Question: 'A 1955 film made this standard, heard here, a classic'

Answer: "Moonglow" (from Picnic)


Question: 'Add this letter to "utter" to get a word meaning "to utter in low, unclear tones"'

Answer: m (for "mutter")


Question: 'Dallas' Longhorn Ballroom, site of an infamous Sex Pistols concert, was once run by this man who shot Lee Harvey Oswald'

Answer: Jack Ruby


Question: 'Argentina has 2 major political parties: the radical Civic Union & the Justicialist Party, also called this'

Answer: Peronist Party (party of Juan Peron)


Question: 'This stone is so named because it was first made in the city of Strasbourg, on the Rhine River'

Answer: rhinestone


Question: 'A stroke may leave you unable to speak if it damages the brain "area" named for this French surgeon'

Answer: (Paul) Broca


Question: 'This 1993 song by R.E.M. was a tribute to Andy Kaufman'

Answer: "Man on the Moon"


Question: 'It means "to speak pompously & dogmatically" or, a little better, "to speak like a pope"'

Answer: pontificate


Question: 'Originally, a knight was knighted with a blow of the hand; mercifully, that was replaced by a tap with this'

Answer: sword


Question: 'One name for this sport derives from the Latin "pugnare", to fight with fists'

Answer: boxing


Question: 'Henry Fleming appears in this author's short story "Lynx-Hunting" as well as in "The Red Badge of Courage"'

Answer: Stephen Crane


Question: 'In 1963 JFK donated his Pulitzer Prize money from this book to the United Negro College Fund'

Answer: "Profiles in Courage"


Question: 'Since 1867 all the P.M.s, except for 2 Unionists, have been from 1 of these 2 parties'

Answer: Conservative or Liberal


Question: 'It's a big bird house'

Answer: aviary


Question: 'When a future knight was about 7, he began serving as one of these (with the appropriate hairstyle)'

Answer: page


Question: 'This 2-word term meaning "large prize" in French refers to a Formula 1 championship auto race'

Answer: grand prix


Question: 'His classic short stories include "The Undefeated" & "The Killers"'

Answer: Ernest Hemingway


Question: 'Collectively, the 11 members of this organization supply about 40% of the world's oil output'

Answer: OPEC


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew)  Hmmm, that picture [of Alex on the wall] is offending my aesthetic sensibilities; it's slightly this, but I'll fix it'

Answer: askew/awry


Question: 'Attention, Theodore Cleaver: "Leave it to" this piece of armor that protected a knight's mouth & chin'

Answer: beaver


Question: 'Now officially made by Inglasco for the pros, these were originally made from frozen cow dung in Canada'

Answer: hockey pucks


Question: 'Dorothy Parker wrote a story about Hazel Morse, the title "Big" one of these'

Answer: Blonde


Question: 'Since 1920 the organization known by these 4 letters has helped defend the rights & freedoms of our people'

Answer: ACLU


Question: 'Figure out how much gold's in your ore'

Answer: assay


Question: 'Knights know that jousting is the official state sport of this U.S. state founded by an English lord'

Answer: Maryland


Question: 'Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is credited with perfecting this shot AKA a high hook shot'

Answer: sky hook


Question: '"A Good Man is Hard to Find" is a collection of short stories by this "Wise Blood" author'

Answer: Flannery O\'Connor


Question: 'This actress' daughter, Princess Yasmin Aga Khan, is president of Alzheimer's Disease International'

Answer: Rita Hayworth (she suffered from Alzheimer\'s before her death)


Question: 'Well, this is a big letdown'

Answer: anticlimax


Question: 'Knights are moved to tears at the mere thought of this Gilbert & Sullivan operetta set at the Tower of London'

Answer: The Yeomen of the Guard


Question: 'Similar to 10-pin bowling is this "avian" variety using shorter & squatter pins'

Answer: duckpin bowling


Question: 'His first book, "Cabbages and Kings", is a series of loosely-linked short stories about adventures in Central America'

Answer: O. Henry


Question: 'If you're really smart, you might know that this organization's name means "table" in Latin'

Answer: Mensa


Question: 'The first Canadian to win the Nobel Peace Prize (he did it in 1957), he retired as P.M. in 1968'

Answer: Lester Pearson


Question: 'A symbolic narrative; Piers Plowman starred in a famous one'

Answer: allegory


Question: 'It takes approximately 24,840 MPH to achieve this'

Answer: escaping the Earth\'s gravity (and go off into outer space, on your way to the moon, for instance)


Question: 'Named for an emperor, this capital of the Byzantine Empire was looted by Crusaders in April 1204'

Answer: Constantinople


Question: 'This "Big Bad" swing band performed for sports fans at the 1999 Super Bowl'

Answer: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy


Question: 'This city is home to St. Basil's Cathedral & Red Square'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'Honey bee society is divided by humans into 3 classes: queens, workers & these studly bees'

Answer: Drones


Question: 'One of the world's wealthiest women, her great income is from the Privy Purse, the Civil List & her personal holdings'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth II


Question: 'Roger Maris hit his 61st home run in 1961 in this stadium'

Answer: Yankee Stadium


Question: 'This Mongol died in 1227 after a fall from his horse'

Answer: Genghis Khan


Question: 'Kids in khakis Lindy Hop to Louis Prima on TV ads for this clothing chain'

Answer: The Gap


Question: 'Novosibirsk & Omsk are the 2 main cities in this large, cold Russian region'

Answer: Siberia


Question: 'Most of this crucial agricultural process is done by bees'

Answer: Pollination


Question: 'The Wonowidjojos & former president Suharto are among this country's wealthiest citizens'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'After this, the world's first national park, was created in 1872, hunting was still legal there'

Answer: Yellowstone


Question: 'In 1282 friars in Palermo on this island were killed if they couldn't say "Ciciri" correctly in the local dialect'

Answer: Sicily


Question: 'This guitar slinger got the idea for his "orchestra" at a neighbor's jam session'

Answer: Brian Setzer


Question: 'In 1712 the capital of Russia was moved to this city later named Leningrad'

Answer: St. Petersburg


Question: 'Of the Genus Bombus, it's the bee variety seen here'

Answer: Bumblebee


Question: 'Considered the world's wealthiest man when he died in 1976, this oil man's family is now buying Irish passports'

Answer: Jean Paul Getty


Question: 'First name used by the leader seen here back in 1969<br />(Arafat)'

Answer: Yasser


Question: 'Celestine V abdicated from this post after just V months in 1294'

Answer: Pope


Question: 'These North Carolina swingers take their name from a peanut-flavored candy'

Answer: Squirrel Nut Zippers


Question: 'The ancestral mother city of the Russian people is this capital of neighboring Ukraine'

Answer: Kiev


Question: 'Of 2, 5 or 10, the number of eyes on a bee'

Answer: 5


Question: 'This flat pack furniture store chain has made Swede Ingvar Kamprad a very wealthy man'

Answer: IKEA


Question: 'This 3-letter "Y" word begins the title of over 125 Billboard Top 40 hits'

Answer: You


Question: 'Turan Shah, this African country's sultan, demanded 1 million bezants & the city of Damietta to ransom Louis IX'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'This "Contender" band has fought with a cola company to keep its name'

Answer: Royal Crown Revue


Question: 'Grozny is the capital city of this region that has waged a struggle for independence since the mid-1990s'

Answer: Chechnya


Question: 'From the Latin for "farmer", it's the term for a community of hives, which can reach up to 60,000 individuals in size'

Answer: Colonies


Question: 'Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal is the biggest individual shareholder in Apple Computer & this amusement park near Paris'

Answer: Euro Disney


Question: 'These monocots are cultivated for their edible tubers'

Answer: Yams


Question: 'Mr. Bellow calls this "Pip" of a Dickens novel "The story of a mild young man on the make"'

Answer: "Great Expectations"


Question: 'Julia Salinger'

Answer: Neve Campbell (on "Party of Five")


Question: '"Moi" is a perfume inspired by this Muppet star'

Answer: Miss Piggy


Question: 'Depicted here in bas-relief, she was actually the seventh queen to bear this name'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'A tine usually refers to an individual prong found on this dining utensil'

Answer: Fork


Question: '"An unimaginative sea captain sees his ship through a deadly storm" in this Joseph Conrad work with a stormy title'

Answer: "Typhoon"


Question: 'Phoebe Buffay'

Answer: Lisa Kudrow (on "Friends")


Question: 'It's a 2-word term for a government project or appropriation that yields rich patronage benefits'

Answer: Pork barrel


Question: 'Meaning "superior ones", it's the Tibetan Buddhist term for monks, like the ones seen here'

Answer: Lamas


Question: 'This term for the disconnect button on a telephone shares its name with a plumber's tool'

Answer: Plunger


Question: '"A dead-broke Russian student sews a loop in his coat from which he hands an axe" early in this 1866 work'

Answer: "Crime and Punishment"


Question: 'Dr. Mark Greene'

Answer: Anthony Edwards (on "ER")


Question: 'Massachusetts-born merchant William Marsh, who made a fortune in Houston'

Answer: Rice


Question: 'The futility of final stages of the Korean War was symbolized by the 1953 battle for this hill, also known as Hill 234'

Answer: Pork Chop Hill


Question: 'The giant variety of this aquatic mammal is seen here'

Answer: Otter


Question: 'Anatomically, a lunula is the half-moon-shaped white area on the base of this'

Answer: Fingernail


Question: 'Bellow's favorite of his own novels, "Henderson the Rain King", tells of an American's adventures on this continent'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'Detective Danny Sorenson'

Answer: Ricky Schroder (on "NYPD Blue")


Question: 'Universalist Charles, who wanted to put "a light on the hill" in Medford, Massachusetts'

Answer: Tufts


Question: 'This Steelers linebacker was inducted into football's hall of fame in 1988'

Answer: Jack Ham


Question: 'These whales can reach 60 feet & have the largest brain that's ever existed in the history of life on Earth'

Answer: Sperm whales


Question: 'A flan can be a dessert or a flat one of these that has not yet been stamped'

Answer: Coin


Question: '"A man tells the truth about himself, to himself" in Tolstoy's "The Death of" this man'

Answer: Ivan Ilyich


Question: 'Assistant District Attorney Helen Gamble'

Answer: Lara Flynn Boyle (on "The Practice")


Question: 'Omaha brothers & entrepreneurs Edward & John & their wives, sisters Mary Lucretia & Sarah Emily'

Answer: Creighton


Question: '1620's "Novum Organum" is considered the greatest work by this British philosopher'

Answer: Sir Francis Bacon


Question: 'The Troll, seen here, is one of the world's largest examples of this kind of structure'

Answer: Oil rig


Question: 'Serifs are the tiny cross strokes at the tops & bottoms of these'

Answer: Letters


Question: 'The first of a series of 50 new U.S. quarters, released in January 1999, honored this state'

Answer: Delaware


Question: 'Some stories say that this member of Robin Hood's merry men was 7 feet tall'

Answer: Little John


Question: 'No doubt you know that this No Doubt singer has sons named Kingston & Zuma'

Answer: Gwen Stefani


Question: 'Overlooking the Old City, King David Hotel is at 23 King David St. in this city'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'His "Song" says, "the vines with the tender grape give a good smell"'

Answer: Solomon


Question: 'This potato chip brand sounds like it's got some carpet work to do'

Answer: Lays


Question: 'It's the letter you add to "no" to write "no" en francais'

Answer: N


Question: 'This sheriff & main enemy of Robin Hood is also the chief law enforcement officer of Derbyshire'

Answer: the Sheriff of Nottingham


Question: 'This Aussie actress had a daughter on July 7, 2008--a Monday--but named her Sunday Rose'

Answer: Nicole Kidman


Question: 'This Asian country originated capsule hotels like the one seen here'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'In John 9, Jesus restores this sense to a man who had been missing it since birth'

Answer: sight


Question: 'Brand of diapers that means "treats with too much indulgence"'

Answer: Pampers


Question: '8 isn't enough to say this 4-letter German word for "no"'

Answer: nein


Question: '16th century plays by Anthony Munday call this woman Matilda Fitzwater'

Answer: Maid Marian


Question: 'Her "Alias" is mom to Violet & Seraphina Affleck'

Answer: Jennifer Garner


Question: 'This French word for "castle" precedes "Marmont" in the name of an upscale West Hollywood Hotel'

Answer: château


Question: 'In Genesis he tells God, "I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked"'

Answer: Adam


Question: 'This 6-letter telecom company sounds fleet of foot'

Answer: Sprint


Question: 'A law or decree that forbids, like what the 18th Amendment established'

Answer: prohibition


Question: 'In "Ivanhoe" this devout man is known as the Clerk of Copmanhurst & lives at a Hermitage'

Answer: Friar Tuck


Question: 'In 2009 this rocker & rock widow lost custody of her daughter Frances Bean Cobain'

Answer: Courtney Love


Question: 'One of this Central American country's 5-star hotels is the Barcelo San Jose Palacio'

Answer: Costa Rica


Question: 'Exodus 16:31 says the taste of this bread that rained down on the Israelites "was like wafers made with honey"'

Answer: manna


Question: 'We wish this stain remover would keep it down'

Answer: Shout


Question: 'This prefix meaning "against" can be found before freeze, climax & depressant'

Answer: anti-


Question: 'This red-clad dandy was said to be Robin Hood's nephew'

Answer: Will Scarlet


Question: 'Blythe Danner is mom to this actress, a mother of 2 herself'

Answer: Gwyneth Paltrow


Question: 'An Asia-based hotel chain is named for this idyllic land from "Lost Horizon"'

Answer: Shangri-La


Question: 'In Genesis 3, God warns Eve away from some fruit, saying, "Ye shall not eat of it" nor do this to it'

Answer: touch it


Question: 'This car rental company sounds like it uses torture equipment'

Answer: Hertz


Question: 'In January this then little-known governor won the Iowa Democratic Caucus'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'A.O. Scott says he's not entirely joking calling this 2010 John Cusack comedy a "poignant story of 3 men, adrift in their 40s"'

Answer: Hot Tub Time Machine


Question: 'In a standard type of draw poker, you need a pair of these face cards also called knaves to open the betting'

Answer: jacks


Question: 'The word rubber comes from the discovery that the stuff could be used to rub out marks made with this'

Answer: pencil


Question: 'Van Cliburn'

Answer: piano


Question: 'This water is directly from the faucet, distinct from bottled water or sparkling water'

Answer: tap water


Question: 'In February the Winter Olympics opened in this Austrian mountain town'

Answer: Innsbruck


Question: 'The Times liked the "smoky, greasy, steam-punk rendering of Victorian London" in this 2009 Robert Downey Jr. caper'

Answer: Sherlock Holmes


Question: '"I went fishing just for the halibut" is one of these, which have been termed "the lowest form of wit"'

Answer: a pun


Question: 'As it's caused by a lack of niacin, pellagra is termed this type of deficiency disease'

Answer: vitamin deficiency


Question: 'Dizzy Gillespie'

Answer: trumpet


Question: 'The name of this resin is used to describe records, to differentiate them from CDs'

Answer: vinyl


Question: 'On Sept. 9 China's news agency announced the death of this "esteemed and beloved great leader"'

Answer: Mao Tse-tung


Question: 'The Times said that this director tackled "Alice In Wonderland" with "his customary mix of torpor and frenzy"'

Answer: Tim Burton


Question: 'An 1895 textbook calls this one-celled creature the lowest form of animal life'

Answer: an amoeba


Question: 'In parts of the Caribbean, these are on a diurnal cycle: one high, one low a day, that's it'

Answer: tides


Question: 'Itzhak Perlman'

Answer: violin


Question: 'These 2 building materials are used to describe actual stores, as opposed to online retailers'

Answer: bricks & mortar


Question: 'In March baseball's American League voted to award its first Canadian franchise to this city'

Answer: Toronto


Question: '"Looking every inch a heavy-metal god, with a tangle of beard and power shoulder pads", Liam Neeson is Zeus in this 2010 flick'

Answer: Clash of the Titans


Question: 'Heard here, it's the lowest instrument of an orchestra's brass section'

Answer: a tuba


Question: 'It's a substance that conducts current; sodium & potassium are 2 of the ones Gatorade restores to your body'

Answer: an electrolyte


Question: 'Charlie Parker'

Answer: saxophone


Question: 'No C-section?  Little or no drugs?  Then the childbirth was this, aptly from the Latin for "birth"'

Answer: natural


Question: 'On July 2 North & South this reunited to form a republic'

Answer: Vietnam


Question: 'Reviewing "The Last Song", the Times noted, "It is likely that we can look forward to more movies starring" this teen singer'

Answer: Miley Cyrus


Question: 'This chemical element has the lowest melting point of any metal & that's why it's liquid at room temperature'

Answer: mercury


Question: 'Dimitri Mendeleyev made modern chemistry possible when he set this grouping of the elements'

Answer: the periodic table


Question: 'Sir James Galway'

Answer: a flute


Question: 'This word is used for television that's sent over the airwaves, in contrast to cable or satellite'

Answer: broadcast


Question: 'In 1949 this kingdom dropped the word "Trans" from the beginning of its name'

Answer: Jordan


Question: 'He spoke his final line in 1927: "It is nearly midnight, Watson, and I think we may make our way back to our humble abode"'

Answer: Sherlock Holmes


Question: 'This is first lit by the sun's rays at Olympia & then carried to the site of the games by runners'

Answer: the Olympic torch


Question: 'Maine & spiny are types of this; its shell turns vivid red only affer it's been cooked'

Answer: lobster


Question: 'Call off the dogs! & the snow, rain & heat--the folks who carry this for a living make an average of $46,970 a year'

Answer: mail


Question: 'Pete Rose hit 3,215 of them'

Answer: singles


Question: 'In 1957 Pope Pius XII spoke to a conference of anesthesiologists on the topic of when this leaves the body'

Answer: the soul


Question: 'He had more than 2 dozen works published in the 1920s, including 7 Tarzan novels'

Answer: Edgar Rice Burroughs


Question: 'At the 2010 Vancouver games, Kim Yu-Na of this country skated away with gold & a world record in the long program'

Answer: South Korea


Question: 'Cook boneless this fowl until the internal temp is 179 degrees; that's a rough day for a capon'

Answer: chicken


Question: 'Tip generously for that next dry martini or rusty nail--these invaluable folks average just $20,460 a year'

Answer: bartenders


Question: 'To burn lightly or superficially'

Answer: singe


Question: 'One of the classic criteria of death is apnea, or the cessation of this'

Answer: breathing


Question: 'On Feb. 2, 1922 this James Joyce book was published by American Sylvia Beach under her own imprint in Paris'

Answer: Ulysses


Question: 'In 1908 Dorando Pietri collapsed after entering the stadium in this event; officials pulled him across the finish line'

Answer: the marathon


Question: 'Canned this is precooked & sold as albacore & light meat; it comes in 3 grades, the best being solid or fancy'

Answer: tuna


Question: 'No wonder Magnum had to borrow that Ferrari--the average annual wage for this job is $46,480'

Answer: a private investigator


Question: 'Ancient Egyptians thought this organ, the haty, was the source of life & being, & its destruction caused a "second death"'

Answer: the heart


Question: 'In 1920 he published "Glinda of Oz", a story about the impending war between the Flatheads & the Skeeters'

Answer: L. Frank Baum


Question: 'His performance on skates in 2010 gave him 8 total medals, the most in the winter Olympics by any American'

Answer: Apolo Ohno


Question: 'Gray & red-legged are 2 varieties of this game bird that can be roasted, broiled or braised; you, in the pear tree!  Hide!'

Answer: partridge


Question: 'Surgeons average a whopping $206,770 a year; these other cutters who covered the job in the Middle Ages, just $26,610'

Answer: a barber


Question: 'Modern clinical opinion holds that death is signified by the irreversible loss of function of this lowest part of the brain'

Answer: the stem


Question: 'Dr. Paul de Kruif, author of "Microbe Hunters", was a consultant for this Sinclair Lewis novel'

Answer: Arrowsmith


Question: 'The Olympic record in this field event has more than doubled since 1896, from 29 meters to 70 meters'

Answer: the discus throw


Question: 'Though there are no precise age standards for this, the term is used for a young calf who didn't make it past 3 mos.'

Answer: veal


Question: 'The BLS says the average annual U.S. wage is $42,270; for these folks, it's $124,750 (first thing, let's kill 'em)'

Answer: lawyers


Question: 'Apoptosis, a necessary part of embryonic development, is the "programmed" death of these biological units'

Answer: cells


Question: 'Born in Quincy & educated in Braintree, Bill Delahunt has repped this state since 1997'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'About modern-day polygamy:<br />"____ Love"'

Answer: Big


Question: 'The Verrazano-Narrows bridge is a mess!  Getting from Staten Island to this neighboring borough?  Fuhgedaboudit!'

Answer: Brooklyn


Question: 'If you've got a cape, you could be a member of this fictional D.C. comics group, JLA'

Answer: the Justice League of America


Question: 'Add a type of tree to a "D" & you get this sprinting race'

Answer: dash


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Dance Theatre of Harlem in New York.)  In 2009, the Dance Theatre of Harlem celebrated its 40th anniversary; Arthur Mitchell cofounded it in response to this April 1968 tragedy'

Answer: the assassination of Martin Luther King


Question: 'Florida senator Bill Nelson took a long, high route to the Hill; he was a crewman on the 24th flight of one of these'

Answer: the Space Shuttle


Question: 'The show in which contestants really take it off:<br />"The ____ Loser"'

Answer: Biggest


Question: 'Slow goin' on the 118, aka the Ronald Reagan Freeway, in this state; all traffic seems to be pulling off to the right'

Answer: California


Question: 'Step into the octagon & tell us the name of this activity, MMA'

Answer: mixed martial arts


Question: 'Put a tree after "H" & you get this nautical wheel'

Answer: helm


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Dance Theatre of Harlem in New York.)  Ballet dancers make sure to exercise their flexor hallucis longus; it's essential for any releve move, bringing the dancer to half or full this'

Answer: pointe


Question: 'He reached the hill in 1979, after stops in Princeton, Oxford & the NBA'

Answer: Bill Bradley


Question: 'Bill Cosby revised this classic:<br />"Kids Say the ____ Things"'

Answer: Darndest


Question: 'I-15 is stop & go between Butte & Great Falls; this state capital is about halfway between 'em, so stop & go get food'

Answer: Helena


Question: 'Between Chad & the Democratic Republic of the Congo is this country, C.A.R.'

Answer: the Central African Republic


Question: 'Add a fruit tree to an "S" & you get this long, sharp weapon'

Answer: a spear


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Dance Theatre of Harlem in New York.)  After the groundbreaking performance by the Dance Theatre of Harlem in Johannesburg in 1992, this man told reporters that it made him forget all the troubles he'd had in his life'

Answer: Mandela


Question: 'From 1999 to 2005, Rep. Bill Young chaired this House committee that oversees discretionary federal spending'

Answer: the Appropriations Committee


Question: 'Ed O'Neill plays Julie Bowen's dad:<br />"____ Family"'

Answer: Modern


Question: 'I-10 is stop-dead between La Place & Metairie in this state; now y'all drive safe!'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'Use a tire iron on a person & you've committed an ADW, short for this'

Answer: assault with a deadly weapon


Question: 'Put a tree after "S" & you get this part of a book or a man'

Answer: a spine


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Dance Theatre of Harlem in New York.)  Karel Shook, the teacher who cofounded the Dance Theatre of Harlem, wrote that the body is in balance when it is pulled up so the student seems to feel her navel touching her backbone, a position discovered by this Renaissance master'

Answer: da Vinci


Question: 'Before the Hill, longtime Florida Rep. Bill McCollum was a commander in JAG, this U.S. Navy corps'

Answer: the Judge Advocate General


Question: 'Starring Claire Danes:<br />"My ____ Life"'

Answer: So-Called


Question: 'I-80 is backed up near North Platte in this state; plan ahead if you're heading for Kearney Airport'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: '2 of the 3 professions in the acronym ASCAP'

Answer: (2 of) composers, authors & publishers


Question: 'Add a tree to an "S" & you get this wet word'

Answer: soak (slime accepted)


Question: 'With 5 each, these 2 men have the most acting Oscar nominations among African-American performers'

Answer: Morgan Freeman & Denzel Washington


Question: '"And the Lord God took the man, and put him into" this place "to dress it and keep it"'

Answer: Garden of Eden


Question: 'It's the building where you'll find the head (of the 16th president) seen here'

Answer: Lincoln Memorial


Question: 'In this game, the soda container stopped rotating & faces me...so kiss me already!'

Answer: Spin the Bottle


Question: 'Farsi is the official language of this Islamic republic'

Answer: Iran


Question: 'She's the first woman to hold the post of Secretary of State'

Answer: Madeleine Albright


Question: 'A skinny female monarch'

Answer: Lean queen


Question: 'He prayed to God for strength that "I may be at once avenged...for my two eyes"'

Answer: Samson


Question: 'From Laos the statue seen here is a reclining version of this founder of a religion'

Answer: Buddha


Question: 'Careful!  Don't make the man's nose buzz while removing his funny bone in this game'

Answer: Operation


Question: 'Scholars say the oldest form of this language can be found in the fifth chapter of Judges'

Answer: Hebrew


Question: 'In 1992 this former British prime minister was made a baroness'

Answer: Margaret Thatcher


Question: 'Any seasoning for pilaf'

Answer: Rice spice


Question: '"And the glory of the Lord abode upon" this mountain, "and the cloud covered it six days"'

Answer: Mount Sinai


Question: 'The name of these grotesque figures like this one seen here comes from an old word for "throat"'

Answer: Gargoyles


Question: 'An insignificant quest, or a game where you earn wedges in 6 categories'

Answer: Trivial Pursuit


Question: 'Although there are many Berber dialects in Algeria, this is the official language'

Answer: Arabic


Question: 'India's national peace prize is named for this leader who was slain in 1984'

Answer: Indira Gandhi


Question: 'Instruct college kids on the art of oration'

Answer: Teach speech


Question: 'He told King Darius, "My god hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths"'

Answer: Daniel


Question: 'This country owns the island (Easter Island) where you'll find the guy seen here'

Answer: Chile


Question: 'Calling all armchair Napoleons, it's the "Game of World Conquest"'

Answer: Risk


Question: 'Galician, spoken in northwest Spain, is a dialect of the language spoken in this other Iberian country'

Answer: Portugal


Question: 'Her long work with chimps taught her "There is no sharp line dividing human from nonhuman"'

Answer: Jane Goodall


Question: 'A casaba or cantaloupe in serious trouble with the law'

Answer: Melon felon


Question: 'He cursed his grandson Canaan, saying, "A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren"'

Answer: Noah


Question: 'You'll find the statue ("David") seen here in this Italian city'

Answer: Florence


Question: 'You go from career start or college start to Countryside Acres or Millionaire Estates in this game'

Answer: Life


Question: 'Chalti-Bhasa is the spoken form of this official language of Bangladesh'

Answer: Bengali


Question: 'This South African author & winner of a 1991 Nobel Prize once taught writing at Harvard'

Answer: Nadine Gordimer


Question: 'A disease that breaks out in the Netherlands' seat of government'

Answer: Hague plague


Question: 'Then & now president of Russia, in 1991 he saved Gorbachev's borscht after a coup attempt'

Answer: Boris Yeltsin


Question: '"The Memoirs of a Billiard-Marker" is a short story by this author of the very long "War and Peace"'

Answer: Leo Tolstoy


Question: 'As this film's title character, Adam Sandler serenades a pair of newlyweds with the song "Love Stinks"'

Answer: The Wedding Singer


Question: 'From the Greek for "leave out", this solar event should never be viewed directly; use a pinhole projector'

Answer: Solar eclipse


Question: 'Seen here, it's the tomb of Mumtaz'

Answer: Taj Mahal


Question: '"Tu" is the singular & familiar form of "you"; this is the plural & polite form'

Answer: Vous


Question: 'Seen here, he ruled the USSR for over a third of its history'

Answer: Joseph Stalin


Question: 'Yes, dear, it's Wendy's last name in "Peter Pan"'

Answer: Darling


Question: 'A Three Stooges short, seen here, featured an early film appearance by this comedienne'

Answer: Lucille Ball


Question: 'Adidas products for this sport include World Cup cleats & the official ball for the 1998 World Cup'

Answer: Soccer


Question: 'You can usually get a "good deal" on this New York City bridge seen here'

Answer: Brooklyn Bridge


Question: 'Masculine & feminine are the 2 types of this, an English word that often takes the place of "sex"'

Answer: Gender


Question: 'One of the USSR's 4 original republics, it was the site of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster'

Answer: Ukraine


Question: 'This lord was England's poet laureate when he wrote "The Charge of the Light Brigade" in 1854'

Answer: Alfred Lord Tennyson


Question: 'Nick Nolte's son Brawley played Mel Gibson's kidnapped son in this 1996 film'

Answer: Ransom


Question: 'Mike D, Ad-Rock & MCA of this rap group hosted 1996's Tibetan Freedom Concert in San Francisco'

Answer: The Beastie Boys


Question: 'The London traffic junction & meeting place seen here'

Answer: Piccadilly Circus


Question: 'Part of speech represented in the last word of the phrase "L'etat c'est moi"'

Answer: Pronoun


Question: 'The Soviets kept their "Finn"gers crossed to sign a 1975 human rights accord in this city'

Answer: Helsinki


Question: 'The title of this John Dos Passos trilogy has only 3 letters'

Answer: "U.S.A."


Question: 'Helen Hunt made her Broadway debut in 1989 as Emily in a revival of this Thornton Wilder play'

Answer: Our Town


Question: 'American Airlines held an online contest giving away this Scott Adams hero's frequent flyer miles'

Answer: Dilbert


Question: 'It's the "queen" of African waterfall royalty seen here'

Answer: Victoria Falls


Question: 'The purity of the language is guarded by this group with just 40 members'

Answer: L\'Academie Francaise (the French Academy)


Question: '1980s reforms included perestroika, "restructuring", & this Russian word for "openness"'

Answer: Glasnost


Question: 'This "Heidi" author called her books "Stories for children and for those who love children"'

Answer: Johanna Spyri


Question: 'She's also the voice of Marge Simpson's sisters, Patty & Selma; they sound a lot like Marge'

Answer: Julie Kavner


Question: 'Wild Wing is the mascot of this NHL team'

Answer: Mighty Ducks of Anaheim


Question: '"Rock" out on this Australian landmark'

Answer: Ayers Rock (Uluru)


Question: 'More dietary fiber might help "aller" & "devoir" as they are this kind of verb'

Answer: Irregular


Question: 'Alphabetically, he's the last individual member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame'

Answer: Frank Zappa


Question: 'To ride the Bluegrass Scenic Railroad, you have to go to this state'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'Oscar Madison &<br />Quincy, M.E.'

Answer: Jack Klugman


Question: 'Jeans & overalls can be made from this fabric whose name comes from a city in the South of France'

Answer: denim


Question: '1931:<br />Boris Yeltsin is born in Sverdlovsk, an industrial region in these mountains'

Answer: the Ural Mountains


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the FDR Library in Hyde Park, NY.)  In November 1943, while meeting with Churchill & Stalin in Tehran, FDR sketched out his idea for this organization'

Answer: the U.N.


Question: 'It's what was showered down upon Charles Lindbergh at a parade in NYC in June 1927'

Answer: ticker tape


Question: 'Hop aboard the Green Mountain Flyer for a scenic tour of this state's fall foliage'

Answer: Vermont


Question: 'Alex P. Keaton &<br />Michael Flaherty'

Answer: Michael J. Fox


Question: 'It sounds like hammerheads provide the material for this, but it's really a worsted fabric for men's suits'

Answer: sharkskin


Question: '1985:<br />This new General Secretary of the Communist Party brings Yeltsin to Moscow'

Answer: Gorbachev


Question: 'Good thing Franco was still dead when this man became king'

Answer: Juan Carlos


Question: 'To write down words, especially from audio to written form'

Answer: transcribe


Question: 'The Sugar Cane Train takes folks on a nostalgic steam locomotive trip from Lahaina to Kaanapali on this island'

Answer: Maui


Question: 'Matt Santos &<br />Victor Sifuentes'

Answer: Jimmy Smits


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Park City, UT.)  Freshly groomed snow that's grooved is called this, for its resemblance to a certain fabric'

Answer: corduroy


Question: '1986:<br />Yeltsin is inducted into this national executive & policymaking committee'

Answer: the Politburo


Question: '(Reading Rainbow's LeVar Burton reads the clue.)  We saw  various animal abodes after learning about this type of crab & its search for a new house'

Answer: a hermit crab


Question: 'In 1998 a $15 million production of this opera was staged in its actual setting, the Forbidden City'

Answer: Turandot


Question: 'Ride in restored 1930s passenger cars on the Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad in this state'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'Peg Bundy &<br />Kate Hennessy'

Answer: Katey Sagal


Question: 'This soft fabric originated in Wales; its name comes from the Welsh gwalen ("akin to wool")'

Answer: flannel


Question: '1994:<br />Yeltsin orders Russian troops into this rebellious republic'

Answer: Chechnya


Question: '(Hello, I'm Linda Park. I play Hoshi, the linguistic expert, on Enterprise.)  In Chinese, each symbol represents a word; in Japanese, each symbol a syllable; in Korean, each symbol, this'

Answer: a letter


Question: 'Middle Caicos is the largest island in this British dependency in the West Indies'

Answer: the Turks and Caicos


Question: 'Take a trip on the Essex steam train & connect to an optional riverboat cruise in this state'

Answer: Connecticut


Question: 'Harry Hooperman &<br />Paul Hennessy'

Answer: John Ritter


Question: 'The name of this fabric can precede "steel" & "rose"'

Answer: damask


Question: '1999:<br />Yeltsin names this 15-year KGB veteran his successor'

Answer: Putin


Question: 'We're not sure when he sat for this portrait'

Answer: Sitting Bull


Question: 'This general came to power in Panama in 1968 & led the drive to end U.S. control of the canal'

Answer: Omar Torrijos


Question: 'This Italian, not Michelangelo, painted the famous "Sistine Madonna" around 1513'

Answer: Raphael


Question: 'Elvis was born on January 8, 1935 in a wood frame house located on Old Saltillo Road in this city'

Answer: Tupelo, Mississippi


Question: 'This equine's stripe pattern varies from individual to individual--none is identical to those of another'

Answer: a zebra


Question: 'The first name of this cellist born in 1955 means "friendship"'

Answer: Yo-Yo Ma


Question: 'Picasso's 1902 (note the year) this "House"'

Answer: Blue


Question: 'Seen here, these flowers got their name from the French for "to think"'

Answer: pansies


Question: 'Before this colony on the Carolina coast was "lost", Sir Francis Drake rescued some of its colonists'

Answer: Roanoke


Question: 'Once elected dogcatcher of Tampa, this man, seen here, later contractually received 50% of Elvis' earnings'

Answer: (Tom) Parker


Question: 'The Javan species of this ungulate is also known as the lesser one-horned one'

Answer: rhinoceros


Question: 'At age 13 this violinist from Israel was presented to the U.S. by Ed Sullivan'

Answer: Itzhak Perlman


Question: 'In Florence (not California):<br />Taddeo Gaddi's "Meeting at" this gate'

Answer: the Golden Gate


Question: 'From the Latin for "earth", it's any of several types of small dogs bred to hunt animals underground in burrows'

Answer: a terrier


Question: 'This magnificent Ottoman's death in Transylvania in 1566 was reportedly kept secret from his troops'

Answer: Suleiman (the Magnificent)


Question: 'Elvis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins & Jerry Lee Lewis had an impromptu jam session at this Memphis studio in December of 1956'

Answer: Sun (Records) studios


Question: 'This beast of burden was domesticated by the Inca about 1,000 B.C.; the Spaniards called it a Peruvian sheep'

Answer: the llama


Question: 'When this classical guitarist made his formal Paris debut in 1924, the program included a work named for him'

Answer: Segovia


Question: 'Whistler's 1871 "Arrangement in" these 2 colors (No. 1)'

Answer: gray & black


Question: 'Perhaps from the Caribbean taino for "pipe for smoking", it's the dried leaves of a plant of the nightshade family'

Answer: tobacco


Question: 'In 1557 it became a Portuguese outpost, the first European settlement in China'

Answer: Macau


Question: 'After basic training at Fort Hood, Texas, Elvis shipped out for an 18-month tour of duty in this country'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'The name of this piglike mammal with a short movable snout is from a Brazilian Indian word meaning "thick"'

Answer: the tapir


Question: 'He married Mia Farrow in 1970'

Answer: André Previn


Question: 'Van Gogh's 1888 this color "Peach Tree"'

Answer: pink


Question: 'From Old French for "catch" or "entangle", it's to accuse a serving government official with an offense'

Answer: impeach


Question: 'This future opera subject ruled Russia from 1584 to 1598, then became czar in his own right'

Answer: Boris Godunov


Question: 'Seen at a 1961 Honolulu press conference, Elvis performed a concert to raise money for this ship's memorial'

Answer: the Arizona


Question: 'Unlike the giraffe, which lives in the savannah, this smaller relative lives in the dense jungle'

Answer: the okapi


Question: 'This violinist, seen here, was born in Osaka in 1971'

Answer: Midori


Question: 'In Washington, D.C.: Vermeer's "Girl with" this color "Hat"'

Answer: red


Question: 'From the Latin for "uplifted", it's to divert energy associated with an unacceptable activity into more acceptable areas'

Answer: sublimate


Question: 'The name of this character, introduced in 1894, is from the Hindi for "bear"'

Answer: Baloo


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew speaks from a farm.)  At least once a year, my little friend here needs to have her fleece cut in a process called this'

Answer: shearing


Question: 'His chalkboard writings have included "I do not have diplomatic immunity" & "I am not certified to remove asbestos"'

Answer: Bart Simpson


Question: 'In most fish, they're distributed over the palate; in mammals, they're only in the jawbone'

Answer: teeth


Question: 'When parents hear this word, they think "heavy snowstorm"; when teens hear it, they think "yummy treat from Dairy Queen"'

Answer: Blizzard


Question: 'Fata Morgana is a mirage that appears in the Strait of Messina between Italy & this island'

Answer: Sicily


Question: 'This is the verb in this clue'

Answer: is


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew speaks from a field.)  In a boat, it means "getting rid of water"; on a farm, it's "tying up hay in a neat package"'

Answer: bailing


Question: 'Episodes of this violent cat & mouse duo include "The Sounds of Silencers" & "I'm Getting Buried in the Morning"'

Answer: Itchy & Scratchy


Question: 'From the Greek for "leaf", they're the individual parts of a flower's corolla'

Answer: petals


Question: 'Now you can carry this brand's famous pudding in your pocket, in the form of X-Treme Pudding Sticks'

Answer: JELL-O


Question: 'Punta Arenas, Chile overlooks the South American strait named for this explorer'

Answer: Ferdinand Magellan


Question: 'Used to mark a major division in a sentence, it shares its name with a section of your large intestine'

Answer: a colon


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a dairy barn.)  Enhancing the body's absorption of calcium, this vitamin is added to processed milk; it's not significant in raw milk'

Answer: Vitamin D


Question: 'This clown's slogan for a literacy campaign was "Give a hoot!  Read a book!"'

Answer: Krusty the Clown


Question: 'While looking into the internal secretion of this organ, researchers Banting & Best discovered insulin'

Answer: the pancreas


Question: 'Kraft makes this foamy brand of dessert topping in seasonal flavors: strawberry is for spring & summer'

Answer: Cool Whip


Question: 'This westernmost strait helps keep the Mediterranean Sea from becoming a shrinking salt lake'

Answer: the Strait of Gibraltar


Question: 'In English grammar, the 2 "voices" are active & this'

Answer: passive


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from a grain field.)  This machine gets its name from consolidating the operations of cutting, threshing, and cleaning'

Answer: a combine


Question: 'Among this assistant's duties are "Answering Mr. Burns' phone, lying to Congress, & some light typing"'

Answer: Waylon Smithers


Question: 'Fungi create these to reproduce & your average mushroom makes 16 billion of them'

Answer: spores


Question: 'Smucker's recipe for sweet & sour hot dog bites calls for this classic flavor of jelly'

Answer: grape


Question: 'You'll have to cross the Bass Strait if you want to travel from Melbourne to this Australian state'

Answer: Tasmania


Question: '"In", "out", "on", and "off" are 4 of these words usually used at the beginning of phrases'

Answer: prepositions


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew rides a green tractor.)  This here is a 3020--a classic tractor from this company named for the man who founded it in 1837'

Answer: John Deere


Question: 'Voiced by Phil Hartman, you may remember him from such films as "Suddenly Last Supper" & "The Day Paul Bunyan Cried"'

Answer: Troy McClure


Question: 'From an eyeglass-shaped pattern on its face, a South American bear is called this'

Answer: a spectacled bear


Question: 'Bored with beef jerky?  Try the jerky made from this soybean curd'

Answer: tofu


Question: 'It separates the continents of Asia & North America at their closest point'

Answer: the Bering Strait


Question: 'This punctuation mark is also known as an interrogation point'

Answer: a question mark


Question: 'In 1831 he settled in New Salem, Illinois, where he worked as a clerk in a general store for $15 a month'

Answer: (Abraham) Lincoln


Question: 'In the draw type of this game, you get 5 cards from the dealer & usually can trade in up to 3 of them'

Answer: poker


Question: 'Mardi Gras is the day before Lent, the period of fasting that ends on this holiday'

Answer: Easter


Question: 'This store with the Xhilaration & Mossimo brands jumped on Justin Timberlake & Christina Aguilera's tour'

Answer: Target


Question: '18-year-old Isabella Linton elopes with this antihero after Cathy spurns him in "Wuthering Heights"'

Answer: Heathcliff


Question: 'It's a special ability, perhaps drawing or playing the piano, or a biblical measure of silver or gold'

Answer: a talent


Question: 'A George W. was the first U.S. President & George W. Bush is counted as this number'

Answer: 43


Question: 'If Dick & Jane are playing tennis on the same side of the net, the game is called this'

Answer: mixed doubles


Question: 'October is good for explorers: Columbus Day is the 2nd Monday of the month & this Norse guy gets October 9th'

Answer: Leif Ericson


Question: 'Swoosh into this company's "town" to get an Air Max Tailwind for your footsies'

Answer: Nike


Question: '4 teenagers find magic in a pair of thrift-shop jeans in "The Sisterhood of the Traveling" these'

Answer: Pants


Question: 'Object in which you'd brew your oolong'

Answer: a teapot


Question: 'He was named for his maternal grandfather James Knox, a Revolutionary War captain'

Answer: (James K.) Polk


Question: '"Allied Assault" & "Rising Sun" are from this militaristic video game series'

Answer: Medal of Honor


Question: 'In the U.S., union founder Peter J. McGuire & machinist Matthew Maguire get credit for suggesting this holiday'

Answer: Labor Day


Question: '"Jeans Will Rock You" is a 2004 campaign by this all-"American" store'

Answer: American Eagle


Question: 'The abduction of teenager David Balfour is central to the plot of this classic 1886 novel'

Answer: Kidnapped


Question: 'It's the time of day when the photo seen here was taken'

Answer: twilight


Question: 'His running mates were Thomas Hendricks in 1884, A.G. Thurman in 1888 & Adlai Stevenson in 1892'

Answer: (Grover) Cleveland


Question: 'If a soccer defender knocks the ball out of bounds past her own goal, it's put back in play with this kick'

Answer: a corner kick


Question: 'Patriots' Day, a New England holiday, honors the clashes in these 2 towns on April 19, 1775'

Answer: Lexington & Concord


Question: 'This chain founded as a sportswear & camping store in 1892 publishes a cool quarterly magazine'

Answer: Abercrombie & Fitch


Question: '"Blood", "Missing" & "Tears" are titles in this Francine Pascal series about a girl named Gaia'

Answer: Fearless


Question: 'If your house isn't running hot & cold, check this device that regulates the temperature'

Answer: a thermostat


Question: 'After serving one term, this first Quaker president was defeated for re-election in 1932 by FDR'

Answer: (Herbert) Hoover


Question: 'The board for this Asian game has 361 intersections on which black & white stones are placed'

Answer: Go


Question: '(Hi, I'm Deuce McAllister of the NFL.)  New Orleans was awarded its NFL franchise on November 1, 1966, this holiday'

Answer: All Saints\' Day


Question: 'Born in 1984, this girls-only chain, voted best store in a Cosmo Girl poll, has a milestone birthday in 2005'

Answer: Forever 21


Question: 'This 15-year-old Dutch skater is the title character of a classic book by Mary Mapes Dodge'

Answer: Hans Brinker


Question: 'It can be a piece of land, or a pamphlet usually on a religious or political topic'

Answer: a tract


Question: 'This biblical figure's name comes from the Hebrew word meaning "to be drawn" from the water'

Answer: Moses


Question: 'Once home to Al Capone & a birdman, it closed its cell doors March 21, 1963'

Answer: Alcatraz


Question: 'French for "a sitting", it's a meeting at which a medium tries to communicate with the dead'

Answer: Seance


Question: 'A coffee container, or your face<br />(3)'

Answer: Mug


Question: 'According to the title of Mel's 1995 film, this vampire is "Dead and Loving It"'

Answer: Dracula


Question: 'Australia boasts the only all black type of this often white & graceful aquatic bird'

Answer: Swan


Question: 'This paving material of the road to the Emerald City is in need of repairs'

Answer: Yellow brick


Question: 'On March 25, 1957 6 countries signed the Treaty of Rome to form this, the EEC'

Answer: European Economic Community


Question: 'This Sherlock Holmes creator became an advocate of spiritualism after his son died in WWI'

Answer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


Question: 'Potatoes' partner<br />(4)'

Answer: Meat


Question: 'It's twue!  It's twue!  Madeline Kahn played singer Lili Von Shtupp in this uproarious western'

Answer: Blazing Saddles


Question: 'In Australian idiom a "station" is one of these places where sheep are often found'

Answer: Ranch


Question: 'The "Wizard" of Oz is from Omaha, Nebraska, not far from this state where Dorothy lives'

Answer: Kansas


Question: 'This city's Bakerloo subway line opened March 10, 1906'

Answer: London


Question: 'Constance Bennett & Cary Grant appeared & disappeared in this 1937 film classic'

Answer: Topper


Question: 'Perhaps<br />(5)'

Answer: Maybe


Question: '"The Producers" concerns the production of an outrageous musical called "Springtime for" this person'

Answer: Hitler


Question: 'It's played on a field up to 200 yards long with 4 posts at each end'

Answer: Australian Rules Football


Question: 'As seen in chapter 2, they're about as tall as Dorothy & wear foot-high pointed hats'

Answer: Munchkins


Question: 'The U.S. voted against joining this organization March 19, 1920; today we're here & it isn't'

Answer: League of Nations


Question: 'Roseanne & Madonna are among the stars who've studied this Jewish mystical tradition'

Answer: Kabbala


Question: 'Food "From Heaven"<br />(5)'

Answer: Manna


Question: '(Hi, I'm Teri Garr)  I got to romance Gene Wilder when I played a sexy blonde named Inga in this Mel Brooks film'

Answer: Young Frankenstein


Question: 'This party led Australia from 1983 to 1996, while a party of the same name was Britain's opposition'

Answer: Labor


Question: 'Part of Oz is populated by breakable people made of this, also the name of a real country'

Answer: China


Question: 'On March 1, 1954 the U.S. conducted the first of a series of hydrogen bomb tests on this Pacific atoll'

Answer: Bikini Atoll


Question: 'Possibly inhabited by a piano-playing ghost, the Stanley Hotel in Colorado inspired this Stephen King tale'

Answer: "The Shining"


Question: 'Nonvegetarian side whiskers<br />(11)'

Answer: Muttonchops


Question: '"History of the World -- Part I" featured Mel as Moses, Torquemada & the waiter at this Biblical dinner'

Answer: The Last Supper


Question: '5-letter name of the capital of Western Australia, named for a county in Scotland'

Answer: Perth


Question: 'In the book, this evil personage has only one eye & her slaves are called Winkies'

Answer: Wicked Witch of the West


Question: 'This artist's "The Thinker" was originally intended to crown his "Gates of Hell" monument'

Answer: Auguste Rodin


Question: 'It's the base in the liqueur Irish Mint'

Answer: Irish whiskey


Question: 'Around 1725 this great Baroque composer wrote 6 "English Suites" for harpsichord'

Answer: J.S. Bach


Question: 'A good friend of Buchanan's was this man who went on to be president -- of the Confederacy'

Answer: Jefferson Davis


Question: 'Arte Johnson was the only performer to win an Emmy for his work on this comedy-variety series'

Answer: Rowan & Martin\'s Laugh-In


Question: 'Breakfast cereal spokescat who's a Gr-r-reat! golfer'

Answer: Tony the Tiger Woods


Question: 'Alexander Calder called these creations "four-dimensional drawings"'

Answer: Mobiles


Question: 'A man in a sombrero sits under a Moorish archway on the label of this coffee liqueur'

Answer: Kahlua


Question: 'When you listen to this French composer's "Mother Goose" suite, wear a "Bolero"'

Answer: Maurice Ravel


Question: 'Buchanan was born in the town of Stony Batter in this state; he died & was buried in Lancaster there'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'Nantucket Memorial Airport doubled for the fictional Tom Nevers Field on this sitcom'

Answer: Wings


Question: 'Superman's girlfriend who pigs out & hits this shop for new duds'

Answer: Lois Lane Bryant


Question: 'This country's renowned sculptor, Unkei, is known for his wooden statues carved for Buddhist temples'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'Sauza is a brand of this liquor which is also the title of the song heard here:'

Answer: "Tequila"


Question: 'This composer's "Peer Gynt" suites began life as incidental music for a play by Henrik Ibsen'

Answer: Edvard Grieg


Question: 'Buchanan was on both sides of the fence for this proposed boundary of Oregon that Polk wanted'

Answer: 54 40


Question: 'This action show starring Richard Dean Anderson is a favorite of Marge Simpson's sisters'

Answer: MacGyver


Question:
'The name of this band, heard here, combines a type of recreational vehicle & a composer:

"Take the skinheads bowling, take them bowling..."'

Answer: Camper Van Beethoven


Question: 'A statue of this cowboy painter & sculptor represents Montana in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall'

Answer: Charles Marion Russell


Question: 'Alex Marnier Lapostolle mixed cognac & this fruit's peel & Voila!  Grand Marnier was born'

Answer: Orange peel


Question: 'Title of the 1931 suite heard here, a landmark in American music:'

Answer: "Grand Canyon Suite" (by Ferdi Grofe)


Question: 'In the 1856 election, Buchanan beat this former president who ran as a Know-Nothing'

Answer: Millard Fillmore


Question: '2 of the 3 spinoffs from "The Mary Tyler Moore" show'

Answer: Lou Grant, Phyllis and/or Rhoda


Question: 'A speech from "As You Like It" compares our planet to a New York restaurant at 7th & 54th'

Answer: "All the World\'s a Stage Delicatessen"


Question: 'In this type of sculpture, an image is slightly raised above a flat surface'

Answer: High relief


Question: 'In 1832 the founding family of this famed French champagne house hired a son-in-law named Chandon'

Answer: Moet


Question: 'Buchanan didn't like this senator from Illinois though he may have given money to Buchanan's campaign'

Answer: Stephen Douglas


Question: 'Monica Evans & Carole Shelley played the Pigeon sisters on this sitcom, as well as in the stage & film versions'

Answer: The Odd Couple


Question: 'That despicable former leader of Cambodia saying "You devastated your country!"'

Answer: Pol Pot calling the kettle black


Question: '35 years after her death, she's the subject of a new collection of poems by her husband'

Answer: Sylvia Plath (husband is Ted Hughes)


Question: 'This 19th c. humorist:<br />"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it"'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'This guitarist won a Grammy for his 1994 blues album "From the Cradle"'

Answer: Eric Clapton


Question: 'Its name tells you that it's "Genuine Draft beer"'

Answer: Miller


Question: 'Frank Seiberling named his tire & rubber company after this inventor'

Answer: (Charles) Goodyear


Question: 'Even or level with something, such as the margin of a page'

Answer: flush


Question: 'The royal house of Braganza supplied kings & emperors to Portugal & this other country 100 times its size'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'This comic "brother":<br />"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening.  But this wasn't it"'

Answer: Groucho Marx


Question: 'He was "Will" to Debra Messing's "Grace"'

Answer: Eric McCormack


Question: '2 brothers launched this lager in 1887; it's Australian for beer, mate'

Answer: Foster\'s


Question: 'Walter Alcock perforated this bathroom product in the 1870s'

Answer: toilet paper


Question: 'Descriptive 6-letter term for a free-flowing oil well that doesn't have to be pumped'

Answer: gusher


Question: 'Home to a famous zoo, the Schonbrunn Palace in this city is also home to an annual Mozart festival'

Answer: Vienna


Question: 'This scandalous Irish wit:<br />"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends"'

Answer: Oscar Wilde


Question: 'He sang lead vocals on the No. 1 hit "The House of the Rising Sun"'

Answer: Eric Burdon


Question: 'The founder of this stout was brilliant, getting a 9,000-year lease to a brewery at St. James' Gate in Dublin'

Answer: Guinness


Question: 'A lot of rain fell on Robert Kearns' parade after he invented the intermittent type of these for cars'

Answer: windshield wipers


Question: 'An atomizer that uses compressed air to spray paint on a surface'

Answer: an airbrush


Question: 'Located on the Jhelum River, Srinagar is the summer capital of this disputed region of Northwest India'

Answer: Kashmir


Question: 'This Algonquin lady: "If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to"'

Answer: (Dorothy) Parker


Question: 'Though his name sounds like he doesn't work much, this man has been in more than 50 films & TV shows'

Answer: Eric Idle


Question: 'This pale ale that's brewed in the Northern California city of Chico is named for a nearby mountain range'

Answer: Sierra Nevada


Question: 'The differential analyzer Vannevar Bush invented at MIT is a forerunner of the modern one of these'

Answer: computer


Question: 'After 9 years as Soviet premier, he was deposed for failing to establish missiles in Cuba'

Answer: Khrushchev


Question: 'The southern part of Thailand occupies the northern part of this peninsula named for another country'

Answer: the Malay Peninsula


Question: 'This 1920s lawyer:<br />"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure"'

Answer: Clarence Darrow


Question: '"All By Myself" was featured on this man's self-titled album'

Answer: Eric Carmen


Question: 'A Belgian brewery created this beer for Christmas 1926 but started it year-round when it proved popular'

Answer: Stella Artois


Question: 'H.A. Largelamb was an anagrammatic pen name used by this inventor for his articles in National Geographic'

Answer: Alexander Graham Bell


Question: '"Midnight's Children" & "The Moor's Last Sigh" are 2 of this author's works that did not result in a fatwa'

Answer: Salman Rushdie


Question: 'With about 500,000 souls, this city is the most populous in Slovakia'

Answer: Bratislava


Question: 'Sir Edwin Landseer was lionized for the lions he created for Nelson's Column in this square'

Answer: Trafalgar


Question: 'Nicole sings & dances at a famous Paris nightspot'

Answer: Moulin Rouge!


Question: 'George & Martha Washington, on Jan. 6, 1759'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'Stereo recordings have the vocals on one of these & instruments on the other, so you can "surf" between them'

Answer: channels


Question: 'In May 2005 the city of Hibbing honored him with a street sign named in his honor--how does it feel...'

Answer: Bob Dylan


Question: 'A famous one of these embroidered wall hangings bears the name of the French town of Bayeux'

Answer: a tapestry


Question: 'Canaletto used a camera obscura to help him get those sweeping views of this, his hometown'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'Nicole waits for her Confederate soldier boy to return from the war'

Answer: Cold Mountain


Question: 'Harry & Bess Truman, on June 28, 1919'

Answer: Missouri


Question: 'We're attuned to midrange sounds; bass sounds or those with this other clef name sound softer than they really are'

Answer: treble


Question: 'Reportedly the richest man in the world when he died in 1976, he was born in Minneapolis in 1892'

Answer: John Paul Getty


Question: 'One form of this event sticks to dry land & features only the 200-meter dash, high jump & shot put'

Answer: the triathlon


Question: 'This beautiful painting by Gustav Klimt has the same name as a famous sculpture by Rodin'

Answer: The Kiss


Question: 'Nicole moves to an exclusive Connecticut town where the women are rather robotic'

Answer: The Stepford Wives


Question: 'Calvin & Grace Coolidge, on Oct. 4, 1905'

Answer: Vermont


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew tests out her pipes.)  The difference between the softest and <big>loudest</big> sounds is called "dynamic" this; in speech, it can be about 40 decibels'

Answer: range


Question:
'He's the familiar National Public Radio personality heard here

"That's the news from Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above-average..."'

Answer: Garrison Keillor


Question: 'Any Boy Scout could tell you it's a 10-letter word for "novice"'

Answer: tenderfoot


Question: 'Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne is famed for his busts of Montesquieu, Mme. de Pompadour & this "Candide" author'

Answer: Voltaire


Question: 'TV weatherperson Nicole recruits 3 teenagers to kill her husband'

Answer: To Die For


Question: 'William H. & Helen Taft, on June 19, 1886'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'Vibrations at certain frequencies are called harmonics or these "tones"'

Answer: overtones


Question: 'Every July on Plum Creek near Walnut Grove, a pageant is presented honoring this children's author'

Answer: Laura Ingalls Wilder


Question: 'This philosophy emphasizing the intuitive & spiritual above the empirical is associated with Emerson'

Answer: transcendentalism


Question: 'The Rokeby Venus is the only surviving example of a female nude by this 17th century Spanish portrait artist'

Answer: Velázquez


Question: 'Nicole leaves Ireland & seeks a new life in 1890s America'

Answer: Far and Away


Question: 'Martin & Hannah Van Buren, on Feb. 21, 1807'

Answer: New York


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew blows across the top of an empty glass beverage bottle.)  The air inside the bottle vibrates like a spring in the Helmholtz's type of this; it's the intensification of sound by vibration'

Answer: resonance


Question: 'Oh, this man from Maine, Minnesota, with the middle initial "O", was the longest-serving Supreme Court justice'

Answer: William O. Douglas


Question: 'Silent, saying nothing; this adjective can often be found before "approval"'

Answer: tacit


Question: 'Thomas Malory's posthumous 1485 bestseller inspired this first name of a prince born in 1486'

Answer: Arthur


Question: 'Not surprisingly it's Nevada's state metal'

Answer: Silver


Question: 'With over 25 million sold, 1 in every 11 Americans has this 1982 Michael Jackson album'

Answer: "Thriller"


Question: 'In the land of Oz, the Cowardly Lion was seeking this; some nerve!'

Answer: Courage


Question: 'The butcher...<br />the candlestick-maker'

Answer: The baker


Question: 'Hideo Shima, put in charge of planning the Tokyo-Osaka line in 1958, wanted it done by this 1964 event, & it was'

Answer: The Summer Olympics


Question: 'To live this way is to have enough money or food for daily needs'

Answer: Hand-to-mouth


Question: 'While the peach is Georgia's state fruit, this is Georgia's state crop'

Answer: Peanuts


Question: 'This group's "1962-1966" album has sold 13 million copies, its "1967-1970" album, 14 million'

Answer: The Beatles


Question: 'It's the city that's home to the NFL's Lions'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'Huey...<br />Louie'

Answer: Dewey


Question: 'In the famous August 28, 1830 race between Peter Cooper's Tom Thumb & one of these, Tom lost'

Answer: Horse


Question: 'It's the film technique seen here'

Answer: Hand-held camera


Question: 'This blue-green stone is the state gem of Arizona & New Mexico'

Answer: Turquoise


Question: 'At 10 million, the top-selling "Unplugged" album is this guitarist's'

Answer: Eric Clapton


Question: 'In an Aesop fable, he talks a lion out of eating him & later repays the favor'

Answer: Mouse


Question: 'Wynken...<br />Nod'

Answer: Blynken


Question: 'In 1880 he set up his own U.S. town to build his luxury dining & sleeping cars'

Answer: George Pullman


Question: 'Fanciful facial feature fortuously featured for you here'

Answer: Handlebar moustache


Question: 'Oh, deer!<br />This is Alaska's state land mammal'

Answer: Moose


Question: 'His 1993 "Doggystyle" has been scooped up by 4 million buyers'

Answer: Snoop Doggy Dogg


Question: 'A crowned lion is depicted on this "cross", the highest award for valor in the British Armed Forces'

Answer: Victoria Cross


Question: 'Athos...<br />Aramis'

Answer: Porthos


Question: 'A whiskey & beer drink, or what Richard Trevithick had to be to make the first locomotive'

Answer: Boilermaker


Question: 'Some are secret,<br />some are golden'

Answer: Handshakes


Question: 'Florida's official one of these insects is the zebra longwing'

Answer: Butterfly


Question: 'She's the only woman in country music to have 2 albums sell over 10 million copies each'

Answer: Shania Twain


Question: 'This mythic beast had the head & wings of an eagle & the body of a lion'

Answer: Griffin


Question: 'Shadrach...<br />Abednego'

Answer: Meshach


Question: 'In 1903 this long line opened using the gauge George Whistler chose earlier for Russia's first main route'

Answer: Trans-Siberia/Siberian Railway


Question: 'It's the "mittened" way to say intimately associated'

Answer: Hand in glove


Question: 'As First Lady, she hosted several state functions in New York & Philadelphia, but not in D.C.'

Answer: Martha Washington


Question: 'This 1990 film is one of the few kids' pictures about sewer-dwelling reptiles'

Answer: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles


Question: 'Churchill, Manitoba, on Hudson Bay, is "The World Capital" for seeing these white predators'

Answer: Polar bears


Question: 'Arabic for "handsome", it's the first name of the NBA's MVP in 2000'

Answer: Shaquille (O\'Neal)


Question: 'They're the 2 people portrayed in maestas & pietas'

Answer: Jesus & Mary


Question: 'A wheel shaft'

Answer: Axle


Question: 'This Utah Republican is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee'

Answer: Orrin Hatch


Question: 'The 1937 film about this title "boy" was Sabu's film debut'

Answer: Elephant Boy


Question: 'More than half the province's people live in this city known as "The Peg"'

Answer: Winnipeg


Question: 'Tom & Dick might know this name comes from a Teutonic word meaning "home ruler"'

Answer: Harry


Question: 'This dynastic word is applied to Chinese art, especially porcelains, from the mid-14th to the mid-17th centuries'

Answer: Ming


Question: 'A proposition presumed to be true'

Answer: Axiom


Question: 'In 1870 this New York Tribune publisher helped found Union Colony, Colorado, later renamed for him'

Answer: Horace Greeley


Question: 'Frankie Muniz of "Malcolm in the Middle" starred in this weepie about a Southern boy & his pet'

Answer: My Dog Skip


Question: 'The "Golden Boy" statue atop the legislature holds a lit torch & a sheaf of this'

Answer: Wheat


Question: 'A golf "Player" & an Indiana city both bear this name from the Welsh for "gentle"'

Answer: Gary


Question: 'Protective, transparent, resinous liquids that dry to a shiny surface, they sound a bit like Kobe's team'

Answer: Lacquers


Question: 'Slang for a rock guitarist or a jazz saxophonist'

Answer: Axman


Question: 'His NYC art gallery, 291, was the first in the U.S. to exhibit such European artists as Matisse & Picasso'

Answer: Alfred Stieglitz


Question: '[Jack Lemmon speaking]  I won the Best Actor Oscar for playing a nostalgic businessman in this 1973 movie'

Answer: Save the Tiger


Question: 'On Manitoba's coat of arms, a beaver represents this trade, the area's economic mainstay until the 19th century'

Answer: Furs


Question: 'It's the English form of the Latin name Iacomus & the Hebrew name Jacob'

Answer: James


Question: 'You're on a roll if you know in Japan makemono are horizontal paintings done on these & kakemono are vertical ones'

Answer: Scrolls


Question: 'Roman peace'

Answer: Pax Romana


Question: '(Former President Jimmy Carter speaks from the Carter Center in Atlanta.) While I was in the U.S. Navy, I worked closely with this admiral, the "Father of the Atomic Submarine"'

Answer: Hyman Rickover


Question: '"Il Gattopardo" is the Italian title of this film starring Burt Lancaster as an aging prince'

Answer: The Leopard


Question: 'Canada's equivalent of Pennsylvania, Manitoba is called this for its place in the "arch" of provinces'

Answer: "The Keystone"


Question: 'Meaning "garden" in Hebrew, this first name derives from a mountain in Israel that's home to Christian monasteries'

Answer: Carmel


Question: 'Exposure to air chemicals can cause the green stuff known by this term to appear on your bronzes'

Answer: Patina


Question: 'The upper part of a torso'

Answer: Thorax


Question: 'The monument on his grave in Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y. is 12' high; in water depth that's 2 fathoms'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'She dedicated the murder mystery "Hallowe'en Party" to fellow Brit P.G. Wodehouse'

Answer: Agatha Christie


Question: 'A pet sound, or a tree covering'

Answer: bark


Question: 'It's the roe of a sturgeon from the Black Sea'

Answer: caviar


Question: '"I am a fugitive from" this group of convicts hooked together doing manual labor outside'

Answer: a chain gang


Question: 'Formed in 930 A.D., the Althing of this country is one of the oldest legislative assemblies in the world'

Answer: Iceland


Question: '"I Was The One" was the flip side of this song, Elvis' first No. 1 single'

Answer: "Heartbreak Hotel"


Question: 'E.E. Cummings "dedicated" his book "No Thanks" to the publishers who rejected it & to this woman who paid to print it'

Answer: his mother


Question: 'A Greek god, or a shallow metal cooking vessel'

Answer: Pan


Question: 'Dogs are trained to find the white or Piedmont variety of this fungus'

Answer: a truffle


Question: 'It's a legal document empowering investigators to look through premises for evidence'

Answer: a search warrant


Question: 'There are this many members of the Althing--they'll always fall one short of filling an entire checkerboard'

Answer: sixty-three


Question: '"Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you, if you're" this'

Answer: "Young At Heart"


Question: 'Herman Melville dedicated "Moby Dick" to this fellow author & mentor'

Answer: Nathaniel Hawthorne


Question: 'A thick variety of blanket, or a Kabul native'

Answer: an afghan


Question: 'This type of highly prized Japanese beef comes from cows that are massaged & fed beer'

Answer: Kobe beef


Question: 'Pal, you've got no chance at trial; take this reduction of charges in exchange for admitting guilt to a lesser offense'

Answer: a plea bargain


Question: 'This position that has the country's real power (& the cabinet) is appointed by the president with the Althing's approval'

Answer: the prime minister


Question: 'You can tell Billy Ray Cyrus' "lips to tell my fingertips", but don't tell this title organ; it "might blow up and kill this man"'

Answer: his "Achy Breaky Heart"


Question: 'This "Lonesome Dove" author dedicated his novel "The Desert Rose" "To Lesley, for the use of her goat"'

Answer: Larry McMurtry


Question: 'A female swan, or a writing instrument'

Answer: a pen


Question: 'The livers of geese that are overfed & underexercised are used to make this pate substance'

Answer: foie gras


Question: 'This type of "walk" is slang for parading an apprehended criminal before the media'

Answer: a perp walk


Question: 'In 1874 the king of this nearby Scandinavian country vested the Althing with legislative power in internal affairs'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'In 1982 Neil Diamond wanted to "turn on" this, "let it shine wherever you go"'

Answer: "The Heartlight"


Question: 'He dedicated his epic poem "Adonais" to fellow romantic poet John Keats'

Answer: Percy Shelley


Question: 'A fake bravado in poker, or a cliff face'

Answer: a bluff


Question: 'This most expensive spice in the world is used as the dye for the robes of Buddhist priests'

Answer: saffron


Question: 'It's the illegal enticing of a suspect into committing a crime; that's my story & I'm sticking to it'

Answer: entrapment


Question: 'The Althing had an upper & lower house until 1991; now it's this type of legislature, meaning "one chamber"'

Answer: unicameral


Question: 'This Springsteen song begins, "Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack"'

Answer: "Hungry Heart"


Question: 'It's the traditional non-verbal way to signal that you resign'

Answer: turning over your king


Question: 'Joanne Woodward won an Oscar for it:<br />"The ____ Faces of Eve"'

Answer: Three


Question: 'This flightless bird of Africa uses its wings as rudders to help it change direction while running'

Answer: the ostrich


Question: 'This religion is translated as "way of the Kami"'

Answer: Shinto


Question: '...the Wieliczka Salt Mine'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'Some Native Americans decorated these shoes with porcupine quills, others with beads'

Answer: moccasins


Question: 'These have the same value as bishops, but you can force mate with only a king & 2 bishops, not with a king & 2 these'

Answer: knights


Question: 'Starring Zac Efron & Matthew Perry:<br />"____ Again"'

Answer: 17


Question: 'A rail found on Inaccessible Island near Tristan da Cunha in this ocean is the smallest living flightless bird'

Answer: the Atlantic Ocean


Question: '5-letter word for the set of books that have authority in a religion & no, you can't fire it off'

Answer: canon


Question: '...the Mosque of Quba & the Mosque of the two Qiblahs'

Answer: Saudi Arabia


Question: 'The name of this squash comes from the Italian for "gourd"'

Answer: zucchini


Question: 'Losing a bishop but capturing a rook is called "winning" this type of trade, also a term for a swap of hostages'

Answer: an exchange


Question: 'Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Naomi Watts:<br />"____ Grams"'

Answer: 21


Question: 'A grebe named for this lake is endangered because it's often caught in nets by Peruvian & Bolivian fishermen'

Answer: Lake Titicaca


Question: 'Latitudinarianism is a synonym for this broad-minded view, from the Latin for "to bear"'

Answer: tolerance


Question: '...the Marienplatz'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'From the Latin for "yield", it means to die or yield to an overpowering desire'

Answer: succumb


Question: 'The departure of both queens is the traditional point at which this final phase of the battle begins'

Answer: the endgame


Question: 'Sandra Bullock as a journalist who ends up in rehab:<br />"____ Days"'

Answer: 28


Question: 'The rudimentary wings of this national bird of Australia are useless for flying, but it is an excellent swimmer'

Answer: the emu


Question: '4-letter title for the caliph or successor to Muhammad; it's now used of several Islamic leaders'

Answer: imam


Question: '...the longest bridge over water in the world'

Answer: the United States


Question: 'From the name of an ancient Roman festival, it now refers to any riotous or drunken festivity'

Answer: bacchanal


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows off his moves on the monitor.) In this classic chess opening, after white plays e4, to fight for the center, black plays c5 in this 8-letter defense named for a Mediterranean island'

Answer: the Sicilian defense


Question: 'Co-written by Nikki Reed, one of its young tongue-studded stars:<br />"____"'

Answer: Thirteen


Question: 'Now endangered, New Zealand's kakapo is the only flightless & nocturnal species of this bird in the family Psittacidae'

Answer: the parrot


Question: 'Lao-Tzu referred to this 3-letter word as "the unproduced producer of all that is"'

Answer: Tao


Question: '...Central America's Bridge of the Americas'

Answer: Panama


Question: 'This London street runs from Hyde Park corner in the west to a "circus", or intersection, in the east'

Answer: Piccadilly


Question: 'Low- & high-pressure systems & tropical moisture set the stage for a 1991 nor'easter nicknamed these 2 words'

Answer: \"Perfect Storm\"


Question: 'Ajurnamat means "it can't be helped" among this people also called Eskimos'

Answer: Inuits


Question: '"Sein Language"'

Answer: Jerry Seinfeld


Question: 'With 6 weapons, 6 suspects & 9 rooms, there are 324 possible solutions to this game'

Answer: Clue


Question: 'Born in Ireland, he set up his home for homeless boys in Omaha in 1917'

Answer: Father Flanagan


Question: 'These "heavenly" fish, often seen around coral reefs, are closely related to butterfly fish'

Answer: angelfish


Question: 'Trademarked name of an ice cream-&-cookie treat introduced in 1981'

Answer: Chipwich


Question: 'A people of the Pacific Northwest, their language, or a warm wind in the area'

Answer: Chinook


Question: '"Leading with my Chin"'

Answer: Jay Leno


Question: 'In 1965 Sylvania arranged 4 of these in a cube & sold them in packs of 3'

Answer: flashbulbs


Question: 'This adjective is used to describe a small, family-run grocery'

Answer: mom & pop


Question: 'Rays are in the same class as the 300 or so species of this fish & also have that mouth-on-the-underside thing'

Answer: sharks


Question: 'This Mexican pepper is actually a smoked jalapeno which can be dried or canned in an adobo sauce'

Answer: chipotle


Question: 'In English, this New Mexico tribe's name starts with "Z"; in their own language, with "A", Ashiwi'

Answer: Zuni


Question: '"Rock This"'

Answer: Chris Rock


Question: 'He planted 64 poems in his "Child's Garden of Verses"'

Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson


Question: 'Marjorie Main & Percy Kilbride made a series of films as this title pair'

Answer: Ma & Pa Kettle


Question: 'Mother's gefilte fish (the Rokeach brand, not your mother's) is made from this fish named for its hue'

Answer: whitefish


Question: 'SOS is a nickname in the military for this creamed breakfast item'

Answer: chipped beef on toast


Question: 'This language spoken by the Peoria tribe shares its name with a state'

Answer: Illinois


Question: '"I Rant, Therefore I Am"'

Answer: Dennis Miller


Question: 'Take this down: it's the horse that won the Belmont in 1973 by a record 31 lengths'

Answer: Secretariat


Question: 'Phillips, Phillips, Eliot & Doherty'

Answer: The Mamas & the Papas


Question: 'The fish known as the "lake" type of this is also called the namaycush & the togue'

Answer: trout


Question: 'Erik Estrada's salary dispute on the TV show "CHiPs" led to the hiring of this 1976 Olympic decathlon champ'

Answer: Bruce Jenner


Question: 'Chiricahua & Mescalero are dialects of this'

Answer: Apache


Question: '"Enter Whining"'

Answer: Fran Drescher


Question: 'On a standard bingo card, there is 1 free space & this many different numbers'

Answer: 24


Question: 'Popular musical that includes the following hit from 1979'

Answer: Mamma Mia! (the music of ABBA)


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Seattle)  The fish flying here at Seattle's Pike Place Market include this "regal" shining example'

Answer: king salmon


Question: 'He attained his status primarily with his publication "The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director"'

Answer: Thomas Chippendale


Question:
'It's the creature under investigation here in the "Dinosaurs" series
It wasn't until Marsh's field workers found a more complete & better-preserved specimen that he realized the plates stood up along the creature's spine'

Answer: Stegosaurus


Question: 'The U.S. Supreme Court is made up of this many justices'

Answer: 9


Question: 'He was the editor of "Household Words", which published his "Hard Times" in 1854'

Answer: Charles Dickens


Question: 'You might remember in 2000 this Lilith Fair maiden won a Grammy for her song "I Will Remember You"'

Answer: Sarah McLachlan


Question: 'Also called the yellow poplar, this state tree is named for its flowers that resemble a certain Dutch flower'

Answer: tulip tree


Question: 'Get out your No. 2 pencils, it's time for this short, written test'

Answer: pop quiz


Question: 'The "Perfect Crimes?" series naturally profiled this 1920s Chicago pair who thought their crime was perfect'

Answer: Leopold and Loeb


Question: 'The 3 branches of the U.S. federal government'

Answer: Executive, Judicial & Legislative


Question: 'With successes like "Peter Pan", he could afford to help sponsor Scott's Antarctic expedition'

Answer: James M. Barrie


Question: 'He's the singer seen here'

Answer: Tim McGraw


Question: 'Ho! Ho! Ho!  Every December this town's post office remails more than 500,000 letters & packages because of its postmark'

Answer: Santa Claus


Question: 'Johann Strauss, Jr. was the "King" of it'

Answer: waltz


Question:
'The program seen here covered this real monarch of ancient Egypt, subject of a 2002 blockbuster film
Only now, over a century after its discovery, are Egyptologists beginning to understand its significance'

Answer: the Scorpion King


Question: 'Total number of voting members in the House of Representatives'

Answer: 435


Question: 'Author Horace Walpole helped get this poet pal's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" published'

Answer: Thomas Gray


Question: '"I Keep Forgettin'" that before he went solo, he sang lead for the Doobie Brothers'

Answer: Michael McDonald


Question: 'Indiana's longest river, it flows 475 miles across the state & empties into the Ohio River in the southwest corner'

Answer: Wabash


Question: 'After high school, Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran worked on this type of Israeli collective settlement'

Answer: kibbutz


Question: 'THC's website tells what happened on your birthday; on Jan. 16, 1919 this amendment got its state ratification'

Answer: 18th Amendment (Prohibition)


Question: 'When needed, it has the power to declare war upon other nations'

Answer: Congress


Question: 'Virginia Woolf & E.M. Forster were novelists in this group that was centered in Gordon Square'

Answer: the Bloomsbury Group


Question: 'He called Madonna's remake of his "American Pie" "sensual and mystical"'

Answer: Don McLean


Question: 'The first federal road to cross Indiana east to west was the Cumberland Road, also known by this name'

Answer: National Road


Question: 'This seaport in southern Spain is a major exporter of figs, olives & sherry'

Answer: Cadiz


Question:
'The "Save Our History" episode seen here focused on this area along the Schuylkill River
For it was here that Washington transformed them, under horrendous conditions, from a struggling, poorly-trained group of militiamen, into conquering warriors'

Answer: Valley Forge


Question: 'It's the year in which the U.S. Constitution was written'

Answer: 1787


Question: 'This poet whose middle name was Manley was noted for his "Sprung Rhythm"'

Answer: Gerard Manley Hopkins


Question: 'During an appearance on the "Jamie Foxx Show", she sang "Wedding Bell Blues"'

Answer: Marilyn McCoo


Question: 'This Democrat, now Indiana's junior senator, served as the state's governor from 1989 to 1997'

Answer: Evan Bayh


Question: 'In 1967 Leon Uris made the bestseller list with this gem of a spy novel'

Answer: "Topaz"


Question: 'It may come from a ship travel acronym for port windows on the outward journey & starboard coming home'

Answer: posh (portside out, starboard home)


Question: 'This unit of weight is abbreviated mg.'

Answer: Milligram


Question: 'His 1995 Greatest Hits album features several new tracks with the E Street Band'

Answer: Bruce Springsteen


Question: 'In May 1995 this company delivered its first 777'

Answer: Boeing


Question: 'In 1935 beer was sold in these containers for the first time'

Answer: Cans


Question: 'Found on Dutch menus, gerookte paling is this snakelike fish, smoked & perhaps served on toast'

Answer: Eel


Question: 'It can be "spun" by a textile worker or a storyteller'

Answer: Yarn


Question: 'The first modern ones of these, called Lucifers, were invented in 1827 & struck on sandpaper'

Answer: Matches


Question: 'It took 30 years & an album called "Voodoo Lounge" for this British group to win its first Grammy'

Answer: The Rolling Stones


Question: 'In 1979 Israel sent its first cargo ship through this waterway'

Answer: Suez Canal


Question: 'To generate income, this state legalized the 6-week divorce in 1931 as well as gambling'

Answer: Nevada


Question: 'To prepare potatoes a la Hongroise, you need this Hungarian spice'

Answer: Paprika


Question: 'Name shared by a fanciful clergyman in "Tristram Shandy" & a dead jester in "Hamlet" ---  Alas!'

Answer: Yorick


Question: 'To stop staining, Farah makes men's slacks coated with this, usually found on cookware'

Answer: Teflon


Question: 'Fueled by a PBS special, this "ET" co-host's "Live at Red Rocks" album reached No. 1 on the New Age chart'

Answer: John Tesh


Question: 'This runnerless sled was first used by North American Indians to haul supplies & game over the snow'

Answer: Toboggan


Question: 'A 1933 New Deal measure set up this, the TVA, to provide rural electric power in part of the South'

Answer: Tennessee Valley Authority


Question: 'Similar to gingerbread, lebkuchen are spicy cakelike cookies from this country'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'If Tibetan oxen could talk, they might indulge in this kind of chatter'

Answer: Yak


Question: 'Hans Lippershey, who invented this instrument in 1608, called it a "looker"'

Answer: Telescope


Question: 'Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!  In 1995 this actress who played TV's Marcia Brady released a country album'

Answer: Maureen McCormick


Question: 'This type of aircraft is sometimes called a sailplane'

Answer: Glider


Question: 'In 1930 Hoover Dam was begun & this Grant Wood painting was finished'

Answer: "American Gothic"


Question: 'Cornish pasties, named for this English county, often contain meat & potatoes'

Answer: Cornwall


Question: 'You might make a "conference" call to this Crimean resort city'

Answer: Yalta


Question: 'Cesium was the first element found by this process using the band of colored light produced by a prism'

Answer: Spectroscopy


Question: 'Paul Hewson, better known as Bono, is this group's lead singer'

Answer: U2


Question: 'It's the name shared by an early warship propelled by oars & the kitchen of a boat or ship'

Answer: Galley


Question: 'On his 1936 presidential campaign button, he used a sunflower motif, from the Kansas state flower'

Answer: Alf Landon


Question: 'Melitzanosolata, an eggplant salad, is an appetizer or side dish from this Mediterranean country'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'It was Richard III's "house"'

Answer: York


Question: 'Hiram Bingham, who discovered this civilization's city of Machu Picchu, was gov. of Connecticut for 1 day'

Answer: Inca


Question: 'Sapphires come in many colors, but the finest ones are this color'

Answer: Blue


Question: 'In "Macbeth" Hecate commands this trio, "And now about the cauldron sing, like elves and fairies in a ring"'

Answer: Three Witches/Weird Sisters


Question: 'St. Christopher takes care of travelers & St. Bona takes care of these people who take care of plane travelers'

Answer: Flight Attendants/Stewardesses


Question: 'From the Latin for "betrothal", it's a marriage partner, either husband or wife'

Answer: Spouse


Question: 'In 1620 the Pilgrims first landed in the New World on this peninsula & that's no fish story'

Answer: Cape Cod


Question: 'Columbus named this flagship on his 2nd voyage after the one wrecked on the 1st'

Answer: Santa Maria


Question: 'This country's diamond rush began after some Boer children found a 21-carat stone in 1866'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'Shakespeare's narrative poem "Venus And Adonis" is based in part on this poet's "Metamorphoses"'

Answer: Ovid


Question: 'Saint Erasmus, the patron saint of sailors, gets all fired up under this other name'

Answer: St. Elmo


Question: 'The garden of "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" includes these, along with cockleshells & pretty maids'

Answer: Silver Bells


Question: 'It's the Canadian partner of the American falls'

Answer: Horseshoe Falls


Question: 'Pedro Cabral formally took possession of it in 1500 & named it Vera Cruz; we know it as this country today'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'Auguste Verneuil developed the flame-fusion process of creating these red gems artificially'

Answer: Rubies


Question: 'Kenneth Branagh & Emma Thompson played Benedick & Beatrice in the 1993 film version of this comedy'

Answer: "Much Ado About Nothing"


Question: 'He's known for asking Jesus, "Quo vadis, Domine?" & being crucified upside-down'

Answer: St. Peter


Question: 'This British author's 2 middle names are Ronald Reuel'

Answer: J.R.R. Tolkien


Question: 'This island group in the north Atlantic makes up 2 Spanish provinces'

Answer: Canary Islands


Question: 'Some say the Portuguese sent him to India in 1497 after his brother Paulo turned down the command'

Answer: Vasco Da Gama


Question: 'This "sea-colored" gem, a birthstone for March, should be cleaned often to retain its sparkle'

Answer: Aquamarine


Question: 'This play's last scene takes place on the pleasure grounds of Portia's house in Belmont'

Answer: "The Merchant of Venice"


Question: 'Saint Basil the Blessed was an advisor to the czar in this city; a church there is named for him'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'In 1885 this Nez Perce chief & his people were moved to a reservation in Washington where he died in 1904'

Answer: Chief Joseph


Question: 'Painters in the Hudson River School featured this mountain range in many of their works'

Answer: Catskills


Question: 'This Dutchman's discoveries of Fiji, Tonga & New Zealand were a disappointment, since they had no great wealth'

Answer: Abel Tasman


Question: 'Chatoyancy is the special luminous quality that makes these gems resemble feline features'

Answer: Cat\'s Eye


Question: 'Many scholars describe this play about a prince of Tyre as a "romance"'

Answer: "Pericles, Prince of Tyre"


Question: 'Hadrian is said to have made martyrs of these 3 legendary sisters, also a trio of virtues'

Answer: Faith, Hope & Charity


Question: 'In 1976 the U.S. Mint issued a medal commemorating his flight through the sound barrier'

Answer: Chuck Yeager


Question: 'Named for the largest deer, this Saskatchewan city has the largest Canadian forces jet-pilot training base'

Answer: Moose Jaw


Question: 'The new $92 million Rock and Roll Hall of Fame stands on the shores of this lake'

Answer: Lake Erie


Question: 'The Confederate victory at Chancellorsville paved the way for this early July 1863 Pennsylvania battle'

Answer: Gettysburg


Question: 'It's a writ "to produce the body" of the detained before the court'

Answer: Habeas Corpus


Question: 'An Oscar went to Sarandon for playing Helen Prejean, a Louisiana nun, in this film'

Answer: "Dead Man Walking"


Question: 'Lauren Bacall & Kate Moss have had white moustaches in print ads for this liquid refreshment'

Answer: Milk


Question: 'The largest tree fruit, the 50-lb. Coco-De-Mer, or "sea" one of these is found only in the Seychelles'

Answer: Coconut


Question: 'The northern fur seal breeds each summer in the Pribilof Islands in this sea'

Answer: Bering Sea


Question: 'The 1824 battle of Ayacucho marked the end of this European country's power in South America'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'When a criminal is caught red-handed, he's caught "in" this, "while the crime is blazing"'

Answer: Flagrante Delicto


Question: 'Sarandon provided the voice of a spider in this 1996 animated film based on a Roald Dahl book'

Answer: "James And The Giant Peach"


Question: 'The Seychelles is home to these color-changing lizards'

Answer: Chameleons


Question: 'Yielding 20 pounds of edible flesh, the giant type of this is the largest bivalve mollusk'

Answer: Clam


Question: 'The Battle of Austerlitz, one of his greatest victories, is sometimes called the Battle of the Three Emperors'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'Literally "for the good", it refers to a case taken by an attorney free of charge'

Answer: Pro Bono


Question: 'This midnight cult film featured Tim Curry as transvestite scientist Frank N. Furter'

Answer: "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"


Question: 'This former "Bionic Woman" can be seen in Southern California Ford ads'

Answer: Lindsay Wagner


Question: 'To pay for your dinner at a "new deli" in Victoria, the capital, you'll use this currency'

Answer: Rupees


Question: 'These animals of the class Asteroidea can regenerate body parts & produce new bodies from a fragment'

Answer: Starfish


Question: 'The Battle of the Argonne during this war was part of a general offensive against the Hindenburg line'

Answer: World War I


Question: 'This phrase isn't necessarily an admission of guilt; it simply means "I do not contest it"'

Answer: Nolo Contendere


Question: 'Screenwriter Callie Khouri won an Oscar for this 1991 female buddy film'

Answer: "Thelma & Louise"


Question: 'This fashion label's "girls" have included Carre Otis, Claudia Schiffer & Anna Nicole Smith'

Answer: The Gap


Question: 'In 1956 this Cypriot archbishop was exiled to the Seychelles'

Answer: Makarios


Question: 'The dried skeleton of this invertebrate resembles a large white coin'

Answer: Sand Dollar


Question: 'The recapture of Antwerp was a goal of this 1944-45 battle, Germany's last great offensive in the West'

Answer: Battle of the Bulge


Question: '"Ignorantia Legis Neminem Excusat" translates to this maxim'

Answer: Ignorance is no excuse of the law


Question: 'Sarandon played Southern attorney Reggie Love in this 1994 film'

Answer: "The Client" (based on the book by John Grisham)


Question: 'It wasn't just Eva Herzigova's career that got a lift on her "Look me in the eyes" billboards for this'

Answer: Wonderbra


Question: 'The 115 islands of the Seychelles are in this ocean'

Answer: Indian Ocean


Question: 'In California this fish spawns on the beach the first few nights after the highest tides of the month'

Answer: Grunion


Question: 'WRAS-FM in this largest Georgia city is the USA's most powerful student-run college radio station'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: '"Simple Abundance" by Sarah Ban Breathnach has this many messages for women, one for each day in 1996'

Answer: 366


Question: 'In 1790 it succeeded Charleston as South Carolina's capital'

Answer: Columbia


Question: 'Gustatory organ is another term for these flavor receptors found mostly on the tongue'

Answer: taste buds


Question: '"Everybody Loves Somebody" & Las Vegas loved this man, dimming the Strip's lights in his honor December 28, 1995'

Answer: Dean Martin


Question: 'In 1925 he was fined $100 for teaching evolution in Dayton, Tenn., but the conviction was reversed'

Answer: John Scopes


Question: 'On Jan. 16, 1855 the first territorial legislature of Nebraska met at this city on the Missouri River'

Answer: Omaha


Question: 'This talk show host's mom, Dorothy, published a cookbook'

Answer: David Letterman


Question: 'Steamboat builder & operator Henry M. Shreve has a city named for him in this state'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'Swollen & bleeding gums are a symptom of this vitamin C deficiency, once the scourge of sailors'

Answer: scurvy


Question: 'This Monkee called his 1993 autobiography "I'm a Believer"'

Answer: Micky Dolenz


Question: 'The brother of Pres. Eisenhower, he served as president of Kansas State, Penn State & Johns Hopkins'

Answer: Milton Eisenhower


Question: 'A stirring speech by Daniel Webster marked the dedication of this monument at Charlestown, Massachusetts'

Answer: the Battle of Bunker Hill


Question: 'In 1994 this sitcom star had a bestseller with "Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man"'

Answer: Tim Allen


Question: 'This Florida city was named by a railroad official for his boyhood home in Russia'

Answer: St. Petersburg


Question: 'Once widely used as an anesthetic, trichloromethane is better known as this'

Answer: chloroform


Question: 'Before "Married... with Children", Katey Sagal was a Harlette, one of this star's backup singers'

Answer: Bette Midler


Question: 'In 1909, 2 years after introducing her teaching method in Rome, she wrote a book about it'

Answer: Maria Montessori


Question: 'In December 1875 this former commissioner of NYC's public works escaped from jail & fled to Cuba'

Answer: Boss Tweed


Question: '"In the Name of Sorrow and Hope" is about this late Israeli PM by his granddaughter Noa Ben Artzi-Pelossof'

Answer: Yitzhak Rabin


Question: 'Since 1907 this Oregon city has hosted an annual Rose Festival'

Answer: Portland


Question: 'In strabismus one or both of these may turn inward or outward'

Answer: the eyes


Question: 'Born Patricia Andrzejewski, she recorded "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" under this name'

Answer: Pat Benatar


Question: 'He was chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities before becoming Secretary of Education in 1985'

Answer: William Bennett


Question: 'Joel Poinsett, the 1st U.S. minister to this Latin American nation, opposed the war with it in 1846'

Answer: Mexico


Question: '"The Tenth Insight" is James Redfield's sequel to this book about spiritual exploration'

Answer: "The Celestine Prophecy"


Question: 'This largest North Dakota city lies across the Red River of the North from Moorhead, Minnesota'

Answer: Fargo


Question: 'There are 3 types of this in humans:  lanugo, which is shed before or shortly after birth, vellus & terminal'

Answer: hair


Question: 'In 1994 Julio Iglesias recorded Patsy Cline's hit "Crazy", written by this man, once his duet partner'

Answer: Willie Nelson


Question: 'The best American League lefthanded pitcher 1916-18, he was moved to left field in 1919'

Answer: Babe Ruth


Question: 'Philadelphia's Centennial Exposition of 1876 was held to commemorate the 100th anniversary of this local event'

Answer: the signing of the Declaration of Independence


Question: 'If the ball is in-goal & you hold it & touch it to the earth, 5 points are scored by what's called this electrical term'

Answer: grounding


Question: 'This Russian vodka brand is known as Stoli for short'

Answer: Stolichnaya


Question: 'A Guernsey'

Answer: a cow


Question: 'Their family "Compound" is 6 acres of waterfront property on Nantucket Sound'

Answer: the Kennedys


Question: 'This 5-letter word can refer to an event in Genesis or to what you do in supplying too much fuel to your carburetor'

Answer: flood


Question: 'The World Expo of 1893 was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of one of this man's voyages'

Answer: Columbus


Question: 'With 16 players fighting for possession, this way of re-starting play is a synonym for a disorderly struggle'

Answer: a scrum


Question: 'This beet soup can be served hot or cold but it should always come with a dollop of sour cream'

Answer: borscht


Question: 'A leghorn'

Answer: a chicken


Question: 'Alfred, a scion of this munitions & chemicals family, built Nemours Mansion in Wilmington, Del. for his new bride'

Answer: DuPont


Question: 'A group of news reporters, or to make smooth by ironing'

Answer: press


Question: 'The International Exposition Bureau didn't recognize the NYC World's Fair of this year; it was too soon after Seattle 1962'

Answer: 1964


Question: 'Like a score in U.S. football, a goal kick, a reminder of rugby's soccer origins, is worth this many points'

Answer: 3


Question: 'Like latkes, draniki are these'

Answer: potato pancakes


Question: 'A Lipizzaner'

Answer: a horse