Question: 'She has won more prize money than any tennis player in history, man or woman'

Answer: Martina Navratilova


Question: 'In 1871 Ambrose Burnside became the first president of this group that promotes firearm safety'

Answer: National Rifle Association


Question: 'Drawings discovered in 1967 showed this artist invented the chain drive around 1492'

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci


Question: 'Loren married this producer in 1957, got an annulment in 1962 & remarried him in 1966'

Answer: Carlo Ponti


Question: 'Cotopaxi, the world's highest active volcano, rises just south of Quito, Ecuador in these mountains'

Answer: Andes


Question: 'The term Chalcolithic Age refers to the transition time between the use of this & copper'

Answer: Stone


Question: 'Bjorn Borg & Stefan Edberg helped this country reach the Davis Cup finals 7 times in the 1980s'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'Founded in 1770, the Hasty Pudding Club is famed for its theatricals at this university'

Answer: Harvard


Question: 'In 1960 Theodore Maiman used this gem in his laser'

Answer: Ruby


Question: 'Loren's 1st Oscar came for this 1961 Italian film co-starring Jean-Paul Belmondo'

Answer: Two Women


Question: 'This tallest Greek mountain is situated on the border between Thessaly & Macedonia'

Answer: Mount Olympus


Question: 'Found in the tomb of Fu Hao, a consort of Wu Ding, were 7,000 cowrie shells, used at the time as this'

Answer: Money


Question: 'The annual All-England Championships are held in this London suburb'

Answer: Wimbledon


Question: 'In 1985 its ship, the Rainbow Warrior, was sunk by French agents in New Zealand'

Answer: Greenpeace


Question: 'Bell invented it in 1876; David Hughes gave it this name in 1878, & don't lean into it when you reply'

Answer: Microphone


Question: 'Sophia Loren was raised near this large city that's 14 miles from Pompeii'

Answer: Naples


Question: 'Until Alaska became a state, this mountain was the U.S.A.'s tallest'

Answer: Mount Whitney


Question: 'A systematic excavation of this 1607 British settlement was done between 1935 & 1957'

Answer: Jamestown


Question: 'In the Astrodome in 1973, Billie Jean King beat this senior male player in a "Battle of the Sexes"'

Answer: Bobby Riggs


Question: 'This group sponsored both presidential debates between Walter Mondale & Ronald Reagan in 1984'

Answer: League of Women Voters


Question: 'Christiaan Huygens got into the swing of things in 1656 by adding this to the clock'

Answer: Pendulum


Question: 'Both Sophia & her mother were extras in this 1951 Robert Taylor film set during the reign of Nero'

Answer: Quo Vadis


Question: 'This range extends from Lassen Peak in California to the Fraser River in British Columbia'

Answer: Cascades


Question: 'Major teams in this sport include the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, the Nankai Hawks & the Hankyu Braves'

Answer: Baseball


Question: 'The Coinage Act of 1965 removed all of this metal from dimes & quarters'

Answer: Silver


Question: 'The author who wrote "Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink"'

Answer: John Steinbeck


Question: 'If you're on a kibbutz, you're on a collective farm in this country'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'His niece, Harriet Lane, acted as this'

Answer: White House hostess


Question: 'After high school this vocalist known as "The Velvet Fog" played drums in Chico Marx' band'

Answer: Mel Torme


Question: 'Some 20-30% of these are still arranged by friends & relatives, or a go-between called a nakodo'

Answer: Marriages


Question: 'Dies for all U.S. coins are made at the mint in this city'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'Part of Albrecht Durer's etching, "Four Witches", appeared on the jacket of this John Updike novel'

Answer: "The Witches of Eastwick"


Question: 'In the late 1830s John Deere introduced one of these made of steel'

Answer: Plow


Question: 'During his presidency this party collapsed & didn't regain the presidency for 24 years'

Answer: Democratic Party


Question: 'In 1964 vocalist Astrud Gilberto & this tenor saxophonist had a No. 5 pop hit with "The Girl from Ipanema"'

Answer: Stan Getz


Question: 'Once the Fleet Street of Tokyo, it's now the most famous shopping & entertainment district'

Answer: Ginza


Question: 'The 2 denominations that don't have grooves or milling around the edge'

Answer: Nickels & pennies


Question: 'His book, "Omoo", is subtitled "Adventures in the South Seas"'

Answer: Herman Melville


Question: 'Agriculture comes from the Latin word for field, as does this unit of measurement for fields'

Answer: Acre


Question: 'As Secretary of State under Polk, he tried to buy this island from Spain for $120 million dollars'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'The 1966 biography of this jazz pianist was titled "Ain't Misbehavin'"'

Answer: Fats Waller


Question: '2 of the country's 4 main islands'

Answer: Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu & Shikoku


Question: '"From Slave Cabin to Hall of Fame" appeared on a half-dollar memorial to this black educator'

Answer: Booker T. Washington


Question: 'Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who wrote the novel "The Human Comedy"'

Answer: William Saroyan


Question: '2-word term for products like tobacco or soybeans grown to be sold rather than used on the farm'

Answer: Cash crops


Question: 'Buchanan became the first president to have a state secede under him, when this one did in 1860'

Answer: South Carolina


Question: 'Among the eight wives of this clarinetist were Lana Turner, Evelyn Keyes & Ava Gardner'

Answer: Artie Shaw


Question: 'Stylized singing called yokyoku is featured in this form of theater, Japan's oldest'

Answer: Noh


Question: 'The first American coins were shillings made in 1652 with the imprint "N.E." which stood for this'

Answer: New England


Question: 'It's Richard Condon's 1959 suspense novel about Raymond Shaw, an ex-POW programmed to be an assassin'

Answer: "The Manchurian Candidate"


Question: 'The Book of Knowledge calls this tropical fruit the most commonly eaten fruit in the world'

Answer: Banana


Question: 'As minister to this country from 1832-34, Buchanan helped create our first commercial treaty with it'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'On April 29, 1986 the U.S. issued a stamp bearing the portrait of this "noble" jazz musician'

Answer: Duke Ellington


Question: 'The world's 14th largest airline is based in this 240-square-mile island nation'

Answer: Singapore (Singapore Airlines)


Question: 'Washington grows more of these than any other state; about a third of them are Red Delicious'

Answer: apples


Question: 'Trump up your properties!  Rule railroads!  Utilize utilities!  Bankrupt foes & say it's nothing personal, just business'

Answer: Monopoly


Question: 'It begins, "All children, except one, grow up"'

Answer: Peter Pan


Question: 'Depictions of this fruit date back 4,000 years in the artwork of early Egyptians'

Answer: watermelon


Question: 'Get live online assistance with your homework at this site run by PATH, which stands for "Pupils Ask," these people "Help"'

Answer: Teachers


Question: 'I'm taking 5 on this alliterative playground piece that sounds like you should be climbing it in the Congo'

Answer: a jungle gym


Question: 'This biggest Washington city is pretty wet with Elliott Bay to the west, Lake Washington to the East'

Answer: Seattle


Question: 'Your opponent's 5-piece Navy must go down, & it must go down hard'

Answer: Battleship


Question: 'Hans Christian Andersen story in which you'll read, "Heaven knows what was in that bed... I am black and blue!"'

Answer: The Princess And The Pea


Question: 'If you luck into a supply of these, start thinking cobbler'

Answer: peaches


Question: 'On the Colorado-based website this giant.com, you can get a bumper one for the car, like "it's all good"'

Answer: a sticker


Question: 'In the NBA these recesses can be regular or 20-second'

Answer: a time-out


Question: 'An Alaskan Malamute named Dubs is the mascot of this University of Washington football team'

Answer: the Huskies


Question:
'42 territories, including Siam; one simple goal:
Complete...
Global...
Domination!'

Answer: Risk


Question: 'In this 1883 children's classic, a parrot named Captain Flint squawks, "Pieces of eight!  Pieces of eight!"'

Answer: Treasure Island


Question: 'Look out--it's the fuzz!  This fruit seen here'

Answer: kiwi


Question: 'You can play games called Football Frenzy & All-star Dodgeball at sikids.com, this magazine's website for kids'

Answer: Sports Illustrated


Question: 'Run, don't walk to this up & down recess plaything also called a seesaw'

Answer: a teeter-totter


Question: 'Until 1853 Washington was part of this territory bearing the name of the next state south'

Answer: Oregon


Question: 'Was it Scarlet with a barbell in the spa?  Discover the secrets of this board game'

Answer: Clue


Question: 'In a 1900 book, one character tells her, "I'm really a very good man; but I'm a very bad wizard"'

Answer: Dorothy


Question: 'A picture of this fruit appeared on the pillars of Solomon's temple'

Answer: pomegranate


Question: 'kidsplanet.org has fact sheets about at-risk animals, like the mountain gorilla, classed as this 2-word term'

Answer: endangered species


Question: 'Many plays have this delay built into the middle so people can stretch their legs'

Answer: an intermission


Question: 'The Cascade Mountains divide Washington east from west; North Cascades is one of these ways through them'

Answer: a pass


Question: 'What a fun game--buy insurance; pay taxes; get in a ski accident; get fired; bottom line--get the highest dollar amount'

Answer: Life


Question: 'In "Little Women" she tells sisters Jo, Amy & Beth, "It's so dreadful to be poor"'

Answer: Meg


Question: 'This fruit is associate with India's folklore and religious ceremonies'

Answer: mango


Question: 'Kids Web Japan has a page on this art that shows you how to fold a piece of paper into the shape of a dog or a piano'

Answer: origami


Question: 'This 7-letter word for a day off from school or work originally referred to a religious observance'

Answer: a holiday


Question: 'Like every wash day, there was 1 Hanes ankle this left without a partner'

Answer: a sock


Question: 'The artist known as Pink now spells her professional name using one of these for the "i"'

Answer: an exclamation point


Question: 'Flora, one of these "roid"s discovered in 1847, orbits the sun at an average distance of about 200 million miles'

Answer: asteroid


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew leaves a koala be at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia.)  No matter how cuddly they look, visitors to Taronga Zoo are not allowed to hold koalas, which are often mistakenly called this type of animal'

Answer: bear


Question: 'The most recent leap year'

Answer: 2008


Question: 'Tell a little lie'

Answer: fib


Question: 'After you left this bill in a pocket, Abe Lincoln looks like he's crying; I hope it's still "legal tender"'

Answer: a $5 bill


Question: 'Christina Perri went from waitress to toast of the town after her ballad "Jar of" these was used on TV'

Answer: Hearts


Question: 'This multinational orbital project abbreviated I.S.S. houses numerous research modules'

Answer: the International Space Station


Question: 'Tails is a big-eyed friend of this ever-popular hedgehog'

Answer: Sonic


Question: 'The Pilgrims first come ashore in Massachusetts'

Answer: 1620


Question: 'Write something down quickly, like an address'

Answer: jot


Question: 'That stain on your jeans from helping Dad change the car's 10W-30 this-- it didn't come out'

Answer: the oil


Question: 'This "Wizards of Waverly Place" star has a band called The Scene that released "A Year Without Rain" in 2010'

Answer: Selena Gomez


Question: 'Colorful term for a second full moon in one month; something rare might happen "once in" it'

Answer: a blue moon


Question: 'Zakumi, a leopard holding a soccer ball, was the mascot of this 2010 major global sporting event'

Answer: the World Cup


Question: 'Most of the South secedes from the Union & the Civil War begins'

Answer: 1861


Question: 'A playing card, it can also mean to easily pass a test'

Answer: ace


Question: 'Sorry, a couple of these, also called spangles, fell off your shirt even though I washed it inside-out'

Answer: sequins


Question: 'This "Gossip" gal made the Billboard charts by pairing with Garrett Hedlund on "Give In To Me"'

Answer: Leighton Meester


Question: 'It can be a small pill or a small spacecraft like the Mercury ones used by early astronauts'

Answer: a capsule


Question: 'A San Diego mom invented these folding plush animals that you can also lay your head on to sleep'

Answer: a Pillow Pet


Question: 'The first astronauts walk on the moon'

Answer: 1969


Question: 'Transmit a copy of a document over a telephone line'

Answer: fax


Question: 'Ahhh! Nice warm shorts from this surf & skate fasion company that sounds like a synonym for the metal mercury'

Answer: Quicksilver


Question: '"Moment 4 Life" was a hit for this Lil Wayne protege who was discovered via her Myspace page'

Answer: Nicki Minaj


Question: 'The ESA, established in 1975, stands for this Space Agency; its 18 members include France & Germany'

Answer: European


Question:
'The Labrador retriever has a strong, rudder-like tail named for this sleek river mammal
of the weasel family'

Answer: an otter


Question: 'Hawaii becomes our 50th state'

Answer: 1959


Question: 'To engage in pugilism, or a cardboard container'

Answer: box


Question: 'If he had been his own country, at the 2008 Summer Olympics he would have tied for ninth in gold medals'

Answer: Michael Phelps


Question: 'It's the only Asian great ape'

Answer: the orangutan


Question: 'In 1984 this company's laser printer won raves &, at $3,495, also cost a third less than the competitors''

Answer: HP (Hewlett-Packard)


Question: 'Jon Stewart got a "kick" out of this sport at William & Mary, & an award there is named in his honor'

Answer: soccer


Question: 'Pass the grape jelly & name this state capital of New Hampshire'

Answer: Concord


Question: 'This czar may have been "great", but biographer Robert K. Massie says he was deathly afraid of cockroaches'

Answer: Peter the Great


Question: 'Immature, wingless feeding stage of an insect'

Answer: larva


Question: 'It's what an archerfish shoots to bring down insects'

Answer: water


Question: 'The cover of the first PC Magazine featured this company's new desktop computer, which helped launch an industry'

Answer: IBM


Question: 'Steve Young was a quarterback at this school named for his great-great-great-grandfather'

Answer: BYU (Brigham Young)


Question: 'It's the capital of the Evergreen State'

Answer: Olympia


Question: 'Princess Caroline's hunky son Andrea Casiraghi is second in line to the throne in this country'

Answer: Monaco


Question: 'A portable lamp, or a "Green" DC Comics character'

Answer: a lantern


Question: 'This predator that comes in gray and red types is a bit camera-shy, but its tracks are seen here'

Answer: the wolf


Question: 'For 16 years this computer maker put an ad on the back page of PC Mag to promote & pioneer its direct PC sales'

Answer: Dell


Question: 'Julia Louis-Dreyfus was part of an improv troupe while attending this university in Evanston, Illinois'

Answer: Northwestern


Question: 'Much of the trendy Back Bay area of this state capital is built on a landfill'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'This "Sun King" sniffed, "England is a little garden full of sour weeds"'

Answer: Louis XIV


Question: 'Chad or Superior'

Answer: a lake


Question: 'A traditional sign of spring in England is a letter to the Times saying, I heard this "crazy" bird's call'

Answer: a cuckoo


Question: 'In 1999, when it wasn't even a year old, this website won a PC Mag award for its PageRank technology'

Answer: Google


Question: 'At Amherst this future TV dad graduated cum laude; he must have been in "7th Heaven"'

Answer: Stephen Collins


Question: 'Because he believed God led him there, Roger Williams named a state capital this'

Answer: Providence


Question: 'Princess Cristina of this country married a Basque handball player in 1997'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'Another name for a cowboy's lasso'

Answer: a lariat


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew appears from the USC Wrigley Institute on Catalina Island, CA.)  Though thriving now, Catalina Island foxes were threatened in the '90s by the infectious disease marked by fever & catarrh known as canine this'

Answer: distemper


Question: 'id Software got kudos for letting gamers construct worlds in this 4-letter shooter, set on Mars & featuring demons'

Answer: Doom


Question: 'At Vassar, Meryl Streep starred in this Swede's play "Miss Julie"; at Yale, she was in his play "The Father"'

Answer: August Strindberg


Question: 'It's where you'll find the Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse'

Answer: Charleston


Question: 'In 1927 5-year-old Prince Michael was proclaimed king of this country north of Bulgaria'

Answer: Romania


Question: 'Element with the atomic number 103 (it ain't livermorium!)'

Answer: lawrencium


Question: 'After jousting with the Lance, she felt a change would do her good in 2006'

Answer: Sheryl Crow


Question: 'In 1935 Lincoln Ellsworth flew over this continent & claimed parts of it for the U.S.'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: '"Gone with the Wind" opens with a description of her "arresting" face'

Answer: Scarlett O\'Hara


Question: '2-word term for the hypothetical species said to bridge the gap between anthropod apes & human beings'

Answer: the missing link


Question: 'New York's Public Theater began staging Shakespeare in the Park in this park in 1962'

Answer: Central Park


Question: 'Types of these include flexors & adductors'

Answer: muscles


Question: 'Who will save your soul?  This precious gem, seen here?'

Answer: Jewel


Question: 'DAR co-founder Flora Darling founded a "Daughters of" group for this next declared U.S. war'

Answer: the War of 1812


Question: 'Use your plastic to pick up "Beauty Junkies: Inside Our $15 Billion Obsession with" this type of "Surgery"'

Answer: cosmetic


Question: 'It's the 4-syllable practice of having more than one spouse at the same time'

Answer: polygamy


Question: 'The students who founded this univ.'s Dramatic Society in 1885 included a future Archbishop of Canterbury'

Answer: Oxford


Question: 'This city is on the Black Warrior River in Alabama'

Answer: Tuscaloosa


Question: 'Amy Ray & Emily Saliers are better known as this colorful group'

Answer: Indigo Girls


Question: 'In the 1600s Thomas Sydenham pioneered the use of this drug to treat malaria'

Answer: quinine


Question: 'This author wrote that Dorian Gray had "finely-curved scarlet lips"'

Answer: Oscar Wilde


Question: 'From the Latin for "from the beginning", it's the noun used for the earliest known dwellers of a region'

Answer: aborigines


Question: 'In classic commedia dell'arte, many characters wore these on their faces, but the lovers did not'

Answer: masks


Question: 'This staple of North African cuisine can be a porridge, a salad or a dessert'

Answer: couscous


Question: 'This Irish lass is seen performing at the 1998 Lilith Fair concert'

Answer: Sinéad O\'Connor


Question: 'Pierre Monteux was the conductor at the uproarious 1913 premiere of this "seasonal" Stravinsky work'

Answer: The Rite of Spring


Question: 'Pride & terror mix on Mr. Kurtz' face before he makes this final exclamation'

Answer: The horror!


Question: 'In 1891 prehistoric human fossils given this geographic name were discovered on an Indonesian island'

Answer: Java Man


Question: 'In the 1580s this Spanish novelist reportedly wrote 20 to 30 plays, but only "The Traffic of Algiers" & "Numantia" survive'

Answer: Cervantes


Question: 'Red & white blood cells are also called these'

Answer: corpuscles


Question: 'She's no criminal, although she often steals the show'

Answer: Fiona Apple


Question: 'Part-time astronomer after whom the capital of Queensland, Australia was named'

Answer: (Sir Thomas) Brisbane


Question: 'The heroine of Toni Morrison's first novel wants the blondest hair & this feature, the book's title'

Answer: the bluest eye


Question: 'At dig sites, these ancient household garbage dumps reveal a great deal about those who used them'

Answer: middens


Question: 'The play "Our Leading Lady" focuses on Laura Keene, who was starring in this play the night Lincoln was shot'

Answer: Our American Cousin


Question: 'At age 88 King Gustav VI was out diggin' in the ruins of these people in Acquarossa, Italy'

Answer: Etruscans (or Tuscans)


Question: 'He's the character mentioned in the first line of "Atlas Shrugged"'

Answer: John Galt


Question: 'There's one of these in the center of Texas' state seal, on its flag & in its nickname'

Answer: a star


Question: 'One "headline" featured on his talk show read, "Suicide counselor accused of trying to kill patient"'

Answer: Jay Leno


Question: 'This smooth cylinder is used to flatten bread dough or to inflict a cranial injury on a philandering husband'

Answer: a rolling pin


Question: 'As he did after the 1962 Calif. governor's race, on eviction he says the house won't have him to kick around anymore'

Answer: Nixon


Question: 'Though it never made it into space, thanks to "Star Trek" fans the first Space Shuttle orbiter was called this'

Answer: the Enterprise


Question: 'I economize with lunch in a box'

Answer: China (in lunch in a box)


Question: 'The front of its state seal shows Lord Baltimore as a knight in full armor'

Answer: Maryland


Question: 'Mitch Hedberg: "The depressing thing about" this Chris Evert sport is "no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall"'

Answer: tennis


Question: 'In the 1920s Charles Strite invented the first home version of this automatic pop-up appliance'

Answer: a toaster


Question: 'The houseguests boot this American general who took over command of Philadelphia in 1778 for his dastardly double dealing'

Answer: (Benedict) Arnold


Question: 'Seen here, it was captured on film over Manhattan shortly before its demise'

Answer: the Hindenburg


Question: 'Truly, you have created a beauteous painting'

Answer: Spain (in beauteous painting)


Question: 'This state's seal includes its longer, official name: "The State of" this & "Providence Plantations"'

Answer: Rhode Island


Question: 'On "SNL", Christopher Walken "got a fever, & the only prescription is more" of this instrument'

Answer: cowbell


Question: 'To use this hinged utensil, put cloves into the extruder basket, then squeeze the handles together'

Answer: a garlic press


Question: 'In 1947 his fasting stopped riots in Calcutta & his sunny attitude takes him far in the game; everyone likes Mo'

Answer: Gandhi


Question: 'The centerpiece of the Evergreen Aviation Museum in Oregon is this giant flying boat, piloted only once by Howard Hughes'

Answer: the "Spruce Goose"


Question: 'Your job is to find the hidden marksman'

Answer: Denmark (in hidden marksman)


Question: 'Both its flag & seal were re-adopted in 1967 when a portrait by Gilbert Stuart was approved for the seal'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'Emo Philips: A computer "once beat me at" this game "but it was no match for me at kickboxing"'

Answer: chess


Question: 'From the Latin for "strain", it's a bowl-shaped strainer used to drain liquids from such foods as pasta'

Answer: a colander


Question: 'In June of 1943, he made the cover of Life magazine along with his helicopter'

Answer: Igor Sikorsky


Question: 'Beach walking may require you to put on galoshes'

Answer: Tonga (in put on galoshes)


Question: 'This one-word motto meaning "ever upward" appears on the flag & seal of New York'

Answer: Excelsior


Question: 'This sitcom star who played Dr. Robert Hartley said his stammer got him a home in Beverly Hills & he's not correcting it'

Answer: Bob Newhart


Question: 'Despite its name, it's a slicing tool, not a guitar-like instrument, so don't strum it'

Answer: a mandoline


Question: 'Also pushed out by Castro in 1959, he tells Julie Chen, "I just didn't see the backdoor coming"'

Answer: (Fulgencio) Batista


Question: 'In 2007 while undergoing renovations, this historic British tea clipper was further damaged by a fire'

Answer: the Cutty Sark


Question: 'Give a dog a bone & he'll bark gratefully'

Answer: Gabon (in dog a bone)


Question: 'Rossini:<br />"The ____ of Seville"'

Answer: Barber


Question: 'This Boston College QB played large for the Patriots & was the CFL's most outstanding player 6 times'

Answer: (Doug) Flutie


Question: 'Seen here are the leaves of this type of plant that dominated the Earth 300 million years ago'

Answer: a fern


Question: 'The Cervantes Prize is awarded annually to an author who works in this dialect, the basis of modern Spanish'

Answer: Castillian


Question: 'Though not the best at digging, donkeys are called these in Spanish'

Answer: burros


Question: 'This emigrant route started in Independence, Missouri & moved west to the Columbia River region'

Answer: the Oregon Trail


Question: 'Puccini:<br />"The Girl of the Golden ____"'

Answer: West


Question: 'We couldn't do a "SPORTS SHORTS" category without mentioning a few of these athletes like Laffit Pincay & Gary Stevens'

Answer: jockeys


Question: 'The leaves of this plant are used as a seasoning & the plant is often used as a hedge on the Pacific coast'

Answer: rosemary


Question: 'Cervantes' day job was securing provisions for this "invincible" naval force'

Answer: the Spanish Armada


Question: 'A donkey tries hair extensions on its lower legs in order to become a part of the team in a commercial for this beer'

Answer: Budweiser


Question: 'In the NFL going into O.T. means playing this'

Answer: overtime


Question: 'Stravinsky:<br />"The ____'s Progress"'

Answer: Rake


Question: 'Even though he was 6'1", NBA star Nate Archibald sported this diminutive nickname'

Answer: "Tiny"


Question: 'NHL fans are familiar with these items'

Answer: a maple leaf


Question: 'Cervantes' "La Galatea" was this type of romance that typically involves a society of shepherds'

Answer: a pastoral


Question: 'In a Carlo Collodi tale, this protagonist turns into a donkey & is sold to a circus owner'

Answer: Pinocchio


Question: 'Sufferers of bronchopulmonary disease might spend some time in one of these enclosures'

Answer: an oxygen tent


Question: 'Donizetti:<br />"The Daughter of the ____"'

Answer: Regiment


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew climbs some steps.)  His vertical leap adding an astonishing 42 inches to his reach, this 5'7" NBA player won the NBA's Slam Dunk Contest in 1986'

Answer: Spud Webb


Question: 'This type of tree with the leaf seen here is in the beech family'

Answer: an oak


Question: 'Cervantes' first published poems appeared in a volume about the passing of this king's wife, Elizabeth of Valois'

Answer: Philip II of Spain


Question: 'In this 1945 novel, Benjamin the Donkey says, "Donkeys live a long time.  None of you has ever seen a dead donkey"'

Answer: Animal Farm


Question: 'This "vocational" type of treatment encourages patients to engage in activities'

Answer: occupational therapy


Question: 'Mascagni:<br />"Cavalleria ____"'

Answer: rusticana


Question: 'Willie "Stretch" McCovey starred at first base; Freddie "The Flea" Patek, at this infield position'

Answer: shortstop


Question: 'The leaves of this plant from the mustard family are great in a salad'

Answer: arugula


Question: 'In 1575 Miguel was sold into slavery in this current North African capital on the Mediterranean'

Answer: Algiers


Question: 'He first used the donkey as a symbol for Democrats in the 1870 cartoon "Live jackass kicking a dead lion"'

Answer: (Thomas) Nast


Question: 'In a hit song Bob Seger liked this type of "rock and roll"'

Answer: that "Old Time"


Question: 'The answer to the title of this Oscar winner is Judge Doom'

Answer: Who Framed Roger Rabbit


Question: 'Before it first touches down on the ground, its funnel looks white, as it's just made up of water droplets'

Answer: a tornado


Question: 'I left Minnesota around the time I changed my name from Robert Allen Zimmerman to this'

Answer: (Bob) Dylan


Question: 'After this archaeologist dodged a boulder in a 1981 flick, Belloq took from him everything he could steal'

Answer: Indiana Jones


Question: 'Ian Astbury of The Cult joined Robbie Krieger & Ray Manzarek for the retooling of this band "of the 21st Century"'

Answer: The Doors


Question: 'Born in 1895, this director of a Justice Department bureau served under 8 presidents'

Answer: J. Edgar Hoover


Question: 'A freed slave's son, Publius Helvius Pertinax was this empire's ruler for nearly 3 months in 193 A.D.'

Answer: the Roman Empire


Question: 'You may experience a southerly burster or a brickfielder on this continent'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'It gives me the seven-year itch when you call me Norma Jean Baker'

Answer: Marilyn Monroe


Question: 'You got nothin' to lose in this game with 15 white & black "stones" that mercifully end up on the bar after being "hit"'

Answer: backgammon


Question: 'In 2004 Veritas software's marketing dept. made news when it banned this type of communication on Fridays'

Answer: e-mail


Question: 'Ex-Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest served as the first head of this supremacist group'

Answer: the Ku Klux Klan


Question: 'This UCLA basketball coach led his team to a record 88 straight NCAA basketball victories'

Answer: John Wooden


Question: 'In 1805 this commander in the British navy devised a scale for classifying winds'

Answer: (Sir Francis) Beaufort


Question: 'It makes me neurotic to tell you my real name is Allen Stewart Konigsberg'

Answer: Woody Allen


Question: 'The Skipper on "Gilligan's Island" probably knows that another name for this small fish is the stone roller; didn't you?'

Answer: a minnow


Question: 'Beepcard Inc. is developing a talking 1 of these, slightly thicker than normal, that asks for your password'

Answer: a credit card


Question: 'Composed largely of American pilots, the Lafayette Escadrille flying squadron served during this war'

Answer: the First World War


Question: 'Last name of the traveling salesman whose life was dramatized in a 1949 play'

Answer: (Willy) Loman


Question: 'A pampero is a sudden cold summer wind in this second-largest South American country'

Answer: Argentina


Question: 'I played the simply named Jo March, but I was born with the last name Horowitz'

Answer: Winona Ryder


Question: 'The "tears" of this Hawaiian volcano goddess are actually bits of flung molten rock with no direction home'

Answer: Pele


Question: 'Alison Bartlett, who plays Gina, a kindly vet on this PBS show, got overexposed with Steve Buscemi on "The Sopranos"'

Answer: Sesame Street


Question: 'This American in Paris served as U.S. Minister to France from 1778 to 1785'

Answer: Ben Franklin


Question: 'Also called Gakusei Ryori, or "student cuisine", this noodle dish was invented in 1958 by Momofuku Ando'

Answer: Top Ramen


Question: 'This term for a sudden gust of wind & precipitation is related to a Swedish word for rushing water'

Answer: a squall


Question: 'Here's a "hard" one; I'm the '50s hunk who at one point went by Roy Fitzgerald'

Answer: Rock Hudson


Question: '"Once upon a time" this king of Corinth was sent to Tartarus & had problems with a mobile rock'

Answer: Sisyphus


Question: 'As the "M" word indicate, TMS uses these to stimulate the brain & treat neuropsychiatric conditions in a non-intrusive way'

Answer: magnets


Question: 'In Matthew 6:24, Jesus warned that "No man can serve two masters... ye cannot serve God and" this'

Answer: mammon (money later accepted)


Question: 'Fred Grandy's character Gopher had this rank on "The Love Boat"'

Answer: yeoman


Question: 'About half of Liszt's work was transcribing others' works, like Beethoven's symphonies, for this instrument'

Answer: the piano


Question: 'The IAFCS hands out the "Annies" every year for excellence in this specific type of filmmaking'

Answer: animation


Question: 'The name or this Ontario capital means "place of meeting" in the Huron Indian language'

Answer: Toronto


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds what looks like a not-so-freshly caught game fish in Montana.)  I caught one of these salmon family members popular with fly casters'

Answer: a (rainbow) trout


Question: 'Poe's favorite "bel"'

Answer: Annabel Lee


Question: 'On July 4, 1828 the last surviving Declaration signer laid the first stone for the railroad known by these 2 letters'

Answer: B&O


Question: 'It's the classic passage of 19th century travelin' music heard here'

Answer: "Ride of the Valkyrie"


Question: 'This award's name is derived from a nickname for the image orthicon tube used in televisions'

Answer: the Emmy


Question: 'Canada's most densely populated province, it's known to locals just as "The Island"'

Answer: Prince Edward Island


Question: 'In this story by Norman MacLean, casting is "an art... performed on a four-count rhythm between 10 & 2 o'clock"'

Answer: A River Runs Through It


Question: 'John de Lancie played this being who tormented the crew of the Enterprise on "Star Trek: The Next Generation"'

Answer: Q


Question: 'Born in 1986, at age 13 she became the youngest classical artist to earn a gold record'

Answer: (Charlotte) Church


Question: 'Starting in 1972, the ACT awards were handed out for achievement in television aimed at this demographic'

Answer: children


Question: 'One of the two largest lakes solely within Canada; both are "Great"'

Answer: Great Bear Lake (or Great Slave Lake)


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew casts from his mid-stream position in stylish waders in Montana.)  Bugs, and hopefully fish, gather at this area of a stream; it sounds like a first name'

Answer: an eddy


Question: 'Eugene O'Neill's title belle (certainly not a "church-belle")'

Answer: Anna Christie


Question: 'Alphabetically, it's the first letter that doesn't have a U.S. president's last name filed under it'

Answer: D


Question: 'This group persecuted in France in the 16th century was the title subject of a 19th c. opera by Meyerbeer'

Answer: the Huguenots


Question: 'A Gallup poll determines the winners of these annual awards, hosted by Kevin James in 2004'

Answer: The People\'s Choice Awards


Question: 'North America's second-longest river, it flows into the sea in the Northwest Territories'

Answer: the McKenzie


Question: 'These are attached to a fly to help it float; they're also what are "raised" when you get angry'

Answer: hackles


Question: 'Margaret Landon's book about a real Anna who rang a king's chimes'

Answer: Anna and the King of Siam


Question: 'They're the 3 silent letters in Galahad's job title'

Answer: K, G & H


Question: 'Bearing the name of one of Zeus' daughters, these awards are handed out for the best TV & radio commercials'

Answer: the Clio Awards


Question: 'Canada's northernmost point lies on this large island a "mere" 6 degrees, 92 minutes from the North Pole'

Answer: Ellesmere Island


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew gives her line a good cast wading in a stream.)  Of the two most basic types of fly-fishing, this one in which your lure is underwater is simpler to cast'

Answer: wet (fly)


Question: 'Full name of James Joyce's "Plurabelle"'

Answer: Anna Livia Plurabelle


Question: 'Nunnation is the adding of this final letter in the declension of nouns'

Answer: N


Question: 'On Dec. 13, 2000 he said, "While I strongly disagree with the court's decision, I accept it"'

Answer: Al Gore


Question: 'It begins, "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want"'

Answer: Psalm 23


Question: 'Wall Street laid an egg in October of this Roaring '20s year when the stock market crashed'

Answer: \'29


Question: 'Nicknamed "Papa Bear", he not only coached the Chicago Bears for 40 seasons, he played baseball for the Yankees'

Answer: George Halas


Question: 'In Illinois it's good to be the king, or at least this butterfly, the state insect'

Answer: the monarch


Question: 'You can be a Chunk Spelunker for this ice cream'

Answer: Ben & Jerry\'s


Question: 'Traditionally, a dense one of these is compared to "pea soup"'

Answer: fog


Question: '23 different pilgrims tell their stories in this late-14th century classic'

Answer: the Canterbury Tales


Question: 'Following his resignation in this year, we didn't have Richard Nixon to kick around anymore'

Answer: 1974


Question: 'He was the first coach to win an NCAA football championship & a Super Bowl'

Answer: Jimmy Johnson


Question: 'It might want to fly away home to Massachusetts, where it's the state insect'

Answer: the ladybug


Question: 'The logo of this brand is seen here'

Answer: Arm & Hammer


Question: 'This 6-letter word for a tornado's shape is also a kitchen utensil'

Answer: funnel


Question: 'Legend says in 490 B.C., Pheidippides ran about 23 miles from this plain to Athens to announce a victory'

Answer: Marathon


Question: 'The U.S. officially entered World War I in April of this year'

Answer: 1917


Question: 'He & son Dave are the only father & son coaches to coach against each other as head coaches in the NFL'

Answer: Don Shula


Question: 'It wasn't until 1983 that Utah finally made this its state insect'

Answer: the honeybee


Question: 'It calls itself "pure cane sugar from Hawaii"'

Answer: C&H


Question: 'In the loose sense, it's any weather vane, but specifically it's one with a rooster on it'

Answer: a weathercock


Question: 'The classical form of this language used only 23 letters; J, U & W were added at a later date'

Answer: Latin


Question: 'The first Summer Olympics broadcast in color were held in Mexico City in this year'

Answer: 1968


Question: 'The son of this pro football Hall of Famer is a U.S. senator'

Answer: George Allen


Question: 'Alaska's state insect is the "four spot skimmer" this, so keep it away from St. George'

Answer: the dragonfly


Question: 'This Scottish Whisky traces its roots to Italian distiller Giacomo Justerini'

Answer: J&B


Question: '(Jeff Probst reports from Palau.)  Luckily, Palau is outside the zone of these storms, whose name comes from a Chinese word that means "great wind"'

Answer: typhoon


Question: 'This important parallel of latitude is located at 23 degrees, 27 minutes north of the equator'

Answer: the Tropic of Cancer


Question: 'In this year Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan & Red China established the People's Republic'

Answer: 1949


Question: 'He won 3 Super Bowls & now owns a NASCAR racing team'

Answer: Joe Gibbs


Question: 'It's tough to separate church & state in Connecticut while having this as state insect'

Answer: the praying mantis


Question: 'Ray-Ban glasses, developed by this company, were so named because they reduce UV & infrared rays'

Answer: Bausch & Lomb


Question: 'The name of this job comes from the Greek for "discussion of celestial phenomena" (stay tuned)'

Answer: meteorologist


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew goes for gold in St. Petersburg, Russia.)  Russian craftsmen have recreated the Amber Room here in the Catherine Palace, which had been plundered by these people in 1941'

Answer: the Nazis


Question: '1990:<br />Sean defects to the U.S. & brings his high-tech sub with him'

Answer: The Hunt for Red October


Question: 'This "Christmas Carol" clerk's children are Peter, Martha, Belinda, Tiny Tim & 2 who don't have names'

Answer: Bob Cratchit


Question: 'The square root of the square root of 16'

Answer: 2


Question: 'Contrapuntal is the adjectival form of this, the combination of melodic lines'

Answer: counterpoint


Question: 'Trot and terrier preceder<br />(3)'

Answer: fox


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew is our girl in Moscow, Russia.)  From 1953 to 1961, Lenin shared his tomb with this leader who was then moved to his present resting place in the Kremlin wall'

Answer: Stalin


Question: '1987:<br />Sean helps Eliot Ness bag Capone'

Answer: The Untouchables


Question: 'Drinking beer, kicking dogs & hitting women are hobbies of this man, Fagin's adult accomplice'

Answer: Bill Sykes


Question: '1 x 2 x 4 x 8 x 10'

Answer: 640


Question: 'A Lalo "Symphonie" got this national name because it was composed for virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate'

Answer: Spanish Symphonie


Question: 'Process that turns grape juice into wine<br />(12)'

Answer: fermentation


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew rushes back to Palace Square in St. Petersburg.)  In 1905 a peaceful demonstration here on Palace Square turned into a massacre known in history as this bloody day of the week'

Answer: Sunday


Question: '1989:<br />Sean helps his archaeologist son search for the Holy Grail'

Answer: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade


Question: 'Paul Dombey styles himself "sole representative" of this firm'

Answer: Dombey & Son


Question: '1111 plus 2222 plus 3333, divided by 6'

Answer: 1111


Question: 'In 1866 he began teaching at the new Moscow Musical Conservatory now often called by his name'

Answer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky


Question: 'Slang for a policeman who walks the beat<br />(8)'

Answer: flatfoot


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from "poetic" Russia.)  I'm here in the town originally called Detskoye Selo, which in 1937 was renamed for this great Russian poet'

Answer: Pushkin


Question: '1996:<br />Sean shows an elite team of SEALs how to break into Alcatraz to stop a madman'

Answer: The Rock


Question: 'Nathan Winkle is among the illustrious members of this title club'

Answer: the Pickwick Club


Question: '100 divided by 4, times 3, divided by 5'

Answer: 15


Question: 'Popular in 18th century opera, the Da Capo Aria had 2 sections & then the singer was supposed to do this'

Answer: return to the beginning (start over)


Question: '"Tired" army clothes<br />(8)'

Answer: fatigues


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shares a photo op on Red Square.)  Legend says that Ivan the Terrible lived up to his nickname when he blinded the designers of this cathedral so they could never again build anything as beautiful'

Answer: St. Basil\'s


Question: '1976:<br />After returning home from the Crusades, Sean battles the Sheriff of Nottingham'

Answer: Robin and Marian


Question: 'He marries Dora Spenlow in Chapter 43 & Agnes Wickfield in Chapter 62'

Answer: David Copperfield


Question: '1/2 plus 1/3 plus 1/10 plus 1/15'

Answer: 1


Question: 'The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields claims to be the world's most recorded of these small orchestras'

Answer: a chamber orchestra


Question: 'Tired soldier's leave of absence<br />(8)'

Answer: furlough


Question: 'In tropical Africa it's the main source of calories in the diet; in the U.S. it gives us a pudding'

Answer: tapioca (or cassava)


Question: 'This tribunal flourished in Spain for centuries until it was finally suppressed in 1834'

Answer: The Spanish Inquisition


Question: 'These heavy black birds known for their ability to mimic human speech are a species of starling'

Answer: Mynah Birds


Question: 'The mind-boggling puzzle he invented in the 1970s made him 1 of Hungary's few self-made millionaires'

Answer: Erno Rubik


Question: 'The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture says this by-product of sugar will last 2 years on the shelf'

Answer: Molasses


Question: 'Holy Tailpipes!  This car was really just a modified Lincoln Continental'

Answer: The Batmobile


Question: 'If you know the ropes, you'll know this is slang for "get married"'

Answer: Tie The Knot


Question: '4 days after this battle, Napoleon signed his 2nd -- & final -- abdication'

Answer: Waterloo


Question: 'Falcons kill their prey by doing this'

Answer: Biting in the head or neck


Question: 'Though unrelated, aeronautical record-breakers Jeana & Chuck both have this last name'

Answer: Yeager


Question: 'Paintbrushes & rollers can be cleaned with soap & water when this water-based house paint is used'

Answer: Latex


Question: '1 of 2 rotund comics whose weekly variety shows featured the June Taylor Dancers'

Answer: Dom DeLuise & Jackie Gleason


Question: 'Steal a bottle of liquor, or keep quiet constitutionally'

Answer: Take The Fifth


Question: 'This mystic ate his last meal at the home of Prince Feliks Yusupov, one of the men who killed him'

Answer: Rasputin


Question: 'Despite its name, this type of swan does have a voice, but it's not a very pretty one'

Answer: Mute Swan


Question: 'His dad served 34 years in Congress, his mom was "born again" & his brother nicknamed him "Pat"'

Answer: Pat Robertson


Question: 'Type of door that's divided in half horizontally so that the top & bottom open independently'

Answer: Dutch Door


Question: 'Kate Bradley owned this hotel in Hooterville in the rural sitcom "Petticoat Junction"'

Answer: The Shady Rest


Question: '1960s slogan calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons'

Answer: "Ban The Bomb"


Question: 'Some 25 years before our Civil War, this country freed the slaves on Jamaica'

Answer: Great Britain


Question: 'The moas of New Zealand probably became extinct because these people hunted them for food'

Answer: The Maoris


Question: 'World Book's photo of Carry Nation shows her with a Bible in one hand & this in the other'

Answer: Hatchet


Question: 'In a formal table setting, the water glass should be placed directly above this utensil'

Answer: Knife


Question: 'In the title of Dennis Weaver's 1983-84 series "Emerald Point, N.A.S.", it's what the "N.A.S." stood for'

Answer: Naval Air Station


Question: 'Witness Edison's invention, or come to an understanding of a situation'

Answer: See The Light


Question: 'It's widely believed that this great pharaoh is the one written about in the book of Exodus'

Answer: Ramses II


Question: 'Birds evolved from dinosaurs during this geologic era, "The Age of Reptiles"'

Answer: Mesozoic Era


Question: 'Interest rates can't fall sharply unless the gov't budget is reduced, says this Federal Reserve chrmn.'

Answer: Alan Greenspan


Question: 'It's a short drapery that drapes across the top of the other draperies'

Answer: Valence


Question: 'On this '60s sitcom, Don Rickles once played Bald Eagle, an Indian'

Answer: "F Troop"


Question: 'Someone risking danger to benefit others is said to do this, as Aesop's mouse did to a dangerous feline'

Answer: Bell The Cat


Question: 'The Suez Canal is generally considered Asia's border with this continent'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'The U.S. equivalent of Italian "frittelle", German "pfannkuchen" & French "crepes"'

Answer: Pancakes


Question: 'Medieval artists gave triangular ones to the trinity, round to the angels & rectangular to living holy people'

Answer: Halos


Question: 'She was lively & talkative, unlike her husband who was famous for his reticence'

Answer: Grace Coolidge


Question: 'Shelagh Delaney was a teenager when she wrote the play "A Taste Of" this'

Answer: Honey


Question: 'In English dictionaries there are fewer listings under this letter than any other'

Answer: X


Question: 'Though there were a million casualties, this 8-year Mideast war ended in stalemate in 1988'

Answer: Iran-Iraq War


Question: 'The name of this dish derives from the poverty of the 18th century Welsh'

Answer: Welsh Rarebit


Question: 'Originally full of light & color, his 1642 work was so darkened by grime & smoke it's now called "The Night Watch"'

Answer: Rembrandt


Question: 'Her parents were Republicans, but she married a Democrat anyway, on Sept. 12, 1953'

Answer: Jacqueline Kennedy


Question: 'In titles of plays, this word stands alone or follows "The Shoemaker's" & "Death Takes A"'

Answer: Holiday


Question: 'On January 20, 1986, the U.S. 1st observed a day in his honor'

Answer: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.


Question: 'Daimyos were powerful landholding magistrates in this country from about the 10th C. until 1868'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'Literally "outside the work", it's an additional dish served before a meal'

Answer: Hors D\' Oeuvres


Question: 'Artist who was the initiator & leader of the impressionist movement; he's famous for his haystacks'

Answer: Claude Monet


Question: 'Julia Dent & this future president met in St. Louis where he was stationed with the 4th Infantry Regiment'

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant


Question: 'Michael Kidd & Agnes De Mille were the 1st 2 people to win Tony Awards in this category'

Answer: Choreography


Question: 'L.L. Bean sells these brightly colored blankets named for an old North American trading company'

Answer: Hudsons\' Bay Blankets


Question: '2 countries share this name; the capital of one is Sana, & the capital of the other is Aden'

Answer: Yemen


Question: 'Sauerkraut didn't originate in Germany but was brought from this country by the Tatars'

Answer: China


Question: 'Flemish painter known for his "Venus & Adonis"; he negotiated a 1630 peace treaty between England & Spain'

Answer: Peter Paul Rubens


Question: 'The 1st name of either of Woodrow Wilson's wives; they both began with (the letter) "E"'

Answer: Edith & Ellen


Question: 'Songs from this 1965 musical include "The Dubbing" & "Dulcinea"'

Answer: "Man of La Mancha"


Question: 'Legally, a will written entirely in the handwriting of the one who makes it, not in 3-D'

Answer: Holographic


Question: 'Of the 3 countries of Indochina, the 1 that's landlocked'

Answer: Laos


Question: 'Souvlakia is this country's equivalent of shishkebab'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'This nihilistic movement in the arts is named for a French word for hobby horse'

Answer: Dada/Dadaism


Question: 'John Philip Sousa & The Marine Band played at their White House wedding in 1886'

Answer: The (Grover) Clevelands


Question: 'Sophocles' plays were 1st performed on the Acropolis in the theater named for this god'

Answer: Dionysus


Question: 'It was officially adopted in 1825, making it the world's 1st national anthem'

Answer: "God Save The Queen" (or "God Save The King")


Question: 'After Rhode Island & Delaware, it's the next smallest state in area'

Answer: Connecticut


Question: 'When asked to surrender, naval hero John Paul Jones supposedly quipped, "I have not yet begun to" do this'

Answer: fight


Question: 'This comedian was once suspended for three days from his Andover, Massachusetts high school for burning rubber in the parking lot'

Answer: Jay Leno


Question: 'As one of the Berber languages, Riff is mainly spoken in Algeria & this country'

Answer: Morocco


Question: 'This red-feathered friend is the state bird of a record 7 states'

Answer: the cardinal


Question: '1961:<br />"Look for the Golden" these'

Answer: Arches


Question: 'Traditional title of the kings who built the pyramids'

Answer: pharaoh


Question: 'American general William Hull was court-martialed for surrendering this Michigan city during the War of 1812'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'A cheerleader & 1980 graduate of Van Nuys High School; years later, she'd be "Idol"ized by millions'

Answer: Paula Abdul


Question: 'In the Kootenai tongue, a word's pitch changes its meaning, as in this most widely spoken world language'

Answer: Mandarin (Chinese)


Question: 'One naturalist reported that this state bird of Arkansas imitated the songs of 32 birds within 10 minutes'

Answer: the mockingbird


Question: '2003:<br />"I'm" doing this'

Answer: lovin\' it


Question: 'To see Van Gogh's "Vase with 12 Sunflowers", head out to this American city's Museum of Art'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'In 332 B.C. Mazaces, the Persian in charge of Egypt, wisely surrendered to this "Great" guy'

Answer: Alexander


Question: 'Sadly, this 1949 Fairmount, Indiana high school graduate would live but a few years after his picture was taken'

Answer: James Dean


Question: 'Volapuk, created in 1880 as one of these, was too complex to attract many permanent users'

Answer: an artificial language


Question: '1 of 2 states that have a breed of chicken as the state bird'

Answer: Rhode Island (or Delaware)


Question: '2000:<br />"We love to see you" do this'

Answer: smile


Question: 'Light energy becomes organic energy through this plant process'

Answer: photosynthesis


Question: 'French forces resisted a Vietminh attack here for 56 days but surrendered in May 1954'

Answer: Dien Bien Phu


Question: 'This actress has total recall of her high school days in Pennsylvania, as a self-described uber-geek & outsider'

Answer: Sharon Stone


Question: 'Czech is in the West Group & Ukrainian in the East Group of this branch of languages'

Answer: Slavic languages


Question: 'Hawaii's state bird, the nene, is a close relative of this "Canadian" bird'

Answer: the (Canada) goose


Question: '1988:<br />"Good time.  Great" this'

Answer: taste


Question: 'From the Greek for "to appear", it's an unreal, ghostly being'

Answer: a phantom


Question: 'It was McAuliffe's widely quoted 1-word reply when asked by the Germans to surrender at Bastogne in 1944'

Answer: "Nuts"


Question: 'He's the 12-time Grammy-winning country music legend & 1950 Dyess High School graduate seen here'

Answer: Johnny Cash


Question: 'We took the word nirvana from this classical language'

Answer: Sanskrit


Question: 'A state bird since 1947, its black & orange colors resemble those on the Calvert coat of arms'

Answer: the Baltimore oriole


Question: '1966:<br />"McDonald's... the closest thing to" this'

Answer: home


Question: 'Appropriately, Paul Nurse shared the 2001 Nobel Prize in this category'

Answer: Physiology


Question: 'This capital of New South Wales is the home of Opera Australia'

Answer: Sydney


Question: 'It's what powers Bubba's outboard Evinrude'

Answer: gasoline


Question: 'They're the 3 words that complete Benjamin Disraeli's famous quote, "When I want to read a book..."'

Answer: I write one


Question: 'Bel Air,<br />California'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'Before finding fame, this "gem" of a singer dropped her last name, Kilcher'

Answer: Jewel


Question: 'Dynastic term for the porcelain jar seen here'

Answer: Ming


Question: 'Of all the world's urban centers exceeding 1 million in populatioin, this capital of Victoria is southernmost'

Answer: Melbourne


Question: 'This Texas county shares its name with a Gulf of Mexico port city & a hit song by Glen Campbell'

Answer: Galveston


Question: 'In his 1954 Nobel Prize acceptance speech, this American called "writing, at its best... a lonely life"'

Answer: Ernest Hemingway


Question: 'Warm Springs,<br />Georgia'

Answer: FDR


Question: 'Stanley is the real first name of this singer who took "Blue Velvet" to No. 1 in 1963'

Answer: Bobby Vinton


Question: 'In 1994 Bill Gates paid a record price for one of these, $30.8 million for a 72-page Leonardo one'

Answer: a manuscript


Question: 'This city's harbor was discovered in 1839 by John Stokes, surveyor aboard the HMS Beagle'

Answer: Darwin


Question: 'These hardened masses of cholesterol & bilirubin can be painful when they lodge in your bile ducts'

Answer: gallstones


Question: '"True ease in writing comes from art, not chance", this poet wrote in "An Essay on Criticism"'

Answer: (Alexander) Pope


Question: 'Buffalo,<br />New York'

Answer: McKinley


Question: '"Flap Your Wings" & "Shake Ya Tailfeather" if you know that this rapper was born Cornell Haynes Jr.'

Answer: Nelly


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue crew shows off her choker.)  You can buy some unique jewelry made of this, the lining of some mollusk shells'

Answer: mother of pearl


Question: 'This capital of South Australia was named for a queen, the consort of King William IV'

Answer: Adelaide


Question: 'For the Greek for "study of the stomach", it's the art & appreciation of preparing & eating good food'

Answer: gastronomy


Question: '"Life can't ever really defeat a writer who is in love with writing", wrote this author of "Show Boat"'

Answer: Edna Ferber


Question: 'In the Speaker's Room at the House of Representatives'

Answer: John Quincy Adams


Question: 'This ex-Sugarcube once sported the surname Gudmundsdottir'

Answer: Björk


Question: 'The Musee d'Orsay has several of his works, including Haystacks & Cathedrals'

Answer: Monet


Question: 'This capital was once the government seat of a British colony called Van Diemen's Land'

Answer: Hobart


Question: 'A region of Southwestern France, its people are famous for their boastfulness'

Answer: Gascogne


Question: 'His wife Nora reportedly once asked him, "Why don't you write books people can read?"'

Answer: James Joyce


Question: 'Kinderhook,<br />New York'

Answer: (Martin) Van Buren


Question: '"Wasted Days And Wasted Nights" was a hit for this Tex-Mex singer whose real name is Baldemar Huerta'

Answer: Freddy Fender


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia.)  This room in St. Petersburg's Winter Palace is adorned with more than 2 tons of this lustrous green stone mined in Russia'

Answer: malachite


Question: 'This U.S. sports figure (born 1940) became the only living person ever on a Scottish note besides the Queen & her mum'

Answer: Jack Nicklaus


Question: 'This state's been "on my mind" since it entered the Union 3 times, in 1788, 1868 & 1870'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'Between 1937 & 1942, he successfully defended his heavyweight title 21 times'

Answer: Joe Louis


Question: 'In 1889 he completed his "Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe"'

Answer: Van Gogh


Question: 'Term for 1/36 of a yard'

Answer: an inch


Question: 'According to the proverb, this "loves company"'

Answer: misery


Question: 'This 4-letter word can precede steak, soda & sandwich'

Answer: club


Question: 'In 1913 the 16th Amendment was passed allowing Congress to collect taxes on this'

Answer: income


Question: 'Ingemar Johansson won the heavyweight title from him in 1959 but lost 2 rematches'

Answer: Floyd Patterson


Question: 'The family of this often-depicted U.S. president said sculptor John Rogers created the best likeness of him'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'This metric unit is equivalent to 1.057 liquid quarts'

Answer: a liter


Question: 'Henry Kissinger said this "is the ultimate aphrodisiac"'

Answer: power


Question: 'Greek cafe music features a lute called a bouzouki & this woodwind heard here'

Answer: clarinet


Question: 'Fleeing the capital on August 24, 1814, she took a Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington with her'

Answer: Dolley Madison


Question: 'Geographic nickname of boxer Joe Walcott; he was KO'd in '52 by Rocky Marciano'

Answer: "Jersey Joe"


Question: 'Christianity & Aztec ritual inspired the thorn necklace worn by this Latina woman in a masochistic 1940 self-portrait'

Answer: Frida Kahlo


Question: 'Computer hard drives are usually measured in GBs, which are these'

Answer: gigabytes


Question: 'In the King James Version of John 3:16, "God so loved the world, that he gave" this'

Answer: his only begotten son


Question: 'This process of replication is routinely done to human cells, but not yet to whole human beings'

Answer: cloning


Question: 'Guerrilla leader Francis Marion earned this nickname for his daring raids from the South Carolina marshes'

Answer: the Swamp Fox


Question: 'As his last name suggests, this boxer who's twice beaten Mike Tyson is a devout Christian'

Answer: Holyfield


Question: '"Lobster Trap and Fish Tail" is one of this artist's best-known mobiles'

Answer: (Alexander) Calder


Question: 'To the Ancient Greeks, 4 of these made a palm'

Answer: fingers


Question: 'In an old saying, this Roman person "must be above suspicion"'

Answer: Caesar\'s wife


Question: 'This hard worker seen here has a lot of pull'

Answer: a Clydesdale


Question: 'Name that completed an 1856 Republican slogan, "Free soil, free speech, free men and..."'

Answer: Fremont


Question: 'This British-born boxer won the WBC heavyweight title in 1992'

Answer: Lennox Lewis


Question: 'Painted in 1895, "Northeaster" is a well-known seascape by this American artist'

Answer: (Winslow) Homer


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew tunes a piano.) Steinways leave the factory carefully tuned to standard pitch, where A is 440 of these units, but humidity & other factors make regular tunings necessary'

Answer: hertz


Question: 'C.S. Lewis wrote that this, from the Latin for "pure", "is the most unpopular of the Christian virtues"'

Answer: chastity


Question: 'It means conducted with secrecy, like a love affair or a CIA operation'

Answer: clandestine


Question: 'Zheng He returned to China with this tall African animal, which was mistaken for a unicorn despite its 2 horns'

Answer: a giraffe


Question: 'The IMDB says that this Jimmy Stewart movie was banned in fascist states because of fears that it showed democracy works'

Answer: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington


Question: 'Samuel Langhorne Clemens first used this pen name in 1863 while with the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City, Nev.'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'Lincolnshire Poacher'

Answer: U.K. (or England)


Question: 'Bones range in size from the stapes in your ear to this thighbone'

Answer: the femur


Question: 'A pair of these will come in handy when you need to recharge your car's dead battery'

Answer: jumper cables


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Lima, Peru.)  It was here, in the Plaza Mayor, that Francisco Pizarro founded Lima in 1535, calling it "Ciudad de los Reyes", meaning city of these'

Answer: kings


Question: 'This 2005 Samuel L. Jackson film details one man's attempts to teach his players there's more to life than hoops'

Answer: Coach Carter


Question: 'This "Roses are Red" author also inspired a TV show with his "Women's Murder Club" series'

Answer: James Patterson


Question: 'Oaxaca'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'In the upper part of the chest, this ringed tube about 1 inch in diameter splits to form 2 tubes called bronchi'

Answer: the trachea


Question: 'Aye, matey! It's the popular term for a black pirate flag with a white skull & crossbones'

Answer: a Jolly Roger


Question: 'Pierre Le Moyne D'Iberville founded the colony of Louisiana & was the first European to see this lake'

Answer: Lake Pontchartrain


Question: 'Peter Weir got an Oscar nomination for directing this 1998 film about a man trapped in a real-time 24-hour-a-day documentary'

Answer: The Truman Show


Question: 'Richard Wright wrote "Native Son"; this fellow African-American author wrote "Notes of a Native Son"'

Answer: James Baldwin


Question: 'Brillat-Savarin'

Answer: France


Question: 'Also called the kneecap, this flat, triangle-shaped bone is at the front of the knee joint'

Answer: the patella


Question: 'Bartenders use this small cup or glass to measure 1½ ounces of liquor'

Answer: a jigger


Question: 'A river & bay were named for this explorer who sailed up to Albany looking for the Northwest Passage'

Answer: (Henry) Hudson


Question: 'In a 1990 movie, Wayne Newton grapples with Andrew Dice Clay, who plays this title character'

Answer: Ford Fairlane


Question: '"The Hundred Days" is one of his books detailing the naval career of Jack Aubrey'

Answer: (Patrick) O\'Brian


Question: 'Asiago'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'Acetylcholine acts as one of these chemicals that pass nerve impulses across synapses'

Answer: neurotransmitters


Question: 'First name of Confederate Lieutenant General Early'

Answer: Jubal


Question: 'While in service to Russia in 1741, this Dane died of scurvy on the island that now bears his name'

Answer: (Vitus) Bering


Question: 'Adam Sandler gives "sophomoric" a new meaning when he has 24 weeks to pass 12 years of school in this 1995 comedy'

Answer: Billy Madison


Question:
'In 1939 he wrote,
"O tell me all
about Anna Livia!
I want to hear all
about Anna Livia...
Tell me all.
Tell me now"'

Answer: James Joyce


Question: 'Gruyere'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'The threads of this insoluble plasma protein help with clotting'

Answer: fibrin


Question: 'Military term for the person in charge of paratroopers as they exit an aircraft'

Answer: a jumpmaster


Question: 'In 2005 the World Health Organization appropriately decided to stop hiring people who do this'

Answer: smoke


Question: 'Thomas Stearns...'

Answer: T.S. Eliot


Question: 'Keanu Reeves had a Nokia phone, but it took a land line to slip in & out of this, the title of a 1999 sci-fi flick'

Answer: The Matrix


Question: 'The baseball team that started in Philadelphia in 1901 is now the As of this city'

Answer: Oakland


Question: 'To give the nominating speech for Al Smith in 1924, he rose from his wheelchair & made his way to the mike'

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt


Question: 'In Mexican cuisine, these are refried & served as a side dish'

Answer: beans


Question: 'The name of this colorless Russian spirit is a diminutive of the Russian word for "water", itself a colorless liquid'

Answer: vodka


Question: 'Herbert George...'

Answer: H.G. Wells


Question: 'She played squeaky clean Jan, who shared a party line with playboy Rock Hudson in "Pillow Talk"'

Answer: Doris Day


Question: 'As a prefix A- means "without"; in Thomas A Kempis, the middle "A" means this'

Answer: of


Question: 'When President Kennedy was shot, Vice President Johnson was in this city'

Answer: Dallas


Question: 'Croutons or bread crumbs can be used to make this traditional Thanksgiving side dish'

Answer: stuffing


Question: 'It was derived from 3 German words that meant "secret state police", & that certainly describes it'

Answer: the Gestapo


Question: 'Phyllis Dorothy...'

Answer: P.D. James


Question: 'Colin Farrell is trapped by sniper (& caller) Kiefer Sutherland in this thriller'

Answer: Phone Booth


Question: 'Usual number of volts in an AA battery'

Answer: 1.5


Question: 'He is the eldest of 4 children; he had 2 sisters, Gloria & Ruth, & one brother, Billy'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'Simmer ground hominy in milk or water to make this Southern side dish'

Answer: grits


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Alaska)  From the Old French for "crack", this V-shaped crack in a glacier may be up to 150 feet deep'

Answer: crevasse


Question: 'Henry Louis...'

Answer: H.L. Mencken


Question: 'Liz Taylor got an Oscar for playing Gloria Wandrous, model by day, call girl by night, reached at this title number'

Answer: BUtterfield 8


Question: 'On March 4, 1902 it was formed in Chicago by 9 motor clubs'

Answer: AAA (American Automobile Association)


Question: 'In 1962 he published a book on his career highlights to date -- "Six Crises"'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: 'We're at liberty to tell you that during WWI this German side dish was known in the U.S. as Liberty cabbage'

Answer: sauerkraut


Question: 'First launched on October 4, 1957, its name is Russian for "fellow traveler"'

Answer: Sputnik


Question: 'Wystan Hugh...'

Answer: W.H. Auden


Question: 'Whenever people watch a mysterious video in this 2002 film, a phone call informs them they will die in 7 days'

Answer: The Ring


Question: 'Put a little circle above an A & it stands for this unit of length used to express electromagnetic wavelengths'

Answer: angstrom


Question: 'He climbed the Matterhorn, explored Brazil & practiced judo'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'Tzatziki is a Greek side dish made with cucumbers & this fermented milk product'

Answer: yogurt


Question: 'People who cultivated this fruit often used to make wine were said to live to a ripe old age; hence its name'

Answer: elderberry


Question: 'In 1929 President Hoover presented her with a $50,000 check to purchase a gram of radium for a lab in Warsaw'

Answer: Marie Curie


Question: '"Sexual Healing"<br />(1982)'

Answer: Marvin Gaye


Question: 'In 2003 Burbank, Calif. posthumously thanked him for the memories by renaming its airport for him'

Answer: Bob Hope


Question: 'Archaeological digs in 1996 indicate that Buddha was born in this country, about 145 miles SW of Katmandu'

Answer: Nepal


Question: 'His marriage to Marilyn Monroe lasted only 9 months in 1954'

Answer: Joe DiMaggio


Question: 'Popular with comedians, they're short, witty remarks'

Answer: one-liners


Question: 'In 1885 this French chemist first used his rabies vaccine, on a boy named Joseph Meister'

Answer: Louis Pasteur


Question: '"I Can See for Miles"<br />(1967)'

Answer: The Who


Question: 'This state's Nihau Island has been privately owned since the 1860s'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'In the Roman Catholic Church, several parishes in an area form this territorial district headed by a bishop'

Answer: diocese


Question: 'He retired from boxing in 1949, but returned only to be KOed by Rocky Marciano in 1951'

Answer: Joe Louis


Question: 'In reference to animals, what biped means'

Answer: having two feet


Question: 'Edmond Halley paid all the expenses to publish this man's 1687 masterpiece "Principia Mathematica"'

Answer: Sir Isaac Newton


Question: '"Got My Mind Set on You"<br />(1987)'

Answer: George Harrison


Question: 'Popularly known as "The Oldest House", the Gonzalez-Alvarez House in this Florida city dates from around 1723'

Answer: St. Augustine


Question: 'This -ism named for Protestant reformer John is associated with the values of thrift & labor'

Answer: Calvinism


Question: 'She played opposite her husband in the movies "The Drowning Pool" & "Mr. & Mrs. Bridge"'

Answer: Joanne Woodward


Question: 'Crank up Mark Chesnutt's "Bubba Shot the Jukebox" & grab your partner; it's time for this dance'

Answer: Two-step


Question: '7 years after publishing a paper on the Periodic Table, this Russian investigated the Pennsylvania oil fields'

Answer: (Dmitri) Mendeleev


Question: '"Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car"<br />(1988)'

Answer: Billy Ocean


Question: 'Its state song, "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away", was written by Paul Dresser, Theodore Dreiser's brother'

Answer: Indiana


Question: 'To avoid persecution by a tribe called the Quraysh, Muhammad fled from Mecca to this city'

Answer: Medina


Question: 'In 1533 she gave birth to future Queen Elizabeth I'

Answer: Anne Boleyn


Question: 'It premiered at a Berlin theater in 1928 under the title "Die Dreigroschenoper"'

Answer: The Threepenny Opera


Question: 'In 1794 this British chemist made a study of red-green color blindness, a visual deficiency now named for him'

Answer: John Dalton (Daltonism)


Question: '"I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song"<br />(1974)'

Answer: Jim Croce


Question: 'In 1934 a record wind speed of 231 MPH was recorded on the summit of Mt. Washington in this state'

Answer: New Hampshire


Question: 'This Jewish festival is also called the Feast of Tabernacles or the Feast of Booths'

Answer: Sukkot


Question: 'Her "Breathing Lessons" really paid off; in 1989 she won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction'

Answer: Anne Tyler


Question: 'This 1961 Jimmy Cagney comedy used a fake Brandenburg Gate when the real gate closed mid-shoot'

Answer: One, Two, Three


Question: 'From 1894 to 1896 this committee was headed by Dimitrios Vikelas'

Answer: the International Olympic Committee


Question: 'The 3 oceans the equator crosses'

Answer: the Atlantic, the Pacific & the Indian


Question: 'Here's to those who wear the gold & blue; this school is tied for the most Heisman winners with 7'

Answer: Notre Dame


Question: 'The breakup of AT&T created 7 Baby ones in 1984'

Answer: Bells


Question: 'The one at the Staples Center is an 8-sided video one above center court'

Answer: a scoreboard


Question: 'Water was needed; these 2 answered the call... but at a price.  This summer, the hill will be conquered... or they'll die trying'

Answer: Jack & Jill


Question: 'Listerine asks you to do this with its product twice a day'

Answer: gargle


Question: 'The name of this West African equatorial nation came from the Portuguese for its river's mouth, Rio de Gabao'

Answer: Gabon


Question: '1993 Heisman winner Charlie Ward was a first-round pick in this pro sport, not football'

Answer: basketball


Question: 'A container for gunpowder, like the one seen here'

Answer: horn


Question: '"Very Lights" are different-colored signal ones of these fired from a pistol'

Answer: flares


Question: 'He "stole a pig & away he run!" but now, vigilantes are on his trail.  Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide for...'

Answer: Tom the Piper\'s son


Question: 'A droning or vibrating sound, or an excited interest in a trend in society; also a type of saw'

Answer: buzz


Question: 'Both countries in Africa with this river in their names are on the equator'

Answer: the Congo


Question: '8 Heisman winners are Pro Football Hall of Famers, including this Dallas QB who won in 1963 when he was playing for Navy'

Answer: (Roger) Staubach


Question: 'A 3-sided guide for drawing or drafting'

Answer: a triangle


Question: 'You can hunt down 2 of the 10 brightest stars in the night sky in this constellation'

Answer: Orion


Question: 'He arrives in a nightgown after 8 o'clock, wondering if your kids are in bed; this fall, is your family safe from...'

Answer: Wee Willie Winkie


Question: 'To give a just-fed baby a pat on the back (or several)'

Answer: to burp


Question: 'The 3rd largest island in the world, this Indonesian one is bisected by the equator'

Answer: Borneo


Question: 'This 2005 Heisman winner received 84.9% of the first-place votes--the highest percentage in history'

Answer: Reggie Bush


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew files away her notes.)  This type of organizer conveniently separates my polka music'

Answer: an accordion


Question: 'Teardrop-shaped, it's used to carry a radiosonde aloft & may be mistaken for a UFO'

Answer: a weather balloon


Question: 'A cop has his own demons to face on the trail of a wife trapped in a gourd by this ticking time bomb of insanity'

Answer: Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater


Question: 'You don't need to be crazy to know that this bird, Cuculus canorus, has an odd call'

Answer: a cuckoo


Question: 'This country crosses the line; the city of Entebbe is just north of it'

Answer: Uganda


Question: 'Originally, the Heisman Trophy was named for this NYC club where the award was annually presented'

Answer: Downtown Athletic Club


Question: '7-letter verb meaning "to proclaim loudly"'

Answer: to trumpet


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports in front the U.S. Army Golden Knights plane in Fort Bragg, NC.)  Also a Charlie Sheen movie, this is the speed at which drag matches the pull of gravity; for the Knights, it's usually around 120 miles per hour'

Answer: terminal velocity


Question: 'This word that describes a tearful cry is a homophone for a glitzy destination for Cinderella'

Answer: a bawl


Question: 'Hailing from West Branch, Iowa, he was the first president born west of the Mississippi'

Answer: Hoover


Question: 'The gold standard of fake rock bands is this group whose "hits" include "Big Bottom" & "Sex Farm"'

Answer: Spinal Tap


Question: '"T.R.B.O.C."<br />by Stephen Crane'

Answer: The Red Badge of Courage


Question: 'Connected to the nose on each side are hollow cavities known as these from the Latin for "curves"'

Answer: sinuses


Question: 'The grilled stuft burrito is a cuisine highlight at this fast food chain'

Answer: Taco Bell


Question: 'Numerical name for the type of old-timey musical group seen here'

Answer: a barbershop quartet


Question: 'He wrote the letters collected in the book "Dear Bess"'

Answer: Harry Truman


Question: 'Not The Who but The Why played the Polk High School Reunion on this sitcom that featured Al & Peg Bundy'

Answer: Married... with Children


Question: '"D.O.A.S."<br />by Arthur Miller'

Answer: Death of a Salesman


Question: 'Between the back of the tongue & the trachea, it contains the vocal cords & is also called the voice box'

Answer: the larynx


Question: 'The Chilean Rose is a commonly imported type of this arachnid named for an Italian town'

Answer: a tarantula


Question: 'Pope Innocent III called for the fourth of these in 1198'

Answer: a Crusade


Question: 'In the 1870s she banned not only alcohol from the White House but smoking as well'

Answer: "Lemonade" Lucy Hayes


Question: 'Alice Bowie was the punkish band put together by Cheech & Chong in this dopey 1978 epic'

Answer: Up in Smoke


Question: '"H.O.D."<br />by Joseph Conrad'

Answer: Heart of Darkness


Question: 'Also known as the eardrum, this tightly stretched membrane is about 10 mm in diameter'

Answer: the tympanic membrane


Question: 'This trig ratio is the side opposite the angle divided by the side adjacent to it'

Answer: the tangent


Question: 'There are 4 white fleurs-de-lis depicted on this Canadian province's flag'

Answer: Quebec


Question: 'In 1848 this former president from New York ran for office again, this time on the Free-Soil ticket'

Answer: Martin Van Buren


Question: 'The vivacious Ann-Margrock rocked the house on this TV series back in 1963'

Answer: The Flintstones


Question: '"T.O.A."<br />by William Shakespeare'

Answer: Timon of Athens


Question: 'The inner ear has many interconnected structures & is somtimes called this; no minotaurs there, however'

Answer: the labyrinth


Question: 'This man who made his fortune in sugar cubes built & stocked a famous London art museum that bears his name'

Answer: (Sir Henry) Tate


Question: 'This early president's British-born wife Louisa was the only First Lady born abroad'

Answer: John Quincy Adams


Question: 'Originally named Deathtongue, Billy & The Boingers first cracked out the heavy metal in this comic strip'

Answer: Bloom County


Question: '"T.P.O.T.W.W."<br />by John Millington Synge'

Answer: The Playboy of the Western World


Question: 'It connects your middle ear to the back of the throat & it opens when you yawn, swallow or blow your nose'

Answer: the eustachian tube


Question: 'Indian instruments include the sitar & this percussion instrument heard here'

Answer: the tabla


Question: 'In 2005 a single sapling was planted at an army barracks in Australia to mark the 90th anniversary of this battle'

Answer: Gallipoli


Question: 'Louis the Stubborn, Louis the Do-Nothing, & Louis from Overseas were all kings of this country'

Answer: France


Question: 'This offshoot of soccer is named for a school in England'

Answer: rugby


Question: 'Last name of designers Calvin & Anne, II'

Answer: Klein


Question: 'It's the 1st U.S. federal holiday of the year'

Answer: January 1st (New Year\'s Day)


Question: '"Who can take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew, cover it in choc'late & a miracle or two?"'

Answer: "The Candyman"


Question: 'It tops the other 7 juices in V-8'

Answer: tomato juice


Question: 'European capital that contains the Lenin Library, the Lenin Stadium & the Lenin Mausoleum'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'The overarm "crawl" swimming stroke was introduced to England in 1902 from this country'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Playboy okays wearing both suspenders & this, but only if trying out for nerd of the year'

Answer: a belt


Question: 'Flower most associated with Memorial Day'

Answer: poppies


Question: '"He rocks in the tree-top all day long"'

Answer: "Rockin\' Robin"


Question: 'This main ingredient in S.O.S. pads helps you scour out scum'

Answer: steel wool


Question: 'Country whose capital was formerly called Koebnannehavn, meaning "Merchants' Harbor"'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'Springfield, Massachusetts is site of this sport's Hall of Fame'

Answer: basketball


Question: 'He helped dress fake troops to fool the Germans in WWII, but didn't put a "BB" on the uniforms'

Answer: Bill Blass


Question: 'In 1987, this holiday will be observed for the 212th time'

Answer: July 4th (Independence Day)


Question: '"Wider than a mile; I'm crossin' you in style some day"'

Answer: "Moon River"


Question: 'It tops the list on the Fritos bag'

Answer: corn


Question: 'This low country's oldest university is the State University of Leiden, founded in 1575'

Answer: the Netherlands


Question: 'Marks which distinguish Wilson footballs used in college games from the ones they make for the pros'

Answer: (white) stripes


Question: 'Newsweek joked a museum for this apparel invented in 1946 might consist of 2 domes & a pyramid'

Answer: the bikini


Question: 'Wintertime Jewish holiday that's mentioned in the New Testament but not in the Jewish Bible'

Answer: Hanukkah


Question: '"Doesn't have a point of view, knows not where he's going to, isn't he a bit like you & me?"'

Answer: "Nowhere Man"


Question: 'In Jell-O, it's sugar, but in sugar-free Jell-O, the main ingredient is this'

Answer: gelatin


Question: 'Affair with Magda Lupescu kept Carol II from assuming the throne of this country for 3 years'

Answer: Romania


Question: 'When he KO'd Ingemar Johansson, 6/20/60, he became 1st man to regain heavyweight championship'

Answer: Floyd Patterson


Question: 'They probably got their name from the fact they were 4" longer than ordinary knickerbockers'

Answer: plus fours


Question: 'Flag Day is a legal holiday only in this state, where Betsy Ross worked as a seamstress'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: '"'Cause I can't explain the tears that I shed over you, over you"'

Answer: "Goin\' Out Of My Head"


Question: 'It's the #1 ingredient in A.1. steak sauce & Johnson's baby shampoo, too'

Answer: water


Question: 'Longest American river east of the Mississippi is this tributary of the Mississippi'

Answer: the Ohio


Question: 'The word constellation is from Latin meaning these "together"'

Answer: stars


Question: 'An ECG is used to detect arrhythmias in this organ'

Answer: the heart


Question: 'The Back Bay has been described as this New England's city's "Yuppieville"'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'Italian for "small house", it usually contains one-armed bandits & blackjacks'

Answer: a casino


Question: 'Errol Flynn, Doug Fairbanks, & Sean Connery have all been this nemesis of the Sheriff of Nottingham'

Answer: Robin Hood


Question: 'State in which you'll find the Chicasawhay, Pascahoula & Yazoo Rivers'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'Myth says Orion was put on opposite side of sky from this creature which had stung him to death'

Answer: Scorpio


Question: 'The floor of the nasal cavity is also the roof of this'

Answer: the mouth


Question: 'You can visit the Martin Luther King, Jr. historic district in this city'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: 'Property accepted as security on a loan, it also can mean running side by side'

Answer: collateral


Question: 'Walter Huston, Henry Fonda, Raymond Massey & Hal Holbrook all played this Kentucky-born president'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'Much of this main tributary of the Hudson, named for an Indian tribe, is part of the Erie Canal'

Answer: the Mohawk River


Question: '1 of the 5 constellations which are portrayed as all or part horse'

Answer: the Centaur (or Sagittarius, Pegasus, Unicorn, or Little Horse)


Question: 'The most prominent muscle on the anterior aspect of the arm'

Answer: the biceps


Question: 'City whose North Beach neighborhood no longer has a beach'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'The burnt, dark-brown liquid obtained by heating sugar'

Answer: caramel


Question: 'Doctor portrayed on film by Elliott Gould & on TV by Wayne Rogers & Pernell Roberts'

Answer: Trapper John


Question: 'North America's deepest chasm, Hells Canyon, is formed by this twisting river'

Answer: the Snake River


Question: 'In legend, it's the part of Berenice, an Egyptian princess, that became a constellation'

Answer: her hair


Question: 'Its cone-shaped bony socket is called the "orbit"'

Answer: the eye


Question: 'Neighborhood mentioned in title of this tune, Mike Hammer's TV theme:'

Answer: Harlem


Question: 'In the 1st line of her radio show theme, Little Orphan Annie was described as 1 of these'

Answer: a chatterbox


Question: 'C. Laughton, T. Howard & A. Hopkins were all adrift playing this part'

Answer: Captain Bligh


Question: 'Ironically, this West Virginia river is believed to be the oldest in North America'

Answer: the New River


Question: 'When a constellation "culminates", it has reached this'

Answer: the highest point in the sky


Question: 'They are contained in the right & left pleural sacs'

Answer: the lungs


Question: 'Branches of this evergreen tree are used as a symbol of mourning'

Answer: cyprus


Question: 'By 1897, as many as half of Seattle's police & firemen had left the city to go there'

Answer: the Yukon


Question: 'The White House's Diplomatic Reception Room was the site of his famous "Fireside Chats"'

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt


Question: '"Well since my baby left me, I've found a new place to dwell..."'

Answer: "Heartbreak Hotel"


Question: 'His 1930 book "Little America" is an account of his flight to the South Pole'

Answer: Richard Byrd


Question: 'On the Great Seal of the U.S., the eagle holds this many arrows in its left talon'

Answer: 13


Question: 'In March 1997 he got a new costume: hot white & blue, no cape & an S like a lightning bolt'

Answer: Superman


Question: 'Hubbard's cupboard condition<br />(4)'

Answer: bare


Question: 'Amos Alonzo Stagg was no dummy; he invented the football tackling dummy at this New Haven university'

Answer: Yale


Question: '"You know I can be found, sitting home all alone..."'

Answer: "Don\'t Be Cruel"


Question: 'On Dec. 17, 1911 he left the South Pole, leaving behind a tent & the Norwegian flag'

Answer: Roald Amundsen


Question: 'As a "Wild & Crazy Guy", he used props such as bunny ears & an arrow through the head'

Answer: Steve Martin


Question: 'Simon Templar's initials give you an abbreviation for this, his nickname'

Answer: The Saint


Question: 'Bell tower for bats<br />(6)'

Answer: belfry


Question: 'This memorial that proves that 4 heads are better than one is also called the Shrine of Democracy'

Answer: Mount Rushmore


Question: '"Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone, Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone..."'

Answer: "Jailhouse Rock"


Question: 'An Antarctic sea & ice shelf are named for this man who discovered the North Magnetic Pole'

Answer: James Ross


Question: 'This 1992 event began in July with a flaming arrow igniting its symbolic flame'

Answer: Summer Olympics in Barcelona


Question: 'This Dumas hero who left home at age 16 to be a Musketeer was based on a real person'

Answer: d\'Artagnan


Question: 'He'll "meat" you anywhere<br />(7)'

Answer: butcher


Question: 'It's the reason Kansas has 34 stars on its state seal'

Answer: the number of states at the time it came into the Union


Question: '"A-well-a bless my soul what's wrong with me..."'

Answer: "All Shook Up"


Question: 'In the 1950s this New Zealand mountaineer blazed a trail for Sir Vivian Fuchs, the first to cross Antarctica'

Answer: Sir Edmund Hillary


Question: 'Trapped by a cave-in after World War I, gases preserved him & he awoke in the 25th century'

Answer: Buck Rogers


Question: 'Girl or quail group<br />(4)'

Answer: bevy


Question: 'The eastern part of this "Palmetto State" is the Low Country, & the western part is the Up Country'

Answer: South Carolina


Question: '"I gave a letter to the postman, he put it in his sack..."'

Answer: "Return To Sender"


Question: 'The last entry in this Briton's diary, dated March 29, 1912, ended, "For God's sake look after our people"'

Answer: Robert Scott


Question: 'First names of detective Fenton Hardy's adventurous sons'

Answer: Frank & Joe


Question: 'To surprise attack with shrubbery<br />(9)'

Answer: bushwhack


Question: 'Formed in 1918, it's the newest of the 3 British armed services'

Answer: RAF (Royal Air Force)


Question: 'He not only developed the first practical telegraph, he also devised the "code" to go with it'

Answer: Samuel Morse


Question: 'This ex-"Grease"r hosted the 1997 Tonys 3 weeks after winning her first Emmy, for her talk show'

Answer: Rosie O\'Donnell


Question: 'The tiny nation of Andorra is located in the Pyrenees Mountains between France & this country'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'He began a correspondence with Elizabeth Barrett in 1845 & a year later they were married'

Answer: Robert Browning


Question: 'For luck Kate will only knock on this wood'

Answer: Teak


Question: '1997's best play, "The Last Night of Ballyhoo", opens in Atlanta on the eve of this 1939 film's premiere'

Answer: Gone With the Wind


Question: 'Lake Disappointment is a dry salt lake on the edge of this country's Gibson Desert'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'He must have had a "Howl"ing good time performing on one of the Clash's albums'

Answer: Allen Ginsberg


Question: 'Stewart pulls one out when a fly goes by'

Answer: Swatter


Question: 'He came from Scotland to the U.S. in 1842 & in 1850 became the first detective on the Chicago police force'

Answer: Allan Pinkerton


Question: 'Christopher Plummer won for his magnificent portrayal of this actor known as the "Great Profile"'

Answer: John Barrymore


Question: 'The name of this area of the Pacific is from the Greek for "many islands"'

Answer: Polynesia


Question: 'He completed a sonnet "On His Blindness" circa 1655 & one "On His Deceased Wife" in 1658'

Answer: John Milton


Question: 'Carole consults one of these each time she visits Greece'

Answer: Oracle


Question: 'The first Jewish member of the British Parliament was a member of this banking family'

Answer: the Rothschilds


Question: 'He revolutionized breakfast with his creation of a coffee substitute & Grape Nuts cereal'

Answer: Charles William Post


Question: 'Proving it was no disaster, this show won 1997's Best Musical Tony; it features the song heard here:<br />["I Must Be on That Ship"]'

Answer: "Titanic"


Question: 'Sharing its name with a seaport in Yemen, this gulf provides a link between the Red Sea & the Arabian Sea'

Answer: Gulf of Aden


Question: 'A bit of an eccentric, this poet & sister of astronomer Percival was often seen smoking cigars'

Answer: Amy Lowell


Question: 'For a question to this answer, Gustave doesn't even have this kind of idea'

Answer: Vaguest


Question: 'In celebration of George III's birthday in 1805, the horse guards performed this ceremony for the first time'

Answer: Trooping the Colour


Question: 'This woman from Nantucket is often cited as America's first female astronomer'

Answer: Maria Mitchell


Question: '11 nominations but no wins for "Steel Pier", which dramatized a 1930s dance marathon in this city'

Answer: Atlantic City


Question: 'The city of Nizhny Novgorod in Russia was formerly known by this name, after a famous Communist writer'

Answer: Gorky


Question: '"Double Persephone" was the first book of poetry by this Canadian author of "The Handmaid's Tale"'

Answer: Margaret Atwood


Question: 'Rosaline adjusts these before landing her Cessna'

Answer: Ailerons


Question: 'In 1980 he hosted a 10-part PBS series & co-authored the companion book, both titled "Free to Choose"'

Answer: Milton Friedman


Question: 'Hyakutake, one of these, has a 360-million-mile-long tail'

Answer: Comet


Question: 'In the Perrault version, she's eaten by the wolf who's disguised as her grandmother'

Answer: Little Red Riding Hood


Question: 'Upon his death on March 11, 1957, Richard Byrd was buried in this cemetery with full military honors'

Answer: Arlington National Cemetery


Question: 'Thessaly, a plain in this country, is bordered by Mount Ossa & Mount Pelion along the Aegean coast'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'Destroyed by a radioactive chain reaction, it was Superman's home planet'

Answer: Krypton


Question: 'Screamer banner denoting a special or additional edition of a newspaper'

Answer: Extra!


Question: 'From the Spanish for "pot", it's the party accessory seen here'

Answer: Pinata


Question: 'In 1924 Alexandra David-Neel disguised herself as a beggar to sneak into this capital of Tibet'

Answer: Lhasa


Question: 'Byrd's polar career began with a 1924 expedition based at Etah on this large Danish possession'

Answer: Greenland


Question: 'Iraq's northern plain lies north of Samarra, between these 2 rivers'

Answer: Tigris & Euphrates


Question: 'As Clark Kent, Superman originally worked for this newspaper'

Answer: The Daily Planet


Question: 'I have found it!  The 1-word quotation found under Archimedes in "Bartlett's"'

Answer: "Eureka!"


Question: 'First seen by telescope in 1609, it's been bayed at much longer'

Answer: The moon


Question: 'Some reports say this PLO head sometimes disguised himself as a woman in order to flee his enemies'

Answer: Yasser Arafat


Question: 'Unusual middle name of Richard E. Byrd, it's also the first name of the author of "Brideshead Revisited"'

Answer: Evelyn


Question: 'This country's fertile Gangetic Plain is one of the most densely populated areas in the world'

Answer: India


Question: 'Nicknamed "The Big Apricot", it's the city where Superman lives as an adult'

Answer: Metropolis


Question: '"It don't mean a thing if it ain't got" this dance revue on Broadway in April 2000'

Answer: "Swing!"


Question: '"Nationality" of the bird seen here'

Answer: Canadian (Canadian Goose)


Question: 'According to the myth, his beggar disguise was so good, it even fooled his wife Penelope'

Answer: Odysseus


Question: 'In 1955 & 1956, Byrd oversaw the establishment of his fifth Antarctic base to bear this name'

Answer: Little America


Question: 'Bounded by Gran Chaco & Patagonia, this plain extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the Andean foothills'

Answer: Pampas


Question: 'Superman lived out his superboyhood in the city of Smallville in this U.S. state'

Answer: Kansas


Question: 'Network for which the two reporters, seen here, work for<br />[Jules Asner & Steve Kmetko]'

Answer: E!


Question: 'It sounds as if you could find these sloping roof beams going down the Snake River'

Answer: Rafters


Question: 'When Nathan Hale was captured in September 1776, he was disguised as one of these'

Answer: Schoolteacher


Question: 'Known as a fiscal conservative, this brother of Richard Byrd served as a U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1933-1965'

Answer: Harry Byrd


Question: 'During the French & Indian War, the British secured this city during the battle at the Plains of Abraham'

Answer: Quebec


Question: 'Located in the polar region, this is the "fortress" hideaway where Superman relaxes'

Answer: Fortress of Solitude


Question: 'Pop duo featuring Andrew Ridgeley & the man born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou'

Answer: Wham! (George Michael)


Question: 'A Kafka letter asked his friend Max Brod to do this to Kafka's manuscripts after his death; Brod didn't'

Answer: Burn them


Question: 'Of the Orlons, the Nylons or the Polyesters, the group that gave us "The Wah Watusi"'

Answer: Orlons


Question: 'To help save our atmosphere, Sweden banned the use of most of these in January 1978'

Answer: CFC\'s (Chlorofluorocarbons)


Question: 'Africa is home to both the "greater" & "lesser" types of these long-legged, curvy-necked pink wading birds'

Answer: Flamingos


Question: 'Huey P. Long'

Answer: Lousiana


Question: 'Philo T. Farnsworth's 1927 patent for an "image dissector" developed into this beloved appliance of today'

Answer: TV


Question: 'Felice Bauer twice & Julie Wohryzek once, but he never went through with it'

Answer: People he was engaged to


Question: 'It was the first big hit for Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs'

Answer: "Wooly Bully"


Question: 'It took Bill Rodgers 2 hours, 10 minutes, 13 seconds to win this April 17, 1978'

Answer: Boston Marathon


Question: 'Like General Rommel, the fennec, seen here, is a desert type of this'

Answer: Fox


Question: 'Father Junipero Serra'

Answer: California


Question: 'It can be a motor home, a fifth wheel trailer or a pop-up camper'

Answer: RV


Question: 'Future TB patient Franz once worked in his family's factory for this nonflammable material'

Answer: Asbestos


Question: 'This "nocturnal" Moody Blues song was a Top 10 hit in 1972'

Answer: "Nights In White Satin"


Question: 'In June 1978 the first moon to be discovered around this planet was found by James W. Christy'

Answer: Pluto (Charon)


Question: 'The jerboa, part of this order of mammals, is roughly 6 inches long with an 8-inch tail'

Answer: Rodent


Question: 'Ethan Allen'

Answer: Vermont


Question: 'The 3 major credit reporting agencies in the U.S. are Trans Union, Equifax & Experian, formerly called this'

Answer: TRW


Question: 'This novel begins, "Someone must have been telling lies about Joseph K."'

Answer: "The Trial"


Question: '"Leather and" this, a duet with Don Henley, helped make Stevie Nicks' "Bella Donna" album a smash hit'

Answer: Lace


Question: 'This son of a former president joined the Los Angeles Rough Riders rodeo team'

Answer: Steven Ford


Question: '9-letter term for the type of camel seen here'

Answer: Dromedary


Question: 'Robert La Follette'

Answer: Wisconsin


Question: 'Postal abbreviation of the state whose largest city is Manchester'

Answer: NH (New Hampshire)


Question: '"Metamorphosis" character who "Found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect"'

Answer: Gregor Samsa


Question: 'This group's first album featured Andy Warhol's famous cover illustration of a banana'

Answer: The Velvet Underground


Question: 'The World Book Yearbook article on the "dismal" state of this for 1978 was written by Sylvia Porter'

Answer: The economy


Question: 'The cape fur type of this breeds at colonies on the coast of South Africa'

Answer: Seals


Question: 'William Jennings Bryan'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'It's the chemical symbol for the metal Strontium'

Answer: Sr


Question: 'On January 27, 1999 he returned home aboard a TWA 767 designated Shepherd I'

Answer: Pope John Paul II


Question: 'In April 1789 Washington left Mount Vernon, going to this city to head the new governent'

Answer: New York


Question: 'After "The Flying Nun" was grounded in 1970, she went on to play "The Girl with Something Extra"'

Answer: Sally Field


Question: 'To open or pierce with the surgical instrument of the same name'

Answer: Lance


Question: 'Create the Church of England in 1534 to wrangle that elusive annulment (other wives may not fare as well)'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'She was Playboy Magazine's first centerfold back in 1953'

Answer: Marilyn Monroe


Question: '"When they eat your dog, they're not so cute" was the headline on a USA Today article on these from Miami'

Answer: alligators


Question: 'Inaugurated in 1809, he's considered the last of the Founding Fathers to serve as president'

Answer: Madison


Question:
'(Hi, I'm Ashton Kutcher.)  This popular sitcom of the 1970s featured the acting talents of Scatman Crothers, Jack Albertson
& Freddie Prinze'

Answer: Chico and the Man


Question: 'To put on clothes or a uniform'

Answer: Don


Question: 'Crown self Czar in 1547, divorce 2 wives, have one killed, believe 3 to be poisoned by enemies, have last one outlive you'

Answer: Ivan the Terrible


Question: 'In 1960 the first of the many Playboy Clubs opened in this city that's Hugh Hefner's hometown'

Answer: Chicago