Question: 'Appropriately, this vast Russian art museum houses the icon of St. Nicholas seen here'

Answer: the Hermitage


Question: 'Hmm... he dedicated his 1820 poem "The Witch of Atlas" to his wife Mary'

Answer: (Percy Bysshe) Shelley


Question: 'In 2003 Republican Lisa Murkowski took the oath of office as this state's sixth U.S. Senator since statehood'

Answer: Alaska


Question: '"Book"ish nickname of fictional young detective Leroy Brown plus the doctor he might see for a check-up'

Answer: Encyclopediatrician


Question: 'Known as a "fairy flower", this bloom of the genus Digitalis has a darker side; large does of it can be poisonous'

Answer: foxglove


Question: 'The last song George Gershwin composed, its title is followed by the line "not for a year, but ever and a day"'

Answer: "Our Love Is Here To Stay"


Question: 'The Vasamuseet in Stockholm houses one of the oldest complete examples of these, the Vasa'

Answer: a ship


Question: 'Lloyd Brown, once an inmate of this city's Alleghany County jail, based his novel "Iron City" on life there'

Answer: Pittsburgh


Question: 'Republican Barbara Cubin represents this state in the House all by herself'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: '17-year migratory insect plus creamy egg-based dessert'

Answer: Locustard


Question: 'Certain orchids, genus Cypripedium, are known by this feminine name, from their resemblance to delicate footwear'

Answer: lady\'s slippers


Question: 'In "You're The Top", this American wrote, "But if this ditty is not so pretty, at least it'll tell you how great you are"'

Answer: Cole Porter


Question: 'There are museums devoted to this writer in Nairobi, Kenya & in Rungstedlund, Denmark'

Answer: Isak Dinesen (aka Karen Blixen, author of Out of Africa)


Question: '"I shouldn't mind being a bride... if I could be one without having a husband", says Bathsheba in this Hardy novel'

Answer: Far From the Madding Crowd


Question: 'It's the last name of California Reps. Loretta & Linda, the first sisters in Congress'

Answer: Sanchez


Question: 'Kubla Khan's stately pleasure dome site plus a quilt'

Answer: Xanaduvet


Question: 'Once known as "the handsomest man in America", he performed his last play, "The Apostate", on March 18, 1865'

Answer: John Wilkes Booth


Question: 'A childhood woodchopping mishap claimed half of this lead guitarist's right middle finger'

Answer: (Jerry) Garcia


Question: 'Boston's 1-ton-plus King's Chapel bell was recast in 1816 by this patriot'

Answer: Paul Revere


Question: 'Like humans, guinea pigs need a dietary source of this vitamin, so try feeding them a piece of orange each day'

Answer: Vitamin C


Question: 'In 1988 she launched her DKNY line'

Answer: Donna Karan


Question: 'The 2006 New York Times headline on Western Union's last telegram used this word, telegrams' version of a period'

Answer: stop


Question: 'Individual crystals of this yellow November birthstone can weigh hundreds of pounds'

Answer: topaz


Question: 'Slotted between The Who & Hendrix, The Dead was No. 6 to play at this city's 1967 Pop Festival'

Answer: Monterey


Question: 'British Gen. Gage said of the June 1775 battle here, "The loss we have sustained is greater than we can bear"'

Answer: Bunker Hill (or Breed\'s Hill)


Question: '16th century essayist Montaigne wondered if this pet used him as a plaything more than he used her'

Answer: a cat


Question: 'This American designer is a direct descendant of William Claiborne, the 1st governor of the State of Louisiana'

Answer: Liz Claiborne


Question: 'Like the railroad would in 1869, the telegraph went transcontinental by linking up in this state, in 1861'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'A specialized mapmaker who studies the Earth's surface features'

Answer: topographer


Question: 'The Dead was scheduled to play at this group's ill-fated 1969 show at Altamont Speedway but refused to go on'

Answer: The Rolling Stones


Question: 'America's answer to "Upstairs, Downstairs", this TV show was set in a fashionable Boston district just after WWI'

Answer: Beacon Hill


Question: 'Like a James Bond villain, indicted stockbroker Calvin Darden had 4 of these in a tank at $2,500 each'

Answer: a shark


Question: 'In 1922 this French designer launched a perfume line that helped her financially through difficult years'

Answer: (Coco) Chanel


Question: 'In 1866 Western Union had the "heart" to introduce the first of these stock-price reporting devices'

Answer: a ticker


Question: 'It's the meticulously crafted form whose finished product is seen here'

Answer: topiary


Question: 'In 1978 the last of 3 Dead shows near this Wonder of the Ancient World was timed to coincide with a lunar eclipse'

Answer: the Pyramids


Question: 'In 1872 this inventor opened a school for teachers of the deaf in Boston'

Answer: (Alexander Graham) Bell


Question: 'Basic obedience training makes a dog comfortable, because he sees you as the leader of this group'

Answer: a pack


Question: 'His post-WWII "New Look" was a symbol for youth, hope & the future'

Answer: Christian Dior


Question: 'Western Union introduced the first of these deferred-payment instruments in 1914; it was made of metal'

Answer: a credit card (or charge card)


Question: 'A major government building of this state capital is modeled after the Capitol in Washington, D.C.'

Answer: Topeka


Question: 'In 1991 The Dead played a memorial concert in Golden Gate Park for this promoter before an estimated 300,000 people'

Answer: Bill Graham


Question: 'Since the 18th century, a grasshopper has sat atop the marketplace named for this Huguenot'

Answer: (Peter) Faneuil


Question: 'To metabolize calcium & have strong bones, iguanas need this type of radiation, provided by a special light'

Answer: ultraviolet


Question: 'He's had his own line at Target & his own show on the Oxygen Network'

Answer: Isaac Mizrahi


Question: 'In 1964 Western Union began using these high-frequency beams transcontinentally to replace land lines'

Answer: microwaves


Question: 'In 1465 Muhammed II moved his court to this palace, the home of the Ottoman rulers for the next 4 centuries'

Answer: Topkapi Palace


Question: 'In 1872 she was fined $100 for voting in the presidential election; she never paid it'

Answer: Susan B. Anthony


Question: '"License to kill gophers by the government of the United Nations.  Man, free to kill gophers at will"'

Answer: Caddyshack


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew walks among some soldiers standing at ease at Fort Huachuca, AZ.)  For camouflage, the new combat uniform combines green for forest fighting, brown for desert & gray for this type of place'

Answer: urban (city)


Question: 'Actress Jessica Tandy received the medal the same year as her husband, this fellow actor in the film "Cocoon"'

Answer: Hume Cronyn


Question:
'"The Green Mile",
"Carrie",
"Needful Things"'

Answer: Carrie


Question: 'This term used of lady sonneteers is now disdained as condescending'

Answer: poetess


Question: 'The self-penned epitaph of this president who died on July 23, 1885 reads, "Let us have peace"'

Answer: (Ulysses) Grant


Question: '"I've been stabbed, shocked, poisoned, frozen, hung, electrocuted & burned... I am an immortal"'

Answer: Groundhog Day


Question: 'The Edelweiss Lodge in Garmisch is a resort for soldiers on this alliterative type of leave'

Answer: R&R


Question: 'As Brancusi's assistant, Isamu Noguchi mastered this art form on display at a Queens museum named for him'

Answer: sculpture


Question:
'"The Pelican Brief",
"The Firm",
"The Client"'

Answer: The Firm


Question: 'A type of Italian noblewoman, like the "Barefoot" one in a 1954 movie'

Answer: contessa


Question: 'In 1853 at age 33, she became superintendent of London's Harley Street Nursing Home'

Answer: (Florence) Nightingale


Question: '"Why worry?  Each one of us is carrying an unlicensed nuclear accelerator on his back"'

Answer: Ghostbusters


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew walks near a scraggly tree at Fort Huachuca, AZ.)  The desert conditions around Fort Huachuca help simulate some of the conditions of this operation, launched March 19, 2003'

Answer: Iraqi Freedom


Question: 'This widely recorded soprano was chosen by Ira Gershwin for the lead role in a 1952 revival of "Porgy and Bess"'

Answer: Leontyne Price


Question:
'"Bleak House",
"A Christmas Carol",
"The Mystery of Edwin Drood"'

Answer: A Christmas Carol


Question: 'Take one letter out of a breaded, fried piece of potato to get this, a woman who flirts to get her way'

Answer: coquette


Question: 'The eldest of 10 children, this Irish writer would make June 16, 1904 a date to remember'

Answer: (James) Joyce


Question: '"C'mon, it's Czechoslovakia.  We zip in, we pick 'em up... zip right out again...  It's like we're going into Wisconsin"'

Answer: Stripes


Question: 'In the 1980s these Army food packets replaced C rations; old-time soldiers would have loved the chicken tetrazzini'

Answer: Meals Ready-to-Eat


Question: 'This Texas playwright also wrote the screenplays for "To Kill a Mockingbird" & "Tender Mercies"'

Answer: Horton Foote


Question:
'"The Hound of the Baskervilles",
"A Study in Scarlet",
"The Valley of Fear"'

Answer: A Study in Scarlet


Question: 'The -ine suffix is seen in words like chorine for a chorus girl & this for a harem member'

Answer: concubine


Question: 'In 1684 this German philosopher published the foundations of calculus, unaware of Newton's work on the subject'

Answer: Leibnitz


Question: '"Once again, my life has been saved by the miracle of lasagna"'

Answer: Garfield


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew crouches near a small plane at Fort Huachuca, AZ.)  Soldiers keep an eye on things with a catapult-launched Shadow UAV, short for this type of aerial vehicle'

Answer: unmanned


Question: 'Some distinguished figures in this field include Michael Graves, Robert Venturi & Denise Scott Brown'

Answer: architecture


Question:
'"The Plague",
"The Rebel",
"The Stranger"'

Answer: The Stranger


Question: 'A man who has left a will is a testator; this is the equivalent word for a woman'

Answer: testatrix


Question: 'It's the only Canadian province or territory whose 2-letter postal abbreviation is a preposition'

Answer: Ontario


Question: 'The Cantabrian Mountains extend for 300 miles south from the Pyrenees to Cape Finisterre in this country'

Answer: Spain


Question: '3-letter term for a good serve your opponent doesn't touch with his racket'

Answer: an ace


Question:
'Covalent,
bail,
treasury'

Answer: bond


Question: 'He played sax in a jazz trio called The Three Blind Mice'

Answer: Clinton


Question: 'With 11 appearances, this former "Baywatch" beauty has been on the cover of Playboy more than any other person'

Answer: Pamela Anderson


Question: 'In an appliqued type of this, cutout designs are sewed onto one large piece of cloth'

Answer: quilt


Question: 'This country's ADF sent troops to the Solomon Islands in 2006 to help restore order following riots'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'If you net your first serve & hit the umpire in the eye with the second, it's one of these, & you lose the point'

Answer: a double fault


Question:
'Red,
video,
measuring'

Answer: tape


Question: 'He was captain of the debating team at Whittier College in California'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: 'In 1953 the baby son of Lucille Ball & this man was on the first national cover of TV Guide'

Answer: Desi Arnaz


Question: 'Containing 67.2 cubic inches, it's 1/32 of a bushel'

Answer: a quart


Question: 'The magnificent ruins of the Mayan city of Palenque were discovered in this country in 1773'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'The first point after this is advantage, Mr. Bigalow'

Answer: deuce


Question:
'Scarlet,
Dr. Johnny,
Saturday Night'

Answer: fever


Question: 'He was "Old Rough and Ready", a hero of the Mexican War'

Answer: (Zachary) Taylor


Question: 'Elle Macpherson, Kathy Ireland & Rachel Hunter all adorned this magazine's Feb. 14, 1994 cover'

Answer: Sports Illustrated


Question: 'It's the quantity resulting from the division of one quantity by another'

Answer: a quotient


Question: 'In 1989, a year of political change in Europe, this country that borders China changed its name'

Answer: Myanmar


Question: 'It describes a shot hit from the left by a right-hander, or a compliment that turns into a shot'

Answer: a backhand


Question:
'Savings,
river,
Ernie'

Answer: Banks


Question: 'He was a judge of the Jackson County Court in Missouri'

Answer: Truman


Question: 'Begun in 1884, this magazine's name is synonymous with the New York City theater scene'

Answer: Playbill


Question: 'According to the title of a 1952 John Ford film, John Wayne's character was this type of "Man"'

Answer: Quiet


Question: '9,094 feet high, Mount Roraima is found at the junction of Guyana, Venezuela & this country'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'Introduced at Wimbledon in 1924, this ranking process places strong players so they won't meet in the early rounds'

Answer: seeding


Question:
'Ash,
shoe,
family'

Answer: tree


Question: 'He practiced law in Kinderhook, New York'

Answer: (Martin) Van Buren


Question: 'In Oct. 2004 this "Institution"al mag pondered what the U.S. would be like had Breckenridge won the 1860 election'

Answer: Smithsonian


Question: 'In a throwing game, it's the name of the flat metal or rope ring tossed at a stake called a mot'

Answer: quoit


Question: 'On this ship that sailed in Sept. 1620, the Puritans called themselves "saints" & the others on board "strangers"'

Answer: the Mayflower


Question: 'New York City borough'

Answer: Manhattan


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew topples some dominoes.) Once dominoes start to fall, they continue without further outside influence--an example of this self-sustaining sequence'

Answer: a chain reaction


Question: 'On May 30, 1899 Pearl Hart & Joe Boot became the last to rob one of these vehicles; they got away with $431'

Answer: a stagecoach


Question: '"Jugendstil" is the German equivalent for this French term for the decorative style of the 1890s'

Answer: Art Nouveau


Question: 'Chinese-American noodle dish that's the major thoroughfare in Disneyland'

Answer: Chow Main Street


Question: 'The name of this caravel of Columbus means "painted one"'

Answer: Pinta


Question: 'Several fruit from the genus Musa'

Answer: Bananas


Question: 'His second law, force equals mass times acceleration, is demonstrated when you push a child on a swing'

Answer: Newton


Question: 'Frank Hamer, an ex-Texas Ranger, devised the plan that resulted in the death of this outlaw couple on May 23, 1934'

Answer: Bonnie & Clyde


Question: 'The name of this odd movement, French for "hobby-horse", was appropriately chosen at random from a dictionary'

Answer: Dada


Question: 'Prince song about the colorful drizzle that affected Robespierre's horrific French stewardship'

Answer: "Purple Reign of Terror"


Question: 'El Cazador was found 200 years after it sank with 400,000 of these monetary units worth of silver'

Answer: pesos


Question: 'Rememberances of a classic Hoagy Carmichael tune'

Answer: Stardust Memories


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew walks with crutches.)  Crutches are an example of a simple lever; the tip of the crutch acts as this point on whcih a lever turns'

Answer: the fulcrum


Question: 'It was no holiday for 6 of Bugs Moran's mob when they were cut down in this 1929 gangland slaughter'

Answer: the St. Valentine\'s Day Massacre


Question: 'French term for the technique of placing paper over a relief surface & rubbing with crayon or pencil'

Answer: frottage


Question: 'Movie in which Dirk Diggler has a big surprise for the rest of the guys after being drafted into King Arthur's crew'

Answer: Boogie Nights of the Round Table


Question: 'Among sites celebrating the 30th anniversary of this in 1999 was the U.S.S. Hornet, the recovery ship'

Answer: the Apollo 11 mission


Question: 'Breaking down Belafonte into component parts'

Answer: Deconstructing Harry


Question: 'Blisters can be caused by this resistance to motion between surfaces, from the Latin for "to rub"'

Answer: friction


Question: 'After his manslaughter acquittal in 1922, this silent-screen comedian directed films under the name Wm. Goodrich'

Answer: Fatty Arbuckle


Question: 'This French-named illusory technique tricks the eye into thinking a painted object is real & not two-dimensional'

Answer: trompe-l\'œil


Question: 'This guy's vessel that's filled with animals 2 by 2 is quite the fixture on the Champs Elysees'

Answer: Noah\'s Arc de Triomphe


Question: 'This type of ship was devised to counter vessels called torpedo boats, & the name originally followed "torpedo boat"'

Answer: a destroyer


Question: 'Hephaestus' strong wife'

Answer: Mighty Aphrodite


Question: '(Kelly sends a Slinky down some blocks.)  At rest, a Slinky has potential energy, which is converted to this type of energy as it makes its descent'

Answer: kinetic


Question: 'In the 1950s this "Red-light Bandit" wrote a book "Cell 2455, Death Row", his address while waiting for his execution'

Answer: Caryl Chessman


Question: 'Dubuffet coined this 10-letter term, from the French for "to bring together", for works made of bits of things'

Answer: assemblage


Question: 'It's how the man who played Leo's dad in "Catch Me If You Can" got to the Big Easy with Fats Domino'

Answer: Christopher Walkin\' to New Orleans


Question: '"If he has a conscience he will suffer for his mistake" refers to a murderer in this 1866 novel'

Answer: Crime and Punishment


Question: 'Sadly, the "Killing Fields" of the Khmer Rouge will be forever associated with what's now this country'

Answer: Cambodia


Question: '"Melrose Place"'

Answer: Beverly Hills, 90210 (90210 accepted)


Question: 'This party was named at a Michigan convention, 1854; still going strong'

Answer: the GOP (or Republican Party)


Question: 'Critics are "raven" about "Nevermore", a new musical that re-imagines this author's life'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe


Question: 'A lingberry is a berry, a lingcod is a fish & a riesling is this fruit'

Answer: a grape


Question: 'The only pleas he knew about was "More Scotch, please"; you can't pass the ___ exam sitting in the ___ all day'

Answer: bar


Question: 'When the Warsaw Pact invaded what was then this country in 1968, Romania didn't participate'

Answer: Czechoslovakia


Question: '"Lou Grant"'

Answer: Mary Tyler Moore


Question: 'In 2000 its 97,000 Florida votes left at a Nader of popularity with Al Gore fans'

Answer: the Green Party


Question: 'The '70s musical "Gone with the Wind" starred Pernell Roberts & Lesley Ann Warren as this captivating couple'

Answer: Rhett & Scarlett


Question: 'Tracy Chapman, Van Morrison & Bing Crosby each share a name with varieties of this fruit'

Answer: cherries


Question: 'I stared down into my ___ of latte so I wouldn't have to look at his ugly jowly ___'

Answer: mug


Question: 'An 80-mile alpaca trek from Bolivia to the Pacific Ocean will take you through this other country'

Answer: Chile


Question: '"The Jeffersons"'

Answer: All in the Family


Question: 'Formed to oppose "King Andrew" Jackson; named after the British party for limits on royal power'

Answer: the Whigs


Question: 'Jimmy Smits played a man who reads this 1870s novel to cigar factory workers in the play "Anna in the Tropics"'

Answer: Anna Karenina


Question: 'A singer's mellow tones may be described as this fruit "-shaped"'

Answer: pear


Question: 'Now that he no longer has ___ from his wound, we can ___ the patient from the hospital'

Answer: discharge


Question: 'A leading banana exporter, this Central American republic borders the Caribbean & the Pacific'

Answer: Costa Rica


Question: '"Laverne & Shirley"'

Answer: Happy Days


Question: 'In 2006 this party, no longer "progressive", came back into power in Canada'

Answer: the Conservatives


Question: 'A homeless woman known as Hester La Negrita is the heroine of "In the Blood", inspired by this Hawthorne novel'

Answer: The Scarlet Letter


Question: 'The Agen, one of these dried fruits, can be eaten out of hand or stewed'

Answer: a prune


Question: 'You always fall for my ___ sacrifice; too bad I'm so broke my chess set is in ___'

Answer: pawn


Question: 'Founded around 1888 during German colonial rule, Yaounde is the bustling capital of this Central African nation'

Answer: Cameroon


Question: '"The Tortellis"'

Answer: Cheers


Question: 'Led by Begin & Sharon, among others'

Answer: the Likud Party


Question: '"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" was based on a book by this man'

Answer: Ian Fleming


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew plays with her food, a peach.)  For the hardness of the endocarp, which holds the single seed, drupes, like the peach, are also called this type of fruit'

Answer: stone fruit


Question: 'Just because you ___ my cafe doesn't give you the right to ___ me with your haughty tone'

Answer: patronize


Question: 'In June 1995 the 2 nations made a trade deal on imports of these major consumer items'

Answer: cars


Question: 'Chris Kirkpatrick was the "S" in this boy band; Justin was one of the "N"s'

Answer: \'N Sync


Question: 'Speakers of this language, not Spanish, answer the phone with "pronto"'

Answer: Italian


Question: 'A species of fire ant that reached the U.S. at this Alabama port city around 1918 has been a pest to the Southern U.S.'

Answer: Mobile


Question: 'Rootin' tootin' Old West nemesis of Bugs Bunny who was nominated to the Supreme Court by George W. Bush'

Answer: Yosemite Sam Alito


Question: 'A wide, tree-lined street'

Answer: a boulevard


Question: 'OPEC is an oil cartel; APEC, which includes Japan & the U.S., is Asia-Pacific this type of Cooperation'

Answer: Economic


Question: 'Chris Stein, guitarist for this group, also co-wrote many of their hits, like "Rapture" & "Heart Of Glass"'

Answer: Blondie


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from the fishing docks.)  Paradoxically, "Dhen milao elinika" means "I don't speak" this'

Answer: Greek


Question: 'There are 2 kinds of this creature, soft & hard; hard ones can suck blood for weeks & cause paralysis in man & animals'

Answer: ticks


Question: 'Have it your way with this former Chief Justice who's the Home of the Whopper'

Answer: Warren Burger King


Question: 'The headquarters for London's metropolitan police'

Answer: Scotland Yard


Question: 'The U.S. military has 37 sole-use facilities on this island in the Ryukyus'

Answer: Okinawa


Question: 'In 1999 this country star introduced a new persona, that of fictitious rocker Chris Gaines'

Answer: Garth Brooks


Question: 'Machu, as in Machu Picchu, means "old" in this language'

Answer: Quechuan


Question: 'These members of the family Lampyridae produce a chemical called luciferin'

Answer: lightning bugs (or fireflies)


Question: 'Jason Lee sitcom that served as Chief Justice from 1953 to 1969'

Answer: My Name Is Earl Warren


Question: 'Tired-looking & thin in the face'

Answer: haggard


Question: 'In the phrase San Furanshisuko Heiwa Joyaku, a 1951 treaty, heiwa means this happy condition'

Answer: peace


Question: 'This longtime frontman for the Black Crowes is also Kate Hudson's sideman as her husband'

Answer: Chris Robinson


Question: 'Spoken by most people in Hong Kong, it has 9 tones compared to Mandarin's 4'

Answer: Cantonese


Question: 'This "colorful" bristle-tailed insect, Lepisma saccharina, feeds on starchy items such as books & wallpaper'

Answer: silverfish


Question: 'FDR appointee who married Mary Pickford'

Answer: William O. Douglas Fairbanks


Question: 'Carry on with this carrion carnivore seen here'

Answer: a buzzard


Question: '1992 was a year of some tension in the relationship, symbolized by the publication of this man's novel "Rising Sun"'

Answer: Michael Crichton


Question: 'Chris Martin, husband of Gwyneth Paltrow, fronts this British band'

Answer: Coldplay


Question: 'In this language heard in & around Barcelona, the Spanish "bueno" becomes simply "bo"'

Answer: Catalan


Question: 'Beetles with this nickname can squirt a hot liquid made of hydrogen peroxide & hydroquinone'

Answer: bombardier beetles


Question: 'Peter Rabbit creator who said of obscene material, "I know it when I see it"'

Answer: Beatrix Potter Stewart


Question: 'Famous lover who died in 1142'

Answer: Abelard


Question: 'Peter O'Toole was Oscar-nominated for playing the same king in these 2 movies'

Answer: Becket & The Lion in Winter


Question: 'A recent N.Y. Times-CBS poll indicates a majority of U.S. Catholic priests would like to do this'

Answer: marry


Question: 'Commerce Sec'y Peter Peterson said, "The era of low-cost energy is almost dead. Popeye is running out of" this'

Answer: spinach


Question: 'To see Don Ho's show, go to the Hilton's Dome Show Room in this city'

Answer: Honolulu


Question: 'Only 3 men to have held this position are Douglas Edwards, Walter Cronkite, & Dan Rather'

Answer: anchormen for the CBS Evening News


Question: 'Capone set 1-year income record, Ruth set 1-year homer record, Lindbergh set 1-man flying record'

Answer: 1927


Question: 'Company that's America's biggest soapmaker'

Answer: Procter & Gamble


Question: 'Religion whose Bible begins with the Book of Genesis & ends with II Chronicles'

Answer: Judaism


Question: 'Dean Martin said, <br />"If you drink, don't" do this; "Don't even putt"'

Answer: to drive


Question: 'Each year kids can compete in the National  Fence Painting Contest in this Missouri town'

Answer: Hannibal


Question: 'In 1968, this "Gunsmoke" star became the 1st woman inducted into the Cowboy Hall of Fame'

Answer: Amanda Blake


Question: 'Over 400,000 attended Woodstock, Chicago 8 went on trial, Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon'

Answer: 1969


Question: 'Generic name for synthetic soap substitutes'

Answer: detergents


Question: 'The American Quakers' General Conference headquarters is in this city'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'Secretary of State who said, "There cannot be a crisis next week; my schedule is already full"'

Answer: Henry Kissinger


Question: 'According to American Express, this state draws the most visitors from other states'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'Though Dobie Gillis chased all the other girls, this one wanted to marry him'

Answer: Zelda Gilroy


Question: 'U.S. recognized the Soviet Union, Prohibition was repealed, Hitler was appointed German chancellor'

Answer: 1933


Question: 'Some toilet soaps contain surfacants to prevent formation of this when you use it'

Answer: bathtub rings or scum


Question: 'The United Church is this large country's largest protestant denomination'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'Ernie Kovacs described it as "a medium, so called because it is neither rare nor well done"'

Answer: television


Question: 'It's always 54° F. there, Kentucky's best-known national attraction'

Answer: Mammoth Cave


Question: 'This sitcom topped the ratings for 5 seasons in a row, from 1971 to 1976'

Answer: "All in the Family"


Question: 'Communist coup in Czechoslovakia, Berlin blockade began, State of Israel established'

Answer: 1948


Question: 'Common in Africa, it's not the worship of animals but of spirits'

Answer: animism


Question: 'It's claimed Rousseau said, "To do is to be" & Sartre said, "To be is to do" while he said, "Doobedoobedoo"'

Answer: Frank Sinatra


Question: 'The Appalachian National Scenic Trail runs all the way from Maine to this state'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'They not only played "The Beverly Hillbillies" theme, but made annual appearances on the show'

Answer: (Lester) Flatt & (Earl) Scruggs


Question: 'Soviets invade Afghanistan, Sandinistas take power in Nicaragua, U.S. hostages taken in Iran'

Answer: 1979


Question: 'Were he still alive, this president would now be 70 years old'

Answer: JFK


Question: 'China is the only country in the world with more than this many people'

Answer: one billion


Question: 'Robert Penn Warren took this novel's title from a line in "Humpty Dumpty"'

Answer: "All The King\'s Men"


Question: 'In 1 of these, mounted knights used blunted weapons, while Jeopardy! champs use their knowledge'

Answer: a tournament


Question: '"Hush Little baby, don't say a word, Papa's gonna buy you" one of these'

Answer: a mockingbird


Question: 'Farmers in southeast Asia use them to work in rice paddies; it's lucky they like to wallow in mud'

Answer: water buffalo


Question: 'Complaining of this president's english, H.L. Mencken called it "Gamalielese"'

Answer: Warren G. Harding


Question: 'Though the Chinese invented gunpowder, they originally only used it in these'

Answer: fireworks


Question: 'This Irishman's first & most understandable novel was "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"'

Answer: James Joyce


Question: 'About 1000 A.D., they discovered North America & called parts of it Helluland, Markland, and Vinland'

Answer: the Vikings


Question: 'Marlon Brando and Eva Marie Saint each won one of this 1954 films 8 Oscars'

Answer: On The Waterfront


Question: 'He presided over our national Bicentenial celebration'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'China wants Portugal to return this colony no later than 1997, the year they'll get Hong Kong'

Answer: Macao


Question: 'In "The Fountainhead", she wrote "Great men can't be ruled"'

Answer: Ayn Rand


Question: 'This "Venerable" saint is called "The Father of English History"'

Answer: The Venerable Bede


Question: 'Jesus did this at a wedding in Cana of Galilee'

Answer: turned water into wine


Question: 'President who was known as the "Schoolmaster in Politics"'

Answer: Woodrow Wilson


Question: 'They were China's last imperial dynasty'

Answer: the Manchus (the Qing Dynasty)


Question: 'The story of an indecisive man, it was been called Joseph Conrad's "Hamlet"'

Answer: "Lord Jim"


Question: 'Tradition says Rurik, a Norse leader, settled in Novgorod in 862 & became founder of this country'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'It's reported the Rolling Stones took their name from the following blues song by this singer:'

Answer: Muddy Waters


Question: 'After Garfield's death, he refused to move into the White House until it was redecorated'

Answer: (Chester) Arthur


Question: 'In 1887, 900,000 people died when this river, "China's sorrow", overflowed'

Answer: the Yellow River (Hwang Ho)


Question: 'Caldwell novel in which land set aside for the church keeps on being switched to different locations'

Answer: "God\'s Little Acre"


Question: 'Though called a hermit, he led thousands of crusaders to conquer the Holy Land'

Answer: Peter the Hermit


Question: '"Roll 'em up & twist 'em up a high tuckahaw, & hit 'em up a tune called" this'

Answer: "Turkey In The Straw"


Question: 'A leading producer of brass in the U.S., this Connecticut city is called the "Brass Center of the World"'

Answer: Waterbury


Question: 'Of all fresh fruits, the U.S. imports more of this one than any other'

Answer: bananas


Question: 'the U.S. Senate rejected the Versailles Treaty'

Answer: Wilson


Question:
'"Little Women",
"A Place in the Sun",
"The Sandpiper"'

Answer: Elizabeth Taylor


Question: 'June 17 is Bunker Hill Day in this state's Suffolk County'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'Freed from the Taliban, in 2001 men in this capital lined up for their first shaves in 5 years'

Answer: Kabul


Question: 'A certain rabbit could tell you this medium-weight fabric whose name comes from "velet" gives the look of velvet'

Answer: velveteen


Question: '"Dis" is short for this, what you show someone if you dis him'

Answer: disrespect


Question: 'South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union'

Answer: Buchanan


Question:
'"Inherit the Wind",
"Anchors Aweigh",
"An American in Paris"'

Answer: Gene Kelly


Question: 'In Sweden the Julbord is the smorgasbord for this holiday'

Answer: Christmas


Question: 'Though it's in a valley, this Nepalese city is still 4,300 freet above sea level'

Answer: Kathmandu


Question: 'In the 400s B.C. Herodotus told the Greeks that India had plants that bear fleece--he meant this'

Answer: cotton


Question: '"Fan", as in "a rabid sports fan", comes from this word'

Answer: fanatic


Question: 'Joe DiMaggio hit safely in a record 56 straight games'

Answer: FDR


Question:
'"Tortilla Flat",
"Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo",
"The Old Man and the Sea"'

Answer: Spencer Tracy


Question: 'This holiday is the night before All Saints' Day'

Answer: Halloween


Question: 'This present Malaysian capital replaced Klang as a regional capital in the late 1800s & began a growth spurt'

Answer: Kuala Lumpur


Question: 'Now often used in scarves, cashmere was originally associated with this outer wrap for women'

Answer: a shawl


Question: 'Don't believe the hype, but believe that "hype" partly comes from shortening this word'

Answer: hyperbole (hyperbolic accepted)


Question: 'Lindbergh first flew the Atlantic solo'

Answer: Coolidge


Question:
'"Dark Victory",
"Of Human Bondage",
"The Petrified Forest"'

Answer: Bette Davis


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew waxes eloquent in front of Lenin's tomb in Moscow, Russia.)  Soviet leaders reviewed a parade of military hardware from Lenin's tomb each year on this day, a Socialist holiday since 1889'

Answer: May Day


Question: 'In the movie with the same name as this city, Olivier says, "The Nile must taste of blood for a thousand miles"'

Answer: Khartoum


Question: 'Delicate Foulard textiles, used for ties & handkerchiefs, were originally this fabric'

Answer: silk


Question: 'To sum up, "recap" is a short form of this word'

Answer: recapitulate


Question: 'The U.S. Battleship Maine exploded in Havana Harbor'

Answer: McKinley


Question:
'"Double Indemnity",
"The Apartment",
"The Shaggy Dog"'

Answer: Fred MacMurray


Question: 'It's the palindromic name for the Vietnamese New Year'

Answer: Tet


Question: 'A Caribbean capital or the first capital of the State of New York'

Answer: Kingston


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the goods from the NC State University's College of Textiles.)  This 2004 model loom still uses a method of controlling individual yarns based on the one developed in 1804 by this French loom inventor'

Answer: Jacquard


Question: '"Pan", a camera move, comes from this longer word'

Answer: panorama (or panoramic)


Question: 'Life-changing & yummy too, the oral polio vaccine was developed by this University of Cincinnati researcher'

Answer: Albert Sabin


Question: 'Mai oui, this province produces more maple syrup than all the U.S. states combined'

Answer: Quebec


Question: 'In "Oliver Twist", Bill Sikes' girl, Nancy, is a member of this man's gang of pickpockets'

Answer: Fagin


Question: 'Texas' King Ranch developed the Santa Gertrudis, the Western Hemisphere's first new breed of this'

Answer: cattle


Question: 'It sounds like a sailors' surplus store, but this clothing store chain is a branch of GAP, Inc.'

Answer: Old Navy


Question: 'The greatest margin of victory in a Super Bowl came when this team stomped the Denver Broncos 55-10 in 1990'

Answer: the San Francisco 49ers


Question: 'In 1901 this army surgeon who later had a D.C. hospital named for him published "The Prevention of Yellow Fever"'

Answer: Walter Reed


Question: 'In 1965 Maarten Schmidt identified the most distant object then seen, one of these high-energy objects in outer space'

Answer: a quasar


Question: 'Uriah Heep had a heap of hate for this Dickens title character'

Answer: David Copperfield


Question: 'On Sept. 24, 2005 the Gulf region was still recovering from Katrina when this hurricane slammed into Texas'

Answer: Rita


Question: 'The name of an inspirational body of water is part of the name of this national bookstore chain'

Answer: Waldenbooks


Question: 'In a career that ran from 1936 to 1963, Archie Moore scored an unprecedented 141 of these boxing decisions'

Answer: knockouts


Question: 'This Italian anatomist's career went down the tubes in 1561 when he discovered the oviduct'

Answer: Fallopius (or Gabriello Fallopio)


Question: 'It's a Western Hemisphere national capital city of 1.4 million people'

Answer: Quito


Question: 'This Dickens work was first published on December 17, 1843'

Answer: A Christmas Carol


Question: 'While in custody of the Dallas Police he was shot & killed November 24, 1963'

Answer: Lee Harvey Oswald


Question: 'John Madden & Connie Stevens have both been spokespeople for this supply shore'

Answer: Ace Hardware


Question: 'In 1991 this Ohio-based team trounced the Miami Heat 148-80 in the biggest NBA triumph ever'

Answer: the Cleveland Cavaliers


Question: 'His 1543 landmark work on anatomy, "De Humani Corporis Fabrica", contained illustrations by Titian's studio'

Answer: Vesalius


Question: 'A term for any hunted animal, it comes from a Middle English word for "the entrails given to the hounds"'

Answer: quarry


Question: 'It's the specific type of prison where Charles Dickens' father suffered in 1824'

Answer: debtor\'s prison


Question: 'From the Spanish for "little armed one", it's the state small mammal of Texas'

Answer: the armadillo


Question: 'The curly hair of founder Paul Orfalea gave this business-service chain its name'

Answer: Kinko\'s


Question: 'In the highest score ever in an int'l soccer game, Australia humbled this "American" territory 31-0 in 2001'

Answer: American Samoa


Question: 'In 1949 the American Medical Women's Assoc. named an award for this pioneer who got her degree in 1849'

Answer: Elizabeth Blackwell


Question: 'It's Latin for "something for something"; as in you do one thing for me, I'll do the same back for you'

Answer: quid pro quo


Question: 'Little Paul is the "son" in this Dickens title business'

Answer: Dombey and Son


Question: 'This West Texas city of about 600,000 sits on the Rio Grande opposite Ciudad Juarez, Mexico'

Answer: El Paso


Question: 'Appropriately, the "C" in the name of this department store chain named for its founder stands for "Cash"'

Answer: J.C. Penney


Question: 'In a 1994 match between Durham & Warwickshire, Brian Lara scored 390 runs in a single day in this sport!'

Answer: cricket


Question: 'In Greek myth this gem was "created" by tears of wine from Dionysus that stained the quartz statue of a maiden'

Answer: the amethyst


Question: '(Alex airmails one to us from the Atsugi NAF, Japan.)  The mission of the C-2A Greyhound is C.O.D.--the O.D. stands for "onboard delivery", of things like jet engines & other equipment, to the C, this type of ship'

Answer: a carrier


Question: 'Memorialized on the 1994 Rolling Stone cover seen here, Kurt Cobain was the lead singer of this group'

Answer: Nirvana


Question: 'A pinata is a party decoration; a pina colada is a party cocktail made with coconut, pineapple & this liquor'

Answer: rum


Question: '1992:<br />"Les hommes viennent de Mars, les femmes viennent de Venus"'

Answer: Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus


Question: '"Old Hickory" & the "American Idol" judge on the left'

Answer: Andrew & Randy Jackson


Question: 'In car-speak, it's a loud, premature explosion in the intake manifold'

Answer: a backfire


Question: '(Alex glides in from the Kadena Air Base, Japan.) The all-weather surveillance command-and-control AWACS E-3 is known by this name, also used for a soldier standing guard'

Answer: a Sentry


Question: 'This famous son seen here is a real Wallflower'

Answer: Jakob Dylan


Question: 'The scapula is your shoulder blade; this is a small knife with a sharp blade used in surgery'

Answer: a scalpel


Question: '1976:<br />"Entretien avec un vampire"'

Answer: Interview with the Vampire (Interview with a Vampire accepted)


Question: 'President who fought in the Mexican War & Alan Alda character who served in Korea'

Answer: Franklin & Benjamin Franklin Pierce


Question: '"Just when you thought it was safe" to do this began as ad copy for "Jaws 2"'

Answer: go back in the water


Question: '(Alex drives a point home from the Atsugi NAF, Japan.) The Army has the Black Hawk, the Air Force has the Pave Hawk, and the Navy has the assault utility vehicle with this name'

Answer: the Sea Hawk


Question: 'The 1970 cover photo of this man was taken by his wife Linda'

Answer: Paul McCartney


Question: 'The Yangtze is a river; Yahtzee is a game played with this many dice'

Answer: 5


Question: '1966:<br />"La vallee des poupees"'

Answer: The Valley of the Dolls


Question: '"Father of the Constitution" & Adam Sandler flick where he goes back to school'

Answer: James & Billy Madison


Question: 'It describes the final half of a golf course'

Answer: the back 9


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew airs her clue from the Atsugi NAF, Japan.) The Atsugi military base on Honshu is officially an NAF, which stands for this'

Answer: a naval air facility


Question: 'It will make benefit to name this actor seen on a 2006 cover'

Answer: Sacha Baron Cohen


Question: 'Corundum is a mineral; this is a punny riddle or just something confusing'

Answer: a conundrum


Question: '1996:<br />"Les cendres d'Angela"'

Answer: Angela\'s Ashes


Question: 'First 2-full term Democratic president since FDR & the mastermind of Parliament/Funkadelic'

Answer: Bill & George Clinton


Question: 'Anatomical term for strength of character; c'mon, get some!'

Answer: backbone


Question: '(Alex struts on the runway at the Atsugi NAF, Japan.)  The F/A-18 was designed with both fighter & strike capabilities; pilots really love its maneuverability & its precision attack capability, traits it shares in common with this insect it's named for'

Answer: the hornet


Question: 'Hips don't lie... well, not hers, anyway'

Answer: Shakira


Question: 'Oprah... well, everybody knows Oprah, but opah is a large, brightly colored one of these'

Answer: a fish


Question: '1956:<br />"Les diamants sont eternels"'

Answer: Diamonds Are Forever


Question: 'The 29th president & a figure skater from Oregon, both of whom were tainted by scandal'

Answer: Warren & Tonya Harding


Question: 'An explosive surge in a fire produced by the sudden inrush of oxygen mixing with superheated gases'

Answer: backdraft


Question: 'Around 1004 the Saracens just sacked this Italian city; they didn't put a "lean" on it'

Answer: Pisa


Question:
'1942:
"It doesn't take much to see that the problems of 3 little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world"'

Answer: Casablanca


Question: 'This bird's distinctive feature is seen here full of fish'

Answer: a pelican


Question: 'After 3 terms & 10 years in office, he left the building, so to speak, & Downing Street in June 2007'

Answer: Tony Blair


Question: 'Carpoolers learn patience in the Caldecott Tunnel, linking Alameda & Contra Costa Counties in this state'

Answer: California


Question: 'Many of the more than 50,000 members of this Indian group live in Arizona & New Mexico'

Answer: the Apache


Question: 'With the capture of Messina in 1061, the Normans began their conquest of this island'

Answer: Sicily


Question:
'1960:
"Death is the only freedom a slave knows.  That's why he's not afraid of it.  That's why we'll win"'

Answer: Spartacus


Question: 'Ah, to see the first eggs of this bird in spring'

Answer: robins


Question: 'It's the hearty nickname for the blokes seen here'

Answer: Beefeaters


Question: 'Carpoolers traversing this Washington city via Highway 99 may pass through the Battery Street Tunnel'

Answer: Seattle


Question: 'It's the type of "rush" that prepares you for "fight or flight"'

Answer: adrenaline


Question: 'Guido D'Arezzo revolutionized music, changing the 2-line stave into one of this many, one fewer than we have now'

Answer: 4


Question:
'1964:
"Mr. President I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed.  But I do say no more than 10-20 million killed, tops"'

Answer: Dr. Strangelove


Question: 'You might recognize this little sucker from his colorful belly'

Answer: the yellow-bellied sapsucker


Question: 'Depicting the Norman Conquest, it measures over 200 feet long & was probably stitched during the late 11th c.'

Answer: the Bayeux Tapestry


Question: 'NYC stockbrokers from Secaucus can carpool through this "presidential" structure that opened in 1937'

Answer: the Lincoln Tunnel


Question: 'Along with Lorraine, this French province was annexed by Germany in 1871'

Answer: Alsace


Question: 'In 1022, 13 members of the Heretical Cathari Sect were burned in this city; the "maid" came in to clean up the ashes'

Answer: Orléans


Question:
'1944:
"We were talking about automobile insurance, only you were thinking about murder"'

Answer: Double Indemnity


Question: 'Name in common to the bird & plant seen here'

Answer: a bird of paradise


Question: '"The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street", it was founded in 1694 partly to finance William III's French wars'

Answer: the Bank of England


Question: 'An international tunnel takes carpoolers from this city, Canada's Auto Capital, to Detroit, the USA's Motor City'

Answer: Windsor, Ontario


Question: 'This 1970s book, later a movie, told the true & gripping tale of survival in the Andes after a 1972 plane crash'

Answer: Alive


Question: 'When St. Bruno founded this hermitage in 1084, the other monks were yellow-green with envy'

Answer: Chartreuse


Question:
'1944:
"Oh Mortimer don't be so inquisitive.  The gentleman died because he drank some wine with poison in it"'

Answer: Arsenic and Old Lace


Question: 'A tilt-rotor aircraft used by the U.S. military bears the name of this fish-eating hawk'

Answer: an osprey


Question: 'The Wars of the Roses ended in August 1485 with the battle at this field'

Answer: Bosworth


Question: 'Pittsburgh's Fort Pitt Tunnel takes carpoolers to this river, not the Allegheny or the Ohio'

Answer: the Monongahela


Question: 'Next time you fall on your behind, be grateful for this cushioning tissue of fat cells just below the skin'

Answer: adipose


Question: 'Fired from a job for laziness, he wrote, "I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass"'

Answer: Walt Whitman


Question: 'When Nancy Pelosi & Maxine Waters go home from the U.S. House, they go to this state'

Answer: California


Question: 'A Dallas-based store was founded in 1907 by Herbert Marcus, his sister Carrie & this man, Carrie's hubby'

Answer: Neiman


Question: '& the Four Seasons'

Answer: Frankie Valli


Question: 'At 33 he drafted the Declaration of Independence'

Answer: Jefferson


Question: 'Though not the closest to the Sun, it has the highest surface temperature'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'Nutritional program to get you back into your old Levi's'

Answer: diet


Question: 'Speaker Boehner goes home to this state, where he put himself through Xavier University working as a janitor'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'Gap, Inc., not only owns The Gap & Old Navy, it also owns this chain of stores whose logo is seen here'

Answer: Banana Republic


Question: '& the Revolution'

Answer: Prince


Question: 'He was 33 when he first exhibited his 32 "Campbell's Soup Cans"'

Answer: (Andy) Warhol


Question: 'Around 1675 Gian Domenico Cassini observed a dark gap in this planet's main rings'

Answer: Saturn


Question: 'Grass & dirt in squares for your new backyard'

Answer: sod


Question: 'Let us be Barney Frank--the Harvard grad heads home to this state, where he also spent 8 years in its House'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'This store and catalog that sells gift baskets, often filled with fruit, is named for 2 brothers, sons of Samuel Rosenberg'

Answer: Harry & David


Question: '+ the Machine'

Answer: Florence


Question: 'He was 33 when he nailed his 95 theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church'

Answer: Martin Luther


Question: 'Its volcano Olympus Mons is the highest mountain in the solar system'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'To put out a fire by pouring water on it'

Answer: douse


Question: 'With 102 years of combined service, John Conyers & John Dignell of this Midwest state are the House's 2 senior members'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'The home store of this gourmet cookware retailer uses the pineapple logo seen here, long a symbol of hospitality'

Answer: Williams-Sonoma


Question: '& the Blackhearts'

Answer: Joan Jett


Question: 'On May 29, 1953 he literally found himself on top of the world, along with his guide'

Answer: (Edmund) Hilary


Question: 'It has the most atmospheric ozone of the 8'

Answer: the Earth


Question: 'To remove, as from office'

Answer: oust


Question: 'When Steny Hoyer is done whip-ping his fellow Democrats, he can head home to this state's 5th District'

Answer: Maryland


Question: 'This department store uses a 5-pointed star as the apostrophe in its name'

Answer: Macy\'s


Question: '& the Blue Notes'

Answer: Harold Melvin


Question: 'And to think he was 33 when he published his first book, "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street"'

Answer: Dr. Seuss


Question: 'Of the 4 giant planets, it's the farthest from the Sun'

Answer: Neptune


Question: 'Like all fine hotels, New York City's Waldorf Astoria has a presidential one'

Answer: suite


Question: '6-letter adjective for a home assembled from standard parts, or for the Beatles before they were successful'

Answer: prefab


Question: 'His assistant & roommate'

Answer: (Dr. John) Watson


Question: 'In 1976 "Home Sweet Homer", with Yul Brynner as this wanderer, tied a Broadway record by closing after one performance'

Answer: Ulysses


Question: 'A. australis is one species of this flightless bird of New Zealand'

Answer: kiwi


Question: 'this synonym for diversity, said to be the spice of life'

Answer: variety


Question:
'(Mike & Mike deliver the clue.) The most bizarre sports story I know was the Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding kneecapping fracas

Well, I'd say equally twisted was the June 28, 1997 boxing match between these 2 heavyweights that featured teeth as well as fists'

Answer: Tyson & Hollyfield


Question: 'Cupolas are small domes, but can be pointy instead of dome-shaped when found on these mosque towers'

Answer: minarets


Question: 'His archenemy, "the Napoleon of crime"'

Answer: Moriarty


Question: 'For Angola the "CIA World Factbook" gives this figure as 38.76 years, 6 years less than the 2nd-lowest country'

Answer: life expectancy


Question: 'The neck accounts for almost half the height of this largest living bird, a flightless species'

Answer: the ostrich


Question: 'this visible exhalation, like fog, mist or steam'

Answer: vapor


Question:
'(Mike & Mike deliver the clue.) One of the most amazing performances ever came when Nadia Comaneci scored the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics, that was impressive

Not bad, not bad, but even better might be when Roger Bannister broke this track & field time barrier in 1954'

Answer: the 4-minute mile


Question: 'Yes, Clark, a pediment is a type of this triangular section of wall'

Answer: a gable


Question: 'His address'

Answer: 221B Baker Street


Question: 'This Cadillac SUV is the USA's most stolen car model'

Answer: the Escalade


Question: 'The reunion solitaire went extinct by 1746, about 65 years later than this flightless relative of Mauritius'

Answer: the dodo


Question: 'this, the blade of a windmill'

Answer: a vane


Question:
'(Mike & Mike deliver the clue.)  My greatest inspirational moment ever was Lou Gehrig's farewall speech at Yankee Stadium in 1939, talk about class

Yes, very, very classy, but for pure inspiration, I'll take this coach telling his Notre Dame team to "win one for the Gipper" & then rallying to defeat Army in 1928'

Answer: Knute Rockne


Question: 'Small posts called balusters support the horizontal rail that, logically, is called this'

Answer: a balustrade


Question: 'His "colorful" first case'

Answer: A Study in Scarlet


Question: 'Ireland (not us profligate Americans) is ranked highest in amount of this related to GDP: 1,305%'

Answer: debt


Question: 'The name of this large extinct flightless bird of New Zealand may come from a Polynesian word for "fowl"'

Answer: the moa


Question: 'this South American ruminant that's related to the guanaco'

Answer: a vicuña


Question:
'(Mike & Mike deliver the clue.)  Sports perfection for me is exemplified by the 17-0 season of the NFL's Miami Dolphins in 1972

That was outstanding, but I will take this Yankee pitching a perfect game, not in any old ballgame, but during the World Series'

Answer: (Don) Larsen


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew does a demonstration with a piece of paper.)  Paper can be used to illustrate an architectural concept; holding the edge doesn't inspire much confidence in its structural integrity, but curve it, & you get one of these projecting structures with a simple machine in its name'

Answer: a cantilever


Question: 'The instrument on which he's "a very capable performer"'

Answer: the violin


Question: 'Louis-Antoine was the last of these French heirs apparent; his eventual reign was a brief 20 minutes'

Answer: the Dauphin


Question: 'The "great" species of this Arctic seabird, now extinct, was flightless; living species like the razorbill can fly'

Answer: the awk


Question: 'these, the entire body of sacred Hindu writings'

Answer: the Vedas


Question:
'(Mike & Mike deliver the clue.) One of the greatest coaches ever has got to be Phil Jackson; he's won 11 titles, something even Red Auerbach couldn't do

Yeah, Phil's a legend, no doubt about it, but I'll pick this college basketball wizard who won 10 men's NCAA titles from 1964 to 1975'

Answer: (John) Wooden


Question: 'This nation lost its direct access to the Pacific around 1880 but retains a navy that patrols its rivers & a large lake'

Answer: Bolivia


Question: 'This boy escaped Pharaoh's order to kill all male Hebrew babies'

Answer: Moses


Question: 'Whoopee for Whoopi Goldberg, who took over Nathan Lane's role as Pseudolus in this musical'

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


Question: 'As "The Couch Critic", Jeff Jarvis airs his views in this magazine'

Answer: TV Guide


Question: 'Diners enjoy Baroque era cuisine while listening to Baroque music at Barokk in this Hungarian capital'

Answer: Budapest


Question: 'Despite its title, this 1980 film had enough box office luck to produce 7 sequels by 1989'

Answer: Friday the 13th


Question: '"Crito, I owe a cock to Aesculapius; do not forget to pay it"'

Answer: Socrates


Question: 'Because he was short, Zacchaeus climbed one of these to see Jesus over the crowd around him'

Answer: Sycamore tree


Question: '"Long Day's Journey Into Night" was the first of his plays produced on Broadway after his death'

Answer: Eugene O\'Neill


Question: 'In 1974 critic Jon Landau called this man "Rock & Roll's Future", & later co-produced "Born to Run" with him'

Answer: Bruce Springsteen


Question: 'As you can tell from its name, Paris' Au Pied de Cochon specializes in these porcine extremities'

Answer: Pig\'s feet


Question: 'John Larroquette narrated this 1974 film in which lumbering tools are put to new use'

Answer: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre


Question: '"How were the circus receipts...at Madison Square Garden?"'

Answer: P.T. Barnum


Question: 'Herod had this apostle, the brother of John, killed with a sword'

Answer: James


Question: 'International troupe seen here in a performance at Radio City Music Hall'

Answer: Riverdance


Question: 'This Cowardly Lion actor's son & biographer, John, writes on comedy for the New Yorker'

Answer: Bert Lahr


Question: 'The Ubiquitous Chip in this largest Scottish city features fine Scottish cuisine'

Answer: Glasgow


Question: 'This 1960 Hitchcock classic was partly based on real-life murderer Ed Gein, who skinned his victims'

Answer: Psycho


Question: '"What is the answer?"  (Alice B. Toklas was silent.)  "In that case, what is the question?"'

Answer: Gertrude Stein


Question: 'David & this prince became good friends after routing the Philistines'

Answer: Jonathan


Question: 'In 1996 Fiona Shaw made her N.Y. debut in a theatrical rendering of this lengthy T.S. Eliot poem'

Answer: "The Wasteland"


Question: 'Movie critics heavily influenced by her work have been dubbed "Paulettes"'

Answer: Pauline Kael


Question: 'Quadri on this city's Piazza San Marco opened in 1775; its neighbor, Caffe Florian, is even older'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'He's the monstrous doll in the 3 "Child's Play" movies'

Answer: Chucky


Question: 'July 4, 1826:<br />"Thomas Jefferson still survives"'

Answer: John Adams


Question: 'In 1982 Harvey Fierstein wrote & starred in this Tony-winning 3-part comedy'

Answer: "Torch Song Trilogy"


Question: 'This novelist reviewed films from 1935 to 1940 & later wrote the script for "The Third Man"'

Answer: Graham Greene


Question: 'This town, a playwright's birthplace, has dining spots called Arden & Mistress Quickly'

Answer: Stratford-on-Avon


Question: 'You won't find this hook-handed slasher of a 1992 film taking a sunrise & sprinkling it with dew'

Answer: The Candyman


Question: 'In "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight", Sir Gawain is this king's nephew & feasts with him at Camelot'

Answer: King Arthur


Question: 'Accommodating 3,000 passengers, this "Festive" company's new cruise ship Destiny is the world's largest'

Answer: Carnival Cruise Lines


Question: 'Brett Hull led the U.S. to victory over this country, his birthplace, in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'In 1820 Fabian von Bellingshausen may have become the first to see this continent that he thought was just ice'

Answer: Antarctica


Question:
'The Woodland Park Zoo,
The Rainier Brewery,
The Space Needle Lounge'

Answer: Seattle


Question: 'It's to hang by a support from above, or bar a student from school'

Answer: Suspend


Question: 'This fictional place was known as Sansculottia until a man named Utopos gave it a new name'

Answer: Utopia


Question: 'The Natural Gasser II, this type of car, can travel a quarter-mile in 8.9 seconds on natural gas fuel'

Answer: Dragster


Question: 'Led by Bill Tilden, the U.S. won this trophy a record 7 straight times from 1920 to 1926'

Answer: Davis Cup (tennis)


Question: 'In 1853 Richard Burton -- the other one -- visited this city in disguise & made a sketch of the Kaaba'

Answer: Mecca


Question:
'Vermont College,
The Vermont Historical Society Museum,
The Vermont Supreme Court Building'

Answer: Montpelier


Question: 'Make-believe'

Answer: Pretend


Question: 'The meter for his poem "The Song of Hiawatha" was inspired by the great Finnish epic "Kalevala"'

Answer: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


Question: 'In August 1995 this company introduced the Outback, a hybrid station wagon & sport utility vehicle'

Answer: Subaru


Question: 'In 1994 a penalty kick goal by Dunga gave this country its fourth World Cup'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'In 1770 this British sea captain nearly wrecked the Endeavour on the Great Barrier Reef'

Answer: Captain James Cook


Question:
'Marble Arch,
Mayfair,
Madame Tussaud's'

Answer: London


Question: 'Fight back or protect one's turf'

Answer: Defend


Question: 'The narrator of his 1983 novel "Ancient Evenings" is reborn as a harem master & a grave robber'

Answer: Norman Mailer


Question: 'This military vehicle got its name from a British codeword when "Landship" never caught on'

Answer: Tank


Question: 'Led by Isiah Thomas, this team's "Bad Boys" won the NBA title in 1989 & 1990'

Answer: Detroit Pistons


Question:
'Goethe House,
Fort Tryon Park,
The Fulton Fish Market'

Answer: New York City


Question: 'Nab or grab a suspect'

Answer: Apprehend


Question: 'This Mississippi-born novelist published his 2nd & last book of poems, "A Green Bough", in 1933'

Answer: William Faulkner


Question: 'Arab ships called dhows are lateen rigged, meaning their sails are roughly this shape'

Answer: Triangular


Question: 'In 1979 this team's theme song was "We Are Family" & Willie Stargell, known as Pops, was their hero'

Answer: Pittsburgh Pirates


Question:
'The Museum Van Loon,
The Zuiderkerk,
Dam Square'

Answer: Amsterdam


Question: 'Worthy title for a member of the clergy'

Answer: Reverend


Question: '20th century world leader whose name is an anagram of "That Great Charmer"'

Answer: Margaret Thatcher


Question: 'An unauthorized biography of this radio personality is entitled "The Man from Lake Wobegon"'

Answer: Garrison Keillor


Question: 'In 1924 the identification division was created with over 800,000 cards bearing these markings'

Answer: fingerprints


Question: 'The documentary "Truth or Dare" takes a look at this rock star, on & off stage'

Answer: Madonna


Question: 'This document got its first reading in Boston July 18, 1776 at the Old State House'

Answer: the Declaration of Independence


Question: 'The Walter Drake Company has over 800 patterns of these in stock if you want to replace your chipped ones'

Answer: China (or dishes)


Question: 'In 1973 she helped found, & also served as first president of, the Women's Tennis Association'

Answer: Billie Jean King


Question: 'B.D. Hyman told what it was like living with this movie star mother in 1985's "My Mother's Keeper"'

Answer: Bette Davis


Question: 'Appointed in 1924, he was FBI director under every president from Coolidge or Nixon'

Answer: (J. Edgar) Hoover


Question: 'In a 1991 summer blockbuster, he returned to the screen as "The Terminator"'

Answer: (Arnold) Schwarzenegger


Question: 'Benjamin Franklin once grazed his cow in this, the nation's oldest public park'

Answer: Boston Common


Question: 'The shopping mall nicknamed Pentagon City is located conveniently near the Pentagon in this city'

Answer: Arlington, Virginia


Question: 'This comedian got his big break after appearing with Judy Garland at the Palace Theatre'

Answer: Alan King


Question: '"First Father, First Daughter" was her memoir'

Answer: Maureen Reagan


Question: 'As a fugitive, James Earl Ray became the first "special addition" to this list'

Answer: the Ten Most Wanted


Question: 'James Caan played a writer held captive by his No. 1 fan in this thriller'

Answer: Misery


Question: 'This stadium has been the home of football's Patriots as well as baseball's Red Sox'

Answer: Fenway Park


Question: 'A Pea in the Pod specializes in fashions for these people, as you might "expect"'

Answer: expectant mothers (pregnant people accepted)


Question: 'He was the man behind such boxing events as the "Rumble in the Jungle" & the "Thrilla in Manila"'

Answer: Don King


Question: 'The subtitle of Dan Kurzman's 1983 biography of this 1st Israeli prime minister is "Prophet of Fire"'

Answer: David Ben-Gurion


Question: 'Until the mid-'70s the FBI was headquartered in this building'

Answer: the Department of Justice (the Justice Building accepted)


Question: 'Title pair played by Geena Davis & Susan Sarandon, a couple of good ol' girls from Arkansas'

Answer: Thelma & Louise


Question: 'The Boston Pops orchestra plays outdoor concerts at Hatch Shell on the banks of this river'

Answer: the Charles


Question: 'By definition, this kind of shop pays no import tax on goods of foreign make'

Answer: a duty-free shop


Question: 'In addition to hosting a "Live" cable interview show on CNN, he also writes a newspaper column'

Answer: Larry King


Question: '"The Lone Star" is James Reston Jr.'s biography of this former Texas governor & U.S. Sec'y of the Treasury'

Answer: (John) Connally


Question: 'According to its motto, the FBI's initials stand for "fidelity, bravery" & this'

Answer: integrity


Question: 'In this highly acclaimed film, Oscar nominee Angelica Houston played a professional con artist'

Answer: The Grifters


Question: 'This fashionable neighborhood was the site of a lighted signal in the 1600s, hence its name'

Answer: Beacon Hill


Question: 'This department store on Brompton Road has been called London's most famous'

Answer: Harrods


Question: 'In 1968 she called upon American women to unite & fight the evils of racism, poverty & war'

Answer: Coretta Scott King


Question: 'You can reach the summit of this mountain via the Gotemba or Subashiri paths'

Answer: Fujiyama


Question: 'This small bird is the only one that can fly backwards'

Answer: the hummingbird


Question: 'In 1609 Christianized Muslims called Moriscos were expelled from this country'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'On Oct. 25, 1896 this newspaper first used the slogan "All the news that's fit to print"'

Answer: The New York Times


Question: 'In 1962 Alcoa introduced pull tabs & aluminum ends on these'

Answer: cans


Question: 'On her death in 1901, Henry James remarked, "We all feel a bit motherless today"'

Answer: Victoria


Question: 'You wash before entering an ofuro, a traditional Japanese one of these'

Answer: a bath


Question: 'Species of this wading bird include the great blue, great white & green-backed'

Answer: the heron


Question: 'In 1647 astronomer Johannes Hevelius published the 1st detailed atlas of this heavenly body'

Answer: the moon


Question: 'This London paper owned by Rupert Murdoch was founded in 1785 as the Daily Universal Register'

Answer: the London Times


Question: 'In English-speaking countries other than the U.S., aluminum is called this'

Answer: aluminium


Question: 'For political reasons, this 1st c. BC ruler called herself the daughter of Ra, the Egyptian sun god'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'The Shinkansen is the famous high-speed one of these'

Answer: train


Question: 'The California species of this New World vulture is North America's largest flying bird'

Answer: the condor


Question: 'After a fire destroyed this Scandinavian capital in 1624, it was rebuilt & renamed Christiania'

Answer: Oslo


Question: 'The Bangor Daily News & the Portland Press Herald are this state's largest dailies'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'Cryolite, once used in making aluminum, is found in large quantities only on this large Danish island'

Answer: Greenland


Question: 'Blamed for France's bankruptcy, she came to be called "Madame Deficit"'

Answer: Marie Antoinette


Question: 'This moated residence in Tokyo is open to the public only 2 days a year'

Answer: the Imperial Palace


Question: 'Most domestic species of duck are descended from this wild duck'

Answer: a mallard


Question: 'In the 1605 Gunpowder Plot, he led a group of conspirators in trying to blow up the English Parliament'

Answer: Guy Fawkes


Question: 'In 1989 the Supreme Court upheld the partial merger of the Detroit News & this competitor'

Answer: the Free Press


Question: 'This aluminum ore gets its name from Les Baux, France, where it was discovered'

Answer: bauxite


Question: 'While imprisoned at Lochleven Castle in 1567, she was forced to abdicate in favor of her son James'

Answer: Mary Stuart


Question: 'This city, site of the 1972 Winter Olympics, is capital of Hokkaido Prefecture'

Answer: Sapporo


Question: 'Female swans are called pens; male swans, this'

Answer: cobs


Question: 'When his half-brother died in 1696, he became the sole ruler of Russia'

Answer: Peter the Great


Question: 'Of over 130 newspaper groups in the U.S., this one which owns USA Today is the largest'

Answer: Gannett


Question: '1 of 2 elements more abundant than aluminum in the Earth's crust'

Answer: silicon (or oxygen)


Question: 'According to Ethiopian tradition, the name of this Biblical queen was Makeda'

Answer: the Queen of Sheba


Question: '2 of his major works are "Synagogue at Safed" (1931) & "King David" (1951)'

Answer: Chagall


Question: 'This Prime Minster became the Labour Party's leader in 1994 after John Smith died'

Answer: Tony Blair


Question:
'1930:
"One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas.  How he got in my pajamas, I don't know"'

Answer: Animal Crackers


Question: 'Another definition for it is a baseball field'

Answer: a diamond


Question: '"Smiling" da Vinci work that doubles as Bart's sister'

Answer: Mona Lisa Simpson


Question: 'The bald variety of this tree is common in swampy areas'

Answer: a cypress


Question: 'House, harvest & grasshopper are types of this rodent'

Answer: a mouse


Question: 'This French president's party is the Union for a Popular Movement, but what of the Unpopular Movement Party?'

Answer: Jacques Chirac


Question:
'1974:
"Forget it, Jake. It's..."'

Answer: Chinatown


Question: 'The name of this March birthstone is made up of 2 water-related words'

Answer: aquamarine


Question: '"Ravenous" Duran Duran hit about CNN's "Situation Room" host'

Answer: "Hungry Like The Wolf Blitzer"


Question: 'Due to excessive logging, Lebanon established the Al-Shouf Reserve for these trees in 1997'

Answer: cedars


Question: 'From the Latin for "poison", these infectious agents can be 100 times smaller than bacteria'

Answer: viruses


Question: 'In 2006 this Venezuelan president had a devil of a time at the U.N.'

Answer: (Hugo) Chavez


Question:
'1975:
"Attica!  Attica!"'

Answer: Dog Day Afternoon


Question: 'This February birthstone is a violet variety of quartz'

Answer: amethyst


Question: 'Resigning as Chief Justice in 1795, he pined for Daisy Buchanan'

Answer: John Jay Gatsby


Question: 'The terebinth is also known as this tree, as it yielded probably the earliest form of a paint solvent & thinner'

Answer: a turpentine tree


Question: 'Keep an eye on the savannah type of this lizard seen here'

Answer: a monitor


Question: 'This president chaired the 2006 G8 conference in St. Petersburg'

Answer: (Vladimir) Putin


Question:
'1990:
"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in"'

Answer: The Godfather: Part III


Question: 'In a 1969 Hitchcock film, a spy ring has this code name, also November's birthstone'

Answer: Topaz


Question: 'People who live in trailers or RVs might demand this right to self-government'

Answer: mobile home rule


Question: 'This "sandy" tree family includes oaks & chestnuts'

Answer: beeches


Question: 'Ben Franklin & John Peter Zenger were famous men in this profession'

Answer: printers


Question: 'The first female prime minister of her country, she held the post from 1966 to '77 & from 1980 to her 1984 death'

Answer: Indira Gandhi


Question: '1982, to Elliott:<br />"Be good"'

Answer: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial


Question: 'A plant with bumpy, dark green leaves is called this May birthstone "ripple"'

Answer: emerald


Question: 'It was over an "Old Country Store" that the plane made this rotation on its longitudinal axis'

Answer: Cracker Barrel roll


Question: 'Named for British botanist David, this large Christmas-y tree is called a fir or a spruce but it really is a pine'

Answer: a Douglas


Question: 'Remember Salvador Dali's work "The Persistence of" this'

Answer: Memory


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands in an Egyptian tomb.)  The most elaborate tomb in the Valley of the Kings belongs to Ramses' father Seti, the first great pharaoh of the 19th of these'

Answer: dynasties


Question: 'This 4'8" sitcom star also ran for governor of California'

Answer: Gary Coleman


Question: 'Arthur ______ Doyle'

Answer: Conan


Question: 'Oregon is in deep with this body of water on its state quarter'

Answer: Crater Lake


Question: 'They included Britons & Gauls & gave their name to a branch of languages that includes Gaelic'

Answer: Celts (Celtic accepted)


Question: 'The manner in which a doctor behaves around a patient'

Answer: bedside manner


Question: 'Ramses fought to keep this people, now in the nation just west of Egypt, from settling in the Nile Delta'

Answer: Libya


Question: 'The strong, silent type, he won an Oscar for playing a WWI sergeant'

Answer: Gary Cooper


Question: 'Marjorie ______ Rawlings'

Answer: Kinnan


Question: 'It's formed by the confluence of 3 rivers near Three Forks, Montana'

Answer: the Missouri River


Question: 'The Malagasy people of this island nation wear immense shawls called lambas'

Answer: Madagascar


Question: '2-verb term for a system that gives train commuters a place to leave their cars'

Answer: park-and-ride


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands outside the Aru Sembel temple in Egypt.)  To honor his wife, Ramses the Great dedicated a temple to Hathor, goddess of music, motherhood & above all, like Aphrodite, this'

Answer: love


Question: 'The show "I'm with" this actor debuted on Comedy Central in 2003'

Answer: Gary Busey


Question: 'Katherine ______ Porter'

Answer: Anne


Question: 'In 1722 a French explorer on this river noticed the "Little Rock" that gave the city its name'

Answer: the Arkansas River


Question: 'Around 1000, these people who ate frozen cod in chunks like beef jerky, may have visited Cape Cod'

Answer: the Vikings


Question: 'Stevie Nicks sang "and if you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills", this "will bring it down"'

Answer: landslide


Question: 'Usermatre, one of Ramses' names, evolved into this title of a Shelley poem about a shattered statue of Ramses'

Answer: "Ozymandias"


Question: 'This pop singer's backup band was The Playboys'

Answer: Gary Lewis


Question: 'Henry ______ Haggard'

Answer: Rider


Question: 'This largest south-flowing tributary of the Ohio forms a 200-mile boundary between Indiana & Illinois'

Answer: the Wabash


Question: 'The name of Iran comes from the name of this people'

Answer: the Aryans


Question: 'In Italy "acqua alta" means this twice daily event'

Answer: high tide


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew walks by a picture of the Battle of Kadesh.) At the Battle of Kadesh, Ramses stepped into a chariot & routed the armies of this people from the land of Hatti'

Answer: Hittites


Question: 'This voice-over artist was the announcer on "Laugh-In" & the voice of the animated "Space Ghost"'

Answer: Gary Owens


Question: 'Arthur ______ Clarke'

Answer: Charles


Question: 'John C. Fremont named this Nevada lake seen here for its tufa or rock formation'

Answer: Pyramid Lake


Question: 'The word "cajun" comes from the name of this group deported to Louisiana'

Answer: the Acadians


Question: 'Familial rhyming terms for the crimes committed by Cain & by Oedipus'

Answer: fratricide & patricide


Question: '"In the souls of the people" these "are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage"'

Answer: The Grapes of Wrath


Question: 'P'u-Yi'

Answer: China


Question: 'If born on a Monday, you're fair of this, so you won't stop clocks'

Answer: Face


Question: 'Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 1998, this show starts with a stopwatch'

Answer: "60 Minutes"


Question: 'When his father died in 1847, he had to leave school & work as a printer's apprentice at the Hannibal Courier'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'From 1987 until 1990, he was the "Top Gun" in Mimi Rogers' life'

Answer: Tom Cruise


Question: 'It's another name for moonshine, cousin'

Answer: White lightning


Question: 'Maximilian'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'Have a Tuesday-born person say this before meals; they're full of it'

Answer: Grace


Question: 'The book "Total Television" calls this CBS show "Television's first smash hit situation comedy"'

Answer: I Love Lucy


Question: 'He was a schoolmaster in England before he wrote about schoolboys in "Lord of the Flies"'

Answer: William Golding


Question: 'She spent 13 years as the Donald's wife but just 22 months as Mrs. Riccardo Mazzucchelli'

Answer: Ivana Trump


Question: 'A substance called Luciferin helps these creatures light up for their mates'

Answer: Lightning bugs


Question: 'Wilhelm II'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'Saturday's child does it "for a living"; Donna Summer sang she did it "For The Money"'

Answer: Work hard


Question: 'This CBS show was No. 1 in the primetime ratings for each season from 1972 to 1976'

Answer: All in the Family


Question: 'He worked on a ranch in the 1880s before writing short stories like "The Ransom of Red Chief"'

Answer: O. Henry (William Sydney Porter)


Question: 'Few recall that she played Frasier's first ex-wife on "Cheers"; now she's Kenneth Branagh's ex'

Answer: Emma Thompson


Question: 'Blitzkrieg!'

Answer: "Lightning war"


Question: 'Mohammed Reza Pahlavi'

Answer: Iran


Question: 'Garrison Keillor might say be gone to Wednesday's child, who's full of this'

Answer: Woe


Question: 'In May 1998 the character Rob Petrie was digitally inserted into an episode of this Dick Van Dyke series'

Answer: "Diagnosis Murder"


Question: 'This poet was Chile's ambassador to France when he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971'

Answer: Pablo Neruda


Question: 'Uma Thurman's mother, Nena, was married briefly to this LSD guru in the 1960s'

Answer: Dr. Timothy Leary


Question: 'It's the full name of the only NHL team that fits the category'

Answer: Tampa Bay Lightning


Question: 'Zog I'

Answer: Albania


Question: 'Among other qualities, Sunday's child is this, like the fair banks of Loch Lomond'

Answer: Bonnie


Question: 'This diarist known for her affair with Henry Miller wasn't a model wife but she was a model'

Answer: Anais Nin


Question: 'Her "Love Story" with Robert Evans ended when she made a "Getaway" with Steve McQueen'

Answer: Ali MacGraw


Question: 'Richard Pryor played race car driver Wendell Scott in this "fast" 1977 biopic'

Answer: "Greased Lightning"


Question: 'His arrival in Paris in 1900 was soon followed by the start of his blue period'

Answer: Pablo Picasso


Question: 'One execution of a given movement, like a lift; a certain number make up each set of exercises'

Answer: Rep (repetitions)


Question: 'Ford & Chrysler are 2 of the freeways that flow into it'

Answer: Detroit


Question: '1933:<br />"Oh no, it wasn't the airplanes.  It was Beauty killed the Beast."'

Answer: King Kong


Question: 'The correct response should roll off your tongue "like water off" this bird's "back"'

Answer: Duck


Question: 'The Japanese TV network NTV is paying for a work by this artist to have its own room in the Louvre'

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci ("Mona Lisa")


Question: 'Exercisers for the abdominal muscles claim they'll make your midsection resemble this laundry item'

Answer: Washboard


Question: 'Along with Rock Island & Moline, Illinois, this state's Davenport & Bettendorf form the Quad Cities'

Answer: Iowa


Question: '1948:<br />"I don't have to show you no stinkin' badges!"'

Answer: "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"


Question: 'If you receive a horse as a gift, "Never" do this'

Answer: Look it in the mouth


Question: 'Appropriately, Scottish composer Thea Musgrave wrote an opera about this Scottish queen'

Answer: Mary, Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart)


Question: 'Jasper Johns' 1958 work "Three Flags" shows 3 U.S. flags when they had this many stars'

Answer: 48


Question: 'Astanga is a high-energy type of this discipline whose name is Sanskrit for "union"'

Answer: Yoga


Question: 'A copy of the Gettysburg Address is displayed in this city's old state capital building'

Answer: Springfield, Illinois


Question: '1981:<br />"When I run, I feel his pleasure"'

Answer: "Chariots of Fire"


Question: 'These farm animals "may fly, but they are very unlikely birds"'

Answer: Pigs


Question: 'Englishman who painted the following, note the "blue girl"'

Answer: Thomas Gainsborough


Question: 'During aerobics, your minimum heart rate should be 220 minus this, times .6'

Answer: Your age


Question: 'South Dakota city named for the landmark seen here'

Answer: Sioux Falls


Question: '1986:<br />"Be afraid.  Be very afraid."'

Answer: "The Fly"


Question: 'You might "as well as be hanged for a sheep as" one of these'

Answer: Lamb


Question: 'His 1793 "The Death Of Marat" shows the late Marat holding a letter from Charlotte Corday'

Answer: Jacques-Louis David


Question: 'Pulldown exercises strengthen & build the lats, short for this large back muscle'

Answer: Latissimus dorsi


Question: 'As it's on a major bend, you'll find Evansville, Indiana to the north, east & west of this river'

Answer: Ohio


Question: '1992:<br />"You can't handle the truth!"'

Answer: "A Few Good Men"


Question: '"Don't mistake an old" one of these "for a preacher because of his beard"'

Answer: Goat


Question: 'He was the proprietor of the "classical and geological hippodrome" that became Madison Square Garden'

Answer: P.T. Barnum


Question: 'On Feb. 15, 1965 Canada unfurled its new flag with this national emblem'

Answer: the maple leaf


Question: '(Everyone's favorite "Mom," Cheryl of the Clue Crew, sitting at a counter, begs, "Let Mom help you with your French homework.")  Let's say you're at the cafeteria and you think, this meal "is delicious"; tell everybody, "ce déjeuner est délicieux"'

Answer: lunch


Question: 'A flashing red light means you do this, & functions like the sign of the same name'

Answer: stop


Question: 'Captain Barbossa & his men attack the town of Port Royal in this high-seas adventure'

Answer: Pirates of the Caribbean


Question: 'Legend has it she eloped with the Earl of Huntington, also known as Robin Hood'

Answer: Maid Marion


Question: 'This word for something bad or unfair is a homophone of what you do to a burrowing mammal in an arcade game'

Answer: wack


Question: 'Its first session was Feb. 1, 1790; it adjourned Feb. 10, as no cases were before it'

Answer: the Supreme Court


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew as "Mom" says, "Okay, here's another one.")  Your friend pulls a move on a skateboard, and you say, "tres bon, dawg"; you mean this'

Answer: very good


Question: 'Campaigns called "Click it or Ticket" raised awareness about wearing these'

Answer: seat belts


Question: 'The title of this 2002 film refers to Orthanc, which is in Isengard, & Barad-dur, in the dark land of Mordor'

Answer: (The Lord of the Rings:) The Two Towers


Question: 'In this epic poem, Achilles leaves the battlefield after Agamemnon confiscates his prize of war, the maid Briseis'

Answer: The Iliad


Question: 'This 4-letter word for a journey or to stumble now means to overreact'

Answer: trip


Question: 'This Scottish queen was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle on Feb. 8, 1587'

Answer: Mary


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew as "Mom" gives the clue.)  I know you want to talk to that girl in your homeroom.  Try this: "Que vous êtes jolie."  You're telling her flat-out she's this'

Answer: gorgeous (or cute or beautiful or pretty)


Question: 'The sign seen here means that this familiar place is nearby, so drive carefully'

Answer: a school


Question: 'Kirsten Dunst is a world-class tennis player in this 2004 film named for a famous British tournament'

Answer: Wimbledon


Question: 'This French maid of Orleans was burned at the stake partly because she wore men's clothes'

Answer: Joan of Arc


Question: 'If you fail to give someone proper deference, you do this 3-letter word to them'

Answer: dis


Question: 'An act of Feb. 12, 1873 made this 3-word Latin phrase mandatory on all U.S. coins'

Answer: e pluribus unum


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew as "Mom" says, "Oh, I have another one.")  When somebody does something really gross at school, you can say, "Oh, mon dieu", which translates to this'

Answer: Oh, my God


Question: 'On a 1-way street, a sign that says "DO NOT ENTER" is often partnered with one that has this 2-word warning on it'

Answer: WRONG WAY


Question: 'Chad Michael Murray is the modern-day Prince Charming in this 2004 film set in the San Fernando Valley'

Answer: A Cinderella Story


Question: 'One of the best known "Exemplary Tales" by this "Don Quixote" author is "The Gypsy Maid"'

Answer: Miguel de Cervantes


Question: 'While a Betty is attractive, someone who's like this husband of Betty on "The Flintstones" is a dork'

Answer: Barney


Question: 'The most famous photo of World War II, seen here, shows U.S. marines on Feb. 23, 1945 on this Pacific island'

Answer: Iwo Jima


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew as "Mom" implores, "Let's try numbers.")  If you have to be home at this time, just say "Je dois rentre chez moi à sept heure"'

Answer: seven


Question: 'This road-sign word means to give the right-of-way to another driver or to a pedestrian'

Answer: yield


Question: 'In "The Princess Diaries 2", Mia & her grandmother Queen Clarisse call this fictional land home sweet home'

Answer: Genovia


Question: 'The old maid Hepzibah becomes a shopkeeper after the loss of her family's wealth in this Hawthorne novel'

Answer: The House of the Seven Gables


Question: 'A tree-hugger is a nature lover; a tree this, like what Butterfly Hill did in a redwood, is an extremist'

Answer: tree-sitter


Question: 'Velocity is measured in meaters per second; this, abbrevieated a, is meters per second squared'

Answer: acceleration


Question: 'A Hanes pocket T-shirt made of 100% this'

Answer: cotton


Question: 'The seemingly relentless series of these through Florida in 2004 included Charley, Frances, Ivan & Jeanne'

Answer: hurricanes


Question: 'Brutus!  You led the assassins that kill me in Act III!  That's not even halfway through my own play!  That ain't right!'

Answer: (Julius) Caesar


Question: 'Born a lefty, this president governed from the right from 1981 to 1989'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Lucretia Mott organized the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, which fought for these'

Answer: women\'s rights


Question: 'A plane flying at supersonic speed catches up to its own air disturbances, which form this "sudden" wave'

Answer: a shock wave


Question: 'A pair of these, because your tuxedo pants lack belt loops'

Answer: suspenders


Question: '1 of the 2 offical acquatic mammals of Florida'

Answer: a manatee (or dolphin)


Question: 'Tybalt!  You took out my pal Mercutio & now I'm comin' after you!  I'll show you what a title guy can do!'

Answer: Romeo


Question: 'Kermit the Frog is left-handed & so was this famous creator of his'

Answer: Jim Henson


Question: 'It's the area of law that grants authors the exclusive privileges to their work'

Answer: intellectual property rights (or copyright)


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands at a blackboard with curved mirrors depicted.)  For a concave mirror this point is in front of it; for a convex mirror, behind it, and expressed as a negative number'

Answer: a focal point (or focus)


Question: 'The item known by this recent 6-letter noun'

Answer: a hoodie


Question: 'It's Florida's official nickname'

Answer: the Sunshine State


Question: 'Antonio!  I lend you a few bucks & you end up making me change my religion?!  I'll see you at "Veniceslam!"'

Answer: Shylock


Question: 'Fender's Voodoo Stratocaster tries to give righty players the sound of this legendary '60s lefty guitarist'

Answer: Jimi Hendrix


Question: 'You three are examples for this "shining" quality, being quick-witted & intelligent'

Answer: bright


Question: 'In 1896 a physicist noticed uranium darkening a photographic plate even through a screen--this phenomenon'

Answer: radiation (or radioactivity)


Question: 'These dockers, also the service dress color officially adopted by the army in 1902'

Answer: khakis


Question: 'The USA's first National Wildlife Refuge, Florida's Pelican Island, was established by this president in the early 20th C.'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'Richmond!  You!  Me! Bosworth Field!  My kingdom for a horse?  Ho 'bout a folding chair for the back of your head?!'

Answer: Richard III


Question: 'This Renaissance artist left Florence to serve as principal engineer for the Duke of Milan's army'

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci


Question: 'Ionesco & Albee took center stage in this job'

Answer: playwright


Question: 'Ferromagnetism, or attraction by an electrically uncharged body, is a property of this element, atomic number 26'

Answer: iron


Question: 'A low-back dress with slingback these'

Answer: shoes


Question: 'Each June this West Florida city, home to lots of flyboys, reflects on its hisotry with the Fiesta of Five Flags'

Answer: Pensacola


Question: 'Cassio!  Iago said you've been messing around with my wife!  You know how crazy that makes me!'

Answer: Othello


Question: 'This larboard British viscount won victories on the Nile & at Trafalgar against French forces'

Answer: Lord Nelson


Question: 'A person who builds & launches wooden sailing vessels'

Answer: a shipwright


Question: 'A member of this family has spoken at every Democratic National Convention since 1956'

Answer: the Kennedys


Question: 'Today known as this, the Phoenician city of Berytus rose to prominence during the Roman era'

Answer: Beirut


Question: 'William Holden leads this 1969 title group of robbers & killers with a sense of honor'

Answer: The Wild Bunch


Question: 'When you've got too much data for just 1 of these, try RAID, short for a "redundant array of inexpensive" ones'

Answer: disks


Question: 'Job's troubles are the result of a conversation between these 2 speakers'

Answer: God & the Devil


Question: 'Climbing the Nepalese side of this mountain: almost $30,000; descending it alive: priceless'

Answer: Mount Everest


Question: 'It blows against the direction of travel'

Answer: a head wind


Question: 'The end finally came for the Phoenicians when this man's forces defeated them in 332 B.C.'

Answer: Alexander the Great


Question: 'The hero of this 1962 epic is worshiped by the men he leads, though they do call him "Orens"'

Answer: Lawrence of Arabia


Question: 'A spooler, a program that puts jobs in a queue to be done one at a time, is usually associated with this type of job'

Answer: printing


Question: 'Job is covered in Harold Kushner's book "When" these "Happen to Good People" (a possible title for the Book of Job)'

Answer: Bad Things


Question: 'This man's then record-setting 70th home run ball sold for more than $3 million; he's now retired'

Answer: McGwire


Question: 'The leading performer in a show'

Answer: the headliner


Question: 'This capital of Sicily was founded by Phoenician traders in the 8th century B.C.'

Answer: Palermo


Question: 'Paul Newman played a white man raised by Apaches in this '67 Western--& you'll notice that "man" is your big clue'

Answer: Hombre


Question: 'The ROM of your computer's CD-ROM stands for this'

Answer: read-only memory


Question: 'In 2:9 this person tells the suffering Job, "Curse God and die"--thanks, honey'

Answer: his wife


Question: 'This industry spends the most on advertising, more than $16 billion a year; beer & clothes are in its dust'

Answer: the auto industry


Question: 'For U.S. Central Command, it's at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa'

Answer: headquarters


Question: 'Shakespeare made this title Phoenician a "Prince of Tyre"'

Answer: Pericles


Question: 'In this 1979 film the talented Ms. Ripley battles an outer-space menace'

Answer: Alien


Question: '2-word term for something nice to wear in winter, or for restarting a computer without turning off the power'

Answer: warm boot


Question: 'A line in Job, "and I only am escaped alone to tell thee", is the title of the epilogue to this 19th century novel'

Answer: Moby Dick


Question: 'Alaskan oil worth millions cost over $2 billion to clean up after this ship's 1989 spill'

Answer: the Exxon Valdez


Question: 'A man in charge of a school, usually a private one'

Answer: a headmaster


Question: 'The wars between Carthage & Rome were called these from the Roman name for the Phoenician-related Carthaginians'

Answer: the Punic Wars


Question: 'Like Montgomery Clift, I lusted after Elizabeth Taylor in this 1951 classic (wanna go for a boat ride, Shelley?)'

Answer: A Place in the Sun


Question: 'On a monitor, 1280 x 1024 pixels is called "native" this, the degree of detail & sharpness'

Answer: resolution


Question: '"Job's" this has become a proverbial expression for one who tells you your problems are your own fault'

Answer: comforter


Question: 'Formerly the Dept. of Health, Education & Welfare, its outlay went from 3% of the fed. budget in the '60s to 23% today'

Answer: Health & Human Services


Question: 'Porcine term for obstinancy'

Answer: pigheaded


Question: 'Chapter 2 in a 1932 work of his begins, "The bullfight is not a sport in the Anglo-Saxon sense of the word"'

Answer: Ernest Hemingway


Question: 'When this game show premiered on July 12, 1976, the Moseleys were pitted agains the Abramowitzes'

Answer: Family Feud


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew points to a video screen.)  In the magnified onion skin cells we're looking at, each little dot represents this'

Answer: a nucleus


Question: 'It follows "fox" in the name of a wire or smooth dog whose specialty club was founded in 1885'

Answer: terrier


Question: 'In 1963 he famously remarked, "All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin"'

Answer: JFK


Question: 'The police have a whole squad to investigate this swindling corporation'

Answer: Bunkco


Question: 'In 1894 Mark Twain took this character "Abroad"; 2 years later, he became a "Detective"'

Answer: Tom Sawyer


Question: 'The actor who played the title role in this "hairy" '90s sitcom was changed 3 times in 3 years & no one noticed!'

Answer: Harry and the Hendersons


Question: 'In 1898, Beijerinck, a Dutch scientist, realized there were pathogens smaller than bacteria & named them this'

Answer: a virus


Question: 'Name shared by a short, slow gait of a horse & a ballroom dance'

Answer: a foxtrot


Question: 'He was born in a Colorado army hospital in 1943; the family moved to Massachusetts soon after'

Answer: (John) Kerry


Question: 'This Italian company has trouble marketing in English-speaking countries, where its name means a flop or disaster'

Answer: Fiasco


Question: 'This Sinclair Lewis physician begins his practice in his wife's hometown, Wheatsylvania, North Dakota'

Answer: (Martin) Arrowsmith


Question: 'This tabloid talk show tops the list of "TV Guide's 50 Worst TV Shows of All Time"'

Answer: Jerry Springer


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew looks into a microscope.)  You can see why a form of this cancerous disease in which the body makes too many lymphocytes is called "hairy cell"'

Answer: leukemia


Question: 'It's the most common species of fox in the northern U.S. (This is the big one, Elizabeth!)'

Answer: a red fox


Question: 'Later a pres. candidate, in 1841 this pathfinder eloped with Sen. Thomas Hart Benton's 17-year-old daughter'

Answer: John C. Fremont


Question: 'This company specializes in delicate, ornate 18th century artwork featuring shells & foliage'

Answer: Rococo


Question: 'Pyncheon Street, previously called Maule's Lane, was the location of this title home'

Answer: The House of the Seven Gables


Question: 'One of only 3 TV shows that were ranked No. 1 for the year by the Nielsen ratings in their final seasons'

Answer: Seinfeld (or I Love Lucy or The Andy Griffith Show)


Question: 'Needle & punch are types of this diagnostic test that removes tissue & puts it under the microscope'

Answer: a biopsy


Question: 'In an Aesop fable, Fox makes this bird drop its food by asking it to speak'

Answer: Crow


Question: 'He's the 20th century presidential candidate seen here'

Answer: John Anderson


Question: 'The logo of this food corporation is a stylized veal shank with the letters "O.B." spelled out in rice'

Answer: Osso Buco


Question: 'In this 1940 novel, deaf-mute John Singer commits suicide when he learns his friend Spiros has died'

Answer: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter


Question: 'She stars in "The Closer" as a police detective from Ayetlayenta with superb interrogating skills'

Answer: Kyra Sedgwick


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the last clue in front of a video screen and looks into a microscope.)  The type of muscle that allows voluntary movement appears striped, so it has this name'

Answer: striated


Question: 'He moved into the presidential mansion when Ernesto Zedillo's term ended'

Answer: Vicente Fox


Question: 'He was the first president born after the adoption of the U.S. Constitution'

Answer: John Tyler


Question: 'Andean native people line up for this animal's goods, like meat & skin'

Answer: a guanaco


Question: 'The way this nation's coastline would fit neatly into the Gulf of Guinea supports the theory of continental drift'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'Perhaps to sound more macho, the town of Juliet, Illinois "explored" new names & came up with this one in 1845'

Answer: Joliet


Question: 'A superstition says pull out one of these from your head & you will soon find several new ones growing'

Answer: a gray hair


Question: 'As you can probably guess, this is the featured color of the fins of the flame tetra'

Answer: red


Question: 'To prevent a check from bouncing due to insufficient funds, banks offer this type of protection'

Answer: overdraft


Question: 'He's Massachusetts' senior senator'

Answer: Ted Kennedy


Question: 'At the end of this novel, Jim has "the voice of Captain Flint still ringing in" his "ears: 'Pieces of eight!  Pieces of eight!'"'

Answer: Treasure Island


Question: 'With a name from the Chippewa for "on the summit", Ishpeming is a top ski center on the upper peninsula of this state'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'In Oxford's "Dict. of Superstitions", trimming nails is among the many things not to do on this day of the week'

Answer: Friday (Sunday also accepted)


Question: 'This hooded snake of India is the longest of the venomous snakes'

Answer: the king cobra


Question: 'This restaurant chain with an Aussie atmosphere says, "No rules, just right"'

Answer: Outback Steakhouse


Question: 'In 2005, after 25 years as its anchor, he said goodnight to "Nightline"'

Answer: Ted Koppel


Question: 'Thor Heyerdahl recounted his real-life sea adventure, 4,300 miles across the Pacific on a raft, in this 1948 classic'

Answer: Kon-Tiki


Question: 'This New England town's famous "cottages" are actually lavish mansions such as Belcourt Castle & Marble House'

Answer: Newport


Question: 'When birthday cake is served, it's what the birthday girl can do to make her wish come true'

Answer: blow out the candles


Question: 'One popular breed of cat bears the name of these mountains, the world's highest'

Answer: the Himalayas


Question: 'It's the problem with the photo seen here'

Answer: overexposure


Question: 'A decade after "Politically Incorrect", he launched "Real Time" on HBO'

Answer: Bill Maher


Question: 'It was originally published under the title "Le tour du monde en quatre-vingt jours"'

Answer: Around the World in Eighty Days


Question: 'This state capital has trolleys & buses called 'Dillos that take folks to attractions & music clubs'

Answer: Austin


Question: 'After popping off one of these at a wedding, bring the couple luck by slitting it & putting a coin in it'

Answer: a champagne cork


Question: 'Not Rommel's but Ruppell's sand fox lives in this desert'

Answer: the Sahara


Question: 'Among the more famous ones were Belle Starr, Butch Cassidy & Billy the Kid'

Answer: outlaws


Question: 'With some 2 million acres, much of it for his bison, he's America's largest private landowner'

Answer: Ted Turner


Question: 'In his final adventure, Gulliver meets these filthy & despicable brutes; do a web search if you're not sure'

Answer: the Yahoos