Question: 'In the U.S. this imaginary geographical division generally follows the crests of the Rocky Mountains'

Answer: Continental Divide


Question: 'The diamondback belongs to this subfamily marked by sensitive receptors between each eye & nostril'

Answer: pit vipers


Question: 'In July 1741 this Dane sighted the North American continent near Mount St. Elias, Alaska'

Answer: Vitus Bering


Question: 'Gene Hackman's Rev. Frank Scott leads a band of survivors to safety aboard a capsized ship in this 1972 film'

Answer: The Poseidon Adventure


Question: 'Budweiser's label says it's brewed "using the choicest" these, "rice and best barley malt"'

Answer: hops


Question: 'A figure of speech such as "He was a real snake"'

Answer: metaphor


Question: '"It was one by the village clock, when" this man "galloped into Lexington"'

Answer: Paul Revere


Question: 'In 1949 Gussie Moran shocked this sport with a short dress & ruffled panties'

Answer: tennis


Question: 'This rocker was never exactly asked whether he wanted to be renamed John Cougar'

Answer: John Cougar Mellencamp


Question: 'A Shakespeare villain:<br />"If you prick us, do we not bleed?  If you tickle us, do we not laugh?"'

Answer: Shylock


Question: 'The room in a writer's house for his ballpoints'

Answer: pen den


Question: '2 odorless ingredients in your Pepsi are caffeine & this gas that gives it bubbles'

Answer: carbon dioxide


Question: '"I shot" this "into the air, it fell to Earth, I knew not where"'

Answer: an arrow


Question: 'Alejandro Rodriguez led a Spanish regency council after this man died & before Juan Carlos became king'

Answer: Francisco Franco


Question: '"Mechanical Animals" is a 1998 album from this man who named himself for an actress & a criminal'

Answer: Marilyn Manson


Question: 'A rock group:<br />"How Deep is Your Love?"'

Answer: the Bee Gees


Question: 'A hitchhiker on the back of a black widow'

Answer: spider rider


Question: 'Mimi makes artificial ones in "La boheme"'

Answer: flowers


Question: 'This poem is set "in the Acadian land, on the shores of the basin of Minas"'

Answer: "Evangeline"


Question: 'As this queen's chief adviser, Lord Burghley fought Catholics, the Armada & Mary, Queen of Scots'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth I


Question: 'Last name of Louise & her sister Barbara, who "was country when country wasn't cool"'

Answer: Mandrell


Question: 'An American patriot:<br />"Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?"'

Answer: Patrick Henry


Question: 'Someone who hunts down people who break into computer networks'

Answer: hacker tracker


Question: 'Obtained from crude petroleum, this white, tasteless & odorless substance is used to make candles'

Answer: paraffin


Question: 'About him Longfellow wrote, "the muscles of his brawny arms are strong as iron bands"'

Answer: "The Village Smithy"


Question: 'The name of St. Homobonus, a charitable layman, means this'

Answer: good man


Question: 'In a Marvin Gaye song, this title precedes "things ain't what they used to be"'

Answer: "Mercy Mercy Me"


Question: 'A mythological creature:<br />"What goes on four legs at dawn, two at noon, and three at dusk?"'

Answer: the Sphinx


Question: 'An insignificant M-16 problem'

Answer: rifle trifle


Question: 'It's generally odorless, so an odorant is added to let you know if there's a leak or if you left the oven on'

Answer: natural gas


Question: '"Like a sheeted ghost" this schooner "swept tow'rds the reef of Norman's Woe"'

Answer: the Hesperus


Question: 'Education chief 1917-1929, Anatoly Lunacharsky was one of the first holders of this Soviet title for a department head'

Answer: commissar


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from Buddy Guy's Legends Blues Club in Chicago)  It was what Junior Wells had "Working" in a song he recorded at Buddy Guy's Legends'

Answer: mojo


Question: 'A poet:<br />"If winter comes, can spring be far behind?"'

Answer: Percy Shelley


Question: 'The church elder who lives in a lighthouse'

Answer: beacon deacon


Question: 'Odorless & tasteless in its purified form, it's used to set aspics'

Answer: gelatin


Question: 'His Rococo-style summer house in Prague is nicknamed "America"'

Answer: Antonin Dvorak


Question: 'The meridian of Cape Agulhas, Africa's most southerly point, serves as the boundary between these 2 oceans'

Answer: Atlantic & Indian


Question: 'Hey, cool!  It's the more common name for crisphead lettuce'

Answer: iceberg lettuce


Question: 'This theme from "Titanic" anchored itself to the top of the adult contemporary chart for 10 weeks'

Answer: "My Heart Will Go On"


Question: 'Smooch or make out'

Answer: neck


Question: 'In poker, after shuffling, the dealer deals out the cards beginning with the person here'

Answer: to his left


Question: 'At the end of "The Wizard of Oz" Dorothy tells this aunt, "I'm so glad to be home again!"'

Answer: Auntie Em


Question: 'A huge statue called "Christ the Redeemer" overlooks this city from atop Corcovado Mountain'

Answer: Rio de Janeiro


Question: 'The name of this vegetable & pie ingredient may come from Latin for "root of the barbarians"'

Answer: rhubarb


Question: '(Alex: Ah, here's Weird Al.)  This parody of a Knack song, which I recorded in a bathroom, was introduced on the Dr. Demento Radio Show'

Answer: "My Bologna"


Question: '12 inches'

Answer: foot


Question: 'In addition to 2 regular decks of 52 cards, the game of Canasta uses 4 of these wild cards'

Answer: jokers


Question: 'Aunt Chloe is the long-suffering wife of this Harriet Beecher Stowe character'

Answer: Uncle Tom


Question: 'In 1947 Edith Ronne & Jenny Darlington became the first women to winter on this continent'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'A "pink" variety of this doubles as Arkansas' state fruit & vegetable'

Answer: tomato


Question: '1991 hit that contains the lines, "I thought that I heard you laughing, I thought that I heard you sing..."'

Answer: "Losing My Religion"


Question: 'Seed-bearing spike of corn'

Answer: ear


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports)  The highest hand you can have in Five-card stud is called this'

Answer: royal flush


Question: 'She played the Acid Queen in "Tommy" & Aunty Entity in "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome"'

Answer: Tina Turner


Question: 'In 1901 N.Z. annexed these Pacific islands named for a British sea captain; Rarotonga is the largest of the group'

Answer: Cook Islands


Question: 'The satsuma, a nearly seedless variety of this, is typically canned, & goes great with Chinese chicken salad'

Answer: mandarin orange


Question: 'It's the Sheryl Crow hit heard here'

Answer: "My Favorite Mistake"


Question: 'A branch of an organization or of a river'

Answer: arm


Question: 'The suit cards of this fortune telling deck of cards are known as the Minor Arcana'

Answer: tarot cards


Question: 'In this 1958 film Rosalind Russell says, "Life is a banquet & most poor suckers are starving to death!"'

Answer: Auntie Mame


Question: '1 of the 2 "Great" Australian deserts'

Answer: Great Sandy or Great Victoria


Question: 'To improve his singing voice, the emperor Nero ate large quantities of this mild onion relative & symbol of Wales'

Answer: leek


Question: 'In the '70s the Eagles & The Emotions each had a No. 1 hit called this'

Answer: "The Best of My Love"


Question: 'Really cool, fashionable with it'

Answer: hip


Question: 'You play gin with 52 catrds but pinochle with this many'

Answer: 48


Question: 'Tom Sawyer's guardian was this relative who was based in part on Mark Twain's mother'

Answer: Aunt Polly


Question: 'In 601 B.C. Nebuchadnezzar failed to conquer this country when his army & that of Pharaoh Neco fought to a draw'

Answer: Egypt


Question: '1989:<br />starring Chevy Chase'

Answer: National Lampoon\'s Christmas Vacation


Question: 'Its vascular system has special valves that allow blood to reach the brain, which is over 6' higher than the heart'

Answer: giraffe


Question: 'French sculpture can be found in the Richelieu wing of this museum that was established in 1793'

Answer: The Louvre


Question: 'Otis Criblecoblis was the name he used as a scriptwriter of "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break"'

Answer: W.C. Fields


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Clue reports from Seattle)  Why am I shopping at Seattle's Pike Place Market?  Just for this!'

Answer: the halibut


Question: 'In the 20th century this man "of Arabia" dug up the ruins of Carchemish, a city conquered by Nebuchadnezzar'

Answer: Lawrence


Question: '1954: <br />with Bing Crosby'

Answer: White Christmas


Question: 'This hairy family contains the world's largest spider, a South American species that has a 10-inch leg span'

Answer: tarantula


Question: 'Housed in the cellars of a former abbey, the museum of this potent potable (my favorite) gives tastings'

Answer: wine


Question: 'John Lange & Jeffery Hudson are some of the pen names this "Andromeda Strain" author has used'

Answer: Michael Crichton


Question: 'Cabinet minister: "We must take up the tax".  Groucho: "You've got to take up the tacks before you can take up" this'

Answer: the carpet


Question: 'In 587 or 586 B.C., Nebuchadnezzar destroyed this city's temple & palace, & captured many Jewish prisoners'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'A 1988 TV movie:<br />featuring Florence Henderson'

Answer: A Very Brady Christmas


Question: 'Nobel Prize winner Karl von Frisch deciphered the "dancing" patterns of this insect'

Answer: bee


Question: 'A small museum traces the history of this Paris cathedral'

Answer: Notre Dame


Question: 'A 1984 special Pulitzer Prize citation went to the children's author who used this pen name'

Answer: Dr. Seuss


Question: 'Thomas Hood wrote that Holland "lies so low they're only saved by being" this'

Answer: damned


Question: 'The king had these 3 youths cast into a fiery furnace for refusing to worship a golden image'

Answer: Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego


Question: '1992:<br />featuring Kermit & Miss Piggy'

Answer: "A Muppet Christmas Carol"


Question: 'This stinging arachnid bears its young live & the mother carries the young on her back until they molt'

Answer: scorpion


Question: 'Also called the Beaubourg, this center houses a modern art museum'

Answer: Pompidou Centre


Question: '"I have no mouth, and I must scream" that this science fiction writer has been Jay Solo & Paul Merchant'

Answer: Harlan Ellison


Question: 'To the patient with alternating dreams of being a tepee & a wigwam, the doctor said, "Your problem is you're" this'

Answer: two tents


Question: 'Nebuchadnezzar was followed as king by this man who saw the handwriting on the wall'

Answer: Belshazzar


Question: '1988:<br />starring Jim Varney'

Answer: Ernest Saves Christmas


Question: 'This deadliest fish in the sea sits like a "rock" at the bottom of the ocean & stings prey via its poisonous spines'

Answer: stonefish


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from along the bank of the Seine in Paris)  The Impressionists are a major draw at this train station-turned-museum that opened in 1986'

Answer: Musee d\'Orsay


Question: 'Ed McBain & he are credited as the authors of "Candyland"; so he actually wrote it by himself'

Answer: Evan Hunter


Question: 'Funny in 1600 Dept.: When the king, acting fatherly, says, "Clouds still hang on you", Hamlet says, "I am too much in" this'

Answer: the son


Question: 'Over its 200-plus years, this country has had 28 different flags, a record for any country'

Answer: United States of America


Question:
'He's heard here "Ranting Again"
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss, except, of course, for the Doc Martens & the purple hair; of course, that's my opinion, I could be wrong.'

Answer: Dennis Miller


Question: 'A person whose reckless behavior puts others in danger is a "loose" one of these'

Answer: Cannon


Question: 'Last name of Canadian-born actress Meg, Jennifer's sister'

Answer: Tilly


Question: 'Before becoming a legend, this star of "The Maltese Falcon" hustled strangers at chess in NYC'

Answer: Humphrey Bogart


Question: 'Always offer your guests their choice of cream or lemon at the afternoon party named for this beverage'

Answer: Tea


Question: 'Felonious fire starter<br />(8)'

Answer: Arsonist


Question: 'This sitcom star reads his own "Dirty Jokes and Beer", subjects he might have learned about in Cleveland'

Answer: Drew Carey


Question: 'The word howitzer may go back to the Czech word houfnice, this weapon carried by Dennis the Menace'

Answer: Slingshot


Question: 'Most know William Shatner is Canadian, but so is James Doohan, who played this "Star Trek" engineer'

Answer: Scotty


Question: 'In some Asian countries the chess piece we call a bishop shares its name with this desert animal'

Answer: Camel


Question: 'It's no fish story: Cioppino is a fish stew from this city's Fisherman's Wharf'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: '"I'm Sorry"<br />(7)'

Answer: Apology


Question:
'"Comical" candidate heard here
I've decided to take a humorous look at my campaign for president of the United States & my subsequent 144 days in office...'

Answer: Al Franken


Question: 'Belgian Noel Godin masterminded a February 1998 hit on Bill Gates with one of these'

Answer: Custard pie


Question: 'Joshua Jackson, a star of this Massachusetts-set WB series, is a Vancouver native'

Answer: Dawson\'s Creek


Question: 'In 1997, at the age of 14 years, 2 months, France's Etienne Bacrot became the youngest one of these ever'

Answer: Grandmaster


Question: 'Beurre Bercy is made with white wine, shallots, diced beef marrow, parsley &, of course, this spread'

Answer: Butter


Question: 'Extra dry, like a desert<br />(4)'

Answer: Arid


Question: 'He tells you all about Fern, Wilbur & a certain spider when he reads his own "Charlotte's Web"'

Answer: E.B. White


Question: 'Anthony Hopkins said he got so good with this weapon doing "Zorro" he could snap a twig off a tree with it'

Answer: Whip


Question: 'On screen he's been Studio 54 founder Steve Rubell & would-be world dominator Dr. Evil'

Answer: Mike Myers


Question: 'As late as the 16th century this special move involving the king was 2 turns, not just 1'

Answer: Castling


Question: 'This tart, yellowish lime that's native to Florida is the main ingredient in a popular pie'

Answer: Key lime


Question: '"Delicious" fruit<br />(5)'

Answer: Apple


Question: 'A key issue of the 1998 attorney general's race in California was the ban on these semi-automatic weapons'

Answer: Assault rifles


Question: 'It's no longer news that this current "60 Minutes" correspondent hails from north of the border'

Answer: Morley Safer


Question: 'In the U.S. Chess Open at Columbus, Ohio in 1977, one of these named "Sneaky Pete" played'

Answer: Computer


Question: 'In Scotland these "colorful" berries are called brambles, & Scots make bramble wine from them'

Answer: Blackberries


Question: 'Adjective for the Church of England<br />(8)'

Answer: Anglican


Question: 'The Articles were in effect from 1781 until replaced by this 1787 document'

Answer: Constitution


Question: 'Irish actress Roma Downey is downright "heavenly" as Monica on this CBS series'

Answer: Touched by an Angel


Question: 'The region of Apulia occupies the "heel" of this peninsula'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore & Jim Morrison'

Answer: The Doors


Question: 'It's where "bluebirds fly"'

Answer: "Over the Rainbow"


Question: 'Meaning elegant or fancy, it's from the name of a hotel chain'

Answer: Ritzy


Question: 'Richard Henry Lee proposed drafting the Articles on June 7 of this year'

Answer: 1776


Question: 'Before he became TV's "Beaver", he appeared in Hitchcock's film "The Trouble with Harry"'

Answer: Jerry Mathers


Question: 'Colombia & Venezuela share the Guajira Peninsula, which juts into this sea'

Answer: Caribbean Sea


Question: 'Dalton Trumbo, Ring Lardner, Jr. & 8 other show biz notables'

Answer: "Hollywood 10"


Question: 'The 2 items that make up the title of James Taylor's first Top 10 hit'

Answer: "Fire and Rain"


Question: 'It can precede comb, suckle & moon'

Answer: Honey


Question: 'Under Article XI this present-day country could have joined the confederation just by signing'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'She won her first Oscar, as Best Supporting Actress of 1979, for playing Joanna Kramer'

Answer: Meryl Streep


Question: 'The peninsula at the northwestern edge of this continent has been claimed by England, Chile & Argentina'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'Aykroyd, Belushi, Curtin, Morris, Chase, Radner & Newman'

Answer: The original Saturday Night Live cast


Question: 'The Carpenters had "nothing to do but frown", these 2 things "always get me down"'

Answer: "Rainy Days and Mondays"


Question: 'The name of this hooded fur jacket is probably derived from the Russian for "pelt"'

Answer: Parka


Question: 'The Articles' lack of national taxation is criticized in No. 21 of these essays'

Answer: Federalist Papers


Question: '"Autumn Sonata" was not only this actress' last feature film but her last film in her native language, Swedish'

Answer: Ingrid Bergman


Question: 'Mention the east side of Australia's Cape York Peninsula & you're "reef"erring to this sea'

Answer: Coral Sea


Question: 'Bingo, Drooper, Fleegle & Snorky'

Answer: the Banana Splits


Question: 'In this 1970 song Brook Benton sang, "It seems like it's rainin' all over the world"'

Answer: "Rainy Night in Georgia"


Question: '"The Star-Spangled Banner" ends with this "valiant" word'

Answer: Brave


Question: 'The "Rebellion" he led in 1786 showed many that the Articles didn't include a strong enough central government'

Answer: Daniel Shays


Question: 'In 1978 she played Brooke Shields' mother in 2 different films, "Pretty Baby" & "King of the Gypsies"'

Answer: Susan Sarandon


Question: 'The Ramones sang about this beach in Queens that's on a peninsula of the same name'

Answer: Rockaway


Question: 'To the ancient Greeks: Lachesis, Clotho & Atropos'

Answer: Fates


Question: 'Neil Sedaka heard this while "walking hand in hand with the one I love"'

Answer: "Laughter in the Rain"


Question: 'As a verb, it means to add territory to an existing country; as a noun, it's a building added to a larger one'

Answer: Annex


Question: '1 of the 3 African countries that are still kingdoms'

Answer: Lesotho, Morocco or Swaziland


Question: 'Kensington Gardens,<br />the Old Vic Theatre'

Answer: London


Question: '"I shot" this law enforcement officer "but I swear it was in self-defense"'

Answer: the sheriff


Question: 'Desiring raises, the Boston teacher's union found out in 2007 that a proposed one of these was illegal'

Answer: a strike


Question: 'Something done or completed in a hurry, like my divorce from Britney Spears'

Answer: quicky


Question: 'This term for love-themed works also refers to the group of languages derived from Latin'

Answer: romance


Question: 'This statue bears the name of the beloved children's story it was based on'

Answer: The Little Mermaid


Question: 'The Reina Sofia Museum,<br />the Prado'

Answer: Madrid


Question: '"I shot a man in" this place "just to watch him die"'

Answer: Reno


Question: 'The Boston Port Bill, part of 1774's Intolerable Acts, wanted to recoup payment for the illegal destruction of this potable'

Answer: tea


Question: 'Having the quality of molasses'

Answer: sticky


Question: 'This type of work holding up human follies to humorous criticism was once divided into "gentle" or "indignant"'

Answer: satire


Question: 'Scoop, Muck & Lofty are all friends of this TV character'

Answer: Bob the Builder


Question: 'Kurfurstendamm (an elegant shopping boulevard),<br />the 630-acre Tiergarten'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'The Beatles:<br />"But Daniel was hot, he drew first and shot, and" this title guy "collapsed in the corner"'

Answer: Rocky Raccoon


Question: 'It's illegal in Southie for a gun club to allow its members to shoot at targets that resemble these'

Answer: people (humans)


Question: 'It's a temporary red mark on the skin from kissing (hee hee!)'

Answer: a hickey


Question: 'From the Latin for "shepherd", it's a literary work idealizing rural life'

Answer: a pastoral


Question: 'It's a plant in the mint family; among the many uses of the leaves is making Chartreuse liqueur'

Answer: basil


Question: 'The Capitoline Museum,<br />the Baths of Caracalla'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'This group:<br />"Janie's got a gun, her dog day's just begun, everybody is on the run"'

Answer: Aerosmith


Question: 'If you put this big trash receptacle in an alley, it had better have a number issued by the commissioner of public works'

Answer: a dumpster


Question: 'Characterized by concealed difficulty; be careful!'

Answer: tricky


Question: 'It's an exalted verse poem dealing with a single dignified theme; Pindar & Keats were expert practitioners'

Answer: an ode


Question: 'The Elgin Bridge is in this Lion City, also a country of Asia'

Answer: Singapore


Question: 'St. Stephen's Green,<br />Trinity College'

Answer: Dublin


Question: 'Hendrix:<br />"Hey" this guy, "I heard you shot your old lady down ...yes, I did, I shot her"'

Answer: Joe


Question: 'Don't do this on a Boston sidewalk; it's illegal due to the archaic notion that the act was a way to transmit tuberculosis'

Answer: spit


Question: 'Cool cocktail of gin, lime juice & club soda'

Answer: a rickey


Question: '3-word French term for a novel with thinly disguised depictions of real people'

Answer: roman à clef


Question: 'This human rights organization, whose logo is seen here, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1977'

Answer: Amnesty International


Question: 'In May 1917 Wilson signed an act requiring U.S. males between the ages of 21 & 31 to do this on June 5'

Answer: register with Selective Service (for the draft)


Question: '"Magnum, P.I."'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'Seismology studies the seismic waves produced by these plate shifts'

Answer: earthquakes


Question: 'All-purpose & self-rising are types of this pantry staple'

Answer: flour


Question: 'In "Das Rheingold" 2 giants, Fasolt & Fafner, build a castle for the king of the gods, whom Wagner calls this'

Answer: Wotan


Question: 'The top of a hill, or the ornamental tuft appearing on the top of the head of a bird'

Answer: crest


Question: 'In one of the first major U.S. actions, this military branch's 5th & 6th regiments drove the Germans out of Belleau Wood'

Answer: the Marines


Question: '"Friday Night Lights"'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'In this branch of mineralogy, you learn all about precious stones: identifying them, cutting them, appraising them'

Answer: gemology


Question: 'The name of this semisoft candy can be used as a verb to mean "to cheat" or "to alter data"'

Answer: fudge


Question: 'Made by a dwarf, the magical Tarnhelm allows its owner to change form or become invisible when worn here'

Answer: on the head


Question: 'As a verb, it means to remove the husk from an ear of corn or the top shell of an oyster or clam'

Answer: shuck


Question: 'Take a number!  In 1918 Wilson proclaimed his "Four Ends", "Four Principles", "Five Particulars" & 14 of these'

Answer: Points


Question: '"Designing Women"'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'The origin of this -ology, the study of word origins, goes back to the Greek for "true word"'

Answer: etymology


Question: 'In 2005 the European Union gave Greece protected designation of origin status for this cheese'

Answer: feta


Question: 'In "Die Walkure" she disobeys her father & is put to sleep on a rock on a mountain top'

Answer: Brunhilde


Question: 'A decorative sticker, it is partly derived from calquer, meaning "to trace"'

Answer: decal


Question: 'In March 1917 Wilson ordered the arming of U.S. merchant ships to defend them from these "wolves of the sea"'

Answer: U-boats


Question: '"The Wire"'

Answer: Maryland


Question: '2 similarly named -ologies: one studies the make-up of the universe; the other, the world of make-up'

Answer: cosmology & cosmetology


Question: 'Don't struggle with the name of this flatfish family whose members include dab & English sole'

Answer: flounder


Question: 'In November 1848 Wagner wrote a poem about this hero's "death"; it served as the starting point for the complete cycle'

Answer: Siegfried


Question: 'From the Latin for "price", it's compassionate treatment or clemency'

Answer: mercy


Question: 'Ironically, Wilson narrowly won re-election in 1916 using this 6-word campaign slogan'

Answer: "He kept us out of war"


Question: '"Burn Notice"'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'K-State has a Dept. of this, from Greek for "movement"; it deals with the anatomy & mechanics of body movement'

Answer: kinesiology


Question: 'Spanish missionaries introduced this type of fruit to California, hence the mission type of it'

Answer: a fig


Question: 'The final scene of this fourth part of the "Ring" cycle takes place at the Hall of the Gibichungs'

Answer: The Twilight of the Gods (or Gotterdammerung)


Question: '2 words combine to make this old term used in radio communications to indicate agreement or compliance'

Answer: wilco


Question: 'Before it meant a space between opposing armies, it referred to an execution site outside the walls of London'

Answer: no man\'s land


Question: 'This Daniel Defoe hero is "thrown into a violent calenture"--a fever once said to affect sailors in the Tropics'

Answer: Robinson Crusoe


Question: 'David Letterman walked Oprah to the opening of this musical based on an Alice Walker novel'

Answer: The Color Purple


Question: 'During the 1992 L.A. riots, one of these worn by Madonna in a video was stolen from Frederick's of Hollywood'

Answer: a bustier


Question: '"To those critics who are so pessimistic about our economy, I say, don't be economic girlie men!"'

Answer: Schwarzenegger


Question: 'Shortly after establishing a lab in Menlo Park, N.J., he invented the carbon telephone transmitter'

Answer: Edison


Question: 'This branch of medicine is from the Greek for "mind cure"'

Answer: psychiatry


Question: 'In "The Europeans" Gertrude wears a "quaint and charming leghorn" one of these, "tied with white satin bows"'

Answer: a hat


Question:
'(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York.)  I'm here on the Broadway set on which you'll hear Mrs. Potts sing this title tune

"Tale as old as time /
True as it can be..."'

Answer: "Beauty And The Beast"


Question: 'In the 1960s women would puff out their hair in this style, French for "full" or "puffed"'

Answer: bouffant


Question: '"I spent several years in a North Vietnamese prison camp... you think I want to do that all over again as vice president?"'

Answer: (John) McCain


Question: 'In 1936 he wrote a paper for the Smithsonian entitled "Liquid-Propellant Rocket Development"'

Answer: (Robert) Goddard


Question: 'Spread it around--it goes back to a Greek word for "cow cheese"'

Answer: butter


Question: 'In "A Tale of Two Cities", Jerry Cruncher is a "resurrection-man"--defined as a person who steals & sells these'

Answer: corpses


Question: '"Big Girls Don’t Cry" over "Jersey Boys", a musical bio of this '60s group that had its peaks & "Valli"s'

Answer: The Four Seasons


Question: 'In the 1800s women would puff out their skirts by wearing this padding or framework underneath'

Answer: a bustle


Question: 'Regarding the attacks on his son: "If Barbara gets her hands on John Kerry, he might get another purple heart"'

Answer: George Herbert Walker Bush


Question: 'In 1815 he built America's first steam-powered warship'

Answer: Fulton


Question: 'The name of these sometimes nasty microscopic life forms is from the Greek for "little rod"'

Answer: bacteria (bacilla later accpted)


Question: 'In "Emma", Emma speaks of being in Broadway-lane when "it began to mizzle", which means this'

Answer: drizzle (mist accepted)


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reads from the Shubert Theatre in New York.)  The creators of "Spamalot" proudly proclaim that it is "lovingly ripped off" from this be-knighted British film'

Answer: Monty Python and the Holy Grail


Question: 'This short jacket worn open in the front is perfect for listening to Ravel's music of the same name'

Answer: a bolero


Question: '"I want to thank the Canadian people who came out to wave, with all five fingers, for their hospitality"'

Answer: George W. Bush


Question: 'By early 1895, at his estate near Bologna, he could ring a bell a few yards away via radio waves'

Answer: Marconi


Question: 'This elevated Athens area appropriately comes from 2 Greek words meaning "highest city"'

Answer: the Acropolis


Question: '"What a mommet of a maid!" (mommet meaning scarecrow) is said of this Thomas Hardy title character'

Answer: Tess


Question: 'The USA's oldest clothing retailer, this upscale, once family-run business has collared the market on men's apparel since 1818'

Answer: Brooks Brothers


Question: 'Secretary of Health and Human Services: "For the life of me, I cannot understand why the terrorists have not attacked our food supply"'

Answer: Tommy Thompson


Question: 'Around 1862 this American locksmith introduced a dial-operated combination lock for bank vaults'

Answer: Linus Yale


Question: 'One of the sacraments established by Christ; its "holy" name is from the Greek for "grateful"'

Answer: Eucharist


Question: 'Ownership of the Kuril Islands to Japan's north is disputed between Japan & this nation'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'In 1934, Claudette Colbert played this Egyptian; in 1963, Elizabeth Taylor did'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'In 1975 Angola gained its independence from this colonial power'

Answer: Portugal


Question: 'The name of this appetizer seen here means "before the food"'

Answer: antipasto


Question: 'Alors!  It is a complete & utter disgrace zat zees "Nutty Professor" has not been Oscar nominated'

Answer: Jerry Lewis


Question: 'In 1995 this "beefy" capital of Hyogo prefecture was hit by a 7.2 earthquake'

Answer: Kobe


Question: 'Indy seeks to solve a biblical mystery in this 1981 film that features a quest from Nepal to Cairo'

Answer: Raiders of the Lost Ark


Question: 'In the 1970s this Caribbean country sent several thousand troops to fight in Angola's civil war'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'In Italian cuisine this meat is traditionally the most popular to cook "cacciatore" or "hunter style"'

Answer: chicken


Question: 'Mon Dieu!  Zees man has been ze French chief of state for 10 full years!'

Answer: (Jacques) Chirac


Question: 'The seaport of Naha is on this Japanese island that was the site of a fierce WWII battle in April 1945'

Answer: Okinawa


Question: 'Boris Karloff was under wraps as this title Egyptian in a 1932 film'

Answer: the Mummy


Question: 'Around 2,000 years ago, members of this large African ethnolinguistic group began settling in Angola'

Answer: Bantu


Question: 'A nice addition to any Italian meal is this Tuscan wine seen here in its distinctive packaging'

Answer: Chianti


Question: 'Sacre bleu!  Eet takes so long sailing from Dover to zees closest French port; next time, I take zee Chunnel'

Answer: Calais


Question: '2 of the 4 main islands of Japan'

Answer: Honshu & Hokkaido (also, Shikoku & Kyushu)


Question: 'Rita Hayworth makes a short, sultry appearance in the 1935 film about this Asian detective “in Egypt”'

Answer: Charlie Chan


Question: 'Today a city of 2 1/2 million, this capital city was founded in 1576'

Answer: Luanda


Question: 'Vitello tonnato is this meat cooked in a tuna & mayonnaise puree'

Answer: veal


Question: 'Surely you joke, no?  Zees defensive pre-WWII "line" on ze German border was perfect until ze Belgians caved'

Answer: the Maginot Line


Question: '"Children are not rugged individualists", wrote Hillary Clinton in this bestselling book'

Answer: It Takes a Village


Question: 'In this 1994 film, an interstellar-teleportation device found in Egypt leads humans to a distant planet'

Answer: Stargate


Question: 'Angola's borders were not fixed until 1926 & the resolution of a dispute with what's now this nation due south'

Answer: Namibia


Question: 'When you're ready for dessert, leave the gun & take these favorites seen here'

Answer: cannolis


Question: 'Don’t blame us for shooting zo many of Gen. Braddock’s men during zis war; zay wore red coats in ze green forest!'

Answer: the French and Indian War


Question: 'This freaky 1960 film starring George Sanders concerned a town where children used mysterious powers on adults'

Answer: Village of the Damned


Question: 'In 1839 the first of several wars broke out over the trade of an extract from a flower of this family'

Answer: poppy


Question: 'This state consists of 132 islands, but 124 of them have a combined area of only 3 square miles'

Answer: Hawaii


Question:
'DAL
BAB
KLM
UAL'

Answer: Airlines


Question: 'In 1959 physicist Lyman Briggs determined that this pitch really does what its name says'

Answer: Curveball


Question: 'In the U.S. People magazine is published in English & this'

Answer: Spanish


Question: 'This relative is une tante'

Answer: Aunt


Question: '4 New York counties lie on this island, including Kings & Queens'

Answer: Long Island


Question:
'TM
HMC
F
GM'

Answer: Auto makers


Question: 'It's the basic off-speed pitch, thrown at a slow speed to disrupt the batter's timing'

Answer: Changeup


Question: 'Seen in over 890,000 U.S. hotel rooms, it's the No. 1-distributed news network'

Answer: CNN (Cable News Network)


Question: 'Dans le mois d'Aout (August), we complain about "L'humidite, non pas la chaleur", chaleur meaning this'

Answer: Heat


Question: 'Attu in this group is the westernmost island of the 50 states'

Answer: Aleutian Islands


Question: '[Hi, I'm Martha Stewart & I have a tip for you] After New Year's put any leftover champagne in an open jar & in a few weeks you'll have this salad dressing ingredient'

Answer: Vinegar


Question:
'ABF
EAGL
FDX
UPS'

Answer: Delivery companies


Question: 'This basic pitch is also the name of the group with the 1998 hit "The Way"'

Answer: Fastball


Question: 'HBO's sister channel, it shows over 1,600 films a year'

Answer: Cinemax


Question: 'To figure out what "tete" means, use your tete'

Answer: Head


Question: 'The U.S. acquired Baker Island through an act of Congress named for this type of manure'

Answer: Bat manure (Guano Act)


Question: 'Martha says these make wonderful houseplants including the rabbit's foot & maidenhair varieties'

Answer: Ferns


Question:
'WAG
RAD
LDG
CVS'

Answer: Drug store companies


Question: 'The name of this ground-ball-inducing pitch is also slang for a doughnut'

Answer: Sinker


Question: 'This company with its Navigator Internet browser was bought by AOL in 1999'

Answer: Netscape


Question: 'It's un parapluie; literally, "against the rain"'

Answer: Umbrella


Question: 'This Texas island was named for Spanish priest Nicolas Balli who founded a cattle ranch there around 1800'

Answer: Padre Island


Question: 'Add fragrance to your linen closet with sachets & help keep moths away with blocks of this wood'

Answer: Aromatic cedar


Question:
'GTW
AAPL
EEEE
CPQ'

Answer: Computer manufacturers


Question: 'This pitch, which Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson called the fadeaway, is a type of '30s movie comedy'

Answer: Screwball


Question: 'Dikembe Mutombo no longer works for AOL Time Warner since this NBA team traded him in 2001'

Answer: Atlanta Hawks


Question: 'Cagney showed disdain for Mae Clarke with this, un pamplemousse'

Answer: Grapefruit


Question: 'Snakes come equipped with a special tooth named for this & used to break out of it'

Answer: Egg


Question: 'Imitate or mimic'

Answer: Ape


Question: 'To get a few good men to chow down on, they lured sailors to their shores with their music'

Answer: Sirens


Question: 'T.S. Eliot knocked this Shakespearean tragedy with King Claudius, saying it was "certainly an artistic failure"'

Answer: "Hamlet"


Question: 'Surrendering at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865'

Answer: Robert E. Lee


Question: 'Lyrically, "The devil went down to" this state, "lookin' for a soul to steal"'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'In 1992 scientists found ripples in the CBR, Cosmic Background this, whose existence supports the Big Bang Theory'

Answer: Radiation


Question: 'Squirm out of, as an obligation'

Answer: Weasel


Question: 'Poseidon helped this city build the walls it took a wooden horse to breach'

Answer: Troy


Question: 'This 1977 film was "as exciting as last year's weather reports"; guess the force wasn't with that critic'

Answer: Star Wars


Question: 'Hitting home run No. 715 in Atlanta on April 8, 1974'

Answer: Hank Aaron


Question: 'It's the carnivorous marsupial seen here'

Answer: Tasmanian devil


Question: 'Several centuries after the Chinese used negative numbers, people in India came up with the concept of this number'

Answer: Zero


Question: 'Nag or pester persistently'

Answer: Badger


Question: 'Some say Atalanta sailed as part of this crew; others say that Jason talked her out of going'

Answer: Argonauts


Question: 'Tom Shales said the difference between this ex-"Live" host's XMAS special & a 24-hour flu was 23 hours'

Answer: Kathie Lee Gifford


Question: 'Going to No. 1 on the pop charts in 1973 with "Superstition"'

Answer: Stevie Wonder


Question: 'It's a person who argues an unpopular cause for the sake of argument'

Answer: Devil\'s advocate


Question: 'The books in Libbie Hyman's 6-volume study of these have spines; by definition, the creatures in them don't'

Answer: Invertebrates


Question: 'Gloat, boast or exult'

Answer: Crow


Question: 'Rome's capitol building was consecrated to this chief god'

Answer: Jupiter


Question: 'Newsweek said this Gregory Peck horror film with young Damien was "the latest serving of deviled ham"'

Answer: The Omen


Question: 'Standing on top of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953'

Answer: Sir Edmund Hillary


Question: 'Jerry Lewis was the devil himself in this Broadway revival about baseball star Joe Hardy'

Answer: "Damn Yankees"


Question: '7 years after Darwin published his natural selection theory, this man published his laws of genetics'

Answer: Gregor Mendel


Question: 'Support or carry, as weight or responsibility'

Answer: Bear


Question: '[Hi, I'm Kevin Sorbo of Gene Roddenberry's "Andromeda"] According to Greek mythology, Andromeda is both a great-grandparent of & a sister-in-law of this mighty hero'

Answer: Hercules


Question: '"...No trace of imagination, good taste or ingenuity", the New Yorker said of this '39 film set in Kansas'

Answer: The Wizard of Oz


Question: 'A servant of the devil shows an apprentice the art of capturing souls in his "Screwtape Letters"'

Answer: C.S. Lewis


Question: 'A statue of her, seated on a bench in Liverpool, is dedicated "To All the Lonely People"'

Answer: Eleanor Rigby


Question: 'Article 2 says the president occasionally has to report to Congress "Information on the State of" this'

Answer: the Union


Question: 'Tony Goldwyn was the adult voice of this title "swinger"; Alex D. Linz played him as a feral child'

Answer: Tarzan


Question: 'A big copper pot called a chaudiere is the source of the name of this New England soup'

Answer: chowder


Question: 'On Sept. 8, 2001 Erin became the Atlantic season's first of these, but stayed mostly out at sea'

Answer: hurricane


Question: 'Sajak's cauldrons'

Answer: Pat\'s vats


Question: 'Joshua Reynolds invented this jewelry fad of the '70s that told others how you were feeling'

Answer: the mood ring


Question: 'By Article 2, the president doesn't have to do this in his oath; he's given the option to "affirm"'

Answer: swear


Question: 'Ellen DeGeneres was adorable as Dory, a fish with short-term memory loss, in this 2003 hit'

Answer: Finding Nemo


Question: 'To turn a plain hot dog into a NewYork City style one, add this veggie, steamed'

Answer: onions


Question: 'In 1919 the lonely keeper of one of these helped save all 21 crewmen from fire on the steamer Frank O'Connor'

Answer: a lighthouse


Question: 'Sheen's motorcycles'

Answer: Charlie\'s Harleys


Question: 'In 2002 Mexico's president Vicente Fox drew criticism for kissing this man's ring'

Answer: the pope


Question: 'The last decade to see 3 amendments added'

Answer: the 1960s


Question: 'Hope you didn't "myth" this 1997 film, with James Woods as the voice of Hades & Rip Torn as Zeus'

Answer: Hercules


Question: 'Oscar Mayer, Louis Rich & Swift's Premium all first packed their products in this state'

Answer: Illinois


Question: 'A possible nuclear war was averted (for the moment) in June 2002 talks between India & this country'

Answer: Pakistan


Question: 'A Marx Brother's Argentinean cowboys'

Answer: Groucho\'s gauchos


Question: 'As this hero, Hal Jordan had a whole speech to say while recharging his ring'

Answer: the Green Lantern


Question: 'With the Senate in session, a senator can be arrested only for a felony, breach of peace or this, "so make the most of it"'

Answer: treason


Question: 'Later an opera star, Mary Costa was a young unknown when Disney picked her to play this somnolent heroine'

Answer: Sleeping Beauty


Question: 'A monument to this chicken roosts in Adamsville in our smallest state'

Answer: the Rhode Island Red


Question: 'In July 2002 9 men were dramatically rescued from a flooded mine in this state'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'Letterman's all-night dance parties'

Answer: Dave\'s raves


Question: 'You know him as famous ring wearer Ringo Starr, but this was his pre-Beatle name'

Answer: Richard Starkey


Question: 'Ostensibly meeting to revise these, the delegates to the 1787 convention said we're starting over'

Answer: the Articles of Confederation


Question: 'Eddie Murphy was dragon around as a dragon named Mushu in this 1998 release'

Answer: Mulan


Question: 'Fried up in Louisiana along with the catfish are these balls of cornmeal, mixed with milk or water'

Answer: hush puppies


Question: 'In 1907 this financier kept the stock market afloat by locking bankers in his library until they raised $25 million'

Answer: J.P. Morgan


Question: 'Shalhoub's fakes'

Answer: Tony\'s phonies


Question: 'It's a ring that contains a small seal, used to make an impression in wax on official documents'

Answer: a signet


Question: 'Schubert's Symphony No. 8 is known by this na--'

Answer: "The Unfinished Symphony"


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew fences with Cheryl.)  Unlike epee, attacking with this type of sword gives a fencer the right-of-way to keep attacking'

Answer: foil


Question: 'This legume wears a top hat & monocle & leans on a cane'

Answer: Mr. Peanut


Question: 'This 1950s Nelson family sitcom ran for 14 years'

Answer: Ozzie and Harriet


Question: 'Of Ohio, coming from a long line of politicians, Bob...'

Answer: T-A-F-T


Question: 'This city is home to New Mexico's state fair'

Answer: Albuquerque


Question: '"Ode to Joy" is the choral piece at the core of his "Choral" Symphony'

Answer: Beethoven


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew fences with Cheryl.)  It's the basic term for the block of an opponent's attack'

Answer: parry


Question: 'A female figure reminiscent of the Statue of Liberty has been this film company's corporate insignia since 1936'

Answer: Columbia Pictures


Question: '2 of the 3 full-time "Tonight Show" hosts before Jay Leno'

Answer: (2 of 3) Steve Allen, Jack Paar & Johnny Carson


Question: 'Of New York, re-elected to a third term in 2002, George...'

Answer: P-A-T-A-K-I


Question: 'In a 1930 film John Barrymore played Capt. Ahab & Noble Johnson played this character'

Answer: Queequeg


Question: 'They should shine a great red spotlight on the orchestra playing this Mozart symphony, No. 41'

Answer: "The Jupiter Symphony"


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew fences with Cheryl.)  A touch with the sword point can also be called this; Hamlet gives Laertes a very palpable one'

Answer: a hit


Question: 'This hamburger chain's logo, a red-haired pigtailed girl, was based on the real-life daughter of its founder'

Answer: Wendy\'s


Question: 'This actress' TV character Alexis Carrington was once described as "starts with B, rhymes with rich"'

Answer: Joan Collins


Question: 'Of California, governator Arnold...'

Answer: S-C-H-W-A-R-Z-E-N-E-G-G-E-R


Question: 'This is used to play a game similar to racquetball'

Answer: squash racquet


Question: 'Seasoned musicians know both Milhaud's & Schumann's first symphonies are nicknamed this'

Answer: "Spring"


Question: 'Appropriately, Snapper Lawn Mowers uses a cartoon version of this reptile as its symbol'

Answer: a snapping turtle


Question: 'With boxing as her category, Dr. Joyce Brothers won the top prize on this TV quiz show'

Answer: The $64,000 Question


Question: 'Of Arkansas, from the same hometown as Bill Clinton, Mike...'

Answer: H-U-C-K-A-B-E-E


Question: 'This clue is really something, actually it's the French for "something"'

Answer: quelque chose


Question: 'Numbers 82-87 are his "Paris" symphonies; 93-104, his "London" ones'

Answer: Haydn


Question: 'Jeepers, Dr. Smith!  On TV's "Lost in Space", this actor played the youngest Robinson'

Answer: Billy Mumy


Question: 'Of Maine, a distant relative of bestselling thriller author David, he's John...'

Answer: B-A-L-D-A-C-C-I


Question: 'It's a French dish of minced scallops in sauce topped with cheese & browned'

Answer: Coquilles St. Jacques


Question: 'He wrote a "Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842"'

Answer: John C. Fremont


Question: 'New Jersey native James Gandolfini plays mobster Tony Soprano on this network's "The Sopranos"'

Answer: HBO


Question: 'It's London's chief water supply'

Answer: Thames River


Question: 'The treats made with margarine, marshmallows & this "talking" Kellogg's cereal have only 3 grams of fat per serving'

Answer: Rice Krispies


Question: 'To complain about minor issues'

Answer: Carp


Question: '100 million stamps incorrectly placing this big landmark in Colorado instead of Arizona won't be released'

Answer: Grand Canyon


Question: 'In 1925 Reza Pahlavi deposed the last of the Kajars & took over as Shah of this country'

Answer: Iran


Question: 'When Dr. Melfi put Tony on this brand of antidepressant, it had some side effects on his married life'

Answer: Prozac


Question: 'In Paris the banks of this river have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site'

Answer: Seine


Question: 'You always want another of these campfire treats, marshmallows, chocolate & graham crackers (hence their name)'

Answer: Smores


Question: 'It's a place for a bird to roost or for a person to sit'

Answer: Perch


Question: 'Bank of America was taken to task for its employee-adopt-one-of-these machines-&-keep-them-clean program'

Answer: ATM


Question: 'This rebel group in Nicaragua was named for an anti-American rebel of the 1920s'

Answer: Sandinistas


Question: 'This famous son, the "Choirboy of the Board", played himself & joined the richest poker game in Jersey'

Answer: Frank Sinatra, Jr.


Question: 'In 1992 Slovaks altered this river's course on the border of Slovakia & Hungary to improve navigation'

Answer: Danube


Question: 'This marshmallow sandwich from the Chattanooga Bakery, a favorite in the South with RC Cola, has been around since 1917'

Answer: MoonPie


Question: 'A small quantity you might pat on with a finger'

Answer: Dab


Question: 'He got a new car, the Lancia Jubilee, seen here with some of his Guards:'

Answer: Pope John Paul II


Question: 'In 1976 Spain ceded Spanish Sahara to Mauritania & this country'

Answer: Morocco


Question: 'Before she played Tony's mom, Nancy Marchand won 4 Emmys as Ed Asner's publisher boss on this show'

Answer: Lou Grant


Question: 'In 1937 this Russian river's first hydroelectric project was completed at Ivankovo'

Answer: Volga


Question: 'Trademark name of the marshmallow treats seen here; they're Easter favorites:'

Answer: Peeps


Question: 'Since 1777 this ale has been brewed in Burton on Trent, England, a town with exceptional well water'

Answer: Bass


Question: 'E-mails flew as moves were made to name Saint Isidore of Seville the patron saint of this global system'

Answer: Internet


Question: 'When the Tuscaroras joined, the Iroquois League updated its name to this'

Answer: League of Six Nations


Question: 'Once rock & roll's Little Steven & Miami Steve, he plays Soprano lieutenant Silvio Dante'

Answer: Steven Van Zandt


Question: 'This country's longest river, the Gudena, winds 98 miles through the Jutland Peninsula'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'Adding almonds & marshmallows to chocolate ice cream, this "grand" ice cream company created Rocky Road'

Answer: Dreyer\'s


Question: 'In Spanish it can mean "pretty" as well as a tuna-like fish'

Answer: Bonito


Question: 'This craft that had its 15 minutes of fame in 1961 was recovered from the ocean floor in 1999'

Answer: Liberty Bell (Gus Grissom\'s capsule)


Question: 'This Alexandrian added latitude & longitude lines to his maps around 151 A.D.'

Answer: Ptolemy


Question: 'Luisa Tetrazzini was famed for her ability to hit these; we hope she ended her career on one'

Answer: High note


Question: 'Eggsactly!  He led the capture of Fort Ticonderoga from the Brits in 1775'

Answer: Benedict Arnold


Question: 'The only state capital whose name ends in 3 vowels, it's also the northernmost'

Answer: Juneau, Alaska


Question: 'This former NBA rebounding champ is nicknamed "The Worm"'

Answer: Dennis Rodman


Question: 'In the '80s Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane were called Midnight Express, among the greatest of these "teams"'

Answer: Tag teams


Question: 'It's a small shop specializing in fashionable & often expensive clothing'

Answer: Boutique


Question: 'Lillian Russell made her debut in this duo's "H.M.S. Pinafore" & later became a star of burlesque'

Answer: Gilbert & Sullivan


Question: 'He clubbed & sliced his way to victory in the 1960 U.S. Open'

Answer: Arnold Palmer


Question: 'The only state whose name ends in 3 vowels'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'This man, already pronounced a heretic, was formally declared an outlaw by 1521's Edict of Worms'

Answer: Martin Luther


Question: 'This '50s wrestler whose name advertised his good looks used to toss bobby pins to his fans'

Answer: Gorgeous George


Question: 'Don't take it personally, it's just a detailed analysis of a subject or literary work'

Answer: Critique


Question: 'Amelita Galli-Curci brightened up opera as this type of soprano, Italian for "coloring"'

Answer: Coloratura


Question: 'If you've looked over copies of "Dover Beach", you know he penned it'

Answer: Matthew Arnold


Question: 'One of the original 13, it's the only state whose name ends in 3 consonants'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'According to a proverb about how much abuse one will tolerate, "Even a worm will" do this'

Answer: Turn


Question: 'Wrestler Captain Lou Albano played her dad in the video for "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"'

Answer: Cyndi Lauper


Question: '"Everything Must Go" at this type of sale held by a company that's "all washed up"'

Answer: Liquidation sale


Question: 'Singer Rosa Ponselle's parents hopefully gave her this middle name, the last name of singer Dame Nellie'

Answer: Melba


Question: 'This "Study of History" author saw history as a succession of civilizations, not political entities'

Answer: Arnold Toynbee


Question: 'The only state capital whose name ends in 3 consonants, namely R, C & K'

Answer: Bismarck, North Dakota


Question: 'Seen here, this classic singing group had a No. 1 hit in 1952 with the "Glow Worm"'

Answer: The Mills Brothers


Question: 'Steve Austin got this nickname when his then wife insisted he drink his tea while it was still hot'

Answer: "Stone Cold"


Question: 'This No. 1 song from 1963 was written & performed by Sister Luc-Gabrielle'

Answer: "Dominique"


Question: 'In 1976 Gwyneth Jones sang Brunhilde in the centenary performances of this Richard Wagner tetralogy'

Answer: The "Ring" Cycle


Question: 'The 12-tone system of musical composition was created by this self-taught Austrian'

Answer: Arnold Schoenberg


Question: 'It's the only state whose name begins with 2 vowels'

Answer: Iowa


Question: 'This adjective that means "worm-shaped" is used to describe the human appendix'

Answer: Vermiform


Question: 'Maputo is its capital'

Answer: Mozambique


Question: '"Max et les Maximonstres" is the French title of this children's classic'

Answer: \"Where the Wild Things Are\"


Question: '"Hey, Wait A Minute (I Wrote A Book!)" by this former Raiders coach was a best seller in 1984'

Answer: John Madden


Question: 'In 1971 this lead singer of The Doors was buried in the Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris'

Answer: Jim Morrison


Question: 'Like birds, all species of salmon & trout build these'

Answer: Nests


Question: 'In 1908 William Durant founded this company that included Oldsmobile & Buick'

Answer: General Motors


Question: 'When her spouse was found guilty on Oct. 5, 1989, she sang a religious song for the press'

Answer: Tammy Faye Bakker


Question: 'The driver of this "train" at Disneyland needs a one-track mind'

Answer: Monorail


Question: 'In 1987 a Soviet magazine ran excerpts from this B. Pasternak novel -- 29 years after it was banned'

Answer: "Doctor Zhivago"


Question: 'Kenny Rogers & other members of the New Christy Minstrels left the group to form this one in 1967'

Answer: The First Edition


Question: 'Southern California fish that come ashore to spawn & then run back into the ocean'

Answer: Grunion


Question: 'Built by Carl Benz in 1885, the first internal combustion car had this many wheels'

Answer: 3


Question: 'Chef whose wife, K, is the "K" in K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen'

Answer: Paul Prudhomme


Question: 'It's the liquid that remains after sugar crystals are removed from concentrated cane juice'

Answer: Molasses


Question: 'His "Kids Say The Darndest Things!" topped the best-seller lists in both 1957 & 1958'

Answer: Art Linkletter


Question: 'This group's "Nights In White Satin" appeared on an album 5 yrs. before the single hit No. 2 in 1972'

Answer: The Moody Blues


Question: 'The Walking, Electric & Pencil species of this fish have "whiskers"'

Answer: Catfish


Question: 'The first true example of this automobile was introduced in 1906 & called the Silver Ghost'

Answer: Rolls-Royce


Question: 'Dr. Jonas Salk's wife, Francoise Gilot, was once the companion of this late, great modern artist'

Answer: Pablo Picasso


Question: 'His resume included Archduke of Austria & Emperor of Mexico'

Answer: Maximillian


Question: '"Made In America" was this businessman's memoir of the 1984 Olympics'

Answer: Peter Ueberroth


Question: 'Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons & Peter Criss formed this rock group'

Answer: KISS


Question: 'The Portuguese got the name for this toothed fish from the Tupi Indians who live along the Amazon'

Answer: piranhas


Question: 'A Ford model that came out in '68, or the Italian name of the city that's home to Fiat'

Answer: Torino


Question: '"Major Dad" star Gerald McRaney must have had designs on this "Designing Woman" because he married her'

Answer: Delta Burke


Question: 'It begins "John, by the grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy & Aquitaine...."'

Answer: Magna Carta


Question: 'This Lloyd C. Douglas novel of the crucifixion was a best seller in '43 & '53 when the movie came out'

Answer: "The Robe"


Question: '4 hit singles came from this group's "Hi Infidelity" album'

Answer: REO Speedwagon


Question: 'The largest species of this fish is the bluefin; the smallest, the skipjack'

Answer: Tuna


Question: 'August Horch founded 2 car companies - Horch & this one that's the Latin translation of his surname'

Answer: Audi


Question: 'Their daughter Linn Ullmann married an Oslo lawyer in 1989'

Answer: Liv Ullmann & Ingmar Bergman


Question: 'From the French for "a mixture", it's a free-for-all battle'

Answer: Melee


Question: 'On March 10, 1775 this frontiersman began blazing the Wilderness Road'

Answer: Daniel Boone


Question: 'In the title of a play by Robert Anderson, it's paired with "sympathy"'

Answer: Tea


Question: 'The Paraguay River divides Paraguay into 2 major regions:  Occidental Paraguay & this'

Answer: Oriental Paraguay


Question: 'Politically speaking, it's a cause that looks promising; you can join by "jumping on" it'

Answer: Bandwagon


Question: 'One legend claims they fought in the Trojan War under their queen, Penthesilea'

Answer: Amazons


Question: 'This "good" guy who discovered vulcanization was born in New Haven'

Answer: Charles Goodyear


Question: 'In early colonial Boston only men belonging to this religious sect could vote or hold office'

Answer: Puritans


Question: 'In "Painting Churches", the churches aren't buildings but these'

Answer: People


Question: 'The Denmark Strait is located between Iceland & this Danish possession'

Answer: Greenland


Question: 'A special-interest group, named for the place in a capital building that is frequented by them'

Answer: Lobby


Question: 'It starts life again as a small worm that crawls out of the ashes of its own funeral pyre'

Answer: The Phoenix


Question: 'Born in Winsted, he practiced law in Connecticut before he wrote "Unsafe At Any Speed"'

Answer: Ralph Nader


Question: 'Drawn up in 1620, this document formed the basis of Plymouth Colony's legal system'

Answer: The Mayflower Compact


Question: 'Anita Loos wrote the non-musical stage adaptation of this Colette novel'

Answer: "Gigi"


Question: 'Cristoforo Colombo Int'l Airport serves this city, Italy's busiest port'

Answer: Genoa


Question: 'Someone who votes for candidates of different parties on the same ballot votes this kind of "ticket"'

Answer: Split Ticket


Question: 'To make her son invulnerable, Achilles' mother bathed all but the famous heel in this river'

Answer: The Styx


Question: 'His character, Radar O' Reilly, was from Iowa, but this actor was born in Bristol, Connecticut'

Answer: Gary Burghoff


Question: '1797 "affair" in which 3 agents for France demanded a $250,000 bribe from U.S. diplomats'

Answer: "XYZ" Affair


Question: '"Dial 'M' For Murder" takes place in the living room of an apartment in this foreign capital'

Answer: London


Question: '75 times the size of Belgium, the former Belgian Congo is now known by this name'

Answer: Zaire


Question: 'A candidate who's nominated by his home state at a convention, often as an honorary gesture'

Answer: Favorite Son


Question: 'After she fell in love with him, Circe lifted the spell that had changed men into swine'

Answer: Odysseus


Question: 'Her "immediate family" raised her mostly in Greenwich & also briefly in Africa'

Answer: Glenn Close


Question: 'On March 1, 1781 Maryland became the last state to ratify this document'

Answer: Articles of Confederation


Question: '"Regina" was a 1949 musical version of this Lillian Hellman play'

Answer: "The Little Foxes"


Question: 'More American Indians live in this country on South America's Pacific coast than any other'

Answer: Peru


Question: 'The "privilege" exercised by Congress & the executive branch to use the Postal Service free of charge'

Answer: Franking


Question: 'Her sisters Stheno & Euryale are mentioned in myth, but we don't know if they were as ugly'

Answer: Medusa


Question: 'This Watergate judge born in Waterbury was Time Magazine's "Man of the Year" for 1973'

Answer: John Sirica


Question: 'When Einstein won the 1921 Nobel Prize in physics, he was a naturalized citizen of this country'

Answer: Switzerland (He came to the U.S. later on)


Question: 'Dear Sir Lancelot: Arthur's gone grailing.  Meet me under the round table after matins.  XXO, this queen'

Answer: Guinevere


Question: 'Mufasa &<br />Nala'

Answer: The Lion King


Question: 'Soap & such:<br />Crabtree & ____'

Answer: Evelyn


Question: 'Having more zinc per serving than any other food may be why these shellfish are said to improve one's love life'

Answer: oysters


Question: 'He debuted in "A Study in Scarlet", joining the protagonist in bachelor lodgings on Baker Street'

Answer: (Dr.) Watson


Question: 'The playground bully will stop twisting vour arm as soon as you "say" this--or so he says'

Answer: uncle


Question: 'Dear Sir Paul: Please please me!  I've loved you ever since you headlined this NYC stadium in 1965'

Answer: Shea Stadium


Question: 'Bernardo &<br />Maria'

Answer: West Side Story


Question: 'Italian clothes for men & women:<br />A/X ____ Exchange'

Answer: Armani


Question: 'Vegetarians have to be careful to get enough zinc; these items, big at Halloween time, help make sure they do'

Answer: pumpkin seeds


Question: 'Sidekick to an imaginative 6-year-old, this comic strip tiger gets his name from a British philosopher'

Answer: Hobbes


Question: 'Dairy farmers say thanks for this mammary gland of bovines'

Answer: udders


Question: 'Dear Sir Robert Walpole: You're first in my heart, just as you were Britain's first of these back in 1721'

Answer: prime minister


Question: 'Sky Masterson &<br />Nathan Detroit'

Answer: Guys and Dolls


Question: 'Island-inspired wear:<br />____ Bahama'

Answer: Tommy


Question: 'The "Two scoops!" on boxes of this doesn't refer to zinc, but it's a good source anyway'

Answer: Raisin Bran


Question: 'Smee, a sidekick of this handicaptain, had a cutlass named "Johnny Corkscrew"'

Answer: Captain Hook


Question: 'It's his business to embalm you when the time comes'

Answer: undertaker


Question: 'Dear Sir Arthur Harris: I thrill at how you led part of this military branch during WWII; May I call you "Bomber"?'

Answer: Royal Air Force


Question: 'Leo Bloom &<br />Max Bialystock'

Answer: The Producers


Question: 'Fashion for today's woman:<br />____ Studio'

Answer: Max


Question: 'This cheese in the dish seen here helps prevent night blindness.  How, you ask?  Why, by maintaining your zinc levels'

Answer: mozzarella


Question: 'Introduced in a 1605 novel, he's the sidekick seen here with his eccentric boss'

Answer: Sancho Panza


Question: 'This word for a perfect world comes from a 1516 book'

Answer: utopia


Question: 'Oh, Sir Percy Marling!  My heart races to hear how you saved a wounded comrade in the Sudan, winning this medal'

Answer: the Victoria Cross


Question: 'Cap'n Andy &<br />Magnolia Hawks Ravenal'

Answer: Show Boat


Question: 'Refined casual clothes:<br />____ + Osa'

Answer: Martin


Question: 'Chicken has lots of zinc and so does this edible pod plant with a fowl name'

Answer: chickpeas


Question: 'This CIA officer who often teamed with James Bond was introduced by Ian Fleming in 1953'

Answer: Felix Leiter


Question: 'German prefix for "beyond", "over" or "super"'

Answer: über


Question: 'This U.S. territory is home to the War in the Pacific National Historical Park'

Answer: Guam


Question: 'The classic board game Clue features this professor'

Answer: Professor Plum


ONE OF THESE KINGS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHERS

Question:
'Henry VII,
Louis XIV,
Richard III'

Answer: Louis XIV


Question: 'When buying a digital camera, check the optical zoom number, an indicator of the quality of this part'

Answer: the lens


Question: 'The "Freeway Series" pits these 2 West Coast baseball teams against each other'

Answer: the Dodgers & Angels


Question: 'In compound words, this body part precedes print & tack'

Answer: thumb


Question: 'Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta, lies along the Hooghly River, a channel of this river'

Answer: the Ganges


Question: 'Steve Breen wrote a kids' book rhymingly titled this girl "the Pilot"'

Answer: Violet


ONE OF THESE KINGS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHERS

Question:
'Frederick the Great,
Ivan the Terrible,
Peter the Great'

Answer: Frederick the Great


Question: 'Problems with video cards?  Make sure you've got the latest of these, often with the extension .drv'

Answer: a driver


Question: '"The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party" is the football game between Georgia & the U. of this neighboring state'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'Spelled one way it's a small, official seal for documents; spelled another, it's a young swan'

Answer: a signet/cygnet


Question: 'Not surprisingly the main airport in this Italian port city is named for Christopher Columbus'

Answer: Genoa


Question: 'The name of this purple birthstone comes from the Greek for "not intoxicated"'

Answer: amethyst


ONE OF THESE KINGS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHERS

Question:
'Edward I,
Oskar I,
Gustav I'

Answer: Edward I


Question: 'For TVs, 1080 is a measurement of this; it may be followed by "i" or by "p", which is preferred but probably pricier'

Answer: resolution


Question: 'Played in this U.K. country, the Premier League rivalry between Celtic & the Rangers is called "the Old Firm"'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'Merriam-Webster's New Words of 2007 included this one for a soap opera south of the border'

Answer: a telenovela


Question: 'After nearly 200 years of Russian & Soviet rule, this country regained its independence in 1991'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'A Whitman poem begins, "When" these "last in the dooryard bloom'd"'

Answer: lilacs


ONE OF THESE KINGS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHERS

Question:
'Frederick III,
Nicholas II,
Wilhelm II'

Answer: Nicholas II


Question: 'Want to watch your TV when you're not home?  Get this "box", like the Solo, & make sure you have broadband access'

Answer: Slingbox


Question: 'Writer Steve Rushin said the hockey rivalry between Boston U. & this school was the biggest in all of sports'

Answer: Boston College


Question: 'From the Latin for "former", this word meaning pure & untouched is often used to describe a mountain or lake'

Answer: pristine


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.)  Alex Haley traced his roots back to Kunta Kinte, an ancestor from this tiny African country here on the coast'

Answer: Gambia


Question: 'Eggplant also goes by this French name'

Answer: aubergine


ONE OF THESE KINGS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHERS

Question:
'Carloman II,
Ferdinand VII,
Juan Carlos I'

Answer: Carloman II


Question: 'This Apple Leopard application helps you find deleted documents & restore them, but watch out for the Morlocks!'

Answer: Time Machine


Question: 'When playing against hated North Carolina in NCAA hoops, the Cameron Crazies of this school get loud'

Answer: Duke


Question: 'To improve or perfect, it also means to sharpen on a whetstone'

Answer: hone


Question: 'A theory of the origin & spread of humankind is called this, also the title of an Oscar-winning movie of the 1980s'

Answer: Out of Africa


Question: 'The cast-off mistress of revolutionary leader Paul Barras, she married Napoleon in 1796'

Answer: Josephine


Question: 'Capelli D'Angelo, whose English name is this, only needs a light sauce to taste "heavenly"'

Answer: Angel hair pasta


Question: 'Si Senor, in 1998 this Spanish form of Joseph was the most popular boys' name in California & Arizona'

Answer: Jose


Question:
'Inner,
test,
toothpaste'

Answer: Tubes


Question: 'When this group was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Mike Love gave the acceptance speech'

Answer: The Beach Boys


Question: 'Calcutta had India's first of these -- the transport system, not the sandwich chain'

Answer: Subway


Question: 'Napoleon was "The Little" this; hey, one more promotion & he makes little sergeant'

Answer: Corporal


Question: 'You'll need some white wine, garlic & this 8-armed cephalopod to make the French dish Poulpe a la Provencale'

Answer: Octopus


Question: 'How apropos -- this star of the Christmas classic "Miracle on 34th Street" had a first name meaning "Christmas Day"'

Answer: Natalie Wood


Question:
'Balls,
baby boys,
bad checks'

Answer: Things that bounce


Question: 'In 1963, with "Walk Like a Man", this group became the first to score 3 straight No. 1 singles in the U.S.'

Answer: The Four Seasons


Question: 'Calcutta's main river, the Hooghly, is a branch of this one'

Answer: Ganges


Question: 'Napoleon wanted to be in Brussels by June 18, 1815 but was stopped by this battle'

Answer: Waterloo


Question: 'Tusker & White Cap are popular Kenyan types of this alcoholic brew'

Answer: Beer


Question: 'In recent years this last name of our 4th president has become one of the 10 most popular girls' names'

Answer: (James) Madison


Question:
'Bell,
mason,
slop'

Answer: Jars


Question: 'After Smokey Robinson left this group, they had a No. 1 hit in 1975 with "Love Machine (Part 1)"'

Answer: The Miracles


Question: 'In 1756 this small room became infamous for hosting a large number of British people'

Answer: Black Hole of Calcutta


Question: 'Napoleon got to take 600 guardsmen with him to his first exile on this isle'

Answer: Elba


Question: 'Grenadans are known for grating this spice on their rum punch; you may prefer it on eggnog'

Answer: Nutmeg


Question: 'As women of Italian descent, Connie Stevens & Connie Sellecca have this real first name'

Answer: Conchetta


Question:
'Movies,
pool,
the moon'

Answer: Things you shoot


Question: 'This girl group followed up their No. 1 hit "Please Mr. Postman" with "Twistin' Postman"'

Answer: The Marvelettes


Question: 'What's that glare from?  Perhaps the famed palace named for this Italian building material'

Answer: Marble


Question: 'Napoleon admired this "Great" Prussian king & used his battle tactics'

Answer: Frederick the Great


Question: 'Many of this country's finest red wines come from the Coonawarra region, southeast of Adelaide'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Shakespeare coined this name, Latin for "admirable", for the heroine of "The Tempest"'

Answer: Miranda


Question:
'Life,
yellow,
bomber'

Answer: Jackets


Question: '"Nights In White Satin" appeared on their 1968 LP "Days of Future Passed" 4 years before the reissue hit the Top 10'

Answer: The Moody Blues


Question: 'A popular snack in the city is paan, a concoction of this nut that's a mild stimulant'

Answer: Betel nut


Question: '16 of these make an avoirdupois pound'

Answer: Ounces


Question: 'Of the 13 colonies, this one had the first permanent English settlement'

Answer: Virginia (Jamestown)


Question: 'Billy Zane's career took off after he played a bit role in this Michael J. Fox time-traveling classic'

Answer: Back to the Future


Question: 'On the 1999 stamp seen here, he's identified as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz & by this more famous name:'

Answer: Malcolm X


Question: 'This classic novel's opening line is "Marley was dead: to begin with"'

Answer: "A Christmas Carol"


Question: 'The head of a high school, or a fundamental truth he or she believes in'

Answer: Principal/principle


Question: 'Billboard numbers it as the Beatles' 16th chart album; you can't tell anything by its cover'

Answer: "The White Album"


Question: 'Coins of this European country were those most frequently used in colonial America'

Answer: Spain (pieces of eight)


Question: 'She was nominated for a 1980 Oscar for writing the theme song of her first film, "9 to 5"'

Answer: Dolly Parton


Question: 'He's the entertainer seen here:<br />(associated with ragtime)'

Answer: Scott Joplin


Question: 'Stories by this macabre master include "The Oblong Box", "The Black Cat" & "The Imp of the Perverse"'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe


Question: 'Uncurved, or a narrow passage of water'

Answer: Straight/strait


Question: 'The 16th letter of the Greek alphabet, it runs circles around the rest'

Answer: Pi


Question: 'During much of the colonial period, its assembly met alternately at Perth Amboy & Burlington'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'Incidentally, "The Incident" was the first feature film for this actor, Charlie & Emilio's dad'

Answer: Martin Sheen


Question: 'She appeared on a 1995 Civil War stamp & the 1978 Black Heritage stamp seen here:'

Answer: Harriet Tubman


Question: 'Barred from the U.S. as obscene for 15 years, this James Joyce work was originally produced in Paris in 1922'

Answer: "Ulysses"


Question: 'Prevented, or a poet (maybe Shakespeare)'

Answer: Barred/bard


Question: 'Henri Richard, Marcel Dionne & Bobby Clarke had their No. 16 jerseys retired in this sport'

Answer: Ice hockey


Question: 'Taking its name from a speech in Parliament, this organization sprang up in 1765 to oppose the Stamp Act'

Answer: Sons of Liberty


Question: 'This movie Robin debuted as Jessica Lange's son in "Men Don't Leave" & appeared with her again in "Blue Sky"'

Answer: Chris O\'Donnell


Question: 'A. Philip Randolph unionized men in this job held by the men depicted on the stamp seen here:'

Answer: Sleeping car porters


Question: 'In 1770 this witty Frenchman wrote, "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him"'

Answer: Voltaire


Question: 'To braid one's hair, or a piece of tableware'

Answer: Plait/plate


Question: 'This king had a lot taken off the top January 21, 1793'

Answer: Louis XVI


Question: 'In 1649 this lord urged Maryland to adopt an act guaranteeing religious freedom'

Answer: Lord Calvert (Baltimore)


Question: 'He was 12 in 1975 when he played the "Me" in "Cornbread, Earl and Me"; 18 years later, he played Ike Turner'

Answer: Laurence Fishburne


Question: 'Both "The Magus" & "The French Lieutenant's Woman" by this author have been made into films'

Answer: John Fowles


Question: 'Chickens & jailbirds "fly" it; others drive the 2-door style'

Answer: Coop/coupe


Question: 'Its former mayor William Hartsfield dubbed it the city "Too Busy to Hate"'

Answer: Atlanta (airport named for him)


Question: 'This U.S. president gave a 1797 talk on a fossil he thought was a primitive feline; it was really a ground sloth'

Answer: Jefferson


Question: 'In an interview Carly Simon said this star called & thanked her for the song "You're So Vain"'

Answer: Warren Beatty


Question: 'For a gluttonous Thanksgiving gorge-fest try turducken, a turkey stuffed with these other 2 animals'

Answer: duck & chicken


Question: 'Add an "L" to it & you get another word for a fisherman'

Answer: anger


Question: 'One of the largest artificial lakes in the world, it straddles the border between Arizona & Nevada'

Answer: Lake Mead


Question: 'Franz Liszt always claimed that this great German composer saw him perform as a child & kissed him on the forehead'

Answer: Beethoven


Question: 'The harpy type of this raptor is one of the sloth's main predators'

Answer: the eagle


Question: 'This Bronx diva & former "Fly Girl" asks at events that her path be prepared with the scent of gardenias'

Answer: Jennifer Lopez ("J.Lo")


Question: 'In the '90s you were a glutton for punishment if you rooted for this Ohio NFL team that went 52-108'

Answer: the (Cincinnati) Bengals


Question: 'It's what Khan had in a "Star Trek" movie sequel title'

Answer: wrath


Question: 'On Nevada's state flag, you can see 2 sprays of this wise-sounding state flower'

Answer: sagebrush


Question: 'After the death of his dad, Liszt was listless as a musician; he took up books & met this "Miserables" writer'

Answer: Hugo


Question: 'Most mammals have 7 of these neck bones; 3-toed sloths have 8 or 9 & can rotate their heads 270 degrees'

Answer: (cervical) vertebrae


Question: 'This singing ex of Tommy Mottola had a life-sized $9,500 birthday cake modelled after herself for a 2005 bash'

Answer: Mariah Carey


Question: 'This 19th c. financier known for his jewelry was described by a restaurateur as his best 25 customers'

Answer: "Diamond" Jim Brady


Question: 'A homophone of this word is found before "Ashbury" in the name of a hippie section of San Francisco'

Answer: hate


Question: 'Lincoln saw Nevada's statehood as additional support for this amendment that outlawed slavery'

Answer: the 13th Amendment


Question: 'Liszt's music was influenced by this Polish pianist, who first met George Sand through Liszt'

Answer: (Frederic) Chopin


Question: 'Sloths are heterothermic, more commonly termed this; their body temperature can vary by 20 degrees a day'

Answer: cold-blooded


Question: 'This "Evening Shade" star wigged out when it was revealed that he owed $7,500 to 2 toupee companies'

Answer: Burt Reynolds


Question: 'Pope Martin IV ate himself to death with eels; this "Divine Comedy" poet placed him in purgatory'

Answer: Dante


Question: 'In 2004 LucasArts "Unleashed" this popular game for both Xbox & PlayStation'

Answer: Wrath


Question: 'This current leader in the Senate became the youngest lt. governor in Nevada history at the age of 30'

Answer: Harry Reid


Question: 'He was upset Liszt sent him a "shop copy" of a symphony when he sent Liszt a nice bound copy of "Lohengrin"'

Answer: Wagner


Question: 'Moss doesn't grow on a slow-moving sloth but blue-green this does, giving its fur a green hue'

Answer: algae


Question: 'This Grammy, Oscar, Tony & Emmy winner famously prefers to be photographed from her left side'

Answer: Barbra Streisand


Question: 'This great-grandson of Augustus extorted & confiscated Roman estates to finance his excesses'

Answer: Caligula


Question: 'A 1956 drama about Jimmy Porter was called "Look Back in" this'

Answer: Anger


Question: 'In 1859 this "lode" of silver made Nevada's Virginia City one of the most famous Western mining towns'

Answer: the Comstock Lode


Question: 'Between 1846 & 1853 Liszt composed the first 15 of his "Hungarian" these'

Answer: Rhapsodies


Question: 'Born April 1, 1938, this model & actress is best known for her starring role in "Love Story"'

Answer: Ali McGraw


Question: 'When this show's 9 lives were up in 2000, its props & costumes were auctioned off--guess you could call it kitty litter'

Answer: Cats


Question: 'The Aaronic & the Melchizedek are priestly divisions of this "Latter-day" denomination'

Answer: the Mormons


Question: 'In June 1969 President Nixon & this country's Nguyen Van Thieu met secretly in the Commanding Officer's house'

Answer: South Vietnam


Question: 'Tara's O'Hara<br />(8)'

Answer: Scarlett


Question: 'Dreyer's version of this ice cream flavor has mini marshmallows, almonds & chocolate'

Answer: Rocky Road


Question: 'Born in 1815, he unified the German states into one empire under his leadership'

Answer: Bismarck


Question: 'When Tom Hewitt played this vampire in a 2004 musical, he had to get over a big fear: not of garlic, but of flying'

Answer: Dracula


Question: 'Ulfilas, a Visigoth priest, converted many to Arianism, a heresy that held that this religion founder was "adopted"'

Answer: Jesus


Question: 'D.H. Lawrence paired them with "Lovers"<br />(4)'

Answer: Sons


Question: 'In blackjack, if you get a 6 & a 5 & the dealer shows a 3, you probably want to make this kind of wager'

Answer: double down


Question: 'Born in 1873, this Russian was famous for works like the one heard here'

Answer: Rachmaninoff


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Majestic Theatre in New York.)  Some of the revellers are real dummies in the "Phantom of the Opera" scene set at this 10-letter type of party'

Answer: a masquerade


Question: 'The first 10 important leaders of the Sikh faith were known by this title meaning "teacher"'

Answer: guru


Question: 'The "saint"ly Mr. Templar<br />(5)'

Answer: Simon


Question: 'Popular phrase for a marked rise in the national birthrate'

Answer: a baby boom


Question: 'Born April 1, 1578, he was the first to determine how blood circulated through the body & the heart'

Answer: William Harvey


Question: 'According to her daughter, Marlene Dietrich secretly romanced this man between matinees & evening shows of "The King & I"'

Answer: Yul Brynner


Question: 'The zealous priest Savonarola forced this famed Florentine family into an 18-year exile in 1494'

Answer: the Medicis


Question: 'He cooked up "In the Night Kitchen"<br />(6)'

Answer: Maurice Sendak


Question: 'From a poem by Robert Browning, it now has come to mean anyone who makes irresponsible promises'

Answer: the Pied Piper


Question: 'Born in 1920, he starred in more than 130 movies, including "Rashomon" & "The Seven Samurai"'

Answer: Toshiro Mifune


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Gershwin Theatre in New York.)  Broadway buffs know that theaters always keep this spectral illumination burning'

Answer: a ghost light (a ghost lamp accepted)


Question: 'Another name for a sorcerer or a magician, originally it was a term for a "wise" Persian priest'

Answer: magus


Question: '"The Doctor's Dilemma" dramatist<br />(4)'

Answer: George Bernard Shaw


Question: 'The Pleiades are also known as these due to their number & relation'

Answer: the Seven Sisters


Question: 'Alberto Korda, Castro's official photographer, is best known for an image of this man seen on countless shirts & posters'

Answer: Che Guevara


Question: 'Keep left when driving on Hokkaido & this country's other islands'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'On his last day in office, President Bartlet launches a nuclear attack on Norway; he's just never liked Norway'

Answer: The West Wing


Question: '433 Eros, one of these, will pass within .178 astronomical units of Earth (that's close, astronomical units-wise)'

Answer: an asteroid


Question: 'After leaving ABC's "Nightline", he became the managing editor for the Discovery Channel'

Answer: Ted Koppel


Question: 'Francis Hopkinson, who designed the U.S. flag, suggested the seal include a shield with this many stripes'

Answer: 13


Question: 'Some say this synonym for nuptials isn't a word; it's a sentence!'

Answer: wedding


Question: 'There's no need to change sides when you drive across the border between these 2 countries at Belleek'

Answer: Ireland & Northern Ireland


Question: 'Boss Hogg has the General Lee impounded on dozens & dozens of felony evading arrest charges, then car-crushes it'

Answer: The Dukes of Hazzard


Question: 'The Summer Olympics are set to open in this city'

Answer: London


Question: 'In 1980 he founded the first 24-hour cable news channel'

Answer: (Ted) Turner


Question: 'The Great Seal is kept in a glass enclosure by this cabinet department'

Answer: the State (Department)


Question: 'Derby rider's seat'

Answer: saddle


Question: 'Keep to the left side of the road when you visit these West Indian islands just east of Florida'

Answer: the Bahamas


Question: 'The one-armed man says, "It's about time I finished the job" & shoots Richard Kimble'

Answer: The Fugitive


Question: 'On December 17 members of this "college" will meet in every U.S. state'

Answer: the electoral college


Question: 'The international airport in Anchorage was renamed for him in 2000'

Answer: Sen. Ted Stevens


Question: 'The first design of the reverse featured a scene from this biblical book with Moses on the shore of the Red Sea'

Answer: Exodus


Question: 'Adjective meaning designed to elude detection'

Answer: hidden


Question: 'Stay well to the left in this mountainous country between India & China; Maoists ousted the monarchy in 2008'

Answer: Nepal


Question: 'A moose eats Dr. Joel Fleischman; that's it, the whole 60 minutes, just a moose eating a guy'

Answer: Northern Exposure


Question: 'After 62 years the U.S. is scheduled to relinquish wartime control of this nation's military'

Answer: South Korea


Question: 'He penned the bestseller "God, Guns & Rock 'n' Roll"'

Answer: Ted Nugent


Question: 'The Great Seal in use today was engraved from an 1885 master made by this NYC jewelry firm'

Answer: Tiffany & Co.


Question: 'An enigmatic word puzzle'

Answer: a riddle


Question: 'If you want to drive from Klerksdorp to Roodepoort in this country, head east & hang a left at Sasolburg'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'Congress kills the O.S.I. program; Oscar Goldman is directed to recycle title gal Jaime Sommers for spare parts'

Answer: The Bionic Woman


Question: 'An ancient Meso-American one of these is set to reset...gulp'

Answer: a calendar


Question: 'The animated movie "The Iron Giant" was based on a children's book by this late British poet laureate'

Answer: Ted Hughes


Question: 'The first sketch of the Great Seal in 1776 didn't include an eagle but did include this motto later seen in its beak'

Answer: E pluribus unum


Question: '(Jimmy of the clue crew shows an animation) When a current doubles back on itself, a type of miniature vortex is created, a phenomenon known by this name'

Answer: an eddy


Question: 'Sophocles ended the story of this king "at Colonus", a village where Sophocles himself lived'

Answer: Oedipus


Question: 'An amateur radio operator, or a type of hog meat'

Answer: ham


Question: 'Vonnegut's "The Children's Crusade: A Duty Dance with Death"'

Answer: Slaughterhouse-Five


Question: 'It was born in Seattle in 1971 & named for the first mate in "Moby Dick"'

Answer: Starbucks


Question: 'Vladimir Lenin was admitted to the bar & practiced this profession in Samara in 1892; many of his clients were peasants'

Answer: law


Question: 'As a teen, Paul composed this tune honoring his dad's music; his dad was the title age when the song came out in 1967'

Answer: "When I\'m Sixty Four"


Question: 'Born on Samos, he's the philosopher and mathematician in the illustration seen here'

Answer: Pythagoras


Question: 'It's an argument, maybe over whether "it's what's for dinner"'

Answer: beef


Question: 'Dodie Smith's "The Great Dog Robbery"'

Answer: 101 Dalmatians


Question: 'This food chain began in 1980, when Safer Way Natural Foods merged with Clarksville Natural Grocery'

Answer: Whole Foods


Question: 'Lenin avidly read "Das Kapital" & in 1889 became a follower of this philosophy named for the book's author'

Answer: Marxism


Question: 'Originally, the first 2 lines of this Beatles song were "she was just 17, never been a beauty queen"'

Answer: "I Saw Her Standing There"


Question: 'Leonidas' wins at this place got him the title "triple crowned" & brought him worship back home on Rhodes'

Answer: Olympia


Question: 'To waste little by little, or a fried treat similar to a doughnut'

Answer: fritter


Question: 'Thackeray's "A Novel Without a Hero"'

Answer: Vanity Fair


Question: 'The first drug-store in this chain began operating out of a Chicago hotel in 1901; in 2009 the 7,000th store opened'

Answer: Walgreens


Question: 'Lenin's merciless destruction of the opposition to the Bolsheviks cleared the way for this man's dictatorship'

Answer: Stalin


Question: 'The title of Paul's 2006 classical album "Ecce Cor Meum" translates as "Behold My" this'

Answer: Heart


Question: 'Epaminondas the Theban defeated this militaristic power in 371 B.C., sending it into decline'

Answer: Sparta


Question: 'A sweet coating on some doughnuts, or to fill with glass'

Answer: glaze


Question: 'Voltaire's "Optimism"'

Answer: Candide


Question: 'In 1998, after renaming their Backrub search engine, Larry Page & Sergey Brin incorporated under this name'

Answer: Google


Question: 'This military group formed under Lenin officially lost its colorful name in 1946'

Answer: the Red Army


Question: 'During a meeting, a frustrated George Harrison said, "if we ever get out of here", inspiring a lyric in this Wings No. 1 hit'

Answer: "Band On The Run"


Question: 'To hit repeatedly with short jabs, or a seasoning that can be ground fresh'

Answer: pepper


Question: 'Cormac McCarthy's "Blood" this: "the Evening Redness in the West"'

Answer: Meridian


Question: 'In 1917 Lenin used the slogan "all power to" these, from the Russian for "councils"'

Answer: the soviets


Question: 'Paul's album "Tug of War" closes with this duet that wishes for racial harmony'

Answer: "Ebony And Ivory"


Question: 'One type of this aquatic animal gives milk that's 65% fat; pups are weaned in 4 days, the least of any mammal'

Answer: the seal


Question: 'Finland has 3 national languages: Finnish & this one spoken by its neighbor'

Answer: Swedish


Question: 'Around 1831 Samuel Francis Smith wrote new lyrics to the following & called it this'

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


Question: 'Naively, World War I was dubbed "The War To End All" these'

Answer: Wars


Question: 'The Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra is a device which plays music in this alphanumeric format'

Answer: MP3


Question: 'Crispy Strips & Original Recipe chicken'

Answer: KFC


Question: 'Don't give the principal any of this mouth part that's used to form words'

Answer: lip


Question: '(Jeff Probst, host of Survivor, gives the clue from Vanuatu.)  The Ni-Vanuatu speak a pidgin language called Bislama.  You might tell a local, "Me no talk-talk Bislama", which means this'

Answer: I don\'t speak Bislama


Question: 'This song with a 3-word Scottish name may keep you up late one night a year'

Answer: "Auld Lang Syne"


Question: 'Breaking a long stalemate in the fighting, this country entered the war in April 1917'

Answer: the United States


Question: '"N-Gage" with this company's cell phone, wihch is also a portable game'

Answer: Nokia


Question: 'The Filet-O-Fish & Apple Dippers'

Answer: McDonald\'s


Question: 'God took this body part from Adam to make woman'

Answer: a rib


Question: 'Wu & Hakka are among the many dialect groups of this language'

Answer: Chinese


Question: 'A lack of swimming skills might lead you to sing this song'

Answer: "My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean"


Question: 'This variety of coat, seen here, bears the name of front-line fortifications used in World War I'

Answer: trench coat


Question: 'You can feel your way around a game using the Dualshock controller for this video game console'

Answer: PlayStation


Question: 'The Angus Steak Burger & The Croissan'wich'

Answer: Burger King


Question: 'Anyone cool knows this is a person's haunch'

Answer: hip


Question: 'Although Spanish is based on Latin, many of its words come from this language of the Moors'

Answer: Arabic


Question: 'This Civil War song was penned by an American feminist & peace advocate'

Answer: "The Battle Hymn Of The Republic"


Question: 'Kaiser Wilhelm II was this country's leader during the war'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'This company that sells Dimension computers now sells a GPS system for the Axim PDAs'

Answer: Dell


Question: 'The Frosty Dairy Dessert & The Big Bacon Classic'

Answer: Wendy\'s


Question: 'You'll find this body part at the center of a hurricane'

Answer: an eye


Question: 'Portuguese is spoken by more than 150 million people; 80% of them live in this country'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'This famous song of Naples is heard here'

Answer: "O Sole Mio"


Question: 'In asking for a declaration of war in 1917, Pres. Wilson said, "The world must be made safe for" this'

Answer: democracy


Question: 'With its Ofoto online service & Easyshare cameras, you'll never have to develop this company's film'

Answer: Kodak


Question: 'The Double Decker Taco & the 7-Layer Burrito'

Answer: Taco Bell


Question: 'Listen to Mark Antony, who might borrow one from a friend, Roman, or countryman'

Answer: an ear


Question: 'It's the minimum age for our Teen Tournament (good age for a bar mitzvah, too)'

Answer: 13


Question: 'This Yankee's Hall of Fame plaque says, "greatest drawing card in history of baseball"'

Answer: Babe Ruth


Question: 'The prom queen can wear this bouquet of flowers either on her wrist or pinned to her dress or purse'

Answer: corsage


Question: 'Animal symbol of the political party that convened in New York City in August 2004'

Answer: the elephant


Question: 'If you're converting dollars to bolivianos, you mean to do some spending on this continent'

Answer: South America


Question: 'As a student in Paris, this Polish-born woman lived on bread & tea but graduated first in her class in physics'

Answer: Marie Curie


Question: 'When a girl turns this "sweet" age, it's traditional to throw her a party'

Answer: 16


Question: 'In 2004 this giant of a player was walked a record 232 times, 120 of them intentional'

Answer: Barry Bonds


Question: 'The prom queen was glad that Mrs. Marcus, her favorite teacher, acted as one of these supervisors at the dance'

Answer: a chaperon


Question: 'The short-eared type of this bird hunts by day, but many others are strictly the "night" type'

Answer: the owl


Question: 'As of 2002 the Finnish markka & Austrian schilling were replaced by this'

Answer: the euro


Question: 'This German-born physicist said, "do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics; I can assure you that mine are... greater"'

Answer: Einstein


Question: 'The "Just for Teens" magazine full of stuff about the stars isn't called J-Lo, but J-this'

Answer: 14


Question: 'On the website of this young NBA star, you can sign up for Melo Mobile wireless service'

Answer: Carmelo Anthony


Question: 'Appropriately, the first dance for the prom queen & king was "Let's Get It Started" by this hip-hop group'

Answer: The Black Eyed Peas


Question: 'This breed of setter, known in Gaelic as modder rhu or "red dog", is noted for its exuberance'

Answer: the Irish Setter


Question: 'In 1995 the dollar hit a record low of 80 of this currency of a WWII opponent'

Answer: the yen


Question: 'He said he's lucky to have chosen theoretical physics--his work isn't affected by his degenerative disease'

Answer: Stephen Hawking


Question: 'If you want to be Miss America, you have to be at least this old'

Answer: 17


Question: 'Jordin Tootoo made a long trip south to Nashville & became the first NHL player of this native ancestry'

Answer: Inuit (Eskimo)


Question: 'Since the prom was June 23, the queen picked this Shakespearean fairy tale as the theme'

Answer: A Midsummer Night\'s Dream


Question: 'The animal most closely related to humans, it's excitable, curious & needs companionship'

Answer: the chimpanzee


Question: 'Australia & this nearby country of 3.9 million people use a currency called the dollar'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'For 10 years, this German worked in his free time, inventing the internal-combustion engine named for him'

Answer: (Rudolph) Diesel


Question: 'In 2002 Prince Harry got his own coat of arms when he turned this age'

Answer: 18


Question: 'Eddie George plays this NFL position, & Ricky Williams did'

Answer: running back


Question: 'The prom queen should know that prom is short for this, a fancy word for a stroll'

Answer: promenade


Question: 'It's not a social insect like an ant, but it follows "social" to describe a person who gets around'

Answer: butterfly


Question: 'Belarus shares the name of this unit of currency with a larger neighbor'

Answer: the ruble


Question: 'A unit of measure is named for this Italian count who by age 18 had devoted himself to the study of electricity'

Answer: (Alessandro) Volta


Question: 'Born Edwin in 1930, this Apollo astronaut legally changed his name in 1982 to his popular nickname'

Answer: Buzz Aldrin


Question: 'Because it disproportionately affects childless women, it was once known as the "Nun's Disease"'

Answer: breast cancer


Question: '1977:<br />John Travolta strikes a pose & points his finger to the sky'

Answer: Saturday Night Fever


Question:
'Strikes,
coins in the fountain,
sheets to the wind'

Answer: three


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew leads a black lab over a small obstacle-course bridge.)  Now in a well-deserved retirement, the heroic black lab Murphy worked to save lives in this state capital in 1995, the event that led to the creation of the Search Dog Foundation'

Answer: Oklahoma City


Question: 'Determined by a coin toss, this Oregon city's name honors the one in Maine'

Answer: Portland


Question: 'He was the world's No. 1 ranked tennis player for 1999'

Answer: Andre Agassi


Question: 'On Sept. 30, 2004 this popular arthritis drug was withdrawn due to concerns about its effect on heart health'

Answer: Vioxx


Question: '1978:<br />Mick, Keith & the boys smile & smirk in wig catalog ads'

Answer: Some Girls


Question:
'A marionette,
an offer with hidden conditions,
a yo-yo'

Answer: things with strings


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew, in a yellow hard hat, squats with a search dog in a pile of rubble.)  Part of a disaster search dog's training is to ignore every scent except this'

Answer: human (scent)


Question: 'With a little "faith", you'll find this state capital in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo mountains'

Answer: Santa Fe


Question: 'Amazed, astonished, staggered, dumbstruck....'

Answer: flabbergasted


Question: 'This itchy ailment is also called atopic dermatitis'

Answer: eczema


Question: '1973:<br />Against a black background, a prism bends a beam of light into a colorful spectrum'

Answer: Dark Side of the Moon


Question:
'Mangabey,
rhesus,
proboscis'

Answer: monkeys


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew leads a black lab over a moving obstacle-course bridge.)  Trained on moving obstacles, over a quarter of the nation's certified search dog task forces are based in this state due to its frequent earthquakes'

Answer: California


Question: 'Named for an Indian tribe, this Washington city hosted Expo '74'

Answer: Spokane


Question: 'This mythological animal carries Zeus' thunder & lightning'

Answer: Pegasus


Question: 'Its fair-skinned, non-indigenous population gave this country of 20 million the world's highest skin cancer rate'

Answer: Australia


Question: '1973:<br />Paul McCartney & 8 others including James Coburn & Christopher Lee are caught by a police spotlight'

Answer: Band on the Run


Question:
'Nelson,
of hosts,
Conrad's Jim'

Answer: Lords


Question:
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew unleashes a black lab in the training course.)  The bark alert is one of the tests a dog must pass to be on a search team certified by this Department of Homeland Security agency

"Search!"
"Rrowr rrowr rrowr!"'

Answer: FEMA


Question: 'See this town, see it run along the only road in Hickman County, Tennessee'

Answer: Spot


Question: 'This country is located across the Mozambique Channel from the coast of Africa'

Answer: Madagascar


Question: 'Doctors use this word, from the Latin for "convenient", for infections striking a weak immune system'

Answer: opportunistic


Question: '1978:<br />Billy Joel leans against an alley wall holding a trumpet'

Answer: 52nd Street


Question:
'Corps,
raspberry,
pneumonia'

Answer: words with a silent "P"


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew poses near an overturned tanker truck with a search dog, who busies himself sniffing the ground.)  People have about five million of these specialized cells to detect scent; canines like Dawson the search dog have over a hundred million'

Answer: olfactory receptor cells


Question: 'Popular with shoppers, this Pa. town was named for a tavern that was named after Frederick the Great'

Answer: King of Prussia


Question: 'To denote excessive politeness, it follows "After you, Alphonse"'

Answer: No, Gaston, after you ("After you, Gaston" accepted)


Question: 'Just like Rome, this Ottoman capital, formerly Constantinople, was built on 7 hills'

Answer: Istanbul