Question: 'This country of about 20,000 sq. miles is among the most stable economically & politically in Central America'

Answer: Costa Rica


Question: 'The panorama at Mammoth Mountain is this type of transport for skiers, not Venetian singers'

Answer: a gondola


Question: 'To a doctor, LOC is loss of this'

Answer: consciousness


Question: 'You're "rite" on the money if you know the controversial music heard here is by this composer'

Answer: Stravinsky


Question: '"Carpe, carpe diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary"'

Answer: Dead Poets Society


Question: 'In 2003 the son of this Libyan strongman joined the Italian soccer club Perugia'

Answer: Kaddafi


Question: 'This country is about 3,000 miles long N. to S. but 3/4 of its people live within 200 miles of its southern border'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'In the '30s the U.S. Navy had battleships named for states & these for cities: Macon, L.A. & of course Akron'

Answer: dirigibles


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reads while paddling a kayak.)  In any small watercraft, don't leave shore without a PFD, short for this'

Answer: a personal flotation device


Question: 'Taken from one of his sonatas, the "Turkish" music heard here is by this composer'

Answer: Mozart


Question: '"You treat a disease, you win, you lose.  You treat a person, I'll guarantee you'll win"'

Answer: Patch Adams


Question: 'William Styron called "The Confessions of" this slave revolt leader "a meditation on history"'

Answer: Nat Turner


Question: 'This country that's 750 miles long & averages 60 miles wide is the largest island in the Antilles Archipelago'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'In 1919 a $25,000 prize was offered to the first pilot who could fly nonstop between these 2 cities'

Answer: New York & Paris


Question: 'On a pencil, BBB means triple this'

Answer: black


Question: 'Yee-haw!  It's the Copland ballet heard here'

Answer: Rodeo


Question: '"What am I?  A barnacle on the dinghy of life?"'

Answer: Popeye


Question: 'The organization of these theater-building brothers, Lee, Sam & Jacob, came to dominate the U.S. stage'

Answer: the Shubert family


Question: 'An African country of over 120,000 square miles gets this French name from the product of its early trade'

Answer: Cote d\'Ivoire


Question: 'On September 8, 1974 he parachuted to the bottom of the Snake River Canyon; that was plan B'

Answer: Evel Knievel


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows on the monitor that the fractions 1/3 = 4/12 and 1/4 = 3/12.)  For 1/3 & 1/4, 12 is the LCD--lowest common denominator; for 2, 3, 4 & 6, 12 is the LCM, short for this'

Answer: least common multiple


Question: 'To Martha's horror, husband George "kills" their son in this Albee play (well, not really)'

Answer: Who\'s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?


Question:
'Garden,
Republican,
birthday'

Answer: a party


Question: 'In April 1814 allies Britain, Russia, Austria & Prussia signed the Treaty of Fontainebleau with this man'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'This retail chain is famous for its Craftsman tools'

Answer: Sears


Question: 'The 5 words that follow "Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!" in the first verse of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"'

Answer: "His truth is marching on"


Question: 'An angry Heathcliff takes on not one, but 2 families in this 1847 Yorkshire-set novel'

Answer: Wuthering Heights


Question:
'The bucket,
sand in someone's face,
a fellow when he's down'

Answer: things you kick


Question: 'George Mitchell helped with this "agreement", signed in Belfast on April 10, 1998 & named for this holy day'

Answer: Good Friday


Question: 'To clear the air, this specialty retailer that sells the Ionic Breeze started as a way for the owner to have fun'

Answer: The Sharper Image


Question: 'Sodium pentothal is often thought of as one of these'

Answer: a truth serum


Question: '4 celebrity panelists try to determine the correct occupation of the contestant'

Answer: What\'s My Line?


Question: 'Feuding doesn't get much worse than patricide, as it does in this Dostoyevsky novel, his last'

Answer: The Brothers Karamazov


Question:
'Deck,
electric,
director's'

Answer: a chair


Question: 'The Treaty of Nanking ceded this island & smaller adjacent ones to the British, who remained until 1997'

Answer: Hong Kong


Question: 'In the 1860s this NYC store only sold hoop skirts; now you need a big brown bag for all the couture it sells'

Answer: Bloomingdale\'s


Question: 'Winston Smith works for this ironically named government unit in the novel "1984"'

Answer: the Ministry of Truth


Question: 'Recently married couples are separated & must predict their partner's responses to questions'

Answer: The Newlywed Game


Question: 'This 1857 Flaubert title character has an unfortunate affair to remember, leading to suicide'

Answer: Madame Bovary


Question:
'Truck,
bunk,
Murphy'

Answer: a bed


Question: 'Cornplanter, a chief of this confederacy, signed a 1784 treaty ceding the U.S. all land W. of the Niagara River'

Answer: the Iriquois Confederacy


Question: 'James Cash (first & middle names) originally called this department store the Golden Rule store'

Answer: J.C. Penney


Question: 'It's the all-too-accurate meaning of Pliny's famous Latin proverb "In vino veritas"'

Answer: "There is truth in wine"


Question: 'The Trask at hand is this 1952 novel, where Caleb tells twin bro Aron the truth mom, with bad results'

Answer: East of Eden


Question:
'Children's,
periodic,
pool'

Answer: a table


Question: 'After getting reparations from this country following WWII, the USSR returned the Porkkala Peninsula to it'

Answer: Finland


Question: 'This clothing & retail line's double-talk name comes from Hamlet's famous line; that is the question'

Answer: bebe


Question: 'An acknowledgement of suffering is the first of this basic quartet of Buddhist beliefs'

Answer: the Four Noble Truths


Question: 'If you dig straight through the Earth's center from Canton, Ohio you'll end up not in China but in this body of water'

Answer: the Indian Ocean


Question: 'In Hawaii the pu kani is one of these natural items played as a trumpet'

Answer: a shell


Question: 'Batman joins forces with Harvey Dent, Gotham's D.A., to fight the Joker in this 2008 flick'

Answer: The Dark Knight


Question: 'Began dating in 1971:<br />Billary'

Answer: Clinton


Question: '"A Bear Called" this celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2008'

Answer: Paddington


Question: 'This 7-Eleven drink product once seemed insanely huge at 32 oz.; now there's a 44-oz. "super" version'

Answer: a Big Gulp


Question: 'The name of a brand of chocolate chip cookies includes this nautical word'

Answer: ahoy


Question: '3/4 of Hawaii's population lives on this island that's known as "The Gathering Place"'

Answer: Oahu


Question: 'This X-Man has adamantium-laced, retractable claws in his forearms'

Answer: Wolverine


Question: 'Wed in 1953:<br />Jackjacq'

Answer: the Kennedys


Question: 'In "Where the Wild Things Are", he wears his wolf suit, makes mischief & is sent to bed without supper'

Answer: Max


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from a piano showroom.) It's a piano, like these Steinways, sized for the smaller home--a piano weighs 100 pounds per foot in length, so they're still about 500 pounds'

Answer: a baby grand


Question: 'During the Revolutionary War, the Earl of Sandwich was First Lord of this, governing Britain's navy'

Answer: the Admiralty


Question: 'It was introduced to Hawaii in 1813, & by the 1950s the islands produced 75% of the world's supply'

Answer: pineapple


Question: 'Talk about poor coping skills!  In this 2008 action film Edward Norton turns into a monster when he's stressed'

Answer: The Incredible Hulk


Question: 'Got hitched in 1905:<br />Elefrank'

Answer: Roosevelt


Question: 'Peter Hatcher is the title character of Judy Blume's book called "Tales of a" this'

Answer: a Fourth-Grade Nothing


Question: 'Arithmetical term for a model who wears size 12 & up'

Answer: plus-size


Question: 'In math, it's the degree of correctness of a quantity or expression'

Answer: accuracy


Question: '(Vanna White reports from a helicopter.)  (I'm on location with Wheel in Hawaii...) ...And flying over this, the world's largest active volcanic mass & the centerpiece of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park'

Answer: Kilauea


Question: 'Spider-Man battled this heavily armed villain in "Spider-Man 2"'

Answer: Doc Ock (or Dr. Octopus)


Question: 'Married in 1848:<br />Julysses'

Answer: Grant


Question: 'Beverly Cleary wrote several books about Beatrice, called Beezus, & this younger sister of hers'

Answer: Ramona


Question: 'Term for a mortgage loan that's too big to be guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac'

Answer: a jumbo


Question: 'Sadly, some divorces are filled with this, bitter animosity'

Answer: acrimony


Question: 'These winds don't bring coffee, they bring warm & muggy weather to the islands'

Answer: the Kona winds


Question: 'Jason Bateman plays P.R. exec Ray Embrey, whose life is saved by the title sardonic superhero in this 2008 film'

Answer: Hancock


Question: 'Their ship came in in 1945:<br />Barge'

Answer: Bushes


Question: 'In this Eric Carle classic, the title character eats watermelon, sausage, pie & a cupcake (& gets a tummy ache)'

Answer: The Very Hungry Caterpillar


Question: 'Schnauzers come in miniature, standard & this size, seen here'

Answer: giant


Question: 'After that bitter divorce, you might have to pay this, spousal support'

Answer: alimony


Question: 'In 1933, after less than 3 years in the funnies, he married Blondie Boopadoop'

Answer: Dagwood Bumstead


Question: 'Their "Every Breath You Take" went, "How my poor heart aches", not "I'm a pool hall ace"'

Answer: The Police


Question: 'Etymology is the study of the origin of these--it's time to use yours'

Answer: words


Question: 'The pas de chat owes its name to the likeness of the movement to the leap of one of these'

Answer: a cat


Question: 'In 1649 this "I think, therefore I am" guy went to Stockholm to teach philosophy to Queen Christina'

Answer: (René) Descartes


Question: 'Known as the "Sailor King", he reigned from 1830 to 1837 & was the fourth British king to have the name'

Answer: William


Question: 'In 1936 Haile Selassie asked this world body for sanctions against Italy, which had invaded Ethiopia in 1935'

Answer: the League of Nations


Question: 'Band whose '69 hit said, "There's a bad moon on the rise", not "There's a bathroom on the right"'

Answer: Creedence Clearwater Revival


Question: 'It's the study of crime & punishment & the management of prisons'

Answer: penology


Question: 'French for "feat of strength", this ballet term now refers to a display of technical skill by any artist'

Answer: tour de force


Question: 'Upon this thinker's death in 347 B.C., the Greek philosopher Speusippus, his nephew, took over the academy'

Answer: Plato


Question: 'Last name of brothers George & Charles, who in 1843 secured the rights to Noah Webster's dictionary'

Answer: Merriam


Question: 'As a tie-in with the new president's programs, in 1933 Warner Bros. movies were advertised as this "in entertainment"'

Answer: a New Deal in entertainment


Question: 'This song's "Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night" has had many interpretations'

Answer: "Blinded By The Light"


Question: 'It's the study of the glands & hormones'

Answer: endocrinology


Question: 'The number of folks who see the ballet, or the heels-together, toes-out basic ability seen in first position'

Answer: the turnout


Question: 'He wrote "Civil Disobedience" as a result of being jailed for not paying his taxes as a protest against the Mexican War'

Answer: Thoreau


Question: 'In 1782 King Rama I established the Chakri dynasty in the country then known by this name'

Answer: Siam


Question: 'The Century of Progress Exposition was held in this city during 1933 & 1934'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'Song where Hendrix sings, "'Scuse me while I kiss the sky", not "'Scuse me while I kiss this guy"'

Answer: "Purple Haze"


Question: 'If you know that vexillology is the study of these, we salute you'

Answer: flags


Question: 'This 4-letter word refers to the configuration of the body resting or in motion; a good one is partly natural physique'

Answer: line


Question: 'In "Beyond Good and Evil", this German denied the validity of an absolute & universal moral code'

Answer: Nietzsche


Question: 'Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem "In" this was an elegy to friend Arthur Hallam, the fiance of Tennyson's sister'

Answer: "In Memoriam"


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Central Park in New York.)  In the 1930s, before it was a lush, great lawn, an area of Central Park was home to displaced people's communities known as these, after a famous American'

Answer: Hoovervilles


Question: 'This band's '78 song was "I wanna be sedated", not "I want a piece of bacon" (mmm...bacon)'

Answer: The Ramones


Question: 'Though not an -ology, it's the study of coats of arms'

Answer: heraldry


Question: 'A ballet dancer asked to do a movement en cloche is supposed to look like one of these'

Answer: a bell


Question: 'While writing "Principia Mathematica", this 20th century British thinker was a lecturer at Cambridge'

Answer: Bertrand Russell


Question: 'In Greek mythology, this king of Troy was the father of Paris, Hector & Cassandra'

Answer: Priam


Question:
'A telegram from these 2: "Average speed...thirty-one miles. Longest fifty-nine seconds.
Inform press.
Home Christmas"'

Answer: the Wright Brothers


Question: 'g. Acceleration due to this, varies slightly with latitude since the Earth is not a perfect sphere'

Answer: Gravity


Question: 'He had to show the pieman his money before he could take a taste test'

Answer: Simple Simon


Question: 'The Lincoln Center Library is a branch of this city's library'

Answer: New York City


Question: 'An essential feature of this embalming process was desiccation by means of dry natron'

Answer: Mummifying


Question: 'If the 4 members of the band Moonpools & Caterpillars split a $2,000 royalty evenly, each gets this amount'

Answer: $500


Question: 'A synonym for a small island; Ireland is an emerald one'

Answer: Isle


Question: 'Riboflavin deficiency can cause photophobia, abnormal sensitivity to this'

Answer: Light


Question: 'He didn't kiss & tell, he kissed & ran'

Answer: Georgie Porgie


Question: 'In 1854 this New England capital opened the first major free public library in the U.S.'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'Ancient Egyptians made this potent potable by soaking bread in water & fermenting the mixture'

Answer: Beer


Question: 'John's jar had 300 pennies in it, but he lost 2/3 of them in a pitching contest with Bob, leaving this many'

Answer: 100


Question: 'It's a slang term for a potato'

Answer: Spud


Question: 'This malaria-fighting substance is extracted from the bark of the cinchona tree'

Answer: Quinine


Question: 'He's been quoted as saying, "What a good boy am I"'

Answer: Little Jack Horner


Question: 'The library of the university of this largest Scottish city has about 500 printed items from the 15th C.'

Answer: Glasgow


Question: 'This famous queen was replaced by her daughter as Akhenaten's principal wife'

Answer: Nefertiti


Question: 'If I had a nickel for every time I said "I" in this answer, I would have this much money'

Answer: 20 cents (4 times)


Question: 'This device is used to soften the tone of an instrument such as a trumpet'

Answer: Mute


Question: 'This, sound composed of a random mix of frequencies, comes in "white" & "pink" types'

Answer: Noise


Question: 'The rhyme says he's responsible for the sheep; you can only infer he's in charge of the cows, too'

Answer: Little Boy Blue


Question: 'Woodruff Library at Atlanta's Emory University houses papers of this Uncle Remus creator'

Answer: Joel Chandler Harris


Question: 'Hieroglyphics were Greek to scholars until this 1799 discovery supplied Greek equivalents'

Answer: The Rosetta Stone


Question: 'Change for a quarter in 4 coins'

Answer: 3 nickels & a dime


Question: 'This heaviest fencing sword has a bowl-shaped guard & a long, narrow blade with no cutting edge'

Answer: Epee


Question: 'Titan, a moon of this planet, has a thicker atmosphere than Earth'

Answer: Saturn


Question: 'A cat killed the rat that ate the malt in his house'

Answer: "The House That Jack Built"


Question: 'Herbert Putnam served as head of this U.S. library for 40 years, 1899-1939'

Answer: Library of Congress


Question: 'The pyramid of Menkaure was the last of the major 3 built at this site southwest of modern Cairo'

Answer: Giza


Question: 'If Mary, a dime-a-dance girl, handles 10 partners an hour, she earns this amount in 4 hours'

Answer: $4.00


Question: 'A noisy outburst, or a steady wind of 32-63 MPH'

Answer: Gale


Question: 'Hradcany Castle, former home of the kings of Bohemia, is in this Czech capital'

Answer: Prague


Question: 'It means to sing in a soft, intimate style, like Bing Crosby used to do'

Answer: Croon


Question: 'This woman who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta is called the Saint of the Gutters'

Answer: Mother Teresa


Question: 'In this 17th C. novel, Sancho Panza is promised, & eventually gets, the governorship of his own island'

Answer: "Don Quixote"


Question: 'Fewer than 120,000 popular votes separated Richard Nixon from this man in 1960'

Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: 'Annette Bening wins the heart of the chief executive played by Michael Douglas in this 1995 film'

Answer: "The American President"


Question: 'The Pummerin, Austria's largest bell, is in this city's St. Stephen's Cathedral'

Answer: Vienna


Question: 'The name of this deep voice range is also used to describe a violin, a clef & a tuba'

Answer: Bass


Question: 'In "Retrospection And Introspection", she told of her experiences with the science of Christian healing'

Answer: Mary Baker Eddy


Question: 'This 1895 story set in the future was H.G. Wells' first novel'

Answer: "The Time Machine"


Question: 'Clinton is the most recent William to hold the office; this man was the first'

Answer: William Henry Harrison


Question: 'Jim Carrey has a 2nd go as this kooky detective in "When Nature Calls"'

Answer: Ace Ventura


Question: 'Liege is the cultural center of this country's French-speaking area'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'An 1898 opera by Rimsky-Korsakov concerned these "Amadeus" adversaries'

Answer: Mozart & Salieri


Question: 'In 1987 Patricia Ann McClurg became the first ordained woman to head this Christian group abbreviated NCC'

Answer: National Council of Churches


Question: 'The full title of this 1872 tale ends with "And what Alice found there"'

Answer: "Through the Looking-Glass"


Question: 'He served as president during the 73rd-79th Congresses'

Answer: F.D. Roosevelt


Question: 'The TV comedy "Police Squad!" inspired these films with Leslie Nielsen as Lt. Frank Drebin'

Answer: "The Naked Gun"


Question: 'The fact this Italian city is home to Fiat isn't shrouded in mystery'

Answer: Turin


Question: 'Saint-Saens' "Carnival Of The Animals" was composed for 2 of these instruments & ensemble'

Answer: piano


Question: 'This colorful evangelist founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel'

Answer: Aimee Semple McPherson


Question: 'James Jones' 1962 novel "The Thin Red Line" was a sequel to this 1951 work'

Answer: "From Here to Eternity"


Question: 'In 1947 this future president testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'Bette Davis gave a memorable performance as a socialite dying of a brain tumor in this 1939 film'

Answer: "Dark Victory"


Question: 'The Peace of this city in the Netherlands ended the War of the Spanish Succession'

Answer: Utrecht


Question: 'Ann Lee established the first U.S. community of this sect in Watervliet, N.Y. in 1776'

Answer: Shakers


Question: 'Characters in this Dickens novel include Mealy Potatoes, Mr. Creakle & Edward Murdstone'

Answer: "David Copperfield"


Question: 'These 3 men served as president between the terms of the only father & son presidents'

Answer: Jefferson, Madison & Monroe


Question: 'Jeremy Irons & Meryl Streep headed the cast of this 1994 film based on a novel by Isabel Allende'

Answer: "The House of the Spirits"


Question: 'Apsley House, the London home of this historic duke, boasts an 11' 4" nude statue of Napoleon'

Answer: the Duke of Wellington


Question: 'With this as its state beverage, there must be a lot of mustaches around Vermont'

Answer: milk


Question: '"Uncle Fester's Toupee"'

Answer: The Addams Family


Question: 'The Oregonian is a Portland paper & the Tennessean is from this city'

Answer: Nashville


Question: 'In "Marmion" Sir Walter Scott wrote that this month's "sky is chill and drear" & its "leaf is red and sear"'

Answer: November


Question: 'He was about 45 when he invaded Britain in 55 B.C. & 50 when he conquered Gaul'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'Early-evening period of reduced drink prices at the bar'

Answer: happy hour


Question: 'Wisconsin's state one of these is the muskellunge'

Answer: fish


Question: '"Marcia Gets Creamed"'

Answer: The Brady Bunch


Question: 'Name shared by the largest newspaper by circulation in Houston & San Francisco'

Answer: the Chronicle


Question: 'The U.S. team almost arrived late to the 1896 Olympics because this host country still used the old style calendar'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'In 1998 Egypt unveiled the results of its 10-year-long facelift on this landmark built around 2540 B.C.'

Answer: the sphinx


Question: 'Title of Xaviera Hollander's 1972 bestseller'

Answer: The Happy Hooker


Question: 'South Carolina's state tree, it's also in the state's nickname'

Answer: the palmetto


Question: '"Goodnight, Seattle"'

Answer: Frasier


Question: 'Tulsa has The World; Boston has this depiction of the world'

Answer: the Globe


Question: 'Muslims began their calendar on the day Muhammad fled from Mecca to this city'

Answer: Medina


Question: 'Of the few extant plays from the great ancient playwrights, 2 are about this sister of Orestes'

Answer: Electra


Question: '3-word name used by the white man for Native American heaven'

Answer: the happy hunting grounds


Question: 'This "sagebrush state" made the sagebrush its state flower'

Answer: Nevada


Question: '"Granny Learns to Drive"'

Answer: The Beverly Hillbilliies


Question: 'If you're wondering, Cincinnati spells this newspaper with an "E"; Philadelphia does it with an "I"'

Answer: the Enquirer


Question: 'The Jewish calendar is now on the year 5765 counting from the date of this'

Answer: the Creation


Question: 'During the Third Punic War, Rome destroyed this city, killing many & enslaving 50,000'

Answer: Carthage


Question: '2-word title of the Turtles tune taken to the top in 1967'

Answer: "Happy Together"


Question: 'Washington's song is "Washington My Home"; West Virginia's is a little longer: "West Virginia, Home" this'

Answer: Sweet Home


Question: '"A Father's Day for Mr. Wilson"'

Answer: Dennis the Menace


Question: 'Fort Lauderdale has the Sun-Sentinel; Fort Worth has the this-Telegram'

Answer: the Star-Telegram


Question: 'Number of days into the year on which you hit Groundhog Day'

Answer: 33


Question: 'We never "Tyre" of hearing about the seafarers with this Greek name whose major cities included Sidon & Byblos'

Answer: the Phoenicians


Question: 'She was married to the 41st vice president of the U.S.'

Answer: Happy Rockefeller


Question: 'This James Dean film was advertised with the line "Teenage terror torn from today's headlines"'

Answer: Rebel Without a Cause


Question: 'c. 1415 Donatello sculpted "St. George" & the relief under it, "St. George Slaying" this mythical beast'

Answer: the dragon


Question: 'One of the goals in the "Star Wars Galaxies" video game is to become one of these knights'

Answer: a Jedi


Question: 'There would be one more corpse in the last scene if Hamlet didn't stop Horatio from doing this'

Answer: drinking poison


Question: 'Slang for liquor, or something thicker'

Answer: booze or ooze


Question: '"You just can't imagine the thrill of shooting the curl", said this 1959 Sandra Dee character'

Answer: Gidget


Question: 'This famous statue of Aphrodite now in the Louvre was discovered on an island in the Aegean in 1820'

Answer: the Venus de Milo


Question: 'The full name of the crusading Knights Templar was "The Poor Fellow-soldiers of Christ and of" this man's "Temple"'

Answer: Solomon


Question:
'Subject of the lines in the first scene,
"'Tis here!"
"'Tis here!"
"'Tis gone!"'

Answer: Hamlet\'s ghost


Question: 'To collide with, or a sports official you shouldn't do it to'

Answer: bump or ump


Question: 'In this film Marilyn Monroe famously stepped on a subway grating in a billowy white dress'

Answer: The Seven Year Itch


Question: 'In this movement, which is French for "hobby horse", sculptures are made of such items as machine parts'

Answer: Dadaism


Question: 'In this film classic, Max von Sydow is a knight who takes on death in a game of chess'

Answer: The Seventh Seal


Question: 'We bet the line about Hamlet being sent to this country whose "men are as mad as he" got laughs at the Globe'

Answer: England


Question: 'Pleading with someone to do something, or urging him "on" to do it'

Answer: begging or egging


Question: 'A "super" theory in physics has everything made up of tiny these vibrating under immense tension'

Answer: strings


Question: 'Mean Ray Milland hires a hit man to kill his wife Grace Kelly in this Hitchcock classic'

Answer: Dial M for Murder


Question: 'In 1937 this British sculptor said that he associated the openings in his hole-y works with caves'

Answer: Henry Moore


Question: 'Hyphenated term for a man who wanders the countryside doing chivalric deeds'

Answer: knight-errant


Question: 'The text in this 1623 volume includes possible ad libs by actors, like a sudden cry of "O, vengeance!"'

Answer: the First Folio


Question: 'A year-end sum of money you don't expect, or a burden you don't want'

Answer: bonus or onus


Question: 'Seen here is the characteristic chain arrangement of these bacteria'

Answer: streptococci


Question: 'Leslie Caron is the waif who captures Louis Jourdan's heart in this 1958 classic'

Answer: Gigi


Question: 'A 1788 marble statue of George Washington sculpted by this Frenchman stands in Virginia's State Capitol building'

Answer: Jean-Antoine Houdon


Question: 'This German knight & minstrel who died in 1270 is the title subject of an 1845 opera by Richard Wagner'

Answer: Tannhäuser


Question: '4-word quote that precedes & rhymes with "Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king"'

Answer: The play\'s the thing


Question: 'Soothing salves, or handouts that can be almost as pleasant'

Answer: balms or alms


Question: 'Just days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, it became the first U.S. possession occupied by the Japanese'

Answer: Guam


Question: 'Composer Edvard Grieg was born in this Norwegian city that makes us think of actress Candice'

Answer: Bergen


Question: 'In the 1970s this Great Lakes state cut down on litter with the nation's first  10-cent bottle refund law'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'Superman could tell you this odorless, colorless gas bears atomic no. 36'

Answer: krypton


Question: '"Well, excuuuuuse me!"'

Answer: Steve Martin


Question: 'Most candy is made by crystallizing this'

Answer: sugar


Question: 'He sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2000'

Answer: Quayle


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew, in London.) Tower Bridge was built in this century at a cost of over a million pounds; average annual income was 40 pounds.'

Answer: the 19th century


Question: 'Classy car dealers like Beverly Hills Mercedes-Benz use this synonym for "used"'

Answer: pre-owned


Question: 'First isolated by Sir William Ramsay & Morris Travers, this gas takes its name from the Greek word meaning "new"'

Answer: neon


Question: '"You look mahvelous!"'

Answer: Billy Crystal


Question: 'This drink has been traced back to the Ethiopian province of Keffa or Kaffa (maybe the source of its name, too)'

Answer: coffee


Question: 'On this show, Jack Klugman starred as a crime-solving forensic investigator'

Answer: Quincy


Question: 'The annual tomato battle, or Tomatina, held in Bunol in this country really does paint the town red'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'If you find an original zoot suit in a secondhand store, it's probably from this decade'

Answer: the 1940s


Question: 'This gas is released during photosynthesis'

Answer: oxygen


Question: '"Woo woo woo woo woo woo!"'

Answer: Curly


Question: 'Pindar tells of one of these races in which 40 teams were entered and only one finished'

Answer: a chariot race


Question: 'It's the geographic entity outlined here'

Answer: Quebec


Question: 'We have a "hunch" you can visit this author's home at No. 6 Place des Vosges in Paris'

Answer: Victor Hugo


Question: 'In "I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang", a war veteran tries to sell this but the pawnbroker has too many already'

Answer: a medal


Question: 'When bubbles of this gas form in a scuba diver's blood, the bends can occur'

Answer: nitrogen


Question: '"Here's another nice mess you've gotten us into"'

Answer: Oliver Hardy


Question: 'This daily chronicler of the fashion industry launched "W", a bi-weekly, in 1972'

Answer: Women\'s Wear Daily


Question: 'It means "held once every 4 years"'

Answer: quadrennial


Question: 'Legend says this capital is named for Kii, one of the 3 brothers who founded it'

Answer: Kiev


Question: 'Fancier term for dealers in used books, the first A in their association, the ABAA'

Answer: antiquarian


Question: 'In the "heavy water" used in nuclear physics, deuterium replaces the usual form of this gas'

Answer: hydrogen


Question: 'To Rochester: "Now cut that out!"'

Answer: Jack Benny


Question: 'Western state whose 2-letter postal abbreviation sounds like a deadly sin'

Answer: Nevada (NV/envy)


Question: '14 in France'

Answer: quatorze


Question: 'A sculpture by this artist of the American West is seen here'

Answer: (Frederick) Remington


Question: '(Here is the judge. She'll be giving us all the clues in this category.) In law libel is written defamation; this is oral'

Answer: slander


Question: 'This tree grows slowly & usually doesn't produce acorns until it is about 20 years old'

Answer: an oak


Question: 'The stinging wasps'

Answer: the Hornets


Question: 'The Ruckers family of Antwerp in this present country were sort of the Stradivariuses of the harpsichord'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'Jerry Lewis' partner who occupied the White House from 1837 to 1841'

Answer: Dean Martin Van Buren


Question: 'This portrait painter was the first president of the Royal Academy of Arts'

Answer: Sir Joshua Reynolds


Question: '(Hatchett reads the clue.) This certificate is a mandate of the court & comes in "bench" & "search" types'

Answer: warrant


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Science Museum of Minnesota.) The Douglas fir, one of whose enormous trunks is seen here, belongs to this cone-bearing order of trees.'

Answer: conifers


Question: 'The male deer'

Answer: the (Milwaukee) Bucks


Question: 'The strings of a harpsichord produce sound this way, not by being struck like a piano's'

Answer: plucking


Question: 'Charlie Brown's tomboy friend kidnapped by the SLA in 1974'

Answer: Peppermint Patty Hearst


Question: 'The 27-panel fresco "Detroit Industry" in the Detroit institute of Arts is by this noted muralist'

Answer: Diego Rivera


Question: '(Hatchett reads the clue.)  It's the questioning of a witness by the party opposed to the one that produced the witness'

Answer: cross-examination


Question: 'The blue gum, which has been introduced into the US., & the Sydney Peppermint are species of this tree'

Answer: the eucalyptus


Question: 'The Ursus arctos horribilises'

Answer: The Grizzlies


Question: 'This term was often synonymous with a harpsichord, as in Bach's "Well-Tempered" one'

Answer: clavier


Question: '"Hot Stuff" singer whose medal events include the pentathlon & rhythmic gymnastics'

Answer: Donna Summer Olympics


Question: 'Large canvases of 2 or 3 fuzzy-edged rectangles of color were the hallmark of this abstract painter who died in 1970'

Answer: Rothko


Question: '(Hatchett reads the clue.) If accepted, the "circumstances" can lower a degree of homicide to just manslaughter'

Answer: extenuating (or mitigating) circumstances


Question: 'The raffie variety of this tropical tree produces leaves that grow to more than 65 feet in length'

Answer: a palm


Question: 'The unbranded cattle'

Answer: the Mavericks


Question: 'The harpsichord's clean sound made it useful for this technique of playing multiple melodies at once'

Answer: counterpoint


Question: 'Legendary large pool player who "Ain't Misbehavin'" in the world of jazz music'

Answer: Minnesota Fats Waller


Question: 'Nicknamed "Le Douanier" -- the customs officer -- this self-taught painter's work is seen here'

Answer: Henri Rousseau


Question: '(Judge Hatchett reads the clue.)  A pre-trial device to find out what they've got on you; it's also the name of a space shuttle'

Answer: discovery


Question: 'Unlike other species of maple, the leaves of this elder have 3 to 7 blades instead of just one'

Answer: the boxelder


Question: 'The 19th century sailing ships'

Answer: the Clippers


Question: 'Last name of composer Domenico, son of Alessandro; he wrote over 500 harpsichord pieces'

Answer: Scarlatti


Question: 'Pen name of short story writer William Sydney Porter, who lived in the woods on the shores of Walden Pond'

Answer: O. Henry David Thoreau


Question: 'He won the USA's only boxing gold medal at the 1992 Olympics'

Answer: Oscar De La Hoya


Question: 'On Oct. 23, 1956 Hungarians protested against the USSR in this capital; police fired on the crowd'

Answer: Budapest


Question: 'After a near-death experience, this singer converted to the Islamic faith and took a new name:  Yusuf Islam'

Answer: Cat Stevens


Question: 'It's an operator-assisted call in which charges are paid by the receiving party'

Answer: a collect call


Question: 'Jean Valjean's flight through Paris' sewers is one of the most famous scenes in this novel'

Answer: Les Miserables


Question: 'Because of slow sales, this company shut down plants that made the Denali & Trailblazer SUVs'

Answer: General Motors


Question: 'London schoolchild Paul Barker was one of these for the 2006 final between Roger Federer & Rafael Nadal'

Answer: a ballboy


Question: 'Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia were among the republics of this country'

Answer: Yugoslavia


Question: 'In October of 1992 "Saturday Night Live" expected this singer to merely hold up a photo of a child; they were wrong'

Answer: Sinéad O\'Connor


Question: 'This hyphenated adjective refers to a phone call requiring no additional fee beyond the basic service charge'

Answer: toll-free


Question: 'Chicago's Packingtown is the scene of this muckraking novel'

Answer: The Jungle


Question: 'The Fortwo is a model of this little putt-putt, the "intelligent" choice in low-emission transportation'

Answer: Smart


Question: 'Proverbially, everything, especially if it's from Madame Tussaud's'

Answer: a ball of wax


Question: 'Iron curtain alliances included the Warsaw Pact & the CMEA, the "Council for Mutual" this type of "Assistance"'

Answer: Economic


Question: '8 years after this duo was stripped of its Grammy, Rob Pilatus was found dead in a German hotel room'

Answer: Milli Vanilli


Question: 'Often used in business, it's a multi-person call involving 3 or more phone lines'

Answer: a conference call


Question: 'This house on the moors in Yorkshire had "Earnshaw" carved over the door'

Answer: Wuthering Heights


Question: 'This Korean company recently introduced a Sonata hybrid'

Answer: Hyundai


Question: 'A type of hammer used for beating metal'

Answer: a ball-peen hammer


Question: 'Russia helped this country regain control of Sofia from the Ottomans in 1878; the Communists dominated by 1948'

Answer: Bulgaria


Question: 'In 2000 Melissa Etheridge finally revealed who was the father of her children:  this singer'

Answer: David Crosby


Question: 'Reflecting the company's activities at its founding in 1885, it was the second "T" in AT&T'

Answer: Telegraph


Question: 'This saucy Defoe title character was born in Newgate Prison'

Answer: Moll Flanders


Question: 'Autoweek says the Viper from this car maker is fun, intimidating & flamboyant'

Answer: Dodge


Question: 'This "Six Feet Under" creator's career is far from dead; he brought "True Blood" to HBO'

Answer: Alan Ball


Question: 'The liberal 1968 reforms of Czechoslovakia's Alexander Dubcek are known by this "seasonal" 2-word term'

Answer: the Prague Spring


Question: 'Determination prevails: after losing an arm in a car accident, Rick Allen still rocks the drums in this band'

Answer: Def Leppard


Question: 'To dial international numbers from the U.S., begin with this 3-digit prefix'

Answer: zero one one


Question: 'With the help of his wife O-Lan, Wang Lung goes from peasant to rich landowner in China in this novel'

Answer: The Good Earth


Question: 'Since its launch in 1974, this "sport"y VW model has ruled the sales charts in Germany'

Answer: the Golf


Question: 'Named for its habit of curling up, it's the snake seen here'

Answer: ball python


Question: 'The Azores are found in this ocean'

Answer: Atlantic


Question: 'Brahms' "Academic Festival Overture" was written as a thank you for having this conferred on him'

Answer: honorary degree


Question: '"I Love You, Ronnie" is a collection of letters to his wife Nancy'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'Whether it's CSI or CSU, the CS stands for this'

Answer: crime scene


Question: 'In "Scarface", this actor terrorized Miami as the coke-fueled crime lord Tony Montana'

Answer: Al Pacino


Question: 'This element is the second-best conductor of electricity'

Answer: copper


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands in front of a map)  In 1964, activity in this arm of the South China Sea led to increased U.S. troops in Vietnam'

Answer: Gulf of Tonkin


Question: 'The first music the Chicago Symphony played was this German opera master's little-known "A Faust Overture"'

Answer: Wagner


Question: 'In a 1783 letter to Josiah Quincy, he wrote "There was never a good war or a bad peace"'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: 'If a policeman says he wasn't greeted at the door because the occupant was DOA, he's abbreviating these 3 words'

Answer: dead on arrival


Question: 'Forget Hannibal Lecter; Buffalo Bill is the bad guy who keeps his victims in a pit in this movie'

Answer: The Silence of the Lambs


Question: '"Feline" imitator'

Answer: copycat


Question: 'The Gulf of California is also known as the Sea of this man who reached that gulf in 1535'

Answer: Cortez


Question: 'One of this composer's classic opera overtures is heard here'

Answer: Mozart


Question: 'In the late '40s a mother wrote to this artist that his picture "Number Nine" looked like some of her son's finger painting'

Answer: Jackson Pollock


Question: 'The M.E. says the C.O.D. is bad clams, C.O.D. meaning this'

Answer: cause of death


Question: 'This character is the crazy, relentless killer in the "Halloween" movies'

Answer: Michael Myers


Question: 'Spelled one way, it's an ad agency worker; spelled another, it's a person registering his work with the government'

Answer: a copywriter/copyrighter


Question: 'This strategically important channel connects the Persian Gulf & the Gulf of Oman'

Answer: Strait of Hormuz


Question: 'Do I hear a waltz in Franz von Suppe's overture "Morning, Noon and Night in" this city?'

Answer: Vienna


Question: 'Before he began courting, he wrote in an 1845 letter, "I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett"'

Answer: Robert Browning


Question: 'GSR means this kind of residue, perhaps on a perp's hand'

Answer: gun shot


Question: 'Jack Torrance is the writer & axeman who goes mad at an off-season hotel in this 1980 film'

Answer: The Shining


Question: 'Christian sect principally found in Egypt'

Answer: Coptics


Question: 'The Loire flows into this bay that is also called the Gulf of Gascony'

Answer: the Bay of Biscay


Question: 'This "marital" Smetana opera has the zesty overture heard here'

Answer: The Bartered Bride


Question: 'In 1897 she wrote, "Dear Editor:  I am 8 years old.  Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus"'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'A criminal's method of operating (or M.O.) sounds much cooler when it's this Latin phrase'

Answer: modus operandi


Question: 'Robert De Niro & Robert Mitchum both played Max Cady, out to get revenge in the 2 versions of this film'

Answer: Cape Fear


Question: 'A well-known example of this painter's work is seen here'

Answer: (John Singleton) Copley


Question: 'Benjamin Harrison had the admission orders shuffled, so no one knows which of these 2 states was 39th & which was 40th'

Answer: North & South Dakota


Question: 'Churchill's 2-finger salute meant "victory"; in the '60s, it meant this state that follows victory'

Answer: Peace


Question: 'In Arabic, this pillar of Islam is called salat & must be performed 5 times a day'

Answer: Prayer


Question: 'Sarcastic Vicki helps her co-worker Susan struggle through single life on this Brooke Shields sitcom'

Answer: Suddenly Susan


Question: 'Type of wreath given for a crowning achievement'

Answer: Laurel


Question: 'This oval building in Salt Lake City's Temple Square is famous for its choir'

Answer: Mormon Tabernacle


Question: 'Gabrielle, a young villager, left home to follow this warrior princess on her journeys'

Answer: Xena


Question: 'Boutonniere site'

Answer: Lapel


Question: 'In Christian churches, Ascension Day is observed 40 days after this holiday'

Answer: Easter


Question: 'Arthur, the one dressed like a moth, helps this big blue superhero seen here:'

Answer: The Tick


Question: 'Maliciously try to damage a person's reputation by publishing a false report'

Answer: Libel


Question: 'Gen represents the ideal relationship between individuals in this Chinese sage's philosophy'

Answer: Confucius


Question: 'Although Fox Mulder may think she was sent to be his sidekick, she was actually assigned to keep an eye on him'

Answer: Dana Scully


Question: 'When expressing yourself about trains, it's the opposite of express'

Answer: Local


Question: 'Abraham, Isaac, Jacob & their wives are buried in a cave in this city near Jerusalem'

Answer: Hebron


Question: 'Some consider the work of this Conan O' Brien sidekick worthy of a true second banana'

Answer: Andy Richter


Question: 'Instrument to show if a carpenter's flat-out correct'

Answer: Level


Question: 'Auxin is a growth type of this substance; it regulates plant growth, especially in stems'

Answer: hormone


Question: 'On early TV, it was Theodore Cleaver's nickname'

Answer: Beaver


Question: 'It's Russia's national alcoholic drink--Na zdorovia! To your health!'

Answer: vodka


Question: 'This composer's musical "Annie Get Your Gun" premieres on Broadway May 16, 1946'

Answer: Irving Berlin


Question: 'The Boy Scout slogan is "Do" one of these "daily"'

Answer: a good turn


Question: 'It can be an area of a baseball stadium or people who use hydrogen peroxide on their heads'

Answer: bleachers


Question: 'Canada wild rye isn't liquor from Yukon but this type of plant of the genus Elymus'

Answer: a grass (grain accepted)


Question: 'This star of "The Misfits" dismissed his nickname "The King" with "I eat and sleep and go to the bathroom" like anyone else'

Answer: Clark Gable


Question: 'Shashlik, which is meat & vegetables cooked on skewers, is the Russian version of this Turkish & Middle East dish'

Answer: (shish) kebab


Question: '489 years after her death, this woman becomes a saint when Pope Benedict XV canonizes her May 16, 1920'

Answer: Joan of Arc


Question: 'Of 10, 21 or 25, the number of merit badges a scout needs to qualify for the rank of Eagle Scout'

Answer: 21


Question: 'For April, it's the diamond'

Answer: birthstone


Question: 'This plant of the genus Ah-Ah-Ambrosia sheds pollen in great ah-ah-abundance'

Answer: ragweed


Question: 'Jan. 12, 1976 news could say, "The Queen is dead!"--this mystery writer called the "Queen of Crime"'

Answer: Agatha Christie


Question: 'Named for a former Soviet city, this butter-filled fried chicken dish is often served in Russian cuisine'

Answer: chicken Kiev


Question: 'On May 16, 1991 Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first British monarch to address this U.S. body'

Answer: Congress (the House of Representatives accepted)


Question: 'Between-meals meal; can "linner" be far behind?'

Answer: brunch


Question: 'This small carpeting plant is also reputed to show up on the north sides of trees, but that's an alga'

Answer: moss


Question: 'The nickname of Detective Eagan, who inspired "The French Connection", & of Detective Doyle in the film'

Answer: Popeye


Question: 'Whatever kind of caviar you eat, it's traditionally served on one of these Russian buckwheat pancakes'

Answer: blinis


Question: 'These 2 royals marry in Paris May 16, 1770'

Answer: Marie Antoinette & Louis XVI


Question: 'This "colorful" variety of country music is played on unamplified stringed instruments'

Answer: bluegrass


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew indicates a flower.) The color of a hydrangea's flowers can be determined by the level of this in the soil; above 6 for pink flowers, lower for blue'

Answer: acid


Question: 'This nickname of actor Bryan Ulrich is short for "mosquito"'

Answer: Skeet


Question: 'A beef & sour cream dish bears the name of this noble family; it was created by their chef'

Answer: Beef Stroganoff


Question: 'On May 16, 1836 this American author marries his 13-year-old cousin Virginia'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe


Question: 'A device that regulates the flow of a liquid, or a synonym for confuse or stymie'

Answer: baffle


Question: 'Lopez Obrador narrowly lost this country's presidency to Calderon--or vice versa, if you ask Lopez Obrador'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'The Blues Brothers, the duo of John Belushi & him, hit the charts with "Soul Man"'

Answer: Dan Aykroyd


Question: 'In this novella, "Holly Golightly had been a tenant in the old brownstone"'

Answer: Breakfast at Tiffany\'s


Question: 'It's the country closest to the wreck of the Titanic'

Answer: Canada


Question:
'Asmara,
Addis Ababa,
Aswan'

Answer: Aswan


Question: 'People considered as readily available & of little value; it usually follows "cannon"'

Answer: fodder


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew indicates the monitor.) The Democrats gained 6 of these, including a win in Massachusetts by Deval Patrick, the second African-American ever elected to one'

Answer: the gubernatorial seat


Question: 'This jazz-rock group had hits with "Reeling in the Years" & "Rikki Don't Lose That Number"'

Answer: Steely Dan


Question: 'In this novel, one of the inhabitants of Brobdingnag is described as being "as tall as an ordinary spire-steeple"'

Answer: Gulliver\'s Travels


Question: 'The flat-topped table mountain overlooking Cape Town is often under its own cloud cover, aptly called this'

Answer: Table Cloth


Question:
'Quito,
Sao Paulo,
Bogota'

Answer: São Paulo


Question: 'A Bond villain knows it means to work at a series of unrelated, low-paying positions'

Answer: odd job


Question: 'On Nov. 23 a former Russian spy died in London, poisoned by the 210 isotope of this element'

Answer: polonium


Question: 'Danny Wood was one of the "kids" in this Boston band'

Answer: the New Kids on the Block


Question: 'Sandburg wrote that it "sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on"'

Answer: The Fog


Question: 'In 2003 Portland coach Maurice Cheeks got an "assist" before the game when a 13-year-old girl forgot these'

Answer: the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner"


Question:
'Lagos,
Lilongwe,
London'

Answer: Lagos


Question: 'Proceeded in a tediously slow manner, or walked heavily'

Answer: plodded


Question: 'IAU Resolution 5A defined this 2-word term as a body "that has not cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit"'

Answer: a dwarf planet


Question: 'He was "Only a Lad" when he was the lead singer of Oingo Boingo; he went on to score films for Tim Burton'

Answer: Danny Elfman


Question: 'Chapter 1 of it begins, "'Camelot--Camelot,' said I to myself. 'I don't seem to remember hearing of it before'"'

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


Question: 'Ronald Reagan was partly deaf in his right ear because this happened to close to it on a movie set'

Answer: a gunshot


Question:
'Windhoek,
Wellington,
Wallis Futuna'

Answer: Wallis Futuna


Question: 'It means soaked with liquid or moisture; saturated'

Answer: sodden


Question: 'This murderous leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq was killed by an air strike in a house in June'

Answer: Al-Zarqawi


Question: 'This soft-rock singer/songwriter was the "Leader of the Band"'

Answer: Dan Fogelberg


Question: 'In his "Ode on" this, Keats writes, "Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter"'

Answer: a Grecian Urn


Question: '1950s Bulgarian leader Vulko Chervenkov, who followed the Soviet model, was known as "Little" this dictator'

Answer: Stalin


Question:
'Manama,
Fez,
Sana'

Answer: Fez


Question: 'It's a past particple of "tread"'

Answer: trodden


Question: 'There were 5 living former presidents when this president was sworn in, none of whom was of his party'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'The earliest humans in Gabon are believed to be the Babinga, a branch of these small-in-stature people'

Answer: Pygmies


Question: 'He directed "Apocalypse Now"'

Answer: Coppola


Question: 'All the boys in this Dostoyevsky title brood have the middle name Fyodorovich, for their dad'

Answer: The Brothers Karamazov


Question: '(Bam! Emeril Lagasse from the Food Network delivers the first clue.)  Asparagus has long been thought to help in the romance department; for variety, try the European white type, grown in darkness so they lack this pigment'

Answer: chlorophyll


Question: 'No longer "falling down", this bridge from England is now found in Lake Havasu City, Arizona'

Answer: London Bridge


Question: 'With "note", it's slang for 100 bucks; it's also a lower-quality rating for a corporate bond'

Answer: C


Question: 'In 1936, at the age of 16, Farouk succeeded his father King Fuad I as king of this country'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'He played the elusive renegade Col. Kurtz, who had become a godlike figure to jungle tribal natives'

Answer: Brando


Question: 'This detective calls blackmailer Charles Augustus Milverton the worst man in London'

Answer: Sherlock Holmes


Question: 'The two of you can nibble on this Spanish array of appetizers that may include mussels & artichokes'

Answer: tapas


Question: 'On June 25, 1998 the Mackinac Bridge in this state celebrated its 100-millionth crossing'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'A jet pack & fake fingerprints are among the many gadgets he's supplied to James Bond'

Answer: Q


Question: 'A 1978 U.N. resolution to decolonize this South African territory began to be implemented in 1989'

Answer: Namibia


Question: 'It's what Robert Duvall's Col. Kilgore loves the smell of in the morning because it "smells like victory"'

Answer: napalm


Question: 'Jean Marie Latour has this religious title when "Death Comes for" him'

Answer: the Archbishop


Question: '(Emeril Lagasse reads.)  Make the evening really special with a luxurious parfait prepared with champagne cream & caviar from this fish, historically associated with the Caspian Sea'

Answer: sturgeon


Question: 'One year older than the Golden Gate Bridge is the one connecting San Francisco & this city'

Answer: Oakland


Question: 'Ambrose Bierce called it "the first thought of the mind, the first object of affection"'

Answer: I


Question: 'In 1498 this Portuguese explorer rounded South Africa & became the first European to reach Mozambique'

Answer: (Vasco) da Gama


Question: 'It's the country that Martin Sheen & his team must illegally enter in search of Col. Kurtz'

Answer: Cambodia


Question: 'Jose Arcadio Buendia is a creation of this Colombian author who also goes by 3 names'

Answer: Gabriel Garcia Marquez


Question: 'Top a steak with this eggy sauce named for an old province of southwestern France'

Answer: bernaise


Question: 'The name of this bridge in Venice is said to have come from the lamentations of prisoners'

Answer: the Bridge of Sighs


Question: 'It's the chemical symbol for the first element on the periodic table'

Answer: H (for hydrogen)


Question: 'In 1890 this British financier & empire builder was elected prime minister of Cape Colony'

Answer: Cecil Rhodes


Question: 'Veteran war photographer Tim Page inspired the whacked-out character played by this actor in the film'

Answer: Dennis Hopper


Question: 'Middle name of Nantucket narrator Arthur (or A.) Pym'

Answer: Gordon


Question: 'These seductive chocolate treats got their name because they looked like a certain fungus'

Answer: truffles


Question: 'Carrying traffic from Fort Lee to New York City since 1931, its lower level opened in 1962'

Answer: the George Washington Bridge


Question: 'During the Civil War, soldiers who cut out on the army & went AWOL were often branded with this letter'

Answer: D (for deserter)


Question: 'The German Stuka was this type of plane named for the way it zoomed toward the ground to deliver its ordnance'

Answer: a dive bomber


Question: '"If I Were A Rich Man"'

Answer: Fiddler on the Roof


Question: 'Models Marcus Schenkenberg & Jerry Hall helped cargo pants sail up the sales chart for this store'

Answer: Old Navy


Question: 'A religious leader born June 1, 1801 in Whitingham, Vermont; died Aug. 29, 1877 in Salt Lake City'

Answer: Brigham Young


Question: 'His August 26, 2007 Attorney General resignation letter to the President ended with "I remain by your side"'

Answer: (Alberto) Gonzalez


Question: 'Your navel maneuvers will center on it'

Answer: your belly button


Question: 'This country's big bomber of the 1950s was the TU-95 Bear'

Answer: the Soviet Union


Question: '"One By One" & "Can You Feel The Love Tonight?"'

Answer: The Lion King


Question: 'Mizrahi, Mossimo & Michael Graves are some of the designers making products for this retail chain'

Answer: Target


Question: 'An artist, born Sept. 7, 1860 in Greenwich, New York; died Dec. 13, 1961 in Hoosick Falls'

Answer: Grandma Moses


Question: 'His Nov. 12, 2004 letter read, "I, therefore, resign as the 65th Secretary of State, effectve at your pleasure"'

Answer: (Colin) Powell


Question: 'Austin Powers knows this word means to comport oneself properly'

Answer: behave


Question: 'McDonnell's F-4 fighter used in the United States in the Vietnam War was known as this... oops... hey, where'd it go?'

Answer: the Phantom


Question: '"When Velma Takes The Stand"'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'Free People & Anthropologie are divisions of this company for "city" people'

Answer: Urban Outfitters


Question: 'An actor, born Feb. 8, 1931 in Marion, Indiana; died Sept. 30, 1955 near Paso Robles, California'

Answer: James Dean


Question: 'Resigning as Atty. General in 2004, he remarked, "The safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved"'

Answer: Ashcroft


Question: 'A hole made by a drill, or someone who natters on tediously'

Answer: a bore


Question: 'Vertol, later Boeing Vertol, developed these, like the Sea Knight & the Chinook'

Answer: helicopters


Question: '"Pilate's Dream" & "Hosanna"'

Answer: Jesus Christ Superstar


Question: 'This retailer got large names at closeout prices when it bought up Mac Frugal's & Pic 'n' Save'

Answer: Big Lots


Question: 'An author, born Nov. 13, 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland; died Dec. 3, 1894 in Samoa'

Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson


Question: 'His 2004 resignation letter cited the tragedy of Flight 93 & his thanks for "the opportunity to fight back"'

Answer: Tom Ridge


Question: 'Over time, the ancient language of Akkadian split into 2 dialects, Assyrian & this'

Answer: Babylonian


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada.)  Used regularly in Iraq, this aircraft with an aggressive name is designated MQ-1; the 1 means it's the first of its kind, a long-range, unmanned, recon aircraft'

Answer: the Predator


Question: '"Defying Gravity"'

Answer: Wicked


Question: 'Macy's, Inc. also owns this other large New York department store that's on 59th & Lexington'

Answer: Bloomingdale\'s


Question: 'A statesman born March 19, 1860 in Salem, Illinois; died July 26, 1925 in Dayton, Tennessee'

Answer: William Jennings Bryan


Question: 'It sounds like a gun manufacturer, & it's the name for the stiff hat worn by Catholic bishops & cardinals'

Answer: biretta


Question: 'This 1,980-mile river that starts in Canada is the longest in the Western Hemisphere that flows to the Pacific Ocean'

Answer: the Yukon River


Question: 'He & Keith Richards enjoyed the satisfaction of writing "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"'

Answer: Mick Jagger


Question: 'In 1939 this city was home to the Golden Gate International Exposition'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'On its first day of operation, April 17, 1973, this company founded by Fred Smith flew 186 packages'

Answer: Federal Express


Question: 'In 1971 the Lyndon Johnson Library at this school became the first presidential library on a college campus'

Answer: University of Texas


Question: 'In a 1909 essay Mark Twain asserted this man could not have written the plays attributed to him'

Answer: William Shakespeare


Question: '"The Road To" this quartet is the holy grail of college basketball'

Answer: The Final Four


Question: 'On the 1978 album "Some Girls" the Stones really worked things with "Beast of" this'

Answer: Burden


Question: 'Charles Floyd, known by this nickname, was killed in a shootout with FBI agents in 1934'

Answer: "Pretty Boy" Floyd


Question: 'The Hughes AH-64 Apache is an attack one of these'

Answer: Helicopter


Question: 'The only university in this state is in the city named for Jacques La Ramee'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: 'In articles & a book Twain questioned this Mary Baker Eddy church's tenet of divine healing'

Answer: Christian Science


Question: 'In the opening credits sequence of the original "Star Trek" series, space is this'

Answer: The final frontier


Question: 'The Stones hired this motorcycle gang as guards at their 1969 Altamont concert for $500 in beer'

Answer: Hell\'s Angels


Question: 'In 1930 this company introduced frozen peas; only problem was, few stores had freezers'

Answer: Birdseye


Question: 'Name in common to the 3-engine Lockheed L-1011 & a Hollywood movie company'

Answer: TriStar


Question: 'The university of this city is split into 13 branches; 3 were formed from the Sorbonne'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'In a 1904 essay Twain's subject was this French saint about whom he had written a book'

Answer: Joan of Arc


Question: 'In the classic song "My Way", Frank Sinatra faced this drapery'

Answer: The final curtain


Question: 'In 1963 the band added this letter to its name, giving it the one it has now'

Answer: G


Question: 'Daniel Guggenheim helped fund this man's 1930 move to New Mexico to continue his rocket research'

Answer: Robert Goddard


Question: 'In April 1955 West Germany revived this name for its national airline'

Answer: Lufthansa


Question: 'This school's "Gator Growl", which takes place the night before Homecoming, is said to be the largest pep rally'

Answer: University of Florida


Question: 'The Sacramento Union published Twain's running account of his visit to these islands'

Answer: Hawaiian Islands


Question: 'Movie directors often seek this contract provision to ensure their version of a film'

Answer: Final cut


Question: 'On "Paint It, Black" Brian Jones played this instrument, like George on "Norwegian Wood"'

Answer: Sitar


Question: 'In 1931 this social worker picked up a Nobel Peace Prize to put in her house'

Answer: Jane Addams


Question: 'In May 1987 a plane built by this Wichita, Kansas company landed in Red Square'

Answer: Cessna


Question: 'Father Theodore Hesburgh served as president of this university a record 35 years, retiring in 1987'

Answer: Notre Dame


Question: 'In "Innocents Abroad" Twain derides this city's mistreatment of Galileo & its love of the Medicis'

Answer: Florence


Question: 'Derek Humphry wrote this book about "The practicalities of self-deliverance & assisted suicide for the dying"'

Answer: "The Final Exit"


Question: 'The 1799 discovery of this object ultimately unlocked the secrets of Egyptian hieroglyphics'

Answer: Rosetta Stone


Question: 'To George Jefferson she was "Weesie", but his wife's actual first name was this'

Answer: Louise


Question: 'A hall in Pharaoh's Memphis palace is the backdrop for the opening scene of Act 1 of this Verdi opera'

Answer: "Aida"


Question: 'Among his other jobs, Quetzalcoatl was the god of wind that made this cereal grain grow'

Answer: Corn/maize


Question: 'California's highest mountain followed by Texas' biggest city gives you this singer's name'

Answer: Whitney Houston


Question: '2 consecutive lines that rhyme'

Answer: Couplet


Question: 'The Stone of Destiny sat on by Scottish kings was taken to this city by Kenneth Macalpin in 843'

Answer: (Stone of) Scone


Question: 'The Carrington Mansion on "Dynasty" was in this city, where most of the action took place'

Answer: Denver


Question: 'The Trevi is the third of Respighi's 4 "Fountains of" this city'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'One of Vishnu's 10 avatars is this founder of a whole religion'

Answer: Buddha


Question: 'This "Friendly" Oakland Raiders tight end of the 1970s was known as "The Ghost"'

Answer: Dave Casper


Question: '"There was an old lady of Prague" begins a popular one of these lighthearted poems of 5 lines'

Answer: Limerick


Question: 'One myth says this landmark was set up by Merlin as the Sepulcher of Pendragon'

Answer: Stonehenge


Question: 'He was Hooperman for 2 seasons, but he's still best remembered as Jack Tripper'

Answer: John Ritter


Question: 'Gilbert & Sullivan's "Yeomen of the Guard" is set in this English landmark'

Answer: Tower of London


Question: 'As god of this for the Inuits, Igaluk controlled the seasons & the tides'

Answer: Moon


Question: 'American author seen here<br />["Call of the Wild"]'

Answer: Jack London


Question: 'Term for a long narrative poem celebrating the exploits of real or mythic heroes'

Answer: Epic


Question: 'The Black Stone set in this holy landmark in Mecca is actually a meteorite'

Answer: Kaaba


Question: 'On "In the Heat of the Night" Howard Rollins played this detective'

Answer: Virgil Tibbs


Question: 'It's the Spanish city where the following classical classic takes place<br />["Toreador Song"]'

Answer: Seville ("Carmen")


Question: 'The Egyptian goddess Sekhmet had the head of one; the body went to the Sphinx'

Answer: Lion


Question: 'This actor, Duncan opposite TV's "Zoe", must be of Russian descent -- or Idahoan'

Answer: David Moscow


Question: 'A reflective poem with a solemn or sorrowful theme, perhaps "Written in A Country Churchyard"'

Answer: Elegy


Question: 'Alchemists were always on the lookout for this substance that could turn base metals into gold'

Answer: Philosopher\'s Stone


Question: 'After visiting there in 1829, Mendelssohn wrote his "overture" of these Scottish islands'

Answer: Hebrides


Question: 'Aphrodite & Persephone both fell in love with this good-looking son of the Assyrian king Theias'

Answer: Adonis


Question: 'This "Virgin Suicides" director was the infant in the baptism scene in the original "Godfather"'

Answer: Sofia Coppola


Question: 'Also meaning "to hold back", it's a phrase or line that recurs at certain points in a poem'

Answer: Refrain


Question: 'An August 1999 government report told of the strain on schools from the "echo" of this'

Answer: The \"Baby Boom\"


Question: 'In 1780 George Washington set up a plan to kidnap this traitor from the British; it didn't work'

Answer: Benedict Arnold


Question: 'In 1921 this medical products company introduced the Band-Aid'

Answer: Johnson & Johnson


Question: 'He called his second album "The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle"'

Answer: Bruce Springsteen


Question: 'The male of this "equine" fish takes care of the eggs in an abdominal pouch until they hatch'

Answer: Seahorse


Question: 'This amendment permits the "right of assembly" for legal purposes'

Answer: 1st Amendment


Question: 'Situated on the delta of the Neva River, it's Russia's largest port'

Answer: Saint Petersburg


Question: 'General Richard Montgomery was killed December 31, 1775 leading a hopeless attack on this Canadian city'

Answer: Quebec


Question: 'In 1938 this electronics firm was founded in David Packard's Palo Alto, California garage'

Answer: Hewlett-Packard


Question: '"Life Is A Cabaret" for this star who was 19 when she won a Best Actress Tony for "Flora, The Red Menace"'

Answer: Liza Minnelli


Question: 'The Pacific types of this fish die after spawning; many of the Atlantic types do not'

Answer: Salmon


Question: 'When a country is under this type of law, military tribunals replace civil courts'

Answer: Martial Law


Question: 'This Scottish city known for its golf courses was once the country's ecclesiastical capital'

Answer: Saint Andrews


Question: 'Commander of a major American division at Yorktown, he returned to France 2 months later'

Answer: Marquis de Lafayette


Question: 'This yogurt company's name is derived from the name of Daniel Carasso, son of its founder'

Answer: Dannon


Question: 'Steveland is the real first name of this singer who went on a "Journey Through The Secret Life of Plants"'

Answer: Stevie Wonder


Question: 'This freshwater eellike, jawless fish attaches itself to other fish & sucks out blood'

Answer: the lamprey


Question: 'Jefferson granted one of these general pardons to those convicted under the Alien & Sedition Acts'

Answer: Amnesty


Question: 'In the 1840s this future state capital became headquarters of the American Fur Company'

Answer: Saint Paul


Question: 'In the 1760s painter Charles Willson Peale joined this patriot group, angering Loyalist creditors'

Answer: Sons of Liberty


Question: 'Brand names owned by this company include Paper Mate, Right Guard, Foamy & Trac II'

Answer: Gillette


Question: 'There's a museum devoted to this "Snowbird" singer in Springhill, Nova Scotia, her hometown'

Answer: Anne Murray


Question: 'The striped species of this commercial fish is also known as the skipjack'

Answer: Tuna


Question: 'After the Senate passes a treaty, the president does this to put it into effect'

Answer: Sign/Ratify the treaty


Question: 'Site of the Winter Olympics twice, this Swiss resort has a leaning tower dating back several hundred years'

Answer: Saint Moritz


Question: 'This Providence university is named for a son of a merchant famliy that made a profit in supplies & shipping'

Answer: Brown


Question: 'This retailer opened its first "Discount City" in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas'

Answer: Wal-Mart


Question: 'She's been "A Little Bit Country" since she had her first solo hit with "Paper Roses" at age 13'

Answer: Marie Osmond


Question: 'Pollock & haddock are members of this major food fish family'

Answer: Cod


Question: 'Adjective for the member of a given party with seniority on a Congressional committee'

Answer: Ranking


Question: 'In 1804 this city became the seat of government of the Louisiana Territory'

Answer: Saint Louis


Question: 'In 1982 he became the first Pope in modern history to visit Sicily'

Answer: Pope John Paul II


Question: 'Karl Goldmark's opera "The Queen Of Sheba" opens in the palace of this Biblical king'

Answer: Solomon


Question: 'On March 17 Maryville, Missouri holds "The World's Shortest" parade for this holiday'

Answer: St. Patrick\'s Day


Question: 'Polyvinyl Chloride, a leather substitute, is known by these initials'

Answer: PVC


Question: 'This "Magnum, P.I." star got his turn at bat in the 1992 movie "Mr. Baseball"'

Answer: Tom Selleck


Question: 'Of the 2 remaining members of his tribe, only Chingachgook survives this 1826 Cooper novel'

Answer: "The Last Of The Mohicans"


Question: 'Ahmose I, who reigned circa 1554-1525 B.C., founded this country's 18th dynasty'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula" is so named because Amina, its heroine, has this nocturnal habit'

Answer: Sleepwalking


Question: 'This Longfellow chief is the subject of an outdoor pageant each July & August in Pipestone, Minn.'

Answer: Hiawatha


Question: 'On "Late Night" David Letterman put on a suit of this material & stuck himself to a wall of it'

Answer: Velcro


Question: 'Geena Davis played Dottie Hinson, catcher for the Rockford Peaches, in this 1992 film'

Answer: "A League Of Their Own"


Question: 'A series of travel guides provides the title of this 1985 Anne Tyler novel'

Answer: "The Accidental Tourist"


Question: 'This queen of the Netherlands married Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1901'

Answer: Wilhelmina


Question: 'This Finnish composer's only opera, "The Maiden In The Tower", is rarely performed'

Answer: Jean Sibelius


Question: 'Around Halloween Moab in this state celebrates the mountain bike with a fat tire festival'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'This material, the dried stems of grain, is often used to make hats & buttons'

Answer: Straw


Question: 'Film in which Kevin Costner tells Susan Sarandon, "I believe in....kisses that last 3 days"'

Answer: "Bull Durham"


Question: 'In this Twain novel, a New Englander saves himself by predicting a solar eclipse'

Answer: "A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur\'s Court"


Question: 'In 1828 Brazil & Argentina recognized this neighboring country as an independent republic'

Answer: Uruguay


Question: 'A mezzo-soprano plays Violetta's friend Flora Bervoix in this Verdi opera'

Answer: "La Traviata"


Question: 'Jonesborough in this Volunteer State hosts the National Storytelling Festival each October'

Answer: Tennessee


Question: 'A plain knitted fabric, or a pullover shirt that may or may not be made from it'

Answer: Jersey


Question: 'In this 1994 movie celestial spirits turn Danny Glover's losing team into a winner'

Answer: "Angels In The Outfield"


Question: 'Key West smuggler Harry Morgan is the protagonist of his novel "To Have And Have Not"'

Answer: Ernest Hemingway


Question: 'This empress of Mexico was a first cousin of Queen Victoria'

Answer: Carlotta


Question: '"Les Troyens A Carthage" was the only part of his long opera "Les Troyens" performed during his lifetime'

Answer: Hector Berlioz


Question: 'The Ms. Foundation For Women encourages parents to do this on the 4th Thursday in April'

Answer: Take their daughters to work with them


Question: '13th century weavers in Norfolk "bested" rivals by making this fabric of combed & carded wool'

Answer: Worsted Wool


Question: 'Much of this Robert Redford film was shot at War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo, New York'

Answer: "The Natural"


Question: 'During WWII Gene & Finny become friends at prep school in this John Knowles novel'

Answer: "A Separate Peace"


Question: 'In the 1980s the U.S.-backed FNLA & UNITA battled the Cuban-backed MPLA for control of this country'

Answer: Angola


Question: 'It's the mount where Moses talks with God in Exodus 19'

Answer: Sinai


Question: 'The Brigittine monks of Amity, Oregon make this yummy treat in flavors like chocolate cherry nut royale'

Answer: fudge


Question: 'A lemony guy'

Answer: a yellow fellow


Question: 'He got the medal shortly before stepping down as Federal Reserve Chairman'

Answer: (Alan) Greenspan


Question: 'In 1929 the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats & Slovenes changed its name to this'

Answer: Yugoslavia


Question: 'At the 1936 Berlin games, he ran a 10.3 in the 100 meters, tying the Olympic record'

Answer: Jesse Owens


Question: 'Thou knowest this list of nay-nays shows up in Exodus 20'

Answer: the Ten Commandments


Question: 'These flapjacks have a fabric in their name, but don't worry--it's not an ingredient'

Answer: flannel cakes


Question: 'A coal-colored bag'

Answer: a black sack


Question: 'In 1994 Paul Rusesabagina sheltered hundreds of people in hotel rooms in this African country'

Answer: Rwanda


Question: 'Ethnic Albanians make up about 90% of this Serbian province & have campaigned for its independence'

Answer: Kosovo


Question: 'Truly an "R.H." factor: on a contract request, this MLB steals leader said, "All I'm asking for is what I want"'

Answer: Rickey Henderson


Question: 'This unusual food falls from heaven for 40 years starting in Exodus 16'

Answer: manna


Question: 'It should spring to mind that the name of this spiral-shaped pasta means "little springs"'

Answer: fusilli


Question: 'A verdant frijole'

Answer: a green bean


Question: 'She got the medal a week after singing her soul out at Rosa Parks' funeral'

Answer: Aretha Franklin


Question: 'It's the capital of Serbia'

Answer: Belgrade


Question: 'In 1975 this Ohio State back rushed for 1,450 yards but only 4 touchdowns on his way to winning his 2nd Heisman'

Answer: Archie Griffin


Question: '33:2 promises to drive the Amorite, Hittite, Perizzite, Hivite, Jebusite, & this -ite from the promised land'

Answer: the Canaanite


Question: 'This nut is named for a saint whose feast day falls when the nut ripens'

Answer: filbert


Question: 'A crimson government agent'

Answer: a red fed


Question: 'He began his radio career in 1933 at KVOO-AM in Tulsa & we all know "The Rest of the Story"'

Answer: Paul Harvey


Question: 'In 1830 Serbia gained full autonomy from this empire'

Answer: the Ottoman Empire


Question: 'He's the horse seen here in 1973 en route to a 31-length victory at Belmont'

Answer: Secretariat


Question: 'Using gold jewelry from the Israelites, he fashions the Golden Calf'

Answer: Aaron


Question: 'You may call it Florentine fennel; Geppetto would know it by this Italian name'

Answer: Finocchio


Question: 'A cobalt wildebeest'

Answer: a blue gnu


Question: 'He got the medal shortly after stepping down as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff'

Answer: General Richard Myers


Question: 'The Sava River is a tributary of this river that flows through Serbia'

Answer: the Danube


Question: 'This Supreme Court justice twice led the NFL in rushing'

Answer: (Byron "Whizzer") White


Question: 'It's the alliterative & often damaging practice of removing all the trees from an area, as seen here'

Answer: clear cutting


Question: 'Wherefore art thou Romeo?  In "Shakespeare in Love", Romeo art this actress'

Answer: Gwyneth Paltrow


Question: 'There are solar & lunar types of this astronomical phenomenon'

Answer: an Eclipse


Question: 'His London home & museum boasts the original "Golden Arm" sign mentioned in chapter 6 of "A Tale of Two Cities"'

Answer: Dickens


Question: 'From Old French for "game divided", its historical meanings include problem, trick, stratagem &, of course, danger'

Answer: jeopardy


Question: 'This Illinois man's 2 presidential runs in the 1950s garnered a total of 162 electoral votes'

Answer: (Adlai) Stevenson


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the World Forestry Center in Oregon.)  As it decays, a nurse log can be a site where the seed of a new tree does this, meaning "begins to sprout or grow"'

Answer: germinate


Question: '...who looked like a lady, when she played Victoria Grant & Count Victor Grezhinski in 1982'

Answer: Julie Andrews


Question: 'Elude or evade'

Answer: Dodge (Escape accepted)


Question: 'The city of Paris owns Hauteville House, this "Les Miserables" author's home on the Island of Guernsey'

Answer: (Victor) Hugo


Question: 'This Roman god was unusual in that he had 2 faces & no Greek counterpart'

Answer: Janus


Question: 'In 1858 Abe Lincoln lost a U.S. Senate race to this man but would bounce back against him 2 years later'

Answer: (Stephen) Douglas


Question: 'It's the topmost layer of a forest formed by the crowns of trees'

Answer: the canopy


Question: 'She won her first Oscar playing Brandon Teena in "Boys Don't Cry"'

Answer: Hilary Swank


Question: 'A person who makes barrels'

Answer: a Cooper


Question: 'Tourist cometh to Tao House, the California home where he wrote "The Iceman Cometh"'

Answer: Eugene O\'Neill


Question: 'After the death of Ian Curtis, the members of this band formed New Order'

Answer: Joy Division


Question: 'In 1976 he fell 117 delegate votes short of defeating President Ford for the Republican nomination'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the World Forestry Center in Oregon.)  The taiga, or northern forest, is dominated by this kind of tree, named for the type of reproductive structure it bares'

Answer: coniferous


Question: 'Tilda Swinton went on a gender-bender in 1992's "Orlando", based on this writer's 1928 novel'

Answer: Virginia Woolf


Question: 'Uranium or titanium, for example'

Answer: an Element


Question: 'You can follow in the footsteps of this novelist on Dublin walking tours led by his nephew, Ken Monaghan'

Answer: James Joyce


Question: 'William S. Burroughs' first novel'

Answer: Junky


Question: 'This former Minnesota gov. ran unsuccessfully 9 times for the GOP presidential nomination'

Answer: (Harold) Stassen


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the World Forestry Center in Oregon.)  The Douglas fir is found in Oregon's forest, referred to as this mature 2-word term, often defined as being aged 150 to 200 years'

Answer: old growth


Question: 'In the 2005 film "Transamerica", she's the he-almost-turned-she seen here'

Answer: Felicity Huffman


Question: 'In Arthurian legend, this island represented an earthly paradise'

Answer: Avalon


Question: 'Marbacka, the estate of Nobel Prize-winner Selma Lagerlof, is a tourist attraction in this country'

Answer: Sweden


Question: '"EX-GI BECOMES BLONDE BOMBSHELL", read the headlines in 1952 when she returned from Europe'

Answer: Christine Jorgensen


Question: '1 electoral vote shy of being president, he left $2.4 million of his estate to help found the N.Y. Public Library'

Answer: Samuel Tilden


Question: 'A popular nickname of this state comes from a plant, Poa pratensis, that covers the state'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'This city was founded near rapids on the Ohio River & named for Louis XVI of France'

Answer: Louisville (Kentucky)


Question: '"The Other Log of Phileas Fogg" was a 1973 sci-fi retelling of this novel written a century earlier'

Answer: Around the World in 80 Days


Question: 'Say hey! This Giants centerfielder appeared in a record-tying 24 All-Star games'

Answer: Willie Mays


Question: 'In the 1930s Balenciaga moved to Paris after civil war broke out in this, his native country'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'The scientific name of this vegatable is rheum rhabarbarum'

Answer: rhubarb


Question: 'Turkish word for a popular food made of milk curdled by bacteria'

Answer: yogurt


Question: 'In 1989 voters in this town where Wild Bill Hickok died legalized gambling'

Answer: Deadwood (South Dakota)


Question: 'Walter Tevis' first sci-fi novel was "The Man Who Fell To" this planet'

Answer: Earth


Question: 'This former Yankee home run hitter served as the Dodgers first base coach in 1938'

Answer: Babe Ruth


Question: 'He launched Safari, his new fragrance, in 1990; we don't know if he celebrated with a game of polo'

Answer: Ralph Lauren


Question: 'Kelp, the largest seaweed known, is a brown form of this primitive plant'

Answer: algae


Question: 'Abstinence from food, drink, sex & work is a part of the observance of this Jewish holiday'

Answer: Yom Kippur


Question: 'This city some 30 miles west of Dallas began as an army post on the Trinity River'

Answer: Fort Worth


Question: 'The novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" inspired this Harrison Ford film'

Answer: Blade Runner


Question: 'In 1990 this Royals third baseman became the 1st to win batting titles in 3 different decades'

Answer: George Brett


Question: 'This couturier featured long, full skirts in his "New Look" of 1947'

Answer: (Christian) Dior


Question: 'Shortly after formulating the principles of heredity, he became abbot of Brunn Monastery'

Answer: Mendel


Question: 'A sycophant is this type of "man"'

Answer: yes man


Question: 'A cog railroad, the first built in the U.S., runs up this New Hampshire mountain'

Answer: Mount Washington


Question: '"Ballroom of the Skies" is a sci-fi novel by this creator of Travis McGee'

Answer: (John) MacDonald


Question: '"Number 1" was the autobiography of this 5-time Yankee manager'

Answer: Billy Martin


Question: 'This Italian often marks his clothes with his signature V; how "sheik"'

Answer: Valentino


Question: 'This fungal tree infection, ceratocystis ulmi was 1st indentified in the Netherlands around 1919'

Answer: Dutch elm disease


Question: 'In 1862 he introduced the dial combination lock'

Answer: Yale


Question: 'This state borders two Canadian provinces: Manitoba & Saskatchewan'

Answer: North Dakota


Question: 'The sci-fi thriller, "Altered States" was this "Network" screenwriter's first novel'

Answer: Paddy Chayefsky


Question: 'The 2 teams that won their divisions in 1991 after finishing last in 1990'

Answer: Braves and Twins


Question: 'She founded the Betsey, Bunky & Nini Boutique with her partners in 1969; she got first billing'

Answer: Betsey Lee Johnson


Question: 'This fragrant flower is named for the youth Apollo accidentally killed with his discus'

Answer: Hyacinth


Question: 'The last name of the 4 brothers who rode with the Jesse James gang between 1866-1874'

Answer: Younger


Question: 'This British prime minister was called "The Grocer's Daughter"'

Answer: Margaret Thatcher


Question: 'His only Nobel Prize was for the discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect, not relativity'

Answer: Einstein


Question: 'Of "The Bride", "The Groom" or "The Best Man", the one that's a play by Gore Vidal'

Answer: The Best Man


Question: 'Established in 1944, it's a nonprofit fund-raising association of 41 educational institutions'

Answer: United Negro College Fund


Question: 'In his "Advice to a Young Tradesman", he said, "Remember that time is money"'

Answer: Franklin


Question: 'This opera set in Nagasaki was first performed in Italian in Milan in 1904'

Answer: Madama Butterfly


Question: 'This Egyptian president was called "Nasser's Poodle" before succeeding him'

Answer: Sadat


Question: 'Our main source of knowledge of Greek astronomy is his "Almagest", completed in the 2nd century'

Answer: Ptolemy


Question: 'Pirandello play in which the father says, "We are here in search of an author"'

Answer: Six Charachters In Search of an Author


Question: 'He was killed in 1965, months after founding the Organization of Afro-American Unity'

Answer: Malcolm X


Question: 'Addressing the parliament, Louis XIV reportedly said, "L'Etat c'est moi", which means this'

Answer: I am the state


Question: 'Common translation of the Wagner title "Der Fliegende Hollander"'

Answer: The Flying Dutchman


Question: 'As a ferry operator, this future railroad magnate was dubbed "The Commodore"'

Answer: (Cornelius) Vanderbilt


Question: 'The son of anthropologists Louis & Mary, he found an almost complete homo erectus skeleton in 1984'

Answer: Richard Leakey


Question: 'The ancient Roman playwright Terence based all his comedies on plays from this country'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'The bus boycott Martin L. King, Jr. began over the treatment of Rosa Parks lasted over a year in this city'

Answer: Montgomery (Alabama)


Question: 'Speaking before the Continental Congress, Patrick Henry said, "I am not a Virginian, but" this'

Answer: American


Question: 'In "La Boheme" Rodolfo lights her fire; they meet when she asks him to light her candle'

Answer: Mimi


Question: 'General Joe Stillwell disdainfully called this generalissimo "Peanut"'

Answer: Chiang Kai-Shek


Question: 'A visit to the Keeling Islands led to his 1842 work "The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs"'

Answer: Darwin


Question: 'Late southern playwright who co-wrote "You Touched Me!", a comedy based on a story by D.H. Lawrence'

Answer: Tennessee Williams


Question: 'He's the first elected black governor in the U.S.'

Answer: (Douglas) Wilder


Question: 'In "The Rights of Man" he wrote, "My country is the world and my religion is to do good"'

Answer: Thomas Paine


Question: 'He wrote the libretto for Dessau's "The Trial of Lucullus" & Weill's "The Threepenny Opera"'

Answer: Bertolt Brecht


Question: 'This second lord protector of England was called "Queen Dick" for his timidity'

Answer: Richard Cromwell


Question: 'In 1848 this astronomer became the 1st woman member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences'

Answer: Maria Mitchell


Question: 'Spanish playwright who set his 1936 play in "The House of Bernarda Alba"'

Answer: (Federico Garcia) Lorca


Question: 'A 1950 Ebony cover called this U.N. statesman "America's Most-Honored Negro"'

Answer: Ralph Bunche


Question: 'At the Battle of Copenhagen he said, "I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes"'

Answer: (Horatio) Nelson


Question: '"The Mother Of Us All", by Virgil Thomson & Gertrude Stein, is about this American feminist'

Answer: Susan B. Anthony


Question: 'This American actress won a 1960 Tony & a 1962 Oscar for playing the same teacher'

Answer: Anne Bancroft


Question: 'Ruins of this run from Bo Hai, a gulf of the Yellow Sea, to the Gansu province in the west'

Answer: The Great Wall of China


Question: 'Merv Griffin presented the Beverly Hilton's 10 millionth guest with a Cartier pen to sign this'

Answer: Register


Question: 'Dickens:<br />"Historia de Dos Ciudades"'

Answer: "A Tale of Two Cities"


Question: 'In 2000 he ditched that weird symbol, so now he's the Artist Formerly Known as the Artist Formerly Known as this'

Answer: Prince


Question: 'Blend mayonnaise, vinegar & sugar, then add shredded green & red cabbage to make this'

Answer: Cole slaw


Question: 'Able or likely to catch fire & burn'

Answer: Combustible


Question: 'This former crown colony is partly on the southeast coast of China & partly on over 200 islands'

Answer: Hong Kong


Question: 'It's what "DND" stands for, as when Semisonic sings, "DND, now they'll leave us alone..."'

Answer: Do Not Disturb


Question: 'Wells:<br />"La Maquina del Tiempo"'

Answer: "The Time Machine"


Question: 'Marshall Mathers is the real name of the rapper who performs using this 1-word nickname'

Answer: Eminem


Question: 'To make this, combine butter, brown sugar & corn syrup & pour over popcorn'

Answer: Caramel corn


Question: 'In 1927 he deadpanned his way through the silent classic "The General"'

Answer: Buster Keaton


Question: 'The Hainan province has this type of climate, hence the coconut trees & pineapple plants'

Answer: Tropical


Question: 'The Alabama Board of Health says hotel room glasses must be washed, rinsed & this, "For Your Protection"'

Answer: Sanitized


Question: 'Hugo:<br />"El Jorobado de Nuestra Senora de Paris"'

Answer: "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"


Question: 'These "boys" go by the names King Ad-Rock, Mike D & MCA'

Answer: The Beastie Boys


Question: 'The main difference  between recipes for white cake & yellow cake is the addition of these'

Answer: Egg yolks


Question: 'It was a pad used in a pre-20th century skirt to fill out the back'

Answer: Bustle


Question: 'The 3 Gorges Dam, over 1 mile long, is being built to control the flooding of this river'

Answer: Yangtze


Question: 'A mint placed here is a traditional sign you're in a high-class establishment'

Answer: On your pillow


Question: 'Alcott:<br />"Hombrecitos"'

Answer: "Little Men"


Question: 'Dick Clark's wife noticed that Ernest Evans looked like a teenage Fats Domino, hence this stage name'

Answer: Chubby Checker


Question: 'This popular pigeon that may be broiled, grilled or roasted is farm-raised & hasn't yet learned how to fly'

Answer: Squab


Question: 'Strong, healthy & hardy in constitution'

Answer: Robust


Question: 'Only 5% of this desert's 500,000 square miles is covered with sand dunes'

Answer: Gobi Desert


Question: 'Type of hotel accommodation in the name of the chain symbolized here:<br />[Embassy]'

Answer: Suites


Question: 'Verne:<br />"Viaje al Centro de la Tierra"'

Answer: "Journey to the Center of the Earth"


Question: 'Riley is the first name of this guitarist whose stage initials stand for "Blues Boy"'

Answer: B.B. King


Question: 'There are 3 types of pork ribs you can barbecue:  spareribs, country-style ribs & these, which include riblets'

Answer: Baby back ribs


Question: 'An attempt to stop legislation from being passed by making long speeches'

Answer: Fillibuster


Question: 'The Royal Ballet's Kenneth MacMillan choreographed a 1966 film starring Nureyev & Fonteyn as these lovers from Shakespeare'

Answer: Romeo & Juliet


Question: '1989:<br />"If you build it, he will come"'

Answer: Field of Dreams


Question: 'Sunflower'

Answer: Kansas


Question: 'You could also call this "great" king Charles I'

Answer: Charlemagne


Question: 'Laura Lee Hope wrote a series of books about two different sets of these fictional twins'

Answer: The Bobbsey Twins


Question: 'A mirror that shows the whole body'

Answer: Full length mirror


Question: 'Choreographer Rudolf von Laban developed a widely used system of this, seen here'

Answer: Dance notation


Question: '2000:<br />"Blast this Christmas music!  It's joyful and triumphant"'

Answer: The Grinch Who Stole Christmas


Question: 'Orange blossom'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'The 18th of his name, he became king after the defeat of Napoleon'

Answer: Louis


Question: 'When the Washington Senators Major League Baseball team relocated in 1961, they became this team'

Answer: Minnesota Twins


Question: 'It's the complete illumination of Earth's natural satellite'

Answer: Full moon


Question: 'Nijinsky, Massine & Wigman all jumped at the chance to choreograph this 1913 Stravinsky work'

Answer: "The Rite of Spring"


Question: '1969:<br />"Kid, the next time I say let's go someplace like Bolivia, let's go someplace like Bolivia"'

Answer: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid


Question: 'Magnolia'

Answer: Mississippi/Louisiana


Question: 'Called "The Fair", this son of Philip III forced the selection of his own pope & also suppressed the Templars'

Answer: Philip IV


Question: 'In Greek mythology, Helen of Troy was the sister of these twins'

Answer: Castor & Pollux


Question: 'An offensive football player who lines up behind the quarterback'

Answer: Fullback


Question: 'The "Contraction & Release" method was associated with this great female choreographer who died in 1991'

Answer: Martha Graham


Question: '1950:<br />"Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night"'

Answer: All About Eve


Question: 'Golden poppy'

Answer: California


Question: 'At his death in 1715, he'd served 72 years as French king, longer than any monarch in European history'

Answer: Louis XIV


Question: 'First names of the famous Siamese twins of the 19th century'

Answer: Chang & Eng (Bunker)


Question: 'The achievement of something desired'

Answer: Fulfillment


Question: 'This Danish-born male dancer was groomed as Balanchine's heir at the New York City Ballet'

Answer: Peter Martins


Question: '1998:<br />"We're supposed to be in color!"'

Answer: Pleasantville


Question: 'Bluebonnet'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'He married Catherine de Medicis in 1533 at age 13 & became king of France in 1547 at age 27'

Answer: Henry II


Question: 'The story of these gangster twin brothers seen here was made into a movie in England in 1990'

Answer: The Kray Brothers


Question: 'Arkansas senator from 1945 to 1974, he sponsored a program of international educational exchanges'

Answer: J. William Fulbright


Question: 'Members of this family received a 1952 Pulitzer Prize, a 1954 Nobel & a 1979 Oscar nomination'

Answer: Hemingway (Ernest & his daughter Mariel)


Question: 'It's the clothing color favored by Goths, & by Prince Hamlet'

Answer: Black


Question:
'Cod,
Horn,
of Good Hope'

Answer: Capes


Question: 'In this sport goaltending a free throw can incur a technical foul'

Answer: Basketball


Question: 'In 1999 this lemon-lime soda asked, "Are You an Un?"'

Answer: 7 Up


Question: 'On "3rd Rock from the Sun", he plays Tommy, a mature alien posing as a human teenager'

Answer: Joseph Gordon-Levitt


Question: 'A simulated 3-D environment that a user can experience & manipulate as if it were physical'

Answer: Virtual reality


Question: 'This ancient symbol worn by some Goths has also been called "the key of the Nile"'

Answer: Ankh


Question:
'Wake,
Ellesmere,
Corsica'

Answer: Islands


Question: 'It's 60'6" from the pitcher's rubber to the rear of this'

Answer: Home plate


Question: 'This sports drink's name reflects its origin on the campus of the University of Florida'

Answer: Gatorade


Question: 'Stacey Dash reprised her role of Dionne, Cher's best friend, on this TV comedy based on a movie'

Answer: Clueless


Question: 'Land, including all the natural resources & permanent buildings on it'

Answer: Real estate


Question: 'The novels of this vampire chronicler born in 1941 have inspired Goth style'

Answer: Anne Rice


Question:
'Namib,
Karakum,
Mojave'

Answer: Deserts


Question: 'In the beach version of this game, teams may range from 2 to 6 players & spiking is okay'

Answer: Volleyball


Question: 'In commercials, kids reach past purple stuff to get at this orange-colored drink'

Answer: Sunny Delight


Question: 'Oz on TV's "Buffy", he's played the spawn of Evil in 2 Austin Powers movies'

Answer: Seth Green


Question: 'It finishes the 1942 advertising slogan: "The Only Thing Like Coca-Cola is Coca-Cola Itself.  It's..."'

Answer: the Real Thing


Question: 'Seen here, the Gothic hero of this comic book series has a sister named Death'

Answer: Sandman


Question:
'Squaw,
Death,
Great Rift'

Answer: Valleys


Question: 'After a foul on your 1st shot in bowling, if you knock down all 10 pins on your 2nd shot, it's scored as one of these'

Answer: Spare


Question: 'This cold bottled beverage from Starbucks comes in 3 flavors: coffee, vanilla & mocha'

Answer: Frappucino


Question: 'Hoop star Mary Camden on "7th Heaven", she plays soccer in real life'

Answer: Jessica Biel


Question: 'A process viewed while it actually happens is viewed in this mode'

Answer: Real time


Question: 'A milestone in Goth culture was the 1979 single "Bela Lugosi's Dead" by this Peter Murphy band'

Answer: Bauhaus


Question:
'Yucatan,
Sinai,
Kamchatka'

Answer: Peninsulas


Question: 'In this track & field event, a 45-meter-long runway can front a 9-meter-long moistened sandpit'

Answer: Long jump


Question: 'A New York company makes a line of flavored tea that shares its name with this Western state'

Answer: Arizona


Question: 'The 2 title teens that Melissa Joan Hart has played on '90s TV series'

Answer: Clarissa & Sabrina


Question: 'In mathematics, a quantity that can be expressed as a finite or infinite decimal expression'

Answer: Real number


Question: 'Among cradles of civilization, Gothic ruler Alaric sacked Rome but spared this Greek capital'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'Device your parents commonly used that has a "tone arm"'

Answer: Record player


Question: 'This novel begins, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."'

Answer: "A Tale of Two Cities"


Question: 'This institution's vast collection includes the Spirit of St. Louis & Archie Bunker's chair'

Answer: Smithsonian


Question: 'The opera "Monna Vanna" (which isn't about Vanna White) takes place in this "Leaning Tower" city'

Answer: Pisa


Question: 'In your Jag you may want to install your 50 CD changer in the boot, this part'

Answer: Trunk


Question: 'Like Americans, the Goths considered this creature on the 6th century brooch seen here a symbol of power'

Answer: Eagle


Question: 'Because they're less valuable than rubies & diamonds, turquoise & topaz are known as this type of stone'

Answer: Semi-precious


Question: 'Imprisoned on a false charge, Edmond Dantes escapes & exacts revenge in this novel by Alexandre Dumas'

Answer: "The Count of Monte Cristo"


Question: 'The National Civil Rights Museum is located on the Memphis site where he was assassinated in 1968'

Answer: Martin Luther King Jr.


Question: 'An arietta is a short, simple one of these operatic songs'

Answer: Aria


Question: 'In Stockholm you may have quite a Saab story to tell if you don't hit the broms, these, fast enough'

Answer: Brakes


Question: 'These western Goths (as opposed to the eastern Ostrogoths) ruled Spain until 711'

Answer: Visigoths


Question: 'In the electromagnetic spectrum, these rays fall between x-rays & visible light'

Answer: Ultraviolet rays


Question: 'Nick Carraway & Tom Buchanan are characters in this classic by F. Scott Fitzgerald'

Answer: "The Great Gatsby"


Question: 'This Austrian psychologist's Vienna home contains his walking stick & other mementos'

Answer: Sigmund Freud


Question: 'Figaro is the famous "Barber of" this Spanish city'

Answer: Seville


Question: 'Fiat owner Rob never pulls out his own stecca dell'olio, this; he lets his mechanic Guido do it'

Answer: Dipstick


Question: 'In 376, harassed by the Huns, the Goths crossed this second-longest European river'

Answer: Danube


Question: 'Common term for the shaft on which a pair of wheels revolves'

Answer: Axle


Question: 'An American ambulance driver falls in love with a British nurse during WWI in this Hemingway novel'

Answer: "A Farewell to Arms"


Question: 'Its 71-foot glass pyramid designed by I.M. Pei was commissioned by Francois Mitterrand'

Answer: the Louvre


Question: 'This woman of Troy shows up in several operas, including "Mefistofele"'

Answer: Helen


Question: 'In a Citroen this liquid is l'antigel'

Answer: Antifreeze


Question: 'As Roman emperor, Theodoric shed his furs & wore this traditional imperial color'

Answer: Purple


Question: 'It's the third-largest planet in our solar system'

Answer: Uranus


Question: 'In this Bibilically named Morrison novel, Macon Dead is called Milkman because he was nursed into childhood'

Answer: "Song of Solomon"


Question: 'Last name of paleontologist Richard, who was director of the National Museums of Kenya from 1968 to 1989'

Answer: Leakey


Question: '"Feuersnot" is set in this German city that the Germans call Munchen'

Answer: Munich