Question: 'In 1837 he built a smooth, hard moldboard out of a circular saw, & seeing nothing ran like 'em, began to make steel plows'

Answer: John Deere


Question: 'Victor Scheffer's "The Year of" this mammal is a 1969 classic study on the conservation of an ocean species'

Answer: the whale


Question: 'Born in New York to parents from Puerto Rico, this Supreme Court justice calls herself a "Nuyorican"'

Answer: Sotomayor


Question: 'Street performers collect money by doing this, literally & figuratively'

Answer: pass the hat


Question: '"Cesar tries rehabilitating three dog-wolf crossbreeds"'

Answer: The Dog Whisperer


Question: 'Sir Frederick Abel's invention of cordite eliminated this, produced by gunpowder, from the battlefield'

Answer: smoke


Question: 'Oveta Culp Hobby, the only woman in Eisenhower's cabinet, was the first head of this department, HEW for short'

Answer: Health, Education & Welfare


Question: 'To sternly demand hard work; it's also something Indiana Jones often does'

Answer: crack the whip


Question: 'On Singapore's coat of arms, the lion represents Singapore itself & a tiger represents its historical link to this country'

Answer: Malaysia


Question: '"Howard baffles Sheldon"'

Answer: The Big Bang Theory


Question: 'In 1888 his lightweight, box-shaped invention eliminated the need for glass photographic plates'

Answer: (George) Eastman


Question: 'His widow Muriel became Minnesota's first female senator when she filled his vacant seat in 1978'

Answer: Hubert Humphrey


Question: 'One item in a violinists bag of tricks is the thin, glassy tone made by playing "sul ponticello", Italian for this'

Answer: on the bridge


Question: 'Since 1066, the longest consecutive period when the monarch had the same name was 116 years with this given name'

Answer: George


Question: 'In 1922 this "Lone Eagle" learned to fly at a Lincoln, Nebraska flying school'

Answer: Charles Lindbergh


Question: '"Go Down..."'

Answer: Moses


Question: 'This traditional garment of Japan is also available with fur trim from Fendi for $28,000'

Answer: a kimono


Question: 'When counting pennies, it's good to know a standard roll contains this many'

Answer: 50


Question: '"The plane... the plane!"'

Answer: Fantasy Island


Question: 'Top Model magazine says this stroke in swimming is ideal exercise for the breasts'

Answer: the breaststroke


Question: 'During World War I, this German ace painted his plane red to make sure he'd be noticed'

Answer: Manfred Von Richthofen ("The Red Baron")


Question: '"Intruder in the..."'

Answer: Dust


Question: 'Hats in the shape of this food are a common sight at Wisconsin sporting events'

Answer: cheese


Question: 'If you plan to rent a movie, we suggest this 1952 Gene Kelly musical'

Answer: Singin\' in the Rain


Question: '"Michael, all right, then promise me something: for today, for this 22nd anniversary, no fighting with Daddy, please!"'

Answer: All in the Family


Question: 'In 1989 the town of Fort Madison, Iowa celebrated the completion of a wood replica of this historic structure'

Answer: Fort Madison


Question: 'Charleston, West Virginia's booming airport is named for this pilot who first broke the sound barrier'

Answer: Chuck Yeager


Question: '"Absalom..."'

Answer: Absalom


Question: '70% of American men aged 25-45 own a pair of these Levi Strauss khakis'

Answer: Dockers


Question: 'The mast of a model ship must fold down if it is to be inserted into one of these'

Answer: a bottle


Question: '"Sweetie, can I say something: I grew up in this city, let me tell ya, here's what you do:  from the time you're eight, you run, you just run... any way you look, there's someone who wants to hurt you..."'

Answer: Mad About You


Question: 'Look at the monitor and identify this ship seen here'

Answer: the Monitor


Question: 'In 1926 Floyd Bennett piloted the plane in which this admiral flew over the North Pole'

Answer: Richard Byrd


Question: '"As I Lay..."'

Answer: Dying


Question: 'The ankle-high side-zipped boot named for this rock band was introduced in the '60s'

Answer: Beatle Boots


Question: '(Hi, I'm Chuck Woolery.)  In this board game, the player who draws the tile nearest the beginning of the alphabet plays first'

Answer: Scrabble


Question: '[Sci-fi "stalking" music]'

Answer: Star Trek


Question: 'This 1905 operetta by Franz Lehar features the "Merry Widow Waltz"'

Answer: The Merry Widow


Question: 'In 1935 Will Rogers & this pilot were killed in a plane crash near Point Barrow, Alaska'

Answer: Wiley Post


Question: '"Light in..."'

Answer: August


Question: 'A men's stiff, formal white shirt is said to be this, like an egg or a lobster'

Answer: boiled


Question: 'According to Guinness, the 83-story "house" Bryan Berg built of these stood 16 feet before it fell'

Answer: playing cards


Question: '"Letters... we get letters... we get stacks and stacks of letters... LETTERS!"'

Answer: The Late Show with David Letterman


Question: 'In June 1997 this Chicago department store marshalled its forces for a "Field Days Sale"'

Answer: Marshall Field


Question: 'In 1962 this nation canceled the Czechs' World Cup soccer dreams, winning without Pele'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'The prose & Khans of vacationing in China were found in this explorer's description of his travels'

Answer: Marco Polo


Question: 'According to projections, China will be passed in population by this country by the year 2050'

Answer: India


Question: 'The Whirlpool Rapids & Rainbow Bridges connect the New York & Ontario cities named for these falls'

Answer: Niagara Falls


Question: 'In her "All I Want to Do", "the man next to me" says "His name's William but I'm sure he's Bill or Billy"'

Answer: Sheryl Crow


Question: 'Muslims believe it was the angel Gabriel who revealed this holy book to Muhammad'

Answer: the Koran


Question: 'This 3-time U.S. Open champion canceled his Czech citizenship in 1992 & became a U.S. citizen'

Answer: Ivan Lendl


Question: 'He not only went through hell, but purgatory & paradise to write "The Divine Comedy"'

Answer: Dante Aligheri


Question: 'The 1st U.S. census was held in this century'

Answer: the 18th century (1790)


Question: '20 years' work has gone into a Kawasaki-Kisarazu Bridge over this bay'

Answer: Tokyo Bay


Question:
'The group heard here:

"Oh come on, Bill.
Oh come on, Bill,
Come on and marry me, Bill"'

Answer: The 5th Dimension


Question: 'You're on a roll if you know that German rulers from 1871 to 1918 assumed this title'

Answer: kaiser


Question: 'After the cancellation of Czechoslovakia, he took on the role of president of the Czech Republic'

Answer: Vaclav Havel


Question: 'Yours for a "Song" is this French epic hero who is the nephew of Charlemagne'

Answer: Roland


Question: 'The Census Bureau is a part of this U.S. government department'

Answer: the Department of Commerce


Question: 'A 400-year-old landmark bridge in this nation's city of Mostar was destroyed by Croat forces in 1993'

Answer: Bosnia-Herzegovina


Question: '"And as Billy started to go she said 'Keep your pretty head low' Billy don't" do this, "come back to me"'

Answer: "Billy, Don\'t Be A Hero"


Question: 'Hebrew for "assembly", it's what the Israelis call their parliament'

Answer: Knesset


Question: 'The Soviets canceled this Czech leader's "Prague Spring" reforms by invading the country in 1968'

Answer: Alexander Dubcek


Question: 'As he wrote much of "Le Morte D' Arthur" in prison, that would make it a best cell-er'

Answer: Sir Thomas Malory


Question: 'The census ordered by William the Conqueror & taken in 1086 was recorded in this "book"'

Answer: the Domesday Book


Question: 'This bridge extends from the Brooklyn neighborhood of the same name to Manhatan's lower east side'

Answer: the Williamsburg Bridge


Question: 'In this 1963 Crystals hit about Bill, "I met him on a Monday and my heart stood still"'

Answer: "Da Doo Ron Ron"


Question: 'Karma is the Hindu word for fate or destiny; this is the Turkish term'

Answer: kismet


Question: 'The Munich Pact canceled Czech sovereignty over this region that was ceded to Nazi Germany'

Answer: the Sudetenland


Question: 'Title character of William Langland's social protest in verse, written under "Piers" pressure'

Answer: Piers Ploughman


Question: 'From Latin for "to count", it's one who goes door-to-door counting heads for the census'

Answer: an enumerator


Question: 'Antonio Da Ponte, whose name means "bridge" designed this Venetian bridge known for its boutiques'

Answer: the Rialto


Question: '"The Legend of Billy Jack" is the subtitle of this 1971 Coven song'

Answer: "One Tin Soldier"


Question: 'Japanese sport that uses the weapon seen here:'

Answer: kendo


Question: 'Displayed in a new case in September 1997, it's the centerpiece of the Harry Winston Gallery'

Answer: the Hope Diamond


Question: 'I saw this guy's "resigned" expression during his speech on August 8, 1974'

Answer: Nixon


Question: '3 kittens born to mom Saliega in 2005 are the first Iberian lynx to be born here'

Answer: captivity


Question: '"Condi: The Life of a Steel Magnolia"'

Answer: (Condoleezza) Rice


Question: 'This "of court" may be direct, like using insulting language, or indirect, like refusal to obey a lawful order'

Answer: contempt


Question: '...from the Heartbreakers with "You Don't Know How It Feels'"'

Answer: (Tom) Petty


Question: 'Steamboat Springs in this state was so named because the bubbling springs sounded like a chugging steamboat'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'I saw this come tumbling down November 9, 1989'

Answer: the Berlin Wall


Question: 'The quality of generating new ideas; it may be stifled by too many rules'

Answer: creativity


Question: '"A Woman Named Jackie"'

Answer: (Jackie Kennedy) Onassis


Question: 'This type of clause that sounds elderly was born in 1895, when Southern states used it to deny black suffrage'

Answer: a grandfather clause


Question: '...from the Black Eyed Peas with "Big Girls Don't Cry"'

Answer: Fergie


Question: 'Appropriately, a steamboat is in the background of the portrait of this American inventor'

Answer: (Robert) Fulton


Question: 'In September 2011 I saw some of the 1,600 homes burned out by wildfires around Bastrop in this state'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'Amount of output per hour of work'

Answer: productivity


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

Answer: Mae West


Question: 'It's the unlawful taking or destroying of fish or game on another's land'

Answer: poaching


Question: '...from Fleetwood Mac with "Stand Back"'

Answer: (Stevie) Nicks


Question: 'On Aug. 22, 1787 John Fitch made a successful trial of his steamboat on the Delaware River before delegates to this'

Answer: the Constitutional Convention


Question: 'I saw U.S. Marines topple a statue of this man on April 9, 2003'

Answer: Saddam Hussein


Question: 'Birth, particularly of Jesus'

Answer: nativity


Question: '"The Downing Street Years"'

Answer: Margaret Thatcher


Question: 'Leading questions may be used when dealing with an adverse witness, also called this type of witness'

Answer: hostile


Question: '...from *NSYNC with "Like I Love You"; nice career move, son'

Answer: (Justin) Timberlake


Question: 'Charlotte Dundas, an early steamer, was powered by an adaptation of the Watt engine linked to one of these in a stern well'

Answer: a paddle wheel


Question: 'I saw the announcement of the Good Friday Agreement for peace in this U.K. land'

Answer: Northern Ireland


Question: 'In 1987 this was combined with A.D.D. to create a diagnosis that's now applied to as many as 7% of U.S. schoolkids'

Answer: hyperactivity


Question: '"Lady Sings the Blues"'

Answer: Billie Holiday


Question: 'Libel & slander are both forms of this 10-letter term, often found before "of character"'

Answer: defamation


Question: '...from the Eagles with "All She Wants To Do Is Dance"'

Answer: (Don) Henley


Question: 'Mark Twain recounts learning to pilot steamboats called Paul Jones & Crescent City in this 1883 memoir'

Answer: Life on the Mississippi


Question: 'Hippos & baboons were part of the first known one of these, though no "please don't feed the animals" hieroglyphics'

Answer: a zoo


Question: 'Miguel called Ramon cool; I think he's this, as his therapist might suggest'

Answer: loco (from cool)


Question: 'In 1896 the Dow Jones Industrial Average officially appeared in print for the first time in this newspaper'

Answer: The Wall Street Journal


Question: 'Vermont'

Answer: New Hampshire


Question: 'The title of this Grant Wood painting refers to the style of the house that's behind the farmer & his daughter'

Answer: American Gothic


Question: 'Time magazine said this blond Bond-shell has shoulders & pecs "so well defined, they could be in Webster's"'

Answer: (Daniel) Craig


Question: 'A team in this Central American country found a 2,200-year-old visual depiction of the Mayan creation story "Popol Vuh"'

Answer: Guatemala


Question: 'I'll be going to this Canadian province to give an oration'

Answer: Ontario (from oration)


Question: 'In the 1920s Margaret Mitchell wrote for this Atlanta newspaper that later merged with the Constitution'

Answer: the Journal


Question: 'Montana'

Answer: North Dakota


Question: 'A 1948 action painting by this American artist is seen here'

Answer: Jackson Pollock


Question: 'He was in all his "Glory" in 1996 when he was named People's Sexiest Man Alive, the first & only African American honored'

Answer: Denzel Washington


Question: 'Device used by Terry Herbert to find the "Staffordshire Hoard" of buried Anglo-Saxon gold'

Answer: metal detector


Question: 'ABC had to figure out what to do with the time slot for this show'

Answer: Lost (from slot)


Question: 'Missouri poet Eugene Field wrote about this city's paper, "Twinkle, twinkle little Star, bright and gossipy you are"'

Answer: Kansas City


Question: 'Mississippi'

Answer: Alabama


Question: 'Louis Maurer was the horse-drawing specialist in the stable of artists of this 19th century printmaking duo'

Answer: Currier & Ives


Question: 'This Brit had us the moment we saw him as the haughty (but smoldering) Mr. Darcy in a 1995 miniseries of "Pride and Prejudice"'

Answer: Colin Firth


Question: 'In 2011 a 1-ton anchor was recovered from his ship & he turned up in the new "Pirates of the <br />Caribbean" movie'

Answer: Blackbeard


Question: 'Marcel is a saint for letting his wife dress him in this, especially the duchess or slipper style'

Answer: satin (from saint)


Question: 'This Massachusetts daily's early issues included "The Sunday Pulpit", a review of local sermons'

Answer: The Boston Globe


Question: 'Nebraska'

Answer: Iowa


Question: 'This American Impressionist never married or had children, but in the 1880s she painted many scenes of mothers & children'

Answer: (Mary) Cassatt


Question: 'Sorry, ladies, this Spanish heartthrob who starred in "Before Night Falls" is married to Penelope Cruz'

Answer: (Javier) Bardem


Question: 'The earliest known records of this Native American people's syllabary were found carved in a cave wall'

Answer: the Cherokee


Question: 'The article suggested going to see this type of musical program'

Answer: recital (from article)


Question: 'After 143 years, the Sacramento Union ceased publication in 1994, leaving this paper as the city's oldest'

Answer: the Bee


Question: 'Tennessee'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'Emmanuel Radnitzky was the original name of this photographer who had a major role in Dadaism & Surrealism'

Answer: Man Ray


Question: 'He was on the cover of GQ magazine in April 2009 with the tagline "Interview With a Vampire"'

Answer: Robert Pattinson


Question: 'In 1940 at age 44 he died of a heart attack at his Hollywood home while reading his Princeton Alumni Weekly'

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald


Question: 'Wyoming: it's named for a military hero, not a "friendly ghost"'

Answer: Casper


Question: 'In the '60s Mary Tyler Moore played sitcom mom Laura Petrie on this series'

Answer: The Dick Van Dyke Show


Question: 'As of 2010, almost 30% of U.S. households can be reached only on these, perhaps skewing pollsters' samples'

Answer: cell phones


Question: 'The end of the G.H.W. Bush presidency to the start of the G.W. Bush presidency'

Answer: 8 years


Question: 'A Subaru, or a remote inland area of Australia'

Answer: Outback


Question: 'In a courtroom: D.A.'

Answer: district attorney


Question: 'Florida: more than 1/3 of its population is of Cuban origin'

Answer: Miami


Question: 'As Carol on this series, Florence Henderson was mom to a whole lot of kids'

Answer: The Brady Bunch


Question: 'In 1963 he got the AAPOR Award, the highest bestowed by the American Association for Public Opinion Research'

Answer: (George) Gallup


Question: 'New Year's Day 5 B.C. to New Year's Day 5 A.D.'

Answer: 9


Question: 'Ford models have included the Excursion & this, a type of excursion, perhaps for exploration'

Answer: Expedition


Question: 'Your family doctor: GP'

Answer: general practitioner


Question: 'Virginia: home to a naval shipyard'

Answer: Norfolk


Question: '"Everybody Loves" this Emmy-winning actress who now plays mom Frankie on "The Middle"'

Answer: Patricia Heaton


Question: 'Polling partnerships include CBS News with the New York Times & ABC News with this Graham family paper'

Answer: The Washington Post


Question: 'Lindbergh's most famous flight to the first manned moon landing'

Answer: 42


Question: 'This tree can be 350 feet tall: that's 344 feet taller than the Toyota SUV of the same name'

Answer: a Sequoia


Question: 'At a large company: HR'

Answer: human resources


Question: 'South Dakota: it's a "quick town"'

Answer: Rapid City


Question: 'Bonnie Franklin played mom to MacKenzie Phillips & Valerie Bertinelli on this long-running sitcom'

Answer: One Day at a Time


Question: 'This term for a poll or vote by a limited sample is derived from what you toss in the air to check the wind'

Answer: a straw poll


Question: 'The signing of the Declaration of Independence to Lincoln giving the Gettysburg Address'

Answer: 87


Question: 'Chevrolet named an SUV for this, one of 2 times of year when the sun is directly above the equator'

Answer: Equinox


Question: 'He or she will rub you the right way: LMT'

Answer: licensed massage therapist


Question: 'Kentucky: named for a Revolutionary War battle'

Answer: Lexington


Question: 'From 2001 to 2007 this country singer played mom to Cheyenne, Kyra & Jake on her own WB sitcom'

Answer: Reba McEntire


Question: 'Alliterative term for mudslinging in the guise of a survey, as in "will Senator X's puppy-kicking affect your vote?"'

Answer: a push poll


Question: 'The end of World War I to the beginning of World War II in Europe'

Answer: 21


Question: 'A Nissan SUV shares the name of this robotic spacecraft that landed on Mars July 4, 1997'

Answer: Pathfinder


Question: 'Makes big money decisions: CFO'

Answer: Chief Financial Officer


Question: 'By 1942 FDR had appointed 7 new men to this body: it took a while, but he got the packing he had wanted'

Answer: the Supreme Court


Question: '"Eat, Pray, Love" & "Mona Lisa Smile"'

Answer: Julia Roberts


Question: 'This knight eats only the cut of beef from directly in front of the round'

Answer: sirloin


Question: 'Triton, son of this Greek god, stilled the waves by blowing on a conch'

Answer: Poseidon


Question: 'The vampires hope for great things from the "clean" type of this, generator of half of the USA"S electricity'

Answer: coal


Question: 'In 1839 he spilled a mix of rubber & sulfur onto a hot stove & to his surprise, the mix didn't melt--we never "tire" of him'

Answer: Goodyear


Question: 'Congress adopted this document in 1777, but it was not fully ratified by the states for another 4 years'

Answer: the Articles of Confederation


Question: '"Shutter Island" & "Revolutionary Road"'

Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio


Question: 'He's the knight who guards the outer boundary of a circle'

Answer: circumference


Question: 'The weapon of choice of this Norse god, which created lightning, is seen here'

Answer: Thor


Question: 'Instead of driving, the E.V.S stay green by working from home via computer & fax--this 13-letter term'

Answer: telecommuting


Question: 'This "Player Piano" novelist said, "history is merely a list of surprises, it can only prepare us to be surprised again"'

Answer: Vonnegut


Question: 'Slaves, molasses & rum were exchanged in the 3 arms of the colonial practice known as this "trade"'

Answer: the triangle trade


Question: '"Enchanted" & "Thelma & Louise"'

Answer: Susan Sarandon


Question: 'This knight wields his razor-sharp knife in the operating room'

Answer: surgeon


Question: 'Aphrodite had this garment that aroused passion, perhaps by firming & flattering her shape'

Answer: a girdle


Question: 'The fanged ones diligently recycle No. 1 (PETE) & No. 2 (HDPE) types of this'

Answer: plastic


Question: 'In 1950 this general & head of the U.N. military force led a surprise landing behind enemy lines at the Korean port of Inchon'

Answer: MacArthur


Question: '"Our flag still waves proudly from the walls", William B. Travis said of it, "I shall never surrender or retreat"'

Answer: the Alamo


Question: '"Che" & "The Wolfman"'

Answer: Benicio del Toro


Question: 'The addiction research council warned him that alcoholism leads to this disease, but did he listen?'

Answer: cirrhosis


Question: 'The thyrsus, an ivy-covered staff, was an attribute of this god who inspired wild festivities'

Answer: Bacchus (or Dionysus)


Question: 'E.V.s suck up this 4-letter renewable energy source; its worldwide kinetic energy is said to be 11 quadrillion kW-hours per year'

Answer: wind


Question: 'In 1533 this Spaniard got a healthy ransom for Atahualpa but surprise! executed the Incan ruler anyway'

Answer: (Francisco) Pizarro


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue on a map.)  The Oregon Trail started at Independence, Missouri and crossed the Great Plains by following this river'

Answer: the North Platte River


Question: '"Twilight" (2008) & "The Runaways"'

Answer: Kristen Stewart


Question: 'He's burying his armor, weapons, a cache of food & a supply of batteries to get ready for some huge disaster'

Answer: survivalist


Question: 'He used his mirror shield to keep from turning to stone as he battled Medusa'

Answer: Perseus


Question: 'Eating (& drinking) only what's grown within 100 miles, the vampires are these, a word coined by Jessica Prentice'

Answer: locavores


Question: 'Stieg Larsson created the girl with the dragon tattoo by imagining this fictional Swedish girl as an adult'

Answer: Pippi Longstocking


Question: 'This state's motto is "Wisdom, Justice and Moderation" -- no mention of peanuts'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'Mae Questel was the voice of 2 classic characters: Betty Boop & this girlfriend of Popeye'

Answer: Olive Oyl


Question: 'The Latin for "clapping" gave us the word "plaudits" as well as this one'

Answer: Applause


Question: 'In English, Peking is also commonly referred to by this name'

Answer: Beijing


Question: 'This drink is always served at a kegger, until it runs out'

Answer: Beer


Question: 'A vicereine is a woman who functions as one of these officials or is married to one'

Answer: Viceroy


Question: 'Appropriately, tar was one of the first products made in this "Tar Heel State"'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'Boris Badenov was her partner in crime, dahlink'

Answer: Natasha Fatale


Question: 'As seen on TV, it's the 4-word slogan of "The Clapper" by Joseph Enterprises'

Answer: "Clap on, Clap off"


Question: 'You'll find Red Square at its center'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'A mixture of beverages, this party drink remains nonpotent until spiked'

Answer: Punch


Question: 'By definition, a person who is fatigable is easily this'

Answer: Tired


Question: 'Instead of Oktoberfest, Carlisle in this "Keystone State" has an Octubafest'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'In 1943 Tex Avery took this fairy tale character & made her "Red Hot" & not so little'

Answer: Little Red Riding Hood


Question: 'A koan in this religion concerns the sound of one hand clapping'

Answer: Buddhism


Question: 'The Great Mosque in this Syrian capital supposedly contains the head of John the Baptist'

Answer: Damascus


Question: 'Spanish words for peppers & cheese give this Tex-Mex dip its name'

Answer: Chile con queso


Question: 'Avifauna is the term for these creatures of a particular region'

Answer: Birds


Question: 'Many a tall tale has been spun about this bruisin' & brawlin' "King of the Keelboatmen"'

Answer: Mike Fink


Question: 'Character who said, "I'm not bad.  I'm just drawn that way"'

Answer: Jessica Rabbit


Question: 'A clapperboard is used to synch film & this'

Answer: Sound


Question: 'This capital has 2 districts: Karkh on the west bank of the Tigris & Rusafah on the east'

Answer: Baghdad


Question: 'Porcine term for little hot dogs wrapped in puff pastry'

Answer: Pigs in a blanket


Question: 'A zill is one of a pair of these metal instruments that belly dancers wear on their fingers'

Answer: Cymbals


Question: 'You'll find this author's boyhood home in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, 3 1/2 blocks west of Main Street'

Answer: Sinclair Lewis


Question: 'Until 1985 this was the only female Smurf'

Answer: Smurfette


Question: 'Roman emperor from 54 to 68 A.D., he had a claque of 5,000 professional clappers on his concert tours'

Answer: Nero


Question: 'It's located about 240 miles west of the Persian Gulf & 480 miles northeast of Mecca'

Answer: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia


Question: 'The rare golden sterlet type of this fish roe delicacy was once reserved for czars & shahs'

Answer: Caviar


Question: 'Medically speaking, a febrifuge is something that reduces or allays this'

Answer: Fever


Question: 'Holy Roman Emperor Otto I built the "First" of these empires; Otto von Bismarck, the "Second"'

Answer: Reich


Question: 'This businessman who organized a Pasadena, Calif. museum named for him was married to actress Jennifer Jones'

Answer: Norton Simon


Question: 'On Jan. 17, 1997 Borge Ousland became the first to cross this continent alone & unsupported'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'In 1997 his character, Paul Buchman, became a dad'

Answer: Paul Reiser


Question: 'If his "Time Machine" took you back to the 1880s, you'd find him working as an apprentice draper'

Answer: H.G. Wells


Question: 'Once meaning to swindle, in the '60s it became a type of handshake, so "gimme some"'

Answer: Skin


Question: 'Stasi, this former country's secret police, employed 200,000 informants, including children'

Answer: East Germany


Question: 'Noted collector of modern paintings seen here in the L.A. County Museum of Art:<br />(scene from "L.A. Story")'

Answer: Steve Martin


Question: 'Thorvald Ericson, this Norse seafarer's brother, was fatally wounded by a native arrow c. 1007'

Answer: Leif Ericson


Question: 'After he hit the jackpot as Dan Tanna on "Vega$", he became "Spenser: For Hire"'

Answer: Robert Urich


Question: 'Colleen McCullough used to drive a bus in this, her native country'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'To a '20s flapper or a '90s rapper, this stuff is called "green"'

Answer: Money


Question: 'In 1806 Napoleon established the confederation of this river, a group of states including Baden & Wurttemburg'

Answer: Rhine


Question: 'He founded Domino's Pizza & amassed a Frank Lloyd Wright collection topping almost any other'

Answer: Tom Monaghan


Question: 'In 1970 Sylvia Earle spent 2 weeks living underwater off the Virgin Islands, exploring this sea'

Answer: Caribbean Sea


Question: 'He played the debonair Steele...Remington Steele'

Answer: Pierce Brosnan


Question: 'He taught economics at Berkeley & USC before he earned big bucks for "The Agony and the Ecstasy"'

Answer: Irving Stone


Question: 'A shmatte in Yiddish, it meant "to dance" early in the century & "to make fun of" in the '20s & '90s'

Answer: Rag


Question: 'Prussia defeated Austria in the 7 Weeks' War of 1866, 103 years after fighting this longer war'

Answer: 7 Years\' War


Question: 'Last name of NYC collector Solomon & of his niece Peggy, who collected in Venice'

Answer: Guggenheim


Question: 'No one knows the exact area in North America which this explorer claimed for England in 1497'

Answer: John Cabot


Question: 'He was Karen Arnold's boyfriend on "The Wonder Years" before playing Ross on "Friends"'

Answer: David Schwimmer


Question: 'Zowie!  This author of "Franny and Zooey" was once apprenticed to a pig slaughterer in Poland'

Answer: J.D. Salinger


Question: 'Decades earlier, Bill & Ted would have said "Mustard!" instead of this superlative'

Answer: "Excellent!"


Question: 'Alexine Tinne's 1869 attempt to cross this desert ended when she was killed by her Tuareg guides'

Answer: Sahara


Question: 'In 1991 Emmys went to Patricia Wettig & Timothy Busfield, who played couple Nancy & Elliot on this show'

Answer: thirtysomething


Question: 'He was a bartender, private detective & exterminator before he wrote "Naked Lunch"'

Answer: William S. Burroughs


Question: 'Its change of meaning over the century from "wealthy" to "cool" also came with a change of "F" to "PH"'

Answer: Phat


Question: 'Ariadne got the ball of twine that she gave to Theseus from this man before his flight from Crete'

Answer: Daedalus


Question: 'A party of this leader's so-called friends conspired to kill him, & did, in March 44 B.C.'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'If you're a half pint, you've got this many ounces'

Answer: 8


Question: 'A land game with cars on a collision course, or a safer water game in which players sit on others' shoulders'

Answer: Chicken


Question: 'Hercule Poirot sups at the Savoy in this woman's novel "Lord Edgware Dies"'

Answer: Agatha Christie


Question: 'This Irish stone gives you the power of persuasion'

Answer: the Blarney Stone


Question: 'It had an interesting casting choice, Madonna as the first lady of Argentina'

Answer: Evita


Question: 'Pliny the Elder died at Stabiae Aug. 24, 79 A.D. as a result of breathing noxious fumes from its activity'

Answer: (Mount) Vesuvius


Question: 'In 2003 AMD introduced its 64-this chip; that's a lot of personal computing power & beats the standard 32'

Answer: bit


Question: 'The Prestige, this type of ship, made news in 2002 when it sank off Spain'

Answer: an oil tanker


Question: 'When Jonathan Harker leaves the Golden Krone Hotel in this novel, an old woman gives him a crucifix to wear'

Answer: Dracula


Question: 'Luncheon meat named for a city in Italy'

Answer: Bologna


Question: 'In 1960 it was let my people go to this film in which Paul Newman helps establish the state of Israel'

Answer: Exodus


Question: 'This emperor who lived from 37 to 68 A.D. has a line of CD-burning software named for him'

Answer: Nero


Question: 'On the menu, "on the half shell" usually refers to a way of serving these, raw or Rockefeller'

Answer: oysters


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Hawaii)  The name of this attachment that gives the canoe extra stability is often applied to the canoe itself'

Answer: outrigger


Question: 'Fans of this author love to stay at Les Trois Couronnes in Switzerland, the setting for his "Daisy Miller"'

Answer: Henry James


Question: 'A bed built on a shelf over another bed'

Answer: a bunk bed


Question: 'Judy Garland & Fred Astaire joined forces for this holiday classic'

Answer: Easter Parade


Question: 'This mad emperor (37-41 A.D.) often had dinner with Incitatus, his favorite horse, who lived in a marble stable'

Answer: Caligula


Question: 'If something is 50% gold, it has this many karats'

Answer: 12


Question: 'Ahoy!  It's another term for the principal mast aft of the mainmast'

Answer: the mizzenmast


Question: '(Hi, I'm Paul McCrane from "ER")  I played Jodie Foster's brother, Frank Berry, in this film based on a John Irving novel'

Answer: The Hotel New Hampshire


Question: 'A tower in Genesis 11:9'

Answer: (the Tower of) Babel


Question: 'Even in this film, his debut as a director, you could tell David Lynch was weird'

Answer: Eraserhead


Question: 'This orator wrote, "Let arms yield to the toga, the laurel crown to praise"'

Answer: Cicero


Question: 'We guess it would take 2 of this rapper's "Get Rich or Die Trying" CDs to equal 1 Buck Owens'

Answer: 50 Cent


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew at the California Science Center's Titanic Artifact Exhibit)  On a sailing ship, it's the area near the rudder; on passenger ships like the Titanic, it provided the cheapest passage'

Answer: steerage


Question: 'Sylvia Plath once stayed at NYC's Barbizon, & fictionalized it as the Amazon in this autobiographical novel'

Answer: The Bell Jar


Question: 'Helium or this can be used to raise a balloon from which a gondola is suspended'

Answer: hot air


Question: 'In this 1988 film director John Sayles cast himself as sportswriter Ring Lardner'

Answer: Eight Men Out


Question:
'Kansas City,
Carthage,
Independence'

Answer: Missouri


Question: '(Alex at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto)  Since there are now over 2,000 names on the Stanley Cup, one ring of it has been retired to this Toronto site'

Answer: the Hockey Hall of Fame


Question: 'In 1970 San Diego State established the first of many departments called this'

Answer: women\'s studies


Question: 'A thin layer of tissue; the walls of arteries have elastic ones'

Answer: membrane


Question: 'Charlie's trio & 3 parts of a 3-sided plane figure'

Answer: Angels/angles


Question: 'In Book 12 of this Virgil epic, the Latins & Trojans unite (whoops, spoiled the ending for you, sorry)'

Answer: The Aeneid


Question:
'La Crosse,
Fond du Lac,
Eau Claire'

Answer: Wisconsin


Question: 'The Cup's first winner was an amateur team from this city whose NHL team has won it more than 20 times'

Answer: Montreal


Question: 'In 1836 the Grimke sisters pioneered women's right to speak in public when they flounced around denouncing this'

Answer: slavery


Question: 'The time of a woman's life called menacme is ended by this'

Answer: menopause


Question: 'A bride's smile & what's placed on her finger that put it on her face'

Answer: grin/ring


Question: 'She, not the dairy queen, is the title character of a 6-book-long epic poem by Edmund Spenser'

Answer: The Faerie Queene


Question:
'Saluda,
Spartanburg,
Sumter'

Answer: South Carolina


Question: 'Naomi Wolf wrote "Misconceptions: Truth, Lies, and the Unexpected on the Journey to" this'

Answer: Motherhood


Question: 'This opiate that doesn't provide a high is used to gradually end a heroin addiction'

Answer: methadone


Question: 'NYC department store founder R.H. & a 1978 Village People hit'

Answer: Macy/Y.M.C.A.


Question: 'Warrior-princess (not Xena) who's the subject of the Icelandic "Volsunga Saga" & the German "Nibelungenlied"'

Answer: Brunhilde


Question:
'Winter Park,
Winter Garden,
Winter Haven'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'In 1997 Jay Leno's wife Mavis became chair of a campaign against mistreatment of women in this country'

Answer: Afghanistan


Question: 'The girl seen here has concentrated areas of this on her cheeks'

Answer: melanin


Question: 'If you love a witch you take her these & all; if you love a scarecrow, you accept that he's full of this'

Answer: warts/straw


Question: 'From 1667, it includes the lines "Who first seduced them to that foul revolt?  Th' infernal serpent; he it was"'

Answer: Paradise Lost


Question:
'Red Cloud,
Pawnee City,
North Platte'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'The League of Women Voters was founded in this year in which women first voted nationally for president'

Answer: 1920


Question: 'This word often used of cancer comes from the Greek for "to change place"'

Answer: metastasis/metastasize


Question: '"Handy" helper to the Addams Family & the time when they all moonbathe'

Answer: Thing/night


Question: 'This Sumerian epic was written in cuneiform on clay tablets about 4,000 years ago'

Answer: The Epic of Gilgamesh


Question: 'When this Off-Broadway show closed in 2002, its lyricist said, "You can't be sad for a show that has run 42 years"'

Answer: The Fantasticks


Question: 'On Sept. 1, 1715 Louis XIV died in this city, site of a fabulous palace he built'

Answer: Versailles


Question: '2 Oscar nominations, 2 "Sexiest Man Alive" crowns & we won't get into the whole Jennifer/Angelina thing...'

Answer: Brad Pitt


Question: 'Arizaona's motto, ditat deus, means he "enriches"'

Answer: God


Question: 'Eagles & leopards are known to hunt DeBrazza's monkeys but intrusion by these primates is their biggest threat'

Answer: humans


Question: 'In Greece a favorite pizza from Domino's is topped with pepperoni, onions, Greek olives & this 4-letter cheese'

Answer: feta


Question: 'Foriegn freinds fullfil fantasies'

Answer: fantasies


Question: 'A lavaliere, an ornamental one of these hanging from a necklace, bears the name of a duchess who bore Louis 4 kids'

Answer: a pendant


Question: 'Multi-platinum-selling singer with "Justified"; has spent quality time with Cameron Diaz'

Answer: Justin Timberlake


Question: 'Aha!  I have found it--this Greek word, California's motto'

Answer: Eureka


Question: 'Old-world monkeys, like our friend the patas, don't have prehensile these, many new-world monkeys do'

Answer: tails


Question: 'Sakura cheese from Hokkaido is a soft cheese flavored with leaves from this fruit tree'

Answer: cherry


Question: 'Persistant primatives possess potatos'

Answer: possess


Question: 'As a 10-year-old, Louis' rule was strengthened in 1648 with the end of this numeric religious war'

Answer: the Thirty Years\' War


Question: 'Nice H.S. [high school] grad present!  Nike signed him to a $90 million contract before he'd even played 1 game as a Cleveland Cavalier'

Answer: LeBron James


Question: 'For Oklahoma, not amor but labor omnia vincit; "work" does this to "all things"'

Answer: conquers all


Question: 'The hanuman langur is named for a monkey god of this religion'

Answer: Hinduism


Question: 'Cojack is a blend of jack cheese & this one'

Answer: colby


Question: 'Dependent defendents dissapoint debters'

Answer: dependent


Question: 'This "Candide" writer portrayed the grandeur of the Sun King in his "Age Of Louis  XIV"'

Answer: Voltaire


Question: 'Fans shrieking & swooning when you sing your hits like "You Raise Me Up"--no joshing, it's good to be this 29-year-old'

Answer: Josh Groban


Question: 'Pennsylvania's motto is "Virtue, liberty, and" this, also the name of a hall there'

Answer: Independence


Question: 'Saki monkeys are diurnal, which means this is when they like to get things done'

Answer: during the daytime


Question: 'The "cheese primer" calls these 2 classics from the Netherlands "two of the most unexciting cheeses imaginable"'

Answer: edam & gouda


Question: 'Eficiency experts exagerate excelence'

Answer: experts


Question: 'This French phrase attributed to Louis XIV translates to "I am the state"'

Answer: L\'etat c\'est moi


Question: 'QBed [quarterbacked] his team to 3 Super Bowl wins in 4 years; probably never has to buy a meal in Boston again'

Answer: Tom Brady


Question: 'Alaska has this 4-word motto'

Answer: "North To The Future"


Question: 'It's the 5-letter name of the monkey seen here.  What a tool!'

Answer: a drill


Question: 'Fonduta is the Italian version of fondue, made with this type of cheese that also begins with "fon"'

Answer: fontina


Question: 'Sacrilegious sheperds seperate suspisciously'

Answer: sacrilegious


Question: 'It's supervision for preschoolers while parents work'

Answer: daycare


Question: 'John Barrymore played this Spanish lover in a 1926 film & averaged about a kiss a minute'

Answer: Don Juan


Question: 'According to C.S. Lewis, it was bordered on the east by the Eastern Ocean & on the north by the River Shribble'

Answer: Narnia


Question: 'In Bob Dylan's "It's Alright, Ma", "The child's balloon eclipses both the sun and" this; that's one big balloon, Bob!'

Answer: the moon


Question: 'An 8.6 quake in Tibet heralded the Aug. 15, 1950 arrival of this only daughter of Elizabeth II'

Answer: Princess Anne


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Cleveland Clinic.)  Accessing these images on a computer so they're instant and expandable is a big innovation for the Cleveland Clinic. In 1929, when they were nitrocellulose, films stored here combusted, killing 123 people.'

Answer: X-rays


Question: 'A cocktail just before bedtime'

Answer: a nightcap


Question: 'This town's swallows return each spring following a 12,000-mile round trip to Argentina'

Answer: San Juan Capistrano


Question: 'John Updike set his 1984 novel about 3 divorced witches in this fictional Rhode Island city'

Answer: Eastwick


Question: 'In "Ballad Of A Thin Man", a one-eyed midget screams, "You're" one of these, "Give me some milk or else go home"'

Answer: a cow


Question: 'A 7.3 quake rattled Iran Aug. 31, 1968 the day this "tornado" of a pitcher touched down in Osaka, Japan'

Answer: Hideo Nomo


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Cleveland Clinic.)  In 2008, on the victim of a shotgun blast, clinic doctors performed the USA's first of these operations; dental, psychological & bioethical teams, as well as plastic surgeons, were involved'

Answer: a face transplant


Question: 'Groovy term for the dazzling yellow hosiery seen here'

Answer: DayGlo


Question: 'Named for a 16th Century sailor, the Juan de Fuca Straight separates these 2 countries'

Answer: the United States and Canada


Question: 'It's the drowsy valley along the Hudson River where you'll find Katrina van Tassel'

Answer: Sleepy Hollow


Question: 'A railroad man "smoked my eyelids / and punched my" this-- sure you haven't got that backwards, Bob?'

Answer: a cigarette


Question: '"Hard times", indeed! A giant quake struck New Madrid, MO, on Feb. 7, 1812, the day this author struck England'

Answer: Charles Dickens


Question: 'Old World member of the thrush family, celebrated for its vocal powers'

Answer: the nightingale


Question: 'Around 1542 explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovered this island off L.A. & it's believed he's buried there too'

Answer: Catalina (Island)


Question: 'This name of the imaginary island in Sir Thomas More's classic work is from the Greek for "nowhere"'

Answer: Utopia


Question: '"You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat / who carried on his shoulder" one of these cats--why?'

Answer: a Siamese cat


Question: 'Hyphenated film term for shooting footage in the morning or afternoon but making it look like it's dark'

Answer: day-for-night


Question: 'From 1980 to 2001 Juan Antonio Samaranch was the head of this international sports organization'

Answer: the IOC


Question: 'In "The Prisoner of Zenda", the king of this fictional Central European kingdom is held captive in Zenda Castle'

Answer: Ruritania


Question: 'In Dylan's "Desolation Row", for some reason Ezra Pound & this friend and protege "are fighting in the captain's tower"'

Answer: (T.S.) Eliot


Question: 'A big quake shook Turkey Aug. 17, 1949, the day this Minnesota pol was born; Al Franken shook him out of the Senate'

Answer: Norm Coleman


Question: 'In a Balanchine ballet, Apollo, god of music, has a favorite muse, this one'

Answer: Terpsichore


Question: 'This country's Saud dynasty dates back to the mid-1400s'

Answer: Saudi Arabia


Question: 'Term for the type of moon used as a symbol by the Ottoman Turks'

Answer: Crescent


Question: 'Paper giant Weyerhaeuser can beat you to this, producing 2.5 million tons a year at 9 mills'

Answer: A pulp


Question: '19-year-old Laura Benanti played Maria to Richard Chamberlain's Capt. Von Trapp in the recent revival of this musical'

Answer: "The Sound of Music"


Question:
'Max Planck Institute for Computer Science,
Braunschweig Tech,
The University of Augsburg'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'Spiders catch them in their webs'

Answer: Flies


Question: 'In 1934 he & his followers began a 6,000-mile march from Jiangxi province to the village of Yan'an in northern China'

Answer: Mao Tse-tung


Question: 'The cross seen here is used as a symbol in the battle against this disease abbreviated TB:'

Answer: Tuberculosis


Question: 'Salespeople at this athletic shoe retailer are known as "stripers" & dress accordingly'

Answer: The Foot Locker


Question: 'Set in part in a Brooklyn disco, this musical is based on a film that your mom probably swooned over in 1977'

Answer: "Saturday Night Fever"


Question:
'St. Petersburg State,
Rostov State,
Novosibirsk State'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'What a catcher might eat his dinner on'

Answer: Home plate


Question: 'In 1992 rebels overthrew its government; one faction, the Taliban, now controls most of the country'

Answer: Afghanistan


Question: 'There are this many rings in the symbol of the Olympics'

Answer: 5


Question: 'A leading Italian restaurant chain, it's increasing its expertise by opening the Culinary Institute of Tuscany'

Answer: The Olive Garden


Question: 'Susan Lucci spent her 1999 Christmas vacation making her Broadway debut as Annie Oakley in this musical'

Answer: "Annie Get Your Gun"


Question:
'Menoufia University,
Zagazig University,
Alexandria University'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'A highly prized form of carbon'

Answer: Diamond


Question: 'This country was officially reunified July 2, 1976, 2 days before the U.S. Bicentennial'

Answer: Vietnam


Question: 'All we are saying is, it began as an anti-nuclear emblem at a 1958 British demonstration'

Answer: Peace sign


Question: 'Going back to 1906, this all-"American" company predates its rival, Hallmark'

Answer: American Greetings


Question: 'Andrea McArdle's daughter Alexis made her Broadway debut in 1996 as young Cosette in this musical'

Answer: "Les Miserables"


Question:
'McGill University,
University College of the Cariboo,
Alberta College of Art & Design'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'People who used peroxide on their hair'

Answer: Bleachers


Question: 'In 1192 Japan's emperor gave military leader Yoritomo this title which means "great general"'

Answer: Shogun


Question: 'The original form of the ampersand comes from a combination of these 2 letters in the Latin for "and"'

Answer: Et


Question: 'Dynegy, whose name comes from "dynamic energy", operates 17,000 miles of these to move oil & gas'

Answer: Pipelines


Question: 'Christopher Walken starred in "The Dead", a musical adaptation of a story in this Irishman's 1914 book "Dubliners"'

Answer: James Joyce


Question:
'Potchefstroom University,
Technikon Natal,
Rand Afrikaans University'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'It's material from which flags are made, or decorations in the colors of a flag'

Answer: Bunting


Question: 'Animals of this class that includes frogs & salamanders were the ancestors of reptiles'

Answer: Amphibians


Question: 'In "Sleepy Hollow", Depp played this crime-solving constable; the character was a teacher in the original story'

Answer: Ichabod Crane


Question: 'Old dimes, teapots & the Lone Ranger's bullets (which could have killed werewolves) are made of this metal'

Answer: Silver


Question: 'Copying your term paper directly out of an encyclopedia'

Answer: Plagarism


Question: 'Mark Twain was a pen name; this was his real name'

Answer: Samuel Langhorne Clemens


Question: 'The Mississippi flows about 2,340 miles & empties into this body of water'

Answer: Gulf of Mexico


Question: 'The multiple-toed feet of Eohippus, this domestic animal's ancestor, evolved into 1 toe covered by a hoof'

Answer: Horse


Question: 'This Depp title character was created by a mad scientist played by Vincent Price'

Answer: Edward Scissorhands


Question: 'Thallium is said to look like this element, so get the thallium out & give us your question'

Answer: Lead


Question: 'One of these can be "of fire" or by immersion in water during a religious rite'

Answer: Baptism


Question: 'Twain wrote that in "The Deerslayer", this author "scored 114 offenses against literary art out of a possible 115"'

Answer: James Fenimore Cooper


Question: 'The clear waters of the upper river are home to this member of the salmon family that spawns upriver'

Answer: Trout


Question: 'Ursavus elmensis, the "down" version of this carnivore, was small enough to hunt in treetops'

Answer: Bear


Question: '"What's Eating" this character is probably having to live in a small town with his very dysfunctional family'

Answer: Gilbert Grape


Question: 'Alphabetically, the noble gases run from Ar, argon to Xe, this'

Answer: Xenon


Question: 'Ye gods!  It's defined as the belief in more than one god'

Answer: Polytheism


Question: 'This 1889 novel contrasts American homespun ingenuity with the Dark Ages' superstition & ineptitude'

Answer: "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur\'s Court"


Question: 'The muddy waters of the lower Mississippi are home to bullhead & other types of these barbeled bottom feeders'

Answer: Catfish


Question: 'Moeritherium, with an elongated snout & front teeth, was the ancestor of this present-day animal'

Answer: Elephant


Question: 'In a 1995 film co-starring Marlon Brando, Depp believes he is this legendary lover'

Answer: Don Juan


Question: 'The element with this atomic number was created by bombarding bismuth (83) with nickel (28)'

Answer: 111


Question: 'Manorialism was the economic basis of this system of political & military obligation in the Middle Ages'

Answer: Feudalism


Question: 'In the 1850s Twain was an apprentice one of these under Horace Bixby; he became a licensed one in 1859'

Answer: Riverboat pilot


Question: 'He first sighted the Mississippi in May 1541; fittingly, his men buried him in the river after he died May 21, 1542'

Answer: Hernando de Soto


Question: 'Arthropods, including shrimps & spiders, are descended from aquatic segmented ones of these'

Answer: Worms


Question: 'Cross-dressing, angora-sweater-wearing director portrayed by Depp in a 1994 film'

Answer: Ed Wood


Question: 'Lawrencium, named for Ernest Lawrence, was discovered in one of these -- the linear type, not a cyclotron'

Answer: Particle accelerator


Question: 'From a word meaning "dot", it's the style exemplified by the painting seen here:'

Answer: Pointilism


Question: 'Twain said, "There is no distinctly Native American criminal class except" this body'

Answer: Congress


Question: 'The mighty Mississippi River begins as a stream out of this lake in northwestern Minnesota'

Answer: Lake Itasca


Question: 'Title hero whose boarding school's motto is "Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus", "Never Tickle A Sleeping Dragon"'

Answer: Harry Potter


Question: 'Isolated in 1983, the virus that causes AIDS is known today by this acronym'

Answer: HIV


Question: 'Gown parts'

Answer: trains


Question: 'Ventriloquists' pals must love the books called "Boston For" these, "RV Vacations For" these, etc.'

Answer: Dummies


Question: 'Salvador Dali once planned to build a table made entirely of these hard-boiled items "so that it could be eaten"'

Answer: eggs


Question: '"The Jeffersons" was "moving on up" as one of these from "All In The Family"'

Answer: a spin-off


Question: 'Paul Angelis voiced the chief Blue Meanie & some dude named Ringo in this 1968 film'

Answer: Yellow Submarine


Question: 'Severe cases of this fever can cause jaundice, which gave the disease its name'

Answer: yellow fever


Question: 'Encarta says in 1900 NYC, Chicago & Boston, 1,170 of these were powered by steam, 800 by electricity & 400 by gas'

Answer: automobiles


Question: 'Learn how to get the best deals in "The Travel Detective" by Peter Greenberg, travel editor of this NBC morning show'

Answer: Today


Question: 'A Sarasota, Florida company specializes in giant sculptures in this medium; it's not just for castles anymore'

Answer: sand


Question: 'A theft, cheat or swindle; what a.,.'

Answer: a rip-off


Question: 'The piscine lead in this '03 film: "If this is some kind of practical joke, it's not funny, & I know funny, I'm a clownfish"'

Answer: Finding Nemo


Question: 'It's the B form of this inflammation of the liver that's spread by some kinds of personal contact'

Answer: hepatitis


Question: 'Smoothers'

Answer: planes


Question: 'Whether you're browsing or buying, you'll love Suzy Gershman's series of books called "Born To" do this'

Answer: Shop


Question: 'Chef Alain Roby set a Guinness record in 2006 by sculpting a 20-foot 8-inch skyscraper from this sweet'

Answer: chocolate


Question: '8-letter term for an unlicensed copy of fashion clothing or purses'

Answer: a knockoff


Question: 'For a category on G-rated films, that'll do, this 1995 title porker. That'll do'

Answer: Babe


Question: 'Mary Mallon was the first known carrier of this disease in the U.S.'

Answer: typhoid


Question: 'Charles & Frank Duryea are credited with producing the first of these for consumer sale in the U.S.'

Answer: automobiles


Question: 'The series known as "Lonely" this published a special 448-page book covering "every country in the world"'

Answer: Lonely Planet


Question: 'Lana Shuttleworth transforms these roadwork markers into art, as in the 7 foot by 10 foot landscape seen here'

Answer: pylons or traffic cones


Question: 'A cancellation from accountants as a loss'

Answer: a write-off


Question: 'Tom Hanks says, "That wasn't flying. That was...falling with style" in this 1995 animated movie'

Answer: Toy Story


Question: 'Deadly outbreaks of cholera struck British, French & Russian soldiers equally in this 1853-56 war'

Answer: the Crimean War


Question: 'In France they have some called Grande Vitesse; in Japan, they have Shinkansen'

Answer: trains


Question: 'If you've just bought the book "Discovering Denali", you must be planning a trip to this state'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'Jim Victor made parmesan ships with pizza dough sails & spaghetti rigging for a 2005 parade honoring this holiday'

Answer: Columbus Day


Question: 'Rain flowing from land into a stream, or a final contest between 2 first-place contestants'

Answer: a runoff


Question: 'In 2005 this title duo investigated "The Curse of the Were-Rabbit"'

Answer: Wallace & Gromit


Question: 'In a play, Blanche DuBois visits this sister in New Orleans'

Answer: Stella


Question: 'This perky future anchorwoman did the last interview with JFK Jr.'

Answer: Katie Couric


Question: 'For its many canals, this Thai capital is known as the "Venice of the East"'

Answer: Bangkok


Question: 'The mascots for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing include Yingying, an antelope, & Jingjing, this animal'

Answer: a panda


Question: 'A jury convicted Oliver North of obstruction of Congress'

Answer: Reagan


Question: 'Underage drinkers in the northeast fear getting "proofed"; elsewhere, they fear they'll be this'

Answer: carded


Question: 'Scout's brother in "To Kill a Mockingbird" is Jeremy, better known by this nickname'

Answer: Jem


Question: 'Starting in 1988, this comedienne played the not-always-lovable mom of Becky, Darlene & D.J. Conner'

Answer: Rosanne Barr


Question: 'Biratnagar is the second-biggest city in this mountainous country between China & India'

Answer: Nepal


Question: 'A Little tiger named Hodori was the mascot of the Summer Games held in this world capital in 1988'

Answer: Seoul


Question: 'McKinley assassin Leon Czolgosz was executed'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'A hurricane is a tropical one'

Answer: a cyclone


Question: 'Title nickname of Harry Angstrom, a character in several of John Updike's novels'

Answer: Rabbit


Question: 'A Fox show "Chronicles" the Adventures of this "Terminator" character'

Answer: Sarah Connor


Question: 'In 2007 the U.N. made Ibrahim Gambari its envoy to this country where monks battled the junta'

Answer: Myanmar or Burma


Question: 'A dachshund named Waldi was the mascot of the Summer Games in this city in 1972'

Answer: Munich


Question: 'The Teapot Dome Scandal hit'

Answer: (Warren G.) Harding


Question: '"Body" of work for an M.E.'

Answer: a corpse


Question: 'The title of this Dumas novel, the last adventure of the 3 Musketeers, refers to a mysterious Bastille prisoner'

Answer: the Man in the Iron Mask


Question: 'Lauren & she stopped speaking after she moved in with Spencer--on MTV's "The Hills", duh'

Answer: Heidi


Question: 'During WWII this city whose name means "rule the East" was the main Pacific port for supplies the U.S. sent to Russia'

Answer: Vladivostok


Question: 'Haakon & Kristin, 2 folk-character children, were the mascots of the 1994 Winter Games in this town'

Answer: Lillehammer


Question: 'Earl Warren became Chief Justice of the U.S.'

Answer: Eisenhower


Question: 'To bend or fold sheet metal edges together'

Answer: crimp


Question: 'Created by Charles Portis, this U.S. Marshal helps 14-year-old Mattie Ross track her father's killer'

Answer: Rooster Cogburn


Question: 'Take your Coricidin & name this long-time "Law & Order" actress'

Answer: S. Epatha Merkerson


Question: 'People in this Iranian town can wave to tankers passing through the strait of the same name'

Answer: Hormuz


Question: 'This cute, cuddly bear who shares a nickname with Baryshnikov was the mascot of the 1980 Moscow games'

Answer: Misha


Question: 'Congress approved the War of 1812'

Answer: James Madison


Question: '9-letter term for an agreement between a sovereign state & the Pope'

Answer: a concordat


Question: 'Her illustrations for 1890's "A Happy Pair" included elegantly dressed rabbits'

Answer: Beatrix Potter


Question: 'Known as the "First Lady of Song", she won 13 Grammy Awards, the most by any jazz artist'

Answer: Ella Fitzgerald


Question: 'Seat seen here, possibly preferred by Spielberg or Welles:'

Answer: Director\'s chair


Question: 'You might see antelope when you travel Happy Jack Road between Laramie & Cheyenne in this state'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: 'Benjamin Netanyahu'

Answer: Israel


Question: '22 Jermyn Street, The Savoy & The Covent Garden are all hotels in this city'

Answer: London


Question: 'He's the sculptor whose grave near Paris is marked by a copy of "The Thinker"'

Answer: Auguste Rodin


Question: 'In the title of the album "Diz 'N' Bird In Concert", Diz is Dizzy Gillespie & Bird is this saxophonist'

Answer: Charlie Parker


Question: 'Proverbially, you don't want to be the one rearranging this kind of chair on the Titanic:'

Answer: Deck chair


Question: 'Don't miss walking through the Thurston Lava Tube when you drive around this state's Volcanoes National Park'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'Helmut Schmidt'

Answer: West Germany


Question: 'Miss Piggy knows this Muppeteer's original last name was Oznowicz'

Answer: Frank Oz


Question: 'The first British pilot to die in a flying accident was this business partner of Henry Royce'

Answer: Charles Rolls


Question: 'In 1964 this jazz great reached the top of the pop charts with his vocal recording of "Hello, Dolly!"'

Answer: Louis Armstrong


Question: 'Famous boy whose royal seat is seen here:'

Answer: King Tutankhamun


Question: 'If you like to gaze at glaciers, you'll enjoy driving the Seward Highway in this state'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'Olof Palme'

Answer: Sweden


Question: '"Common Sense" guy who wrote, "Let the far and the near all unite, with a cheer, in defense of our liberty tree"'

Answer: Thomas Paine


Question: 'In a word, he helped found a medical school at Manchester but he's better known for his thesaurus'

Answer: Peter Roget


Question: 'Induction into the Jazz Hall of Fame in Orlando is determined by a poll conducted by this leading jazz publication'

Answer: Downbeat


Question: 'Late 19th & early 20th century French master who painted the seat seen here:'

Answer: Pierre Auguste Renoir


Question: 'The Skyline Drive provides spectacular views of this state's Shenandoah National Park'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'Bob Hawke'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Male sea spiders carry the eggs on a special pair of these until they hatch'

Answer: Legs


Question: 'On May 26, 1793 he called on the French people to rise in insurrection'

Answer: Robespierre


Question: 'On April 7, 1986 she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame -- nearly 27 years after her death'

Answer: Billie Holiday


Question: 'The chairs seen here are examples of this popular 18th century style named for a designer:'

Answer: Chippendale


Question: 'The Centennial Trail covers 111 miles in these hills, from Bear Butte State Park to Wind Cave Naional Park'

Answer: South Dakota


Question: 'Fidel Ramos'

Answer: Philippines


Question: 'These bivalves are the main ingredient in the French dish moules mariniere'

Answer: Mussels


Question: 'Italian composer who was born on Leap Day, 1792 & died on Friday the 13th, 1868; no wonder he was superstitious'

Answer: Gioachino Rossini


Question: 'Fortnightly'

Answer: Every 2 weeks


Question: 'The first U.S. spacecraft to hit the visible side of the moon landed in this waterless "sea" in 1964'

Answer: Sea of Tranquility


Question: 'In "A Fistful of Dollars", Clint Eastwood is listed in the credits as "The Man With" this'

Answer: No Name


Question: 'A city once the capital of Roman Britain, or Richard III's royal house'

Answer: York


Question: 'She gave birth to 3 20th century U.S. senators, one of whom became president'

Answer: Rose Kennedy


Question: 'An embarrassed one of these may be black & white & red all over'

Answer: Zebra


Question: 'Biennially'

Answer: Every 2 years


Question: 'He was the first Pope to pop into the White House for a visit'

Answer: John Paul II


Question: 'This cowpuncher was a star of westerns & music  & has 5 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame:'

Answer: Gene Autry


Question: 'We doubt that this French city, from whom Joan of Arc drove the English in 1429, has a French Quarter'

Answer: Orleans


Question: 'On the "Cosby Show" spinoff "A Different World", she played wealthy dormmate Whitley Gilbert'

Answer: Jasmine Guy


Question: 'A common variety of this flower is seen here:'

Answer: Zinnia


Question: 'Semidiurnally'

Answer: Twice a day


Question: 'The USA's first major fully-enclosed baseball stadium, it opened April 9, 1965'

Answer: Houston Astrodome


Question: 'It's the original last name of the Western legend who starred as the Ringo Kid in 1939's "Stagecoach"'

Answer: Marion Michael Morrison (John Wayne)


Question: 'The 4 main (English) Channel Islands are Sark, Alderney, Guernsey & this one'

Answer: Jersey


Question: 'Judge Roy Bean claimed that the frontier town where he laid down the law was named for this English actress'

Answer: Lillie Langtry


Question: 'It comes between epsilon & eta or, pronounced differently, between Catherine & Jones'

Answer: Zeta


Question: 'Semimillennially'

Answer: Every 500 years/twice every 1000 years


Question: 'On Aug. 2, 1962 the U.S. submarines Skate & Seadragon made a historic joint surfacing here'

Answer: North Pole


Question: 'The English name for the German area of Braunschweig; it's also a big name in bowling equipment'

Answer: Brunswick


Question: 'Its capital is Lusaka'

Answer: Zambia


Question: 'Sesquicentennially'

Answer: Every 150 years


Question: 'In 1964 this legendary couple of the stage became the first husband & wife awarded the Medal of Freedom'

Answer: Alfred Lunt & Lynn Fontanne


Question: 'Conakry is the capital of this African country northwest of the gulf that shares its name'

Answer: Guinea


Question: 'Zoroaster's nom-de-Persian'

Answer: Zarathustra


Question: 'This term for a rock genre came into popular usage from a line in Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild"'

Answer: Heavy metal


Question: '"Uneasy lies the head that wears" this, the part of the tooth that's covered by enamel'

Answer: crown


Question: 'It's the profession at the center of "Mercy" and "HawthoRNe"'

Answer: nursing


Question: 'One of the last things that she says before dying: "O Antony!"'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'This word for a buyer & seller of goods sounds like a person who distributes playing cards'

Answer: dealer


Question: 'The Mayflower ____ <br />(a 7-letter word)'

Answer: compact


Question: 'From the Latin for "to destroy", it was often used by opponents of slavery'

Answer: abolish


Question: 'AKA gingiva, they are the firm tissues enveloping the necks of the teeth; betcha didn't know teeth had necks, did ya?'

Answer: gums


Question: 'This show's premise is a humanity-wide blackout that lets people see the future'

Answer: FlashForward


Question: 'Queen Gertrude reports this woman's death by drowning'

Answer: Ophelia


Question: 'In 2009, at this type of sale, as 1957 Ferrari  Testa Rossa went for a record $12.4 million'

Answer: auction


Question: 'The Kellogg-Briand ___ <br />(A 4-letter word)'

Answer: pact


Question: 'This verb meaning to no longer be someone's pal dates back to 1659, long before Facebook'

Answer: unfriend


Question: 'It's the botanical term for the embedded or basal portion of the tooth'

Answer: root


Question: 'In 2009 this show about the Griffins was the first animated one in decades nominated for the Best Comedy Emmy'

Answer: Family Guy


Question: 'In "The Tempest" she gives the "O brave new world" line'

Answer: Miranda


Question: 'I give you a goat, you rethatch my hut & we're using this 6-letter "system"'

Answer: barter


Question: 'The American Recovery & Reinvestment ___ <br />(A 3-letter word)'

Answer: act


Question: 'When talking about fat, it can mean to "melt down"; regarding a verdict, it means to "hand down"'

Answer: render


Question: 'It ain't cheap fiction; it's the inner substance of the tooth containing veins, arteries & nerves'

Answer: pulp


Question: 'On Fox Cat Deeley hosts this terpsichorean talent contest'

Answer: So You Think You Can Dance


Question: 'King Lear's daughter Cordelia has these 2 older sisters'

Answer: Goneril and Regan


Question: 'At Club Jeopardy! this charge is $5; this is also the type of band we've booked, playing songs they didn't write'

Answer: cover


Question: 'Starting in the late 1940's, the Marshall ____'

Answer: plan


Question: 'This word meaning "to set on fire" is related to one of the 3 basic forms of rock'

Answer: ignite


Question: 'Gnaw away with these, any of the 4 anterior teeth in each jaw'

Answer: incisors


Question: 'In 2009 this CBS news show devoted an entire 1-hour episode to Don Hewitt who created it'

Answer: 60 Minutes


Question: 'Name of both Brutus' wife and Bassanio's girlfriend'

Answer: Portia


Question: 'Avian verb meaning to sell goods in public, often by loudly announcing them'

Answer: hawk


Question: 'In English (not Latin) 1215's Great _____'

Answer: charter


Question: 'To destroy something completely is to do this verb that's derived from the Latin for "nothing"'

Answer: annihilate


Question: 'In 1826 the speed of sound in water was first calculated in this largest Alpine lake'

Answer: Geneva


Question: '15: Bart Starr<br />92: Reggie White'

Answer: the Packers


Question: 'In a 1982 concert of Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons", Isaac Stern played "Spring" & Itzhak Perlman concluded with this'

Answer: "Winter"


Question: 'In 1983 this company introduced the Lisa, the first commercial computer to feature a mouse'

Answer: Apple


Question: '"The job market will improve", Georgia Tech grads were told by John F. Brock III, CEO of this beverage's "Enterprises"'

Answer: Coca-Cola


Question: 'Poker hand of 3 Jacks, 2 sevens & the upper chamber of Britain's bicameral legislature'

Answer: full House of Lords


Question: 'This river springs from 2 small streams in the Black Forest, the Breg & the Brigach'

Answer: Danube


Question: '29: Rod Carew<br />34: Kirby Puckett'

Answer: the Twins


Question: 'Oddly, the traditional order for this Gustav Holst suite places Mars first'

Answer: The Planets


Question: 'This'

Answer: raspberry


Question: 'This science guy told the Harvey Mudd class of '08 that rumors were harder to start before the Internet'

Answer: Bill Nye


Question: 'Excitement reigned when Adventureland  & Tomorrowland vied for the MLB crown'

Answer: Disney World Series


Question: 'The bonnie, bonnie banks of this largest lake in Great Britain lie just 14 miles from Glasgow'

Answer: Loch Lomond


Question: '34: Charles Barkley,<br />13: Wilt Chamberlain'

Answer: the Philadelphia 76ers


Question: 'At 7 he wrote a polonaise in G minor; a year later he performed for Czar Alexander I, who was in Warsaw at the time'

Answer: Chopin


Question: 'The Bold 9000 is among this company's series of smartphones'

Answer: BlackBerry


Question: '(Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers the clue.)  In 2009, I gave the commencement address at Barnard College; in 1969 I gave the first ever student commencement at this other women's college'

Answer: Wellesley


Question: 'Fruit juice company that became a nickname for Joan of Arc'

Answer: MinuteMaid of Orleans


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.)  Connecting the western Mediterranean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean is this narrow passage of water'

Answer: the Straits of Gibraltar


Question: '5: Brooks Robinson<br />20: Frank Robinson'

Answer: the Baltimore Orioles


Question: 'Originally, this 1928 Gershwin orchestral composition included real French taxi horns'

Answer: An American in Paris


Question: 'A member of an air service confined to ground duty, or a New Zealander'

Answer: kiwi


Question: 'Speaking at the Boston College Law School, this Fed head praised J.K. Rowling & quoted John Lennon'

Answer: Bernanke


Question: 'A pageant first held in 1921 "for amber waves of grain"'

Answer: Miss America the Beautiful


Question: 'This longest Italian river is fed by 141 tributaries'

Answer: the Po


Question: 'This NFL team has just one, <br />12: Jim Kelly'

Answer: the Buffalo Bills


Question: 'In 1722 Bach composed "The Well-Tempered" type of this instrument'

Answer: clavier


Question: 'This name of a fruit can also mean "highly desirable"; it's often found before "job"'

Answer: plum


Question: '"Don't be absent from your own life", Jessica Lange told seniors at this Bronxville, N.Y. liberal arts school'

Answer: Sarah Lawrence


Question: 'Name for the group that picks the president, vice president & pope'

Answer: the Electoral College of Cardinals


Question: 'At his death in 1790, he left 200-year trust funds to the cities of Boston & Philadelphia'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: 'Rub shoulders with Nebraska state legislators at Billy's restaurant on H Street in this capital'

Answer: Lincoln


Question: 'A controversial U.S. general'

Answer: Patton


Question: 'A par 3 golf course often has this many holes, half as many as a regular course'

Answer: 9


Question: 'Alice finally decides that her journey through the looking-glass was one of these but doesn't know whose it was'

Answer: a dream


Question: 'Butterball advises putting the thermometer in this part of the turkey that provides dark meat'

Answer: the thigh


Question: 'Acute or chronic inflammation of the membrane lining the lungs'

Answer: B-R-O-N-C-H-I-T-I-S


Question: 'In 1927 Edwin Perkins of Hastings, Nebraska invented this powdered soft drink'

Answer: Kool-Aid


Question: 'A Hindu leader'

Answer: Gandhi


Question: 'In case of rain when camping, always keep one of these South American cloaks with a hole in it ready for wear'

Answer: a poncho


Question: 'These 2 brothers have "Dum" & "Dee" embroidered on their collars'

Answer: Tweedledum & Tweedledee


Question: 'From the Latin for "flat wood", it's one of a fry cook's tools'

Answer: a spatula


Question: 'This country borders the Congo, Tanzania & of course, Rwanda'

Answer: B-U-R-U-N-D-I


Question: 'Visit this area of rolling dunes, or check out the migration of the cranes also called these'

Answer: sandhills


Question: 'Collision'

Answer: Crash


Question: 'The nearby Andromeda Galaxy has a supermassive one of these at its center'

Answer: a black hole


Question: 'An egg that Alice buys grows larger & larger & eventually becomes this wall-sitter'

Answer: Humpty Dumpty


Question: 'Hungarian goulash recipes measure salt & pepper in teaspoons or tablespoons, but this spice in cups'

Answer: paprika


Question: 'Acute form of food poisoning that once claimed as many as 65% of its victims'

Answer: B-O-T-U-L-I-S-M


Question: 'Born in 1913, this 38th U.S. president was the only chief executive whose life began in Nebraska'

Answer: Ford


Question: 'An historic Scotsman's nickname'

Answer: Braveheart


Question: 'Until these holes on postage stamps were introduced in the 1850s, stamps had to be cut by hand'

Answer: perforations


Question: '"All mimsy were the borogoves" in this poem whose first & last stanzas are exactly the same'

Answer: "Jabberwocky"


Question: 'Craig Claiborne's recipe for this French soup reminds you to chill thoroughly & pronounce the final "S"'

Answer: vichyssoise


Question: 'Istanbul was once Constantinople & before that, this city founded by the Greeks'

Answer: B-Y-Z-A-N-T-I-U-M


Question: 'It's not such a good life in this "corny" tale that Stephen King set in Nebraska, not Maine'

Answer: Children of the Corn


Question: 'A middle name in Latin'

Answer: Amadeus


Question: 'This "Hoosier Poet" recalled "long, lazy... happy days of yore" in his poem "The Old Swimmin' Hole"'

Answer: James Whitcomb Riley


Question: 'This "colorful" royal advises Alice to "Look up, speak nicely, and don't twiddle your fingers all the time"'

Answer: the Red Queen


Question: 'Also sometimes done to harbors, it means to coat food with a dry ingredient like flour'

Answer: dredge


Question: 'A Marxist adjective for the middle class'

Answer: B-O-U-R-G-E-O-I-S


Question: 'From 1346 to 1561, the Teutonic Knights ruled Latvia & this northern neighbor as the Medieval state of Livonia'

Answer: Estonia


Question: 'It's a list of source materials used in the preparation of a work, like a term paper'

Answer: a bibliography


Question: 'Coleridge:<br />"The ___ did follow,/ And every day for food or play,/ Came to the mariners' hollo!"'

Answer: albatross


Question: 'Just part of his resume: College Player of the Year, NBA Rookie of the Year, 9-time All-NBA First Team, 3 straight MVPs'

Answer: Larry Bird


Question: 'In 1521 an imperial diet at Worms declared him an outlaw'

Answer: Martin Luther


Question: 'The Lexus LS-460 has an 8-speed one'

Answer: a transmission


Question: 'The British captured this narrow peninsula in 1704; Spain has coveted it ever since'

Answer: Gibraltar


Question: 'The punctuation mark is from the Greek for "limb"; the organ is from the Greek for "large intestine"'

Answer: a colon


Question: 'Keats' "Ode to ___":<br />"Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird!"'

Answer: a nightingale


Question: 'This "colorful" coaching legend led Boston to 8 NBA crowns in a row from 1959 to 1966'

Answer: Red Auerbach


Question: 'Before he went exploring, he was Thomas Jefferson's private secretary'

Answer: Meriwether Lewis


Question: 'Daytime running these are mandatory in Canada'

Answer: lights


Question: 'In 1241 Hamburg & Lubeck businessmen formed an association that grew into this big league'

Answer: the Hanseatic League


Question: 'This arch that separates the stage from the auditorium is from the Greek for "before the stage"'

Answer: the proscenium


Question: 'Wallace Stevens (I of XIII):<br />"Among twenty snowy mountains/ The only moving thing/ Was the eye of a ___"'

Answer: blackbird


Question: 'Before joining the Celts in 2007, this "K.G." veteran got 120 out of 123 first-place MVP votes for the 2003-04 season'

Answer: Kevin Garnett


Question: 'By 1918 this Russian-born mob mastermind was running a floating crap game with Bugsy Siegel'

Answer: Meyer Lansky


Question: 'Pronounced as 2 syllables, this word for a zippy 2-door car is French for "cut"'

Answer: coupé


Question: 'When this "dark" knight sacked Limoges, France in 1370, he killed more than 3,000 citizens'

Answer: the Black Prince


Question: 'This term for 2 dissimilar organisms living together in mutualism comes from the Greek for "with" & "life"'

Answer: symbiosis


Question: 'Whitman:<br />"Out of the cradle endlessly rocking/ Out of the ___'s throat, the musical shuttle"'

Answer: mockingbird


Question: 'Before winning 2 NBA titles playing for the Celtics, M.L. Carr played in the ABA for the Spirits of this city'

Answer: St. Louis


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew relaxes with a drink at Tavern on the Green in New York.)  I'm having a cocktail called Cherry Oz at Tavern on the Green; the restaurant is run by Jennifer LeRoy, granddaughter of this producer of "The Wizard of Oz"'

Answer: Mervyn LeRoy


Question: 'In cars, it governs air flow to the carburetor; in a shotgun, it controls the amount of spread of the shot'

Answer: the choke


Question: 'As prince & king, Carol I ruled this Eastern European nation from 1866 to 1914'

Answer: Romania


Question: 'This math term for a restricting factor comes from Greek words for "beside" & "measure"'

Answer: parameter


Question: 'Shakespeare: "Love and constancy is dead;/___ and the turtle fled/ In a mutual flame from hence"'

Answer: Phoenix


Question: 'He's the Hall of Fame Celtic seen here without his navy'

Answer: (Kevin) McHale


Question: 'In 1948 she discovered the skull of Proconsul africanus'

Answer: Mary Leakey


Question: 'Air bags work by heating sodium azide, NaN3, to produce this gaseous element that fills the bag'

Answer: nitrogen


Question: 'In 1970 2 performers reached the Top 20 with this hit whose 6-word title was inspired by Boys Town'

Answer: \"He Ain\'t Heavy, He\'s My Brother\"


Question: 'On Jan. 17, 1994 California was struck by one measuring 6.7; on Jan. 17, 1995 Kobe, Japan was hit by a 7.2'

Answer: Earthquake


Question: 'Some French cabinetmakers called themselves ebenis for the ability to work in this difficult wood'

Answer: Ebony


Question: 'She opened Dollywood Boulevard, an $8 million addition to her Dollywood theme park in 1996'

Answer: Dolly Parton


Question: 'This creator of "Lake Wobegon" grew up in Anoka, Minnesota'

Answer: Garrison Keillor


Question: 'In 1978 Margaret A. Brewer became the first woman Marine to achieve this rank'

Answer: General


Question: 'In the nursery rhyme, this line precedes "Bake me a cake as fast as you can"'

Answer: "Patty Cake, Patty Cake, Baker\'s Man"


Question: 'In 1988 radio-carbon testing dated this holy cloth only to the Middle Ages'

Answer: Shroud of Turin


Question: 'The rolltop type of this piece of furniture features a flexible hood that's drawn down as a lid'

Answer: Desk


Question: 'This "Grand Ole" theme park is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 1996'

Answer: Opryland USA


Question: 'Once a naval historian in the south Pacific, he won a Pulitzer Prize for "Tales of the South Pacific"'

Answer: James Michener


Question: 'This Latin motto of the corps means "Always Faithful"'

Answer: "Semper Fidelis"


Question: 'It follows "That's one small step for a man,..."'

Answer: "One Giant Leap for Mankind"


Question: 'In 1969 after traveling about 2600 miles, he & his crew abandoned their Ra expedition'

Answer: Thor Heyerdahl


Question: 'This modern table named for a beverage is lower & wider than the 18th century tea table'

Answer: Coffee Table


Question: 'You can tour a simulated coal mine at this coal miner's daughter's home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee'

Answer: Loretta Lynn


Question: 'Standard English is referred to as Oldspeak in this George Orwell novel'

Answer: "1984"


Question: 'This nickname for Marines refers to the type of collar they once wore'

Answer: Leathernecks


Question: 'Term for an electorate's wishes that its representatives carry out a certain program'

Answer: Mandate


Question: 'In 1967 a launch pad fire claimed the lives of Edward White, Roger Chaffee & this astronaut'

Answer: Virgil "Gus" Grissom


Question: 'A vitrine is a cabinet with doors made of this material'

Answer: Glass


Question: 'When visiting Disney World, line dancers head for the Neon Armadillo on this night club "island"'

Answer: Pleasure Island


Question: 'A visitor interrupted him while he was writing down his poem "Kubla Khan" & he never finished it'

Answer: Samuel Taylor Coleridge


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />Island on which the action depicted here took place: (the raising of the flag on Mount Suribachi)'

Answer: Iwo Jima


Question: 'Tube pasta filled with meat & cheese & served with tomato sauce'

Answer: Manicotti


Question: 'Suleyman Demirel was premier of this country on 5 separate occasions before becoming president in 1993'

Answer: Turkey


Question: 'This furniture support may be Dutch, club or ball-and-claw'

Answer: Feet


Question: 'Alabama & the Gatlin Brothers are among the country stars who have theatres in this S.C. beach city'

Answer: Myrtle Beach


Question: '"Hey-Rub-A-Dub-Dub" is a 1920 collection of philosophical essays by this "Sister Carrie" author'

Answer: Theodore Dreiser


Question: 'This dog named for its breeder originated in Apolda, Germany in the 1890s'

Answer: Doberman Pinscher


Question: 'Ancient Cretan performers would run toward a charging one of these animals, grab its horns & flip over it'

Answer: Bull


Question: 'The World Eskimo Indian Olympics held in this state includes a rather competitive ear pull'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'In addition to serving as Iraq's president, he's chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council'

Answer: Saddam Hussein


Question: 'The optic nerve transmits impulses between the eyes & this organ'

Answer: Brain


Question: 'His "Play It Again, Sam" tells the story of Allan Felix, a film journalist whose marriage has just broken up'

Answer: Woody Allen


Question: 'Voice range of Chaliapin, a Russian singer who popularized the "Song of the Volga Boatmen"'

Answer: Bass


Question: 'One part of this piece of women's event equipment is about 90" above the floor, the other about 60"'

Answer: Uneven parallel bars


Question: 'There's a grave in Boston that some people claim belongs to this story teller of nursery rhyme fame'

Answer: Mother Goose


Question: 'Before his 1979 election to Great Britain's parliament, he worked in banking for almost 20 years'

Answer: John Major


Question: 'These smallest blood vessels are about one-eighth the thickness of a strand of hair'

Answer: Capillaries


Question: 'In this musical members of the Class of '59 recall their days at Rydell High School'

Answer: "Grease"


Question: 'Clink was the name of a 16th century one of these in Southwark, London'

Answer: Prison/Jail


Question: 'In this event performed on a mat 40' square, men's routines must be 50-70 seconds long, women's 70-90'

Answer: Floor exercise


Question: 'Evanston in this state was named for John Evans, a founder of Northwestern University'

Answer: Illinois


Question: 'In 1918 he was born the son of a Tembu chief in what's now Eastern Cape province'

Answer: Nelson Mandela


Question: 'Nearly all of the body's endocrine glands are stimulated by hormones released by this gland'

Answer: Pituitary Gland


Question: 'After Randle P. McMurphy attacks Nurse Ratched in this play, she has him lobotomized'

Answer: "One Flew Over The Cuckoo\'s Nest"


Question: 'The astronomical symbol for this planet is the same as the biological symbol for a female'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'This type of gymnastics became an Olympic event in 1984'

Answer: Rhythmic Gymnastics


Question: 'This Southwest reservoir is the largest artificial lake in the U.S.'

Answer: Lake Mead


Question: 'In 1992 this former Soviet prime minister was named chairman of the State Council of Georgia'

Answer: Edward Shevardnadze


Question: 'Bow legs are often the result of this childhood disease caused by a lack of vitamin D'

Answer: Ricketts


Question: 'This play takes place at the summer home of Norman & Ethel Thayer'

Answer: "On Golden Pond"


Question: 'A chapter of this 1532 book discusses the Machiavellian career of Cesare Borgia'

Answer: "The Prince"


Question: 'Name for the wooden handles on a side horse'

Answer: Pommels


Question: 'Horseshoe Bend National Military Park in Alabama marks the site of this Indian war's last battle'

Answer: Creek Indian War


Question: 'She took over Nicaragua's La Prensa newspaper after her husband's assassination'

Answer: Violetta Chamorro


Question: 'It's the anatomical name for the stirrup, the smallest bone in the body'

Answer: Stapes


Question: 'In his play "Lysistrata", the women of Athens refuse to sleep with their men until peace is declared'

Answer: Aristophanes


Question: 'Tia Maria, a liqueur made from Blue Mountain coffee beans, comes from this country'

Answer: Jamaica


Question: 'In area, it's the largest country in South America entirely north of the Equator'

Answer: Venezuela


Question: 'Wycillin is a trade name for this moldy oldie of antibiotic agents'

Answer: penicillin


Question: 'The deepest male singing voice'

Answer: bass


Question: 'Built by the British in 1764, Fort Erie was captured by American troops during this war'

Answer: The War of 1812


Question: 'Contrary to popular belief, Humphrey Bogart never said "Play it again, Sam" in this 1942 film'

Answer: Casablanca


Question: 'The original wording of this oath said "my flag" & did not mention the U.S. by name'

Answer: the Pledge of Allegiance


Question: '"So hurry up and bring your jukebox money", this "is a little old place where we can get together"'

Answer: "The Love Shack"


Question: 'Antibiotics don't work against viruses; they do work against these, like the tubercle bacillus'

Answer: bacteria


Question: 'Legendary Chicago Bears running back Brian'

Answer: Piccolo


Question: 'The Texas fort named for this president of the Republic of Texas is home to the U.S. Army Medical Command'

Answer: Sam Houston


Question: 'This leader said "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears & sweat", not "blood, sweat & tears"'

Answer: Winston Churchill


Question: 'The most important function of this advisory arm is to elect the pope'

Answer: the College of Cardinals


Question: '"Shot through the heart and you're to blame, you" do this'

Answer: give love a bad name


Question: 'Cefamandole is used to treat this inflammation of a membrane of the abdominal wall caused by a ruptured appendix'

Answer: peritonitis


Question: 'A brand of Irish lager'

Answer: Harp


Question: 'Located 35 miles from Louisville, it was named for America's first Secretary of War'

Answer: Fort Knox


Question: '"Luke, I am your father" was a misquoted line in this "Star Wars" film, the fifth episode'

Answer: The Empire Strikes Back


Question: 'The Copyright Law of 1870 required that all copyright applicants send 2 copies of their work to this institution'

Answer: the Library of Congress


Question: '"We gonna rock down to" this place "and then we'll take it higher"'

Answer: "Electric Avenue"


Question: 'While using metronidazole, do not consume this unless you enjoy cramps, headaches & profuse sweating'

Answer: alcohol


Question: 'To move your fingers or hands in a nervous fashion'

Answer: fiddle


Question: 'Pencil in the date-- July 6, 1777-- that's when British Gen. John Burgoyne forced the surrender of this N.Y. fort'

Answer: Ticonderoga


Question: 'This man who created Tarzan never wrote the line "Me Tarzan, you Jane"'

Answer: Edgar Rice Burroughs


Question: 'A 1977 ticket for parking near a fire hydrant led to the arrest of the infamous NYC killer called this'

Answer: Son of Sam


Question: '"Jenny, I've got your number, I need to make you mine, Jenny don't change your number" ...this one'

Answer: 867-5309


Question: 'This antibiotic often used to treat acne was discovered in 1948'

Answer: tetracycline


Question: 'A musical direction meaning to play softly'

Answer: piano


Question: 'This North Carolina fort "boasts" of being the "home of the airborne & special operations forces"'

Answer: Fort Bragg


Question: 'This Brooklyn Dodgers manager said, "The nice guys are all over there.  In 7th place", not "Nice guys finish last"'

Answer: Leo Durocher


Question: 'English title of the jester-filled 1494 poem "Das Narrenschiff"; Katherine Anne Porter used it for an allegory'

Answer: "Ship of Fools"


Question: '"But you'll never see the end of the road while you're traveling with me, hey now, hey now, don't" do this'

Answer: dream it\'s over


Question: 'In the 1948 ballet "Fall River Legend", this character is hanged although in real life she was acquitted'

Answer: Lizzie Borden


Question: 'Lindsay Wagner &<br />Michelle Ryan'

Answer: the Bionic Woman


Question: 'Her lines include "What a curious feeling!", "How queer everything is today!" & "I didn't know that cats could grin"'

Answer: Alice


Question: 'Banks get new money from 2 Treasury bureaus: Engraving & Printing for bills, & this one for coins'

Answer: the U.S. Mint


Question: 'In 1870 the Hudson's Bay Company & Britain ceded these "territories" to Canada'

Answer: the Northwest Territories


Question: 'In baseball, it's the area enclosed by the 3 bases & home plate'

Answer: the infield


Question: 'This Stravinsky character first played by Tamara Karsavina has the face & arms of a girl & a body of feathers'

Answer: the Firebird


Question: 'Raymond Burr &<br />Monte Markham'

Answer: Perry Mason


Question: 'Ursula & Gudrun Brangwen are the title "women" of this D.H. Lawrence novel'

Answer: Women in Love


Question: 'The first of these monetary units was issued in 1360 by King Jean II, right after his release from English captivity'

Answer: francs


Question: 'More than 1/3 of Canada's population resides in this province'

Answer: Ontario


Question: 'From what they feed on, moles & shrews are classified as this type of mammal'

Answer: insectivores


Question: 'The 1890 premiere of this ballet included Enrico Ceccheti as the Bluebird & Carlotta Brianza as Aurora'

Answer: Sleeping Beauty


Question: 'Barbara Bel Geddes &<br />Donna Reed'

Answer: Ellie Ewing


Question: 'Theodore Dreiser's own sister Emma had a fling with a married man, helping inspire this title woman'

Answer: Sister Carrie


Question: 'Government taxing & spending are part of this "policy", from the Latin for "basket" or "treasury"'

Answer: fiscal


Question: 'Hans Weber was chief scientist on Canada's expedition to study this ocean's Alpha Ridge'

Answer: the Arctic Ocean


Question: 'The longest of the Old Testament books known as the Prophets is named for him'

Answer: Isaiah


Question: 'He was married to Maria Tallchief when he choreographed her in his 1948 ballet "Orpheus"'

Answer: George Balanchine


Question: 'Teri Hatcher &<br />Erica Durance'

Answer: Lois Lane


Question: 'Frederick Winterbourne had many thoughts of this "flowery" Henry James girl'

Answer: Daisy Miller


Question: 'In options trading, to sell is to "put" & to buy is to do this'

Answer: call


Question: 'Clarence Birdseye discovered his freezing method for food on a trading expedition to this "canine" Canadian location'

Answer: Labrador


Question: 'It can be a short pastoral poem, or a longer epic one like Tennyson's "of the King"'

Answer: an idyll


Question: 'The first ballet, "Ballet Comique de la Reine", was commissioned by this French queen for her sister's wedding in 1581'

Answer: Catherine de\' Medici


Question: 'Richard Thomas &<br />Robert Wightman'

Answer: John Boy


Question: 'Left at the altar as a girl, this Dickens character still wears her wedding dress'

Answer: Miss Havisham


Question: 'While serving in this post, Montgomery Blair helped introduce money orders'

Answer: Postmaster General


Question: 'Conservative Joe Clark was Canadian prime minister between this man's 2 nonconsecutive terms'

Answer: Pierre Trudeau


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew indicates the right-hand column of the periodic table.) On the periodic table, the six gases in this column, beginning with helium & ending with radon, are described as this, because they don't readily react with other elements'

Answer: inert


Question: 'In English, it's the word that Mussolini was the first to use to describe the partnership between Berlin & Rome'

Answer: axis


Question: 'Handwritten lyrics on display include Chuck Berry's "School Days" & his "Purple Haze"'

Answer: Jimi Hend rix


Question: 'In 1785 this future French emperor graduated from military school in Paris, 42nd in his class of 58'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'Lumberjack shirts & kilts feature these designs'

Answer: tartans (or plaids)


Question: 'He's the first person in the Bible to build a ship'

Answer: Noah


Question: 'He was an employee of the Texas School Book Depository when he shot JFK from its 6th floor'

Answer: Oswald


Question: 'Ire (5)'

Answer: anger


Question: 'Jann Wenner, editor & publisher of this magazine, is 1 of 26 on the Hall's board of trustees'

Answer: Rolling Stone


Question: 'Barons & churchmen drew up this 1215 document to reduce the power of England's King John'

Answer: The Magna Carta


Question: 'What's considered the finest cotton in the world is grown in & named for this country'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'God's first instructions to human beings were "be fruitful and" do this'

Answer: to multiply


Question: 'He established a commune for his "family" on the Spahn Ranch outside Los Angeles'

Answer: (Charles) Manson


Question: 'Type of turf for the Jetson's dog (5)'

Answer: astro


Question: 'Known for playing Ziggy Stardust, he donated a plaster cast of his face for the mannequins representing him'

Answer: David Bowie


Question: 'In 1519 he & his men landed at Tabasco & began the Spanish conquest of Mexico'

Answer: Cortes


Question: 'Worn by South American Indians for centuries, it's square, has a hole in the middle & doubles as a blanket'

Answer: a poncho


Question: 'This strongman told the first riddle; it concerned a honey-filled lion'

Answer: Samson


Question: 'Alvin "Creepy" Karpis holds the record for time served on this "rock" — 28 years'

Answer: Alcatraz


Question: 'Magician's mantra (11)'

Answer: abracadabra


Question: 'He said, "In designing this building, it was my intention to echo the energy of rock and roll"'

Answer: I.M. Pei


Question: 'In 1936 Italy conquered this Ethiopian capital & Haile Selassie fled to Great Britain'

Answer: Addis Ababa


Question: 'Men's tails are also known by this longer, avian name'

Answer: swallow-tails


Question: 'Rachel is the first shepherdess mentioned & he's the first shepherd'

Answer: Abel


Question: 'The St. Valentine's Day Massacre broke the power of this Chicago gangster nicknamed "Bugs"'

Answer: George "Bugsy" Moran


Question: 'Time "of a faun" (9)'

Answer: afternoon


Question: 'Equipment used by Sam Phillips to record Elvis Presley is on exhibit in a tribute to this record company'

Answer: Sun


Question: 'In this mid-1930s this U.S. naval officer chartered the Edsel Ford mountains in Antarctica'

Answer: (Admiral) Byrd


Question: 'Famous for their seeksucker suits, these New York brothers made the frock coat Lincoln wore to Ford's Theatre'

Answer: the Brooks Brothers


Question: 'This disguised man was the first person to kiss someone in the Bible; he kissed his father'

Answer: Jacob


Question: 'Ramon Mercader, who killed this Russian in Mexico in 1940, died in Havana in 1978'

Answer: Trotsky


Question: '"The Night Visitors'" visitee (5)'

Answer: Amahl


Question: 'In 1707 & 1708 this volcano showered Tokyo with ash & oh-oh, it's rumbling again'

Answer: Mount Fuji


Question: 'The name of this sign is Latin for "twins"'

Answer: Gemini


Question: 'The humanities are part of this, a 2-word term used to describe some colleges'

Answer: Liberal Arts


Question: '[the Golden Gophers]'

Answer: Minnesota


Question: 'Pre-Xena in "Hercules and the Amazon Women", she played the Amazon woman Lysia'

Answer: Lucy Lawless


Question: 'This Muppet shares an apartment on "Sesame Street"'

Answer: Ernie


Question: 'Zermatt, Switzerland's Alpine Museum has several exhibits devoted to this adjacent peak'

Answer: Matterhorn


Question: 'Aries is ruled by this warlike planet named for the Roman god of war'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'The humanities' origins include this ancient civilization's training of boys for citizenship in the polis'

Answer: Greece


Question: '[the Jayhawks]'

Answer: Kansas


Question: 'Xena came, saw & conquered this historic Roman general, but it didn't work out'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: '2-word phrase that appears on restaurant signs along with "No Service"'

Answer: No Shoes


Question: 'In 1947 renewed activity of this Sicilian volcano formed 2 new craters'

Answer: Mount Etna


Question: 'It may be the sexiest sign, but watch out: its symbol is an animal with a poisonous sting'

Answer: Scorpio


Question: 'The humanities sometimes includes the social types of this subject, but not the physical ones'

Answer: Sciences


Question: '[the Boilermakers]'

Answer: Purdue


Question: 'This actor who plays Hercules has become one of TV's leading heartthrobs'

Answer: Kevin Sorbo


Question: 'This Chicago film critic was an original co-host of PBS' "Sneak Previews"'

Answer: Gene Siskel


Question: 'Mount Hikurangi, sacred to the Maoris, is the first place in this country to see the light of day'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'This water sign is symbolized by 2 fish swimming in opposite directions'

Answer: Pisces


Question: 'This member of the Eagles won a National Humanities Medal for his work with the Walden Woods Project'

Answer: Don Henley


Question: '[the Cornhuskers]'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'You just can't keep a bad girl dead, as proved by this Hudson Leick character seen here'

Answer: Callisto


Question: 'He's partly responsible for creating "H.M.S. Pinafore"'

Answer: Sir Arthur Sullivan


Question: 'Nanga Parbat in Jammu & Kashmir is considered the most dangerous peak for climbers in this range'

Answer: Himalayas


Question: 'People born under this sign like to weigh all sides of an argument, as if they had a pair of scales'

Answer: Libra


Question: 'Humanities Magazine is published by this government unit headed by William Ferris'

Answer: National Endowment for the Humanities


Question: '[the Blue Devils]'

Answer: Duke


Question: 'The full show titles are "Xena: Warrior Princess" & "Hercules:" this'

Answer: Hercules: The Legendary Journeys


Question: 'Bacteria helps turn milk into this food'

Answer: Cheese


Question: 'Until introducing coinage around 570 B.C., Athens used this trading method, from French for "exchange"'

Answer: Barter


Question: 'Members of this monkey group seen here don't have thumbs, nor do they have eight legs'

Answer: Spider monkey


Question: 'In 1827 he enlisted in the Army under the pseudonym Edgar A. Perry'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe


Question: 'The style called techno evolved in this U.S. city about 20 years after Motown was born there'

Answer: Detroit