Question: 'Kellogg introduced these toaster pastries in 1964'

Answer: Pop-Tarts


Question: 'In Sumatra they call this tree-dwelling ape mawas'

Answer: Orangutan


Question: 'On this sitcom you could have seen Jay Thomas take a few "Potts" shots in the Blue Shamrock'

Answer: "Love And War"


Question: 'The Jonker, a 726-carat gem of this kind, was discovered in South Africa in 1934'

Answer: Diamond


Question: 'This city founded in 1693 didn't become capital of Jamaica until 1872'

Answer: Kingston


Question: 'Thomas Hancock patented vulcanized rubber in England the year before this man in the U.S.'

Answer: Charles Goodyear


Question: 'Mercury & aneroid are the 2 main types of this instrument used to measure air pressure'

Answer: Barometer


Question: 'Though these "Earth pigs" eat ants, strictly speaking they are not anteaters'

Answer: Aardvarks


Question: 'On this sitcom you may find the Crane brothers having coffee at Cafe Nervosa'

Answer: "Frasier"


Question: 'It's the color of the Star of India, a famous 563-carat sapphire'

Answer: Blue


Question: 'This capital of Saudi Arabia was built at an oasis'

Answer: Riyadh


Question: 'Typists owe a debt of thanks to Bette Nesmith, who invented this correction fluid'

Answer: Liquid Paper


Question: 'Members of this church are popularly called "Moonies"'

Answer: Unification Church


Question: 'The fossa, a type of civet, is the dominant carnivore of this African island, the world's 4th largest'

Answer: Madagascar


Question: 'The Lunch Box in Lanford, Ill. is one of this sitcom's settings'

Answer: "Roseanne"


Question: 'The "sherry" type of this golden gemstone is sometimes heated to turn it pink'

Answer: Topaz


Question: 'In 1932 Cholon was combined with this city in Vietnam's Mekong delta'

Answer: Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City)


Question: 'The first inflatable rubber life jacket is credited to this man famous for his raincoats'

Answer: Charles McIntosh


Question: 'The fish called the Dolly Varden Trout was named for a character in this author's "Barnaby Rudge"'

Answer: Charles Dickens


Question: 'On July 29, 1588 this fleet was sighted off the coast of England'

Answer: The Spanish Armada


Question: 'In 1994 this former British prime minister was installed as chancellor of the college of William And Mary'

Answer: Margaret Thatcher


Question: 'The Minnesota River joins the Mississippi near these twin cities'

Answer: Minneapolis & St. Paul


Question: 'This March observance has been called the "most important national holiday in Ireland"'

Answer: St. Patrick\'s Day


Question: 'In 1922 he painted his 1st major mural, "Creation", at the National Preparatory School in Mexico City'

Answer: Diego Rivera


Question: 'In 1911 this "Trees" poet's first volume of verse, "Summer of Love" was published'

Answer: Joyce Kilmer


Question: 'At the beginning of the century, Huayna Capac ruled this South American empire'

Answer: Incas


Question: 'Her 10th murder mystery, "Murder in the National Cathedral", was published in 1990'

Answer: Margaret Truman


Question: 'Riverboat casino gambling has increased tourism in this Hawkeye State's city of Bettendorf'

Answer: Iowa


Question: 'On August 30 this state observes Huey P. Long Day'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'Botticelli featured members of this prominent family in his "Adoration of the Magi"'

Answer: The Medicis


Question: 'He became a reporter for the Chicago Daily News in 1917, a year after his "Chicago Poems" was published'

Answer: Carl Sandburg


Question: 'When Thomas Cavendish became the third to accomplish this feat it took 2 years & 50 days'

Answer: Circumnavigate the globe


Question: 'Found at a swap meet, the special Oscar stolen from this child star of "Meet Me In St. Louis" was returned in 1995'

Answer: Margaret O\' Brien


Question: 'This word for a Mississippi River embankment comes from the French meaning "to rise"'

Answer: Levee


Question: 'It's the date on which the anniversary of D-Day & South Korea's Memorial Day are observed'

Answer: June 6


Question: 'It's what Alexander Calder called his stationary sculptures'

Answer: Stabiles


Question: 'George Thomson's "Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs" contains many of his songs'

Answer: Robert Burns


Question: 'This confederation was split in the 1531 War of the Catholic Cantons'

Answer: Swiss Confederation


Question: 'Her photograph of Montana's Fort Peck Dam graced the cover of Life Magazine's first issue'

Answer: Margaret Bourke-White


Question: 'Ferde Grofe wrote his "Mississippi Suite" 6 years before this famous suite'

Answer: "Grand Canyon Suite"


Question: 'The Megillah or Story of Esther is read on this Jewish holiday'

Answer: Purim


Question: 'You can see his "Majas on a Balcony" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art'

Answer: Francisco Goya


Question: 'In a Longfellow poem, this schooner is wrecked "On the reef of Norman's Woe"'

Answer: The Hesperus


Question: 'In 1543 he published his treatise "On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres"'

Answer: Nicolaus Copernicus


Question: 'She was secretary of Health & Human Services 1983-85, then became U.S. ambassador to Ireland'

Answer: Margaret Heckler


Question: 'This future Republican president managed flood relief on the Mississippi in 1927'

Answer: Herbert Hoover


Question: 'July 26 is observed as the feast day of the Virgin Mary's parents, St. Joachim & this woman'

Answer: St. Anne


Question: 'In 1983 he skirted 11 islands in Biscayne Bay with sheets of pink plastic'

Answer: Christo


Question: 'His 1892 work "Barrack-Room Ballads" included such poems as "Fuzzy-Wuzzy" & "Danny Deever"'

Answer: Rudyard Kipling


Question: 'It's Europe's second-largest island'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'In cases of meningitis, Kernig's sign is hamstring pain when trying to extend this joint'

Answer: the knee


Question: '24 tales are linked in this Chaucer masterpiece'

Answer: Canterbury Tales


Question: 'Types of these you'll find in the forest include the red-eyed vireo & the scarlet tanager'

Answer: birds


Question: 'Basically this dressing is thousand island without the relish'

Answer: Russian


Question: 'This actress copes with cancer & overbearing mom Shirley MacLaine in "Terms of Endearment"'

Answer: Debra Winger


Question: 'To improve your computer by incorporating new advances'

Answer: upgrade


Question: 'Don't worry if the doc says you have an aortic sinus of Valsalva; it's a normal part of this organ'

Answer: the heart


Question: 'The Oswego canal links the Erie Canal with this Great Lake'

Answer: Lake Ontario


Question: 'Careful!  These eucalyptus eaters in the forests of New South Wales can rip you to pieces if disturbed'

Answer: the koala


Question: 'The pirate-infested Caribbean was known as this "Main"'

Answer: the Spanish Main


Question: 'This actress copes with cancer & pouty daughter Renee Zellweger in 1998's "One True Thing"'

Answer: Meryl Streep


Question: 'The early training one receives in life'

Answer: upbringing


Question: 'If your doctor says your condition is idiopathic or cryptogenic, he's telling you this about its cause'

Answer: they don\'t know the cause


Question: 'This ancient trade route linking China & Europe was used by Marco Polo in the 13th century'

Answer: the Silk Road


Question: 'The only National Forest in Missouri is named for this author'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'Relax.  Enjoy.  It's the bath seen here'

Answer: a Turkish bath


Question: 'Who isn't moved to tears when the people of Bedford Falls come to George Bailey's rescue in this 1946 holiday classic?'

Answer: It\'s a Wonderful Life


Question: 'Capital letters used in writing or printing'

Answer: uppercase


Question: 'Laryngoxerosis is this problem in the throat, sometimes medicated at a nearby bar'

Answer: a dry throat


Question: 'Xerox created the local area network known as this to link computers at its research center'

Answer: the Ethernet


Question: 'As opposed to evergreen, it's the term for trees in temperate forests that lose their leaves each year'

Answer: deciduous


Question: 'Woman the Guess Who & Lenny Kravitz wanted to stay away from them'

Answer: an American woman


Question: 'Ricky Schroeder took on the Jackie Cooper role in the remake of this 3-hankie classic about a washed-up fighter'

Answer: The Champ


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew has his boxing gloves on.)  It's the devastating blow I'm about to deliver'

Answer: an uppercut


Question: 'A patient labeled NPO, "non per os", cannot be nourished this way'

Answer: through the mouth


Question: 'Using simple links, the molecule whose structure is seen here is this substance, used as a bleach'

Answer: hydrogen peroxide


Question: 'You'll find this covering layer in a rainforest between the understory & the emergent layer'

Answer: canopy


Question: 'This dip is a sliced beef sandwich served with pan juice on the side'

Answer: a French dip


Question: 'Robin Williams leaves heaven to save wife Annabella Sciorra from hell in this 1998 weepie'

Answer: What Dreams May Come


Question: 'This city is home to Sweden's oldest university'

Answer: Uppsala


Question: '"It Doesn't Take a Hero" is the autobiography of this commander of the Persian Gulf War'

Answer: Schwarzkopf


Question: 'Give a person enough of this & he'll hang himself'

Answer: rope


Question: 'This Northern Michigan island sits on the strait of the same name'

Answer: Mackinac


Question: 'This Roundtable gal quipped, "Four be the things I'd been better without: love, curiosity, freckles and doubt"'

Answer: Dorothy Parker


Question: '"Friends"'

Answer: New York


Question: 'In an operetta title it precedes "Pinafore"'

Answer: H.M.S.


Question: 'On June 6, 1944 he said, "The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you"'

Answer: Eisenhower


Question: 'Weapon in the title of a 1983 Bryan Adams album (it was also cut 5)'

Answer: a knife


Question: 'Community in the name of the doll seen here, introduced in 1971'

Answer: Malibu


Question: 'Perhaps out mending the wall, this American poet said, "Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired"'

Answer: Frost


Question: '"Too Close for Comfort" &<br />"Dharma & Greg"'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'Madonna in "Music" & J. Lo. in "Play" both have a request for this person'

Answer: D.J.


Question: 'Upon arriving in France in 1917, this AEF commander laid a wreath on Lafayette's tomb'

Answer: Pershing


Question: 'To throw out your back while monkeying around. or a "monkey" tool to twist a bolt'

Answer: a wrench


Question: 'Limerick & Tipperary are in this cheesy-sounding province in Ireland'

Answer: Munster


Question: 'He wrote in a 1970 book, "Love means not ever having to say you're sorry"'

Answer: Erich Segal


Question: '"Martin" &<br />"Home Improvement"'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'This postal abbreviation of the "Old Line State" has been doctored'

Answer: MD


Question: 'Known as "The G.I.'s General", he's the five-star hero seen here with only three during World War II'

Answer: (Omar) Bradley


Question: 'Something easy is this type of "cinch"'

Answer: a lead pipe


Question: '(Jeff Probst, host of Survivor, delivers the clue.)  Nuka Hiva is the largest island in this French group in the South Pacific'

Answer: the Marquesas


Question: 'In 1949 this Baltimore columnist opined, "Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another"'

Answer: Mencken


Question: '"Mork & Mindy"'

Answer: Boulder (Colorado)


Question: 'This abbreviation means "no seats left"' but you can still watch the show inside'

Answer: S.R.O.


Question: 'Commander of the Pacific Fleet, this American signed the Japanese surrender in 1945'

Answer: Nimitz


Question: 'An earthquake occurred in 1989 while some 60,000 folks were gathered for the World Series in this park'

Answer: Candlestick


Question: 'It's Somalia's principal port & not a Chinese dish, even when followed by pork'

Answer: Mogadishu


Question: 'This Victorian prime minister observed, "The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end"'

Answer: Benjamin Disraeli


Question: '"Alice"'

Answer: Phoenix


Question: 'A baby & mama doc (not Papa Doc) combo'

Answer: OB/GYN


Question: 'All the correct responses in the category "THIS'LL KILL YA!" are integral to this, introduced in the 1940s'

Answer: Clue


Question: 'If you wish to avoid something this is the length of the pole you wouldn't touch it with'

Answer: a 10-foot pole


Question: 'The poodle probably originated in Germany, though it's most associated with this country'

Answer: France


Question: 'Born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, she ruled Russia under this name'

Answer: Catherine the Great


Question: 'The fissionable 235 isotope makes up less than 1% of this metal in nature'

Answer: uranium


Question: 'The Mitsubishi Eclipse & Mazda 626 are 2 Japanese cars made in the U.S. by members of this union'

Answer: the United Auto Workers


Question: 'Since 1960 this comedian's Desert Golf Classic has raised more than $20 million for charity'

Answer: Bob Hope


Question: 'The last thing Old King Cole called for'

Answer: his fiddlers three


Question: 'The green-winged teal, a small one of these birds, is well suited for living in garden ponds'

Answer: a duck


Question: 'Of less than a year, 3 years or 4½ years, the length of time Julius Caesar ruled Rome alone'

Answer: less than a year


Question: 'Photography accounts for almost half the industrial use of this metal in the U.S.'

Answer: silver


Question: 'Fired in 1976, in 1980 striking workers got him reinstated at the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk'

Answer: Lech Walesa


Question: 'He's the national poet of Scotland'

Answer: Robert Burns


Question: '"It was love at first sight" Yossarian felt for the chaplain in this novel'

Answer: Catch-22


Question: 'Of figs, grapes or avocados, the one that's poisonous to parrots'

Answer: avocados


Question: 'He was sent to Mexico in 1864 to set up an empire for Napoleon III'

Answer: Maximillian


Question: 'Amalgams, which may be liquid or solid, are alloys of this metal'

Answer: mercury


Question: 'Term for the process by which unions & employers negotiate the terms of employment'

Answer: collective bargaining


Question: 'In June he captured a Tony Award for his performance in "Tru"'

Answer: Robert Morse


Question: 'Alan Alda & Carol Burnett starred in this comedy about a year in the lives of 3 couples'

Answer: The Four Seasons


Question: 'The Birman & the Balinese are long-haired breeds of these'

Answer: cats


Question: 'The Glorious Revolution of 1688 brought this pair to the British throne'

Answer: William & Mary


Question: 'The U.S. nickel coin is actually 75% this metal'

Answer: copper


Question: '"Big Bill" Haywood helped organize this union whose members were called Wobblies'

Answer: the Industrial Workers of the World


Question: 'The original Clarabell on "Howdy Doody", he later became "Captain Kangaroo"'

Answer: Bob Keeshan


Question: 'In Britain, the numerical name for a midmorning snack'

Answer: elevenses


Question: 'The largest lizard found in the New World is the common, or green, species of this'

Answer: iguana


Question: 'In 1974 Jigme Singye Wangchuk was crowned king in Thimphu, capital of this country between India & Tibet'

Answer: Bhutan


Question: 'An oxide of this light metal, discovered in 1791, is used extensively as a white pigment'

Answer: titanium


Question: 'Under David Dubinsky's leadership, this union grew from 34,000 members in 1932 to 404,000 in 1966'

Answer: the International Ladies\' Garment Workers\' Union


Question: 'In 1986 he was elected Florida's first Hispanic governor'

Answer: Bob Martinez


Question: 'The Sopwith Camel was one of this country's best fighter planes of the war'

Answer: England


Question: 'In 1962 this ex-Brooklyn Dodger became the first black elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame'

Answer: Jackie Robinson


Question: 'Andrew Paterson wrote this ballad that begins "Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong"'

Answer: "Waltzing Matilda"


Question: 'It was a symbol of good luck until the Nazi Party used it as its symbol'

Answer: the swastika


Question: 'The Hungarian Parliament building lies on a bank of this river'

Answer: the Danube


Question: 'This fire-stealer warned his son Deucalion of a great deluge, so he built an ark'

Answer: Prometheus


Question: 'This future president headed the Food Administration during the war'

Answer: Hoover


Question: 'Appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1967, he's now its oldest member'

Answer: Thurgood Marshall


Question: 'A novel by Joan Lindsay was the basis for this Peter Weir film about the disappearance of a teacher & kids'

Answer: Picnic at Hanging Rock


Question: 'In math a horizontal line with a dot above & below it represents this'

Answer: division


Question: 'The largest port on this river is Le Havre'

Answer: the Seine


Question: 'Maia, the mother of this Greek messenger of the gods, was one of the Pleiades'

Answer: Hermes


Question: 'The U.S. Army's 42nd division under Chief of Staff D. MacArthur had this colorful nickname'

Answer: the "Rainbow Division"


Question: 'In 1968 this Baptist minister succeeded M.L. King Jr. as president of the S.C.L.C.'

Answer: (Ralph) Abernathy


Question: 'Morris West's 1963 bestseller about a Russian pope'

Answer: The Shoes of the Fisherman


Question: 'In heraldry, a device shaped like an inverted V, or the name on the signs of a gas station chain'

Answer: a chevron


Question: 'The name of this country's Guadalquivir is from the Arabic "Wadi al-Kabir" meaning Great River'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'Antigone's complex family tree included this woman, who was her mother & her grandmother'

Answer: Jocasta


Question: 'Known as "The Tiger", this Frenchman presided over the Paris Peace Conference'

Answer: Clemenceau


Question: 'A former medical professor, he now heads the Department of Health & Human Services'

Answer: (Louis) Sullivan


Question: 'The latest tome from this author of "Tim" is "The First Man in Rome"'

Answer: Colleen McCullough


Question: 'Annual reference book whose symbol, a globe sitting on an open book, is found on its spine'

Answer: the World Almanac


Question: 'This German tributary of the Rhine has lent its name to a major industrial region'

Answer: the Ruhr


Question: 'Some legends say she killed her brother Absyrtus while others say Jason murdered him'

Answer: Medea


Question: 'There were over 600,000 casualites in the 1916 battle for this French city'

Answer: Verdun


Question: 'Appointed FCC commissioner in 1972, he later resigned to become exec. director of the NAACP'

Answer: Benjamin Hooks


Question: 'Miles Franklin's story of a headstrong, intelligent woman in turn-of-the-century Australia'

Answer: My Brilliant Career


Question: 'This symbol for a sign of the zodiac can be seen in the Treasury seal on a $1 bill'

Answer: the scales


Question: 'In Dublin, 10 bridges span this river as it leisurely winds its way to the sea'

Answer: the Liffey


Question: 'The Amazon queen Hippolyta was the daughter of this war god, the Greek equivalent of Mars'

Answer: Ares


Question: 'The name of this Iowa city commemorates the powwow Lewis & Clark held with area Indians in 1804'

Answer: Council Bluffs


Question:
'The Tabor Center,
The Museum of Western Art,
The Mile High Flea Market'

Answer: Denver


Question: 'The 1990s saw a new way to make Jell-O puddings using this type of oven'

Answer: Microwave oven


Question: 'In March 1998 he won a Best Actor Oscar for his role as an obsessive-repulsive novelist in "As Good As It Gets"'

Answer: Jack Nicholson


Question: 'Actors who have played cops on this series include S. Epatha Merkerson, Chris Noth & Paul Sorvino'

Answer: Law & Order


Question: '(Famous red-squared, shakeable drawing toy)'

Answer: Etch-A-Sketch


Question: 'Macedonian conqueror for whom Linus Van Pelt waits patiently on Halloween'

Answer: Alexander the Great Pumpkin


Question:
'The Center for Southern Folklore,
The Mud Island Amphitheatre,
The Sincerely Elvis Museum'

Answer: Memphis


Question: 'During her 140-day-long mission on this workplace Shannon Lucid made Jell-O every Sunday'

Answer: Mir


Question: 'On March 5, 1998 scientists announced that there was ice at both poles of this heavenly body'

Answer: Moon


Question: 'On this series, William B. Davis plays a character called the Cigarette-Smoking Man'

Answer: The X-Files


Question: '("Stereophonic" device used to watch pictures on reels)'

Answer: View-Master


Question: 'This character might cluck, "The 11 herbs & spices are falling!  The 11 herbs & spices are falling!"'

Answer: Kentucky Fried Chicken Little


Question:
'The Pontalba Apartments,
Pat O'Brien's Bar,
Preservation Hall'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'Due to a shortage of this during WWII, it was tough to find Jell-O on grocery shelves'

Answer: Sugar


Question: 'He told the U.S. Senate, "At Microsoft we are spending 2.6 billion in R&D this year"'

Answer: Bill Gates


Question: 'Now a regular on "NewsRadio", on "Saturday Night Live" he played the Anal-Retentive Chef'

Answer: Phil Hartman


Question: '(Toy that's a "knockout")'

Answer: Rock \'Em Sock \'Em Robots


Question: 'Robbie, Chip & Ernie Douglas' favorite D.H. Lawrence novel'

Answer: My Three Sons and Lovers


Question:
'Rittenhouse Square,
Society Hill,
The Franklin Institute'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'The Smithsonian's 1991 conference on Jell-O history included a talk on this "sport"'

Answer: Jell-O wrestling


Question: 'This school won the 1997-98 NCAA basketball title by mounting the biggest second half comeback in Finals history'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: '(Hey, I'm Alicia Witt)  In 1995 she won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress for her work on the sitcom we both work on, "Cybill"'

Answer: Christine Baranski


Question: '(Remove an ailment carefully or you'll get buzzed)'

Answer: Operation


Question:
'The O. Henry Museum,
The Capitol Saddlery,
The Texas Memorial Museum'

Answer: Austin


Question: 'In the 1930s Jell-O sponsored a series of "Oz" booklets by this author who died in 1919'

Answer: L. Frank Baum


Question: 'On March 27 this automaker, known for his 550 Spyder & 911 models, died in Austria at age 88'

Answer: Ferdinand Porsche Jr.


Question: 'Wallace Langham plays Josh on "Veronica's Closet" & Phil on this HBO talk show spoof'

Answer: The Larry Sanders Show


Question: '(Tap your mallet carefully on the "frozen water blocks" and...)'

Answer: Don\'t Break the Ice


Question: 'This word plus an exclamation point is commonly found after "Westward" & "Land"'

Answer: Ho!


Question: 'Coined by the Columbian Centinel in July 1817, this "era" often describes Monroe's 2 terms'

Answer: "Era of Good Feeling"


Question: 'A 100-meter dash is the first event in this contest in which Dan O'Brien reigns supreme'

Answer: Decathlon


Question: 'In "Pride and Prejudice", she wrote that a wealthy bachelor "must be in want of a wife"'

Answer: Jane Austen


Question: 'His parents were Jane & John Clemens'

Answer: Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)


Question: 'The colon is the largest part of this "large" organ'

Answer: Large intestine


Question: 'In 1963 he put up his "Dukes" as the title character in "McLintock!"'

Answer: John Wayne


Question: 'It's the period referred to in the following song:<br />("When the moon is in the seventh house...")'

Answer: The Age of Aquarius


Question: 'In his youth, this Yankee slugger who died in 1995 could go from home to first in 3.1 seconds'

Answer: Mickey Mantle


Question: 'At Walden Pond, he "never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude"'

Answer: Henry David Thoreau


Question: 'He was just getting started when he won an Olympic bronze medal in the 100 meter freestyle in 1968'

Answer: Mark Spitz


Question: 'As its name indicates, the hepatic flexure is a bend in the colon just below this organ'

Answer: Liver


Question: '"Pore Jud is Daid" is a song in this exclamatory 1943 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical'

Answer: "Oklahoma!"


Question: 'The painting seen here is part of this historical period:'

Answer: Renaissance


Question: 'In the Olympics, you're guilty of this if you leave within .10 seconds of the gun going off'

Answer: False start


Question: 'In "The Devil's Dictionary", he defined "alone" as "In bad company"'

Answer: Ambrose Bierce


Question: 'His less "forceful" film credits include "Slipstream" & "Corvette Summer"'

Answer: Mark Hamill


Question: 'The colon is part of this "canal" whose name is from Latin for "to nourish"'

Answer: Alimentary canal


Question: '"Las Vegas (what?)...Las Vegas!!!!" is an article by this "Bonfire of the Vanities" author'

Answer: Tom Wolfe


Question: 'From the Latin words for middle and age, this adjective is used to describe the Middle Ages'

Answer: Medieval


Question: 'In 1936 he got right in Der Fuhrer's face with an Olympic victory in the 100 meters'

Answer: Jesse Owens


Question: '"Bachelors know more about women", quipped this Baltimore sage, "If they didn't, they'd be married"'

Answer: H.L. Mencken


Question: 'Check him twice, he won the NHL's MVP Trophy in 1990 with Edmonton & in 1992 with the New York Rangers'

Answer: Mark Messier


Question: 'In a Mark Leyner title, "My Cousin" is this type of doctor, who treats diseases of the colon'

Answer: Gastroenterologist


Question: 'In 1963 he painted the comic strip-inspired "Whaam!"'

Answer: Roy Lichtenstein


Question: 'Named for mountains in France, this middle period of the Mesozoic era lasted about 65 million years'

Answer: Jurassic (from the Jura Mountains)


Question: 'Pietro Mennea's record of 19.72 seconds at this distance stood from 1979 until Michael Johnson broke it in 1996'

Answer: 200-meter dash


Question: 'Attributed to Gloria Steinem, a slogan says, "A woman without a man is like a fish without" one of these'

Answer: Bicycle


Question: 'He's the American abstract expressionist whose work "Untitled 1958" is seen here:'

Answer: Mark Rothko


Question: 'These 2 adjectives, for the first & third major segments of the colon, might also apply to climbers'

Answer: Ascending & descending


Question: 'He's the only GOP presidential nominee to lose 2 presidential elections'

Answer: Thomas E. Dewey (1944 & 1948)


Question: 'The College of William & Mary'

Answer: Williamsburg


Question: 'Told he'd tied this man with his 361st HR, Sammy Sosa asked, "That's the guy whose girlfriend was Marilyn Monroe?"'

Answer: Joe DiMaggio


Question: 'A hollow-nosed bullet that expands on impact'

Answer: a dumdum


Question: 'I could've had this brand's vegetable juice-- instead, I'll grab its "Splash" of berry blend'

Answer: V8


Question: 'Iron, which makes up 5% of the Earth's crust, is 2nd in abundance to this among metals, which must please Alcoa'

Answer: aluminum


Question: 'A vodka & tomato juice drink turns into a Texas-based cosmetics giant'

Answer: Bloody Mary Kay


Question: 'California Institute of Technology (no, not L.A.)'

Answer: Pasadena


Question: 'This ex-Falcon QB who returned with the Eagles said, "I have two weapons--my legs, my arm, and my brains"'

Answer: Michael Vick


Question: 'Moroccans add saffron to this semolina staple, while Algerians like to add tomatoes'

Answer: couscous


Question: 'I could go for this company's root beer-- it has that "frosty mug taste" & I do so like the taste of mugs'

Answer: A&W


Question: 'Iron is extracted by this 8-letter industrial process with carbon & limestone; I'm this process!  Thiiiis processss...'

Answer: smelting


Question: '"Tainted Love" band's pocket communicator'

Answer: Soft Cell phone


Question: 'DePaul University'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'Ike Taylor of this Bill Cowher-coached NFL team said, "You only get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity so many times"'

Answer: Pittsburgh Steelers


Question: 'A soft sound separate from normal heart action; it may indicate a serious problem'

Answer: a murmur


Question: 'I just got off this paper towel brand's website, quickerpickerupper.com'

Answer: Bounty


Question: 'Pale to brassy yellow, this item, half iron & half sulfur, is sometimes called fool's gold'

Answer: pyrite


Question: 'Bonus work in school that nets you a piece of plastic from Visa'

Answer: extra credit card


Question: 'Oral Roberts University'

Answer: Tulsa (Oklahoma)


Question: 'Meeting Joe Garagiola Jr., this ex-president said, "I'm always suspicious of guys who've got a famous father"'

Answer: George Walker Bush


Question: 'Oxford lays claim to a head & a foot of one of these extinct birds'

Answer: the dodo


Question: 'By 1962 this brand "summited" & became the best-selling toothpaste in the U.S.--guess I won't be setting a trend if I buy some'

Answer: Crest


Question: 'Mesabi & Vermilion are historically rich iron ranges in this state'

Answer: Minnesota


Question: 'This leader of the Autobots' factors are itself & one'

Answer: Optimus Prime number


Question: 'The University of Arkansas (main campus)'

Answer: Fayetteville


Question: 'This golfer told a men's magazine he doesn't go to the gym because "they won't let me smoke in there"'

Answer: John Daly


Question: 'This German city's Roman baths were built during the reign of Caracalla'

Answer: Baden-Baden


Question: 'The heck with the diet!  I'm buyin' Vaanillaa Swiss Aalmond ice cream from this braand founded by Reuben Mattus'

Answer: Häagen-Dazs


Question: 'An olden theory said that when metallic iron loses its phlogiston, it becomes this remnant we know as an oxide'

Answer: rust


Question: 'Any carbonated beverage that's "all around the mulberry bush"'

Answer: soda Pop Goes the Weasel


Question: 'In March 1942 Hitler approved Operation Aida, an offensive by Rommel to cross North Africa to this river'

Answer: Nile


Question: 'Henry David Thoreau's 1859 essay "A Plea for" this Harpers Ferry guy didn't work; he was executed'

Answer: John Brown


Question: 'A woman facing the guillotine, 1793:<br />"Farewell, my children, I go to rejoin your father"'

Answer: Marie Antoinette


Question: 'This detective was 18 when she began her career in "The Secret of the Old Clock", so she's 98 today'

Answer: Nancy Drew


Question: 'This grandfather clock part moves to & fro by the action of gravity & acquired momentum'

Answer: pendulum


Question: '1935's "The Little Colonel" contains the scene in which Bill Robinson tap dances up & down the stairs with her'

Answer: Shirley Temple


Question: 'To help the war effort, this composer wrote "Any Bonds Today?" for the Treasury Department'

Answer: Irving Berlin


Question: 'The 3,106-carat Cullinan Diamond was cut into more than 100 smaller gems that are now part of this royal collection'

Answer: the British Crown Jewels


Question: 'A composer, 1827:<br />"I shall hear in heaven"'

Answer: Beethoven


Question: 'In this Dashiell Hammett novel, Effie Perine describes her boss' client by saying, "She's a knockout"'

Answer: The Maltese Falcon


Question: 'In German, the plural of "mother" gets this diacritical mark'

Answer: umlaut


Question: '"Before the Frost/Until the Freeze" was a 2009 double album from this band fronted by Chris Robinson'

Answer: The Black Crowes


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.)  A panel honors the contribution of paratroop units like the 507th, which helped beat back this German counteroffensive of December 1944'

Answer: Battle of the Bulge


Question: 'The 4.25-carat Kahn Canary Diamond, found in Arkansas in 1977, was worn by her to her husband's inaugurations'

Answer: Hillary Clinton


Question: 'A Mexican bandito, 1923:<br />"Don't let it end like this.  Tell them I said something"'

Answer: Pancho Villa


Question: 'This Agatha Christie spinster first appeared in print in the 1926 short story "The Tuesday Night Club"'

Answer: Miss Marple


Question: 'This language of the Incas is still spoken in Peru & Ecuador'

Answer: Quechua


Question: '"Shop Around" was the first Top 40 hit by this group featuring Smokey Robinson'

Answer: The Miracles


Question: 'In July 1942 the port of Sevastopol fell to the Germans & the rest of this peninsula soon followed'

Answer: the Crimean Peninsula


Question: 'Spiro Agnew pleaded this, Latin for "no contest", to tax fraud charges in 1973'

Answer: nolo contendere


Question: 'An Irish writer, 1900:<br />"My wallpaper & I are fighting a duel to the death.  One... of us has to go"'

Answer: Oscar Wilde


Question: 'Inspector Kurt Wallander solves mysteries in this country, homeland of his creator Henning Mankell'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'To build up or gather, like snow'

Answer: accumulate


Question: 'The middle initial of this movie actor known for playing gangsters stood for Goldenberg'

Answer: Edward G. Robinson


Question: 'The final land battle of WWII was fought on this island in the Ryukyus in June 1945'

Answer: Okinawa


Question: 'Chief Pleas is the parliament of Sark, one of these islands between England & France'

Answer: the Channel Islands


Question: 'An admiral, 1805:<br />"Thank God, I have done my duty"'

Answer: Horatio Nelson


Question: 'This John D. MacDonald shamus living in the Fort Lauderdale Marina considers himself to be a "salvage consultant"'

Answer: Travis McGee


Question: 'The name of this branch of math comes from the Latin for "small stone"'

Answer: calculus


Question: 'Walker Smith used this name as a professional boxer'

Answer: Sugar Ray Robinson


Question: '1 of the 2 largely German-speaking monarchies in the world; they're about 250 miles apart'

Answer: (1 of) Liechtenstein & Luxembourg


Question: 'The nuts of its state tree, the Kukui, are strung together to make leis'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'In 2001 this aerospace giant grew sleepless in Seattle & decided to move its headquarters to Chicago'

Answer: Boeing


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew on the stage of the Apollo Theater in Harlem)  Especially on Amateur Night, performers like to rub what's known as the tree of this, & yes, it springs eternal'

Answer: hope


Question: 'In 1846 he was elected to Congress as an Illinois Whig; in 1856 he joined the antislavery Republican Party'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'There are about 50 species of these pollinators in North America'

Answer: bumblebees


Question: 'Ovid wrote on the "Art of" this: in the 12th century, Andreas Capellanus laid out the rules for the "courtly" type'

Answer: love


Question: 'Woof, woof!  It's Virginia's state tree'

Answer: dogwood


Question: 'It's the auto parts chain whose logo is seen here'

Answer: Pep Boys


Question: 'In 2000 the Apollo welcomed Al Gore & this former New Jersey senator for a political debate'

Answer: Bill Bradley


Question: 'In 1948 this SAG president campaigned for fellow Democrat Harry Truman; in 1962, he turned Republican'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question:
'Ubiquitous expressive medium seen here
(example being Honk if You Love Jeopardy!)'

Answer: bumper sticker


Question: 'Bach did most of his composing for this Protestant denomination'

Answer: Lutheran


Question: 'This state tree of Mississppi is famed for its fragrant flowers'

Answer: magnolia


Question: 'He's CEO of both Apple Computer & Pixar Animation Studios'

Answer: Steve Jobs


Question: '(Cheryl)  In 1968 "I spied" this comic making his Apollo debut'

Answer: Bill Cosby


Question: 'In 2001 this Vermont senator made headlines when he left the Republican Party to become an independent'

Answer: Jim Jeffords


Question: 'Bad cattle or bad advice'

Answer: bum steer


Question: 'His "Book of Marvels" was about his 13th C. trip to the East with his father & uncle (who'd been there before)'

Answer: Marco Polo


Question: 'Georgia's state tree is the "live" type of this, not the dead one'

Answer: oak


Question: 'This company has cleaned up with such products as its Dustbuster & yes, its Scumbuster'

Answer: Black & Decker


Question: 'A-maize-ing but in 1999 they became the first hard rockers to play the Apollo'

Answer: Korn


Question: 'The oldest person to serve in Congress, he's been a Democrat, a Republican & a States' Rights Democrat'

Answer: Strom Thurmond


Question: 'From the Middle Dutch for "little barrel", it's another way of saying yokel or hayseed'

Answer: bumpkin


Question: 'One of the contributors to Diderot's encyclopedia was this "Candide" man'

Answer: Voltaire


Question: 'Its state tree is the Sitka spruce'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'As America's top supplier of ATMs, the company known by these 3 initials has really cashed in'

Answer: NCR (formerly known as National Cash Register)


Question: '(Cheryl)  "God Bless the Child That's Got His Own" was the signature tune of this woman who appeared at the Apollo with Count Basie in 1937'

Answer: Billie Holiday


Question: 'Once a Democrat, this Colorado senator became a Republican in 1995'

Answer: Ben Nighthorse Campbell


Question: 'Slang for an umbrella'

Answer: bumbershoot


Question: 'Considered the first Italian humanist, this 14th century author had his own sonnet form'

Answer: Petrarch


Question: 'This gospel is the first book of the New Testament'

Answer: Matthew


Question: '1998 for "Shakespeare in Love"'

Answer: Gwyneth Paltrow


Question: 'In 1887 he moved to Chicago & became a draftsman for architect Joseph Lyman Silsbee'

Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright


Question: 'Most of Bolivia's population lives in highland areas of these mountains that cover the western portion of the country'

Answer: the Andes


Question: 'Number of singers in the group that hit No. 1 in 1970 with "ABC"'

Answer: (Jackson) 5


Question: 'The West Indian manatee has vestiges of these, so it may have to see a West Indian manicurist'

Answer: nails


Question: 'Her book tells the story of Purim'

Answer: Esther


Question: '1978 for "Coming Home"'

Answer: Jane Fonda


Question: 'In the movie "Airplane!" this actor says, "Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking"'

Answer: Lloyd Bridges


Question: 'In 1967 Bolivian troops tracked down this famous Argentinian revolutionary & killed him'

Answer: Che Guevara


Question: 'You should know this number is an anagram & a homophone of the German word for "no"'

Answer: nine


Question: 'Manatees store fat called this beneath the skin & around the intestines to keep things warm'

Answer: blubber


Question: 'This book talks about "A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace"'

Answer: Ecclesiastes


Question: '1990 for "Misery"'

Answer: Kathy Bates


Question: 'Knighted in 1992, he was made a lord in 1997 & took the title Baron of Sydmonton'

Answer: Andrew Lloyd Webber


Question: 'You'll find this Bolivian body of water 12,507 feet above sea level'

Answer: Lake Titicaca


Question: 'The prefix kilo signifies 10 to the power of this'

Answer: 3


Question: 'Pat Rose is considered this state's foremost manatee expert'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'You'll find this pair of books between First & Second Samuel & First & Second Chronicles'

Answer: Kings


Question: '1976 for "Network"'

Answer: Faye Dunaway


Question: 'He once famously remarked, "I knew Jack Kennedy, Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine.  Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy"'

Answer: Lloyd Bentsen


Question: 'One of these llama relatives is featured on Bolivia's coat of arms'

Answer: alpaca


Question: 'Legend says only Adrastus survived out of a group of this many heroes who took on Thebes'

Answer: 7


Question: 'The Portuguese call the manatee peixe-boi, fish this; the Spanish call it Vaca marinha, sea this'

Answer: cow


Question: 'Probably written by Jeremiah, this book is in the form of a 5-poem dirge'

Answer: Lamentations


Question: '1973 for "A Touch of Class"'

Answer: Glenda Jackson


Question: 'After the Civil War, this abolitionist campaigned for women's suffrage & justice for Native Americans'

Answer: William Lloyd Garrison


Question: 'Bolivia fought a war in 1932 with this country, its smallest neighbor'

Answer: Paraguay


Question: 'In 1816 Ferdinand I ruled over the kingdom of this many Sicilies'

Answer: 2


Question: 'These organs are long & narrow & extend through the manatee's entire body cavity to help with buoyancy'

Answer: lungs


Question: 'This independent nation is the only Hindu kingdom in the world'

Answer: Nepal


Question: 'This lake in the Western U.S. has a specific gravity that is 10-22% higher than that of fresh water'

Answer: the Great Salt Lake


Question: 'Quarterback Roger Staubach spent his entire 11-seaons pro career with this team'

Answer: the Dallas Cowboys


Question: 'In 1987 this U.S. college's chancellor got a new chain of office, with a badge reading "1693"'

Answer: William and Mary


Question: 'If Ms. Hunter of "Broadcast News" married Rolling Stone Ron, she'd say hooray for this name'

Answer: Holly Wood


Question: 'The day after he landed from England in 1775, Penn.'s assembly named him to the Continental Congress'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: 'It's the Turkish word for fate or destiny'

Answer: kismet


Question: 'This largest Florida lake covers about 700 square miles, but its greatest depth is only about 15 feet'

Answer: Lake Okeechobee


Question: 'This Pittsburgh Steelers tackle was named the AP's defensive player of the year twice: 1972 & 1974'

Answer: Mean Joe Greene


Question: 'Chains of office are worn by Grand Lodge Officers of this group, possibly named from being though peculiar'

Answer: the Oddfellows


Question: 'If "Entertainment Tonight" anchor Mary married Irish actor Gabriel, she'd suffer with this hyphenated name'

Answer: Hart-Byrne


Question: 'John Dickenson's "Fabius" letters helped make this state he represented the first to ratify the Constitution'

Answer: Delaware


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew eats a slice of pizza on Arthur Avenue in New York.)  A motto on Arthur Avenue is "mangia bene, vivi bene", which translates to this'

Answer: eat well, live well


Question: 'J. Strom Thurmond Lake, which has more than 100 small islands, lies on this state's border with Georgia'

Answer: South Carolina


Question: 'In 1969 he left the Packers & became the head coach, general manager & part owner of the Washington Redskins'

Answer: Vince Lombardi


Question: 'This chain-wearer seen here sailed from Lisbon in 1497 with the São Gabriel and other ships under his command'

Answer: Vasco da Gama


Question: ''80s singer Kim ("Kids In America") forms a duo with Daryl Hall's singer partner & sows this hyphenated name'

Answer: Wilde-Oates


Question: 'Thinking him conceited some added a "Y" to the last name of this Declaration signer born in 1737'

Answer: John Hancock


Question: 'A statement that has nothing to do with the argument at hand, this Latin term literally means "it does not follow"'

Answer: non-sequitur


Question: 'The 2nd-largest freshwater lake totally within the U.S., this state's Lake Iliamna is the spawning ground for red salmon'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'In 1960, after 40 years in Chicago, this team moved to St. Louis'

Answer: the Cardinals


Question: 'A chain of office is part of the regalia of this deluded steward in "Twelfth Night"'

Answer: Malvolio


Question: 'Ms. Cantrell, a jazzy vocalist, weds actor Jude & gets this puritanical name'

Answer: Blu Law


Question: '1 of the 2 "Federalist" authors whose lives were not ended by gunfire'

Answer: James Madison (or John Jay)


Question: 'This 2-word French phrase is used of a monomaniacal obsession'

Answer: idée fixe


Question: 'Hawaii's Lake Waiau lies at 13,020 feet, atop this dormant volcano on the Big Island'

Answer: Mauna Kea


Question: 'The Las Vegas Outlaws & Los Angeles Xtreme were teams in this league that lasted just one season, 2001'

Answer: the XFL


Question: '2-word term for the Sheffield, England offical who wears a 2-pound chain of 18-karat gold'

Answer: the Lord Mayor


Question: 'Singer Vikki thinks "it must be him" of English dramatist Harold & hyphenates her name to become...'

Answer: Vikki Carr-Pinter


Question: '(I'm John DeStefano, Mayor of New Haven, but) This man, our first mayor, was the only man to sign the 4 great U.S. founding documents, including the Constitution'

Answer: Roger Sherman


Question: 'Literally Welsh for "session", it's an annual get-together of Welsh bards & musicians'

Answer: eisteddfod


Question: 'Until 1998 a plant in Fairfax, Vermont churned out the wooden tiles for this game, about a million a day'

Answer: Scrabble


Question: 'Lester Bangs called this "Combat Rock" band "the missing link between black music and white noise"'

Answer: The Clash


Question: 'On this date in 1862, Mexico defeated France at the decisive Battle of Puebla'

Answer: Cinco de Mayo


Question: 'It's the only Olympic event that bears the name of a famous battle'

Answer: the marathon


Question: '"Am I my brother's keeper?"'

Answer: Genesis


Question: 'This Spanish surrealist said, "Have no fear of perfection--you'll never reach it"'

Answer: (Salvador) Dalí


Question: 'It was in this state in the late 1800s that Standard Oil & National Cash Register rang up their first sales'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'The Damned began as the Masters of the Backside with this "Pretender", the Emma Peel of Rock & Roll, on guitar'

Answer: Chrissie Hynde


Question: 'In 711 a Muslim army defeated Roderick, the last king of these people in Spain'

Answer: the Visigoths


Question: 'In the 1800s this American removed the Us from honour & colour & turned "centre" into "center"'

Answer: Noah Webster


Question: '"It is more blessed to give than to receive"'

Answer: Acts of the Apostles


Question: 'When asked what his favorite one of these was, Jack Palance joked, "poppy seed"'

Answer: roles


Question: 'The Breakers, an opulent mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, was built as a "summer cottage" for this family'

Answer: the Vanderbilts


Question: 'So-Cal Punk was personified in this Black Flag frontman with the "Hot Animal" soul of a poet'

Answer: Henry Rollins


Question: 'In 878 this great king of Wessex defeated the invading Danes at the Battle of Edington'

Answer: Alfred the Great


Question: 'The only 2 letters with which a current independent country name in English does not begin'

Answer: W and X


Question: '"My cup runneth over"'

Answer: Psalms


Question: 'H.L. Mencken defined Puritanism as "the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be" this'

Answer: happy


Question: 'In 1997 this 12-year-old Springer Spaniel passed away at home in Kennebunkport'

Answer: Millie (the Bush family dog)


Question: 'To secure this band's 1978 U.S. visas, Warner reportedly put up $1 million to guarantee their behavior'

Answer: The Sex Pistols


Question: 'Lord Admiral Howard's warships defeated the vaunted Spanish Armada in the English Channel in this year'

Answer: 1588


Question: 'In a 1968 film it was revealed that this machine was born on January 12, 1992 in Urbana, Illinois'

Answer: HAL


Question: '"Physician, heal thyself"'

Answer: Luke


Question: 'Jeremy Bentham said these are "the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished"'

Answer: lawyers


Question: 'In 1986 this model kit company merged with its main competitor, Monogram'

Answer: Revell


Question: 'This "Godfather of Punk" is still a "Real Wild Child" jamming with Green Day & Peaches on his "Skull Ring" album'

Answer: Iggy Pop


Question: 'In 1954 Viet Minh forces under the commands of this general defeated the French at Dien Bien Phu'

Answer: Vo Nguyen Giap


Question: 'Months that contain a Friday the 13th will always begin on this day of the week'

Answer: Sunday


Question: '"Many are called, but few are chosen"'

Answer: Matthew


Question: '"It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors", wrote Oscar Wilde in the preface to this novel'

Answer: The Picture of Dorian Gray


Question: 'After WWI he wrote, "To develop a horse-surgery… would necessitate a knowledge of horse language"'

Answer: Hugh Lofting (author of the Doctor Doolittle books)


Question: 'It's "America's Hat"'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'This actress was quite ugly before her transformation in "Miss Congeniality"'

Answer: Sandra Bullock


Question: 'NASA is observing 20 years of amazing images from this, launched by Space Shuttle Discovery'

Answer: the Hubble Telescope


Question: 'Peter was born in 1672 within the walls of this sprawling Moscow fortress'

Answer: the Kremlin


Question: '1-syllable term for the USA's central banking authority'

Answer: the Fed


Question: '(Kyra Sedgwick delivers the clue.)  Lividity, caused by blood pooling in certain areas, is one of the ways to determine this, abbreviated T.O.D., which Brenda often politely asks the forensics folks to tell her'

Answer: time of death


Question: 'Some call it "Kiwiland"'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'No one wants to date Julia Stiles in this 1999 movie except Heath Ledger, & he does it on a lark'

Answer: 10 Things I Hate About You


Question: 'October brought the 20th anniversary of this, celebrated each year on Tag der Deutschen Einheit'

Answer: German Unification


Question:
'To the
closest
foot,
it was
Peter's
unusual
height'

Answer: seven feet


Question: '(Kyra Sedgwick delivers the clue.)  Some detectives ask witnesses to look at these arrays that usually include a suspect & 5 others standing in a row'

Answer: a lineup


Question: 'Italy is "Lo Stivale", meaning this'

Answer: the boot


Question: 'Of the frumpy sorority girls led by Anna Faris in "The House Bunny", this "American Idol" runner-up sure stands out'

Answer: Katharine McPhee


Question: 'In 1990 this captain created by Ted Turner started fighting eco-villains on TV'

Answer: Captain Planet


Question: 'To Europeanize Russia, Peter moved the capital to St. Petersburg, the city he'd founded on this sea'

Answer: the Baltic Sea


Question: 'Number of points offered in a sports wager to equalize the competition'

Answer: the spread


Question: '(Kyra Sedgwick delivers the clue.)  The classic 3 elements that point to guilt are means, opportunity & this one, which means a detective has to be a pretty good psychologist'

Answer: motive


Question: 'This is "India's Teardrop"'

Answer: Sri Lanka


Question: 'When this loner gets a makeover in "The Breakfast Club", we realize she was pretty all the time'

Answer: Ally Sheedy


Question: 'Representative Jim Langevin presided over the House of Representatives in recognition of the anniversary of this 1990 act'

Answer: the Americans with Disabilities Act


Question: 'Beginning around 1700, Peter was great in the Great Northern War against this Scandinavian kingdom'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'Existential trepidation'

Answer: dread


Question: '(Kyra Sedgwick delivers the clue.)  If 2 or more murders have a similar type of victim & weapon, you might be dealing with one of these, a term popularized by Robert Ressler of the FBI'

Answer: a serial killer


Question: '"The Bread Basket of Europe", it stretches from Uzhgorod to Luhansk'

Answer: the Ukraine


Question: 'Rachael Leigh Cook, the "ugly duckling", is pursued by Freddie Prinze Jr. in this high school comedy'

Answer: She\'s All That


Question: 'Digital imaging contests were among the festivities as this Adobe software program turned 20 on Feb. 19, 2010'

Answer: Photoshop


Question: 'Part of the palace begun by Peter is now this Russian museum, one of the largest in the world'

Answer: the Hermitage


Question: 'The raised helical rib of a screw'

Answer: the thread


Question: '(Kyra Sedgwick delivers the clue.)  Getting confessions, Brenda's specialty, will be easier now that the Supreme Court has ruled that any response to interrogation means you've waived your rights under this 1966 decision'

Answer: the Miranda decision


Question: 'Shakespeare writes the 11th sequel to the Freddy Krueger horror films'

Answer: Twelfth Nightmare on Elm Street


Question: 'On Oct. 5, 2004 he wed Elin Nordegren during a Barbados sunset; the divorce was finalized in Aug. 2010'

Answer: Tiger Woods


Question: 'Maestro Maazel & this American orchestra brought Gershwin to North Korea in 2008'

Answer: the New York Philharmonic


Question: 'Jay M. Arena, director of the Duke Poison Control Center, devised this type of bottle cap'

Answer: childproof


Question: 'It's what WGA stands for in Hollywood'

Answer: the Writers Guild of America


Question: 'Better known for wearing baggy pants, this 19th c. feminist began a newspaper for women called The Lily in 1849'

Answer: (Amelia) Bloomer


Question: 'Shakespeare believes that there will be an answer for why the prince of Denmark sings a Beatles classic'

Answer: Hamlet It Be


Question: 'On Sept. 27, 2009 Babyface played the wedding of L.A. Laker Lamar Odom & Khloe, a member of this "reality" family'

Answer: the Kardashians


Question: 'On Aug. 14, 2010 the English Baroque soloists presented all 6 of this master's Brandenburg Concertos'

Answer: Bach


Question: 'A cafeteria on a movie studio lot'

Answer: commissary


Question: 'AFL-CIO stands for this & the Congress of Industrial Organizations'

Answer: the American Federation of Labor


Question: 'This gospel says, "Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin"'

Answer: the Book of Matthew


Question: 'Shakespeare tells how a Roman & an Egyptian queen learn to bounce up & down on their new lawn toy'

Answer: Antony and Cleopatrampoline


Question: 'Wonder if this ex-heavyweight champ sang "In The Air Tonight" at his June 6, 2009 wedding to Lakiha Spicer'

Answer: Mike Tyson


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the science lab.)  Pyrolytic graphite repels either pole of a magnet, so when you suspend a magnet between 2 plates of the graphite, the magnet does what a magician would call this 10-letter trick'

Answer: levitation


Question: 'If you can read the clue, thank a member of this union abbreviated AFT'

Answer: the American Federation of Teachers


Question: 'Sacred to the ancient Egyptians, Buddhists & Hindus, it's the variety of water lily seen here'

Answer: the lotus


Question: 'Shakespeare's comedy about a chef who tells a customer it's best to cook steaks until they're like shoe leather'

Answer: All\'s Well That Ends Well Done


Question: 'No reports of wedding crashers at Isla Fisher's March 15, 2010 Paris wedding to this "Borat" star; very nice!'

Answer: Sasha Baron Cohen


Question: 'This liquid that's left after cream is churned can be an ingredient in a delicious biscuit'

Answer: buttermilk


Question: 'Shocking!  It's the "B" in the IBEW, a union for electrical workers'

Answer: Brotherhood


Question: 'This artist's series of paintings known as "Les Nympheas" depicts lilies in a pond'

Answer: Monet


Question: 'Tragedy about a Roman general who cuts off his own hand & throws it into an old word for a spittoon'

Answer: Titus Andronicuspidor


Question: 'John Krasinski found this "Devil Wears Prada" star anything but dull & got right to the point, marrying her in Italy in 2010'

Answer: (Emily) Blunt


Question: 'In journalism it's more serious than a correction & means "we take the whole story back"'

Answer: a retraction


Question: 'Also known as the Wobblies, they're the IWW'

Answer: Industrial Workers of the World


Question: 'Over 6 decades, this botanist developed more than 50 varieties of lilies as well as his famous potatoes'

Answer: Luther Burbank


Question: 'These 2 cities in the Southeast & Southwest were the only 2 Confederate state capitals not captured by Union forces'

Answer: Tallahassee & Austin


Question: 'Coots, rails & limpkins are types of these'

Answer: birds


Question: 'It was all the rage & on the charts in 1975; so "Do" it!'

Answer: the "Hustle"


Question: 'Take a driving tour of Hopewell homes built in the 1920s & '30s from this "Softer Side" retailer's mail-order kits'

Answer: Sears


Question: 'This '70s style included the ubiquitous safety pin in the nose'

Answer: Punk


Question: 'This woman married to our 37th president was born farther west than any other first lady'

Answer: Pat Nixon


Question: 'It's an error in a computer program'

Answer: bug


Question: 'The spines on a hedgehog are actually a modified form of this, something you have'

Answer: hair


Question: 'You might need a designated driver after listening to this No. 1 hit from 1958'

Answer: "Tequila"


Question: 'City Point, the oldest part of Hopewell, was founded by Sir Thomas Dale in the 13th year of this century'

Answer: 17th century


Question: 'Elsa Schiaparelli was influenced by this art movement & even designed the "tear dress" with Dali'

Answer: Surrealism


Question: 'It's the city where the Francis Scott Key Bridge spans the Patapsco River estuary'

Answer: Baltimore


Question: 'If you're really desperate to get something, you may do this, "borrow, or steal" to get it'

Answer: beg


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew at the Columbus (Ohio) Zoo)  This 2-word term applied to manatees includes the name of a placid land animal'

Answer: sea cow


Question: 'The Ventures had a Top 10 hit with this song in 1969'

Answer: "Theme from \'Hawaii Five-O\'"


Question: 'Hopewell is a mere 30 minutes down the road from this capital of the Confederacy'

Answer: Richmond


Question: 'The trendsetter for men in the '30s was the Prince of Wales who became this king'

Answer: Edward VIII


Question: 'The book "Heave Ho" describes this June 1944 event as perhaps the greatest mass bout of seasickness ever'

Answer: D-Day


Question: 'In police slang, it means "to make a collar"'

Answer: bag


Question: 'At about 500 pounds, the pygmy species of this is only about 1/10 the mass of the full-sized version'

Answer: hippopotamus


Question: '72 years after this 1902 song was written, it went to No. 3 on the charts'

Answer: "The Entertainer"


Question: 'From his headquarters in what is now Hopewell, this general directed the 1864-65 siege of nearby Petersburg'

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant


Question: 'Last name of designers Domenico & Stefano, they have an & line and a D&G line'

Answer: Dolce & Gabbana


Question: 'Seen here, it's the only breed of dog of which it can be categorically said that its bite is worse than its bark'

Answer: Basenji


Question: 'Whitney & Yanni are among the artists on this label'

Answer: BMG


Question: 'Meaning "intoxicated", musth is when the bulls of the African or Asian species of these go beserk'

Answer: elephants


Question: 'Reaching No. 1 in 1962, this song was the first by a British group to top the U.S. charts'

Answer: "Telstar"


Question: 'Hopewell got a major boost in its development when this Delaware chemical company started a factory there in 1914'

Answer: DuPont


Question: '1958 saw his Trapeze line debut at Dior'

Answer: Yves Saint Laurent


Question: 'The Latin name of this ocean creature is Xiphias gladius'

Answer: swordfish


Question: 'Mystery author Katherine Hall Page has put "The Body in the Cast", "The Body in the Kelp" & "The Body in" this'

Answer: the Bog


Question: 'In 1888 this painter suffered one of his first attacks of madness, while Paul Gauguin was visiting him'

Answer: Vincent Van Gogh


Question: 'This person appeared in more than 35 Alfred Hitchcock movies'

Answer: Alfred Hitchcock


Question: 'Cleopatra:<br />"Leave the fishing-rod...to us poor sovereigns of Pharos...your game is cities, provinces & kingdoms"'

Answer: Mark Antony


Question: 'Seen here, Yale Law, 1967'

Answer: Joseph Lieberman


Question: 'The lowest points of Aruba & Anguilla are at sea level -- this sea'

Answer: Caribbean Sea


Question: 'Justice Felix, or a hot dog'

Answer: Frankfurter


Question: 'His "Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2" featured Thomas Carlyle, not his mother'

Answer: James McNeill Whistler


Question: 'In the 1937 film version, he's Snow White's only beardless dwarf'

Answer: Dopey


Question: 'Churchill:<br />"You do your worst -- and we will do our best"'

Answer: Adolf Hitler


Question: 'Seen here, UCLA Law, 1973'

Answer: Judge Joe Brown


Question: 'The Sea of Marmara, between the Bosporus & Dardanelles Straits, is bounded by this country'

Answer: Turkey


Question: 'An amazing stroke of luck, or an alternate name for the summer flounder'

Answer: fluke


Question: 'Expressionist movements that started in this country included "The Bridge" & "The Blue Rider"'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'Disney's first live-action comedy, this 1959 film starred Tommy Kirk as a boy who changes into a sheepdog'

Answer: The Shaggy Dog


Question: 'Lincoln:<br />"Pardon me for asking what the horses of your army have done since...Antietam that fatigue anything?"'

Answer: George McClellan


Question: 'Attended Alabama 1961-1965; played some varsity football'

Answer: Joe Namath


Question: 'A visit to the southern Israeli resort city of Eilat might include snorkeling in this sea'

Answer: Red Sea


Question: 'The fiddlehead fronds of these graceful green plants taste a bit like green beans & asparagus'

Answer: ferns


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew at Rembrandt's house in Amsterdam)  Rembrandt did much of his work in this studio, including this philosopher "Contemplating the Bust of Homer"'

Answer: Aristotle


Question: 'In this 1978 film, Vietnam vet Christopher Walken plays Russian Roulette for a living'

Answer: The Deer Hunter


Question: 'Joseph Welch:<br />"Have you no sense of decency, sir?"'

Answer: Senator Joseph McCarthy


Question: 'Brown (not Penn State), 1950'

Answer: Joe Paterno


Question: 'This "Port" city, a national capital, lies on the Gulf of Papua, an inlet of the Coral Sea'

Answer: Port Moresby


Question: 'Here's the buzz: its scientific genus is Drosophila'

Answer: fruit fly


Question: 'French Fauvist famous for his 1905 "Woman with a Hat" & a mural in a Pennsylvania museum'

Answer: Henri Matisse


Question: 'This Swedish film director's classics include "The Virgin Spring", "The Silence" & "Wild Strawberries"'

Answer: Ingmar Bergman


Question: 'Samuel Johnson:<br />"I'll come no more behind your scenes, David; for...your actresses excite my amorous propensities"'

Answer: David Garrick


Question: 'West Point (to learn "fighting"), 1837'

Answer: Joe Hooker


Question: 'On the North Sea, this Dutch province whose name includes the Dutch for "sea", was badly flooded in 1953'

Answer: Zeeland


Question: 'Good "Afternoon" to this creature who's half-goat & half-human'

Answer: faun


Question: 'Wilton, Connecticut, a quiet, affluent town near New York City, was the basis for this title town in a 1972 novel'

Answer: Stepford


Question: 'A city in Utah is named for this Virginia home of Thomas Jefferson'

Answer: Monticello


Question: 'On June 14, 1995 this team led by Hakeem Olajuwon won its second straight NBA title'

Answer: Houston Rockets


Question: 'It's fun to pull this saltwater candy into long strands, then cut it into bite-size pieces'

Answer: Taffy


Question: 'These pendulous body parts of Doberman pinschers are often cropped to make them stand up'

Answer: Ears


Question: 'Common abbreviation for the Latin phrase meaning "In the year of our Lord"'

Answer: A.D. (Anno Domini)


Question: 'The history of the Tower of London goes back to the fortress built by this conqueror'

Answer: William The Conqueror


Question: 'Bertha Raffetto wrote Nevada's official one, "Home Means Nevada"'

Answer: State Song


Question: 'In 1985 he became the first jockey to win over $100,000,000 in career purses'

Answer: Willie Shoemaker


Question: 'In 1995 Mrs. Gooch's Market in Glendale, Calif. baked a 710-lb cake made from 825 of these orange veggies'

Answer: Carrots


Question: 'A dog cools its body mainly by panting because these glands are only found on its feet'

Answer: Sweat Glands


Question: 'It's the word for 1/10 of a century'

Answer: Decade


Question: 'In 1633 he was brought before the Inquisition for believing the doctrine of the Earth moving around the sun'

Answer: Galileo


Question: 'Some descendants of Jean Laffite's pirate crew still live on Grand Isle in this state'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'Muhammad Ali called his 1974 heavyweight fight with this recent champ the "Rumble In The Jungle"'

Answer: George Foreman


Question: 'Frankenberry, Booberry & Count Chocula are types of these made by General Mills'

Answer: Breakfast Cereals


Question: 'Like other running animals, many dogs lack this bone also called the clavicle'

Answer: Collarbone


Question: 'Season during which many clocks in the U.S. are set ahead an hour'

Answer: Spring ("Spring forward, fall back")


Question: 'In 1812 Napoleon's Grand Army of 614,000 invaded this country; months later only 40,000 were left'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'Every other year the people of Monroe in this state celebrate Cheese Days'

Answer: Wisconsin


Question: 'He won the Indy 500 in 1992 & 1994; his father won the race on 4 previous occasions'

Answer: Al Unser, Jr.


Question: 'Guinness says the largest of these treats was a jelly one that weighed 3,739 lbs.; hope no one tried to dunk it'

Answer: Doughnut


Question: 'The canine digestive system closely resembles the human while lacking this "vermiform" projection'

Answer: Appendix


Question: 'Working 9-5, no lunches we're includin

Answer: 40


Question: 'German for "empire", the first one was the Holy Roman Empire; the second was founded in 1871'

Answer: Reich


Question: 'This Ithaca, N.Y. school is the only Ivy League university established after the American Revolution'

Answer: Cornell


Question: 'In 1944 swimmer Ann Curtis became the 1st woman to receive this award as the nation's oustanding amateur athlete'

Answer: Sullivan Award


Question: 'If their ice cream was known by their last names, they'd be scooping up Cohen & Greenfield's'

Answer: Ben & Jerry\'s


Question: 'Varying in number, the caudal vertebrae of a dog are found in this body part'

Answer: Tail


Question: 'New Jersey & New Hampshire lie in the eastern time zone; New Mexico is in this zone'

Answer: Mountain Time Zone


Question: 'This Athenian's code was so strict, you could be executed for stealing a cabbage'

Answer: Draco


Question: 'He began his mountain climbing career in New Zealand's Southern Alps'

Answer: Sir Edmund Hillary


Question: 'Botanist George Carver took this middle name to distinguish himself from another George Carver'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'She was the goddess of marriage, even though her marriage to Zeus was far from blissful'

Answer: Hera


Question: 'Awardees receive the medal, $400 a month for life & the right to be buried in this Virginia cemetery'

Answer: Arlington National Cemetery


Question: 'The name of this country comes from the Koryo dynasty, which ruled until the 1300s'

Answer: Korea


Question: 'When filming this 1956 motion picture, Cantinflas got many stamps in his "Passepartout"'

Answer: Around the World in 80 Days


Question: 'With about 180 men & 3 ships, he set out for Peru from Central America in January 1531'

Answer: Francisco Pizarro


Question: 'Named for the poet & essayist, author Ralph Ellison had this middle name'

Answer: Waldo


Question: 'You could say this love goddess' eye was on the sparrow because the sparrow was sacred to her'

Answer: Aphrodite


Question: '9 Congressional Medals have been awarded to these anonymous warriors'

Answer: Unknown Soldiers


Question: 'It's the smallest of the countries in the Benelux economic union'

Answer: Luxembourg


Question: 'Gene Barry meets Martians in this 1953 H.G. Wells sci-fi classic'

Answer: "War Of The Worlds"


Question: 'This Dane joined the Russian navy in 1704 & served in the war against Sweden'

Answer: Vitus Bering


Question: 'Friends of country music sensation Mary Carpenter refer to her by this middle name'

Answer: Chapin


Question: 'This daughter of King Nisus shared her name with a monster who lived near Charybdis'

Answer: Scylla


Question: 'In 1989 this wild west scout & showman's medal, revoked in 1917, was restored'

Answer: William "Buffalo Bill" Cody


Question: 'In 1991 Macedonia declared its independence from this country'

Answer: Yugoslavia


Question: 'This 1992 comedy featuring a Campbell & an Algar won 8 Oscars -- Not!'

Answer: "Wayne\'s World"


Question: 'While serving as viceroy in India, he died suddenly at Cochin on December 24, 1524'

Answer: Vasco Da Gama


Question: 'Former president George Bush has 2 middle names, Herbert & this'

Answer: Walker


Question: 'This goddess of the hunt turned the nymph Arethusa into a fountain so she could escape a river god'

Answer: Artemis


Question: 'Only one medal has been awarded to a member of this service branch'

Answer: Coast Guard


Question: 'Hungarians largely in Transylvania make up this country's largest minority group'

Answer: Romania


Question: 'Author John Irving has a cameo in it as a wrestling referee'

Answer: "The World According To Garp"


Question: 'While searching for the 7 Cities of Cibola in 1540, this conquistador's party reached the Grand Canyon'

Answer: Francisco Coronado


Question: 'Of American Indian ancestry, Colorado senator Ben Campbell adopted this middle name in 1980'

Answer: Nighthorse


Question: 'Some say this sorceress slew her brother Absyrtus before fleeing with the golden fleece'

Answer: Medea


Question: '59 medals were awarded to men who fought in this 1900 Asian uprising'

Answer: The Boxer Rebellion


Question: 'In 1994 actor Ruben Blades ran for president of this Central American country; he came in 3rd'

Answer: Panama


Question: 'In this 1960 film, William Holden falls for lady of the evening Nancy Kwan in Hong Kong'

Answer: "The World Of Suzie Wong"


Question: '1904 British play that includes the line "To die will be an awfully big adventure"'

Answer: Peter Pan


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew at Sea World in San Diego)  Here comes the Asian small-clawed type of this, which is smaller than the river type of North America'

Answer: otter


Question: 'R&B legend William Robinson'

Answer: Smokey Robinson


Question: 'November is the national month for this condition, both insulin-dependent & non-'

Answer: diabetes


Question: 'In the 15th century B.C. Hatshepsut ruled this country as regent for her nephew Thutmose'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'Also called butter beans, these beans have been cultivated in Peru for thousands of years'

Answer: lima beans


Question: 'In the movie, it's "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"'

Answer: gold


Question: 'The Malayan flying fox, with a wingspan of over 5 feet, is really one of these mammals'

Answer: bat


Question: 'Drummer Richard Starkey'

Answer: Ringo Starr


Question: 'Like the month of October, the stamp seen here promotes awareness of this disease'

Answer: breast cancer


Question: 'Eurynoe, a Macedonian princess of the 300s B.C., had this great nephew -- not great-nephew, great nephew'

Answer: Alexander the Great


Question: 'A certain military branch has served this bean as a staple since the mid-1800s, hence its name'

Answer: navy bean


Question: 'A story relegated to the bottom half of a newspaper page is "below" this'

Answer: the fold


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew at the San Diego Zoo)  The pacarana, which had an ancestor the size of a rhinoceros, is one of the largest of this order of mammals'

Answer: rodent


Question: 'Folk rocker Robert Zimmerman'

Answer: Bob Dylan


Question: 'It's National Stress-Free Family Holidays Month'

Answer: December


Question: 'Under Shotoku & his aunt Suiko, Japan established relations with the Sui dynasty in this country'

Answer: China


Question: 'This bean is named for the sound it makes when broken in half'

Answer: snap bean


Question: 'We think THIS FACE should be familiar to you'

Answer: bold


Question: 'What we call a moose is known in Europe by this 3-letter name'

Answer: elk


Question: 'Airplane flyer Grace Wing'

Answer: Grace Slick


Question: 'This association whose symbol is seen here sponsors Breathe Easy Month each May'

Answer: American Lung Association


Question: 'In Celtic myth, Furbaidhe kills his aunt Medb by shooting a hard piece of this dairy food from a slingshot'

Answer: cheese


Question: 'The name of this bean is Spanish for "painted"'

Answer: pinto bean


Question: 'It often follows "Going once, going twice..."'

Answer: Sold!


Question: 'One of these monkeys used in medical research was also the first mammal to go into space'

Answer: rhesus monkey


Question: 'Youthful-looking singer-songwriter Kenneth Edmonds'

Answer: Babyface


Question: 'November has been picked to increase knowledge of these donors who help leukemia patients'

Answer: bone marrow donors


Question: 'As Abraham's wife, the biblical Sarah was the aunt of this man who settled in Sodom'

Answer: Lot


Question: 'Products made from this legume include tofu & miso'

Answer: soybeans


Question: 'To chide or reprimand, or a person who constantly does so'

Answer: scold


Question: 'A memorial to this day was dedicated June 6, 2001 in Bedford, Virginia'

Answer: D-Day


Question: 'If he blows a last second shot for the N.Y. Knicks, they'd say this guard we have a problem'

Answer: Allan Houston


Question: 'According to Mr. Boswell's statement, you & he first met in 1763.  Is that correct?'

Answer: Samuel Johnson


Question: 'A tiny wrinkle at the corner of the eye is called a crow's this'

Answer: foot


Question: 'Running for almost 3 decades, this bandleader's TV show premiered in 1955'

Answer: Lawrence Welk


Question: 'When this waterway opened in 1869, it brought Arabia into much closer touch with the outside world'

Answer: Suez Canal


Question: 'A memorial to him, seen here, is at the National Academy of Sciences'

Answer: Albert Einstein


Question: 'He's the Laker phenom whom opponents might wish played in Japan'

Answer: Kobe Bryant


Question: '"A cynic...knows the price of everything and the value of nothing."  Tell the court what you meant'

Answer: Oscar Wilde


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Santa Monica Pier)  This character sometimes dreams that he's a World War I flying ace, battling the Red Baron'

Answer: Snoopy


Question: 'This linebacker broke Joe Theismann's leg on "Monday Night Football"'

Answer: Lawrence Taylor


Question: 'One of the earliest Arab kingdoms was Saba, which may be identical with this one mentioned in the Bible'

Answer: Sheba


Question: 'A memorial named for this fictional woman, symbol of WWII laborers, is at a former shipyard in Richmond, Calif.'

Answer: Rosie the Riveter


Question: 'This ex-49er QB kindly helped out Ronnie Lott's painful itching in a parody TV ad'

Answer: Joe Montana


Question: 'Did you or did you not write, in "Man and Superman", "Liberty means responsibility.  That is why most men dread it"'

Answer: George Bernard Shaw


Question: 'An uninterrupted series or extent, like the space-time one'

Answer: continuum


Question: 'He privately published "Lady Chatterley's Lover" in 1928'

Answer: D.H. Lawrence


Question: 'The Arabs of Arabia look upon themselves as the descendants of this son of Noah'

Answer: Shem


Question: 'The fisherman's memorial seen here is in this Massachusetts city'

Answer: Gloucester


Question: 'Drew Carey knows Hall of Fame pitcher Grover Alexander's middle name is this'

Answer: Cleveland


Question: 'So you, a humble Baltimore writer, called Puritanism "The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy"'

Answer: H.L. Mencken


Question: 'A Mideastern marketplace, or a charity sale'

Answer: bazaar


Question: 'In "Romeo & Juliet", he marries Romeo & Juliet'

Answer: Friar Lawrence


Question: 'Once divided into a North & South, it's the second-largest nation on the peninsula'

Answer: Yemen


Question: 'Part of the new national memorial, in this state capital, is seen here'

Answer: Oklahoma City


Question: 'Geographic nickname of boxer Joe Walcott, shown what exit to take when he was KO'd in '52 by Rocky Marciano'

Answer: Jersey Joe Walcott


Question: 'You said of your shared office with Dorothy Parker, "One cubic foot less and it would have constituted adultery"'

Answer: Robert Benchley


Question: 'In 79 A.D. this city could have used the Imperial Emergency Management Agency'

Answer: Pompeii


Question: 'This beat poet penned "A Coney Island of the Mind"'

Answer: Lawrence Ferlinghetti


Question: 'By population, it's the largest city on the Arabian Peninsula'

Answer: Riyadh


Question: 'The soundtrack of this 1992 film is the bestselling movie soundtrack of the 1990s'

Answer: The Bodyguard


Question: 'Thousands receive care every year at this institution for homeless, neglected & abused children founded in 1917'

Answer: Father Flanagan\'s Boys Town/Home


Question: 'Children's book title character who wears the hat seen here (red & white stripes)'

Answer: The Cat In The Hat


Question: 'This song begins, "In the town where I was born, lived a man who sailed the sea"'

Answer: "Yellow Submarine"


Question: 'Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'Stay the course & don't change these "in midstream"'

Answer: Horses


Question: 'With the purchase of this region in 1803, the area now known as Nebraska became part of the United States'

Answer: Lousiana Purchase/Territory


Question: 'From the Spanish for "shade", it's the hat seen here, senor'

Answer: Sombrero


Question: 'That's Paul McCartney whispering in the background on this singer's "Mellow Yellow"'

Answer: Donovan


Question: 'President Jacques Chirac'

Answer: France


Question: 'Though it sounds like a reference to oil, it's the branch of geology that studies rock composition'

Answer: Petrology


Question: 'To do this is to keep your mouth tightly shut like a bivalve'

Answer: To clam up


Question: 'In 1982 Nebraskans passed "Initiative 300", banning out-of-state corporations from buying these'

Answer: Farms/ranches


Question: 'As Tarzan could tell you, this hat's name refers to the plant fiber it's made from'

Answer: Pith helmet


Question: 'This Tony Orlando & Dawn song asks, "It's been three long years, do you still want me?"'

Answer: "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree"


Question: 'Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'While limonite adds a yellowish tinge to marble, hematite adds this color'

Answer: Red


Question: 'Now meaning very relaxed, to be as "loose as" this animal originally meant you were promiscuous'

Answer: A goose


Question: 'From 1855 to 1867, this city was the territorial capital'

Answer: Omaha


Question: 'This hat's name comes from a Robbie Burns poem'

Answer: Tam \'O Shanter


Question: 'From 1970's "Ladies of the Canyon" album, it's Joni Mitchell's song of ecological concerns'

Answer: "Big Yellow Taxi"


Question: 'Prime Minister John Howard'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'This variety of quartz is a beautiful birthstone'

Answer: Amethyst


Question: 'If someone is weeping these reptilian drops, he's pretending to grieve'

Answer: Crocodile tears


Question: 'On May 6, 1877 this great Sioux Indian chief surrendered to the U.S. Army at Fort Robinson'

Answer: Crazy Horse


Question: 'The name of this hat is elementary, my dear contestant'

Answer: Deerstalker


Question: 'The title of a 1960 No. 1 song, it's what "she wore for the first time today... so in a blanket she wanted to stay"'

Answer: "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"


Question: 'President Arpad Gancz'

Answer: Hungary


Question: 'Some metamorphic rocks with light & dark-colored bands have this pleasant-sounding gname'

Answer: Gneiss


Question: 'When I do something well, it leaves me feeling "as proud as" this fowl'

Answer: A peacock


Question: '(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />Johnny's performance in this role featured the death scene heard here: "O happy dagger this is thy sheath; there rest & let me die"'

Answer: Juliet ("Romeo And Juliet")


Question: 'The English eat a mince pie named for this December holiday'

Answer: Christmas


Question: 'This Michigan city's civic center has 6 complexes, including the Joe Louis Arena & the Ford Auditorium'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'In the largest meat recall in U.S. history, 25 million pounds of this were recalled in August'

Answer: Beef (hamburger meat)


Question: '"Key Largo" was the last film he made with his fourth wife, Lauren Bacall'

Answer: Humphrey Bogart


Question: 'Megrim is a similar alternate word for this pain'

Answer: Migraine


Question: 'Johnny should be famous for his incomparable performance in this role heard here:  "To be or not to be, that is the question"'

Answer: Hamlet


Question: 'These rock cornish animals are so small you'll probably need a whole one for each person'

Answer: Game hens


Question: 'The name of this Minnesota city comes from an Indian word for "water" & the Greek word for "city"'

Answer: Minneapolis


Question: 'At least 62 wagons reenacted this religious group's 1847 trek from Illinois to Nebraska to Utah'

Answer: Mormons


Question: 'Hans Conried provided the voices of Mr. Darling & Captain Hook for this 1953 film'

Answer: Peter Pan


Question: 'To decaudate is to do this, like an old farmer's wife did to a trio of blind mice'

Answer: Chop off their tails


Question: 'No one slept through Johnny's performance in this role:  "All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand"'

Answer: Lady Macbeth


Question: 'The blood of this animal is one of the main ingredients in blood pudding'

Answer: Pig


Question: 'Areas of this Texas city include Hollywood Park, Castle Hills & Alamo Heights'

Answer: San Antonio


Question: 'Doris Day's most "negative" film titles may be "Do Not Disturb" & "Please Don't Eat" these'

Answer: The Daisies


Question: 'This term for a disturbance may be a combination of "ruction" & "rumpus"'

Answer: Ruckus


Question: 'Johnny was mad about playing this title character:  "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child"'

Answer: King Lear


Question: 'It's home to the University of Kentucky & to horseracing's Toyota Blue Grass Stakes'

Answer: Lexington


Question: 'Alexis Herman was sworn into this Clinton cabinet post in May'

Answer: Secretary of Labor


Question: 'Leonard Maltin called the title character of this German silent film the ugliest vampire in movie history'

Answer: Nosferatu


Question: 'Lentigines are these & they may be spotted on a youngster'

Answer: Freckles


Question: 'Johnny was downright spritely in this role:  "If we shadows have offended, think but this & all is mended, that you have slumbered here while these visions did appear"'

Answer: Puck


Question: 'The name of this city at the hub of California's San Joaquin Valley is Spanish for "Ash Tree"'

Answer: Fresno


Question: 'This 1984 film, David Lean's last, depicts the culture clash between east & west on a subcontinent'

Answer: A Passage to India


Question: 'Decorticate a dogwood & you remove this from it'

Answer: Bark


Question: 'It's the body part where you'll find the Mount of Apollo, the Mount of the Moon & the Girdle of Venus'

Answer: (The palm of) The Hand


Question: 'Heads up!  This 16th century British king had 6 wives & a Tudor garage'

Answer: King Henry VIII


Question: 'This "avian" skateboarding legend has produced several high-flying video games for Activision'

Answer: Tony Hawk


Question: 'If you boil these before making them into hash browns, they'll stick together better and cook faster, too'

Answer: potatoes


Question: 'Wave at a Yeti or 2 as you snowboard down all 29,035 feet of this mountain'

Answer: Mount Everest


Question:
'(Alex stands with Elmo on Sesame Street.)  2005 was the 100th anniversary of Gennaro Lombardi starting one of these restaurants

(Elmo: One of Elmo's favorite foods!)'

Answer: a pizzeria


Question: 'Sixty-six plus thirty-two'

Answer: 98


Question: 'This fighter for a woman's right to vote died in 1906, 14 years before the 19th Amendment made her dream a reality'

Answer: Susan B. Anthony


Question: 'It's off to Skull Island for Peter Jackson's official video game adaptation of this ape movie'

Answer: King Kong


Question: 'To make bunny salad, use a chilled pear half for the bunny's body & a ball of cottage cheese for this appendage'

Answer: its tail


Question: 'Take a day trip to Iceland & stand on the edge of Hekla, an active one of these'

Answer: a volcano


Question: 'A popular kids' book tells "The True Story of" this trio of oinkers--from the wolf's perspective'

Answer: the Three Little Pigs


Question: 'One-hundred-forty-eight divided by four'

Answer: 37


Question: 'In 45 B.C. this Roman's army defeated the 2 sons of Pompey; it would be his final battle'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'In New Super Mario Bros., Mario can go head-to-head against this brother of his'

Answer: Luigi


Question: '"Joy of Cooking" suggests using these Thanksgiving berries "in any recipes calling for red currants"'

Answer: cranberries


Question: 'If you're a "Junior" member of this organization, think outside the box to earn your Cookie Biz badge'

Answer: the Girl Scouts


Question: 'Seventy-three minus fourteen'

Answer: 59


Question: 'Hold the phone! said Elisha Gray & Thomas Edison, who both sued this Scottish-born inventor (& lost)'

Answer: Alexander Graham Bell


Question: 'Advent Children & Chains of Promethia are just 2 of the many episodes in this popular role-playing game'

Answer: Final Fantasy


Question: 'The Chicken of the Sea website suggests making enchiladas with the albacore type of this'

Answer: tuna


Question: 'These "proud" birds also knwn as peafowl like to fly up into trees at night to roost'

Answer: peacocks


Question: 'Seventeen times six'

Answer: 102


Question: 'This future U.S. president graduated from West Point in 1915, 61st in a class of 164'

Answer: President Eisenhower


Question: 'DDR for short, this groovy game can help keep you in shape'

Answer: Dance Dance Revolution


Question: 'For the silver dollar type of these breakfast treats, drop the batter onto the griddle 1 tbsp. at a time'

Answer: pancakes


Question: 'When you read about these warrior women in Greek mythology, notice that they don't have ".com" after their names'

Answer: the Amazons


Question: 'Twenty-three plus eight minus sixteen'

Answer: 15


Question: 'His ship was wrecked off an island near South America; he remained alone on the island for 28 years'

Answer: Robinson Crusoe


Question: 'You get a bull's-eye if you know that it's the sport of shooting with a bow & arrow'

Answer: archery


Question: 'You can see a projection of the night sky on the domed ceiling of this kind of place, like the Adler in Chicago'

Answer: a planetarium


Question: 'In 2006 Stephen Harper of this North American country's Conservative Party became the prime minister'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'In astronomy telescopes see stars; in this -ology, horoscopes predict stars' effects'

Answer: astrology


Question: 'Many computer games use this lever'

Answer: a joystick


Question: 'The Lilliputians called this Jonathan Swift character Quinbus Flestrin, which means "Great Man-Mountain"'

Answer: Gulliver


Question: 'In 2004 she became the first soccer player to carry the U.S. flag for the Olympic closing ceremonies'

Answer: Mia Hamm


Question: 'A botanical garden has many kinds of flowers, like the American Beauty type of this'

Answer: rose


Question: 'Thabo Mbeki fought to eliminate apartheid & now leads this African country'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'Urbanology is the study of the problems of these places'

Answer: cities


Question: 'To cross the street illegally'

Answer: jaywalk


Question: 'Tom Sawyer told this girl, "I don't care for anybody but you", then gave her a brass knob from an andiron'

Answer: Becky


Question: 'When a basketball player walks with the ball too long without dribbling, it's called this--are we there yet?'

Answer: travelling


Question: 'A class field trip to an aviary means you're going to an enclosure where these are kept'

Answer: birds


Question: 'Angela Merkel is the first female chancellor of this once-divided European country'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'Cellular & developmental are major branches of this life science'

Answer: biology


Question: 'It's combat between 2 knights on horseback using lances'

Answer: jousting


Question: 'In a Nathaniel Hawthorne tale, Thomas Maule built a house in Salem with 7 of these'

Answer: gables


Question: 'Tony Stewart lives life in the fast lane as one of the big names in this type of auto racing'

Answer: NASCAR


Question: 'A trip to a bakery could show you how this 5-letter fungus makes bread rise'

Answer: yeast


Question: 'Hu Jintao became the General Secretary of the Communist Party in 2002 & leader of this country in 2003'

Answer: China


Question: 'A rheumatology textbook might cover tennis elbow, as the elbow is one of these'

Answer: a joint


Question: 'It can be a shade of green or a green mineral used in jewelry & carvings'

Answer: jade


Question: 'The Ministry of Truth is Oceania's propaganda department in this Orwell classic with a year as the title'

Answer: 1984


Question: 'Every spring the Augusta National Golf Course hosts this famous tournament'

Answer: the Masters


Question: 'From the Greek for "see through", they're the natural history museum displays of animals in their habitats'

Answer: dioramas


Question: 'Gerontology, the study of these people, has no interest in those your age'

Answer: old dudes


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands next to a brown cud-chewing cow in Old World, Wisconsin.) You could say this cow is far from home; its breed is named for this island--about 4,000 miles to the east'

Answer: Jersey


Question: '2 of the 3 states where astronauts have landed the space shuttle'

Answer: (2 of) Florida, California, New Mexico


Question: 'There's a bill in Merlin's inbox from the carpenter for this piece of furniture that seats 50'

Answer: the Round Table


Question: '2007:<br />George Clooney is the fixer for a law firm'

Answer: Michael Clayton


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Ipanema.) Having fun in Rio? "Blame it on" this style of music developed in & around Ipanema in the '50s; its name means "new trend"'

Answer: bossa nova


Question: 'Agrippa says of her, "Royal wench! She made great Caesar lay his sword to bed"'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'The choicest specimens of these green gems are extracted from the mines at Muzo, Colombia'

Answer: emeralds


Question: 'A male goose you might take a look at'

Answer: gander


Question: 'Someone dropped off pictures of this object that Merlin says the rightful king must pull a sword out of'

Answer: the stone


Question: '2000:<br />Julia Roberts becomes a legal assistant & brings down a power company'

Answer: Erin Brockovich


Question: 'The parade of Banda de Ipanema in Rio really gets this wild January event going'

Answer: Carnaval


Question: 'In the '60s, Laurence Olivier put on blackface to play this Shakespearean hero'

Answer: Othello


Question: 'The Regent, a famous one of these gems, was once known as the Pitt (in honor of Sir Thomas, not Brad)'

Answer: diamond


Question: 'It's the liquor you might drink while playing the card game of the same name'

Answer: gin


Question: 'Perceval left a note: "Hey, Mer, I'll need help finding" this chalice'

Answer: the Holy Grail


Question: '1996:<br />Sports agent Tom Cruise has a moral epiphany'

Answer: Jerry Maguire


Question: '(Jimmy reports from the beach.) Vanity Fair's September 2007 cover was "Viva Brazil", starring this model and the new girls & boys from Ipanema'

Answer: Gisele Bündchen


Question: 'One of Henry IV's big lines is "Uneasy lies the head that wears" one of these'

Answer: crown


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

Answer: rubies


Question: 'Maharishi Mahesh Yogi gained fame as one of these Indian teachers'

Answer: guru


Question: 'Merlin finds a "while you were out" message from this damp lady who will ultimately be his doom'

Answer: the Lady of the Lake


Question: '1996:<br />Liam Neeson fights for Irish free rule'

Answer: Michael Collins


Question: 'Brazilians call this holiday eve "Reveillon"; that's when small boats are launched to honor the sea goddess Yemanja'

Answer: New Year\'s Eve


Question: 'Henry Porter's "Two Angry Women of Abingdon" may have influenced this "Merry" Shakespeare play'

Answer: The Merry Wives of Windsor


Question: 'Isle Royale greenstone, this state's official gem, is found on Isle Royale in Lake Superior'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'Endocrine or exocrine, for example'

Answer: gland


Question: 'Needing immediate attention are 6 pages of funeral plans for this king, Arthur's father'

Answer: Uther (Pendragon)


Question: '2008:<br />Rich kid Anton Yelchin acts as a psychiatrist to his peers at his new school'

Answer: Charlie Bartlett


Question: '(Sarah reports from the beach one more time.) On July 7, 2007 400,000 people came here to Copacabana Beach, the South American site for this music event that spotlighted climate change'

Answer: Live Earth


Question: '"The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of" this person'

Answer: the king


Question: 'This October birthstone often has a white background buy displays a lot of colors in bright light'

Answer: an opal


Question: 'A small cave, perhaps a "Blue" one'

Answer: grotto


Question: 'Andrea Palladio's Villa Rotunda near Vicenza, Italy was a major influence on his design for Monticello'

Answer: Jefferson


Question: '"Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack, I don't care if i never get back" in this song'

Answer: "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"


Question: 'In 1973 William Rogers was replaced in this post by a German import'

Answer: Secretary of State


Question: 'A Hungarian inventor is famous for this puzzling cube'

Answer: the Rubik\'s Cube


Question: 'Children with this genetic disease have 3 no. 21 chromosomes instead of the usual 2'

Answer: Down syndrome


Question: 'If a Frenchwoman receives a billet-doux, she's gotten one of these'

Answer: a love note or letter


Question: 'He designed the geodesic dome for the United States pavilion at Expo '67 in Montreal'

Answer: (Buckminster) Fuller


Question: 'Song that starts, "When the night has come / and the land is dark / and the moon is the only light we'll see"'

Answer: "Stand By Me"


Question: 'Nixon went through 4 of these; the last was William Saxbe'

Answer: Attorney General


Question: 'Peter Hodgson Sr. saw the appeal of synthetic rubber that bounced & sold it in a plastic egg under this name'

Answer: Silly Putty


Question: 'This chemist discovered several elements, including magnesium, & also invented a miner's safety lamp'

Answer: Sir Humphrey Davy


Question: 'This rhyming Chinese word for acting in a servile manner literally means "knock one's head"'

Answer: kowtow


Question: 'The 3 orders of Ancient Greek column were Doric, Ionic & this ornate one named for a city'

Answer: Corinthian


Question: 'In the lyrics of "Where It's At", Beck said, "I got" this setup'

Answer: two turntables and a microphone


Question: 'George Shultz didn't work for peanuts as Secretary of the Treasury or as Secretary of this in Nixon's cabinet'

Answer: Secretary of Labor


Question: '"What walks down stairs, alone or in pairs... Everyone loves" this wonderful toy'

Answer: Slinky


Question: 'Sharks first inhabited the waters during this period of the Paleozoic era named for an English county'

Answer: Devonian


Question: 'Meaning "double point", the German doppelpunkt refers to this mark of punctuation'

Answer: the colon


Question: 'From the Latin for "gate", it's often an entryway consisting of a roof supported by columns'

Answer: a portico


Question: '"When I dance they call me" this, "and the boys they say que soy buena, they all want me, they can't have me"'

Answer: the "Macarena"


Question: 'The only Melvin to serve in a cabinet post in the 20th century was this man as Nixon's Secretary of Defense'

Answer: Melvin Laird


Question: 'For many adults, the scent of this soft Hasbro modeling compound is the smell of childhood'

Answer: Play-Doh


Question: 'Named for a German mathematician, it's a process for eliminating or neutralizing a magnetic field'

Answer: degaussing


Question: 'This other name for the Lord's Prayer comes from the Latin for "Our Father"'

Answer: Pater Noster


Question: 'This "ice cold" part of an entablature fits in between the cornice & architrave'

Answer: frieze


Question: 'Five For Fighting flew high with this song that says, "I'm more than a bird, I'm more than a plane"'

Answer: "Superman"


Question: 'As head of this department, Robert Finch had his attention pulled in 3 separate directions'

Answer: Health, Education & Welfare


Question: 'This doll first came out way back in 1915; Andy soon followed'

Answer: Raggedy Ann


Question: 'The atomic mass unit is also called this, after a 19th century British scientist'

Answer: the dalton


Question: 'In English, a recorder can make a racket; in French, "recorder" means to do this to a racquet'

Answer: restring


Question: 'One of the 2 Heisman Trophy winners who share their surnames with U.S. presidents'

Answer: (One of) Reggie Bush or Bo Jackson


Question: 'The Chinese Communist First Front Army staged the 6,000-mile retreat known as the Long March under this leader'

Answer: Mao Tse-tung


Question: 'Hal-oh!  Heidi Klum was born on June 1, 1973 in this country'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'Emeril or short-order'

Answer: cook


Question: 'The 2 clickable buttons on the front page of this site are "Search" & "I'm Feeling Lucky"; well, do ya, punk?'

Answer: Google


Question: 'In August, hop a freight train to the city of Britt in this "Hawkeye State" for its annual "Hobo Days" convention'

Answer: Iowa


Question: 'Face it, Johnny, you don't live in a mobile home, you live in one of these, also a movie preview'

Answer: a trailer


Question: 'St. Louis, Missouri was named for King Louis IX of France, who led the Seventh & Eighth of these military debacles'

Answer: the Crusades


Question: 'In '98 Heidi got her big break, landing the cover of this magazine's swimsuit issue, not its NCAA hoops preview'

Answer: Sports Illustrated


Question: 'Bebop pianist Thelonious'

Answer: Monk


Question: 'Don't kill the messenger, download it at this search site with an exclamation point in its name'

Answer: Yahoo!


Question: 'Thank the Lordy!  Seen here is the hobo sign meaning that this staple of life is available ahead'

Answer: bread


Question: '9-letter word for a metal strip placed along a turn in a roadway for safety'

Answer: a guardrail


Question: 'In 1619 Rene Descartes went to join the army of the Duke of Bavaria during this decades-long war'

Answer: the 30 Years War


Question: 'In 2002 Heidi played "toothless hockey player" on this Frankie Muniz sitcom'

Answer: Malcolm in the Middle


Question: 'Dante & Randal in a 1994 Kevin Smith movie'

Answer: clerks


Question: 'A headline at this parody news site read, "Staten Island historians piece together genealogy of Wu-Tang Clan"'

Answer: The Onion


Question: 'Boxcar Willie could tell you that boxcars, this dice roll, is also known as a hobo's delight'

Answer: double sixes