doubled this kingdom's area'

Answer: Prussia


Question: 'The Museo Numismatico in Lima contains coins from this country from colonial times to the present'

Answer: Peru


Question: '(Table symbol on a brown square)'

Answer: "Picnic Area"


Question: 'To get to the heart of the matter, it's Spanish for "heart"'

Answer: Corazon


Question: 'This consortium of European aircraft makers is headquartered near Toulouse, France'

Answer: Airbus


Question: 'In her 1997 autobiography, she writes of her mariage at age 21 to Frank Sinatra, who was 50'

Answer: Mia Farrow


Question: 'In 1977 this Ugandan leader survived at least one assassination attempt & 2 attempted coups'

Answer: Idi Amin


Question: 'The setting for "Hamlet", Kronberg Castle in this Danish town now houses a maritime museum'

Answer: Helsingborg


Question: '(Pair of up & down arrows above drawings of man & woman, on a blue square)'

Answer: Elevator


Question: 'In December 1995 Venezuela devalued by 41% this currency named for its liberator'

Answer: Bolivar


Question: 'The "blue" branch of this river rises in the Ethiopian highlands'

Answer: Nile


Question: 'This American wrote "Rhapsody in Blue" in 1924 & "Second Rhapsody" in 1931'

Answer: George Gershwin


Question: 'At the opening ceremony, athletes from this country march into the stadium first'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'Skiers in late spring might thank Ukichiro Nakaya, who pioneered the artificial creation of this'

Answer: snow


Question: 'His "Voyages Extraordinaires" include one "From the Earth to the Moon" & one "To the Center of the Earth"'

Answer: Jules Verne


Question: 'The aluminum & bronze schilling coin of this country is equivalent to 100 groschen'

Answer: Austria


Question: 'Pas de Calais is the French name for this strait between France & England'

Answer: Strait of Dover


Question: 'His father Leopold called him "The miracle which God let be born in Salzburg"'

Answer: W.A. Mozart


Question: 'A little birdie told us that in 1996 Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen of Denmark won the gold in this racket sport'

Answer: badminton


Question: 'A branch of geology studies these ice masses, which formed the Svealand area where we're taping "Jeopardy!"'

Answer: glaciers


Question: 'She met poet Percy in the spring of 1814, eloped to France with him in July & married him in 1816'

Answer: Mary Shelley


Question: 'This country's 1996 2-dollar coin features Queen Elizabeth on one side & a polar bear on the other'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'Albania lies on the eastern shore of this sea, an arm of the Mediterranean'

Answer: Adriatic


Question: 'This Norwegian "Peer Gynt Suite" composer married his first cousin, singer Nina Hagerup, in 1867'

Answer: Edward Grieg


Question: 'Bob Mathias & Daley Thompson are the only men to win this 10-event track & field contest twice'

Answer: decathlon


Question: 'In one of these areas, the tops of the trees are collectively called the canopy'

Answer: rain forest


Question: 'This author of "The Son of the Wolf" & "The Sea-Wolf" called his home "Wolf House"'

Answer: Jack London


Question: 'It takes about 22,500 of these Belarussian monetary units to equal 1 American dollar'

Answer: rubles


Question: 'Lake Toba on Sumatra is this country's largest lake'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'This German Baroque composer wrote his "Hunt Cantata" for the birthday of the Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels'

Answer: J.S. Bach


Question: 'The Soviet Union & this country have won more gold medals in ice hockey than any others'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'In the physics of sound or on the ocean, it's the distance from crest to crest'

Answer: wavelength


Question: 'He began writing the "Aeneid" around 29 B.C. & it was still unfinished at his death in 19 B.C.'

Answer: Virgil


Question: 'The monetary systems of Nepal & India use this basic unit'

Answer: rupee


Question: 'The Dnestr & Vistula rivers rise in these mountains'

Answer: Carpathians


Question: 'He composed his "Moravian Duets" before he moved to the U.S. & wrote his "New World Symphony"'

Answer: Antonin Dvorak


Question: 'With 6 medals, this Russian gymnast was the most decorated athlete of the Atlanta games'

Answer: Alexi Nemov


Question: 'These theorized subatomic particles take their name from James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake"'

Answer: quarks


Question: 'This creator of Tevye the Dairyman is known as the Jewish Mark Twain'

Answer: Sholom Aleichem


Question: 'His grandson was the cinematographer of "Barbarella" & "The Spy Who Loved Me"'

Answer: Pierre Auguste Renoir


Question: 'Date on which the U.S. celebrated its bicentennial'

Answer: July 4, 1976


Question: 'Projects of the giant Bechtel group include the BART system & the Bay Bridge in this city where it's based'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'In an early sequence of this film, Harrison Ford is chased by an enormous rolling boulder'

Answer: Raiders of the Lost Ark


Question: 'The James Joyce Cultural Centre in this Irish capital includes a library & a reading room'

Answer: Dublin


Question: 'Normally this activity is harmless, but make sure the person doesn't fall down the stairs'

Answer: Sleepwalking


Question: 'On Wall Street, it's one unit of stock'

Answer: Share


Question: 'Hearings to determine whether this president should be impeached began May 9, 1974'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: 'As an alternative to Starbucks, Lipton opened an establishment of this type in southern California in 1996'

Answer: Tea salon


Question: 'This film, Henry Fonda's last, was based on a play that initially had only 126 performances on Broadway'

Answer: On Golden Pond


Question: 'Palisades Interstate Park lies in both New York & this state'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'Observation & brain-wave studies suggest cats have these, perhaps about imaginary enemies'

Answer: Dreams


Question: 'It's another term for stenography'

Answer: Shorthand


Question: 'This hillbilly comic strip by Al Capp made its debut in newspapers in August 1934'

Answer: "Li\'l Abner"


Question: 'In 1997 she bought her own Lifestyles magazine & TV show from Time, Inc.'

Answer: Martha Stewart


Question: 'Vangelis won an Oscar for best score for this film about sprinters Eric Liddell & Harold Abrahams'

Answer: Chariots of Fire


Question: 'You can visit this outlaw's boyhood home in Kearney, Mo. & the home where he was killed in St. Joseph'

Answer: Jesse James


Question: 'In 1989 N.Y. State shortened the sleep-depriving shifts of these doctors in training'

Answer: Interns/residents


Question: 'Resembling a large scarf, this garment, when folded in a triangle, may be worn in place of a sweater'

Answer: Shawl


Question: 'This service academy moved to its permanent site near Colorado Springs in 1958'

Answer: U.S. Air Force Academy


Question: 'Known as D&B, this corporation markets Moody's bond ratings & Nielsen's TV ratings'

Answer: Dun & Bradstreet


Question: 'This film developed a cult following with theater patrons carrying wire hangers to the screenings'

Answer: Mommie Dearest


Question: 'Frommer's walking tour of this capital suggests visits to Ibsen's apartment & Munch's tomb'

Answer: Oslo, Norway


Question: 'Sleep apnea, in which this stops briefly during the night, can cause daytime sleepiness'

Answer: Breathing


Question: 'Slate is commonly formed by the metamorphism of this rock'

Answer: Shale


Question: 'In March 1951 Morton Sobell was found guilty of espionage, along with this couple'

Answer: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg


Question: 'Under this name from 1899 to 1970, what's now Chiquita Brands dominated the Central American banana trade'

Answer: United Fruit Company


Question: 'In this Warren Beatty film about John Reed, Alexander Kerensky was played by one of his descendants'

Answer: Reds


Question: 'In this city you can purchase a ticket allowing visits to 7 museums, including the Palazzo Vecchio'

Answer: Florence


Question: 'From Latin for "about a day", it's the term for one's rhythm of sleeping & waking'

Answer: Circadian rhythms


Question: 'Tecumseh was chief of this Indian tribe'

Answer: Shawnee


Question: 'This largest Michigan city was state capital for 10 years, before it was replaced by Lansing'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'In Cuba there are 2 main types of this spirit: Carta Blanca (white label) or Carta Oro (gold label)'

Answer: Rum


Question: 'A knife cut to his cheek gave this Chicago gangster the nickname "Scarface"'

Answer: Al Capone


Question: 'This daughter of Johnny Cash had a desk job at Columbia Records before she became one of the label's stars'

Answer: Rosanne Cash


Question: 'The larvae & wingless females of these beetle species are called glowworms'

Answer: Fireflies


Question: '"Marooned!" would have been an appropriate title for this first novel by Daniel Defoe'

Answer: "Robinson Crusoe"


Question: 'Washington-on-the-Brazos, where this state declared its independence from Mexico, was capital 1842-45'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'They're the 2 main ingredients in the original martini'

Answer: Gin & vermouth


Question: 'This "Cosmos" host, who also played a role in Mariner & Viking space expeditions, passed away in 1996'

Answer: Carl Sagan


Question: 'In 1979 this little sister of Loretta Lynn became the first country singer to tour China'

Answer: Crystal Gayle


Question: 'The females of this largest living bird take turns sitting on eggs all day & the males take over at night'

Answer: Ostrich


Question: 'This "Ragtime" author's first novel, 1960's "Welcome to Hard Times", was a western'

Answer: E.L. Doctorow


Question: 'In 1786 South Carolina voted to move its capital from this seaport city to Columbia'

Answer: Charleston


Question: 'A popular cocktail made with tequila, orange juice & grenadine, or a hit song by the Eagles'

Answer: Tequila Sunrise


Question: 'His "Castle" at San Simeon included a zoo, an airstrip & a private theater'

Answer: William Randolph Hearst


Question: 'This famous "Junior" called one of his early backup bands The Cheatin' Hearts'

Answer: Hank Williams, Jr.


Question: 'These American salamanders got their name from the mistaken belief that they can bark like dogs'

Answer: Mud puppies


Question: 'His first novel, "Almayer's Folly", is autobiographical, like "Lord Jim"'

Answer: Joseph Conrad


Question: 'This Arizona city was the territorial capital from 1867 to 1877'

Answer: Tucson


Question: 'Unlike most American whiskies, Scotch whisky is made from this grain'

Answer: Barley


Question: 'She reviewed books & worked as a play reader before writing her own plays like "The Children's Hour"'

Answer: Lillian Hellman


Question: 'Bobbie Gentry wrote & recorded "Fancy" in 1970; decades later, this redhead made it a hit again'

Answer: Reba McEntire


Question: 'In Central America the basilisk is sometimes called the Jesus Christ Lizard because it can do this'

Answer: Walk on water


Question: 'His first novel was "The Man Within"; "The Third Man" came later'

Answer: Graham Greene


Question: 'This city, host of the 1982 World's Fair, was Tennessee's capital from 1796 to 1812 & from 1817 to 1819'

Answer: Knoxville


Question: 'It makes a Blue Hawaii blue'

Answer: Curacao


Question: 'He designed magazine covers, theatrical costumes & lithographs, like the one seen here:'

Answer: Erte


Question: 'Dwight Yoakam played a despicable dirtbag named Doyle in this Billy Bob Thornton film'

Answer: Sling Blade


Question: 'Tamarins belong to this family of small New World monkeys'

Answer: Marmosets


Question: 'His first novel, 1984's "Neuromancer", made him a leader of the cyberpunk movement'

Answer: William Gibson


Question: 'The movie "Diner" & TV's "Homicide" are set in this hometown of director-producer Barry Levinson'

Answer: Baltimore


Question: 'On Aug. 2, 2000 this nominee for VP said, "These have been years of prosperity...but little purpose in the White House"'

Answer: Dick Cheney


Question: 'This hit song by Ritchie Valens was originally the B-side of "Donna"'

Answer: La Bamba


Question: 'You may have a lei-over there:<br />            HNL'

Answer: Honolulu


Question: 'On the housefly, these are large, compound & composed of up to 4,000 individual lenses'

Answer: Eyes


Question: 'Tylenol spokeswoman Susan Sullivan is now the uptight mother of this husband to Dharma'

Answer: Greg


Question: 'It's made by bees & is an important food for bears & badgers'

Answer: Honey


Question: 'Accepting his party's nomination, JFK said, "We stand today on the edge of a new" one of these'

Answer: Frontier


Question: 'This region in south-central Spain is the setting for Cervantes' "Don Quixote"'

Answer: La Mancha


Question: 'An hour later you'll want to go back:<br />            PEK'

Answer: Peking/Beijing


Question: 'Like most insects, all flies are divided into 3 parts:  thorax, abdomen & this'

Answer: Head


Question: 'This former MTV personality, seen here, now dispenses political comedy nightly'

Answer: Jon Stewart


Question: 'In the titles of Top 40 hits, it precedes "I Need Your Loving" & "I Love Your Way"'

Answer: Baby


Question: 'This phrase for a "room" where candidates are picked emerged from the 1920 convention that nominated Harding'

Answer: "Smoke-filled" room


Question: 'Bolivia's largest city, it was founded in 1548 on the site of an Inca village'

Answer: La Paz


Question: 'The cream of Bavaria:<br />             MUC'

Answer: Munich


Question: 'Of major insect groups, flies are the only one with just one real pair of these'

Answer: Wings


Question: 'In 2000 this "Seinfeld" co-star briefly returned to series TV playing a private eye'

Answer: Michael Richards


Question: 'In the book of Judges, this type of being tells Gideon, "The Lord is with thee"'

Answer: Angel


Question: 'This 1988 nominee honored his immigrant father's "Abiding faith in the promise of America"'

Answer: Michael Dukakis


Question: 'George Hearn won a 1984 Tony for his role as Albin opposite Gene Barry's Georges in this Broadway musical'

Answer: La Cage Aux Folles


Question: 'Place for endive & sprouts:<br />             BRU'

Answer: Brussels


Question: 'From the Spanish for "little fly", this fly variety has hypodermic mouth parts to pierce skin'

Answer: Mosquito


Question: 'She's been seen on "ET", hosted documentaries on "E!", & is now seen on "Extra": [video clue]'

Answer: Leeza Gibbons


Question: 'The most popular endearment among members of the gourd family, beating out "melon" & "squash"'

Answer: Pumpkin


Question: 'Ford was "The first incumbent president since" this Republican who could say "'America is at peace'"'

Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower


Question: 'Before he was elected mayor of New York City in 1933, he served 14 years in the U.S. House of Representatives'

Answer: Fiorello LaGuardia


Question: 'Same city:<br />LHR or LGW'

Answer: London


Question: 'These large, speedy biting flies with an animal name are also known as gadflies & greenheads'

Answer: Horseflies


Question: 'This late Oscar winner's '50s show was originally titled "A Letter To Loretta"'

Answer: Loretta Young


Question: 'Collusion between management & union officials may result in this type of "deal" or "contract"'

Answer: Sweetheart


Question: 'When a critter is said to be a Maltese, it's often a white one of these animals'

Answer: Dog


Question: 'Not surprisingly her website lists as one of her favorite actresses her sister Ashley'

Answer: Wynonna Judd


Question: 'Call Ishmael the narrator of this 19th century novel'

Answer: Moby Dick


Question: 'Washington's Sacajawea State Park is located on the site where this expedition camped in 1805'

Answer: Lewis & Clark


Question: 'Lepke Buchalter of Murder, Inc. is credited with first using this 3-letter word for an arranged killing'

Answer: Hit


Question: 'You can do this to present a toast or offer marriage'

Answer: Propose


Question: 'Charles V, who held this "Holy" title, granted Malta to the Knights of St. John in 1530'

Answer: Holy Roman Emperor


Question: 'There must have been some "Achy Breaky Hearts" when his ponytail was auctioned off for charity'

Answer: Billy Ray Cyrus


Question: 'Margaret has big questions for the big guy in this Judy Blume favorite'

Answer: Are You There God?  It\'s Me, Margaret


Question: 'Custer State Park in South Dakota has one of the world's largest free-roaming herds of these'

Answer: Buffalo/bison


Question: 'Profession of Mary Kay Letourneau, jailed in 1997 for an affair with a 13-year-old'

Answer: Schoolteacher


Question: 'Your nose, from the Latin for "to feed"'

Answer: Proboscis


Question: 'The whole island of Malta was awarded the George Cross for bravery & heroism during this war'

Answer: World War II


Question: 'This "Gambler" recently hit the jackpot with "Buy Me A Rose", his first chart-topper in 13 years'

Answer: Kenny Rogers


Question: 'Meursault, whose mother might have died today, narrates this work'

Answer: The Stranger


Question: 'A New Mexico state park named for this bandit lies on the site of his raid into U.S. territory in 1916'

Answer: Pancho Villa


Question: 'This larcenous family that included brothers Ike & Billy went up against the Earps at the O.K. Corral'

Answer: Clanton


Question: 'He had a happy homecoming in Luke 15: 11-32'

Answer: The Prodigal Son


Question: 'Pressure from this admiral drove Napoleon & his forces from Malta in 1800'

Answer: Admiral Nelson


Question: 'In 2000 these 2 lovebirds sizzled on their "Soul2Soul" tour'

Answer: Tim McGraw & Faith Hill


Question: 'William Styron opted for Stingo to narrate this novel'

Answer: Sophie\'s Choice


Question: 'Visitors to Crater of Diamonds State Park in this state may keep any precious or semiprecious stones they find'

Answer: Arkansas


Question: 'Real-life thief Henri Charriere was played by Steve McQueen in this film set on Devil's Island'

Answer: Papillon


Question: 'Mel Brooks won a Best Screenplay Oscar for this 1968 comedy'

Answer: The Producers


Question: 'In the first century A.D., this important Christian leader was shipwrecked on Malta for 3 months'

Answer: Paul


Question: 'In 1997 this singer, seen here, took off with a CMA Award for her "455 Rocket" music video'

Answer: Kathy Mattea


Question: 'Jim Burden reminisces about his Nebraska childhood & a certain Bohemian farm girl in this Cather classic'

Answer: My Antonia


Question: 'This 1930's radio personality, seen here, was pastor of the Shrine of the Little Flower in Royal Oak, Michigan'

Answer: Father Charles Coughlin


Question: 'The trade name for the drug fluoxetine, or Elizabeth Wurtzel's "nation"'

Answer: Prozac


Question: '"The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T" in 1953 was the 1st live-action feature film from this author's works; a 2nd was released in 2000'

Answer: Dr. Seuss


Question: 'Christmas trees originated in Germany; they stood for the garden of Eden & so were hung with this fruit'

Answer: apples


Question: 'Catholic and co-ed, this university has a noted law school'

Answer: Notre Dame


Question: 'We're on this kind of a tight budget, so we're serving the long, skinny potatoes of the same name'

Answer: shoestring


Question: 'The October 1871 fire in this U.S. city burned more than 17,000 buildings & claimed 250 lives'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'He was the first African-American Secretary of State'

Answer: Colin Powell


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew stands on a catwalk in a storeroom.) The first Macy's parade in 1924 included live bears--they scared the children, so in 1927 balloon animals debuted, including this silent cartoon cat'

Answer: Felix the Cat


Question: 'Before we kissed under it, ancient Europeans believed this plant held magic powers to bestow life & fertility'

Answer: mistletoe


Question: 'A football powerhouse, it's also famous for its archaeology museum'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'My Chantilly potatoes are richer than I am; they're made with the heavy type of this'

Answer: cream


Question: 'This 1969 Vonnegut work takes place in part during the firebombing of Dresden'

Answer: Slaughterhouse-Five


Question: '2-word term for a soft pad used to apply makeup'

Answer: powder puff


Question: '(Jon walks in front of a parade inflatable.) The Macy's parade did not take place for three years during this decade--since rubber was in short supply, the balloons were donated to the war effort'

Answer: 1940s


Question: 'Dec. 25 may have been chosen to correspond with this empire's Saturnalia rebirth of the sun festival'

Answer: Roman Empire


Question: 'This university originally opened in Ocala in 1853'

Answer: University of Florida


Question: 'I want this dish of thinly sliced potatoes whose name reminds me of Ms. Paquin'

Answer: potatoes Anna


Question: 'The 1911 fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in this city left 146 garment workers dead'

Answer: New York City


Question: 'Electric drills, saws & other equipment, collectively'

Answer: power tools


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew poses in front of Snoopy.) A new version of Snoopy debuted in 2006--when he first appeared in 1968, he was dressed up as this, the way he often was atop his doghouse'

Answer: WWI flying ace


Question: 'This movement banned Christmas in England & New England in the 1600s, arguing it was a secular holiday'

Answer: Puritan movement


Question: 'Come out of your shell and name this university where Jim Henson went to school'

Answer: University of Maryland


Question: 'I get a "rush" when I eat the yellowish potatoes known as Yukon this'

Answer: gold


Question: '491 perished when the Coconut Grove nightclub caught fire in this New England capital city in 1942'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'A brazen political maneuver to gain advantage, or a period in hockey where one of the other team is in the penalty box'

Answer: power play


Question: '(Kelly reads the clue from inside a house parade float.) Macy's parade floats must fold up to be just eight feet wide and twelve and a half feet high to fit through this tunnel for the trip from New Jersey to Manhattan'

Answer: Lincoln Tunnel


Question: 'Since the 19th c. the descendants of Henry "Jolly Harry" Livingston have claimed him as the author of this poem'

Answer: "\'Twas The Night Before Christmas"


Question: 'It was originally a state agricultural college'

Answer: Michigan State


Question: 'We'll duke it out over these potatoes pureed with egg yolks & butter & named for a duke's wife'

Answer: duchess


Question: 'A 1967 accident aboard the U.S.S. Forrestal, one of these ships, caused a tragic fire'

Answer: aircraft carrier


Question: 'Pocahontas' papa'

Answer: Powhatan


Question: '(Kelly presents the clue from the workshop.) This 1947 movie which used footage of actual floats gave many Americans a love for the Macy's parade'

Answer: Miracle on 34th Street


Question: 'Covered mostly by an inland icecap, the world's largest national park is located on this island'

Answer: Greenland


Question: 'He was one half of "The Out-Of-Towners" & one half of "The Odd Couple"'

Answer: Jack Lemmon


Question: 'Dan Marino, Brett Favre & this Denver Bronco are the only NFL quarterbacks to pass for more than 50,000 yards'

Answer: John Elway


Question: 'Once known as Lake's Crossing, it's the place where many folks have crossed from marriage to divorce'

Answer: Reno


Question: 'Dear Anne, how art thou? This play doth come along; Mercutio dueleth Tybalt, but the 2 shan't appear in a sequel'

Answer: Romeo and Juliet


Question: 'To mix a salad or flip a coin'

Answer: toss


Question: 'This country's Komodo National Park covers 3 major islands & several smaller ones in the lesser Sunda group'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'In a 1992 film he tells Tom Cruise, "You can't handle the truth!"'

Answer: Jack Nicholson


Question: 'In 1984 he left Paramount Pictures to become chairman & CEO of Disney; he stayed there 20 years'

Answer: Michael Eisner


Question: 'During WWII, this city was the headquarters of the Alaska Defense Command'

Answer: Anchorage


Question: 'I included a Norwegian guy in this play & dubbed Osric "a fantastic fop"; the ending is a whit of a bummer'

Answer: Hamlet


Question: 'Not spring or fall but this verb can mean either "to spice" or "to make more experienced"'

Answer: season


Question: 'In November 2004 this mountain & its surrounding area were declared a national park in Turkey'

Answer: Mount Ararat


Question: 'Si, on the big screen he threw his hat into the ring as "Nacho Libre"'

Answer: Jack Black


Question: 'In 1968 this American biologist formed Zero Population Growth urging families to have no more than 2 children'

Answer: Paul Ehrlich


Question: 'This Kentucky city's name dates back to 1775, when settlers on the site heard about the Revolutionary War's 1st battle'

Answer: Lexington


Question: 'I have a line in this 1604 tragedy: "Loved not wisely but too well"... dost thou think it over the top?'

Answer: Othello


Question: 'This type of pad or pillow is also a verb meaning "to absorb shock", as of "the blow"'

Answer: cushion


Question: 'Chateau Lake Louise is a famous resort in this Canadian national park'

Answer: Banff


Question: 'In 1970 James Earl Jones played Jack Jefferson, a thinly veiled version of this real boxer'

Answer: Jack Johnson


Question: 'This Democrat served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina for one term, 1999-2005'

Answer: John Edwards


Question: 'It was officially declared the capital of a kingdom 109 years before it became a state capital'

Answer: Honolulu


Question: 'Cobweb, Moth, Mustardseed... dost thou revel in the fairies' names in this play? Methinks 'twill play in Peoria!'

Answer: A Midsummer Night\'s Dream


Question: 'Career can mean "rush headlong"; change the last letter to get this, which means the same'

Answer: careen


Question: 'Ben Affleck's character in 2002's "The Sum Of All Fears"'

Answer: Jack Ryan


Question: 'His mother's unsolved murder was the subject of this crime author's 1996 nonfiction work, "My Dark Places"'

Answer: James Ellroy


Question: 'This city on the Columbia River traces its origins to a fur-trading post established by a certain John Jacob's men'

Answer: Astoria


Question: 'Paduan lawyers, sexual identity wackiness, money & deceit... this play doth have it all! Must runneth, ta for now, Bill'

Answer: The Merchant of Venice


Question: 'With a short "A", it's the part of a sentence including the verb; with a long "A", a verb meaning "to base upon something"'

Answer: predicate


Question: 'By tradition, this nation's president is a Maronite Christian, the P.M. a Sunni & the speaker of the Parliament a Shiite'

Answer: Lebanon


Question: 'Because of the potato famine, more than a million emigrated from this country to the U.S. in the mid-1800s'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'Clips, first used on these accessories for women averse to piercing, are now available for nose rings too'

Answer: earrings


Question: 'Army psychiatrist Dr. Sidney Freedman had his hands full analyzing the 4077th on this classic series'

Answer: M*A*S*H


Question: 'Francis Flaherty saved shipmates & lost his own life aboard the Oklahoma during this infamous 1941 attack'

Answer: Pearl Harbor


Question: 'This group of 10 begins, "Congress shall make no law..." & ends with the words "or to the people"'

Answer: the Bill of Rights


Question: 'Mon Commandant!  Oui Mon Commandant!'

Answer: French


Question: 'This 1803 land acquisition included area in what is now 13 of the 50 states'

Answer: the Louisiana Purchase


Question: 'NYC jeweler Fulco di Verdura originated the use of seashells on these sleeve closers'

Answer: cufflinks


Question: 'As the irascible Sergeant Carter, Frank Sutton was often less than neighborly to Jim Nabors on this sitcom'

Answer: Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.


Question: 'During WWI Eddie Rickenbacker shot down 22 planes & 4 of these used for observation'

Answer: balloons


Question: 'During a dialogue with God he received the Decalogue, a famous group of 10 obligations'

Answer: Moses


Question: 'Senor!  Si Senor!'

Answer: Spanish


Question: 'After winning the disputed 1876 election, he was inaugurated to cries of "Rutherfraud"'

Answer: Rutherford B. Hayes


Question: 'A tight-fitting necklace, or an athlete who fails in a crucial situation'

Answer: choker


Question: 'This Tom Selleck title character was a Vietnam veteran who had served in Navy intelligence'

Answer: Magnum, P.I.


Question: 'Back in 1932 Donald Truesdale earned his medal during the Marines' campaign against Sandinistas in this country'

Answer: Nicaragua


Question: 'Of the 10 events in the decathlon, it's the one that puts the athlete the highest off the ground'

Answer: pole vault


Question: 'Herr Oberst!  Jawohl Herr Oberst!'

Answer: German


Question: 'In 1730 he assumed full ownership of the Pennsylvania Gazette'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: 'In the 1950s you had it "made in the shades" with this brand advertised here'

Answer: Ray-Ban


Question: 'Dan Quayle appeared on this Gerald McRaney sitcom in a 1990 episode honoring the Marine Corps' 215th anniversary'

Answer: Major Dad


Question: 'Veteran James Stockdale was the running mate of this wealthy third-party presidential candidate in 1992'

Answer: H. Ross Perot


Question: 'Our current tenth month held this position on the old Roman calendar'

Answer: eighth


Question: 'Signore!  Si Signore!'

Answer: Italian


Question: 'Famous for his debates with Lincoln, he served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 1847 to 1861'

Answer: Stephen Douglas


Question: 'Drugstore term for the round hat Jackie Kennedy often wore'

Answer: pillbox hat


Question: 'It's what "JAG" stands for in the TV series of the same name'

Answer: Judge Advocate General


Question: 'Jacob Parrott, the first winner, was among the men who stole this "high-ranking" Confederate locomotive'

Answer: the General


Question: 'Vamana, a dwarf, & Kurma, a tortoise, are 2 of the 10 avatars of this Hindu god'

Answer: Vishnu


Question: 'Kirie!  Malista Kirie!'

Answer: Greek


Question: 'Each year over 50,000 pilgrims climb to the summit of this Japanese volcano'

Answer: Mount Fuji


Question: 'The titmouse is not a kind of mouse, but a small gray one of these'

Answer: bird


Question: 'Title rank of Dumas' man "of Monte Cristo"'

Answer: Count


Question: 'In the first game in 1890, Navy's Red Emrich scored 4 of these, but they were only worth 4 points each'

Answer: touchdowns


Question: 'Appropriately, it's what Canadians call the July 1 national holiday'

Answer: Canada Day


Question: 'It begins "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers & effects..."'

Answer: the Fourth Amendment


Question: 'This continent's Guiana Highlands, which consist of open grasslands & tropical forests, are thinly populated'

Answer: South America


Question: 'Fireflies are not flies at all, but members of this insect order -- just ask Ringo'

Answer: beetles


Question: 'Roger, we copy: this future Dallas Cowboys QB was the star as Navy upset Army in 1962'

Answer: Roger Staubach


Question: 'This territory became a U.S. commonwealth July 25, 1952'

Answer: Puerto Rico


Question: 'The journalistic press taken collectively, according to Edmund Burke'

Answer: the Fourth Estate


Question: 'The Al Lisan Peninsula separates this saltiest body of water on Earth into northern & southern basins'

Answer: the Dead Sea


Question: 'The horned toad is not an amphibian, but one of these reptiles'

Answer: lizard


Question: 'This 1851 book told a big white "tail" of the men of the Pequod'

Answer: "Moby Dick"


Question: 'At the 1906 game Navy introduced this song that's symbolized Midshipman football ever since'

Answer: "Anchors Aweigh"


Question: 'Traditionally, July's flower is this Monet favorite'

Answer: water lily


Question: 'In 1198 this campaign was proclaimed by Pope Innocent III'

Answer: the Fourth Crusade


Question: 'On 3/21/99 Bertrand Piccard & Brian Jones landed in this country as the first hot-air balloonists to circle the Earth'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'The koala bear is not a bear, but one of these nonplacental mammals'

Answer: marsupial


Question: 'This Jules Verne title trip begins with the adventurers entering a volcano in Iceland'

Answer: "Journey to the Center of the Earth"


Question: 'Army probably should have had the edge at the 1926 game, played at this newly dedicated Chicago field'

Answer: Soldier Field


Question: 'On July 30, 1619 the first representative assembly in America convened in this Virginia city'

Answer: Jamestown


Question: 'In relativity theory, it's time regarded as a coordinate to specify completely the location of any event'

Answer: the fourth dimension


Question: 'This river is navigable from Basel, Switzerland to its mouth at the North Sea'

Answer: the Rhine


Question: 'A sea wasp is not an insect, but one of these stinging ocean "fish"'

Answer: jellyfish


Question: 'It's the first name of both the title character of an 1857 Flaubert novel & an 1816 Austen novel'

Answer: Emma


Question: 'The 1945 Army win was led by running backs Doc Blanchard, "Mr. Inside", & Glenn Davis, nicknamed this'

Answer: "Mr. Outside"


Question: 'On July 10, 1553 this unfortunate lady was proclaimed queen of England, succeeding Edward VI'

Answer: Lady Jane Grey


Question: 'It was founded in 2613 B.C. by Snefru, Egypt's first true pyramid builder'

Answer: the Fourth Dynasty


Question: 'William Wirt was attorney general for over 11 years, a record; this attorney general is second, with 6 years'

Answer: Janet Reno


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew holds up blue envelope with an eagle logo.)  Express Mail, which delivers overnight, recalls the name of this service that delivered Lincoln's inaugural address to the West Coast in just 7 days'

Answer: the Pony Express


Question: 'He's the first baseman'

Answer: Who


Question: 'Appropriately, this is Rhode Island's diminuitive nickname'

Answer: "The Littlest State" (or "Little Rhody")


Question: 'To get this roe, wade in the Caspian Sea & visit a sturgeon'

Answer: caviar


Question: 'Events during her 64-year-reign included the Opium War in China, the Crimean War & the Anglo-Boer War'

Answer: Queen Victoria


Question: '"The employee has reached rock bottom & has started to" do this, like a backhoe'

Answer: dig


Question: 'You have to send at least 500 pieces first class to get a discount for this type of mail, also called presorted'

Answer: bulk


Question: 'It's understood that he's the third baseman'

Answer: I Don\'t Know


Question: 'Officially, the state is known as "Rhode Island and" these "Plantations"'

Answer: Providence


Question: 'Cajun popcorn is made from the tails of these crustaceans'

Answer: crayfish


Question: 'In the "My Ex & I Still Get Along" dept., in 1764 she installed one of her old lovers as King of Poland'

Answer: Catherine the Great


Question: '"If you stand close enough to him, you can hear" this, like the Atlantic or the Indian'

Answer: the ocean


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from a post office.)  The United States Postal Service has endured for over 200 years, starting with this first postmaster general, who also appeared on the post office's first stamp issue'

Answer: Ben Franklin


Question: 'Don't question me, this is the left fielder'

Answer: Why


Question: 'Civil War general Ambrose Burnside held this post in Rhode Island from 1866 to 1869'

Answer: governor


Question: 'It's also called silver salmon'

Answer: coho (salmon)


Question: 'Rania has succeeded Noor as this country's queen'

Answer: Jordan


Question: '"It takes him 2 hours to watch" this CBS Sunday night staple that first aired in 1968'

Answer: 60 Minutes


Question: 'These federal lawmen who protect the mails used to be called special agents'

Answer: postal inspectors


Question: 'I'm sure you'll tell me this pitcher's name soon'

Answer: Tomorrow


Question: 'The work of this painter born in Rhode Island in 1755 is seen on the one-dollar bill'

Answer: Gilbert Stuart


Question: 'It's the name for the medium-size clams that come between littleneck & chowder clams'

Answer: cherrystone


Question: 'In 1559, filling out an already impressive resume, she became queen consort of France as well as queen of Scotland'

Answer: Mary Stuart


Question: '"He is depriving a village somewhere of its" this, a Dostoyevsky title'

Answer: idiot (village idiot accepted)


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows some video of mail trucks.)  The United States Post Office has the USA's largest civilian motorized fleet: its workhorses are 140,000 LLVs, short for these vehicles expected to last 24 years each'

Answer: a long life vehicle


Question: 'Tell me that the name of this shortstop matters to you'

Answer: I Don\'t Care


Question: 'Before the Europeans, a few thousand of these Indians lived on the Rhode Island bay that shares their name'

Answer: Narragansett


Question: 'San Francisco's Italian immigrants are credited with creating this fish stew with tomatoes, wine & spices'

Answer: cioppino


Question: 'This queen who died in 1504 & this king, her husband, were known as "The Catholic Kings"'

Answer: Isabella & Ferdinand


Question: '"The wheel is turning, but" this rodent, Cricetus cricetus, "is dead"'

Answer: the hamster


Question: 'One Katherine & one Anne are the only wives who appear in the play named for him'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: '"There's trouble right here in River City" in this popular Meredith Wilson show'

Answer: The Music Man


Question: 'Lesser-known son J.G.B. followed Dad as a virtuoso on this instrument & played it at Muhlhausen's Marienkirche'

Answer: the organ


Question: 'In the early 1900s, Amanda Smith of Mrs. Smith's fame made a name for herself baking these'

Answer: pies


Question: 'Marseille & Sete are major ports of the Gulf of Lion, an arm of this sea'

Answer: the Mediterranean


Question: 'The "silly" type of this product was introduced in 1950; don't use it to glaze windows'

Answer: putty


Question: 'Holding this dead daughter in his arms, King Lear says, "Her voice was ever soft, gentle and low"'

Answer: Cordelia


Question: 'This rock legend starred as Walter Hale in "The Trouble with Girls"'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Question: 'Johann Christian, also known as John Christian, moved to this capital city in 1762'

Answer: London


Question: 'An annual festival in Sydney, Australia honors Maria Smith, the originator of this famous apple'

Answer: the Granny Smith apple


Question: 'Ocean tides occur in this river at Limerick, about 70 miles from its mouth at the Atlantic'

Answer: the Shannon


Question: 'Translate the Peter Boyle-sung lyric heard here'

Answer: "Puttin\' on the ritz"


Question: 'These 2 courtiers were hired by King Claudius to spy on Hamlet'

Answer: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern


Question: 'Shirley MacLaine debuted in the 1955 film "The Trouble with Harry", directed by this man'

Answer: Alfred Hitchcock


Question: 'The music of No. 1 son Wilhelm was balanced between this style of his father & the Rococo style that followed'

Answer: Baroque


Question: 'A book called "In Sacred Loneliness" documents 33 of the Mrs. Smiths in his life'

Answer: Joseph Smith


Question: 'The General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge spans the northern outlet of this lake at the Gulf of Venezuela'

Answer: (Lake) Maracaibo


Question: 'A plotted revolt to overthrow a government, executed with speed'

Answer: a putsch


Question: 'In "A Midsummer Night's Dream", this Amazon declares, "I was with Hercules and Cadmus once"'

Answer: Hippolyta


Question: 'This member of Fleetwood Mac had a solo Top 10 hit with "Trouble" in 1981'

Answer: Lindsey Buckingham


Question: 'J.S. Bach was a master of this type of work & produced "The Art of" it in 1749'

Answer: the fugue


Question: 'The UPN sitcom "All of Us" is loosely based on this Hollywood couple who also produce the show'

Answer: Will & Jada Pinkett Smith


Question: 'The name of this waterfall on the Brazil-Argentina border is derived from a Guarani word meaning "great water"'

Answer: Iguassú


Question: 'From the Latin for "rotten", it's an adjective referring to foul decay'

Answer: putrid


Question: 'Saturninus opens this play saying, "Noble patricians, patrons of my right, defend the justice of my cause with arms"'

Answer: Titus Andronicus


Question: 'This onetime child actor grew up to be the big star of 1986's "Big Trouble in Little China"'

Answer: Kurt Russell


Question: 'This word follows "St. Matthew" & "St. John" in the titles of J.S. Bach works; fitting for a man who sired 20 children'

Answer: passion


Question: 'When her husband Clyde died in 1940, she took over his seat as a House Representative from Maine'

Answer: Margaret Chase Smith


Question: 'The Kerch Strait connects this sea with a large bay to the north called the Sea of Azov'

Answer: the Black Sea


Question: 'After Lilliput, Gulliver travels on to this flying island populated by absurd folk'

Answer: Laputa


Question: 'This 1942 film gained greater distinction following a January 1943 meeting of Allied leaders in its title location'

Answer: Casablanca


Question: 'This pair fled the Battle of Actium soon after fighting began, & their forces surrendered to Marcus Agrippa'

Answer: Antony and Cleopatra


Question: 'Closely identified with Gene Kelly, this song was introduced by Cliff Edwards in "The Hollywood Revue of 1929"'

Answer: "Singin\' In The Rain"


Question: 'With its Jigglers recipes & all the neat new molds, this dessert is more fun to eat than ever'

Answer: Jell-O


Question: 'This failure or omission may be culpable, criminal or gross'

Answer: negligence


Question: 'Under the name of A.M. Barnard, this "Little Women" author published Gothic tales like "The Abbot's Ghost"'

Answer: Louisa May Alcott


Question: 'This type of "goose chase" is fruitless'

Answer: wild


Question: 'Around 981 this explorer was banned from Iceland for 3 years for killing a neighbor in a feud'

Answer: Erik the Red


Question: 'Hoagy Carmichael wrote this "stellar" song's melody as a piano piece; Mitchell Parish later added lyrics'

Answer: "Stardust"


Question: 'At Starbucks they dilute this strong coffee with water to make Caffe Americano'

Answer: espresso


Question: 'Kids kept after school & prisoners awaiting trial are held in it'

Answer: detention


Question: 'She wrote "American Star" and "Rock Star"; her actress-sister Joan wrote "Star Quality"'

Answer: Jackie Collins


Question: 'It's a deep, involuntary intake of breath through a wide-open mouth when you're sleepy'

Answer: yawn


Question: 'From Aug. 19 to 21, 1991, this leader was placed under house arrest during an attempted coup by hardliners'

Answer: (Mikhail) Gorbachev


Question: 'Kate Smith, the "First Lady of Radio", once had the exclusive rights to sing this song on the air'

Answer: "God Bless America"


Question: 'On "Seinfeld", George's ATM password was this chocolate syrup'

Answer: Bosco


Question: '"L.S." on a document indicates the spot where this object is to be affixed'

Answer: Legal Seal


Question: 'Mine eyes have seen the glory of her being the first woman in the American Academy of Arts & Letters'

Answer: Julia Ward Howe


Question: 'The core of your tooth; we hope the school bully doesn't beat you to a bloody one'

Answer: pulp


Question: 'In 1969 West Irians voted to remain a part of this nation, & the U.N. recognized its control of Irian Jaya'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'It's the title line that follows "Kiss me once, then kiss me twice, then kiss me once again"'

Answer: "It\'s Been A Long, Long Time"


Question: 'The taste of this tropical fruit has been described as a mix of peach & pineapple, only sweeter'

Answer: Mango


Question: 'This district of a bailiff might be your area of expertise'

Answer: bailiwick


Question: 'Kit Carson turns up in her 1927 novel "Death Comes for the Archbishop"'

Answer: Willa Cather


Question: 'The upper floor of a warehouse converted to residential or studio use'

Answer: loft


Question: 'The last of Henry VIII's wives to be beheaded, she was accused of adultery & 2 of her lovers were beheaded as well'

Answer: Catherine Howard


Question: '"When somebody loves you, it's no good unless he loves you" this much'

Answer: "All The Way"


Question: 'Yukon Gold is a type of this'

Answer: potato


Question: 'This word for all your personal property shares its roots with "cattle"'

Answer: chattel


Question: 'Writing the 1927 opera "The King's Henchmen" & also her poetry, she was burning her candle at both ends'

Answer: Edna St. Vincent Millay


Question: 'Sir Francis Drake's ship that circumnavigated the world was the "Golden" this'

Answer: Hind


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Athens, Greece.) In 480 BC, Athens and the monuments on the Acropolis were destroyed by these invaders under the command of Xerxes I'

Answer: the Persians


Question: 'In 1867 he patented dynamite'

Answer: (Alfred) Nobel


Question: 'A diplomatic emissary of the highest rank'

Answer: an ambassador


Question: 'The porcupinefish is covered with these that become erect when it gets all puffed up'

Answer: spines


Question: 'He was a cashier in a Brooklyn theater in 1931 when he first subbed for Lou Costello's sick straight man'

Answer: (Bud) Abbott


Question: 'The carrier type of this gives a satellite the 18,000-mph speed it needs to achieve orbit'

Answer: a rocket


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Athens, Greece.) Socrates was often to be found chatting people up in this area, the social and administrative heart of Athens'

Answer: the Agora


Question: 'This associate of Marx wrote about "the condition of the working class in England in 1844"'

Answer: Engels


Question: 'It can be an area sunk below its surroundings or a psychological state of extreme sadness'

Answer: depression


Question: 'In April 2000 the U.S. Navy used these marine mammals to help locate WWII mines off the coast of Norway'

Answer: dolphins


Question: 'With this partner, Bud Yorkin produced such shows as "Good Times" & "Sanford & Son"'

Answer: (Norman) Lear


Question: 'In October of 1970, driver Gary Gabelich averaged 622.407 mph over 2 runs at this Utah plain'

Answer: the Bonneville Salt Flats


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Tinos, Greece.) This country's 1940 sinking of a Greek cruiser in Tinos harbor helped spur Greek resistance to its invasion'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'This mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois tried to run for President in 1844'

Answer: Joseph Smith


Question: 'This type of RNA transfers the genetic information'

Answer: messenger (RNA)


Question: 'The nurse type of this fish can pump water over its gills, so it doesn't have to swim constantly to keep breathing'

Answer: a shark


Question: 'As baseball's acting commissioner in the '90s, he moved his own team, the Brewers, from the AL to the NL'

Answer: (Bud) Selig


Question: 'Calliphlox amethystina is a species of this; a male's wing-beat rate is about 80 per second'

Answer: a hummingbird


Question: '(Cheryl of the clue crew reports from Aegina, Greece.) The island of Aegina is rich in this tree that produces a cooking oil as well as this beloved nut'

Answer: pistachio


Question: 'Clausewitz said the atmosphere for this is composed of danger, chance, exertion, & uncertainty'

Answer: war


Question: 'Meaning delicate skill, it's a common term in the game of bridge'

Answer: finesse


Question: 'This "sea" animal named for a flower pulls in its tentacles & shortens its body when it's disturbed'

Answer: (sea) anemone


Question: 'Christopher Paul Curtis won a Newbery Medal in 2000 for his kids' book, "Bud, Not" this'

Answer: Buddy


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Greece.) I'm on this island, where the Cretan princess Ariadne was stranded after Theseus abandoned her (seems not so bad)'

Answer: (Island of) Naxos


Question: 'In 1847, in a variation on a theme by Chopin, this composer basically gave up his career as a piano virtuoso'

Answer: (Franz) Liszt


Question: 'This tropical root is used to make tapioca'

Answer: cassava


Question: 'This term for a breeding ground for seals sounds like something to "crow" about'

Answer: a rookery


Question: 'In 2002 this filmmaker celebrated 50 years of chronicling the Olympic Games'

Answer: (Bud) Greenspan


Question: 'With 7 years' service, this man who resigned in June 2004 had the longest tenure in his position in over 4 decades'

Answer: George Tenet (former head of the CIA)


Question: 'Nabokov's novels all began on 3x5 these, which he kept under his pillow in case of inspiration'

Answer: an index card


Question: 'Peyton Manning'

Answer: University of Tennessee


Question: 'He was a great rugby & lacrosse player but he's better known as "The Father of Basketball"'

Answer: Naismith


Question: 'As the central river artery, this is one of the world's busiest waterways'

Answer: the Mississippi


Question: '"Joy of Cooking" instructions for making this cherry dessert: "Standing back, ignite with a long lighted match'

Answer: cherries jubilee


Question: 'Avoid the sting as you tell us that un'ape is this insect'

Answer: the bee


Question: 'In 2009 this, on which Cormac McCarthy produced 5 million words, sold for over $250,000 at auction'

Answer: a typewriter


Question: 'Vince Young'

Answer: University of Texas


Question: 'Once in the news himself, today this marine colonel hosts "War Stories" on the Fox News Channel'

Answer: (Ollie) North


Question: 'Although its ultimate source is still debated, this river flows into the Atlantic'

Answer: the Amazon


Question: 'Henri Charpentier is said to have created this dessert crepes dish by accident; the dish was a flaming success'

Answer: Crêpe Suzette


Question: 'If you're called un asino, you're either a fool, or this animal'

Answer: a donkey


Question: 'At London's Charles Dickens museum, visitors can handle Dickens' own pen of this type'

Answer: a quill pen


Question: 'Steve Young'

Answer: BYU (Brigham Young)


Question: 'After a breakdown around 1919, this Russian-born ballet dancer spent the rest of his life in & out of asylums'

Answer: Nijinsky


Question: 'From two small sources, this river flows to the North Sea'

Answer: the Rhine


Question: 'You can make a flaming version of this tex-mex dish whose name means "little sashes"'

Answer: fajitas


Question: 'That's the scariest ragno, one of these, I've ever seen! Don't tell Signorina Muffet'

Answer: a spider


Question: 'Raymond Chandler composed screenplays by talking into this machine, a brand name copyrighted in 1907'

Answer: a dictaphone


Question: 'Drew Brees'

Answer: Purdue


Question: 'He not only won the 1971 Nobel Prize for Literature, he also served in the Chilean senate'

Answer: (Pablo) Neruda


Question: 'The head of this river is dry for much of the year and flows to an estuary on the North Sea'

Answer: the Thames


Question: 'This dessert, cake & ice cream browned in the oven, can be flambeed for a dramatic presentation'

Answer: Baked Alaska


Question: 'Un cane is this; ready for walkies?'

Answer: a dog


Question: 'Steinbeck was obsessed with these; the Mongol 2 3/8 model came closest to the perfect point'

Answer: a pencil


Question: 'Jim Kelly & Gino Torretta'

Answer: University of Miami


Question: 'Egypt's president from 1956 to 1970, he dreamed of leading the whole Arab world'

Answer: Nasser


Question: 'Flowing westward, this river has a drainage basin that covers seven states'

Answer: the Colorado


Question: 'Brennan's in New Orleans says that this flaming fruity dessert is the most requested item on its menu'

Answer: Bananas Foster


Question: 'It really gets me that una capra is one of these farm animals'

Answer: a goat


Question: 'The first of his cowboy hats was called the boss of the plains; Carlsbad, the most popular model, followed'

Answer: Stetson


Question:
'The Power and the
___
Daze'

Answer: Glory


Question: 'In 2008 a marble one of these was found in a French river, apparently thrown there right after Caesar's fall'

Answer: a bust


Question: 'The name of this condition that affects mostly women literally means "porous bone"'

Answer: osteoporosis


Question: 'Jazz musicians & jockeys helped give New York City this nickname'

Answer: the Big Apple


Question: 'A Louisville museum is devoted to the success story of this man who was famous for his breasts, thighs & legs'

Answer: Col. Sanders


Question: 'The act of herding cattle; death was sometimes called "the last" one'

Answer: the roundup


Question:
'The Confessions of Nat
___
and Hooch'

Answer: Turner


Question: 'It's named for Julius Caesar & is sometimes written in a date as "7"'

Answer: July


Question: 'This fatty substance inside the bones is a major site of blood cell production'

Answer: the marrow


Question: 'If you're under this, you're at the circus'

Answer: the big top


Question: 'In an episode of this Garry Shandling series, the title star thinks David Duchovny is hitting on him'

Answer: The Larry Sanders Show


Question: 'In 1859 this Nevada town sprung up virtually overnight with the discovery of the Comstock Lode'

Answer: Virginia City


Question:
'The Painted
___
on a Wire'

Answer: Bird


Question: 'In Spanish the name becomes this, as on former boxing champion Chavez'

Answer: Julio Cesar Chavez


Question: 'Your false ribs are so called because unlike your true ribs, they aren't attached to this breastbone'

Answer: the sternum


Question: 'Digit also known as the hallux'

Answer: the big toe


Question: 'This Heisman trophy winner played his college ball at Oklahoma State'

Answer: Barry Sanders


Question: 'In 1867 Joseph McCoy set up a shipping yard in Abilene, Kansas to hold Texas cattle arriving on this trail'

Answer: the Chisholm Trail


Question:
'Vanity
___
Game'

Answer: Fair


Question: 'This 5-word line spoken by the soothsayer is a quote from Shakespeare's "Julius Caeser"'

Answer: "Beware the ides of March"


Question: 'This bone with a ball-&-socket joint at one end is about 1/4 of your height'

Answer: the femur


Question: 'In France this feature of the night sky is known as "le casserole"'

Answer: the Big Dipper


Question: 'Olympic gold medal swimmer and TV personality seen here'

Answer: Summer Sanders


Question: 'As the result of an injury suffered in his first gunfight in 1876, he began using a cane & often used it as a weapon'

Answer: Bat Masterson


Question:
'The Red and the
___
Knight'

Answer: Black


Question: 'In 45 B.C. Caesar was given permission to wear this, which he appreciated as it covered his baldness'

Answer: a laurel wreath


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation on the monitor.)  Most broken bones in children are this type of fracture with a colorful name, in which the break cuts only partway through the bone'

Answer: a greenstick


Question: 'Rhyming nickname of Boston's Interstate 93 construction project'

Answer: the Big Dig


Question: 'On Dec. 10, 2010 he conducted a one-man, 9-hour filibuster on the Senate floor to protest a tax bill'

Answer: Bernie Sanders


Question: 'Surus was the last known one of these to survive a mountain crossing in the 3rd century B.C.'

Answer: an elephant


Question: 'A hydrate contains this compound weakly bound in its crystals'

Answer: water


Question: 'It's the question asked of "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep"'

Answer: Have you any wool?


Question: 'Types of these pieces of jewelry include school, signet & wedding'

Answer: a ring


Question: 'In 1853 this jeans maker introduced his first product, waist-high overalls'

Answer: Levi Strauss


Question: 'This flavor of schnapps puts the "fuzz" in a fuzzy navel'

Answer: peach


Question: 'AP is the Associated Press; Apr. is short for this month'

Answer: April


Question: 'Of the 3 main classes of rock, this one is further divided into plutonic & volcanic types'

Answer: igneous


Question: 'He said to the pieman, "Let me taste your ware"'

Answer: Simple Simon


Question: 'The vivid green color of this May birthstone was once thought to be good for the eyesight'

Answer: emerald


Question: 'In 1857 this song, also called "The One Horse Open Sleigh", rang out for the first time'

Answer: "Jingle Bells"


Question: 'Cocktails with "Jamaica" in their names usually contain this liquor'

Answer: rum


Question: 'It's the 1-letter abbreviation for a part of speech or a compass direction'

Answer: N.


Question: 'The IRAS telescope, which discovered 5 comets, made its observations in this spectrum of light'

Answer: infrared


Question: '"Hickey, pickety, my black hen," she does this "for gentlemen"'

Answer: lays eggs


Question: 'With its deep red color, the spinel is often mistaken for this precious stone'

Answer: ruby


Question: 'About 1855 he popularized the use of the laboratory burner now named for him'

Answer: (Robert) Bunsen


Question: 'Tom & John are the most famous members of this tall, cool cocktail "family"'

Answer: Collins


Question: 'The abbreviation for the Securities & Exchange Commission is also short for this time period'

Answer: second


Question: 'This branch of medicine is concerned with the care & diseases of the elderly'

Answer: geriatrics


Question: '"See-saw", this girl "sold her bed and lay on the straw"'

Answer: Marjorie Daw


Question: 'Simulated ones of these may be glass beads covered with a paste of fish scales'

Answer: pearls


Question: 'The completion of the first railway suspension bridge enabled trains to pass over the gorge at these falls'

Answer: Niagara Falls


Question: 'To make a negroni, combine campari with these 2 martini ingredients'

Answer: gin & vermouth


Question: 'Travelers should know that the E in ETA also can be abbreviated this way'

Answer: est.


Question: 'Electrum is an alloy of these 2 precious metals'

Answer: gold & silver


Question: 'The 2 items little Tom Tucker eats for his supper'

Answer: bread & butter


Question: 'The old masters created the pigment ultramarine by crushing this 2-word blue gemstone'

Answer: lapis lazuli


Question: 'Zachary Taylor's VP, he was the second to succeed to the White House on the death of a president'

Answer: Millard Fillmore


Question: 'Like anisette, pernod is often described as tasting like this candy'

Answer: licorice


Question: 'PAC men & women in Washington, D.C. belong to one of these'

Answer: a political action committee


Question: 'In Genesis 3:7 they sew themselves aprons of fig leaves'

Answer: Adam & Eve


Question: 'One of this state's most popular events is the annual state fair in Lincoln'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'It's said about 90% of the viewers of the 1947 World Series watched the games at these establishments'

Answer: bars


Question: 'Bop & bebop, which emerged in the 1940s, are styles of this type of music that debuted decades earlier'

Answer: jazz


Question: 'This 17th century French monarch boasted, "I am the State"'

Answer: Louis XIV


Question: 'According to Business Rankings Annual, the Netherlands is the top exporter of cut ones of these to Japan'

Answer: flowers


Question: 'This ark builder was the grandson of Methuselah'

Answer: Noah


Question: 'For a brief time, Zanesville served as the capital of this state'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'On "My Three Sons", Bub O'Casey was related to Mike, Robbie & Chip in this way'

Answer: grandfather


Question: 'The French name of this 1897 orchestral scherzo is "L'apprenti sorcier"'

Answer: The Sorcerer\'s Apprentice


Question: 'Born Tafari Makonnen in 1892, he took a name which means "power of the Trinity"'

Answer: Haile Selassie


Question: 'Unilever's history includes Sunlight, the first of this product to be sold in single wrapped bars'

Answer: soap


Question: 'In Jesus' parable, this is killed for a feast when the prodigal son returns'

Answer: the fatted calf


Question: 'This "Land of Enchantment" is the only state with English & Spanish as its official languages'

Answer: New Mexico


Question: 'According to the intro, there were "8 million stories" in this TV series'

Answer: The Naked City


Question: 'Paganini owned one of the most famous of these instruments made by the Guarneri family'

Answer: a violin


Question: 'The first 5 monarchs of the Hawaiian Islands shared this name'

Answer: Kamehameha


Question: 'In 1968 this Dutch brewer merged with Amstel'

Answer: Heineken


Question: 'The sun is made to rise on the evil & the good & this is sent "on the just and on the unjust"'

Answer: rain


Question: 'Homestake & other Black Hills mines have made it a leading gold-producing state'

Answer: South Dakota


Question: 'Profession shared by Jerry Helper on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" & Jerry Robinson on "The Bob Newhart Show"'

Answer: dentist


Question: 'Meyerbeer wrote his opera "Ein Feldlager in Schlesien" for this "Swedish Nightingale"'

Answer: Jenny Lind


Question: 'The papal states were founded on land captured from the Lombards by this son of Charles Martel'

Answer: Pepin the Short


Question: 'Founded October 7, 1919, it's considered the world's oldest airline'

Answer: KLM


Question: 'This book bewailing the destruction of Jerusalem is traditionally attributed to Jeremiah'

Answer: the Lamentations


Question: 'This "Ocean State"s territory includes about 35 small offshore islands'

Answer: Rhode Island


Question: 'The younger brother of Dana Andrews, he starred as Lt. Hondo Harrelson on "S.W.A.T."'

Answer: Steve Forrest


Question: 'You'll find a quodlibet, a blend of popular tunes, in his "Goldberg Variations"'

Answer: Johann Sebastian Bach


Question: 'Taufa'ahau Tupou IV has been king of this South Pacific island country since 1965'

Answer: Tonga


Question: 'This company invented the rotary shaver head & the CD player'

Answer: Phillips


Question: 'Chile's Juan Fernandez islands include a pair named for Alexander Selkirk & this fictional character'

Answer: Robinson Crusoe


Question: 'Sea known as the American Mediterranean<br />(9)'

Answer: the Caribbean


Question: 'A specific cut of beef, or to hit a golf ball with the heel of the club, causing it to veer in the wrong direction'

Answer: shank


Question: '1937:<br />"Ferris Bilbo's Day Off"'

Answer: The Hobbit


Question: 'Members of this are divided into 3 classes: class I comes up for re-election in 2012, class II in 2014 & class III in 2010'

Answer: the Senate


Question: 'In the OED this word is also listed as a verb meaning "to bleat"'

Answer: baa


Question: 'He's the fight promoter seen here'

Answer: Don King


Question: 'Bohemian central European country<br />(5, 8)'

Answer: the Czech Republic


Question: 'A nickname for Charles'

Answer: Chuck


Question: '1949:<br />"Big Brother & The Holding Co.: A Winston Smith Novel"'

Answer: 1984


Question: 'Vietnam vets exposed to Agent Orange brought one of these against the manufacturers'

Answer: a class-action suit


Question: 'This loud female Gaelic spirit was believed to presage a death in the family'

Answer: a banshee


Question: 'If you lived through the '70s you must remember her hair & probably that poster'

Answer: Farrah Fawcett


Question: 'Lacy French city<br />(9)'

Answer: Chantilly


Question: 'The left or right side of a military formation'

Answer: flank


Question: 'Homer's 24-book sequel:<br />"Tell Penny I'll Be Right Back"'

Answer: the Odyssey


Question: 'Companies issue this in classes such as common & preferred'

Answer: stock


Question: 'A long, loose-hanging women's dress worn in Kahaluu & Punaluu'

Answer: a muumuu


Question: 'He's toured & recorded with his Large Band'

Answer: Lyle Lovett


Question: 'Muy grande Mexican state<br />(9)'

Answer: Chihuahua


Question: 'Don't leave your clothes on the floor; use this type of steak'

Answer: hanger


Question: 'Late 14th century:<br />"A Miller, a Reeve & a Nun Walk into a Bar"'

Answer: The Canterbury Tales


Question: 'In the plant world, the class Musci contains 2 major groups of this stuff, the true type & the peat type'

Answer: moss


Question: 'Multiple straight lines extending from the center of a circle to the circumference'

Answer: radii


Question: 'If we had a time machine we'd go back to 1999 & ask this "Felicity" star not to cut that hair'

Answer: Keri Russell


Question: 'Phnom Penh country<br />(8)'

Answer: Cambodia


Question: 'An urban district known for its vice & high crime rate'

Answer: a tenderloin


Question: '1726:<br />"Where in the World Is Lemuel?"'

Answer: Gulliver\'s Travels


Question: 'Born in 1818, he inherited the idea of class struggle from utopian Socialism & the theories of Henri de St. Simon'

Answer: (Karl) Marx


Question: 'In Acts 23 St. Paul declares himself this, a member of a Jewish sect noted for its strict obedience to tradition'

Answer: a Pharisee


Question: 'Remember when she & her wedge cut won gold at the '76 Olympics?'

Answer: Dorothy Hamill


Question: 'Legend says Sir Walter Raleigh spread his cloak over a muddy spot for her to walk across'

Answer: Elizabeth I


Question: 'Adriana La Cerva & Ralph Cifaretto were whacked on this show'

Answer: The Sopranos


Question: 'His surname is likely a corruption of the Latin "sicarius", meaning "murderer"'

Answer: Judas


Question: 'Fly right with UAL, the holding company for this'

Answer: United Airlines


Question: 'The cryogenic temperature range is defined as extending from -150 degrees C. all the way down to this'

Answer: absolute zero


Question: 'The principal dish at a meal'

Answer: the main course


Question: 'While in England in 1760, John Hancock attended the coronation of this king'

Answer: George III


Question: 'On this series Principal Flutie was eaten by hyena-like students & Principal Snyder was eaten by a demon mayor'

Answer: Buffy the Vampire Slayer


Question: 'If Gath had a basketball team, he would have been its star'

Answer: Goliath


Question: 'From coast-to-coast, people know that the A & P in A&P Supermarkets stand for this'

Answer: Atlantic & Pacific


Question: 'The field of cryogenics had its inception in 1877, the year this element was first cooled into a liquid at -183 C.'

Answer: oxygen


Question: 'He's a guy's best male friend, his No. 1 buddy, his this'

Answer: a main man


Question: 'The cute pups seen here are named for a king with this first name'

Answer: Charles


Question: 'In an infamous "Cheers" episode, this character's husband, Eddie LeBec, was run over by a Zamboni'

Answer: Carla


Question: 'The object of a wager befween God & Satan; has a book named for him'

Answer: Job


Question: 'TCBY is "The Country's Best" this; they have great toppings too'

Answer: Yogurt


Question: 'An important commercial use of cryogenics is the freezing of LNG, liquified this fuel, for storage & transport'

Answer: natural gas


Question: 'A central computer that supports peripheral or subordinate ones'

Answer: a mainframe


Question: 'This queen was the last of the house of Hanover'

Answer: Victoria


Question: 'This British character has "died" at least 7 times (including Spectrox poisoning); luckily he regenerates'

Answer: Doctor Who


Question: 'His first son, Lamech, was born when he was 187'

Answer: Methuselah


Question: 'For what it's worth, the V in CVS Pharmacies stands for this'

Answer: Value


Question: 'In 1981 this ill-fated shuttle, the first in space, was launched with the aid of cryogenic propellants'

Answer: the Columbia


Question: '10-letter word for the prevailing current of thought or opinion'

Answer: mainstream


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from in front of the Bayeux Tapestry.)  The tapestry opens in 1064 with this childless king on England's throne; 11th century sources say the meeting is about naming his successor'

Answer: Edward the Confessor


Question: 'At 704 Hauser St., Astoria, Queens this character died in her sleep from a stroke in 1980'

Answer: Edith Bunker


Question: 'In the Book of Judges, he's famous for blowing on his trumpet'

Answer: Gideon


Question: 'Ka-ching! NCR was once known by this longer name'

Answer: National Cash Register


Question: 'Cryogenics is used to create greatly reduced electrical resistance in many materials, a phenomenon called this'

Answer: superconductivity


Question: 'A strong rope on a sailing vessel, or a chief support on which you rely'

Answer: a mainstay


Question: 'At Key West in 1936, Wallace Stevens broke his hand punching this man, who responded by knocking Stevens down'

Answer: Ernest Hemingway


Question: 'Hsing-Hsing & Ling-Ling, 2 of these animals at Washington, D.C.'s National Zoo, mated in 1983, but the cub soon died'

Answer: Pandas


Question: '"Mmmbop to the Top" was the subtitle of a 1997 book on this group'

Answer: Hanson


Question: 'Much like human fingerprints, the stripes of this mammal in the genus Equus are individually different'

Answer: Zebra


Question: 'When you've been removed from the auditory circuit without being disconnected, you're "on" this'

Answer: Hold


Question: 'Brown seaweed with broad fronds'

Answer: Kelp


Question: 'Teri calls Emily & says she'll bring the baby back if Emily pleads guilty, which would be this, lying under oath'

Answer: Perjury


Question: 'On Nov. 29, 1981 this film actress drowned after falling from a yacht moored off Catalina Island'

Answer: Natalie Wood


Question: 'A bio of Ms. Hewitt has this title, like an Erich Segal novel'

Answer: "Love Story"


Question: 'This U.S. marsupial has 50 teeth, more than any other North American land mammal'

Answer: Opossum


Question: 'To call the White House from one of the 50 states, dial this D.C. area code'

Answer: 202


Question: '"Down Under" critter seen here'

Answer: Kiwi


Question: 'Emily's murder trial began on October 9, 2000, this holiday in Canada'

Answer: Thanksgiving


Question: '(Hi, I'm Mark McGrath)  My band is named for this charismatic middleweight boxer of the 1980s'

Answer: Sugar Ray Leonard


Question: 'This actor's life gets plenty of space in "Captain Quirk"'

Answer: William Shatner


Question: 'This canine of Australia is that continent's largest wild hunting mammal'

Answer: Dingo


Question: 'Alyssa Milano advertises this "Save A Buck or Two" service'

Answer: 1-800-COLLECT


Question: 'You're on a roll if you know the last was Wilhelm II'

Answer: Kaiser


Question: 'Trent tells Drake he came to find his father & that he has a twin he never met (of this type, not identical)'

Answer: Fraternal


Question: 'In a 1985 hit, Prince sang of a girl wearing this title article, "and if it was warm she wouldn't wear much more"'

Answer: "Raspberry Beret"


Question: 'An unauthorized bio of Mark Wahlberg is titled "Don't Call Me" this'

Answer: Marky Mark


Question: 'The pangolin is also called the "scaly" one of these sticky-tongued insect lovers'

Answer: Anteater


Question: 'Reach out & touch this telephone company abbreviated AT&T'

Answer: American Telephone & Telegraph


Question: 'Addiction to pilfering without real need'

Answer: Kleptomania


Question: 'Jonas gets a call; a man wants to meet him in the garage, like Deep Throat did with this Post reporter'

Answer: Bob Woodward


Question: 'In 1987 the CDC reported a link between aspirin use by kids & this syndrome named for an Australian pathologist'

Answer: Reye\'s syndrome


Question: 'A bio of this producer of Broadway shows like "Hello, Dolly!" calls him "The Abominable Showman"'

Answer: David Merrick


Question: 'Whales belong to this group of mammals whose name is from the Latin for "large sea animal"'

Answer: Cetaceans


Question: 'This service allows subscribers to identify incoming calls by displaying their numbers on a small screen'

Answer: Caller ID


Question: 'He's the innovative Russian whose work is seen here'

Answer: Wassily Kandinsky


Question: 'Teri, in Mexico with Emily's baby, hears on a gossip report Trent was at this TV "Friend"'s wedding July 29, 2000'

Answer: Jennifer Aniston


Question: 'One of the 3 vows taken by each man who became a Templar Knight'

Answer: Chastity, Obedience or Poverty


Question: 'Jay Gatsby's creator'

Answer: (F.) Scott (Fitzgerald)


Question: 'The latitude line crosses this island that's packed in just south of Corsica'

Answer: Sardinia


Question: 'The Top 40 has been home to these from "Romeo and Juliet", "The Godfather" & "St. Elmo's Fire"'

Answer: Love themes


Question: 'A highlight of her variety show was her portrayal of Mrs. Wiggins opposite Tim Conway's Mr. Tudball'

Answer: Carol Burnett


Question: 'Endow once meant to provide with one of these, an old marriage custom'

Answer: Dowry


Question: 'The creator of Professor Moriarty'

Answer: (Sir Arthur) Conan (Doyle)


Question: 'Johnny Cash sang, "I shot a man in" this Nevada city "just to watch him die"'

Answer: Reno


Question: 'The O'Jays wanted us all to "get on board" this'

Answer: "Love Train"


Question: 'This last name of the model & actress seen here is also on your computer keyboard'

Answer: Alt


Question: 'It used to mean "short in stature"; a shortstop has one on either side of him'

Answer: Base


Question: 'Edward Hyde's creator'

Answer: (Robert) Louis (Stevenson)


Question: 'As the latitude line leaves China, it enters this other Commie country'

Answer: North Korea


Question: 'In 1999 the versatile Jennifer Lopez topped the charts with this single'

Answer: "If You Had My Love"


Question: 'In 1998 this first black female elected U.S. Senator lost her reelection bid to Peter Fitzgerald'

Answer: Carol Moseley Braun


Question: 'It's a "destined" attraction Glenn Close had for Michael Douglas'

Answer: Fatal


Question: 'The creator of Uncas'

Answer: (James) Fenimore (Cooper)


Question: 'Flores & Corvo are the northernmost islands in this Portuguese group'

Answer: Azores


Question: '(Hi, I'm Mick Jones of Foreigner)  I wrote this 1985 Number 1 hit ballad that featured Jennifer Holliday & the New Jersey Mass Choir'

Answer: "I Want to Know What Love Is"


Question: 'The films of this director knighted in 1952 range from "The Third Man" to "Oliver!"'

Answer: Sir Carol Reed


Question: 'Once a resting place or couch, now it's a den for lion around in'

Answer: Lair


Question: 'Tarzan's creator'

Answer: (Edgar) Rice (Burroughs)


Question: 'This Ohio city, a center of aviation, is named for the youngest signer of the U.S. Constitution'

Answer: Dayton


Question: '"It's very clear", & somewhat ironic, that this was the last song George Gershwin composed'

Answer: "Our Love Is Here to Stay"


Question: 'She negotiated on Everglades cleanup before becoming head of the EPA in 1993'

Answer: Carol Browner


Question: 'By its old definition of an "amorous dalliance", we now know what "The Little Dog" was laughing at'

Answer: Sport


Question: 'They were introduced in 1941, designated as just "Plain" in 1954 & rechristened as "Milk Chocolate" in 2000'

Answer: M&M\'s


Question: 'Baptized Joannes Chrystostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus, he commonly called himself Wolfgang Amade'

Answer: Mozart


Question: '"Charlie Hustle"'

Answer: Pete Rose


Question: 'Now hear this!  One of the most common causes of hearing loss is a buildup of this substance'

Answer: earwax


Question: 'Brian learned to read with the repetitive activities of this boy & girl developed by William Gray'

Answer: Dick & Jane


Question: '1976:<br />"Yo, Adrian"'

Answer: Rocky


Question: 'This video chain began in Dallas in 1985; it now has more than 4,000 U.S. stores & 2,000 overseas'

Answer: Blockbuster


Question: 'He dedicated his "Moonlight Sonata" to the countess Giulietta Guicciardi'

Answer: Beethoven


Question: '"The Strawman"'

Answer: Darryl Strawberry


Question: 'Of forceps, biceps, or triceps, the one that's a surgical instrument'

Answer: forceps


Question: 'Teenage Brian strummed this song, asking "How many times can a man turn his head pretending he just doesn't see?"'

Answer: "Blowin\' In The Wind"


Question: '1975:<br />"You're gonna need a bigger boat"'

Answer: Jaws


Question: 'Who ya gonna call?  Well, in this 1984 film it was Bill Murray & his cohorts'

Answer: Ghostbusters


Question: 'His "1812 Overture" premiered in Moscow in 1882--not 1812'

Answer: Tchaikovsky


Question: '"Dr. K"'

Answer: Dwight Gooden


Question: 'Like lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever is transmitted by one of these arachnids'

Answer: a tick


Question: 'Brian chickened out when girlfriend Suzie asked him to join the October 1967 "March On" this building'

Answer: the Pentagon


Question: '1980:<br />"Heeeeere's Johnny!"'

Answer: The Shining


Question: 'This commercial spokeskid of the 1950s lived in a shoe with his dog Tige, who lived there too'

Answer: Buster Brown


Question: 'This "Aida" composer was a deputy in the first Italian parliament in Turin in 1860'

Answer: Giuseppe Verdi


Question: '"The Iron Horse"'

Answer: Lou Gehrig


Question: 'The AMA now advises women to have this breast cancer screening annually beginning at age 40'

Answer: a mammogram


Question: 'In the '80s, Brian took a job with this defense contractor whose name means "light from the gods"'

Answer: Raytheon


Question: '1964:<br />"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here, this is the war room"'

Answer: Dr. Strangelove


Question: 'In 1964 Russell Long & other senators led one that lasted a record 74 days against a civil rights bill'

Answer: a filibuster


Question: 'He composed several works based on poems by Paul Verlaine, including "Ariettes Oubliees" & "Clair De Lune"'

Answer: Claude Debussy


Question: '"The Splendid Splinter"'

Answer: Ted Williams


Question: 'It's estimated that 1 in 12 African-Americans has the trait for this blood disease'

Answer: sickle cell anemia


Question: 'In the '90s Brian took up this game, like his boyhood idol Cary Middlecoff'

Answer: golf


Question: '1987:<br />"My name is Inigo Montoya.  You killed my father.  Prepare to die!"'

Answer: The Princess Bride


Question: 'This 1895 sculpture was the first of 25 Western art bronzes by Frederic Remington'

Answer: Bronco Buster


Question: 'After a German blitzkrieg, this country's King Leopold III surrendered on May 28, 1940'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'He hadn't moved to Mayberry yet when he played the Jimmy Stewart role in the 1959 musical "Destry Rides Again"'

Answer: Andy Griffith


Question: 'This Mickey Spillane P.I. made his first appearance in 1947's "I, The Jury"'

Answer: Mike Hammer


Question: 'The 200,000-square-mile Libyan Erg is the largest area of sand dunes in this desert'

Answer: Sahara


Question: 'Born in Porbandar in 1869; fasted, iconoclasted; died in New Delhi, 1948'

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi


Question: 'Hitchcock was the "master of" it<br />           (8)'

Answer: Suspense


Question: 'Her son Willem-Alexander is the first male heir in the Netherlands' House of Orange since 1890'

Answer: Queen Beatrix


Question: 'Critics didn't "fawn" over the musical based on this Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings novel, so yes, deer, it flopped'

Answer: "The Yearling"


Question: 'At age 18 in 1625 he set out from Gascony to join the king's musketeers'

Answer: d\'Artagnan


Question: 'The economic center of this river's basin is the city of Manaus, Brazil'

Answer: Amazon


Question: 'Born c. 470 B.C.; taught a bit, tried & died c. 399 B.C.; met Bill & Ted in 1989'

Answer: Socrates


Question: 'The "fishy" part of your shoe<br />             (4)'

Answer: Sole


Question: 'This British lord was killed off Ireland in 1979 by IRA terrorists who placed a bomb in his boat'

Answer: Lord Louis Mountbatten


Question: 'Exiting after only 19 performances, "Ari" wasn't based on Onassis, but on this Leon Uris novel'

Answer: "Exodus"


Question: 'Collective name of Julie, Pete, & Linc'

Answer: "The Mod Squad"


Question: 'Lake Scutari on the border of Albania & Montenegro is the largest lake on this peninsula'

Answer: Balkan Peninsula


Question: 'Born 1557 in Temple Grafton, England; married a Stratford boy, 1582; died 1623'

Answer: Anne Hathaway


Question: 'Male deer who's a "party" animal<br />             (4)'

Answer: Stag


Question: 'This ancient Greek war named for a peninsula had 3 parts:  Archidamian, Peace of Nicias, & Ionian'

Answer: Peloponnesian War


Question: '"Grovers Corners" musicalized this prize-winning play'

Answer: "Our Town"


Question: 'He's been portrayed by Ralph Fiennes & Patrick Macnee'

Answer: John Steed


Question: 'The Little Minch, a Scottish strait, separates this group's "Inner" & "Outer" islands'

Answer: The Hebrides


Question: 'Born near Gzhatsk in 1934; promoted to major in 1961 shortly before liftoff, just in case; died 1968'

Answer: Yuri Gagarin


Question: '"Wise" seasoning<br />             (4)'

Answer: Sage


Question: 'This grandfather of Charlemagne nailed the Moors at the Battle of Tours in 732, checking their advance'

Answer: Charles Martel


Question: 'Even Lillian Gish as the Dowager Empress couldn't save "Anya", a musical based on this play'

Answer: "Anastasia"


Question: 'Only Russia & this former Soviet republic stretch from China to Europe'

Answer: Kazakhstan


Question: 'Born in Scotland c. 1645; kicked booty for booty on the high seas; hanged in London in 1701'

Answer: Captain Kidd


Question: 'It precedes beauty, bag, or sickness<br />             (8)'

Answer: Sleeping


Question: 'Due to police irregularities, this man's Arizona conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1966'

Answer: Ernesto Miranda


Question: 'When football's Saints go marching in for a home game, it's in this city'

Answer: New Orleans


Question:
'Dr. Mary Albright,
Harry Solomon,
Sally Solomon'

Answer: 3rd Rock from the Sun


Question: 'In this religion, prayer time is announced from a minaret by a muezzin, or crier'

Answer: Islam


Question: 'The Net spit up the false story that this baby food co. lost a lawsuit & was giving out $500 savings bonds'

Answer: Gerber


Question: 'Let me tell ya 'bout these 2 groups of creatures, they're used to explain "The Facts of Life"'

Answer: birds and the bees


Question: 'This alumnus of Plato's Academy went on to found his own school, the Lyceum'

Answer: Aristotle


Question: 'Oh, the O. Henry house & the Alamo are 2 of the places you can visit in this city'

Answer: San Antonio


Question:
'Dorothy Zbornak,
Rose Nylund,
Blanche Devereaux'

Answer: The Golden Girls


Question: 'Founded in Boston in 1879, this church maintains "reading rooms" across the country open to the public'

Answer: Christian Science


Question: 'This pig film's Chinese title "The Happy Dumpling-to-be Who Talks & Solves Agricultural Problems" was a Web invention'

Answer: Babe


Question: 'Though no longer part of the uniform, leatherneck is still slang for this person'

Answer: U.S. Marine


Question: 'In the second Punic War, this Carthaginian general almost defeated Rome'

Answer: Hannibal


Question: 'It's the seat of the Florida county formerly known as Dade'

Answer: Miami


Question:
'Bonnie Clark,
Jon Baker,
Francis "Ponch" Poncherello'

Answer: CHiPs


Question: 'It's said that this founder of Methodism traveled 225,000 miles on horseback to preach the gospel'

Answer: John Wesley


Question: 'He wrote "Slaughterhouse-Five", but didn't write the MIT commencement speech circulated under his name'

Answer: Kurt Vonnegut


Question: 'A slow & careless motorist is sometimes referred to by this term, after a day of the week'

Answer: Sunday driver


Question: 'The first Englishman to sail around the world, he later served in the British Parliament'

Answer: Sir Francis Drake


Question: 'In 1904 people met at the fair in this city to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase'

Answer: St. Louis


Question:
'Mayor Randall Winston,
Deputy Mayor Michael Flaherty,
Nikki Faber'

Answer: Spin City


Question: 'Around 1154 the Carmelite religious order was founded on Mount Carmel in what is now this country'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'Fox News & online gossip-monger whose "report" on the president's love child turned out to be sludge'

Answer: Matt Drudge


Question: 'This term for a film comes from the wavering images in early motion pictures'

Answer: flick


Question: 'In 1946, hours before he was to be hanged, this 2nd highest-ranking Nazi official took his own life'

Answer: Hermann Goering


Question: 'Highlights of this small Arizona city include Boothill Graveyard & the O.K. Corral'

Answer: Tombstone


Question:
'Donald "Twinkie" Twinkacetti,
Larry Appleton,
Balki Bartokomous'

Answer: Perfect Strangers


Question: 'Mahayana, the liberal branch of this religion, is practiced mainly in Korea, Taiwan & Japan'

Answer: Buddhism


Question: 'Ian Goddard has retracted his online claims that the Navy brought down this airline's Flight 800'

Answer: TWA


Question: 'Among musicians, a licorice stick is a clarinet & a pretzel is this brass instrument'

Answer: French horn


Question: 'Stricken by leprosy, this Belgian Roman Catholic missionary died on the island of Molokai in 1889'

Answer: Father Damien


Question: 'In 1986 Ethiopia's Faruma Roma became the first African woman to win this long race in the Olympics'

Answer: the Marathon


Question: 'Navy lawyer Tom Cruise puts Jack Nicholson on the stand to learn the truth in this 1992 film'

Answer: A Few Good Men


Question: 'Often done twice a year, it's the periodic shedding & replacement of worn out feathers'

Answer: Molting


Question: 'The "Book of Songs" is part of the "5 Classics" that became the basis of this philosophy'

Answer: Confucianism


Question: 'These small "3-lobed" creatures dominated the seas of the Cambrian period'

Answer: trilobytes


Question: 'This advertising icon giggles when poked in the tummy & says, "Nothin' says lovin' like something from the oven"'

Answer: the Pillsbury Doughboy


Question: 'This former first lady of Egypt earned her doctorate in English literature from Cairo University in 1986'

Answer: Jehan Sadat


Question: 'Ambulance chaser Denzel Washington represents Tom Hanks against the main line law firm that fired him in this 1993 film'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'Term for the claws of a bird of prey'

Answer: talons


Question: '"Injustice to Tou O" is one of the most famous Chinese works in this literary form; a Western example is "Three Sisters"'

Answer: play


Question: 'When the Big Bang occurred, these 2 elements were first to form as they are the lightest'

Answer: hydrogen & helium


Question: 'It's a leave of absence authorized for an enlisted person or a prisoner'

Answer: furlough


Question: 'This beautiful singer known by one name was born in Ibadan, Nigeria in 1959'

Answer: Sade


Question: 'In this 1962 classic, Gregory Peck's children watch him fight racial injustice in an Alabama courtroom'

Answer: To Kill A Mockingbird


Question: 'From the Latin for "anoint before", it's the process by which a bird cleans its feathers with its beak'

Answer: preening


Question: '"Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy" was a model work of this "revolution" launched by Mao in 1966'

Answer: the Cultural Revolution


Question: 'As its name suggests, a pterodactyl's wings were supported by the bones in these'

Answer: fingers


Question: 'Homer Simpson once sold his soul to the Devil for one of these tasty treats'

Answer: doughnuts


Question: 'Lalla Latifa, not Queen Latifah, married King Hassan II soon after he ascended this country's throne in 1961'

Answer: Morocco


Question: 'Spencer Tracy defends Dick York for teaching Darwinism in this 1960 film'

Answer: Inherit The Wind


Question: 'The Taoist masterpiece "The Classic of the Way & the Virtue" was probably written by this man'

Answer: Lao-Tzu


Question: '75 tons & 75 feet long, this enormous creature's name means "Arm Lizard"'

Answer: Brachiosaurus


Question: 'The chorus of a Pearl Jam song about a "young girl" says, "Don't call me" this, also the song's title'

Answer: "Daughter"


Question: 'Efua Sutherland, a dramatist from this country, founded a drama studio & a literary magazine in Accra'

Answer: Ghana


Question: 'Lawyer John Travolta battles corporate water polluters in this 1998 drama'

Answer: A Civil Action


Question: 'Writing in traditional forms, this imaginative 8th century poet wrote about his dreams & his love of wine'

Answer: Li Po


Question: 'Coal comes from all the peat that grew in the forests of this "element"ary period 360 to 290 million years ago'

Answer: carboniferous


Question: 'Seen here, the most celebrated work of this artist was completed in 1770:'

Answer: Thomas Gainsborough


Question: 'This man received the first & only New York City ticker-tape parade ever given to a classical musician'

Answer: Van Cliburn


Question: 'Completes Yogi's simple but profound statement "It ain't over 'til..."'

Answer: it\'s over


Question: 'Central America's highest point, Tajumulco, is an inactive one of these'

Answer: volcano


Question: 'After saving John Smith's life, she married John -- John Rolfe'

Answer: Pocahontas


Question: 'On Dec. 14, 1972 Gene Cernan became the last man to drive a vehicle up here'

Answer: the moon


Question: '"So many nights I'd sit by my window" thinking of this Debby Boone song'

Answer: "You Light Up My Life"


Question: '(Sarah)  Ain't love grand?  Mr. & Mrs. Blair celebrated 60 years of marriage, traditionally represented by this gift'

Answer: diamond


Question: 'Yogi surmised that in baseball "90 percent of the game is half" this'

Answer: mental


Question: '"Do You Know the Way to" this capital city?  Head due west from Puerto Limon'

Answer: San Jose, Costa Rica


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew in Central Park)  In 1925, Balto braved the blizzard to deliver medicine for a diphtheria epidemic in what is now this U.S. state'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'Launched Oct. 4, 1957, it circled the Earth once every 96 minutes, going 18,000 MPH'

Answer: Sputnik


Question: 'This 1940 Thomas Wolfe novel was published posthumously'

Answer: "You Can\'t Go Home Again"


Question: '(Sarah)  If you see Pete, this breed of dog lost last Sunday, remember, he's got a lot of "fight" in him'

Answer: boxer


Question: 'Yogi once asked that this food dish be cut in 4 pieces because he wasn't hungry enough to eat 8'

Answer: pizza


Question: 'Nicaraguan dictator Somoza never rebuilt downtown Managua after this 1972 disaster'

Answer: earthquake


Question: 'Calamity Jane boasted that she rode for this short-lived delivery service'

Answer: Pony Express


Question: 'Leonardo da Vinci sketched one of these in 1483; Sikorsky produced the first practical one in 1939'

Answer: helicopter


Question: '"Did you forget about me, Mr. Duplicity?" sings Alanis Morissette in this hit'

Answer: "You Oughta Know"


Question: '(Sarah) The little girl who fell off a swing got out of the hospital today, saying her new hero is this famed nurse'

Answer: Florence Nightingale


Question: 'Yogi warned that "You got to be careful if you don't know where you're going because you might not" do this'

Answer: get there


Question: 'The easternmost point in Central America is in this country'

Answer: Panama


Question: 'Container Mary Hays used to bring water to the troops at the Battle of Monmouth'

Answer: pitcher (hence the name "Molly Pitcher")


Question: 'In May 1927 this plane was tested by flying from San Diego to NYC; it took 20 hours, 21 minutes'

Answer: the Spirit of St. Louis


Question: 'This 1938 James Stewart film won Best Picture & earned an Oscar for its director, Frank Capra'

Answer: You Can\'t Take It with You


Question: '(Sarah)  At the 17th Street Bake-Off today, the big winner was a pie made from these stalks...mmmm!'

Answer: rhubarb


Question: 'Yogi once reflected that it was this psychological term "all over again"'

Answer: deja vu


Question: 'On Earth Day 1993 Belize formed an association for this neologism, defined as environmentally sensitive travel'

Answer: ecotourism


Question: 'The "Literature Lover's Book of Lists" says this engineer "blew his train whistle in a special way"'

Answer: Casey Jones


Question: 'With room for 700, this traveled 1 mile at a height of 70 feet on its only flight in 1947'

Answer: the Spruce Goose


Question: 'Double your fun & tell us the name of this 1967 James Bond film'

Answer: You Only Live Twice


Question: '(Sarah)  Tonight, a hearing on whether these construction tools that include a man's name are harming your hearing'

Answer: jackhammers


Question: 'She's the "entomological" first lady seen here'

Answer: Lady Bird Johnson


Question: 'The "Vegas" edition of this Chevy Chase movie series features a trailer home on an H-bomb test site'

Answer: National Lampoon\'s Vacation


Question: 'In "Tara Road" by Maeve Binchy, a woman from this country swaps houses with a woman in Connecticut'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'This operating system that drove Microsoft's 1980s growth was bought from programmer Tim Paterson'

Answer: DOS (Disk Operating System)


Question: 'Before antibiotics, the lung diseases collectively known as this killed about 1/3 of their victims'

Answer: pneumonia


Question: 'Play:<br />"Dial 1000 for Murder"'

Answer: M


Question: 'She's the only first lady to have won a Grammy'

Answer: Hillary Clinton