Question: 'This South Bend, Indiana automaker was once the world's largest producer of horse-drawn vehicles'

Answer: Studebaker


Question: 'Meaning "rock globe", it's the layer of rock encompassing the crust & outermost part of the upper mantle'

Answer: the lithosphere


Question: '2004:<br />"Musicology"'

Answer: Prince


Question: 'First name of novelist Kingsley Amis' son, also a noted novelist'

Answer: Martin


Question: 'It's his 17th century young woman seen here'

Answer: (Johannes) Vermeer


Question: 'Term for any dessert served in the cookhouse, or the kind of "honeymoon" Debbie Reynolds sang about in 1950'

Answer: Abba Dabba


Question: 'In 1986 he & Jeana Yeager flew nonstop around the world without refueling'

Answer: Rutan


Question: 'He commanded the forces that rescued the survivors of the infamous Black Hole of Calcutta in 1756'

Answer: Robert Clive


Question: 'You shouldn't put this French "Discourse on Method" author before the horse'

Answer: Descartes


Question: 'St. Augustine, Florida boasts a "farm" founded in 1893 for these reptiles with more than 20 related species'

Answer: alligators


Question: 'Immanuel can't have a milkshake: like 90% of Asian Americans, he has an intolerance to this sugar'

Answer: lactose


Question: 'You'll find obsessive-compulsive Bree van de Kamp tidying up on this ABC show'

Answer: Desperate Housewives


Question: 'In a Grimm fairy tale, this little man spins straw into gold: can you guess his name?'

Answer: Rumpelstiltskin


Question: 'Changing the last vowel of a word meaning "seat of government" creates this building where lawmakers meet'

Answer: capital/capitol


Question: 'Kukai & Saicho were major philosophers of this country's Heian period'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'Ending a long period of this country's rule, 1819's Adams-Onis treaty turned St. Augustine over to the U.S.'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'Immanuel can't become U.S. president because he's not yet this minimum age'

Answer: 35


Question: 'This character on "Friends" is a "self-professed neat freak"'

Answer: Monica


Question: 'Spinnerets are the organs in a spider that spin this fiber for its web'

Answer: silk


Question: 'Affluent means wealthy: effluent refers to waste in this state of matter'

Answer: liquid


Question: 'Plato % Xenophon left accounts of this philosopher who wrote nothing himself'

Answer: Socrates


Question: 'Of course St. Augustine is home to this legendary spring sought by Ponce de Leon: okay, it's a tourist spot opened in 1901'

Answer: the Fountain of Youth


Question: 'No, Immanuel can't return to the soccer game; he got one of these cards, his first ever & is not allowed back'

Answer: a red card


Question: 'Annette Bening chafes when Kevin Spacey tries to seduce her in this 1999 movie: she's worried he'll spill beer on the couch'

Answer: American Beauty


Question: 'Spins performed in this include the sit spin, the camel spin & the Biellmann spin'

Answer: figure skating


Question: 'Spelled with "al" at the end, this word refers to a school official: with "le", it's a fundamental truth'

Answer: principal/principle


Question: 'The argument that the mind at birth is a blank slate is "key" to his 1690 "Essay Concerning Human Understanding"'

Answer: John Locke


Question: 'Believe it or not, this man's oldest Odditorium of weird stuff is located in St. Augustine'

Answer: Ripley


Question: 'Immanuel can't spell very well: he keeps transposing letters, which makes me think he has this learning disorder'

Answer: dyslexia


Question: 'This real-life actress played by Faye Dunaway kinda flipped out when she thought her bathroom wasn't clean enough'

Answer: Joan Crawford


Question: 'This instrument on your car's dashboard measures the revolutions or spins per minute of the engine shaff'

Answer: the tachometer


Question: 'When this heavy metal loses an "a", it becomes a word meaning "guided"'

Answer: lead


Question: 'This 3-named British political theorist who wrote "On Liberty" was also a major utilitarian philosopher'

Answer: (John Stuart) Mill


Question: 'St. Augustine's Castillo de San Marcos is an old fort built from a form of limestone known as coquina, or "little" these'

Answer: shells


Question: 'Immanuel can't stand girls, & yes, it's safe to call him one of these, from the Greek for "woman hater"'

Answer: a misogynist


Question: 'Jayma Mays plays a germophobic guidance counselor on this Fox series'

Answer: Glee


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a revolving gas planet on the monitor.) This planet might be a sphere if it weren't spinning so fast--turning on its axis in under ten hours, resulting in a bulge near the equator'

Answer: Jupiter


Question: 'Some people needlessly put ir- in front of this word that means "in spite of everything"'

Answer: regardless


Question: 'From the Flemish pronunciation of "chaos". Jan van Helmont coined this term for air that wasn't air'

Answer: gas


Question: 'Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'nique'

Answer: Precious


Question: 'In May 1844 he sent the first official message via telegraph'

Answer: (Samuel) Morse


Question: 'The classic first course of melon and this is seen here'

Answer: prosciutto


Question: '"The Custom-House" is an introductory section to this Hawthorne classic'

Answer: The Scarlet Letter


Question: 'It's also known as a seismic seawave'

Answer: a tsunami


Question: 'Scientists believe that, like humans, many dinosaurs were endothermic, which means this'

Answer: warm-blooded


Question: 'Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Renee Zellweger'

Answer: Bridget Jones\'s Diary


Question: 'In 1976 the U.S. posthumously restored the citizenship of this labor organizer & socialist leader who lost it in 1918'

Answer: (Eugene) Debs


Question: 'This fruit is cultivated in semitropical zones'

Answer: a papaya


Question: 'This Tom Clancy thriller is about a Soviet captain who decides to defect--with his Typhoon-class submarine'

Answer: The Hunt for Red October


Question: 'This time-telling device consists of 2 parts, a gnomon & a plane'

Answer: a sundial


Question: 'The geologic period named for this coal-producing U.S. state is also called the Late Carboniferous Epoch'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'This Secy. of State had success in preventing foreign governments from giving official recognition to the Confederacy'

Answer: (William) Seward


Question: 'Surprisingly, this tropical fruit is a relative of the pistachio & the cashew'

Answer: a mango


Question: 'In this novel Sherlock Holmes investigates a murder at Lauriston Gardens'

Answer: A Study in Scarlet


Question: 'Sidney Poitier starred in the film version of this drama about a black Chicago family'

Answer: Raisin in the Sun


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew dissects and demonstrates a doorknob.)  A doorknob acts as a force multiplier, with a larger knob turning a smaller attached shaft--an example of this simple machine'

Answer: wheel and axle


Question: 'In the 1950s he made news as Adlai Stevenson's running mate & chair of a Senate committee on organized crime'

Answer: Estes Kefauver


Question: 'Seen here, it's the national fruit of Japan'

Answer: a persimmon


Question: 'The title figure of this Steinbeck work is a colt that Jody receives as a gift & names Gabilan'

Answer: The Red Pony


Question: 'In the 19th century Rudolf Wolf connected these solar phenomena to fluctuations in the Earth's magnetic field'

Answer: sunspots


Question: 'These 2-syllable fragments of clay vessels found at archaeological digs help us learn about a culture'

Answer: potsherds


Question: 'He eulogized George Washington as "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen"'

Answer: Light Horse Harry Lee


Question: 'Not only does this winter squash have orange splotches on its skin, but its flesh is orangey, too'

Answer: an acorn squash


Question: 'In books by Baroness Orczy, foppish Sir Percy Blakeney is secretly this swashbuckling hero'

Answer: the Scarlet Pimpernel


Question: 'It's another name for a bluegill'

Answer: a sunfish


Question: 'Introduced in the '70s to replace steel belting on high-speed tires, it's called stronger than steel & lighter than nylon'

Answer: Kevlar


Question: 'Although its name suggests that it had 5 of these, the Pentaceratops had just 3; 2 were merely enlarged cheekbones'

Answer: horns


Question: 'In 2004 this beauty made her movie debut as Sarah Sunderson in "The Stepford Wives"'

Answer: Faith Hill


Question: 'Alphabetically, the first new entry for 2005 is the name of this radical Islamic organization'

Answer: al-Qaeda


Question: 'Jean-Pierre Rampal was best known for his virtuosity with this instrument'

Answer: the flute


Question: 'In the comics, this character's famous line is "I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today"'

Answer: Wimpy


Question: 'Historians don't know when this capital city was founded, only that it sprouted up before 700 A.D.'

Answer: Brussels


Question: 'Scientists believe that dinosaurs lived through 3 geologic periods: Triassic, Jurassic, then this next one'

Answer: Cretaceous


Question: '(Hi, I'm Carolyn Dawn Johnson.)  In my first hit single, you might say I had this state on my mind'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'Also listed is this 3-word chronic medical condition specific to some veterans of Operation Desert Storm'

Answer: Gulf War Syndrome


Question: 'The first music for this reed instrument now usually tuned in B flat appeared in Amsterdam in the early 1700s'

Answer: the clarinet


Question: 'An act of Congress fixed this as the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November'

Answer: Election Day


Question: 'It's the Belgian town in the title of the artwork seen here'

Answer: Waterloo


Question: 'The name Psittacosaurus means this type of lizard; it had a strong beak like that on this present-day bird'

Answer: a parrot


Question: '1 of 2 country women who hit the Billboard Top 40 in 1997 with "How Do I Live"'

Answer: LeAnn Rimes (or Trisha Yearwood)


Question: 'Webster's got down to business with this term for the buying & selling of goods & services over the Internet'

Answer: e-commerce


Question: 'This instrument of the cult of Apollo lent its name to the type of poetry it accompanied'

Answer: lyre


Question: 'In England these breakfast items are traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday'

Answer: pancakes


Question: 'In the post 9/11 travel downturn, this national airline collapsed & was replaced by the smaller SN'

Answer: Sabina


Question: 'High levels of this metal, at. #77, in rocks near dinosaur fossils led to the asteroid theory of their demise'

Answer: iridium


Question: 'Among her No. 1 hits over the last 23 years are "You Lie", "Somebody" & "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter"'

Answer: Reba McEntire


Question: 'Something's fishy with the addition of this fatty acid found in fish oil that's linked to low cholesterol & LDL levels'

Answer: omega-3


Question: 'The horn seen at Kansas City's American Jazz Museum belonged to this '40s & '50s musician who grew up in Kansas City'

Answer: Charlie Parker


Question: 'Tuesday is named for the warrior god Tiu, whose father was this other god'

Answer: Odin


Question: 'This uncle of Queen Victoria was king of Belgium for almost 35 years'

Answer: Leopold I


Question: 'Similar to an Apatosaurus, this 52'-tall herbivore whose name means "arm lizard" had longer forelegs than hindlegs'

Answer: Brachiosaurus


Question: 'In 2005 this hot newcomer won 2 CMT awards for her videos "Redneck Woman" & "When I Think About Cheatin'"'

Answer: Gretchen Wilson


Question: 'New wine words include syrah & this Australian equivalent'

Answer: shiraz


Question: '"Sweet" name for the folk instrument heard here, or perhaps up in the Appalachian Mountains'

Answer: the dulcimer


Question: 'His bestseller "Tuesdays With Morrie" chronicled his weekly visits to his dying professor'

Answer: Mitch Albom


Question: 'This hero created by the Belgian artist Herge has adventures with his dog Snowy at his side'

Answer: Tintin


Question: 'The revenge of the 47 ronin, a 1703 incident in this country, is remembered there each December 14'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'Despite playing only 28 games at first base in 1999, Rafael Palmeiro won this MLB defensive award'

Answer: Gold Glove


Question: 'John Berryman's poem "Homage to Mistress Bradstreet" is a tribute to her'

Answer: Anne Bradstreet


Question: 'In some Arthurian legends, it's this knight & son of Lancelot who pulls the sword out of the stone'

Answer: Galahad


Question: '-que at the end of a word means this, as in Senatus Populusque Romanus'

Answer: and


Question: 'From about 1620 to the mid-1800s, firearms used this rock to produce a spark that ignited the gunpowder'

Answer: flint


Question: 'In the 1st century Kanishka ruled a chunk of central Asia from what's now Peshawar in this country'

Answer: Pakistan


Question: 'Known as "The Wizard", this Hall-of-Fame Cardinal set records for most assists & total chances accepted'

Answer: Ozzie Smith


Question: 'Shakespeare said of this handsome mythological man, "hunting he lov'd, but love he laugh'd to scorn"'

Answer: Adonis


Question: 'Born in Minneapolis, he made billions off oil & picked up a little art along the way'

Answer: J. Paul Getty


Question: 'It completes the trio of nominative singular forms of the word for "this", hic, haec, ...'

Answer: hoc


Question: 'Gneiss & chlorite are regional types of this class of rock that forms when heat & pressure cause changes'

Answer: metamorphic


Question: 'Fingers were pointed at Syria when this ex-P.M. of Lebanon was killed in February 2005'

Answer: Rafik Hariri


Question: 'Terry Sawchuk & Chico Resch wore blockers & catch gloves as stars in this sport'

Answer: hockey


Question: 'Chilean poet Lucila Godoy Alcayaga combined the names of 2 of her favorite poets to get this pen name'

Answer: Gabriela Mistral


Question: 'Vegas celebrity weddings go back to at least to 1943 when trumpeter Harry James married this sex symbol of the day'

Answer: Betty Grable


Question: 'Remember Caesar's famous phrase & you'll know this first-person past tense of pando, "I extend"'

Answer: pandi


Question: 'Cuprite is an important ore at the Bisbee, Arizona mine called this metal's "Queen"'

Answer: copper


Question: 'In 1975 the Khmer Rouge came to power in Cambodia & the left-wing group with this Laotian name took over in Laos'

Answer: Pathet Lao


Question: 'AKA "The Glove" for his defense, this guard got no love from the Lakers when they traded him to the Celtics in 2004'

Answer: Gary Payton


Question: 'He was a bank clerk in the Yukon before he published "Songs of a Sourdough" in 1907'

Answer: Robert Service


Question: 'His triumph as Richard III in 1741 made him the leading British actor of his time'

Answer: (David) Garrick


Question: 'For most adjectives, adding -issimus to the stem gets you this form'

Answer: the superlative


Question: 'These alpine mountains in Italy are named for the magnesian limestone of which they're made'

Answer: Dolomites


Question: 'These mercenaries from the Magar, Gurung & other Nepalese tribes defended the British Empire in WWs I & II'

Answer: the Gurkhas


Question: 'One of the 2 200-meter medalists who each wore a black glove on the Mexico City Olympic victory stand'

Answer: (John) Carlos (or Tommie Smith)


Question: 'William Cullen Bryant was just 17 when he wrote this poem whose name comes from the Greek for "view of death"'

Answer: "Thanatopsis"


Question: 'The cover of her "Ballad Of Sexual Dependency" shows her photo of Nan & Brian in bed'

Answer: Nan Goldin


Question: 'It's an alliterative Latin idiom meaning "once the necessary changes have been made"'

Answer: mutatis mutandis


Question: 'Igneous rocks described as mafic are primarily made up of magnesium & this'

Answer: iron


Question: 'These names of 2 original Mercury astronauts, who orbited Earth in May 1962 & May 1963, are also occupations'

Answer: Carpenter & Cooper


Question: 'Arcesilaus founds the "Second Academy" of this city'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'James Bradley & Ron Powers' book was the basis for this 2006 film about the 6 men who raised the flag on Iwo Jima'

Answer: Flags of Our Fathers


Question: '"Pump & dump" scams target these, increasing their value for a short time before the bottom falls out'

Answer: stocks


Question: 'Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny are just a few of this British author's hare-brained protagonists'

Answer: Beatrix Potter


Question: 'One of the planets:<br />"RNS"'

Answer: Uranus


Question: 'Romania has a 100-mile coastline on this "dark" body of water'

Answer: the Black Sea


Question: 'This ancient wonder depicted here, is completed'

Answer: the Colossus of Rhodes


Question: '(Hi, I'm Scott Turow.) This man starred as Rusty Sabich, a lawyer accused of murder, when my novel "Presumed Innocent" was made into a film'

Answer: Harrison Ford


Question: 'Shirley Jackson could tell you that many people in 2006 were duped by e-mails claiming they'd won millions in these'

Answer: lotteries


Question: 'In "The Doors of Perception", he described the "Brave New World" of drug experimentation'

Answer: (Aldous) Huxley


Question: 'A U.S. state:<br />"TH"'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'Once a part of the Warsaw Pact, Romania joined this military alliance in 2004'

Answer: NATO


Question: 'The Pharos Lighthouse is built in this Egyptian city'

Answer: Alexandria


Question: 'She starred as Augusten Burroughs' unstable mom in "Running With Scissors"'

Answer: Annette Bening


Question: 'In 2004 the FTC filed suit against a Co. offering a magnetic device that purportedly increased this in cars by 27%'

Answer: gas mileage


Question: 'This 19th C. novelist's name gave us an adjective that's used to mean squalid or impoverished'

Answer: Charles Dickens


Question:
'It's a gas!
(& an element):
"NN"'

Answer: neon


Question: 'The spine of the country is formed by these mountains, the eastward continuation of the Alps'

Answer: the Carpathians


Question: 'Greek mathematician Eratosthenes famously calculates the circumference of this'

Answer: the Earth


Question: 'In 2005 he starred in "Jarhead", based on a memoir, & co-starred in "Brokeback Mountain", based on a short story'

Answer: Jake Gyllenhaal


Question: 'Chicagoans were advised by Illinois' attorney general to beware of phony invitations to tapings of this woman's TV show'

Answer: Oprah


Question: 'The home in Haworth, seen here, is where these three sisters wrote novels'

Answer: the Brontës


Question: 'A Native American people:<br />"PCH"'

Answer: Apache


Question: 'The capital city of Bucharest is on the Dimbovita River, a tributary of this larger, more fabled river'

Answer: the Danube


Question: 'Beginning more than 4 centuries of rule, this 3-letter dynasty is founded in China'

Answer: Han


Question: '2 flims with this title got Oscar nominations, one based on a Dreiser novel, the other on a Stephen King book'

Answer: Carrie


Question: 'In 2004 this "Long Island Lothario" got a year in jail for running an L.A. car insurance scam'

Answer: Joey Buttafuoco


Question: 'From the early 1900s, his "The First Men in the Moon" & "The War in the Air" proved eerily prophetic'

Answer: H.G. Wells


Question: 'A country in Africa:<br />"THP"'

Answer: Ethiopia


Question: 'Stick your neck out in this mountainous region of Romania whose name means "beyond the forest"'

Answer: Transylvania


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the University of Mississippi) Perhaps because it was used as a hospital, in 1862 the campus's one original building was spared destruction by this man, who was at the start of his Vicksburg campaign'

Answer: Ulysses Grant


Question: 'In "West Side Story", Tony's smitten because "I've just met a girl named" this'

Answer: Maria


Question: 'In 1959 this vice-president participated in an impromptu "kitchen debate" at a U.S. exhibit in Moscow'

Answer: Nixon


Question: 'The Flag House & Star-Spangled Banner Museum, the National Cryptologic Museum'

Answer: Maryland


Question: 'This Scottish engineer coined the term "horsepower", & a unit of power is named for him'

Answer: (James) Watt


Question: 'Trademarked Minoxidil product for the follically challenged'

Answer: Rogaine


Question: 'Harold Hill sings, "I love you madly, madly, madam librarian..." her'

Answer: Marian


Question: 'In 1958 he was elected Governor of New York; he was reelected 3 times'

Answer: Nelson Rockefeller


Question: 'The Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum, the Oz Museum'

Answer: Kansas


Question: 'Leave the driving to this German scientist who lent his name to a unit of frequency equal to 1 cycle per second'

Answer: (Heinrich) Hertz


Question: 'This French cheese that's exposed to a mold is called the "king of cheeses"'

Answer: roquefort


Question: 'Her "last dance" was the subject of a Tom Petty hit'

Answer: Mary Jane


Question: 'He's the only vice-president who was born in Minnesota; nope...Humphrey was born in South Dakota'

Answer: (Walter) Mondale


Question: 'The Liberace Museum, the Atomic Testing Museum'

Answer: Nevada


Question: 'Nobel, Lise Meitner & this man are the 3 non-Nobel Prize-winning scientists who have chemical elements named for them'

Answer: Dmitri Mendeleev


Question: 'The name of this order of mammals comes from the Latin for "gnawing"'

Answer: rodent


Question: 'The Center for the Study of Southern Culture puts out a magazine on this form of American music'

Answer: the blues


Question: 'Elvis sadly sang that this was "the name of his latest flame"'

Answer: Marie


Question: 'In 1864, while serving as vice-president, he spent 2 months in the Maine Coast Guard as a cook'

Answer: Hannibal Hamlin


Question: 'The Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, the Experience Music Project'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'An electric current measuring device developed by Andre Ampere was named this after an Italian anatomist'

Answer: galvanometer


Question: 'Engine type with cylinders spinning around a fixed shaft at high speed'

Answer: rotary


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Rowan Oak) The university owns & maintains Rowan Oak, home of this Nobel Prize-winning author including the typewriter on which he wrote several novels'

Answer: Faulkner


Question: 'A 1961 Ricky Nelson hit went, "Hello" her, "Goodbye Heart"'

Answer: Mary Lou


Question: 'In 1812 this future VP lost reelection as Mass. governor after supporting an inequitable redistricting bill; how appropriate!'

Answer: Elbridge Gerry


Question: 'Housatonic Museum of Art, Mystic Seaport'

Answer: Connecticut


Question: 'The unit of magnetic flux abbreviated Mx was named for this physicist'

Answer: James Clerk Maxwell


Question: 'Jean-Francois Champollion deciphered it in the 19th century'

Answer: the Rosetta Stone


Question: 'The fervent patriotism of this man who died in 1919 earned him the nickname "The Star-Spangled Scotchman"'

Answer: Andrew Carnegie


Question: 'In the sentence "It was as if an occult hand had been at work", "occult" is this part of speech'

Answer: an adjective


Question: '1964:<br />"Eliza?  Where the devil are my slippers?"'

Answer: My Fair Lady


Question: 'I still have this artsy rhyming type of shirt seen here from the time I toured with The Dead back in '73, man'

Answer: tie-dye


5 PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER BEEN IN MY KITCHEN

Question: 'In January 1999 Ted Kennedy & John McCain were sworn in as jurors in this man's trial'

Answer: Bill Clinton


Question: 'This 18th c. line & its extensions westward became the boundary between Northern & Southern states'

Answer: the Mason-Dixon line


Question: 'This bird rearranges its eggs in the sand--hence the belief it's burying its head'

Answer: an ostrich


Question: 'As in this clue, ending a sentence with one of these is a practice some don't agree with'

Answer: preposition


Question:
'1961:
"Fat man, you shoot a great game of pool."
"So do you, Fast Eddie"'

Answer: The Hustler


Question: 'I'm kickin' it island-style in these geographically named shorts I sport here'

Answer: Bermuda


5 PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER BEEN IN MY KITCHEN

Question: 'Known as the "White Mouse", New Zealand spy Nancy Wake was the Allies' most decorated woman in this war'

Answer: World War II


Question: 'The Yamanote Line, this city's busiest train line, carries more than 3.5 million people a day'

Answer: Tokyo


Question: 'This fanged, hairy spider of the Southwest desert can live up to 30 years'

Answer: a tarantula


Question: '"As the sun set" is known as a "sentence" this'

Answer: fragment


Question: '1979:<br />"This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off.  Come on, Cat"'

Answer: Alien


Question: 'Hey, there, Daddy-O--it's the rhymin' name of the threads I'm stylin' here'

Answer: a zoot suit


5 PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER BEEN IN MY KITCHEN

Question: 'On April 9,  2005 England celebrated the happy nuptials of Prince Charles & this woman'

Answer: Camilla Parker Bowles


Question: 'In the 1930s Germany built fortifications called the Siegfried Line on the west side of this river'

Answer: Rhine


Question: 'The name of this wild canine now found across the U.S. comes from an Aztec word'

Answer: coyote


Question: 'As necessary to complete the idea, the last 3 words of "I like men who bake bread" form a restrictive type of this'

Answer: clause


Question:
'1975:
"I used to hate the water."
"I can't imagine why"'

Answer: Jaws


Question: 'It's the '70s casual attire I'm in here--I burned all the real pics of me in one'

Answer: a leisure suit


5 PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER BEEN IN MY KITCHEN

Question: 'In 1976 Judy Rankin became the first woman to win more than $100,000 in a year playing this pro sport'

Answer: golf


Question: 'The Curzon Line, proposed in 1919, became essentially the boundary between Poland & this country in 1945'

Answer: Russia (the Soviet Union)


Question: 'Russian thistle is also called this, since the plant detaches from its base & scatters seeds as it rolls'

Answer: tumbleweed


Question: 'It's best to use this type of voice when possible; "Bob ate the pie" is good... "The pie was eaten by Bob", not so much'

Answer: active


Question: '1968:<br />"Boys, let's watch the cigarette butts, shall we?  This is my house, not a pigsty"'

Answer: The Odd Couple


Question: 'I think this '50s fashion seen here  looks good on me--hey, who are you to judge?'

Answer: a poodle skirt


5 PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER BEEN IN MY KITCHEN

Question: 'Alois is the middle name of this current U.S. governor'

Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger


Question: 'In 1949 Israel & Jordan created the Green Line between them, determining the boundary of this troubled area'

Answer: the West Bank


Question: 'This desert insect was part of Egyptian cosmogony; it was the Sun, & its rolled food was the Earth'

Answer: a scarab beetle


Question: 'He made recordings reading from some of his own works, including "Poems and Songs of Middle-earth"'

Answer: Tolkien


Question: 'Despite her name, this woman who replaced Kim Hill in the Black Eyed Peas has never been married to Prince Andrew'

Answer: Fergie


Question: 'To honor peace, Jean Verame painted some 4 mi. of Sinai Desert boulders blue; this intl. org. donated the paint'

Answer: the United Nations


Question: 'Valero Energy is tops in the U.S. in this fuel-producing activity, with capacity of 3.1 bil. bbl. of oil a day'

Answer: refining


Question: 'Robert Mugabe'

Answer: Zimbabwe


Question: 'Date of the next federal holiday after Memorial Day'

Answer: Fourth of July


Question: 'As a youth, this "War of the Worlds" author studied biology under the great scientist Thomas H. Huxley'

Answer: H.G. Wells


Question: 'The 2008 "American Idol" finale featured a medley of his hits, including "Father Figure"'

Answer: George Michael


Question: 'Damien Hirst decorated a cast of a skull with 8,601 of these gems & sold the darn thing for $100 million'

Answer: diamonds


Question: 'Add 2 letters to the name of a soft drink to get this company that also owns Tropicana & Frito-Lay'

Answer: PepsiCo


Question: 'Manuel Noriega'

Answer: Panama


Question: 'This classic from 1939 features a load of Joads, including Ma, Pa & Tom'

Answer: The Grapes of Wrath


Question: 'His first novel, "Lord of the Flies", was rejected by 21 publishers before Faber & Faber bought the book'

Answer: (William) Golding


Question: 'The globe she posed with for the May '08 cover of Vanity Fair was auctioned off for her charity, Raising Malawi'

Answer: Madonna


Question: 'Pietro Torrigiano is remembered not so much for his art as for breaking this fellow Florentine sculptor's nose'

Answer: Michelangelo


Question: 'Seen here is part of the logo of IP, short for International this'

Answer: Paper


Question: 'Anastazio Somoza'

Answer: Nicaragua


Question: 'This 36-mile-long body of water separates southernmost Spain from the northern coast of Africa'

Answer: the Strait of Gibraltar


Question: 'She opened a 1938 novel with the line "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again"'

Answer: Daphne du Maurier


Question: '"Vagabond Ways" was a 2000 CD from this singer who'd been the "loyal" girlfriend of Mick Jagger in the '60s'

Answer: Marianne Faithfull


Question: 'Jean-Paul Sartre was so moved by this artist's mobiles that he called them "the perceptible symbol of nature"'

Answer: (Alexander) Calder


Question: 'Bigger than PETCO, this leash & litter-box retailer also operates "Doggie Day Camps"'

Answer: PetSmart


Question: 'Milton Obote'

Answer: Uganda


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew waves a reflective stick through a projected image.)  Even when a projected image appears to be gone, you can still see it when I wave this stick because of this phenomenon in which the light detectors in the eye send signals to the brain'

Answer: the persistence of vision


Question: 'His short story "Rain" was inspired by a missionary & a prostitute who were passengers aboard his ship on a trip to Samoa'

Answer: (Somerset) Maugham


Question: '"I don't wanna be a loser", cried this girl singer in 1964; well, it's her party'

Answer: Lesley Gore


Question: 'Last name of the artistic American siblings Rembrandt & Raphaelle; it has a nice "ring" to it'

Answer: Peale


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds a vintage electronics product at Sony Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.) When it was launched in 1979, this Sony product was to have a different name in each country, like the "Soundabout" in the U.S. & the "Stowaway" in England'

Answer: the Walkman


Question: 'Charles Taylor'

Answer: Liberia


Question: 'In 1950 Scottish nationalists stole this object from under the coronation chair at Westminster Abbey'

Answer: the Stone of Scone


Question: 'This Grand Slam stadium is named for a WWI pilot who pioneered the use of machine guns on fighter planes'

Answer: Roland Garros Stadium


Question: 'After Bull Run, General McClellan reorganized the Union Army which was then called the Army of this river'

Answer: the Potomac


Question: 'Brown belongs to this group of 8 colleges & universities known for their academic & social prestige'

Answer: the Ivy League


Question: 'Sunset Strip address of detectives Stu Bailey & Jeff Spencer'

Answer: 77


Question: 'The closest country to Greenland is this one, a mere 16 miles away'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'In 1893 Latharine Lee Bates wrote of "purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain" in this song'

Answer: "America The Beautiful"


Question: 'The business section of the phone directory'

Answer: the yellow pages


Question: 'On Aug. 5, 1864 this hero lost an ironclad, but his wooden flagship the Hartford survived the battle'

Answer: (David) Farragut


Question: 'Famous Brown alumni include Charles Evans Hughes, Mary Chapin Carpenter & this Penn State football coach'

Answer: Joe Paterno


Question: 'This CBS game show that first hit the air in 1955 gave away $1,000,000 in its first 17 months'

Answer: The $64,000 Question


Question: 'Fully two-thirds of Greenland lies within this boundary at latitude 66 degrees 30 minutes north'

Answer: the Arctic Circle


Question: 'The current Purple Heart medal has a portrait of this man on it'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'It's joined to the Yangtze by the Grand Canal'

Answer: the Yellow River


Question: 'On April 9, 1865 Robert E. Lee surrendered in this settlement in a house owned by a farmer named Wilmer McLean'

Answer: Appomattox


Question: 'Brown's John Hay Library has one of the world's most renowned collections of writings about & by this 16th pres.'

Answer: Abe Lincoln


Question: 'For years "Gunsmoke" & this Western about folks headin' west were the No. 1 & 2 shows on TV'

Answer: Wagon Train


Question: 'Greenland's major physical feature is its massive ice sheet, which is second in size only to one found here'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'This alliterative phrase refers to overly florid writing that tries to enlist a reader's sympathies'

Answer: purple prose


Question: 'Ground-nesting member of the Vespidae family seen here'

Answer: a yellowjacket


Question: 'On Jan. 21, 1861 he bade farewell to the U.S. Senate; 28 days later he was sworn in as president of the Confederacy'

Answer: Jeff Davis


Question: 'Brown was closed during this war when it served as a barracks for troops'

Answer: the Revolutionary War


Question: 'In 1951 this Danish pianist with a sense of the absurd had his own show on NBC'

Answer: Victor Borge


Question: 'Greenland is an autonomous dependency of this nation'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'In the '60s & '70s, this football team's defensive line members were known as the Purple People Eaters'

Answer: the Vikings


Question: 'It's used by a soccer referee to caution a player against further rough play'

Answer: a yellow card


Question: 'After Antietam, Lee withdrew into Virginia & whupped Burnside at this Dec. 13, 1862 battle'

Answer: the Battle of Fredericksburg


Question: 'Brown was founded by members of this religious group, now the largest U.S. Protestant denomination'

Answer: the Baptists


Question: 'It's not an Italian white wine, it's a cute Italian mouse often featured on "The Ed Sullivan Show"'

Answer: Topo Gigio


Question: 'The site of a U.S. Air Force base, it follows "Ultima" in a phrase meaning a distant place'

Answer: Thule


Question: 'A deficiency of this vitamin cuts down on your production of visual purple & may lead to night blindness'

Answer: vitamin A


Question: 'Founded in 1935, this city lies on the shores of the Northwest Territories' Great Slave Lake'

Answer: Yellowknife


Question: 'Supposedly Gustav Mahler's last word was the name of this Salzburg-born composer'

Answer: Mozart


Question:
'Major Hochstetter,
General Burkhalter,
Colonel Klink'

Answer: Hogan\'s Heroes


Question: 'Tonight's choices: baked stuffed chicken breast or this Chilean fish in a horseradish crust'

Answer: sea bass


Question: '2 of the 4 countries that each have the maximum number of votes in the E.U. council (Malta has the fewest)'

Answer: (2 of) France, Germany, Italy, & the UK


Question: 'He was James Gamble's brother-in-law & business partner'

Answer: (William) Procter


Question: 'You don't want this venomous spider to sit down beside ya'

Answer: a black Widow


Question: 'His "Goldberg Variations" were originally designed to help an insomniac nobleman sleep'

Answer: J.S. Bach


Question:
'Captain Parmenter,
Chief Wild Eagle,
Corporal Agarn'

Answer: F-Troop


Question: 'Would you care for barbecued chicken wings or this "orange" fish in a green sauce'

Answer: a roughy


Question: 'The 2004 addition of 10 countries including this one brings the E.U.'s population to 450 million'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'In 2003 this would-be Detroit Lion, author & founder of The Paris Review passed away at 76'

Answer: George Plimpton


Question: 'In Monopoly, you pay the owner of this property either 4 or 10 times the amount shown on the dice'

Answer: Water Works


Question: 'A famous suite by this composer includes the piece heard here'

Answer: (Ferde) Grofé


Question:
'Lt. Cmdr. Harmon Rabb,
Lt. Col. Sarah MacKenzie,
Adm. A.J. Chegwidden'

Answer: JAG


Question: 'I'm out of the halibut fillets in roasted butter, so you can have the chicken dish prepared in this "hunter's style"'

Answer: cacciatore


Question: 'On Feb. 28, 2002 9 member nations ceased using their own national these'

Answer: currency


Question: 'If you know that this journalist was born in Mako, Hungary in 1847, you deserve a "Prize"'

Answer: (Joseph) Pulitzer


Question: 'To keep a photographer up on developing events, he may look at one of these'

Answer: a proof sheet


Question: 'His 1888 symphonic suite "Scheherazade" was based on the tales of the "Arabian Nights"'

Answer: Rimsky-Korsakov


Question:
'Lt. Colleen McMurphy,
Major Lila Garreau,
Private Beckett'

Answer: China Beach


Question: 'Whitefish on rice, or chicken dipped in egg & rolled in a breadcrumb mixture--the style of this northern Italian city'

Answer: Milan


Question: 'From 1967 to 1993 it wasn't the European "Union" but the European this'

Answer: Community


Question: 'This advocate of a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet was the subject of a book, "The Man Who Healed America's Heart"'

Answer: Pritikin


Question: 'It's documentary evidence left behind'

Answer: a paper trail


Question: 'This Impressionist composer's only completed opera, "Pelleas et Melisande", premiered in Paris in 1902'

Answer: Debussy


Question:
'Lt. Anderson,
Lt. Pruitt,
Major "Pappy" Boyington'

Answer: Baa Baa Black Sheep


Question: 'On today's menu: lobster thermidor or this classic French-named fricassee that once made use of old roosters'

Answer: coq au vin


Question: 'Conductor Herbert von Karajan made instrumental arrangements of this vocal ode, the E.U.'s anthem'

Answer: "Ode To Joy"


Question: 'In 1961 this African-American soprano made her debut at the Met as Leonora in "Il trovatore"'

Answer: (Leontyne) Price


Question: 'It's the only Dickens novel that fits the category'

Answer: Bleak House


Question: 'In 1899 he was released from Devil's Island & pardoned for "treason under extenuating circumstances"'

Answer: Captain Alfred Dreyfus


Question: 'Carrying news of a Greek victory, Pheidippides ran from this plain to Athens, about 23 miles'

Answer: Marathon


Question: 'Though he may not have tried it himself, da Vinci designed what is probably the 1st of these "fall-breakers"'

Answer: Parachute


Question: 'A man by this name wears whiskers on his chinnegan'

Answer: Michael Finnegan


Question: 'Hey, it's the "Bay State"'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'The logo used by the Pinkerton Detective Agency led to the use of this term for a private detective'

Answer: Private Eye


Question: 'He was the "I" in "I Love Lucy"'

Answer: Desi Arnaz/Ricky Ricardo


Question: 'When he conquered Thebes, he destroyed every house but the one the poet Pindar had lived in'

Answer: Alexander the Great


Question: 'Richard Nixon's pal Robt. Abplanalp invented the valve for this type of can'

Answer: Aerosol Can


Question: 'Higgledy piggledy; it's the color of the hen that lays eggs for gentlemen'

Answer: Black


Question: 'The state that contains the mouth of the Mississippi'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'Ironically, this expression came from the fact that male deer have front teeth only in their lower jaw'

Answer: Buckteeth


Question: 'We can't tell if the "I" in the title of this series referred to Bill Cosby or Robert Culp'

Answer: "I Spy"


Question: 'The Greeks considered this site of the oracles the "Omphalus" or navel of the world'

Answer: Delphi


Question: 'The typewriter was 1st mass-produced in the 1870s by this gun manufacturer'

Answer: Remington


Question: 'We'll have tea if she puts the kettle on'

Answer: Polly


Question: 'In 1947 British driver John Cobb was 1st to travel over 400 MPH on this state's salt beds'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'Someone able to sniff out a big story for the paper is said to have this'

Answer: A Nose for News


Question: 'He was the "I" in "I Dream of Jeannie"'

Answer: Larry Hagman/Tony Nelson


Question: 'It's very likely that Sophocles & Socrates attended the dedication of this temple in 438 B.C.'

Answer: Parthenon/Temple of Athena


Question: 'In 1960 the FDA approved production of Enovid, the 1st of these'

Answer: Birth Control Pills


Question: 'Here comes a candle to light you to bed, here comes a chopper to....uh--oh'

Answer: Chop off your head


Question: 'It contains both the highest & lowest points in the lower 48 states'

Answer: California


Question: 'When we keep someone at a distance, we're said to keep them this far away'

Answer: At Arm\'s Length


Question: '"One Day At A Time" star who was the "I" in the TV film "I Was A Mail Order Bride"'

Answer: Valerie Bertinelli


Question: 'According to Collier's Ency., in the 7th cent. this city-state won most of the recorded Olympic victories'

Answer: Sparta


Question: 'Only president granted a patent at any time in his life; he got it in 1849 for a ship flotation device'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: '"Betwixt", a word you don't often run into, is in line 3 of the rhyme about this man & his eating habits'

Answer: Jack Sprat ("could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean")


Question: '3 of the top 10 U.S. cities in population are in this state'

Answer: Texas (Dallas, Houston, San Antonio)


Question: 'Meaning maudlin sentimentality, it's often accompanied by the playing of a make-believe violin'

Answer: Hearts & Flowers


Question: 'Daniel Hugh Kelly was the "I" in this 1987-88 series about an architect who wed his Latino housekeeper'

Answer: "I Married Dora"


Question: 'The thief who stole it from the Louvre in 1911 tried to sell it to the Italian government for $95,000'

Answer: The "Mona Lisa"


Question: 'Their 1st 3 Broadway plays were "I'll Say She Is

Answer: The Marx Brothers


Question: 'Mackenzie, Keewatin & Franklin are districts of these territories'

Answer: Northwest Territories


Question: 'These fig-filled items weren't named after a fruit-struck scientist but for a town near the factory'

Answer: Fig Newtons


Question: 'Quincy Jones produced his "Thriller" album & his "Bad" one, too'

Answer: Michael Jackson


Question: 'On the contrary, this is French for "On the contrary"'

Answer: Au Contraire


Question: 'In 1963 this was set up as a link between the White House & the Kremlin'

Answer: The Hot Line


Question: 'This title character's partner-in-crime was Mrs. Lovett, who baked & sold meat pies'

Answer: Sweeney Todd


Question: 'Residents of this province have the highest per capita income in the country'

Answer: Ontario


Question: 'Tab was the leading diet cola before this soft drink was introduced in 1982'

Answer: Diet Coke


Question: 'This TV series inspired an album featuring Ron Perlman reading Shakespeare's sonnets'

Answer: "Beauty And The Beast"


Question: 'Trompe L' Oeil refers to deceiving this, especially in art'

Answer: Deceiving the eye


Question: 'This Islamic title, meaning "Sign From God", became well-known to the western world in the 1970s'

Answer: Ayatollah


Question: 'A very short-run play in 1963, written by D. Starkweather, was titled "So Who's Afraid Of" this playwright'

Answer: Edward Albee


Question: 'Though it owns them both, this company doesn't use a Fruit Loop filling for its Mrs. Smith's pies'

Answer: Kellogg\'s


Question: 'The 2 Madonna albums whose titles begin with "Like A..."'

Answer: "Like A Prayer" & "Like A Virgin"


Question: 'Julia Child ended her show with this French phrase'

Answer: Bon appetit!


Question: 'He personally directed the amphibious landing at Inchon, Korea'

Answer: Douglas MacArthur


Question: '1953 Arthur Miller play inspired by the atmosphere of McCarthyism in the early 1950s'

Answer: "The Crucible"


Question: 'Coors beer is brewed in this Colorado city'

Answer: Golden


Question:
'(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):
Here comes the music:
"Mother-in-law says you're a no-good bum, God I wish that woman would shut her trap..."
Controversial TV personality heard singing here his 1989 album:  "...but there's a sure-fire cure called the 'Loudmouth Method

Answer: Morton Downey Jr. ("Zip It Up")


Question: 'In 1956 France gave this country its independence; in 1957 Sultan Muhammad V took the title King'

Answer: Morocco


Question: 'He wrote "Amadeus" & his twin brother, Anthony, wrote "Sleuth"'

Answer: Peter Schaffer


Question: 'Among the brand names in this Anglo-Dutch company's stable are Ragu, Close-Up, Q-Tips & Wisk'

Answer: Unilever (Lever Brothers)


Question: 'Her "21 Hit Singles" album includes "Ave Maria", "Fire Down Below" &, of course, "Goldfinger"'

Answer: Shirley Bassey


Question: 'He was the last man holding the office of gov. when elected vice president of the U.S.'

Answer: Spiro Agnew (1968)


Question: 'The 1690s were a miss/ Eng. kings were far from bliss/ Jacobites warring/ Never was boring/ Ended by Treaty of this'

Answer: Limerick


Question: 'The Mitsubishi Montero can seat up to 7 people but has only 6 of these for their drinks'

Answer: cupholders


Question: 'Teddy Roosevelt took his case directly to the people from the presidency, which he called this 2-word phrase'

Answer: bully pulpit


Question: 'For those who watch the calendar too closely, Febuary comes much too quickly'

Answer: Febuary (February)


Question: 'Azuki beans are most popular in this Asian country, where they're used to make confections like yokan'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'On the TV series "Beany and Cecil", Beany was a boy & Cecil was a seasick one of these alliterative creatures'

Answer: sea serpent


Question: 'In 1794 this naval hero gave his right eye for Britain; 3 years later, his ability to wave goodbye decreased by 50%'

Answer: Admiral Horatio Nelson


Question: 'It's what the "H" stands for in the H1 Alpha wagon that set buyers back around $140K'

Answer: Hummer


Question: 'This term for a type of obstructionist comes from the Dutch for "freebooter" or "pirate"'

Answer: filibuster


Question: 'Connecting electricle outlets surprises many with its complexity'

Answer: electricle (electrical)


Question: 'Ronald Reagan's Presidential library boasts an unusual portrait of Reagan made from 10,000 of these beans'

Answer: jelly beans


Question: 'Cecil Day founded this motel chain in 1970'

Answer: Days Inn


Question: 'You have the impudence to know Caesar waged war against this 4-letter region from 58 to 50 B.C.?'

Answer: Gaul


Question: 'This Chrysler SUV shares its name with a Colorado ski resort'

Answer: Aspen


Question: 'This bird phrase came from 18th c. Britain, where it described a businessman who became bankrupt &, thus, powerless'

Answer: lame duck


Question: 'Good accounting secretaries need a healthy knowledge of mathmatics'

Answer: mathmatics (mathematics)


Question: '"Noisy" name for a crisp bean pod easily broken into pieces for cooking'

Answer: snap beans


Question: 'He was a diamond in the rough when he arrived in South Africa in 1870; he later dominated the diamond industry'

Answer: Cecil Rhodes


Question: 'On June 2, 1899 near Wilcox, Wyo., the first major train robbery of the Wild Bunch, led by him, netted $30,000'

Answer: Butch Cassidy


Question: 'This Dodge vehicle would look good on the streets of the cities of the same name in Mexico & Colorado'

Answer: Durango


Question: 'This word for one in office (who may lean on supporters for funds) is from the Latin for "lean on"'

Answer: incumbent


Question: 'The average survivor is usually the one who hangs out in the backround'

Answer: backround (background)


Question: 'Many popular gourmet types of this are made from freshly roasted Arabica beans'

Answer: coffee


Question: 'Judy Garland was the first female honored with the special Golden Globe Award named for this director'

Answer: Cecil B. DeMille


Question: 'In Shakespeare & in history, he succeeded Macbeth'

Answer: Malcolm


Question: 'Step up to this Cadillac SUV seen here'

Answer: Escalade


Question: 'An Indian village in the 1700s had this so the leader could stand above the people & be heard; now it means to campaign'

Answer: stump


Question: 'When in the field studying constelations, always bring the astronomical encyclopedia'

Answer: constelations (constellations)


Question: 'McCormick says that its pure extract made from these beans has an unlimited shelf life'

Answer: vanilla


Question: 'When he became Britain's poet laureate in 1968, his son Daniel, future star of "The Last of the Mohicans", was 10'

Answer: Cecil Day-Lewis


Question:
'(Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from the NCPA at Mississippi)
The Defense Department funds the NCPA's work in using sound imaging to detect the tens of millions of these buried worldwide'

Answer: land mines


Question: 'A 1984 adventure: "____ and the Temple of Doom"'

Answer: Indiana Jones


Question: 'It was the day job of James Herriot, the author of "All Creatures Great & Small"'

Answer: veterinarian


Question: 'Population 4.3 million, it's "The Creole State"'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'The Brandenburg Gate is a famous symbol of this city'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'Northeast Chinese region that borders Russia & North Korea'

Answer: Manchuria


Question: '"Wood" you like to name this, the quality of voiced speech sound that lets the ear identify it'

Answer: timbre


Question: 'A 1987 remake of a French Film: "Three Men and ____"'

Answer: a Baby


Question: 'This German author of "Siddhartha" shares his name with a West Central German state'

Answer: Hermann Hesse


Question: 'The name of this Creole dish comes from a French dialect & means "Stew of rice & fowl"'

Answer: jambalaya


Question: 'It's the world capital named for our fifth U.S. president'

Answer: Monrovia


Question: 'This half-pear-shaped member of the Lute family is often played with tremolo strumming'

Answer: mandolin


Question:
'(Jon of the Clue Crew presents from the NCPA at Mississippi)
To reduce jet engine noise, scientists study this type of air movement; it's also what your pilot might say you're about to hit, so buckle up'

Answer: turbulence


Question: 'A 1999 Jodie Foster film: "____ and the King"'

Answer: Anna


Question: 'This author's collection "Tales of a Wayside Inn" is set at the Red Horse Tavern in Sudbury, Massachusetts'

Answer: Longfellow


Question: 'This Caribbean nation's 2 official languages are French & Creole'

Answer: Haiti


Question: 'When the Khmer Rouge came to power in 1975, it forced most of this capital's people to evacuate'

Answer: Phnom Penh


Question: 'Mystic word used in meditation & ritual'

Answer: mantra


Question: 'In concert hall acoustics, it's the opposite of reflection; the Sabin is a unit of it'

Answer: absorption


Question: 'A 2005 divorce drama: "The Squid and ____"'

Answer: the Whale


Question: 'Originally written as a poem, "Eugene Onegin" by this Russian author was later turned into an opera'

Answer: Alexander Pushkin


Question: 'Following the death of his mad Creole wife Bertha in a fire, this literary character weds Jane Eyre'

Answer: Rochester


Question: 'Ernest Hemingway's Finca Vigia home on the outskirts of this city has since been turned into a museum'

Answer: Havana


Question: 'Unique ocean denizen seen here'

Answer: man o\' war


Question:
'(Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from the NCPA at Mississippi)
Using the same prefixes as for light, the sonic spectrum goes from ultrasound to these waves that are too low in frequency to hear; the mics being used here can pick them up'

Answer: infrasound


Question: 'A 1998 film about musician sisters: "Hilary and ____"'

Answer: Jackie


Question: 'Though probably by several Chinese authors, "The Art of War" is attributed to this author'

Answer: Sun Tzu


Question: 'Called P.G.T.,  this Confederate Creole general led the attack of Fort Sumter to start the Civil War'

Answer: General Beauregard


Question: 'Once a center of Jewish learning, this city was known as "The Jerusalem of Lithuania"'

Answer: Vilnius


Question: 'This element, atomic number 25, is used in making steel to give it toughness'

Answer: manganese


Question: 'The largest art theft in U.S. history was at 1:24 a.m. on this date in 1990, while Boston slumbered after partying'

Answer: March 18


Question: 'This Steinbeck novel begins, "To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came..."'

Answer: The Grapes of Wrath


Question: 'Hilal, a pre-Islamic deity of Arabia, was god of one phase of this heavenly body'

Answer: the moon


Question: 'This colorful river emptied into the sea until 1853, when its course shifted to empty into the Gulf of Chihli'

Answer: the Yellow River


Question: 'Franz Reichelt died after a 1912 jump from this tall Parisian structure testing his parachute-overcoat combo'

Answer: the Eiffel Tower


Question: 'Tulane's football team plays its home games off campus at this facility that has a 9.7-acre roof'

Answer: the Superdome


Question: 'Innocent & naive? You must be "wet behind" these'

Answer: the ears


Question: 'A savage named John has educated himself by reading Shakespeare in "Brave New World" by this man'

Answer: Aldous Huxley


Question: 'The Hindu goddess Shatarupa was so beautiful, this creator god grew 4 heads so he could view her in all directions'

Answer: Brahma


Question: 'The border formalized between Mongolia & China in 1962 includes a 900-mile stretch through this desert'

Answer: the Gobi Desert


Question: 'Tradition holds that Aeschylus died when a bird dropped this reptile on his bald head to crack its shell'

Answer: a turtle


Question: 'Built in 1914, Palmer Stadium at this New Jersey university was the home of its football team for 82 years'

Answer: Princeton University


Question: 'To pay or settle; it often precedes "the bill"'

Answer: to foot


Question: 'In "The Prince" he wrote, "It is far safer to be feared than loved"'

Answer: Machiavelli


Question: 'A sabine god of war, Quirinus gave his name to one of the fabled hills of this city'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'The Turfan Depression is China's lowest point; in 1951 this peak became its highest point'

Answer: Mount Everest


Question: 'Plutarch says that this king who lent his name to a type of costly victory died from being struck by a tile'

Answer: Pyrrhus


Question: 'Fittingly, $57 million is what this food company is paying over 20 years to have its name on the Pittsburgh Panthers' field'

Answer: Heinz


Question: 'It can be a dialect or a bell clapper'

Answer: the tongue


Question: 'Perhaps the effort killed him--he died not long after completing his masterpiece "The Brothers Karamazov"'

Answer: Dostoyevsky


Question: 'Invoked by seal hunters, Nerrivik is the mother of all sea creatures as a goddess of this North American people'

Answer: the Inuit


Question: 'China's Fertile Triangle lies between Nanjing, Hangzhou & this, the country's leading seaport'

Answer: Shanghai


Question: 'In an automated factory in 1979, Robert Williams became one of the first men killed by one of these (shades of Asimov)'

Answer: a robot


Question: 'This South Carolina school's Tigers play their home game in Memorial Stadium, aka "Death Valley"'

Answer: Clemson


Question: 'Your messy room at home might be one of these "of contention" with your parents'

Answer: a bone


Question: 'The stories that Kenneth Grahame told his son about a mole & a toad became this 1908 classic'

Answer: The Wind in the Willows


Question: 'Covering a lot of ground, this Greek counterpart of Diana was the goddess of childbirth & chastity'

Answer: Artemis


Question: 'This gulf is bordered by Luichow Peninsula & Hainan Island on the east & Vietnam on the west'

Answer: the Gulf of Tonkin


Question: 'This playwright choked to death in 1983 at NYC's hotel Elysee; a character of his exits a streetcar at "Elysian Fields"'

Answer: Tennessee Williams


Question: 'Rupp Arena is the home court to this school's Wildcats basketball team'

Answer: University of Kentucky


Question: 'A rounded mass of radicchio, for example'

Answer: a head


Question: 'A hot biomedical topic is apoptosis, the programmed "suicide" of these biological units'

Answer: cells


Question: 'They put on the "greatest show on earth" even before the Ringling brothers joined them'

Answer: Barnum & Bailey


Question: '"War of the Worlds" & "Munich"'

Answer: Steven Spielberg


Question: 'It can follow smoke, cherry & incendiary'

Answer: bomb


Question: 'Gaul had an area roughly including Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany w. of the Rhine & this tricolor flag-waving country'

Answer: France


Question: 'From Jeopmark Cards: on the 2nd Sunday in May, you're the one we're thinking of, enjoy this very special holiday'

Answer: mother


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew plays with cool lab equipment.)  Infrasonics detects and interprets sounds we can't hear, like those produced by this kind of event; infrasonics would have helped the Pompeiians'

Answer: an eruption


Question: 'A book-publishing duo, or country music's Tim & Faith'

Answer: McGraw & Hill


Question: '"Goodfellas" & "The Age of Innocence"'

Answer: Martin Scorsese


Question: 'This fleshy growth atop a chicken's head comes in shapes such as buttercup & pea'

Answer: comb


Question: 'In "Commentaries on the Gallic War" he described Gaul as being inhabited by the Belgae, the Aquitani & the Gauls'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'Hey, mon!  You be jahmmin' on May 23, Labour Day in dis country'

Answer: Jamaica


Question: 'In 2006 a pulse of this type of beam sent a message a record 15 million miles to the MESSENGER spacecraft'

Answer: a laser beam


Question: 'Company that introduced the first magnum revolver, the .357 in 1935'

Answer: Smith & Wesson


Question: '"JFK" & "World Trade Center"'

Answer: Oliver Stone


Question: 'Completed in 1932, it bears the inscription "Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God"'

Answer: Tomb (of the Unknown Soldier)


Question: 'In 222 B.C.,  Romans defeated the Gauls in Italy, capturing the city of Mediolanum, now this northen city'

Answer: Milan


Question: 'Ceremonies at the grave of Theodor Herzl are part of this country's Independence Day observation'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'Invasion biology studies species like the brown tree this reptile, which wiped out 9 of Guam's 11 native bird species'

Answer: snakes


Question: 'You've probably used some of their products: Crest, Gleem, Scope, Ivory'

Answer: Procter & Gamble


Question: '"Alien" & "Blade Runner"'

Answer: Ridley Scott


Question: 'A prosthesis is an artificial one'

Answer: limb


Question: 'In the Second Punic War, this Carthaginian made alliance with the Gallic Cenomani against the Romans'

Answer: Hannibal


Question: 'On April 26, this country's Union Day commemorates the 1964 union of Zanzibar & Tanganyika'

Answer: Tanzania


Question: 'This particles studied by astroparticle physics are the only ones in the nuclei of hyrdogen atoms'

Answer: protons


Question: 'You can clean up on this one if you know it's the maker of the product seen here'

Answer: Black & Decker


Question: 'A USC grad:<br />"Boyz n the Hood" & "2 Fast 2 Furious"'

Answer: John Singleton


Question: 'Carpenters use this type of line with a weight on the end of it to determine a true vertical'

Answer: plumb


Question: 'I, this Roman emperor, made Gallic nobility eligible for senate seats during my 41-54 A.D. reign'

Answer: Claudius


Question: 'On April 17 this state enjoys Verrazano Day'

Answer: New York


Question: 'Of all the U.S. states named after European monarchs, it's the one that reaches the farthest west'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'Dr Lucy Jones is part of the "Hazards Team" for these events at the U.S. Geological Survey in Pasadena'

Answer: earthquakes


Question: '1976:<br />This Olympian'

Answer: Nadia Comăneci


Question: 'He forgot to duck in 1926 when he lost to Gene Tunney'

Answer: Jack Dempsey


Question:
'"As the sea, my love is deep."
"Ditto!"
[Smooch]
"You shall be with him hence!"
"Ditto!"
"No--ooh!  Ugh!"
"Yaah!"
"I die!"
"Ditto!"
[Kkk!]'

Answer: Romeo and Juliet


Question: 'Samuel Pepys' famous diary is housed at the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College at this university'

Answer: Cambridge


Question: 'Novels about this historic event include "Fortunate Son" & "The Green Berets"'

Answer: the Vietnam War


Question: 'In fine dining, it's the course in which a patissier specializes'

Answer: pastries (or desserts)


Question: '1974 & 1980: This Fort Lauderdale-born tennis pro'

Answer: Chris Evert


Question: 'In 1934 he got the FBI on his trail by crossing the Indiana-Illinois line; he didn't live much longer'

Answer: John Dillinger


Question:
'"Boo-oo!"
"Bl-bl-bl-bl!  Mad!  Ow!"
"Poison!"
"Mother!  Treachery!"
"Agh-hh-hh-hh!"
"Ugh!"'

Answer: Hamlet


Question: 'The community of Darby in this state claims the USA's oldest free library, founded in 1743'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'A 1947 essayist said this, the dissection of living creatures, puts humans "on the animal level"'

Answer: vivisection


Question: 'Between obstetrician & pediatrician comes this specialist who deals with & whose name means "new births"'

Answer: neonatologists


Question: '1987:<br />This 7-activity star'

Answer: Jackie Joyner-Kersee


Question: 'From 1970 to 1973 he was White House counsel to Richard Nixon'

Answer: John Dean


Question:
'"How I do thrive in this lady's love, and she in mine!"
"Ps-ps-ps-ps!"
"Thou dost stone my heart!"
"Mmgh-mm-mm!"
"Ps-ps-ps-ps!"
"D'oh!  'Tis happiness to die.  Oo-algh!"'

Answer: Othello


Question: 'In the late 1700s this empress founded the M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin State Public Library in St. Petersburg'

Answer: Catherine the Great


Question: 'Wang, Vague or Lynn'

Answer: Vera


Question: 'The San Diego Museum of Art has one of these people of European art & one of Asian art'

Answer: a curator


Question: '2003:<br />This Swede young thing'

Answer: Annika Sörenstam


Question: 'He signed off his TV show with the line "Good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are"'

Answer: Jimmy Durante


Question:
'"The king never shall sun that morrow see."
"Nay!"
[smack!]
"Aye!"
"The smell of blood!  Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo!"
"I will not yield, to kiss the ground!  Nyuh-uh-uh."
"Tragic."'

Answer: Macbeth


Question: 'Indiana University's Lilly Library hath a first edition of this, printed at London in 1611'

Answer: the King James Bible


Question: 'This country officially designates itself a "Bolivarian Republic"'

Answer: Venezuela


Question: 'Some attorneys specialize in this type of "planning" for the transfer of assets once you die'

Answer: estate


Question: '1968:<br />This ice queen'

Answer: (Peggy) Fleming


Question: 'In 1971, this Caribbean leader succeeded his father to become the youngest president in the world'

Answer: Jean(-Claude) Duvalier


Question:
'"I will fight at sea!"
"I'll help you!"
"Huh?  Oh, kill me."
"Augh."
"Aah!  I can no more!  Ow!"
"I have immortal longings!  Ow.  Ow!  Aughh."'

Answer: Antony and Cleopatra (Anthony and Cleopatra accepted)


Question: 'The Ralph J. Bunche Int'l Affairs Center is part of this Washington, D.C. university's library'

Answer: Howard


Question: 'Said to have wiped the sweat from the face of Jesus, her veil is now a Vatican relic'

Answer: (St.) Veronica


Question: 'The formula for the surface area of this is the formula for the area of a circle, multiplied by 4'

Answer: a sphere


Question: 'In "The Untouchables", Kevin Costner portrayed this federal agent who helped bring down Capone'

Answer: Eliot Ness


Question: 'Aristotle introduced the term hamartia, or a dramatic hero's "tragic" this'

Answer: flaw


Question: 'A cleanser from Prestige Brands'

Answer: Comet


Question:
'Albert Canal, flow /
Twixt the Meuse & Scheldt Rivers /
Babble in two tongues'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'A slow style of speaking, perhaps a Southern one'

Answer: a drawl


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a blackboard.)  If the sides of these three squares are as indicated, this is the area of the unshaded region'

Answer: 14


Question: 'In a 2005 film it's tough love for a high school basketball team when Samuel L. Jackson plays this coach'

Answer: Coach Carter


Question: 'Thoreau wrote, "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps... he hears" this musician'

Answer: a different drummer


Question: 'His Greek equivalent is Eros'

Answer: Cupid


Question:
'Across the Andes /
Or the dry Atacama /
Our ribbon of coast'

Answer: Chile


Question: 'Strong & muscular, like that paper towel dude'

Answer: brawny


Question: 'If 2 sides of a cube total 50 square feet, this is the cube's total surface area'

Answer: 150 square feet


Question: 'In 1940's "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" Mary Todd Lincoln was played by this "Harold and Maude" star'

Answer: Ruth Gordon


Question: 'His 1830s work on democracy in America suggested giving it a try back home in France'

Answer: de Tocqueville


Question: 'Vulpine female'

Answer: Vixen


Question:
'The rolling cane fields /
Lead the eye on to Haiti /
Or Washington Heights'

Answer: the Dominican Republic


Question: '1,000-mile Burmese river'

Answer: the Irrawaddy


Question: 'It's the area of a Major League Baseball infield (the part enclosed by the baselines)'

Answer: 8,100 square feet


Question: 'This author of fantasy, sci-fi & religious works was portrayed by Anthony Hopkins in "Shadowlands"'

Answer: C.S. Lewis


Question: 'In 1620's "Novum Organum" this Brit wrote that the way to truth is to work up from particulars to general principles'

Answer: Francis Bacon


Question: 'Arthur Murray by profession'

Answer: Dancer


Question:
'The chickadee sings /
As he did for Frontenac /
I will name him Gord'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'Native American people who met Columbus in 1492'

Answer: the Arawak


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a blackboard.)  It's the area of the right triangle seen here'

Answer: 525


Question: 'In the movie "Impromptu" Hugh Grant played Frederic Chopin & Judy Davis played this lover'

Answer: George Sand


Question: 'This man's incompleteness theorem says math is partly based on ideas that can't be proven within math'

Answer: (Kurt) Gödel


Question: 'Lightning in Munich'

Answer: Blitzen


Question:
'To Maputo Bay /
Indian Ocean breezes /
Brought Pedro Cabral'

Answer: Mozambique


Question: 'Interim capital of Pakistan in the 1960s'

Answer: Rawalpindi


Question: 'Much in the news of the world at the end of June 2004, it's the only English word to contain "GNT" consecutively'

Answer: sovereignty


Question: 'Tuscaloosa'

Answer: Alabama


Question: 'On Jan. 10, 1982 Dwight Clark made "The Catch" of this QB's high throw & the 49ers were off to the Super Bowl'

Answer: Joe Montana


Question: 'Don't even think of taking your newborn home until you have a rear-facing one of these firmly in place'

Answer: a car seat


Question: 'Small vehicle with runners made from the element with the symbol Pb & used to travel on snow'

Answer: a lead sled


Question: 'It's the hall where the Declaration of Independence was signed'

Answer: Independence Hall


Question: 'It can mean your intellect, your intelligence, your seat of consciousness; it can also mean to watch the kids'

Answer: mind


Question: 'Murfreesboro'

Answer: Tennessee


Question: 'Known as "The Kansas Comet", this Chicago Bear scored 22 TDs as a rookie & was immortalized in "Brian's Song"'

Answer: Gale Sayers


Question: 'parenting.org says, "You can criticize a child's" this "but never criticize the child"'

Answer: behavior


Question: 'A Trotsky noble gas'

Answer: Leon neon


Question: 'The powerful Italian leader Mussolini was called "Il Duce", which means this'

Answer: the leader


Question: 'To scrape slightly, or to feed in a field'

Answer: graze


Question: 'Augusta'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'On Nov. 20, 1982 Cal's Kevin Moen scored the winning TD while running through (& into) this rival university's band'

Answer: Stanford


Question: 'When your teen starts dating, set some rules like this prescribed time to be home, maybe midnight'

Answer: curfew


Question: 'Auric growth of fungi'

Answer: gold mold


Question: 'This tributary of the Oka River flows past the city of Moscow'

Answer: the Moscow River


Question: 'Pertaining to the body, or a noncomissioned army officer'

Answer: corporal


Question: 'Poughkeepsie'

Answer: New York


Question: 'Before he became one of "The Dirty Dozen", this Cleveland running back hit pay dirt 126 times'

Answer: Jim Brown


Question: 'Start saving for college now with this website, launched in 2001--it rewards you for shopping with partner companies'

Answer: Upromise


Question: 'A person looking to purchase the metal with the symbol Cu'

Answer: a copper shopper


Question: '1844 was a good year for him; he received a patent for his vulcanized rubber process'

Answer: Goodyear


Question: 'It's a conundrum for sure; it can also mean to pierce with bullet holes'

Answer: riddle


Question: 'Newport'

Answer: Rhode Island


Question: 'In 1984 Gerard Phelan caught this Boston College QB's last-second Hail Mary to beat Miami 47-45'

Answer: Doug Flutie


Question: 'Parents are urged not to give their kids aspirin because of its association with this deadly syndrome'

Answer: Reye\'s syndrome


Question: 'A beverage made with the metal whose principal ore is sphalerite'

Answer: a zinc drink


Question: 'Leonardo da Vinci was born near this small Tuscan town in 1519'

Answer: Vinci


Question: 'Part of a plant, part of a musical note, or to stop the flow of something'

Answer: stem


Question: 'Here's John Constable's take on this English landmark'

Answer: Stonehenge


Question: '"I don't know nothin' bout birthin' babies"'

Answer: Gone with the Wind


Question: 'This capital city got torched in 2008 after the police shooting of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'No, it's not a metallic sensory organ but a phrase meaning I'm insensitive to music & can't carry a tune'

Answer: tin ear


Question: 'Author unknown:<br />"Sir Gawain and the ____ Knight"'

Answer: Green


Question: 'Dating to the early 1900s & meaning "don't be duped" is the advice "don't take any" these'

Answer: wooden nickels


Question: 'Caravaggio painted Jesus without this usual facial feature in "Supper at Emmaus"'

Answer: a beard


Question: '"We are now the knights who say 'Ecky-ecky-ecky-ecky-pikang-zoop-boing'"'

Answer: Monty Python and the Holy Grail


Question: 'In 2008 Haiti saw riots over the price of this grain, the main foodstuff there'

Answer: rice


Question: 'It's a term for a short-tempered person, not a feverish condition felt above the eyebrows'

Answer: hot-head


Question: 'Donald J. Sobol:<br />"Encyclopedia ____, Boy Detective"'

Answer: Brown


Question: 'The rhythm associated with Bo Diddley is "Shave and a haircut," these (equal to one quarter)'

Answer: two bits


Question: 'The government tracks it as a percentage; it's brought to life as the title of a work by Depression artist Ben Shahn'

Answer: unemployment


Question: '"Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape"'

Answer: Planet of the Apes


Question: 'In 1413 rioters led by Simon Caboche took over this fortress, later a prison--a foretaste of things to come'

Answer: the Bastille


Question: 'No, this is not a symptom of hepatitis but a deli appetizer smeared on rye bread; what am I...?'

Answer: chopped liver


Question: 'Zane Grey:<br />"Riders of the ____ Sage"'

Answer: Purple


Question: 'The color of copper led to the Americanism "not worth" one of these'

Answer: a red cent


Question: '1659 portraits of Spain's 8-year-old infanta & her brother were the last works he completed'

Answer: Diego Velazquez


Question: '"I'm sorry I ruined your New Year's Eve party, Lieutenant Dan. She tastes like cigarettes."'

Answer: Forrest Gump


Question: 'The 1967 riots in this Midwest city began with a police raid on a 12th Street speakeasy'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'No, my scapula doesn't have osteomalacia--I'm talking about a road sign meaning the highway's edge is not firm'

Answer: soft shoulder


Question: 'Wilkie Collins:<br />"The Woman in ____"'

Answer: White


Question: 'This phrase means things are so abundant that the value has decreased, perhaps for every 12?'

Answer: a dime a dozen


Question: 'Toledo, Ohio's Museum of Art has a signed replica of the Louvre's "Oath of" these Romans by David'

Answer: the Horatii


Question: '"I'm just gonna walk the earth... you know, like Caine in 'Kung Fu'... meet people, get in adventures"'

Answer: Pulp Fiction


Question: 'The Clash song "White Riot" was inspired by the chaos in this London area, title of a Hugh Grant-Julia Roberts film'

Answer: Notting Hill


Question: 'I don't personally have a gnarled extremity--this feature is on my old-fashioned bathtub'

Answer: a claw foot


Question: 'Laura Ingalls Wilder:<br />"By the Shores of ____ Lake"'

Answer: Silver


Question: 'This other word for a sawhorse became slang for a $10 bill; the crossed legs brought to mind the Roman X'

Answer: a sawbuck


Question: 'This skilled army job may have been named for a bird because soldiers tested their rifle accuracy by shooting them'

Answer: a sniper


Question: 'The Geneva Accords of 1954 split this SE Asian country in 2 at 17 degrees North latitude'

Answer: Vietnam


Question: '2 of the 3 things an athlete throws for distance in a decathlon'

Answer: (2 of) a javelin, a discus & a shotput


Question: 'It's 9.46 trillion kilometers, give or take a few kilometers'

Answer: a light year


Question: 'The official languages of Wales are Welsh & this'

Answer: English


Question: 'She's on the cover of every issue of O Magazine (it is her magazine, after all)'

Answer: Oprah Winfrey


Question: 'A flat surface on which outdoor advertisements are posted'

Answer: a billboard


Question: 'In 73 B.C. this Thracian gladiator began a 2-year slave revolt against Roman rule'

Answer: Spartacus


Question: 'In 1972 this perky Soviet athlete won the gold medal for women's individual balance beam'

Answer: (Olga) Korbut


Question: 'Founded in 1875, the International Bureau of Weights & Measures is headquartered in Sevres near this capital'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'Related to Italian, it has about 5 million speakers in S. Italy & on a large Mediterranean island'

Answer: Sicilian


Question: '2 of the top 4 U.S. papers by circulation have this 5-letter word in their names'

Answer: Times


Question: 'He has a riddle contest with Gollum in "The Hobbit"'

Answer: Bilbo


Question: 'Called the "Sick Man of Europe" in the early 20th century, this empire collapsed just after WWI'

Answer: the Ottoman Empire


Question: 'In Feb. 2006 during the Winter Olympics closing ceremonies here, athletes heard "Volare" & "That's Amore"'

Answer: Torino (Italy)


Question: 'Circles, thermometers & college grads are marked by the number of these they have'

Answer: degrees


Question: 'World Book says that only about 350 Gaulish words have become part of this modern language'

Answer: French


Question: 'In 1945 John Johnson launched this monthly, which he considered the black equivalent of Life magazine'

Answer: Ebony magazine


Question: '"Bluesy" city of Southern Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico'

Answer: Biloxi


Question: 'During World War II, this queen of the Netherlands headed her government-in-exile from London'

Answer: Wilhelmina


Question: 'Michelle Wie has made a name for herself in this sport'

Answer: golf


Question: 'One magnum of champagne equals this many standard bottles'

Answer: 2


Question: 'This language spoken in Reykjavik is also called Islenska'

Answer: Icelandic


Question: 'By their names, it's the frequency of the News in Dayton & the Mail in London'

Answer: daily


Question: 'It's the capital of Spain's Vizcaya province'

Answer: Bilbao


Question: 'In 1923 France & Belgium occupied this German industrial region named for a Rhine tributary'

Answer: the Ruhr


Question: 'In 2008 he became the winningest U.S. skier ever with his 28th World Cup victory'

Answer: Bode Miller


Question: 'One weight still used from the old apothecaries' system is this ounce'

Answer: a troy ounce


Question: 'The Chinese in Hong Kong & Macao mainly speak this Chinese dialect'

Answer: Cantonese


Question: 'This alternative music magazine was founded by Bob Guccione Jr. in 1985'

Answer: Spin


Question: 'A high amount of this bile pigment can produce jaundice'

Answer: bilirubin


Question: 'Fog & dew are the results of this process by which a gas or a vapor becomes a liquid'

Answer: condensation


Question: 'These two characters seen here both have the middle initial J.'

Answer: Rocky & Bullwinkle


Question: 'In "Duty First", alum Ed Ruggero calls this military academy "America's premier leadership school"'

Answer: West Point


Question: 'On the large beads on these, you say the Lord's Prayer; on the smaller beads, the Hail Mary'

Answer: the rosary


Question: 'Every province except this one has a majority population whose ancestors came from the British Isles'

Answer: Quebec


Question: 'It's often atop a statue:<br />ONE PIG'

Answer: a pigeon


Question: 'In a battery, electrical current runs between the anode & this other electrode'

Answer: a cathode


Question: 'Her debut album was 1992's "What's the 411?"'

Answer: Mary J. Blige


Question: '"Working Days" is a compilation of the journals he kept while writing "The Grapes of Wrath"'

Answer: John Steinbeck


Question: 'Common in Roman architecture, this term for a row of arches now often means a place to play video games'

Answer: an arcade


Question: 'The Cypress Hills extend across SE Alberta & the SW part of this province'

Answer: Saskatchewan


Question: 'It's big in Africa (heck, it's big everywhere):<br />CHRISTO'

Answer: an ostrich


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew puts a thin glass tube in a dish of liquid, and the liquid crawls up inside the tube.)  Appropriately, blood and other liquids tend to rise up a small tube because of a phenomenon called this action'

Answer: capillary


Question: 'In 1977 he became the first driver to win the Indy 500 a fourth time'

Answer: A.J. Foyt


Question: 'David Herbert Donald won a 1988 Pulitzer Prize for "Look Homeward: A Life of" this author'

Answer: Thomas Wolfe


Question: 'The 2 continents separated by the Dardanelles'

Answer: Europe & Asia


Question: 'The southernmost point of Canada lies in this province'

Answer: Ontario


Question: 'He'll send you a large bill:<br />CAP LINE'

Answer: pelican


Question: 'Ernest Lawrence received the 1939 Nobel Prize for Physics for his invention of this particle accelerator'

Answer: the cyclotron


Question: 'His first product was his mom's horseradish in 1869; the ketchup came in 1876'

Answer: (Henry J.) Heinz


Question: 'This gonzo journalist told the "Strange and Terrible Saga" of flying with angels--Hell's Angels'

Answer: Hunter S. Thompson


Question: 'In "Casablanca", it's whom Claude Rains intends to "round up" after the Nazi major is shot'

Answer: the usual supects


Question: 'Lake Winnipeg in this province is the largest body of water entirely within any Canadian province'

Answer: Manitoba


Question: 'I may gulp when I say its name:<br />LOW LAWS'

Answer: a swallow


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew puts her spin on an experiment.) When the turntable is still, the marble moves in a straight line; when the turntable moves, even though it doesn't look that way, the marble continues to move in a straight line, illustrating this wind-related effect'

Answer: the Coriolis effect


Question: 'In 1987 this historian & author of "The Discoverers" left his job as Librarian of Congress'

Answer: (Daniel J.) Boorstin


Question: '"Into Thin Air" is his account of scaling Everest & the tragedy that befell others around him'

Answer: (Jon) Krakauer


Question: 'In court you're an affiant if you make one of these sworn written statements'

Answer: an affidavit


Question: 'Canada's 8-mile-long Confederation Bridge links this province to New Brunswick'

Answer: Prince Edward Island


Question: 'It's probably long-tailed:<br />HEAT SNAP'

Answer: pheasant


Question: 'Her marriage to Henry VIII lasted less than a year, but she had the last laugh, surviving him by 10 years'

Answer: Anne of Cleves


Question: 'From trips there around 1910 to get animals to stuff, Carl Akeley felt this continent's wildlife was doomed'

Answer: Africa


Question: '1991:<br />"A Walsh Family Christmas"'

Answer: Beverly Hills, 90210


Question: 'This Spanish surrealist collaborated on 2 films with Luis Bunuel, "Un Chien Andalou" & "L'Age D'Or"'

Answer: Salvador Dali


Question: 'Robert Duvall, Gene Hackman & this "Graduate" all lived together & all later won Oscars -- must've been the water'

Answer: Dustin Hoffman


Question: 'A nursery rhyme says that this soup made with peas can be enjoyed hot, cold or in the pot 9 days old'

Answer: Pease porridge


Question: '"Saturday Night Live" editorialist Emily Litella wasn't sure why all the fuss about these "on television"'

Answer: Violins


Question: 'Looking for this legendary in-between fossil in Mongolia, Roy Chapman Andrews discovered dinosaur eggs'

Answer: The Missing Link


Question: '1983:<br />"Goodbye, Farewell and Amen"'

Answer: M*A*S*H


Question: 'Toulouse-Lautrec's 1892 painting "At" this music hall features portraits of himself, his cousin & other patrons'

Answer: Moulin Rouge


Question: 'Until Henry Fonda got married, he lived with this actor -- what a "Wonderful Life"'

Answer: Jimmy Stewart


Question: 'It's the geographic name for tomato-based clam chowder'

Answer: Manhattan


Question: 'A coming-of-age novel by Bruce Ducker is titled "Lead Us Not Into" this NYC train depot'

Answer: Penn Station


Question: 'In 1955 Louise Boyd sent a telegram to the Society of Women Geographers, "Flew over" this "yesterday"'

Answer: North Pole


Question: '1976:<br />"Angels in Chains"'

Answer: Charlie\'s Angels


Question: 'This Frenchman considered "Where Do We Come From?  What Are We?  Where Are We Going?" to be his "Best Canvas"'

Answer: Paul Gauguin


Question: 'TV's "Mr. Peepers", he was one of tough guy Marlon Brando's roommates'

Answer: Wally Cox


Question: 'Chicken soup's curative powers earned it the nickname "Jewish" this'

Answer: Penicillin


Question: '(Hi, I'm Tony Danza)  On "Friends", Lisa Kudrow was convinced that this man's song "Tiny Dancer" was really "Tony Danza"'

Answer: Elton John


Question: 'In the 1860s William Dall explored Alaska for a U.S. company planning on linking the U.S. & Russia with this'

Answer: Telegraph line


Question: '1997:<br />"Never Kill A Boy on the First Date"'

Answer: Buffy the Vampire Slayer


Question: 'This Russian-born artist designed the stained glass windows for Jerusalem's Hadassah-Hebrew Medical Center'

Answer: Marc Chagall


Question: 'Seen here, this actor got his stage name when college roomie Stanley Tucci said, "You don't look like an Irving"'

Answer: Ving Rhames


Question: 'A clear broth made by cooking veggies, poultry, meat or fish in water, it can be compressed into a concentrated cube'

Answer: Bouillon


Question: 'George W. Bush once referred to these 2 trade obstacles as "terriers & bariffs"'

Answer: Tariffs & barriers


Question: 'After being led there by a local, Hiram Bingham claimed he "discovered" this lost Incan city in Peru'

Answer: Machu Picchu


Question: '1974:<br />"Blood of the Dragon"'

Answer: Kung Fu


Question: 'In this work, Van Gogh captured the misery of a family gathered around a table dining only on a plate of spuds'

Answer: "The Potato Eaters"


Question: 'The Coens wrote "Raising Arizona" for Holly Hunter after this roommate of hers got the lead in "Blood Simple"'

Answer: Frances McDormand


Question: 'This celebrated seafood stew hails from Provence'

Answer: Bouillabaisse


Question: 'In a 2000 film, the idiomatically challenged "Trixie" speaks of "drinking yourself into" this South American country'

Answer: Bolivia (instead of "oblivion")


Question: 'The heat source of a spectroscope is this type of gas burner named for German chemist Robert'

Answer: Bunsen burner


Question: 'Title reason why "You better watch out, you better not cry, better not pout"'

Answer: "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"


Question: '"Miss Ravenel's Conversion From Secession to Loyalty" is John De Forest's 1867 novel about this war'

Answer: Civil War


Question: 'An astringent applied under the arms to curtail sweating'

Answer: Anti-perspirant


Question: 'Belize City, the country's largest city, lies on this sea'

Answer: Caribbean Sea


Question: 'In 1986 this man married the woman who thus became the Duchess of York'

Answer: Prince Andrew


Question: 'It's the branch of chemistry generally concerned with non-carbon elements & their compounds'

Answer: Inorganic chemistry


Question: 'Weather condition on Christmas Eve when Santa asked Rudolph, "Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"'

Answer: Foggy


Question: 'In Willa Cather's "Shadows on the Rock", the "Rock" is this French-Canadian city'

Answer: Quebec City


Question: 'A disappointing end after a big buildup'

Answer: Anti-climax


Question: 'Name of the Indians who lived in Belize before Europeans came & of the mountains where Victoria's Peak is found'

Answer: Mayans


Question: 'This big, "bad" band leader, seen here, was born in Strasburg, North Dakota in 1903'

Answer: Lawrence Welk


Question: 'This element makes up about 78% of normal dry air by volume'

Answer: Nitrogen


Question: '(Here comes the clue with Tony Bennett)  My Christmas album "Snowfall" includes this song that mentions "warm woolen mittens"'

Answer: "My Favorite Things"


Question: 'He used his poem "The Road Not Taken" as the opening poem in his collection "Mountain Interval"'

Answer: Robert Frost


Question: 'Sherman's "Act" of 1890'

Answer: Anti-Trust Act


Question: 'Belize lies on the southeast coast of this peninsula'

Answer: Yucatan Peninsula


Question: 'In 1633 the Catholic Church found him guilty of teaching heresy; in 1992 they admitted they were wrong'

Answer: Galileo


Question: 'For ice, it's 6 degrees Celsius; for tungsten, it's 3,410 degrees Celsius'

Answer: Melting point


Question: 'Based on verses from Psalm 98, it contains the line "Let Earth receive her king"'

Answer: "Joy to the World"


Question: 'Her book "Taltos: Lives of the Mayfair Witches" would be perfect to read during "The Witching Hour"'

Answer: Anne Rice


Question: 'Signed May 26, 1972 , it's abbreviated as the ABM Treaty'

Answer: Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty


Question: 'Until 1991 this neighboring country didn't recognize Belize's independence, asserting claims from the 1800s'

Answer: Guatemala


Question: 'One of the couple seen here who assumed their historic duties November 12, 1990<br />(in Tokyo)'

Answer: Emperor Akihito or Empress Michiko


Question: 'It's an atom that has gained or lost one or more electrons, & carries a positive or a negative charge'

Answer: Ion


Question: 'In December 1957 Bobby Helms had his biggest pop hit with this song; it must have been "the right time"'

Answer: "Jingle Bell Rock"


Question: 'This Lake poet's autobiographical poem "The Prelude, or, Growth of A Poet's Mind" was published in 1850, after his death'

Answer: William Wordsworth


Question: 'A central character without traditional attributes, like Yossarian in "Catch-22"'

Answer: Anti-hero


Question: 'In 1862 Belize was proclaimed a colony under this name; in 1871, a crown colony'

Answer: British Honduras


Question: 'On January 4, 1995 he became speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives'

Answer: Newt Gingrich


Question: 'Between 1894 & 1901 adherents of this political theory killed the heads of state of France, Spain, Italy & the U.S.'

Answer: Anarchy


Question: 'People who live at high altitudes often have thicker blood, to deliver more of this gas to body cells'

Answer: oxygen


Question: 'Torn sweatshirts & legwarmers were all the rage after this 1983 Jennifer Beals movie'

Answer: Flashdance


Question: 'Because he speaks Latin, Flinchius knows that "gladiator" means a "man of" this weapon'

Answer: sword


Question: 'The Nobel Committee said awarding this prize to the Dalai Lama in 1989 was not politically motivated'

Answer: the Peace Prize


Question: 'In "Take the Money and Run", this comedian bungles a bank robbery because no one can read his note'

Answer: Woody Allen


Question: 'An ordinary "Joe" may also have this last name, for his regular purchase in the beer section'

Answer: Sixpack


Question: 'Thromboses & embolisms are common causes of strokes, the interruption of the blood supply to this organ'

Answer: the brain


Question: 'Sensitive men of the '70s were out; "Real Men" didn't eat this'

Answer: quiche


Question: 'Flinchius covers his eyes when the crowd determines his fate by displaying this digit'

Answer: a thumb


Question: 'The Dalai Lama's most famous disciple, this actor published a book of photos of Buddhist culture'

Answer: Richard Gere


Question: 'One of these David Letterman bits is "Least Popular Candy Bars"; No. 4 is "Good 'N' Linty"'

Answer: the Top Ten List


Question: 'In a legal case, he's the equivalent of Mr. X; in real life, he was in the band X'

Answer: John Doe


Question: 'If this factor differs in a pregnant woman & her fetus, the baby's red blood cells may be damaged'

Answer: Rh


Question: 'Androgeny was exemplified by Eurythmics' Annie Lennox, & by this lead singer of Culture Club'

Answer: Boy George


Question: 'Flinchius calls it his office, but it's the better known name for the Flavian amphitheater where he fights'

Answer: the Colosseum


Question: 'The Dalai Lama is the spiritual reincarnation of this Enlightened One, formerly known as Gautama'

Answer: the Buddha


Question: '(Hi, I'm Paula Poundstone.)  In an early stand-up routine, Bob Newhart instructs drivers of these on pulling away just as drivers reach the doors'

Answer: buses


Question: 'Doctors are again using these worms, now to remove blood clots in fingers reattached by microsurgery'

Answer: leeches


Question: 'Based on Xavier Roberts' sculptures, these dolls were a popular item for adoption in 1983'

Answer: Cabbage Patch (Kids)


Question: 'Flinchius never quite got a handle on this 3-pronged weapon that was a favorite of the god Neptune'

Answer: the trident


Question: 'The Dalai Lama, in exile since 1959, lives in the Himalayan town of Dharmsala in this country'

Answer: India


Question: 'Buxom women losing their clothes was a staple of this comic's show, on British TV until 1989'

Answer: Benny Hill


Question: 'Type O is the universal donor; this type is considered the universal recipient'

Answer: AB


Question: 'Greed was good: Trump taught "The Art of the Deal", & she said, "Only the little people pay taxes"'

Answer: (Leona) Helmsley


Question: 'With his chariot payments, Flinchius is glad this first Christian emperor failed to ban gladiator bouts'

Answer: Constantine


Question: '1997 movie seen here in which a mountain climber tutors the Dalai Lama:'

Answer: Seven Years in Tibet


Question: 'Danny Thomas was a master of this "Take" in which he'd get startling news while eating or drinking'

Answer: a spit take


Question: 'After beating Muhammad Ali in 1971, he spent the next several weeks in the hospital'

Answer: Joe Frazier


Question: 'Gilbert Stuart's unfinished "Athenaeum Head" portrait of this man appears on the $1 bill'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'This city's Nov. 9, 1965 blackout began at 5:27 P.M., stranding subway riders & darkening Herald Square'

Answer: New York City


Question: 'In happier times, they founded Desilu Productions'

Answer: Desi Arnaz & Lucille Ball


Question: 'It's a solemn promise to tell the truth, I swear'

Answer: oath


Question: 'He was killed in WWII, leaving the future of his family's political hopes on his brother John'

Answer: Joe Kennedy


Question: 'His painting "Weeping Woman", seen here, is assumed modeled after his mistress, Dora Mar'

Answer: Pablo Picasso


Question: 'Paul Revere left Boston at 10 P.M. April 18, 1775 & arrived in this city around midnight'

Answer: Lexington


Question: 'In the '60s Barbra Streisand was married to this actor; their son Jason appeared in "The Prince of Tides"'

Answer: Elliott Gould


Question: 'It's a piece of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees'

Answer: orchard


Question: 'Mafia boss Joe Bonanno was unimaginatively nicknamed for these fruits'

Answer: bananas


Question: 'A famous 1793 painting by Jacques-Louis David depicts this assassinated Frenchman in his bathtub'

Answer: Marat


Question: 'An Exxon tanker ran aground at 12:04 A.M. March 24, 1989, 25 miles from this city, its namesake'

Answer: Valdez


Question: 'Play that features the dying words heard here:'

Answer: Romeo And Juliet (the death of Mercutio)


Question: 'Everything didn't come up roses for Ernest Borgnine & this entertainer; they separated after a month'

Answer: Ethel Merman


Question: 'In music, one of these runs 8 notes, from C to shining C'

Answer: octave


Question: 'Joe Strummer strummed & sang for this band heard here:'

Answer: The Clash


Question: 'In 1894 he completed "The Day of the Gods", the painting seen here'

Answer: Paul Gauguin


Question: 'Term for the night of Nov. 9, 1938 when Germany's Jewish shops & synagogues were destroyed'

Answer: Kristallnacht


Question: 'Mistress Ford & Mistress Page are the saucy spouses who trick & torment Falstaff in this comedy'

Answer: The Merry Wives of Windsor


Question: 'This former wife of Neil Simon has appeared as Martin Crane's girlfriend Sherry on "Frasier"'

Answer: Marsha Mason


Question: 'It's the type of structure seen here:'

Answer: obelisk


Question: 'The name of this U.S. senator became an -ism, meaning unfair public accusation'

Answer: Joseph McCarthy ("McCarthyism")


Question: 'Van Dyck did paintings of this Stuart king "On Horseback" & with Henrietta Maria & their children'

Answer: Charles I


Question: '3-word term for the Watergate-era exodus of Richardson, Ruckelshaus & Cox on Saturday, Oct. 20, 1973'

Answer: "Saturday Night Massacre"


Question: 'Act III of this play opens inside King Priam's palace in Troy'

Answer: Troilus & Cressida


Question: 'John Derek's exes include Ursula Andress & this "Dynasty" actress'

Answer: Linda Evans


Question: 'This fish-eating bird of prey is also known as the fish hawk'

Answer: osprey


Question: 'Spawning a web site, videos & a magazine, this A&E series has taken on a life of its own'

Answer: Biography


Question: 'It was the last battle in which George Armstrong Custer saw action'

Answer: Little Big Horn


Question: 'You might actually fit one of these small horses in your house'

Answer: Shetland pony


Question: 'Born & raised in Cincinnati, he broke Ty Cobb's hit record as the Reds' player-manager'

Answer: Pete Rose


Question: 'Among its characters were Fonzie, Potsie & Ralph Malph'

Answer: Happy Days


Question: 'Attention, Earl Scheib: Paint Job is a brand of this kind of cosmetic, with colors resembling automobile paint'

Answer: Nail polish


Question: 'Nix hope'

Answer: Phoenix


Question: 'Her first attempt to fly around the world ended in March 1937 when her plane crashed in Hawaii'

Answer: Amelia Earhart


Question: 'Her "Prince Charming" made it to the church on time in 1956'

Answer: Princess Grace/Grace Kelly


Question: 'The sculpture "Genius of Water" crowns one of these structures at the heart of Cincinnati's downtown'

Answer: Fountain


Question: 'Early episodes of this Barbara Eden-Larry Hagman series were filmed in black & white, the rest were in color'

Answer: I Dream of Jeannie


Question: 'The Disney Store's Fairy Mist Cologne is inspired by this heroine who had a fairy godmother'

Answer: Cinderella


Question: 'Selma'

Answer: Salem


Question: 'Of the AFL, NFL or NHL, the one Samuel Gompers helped found'

Answer: AFL (American Federation of Labor)


Question: 'Come on baby & tell me the name of this hairstyle named for an early '60s dance craze'

Answer: Twist


Question: 'At Oktoberfest 1994, 48,000 Cincinnatians flapped their elbows like wings in this dance'

Answer: Chicken Dance


Question: '"Gloria", which aired in the early 1980s, was a spinoff from this show'

Answer: All in the Family


Question: 'Dior's "Mascara Flash" isn't for your lashes: it's meant to add colorful highlights to this'

Answer: Hair


Question: 'Safe ant'

Answer: Santa Fe


Question: 'Cuban hill that was stormed by the Rough Riders on July 1, 1898'

Answer: San Juan Hill


Question: 'The name of this feline comes from its stubby tail'

Answer: Bobcat


Question: 'The Convention Center is named for Dr. Albert Sabin, best known for developing this in Cinci in the '50s'

Answer: Oral polio vaccine


Question: 'This show that debuted in 1986 focused on the folks who ran Sugarbakers'

Answer: Designing Women


Question: 'Romance is a fragrance from this designer whom you might call a major "Polo" player'

Answer: Ralph Lauren


Question: 'Torn net'

Answer: Trenton


Question: 'In 1952 Congress approved this commonwealth's new constitution'

Answer: Puerto Rico


Question: 'Here's a portion of the new U.S. version of this denomination, unveiled June 12, 1997<br />(picture of U.S. Grant)'

Answer: $50 bill


Question: 'The Greater Cincinnati Airport is actually across the Ohio River in this state'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'Sitcom on which you'd frequently hear the line, "Kiss My Grits!"'

Answer: Alice


Question: 'Elle described the scent of this spice as "The new lavender" -- it's a "snap" you'll know it'

Answer: Ginger


Question: 'Not a scream'

Answer: Sacramento


Question: 'The success of this book in 1978 allowed John Irving to leave the teaching world'

Answer: "The World According to Garp"


Question: 'Her real name is Mary Jane Tomlin, & that's the truth'

Answer: Lily Tomlin


Question: 'In the 19th century we were called this "Mounted Police" like the "Territories" we still patrol'

Answer: Northwest


Question: 'A specialist in the science of language, or someone who speaks many languages'

Answer: Linguist


Question: 'In 1967 this New York Jet became the first NFL quarterback to throw for over 4,000 yards in a season'

Answer: Joe Namath


Question: '1970s sitcom bigot on whom the colonists fought an important Revolutionary War battle'

Answer: Archie Bunker Hill


Question: '1998's "Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!" is the latest from this "Fried Green Tomatoes" author'

Answer: Fannie Flagg


Question: 'With her 11th Oscar nomination in 1999, she has more than any other actress except Katharine Hepburn'

Answer: Meryl Streep


Question: 'Our motto, "Maintiens le Droit", literally means "Maintain" this -- & it's not a traffic instruction'

Answer: The Right


Question: 'From 1932 to 1947 this pollster was research director of the Young & Rubicam ad agency'

Answer: George Gallup


Question: 'Running back Thurman Thomas of this team is the only player to score in 4 consecutive Super Bowls'

Answer: Buffalo Bills