Question: 'In 1881 this railroad line was completed from Kansas City to Deming, New Mexico'

Answer: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe


Question: 'He's "The Big Man" on sax in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band'

Answer: Clarence Clemons


Question: 'Mitch Kapor, founder of this company that gave us 1-2-3 & Notes, previously taught transcendental meditation'

Answer: Lotus


Question: 'One of your faculties, or your good judgment & intelligence'

Answer: sense


Question: 'On March 23, 1775 this orator told the VA. Provincial Convention, "The war is inevitable -- and let it come!"'

Answer: Patrick Henry


Question: '2001 (last line):<br />"Open your eyes"'

Answer: Vanilla Sky


Question: 'This 60-something California tycoon became the first space tourist when he went into orbit on April 28, 2001'

Answer: Dennis Tito


Question: 'Weak buccinator muscles, making the cheeks puff out when you blow, are called this trumpeter's "pouches"'

Answer: Dizzy Gillespie


Question: 'Ed Roberts built the first true personal computer & named it this model 8800, after a star'

Answer: Altair


Question: 'This word that has long meant "to stumble" now also means "to feel or express surprise"'

Answer: trip


Question: 'In 1891 he helped found & became the first chairman of the British Institute of Preventive Medicine'

Answer: Joseph Lister (\"Father of Antiseptic Surgery\")


Question: 'In 1986 the Northern Marianas were declared one of these, like Puerto Rico'

Answer: Commonwealth


Question: 'This Candice Bergen character gave up drinking after a stay at the Betty Ford Clinic'

Answer: Murphy Brown


Question: 'Bridal, dower & hope are types of these'

Answer: Chests


Question: 'In craps, it's a hardway roll of six'

Answer: Double 3\'s


Question: 'This memorial was dedicated at Arlington in 1921; the monument wasn't completed until 1932'

Answer: The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier


Question: 'Hades'

Answer: The Underworld


Question: 'Most of the Palmyra Atoll is privately owned by the Fullard-Leo family of this state 1,000 miles away'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'On this series, Sgt. Phil Esterhaus ended roll call with "And, hey -- let's be careful out there"'

Answer: "Hill Street Blues"


Question: 'It's believed the lectern was invented when these replaced scrolls'

Answer: Books


Question: 'Play Honeymoon In Vegas or anywhere & you're playing a variation of this card game'

Answer: Bridge


Question: 'Peter Paul introduced this candy bar in 1921, for times you don't feel like a nut'

Answer: Mounds


Question: 'It's a strong current below the water's surface, caused by waves breaking on a beach'

Answer: Undertow


Question: 'With no permanent inhabitants, Howland, Baker & Jarvis Islands were once worked for this natural fertilizer'

Answer: Guano


Question: 'The silver for his bullets came from a mine owned by himself & his late brother'

Answer: The Lone Ranger


Question: 'It's the part of a fancy bed on which you may see a finial'

Answer: Bedpost


Question: 'In blackjack you can only make an insurance bet if the dealer's up card is one of these'

Answer: Ace


Question: 'U.S. consumption of these was "puffed up" to 43 billion a year, even though they were illegal in 14 states'

Answer: Cigarettes


Question: 'In "The Caisson Song", it precedes "We have hit the dusty trail"'

Answer: "Over hill, over dale"


Question: 'Lying in the "belt" for these storms in the western Pacific, Guam gets 80" or more of rain each year'

Answer: Typhoons


Question: 'On "Rocky And His Friends", Charlie Ruggles voiced the role of this "fabled" old philosopher'

Answer: Aesop


Question: 'Japanning is a term for applying varnishes to simulate the appearance of this coating'

Answer: Lacquer


Question: 'Jimmy the Greek defined it as a place "where the windows clean you"'

Answer: Racetrack


Question: 'On November 25, 1921, he became prince regent of Japan'

Answer: Hirohito


Question: 'It's said Winston Churchill coined this code name for the D-Day invasion of Europe'

Answer: Operation Overlord


Question: 'The largest private sector employers in American Samoa are 2 canneries that pack this fish'

Answer: Tuna


Question: 'Airline navigator Howard Borden was Dr. Robert Hartley's neighbor on this show'

Answer: "The Bob Newhart Show"


Question: 'It's the French equivalent of a whatnot'

Answer: Etagere


Question: 'In bingo the "B" numbers run 1-15; the "O" numbers run from 61 to this'

Answer: 75


Question: 'In 1921 he reached his peak of stardom with "The Sheik"'

Answer: Rudolph Valentino


Question: 'In 1974 this Canadian quartet reached the top of the American pop charts with "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"'

Answer: Bachman-Turner Overdrive


Question: 'Wilhelm Furtwangler, born in this German capital in 1886, became director of its philharmonic'

Answer: Berlin


Question: '15 indentured servants were aboard this ship when it sailed for the new world, Sept. 16, 1620'

Answer: The Mayflower


Question: 'It's a synonym & an anagram of tap'

Answer: Pat


Question: 'In 1923 Vladimir Nabokov translated "Alice In Wonderland" into this language'

Answer: Russian


Question: 'Plato's "Phaedo" describes this philosopher's execution by hemlock'

Answer: Socrates


Question:
'"Love Affair",
"Heaven Can Wait",
"Dick Tracy"'

Answer: Warren Beatty


Question: 'This Bombay-born maestro is the son of violinist Mehli Mehta'

Answer: Zubin Mehta


Question: 'He was hanged in Charlestown, Virginia about 6 weeks after he led the attack on Harper's Ferry'

Answer: John Brown


Question: 'It can mean one who doesn't speak, or to soften the tone or color'

Answer: Mute


Question: 'Ernest Hemingway's novel "For Whom The Bell Tolls" takes place during this country's Civil War'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'He was seated with a sword dangling above his head at a feast hosted by Dionysius'

Answer: Damocles


Question:
'"Love Affair",
"Casablanca",
"Sabrina"'

Answer: Humphrey Bogart


Question: 'He was conductor of the New York City Symphony before taking over the New York Philharmonic in 1958'

Answer: Leonard Bernstein


Question: 'In 1834 Stephen Austin was held in prison for 8 months in this country'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'Nausea comes from the same root as nautical & originally applied to this syndrome'

Answer: Seasickness


Question: 'First published in 1835, "Berence" has been called "his most horrifying tale"'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe


Question: 'This Greek who taught in Alexandria has been called "The Father of Geometry"'

Answer: Euclid


Question:
'"Love Affair",
"All This And Heaven Too",
"Algiers"'

Answer: Charles Boyer


Question: 'After 1936 Serge Koussevitzky conducted the Berkshire Music Festival at Tanglewood in this state'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'In 1818 this general ordered 2 traders arrested & executed for inciting the Seminole Indians'

Answer: Andrew Jackson


Question: 'This term for a small, upright piano may be derived from the name of an Italian instrument maker'

Answer: Spinet (Giovanni Spinetti)


Question: 'He may have put his rabbit to rest, but in 1996 he published a new family saga, "In The Beauty Of The Lilies"'

Answer: John Updike


Question: 'This actor of the 6th century B.C. is credited with introducing the use of masks on stage'

Answer: Thespis


Question:
'"An Affair To Remember",
"I'm No Angel",
"Charade"'

Answer: Cary Grant


Question: 'Sir Thomas Beecham introduced this impresario's Ballets Russes to London in 1911'

Answer: Sergei Diaghilev


Question: 'This Oglala Sioux chief was fatally stabbed Sept. 5, 1877 at Fort Robinson, Nebraska'

Answer: Crazy Horse


Question: 'Mother-of-pearl is also known by this 5-letter French name'

Answer: Nacre


Question: '"Buddenbrooks" was the first important novel by this 20th century German author'

Answer: Thomas Mann


Question:
'"Sleepless In Seattle",
"A League of Their Own",
"Exit To Eden"'

Answer: Rosie O\' Donnell


Question: 'In 1520 he wrote Pope Leo X, "Let no person imagine that I will recant"'

Answer: Martin Luther


Question: 'This democratic privilege is compulsory for all Brazilians who are literate & between the ages of 18 & 65'

Answer: Voting


Question: 'If you cross your fingers it's okay to walk under one of these'

Answer: Ladder


Question: 'Its name is an acronym for "Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Service"'

Answer: Qantas


Question: 'Zero Mostel became a wild horned beast in this Ionesco play'

Answer: "Rhinoceros"


Question: 'Ben Franklin said, "3 may keep a secret, if 2 of them are" this'

Answer: Dead


Question: '(audio clue)'

Answer: "Joy To The World"


Question: 'It got its name after a Spanish explorer reported being attacked by female warriors there'

Answer: Amazon River


Question: 'This mutant plant is considered lucky because it's said to resemble the Christian cross'

Answer: Four-Leaf Clover


Question: 'Founded in 1919, this Dutch company is the oldest continuously operating airline in the world'

Answer: KLM


Question: 'He's played Mozart & The Elephant Man on Broadway & Luke Skywalker on film'

Answer: Mark Hamill


Question: 'Douglas MacArthur said, "It is fatal to enter any war without the will to" do this'

Answer: Win


Question: '(audio clue)'

Answer: "The First Noel"


Question: 'In 1870 Brazil grew about half the world's supply of this; now it's about 30%'

Answer: Coffee


Question: 'In England it's considered good luck to see one of these somewhat sooty blokes on your wedding day'

Answer: Chimney Sweep


Question: 'It's the aptly named state-owned airline of Greece'

Answer: Olympic


Question: 'Robert Preston & Bernadette Peters starred in this musical as Mack Sennett & Mabel Normand'

Answer: "Mack And Mabel"


Question: 'He wrote in "Candide", "If this the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?"'

Answer: Voltaire


Question: '(audio clue)'

Answer: "O Little Town of Bethlehem"


Question: 'What Brazilians call the "Selva"; conservationists are concerned because it's shrinking'

Answer: The Rain Forest


Question: 'The number of witches in a coven'

Answer: 13


Question: 'It's the only airline that flies directly to the U.S. from Helsinki'

Answer: Finnair


Question: 'Sigourney Weaver made her stage debut at age 6 in this feline role in "Alice In Wonderland"'

Answer: Cheshire Cat


Question: 'Churchill called this country "A riddle wrapped in a mystery  inside an enigma"'

Answer: Soviet Union/Russia


Question: '(audio clue)'

Answer: "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"


Question: '1950's president Juscelino Kubitschek is known as the "Father Of" this city'

Answer: Brasilia


Question: 'In da Vinci's "The Last Supper", Judas has done this which brings bad luck'

Answer: He has spilled the salt


Question: 'It began as Malayan Airways & its "girls" wear Malay sarongs designed by Pierre Balmain'

Answer: Singapore Airlines


Question: 'In 1960 this Irish-Mexican Oscar-winner originated the role of King Henry II in "Becket"'

Answer: Anthony Quinn


Question: 'On May 23, 1775 he said, "Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace"'

Answer: Patrick Henry


Question: '(audio clue)'

Answer: "We Three Kings (of Orient are)"


Question: 'In the opening chapter of this Homerian epic, Athena urges Telemachus to look for his father, Odysseus'

Answer: "The Odyssey"


Question: 'Some say her real name was Angela Duncan & some say it was Dora Angela Duncan'

Answer: Isadora Duncan


Question: 'An amateur golf trophy, 1st awarded in 1958, is named for this president'

Answer: Dwight Eisenhower


Question: 'The feline & the finch'

Answer: The Cat & the Canary


Question: 'Biologists think this degenerative disease of memory loss may be caused by a gene on chromosome 21'

Answer: Alzheimer\'s Disease


Question: 'Bob Eckhardt won 1 of these contests in 1989 with "Whooeee!  Whooo Pig, Whooo Pig, Whooo Pig!  Whoeee Whoeee"'

Answer: Hog-Calling Contest


Question: 'In classical Greek & Roman poetry, this goddess was often described as rosy-fingered'

Answer: Aurora, the goddess of dawn


Question: 'This classiest of tap dancers was born in Omaha, the son of an Austrian beer salesman'

Answer: Fred Astaire


Question: 'Yes, he knew Ann Rutledge, but there's no evidence of a great love affair'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'It completes:  A good servant who comes whenever summoned is "at his master's..."'

Answer: Beck And Call


Question: 'Type of twins that have the same generic makeup'

Answer: Identical Twins


Question: 'In names of nuptial magazines, this word follows Southern, Southern Calif., & Modern'

Answer: Bride


Question: 'His epic poem on the founding of Rome starred Aeneas & Dido as lovers'

Answer: Virgil


Question: 'Appropriately, Anna Pavlova kept these birds in a lake near her London home'

Answer: Swans


Question: 'When his K.C. habadashery failed, he threw his hat into the political ring with help from Tom Pendergast'

Answer: Harry Truman


Question: 'With "and away" it means without a doubt; with "and wide", everywhere'

Answer: Far


Question: 'In-Mut-Too-Yah-Lat-Lat was the Indian name of this Nez Perce chief who would "fight no more forever"'

Answer: Chief Joseph


Question: 'Both Sophocles & Euripides wrote tragedies about this mythological figure noted for her loyalty to her father'

Answer: Electra


Question: 'She was a Rockette at Radio City Music Hall before she kicked up her heels in '54's "White Christmas"'

Answer: Vera-Ellen


Question: 'He spent 5 of his 7 years in the Navy working in submarines under Hyman Rickover'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'Camille Saint-Saens composed an opera set in Gaza about this pair'

Answer: Samson & Delilah


Question: 'When an oncogene is "switched on", this disease results in humans'

Answer: cancer


Question: 'James Paxton designed this London "palace" for the 1st World's Fair in 1851'

Answer: Crystal Palace


Question: 'Commander of Galilee in the Jewish revolt against Rome, he later wrote a history of the revolt'

Answer: Josephus


Question: 'Vanity Fair called "Dancing On My Grave", this ballerina's memoirs, "Tutu Shocking"'

Answer: Gelsey Kirkland


Question: 'The 2 presidents for whom Dolley Madison served as White House hostess or first lady'

Answer: Jefferson & Madison


Question: 'These 1955 & 1957 short stories by J.D. Salinger were published in one book in 1961'

Answer: "Franny" & "Zooey"


Question: 'These human cells have no nucleus & do not contain genetic information'

Answer: Red Blood Cells


Question: 'The word that completes the title of the musical "A Day in Hollywood A Night in the..."'

Answer: Ukraine


Question: 'More Congressional Medal of Honor winners have come from this war than any other'

Answer: the Civil War


Question: 'In "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", he's the designer & master navigator of a submarine'

Answer: Captain Nemo


Question: 'In 1994 Pearl Jam complained to the U.S. Justice Dept. that this company held a monopoly on concert sales'

Answer: Ticketmaster


Question: 'On the way to becoming the name it is today, "Covent Garden" lost this letter'

Answer: N


Question: 'The term "cephalopoda" refers to these 2 body parts'

Answer: the head & the foot


Question: 'It's the only state flag with a picture of a president on it; the same portrait is on the state's seal'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'In names of holidays, this word precedes Saints' Day & Souls' Day'

Answer: All


Question: 'Mia discovers she's not just a goofy teen but also Genovian royalty in this Meg Cabot novel'

Answer: The Princess Diaries


Question: '"Are we not men? We are" this New Wave group that gave us "Whip It"'

Answer: Devo


Question: 'It's the large river that runs through Albuquerque & Brownsville'

Answer: Rio Grande


Question: 'The tentacles of cephalopods bear these, also a name for P.T. Barnum's customers'

Answer: suckers


Question: 'This state's flag includes the motto "Forward" & a shield that might be described as a cheesy shade of yellow'

Answer: Wisconsin


Question: 'The Rhode Island Greening is a tart one of these you can use to make tarts'

Answer: an apple


Question: '(Hi, I'm Neil Patrick Harris.) My first acting break was in elementary school when I played the dog in the musical version of this novel turned 1939 film'

Answer: The Wizard of Oz


Question: '"I Want You To Want" this Robin Zander band that went platinum "at Budokan"'

Answer: Cheap Trick


Question: 'Its chemical symbol is Sn'

Answer: tin (stannous)


Question: 'Sepia is a variety of this 3-letter defensive secretion produced by cephalopods'

Answer: ink


Question: 'Oklahoma's flag features crosses, which are Native American signs for these objects seen on many other flags'

Answer: stars


Question: 'The 2 signs of the zodiac that fit the category'

Answer: Aquarius & Aries


Question: 'In this novel "Pongo and Missus... barked... and... the news of the stolen puppies was travelling across England"'

Answer: The Hundred and One Dalmatians (One Hundred and One Dalmatians accepted)


Question: 'In 1989 Rolling Stone named this "Murmur"-ing quartet America's hippest band'

Answer: R.E.M.


Question: 'This British archaeologist's last dig (the one they put him in) was at Putney Vale Cemetery in 1939, not in Egypt'

Answer: Howard Carter


Question: 'This giant cephalopod has the largest eyes of any creature; they can be as big as a basketball'

Answer: a giant squid


Question: 'A defeated tyrant's fallen crown lies near him on the flag of this Southern state'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'Dappled horse believed to have descended from wild mustangs in Nez Perce territory'

Answer: an appaloosa


Question: 'He says, "The animal within me licking the chops of memory; the spiritual side... promising... penitence"'

Answer: Dr. Jekyll


Question: 'This 1962 Roy Orbison hit is subtitled "How Long Must I Dream"'

Answer: "Dream Baby"


Question: 'The Hanukkah song "Maoz Tzur" shares its English title with this Christian hymn that "clefts for me"'

Answer: "Rock Of Ages"


Question: 'This chambered cephalopod is the only one with an external shell'

Answer: a nautilus


Question: 'The flags of these two Eastern states that border each other both depict the goddess Liberty holding a liberty cap'

Answer: New York & New Jersey


Question: 'Richard the Lion-Heart was duke of this French area that his mother Eleanor had inherited'

Answer: Aquitaine


Question:
'He pitched a career-record 7 no-hitters:
4 in the 1970s,
one in the '80s &
2 in the '90s'

Answer: Nolan Ryan


Question: '"Don't leave home without" this company, "AXP" on the Dow'

Answer: American Express


Question: 'Born Iva Toguri in Los Angeles, she was convicted of broadcasting anti-U.S. radio propaganda from Japan during WWII'

Answer: Tokyo Rose


Question: 'In the first James Bond film, this villain's base of operations was Crab Key'

Answer: Dr. No


Question: 'This former veep returned to politics in 2002 to run for the Senate seat opened by Paul Wellstone's death'

Answer: Walter Mondale


Question: 'If you spend your days making burgers & BLTs at place called Roxie's Diner, this is your profession'

Answer: short-order cook


Question: 'This Yankees manager was hired by the Dodgers in 2007'

Answer: Joe Torre


Question: '"Cover the Earth" has been a trademark of this hyphenated paint company since 1905'

Answer: Sherwin-Williams


Question: 'Evelyn "Billie" Frechette was the moll of this 1930s bank robber & recounted their lives together in a jail confession'

Answer: (John) Dillinger


Question: 'The first base Marlow sees in this tale is Outer Station; an accountant tells him Kurtz is at the Inner Station'

Answer: Heart of Darkness


Question: 'She beat Warren G. Harding (not that one) for Texas treasurer in 1982; later, she would be governor'

Answer: Ann Richards


Question: 'Adjective that's a synonym for "irascible"'

Answer: short-tempered


Question: 'In 2004 this team's Ichiro Suzuki had 262 hits, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old record'

Answer: the Mariners


Question: '"A sandwich is a sandwich, but" this "is a meal"'

Answer: a Manwich


Question: 'She was born October 1, 1910 in Rowena, Texas; her two-year crime spree ended violently in 1934'

Answer: Bonnie Parker


Question: 'This oldest permanent European settlement in America was burned by Drake in 1586'

Answer: St. Augustine


Question: 'Elected to the Senate in 1970, he was No. 2 on the 1988 Democratic ticket'

Answer: Lloyd Bentsen


Question: '3 into 9, for example'

Answer: short division


Question: 'This A.L. team's Jacobs Field has the largest video screen in the major leagues'

Answer: the (Cleveland) Indians


Question: '"Raise your hand if you're" this deodorant'

Answer: Sure


Question: 'She was arrested by the police in 1992 after shooting Joey Buttafuoco's wife'

Answer: Amy Fisher


Question: 'The first base he established on Antarctica was "Little America" on the Bay of Whales'

Answer: (Richard) Byrd


Question: 'The Smothers Bros. got this comedian to run in '68; amazingly he'd finish 2nd in the '96 N.H Dem. primary'

Answer: Pat Paulsen


Question: '"Silent Snow, Secret Snow" by Conrad Aiken is a classic one'

Answer: a short story


Question: 'In the 1980s 2 players stole 100 or more bases in a season 3 times: Vince Coleman & this Oakland A's star'

Answer: Rickey Henderson


Question: 'Once the "world's most experienced airline", it was grounded in 1991'

Answer: Pan Am


Question: 'In January of 1935, federal agents gunned down this famous mother & her son Fred'

Answer: Ma Barker


Question: 'In 2003 Buckley in Colorado was the first Air Force base to fly the U.S. flag raised on this Pacific mountain in 1945'

Answer: Mount Suribachi


Question: 'Now meaning a quick, careless treatment, it was originally a hurry-up penance given to criminals before execution'

Answer: a short shrift


Question: 'The idea for these TV creatures sprang from rabbits in Australia that multiplied at an incredible rate'

Answer: tribbles


Question: 'On Sept. 8, 1974 he was pardoned for any crimes he may have committed while President'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: 'These ovens used to fire pots operate at temperatures up to 2200°F'

Answer: a kiln


Question: 'At his royal wedding, his bride mixed up his 1st & middle names & called him “Prince Charles Arthur George”'

Answer: Prince Charles


Question: 'Mark Twain should have known the name of this fruit may be an alternation of “hurtleberry”'

Answer: huckleberry


Question: 'This “stays mainly in the plain!”'

Answer: the rain in Spain


Question: 'The extended cathedral length of one of these is over 9 feet long & doesn’t include a dining car'

Answer: train


Question: 'He said of his 715th homer, hit April 8, “All I could think about was that I wanted to touch all the bases”'

Answer: Hank Aaron


Question: 'To a potter, throw means to form, say, a vase on one of these'

Answer: a wheel


Question: 'Poet James Riley’s middle name'

Answer: Whitcomb


Question: 'The name of this “tuxedoed” bird may come from the Welsh for “white head”'

Answer: penguin


Question: '“Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry when I take you out in” this'

Answer: the surrey with the fringe on top


Question: 'In a double ring ceremony, she gives the ring to the bride to place on the groom’s finger'

Answer: maid of honor


Question: 'Malcolm Bricklin began producing these in Canada but his company folded a year later'

Answer: the Bricklin automobile


Question: 'The word ceramics comes from “keramos”, the Greek word for this substance'

Answer: clay


Question: 'The middle name of John North, who kept a famous circus going after his uncle died in 1936'

Answer: Ringling


Question: 'Evangelical Protestant sect named for its founder, Menno Simons'

Answer: Mennonite


Question: 'This song from “The Music Man” says, “There were bells on the hill, but I never heard them ringing”'

Answer: "\'Til There Was You"


Question: 'When writing, offer the bride “best wishes” & the groom this'

Answer: congratulations


Question: 'In August a 40-year-old ban on private ownership of this in the U.S. was lifted'

Answer: gold


Question: 'In 1710 the first European hard-paste porcelain factory was set up in this city near Dresden'

Answer: Meissen


Question: 'Middle name of Franklin Adams, the witty columnist known as F.P.A.'

Answer: Pierce


Question: 'Almond paste confection whose name comes from a Medieval Italian coin'

Answer: marzipan


Question: 'They say this lady will “coax the blues right out of the horn” & “charm the husk right off of the corn”'

Answer: Mame


Question: 'Exactly 9 sips of this are the essence of a Shinto wedding ceremony in Japan'

Answer: sake


Question: 'He told the UN General Assembly, “I have come bearing an olive branch & a freedom fighter’s gun”'

Answer: Yassar Arafat


Question: 'The company he founded in Lambeth in 1815 was appointed a supplier to the British court in 1901'

Answer: John Doulton


Question: 'H.L. Hunt’s middle initial stood for this name which may remind you of a military Marquis'

Answer: Lafayette


Question: 'Sorority is derived from the Latin “soror”, which means this'

Answer: sister


Question: 'It begins, “Isn’t it rich?  Are we a pair?  Me here at last on the ground, you in mid-air”'

Answer: "Send In The Clowns"


Question: 'According to tradition, the man who catches the bride’s garter gets to place it on this person’s leg'

Answer: the woman who catches the bouquet


Question: 'Frederick Barbarossa decided to crown his career by leading one of these & died en route'

Answer: a crusade


Question: 'As its name implies, a hydrophone is used to detect sound here'

Answer: in the water


Question: 'This 180 – foot structure 175 miles NW of Rome is tilting an average of .047 inches each year'

Answer: The Leaning Tower of Pisa


Question: 'Nicknamed “Cap the Knife”, he was Reagan’s first Secretary of Defense'

Answer: Caspar Weinberger


Question: 'The name of this spotted horse comes from the Spanish word for “painted”'

Answer: a pinto


Question: 'Joseph Wambaugh said that this book was “for Dee and of course for all the centurions”'

Answer: The New Centurions


Question: 'The Frankish kings divided their lands into these units, each headed by a count'

Answer: counties


Question: 'Displayed on many products, the symbol seen here means this'

Answer: recyclable


Question: 'The 200-year-old Brandenburg Gate colonnade has been called this city’s arch of triumph'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'This current sec’y & his wife wrote a book about 8 speakers of the house & their impact on U.S. history'

Answer: Dick Cheney


Question: 'Some breeders use this term to describe any white horse, whether lacking pigment or not'

Answer: an albino


Question: 'His novel “Burr” is dedicated to his nephews Ivan, Hugh, and Burr'

Answer: Gore Vidal


Question: '9th Century Viking invaders set up the Danelaw, an area in this country in which Danish law was supreme'

Answer: England


Question: 'The fluid flywheel is a torque converting device in this part of a truck'

Answer: transmission


Question: 'A monument was erected at the Lenin shipyards in this Polish city honoring workers who died during a 1970 uprising'

Answer: Gdansk


Question: 'As Secretary of Defense, he made visits to South Vietnam in 1962, 1964 & 1966'

Answer: Robert McNamara


Question: 'Based on the width of a man’s palm, this unit is used to measure a horse’s height'

Answer: a hand


Question: '“The Exorcist” is dedicated to his brothers and sister “and in loving memory of” his parents'

Answer: William Peter Blatty


Question: 'Al-Khwarizmi, a Muslim of Baghdad, named this branch of math that combined Greek & Indian ideas'

Answer: algebra


Question: 'The collector on a solar furnace is a parabolic one of these'

Answer: reflector (or mirror)


Question: 'The name of this Hawaiian palace means “heavenly bird”'

Answer: Iolani Palace


Question: 'This President’s Secretaries of Defense were James Schlesinger followed by Donald Rumsfeld'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'He dedicated “The Betsy” “to my wife, Grace for whom the name – and the word – were created”'

Answer: Robbins


Question: 'As she produced no sons & fooled around, Louis VII dissolved the marriage; she then wed Henry of Anjou'

Answer: Eleanor of Aquitaine


Question: 'In the 1850s he came up with the first cheap, large-scale way of making steel from pig iron'

Answer: Henry Bessemer


Question: 'This Chicago museum of natural history was an outgrowth of the 1893 Columbian Exposition'

Answer: the Field Museum


Question: 'This general was Secretary of State from 1947-49 & Secretary of Defense from 1950-51'

Answer: George C. Marshall


Question: 'The smallest breed of horse, the Falabella, was developed by ranchers in this S. American country'

Answer: Argentina


Question: 'He dedicated “Across The River And Into The Trees” “to Mary with love”'

Answer: Ernest Hemingway


Question: 'The USA’s oldest nationwide voluntary health agency, it was founded in 1904 to combat tuberculosis'

Answer: American Lung Association


Question: 'She, not Adidas, is the Greek equivalent of the Roman Victoria'

Answer: Nike


Question: 'For 5 months in 1998 & '99 Carmen Electra was married to this bad boy of basketball'

Answer: Dennis Rodman


Question: 'Though its name means "black pinot", Pinot noir is a wine of this color'

Answer: red


Question: 'The sordid life of Queen Victoria's grandson the Duke of Clarence led some to believe he was this 1880s killer'

Answer: Jack the Ripper


Question: 'Gonna hang out with my friend Tinky Winky & the rest of this TV title group'

Answer: Teletubbies


Question: 'He was nominated for an Oscar in Directing for 1972 & won for 1974'

Answer: Francis Ford Coppola


Question: 'Inazuma, the Shinto goddess of lightning, might like to date Ah Peku, the Mayan god of this'

Answer: thunder


Question: 'Of the 30-year age gap between Frank Sinatra & this wife, Dean Martin quipped, "I've got scotch" that's older than her'

Answer: Mia Farrow


Question: 'Devotees call this wine Zin for short'

Answer: Zinfandel


Question: 'Known as "Il Duce", as a boy he was expelled from school for stabbing another student'

Answer: Mussolini


Question: 'Gonna sit right down & read all 1,408 pages of this 19th century novel featuring Maria Ignatyevna Peronsky'

Answer: War and Peace


Question: 'In Warsaw, you can find a prominent statue of this 16th century astronomer'

Answer: Copernicus


Question: 'A son of Uranus, this Greek god was the personification of the water that surrounded the world'

Answer: Oceanus


Question: 'Her father Peter gave her away when she married composer Danny Elfman in 2003'

Answer: Bridget Fonda


Question: 'This country's wine regions include the Barossa Valley & the Adelaide Hills'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'In 1525 this man ordered Cuauhtemoc, the last emperor of the Aztecs, to be hanged'

Answer: Cortez


Question: 'Gonna pop in the video & watch "Piranha II", the first full-length directorial effort by this "Titanic" director'

Answer: James Cameron


Question: 'The legal control of a creative artist's original work'

Answer: copyright


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew at Volcanoes National Park in Hawaii)  This goddess, the woman who devours the land, is said to reside here in a crater on the Big Island'

Answer: Pele


Question: 'Eddie Fisher married Elizabeth Taylor shortly after divorcing this woman'

Answer: Debbie Reynolds


Question: 'In 1973, after a 50-year battle with the French government, this baron got his Mouton graded first growth'

Answer: Rothschild


Question: 'He was the queen's confessor before he became Spain's notoriously cruel first grand inquisitor in 1483'

Answer: Torquemada


Question: 'Gonna check into this satiric journalism website that bills itself as "America's Finest News Source"'

Answer: The Onion


Question: 'It's also known as the pilot snake'

Answer: copperhead


Question: 'This chief defender of Asgard had a big cult following in Uppsala'

Answer: Thor


Question: 'Her 42-year marriage to Garson Kanin ended with her death in 1985 at age 88'

Answer: Ruth Gordon


Question: '"Quack" open a bottle of this sweet, sparkling wine meant for people who were raised on soda pop'

Answer: Cold Duck


Question: 'The 1977 execution of this murderer by firing squad was the first U.S. use of capital punishment in 10 years'

Answer: Gary Gilmore


Question: 'Gonna practice up on my Italian zampogna, my French cornemuse & my Northumbrian smallpipes, all types of this'

Answer: bagpipes


Question: 'The dried flesh of a coconut from which the oil is obtained'

Answer: copra


Question: 'Scientists have identified over 4,000 species of these "3-lobed" sea creatures that lived during the Paleozoic era'

Answer: trilobites


Question: 'He's the champion seen here in a memorable moment in September of 2003'

Answer: Andy Roddick


Question: 'Emma Livry, who triumphed as this creature in "Le Papillon", died after her dress caught fire'

Answer: a butterfly


Question: 'Unlike many plants, these, which include the barrel & snowball types, prefer to get completely dry'

Answer: cacti


Question: 'Raymond Chandler's middle name; it was playwright Wilder's first'

Answer: Thornton


Question: 'A plan or diagram used for making a dress'

Answer: pattern


Question: 'Scientists say that North America had 4 of these: Nebraskan, Kansan, Illinoian & Wisconsin'

Answer: ice ages


Question: 'These USTA rankings cover players from 12 to 18, in singles & doubles'

Answer: juniors


Question: 'His leaps earned comparisons with Nijinsky when he joined the Kirov Ballet in 1958'

Answer: Nureyev


Question: 'Roots sticking through drainage holes in containers are a sign that it's time to do this'

Answer: re-pot


Question: '"Ship of Fools" author Katherine Porter may have had as many as 5 middle names, but she used only this one'

Answer: Anne


Question: 'Audis, Buicks & Chryslers, for example'

Answer: cars


Question: 'The Stone Age lasted until this metal replaced stone as the primary tool-making material'

Answer: bronze


Question: 'This picture of '20s & '30s champ Helen Wills shows why this married name she later added was appropriate'

Answer: Moody


Question: 'This Italian-named brand got a boost in 1910 when Pavlova bought shoes for her whole company'

Answer: Capezio


Question: 'If other plants are too exciting for you, try lithops, or living "this", seen here'

Answer: stones


Question: 'His middle names were Ronald Reuel'

Answer: J.R.R. Tolkien


Question: 'A built-in bed, as on a ship or train'

Answer: berth


Question: 'In 1868 Louis Lartet dug up the first skeletons of this prehistoric man in a cave in Les Eyzies in southwest France'

Answer: Cro-Magnon


Question: 'The USTA's 2 pro tournaments for men in 2003 were the U.S. Open & the championships of this earthy surface'

Answer: clay


Question: 'In Scene 1 of this 1942 ballet, several men have to dance around so as to look like they're on horseback'

Answer: Rodeo


Question: 'Though its name means "lover of trees", it's very popular indoors as a houseplant'

Answer: philodendron


Question: 'It was the middle name of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet William Williams'

Answer: Carlos


Question: 'At a certain school "rally", you'd sing this kind of song or melody'

Answer: pep tune


Question: 'The name of this earliest human species is Latin for "skillful human being"'

Answer: Homo habilis


Question: 'In 1977 this Argentinian, seen here, won the last U.S. Open played at Forest Hills'

Answer: Guillermo Vilas


Question: 'This company's first season opened in 1948 with 3 Balanchine ballets'

Answer: the New York City Ballet


Question: 'Like Spanish moss & pineapple, Earth Star & air plant are in this family of attractive tropical plants'

Answer: bromeliads


Question: 'It's no big mystery that her middle initial "L." stood for Leigh'

Answer: Dorothy Sayers


Question: 'Thin-sliced salted Italian ham'

Answer: prosciutto


Question: 'In 2003 a famous marker on the steps of this city's capitol got an altitude adjustment, being lowered by 3 feet'

Answer: Denver, Colorado


Question: 'People of this nation AKA Nippon wrote with a brush, so painting became the preferred form of artistic expression'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'In 1869 this state's Rutgers beat Princeton in the first college game'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: '2008 brought a season of "intolerably high, architectonic", even "misogynistic" these'

Answer: heels on women\'s shoes


Question: 'The Cleveland Peninsula is about 40 miles northwest of Ketchikan in this state'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'Now Madam Speaker, she has represented California in Congress since 1987'

Answer: Nancy Pelosi


Question: '"Barking up" this originated with hunting; a dog would sometimes make a mistake locating its prey'

Answer: the wrong tree


Question: 'This Spaniard's contributions include pioneering Cubism & making collage an art technique'

Answer: Picasso


Question: '2007 Cotton Bowl champion Auburn is located in this state'

Answer: Alabama


Question: 'An nytimes.com slide show has colorful remakes of the "classic voluminous" this coat of spies & reporters'

Answer: a trenchcoat


Question: 'This country is a broad peninsula on the west coast of the island of Great Britain'

Answer: Wales


Question: 'This ex-Speaker of the House left Congress in 2007'

Answer: (Denny) Hastert


Question:
'Said too much?
Revealed a secret that you didn't mean to?
You've had a "slip of" this'

Answer: the tongue


Question: 'Bernini's work for St. Peter's exemplifies this style of sculpture that dominated from 1600 to 1750'

Answer: baroque


Question: 'The Mountaineers of this state had a fiesta at Oklahoma's expense in 2008'

Answer: West Virginia


Question: 'This French-named line of polo shirts is not just for tennis but "Palm Beach retirees, preppy college students"'

Answer: Lacoste


Question: 'This country's Chukchi Peninsula is the easternmost mainland part of Asia'

Answer: Russia


Question:
'As of 2008, the Daniels--
Inouye & Akaka--
have served a combined 63 years in the Senate for this state'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'An auto mechanic is popularly referred to as this kind of primate'

Answer: a grease monkey


Question: 'Seen here, "The Dance", by this "wild man" of art, was painted during his Fauvist period'

Answer: Henri Matisse


Question: 'The 2008 BCS Championship Game was a big & easy win for the State University of this state'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'Nytimes.com reported on the "terrifying schmaltz" of the Gucci show at this Italian city's fashion week'

Answer: Milan


Question: 'The town of Tarifa, on the southernmost point of this peninsula, dips into the Strait of Gibraltar'

Answer: the Iberian Peninsula


Question: 'Chip Pickering, Gene Taylor & Trent Lott have repped this state in the 110th Congress'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'To be rowdy or make trouble is to do this, referring to Abel's brother'

Answer: raising Cain


Question: 'Though his eyesight began to fail, he continued painting water lilies at his Giverny home'

Answer: Monet


Question: 'In 2006-07, the only undefeated team in Division 1-A was from this capital city, the "Crossroads of the Oregon Trail"'

Answer: Boise


Question: 'The nytimes.com "On the Runway" blog says of this house's 2008 collection,<br />"YSL: The Chic Is Real"'

Answer: Yves Saint Laurent


Question: 'In 1825 a flood created Limfjord Sound, separating the northern tip of this Danish peninsula from the mainland'

Answer: Jutland


Question: 'The 2 senators in the 110th Congress whose affiliation is Independent are Vermont's Bernie Sanders & him'

Answer: Joe Lieberman


Question: 'It describes a small, out-of-the-way place, or an aperture in Hadrian's famous structure'

Answer: a hole in the wall


Question:
'(Dr. Drew Pinsky reports.)
Drinking sodas may decrease the density of these, as calcium is drawn from them to balance the overall ratio with phosphorus'

Answer: bones


Question: 'Even George Clooney looks goofy in 1920s football gear in this sports movie'

Answer: Leatherheads


Question: 'A village milkmaid is the heroine of this 1881 operetta "Patience" by this duo'

Answer: Gilbert & Sullivan


Question: 'These 2 surveyors were escorted by Iroquois when they drew their "line"'

Answer: Mason & Dixon


Question: 'Hamlet'

Answer: Queen Gertrude


Question: 'From the Greek for "without a name", it's one way to make a charitable contribution'

Answer: anonymously


Question: '(Dr. Drew Pinsky reports.) If you're stressed out at school, try this, from the Latin for "keep busy"--your body and mind will thank you for it'

Answer: exercise


Question: 'Kevin Spacey teaches 6 of his M.I.T. students to count cards in this 2008 film'

Answer: 21


Question: 'The letter "F", seen here stands for forte, meaning "to play loudly", but double "F" stands for this, meaning "very loudly"'

Answer: fortissimo


Question: 'The 4-letter name of this state comes from an Iroquois word for "Great River"'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'King Solomon'

Answer: Bathsheba


Question: 'An institution for the care of the mentally ill, it's from the Greek for "sanctuary"'

Answer: asylum


Question: '(Dr. Drew Pinsky reports.) People 18 to 25 are vulnerable to mental  illnesses like this, a term used in place of "manic depression" to describe those whose moods cycle between extremes'

Answer: bipolar disorder


Question: 'The attempted assassination of the president is seen from 8 different perspectives in this 2008 film'

Answer: Vantage Point


Question: 'This large woodwind can play very low notes, & its name comes from the Italian for "very low"'

Answer: the bassoon


Question: 'The Iroquois Nationals are a member nation in the International Federation for this sport'

Answer: lacrosse


Question: 'Invention (proverbially)'

Answer: necessity


Question: 'It's the optical instrument whose name is from the Greek for "small view"'

Answer: the microscope


Question: '(Dr. Drew Pinsky reports.) That couple snuggling in your anthro class may be marking their turf; these displays known by a 3-letter abbreviation can be a way of showing ownership'

Answer: PDAs (public displays of affection)


Question: 'Martin Lawrence took this actress on a "College Road Trip"'

Answer: Raven


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the music studio.) On sheet music,  dots above or below the notes indicate that the note should be played like this, separate and quickly, Italian for "detached"'

Answer: staccato


Question: 'One of the  5 tribes in the Iroquois confederacy, it shares its name with a Roman statesman'

Answer: Seneca


Question: 'Hera<br />(anagram time)'

Answer: Rhea


Question: 'From the Greek for "acid former", this gas is the most abundant element in the earth's crust'

Answer: oxygen


Question: '(Dr. Drew Pinsky reports.) If short winter days make your roommate sleep longer & eat all your potato chips, he may have SAD, short for this, and need light therapy'

Answer: seasonal affective disorder


Question: 'Martin Scorcese decided to "Shine a Light" on this legendary rock group'

Answer: The Rolling Stones


Question: 'This composer's works include a somber "Funeral Ode in Memory of Lenin" & a scintillating "Sabre Dance"'

Answer: Aram Khachaturian


Question: 'In 1710 this British queen met Iroquois chiefs who had been brought to London'

Answer: Queen Anne


Question: 'Caesarion'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'From the Greek for "split mind", this mental illness often interferes with a person's ability to manage emotions'

Answer: schizophrenia


Question: 'A Northerner whose sympathies exiled him to the Confederacy, Bermuda & Canada inspired this 1863 tale'

Answer: The Man Without A Country


Question: 'The shape of Illinois's 4th Congressional district is an example of this practice, named for a 19th century politician'

Answer: Gerrymander


Question: 'Captain Kangaroo's crew included this right-hand man, played by Hugh Brannum'

Answer: Mr. Green Jeans


Question: 'Though he claimed to have been born in the U.S., Houdini was really born in 1874 in this newly created capital of Austria-Hungary'

Answer: Budapest


Question: 'This has been the national anthem of the U.K. since 1952; one word in its title changes from time to time'

Answer: "God Save The Queen"


Question: 'In December 2010 the "In Transit" blog reported that his boyhood home in Hope, Ark. was named a national historic site'

Answer: Bill Clinton


Question: 'Old Testament book'

Answer: Daniel


Question: 'In 2004 the mayor of New Paltz, New York made news when he started performing these ceremonies'

Answer: gay weddings


Question: 'On Jan. 18, 2011, after 28 years on the morning shift, this morning co-host announced he was retiring'

Answer: Regis Philbin


Question: 'Harry Houdini died on this day in 1926--spooky!'

Answer: Halloween


Question: 'Montague Druitt, a barrister with an interest in surgery, has been suspected of 19th c. crimes committed under this name'

Answer: Jack the Ripper


Question: 'Looking for a hotel in this city?  Times picks included Les Ottomans & Four Seasons the Bosphorus'

Answer: Istanbul


Question: 'Not local, like an E.T.'

Answer: alien


Question: 'In 2008 its city council asked governor Jennifer Granholm to remove Kwame Kilpatrick as its mayor'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'Now that's stamina!  Since 1970, this soap opera character played by Susan Lucci has been married 12 times'

Answer: Erica Kane


Question: 'Houdini died from a burst one of these, not as the result of an escape gone bad'

Answer: an appendix


Question: 'This big-time boxing promoter was cleared of a 1954 murder charge when a judge found it to be justifiable homicide'

Answer: Don King


Question: 'A "Weekend in New York" piece talks about visiting some permanent New Yorkers at these peaceful places, like Woodlawn'

Answer: cemeteries


Question: '"For want of" this, "the shoe was lost"'

Answer: a nail


Question: 'In 2011 this congresswoman from Minnesota's 6th district gave a State of the Union rebuttal on behalf of the Tea Party'

Answer: Michelle Bachmann


Question: 'Barbara Walters started as a writer on this NBC morning show in 1961 & eventually became its first female co-host'

Answer: The Today Show


Question: 'Every year on the anniversary of Houdini's death, believers & the curious hold these--so far, he hasn't shown'

Answer: seances


Question: 'His first Klondike stories, collected in 1900's "The Son of the Wolf", made this man a bestselling author'

Answer: Jack London


Question: 'At nytimes.com access articles on over 1,000 destinations--for this country "36 hours in Kuala Lumpur" came up'

Answer: Malaysia


Question: 'Top fermented brew'

Answer: ale


Question: 'When JFK gave up his House seat to run for Senate in 1952, this man who said, "All politics is local" won it & kept it until 1987'

Answer: Tip O\'Neill


Question: 'Ruta Lee & Elaine Stewart rolled the giant dice on this game show; whatever happened to that debonair fellow?'

Answer: High Rollers


Question: 'An early "ghostbuster", Houdini fell out with this detective novelist, a former friend & advocate of spiritualism'

Answer: Arthur Conan Doyle


Question: 'In 1717 Blackbeard used the ship called this queen's Revenge to terrorize the Carolina & Virginia coasts'

Answer: Queen Anne


Question: 'Among the "41 places to go in 2011" is this town near Vancouver: "The Olympians are gone.  Now it's your turn"'

Answer: Whistler


Question: 'The actor playing the principal role in a production'

Answer: a lead


Question: 'Martin Frobisher was one of the first Englishmen to look for this supposed route that led from Europe to Asia'

Answer: the Northwest Passage


Question: 'Steve Perry'

Answer: Journey


Question: 'Salman Rushdie won the Whitbread Prize for this controversial novel'

Answer: The Satanic Verses


Question:
'Front derailleur,
chain guide,
sprocket cluster cassette'

Answer: a bicycle


Question: 'Despite its northern latitude, Great Britain boasts a mild climate due to this warm ocean current'

Answer: the Gulf Stream


Question: 'Levirate is the practice of a man marrying the widow of this person; Henry VIII did it'

Answer: his brother


Question: 'This Norwegian's autobiography, "My Life as an Explorer", was published in 1927, a year before he was lost in the Arctic'

Answer: (Roald) Amundsen


Question: 'Chris Martin'

Answer: Coldplay


Question: 'Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale is Hester Prynne's baby daddy in this classic'

Answer: The Scarlet Letter


Question:
'Ribbon,
paper bail,
carriage return,
space bar'

Answer: a typewriter


Question: 'Bring a jacket--this highest continent is also the windiest'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'A congenital mark on the skin may be called a nevus as well as this animal term'

Answer: a mole


Question: 'Early explorers in Narragansett Bay named one of the islands this, after a Greek island'

Answer: Rhode Island


Question: 'Simon Le Bon'

Answer: Duran Duran


Question: 'Gene & Phineas become BFFs at boarding school in this classic by John Knowles'

Answer: A Separate Peace


Question:
'Gate arm lamp,
highway crossing bell,
crossbuck sign'

Answer: a railroad crossing


Question: 'An area of high pressure, often with good weather below, has this topographical name'

Answer: a ridge


Question: 'A holm is this geographic feature; if you know the layout of Stockholm, it makes sense'

Answer: an island


Question: 'His ship the Half Moon reached the coast of Nova Scotia in 1609 & headed south as far as Chesapeake Bay'

Answer: Hudson


Question: 'Liam Gallagher'

Answer: Oasis


Question: 'In a children's classic, Mary Lennox learns that Mr. Craven had this title place "shut when his wife died so sudden"'

Answer: The Secret Garden


Question:
'Exposure counter,
pentaprism,
take-up spool'

Answer: a camera


Question: 'These sultry days of July & August take their name from their association with the rising of the star Sirius'

Answer: the dog days (of summer)


Question: 'An amtrac isn't a train, but a troop-landing vehicle that combines these 2 words'

Answer: amphibious & tractor


Question: 'Vitus Bering made the European discovery of St. Lawrence Island & these islands, one "Big" & one "Little"'

Answer: Diomede


Question: 'Nicole Scherzinger'

Answer: The Pussycat Dolls


Question: 'An elderly devil instructs his young charge Wormwood in the art of temptation in this satire by C.S. Lewis'

Answer: The Screwtape Letters


Question:
'Blow pipe,
chanter,
drone'

Answer: bagpipes


Question: 'Ultraviolet radiation is mainly absorbed by the ozone layer in this larger layer of the Earth's atmosphere'

Answer: the stratosphere


Question: 'Dropping the "im", conception with the taint of original sin must be this, from the Latin for "stain"'

Answer: maculate


Question: 'A judge's directed verdict of guilty for her action in Rochester in 1872 was written before her trial began'

Answer: Susan B. Anthony


Question: 'Shrinking or not, this flower symbolizes modesty'

Answer: Violet


Question: 'Francisco Pizarro was with him when he claimed the Pacific Ocean for Spain September 29, 1513'

Answer: Vasco de Balboa


Question: 'His song "Starting Over" became a transatlantic hit just after his December 1980 murder'

Answer: John Lennon


Question: 'In 1953 this broadcasting medium was inaugurated in Japan by Nippon Hoso Kyokai or NHK'

Answer: Television


Question: '"Currency" used to pay for the delivery of "letters" in the kids' game of Post Office'

Answer: Kisses


Question: 'Proverbially speaking, they "flock together"'

Answer: Birds of a feather


Question: 'A white one of these says "silence"; a red one says "I love you"'

Answer: Rose


Question: 'In 1962 this future Apollo 11 commander was chosen by NASA as the first civilian astronaut'

Answer: Neil Armstrong


Question: 'Before reaching stardom with "You Give Good Love", she had a short career as a model'

Answer: Whitney Houston


Question: 'This equivalent of Mr. or Ms. is commonly added to a name as a sign of respect'

Answer: -san


Question: 'In 1971 Volvo introduced a warning light to remind you to do this'

Answer: Fasten your seat belt


Question: 'To prevent trouble, it's best if you "let" these "dogs lie"'

Answer: Sleeping dogs


Question: 'Since oleander means this, you can post a warning sign, "Oleander Of The Dog"'

Answer: Beware


Question: 'In addition to claiming Virginia for England in 1584, he led 2 expeditions to the Orinoco River'

Answer: Sir Walter Raleigh


Question: 'Exposure on "Family Ties" in 1985 repopularized "At This Moment" by Billy Vera & this group'

Answer: The Beaters


Question: 'This ceremony is called chado, chanoyu or sado in Japanese'

Answer: Tea ceremony


Question: 'Spelling of the kitchen tool whose phonetic spelling is "SPACH-oo-luh"'

Answer: S-P-A-T-U-L-A


Question: 'To ward off hunger is to keep this animal "from the door"'

Answer: Wolf


Question: 'Used in chains, these field flowers mean "I will think of it"; give me your question, do'

Answer: Daisies


Question: 'This conqueror of Mount Everest was in the first group to climb the southern face of New Zealand's Mount Cook'

Answer: Sir Edmund Hillary


Question: 'In the 1980s this pair heard here surpassed the Everly Brothers as the rock era's top charting duo: [audio clue: "You're out of touch..."]'

Answer: Hall & Oates


Question: 'Japan's first railway line ran for 18 miles from Tokyo to this city, Japan's largest port'

Answer: Yokohama


Question: 'Category on this board that's a synonym for gallimaufry'

Answer: Hodgepodge


Question: 'This feline expression means to look guilty but smug'

Answer: "Looking like the cat who ate the canary"


Question: 'Both naturally & mythically, this flower symbolizes egotism or self-love'

Answer: Narcissus


Question: 'In 1605 this Frenchman wrote a detailed account of the Cape Cod area'

Answer: Samuel de Champlain


Question: '1 of 3 duet partners with whom Kenny Rogers reached the Top 10 on the pop charts in the '80s'

Answer: Kim Carnes, Sheena Easton or Dolly Parton


Question: 'In the Kyoto area one of these floor mats generally measures 6.3 by 3.1 feet'

Answer: Tatami mats


Question: 'A number with factors of only 1 & itself; a 1742 theory says all even numbers over 2 are the sum of 2 of them'

Answer: Prime numbers


Question: 'This 2-word rhyming phrase is used to describe a highly skilled or clever lawyer'

Answer: Legal eagle


Question: 'Charles Dickens ended this story with the line "God bless us, every one!"'

Answer: A Christmas Carol


Question: 'In 1950 a live version of this symbol for forest fire prevention was found'

Answer: Smokey the Bear


Question: 'Grand Island in this Cornhusker State is home to an annual event called Husker Harvest Days'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'An advertiser who buys time on a TV show, sometimes the whole program'

Answer: Sponsor


Question: 'This central part of the Earth is larger than the planet Mars'

Answer: Core


Question: 'In this "M*A*S*H" star's 1986 film "Sweet Liberty", he plays a professor whose historical novel is filmed'

Answer: Alan Alda


Question: '"The Last Temptation Of Christ" has this many chapters, the traditional number of years of Jesus' life'

Answer: 33


Question: 'Completes the 1952 presidential campaign slogan of a Walt Kelly comic strip star "I Go..."'

Answer: Pogo


Question: 'The large star in the center of its state seal is adorned with symbols of the 5 Civilized Tribes'

Answer: Oklahoma


Question: 'Effective Jan. 2, 1971 ads for these were banned from U.S. TV'

Answer: Cigarettes


Question: 'The epicenter is the point on the Earth's surface directly above where one of these occurs'

Answer: Earthquake


Question: 'This Carrie Fisher book about movie actresses was made into a movie in 1990'

Answer: Postcards From The Edge


Question: 'In "The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow", Abraham Van Brunt, a rival of Ichabod Crane, is better known by this name'

Answer: Brom Bones


Question: 'On Sept. 23, 1952 Richard Nixon admitted his family had received this one gift from his life in politics'

Answer: Checkers the dog


Question: 'The Virginia Film Festival unspools at the University of Virginia in this city'

Answer: Charlottesville


Question: 'Ranking below anthracite, it's the most common type of coal'

Answer: Bituminous


Question: 'In this 1992 Robert Altman film, Tim Robbins gets angry messages from a screenwriter he's snubbed'

Answer: The Player


Question: 'To research this novel, Irving Stone stayed in Van Gogh's asylum cell'

Answer: Lust For Life


Question: 'In November 1959 Ford announced it was ending production of this car that caused a $250 million loss'

Answer: Edsel


Question: 'From late Oct.-Dec. thousands of bald eagles gather at the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve in this state'

Answer: Alaska


Question: '10-letter term for the person who prepares the text of an ad'

Answer: copywriter


Question: 'In 1990 scientists discovered hydrothermal vents on the floor of this Russian lake'

Answer: Lake Baikal


Question: 'Spalding Gray relates his experiences making this 1984 film in 1987's "Swimming To Cambodia"'

Answer: The Killing Fields


Question: 'Paul Riesling, this Sinclair Lewis realtor's one true friend, shoots his wife & is sent to prison'

Answer: George Babbitt


Question: '5 days before the statute of limitations ran out, the FBI solved this Jan. 17, 1950 robbery'

Answer: Brinks Robbery


Question: 'This Hawaiian island near Molokai was once called the world's largest pineapple plantation'

Answer: Lanai


Question: 'This type of advertising that works below one's level of awareness was much discussed in the 1970s'

Answer: Subliminal advertising


Question: 'The broad, craterlike basin of a volcano is referred to by this Spanish term'

Answer: Caldera


Question: 'This French director played a director in his 1973 film "Day For Night"'

Answer: Francois Truffaut


Question: 'This European city is alphabetically last among the world's national capitals'

Answer: Zagreb, Croatia


Question: 'He says, "Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft" while holding Yorick's skull'

Answer: Hamlet


Question: 'Wipe this Bell invention with a paper towel soaked in alcohol, perhaps while you're on hold'

Answer: Telephone


Question: 'A newcomer to this U.S. state is known to locals as a malihini'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'Before being on "Sale of the Century", Summer Bartholomew preceded Vanna White on this game'

Answer: Wheel of Fortune


Question: 'Animal seen here with a bird on its head'

Answer: Hippopotamus


Question: 'Seamstresses use these items to protect their fingers; others collect them'

Answer: Thimbles


Question: '"Love's Labour's Lost" & "Henry VI, Part III" both mention the kiss of this Biblical traitor'

Answer: Judas Iscariot


Question: 'Warning:<br />don't use an ice pick to defrost this; you might puncture the coils'

Answer: Refrigerator/Freezer


Question: 'Residents of Tbilisi & Batumi or Plains & Macon'

Answer: Georgians


Question: '"The Price Is Right"'s Gena Lee Nolin moved on to lifeguard duty on this syndicated series'

Answer: Baywatch


Question: 'U.S. readers voted National Geographic's story about this man, seen here, their favorite for 1996'

Answer: Genghis Khan


Question: 'Man O' War was one of the greatest ones in history'

Answer: Thoroughbred


Question: 'In this comedy Petruchio says, "Kiss me, Kate, we will be married o' Sunday"'

Answer: Taming of the Shrew


Question: 'To keep this appliance's bag smelling fresh, drop a few cloves in it'

Answer: Vacuum cleaner


Question: 'A native of Flanders, or ice skater Peggy'

Answer: Fleming


Question: 'Show in common to Jenny McCarthy & Carmen Electra'

Answer: Singled Out


Question: 'The Hubble Telescope was used to make the picture of this planet, seen here:'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'Vitamin B1'

Answer: Thiamine


Question: 'He claims that the sleeping Michael Cassio kissed him hard while dreaming of Desdemona'

Answer: Iago


Question: 'The "white" type of this salad dressing ingredient will make your glass shower doors sparkle'

Answer: Vinegar


Question: 'Bigger swingers than most South Americans, the people of this city are Caraquenos'

Answer: Caracas


Question: 'Mark Goodson's daughter Marjorie was a model on the "Classic" version of this game'

Answer: Concentration


Question: 'Natural landmark seen here from the streets of the Spanish town of La Linea'

Answer: Rock of Gibraltar


Question: 'This large shark is named for the way its tail flails in the water'

Answer: Thresher


Question: '"We have kiss'd away kingdoms and provinces" says Scarus in the play about this title couple'

Answer: Antony & Cleopatra


Question: 'This cooking ingredient, AKA sodium bicarbonate, may be used to clean stainless steel sinks'

Answer: Baking soda


Question: 'The people of this British city are called Brummies, from Brummagem, an old slang name for the town'

Answer: Birmingham


Question: 'KC Winkler, Becky Price & Ruta Lee appeared on various versions of this dice game'

Answer: High Rollers


Question: 'For Minnesota State Fair, dairy princesses have their likenesses sculpted in this medium, seen here:'

Answer: Butter


Question: 'From the originator of Greek tragedy, it's a term for an actor or actress'

Answer: Thespian


Question: 'In 1985 Mick Jagger & David Bowie revived this 21-year-old Martha & The Vandellas hit'

Answer: "Dancing In The Street"


Question: 'Kent State & Bowling Green State Universities opened in this state in 1910'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'About 50% of the U.S. orange crop is of this variety that shares its name with a Spanish city'

Answer: Valencia


Question: 'Promoted as the first sugarless gum, its first flavor was called "Original"'

Answer: Trident


Question: 'Born in 1927, he wrote his first Broadway hit, "Come Blow Your Horn", in 1960'

Answer: Neil Simon


Question: 'Red Sanders & Vince Lombardi are both credited with saying this "Isn't everything.  It's the only thing"'

Answer: Winning


Question: 'Songwriter who gave us the classics  "Help Me Rhonda", "Surfer Girl" & "California Girls"'

Answer: Brian Wilson


Question: 'This trade paper of the garment industry began publishing July 13, 1910'

Answer: Women\'s Wear Daily


Question: 'This fruit's origins include Portugal for the Rocha, France for the Anjou & Belgium for the Bosc'

Answer: Pears


Question: 'Hoping to create a "boom", comics were added to this brand of bubble gum in 1953'

Answer: Bazooka


Question: 'From 1972 to 1983, she was Mrs. James Taylor'

Answer: Carly Simon


Question: 'She joked, "I've been asked to say a couple of words about my husband, Fang.  How about 'short' and 'cheap' "'

Answer: Phyllis Diller


Question: '"So how could I dance with another, when" this happened'

Answer: "I saw her standing there"


Question: 'The design of this NYC raildroad station that opened in 1910 was based on the Roman baths of Caracalla'

Answer: Penn Station


Question: 'What Americans call this is actually an orange-flavored muskmelon'

Answer: Cantaloupe


Question: 'These candy-coated pellets of gum take their name from the Spanish word for gum'

Answer: Chiclets


Question: 'Harriet Beecher Stowe's sinister slaver'

Answer: Simon Legree


Question: 'In 1985 he said, "I will continue wearing the...black mask until I ride up into the big ranch in the sky"'

Answer: Clayton Moore (The Lone Ranger)


Question: 'Country group that crossed over to the pop charts in the mid-'60s with the following: ("Counting flowers on the wall...")'

Answer: The Statler Brothers


Question: 'Feminist & writer of the following who marched on to the great beyond Oct. 17, 1910: ("Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord...")'

Answer: Julia Ward Howe (Battle Hymn of the Republic)


Question: 'Roll this Persian "fruit of many seeds" on the table & insert a straw through the skin to drink its juice'

Answer: Pomegranate


Question: 'The Shorin brothers named their bubble gum & trading card company this, hoping to lead the field'

Answer: Topps


Question: 'He won the Democratic presidential primary in Illinois in 1988; no big surprise, he was their senator'

Answer: Paul Simon


Question: 'Philip Johnson called this field he worked in "The art of how to waste space"'

Answer: Architecture


Question: 'Singer of "Put A Little Love in Your Heart" & "What the World Needs Now is Love"'

Answer: Jackie DeShannon


Question: 'In 1910 E.M. Forster wound up this novel about a country house'

Answer: Howards End


Question: 'The black seeds in a papaya may be ground & used like this spice'

Answer: Pepper


Question: 'The Royal Swedish Navy's smoking ban on submarines led to the development of this brand of gum'

Answer: Nicorette (for those who still needed the nicotine)


Question: 'The Holocaust is just one topic covered in the L.A. museum of tolerance named for him'

Answer: Simon Wiesenthal


Question: 'In "Day By Day" Robert Lowell wrote, "If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it's the light of" this'

Answer: An oncoming train


Question: 'The title of Richard Burton's last feature film, or the year it was released'

Answer: 1984


Question: 'She was in Kenya when she learned she had become queen on February 6, 1952'

Answer: Elizabeth II


Question: 'Originally drafted by Atlanta, he quarterbacked Green Bay to a Super Bowl victory in 1997'

Answer: Brett Favre


Question: 'A rock & roll president:<br />Eagle (not Elvis, as rumored)'

Answer: Bill Clinton


Question: 'This country is Canada's main import & export business partner'

Answer: the United States


Question: 'B.I.O.N., Texan David Pay has written over 300 alphabetic characters on a single grain of this!'

Answer: rice


Question: 'Castor & Pollux are the twin sons of this god'

Answer: Zeus


Question: 'An Asian prime minister for 15 years, she was called "Indu" for short'

Answer: Indira Gandhi


Question: 'This American's career grand slam began with his victory at Wimbledon in 1992'

Answer: Agassi


Question: 'A cowboy president:<br />Rawhide'

Answer: Reagan


Question: 'The scientific name of this high flyer seen here is Branta canadensis'

Answer: a Canada goose


Question: 'B.I.O.N., herpetologist Bill Haast has been bitten over 150 times by these deadly creatures!'

Answer: snakes


Question: 'This Hungarian enjoyed a single day of wedded bliss with Felipe de Alba in 1982'

Answer: Zsa Zsa Gabor


Question: 'In 1767 this "Great" empress called a commission on legal reform'

Answer: Catherine the Great


Question: 'A Detroit Red Wing from 1946 to 1971, it was his records that Gretzky broke'

Answer: Gordie Howe


Question: 'A Baptist president:<br />Deacon'

Answer: Carter


Question: 'Sharing a border with Alaska, it's the Canadian territory that had a record low of -81 F. in 1947'

Answer: the Yukon


Question: 'B.I.O.N., every year a Filipino village recreates this event of around 30 A.D. using nails'

Answer: the crucifixion


Question: 'Leader of the musical Mothers of Invention'

Answer: Frank Zappa


Question: 'In 1993 True Path Party leader Tansu Ciller became the first female PM of this large Muslim country'

Answer: Turkey


Question: 'In 1984 this gymnast won 2 bronzes, 2 silvers & the Olympic gold medal for women's all-around'

Answer: Mary Lou Retton


Question: 'Eisenhower was Providence; oddly, this president was General'

Answer: President Harry Truman


Question: 'The Royal Tyrrell Museum in this westernmost prairie province is a world leader in dinosaur research'

Answer: Alberta


Question: 'B.I.O.N., because he believes it's possessed by his dead fiancee, a man married one of these dolls!'

Answer: a Barbie doll


Question: 'A compound of this element, atomic number 30, is used in lotions as a sunscreen'

Answer: zinc


Question: 'An entirely female unit, the Mariana Grajales Women's Platoon, helped win this country's 1956-58 socialist revolution'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'Later a Knick, this basketball center led Georgetown to 3 NCAA finals & the 1984 title'

Answer: Patrick Ewing


Question: 'A religious visitor:<br />Halo'

Answer: Pope John Paul II


Question: 'This league uses 12 players per side, but only 3 plays per series of downs'

Answer: the CFL (Canadian Football League)


Question: 'B.I.O.N., a 3-year old Ugandan boy was adopted & raised for 4 years by a colony of these human-like apes!'

Answer: chimps


Question: 'It's home to the Croatian Academy of Arts & Sciences'

Answer: Zagreb


Question: 'Tara is lit with hundreds of candles for this woman's marriage to Charles Hamilton'

Answer: Scarlett O\'Hara


Question: 'Before "The West Wing", this former Brat Packer was in the Wild West as Jesse James in "Frank and Jesse"'

Answer: Rob Lowe


Question: 'He took office as the mayor of Chicago in 1989'

Answer: (Richard) Daley


Question: 'In 1961 his 61st home run not only broke the record but won a 1-0 game'

Answer: Roger Maris


Question: 'Of 3, 4 or 5, the one that's not a prime factor of 15'

Answer: 4


Question: 'PC, as in deeply concerned with social fairness, stands for "politically" this'

Answer: correct


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew has a drink at the Seelback Hilton.) F. Scott Fitzgerald enjoyed drinking at the Seelbach Hotel & made it the site of Tom and Daisy's bridal dinner in this famous novel'

Answer: The Great Gatsby


Question: 'It's true--he starred in 1957's "The True Story of Jesse James"'

Answer: Robert Wagner


Question: 'Alcatraz has been called America's version of this notorious French island prison'

Answer: Devil\'s Island


Question: 'This singer seen here has also made a name as a stage actor'

Answer: Roger Daltrey


Question: 'When a projectile shot straight up reaches its highest point, its velocity is this'

Answer: 0


Question: 'Adverb used as a Hertz slogan'

Answer: exactly


Question: '2 nights before her wedding to Mr. Rochester, a ghastly figure appears in her room & rips up her wedding veil'

Answer: Jane Eyre


Question: 'He played Jesse in 2 Republic serials before donning the mask of the Lone Ranger on TV'

Answer: Clayton Moore


Question: 'This order of inquisitorial monks, aka the Black Friars, could have been called the Black "Fryers"'

Answer: the Dominicans


Question: 'In 1934 Roger Tory Peterson published his classic "A Field Guide to" these'

Answer: Birds


Question: 'When the Cardinals play baseball, these ordinal numbers are positions on the field'

Answer: first, second, & third


Question: 'Direction that also means to restore a capsized boat to its normal position'

Answer: right


Question: 'In this Steinbeck novel, the evil Cathy drugs Adam Trask on their wedding night & seduces his brother'

Answer: East of Eden


Question: 'This 1980 film featured the Carradines as the Youngers & Stacy & James Keach as Frank & Jesse James'

Answer: The Long Riders


Question: 'On the summit of this hill in Scotland are the remains of Macbeth's castle'

Answer: Dunsinane


Question: 'Roger Baldwin, director of the American Union Against Militarism, transformed it into this "Union"'

Answer: the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew takes us full-circle.) When using this edible type of diagram, proportions are illustrated as sectors of a circle'

Answer: a pie chart


Question: 'Wallace Stevens began a poem, "After the final no there comes a" this'

Answer: yes


Question: 'Frankie Adams thinks that she'll get to accompany her brother on his honeymoon in this Carson McCullers novel'

Answer: Member of the Wedding


Question: 'This co-star of 2003's "Open Range" played Jesse in a 1972 film'

Answer: (Robert) Duvall


Question: 'During World War II, the Japanese repeatedly bombed this city on Australia's northern coast'

Answer: Darwin


Question: 'This Navy pilot was named to the Apollo 1 crew in 1966, but his life ended tragically a year later'

Answer: Roger Chaffee


Question: 'Raising a number to the second power is squaring it; raising it to the third power is this'

Answer: cubing it


Question:
'It's the title of the 1989 hit song heard here

"One look from you /
I drift away..."'

Answer: "You Got It"


Question: 'The almost 4-decade collaboration of these 2 Germans began in Paris in 1844'

Answer: Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels


Question: 'Born around 1162, Temujin, or "Ironworker", must have decided this name would look better for him on Mongol billboards'

Answer: Genghis Khan


Question: 'He was created as a weapon against the Nazis'

Answer: Captain America


Question: 'When G.I. Joe was introduced, he had one of these on his face; today, plastic surgery would take care of it'

Answer: a scar


Question: 'Dick Cheney'

Answer: George H.W. Bush


Question: 'British Army Captain Thomas Preston was tried & acquitted for his part in this 1770 slaughter'

Answer: the Boston Massacre


Question: 'He was married twice: once to Dorothy Arnold & once to Marilyn Monroe'

Answer: Joe DiMaggio


Question: 'In 1275 Marco Polo arrived in Shando, the summer capital of this emperor, & may have seen his stately pleasure dome'

Answer: Kublai Khan


Question: 'This character was enlisted as the first member of the X-Men'

Answer: Cyclops


Question: 'In 1903 the American yacht Reliance defended this trophy against the Irish yacht Shamrock III'

Answer: the America\'s Cup


Question: 'Robert McNamara<br />(2 names, please)'

Answer: Kennedy & Johnson


Question: 'Alan Dershowitz is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at this Cambridge, Mass. university'

Answer: Harvard


Question: 'One of the Teletubbies'

Answer: Dipsy


Question:
'From 1984: this singing Khan,
"Let me rock you,
Let me rock you...
That's all I wanna do"'

Answer: Chaka Khan


Question: 'Seen here, the hothead of the Fantastic Four goes by this moniker'

Answer: the Human Torch


Question: 'The U.S. Postal abbreviation for this American territory is "AS"'

Answer: American Samoa


Question: 'Caspar Weinberger'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'The 1950 robbery of this armored car co. came to grief when "Specs" O'Keefe ratted out the rest of the gang'

Answer: Brink\'s


Question: 'As determined by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, this "clock" has ranged from 11:43 to 11:58'

Answer: the Doomsday Clock


Question: 'In 1880 this country let Abdor Rahman Khan be Afghanistan's amir in return for control of foreign relations'

Answer: Great Britain


Question: 'This alliterative super-villain could also have had a reality show called "The Osborns"'

Answer: the Green Goblin


Question: 'The Kansas Statehouse mural seen here is entitled "The Tragic Prelude" & depicts this pre-Civil War firebrand'

Answer: John Brown


Question: 'Melvin Laird'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: 'In 2005 this association chose a Boston lawyer as president--Michael S. Greco, not Denny Crane'

Answer: the American Bar Association


Question: 'A line drawing used as an illustration'

Answer: a diagram


Question: 'A predecessor of Pervez Musharraf, Mohammad Ayub Khan was president of this country from 1958 to 1969'

Answer: Pakistan


Question: 'Radiation had made this superhero the man he is now'

Answer: Daredevil


Question: 'The Wally Byam Caravan Club International is for owners of this distinctive-looking brand of trailer'

Answer: Airstream


Question: 'George C. Marshall'

Answer: Harry Truman


Question: 'In 1927 Nicola Sacco & this alleged anarchist accomplice were executed at a Charlestown prison'

Answer: (Bartolomeo) Vanzetti


Question: '(I'm Soledad O'Brien of CNN.)  As an African-Cuban-Irish-Australian-American, I've spoken about the importance in our newsrooms & in our society of this, from the Latin for "contrariety"'

Answer: diversity


Question: 'Their bodies pressed together; there was no choice.  After all, they were these conjoined twins born in 1811'

Answer: Chang & Eng (the Siamese twins)


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows on the monitor a figure of a right triangle with sides marked "3" and "4" and a hypotenuse marked "C".)  According to the theorem made famous by Pythagoras, it's the value of C in the figure seen here'

Answer: 5


Question: 'A jiggly dessert molded in the form of a stringed instrument'

Answer: a Jell-O cello


Question: 'This 3-headed dog guards a forbidden floor at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter books'

Answer: Fluffy


Question: 'Born in Sheffield, Gordon Banks was the goalkeeper in 1966 when England won this prestigious prize'

Answer: the World Cup


Question: 'Per the Constitution, a U.S. president's term ends at noon on the 20th of this month'

Answer: January


Question: 'Lovers?  Oh yes, there was Orlov, Potemkin & Zubov, but 34 years as Russian Empress taught her love came with a price'

Answer: Catherine the Great


Question: 'You live in a 5-story building where there are 3 apts. on each odd floor & 4 on each even floor; this is the total number'

Answer: 17


Question: 'Wacky saltwater candy'

Answer: daffy taffy


Question: 'The unusual behavior of the movie dog Cujo is the result of this disease'

Answer: rabies


Question: 'Thomas Huxley, who coined this term for a person who's not sure if God exists, died in 1895; now he may know for sure'

Answer: an agnostic


Question: 'On this holiday, the U.S. flag flies at half-staff from sunrise to noon & at full staff from noon to sunset'

Answer: Memorial Day


Question: 'She'd never sold herself for a piece of jewelry to a Cardinal in 1785!  Never for less than 5!  She was queen!'

Answer: Marie Antoinette


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew shows on the monitor a diagram of two rectangles, one 7' by 7' and one 7' by 4'.)  It's the total number of square feet in this diagram'

Answer: 77


Question: 'A dill treat that is not loyal in its affections'

Answer: a fickle pickle


Question: 'Bull's-Eye was the vicious pet dog of burglar & murderer Bill Sikes in this Dickens story'

Answer: Oliver Twist


Question: 'Following the implementation of harsh taxes, Wat Tyler led the 1381 revolt named for this social class'

Answer: peasants


Question: 'The Egyptian sun god was known as Khepera at dawn, as Atum in the evening & by this name at noon'

Answer: Ra


Question: 'A daughter of the Savannah elite, yes, but now she was 50ish--it was time.  She'd found the Girl Scouts... & her destiny'

Answer: (Juliette Gordon) Low


Question: 'Each pizza has 8 slices; each party guest will eat 3 slices; if you have 9 pizzas, it's how many guests you can feed'

Answer: 24


Question: 'A toast spread made from a sweet potato-like tuber'

Answer: yam jam


Question: 'In Greek mythology, Hecuba was the queen of this doomed city & eventually changed into a fiery-eyed dog'

Answer: Troy


Question: '"Mad dogs & Englishmen go out in the midday sun" is from a song by this man who also wrote plays like "Blithe Spirit"'

Answer: (Noel) Coward


Question: 'At noon on this date each year, Army posts across the U.S. fire off 50 cannon rounds, one for each state'

Answer: Independence Day


Question: 'Jan. 1, 1660.  This Briton entered his first words into the diary.  His life, his loves would live here... famous & forever'

Answer: Samuel Pepys


Question: 'If someone gave you 15 dollars a day every day, you'd have this much cash for the month of September'

Answer: $450


Question: 'A tidy reddish root veggie'

Answer: a neat beet


Question: 'M'ling was one of the genetic mutant human-dogs in this "Island" tale from H.G. Wells'

Answer: The Island of Doctor Moreau


Question: 'Brit economist John Stuart Mill was a great proponent of this "greatest good for the greatest number" system'

Answer: utilitarianism


Question: 'You might visit this city to hear the "Urbi et Orbi" speech in person at noon on Christmas Day'

Answer: Vatican City


Question: 'On August 10, 2004, 2 days after her death at the age of 96, the Empire State Building dimmed its lights for 15 minutes in her memory'

Answer: Fay Wray


Question: 'Abigail, John Q., Charles'

Answer: John Adams


Question: '(Alex and Tie Domi of the Toronto Maple Leafs are both suited up and on the ice to play some hockey.)  If Tie Domi crosses the blue line before I get the puck to him, we'll be guilty of this infraction'

Answer: offsides


Question: 'Created by C.W. Post in 1897, this breakfast cereal does not contain either of the two components in its name'

Answer: Grape-Nuts


Question: 'Her parents chose Anne Sullivan as her private teacher on the advice of Alexander Graham Bell'

Answer: Helen Keller


Question: 'This famous nickname of Ty Cobb sounds like a state fruit'

Answer: "the Georgia Peach"


Question: 'This pivoted device supports a bicycle or motorcycle when not in use'

Answer: a kickstand


Question: 'John, Calvin'

Answer: Calvin Coolidge


Question: 'To figure out how many points a player has simply add these 2 totals'

Answer: goals and assists


Question: 'Macadamias were originally native to this continent'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Throughout the 1930s, she taught geography at St. Mary's High School in Eastern India'

Answer: Mother Theresa


Question: 'Abraham Lincoln earned this nickname from his skill in chopping wood in half to make fences'

Answer: "the Rail-splitter"


Question: 'For years, adverstisers have asked us to do this to "your Bic lighter"'

Answer: flick


Question: 'Lynda, Luci'

Answer: LBJ


Question: '(Tie Domi and Alex Trebek pose together on the ice.)  Any player who messes with me will deal with Tie Domi, who has this job--also the name of a "Dirty Harry" film'

Answer: enforcer


Question: 'The Red Delicious apple was originally called the Hawkeye apple; it was developed in an orchard in this state'

Answer: Iowa


Question: 'In 1881 she established the first American Red Cross chapter, in Dansville, New York'

Answer: Clara Barton


Question: 'Emily Dickinson was "the Belle of" & later "the Nun of" this Massachusetts town'

Answer: Amherst


Question: 'Last name of the golfing great who was the first to twice win the British Open, Masters, PGA & U.S. Open'

Answer: (Jack) Nicklaus


Question: 'Fanny, Manning, Birchard'

Answer: Rutherford B. Hayes


Question: 'Bryan Trottier sparked this team to 4 Stanley Cup championships from 1980 through 1983'

Answer: the New York Islanders


Question: 'The name of these sugar, egg white & coconut cookies comes from the same root word as a pasta'

Answer: macaroons


Question: 'The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution giving women full suffrage was nicknamed for her'

Answer: Susan B. Anthony


Question: 'General Patton's toughness on his enemies & his own men earned him the nickname "Old" this'

Answer: "Blood and Guts"


Question: 'It's a billy club carried by a policeman'

Answer: a nightstick


Question: 'Abraham, Martin, John'

Answer: Martin Van Buren


Question: '(Alex shuffles his hockey stick back and forth on the ice.)  It's the 13 letter word for the skill I was just demonstrating (Mario Lemieux doesn't have to worry)'

Answer: stickhandling


Question: 'Texas grows a Texas-sized amount of blue corn, often used to make these unleavened flat breads'

Answer: tortillas


Question: 'Among this pacifist's books were "Newer Ideals of Peace" & "Twenty Years at Hull House"'

Answer: Jane Addams


Question: '(Hi there.  I’m George Jones.)  You know, early in my career, a deejay gave me this nickname because he thought I resembled a certain American marsupial'

Answer: "Possum"


Question: 'These long bloomers were once worn by women & girls as underwear'

Answer: knickers


Question: 'Sir Walter Scott wrote the book about Scottish outlaw Robert MacGregor, better known as this'

Answer: Rob Roy


Question: 'As of 2004 this "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" singer was living in Phoenix with his wife & kids'

Answer: Glen Campbell


Question: 'It's the absolute value of negative 143'

Answer: 143


Question: 'Cleveland, Ohio'

Answer: Lake Erie


Question: 'This disciple said he wouldn't believe in the ressurection until he saw & felt the nail holes in Jesus' hands'

Answer: Thomas


Question: 'Examples include the two-tailed pasha & the zebra swallowtail'

Answer: butterflies


Question: '13 years after Sartre wrote "L'etre et le neant", it was translated into "Being and" this'

Answer: Nothingness


Question: 'The party was over for him after "Monday Night Football", but he did play himself on "King of the Hill"'

Answer: "Dandy Don" Meredith


Question: 'A sexagesimal system is based on this number'

Answer: 60


Question: 'Toronto, Canada'

Answer: Lake Ontario


Question: 'A "Judas Hole" is the term for the tiny viewing port in one of these; you can watch the man who betrayed you through it'

Answer: a cell door


Question: 'These gothic architectural supports can be "clasping" or "flying"'

Answer: buttresses


Question: 'His "Decameron" may "appear to have but a harsh and offensive beginning", but he hoped you'd read on'

Answer: Boccaccio


Question: 'This polysyllabic '50s Italian sexpot had a one-woman exhibit of her sculpture in 2003'

Answer: Gina Lollobrigida


Question: 'Also a type of equation, it describes functions of the form<br />f(x) = ax² + bx + c'

Answer: quadratic


Question: 'Kampala, Uganda'

Answer: Lake Victoria


Question: 'Asian location where a notoriously horrible event took place on the night of June 20, 1756'

Answer: the Black Hole of Calcutta


Question: 'He was Secretary of Agriculture under Nixon & Ford'

Answer: Earl Butz


Question: 'This Utopian land of Samuel Butler's was located in New Zealand'

Answer: Erewhon


Question: 'Ferdinand, who gained renown for doing this on May 3, 1986, was turned into Japanese pet food'

Answer: winning the Kentucky Derby


Question: 'The area of a parallelogram equals b times h, short for these two measures'

Answer: base and height


Question: 'Lausanne, Switzerland'

Answer: Lake Geneva


Question: 'Silver Springs in northern Florida is one of the state's largest water-filled one of these holes'

Answer: a sinkhole


Question: 'Of the genus Ranunculus, this grassland wild plant has large yellow flowers'

Answer: the buttercup


Question: 'There's no dialogue in this author's novel "The Painted Bird"'

Answer: Jerzy Kosinski


Question: 'Once TV's Jennifer Keaton, she grew up to front a rock band called Jaded'

Answer: Tina Yothers


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew points to a diagram on the chalkboard.)  In the ratio of s to r, this measure of an angle is similar to the word that the r stands for'

Answer: radian


Question: 'Aswan, Egypt'

Answer: Lake Nasser


Question: 'The yellow-bellied variety of this woodpecker drills a series of small holes in tree bark to feed'

Answer: a sapsucker


Question: 'Romeo's 2-word interjection when Juliet appears at her window'

Answer: but soft


Question: 'After his public comments were criticized by FDR, he resigned his Air Corps Reserve commission in April 1941'

Answer: Charles Lindbergh


Question: 'A Multiplication Rock song about this number used Noah's Ark to illustrate its point'

Answer: 2


Question: 'Feel free to cue the "Schoolhouse Rock" tune: "We the people, in order to form" these next 4 preamble words'

Answer: a more perfect union


Question: 'Thing:<br />Tin-y silverware'

Answer: a fork


Question: 'In Merrimack, New Hampshire, you can tour the Anheuser-Busch brewery & visit its stables of these horses'

Answer: clydesdales


Question: '"When shall we three meet again?  In thunder, lighting, or in rain?" is the first line of this play'

Answer: Macbeth


Question: 'Carly Simon knows "your'e so" this, you probably think this clue is about you'

Answer: vain


Question: '"Hey! That smarts! Ouch! That hurts! You! That's no fair givin' a guy a short down there!" can be heard in this grammar song'

Answer: "Interjections!"


Question: 'It's the first thing the preamble wishes to "establish"; truth & the American way would ahve to come later'

Answer: justice


Question:
'Person:
The controversial Supreme Court nominee seen here'

Answer: (Robert) Bork


Question: 'Seen here, the fennec is the smallest one of these animals, and it has the longest ears relative to body size'

Answer: a fox


Question: 'Ths pro sport has a 3-point play & a 3-second rule'

Answer: basketball


Question: 'It borders the fairway on a golf course; as an adjective it can also mean coarse'

Answer: rough


Question: 'Zachary Sanders sang, "To run, to go, to get, to give--this" part of speech "you're what's happenin'"'

Answer: a verb


Question: 'The preamble sets forth to "insure domestic" this'

Answer: tranquility


Question: 'Place:<br />The Irish county where you'll find Kinsale Harbor'

Answer: Cork


Question: 'One of these long-lived animals that died in 1966 was reportedly given to the King of Tonga by Captain Cook'

Answer: a tortoise


Question: 'Ths American sitcom was based on the British sitcom "a man about the house"'

Answer: Three\'s Company


Question: 'Corpulent, or the last name of the creator of the corpulent Nero Wolfe'

Answer: stout


Question: '"Well now I'm stuck in committee and I'll sit here and wait" to hear this how-a-law-gets-passed song'

Answer: "I\'m Just A Bill"


Question: 'Boldly packing a lot into one very long sentence, the preamble wishes to "secure the blessings of" this'

Answer: liberty


Question: 'Thing:<br />Tolkien's evil version of a goblin'

Answer: an orc


Question: 'A dzo is the hybrid offspring of a cow & this Tibetan beast of burden'

Answer: a yak


Question: 'The 3 common speeds of phonograph records for sale in 1949'

Answer: 78, 45 & 33 1/3


Question: 'An angle greater than 90 degrees but less than 180, it's "not sharp"'

Answer: obtuse


Question: 'On a tribute CD, Better Than Ezra covered this favorite that said "and, but and or, they'll get you pretty far"'

Answer: "Conjunction Junction"


Question: 'Meaning "to enact by law", this word precedes "and establish this Constitution for the United States of America"'

Answer: ordain


Question: 'Place:<br />The Pennsylvania city where the Articles of Confederation were adoped'

Answer: York


Question: 'Found in the Galapagos Islands, the marine species of this is the only lizard that uses the sea as a habitat'

Answer: the iguana


Question: 'A proton contains 3 of these subatomic particles, 2 "up" & 1 "down"'

Answer: quarks


Question: 'In titles of famous novels, it precedes "and the Dead" & "Lunch"'

Answer: naked


Question: 'Persia'

Answer: Iran


Question: 'Kenesaw Mountain Landis banned for life 8 players of this baseball team for helping fix the 1919 World Series'

Answer: the Chicago White Sox


Question: 'While in Paris in the 1820s, this "Rip Van Winkle" author co-wrote plays with John Howard Payne'

Answer: Washington Irving


Question: '"House rules" for this fermented fruity potable include using it in hot buttered rum'

Answer: cider


Question: 'The 1453 battle of this capital signaled the end of the Byzantine Empire'

Answer: Constantinople


Question: 'Pachyderm plus ghost'

Answer: elephantom


Question: 'Siam'

Answer: Thailand


Question: 'In 1979 New Orleans lost its NBA franchise to Utah, which strangely enough chose to keep this nickname'

Answer: Jazz


Question: 'He set 2 of his stories, "The Balloon Hoax" & "The Gold-Bug", on Sullivan's Island, S.C., where he'd served in the army'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe


Question: 'Americans at a military base in Limerick help popularize this "national" drink that can be made with Jameson'

Answer: Irish coffee


Question: 'In this 1940 battle, a much smaller air force held off 2,500 German planes for many months'

Answer: the Battle of Britain


Question: 'Brett Favre or John Elway plus knapsack'

Answer: quarterbackpack


Question: 'Ceylon'

Answer: Sri Lanka


Question: '"Rudy" & "Knute Rockne, All American" are both films that focus on the football team nicknamed this'

Answer: the Fighting Irish


Question: 'Is 1906 collection "The Four Million" contained some of his best-known stories, including "The Gift of the Magi"'

Answer: O. Henry


Question: 'This "hot" drink was derived from the sap of a Palmyra palm; today it's often made with bourbon & cloves'

Answer: a hot toddy


Question: 'More than 100 Japanese ships were defeated by a U.S. force half that size in this decisive battle of June 1942'

Answer: the Battle of Midway


Question: 'Pansy or daffodil plus lycanthrope'

Answer: flowerewolf


Question: 'Cathay'

Answer: China


Question: 'This Colorado team used to be known as the Quebec Nordiques'

Answer: the Colorado Avalanche


Question: 'A 1900 collection of his short stories was titled "The Son of the Wolf"'

Answer: Jack London


Question: 'This warm frothy beverage made with rum & brandy shares its name with a Hanna-Barbera animated pair'

Answer: a Tom & Jerry


Question: 'The valley of this French river was the scene of a 1916 battle that had over 1 million casualties'

Answer: the Somme


Question: 'Sam Malone plus preparing meat by pounding & flavoring'

Answer: bartenderizer


Question: 'Abyssinia'

Answer: Ethiopia


Question: 'Alabama has the Crimson Tide & Tulane has this colorful nickname'

Answer: the Green Wave


Question: 'The "Old Manse" in Concord where he & his wife Sophia lived from 1842 to 1845 was rented from Ralph Waldo Emerson'

Answer: Nathaniel Hawthorne


Question: 'The angel in "It's a Wonderful Life" asks for this type of wine, "heavy on the cinammon & light on the cloves"'

Answer: mulled wine


Question: 'At this 1415 battle, a force of about 6,000 English, mostly archers, defeated 25,000 French troops'

Answer: Agincourt


Question: 'Tear-shedding reptile plus something you can be "perched on the horns of"'

Answer: crocodilemma


Question: 'In 1973 4 bank employees held hostage in this city ended up feeling grateful to their captors'

Answer: Stockholm


Question:
'Kurt,
Rosalind,
Nipsey'

Answer: Russell


Question: 'Legend says that "The love of those who honeymoon here will last as long as the falls themselves"'

Answer: Niagara Falls


Question: 'On hold with a dating service, you might hear this Sinatra classic'

Answer: "Strangers in the Night"


Question: 'The Donald knows this "Tower" at 725 Fifth Avenue boasts a six-story shopping atrium'

Answer: Trump Tower


Question: 'Someone's in a bad way seriously ill if he has "one foot" here'

Answer: In the grave


Question:
'Eddie,
Dinah,
Pauly'

Answer: Shore


Question: 'Just 25 miles N. of Manhattan, this "Sleepy" village is the place "where the Headless Horseman rode"'

Answer: Sleepy Hollow


Question: 'A bad gardener's hold music could be this song'

Answer: "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"


Question: 'Murder Ink doesn't sell poison for your poison pen; it's this kind of store'

Answer: Bookstore


Question: 'If you depart in defeat it's "with your tail" here'

Answer: Between your legs


Question:
'Glen,
Naomi,
Neve'

Answer: Campbell


Question: 'It's believed that blazes lit to lure ships gave this resort island its name'

Answer: Fire Island


Question: 'Worry if your cardiologist's hold music is this song'

Answer: "Achy Breaky Heart"


Question: 'The initials in the name of this world-famous toy store stand for Frederick August Otto'

Answer: FAO Schwarz


Question: 'You're consuming more than I can sustain if "you're eating me out of" these 2 things'

Answer: House and home


Question:
'Don,
Abigail,
Ansel'

Answer: Adams


Question: 'The Bisons of baseball's International League play their home games in this city'

Answer: Buffalo


Question: 'Hearing this song while on hold might give you a mysterious itch'

Answer: "Poison Ivy"


Question: 'This famous food shop at Broadway & 80th Street is perfect for a file under "Z" category'

Answer: Zabar\'s


Question: 'Like a colt or calf, those who are innocent & naive are said to be "wet" here'

Answer: Behind the ears


Question:
'Michael,
Cindy,
Christina'

Answer: Crawford


Question: 'Now at Elmira College, this author's study was made to look like a Mississippi riverboat's pilothouse'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'Maybe you'll hear this song if you call after business hours'

Answer: "It\'s too Late Baby"


Question: 'This department store takes up an entire city block on 59th Street between Lexington & 3rd'

Answer: Bloomingdale\'s


Question: 'If you match the desired of quality, you're "up to" this tobacco product'

Answer: Snuff


Question: 'This bard's plays are performed "In the Park" near a garden named for him'

Answer: William Shakespeare


Question: 'Syndicate leader Charles Luciano'

Answer: "Lucky"


Question: 'A special flower for April, it can be oxeye or shasta'

Answer: Daisy


Question: 'In 1944 Allied soldiers & some of their heavy friends fought "The Battle of" this type of protrusion'

Answer: Bulge


Question: 'Hope you were invited to the famous Black & White Ball this "In Cold Blood" author gave at the Plaza Hotel'

Answer: Truman Capote


Question: '1930s bank robber George Kelly'

Answer: "Machine Gun"


Question: 'It's the colorful nickname of the Viking Eric, who established a colony on Greenland in 985'

Answer: "the Red"


Question: '(Hi, I'm Vanna White at Christian Dior in New York City.)  This actress was wearing a Dior gown when she won her first Oscar for "BUtterfield 8"'

Answer: Elizabeth Taylor


Question: '(Yo-Yo Ma performs a cello solo & gives the clue.)  Are you ready?  This "B" of classical music wrote the piece I'm about to perform'

Answer: J.S. Bach


Question: 'This suicidal poet once stayed at the Barbizon, which she fictionalized as the Amazon in "The Bell Jar"'

Answer: Sylvia Plath


Question: 'Public enemy Charles Floyd'

Answer: "Pretty Boy"


Question: 'This multi-talented entertainer wrote the songs for "Sophie", a musical bio of Sophie Tucker'

Answer: Steve Allen


Question: 'During the 900s the Chinese added these "key" devices to canals'

Answer: Locks


Question: 'If your computer has this kind of "base", you should know it's the plural of "datum"'

Answer: data


Question: '11-letter word for one who supports a family, perhaps with whole wheat or sourdough'

Answer: breadwinner


Question: 'This "Moby Dick" author wrote "Billy Budd" while living at 104 East 26th Street'

Answer: Herman Melville


Question: '1920s racketeer Jack Diamond'

Answer: "Legs"


Question: 'Of Toad, Rat or Mole, the one Nathan Lane played in "Wind in the Willows"'

Answer: Toad


Question: 'Around 957 English king Edgar made the monk Dunstan bishop of London; in 959 he made him archbishop of this'

Answer: Canterbury


Question: 'The original "Calamity" in her life may have been her parents' death while settling Salt Lake City'

Answer: Calamity Jane


Question: 'Georgiana Drew was the maiden name of the mother of John, Ethel & Lionel of this acting family'

Answer: Barrymore


Question: 'This "Blithe Spirit" playwright is among the artistes who resided at the Hotel des Artistes'

Answer: Noel Coward


Question: 'Underworld boss Arthur Flegenheimer (aka Schultz)'

Answer: Dutch


Question: 'This future first lady made her Broadway debut in 1946's "Lute Song" with Mary Martin'

Answer: Nancy Reagan


Question: 'His Ninth Symphony includes the "Ode to Joy"; his opera "Fidelio" includes "O Nameless Joy"'

Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven


Question: 'Tick-Licker was the favorite rifle of this 18th centiry Kentucky frontiersman'

Answer: Daniel Boone


Question: 'Appropriately, the 100th anniversary of this director's birth was on a Friday the 13th -- August 13, 1999'

Answer: Alfred Hitchcock