Question: 'Daddy Warbucks' charge who photographs celebrities for Vanity Fair & Rolling Stone'

Answer: (Little) Orphan Annie Leibovitz


Question: 'In 1912 this Russian not only choreographed "The Afternoon of a Faun", he danced the part of the faun as well'

Answer: Nijinsky


Question: 'That merry prankster author who took us all inside the cuckoo's nest'

Answer: Ken Kesey


Question: 'Crawford Long, the first doctor to use ether as an anesthetic, was a college roommate of this Confederate VP'

Answer: Alexander Stephens


Question: 'It's the 4-letter term for the thin sheets of dried seaweed in which sushi is wrapped'

Answer: nori


Question: 'The Brooklyn Dodgers'' "Little Colonel" who is "Legally Blonde"'

Answer: Pee Wee Reese Witherspoon


Question: 'Literally French for "beating", this movement of the leg may be grand, petit or frappe'

Answer: a battement


Question: 'That "Gothic" guy who made films about Liszt, Mahler & Elgar'

Answer: Ken Russell


Question: 'On signing a 1921 treaty with England, this Irish leader said, "I signed my death warrant"--he was right'

Answer: Michael Collins


Question: 'Often served along with sushi, gari is pickled this; shoga is the plain root'

Answer: ginger


Question: 'Peter Rabbit's mischievous cousin who enters Mr. McGregor's garden & uses it as a beginner's ski run'

Answer: Benjamin Bunny Slope (Benjamin Bunny Slope accepted)


Question: 'In 1999 Britain replaced Latin legal terms with English ones; "witness summons" replaced this word'

Answer: subpoena


Question: 'In 1903 Mary Anderson created these after noticing streetcar drivers struggling to see in rainy conditions'

Answer: windshield wipers


Question: '"Where The Streets Have No Name"<br />(1988)'

Answer: U2


Question: 'Be-bopped into the world Aug. 29, 1920; found the joy of sax & flew away March 12, 1955'

Answer: Charlie Parker


Question: 'The silly rabbit can't resist this cereal's fruity flavors, including Lemony Lemon & Grapity Purple'

Answer: Trix


Question: 'The L.A. Times says the Norwegian variety of this animal came to Los Angeles via rail, the black variety via ship'

Answer: a rat


Question: 'To hornswoggle someone is to do this to them'

Answer: cheat


Question: 'After a chemical spill at 3M, Patsy Sherman helped create this versatile fabric stain repellant'

Answer: Scotchgard


Question: '"The Confessions Tour"<br />(2007)'

Answer: Madonna


Question: 'Tough guy actor born Nov. 3, 1921; had no "Death Wish" but made his "Great Escape" Aug. 30, 2003'

Answer: Charles Bronson


Question: 'A man who spilled bran on a hot stove accidentally created the flakes of this "Breakfast of Champions"'

Answer: Wheaties


Question: 'This large fowl was originally domesticated in Mexico & taken to Spain around 1519'

Answer: a turkey


Question: 'A quocker-wodger is a wooden one of these children's toys with strings'

Answer: a puppet


Question: 'Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron, is said by some to be the first programmer, as she used this number system'

Answer: binary


Question: '"Bring On The Night"<br />(1986)'

Answer: Sting


Question: 'New Yorker cartoonist, drew his first breath Jan. 7, 1912; left his ooky family Sept. 29, 1988'

Answer: (Charles) Addams


Question: 'This great! Kellogg's cereal was introduced in 1952'

Answer: Frosted Flakes


Question: 'The crested this is the biggest African rodent, & has a really good defense system, too'

Answer: the crested porcupine


Question: 'Dactylonomy is the advanced art of counting using these'

Answer: fingers


Question: 'All policemen can thank Stephanie Kwolek for her invention of this polymer fiber 5 times tougher than steel'

Answer: Kevlar


Question: '"Runnin' Down A Dream"<br />(2008)'

Answer: Tom Petty (& The Heartbreakers)


Question: 'Seismologist born April 26, 1900; shook the world with his Sept. 30, 1985 death'

Answer: (Charles) Richter


Question: 'This cereal was introduced by General Mills in 1937; maybe you'll get it on Route 66?'

Answer: Kix


Question: 'The spadefoot variety of this amphibian can lay up to 3,000 eggs in pools created by a summer rainfall'

Answer: a frog (a toad accepted)


Question: 'From the Greek for "belly speech", engastrimyth is another name for this type of stage performer'

Answer: a ventriloquist


Question: 'Several of Beulah Henry's inventions dealt with this machine, like the protograph, which made 4 copies with no carbon paper'

Answer: a typewriter


Question: 'Born in Lille, Nov. 22, 1890; said a general au revoir Nov. 9, 1970'

Answer: Charles de Gaulle


Question: 'The mascot of Cocoa Puffs is Sonny, this type of bird'

Answer: a cuckoo


Question: 'The dried dung of this animal, Bos grunniens, is often the only obtainable fuel in the treeless Tibetan plateaus'

Answer: a yak


Question: 'Also a slang term for the head in Shakespeare's time, a costard is an old variety of this fruit'

Answer: an apple


Question: 'The name of this Chinese city means "northern capital"'

Answer: Beijing


Question: '"Dingbat", "Meathead" & "Little Girl" were all nicknames used by this character'

Answer: Archie Bunker


Question: 'Later a member of George W. Bush's cabinet, she enrolled in the University of Denver at age 15'

Answer: Condi Rice


Question: 'The 26th state to join the Union, it bears the name of the lake it borders'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'Shakespeare's "Pericles, ____ of Tyre"'

Answer: Prince


Question: '"King" of the dinosaurs who starred in "My Fair Lady"'

Answer: Tyrannosaurus rex harrison


Question: 'This city that straddles the Danube was once called the "Queen of the Danube"'

Answer: Budapest


Question: 'Pulau Tiga, Vanuatu & Palau have all been locales for this long-running show'

Answer: Survivor


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Berkeley campus.)  Several structures here at Berkeley, including this one, the Memorial Mining Building, were financed by & named for this newspaper baron's family'

Answer: (William Randolph) Hearst


Question: 'Ratified in 1971, the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted voting rights to this group'

Answer: 18 year olds


Question: 'Rosalind Wiseman's book that inspired the movie "Mean Girls": "____ Bees & Wannabes"'

Answer: Queen


Question: 'A recently surpassed all-time home run king turns into a "killer" vice president of the early 1800s'

Answer: Hank Aaron Burr


Question: 'The few people who live on this island partner of Antigua keep busy lobster fishing'

Answer: Barbuda


Question: 'David Puddy, Keith Hernandez & Joel Rifkin were all once enamored with this character'

Answer: Elaine Benes


Question: 'Escola Tecnica Federal de Goia & Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Parana are found in this country'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'Castro's 26th of July movement linked with a "Junta of Unity" & overthrew this Cuban dictator'

Answer: Batista


Question: 'Donna Woolfolk Cross' historical novel "____ Joan" (not "Saint")'

Answer: Pope


Question: 'Teddy Roosevelt's policy that promises fairness & a chance to win cash on a game show hosted by Howie Mandel'

Answer: Square Deal or No Deal


Question: 'The name of this island that's 165 miles northwest of Tahiti means "first born"'

Answer: Bora Bora


Question: 'The Looking Glass, the Orchid & the Pearl were all stations on this show'

Answer: Lost


Question: 'One of the 2 colleges that Woody Allen attended, never graduating'

Answer: NYU (or CCNY)


Question: 'Little is known about this 26th century B.C. ruler, but his fame was assured by the tomb he built, the Great Pyramid'

Answer: Cheops (or Khufu)


Question: 'Stephen L. Carter's novel "The ____ of Ocean Park"'

Answer: Emperor


Question: 'The first Mickey Mouse cartoon with sound is baseball's "Say Hey Kid"'

Answer: Steamboat Willie Mays


Question: 'In the 1300s what is now this landlocked republic came under the control of neighboring Lithuania'

Answer: Belarus


Question: 'You could find the Great Northern Hotel, the Packard Saw Mill & the Double R Diner on this series'

Answer: Twin Peaks


Question: 'In 1931 he established his "Institute" of technology in Chicago & in 1953 it was renamed for him'

Answer: Dr. Herman DeVry


Question: 'It's the term in England for December 26th, a day to salute your postman'

Answer: Boxing Day


Question: 'Nikolai Gogol's play "The ____ General"'

Answer: Inspector


Question: '2008 comedy with Ben Stiller & Jack Black playing soldiers that's a Springsteen song with the line "Sit tight take hold"'

Answer: Tropic Thunder Road


Question: 'In 1937 its chief engineer wrote a poem about it, mentioning its "titan piers" & the "Redwood Empire" to the north'

Answer: the Golden Gate Bridge


Question: 'God told Moses to place the 10 Commandments in this container'

Answer: the Ark of the Covenant


Question: 'This state's first official "Lone Star" flag was a naval flag it adopted in 1836 while still a republic'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'An inexperienced person is this 'behind the ears"'

Answer: wet


Question: 'Scouts take note, this activity permitted'

Answer: hiking


Question: '"Spills" of this are bad for shore birds but good for a species of fly whose larvae feed in them'

Answer: oil


Question: '"Fool to Cry" was a Top 10 hit for this group in '76, which must have given them "Satisfaction"'

Answer: The Rolling Stones


Question: 'Jesus asked this disciple to follow him as he sat in his tax office'

Answer: Matthew


Question: 'A white silhouette of this bovine of the plains adorns Wyoming's flag'

Answer: bison


Question: '2 bucks to win on Dances-A-Lot in the 7th, for example'

Answer: bet


Question: 'Ahoy!, signal ahead; this kind of signal'

Answer: lighthouse


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew scubadiving)  A stretched & twisted polyp forms the coral seen here, named for this human body part'

Answer: brain


Question: 'This swivel-hipped legend released "A Fool Such as I" in 1959 & just plain "Fool" in '73'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Question: 'In writing to the Ephesians, he called himself "An Apostle of Jesus Christ by the Will of God"'

Answer: Paul


Question: 'The flags of Mississippi & Georgia each display this many stars'

Answer: 13


Question: 'In '60s Top 40 songs it preceded "Back", "Ready" & "Together"'

Answer: Get


Question: 'Bring extra batteries, this kind of exploring ahead'

Answer: cave exploring


Question: 'Charles Darwin clocked the speed of these animals at 4 miles a day'

Answer: Galapagos tortoises


Question: '"Foolish Pride" gave him a Top 40 hit in 1986, without any help from John Oates'

Answer: Daryl Hall


Question: 'The book of Proverbs is "The Proverbs of" this man, "The Son of David, King of Israel"'

Answer: Solomon


Question: 'South Carolina's original state flag of 1776 didn't feature this tree; it was added in 1861'

Answer: palmetto


Question: 'Term for the goal in hockey, soccer or lacrosse'

Answer: net


Question: '"Station" yourself for these forest folks headquartered up ahead'

Answer: rangers


Question: 'Some coots have a shield, an extension of this up the forehead, purpose dubious'

Answer: bill


Question: 'In 1991 this sexy Welshman sang "Fool for Rock 'n' Roll" on his "Carrying a Torch" albun'

Answer: Tom Jones


Question: 'He asked God, "Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee?"'

Answer: Job


Question: 'This state's flag features the sun symbol of the Zia Pueblo Indians in crimson on a field of gold'

Answer: New Mexico


Question: 'As a verb, it can mean to rent or lease'

Answer: let


Question: 'This specific mountaineering activity permitted here'

Answer: rock climbing


Question: 'This part of the dodder, a parasitic plant, rots away once the dodder penetrates the other plant's stem'

Answer: root


Question: '"A Fool in Love" was the first big hit for this couple known for their stormy marriage & their "Revue"'

Answer: Ike & Tina Turner


Question: 'The three largest countries in the world in area'

Answer: Russia, Canada & China


Question: 'Rivalry between Lords Lucan & Cardigan aided the miscommunication leading to this disastrous Oct. 1854 "Charge"'

Answer: Charge of the Light Brigade


Question: 'In this rock band, Larry Mullen, Jr. plays drums; The Edge plays lead guitar'

Answer: U2


Question: 'A drawbridge crosses it'

Answer: moat


Question: 'These wispy clouds take their name from the Latin for "curl" of hair'

Answer: cirrus


Question: 'The 42-line versions of the Bible he printed around 1450 were printed on hemp paper'

Answer: Johannes Gutenberg


Question: 'The three largest Hawaiian islands'

Answer: Hawaii, Maui & Oahu


Question: 'Hafizullah Amin's failure to appease traditional & ethnic leaders of this nation led to the Soviet invasion in 1979'

Answer: Afghanistan


Question: 'On a hilarious sitcom on HBO, he played befuddled talk show host Larry Sanders'

Answer: Garry Shandling


Question: 'It's the "moving" municipality about 55 miles west of Pensacola, Florida'

Answer: Mobile, Alabama


Question: 'Called Curly as a youth, this Sioux chief led the attack on Custer at Little Big Horn'

Answer: Crazy Horse


Question: 'During her reign from 1837 to 1901, this queen used hemp for a variety of medicinal purposes'

Answer: Queen Victoria


Question: 'The three countries that border Mexico'

Answer: United States, Guatemala & Belize


Question: 'General Henri Navarre's failure to recognize a fully mobilized Viet Minh led to the fall of this hamlet in May 1954'

Answer: Dien Bien Phu


Question: 'Larry Hovis co-starred as Sergeant Carter on this World War II-set sitcom'

Answer: Hogan\'s Heroes


Question: 'He's the influential Italian artist whose unique work is seen here'

Answer: Amedeo Modigliani


Question: 'In mythology, Athena changed the beautiful curls of this maiden into hissing serpents'

Answer: Medusa


Question: 'Tradition tells us how this spiritual leader survived on one hemp seed a day during his 6 steps of asceticism'

Answer: Buddha


Question: 'The three countries closest to Antarctica'

Answer: Argentina, Chile & New Zealand


Question: 'This French emperor's leadership in the Franco-Prussian War led to the fall of Paris & the 2nd Republic'

Answer: Napoleon III


Question: 'Larry O'Brien was the longtime commisioner of this pro sport'

Answer: basketball (NBA)


Question: 'A former Soviet republic, its capital city is Kishinev'

Answer: Moldova


Question: 'Curly, Belgian & escarole are 3 types of this salad green'

Answer: endive


Question: 'Often made of hemp, this garment was traditionally paired with ashes as morning attire'

Answer: sackcloth


Question: 'They're Pittsburgh's "Three Rivers"'

Answer: Allegheny, Monongahela & Ohio


Question: 'The mass attack of heavily-laden English knights into a marsh led to Scottish victory in this 1314 battle'

Answer: Bannockburn


Question: 'His books that made it to the screen include "Terms of Endearment" & "Lonesome Dove"'

Answer: Larry McMurtry


Question: 'The baron cuts off one of Belinda's curls in this poem by Alexander Pope'

Answer: "The Rape of the Lock"


Question: 'In 1941 this pioneering auto manufacturer made a car from resin-stiffened hemp fiber'

Answer: Henry Ford


Question: 'In 2002 State Dept. spokesman Richard Boucher called it "The first new nation of the new millennium"'

Answer: East Timor


Question: 'In 1491 this country outlawed golf, soccer & other sports that were taking young men away from military training'

Answer: Scotland


Question: '...got an Oscar nomination in 2006'

Answer: Felicity Huffman


Question: 'With the rising sun beating down on me I was doing this, as if I was a genoise or a loaf of bread'

Answer: baking


Question: 'Arkansas has made the pink variety of this its state fruit & its state vegetable, just in case'

Answer: a tomato


Question: 'The Chinese believe that 5 elements influence daily life: metal, wood, earth, fire & this'

Answer: water


Question: 'Elephant or lie'

Answer: white


Question: 'Born in 1491, this future king had a nurse named Anne Luke--not the last Anne he'd nuzzle'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: '...showered a little too much affection on Terrell Owens on "Monday Night Football"'

Answer: Nicollette Sheridan


Question: 'I went on a diet to try to do this, like chateaubriand sauce when it's boiled down'

Answer: reduce


Question: 'Scientifically Hamamelis virginiana, this "bewitching" plant is used to make a soothing astringent'

Answer: witch hazel


Question: 'In baseball scoring, 5 represents this position'

Answer: third base


Question: 'Elephants or slip'

Answer: pink


Question: 'This German city & capital of Saxony was destroyed by fire in 1491 & by Allied firebombing in 1945'

Answer: Dresden


Question: '...appeared on the cover of the April 2006 Vanity Fair'

Answer: Teri Hatcher


Question: 'I thought the police just had a few questions--I didn't know I'd be this, like a Burger King hamburger'

Answer: grilled


Question: 'In Dutch, these tuber vegetables are known as aardappelen'

Answer: potatoes


Question: 'They're the 3 letters above the number 5 on a standard telephone button'

Answer: J-K-L


Question: 'Humor or market'

Answer: black


Question: 'In 1491 he began his studies at the University of Krakow; his impact on the world would be astronomical'

Answer: Copernicus


Question: '...literally blew up "Melrose Place" as Dr. Kimberly Shaw'

Answer: Marcia Cross


Question: 'In that heavy wool suit I was doing this, the process coffee beans go through before grinding'

Answer: roasting


Question: 'Arctic alpine plants include the saxifrage, whose roots manage to grow into these to anchor themselves'

Answer: rocks


Question: 'It's fifth in the Greek alphabet & its descendant is fifth in the English alpabet'

Answer: epsilon


Question: 'Blood or streak'

Answer: blue


Question: 'The siege of this kingdom, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, began in late 1491'

Answer: Granada


Question: '...has a B.S. in kinesiology & was No. 1 on Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100" list'

Answer: Eva Longoria


Question: 'I couldn't do anything until he finally showed up except sit there & do this, like slow-simmered meat'

Answer: stew


Question: 'The Great Basin bristlecone species of this tree can live for more than 4,000 years'

Answer: a pine


Question: 'Elected in 1995, he's the fifth president in France's history'

Answer: (Jacques) Chirac


Question: 'Light or thumb'

Answer: green


Question: 'Saying bye-bye in April 2006, this Texan said, "I think I could have won this seat but it would have been nasty"'

Answer: Tom DeLay


Question: 'Told his nose is broken, this 1976 title pugilist asks how it looks & gets the reply, "Ah, it’s an improvement"'

Answer: Rocky


Question: '1990: This TV journalist’s "A Life on the Road"'

Answer: Charles Kuralt


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands next to a restaurant billboard.)  I’m in this country getting used to some unfamiliar letter combos, like "DZISIAJ W PROMOCJI:"--"Today's specials are:"'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'In his book "Noa Noa" he wrote about Tahiti, "Here I enter into truth, become one with nature"'

Answer: (Paul) Gauguin


Question: 'When it's time for the zazuski, be ready for fancy Russian hors d'oeuvres served with this beverage ice cold'

Answer: vodka


Question: 'Now an Illinois senator, he gave the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention'

Answer: Barack Obama


Question: 'A single mom leads the legal charge against Pacific Gas & Electric in this 2000 drama'

Answer: Erin Brockovich


Question: '1998: Her "9 Steps to Financial Freedom"'

Answer: Suze Orman


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew walks through a city park.)  I’m on Tahrir or Liberation Square in this vast & ancient capital city'

Answer: Cairo


Question: 'His "Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle" hangs in Glasgow'

Answer: (James) Whistler


Question: 'Cyrpus is celebrated as the island where she emerged from the sea'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'In 2002 this Republican became the first sitting senator ever to host "Saturday Night Live"'

Answer: Senator John McCain


Question: 'Characters in this 1990 film included Mumbles, Shoulders, Flattop, The Rodent & The Brow'

Answer: Dick Tracy


Question: '1957 & 1958: His "Kids Say the Darndest Things!"'

Answer: Art Linkletter


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew walks in front of some ruins in Greece.)  It's a dog day afternoon in Athens, Greece, located on this peninsula'

Answer: Attica


Question: 'The title of his 1885 work "Halibut Fishing" was changed to the more familiar title "Fog Warning" years later'

Answer: Winslow Homer


Question: 'It was the Mayflower's original destination; then they ran out of beer'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'Called the "Ragin' Cajun", this Louisiana lawyer & his partner Paul Begala helped get Clinton elected in 1992'

Answer: James Carville


Question: 'This 1977 romantic comedy set in NYC beat out "Julia" for Best Picture'

Answer: Annie Hall


Question: '1967: His "The Death of a President"'

Answer: William Manchester


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in a narrow space station module replica in Russia.)  I'm at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in this complex near Moscow, appropriately named this City'

Answer: Star City


Question: 'This Missouri-born muralist was the son of a congressman & the grand-nephew of a senator'

Answer: (Thomas Hart) Benton


Question: 'In the King James version of Genesis, "The Earth was without form, and" this'

Answer: void


Question: 'This Democrat was named Supreme Allied Commander of NATO in 1997 & didn't lose an Allied soldier in combat in Kosovo'

Answer: (Wesley) Clark


Question: 'It’s the name of the 1976 field-goal-kicking mule that got booted up to title billing'

Answer: Gus


Question: '1921 & 1922: His "The Outline of History"'

Answer: H.G. Wells


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew walks down a bustling street in Germany.)  In Lübeck, I'm in this northern German state composed of two historic areas'

Answer: Schleswig-Holstein


Question: 'A surrealist like Dali, this artist who died in 1983 has a foundation in Barcelona named for him'

Answer: Joan Miró


Question: 'You might be down for this rank of British nobility right below an earl'

Answer: a viscount


Question: 'Author seen here with his son'

Answer: A.A. Milne


Question: 'This literary count was based in part on a Romanian prince named Vlad the Impaler'

Answer: Count Dracula


Question: 'In the King Arthur legends, Sir Galahad quested for this sacred vessel'

Answer: the Holy Grail


Question: 'On the sixth day God created beasts, cattle, creeping things & this creature with dominion over them'

Answer: man


Question: 'Yum!  The ChipShop in Brooklyn is famous for deep-frying these creme-filled Hostess cakes'

Answer: Twinkies


Question: 'Dot-dash is "A"; a dot then a dash is these 2 letters, also a Spielberg movie title'

Answer: "E-T"


Question: 'The Bedouin & Tuareg are these types of itinerant tribes'

Answer: nomadic tribes


Question: 'Gandhi was deeply influenced by this count who wrote "War and Peace"'

Answer: (Leo) Tolstoy


Question: 'In the first Harry Potter novel, Harry & his friends try to get to this title object'

Answer: the Sorcerer\'s Stone


Question: 'The Bible specifies that on the fifth day God created this "great" mammal'

Answer: the whale


Question: 'Let's have some of this company's "Kissables"--Kisses coated with colorful candy shells'

Answer: Hershey\'s


Question: '5 dashes means nothing--more precisely, this numeral'

Answer: 0


Question: 'An urban myth said this Chevy sold poorly in Spanish-speaking nations, where its name meant "doesn't go"'

Answer: the Nova


Question: '"Jumpin' At The Woodside" & "Lester Leaps In" were hits for this man's orchestra'

Answer: Count Basie


Question: 'In a 1930 Sam Spade novel, everyone's on the hunt for this object that once belonged to the Knight's Templar'

Answer: the Maltese Falcon


Question: 'On the third day, God created grass, herbs & this, "whose seed is in itself"'

Answer: fruit


Question: 'Topped with whipped cream, a tall Honey Frappuccino Blended Creme from this company has 330 calories'

Answer: Starbucks


Question: 'The famous message sent in Morse code May 24, 1844; we guess it started dot-dash-dash'

Answer: "What hath God wrought"


Question: 'Born in Osaka, Japan in 1968, this major leaguer pitched 2 no-hitters & had 200 strikeouts 4 times'

Answer: Hideo Nomo


Question: 'This count retired from the Prussian army in 1891 to build the motor-driven airships that bore his name'

Answer: (Count von) Zeppelin


Question: 'In Greek myth Pelias promised to surrender the throne to Jason if he could retrieve this priceless pelt'

Answer: the Golden Fleece


Question: 'On the fourth day God created the greater & lesser lights to rule over these 2 things'

Answer: day & night


Question: 'Blue Moon ice cream, a Midwest favorite, tastes like this breakfast cereal touted by a toucan'

Answer: Froot Loops


Question: 'This precursor to the CIA would be dash-dash-dash dot-dot-dot dot-dot-dot'

Answer: the OSS


Question: 'This Finnish co. started by making paper--the original communications technology; mobile phones came in the 1960s'

Answer: Nokia


Question: 'Known to history as a marquis, this French author of licentious prose became a count on his father's death in 1767'

Answer: (Marquis) de Sade


Question: 'Beowulf sailed to Denmark on a quest to kill this monster'

Answer: the hateful Grendel


Question: 'On the second day, God created this, which he called Heaven, from the Latin for "to strengthen"'

Answer: the firmament


Question: 'For a great hot fudge sundae, hotfoot it over to the soda fountain in this city's Ghirardelli Square'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor combining two Morse code letters.)  In the 21st century, international Morse code fought its slide into obsolescence with its first new character in decades--it combined A & C to symbolize this sign'


Question: 'This term for a small bouquet of flowers implies a nice smell'

Answer: a nosegay


Question: 'In 2006 this country was embroiled in intrigue as Lopez Obrador & Calderon sweated a recount'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'I'm hitting the road, Mr. DJ, so please put on this title track of Springsteen's 1975 album'

Answer: "Born To Run"


Question: 'This brand's logo is seen here; it started as an off-season hockey training tool'

Answer: Rollerblade


Question: 'Winter forced Napoleon & his army into a devastating retreat from this country in late 1812'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'These?  "I've had a few", sings Sinatra in "My Way"'

Answer: regrets


Question: 'Reno's rep as a capital of this began in 1906 when Laura Corey got one from Penn. steel magnate husband William'

Answer: a divorce


Question: 'In 2008 this leader of Zimbabwe defied a brokered summit in Lusaka & called for an election recount'

Answer: Robert Mugabe


Question: '"Who You Are" by this Eddie Vedder band would really help me get my head straight'

Answer: Pearl Jam


Question: 'Binoculars & a checklist from the American Ornithologists' Union get you started in this activity'

Answer: birdwatching


Question: 'Rather than surrender this ironclad, retreating Confederate forces destroyed her in May of 1862'

Answer: the Merrimac


Question: '6-letter type of forgiveness one customarily "begs" from you'

Answer: pardon


Question: 'The arch across Virginia Street proclaims Reno as "The Biggest" this'

Answer: "Little City in the World"


Question: 'The gubernatorial contest for this state in 1958 was challenged--Bernard Leddy of Burlington asked for a recount'

Answer: Vermont


Question: 'My ringtone of this trio's "Bootylicious" just leaves me dying to hear the whole song'

Answer: Destiny\'s Child


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew moves some mah-jongg tiles on top of some others.)   To start playing mah-jongg, the player who is the East Wind rolls the dice to determine who has the honor of opening this aptly named structure'

Answer: the wall


Question: 'Following the fall of France in this year, the Royal Navy evacuated over 300,000 troops from Dunkirk'

Answer: 1940


Question: 'This synonym for remorseful adds 3 letters to "trite" & comes from the same Latin word'

Answer: contrite


Question: 'In this 1956 hit Johnny Cash sang, "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die"'

Answer: "Folsom Prison Blues"


Question: 'After recounts she said in 2000, "I... declare Gov. George W. Bush the winner of Florida's 25 electoral votes"'

Answer: (Katherine) Harris


Question: 'This U.S. Top 10 hit by Spandau Ballet will take me right back to slow dancing in '83'

Answer: "True"


Question: 'For this sport, whose name is from a German word for "nose", don't forget your mask, fins & breathing tube'

Answer: snorkel (or snorkeling)


Question: 'In WWI, the German battle cruisers Goeben & Breslau retreated the length of the Mediterranean to this Turkish port'

Answer: Istanbul (Constantinople)


Question: 'This word for a speech of remorse or a defense of one's actions is from the Greek for "away" & "speech"'

Answer: an apology


Question: 'U. of Nevada-Reno has the USA's only advanced degree program in the study of this ethnic group of northern Spain'

Answer: the Basques


Question: 'In 2005 Christine Gregoire became governor after machine & manual recounts in this state'

Answer: Washington State


Question: 'Shelby Lynne's version of "I Only Want To Be With You" is fine, but I'd like to hear this singer's original'

Answer: Dusty Springfield


Question: 'The pro seen here is engaging in this activity--a hybrid of waterskiing & snowboarding'

Answer: wakeboarding


Question: 'His brave retreat across Italy after his volunteers were kicked out of Rome in 1849 made him a hero'

Answer: Garibaldi


Question: '"...came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness ...and saying," do this: "for the kingdom of heaven is at hand"'

Answer: repent


Question: 'Reno was founded in 1868 during the construction of this railroad that was moving east to link up with the Union Pacific'

Answer: the Central Pacific


Question: 'Howard Hawks directed this film with Paul Muni as Tony Camonte; Brian De Palma remade it'

Answer: Scarface


Question: 'Latin American country supplying 90% of the world's emeralds and 70% of the US's illegal drugs'

Answer: Colombia


Question: 'Dandelion flowers are occasionally used to make this potent potable'

Answer: wine


Question: 'According to "Side By Side", "we ain't got a barrel of this"'

Answer: money


Question: 'This "Dynasty" star's real name is Carol Diahann Johnson'

Answer: Diahann Carroll


Question: 'This state has 254 counties, the most in the USA, & is undoubtedly proud of it'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'Most Cornish people live here'

Answer: Cornwall


Question: 'Nearly 99% of the people in this most populous Arab country are compressed into some 4% of the land'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'When you speak of a plant's venation, you're referring to these'

Answer: veins in the leaves


Question: 'In the Ben E. King hit, this term of endearment precedes "Stand By Me"'

Answer: darlin\'


Question: 'Dancer whose autobiography was "Miller's High Life"; she could have called it "Miller on Tap"'

Answer: Ann Miller


Question: 'It has no counties, but twelve organized boroughs and one big unorganized borough larger than any other US state'

Answer: Alaska


Question: '1945 Broadway musical which featured the following waltz'

Answer: Carousel


Question: 'Today, only 5% of forestland remains in this ravaged country that shares Hispaniola'

Answer: Haiti


Question: 'The floss of this weed, named for the white liquid in its stems, was used in lifebelts in World War II'

Answer: milkweed


Question: 'In "Silouettes", it's "when I took a walk and passed your house"'

Answer: late last night


Question: 'Canned from the 1982 film "Cannery Row", this sex symbol sued MGM for millions, and won'

Answer: Raquel Welch


Question: 'A British term for a county; Robin Hood's Sherwood Forest was in the one named for Nottingham'

Answer: shire


Question: 'It's a waitress at a drive-in, not a dance party for automobiles'

Answer: car hop


Question: 'On May 30, 1967, this state declared independence from Nigeria, but surrendered 2 1/2 years later'

Answer: Biafra


Question: 'Cryptogams are not plants with secret meanings, but plants such as ferns that don't bear these'

Answer: seeds


Question: '"The object of my affection can change my complexion from white" to this color'

Answer: rosy red


Question: 'Liv Ullmann, Victoria Principal, and Joan Fontaine were all born in this Asian country'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'Official names of two of New York City's five counties'

Answer: (two of) Queens, Kings, Bronx, New York, and Richmond


Question: 'The technical term for your collarbone'

Answer: the clavicle


Question: 'Until recently, the fourteen families dominated the economy of this smallest mainland New World republic'

Answer: El Salvador


Question: 'Term for a non-indigenous plant, especially one grown in soil & climate different from the place of origin'

Answer: exotic plants


Question: '"Lay Down, Sally", and do this'

Answer: rest you in my arms (rest here in my arms accepted)


Question: 'Her father was an Argentinian opera singer, and she was Franco Zeferelli's "Juliet"'

Answer: Olivia Hussey


Question: 'Smallest in Virginia, it has no incorporated cities or towns, and was once part of Washington, D.C.'

Answer: Arlington


Question: 'A wide sash worn around the waist instead of a vest'

Answer: a cummerbund


Question: 'The British paid the Duke of Brunswick over 50,000 pounds for these'

Answer: mercenary soldiers (or Hessians)


Question: 'Though he wrote for the legitimate theatre, Ibsen had at least one of these illegitimately'

Answer: children


Question: 'Chicago mayor known as "the last of the big-city bosses"'

Answer: Richard Daley


Question: 'When the brothers split up the world, Zeus got the heavens; Hades, the netherworld; and he, the sea'

Answer: Poseidon


Question: 'Clemson University, named for John C. Calhoun's son-in-law, is a land-grant college in this state'

Answer: South Carolina


Question: 'You might consult one if you wanted "Information, Please"'

Answer: an almanac


Question: 'John Paul Jones's flagship; it was lost to the British Serapis as crews fought hand-to-hand'

Answer: Bonhomme Richard


Question: 'Ibsen wrote all of his plays in this century'

Answer: the 19th century


Question: 'His nickname, "Tailgunner Joe", was based on a serious WWII combat record'

Answer: Joe McCarthy


Question: 'The Egyptian god Aenubis had the head of this dog-like scavenger'

Answer: the jackal


Question: 'In 1867, a Union general co-founded this D.C. university, among the first for black students'

Answer: Howard University


Question: 'Your poor, old uncle is crazy; your rich, old uncle is this'

Answer: eccentric


Question: 'This Polish count who organized an independent cavalry corps, was killed by the British in the siege of Savannah'

Answer: Casimir Pulaski


Question: 'This haunting play aroused a storm of protest because it dealt with venereal disease'

Answer: Ghosts


Question: 'To his followers, Huey Long, not George Stevens, was this'

Answer: The Kingfish


Question: 'Some say he was killed when part of his ship, the Argo, fell on him'

Answer: Jason


Question: '4 of the 7 colleges comprising the prestigious group known as "The Seven Sisters"'

Answer: (4 of) Vassar, Wellesley, Radcliffe, Bryn Mawr, Barnard, Holyoke, and Smith


Question: 'With a deficiency of this, wounds may not heal well; without a coating of it, iron rusts'

Answer: zinc


Question: 'Like Nathan Hale, this British major was caught in civillian clothes and hanged as a spy'

Answer: John André


Question: 'Son of a British consul, he wrote the music for a production of Ibsen's "Peer Gynt" '

Answer: Edward Grieg


Question: 'The three advisors who were said to comprise a "Berlin Wall" around President Nixon'

Answer: Haldeman, Ehrlichman, and Kissinger


Question: 'The most important Roman god next to Jupiter; in fact, it is next to Jupiter'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'America's biggest defense contractor among universities is this New England school'

Answer: MIT


Question: 'Whether as an adjective or adverb, this Latin phrase means "for the particular purpose at hand"'

Answer: ad hoc


Question: 'The last name of two brothers who, between 1776 and 1778, were in command of all British land and sea forces'

Answer: (William and Richard) Howe


Question: 'To avoid the amorous clutches of Judge Braque, this title heroine shoots herself'

Answer: Hedda Gabbler


Question: 'German revolutionary called "The Most Feared Woman of the WWI Era", and dubbed  "Red Rosa"'

Answer: Rosa Luxembourg


Question: 'As Lot's wife left Sodom and was told not to look back, he left Hades and was told not to look back'

Answer: Orpheus


Question: 'A Huntington, WV university or the fictional college whose faculty includes Indiana Jones'

Answer: Marshall


Question: 'Apt adjective for dull, boring writing, even if its poetry'

Answer: prosaic


Question: 'This famed Sauk Indian had both a war and a pro sports team named for him'

Answer: Black Hawk


Question: 'This "Wizard of Oz" author edited a trade magazine for store window decorators'

Answer: L. Frank Baum


Question: 'The name of this famous street is French for "Avenue of the Elysian Fields"'

Answer: Champs-Elysees


Question: 'Pitcher Nolan Ryan set a major league record in 1973 by recording 383 of these'

Answer: Strikeouts


Question: 'The Kathak is an exciting rhythmic dance from this country, while the Kathakali is a Hindu dance drama'

Answer: India


Question: 'A person with a hidden flaw is said to have feet of this, from a dream image in Daniel 2:33'

Answer: Clay


Question: 'During this country's gold rush Melbourne served as an outfitting center for prospectors'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Frank Fitzsimmons took control of this union when Jimmy Hoffa was imprisoned in 1967'

Answer: Teamsters


Question: 'The Passetto, a fortified corridor, connects Castel Sant'Angelo with this city'

Answer: Vatican City


Question: 'In 1978 this Cincinnati Red set a modern-day National League record with a 44-game hitting streak'

Answer: Pete Rose


Question: 'Act II of this 1948 fairy tale ballet choreographed by Frederick Ashton is set at a palace ball'

Answer: Cinderella


Question: 'Many aquatic animals swim open-mouthed & appear to drink constantly, hence the phrase "to drink like" this'

Answer: a fish


Question: 'Four years after gold was found at his mill on January 24, 1848, he was bankrupt'

Answer: John Sutter


Question: 'This musical satirist founded the Mothers of Invention in 1964'

Answer: Frank Zappa


Question: 'You'll find this oldest public park in the United States between Beacon & Tremont Streets'

Answer: Boston Common


Question: 'Only 3 players have hit 600 major league home runs: Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth & this Giants outfielder'

Answer: Willie Mays


Question: 'Ballerina Alicia Markova was director of this U.S. opera company's ballet from 1963-1969'

Answer: Metropolitan Opera


Question: 'The depressing expression "down in" these is probably derived from a Middle Dutch word for haze'

Answer: Dumps


Question: 'In 1896 gold was discovered at Rabbit Creek in this area of the Yukon'

Answer: Klondike


Question: 'In Gemini 7 he & Jim Lovell set a 14-day endurance record'

Answer: Frank Borman


Question: 'This city's Unter den Linden was laid out to connect the Royal Palace with the Tiergarten'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'In 1995 he broke Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive games played'

Answer: Cal Ripken, Jr.


Question: 'The Joged is a modernized version of the Legong, the best-known dance of this Indonesian island'

Answer: Bali


Question: 'Akin to "caught in the act", to be caught this way alludes to a murderer smeared with blood'

Answer: Caught red-handed


Question: 'The gold rush into the Transvaal was halted by this 1899-1902 war'

Answer: Boer War


Question: 'This Idaho Democratic senator was active in investigating abuses by the CIA'

Answer: Frank Church


Question: 'The Sacred Way zigzagged from the entrance of this oracle's ancient sanctuary to the Temple of Apollo'

Answer: Delphi


Question: 'This man with the middle name Mountain was baseball's first & longest-serving commissioner'

Answer: Kennesaw Mountain Landis


Question: 'He began with the Lester Horton Dance Theater before founding his own American Dance Theater in 1958'

Answer: Alvin Ailey


Question: 'Frenchmen once assumed names in the military, hence this phrase, French for "name of war"'

Answer: Nom de guerre


Question: 'At the turn of the century, Cripple Creek in this state was the richest goldfield in America'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'This leader of India was assassinated in 1991, 6 1/2 years after his mother'

Answer: Rajiv Gandhi


Question: 'This Christmas flower can grow as tall as 10 feet with leaves 6 inches long'

Answer: Poinsettia


Question: 'It's the official language of Jamaica'

Answer: English


Question: 'It's believed this "Rubaiyat" author helped reform the Muslim calendar'

Answer: Omar Khayyam


Question: 'It's the unit of currency of the most populous country in North America'

Answer: Dollar


Question: 'This author of "The Fountainhead" graduated from the University of Petrograd in 1924'

Answer: Ayn Rand


Question: 'This Egyptian president was fatally shot while attending a military parade in 1981'

Answer: Anwar Sadat


Question: 'Its name is a corruption of the French pensee, "thought"'

Answer: Pansy


Question: 'U.S. citizens arriving at its Luis Munoz Marin International Airport don't have to clear customs'

Answer: Puerto Rico


Question: 'Using a prism, this Englishman proved that white light is a combination of the colors of the spectrum'

Answer: Sir Isaac Newton


Question: 'In 1990, about two-thirds of Americans over 65 relied on this for over half their income'

Answer: Social Security


Question: 'Elizabeth Spencer set her novel "The Light in the Piazza" in this country, where she lived in the 1950s'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'In 1923 this Mexican bandit & several of his men were ambushed while driving'

Answer: Pancho Villa


Question: 'This boutonniere flower, also known as a clove pink due to its fragrance, is No. 2 in commercial value in the United States'

Answer: Carnation


Question: 'In this group, Tortola is connected to Beef Island by the Queen Elizabeth Bridge'

Answer: British Virgin Islands


Question: 'In 1980, for her concerns over pollution, she was posthumously awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom'

Answer: Rachel Carson


Question: '2-word economic phrase that describes the period of U.S. history from 1929-1939'

Answer: Great Depression


Question: 'This "Gigi" novelist wrote "Cheri" in 1920 & "The Last of Cheri" in 1926'

Answer: Colette


Question: 'Tsarina Alexandra frequently prayed on the grave of this mystic murdered in 1916'

Answer: Rasputin


Question: 'Bloom forms of this large hardy perennial include spoon, quill & pompon'

Answer: Chrysanthemum


Question: 'Palm Beach, one of the world's best, is on this "A" of the ABC Islands'

Answer: Aruba


Question: 'In 1948 the Kaiser Wilhelm Society was renamed for this originator of the quantum theory'

Answer: Max Planck


Question: 'The high-yield, high-risk bonds of the 1980s were known by this 4-letter word'

Answer: Junk bonds


Question: 'Dorlcote Mill, in her book "The Mill on the Floss", resembles Arbury Estate, where she played as a child'

Answer: George Eliot


Question: 'This country's King Gustav III was shot at a masked ball in 1792 & died two weeks later'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'The oil from this evening flower is high in gamma-linolenic acid, an essential fatty acid'

Answer: Evening primrose


Question: 'Over 500 offshore banks are located in Georgetown, the capital of this group'

Answer: Cayman Islands


Question: 'Though oxygen was discovered by Joseph Priestley, this 18th century French chemist gave it its name'

Answer: Antoine Lavoisier


Question: 'The formula to determine this, the CPI, is basically the Laspeyres index formula'

Answer: Consumer Price Index


Question: 'Anne Tyler is often compared to this female novelist from Mississippi, her favorite writer'

Answer: Eudora Welty


Question: 'This state capital was a compromise choice between North Platters & South Platters'

Answer: Lincoln, Nebraska


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew rides up in an Indy car at the Indianapolis Speedway.)  Paved with 3.2 million bricks in 1909, the Indianapolis Speedway has had this nickname ever since'

Answer: "The Brickyard"


Question: 'There's a committee for this size of business'

Answer: a small business


Question: 'The first touch-tone one of these was placed in service in 1963'

Answer: a telephone


Question: 'The stars on over 50 national flags, including ours, have this many points'

Answer: 5


Question: 'Jerry Seinfeld &<br />Jerry Stiller'

Answer: New York


Question: 'The first success for the theater of the Absurd, a 1952 Samuel Beckett play is about this title figure'

Answer: Godot


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from inside a car at the Indianapolis Speedway Hall of Fame Museum.)  A 1911 Stoddard-Dayton was one of the first of these cars that lead others around the track but don't race'

Answer: a pace car


Question: 'Transportation & Infrastructure is one committee; this & Means, another'

Answer: Ways


Question: 'Gymnast George Nissen invented the first modern one of these in 1936; some called it a bouncing net'

Answer: a trampoline


Question: 'Color of the left hand stripe on the flag of Italy; it's not a color in Neapolitan ice cream'

Answer: green


Question: 'Count Basie &<br />Bruce Springsteen'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'The first snorkels were used by submarine crews of this nation to get air to their engines without surfacing'

Answer: Germany


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Indianapolis Speedway.)  The tradition of Indy 500 winners drinking this nonalcoholic beverage in victory lane began with 1936 winner Louis Meyer'

Answer: milk


Question: 'There's a Permanent Select Committee on this headed by Porter Goss; how smart!'

Answer: Intelligence


Question: 'Not named when it steamed up the Hudson river in 1807, it was later named for the estate of Fulton's backer'

Answer: the Clermont


Question: 'International organization whose flag is seen here'

Answer: NATO


Question: 'Mark Twain &<br />Jesse James'

Answer: Missouri


Question: 'Excluding noncopyrighted works, this book first published in 1955 is the bestselling book in the world'

Answer: The Guiness Book of World Records


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from the Indianapolis Speedway Hall of Fame Museum.) Behind the wheels of these cars, this driver, known by his initials, became the first 4-time winner of the Indy 500'

Answer: A.J. Foyt


Question: 'The name of a small committee says it covers the "standards of official" this for House members'

Answer: conduct


Question: 'In 1824 British bricklayer Joseph Aspdin invented the Portland type of this'

Answer: cement


Question: 'Richard III had a white boar on his flag; Louis XII, a porcupine; & Louis XIV, a radiating one of these'

Answer: a sun


Question: 'Abraham Lincoln &<br />Jefferson Davis'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'The 2-man capsules of this program were propelled into orbit by Titan II rockets'

Answer: Gemini


Question: '(Sofia reports from the Indianapolis Speedway Hall of Fame Museum.)  It was hard keeping up with this 1963 Indy 500 winner, the first driver to turn an official lap here at over 150 miles per hour'

Answer: Parnelli Jones


Question: 'C.W. Bill Young has a tendency to pass out (money) as chairman of this committee'

Answer: Appropriations


Question: 'In 1868 Christopher Sholes & 2 others patented the typewriter; in 1873 this gunmaker got the contract to market it'

Answer: Remington


Question: 'After Rama IV of Siam saw his flag with this animal flown upside-down, he switched to a striped flag'

Answer: elephants


Question: 'Andy Warhol &<br />Andrew Wyeth'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'The 1983 invasion of this country inspired the plot of the film "Heartbreak Ridge"'

Answer: Grenada


Question: 'According to Hindu myth, this sacred river emanated from the toe of Vishnu'

Answer: the Ganges


Question: 'Randy hairdresser George Roundy'

Answer: Shampoo


Question: 'Making the list was the recent memoir by this current female senator'

Answer: Hillary Clinton


Question: 'A brood of chickens, or the auto part seen here'

Answer: a clutch


Question: 'On Jan. 2, 2004 the Stardust probe collected dust samples from Wild 2, one of these, & is returning them to Earth'

Answer: a comet


Question: 'A synonym for elevation'

Answer: altitude


Question: 'Ding dong!  This river calling from Northamptonshire, England, flowing southwest to the Severn'

Answer: the Avon


Question: 'Radical journalist John Reed'

Answer: Reds


Question: 'We must confess, William Styron's "The Confessions of" this man shows up'

Answer: Nat Turner


Question: 'A surgeon might call for these'

Answer: forceps


Question: 'It's the planet seen here'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'The state or quality of being alone or remote from others'

Answer: solitude


Question: 'This lake is the chief source of the Nile River'

Answer: Victoria


Question: 'Football player Joe Pendleton, back from the dead'

Answer: Heaven Can Wait


Question: 'This first volume of Maya Angelou's autobiography flew onto the inventory'

Answer: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings


Question: 'A diplomatic official, or the case you're looking at'

Answer: an attaché


Question: 'Mercury is believed to have one of the densest in the solar system, made of iron & nickel'

Answer: a core


Question: 'The condition of thankfulness'

Answer: gratitude


Question: 'The Lake of Neuchatel is the largest lake entirely within this country'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'In 1998, a free-spoken senator'

Answer: Bulworth


Question: 'The "Collected Poems" of this Irish poet & 1923 Nobel Prize winner gained Bill's admiration enough to be listed'

Answer: William Butler Yeats


Question: 'When you're really in trouble, you could go from the item seen here... into this'

Answer: the fire


Question: 'Moving at 2.9 miles per second, this planet has the slowest orbital speed of any planet in our solar system'

Answer: Pluto


Question: 'In law, imprisonment with hard labor is "penal" this'

Answer: servitude


Question: 'This bay noted for its high tides separates New Brunswick & Nova Scotia'

Answer: the Bay of Fundy


Question: 'Dustin Hoffman's untalented songwriting partner Lyle Rogers'

Answer: Ishtar


Question: 'After some careful thought, "Meditations" by this Roman philosopher & emperor made the list'

Answer: Marcus Aurelius


Question: 'In a Depression hit, it's what Irving Berlin wanted with another one of these'

Answer: another piece of pie


Question: 'This 17th century German astronomer's ist law states that the planets move in elliptical orbits around the sun'

Answer: Kepler


Question: 'A musical composition for the development of a specific technique'

Answer: an étude


Question: 'Among 2-letter country codes in Internet addresses, "de" is Germany, "kh" is Cambodia & "es" is this country'

Answer: Spain (España)


Question: 'The movie "Saturday Night Fever" & John Travolta helped feed this dance craze in 1977'

Answer: Disco


Question: 'It's what the abbreviation FAQ stands for'

Answer: Frequently Asked Questions


Question: '"The Human Volcano" may be the most dangerous stunt performed by these "eaters"'

Answer: Fire eaters


Question: 'They've peppered the charts with hot hits like "Say You'll Be There" & "2 Become 1"'

Answer: Spice Girls


Question: 'A little "bird" told us this English nurse was named for the Italian city of her birth'

Answer: Florence Nightingale


Question: 'Moan'

Answer: Oman


Question: 'During the 1970s, Russia was part of this larger nation'

Answer: Soviet Union/USSR


Question: 'The computer visual seen here is known by this "restaurant" term'

Answer: Menu


Question: 'A thick white type of theatrical makeup is named for these circus performers'

Answer: Clowns


Question: 'In 1998 his "La Copa de la Vida" was the official song of the World Cup soccer games'

Answer: Ricky Martin


Question: 'Before becoming attorney general of the U.S., she was state attorney for Dade County, Florida'

Answer: Janet Reno


Question: 'Yon war'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'The No. 1 TV program in 1979 was this CBS News program that's still on the air'

Answer: 60 Minutes


Question: 'This programming language shares its name with an Indonesian island & a strong word for coffee'

Answer: Java


Question: 'Jonathan Lee Iverson is the youngest ringmaster ever for this circus, "The Greatest Show on Earth"'

Answer: Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus


Question: 'Take a bow if you know that Babyface co-wrote & sang on her 1994 hit "Take a Bow"'

Answer: Madonna


Question: 'He's the American hero seen here<br />(flying the "Spirit of St. Louis")'

Answer: Charles Lindbergh


Question: 'Nice lad'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'For her work in Calcutta, this tireless Catholic nun won the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize'

Answer: Mother Teresa


Question: 'The last name of Charles, who built a precursor to the computer, the analytical engine, in the early 1800s'

Answer: Babbage


Question: 'Funambulism is a fancy word for the art of "walking" this'

Answer: Tightrope


Question: 'Nirvana didn't sweat over the title of this 1991 song, they named it for a deodorant'

Answer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit"


Question: 'His repertoire of about 140 military marches earned him the nickname the "March King"'

Answer: John Philip Sousa


Question: 'Hug yarn'

Answer: Hungary


Question: 'The 3 men who served as U.S. presidents in the 1970s'

Answer: Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford & Jimmy Carter


Question: 'Examples of these research helpers include Hotbot & Altavista'

Answer: Search engines


Question: 'Circus Oz, which turned 21 in 1999, is a zany, satirical circus from this country that's nicknamed "Oz"'

Answer: Australia


Question: '(Hi, I'm Edwin McCain)  My song "I'll Be" got a lot of play after it was featured on the May 1998 season finale of this WB TV series'

Answer: Dawson\'s Creek


Question: 'In 1889 this great orator & former slave became the U.S. minister to Haiti'

Answer: Frederick Douglass


Question: 'Road cue'

Answer: Ecuador


Question: 'Author who sent Alice down the rabbit hole into Wonderland'

Answer: Lewis Carroll


Question: 'A Boy Scout wearing this badge knows when a bee sting is life-threatening'

Answer: First aid


Question: 'Hypoglycemia can be caused by excess production of this hormone in the pancreas'

Answer: Insulin


Question: 'Don't make a graven one of these of anything in heaven, in the earth or in the water'

Answer: Idol/image


Question: 'Mondale, Bush, Quayle...'

Answer: Al Gore


Question: 'For the last few years N. Korea has been suffering from one of the worst of these natural disasters in the 20th century'

Answer: Famine


Question: 'Title piece of furniture C.S. Lewis had the kids go through to reach Narnia'

Answer: Wardrobe


Question: 'A boy must describe 4 kinds of tents to earn the merit badge named for this activity'

Answer: Camping


Question: 'Also called epinephrine, this hormone that's released in emergencies has been used to treat asthma'

Answer: Adrenaline


Question: 'Don't take this in vain'

Answer: The Lord\'s name


Question: 'Aries, Taurus, Gemini...'

Answer: Cancer


Question: 'A new program installed to improve this internet auction site shut it down June 10-11, 1999'

Answer: eBay


Question: 'You should tumble to the fact she wrote "Rumble Fish" & "Tex"'

Answer: S.E. Hinton


Question: 'The Brownie patch seen here is called "Me and my" this'

Answer: Shadow


Question: 'Parathormone keeps up the level of this mineral in blood by stimulating its release from bone'

Answer: Calcium


Question: 'It's the number of days thou shalt labor'

Answer: 6


Question:
'The book of Mark,
the book of Luke,
the book of John...'

Answer: Acts


Question: 'On July 17, 1998 3 of these, one of which was estimated at over 30 feet high, hit Papua New Guinea'

Answer: Tidal waves/tsunami


Question: 'He's the evil captain in Jules Verne's "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"'

Answer: Captain Nemo


Question: 'Girls with the badge seen here have thought of better methods to sell these'

Answer: Cookies


Question: 'It's the organ that produces gastrin'

Answer: Stomach


Question: 'Grand larceny breaks the commandment against doing this big-time'

Answer: Stealing


Question:
'Deux,
trois,
quatre...'

Answer: Cinq


Question: 'In July 1999 Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines was fined $18 million for doing this at sea'

Answer: Dumping hazardous waste at sea


Question: 'In a Walter Farley tale, Alec Ramsay is stranded on an island with this title animal'

Answer: "The Black Stallion"


Question: 'A boy must have the badge named for this vehicle before he earns the whitewater badge'

Answer: Canoe


Question: 'Some athletes have taken androstenedione to boost levels of this male hormone'

Answer: Testosterone


Question: 'From the Latin for "to desire", it's what you're not supposed to do to your neighbor's things'

Answer: Covet


Question:
'9 ladies dancing,
10 lords a-leaping,
11 pipers piping...'

Answer: 12 drummers drumming


Question: 'A strain of this virus, named for a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killed over 240 people in 1995'

Answer: Ebola virus


Question: 'In Scandinavian countries these characters are known as Pif, Paf & Pof'

Answer: Snap, Crackle & Pop (from Rice Krispies)


Question: 'While on his boat, he sent out a dove to see if there was any dry land yet'

Answer: Noah


Question: 'This name comes before "Pieces", "Fast Break" & "Peanut Butter Cup"'

Answer: Reese\'s


Question: 'This object is the "S" in SPF, which should be at least 30 in the stuff mom slathers onto you'

Answer: the sun


Question: 'His name finishes the line, "I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them..."'

Answer: Sam I Am


Question: 'The Vince Lombardi trophy is given each year to the team that wins this football game'

Answer: the Super Bowl


Question: 'It would be criminal for you not to know that FBI stands for this'

Answer: the Federal Bureau of Investigation


Question: 'He interpreted dreams & survived a stay in a lions' den'

Answer: Daniel


Question: 'With chocolate creme & golden cookies, the uh-oh version of this Nabisco cookie is the reverse of the original'

Answer: an Oreo


Question: 'On summer afternoons in many neighborhoods, dads are on display doing this'

Answer: mowing the lawn


Question: '"If I can't find a reindeer, I'll make one instead", said this character--so he called on his dog, Max'

Answer: the Grinch


Question: 'Andrew Jackson is on the front of this bill'

Answer: the 20-dollar bill


Question: 'MT is an abbreviation for megaton as well as this U.S. state'

Answer: Montana


Question: 'Jochebed, this Egyptian prince's real mother, was the one who put him into the river in a basket'

Answer: Moses


Question: 'The kid seen here is the official spokesperson of these snack cakes'

Answer: Twinkies


Question: 'The fun-spoilers in city government don't want you to open these to play in the street--what if there's no water to fight fires?'

Answer: fire hydrants


Question: 'This turtle was king of the pond at the island of Sala-ma-Sond'

Answer: Yertle the Turtle


Question: 'A half pint, or 8 ounces, is equal to this many cups'

Answer: one


Question: 'It's the unit of weight abbreviated mg'

Answer: a milligram


Question: 'The Queen of this place made a visit to king Solomon & praised his wisdom'

Answer: the Queen of Sheba


Question: 'The yellow label of this Nestle candy bar says it's "crispety, crunchety, peanut-buttery"'

Answer: Butterfingers


Question: 'In the northern hemisphere, Vega, Altair & Deneb, 3 of these, make up the "summer triangle"'

Answer: stars


Question: 'In the jungle of Nool, he murmured, "I've never heard tell of a small speck of dust that is able to yell"'

Answer: Horton


Question: 'You get an "A" if you know this largest Dutch city is crisscrossed by dozens of canals'

Answer: Amsterdam


Question: 'Providing online access, ISP stands for this'

Answer: Internet service provider


Question: 'In Genesis she posed as her husband's sister when they traveled to Egypt'

Answer: Sarah


Question: 'Some lemon pies are topped with this, which is made from just egg whites & granulated sugar'

Answer: meringue


Question: 'In Houston in the summer, this averages over 90% for the morning'

Answer: humidity


Question: 'This boy from feudal times got into trouble for failing to doff his hat'

Answer: Bartholomew (Cubbins)


Question: 'It's a pipe carrying rain down off the roof of your house; there may be an itsy bitsy spider in it'

Answer: a (water)spout


Question: 'This agency of the United Nations is known as WHO for short'

Answer: World Health Organization


Question: 'This statue was dedicated on Bedloe's Island Oct. 28, 1886'

Answer: the Statue of Liberty


Question: 'In the second "Night at the Museum" movie, Larry fights the "Battle of" this place'

Answer: the Smithsonian


Question: 'One theory says that this endearing cat sound is caused by the vibration of the false vocal cords'

Answer: a purr


Question: 'This ocean borders the islands of Sumatra & Madagascar'

Answer: the Indian Ocean


Question: 'If dancing is your thing, try this alliterative style that employs breaking, popping & locking'

Answer: Hip Hop


Question: 'To aimlessly wander, or Italy's capital city'

Answer: roam/Rome


Question: 'It's said that William Driver of Massachusetts gave the American flag this 2-word nickname'

Answer: Old Glory


Question: 'The 2009 Alvin & the Chipmunks follow-up wasn't billed as "the Sequel" but this'

Answer: the Squeakquel


Question: 'The Siberian is the largest of these, the largest member of the cat family'

Answer: a tiger


Question: 'The Andes are dandy in this country, highlighted here'

Answer: Peru


Question: 'Maybe you like to collect these, like fedoras or berets'

Answer: hats


Question: 'A whole seed grain of corn, or a military rank'

Answer: kernel/colonel


Question: 'The USA's 10th national park is this one in Montana that's named for a giant icy feature'

Answer: Glacier National Park


Question: '"Dawn of the Dinosaurs" is a 2009 movie in this chilly series'

Answer: Ice Age


Question: 'Because its smell is exciting to cats, this aromatic herb of the mint family is often used as a stuffing for cat toys'

Answer: catnip


Question: 'This country straddles the Equator; Marsabit is in the N. hemisphere but Mombasa, its main port, is South'

Answer: Kenya


Question: 'If you're getting ready for some dressage at an equestrian event, you're probably into these animals'

Answer: horses


Question: 'Expected at a certain time, like a library book, or moisture condensed from the air'

Answer: due/dew


Question: 'Woody Guthrie wrote this song that spans "from the redwood forest to the gulf stream waters"'

Answer: "This Land Is Your Land"


Question: 'Woody & friends are mistakenly sent to a day care center in this movie "3"'

Answer: Toy Story


Question: 'The face of this fastest cat has black lines that curve from the eye's inner corner to the mouth's outer corners'

Answer: a cheetah


Question: 'Maori is an official language of this island country about 1,000 miles southeast of Australia'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'If you're working on a world record spinning this, don't let it get below your hips'

Answer: Hula Hoop


Question: 'Percussion instruments that clang, or things that represent other things'

Answer: cymbals/symbols


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew stands by the Great Seal of the United States) On the Great Seal of the United States, the power of war and peace are symbolized by what the eagle holds in its talons, thirteen arrows on one side, and this, with thirteen leaves, on the other'

Answer: an olive branch


Question: 'After "The Little Mermaid" came "The Little Mermaid:" her "Beginning"'

Answer: Ariel


Question: 'It's the 5-letter name for the kitty's coat pattern, which is distinguished by the mark on the forehead'

Answer: tabby


Question: 'If you're marching to the Voortrekker monument outside of Pretoria, you're in this country'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'If you like cultivating fruits & plants, you're down with this art whose name comes from the Latin for "garden"'

Answer: horticulture


Question: 'To modify, or a place where sacrifices are performed'

Answer: alter/altar


Question: 'An education center at his historic home includes galleries called "First in War" & "A Leader's Smile"'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'Give me a Q!  Mozart's work, Kochel No. 515, is one of these for 2 violins, 2 violas & cello'

Answer: quintet


Question: 'Numerical name in the book of Revelation for Conquest, War, Famine & Death'

Answer: The Four Horsemen


Question: '"Fall of the House of Ewing"'

Answer: Dallas


Question: 'The Pinctada maxima, or silver-lip oyster, is the largest oyster capable of cultivating one of these'

Answer: pearl


Question: 'The first of the 10 Biblical plagues of Egypt occurred when the waters of the Nile were turned into this'

Answer: blood


Question: 'She proposed to her first cousin Albert on October 15, 1839; they were married soon after'

Answer: Victoria


Question: 'Give me a U!  If you understand things right away, you're "quick on" this'

Answer: the uptake


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C.)  This program originated when a reporter asked the FBI who were the toughest guys they were after'

Answer: The 10 Most Wanted List


Question: '"Escape to Ponderosa"'

Answer: Bonanza


Question: 'The Aztecs showed their rank in society by wearing this bluish-green December birthstone'

Answer: turquoise


Question: 'The High Dam across the Nile at this city creates Lake Nasser, one of the largest reservoirs in the world'

Answer: Aswan


Question: 'Following custom, this queen married 2 of her own brothers: Ptolemy XIII & Ptolemy XIV'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'Give me an I!  It's a surge of electrical power, or a sudden desire'

Answer: impulse


Question: 'In a variation of this kids' card game, the Jacks are "crazy" or wild'

Answer: Crazy Eights


Question: '"The Richest Man in Walnut Grove"'

Answer: Little House on the Prairie


Question: 'A variety of smoky quartz, cairngorm is a gemstone that comes from the Cairngorm Mountains of this country'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'He was knighted in 1886 in part for his journeys in search of the source of the Nile'

Answer: Sir Richard Burton


Question: 'In 1496 Philip the Handsome married Juana the Mad & became this Spanish queen's son-in-law'

Answer: Isabella


Question: 'Give me a Z!  Around 1700, Arabs took over this island, later to merge with Tanganyika'

Answer: Zanzibar


Question: 'This "Star Trek" TV series incarnation centered on a space station, not a spaceship'

Answer: Deep Space Nine


Question: '"9:12 to Dodge"'

Answer: Gunsmoke


Question: 'The bulk of the world's peridot is mined from Peridot Mesa on the Apache Indian Reservation in this state'

Answer: Arizona


Question: 'There's no denial, Act III of this Verdi opera takes place on the banks of the Nile'

Answer: Aida


Question: 'Prince Constantijn, the youngest son of this queen, married the daughter of the Dutch minister of agriculture in 2001'

Answer: Beatrix


Question: 'Fasting, daily prayer & paying alms are 3 of these Muslim ritual duties'

Answer: the Five Pillars of Islam


Question: '"The Kahuna"'

Answer: Hawaii Five-O


Question: 'The American ruby & the Cape ruby are not rubies, but red varieties of this mineral'

Answer: garnet


Question: 'The Nile runs through Cairo & this other national capital city'

Answer: Khartoum, Sudan


Question: 'Geraldine Apponyi, the 1st woman of American descent to become a queen, married King Zog I of this country in 1938'

Answer: Albania


Question: 'It's the English translation of da Vinci's masterpiece "L'Ultima Cena"'

Answer: "The Last Supper"


Question: 'The U.S. Customs Service, which collects duties on imports, is an agency of this cabinet department'

Answer: Treasury


Question: 'After this epic Russian novelist didn't win in 1901, he wrote a letter declining the prize thereafter'

Answer: Leo Tolstoy


Question: 'Dionne Warwick, the Ronettes & the Jackson Five are all past "Amateur Night" winners at this Harlem theatre'

Answer: Apollo Theatre


Question: 'A young goat, or to make fun of'

Answer: kid


Question: 'Talk about big, this Renaissance painter's "Birth of Venus" is over 9 feet long & nearly 6 feet high'

Answer: Sandro Botticelli


Question: 'This member of the House from Ohio's 14th district shares his name with a Mark Twain title character'

Answer: Tom Sawyer


Question: 'Bjornstjerne Bjornson won in 1903; this fellow Norwegian who wrote "The Master Builder" never did'

Answer: Henrik Ibsen


Question: 'The house where this Janis Joplin band was formed once stood at 1090 Page Street in San Francisco'

Answer: Big Brother and the Holding Company


Question: 'A Tibetan ox, or to chatter'

Answer: yak


Question: 'Her "Diego and I" is a portrait of herself with a smaller one of Diego Rivera on her forehead'

Answer: Frida Kahlo


Question: 'The FHA, an agency of this cabinet department, provides mortgage insurance for homeowners' loans'

Answer: HUD (Housing and Urban Development)


Question: 'Seen here, he does have a Pulitzer Prize, but not a Nobel, yet'

Answer: Dave Barry


Question: 'Bruce Springsteen & the Castiles 1st played in public at the Woodhaven Swim Club in this N.J. town, Bruce's birthplace'

Answer: Freehold


Question: 'Of James Dean's 3 starring films, the one set entirely in the 1950s'

Answer: Rebel Without a Cause


Question: 'A bag, or to fire'

Answer: sack


Question: 'In 1873 Renoir painted this fellow French impressionist "Painting in His Garden"'

Answer: Claude Monet


Question: 'George Bush's secretary of state, he earlier served as Ronald Reagan's secretary of the treasury'

Answer: James Baker


Question: 'This author of espionage novels like "Our Man in Havana" was a popular candidate for the prize'

Answer: Graham Greene


Question: 'This shock rocker was still known as Vince Furnier when he played with the Spiders at the VIP Club in Phoenix'

Answer: Alice Cooper


Question: 'On Labor Day weekend in 1957 John Chancellor raced to this state capital to cover breaking news'

Answer: Little Rock, Arkansas


Question: 'A cliff, or to deceive in a card game'

Answer: bluff


Question: 'The cherub seen here [rest of clue missing due to sound problem]'

Answer: Raphael


Question: 'As a QB for the Oklahoma Sooners, this future GOP congressman was MVP of the 1980 & '81 Orange Bowls'

Answer: J.C. Watts


Question: 'The academy didn't have time to recognize this author, killed by Spanish nationalists in 1936 at age 38'

Answer: Federico Garcia Lorca


Question: 'Gary Puckett was born in this Minnesota town where Bob Dylan grew up'

Answer: Hibbing


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Museum of Flight in Seattle)  In 1959 Air Force One took President Eisenhower on his first jet flight to meet this German chancellor'

Answer: Konrad Adenauer


Question: 'A female swan, or to write'

Answer: pen


Question: 'In 1979 NASA officials received a fine for littering from a small town in this country'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'In his will, this playwright left his second-best bed to his wife; maybe the best one went to Gwyneth Paltrow'

Answer: William Shakespeare


Question: '"The Ricardos Change Apartments"'

Answer: I Love Lucy


Question: 'This dazzling rock is so hard it can only be scratched by another one'

Answer: Diamond


Question: 'This company first introduced its MSN Network as part of Windows 95'

Answer: Microsoft


Question: 'You'd be "as slow as" this syrup too if you were made from cane sugar'

Answer: Molasses


Question: 'Footgear for Secretariat, or an enjoyable backyard game'

Answer: Horseshoes


Question: 'Against all odds, Catherine Parr's marriage to this man who'd been wed 5 times before was surprisingly happy'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: '"Wally's Girl Trouble"'

Answer: Leave it to Beaver


Question: 'Often white & translucent, this delicate variety of gypsum has been used to make statues & vases'

Answer: Alabaster


Question: 'Here's the "scoop":  this chain began operating in 1978 out of a renovated gas station in Vermont'

Answer: Ben & Jerry\'s


Question: 'She's the "syrupy" mrs. seen here:'

Answer: Mrs. Butterworth


Question: 'It can be a business recruiter or a cranium collector'

Answer: Headhunter


Question: 'Some say this Scottish queen only married the Earl of Bothwell because he abducted her'

Answer: Mary, Queen of Scots


Question: '"Sheriff Barney"'

Answer: The Andy Griffith Show


Question: 'Red pyrope, a type of this mineral & birthstone, is often sold as an imitation ruby'

Answer: Garnet


Question: 'With its "Softer Side" ads aside, this retailer now offers "The Good Life at a Great Price.  Guaranteed."'

Answer: Sears


Question: 'Mon dieu!  This Canadian province produces more maple syrup than any other'

Answer: Quebec


Question: 'The last stage of an undertaking, or the last part of a race'

Answer: Homestretch


Question: 'This "Great" czar forced his first wife, Eudoxia, to become a nun, but she gave up the veil & romanced Stepan Glebov'

Answer: Peter the Great


Question: '"Hot Lips and Empty Arms"'

Answer: M*A*S*H


Question: 'New Hampshire's state rock of coarse is this common building material'

Answer: Granite


Question: 'This airline first took to the skies in 1924 as a crop-dusting service based in Macon, Georgia'

Answer: Delta Airlines


Question: 'Used in a variety of foods, this a"maize"ing syrup is made by processing a starch with acids or enzymes'

Answer: Corn syrup


Question: 'Hawaii favorite flowering here'

Answer: Hibiscus


Question: 'This philandering U.S. pres. called his wife Florence "The Duchess"; we wonder if she had any choice nicknames for him'

Answer: Warren G. Harding


Question: '"Lovey's Secret Admirer"'

Answer: Gilligan\'s Island


Question: 'A carbonate of copper, the ornamental stone malachite is this color'

Answer: Green


Question: 'I can get it for you wholesale at this warehouse chain that merged with Price Club in 1993'

Answer: Costco


Question: 'After baking, syrup is poured over this multilayered paper-thin Turkish & Greek pastry'

Answer: Baklava


Question: 'Das kapital of das Keystone State'

Answer: Harrisburg (Pennsylvania)


Question: 'The 50-story Canary Wharf Tower in this capital is the U.K.'s tallest building'

Answer: London


Question: 'Three Rivers Stadium opened in 1970, the same year as this city's Riverfront Stadium'

Answer: Cincinnati


Question: 'It's the part of Julia that poet Robert Herrick said was "as white and hairless as an egg"'

Answer: Leg


Question: 'Serling's deities'

Answer: Rod\'s gods


Question: 'This last name of NYC sports commentator Phil also precedes "Le Pew" & "Le Moko"'

Answer: Pepe


Question: 'His "Impression: Sunrise" was a seascape'

Answer: Monet


Question: 'Its famous avenue Unter Den Linden connects the Schlossplatz & the Brandenburg Gate'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'This pro football team had to find a new home with the closure of the stadium'

Answer: Pittsburgh Steelers


Question: 'The 1927 book "The Road to Xanadu" was about this poet's sources for "Kubla Khan" & "The Ancient Mariner"'

Answer: Samuel Taylor Coleridge


Question: 'Rickenbacker's flimsy nightwear'

Answer: Eddie\'s teddies


Question: 'He trained at the Actors Studio before starring on "Banacek" & "The A-Team"'

Answer: George Peppard


Question: 'He painted the deaths of Lepeletier & Bara, as well as Marat'

Answer: Jacques -Louis David


Question: 'This city's Christianborg Palace houses parliament & the supreme court'

Answer: Copenhagen


Question: 'For the Pirates' last home game in the stadium, this "We Are Family" group sang the National Anthem'

Answer: Sister Sledge


Question: 'There was a 6-year gap between the publications of the first 3 books of his "Faerie Queene" & the last 3'

Answer: Edmund Spenser


Question: 'Schwarzkopf's latter-day saints'

Answer: Norman\'s Mormons


Question: 'It's odd that Charlemagne, the son of this 8th century ruler, was unusually tall'

Answer: Pepin the Short


Question: 'His "Olympia" was a new version of the recumbent Venus popular with Italian masters'

Answer: Manet


Question: 'To visit the National Museum in Bosnia, head to this capital'

Answer: Sarajevo


Question: 'As PNC Park replaced Three Rivers, Three Rivers replaced this park'

Answer: Forbes Field


Question: 'His 1919 novel "The Moon and Sixpence" was turned into an opera in 1957'

Answer: Somerset Maugham


Question: 'Brummell's schnoz'

Answer: Beau\'s nose


Question: 'He founded the Malibu university where Kenneth Starr was once about to become dean of law'

Answer: George Pepperdine


Question: 'In 1883 he settled in Giverny & built a little pond'

Answer: Monet


Question: 'A castle on the Vltava River in this capital was once home to the kings of Bohemia'

Answer: Prague


Question: 'This MVP of the '79 World Series was honored as part of the closing ceremonies'

Answer: Willie Stargell


Question: 'George Du Maurier's "Trilby" featured this sinister hypnotist'

Answer: Svengali


Question: 'Eldridge's cloth-makers'

Answer: Cleaver\'s weavers


Question: 'We thought we'd sneak this 17th century diarist into the category even though his name has a long "E" sound'

Answer: Samuel Pepys


Question: 'His painting "The Fifer", seen here, dates from 1866:'

Answer: Manet


Question: 'This president signed the bill to create a transcontinental railroad; he didn't live to see its completion'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'Canine term for an inquisitive news reporter'

Answer: Newshound


Question: 'Byzantine priests might know the name of the type of screen images seen here'

Answer: Icons


Question: 'Large glaciers covering this island nation include Langjokull, Hofsjokull & Vatnajokull'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'Genesis printer:<br />1450s'

Answer: Johannes Gutenberg


Question: 'It's the detachable part of an advertisement that entitles you to a discount at the supermarket'

Answer: Coupon


Question: 'You might leave a message on the machine of this actor who starred as Jim Rockford'

Answer: James Garner


Question: 'These short films of current events, such as "The March of Time" series, played in movie houses in the '40s'

Answer: Newsreels


Question: 'One of these is equal to 1,024 bytes'

Answer: Kilobyte


Question: 'The southern midsection of this nation is known as the Massif Central'

Answer: France


Question: 'Great epic-writing Ionian:<br />9th century B.C.'

Answer: Homer


Question: 'Examples of these include Dr. Atkins, the Macrobiotic & the Scarsdale'

Answer: Diets


Question: 'Nancy Cartwright is over 30 years older than this animated son of Marge she voices'

Answer: Bart Simpson


Question: 'This Long Island morning paper was founded in 1940'

Answer: Newsday


Question: 'To take fleas off your dog, or to detect, locate & correct errors in a computer program'

Answer: Debug


Question: 'The equator crosses more land in this South American nation than any other'

Answer: Brazil


Question: '2 moonwalkers:<br />July 20, 1969'

Answer: Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin


Question: 'This mild antiseptic with the formula H2O2 can also be used to bleach hair & fabrics'

Answer: Hydrogen peroxide


Question: 'This animated series based on a Scott Adams comic strip premiered on UPN in 1999'

Answer: Dilbert


Question: 'It's the inexpensive paper made from wood pulp of which newspapers are made'

Answer: Newsprint


Question: '"Small" term for a central processing unit on one integrated circuit'

Answer: Microprocessor


Question: 'This country's northern border touches China, Bhutan & Nepal'

Answer: India


Question: 'Inventive brothers at Kill Devil Hill:<br />December 17, 1903'

Answer: Wright Brothers


Question: 'From the Latin for "entering", they're the listed things you need to prepare food from a recipe'

Answer: Ingredients


Question: 'In the 1998 Christmas episode of this sitcom, David Spade played the Grinch'

Answer: Just Shoot Me


Question: 'This Rupert Murdoch company owns the L.A. Dodgers, the New York Post & Fox Studios'

Answer: News Corporation


Question: 'It's not a spider, it's the person responsible for maintaining an internet site'

Answer: Webmaster


Question: 'With over 50 independent countries, this continent has more than any other'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'Vienna's first psychoanalyst:<br />late 1800s'

Answer: Sigmund Freud


Question: 'A housewife is also known as a homemaker or one of these "engineers"'

Answer: Domestic engineer


Question: '(Hi, I'm Renee Jones from "Days of our Lives")  I made my acting debut on this TV series about a white basketball coach at a tough inner-city school'

Answer: The White Shadow


Question: 'Charlemagne's first title was king of these people; he never was king of the beans'

Answer: Franks


Question:
'"Macbeth",
"The Trial",
"The Magnificent Ambersons"'

Answer: Orson Welles


Question: 'On an episode of the TV show "Moonlighting", Cybill Shepherd was Kate in an adaptation of this play'

Answer: The Taming of the Shrew


Question: 'The 2 basic types of saddles are English & this type preferred by cowboys'

Answer: Western


Question: 'He sang "Thanks for the Memory" in his first feature film, "The Big Broadcast of 1938"'

Answer: Bob Hope


Question: 'In the alphabet'

Answer: G


Question: 'In subduing the Saxons, Charlemagne executed those who refused this Christian rite'

Answer: Baptism


Question:
'"Once Upon a Time in the West",
"For a Few Dollars More",
"The Good, the Bad & the Ugly"'

Answer: Sergio Leone


Question: 'In this comedy's subplot, Sir Toby Belch & Maria play a trick on Malvolio, Olivia's steward'

Answer: Twelfth Night


Question: 'This chess piece that usually looks like part of a castle is sometimes called a castle'

Answer: Rook


Question: 'He's the K in DreamWorks SKG'

Answer: Jeffrey Katzenberg


Question: 'In a radio broadcast band'

Answer: M


Question: 'While serving in this post in 799, Leo III was attacked in Rome & took refuge in Charlemagne's court'

Answer: Pope


Question:
'"Nights of Cabiria",
"Amarcord",
"La Strada"'

Answer: Federico Fellini


Question: 'Pursued by Demetrius & Helena, Hermia & Lysander elope to a wood near Athens in this comedy'

Answer: A Midsummer Night\'s Dream


Question: 'Specifically, this 12-letter word describes a person between 90 & 100 years old'

Answer: Nonagenarian


Question: 'His engaging performance in "The Last Picture Show" earned him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination'

Answer: Jeff Bridges


Question: 'To abbreviate a state'

Answer: L (as in FL: Florida)


Question: 'A scholarly king, Charlemagne enjoyed having this saint's "City of God" read to him'

Answer: Saint Augustine


Question: '"An Angel at my Table",<br />"Peel

Answer: Jane Campion


Question: 'Completes Sonnet 130's first line, "My mistress' eyes are..."'

Answer: Nothing like the sun


Question: 'This Creole concoction of meat & seafood is so good Hank Williams wrote a song about it in 1952'

Answer: "Jambalaya"


Question: '1979's "Gotta Serve Somebody" was this Minnesotan's last Top 40 single'

Answer: Bob Dylan


Question: 'To get Angela Bassett's first film'

Answer: X (as in "F/X")


Question: 'Charlemagne lost his rear guard, led by this legendary nephew, at the Battle of Roncesvalles'

Answer: Roland (AKA Orlando)


Question:
'"Broken Blossoms",
"Intolerance",
"Way Down East"'

Answer: D.W. Griffith


Question: 'In "King Lear" the Earl of Gloucester boasts of this bastard son: "There was good sport at his making"'

Answer: Edmund


Question: 'Goto is the surname of the young Osaka-born violinist known by this single name'

Answer: Midori


Question: 'For his work on behalf of African famine victims, the Queen knighted this lead singer of the Boomtown Rats in 1986'

Answer: Bob Geldof


Question: 'In the complete initials of the president of South Africa in 1990'

Answer: W (F.W. de Klerk)


Question: 'In January 1999 this author issued a public statement reminding the world the third millennium really begins Jan. 1, 2001'

Answer: Arthur C. Clarke


Question: 'A bill signed in July 1996 allows taxpayers to sue this agency for up to $1,000,000 for reckless collections'

Answer: the IRS


Question: 'In golf a standard one of these is 2 1/8" long & holds up to a 1.62-ounce ball'

Answer: the tee


Question: 'The "Black or White" video from his "Dangerous" album was directed by John Landis'

Answer: Michael Jackson


Question: 'Grand Canyon University is located in this state capital'

Answer: Phoenix


Question: 'This feature is internal on a cuttlefish & external on a snail'

Answer: the shell


Question: 'Walk like a duck'

Answer: waddle


Question: 'Summer 1996 event whose route is depicted here'

Answer: the Olympic Torch Relay


Question: 'Running time in silent films was measured in these, each about 10 minutes long'

Answer: reels


Question: 'This Big Band clarinetist's 1939 autobiography was titled "The Kingdom of Swing"'

Answer: Benny Goodman


Question: 'Mendenhall Glacier & Glacier Bay National Park lie near this capital city'

Answer: Juneau, Alaska


Question: 'On the largest jellyfish, these may be over 100 feet long'

Answer: the tentacles


Question: 'Siddhartha Gautama's title'

Answer: Buddha


Question: 'Worcester in this state declared itself birthplace of the yellow smiley face; Harvey Ball drew it there in 1963'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'In the metric system, dkL stands for this unit'

Answer: a dekaliter


Question: 'Telma Hopkins & Joyce Wilson provided backup vocals for him on "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"'

Answer: Tony Orlando


Question: 'In 1838 Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant became the first setller in what is now this Minnesota capital'

Answer: St. Paul


Question: 'When a planarian, one of these, is cut in half, both halves will regrow'

Answer: a worm


Question: 'In 1908 it was proclaimed a national Jewish language'

Answer: Yiddish


Question: 'The August 3, 1981 Time cover story was on their wedding; the July 22, 1996 cover story concerned their divorce'

Answer: Prince Charles & Lady Di


Question: 'Size numbers for these run from 1 to the 20s & types include sharps, milliner's & chenilles'

Answer: needles


Question: 'His No. 1 country song "A Boy Named Sue" was recorded live at San Quentin Prison'

Answer: Johnny Cash


Question: 'In 1614 Fort Nassau, a Dutch trading post, was established on the site of this capital'

Answer: Albany (New York)


Question: 'The skeleton of a starfish is made of this, CaCO3, just like chalk'

Answer: calcium carbonate


Question: 'It can mean the mean, or the waist'

Answer: the middle


Question: 'He & H. Ross Perot vied for the Reform Party's presidential nomination'

Answer: Dick Lamm


Question: 'Following "assay", this 3-letter word is a unit of mass; following "freight", it's a unit of capacity'

Answer: ton


Question: 'This guitarist's "Blues Summit" was named Best Traditional Blues Album at 1994's Grammys'

Answer: B.B. King


Question: 'It's Wyoming's largest city & manufacturing center'

Answer: Cheyenne


Question: 'Barnacles & beetles are classified as this kind of creature, meaning "joint-footed"'

Answer: arthropods


Question: 'Pamper a person, or cook eggs gently in water without boiling'

Answer: coddle


Question: 'This "Murder, She Wrote" star played Delilah's older sister in the 1949 De Mille epic "Samson and Delilah"'

Answer: Angela Lansbury


Question: 'This form of oxygen, O3, is a major source of air pollution'

Answer: ozone


Question: 'This London museum's Department of Egyptian Antiquities houses the famous Rosetta Stone'

Answer: the British Museum


Question: 'John Poindexter's conviction for his role in this scandal was overturned in 1991'

Answer: the Iran-Contra affair


Question: 'Mary Higgins Clark's recent book "Silent Night" takes place on the eve of this holiday'

Answer: Christmas


Question: 'Poteen is the Irish version of this illegally-made U.S. whiskey with this "nocturnal" name'

Answer: moonshine


Question: 'She was an extra in Charlie Chaplin's "City Lights" before she starred in "Platinum Blonde"'

Answer: Jean Harlow


Question: 'In 1865 this chemist saved the French silkworm industry by eradicating pebrine disease'

Answer: Pasteur


Question: 'A Milan museum named for this Renaissance man contains models of some of his machines and inventions'

Answer: da Vinci


Question: '"Morning, Noon & Night" was a 1995 bestseller by this author of "The Other Side of Midnight"'

Answer: Sidney Sheldon


Question: 'The Old Tom type of this liquor is perfect for making a Tom Collins'

Answer: gin


Question: 'This glamorous star born in Hungary played the owner of a strip joint in Orson Welles' "Touch of Evil"'

Answer: Zsa Zsa Gabor


Question: 'In this "effect" first described in 1842, the pitch of a train whistle seems to change as it moves'

Answer: the Doppler effect


Question: 'It opened in Madrid as the Royal Museum of Painting in 1819'

Answer: the Prado


Question: 'His 1981 novel "Midnight's Children" wasn't quite as controversial as "The Satanic Verses"'

Answer: Salman Rushdie


Question: 'It's the term for pouring a wine from its bottle into a container such as a carafe'

Answer: decant


Question: 'Rita Moreno is featured as silent screen siren Zelda Zanders in this Gene Kelly musical'

Answer: Singin\' in the Rain


Question: 'His experiments with light, including those with prisms, were published in his 1704 book "Opticks"'

Answer: Isaac Newton


Question: 'This playwright's home in Taganrog, Russia is now preserved as a museum'

Answer: Chekhov


Question: 'The 3 popes who reigned in 1978'

Answer: Pope John Paul II, Pope John Paul I, Pope Paul VI


Question: '"Heaven and Hell" was the last novel in his "North and South" trilogy'

Answer: John Jakes


Question: 'The Rothschild family bought Chateau Mouton in 1853 & this 700-year-old estate in 1868'

Answer: (Château) Lafite


Question: 'Jean Stapleton played a secretary in this 1971 crime drama that won Jane Fonda her first Oscar'

Answer: Klute


Question: 'The Crookes tube, used to study these rays, led to the creation of the TV picture tube'

Answer: cathode rays


Question: 'Centre Guillaume-le-Conquerant in Normandy, France contains this celebrated work stitched in the 11th century'

Answer: the Bayeux Tapestry


Question: 'Traced to Argentina in 1960, this Nazi official was transported to Israel, tried, and executed'

Answer: Adolf Eichmann


Question: 'A writer named Nathan Zuckerman is featured in several books by this author'

Answer: Philip Roth


Question: 'The Demerara type of this spirit is highly flavored & therefore valued for blending'

Answer: rum


Question: 'On Dec. 19, 1894 2 books were formally ordained as the impersonal pastor of this denomination'

Answer: Christian Scientist


Question: 'The waiting room of NYC's old Penn Station was inspired by the Baths of Caracalla built in the 3rd century in this city'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'Neros,<br />Empress Court'

Answer: Caesars Palace


Question: 'The name of this enclosure for growing things out of season tells you it's kept warm'

Answer: a hothouse


Question: 'The island seen in the credits of "Gilligan's Island" is in Kaneohe Bay near this most populous Hawaiian island'

Answer: Oahu


Question: 'A frieze that once adorned the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus shows Greeks battling these warrior women'

Answer: the Amazons


Question: 'In 2009 the President spoke of "a new beginning" with this nearby island nation'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'In the late 1700s this American statesman brought the shoe-shaped slipper bathtub back from France'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: 'Eiffel Tower Restaurant,<br />Le Provencal'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'John Zenor was a longtime keeper of one of these towers at Yaquina Head on the Oregon Coast'

Answer: a lighthouse


Question: 'This tour boat was named for the chairman of the FCC who called television "a vast wasteland"'

Answer: the Minnow


Question: 'Asked why his frieze showed 14 of these followers of Jesus, sculptor Jorge Oteiza said, "There was no room for more"'

Answer: the disciples (or apostles)


Question: 'On July 11, 1995 President Clinton announced normalization of relations with this Southeast Asian country'

Answer: Vietnam


Question: 'In Istanbul you can visit a hammam, this kind of place, where Franz Liszt & Tony Curtis also got clean'

Answer: a Turkish bath


Question: 'Canaletto,<br />Valentino'

Answer: the Venetian


Question: 'In "Sing a Song of Sixpence", it's where "the king was"'

Answer: the counting house


Question: 'For the second season, the theme song was changed to include "The Professor and" this Kansas girl'

Answer: Mary Ann


Question: 'A temple frieze at Kailasanatha depicts a battle from "The Mahabharata", an ancient epic from this country'

Answer: India


Question: 'A brief thaw in the icy chill of Soviet repression is named for this Russian leader who took power in 1953'

Answer: Nikita Khrushchev


Question: 'Sodium sesquicarbonate is one chemical sold as the soothing additions called "bath" these compounds'

Answer: salts


Question: 'The Steakhouse at Camelot,<br />Round Table Buffet'

Answer: Excalibur


Question: 'Cha-mise is a Japanese word for this type of place, seen here'

Answer: a teahouse


Question: 'In the episode "Gilligan Meets Jungle Boy", the Jungle Boy was this future "Escape from New York" star'

Answer: (Kurt) Russell


Question: 'Because it depicts the official counting of Roman citizens, an ancient relief is known as this frieze'

Answer: a census


Question: 'In 2006 Iraq agreed to restore ties with this northwestern neighbor, an ally of Iran'

Answer: Syria


Question: 'The earliest known surviving bathtub dates back to 1700 B.C. & was used in the Palace of Knossos on this island'

Answer: Crete


Question: 'Roxy's Diner,<br />Top of the World'

Answer: the Stratosphere


Question: 'The New York Times said about Peter Luger, "No other steakhouse serves" one of these "so breathtaking"'

Answer: a porterhouse (steak)


Question: 'This socialite's maiden name was Wentworth'

Answer: Mrs. Howell


Question: 'An RAF veteran poses with a life-size frieze at the London memorial to this pivotal 1940 battle'

Answer: the Battle of Britain


Question: 'This 13-letter word for the reestablishment of good relations is apt when France makes up, as with Rwanda in 2009'

Answer: rapprochement


Question: 'This hymn says, "How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me!"'

Answer: "Amazing Grace"


Question: 'She starred in "Victor/Victoria" on film & on Broadway'

Answer: Julie Andrews


Question: 'As the Moon changes from new to full & more & more of it becomes visible, it's said to be doing this 6-letter action'

Answer: waxing


Question: 'This bog fruit is traditionally used to prevent urinary tract infections'

Answer: cranberries


Question: 'Mathias Day of Ohio went to the Florida coast & got this "Beach" named for him'

Answer: Daytona


Question: 'If you're out of touch with reality, you're said to be "out in" this part of a ballpark past third base'

Answer: left field


Question: 'In "Hamlet", he says, "Good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest"'

Answer: Horatio


Question: 'He portrayed Peter Allen in "The Boy from Oz" between stints as Wolverine in "X-Men"'

Answer: Hugh Jackman


Question: 'On July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong radioed from the Moon, "Houston", this "base here. The Eagle has landed"'

Answer: Tranquility


Question: 'Raw cloves of this may slow the development of heart disease (& ward off vampires)'

Answer: garlic


Question: 'New Zealand's West Coast region features the little blue type of this bird, the smallest of our flippered friends'

Answer: a penguin


Question: 'As animated here, it means to go out & celebrate boisterously'

Answer: paint the town red


Question: 'Ernest Lehman wrote, "The muted sounds of the city and the rich, sweet smell of" this... lulled "my senses"'

Answer: success


Question: 'She split with Dr. Crane on "Cheers" to star in "Chicago" & "Damn Yankees"'

Answer: Bebe Neuwirth


Question: 'On Feb. 1, 1958 the Detroit Free Press said, "U.S. Fires Moon!"; they meant the USA's first of these, Explorer 1'

Answer: a satellite


Question: 'A 1982 study showed that this spice, Zingiber officinale, controlled nausea better than Dramamine'

Answer: ginger


Question: 'Niigata is a leading coastal port on this sea'

Answer: the Sea of Japan


Question: 'To suffer a major defeat or setback is to "meet your" this, like Napoleon'

Answer: Waterloo


Question: 'Milton called this lover of Narcissus "sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen within thy airy shell"'

Answer: Echo


Question: 'Megan Mullally played Victor's high-strung fiancee in this Mel Brooks musical'

Answer: Young Frankenstein


Question: 'When the Moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, it has 3 interior zones--core, mantle & this (just like Earth)'

Answer: crust


Question: 'Hoodia, sold as an appetite suppressant, is used to reduce hunger by the native San of this S. Africa desert'

Answer: the Kalahari


Question: 'If you're on the southern coast of Yemen, you're dipping a toe in this gulf'

Answer: the Gulf of Aden


Question: 'As seen here, it's another way of saying old or aging'

Answer: long in the tooth


Question: 'Keats' "Ode on" this says, "Sylvan historian, who canst thus express a flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme"'

Answer: a Grecian Urn


Question: 'A longtime talk show host & short-time "The View" co-host, she once played Golde in "Fiddler on the Roof"'

Answer: Rosie O\'Donnell


Question: '"I'll be back" to say it's the dividing line between the illuminated & unilluminated parts of the Moon'

Answer: a terminator


Question: 'For centuries, herbalists have used this wort to treat depression'

Answer: St. John\'s wort


Question: 'A 19th c. "Committee of Vigilance" fought the crime that gave part of San Francisco this North Africa-inspired nickname'

Answer: the Barbary Coast


Question: 'To try to ease a difficult situation is "to pour" this "on troubled waters"'

Answer: oil


Question: 'Still in existence, it begin in 1688 in a British coffee shop popular with maritime folk; it soon got involved in their business'

Answer: Lloyd\'s of London


Question: 'In the 1830s this group began its "Great Trek" north from Cape Colony to gain freedom from British rule'

Answer: the Boers