Question: 'This state's largest lake, Lake Hapatcong, lies about 25 miles west of Passaic'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'The solar funeral chip of this great pyramid builder was discovered in 1954'

Answer: Khufu/Cheops


Question: 'Probably derived from refrain, this 4-letter term is a constantly repeated musical phrase in jazz'

Answer: Riff


Question: 'Go around the world, like Sir Francis Drake'

Answer: Circumnavigate


Question: 'Prophetically, she first meets Count Vronsky at a train station shortly before a man is run down by a train'

Answer: Anna Karenina


Question: 'Though they contain this flower's name, the cape, corn, marsh & pot types aren't related to it'

Answer: Marigold


Question: 'Numerous islands lie within this lake, Scotland's largest'

Answer: Loch Lomond


Question: 'Seti I's tomb is the finest in this western Theban valley'

Answer: The Valley of the Kings


Question: 'His 75th birthday was celebrated posthumously in 1993 with video releases of his "Young People's Concerts"'

Answer: Leonard Bernstein


Question: 'Term for the activities performed outside the space capsule'

Answer: Extravehiclular


Question: 'The Empress of Blandings is a prize-winning pig who appears in stories by this creator of Jeeves'

Answer: P.G. Wodehouse


Question: 'Try to remember, it's also called scorpion grass since its coiled stalk resembles a scorpion's tail'

Answer: Forget-Me-Not


Question: 'Smolensk, Mogilev & Kiev are major ports lying on this, Europe's third-largest river'

Answer: the Dnieper


Question: 'His principal wife, Nefertiti, may have exercised the priestly office normally reserved for kings'

Answer: Akhenaton


Question: 'Among the albums by this New Age pianist are "December", "Autumn" & "Winter Into Spring"'

Answer: George Winston


Question: 'Need to know the age of a tree? - give this guy a ring'

Answer: Dendrochronologist


Question: 'John Oakhurst is a professional gambler who's cast out of Poker Flat in a famous story by this author'

Answer: Bret Harte


Question: 'Every year the Dykes Medal goes to the best example of this bearded flower'

Answer: Iris


Question: 'He's the patron saint of the hometown of Shakespeare's shrew'

Answer: St. Anthony of Padua


Question: 'Some early Christians considered Easter as a new part of this Jewish festival'

Answer: Passover


Question: 'Well I'll be doggone!  These classic suede shoes now come in colors like salad green & Miami coral'

Answer: Hush Puppies


Question: 'This potato chip brand changed its slogan from "Betcha Can't Eat Just One" to "Too Good to Eat Just One"'

Answer: Lay\'s


Question: 'Giving your life fighting for your country is the supreme one; a bunt is a lesser one'

Answer: Sacrifice


Question: '("Rock Around the Clock")'

Answer: Bill Haley and the Comets


Question: 'Gray'

Answer: Gary


Question: 'The Sunday before Easter is commonly called this'

Answer: Palm Sunday


Question: '"Inventive" name for leather shoes & purses coated with varnish for a hard glossy finish'

Answer: Patent leather


Question: 'These Nabisco sandwich cookies are 29% creme & 71% cookie; 7.5 billion are eaten annually'

Answer: Oreos


Question: 'He was supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe, & later of NATO forces'

Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower


Question: '[audio clue]'

Answer: Sex Pistols


Question: 'I sail in a pond'

Answer: Indianapolis


Question: 'Animals associated with Easter are the egg-hiding rabbit & this one representing Jesus'

Answer: Lamb


Question: 'It's a monk's hood or a draped neckline for women that falls in soft folds'

Answer: Cowl


Question: 'Cherry Garcia & Phish Food are 2 of this ice cream duo's most popular flavors'

Answer: Ben & Jerry\'s


Question: 'In French cooking, a "supreme" is a veloute type of this, made with meat stock, butter & flour'

Answer: Sauce


Question: '("Heart of Glass")'

Answer: Blondie


Question: 'Best hound'

Answer: South Bend


Question: 'Since Easter can fall anywhere from March 22 to April 25, it is called this type of feast'

Answer: Moveable


Question: 'Danskin & Capezio are famous makers of these form-fitting bodysuits for dancers & acrobats'

Answer: Leotards


Question: 'The top-selling Girl Scout cookies are these refreshing & crisp cocoa wafers'

Answer: Thin Mints


Question: 'Missouri's motto "Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto" means the people's welfare shall be the supreme this'

Answer: Law


Question: '("Fight for Your Right")'

Answer: The Beastie Boys


Question: 'Any few rot'

Answer: Fort Wayne


Question: 'The 40-day period before Easter is Lent; the 40th day after Easter is the feast of this'

Answer: Ascension


Question: 'In Mexico this large black veil is commonly worn over a high comb'

Answer: Mantilla


Question: '"Nobody Doesn't Like" her cheesecake; her bakery is No. 1 in frozen baked goods'

Answer: Sara Lee


Question: 'From the 1930s to the 1980s it was the 2-chambered legislature of the USSR'

Answer: Supreme Soviet


Question: '[audio clue]'

Answer: Metallica


Question: 'Rue the rate'

Answer: Terre Haute


Question: 'The afikomen, a piece of this bread, is hidden & becomes a bargaining chip for gifts'

Answer: Matzo


Question: 'Warner Bros. had rights to "The Tower", Fox had rights to "The Glass Inferno" & this movie was the result'

Answer: The Towering Inferno


Question: 'President Lincoln's beard was fuller than that of this Confederate counterpart'

Answer: Jefferson Davis


Question: 'Muskrat families often live in dens called these, like the homes of beavers & certain "Elks"'

Answer: Lodges


Question: 'A regatta held each September in this city features gondola races on the Grand Canal'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'We wouldn't want to mislead you, but this is how you spell...'

Answer: F-A-L-L-A-C-I-O-U-S


Question: 'It's the first of the 4 questions asked by the youngest person present'

Answer: Why is this night different from all other nights?


Question: '14-letter word coined to describe films like "Shaft" & "Superfly"'

Answer: Blaxploitation


Question: 'In 1903 John Singer Sargent painted his presidential mustache seen here'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'Because it's native to this "Sunshine State", the round-tailed muskrat can breed year-round'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'Shakespeare's feuding Montagues & Capulets were inspired by actual incidents in this city'

Answer: Verona


Question: 'We won't beat you unless you correctly spell...'

Answer: F-L-A-G-E-L-L-A-N-T


Question: 'The seder service ends with a chant of "Next Year in" this city'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'In this film, Martin Scorsese, as one of Robert De Niro's fares, talks about killing his wife'

Answer: Taxi Driver


Question: 'Preceded & succeeded by the mustached Grover Cleveland, he had a full beard & mustache'

Answer: Benjamin Harrison


Question: 'From Latin for "bed", female muskrats have 2-5 of them a year with 5-7 young in each'

Answer: Litters


Question: 'The pope has approved the public display of this city's famous shroud in 1998'

Answer: Turin


Question: 'Consider it money in the bank if you spell...'

Answer: F-I-D-U-C-I-A-R-Y


Question: 'A drop of wine is spilled as each of these is recited, starting with blood, frogs & vermin'

Answer: The 10 Plagues of Egypt


Question: '(Hi, I'm Lindsay Wagner)  I played Professor Kingsfield's daughter in this 1973 film set at Harvard Law School'

Answer: The Paper Chase


Question: 'This Ohioan was the last president to sport a mustache while in office'

Answer: William Howard Taft


Question: 'In muskrats this period, whose name is from Latin for "carrying", lasts less than a month'

Answer: Gestation


Question: 'This city's Piazza Dante contains the house believed to be that of Christopher Colunbus'

Answer: Genoa


Question: 'This word is really neat, spell...'

Answer: F-A-S-T-I-D-I-O-U-S


Question: 'Many seders include a song about this animal that's eaten by a cat that's bitten by a dog'

Answer: Goat


Question: 'A 1975 Robert Altman film centers on a music festival & political rally in this title city'

Answer: Nashville


Question: 'This man with a reddish-brown mustache & beard served only 199 days of his term'

Answer: James Garfield


Question: 'In breeding season, 2 of these organs enlarge to provide the "musk" in the animal's name'

Answer: Glands


Question: 'Conductor Arturo Toscanini was born in this city famous for its cheese'

Answer: Parma


Question: 'Congratulations!  Now spell this synonym...'

Answer: F-E-L-I-C-I-T-A-T-I-O-N-S


Question: 'Now in over 44 million U.S. kitchens, this type of product was illegal in NYC until 1997'

Answer: Garbage disposal


Question: 'J.P. Morgan suffered from rhinophyma, which turned this part of his anatomy into a swollen horror'

Answer: Nose


Question: 'Hit tiny spheroid into woods, curse, hit into lake, curse, score round of 120, go to clubhouse for needed beer'

Answer: Golf


Question: 'During the Han dynasty, over 2,000 years ago, the Chinese were out flying these'

Answer: Kites


Question: 'In 1989 this springer spaniel made the cover of Life magazine along with her new puppies & Barbara Bush'

Answer: Millie


Question:
'The Waldorf-Astoria,
The Plaza,
The St. Regis'

Answer: New York City


Question: 'This group decides whether there's enough evidence to try a person in a criminal court of law'

Answer: Grand jury


Question: 'This onetime freak show performer, whose head was 3 feet around, died in a London hospital in 1890'

Answer: John Merrick ("The Elephant Man")


Question: 'Protect oval spheroid like it was Hope Diamond, drag it across line to score 6, then throw it away & dance!'

Answer: Football


Question: 'Way before using it at sea, the Chinese had this device with a floating magnetized needle'

Answer: Compass


Question: 'She's the First Daughter seen here with First Cat Misty Malarkey Ying-Yang'

Answer: Amy Carter


Question:
'The Venetian,
The Sahara,
The Luxor'

Answer: Las Vegas


Question: 'Each day over a half million people pass through this place located on 42nd Street at Park Avenue'

Answer: Grand Central Station


Question: 'Louis XI of France earned this nickname by his unpleasant appearance & by weaving webs of intrigue'

Answer: "The Spiderman"


Question: 'Throw spheroid called horsehide, but not always made of such, run 360 feet to score, get $252 million contract'

Answer: Baseball


Question: 'In the T'ang dynasty the Chinese came up with this bone-hard white ceramic also called china'

Answer: Porcelain


Question: 'You'll earn a feather for your cap if you know Caroline Kennedy had a pony named this'

Answer: Macaroni


Question: 'The Ambassador, site of RFK's assassination in 1968'

Answer: Los Angeles


Question: '"Should auld acquaintance be forgot, keep your eye on" this'

Answer: The grand old flag


Question: 'This successor to Queen Elizabeth I ate like a slob because of his malformed jaws'

Answer: James I


Question: 'Swat at disk of vulcanized rubber, hit twine to score, spend 5 minutes in the box for fighting, feel shame'

Answer: Ice hockey


Question: 'Legend says Emperor Huangdi's wife invented the loom to weave this fabric'

Answer: Silk


Question: 'Thomas Jefferson's pet grizzly bears were a present from this pair of travelers'

Answer: Lewis & Clark


Question: 'The Fairmont, after which James Brolin's TV "Hotel" was modeled'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'Bobby Fischer was only 15 when he earned this title in 1958'

Answer: Grandmaster in chess


Question: 'In the work seen here, the artist obeyed this 17th century English leader's wish to be shown, warts & all'

Answer: Oliver Cromwell


Question: 'Go 500 miles but only turn left, score points for Winston Cup, be very prepared to talk about your sponsors'

Answer: Auto racing (NASCAR)


Question: 'In the 8th century the mechanical clocks in China were driven by this'

Answer: Water


Question: 'The FDR Memorial in Washington includes a statue of Roosevelt with this famous Scottie at his feet'

Answer: Fala


Question:
'Copley Square Hotel,
The Omni Parker House,
Back Bay Hilton'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'In bridge it's winning all 13 tricks'

Answer: Grand slam


Question: 'Working outdoors became easier when these replaced animal bladders as the way to transport oil paints'

Answer: Metal tubes


Question: 'This TV show made it to the big screen in 1998 with William Hurt as John Robinson'

Answer: Lost in Space


Question: 'In mythology, Hippolyta was a queen of these warriors'

Answer: Amazons


Question: 'Attached to the butt of a rod, it's used to let out or bring in line'

Answer: Reel


Question: 'Carried by roughly 40% of Israelis, they were popularized by a 2.5-cents-a-minute offer in 1994'

Answer: Cell phones


Question: 'Shy or reserved, or a Japanese pond fish'

Answer: Coy/koi


Question: 'This painting surface may be linen or cotton & is placed on a frame called a stretcher'

Answer: Canvas


Question: 'Characters in this 1987 movie parody include Lord Dark Helmet & Pizza the Hutt'

Answer: Spaceballs


Question: 'These warriors followed a code of conduct, called bushido, meaning "The way of the warriors"'

Answer: Samurai


Question: 'From where they prefer to dine, sole & catfish are classified as these'

Answer: Bottom-dwellers/feeders


Question: 'Bat Yam, or "Daughter of the Sea", is a suburb of this Mediterranean metropolis'

Answer: Tel Aviv


Question: 'Snoops into someone's affairs, or an award for winning a contest'

Answer: Pries/prize


Question: 'The 18th century work seen here is titled this "With Salmon, a Lemon & Three Vessels"'

Answer: Still Life


Question: 'Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing & Larry Bird are also in this 1996 sports film'

Answer: Space Jam (with Michael Jordan)


Question: 'Luke had to feel the force to become one of these warriors'

Answer: Jedi


Question: 'Term for a person who fishes with a hook & line; you may be a "compleat" one'

Answer: Angler


Question: 'Among those buried on this Jerusalem mount, or believed to be, are the prophet Haggai & Prince Philip's mother'

Answer: Mount of Olives


Question: 'Correct, or a proper religious ceremony'

Answer: Right/rite


Question: 'Gericault's best-known work is "The Raft of" this wrecked ship'

Answer: The Medusa


Question: 'Bela Lugosi makes a short appearance in this Ed Wood film, hailed as the worst ever made'

Answer: Plan 9 from Outer Space


Question: 'This warrior-king of the Franks was crowned emperor in 800'

Answer: Charlemagne


Question: 'Yes, pal, it's ground up bits of bait or food spread out over the water to attract game fish'

Answer: Chum


Question: 'Emanated beams of light, or a sudden attack by the police'

Answer: Rayed/raid


Question: '"Look Back" in this 19th century French master whose work is seen here'

Answer: Jean-Dominique Ingres


Question: 'A small town is invaded by blood-drinking aliens that look like clowns in this 1988 cult movie'

Answer: Killer Klowns from Outer Space


Question: 'In India's caste system, the Kshatriyas, or warriors, were ranked second; this caste was number 1'

Answer: Brahmans


Question: 'On a slow boat to somewhere?  Try this method of fishing by towing a baited hook'

Answer: Trawling


Question: 'Cry like a banshee, or a ridge in corduroy'

Answer: Wail/wale


Question: 'These 2 great English romantic poets died while still in their 20s, one in 1821 & one in 1822'

Answer: John Keats & Percy Shelley


Question: 'Original occupation of William Warner of Warner-Lambert & Charles Walgreen of Walgreens'

Answer: pharmacists


Question: '"Welcome to Korea"'

Answer: M*A*S*H


Question: 'This California resort's aerial tramway up Mt. San Jacinto has the world's largest rotating tramcars'

Answer: Palm Springs


Question: 'Throughout their history, mannequins have also been known as these, like today's crash test mannequins'

Answer: dummies


Question: 'These grizzly bear features can be up to 6 inches long & are non-retractable'

Answer: claws


Question: 'It can be a best man's tribute to a newly married couple or a breakfast slice'

Answer: toast


Question: 'In 1911 the Supreme Court ordered this oil company to split, creating 33 new independent companies'

Answer: Standard Oil


Question: '"I, Darrin, Take This Witch, Samantha"'

Answer: Bewitched


Question: 'This Australian town was named for a waterhole that was named for telegraph advocate Charles Todd's wife'

Answer: Alice Springs


Question: 'Characters in this comic strip include Ratbert, Catbert & Dogbert'

Answer: Dilbert


Question: 'Even though this U.S. snake, Thamnophis sirtalis, is non-venemous, I wouldn't strap it to my thigh'

Answer: garter snake


Question: 'A sensitive & difficult issue to deal with, or a spud pulled from an oven with your bare hands'

Answer: a hot potato


Question: 'In 1916 Charlie Soderstrom joined this company & picked the brown for its trucks'

Answer: UPS (United Parcel Service)


Question: '"J.J. Becomes A Man"'

Answer: Good Times


Question: 'This Georgia town is home to the Roosevelt Institute, a comprehensive rehabilitation facility'

Answer: Warm Springs


Question: 'The noisemaker heard here takes its name from the prey it's meant to attract'

Answer: a duck call


Question: 'A Cajun might call one of these, Mephitis mephitis, a bete puante or "stinky beast"'

Answer: a skunk


Question: 'Whether laksa or soba, to use this is to think'

Answer: your noodle


Question: 'In 1922 George Mecherle founded this insurance company for those in agriculture'

Answer: State Farm


Question: '"Squiggy in Love"'

Answer: Laverne and Shirley


Question: 'The U.S. Olympic Training Center is located in this city in the foothills of the Rockies'

Answer: Colorado Springs


Question: 'He won a Purple Heart in World War II & was a major party presidential nominee in 1996'

Answer: Bob Dole


Question: 'Greenland's hooded type of this sleek water mammal can force its nostril lining outward to form a balloon'

Answer: a seal


Question: 'You can "spin" one of these baked goods by driving your car in a tight 360-degree turn'

Answer: a donut


Question: 'You can be sure it was this man who paid Nikola Tesla a cool million for his AC patents'

Answer: George Westinghouse


Question: '"Basil the Rat"'

Answer: Fawlty Towers


Question: 'This fashionable resort in the Adirondacks is the summer home of the New York City Ballet'

Answer: Saratoga Springs


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia)  Weather forecasting radar uses this effect because radio waves change frequency like sound waves'

Answer: the Doppler effect


Question: 'A dorgi was the royal result when one of QEII's corgis bred with one of these dogs owned by Princess Margaret'

Answer: a dachshund


Question: 'Because of all the grain grown there, Kansas is known as this wicker container "of the nation"'

Answer: the breadbasket


Question: 'In 1682 the Spanish founded the village of Ysleta on the Rio Grande in what later became this state'

Answer: Texas


Question: '"Let's Make A Deal" with this host who hails from Winnipeg, Manitoba'

Answer: Monty Hall


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew in Munich, Germany)  BMW's history in aeronautics is seen by its logo representing a rotating one of these'

Answer: a propeller


Question: 'The Duffy blood group system was discovered while treating a sufferer of this hereditary condition'

Answer: hemophilia


Question: 'In conspiracies about the RFK assassination, the "Polka-Dot Woman" is recognized as this man's accomplice'

Answer: Sirhan Sirhan


Question: 'Hernando De Soto died of a fever on May 21, 1542 & his body was sunk in this river to keep his death a secret from the Indians'

Answer: the Mississippi


Question: 'Winnipeg-born Douglas Rain provided the voice of this soft-spoken killer computer on film'

Answer: HAL


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew)  In Germany BMW uses "Freude am fahren", or "Joy of Driving."  In the U.S., it's used this slogan since the 1970s'

Answer: "The Ultimate Driving Machine"


Question: 'Lymphomas are divided into his "Disease" & non-his'

Answer: Hodgkin


Question: 'Meryl Streep played this nuclear plant employee some believe was killed while trying to blow the whistle'

Answer: (Karen) Silkwood


Question: 'He was known as "The One-Legged Governor of New Netherland"'

Answer: Peter Stuyvesant


Question: 'This London, Ontario-born man led the Royal Canadians in their popular New Year's Eve specials'

Answer: Guy Lombardo


Question: '(Cheryl)  With test flights in the early 1940s, BMW pioneered this radical type of engine'

Answer: the jet engine


Question: 'Theodor Escherich gave his name (or just his initial) to this bacillus that causes internal distress'

Answer: E. coli


Question: 'Dorothy Kilgallen was found dead not long after conducting an interview with this nightclub owner & murderer'

Answer: Jack Ruby


Question: 'Members of the lower class, they were contracted to work without wages to pay for their passage to the New World'

Answer: indentured servants


Question: 'A Blues Brother, a Ghostbuster & a Conehead, he was born in Ottawa'

Answer: (Dan) Aykroyd


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew)  The 1950s BMW 507, driven by celebs like Elvis, is this type of car whose 8-letter name tells you it has street smarts'

Answer: a roadster


Question: 'First name of the man for whom the bacteria Listeria are named'

Answer: Joseph (Lister)


Question: 'Born March 12, 1912, this ex-Nazi scientist was let into the U.S. under "Operation Paper Clip"'

Answer: Wernher von Braun


Question: 'This letter will turn your smile into a figure of speech'

Answer: I (simile)


Question: 'In October 1729 Benjamin Franklin purchased this one-year-old newspaper that had a subscription list of 90'

Answer: the Pennsylvania Gazette


Question: 'Kids must say the darndest things in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, where this TV host was born July 17, 1912'

Answer: (Art) Linkletter


Question: '(Sarah)  This bike earned BMW one of its many victories in this endurance rally that goes between Europe & Africa'

Answer: the Paris-to-Dakar Rally


Question: 'The palsy that paralyzes facial muscles on one side was named for this anatomist'

Answer: (Sir Charles) Bell


Question: 'This Guy is the best known figure in the conspiracy known as the "Gunpowder Plot" to kill King James I in 1605'

Answer: Guy Fawkes


Question: 'It makes Mama really hot stuff'

Answer: G (magma)


Question: 'This oldest tennis player ever to win a Grand Slam title did so at the Australian Open mixed doubles in 2003'

Answer: Martina Navratilova


Question: 'This 1961 Joseph Heller novel was set on the island of Pianosa during WWII'

Answer: Catch-22


Question: 'Demi Moore was Esmeralda's voice in this epic from Disney'

Answer: The Hunchback of Notre Dame


Question: 'This talk show host made her film debut in "The Color Purple" & when it hit Broadway in 2005, she was one of the producers'

Answer: Oprah


Question: 'The oldest commissioned warship afloat, this "Old Ironsides" set sail again in 1997 for her 200th birthday'

Answer: the USS Constitution


Question: 'In 1947, Frank Ulrich pumped up L.A. drivers with the first successful self-serve this'

Answer: gas station


Question: 'The character in a novel who tells the story'

Answer: narrator


Question: 'Old Stony Phiz in "The Great Stone Face" by this author of "Twice-Told Tales" is said to be based on Daniel Webster'

Answer: Hawthorne


Question: 'Coach K knows all about this 2005 Johnny Knoxville film, based on a TV series'

Answer: The Dukes of Hazzard


Question: 'In 2008 Ann Dunwoody was promoted to this numerical rank in the Army, the highest ever for a woman'

Answer: 4-star general (full general)


Question: 'Partly designed by Peter the Great, this country's first battleship, the Poltava, was launched in 1712'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'Especially to dads facing complex toys, it's been said the 3 most frightening words are "some" this "required"'

Answer: assembly


Question: 'When a Rastafarian weds a Zoroasterian, it's considered this'

Answer: an inter-religious marriage (or interfaith marriage)


Question: 'A 1936 operetta, "The Headless Horseman", was based on this 1820 short story'

Answer: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"


Question: 'We found Matthew Fox; he was in this 2006 movie with Matthew McConnaughey'

Answer: We Are Marshall


Question: 'Her website is speaker.gov'

Answer: Pelosi


Question: 'Gustavus Vasa established this country's navy in 1522'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'Intuit Inc. makes Quicken & this speedy product that puts you mano a mano with the IRS'

Answer: TurboTax


Question: 'A line of preppy clothing endorsed by a Cambridge Mass. university is named for this, the campus' central area'

Answer: Harvard Yard


Question: 'In a 1947 novelette by John Steinbeck, a diver named Kino finds the valuable title object to pay his child's doctor bill'

Answer: pearl


Question: 'The title of this Homeric film is also a Sun Belt Conference school located in Alabama'

Answer: Troy


Question: 'In 2006 she left the "Today" show to anchor the CBS evening news'

Answer: Couric


Question: 'The Warped Tour showcases music's punk/DIY movement--actually, do it with the help of this shoe company'

Answer: Vans


Question: 'Also valuable in archery, it's someone who avoids vices'

Answer: a straight-arrow


Question: 'This 1929 Thomas Wolfe novel is subtitled "A Story of the Buried Life"'

Answer: Look Homeward Angel


Question: 'This 1984 Spielberg sequel had nothing to do with a Philadelphia university'

Answer: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom


Question: 'She retired from a managerial job at Microsoft after marrying the boss & today she co-chairs their foundation'

Answer: Melinda Gates


Question: 'This prefix meaning "self" precedes "didact" in a word for a self-taught person'

Answer: auto


Question: 'A battery produces this one-way flow of electric charge'

Answer: direct current


Question: 'The supergroup Them Crooked Vultures has Alain Johannes, Josh Homme, John Paul Jones & this Foo Fighters frontman'

Answer: Dave Grohl


Question: 'The first African American to play modern Major League Baseball, he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947'

Answer: Jackie Robinson


Question: 'The topics pages of nytimes.com say Texas leads the U.S. in producing power from this, especially out on the high plains'

Answer: wind


Question: 'This country's Christchurch is the world's southernmost city with more than 250,000 people'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'The Sultanate of Brunei is on the northern coast of this island'

Answer: Borneo


Question: 'Formed in 2008, Chickenfoot had Chad Smith of the Peppers, Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony & this ex-Van Halen singer'

Answer: Sammy Hagar


Question: 'A biography of this former Cabinet secretary is subtitled "Soldier and Statesman"'

Answer: Colin Powell


Question: 'The times said "Bla, bla, bla, act now!" was a protest slogan at the 2009 climate change talks in this city'

Answer: Copenhagen


Question: 'This desert covers much of western Botswana'

Answer: the Kalahari


Question: 'Carrying on while postponing the inevitable is "living on" this 2-word phrase'

Answer: borrowed time


Question: 'In October my U.S. pals dusted off their draft cards as U.S. & Soviet tanks faced off against each other in this capital'

Answer: Berlin


Question: '"Be Somebody" & "Sex On Fire" are songs off 2008's "Only by the Night" from this band'

Answer: Kings of Leon


Question: 'Her website calls her a Renaissance woman, poet, historian, author, actress & playwright'

Answer: Maya Angelou


Question: 'In a 2009 editorial the Times called it disgraceful that this agency has never set limits on arsenic in water'

Answer: the EPA


Question: 'This resort island just 2 miles east of Java is predominantly Hindi while the rest of Indonesia is Muslim'

Answer: Bali


Question: 'Any of the 5 administrative divisions of New York City'

Answer: a borough


Question: 'Bassist Stefan Lessard & drummer Carter Beauford are the rhythm section of this "Under the Table and Dreaming" band'

Answer: the Dave Matthews Band


Question: 'Carl Stokes, the first black mayor of a major U.S. city, was mayor of this Ohio metropolis from 1967 to 1971'

Answer: Cleveland


Question: 'To the Times, XOM's plan to buy XTO Energy for $31 bil. shows it expects rising demand for this fuel that's cleaner than coal'

Answer: natural gas


Question: 'The Gran Chaco, an arid subtropical region, covers parts of Uruguay & Bolivia & the northern part of this country'

Answer: Argentina


Question: 'It's the type of pooch pictured here'

Answer: a border collie


Question: 'When he's not busy being a movie star, Jared Leto fronts this platinum-selling band that is both "Timely" & "Planetary"'

Answer: Thirty Seconds to Mars


Question: 'He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1987 for his play "Fences" & another for "The Piano Lesson" in 1990'

Answer: (August) Wilson


Question: 'The Times obit on Harold Bell said he drew the original sketches of this "Give a hoot, don't pollute" bird'

Answer: Woodsy Owl


Question: 'After gold was discovered in 1890 in the Coolgardie-Kalgoorlie mines, this capital of Western Australia grew rapidly'

Answer: Perth


Question: 'The son of Danish immigrants, he's best known for his colossal sculptures on Mount Rushmore'

Answer: Borglum


Question: 'With a mass of 4.31 millions Suns, Sagittarius A* is thought to be a supermassive one of these in the Milky Way's center'

Answer: black hole


Question: 'A deer, a female deer'

Answer: Doe


Question: 'In January 1989 he announced he would not seek another term as governor of Massachusetts in 1990'

Answer: Michael Dukakis


Question: 'In the series, this film falls between "Star Wars" & "Return of the Jedi"'

Answer: "The Empire Strikes Back"


Question: 'The magazine of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, or its award'

Answer: "The Emmy"


Question: 'It was the last name of Mexican muralist Diego; we don't know if he was related to Geraldo'

Answer: Rivera


Question: 'She dropped out of Sarah Lawrence College in 1957 & married John Lennon in 1969'

Answer: Yoko Ono


Question: 'David Frizzell & Shelly West sang, "I wasn't lookin' for romance, I just came here to" do this'

Answer: Dance


Question: 'Japan's chrysanthemum taboo limits discussion of this late emperor's participation in WWII'

Answer: Hirohito


Question: 'Mia Farrow, Whoopi Goldberg & Prince have all starred in films with this color in the title'

Answer: Purple


Question: 'The world's largest glacier is on this continent'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'He said he ate the same soup for lunch for years; maybe that's why he painted soup cans'

Answer: Andy Warhol


Question: 'This "ramblin' kind of guy" pulled straight A's in philosophy at Long Beach State'

Answer: Steve Martin


Question: 'This part of a table is hinged so that it can be folded down when not in use'

Answer: Dropleaf


Question: 'To convince New Jersey to deregulate wrestling, the WWF admitted this about the sport'

Answer: Scripted/Fake Entertainment


Question: 'Patsy Swayze, Patrick's mom, has a home video that'll teach you moves like her son made in this 1987 film'

Answer: "Dirty Dancing"


Question: 'Knights of yore wore these heavy leather gloves, & they threw them down, too'

Answer: Gauntlets


Question: 'In 1901 he left Tahiti for the Marquesas Islands where he died in poverty in 1903'

Answer: Paul Gauguin


Question: 'His wife Jane, who he met at the U. of MD., was his 1st partner in puppetry, or shall we say muppetry'

Answer: Jim Henson


Question: 'This type of steak was named for a restaurateur whose first name was Lorenzo'

Answer: Delmonico


Question: 'This So. American country lost millions after 2 cyanide-laced grapes turned up in Philadelphia'

Answer: Chile


Question: 'In 1989 he starred in 1 of the 3 "New York Stories" & as one of the "Three Fugitives"'

Answer: Nick Nolte


Question: 'This brand of syrup comes in a bottle shaped like a lady, & the syrup pours from the top of her head'

Answer: Mrs. Butterworth\'s


Question: 'He was the most famous artist born on the island of Crete'

Answer: El Greco (Domenicos Theotokopolous)


Question: 'Child star who appeared in her 1st film in 1972 & graduated magna cum laude from Yale in 1985'

Answer: Jodie Foster


Question: 'Oui, oui, this French word means a low-cut neckline'

Answer: décolletage


Question: 'On his 1st foreign trip as president, Bush traveled to this country & discussed acid rain'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'Estevez, Sheen, Sutherland, Phillips, Mulroney & Siemaszko collectively in a 1988 film'

Answer: "Young Guns"


Question: 'Candling is a procees of running these over bright lights to inspect & grade them'

Answer: Eggs


Question:
'(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):
The French impressionist who painted the following:
("Jane Avril; Jardin de Paris")'

Answer: Henri Toulouse-Lautrec


Question: 'In 1903 future president F. Roosevelt was elected editor of this school paper at Harvard'

Answer: "The Crimson"


Question: 'World Book says Maine's St. John River & this major N.Y. river have both been called "The Rhine of America"'

Answer: Hudson River


Question: 'The original myth had her opening a jar; centuries later it was changed to a box'

Answer: Pandora


Question: '"X" chromosomes are inherited from both parents:  those with this designation only from the father'

Answer: "Y"


Question: '1 of 3 women named in titles of Shakesperean plays'

Answer: Cleopatra, Cressida & Juliet


Question: 'In 1861, the year our Civil War began, these peasants were formally freed by Alexander II'

Answer: Serfs


Question: 'You may not give one, but this is the sound an owl makes'

Answer: Hoot


Question: 'The Pilgrims landed at the site of Provincetown on this Mass. cape before founding Plymouth'

Answer: Cape Cod


Question: 'Bellerophon caught & tamed this mighty steed'

Answer: Pegasus


Question: 'Hormone that's released during a "fight or flight" reaction'

Answer: Adrenaline


Question: 'In "Othello", Shakespeare describes jealousy as a "monster" with this facial feature'

Answer: Green Eyes


Question: 'In 1920 the Red Army finally defeated the anti-Communists, known by this colorful name'

Answer: The Whites


Question: 'After feeding him or her, you pat a baby on the back to elicit this response'

Answer: Burp


Question: 'With fewer people than Houston or Dallas, this TX city is still 1 of the 10 biggest in the U.S.'

Answer: San Antonio


Question: 'This king & his queen, Igrayne, were the parents of King Arthur'

Answer: Uther Pendragon


Question: 'Our teeth are composed mostly of this bony substance that sounds like the name of a brand of gum'

Answer: Dentin


Question: 'Brutus' wife in "Julius Caesar" & the lady lawyer in "The Merchant of Venice" shared this name'

Answer: Portia


Question: 'A defeated Russia became a part of this Asian empire in the mid 1200s'

Answer: Mongol Empire


Question: 'When this large metal disk was struck, Chuck Barris stopped the act performing on stage'

Answer: Gong


Question: 'This Rocky Mountain state has more mountains above 14,000 feet than any other'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'In American folklore, this cowboy hero was raised by coyotes'

Answer: Pecos Bill


Question: 'Mostly they're made up of keratin & grow as much as 2 inches a year'

Answer: Nails


Question: 'These 2 title characters were named Valentine & Proteus'

Answer: "Two Gentlemen of Verona"


Question: 'In 1547 this prince crowned himself Russia's 1st czar & made Moscow the country's capital'

Answer: Ivan the Terrible


Question: 'Old bones & old wooden doors do it when moved'

Answer: Creak


Question: 'If you want to go "way down upon the Suwannee River", you should know it rises near Waycross in this state'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'After 500 years it kills itself in a fire & is reborn out of the ashes'

Answer: The Phoenix


Question: 'Part of the body in which you'd find approximately 300 million alveoli'

Answer: Lungs


Question: 'Title character who's Benvolio's buddy'

Answer: Romeo


Question: 'On the 14th day of this month in 1825 Nicholas I easily squelched an uprising of about 3,000 soldiers'

Answer: December


Question: 'A series of light tapping sounds, like little feet running across the floor above you'

Answer: Pitter-Patter


Question: 'The only native Californian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature'

Answer: John Steinbeck (in 1940 for The Grapes of Wrath)


Question: 'Between Oct. 1946 & Oct. 1949, this international organization held its meetings in Flushing, N.Y.'

Answer: the United Nations


Question: '1974:<br />"Benji"'

Answer: a dog


Question: 'She & Alice B. Toklas are buried next to each other at Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris'

Answer: Gertrude Stein


Question: 'Stretching over 4,000 miles, it's been called the largest engineering & building project ever made by man'

Answer: the Great Wall of China


Question: 'A fictional mutant monster gave us this term for a woman who's unbearable while planning her wedding'

Answer: Bridezilla


Question: 'The men seen here are waiting for this traditional final word in a 3-part command'

Answer: Fire!


Question: 'In 1517 the Ottoman Empire put its foot down on this town in Galilee, the home of Joseph, Mary & Jesus'

Answer: Nazareth


Question: '1949:<br />"Francis"'

Answer: a mule


Question: 'In Asheville his gravestone bears the line "The last voyage, the longest, the best" from "Look Homeward, Angel"'

Answer: Thomas Wolfe


Question: 'Much of this 1925 novel takes place in the West Egg area of Long Island'

Answer: The Great Gatsby


Question: 'A toff is a member of the upper classes of society, usually in this country'

Answer: England


Question: 'It's what rootin' tootin' Yosemite Sam shouts as he shoots at feet'

Answer: Dance!


Question: 'In 1917 the British took the town of Al-Kut on the Tigris on their march to take this, now a capital city'

Answer: Baghdad


Question: '1943:<br />"My Friend Flicka"'

Answer: a horse


Question: 'It doesn't take a P.I. like his Sam Spade to find this man's grave at Arlington; it's in Section 12, Lot 508'

Answer: Dashiell Hammett


Question: 'This city in North-Central Montana is the seat of Cascade County'

Answer: Great Falls


Question: 'The "Simpsons" character seen here has no name; he's simply called this'

Answer: Comic Book Guy


Question: 'The title of a novel by Sapphire about a teen mother, or a word often heard in delivery rooms'

Answer: Push!


Question: 'Corregidor, enveloped by this bay, was fortified by the Spanish in the 18th century'

Answer: Manila Bay


Question: '1977:<br />Bernard & Bianca, "The Rescuers"'

Answer: mice


Question: 'She's buried at her Penn. farm, & the name on her tombstone is written in Chinese rather than English'

Answer: Pearl Buck


Question: 'In this classic movie, Charlie Chaplin played dual roles including that of Adenoid Hynkel of Tomania'

Answer: The Great Dictator


Question: 'A yuppie who lives for great dining experiences may be this word also ending in -ie'

Answer: a foodie


Question: 'This word begins a "Sesame Street" tune that Barbra Streisand recorded because it was her son's favorite'

Answer: Sing!


Question: 'At Bannockburn in 1314 he led a small force to take Stirling Castle, Britain's last stronghold in Scotland'

Answer: Robert the Bruce


Question: '1978:<br />"Matilda"'

Answer: a kangaroo


Question: 'In 1851 she was laid to rest in an English churchyard along with husband Percy's heart & a copy of his "Adonais"'

Answer: Mary Shelley


Question: 'In 1417 Martin V was elected the sole pope, ending this division within the Catholic Church'

Answer: the Great Schism


Question: 'Ms. Poole from accounting who's tough on expense accounts, is known by this leguminous 2-word term'

Answer: bean counter


Question: 'On April 20, 1653 Oliver Cromwell told the Rump Parliament, "In the name of God", this 2-letter word'

Answer: Go!


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue in front of a projected slide of a painting.)  The classical ruins in Montagna's St. Sebastian typify this movement's discovery of ancient culture'

Answer: the Renaissance


Question: 'The Olympics were reborn on April 6, 1896 with 14 national teams made up of 241 men & this many women'

Answer: 0


Question: 'Spread jam (& whipped cream, too, if you like) on a cake, curl it up & you've got this old-fashioned favorite'

Answer: a jelly roll


Question: 'A 1,000th anniversary<br />(10)'

Answer: millennium


Question: 'Like a child's drawing, the flag of Uruguay has this in the upper left-hand corner'

Answer: a sun


Question: 'I'll go mine some mica in this type of big open pit'

Answer: a quarry


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue in front of a projected slide of a painting.)  The triangle formed by the figures in the Raphael work seen here is a symbol of this key Christian concept'

Answer: the Trinity


Question: 'Becoming the 1st Olympic champion since the 4th C. was a hop, step & jump for American James Connolly in this field event'

Answer: the triple jump


Question: 'The name of this custardy dessert means "burnt cream"'

Answer: crème brulée


Question: 'Type of photo finish<br />(5)'

Answer: matte


Question: 'The mulita is a small Uruguayan type of this armored animal that's susceptible to becoming roadkill'

Answer: an armadillo


Question: 'To act in "Nobody Hears a Broken Drum", dealing with the Molly Maguires, I'll go mine this to get in character'

Answer: coal


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue in front of a projected slide of a painting.)  The traveling basket tells us the subject is "Rest on the Flight into" this country'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'As in 2004, in 1896 Panathenaic Stadium had the finish of this, won back then by national hero Spiridon Louis'

Answer: the marathon


Question: 'This Pennsylvania Dutch dessert made with brown sugar & molasses is partnered with apple pan dowdy in a classic song'

Answer: shoo-fly pie


Question: 'Pipe smoker's mineral<br />(10)'

Answer: meerschaum


Question: 'Some rural people speak Portunol, a mix of these 2 languages of Uruguay's neighbors'

Answer: Spanish & Portuguese


Question: 'I'll go mine this, symbol Sn, if I can find some; it's only .001 percent of the Earth's crust'

Answer: Tin


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue in front of a projected slide of a painting.)  Here, this great American artist contrasts the warm colors of nature with the harsh light of civilization'

Answer: (Edward) Hopper


Question: 'Thomas Burke of the U.S. won this Olympic event in 1896 with a time of 12.0 seconds; the winning time in 2004 was 9.85'

Answer: the 100 meter dash


Question: 'In France this holiday cake is called buche de Noel'

Answer: a yule log (Christmas log accepted)


Question: 'Tenon's woodworking partner<br />(7)'

Answer: Mortise


Question: 'Nueva Helvecia is a town founded by colonists from this country to which Uruguay is sometimes compared'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'I'll go mine sapphires in Sri Lanka, because I need the type whose optical effect gives it this name'

Answer: star sapphires


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue in front of a projected slide of a painting.)  Dutch still lifes often remind us of this Latin word for pride and mortality--the skull is a rather stern reminder'

Answer: vanitas


Question: 'This Frenchman who revived the Games opposed a Greek proposal to make Athens their permanent site'

Answer: Baron Pierre de Coubertin


Question: 'This Italian dessert consists of egg yolks, wine & sugar whisked together'

Answer: zabaglione


Question: 'Salamander also known as a water dog<br />(8)'

Answer: mudpuppy


Question: 'To save money on a ring, I'll go mine this form of carbon seen here and make a synthetic diamond'

Answer: graphite


Question: 'Tired of his fragile wares being smashed in transit, this man born in 1730 advocated British turnpike building'

Answer: Wedgewood


Question: '1942:<br />The Battle of Midway'

Answer: World War II


Question: 'In "Even Stevphen", a "Daily Show" segment, Stephen Colbert debated this Steve who now works in an "Office"'

Answer: Steve Carell


Question: 'At the Univ. of Wisconsin you can take a course analyzing these daytime TV programs'

Answer: soap operas


Question: 'This Italian island's provinces include Syracuse, Messina & Palermo'

Answer: Sicily


Question: 'The shoes known as jellies are so-named because they resemble the look of these treats'

Answer: jellybeans


Question: 'If you're a castaway in dire need of salt, put seawater in a bowl and wait for the water to do this'

Answer: evaporate


Question: '1814:<br />The Battle of Lake Champlain'

Answer: the War of 1812


Question: 'He played "The Gentleman on the Plane" in a "Friends" episode before becoming "House M.D."'

Answer: Hugh Laurie


Question: 'At Santa Clara U., really talk trash as you learn about mold & rates of decomposition in "The Joy of" this'

Answer: garbage


Question: 'From about 1500 to 1850, glaciers advanced in the Alps in what's called a "Little" this period'

Answer: an Ice Age


Question: 'Made by combining natural minerals with quartz sand, these Swarovski products sparkle on evening bags'

Answer: crystals


Question: 'A syllable used when something suddenly vanishes, it's also the toy brand that makes Ramrockets'

Answer: poof


Question: '1898:<br />The Battle of San Juan Hill'

Answer: the Spanish-American War


Question: '"Buffalo Anchorman" in "Airplane II: The Sequel", he's a bit more well-known as a TV vowel salesman'

Answer: Pat Sajak


Question: 'A class at Bowdoin College studies directors like Romero & Craven in a review of this genre of movies'

Answer: horror films


Question: 'From 1714 to 1721 Russia occupied this neighbor in what has been called the "Great Wrath"'

Answer: Finland


Question: 'The haik, worn by Berbers, is related to this ancient Roman garment--so why aren't there haik parties on campus?'

Answer: the toga


Question: 'In the end times a true believer missing from Earth hasn't been captured but this rhyming word, meaning raised up'

Answer: raptured


Question: '1951:<br />The Battle of Heartbreak Ridge'

Answer: the Korean War


Question: 'Uncredited as Agent 006 in Steve Martin's "Pink Panther", this Brit starred in "Duplicity" in 2009'

Answer: Clive Owen


Question: 'Alfred U. offered a course on this sweet tree product, noting the process hasn't changed much in centuries'

Answer: maple syrup


Question: 'In 1998 this president of Yugoslavia sent troops into Kosovo to crush an ethnic Albanian uprising'

Answer: (Slobodan) Milošević


Question: 'Also a synonym for "amulet", this type of trinket now hangs on handbags & cell phones as well as bracelets'

Answer: a charm


Question: 'The name of this software introduced in 1991 comes before "out" to mean get rid of an element in a picture'

Answer: Photoshop


Question: '1415:<br />The Battle of Agincourt'

Answer: the Hundred Years\' War


Question: 'He has somehow turned donning sunglasses into an art form as Horatio Caine on "CSI: Miami"'

Answer: (David) Caruso


Question: 'Kentucky's Centre College offered "The Art of" this, a lost mode of transportation; Monty Python likes it silly'

Answer: walking


Question: 'In 1859 Moldavia & Walachia united to form this country with Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza as its ruler'

Answer: Romania


Question: ''70s disco divas danced in white clothes that glowed under this kind of light; it's still fun to do it today'

Answer: blacklight (or ultraviolet light)


Question: 'Los desaparecidos--those missing at the hands of Argentina's former dictatorship--translates to this'

Answer: the disappeared


Question: 'I'm hoping that the serpent will show up in the ballet "After Eden", but I'm afraid we'll just see this duo'

Answer: Adam & Eve


Question: 'It's foul to have a defensive tackle jump offside into the neutral zone in this sport'

Answer: American football


Question: '(Here's Dr. Oz.) Holding a cork in your teeth can relax your jaws, & ease the everyday struggle with this, defined in physics as a force that strains or deforms a body'

Answer: stress


Question: 'I'm Carillon on at Notre-Dame in 1482'

Answer: Quasimodo


Question: 'Once a teacher, this president who guided the U.S. through WWI was nicknamed "The Professor"'

Answer: Wilson


Question: 'Yikes!<br />Some of these sweet potato lookalikes can measure 6 feet long & weigh 100 pounds'

Answer: yams


Question: 'I may nod off during this Tchaikovsky fairy tale ballet, even before that spindle turns up'

Answer: Sleeping Beauty


Question: 'This sport gives a Gold Glove Award (not to be confused with boxing's Golden Gloves)'

Answer: baseball


Question: '(Dr. Oz...) Take a daily dose of the seeds from this plant that have anti-oxident properties and can lower blood pressure; and don't worry--you won't sprout green hair'

Answer: chia


Question: 'I'm rescuing Mr. Frodo from Orcs & leading him to the edge of the Crack Of Doom; it can be rough being Mr. F's friend'

Answer: Samwise


Question: 'Campaigning against Hubert Humphrey in 1968, he said he had a "secret plan" to end the war in Vietnam'

Answer: Nixon


Question: 'In 1973 Arab states attacked Israel on this Jewish Day Of Attonement'

Answer: Yom Kippur


Question: 'I hear there's a heavenly body in "Icarus": it's the ballerina who plays this heavenly body'

Answer: the sun


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates some hockey strategies on a monitor) In ice hockey, player A's shot is legal; player B's shot crosses two red lines, which is this infraction'

Answer: icing


Question: '(Dr. Oz gives the clue.) Prostate growth has been shown to slow down due to eating the green fruit of this tree, but there are recipes healthier than guacamole'

Answer: avocado


Question: 'Beowulf ripped off my arm & I'm in Heorot Hospital, but not for long; prognosis is terminal'

Answer: Grendel


Question: 'In 1860 he began working in his father's leather goods store in Galena, Ill.; a year later, he was in the Civil War'

Answer: Grant


Question: 'Beware these snazzy dressers seen here--they can sting repeatedly'

Answer: yellowjackets


Question: 'I'm allergic to feathers, so don't let me sit too close to Odett in this classic ballet'

Answer: Swan Lake


Question: 'This man lived to see the indoor sport he invented become an Olympic event in 1936'

Answer: (James) Naismith


Question: '(Doctor...) In the exercise I call "I Dream Of Genie," you can strengthen your abs, quads, and shoulder muscles.  Be sure to squeeze the fleshy muscles of the buttocks, known by this one-syllable name'

Answer: the glutes


Question: 'Having a red-letter day--been sentenced to stand for 3 hours on a pillory platform; the 17th C. stinks!'

Answer: Hestor Prynne


Question: 'He told Lincoln, "If you are as happy in entering the White House as I feel on returning (home), you are a happy man indeed'

Answer: (James) Buchanan


Question: 'It's another name for the Abominable Snowman'

Answer: the Yeti


Question: 'Ouch!  A golden bird pecks a king to death in "Le Coq d'or" by this hyphenated Russian composer'

Answer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew shows part of a bike in Trek Bicycle Corporation in Waterloo, Wisconsin) An early advocate of cycling, Paul de Vivie experimented with geared bikes, leading to the perfection of this Frenched-named gearshifting device'

Answer: the DeRailleur


Question: '(Dr. Oz, please...) Dangerous fats, like trans fats, are solid at room temperature; good fats?  They're liquid--like this Greek-letter one from salmon & walnuts'

Answer: omega-3 fatty acids


Question: '2 1886 Twitterers, please: I'm killing someone.  Now I have a medical degree.  Now I'm being killed, which kills me as well'

Answer: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde


Question: 'Upon his death in 1845, he was buried next to his wife Rachel in the Garden Of The Hermitage'

Answer: (Andrew) Jackson


Question: 'A dynasty in China from 1279 to 1368, it's also the name of China's basic unit of currency'

Answer: Yuan


Question: 'This New Englander began building his house in March 1845 & later wrote that it cost exactly $28.12 1/2'

Answer: Henry David Thoreau


Question: 'Lourdes got a visitation from this person only; a shrine at Knock, Ireland got Joseph & John the Evangelist, too'

Answer: the Virgin Mary


Question: 'Frederic Myers, a psychic researcher, coined this term for communications from one mind to another'

Answer: telepathy


Question: 'Some colorless forms of this element with the chemical symbol Zr are known as matura diamonds'

Answer: zirconium


Question: 'This Bremen beer's motto appropriately reads "Life beckons"'

Answer: Beck\'s


Question: 'It's said Patrick drove these things out of Ireland; no truth he said, "I am tired of these bleepin' things in Ireland"'

Answer: snakes


Question: 'Matthew Broderick sings "Twist And Shout" from atop a float during Chicago's Von Steuben Day Parade in this film'

Answer: Ferris Bueller\'s Day Off


Question: 'As in Lough Allen or Lough Corrib, a lough in Irish is one of these geographic features'

Answer: a lake


Question: 'This Yiddish word means "to lug" or "to move in a tedious fashion"'

Answer: schlepp


Question: 'Gary Dahl used 3 tons of stone from Rosarito Beach to create these 1970s fads that couldn't even fetch'

Answer: Pet Rocks


Question: 'Brittany Evans is the new icon for this beer that's named in honor of an old German monastery'

Answer: St. Pauli\'s


Question: 'Born on this island near Ireland, Patrick was kidnapped by pirates & sold into Irish slavery at the age of 16'

Answer: Great Britain


Question: 'A verdant villain crashes the World Unity Parade in this 2002 Tobey Maguire film'

Answer: Spider-Man


Question: 'This popular tourist attraction is also known as the Stone of Eloquence'

Answer: the Blarney Stone


Question: 'This neurological disorder marked by seizures can produce disturbances in the brain's electrical activity'

Answer: epilepsy


Question: 'Many experts have doubted the authenticity of a kouros statue at this oilman's L.A. museum'

Answer: (J. Paul) Getty


Question: 'Dennis Hopper has a particular aversion to this Dutch beer in the movie "Blue Velvet"'

Answer: Heineken


Question: 'In his 6 years as a slave, Patrick held this farm job, tending to his first flock'

Answer: shepherd


Question: 'Irving Berlin penned 17 musical numbers for this Fred Astaire-Judy Garland holiday film'

Answer: Easter Parade


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Dublin, Ireland.) "Ulysses" captures the sight, sound & even products of Dublin; this man, who represents Ulysses, wonders, "What is home without Plumtree's Potted Meat?"'

Answer: (Leopold) Bloom


Question: 'This alcoholic drink is traditionally served at the Kentucky Derby'

Answer: a mint julep


Question: 'In 2000 NASA helped bust a man who pled guilty to trying to sell these fake items from Apollo 11'

Answer: moon rocks


Question: 'Brewed since 1615, this Dutch beer with a green bottle has a swingtop cap'

Answer: Grolsch


Question: 'Patrick is said to have founded more than 300 churches & administered this sacrament to 120,000 people'

Answer: baptism


Question: 'Kent Dorfman's brother's car is reborn as the Deathmobile & is sprung from an "Eat Me" cake float in this film'

Answer: Animal House


Question: 'Pull out the stopper! This southern Irish city is the country's second largest'

Answer: Cork


Question: 'A parasitic bacterium causes this infectious disease that affects the skin & the peripheral nervous system'

Answer: leprosy


Question: 'To stop graffiti on the real thing, visitors can now sign a fake replica of this in the Juyongguan section'

Answer: the Great Wall of China


Question: 'Tonight let it be this beer of Munich that's properly spelled with 2 umlauts'

Answer: Löwenbräu


Question: 'Around 450 A.D. Patrick wrote "The" this book about his spiritual development; it was "good for the soul"'

Answer: The Confession


Question: 'A Temperance Union Parade is used for cover by escaping bank robbers in this Peckinpah classic'

Answer: The Wild Bunch


Question: '(Alex Trebek delivers the clue from the Mark Twain House in Hartford, CT.)  Twain owned one of the first telephones installed in a private home, but he once wished that all of us may eventually be gathered together in heaven, except for this man'

Answer: (Alexander Graham) Bell


Question: 'His "Rain Man" character Raymond Babbitt had to watch "Jeopardy!" at 5:00'

Answer: Dustin Hoffman


Question:
'1607:
This site
is settled in what would become the first permanent English colony in the New World'

Answer: Jamestown


Question: '...of the Ivy League universities'

Answer: Yale


Question: 'Demosthenes of Athens railed against Philip, "Not even a barbarian... a vile fellow of" this land'

Answer: Macedonia


Question: 'If you've been beaten senseless, someone's "knocked" this gooey roofing material "out of you"'

Answer: tar


Question: 'Twain & his wife bought their bed in this romantic city of canals (iconoclast Twain slept feet toward the headboard)'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'In his "Nightmares & Dreamscapes", he penned a short story about a disembodied finger bothering a "Jeopardy!" viewer'

Answer: Stephen King


Question: '1707:<br />This prominent Japanese landmark erupts'

Answer: Mount Fuji


Question: '...of U.S. National Parks (& please don't get "Y"s with us)'

Answer: Zion


Question: 'In 55 B.C. Cicero published "On" this type of person who may be described as silver-tongued'

Answer: an orator


Question: 'This French term dates to the practice of knights assuming special names for battle'

Answer: nom de guerre


Question: '(Alex Trebek delivers the clue from the Mark Twain House in Hartford, CT.)  Appropriately, Mark Twain resided here in Hartford while he worked on this 1889 novel about a Hartford man who travels back in time to medieval England'

Answer: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur\'s Court


Question: 'During a TV ad for this chain, a Chihuahua walking through a room paused to give a "Jeopardy!" response'

Answer: Taco Bell


Question: '1507:<br />On the maps of Martin Waldseemuller, the New World is called this'

Answer: America


Question: '...of our 43 U.S. presidents by first name'

Answer: Zachary Taylor


Question: 'He's the Greek shown here practicing his craft in a work by Raphael'

Answer: Euclid


Question: 'This adjective that means "inclined to fight" comes from the same root as "pugilistic"'

Answer: pugnacious


Question: 'Among Twain's many guests was this creator of Uncle Remus whose stories Twain read to his daughters'

Answer: (Joel Chandler) Harris


Question: '"Jeopardy!" appears in the Kiefer Sutherland movie sharing part of its name with a game show--this city, "N.M."'

Answer: Truth or Consequences


Question: '1307: On Friday the 13th of October, thousands of members of this order of knights are arrested in France'

Answer: the Knights Templar


Question: '...among books of the Pentateuch'

Answer: Numbers


Question: 'Paradoxically, Epimenides advised, "All Cretans are" these; the tricky part is, he was a Cretan himself'

Answer: liars


Question: 'This adjective meaning "belligerent" or "eager to fight" comes from Latin for "pertaining to war"'

Answer: bellicose


Question: '(Alex Trebek delivers the clue from the Mark Twain House in Hartford, CT.)  The style of Mark Twain's home here in Hartford exemplifies this ornate age, also the title of a book Twain wrote with his neighbor Charles Dudley Warner'

Answer: the Gilded Age


Question: 'To win enough money to "try to take over the world", one of this WB animated pair went on the show "Gyp-parody"'

Answer: Pinky & The Brain


Question: '1207:<br />This English king grants the city of Liverpool its first charter'

Answer: King John


Question: '...of the 7 nations of Central America'

Answer: Panama


Question: 'Like his boy, the wealthy father of the future Emperor Augustus was named Gaius this'

Answer: Octavius


Question: 'In Cockney rhyming slang, a wife is "trouble and" this type of discord'

Answer: strife


Question: '1 of the men who shot her realized when he saw her body that she'd often waited on him at a cafe in Dallas'

Answer: Bonnie Parker


Question: 'The Bolshoi Ballet at the Bolshoi Theatre'

Answer: Moscow


Question:
'1985:
"Back to the Future",
"The Color Purple",
"Out of Africa"'

Answer: Back to the Future


Question: 'This country has accused the Falun Gong sect of plotting to overthrow the country; they deny it, of course'

Answer: China


Question: 'In 1927 Harry of the Warner Bros. said, "Who the hell wants to hear actors" do this'

Answer: Talk


Question: 'In 1993 this semi-retired boxer starred as a retired boxer on the short-lived sitcom "George"'

Answer: George Foreman


Question: 'A JP, this public officer, can administer oaths & perform weddings'

Answer: Justice of the Peace


Question: 'American Ballet Theatre at the Metropolitan Opera House'

Answer: New York City


Question:
'1976:
"A Star Is Born",
"All The President's Men",
"Rocky"'

Answer: Rocky


Question: 'This former D.C. mayor wants an inquiry into his claim that the FBI plotted to trap him on bribery charges'

Answer: Marion Barry


Question: 'In 1954 Grand Ole Opry manager Jim Denny told this singer, "You ought to go back to drivin' a truck"'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Question: 'In 1999 this 3-time world heavyweight champ became the first professional boxer to grace the cover of a Wheaties box'

Answer: Muhammad Ali


Question: 'Fans of the second amendment may belong to this group, the NRA'

Answer: National Rifle Association


Question: 'The Royal Ballet at Covent Garden'

Answer: London


Question:
'1996:
"Twister",
"Mission: Impossible",
"Independence Day"'

Answer: Independence Day


Question: 'This country's Park Ju-sun lost his job in connection with the believed government cover-up of "Furgate"'

Answer: South Korea


Question: 'In 1977 he told David Frost, "When the president does it, that means it is not illegal"'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: 'In Jan. 1999 he KO'd Francois Botha; in Feb. 1999 he went to jail in Maryland for assault'

Answer: Mike Tyson


Question: 'Another term for "Mormon", it's abbreviated LDS'

Answer: Latter-day Saints


Question: 'The Joffrey Ballet at the Auditorium Theatre'

Answer: Chicago


Question:
'1991:
"Terminator 2",
"City Slickers",
"Beauty and the Beast"'

Answer: Terminator 2


Question: 'In 1999 Yugoslavia accused France of plotting to kill this president; France called the accusations a fantasy'

Answer: Slobodan Milosevic


Question: 'James Ussher thought this was created in the evening of October 22, 4004 B.C.'

Answer: The world


Question: 'He required 15 stitches to his right ear & reconstructive surgery after a 1997 title bout'

Answer: Evander Holyfield


Question: 'XYZ is a short way of telling someone to do this'

Answer: Examine your zipper


Question: 'The Kirov Ballet at the Mariinsky Theatre'

Answer: Saint Petersburg (Russia)


Question:
'1990:
"Home Alone",
"Dances With Wolves",
"Pretty Woman"'

Answer: Home Alone


Question: 'In arresting members of the Mahdaviyat group, this country claimed it had thwarted a plot to kill Khatami'

Answer: Iran


Question: 'Speaking in exile in 1959, he reportedly said, "I give Castro a year.  No more"'

Answer: Fulgencio Batista


Question: 'Winning gold in the 1992 Olympics, this lightweight boxer circled the ring holding an American flag & a Mexican flag'

Answer: Oscar De La Hoya


Question: 'Car buyers know it's what MSRP stands for'

Answer: Manufacturer\'s Suggested Retail Price


Question: 'The 2 wavy bars on this city's flag represent the Missouri & Mississippi Rivers'

Answer: Saint Louis


Question: 'My aunt went to Spain & all I got were these lousy pants worn by heroes of the bullring'

Answer: Toreador pants


Question: 'Her Armistice Day rendition of "God Bless America" in 1938 introduced the song to the world'

Answer: Kate Smith


Question: 'While penguins can't do this, they evolved from birds that could'

Answer: Fly


Question: 'The main concern of the International Society of Arboriculture is these objects'

Answer: Trees


Question: 'It's the enticement seen here'

Answer: Decoy


Question: 'This Newfoundland capital is the closest North American port to Europe'

Answer: Saint John\'s


Question: 'My mother went to Hawaii & all I got was this long, loose dress'

Answer: Muumuu


Question: 'The 1969 Oscar winner for "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" was this future dame'

Answer: Maggie Smith


Question: 'While swimming, penguins have to keep an eye out for the leopard one of these, one of their chief predators'

Answer: Seal


Question: 'Animals that are the "E" in the organization BPOE'

Answer: Elks


Question: 'To chop off the head of something'

Answer: Decapitate


Question: 'Spanish-speaking people call this largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands Santa Cruz'

Answer: Saint Croix


Question: 'My uncle went to England & all I got was this lousy piece of a suit, which Americans call a vest'

Answer: Waistcoat


Question: 'Governor of New York 4 times, he ran unsuccessfully for president in 1928'

Answer: Al Smith


Question: 'From the name of a black European crow known for its gregarious habits, it's the term for a penguin colony'

Answer: Rookery


Question: 'This inventor's association for the deaf is on Volta Place in Washington, D.C.'

Answer: Alexander Graham Bell


Question: 'From the Latin for "to make clear", it's a formal statement or official proclamation'

Answer: Declaration


Question: 'In 1659 the English East India Company founded the first permanent settlement on this island in the south Atlantic'

Answer: St. Helena


Question: 'My brother went to Venice Beach & all I got was this lousy shirt named for what he showed off'

Answer: Muscle shirt


Question: 'In the Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame, this former University of North Carolina coach is the only Smith'

Answer: Dean Smith


Question: 'This "regal" penguin is second in size to the emperor penguin'

Answer: King penguin


Question: 'A member of the AAFS, the American Academy of these sciences, may visit a crime scene'

Answer: Forensics


Question: 'Old, overused & in poor condition'

Answer: Decrepit


Question: 'This French city is named for the first bishop of Paris, whose body is supposedly buried near these'

Answer: Saint Denis


Question: 'My granddad went to Ireland & all I got was this lousy overcoat named for a province there'

Answer: Ulster


Question: 'The founder of the Rhodesian Front, he was prime minister of Rhodesia from 1964 to 1979'

Answer: Ian Smith


Question: 'The name of the penguin seen here; looking like he stuck a feather in his cap'

Answer: Macaroni penguin


Question: 'Founded in 1874 & still fighting for prohibition, the "Woman's" this is based in Illinois'

Answer: Woman\'s Christian Temperance Union


Question: 'This French adjective describes something reduced in status in society'

Answer: Declasse


Question: 'Made a baron in the early 1880s, he was the first Englishman elevated to that rank for literary work alone'

Answer: Alfred Lord Tennyson


Question: 'John Lennon appeared on the cover of this publication's premiere issue November 9, 1967'

Answer: Rolling Stone


Question: 'Scrimmage plays start with the snap from the player in this position'

Answer: center


Question: 'A 1974 biography of this photographer is titled "Mr. Lincoln's Camera Man"'

Answer: Mathew Brady


Question: 'It's the part of the skull that encloses the brain'

Answer: cranium


Question: 'There are no deer or antelope playing on Kansas' state seal, but there is a herd of these'

Answer: buffalo


Question: 'Arrows can be these things that you throw at a game board in a pub or the game itself'

Answer: darts


Question: 'In South Africa Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the world's first one of these surgeries'

Answer: heart transplant


Question: '( Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds up a white board. ) The two basic types of pass coverage are man-to-man and this; in which defensive players are assigned an area to cover'

Answer: zone


Question: 'Matthew Cooper, a reporter for this magazine, was almost jailed for refusing to reveal his source for Plamegate'

Answer: Time


Question: 'This photosynthetic pigment absorbs red & blue-violet light & reflects green light'

Answer: chlorophyll


Question: 'Lord Baltimore is dressed as a knight on this state's seal'

Answer: Maryland


Question: 'A pedestrian crossing marked with stripes is called this, like a stripy animal'

Answer: zebra


Question: 'In October, in a clash with army troops in Bolivia, this revolutionary leader was killed'

Answer: Che Guevara


Question: 'This "time" is the number of seconds between the ball being kicked & caught on a kickoff or a punt'

Answer: hang time


Question: 'In 1951 General Matthew Ridgway replaced this man as U.N. Forces Commander-in-Chief in Korea'

Answer: (Gen. Douglas) MacArthur


Question: '( Sarah of the Clue Crew holds up a honeycomb. ) Honey, pollen & fertilized eggs are some of the things that may be stored in a honeycomb's compartments which are called these'

Answer: cells


Question: 'Emma Edwards is the only woman to design a state seal; her seal of this state includes the Snake River'

Answer: Idaho


Question: 'What the Brits call a jumper is a pullover one of these to an American'

Answer: sweater


Question: 'George Papadopoulos became this country's prime minister after seizing control of the government'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'phinfever.com is a website for fans of this pro football team'

Answer: Miami Dolphins


Question: 'His memoir "A Negro Explorer At The North Pole" was published in 1912'

Answer: Matthew Henson


Question: 'In anatomy, it's the outermost layer of an organ, like the renal one'

Answer: cortex


Question: 'Many states include animals on their seals, but this is the only one depicting a real seal'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'Bangers, usually paired with mash, are these food items'

Answer: sausages


Question: 'One of the 2 Dans who were analysts for ABC's "Monday Night Football"'

Answer: Dan Fouts and Dan Dierdorf


Question: 'A successful brewer, Matthew Vassar opened his namesake college for women in 1861 in this N.Y. city'

Answer: Poughkeepsie


Question: 'This coiled part of the inner ear that's concerned with hearing contains the organ of Corti'

Answer: cochlea


Question: 'The 5 arms on the star on its seal represent the 5 civilized tribes'

Answer: Oklahoma


Question: 'Fringe is a British coiffure term for these'

Answer: bangs


Question: 'It shouldn't take "100 Years" to figure out this Colombian wrote "News of a Kidnapping"'

Answer: Gabriel García Márquez


Question: 'The 1925 film "Shakhmatnaya Goryachka" centered on an excited participant in a tournament of this game'

Answer: chess


Question: 'This soup may be hard to swallow, especially if the feathers & twigs aren't removed'

Answer: bird\'s nest


Question: 'According to legend, the Arabian is descended from ancestors picked by this Biblical king, son of David'

Answer: Solomon


Question: 'This type of bass is a fisherman's favorite'

Answer: smallmouth


Question: 'Her 2003 memoir was titled "My Invented Country: A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile"'

Answer: Isabel Allende


Question: 'Many Russians watch the film "Ironiya Sudby", about a group of old friends, every year on this evening'

Answer: New Year\'s Eve


Question: 'Smaller & lighter than an egg roll, this appetizer isn't a seasonal favorite; it's enjoyed all year long'

Answer: spring roll


Question: 'By word of mouth, these Nomadic people keep track of Arabian pedigrees; some track back to 2500 B.C.'

Answer: Bedu


Question: 'Have the guts to name this main organ of digestion in the human body'

Answer: small intestine


Question: 'Born Neftali Reyes, this Nobel-winning Chilean poet penned "Elementary Odes" in 1954'

Answer: Pablo Neruda


Question: '"Russian Ark" follows a man through 300 years of history as he walks through this city's Hermitage Museum'

Answer: St. Petersburg


Question: 'This classic dish is known in Chinese as Beijing kao ya'

Answer: Peking duck


Question: 'When the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published these in late 2005, a worldwide crisis developed'

Answer: Muhammad cartoons


Question: 'This racing breed descends from 3 Arabian stallions bred with English mares'

Answer: thoroughbreds


Question: 'If you want to open your own pub, consider getting a loan from this government agency, the SBA'

Answer: Small Business Administration


Question: 'Shaw was "GBS"; this Argentine write of "Ficciones" & "Labyrinths" could've gone by "JLB"'

Answer: Jorge Luis Borges


Question: 'This man directed the classic Russian films "Alexander Nevsky" & "Ivan the Terrible"'

Answer: Sergei Eisenstein


Question: 'Spice up your evening with this Szechwan dish made with your choice of meat, peppers, dried chiles & peanuts'

Answer: kung pow


Question: 'Breaking a long tradition of neutrality, Denmark joined this military alliance in 1949'

Answer: NATO


Question: 'The jibbah, a convex shape on the forehead of the Arabian, is often compared to this defensive piece of armor'

Answer: shield


Question: 'Played by Al Franken on both TV & film, he was good enough, smart enough & doggone it, people liked him'

Answer: Stewart Smalley


Question: 'The first novel by "Kiss of the Spider Woman" author Manuel Puig was "Betrayed By" this screen siren'

Answer: Rita Hayworth


Question: 'The 1980 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film went to Vladimir Menshov's "Moscow Does Not Believe In" these'

Answer: Tears


Question: 'Traditionally, it's shredded pork stir-fried with eggs, bamboo shoots & other veggies & served in thin pancakes'

Answer: moo shoo


Question: 'This country gave Denmark the cold shoulder in 1944 by declaring its independence after 564 years of Danish rule'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'The Arabian is a smaller breed than most, having 23 of these, unlike the usual 24 for other horses'

Answer: vertebrae


Question: 'A single red triangular pennant tells boaters that this 3-word alert is in effect'

Answer: Small craft advisory (warning)


Question: 'This name given to a survey refers to the time when men face the judgment from which there is no appeal'

Answer: the Domesday Report


Question: 'Ken Blackburn, seen here, has set a world record for time aloft for one of these, & he's written books on them'

Answer: paper airplanes


Question: 'You'll feel like Santa when you ride a sleigh pulled by these animals at the Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg'

Answer: reindeer


Question: 'Cigars from this island 90 miles south of Florida are treasured by some as the best in the world'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'What Little Miss Muffet was eating while she sat on her tuffet'

Answer: curds & whey


Question: 'The 1976 concert film "The Song Remains the Same" starred this "Stairway to Heaven" group'

Answer: Led Zeppelin


Question: 'Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, this photo copier company adopted its present name in 1961'

Answer: Xerox


Question: 'Max Allan Collins wrote the novelization of this film starring Harrison Ford as President Marshall'

Answer: Air Force One


Question: 'This British city's zoo in Regent's Park claims that its reptile house, opened in 1849, was the world's first'

Answer: London


Question: 'Homes list for well over $1 million on this valuable "Vineyard" island of Massachusetts'

Answer: Martha\'s Vineyard


Question: 'Gotham City's dynamic duo'

Answer: Batman & Robin


Question: '"I remember when rock was young" is the first line of this singer's hit "Crocodile Rock"'

Answer: Elton John


Question: 'It's the visionary technique used to create the image seen here'

Answer: X-ray


Question: 'Eric Stoltz is heard here reading A. Scott Berg's biography of this man'

Answer: Charles Lindbergh


Question: 'The Henry Doorly Zoo in this Nebraska city boasts "The World's Largest Indoor Tropical Rainforest"'

Answer: Omaha


Question: 'Seen here, they were quite a pair'

Answer: Laurel & Hardy


Question: 'This girl group gave us the '80s albums "Beauty and the Beat" & "Vacation"'

Answer: the Go-Go\'s


Question: 'In 1997 Nathan Franks & Alan Bennett investigated the 1918 "Last Flight" of this German ace'

Answer: the Red Baron


Question: 'If you visit the Singapore Zoo, stay til late afternoon & have this British meal with an orangutan'

Answer: tea


Question: 'In the Bible, the first 2 brothers mentioned'

Answer: Cain & Abel


Question: 'A member of this "Eye of the Tiger" group is suing CBS for trademark infringement'

Answer: Survivor


Question: 'Piers Paul Read's "Alive" is the true tale of a rugby team whose plane crashed in these South American mountains'

Answer: the Andes


Question: 'Dozens of Guinea baboons frolic on Baboon Island at the Brookfield Zoo in this Midwest state'

Answer: Illinois


Question: 'Songwriting team who gave us "The Sound of Music"'

Answer: Rodgers & Hammerstein


Question: 'This interracial soul group got "Everyday People" to "Dance to the Music"'

Answer: Sly and the Family Stone


Question: 'Custer's Last Stand is also known by the oxymoronic name "Little Big" this'

Answer: Horn


Question: 'In 1990 the lights on the Strip were dimmed for 10 minutes to honor this late, great "Candy Man" performer'

Answer: Sammy Davis, Jr.


Question: 'Only a few living things, like some germs, can live without this gas symbolized O'

Answer: oxygen


Question: 'On January 13, 1999 this Chicago Bulls player retired after 13 seasons in which he averaged 31.5 points a game'

Answer: Michael Jordan


Question: 'In the 1950s, if your button said, "I Like Ike", he was your man'

Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower


Question: 'The girl in the Rat Pack, she later played a cranky former first lady in 1994's "Guarding Tess"'

Answer: Shirley MacLaine


Question: 'In Nov. 2000 Phil Mickelson caught this tiger by the tail, winning the Tour Championship PGA Tournament'

Answer: Tiger Woods


Question: 'For his role in "Cast Away", Tom Hanks won one of these awards in 2001'

Answer: Golden Globe


Question: 'Born in Tennessee, Davy Crockett died in what's now this state'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'In a 1953 film Dean Martin sang this song heard here'

Answer: "That\'s Amore"


Question: 'Though the Earth isn't a perfect sphere, its eastern & western halves are each called this'

Answer: hemispheres


Question: 'In 1998 this Cardinal first baseman had a National League record 162 walks to go along with his 70 home runs'

Answer: Mark McGwire


Question: 'Seen here, he was a U.S. presidential candidate in 1964'

Answer: Barry Goldwater


Question: 'William Cody's 2-word nickname, or perhaps what he sent out to his clients at the end of each month'

Answer: "Buffalo Bill"


Question: 'This Rat Packer played Joey Barnes on his self-titled '60s sitcom'

Answer: Joey Bishop


Question: 'No Doubt sang, "Thank You for turning on the lights.  Thank You, now you're" this organism that lives off a host'

Answer: parasite


Question: 'This NFL team plays its home games in the Georgia Dome'

Answer: Atlanta Falcons


Question: 'Using his laptop computer, this actor helps save the human race in the 1996 film "Independence Day"'

Answer: Jeff Goldblum


Question: 'This British Rat Packer with a reputation as a playboy was one of the "Sergeants 3" in a 1962 film'

Answer: Peter Lawford


Question: 'This man seen here, born in Oxford in 1942, is among the greatest physicists of our time'

Answer: Stephen Hawking


Question: 'America's oldest regularly contested foot race, it's been held since 1897 when the length was 24.5 miles'

Answer: Boston Marathon


Question: 'There are European & American varieties of this songbird, seen here'

Answer: goldfinch


Question: 'In an interview, Jackie confided that JFK regularly fell asleep listening to the soundtrack of this Broadway play'

Answer: Camelot


Question: 'In 1865 he said, "Whenever I hear someone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally"'

Answer: Lincoln


Question: 'Winning the 2006 NCAA championship game was Noah problem for this S.E.C. school when they beat UCLA, 73-57'

Answer: the University of Florida


Question: 'Most popular U.S. boy's name, 1920'

Answer: John


Question: 'This Russian famously conditioned dogs to salivate every time a bell rang'

Answer: Pavlov


Question: 'His assassin Leon Czolgosz was tried & executed'

Answer: McKinley


Question: 'Whether fast or slow, how the ball is pitched in softball'

Answer: underhand


Question: 'On August 18, 1988 he told the GOP National Convention, "I want a kinder, gentler nation"'

Answer: George H.W. Bush (George... Bush... the dad accepted)


Question: 'Since 1938 the N.I.T. has played all its championship games at this New York City venue'

Answer: Madison Square Garden


Question: 'Last name of 2 19th c. brother teams, 1 of writers, 1 of robbers'

Answer: James


Question: 'Henri Becquerel shared the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics with these 2 other scientists'

Answer: Pierre & Marie Curie


Question: 'In 2006 this jeans-clad author & Diana Ossana won an Oscar for their screenplay of "Brokeback Mountain"'

Answer: Larry McMurtry


Question: 'This character told the tales of plantation life that became the basis of the movie "Song of the South"'

Answer: Uncle Remus


Question: 'After this April 1775 battle John Adams said, "The die was cast, the Rubicon passed"'

Answer: Concord & Lexington


Question: 'This LSU player nicknamed "Pistol Pete" scored more points in his 3-year career than any other player in 4 years'

Answer: Pete Maravich


Question: 'A popular English muffin brand'

Answer: Thomas


Question: 'This American was a real rocket scientist, launching his first one March 16, 1926'

Answer: Robert Goddard


Question: 'Secretary of War under President John Adams, he lent his name to a famous War of 1812 site'

Answer: (James) McHenry


Question: 'This organization is headquartered at 1st Ave. & 46th St. in NYC'

Answer: the UN


Question: 'Speaking about this resolution, Lyndon B. Johnson said, "We still seek no wider war"'

Answer: the Tonkin Resolution


Question: 'This UCLA coach of the '60s & '70s is 1 of only 3 men inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player & a coach'

Answer: John Wooden


Question: 'Shared with a 4th century B.C. king of Macedonia'

Answer: Philip


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew indicates a diagram of the solar system on the monitor.)  The sun revolves around the Earth in the model of the universe by this Alexandrian; it held up about 1,500 years until Copernicus'

Answer: Ptolemy


Question: 'She was aboard the ill-fated Challenger'

Answer: McAuliffe


Question: 'In 1956 U.S. pilot Carmine Vito became the first & only man to fly one of these over Moscow'

Answer: the U-2


Question: 'In his 1885 inaugural address he said that "Every voter... exercises a public trust"'

Answer: Grover Cleveland


Question: 'In 1979 this Indiana State star was College Player of the Year, but Magic Johnson was the NBA's No. 1 draft pick'

Answer: Larry Bird


Question: 'Has an accent over the O in Spanish'

Answer: Simon


Question: 'Discovery can happen anywhere; legend says he was in the bath c. 260 B.C. when had that famous "Eureka!" epiphany'

Answer: Archimedes


Question: 'He turned his slogan "The medium Is the message" into the 1967 book title "The Medium Is the Massage"'

Answer: Marshall McLuhan


Question: 'This bone runs from the wrist to the elbow'

Answer: the ulna


Question: 'Spanish thinker Ortega y Gasset said that heroism is within all of us in "Meditations on" this literary character'

Answer: Don Quixote


Question: 'In 2006 The New York Times said that this animated monkey movie "is an unexpected delight"'

Answer: Curious George


Question: 'Casimir III, who passed the statute of Wislica, allowed the Jews to settle in this country that he ruled'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'GM helped develop cobots, or collaborative robots, for this production process on a line of the same name'

Answer: an assembly line


Question: 'Vanuatu has a "Council of" these leaders to advise the government on customs & traditions'

Answer: Chiefs


Question: 'The word dime goes back to the Latin decem, meaning this'

Answer: ten


Question: '"A man dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much" is attributed to this Homeric hero'

Answer: Achilles


Question: 'Vincent Canby felt "fondly towards this "race of small, teddy bear-like creatures" in "Return of the Jedi"'

Answer: the Ewoks


Question: 'Around 1365 Adrianople became the capital of this empire; Constantinople replaced it in 1453'

Answer: the Ottoman Empire


Question: 'In 1985 at Long Beach Memorial, robots first assisted in this type of surgery requiring pinpoint accuracy'

Answer: brain surgery


Question: 'The Pacific razor is a variety of this bivalve'

Answer: a clam


Question: 'Bees & beehives are kept in this, from the Latin for "beehive"'

Answer: an apiary


Question: 'This bread-stealing criminal & fugitive from justice is the hero of Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables"'

Answer: Jean Valjean


Question: 'Steve Carell raised "the comedy bar with an excruciatingly funny" body-waxing scene in this 2005 film'

Answer: The 40 Year Old Virgin


Question: 'In this 14th century Boccaccio work, 3 men & 7 women flee to the countryside to escape the plague'

Answer: The Decameron


Question: 'This type of vision allows robots to compare 2 images & thus to judge distances'

Answer: stereoscopic vision (binocular vision accepted)


Question: 'This Pacific island nation has been ruled by King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV since 1965'

Answer: Tonga


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew points out two words on the monitor.)  Genu, Latin for "knee", also gives us this word, meaning "to bend the knee"'

Answer: genuflect


Question: 'This "haloed" hero is the perpetual thorn in Inspector Teal's side in works by Leslie Charteris'

Answer: The Saint (Simon Templar)


Question: 'Vincent Canby said it's Woody Allen's "homage to Tolstoy, Kierkegaard, Einstein, Groucho Marx..."'

Answer: Love and Death


Question: 'This empire's control of China ended when Toghon-Temur fled the invasion of Ming troops in 1368'

Answer: the Mongol Empire


Question: 'In the 1970s Victor Scheinman developed the PUMA, or programmable universal manipulation this'

Answer: arm


Question: 'On September 1, 1951 New Zealand signed a Pacific defense pact with these 2 countries'

Answer: Australia & the United States


Question: 'Appropriately, the name of this fruit comes from the Latin for "seedy apple"'

Answer: a pomegranate


Question: 'Ernest J. Gaines wrote a fictional autobiography of this heroic 110-year-old ex-slave'

Answer: Miss Jane Pittman


Question: 'The spacemen in this 1951 film are so peaceful "you'd hardly expect them to split an infinitive, let alone an atom"'

Answer: The Day the Earth Stood Still


Question: 'On Good Friday, 1327 this Italian poet met a girl named Laura at a church in Avignon; his love for her was not returned'

Answer: Petrarch


Question: 'A robot that can act independently is this type, whose Greek meaning is basically "under one's own laws"'

Answer: autonomous


Question: 'The Pacific Coast Highway continues as Mexico 1 down to this cabo or cape at the bottom of Baja'

Answer: Cabo San Lucas


Question: 'The name of this flower seen here may come from the Latin for "twisted nose", a reference to its acrid smell'

Answer: Nasturtium


Question: 'Originally housed in a boarding house & then in the Capitol, today it occupies 3 buildings named for presidents'

Answer: the Library of Congress


Question: 'In 1889 the Singer Manufacturing Company built the first of these machines to use electricity'

Answer: Sewing machine


Question: 'In 1996 he shocked fans by marrying pregnant pal Debbie Rowe'

Answer: Michael Jackson


Question: 'Though the sago isn't a true one of these, its fronds have been used by churches on a special Sunday'

Answer: Palm


Question: '2 signers of the Declaration of Independence had the same last name as this Confederate general-in-chief'

Answer: Robert E. Lee


Question: 'This Asian country leads the world in the production of rice & pears'

Answer: China


Question: 'Little feet sound<br />           (6-6)'

Answer: Pitter-patter


Question: 'Walking across a carpet can build up this type of charge caused by stationary electrons'

Answer: Static electricity


Question: 'She made her TV debut in "Dark Shadows" before becoming one of "Charlie's Angels"'

Answer: Kate Jackson


Question: 'Small, bitter Calamondin oranges are good for making this spread that contains bits of peel'

Answer: Marmalade


Question: 'In 1960 this polio vaccine pioneer founded his Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California'

Answer: Jonas Salk


Question: 'A synonym for the British PM, this London street was named for a Secretary of the Treasury commission'

Answer: Downing Street


Question: 'Cell occupant<br />            (8)'

Answer: Prisoner


Question: 'In 1825 William Sturgeon amazed audiences with one of the first of these "attractive" devices'

Answer: Electromagnet


Question: 'In 1987 this Oakland A's outfielder retired from baseball with 563 career home runs'

Answer: Reggie Jackson


Question: 'Careful!  If this drips on the floor from your ficus elastica, it may stain'

Answer: Latex


Question: 'The notes taken by this spy during the Revolutionary War were written in Latin & hidden in his shoes'

Answer: Nathan Hale


Question: 'It means to soak meat like beef or chicken to flavor, tenderize or preserve it'

Answer: Marinate


Question:
'Oinkmo,
Oinkmas,
Oinkmat
         (3,5)'

Answer: Pig Latin


Question: 'In an incandescent light bulb this wire, usually tungsten, provides the light'

Answer: Filament


Question: 'His films include "Amos & Andrew" & "A Time To Kill"'

Answer: Samuel L. Jackson


Question: 'A good plant for bright windowsills is the passiflora caerulea, better known as this "flower"'

Answer: Passion flower


Question: 'On June 5, 1947 this Secretary of State offered a European assistance plan in a speech at Harvard'

Answer: George Marshall


Question: 'On October 10, 1995 he retained his world chess title by defeating India's Viswanathan Anand'

Answer: Garry Kasparov


Question: 'Wisdom gem<br />          (5)'

Answer: Pearl


Question: 'In an electric cell, electrodes are inserted into a conductive liquid called this'

Answer: Electrolyte


Question: '"Chattahoochee" & "Little Bitty" are 2 of the big hits by this country superstar'

Answer: Alan Jackson


Question: 'The jade plant is also known as this "tree"; we wonder who "coined" that name'

Answer: Money tree


Question: 'Of the 7 original Mercury astronauts, he was the only member of the U.S. Marine Corps'

Answer: John Glenn


Question: 'This basic ingredient of glass can be derived from sand, flint or quartz'

Answer: Silica


Question: 'Hat that's safari so good<br />          (4,6)'

Answer: Pith helmet


Question: 'On this state's seal, 1847 refers to the year in which the Mormons settled there'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'Irving Berlin could play this instrument in 1 key only, so he used a special gadget to help him switch keys'

Answer: Piano


Question: 'In 1993 this North American country reinstated the Victoria Cross as its highest military honor'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'He wore a kilt & danced the Highland Fling when his film "Braveheart" premiered in Stirling, Scotland'

Answer: Mel Gibson


Question: '4 of the top 10 children's books on the Publishers Weekly list were about this Indian princess'

Answer: Pocahontas


Question: 'Its seal features the motto "Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka Aina I Ka Pono"'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'A girl sacrificed by these people on Peru's Nevado Ampato was found frozen in 1995'

Answer: the Incas


Question: 'This singer & his wife Linda wrote the Oscar-nominated theme song for the 007 film "Live And Let Die"'

Answer: Paul McCartney


Question: 'In 1990 this cable mogul won the Walter Cronkite Award for excellence in journalism & telecommunication'

Answer: Ted Turner


Question: 'Before directing "The Brady Bunch Movie", Betty Thomas played officer Lucy Bates on this TV cop series'

Answer: "Hill Street Blues"


Question: 'According to the title, it's where you'd find Rosie, Oprah's chef'

Answer: In The Kitchen


Question: 'This state's official seal has a farmer & a fisherman on one side & Lord Baltimore on the other'

Answer: Maryland


Question: 'Animal remains found in the caves of these paleolithic people suggest an early form of religion'

Answer: Cro-Magnons/Neanderthals


Question: 'As court singer, the famed Castrato Farinelli soothed the melancholia of this country's King Philip V'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'The Sierra Club's highest award honors this naturalist who served as the organization's first president'

Answer: John Muir


Question: 'Penny Marshall's real first name is Carole; she was named for this film star of the 1930s'

Answer: Carole Lombard


Question: 'In 1995 John Gray moved these 2 planets into "the bedroom"'

Answer: Mars & Venus


Question: 'The motto "Forward" appears above a badger on this state's seal'

Answer: Wisconsin


Question: 'Calcutta's name may be derived from a temple devoted to this destructive Hindu mother goddess'

Answer: Kali


Question: '"The Fairies", the 1st completed opera by this "Parsifal" composer, was never performed in his lifetime'

Answer: Richard Wagner


Question: 'In 1996, just days after being named a Nobel Prize winner in this category, William Vickrey passed away'

Answer: Economics


Question: 'He made his directing debut with the 1996 film "Losing Chase", which starred his wife, Kyra Sedgwick'

Answer: Kevin Bacon


Question: 'He gave us "The Seven Spiritual Laws Of Success"'

Answer: Deepak Chopra


Question: 'A dam, a reservoir & the year 1912 are among the symbols featured on its seal'

Answer: Arizona


Question: 'Elijah defeated 450 prophets of this Canaanite weather god'

Answer: Baal


Question: 'This "Pomp And Circumstance" composer wrote "Sea Pictures", a song cycle, for English contralto Dame Clara Butt'

Answer: Edward Elgar


Question: 'For their peace work, Queen Noor of this country & Leah Rabin received Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Medals'

Answer: Jordan


Question: 'This bald director who appeared in "Stalag 17" was the father of Gypsy Rose Lee's son Eric'

Answer: Otto Preminger


Question: 'This author's "Puerto Vallarta Squeeze" & "Border Music" joined his book about bridges on the list'

Answer: Robert James Waller


Question: 'One of this heroine's last lines is "Poor venomous fool, be angry, and dispatch"'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'Nevada's 1st district basically covers this city & its suburbs; the 2nd covers the other 99% of the state'

Answer: Las Vegas


Question: 'Farmers would rather see a partridge in one of these than the destructive fire blight'

Answer: pear tree


Question: 'This statue discovered in the Cyclades Islands in 1820 may have held her garment in her now lost right hand'

Answer: Venus de Milo


Question: '1977:<br />"Use the force, Luke"'

Answer: Star Wars


Question: 'Shop online at the Graceland Shopping Mall & you can buy a doorstop featuring him in a gold lame suit'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Question: 'Office workers in Africa might take a break for kahawa, this beverage'

Answer: coffee


Question: 'This state's 3rd district is a major shopping district; the Mall of America is there'

Answer: Minnesota


Question: 'This type of orange is so named because it has a small secondary fruit growing at the end'

Answer: navel orange


Question: 'His work "Balzac" was refused by the society that commissioned it; they didn't think it looked like Balzac'

Answer: Auguste Rodin


Question: '1942:<br />"Louis, I think this is going to be the beginning of a beautiful friendship"'

Answer: Casablanca


Question: 'You can't miss this state capital's Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center: it's 3 blocks long'

Answer: Honolulu


Question: 'Lala is not a Teletubby but this; you'll need some after a long, hard day on safari'

Answer: sleep


Question: 'It's the main city in Ohio's 14th district, once a rubber center & now called "Polymer Valley"'

Answer: Akron


Question: 'Verjuice, a sort of medieval vinegar, was commonly made from these sour wild apples'

Answer: crabapples


Question: 'Over 70 wax & clay works found in Degas' studio after his death were later cast in this alloy'

Answer: bronze


Question: '1950:<br />"Alright, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my closeup"'

Answer: Sunset Boulevard


Question: 'If you're cuckoo for Coco's clothes, shop at this boutique at 400 N. Rodeo Drive'

Answer: Chanel


Question: 'Dudu is the generic term for this kind of 6-legged pest; the repellent for them is dawa ya wadudu'

Answer: insects, bugs, etc.


Question: 'Limiting immigration is one of the main causes of Rep. Lamar Smith, from this state's 21st district'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'The Aztecs loved the fruit seen here (avocados) & gave us this word for a dip made from it'

Answer: guacamole


Question: 'His "Comin' Through the Rye" features 4 cowboys on ponies whose hooves barely touch ground'

Answer: Frederic Remington


Question: '1974:<br />"That's Fronk-en-steen!"'

Answer: Young Frankenstein


Question: 'Maud Frizon, Manolo Blahnik & Salvatore Ferragamo are best known for designing these'

Answer: shoes


Question: 'Elton John & Tim Rice found this term for "no worries" in a Swahili phrase book & wrote a song about it'

Answer: "Hakuna Matata"


Question: 'North Carolina's long, meandering "I-85 District" has been called an example of this tactic named for a politician'

Answer: gerrymandering


Question: 'Though inedibly bitter when picked, 11 million tons of them are produced a year, most around the Mediterranean'

Answer: olives


Question: 'From the Latin for "embroidery", the Greeks carved these decorative horizontal bands on the sides of temples...brrr!'

Answer: friezes


Question: '1968:<br />"I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that"'

Answer: 2001: A Space Odyssey


Question: 'This designer's flagship store on Madison Avenue is across the street from his Polo Sport Store'

Answer: Ralph Lauren


Question: 'Moja is the number one, kumi is ten, & kumi na moja is this'

Answer: 11


Question: 'Old masters could grind up hematite or cinnabar to make shades of this primary color'

Answer: red


Question: 'Graham Nash did a very, very, very fine job writing this Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song'

Answer: "Our House"


Question: 'This Wild Bunch leader & the Sundance Kid were partying after robbing a Union Pacific train of over $30,000'

Answer: Butch Cassidy


Question: 'Lurleen Burns married this man when she was 16 & later succeeded him as governor of Alabama'

Answer: George Wallace


Question: 'This guardian of Tom Sawyer was based on Mark Twain's mother'

Answer: Aunt Polly


Question: 'Starer'

Answer: Sartre


Question: 'The ancients called jade lapis nephriticus, as they thought it a stone that could cure this organ's ailments'

Answer: Kidneys


Question: 'It was the Talking Heads' biggest U.S. hit'

Answer: "Burning Down the House"