Question: 'This South African won golf's Masters Tournament in 1961'

Answer: Gary Player


Question: 'Something very rare is "as scarce as" these poultry features (that don't exist)'

Answer: hen\'s teeth


Question: 'This famous 1892 Tchaikovsky suite features the "Miniature Overture"'

Answer: the Nutcracker Suite


Question: 'It's the color of a venemous "recluse spider" also called the fiddleback'

Answer: brown


Question: 'This highest civil office of old Venice originated in the 7th century & got its first palace in 814'

Answer: doge


Question: '(Dog who sounds like his name)'

Answer: Droopy Dog


Question: 'This South Dakota native was the golden-toned voice of TV's "Laugh-In"'

Answer: Gary Owens


Question: 'It's the kind of broad view that reminds us of frozen food guy Clarence'

Answer: a bird\'s-eye view


Question: 'It's no tabloid rumor:  this composer of the "Grand Canyon Suite" also wrote a "Tabloid Suite"'

Answer: Ferdi Grofe


Question: 'Colorful name of the evergreen seen here'

Answer: the blue spruce


Question: 'Under this Latin name, the island once called Albion went on to "rule the waves"'

Answer: Britannia


Question: '(Cecil's partner)'

Answer: Beany


Question: 'A Russian chess grandmaster, this man lost to a computer in 1997'

Answer: Garry Kasparov


Question: 'Goat Island separates it into Horseshoe Falls & American Falls'

Answer: Niagara Falls


Question: '"My little horse must think it queer to stop without a farmhouse near"'

Answer: Robert Frost


Question: '"Joy of Cooking" says dogfish is a classic part of this British staple dish served with vinegar'

Answer: Fish and chips


Question: '"Iron Mike"'

Answer: Mike Ditka/Mike Tyson


Question: 'In early 1774 Cook came within 300 miles of discovering this continent'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'Start praying now; it's the day at the end of the world when God settles accounts'

Answer: Judgment Day


Question: 'At 3,110

Answer: South Africa


Question: '"The best laid schemes o' mice & men gang aft a-gley"'

Answer: Robert Burns


Question: 'The "lemon" type of this flatfish is called that even before it's cooked in citrus juice'

Answer: Sole


Question: '"The Golden Bear"'

Answer: Jack Nicklaus


Question: 'Because of the affability of the natives, Cook named the islands now known as Tonga this'

Answer: The Friendly Islands


Question: 'Known as hump day, this day of the week is named for the Norse god of war'

Answer: Wednesday


Question: 'Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Moriarty went over these Swiss falls; only Holmes survived'

Answer: Reichenbach Falls


Question: '"In the world of mules there are no rules"'

Answer: Ogden Nash


Question: 'If your pasta overwhelms the taste of this fish, you'd say "The penne is mightier than" it'

Answer: The swordfish


Question: '"The Say Hey Kid"'

Answer: Willie Mays


Question: 'The strait between this country's 2 main islands was named after someone Cook knew....himself'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'Al Pacino angrily bursts into a New York bank in this 1975 film about hostage-taking'

Answer: "Dog Day Afternoon"


Question: 'It lies on Auyan-Tepui Mountain in Venezuela'

Answer: Angel Falls


Question: '"Water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink"'

Answer: Samuel Taylor Coleridge ("The Rime of the Ancient Mariner")


Question: 'If you fried this fish up for the same-named hero of an opera, he might say it was the "Bess" he ever had'

Answer: Porgy


Question: '"The Refrigerator"'

Answer: William Perry


Question: 'Cook was in this island group when he was killed on Valentine's Day in 1779'

Answer: Hawaii/Sandwich Islands


Question: 'It was the beginning of the end for the Nazis on this "designated" day'

Answer: D-Day


Question: 'The Khone Cataract on this river in Laos discharges the largest volume of water of any falls'

Answer: Mekong River


Question: '"I met a traveler from an antique land who said:  Two vast & trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert"'

Answer: Percy Shelley


Question: 'The source of the finest caviar, this fish is also good to fillet & saute'

Answer: Sturgeon


Question: '"Crazylegs"'

Answer: Elroy Hirsch


Question: 'In 1768 Cook set off to Tahiti with a group of scientists to observe the transit of this planet'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'This 1983 ABC TV movie provoked angry debate with its depiction of nuclear devastation'

Answer: "The Day After"


Question: 'The name "Beatles" was inspired by the backup group of this singer'

Answer: Buddy Holly (his backup group was called The Crickets)


Question: '...Ohio / With a walk on the Moon in his bio / He went to Purdue / Took 1 small step, too / An American hero, no lie-o'

Answer: Neil Armstrong


Question: 'A poisoned one of these is the traditional hunting weapon of the Kalahari's Gwikwe people'

Answer: arrow


Question: 'Hat dance &<br />jumping bean'

Answer: Mexican


Question: 'Has webbed feet; lays eggs'

Answer: a platypus


Question: 'Sealy makes these with "advanced memory foam technology"'

Answer: mattresses


Question: 'This type of formal clothing for men is named for a town in New York'

Answer: a tuxedo


Question: '...Paree / Blind in an accident at 3 / Thanks very much / He made reading by touch / Helping millions of people to "see"'

Answer: (Louis) Braille


Question: 'This woodsman's tool is said to "fall" when a worker is fired'

Answer: an axe


Question: 'Measles &<br />potato salad'

Answer: German


Question: 'Sega's Sonic is one'

Answer: a hedgehog


Question: 'In 2008 Michael Phelps & NASA teamed to reduce drag on these & created "the world's fastest" one'

Answer: a swimsuit


Question: 'The paper for this type of envelope was originally made from hemp of a certain Philippine city'

Answer: manila


Question: '...Old Greece / Socrates' student, at least / Here's the chronology / Wrote an "Apology"/ Now the clue, it will cease'

Answer: Plato


Question: '18th C. gunmaker Robert Wogdon made the finest flintlock pistols designed for these affairs of honor'

Answer: duels


Question: 'Channel &<br />saddle'

Answer: English


Question: 'Adult males are called silverbacks'

Answer: gorillas


Question: 'The February 2008 decision to abandon HD DVD technology gave a market victory to this rival video format'

Answer: Blu-ray


Question: 'This type of resort is named for the Belgian town famous for mineral springs'

Answer: a spa


Question: '...Kentucky / Who moved to Texas, quite plucky / Created a knife / Then lost his life/ The Alamo turned out unlucky'

Answer: (Jim) Bowie


Question: 'This word for a small dagger is an Italian diminutive'

Answer: stiletto


Question: 'Elephant &<br />ocean'

Answer: Indian


Question: '1 of the 2 whose names end in "beest"'

Answer: a wildebeest (or a hartebeest)


Question: 'Los Alamos now has the fastest computer; it was designed using technology from this Sony gaming system'

Answer: PlayStation 3


Question: 'This word for the last & completely destructive battle comes from the place the battle is supposed to happen'

Answer: armageddon


Question: '...New York / A gov. firm against pork / He's the winner, he's prez / The Chicago Trib says / But he lost & he felt like a dork'

Answer: (Thomas) Dewey


Question: '(Alex reports from a swordsmith shop in Tokyo, Japan.) The sword maker must be careful to get the proper amount of this element in his steel to ensure proper hardness; too much of it, however, & the sword becomes brittle'

Answer: carbon


Question: 'Bacon &<br />whiskey'

Answer: Canadian


Question: 'Marsupial that comes in a Virginia type'

Answer: opossum


Question: 'ASIMO, one of these, differentiates multiple voices using 8 microphones & Hark software'

Answer: a robot


Question: 'This color, a brilliant purplish pink, is named for a northern Italian city'

Answer: magenta


Question: 'It was small, but had a big heart: it was the 1st Amer. colony to prohibit the importation of slaves, in June 1774'

Answer: Rhode Island


Question: 'In the NFC West:<br />The Gold Rush'

Answer: the 49ers


Question: 'Mitt Romney wins an election to become a governor'

Answer: 2002


Question: 'How do we love her?:<br />EBB'

Answer: Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Question: 'With its economy ailing, in 2008 this country offered $559 packages including air & 3 nights at a Reykjavik hotel'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'Rediscovered c. 1900, the work of this Austrian monk was thought irrelevant to evolutionary theory'

Answer: (Gregor) Mendel


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Capitol Building in Williamsburg, VA.)  In April of 1781, this general, an American traitor, helped British forces seize Williamsburg & raise the English flag over the capitol'

Answer: Benedict Arnold


Question: 'In the AFC East:<br />The Flight Crew'

Answer: the (New York) Jets


Question: 'The Soviet Union dissolves'

Answer: 1991


Question: 'Nokomis knows him:<br />HWL'

Answer: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


Question: 'A "36 Hours" column showcased this city, with Molly Brown's Victorian Mansion & the mile high flea market'

Answer: Denver


Question: 'This journalist said no one "has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses"'

Answer: (H.L.) Mencken


Question: 'Yum!  Chocolate manufacturing in the American colonies began in 1765 in what is now this state, in Dorchester'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'In the NBA's Central Division:<br />The Automotion'

Answer: the Pistons


Question: 'Tombstone has a famous gunfight'

Answer: 1881


Question: 'She wove "The Harp Weaver":<br />ESM (or ESVM)'

Answer: Edna St. Vincent Millay


Question: 'At nytimes.com you can see a slide show of some of the hot spots to visit in this largest city in the UAE'

Answer: Dubai


Question: 'This composer of "Amahl and the Night Visitors" won 2 Pulitzers for his work'

Answer: (Gian Carlo) Menotti


Question: '(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-04-08_DJ_29.jpg" target="_blank">Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Monitcello, Virginia.)  Until the early 1790s, this was Monticello's main cash crop, the cultivation of which Jefferson called "productive of infinite wretchedness"'

Answer: tobacco


Question: 'In California's capital:<br />The Royal Court Dancers'

Answer: the (Sacramento) Kings


Question: 'Though having financial problems & shunned, Rembrandt still receives several important commissions'

Answer: 1661


Question: 'He spoon-fed us "Spoon River":<br />ELM'

Answer: Edgar Lee Masters


Question: 'For a weekend getaway, The Frugal Traveler recommends this city of "O'Keefe, folk art & Frito pies"'

Answer: Sante Fe


Question: 'This physician saw the benefit of a group practice after visiting the Mayo Clinic; he later started a clinic in Kansas'

Answer: Menninger


Question: 'As a teenager, he wrote essays for a New England newspaper under the female pen name "Silence Dogood"'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: 'A midwestern N.L. team:<br />Team Fredbird'

Answer: the (St. Louis) Cardinals


Question: 'Spanish missionaries relocate Mission San Carlos Borromeo to Carmel, California'

Answer: 1771


Question: 'Prominent Pre-Raphaelite:<br />DGR'

Answer: Dante Gabriel Rossetti


Question: 'For a cheaper stay on this Caribbean island nytimes.com says head to Pointe du Bout instead of Fort-de-France'

Answer: Martinique


Question: 'Yee-haw!  He's the musician seen here, fiddlin' around'

Answer: Sir Yehudi Menuhin


Question: 'From a 1942 movie, No. 2 on Guinness' top 10 film quotes is a line that mentions this liquor'

Answer: gin


Question: 'He watched the 1814 bombardment of Fort McHenry from a British ship & wrote a poem about it'

Answer: Francis Scott Key


Question: 'Almost always played in pairs, these rattles originated among the Indians of South America'

Answer: maracas


Question: 'This term for a copy or reproduction is from the Latin meaning "to make similar"'

Answer: facsimile


Question: 'It was named for Hertford, England'

Answer: Hartford, Connecticut


Question: 'When drawing a stop sign, stop after this many sides'

Answer: 8


Question: 'The pattern of the fibrous tissue in wood, it's tough to go against it'

Answer: the grain


Question: 'At the time of the war, Britain was involved in a long-standing struggle with this country'

Answer: France


Question: 'Instead of having valves like a trumpet, a trombone has this to alter the pitch'

Answer: a slide


Question: 'December, decimal & decimate all come from the Latin word for this'

Answer: ten


Question: 'This capital city of Maine lies on both sides of the Kennebec River'

Answer: Augusta


Question: 'A truck pictured in silhouette on a wedge shape indicates this'

Answer: a grade (or a hill)


Question: 'Staves are bound to form one of these containers of rather fun monkeys'

Answer: a barrel


Question: 'On June 1, 1812 this president asked Congress to declare war on Great Britain'

Answer: Madison


Question: 'Popular with amateur musicians, the recorder is a type of this woodwind'

Answer: a flute


Question: 'Some believe the word gimmick began as gimac, an anagram of this'

Answer: magic


Question: 'Originally called Edwinton, it was renamed in 1873 to honor Germany's "Iron Chancellor"'

Answer: Bismarck (North Dakota)


Question: 'It's the symbol in common to no right turn, winding road & one way signs'

Answer: an arrow


Question: 'Completes the title of the Strauss waltz "Tales from the..."'

Answer: the Vienna Woods


Question: 'The most important U.S. naval victories were MacDonough's on Lake Champlain & his on Lake Erie'

Answer: Oliver Hazard Perry


Question: 'A long-necked lute called the samisen is a popular instrument of this country'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'This sport derives its name from the word association, as in association football'

Answer: soccer


Question: 'Founded by gold prospectors, it's situated about 5,280 feet above sea level'

Answer: Denver


Question: 'The sign showing a man walking between 2 lines usually has this 7-letter abbreviation'

Answer: PED XING (for pedestrian crossing)


Question: 'The gray wolf can also be found lumbering around under this name'

Answer: the timberwolf


Question: 'In April 1813 Americans briefly captured this capital of Upper Canada, then called York'

Answer: Toronto


Question: 'The 1978 hit "Feels So Good" features Chuck Mangione on this brass instrument'

Answer: the flugelhorn


Question: 'Meaning vain & above oneself, this adjective comes from the Middle French for "high"'

Answer: haughty


Question: 'The Confederate States of America were founded in this capital city on February 4, 1861'

Answer: Montgomery, Alabama


Question: 'National guide signs for motorist services are blue; guide signs for directions, this color'

Answer: green


Question: 'The object in this Scottish Highland game is to make sure the log leaves your hands & travels straight'

Answer: the caber toss


Question: 'Measured in ohms, it's the R in Ohm's law, V=IR'

Answer: resistance


Question: 'After Beirut, Tarabulus is this country's largest city'

Answer: Lebanon


Question: 'Nicola Pisano sculpted a splendid Gothic pulpit for this city's baptistery near the Leaning Tower'

Answer: Pisa


Question: 'In 1973 Lindy Boggs became the first woman elected to the house from this "Bayou State"'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'This play about a Moor was inspired by a tale in Cinthio's "Hecatommithi"'

Answer: Othello


Question: 'This part of a hog's hind leg that includes the hip, thigh & knee may be cured'

Answer: a ham


Question: 'Next in the sequence: pentagon, hexagon, heptagon...'

Answer: octogon


Question: 'In 1988 King Hussein surrendered this country's claim to the disputed West Bank'

Answer: Jordan


Question: 'Born in 1904, this wildly eccentric Spaniard was influenced greatly by metaphysical art'

Answer: Salvador Dalí


Question: 'This current California governor's first elected office was state assemblyman in 1966'

Answer: Pete Wilson


Question: 'This play inspired Robert Browning's poem "Caliban Upon Setebos"'

Answer: The Tempest


Question: 'This high school subject deals with day-to-day living: food & nutrition, child care, etc.'

Answer: home economics


Question: 'In the time it takes this largest planet to go once around the Sun, Earth has gone around 12 times'

Answer: Jupiter


Question: 'Country whose currency is seen here:'

Answer: Iraq


Question: 'This Saturday Evening Post illustrator's portrait of Nixon hangs in the National Portrait Gallery'

Answer: Rockwell


Question: 'In August 1992 this Secretary of State resigned to run President Bush's reelection campaign'

Answer: James Baker


Question: 'In this comedy Julia disguises herself as a boy to follow Proteus from Verona to Milan'

Answer: Two Gentlemen of Verona


Question: 'This kids' game starts with a player throwing her puck into the number 1 section'

Answer: hopscotch


Question: 'A good electrical insulator, this yellowish resin produces a charge of static electricity when rubbed'

Answer: amber


Question: 'Abu Dhabi is the largest & most populous of the states that make up this nation'

Answer: the United Arab Emirates


Question: 'Edouard Manet preferred not to exhibit with this group, but his sister-in-law Berthe Morisot did'

Answer: the Impressionists


Question: 'New York's senior senator, he once served as U.S. ambassador to the U.N.'

Answer: (Daniel Patrick) Moynihan


Question: 'Falstaff's last line in this comedy is "When night-dogs run, all sorts of deer are chased"'

Answer: The Merry Wives of Windsor


Question: 'Robert A. Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land" won this award for 1962'

Answer: the Hugo


Question: 'Isaac Newton found the strength of this depends on 2 things: mass & distance'

Answer: gravity


Question: 'Eastern Thrace is the European portion of this nation'

Answer: Turkey


Question: 'This Alice in Wonderland illustrator was knighted in 1893'

Answer: Sir John Tenniel


Question: 'This Virginian is the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee'

Answer: John Warner


Question: 'Guinness says 4 of the actors died during Sir John Gielgud's 1942 production of this "bad luck" play'

Answer: Macbeth


Question: 'The only branch of this presidential library is in West Branch, Iowa'

Answer: the Hoover Library


Question: 'He won his first of 9 Tonys for the first Broadway musical he choreographed, "The Pajama Game"'

Answer: Bob Fosse


Question: 'This NBA team plays its home games at the America West Arena, a veritable sports palace'

Answer: Phoenix Suns


Question: 'Snoopy's best little buddy, in the comics he talks in "scratches"'

Answer: Woodstock


Question: 'Bob Dylan & Dion were the only 2 other rock singers on the cover of this 1967 Beatles album'

Answer: Sgt. Pepper\'s Lonely Hearts Club Band


Question: 'Satellite measurements in 1987 suggested that this peak reaches 29,108' -- 80' higher than thought'

Answer: Mount Everest


Question: 'The fermented drink called perry is the pear-based counterpart of this "hard" apple drink'

Answer: Cider


Question: 'Sound heard here: (when you pick up the phone)'

Answer: Dial tone


Question: 'Diners at the Rustler's Rooste chow down on this "noisy" pit viper, served as an appetizer'

Answer: Rattlesnake


Question: 'These little yellow birds were once carried into coal mines because of their sensitivity to poisonous gas'

Answer: Canaries


Question: 'In July 1967 this group's "Light My Fire" became Elektra Records' first No. 1 single'

Answer: The Doors


Question: 'An ice cave at over 10,000 feet near Gangotri in the Himalayas is the source of this sacred Indian river'

Answer: Ganges


Question: 'A brand of gin distilled in London shares its name with these Tower of London guards'

Answer: Beefeater(s)


Question: 'In the Army it's a rapid march of 180 steps a minute'

Answer: Double time


Question: 'Phoenix's firefighting museum isn't called the Hall of Fame but the Hall of this'

Answer: Flame


Question: 'A wise parrot named Polynesia taught him how to talk to the animals'

Answer: Dr. Dolittle


Question:
'In 1961 Del Shannon had his only No. 1 hit with this song heard here:

"I wonder..."'

Answer: "Runaway"


Question: 'This shaggy-haired beast of Tibet is often called the grunting ox because of the sound it makes'

Answer: Yak


Question: 'It's coffee mixed with whiskey, such as Jameson's, & topped with whipped cream'

Answer: Irish coffee


Question: 'The NFL's Joe Greene got mean from this position'

Answer: Defensive tackle


Question: 'The Arizona Biltmore was inspired by the designs of this man who lived & worked at nearby Taliesin West'

Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright


Question: 'A clock invented in the Black Forest around 1775 introduced this little birdie to timekeeping'

Answer: Cuckoo


Question: 'In 1961 the Marvelettes asked him to "Look and see, is there a letter in your bag for me?"'

Answer: Mr. Postman


Question: 'Some have suggested that this mythical Himalayan creature is a pre-human primate'

Answer: Yeti/Abominable Snowman


Question: 'Trader Vic claims credit for inventing this rum drink & says it was named by a Tahitian friend'

Answer: Mai tai


Question: 'Longtime job of Rawley Farnsworth, who was thanked by Tom Hanks in his 1994 Oscar acceptance'

Answer: Drama teacher


Question: 'By gum, the mansion built by this chewing gum mogul is a national historic landmark'

Answer: William Wrigley


Question: 'It's the symbol of happiness Shirley Temple went looking for in a 1940 film'

Answer: Bluebird


Question: 'This group's 1969 hit "These Eyes" featured Randy Bachman, later of B-T-O, on lead guitar'

Answer: Guess Who


Question: 'These Nepalese people are much sought after as porters for Himalayan climbing expeditions'

Answer: Sherpas


Question: 'This wine-based French aperitif usually served on the rocks is flavored with, mmm, quinine'

Answer: Dubonnet


Question: 'Group of Florida islands named from the Spanish for turtles'

Answer: Dry Tortugas


Question: 'Alexander Portnoy'

Answer: Portnoy\'s Complaint


Question: 'It's reported that the U.S. has issued over 1870 patents for this flower; 400 of them mention red'

Answer: Rose


Question: 'Show that gave us the catch phrases "You bet your bippy" & "Here come de judge"'

Answer: Rowan & Martin\'s Laugh-In


Question: 'This "Little Women" author was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1996'

Answer: Louisa May Alcott


Question: 'Last name of Moe of the Three Stooges'

Answer: Howard (real name Moses Horvitz)


Question: 'Ante bellum means "before" this, something many people are anti-'

Answer: War


Question: 'Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus'

Answer: I, Claudius


Question: 'The motor-driven phonograph he invented in 1888 played wax cylinders'

Answer: Thomas Edison


Question: 'Dr. Kildare & this Vince Edwards doctor began practicing on TV in 1961 & both left in 1966'

Answer: Ben Casey


Question: 'Inducted into the National Photography Hall of Fame in 1968, he snapped the picture seen here: (Abraham Lincoln)'

Answer: Mathew Brady


Question: 'Moe Strauss founded this auto parts chain along with Manny Rosenfield & Jack Jackson'

Answer: Pep Boys


Question: 'Shakespeare taught us this phrase meaning "you also"'

Answer: Et tu


Question: 'Philip Pirrip'

Answer: Great Expectations


Question: 'In 1931 Miles Laboratories first marketed this effervescent tablet'

Answer: Alka-Seltzer


Question: ''60s series that used the prop seen here to open a secret panel:'

Answer: Batman


Question: 'This singer heard here was named to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988:  "Well I was born a coal miner's daughter...."'

Answer: Loretta Lynn


Question: 'Major league catcher Moe Berg was also a WWII spy for this agency, precursor of the CIA'

Answer: OSS (Office of Strategic Services)


Question: 'British rulers have the title Fidei Defensor, meaning this'

Answer: Defender of the Faith


Question: 'Jean Louise Finch'

Answer: To Kill A Mockingbird


Question: 'John Curtis made a spruce-based type in 1848; Thomas Adams made a chicle-based type around 1870'

Answer: Chewing gum


Question: 'As producer, Carl Reiner picked up an Emmy for this Outstanding Comedy Series of 1965-66'

Answer: The Dick Van Dyke Show


Question: 'You'll find the Automotive Hall of Fame near the Henry Ford Museum in this Michigan city'

Answer: Dearborn


Question: 'Term for the type of country music Moe Bandy plays, the clubs where he began, or the "Queen" he sang of in 1981'

Answer: Honky Tonk


Question: 'An editio princeps is one of these, something prized by book lovers'

Answer: First edition


Question: 'Meursault'

Answer: The Stranger


Question: 'The company credited with inventing Teflon'

Answer: DuPont


Question: 'This singer's summer replacement show was "The Golddiggers"'

Answer: Dean Martin


Question: 'Included in the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame are Willie Hoppe & this Willie, inducted in 1968'

Answer: Willie Mosconi


Question: 'This "Kool" rapper's album "How Ya Like Me Now" began a rivalry with LL Cool J'

Answer: Kool Moe Dee


Question: 'This 2-word phrase refers to the proof a crime has been committed, not necessarily the murder victim'

Answer: Corpus delicti


Question: 'The 3 most populous countries, they added up to an estimated 2.42 billion people in 1996'

Answer: China, India, & the USA


Question: 'This man whose wife was noted for her taste & elegance set up the President's Advisory Council on the Arts'

Answer: Kennedy


Question: 'His theme song says he's "the friendliest ghost you know"'

Answer: Casper


Question: 'Eoin Ryan of this country is also a member of the Fianna Fail political party'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'The company was founded to provide chocolate coating for these chewy yellowish-brown candies'

Answer: caramels


Question: 'This title beast of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is actually the pet of Mr. Jack Stapleton'

Answer: the hound of the Baskervilles


Question: 'Because of the more favorable corporate laws New Jersey passed in 1889, he moved his Standard Oil of Ohio there'

Answer: (John D.) Rockefeller


Question: 'Creation of an administration for these under Hoover didn't stop the "Bonus Army" of them from marching on D.C.'

Answer: military veterans


Question: 'This smarter-than-the-average ursine debuted on "The Huckleberry Hound Show" in 1958'

Answer: Yogi Bear


Question: 'Stavros Lambrinidis of this country is a socialist member of the EP'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'In 1970 Hershey's assumed U.S. distribution of this alliterative wafer bar'

Answer: a Kit Kat


Question: 'Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' "The Yearling" centers on this type of pet'

Answer: a deer


Question: 'This team won back-to-back NBA titles in '94 & '95'

Answer: the Houston Rockets


Question: 'Among his achievements was--was--um--oh, the creation of what's now the Office of Management & Budget in 1921'

Answer: Harding


Question: 'In a frequent bit, this resident of Frostbite Falls would say, "Hey Rocky.  Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat"'

Answer: Bullwinkle


Question: 'Representing this Scandinavian country, Gunnar Hokmark is also the vice-chair of the European Democrats group'

Answer: Sweden


Question: '"What this week needs is a lot more sundaes" was one of Hershey's first ad slogans, for this product'

Answer: Hershey\'s Syrup


Question: 'Harry Potter uses his snowy owl named this to transfer messages'

Answer: Hedwig


Question: 'Early one-word hybrid rock & roll style exemplified by artists like Gene Vincent & Carl Perkins'

Answer: rockabilly


Question: 'In 1964 LBJ said, "This nation, this generation, in this hour has man's first chance to build" this'

Answer: a Great Society


Question: 'The first episode of this cartoon series to be broadcast was "Rosie the Robot" on Sept. 23, 1962'

Answer: The Jetsons


Question: 'Born in Treviso, Gian Paolo Gobbo represents this country in the EP'

Answer: Italy


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew holds some chocolate at the Hershey's Museum in Hershey, PA.)  As well as the K type, World War II G.I.s got Hershey's D type of this; in 1945 the company was producing 24 million a week'

Answer: rations


Question: 'This poetic Eliot feline has "lived many lives in succession" & is named for the 5th book of the Old Testament'

Answer: Old Deuteronomy


Question: 'Naturally occurring sodium chloride, also known as halite'

Answer: rock salt


Question: 'With ex-Assistant Atty. Gen. Ruckelshaus as its 1st administrator, the EPA came into being under this Republican pres.'

Answer: Nixon


Question: 'Adventures of "Tom Terrific" & his wonder dog Mighty Manfred first aired in 1957 on this Bob Keeshan series'

Answer: Captain Kangaroo


Question: 'A doctor, Representative Laszlo Surjan of this country has also taught medicine'

Answer: Hungary


Question: 'In the '40s Hershey supplied this dairy-sounding byproduct to companies like the makers of Coppertone'

Answer: cocoa butter


Question: 'Little Swan, Little Bear & Greenfinch are some of the goats of this Johanna Spyri lass'

Answer: Heidi


Question: 'Illinois port on the Mississippi that is home to a major government arsenal'

Answer: Rock Island


Question: 'A statue of this Roman sea god is a perfect choice for a fountain; there's one at Peterhof in Russia'

Answer: Neptune


Question: 'In a 1970 film, Alec Guinness played Jacob Marley's ghost & Albert Finney played this man'

Answer: Scrooge


Question: 'Woodbury, Middlebury & Waterbury are all cities in this state'

Answer: Connecticut


Question:
'Killer,
honey,
bumble'

Answer: bees


Question: 'Remnants of the falling Roman Empire somehow halted an invasion by this man & his Huns in 451 A.D. near Chalons'

Answer: Attila


Question: 'Olympic competition in 1900 included this type of swimming, judged on distance & time submerged'

Answer: underwater swimming


Question: 'A sarcophagus at Hearst Castle depicts this group of 9, including Erato, who inspires love poems'

Answer: the Muses


Question: 'Natalie Wood was just 8 years old when she played the little girl Susan in this Christmas classic'

Answer: Miracle on 34th Street


Question: 'One of this state's nicknames is "Lobsterland"'

Answer: Maine


Question:
'French,
fog,
of plenty'

Answer: horns


Question: 'The annihilation of 3 legions at Teutoburger Wald in 9 A.D. made this German river the limit of Roman expansion'

Answer: the Rhine


Question: 'The Salgir, the Chernaya, the Alma & the Dnieper are all rivers that flow through this country'

Answer: Ukraine


Question: 'This city's statue of Gefion, with her sons whom she turned into oxen, is a bit less famous than the Little Mermaid'

Answer: Copenhagen


Question: 'Bing Crosby introduced the song "White Christmas" not in the movie "White Christmas" but in this earlier film'

Answer: Holiday Inn


Question: 'Seen here, it's known as "the Crossroads of America"'

Answer: Indiana


Question:
'John Chisum,
J.D. Cahill,
Rooster Cogburn'

Answer: John Wayne characters


Question: 'The end of this handsome Stuart prince's rebellion was the April 16, 1746 Battle of Culloden'

Answer: Bonnie Prince Charlie


Question: 'It's the quality of being useful, or the useful knife used to cut drywall'

Answer: utility


Question: 'Praxiteles sculpted this Greek equivalent of Mercury "carrying the infant Dionysus"'

Answer: Hermes


Question: 'In this movie "2", Tim Allen has to find a Mrs., ASAP; says so in his contract'

Answer: The Santa Clause 2


Question: 'Former governors of this state include Pierre S. du Pont IV'

Answer: Delaware


Question:
'A bass voice,
rival street gangs in "West Side Story",
far-off thunder'

Answer: rumbles


Question: 'Despite a decisive victory over a Viking invasion just 3 weeks before, he lost the Battle of Hastings in 1066'

Answer: Harold


Question: 'An adjective meaning "of an elevated region", or the main type of cotton grown in the American South'

Answer: upland


Question: 'Get psyched at the Louvre by looking Antonio Canova's sculpture of this Roman god "and Psyche"'

Answer: Cupid


Question: 'In this movie, Tim Allen & Jamie Lee Curtis consider skipping the holidays altogether & taking a cruise'

Answer: Christmas with the Kranks


Question: 'This state elected Jeannette Rankin as the first woman to the U.S. Congress, & she represents it in Statuary Hall'

Answer: Montana


Question:
'A newspaper comic strip,
a public affairs discussion,
a small truck'

Answer: things with panels


Question: 'At the Battle of Tours in 732 A.D. this French leader "hammered" the Muslims, halting their conquest of Europe'

Answer: Charles Martel


Question: 'The matches coming before the main boxing match'

Answer: the undercard


Question: 'He was the oldest man to walk on the Moon, & the only World War II veteran'

Answer: Alan Shepard


Question: 'No concert, pal; too long at the beach & now you have the fever & little blisters of this "poisoning"'

Answer: sun poisoning


Question: 'This 19th century American humorist observed, "Be careful about reading health books, you may die of a misprint"'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'A Hawaiian greasy spoon might well serve a dish called musubi made with rice, seaweed & this Hormel product'

Answer: Spam


Question: 'Jacks, queens or kings, deck-wise'

Answer: face cards


Question: 'Jello Biafra & Ralph Nader were both presidential candidates for this party in 2000'

Answer: the Green Party


Question: 'John was really a "drag" in this 2007 film in which he played Edna Turnblad, a role first made famous by Divine'

Answer: Hairspray


Question: 'It's not the night for that single malt scotch tasting; your hepatoma in this organ has flared up, bringing fever'

Answer: liver


Question: 'Every March brings the national day named for this sometimes-greasy treat'

Answer: a corndog


Question: 'A cheap imitation'

Answer: a knockoff


Question: 'In 1971 Huey Newton announced this party was adopting a nonviolent manifesto'

Answer: the Black Panthers


Question: 'One of the settings for this Travolta film is Gilley's roadhouse bar'

Answer: Urban Cowboy


Question: 'Your 8-month-old is the sick one; you'll be home pulling these chilled rings out of the freezer as the party rages'

Answer: teething rings


Question: 'This 19th century French chemist & microbiologist observed, "Fortune favors the prepared mind"'

Answer: Pasteur


Question: 'Though we doubt he did it in a "hut", a New Zealand man set a Guinness record by eating a 12" this in 1 min., 45 secs.'

Answer: a pizza


Question: 'To referee a game, or to oversee a wedding'

Answer: officiate


Question: 'Formed in 1995, this fiscally conservative coalition of the Democratic Party has over 50 members--woof!'

Answer: the Blue Dogs


Question: 'One of the 2 films in which Travolta played mobster Chili Palmer'

Answer: Get Shorty (or Be Cool)


Question: '"I got shot" will do when texting your date; skip the part about the infection here, where the bullet leaves the body'

Answer: the exit wound


Question: 'This '50s Secretary of State said you must "Take chances for peace...if you are scared to go to the brink, you are lost"'

Answer: (John Foster) Dulles


Question: 'The photo here will settle this breakfast dish'

Answer: hash browns


Question: 'An introductory essay in a book'

Answer: a preface


Question: 'In the election of 1892, the Populist Party supported "free" this mineral (also a color)'

Answer: silver


Question: 'Before "Welcome Back, Kotter" aired, Travolta played one of this title girl's tormentors in a 1976 horror film'

Answer: Carrie


Question: 'You're missing out on steak because sprouts got you with this bacterium; curse you, Dr. Escherich!'

Answer: E. coli


Question: 'This leading poet of the Irish literary revival requested, "Tread softly because you tread on my dreams"'

Answer: (William Butler) Yeats


Question: 'This sandwich with a city name is a French roll with thin slices of beef, sauteed onions & a certain dairy product'

Answer: a Philly cheesesteak


Question: 'This word meaning lacking serious intent contains all the vowels in order'

Answer: facetious


Question: 'The group known as "Code" this calls itself a "women-initiated grassroots peace & social justice movement"'

Answer: Code Pink


Question: 'Travolta was romantically involved with Diana Hyland, who played his mom in this made-for-TV film about a sick kid'

Answer: The Boy in the Plastic Bubble


Question: 'He leads the Skywalker Symphony Orchestra in recordings of his own film music'

Answer: John Williams


Question: 'On Jan. 22, 2010 this late night host said goodbye to NBC after 17 years on the network'

Answer: Conan O\'Brien


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew points to a map on the monitor.)  Add a letter to the country shown here & you get this painful wrenching of the ligaments around a joint'

Answer: a sprain (for Spain)


Question: 'This title M.D. is taught to communicate with animals by his pet parrot, Polynesia'

Answer: Dr. Dolittle


Question: ''50s sitcom dad to Ricky & David who became president of South Africa in 1994'

Answer: Ozzie Nelson Mandela


Question: 'That's this man leading the band in "The Stars and Stripes Forever" for president Hoover'

Answer: (John Philip) Sousa


Question: 'This "Sunday Night Football" & "Monday Night Football" commentator retired in 2009 at age 73'

Answer: John Madden


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew points to a map on the monitor.)  Add a letter to the country highlighted here & you'll get this acronym for a device usable offshore'

Answer: scuba (for Cuba)


Question: 'In "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", she leads her brothers & sister, Peter, Edmund & Susan, into Narnia'

Answer: Lucy


Question: 'The eighth U.N. secretary-general who's an Oscar-winning song from "Breakfast at Tiffany's"'

Answer: Ban Ki-Moon River


Question: 'In 2008 this commentator & Sean Hannity parted ways'

Answer: (Alan) Colmes


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew points to a map on the monitor.)  Add a letter to the country in red & you get this word for a female'

Answer: a woman (for Oman)


Question: 'Novartis makes these hyphenated caffeine pills that have been helping college kids study for years'

Answer: No-Doz


Question: 'This mustachioed detective loves exercising his "little grey cells" & first appears in "The Mysterious Affair at Styles"'

Answer: (Hercule) Poirot


Question: 'Ms. Sheindlin's legal TV show stars in "Meet Me in St. Louis" & "Summer Stock"'

Answer: Judge Judy Garland


Question: 'On Dec. 22, 1808 Beethoven conducted his 5th & 6th symphonies &, from the keyboard, his 4th this'

Answer: piano concerto


Question: 'In 2009 "King of the Hill" started a run on this "athletic" portion of the Cartoon Network schedule'

Answer: Adult Swim


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew points to a map on the monitor.)  Add a letter to the country shown here & you get this word describing a fully equipped business opportunity'

Answer: a turnkey (for Turkey)


Question: 'Whether sugarfree or cola, this energy drink "gives you wiiings"'

Answer: Red Bull


Question: 'Ironically, Henry Fleming gets this title reward in an 1895 novel after being struck by a comrade during a retreat'

Answer: the Red Badge of Courage


Question: '"Happy Days" spin-off that was the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. congress'

Answer: Laverne & Shirley Chisholm


Question: 'In 1905 he led the London Symphony Orchestra in the premiere of the "Pomp And Circumstance" march No. 3'

Answer: Elgar


Question: 'A red beverage introduced for public sale bore the same name as this HBO show, in which the drink is seen'

Answer: True Blood


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew points to a map on the monitor.)  Add a letter to the country that's highlighted & you get this word meaning "harmless"'

Answer: benign (for Benin)


Question: 'For a real jolt, try crackheads, dark chocolate covering these Italian-sounding coffee beans'

Answer: espresso beans


Question: 'Her last name is Meeber; Dreiser said she was full of "the illusions of ignorance and youth"'

Answer: Sister Carrie


Question: 'A nickname for Alaska & Sweden about perpetual daylight becomes the father of modern China'

Answer: the Land of the Midnight Sun Yat-sen


Question: 'In 1992 New York got the first one: 917'

Answer: an overlay area code


Question: 'This New Yorker who fought at the battle of Gettysburg was once considered the inventor of baseball'

Answer: (Abner) Doubleday


Question: 'Divorcee Jane, having an affair with her ex, Jake, played by Alec Baldwin'

Answer: It\'s Complicated


Question: 'This candy melts in your mouth, not in your hand & puts money into Kyle Busch's No. 18'

Answer: M&M\'s


Question: 'Benjamin Disraeli, at Parliament Square'

Answer: London


Question: 'London's Daily Mail said a mistranslation caused an entrant in one of these to run 26 days not 26 miles'

Answer: a marathon


Question: 'This 2-word term for 8 specific colleges in the east refers to the vegetation covering their older buildings'

Answer: the Ivy League


Question: 'This first lady was born Thelma Catherine Ryan on March 16,1912 in Nevada'

Answer: Mrs. Nixon


Question: 'Free-spirited Greek island-dwelling Donna Sheridan'

Answer: Mamma Mia!


Question: 'What can brown do for David Ragan, No. 6? Be this delivery company & sponsor, that's what'

Answer: UPS


Question: 'Sun Yat-Sen, at the corner of Grant & California'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'In 2004 NPR reported that the post office was allowing people to take these 5-digit numbers with them when they moved'

Answer: the ZIP code


Question: 'The name of this mass of ice comes from the Old French for "ice"'

Answer: a glacier


Question: 'From 1935 to 1937 she worked at Purdue University as a career counselor & as an advisor in aeronautics'

Answer: Amelia Earhart


Question: 'Lonely Iowa housewife Francesca Johnson'

Answer: The Bridges of Madison County


Question: 'When it comes to sponsorships, No. 43, Reed Sorenson, asks for supersize from this fast food chain'

Answer: McDonald\'s


Question: 'Douglas MacArthur, near the Quezon bridge'

Answer: Manila


Question: 'An Aussie news show reported in 1975 that the country was converting to this "time" with 100 minutes in an hour'

Answer: metric


Question: 'This word for a long-noosed rope used to catch cattle & horses is from the Spanish la reata, "the rope"'

Answer: a lariat


Question: 'At his death in 1915, this educator was buried on the campus of his Tuskegee institute'

Answer: Booker T. Washington


Question: 'Danish baroness Karen Blixen'

Answer: Out of Africa


Question: 'This energy drink gives Scott Speed's No. 82 wings (& dollars)'

Answer: Red Bull


Question: 'A work symbolizing freedom & unity by Bassem Al-Dawiri (replacing a guy who got toppled)'

Answer: Baghdad


Question: 'The Irish Times said in 1995 that this Russian leader's embalmed body would go from Red Square to Euro Disney'

Answer: Lenin


Question: 'A 15th century sailor is said to have given this snake its name, from a Portuguese phrase meaning "hooded snake"'

Answer: the cobra


Question: 'He wrote a controversial report on urban poverty before being a democratic senator from New York, 1977-2001'

Answer: (Daniel) Moynihan


Question: 'Fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly'

Answer: The Devil Wears Prada


Question: 'This home improvement store tells Jimmie Johnson's 48 crew, "let's build something together"'

Answer: Lowe\'s


Question:
'18th-century hero
Colonel William Prescott seen here
in a state capital'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'A 1972 veterinary record article said "Brunus edwardii", this creature, was in 63.8% of households'

Answer: a teddy bear


Question: 'The first written use of the phrase "stuffed shirt", meaning a pompous bore, occurred in her 1913 novel "O Pioneers!"'

Answer: (Willa) Cather


Question: 'Ayn Rand's original title for this 1957 novel was "The Strike"'

Answer: Atlas Shrugged


Question: 'A book on the science of champagne says lipstick can ruin the fun: fats in it make these stretch & break'

Answer: the bubbles


Question: 'This 1928 Ravel work was written on commission from ballet dancer Ida Rubinstein'

Answer: Bolero


Question: 'If you are in tune with someone, you are said to be on the same this, a distance in physics'

Answer: wavelength


Question:
'When ailing, Hindus bathe in this, India's most sacred river; and once dead, their ashes
are scattered therein'

Answer: the Ganges


Question: 'Jittery deputy Barney Fife'

Answer: Don Knotts


Question: 'Irving Stone's "Love is Eternal" told the story of this 19th century presidential couple, the good & the bad'

Answer: the Lincolns


Question: 'A 1980s process to make huge bottles safely allowed Rosalynn Carter to do this with a 7-gal. "sovereign" on Jan. 15, 1988'

Answer: christen a ship (\'break it across a ship\' accepted)


Question: 'This Sibelius work was performed using the title "Impromptu" while his country was under Russian rule'

Answer: Finlandia


Question: 'Literally referring to something blown down, it's used to mean "an unexpected gain"'

Answer: a windfall


Question: 'Because the Jordan is at a tenth of its normal flow, the briny waters of this sea have dropped 130 feet since 1980'

Answer: the Dead Sea


Question: 'Starfleet medical officer Leonard "Bones" McCoy'

Answer: DeForest Kelley


Question: 'Yep, in a 1958 novel, James Bond found himself up against this sinister sadist in the Caribbean'

Answer: Dr. No


Question: 'Laurent-Perrier ultra brut is made without dosage, the usual addition of mostly this common substance'

Answer: sugar


Question: 'In 1858, after his death, his "Wedding March" became a tradition after its use in a royal wedding'

Answer: (Felix) Mendelssohn


Question: 'As Juliet knows, this 9-letter word means "why?"'

Answer: wherefore


Question: 'Low snowpacks & multiyear drought have reduced Lake Shasta, in this California range, to a remnant of its former self'

Answer: the Sierra Nevada


Question: 'Sewer worker Ed Norton'

Answer: Art Carney


Question: 'This sizzling bestseller from Grace Metalious spawned a movie & a prime time soap'

Answer: Peyton Place


Question: 'Though champagne is white, one of the most important grapes used to make it is this one whose name in part means "black"'

Answer: pinot noir


Question: 'In 1930 Arturo Toscanini became the first non-German to conduct at the Wagner festival in this city'

Answer: Bayreuth


Question: 'This word for a phantom or a ghost is of Scottish origin'

Answer: a wraith


Question: 'The weight of the water held in this country's Three Gorges dam tilts the earth's axis nearly an inch'

Answer: China


Question: 'Army company clerk Radar O'Reilly'

Answer: Gary Burghoff


Question: 'His first novel, "Player Piano", was published in 1952: "The Sirens of Titan" came later in the decade'

Answer: (Kurt) Vonnegut


Question: 'The LVMH group owns the brands Dom Perignon, Veuve Clicquot & not only Moet but this partner'

Answer: Chandon


Question: 'A case handled by Leoncavallo's attorney father served as the basis for this opera also called "Clowns"'

Answer: I Pagliacci


Question: 'In weaving, the threads that run at right angles to the warp are called the woof or this'

Answer: the weft


Question:
'Thought to lead
to the underworld,
sinkholes like the one
on this peninsula
were the site
of Mayan sacrifices'

Answer: the Yucatan


Question: 'Boston lawyer Bobby Donnell'

Answer: Dylan McDermott


Question: 'A 1919 Shaw play subtitled "A Fantasia in the Russian Manner..." is an homage to this playwright who died in 1904'

Answer: Anton Chekhov


Question: 'In "Deep Water Passage", Ann Linnea describes kayaking all the way around this largest Great Lake'

Answer: Lake Superior


Question: 'Nonrigid airships, like the ones used for advertising, are more commonly called this'

Answer: blimps


Question: 'June Carter co-wrote "Ring Of Fire" & later married this country giant who sang it'

Answer: Johnny Cash


Question: 'This Confederate general's horse Traveller was originally named Jeff Davis'

Answer: Robert E. Lee


Question: 'During the holidays, Winter White Chocolate is one of the most popular of this chain's "31 Flavors"'

Answer: Baskin-Robbins


Question: 'Colby is a mild variety of this cheese'

Answer: cheddar


Question: 'This tennis star's memoir "Days of Grace" was published shortly after his death in February 1993'

Answer: Arthur Ashe


Question: 'Russia's Lunokhod I was the first wheeled vehicle used here'

Answer: the Moon


Question: 'Song including the lines "You make my heart sing, you make everything groovy"'

Answer: "Wild Thing"


Question: '2 days after the war began, Union troops surrendered this South Carolina fort to the Confederates'

Answer: Fort Sumter


Question: 'In "We Wish You A Merry Christmas", carolers demand a "figgy" one & won't go until they get some'

Answer: pudding


Question: 'It follows step-, corporate & Jacob's'

Answer: ladder


Question: '"Sir Charles" collects the wit & wisdom of this 1993 NBA MVP'

Answer: Charles Barkley


Question: 'In 1993 Barbara Harmer became the first woman to co-pilot this supersonic plane'

Answer: the Concorde


Question: '(Hi, I'm Al Roker.)  As a weatherman, you might see me predicting this 1963 Martha & The Vandellas hit'

Answer: "Heat Wave"


Question: 'One objective of the Red River Campaign was the invasion of this Lone Star State'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'About 1.76 billion of these striped treats are sold in the U.S. every year; most of them are used for decoration'

Answer: candy canes


Question: 'His story in the Arabian Nights has the alternate title "Or The Wonderful Lamp"'

Answer: Aladdin


Question: 'He wrote "The Tao of Jeet Kune Do" & starred in "Fists of Fury"'

Answer: Bruce Lee


Question: 'The "Baltimore" type of this sailing ship originated in the Chesapeake Bay region in the 1800s'

Answer: a clipper ship


Question: 'Fittingly, it's the last song on the 1967 album "The Doors"'

Answer: "The End"


Question: 'In late 1864 this Union general vowed to "Make Georgia Howl" -- & he did'

Answer: William T. Sherman


Question: 'It's an English tradition to adorn this tusked animal's head with sprigs of bay, rosemary & little flags'

Answer: a boar (or a pig)


Question: 'It's country star Alison Krauss' instrument'

Answer: the fiddle


Question: 'This one-time coach of the New England Patriots discusses leadership in "Finding a Way to Win"'

Answer: Bill Parcells


Question: 'This rugged vehicle may derive its name from the abbreviation for "general purpose"'

Answer: Jeep


Question: '"Somethin' Stupid" was a 1967 duet sung by this father & daughter'

Answer: Frank & Nancy Sinatra


Question: 'On February 3, 1865 Lincoln met with this Confederate vice president at Hampton Roads, Virginia'

Answer: Alexander Stephens


Question: 'At Christmastime you might have a "burning" desire to make a buche de noel, a cake shaped like this'

Answer: Yule log


Question: 'This little bear of children's lit was named for the London locale in which he was found'

Answer: Paddington


Question: 'This strongman carried the gates of Gaza about 40 miles to a hilltop named Hebron'

Answer: Samson


Question: 'Due to its curved shape, the coastal strip where most Australians live is named for this weapon'

Answer: Boomerang


Question: 'Michael Douglas won an Oscar for his portrayal of scheming financier Gordon Gekko in this film'

Answer: Wall Street


Question: 'Think of this "Angel of the Battlefield", born on Christmas in 1821, when you look at the angel on your tree'

Answer: Clara Barton


Question: 'Studies suggest oat bran is about as effective as the drug Colestipol at reducing blood levels of this'

Answer: Cholesterol


Question: 'The late-afternoon period when bars feature cheap drinks & free snacks'

Answer: Happy hour


Question: 'This second gospel does not mention Jesus' birth; instead, it focuses on his public ministry'

Answer: Mark


Question: 'The Aussie doubles team of Woodbridge & Woodforde, AKA The Woodies, have twice won this Melbourne event'

Answer: Australian Open


Question: 'In this 1983 musical Barbra Streisand disguises herself as a boy to study the Talmud'

Answer: Yentl


Question: 'We assume this country music blonde celebrates her Dec. 25 birthday with her sisters Louise & Irlene'

Answer: Barbara Mandrell


Question: 'Strains of this respiratory viral infection are named for their places of origin, like Asia & Hong Kong'

Answer: Flu


Question: 'Save your money & your galoshes for this time of need'

Answer: Rainy day


Question: 'He said to his friends, "Miserable comforters are ye all"'

Answer: Job


Question: 'Japanese bombs & a 1974 cyclone have slowed the "evolution" of this city on the north coast'

Answer: Darwin


Question: 'Tom Cruise, Timothy Hutton & Sean Penn played military cadets in this 1981 film'

Answer: Taps


Question: 'This late, great jazz singer was born on Christmas Day in 1907; Hi-de-hi-de-ho-ho-ho!'

Answer: Cab Calloway


Question: '"Bee" careful:  strawberries & shellfish may cause an allergic person's skin to break out in these'

Answer: Hives


Question: 'A period around which organizations plan budgets; it may not coincide with the calendar one'

Answer: Fiscal year


Question: 'In Acts 11 Barnabas brought this man to Antioch to assist his mission'

Answer: Paul


Question: 'This film's superb cast included Glenn Close, William Hurt & Kevin Kline'

Answer: The Big Chill


Question: 'His birthday may have inspired him to write "Night Of The Meek", a Christmas episode of "The Twilight Zone"'

Answer: Rod Serling


Question: 'Researchers have traced a cause of retinitis pigmentosa to one of these on the X chromosome'

Answer: Gene


Question: 'A hit by Lionel Richie, or the length of time "You Shook Me" in an AC/DC song'

Answer: All Night Long


Question: 'This mother of John the Baptist was a descendant of Aaron'

Answer: Elizabeth


Question: 'In this 1984 film, Sally Field played a Depression-era widow who struggles to save her farm'

Answer: Places In The Heart


Question: 'This singer who lives in Key West gets festive on his Christmas birthday by singing the following:  ("I'd like to spend Christmas on Christmas Island....")'

Answer: Jimmy Buffett


Question: 'Older people are more susceptible to this condition defined as a drop in body temperature to below 95 degrees F.'

Answer: Hypothermia


Question: 'A span much longer than 30 days, or a John Updike novel about an adulterous minister'

Answer: A Month Of Sundays


Question: 'Although he graduated 64th out of 112 in his 1935 high school class, he was voted "Most Likely To Succeed"'

Answer: John Fitzgerald Kennedy


Question: 'Initials in common to all members of Lyndon Johnson's family'

Answer: L.B.J.


Question: 'Contrary to name, this world's largest island is primarily icecap'

Answer: Greenland


Question: 'The mark left by George Hamilton's "gay blade"'

Answer: a Z


Question: 'Winning a birling contest is as easy as not falling off this'

Answer: a log


Question: 'Seminarian who became California's "Guru Governor"'

Answer: Edmund Brown, Jr.


Question: 'Rex Harrison's "Fair Lady" and Burton's Guinevere'

Answer: Julie Andrews


Question: 'National Park famous for faithful aquatic eruptions'

Answer: Yellowstone


Question: 'Its use was abolished in France in 1981, 188 years too late for Marie Antoinette'

Answer: the guillotine


Question: 'N.M.I. means this, as used in the name John (N.M.I.) Smith'

Answer: no middle initial


Question: 'Chrysler Corp. pres. considered by some Dems. as potential V.P. material'

Answer: Lee Iacocca


Question: 'In 1967, Broadway said "hello" to this 1st black "Dolly"'

Answer: Pearl Bailey


Question: 'Only Universal Studios' special effects & Moses could part it'

Answer: the Red Sea


Question: 'The sword in the stone from the Lady of the Lake'

Answer: Excalibur


Question: 'The moving tower used to service space launch vehicles or Burt's Oscar-winning "Elmer"'

Answer: a gantry


Question: 'Colorado senator who served as McGovern's campaign manager in '72'

Answer: Gary Hart


Question: '1931's "The Band Wagon" was the last time this brother & sister shared the dancing spotlight'

Answer: the Astaires


Question: 'Called the Schwarzwald, it's the deep dark woods of fairy tale fame'

Answer: the Black Forest


Question: 'You'd need an undertaker, not a styptic pencil after this was used by Sweeney Todd'

Answer: a straight razor


Question: 'State nickname shared by South Dakota & Florida'

Answer: the Sunshine State


Question: 'Hubert Humphrey's running mate in '68'

Answer: Edmund Muskey


Question: 'Musical in which Lester Billis was Nellie Forbush's "honey bun"'

Answer: South Pacific


Question: 'John Denver's country roads lead to these West Virginia mountains'

Answer: the Blue Ridge Mountains


Question: 'Ridley Scott's dim futuristic film view of Los Angeles'

Answer: Blade Runner


Question: 'The 1st group to identify itself as 1 of these was Gamma Phi Beta in 1874'

Answer: a sorority


Question: 'The Greeks' word for world or Sagan's word for universe'

Answer: cosmos


Question: 'Fahrenheit equivalent to 0º Centigrade'

Answer: 32


Question: '19th century flag nicknamed "Stars & Bars"'

Answer: the Confederate flag


Question: 'He "knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men"'

Answer: The Shadow


Question: '"Amazing" home of the Minotaur'

Answer: the Maze (or the Labyrinth)


Question: 'You might have to put F. Lee Bailey on one to admit he had a show about one'

Answer: a lie detector


Question: 'Its full name is "Liberty Enlightening the World"'

Answer: the Statue of Liberty


Question: 'The Green Hornet's chauffeuring sidekick'

Answer: Kato


Question: 'Number of eyes some spiders have & legs all spiders have'

Answer: eight


Question: 'City-state ruled by Pericles'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'The science which deals with the motion & behavior of bullets'

Answer: ballistics


Question: 'This popular tourist destination was annexed in 1889 due to pressure from sugar planters'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'Penny and Clipper's Uncle Schyler, who flew from radio to TV'

Answer: Sky King


Question: 'All spiders spin it but not always into webs'

Answer: silk


Question: 'The name of poetry with a lyre accompaniment'

Answer: lyric poetry


Question: 'Name of the nocturnal express this prisoner was waiting for'

Answer: the Midnight Special


Question: 'What you're "stuck with" boiling down collagen, softening it with hot water & letting it swell'

Answer: glue


Question: 'It was his partner, James Marshall, who actually discovered gold at his California mill in 1849'

Answer: Sutter


Question: 'Radio voice of Superman, on TV he knew when "To Tell the Truth" & how to "Beat the Clock"'

Answer: Bud Collyer


Question: 'aka the harvestman, it was Leslie Caron's name for Fred Astaire in '55 film'

Answer: daddy longlegs


Question: 'Founder of "Lyceum", his students walked with him as he taught'

Answer: Aristotle


Question: 'This city's subway is the oldest in America'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'In 1808, this metalsmith made copper plates for a Fulton steamboat boiler'

Answer: Paul Revere


Question: 'In return for Missouri's admittance as a slave state, this N.E. state was brought in as a free state'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'Originally called "Challenge of the Yukon... Gold"'

Answer: Sergeant Preston of the Yukon


Question: 'Scientific name for spiders, from Greek woman who unwisely challenged Athena to spinning contest'

Answer: arachnid


Question: 'City that boasts the tallest U.S. monument, completed in 1965'

Answer: St. Louis


Question: 'The Falasha Jews of Ethiopia claim descent from King Solomon & this woman'

Answer: Sheba


Question: '"Miss Manners always believes in sending" these "notes.  It encourages people to give more"'

Answer: Thank You notes


Question: 'Acquisitive slogan that Cuba Gooding, Jr. shouts at Tom Cruise in "Jerry Maguire"'

Answer: "Show me the money!"


Question: 'In 1973 "All My Children"'s Mary Fickett became the first daytime soap actor to win one of these awards'

Answer: Emmy


Question: 'At over 60 million square miles, this ocean covers about a third of the Earth's surface'

Answer: Pacific Ocean


Question: 'The only requirement for membership in this group founded in 1935 is a desire to stop drinking'

Answer: Alcoholics Anonymous


Question: 'The Deseret News is one of several publications owned by this church'

Answer: Mormons (LDS)


Question: 'Of cracking these body parts, Miss Manners says, "Please insist that everyone stop it this very minute"'

Answer: Knuckles


Question: 'Biblical term for a menacing sermon, from 2 torments it depicts awaiting sinners'

Answer: Fire & brimstone


Question: 'As a member of Pine Valley's Daughters of Fine Lineage, Phoebe traces her roots back to this boat'

Answer: Mayflower


Question: 'Huron a roll if you know the Straits of Mackinac connect Lake Huron with this Great Lake'

Answer: Lake Michigan


Question: 'This word used of Herbert Hoover in 1928 referred to his support of prohibition, not his dull speeches'

Answer: Dry


Question: 'The name of this Christian sacrament is from the Greek for "to dip"'

Answer: Baptism


Question: 'According to Miss Manners, gentlemen remove these when shaking hands; ladies do not'

Answer: Gloves


Question: 'This phrase wishing an actor good luck was taken literally by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's theater'

Answer: Break a leg


Question: 'On January 5, 1995 "All My Children" celebrated this anniversary'

Answer: 25th


Question: 'About 250 miles long, this river is usually navigable for only about 20 miles from Rome to the sea'

Answer: Tiber


Question: 'Temperance workers used this liquor as a synonym for all spirits & prefaced it with "demon"'

Answer: Rum


Question: 'Tradition says this central shrine of Islam, located in Mecca, was built by Abraham & Ishmael'

Answer: Kaaba


Question: 'Miss Manners claims you'll "develop warts on your toes" if you wear these after Labor Day'

Answer: White shoes


Question: 'In current slang, someone attractive or cool may be "All that and a bag of " these'

Answer: Chips


Question: 'Verla Grubbs on "All My Children", she used to star in "As the Stomach Turns" on her own variety show'

Answer: Carol Burnett


Question: 'The city formerly called Stalingrad lies on this river'

Answer: Volga (city renamed Volgograd)


Question: 'This Southern state whose name means "great water" was the last one with a prohibition law'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'With more than 60 million members worldwide, it's the largest Protestant denomination'

Answer: Lutheranism


Question: 'Sadly, Miss Manners notes that these linen items are never used, "even by the guests"'

Answer: Guest towels


Question: 'Broadcaster Red Barber popularized "Sitting in" this seat as an equivalent of "sitting pretty"'

Answer: The catbird\'s seat


Question: 'She was "All My Children"'s Jenny Gardner before becoming "NYPD Blue"'s Det. Diane Russell'

Answer: Kim Delaney


Question: 'In Turkey you can get from Europe to Asia by crossing the Bosporus Strait at this sea just below it'

Answer: Sea of Marmara


Question: 'In "A Drinking Life", this editor of NYC's Post & Daily News tells how he got on & off the sauce'

Answer: Pete Hamill


Question: 'On March 1, 1845, just prior to leaving office, Tyler signed the measure annexing this republic'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'Yeow!  The heat in this traditional Finnish room may reach the boiling point of water'

Answer: Sauna


Question: 'In 1991 this sister of Eric Roberts shocked Hollywood by canceling her wedding to Kiefer Sutherland'

Answer: Julia Roberts


Question: 'Monday's special is named for this appendage; what do they do with the rest of the ox?'

Answer: Tail


Question: '"Two" of these "diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by..."'

Answer: Roads


Question: 'Sometimes it precedes wolf; by itself, it's a lumberjack's warning call'

Answer: Timber


Question: 'In 1841 Tyler's cabinet resigned except for this secy. of state; the devil must have made him stay'

Answer: Daniel Webster


Question: 'This ethnic minority in Finland consists of about 4,000 former nomads living north of the Arctic Circle'

Answer: Lapps/Laplanders


Question: 'Prior to auditioning for "Mad Max", his face was bruised in a fight, which helped him win the role'

Answer: Mel Gibson


Question: 'If it's Tuesday, it must be waterzooi, a rich stew from this country's Flemish people'

Answer: Belgium


Question: '"Something there is that doesn't love" this'

Answer: Wall


Question: 'Savalas, or what the British used to watch him on'

Answer: Telly


Question: 'In June 1843 Tyler attended the dedication of this Revolutionary War monument in Charlestown, Massachusetts'

Answer: Bunker Hill Memorial


Question: 'A famous Finnish tone poem, or a famous Finnish vodka'

Answer: Finlandia


Question: 'Wednesday's treat is this chilled tomato soup, which Andalusians flavor with onions & garlic'

Answer: Gazpacho


Question: 'Fighting the sun at this man's inauguration, he declaimed, "The land was ours before we were the land's"'

Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: 'It's another term for a bronco buster as well as a synonym for tornado'

Answer: Twister


Question: 'While sitting in the Capitol Building on May 24, 1844, Samuel F.B. Morse tapped out these 4 words'

Answer: "What hath God wrought"


Question: 'This "Flying Finn" flies no more, but he has a statue near Helsinki's Olympic Stadium'

Answer: Paavo Nurmi


Question: 'Thursday's soup isn't Mulligan stew but this curry-flavored dish with a similar name'

Answer: Mulligatawny


Question: '"The woods are lovely, dark & deep, but I have promises to keep" is followed by this line, repeated'

Answer: "And miles to go before I sleep"


Question: 'A larval frog, or a nickname for a person from Mississippi'

Answer: Tadpole


Question: 'Becuase of a feud with Henry Clay, Tyler was disowned by this party that nominated him'

Answer: Whigs


Question: 'This architect, Eero's father, gained fame for designing Helsinki's railroad station'

Answer: Eliel Saarinen


Question: 'An Oscar winner for "The Accused", she voiced the male role of Pugsley in "The Addams Family" cartoons'

Answer: Jodie Foster


Question: 'Fish on Friday!  It's this Provencal stew, ladled over slices of dried French bread'

Answer: Bouillabaisse


Question: 'This word can refer to a tree of the mahogany family or an animated character such as Roger Rabbit'

Answer: Toon


Question: 'The name of this common kitchen material comes from its use in place of a mineral'

Answer: Formica


Question: 'Antonio Gramsci wrote classics of Marxist theory while jailed by this Italian regime in the 1930s'

Answer: Fascists


Question: 'The pals in this sitcom hang out & down a few brews at Cleveland's Warsaw Tavern'

Answer: The Drew Carey Show


Question: '1876:<br />"Ballet Rehearsal"'

Answer: Edgar Degas


Question: 'In 1999 Time won for Public Interest & this competitor won for News Reporting'

Answer: Newsweek


Question: 'Lassie could tell you that the Shetland sheepdog is a miniature version of this breed'

Answer: Collie


Question: 'If you complain in vain, you may be doing this "up the wrong tree"'

Answer: Barking


Question: 'Jailed in 2000 for this crime, journalist Tim Crews said of the judge, "The feeling is...mutual"'

Answer: Contempt of court


Question: 'Guest telephone callers to KACL in this sitcom have included Mel Brooks, Randy Travis & Jane Pauley'

Answer: Frasier


Question: '1890:<br />"Starry Night"'

Answer: Vincent Van Gogh


Question: 'It won for General Excellence in 1989, the year of its 25th anniversary swimsuit issue -- coincidence?!'

Answer: Sports Illustrated


Question: 'Yo quiero this breed whose origins are shrouded in mystery'

Answer: Chihuahua


Question: 'The gang that couldn't shoot straight couldn't "hit the broad side of" one of these structures'

Answer: A barn


Question: 'For violating parole on 1996 drug & gun charges, this "Chaplin" actor got 3 years in maximum security'

Answer: Robert Downey Jr.


Question: 'Viewers finally got to see Wilson's face when the cast took their bows on this sitcom's last episode'

Answer: Home Improvement


Question: '1895:<br />"Au Salon de la Rue des Moulins"'

Answer: Toulouse-Lautrec


Question: '1997's winner for Special Interests was this magazine from our nation's attic'

Answer: Smithsonian


Question: 'With 49 of the 2,541 postal worker/dog bite incidents reported in '98, this largest Texas city led the nation'

Answer: Houston


Question: 'When I get nutty, people say I've "got bats in" this lofty place'

Answer: The belfry


Question: 'Dan White, paroled in 1984 after killing the mayor & a supervisor of this city, killed himself in 1985'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'This NBC series was named for the autobiographical comic strip written by its perky heroine'

Answer: Caroline in the City


Question: '1911:<br />"Nude Descending A Staircase"'

Answer: Marcel Duchamp


Question: 'In 2000 it won for General Excellence, Public Interest & Fiction, not for its cartoons'

Answer: The New Yorker


Question: 'An excellent watchdog, this breed is named for a town on northern Honshu island'

Answer: Akita


Question: 'By leaving a place or situation you don't like, you "vote with" these body parts'

Answer: Feet


Question: 'In 2000 Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, once known as this black militant, was arrested after an Atlanta shooting'

Answer: H. Rap Brown


Question: 'On "Seinfeld", it's the catalog company for which Elaine worked as a copywriter'

Answer: J. Peterman


Question: '1893:<br />"The Scream"'

Answer: Edvard Munch


Question: 'This 1971 winner for Specialized Journalism was the subject of a 1973 song by Dr. Hook'

Answer: Rolling Stone


Question: 'A dog named Buck lives by "The Law of Club and Fang" in this Jack London novel'

Answer: "Call of the Wild"


Question: 'Dealing with one's obsession is like having one of these animals "by the tail"'

Answer: Tiger


Question: 'Wyborowa is a popular Polish brand of this liquor also associated with Russia'

Answer: Vodka


Question: 'Bertolucci's movie "1900" is about 2 men born the day this "Aida" composer died'

Answer: Giuseppe Verdi


Question: 'Joseph L. Mankiewicz based his screenplay for this film on Mary Orr's story "The Wisdom of Eve"'

Answer: All About Eve


Question: 'Prior to 1992 this country had 3 historical regions: Moravia, Bohemia & Slovakia'

Answer: Czechoslovakia


Question: 'This influential modern jazz trumpeter was born in Cheraw, South Carolina in 1917'

Answer: Dizzy Gillespie


Question: 'From the Greek for "treasury", it's a treasury of synonyms & antonyms'

Answer: Thesaurus


Question: 'Look for the pirate on the label of the Captain Morgan brand of this'

Answer: Rum


Question: '17th C. composer Frescobaldi was organist at this Rome basilica for about 30 years -- pretty good gig'

Answer: St. Peter\'s Basilica


Question: 'This Spencer Tracy-Elizabeth Taylor film was followed 1 year later with a sequel, "Father's Little Dividend"'

Answer: Father of the Bride


Question: 'In 1905, 110 years after it was founded, this city became capital of Alberta'

Answer: Edmonton


Question: 'In 1957 this comrade became Soviet foreign minister'

Answer: Andrei Gromyko


Question: 'This explosive substance originally consisted of saltpeter, charcoal & sulfur'

Answer: Gunpowder


Question: 'In the 1890s Adolphus Busch developed this superpremium beer still marketed by Anheuser-Busch'

Answer: Michelob


Question: 'This 19th century virtuoso wrote 24 fiendishly difficult caprices for solo violin'

Answer: Niccolo Paganini


Question: 'Jose Ferrer won an Oscar for playing this 1950 title role'

Answer: Cyrano de Bergerac


Question: 'Madrid is in the region of central Spain known as this; it even has its own language'

Answer: Castille


Question: 'He was Mary Wollstonecraft's husband & Mary Shelley's father'

Answer: William Godwin


Question: 'This term for a broad, tree-lined street comes from the Dutch for "bulwark"'

Answer: Boulevard


Question: 'Seeing the symbol of this German drink may induce a college flashback'

Answer: Jagermeister


Question: 'Niccolo Jommelli, "The Italian Gluck", came from this southern city known for songs like "O Sole Mio"'

Answer: Naples


Question: 'Harry James dubbed the trumpet playing for this actor in "Young Man With A Horn"'

Answer: Kirk Douglas


Question: 'This island is home to orangutans & the Sultan of Brunei'

Answer: Borneo


Question: 'This general skillfully led the left side of American forces at the battles of Trenton & Brandywine'

Answer: Nathanael Greene


Question: 'Worn as a symbol of penitence, this garment is made of camel or goat hair'

Answer: Sackcloth


Question: 'Last name of Edouard, who created a new liqueur by blending sweet & bitter orange peels'

Answer: Cointreau


Question: 'Bellissima!  Bellini wrote for singers in this style, Italian for "beautiful singing"'

Answer: Bel canto


Question: 'Judy Holliday reprised her stage role as Billie Dawn in this George Cukor-directed comedy classic'

Answer: Born Yesterday


Question: 'You'll find Ho Chi Minh City on this river (they didn't change its name)'

Answer: Saigon River


Question: 'The theories of this 2nd century Greek physician influenced medical practice for centuries'

Answer: Galen


Question: 'This square dance of French origin is composed of 5 formations & danced by 4 couples'

Answer: Quadrille


Question: 'It took nearly 22 hours to achieve this in 1875; in 1994 it took only 7 hours & 17 minutes'

Answer: Swimming across the English Channel


Question: 'The aptly named Terry Frost created a painting called this season of the year "1956, Yorkshire"'

Answer: Winter


Question: 'In titles of biographies, he's referred to as a "Comic Genius", a "Genius of the Cinema" & a "Tramp"'

Answer: (Charlie) Chaplin


Question:
'Diddley,
Peep,
Derek'

Answer: Bo


Question: 'The number of days it took God to create the universe & everything in it (not resting)'

Answer: 6


Question: 'Scheduled for release in late 2008, the last of the commemorative state quarters will honor this state'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'The wooden frame upon which condemned persons are executed by hanging'

Answer: a gallows


Question: 'John Hoppner, a favorite royal portrait artist of the late 1700s, was rumored to be an illegitimate son of this king'

Answer: George III


Question: 'In "Lucky Man", he talks about his childhood in Canada, stardom on TV & in film, & his battle with Parkinson's'

Answer: Michael J. Fox


Question:
'Bread,
Chatter,
Pandora's'

Answer: box


Question: 'The number of times the words "apple" & "snake" appear in the King James Version of Genesis'

Answer: 0


Question: 'Minted from 1979 to 1981, the coin featuring her was the first depicting a woman that went into general circulation'

Answer: Susan B. Anthony


Question: 'In 1992 the Catholic Church admitted it erred in condemning this man 359 years before'

Answer: Galileo


Question: 'You can barely make out the elephants in J.M.W. Turner's painting of this man "Crossing the Alps"'

Answer: Hannibal


Question: '"Kate Remembered" by A. Scott Berg was published only 13 days after her 2003 death'

Answer: Katharine Hepburn


Question:
'Cotto,
Genoa,
Pepperoni'

Answer: salami


Question: 'The number of Hebrew patriarchs, or the number of times Peter denied knowing Jesus'

Answer: 3 times


Question: 'His quincentenary was celebrated with a coin in 1992'

Answer: Columbus


Question: '2-syllable adjective that precedes "bodily harm" in the crime designated GBH in the U.K.'

Answer: grievous


Question: 'A 1790s engraving by Robert Dodd shows this "bountiful" captain & some of his officers being set adrift'

Answer: Captain Bligh


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Machu Picchu, Peru.) In her book "Out On A Limb", this actress visits the Peruvian Andes, where she learns about astral projection & that she is all the people she has ever lived'

Answer: Shirley MacLaine


Question:
'Shoelaces,
Tongues,
Scores'

Answer: things that are tied


Question: 'The number of Old Testament books named for specific women'

Answer: 2


Question: 'In 1997 this Brooklyn Dodger got a commemorative coin as quick as you could say his name'

Answer: Jackie Robinson


Question: 'Flavoring syrup made from pomegranates'

Answer: grenadine


Question: 'This contemporary Brit has long been in the swim with paintings such as "Peter Getting Out Of Nick's Pool"'

Answer: (David) Hockney


Question: '"Long Live the King" & a book subtitled "Portrait of A Misfit" are bios of this legendary actor'

Answer: Clark Gable


Question:
'Codes,
Songs,
Southern Florida'

Answer: keys


Question: 'At Maundy Thursday mass, a priest traditionally washes the feet of this many people'

Answer: 12


Question: 'A "Benjamin" issued by it would have meant a $2 note, which showed its sec'y of state Judah P. Benjamin'

Answer: the Confederate States of America


Question: 'This U.S. president won his election by fewer than 2,000 popular votes'

Answer: Garfield


Question: 'The word samurai means "one who" does this--<br />as an attendant or a warrior, not as a waiter'

Answer: serves


Question: 'Female fists were flying when Uma Thurman battled Lucy Liu in Vol. 1 of this series'

Answer: Kill Bill


Question: 'Sadly, both she & her daughter Irene died of leukemia caused by overexposure to radiation'

Answer: Marie Curie


Question: 'The "Man in Black" collector plate from the Franklin Mint was the first musical plate authorized by this country icon'

Answer: Johnny Cash


Question: 'His "Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect" was first published on July 31, 1786 in Kilmarnock & sold 600 copies'

Answer: (Robbie) Burns


Question: 'It was a '90s game show'

Answer: Shop \'Til You Drop


Question: 'Englishman William Adams, the first outsider to become a samurai, inspired this James Clavell bestseller'

Answer: Shōgun


Question: 'Yippee-ki-yay! Ex-hostage Bonnie Bedelia smacks a smarmy TV reporter in this 1988 action film'

Answer: Die Hard


Question: 'In 1800 Humphrey Davy wrote that this gas "appears capable of destroying...pain" & could be used in operations'

Answer: laughing gas or nitrous oxide


Question: 'A snowglobe inspired by this film features the Darling children tied to a mast near a hungry crocodile'

Answer: Peter Pan


Question: 'In "Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions", he wrote, "No man is an island, entire of itself"'

Answer: John Donne


Question: 'You might have this after a disagreement'

Answer: a parting of the ways


Question: 'In true warrior fashion, the real "last samurai", Saigo Takamori, died by committing this ritual form of suicide'

Answer: hara-kiri (or seppuku)


Question: 'Lou Gossett Jr. tries to hold the Mayo in battle with Richard Gere in this 1982 film'

Answer: An Officer and a Gentleman


Question: 'Irish geologist Richard Oldham discovered that these events have primary & secondary waves'

Answer: earthquakes


Question: 'Collectors of Tom Tierney's paper dolls prize the one of this princess with her charity auction dresses'

Answer: Princess Di


Question: 'In 1580 he became sec'y to the Lord Deputy of Ireland' maybe the boat that took him there was the Ferry Queen'

Answer: (Edmund) Spenser


Question: 'You might say this to a friend you haven't spoken to in a while'

Answer: long time, no see


Question: 'Meaning "the way of the warrior", & comparable to European chivalry, it was the ethical code by which samurai lived'

Answer: bushido


Question: 'In 2000 Edward Norton was up for an MTV Movie Award for the battle he waged against himself in this film'

Answer: Fight Club


Question: 'Augustin-Jean Fresnel used this treatment of light to make new lighthouse lenses; Edwin Land built a company on it'

Answer: polarization


Question: 'This magazine's NYC galleries house the toy soldiers & Monopoly games collected by publisher Malcolm'

Answer: Forbes


Question: 'In 1798 he received an annuity from Josiah & Thomas Wedgwood, & his "Lyrical Ballads" was published'

Answer: (Samuel Taylor) Coleridge


Question: 'People might get hypnic jerks when doing this'

Answer: fall asleep


Question: 'The "soul of the samurai" was his sword, especially this long, slightly curved type'

Answer: katana


Question: '"You didn't get me down, Ray", boasts this character after getting brutalized by Sugar Ray Robinson'

Answer: Jake LaMotta


Question: 'In 1846 Joseph Leidy discovered that the worm trichina is found in this animal'

Answer: pigs


Question: 'This crystal company's literary collection has included a James Joyce vase'

Answer: Waterford


Question: 'A gravestone at Bunhill Fields says, "Near by lie the remains of the poet-painter" this man "1757-1827"'

Answer: (William) Blake


Question: 'Robin Hood's creed'

Answer: take from the rich, give to the poor


Question: 'In 2007 this entertainer & former sitcom star was made an honorary corporal by the U.S. Marine Corps'

Answer: Jim Nabors


Question: 'He was elected to Louisiana's State Railroad Commission in 1918, lost the race for governor in '24 but won in '28'

Answer: Huey Long


Question: 'In this 2000 film, Taiwan saw Tom Hanks "Discover New Meaning of Life after Catastrophe"'

Answer: Cast Away


Question: 'She was elected Britain's Prime Minister May 4, 1979'

Answer: Maggie Thatcher


Question: 'This constitutional provision protects you from self-incrimination  & double jeopardy'

Answer: the 5th Amendment


Question: 'There's an Independence Brew Pub there:<br />PHL'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'At an elevation of about 12,000 feet, this South American capital is the world's highest'

Answer: La Paz


Question: 'This New York junior senator's first elected office was... New York junior senator'

Answer: Hillary Clinton


Question: 'Fans in Poland weighed the merits of "Fatter and Thinner 2" starring this "Nutty Professor"'

Answer: Eddie Murphy


Question: '(I'm Aaron Brown of CNN.)  One of my first on-air assignments for CNN was on this fateful date, reporting from a rooftop vantage point'

Answer: September 11, 2001


Question: 'To reach 2-digit totals in points, rebounds & assists in one basketball game is to achieve this kind of "double"'

Answer: a triple double


Question: 'Named for a politician:<br />LGA'

Answer: LaGuardia


Question: 'In the Bible he was married to Ruth'

Answer: Boaz


Question: 'His first gig was mayor of Palm Springs in 1988 & Congress got him, babe, in 1995'

Answer: Sonny Bono


Question: 'We're not sure how "Unluckly Son-in-Law (To Be) Meets Tricky Daddy", this Ben Stiller film, fit on Thai Marquees'

Answer: Meet the Parents


Question: 'Many still remember that it was on this December date in 1941 that the U.S. officially entered World War II'

Answer: December 8th


Question: '"Double Date with the Sarge" is a classic episode of this 1960s sitcom'

Answer: Gomer Pyle


Question: 'A regional airport in Texas:<br />ABI'

Answer: Abilene


Question: 'What's the frequency, Kenneth?--& make sure it's in this unit equal to one cycle per second'

Answer: hertz


Question: 'She was an Ariz. State Senator in 1970; Ronald Reagan arranged an "appointment" with history for her in 1981'

Answer: Sandra Day O\'Connor


Question: 'In Egypt the "2000" sequel to this film started Dan Aykroyd as one of "The Naughty Brothers"'

Answer: Blues Brothers 2000


Question: 'Referred to as "Black Tuesday", it's the date in 1929 that saw the final collapse of the stock market'

Answer: October 29th


Question: 'Linus Pauling lost the race against Watson & Crick to determine the structure of this; it turned out to be a double helix'

Answer: DNA


Question: 'A friendly ghost town?:<br />CPR'

Answer: Casper, Wyoming


Question: 'In the 1910s this auto company introduced its famous Bearcat'

Answer: Stutz


Question: 'Starting out as Edgefield County's Superintendent of Education in 1929, he retired from the U.S. Senate 74 years later'

Answer: Strom Thurmond


Question: 'Robin Williams amused Thailand with "Untraditional Doctor, Delighted Patients", known as this in the U.S.'

Answer: Patch Adams


Question: 'John Marshall handed down the decision in this landmark case Feb. 24, 1803'

Answer: Marbury v. Madison


Question: 'In the "Niebelunglied" this hero defeats the dwarf Alberich twice & takes his cloak of invisibility'

Answer: Siegfried


Question: 'It's in the Northeast:<br />BGR'

Answer: Bangor, Maine


Question: 'This strategically important strait connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman'

Answer: Hormuz


Question: 'Yongbyon in this country is the home of a nuclear reactor that may be used to make weapons'

Answer: North Korea


Question: 'Good golly!  The only artist to write his own tribute was this one, No. 8, whose first hit came in 1956'

Answer: Little Richard


Question: 'George Marshall'

Answer: Peace


Question: 'The H. M. S. Bounty: in 1787 before all the trouble'

Answer: William Bligh


Question: 'O'Neill, 1922 & Tolstoy, 1875-77:<br />"Anna _____" & "Anna _____"'

Answer: Christie & Karenina


Question: 'To seep slowly through a hole; add two letters & you nap through the entire ordeal'

Answer: ooze & snooze


Question: 'India & Pakistan have disputed this region since 1947 & sometimes China gets into the act'

Answer: Kashmir


Question: 'Bono wrote of him, No. 3 after the Beatles & Dylan, that he "ate America before America ate him"'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Question: 'Frederick Banting'

Answer: Medicine


Question: 'Looking for a NW Passage, sandwiched between a rock & a Hawaiian hard place:<br />The Resolution'

Answer: James Cook


Question: 'Tolkien (a trilogy), 1954-55 & Golding, 1954:<br />"Lord of the _____"'

Answer: Rings & Flies


Question: 'The wood used to immobilize a fractured bone & two letters later, the less painful result of part of it in your skin'

Answer: splint & splinter


Question: 'If you plan to walk from Beijing to Ulan Bator, take lots of water, as you'll be crossing this land region'

Answer: the Gobi Desert


Question: 'No. 11, he "came from the poverty & injustice of Jamaica, & that manifested itself in his rebel sound"'

Answer: Bob Marley


Question: 'Ernest Lawrence'

Answer: Physics


Question: 'A knighted Englishman:<br />The Golden Hind'

Answer: (Sir Francis) Drake


Question: 'Ellison, 1952 & Bradbury, 1951:<br />"_____ Man"'

Answer: Invisible & Illustrated


Question: 'It's the season to which you add two letters to get this last name of Cincinnati's mayor in 1977'

Answer: Spring & Springer


Question: 'In 2003, after a struggle, the British gained control of this Southern Iraqi city, the country's main port'

Answer: Basra


Question: 'Someone "managed to combine R.E.M. & Metallica", wrote Vernon Reid after he heard "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by this band, No. 27'

Answer: Nirvana


Question: 'Paul Samuelson'

Answer: Economics


Question: 'Pirate & War of 1812 hero:<br />The Pride'

Answer: Jean Lafitte


Question: 'Fitzgerald, 1925 & Conroy, 1976:<br />"The Great _____"'

Answer: Gatsby & Santini


Question: 'Add two letters to this term for a small house in the woods & you get this piece of woodwork inside it'

Answer: cabin & cabinet


Question: 'Shymkent, Kazakhstan is just north of this capital of Uzbekistan, Central Asia's largest city'

Answer: Tashkent


Question: '"Without" No. 46, this Texan, "there would be no Melissa Etheridge... no Chrissie Hynde, no Gwen Stefani"'

Answer: Janis Joplin


Question: 'Peter Agre & Roderick MacKinnon (C'mon, it was just last year...)'

Answer: Chemistry


Question: '3-time America's Cup winner:<br />Freedom & Stars and Stripes'

Answer: Dennis Conner


Question: 'Hawthorne, 1850 & Poe, 1844:<br />"The ____ Letter"'

Answer: Scarlet & Purloined


Question: 'New or fresh; add two letters & you get this adjective for an early inhabitant of Australia'

Answer: original & Aboriginal


Question: 'Teddy Roosevelt used this boxing phrase to announce his 1912 candidacy & said, "The fight is on & I'm stripped to the buff"'

Answer: \"Throw a hat in the ring\"


Question: 'Eliot Ness formed the "Untouchables" to rid this city of Al Capone'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'Thomas Welch invented this drink in 1869 as an alternative to wine'

Answer: Grape juice


Question: 'Appropriately, her gift shop at Belle Meade Plaza in Nashville features a fine selection of crystal'

Answer: Crystal Gayle


Question: '1 of 2 types of gaits used in harness racing'

Answer: Pacing & Trotting


Question: 'This city's French Quarter encompasses 70 blocks'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'Number of pieces of silver Judas received'

Answer: 30


Question: 'Illicit drinking establishments got this name because they invited quiet discussion'

Answer: Speakeasys


Question: 'Some bottled drinking water may lack this compound important for healthy teeth'

Answer: Fluoride


Question: 'Tammy Wynette was born in Itawamba County in this state, not far from Elvis' birthplace, Tupelo'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'A blaze is a large white patch on the face; this term refers to any small white patch on the forehead'

Answer: Star


Question: 'This largest Nevada city was first settled by Mormons who maintained a colony there 1855-57'

Answer: Las Vegas


Question: 'A novena is a Roman Catholic devotion consisting of prayers said over this many days'

Answer: 9


Question: 'As the 1932 Democratic candidate for president, he promised to end prohibition'

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt


Question: 'The milk substitute derived from these legumes is also curdled to make tofu'

Answer: Soybeans


Question: 'This "Achy Breaky Heart"throb called his second album "It Won't Be The Last"'

Answer: Billy Ray Cyrus


Question: 'This Austrian breed is born with a black coat, which turns white as the horse ages'

Answer: Lipizzaner


Question: 'This West Virginia capital was named for Colonel George Clendenin's father, Charles'

Answer: Charleston


Question: 'Hindsight of a Monday-morning quarterback'

Answer: 20/20


Question: 'When the U.S. went dry, the owner of this Lynchburg distillery became a mule trader'

Answer: Jack Daniel\'s


Question: 'This liquid produced when curds separate from milk was once considered a refreshing drink'

Answer: Whey


Question: 'This "Rhinestone Cowboy" has a good time performing at his Goodtime Theatre in Branson, Missouri'

Answer: Glen Campbell


Question: 'The Percheron was first bred in & named for a district in this country'

Answer: France


Question: 'The Pier, which juts almost a half mile into Tampa Bay, is the center of this city's tourist life'

Answer: St. Petersburg


Question: 'There are currently this many men on the U.S. Supreme Court'

Answer: 7


Question: 'Bishop James Cannon was a prominent leader of this organization, the ASL'

Answer: Anti-Saloon League


Question: 'This soft drink was first sold in 1929 as "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda"'

Answer: 7 Up


Question: '"All My Rowdy Friends Are Comin' Over Tonight" won him the first CMA award for Music Video of the Year'

Answer: Hank Williams, Jr.


Question: 'The long flowing hair below the knee & hock of this Scottish breed is called "feathers"'

Answer: Clydesdales


Question: 'The name of this N.Y. city may be derived from a mispronounciation of "Beau Fleuve", or "Beautiful River"'

Answer: Buffalo


Question: 'It's the radioactive isotope of strontium from atomic fallout sometimes found in food'

Answer: 90


Question: 'An armistice to end this war was signed at Panmunjom in July 1953'

Answer: The Korean War


Question: 'Her infant son Carlo Ponti, Jr. played her baby in the 1970 film "Sunflower"'

Answer: Sophia Loren


Question: 'In 1987 a copy of the Old Testament attributed to this printer sold for $5.39 million'

Answer: Johannes Gutenburg


Question: 'This fruit accounts for one-third of Honduras' exports'

Answer: Bananas


Question: 'This "Candide" author wrote the libretti for several Rameau operas, including "La Princesse de Navarre"'

Answer: Voltaire


Question: 'When the Bastille fell, Louis XVI asked, "Is it a revolt?" & was told it was one of these'

Answer: Revolution


Question: 'In 1429, while leading an attack on Paris, she was wounded by an arrow'

Answer: Joan of Arc


Question: 'This daughter of a Dutch baroness won an Oscar for playing a princess in "Roman Holiday"'

Answer: Audrey Hepburn


Question: 'Inspired by circus safety nets, George Nissen invented this piece of gymnastics equipment'

Answer: Trampoline


Question: 'In terms of total value, this accounts for over 90% of Iran's exports'

Answer: Oil


Question: 'She gave her share of the film rights to "Witness For The Prosecution" to her daughter Rosalind'

Answer: Agatha Christie


Question: 'It means immature, or otherwise characteristic of a second-year student'

Answer: Sophomoric


Question: 'A Greek military coup in 1974 briefly deposed Archbishop Makarios, president of this island nation'

Answer: Cyprus


Question: 'Kate Nelligan was born in London -- not in England, but in this Canadian province'

Answer: Ontario


Question: 'When he offered to sell the rights to his telegraph, the government turned him down'

Answer: Samuel Morse


Question: 'The bulk of Poland's imports is handled through Gdynia & this port'

Answer: Gdansk


Question: 'Rudyard Kipling wrote "The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly" & he created Holly Golightly'

Answer: Truman Capote


Question: 'This word means "arrogant", though it could mean "catching too many grizzlies"'

Answer: Overbearing


Question: 'A phase of the Napoleonic Wars, The Peninsular War, 1808-1814, was fought on this peninsula'

Answer: Iberian Peninsula


Question: 'Before "La Dolce Vita", this buxom Swede played an extraterrestrial in "Abbott & Costello Go To Mars"'

Answer: Anita Ekberg


Question: 'Dennis Gabor won a 1971 Nobel Prize for his invention of this process to create 3-D images'

Answer: Holography


Question: 'An independent agency of the U.S. government, it's also called Eximbank'

Answer: Export/Import Bank


Question: 'He based the title character of his 1914 novel "Penrod" in part on his nephews'

Answer: Booth Tarkington


Question: 'To increase the velocity of an object, such as a particle'

Answer: Accelerate


Question: 'In 1250 the Mamelukes, originally slaves, seized control of this African country & ruled until 1517'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'Sharon Stone's "Diabolique" co-star, this French actress was an Oscar nominee for "The Story of Adele H."'

Answer: Isabelle Adjani


Question: 'He invented a pencil sharpener as well as the first successful electric shaver'

Answer: Col. Jacob Schick


Question: 'Italy's center of international commerce is this capital of Lombardy'

Answer: Milan


Question: 'A royal horse guard during World War II, he "revisited" the war in his "Sword of Honour" trilogy'

Answer: Evelyn Waugh


Question: 'Introduced by Fender in 1954, it's one of the most famous models of electric guitars'

Answer: Stratocaster


Question: 'Most of this planet's moons are named for Shakespearean characters'

Answer: Uranus


Question: 'The sea's deepest point, over 16,000 feet down, is in the Hellenic trough, nearest to this country'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'The campaign "Choose or Lose '96" urged MTV viewers to do this'

Answer: Register to/and vote


Question: 'This comedy opens on a Venetian street'

Answer: "The Merchant of Venice"


Question: 'In June 1996 an appeals court turned down a request to exhume this presidential assassin & actor'

Answer: John Wilkes Booth


Question: 'This writer has been married to Ingeborg Morath & Marilyn Monroe'

Answer: Arthur Miller


Question: 'Boil Em, Alabama'

Answer: Mobile (for Boil Em)


Question: 'This island where Napoleon was first exiled lies between Corsica & the Italian mainland'

Answer: Elba


Question: '2-letter word that precedes "MTV Raps" in the name of a show title'

Answer: "Yo!"


Question: 'This play's last line is " 'Tis a wonder, by your leave, she will be tamed so"'

Answer: "Taming of the Shrew"


Question: 'In 1997, after a 19-month search, this man's remains were found in Bolivia, dug up & sent to Cuba'

Answer: Ernesto "Che" Guevara


Question: 'Pardon me boy, this bandleader's plane was reported missing December 15, 1944'

Answer: Glenn Miller


Question: 'A Lust, Oklahoma'

Answer: Tulsa (for A Lust)


Question: 'In this Egyptian city, you're a little late to see the lighthouse, but you can still check out Pompey's Pillar'

Answer: Alexandria


Question: 'In a 1996 film these 2 MTV characters came into the possession of a deadly biological weapon'

Answer: Beavis & Butt-Head


Question: '"All the World's a Stage" is from "As You Like It", the first comedy Shakespeare wrote for this theater'

Answer: Globe Theater


Question: 'Time asked in 1985 "Is this the Nazi doctor?" when bones dug up in South America were suspected to be his'

Answer: Josef Mengele


Question: 'Now a hot-shooting guard with the Indiana Pacers, he majored in history & played ball at UCLA'

Answer: Reggie Miller


Question: 'Cannot, Ohio'

Answer: Canton (for Cannot)


Question: 'Going clockwise around the Mediterranean, it's the next national capital after Tunis'

Answer: Algiers


Question: 'In 1997 this "Singled Out" hostess published her auto biography, "Jen-X"'

Answer: Jenny McCarthy


Question: 'This play ends less one Moor as he dies "upon a kiss"'

Answer: "Othello"


Question: 'Some want this Louisiana Territory explorer exhumed to prove he didn't commit suicide'

Answer: Meriwether Lewis


Question: 'This Tony Award winner had hits with "Do-Wacka-Do" & "King of the Road"'

Answer: Roger Miller


Question: 'Save Slag, Nevada'

Answer: Las Vegas (for Save Slag)


Question: 'British diplomat William Hamilton pioneered the study of volcanoes while posted in this Italian city'

Answer: Naples


Question: 'In this series an empaneled group of MTV viewers chooses the top new video of the week'

Answer: "Twelve Angry Viewers"


Question: 'After this ruler's death, Cinna cries, "Liberty!  Freedom!  Tyranny is dead!"'

Answer: "Julius Caesar"


Question: 'This star of "Z" & "Jean de Florette" was exhumed in 1998 to get his DNA for a paternity test'

Answer: Yves Montand


Question: 'The works of this writer, born in 1891, have been banned numerous times for their sexual content'

Answer: Henry Miller


Question: 'Late Set, Washington'

Answer: Seattle (for Late Set)


Question: 'The spring 1998 issue covered the first of these stellar explosions seen in both birth & death'

Answer: Supernovas/novas


Question: 'Austrian schlosserbuben are these wrinkled fruits baked in dough & rolled in sugar & chocolate'

Answer: Prunes


Question: 'In the 1640s he painted his young son, Titus'

Answer: Rembrandt


Question: 'Lion-lover Joy Adamson adopts then liberates a whale'

Answer: "Born Free Willy"


Question: 'John Le Carre popularized the name of this burrowing mammal to mean a spy in enemy ranks'

Answer: Mole


Question: 'It comes exactly 2 weeks before federal income taxes are due'

Answer: April Fools Day


Question: 'The second word in the acronym AIDS points to this medical specialty that studies the disease'

Answer: Immunology


Question: 'In this largest South American country, Romeu e Julieta is a slice of fresh cheese topped with guava jelly'

Answer: Brazil