Question: 'A film on this Indian tribe's WWII code talkers won an Emmy Award in 1996'

Answer: Navajo


Question: 'It follows mouse or tourist<br />(4)'

Answer: Trap


Question: 'A king of this name rebuilt Oslo in the 1600s & for a while the city was named after him'

Answer: King Christian (Christiania)


Question: 'Robin Williams & some high-kicking Lady Mounties performed this nominated song from the "South Park" film'

Answer: "Blame Canada"


Question: '(Hi, I'm Shawn Colvin)  My album "A Few Small Repairs" featured this Grammy-winning song about an awkward return'

Answer: "Sunny Came Home"


Question: 'Under a joint pen name, this "Congo" author co-wrote "Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston 40-Brick Lost-Bag Blues"'

Answer: Michael Crichton


Question: 'In the 1970s local TV newscasts adopted this 10-letter "legal" term to advertise on-the-scene reports'

Answer: Eyewitness


Question: 'A romantic rendezvous<br />(5)'

Answer: Tryst


Question: 'In the 1300s Bergen, a fish trade center, became affiliated with this German commercial league'

Answer: Hanseatic League


Question: 'This Best Actress winner for "Boys Don't Cry" said, "I pray for the day when...we actually celebrate our diversity"'

Answer: Hilary Swank


Question: 'This Indian nation holds an annual homecoming holiday in Tahlequah, Oklahoma'

Answer: Cherokee


Question: 'Hilda Doolittle was famous for publishing her poems under this extremely short pen name'

Answer: H.D.


Question: 'The FCC has replaced this "system" that used the reassuring phrase "This is only a test"'

Answer: Emergency Broadcast System


Question: 'Shakespearean storm<br />(7)'

Answer: Tempest


Question: 'In 1939 Norway claimed an Antarctic "land" named for this Norwegian queen'

Answer: Queen Maud


Question: 'Winning for Best Supporting Actress, she called Jon Voight "A great actor, but a better father"'

Answer: Angelina Jolie


Question: 'This once & future king made an emotional return to Cambodia in 1991'

Answer: Norodom Sihanouk


Question: 'This famous pen name of Hector Hugh Munro sounds like a beverage served with sushi'

Answer: Saki


Question: 'The study of the meaning of words, it sometimes disparagingly refers to meaningless distinctions'

Answer: Semantics


Question: 'Puccini's Pekingese princess<br />(8)'

Answer: Turandot


Question: 'This man's father, an Omaha stockbroker & politician, once returned his Congressional pay raise'

Answer: Warren Buffett


Question: 'The petals of the English daisy do this at night; the flowers of the scarlet pimpernel, when bad weather approaches'

Answer: fold up (or close)


Question: 'Rafer Johnson &<br />Roger Maris'

Answer: the 1960s


Question: 'Daisuke Inoue won in 2004 for this musical invention, for giving a "new way for people to learn to tolerate each other"'

Answer: karaoke


Question: 'In "Shirley", a novel by this longest-lived Bronte sister, Shirley is the mistress of Fieldhead Estate'

Answer: Charlotte


Question: 'Last names of the pair of chemists in Worcester, England who made up a food sauce requested by a British nobleman'

Answer: Lea & Perrins


Question: 'In 1958 this brand introduced its 64 box, which featured a built-in sharpener'

Answer: Crayola


Question: 'The medulla portion of this gland produces hormones like epinephrine'

Answer: the adrenal gland


Question: 'The U.S. Olympic Hockey Team &<br />Carl Lewis'

Answer: the 1980s


Question: 'The winners of the '99 peace prize invented one of these armed with a flamethrower; beats those beeps & whistles'

Answer: a car alarm


Question: 'Giant Despair inhabits Doubting Castle in this John Bunyan allegory'

Answer: The Pilgrim\'s Progress


Question: 'In 1891 this New York financial frim introduced the world's first traveler's checks'

Answer: American Express


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew  stands in front of a blackboard.)  I've graphed this figure in blue, which can be represented by the equation y = (x^2)/4p'

Answer: a parabola


Question: 'To prevent a thrombosis, you may be given an "anti" this, like heparin'

Answer: coagulant


Question: 'In 1991 this "Titan of Wall Street and Father of the Junk Bond, to whom the world is indebted" won for economics'

Answer: Michael Milken


Question: 'A weekend party at a mansion called Chimneys turns deadly in her 1925 novel "The Secret Of Chimneys"'

Answer: Agatha Christie


Question: 'You auto know that this company is the world's largest automaker'

Answer: GM


Question: 'It's the medical term for measles that fits the category'

Answer: rubeola


Question: 'This hydrocarbon mix obtained druing petroleum refining is used to make candles & to coat paper'

Answer: paraffin


Question: 'He won the 2000 economics prize "for bringing efficiency and steady growth to the mass-marriage industry"'

Answer: Sun Myung Moon


Question: 'Robin Hill is the country home that Soames builds for Irene in the first book of this "Saga"'

Answer: The Forsyte Saga


Question: 'In 2001 Nestle merged with this pet food company headquartered in Checkerboard Square'

Answer: Purina


Question: 'The name of this largest of the British Virgin islands means "turtle dove" in Spanish'

Answer: Tortola


Question: 'In hydraulics, hydrokinetics is the study of liquids in motion & this is the specific study of liquids at rest'

Answer: hydrostatics


Question: 'Dizzy Dean &<br />Jessie Owens'

Answer: the 1930s


Question: 'For "redefining the industrial revolution with such devices as the Veg-O-Matic", this inventor took a 1993 prize'

Answer: Ron Popeil


Question: 'The Pollitt family plantation is overrun by "no-neck monsters" in this Tennesee Williams play'

Answer: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof


Question: 'Brothers Robert, Edward & James didn't need a band-aid concert to help this company they founded in 1886'

Answer: Johnson & Johnson


Question: 'He led the young Seminoles who opposed the 1832 Treaty of Payne's Landing'

Answer: Osceola


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Mission San Diego de Alcala.)  In the 1760s monks from Baja California were sent to begin founding missions in this area, the opposite of "baja"'

Answer: Alta


Question: '1977:<br />"Let's Get Small"'

Answer: Steve Martin


Question: 'Jimmy "3 fingers" was hauled away in bracelets--slang for these'

Answer: handcuffs


Question: 'At Illinois senator Simon's funeral, former Senator Alan Dixon was listed in the program as one of these'

Answer: a pallbearer


Question: 'I could hum a tune about this river, the only major one in Europe to flow from west to east'

Answer: the Danube


Question: 'Modern dance began as a rebellion against the artifice & formality of this classic form of dance'

Answer: ballet


Question: 'In 1776 a mission was named for St. John (or San Juan) of this Italian town'

Answer: Capistrano


Question: '1988:<br />"Good Morning, Vietnam"'

Answer: Robin Williams


Question: 'This 4-letter word can refer to a gangster's mistress whether or not it's preceded by "gun"'

Answer: moll


Question: 'This seed company founder was planted in Pennsylvania in 1915; we hope he's getting watered'

Answer: (W. Atlee) Burpee


Question: 'The fine China once manufactured in & named for this city is now made in nearby Meissen'

Answer: Dresden


Question: 'This female pioneer who died in an auto mishap described modern dance as "movement to free the soul"'

Answer: Isadora Duncan


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Mission San Diego de Alcala.)  San Diego de Alcala is the first in a chain of missions along the royal road called this in Spanish'

Answer: the Camino Real


Question: '1965:<br />"Why Is There Air?"'

Answer: Bill Cosby


Question: 'This slang term may be used of the cops or a man's very short haircut'

Answer: fuzz


Question: 'Born in Germany, he began composing in England in 1710 & decomposing in Westminster Abbey in 1759'

Answer: (George Frideric) Handel


Question: 'It's the capital of Australia's Northern Territory, which, incidentally, is located on the Beagle Gulf'

Answer: Darwin


Question: 'She choreographed the show "Movin' Out" to Billy Joel's songs'

Answer: Twyla Tharp


Question: 'In 1806 Narcisco Duran knew the way to this mission & founded an Indian orchestra there'

Answer: San Jose


Question: '2000:<br />"Braindroppings"'

Answer: George Carlin


Question: 'John Cusack & Anjelica Huston were these title small-time hustlers in a 1990 film'

Answer: grifters


Question: 'Perhaps he's still compiling "Notes from Underground" in St. Petersburg's Tikhvin Cemetery'

Answer: Dostoyevsky


Question: 'Known since ancient times, this narrow strait separates Europe & Asia'

Answer: the Dardanelles


Question: 'This modern choreographer, called a national treasure by Pres. Ford in 1976, had a career that spanned 70 years'

Answer: Martha Graham


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Mission San Diego de Alcala.)  This saint gave his name to the order that founded the California missions'

Answer: St. Francis of Assissi


Question: '1960:<br />"Button Down Mind Strikes Back"'

Answer: Bob Newhart


Question: 'This slang word for a person who passes forged checks was also one of Hitler's nicknames'

Answer: a paperhanger


Question: 'Raymond Chandler's first novel, or what he's in the middle of at California's Mount Hope Cemetery'

Answer: The Big Sleep


Question: 'Once the capital of French West Africa, now it's the capital of Senegal'

Answer: Dakar


Question: 'It's the election year the campaign slogans "The Moose Is Loose" & "Ready for Teddy Again" were used'

Answer: 1912


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Galapagos in Ecuador.) With its fragile ecosystem in danger from events like a 2001 oil tanker wreck, the Galapagos turned to energy sources like this; 3 turbines for it were installed in 2007'

Answer: wind power


Question: 'Jasmine, a princess<br />(1992)'

Answer: Aladdin


Question: 'In the 1950s Paul Revere's ride was depicted on signs for this state's I-90 turnpike'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'TNT'

Answer: Turner Network Television


Question: 'Della Falls on this British Columbia island is named for the wife of Joe Drinkwater, who discovered it in 1899'

Answer: Vancouver


Question: 'From 1934 to 1938 it was "home" to gangster Al Capone'

Answer: Alcatraz


Question: '(Alex Trebek gives the clue from Galapagos in Ecuador.)  From June to November here in the Galapagos, the south equatorial current encourages the rich growth of this, the collective name for nonmotile marine organisms'

Answer: plankton


Question: 'Mr. Smee, a first mate<br />(1953)'

Answer: Peter Pan


Question: 'Starting in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, the Inter-American Highway is a 3,400-mile section of this network of highways'

Answer: the Pan-American Highway


Question: 'CBS'

Answer: Columbia Broadcasting System


Question: 'This natl. park's Ribbon Falls is also known as "Virgin's Tears", while its Silver Strand Falls is "Widow's Tears"'

Answer: Yosemite


Question: 'This American Indian empire had a 365-day solar calendar that consisted of 18 months of 20 days plus 5 extra days'

Answer: Aztec


Question: 'With their fins a Chinese delicacy, these are in danger in the Galapagos, upsetting the ecological balance'

Answer: sharks


Question: 'Mike Wazowski, friend to James P. "Sully" Sullivan<br />(2001)'

Answer: Monsters, Inc.


Question: 'First used in 1821, this Old West trail connected Missouri with New Mexico'

Answer: the Santa Fe Trail


Question: 'UPN'

Answer: United Paramount Network


Question: 'Waihilau Falls in this island's Waimanu Valley has a single drop of almost a half mile'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'In the Bible this husband of Ruth was the great grandfather of King David'

Answer: Boaz


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Galapagos in Ecuador.) As Darwin's finches remove parasites from the tortoises, two of the best-known creatures of the Galapagos display this mutually helpful arrangement, from the Greek for "living together"'

Answer: symbiosis


Question: 'Stromboli, a puppet-show proprietor<br />(1940)'

Answer: Pinocchio


Question: 'This road was named for the Roman official who began its construction in 312 B.C.'

Answer: the Appian Way


Answer: Video Hits 1


Question: 'France's tallest waterfall, Gavarnie Falls, is fed by a Spanish lake in this mountain range'

Answer: the Pyrenees


Question: 'The title of this 1969 Alfred Hitchcock film comes from the code name of a French spy ring'

Answer: Topaz


Question: '(Alex Trebek gives the clue from Galapagos in Ecuador.)  The flightless cormorant is native to & found only in the Galapagos Islands; it is said to be this to the islands; it's from the Greek "endemos", which means native'

Answer: endemic


Question: 'Timothy Q. Mouse, friend of the title character<br />(1941)'

Answer: Dumbo


Question: 'This San Francisco waterfront road runs from the Giants' Stadium to Pier 39'

Answer: the Embarcadero


Question: 'ESPN'

Answer: Entertainment and Sports Programming Network


Question: 'At 3,110 feet, Tugela Falls in this country's Kwazulu-Natal province is the world's second highest'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'An area called Nagorno-Karabakh has long been a source of dispute between this country & its neighbor Armenia'

Answer: Azerbaijan


Question: 'Nubuck is a type of this; you might see a Harley owner wearing a nubuck jacket'

Answer: leather


Question: 'Leaving no heir, she was the last Tudor monarch'

Answer: Elizabeth I


Question: 'This brand that is synonymous with cowboy hats also makes cowboy boots'

Answer: Stetson


Question: 'A 747 running over the 26 bones, including 14 phalanges, in this body part'

Answer: the foot


Question: 'On Nov. 27, 2000 this man who conceded early in 1996 wrote "Why Gore Should Concede"'

Answer: Bob Dole


Question: 'It's a British unit of currency; knock "U" out & you get a small body of water'

Answer: pound & pond


Question: 'The 7,000-year-old sculpture Adonis of Zschernitz, discovered in 2003, is made of this earthy stuff'

Answer: clay


Question: 'Leaving no heir, she was the last Stuart monarch'

Answer: Queen Anne


Question: 'This word precedes "-back" in the name of a type of pumps'

Answer: sling


Question: 'A 105-mph fastball to this 8-letter lower end of the backbone that may fuse with the sacrum'

Answer: the tailbone


Question: 'In November of 2010 Nicholas Kristof advocated this economic practice, such as lending a small sum to buy a rickshaw'

Answer: microlending (or microfinance)


Question: 'Something that discharges water; without the "U", it's a small stain'

Answer: spout & spot


Question: 'If you were publishing a codex 2,000 years ago, you could go with vellum or this coarser sheepskin material'

Answer: parchment


Question: 'In 978 he became "The Martyr"; don't confuse him with "The Confessor"'

Answer: Edward


Question: 'This brand's top-sider has been an American favorite since 1935'

Answer: Sperry


Question: 'The Incredible Hulk clapping you on the deltoid muscle that covers this joint'

Answer: the shoulder


Question: '"Fight the Philistines" was Anthony Lewis' 1990 column defending federal funding of this aesthetic body'

Answer: the NEA (National Endowment for the Arts)


Question: 'This person is an originator; take out "U" & you get how "absence makes the heart grow"'

Answer: founder & fonder


Question: 'Meaning "made up of layers", this type of flooring can impersonate wood or stone at a lower cost'

Answer: laminate


Question: 'She is the most recent who was not the child of a monarch'

Answer: Victoria


Question: 'There are slip-ons, slippers & these backless shoes whose name tells you how they slip on'

Answer: slides


Question: 'A sledgehammer to this insulin-producing organ; the duodenum loops around it & both hate being hit by a sledgehammer'

Answer: the pancreas


Question: 'A parasitic insect; remove the "U" to find a word meaning "to suffer defeat"'

Answer: louse & lose


Question: 'In the 1930s Marvin Camras developed modern sound recording using this material before turning to tape'

Answer: wire


Question: 'The IV of his name, in 1830 he became the oldest to ascend the throne'

Answer: William


Question: 'This brand says its Shape-Ups line can increase muscle activity'

Answer: Skechers


Question: 'A bowling ball to this 3-pound reddish brown filtering organ that consists of 4 lobes'

Answer: the liver


Question: 'In a 1976 piece this former prime minister of her country stated simply, "We Dispossessed No Arabs"'

Answer: Golda Meir


Question: 'It can mean strong influence; knock out the "U" & you've blocked the flow of blood'

Answer: clout & clot


Question: 'Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Frost remarked that this is what gets "lost in translation"'

Answer: poetry


Question: 'If eggs give you hives, doc will do a skin test to see if you have one of these, an abnormal reaction to something'

Answer: an allergy


Question: 'The Disney movie about this hero includes his labor of defeating the monstrous Hydra'

Answer: Hercules


Question: 'French-speaking kids learn that Brussels is the capital of Belgique; we call the country this'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'For starters you can read the first entry, dated June 14, 1942, in this girl's diary'

Answer: Anne Frank


Question: 'The 2 sizes of beds that sound like you have to be royalty to sleep on them'

Answer: king and queen


Question: 'Spitzbergen is an island in this Scandinavian country'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'You'll wear a lead apron when the doctor uses this imaging technique developed in the 1890s to check for a broken foot'

Answer: an X-ray


Question: 'In "The Santa Clause 2", Santa has to find one of these quick or he won't be Santa anymore'

Answer: a wife


Question: 'We imagine that a popular pet for Brussels kids is the Brussels griffon, one of these'

Answer: a dog


Question: 'Continue working on your math problems & give us this square root of 121'

Answer: 11


Question: 'From the Latin for "cushion", this warm bed covering is made of 2 layers of fabric with a layer between them'

Answer: a quilt


Question: 'In 1988 the United Nations' peacekeeping forces were awarded this important prize'

Answer: Nobel Prize


Question: 'Your optometrist may use drops to dilate this circular opening in the center of the iris'

Answer: the pupil


Question: 'It's into the bowels of this fiery mountain that Frodo must cast the ring to destroy it'

Answer: Mount Doom


Question: 'Manneken-Pis, a statue in Brussels of a little boy, is part of one of these watery sights in the city center'

Answer: fountains


Question: 'For science, classify rocks according to their 3 main types: metamorphic, sedimentary & this'

Answer: igneous


Question: 'This baby bed with a 4-letter name often has high barred sides to keep the baby from falling out'

Answer: a crib


Question: 'It might feel like your arm is going to explode when that rubber cuff is inflated, but the doc is just measuring this'

Answer: blood pressure


Question: 'Harry Potter accomplishes the task of breathing underwater with the help of this weed'

Answer: gillyweed


Question: 'Kids can eat with their hands at Leon, a restaurant specializing in this seafood that rhymes with "Brussels"'

Answer: mussels


Question: 'Write one of these 3-line, 17-syllable Japanese poems; any subject'

Answer: a haiku


Question: 'If you stay overnight at a B&B, in the morning you'll know that it stands for "bed &" this'

Answer: breakfast


Question: '2-word Latin name of an Eastern Canadian province'

Answer: Nova Scotia


Question: 'Otitis media & otitis externa are common infections of this body part; doc may prescribe drops or antibiotics for it'

Answer: your ears


Question: 'God's many commands to him include one in Numbers 26 to count all 600,000 men of Israel'

Answer: Moses


Question: 'They might need a drummer boy when this battle that sealed Napoleon's fate is re-enacted near Brussels every 5 years'

Answer: Waterloo


Question: 'For week's end, brush up on your Spanish & translate "Gracias a Dios es viernes" for us'

Answer: Thank God it\'s Friday


Question: 'If you're spending the night in the famous Lincoln bedroom, you're sleeping in this mansion'

Answer: the White House


Question: 'During the 1930s America went through a period of hardship and poverty known as the "Great" this'

Answer: Depression


Question: 'This 18-year-old Disney Channel star shared an apartment in Los Angeles with Lindsay Lohan; "That's so" her'

Answer: Raven


Question: 'Well doggone it, in 2001, this beloved character appeared on the stamp seen here'

Answer: Snoopy


Question: 'The 9 judges on this body in Alabama, unlike the one in Washington, D.C., run for election'

Answer: the Supreme Court


Question: '...heard him say on Aug. 28, 1963, "Even though we face the difficulties of... tomorrow, I still have a dream"'

Answer: Martin Luther King, Jr.


Question: 'It's the singular pronoun of your visual organ'

Answer: I/eye


Question: 'In 1368 the Ming dynasty didn't just take over this country, they urned it'

Answer: China


Question: 'This Canterbury native became a household name after playing Legolas in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy'

Answer: Orlando Bloom


Question: 'A 2004 stamp celebrated the 200th anniversary of this pair's expedition across the U.S.'

Answer: Lewis and Clark


Question: 'Many polling places are at this type of establishment you know well; Al Gore voted at one in 2000'

Answer: a school


Question: '...went hoarse screaming at the TV on Feb. 9, 1964 when this band played "She Loves You" on "Ed Sullivan"'

Answer: The Beatles


Question: 'It's the male deer that pounds in your chest'

Answer: hart/heart


Question: 'This country won the battle of Stalingrad, August 1942-February 1943'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'This young star was Michael Caine & Robert Duvall's grandnephew in "Secondhand Lions"'

Answer: Haley Joel Osment


Question: 'This naval hero appeared on a 1979 stamp along with the motto "I have not yet begun to fight"'

Answer: John Paul Jones


Question: 'John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon are seen here during one of these in 1960, the first year they were held'

Answer: (presidential) debate


Question: '...read about the first 7 U.S. astronauts in this '60s NASA program named for the messenger of the Roman gods'

Answer: Mercury


Question: 'It's the large rabbit that grows out of your head'

Answer: hare/hair


Question: 'In the 1460s this South American people took the Chimu empire; within 100 years they were subdued by the Spanish'

Answer: the Incas


Question: 'The first name of this "Even Stevens" co-star rhymes with "Hiya"'

Answer: Shia (LaBeouf)


Question: 'Part of the "Celebrate the Century" series, the stamp seen here honored the first observance of this in the 1970s'

Answer: Earth Day


Question: '34 of them will be elected in 2004, as others, including Orrin Hatch and Dianne Feinstein, put their feet up and watch'

Answer: senators


Question: '...learned in 1966 of the creation of this African-American cultural festival that's celebrated from Dec. 26-Jan. 1'

Answer: Kwanzaa


Question: 'It grasps how you smell'

Answer: knows/nose


Question: 'This 16-year-old girl from Texas was golden in women's all-around gymnastics at the 2004 Olympics'

Answer: Carly Patterson


Question: 'On my honor, this girl scout leader was honored on a 3-cent stamp in 1948'

Answer: Juliette Gordon Low


Question: 'A Californian moving to Poland can apply to become a permanent this type of voter'

Answer: an absentee voter


Question: '...discussed the 1964 political ramifications of the Labour party's Harold Wilson becoming this nation's PM (sure!)'

Answer: England


Question: 'It's the extraordinary achievement of the terminal parts of your legs'

Answer: feat/feet


Question: 'On April 11, 1912, from a pier in Queenstown, Ireland, Francis Brown took one of the last known photos of this'

Answer: the Titanic


Question: 'Anne Arundel County in this state is named for the wife of the second Lord Baltimore'

Answer: Maryland


Question: 'This most popular ice cream flavor comes from the fruit of a tropical orchid'

Answer: Vanilla


Question: 'This layer of fat helps maintain a whale's body temperature at 93-99 F., & that's nothing to cry over'

Answer: Blubber


Question: 'We were shocked to hear this Rolling Stone was the guest vocalist on the Jacksons' hit "State of Shock"'

Answer: Mick Jagger


Question: 'For women, this word follows tank, tube & halter'

Answer: Top


Question: 'It's "one", "two", "three", mon ami'

Answer: Un, deux, trois


Question: 'A city near L.A. is named for this novelist from New England; wonder how many "scarlet" women live there'

Answer: (Nathaniel) Hawthorne


Question: 'Dairy product that precedes pecan in the name of a flavor'

Answer: Butter


Question: 'When you "make a muscle" in your arm, you contract this 2-headed muscle'

Answer: Bicep


Question: 'His then-wife Christie Brinkley painted the cover of his 1993 album "River of Dreams"'

Answer: Billy Joel


Question: 'Bra sizes normally run from AAA to DD; widths of these fashion items usually run from AAAAA to EEEE'

Answer: Shoes


Question: 'What the French call Janvier & Fevrier, we call these months'

Answer: January & February


Question: 'This New Mexico city was named for a railroad paymaster, not for a pollster'

Answer: Gallup


Question: 'This brand of cookie has been an ingredient of Edy's Cookies 'N Cream since 1983'

Answer: Oreo


Question: 'It's secreted by the liver, stored in the gallbladder & released into the duodenum after eating'

Answer: Bile


Question: 'Cindy Birdsong sang with Patti LaBelle's Blue Belles before joining this Motown trio in 1967'

Answer: The Supremes


Question: 'The long, bulky, large-collared coat made of this fur was popular with 1920s college men'

Answer: Raccoon


Question: '4-word phrase for the best of the best, you might say it rises to the top'

Answer: Creme de la creme


Question: 'Motley County in this state wasn't named for Motley Crue but for a man wounded in the Battle of San Jacinto'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'It's the flavor of ice cream with pieces you should chew but not swallow'

Answer: Bubble gum


Question: 'It's the branch of biology that specifically studies sometimes harmful one-celled organisms'

Answer: Bacteriology


Question: 'Elton John & Kiki Dee had a No. 1 hit with "Don't Go" doing this'

Answer: Breaking My Heart


Question: 'This checkered pattern is named for its resemblance to a canine's canine'

Answer: Houndstooth


Question: 'French for "puffed out", it describes a hairstyle popular in the '60s'

Answer: Bouffant


Question: 'A dozen U.S. counties are named for this 19th century politician, a "Little Giant" indeed'

Answer: (Stephen) Douglas


Question: 'This word describing how a ribbon of syrup or fruit is put into ice cream often appears in the name'

Answer: Swirl


Question: 'As opposed to spontaneous generation, it's the theory that life originates only from living organisms'

Answer: Biogenesis


Question: 'In 1978 he asked, "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" & also recorded "I Was Only Joking"'

Answer: Rod Stewart


Question: 'This piece of lingerie is the upper half of a slip & can be worn under an unbuttoned shirt'

Answer: Teddy/camisole


Question: 'This 2-word phrase gives a person complete freedom to act at will'

Answer: Carte blanche


Question: 'You can see Elisabeth Vigee-Le Brun's 1787 portrait of this queen & her children at Versailles'

Answer: Marie Antoinette


Question: 'She was "The Lady With the Hatchet"'

Answer: Carrie Nation


Question: 'In the 1850s this British female poet wrote a blank verse novel called "Aurora Leigh"'

Answer: Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Question: 'This musical based on a Charles Dickens novel features a murder at London Bridge: what a "Twist!"'

Answer: "Oliver"


Question: 'Hawaii produces 300,000 tons of this tropical fruit a year, the vast majority of the USA's crop'

Answer: Pineapple


Question: 'Tomoyuki Tanaka, the producer who created this Tokyo-attacking giant lizard, died in Tokyo in April 1997'

Answer: Godzilla


Question: 'One of Gustave Moreau's favorite subjects was this Biblical dancer who was barely veiled'

Answer: Salome


Question: 'He was the "Great Soul" & "The Father of India"'

Answer: Mohandas K. Gandhi


Question: 'Revolutionary Sergey Nechayev was the model for Peter Verkhovensky in his novel "The Possessed"'

Answer: Fyodor Dostoevsky


Question: 'Devoted fans of the hit musical about this dual personality are known as Jeckies'

Answer: "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde"


Question: 'Bovine Somatotropin, or BST, is a hormone used to increase the yield of this'

Answer: Milk


Question: 'This beloved San Francisco Chronicle columnist died at age 80 in 1997'

Answer: Herb Caen


Question: 'This impressionist who lived in Giverny painted a "Poppy Field in a Hollow Near Giverny" in 1885'

Answer: Claude Monet


Question: '"Lady Lindy" or "America's Premier Air Woman"'

Answer: Amelia Earhart


Question: '"Basil: A Story of Modern Life" is a melodramatic tale of seduction by this author of "The Moonstone"'

Answer: Wilkie Collins


Question: 'Title murderer you have to watch out for when you hear the following:'

Answer: "The Phantom of the Opera"


Question: 'It's the most important grain that originated in the Americas'

Answer: Corn


Question: 'Both famous for playing this "M*A*S*H" character, Roger Bowen & McLean Stevenson died in February 1996'

Answer: Col. Henry Blake


Question: 'In 1778, during his last trip to Paris, this "Candide" author sat for a bust sculpted by Houdon'

Answer: Voltaire


Question: '"Le Roi Soleil"'

Answer: Louis XIV


Question: 'Ira Levin started writing this 1967 novel while his wife was pregnant, & he wouldn't let her read it'

Answer: "Rosemary\'s Baby"


Question: 'This Oscar Hammerstein musical inspired by "Carmen" ends with a murder outside a boxing arena'

Answer: "Carmen Jones" (directed by Otto Preminger)


Question: 'Nancy Claster, Miss Nancy in the '50s on this children's series, don't bee with us anymore'

Answer: Romper Room


Question: 'Around 1915 this Italian painted an elongated, asymmetrical portrait of artist Juan Gris'

Answer: Amedeo Modigliani


Question: '"The Founder of Modern Mexico"'

Answer: Benito Juarez


Question: '"The Jewel in the Crown" is the first book in this "quartet" of novels by Paul Scott'

Answer: The Raj Quartet


Question: 'Bebe Neuwirth won a 1997 Tony for playing a homicidal hussy named Velma in this musical revival'

Answer: "Chicago"


Question: 'The author associated with the address seen here, she died in April 1997 at age 80:<br />[84 Charing Cross Rd.]'

Answer: Helene Hanff


Question: 'Colin Powell & Jimmy Carter were among those who attended its dedication Nov. 6, 1997 at Texas A&M University'

Answer: George Bush Presidential Library and Museum


Question: 'From 1905-7, Austria & Serbia fought an economic "war" over tariffs, such as over this porcine animal'

Answer: a pig


Question: 'While Amy Vanderbilt says a waiter should remove these from the right, <i>Vogue</i> says from the left'

Answer: (used) plates


Question: 'The girl from here was "tall & tan & young & lovely"'

Answer: Ipanema


Question: 'Grandma Moses ordered her first set of paints from this Chicago mail order company'

Answer: Sears-Roebuck


Question: 'Archie, Edith, or a sand trap'

Answer: a bunker


Question: 'Innovation introduced in the Middle Ages to distinguish the small "i" from the m, n, & u'

Answer: the dot


Question: 'The western jury system is thought to have been brought to England by these peoples in 1066'

Answer: the Normans


Question: 'In Spain and Portugal, the proper way to eat asparagus is with these'

Answer: the fingers


Question: 'It's where I'm sitting "just rolling along, just rolling along"'

Answer: on top of the world


Question: 'Primarily a movement in painting, this "square" trend also influenced sculpture'

Answer: cubism


Question: 'In 1937, this singer & golf enthusiast put on the 1st celebrity pro-am match'

Answer: Bing Crosby


Question: 'Most air conditioners' filters won't trap this, the #1 contaminant of indoor air'

Answer: cigarette smoke


Question: 'Century known as the "high Renaissance"'

Answer: the 16th


Question: 'If napkins weren't provided, 19th c. etiquette permitted a gentleman to use a hanky or this instead'

Answer: tablecloth


Question: 'Gerry & the Pacemakers ferry crossed this Liverpool river'

Answer: the Mersey


Question: 'Manhattan's MoMA stands on land once occupied by 2 mansions of this noted N.Y. family'

Answer: the Rockefellers


Question: 'In December 1985, Fuzzy Zoeller won $255,000 competing in this type of hole-by-hole contest'

Answer: a skins game


Question: 'Minton, Limoges, & Spde, for example'

Answer: chinas


Question: 'World power whose emperor gave up claims to divinity before it adopted a new constitution in 1947'

Answer: Japan


Question: '"Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies, for you know" this state "will be your new home"'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: 'Famous for his Olympic & sports action paintings, he's appeared in 2 "Rocky" movies'

Answer: LeRoy Neiman


Question: 'Playboy asked this Australian golfer to pose in the buff, not in the rough'

Answer: Jan Stephenson


Question: 'According to a survey, "True Story" is the magazine read most by people sitting here'

Answer: the bathroom


Question: '1957 U.S. policy allowing the president to use armed force in the Middle East'

Answer: the Eisenhower Doctrine


Question: '2 of the 5 specific places "Travelin' Man" Ricky Nelson had traveled to according to the song'

Answer: (2 of) Mexico, Alaska, Berlin, Hong Kong, and Waikiki, Hawaii


Question: '1920 painting by George Grosz shows one of these machines Karel Capek named the next year'

Answer: a robot


Question: 'Stanford psychology grad who, in 1980, became 1st player to win over $½ million in 1 year'

Answer: Tom Watson


Question: 'Not a Kawasaki, but this loop knot, makes a lasso circular'

Answer: a honda


Question: 'In algebra, numbers can be represented by numerals or these symbols'

Answer: letters


Question: 'U.S. 550 between Ouray & Silverton is called "Million Dollar Highway" because it's paved with this ore'

Answer: gold ore


Question: 'Though WWII's "Rosie the Riveter" wore them, this war 1st popularized trousers for womenswear'

Answer: World War I


Question: 'Literary hobby of Dr. Zhivago, whose writing got better, not "verse"'

Answer: poetry


Question: 'Julie's Ike'

Answer: David Eisenhower


Question: 'In it, Woody Allen proves cryogenics works, if you don't mind waking up in a police state'

Answer: Sleeper


Question: 'Term for the side of a right triangle that is opposite the 90° angle'

Answer: hypoteneuse


Question: 'This corner of Colorado meets corners of 3 other states at "4 Corners"'

Answer: the southwest corner


Question: 'Body part on which you'd wear an epaulet'

Answer: the shoulder


Question: 'In "And Quiet Flows The Don", Natalia Korshunov tries to commit this with a scythe'

Answer: suicide


Question: 'Consumers can "fight back" with him'

Answer: David Horowitz


Question: 'Film which used the following as a greeting:'

Answer: Close Encounters of the Third Kind


Question: '1,000, expressed by using 10 and an exponent'

Answer: 10 cubed


Question: 'In Colo., "people had a careless way ... of firing revolvers ... at each other ...", so he went east, young man'

Answer: Horace Greeley


Question: '1st sold by the Hookless Fastener Co. in 1913, it didn't get this name until 1923'

Answer: the zipper


Question: 'In 1927, this Russian leader's book "The State & Revolution" was banned in Boston as obscene'

Answer: Lenin


Question: '1st prime minister of Israel, he could be called the father of his country'

Answer: David Ben-Gurion


Question: 'In 1997, Kurt Russell & Season Hubley will try to "escape" from this city turned prison'

Answer: New York


Question: 'A basic math statement whose truth is self-evident & therefore needs no further proof'

Answer: axiom


Question: 'U. of Colorado's "Alferd Packer Grill" was named after 1st man in U.S. convicted of this crime'

Answer: cannibalism


Question: 'In Japanese, it means "a thing for wearing" or "clothes"'

Answer: a kimono


Question: 'Most acclaimed novel of Ivan Turgenev, 1st Russian to be widely read and admired in Europe'

Answer: "Fathers and Sons"


Question: 'Without his lyrics, Dionne Warwick would have only hummed Burt Bacharach's tune'

Answer: Hal David


Question: 'It took a team of 8 writers to adapt a French comic strip into this 41st century ultra-high camp film'

Answer: Barbarella


Question: 'The prime factors of 21'

Answer: 3 and 7


Question: 'Named for a city in Scotland, it's a type of overcoat with detachable cape'

Answer: an Inverness


Question: 'Possibly the greatest Russian poet of all time, this author of "Boris Godunov" was part black'

Answer: (Alexander) Pushkin


Question: 'Name shared by a Union general at Gettysburg & an actor who played TV's "Serpico"'

Answer: David Birney


Question: '1 of 2 races Rod Taylor meets circa 800,000 A.D. in "The Time Machine"'

Answer: Elois (or Morlocks)


Question: 'It's the only organization to have been awarded 3 Nobel Peace Prizes'

Answer: the Red Cross


Question: '1945 & 1946:<br />Doc Blanchard & Glenn Davis of this service academy'

Answer: Army


Question: 'In the 7th century Sui Gong Di succeeded Sui Yang Di as emperor of this country'

Answer: China


Question: 'The white tops of its keys were once made of ivory, hence the phrase "tickle the ivories"'

Answer: a piano


Question: 'The RAV4; the company was in the news a bit in 2010'

Answer: Toyota


Question: 'It was originally marketed as the "first official indoor ball"'

Answer: a Nerf ball


Question: 'Care given to pregnant women'

Answer: prenatal care


Question: '1936 & 1937:<br />Larry Kelley & Clint Frank of this Ivy Leaguer--take that, Harvard!'

Answer: Yale


Question: 'In 1831 Pedro I abdicated as emperor of this South American country & returned to Portugal'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'Ancient kings of India used ebony for drinking vessels because it supposedly neutralized this'

Answer: poison


Question: 'The Tahoe Hybrid, perfect for that trip to the lake'

Answer: Chevrolet


Question: 'Originally called "Little People", this perennial favorite is seen here'

Answer: a Cabbage Patch Kid


Question: 'A film that deals with events prior to a previous related film'

Answer: a prequel


Question:
'1967:
UCLA's Gary Beban;
1965, '68, '79, '81, 2002, 2004:
Stars from this crosstown rival'

Answer: USC


Question: 'Franz Joseph, emperor of this dual monarchy, suffered his son's suicide in 1889 & his wife's murder in 1898'

Answer: Austria-Hungary


Question: 'Most commercial ivory still comes from this continent'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'The XJ, with 385 hp purring under the hood'

Answer: Jaguar


Question: 'Technic & Mindstorms are 2 of the lines of building sets from this brand'

Answer: Lego


Question: 'The Ebers Papyrus of 1550 B.C. contains many of these, including one for asthma calling for herb fumes'

Answer: a prescription


Question: '1973:<br />John Cappelletti of this school; Jo-Pa had been head coach for 7 years even then'

Answer: Penn State


Question: 'Emperor until 1913, Menelik II helped unite this African country into its modern form'

Answer: Ethiopia


Question: 'Some of the best ebony is grown in the flat country west of Trincomalee on this "teardrop island"'

Answer: Sri Lanka


Question: 'The S600 sedan, MSRP only $159,500'

Answer: Mercedes-Benz


Question: 'The Master Edition of this question-&-answer board game lets you "reveal your inner genius"'

Answer: Trivial Pursuit


Question: 'A synonym for "victorious" that's also used of the predominant wind direction'

Answer: prevailing


Question: '1962:<br />Terry Beaver--er, Baker--of this Pacific Northwest university'

Answer: Oregon State


Question: 'As the mighty emperor of the Incas in 1532, Atahualpa faced 180 soldiers led by this Spaniard'

Answer: Pizarro


Question: 'Ivory comes not only from elephants but also from hippos, walruses & these small tusked whales'

Answer: narwhals


Question: 'The Golf--try not to hit 18 potholes in one'

Answer: Volkswagen


Question: 'This number comes before "Q" in the name of a game using artificial intelligence to "read your mind"'

Answer: 20


Question: 'For plants, this word describes flowers that come before leaves emerge; for kids, it describes early achievement'

Answer: precocious


Question: 'If all the elements were onstage with us, only bromine & this other element would be liquid'

Answer: mercury


Question: 'Annie is a nickname, & Hall the real last name, of this actress who played Annie Hall'

Answer: Diane Keaton


Question: 'One way to propel a boat'

Answer: row


Question: 'The first word of "Bleak House" is this city; the next paragraph begins, "Fog everywhere"'

Answer: London


Question: 'Han Solo meets up with Lando Calrissian while time-traveling with Marty McFly'

Answer: The Empire Strikes Back to the Future


Question: 'Before computer games, this "happy" term referred to a control rod used by pilots'

Answer: a joystick


Question: 'By atomic number, this noble gas, number 10, is the first whose symbol matches a state postal abbreviation'

Answer: neon


Question: 'A train wreck in 1901 left this markswoman partially paralyzed for a time'

Answer: Annie Oakley


Question: 'Feline vocalization'

Answer: mew


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Mont St. Michel, France.)  Mont St. Michel's most dramatic natural feature is the arrival of the tide; this French romantic novelist described it as "coming in as swiftly as a galloping horse"'

Answer: (Victor) Hugo


Question: 'James Bond fights the Soviets while trying to romance Ali MacGraw before she dies'

Answer: From Russia with Love Story


Question: '"The Victorian Internet" is a book about pioneers of this communication device'

Answer: the telegraph


Question: 'Element 107, named for this man, has the symbol Bh'

Answer: Niels Bohr


Question: 'In 1991 she had her first museum exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, a rare honor for a living photographer'

Answer: Annie Leibovitz


Question: 'More advanced, or recently created'

Answer: new


Question: 'A Byron poem says, "I stood in" this city, "on the Bridge of Sighs; a palace and a prison on each hand"'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'The president's plane is hijacked by terrorists & taken to a mental institution run by Nurse Ratched'

Answer: Air Force One Flew Over the Cuckoo\'s Nest


Question: 'In the Klondike variant of this card game, spaces in the tableau can only be filled with kings'

Answer: solitaire


Question: 'In the center of the table are the "transition" these, including nickel & iron'

Answer: metals


Question: 'Learn to play poker like a pro from this pro in DVDs like "Advanced Texas Hold 'Em Secrets"'

Answer: Annie Duke


Question: 'A trademark brand of format for VCR tape'

Answer: Beta


Question: 'In "The Third Man" Orson Welles said it "had 500 years of democracy & peace, & what did that produce?  The cuckoo clock"'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'Gene Kelly croons & dances while taking his brother Dustin Hoffman on a road trip'

Answer: Singin\' in the Rain Man


Question: 'Before items like the HP Color LaserJet 2600N, this term referred to people like Gutenberg'

Answer: a printer


Question: 'The temporary symbols given to elements 113-118 all begin with a double this vowel'

Answer: U


Question: 'Lao-Tzu's ultimate principle of the universe'

Answer: Tao


Question: 'It was of Oakland, California, her girlhood home, that she wrote, "There is no there there"'

Answer: Gertrude Stein


Question: 'John Belushi & the boys set up their fraternity in the museum where crazy Vincent Price turns people into figurines'

Answer: Animal House of Wax


Question: 'A nonexistant domain error on a failed e-mail is kind of the new version of this 1962 Elvis song'

Answer: "Return To Sender"


Question: 'The only Roman Catholic signer represented this state'

Answer: Maryland


Question: 'He dedicated the 1922 poem "The Waste Land" to his friend Ezra Pound'

Answer: T.S. Eliot


Question: 'JabbaWockeeZ stomped the competition on the first season of this Randy Jackson floor show'

Answer: America\'s Best Dance Crew


Question: 'He was only 21 when he won the 1997 Masters golf tournament by 12 strokes, the biggest margin in its history'

Answer: Tiger Woods


Question:
'Cairo,
Kampala,
Cape Town'

Answer: Cairo


Question: 'Each year in October, this New Mexico city hosts the world's largest hot air balloon festival'

Answer: Albuquerque


Question: 'Genesis 11:9 says that at this city the Lord did "confound the language of all the Earth"'

Answer: Babel


Question: 'His "Divine Comedy" is 100 cantos written in terza rima'

Answer: Dante


Question: 'This most popular MySpacer gave dating shows a "Shot at Love"'

Answer: Tila Tequila


Question: 'This U.S. state stretches from 19 to 22 degrees north latitude, making it the southernmost in the U.S.'

Answer: Hawaii


Question:
'New Delhi,
Ottawa,
Wellington'

Answer: Ottawa


Question: 'From 1939 to 1941 it was celebrated on the second to last Thursday in November'

Answer: Thanksgiving


Question: 'Scientifically speaking, this 2-handled device with one tire used for moving loads is a second class lever'

Answer: a wheelbarrow


Question: 'A poem says, "Death, be not" this "though some have called thee mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so"'

Answer: proud


Question: 'Diddy helped form Danity Kane on this show'

Answer: Making the Band


Question: 'In John 20 this woman finds that the boulder in front of Jesus' tomb has been rolled away & that he is gone'

Answer: Mary Magdalene


Question:
'Mexico City,
Monrovia,
Moscow'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'For over 40 years, St. Albans in this state has hosted an annual Maple Festival'

Answer: Vermont


Question: 'For Sputnik 1, it lasted slightly more than 96 minutes'

Answer: orbit


Question: 'A poem of hers says, "I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears, of all my life!"'

Answer: Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Question: 'Lauren left the burbs of this reality show & headed for "The Hills" of Los Angeles'

Answer: Laguna Beach


Question: 'The USAF's Stealth fighter aircraft known as the F-22 also bears the name of this "robbing" dinosaur'

Answer: the Raptor


Question:
'Caracas,
Tunis,
Jakarta'

Answer: Tunis


Question: 'In recent years, descendants of these 2 feuding families from Kentucky & W.V. have gathered for an annual festival'

Answer: the Hatfields & the McCoys


Question: 'Kelly Slater is best known for riding this piece of equipment'

Answer: a surfboard


Question: 'This poet took melancholy journeys like the ones in his long narrative poem "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage"'

Answer: Lord Byron


Question: 'On "The Gauntlet" you got these 2 shows for the price of one'

Answer: The Real World & Road Rules


Question: 'During this war, Gen. Winfield Scott landed 10,000 U.S. troops at Veracruz & took the city in 19 days'

Answer: the Mexican War


Question:
'Warsaw,
Tokyo,
Lisbon'

Answer: Warsaw


Question: 'It's the date of Martinmas, of Angola's Independence Day & of Veterans Day in the U.S.'

Answer: November 11th


Question: 'From the Latin for "shake", it's a synonym for earthquake'

Answer: a temblor


Question: 'With a fancy flourish, John Hancock became the first to do this July 4, 1776'

Answer: sign the Declaration of Independence


Question: 'Are you Tolkien to me?  I'm the "eye" in your sky!  But you have to give me & my Black Riders a ring to win my love!'

Answer: Sauron


Question: 'The World Almanac's list of inventions goes from Pascal's adding machine to a 1913 improvement of this fastener'

Answer: a zipper


Question: 'Mike Myers comes to bring nirvana to North America as Pitka, this title character'

Answer: The Love Guru


Question: 'It's nicknamed "Old Eli"'

Answer: Yale


Question: 'A 19th c. book says diagrams clarify each clause in the sentence, each phrase in the clause & each this in the phrase'

Answer: word


Question: 'In 1775 Hancock replaced Peyton Randolph as the president of this body'

Answer: Continental Congress


Question: 'Turn-ons: Type O-positive personalities; turn-offs: Dutch metaphysicians who try to kill me'

Answer: Dracula


Question: 'Around 1870 Christopher Sholes & 2 friends invented the 1st practical one of these, including a QWERTY keyboard'

Answer: typewriter


Question: 'This visitor from Central Asia tells an American rodeo crowd, "We support your war of terror!"'

Answer: Borat


Question: 'The oldest college in the Southern U.S. is named for this royal pair who founded it in 1693'

Answer: William & Mary


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew indicates five Latin sentences, all translating to "dog bites man", on the monitor.) In Latin, word order doesn't affect meaning; canis is this in each sentence because it's in the nominative case'

Answer: subject


Question: 'Back on market after a bad breakup with my ex-GF, Nancy; okay, I killed her, but she betrayed Fagin!'

Answer: Bill Sikes


Question: 'In June 1974 a package of Wrigley's gum became the first product scanned having one of these'

Answer: a bar code


Question: 'In 2 movies Martin Lawrence has impersonated tough granny Hattie Mae Pierce, better known as her'

Answer: Big Momma


Question: 'This Louisiana univ. with a famed marching band began as the Colored Industrial & Agricultural School in 1901'

Answer: Grambling


Question: 'You do this, from the Latin for "part", when you break a sentence down'

Answer: parse


Question: '"Discourtesy is unspeakably ugly to me", especially when I'm enjoying having people for dinner'

Answer: Hannibal Lecter


Question: 'In 1971, 3 engineers invented this company's 4004 chip, the world's first single-chip microprocessor'

Answer: Intel


Question: 'On DVD, this sequel in which Jason Biggs & Alyson Hannigan tie the knot sold 3 million copies in 3 days'

Answer: American Wedding


Question: 'This Baltimore university's hospital formally opened in 1889'

Answer: Johns Hopkins


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew indicates the monitor.) A verb phrase can be either just Vi or Vt plus a noun phrase; the "I" and the "T" stand for these opposites'

Answer: transitive & intransitive


Question: 'I'm a brilliant academic but I tend to leave the deerstalker caps & hard drugs to a certain arch-nemesis'

Answer: Moriarty


Question: 'This "hip" communications device got its present form in a 1974 Motorola version, but it had no display'

Answer: a pager


Question: 'Bruce, played by this man, was almighty before Evan was'

Answer: Jim Carrey


Question: 'Martha Stewart & Anna Quindlen are graduates of this women's college that's affiliated with Columbia'

Answer: Barnard


Question: 'Sentence diagrams visually represent this, the way words are arranged & relate within sentences'

Answer: syntax


Question: 'It's 277 miles long, it's up to 18 miles wide, it's 6 million years old & at a given time temperatures within it can vary by 25 degrees'

Answer: the Grand Canyon


Question: 'The name of this ocean means "peaceful"'

Answer: the Pacific


Question: 'Amount of Brylcreem that'll "do ya"'

Answer: a little dab


Question: 'Appropriately, Swiss teenage tennis star Martina Hingis was named for this woman'

Answer: Martina Navratilova


Question: 'On May 13, 1940 he told Britain's House of Commons, "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears & sweat"'

Answer: Winston Churchill


Question: 'By law it's the malicious burning of another's house, or, in some case, your own'

Answer: arson


Question: 'Cher won Nicolas Cage's heart & an Oscar in this romantic comedy'

Answer: Moonstruck


Question: 'It's the smallest & the most easterly of the 5 Great Lakes'

Answer: Lake Ontario


Question: 'An indefinite-sized mass that forms in the throat when you're a little choked up'

Answer: a lump


Question: 'In 1933 he hit in 61 straight games for the San Francisco Seals; he only reached 56 as the "Yankee Clipper"'

Answer: Joe DiMaggio


Question: 'Popular songs of the decade included "Tennessee Waltz" & "Deep In The Heart Of" this state'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'Brickwork or stonework'

Answer: masonry


Question: 'This film featured Cher as Meryl Streep's gal pal & co-worker at a nuclear plant'

Answer: Silkwood


Question: 'Noted for its salmon fishing, the Tay is the longest river of this United Kingdom country'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'Abbreviated "T", it can be exact, or when approximate, rounded or heaping'

Answer: a tablespoon


Question: 'In 1996 boxer Andrew Golota lost twice to Riddick Bowe by committing this foul'

Answer: hitting below the belt


Question: 'Things developed rapidly after this Edwin Land creation went on sale in 1948'

Answer: the Polaroid camera


Question: 'One's public image, as opposed to the inner self'

Answer: persona


Question: 'Cher was a "bewitching" sculptor in this movie based on a John Updike novel'

Answer: The Witches of Eastwick


Question: 'Lake Van in Anatolia is this country's largest lake'

Answer: Turkey


Question: 'It's how much o' "nuthin" Porgy had'

Answer: plenty


Question: 'No. 33 on the Chicago Bulls, this Olympian has played most of his career in the shadow of No. 23'

Answer: Scottie Pippen


Question: '3 days before it was destroyed by the British Navy in May 1941, this German battleship sank the HMS Hood'

Answer: the Bismarck


Question: 'This 2-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle is used to carry coffins at military funerals'

Answer: caisson


Question: 'In this 1985 film, Cher portrayed Rusty Dennis, the mother of a disfigured son'

Answer: Mask


Question: 'Botany Bay on the coast of New South Wales, Australia is an inlet of this sea'

Answer: the Tasman Sea


Question: 'Robert Frost had to get out of the woods; "I have" this far "to go before I sleep", he wrote'

Answer: miles


Question: 'Golf legend Sam Snead won every one of golf's major championships, except this one'

Answer: the U.S. Open


Question: 'On July 1, 1946 the U.S. detonated its first atomic bomb since WWII at this atoll'

Answer: Bikini


Question: 'To cast off junk, or to throw overboard, as from a junk'

Answer: jettison


Question: 'Chazz Palminteri stars as a hit man hired to kill Cher in this 1996 black comedy'

Answer: Faithful


Question: 'This wise son of David wrote songs as well as psalms & divided Israel into 12 administrative parts'

Answer: Solomon


Question: 'Sandy "Pepa" Denton's rap partner Cheryl Jones is nicknamed this'

Answer: "Salt"


Question: 'Closely related to the Saguaro, night-blooming Cereus is a type of this plant'

Answer: a cactus


Question: 'Term for a specialist who listens for clicks, murmurs, lub-dubs & pitter-patters'

Answer: cardiologist


Question: 'The Cantonese form of this language is also known as Yue'

Answer: Chinese


Question: '"Two households, both alike in dignity..."'

Answer: Romeo and Juliet


Question: 'Constantine I's son George II fled this country during WWII; he returned to rule in 1946'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'This group began as the Primettes; after signing with Motown it changed its name'

Answer: The Supremes


Question: 'The black & English varieties of this tree are valued for their wood & their nuts'

Answer: a walnut


Question: 'Creams, lotions & ointments are the major clinical tools of this skin specialty'

Answer: dermatology


Question: 'Nederlands is another name for this language'

Answer: Dutch


Question: '"When shall we three meet again"'

Answer: Macbeth


Question: 'Around 1260 this country acquired Greenland & Iceland under Haakon IV, Haakon III's illegitimate son'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'In 1994 L7 gained in popularity as part of this alternative rock tour'

Answer: Lollapalooza


Question: 'This tree gave Ohio its nickname'

Answer: the buckeye


Question: 'In the 1990s Prozac & other drugs have revolutionized this specialty's treatment of depression'

Answer: psychiatry


Question: 'In 1990 Belarusian replaced this as the official language of Belarus'

Answer: Russian


Question: '"Boatswain!"'

Answer: The Tempest


Question: 'Unlike his father Pedro I, Pedro II worked to abolish slavery in this country'

Answer: Brazil


Question:
'(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):
British group seen here in a hit from their debut album:

"If you wanna be my lover /
You gotta get with my friends /
Make it last forever /
Friendship never ends..."'

Answer: The Spice Girls ("Wannabe")


Question: 'The blue gum is one of the most widely cultivated species of this tree'

Answer: eucalyptus


Question: 'It's defined as the study of disease & may study the bodies of those killed by a disease'

Answer: pathology


Question: 'Belize's national anthem is usually sung in this language'

Answer: English


Question: '"O for a muse of fire..."'

Answer: Henry V


Question: 'The 11th son of Ibn Saud, he led Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War'

Answer: King Fahd


Question: 'According to Billboard, The Angels, with this 1963 song, were the 1st all-white girl group to have a No. 1 hit'

Answer: "My Boyfriend\'s Back"


Question: 'The name of this climbing plant often found on poles is Greek for "lover of trees"'

Answer: philodendron


Question: 'A subspecialty of internal medicine, it deals with innards like the stomach & intestines'

Answer: gastroenterology


Question: 'The famous 15th century poem "Orlando Innamorato" was written in this language'

Answer: Italian


Question: '"I learn in this letter that Don Pedro of Arragon comes this night in Messina."'

Answer: Much Ado About Nothing


Question: 'In 1756 Voltaire said of this political entity that none of the 3 parts of its name was accurate'

Answer: the Holy Roman Empire


Question: 'The Algonquians gave us the name for this black animal with white stripes down its back'

Answer: Skunk


Question: 'It's the numerical alternate name for blackjack'

Answer: 21


Question: 'As a teenager in the 1940s, this president of the Philippines attended convent schools in the U.S.'

Answer: Corazon Aquino


Question: 'In 552 Emperor Justinian sent 2 monks to China to discover the secret of this fabric'

Answer: Silk


Question: 'It precedes -bill, -bar & -bone'

Answer: T


Question: 'Cakes rise in an oven because baking powder or yeast in the batter produces this gas'

Answer: Carbon Dioxide


Question: 'Plains Indians usually stretched these animal skins over frames to make bullboats & tepees'

Answer: Buffalo


Question: 'At the end of this classic children's game, whoever holds the odd queen loses'

Answer: Old Maid


Question: 'She gave birth to her 1st child, a son, during her successful 1988 campaign to become P.M. of Pakistan'

Answer: Benazir Bhutto


Question: 'The city of Damascus gave us the name Damask & the city of Mosul gave us the name of this fabric'

Answer: Muslin


Question: 'An FBI agent is popularly referred to as this type of "man"'

Answer: G-Man


Question: 'Navigational instruments are displayed at the Maritime Museum near Franklin Court in this Penn. city'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'This future chief of the Menominee helped the English capture Fort Mackinac, b'gosh'

Answer: Oshkosh


Question: 'Played by 2 sets of partners, it's the most popular form of bridge'

Answer: Contract Bridge


Question: 'In 1956 Time reported that during the Suez crisis this Egyptian president attended a Jane Russell movie'

Answer: Gamal Abdul Nasser


Question: 'The chief hair fiber used in textiles today comes from this kind of animal'

Answer: Sheep


Question: 'It's the Roman numeral for 500'

Answer: D


Question: 'On Jan. 16, 1969 Metroliner high-speed train service began between New York City & this city at the other end'

Answer: Washington, D.C.


Question: 'The Navajo learned sand painting from these Indians whose name is Spanish for "village"'

Answer: Pueblo


Question: 'This gambling game popular in Europe is called "chemmy" for short'

Answer: Chemin-de-fer


Question: 'This 1st president of Indonesia  was the son of a Javanese school teacher & his Balinese wife'

Answer: Sukarno


Question: 'A true Donegal type of this fabric will have flecks of many colors in the weave'

Answer: Tweed


Question: 'On a 1970s sitcom, Penny Marshall frequently wore this letter on her blouse'

Answer: L (for Laverne)


Question: 'Cumberland Falls in the southeast of this state is called the "Niagara of the South"'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'Thomas Jeffords befriended this Apache leader in the 1860s & later became the tribe's agent'

Answer: Cochise


Question: 'Bolivia & samba are variations of this game that originated in South America'

Answer: Canasta


Question: 'This was Jose Lopez Portillo's 1st elective office; he was sworn in in 1976'

Answer: President of Mexico


Question: 'Count Hilaire de Chardonnet is considered the father of this regenerated cellulose fiber'

Answer: Rayon


Question: 'These 2 letters do not appear on the buttons of a telephone'

Answer: Q & Z


Question: 'Neewollah, a festival for this holiday, is observed each year in Independence, Kansas'

Answer: Halloween ("Neewollah" backwards)


Question: 'N.Y. governor William Tryon put a reward of 100 pounds on the capture of this Green Mountain Boys leader'

Answer: Ethan Allen


Question: 'The Colorado River enters this national park at Marble Canyon'

Answer: Grand Canyon


Question: 'In the 1966-67 season, this Adam West superhero series aired 2 nights a week'

Answer: Batman


Question: 'Emanuel Leutze used the Rhine as a model for his painting of "Washington Crossing" this river'

Answer: the Delaware


Question: 'The Physician's Oath named for this "Father of Medicine" is probably not his work'

Answer: Hippocrates


Question: 'This "Don Quixote" author's first published work was "La Galatea", a pastoral novel'

Answer: Cervantes


Question: 'Crispus Attucks was living under the name Michael Johnson when killed in this 1770 "massacre"'

Answer: the Boston Massacre


Question: 'Upper Geyser Basin in this park has dozens of thermal features'

Answer: Yellowstone


Question: 'Lisa Kudrow plays twin sisters, one on "Mad About You", one on this series'

Answer: Friends


Question: 'A pieta now in the cathedral of Florence was originally meant for this artist's tomb'

Answer: Michelangelo


Question: 'According to Colossians 4:14, this fellow worker & companion of St. Paul was a physician'

Answer: Luke


Question: 'Fanny Price falls in love with her cousin Edmund in this "Pride & Prejudice" author's "Mansfield Park"'

Answer: Jane Austen


Question: 'After his surrender at Yorktown, this general reformed colonial administration in India'

Answer: Cornwallis


Question: 'Palatial bathing establishments line Bathhouse Row in this Arkansas park'

Answer: Hot Springs


Question: 'George Clooney has been a regular on 2 medical shows with this 2-letter title'

Answer: ER


Question: 'He painted a series of "Haystacks" before turning to water lilies'

Answer: Claude Monet


Question: 'This doctor who invented many foot care products published his "Dictionary of the Foot" in 1916'

Answer: Dr. William Scholl


Question: '"The Adventures of Philip" was the last completed novel by this "Vanity Fair" author'

Answer: William Makepeace Thackeray


Question: 'In 1779 he married 18-year-old Peggy Shippen, a close acquaintance of Major John Andre'

Answer: Benedict Arnold


Question: 'This state's 2 national parks are Guadalupe Mountains & Big Bend'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'He was the second person to play Chester A. Riley on TV; Jackie Gleason was first'

Answer: William Bendix


Question: 'His "Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp" established him as one of Amsterdam's great portrait painters'

Answer: Rembrandt


Question: 'Anatomist Andreas Vesalius was physician to King Philip II of this country'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'This "Of Human Bondage" author's experiences as a spy inspired his "Ashenden: Or the British Agent"'

Answer: Somerset Maugham


Question: 'This designer of Washington, D.C. was wounded during the French-American attack on Savannah in 1779'

Answer: Pierre L\'Enfant


Question: 'The Hall of Mosses Trail lies in the Hoh Rain Forest of this Pacific Northwest park'

Answer: Olympic National Park


Question: 'It was the second anthology series hosted by Rod Serling'

Answer: "Night Gallery"


Question: '"Northeaster", an 1895 painting by this American artist, depicts the ocean striking the Maine shore'

Answer: Winslow Homer


Question: 'Medieval Jewish physician & philosopher Moses Ben Maimon is better known by this name'

Answer: Maimonedes


Question: 'Sonia Marmeladovna is the heroine of his 1866 novel "Crime And Punishment"'

Answer: Fyodor Dostoevsky


Question: 'Also known as New Sarum, this city famous for its cathedral is just a stone's throw from Stonehenge'

Answer: Salisbury


Question: 'She's the most recent first lady to have her son run for U.S. President'

Answer: Barbara Bush


Question: 'In 1995 Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men took this "Sweet" hit to the top of the charts for a record 16-week stay'

Answer: "One Sweet Day"


Question: 'This gulf connects to the Atlantic Ocean via the narrow Straits of Florida'

Answer: the Gulf of Mexico


Question: '20 people were executed after the supposed 17th C. demonic possession of girls in this U.S. city'

Answer: Salem


Question: 'In 2001 this sandwich chain surpassed McDonald's in the number of U.S. restaurants'

Answer: Subway


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew unrolls a flag with a flourish.) It's the action I'm performing'

Answer: unfurling


Question: 'Moon was the maiden name of the mother of this moon-walking man named Edwin'

Answer: Buzz Aldrin


Question: 'In a 1957 No. 1 hit, he sang, "Darling, you send me, honest you do"'

Answer: Sam Cooke


Question: 'The Gulf of Thailand is bordered on its west by Thailand & on its east by Vietnam & this country'

Answer: Cambodia


Question: 'Indicating that even animals can be possessed, the Bible features the fate of these bewitched animals in Matthew 8:30-32'

Answer: swine (or hogs)


Question: 'This company was founded in 1948 as the baby furniture & toy supermarket; its present name came in 1957'

Answer: Toys "R" Us


Question: 'A Hamburg housewife'

Answer: hausfrau


Question: 'Her life & the life of her dog were laid "bare" in a nursery rhyme'

Answer: Old Mother Hubbard


Question: 'In 1992 Madonna topped the charts with "This Used To Be My Playground", a track from this Penny Marshall film'

Answer: A League of Their Own


Question: 'This gulf, also called the Gulf of Bac Bo, had a 1964 congressional resolution named for it'

Answer: the Gulf of Tonkin


Question: 'A Maryland boy's 1949 exorcism was the main source material for this man's 1971 bestseller'

Answer: (William Peter) Blatty


Question: 'This athletic wear company best known for its shoes began in Oregon as Blue Ribbon Sports'

Answer: Nike


Question: 'Stocks or commodities bought to be delivered at some time to come'

Answer: futures


Question: 'Believing true healing came from God's power, she formed the Mother Church in 1892 to promote her "Science"'

Answer: Mary Baker Eddy


Question: 'Stevie Nicks' "Edge Of Seventeen" is sampled on their No. 1 hit "Bootylicious"'

Answer: Destiny\'s Child


Question: 'The Canadian province of Prince Edward Island lies within this gulf'

Answer: the Gulf of St. Lawrence


Question: 'Often prescribing torture, a famous 15 C. exorcism manual was titled the "Malleus Maleficarum" or "The Witch's" this'

Answer: Hammer


Question: 'A New Bern, North Carolina pharmacist invented this drink in 1898, claiming it cured dyspepsia'

Answer: Pepsi (or Pepsi-Cola)


Question: 'In 1975 kabuki actor Mitsugoro Bando died from eating this delicacy'

Answer: fugu


Question: 'This "Last of the Red Hot Mamas" was famous for belting out "My Yiddishe Momme"'

Answer: Sophie Tucker


Question: '"Let Your Love Flow" was a chart topper for these brothers in 1976'

Answer: the Bellamy Brothers


Question: 'At its mouth, the Gulf of Sidra stretches 280 miles from Misratah to Benghazi in this African country'

Answer: Libya


Question: 'Involving a whole convent of nuns, a famous case of possession occurred in this French town in the mid-1630s'

Answer: Loudun


Question: 'This longest-listed company on the NYSE was first listed in 1824 as the New York Gas Light Company'

Answer: ConEdison


Question: 'Hyphenated, watery term for a small passenger airplane that makes short trips'

Answer: a puddle-jumper


Question: 'Proletarian writer Ding Ling was once friendly with this leader, but was jailed in his Cultural Revolution'

Answer: Mao Tse-tung


Question: 'As a circus owner, she caused her daughter to go "Berserk" in that 1967 film; however, no wire hangers were used'

Answer: Joan Crawford


Question: 'Dixieland refers to a style of jazz that originated in this Southern city'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'Of Nixon's appointees to the Supreme Court, he's the only one still there as of 2002'

Answer: Rehnquist


Question: 'Over a million members of this ethnic group had to flee their homes in Iraq in the '90s'

Answer: the Kurds


Question: 'Madison said, as people "exercise the government in person", this system "will be confined to a small spot"'

Answer: democracy


Question: 'Muhammad Yamin was one of the great poets of this largely Islamic island republic'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'In 1936 this detective, then played by Warner Oland, was "at the Circus"'

Answer: Charlie Chan


Question: 'There's a tomb of the unknown soldiers of the Revolutionary War in this N.Y. city that wasn't built in a day'

Answer: Rome, New York


Question: 'This Kennedy appointee was a former Colorado running back'

Answer: Byron White


Question: 'After a Senate investigation into the scandal, the Mammoth Oil Co. lost its lease on this Wyoming site'

Answer: Teapot Dome


Question: '11-letter term for a tight situation, like a dilemma, that you'd like to extricate yourself from'

Answer: predicament


Question: 'A 1985 movie covered the life of this Japanese writer who dramatically committed suicide in 1970'

Answer: Mishima


Question: 'Jimmy Stewart plays Buttons the Clown (a surgeon in disguise!) in this 1952 De Mille circus epic'

Answer: The Greatest Show on Earth


Question: 'This New Jersey city was the birthplace of Frank Sinatra, Michael Chang & Pia Zadora'

Answer: Hoboken


Question: 'Appointed by Pres. Eisenhower, he served nearly 34 years, retiring in 1990'

Answer: William Brennan


Question: 'Lenin contributed to this then-underground newspaper founded in 1912'

Answer: Pravda


Question: 'This adjective referring to a reversal of common sense comes from the Latin for "before behind"'

Answer: preposterous


Question: 'The initials of this British author of "Crash" & "Memories of the Space Age" stand for James Graham'

Answer: J.G. Ballard


Question: 'In 1956's "Trapeze" this actor played an aerialist vying with Burt Lancaster for the attentions of Gina Lollobrigida'

Answer: Tony Curtis


Question: 'Careful now--it's the state where you can visit San Diego, Universal City & Jefferson County's Port Arthur'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'He resigned from the Supreme Court in 1916 to run for president & was reappointed in 1930 as chief justice'

Answer: Charles Evans Hughes


Question: 'South Arabia became independent November 28, 1967 & became South this'

Answer: Yemen


Question: 'The word jihad is closely related to this word used of Afghan fighters'

Answer: mujahideen


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from San Francisco, CA.)  If you really need a book by this poet, come here to City Lights Books, the store he founded in 1953'

Answer: Lawrence Ferlinghetti


Question: 'This 1932 MGM film was later re-released as "Nature's Mistakes"'

Answer: Freaks


Question: 'Vincennes on the Wabash River in this state was the territorial capital from 1800 to 1813'

Answer: Indiana


Question: 'The only appointment Coolidge made, he was so rock solid that FDR made him chief'

Answer: Justice Stone


Question: 'The life of author Plutarch began during the reign of this emperor whose life was chronicled by Robert Graves'

Answer: Claudius


Question: 'Yeats wrote, "The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate" this'

Answer: intensity


Question: 'He was the only vice president to be elected to, & serve, 2 full terms as president'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'We're off to thank the Academy at the Kodak Theatre in this part of L.A.'

Answer: Hollywood


Question: 'Brad Pitt & Sheryl Crow were classmates at this school, Mizzou for short'

Answer: the University of Missouri


Question: 'Horses love this fruit of the genus malus; does one a day keep the vet away?'

Answer: an  apple


Question: 'It's a hyphenated slang term for a long, passionate kiss'

Answer: lip-lock


Question: 'In 2006, it was downgraded to a dwarf, leaving us with just 8 planets'

Answer: Pluto


Question: 'Peyton & Eli Manning'

Answer: quarterbacks


Question: 'In 1969, it was no honeymoon when water was diverted from this landmark, but it'll be back to normal for our trip'

Answer: Niagara Falls


Question: 'Coworkers Samuel Alito, Elena Kagan & Sonia Sotomayor are all graduates of this New Jersey school'

Answer: Princeton


Question: 'Though they're vegetarians, many male horses have 4 of these long "doglike" teeth used for tearing food'

Answer: canines


Question: 'Instead of you receiving a check, the money can be transferred to your account by the paying agency via this method'

Answer: direct deposit


Question: 'The math symbol for this looks like an 8 on its side'

Answer: infinity


Question: 'Yao Ming & Lisa Leslie'

Answer: centers


Question: 'Let's hit Midtown at the New York City landmark with this address'

Answer: 30 Rockefeller Plaza                            * 96.0330


Question: 'Walter Cronkite was a longhorn in the 1930s, studying Poli Sci at this college'

Answer: University of Texas


Question: 'Whether crushed, rolled or cooked, these are a high-energy horse food; too much can cause horsie overexuberance'

Answer: oats


Question: 'This racket game became an Olympic sport in 1988'

Answer: table tennis


Question: 'From the game of pool comes this expression meaning to be in a serious predicament'

Answer: behind the eight ball


Question: 'Johnny Bench & Roy Campanella'

Answer: catchers


Question: 'Chicago's Biograph Theater was the site of this gangster's 1934 death'

Answer: John DIllinger


Question: 'Larry Page & Sergey Brin started Google in their dorm room while working on Ph.D.s at this California college'

Answer: Stanford


Question: 'For joint health, some experts recommend giving horses this oil from fish of the genus gadus-- blecch!'

Answer: cod liver oil


Question: 'This French phrase refers to a dangerously attractive woman'

Answer: femme fatale


Question: 'Per "A Visit From St. Nicholas", it's alphabetically last among Santa's 8 reindeer'

Answer: Vixen


Question: 'Blake Griffin & Karl Malone'

Answer: power forwards


Question: 'One if by land and two if by sea--seen here is this Massachusetts landmark'

Answer: the Old North Church


Question: 'Later a cabinet member, Frances Perkins attended this Penn business school'

Answer: Wharton


Question: 'This protein-rich plant of the pea family is like steak for horses; don't give the little rascals too much of it'

Answer: alfalfa


Question: 'This protein part of blood plasma may be given as treatment for some viral diseases'

Answer: gamma globulin


Question: 'In poker, a dead man's hand is a pair of 8s & a pair of these'

Answer: aces


Question: 'Walter Payton & Barry Sanders'

Answer: running backs


Question: 'You're an insurance agent for this company?  How exciting!  "You're in good hands"'

Answer: Allstate


Question: 'This Latin phrase means "unborn" or "within the womb"'

Answer: in utero


Question: 'One of these poems by Basho says,<br />"A lovely spring night / suddenly vanished while we / viewed cherry blossoms"'

Answer: a haiku


Question: 'In April 2008 a new musical based on this novel swept through London, not Atlanta'

Answer: Gone With The Wind


Question: 'The 42,000-year-old Panaramitee petroglyphs in Australia have symbols that man etched into these'

Answer: stone


Question: 'In February 2008 he officially assumed the presidency of Cuba'

Answer: Raul Castro


Question: 'A man's home is his castle, & yours is so amazing, it's like one of these French-named castles in Bordeaux'

Answer: a chateau


Question: 'The name of this heavy blade is Spanish, probably from a word meaning "a large hammer"'

Answer: a machete


Question: 'A cinquain is a poem consisting of this many lines'

Answer: 5


Question: 'Richard O'Brien not only created this musical, he also played the role of Riff Raff'

Answer: Rocky Horror Picture Show


Question: 'Kinesics is nonverbal communication or this "language" for which Cosmopolitan has an online decoder'

Answer: body language


Question: 'On this leader's death in 2004, Hahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, assumed chairmanship of the PLO'

Answer: Yasser Arafat


Question: 'I hear you like ballroom dancing--me too!  Care to do this dance whose name is Spanish for "double step"'

Answer: paso doble


Question: 'This serene physical & mental discipline is sanskrit for "union"'

Answer: yoga


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a poem on the monitor.)  The first letter of each line spells out a word or name; here, it's the name "Alice" that Lewis Carroll puts into this type of poem, from the Greek for "tip of the line"'

Answer: acrostic


Question: 'Daniel Radcliffe recently brought his magic to Broadway starring in this musical satire of Corporate America'

Answer: How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying


Question: 'Java man is an example of this forerunner of ours whose name is Latin for "upright man"'

Answer: homo erectus


Question: 'Jean-Jacques Dessalines was killed in a revolt 2 years after declaring himself Emperor of this country'

Answer: Haiti


Question: 'Because you deserve the best, I ordered you this champagne brand that gets its name from high-quality glass'

Answer: crystale


Question: 'This brass wind instrument comes in part from the German for "wing"'

Answer: flugal horn


Question: 'Traditionally, it's a short, pastoral poem, unlike Tennyson's ones "of the king"'

Answer: idylls


Question: 'God I hope you get it, I hope you get it that this Broadway musical won a 1976 Pulitzer & 9 Tonys'

Answer: A Chorus Line


Question: 'The 2011 film titled this "Of Forgotten Dreams" lensed some of the oldest works of art known to exist'

Answer: The Cave


Question: 'In 1995 Shimon Peres became Prime Minister of Israel following the assassination of this predecessor'

Answer: (Yitzhak) Rabin


Question: 'You are so right--if you want people on your side, this 1936 self-help classic from Dale Carnegie is a must-read'

Answer: How To Win Friends & Influence People


Question: 'This 2-word term was first used for a French & Italian pidgin developed by crusaders & traders'

Answer: lingua franca


Question: 'It's from the Italian for "little sound"'

Answer: a sonnet


Question: 'An international piano competition held every 4 years is named for this American who won a competition in Moscow in 1958'

Answer: Van Cliburn


Question: 'From the Latin for "to liken", it's the process by which one cultural or ethnic group absorbs another'

Answer: assimilation


Question: 'He became King of England in 1399 after forcing his cousin Richard II from the throne'

Answer: Henry IV


Question: 'It's rare to get Oscar nominations for Best Director & Best Actor for the same film; he is 1 or the 2 who did it twice'

Answer: (1 of) Clint Eastwood & Warren Beatty


Question: 'Of 50, 100 or 200, the number of wingbeats per second for the smallest hummingbirds during courtship'

Answer: 200


Question: 'Number of home runs Barry Bonds hit in 2001, setting a Major League record'

Answer: 73


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Bally Total Fitness.)  Biologically, it means living without oxygen; in the gym, it's the type of exercise that builds muscle with bursts of exertion'

Answer: anaerobic


Question: 'Popular with cyclists, the 18.5-mile Mount Vernon trail follows this river's shoreline'

Answer: the Potomac


Question:
'Shakespeare,
Milton,
Tennyson'

Answer: Shakespeare


Question: 'This synonym for a miserly man comes from a Dickens story'

Answer: a scrooge


Question: 'Although it's true that hummingbirds prefer flowers of this color, the shape of the flower is equally important'

Answer: red


Question: 'As GM of this team, Michael Jordan made history by picking high schooler Kwame Brown No. 1 in the NBA draft'

Answer: the Washington Wizards


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Bally Total Fitness.) You can get a low-impact workout using the not-exactly-circular pedaling motion that gives this type of machine its name'

Answer: an elliptical machine


Question: 'Pompeys Pillar, a famous rock formation in Montana, lies along the trail named for this pair'

Answer: Lewis & Clark


Question:
'Giuseppe Verdi,
Wolfgang Mozart,
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov'

Answer: Wolfgang Mozart


Question: 'A "W" was added to his raised letter alphabet so that it could be used in English'

Answer: (Louis) Braille


Question: 'At night hummingbirds enter torpor, a short version of this, in which temp. lowers & metabolism slows'

Answer: hibernation


Question: 'Point Given won this Triple Crown race & got daisies because Maryland's state flower hadn't bloomed yet'

Answer: the Preakness


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Bally Total Fitness.) Your RMR, short for this, is the number of calories you need to maintain your current weight; it will increase as you add muscle'

Answer: resting metabolic rate


Question: 'In Nebraska you can still see wagon wheel ruts on this trail that extended between the Missouri & Columbia Rivers'

Answer: the Oregon Trail


Question:
'John F. Kennedy,
Gerald Ford,
George H.W. Bush'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'Although his name is now a synonym for rags-to-riches success, this 19th c. author never achieved that success'

Answer: Horatio Alger


Question: 'The largest hummingbird is the 8 1/2-inch Patagona gigas, native to this mountain range'

Answer: the Andes


Question: 'This "Iron Man" played his last game for the Orioles in 2001 after 21 seasons'

Answer: Cal Ripken


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Bally Total Fitness.)  With this stretch, I'm improving this; the active type of it is the distance a joint can move with your own power'

Answer: a range of motion


Question: 'This National Scenic Trail passes through 14 states, including Maine & Georgia'

Answer: the Appalachian Trail


Question:
'Pablo Picasso,
Salvador Dali,
Grandma Moses'

Answer: Grandma Moses


Question: 'This confection of sugar-coated almonds is named for the French army officer whose chef first prepared it'

Answer: praline


Question: 'This species, which shares its name with a steam organ, is North America's smallest bird at around 2 3/4" in length'

Answer: the Calliope hummingbird


Question: 'With the help of defensemen Ray Bourque & Rob Blake, this hockey team cascaded to the Stanley Cup'

Answer: the Colorado Avalanche


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Bally Total Fitness.) This German-born fitness visionary developed two types of his system to make you long & strong: one using equipment & one on a simple mat'

Answer: (Joseph) Pilates


Question: 'In the mid-1800s 70,000 Mormons traveled the Mormon Pioneer Trail between Nauvoo in this state & Utah'

Answer: Illinois


Question:
'Marco Polo,
Henry the Navigator,
Christopher Columbus'

Answer: Marco Polo


Question: 'The name of this unit of magnetic flux comes from a Scottish physicist not a "smart" sitcom spy'

Answer: the maxwell


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Christ Church in Savannah, Georgia.)  I'm at the chuch where the first American Sunday school class was held by this man, who later established the Methodist Church'

Answer: John Wesley


Question: 'The Who's Who 60, an all-time list in the 60th Edition, incudes this "aviator, b. Detroit, Feb. 4, 1902"'

Answer: Charles Lindbergh


Question: 'Before a jewelry heist in this film, Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi) tells us that he abhors automatically tipping'

Answer: Reservoir Dogs


Question: 'On Feb. 23, 1667 he wrote in his "Diary", "This day I am, by the blessing of God, 34 years old, in very good health"'

Answer: Samuel Pepys


Question: 'On this man's 1610 Nothwest Passage hunt, he took the Discovery down a bay & a strait now named for him'

Answer: Henry Hudson


Question: 'As a noun it can mean "whim"; you can also take a "flight of" it'

Answer: fancy


Question: 'In Savannah, head for the Lady & Sons Restaurant run by this Food Network chef known for her "home cooking"'

Answer: Paula Deen


Question: 'Some new 2006 names are "Jeopardy!" champ Ken Jennings & this first skateboarder to do "the 900" trick'

Answer: Tony Hawk


Question: 'It was Gallagher, MacDowell & Spader in the Deep South in this atmospheric 1989 film'

Answer: sex, lies, and videotape


Question: 'This scientist wrote to Robert Hooke, "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants"'

Answer: Newton


Question: '1 of 2 similar-sounding Titanic sister ships; 1 is an "encyclopedic" adjective, the other is "mountainous"'

Answer: the Britanic (or the Olympic)


Question: 'Zealotry'

Answer: fanaticism


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew strolls in a park in Savannah, Georgia.)  John Berendt, author of this 1994 bestseller about Savannah, writes that the city's 22 squares are its treasures'

Answer: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil


Question: 'He listed himself in Who's Who as an "electrician"--guess inventing the incandescent bulb qualifies'

Answer: Edison


Question: 'George Harrison started Handmade Films to help make this Monty Python religious epic'

Answer: The Life of Brian


Question: 'In this 1650s work you'll find the line, "I have laid aside business, and gone a-fishing"'

Answer: The Compleat Angler


Question: 'Prohibited by law from returning to Prince William Sound, it's now known as the Sea River Mediterranean'

Answer: the Exxon Valdez


Question: 'Aaron Copland completed this "for the Common Man" in 1942'

Answer: Fanfare


Question: 'In 1864 this general telegraphed Lincoln, "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah"'

Answer: William Tecumseh Sherman


Question: 'Once the youngest person ever listed, she's still in the 2006 edition, now as "former ambassador"'

Answer: Shirley Temple Black


Question: '1959's "Shadows" was the groundbreaking debut of this actor/director'

Answer: John Cassavetes


Question: 'In his "Second Treatise of Government", John Locke wrote, "Wherever law ends", this "begins"'

Answer: tyranny


Question: 'Josiah Gibbs got help translating for the accused men of this ship from James Covey, an African sailor, once a slave'

Answer: the Amistad


Question: 'The name of this lively Spanish dance form has also come to mean tomfoolery'

Answer: fandango


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Johnson Square in Savannah, Georgia.)  This "colorful" general was given a plantation by the people of Savannah for his Revolutionary War victories in the South; he's now buried here in Savannah'

Answer: General Nathaniel Greene


Question: 'This famous man's entry features his 1960-62 chairmanship of the Sumter County, Georgia school board'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'Much of this movie was filmed in the store where director Kevin Smith was working at the time'

Answer: Clerks


Question: 'In his "Pensees", this French mathematician philosophized, "Evil is easy, and has infinite forms"'

Answer: Blaise Pascal


Question: 'Linda Morgan was in bed in 1956 when the Stockholm's prow rudely moved her; she survived, but this ship didn't'

Answer: the Andrea Doria


Question: 'This rhyming term refers to both a Chinese gambling game & a Western card game'

Answer: fantan


Question: 'This city's iconic Routemaster vehicles were just shy of 50 years' service when they were retired in 2005'

Answer: London


Question: 'She based her 1945 play "Appointment With Death" on her mystery novel of the same name'

Answer: Agatha Christie


Question: 'Developed in the 1500s, the Mogul style of this country was greatly influenced by Persian art'

Answer: India


Question: 'This opera house in Milan has a museum devoted to its history'

Answer: La Scala


Question: 'Al Pacino, James Caan & John Cazale played brothers Michael, Sonny & Fredo in this 1972 drama'

Answer: The Godfather


Question: 'He made headlines when he landed at Le Bourget Field, May 21, 1927'

Answer: Charles Lindbergh


Question: 'Throughout the Middle Ages, it was the principal, if not the only table utensil'

Answer: Knife


Question: 'This "In Cold Blood" author's 1952 play "The Grass Harp" concerns a woman who lives in a tree'

Answer: Truman Capote


Question: 'The Tarasco Indians, who live in this country's state of Michoacan, are noted for their pottery & weaving'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'The Museum of the Chinese Revolution in Beijing is located on this famous square'

Answer: Tiananmen Square


Question: 'Her performance as Sally Field's daughter in "Steel Magnolias" was "Something to Talk About"'

Answer: Julia Roberts


Question: 'An investigation by Leon Jaworski led to the indictment of this former U.S. Attorney General'

Answer: John Mitchell


Question: 'Former county of England known for a pudding & a terrier'

Answer: Yorkshire


Question: 'Joyce Carol Oates took a sabbatical from this New Jersey university to work on her play "The Gulf War"'

Answer: Princeton


Question: 'This streamline geometrical style popular in the 1920s is also known as "Art Moderne"'

Answer: Art Deco


Question: 'In 1995, after much controversy & debate, this WWII B-29 bomber went on display at the Smithsonian'

Answer: Enola Gay


Question: 'This director cast his own mother as astronaut Jim Lovell's mother in "Apollo 13"'

Answer: Ron Howard


Question: 'Israel occupied this 146 square-mile area in the 1956 Suez Crisis & again during the 1967 Six-Day War'

Answer: Gaza Strip


Question: 'Spanky was part of "Our Gang" & Jiang Qing, Mao's widow, was part of this gang'

Answer: The Gang of Four


Question: 'This "Firing Line" host adapted his own espionage novel "Stained Glass" as a play; it premiered in 1989'

Answer: William F. Buckley


Question: 'Rococo artist Francois Bouchet designed the "Loves of the Gods" series of these wall hangings in 1749'

Answer: Tapestries


Question: 'This Dutch national art museum had its origins in one founded by Louis Bonaparte in 1808'

Answer: The Rijksmuseum


Question: 'Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest & Barbara Hershey were the title siblings in this 1986 Woody Allen film'

Answer: Hannah and Her Sisters


Question: 'In 1971 Dacca was made capital of this new country'

Answer: Bangladesh


Question: 'Opposed to the Stamp Act, the Sons of Liberty formed committees of this to spread the word'

Answer: Committees of Correspondence


Question: 'Rip Torn & Marsha Mason starred in this author's stage adaptation of his own novel "The Deer Park"'

Answer: Norman Mailer


Question: 'It's the term for bone or ivory objects once carved by sailors and often decorated with whaling scenes'

Answer: Scrimshaw


Question: 'In 1909 King Edward VII opened the new building of this London museum of decorative & fine arts'

Answer: Victoria & Albert Museum


Question: 'Three years after she was in her prime as Jean Brodie, she starred as the aunt in "Travels With My Aunt"'

Answer: Maggie Smith


Question: 'For most of the 1980s, he was president of El Salvador'

Answer: Jose Napoleon Duarte


Question: 'From Arabic for "authority", it's the title used by monarchs of the Seljuk & Ottoman Empires'

Answer: Sultan


Question: 'The front of this state's seal features Lord Baltimore dressed as a knight'

Answer: Maryland


Question: 'Son, koku & shaku have been used as units of measurement in this country'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'There's no doubt Jesus told him "I am the way, the truth & the life"'

Answer: Thomas


Question: 'Located on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, it may have been built as early as 2800 B.C.'

Answer: Stonehenge


Question: 'This Civil War photographer studied photography with Samuel F.B. Morse'

Answer: Mathew Brady


Question: 'This telephone inventor was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1847'

Answer: Alexander Graham Bell


Question: 'This New England state is about as large as the other five New England states combined'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'For most liquids, it's equal to 31.5 gallons'

Answer: Barrel


Question: 'Jesus told him, "Fear not.  From henceforth thou shalt catch men"'

Answer: Simon Peter


Question: 'At the Paris observatory in the 1670s, the speed of this was calculated as 140,000 miles per second'

Answer: Light


Question: 'On Feb. 4, 1861 the Confederacy began setting up its government in this city'

Answer: Montgomery, Alabama


Question: 'Having no heirs when he died in 1931, this tea merchant left most of his estate to Glasgow charities'

Answer: Sir Thomas Lipton


Question: 'This state has only two metropolitan statistical areas:  Billings & Great Falls'

Answer: Montana


Question: 'The abbreviation for this unit is from the Latin word libra, meaning "scales"'

Answer: pound


Question: 'Jesus found him sitting at the receipt of custom, which means collecting taxes'

Answer: Matthew


Question: 'With a 40-inch lens, a telescope at the Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin is the largest of this type'

Answer: Refracting Telescope


Question: 'At the 1st battle of this creek, Gen. Thomas Jackson received the nickname "Stonewall"'

Answer: Bull Run


Question: 'He spent the latter part of 1773 touring the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson'

Answer: James Boswell


Question: 'A region in the southern part of this state is called Acadiana'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'Named for a French physicist, it's a measurement of an electric current's rate of flow'

Answer: Ampere


Question: 'Considered the first called, he's also alphabetically first on the lists in the New Testament'

Answer: Andrew


Question: 'This Pasadena institute operates the Big Bear Solar Observatory in California'

Answer: Caltech


Question: 'On July 3, 1863, Lee ordered George Pickett's division to charge up this ridge at Gettysburg'

Answer: Cemetery Ridge


Question: 'In 1787 this philosopher & economist was named lord rector of the University of Glasgow'

Answer: Adam Smith


Question: 'In 1913 this state chose "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away" as its state song'

Answer: Indiana


Question: 'Number of pecks in a bushel & a peck'

Answer: 5


Question: 'Jesus called the brothers James & John "Boanerges", "sons of" this weather word'

Answer: thunder


Question: 'The world's largest reflector telescope is the 236-inch unit at Zelenchukskaya in this Russian mountain range'

Answer: Caucasus


Question: '23,000 casualties were suffered at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, also known by this name'

Answer: Shiloh


Question: 'This cabinet maker's last name was originally spelled like the musical instrument'

Answer: Duncan Fyffe


Question: 'This character in an 1838 novel was based on Ikey Solomon, a British thief & fence'

Answer: Fagin


Question: 'Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on May 22, 1859 in this Scottish city'

Answer: Edinburgh


Question: 'He first played Sherlock Holmes on film in 1939'

Answer: (Basil) Rathbone


Question: 'The Bible tells us of this element being beaten into plates, cut into wires & worked into the clothing worn by Aaron'

Answer: gold


Question: 'On Jan. 25, 1915 the first transcontinental phone call was made by this man in NYC to Thomas Watson in S.F.'

Answer: (Alexander Graham) Bell


Question: 'At the end of World War I, the nations designated the "Big Four" were the U.S., Italy, France & this one'

Answer: Great Britain


Question: 'The transmission of genetic traits from parents to offspring'

Answer: heredity


Question: 'Before he was a writer, Conan Doyle worked in this profession, like Watson'

Answer: medicine


Question: 'This star of "Lawrence of Arabia" voiced Sherlock Holmes for a series of cartoons in the 1980s'

Answer: (Peter) O\'Toole


Question: 'The Kennedy Space Center uses this gas, atomic No. 54 & no warrior princess, in high-intensity lights for night landings'

Answer: xenon


Question: 'Diane Watson represents this state's 33rd district in the U.S. House of Representatives'

Answer: California


Question: 'It's the hyphenated 4-dimensional continuum within which physical events can be located'

Answer: the space-time continuum


Question: 'Roman "C"'

Answer: hundred


Question: 'Conan Doyle wrote a tribute in 1915 on the death of W.G. Grace, a superstar in this sport'

Answer: cricket


Question: 'This one-time Willy Wonka took on the title role in 1975's "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother"'

Answer: Gene Wilder


Question: 'Pu!  But this element-238 doesn't stink--it powers pacemakers'

Answer: plutonium


Question: 'Now playing on golf's senior tour, he's won 5 British Opens & 2 Masters tournaments'

Answer: Tom Watson


Question: 'The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse in the Bible are War, Pestilence, Famine & this'

Answer: Death


Question: 'Debit's opposite'

Answer: credit


Question: 'Sir Arthur was a spiritualist, but he faced opposition from this man who wrote "A Magician Among the Spirits"'

Answer: Harry Houdini


Question: 'In a 1976 TV movie this "Spy Who Loved Me" actor played "Sherlock Holmes in New York"'

Answer: Roger Moore


Question: '"I" know Bernard Courtois discovered this element in 1811'

Answer: iodine


Question: 'English astronomer Frank Watson Dyson was director of this observatory from 1910 to 1933'

Answer: the Royal Observatory in Greenwich


Question: 'It's the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet'

Answer: delta


Question: 'Extreme hostility or aversion toward something or someone'

Answer: hatred


Question: 'Conan Doyle was partly influenced by his Dupin stories'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe


Question: 'Before "Rain Man", he directed "Young Sherlock Holmes", in which Holmes & Watson meet as boys at boarding school'

Answer: Barry Levinson


Question: 'This ductile, nonradioactive element has an atomic weight of 26.98'

Answer: aluminum


Question: 'English scholar Thomas Watson is best known today for his 1581 translation of "Antigone" by this Ancient Greek'

Answer: Sophocles


Question: 'As its name suggests, it's a square dance for 4 couples'

Answer: a quadrille


Question: 'Radiation at wavelengths longer than visible light & shorter than microwaves'

Answer: infrared


Question: '"The Inquest of the Final Victim Mary Kelly" is the subtitle of a book about this late 19th century Londoner'

Answer: Jack the Ripper


Question: '"Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, too-ra-loo-ra-li, too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, that's" one of these'

Answer: an Irish lullaby


Question: 'Next after<br />Turkey'

Answer: Turkmenistan