Question: 'South Dakota's Cultural Heritage Center in this city displays a lead plate left by French explorers in 1743'

Answer: Pierre


Question: 'Badger alumni know Michael Jackson acquired rights to this school's fight song from Paul McCartney'

Answer: Wisconsin


Question: 'From the Latin word gravis, meaning "heavy", gravid describes a woman in this condition'

Answer: pregnant


Question: 'Much of this "Vanity Fair" author's novel "Henry Esmond" takes place during the reign of Queen Anne'

Answer: William Makepeace Thackeray


Question: 'It's become popular to place single-use ones on each table to let guests help capture the event'

Answer: cameras


Question: 'Hey, dude, this 1959 Sandra Dee film led to the TV series that made Sally Field a star'

Answer: Gidget


Question: 'In 1840 Jason Lee established a mission on the site of this future Oregon capital'

Answer: Salem


Question: 'This school's East Lansing campus has the USA's largest college food service operation'

Answer: Michigan State


Question: 'Subject of a Crystal Gayle or Romantics song, somniloquism is this'

Answer: talking in your sleep


Question: 'She fed us "Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant" in 1982 & gave us "Breathing Lessons" in 1988'

Answer: Anne Tyler


Question: 'It's often held on the eve of the wedding & followed by a dinner for out-of-town guests'

Answer: rehearsal


Question: 'Musical in which Marilyn Monroe, as Lorelei Lee, asked, "Is this the way to Europe, France?"'

Answer: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes


Question: 'Washington Crossing State Park lies northwest of this capital on the Delaware River'

Answer: Trenton, New Jersey


Question: 'After the Civil War, Georgetown University chose these school colors to signify the union of the North & South'

Answer: blue & gray


Question: 'Byssus is the name of the fine cloth used to keep these under wraps in ancient Egypt'

Answer: mummies


Question: 'This Florentine author of "Il Principe" also wrote a history of Florence'

Answer: Niccolo Machiavelli


Question: 'It's the canopy used at Jewish wedding ceremonies'

Answer: a huppah


Question: 'Jane Alexander had an unbilled role as Matthew Broderick's mother in this Civil War epic'

Answer: Glory


Question: 'At almost 7,000 feet above sea level in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, it's the highest U.S. capital'

Answer: Santa Fe, New Mexico


Question: 'In accordance with the founder's will, this Houston university was tuition-free from 1912 to 1965'

Answer: Rice


Question: 'Someone who's described as nasute has a large one of these features'

Answer: a nose


Question: 'This chocolatier offers its trademark ballotins of goodies for that special "lady"'

Answer: Godiva


Question: 'Made a lord in 1970, he played Lord Hamlet on film & Lord Marchmain in "Brideshead Revisited"'

Answer: Sir Laurence Olivier


Question: 'She danced the can-can at the 1964 World's Fair before she giggled her way to fame on "Laugh-In"'

Answer: Goldie Hawn


Question: 'Our maids separate this product from milk with centrifugal force & save some for their coffee'

Answer: cream


Question: 'It's no match for Wisk laundry detergent'

Answer: "ring around the collar"


Question: 'Come on, get this answer; their theme was "Come On, Get" this'

Answer: Happy


Question: 'In the 19th century these scented pouches made by Eugene Rimmel had great cachet as valentines'

Answer: sachets


Question: 'In 1935 John Buchan became Lord Tweedsmuir & his novel "The Thirty-Nine Steps" was filmed by this director'

Answer: Alfred Hitchcock


Question: 'She used to dance with the Cincinnati Ballet, as her husband Matthew Broderick could tell you'

Answer: Sarah Jessica Parker


Question: 'Like most Americans, our maids rely on milk to be their leading source of this bone-building material'

Answer: calcium


Question:
'Symbol of success & achievement associated with the object seen here:

[a carousel]'

Answer: a brass ring


Question: 'The sign "Careful.  Nervous Mother Driving" was on this type of vehicle'

Answer: a school bus


Question: 'From its delightful smell, a small bouquet is sometimes called this'

Answer: a nosegay


Question: 'As British Secretary of State for India, he annexed Burma; as British PM, his son lost it to Japan'

Answer: Lord Randolph Churchill


Question: 'Now on "Friends", she's the young lady who danced with Bruce Springsteen in his "Dancing In The Dark" video'

Answer: Courteney Cox


Question: 'Maids often put milk through this process which breaks up milk fat & spreads it evenly through the milk'

Answer: homogenization


Question: 'At first baby can only gum this rubber toy but he'll be biting it soon enough'

Answer: a teething ring


Question: 'The only Partridge child whose real first name & character name were one & the same'

Answer: Danny


Question: 'Elaborately carved, these pieces of tableware are traditional love tokens in Wales'

Answer: (wooden) spoons


Question: 'Lord Beaverbrook gained fame, wealth & political power through his ownership of several of these'

Answer: newspapers


Question: 'This singer, dancer & ex-Laker Girl won an Emmy for choreographing "The Tracey Ullman Show"'

Answer: Paula Abdul


Question: 'Following FDA standards, our maids fortify their milk with these 2 vitamins'

Answer: A & D


Question: 'In the old days, if you found this item at the dinner table you'd assume what it held had already been used'

Answer: a napkin ring


Question: 'On Nov. 21, 1970 this song, which was featured on their first album, hit No. 1 on the Billboard Top 40'

Answer: "I Think I Love You"


Question: 'For a 55th anniversary gift, it's traditional to keep love green with this gem'

Answer: emeralds


Question: 'The last words of this earl who wrote instructive letters were "Give Dayrolles a chair", not a sofa'

Answer: Lord Chesterfield


Question: 'Former Rockette Vera-Ellen was Danny Kaye's dancing co-star in this ever-popular holiday film'

Answer: White Christmas


Question: 'It's what our maids call the unpasteurized milk they sell to health-food stores'

Answer: raw milk


Question: 'It's the popular name of the chain of volcanoes circling the Pacific Ocean'

Answer: the Ring of Fire


Question: 'For the animated series "Partridge Family: 2200 A.D.", she did the voice of Laurie'

Answer: Susan Dey


Question: 'In an 1897 editorial that stated, "Thank God!  He lives, and he lives forever" this question was answered'

Answer: \"Is there a Santa Claus?\"  (\"Yes, Virginia...\")


Question: 'Centuries before Columbus, these people encountered Native Americans & called them skraelings'

Answer: Vikings


Question: 'It was his portrayal of the mummy that was used on the U.S. stamp seen here'

Answer: Boris Karloff


Question: 'Usually you begin this game by asking, "Animal, vegetable, or mineral?"'

Answer: Twenty Questions


Question: '"I never doubted myself", the Chicago Bulls star said after his title-winning jump shot in 1998'

Answer: Michael Jordan


Question: 'Thick fur and a layer of blubber keep this northernmost species warm'

Answer: a polar bear


Question: 'Stocks not listed on exchanges are said to be sold this way, like nonprescription drugs'

Answer: over-the-counter


Question: 'Around 9000 B.C., herds of these large wild cattle dramatically increased & became a major food source'

Answer: buffalo (or bison)


Question: '"The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb" is a top-seller in this kids' book series'

Answer: Goosebumps


Question: 'At arrival or departure, this "salute" is fired for a U.S. president or a visiting head of state'

Answer: a 21-gun salute


Question: 'In 1991 Scottie Pippen's defense on Magic Johnson helped the Bulls beat this team for their first title'

Answer: the Lakers


Question: 'Bears' dormancy in this season isn't true hibernation, as their body temperature doesn't drop'

Answer: winter


Question: 'These open-end investment "funds"  began in the U.S. in the 1920s & now hold over $5 trillion'

Answer: mutual funds


Question: 'The name of this light axe used as both weapon & tool comes from the proto-Algonquin for "to cut off"'

Answer: tomahawk


Question: 'Ancient Egyptians worshipped these animals and now their "scans" are used to study mummies'

Answer: cats


Question: 'It's the numerical designation for normal visual acuity'

Answer: 20/20


Question: 'This colorful rebounding champ was an airport janitor when he began playing organized basketball'

Answer: Dennis Rodman


Question: 'The sloth bear is also called this "bear" after the food it & Pooh both crave'

Answer: honey(bear)


Question: 'Known as S&P, it tracks the market with reports, guides, and indices'

Answer: Standard & Poors


Question: 'In the 1100s the Awatovi Pueblos near what is now Tuba City in this state housed 1,000 people in 1,300 rooms'

Answer: Arizona


Question: 'In the movies, 9 tana leaves have the power to do this'

Answer: resurrect the dead (bring a mummy back to life)


Question: 'To the closest mile, it's the length of an Olympic marathon'

Answer: twenty-six


Question: 'John Paxson clinched the title for the Bulls in 1993 with one of these shots instituted in the 1979-'80 season'

Answer: a three-pointer


Question: 'The "clan of" this animal, ursus speleaus, became extinct about 10,000 years ago'

Answer: cave bear


Question: 'This printing terms refers to funds deposited with a broker to protect the broker against loss'

Answer: margin


Question: 'The Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca tribes made up this "league" founded around 1450'

Answer: the Iroquois League


Question: 'In 1994 the Royal Mummy Room in this city's Egyptian Museum was reopened after 13 years'

Answer: Cairo


Question: 'As Captain Kirk could tell you, the original "Star Trek" TV series was set in this century'

Answer: the twenty-third century


Question: 'Artis Gilmore, a star at this position, twice started the All-Star game against Kareem'

Answer: center


Question: 'This species is named for its distinctive markings'

Answer: spectacled bear


Question: 'Short for "long-term equity anticipation securities", or what distraught investors took in the 1929 crash'

Answer: LEAPS


Question: 'Zane Grey's ancestor Betty Zane helped save Fort Henry, now the site of this state's city of Wheeling'

Answer: West Virginia


Question: 'In this film Debra Winger gets to have a fling with John Lithgow before she dies'

Answer: Terms of Endearment


Question: '"So rested he by the tumtum tree, and stood awhile in thought" is a line from his "Jabberwocky"'

Answer: Lewis Carroll


Question: 'In 1999 this will resume its rightful position as 9th planet from the sun'

Answer: Pluto


Question: 'Its state fair is held in Columbia'

Answer: South Carolina


Question: 'Stephen Hopkins, more recently "Lost in Space", directed the fifth installment of this Freddy Krueger series'

Answer: Nightmare on Elm Street


Question: 'This measure is used for radioactive decay because the time for all atoms to break down is unknowable'

Answer: half-life


Question: 'He wrote "Tree at My Window" a few years after "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"'

Answer: (Robert) Frost


Question: 'Ling-Ling was a famous one'

Answer: a panda


Question: '(Hey, what's happening?  I'm Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray.  The answer is…)  While touring in 1996, we played with Johnny Rotten & this group who had reunited'

Answer: the Sex Pistols


Question: 'On this Maryland site, during the bloodiest Civil War battle, Commissary Sgt. William McKinley served coffee'

Answer: Antietam


Question: 'In a 1985 spy movie, Timothy Hutton was "The Falcon" & Sean Penn was this cohort'

Answer: the Snowman


Question: 'It's the study of the nature & behavior of light, & also the title of an Isaac Newton treatise'

Answer: optics


Question: '"O my palm-tree…rustle thy boughs and set thy trunk all bare", she wrote in "Sonnets from the Portuguese"'

Answer: Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Question: 'Holiday for Matzo, Matzo men'

Answer: Passover


Question: 'Frank Sinatra brokered the reconciliation of these 2 on the 1976 Muscular Dystrophy Telethon'

Answer: Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin


Question: 'Mary Pickford, Pearl White, and Theda Bara were among those who made movies in Fort Lee in this state'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'She was a sultry 16 when she starred in the 1981 romance "Endless Love"'

Answer: Brooke Shields


Question: 'In present day accelerators, particles reach energies of over 1 trillion eV, this unit'

Answer: electron-volt


Question: 'It was George Pope Morris who wrote "Woodman," do this!  "Touch not a single bough!"'

Answer: spare that tree


Question: 'The tine of a fork, or the point of an antler'

Answer: a prong


Question: 'East met West with this country's October 3, 1990 reunion'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'With Raleigh & Durham, it forms North Carolina's "Research Triangle"'

Answer: Chapel Hill


Question: 'Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" inspired this movie with Harrison Ford as an android hunter'

Answer: Blade Runner


Question: 'Also heard in economics, it's the property of a solid forced object out of shape, then returning to its original form'

Answer: elasticity


Question: 'Longfellow poem that begins in "The forest primeval" where "hemlocks… stand like Druids of eld"'

Answer: "Evangeline"


Question: 'This "soup" didn't start your meal, it started you and all'

Answer: the primordial soup


Question: 'At the time of his 1902 nomination to the Supreme Court, he was Chief Justice of Massachusetts'

Answer: Oliver Wendell Holmes


Question: 'This state's highest point is Puu Wekiu, a cinder cone atop Mauna Kea'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'Hey, lady!  In 1963, as Julius Kelp in "The Nutty Professor", he played a square'

Answer: Jerry Lewis


Question: 'Your I.T. guy knows "I.T." means this'

Answer: information technology


Question: 'Endocarditis'

Answer: the heart


Question: 'Hey, Mr.!  It's a shallow frame drum with a single head & metal discs fitted into the walls of the frame'

Answer: a tambourine


Question: 'This branch of mathematics uses letters to symbolize numbers in equations'

Answer: algebra


Question: 'In the 1850s both California & Nevada called it Lake Bigler'

Answer: Lake Tahoe


Question: 'Uncool Sarah Jessica Parker & Amy Linker tried to fit in as freshmen in this early '80s sitcom'

Answer: Square Pegs


Question: 'Useful for connecting devices, USB is short for Universal Serial this'

Answer: Bus


Question: 'Nephritis'

Answer: the kidney


Question: 'Ohana makes some models of this stringed instrument in a pineapple shape'

Answer: a ukulele


Question: 'To shake or wave a weapon menacingly'

Answer: brandish


Question: 'The Columbia River Plateau lies to the east of this range, the Puget Sound-Willamette Valley Trough to the west'

Answer: the Cascades


Question: 'This ubernerd became the breakout character of "Family Matters"'

Answer: Urkel


Question: 'In the abbreviation JPEG, the "P" is this 12-letter adjective'

Answer: Photographic


Question: 'Encephalitis'

Answer: the brain


Question: 'Modern versions of these Latin American rattles contain lead shot rather than beads or seeds'

Answer: maracas


Question: 'From the Latin for "to come round", it's what you do when you want to avoid something'

Answer: circumvent


Question: 'The Peace Bridge spanning the Niagara River connects this city in New York with Canada'

Answer: Buffalo


Question: 'The geeky Lambda Lambda Lambda fraternity rises up against the jocks of Alpha Beta in this 1984 big screen comedy'

Answer: Revenge of the Nerds


Question: '"DOS" stands for these 3 words'

Answer: disk operating system


Question: 'Keratitis'

Answer: the eyes


Question: 'On film, Danny Kaye called this reed instrument "an ill wind that no one blows good"'

Answer: an oboe


Question: 'If you're on the "horns" of one of these situations with unpleasant options, good luck with your choice'

Answer: dilemma


Question: 'Founded by Swiss immigrants, Switzerland County, Indiana lies across from Kentucky, along this river'

Answer: the Ohio River


Question: 'Judd Apatow produced this 1999 TV series about weirdos & dweebs'

Answer: Freaks and Geeks


Question: '"DSL" is "digital" this "line"'

Answer: subscriber


Question: 'Hashimoto's disease'

Answer: the thyroid


Question: 'In a 1791 opera, Tamino is given this musical instrument'

Answer: a (magic) flute


Question: 'A European car maker, or an authoritative decree'

Answer: fiat


Question: 'Hans Holbein decided to paint Cupid with this love goddess in 1524; maybe Aphrodite was too hard to spell'

Answer: Venus


Question: '"Brain bucket" is a slang term for this piece of gear'

Answer: a helmet


Question: '"Come live with me and be my ____"'

Answer: love


Question:
'Historically, Detroit's big 3:
GM,
Chrysler,
this company'

Answer: Ford


Question: 'In 1723 he became the nominal publisher of the New-England Courant, his brother James' weekly newspaper'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: 'In English usage it means "forbidden"; in its original Polynesian it can also mean "sacred"'

Answer: taboo


Question: 'The beautiful lass here was drawn by this Florentine great; "La Gioconda" was less upsetting'

Answer: da Vinci


Question: 'The most coveted prize in the Tour de France is the maillot jaune, a Jersey of this color'

Answer: yellow


Question: '"What happens to a dream ____?  Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?"'

Answer: deferred


Question: 'The big 5 food allergens:<br />soy, wheat, milk, eggs, these legumes'

Answer: peanuts


Question: 'This prime minister of Israel is nicknamed "Bibi"'

Answer: Netanyahu


Question: 'A hidden bomb placed to be set off by an unsuspecting person'

Answer: a booby trap


Question: 'It's not "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman", it's this wife of Henry VIII in a Renaissance portrait by Hans Holbein'

Answer: Jane Seymour


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Trek Bicycle Corporation in Wisconsin.)  I'm at Trek Bikes with the most popular frame design the diamond, or double this shape; it hasn't changed much since the 1880s & gives the bike its strength'

Answer: triangle


Question: '"Whose woods these are I think I know.  His house is in the ____ though"'

Answer: village


Question: 'The Big 12:<br />a dozen athletic powerhouses, 4 of them in this state'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'In 1598 this playwright killed an actor in a duel; his punishment was branding & imprisonment'

Answer: (Ben) Jonson


Question: 'It can be a ship's food preparation area or the last car on a freight train'

Answer: a caboose


Question: 'Raphael painted this beautiful title woman "of the Goldfinch" in 1505'

Answer: the Madonna of the Goldfinch


Question: 'Often called the race of truth, it can be for the whole team or just one cyclist against the clock'

Answer: a time trial


Question: '"I hear America singing, the varied ____ I hear"'

Answer: carols


Question: 'The Big 2 of comic book publishing:<br />these 2'

Answer: Marvel & DC


Question: 'From 1968 to 1991 he was the executive editor of the Washington Post'

Answer: (Ben) Bradlee


Question: 'A supporter of a school, team or organization; he may find others & form a club'

Answer: a booster


Question: 'Michelangelo didn't mention multiple personalities when he painted this Delphic prophetess'

Answer: Sibyl


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.)  In order to cut wind resistance, a cyclist may use this air pocket to draft on another rider, saving about 30% of his energy'

Answer: the slipstream


Question: '"____ boy, with cheek of tan!"'

Answer: Barefoot


Question:
'The Big 4 transcontinental railroad barons:
Hopkins,
Huntington,
Crocker,
him'

Answer: Leland Stanford


Question: 'Don't get Fed up--just name this man, seen here'

Answer: Bernanke


Question: 'This large viper takes its name partly from a West African country where it's found'

Answer: the gaboon viper


Question: 'Despite its name, this ocean current outdoes any river; at maximum flow off the Carolinas, its flow is 3,500 times the Mississippi's'

Answer: the Gulf Stream


Question: 'Teams at a Tennessee university named for this man are nicknamed the Railsplitters'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'Steve Martin played hapless dad George Banks in this 1991 matrimonial comedy'

Answer: Father of the Bride


Question: 'Where Souter sits'

Answer: bench (of the Supreme Court)


Question: 'This teacher died in 1936, ending her 49-year symbiotic relationship with Helen Keller'

Answer: Anne Sullivan


Question: 'After the swarm's flight, these insects of the order isoptera lose their wings & eat you out of house & home'

Answer: termites


Question: 'A major task of this hormone is to stimulate the uptake of glucose by cells'

Answer: insulin


Question: 'Emerson's "American Scholar" was an oration to the Phi Beta Kappa society of this school, his alma mater'

Answer: Harvard


Question: '1981 film that immortalized the line "No wire hangers -- ever!"'

Answer: Mommie Dearest


Question: 'Make a tight fist'

Answer: clench


Question: 'Maiden name of author Anne, widow of Charles Lindbergh; she died in 2001 at age 94'

Answer: Morrow


Question: 'Phrase for the year of a toddler's life that's full of tantrums, aggression & repetition'

Answer: terrible twos


Question: 'Without biotin, part of this complex, your body can't break down fatty acids'

Answer: B complex


Question: 'In the book "The Sun Also Rises", Robert Cohn is a novelist who had attended this New Jersey university'

Answer: Princeton


Question: 'Sissy Spacek did her own singing in this 1980 film bio'

Answer: Coal Miner\'s Daughter


Question: 'She played "M" in the James Bond movies "Tomorrow Never Dies" & "The World is Not Enough"'

Answer: Dame Judi Dench


Question: 'She's the distinctive British voice heard here'

Answer: Marianne Faithfull


Question: 'This folklore figure killed 6 wives who went against his orders & entered a room he kept locked'

Answer: Bluebeard


Question: 'Key to glandular function, this mineral is (alphabetically) about the last thing your body needs'

Answer: zinc


Question: 'The Thomas Jefferson Medals for architecture & for law are given annually at this university'

Answer: University of Virginia


Question: 'Gaby Hoffmann & Macaulay Culkin play niece & nephew to John Candy in this 1989 comedy'

Answer: Uncle Buck


Question: 'Ooh, what's that odor!'

Answer: stench


Question: 'The vice president's wife, she has long focused on the importance of history education'

Answer: Lynne Cheney


Question: 'Ernie K-Doe sang about her, "Every time I open my mouth she steps in and tries to put me out"'

Answer: "Mother-in-Law"


Question: 'The antioxidant nutrients include vitamins C & E & this substance that occurs naturally in orange veggies'

Answer: beta-carotene


Question: 'The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution & Peace is part of this Palo Alto university'

Answer: Stanford


Question: 'This film from Joel & Ethan Coen was partly based on Homer's "Odyssey"'

Answer: O Brother, Where Art Thou?


Question: 'This "countess" from Rome began designing when she noticed how dull her husband's ties were'

Answer: Countess Mara


Question: 'From words meaning "great madness", these people have delusions of grandeur'

Answer: megalomaniacs


Question: 'Though rice & beans are "incomplete" these, together they provide all the essential amino acids'

Answer: proteins


Question: 'Modern Library's pick as one of this century's top English-language novels is this 1969 Philip Roth book'

Answer: "Portnoy\'s Complaint"


Question: 'As in horseback riding, it's the bike part a rider sits on'

Answer: saddle


Question: 'Benjamin West's "Death of General Wolfe", seen here, is in the National Gallery of this country, whose history it depicts'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'Mary Martin received a Tony Award for playing Maria in this 1959 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical'

Answer: The Sound of Music


Question: 'Greenland'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'This star is truly a "Top Gun" when he's flying below radar to deliver a warhead'

Answer: Tom Cruise missile


Question: 'In 1929 William Faulkner made a lot of "noise" in the literary world with this book'

Answer: "The Sound and the Fury"


Question: 'These long, fashionable items were the reason that ladies' bicycles used to be made without the crossbar'

Answer: skirts


Question: 'An elephant pulls this man's chariot in Charles Le Brun's depiction of his 331 B.C. entry into Babylon'

Answer: Alexander the Great


Question: '"Younger Than Springtime" was written for "Allegro" but not used; instead, it appeared in this musical'

Answer: South Pacific


Question: 'Bali'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'Over a decade before Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique", this woman wrote "The Second Sex"'

Answer: Simone de Beauvoir


Question: 'On fixed-gear racing bikes, the pedals turn whenever the bike is moving, making this effortless activity impossible'

Answer: coasting


Question: 'Here, Thomas Hovenden dramatically depicts the 1859 last moments of this man'

Answer: John Brown


Question: '"Oklahoma!" opens with Curly singing this song about the new day'

Answer: "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning"


Question: 'Ibiza'

Answer: Spain


Question: '2067 will be the 100th anniversary of his "One Hundred Years of Solitude"'

Answer: Gabriel Garcia Marquez


Question: 'To reduce wind resistance, racing bikes lack these, so they cant't make cool noises with baseball cards'

Answer: spokes


Question: 'Delacroix, like Byron, sided with this people's fight to break free of Turkey, leading to his "Massacre at Chios"'

Answer: Greeks


Question: 'The musical "Pipe Dream" was set in Cannery Row & based on this author's novel "Sweet Thursday"'

Answer: John Steinbeck


Question: 'Aruba'

Answer: The Netherlands (Holland)


Question: 'If we say books published in 1915, you should make "The Rainbow" connection with this author'

Answer: D.H. Lawrence


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew biking up a hill)  When climbing & mountain biking, pick a gear that allows you to keep this between 60 & 90'

Answer: RPMs (revolutions per minute)


Question: 'Famous document being signed aboard ship in the Tompkins Matteson painting seen here'

Answer: the Mayflower Compact


Question: 'Musical numbers in this 1945 film include "All I Owe Ioway" & "It's a Grand Night for Singing"'

Answer: State Fair


Question: 'Lewis with Harris'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'Isthmia in Corinth was the site of the sanctuary of this Greek god'

Answer: Poseidon


Question: 'Though lower-deck sailors were seldom made officers, Thomas Lyne rose to "rear" one of these'

Answer: admiral


Question: 'Current job of the actor who played the character seen here in three films'

Answer: governor of California


Question: 'First name of the actor who in 1972 said, "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse"'

Answer: Marlon


Question: 'This novel ends, "Before the night has come, have I lived to see the last warrior of the wise race of the Mohicans!"'

Answer: The Last of the Mohicans


Question: 'Alfred Eisenstaest's best-known image is a V-J day photo of a sailor kissing a girl at this NYC locale'

Answer: Times Square


Question: 'Give an East Indian a cow & he won't eat it'

Answer: Indiana (in East Indian a)


Question: 'The youngest of the 3 British services, it had almost a million personnel by the end of WWII'

Answer: the Royal Air Force (the RAF)


Question: 'The smiling guy seen here is the mascot of this popular magazine'

Answer: MAD


Question: 'Dude, you're getting this first name of the founder of Dell Computer Corp.'

Answer: Michael


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from a waterfront.)  This New England city got its name in the 1650s because its citizens said, "We're at the river's mouth, and our port is as good as any"'

Answer: Portsmouth


Question: 'This piscene-named 8mm lens can take in a 180-degree angle of view'

Answer: a fish-eye lens


Question: 'Using Gore-Tex as infant wear will keep your babies dry'

Answer: Texas (in Gore-Tex as)


Question: 'The navy was put in charge of this alphanumeric spy service; that's why James Bond is sometimes called "Commander"'

Answer: MI6


Question: 'Whether bobbling or not, this title movie character gave us a frighteningly close encounter'

Answer: Alien


Question: 'Country music's Mr. Travis knows it's a term for lustful or lecherous but he's too polite to say so'

Answer: Randy


Question: 'In 1501 Venetian printers began using the moveable type of this to print music'

Answer: moveable type


Question: 'This businessman revolutionized photography in 1885 by selling roll film using a paper base'

Answer: George Eastman


Question: 'Face it: audio wasn't as good on Grandma's gramophone'

Answer: Iowa (in audio wasn\'t)


Question: 'The army's 8th & 39th infantry brigades are in this part of the U.K. to help defeat terror & maintain order'

Answer: Northern Ireland


Question: 'This fictional mountaineer headed for the Hills way back in 1962'

Answer: Jed Clampett


Question: 'Assumed last name of the Secretary-General of the Yugoslav Communist Party during WWII'

Answer: Tito


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from on horseback.)  The most famous stud farm for this breed of horse is in the region of Najd, Saudi Arabia'

Answer: an Arabian


Question: 'This box whose name is Latin for "dark chamber" was used to produce large images before photography'

Answer: a camera obscura


Question: 'Linguistically, did ahoy enter the English language directly from sailors?'

Answer: Idaho (in did ahoy)


Question: 'The amphibious "Royal" these date back to the 1600s & got a commando force in 1942, in time for D-Day'

Answer: the Royal Marines


Question: 'In 2002, the bobblehead guy seen here was inducted into the Hall of Fame for this sport'

Answer: professional wrestling


Question: 'I think you'll find this first name of "The Whole Woman" author Greer is pertinent to the conversation'

Answer: Jermaine


Question: 'Hyphenated last name of sculptor Raymond, the brother of artists Marcel Duchamp & Jacques Villon'

Answer: Duchamp-Villon


Question: 'This type of photography captures electromagnetic discharges surrounding living things'

Answer: Kirlian photography


Question: 'Mama inexplicably burned the family dinner'

Answer: Maine (in Mama inexplicably)


Question: 'Ganglia, gorups of cell bodies of these nerve cells, are outside the vertebrate central nervous system'

Answer: neurons


Question: 'In 1998 & 1999 this Cardinals first baseman hit a total of 135 home runs, a 2-season record'

Answer: Mark McGwire


Question: '"Obsessive Genius" explores "the inner world of" this female scientist who died of the effects of radiation'

Answer: Marie Curie


Question: 'Because Turkey's largest body of water, Lake Van, has this quality, its only animal life is a fish called the darekh'

Answer: salinity


Question: 'This Redmond, Washington mega-corporation clicked in at 48, one spot ahead of Intel'

Answer: Microsoft


Question: 'Famous hot sauce'

Answer: tabasco


Question: 'A haploid nucleus contains 1 of each type of chromosome; this is the term for a nucleus with 2 of each'

Answer: diploid


Question: 'As of opening day 2006, Carlos Delgado is the last to hit this record-tying number of homers in a game'

Answer: 4


Question: 'Michael Eric Dyson analyzes this real man, not just his image as mythic minister & leader, in "I May Not Get There with You"'

Answer: Martin Luther King, Jr.


Question: 'Turks don't eat much turkey; they call it "hindi" because they believe it originated here'

Answer: India


Question: '"Nobody doesn't like" this Chicago-based food co., No. 111, but we don't not prefer to use proper grammar, too'

Answer: Sara Lee


Question: 'An inscribed stone, or sheets of writing paper fastened together'

Answer: a tablet


Question: 'Myogenic means related to this type of tissue: the heart's myogenic beating continues even without nerve impulses'

Answer: muscle tissue


Question: 'This Cub was the only man to hit more than 60 home runs in a season & not win a league title; it happened 3 times'

Answer: (Sammy) Sosa


Question: '"Cowboy Princess" describes life as the daughter of this famous film & TV couple'

Answer: Roy Rogers & Dale Evans


Question: 'In Turkish the Asian portion of Turkey is called Anadolu; in English, it's Asia Minor or this'

Answer: Anatolia


Question: 'Ken Jennings should be well aware this accounting firm founded by 2 brothers landed at 467'

Answer: H&R Block


Question: 'A vivid, picturesque display'

Answer: a tableau


Question: 'Rhizo- refers to this part of a plant; the rhizosphere is the soil around it'

Answer: a root


Question: 'This Yankees centerfielder of the '50s & '60s holds the career record for home runs in the World Series, with 18'

Answer: (Mickey) Mantle


Question: 'Joseph J. Ellis' biography of this 18th century man is called "His Excellency"'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'At school the young man later known as Ataturk received this nickname meaning "the perfect one"'

Answer: Kemal


Question: 'Let's see, I need 127 gallons of OJ, 5,050 rolls of paper towels & 4 computers... I'm off to this company, No. 28'

Answer: Costco


Question: 'Musical notation indicating hand positions'

Answer: tablature


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew cuts a dashing figure in his lab coat.)  The reaction that makes human skin tan & the reaction that turns a cut fruit brown are catalyzed by the same one of these, called tyrosinase'

Answer: an enzyme


Question: 'On July 15, 2005 this Oriole became just the fourth player to reach 3,000 hits & 500 home runs in a career'

Answer: (Rafael) Palmeiro


Question: '"Niccolo's Smile" says that this Italian thinker did not behave in the cunning way now associated with his name'

Answer: (Niccolo) Machiavelli


Question: 'Dropping the first letter from Izmir, Homer's supposed birthplace, will help you detect this former name of the city'

Answer: Smyrna


Question: 'It may be a "Wild Kingdom" out there, but at 491, this corporation isn't afraid to insure it'

Answer: Mutual of Omaha


Question: 'A 2-word Latin term for the human mind at birth, it literally means "clean slate"'

Answer: tabula rasa


Question: 'Of the world's 10 largest islands, 3 belong all or in part to Indonesia & 3 belong to this country'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'In 1865, the 13th Amendment abolished "involuntary" this but permits is as a punishment for crimes'

Answer: servitude


Question: 'After you scoop these out of a jack-o'lantern, you can wash them & roast them on an oiled cookie sheet'

Answer: pumpkin seeds


Question: 'It was once believed evil spirits hovered at this part of the house, so the bride is carried over it'

Answer: the threshold


Question: 'She might have said, "Ivana be alone" when she split from The Donald in 1990'

Answer: Ivana Trump


Question: 'A male goat is a buck or billy; a female goat is called this'

Answer: a nanny


Question: 'A steak doesn't get much more cooked than this'

Answer: well done


Question: 'The 10th Amendment says powers not given to the federal gov't belong to the people or to these'

Answer: the states


Question: 'Sweet pastries known as hamantaschen, or Haman's hats, are served for Purim, a holiday of this religion'

Answer: Judaism


Question: 'A cap named for this Capulet adorns many a blushing bride'

Answer: Juliet


Question: 'In May 1997 The Donald boasted he was divorcing her before the prenup could give her more of his millions'

Answer: Marla Maples


Question: 'Goat Island separates the 2 waterfalls that make up this much larger one'

Answer: Niagara Falls


Question: 'They can raise your spirits by expressing their hopes for your success'

Answer: well-wishers


Question: 'As per Article I, the first group elected to this body was divided into those who would serve 2, 4, & 6 year terms'

Answer: the Senate


Question: 'Mayiritsa soup & red-dyed eggs are served in Greece for this holiday'

Answer: Easter


Question: 'This queen wore English lace on her 1840 bridal gown to give the British lace-making industry a boost'

Answer: Victoria


Question: 'We wonder if she still has "Terms of Endearment" for her ex-husband Timothy Hutton'

Answer: Debra Winger


Question: 'It's the goat sign of the zodiac'

Answer: Capricorn


Question: 'It's said of a person with good manners & of a dog with a good pedigree'

Answer: well-bred


Question: 'None of these "shall be granted by the" U.S. & no U.S. official shall accept one from another country'

Answer: titles of nobility


Question: 'It's a Southern tradition to eat black-eyed peas for good luck on this day of the year'

Answer: New Year\'s Day


Question:
'There wasn't a traditional song for this pair to dance to at the reception until the following was written:

"You filled my life /
With so much joy /
As I watched you grow /
From that little boy"'

Answer: the groom and his mom


Question: 'She was married to Troy Donahue for just a few months, but her TV marriage to Bob Newhart ran for 6 years'

Answer: Suzanne Pleshette


Question: 'Sheepskin or goatskin can be used to make this writing material'

Answer: parchment


Question: 'Another phrase meaning "let sleeping dogs lie"'

Answer: let well enough alone


Question: 'Article 4 makes mandatory this process of returning a suspect to the state where a crime occurred'

Answer: extradition


Question: 'The name of this sweet, nutty Christmas loaf is German for post or support, not for "pilfered"'

Answer: stollen


Question: 'Instead of throwing rice, some guests release these insects--painted ladies, for example'

Answer: butterflies


Question: 'This British entertainer might have asked, "What kind of fool am I?" when he & Joan Collins split up in 1970'

Answer: Anthony Newley


Question: 'In Greek myth this fire-breather killed by Bellerophon had a she-goat's body'

Answer: the Chimera


Question: 'It can be a person for whom ideas flow like water from a fountain'

Answer: a wellspring


Question: 'We wonder if this man, who supplied bolts & spikes for the ship, ever took a midnight ride on her'

Answer: Paul Revere


Question: 'Rathaus Schoneberg in this capital is the place where JFK made a famous speech on June 26, 1963'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'The competition on this instrument is usually between soloists, but sometimes bands compete'

Answer: the bagpipes


Question: 'Dumas' 1831 play about this emperor helped make a big legend out of a short man'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'The Errol Flynn western named for this city climaxes with a gunfight at the Alamo'

Answer: San Antonio


Question: 'A plant that's bacciferous might bear cran- or huckle- ones'

Answer: berries


Question: 'In her 1997 cruise, the ship made 4 knots using just 6 of these, 3 of them basketball court size'

Answer: sails


Question: 'This Moroccan city for which a hat is named is noted for its tin-glazed earthenware'

Answer: Fez


Question: 'Dance competitions include the reel & this one with "Highland" in its name'

Answer: the (Highland) fling


Question: 'Alexandre is known as Dumas this to distinguish him from his son (Dumas fils)'

Answer: père


Question: 'One of Errol Flynn's first films was "Murder at" this Monaco town'

Answer: Monte Carlo


Question: 'If you're oviferous, you bear these; hopefully not all in one basket'

Answer: eggs


Question: 'The name of this navy yard, Old Ironsides' permanent home, belongs to a historic area of Boston'

Answer: Charlestown


Question: 'Many Newar people, who are known for their artistic skills, live in this country's Katmandu Valley'

Answer: Nepal


Question: 'A round stone ball is commonly used in this sport, also an event in the Olympics'

Answer: the shotput


Question: 'Of course, the play "Les Freres Corse" translates to these "Brothers"'

Answer: The Corsican Brothers


Question: 'Ronald Reagan played George Armstrong Custer in the Errol Flynn film named for this New Mexico Trail'

Answer: the Sante Fe Trail


Question: 'Anatomically speaking, something lactiferous or galactophorous bears this'

Answer: milk


Question: 'Like fellow Mass. heavyweight Rocky Marciano, the Constitution won over 30 fights & lost this many'

Answer: none


Question: 'There's a branch of the University of Cairo in this capital of Sudan'

Answer: Khartoum


Question: 'The annual games in Antigonish, a town in this Canadian province, are similar to those in Braemar, Scotland'

Answer: Nova Scotia


Question: 'Dumas' 1836 play "Kean" was about Edmund Kean, a noted member of this profession'

Answer: acting


Question: 'The Errol Flynn western named for this Kansas town inspired the plot of Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles"'

Answer: Dodge City


Question: 'A laniferous animal bears this & we're not pulling it over your eyes'

Answer: wool


Question: 'He wrote the poem that saved the ship from the scrap heap in the 1830s'

Answer: Oliver Wendell Holmes (Sr.)


Question: 'Early inhabitants of this eel-shaped Caribbean island called it Malliouhana'

Answer: Anguilla


Question: 'Item being tossed in the event seen here:'

Answer: the cabre


Question: 'In 1860-61 Dumas himself aided this man in his invasion of Sicily'

Answer: (Giuseppe) Garibaldi


Question: 'Don Ameche & Betty Grable starred in "Moon Over" this city; Errol Flynn wasn't in it'

Answer: Miami


Question: 'Don't cry for me argentiferous, it just means that something bears for this metal'

Answer: silver


Question: 'He launched his lecturing career in 1866 with a talk later titled "Our Fellow Savages of the Sandwich Islands"'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'Randi Weingarten, now president of this union, also serves on the executive council of the AFL-CIO'

Answer: American Federation of Teachers (AFT)


Question: 'A red letter "A" with a halo'

Answer: the Angels


Question: 'The Croissan'wich &<br />the Whopper'

Answer: Burger King


Question: 'Contrary to popular belief, this U.S. marsupial doesn't play dead when frightened; it's suffering from shock'

Answer: an opossum


Question: 'On April 27, 2011 a mile-wide one of these devastated Tuscaloosa, Alabama'

Answer: a tornado


Question: 'Longing for the familiar while away at Camp Granada'

Answer: homesick


Question: 'Back in 1987 Aspen College began offering an MBA degree online, MBA standing for this'

Answer: master\'s of business administration


Question: 'A black & orange bird perched on the dot of an "I" in the team's name'

Answer: the (Baltimore) Orioles


Question: 'The Gordita Baja &<br />the Burrito Supreme'

Answer: Taco Bell


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew cracks a nut in Molokia, HI.)  The outer covering of a macadamia nut is called this; perhaps from Middle English for "house", it covers the shell, which you crack with a hammer, then enjoy'

Answer: the husk


Question: 'Like Chicago the year before, Boston was hit by a "great" one of these in 1872'

Answer: a fire


Question: 'The 1st one opened in 1979, a vast 60,000 sq. feet with empty boxes on shelves to make the inventory seem greater'

Answer: Home Depot


Question: 'Since the 1950s the College Board has administered this program that lets high school kids study closer to college level'

Answer: the AP (or Advanced Placement)


Question: 'Formerly, the team's name in red across an outline of the Liberty Bell'

Answer: the Phillies


Question: 'Extra Crispy chicken &<br />the Snacker'

Answer: KFC


Question: 'In North America many spiders harm humans with their bites, including this brown one whose name means "hermit"'

Answer: recluse


Question: 'Tragically, in 2006, an explosion in one of these in Sago, West Virginia left 12 dead'

Answer: a coal mine


Question: 'The civilian part of a country at war, or a 2011 video game in which the U.S. is occupied by North Korea'

Answer: home front


Question: '(I'm Harlem Children's Zone President Geoffrey Canada.)  We will do whatever it takes to make sure that your child enters & succeeds in college. That's the promise I make to each family of our students attending the HCZ Promise Academy, which is this type of school named for the contract under which it operates'

Answer: a charter school


Question: 'The team's name in red, outlined in blue, above a red tomahawk'

Answer: the Atlanta Braves


Question: 'The All-American Roastburger &<br />Sidekickers like the Loaded Potato Bites'

Answer: Arby\'s


Question: 'The head of this plant, Helianthus annuus, can grow to more than 30 inches in diameter'

Answer: the sunflower


Question: '4 years before the Hindenburg, a U.S. Navy one of these plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 73'

Answer: a dirigible


Question: '4-word completion of the proverb "Curses, like chickens..."'

Answer: come home to roost


Question: 'In 1980 the Department of Education was created out of this now-defunct Cabinet department'

Answer: HEW


Question: 'A baseball flying past snow-capped mountains'

Answer: the (Colorado) Rockies


Question: 'Oreo Brownie Earthquake &<br />a Butterfinger Blizzard'

Answer: Dairy Queen


Question: 'Although most seals live in the ocean, some live in fresh water, like this Siberian lake, the world's deepest'

Answer: Lake Baikal


Question: 'In 1931 flooding of this second-longest Chinese river is estimated to have killed nearly 4 million people'

Answer: the Yellow River (or Hwang Ho)


Question: 'A method of treating disease with only minute amounts of remedies'

Answer: homeopathy


Question: 'Its western entrance lies between Land's End, U.K. & Ushant, France'

Answer: the English Channel


Question: '(I'm Michael McKean.) A favorite film of mine is this Hitchcock classic in which a man tells Cary Grant, "That plane's dustin' crops where there ain't no crops"'

Answer: North by Northwest


Question: 'The heroine of an O. Henry story believes she will die when the last one of these falls from the ivy'

Answer: a leaf


Question: 'In 2008 Christie's auctioned one of these athletic outfits worn on "The Sopranos" for $2,375'

Answer: a track suit


Question: 'Arkansas capital that's a big stone between Spain & Morocco'

Answer: Little Rock of Gibraltar


Question: 'In 1903 Otto Nordenskjold named a channel in Antarctica for this country's crown prince Gustav'

Answer: Norway (& Sweden)


Question: '(Hi.  I'm Aisha Tyler.) Given the choice between the red pill or blue pill in this 1999 movie, like Neo, I'm taking the red one because I've got to know'

Answer: The Matrix


Question: 'This beauty seen here has been called the world's first supermodel'

Answer: Cheryl Tiegs


Question: 'George Washington Cable's 1879 collection "Old Creole Days" contained 7 stories set in this city'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'An effort at concealing facts by people in power, or a beach or pool garment such as a pareo'

Answer: a cover-up


Question: 'The type of letter telling the second president of the United States you're not his girlfriend anymore'

Answer: Dear John Adams


Question: 'It's the largest of the islands separated from the mainland by the Mozambique Channel'

Answer: Madagascar


Question: '(Hi.  I'm Anderson Cooper.)  I appreciate the maxim "Never get out of the boat", a cardinal rule of this 1979 Francis Ford Coppola film'

Answer: Apocalypse Now


Question: 'A view from Pikes Peak inspired Katharine Lee Bates to write the words to this patriotic song'

Answer: "America The Beautiful"


Question: 'This Washington Irving character had "an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor"'

Answer: Rip Van Winkle


Question: 'Before bringing "Survivor" to the U.S., Mark Burnett bought these for $2 & sold them for $18 on Venice Beach'

Answer: t-shirts


Question: 'What a vampire on an HBO show might have to know to get a transfusion, such as O or AB'

Answer: True Blood type


Question: 'This channel that shares its name with a large peninsula connects the Gulf of Mexico with the Caribbean'

Answer: the Yucatán


Question: '(Hi.  I'm David Duchovny.)  I advise you to take a chance on this Peter Sellers movie about a simple gardener who knows a lot about TV & maybe about life'

Answer: Being There


Question: 'She's the woman seen here with some of her artifacts'

Answer: Margaret Mead


Question: 'His "Franny" & "Zooey" stories were first published in the New Yorker'

Answer: J.D. Salinger


Question: 'Another name for a baseball jacket, or the main team representing a college in a sport'

Answer: varsity


Question: 'The stage where you're making enough to cover the cost of the basketball player who runs the offense'

Answer: the break-even point guard


Question: 'Named for a British naturalist's ship, this channel lies within the islands of Tierra del Fuego'

Answer: the Beagle


Question: '(Hi.  I'm CCH Pounder.)  A favorite film of mine is this 1958 musical that featured the song "Bali Ha'i"; it was also the 1st film I ever saw in color'

Answer: South Pacific


Question: 'From 1978 to 1997 Nancy Kassebaum, daughter of Alf Landon, represented this state in the Senate'

Answer: Kansas


Question: 'F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Tales of" this contained 11 short stories in 3 sections, the first of which was "My Last Flappers"'

Answer: the Jazz Age


Question: 'This cloth is not just for grunge musicians; an 1897 book for boys says it's "the best wear for cricket"'

Answer: flannel


Question: 'The higher tract where heartburn originates gets a law helping servicemen go to college'

Answer: the upper G.I. Bill


Question: 'English poet Thomas Hoccleve, a contemporary of this man, called him the "firste fyndere of our fair langage"'

Answer: Chaucer


Question: 'The "Japanese" type of this insect belongs to the scarab family'

Answer: Beetle


Question: '2-letter symbol for a prescription for medicine'

Answer: Rx


Question: 'This Chicago Bull bares all & talks about his relationship with Madonna in his book "Bad As I Wanna Be"'

Answer: Dennis Rodman


Question: 'This female vocalist joined Big Brother & The Holding Company in June 1966'

Answer: Janis Joplin


Question: 'Of Creek origin, the name of this Florida capital means "Old Town"'

Answer: Tallahassee


Question: 'These Boston ballplayers were formerly known as the Pilgrims & the Puritans'

Answer: Boston Red Sox


Question: 'The Hessian Fly is so named because people believed Hessian soldiers brought it to America during this war'

Answer: The Revolutionary War


Question: 'The Witches' Almanac says those born under this sign are most likely to "ram" their cars into something'

Answer: Aries


Question: 'In 1996 Jack Canfield & Mark Hansen cooked up "A 3rd Serving Of" this "for the soul"'

Answer: Chicken Soup


Question: 'Led by Sting, they disbanded after the release of "Synchronicity", their fifth & most successful album'

Answer: The Police


Question: 'One of New Jersey's annual rites of summer is the crowning of Miss America in this city'

Answer: Atlantic City


Question: 'Cabernet, for example'

Answer: Red wine


Question: 'The comma & the question mark are 2 angelwing species of these fluttering insects'

Answer: Butterflies


Question: 'Its "Cover The Earth" logo officially turned 90 years old in 1995'

Answer: Sherwin-Williams


Question: 'In "The Demon-Haunted World", this astronomer examines the evidence for unexplainable phenomena'

Answer: Carl Sagan


Question: 'This Eddie Vedder combo headlined the 1992 Lollapalooza tour'

Answer: Pearl Jam


Question: 'Coinciding with the World's Fair, the first Olympic Games in the U.S. opened in this city May 14, 1904'

Answer: St. Louis


Question: 'The Romans called it Mare Rubrum'

Answer: Red Sea


Question: 'It fills the entire cavity of an insect's body but does not carry oxygen to the cells'

Answer: Blood


Question: 'The playing card we call the jack is called this in England'

Answer: Knave


Question: 'This CNN host shares "The Secrets of Good Communication" in "How To Talk To Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere"'

Answer: Larry King


Question: 'Liz Phair's debut album "Exile In Guyville" was a loose response to this group's "Exile On Main Street"'

Answer: The Rolling Stones


Question: 'Nicknamed the "Christmas City", this Pennsylvania city is famous for its steel'

Answer: Bethlehem


Question: 'Garibaldi's followers'

Answer: Redshirts


Question: 'Bee Milk is another name for this nutritious substance fed to queen bees'

Answer: Royal jelly


Question: 'Part of the body featured in the logo of Allan Pinkerton's agency'

Answer: Eye


Question: 'For those who aren't afraid to ask, she provides the answers in "Sex For Dummies"'

Answer: Dr. Ruth Westheimer


Question: 'This "Kiss From A Rose" singer's distinctive facial scars resulted from an illness'

Answer: Seal


Question: 'You can visit Ethan Allen's grave in this city, Vermont's largest'

Answer: Burlington


Question: 'Important dates'

Answer: Red-letter days


Question: 'As president, Martin assured the South he would protect this "peculiar institution" where it existed'

Answer: Slavery


Question: 'The influence of Van Dyck can be seen in his "Blue Boy" & other works'

Answer: Thomas Gainesborough


Question: 'Popular for cookies & ice cream toppings, this flavor is a blend of butter & brown sugar'

Answer: Butterscotch


Question: 'This book says Nineveh was so big it took 3 days to cross; that's a whale of a tale to us'

Answer: Jonah


Question: 'At the end of this musical, Curly & Laurey ride off in the surrey with the fringe on top'

Answer: "Oklahoma!"


Question: 'Michael DeBakey recently advised Russian doctors to perform bypass surgery on this president'

Answer: Boris Yeltsin


Question: 'In this state's senate, Van Buren was a leader of the "Bucktails", a faction opposed to DeWitt Clinton'

Answer: New York


Question: 'Ilya Yefimovich Repin's "Ivan The Terrible With The Body Of His Son" is in this city's Tretyakov Gallery'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'A native or Norway, Sweden or Denmark'

Answer: Scandinavian


Question: 'According to Luke 2, Jesus was wrapped in these clothes after birth'

Answer: Swaddling Cloths


Question: 'In 1995 John Simon said this Julie Andrews vehicle "may be the best unmusical musical you are ever going to see"'

Answer: "Victor Victoria"


Question: 'This British PM signed the agreement to return Hong Kong to Chinese control in 1997'

Answer: Margaret Thatcher


Question: 'Martin's opposition to the annexation of this state probably cost him the 1844 nomination'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'Vasari said this Renaissance man painted the left-hand angel in Verrocchio's "Baptism of Christ"'

Answer: Leonardo Da Vinci


Question: 'A baby doctor'

Answer: Pediatrician


Question: 'While Moses was on Mount Sinai, his brother Aaron made this heathen idol for the Israelites to worship'

Answer: The golden calf


Question: 'In his "Under Milk Wood", the inhabitants & ghosts of a tiny Welsh village tell their stories'

Answer: Dylan Thomas


Question: 'In November 1996 thousands of Hutus returned from refugee camps in Zaire to this country'

Answer: Rwanda


Question: 'Martin was not only this 7th president's veep, he was his most trusted advisor'

Answer: Andrew Jackson


Question: 'Francois Boucher painted several portraits of this patron, the mistress of Louis XV'

Answer: Madame de Pompadour


Question: 'In "The Magic Flute" this instrument provides the sounds of Papageno's magic bells'

Answer: Glockenspiel


Question: 'Deceived, he blessed his son Jacob rather than Esau'

Answer: Isaac


Question: 'Reel off a list of his works & you'll find "The Real Inspector Hound" & "The Real Thing"'

Answer: Tom Stoppard


Question: 'Nigerian author Ken Saro-Wiwa, who protested environmental damage by this industry, was hanged in 1995'

Answer: Oil Industry


Question: 'Martin lost his bid for a 2nd term as president to this man in the "Log Cabin And Hard Cider" campaign'

Answer: William Henry Harrison


Question: 'Carel Fabritius, Rembrandt's finest student, died in a 1654 explosion in this Dutch pottery city'

Answer: Delft


Question: 'It's the branch of science that studies the luminosity, temperature & chemical makeup of the universe'

Answer: Astrophysics


Question: 'Nathan was a prophet in the court of this king & anointed his successor'

Answer: David


Question: 'A 1996 production of "Buried Child" marked this playwright's first Broadway show after 3 decades in the theater'

Answer: Sam Shepard


Question: 'In October 1995 a coup attempt on the Comoros was put down by this country that once ruled the islands'

Answer: France


Question: 'Queen Victoria called his death "A very great loss.  He had ... the strongest sympathy with the poorer classes"'

Answer: Charles Dickens


Question: 'The Bluecoats looked for the whites of the Redcoats' eyes at Bunker Hill on this year's June 17'

Answer: 1775


Question: 'There was no love for this Mike Myers flop that "won" 3 awards, including Worst Picture'

Answer: The Love Guru


Question: 'Vigor'

Answer: Energy


Question: 'Holmes figures out the killer in "Black Peter" must be strong--the victim is "pinned like a beetle" by this whaling weapon'

Answer: a harpoon


Question: 'Ear's to this Dutch painter, who tried to become a minister in the 1870s but failed theology exams'

Answer: Van Gogh


Question: 'Trained as a lawyer, he's been hosting a late-night PBS interview show since September 1991'

Answer: Charlie Rose


Question: 'Congress declared war on Britain on June 18 in this year'

Answer: 1812


Question: 'Razzie nominators recognized spoofs like the parody of "300" titled "Meet" them'

Answer: the Spartans


Question: 'Conveyance'

Answer: Transportation


Question: 'Gregson, Lestrade, Hopkins & Jones isn't a law firm; they're guys who sought Holmes' help for this "national" agency'

Answer: Scotland Yard


Question: 'If an electroencephalograph detects no activity here, the patient is in deep trouble'

Answer: the brain


Question: 'Since 1995 it's been the home court of the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers'

Answer: the Rose Garden


Question: 'In the wake of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the U.S. & USSR agreed to establish a "red phone" link on this June 20'

Answer: 1963


Question: 'Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Meg Ryan & Jada Pinkett Smith shared an acting nom for this remake'

Answer: The Women


Question: 'Due process'

Answer: Justice


Question: 'In "The Adventure of the Speckled Band", Holmes figures out that the title killer is one of these deadly creatures'

Answer: a snake


Question: 'Castoroides, giant beavers of the Pleistocene, grew to 7 1/2 feet in length on this continent'

Answer: North America


Question: 'Marion Cotillard won a best actress Oscar for her role as Edith Piaf in this 2007 biopic'

Answer: La Vie en Rose


Question: '"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" was released on this love-ly June 1'

Answer: 1967


Question: 'He was nominated for worst screen couple (inside himself) for his work in "Meet Dave"'

Answer: Eddie Murphy


Question: 'Tutelage'

Answer: Education


Question: 'In "The Musgrave Ritual", Holmes recovers the lost crown of this king deposed in 1649'

Answer: Charles I


Question: '2-letter word for the white pants & jacket karate ensemble, preferably accessorized with a black or red belt'

Answer: gi


Question: 'Once romantically linked with Marilyn Manson, she talked movies on TCM with Robert Osborne'

Answer: Rose McGowan


Question: 'The White House wasn't finished, so John Adams took up residence in a Washington tavern on June 3 in this year'

Answer: 1800


Question: 'For roles in "The Happening" & "Max Payne", this actor scored an acting nomination'

Answer: (Mark) Wahlberg


Question: 'Childbirth'

Answer: Labor


Question: 'This kindly landlady was first mentioned in the second Holmes story, "The Sign of the Four"'

Answer: Mrs. Hudson


Question: 'Responsible for killing off the Norse god Balder via mistletoe, this trickster god often appeared as an old woman'

Answer: Loki


Question: 'This country music classic written by Bob Wills about a lost Texas love begins, "Deep within my heart lies a melody"'

Answer: "My San Antonio Rose"


Question: 'Singers honored in 1999: Odetta, Lydia Mendoza, & her--show her some R-E-S-P-E-C-T!'

Answer: Aretha Franklin


Question: 'Isaac topped the charts in 1971 with his theme for this "cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about"'

Answer: (John) Shaft


Question: 'This celebrated seafood stew from Provence contains several types of fish & shellfish'

Answer: bouillabaisse


Question: 'Oui, oui!  "Ari" Onassis rendezvoused with Maria Callas in this capital'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'Appropriately, the name of this type of triangle comes from the Greek for "unequal"'

Answer: scalene


Question: 'For disobeying instructions on how to get water from rock, God forbade Moses from crossing this river'

Answer: the Jordan


Question: 'In 1990 she & husband Hume Cronyn both received medals'

Answer: Jessica Tandy


Question: 'Before falling out with the show's creators, Isaac cooked as this "South Park" character'

Answer: Chef


Question: 'This word for herring & other fish that have been cold-smoked is from the same root as "copper"'

Answer: kippers


Question: 'It's a "sin" if you visit this northern European city without seeing the church in the rock'

Answer: Helsinki


Question: 'Grotesque guy seen here'

Answer: gargoyle


Question: 'Despite what Charlton Heston did, in Exodus, Moses climbs this at least 7 times, not just twice'

Answer: Mt. Sinai


Question: 'This African-American choreographer's dance foundation won in 2001'

Answer: Alvin Ailey


Question: 'In a 1985 episode of this show, Rick James helps Mr. T bust Isaac out of stir; that's a lot of gold chains for one van'

Answer: The A-Team


Question: 'Pun alert!  We're mentioning this flatfish, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, just for the...'

Answer: halibut


Question: 'Some parts of this city's Amalienborg Palace are "open" to visitors'

Answer: Copenhagen


Question: 'It's an 11-letter word for coin collecting'

Answer: numismatism


Question: 'Moses had a brother named Aaron & a sister named this'

Answer: Miriam


Question: 'Among the 2008 honorees were Olivia de Havilland & this Spider-Man co-creator'

Answer: Stan Lee


Question: 'Isaac co-wrote this song, a big hit for Sam & Dave in 1967 & the Blues Brothers 12 years later'

Answer: "Soul Man"


Question: 'At a sushi bar, depending on its age & size, this "colorful" fish may be called hamachi, inada or buri'

Answer: yellowtail


Question: 'I was happy to hear that the "apes" got a new playground in this city's zoo'

Answer: Budapest


Question: 'It used to refer to the cargo on a ship; now before "with", it's an adjective meaning filled with, as in danger'

Answer: fraught


Question: 'Exodus reveals that, through his father, Moses was from this priestly Hebrew tribe'

Answer: Levi


Question: 'George Strait, Tommy Tune & this children's author of the Ramona Quimby books were honored in 2003'

Answer: Beverly Cleary


Question: 'Isaac had a recurring role as Gandolph Fitch, an old prison buddy of the title detective on this '70s show'

Answer: The Rockford Files


Question: 'Coquilles St. Jacques is often served in the shell of these mollusks, the dish's main ingredient'

Answer: scallops


Question: '"All" of us know that Tall Hermann's Tower is in this Estonian city'

Answer: Tallinn


Question: 'Sesquicentennial pertains to this number of years'

Answer: 150


Question: 'As the rest of the Jews entered the promised land, Moses died aged about 120 on this mount'

Answer: Mount Nebo


Question: 'Up for producing, directing, acting & writing for 1978 & 1981, he's the only man to twice get 4 Oscar nominations for one film'

Answer: Warren Beatty


Question: 'Byron wrote an epic poem about this Latin lover whose mother sent him abroad at age 16 after an "intrigue"'

Answer: Don Juan


Question: 'This N.C. fort has reason to boast since airborne U.S. Army combat units are stationed there'

Answer: Fort Bragg


Question: 'This ABC prime time newsmagazine closes with "We're in touch, so you be in touch"'

Answer: 20/20


Question: 'On May 10, 1775 Ethan Allen & Benedict Arnold captured this fort on Lake Champlain from the British'

Answer: Fort Ticonderoga


Question: 'The only Beatle with a 6-letter last name'

Answer: Lennon


Question: '"And goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are"'

Answer: Jimmy Durante


Question: 'This celebrated Maryland fort overlooking the Patapsco River is named for a signed of the constitution'

Answer: Fort McHanry


Question: 'This spout at the end of a gas hose is a diminutive form of nose'

Answer: nozzle


Question: 'Walter Cronkite usually closed his "CBS Evening News" telecasts with this phrase'

Answer: "That\'s the way it is"


Question: 'Troops are processes for overseas duty at this New Jersey army base'

Answer: Fort Dix


Question: 'Coarsely woven cloth made from jute or hemp fibers, it's used in potato sacks'

Answer: burlap


Question: 'This Kentucky army post is known as the "Home of Armor"'

Answer: Fort Knox


Question: 'B'nai B'rith,<br />Anti-Defamation League'

Answer: Judaism


Question: 'Born in 1975, she hosted "Saturday Night Live" in 1982 & is still its youngest host ever'

Answer: Drew Barrymore


Question: '"OK!"<br />'Nuff said'

Answer: Oklahoma


Question: 'When this nation gained independence in 1962, it had "Western" in its name'

Answer: Samoa


Question: 'These "jingle jangle jingle as I go riding merrily along"'

Answer: spurs


Question: 'A scandal about a necklace made from these was disastrous for the popularity of Marie Antoinette'

Answer: diamonds


Question: 'Knights of Columbus'

Answer: Catholicism


Question: 'This Spanish beauty seen here has starred in "All the Pretty Horses" & "Blow"'

Answer: Penelope Cruz


Question: 'It has used "Empire State" & the more formal "The Empire State"'

Answer: New York


Question: 'In the Solomons, you can tour Olasana Island, where this future U.S. president was rescued in August 1943'

Answer: JFK


Question: 'A slang term for a cemetery in a Western town came from a gunfighter's wish to die with these on'

Answer: boots


Question: 'This member of the Rat Pack became a Vaudeville performer at age 3'

Answer: Sammy Davis, Jr.


Question: 'Alharamain,<br />King Faisal Foundation'

Answer: Islam


Question: 'She vampired it up in "Underworld" & "Van Helsing"'

Answer: Kate Beckinsale


Question: 'Iowa has had "The Corn State", Kentucky has had "Bluegrass State", & it has had "The Wheat State"'

Answer: Kansas


Question: 'There's a museum on Tahiti devoted to this artist who spent 12 years there'

Answer: (Paul) Gauguin


Question: 'A bandito could wear this handkerchief as a scarf, a neckerchief or a mask'

Answer: a bandana


Question: 'In January 1959 he assumed the presidency of France's Fifth Republic'

Answer: De Gaulle


Question: 'Sakyadhita,<br />Prison Dharma Network'

Answer: Buddhism


Question:
'Late actress seen here in the same year she worked with her biggest co-star

"Mm!  Very tasty, my good man, very tasty."'

Answer: Fay Wray


Question: 'Alabama's plate has this organ in its slogan'

Answer: the heart


Question: 'It's the isolated island where you'll find Adamstown, Point Christian & Bounty Bay'

Answer: Pitcairn Island


Question: 'The name of these protective leggings comes from a word for a dense growth of shrubs'

Answer: chaps


Question: 'You can drive past the grassy knoll in this Dallas, Texas plaza'

Answer: Dealey Plaza


Question: 'American/International Gita Society,<br />Sanskrit Religions Institute'

Answer: Hinduism


Question: 'Winning an Oscar at age 72 for "Rosemary's Baby", she said, "I can't tell you how encouraging... this is"'

Answer: Ruth Gordon


Question: 'Idaho has been the "Vacation" this, Oregon the "Pacific" this, & Michigan the "Water-Winter" this'

Answer: "Wonderland"


Question: 'The largest city in Oceania outside Hawaii & New Zealand is Port Moresby in this nation'

Answer: Papua New Guinea


Question: 'Also called a shoelace tie, it's a thin cord fastened in front with an ornamental clasp'

Answer: a bolo tie


Question: 'American forces crossed this on Christmas Night 1776 to launch their surprise attack on the Hessians'

Answer: the Delaware River


Question: 'In 1455 the Medici family had these in London, Avignon & Geneva as well as branches in Rome, Pisa & Venice'

Answer: banks


Question: 'He was exposed to a wide range of music at the Florida State School for the Blind, 1937-1945'

Answer: Ray Charles


Question: 'Exceedingly charming & cold-blooded; psychopathic; recommend isolation; oh yeah, he's a cannibal'

Answer: Hannibal Lecter


Question: 'Enacted in 1913, the 16th Amendment gives Congress the power to lay and collect these taxes'

Answer: income taxes


Question: 'March 15, 44 B.C.:<br />Cassius & about 20 other guys take a stab'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'Mondale's tables of worship'

Answer: Walter\'s altars


Question: 'In 1479 Venice sent Gentile Bellini to this city after a request by Sultan Muhammad II for a good portraitist'

Answer: Istanbul (or Constantinople)


Question: '2004 marks the 10th anniversary of the death of this man from Aberdeen, Washington whose music touched the world'

Answer: Kurt Cobain


Question: 'Delusional after her part in the king's murder, suffers from sleepwalking & obsessive "hand-washing"'

Answer: Lady Macbeth


Question: 'Titan, this planet's largest moon, orbits it  every 16 days'

Answer: Saturn


Question: 'June 28, 1914:<br />Gavrilo Princip jump-starts a world war'

Answer: Archduke Franz Ferdinand


Question: 'Al's portals'

Answer: Gore\'s doors


Question: 'In December 1513 he wrote Francesco Vettori that he'd "composed a little work 'on princedoms'"'

Answer: Machiavelli


Question: 'This song from "Abbey Road" originated as a campaign song for Timothy Leary'

Answer: "Come Together"


Question: 'Rebellious in the ward; inducing other patients to gamble; grappling with Nurse Ratched; perhaps electro-shock?'

Answer: McMurphy


Question: 'This royal family's restoration lasted 16 years under Louis XVIII & Charles X'

Answer: Bourbon


Question: 'Around midnight on Dec. 29/30, 1916:<br />Prince Felix Yusupov & pals, using poison, a gun, a club & drowning'

Answer: Rasputin


Question: 'Aaron's mongrel dogs'

Answer: Burr\'s curs


Question: 'A prosperous business was this trade which required the growing of mulberry trees'

Answer: the silk trade


Question:
'Oh baby, it's the 1990 hit heard here

"It burned like a ball of fire /
When the rebel took a little child bride /
To tease yeah /
So go easy yeah"'

Answer: "Cradle Of Love"


Question: 'Homicidal; believes he's God; lunacy perhaps caused by the African heat; must find out what he means by "The Horror"'

Answer: (Col.) Kurtz (Mr. Kurtz accepted)


Question: 'A book begins with this "tall, slim girl, 'half-past sixteen'" sitting on a Prince Edward Island farm's doorstep'

Answer: Anne Shirley (or Anne of Green Gables)


Question: 'July 13, 1793:<br />Charlotte Corday, in a Paris bathtub'

Answer: Marat


Question: 'Dan's humpbacks'

Answer: Quayle\'s whales


Question: 'Her father, later Pope Alexander VI, arranged 3 marriages for her; the first was when she was 13'

Answer: Lucrezia Borgia


Question: 'This eclectic American guitarist produced the album "Buena Vista Social Club"'

Answer: Ry Cooder


Question: '"Ethical and altruistic impulses are perpetually warring with extreme sexual longings"; other "complaints"'

Answer: Alexander Portnoy


Question: 'This type of bassoon would be 16 feet long if you unfolded it all the way'

Answer: double bassoon (or contrabassoon)


Question: 'July 20, 1923:<br />Gunmen led by Mexican Congressman Jesus Salas Barraza'

Answer: Pancho Villa


Question: 'Colfax' accounting clerks'

Answer: Schyuler\'s filers


Question: 'They first teamed up in 1974; one a quiet Latin teacher & the other a former clown college student'

Answer: Penn & Teller


Question: 'This department's 5 main responsibilities include guarding against terrorism & protecting our borders'

Answer: Department of Homeland Security


Question: '"We are two wild and crazy guys"'

Answer: Saturday Night Live


Question: 'Carlo Maderno lengthened the nave to change the pattern of St. Peter's from a Greek to a Latin one of these'

Answer: a cross


Question: 'It's known as W&M for short'

Answer: William & Mary


Question: 'Robert Louis Stevenson was born in 1850 in the new town section of this Scottish capital'

Answer: Edinburgh


Question: 'This heiress was abducted from her Berkeley apt. on Feb. 4, 1974; the FBI captured her on Sept. 18, 1975'

Answer: Patty Hearst


Question: 'It traces its roots to Plymouth Colony, which passed a law that said the colony would support disabled soldiers'

Answer: Veteran Affairs


Question: '"No soup for you"'

Answer: Seinfeld


Question: 'These are against the rules at the Vatican, so Benedict XVI had to leave his shorthair, Chico, back in Germany'

Answer: pets


Question: 'It's alphabetically first of the Seven Sisters colleges'

Answer: Barnard


Question: 'The place where Stevenson & his wife spent their honeymoon in 1880 is now a state park in this state's Napa Valley'

Answer: California


Question: 'On Dec. 2, 1969 Cindy Birdsong of this Motown group was kidnapped at knifepoint but escaped by jumping out of a car'

Answer: the Supremes


Question: 'OSHA, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration, is a part of this department'

Answer: the Department of Labor


Question: '"Nanu, nanu"'

Answer: Mork & Mindy


Question: 'The yellow & white Vatican flag bears the colors of Godfrey of Bouillon, a leader of the first of these in 1096'

Answer: the Crusades


Question: 'In 2010 Cam Newton became this university's third Heisman Trophy winner'

Answer: Auburn


Question: 'Stevenson's friend, poet W.E. Henley, was the model for this one-legged anti-hero of "Treasure Island"'

Answer: Long John Silver


Question: 'This billionaire's grandson was kidnapped in 1973; ransom wasn't paid until the boy's ear was sent to a newspaper'

Answer: (John Paul) Getty


Question: 'The 1789 act that created it specified that its officers would include a comptroller & an auditor'

Answer: the Treasury


Question: '"Sock it to me"'

Answer: Laugh-In


Question: 'Seeking to bring the Vatican up to modern standards, the 11th pope of this name installed plumbing in the '30s'

Answer: (Pope) Pius (XI)


Question: 'This university that hosts the Georgia Shakespeare festival is named for Georgia's colonial founder'

Answer: Oglethorpe


Question: '"Deacon Brodie, or the Double Life", a play co-written by Stevenson, led to this 1886 novel'

Answer: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde


Question: 'This 14-year-old was taken from her Salt Lake City home in June 2002 & found walking down a street 9 months later'

Answer: Elizabeth Smart


Question: 'One of its agencies is cops, short for Community Oriented Policing Services'

Answer: Justice Department


Question: '"Missed it by that much"'

Answer: Get Smart


Question: 'The 2006 feature film this "story", starring Keisha Castle-Hughes as Mary, was the first to premiere at the Vatican'

Answer: The Nativity Story


Question: 'Truman State University is located in this state'

Answer: Missouri


Question: 'Around 1890 Stevenson bought 300 acres in what's now this country, where he was called tusitala, or "teller of tales"'

Answer: Samoa


Question: 'In December 1991 this bureau chief for the A.P. in Beirut was released by Hezbollah after 6 years, 7 months'

Answer: Terry Anderson


Question: 'Her story began in Atlanta November 8, 1900 & ended there as well in August 1949'

Answer: Margaret Mitchell


Question: 'In "Capote", Catherine Keener portrayed this Southern novelist, on the cusp of publication'

Answer: Harper Lee


Question: 'Delonghi's Perfecta is a line of $1,000-plus machines for making cappuccino & this'

Answer: espresso


Question: 'One type is called a courting chair'

Answer: a love seat


Question: 'This man who triumphed over polio in 1955 said his mother had no schooling & lived her ambitions through her kids'

Answer: (Jonas) Salk


Question: 'These one-piece undergarments were noted for tightness; today's are comfier & often metal, not whalebone'

Answer: a corset


Question: 'Born in Sweden in 1823, he went out without a bang in San Remo, Italy in 1896'

Answer: (Alfred) Nobel


Question: 'Christopher Plummer was nominated for an Oscar for playing this Russian author in 2009's "The Last Station"'

Answer: Tolstoy


Question: 'This city's "Best" is a brand owned by Starbucks'

Answer: Seattle


Question: 'Types of this chair include gungstol, Windsor & Boston'

Answer: rocking chairs


Question: 'In a scene from a 2010 HBO movie, this doctor talks about his mother's long, painful last illness'

Answer: (Jack) Kevorkian


Question: 'You suffer one when you experience a reverse or defeat'

Answer: a setback


Question: 'This world leader was born in September 1917 on Luzon; he died in September 1989 in Honolulu'

Answer: (Ferdinand) Marcos


Question: '"Devotion" starred Ida Lupino & Olivia de Havilland as these writing sisters'

Answer: Charlotte & Emily Bronte


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from)  The coffee berries are now in their green phase; when a phytohormone called ethylene increases, they'll turn red & fittingly be known as these, like a fruit'

Answer: cherries


Question: 'Dust bunnies may be collecting under Britain's coronation chair since this was returned to Scotland in 1996'

Answer: the Stone of Scone


Question: 'John & Helen Koop's son held this U.S. government post from 1982 to 1989'

Answer: Surgeon General


Question: 'Jewelers know ballerina, bead & bezel are types of these in rings'

Answer: settings


Question: 'He was born December 5, 1839 in New Rumley, Ohio & died in battle, June 25, 1876 in the Montana Territory'

Answer: Custer


Question: 'In "Gothic", Gabriel Byrne was this lord of poetry'

Answer: (Lord) Byron


Question: 'This coffee species seems to have originated in Ethiopia, across the Red Sea from the peninsula it's named for'

Answer: Arabian (Arabica)


Question: 'Pilgrim hall museum in Mass. has a black ash chair that belonged to this oft-elected governor of Plymouth Colony'

Answer: (William) Bradford


Question: 'His mother, Grace, passed away in 1928, the year he observed that a certain mold inhibited bacterial growth'

Answer: (Sir Alexander) Fleming


Question: 'A variety of apple is called this, also a shade of reddish brown'

Answer: russet


Question: 'Born in Germany in 1685, he tuned out April 14, 1759 in London'

Answer: Handel


Question: 'Gwyneth Paltrow portrayed her in the early days of her marriage to fellow poet Ted Hughes'

Answer: Sylvia Plath


Question: '"Mom" knows ground pods of this Asian member of the ginger family are added to grounds to make Thai iced coffee'

Answer: cardamom


Question: 'This Finnish-American architect designed furniture including a 1948 piece called the "Womb Chair"'

Answer: (Eero) Saarinen


Question: 'In 1854 the former Rosa Weigert gave birth to this chemotherapy pioneer known for his "magic bullet"'

Answer: Paul Ehrlich


Question: 'Hyphenated term for land or commodities reserved by the government for a particular use'

Answer: a set-aside


Question: '2 yrs. before his 1794 execution, he said, "I am no courtier, nor moderator... nor defender of the people: I am myself the people"'

Answer: Maximilien Robespierre


Question: 'In August 1974 he returned to his home in San Clemente, California, reportedly in a deep depression'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: 'Cow's meow<br />             (3)'

Answer: Moo


Question: 'In 1988 they released the concert tour documentary "Rattle And Hum"'

Answer: U2


Question: 'Sewing aids include a cushionlike "roll" to press these & a "ripper" to remove them'

Answer: Seams


Question: 'Oscar Wilde was born in this city in 1854 & given the middle names Fingal O' Flahertie Wills'

Answer: Dublin


Question: 'This oath was once sworn before the goddess Panacea, whose name means "cure all"'

Answer: Hippocratic Oath


Question: 'When completed in 1936, it was the world's tallest dam'

Answer: Hoover Dam


Question: 'Hiawatha's honey<br />             (9)'

Answer: Minnehaha


Question: 'They had 2 No. 1 hits in 1980:  "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" & "Another One Bites The Dust"'

Answer: Queen


Question: 'The direction of threads in a fabric is called this, like the pattern of fibers in wood'

Answer: Grain


Question: 'Wilde's first stage success was the tale of this woman's fan in 1892'

Answer: Lady Windermere


Question: 'The president of Iran takes his oath of office "In the presence of" this book "and the people"'

Answer: The Koran


Question: 'During every decade from the 1920s to 1960, some member of this family was governor of Louisiana'

Answer: Long


Question: 'False face festivity<br />            (9)'

Answer: Masqurade


Question: 'In 1986 she was in "Control" with a hit album that included "What Have You Done For Me Lately?"'

Answer: Janet Jackson


Question: 'French term for the technique of "applying" a fabric design to a contrasting fabric'

Answer: Applique


Question: 'Passing through customs in New York, Wilde declared, "I have nothing to declare except" this'

Answer: My genius


Question: 'In 1996, on behalf of 10,000 others, Teresa Edwards took this oath of sportsmanship in Atlanta'

Answer: Olympic Oath


Question: 'In 1912, in Savannah, Georgia she organized the first troop of Girl Scouts'

Answer: Juliet Gordon Lowe


Question: 'Enormous, like a woolly mammal<br />              (7)'

Answer: Mammoth


Question: 'In 1984 they leaped to the top of the charts with the song heard here: ("Jump")'

Answer: Van Halen


Question: 'To make the turnback type of this, start by putting a wide hem on a sleeve'

Answer: a cuff


Question: 'Wilde served almost 2 years in gaol in this town 38 miles from London'

Answer: Reading


Question: 'Term for Cold War-era oaths required of federal employees, union leaders & teachers'

Answer: Loyalty oath


Question: 'In 1987, 30 years after they were expelled, the Teamsters were permitted to rejoin this group'

Answer: AFL-CIO


Question: 'Gloomy, like the blues<br />            (5)'

Answer: Moody


Question: 'After going "Roundabout" this group returned to the charts in 1983 with "Owner Of A Lonely Heart"'

Answer: Yes


Question: 'This fellow playwright & wit said that in hard times Wilde maintained his "gaiety of soul"'

Answer: George Bernard Shaw


Question: 'This 1789 oath by the National Assembly served notice on Louis XVI & left the ball in his court'

Answer: Tennis Court Oath


Question: 'This city on the Danube was originally a Celtic settlement called Vindobona'

Answer: Vienna


Question: 'A big broken one of these may be stabilized by an intramedullary rod'

Answer: Bone


Question: 'Snakes, steam kettles & displeased audiences do this incessantly'

Answer: hiss


Question: 'Coretta Scott met this future husband while at the New England Conservatory of Music'

Answer: Martin Luther King Jr.


Question: 'By definition, it's what a full bathroom has that a half bath doesn't'

Answer: a bathtub


Question: 'He played Mr. Banks, the "Father of the Bride"'

Answer: Steve Martin & Spencer Tracy


Question: 'Some Moscow-set movie scenes have been filmed in this Finnish capital'

Answer: Helsinki


Question: 'Hearing happens in the cochlea; your sense of this in the nearby semicircular canals & vestibule'

Answer: Balance


Question: 'As a verb, this musical instrument means to proclaim loudly'

Answer: Trumpet


Question: 'Training by the Suzuki method your child can become a famous one of these, like Midori'

Answer: Violinist


Question: 'Going to the very core of construction, it's the underlying base or substructure of a building'

Answer: Foundation


Question: 'Dan Aykroyd starred in this film based on characters from "Saturday Night Live"'

Answer: Coneheads & The Blues Brothers


Question: 'On Sept. 1, 1939 it became the first capital city targeted in an attack by Germany in WWII'

Answer: Warsaw, Poland


Question: 'Take a deep breath & name the only artery that carries deoxygenated blood'

Answer: Pulmonary artery


Question: 'To descend a mountain while secured with a double rope'

Answer: rappel


Question: 'In 1956 she made $3 million as the last of the original United Artists partners to sell their stock'

Answer: Mary Pickford


Question: 'These overlapping blades or slats may be fixed or adjustable in a window to let in air & light'

Answer: louvrers


Question: 'Late '80s Kevin Costner film whose subject was baseball'

Answer: Bull Durham & Field of Dreams


Question: 'Napoleon met his waterloo just 12 miles from this capital'

Answer: Brussels


Question: 'In the duodenum, your stomach contents mix with juices from the liver, gallbladder & this organ'

Answer: Pancreas


Question: 'Water does this to become snow, & thoughts do it to become an idea'

Answer: Crystalize


Question: '1 of the 2 Harriets in the Women's Hall of Fame, they both are associated with slavery'

Answer: Harriet Tubman (or Harriet Beecher Stowe)


Question: 'She won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Actress'

Answer: Katharine Hepburn & Barbra Streisand


Question: 'Fed by steaming hot springs, the name of this capital means "Bay of Smokes"'

Answer: Reykjavik, Iceland


Question: 'Above the larynx, this 3-segment passage leads from the back of the nose down to the esophagus'

Answer: Pharynx


Question: 'Upset over the Senate's treatment of Anita Hill, this Illinoian ran for the U.S. Senate in 1992 & won'

Answer: Carol Moseley Braun


Question: 'Woody Allen film with "sex" in the title'

Answer: A Midsummer Night\'s Sex Comedy & Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)


Question: 'Among those who eulogized him on July 29, 1997 was his successor, David Souter'

Answer: William Brennan


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.)  When completed over this river in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the largest suspension bridge in the world'

Answer: the East River


Question: 'Jiminy Cricket! Cliff Edwards was the voice of Jiminy Cricket in this 1940 classic'

Answer: Pinocchio


Question: 'To cut oneself slightly while shaving'

Answer: Nick


Question: 'In October 1970 this country proclaimed itself the Khmer Republic'

Answer: Cambodia


Question: 'Colorful name for the Vegas card game also called 21'

Answer: blackjack


Question: 'A left hook, or a fruit juice beverage'

Answer: punch


Question: 'A true symbol of strength, the bridge was the first suspension bridge to have cable wires made of this'

Answer: steel


Question: 'On his namesake sitcom, he played obstetrician Cliff Huxtable'

Answer: Bill Cosby


Question: 'To send a statement for money owed for goods or services'

Answer: Bill


Question: 'It declared independence from Yugoslavia on June 25, 1991'

Answer: Croatia


Question: 'On Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists list, this Beatle was no. 21'

Answer: George [Harrison]


Question: 'This classic bottled chocolate beverage's label says it's 99% fat free & reminds you to shake it'

Answer: Yoo-Hoo


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew strolls the deck of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.)  In 1884, to show the safety of the Brooklyn Bridge, this showman paraded 21 elephants across it'

Answer: P.T. Barnum


Question: 'Cliff Arquette was noted for playing this yokel on "Hollywood Squares"'

Answer: Charlie Weaver


Question: 'To confer, as permission or a wish'

Answer: Grant


Question: 'The rainy season in this Central American country can last from May to November'

Answer: Costa Rica


Question: 'The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is the only one to do this to another amendment'

Answer: to repeal it


Question: 'In ancient Peru, only certain priestesses were allowed to brew this beverage they considered very sacred'

Answer: beer


Question: 'One of the supports for the bridge covers the spot on Cherry Street where this couple lived from 1789 to 1790'

Answer: George & Martha Washington


Question: 'In "P.T. 109", he played JFK'

Answer: Cliff Robertson


Question: 'When followed by "down", to frisk someone, as for concealed weapons'

Answer: Pat


Question: 'On November 11 it celebrates the independence of Cartagena'

Answer: Colombia


Question: 'Pier 21 National Historic Site is Canada's equivalent to this gateway in the port of New York City'

Answer: Ellis Island


Question: 'In Racine, Wisconsin, pay your respects to William Horlick, who invented this grain-flavored drink'

Answer: malted milk


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew looks down from the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.)  In this romantic comedy, Meg Ryan & Hugh Jackman travel between the past & present by jumping from the Brooklyn Bridge'

Answer: Kate & Leopold


Question: 'John Ratzenberger went postal as this character on "Cheers"'

Answer: Cliff Clavin


Question: 'To break off a fragment of a plate or saucer, or make a short lofted golf shot'

Answer: Chip


Question: 'Cameroon, Congo & this country all border the Central African Republic'

Answer: Chad


Question: 'Held between 1962 & 1965, the 21st Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church was popularly called this'

Answer: Vatican II


Question: 'Perrier's "475 parts per million total dissolved solids" makes it this type of water'

Answer: mineral water


Question: 'Every year in the 1990s, women scored higher on this S.A.T. section than on the other'

Answer: verbal


Question: 'Beverly D'Angelo played her in "Coal Miner's Daughter" & Jessica Lange played her in "Sweet Dreams"'

Answer: Patsy Cline


Question: 'Zut! On June 22, 1815, 4 days after Waterloo, Napoleon had to do this officially for the second time'

Answer: abdicate


Question: 'Chinese New Year for kids is a red envelope day; they get 'em stuffed with this'

Answer: cash


Question: 'This city's Globe newspaper, founded in 1872, won Pulitzers for Public Service in 1966, 1975 & 2003'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'A striped or mottled kitty'

Answer: a tabby


Question: 'This substance whose formula is C2H5OH affects the neocortex so you're less inhibited'

Answer: alcohol


Question: 'Annette O'Toole, seen here in the audience at "Jeopardy!", played this singer in the TV movie "Stand by Your Man"'

Answer: Tammy Wynette


Question: 'A June 1967 Encyclical affirming that priests must maintain this may have disappointed some'

Answer: celibacy


Question: 'In 2003 Christmas was celebrated during this Jewish holiday'

Answer: Hanukkah


Question: 'When his "Arrowsmith" won for Fiction in 1926, he declined the prize'

Answer: Sinclair Lewis


Question: 'Lurid or sensational journalism is called this type'

Answer: tabloid journalism


Question: 'In a famous 1848 case, Phineas Gage's personality was altered by damage done to his left frontal one'

Answer: lobe


Question: 'Before "The Larry Sanders Show", this actor seen here played a ruthless country singer in the 1972 film "Payday"'

Answer: Rip Torn


Question: 'This League MVP didn't talk to reporters after the 76ers lost out on the NBA crown June 15, 2001'

Answer: Allen Iverson


Question: 'The Queen of England's "official" one is on the 2nd or 3rd Saturday in June'

Answer: birthday


Question: 'Nicknamed "Black Jack", his memoir "My Experiences in the World War" won the 1932 Pulitzer Prize for History'

Answer: General Pershing


Question: 'A Middle Eastern bulgur wheat salad'

Answer: tabbouleh


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew explains a graph on the chalkboard.)  Contrary to common use, a steep one of these indicates rapid mastering of a skill'

Answer: a learning curve


Question: 'He wrote and performed his own songs (& won a Best Actor Oscar) when he starred in "Tender Mercies"'

Answer: Robert Duvall


Question: 'June 10, 1985 was a cloudy day for the prosecution, as this man was acquitted of trying to kill his wife Sunny'

Answer: Claus von Bulow


Question: 'Buddhists celebrate 3 anniversaries of Buddha: the day of his birth, the day of his death, & the day of this'

Answer: his enlightenment


Question: 'This "seasonal" ballet earned Aaron Copland the 1945 prize for Music'

Answer: Appalachian Spring


Question: 'To arrange information in columns & rows'

Answer: tabulate


Question: 'Leonardo Da Vinci supposedly had an eidetic memory, today more commonly called this type'

Answer: photographic memory


Question: 'Best known as "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia" on "The Brady Bunch", she starred in the 1997 TV movie bio of Barbara Mandrell'

Answer: Maureen McCormick


Question: 'On June 28, 1914 the Kaiser's yacht race was interrupted by news from this Balkan city'

Answer: Sarajevo


Question: 'When giving your pennies to UNICEF on Halloween, hold one back for this "guy" 5 days later (if you're British...)'

Answer: Guy Fawkes


Question: 'Margaret Edson won the 1999 award for Drama for this 3-letter heartbreaking play about a dying woman'

Answer: Wit


Question: 'An Evangelical place of worship'

Answer: a tabernacle


Question: 'This title character who debuted in 1999 was created by former marine biology educator Steve Hillenburg'

Answer: SpongeBob SquarePants


Question: 'Algonquian for "to trade", this Native American tribe shares its name with Canada's capital'

Answer: Ottawa


Question: 'She played her own mother in a 1982 TV movie about the Osmonds, & her niece Amy played her'

Answer: Marie Osmond


Question: 'Chemist Patsy Sherman was working for 3M when she created this stain protector with a "national" name'

Answer: Scotchgard


Question: 'Putin &<br />Lenin'

Answer: Vladimir


Question: 'Though it triggered an E. coli scare in 2006, this leafy vegetable is generally safe to eat; ask Popeye'

Answer: spinach


Question: 'The 10 Commandments include "Thou shalt not commit" this'

Answer: adultery


Question: 'The Pomo of California were particularly known for this art, an easy elective for college students'

Answer: basket weaving


Question: 'Hinton Battle was tapped to play Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in the TV movie about this ultimate child star'

Answer: Shirley Temple


Question: 'Michael Folle & Alexander Kaleri left this in 2004, the first time it was without a crew inside'

Answer: the International Space Station


Question: 'Pasternak &<br />Spassky'

Answer: Boris


Question: 'This "city" sandwich consists of thin slices of beef, slices of American, & often sauteed onions on a roll'

Answer: a Philadelphia cheesesteak


Question: 'A monk may turn down your job offer due to a prior commitment in this type of monastery'

Answer: an abbey


Question: 'This tribe's name was first on a bay, then a colony, then a state (which put 2 Ts in it)'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'It was a battle of the sexes when Holly Hunter & Ron Silver played these opponents in "When Billie Beat Bobby"'

Answer: Billie Jean King & Bobby Riggs


Question: 'Hawaiian residents are sometimes plagued by "vog" in the air, with the "V" referring to this'

Answer: volcanic ash


Question: 'Gromyko &<br />Sakharov'

Answer: Andrei


Question: 'Though often referred to as a wine, this Japanese alcohol is actually brewed more like a beer'

Answer: sake


Question: '"Ecstasy" partner in an Irving Stone book title'

Answer: Agony


Question: 'From the dark color they died their moccasins, the Siksika are also known as this'

Answer: the Northern Blackfoot Indians


Question: 'A TV movie about this "fair lady" featured Eric McCormack of "Will & Grace" as her first husband, Mel Ferrer'

Answer: Audrey Hepburn


Question: 'This 2-word phrase comes from a Greek belief that a bird sacred to Apollo broke its silence before dying'

Answer: swan song


Question: 'Pavlov &<br />Turgenev'

Answer: Ivan


Question: 'This candy bar of chocolate, nougat, peanuts & caramel was named for a horse'

Answer: Snickers


Question: 'Back in the Middle Ages, the aim of this practice was to change base metals into gold'

Answer: alchemy


Question: 'This athlete's Inidan name was Wa-Tho-Huck, "Bright Path"; & boy, could he run quickly down it'

Answer: Jim Thorpe


Question: 'A TV movie about this blonde singer featured Tony Orlando as her first husband, Jose Ferrer'

Answer: Rosemary Clooney


Question: 'This state flower of Maryland includes a woman's name'

Answer: a Black-eyed Susan


Question: 'Eisenstein &<br />Rachmaninoff'

Answer: Sergei


Question: 'This cereal once had a longer name; "oats" became "os"'

Answer: Cheerios


Question: 'A foe or<br />archenemy'

Answer: adversary


Question: 'Judges were chosen by lot for the drama competition known as the Dionysia in this city'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'She's the richest woman in entertainment & Forbes' top power player for 2007; not bad for a kid from Kosciusko'

Answer: Oprah Winfrey


Question: 'A website about these machines suggests that the flipper should be thought of & used like a tennis racket'

Answer: pinball machines


Question: 'The lacrimal bones contain sacs that collect excess these from the surface of the eyes'

Answer: tears


Question: 'The leading accidental cause of death in the U.S. involves these'

Answer: automobiles


Question: 'This English river flows from the Cotswold  hills to its mouth on the North Sea'

Answer: the Thames


Question: 'According to a play about her by Euripides, this woman did not spend the Trojan war at Troy but in Egypt'

Answer: Helen


Question: 'Raised in Star, Mississippi, this singer, Mrs. Tim McGraw, was destined to become a star'

Answer: Faith Hill


Question: 'The 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley were the first to use this brand of ice-resurfacing machine'

Answer: a Zamboni


Question: 'These bones are classified as true, false, & floating'

Answer: ribs


Question: 'It usually begins around September 22nd'

Answer: autumn


Question: 'Better-known name of the Washington, D.C. hill once known as Jenkins' Hill'

Answer: Capitol Hill


Question: 'In "The Clouds" by Aristophanes, a man desires to send his son to study with this Greek philosopher'

Answer: Socrates


Question: '"Stand By Your Man" and "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" were big hits for this Mississippian who was married 5 times'

Answer: Tammy Wynette


Question: 'During bypass surgery, the patient is hooked up to a machine that's named for these 2 different internal organs'

Answer: the heart & lungs


Question: 'The stapes, the smallest bone in the human body, is found in this organ'

Answer: the ear


Question: 'City that's home to the Masters Golf Tournament'

Answer: Augusta


Question: 'Shatrunjaya Hill in this country is home to more than 800 Jainist temples'

Answer: India


Question: 'This title angry wife plots revenge against Jason by killing his new flame with a poisoned garment'

Answer: Medea


Question: 'This actress from Meridien is a cousin of Tennessee Williams & mom to Laura Dern'

Answer: Diane Ladd


Question: 'This machine was invented in 1793 to speed up the removal of seeds from a certain raw fiber'

Answer: the cotton gin


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew points to a model of a human skeleton.)  The spinal column ends with this bone, named because it's said to resemble a certain bird's beak'

Answer: the coccyx


Question: 'At a papal one of these, don't forget to kneel'

Answer: an audience


Question: 'It's the skull-shaped hill where Jesus was crucified'

Answer: Golgotha