Question: 'In January 1898 this ship was sent to Havana to protect American interests in case of war'

Answer: the Maine


Question: 'Adriana La Cerva, Jimmy Altieri & Ralph Cifaretto all got whacked on this TV drama'

Answer: The Sopranos


Question: 'In 2005 this chain with close to 9,000 locations began offering Chantico, a "drinkable dessert"'

Answer: Starbucks


Question:
'Belgium,
the Netherlands,
Luxembourg'

Answer: Luxembourg


Question: 'The Carnegie one at 7th & 55th in N.Y.C., or Jerry's famous one on Ventura Blvd. in Studio City; hello...'

Answer: deli


Question: 'The greatest quantity possible, perhaps in prison security'

Answer: maximum


Question: 'The N.Y. Tribune said possession of this island group would "convert the Pacific Ocean into an American lake"'

Answer: the Philippines


Question: 'Rotund name of "The Simpsons" head mobster who hangs out at "The Legitimate Businessman's Social Club"'

Answer: Fat Tony


Question: 'In 1986 ThisCompanyKids opened its first store; in 1990 BabyThisCompany was born'

Answer: The Gap


Question:
'El Salvador,
Honduras,
Costa Rica'

Answer: El Salvador


Question: 'Last name of "Jungle Doctor of Laos" Thomas, or "Breaking Away" actor Paul; hello...'

Answer: Dooley


Question: 'About 10 feet high at the shoulder, this Pleistocene animal had complex molar teeth'

Answer: a mammoth


Question: 'This painter & sculptor of the American West served as a war correspondent & artist for the Hearst papers'

Answer: Remington


Question: 'In the video game based on this film, players use violence & negotiation to become the next don'

Answer: The Godfather


Question: 'It began in 1949 as a single home furnishings store in Manhattan; its latest addition is PBteen'

Answer: Pottery Barn


Question:
'Slovenia,
Bosnia,
Macedonia'

Answer: Slovenia


Question: 'Dandridge Payne Todd are names sandwiched between the better-known 1st and last ones of this 1st lady; hello...'

Answer: Dolley Madison


Question: 'Porgy & Bess know this title is when "the livin' is easy"'

Answer: "Summertime"


Question: 'The peace treaty gave this island to the U.S.; the rest of the Marianas were later purchased by Germany'

Answer: Guam


Question: '"When I got into family therapy, this was not the 'family' I had in mind", says Billy Crystal in this '99 comedy'

Answer: Analyze This


Question: 'This safari-inspired clothing company began in 1978 with 2 stores & a catalog'

Answer: Banana Republic


Question:
'Oman,
Yemen,
Qatar'

Answer: Qatar


Question: 'Named after a 17th century draper, it's any small, ornamental mat, as of lace; hello...'

Answer: doily


Question: 'On New Year's Day 1901, Philadelphia hosted the first annual this Parade'

Answer: Mummers


Question: 'The Spanish had fortified San Juan Hill, so the Rough Riders charged up this hill'

Answer: Kettle Hill


Question: '"But I'm funny how? Funny like a clown? I amuse you? I make you laugh?" says Tommy de Vito in this 1990 film'

Answer: Goodfellas


Question: 'This skin care co.'s name combines its symbol, aka wild apple, & a British conservationist's last name'

Answer: Crabtree & Evelyn


Question:
'South Africa,
Zimbabwe,
Namibia'

Answer: Zimbabwe


Question: 'One of the smallest species of this warm-blooded cetacean is the buffeo; hello...'

Answer: dolphin


Question: '11-letter term meaning to honor by some observance'

Answer: commemorate


Question: 'His last important building, the Marin County Civic Ctr., was completed by his students at the Taliesin Foundation'

Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright


Question: 'Shoeshine Boy transformed himself into this superhero pooch who spent a lot of time saving Polly Purebred'

Answer: Underdog


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew gives the clue while walking down a Pentagon corridor.)  The 20,000+ people who work here at the Pentagon include the CJCS, short for this senior-ranking armed forces member'

Answer: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff


Question: 'Yip Harburg is shown with the lyric "skies are blue", from this Oscar-winning song of his'

Answer: "Over The Rainbow"


Question: 'Set in 1307, this 4-act opera has long been the apple of my eye'

Answer: William Tell


Question: 'A traveler, especially on foot, or a style of sunglasses'

Answer: wayfarer


Question: 'He lived as a youth in Hong Kong where in the 1980s he designed the Bank of China office building'

Answer: (I.M.) Pei


Question: 'Although George Jetson wanted a nuclear-powered mechanical dog, the kids won out & he became a part of the family'

Answer: Astro


Question: 'In a crisis the military might go to DEFCON 2, DEFCON standing for this'

Answer: defense condition


Question: 'In 2004 the Post Office honored the "Greatest Generation" with a stamp of this national memorial in D.C.'

Answer: the World War II Memorial


Question: 'William S. Burroughs wrote, "Grass is English thief slang for inform" in this literary feast of a novel'

Answer: Naked Lunch


Question: 'This country singer gave up his seat to the Big Bopper on the 1959 flight that also killed Buddy Holly & Richie Valens'

Answer: Waylon Jennings


Question: 'Walter Gropius founded this innovative design school at Weimar in 1919'

Answer: the Bauhaus


Question: 'In 1960 this Hanna-Barbera canine's show became the first cartoon series to win an Emmy'

Answer: Huckleberry Hound


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew gives the clue while standing in the ANZUS corridor of the Pentagon.)  I'm in the Pentagon corridor that honors the Pacific security treaty known as ANZUS, an acronym for these three nations'

Answer: Australia, New Zealand, & the United States


Question: '1 of the 2 women featured in the 2004 American Choreographers series'

Answer: (Martha) Graham (or Agnes de Mille)


Question: 'In 1807 he published the poem "Ode: Intimations of Immortality"'

Answer: William Wordsworth


Question: 'Friends & Romans!  Stephen Sondheim launched his career as a Broadway composer with this musical'

Answer: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum


Question: 'In 1929 he created the "Barcelona Chair", a chair of curved steel bands cantilevered to support cushions'

Answer: Mies van der Rohe


Question: 'Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog was the faithful companion to this cartoon boy with the funnel-shaped hat'

Answer: Tom Terrific


Question: 'TNW is tactical nuclear weapon; SNW is this longer-range counterpart'

Answer: strategic nuclear weapon


Question: 'The background art on this author's stamp recalls a scene from "All the King's Men"'

Answer: Robert Penn Warren


Question: 'His island-set 1954 novel divided characters into 2 groups; hunters & fire-keepers'

Answer: (William) Golding


Question: 'This battle was waged from June 3-7, 1942'

Answer: the Battle of Midway


Question: 'In the 1940s Oscar Niemeyer was chief architect of Pampulha, a new suburb near Belo Horizonte in this country'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'Smedley the dog was the longtime co-star of this Walter Lantz penguin who wore a stocking cap'

Answer: Chilly Willy


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue from a Pentagon hallway.) Abbreviated NMCC, it's located in the Pentagon & sends EAMs, emergency action messages, to battlefields & nuclear subs'

Answer: National Military Command Center


Question: 'Scientist Barbara McClintock, who discovered "jumping" these in maize, was honored on a 2005 stamp'

Answer: genes


Question: 'My oh Myers!  His 1990 children's book "Shrek!" got very animated in 2001'

Answer: William Steig


Question: 'James K. Polk chaired this House committee from 1833 to 1835; Bill Thomas chairs it today'

Answer: the Ways and Means Committee


Question: 'In 1776 she wrote, "Whilst you are... emancipating all nations, you insist upon retaining an absolute power over wives"'

Answer: Abigail Adams


Question: 'All Aboard!  There are over 700 miles of this underground transportation system in the city'

Answer: Subway


Question: 'Usually, the highest rank in the martial arts of judo & karate is this color belt'

Answer: Black belt


Question: 'He sat, apparently not too happily, for this portrait in Paris'

Answer: Ben Franklin


Question: 'From 1959 to 1963 John Smith & Robert Fuller starred in this western set in Laramie, Wyoming'

Answer: Laramie


Question: 'This baseball legend played center field for the Yankees from 1936-1951'

Answer: Joe DiMaggio


Question: 'In the British military:<br />RAF'

Answer: Royal Air Force


Question: 'It's how you make the sound of a Bronx cheer'

Answer: "Pffft!" (or any other reasonable response)


Question: 'Bing was first "dreaming of" this kind of holiday in the 1942 film "Holiday Inn"'

Answer: White Christmas


Question: 'After only 6 months on the air "Match Game '73" changed its name to this'

Answer: Match Game \'74


Question: 'He was often all thumbs as Roger Ebert's partner'

Answer: Gene Siskel


Question: 'This theatrical thoroughfare is the longest street in New York City'

Answer: Broadway


Question: 'Ho! Ho! Ho!  This line of canned & frozen foods agreed to merge with Pillsbury in 1978'

Answer: Green Giant


Question: 'In a 1999 episode of "It's Like, You Know", Jennifer Grey's father Joel guest-starred in this role'

Answer: Her father


Question: 'Though his acting career began in 1947, DeForest Kelley was best known for playing this "Star Trek" doctor'

Answer: "Bones" McCoy


Question: 'NYC is home to Queens which is home to Shea Stadium which is home to this pro baseball team'

Answer: New York Mets


Question: 'Sensationalistic "journalism" that exploits, distorts or exaggerates the news'

Answer: Yellow journalism


Question: 'Debuting in 1992, Bob Newhart's third sitcom had this one-word title'

Answer: Bob


Question: 'NYC's biggest ticker-tape parade occurred March 1, 1962 when over 3,000 tons were dumped on this astronaut'

Answer: John Glenn


Question: 'Since 1986 the NBA Coach of the Year trophy has carried this man's name'

Answer: Arnold "Red" Auerbach


Question: '"Entertainment Tonight" debuted in 1981, making this the first new Steven Spielberg-directed film it could cover'

Answer: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial


Question: 'An art collection assembled by Steve Wynn is displayed in the Gallery of Fine Art at this Las Vegas hotel'

Answer: Bellagio


Question: '(Alex: To set up the clue, here are some very talented performers from "Smokey Joe's Cafe")  The musical "Smokey Joe's Cafe" features the work of this legendary song-writing team'

Answer: Leiber and Stoller


Question: 'Courtesy of the queen, as of 1970 Sir Laurence could call himself this'

Answer: Lord Olivier


Question: 'Corporate takeover expert Carl Icahn was called one of these, like an Oakland football player'

Answer: Raider


Question: '"100 Soup Cans"'

Answer: Andy Warhol


Question: 'Its chorus says, "All through my wild days, my mad existence, I kept my promise, don't keep your distance"'

Answer: "Don\'t Cry For Me Argentina"


Question: 'In a scene cut from this Roman revolt epic, Olivier suggestively asks Tony Curtis if he prefers snails or oysters'

Answer: Spartacus


Question: '"Guernica"'

Answer: Pablo Picasso


Question: 'The logo of this luxury hotel company is seen here'

Answer: Four Seasons


Question: 'The Beatles sang, "Hold me, love me, ain't got nothin' but love babe" this often'

Answer: "Eight Days A Week"


Question: '1 of the 3 British actresses who married Laurence Olivier'

Answer: Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh or Joan Plowright


Question: 'This Greek who died in 1975 made a million importing tobacco before building his shipping fleet'

Answer: Aristotle Onassis


Question: '"Water Lilies"'

Answer: Claude Monet


Question: 'Legionnaires' Disease was identified after a 1976 outbreak at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel in this city'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'Elton John lit up the charts singing, "It seems to me you lived your life like" one of these'

Answer: A candle in the wind


Question: 'As Mr. Darcy, Olivier charmed Greer Garson in a film adaptation of this Jane Austen novel'

Answer: "Pride and Prejudice"


Question: 'Containing less than 1% of the mass in the solar system, it's the second most massive object in it'

Answer: Jupiter


Question: 'When you hear the snowy tree cricket, count the chirps in 15 seconds & add 40 to get this'

Answer: the temperature


Question: 'This term for a British person or British sailor comes from the citrus juice once drunk to ward off scurvy'

Answer: limey


Question: 'Disney World has a miniature golf course named for this film that featured Mickey as the Sorcerer's Apprentice'

Answer: Fantasia


Question: 'Online, this mail-order "house" partly owned by Sony offers 12 CDs not for a penny but for free'

Answer: Columbia House


Question: 'Sometimes you feel like "a nut", sometimes you feel like this fish'

Answer: tuna ("a nut")


Question: 'You might find your invitation to her Deerfield, Illinois museum under your pillow, along with a dollar'

Answer: The Tooth Fairy


Question: 'For a 1-inch-long field cricket, it can be as far as 24 inches'

Answer: a leap


Question: 'The Walloons live in a region called Wallonia in the southern part of this country'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'Timothy Mouse, the Stork, & Mrs. Jumbo are all characters in this Disney classic'

Answer: Dumbo


Question: 'The site of FTD, these merchants' "Transworld Delivery", heats up around Valentine's Day'

Answer: Florists


Question: 'Even the most carefree swimmer harks when this predator is around'

Answer: shark (harks)


Question: 'This Spanish museum's paintings are displayed in 2 buildings:  The Villanueva Building & the Cason del Buen Retiro'

Answer: The Prado


Question: 'Field crickets "sing" by rubbing these together, usually the right over the left'

Answer: wings


Question: 'The people of this largest U.S. Indian tribe call themselves Dine, which means "the people"'

Answer: Navajo


Question: 'The costumes Julie Andrews wore in this 1964 film were designed by her first husband, Tony Walton'

Answer: Mary Poppins


Question: 'You can buy tents & sleeping bags online at Idaho-based "A Happy" this'

Answer: Camper


Question: 'Lee prefers this slippery fish to any other'

Answer: eel (Lee)


Question: 'Check into a motel in Plano in this state, then check out the Cockroach Hall of Fame & Museum'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'Acheta domesticus is this common type of cricket, a name it shares with a fly & a mouse'

Answer: house


Question: 'Hibernians live on this island whose Latin name was Hibernia'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'According to the book "Disney A to Z", he's the youngest of the 7 Dwarfs'

Answer: Dopey


Question: 'They're what's sold online by Who Needs Two? Inc.'

Answer: tickets


Question: 'Our list of "fish words" wouldn't be complete without this ocean dweller'

Answer: swordfish ("fish words")


Question: 'The Ulster Museum in this capital city dates back to 1890'

Answer: Belfast


Question: 'Keats' "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness", it's when most adult crickets die'

Answer: autumn


Question: 'If you're living high in this highest world capital, you're a Paceno'

Answer: La Paz, Bolivia


Question: 'After Mary Wickes died, Jane Withers helped complete her gargoyle dialogue for this 1996 film'

Answer: The Hunchback of Notre Dame


Question: 'This computer company founded by a man named Michael does $6 million of business online a day'

Answer: Dell


Question: 'You could call it a seashore equine'

Answer: seahorse (seashore)


Question: 'MOMA in N.Y. is the Museum of Modern Art & MOCA in L.A. is the museum of this'

Answer: Contemporary art


Question: 'Like baseball's, cricket's scores are kept in these units; each team may have hundreds'

Answer: runs


Question: 'Nixon said this man could get out of jail if he quit as Teamster boss; he was released December 24, 1971'

Answer: Jimmy Hoffa


Question: 'The Christmas tree seen here stood tall in this city in 1995 (it's next to a 555-foot tall obelisk)'

Answer: Washington, D.C.


Question: 'John Quincy Adams, who had left the White House in 1829, entered this "house" in 1831'

Answer: the House of Representatives


Question: 'Stock up on Breath Assure before heading to Gilroy, Calif., world capital of this pungent bulb'

Answer: garlic


Question:
'PE  rest  ACE
----------------------------------
This message may be etched in stone'

Answer: rest in peace


Question: 'In 1953 batsman Jack Hobbs became the first pro cricketer to receive this title from the monarch'

Answer: knighthood


Question: 'This German rocket engineer launched the first surface-to-surface missile December 24, 1942'

Answer: Wernher Von Braun


Question: 'Tradition names this trio as Gaspar, Melchior & Balthazar'

Answer: Three Wise Men (Magi)


Question: 'A 1998 law authorized the Parks Service to spend $500,000 a year to link sites on this 19th c. escape route'

Answer: the Underground Railroad


Question: 'New Castle, Pa. is king of these, producing shows for the 1986 Statue of Liberty fete & every July 4'

Answer: fireworks


Question:
'The word "DREAMS" split in two by a jagged line
----------------------------------
They're desired, but didn't work out'

Answer: broken dreams (or shattered dreams)


Question: 'The player in this position initiates the action'

Answer: the bowler


Question: 'This aviator-movie producer-rich guy was born December 24, 1905 in Texas'

Answer: Howard Hughes


Question: 'On Christmas Eve 1968, Borman, Lovell & Anders became the first men to circle this object'

Answer: the moon


Question: 'In 1860 Erastus Beadle began publishing a series of novels that sold for this price'

Answer: 10 cents


Question: 'Elkhart in this state is the world capital of band instruments & RV manufacturing'

Answer: Indiana


Question:
'GNIKLAW
----------------------------------
Plennie L. Wingo is in the Guinness Book of World Records for doing this 8,000 miles'

Answer: walking backwards


Question: 'A striker can be declared out if he's LBW, "leg before" this'

Answer: wicket


Question: 'Soviet troops invaded this country December 24, 1979'

Answer: Afghanistan


Question: 'Dylan Thomas' "Child" had his title Christmas here'

Answer: Wales


Question: 'In the 1880s N.Y. tried to close sweat shops making these, & Oscar Hammerstein made a machine to roll them'

Answer: cigars


Question: 'It must be tough to park your car or walk your dog in Albertville, Alabama, the USA's capital of these'

Answer: fire hydrants


Question:
'KISS +
E
K
A
M
----------------------------------
Something people do after an argument or two things you associate with Gene Simmons'

Answer: kiss & make up


Question: 'Term for an international match, or what its players are "put to"'

Answer: the test


Question: 'The Treaty of Ghent was signed by these 2 countries December 24, 1814'

Answer: U.S. and Great Britain


Question: 'In "A Christmas Carol", it's the name of Scrooge's late business partner'

Answer: Jacob Marley


Question: 'In 1892, a national alliance of men in this job formed the Populist Party'

Answer: farmers


Question: 'Clinton, in this Treasure State, treasures being the Rocky Mountain Oyster capital with a yearly festival'

Answer: Montana


Question:
'ALL  world
----------------------------------
Once this song's in your head, it's tough to get out!'

Answer: "It\'s A Small World After All"


Question: 'Bert & Ernie of "Sesame Street" are named after characters in this classic Christmas film'

Answer: It\'s A Wonderful Life


Question: 'Though its name means "sour wine", it can be made from berries, melons & cereal, not just grapes'

Answer: vinegar


Question: 'A "pas de chat" is a leap that resembles the movement of this animal'

Answer: a cat


Question: 'The U.S. Auto Club reversed an earlier decision & declared Bobby Unser the winner of this race'

Answer: the Indianapolis 500


Question: 'Vivien Leigh said of this role, "I knew it was a marvelous part, but I never cared for her"'

Answer: Scarlett O\'Hara


Question: 'His experiments in electricity led him to invent the lightning rod'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: 'According to the poem, it was against the rules'

Answer: the lamb following her to school (bringing the lamb to school accepted)


Question: 'In this 1958 Alfred Hitchcock film, James Stewart played a former police detective afraid of heights'

Answer: Vertigo


Question: 'Geo. Balanchine choreographed this ballet based on the biblical story of a child who returned home'

Answer: The Prodigal Son


Question: 'The Vatican reduced from 37 to 6 the number of offenses that cause this to happen automatically'

Answer: excommunication


Question: '"I stare at life through fields of mayonnaise," which may have been how he came up with "Blazing Saddles"'

Answer: Mel Brooks


Question: 'World Book defines it as "electrons or ions that are not moving"'

Answer: static electricity


Question: 'In the 1830s Lowell Mason did this with the poem'

Answer: set it to music


Question: 'Either of two lower chambers of the heart that pump blood into the arteries'

Answer: the ventricles


Question: 'Russian dancer who was the choreographer & star of the 1912 production of "The Afternoon of a Faun"'

Answer: Nijinsky


Question: 'With Reagan as a character witness, this entertainer was given a license by the Nev. Gaming Commission'

Answer: Frank Sinatra


Question: 'Movie mogul famed for statements like "He has warmth & charmth" & "It rolls off my back like a duck"'

Answer: Sam Goldwyn


Question: 'Wrap a wire around an iron bar, send a current through the wire & you've made one of these'

Answer: an electromagnet


Question: 'His recitation of the poem in 1877 didn't amaze people until he played it back'

Answer: Thomas Edison


Question: 'Hindus believe this god descended from heaven in several forms, including Krishna'

Answer: Vishnu


Question: 'The group of dancers in a ballet troupe who perform as an ensemble'

Answer: the corps de ballet


Question:
'Movie remake that gave us the following song, a Top 10 hit in 1981:

"On the boats and on the planes /
They're coming to America..."'

Answer: The Jazz Singer


Question: 'This mustachioed comic quipped, "I've been around so long, I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin"'

Answer: Groucho Marx


Question: 'George Westinghouse promoted this type of current that we use today'

Answer: alternating current (AC)


Question: '"Mary" is said to be Mary Sawyer from either Sterling or Sudbury in this state'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'Expressed as a number, it's the capacity of an atom to combine with other atoms'

Answer: the valence


Question: 'Tchaikovsky wrote the music to 3 ballets: "The Sleeping Beauty", "The Nutcracker" & this'

Answer: Swan Lake


Question: 'Later made into a movie, this off-Broadway play by Beth Henley won a Pulitzer Prize'

Answer: Crimes of the Heart


Question: 'Frank Capra dubbed this director of "The Birth of a Nation" "The Poor Man's Shakespeare"'

Answer: D.W. Griffith


Question: 'Galvani thought this dead animal released electricity when touched to metal & its legs kicked'

Answer: the frog


Question: 'She wrote the poem, or at least its last 3 verses'

Answer: Sarah Josepha Hale


Question: 'Michelangelo spent 3 years, 1501-4, sculpting this Goliath-size statue'

Answer: David


Question: 'This expensive bionic superhuman was played by Lee Majors'

Answer: the Six Million Dollar Man


Question: 'The last line of this Shaw play is "Hail, Caesar!"'

Answer: Caesar and Cleopatra


Question: 'His Indian name was Tashunka-Uito, which can be translated as "his mount is insane"'

Answer: Crazy Horse


Question: 'Until he said he wasn't, Japanese emperors were considered divine'

Answer: Hirohito


Question: 'Queen Anne's lace is the ancestor of this orange vegetable & has roots resembling it'

Answer: the carrot


Question: 'Kurt Vonnegut fictionalizes some of his own experiences in the firebombing of Dresden in this book'

Answer: Slaughterhouse-Five


Question: 'This Arthur Miller play, set in the 17th c., was originally titled "Those Familiar Spirits"'

Answer: The Crucible


Question: 'This outlaw's sister said he left South America & returned to the U.S., dying in Washington State in 1937'

Answer: Butch Cassidy


Question: 'Being a free port makes Kowloon, in this Crown Colony, a busy place'

Answer: Hong Kong


Question: 'The primary source of this food is the Apis mellifera'

Answer: honey


Question: 'Term for someone who's unfit for service in the U.S. military'

Answer: 4F


Question: 'This Southerner wrote a play about Zelda Fitzgerald called "Clothes for a Summer Hotel"'

Answer: Tennessee Williams


Question: 'Some say this Kentucky-born judge's original family name was Boone & that he & Daniel Boone were relatives'

Answer: Judge Roy Bean


Question: 'In Asia, the sherpas are best known as mountain guides & the gurkhas as these'

Answer: warriors (or soldiers)


Question: '"Jennifer" derives from the Celtic form of this legendary Queen's name'

Answer: Guinevere


Question: 'A catnap'

Answer: forty winks


Question: 'Actor-playwright whose unhappy marriage to an actress may have led him to write "The Misanthrope"'

Answer: Molière


Question: 'To help others reach the promised land, this church set up the Perpetual Emigration Fund in 1849'

Answer: the Church of the Latter-Day Saints (Mormon)


Question: 'These people refer to themselves as the Han'

Answer: the Chinese


Question: 'This publication says it's "no more a magazine about NYC than Time is a magazine about wristwatches"'

Answer: The New Yorker


Question: 'The style of this Baroque Flemish artist is so distinct, his name became an adjective to describe it'

Answer: Peter Paul Rubens


Question: 'According to the Ray Bradbury novel filmed by Francois Truffaut, paper burns at this temperature'

Answer: 451 degrees (Fahrenheit)


Question: 'Sidney Poitier co-starred in this 1959 drama, the 1st play by a black woman produced on Broadway'

Answer: A Raisin in the Sun


Question: 'Legend says this "Bandit Queen" married 1 of her outlaw husbands on horseback'

Answer: Belle Starr


Question: 'While America is called the "Land of the Free", this nation's name means just that'

Answer: Thailand


Question: 'Luxurious legwear, or a 1957 movie musical starring Fred Astaire, who didn't wear them'

Answer: silk stockings


Question: 'It was the 1st country to use paper money'

Answer: China


Question: 'The first line in Encarta's article on him includes the words "Last Stand" in quotes'

Answer: George Custer


Question: 'Restaurants on this Massachusetts cape include the Impudent Oyster & Aesop's Tables'

Answer: Cape Cod


Question: '"Nanu, Nanu" & "Shazbat" were Orkan words frequently heard on this sitcom'

Answer: Mork & Mindy


Question: 'His last will & testament left his Virginia estate Monticello to his daughter Martha'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'These "lords" live like peasants when courts make them stay in their undermaintained tenements'

Answer: Slumlords


Question: 'It has front & back flaps'

Answer: Dust jacket


Question: 'He's the only George to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing's heavyweight division'

Answer: George Foreman


Question: 'This state's World Potato Exposition in Blackfoot promises "Free Taters for Out-of-Staters"'

Answer: Idaho


Question: 'On "The Addams Family", he would enter & croak, "You rang?"'

Answer: Lurch


Question: 'His war record as a Rough Rider helped him win the New York governorship in 1898'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'Term for buying the right to use vacation property for a certain period each year'

Answer: Timeshare


Question: 'Posted on the front end paper, it bears the owner's name & often a design'

Answer: Book plate


Question: 'He fired Billy Martin 5 times'

Answer: George Steinbrenner


Question: 'Alien Encounter is one of the scariest attractions in this Florida theme park'

Answer: Walt Disney World


Question: 'On this game show, answers were checked against what the "Survey Says!"'

Answer: Family Feud


Question: 'At 12:03 P.M., August 9, 1974 he was sworn in as president in the East Room of the White House'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'In 1996 California created a state agency to provide this type of homeowners' insurance'

Answer: Earthquake insurance


Question: 'When reading, keep your mind out of this depression between the pages'

Answer: Gutter


Question: 'Name shared by a 1926 Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright & a 1930s gangster nicknamed "Machine Gun"'

Answer: George Kelly


Question: 'Some of this illustrator's models serve as hosts for the exhibition devoted to him in Arlington, VT.'

Answer: Norman Rockwell


Question: 'As Arnold Jackson on "Diff'rent Strokes", he asked, "What you talkin' about, Willis?"'

Answer: Gary Coleman


Question: 'In the 1950s a putting green was installed for him near the Rose Garden'

Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower


Question: 'It's the deposit of funds or documents with a neutral third party instructed to carry out an agreement'

Answer: Escrow


Question: 'A high-priced book may include a forel, one of these that contains the book'

Answer: Slipcover/box


Question: 'In 1924 this king wrote, What would "Dear Grandmama....have thought of a Labour government"'

Answer: King George V


Question: 'Visitors to this Midwestern city may tour the Pabst Mansion, built in 1893 in the Flemish Renaissance style'

Answer: Milwaukee


Question: 'She signed off "NBC News Overnight" with "And so it goes"'

Answer: Linda Ellerbee


Question: 'This first president from Massachusetts was called "The Colossus of Independence"'

Answer: John Adams


Question: 'A claim on a debtor's property; the "mechanic's" type is held by a worker who wasn't paid'

Answer: Lien


Question: 'From Latin for "leaf", it's a sheet of paper folded over to make 4 pages of a book, or it's each page number'

Answer: Folio


Question: 'The kings of Belgium, Denmark & Greece once rode in the stagecoach in his wild west show, "Indian Attack"'

Answer: "Buffalo Bill" Cody


Question: 'This automaker, Japan's largest, also manufactures prefabricated housing'

Answer: Toyota


Question: 'This "Driving Miss Daisy" star was the original Blanche DuBois in "A Streetcar Named Desire" on Broadway'

Answer: Jessica Tandy


Question: 'Dates & coconuts come from different species of this tree'

Answer: palm tree


Question: 'In the 1920s, a "generation" of young American writers were "lost" in this European city'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'This bird is a symbol of love, the soul & the end of the Great Flood'

Answer: dove


Question: 'Carlotta Grisi, one of the most famous of these performers, created the title role in "Giselle" in 1841'

Answer: ballerina


Question: 'In 1995 Premier Murayama apologized for Japan's 1910-1945 occupation of this peninsular country'

Answer: Korea


Question: 'In 1996 Sarah Jessica Parker joined boyfriend Matthew Broderick in the cast of this hit musical'

Answer: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying


Question: 'A small shrub called the Egyptian privet provides this orange-red dye used to color hair'

Answer: henna


Question: 'The Transcendental Club began as a reaction to this U.S. college's 1836 bicentennial celebration'

Answer: Harvard


Question: 'With its many seeds, this fruit became a symbol of fertility:<br />[video clue]'

Answer: pomegranate


Question: 'This legendary French actress was a teenager when she debuted with the Comedie-Francaise in 1862'

Answer: Sarah Bernhardt


Question: 'In 1996 Bill Clinton became the second U.S. president to address this, this Japanese parliament'

Answer: Diet


Question: 'The original Anita in Broadway's "West Side Story", she later turned into a "Spider Woman"'

Answer: Chita Rivera


Question: 'City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco was a 1950s hangout for these itinerant writers & poets'

Answer: "Beat" writers


Question: 'The Mi-Lo-Fo, a symbol of bliss in China, is a later fat incarnation of this "enlightened" one'

Answer: Buddha


Question: 'With a privateer's commission from the republic of Cartagena, he & his brother Pierre preyed on Spanish ships'

Answer: Jean Lafitte


Question: 'In April 1996 the U.S. agreed to return all or part of several military bases on this island to Japan in 7 years'

Answer: Okinawa


Question: 'Maybe the "Scent of a" theatre pulled him back; he starred in & directed a revival of "Hughie" in 1996'

Answer: Al Pacino


Question: 'This group met daily for lunch at a Manhattan hotel from 1919 to the early 1930s'

Answer: Algonquin Round Table


Question: 'A symbol of manhood; Queen Hatshepsut wore a false one'

Answer: beard


Question: 'This Hungarian piano virtuoso was scandalously involved with the married Princess Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein'

Answer: Franz Liszt


Question: 'This word for a Japanese gangster comes from a losing hand in a card game'

Answer: Yakuza


Question: '"A Funny Thing Happened" to this star; he was named 1996's Best Leading Actor in A Musical'

Answer: Nathan Lane


Question: 'The Adriatic variety of this fruit is the one most often used in fruit bars & pastes'

Answer: fig


Question: 'Jay McInerney, Tama Janowitz & other '80s writers shared this label with a group of young actors'

Answer: "The Brat Pack"


Question: 'Asclepius' staff, a symbol of this profession, has a serpent curled around it'

Answer: medicine


Question: 'First sold in 1912, the Maine hunting shoe was his first retail product'

Answer: Leon Leonwood (L.L.) Bean


Question: 'Louise Brown, the first human conceived by in vitro fertilization, is better known as the 1st this "baby"'

Answer: test tube baby


Question: 'Richard Gere was lawyer Billy Flynn, who gets his clients acquitted with a little "Razzle Dazzle", in this musical film'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'On Guyana's coat of arms, a white shield is bordered by 2 of these felines, the largest cat in the New World'

Answer: the jaguar


Question: 'I found this "animal" market is characterized by falling prices for securities (now I need to learn what that means)'

Answer: a bear


Question: '"Title" for Conrad's Jim<br />(4)'

Answer: Lord


Question: '"Roy G. Biv" is a mnemonic for the 7 colors of this'

Answer: the rainbow (or spectrum)


Question: 'In 1853 Charles Gerhardt buffered salicylic acid, creating acetylsalicylic acid, later marketed as this'

Answer: aspirin


Question: 'Gere romanced Debra Winger while attending Navy flight school in this favorite from 1982'

Answer: An Officer and a Gentleman


Question: 'Due to a strong Viking element in its history, the Isle of Man has this black bird on its shield along with a falcon'

Answer: a raven


Question: 'Yes, I was picturing the scene here before I found this term meant an ex-CEO's sweet benefits'

Answer: a golden parachute


Question: 'Instrument "of Orpheus" in a Robertson Davies title<br />(4)'

Answer: a Lyre


Question: '"India's big, but Africa's bigger, the same as their" these animals, "easy to figure"'

Answer: elephants


Question: 'In the 1950s Peter Safar developed this emergency procedure to maintain airway, breathing & circulation'

Answer: CPR


Question: 'The tagline for this 1980 movie in which Gere played a male escort was "His business is pleasure!"'

Answer: American Gigolo


Question: 'The center of Armenia's coat of arms features this mountain, its national symbol; oh, & there's a boat on its peak'

Answer: Mount Ararat


Question: 'It means a trip to work (like I do on a scooter) or to make a penalty less severe (like Bush did to a guy named Scooter)'

Answer: commute


Question: 'Title adjective for Fitzgerald's "Tycoon"<br />(4)'

Answer: Last


Question: '"R'n'B" will help you remember how to set up these pieces from left to right on a chessboard'

Answer: rooks, bishops & knights


Question: 'In the 1940s Pearl Kendrick helped develop the DTP vaccine providing protection against this, tetanus & pertussis'

Answer: diphtheria


Question: 'Hoping to recapture the success of "Pretty Woman", this 1999 rom-com reteamed Richard & Julia Roberts'

Answer: Runaway Bride


Question: 'The region of Transylvania is represented on this nation's coat of arms by an eagle & 7 towers'

Answer: Romania


Question: 'I already knew this word meant dog doctor or ex-war soldier; who knew it meant to check for validity?'

Answer: vet


Question: '"Wayside Inn" tale spinner<br />(10)'

Answer: Longfellow


Question: '"MMVENUSJ" is a mnemonic for the size of these, from smallest to largest (it recently lost its "P")'

Answer: the planets


Question: 'In 1866 Dr. Thomas Allbutt was all brain when he invented a 6-inch one of these; safer fluids have replaced mercury'

Answer: a thermometer


Question: 'Diane Lane cheats on hubby Richard Gere with French hottie Olivier Martinez in this 2002 thriller'

Answer: Unfaithful


Question: 'Its national coat of arms features Montevideo Hill with a fortress on top symbolizing strength'

Answer: Uruguay


Question: 'A Marxist stage before communism, this is government control over the economy; I thought it meant friendliness'

Answer: socialism


Question: 'The White Queen's "floral" daughter in "Through the Looking-Glass"<br />(4)'

Answer: Lily


Question: '"The squaw on the hippopotamus is equal to the sum of the squaws on the other 2 sides" is for this guy's theorem'

Answer: Pythagoras


Question: 'Vaughan Williams composed his "Old Hundredth Psalm Tune" for her 1953 coronation'

Answer: Elizabeth II


Question: 'In a Rolling Stones song, "a Siamese cat of a girl" was "Under" this'

Answer: "Under My Thumb"


Question: 'The art of murals was revived by Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco & David Alfaro Siqueiros of this country'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'Dominator, the longest "floorless" one of these in the world, opened at Kings Dominion in 2008'

Answer: a roller coaster


Question: 'To steal livestock, especially cattle'

Answer: to rustle


Question: 'Both sides suffered more than 20,000 casualties at this July 1-3, 1863 battle'

Answer: Gettysburg


Question: 'He composed the familiar piece of music heard here'

Answer: Debussy


Question: 'In The Who's song "Pinball Wizard", the title gamer has "such a supple" this'

Answer: wrist


Question: 'Toothy smiles were rare before Elisabeth-Louise Vigee-LeBrun, who was famous for her portraits of this French queen'

Answer: Marie Antoinette


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Williamsburg.) In 1946 these 2 leaders who had been instrumental in ending WWII relaxed over drinks here at the Williamsburg Inn'

Answer: Eisenhower & Churchill


Question: 'A building for locomotive repair, or a big, wide boxing punch'

Answer: a roundhouse


Question: '1,000 British & 450 Americans were killed or wounded at the June 1775 battle at this elevated Mass. place'

Answer: Bunker Hill


Question: 'Nicknamed "Papa", he was the "Father of the Symphony", having written 104 of them'

Answer: Haydn


Question: 'Steve Perry of Journey came to us with these, "nothing to hide, believe what I say"'

Answer: "Open Arms"


Question: 'In art, the goddess Diana is usually represented holding this weapon'

Answer: a bow and arrow


Question: 'On Sept. 17, 2008--Constitution Day--folks celebrated the architectural restoration of Montpelier, the home of this pres.'

Answer: James Madison


Question: 'Proverbially, when you cross this Italian river, you've taken an irrevocable step'

Answer: the Rubicon


Question: 'On June 28, 1914 Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in this city, later the host of the 1984 Winter Olympics'

Answer: Sarajevo


Question: 'Each of his "Four Seasons" is accompanied by a poem that he presumably wrote as well'

Answer: Vivaldi


Question: 'In a 1975 hit the rock group America just couldn't "live without" this tressed girl'

Answer: "Sister Golden Hair"


Question: '2 panels of the Ghent altarpiece by these brothers, Jan & Hubert, were stolen in 1934; only one has been recovered'

Answer: van Eyck


Question: 'In 2006 a replica of the Godspeed embarked on an 80-day sail before returning to her home berth in this settlement'

Answer: Jamestown


Question: 'Tom Wolfe placed this word before "chic" to describe patronage of extremists by famous people'

Answer: radical


Question: 'In March 1954 it was 50,000 Viet Minh vs. 13,000 French soldiers at the base built around this 3-word village'

Answer: Dien Bien Phu


Question: 'After visiting a gypsy encampment, he composed a series of rhapsodies including the one heard here'

Answer: Franz Liszt


Question: 'Fats Waller chimes that he's "mad at you, 'cause" these are "too big"'

Answer: your feet


Question: 'This -ism used for the work of mid-16th c. artists like Pontormo & Tintoretto was originally derogatory'

Answer: mannerism


Question: 'In 1990 he took office as the USA's first elected African-American governor; in 2005 he became mayor of Richmond'

Answer: (Douglas) Wilder


Question: 'It means having no pity or compassion, or perhaps arriving without "the Babe"'

Answer: ruthless


Question: 'In 1945 Mr. & Mrs. Shoen founded it after no one locally would rent them a trailer for their move from L.A. to Portland'

Answer: U-Haul


Question: 'In February 1865 he became chief of all Confederate armies'

Answer: Robert E. Lee


Question: 'Ketchup is baked right into this main dish that shares its name with a pop music star'

Answer: Meat Loaf


Question: 'In 1990 Donald Trump took a gamble & opened his Taj Mahal Casino in this city'

Answer: Atlantic City


Question: '"Part of Your World" & "Under the Sea"'

Answer: The Little Mermaid


Question: 'Old Testament leader depicted here by Philippe de Champaigne:<br />(holding Ten Commandments)'

Answer: Moses


Question: '"Paradise Lost" poet considered by some to be TV's 1st male comedy star'

Answer: John Milton Berle


Question: 'Before joining the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, he led the NCAA in overall yards gained as a football player at UCLA'

Answer: Jackie Robinson


Question: 'With the Kraft product of this pasta & cheese, kids can now bite into the Rugrats & swallow Bugs Bunny'

Answer: Macaroni


Question: 'At Christmas, a dazzling light display lights up Temple Square in this city'

Answer: Salt Lake City


Question: '"Belle" & "Be Our Guest"'

Answer: Beauty and the Beast


Question: 'Object placed on Christ's head in the Bosch work seen here:'

Answer: Crown of thorns


Question: 'San Antonio Spurs "Admiral" marooned by Daniel Defoe'

Answer: David Robinson Crusoe


Question: 'In 1836 this artist unsuccessfully ran for mayor of New York City: a year later he invented the telegraph'

Answer: Samuel Morse


Question: 'It's hot breakfast cereal made from & named for the most nutritious of the cereal grains'

Answer: Oatmeal


Question: 'In the 1870s Wyatt Earp was a lawman in this "Wickedest Little City in America"'

Answer: Dodge City


Question: '"I'm Late" & "March of the Cards"'

Answer: Alice in Wonderland


Question: 'Object of worship in the Poussin painting seen here:<br />(an idol)'

Answer: Golden Calf


Question: '14th U.S. president who changed careers & became a big-screen James Bond'

Answer: Franklin Pierce Brosnan


Question: 'For 4 years during the American Revolution, this future Treasury Secretary served as Washington's private secretary'

Answer: Alexander Hamilton


Question: 'Cheese & blueberries are popular fillings for these Jewish crepes'

Answer: Blintzes


Question: 'It's been publishing Nevada's oldest newspaper, The Nevada Appeal, since 1865'

Answer: Carson City


Question: '"The Second Star to the Right" & "A Pirate's Life"'

Answer: Peter Pan


Question: '"Vain" glorious structure shown here in a Peter Bruegel work:'

Answer: Tower of Babel


Question: 'Orbiting Buckeye senator with a "Fatal Attraction" for Michael Douglas'

Answer: John Glenn Close


Question: 'The first First Lady who was a college graduate, she banned all alcoholic beverages from state functions'

Answer: "Lemonade Lucy" Hayes


Question: 'South America's Tupi Indians named this cassava starch that we use in pudding'

Answer: Tapioca


Question: 'A monument in this Iowa city honors Sgt. Charles Floyd, who died during the Lewis & Clark expedition'

Answer: Sioux City


Question: '"Bella Notte" & "The Siamese Cat Song"'

Answer: Lady and the Tramp


Question: 'He's returning in Rembrandt's illustration of a parable:'

Answer: Prodigal Son


Question: '"Pulp Fiction" star who might have his royale drip all over a canvas as an artist in the late 1940s'

Answer: Samuel L. Jackson Pollock


Question: 'Chapter 3 of this Mark Twain novel introduces us to the "Knights of the Table Round"'

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


Question: '1988:<br />"My dad lets me drive slow on the driveway.  I'm an excellent driver"'

Answer: Rain Man


Question: 'In a wacky episode, Clovis spills acid, prompting this inventor to make his call to Watson on March 10, 1876'

Answer: Alexander Graham Bell


Question: 'L.A.'s Alain Leroy Locke High is named for the first black student to get this scholarship to Oxford'

Answer: Rhodes Scholarship


Question: 'Sailing down the Orinoco, you'll wind up in this ocean'

Answer: Atlantic Ocean


Question: 'If you're really happy, you may be "pleased as" this highly emotional puppet'

Answer: Punch


Question: 'A minor character from "Breakfast of Champions" became the hero of his 1987 novel "Bluebeard"'

Answer: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.


Question: '1986:<br />"I feel the need -- the need for speed"'

Answer: Top Gun


Question: 'Bo pays his sister to do a book report on this 1872 Jules Verne novel & gets almost 3 months in detention'

Answer: Around the World in Eighty Days


Question: 'Many schools are named for Lincoln; one in Orland Park, Illinois is named for this poet & Lincoln biographer'

Answer: Carl Sandburg


Question: 'Captain Cook "rounded" it with little difficulty in early 1769'

Answer: Cape Horn


Question: 'Title adjective for mistresses Ford & Page, Shakespeare's "Wives of Windsor"'

Answer: Merry


Question: 'In 1912 Zane Grey published this "colorful" classic of the American West'

Answer: "Riders of the Purple Sage"


Question: '1981:<br />"...Wanna dance, or would you rather just suck face?"'

Answer: On Golden Pond


Question: 'In a special episode, Marcy finds out her boyfriend Jerry was killed in this June 25, 1876 battle'

Answer: Little Big Horn


Question: 'In 1999 a school was named for Governor Lawton Chiles in this state capital'

Answer: Tallahassee, Florida


Question: 'Georgetown is capital of this country, once a British colony'

Answer: Guyana


Question: 'An unaccented unit of musical time that may begin a piece'

Answer: Upbeat


Question: 'In a 1989 novel by E.L. Doctorow, gangster Dutch Schultz takes this title teen under his wing'

Answer: "Billy Bathgate"


Question: '1988:<br />"The dingo's got my baby!"'

Answer: A Cry in the Dark


Question: 'The gang holds a buggy wash to raise a million dollars' bail for this Tammany "Boss" when he's arrested in 1871'

Answer: Boss Tweed


Question: 'A Washington-area high school bears the name of this Senators pitcher, "The Big Train"'

Answer: Walter Johnson


Question: 'Country named for the person who became president of Gran Colombia in 1819'

Answer: Bolivia (for Simon Bolivar)


Question: 'This English word comes from Latin for "under the influence of Jupiter"'

Answer: Jovial


Question: 'Old Ben, not Gentle Ben, is the title character in this William Faulkner novelette'

Answer: "The Bear"


Question: '1976:<br />"Follow the money"'

Answer: All the President\'s Men


Question: 'Larry tries to get a job with this New York Tribune founder, who tells him to get out of his office & go west:'

Answer: Horace Greeley


Question: '(Hi, I'm Kevin Garnett)  My high school was named after this man for whom the rank of full admiral was created in 1866'

Answer: David Farragut


Question: 'They're the 2 South American countries that don't border Brazil'

Answer: Chile & Ecuador


Question: 'These 2 justices who graduated at the top of their classes were both first offered jobs as typists by the top law firms'

Answer: Ruth Bader Ginsburg & Sandra Day O\'Connor


Question: 'In 1959 the Soviet Union's Luna 3 became the first space probe to photograph the far side of this celestial body'

Answer: Moon


Question: 'Number of teaspoons in a tablespoon'

Answer: 3


Question: 'A large stiff feather, or a porcupine spine'

Answer: Quill


Question: 'Scottish for "pretty", it can be used as a name or an adjective'

Answer: Bonnie


Question: 'The lowest grade of commissioned officer, it comes from a medieval phrase meaning "place holding"'

Answer: lieutenant


Question: 'Luke & Laura's 1981 wedding on this daytime serial drew 30 million viewers over 2 days'

Answer: General Hospital


Question: 'In 1984 Bruce McCandless became the first human to perform an untethered EVA, which stands for this'

Answer: Extra-vehicular activity


Question: 'A surveyor's chain has 100 of these'

Answer: Links


Question: 'It's a boneless portion of fish or meat'

Answer: Fillet


Question: 'The last name in clinics, it's from a Norman form of Matthew'

Answer: Mayo


Question: 'On the ocean, an "ordinary" one isn't quite as able as an "able" one'

Answer: Seaman


Question: 'This scheming "All My Children" character has been married 9 times to 6 men in 29 years'

Answer: Erica Kane


Question: '(Hi, I'm Commander Charlie Precourt aboard space shuttle Discovery)  The 1st U.S.-Russian space venture was the 1975 Apollo linkup with this spacecraft named for the Russian word "union"'

Answer: Soyuz


Question: 'On this scale, normal human body temperature is 37 degrees'

Answer: Celsius


Question: 'This police officer's weapon is also known as a nightstick'

Answer: Billy club


Question: 'Go to Ellen in the name books & you'll find it's a form of this name from Greek myth'

Answer: Helen


Question: 'A U.S. brigadier general wears 1 star; this is the next grade up with 2'

Answer: Major general


Question: 'This Louise Lasser serial began with the murder of 5 people, 2 goats & 8 chickens'

Answer: Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman


Question: 'In June 1963 she orbited 48 times in 70 hours, 50 minutes'

Answer: Valentina Tereshkova


Question: 'A man weighing 210 pounds is said in Great Britain to weigh 15 of these'

Answer: Stones


Question: 'A woman's brimless hat, or a place for your aspirin'

Answer: Pillbox


Question: 'This Jackson was born in 1966, 11 years after her name was retired from the hurricane list'

Answer: Janet Jackson


Question: 'In the Royal Navy, this important job is just below the rank of commodore'

Answer: Captain


Question: 'Despite this ABC soap's title, its character Vicki Lord has had at least 5 personalities'

Answer: One Life to Live


Question: 'After its July 4, 1997 landing on Mars, this lander was renamed the Carl Sagan Memorial Station'

Answer: Pathfinder


Question: 'This liquor measurement is equivalent to 1.6 pints, or about 25 shots'

Answer: Fifth


Question: 'From the Latin for "illegal" or "against the law", it can denote certain activities or drugs'

Answer: Illicit


Question: 'This novelist who wrote screenplays for Howard Hawks has a last name that means "one who works with falcons"'

Answer: William Faulkner


Question: 'In the RAF, a wing commander immediately outranks a leader of this group'

Answer: Squadron


Question: 'Broadcasting's longest-running serial, it began on radio 62 years ago as the story of a small-town pastor'

Answer: Guiding Light


Question: '3 men form a fraternal bond on the back of the medal for this'

Answer: Peace


Question: '1957:<br />Elvis incarcerated'

Answer: Jailhouse Rock


Question: 'Civilization that built Machu Picchu, a stronghold in the Andes'

Answer: Incas


Question: 'This Minnesota governor's 1999 inaugural festivities included a potluck lunch on a farm'

Answer: Jesse Ventura


Question: '"Blessed is the man who expects" this, "for he shall never be disappointed"'

Answer: Nothing


Question: '1971 Miss America who should "watch out for that tree"'

Answer: Phyllis George of the Jungle


Question: 'The medal for this shows a singing muse & some lines from Virgil'

Answer: Literature


Question: '1979:<br />Break-out film for Eastwood'

Answer: Escape From Alcatraz


Question: 'In 1992 he suspended the constitution & began to rule by decree'

Answer: Alberto Fujimori


Question: '1 of 2 U.S. senators from Hawaii; they share a first name & middle initial'

Answer: Daniel K. Inouye or Daniel K. Akaka


Question: '"But thousands die, without or this & that, die, and endow a college, or" this pet'

Answer: Cat


Question: 'John Milton's epic poem about a heavenly place to seek out your misplaced belongings'

Answer: Paradise Lost & found


Question: 'A sick girl's thirst is about to be quenched in the image on this medal'

Answer: Medicine


Question: '1978:<br />Not a Turkish delight for Brad Davis'

Answer: Midnight Express


Question: 'He's the only Peruvian to become secretary-general of the U.N.'

Answer: Javier Perez de Cuellar


Question: 'Defeated in the 1994 election for Florida governor, he won in 1998 by over 400,000 votes'

Answer: Jeb Bush


Question: 'This creature's "Touch, how exquisitely fine!  Feels at each thread, and lives along the line"'

Answer: Spider


Question: 'Garden of Eden plant in the memoir of Mark Twain's days as a steamboat pilot'

Answer: Tree of Life on the Mississippi


Question: 'At the bottom of this discipline's medal, you can see crossed horns of plenty'

Answer: Economics


Question: '1973:<br />Butterflies aren't free for Dustin Hoffman'

Answer: Papillon


Question: 'In May 1975 this Indian language joined Spanish as an official language of Peru'

Answer: Quechua


Question: 'A 1940 anti-FDR window sticker read, "No Third Term!  Democrats for" this Republican'

Answer: Wendell Willkie


Question: '"Nature, and nature's laws lay hid in night.  God said 'Let'" this scientist "'Be!

Answer: Isaac Newton


Question: 'Hit Broadway musical starring the grotesquely deformed John Merrick as Don Quixote'

Answer: The Elephant Man of La Mancha


Question: 'The medal showing nature as a goddess is given for these 2 sciences'

Answer: Physics & chemistry


Question: '1994:<br />Tim Robbins caged'

Answer: The Shawshank Redemption


Question: 'This small, orange-red furred relative of the llama can be found in the Andes of Peru'

Answer: Vicuna


Question: 'From 1869 to 1875, this Maine Republican was Speaker of the House'

Answer: James G. Blaine


Question: 'Grim Charles Dickens novel about Winnie, Piglet & Christopher Robin waiting in vain for an inheritance'

Answer: Bleak House at Pooh Corner


Question: 'Hans Christian Andersen's "The Nightingale" was inspired by this famous woman'

Answer: Jenny Lind


Question: 'If you "take the high road", I'll get there afore ye'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'Truman's state or battleship site of Japan's surrender'

Answer: Missouri


Question: 'They got married in the final episode of "Happy Days"'

Answer: Joanie and Chachi


Question: 'Espadrilles, clogs & "tennies"'

Answer: shoes


Question: 'Words used instead of the cursing in Watergate tape transcripts'

Answer: expletive deleted


Question: 'Color represented with white & red on the Irish flag'

Answer: green


Question: 'Developed from radar research, it was first marketed for fast food preparation in '45'

Answer: microwave creation


Question: 'Editor Billie Newman & Joe Rossi worked for'

Answer: Lou Grant


Question: 'Until 19th c., ones made of chicken skin were worn by women to soften their hands'

Answer: gloves


Question: 'Specialty store in which you'd buy lug nuts & feeler gauges'

Answer: an auto supply store


Question: 'X-rated actress Koo Stark's royal ex-beau'

Answer: Prince Andrew


Question: 'Number of stars in U.S. flag raised over Iwo Jima'

Answer: 48


Question: 'She shot J.R.'

Answer: Mary Crosby


Question: '"Foreign" name for the end of a sleeve folded back & fastened with a link'

Answer: a French cuff


Question: 'Speed of an LP'

Answer: 33 1/3 inches per second


Question: 'Rejected as movie script, Broadway loved this fragile Tennessee Williams drama'

Answer: The Glass Menagerie


Question: 'Played WJM's man-hunting "happy homemaker" Sue Ann Nivens'

Answer: Betty White


Question: 'Pattern design which came from the horse blankets of Richard Tattersall'

Answer: (the Tattersall) check (or plaid)


Question: 'Number of vowels on the bottom row of keys of a standard typewriter'

Answer: 0


Question: 'He "lost" a "weekend" but won an Oscar'

Answer: Ray Milland


Question: 'Marketing has begun on a line of nursewear from this TV medical show'

Answer: Trapper John, M.D.


Question: 'Breeches cut full above the knee used for horseback riding'

Answer: jodhpurs


Question: 'Howard Garis' bedtime tale-teller whose last name is Longears'

Answer: Uncle Wiggily


Question: 'Hottest temperature ever recorded was on this "dark" continent'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'Titan is the largest moon of this ringed planet'

Answer: Saturn


Question: 'It's where flowers "sleep"'

Answer: a bed


Question: 'In the Middle Ages, monks presented "mystery plays" to illustrate stories from this'

Answer: the Bible


Question: '"Inhaling the breath of a  loved one" is the reason for this Eskimo "kiss"'

Answer: rubbing noses


Question: '43 consecutive days of 120º heat were recorded in this appropriately named Calif. valley'

Answer: Death Valley


Question: 'It forms a large part of Jupiter's atmosphere or Earth's kitchen cleaners'

Answer: ammonia


Question: 'A flipper or a fiver'

Answer: a fin


Question: 'Dramatic form, from Greek for "merrymaking"'

Answer: comedy


Question: 'People whose gods included Odin, Thor & Loki'

Answer: the Vikings (or the Norse)


Question: 'National seashore resort that's been "burning" off Long Island for years'

Answer: Fire Island


Question: 'The Van Allen belts surround most of this planet'

Answer: Earth


Question: 'A grown-up acorn'

Answer: an oak


Question: 'City that's often called "the rubber capital of the world"'

Answer: Akron, Ohio


Question: '19th century Norwegian playwright often called founder of modern drama'

Answer: Henrik Ibsen


Question: 'Mythical creature Noah left behind in this Irish Rovers' song'

Answer: a unicorn


Question: 'Named by Magellan for fires blazing on shore, it's South America's stormy southern tip'

Answer: Tierra del Fuego


Question: 'Soviet ship which docked with our Apollo in '75'

Answer: Soyuz


Question: 'To question'

Answer: ask


Question: 'In 1642, they closed English theaters for 18 years'

Answer: the Puritans


Question: 'Only hope remained after this ancient Greek's box was opened'

Answer: Pandora\'s box


Question: 'Its foundation for polio victims was founded by FDR, who died here'

Answer: Warm Springs, Georgia


Question: 'Comet in 1973 which didn't put on its promised show'

Answer: Kohoutek


Question: 'Bathroom the British skip to'

Answer: the loo


Question: 'As he wished, the last play of Eugene O'Neill was produced after his death'

Answer: Long Day\'s Journey Into Night


Question: 'Pair of lovers separated by a garden wall, they inspired "Romeo & Juliet"'

Answer: Pyramus and Thisbe


Question: 'Decade the last amendment to the Constitution was ratified in'

Answer: the 1970s


Question: 'In Asia:<br />OK TOY'

Answer: Tokyo


Question: 'In a Sinatra song, "Love and marriage go together like" these 2 things'

Answer: a horse and carriage


Question: 'The AP reported this Iraqi leader's son won 99.99% of the vote in his National Assembly race'

Answer: Saddam Hussein


Question: 'To save energy, L.A. is changing this color traffic lights bulbs to LEDs, as on average, they're on the longest'

Answer: red


Question: '"GYN/Ecology" author Mary Daly has fought Boston College for the right to exclude these people from class'

Answer: men


Question: 'It's the C of BMOC'

Answer: campus


Question: 'In South America:<br />AS I TANGO'

Answer: Santiago


Question: 'Tools of the trade for William Tell & Cupid'

Answer: bow & arrows


Question: 'In business, Cisco edged this rival led by the world's richest man to become the world's most valuable company'

Answer: Microsoft


Question: 'This South Carolinian wasn't on the ballot for a U.S. senator in 1954, but won as a write-in'

Answer: (Strom) Thurmond


Question: 'John Kenneth Galbraith is the Paul M. Warburg professor emeritus of this at Harvard'

Answer: economics


Question: 'From their businesswear, the executives in the office are known as these'

Answer: suits (gray suits accepted)


Question: 'In the Americas:<br />MY TOXIC ICE'

Answer: Mexico City


Question: 'This company has cleaned up with such products as Bold, Comet & Camay soap'

Answer: Procter & Gamble


Question: 'Turning to sports, the Braves denied rumors about trading this controversial lefty to a foreign team, the Expos'

Answer: John Rocker


Question: 'The origin of these instruments goes back to 55-gallon oil containers discarded by U.S. military bases'

Answer: steel drums


Question: 'MIT genius Norbert Wiener was famous as one of these, also a Fred MacMurray title role'

Answer: an absent-minded professor


Question: 'Don't monkey with the 800-pound one of these'

Answer: a gorilla


Question: 'On the Mediterranean:<br />HE'S TAN'

Answer: Athens


Question: '"Reunited" & "Shake Your Groove Thing" were big hits for this R&B pair'

Answer: Peaches & Herb


Question: 'In entertainment, he was free to go to "Wall Street" or "Spin City" for that matter; his probation ended'

Answer: Charlie Sheen


Question: 'These holidays were first celebrated in the U.S. May 10, 1908 & June 19, 1910'

Answer: Mother\'s Day & Father\'s Day


Question: 'Karl Barth began publishing "church dogmatics" as professor of this -ology at Bonn'

Answer: theology


Question: 'In North Africa:<br />LIP RIOT'

Answer: Tripoli


Question: 'This retailer that once specialized in outdoor gear outfitted Teddy Roosevelt & Robert Peary for their expeditions'

Answer: Abercrombie & Fitch


Question: 'In the funnies, this strip was a rerun; its creator might have been on vacation with his wife Jane Pauley'

Answer: Doonesbury


Question: 'In 1993, this kids' book line came under fire when one of the people you could find in it was a topless woman on a beach'

Answer: Where\'s Waldo?


Question: 'He advanced his behaviorist view as a Johns Hopkins psych prof from 1908 to 1920'

Answer: John B. Watson


Question: 'Designed to prevent wild dogs from killing sheep, the 3,300-mile-long "Dog Fence" in this country is the world's longest'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Kipling:<br />"By the livin' gawd that made you, you're a better man than I am,..."'

Answer: Gunga Din


Question: 'A restaurant employee who clears away dirty dishes'

Answer: a busboy


Question: 'Czar Alexander II freed the serfs in this year, the same year the U.S. Civil War began'

Answer: 1861


Question: 'The 1973 film adaptation of this Richard Bach novel was "strictly for the birds"'

Answer: Jonathan Livingston Seagull


Question: 'Insert the metal fitting into the buckle & tighten by pulling on the loose end of the strap'

Answer: a seat belt


Question: 'Like ducks, the Portuguese water dog & the Chesapeake Bay retreiver have this distinctive kind of feet'

Answer: webbed


Question: 'Ernest Lawrence Thayer:<br />"But there is no joy in Mudville..."'

Answer: Mighty Casey has struck out


Question: 'To abstain from using or buying something as a form of protest'

Answer: a boycott


Question: 'Of 1447, 1547 or 1647, the year Ivan the Terrible was crowned the first czar of Russia'

Answer: 1547


Question: 'Leonard Maltin complained that this 1980 Western, a debacle for Michael Cimino, was missing just one thing: a story'

Answer: Heaven\'s Gate


Question: 'Insert in drain; crank handle clockwise while moving wire to dislodge clog; hike up pants'

Answer: a snake


Question: 'When he lived in Glendale, California as a young boy, John Wayne's family had an airedale named this'

Answer: Duke


Question:
'It's the title of the 1941 hit song heard here

"He was a top man at his craft /
But then his number came up /
And he was gone with the draft /
He's in the Army now /
A-blowin’ reveille..."'

Answer: "The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (of Company B)"


Question: 'From 1712 to 1918, this metropolis served as Russia's capital city'

Answer: St. Petersburg


Question: 'Patrick Swayze is a world-class bouncer (with a Ph.D. in philosophy!) in this 1989 action flick'

Answer: Road House


Question: 'Fold the left side over the right across your chest & tie it in place with an obi'

Answer: wearing a kimono


Question: 'George W. Bush's springer spaniel spot is the daughter of this dog once owned by Barbara Bush'

Answer: Millie


Question: 'This adjective often used of Liberace can mean resplendent or marked by striking audacity'

Answer: flamboyant


Question: 'In this year, 3 years after the Revolution began, the Bolsheviks decisively defeated their rivals, the Whites'

Answer: 1920


Question: 'This comic returns to Earth in the form of Benji to solve his own murder in 1980's "Oh, Heavenly Dog!"'

Answer: Chevy Chase


Question: 'Lean it against your right shoulder, pluck the strings with both hands, work the pedals with your feet'

Answer: play a harp


Question: 'In Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar " Mark Antony declares "Cry 'Havoc' and let slip" these canines'

Answer: the dogs of war


Question: 'It's the prickly bramble seen here'

Answer: a boysenberry


Question: 'Beginning an 18-month war with Russia, this nation launched a surprise attack on Port Arthur in February 1904'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'Rex Reed gets a sex change operation & becomes Raquel Welch in this 1970 Mae West film'

Answer: Myra Breckenridge


Question: 'Despite the name, heat the water in the bottom pan only to a simmer so it doesn't bubble over'

Answer: use a double boiler


Question: 'This word comes from a Greek phrase meaning "circle of animals"'

Answer: zodiac


Question: 'This Philippine capital was so devastated during WWII that Quezon City served as interim capital from 1948 to 1976'

Answer: Manila


Question: 'He made a "sudden impact" as San Francisco police inspector Harry Callahan'

Answer: Clint Eastwood


Question:
'6-speed transmission /
There's no bull in its Taurus /
Dearborn Rock City'

Answer: Ford


Question: 'After arriving in California from Dust Bowl Oklahoma, she tells her son Tom, "They ain't gonna wipe us out"'

Answer: Mother Joad


Question: 'Use a gou in Asia if you want to measure a cup of this for an electric cooker'

Answer: rice


Question: 'This huge new entry is a blending of "gigantic" & "enormous"'

Answer: ginormous


Question: 'Many canals called khlongs crisscross this Thai capital'

Answer: Bangkok


Question: 'In a classic 1959 film, writer Joe Gillis moves into Norma Desmond's mansion on this title L.A. street'

Answer: Sunset Boulevard


Question:
'Its Passat sedan /
Fine German engineering /
Ah, leatherette seats'

Answer: Volkswagen


Question: 'Jing-mei Woo takes the place of her deceased mother Suyuan at the weekly mah-jongg games in this 1989 novel'

Answer: The Joy Luck Club


Question: 'Of about 30, 50 or 100 inches a year, the Earth's average annual amount of precipitation'

Answer: 30


Question: 'This packing material that's fun to pop is another new addition'

Answer: Bubble Wrap


Question: 'It was captured from the Rashid clan by Ibn Saud in January 1902; it became a capital 30 years later'

Answer: Riyadh


Question: 'A beer-swilling pool cleaner coaches a misfit Little League team in sunny So. Cal. in this 1976 comedy'

Answer: The Bad News Bears


Question:
'Gas up its Prius /
MPG is 55 /
Time to hit the road'

Answer: Toyota


Question: 'In this 1868 novel Marmee takes care of her 4 girls while her husband is away serving as an army chaplain in the Civil War'

Answer: Little Women


Question: 'Take a nibble if you want 4 of these binary digits of computer code'

Answer: a bit


Question: 'Ready, set... It's an event where participants converse briefly with one another to find partners to go out with'

Answer: speed dating


Question: 'This island capital city's main gov't offices are located in the Greek sector, not the Turkish sector'

Answer: Nicosia


Question: 'He played Ben Braddock, who returned to his parents' Beverly Hills home after graduating from college'

Answer: Dustin Hoffman


Question:
'It's their H3X /
Mid-sized (for them) SUV /
38 grand? Ouch!'

Answer: Hummer


Question: 'This Dickens character returns home to find that his mother Clara has married the heartless Mr. Murdstone'

Answer: David Copperfield


Question: 'This unit equals 4 inches when measuring an Equus caballus'

Answer: a hand


Question: 'Hooray for this popular term for India's motion picture industry'

Answer: Bollywood


Question: 'Its monuments include an Arch of Triumph higher than the one in Paris & a statue of Kim Il Sung 66 feet high'

Answer: Pyongyang


Question: 'L.A. P.I. <br />J.J. Gittes investigates the city's water management & other mysteries in this 1974 film'

Answer: Chinatown


Question:
'Its Titan pickup /
37-gallon tank /
4-hour fill-up'

Answer: Nissan


Question: 'After Beowulf kills this monster, the monster's mother ravages Heorot before she is also killed by Beowulf'

Answer: Grendel


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, NV.)  Nellis Air Force Base has the U.S.A.'s largest solar power system: 70,000 panels produce 15 of these units, supplying the base with 25% of its power in the summer'

Answer: a megawatt


Question: 'Definitions for this compound word include a decisive defeat & a contest in entertainment wrestling'

Answer: smackdown


Question: 'With more than 4,300 species, lizards make up the largest living group of this animal class'

Answer: reptile


Question: 'It wasn't marvelous Marvin Hamlisch who KO'd Thomas Hearns in the 3rd round in 1985; it was him'

Answer: Marvin Hagler


Question: '1930s big city mayor known as the "Napoleon of New York"'

Answer: LaGuardia


Question: 'Associated with unicorns, the ch'i-lin of this large country's pantheon visits when philosophers are born'

Answer: China


Question: 'This Virginia school's  1693 charter created a college of divinity, philosophy & languages'

Answer: William & Mary


Question: 'Ski-doo is a popular maker of these vehicles'

Answer: snowmobiles


Question: 'Some monkeys use this as a fifth limb; it's prehensile, after all'

Answer: a tail


Question: '2 men named "Sugar Ray": one became welterweight champ in 1946, the other in 1979'

Answer: "Sugar Ray" Leonard & "Sugar Ray" Robinson


Question: 'This Hawaiian leader was known as the "Napoleon of the Pacific"'

Answer: King Kamehameha


Question: 'Eye, eye, Odysseus: you want to blind Polyphemus, one of these; we, your captive crew, totally have your back'

Answer: a cyclops


Question: 'One of the 2 courses of study that Harvard offered in 1906 as its first "concentrations"'

Answer: history or literature


Question: 'In this Hemingway story, a writer named Harry makes a doomed trip to Africa to "work the fat off his soul"'

Answer: "The Snows of Kilimanjaro"


Question: 'The scaly armor that surrounds the armadillo is composed of plates made of this; it's formed by ossification'

Answer: bone


Question: 'From East L.A. this Mexican American won the WBO light weight title in 1994 & a Grammy nomination in 2001'

Answer: Oscar De La Hoya


Question: 'Early U.S. vice president who was known as the "Napoleon of the West" for his intrigues there'

Answer: Aaron Burr


Question: 'Shadowfax, a horse of  Rohan, was untamed until approached by this wizard'

Answer: Gandalf


Question: 'In 1882 this Mass. univ. established the 1st curriculum for electrical engineering within its physics department'

Answer: MIT


Question: 'In Spanish this fairy tale character is known as Blancanieves'

Answer: Snow White


Question: 'No "laughing" matter, in Africa a dozen  of these can reduce a 500-pound zebra to bones in 30 minutes'

Answer: hyena


Question: 'He won the heavyweight title in 1892 & was known as "Gentleman Jim" for his fancy style of dress'

Answer: "Gentleman Jim" Corbett


Question: 'Eloquent orator & 11th president of the U.S. known as the "Napoleon of the Stump"'

Answer: Polk


Question: 'Bully for Theseus who killed this bad, bad 2-legged monster that ate sacrifices in a Cretan maze'

Answer: the Minotaur


Question: 'Princeton's website says "For all intents and purposes" it became (temp.) this kind of college in 1918'

Answer: military


Question: 'This machine gives its name to a basic skiing maneuver done to turn or stop'

Answer: a snowplow


Question: 'Thought to be bad luck by natives, the aye-aye is a lemur, so it's no surprise it's only found here'

Answer: Madagascar


Question: 'His 1910 defeat of James J. Jeffries resulted in racial violence in many U.S. cities'

Answer: Jack Johnson


Question: 'Called the "Napoleon of the Piano", this Hungarian virtuoso played 1,000 concerts in less than 10 years'

Answer: Liszt


Question: 'Chiron, one of these 4-legged mythical creatures, was good--he taught Jason & Achilles'

Answer: centaur


Question: 'In 1946 author Wallace Stegner founded this "inventive" 2-word program at Stanford'

Answer: creative writing


Question: 'Antony Armstrong-Jones was made the Earl of this in 1961'

Answer: Snowden


Question: 'World Book said it "ranks as one of the greatest engineering achievements in the world"'

Answer: the Panama Canal


Question: 'For thousands of years, the Chinese have used the cocoons of the Bombyx mori moth to produce this'

Answer: silk


Question: 'Isaac Newton said he felt like a boy finding these small stones on the seashore of the Ocean of Truth'

Answer: pebbles


Question: 'Selected by daughter Caroline, "The Best-Loved Poems of" this beloved First Lady was a bestseller in 2001'

Answer: Jacqueline Kennedy


Question: 'Tempura'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'According to their theme song, they're "The modern Stone-Age family"'

Answer: The Flintstones


Question: 'Proverbially speaking, things "out of" this are "out of mind"'

Answer: sight


Question: 'Because hawk moths flap their wings so rapidly, they are sometimes mistaken for these small birds'

Answer: hummingbirds


Question: 'In French these office supplies are called trombones'

Answer: paper clips


Question: 'This talk show host's candid memoir "Find Me" came out in April 2002'

Answer: Rosie O\'Donnell


Question: 'Goulash'

Answer: Hungary


Question: 'In a 2001 10th anniversary special, these kids were "All Growed Up"'

Answer: Rugrats


Question: 'It's a synonym for stingy or slightly inebriated'

Answer: tight


Question: 'Female butterflies & moths release pheromones to attract males, who use these organs to "smell" the chemicals'

Answer: antennae


Question: 'From the French for "little hook", this form of needlework can be used to make decorative clothes & gifts'

Answer: crochet


Question: 'According to the title of a 1960s bestseller by Charles Schulz, "Happiness is" this'

Answer: a Warm Puppy


Question: 'Hasenpfeffer'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'Before moving on to "King of the Hill", Mike Judge created & gave voice to this adolescent pair'

Answer: Beavis and Butt-head


Question: 'On film, Dracula refers to the howling wolves as "the children of" this'

Answer: the night


Question: 'This butterfly family is named for the way it flies, not for Alan Hale's character on "Gilligan's Island"'

Answer: skipper


Question: 'It's the interchangeable writing point of a fountain pen'

Answer: nib


Question: 'Mitch Albom's weekly visits with his dying college professor inspired this touching book'

Answer: "Tuesdays with Morrie"


Question: 'Osso Buco'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'He's the PBS title character seen here, along with someone else you might recognize'

Answer: Arthur


Question: 'In the King James Bible, it's the fourth word spoken by God'

Answer: "(Let there be) light"


Question: 'In the names of butterflies, this word immediately follows black, tiger & checkered'

Answer: swallowtail


Question: 'BB can be a small lead pellet, or an abbreviation for this spherical friction-reducing object'

Answer: ball bearing


Question: 'In 1977 his "All Things Wise and Wonderful" was a No. 1 bestseller'

Answer: James Herriot


Question: 'Souvlaki'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'In a '70s spinoff from the original series, these gals found themselves "in Outer Space"'

Answer: Josie and the Pussycats


Question: 'Among Whittier's saddest "Words of Tongue or Pen", it's the word that fits the category'

Answer: "(It) might (have been)"


Question: 'This island off Guinea-Bissau bears the old name of Taiwan'

Answer: Formosa


Question: 'The 2 cities that hosted the Summer Olympics in the 1970s, they both begin with the same letter'

Answer: Munich & Montreal


Question: 'Most old world monkeys just use it for balance; it's prehensile on many new world monkeys'

Answer: tail


Question: 'For playing Chuck Yeager in "The Right Stuff", this dramatist got an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor'

Answer: Sam Shepard


Question: 'Jenna's grandmother, in the '80s she was looked upon as "Everybody's Grandmother"'

Answer: Barbara Bush


Question: 'A type of band or the imitation of a tuba's sound, it can have one "pah" or two'

Answer: oompah


Question: 'The U.S. took this largest of the Ryukyu Islands during WWII & didn't give it back to Japan until 1972'

Answer: Okinawa


Question: 'This competition combines cross-country skiing with rifle shooting at targets along the course'

Answer: biathlon


Question: 'Experts say that among playground equipment, this "simian" piece may be responsible for the most injuries'

Answer: monkey bars


Question: 'Many of his plays are set in his native Chicago, including "American Buffalo" & "Glengarry Glen Ross"'

Answer: David Mamet


Question: 'Jackie Kennedy especially admired this First Lady for the way she raised Margaret in the White House glare'

Answer: Bess Truman


Question: 'A light ringing sound, as of glasses in a toast; it also means prison'

Answer: clink


Question: '"Able was I ere I saw" this largest island of the Tuscan archipelago'

Answer: Elba


Question: 'In 1908 the marathon was extended to end before this city's royal viewing area, establishing today's distance'

Answer: London


Question: 'Actress seen here with Tyson, a monkey who worked with her on a biopic of Frida Kahlo'

Answer: Salma Hayek


Question: 'His first major work, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom", received a 1985 N.Y. Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play'

Answer: August Wilson


Question: 'Receiving a "rock solid" education at Stanford, Lou Hoover was the first woman to earn a degree in this'

Answer: geology


Question: 'It's a short, high-pitched tone, & can also mean "to summon"'

Answer: beep


Question: 'Gotland?  It's an island in this sea between Sweden & Latvia'

Answer: Baltic Sea


Question: 'Based on a true story, this film was about the formation of a Jamaican bobsled team for the 1988 Winter Olympics'

Answer: Cool Runnings


Question: 'It's the fruit of the baobab tree'

Answer: monkey bread


Question: '1953 was his year: he won both the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award & the Pulitzer Prize for "Picnic"'

Answer: William Inge


Question: 'Her first husband John Todd & their infant son died during a yellow fever epidemic in 1793'

Answer: Dolley Madison


Question: 'In "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", the mariner's shipmates keel over "with heavy" this, "a lifeless lump"'

Answer: thump


Question: 'The last name of English captain Robert Bylot's pilot, it was given to Canada's largest island'

Answer: Baffin


Question: 'Last name of twins Phil & Steve who won gold & silver in the slalom at the 1984 Winter Olympics'

Answer: Mahre


Question: 'He was the defendant in the 1925 "Monkey Trial"'

Answer: John Scopes


Question: 'Until his World War I drama "What Price Glory" was produced in NYC in 1924, he was a journalist & schoolteacher'

Answer: Maxwell Anderson


Question: 'It was the first name of Mrs. Grant & the second Mrs. Tyler'

Answer: Julia


Question: 'This sound of vibration can be pronounced like the third person plural past indicative of "to be"'

Answer: were/whir


Question: 'This brand's famous logo orignally represented Vulcan about to strike his anvil'

Answer: Arm & Hammer


Question: 'While in exile on the island of St. Helena from 1815-1821, he dictated his memoirs to friends'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'He scored 12 career goals in World Cup competition; now he's Brazil's special minister for sports'

Answer: Pele


Question: 'Waikiki is probably the most famous beach in this U.S. state'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'The phrase "fugit ireparabile tempus" has been shortened to just "tempus fugit" - this "flies"'

Answer: Time


Question: 'Broken Hill, this country's largest company, took its name from a small town in New South Wales'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Leo I asserted that papal power was granted by Christ only to this man & his successors'

Answer: St. Peter


Question: 'This grand duchy was founded in 963 when Siegfried, Count of Ardenne, gained control of the area'

Answer: Luxembourg


Question: 'From 1987-1995, this German tennis star won 18 womens' singles Grand Slam tournaments'

Answer: Steffi Graf


Question: 'Fans of Davy Crockett remember the Alamo is in San Antonio in this western state'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'Latin title of the Christmas hymn "O Come All Ye Faithful"'

Answer: "Adeste Fideles"


Question: 'This largest European tire maker is headquartered in Clermont-Ferrand, France'

Answer: Michelin


Question: 'During Leo IX's reign, they became important papal counselors, soon, they formed a sacred college'

Answer: Cardinals


Question: 'The treaties ending the Seven Years, Crimean & Spanish-American Wars were signed in this city'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'Other than the Olympics, this Romanian's only World Gymnastics Championship came in 1978 on the balance beam'

Answer: Nadia Comaneci


Question: 'The French Quarter of this Louisiana city is world-famous for its nightlife'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'It literally means "in glass" & is where some fertilizations occur'

Answer: In Vitro


Question: 'Comau, a subsidiary of this Italian company, makes the robots that build its cars'

Answer: Fiat


Question: 'Except for a brief time, this birthplace of Christopher Columbus was ruled by a doge from 1339-1797'

Answer: Genoa


Question: 'In the 1980s, this Spaniard became the youngest golfer to win the Masters & helped Europe win 3 Ryder Cups'

Answer: Seve Ballesteros


Question: 'When visiting this California city, take a cable car to Fisherman's Wharf'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'It's the opposite of "malafide"'

Answer: Bonafide


Question: 'Johnson & Johnson owns Acuvue, the world's leading disposable brand of these'

Answer: Contact Lenses


Question: 'From 930-1262, this country's Althing served as both court & legislature'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'Jacky Ickx has won this 24-hour French auto race a record 6 times'

Answer: 24 Hours of Le Mans


Question: 'The Cherry Blossom Parade is a highlight of the National Cherry Blossom Festival in this city'

Answer: Washington, D.C.


Question: 'The period before this event is called ante-partum'

Answer: childbirth


Question: 'Phil Knight, founder of this Oregon-based athletic shoe company, owns about 35% of its stock'

Answer: Nike


Question: 'Polonius tells Hamlet he once played this role in a play, and Brutus killed him'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'Any point on the Earth's equator moves at a thousand miles per hour; any point on this largest planet's, at 22,000 miles per hour'

Answer: Jupiter


Question: 'He's three years younger than his sister, Shirley McLaine'

Answer: Warren Beatty


Question: 'This South American country is over 10 times as long as it is wide'

Answer: Chile


Question: 'In "The Descent of Man", this naturalist wrote, "I would have soon been descended from that heroic little monkey"'

Answer: Charles Darwin


Question: 'After  a 5-year tenure, this Polish president was defeated for re-election in 1995'

Answer: Lech Walesa


Question: 'Her dying words are "O Antony, nay I will take thee to;  what, should I stay?"'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'The Maxwell Montes region contains the highest point on this planet, the third brightest object in the sky'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'He danced around in his underwear to "That Old Time Rock n' Roll" in the 1983 hit "Risky Business"'

Answer: Tom Cruise


Question: 'The Judeo-Galilean Highlands are one of four major land divisions of this country'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'This boxer's slogan, "I Am The Greatest", was inspired by wrestler Gorgeous George'

Answer: Muhammad Ali


Question: 'He was recently voted in as president of the new self-rule Palestinian government'

Answer: Yasser Arafat


Question: 'He tells his daughter Cordelia "I fear I am not in my perfect mind"'

Answer: King Lear


Question: 'During a total eclipse of the sun, this outermost layer of the sun remains visible'

Answer: Corona


Question: 'She married Paul Newman in 1958, the year they starred in their first film together, "The Long Hot Summer"'

Answer: Joanne Woodward


Question: 'Khartoum is the capital of this largest African nation'

Answer: Sudan


Question: 'James Joyce called this country, his homeland, "The Old Sow that Eats Her Farrow"'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'Once sentenced to life imprisonment, he was elected South Africa's first black leader in 1994'

Answer: Nelson Mandela


Question: 'The 2 titled ladies in the cast of "Macbeth" are Lady Macbeth & her'

Answer: Lady Macduff


Question: 'This British observatory was completed in 1676 from plans prepared by Christopher Wren'

Answer: Greenwich


Question: 'This star of "East of Eden" & "Rebel Without A Cause" was only 24 when he died in a 1955 car crash'

Answer: James Dean


Question: 'The largest ethnic groups living in this island country are the Sinhalese & the Tamils'

Answer: Sri Lanka


Question: 'By Article II of this U.S. document,  treaties are made with the advice & consent of the Senate'

Answer: The Constitution


Question: 'After 18 years in exile, he returned to Argentina in 1973'

Answer: Juan Perón


Question: 'In "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Theseus, Duke of Athens, is engaged to this queen of the Amazons'

Answer: Hippolyta


Question: 'This constellation, "The Hunter", is found between Taurus, the bull, & Monoceros, the unicorn'

Answer: Orion


Question: 'Norma Jean Baker's name was changed to this, after she signed a contract with 20th Century Fox in 1946'

Answer: Marilyn Monroe


Question: 'Timor is the largest of this country's Lesser Sunda Islands; Bali is one of the smaller ones'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'In "Paradise Lost", he wrote of "things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme"'

Answer: John Milton


Question: 'In failing health, he resigned as Greek premier in January of 1996'

Answer: Andreas Papandreou


Question: 'This Catalonian city, once the capital of the Visigoths, may be named for a Carthaginian family'

Answer: Barcelona


Question: '"America's Dairyland", it produces about 1/4 of our nation's butter & cheese'

Answer: Wisconsin


Question: 'In a ride that dates from the park's 1955 opening, you spin in these'

Answer: teacups


Question: 'When lemon juice is dropped on blue litmus paper, the paper will turn this color'

Answer: red


Question: 'Geraldine Connolly recalls swimming pools & dancing in "The Summer I Was" this age at which you can get your driver's license'

Answer: 16


Question: 'The "Max" in the name of this soda's diet version refers to its taste'

Answer: Pepsi


Question: '8-letter term meaning to exterminate pests using smoke'

Answer: fumigate


Question: 'To visit the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, you have to go to this state'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'The abominable snowman resides inside the ride named for this Alpine mountain'

Answer: the Matterhorn


Question: 'At a temperature of -183 degrees Celsius, liquid oxygen does this'

Answer: evaporates (or boils)


Question: 'Capulet, her father, says this Shakespeare heroine "hath not seen the change of fourteen years"'

Answer: Juliet


Question: 'A half-lemon, half-lime appears to dot the "I" in this soda's name'

Answer: Sprite


Question: 'Can I crash on this piece of furniture?'

Answer: futon


Question: 'This state's only public university is located in Laramie'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: 'This movie character's adventurous ride takes you through the Temple of the Forbidden Eye'

Answer: Indiana Jones


Question: 'Around 1630 Jan van Helmont discovered this gas given off by burning wood & called it gas sylvestre'

Answer: carbon dioxide


Question: 'In John Dryden's "Sylvia the Fair (In the Bloom of Fifteen)", Sylvia meets this mythological love god'

Answer: Cupid


Question: 'This root beer derived its name from the names of partners Roy Allen & Frank Wright'

Answer: A&W


Question: '1-word term for a superficial appearance or the front of a building'

Answer: facade


Question: 'In September bring your appetite to Las Cruces in this state for the Whole Enchilada Fiesta'

Answer: New Mexico


Question: 'A "Doom Buggy" transports you through this attraction'

Answer: the Haunted Mansion


Question: 'Term for a substance that modifies & speeds up a chemical reaction without itself being affected'

Answer: a catalyst


Question: 'Lisel Mueller's "For a Thirteenth Birthday" begins, "You have read" this Tolstoy epic'

Answer: War and Peace


Question: 'Splenda & real fruit juice make this alphanumeric soda's island fruit version special'

Answer: 7 Up


Question: 'Two types of this are seen here'

Answer: fuel


Question: 'It's the only New England state that doesn't have a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean'

Answer: Vermont


Question: 'It's a South Seas paradise in this "enchanted" room'

Answer: the Tiki Room


Question: 'Olympiadane is a molecule so-named because it's composed of this many interlocking rings'

Answer: five


Question: 'Don Juan, the teenage hero of a poem by this British lord, is "tall, handsome, slender, but well knit"'

Answer: Lord Byron


Question: 'Mountain Dew offers a drink called Baja this--have one!'

Answer: Blast


Question: 'The USS President was Commodore Stephen Decatur's this'

Answer: flagship


Question: '(Sarah of the clue crew gives the clue from Newseum in Washington, DC.) Now sitting harmlessly in the Newseum, this guard tower was once used to shoot down those trying to cross this barrier between communism & freedom'

Answer: the Berlin Wall


Question: 'The first episode featured the ensemble singing this Journey song that begins, "Just a small town girl"'

Answer: "Don\'t Stop Believin\'"


Question: 'A "howling" success, Maggie Stiefvater's "Shiver" is the first entry in the series these "of Mercy Falls"'

Answer: Wolves


Question: 'Many boarding schools are also prep schools, prep being short for this adjective'

Answer: preparatory


Question: '1860: Christopher Spencer's breech-loading repeating this'

Answer: a rifle


Question: 'The word language comes from "lingua", Latin for this body part'

Answer: tongue


Question: 'The martial artists who fought against Western control of China from 1898 to 1900 were known as these'

Answer: the Boxers


Question: 'Finn sang that he was losing this, just like R.E.M. did in 1991'

Answer: "Losing My Religion"


Question: 'This horror master's "Full Dark, No Stars" is a collection of creepy campfire tales'

Answer: (Stephen) King


Question: 'From 1896 to 1974 Choate was just for these; then it merged with Rosemary Hall'

Answer: boys


Question: '1846: Drs. Morton & Jackson for this, used in surgery... zzzz'

Answer: anesthesia


Question: 'It pairs with "odds" in a 3-word term for miscellaneous items'

Answer: ends


Question: 'Louis XIV wanted to make this German river France's eastern border'

Answer: the Rhine


Question: 'The "Glee" cast gave its all when it covered this "Rhapsody" by Queen'

Answer: "Bohemian Rhapsody"


Question: 'Lauren Kate's "Fallen" tells the story of Luce, a young woman in love with a guy who's actually one of these'

Answer: a (fallen) angel


Question: 'Famed for another signature, he signed the 1782 incorporation of Dummer Academy (now Governor's Academy)'

Answer: (John) Hancock


Question: '1866: Haven & Hettrich's whirligig, better known now as this stringed toy'

Answer: a yo-yo


Question: 'Meaning to be skeptical, to take something "with" this comes from an old Roman recipe for a poison antidote'

Answer: a grain of salt


Question: 'In the early 1500s Shah Ismail conquered what is today Iran & converted the region to this branch of Islam'

Answer: the Shia


Question: 'Lea Michele played Cosette on Broadway in this show & sang "On My Own" from it on "Glee"'

Answer: Les Misérables


Question: 'In the 4th volume of a series, Percy Jackson & the Olympians must fight "The Battle of" this puzzling place'

Answer: The Labyrinth


Question: 'Olney Friends School was founded in 1837 by this religious group & still teaches its values'

Answer: the Quakers


Question: '1878: Joseph Winters for a wagon-mounted fire escape one of these'

Answer: a ladder


Question: 'Today representing a family or country, it's the 3-word name for the emblem painted on a medieval knight's shield'

Answer: a coat of arms


Question: 'As Vice Admiral, this circumnavigator helped command the fleet that beat the Spanish Armada in 1588'

Answer: (Sir Francis) Drake


Question: 'Amber Riley showed off her singing chops covering "Beautiful" from this blonde pop star'

Answer: Christina Aguilera


Question: '"I Shall Wear" this is Terry Pratchett's latest bestseller about young witch Tiffany Aching'

Answer: Midnight


Question: 'For 66 years at Deerfield Academy, Frank Boyden held this 10-letter title, equivalent to principal'

Answer: headmaster


Question: '1975: Donald Bateman's ground proximity warning system designed for use in these'

Answer: airplanes


Question: 'Heard here, this musical style that combines Caribbean & Creole influences may take its name from the French word for "beans"'

Answer: zydeco


Question: 'A piece of custom-made equipment called the Phoenix played a key role in an October event in this country'

Answer: Chile


Question: 'In 1935 Lincoln Ellsworth became the 1st man to fly across this continent'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'A favorite spot for hikers, Pinnacle Mountain is 20 minutes from this Arkansas' capital's downtown area'

Answer: Little Rock


Question: 'The Wicked Witch had a nitwit son, Bobo, in one of the scripts for this 1939 film; he was later written out'

Answer: "The Wizard of Oz"


Question: 'Early studies show that nose drops with lidocaine may relieve these excruciating headaches'

Answer: Migraines


Question: 'The largest of the seals is named for this largest land animal'

Answer: Elephant Seal


Question: 'The feathery leaves of this pickle herb add a pleasant flavor to vegetables or fish'

Answer: Dill


Question: 'In 1728 this Dane discovered St. Lawrence Island, now part of Alaska'

Answer: Vitus Bering


Question: 'Now a social center, Lion House in Salt Lake City was the home of several of this man's wives'

Answer: Brigham Young


Question: 'Shirley Temple danced with this future TV hillbilly in the 1936 film "Captain January"'

Answer: Buddy Ebsen


Question: 'To prevent pregnancy, a woman may have these tubes surgically tied'

Answer: Fallopian Tubes


Question: '1 of 2 egg-laying mammals of Australia'

Answer: Duck-billed Platypus & Echidna


Question: 'This French mustard often made with white wine is a popular ingredient in sauces'

Answer: Dijon


Question: 'His ship, the Endeavor, was a coal ship refitted to explore the south Pacific from 1768-1771'

Answer: Captain James Cook


Question: 'The District of Columbia's flag is based on this man's coat-of-arms'

Answer: George Washington


Question: '1941 classic in which Bogart tells Peter Lorre, "When you're slapped, you'll take it and like it"'

Answer: "The Maltese Falcon"


Question: 'Dental work has been less painful since the 1905 introduction of this anestethic'

Answer: Novocaine


Question: 'The hide of this wild Tibetan ox is used for leather, & it's flesh is used for food'

Answer: Yak


Question: 'The name of this heavy pot used for stews may be derived from a certain ethnic group in Pennsylvania'

Answer: Dutch Oven


Question: 'In the 1680s this French explorer of the Mississippi River founded a colony on the Texas coast'

Answer: LaSalle


Question: 'This Nevada mining city's camel races began as a fictitious newspaper story, then became an annual event'

Answer: Virginia City


Question:
'(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):
Like "Evita", this 1946 film seen here is set in Buenos Aires:
"There's never been anybody but you & me.
Not anybody?
Not anybody.
What about your husband?"'

Answer: "Gilda"


Question: 'In the U.S., alcohol is the most common cause of this deadly liver disease'

Answer: Cirrhosis


Question: 'With its single-twisted horn, it's known as "the unicorn of the whale family"'

Answer: Narwhal


Question: 'Sea foam candy is a variation of this fluffy "heavenly" sweet'

Answer: Divinity


Question: 'He explored Puget Sound in 1792 & named it for one of his officers, Peter Puget'

Answer: Capn. George Vancouver


Question: 'Grace Coolidge was the 1st first lady born in this state; her husband was the 2nd president born there'

Answer: Vermont


Question: 'Susan Strasburg played Kim Novak's little sister in this 1955 film based on a William Inge play'

Answer: "Picnic"


Question: 'In 1996 the FDA approved a new vaccine for this respiratory disease also known as pertussis'

Answer: Whooping Cough


Question: 'This fish, named for its ability to breathe out of water, can drown if held underwater'

Answer: Lungfish


Question: 'It means 'to lightly coat food with flour, crumbs, etc" before you fry it'

Answer: Dredge


Question: 'This state's longest river is Kaukonahua Stream on Oahu'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'This 12th king of the 18th Dynasty died in his 18th year'

Answer: King Tut


Question: '1968's "Switched On Bach" popularized the Moog type of this instrument'

Answer: Synthesizer


Question: 'Process of making something smaller'

Answer: Miniaturization


Question: 'This precocious pickpocket introduces Oliver Twist to Fagin'

Answer: The Artful Dodger


Question: 'Tulips are classified by their size, flower characteristics, & when they do this'

Answer: Bloom


Question: 'This river forms part of the boundary between Israel & Syria'

Answer: The River Jordan


Question: 'Pepy I waged war in this peninsula 4,200 years before Egypt took possession of it'

Answer: Sinai Peninsula


Question: 'In musical notation this sign cancels a previous sharp or flat'

Answer: Natural


Question: 'It's the ceremony that starts a construction project'

Answer: Groundbreaking


Question: 'Agatha Christie wrote, "I believe a speck of dust would have caused him more pain than a bullet wound"'

Answer: Hercule Poirot


Question: 'This plant, the silent preacher, changes sex during its life, perhaps going from a Jack to a Jill'

Answer: Jack-in-the-Pulpit