Question: 'This 1878 Henry James heroine had Mr. Winterbourne saying, American woman, get away from me'

Answer: Daisy Miller


Question: 'He charged in with "Da Funk":<br />VISA LONG OVER'

Answer: Savion Glover


Question: 'In one of Jesus' parables these were separated from the sheep & herded on the unfavorable left side'

Answer: goats


Question: 'Robert Browning:<br />"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or..."'

Answer: what\'s a heaven for


Question: 'In 1996 Alex Kingston, seen here, took a trip to the moll as this raunchy heroine'

Answer: Moll Flanders


Question: 'In 1869 this Russian chemist published his periodic table'

Answer: Dmitri Mendeleev


Question: '"Modern" choreographer of "Clytemnestra":<br />RAG AT HARM HAM'

Answer: Martha Graham


Question: 'A statue in the town of Epernay, France honors this blind French monk'

Answer: Dom Perignon (credited with inventing champagne)


Question: 'The common loon lives on the water, so it's not surprising that it's the state bird of this "Land of 10,000 Lakes"'

Answer: Minnesota


Question:
'"Dreamgirls":
Beyonce,
Jennifer Hudson,
Eddie Murphy'

Answer: Jennifer Hudson


Question: 'On a TV sitcom, Jennifer, played by Loni Anderson, brightened up radio station WKRP in this city'

Answer: Cincinnati


Question: 'The beautiful Bathsheba was already married, but that didn't stop this King of Israel from pursuing her'

Answer: King David


Question: 'To quickly chill a bottle, add the rock type of this to ice & water, lowering the freezing point'

Answer: salt


Question: 'Though he had no biological kids of his own, George Washington is known by this paternal nickname'

Answer: the Father of his Country


Question: 'The male of this state bird of Indiana is one of the few all-red birds in North America'

Answer: the cardinal


Question:
'"Gone with the Wind":
Clark Gable,
Vivien Leigh,
Olivia de Havilland'

Answer: Vivien Leigh


Question: 'WABC & WCBS-880 are radio stations based in this metropolis'

Answer: New York City


Question: 'This beautiful queen's affair with a knight of the Round Table foreshadowed the fall of King Arthur's kingdom'

Answer: Queen Guinevere


Question: 'An older or very tannic wine is decanted to eliminate this, also called lees'

Answer: the sediment


Question: 'According to George Orwell, he "is watching you"'

Answer: Big Brother


Question: 'Darwin made a famous study of these birds, but not the purple species, New Hampshire's state bird'

Answer: a finch


Question:
'"Cold Mountain":
Jude Law,
Nicole Kidman,
Renee Zellweger'

Answer: Renee Zellweger


Question: 'As "The Voice of" this city, WGN radio covers news, weather & Cubs baseball'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'One of the most beautiful women in Antiquity, this gal's "bust" can be seen in the Egyptian Museum in Berlin'

Answer: Nefertiti


Question: 'France generally forbids making this light-bodied pink wine, such as Anjou, by mixing red & white'

Answer: rose (or rosé)


Question: 'Produced by certain mollusks, it's also known as nacre'

Answer: the Mother of Pearl


Question: 'In 1933 the Tennessee Ornithological Society conducted a vote to select a state bird; this mimic barely won'

Answer: a mockingbird


Question:
'"Paper Moon":
Madeline Kahn,
Ryan O'Neal,
Tatum O'Neal'

Answer: Tatum O\'Neal


Question: 'This pigeon forge, Tennessee-based theme park has its own radio station, WDLY'

Answer: Dollywood


Question: 'This beautiful & enticing daughter of Leda would have to have lived around 1200 B.C.'

Answer: Helen of Troy


Question: 'Try my $3,000 1976 bottle from Romanee-Conti, the most famous estate in this area--oops, there goes the cork'

Answer: Burgundy


Question: 'Seattle has about 20 of these, including Kobe, Mombasa & Gdynia'

Answer: sister cities


Question: 'Until mating season, this California state bird lives in coveys of up to 200 birds'

Answer: a quail


Question:
'"Ordinary People":
Timothy Hutton,
Mary Tyler Moore,
Judd Hirsch'

Answer: Timothy Hutton


Question: 'The 100,000-watt voice of Georgia State University, WRAS in this city is the most powerful all-student-run U.S. radio station'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: 'Theodosia, the daughter of this third U.S. vice president, was a beautiful child prodigy who spoke 4 languages'

Answer: Aaron Burr


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands next to a wine wheel.)  To make this aspect of wine easier to define and discuss during tastings, the wheel for it goes from general terms, like Earthy, to specific terms, like Dusty Mushroom'

Answer: the nose (or the aroma)


Question: 'In a Brecht play, she schleps through the 30 Years' War as her children are taken from her one by one'

Answer: Mother Courage


Question: 'The nearly extinct Hawaiian species of this mammal uses Midway's beaches to breed'

Answer: a seal


Question: 'She won a 1991 Grammy, her first, for best long-form music video for "Blonde Ambition World Tour Live"'

Answer: Madonna


Question: 'This future pres.'s 1948 Senate race is the subject of the musical "The Winner", which premiered in Texas in 2007'

Answer: Lyndon Johnson


Question: 'A prince of Walachia, he was known for impaling thousands at Bradsov in Transylvania'

Answer: Vlad the Impaler


Question: 'Their 1469 marriage was politically arranged to unite 2 Iberian kingdoms'

Answer: Ferdinand & Isabella


Question: 'According to some legends, this mythical beast missed the boat, Noah's boat'

Answer: the unicorn


Question: 'An order signed on Oct. 31, 1996 transferred Midway from the Navy to this cabinet dept.'

Answer: Interior


Question: 'This princess of Monaco was rumored to be the "mystery girl" in Michael Jackson's 1992 hit "In the Closet"'

Answer: Princess Stephanie


Question: 'Kevin Spacey starred in a 2006 British revival of this playwright's "A Moon for the Misbegotten"'

Answer: Eugene O\'Neill


Question: 'Born near Timisoara, this "Tarzan" actor claimed U.S. birth & swam for the U.S. in the Olympics'

Answer: (Johnny) Weissmuller


Question: 'Anne Hathaway was 26 & pregnant when she married this 18-year old in 1582'

Answer: William Shakespeare


Question: 'The highest elevation in this state is 13,528 feet'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'In 1935 this airline built a prefab hotel on Midway as a rest stop for passengers flying on its China Clippers'

Answer: Pan Am


Question: 'His "Black Album" was heavily bootlegged before its official release in 1994'

Answer: Prince


Question: 'The 2007 revival of this classic courtroom drama cast Christopher Plummer in the role inspired by Clarence Darrow'

Answer: Inherit the Wind


Question: 'Gheorghe Muresan played big for this NBA team that was then called the Bullets'

Answer: Washington Wizards


Question: 'This actress has been married to actor Jeff Goldblum & to Director Renny Harlin'

Answer: Geena Davis


Question: 'From the Latin for "usable" it's a usable kitchen tool like a fork or a ladle'

Answer: a utensil


Question: 'Midway is home to the world's largest colony of the Laysan species of this "wandering" sea bird'

Answer: the albatross


Question: 'He played the Sax Solo on Whitney Houston's "All the Man that I Need"; he's also had top 40 hits on his own'

Answer: Kenny G


Question: '(Hi, I'm Sam Waterston.)  I received my 1st Emmy nomination for the television version of this play; I played Tom & Katharine Hepburn played my mother, Amanda Wingfield'

Answer: The Glass Menagerie


Question: 'Born in what was then Hungary, he gained fame on stage in a Bram Stoker adaptation & later acted in the film'

Answer: Bela Lugosi


Question: 'This Baltimore divorcee's marriage to an Englishman on June 3, 1937 made headlines'

Answer: Wallis Simpson


Question: 'For insurance companies, they calculate risk, set premiums & write pol...--sorry, dozed off for a second'

Answer: underwriters


Question: 'In the 1950's & '60s Midway was home to crews who flew radar aircraft in this Cold War detection line'

Answer: the DEW line


Question: 'Every track from his album "Play", including "South Side", was licensed for use in a commercial or sound track'

Answer: Moby


Question: 'Famed for playing Frasier's father, this actor came back to Broadway in 2007 in "Prelude to a Kiss"'

Answer: (John) Mahoney


Question: 'Jimmy Carter named this Nobel Peace Prize winner chair of the President's Commision on the Holocaust'

Answer: Elie Wiesel


Question: 'The marriage of this pair in 1614 brought peace between the Jamestown colony & local native Americans'

Answer: Pocahontas & John Rolfe


Question: 'Mount Narodnaya and Mount Karpinsk are 2 prominent peaks in this mountain range'

Answer: the Urals


Question: '"Imperial Adventurer", "The Last Emperor" & "The Cactus Throne" are books about this man who died at 34'

Answer: Emperor Maximilian


Question: 'Donatella Versace now heads the fashion house built by this slain brother'

Answer: Gianni Versace


Question: 'This Japanese city's Atomic Bomb Dome has become a symbol of the peace movement'

Answer: Hiroshima


Question: 'In this 1946 Christmas weepie, George Bailey knew he existed when he found Zuzu's petals in his pocket'

Answer: It\'s A Wonderful Life


Question: '"The Scribe of the Revolution"'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'French favorite "vin blanc" is this beverage in English'

Answer: White wine


Question: 'You may deduce that it's the branch of philosophy dealing with the rules of correct reasoning'

Answer: Logic


Question: 'These knuckleball-throwing brothers, Phil & Joe, combined for 539 major league wins'

Answer: Niekro brothers


Question: 'Buildings located on its Mersey River waterfront include the Cunard Building & the Royal Liver Building'

Answer: Liverpool


Question: '(Hi, I'm Tara Lipinski)  In "Gone with the Wind", Tara is the name of the plantation owned by this family'

Answer: O\'Hara


Question: '"The Surveyor President"'

Answer: George Washington


Question: '"Not Going Anywhere for Awhile?" is the ad slogan for this peanut-packed chocolate bar'

Answer: Snickers


Question: 'It's been called the "universal tongue" & "the speech of angels", so "play on"'

Answer: Music


Question: 'Twin brothers seen "steaming" along here<br />(in their "Family Steamer")'

Answer: Stanley brothers


Question: 'This capital's name is derived from the Old Persian for "warm place"'

Answer: Tehran


Question: '"Road to Bali" has these 2 stars on an island with Dorothy Lamour, who's wearing a sarong, natch'

Answer: Bing Crosby & Bob Hope


Question: '"Arthur the Gentleman"'

Answer: Chester A. Arthur


Question: 'If you order "spaghetti e polpette" in Italy, you'll get spaghetti & these'

Answer: Meatballs


Question: '10-20% of babies have this temporary recurring pattern of irritability & crying that lasts hours on end'

Answer: Colic


Question: 'This actress is the daughter of Kathlyn Beaty, a drama teacher in Virginia'

Answer: Shirley MacLaine


Question: 'Mexico's largest Pacific port, tourists flock to it for its pre-Lenten carnival & great sunsets'

Answer: Mazatlan


Question: 'Traxler, Kyle Reese & Sarah Connor are characters in this 1984 sci-fi classic'

Answer: The Terminator


Question: '"Rud"'

Answer: Rutherford B. Hayes


Question: 'Closely related to pumpkins, there are more than 40 kinds of these nutritious gourd-shaped vegetables'

Answer: Squash


Question: 'It means to ape or imitate'

Answer: Mimic


Question: 'This political family has included interior secy. Stewart, late rep. Morris & 2 current congressmen'

Answer: Udall


Question: 'The Tyrolean Folk Art Museum is a popular attraction in this Austrian city, once an Olympic host'

Answer: Innsbruck


Question: 'Charlie Chaplin befriends a millionaire & falls in love with a blind girl in this 1931 film'

Answer: City Lights


Question: '"The Buffalo Hangman"'

Answer: Grover Cleveland


Question: '"It Just Doesn't Get Any Better Than This" for drinkers of this "Old" beer'

Answer: Old Milwaukee


Question: 'If you nick yourself shaving, you can stop the bleeding with this type of "pencil"'

Answer: Styptic pencil


Question: 'Some have linked Detroit's Zerilli family to the 1975 disappearance of this Teamsters leader -- but not us, Mr. Zerilli'

Answer: Jimmy Hoffa


Question: 'It's the footwear in the title of Dennis Nahat's rock 'n' roll ballet, danced to Elvis Presley's greatest hits'

Answer: "Blue Suede Shoes"


Question: 'Now a "20/20" co-anchor, she was 1 of 2 women reporters in the press corps that accompanied Nixon to China'

Answer: Barbara Walters


Question: 'In 1997 pilot Linda Finch recreated & finished the round-the-world flight begun by this woman'

Answer: Amelia Earhart


Question: 'In Spanish:<br />lago'

Answer: Lake


Question: 'Revolutionary War traitor who became a big screen Conan the Barbarian'

Answer: Benedict Arnold Schwarzenegger


Question: 'Don Vito heads this fictional family that's at the center of Mario Puzo's "The Godfather"'

Answer: Corleone


Question: 'The ballet "For Bird, with Love" was Alvin Ailey's tribute to this jazz musician whose nickname was "Bird"'

Answer: Charlie Parker


Question: 'Originally, this sitcom was going to be called "Country Cousins" or "The Eddie Albert Show"'

Answer: Green Acres


Question: 'From 1952 to 1955 the Argentine city of La Plata was named temporarily for this woman'

Answer: Eva Peron


Question: 'In Italian:<br />penisola'

Answer: Peninsula


Question: 'Mr. Yankovic's persona leading the mob in 1920s Chicago'

Answer: "Weird Al" Capone


Question: 'Powerful family leader Carlo Gambino was born on this island in 1902 & died on Long Island in 1976'

Answer: Sicily


Question: '"Marguerite and Armand" was choreographed for Margot Fonteyn & this handsome partner'

Answer: Rudolf Nureyev


Question: 'Robert Clary, who played Corporal LeBeau in this series, was interned in Nazi concentration camps in WWII'

Answer: Hogan\'s Heroes


Question: 'In 1989 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of this state became the first Cuban-American elected to Congress'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'In German:<br />stadt'

Answer: City


Question: 'George Bush veep who had hits with "Deacon Blues" & "Hey Nineteen"'

Answer: Steely Dan Quayle


Question: 'Raymond Patriarca, a Rhode Island vending machine businessman, controlled the mob in this 6-state area for decades'

Answer: New England


Question: 'Traditionally, the ballerina plays the mother & the sweetheart of this young outlaw in the 1938 ballet named for him'

Answer: Billy the Kid


Question: 'Guy Williams won this swashbuckling role because he was one of the few actors tested who could fence'

Answer: Zorro


Question: '(Hi, I'm Kristi Yamaguchi)  In 1992 I became the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in figure skating since this woman in 1976'

Answer: Dorothy Hamill


Question: 'In French:<br />plage'

Answer: Beach


Question: 'Karol Wojtyla as the Pope in Frank Sinatra's '61 hit song'

Answer: John Paul the Second Time Around


Question: 'Italian word for the boss of a family; he may aspire to be one "di tutti capi", "of all bosses"'

Answer: Capo


Question: 'Eliot Feld's ballet "Harbinger" features music by this "Peter and the Wolf" composer'

Answer: Sergei Prokofiev


Question: 'This Buddy Ebsen series had a Nielsen average of 39.1 for 1963-64, the highest season rating from 1960 to today'

Answer: The Beverly Hillbillies


Question: 'In a 1920 poetry collection, she wrote, "My candle burns at both ends, it will not last the night"'

Answer: Edna St. Vincent Millay


Question: 'In Chinese:<br />jiang'

Answer: River


Question: 'Psychedelic "Dark Side of the Moon" rockers twice crowned heavyweight boxing champion of the world'

Answer: Pink Floyd Patterson


Question: 'The original title of this 1895 novel was "The Chronic Argonauts"'

Answer: The Time Machine


Question: 'Skyscrapers in this city include 191 Peachtree Tower, Westin Peachtree Plaza & One Peachtree Center'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: 'This cartoonist might serve "Peanuts" at a Nov. 26 party for himself, Tina Turner & Robert Goulet'

Answer: Charles Schulz


Question: 'An 1882 act excluded laborers from this Asian country from entering the U.S.'

Answer: China


Question: 'French chefs cook these in butter & sprinkle them with brandy; in a nursery rhyme, they were "baked in a pie"'

Answer: Blackbirds


Question: 'A piano of this type that required insertion of a nickel to operate was called a nickelodeon'

Answer: Player Piano


Question: 'Newspaper is most often the basic ingredient for making this modeling material'

Answer: Papier-mache


Question: 'This Northwest city's Columbia Seafirst Center is more than 300 feet taller than its Space Needle'

Answer: Seattle


Question: 'A twist of fate gave this "twist king" the same birthday as Gore Vidal, October 3'

Answer: Chubby Checker (Ernest Evans)


Question: 'This baron for whom a hockey trophy is named became governor-general of Canada in 1888'

Answer: Lord Stanley


Question: 'Joy of Cooking suggests jellying these pig extremities & serving them cold with remoulade sauce'

Answer: Pigs\' Feet/Knuckles


Question: 'In 1768 his son Johann Christian gave London's first public solo piano recital'

Answer: J.S. Bach


Question: 'This unit used to measure the power of engines is equal to 746 watts'

Answer: Horsepower


Question: 'In the 1970s windows kept falling out of this city's new John Hancock Tower'

Answer: Boston


Question: '"Let's Make A Deal" & have a surprise party on Aug. 25 for this TV host, Sean Connery & Elvis Costello'

Answer: Monty Hall


Question: 'The Congo Free State was established in 1885, with this country's King Leopold II as ruler'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'The gray type of this furry-tailed arboreal rodent is less gamy in flavor than the red'

Answer: Squirrel


Question: 'A piano built by Anton Walter & played by Mozart is at Mozart's birthplace in this Austrian city'

Answer: Salzburg


Question: 'The former palace of the League of Nations in this Swiss city houses a philatelic museum'

Answer: Geneva


Question: 'Automotive icons were incorporated into the design for this Manhattan tower, briefly the world's largest'

Answer: Chrysler Building


Question: 'He could sing his Oscar-winning song "I'm Easy" to Mel Tillis & Connie Stevens on Aug. 8, their mutual birthday'

Answer: Keith Carradine


Question: 'In 1886 Charles M. Hall developed the electrolytic method for getting this metal from bauxite'

Answer: Aluminum


Question: 'Despite its skunklike odor, this "skunk" plant may be cooked & eaten'

Answer: Skunk Cabbage


Question: 'Many European pianos lack a middle, or sostenuto, one of these'

Answer: Pedal


Question: 'The fundamental cause of this 1337-1453 conflict was England's possession of the Fief of Guienne'

Answer: Hundred Years\' War


Question: 'NationsBank Corporate Center towers 871 feet over this city, North Carolina's largest'

Answer: Charlotte


Question: 'This author of "Happy Birthday, Wanda June" could celebrate his November 11 birthday with Jonathan Winters'

Answer: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.


Question: 'The Organic Act of 1884 applied the laws of Oregon to this area purchased by the U.S. in 1867'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'Onions, oatmeal & sheep innards are stuffed into a sheep's stomach to make this Scottish taste treat'

Answer: Haggis


Question: 'A piano has 52 white keys & this many black keys'

Answer: 36


Question: 'From 1938 to 1952 Walter Gropius served as chairman of this department at Harvard'

Answer: Architecture


Question: 'In 1639 this Dutch master bought a home in Amsterdam that later became a museum'

Answer: Rembrandt


Question: 'Cape Agulhas near the Cape of Good Hope is this continent's southernmost point'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'Benjamin Franklin called this national symbol "a bird of bad moral character"'

Answer: Bald Eagle


Question: 'It reportedly took him about 10 years to write "The Catcher in the Rye"'

Answer: J.D. Salinger


Question: 'In 1962 the CIA enlisted the Mafia to assassinate this Cuban leader'

Answer: Fidel Castro


Question: 'A chatty person has "the gift of" this, a word derived from Middle English for "to scoff"'

Answer: Gab


Question: 'His 1770 work "The Blue Boy" resides in the Huntington Art Gallery in San Marino, California'

Answer: Thomas Gainsborough


Question: 'The central part of this Australian capital is divided into 2 sections by Lake Burley Griffin'

Answer: Canberra


Question: 'The males of this familiar "redbird" have a black mark around their eyes & bill'

Answer: Cardinal


Question: 'In 1905 this "Call of the Wild" author ran for mayor of Oakland, California as a Socialist'

Answer: Jack London


Question: 'He wrote about cryptography in "The Gold-Bug" & had readers send him cyphers to solve'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe


Question: 'This word for a ceremonial procession is from old Italian cavalcare, "to ride on horseback"'

Answer: Cavalcade


Question: 'His "Birth of Venus" was painted for the Medici villa at Castello, Italy'

Answer: Botticelli


Question: 'Surtsey, a volcanic island of this country, was named for Surtur, a mythical god of fire'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'Sailors refer to these large, wandering seabirds as gooneys'

Answer: Albatrosses


Question: 'This poet's annual Christmas greeting for 1949 featured "On a tree fallen across the road"'

Answer: Robert Frost


Question: 'In 1956 a program that deployed balloons with cameras over Russia ended & this new plane replaced it'

Answer: U-2


Question: 'The Ismaili sect of this religion is named for Ismail, a son of the sixth imam, Jafar'

Answer: Islam


Question: 'In 1916 she met her future husband, Alfred Stieglitz'

Answer: Georgia O\'Keeffe


Question: 'The European part of Turkey lies entirely on this peninsula'

Answer: Balkan Peninsula


Question: 'The ancient Greeks used these birds to carry news of the Olympic Games'

Answer: Pigeons


Question: 'He was admonished by the LAPD in 1971 for not getting permission to publish "The New Centurions"'

Answer: Joseph Wambaugh


Question: 'John Honeyman's spying helped take this city in 1776; a plaque in Washington Crossing State Park honors him'

Answer: Trenton


Question: 'From the Latin for "shaggy" or "bristly", it's a synonym for hairy'

Answer: Hirsute


Question: 'The father of this "Marriage of the Virgin" Renaissance artist was a court painter to the Duke of Urbino'

Answer: Rafael


Question: 'This gulf between Sweden & Finland is the largest arm of the Baltic Sea'

Answer: Gulf of Bothnia


Question: 'This bird was named for the resemblance of its colors to those of the Calvert family'

Answer: Baltimore Oriole


Question: '"The Godwulf Manuscript" in 1974 was his first book about Boston policeman-turned-private eye Spenser'

Answer: Robert Parker


Question: 'In the 1940s Kermit, this president's grandson, served in the OSS & the CIA'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'Anatomists know the islets of this are named for the German physician who first described them'

Answer: Paul Langerhans


Question: 'In 1543 he wrote, "Finally we shall place the sun himself at the center of the universe"'

Answer: Nicolaus Copernicus


Question: 'Ya, mon!  On June 29, 1504 Columbus was rescued from this island where he'd been shipwrecked for a year'

Answer: Jamaica


Question: 'Bruce Banner, who learned it's not easy being green'

Answer: The Hulk


Question: 'In a song from "Annie", "The sun'll come out tomorrow, bet" this "that tomorrow there'll be sun"'

Answer: your bottom dollar


Question: 'An archipelago: FJ'

Answer: Fiji


Question: 'It's located at 3734 Elvis Presley Boulevard in Memphis'

Answer: Graceland


Question: 'It's the hole in a needle'

Answer: eye


Question: 'Columbus said goodbye for good in this year, 14 years after he set out on his most famous voyage'

Answer: 1506


Question: 'Diedrich Knickerbocker, a "sleepy" novelist'

Answer: Washington Irving


Question: 'Clint Eastwood starred in this 1964 Spaghetti Western & its sequel, "For a Few Dollars More"'

Answer: A Fistful of Dollars


Question: 'In the North Atlantic:  CLND'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'The house where she wrote "Silent Spring" is a National Historic Monument in Silver Spring, Maryland'

Answer: Rachel Carson


Question: 'Verb meaning to be in charge of a committee or organization'

Answer: head


Question: 'On Christmas Day 1492, Columbus waved a sad bye-bye to this ship after it ran aground'

Answer: the Santa Maria


Question: '"Lady Day", a nickname originated by sax man Lester Young'

Answer: Billie Holiday


Question: 'Situated next to'

Answer: adjacent


Question: 'Off the coast of Africa:  CP VRD'

Answer: Cape Verde


Question: 'Seen here is a partial view of her childhood home in Alabama in the 1950s; notice the water pump'

Answer: Helen Keller


Question: 'When you pick up a tab, you do this to "the bill"'

Answer: foot


Question: 'Sometime before 1477, Columbus bade farewell to this Italian city of his birth'

Answer: Genoa


Question: 'Harry Longabaugh, whose nickname came from the Wyoming town in which he was imprisoned'

Answer: The Sundance Kid


Question: 'This policy aims to encourage the investment of capital in foreign countries'

Answer: dollar diplomacy


Question: 'In Africa:  THP'

Answer: Ethiopa


Question: 'Spanish for "Sea to Lake" this Palm Beach estate was home to Donald Trump & earlier, Marjorie Merriweather Post'

Answer: Mar-A-Lago


Question: 'Slang for a bar or nightclub; in "Casablanca", Humphrey Bogart refers to a "gin" one'

Answer: joint


Question: 'On April 16, 1503, on his last voyage, Columbus left Rio Belen in what's now this narrow country'

Answer: Panama


Question: 'Sir Percy Blakeney, a "colorful" fop with a sword'

Answer: The Scarlet Pimpernel


Question: 'The star system closest to our sun is the Alpha system in this constellation in the southern hemisphere'

Answer: Centauri


Question: 'In South America:  CDR'

Answer: Ecuador


Question: 'In 1839, this president bought Lindenwald, the estate he would retire to, in Kinderhook'

Answer: Van Buren


Question: 'Part of the face that also means to have a friendly chat'

Answer: jaw (or chin)


Question: 'A 1999 law officially adopted this country's rising sun flag & its anthem, whose title means "his majesty's reign"'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'Simba climbs to the top of the Empire State Building with Fay Wray in his arms'

Answer: The Lion King Kong


Question: 'Italian soprano Renata Tebaldi was chosen by Toscanini to sing at the reopening of this Milan opera house in 1946'

Answer: La Scala


Question: 'A culinary profession: panadero'

Answer: baker (breadmaker acceptable)


Question: 'In his novels, Luthien Tinuviel was daughter of Thingol Greycloak, greatest of the Grey-elven kings'

Answer: Tolkien


Question: 'On July 25, 1945 this president wrote, "we have discovered the most terrible bomb in the history of the world"'

Answer: Harry Truman


Question: 'The blue field of Somalia's flag was influenced by the flag of this organization'

Answer: the United Nations


Question: 'A mouse-like boy runs afoul of a carnivorous plant'

Answer: Stuart Little Shop of Horrors


Question: 'As a 13-year-old, she moved to Greece with her mother & the family name was changed back to Kalogeropoulos'

Answer: Maria Callas


Question: 'A proverb: "no hay tiempo como el presente"'

Answer: "there is no time like the present"


Question: 'She was adopted, but still managed to become an Imperial senator, representing Alderaan'

Answer: (Princess) Leia


Question: 'In her journals Anne Morrow called him "a knight in shining armor, with myself as his devoted page"'

Answer: Lindbergh


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew stands in front of a map of the Middle East.) Perhaps to distinguish it from neighboring Bahrain's flag, this country chose mauve for its dual-tone flag'

Answer: Qatar


Question: 'A schoolteacher travels to Siam & finds herself the only living person left in New York City'

Answer: The King and I Am Legend


Question: 'Bet this Australian was "toasty" with the fur she often wore around her neck to keep her throat warm'

Answer: (Nellie) Melba


Question: 'It's found in a toolbox: martillo'

Answer: a hammer


Question: 'The warring countries of Guilder & Florin propel the action in this William Goldman tale'

Answer: The Princess Bride


Question: 'In 1662 his diary contained the first known British reference to Punchinello, later shortened to Punch'

Answer: (Samuel) Pepys


Question: 'In 1922, after 91 years as an instrumental, this S. Amer. country's anthem got words calling it "a brave colossus"'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'Fanny Brice takes over for Diana Ross in a biopic'

Answer: Funny Lady Sings the Blues


Question: 'The Met's Rudolph Bing refused to hire this diva known as "Bubbles" because she hadn't been trained in Europe'

Answer: Beverly Sills


Question: 'A delicious fruit:<br />manzana'

Answer: an apple


Question: 'The 1884 satiric opera "Princess Ida" by this pair was inspired by a poem'

Answer: Gilbert & Sullivan


Question: 'Bosnia's constitutional court banned the anthem of this other former Yugoslav republic'

Answer: Serbia


Question: 'Julia Roberts escapes from getting married to an evil doll boy'

Answer: Runaway Bride of Chucky


Question: 'In computer lingo: the 4-letter equivalent of correo basura'

Answer: spam


Question: 'This "flowery" J.M. Barrie princess was called "the most beautiful of the dusky Dianas"'

Answer: Tiger Lily


Question: 'These 2 "King Lear" characters, 1 male, 1 female, both represent truthfulness; one disappears when the other returns'

Answer: Cordelia and the Fool


Question: 'He was so hefty he was nicknamed "Uncle Jumbo"; he probably preferred to be called "Our Grover"'

Answer: Grover Cleveland


Question: 'Ward Cleaver'

Answer: Leave It To Beaver


Question: 'The first gorilla born in captivity was Colo, who debuted in 1956 in this Ohio capital'

Answer: Columbus


Question: 'Built to honor Napoleon's victories, this Paris landmark was completed long after the emperor's death'

Answer: Arc de Triomphe


Question: 'In 1958 the first International House Of these opened in Toluca Lake, California'

Answer: Pancakes


Question: 'The best things in life are whee!'

Answer: The best things in life are free


Question: 'These 2 Texans, gunned down on May 23, 1934, weren't nearly as good-looking as Faye & Warren'

Answer: Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow


Question: 'Jed Clampett'

Answer: The Beverly Hillbillies


Question: 'Gorillas belong to this order of mammals which also includes monkeys, lemurs & man'

Answer: Primates


Question: 'It's not half of the world's largest McDonald's sign, it's the structure seen here'

Answer: St. Louis Gateway Arch


Question: 'This "cocktail" ingredient, ranging in size from miniature to colossal, is the USA's favorite shellfish'

Answer: Shrimp


Question: 'Fractions speak lewder than weirds'

Answer: Actions speak louder than words


Question: 'Hua Guofeng is far less famous than this man he succeeded as chairman of China's Communist party in 1976'

Answer: Mao Tse-tung


Question: 'Cliff Huxtable'

Answer: The Cosby Show


Question: 'There are 3 types of gorillas:  eastern lowland, western lowland & this one that lives at altitudes up to 13,000 feet'

Answer: Mountain gorilla


Question: 'This capital city's Independence Arch commemorates Korean resistance to foreign dominance'

Answer: Seoul


Question: 'Eskimo Pie inventor Russell Stover used his proceeds to open one of these shops in 1923'

Answer: Candy store/chocolate shop


Question: 'Beware of geeks wearing lifts'

Answer: Beware of Greeks bearing gifts


Question: 'Rumor has it that Cleopatra hatched plots against this king of Judea after she tried to seduce him & failed'

Answer: Herod the Great


Question: 'Ben Cartwright'

Answer: Bonanza


Question: 'This zoologist founded the Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda where she studied gorillas for 18 years'

Answer: Dian Fossey


Question: 'The Windows & The Garden of Eden are found in this state's Arches National Park'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'This sauce made with butter, egg yolk & lemon juice embellishes Eggs Benedict'

Answer: Hollandaise sauce


Question: 'The pan is meatier than the sarge'

Answer: The pen is mightier than the sword


Question: 'Just thinking about this Russian's experiments with dogs & bells makes us salivate'

Answer: Ivan Pavlov


Question: 'Jack Gallo'

Answer: Just Shoot Me (played by George Segal)


Question: 'This fully adult male with a colorful name may weigh twice as much as the adult females in his group'

Answer: Silverback


Question: 'This just in!  The Victory Arch in this Virginia port near Norfolk is a memorial to U.S. forces'

Answer: Newport News


Question: 'The pamphlet C.W. Post gave with each box of his new Grape Nuts was titled "The Road To" this'

Answer: Wellville


Question: 'If you lie down with frogs, you'll wake up with brie'

Answer: If you lie down with dogs, you\'ll wake up with fleas


Question: 'Chapter one of this book informs us that "There was unquestionably a Chuzzlewit in the Gunpowder Plot"'

Answer: Martin Chuzzlewit


Question: 'Mel Brooks' film "High Anxiety" spoofed this director's films, including, of course, "Vertigo"'

Answer: Alfred Hitchcock


Question: 'This "relative" term for sorority members is derived from middle English & old Norse'

Answer: Sister


Question: 'When Jascha debuted in this NYC hall in 1917, its steel-making benefactor was still alive'

Answer: Carnegie Hall


Question: 'Tuesday Weld had one child, not 10, while married to this star of "10"'

Answer: Dudley Moore


Question: 'Its upper city portion is home to the parliament & the royal palace'

Answer: Brussels


Question: 'Originally, the term Picaresque referred to fiction from this country about rogues called Picaros'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'This director claimed he called his 1971 film "Bananas" "Because there are no bananas in it"'

Answer: Woody Allen


Question: 'It's the part of a saddle whose name comes from a Latin word for "fruit"'

Answer: Pommel


Question: 'With the USO, Heifetz told soldiers that Bach was like this vegetable -- you may not like it, but it's good for you'

Answer: Spinach


Question: 'Weld co-starred with him in "Wild In The Country" & played a mother in love with him in "Heartbreak Hotel"'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Question: 'This fictional Belgian detective fled to England when World War I broke out'

Answer: Hercule Poirot


Question: 'The last chapter of this Charlotte Bronte novel begins with the words "Reader, I married him"'

Answer: Jane Eyre


Question: '"I like to use cities as characters", said this "Meet Me In St. Louis" director, Liza's dad'

Answer: Vincente Minnelli


Question: 'This type of tripe is named for its resemblance to a certain bee structure'

Answer: Honeycomb


Question: 'One of Heifetz' prized violins was made by this great Cremonese in 1731'

Answer: Stradavarius


Question: 'On TV, Tuesday was one of "The Many Loves Of" this title character'

Answer: Dobie Gillis


Question: 'This Motown star was living in Ostend when he co-wrote "Sexual Healing"'

Answer: Marvin Gaye


Question: 'In a poem dedicated to this lord, Longfellow wrote, "Poet!  I come to touch thy lance with mine"'

Answer: Alfred Lord Tennyson


Question: 'He directed his good friend John Wayne in many films; the last was "Donovan's Reef", in 1963'

Answer: John Ford


Question: 'This insect's name is derived from the superstition that it enters a sleeping person's aural organs'

Answer: Earwig


Question: 'Tuesday was Oscar-nominated for her role in this 1977 Diane Keaton film'

Answer: Looking For Mr. Goodbar


Question: 'Declared a traitor by the Jacobins, this hero of the American Revolution fled to Flanders'

Answer: Marquis de Lafayette


Question: 'A category called Famous Andres would have to include this Frenchman who wrote "Man's Fate" & "Man's Hope"'

Answer: Andre Malraux


Question: 'He said, "My wife has taught me the meaning of uxoriousness" when he won an Oscar for "The English Patient"'

Answer: Anthony Minghella


Question: 'The name of these strips of cloth wound around soldiers' lower legs comes from Hindi & Sanskrit for "bandage"'

Answer: Puttees


Question: 'With Tuesday at his side, he starred in "Soldier In The Rain" & "The Cincinnati Kid"'

Answer: Steve McQueen


Question: 'A famous musical had this Belgian-born singer-songwriter "Alive And Well And Living In Paris"'

Answer: Jacques Brel


Question: 'This famous 20th century nickname is the Argentinian equivalent of "Y'know?" or "Hey, you!"'

Answer: Che (for Che Guevara, who was born in Argentina)


Question: '"Tibet's beacon of peace maintains a calm compassion--even as Beijing cracks down on his people"'

Answer: the Dalai Lama


Question: 'A teen date flick:<br />"___ Things I Hate About You"'

Answer: 10


Question: 'This is a way to play'

Answer: horsing around


Question: 'The original Toll House cookies were this type'

Answer: chocolate chip


Question: 'Pakistan gained its independence on August 14, 1947, one day before this neighbor'

Answer: India


Question: 'Completes the title of Thomas Hardy's most humorous novel "Far from..."'

Answer: the Madding Crowd


Question: '"His incisive scrutiny" made "'Meet the Press' the place to be for U.S. candidates"'

Answer: Tim Russert


Question: 'Always a bridesmaid, never a bride:<br />"___ Dresses"'

Answer: 27


Question: 'Robert Browning told us to do this "along with me. The best is yet to be"'

Answer: grow old


Question: 'This spicy "bread" that's flavored with molasses is often used to make a man or even a house'

Answer: gingerbread


Question: 'In August 2008 this man, president since 1999, gave a resignation speech touting all his achievements'

Answer: Musharraf


Question: 'The first part of this novel is called "The Maiden"'

Answer: Tess of the d\'Urbervilles


Question: '"His purchase of The Wall Street Journal puts a real power behind the press"'

Answer: Rupert Murdoch


Question: 'It's a rap!:<br />"___ Mile"'

Answer: 8


Question: 'It's an upscale department store'

Answer: Bloomingdale\'s


Question: 'Appropriately, a big top is on the package of these animal cookies from Mother's'

Answer: Circus Animal Cookies


Question: 'The Khyber Pass is a strategic link between Pakistan & this country'

Answer: Afghanistan


Question: 'Farfrae succeeds Michael Henchard in this office, the title of an 1886 novel by Hardy'

Answer: The Mayor of Casterbridge


Question: '"Russia's iron-willed leader has rebuilt his country as a great power--and an irritant to the West"'

Answer: Putin


Question: 'Jennifer Garner goes from geek to gorgeous & grown-up in "___ Going on ___"'

Answer: 13 & 30


Question: 'You might get a call from a collection agency if you have this'

Answer: an account past due


Question: 'One story about the origin of the name of this pie says its sweetness attracted a certain insect'

Answer: shoo-fly pie


Question: 'This sea that shares its name with a peninsula forms Pakistan's southern border'

Answer: the Arabian Sea


Question: 'This Thomas Hardy work first appeared under the title "The Simpletons"; it was later renamed for the doomed hero'

Answer: Jude the Obscure


Question: '"How the firebrand Shi'ite cleric became a major power broker in the new Iraq"'

Answer: Muqtada al-Sadr


Question: 'A Las Vegas heist & a bunch of Elvis impersonators:<br />"___ Miles to Graceland"'

Answer: 3000


Question: 'Tom Petty had a Top 40 hit with this "Long After Dark"'

Answer: "Change Of Heart"


Question: 'This dessert, chocolate cake filled with apricot jam, was created by a Viennese man'

Answer: Sachertorte


Question: 'Construction of this Pakistani capital began in 1961'

Answer: Islamabad


Question: 'Clym Yeobright comes back home to Egdon Heath & marries Eustacia Vye, with tragic results, in this novel'

Answer: The Return of the Native


Question: 'Pollen is a common--achoo!--example of one of these & there must--achoo!--be one in the studio'

Answer: an allergen


Question: '"Would I Lie To You?"<br />(1985)'

Answer: The Eurythmics


Question: 'In August 1814 State Dept. Clerk Stephen Pleasonton hid these 2 documents from the invading British'

Answer: the Declaration of Independence & the Constitution


Question: 'The so-called Black Box on commercial planes, the flight data recorder is painted this color'

Answer: orange


Question: 'Ha!  Thou shakest so much thy feet can barely stay in these, brought to Europe in the 8th century'

Answer: stirrups


Question: 'If you don't know this word for a person who works for another in order to learn a trade, "You're fired!"'

Answer: an apprentice


Question: 'A pesticide called HCB has been classified by the EPA as one of these'

Answer: a carcinogen


Question: '"She's A Lady"<br />(1971)'

Answer: Tom Jones


Question: 'The 1st execution in the American Colonies occurred in 1608 when Geo. Kendall was shot for spying for this kingdom'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'When Prince Albert took the throne of England in 1936, he ruled under this name'

Answer: George VI


Question: 'Thou art lucky this my weapon hath a safety tip called a coronal; else thoud'st be unbreath'd as well as unhors'd'

Answer: a lance


Question: 'It's the oxymoronic longer term for a man on his wedding day'

Answer: bridegroom


Question: 'The atmosphere around the Dead Sea should make you feel good; it has more of this than anywhere else on Earth'

Answer: oxygen


Question: '"Hey Nineteen"<br />(1980)'

Answer: Steely Dan


Question: 'Called the "American Sherlock Holmes", William J. Burns solved the 1910 bombing of this Calif. newspaper'

Answer: the Los Angeles Times


Question: 'Originally, Panama hats were made in what is now this country'

Answer: Ecuador


Question: 'Wilt thou ward off my blow with an ecranche type of this?  Why not use a sheet of parchment, 'twill work as well'

Answer: a shield


Question: 'Like many CEOs, it's someone who spends close to every waking minute on the job'

Answer: a workaholic


Question: 'This type of headlight that uses a trace of bromine or iodine vapor is the standard in auto manufacture'

Answer: halogen


Question: '"Cradle Of Love"<br />(1990)'

Answer: Billy Idol


Question: 'Gov. Oliver Howard was the recipient of this Native American chief's "I will fight no more forever" message'

Answer: Chief Joseph


Question: 'A fruit called the Chinese gooseberry was later renamed for the national bird of this country'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'Hark!  This fellow who proclaimeth the name of each jouster is more worthy of my steel than thee'

Answer: a herald


Question: 'I scream, you scream, we all scream for this vanilla, strawberry & chocolate ice cream flavor'

Answer: Neapolitan


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew hangs with a robotic dinosaur from Walking with Dinosaurs.)  The stegosaurus had a walnut-sized brain, so the enlarged area in the spinal cord was thought to be a second brain; it probably stored this polysaccharide, an energy reserve'

Answer: glycogen


Question: '"Your Wildest Dreams"<br />(1986)'

Answer: The Moody Blues


Question: 'Listen my chldren & you shall hear of William Dawes & this other man who accompanied Paul Revere early on April 19, 1775'

Answer: (Samuel) Prescott


Question: 'The Canary Islands' name comes from the Latin word canaria, referring to these large animals there'

Answer: dogs


Question: 'The lady whose favor thou sportest will sup with me ere the end of this larger event of which the joust is part'

Answer: a tournament


Question: 'Greek for "city of the dead", it's the term for a large, ancient cemetery'

Answer: a necropolis


Question: 'This second king of Israel was "the sweet singer of Israel"'

Answer: King David


Question: '"My Life", his hotly anticipated memoir, was released June 22, 2004'

Answer: Bill Clinton


Question: 'In June 2002 they became the first sisters to be ranked No. 1 & 2 in tennis at the same time'

Answer: Venus & Serena Williams


Question: 'He joined "60 Minutes" during the 1981-'82 season'

Answer: Ed Bradley


Question: 'The FDA seized over 254,000 lbs. of cranberries contaminated by pesticides just before this holiday'

Answer: Thanksgiving


Question: 'Also a geographic term, to quilters it's the equivalent of a picture frame'

Answer: a border


Question: 'It's when "a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love"'

Answer: spring


Question: '(Hi.  I'm Bob Woodward.)  In 1976 Carl Bernstein & I published "The Final Days" about his last days in office'

Answer: Nixon


Question: 'The first woman to have a Nike basketball shoe named for her, she was the WNBA's MVP in 2000 & 2003'

Answer: Sheryl Swoopes


Question: 'Former NFL great Esiason'

Answer: Boomer


Question: 'In October Sam Rayburn started a drive to get this Senate Majority Leader, & fellow Texan, the presidency'

Answer: LBJ


Question: 'Patton knew nobody "ever won a war by" doing this craft, the tinting of fabrics, "for his country"'

Answer: dyeing


Question: 'It "makes the heart grow fonder"'

Answer: absence


Question: '"Greek Fire" is "The Story of Maria Callas and" him'

Answer: Onassis


Question: 'Briefly in the '80s, this ice skater was married to Dean Martin's son'

Answer: Dorothy Hamill


Question: 'On June 1, 2000 this governor stayed an execution for the first time; he had let over 130 go off normally'

Answer: George W. Bush (when he was governor of Texas)


Question: 'Valerie Harper is one of the chorus girls in this 1959 movie musical set in Dogpatch'

Answer: Li\'l Abner


Question: 'This type of picture takes its name from a medieval term for decorations of shrines to the muses'

Answer: a mosaic


Question: '"A new" one of these "sweeps clean"'

Answer: a broom


Question: 'Dr. Spock's classic was originally titled "The Common Sense Book of" this'

Answer: Baby and Child Care


Question: 'It's Juli Inkster's sport'

Answer: golf


Question: 'Seen here, he's a Democrat and the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee'

Answer: Joe Biden


Question: 'In 1959 the first garment to be made of this new rubber-like material was a girdle'

Answer: Lycra


Question: 'Make your own Johnny Gilbert T-shirt using this artistic process where ink is forced through stretched fabric'

Answer: silkscreening


Question: 'In "Julius Caesar", Shakespeare wrote that they "die many times before their deaths"'

Answer: cowards


Question: 'He had a 2004 bestseller with "Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror"'

Answer: Richard Clarke


Question: 'In 1996, on an injured ankle, she did a final vault that helped the U.S. gymnastics team win the Olympic gold'

Answer: Kerri Strug


Question: 'With 82% of the vote, she was elected Chicago's first female mayor in 1979 & led the city for 4 years'

Answer: Jane Byrne


Question: 'His first novel was 1959's "Die Blechtrommel", "The Tin Drum"'

Answer: (Günter) Grass


Question: 'It's the word for the alloy that's heated to join the lead strips surrounding pieces of stained glass'

Answer: solder


Question: 'It "is the poor man's bread" but one "who lives by" it "will die by hunger"'

Answer: hope


Question: '(Jeff Probst delivers the clue from Vanuatu, location of Survivor 9.)  Using vines tied around their ankles, the land divers of Pentecost Island may have inspired this sport'

Answer: bungee jumping


Question: 'In 1979 this comic duo resurrected Sam & Dave's "Soul Man" & it became their biggest hit'

Answer: The Blues Brothers


Question: 'From July 1950 to April 1951 he served as U.N. Commander in Korea'

Answer: MacArthur


Question: 'This beer started using the slogan "Brewed with pure Rocky Mountain spring water" in the 1930s'

Answer: Coors


Question: 'The superior colliculus in the brain controls this action you try to avoid in a staring contest'

Answer: blinking


Question: 'Shed feathers for germinated grain used in brewing'

Answer: molt for malt


Question: 'Asia's two smallest countries in area are the Maldives & this island nation at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula'

Answer: Singapore


Question: 'At No. 3, this Jose Feliciano hit "couldn't get much higher", but it had when the Doors took it to No. 1'

Answer: "Light My Fire"


Question: 'Eisenhower wrote an "In case of failure" message for this historic date; luckily, he didn't have to use it'

Answer: D-Day


Question: 'The name of this Mexican beer is Spanish for "crown"'

Answer: Corona


Question: 'You'll find the lingual nerve on the floor of this part of the body'

Answer: the mouth


Question: 'A vague idea for any country'

Answer: a notion for a nation


Question: 'This island whose capital is Oranjestad is a self-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands'

Answer: Aruba


Question: 'In 1977 Meco topped the charts with the "Star Wars" theme; this composer of the theme could only reach No. 10'

Answer: John Williams


Question: 'In July 2003 this 4-star general retired from active duty after commanding Allied forces during the Iraq war'

Answer: Tommy Franks


Question: 'young man named Gerard started this brand in Amsterdam in the 1860s'

Answer: Heineken


Question: 'Christmas & Von Willebrand's are 2 less common forms of this disease that keeps blood from clotting'

Answer: hemophilia


Question: 'Change from a liquid to a gaseous state for a payment to get out of jail'

Answer: boil for bail


Question: 'Although New Providence is this country's most populous island, Andros is the largest in area'

Answer: the Bahamas


Question: 'Both Bobby Day & Michael Jackson peaked at No. 2 with this "Rockin'" single'

Answer: "Rockin\' Robin"


Question: '19 years before commanding the AEF in WWI, he charged up San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War'

Answer: Pershing


Question: 'This popular Japanese beer shares its name with the city that hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics'

Answer: Sapporo


Question: 'In the hand, these are in self-lubricating sheaths to protect them from friction against the bones'

Answer: tendons


Question: 'The price for the group of actors in a play'

Answer: the cost for the cast


Question: 'Finland's Aland Islands are considered the dividing line between the Baltic Sea & this huge gulf'

Answer: the Gulf of Bothnia


Question: 'The 2 acts which had No. 1 hits with "Please Mr. Postman"--one (a Motown group) in 1961, the other (not) in 1975'

Answer: The Marvelettes & The Carpenters


Question: 'This future president gained national fame after defeating Santa Anna at Buena Vista, Mexico in 1847'

Answer: Zachary Taylor


Question: 'The label of this brand is seen here'

Answer: St. Pauli Girl


Question: 'Latin for "bridge", it arches over the medulla oblongata with which it makes up the brain stem'

Answer: the pons


Question: 'Completely humble yourself for small stones & pebbles'

Answer: grovel for gravel


Question: 'After several decades off it, works by this man seen here returned to the New York Times Bestseller List in 2003'

Answer: J.R.R. Tolkien


Question: '"One Severe Storm"'

Answer: The Tempest


Question: 'She received 2 straight Best Actress nominations, for "Mary Poppins" & "The Sound of Music"'

Answer: Julie Andrews


Question: 'Also known as a silk hat, it's worn by Mr. Peanut & Edgar Bergen's dummy Charlie McCarthy'

Answer: a top hat


Question: 'David Henny is the inventor of the Henny shear joint used in building these, including the Boulder & Grand Coulee'

Answer: dams


Question: 'In June 1864 this early machine gun was used by Union troops at the siege of Petersburg, Virginia'

Answer: a Gatling gun


Question: 'The Merchant Marine Academy is part of this government department'

Answer: Transportation


Question: '"Small Village"'

Answer: Hamlet


Question: 'A documentary feature on her won a 1955 Oscar; 7 years later, Patty Duke won an Oscar for portraying her'

Answer: Helen Keller


Question: 'Genuine versions of this hat are handwoven from straw of the jipijapa plant in Ecuador'

Answer: a Panama


Question: 'Under the auspices of the Marquess of Queensberry, John Graham Chambers drew up the rules for this sport'

Answer: boxing


Question: 'To quote Ice Cube, "Here's another topic I'm addressin' so learn a quick lesson about" this pair'

Answer: Smith & Wesson


Question: 'This device can increase or reduce power so your blow dryer doesn't get extra volts on your trip to Europe'

Answer: a transformer


Question: '"Lots o' Bustle Concerning Zilch"'

Answer: Much Ado About Nothing


Question: 'As a presenter at the 1942 Oscars, this composer announced himself as the winner for Best Song for "White Christmas"'

Answer: Irving Berlin


Question: 'The chukka hat is worn by players in this sport & is so-named for the periods of the game called chukkers'

Answer: polo


Question: 'In 1885 Frank Ball found the patent had expired on the glass jars named for this man, so he began making them'

Answer: Mason


Question: 'In the 1840s a Philadelphia gunsmith invented this short-barreled pocket pistol now named for him'

Answer: Derringer


Question: 'Based on Hindu practices, it uses mantras & is abbreviated TM'

Answer: transcendental meditation


Question: '"A Subjugation for One Small Burrowing Mammal"'

Answer: The Taming of the Shrew


Question: 'For 1998, this Italian movie won Best Foreign Film & its star Roberto Benigni won Best Actor'

Answer: Life Is Beautiful


Question: 'Just because a 15th century woman's hennin was this shape didn't mean she was a dunce'

Answer: a cone


Question: 'In the 1930s surgeon Alexis Carrel worked on designing an artificial heart with this aviator'

Answer: Lindbergh


Question: 'Seen here, it's the classic 94 model from this company whose repeating rifles tamed the frontier'

Answer: Winchester


Question: 'This highway extends almost 5,000 miles from St. John's, Newfoundland to Victoria, British Columbia, eh'

Answer: Trans-Canada Highway


Question: '"Rialto Retailer"'

Answer: The Merchant of Venice


Question: 'Of this company's 13 "True-Life Adventures" made between 1948 & 1960, 8 won Oscars'

Answer: Disney


Question: 'This hat named for its "north-of-the-border" wearers is worn in the U.S. by state policemen & forest rangers'

Answer: a Mountie hat


Question: 'In 1977 Spyros Kyprianou succeeded this archbishop as president of Cyprus'

Answer: Archbishop Makarios


Question: '4-letter name of the submachine gun that replaced the Tommy gun in the British armed forces'

Answer: Sten


Question: 'It rises over 800 feet in San Francisco'

Answer: the Transamerica Pyramid (the Transamerica Building accepted)


Question: 'The Navy doesn't like to attribute the loss of the USS Cyclops to forces in this spooky area'

Answer: the Bermuda Triangle


Question: 'Mr. Blackwell, 2004:<br />"From cyber disgrace to red carpet chills" with this hotel heiress'

Answer: Paris Hilton


Question: 'This sea off Italy was named for an Italian city, once an important Roman port'

Answer: the Adriatic


Question: 'Right now I'm so jonesing for a batter-fried fish taco, the kind that originated on this Mexican peninsula'

Answer: the Baja


Question: 'This university's first scholarship fund was created in 1643 with a gift from Ann Radcliffe'

Answer: Harvard


Question: 'Advice guru Ms. Van Buren's striped cats'

Answer: Abby\'s tabbies


Question: 'According to Plato, Solon, a great Greek lawgiver, went to Egypt & received the story of this lost land'

Answer: Atlantis


Question: 'In 2002 the Daily Star said this "What A Girl Wants" singer "looked like a multi-coloured Muppet"'

Answer: Christina Aguilera


Question: 'Rivers emptying into this "directional" sea include the Mekong & the Xi Jiang'

Answer: the South China Sea


Question: 'After a gnarly wave rag-dolls me, to recover, I chow on a chicken bowl covered with this sweet soy, ginger & sake sauce'

Answer: teriyaki


Question: 'Founded in 1843 in Worcester, it's the oldest Catholic college in New England'

Answer: Holy Cross


Question: 'Uniquely coiffed NYC real estate mogul's "derriere" steaks'

Answer: Trump\'s rumps


Question: 'Also known as Rapa Nui, this Chilean island is known for strange statues & rongo-rongo hieroglyphs'

Answer: Easter Island


Question: 'In like Flynn: a tutu-like dress on this star of "The Practice" led to "She looks like Trashy Ballet Barbie"'

Answer: Lara Flynn Boyle


Question: 'This sea's greatest depth is the Cayman Trench at 25,216 feet below sea level'

Answer: the Caribbean Sea


Question: 'When I go to Hatteras, the local choice grindage is a chopped or pulled type of this sandwich'

Answer: pork


Question: 'This univ. named for a judge was founded in 1948 as the only Jewish-sponsored nonsectarian one in the U.S.'

Answer: Brandeis


Question: 'President & later Chief Justice's cold currents of air'

Answer: Taft\'s drafts


Question: 'On a 50th anniversary, Lucia dos Santos accompanied Pope Paul VI to a shrine in this village in 1967'

Answer: Fatima


Question: 'The Village Voice said she "was roundly chided for wearing... a dead cockatoo on her head" at the Oscars in the '80s'

Answer: Cher


Question: 'Saintly islands in this sea include St. Paul in the Pribilofs, St. Lawrence & St. Matthew'

Answer: the Bering Sea


Question: 'Dave Barham is my huey for founding this rad "Hot Dog" franchise with batter from his mom's cornbread recipe'

Answer: Hot Dog on a Stick


Question: '"Transcendental" college in Boston devoted exclusively to the study of communication & performing arts'

Answer: Emerson


Question: 'Rhode Island founder Williams' major league baseball team'

Answer: Roger\'s Dodgers


Question: 'This Biblical prophet tells of an odd sight resembling "a wheel in the middle of a wheel"'

Answer: Ezekiel


Question: 'This "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" fashionista asked a "client" if he bought all his clothing from Home Depot'

Answer: Carson Kressley


Question: 'You can sail between these these 2 seas via Germany's Kiel Canal'

Answer: the North Sea & the Baltic Sea


Question: 'Uluwatu on Bali is never a skunkfest; neither is this Indonesian skewered meat dish served with a spicy peanut sauce'

Answer: satay


Question: '2 of the 3 "Seven Sisters" colleges not located in Massachusetts--unlike the rest of the category'

Answer: (2 of) Bryn Mawr, Vassar, & Barnard


Question: 'Goneril & Cordelia's sister, after eschewing eating all animal products'

Answer: Vegan Regan (Regan Vegan accepted)


Question: 'This 1915 story says, "His numerous legs, which were pitifully thin... waved helplessly before his eyes"'

Answer: Metamorphosis (by Franz Kafka)


Question: 'Martin Luther translated the Bible into this language'

Answer: German


Question: 'In the eighth inning of a 1927 game against Washington, he blasted his then record 60th home run of the season'

Answer: Babe Ruth


Question: 'Dis music of da Caribbean blends da blues, calypso & rock, mon'

Answer: reggae


Question: 'The 150th anniversary of this 1849 California event was honored on a 1999 U.S. stamp'

Answer: the Gold Rush


Question: 'The title of this 1939 mystery by Raymond Chandler is a slang term for death'

Answer: The Big Sleep


Question: 'Marilyn Monroe graced his first centerfold back in 1953'

Answer: Hugh Hefner


Question: 'She became queen of Scots in 1542 when she was less than a week old'

Answer: Mary (Stuart)


Question: 'If you don't know it's the eighth planet from the sun, you're all wet'

Answer: Neptune


Question: 'Legally, this type of assault involves serious bodily injury'

Answer: aggravated


Question: 'Home to Theo Kearney, the Raisin King of California, this city grew up around a train station'

Answer: Fresno


Question: 'This detecting couple whom Dashiell Hammett introduced in "The Thin Man" had a dog named Asta'

Answer: Nick & Nora Charles


Question: 'This actor has played the befuddled Bertie Wooster & the curmudgeonly Dr. House'

Answer: Hugh Laurie


Question: 'In 1570 this first Russian czar killed thousands in Novgorod; he thought they were conspiring against him'

Answer: Ivan the Terrible


Question: 'The eighth plague of Egypt in Exodus, they plague some areas of the Earth every 17 years'

Answer: locusts


Question: 'Apologies to those dining at home now: it's a soft-bodied, legless larva of certain flies'

Answer: a maggot


Question: 'This "royal road" linked missions in California from Sonoma down to San Diego'

Answer: El Camino Real


Question: 'The V.I. in this hard-boiled detective's name stands for Victoria Iphigenia'

Answer: V.I. Warshawski


Question: 'He's starred in "Mickey Blue Eyes" as well as "Lair of the White Worm"'

Answer: Hugh Grant


Question: 'In 1559, during Pope Paul IV's reign, the church first published this banned-reading list'

Answer: the Index of Forbidden Books


Question: 'In Hinduism, Krishna is considered the eighth earthly incarnation of this preserver god'

Answer: Vishnu


Question: 'Slang for "hyped", it also means beaten with a whip as punishment'

Answer: flogged


Question: 'Spanish for "the bull", it's the site of a former Marine Corps air station near Santa Ana, California'

Answer: El Toro


Question: 'Some editions of this Dickens novel begin, "An ancient English cathedral town..."; others say "tower"--it's a "Mystery"!'

Answer: The Mystery of Edwin Drood


Question: 'In September 2005 this Aussie won an Emmy for hosting the Tony Awards'

Answer: Hugh Jackman


Question: 'In the 1569 Union of Lublin, Zygmunt II united Lithuania & this country'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'Born in 1961, this famous woman was the daughter of the Eighth Earl Spencer'

Answer: Princess Diana


Question: 'To overwhelm or bewilder, especially while playing a certain Parker Brothers word game'

Answer: boggle


Question: 'Nicknamed "Duke", in 1982 he became the first Armenian-American elected governor of a state'

Answer: George Deukmejian


Question: '"The Mystery of" her is Poe's sequel to "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"'

Answer: Marie Roget


Question: 'At one time a game-show host, he's known better as a host of "20/20"'

Answer: Hugh Downs


Question: 'In October 1962 JFK was photographed in the Oval Office with Soviet leader who were unaware he already knew about this crisis'

Answer: the Cuban Missile Crisis


Question: '1942:<br />At first base, Gary Cooper'

Answer: the New York Yankees


Question: 'The first Greek philosophers are known as pre-this, for the man known for his method'

Answer: Socratic


Question: 'A country in Africa, or the little circle punched out of a punch card'

Answer: Chad


Question: 'You'll find the incus, the malleus & the tympanic membrane in this body part'

Answer: the ear


Question: 'This empire spoke a language called Quechua & stretched for more than 2,500 miles'

Answer: the Incas


Question: 'Kennedy included Republicans in his Cabinet: Secy. of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon & Robert McNamara, Secretary of this'

Answer: Defense


Question:
'1971:
No. 40
Billy Dee Williams'

Answer: the Chicago Bears


Question: 'From the Greek for "pleasure", it's the doctrine that pleasure is the highest good'

Answer: hedonism


Question: 'It's defined as 66 degrees 30 minutes north latitude & all points on it lie 1,624 miles from the North Geographic Pole'

Answer: the Arctic Circle


Question: 'If this conical tube connecting mouth & esophagus is damaged, you can't make vowel sounds'

Answer: the pharynx


Question: 'This 14-letter word for a society's intellectual elite comes from the Russian'

Answer: the intelligentsia


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the JFK Library & Museum in Boston, MA.)  One exhibit at the Kennedy Library recreates the Justice Department office of this man, John F. Kennedy's most trusted advisor'

Answer: Robert Kennedy


Question: '1978:<br />At QB, Warren Beatty'

Answer: the Los Angeles Rams


Question: 'Kant published a "Critique of Pure" this in 1781 & Feyerabend published a "Farewell to" it in 1987'

Answer: Reason


Question: 'This 2-letter word is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter'

Answer: pi


Question: 'Each day this dark purple, ductless 6-letter organ destroys about 200 billion red blood cells on purpose'

Answer: the spleen


Question: 'On Dec. 28, 1846 it joined the U.S. as the 29th state'

Answer: Iowa


Question: 'A 1961 Gallup poll named JFK the most admired man; on the female list, Jackie placed second, trailing this woman'

Answer: Eleanor Roosevelt


Question:
'1988:
John Cusack
&
1989:
Ray Liotta'

Answer: the Chicago White Sox


Question: 'In "Essay Concerning Human Understanding", he argued that we're born with a blank slate, with no innate ideas'

Answer: John Locke


Question: 'Virgil & Dante find Ulysses among the evil counselors in the 8th circle of Hell in this first part of "The Divine Comedy"'

Answer: The Inferno


Question: 'It's the pear-shaped, bile-holding sac near the right lobe of the liver'

Answer: the gall bladder


Question: 'Ships known as these were used in the Crimean War a few years before the U.S. outfitted the Monitor as one'

Answer: an ironclad


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads next to a rocking chair in the JFK Library & Museum in Boston, MA.) Because of his bad back, President Kennedy often sat in one of his famous rocking chairs, even when meeting with this future prime minister in 1962'

Answer: Indira Gandhi


Question:
'1996:
No. 85
Cuba Gooding Jr.'

Answer: the Arizona Cardinals


Question: 'In this work, Nietzsche introduced the concepts of the Ubermensch, or superman, & the will to power'

Answer: Thus Spake Zarathustra


Question: 'There are 2 shapes in this name, formed as a NYC repertory company in 1951'

Answer: Circle in the Square


Question: 'This "master" gland is joined to the hypothalamus'

Answer: the pituitary


Question: 'This forest of the Congo is renowned as the home of the pygmies'

Answer: the Ituri Forest


Question: 'This word regarding infidelity came from a certain bird leaving its eggs in other nests to be raised'

Answer: cuckold


Question: 'While there's no Mama in this state, there is a Papa & a Papaaloa'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'The specific job of this type of ship is to trawl the waters searching for explosive devices'

Answer: minesweeper


Question: 'Plague No. 4, they were everywhere, including in my soup!  Waiter!'

Answer: flies


Question: 'Its most famous voyage was from September 16, 1620 to November 21, 1620'

Answer: Mayflower


Question: '(Yankees manager Joe Torre reads the clue.)  In 1971 I led the league in average & RBIs, so I was just the home run title short of winning this'

Answer: Triple Crown


Question: 'The "King of Beers"'

Answer: Budweiser


Question: 'It's the state where you'll find Tumtum, Nooksack & Walla Walla'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'The Massachusetts, this type of ship that sailed in WWII, was actually built in Quincy'

Answer: battleship


Question: 'In plague No. 2 these went a-pharaoh courtin

Answer: frogs


Question: 'One who grinds grain into flour'

Answer: miller


Question: 'A sculpture of this heavyweight's fist was donated to the city of Detroit by Sports Illustrated'

Answer: Joe Louis


Question: '"It's Australian for beer"'

Answer: Fosters


Question: 'This town, 10 miles south of Boston, sounds like it grows cerebrums & cerebellums on its branches'

Answer: Braintree


Question: 'The name of this ship that provides service & support to other ships is also the "T" in TLC'

Answer: tender


Question: 'This plague, No. 8, occurs every 17 years in some places'

Answer: locusts


Question: 'It's the body of water dreamily lamented in this song standard'

Answer: "Moon River"


Question: '(I'm Ed McCaffrey.)  It was the name of my team at Stanford, & also one of the team colors'

Answer: Cardinal


Question: '"La cerveza mas fina"'

Answer: Corona


Question: 'An Alaskan town bears the name of this type of bread, a staple of miners during the Gold Rush'

Answer: Sourdough


Question: 'Your regular old garden variety destroyer's main mission is to sound out & destroy these'

Answer: submarines


Question: 'In 1991 Gloria Estefan was "Coming Out of" this, also plague No. 9'

Answer: the darkness


Question: 'In a Biblical parable, Jesus compared the kingdom of heaven to a grain of this seed'

Answer: mustard seed


Question: '(Pro golfer Peter Jacobsen.)  To land the ball on the green with this, also called juice, hit the ball below its equator with a lofted club'

Answer: backspin


Question: '"The beer that made Milwaukee famous"'

Answer: Schlitz


Question: 'In the 1950s this Texas town considered changing its name, so as not to be associated with the Nabokov novel'

Answer: Lolita


Question: 'This adjective from the animal world is used to describe ship-to-shore transport craft'

Answer: amphibious vessels


Question: 'Pharaoh could have used a pediculicidal shampoo to get rid of these in plague No. 3'

Answer: lice


Question: 'One of the first films of this '20s superstar cowboy was "Custer's Last Stand" in 1909'

Answer: Tom Mix


Question: '(I'm NFL quarterback Jeff Garcia.)  In 2000 I became the fourth 49er to throw for 30 TDs in a season, after John Brodie & these 2 other fairly decent passers'

Answer: Joe Montana & Steve Young


Question: '"From master brewers a master brew"'

Answer: Meister Brau


Question: 'In 1803 he invited William Clark along on an enterprise fraught with fatigues, dangers & honors'

Answer: Meriwether Lewis


Question: '2002:<br />"With the right song and dance, you can get away with murder"'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'This Shaw character is a professor of phonetics'

Answer: Henry Higgins


Question: 'At her 1953 coronation, she wore special gold bracelets representing sincerity & wisdom'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth II


Question: 'Al Capone's rival George Moran was better known as this, from his odd behavior'

Answer: "Bugs"


Question: 'The Oxford English Dictionary traces this term describing a mystery tale back to 1930'

Answer: whodunit


Question: 'The last work of the creator of Rip Van Winkle was a 5-volume bio of this man, the author's namesake'

Answer: George Washington


Question: '2002: <br />"The War of the Ring has begun"'

Answer: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers


Question: 'During a typhoon off the Philippines, Lt. Stephen Maryk relieves this captain of his command'

Answer: Captain Queeg


Question: 'Miss Manners says it is almost always proper to wear a strand of these, but never with your bathing suit'

Answer: pearls


Question: 'The paternal grandfather of this current Mexican leader was an Irish-American from Ohio'

Answer: Vicente Fox


Question: 'From 1937, it's an aimless or casual scribble, not necessarily done by a Yankee'

Answer: doodle


Question: 'Some of his unaccepted spelling changes were hed for head, rong for wrong & iz for is'

Answer: Noah Webster


Question: '1976:<br />"His whole life was a million-to-one shot"'

Answer: Rocky


Question: 'In "A Doll's House", she forges a check to help her sick husband Torvald but he scolds her for doing it'

Answer: Nora


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Paris)  This term for a narrow loaf of French bread also describes the cut of diamond I'd like'

Answer: baguette


Question: '"Whooping" it up at Christmas, 1899 helped finish off this tubercular American writer'

Answer: Stephen Crane


Question: 'You get more than a pat on the back for identifying this 4-letter word for "belch" that came out in the 1930s'

Answer: burp


Question: 'Hamilton used the 1786 Shays Rebellion & this 1794 rebellion as proof of a need for a strong central gov't'

Answer: Whiskey Rebellion


Question: '2002:<br />"Get ready for the ultimate spin!"'

Answer: Spider-Man


Question: 'In a Eugene O'Neill play, this former Pullman porter & ex-convict imposes himself as an emperor on a West Indian island'

Answer: Brutus Jones (The Emperor Jones)


Question: 'Blue, a line of jewelry from this British pottery co., is inspired by the Jasper Ware it has produced since the 1700s'

Answer: Wedgwood


Question: 'The 2001 concept car The Bengal was named by Buick in honor of this man'

Answer: Tiger Woods


Question: 'This name for vitamin B2 appeared in the scientific literature in the 1930s'

Answer: riboflavin


Question: 'In May 1792 Robert Gray sailed up this "River of the West", naming it for his ship'

Answer: Columbia River


Question: '2001:<br />"Man the guns -- join the fight"'

Answer: Pearl Harbor


Question: 'Salesman Willy Loman's 2 sons'

Answer: Biff & Happy


Question: 'This variety of chrysoberyl is named for a 19th century czar, not moi'

Answer: Alexandrite


Question: 'He's the 1960s Birmingham police chief seen here'

Answer: Eugene "Bull" Connor


Question: 'In 1938 Milton Sirotta coined this word for a 1 followed by 100 zeroes'

Answer: googol


Question: 'At about 63%, there are more atoms of this element than any other in your body'

Answer: hydrogen


Question: 'At the annual meeting, it's the officer who presents the complete audited financial report'

Answer: Treasurer


Question: 'These should be stored in the fridge pointed end down & should not be eaten raw; boiled or poached is okay'

Answer: Eggs


Question: 'On a clear day you can see Molokai from the crest of this Oahu landmark'

Answer: Diamond Head


Question: 'In this 1964 film Rex Harrison barks, "Eliza, where the devil are my slippers?"'

Answer: My Fair Lady


Question: 'This tiny bird gets its name from the noise produced by its rapid wingbeat'

Answer: Hummingbird


Question: 'A cruel royal female'

Answer: Mean queen


Question: 'Deliberative assemblies may delegate preliminary work to standing or select ones of these'

Answer: Committees


Question: 'Antioxidant properties in the red type of this drink, such as a merlot, may reduce heart disease'

Answer: Wine


Question: 'In 1911 the name of Palmerston, Australia evolved into this'

Answer: Darwin


Question: 'It ends with Marlon Brando yelling for Stella'

Answer: A Streetcar Named Desire


Question: 'Corvus brachyrhynchos, this common bird annoys farmers by eating crops like wheat & corn'

Answer: Crow


Question: 'A fire iron used to prod a jester'

Answer: Joker poker


Question: '"Furniture" name for the presiding officer at a meeting'

Answer: Chair


Question: 'Featured in "Roger & Me" & "Fatal Attraction", this meat is a good source of selenium'

Answer: Rabbit


Question: 'The Dail Eireann meets in this city'

Answer: Dublin (Irish Legislature)


Question: 'In this sci-fi film a "black monolith has remained completely inert, its origin and purpose still a mystery"'

Answer: 2001: A Space Odyssey


Question: '"All the little birds on Jaybird Street love to hear" this bird "go tweet, tweet, tweet"'

Answer: "Rockin\' Robin"


Question: 'Building extension for a monarch'

Answer: King wing


Question: 'Personal opinions of praise or criticism should not be included in these official records of meetings'

Answer: Minutes


Question: 'Seafood seen here, it gets tough if you overcook it'

Answer: Squid


Question: 'A long siege at this military base in 1954 marked the end of French power in Indochina'

Answer: Dien Bien Phu


Question: 'This 1969 western ends with John Wayne telling Kim Darby, "Well, come see a fat old man sometime!"'

Answer: True Grit


Question: 'A rapacious bird called the jaeger is a type of this, chosen as an NFL nickname in 1975'

Answer: Seahawk


Question: 'Tautless knave'

Answer: Slack jack


Question: 'It's the motion made to have a temporary stop in the proceedings & perhaps send everyone to the playground'

Answer: Recess


Question: 'This bird sized to feed one person was named for the African coastal region where it originated'

Answer: Guinea fowl


Question: 'This seat of Macon County, Illinois is saturated with Lincoln-associated sites'

Answer: Decatur


Question: 'In this 1967 film Spencer Tracy asks, "Well, Tillie, when the hell are we going to get some dinner?"'

Answer: Guess Who\'s Coming to Dinner


Question: 'A member of the heron family, this long-legged wader can be common, great or snowy'

Answer: Egret


Question: 'Dental appliances for a pair of bullets'

Answer: Aces\' braces


Question: 'In February 2000 American Airlines began removing some coach seats on its aircraft to allow for more of this'

Answer: Legroom


Question: 'Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993, he's now a member of Bush's cabinet'

Answer: Colin Powell


Question: 'Bandicoot'

Answer: Animal


Question: 'From 1714 to 1830 every king of England had this name'

Answer: George


Question: 'In 1951 this "Brown Bomber" came out of retirement to fight Rocky Marciano, but lost by a KO in the 8th round'

Answer: Joe Louis


Question: 'The intersection of 2 non-parallel planes forms one of these, the shortest distance between 2 points'

Answer: Line


Question: 'In 1961 it followed "rama" & preceded "ding dong" in a song by the Edsels'

Answer: Lama


Question: 'For sure he was a major general at Fort Sumter; that bit  about inventing baseball...'

Answer: Abner Doubleday


Question: 'Chard'

Answer: Vegetable


Question: '2 years after becoming king in 1413, Henry V declared war on this country'

Answer: France


Question: 'In 2000 Shane Mosley didn't win an Oscar for defeating this Oscar but did win the welterweight title'

Answer: Oscar De La Hoya


Question: '4a is a monomial;<br />4a-7 is one of these'

Answer: Binomial


Question: 'The largest organizational contibutor toward building the Vietnam Memorial was the American this'

Answer: Legion


Question: 'Eisenhower, MacArthur & Marshall all got big promotions in December of this year'

Answer: 1944


Question: 'Oryx'

Answer: Animal (antelope)


Question: 'In 1521 the title of "Defender of the Faith" was bestowed on this king who clashed with the Pope'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'Muhammad Ali's March 8, 1971 bout against this champ at Madison Square Garden was billed as the "Fight of the Century"'

Answer: Joe Frazier


Question: 'A quantity, such as the set of all natural numbers; its symbol is seen here'

Answer: Infinity


Question: 'Caste of priests after whom the third book of the Old Testament was named'

Answer: Levites (Leviticus)


Question: 'Some generals got better nicknames than others -- Joseph Hooker was "Fighting Joe" & he was "Mad Anthony"'

Answer: Anthony Wayne


Question: 'Aubergine'

Answer: Vegetable (eggplant)


Question: 'Soon after the restoration, he gave a huge chunk of America to the Duke of York to do something new with it'

Answer: Charles II


Question: 'On February 5, 1943 this "Raging Bull" handed Sugar Ray Robinson his first career defeat in 130 bouts'

Answer: Jake LaMotta


Question: 'The fraction 1/5 cubed equals 5 to the power of this'

Answer: -3


Question: 'Are you going to this "faire"?  You can buy parsley, sage, rosemary & thyme with no government interference there'

Answer: Laissez-faire


Question: 'Lincoln took the command of the Army of the Potomac away from this man -- twice'

Answer: George McClellan


Question: 'Amphibole'

Answer: Mineral


Question: 'In 1883 Queen Victoria knighted Arthur Sullivan; 24 years later, this son of hers knighted William S. Gilbert'

Answer: Edward VII


Question: 'On December 26, 1908 he became the first black Heavyweight champ, TKOing Tommy Burns in the 14th round'

Answer: Jack Johnson


Question: 'A little "meditation" will tell you pi is classified as this type of irrational number'

Answer: Transcendental


Question: 'A city bus is part of the exhibits at the Montgomery, Alabama library & museum named for this person'

Answer: Rosa Parks


Question: 'In the 13th century, this grandson of Genghis Khan annexed China & became known as Shih Tsu of the Yuan Dynasty'

Answer: Kublai Khan


Question: '1966: "Strangers in the Night"'

Answer: Frank Sinatra


Question: 'The first commercial plane flights out of the U.S. were in 1920 between Key West & this nearby country'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'This title dame was eatin' curds & whey when the spider came in; she ran into my arms, but I knew she was trouble'

Answer: Little Miss Muffet


Question: 'Fertilization leading to pregnancy'

Answer: conception


Question: 'Geneva is the capital of this Swiss canton'

Answer: Geneva


Question: 'In December 1946 he attacked the French at Tonkin, beginning a war that ended 8 years later'

Answer: Ho Chi Minh


Question: '1978: "Just The Way You Are"'

Answer: Billy Joel


Question: 'Of 14, 18 or 24 hours, the scheduled length of the world's longest nonstop flight, from Singapore to NYC'

Answer: 18


Question: 'Some of it was hot; some, cold. I guessed this food had been in the pot for 9 days, like the coffee in my office'

Answer: porridge


Question: 'Groovy, baby, a pair of these are heard here'

Answer: conga drums


Question: 'It's the name of the donkey voiced by Eddie Murphy in the "Shrek" movies'

Answer: Donkey


Question: 'In 1739 the Peacock Throne, built for Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, was stolen by these people'

Answer: Persia / Iran


Question: '1992: "Tears in Heaven"'

Answer: Eric Clapton


Question: 'Flying at the then-incredible speed of 575 MPH, the Boeing 707 began commercial flight service in this decade'

Answer: 1950s


Question: 'He'd "called for his pipe" & bowl. I knew his 3 fiddlers'd bolt at the sight of my .44. It was time to make my move'

Answer: Old King Cole


Question: 'From the Latin for "contact", this adjective is used to describe diseases transmitted from person to person'

Answer: contagious


Question: '26 nations united to draw up a Jan. 1, 1942 declaration that led the way for the creation of this in 1945'

Answer: United Nations


Question: 'In 1782, when Chao Phraya Chakri became King Rama I, he moved his capital across the river to this city'

Answer: Bangkok


Question: '1973: "Killing Me Softly With His Song"'

Answer: Roberta Flack


Question: 'A subsidiary of AMR Corporation, this airline is the world's largest, with more than 1,000 planes & 4,000 flights daily'

Answer: American Airlines


Question: 'She was desperate. I said for $50 a day, plus expenses, I'd track down her sheep, even if she didn't know where to find 'em'

Answer: Little Bo Peep


Question: 'Clear soup made from boiling meat or bones'

Answer: consommé


Question: 'Robert Urich played Las Vegas P.I. Dan Tanna on this series'

Answer: Vega$


Question: 'In the 1920s the Kemalists opposed the Sultan in this country & eventually prevailed'

Answer: Turkey


Question: '1995: "Kiss From A Rose"'

Answer: Seal


Question: 'The first commercial passenger trans-Atlantic service was by Pan Am in 1939 between NYC & this French port'

Answer: Marseilles


Question: 'Not in the meadow or the corn; word on the street had him "under the haystack fast asleep". I always hated musicians'

Answer: Little Boy Blue


Question: 'French term for a doorkeeper, or a helpful person at a hotel'

Answer: concierge


Question: 'Young lawyer Mitch McDeere realizes that the mafia controls his law firm in this novel'

Answer: The Firm


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew stands next to an ornate clock in a glass case.)  I'm here in the only surviving apartment that Mozart lived in, in this world capital; it's now a museum devoted to him'

Answer: Vienna


Question: 'Oh, Rochester! William Hurt was in the 1996 version of this oft-filmed Bronte classic'

Answer: Jane Eyre


Question: 'ANZAAS is these 2 countries' Association for the Advancement of Science'

Answer: Australia & New Zealand


Question: 'Threshers' & hammerheads' recreation areas'

Answer: sharks\' parks


Question: 'This treat of ice cream, syrups & other toppings was probably named for a day of the week'

Answer: a sundae


Question: 'Julia Keller won in 2005 for her reporting on a 10-second event: the destruction of Utica, Illinois by this'

Answer: tornado


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reads from a European riverbank.)  Since 1209, a church has stood on this same spot; today, St. Peter's is a landmark in this middle of the three Baltic states'

Answer: Latvia


Question: '(Hi, I'm Sean Hayes.)  I got one of my first big breaks when I was cast in the film "A & P", based on a story by this "Rabbit, Run" author'

Answer: John Updike


Question: 'This newspaper, the CSM, was established in 1908'

Answer: The Christian Science Monitor


Question: 'A Crayola made from synthetic fabric'

Answer: a rayon crayon


Question: 'These are the cookies in the cookies & cream ice cream at Baskin-Robbins'

Answer: Oreos


Question: 'In 2007 "Counter Intelligence" columnist Jonathan Gold became the first critic of these to win a Pulitzer'

Answer: restaurants


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew also reads from a European riverbank.)  Prazsky Hrad, a castle that shares its name with the city it's in, is the seat of the president of this country'

Answer: the Czech Republic


Question: '69 years apart, Lillian Gish & Demi Moore got an "A" for effort for starring in films based on this classic novel'

Answer: The Scarlet Letter


Question: 'The "S" in UNESCO is for "scientific"; this is what the "E" is for & remember, it's an adjective, not a noun'

Answer: educational


Question: 'A cordovan bird plume'

Answer: a leather feather


Question: 'This paper won in 1993 for public service for coverage of Hurricane Andrew & its aftermath'

Answer: The Miami Herald


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew stands on yet another European riverbank.) I'm at the Crane over the Motlawa River, once used to load cargo and put up masts in this Polish ship-building city'

Answer: Gdansk


Question: 'Marilyn Monroe longed to play Grushenka in the 1958 film of this Dostoyevsky saga, but Maria Schell got the part'

Answer: The Brothers Karamazov


Question: 'The NAS, or this, consists of about 2,000 U.S. scientists elected for life for their research achievements'

Answer: the National Academy of Sciences


Question: 'A object that disperses light into a spectrum, creating opposed factions'

Answer: a prism schism


Question: 'The first 2 Pulitzers for writing these, to the N.Y. Tribune & Louisville Courier Journal, didn't name the authors'

Answer: editorials


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew stands next to a military helicopter.)  I'm at Kadena Air Base on this island, the largest in the Ryukyu Islands'

Answer: Okinawa


Question: 'Fitzgerald didn't finish this novel, so screenwriter Harold Pinter had to come up with an ending for the 1976 film'

Answer: The Last Tycoon


Question: 'It's the first "A" in the IAEA, to which almost 150 nations belong'

Answer: Atomic


Question: 'A judge who insists on strict correctness'

Answer: a purist jurist


Question: 'Russell Jones won for his reporting about Soviet repression from this capital in 1956'

Answer: Budapest


Question: '"Political power... is merely the organized power of one class for oppressing another" is from this work'

Answer: The Communist Manifesto


Question: 'The Powell-Mason, the Powell-Hyde & the California St. are the 3 working lines of this type of transportation'

Answer: cable car


Question: 'During the 1995-96 season, Oscar winner Mercedes Ruehl played Kelsey Grammer's boss on this series'

Answer: Frasier


Question: 'For the most part Puritan fashions were unadorned, but their underwear was embroidered with quotes from this'

Answer: the Bible


Question: 'The ball form of this weather phenomenon is also known as kugelblitz'

Answer: lightning


Question: 'Keep the cap & hoses of this coolant-holding device in good shape, or you may face a long hot walk'

Answer: the radiator


Question: 'Since the man on first base takes off before the batter swings, this play should logically be the "run and hit"'

Answer: hit and run


Question: 'Built on landfill, the city's Marina district was one of those hardest hit by this 1989 event'

Answer: the Loma Prieta earthquake


Question: 'This star of "The X-Files" played a cross-dressing detective known as Dennis, or Denise, on "Twin Peaks"'

Answer: David Duchovny


Question: 'The embroidery patterns on these were called clocks & when they ran it was time to replace them'

Answer: stockings


Question: 'In a leaf this food-making process takes place in the palisade & spongy cells'

Answer: photosynthesis


Question: 'Cars can be slowed by these parts pressing on the brake drum; don't drag your own on the pavement'

Answer: shoes


Question: 'It's the alliterative service provided by finer laundries'

Answer: fluff and fold


Question: 'Coit Tower rises 180' above this hill named for the semaphore that once stood there'

Answer: Telegraph Hill


Question: 'Maybe Rob Morrow felt "overexposed" as Dr. Joel Fleischman; he left this series in 1994'

Answer: Northern Exposure


Question: 'Louis XIV's Croatian mercenaries introduced this early form of necktie'

Answer: a cravat


Question: 'The name of this treeless Arctic zone comes from a Lapp term for "hill"'

Answer: tundra


Question: 'This device turns energy into current, keeping the battery charged while the motor's on'

Answer: the alternator


Question: 'Term for a book with embarrassing information based on intimate knowledge'

Answer: kiss and tell


Question: 'The Japanese Tea Garden in this park was built for the 1894 Midwinter Fair'

Answer: Golden Gate Park


Question: 'He appeared as Tracey Gold's boyfriend on "Growing Pains" before playing Chandler Bing on "Friends"'

Answer: Matthew Perry


Question: 'A pickadil was the framework used to support a ruff type of this'

Answer: a collar


Question: 'The order Sirenia consists of 4 living species: the dugong & 3 species of this animal'

Answer: the manatee


Question: 'An automatic transmission's version of this pedal is sometimes called a torque converter'

Answer: the clutch


Question: 'The Isley Brothers & the Beatles sang, "Shake it up, baby", do this'

Answer: twist and shout


Question: 'This old military base that overlooks the entrance to San Francisco was founded by Spain in 1776'

Answer: the Presidio


Question: 'During "Cheers"' first years, Nicholas Colasanto played Ernie Pantusso, better known by this nickname'

Answer: "Coach"


Question: 'Wig is a short form of this 17th century term'

Answer: periwig


Question: 'The Russian thistle is a species of this plant blown about the prairies'

Answer: tumbleweed


Question: 'In one steering system, a toothed bar called the rack is engaged by this gear'

Answer: the pinion


Question: 'Inept reporter Wally Ballou was one of this radio comedy duo's creations'

Answer: Bob and Ray


Question: 'A 1995 exhibit at California's Laguna Art Museum traced the history of this body art'

Answer: tattoo


Question: 'This student of Nicolo Amati is often considered the greatest violinmaker of all time'

Answer: Stradivarius


Question: 'These brought unto Egypt included hail, locusts & darkness'

Answer: the Plagues


Question: 'This controversial Brando film of the '70s has X-rated & R-rated versions'

Answer: Last Tango in Paris


Question: 'This Costa Rican capital is named for the country's patron Saint Joseph'

Answer: San Jose


Question: 'When his 1978 novel "The Stand" was reissued in 1990, it was about 50% longer than the original'

Answer: Stephen King


Question: 'In 1995 this art movement was on view in a Monet exhibit & in a Caillebotte show'

Answer: Impressionism


Question: 'Though Balboa was the first European to sight the eastern Pacific Ocean, this explorer named it'

Answer: Ferdinand Magellan


Question: 'Derived from Greek, the name of this book means "second law"'

Answer: Deuteronomy


Question: 'In this 1996 film based on an H.G. Wells novel, Brando plays the title role of a mad scientist'

Answer: The Island of Dr. Moreau


Question: 'It's home to the Glinka Music Museum & the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'In order to write his 1922 novel "Babbitt", this author studied real estate'

Answer: Sinclair Lewis


Question: 'A recent exhibit at this St. Petersburg museum focused on art plundered by the Red Army during WWII'

Answer: the Hermitage


Question: 'This Roman naturalist "the Elder" died in 79 A.D. while investigating the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius'

Answer: Pliny


Question: 'It's to whom God said, "The end of all flesh is come before me"'

Answer: Noah


Question: 'Brando made Matthew Broderick a job offer he couldn't refuse in this 1990 comedy'

Answer: The Freshman


Question: 'Though only 90 miles from the equator, this Kenyan capital has a moderate climate'

Answer: Nairobi


Question: 'This "Breakfast of Champions" author once ran a Saab auto dealership'

Answer: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.


Question: 'An 1877 exhibit moved John Ruskin to libel this American-born artist, but not his mother'

Answer: James McNeill Whistler


Question: 'They were the parents of England's Queen Elizabeth I'

Answer: Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn


Question: 'Named for a prophet, it's alphabetically first among the Old Testament books'

Answer: Amos


Question:
'Movie in which you'd hear the following:

"Luck be a lady tonight, luck be a lady tonight, luck if you've ever been lady to begin with, luck be a lady tonight!"'

Answer: Guys and Dolls


Question: 'This Saudi Arabian capital has long been visited by Muslims on their way to Mecca'

Answer: Riyadh


Question: 'His travels to Europe aboard the steamship Quaker City were documented in "The Innocents Abroad"'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'In 1990 a Cincinnati museum faced obscenity charges after showing the work of this late photographer'

Answer: Robert Mapplethorpe


Question: 'This French Protestant reformer died in Geneva in 1564'

Answer: John Calvin


Question: 'Mordecai is the hero of this book'

Answer: Esther


Question: 'In this 1952 movie bio, Brando was a Mexican revolutionary & Anthony Quinn was his brother Eufemio'

Answer: Viva Zapata


Question: 'Named for a British monarch, it's the capital of Guyana'

Answer: Georgetown


Question: 'This "Lord of the Rings" author served as Merton professor of English at Oxford from 1945 to 1959'

Answer: J.R.R. Tolkien


Question: 'This name is the 4-letter stock symbol of Golden Bear Golf Inc., which went public in 1996'

Answer: JACK (for Jack Nicklaus)


Question:
'(Jimmy and Cheryl of the Clue Crew report from the Babcock Hall Dairy in Wisconsin. Jimmy reads the clue.)
Cows store massive food in the first of four chambers of the stomach as a part of this process that also means "thinking over slowly"'

Answer: ruminate (or rumination)


Question: 'The New York Times wondered if the death of this actor, who plays the Joker, will make "The Dark Knight" darker'

Answer: Heath Ledger


Question: 'Study this language at Bennington & you may take the class on "Svevo & Tozzi"--2 20th century authors'

Answer: Italian


Question: 'This novel by Pearl S. Buck tells the story of a Chinese farmer & his family'

Answer: The Good Earth


Question: 'A farmer could tell you that this measurement of land is equal to 43,560 square feet'

Answer: an acre


Question: 'Pancho Villa State Park is in this state'

Answer: New Mexico


Question:
'(Cheryl reads the clue at the Babcock Hall Dairy in Wisconsin.)
To simulate the sucking of a calf and prevent damage to the udder, the milk vacuum uses this type of regular rhythm from the Latin for "beat"'

Answer: pulse


Question: 'Nytimes.com lauded Hamish Linklater, who plays Julia Louis-Dreyfus' brother Matthew on this sitcom'

Answer: The New Adventures of Old Christine


Question: 'Major in this -ology at Colgate & you'll take "Human Condition" or "Learning and Cognition" before you're a senior'

Answer: psychology


Question: 'In 2004 Oprah picked "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter", the first novel by this Southern woman'

Answer: Carson McCullers


Question: 'One quire is 25 sheets of paper, or 1/20th of an ordinary one of these'

Answer: a ream


Question: 'Before winning an Oscar for "The Color of Money", he placed second in the 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race'

Answer: Paul Newman


Question:
'(Jimmy and Cheryl report from the Babcock Hall Dairy. Cheryl gives the clue.)
DMI or Dry Matter Intake correlates with good milk production; cows especially need this component of plant cell walls sometimes called bulk or roughage'

Answer: fiber (or cellulose)


Question: 'In 2008 this Moscow ballet company announced that Yuri Burlakau had been approved its artistic director'

Answer: The Bolshoi Ballet


Question: 'For some fun at Willamette University, you can take a course on this; foils, masks & protective jackets are provided'

Answer: fencing


Question: 'Oprah had an infectious love for Gabriel Garcia Marquez, choosing "One Hundred Years of Solitude" & this 1985 novel'

Answer: Love in the Time of Cholera


Question: 'To correct medieval abuses in trade, this 1215 document standardized measurements for wine & grain'

Answer: Magna Carta


Question: 'Read all about it:<br />It's the port city at the mouth of the James River in Virginia'

Answer: Newport News


Question:
'(Jimmy reads the clue at the Babcock Hall Dairy.)
For maximum milk yield, you want to keep your cows calm so they don't become excited and release this hormone also called epinephrine'

Answer: adrenaline


Question: 'Nytimes.com blogged on the New York Philharmonic's Asian tour, which included a stop in this North Korean capital'

Answer: Pyongyang


Question: 'It's a synonym for "avarice" & the name of a first-year economics seminar at Swarthmore'

Answer: greed


Question: 'This beloved country is the setting of Alan Paton's "Cry, the Beloved Country"'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'Sizes of these range from 1 to 26 & types include milliners, sharps & tapestry'

Answer: needles


Question: 'You might call this amphibian Diemictylus viridescens, but I call it this'

Answer: a newt


Question:
'(Jimmy gives the clue at the Babcock Hall Dairy.)
Centuries ago, a black breed and a white breed mingled to produce this type of cow named for a German region; today, it produces 90% of U.S. milk'

Answer: Holstein


Question: '"Oil!", a 1927 novel by this muckraker, was on the New York Times Best Seller List in 2008'

Answer: Upton Sinclair


Question: 'Now ear this:<br />This famous school at Lincoln Center features courses on "ear training"'

Answer: Juilliard


Question: 'James Frey acknowledged "embellishments" in this book after Oprah picked it for her book club'

Answer: A Million Little Pieces


Question: 'This U.K. measure of 14 U.S. pounds has also been used for 16 pounds of cheese'

Answer: a stone


Question: 'Asian capital of 300,000'

Answer: New Delhi


Question: 'May 1775: Yay! I'm president of the 2nd Continental Congress! I feel like writing my name in huge letters'

Answer: John Hancock


Question: 'Junoesque, meaning having imposing beauty, refers to Juno, the beautiful wife of this Roman God'

Answer: Jupiter


Question: 'It's the boiling point of water on the Celsius scale'

Answer: 100 degrees


Question: 'King's College Chapel & the Fitzwilliam Museum are highlights of this English city'

Answer: Cambridge


Question: 'Punish your roommates by rising early each day & learning how to play this instrument'

Answer: the bagpipes


Question: 'In January of 2007, this company started delivering movies electronically as well as by mail'

Answer: Netflix


Question: '1988: Am now a 4-star general! Awesome! <br />1991: Commencing Operation Desert Storm. Now I'm stormin'!'

Answer: Schwarzkopf


Question: 'This constricting snake's name comes from the serpent killed by Apollo'

Answer: a python