Question: 'Peevish or unreasonably irritable, it's from the Latin petere, meaning "to assail"'

Answer: petulant


Question: 'This blacksmith was lame--physically, not mythically--the only physically imperfect major Roman god'

Answer: Vulcan


Question: 'Franz Ferdinand'

Answer: the 2000s


Question: 'Do your civic duty & know this company makes the Ridgeline'

Answer: Honda


Question: 'This family's coat of arms is on buildings all around Florence, like the one seen here'

Answer: Medici


Question: 'The Russians should have reckoned with Marshal Pilsudski before fighting with this, his country'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'The name of this gum tree comes from the Greek kaluptein, or "cover", & it covers more than 500 species'

Answer: the eucalyptus


Question: 'His 2009 novel "The Lost Symbol" once again features protagonist Robert Langdon'

Answer: Dan Brown


Question: 'Adolf "Adi" Dassler founded this shoe company in 1949'

Answer: Adidas


Question: 'In 1991 a hammer-wielding madman broke one of this colossal statue's toes in Florence'

Answer: David


Question: 'Matt Damon took on Glen Campbell's Texas Ranger role in the remake of this western'

Answer: True Grit


Question: 'The town of Oxford in this state is near Bridgeport'

Answer: Connecticut


Question: 'Karl Wallenda could tell you it's another name for an acrobat's tightrope'

Answer: the highwire


Question: 'Michael Oher's book "I Beat the Odds" is subtitled "From Homelessness to" this other book title "and Beyond"'

Answer: the Blind Side


Question: 'In 1948 13 directors of industrial giant I.G. Farben were convicted of war crimes in this German city'

Answer: Nuremburg


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a painting on the monitor.)  In a painting based on a parable in Luke, a man has been robbed and injured; no one stops until this helpful man comes to his aid'

Answer: the Good Samaritan


Question: 'This Meg Ryan-Tom Hanks romantic comedy was inspired by "The Shop Around the Corner"'

Answer: You\'ve Got Mail


Question: 'Oxford in this state, which celebrated its Bicentennial in 2010, is home to Miami University'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'This facial hair term means very cultured'

Answer: highbrow


Question: '"Welcome to the Monkey House" is a collection of his stories'

Answer: (Kurt) Vonnegut


Question: 'In 1922 Haribo founder Hans Riegel made his first candies in the shape of these animals'

Answer: bears


Question: 'During his stay at a mental asylum in Saint-Remy, van Gogh painted "The Raising of" this man'

Answer: Lazarus


Question: '1939's "Love Affair" was remade as this 1957 weepie starring Cary Grant'

Answer: An Affair to Remember


Question: 'John Grisham is just one of the famous authors who have lived in Oxford in this southern state'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'A blue light on your dashboard indicates these are in use'

Answer: high beams


Question: '"Meet Carrie before Sex and the City" says the cover of "The Carrie Diaries" by this author'

Answer: (Candace) Bushnell


Question: 'His company merged with Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft in 1926'

Answer: (Karl) Benz


Question: 'She's the penitent in the Donatello sculpture seen here; her hands perhaps raised in prayer'

Answer: Mary Magdelene


Question: 'Sam Worthington  didn't use Harry Hamiln's toga as Perseus in the 2010 remake of this action flick'

Answer: Clash of the Titans


Question: 'Worcester County is home to this state's town of Oxford, incorporated 1713'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'Dating from around 1650, this word means a thief who robs travelers on a road'

Answer: highwayman


Question: 'This name precedes "Chronicle" & "Scandal" in titles by John Cheever'

Answer: Wapshot


Question: 'This fighter-plane designer joined the Bavarian aircraft works in 1926; in 1938 the company took his name'

Answer: Messerschmitt


Question: 'In separate works, Rembrandt painted this man "Threatening His Father-In-Law" & and also portrayed his "Blinding"'

Answer: Samson


Question: 'This 2007 Shia LaBeouf film is a modern take on Hitchcock's "Rear Window"'

Answer: Disturbia


Question: 'The seat of Granville county, Oxford is just north of this state's Research Triangle'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'This adjective meaning easily made tense sounds like it could refer to a violin'

Answer: high-strung


Question: 'In 2007 Robstown, near Corpus Christi, was recognized as the birthplace of this game, now played online too'

Answer: Texas hold \'em


Question: 'This "Sea" has heavy mineral deposits which make it saltier than the oceans & almost uninhabitable'

Answer: Dead Sea


Question: 'The final vote count in this state in 2000 was Gore: 2,912,253,<br />Bush: 2,912,790'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'Kitty loves this 1972 Elton John song that says, "Well, I quit those days and my redneck ways"'

Answer: "Honky Cat"


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the U.S.S. Missouri in Hawaii)  During the Gulf War in 1991, the U.S.S. Missouri fired its 16-inch guns in anger for the first time since this 1950s conflict'

Answer: The Korean War


Question: 'At the A&W restaurants, order your burgers with a frosty mug of this beverage that they're famous for'

Answer: root beer


Question: 'A Cricetus cricetus with large cheek pouches'

Answer: hamster


Question: 'This Chinese river, Huang He, carries tons of colorful silt'

Answer: Yellow River


Question: 'The top 2 Canadian newspapers in circulation are based in this city'

Answer: Toronto


Question: 'Naturally, "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" is Kitty's favorite track on his album "Let's Dance"'

Answer: David Bowie


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew on the deck of the U.S.S. <i>Missouri</i> in Hawaii)  On September 2, 1945, World War II ended when representatives of Japan surrendered right here to this commanding American general'

Answer: Douglas MacArthur


Question: 'In TV commercials 'N Sync sings the praises of this chain's baby back ribs'

Answer: Chili\'s


Question: 'This tendon is at the back of the thigh'

Answer: hamstring


Question: 'This island was named for its location between the U.S. west coast & Japan'

Answer: Midway


Question: 'Alexander Global Promotions is the biggest maker of these nodding dolls; it can make over 1 million a month'

Answer: bobblehead dolls


Question: 'Kitty just swoons when she hears Tom Jones sing this title movie tune'

Answer: What\'s New Pussycat?


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew standing in front of the U.S.S. Missouri in Hawaii)  It's the appropriate 2-word name for the predominate color of the U.S.S. Missouri'

Answer: "Battleship Gray"


Question: 'Arnold Schwarzenegger & Bruce Willis were among the founders of this theme restaurant'

Answer: Planet Hollywood


Question: 'This man co-wrote several popular musicals including "The King and I"'

Answer: Oscar Hammerstein


Question: 'Captain Cook stayed on this island, later used for nuclear testing, December 25, 1777'

Answer: Christmas Island


Question: 'He was the last of the 3 men who were king of England during 1066'

Answer: William the Conqueror


Question: 'Your cat's least favorite song?  "Misty", because of the line "Look at me, I'm" this'

Answer: as helpless as a kitten up a tree


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew on the deck of the U.S.S. Missouri in Hawaii)  This admiral, nicknamed "Bull", walked the deck of the Missouri, his flagship in the latter part of World War II'

Answer: William F. Halsey, Jr.


Question: 'At this famous NYC restaurant at 234 W. 44th Street, you can dine with the stars, or at least with their caricatures'

Answer: Sardi\'s


Question: 'He wrote hard-boiled detective novels like "The Maltese Falcon" & "The Thin Man"'

Answer: Dashiell Hammett


Question: 'What's now this African country was once the center of trade for elephant merchandise'

Answer: Ivory Coast


Question: 'At a latitude of 0 degrees 13 minutes south, this capital is at an altitude of 9,222 feet'

Answer: Quito, Ecuador


Question: 'Your cat is not superstitious -- he loves crossing paths with her 1990 No. 1 hit "Black Cat"'

Answer: Janet Jackson


Question: 'At the Olive Garden, you might start off with this dish of chopped tomatoes, basil & olive oil on ciabatta toast'

Answer: bruschetta


Question: 'This county in southern England borders the English Channel'

Answer: Hampshire


Question: 'The Vikings named an ice-covered island this to lure settlers there'

Answer: Greenland


Question: 'She's mom to Kate Hudson'

Answer: Goldie Hawn


Question: 'Koeberlina spinosa is the "Crucifixion" one of these, the type of object Jesus wore a crown of'

Answer: thorns


Question: 'His financial channel could report on his $165,000 salary'

Answer: Michael Bloomberg


Question: 'In 1979 a play based on his novel "Fahrenheit 451" was produced in Los Angeles'

Answer: Ray Bradbury


Question: 'Not whitened, like some flour & linen'

Answer: unbleached


Question: 'Since it's the largest city in Missouri, we wonder why it's not called Missouri City'

Answer: Kansas City


Question: 'Once nicknamed "Stecchetto", the Stick, because she was so skinny, she's the beauty who married Carlo Ponti'

Answer: Sophia Loren


Question: 'The bulbs of this plant named for a Greek youth who fell in love with his image can cause digestive upset & trembling'

Answer: Narcissus


Question: 'Last name of Chicago's mayor, or how often he earns $465.75'

Answer: Daley/daily


Question: 'He's won 2 Nat'l Book Awards: for "Goodbye, Columbus" in 1960 & for "Sabbath's Theater" 35 years later'

Answer: Philip Roth


Question: 'This title of the film seen here is descriptive of one of its leading characters'

Answer: Unfaithful


Question: 'You'll find Limestone & Peat on Ireland but not the gems this nickname would imply'

Answer: "The Emerald Isle"


Question: 'She thanked her father Paul when she won a 1995 Oscar for her role in "Mighty Aphrodite"'

Answer: Mira Sorvino


Question: 'Flowers are considered "perfect" if they contain both of these reproductive organs'

Answer: pistil & stamen


Question: 'With $103,056 from this city, Wellington Webb doesn't have to pay you Tuesday for one of its omelets today'

Answer: Denver


Question: 'This French author's original surname was Balssa before his father changed it'

Answer: Honore de Balzac


Question: 'Insurers'

Answer: underwriters


Question: 'Rock Island is not on an island but a city on the Mississippi River in this state that borders Iowa'

Answer: Illinois


Question: 'She played Tina Turner on the big screen & Rosa Parks on TV'

Answer: Angela Bassett


Question: '4 true cedar trees exist: they are native to Cyprus, the Atlas Mountains, the Himalayas & this Mideast country'

Answer: Lebanon


Question: 'Her first novel was written in collaboration with another author using the joint pseudonym Jules Sand'

Answer: George Sand


Question: 'To zoologists, a goat, or a guanaco'

Answer: ungulate


Question: 'The city of El Centro in this state is actually on its southern border, near Mexicali'

Answer: California


Question: 'She directed the 1920 silent film "Remodeling Her Husband", starring her sister Dorothy'

Answer: Lillian Gish


Question: 'The Black-Eyed Susan is the state flower of this Atlantic coast state'

Answer: Maryland


Question: 'This Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist co-wrote the play "Dinner at Eight" with George S. Kaufman'

Answer: Edna Ferber


Question: 'Famous (& rather insulting) adjective for England's King Ethelred II'

Answer: "the Unready"


Question: 'Over the end credits of "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" she sings "There's No Business Like Show Business"'

Answer: Rosemary Clooney


Question: 'The modified Mercalli scale ranks these 1-12:  1 - not felt except by few, 12 - total destruction'

Answer: Earthquakes


Question: 'This California firm is the largest producer of wine in the U.S.'

Answer: Gallo


Question: 'Since 1896 it's used the Rock of Gibraltar in its ads'

Answer: Prudential


Question: 'Competition in which you walk on your hands while your partner holds up your legs'

Answer: Wheelbarrow Race


Question: 'Your mom could tell you this word for marriage comes from the Latin for "mother"'

Answer: Matrimony


Question: 'He did his own fight scenes when he appeared on this TV P.I.'s show in February 1987'

Answer: "Magnum P.I."


Question: 'We're in the holocene epoch of the quaternary period of the Cenozoic one of these'

Answer: Era


Question: 'Word that can precede dress, party & table'

Answer: Cocktail


Question: 'In 1988 this British firm celebrated its 300th anniversary'

Answer: Lloyd\'s of London


Question: 'Before the invention of plastic this racket game used a cork stuck with feathers'

Answer: Badminton


Question: '"Pondus", the Latin word for weight, gave us this adjective meaning weighty or unwieldy'

Answer: Ponderous


Question: 'The Arizona radio station Sinatra bought in 1989 was dubbed KFAS, the FAS standing for this'

Answer: Francis Albert Sinatra


Question: 'Basalt is an igneous rock & rock salt is this type'

Answer: Sedimentary


Question: 'Beef boullion & a shot of vodka are the main ingredients in this drink'

Answer: Bullshot


Question: 'Actuaries compute rates for various risks & these decide if the company will take the risk & insure you'

Answer: Underwriters


Question: 'To play this you stand behind the 10 Off area & shoot your disk down the court into the scoring area'

Answer: Shuffleboard


Question: 'This adjective meaning shifty or deceptive is derived from "de via", meaning away from the road'

Answer: Devious


Question: 'As Joey Evans in this 1957 film, Sinatra belted out "The Lady Is A Tramp"'

Answer: "Pal Joey"


Question: 'William Smith was the 1st to date rocks using these found within them'

Answer: Fossils (that he found inside the rocks)


Question: 'One story says this rum drink made the 1st man who drank it feel "like the living dead"'

Answer: Zombie


Question: 'Basic types of life insurance are whole life, endowment & this'

Answer: Term Life


Question: 'In this game 2 players join hands & form an arch that falls after the "Take the key and lock her up" stanza'

Answer: London Bridge


Question: 'Meaning explosive or changeable, it comes from "volare", to fly'

Answer: Volatile


Question: 'Sinatra made his 1st record in July 1939 as a vocalist for this trumpeter's band'

Answer: Harry James


Question: 'The stratosphere includes this layer of the atmosphere that absorbs ultraviolet light'

Answer: Ozone


Question: '1st made in Scotland in the 18th C., this liqueur blends old Scotch, honey, herbs & spices'

Answer: Drambuie


Question: 'Used in setting rates, the theory of this was developed by Blaise Pascal & Pierre de Fermat in the 1600s'

Answer: Theory of Probability


Question: 'The order of shooting in croquet follows the order of the color rings on this'

Answer: Pegs


Question: 'Whales belong to this order of mammals whose name comes from the Latin for whale, "cetus"'

Answer: Cetacean


Question: 'Dying in this film, Sinatra warns Prew, "Watch out for Fatso, he'll try to crack you...."'

Answer: "From Here to Eternity"


Question: 'Date during WWII on which the Allies put Operation Overlord into action'

Answer: June 6, 1944 (D-Day)


Question: '1st grown in Belgium about the 13th century, these vegetables look like tiny cabbages'

Answer: Brussels Sprouts


Question: 'William Butler Yeats wrote his own: "Cast a cold eye on life, on death.  Horseman, pass by!"'

Answer: Epitaph


Question: 'The number of times a year the snow goose sets off on a migration'

Answer: 2


Question: 'In the Treaty of Utrecht of 1713 Britain obtained Newfoundland from this country'

Answer: France


Question: 'Movie in which Margaret Hamilton cackles, "Well, my little pretty, I can cause accidents, too."'

Answer: "The Wizard of Oz"


Question: 'In 1763 these surveyors began work to settle a boundary dispute between the Penns & the Calverts'

Answer: Mason & Dixon


Question: 'This root can be eaten raw w/dip or baked in a cake that usually comes w/cream cheese icing'

Answer: Carrots


Question: 'He often had visions of angels & dead people; perhaps he saw a "Tyger! Tyger! Burning Bright!", too'

Answer: William Blake


Question: 'MCA Home Video has sold over 15 million copies of this movie, calling it the all-time top-selling video'

Answer: "E.T."


Question: '1967 movie in which Faye Dunaway said, "We rob banks."'

Answer: "Bonnie & Clyde"


Question: 'In 1964 it was established as the "Domestic Peace Corps"'

Answer: VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America)


Question: '"Swiss" vegetable that's also known as the "Spinach Beet"'

Answer: Chard


Question: '"Weighty" name of the pro-Fascist American poet who was declared insane in 1946'

Answer: Ezra Pound


Question: 'In November 1988 this former leader of CCR was acquitted of plagiarizing -- himself'

Answer: John Fogerty


Question: '"Do you Alice, Ruth, Martha, Liza, Sarah, Dorcas, take these men to be your lawfully married husbands?"'

Answer: "Seven Brides For Seven Brothers"


Question: 'State in which Nat Turner led a slave revolt in 1831'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'The part of the plant you're eating when you chow down on corn, peas or lima beans'

Answer: Seeds


Question: 'Queen Elizabeth I gave him a pension for life after he dedicated "The Faerie Queen" to her'

Answer: Edmund Spencer


Question: 'The Energy Dept. picked this state in which to build the estimated $4.4 billion Supercollider'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'In "Now, Voyager", this actress says, "Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon.  We have the stars."'

Answer: Bette Davis


Question: 'Formally organized in the 1870s, it began as a secret order of garment workers in 1869'

Answer: the Knights of Labor


Question: 'Escarole is a name commonly used by cooks & greengrocers for this salad vegetable'

Answer: Endive


Question:
'(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):
20th century American poet heard here, reading one of his own works:
"With a Dutchman, I went once to Rembrandt Square, and down to Zanfra too.  I should have stayed & spent my lifetime on that beach.  I might have been a sailor, singing songs to myself only, or to a friend in Amsterdam..."'

Answer: Rod McKuen


Question: 'Serving briefly under Reagan, he didn't sign any dollar bills until Bush appointed him Treasury secretary'

Answer: Nicholas Brady


Question: 'Eccentric character who said "Life is a banquet & most poor suckers are starving to death!"'

Answer: "Auntie Mame"


Question: 'This man resigned his Senate seat January 3, 1989'

Answer: Dan Quayle


Question: 'It's no. 1 in adherents at 69 million'

Answer: Roman Catholic


Question: 'Nicolas Cage has a son named Kal-El, which is also the birth name of this superhero'

Answer: Superman


Question: 'In the '50s, the ducktail style of this was popular for men'

Answer: the haircut


Question: 'It lies between the cornea & the lens'

Answer: the iris


Question: 'To loosen your grip, or just to take it easy'

Answer: to relax


Question: 'Charles de Gaulle'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'John would be proud of this "southern" denomination, no. 2 at 16 million'

Answer: the Baptist religion


Question: 'Jessica's little sis, she & Pete Wentz named their son Bronx Mowgli'

Answer: Ashlee Simpson


Question: 'Designer Mary Quant gets the credit for this fashion that showed a lot of leg in the 1960s'

Answer: a miniskirt


Question: 'This air rifle manufacturer's website asks you to "take pride"'

Answer: the daisy air rifle


Question: 'This 6-letter adjective is most offen used to describe light-colored hair'

Answer: flaxen


Question: 'Heathrow'

Answer: London


Question: 'They've followed careful procedures to become no. 3 at 8 million'

Answer: the Methodists


Question: 'His daughter Willow played his daughter Marley in "I Am Legend"'

Answer: Will Smith


Question: 'The Beatles helped popularize this jacket, the original of which was worn by Indira Gandhi's father'

Answer: the Nehru jacket


Question: 'The Nestle brand calls itself "The Cooking Milk"'

Answer: Carnation


Question: 'This Swedish specialty is raw salmon cured in a salt-sugar-dill mixture'

Answer: gravlax


Question: 'McCarran'

Answer: Las Vegas


Question: 'This group, now 5 million strong, was once saved by seagulls'

Answer: the Mormons


Question: 'Like, oh my god, totally, Frank Zappa named his oldest daughter this'

Answer: Moon Unit


Question: 'They were made for walking (& platform dancing) in the '60s; In 1996 Nancy Sinatra donated hers to The Hard Rock Cafe'

Answer: go-go boots


Question: 'These fowl from New Guinea with beautiful plumage sound like they should live in the Garden of Eden'

Answer: birds-of-paradise


Question: 'Warren Beatty starred in this thriller about a reporter investigating a mysterious assassination'

Answer: The Parallax View


Question: 'Ben-Gurion'

Answer: Jerusalem or Tel Aviv


Question: 'A German guy started this denomination that now has 3.6 million U.S. followers'

Answer: Lutheran


Question: 'Rumer, Scout & Tallulah are the daughters of this former power couple who divorced in 2000'

Answer: Bruce Willis and Demi Moore


Question: 'Jibbitz makes a line of decorations to dress up these colorful clog-like shoes'

Answer: crocs


Question: 'You'll find this flower before "pickle bottom" in a line of handbags & bedding'

Answer: the petunia


Question: 'It's the loud warning signal heard here (Horn signal sounds)'

Answer: a klaxon


Question: 'Trudeau'

Answer: Montreal


Question: 'Also known as the dog star, it's the brightest star other than the sun as seen from earth'

Answer: Sirius


Question: '...It's on the tip of my tongue...The Rolling Stones...a hag beat Mick with a strap...you know, this "gas gas gas" tune!'

Answer: "Jumpin\' Jack Flash"


Question: 'Conestogas often had a white top & a wagon painted these other 2 patriotic colors'

Answer: red and blue


Question: 'Smoked salmon & caviar pizza was one of the first signature dishes by this Austrian'

Answer: Wolfgang Puck


Question: 'The frieze seen here is at the base of this nation's monument to the conquerors of space'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'For the record, Thomas Edison invented the first practical one of these in 1877'

Answer: the phonograph


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a painting on the monitor.) Though not actually seen in that part of the sky, in Van Gogh's "Starry Night over the Rhone", you can clearly see this famous grouping, including Merak'

Answer: the Big Dipper


Question: 'Paul McCartney did this one...hit no. 2 in '73, I know it did, I know it did, I know it did...should be bond-ed to memory'

Answer: "Live And Let Die"


Question: 'The usual male social center; in "The Spoilers" John Wayne & Randolph Scott have an epic brawl in one'

Answer: a saloon


Question: '"Masterchef" is the latest show featuring this Scot who's made life "hell" for some cooks'

Answer: Gordon Ramsay


Question: 'A frieze depicting this emperor's conquests spirals around his famous column in Rome'

Answer: Trajan


Question: 'The mortar & pestle is a symbol of this profession'

Answer: a pharmacist


Question: 'A small star group called the cup or crater seems to sit atop this water snake'

Answer: hydra


Question: '...this Joan Jett song...it was no. 1 for 7 weeks in '82...told us to "put another dime in the jukebox , baby"'

Answer: "I Love Rock N\' Roll"


Question: 'Morgan Earp survived this notorious October 1881 event but was killed 5 months later while playing billiards'

Answer: the O.K. Corral shoot-out (the gunfight at the O.K. Corral)


Question: 'This Massachusetts native was the executive chef at Commander's Palace in New Orleans'

Answer: Emeril Lagasse


Question: 'In days gone by this game bird was popularly served "under glass"'

Answer: a pheasant


Question: '(Jimmy of the clue crew shows a constellation on a board) The constellation Cygnus, or the swan, contains six stars that form the pattern known by this 2-word name'

Answer: the Northern Cross


Question: '...not the '60s tune by The Troggs but this, Tone Loc's first top 10 hit, covering certain parts of Tone's dating life'

Answer: "Wild Thing"


Question: 'Unlike in the movie, it was Ben Kilpatrick, not this man, who was the bicycle rider of the Wild Bunch'

Answer: Butch Cassidy


Question: 'This naked chef established The Fifteen Foundation to help underprivileged kids learn to cook'

Answer: Jamie Oliver


Question: 'A finger bone, or a group of heavily armed infantry with overlapping weapons'

Answer: a phalanx


Question: 'You'll find this familiar red supergiant in Orion's shoulder'

Answer: Betelgeuse


Question: '...it's a feist-y tune...something, something, something, something, "tell me that you love me more"'

Answer: "1234"


Question: 'The gang including these brothers tried to rob 2 Kansas banks Oct. 5, 1892, but ran into bullets from the locals'

Answer: the Dalton brothers


Question: 'This New York "Iron Chef" of The Mesa Grill made a name for himself with southwestern cuisine'

Answer: Bobby Flay


Question: 'Boreas is among the figures depicted in the frieze atop Athens' tower of these'

Answer: the winds


Question: 'In mythology, after Hippolytus rejects her, this wife of Theseus hangs herself'

Answer: Phaedra


Question: 'It's said that this woman who died in 1976 "made more money out of murder than any woman since Lucrezia Borgia"'

Answer: Agatha Christie


Question: 'After routing Union troops at the first battle of this, P.G.T. Beauregard was promoted to the rank of general'

Answer: Bull Run


Question: '2005:<br />Voters like Brad Garrett, too'

Answer: Everybody Loves Raymond


Question: 'It promotes technical research & education programs:<br />the NSF'

Answer: the National Science Foundation


Question: 'At 10,000 feet in elevation, the Timberline campus of this state's Mountain College is the highest in the U.S.'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'Because of the greenhouse effect, the surface temperature on this planet is over 800 degrees F.'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'This Henry James novel centers on a plain girl'

Answer: Washington Square


Question: 'The Library of America has a boxed set of the memoirs of these 2 Union generals'

Answer: Grant & Sherman


Question: '1981:<br />Danny DeVito gets an Emmy dispatch'

Answer: Taxi


Question: 'It protects Grandma's money in the bank:<br />the FDIC'

Answer: the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation


Question: 'In 1946 Congress designated January 5 as the "Day" of this Tuskegee Institute agriculture professor'

Answer: (George Washington) Carver


Question: 'The hottest stars, such as Rigel, are this color & have surface temperatures over 30,000 degrees'

Answer: blue


Question: 'This is a horror classic'

Answer: Frankenstein (frank in stein)


Question: 'Replaced by Pres. Lincoln on November 7, 1862, he challenged the president as the Democratic nominee in 1864'

Answer: (George) McClellan


Question: '1990:<br />Legal practice makes perfect for Jimmy Smits'

Answer: L.A. Law


Question: 'Providing assistance around the globe:<br />AID'

Answer: the Agency for International Development


Question: 'The USA's oldest college debating club is at this university where Aaron Burr & James Madison were members'

Answer: Princeton


Question: 'In the northern hemisphere, latitude is equal to the angle above the horizon of this star, Alpha Ursae Minoris'

Answer: the North Star (or Polaris)


Question: 'This novel was sent to sinners in 1850'

Answer: The Scarlet Letter


Question: 'At Gettysburg, he said, "Up, men, and to your posts!  Don't forget today that you are from Old Virginia"'

Answer: (George) Pickett


Question: '2001:<br />Bradley Whitford joshes around'

Answer: The West Wing


Question: 'It protects against workplace discrimination:<br />the EEOC'

Answer: the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission


Question: 'In 1779 the nation's oldest law school was founded at this southern college'

Answer: William & Mary


Question: 'In 1801 Ceres became the first one of these to be discovered'

Answer: an asteroid


Question: 'Egoism & genius prevail in this 1943 bestselling novel'

Answer: The Fountainhead


Question: 'Nicknamed "Fighting Joe", he replaced Ambrose Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac in 1863'

Answer: (Joe) Hooker


Question: '1985:<br />John Larroquette's prosecutorial misconduct earns an Emmy'

Answer: Night Court


Question: 'Analyzing global business & tariffs:<br />the USITC'

Answer: the United States International Trade Commission


Question: 'This 1968 presidential candidate once was a professor at Macalester College in St. Paul'

Answer: (Hubert) Humphrey


Question: 'This Frenchman prepared the first systematic catalog of nebulous objects; each object has an "M" number'

Answer: (Charles) Messier


Question: 'The writer's own experiences served as source material for this 1929 novel'

Answer: A Farewell to Arms


Question: '90 miles from the equator, this mile-high Kenyan capital rarely exceeds 80 degrees in temperature'

Answer: Nairobi


Question: 'The events in "The Da Vinci Code" are set off by the murder of the curator of this place'

Answer: the Louvre


Question: 'March 2:<br />Robert McNamara announces that U.S. troops in this country total 215,000'

Answer: Vietnam


Question: 'It's the adjective for tutus that fall below the calf (or for the poetry of Keats & Coleridge)'

Answer: romantic


Question: 'This U.S. president designed more than one home for himself--this is the one at Poplar Forest'

Answer: Jefferson


Question: 'Meaning sent on operations abroad, it's the E in AEF'

Answer: expeditionary


Question: 'Until 1974 much of the land in this capital belonged to Haile Selassie's family, members of the nobility & the National Church'

Answer: Addis Ababa


Question: 'Robert Langdon is a professor of religious symbology at this Ivy League university'

Answer: Harvard


Question: 'August 5:<br />This man gets hit in the head by a rock while leading a civil rights march in Chicago'

Answer: Martin Luther King


Question: 'Men in tutus portray ballerinas like Tatiana Youbetyabootskaya in Les Ballets Trockadero De this Riviera resort'

Answer: Monte Carlo


Question: 'This man who held up the heavens lent his name to a sculptural male figure used as a supporting column'

Answer: Atlas


Question: 'For a Major League baseball it's 9 to 9 1/4 inches'

Answer: circumference


Question: 'They are the two capitals located on the banks of the Nile'

Answer: Cairo & Khartoum


Question: 'Robert says Ariel's flowing red hair in Disney's "Little Mermaid" is an allusion to this Biblical woman'

Answer: Mary Magdalene


Question: 'April 8:<br />This "Magnolia State" becomes the last to end statewide prohibition'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'This Ziegfeld star donned a tutu for zany ballet spoofs, which inspired "The Swan" number in the film "Funny Girl"'

Answer: Fanny Brice


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands on the set of Beauty and the Beast at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York.)  The castle in "Beauty and the Beast" reimagines this architectural style that evolved from the Romanesque in the 12th century'

Answer: Gothic


Question: 'eBay has about a million collectibles in the category "entertainment" this'

Answer: memorabilia


Question: 'To reach this capital from Marrakech, hop on a train & travel about 200 miles northeast'

Answer: Rabat


Question: 'Bishop Aringarosa heads this Catholic prelature that spreads the message of "God's work"'

Answer: Opus Dei


Question: 'April 27:<br />This pope meets Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in the Vatican'

Answer: Paul VI


Question: 'His 1860s painting of "The Orchestra of the Opera" has some pretty tutus in the background'

Answer: (Edgar) Degas


Question: 'Appropriately, he designed the Swiss Dormitory at Cite Universitaire in Paris'

Answer: Le Corbusier


Question: 'Promptness, in 11 letters'

Answer: punctuality


Question: 'Bujumbura shares its first 2 letters with this small country of which it's the capital'

Answer: Burundi


Question:
'This ingenious device is worthy of an inventive mind like Leonardo's

"If you force it open, the vial breaks, vinegar dissolves papyrus, and your secret is lost forever."'

Answer: a cryptex


Question: 'July 28:<br />One of these U.S. military reconnaissance planes crashes in Bolivia'

Answer: a U-2


Question: 'In "Swan Lake", it's traditional for this seductive daughter of Von Rotbart to wear a black tutu'

Answer: Odile


Question: 'The Kennedy Library was designed by this world-famous architect who gave it a soaring glass-enclosed pavillion'

Answer: (I.M.) Pei


Question: 'From "The Faerie Queene", it's an Italian-sounding word for boasting'

Answer: braggadocio


Question: 'It says, "'O Poet... I beg you, that I may flee this evil & worse evils, to lead me... that I may see the gateway of Saint Peter'"'

Answer: Dante\'s Inferno


Question: 'In 1773 this ex-printer & inventor published "Rules By Which A Great Empire May Be Reduced to A Small One"'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: 'Crusoe's companion'

Answer: Friday


Question: '"Boy the way Glenn Miller played, songs that made The Hit Parade.  Guys like us we had it made..."'

Answer: All in the Family


Question: 'In 1977 George Willig was fined $1.10, a penny a story, for climbing one of these NYC towers'

Answer: World Trade Center


Question: 'Peter Hodgson Sr. saw the appeal of synthetic rubber that bounced & sold it in a plastic egg under this name'

Answer: Silly Putty


Question: 'It seems odd, but in baseball you usually get a strike when you swing & don't strike the ball with this'

Answer: Bat


Question: 'Pioneering economist Francois Quesnay saw some spending in this opulent palace city where he lived & died'

Answer: Versailles


Question: 'Morning for an armchair quarterback with 20/20 hindsight'

Answer: Monday


Question: '"Here we come, walkin' down the street, we get the funniest looks from everyone we meet"'

Answer: The Monkees


Question: 'The Otis Company says it has installed these in 10 of the world's 20 tallest buildings'

Answer: Elevators


Question: 'Interestingly, this Sanrio character seen here has no mouth'

Answer: Hello Kitty


Question: 'It's a small metal disk used illegally in a vending machine'

Answer: Slug


Question: 'Montesquieu's doctrine of the separation of these influenced our system of separate branches of govt.'

Answer: Powers


Question: '"Special" night for an easily obtained & hidden handgun'

Answer: Saturday night


Question: '"One two three four five six seven eight.  Schlemeel, schlemazel, hasenfeffer incorporated"'

Answer: Laverne & Shirley


Question: 'At 1,136 feet, the Amoco Building is the second tallest in this U.S. city'

Answer: Chicago (behind the Sears Tower)


Question: 'Nintendo's N64 lets you sample 5 PGA courses with a cyber version of this real golfer born in 1975'

Answer: Tiger Woods


Question: 'In gymnastics, it's safe to vault over; its body is upholstered'

Answer: Horse


Question: 'The ideas of deism are usually represented by God making one of these & then just letting it run'

Answer: Watch


Question: '"Bloody" day in a U2 song title'

Answer: Sunday


Question: '"Lady Godiva was a freedom rider, she didn't care if the whole world looked"'

Answer: Maude


Question: 'Japan's tallest skyscraper isn't in Tokyo -- it's the Landmark Tower in this nearby port'

Answer: Yokohama


Question: 'For many adults, the sweet scent of this soft modeling compound is the smell of childhood'

Answer: Play-Doh


Question: 'Slang for your feet, or a verb meaning "tracks persistently"'

Answer: Dogs


Question: 'Thomas Paine wrote, "I offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and" this title'

Answer: "Common Sense"


Question: 'Days Mitch Albom spent "With Morrie"'

Answer: Tuesdays


Question: '"Come and knock on our door, we've been waiting for you, where the kisses are hers and hers and his..."'

Answer: Three\'s Company


Question: 'This Vegas tower seen here is the tallest building west of the Mississippi & has a roller coaster 900 feet up'

Answer: Stratosphere


Question: '"What walks down stairs, alone or in pairs...everyone loves" this wonderful toy'

Answer: Slinky


Question: 'It's a crude block of iron, or the type of iron cast in one'

Answer: Pig iron


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

Answer: Sun-Maid


Question: 'Martin Frobisher twice sailed to the Arctic looking for this, but only found the fool's type'

Answer: Gold


Question: 'Bambi's boisterous buddy'

Answer: Thumper


Question: 'On Jan. 10, 1956 Elvis recorded his first million-selling record, about this title establishment'

Answer: "Heartbreak Hotel"


Question: 'In Shakespeare:<br />Troilus & her'

Answer: Cressida


Question: 'The name of this ribbed material often used for pants was once thought to come from the French for "king's cord"'

Answer: Corduroy


Question: 'Raisin is the French word for this'

Answer: Grape


Question: 'La Salle, exploring Lake Ontario around 1670, heard the roar of this feature but didn't bother to go look'

Answer: Niagara Falls


Question: 'Jimmy Stewart's 6' 3 1/2" invisible companion in 1950'

Answer: Harvey


Question: 'Spain ceded these south Atlantic islands to Great Britain January 22, 1771'

Answer: Falkland (or Malvinas) Islands


Question: 'In '50s film:<br />Pat & him'

Answer: Mike


Question: 'The 3 pigments in these optic cells enable us to distinguish scores of colors'

Answer: Cones


Question: 'A classic raisin cookie is made with & named for this rolled grain'

Answer: Oatmeal


Question: 'In 1610 he thought the huge North American bay now named for him was the Pacific Ocean'

Answer: Henry Hudson


Question: 'Glenn Close is the jilted bunny-boiler in this thriller that serves as a warning against one-night stands'

Answer: Fatal Attraction


Question: 'After leading a military coup on Jan. 25, 1971, he made himself president of Uganda'

Answer: Idi Amin


Question: 'In the painting seen here:<br />Venus & him'

Answer: Adonis


Question: 'Matthew Bourne's version of this fairy tale ballet, set in London during WWII, has an RAF pilot as the prince'

Answer: "Cinderella"


Question: 'This California city is the "Raisin Center of the World"'

Answer: Fresno


Question: 'This captain discovered the Great Barrier Reef the hard way, by running the Endeavour onto it'

Answer: Captain James Cook


Question: 'If you were in this 1951 Disney film you'd have had a chance to chase a rabbit along with a little girl'

Answer: Alice in Wonderland


Question: 'Following his assassination, this mystic's body was recovered from St. Petersburg's Neva River on Jan. 1, 1917'

Answer: Rasputin


Question: 'In a musical:<br />Mack (Sennett) & this actress'

Answer: Mabel (Norman)


Question: 'This green pigment is necessary for plants to carry out photosynthesis'

Answer: Chlorophyll


Question: 'Similar to raisins, this dried fruit is named for Corinth, where it was produced in ancient times'

Answer: Currants


Question: 'In 1521 Juan Sebastian del Cano took over for this slain captain & made a historic Indian Ocean crossing'

Answer: Ferdinand Magellan


Question: 'Despite warnings from Tim the Enchanter, a deadly rabbit decimates King Arthur's men in this spoof'

Answer: Monty Python and the Holy Grail


Question: 'Due to foreign policy differences with the Reagan administration, she resigned as U.N. ambassador Jan. 30, 1985'

Answer: Jeane Kirkpatrick


Question: 'In Sir Philip Sidney's sonnets:<br />Astrophel & her'

Answer: Stella


Question: 'Hamlet says to this character, "Thou incestous, murderous, damned Dane, drink off this potion"'

Answer: Claudius


Question: 'The only election year since 1948 in which there was not a Dole, a Nixon or a Bush on the Republican national ticket'

Answer: 1964 (Barry Goldwater & Bill Miller)


Question: 'The International Astronomical Union said in 2006 that this object was really part of the Kuiper Belt, not a true planet'

Answer: Pluto


Question: 'Oui!  This legendary mime picked up a 1955 Emmy for Best Specialty Act'

Answer: Marcel Marceau


Question: 'Colorado's Front Range is the eastern edge of these mountains'

Answer: the Rockies


Question: '"Laughter is the best" this'

Answer: medicine


Question: 'Elizabeth Taylor has a perfume called white these'

Answer: diamonds


Question: 'Though it has 3 initials in its name, this telecom giant gets only one for its stock symbol--"T"'

Answer: AT&T


Question: 'Astrologically, houses that lie in the west are called occidental; houses that lie in the east, this'

Answer: oriental


Question: 'In 2005 & 2006 Tony Shaloub won Emmys for this starring role'

Answer: Monk


Question: 'The tourist haven of St. Barthelemy, aka St. Bart's, is a little piece of France in this sea'

Answer: the Caribbean Sea


Question: 'These 2 things "are soon parted"'

Answer: a fool & his money


Question: '"What begins here never ends", say ads for this Calvin Klein fragrance'

Answer: Eternity


Question: 'In 2010 it became the first Scandinavian band to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame'

Answer: ABBA


Question: 'This second-largest planet takes almost 30 years for one solar revolution'

Answer: Saturn


Question: 'In the '90s it was as good as it gets for Helen Hunt who bagged 4 Emmys for this sitcom'

Answer: Mad About You


Question: 'The water kamudi is another name for this giant constricting snake of South America'

Answer: the anaconda


Question: 'One of these "is worth a thousand words"'

Answer: a picture


Question: 'Acqua di Gio is by this Italian designer'

Answer: Armani


Question: 'This first permanent English settlement in America was named for a British king'

Answer: Jamestown


Question: 'The mute signs, so called because they represent silent creatures, are Cancer, Scorpio & this water sign'

Answer: Pisces


Question: '"Upstairs, Downstairs", part of this PBS anthology series, won 3 Emmys for outstanding drama series'

Answer: Masterpiece Theatre


Question: 'Canada's Ungava Peninsula is on the east side of this immense bay'

Answer: the Hudson Bay


Question: '"A watched pot never" does this'

Answer: boils


Question: 'Do you want to smell like this brand, maker of men's & women's fragrances as well as that pocket knife?'

Answer: Swiss Army


Question: 'In the 1960s flight attendants from this U.S. airline wore Gay '90s & Russian Cossack costumes'

Answer: Alaska Airlines


Question: 'Your zodiac sign, as in "Hey baby, what's your sign?" is also called your this heavenly body sign'

Answer: a sun sign


Question: 'If you do a little snooping, you'll find that Bruce Willis won in 1987 for this series'

Answer: Moonlighting


Question: 'U.Va. is in Charlottesville; UBA, founded in 1821, is in this South American city'

Answer: the University of Buenos Aires


Question: '"In the land of the blind", this hyphenated person "is king"'

Answer: the one-eyed man


Question: 'YSL introduced this perfume in 1977--it's addictive'

Answer: Opium


Question: 'Barry Manilow was born in Brooklyn; Michael Dukakis was born in this Massachusetts town'

Answer: Brookline


Question: 'About ex-wife Marilyn Monroe, this playwright said, "I took her as a serious actress before I ever met her"'

Answer: Arthur Miller


Question: '"Sixteen Candles"<br />(1984)'

Answer: John Hughes


Question: '50 years ago this trademarked material heard <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-05-04_DJ_11.mp3">here </a> started making opening packages a lot more fun'

Answer: Bubble Wrap


Question: '...who partnered with Nathaniel Currier in a printmaking firm'

Answer: (James) Ives


Question: 'Worth $53.5 billion, Carlos Slim, owner of Telmex, became the first person from this country to top the Forbes list'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'The nose'

Answer: the schnoz


Question: 'This longtime love of Dashiell Hammett was the inspiration for Nora Charles in Hammett's "Thin Man" series'

Answer: Lillian Hellman


Question: '"The 40-Year-Old Virgin"<br />(2005)'

Answer: Judd Apatow


Question: 'Ears, tails, & all, the first of these swinging clubs opened in Chicago Feb. 29, 1960'

Answer: the Playboy Club


Question: '...who was shot during an assassination attempt on President Reagan'

Answer: James Brady


Question: 'His net worth jumped by $13 billion, but he slipped to No. 2 in part because of his charitable donations'

Answer: (Bill) Gates


Question: 'To converse with the aim of gaining an advantage or making a connection'

Answer: schmooze


Question: 'This "Oleanna" playwright also wrote the movie "Wag the Dog"'

Answer: David Mamet


Question: '"American Beauty"<br />(1999)'

Answer: Sam Mendes


Question: '"Try To Remember" Liza, Glenn Close & Kristin Chenoweth have all played Luisa in this show that opened off-Broadway in 1960'

Answer: The Fantasticks


Question: '...who was the commander of the Royal Society's 1768 expedition to Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus'

Answer: James Cook


Question: 'Last year's No. 2, this Nebraskan dropped to No. 3 with a mere $47 billion'

Answer: Warren Buffett


Question: 'A routine that's a standard part of a comedian's repertoire'

Answer: a schtick


Question: 'He wrote a 10-play cycle of the black experience, each covering a decade; "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" was set in the '20s'

Answer: (August) Wilson


Question: '"The Maltese Falcon"<br />(1941)'

Answer: Huston


Question: 'Where were you on Jan. 2, 1960 when this senator announced his candidacy for president?'

Answer: (John F.) Kennedy


Question: '...who, for the 1992 election, coined the phrase "It's the economy, stupid"'

Answer: James Carville


Question: '"Spider-Man" mogul Isaac Perlmutter made the list after making $400 million selling this comic company to Disney'

Answer: Marvel


Question: 'Mazel is luck; this word sometimes paired with "schlemiel" refers to a luckless failure'

Answer: a schlamazel


Question: 'In an attempt to write a hit to finance the Group Theatre, he wrote "Golden Boy" in 1937'

Answer: Clifford Odets


Question: '"Mondo Trasho"<br />(1969)'

Answer: John Waters


Question: 'Sometimes called a cartel, this organization was set up in 1960 by 5 oil-rich nations'

Answer: OPEC


Question: '...who made literary films like "Howard's End" with Ismail Merchant'

Answer: James Ivory


Question: 'The appropriately named Li Ka-shing is the richest man from this island territory that changed hands in 1997'

Answer: Hong Kong


Question: '"The whole" this is the Yiddish-derived version of another culture's "the whole enchilada"'

Answer: the whole schmear


Question: 'In 1953 it became the only state whose official song was written for a Broadway musical'

Answer: Oklahoma


Question: 'It comes before "Queen" in the pen name of a king of mystery writers'

Answer: Ellery


Question: '____ & the Papas'

Answer: The Mamas


Question: 'The "Siberian" type of this dog crossed the Bering Strait to Alaska around 1910'

Answer: husky


Question: 'In the next-to-last paragraph of his March 31, 1968 address, LBJ made this surprise announcement'

Answer: he would not run for re-election


Question: 'Traditionally, a bride gives her bouquet to this person to hold during the wedding ceremony'

Answer: maid of honor


Question:
'Unknown evolutionary connector
----------------------------------
--SS--- L--K'

Answer: missing link


Question: 'On screen he's been hard-boiled cop Dirty Harry'

Answer: Clint Eastwood


Question: '____ & Tennille'

Answer: The Captain


Question: 'An old folk belief gave us this phrase for a drink taken to ease a hangover'

Answer: hair of the dog


Question: 'On Sept. 16, 1990 viewers in this gulf country had 2 choices: an Egyptian cartoon or an address by President Bush'

Answer: Iraq


Question: 'Among the 5 pillars of this religion is Salat, ritual prayers said 5 times daily'

Answer: Islam


Question:
'Benjamin Franklin's certainties
---------------------------------
D---- --D --X-S'

Answer: death and taxes


Question: 'A 1991 bio on Poe won this award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Critical/Biographical Work'

Answer: the Edgar


Question: '____ & Wings'

Answer: Paul McCartney


Question: 'In 1920 Pancho Villa retired to a ranch in this Mexican state that shares its name with a breed of dog'

Answer: Chihuahua


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Ronald Reagan Library)  In an Oval Office address, Reagan said these people "slipped the surly bonds of Earth to touch the face of God"'

Answer: the crew of the Challenger


Question: 'It's the "tepid" party you hold to celebrate your move to a new home'

Answer: housewarming


Question:
'Birthday good wishes
----------------------------------
M--- --PP- R-T-R-S'

Answer: many happy returns


Question: 'Sometimes (well, most of the time) it's just a mystery to figure out this "American Psycho" author's books'

Answer: Bret Easton Ellis


Question: '____ & His Comets'

Answer: Bill Haley


Question: 'In 1971 this rock band recorded the hit "Black Dog"'

Answer: Led Zeppelin


Question: 'His farewell address warned of the scientific-technological elite & the military-industrial complex'

Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower


Question: 'This Japanese ritual is also known as seppuku'

Answer: harakiri


Question:
'A way to remain cheerful & hopeful
----------------------------------
K--- --UR -H-N U-'

Answer: keep your chin up


Question: 'George Jetson might like this author of "L.A. Confidential"'

Answer: James Ellroy


Question: '____ & the Dominos'

Answer: Derek


Question: 'Altana's Mystique, a dog of this "European" breed, is the world's top show dog with 275 Best-In-Show Awards'

Answer: German shepherd


Question:
'Month & year the following address was delivered
This government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the Soviet military buildup on the island of Cuba'

Answer: October 1962


Question: 'At this type of dance named for a comic strip character, the girls invite the guys'

Answer: Sadie Hawkins Dance


Question:
'Proverbial place without privacy
----------------------------------
-OLD---- -O-L'

Answer: goldfish bowl


Question: 'As of 2003 a Renoir & a Rembrandt remained missing after a robbery from the National Museum in this city'

Answer: Stockholm


Question: 'He married Gilda Radner in 1984'

Answer: Gene Wilder


Question: 'Religious-sounding name for a twangy musical instrument held between the teeth'

Answer: Jew\'s harp


Question: 'Aug. 4, 1944:<br />Police raid a house in Amsterdam; this 15-year-old girl is one of 8 arrested'

Answer: Anne Frank


Question: 'During World War II, some 400 members of this Southwest tribe served as "code talkers" in the U.S. Marine Corps'

Answer: Navajo


Question: 'Monday, Tuseday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday evenings'

Answer: weeknights


Question: 'There are reports of a prehistoric monster living in Storsjon, one of these bodies of water'

Answer: lake


Question: 'Former rabbinical student & performer seen here'

Answer: Gene Simmons


Question: 'Today's city streets are indeed poorer for the lack of this type of professional'

Answer: organ grinder


Question: 'Aug. 4, 1892:<br />She allegedly axes her father & stepmother to death in Fall River, Massachusetts'

Answer: Lizzie Borden


Question: 'In 1885 Geronimo & others escaped from this tribe's White Mountain Reservation in Arizona; they were recaptured in 1886'

Answer: the Apache


Question: 'Perfect for a picnic is the picnic or ice-box variety of this fruit'

Answer: watermelon


Question: 'Christer Pettersson, convicted of the mysterious killing of this Swedish leader, was later released'

Answer: Olof Palme


Question: 'The movie star who founded L.A.'s Museum of Western Heritage'

Answer: Gene Autry


Question: 'Greg Leisz is a virtuoso on the pedal type of this relatively new instrument, which is supported on a stand'

Answer: steel guitar


Question: 'Aug. 4, 1916:<br />The U.S. buys these "unspoiled" Caribbean islands from Denmark for $25 million'

Answer: the Virgin Islands


Question: 'The name of this offshoot of the Shoshone comes from the Spanish camino ancho, or "wide trail"'

Answer: Comanche


Question: 'Early in his career David Letterman filled in weekends as one of these for an Indianapolis TV station'

Answer: weatherman


Question: 'Boston cops were baffled by the murder of Karina Holmer, a Swede working as this French-named type of domestic'

Answer: au pair


Question: 'It was hard to beat this man, Benny Goodman's drummer from 1935 to 1938'

Answer: Gene Krupa


Question: 'Free from worry about too-slow human hands, Stravinsky wrote a 1917 etude for this now seldom-seen instrument'

Answer: player piano


Question: 'Aug. 9, 1977:<br />Electrifying news as Jimmy Carter signs the measure establishing this cabinet department'

Answer: Energy


Question: 'In the winter of 1838-39, over 4,000 died during this tribe's forced march from the Southeast to Oklahoma'

Answer: the Cherokee


Question: 'Singer/songwriter Loudon III, or a person who makes wagons'

Answer: Wainwright


Question: 'The post-WWII fate of this diplomat & humanitarian, seen here, is not known for certain'

Answer: Raoul Wallenberg


Question: 'He created Mr. Spock & Captain Kirk'

Answer: Gene Roddenberry


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew at Grambling State University in Louisiana)  This section of the band was the title of a 2002 movie starring Nick Cannon'

Answer: Drumline


Question: 'Aug. 4, 1987:<br />A stamp honoring this author is first sold at the Oxford, Miss. post office where he once worked'

Answer: William Faulkner


Question: 'This tribe's chief Osceola has been called the "Snake of the Everglades"'

Answer: the Seminole


Question: 'Eugene O'Neill's only comedy was "Ah", this'

Answer: Wilderness


Question: 'He's believed to be grooming his son Gamal to succeed him'

Answer: Hosni Mubarak


Question: 'Mount Cameroon'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'On July 15, 1099 this city fell to the Crusaders'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'This Guns N' Roses lead vocalist was born William Bailey'

Answer: Axl Rose


Question: 'Lyme disease is transmitted to humans via the deer species of this bug'

Answer: Tick


Question: 'In the title of a 1990 single of the year, Garth Brooks had "friends" here'

Answer: In low places


Question: 'In other words, attached via the ribbons on a protective kitchen garment'

Answer: Tied by the apron strings


Question: 'Erebus'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'In 1799 he overthrew the Directory & became first consul'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'In "Blue Hawaii", this "Murder, She Wrote" star, then 35, played the mother of 26-year-old Elvis Presley'

Answer: Angela Lansbury


Question: 'Each species of this bioluminescent bug has its own characteristic flashing pattern'

Answer: Firefly


Question: 'In 1996 this Canadian-born woman sang, "If you're not in it for love, I'm out of here"'

Answer: Shania Twain


Question: 'The Keaton family lived in Columbus, Ohio on this popular '80s sitcom'

Answer: Family Ties


Question: 'Cotopaxi'

Answer: South America (in Ecuador)


Question: 'This famous theatre was built in London's Bankside in 1599'

Answer: Globe Theatre


Question: 'In the 1960s he founded a bricklaying business, pumping bricks, to finance his bodybuilding career'

Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger


Question: 'The brightly colored harlequin bug, also known by this "smelly" name, is a cabbage pest'

Answer: Stinkbug


Question: 'This 1992 George Strait film spawned 2 No. 1 hits: "I Cross My Heart" & "Heartland"'

Answer: Pure Country


Question: 'In slang to become intoxicated is to do this'

Answer: To tie one on


Question: 'Santorini'

Answer: Europe (in Greece)


Question: '1499's Peace of Basel helped lead to the independence of the cantons that became this modern nation'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'In 1998 this former "Entertainment Tonight" host apppeared on boxes of Kellogg's Oat Bran Flakes'

Answer: John Tesh


Question: 'Species of this insect include rhinoceros, Hercules & Goliath'

Answer: Beetle


Question: 'Brooks & Dunn song about about a honky-tonk "Where all the cowboy folk go to" do this dance'

Answer: "Boot Scootin\' Boogie"


Question: 'It's an additional period of play designed to establish a winner among contestants with the same score'

Answer: Tiebreaker


Question: 'Redoubt'

Answer: North America (in Alaska)


Question: 'Construction of the world-famous Palazzo Vecchio began in 1299 in this Italian city'

Answer: Florence


Question: 'This director of the Vietnam War film "Platoon" was awarded a Bronze Star during his tour of duty in the war'

Answer: Oliver Stone


Question: 'The 2 types of insects that make up the order Lepidoptera'

Answer: Butterflies & moths


Question: 'Her 1991 release "She's in Love with the Boy" was the first debut single by a country female to reach No. 1'

Answer: Trisha Yearwood


Question: 'Sometimes this colorful accessory is required'

Answer: Black tie


Question: 'This shaggy ox is used by Tibetans as a beast of burden, its hair for tents'

Answer: Yak


Question: 'These ads are so called because they're divided into types like personals, estate sales & rooms for rent'

Answer: Classified ads


Question: 'The administration of general & local drugs to produce insensibility'

Answer: Anesthesiology


Question: 'At the first modern Olympics, this race was 40,000 meters, slightly shorter than the distance now standard'

Answer: Marathon


Question: 'The film "In Love and War" draws on the diary of Agnes Von Kurowsky, who got to know this author in WWI'

Answer: Ernest Hemingway


Question: 'Spielberg's 1998 WWII movie about Tatum's dad'

Answer: Saving Private Ryan O\'Neal


Question: 'Tibet's highest point, it lies on the border with Nepal'

Answer: Mount Everest


Question: 'In the '60s adwoman Mary Wells persuaded Braniff to paint these in cheerful colors'

Answer: Airplanes


Question: 'The functions & diseases of the blood'

Answer: Hematology


Question: 'Abbreviated NASL, it peaked in the 1970s with stars like Franz Beckenbauer & Pele'

Answer: North American Soccer League


Question: 'He based Lara in "Dr. Zhivago" on his mistress Olga Ivinskaya'

Answer: Boris Pasternak


Question: 'Viking explorer known for his cross-eyed seagull comedy routines'

Answer: Eric the Red Skelton


Question: 'The 1,000-room, 13-floor Potala Palace overlooking this Tibetan capital is now a museum'

Answer: Lhasa


Question: 'Ed Herlihy told you how to cook with Velveeta during 40 years as "The Voice of" this company'

Answer: Kraft


Question: 'The diagnosis, treatment & prevention of tumors'

Answer: Oncology


Question: 'Henry Armstrong is the only boxer to hold titles in 3 classes at once -- featherweight, welterweight & this'

Answer: Lightweight


Question: 'Best known for her romance with Sartre, she also had a fling with Chicago novelist Nelson Algren'

Answer: Simone de Beauvoir


Question: '"Waste Land" poet who gave up writing to become an "Untouchable" cop'

Answer: T.S. Eliot Ness


Question: 'The Tibetan alphabet is based on the alphabet of this ancient language of India'

Answer: Sanskrit


Question: 'Peggy Charren founded "Action for" this kind of "Television" to help reduce overbearing advertising in it'

Answer: Children\'s Television


Question: 'The correction or prevention of skeletal deformities, sometimes by surgery'

Answer: Orthopedics


Question: 'This golfer came back from a near-fatal car accident to win the 1950 U.S. Open'

Answer: Ben Hogan


Question: 'His lover, stage designer Aline Bernstein, helped him publish "Look Homeward, Angel"'

Answer: Thomas Wolfe


Question: 'Fossil guy named for a German valley stars in a Quixote musical'

Answer: Neanderthal Man of La Mancha


Question: 'Tibet is the source of this river that empties into the South China Sea near Ho Chi Minh City'

Answer: Mekong


Question: 'The agency of Doyle, Dane & this man created classic campaigns for Avis & for Levy's rye bread'

Answer: Bernbach


Question: 'The study of the kidney & its diseases'

Answer: Nephrology


Question: '(Hi, I'm Keith Olbermann)  Baseball free agency was set in motion with a lawsuit filed by this Cardinal center fielder'

Answer: Curt Flood


Question: 'W.B. Yeats' love Maud Gonne was a founder of this Irish party whose name means "We Ourselves"'

Answer: Sinn Fein


Question: 'Little-known collaborative effort by Chaucer & Michener'

Answer: The Canterbury Tales of the South Pacific


Question: 'The 2 U.S. presidents who died at the youngest ages, 82 years apart'

Answer: James A. Garfield & John F. Kennedy


Question: 'To earn one of these, a Boy Scout must learn 15 bugle calls'

Answer: a merit badge


Question: 'In 1992 Chevy Chase was on the run in "Memoirs of an Invisible Man"; in 1993 Harrison Ford fled in this film'

Answer: The Fugitive


Question: 'Perrault's version of this classic story was subtitled "Or the Little Glass Slipper"'

Answer: "Cinderella"


Question: 'This city's King's Road & Carnaby Street were hot scene of '60s fashion'

Answer: London


Question: 'The bigger they come, the harder they smell'

Answer: the bigger they come, the harder they fall


Question: 'One review of this 1967 film said Newman plays "a tough nut" who "refuses to crack under pressure"'

Answer: Cool Hand Luke


Question: 'The bugle call in the clip seen here, signals this group's imminent arrival:'

Answer: the cavalry


Question: 'For Ford, it was "Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round" in 1966; for Chevy, "The Groove Tube" in 1974'

Answer: their first movies


Question: 'The frontispiece of this Robert Louis Stevenson book featured a detailed map'

Answer: Treasure Island


Question: 'Movie rating given "The Killing of Sister George" in 1968 & "Midnight Cowboy" in 1969'

Answer: X


Question: 'A friend in greed is a friend in seed'

Answer: a friend in need is a friend indeed


Question: 'Kraft warns not to use the microwave to thaw this dessert topper, first sold nationally in 1968'

Answer: Cool Whip


Question:
'Its unofficial lyrics include:
"Day is done,
gone the sun,
from the lake,
from the hill,
from the sky"'

Answer: "Taps"


Question: 'The February 1997 re-release of "The Empire Strikes Back" went up against this Chevy sequel'

Answer: Vegas Vacation


Question: '"The great swans swam round him, stroking him welcomingly"'

Answer: the Ugly Duckling


Question: 'This couple, who appeared nude on their 1968 record cover, wed in 1969'

Answer: John Lennon & Yoko Ono


Question: 'A schtick in time shaves mine'

Answer: a stitch in time saves nine


Question: 'While you twiddle your thumbs, it's these body parts you "cool"'

Answer: your heels


Question: 'Title soldier who riffed on Reveille in the 1941 hit heard here:'

Answer: The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy


Question: 'On "SNL" Chevy was famous for playing Gerald Ford; Ford played the president in this film seen here:'

Answer: Air Force One


Question: 'He was "bawn and bred in a brier-patch"'

Answer: Brer Rabbit


Question: 'It took 18 days to replace this late pope in 1963'

Answer: John XXIII


Question: 'He's got a mind like a steel sieve'

Answer: he\'s got a mind like a steel trap


Question: 'At camp, it signals the afternoon roll call; in the field, it means "fall back"'

Answer: "Retreat"


Question: 'This book begins with the mole "spring-cleaning his little home"'

Answer: The Wind in the Willows


Question: 'The case of Miranda v. this state went "rights" to the Supreme Court in 1966'

Answer: Arizona


Question: 'Good strings come to those with weight'

Answer: good things come to those who wait


Question: 'Born Artis Ivey Jr., this father of 6 picked up the 1995 Best Rap Solo Performance Grammy'

Answer: Coolio


Question: 'This state's seal features 2 cornucopias, 1 containing a couple of spuds'

Answer: Idaho


Question: 'Swimmers do it face up with their arms moving alternately over their heads'

Answer: the backstroke


Question: 'Ethel Skakel married this politician in 1950 & bore him 11 children, the last after his death'

Answer: Robert Kennedy


Question: 'Lots of folks enrich their supply of this, the body's most abundant mineral, by drinking nonfat milk'

Answer: calcium


Question: 'Blacksmiths were the original opportunists who "struck while" this was hot'

Answer: iron


Question: 'The reverse side of its seal contains the 6 flags of the nations that once ruled it'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'This game played on a board with 24 spear-shaped points may have evolved from parcheesi'

Answer: backgammon


Question: 'In 1997, a 63-year-old California woman made headlines by setting this Guinness record'

Answer: the oldest age for becoming pregnant (for having a child)


Question: 'Surprisingly, chestnuts contain this vitamin that's most associated with citrus fruit'

Answer: vitamin C


Question: '15 seconds at 160° F. kills this bacterium that in 1997 caused the USA's biggest beef recall'

Answer: E. coli


Question: 'New Jersey's seal shows 3 plows on a shield held by liberty & this Roman goddess of agriculture'

Answer: Ceres


Question: 'In 1965 Giants pitcher Juan Marichal, at the plate with a bat, attacked John Roseboro of this rival team'

Answer: the Dodgers


Question: 'It's the animal heard here:'

Answer: a humpback whale


Question: 'Miriam Weinstein & her husband Max provided this name for a film company founded by their sons in 1980'

Answer: Miramax


Question: 'This vegetable found in Eggs a la Florentine is packed with iron'

Answer: spinach


Question: 'A second after this hypothesized explosion, the temperature was 10 billion degrees kelvin'

Answer: the Big Bang


Question: 'Its seal was created in 1905 for a proposed state of Sequoyah encompassing 5 Indian republics'

Answer: Oklahoma


Question: 'This Canadian sprinter was stripped of Olympic gold in 1988 after testing positive for steroids'

Answer: Ben Johnson


Question: 'Using this technique, a person can possibly control his own blood pressure & body temperature'

Answer: biofeedback


Question: 'In 1997 Brenda Barnes left the upper echelons of this soda company to be with Generation NEXT, her kids'

Answer: Pepsi(-Cola)


Question: 'Found in liver & poultry, this trace mineral filed under "Z" is needed for normal growth'

Answer: zinc


Question: 'Plain old water is a common coolant for this part of a nuclear reactor you might call the "fission hole"'

Answer: the core


Question: 'A Seminole woman can be seen on its seal spreading flowers along the shore'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'For her role in hobbling Nancy Kerrigan, she was banned from the U.S. Figure Skating Association'

Answer: Tonya Harding


Question: 'Nickname for the University of Arkansas football team'

Answer: the Razorbacks


Question: 'She's Gwyneth Paltrow's mom, & she played Jonathan Silverman's mom in "Brighton Beach Memoirs"'

Answer: Blythe Danner


Question: '(Hi, I'm Richard Simmons!)  Raisins & dried apricots are good sources of this essential mineral whose chemical symbol is K'

Answer: potassium


Question: 'Forecasts on this planet called for highs of 800° F. & black skies due to lack of significant atmosphere'

Answer: Mercury


Question: '1 of the 2 women from the United States who have won the Nobel Prize for Literature'

Answer: (1 of) Toni Morrison or Pearl Buck


Question: 'Arizona'

Answer: McCain


Question: 'Olivia Hussey & Leonard Whiting really were teenagers when they played this Shakespearean duo in 1968'

Answer: Romeo & Juliet


Question: 'April brings the National Safety Week for these places--uh-oh, that swing's looking rusty'

Answer: playgrounds


Question: 'In contrast to Western cultures, most Central Malawians determine their descent through this family member'

Answer: the mother


Question: '19 years after his victory at Manila Bay, this U.S. admiral lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda'

Answer: (Admiral George) Dewey


Question: 'In a 1964 movie this character was driving an Aston Martin DB5; in a 1995 movie, a BMW Z3'

Answer: James Bond


Question: 'New York<br />(It's not her!)'

Answer: Schumer


Question: 'In 1957 this future "Bonanza" star gave a hair-raising performance in the classic "I Was a Teenage Werewolf"'

Answer: Michael Landon


Question: 'St. Louis' old one of these, seen here, was the setting for the first trial in the Dred Scott case'

Answer: a courthouse


Question: 'Malawi's chief exports are tobacco & this, which is highly popular in Britain around 4 p.m.'

Answer: tea


Question: 'In 1981 his company produced a sports car with a stainless steel finish & gull-wing doors'

Answer: (John) DeLorean


Question: 'Seen here, it was introduced in 1908'

Answer: a Model T


Question: 'Tennessee'

Answer: Bill Frist


Question: 'James Dean wasn't, but Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo & Dennis Hopper were still teens when they acted in this film'

Answer: Rebel Without a Cause


Question: 'Judy Collins, Whoopi Goldberg & Susan Sarandon are this type of ambassador for UNICEF'

Answer: goodwill


Question: 'In 1971 Pres. Banda of Malawi became "president for" this--didn't work, because he was voted out of office in 1994'

Answer: life


Question: 'In 1719 this author marooned an inventive sailor on a desert isle with a native'

Answer: (Daniel) Defoe


Question: 'In a 1965 expose, this man declared the Corvair "Unsafe at Any Speed"'

Answer: Nader


Question: 'California'

Answer: (Dianne) Feinstein


Question: 'The 1999 movie "Dick" suggested that 2 teenage girls were this famous informant of the '70s'

Answer: Deep Throat


Question: 'Appropriately, the logo of this footwear company shows a tree'

Answer: Timberland


Question: 'Malawi gained its independence in 1964, during this highly independent month'

Answer: July


Question: 'In 1966 this future NYC mayor became a state assemblyman from Harlem'

Answer: David Dinkins


Question: 'This feline Mercury model was introduced in 1967 as a companion to the Mustang'

Answer: a Cougar


Question: 'Utah'

Answer: (Orrin) Hatch


Question: 'Hilary Duff was part of Steve Martin & Bonnie Hunt's big family in this 2003 comedy--& its 2005 sequel'

Answer: Cheaper by the Dozen


Question: 'As a noun, it's a small slit in a garment; as a verb, to try to hold someone's attention'

Answer: buttonhole


Question: 'Malawi's 2 official languages are Chichewa & this one that's also the official language of its neighbor Zimbabwe'

Answer: English


Question: 'This prime minister led Canada into the 1960s'

Answer: (John) Diefenbaker


Question: 'The precious metal that precedes "Ghost", "Dawn" & "Shadow" in the names of Rolls-Royce models'

Answer: Silver


Question: 'In this work Virgil wrote that "a woman is always a fickle, unstable thing"'

Answer: the Aeneid


Question: 'In 1960 Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia won this Olympic event hands down--& barefoot'

Answer: the marathon


Question: 'These stringy parts of a vine, French for "sprout", are searching for a place to attach themselves'

Answer: tendrils


Question: 'Technically, MOAB stands for "massive ordinance air burst", but it's been nicknamed "the mother of all" these'

Answer: bombs


Question: '1954:<br />Golding's bad boys battling for basic brute benefits'

Answer: Lord of the Flies


Question: 'It's the "Spud State"'

Answer: Idaho


Question: 'Pliny the Elder wrote that the temple built for this huntress was filled with many sculptures by Praxiteles'

Answer: Diana (or Artemis)


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew takes a stroll down the long jump path in a track & field stadium.)  I'm walking off the distance of this man's 1968 long jump of 29' 2 1/2"--still the Olympic record'

Answer: Bob Beamon


Question: 'Just more rush-hour traffic inside this landmark'

Answer: Grand Central Station


Question: 'An overwhelming offensive described as this "and awe" is designed to elicit a quick surrender from an enemy'

Answer: shock


Question: '1930:<br />Bird is the word for Dashiell Hammett in this mystery'

Answer: The Maltese Falcon


Question: 'A proverb tells us that these "hands are the devil's tools"'

Answer: idle hands


Question: 'This Babylonian connected his palace with a temple by building a tunnel under the Euphrates River'

Answer: Nebuchadnezzar


Question: 'This Olympic sport uses a rope, ball, hoop, clubs & ribbon'

Answer: rhythmic gymnastics


Question: 'New Age therapies abound for healing with this substance forming here; it's also Loretta's sister'

Answer: crystal


Question: 'The Iraq War popularized this adjective for a reporter traveling with battlefield troops'

Answer: embedded


Question: '1988:<br />Thomas Harris chiller about mute muttons'

Answer: The Silence of the Lambs


Question: 'In a Dostoyevsky novel, the innocent & naive prince Myshkin is this title character'

Answer: The Idiot


Question: 'On Sept. 2, 31 B.C. the forces of Octavian defeated Mark Antony's troops at the battle of this Greek promontory'

Answer: Actium


Question: 'At the 1984 Olympics, Zola Budd collided with this American woman in the 3,000-meter race'

Answer: Mary Decker Slaney


Question: 'You're watching a cell go through this process, Greek for "thread"'

Answer: mitosis


Question: 'From the Latin for "parallel", this kind of "damage" is a military euphemism for civilian deaths'

Answer: collateral


Question: '1961:<br />A reptillion evening served up by Tennessee Williams'

Answer: The Night of the Iguana


Question: 'A song popular at the turn of the last century said that she was "sweet as apple cider"'

Answer: Ida


Question: 'In 44 B.C. Caesar was assassinated & fell dead at this foot of the statue of this rival, his son-in-law'

Answer: Pompey the Great


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew kayaks down a river.)  The two Olympic kayaking disciplines are called slalom & this type of water'

Answer: flat water


Question: 'Here's a nut growing on this type of tree'

Answer: an oak


Question: 'From the Greek for "fellow countryman", it's a type of surface-to-air antimissile missile'

Answer: Patriot


Question: '1841:<br />Cooper's last of the "Leatherstocking Tales" in which Natty Bumppo goes stag'

Answer: The Deerslayer


Question: 'This 12-letter word is a habit or characteristic that's peculiar to an individual'

Answer: idiosyncrasy


Question: 'Alphabetically, they're the first two state capitals named for presidents'

Answer: Jackson & Jefferson City


Question: 'Talks were held during October of 1951 in Panmunjon to re-unify this country, but it didn't work'

Answer: Korea


Question: 'The Quechua language of Peru has about one thousand words for these tubers Peruvians have grown for eight thousand years'

Answer: potatoes


Question: 'February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: '"Hooray for" this city, where you're terrific if you're even good'

Answer: Hollywood


Question: 'A semi-aquatic salamander'

Answer: a newt


Question: 'In 1972 this country returned control of Okinawa to Japan'

Answer: the United States


Question: 'Of yogurt, liver or tofu, the food Americans hate most according to "Harper's Index"'

Answer: Tofu


Question: 'April 13, 1743 - July 4, 1826'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: '"If God didn't make little green apples, then it don't rain" here "in the summertime"'

Answer: Indianapolis


Question: 'If a pregnant woman eats strawberries, her baby will have a strawberry-shaped birth mark, for example'

Answer: an old wives tale


Question: 'Estimated death toll from the famous 1756 incident in this room in an Indian fort ranges from 15 to over 100'

Answer: the Black Hole of Calcutta


Question: 'After about eight weeks, a human embryo develops into this'

Answer: a fetus


Question: 'October 30, 1735  -  July 4, 1826'

Answer: John Adams


Question: '"Me and Mamie O' Rourke tripped the light fantastic on" these'

Answer: "Sidewalks Of New York"


Question:
'Title of the following which Tom Cruise sang in "Risky Business" & Ron Reagan sang on "Saturday Night Live":

"Just take those old records off the shelf..."'

Answer: "Old Time Rock And Roll"


Question: 'A former monk turned rebellious, then merciless, founded this Chinese dynasty in 1368'

Answer: the Ming Dynasty


Question: 'At about 63,000 ft. at normal body temperature, blood will do this'

Answer: boil


Question: 'May 8, 1884  -  December 26, 1972'

Answer: Harry Truman


Question: 'Cole Porter wrote that this city "loves lovers, for lovers it's heaven above"'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'The only independent country in the world that fits this category'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'It was completed during World War I & linked eastern & western Siberia'

Answer: the Trans-Siberian Railway


Question: 'Because they are never found in chemical compounds, the noble gases neon, argon & helium are called this'

Answer: the inert gases


Question: 'August 10, 1874  - October 20, 1964'

Answer: Herbert Hoover


Question: '"Ragtime Cowboy Joe" was a "high-falutin' scootin

Answer: Arizona


Question: 'Annual award given by the American Library Association for the outstanding American children's book'

Answer: the Newbery Award/Medal


Question: 'On October 1, 1986, Northwest Airlines took this word out of its name'

Answer: Orient


Question: '"Encyclopedia Americana" says this guide of Lewis and Clark lived to about one hundred while the "Britannica" says she died at twenty-six'

Answer: Sacajawea (Bird Woman)


Question: 'It wasn't until the May 1864 Battle of the Wilderness that these two generals encountered each other'

Answer: Grant and Lee


Question: 'In Shaw's play about her, this Russian empress rhapsodizes about Voltaire, who historically was her pen pal'

Answer: Catherine the Great


Question: 'In alphabet radio code, "B" is Bravo and "F" shares its name with this dance'

Answer: Foxtrot


Question: 'In October, 1986, the U.S. mint issued the first of these in more than fifty years'

Answer: Gold Coin


Question: 'To serve as Air Force One, two of this model are currently on order from Boeing'

Answer: 747


Question: 'Idaho's highest point, Borah Peak, is named for William E. Borah, who held this office for thirty-three years'

Answer: U.S. Senator


Question: 'In 1861, this Texas governor was deposed for refusing to support secession'

Answer: Sam Houston


Question: 'Performances of "Mrs. Warren's Profession" were banned because this was Mrs. Warren's profession'

Answer: Prostitution


Question: 'Edible letters produced by Post'

Answer: Alpha-Bits


Question: 'Iva D' Aguino, who in 1977 received a presidential pardon, was better known by this nickname'

Answer: Tokyo Rose


Question: 'One of the two biggest makers of commercial jet aircraft engines in the United States'

Answer: Pratt and Whitney & GE


Question: 'It's where you'd go to see Idaho-born sculptor Gutzon Borglum's most famous work'

Answer: Mount Rushmore (South Dakota)


Question: 'Warship that was called "The Cheesebox on a Raft"'

Answer: Monitor


Question: 'Heroine who says, "My voices have deceived me....but only a fool will walk into a fire"'

Answer: St. Joan


Question: 'In ASCII, this kind of computer code, A is 01000001'

Answer: Binary Code


Question: 'Guinness says the greatest number of people saved by one man from death were saved by him in 1944-45'

Answer: Raoul Wallenberg


Question: 'Its acquisition of People Express, Frontier, Continental, and Eastern have made it the biggest U.S. air company'

Answer: Texas Air


Question: '"The poet's poet," his writings were far more influential than his World War II broadcasts from fascist Italy'

Answer: Ezra Pound


Question: 'Julia Ward Howe wrote "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" to be sung to the tune of this song'

Answer: "John Brown\'s Body"


Question: 'This play has characters named Snobby Price, Rummy Mitchens, and Barbara Undershaft'

Answer: Major Barbara


Question: 'In the sign-language alphabet, it's the first letter whose sign resembles it'

Answer: C


Question: 'He won a lifetime membership in the U.S. Duffers Association after missing the first golf ball he swung at on the moon'

Answer: Alan Shepard


Question: 'Some claim that the Wright brothers made only a power glider and that this Brazillian really invented the airplane'

Answer: Albert (O.) Santos-Dumont


Question: 'This former Bendix executive and his wife, Mary Cunningham, now run their own venture capital firm'

Answer: William Agee


Question: 'This abolitionist congressman from Pennsylvania insisted on being buried in an integrated cemetery'

Answer: Thaddeus Stevens


Question: 'Of all his characters, Captain Shotover of this title domicile may be the most like Shaw himself'

Answer: Heartbreak House


Question: 'Representing the sound of the "a" in "about", a small "e" turned upside down is called this'

Answer: Schwa


Question: 'Once denied a driver's license, this general secretary of the U.S. Communist party is usually driven to work'

Answer: Gus Hall


Question: 'The only name shared by four consecutive kings of England'

Answer: George (I - IV)


Question: 'Many of the tale-tellers had ailments & were headed to this martyred saint's shrine for some healing'

Answer: Thomas à Becket


Question: 'Perhaps apt, but not accurate, "Sweet land of liberty, off-key I sing" is a mishearing of this patriotic song'

Answer: "My Country, \'Tis Of Thee"


Question: 'Lancashire hot pot is a hot stew from this country'

Answer: England


Question: 'His daughter Frances married Thomas Eayres, a silversmith like her dad'

Answer: Paul Revere


Question: 'In your first year at Penn Law, you'll take a course based on this document produced right there in Philly'

Answer: the Constitution


Question: 'Edith Wharton won a Pulitzer Prize for this novel'

Answer: The Age of Innocence


Question: 'The Tales are written in this form of English, spoken from after the Battle of Hastings to around 1500'

Answer: Middle English


Question: '"Careless Whisper" by them doesn't say, "Should have known better than to Chia Pet"; it's "cheat a friend"'

Answer: WHAM!


Question: 'Beans of this color are a signature ingredient of the French dish cassoulet'

Answer: white


Question: 'This hero had 5 Green Mountain Girls: Loraine, Lucy, Mary, Pamela & Fanny'

Answer: Ethan Allen


Question: 'Yale Law first-termers must take a class on these, agreements that create obligations'

Answer: contracts


Question: 'Minister Louis Farrakhan leads this organization'

Answer: Nation of Islam


Question: '1 of the 2 months that appear in the first 2 lines of the prologue'

Answer: April (or March)


Question: 'Rupert Holmes wanted to know "If you like" these drinks, not bean enchiladas'

Answer: piña coladas


Question: 'Made with cheese & nuts, paskha is a traditional Russian treat for this spring holiday'

Answer: Easter


Question: 'Cornelia, daughter of Gen. Nathanael Greene, was conceived while he was billeted at this cold Penn. site'

Answer: Valley Forge


Question: 'Stanford Law offers a course on "Trusts and" these--not big swaths of land, but the property of a decedent'

Answer: estates


Question: 'This Topeka body was the defendant in a landmark 1950s Supreme Court case'

Answer: the Board of Education


Question: 'For the pilgrims, Harry Bailley performs this function, also a synonym for the Eucharist'

Answer: host


Question: 'This Brooklynite was "Forever in blue jeans", not "The Reverend Blue Jeans"'

Answer: Neil Diamond


Question: 'Seen in soups, stelline is an Italian pasta whose name means "little" these'

Answer: stars


Question: 'Susan Olasky has written a kids' series about the adventures of Annie, daughter of this fiery Virginia orator'

Answer: Patrick Henry


Question: 'Duke Law School's Poyner Courtroom is for arguing in this type of mock court'

Answer: moot court


Question: 'It's the tropical flower seen here'

Answer: the bird of paradise


Question: 'Chaucer tells of the Pardoner, a church official who sells these 11-letter things that made Martin Luther mad'

Answer: indulgences


Question: 'Paul Simon didn't say, "No need to be corduroy" but did advise "No need to be coy, Roy" in this instructional tune'

Answer: "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover"


Question: 'There are many variations of this layered Greek dish, but you probably know the one made with meat & eggplant'

Answer: moussaka


Question: 'After the French Revolution, brave daughters Anastasie & Virginie joined him in captivity'

Answer: (Marquis de) Lafayette


Question: 'I hear that at Columbia Law, you made the staff of this journal founded in 1901--Supreme Court, here you come'

Answer: The Columbia Law Review


Question: 'She was Henry VIII's fourth wife'

Answer: Anne of Cleves


Question: 'No chair could holde this spinal cord injury advocate & super man who sadly pass't on Octobre 10, 2004'

Answer: Christopher Reeve


Question:
'"Norma Rae"
(Oscar)
&
"Sybil"
(Emmy)'

Answer: Sally Field


Question: 'The state flag depicts the Ralegh, the first of these to carry the American flag into battle'

Answer: a ship


Question: 'This branch of science deals with forces exerted by air on both flying & wind-blown bodies'

Answer: aerodynamics


Question: 'Striking one of these metal discs, perhaps the tam-tam, yields a highly resonant sound; just ask Chuck Barris'

Answer: a gong


Question: 'Howard or Hilary'

Answer: Duff


Question: 'Woe unto the decision to take a Hawaiian chief hostage in 1779; this naval legend was slain'

Answer: Captain Cook


Question:
'"As Good As It Gets"
(Oscar)
&
"Mad About You"
(Emmy)'

Answer: Helen Hunt


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in front of the State House in Concord, NH.)  Here in Concord, America's oldest State House, using its original chambers, was built in 1819, mostly of this stone--naturally'

Answer: granite


Question: 'The name of this class of vertebrates comes from a word meaning "living a double life"'

Answer: amphibians


Question: 'Stravinsky's 1945 "Ebony Concerto", written for Woody Herman, was primarily for this instrument & jazz band'

Answer: clarinet


Question:
'A high,
steep
cliff
with a
broad
face'

Answer: a bluff


Question: 'A noble storie t'were when she won 3 Naismith Awards 'fore her hoops Hall o' Fame pilgrimmage'

Answer: Cheryl Miller


Question:
'"Save the Tiger"
(Oscar)
&
"Tuesdays with Morrie"
(Emmy)'

Answer: Jack Lemmon


Question: 'Many come for rest & comfort to the War Memorial Cathedral of these trees'

Answer: pines


Question: 'Aneurysms can happen in the Circle of Willis, a network of these at the base of the brain'

Answer: arteries


Question: 'Also a species of seal, it's the instrument on Ireland's official seal'

Answer: the harp


Question: 'You might pick up a cat by this part of its neck'

Answer: a scruff


Question: 'Listen cloose to the tale of this actor who hath played anchor man Ted Baxter'

Answer: (Ted) Knight


Question:
'"City Slickers"
(Oscar)
&
"Requiem for a Heavyweight"
(Emmy)'

Answer: Jack Palance


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew stands with a statue in Concord, NH.)  General John Stark, immortalized here at the New Hampshire State Capitol, coined this motto in 1809 as a toast that continued, "death is not the worst of evils"'

Answer: "Live free or die"


Question: 'In zoology this adjective means "hermaphroditic"'

Answer: androgynous


Question: 'Isaac Stern was overwhelmed at how well Meryl Streep learned to play this for her film "Music of the Heart"'

Answer: a violin


Question: 'To reject or snub an approach'

Answer: rebuff


Question: 'Verily she was the mate of E.L. Doctorow's title "Billy"'

Answer: The Wife of Bathgate


Question:
'"The Subject Was Roses"
(Oscar)
&
"Chico and the Man"
(Emmy)'

Answer: Jack Albertson


Question: 'Mt. Washington features the most famous of this type of railway, named for the gear teeth that pull it uphill'

Answer: a cog railway


Question: 'The name of these air cells in the lungs comes from the Latin for "cavity"'

Answer: alveoli


Question: 'John Cage came up with the "prepared" type of this instrument by placing objects on, between & under its strings'

Answer: the piano


Question: 'The dead outer skin shed by a snake'

Answer: the slough


Question: 'The Grady Gammage Auditorium at Arizona State University was the last major public building that he designed'

Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright


Question: 'He published his "Poor Richard's Almanack" at the new printing office near the market in Philadelphia'

Answer: Ben Franklin


Question: 'An egg fried on both sides is flippantly described as this'

Answer: over easy


Question: 'In 1940 the Pittsburgh Pirates chose this new team nickname'

Answer: Steelers


Question: 'In 1986 voters of this California resort made Clint Eastwood's day by electing him mayor'

Answer: Carmel


Question: '1943's "Der Fuehrer's Face" starring this Disney quack-up won an Oscar'

Answer: Donald Duck


Question: 'Louse'

Answer: lice


Question: 'As a result of this December 16, 1773 incident, England closed the port of Boston'

Answer: the Boston Tea Party


Question: 'It describes a Scotch egg or a tough detective'

Answer: Hard-Boiled


Question: '(Hi, I'm Reggie White!)  In 1982 I was named Southeastern Conference player of the year while playing for this school's Volunteers'

Answer: Tennessee


Question: 'This fashionable Colorado ski getaway was named by prospectors for the trees in the area'

Answer: Aspen


Question: 'Until his death in 1959, Arthur Q. Bryan was the voice of this "Wabbit Hunter"'

Answer: Elmer Fudd


Question: 'Ox'

Answer: oxen


Question: 'In 1789 this future president was elected to Congress from Virginia, defeating James Monroe'

Answer: James Madison


Question: 'To hatch, or to shed one's shyness'

Answer: break out of one\'s shell


Question: 'On January 5, 1996 this Miami Dolphins coach retired with a record 347 career wins'

Answer: Don Shula


Question: 'This resort's famous boardwalk was built in 1870 to keep sand out of hotel lobbies & railroad cars'

Answer: Atlantic City


Question: 'He starred in 1948's "Symphony in Spinach"'

Answer: Popeye (the Sailor Man)


Question: 'Alumnus'

Answer: alumni


Question: 'In 1776 this future secretary of the treasury served as a captain of a New York artillery company'

Answer: Alexander Hamilton


Question: 'What's known as the prairie one of these is actually a raw egg with condiments'

Answer: a prairie oyster


Question: 'Now on ABC's "Monday Night Football", he was the NFL's MVP for 1956'

Answer: Frank Gifford


Question: 'This resort known for its spa was capital of occupied France from November 1942 to August 1944'

Answer: Vichy


Question: 'He was the sidekick of the "smarter than the average bear"'

Answer: Boo Boo


Question: 'Squid'

Answer: squid


Question: 'On Feb. 5, 1736, this Methodist founder arrived in Georgia at James Oglethorpe's invitation'

Answer: John Wesley


Question: 'One isn't used to mend a holy cow but a holey sock'

Answer: darning egg


Question: 'During the 1995 season, this expansion team played its home games at Clemson Memorial Stadium'

Answer: the Carolina Panthers


Question: 'This Crimean health & vacation resort was the site of an important World War II conference'

Answer: Yalta


Question: '1948's "Magpie Madness" starred this Terrytoon pair'

Answer: Heckle & Jeckle


Question: 'Erratum'

Answer: errata


Question: 'On February 6, 1899 the Senate ratified the Treaty of Paris, ending this conflict'

Answer: Spanish-American War


Question: 'As generals of the army, Dwight Eisenhower & Omar Bradley wore this many stars, the most for a general'

Answer: Five


Question: 'Kathleen Turner went back to the past in this film & met up with Cage, the director's nephew'

Answer: "Peggy Sue Got Married"


Question: 'Webster's 3rd defines it "a reference book containing words usually alphabetically arranged..."'

Answer: Dictionary


Question: 'He found his assistant, electrician Tom Watson, in a store where he bought electrical supplies'

Answer: Alexander Graham Bell


Question: 'Members who don't pay these may be sued'

Answer: Dues


Question: 'He served as governor of the Utah territory until President Buchanan removed him in 1857'

Answer: Brigham Young


Question: 'It's the highest title in the British peerage, pilgrim'

Answer: Duke


Question: 'The 1996 Cage film about a "hard place"'

Answer: "The Rock"


Question: 'It took Edward Gibbon 15 years to chronicle the "Decline and Fall of" this ancient empire'

Answer: The Roman Empire


Question: 'In 1919 this "Father of Wireless Telegraphy" represented Italy at the Paris Peace Conference'

Answer: Guglielmo Marconi


Question: 'People groan when Bob sits down to play this'

Answer: Organ


Question: 'In 1888 this suffragette organized the International Council of Women'

Answer: Susan B. Anthony


Question: 'Ranking above cherubim, it's the highest order of angel'

Answer: Seraphim


Question: 'In a 1987 film, it was the last name of the infant Cage kidnapped to raise'

Answer: Arizona


Question: 'Building & penal are types of these collections of laws'

Answer: Codes


Question: 'Built in 1831, his first mechanical reaper resembled a 2-wheeled horse-drawn chariot'

Answer: Cyrus McCormick


Question: 'Bubba barely ever eats this grain -- he drinks it'

Answer: Barley


Question: 'To extend his influence over the Pacific Northwest, he founded the Pacific Fur Company in 1810'

Answer: John Jacob Astor


Question: 'This woman is the highest ranking member of President Clinton's cabinet'

Answer: Madeleine Albright


Question: 'Cage appeared in this 1984 film about a Harlem hot spot, directed by his uncle Francis'

Answer: "Cotton Club"


Question: 'This Englishman's 900-page novel "Nicholas Nickleby" became a 9-hour play & a miniseries'

Answer: Charles Dickens


Question: 'This Russian-American TV pioneer developed the iconoscope in 1923 & kinescope in 1924'

Answer: Vladimir Zworykin


Question: 'Sam taught himself this language'

Answer: Flemish


Question: 'His flagship, the Lawrence, was destroyed by British gunfire, September 10, 1813'

Answer: Oliver Hazard Perry


Question: 'In the U.S. it's the highest rank a Cub Scout can achieve before he becomes a Boy Scout'

Answer: Webelos


Question: 'Cage was billed as Coppola in this 1982 Sean Penn film based on a Cameron Crowe book'

Answer: "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"


Question: 'The remembered taste of a cake provides a turning point in this Proust work about memory'

Answer: "Remembrance of Things Past"


Question: 'In 1895 they invented the cinematographe, which combined a movie camera with a printer & a projector'

Answer: The Lumiere Brothers


Question: 'It's the religion a former Maoist might practice'

Answer: Taoism


Question: 'Written in 1517, the 62nd of these is "The true treasure of the church is the holy gospel of... God"'

Answer: the 95 Theses


Question: 'Legend says in 1811 & 1812 earthquakes on the Midwest's New Madrid Fault made this river run backwards'

Answer: Mississippi River


Question: 'The American Legion is headquartered in this city known for its Memorial Weekend auto race'

Answer: Indianapolis


Question: 'Tabitha & Adam'

Answer: Samantha Stevens/Elizabeth Montgomery


Question: 'The postal code of this imposing royal residence is SW1A 1AA'

Answer: Buckingham Palace


Question: 'He was born in Germany, worked in a shaving brush factory, was U.S. Secretary of State & got an hon. knighthood in 1995'

Answer: Henry Kissinger


Question: 'It's the magical title automobile created by Ian Fleming'

Answer: "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"


Question: 'Around 1200 this city became capital of a Muslim empire in India; its "New" version is India's capital today'

Answer: Delhi


Question: 'You're no dummy if you know the American League for this card game was founded in 1927'

Answer: Bridge


Question: 'Keith, Laurie, Danny, Chris & Tracy'

Answer: Shirley Partridge/Shirley Jones


Question: '5,000 photos of this complex, home of the Crown Jewels, were taken for the video game "Traitors Gate"'

Answer: Tower of London


Question: 'Erte designed arte in the 1920s for "George White's Scandals" & this man's "Follies"'

Answer: Flo Ziegfeld


Question: 'Rigid bracelets, or an '80s all-girl pop band'

Answer: Bangles


Question: 'Pope Paul III was a leader in this movement whose name implies it opposed Protestantism'

Answer: the Counter-Reformation


Question: 'This organization known for its packages helped train the first Peace Corps volunteers in Latin America'

Answer: CARE


Question: 'Mabel Buchman'

Answer: Jamie Buchman/Helen Hunt


Question: 'Admission is free to this landmark, although there are charges to see its Undercroft Museum & royal chapels'

Answer: Westminster Abbey


Question: 'In 1991 this founder of the Bolshevik Party had his name stripped from a city'

Answer: V.I. Lenin


Question: 'This U.S. city lies north of Belfast on the Penobscot River'

Answer: Bangor, Maine


Question: '"Rich" in democracy, this country held some of Central America's first free elections in the 1890s'

Answer: Costa Rica


Question: 'Charitable organization whose logo is seen here:'

Answer: The United Way


Question: 'Becky, Darlene & D.J.'

Answer: Roseanne Connor/Roseanne Barr


Question: 'A new "Blackadder" comedy was filmed for the 758-million-pound dome built to celebrate this'

Answer: the Millennium


Question: 'This Prussian was awarded the Blue Max in January 1917 for destroying 16 enemy planes'

Answer: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron")


Question: 'Chitralada Palace is the royal residence of King Rama IX & his family in this city'

Answer: Bangkok


Question: 'This "Great" king who died in 4 B.C. married Mariamne, the last princess of the Maccabees' line'

Answer: Herod the Great


Question: 'Founded in 1958, if it were a person, it couldn't join itself until 2008 -- that's when it turns 50'

Answer: AARP (American Association of Retired Persons)


Question: 'Chuck, Richie & Joanie'

Answer: Marion Cunningham/Marion Ross


Question: 'You'll find the Savoy Hotel on this street that runs from Trafalgar Square to Fleet Street'

Answer: The Strand


Question: 'After a poor reception in Naples in 1901, this tenor vowed never to sing there again & never did'

Answer: Enrico Caruso


Question: '130 million souls live in this country whose flag is seen here:'

Answer: Bangladesh


Question: 'The 1814 Convention of Moss, presumably held on the north side of a tree, united Norway with this country'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'His performance in "The Cider House Rules" earned him his second Oscar -- & a standing ovation'

Answer: Michael Caine


Question: 'His last act as president was turning on the National Christmas Tree lights for the Iran hostages' return'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller used this married name as a pen name, even after divorcing her first husband'

Answer: Agatha Christie


Question: 'In 1889, 13 years after the invention of this, William Gray installed the first pay one'

Answer: Telephone


Question: 'Sovereign's seat<br />(6)'

Answer: Throne


Question: 'He's the Norway "rat" in the photo seen here:<br />(WWII traitor)'

Answer: Vidkun Quisling


Question: 'Adding that he was "stunned" to win, this star of "American Beauty" quipped, "This is the highlight of my day"'

Answer: Kevin Spacey


Question: 'He painted the homecoming seen here:'

Answer: Norman Rockwell


Question: 'Mudrooroo, AKA Colin Johnson, gained fame as an Aboriginal writer from this country'

Answer: Australia