Question: 'It's a 7-letter word for a fellow Communist Party member, Tovarich'

Answer: comrade


Question: 'This Wisconsin school was the first Catholic university to admit women'

Answer: Marquette


Question: 'He's the title Antoine de Saint-Exupery character seen here'

Answer: The Little Prince


Question: 'For April Fool's Day 1998, Burger King announced a new left-handed one of these, with the toppings rotated 180o'

Answer: the Whopper


Question: 'Hey hey hey! He's the junior seen here'

Answer: Bill Cosby


Question: 'Once featured on a U.S. coin, she was past 80 when she founded the International Woman Suffrage Alliance'

Answer: Susan B. Anthony


Question: 'Dude! This totally means favoring extreme political reforms...whoa! It's also a math term? Righteous!'

Answer: a radical


Question: 'This D.C. school adopted the colors gray & blue to symbolize the reunification of the nation after the Civil War'

Answer: Georgetown


Question: 'His 1843 play "The Burgraves" failed miserably, but his 1862 novel "Les Miserables" was a smash'

Answer: Victor Hugo


Question: 'Seen here are Washington Huskies fans, victims of the old flip-card switcheroo, at this bowl game in 1961'

Answer: the Rose Bowl


Question: 'We'll show you the money if you know this star's TD dance in "Jerry Maguire" was choreographed by Paula Abdul'

Answer: Cuba Gooding, Jr.


Question: 'This English physicist was working as Master of the Mint at his death at age 84 in 1727'

Answer: Isaac Newton


Question: 'It means to give up a fugitive to another nation'

Answer: extradite


Question: 'In the 1890s Marshall Field donated land for this city-named university'

Answer: the University of Chicago


Question: 'To speak "Candide"-ly, in 1717 this author was imprisoned in the Bastille'

Answer: Voltaire


Question: 'In 1933 Harvard hooligans fishnapped the "Sacred" this, a carving in the Massachusetts State House'

Answer: the Sacred Cod


Question: 'This country star sang the Monday Night Football theme song for ABC from 1989 to 2005'

Answer: Hank Williams, Jr.


Question: 'When his son Robert E. Lee was born, this Revolutionary War hero was more than 50 years old'

Answer: Henry Lee


Question: 'To sit with one leg on each side, as on a horse'

Answer: straddle


Question: 'After a millionaire was murdered by his valet, this Houston univ. that he endowed got to open its doors sooner'

Answer: Rice


Question: 'Get an "F" in literature & name this author who penned "Madame Bovary"'

Answer: (Gustave) Flaubert


Question: 'In 1805 this frontier novelist was kicked out of Yale, possibly for seating a donkey in a professor's chair'

Answer: James Fenimore Cooper


Question: 'This junior is an excellent driver--he won the 2004 Daytona 500'

Answer: Dale Earnhardt, Jr.


Question: 'This Italian composer wrote his opera "Falstaff" when he was 79 years old'

Answer: Verdi


Question: 'To destroy a disease utterly'

Answer: eradicate


Question: 'Only 50 years old when he left office, he was our nation's youngest ex-president'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'By definition, a person with Type 1 diabetes is dependent on this'

Answer: Insulin


Question: 'Of B.A., B.B., B.C. or B.D., the one in "Doonesbury"'

Answer: B.D.


Question: 'Ask for directions in Waikiki & you may be told "mauka", toward the mountains, or "makai", toward this'

Answer: Ocean


Question: 'Much of her play "Murder on the Nile" takes place by the temple of Abu Simbel'

Answer: Agatha Christie


Question: 'This New York governor is the son of immigrant parents from Salerno, Italy'

Answer: Mario Cuomo


Question: '"Joy of Cooking" suggests adding paprika & lemon juice to the juice of this fermented cabbage'

Answer: Sauerkraut


Question: 'Emotional instability & irritability are symptoms of this condition abbreviated PMS'

Answer: Pre-Menstrual Syndrome


Question: 'This character's last name, Andrews, has only been mentioned on a TV special, never in the strip:<br />[video clue]'

Answer: Cathy


Question: 'The area where William Penn came ashore in 1682 is now Penn's Landing, a park in this city'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'This title teacher tells her little girls, "I am dedicated to you in my prime"'

Answer: Miss Jean Brodie


Question: 'As a child, he billed himself as "Davino, the Boy Magician"; now he uses this Dickens name'

Answer: David Copperfield


Question: 'Ancient Egyptians used this hair dye on the soles of their feet, too'

Answer: Henna


Question: 'Attacks occur about every fourth day in the quartan form of this mosquito-transmitted disease'

Answer: Malaria


Question: 'In this Viking strip, Dr. Zouk adopted a baby dragon'

Answer: Hagar the Horrible


Question: 'VMI's museum has one of these stuffed & mounted that belonged to Stonewall Jackson'

Answer: Horse


Question: 'Set in a state mental hospital in the Pacific Northwest, this 1963 play is based on a Ken Kesey novel'

Answer: One Flew Over The Cuckoo\'s Nest


Question: 'In 1993 Don Juan de Borbon y Battenberg, the 79-year-old father of this monarch, passed away'

Answer: King Juan Carlos


Question: 'The Perry Ellis Award is presented to people in this field'

Answer: Fashion design


Question: 'From the Greek for "beautiful strong", it's an exercise program that will shape you up'

Answer: calisthenics


Question: 'He's Mother Goose's dog'

Answer: Grimm


Question: 'The Truman Sports Complex in this city isn't home to the presidents, but to the Chiefs'

Answer: Kansas City


Question: 'This play about a jury is based on a classic "Studio One" teleplay by Reginald Rose'

Answer: 12 Angry Men


Question: 'This "20/20" host got his start in television as the MC for "The Kukla, Fran & Ollie Show"'

Answer: Hugh Downs


Question: 'In 1505, Prince Jean the II was murdered by his brother Lucien in this tiny principality on the Riviera'

Answer: Monaco


Question: 'The walking type of this disease is caused by mycoplasma bacteria'

Answer: Pneumonia


Question: 'Blondie's now a caterer & Lois from "Hi and Lois" is this type of agent'

Answer: Real estate agent


Question: 'Halls of fame in this city include those for softball & cowboys'

Answer: Oklahoma City


Question: 'The 1957 play "Miss Lonelyhearts" is dedicated to the memory of this author who wrote the novel'

Answer: Nathanael West


Question: 'This current chairman of the Federal Reserve Board was an ardent follower & friend of Ayn Rand'

Answer: Alan Greenspan


Question: 'The National Gallery of Victoria is in this Australian city, capital of the state of Victoria'

Answer: Melbourne


Question: 'The Mother & the Father are two active ones of these on New Britain Island in the Bismarck Archipelago'

Answer: Volcanoes


Question: 'Terence said this "removes distress; it's a great wound-healer, too"'

Answer: Time


Question: 'Much of the fossil ivory found in the tundra is from these wooly animals'

Answer: Mammoths


Question: 'This state's largest public library is in Sioux Falls'

Answer: South Dakota


Question: 'A method of trying to predict the future scientifically was named for this oracle'

Answer: Delphic oracle


Question: 'When Mary was born, her father was the Duke of this, a title now held by Prince Andrew'

Answer: York


Question: 'The Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros lies in this ocean in the Mozambique Channel'

Answer: Indian Ocean


Question: 'Publilius Cyrus said this about a rolling stone way back in the 1st century B.C.'

Answer: It gathers no moss


Question: 'Term for a partial denture'

Answer: Bridge


Question: 'The USA's oldest library building is the Redwood Library, built between 1748-1750 in Newport, in this state'

Answer: Rhode Island


Question: 'Dementia pugilistica is so named because it often affects people in this sport'

Answer: Boxing


Question: 'Like many monarchs before them, William & Mary were crowned in this London landmark'

Answer: Westminster Abbey


Question: 'In the mid-19th century the Sultan of Zanzibar established Dar es Salaam, which means "haven of" this'

Answer: Peace


Question: '"Friends have all things in common" is a wise saying from one of his dialogues'

Answer: Plato


Question: 'It's the dentist's term for "heavily-wedged" & applies to some wisdom teeth'

Answer: Impacted


Question: 'The U.S. Copyright Office is one of its departments'

Answer: Library of Congress


Question: 'Ailurophobia is the fear of these pets'

Answer: Cats


Question: 'In his diary he wrote about the couple as children, calling William "very pretty" & Mary "a fine dancer"'

Answer: Samuel Pepys


Question: 'Ajman, Abu Dhabi & Dubai are 3 of this nation's 7 autonomous states'

Answer: United Arab Emirates


Question: '"There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man", this playwright warned in "Medea"'

Answer: Euripides


Question: 'This cooking term is Italian for "to the tooth"'

Answer: Al dente


Question: 'Founded in 1895, the Carnegie Library is this city's main public library'

Answer: Pittsburgh


Question: 'This philosophical movement associated with Sartre inspired a form of psychotherapy'

Answer: Existentialism


Question: 'William was born in 1650, the year after this king, his maternal grandfather, was beheaded'

Answer: Charles I


Question: 'Once known as Urga, this capital city is the cultural center of Mongolia'

Answer: Ulan Bator


Question: '"Old men are children for a second time", observed this playwright in "The Clouds"'

Answer: Aristophanes


Question: 'These teeth are found between your lateral incisors & your first pre-molars'

Answer: Canines


Question: 'This Oxford library was stripped of books around 1550 but reopened 50 years later'

Answer: Bodleian Library


Question: 'This syndrome is characterized by involuntary tics, odd noises & shouted obscenities'

Answer: Tourette\'s Syndrome


Question: 'Popular name given the 1688 English Revolution that brought them to the throne'

Answer: Glorious Revolution


Question: 'Jonathan Swift defined it as "A glass wherein beholders discover everybody's face but their own"'

Answer: Satire


Question: 'Kitty coughs up these somewhat spherical masses because she licks herself a lot (hey, try combing her more often!)'

Answer: hairballs


Question: 'The NFL's Titans tower over this town'

Answer: Nashville


Question: 'Portland, Oregon'

Answer: Pacific


Question: 'The Michauxes added pedals to the front wheel of a velocipede & became the "fathers of" this vehicle'

Answer: the bicycle


Question: 'Former presidential candidate Bill Richardson'

Answer: New Mexico


Question: 'In her June 2008 concession speech she admitted, "Well, this isn't exactly the party I'd planned"'

Answer: Hillary Clinton


Question: 'Some acne creams contain the slime of these coil-shelled gastropods famed for their slowness'

Answer: snails


Question: 'College football's Cornhuskers battle in this burg'

Answer: Lincoln


Question: 'Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania'

Answer: Eastern


Question: 'One line of the Montreal Metro, this type of transportation, passes beneath the St. Lawrence River'

Answer: a subway


Question: 'Jeb Bush successor Charlie Crist'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'In 1901 he advised, "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far"'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'When these medicinal worms finish sucking your blood, they drop off; alert your nurse when this happens'

Answer: leeches


Question: 'MLB's Rays shine over this place (St. Petersburg, specifically)'

Answer: Tampa (Bay)


Question: 'Provo, Utah'

Answer: Mountain


Question: 'The Pan-American Highway's southernmost point is Puerto Montt, 560 miles south of Santiago in this country'

Answer: Chile


Question: 'Jon Corzine'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'At her inquest this woman who inspired a rhyme said, "I knew there was an old axe down cellar, that is all I knew"'

Answer: Lizzie Borden


Question: 'In 2008, 2 teens from this Mass. cape went a little buggy & sold jewelry made from dead cicadas'

Answer: Cape Cod


Question: 'The NHL's Coyotes have a howling good time here (well, Glendale, actually)'

Answer: Phoenix


Question: 'Birmingham, Alabama'

Answer: Central


Question: 'First used in Japan in the 1870s, this 2-wheeled cart is pulled by a runner who may pull up to 30 miles a day'

Answer: a rickshaw


Question: 'Bobby Jindal, who replaced Kathleen Blanco'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'This author concluded a famous novel with the line "After all, tomorrow is another day"'

Answer: Margaret Mitchell


Question: 'A tick bit me!  I've got a blotchy rash!  I'm vomiting!  I may have this disease with a mountain range in its name!'

Answer: Rocky Mountain (spotted) fever


Question: 'The MLS' Earthquakes shake things up for this city (they play in Santa Clara & Oakland, really)'

Answer: San Jose


Question: 'Quebec City,<br />Canada'

Answer: Eastern


Question: 'This light Russian sleigh, whose name means "a group of 3", is pulled by 3 horses'

Answer: a troika


Question: 'Rick Perry'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'This British physicist has been quoted as saying, "My goal is simple, it is a complete understanding of the universe"'

Answer: Stephen Hawking


Question: 'The flags of Berlin, Germany & this Swiss capital both have bears on them'

Answer: Bern


Question: 'Are you watching this CBS reality show that hit its 10th edition in 2008, or is it watching you?'

Answer: Big Brother


Question: '"She Would Not Be Moved" is the story of this woman & the Montgomery bus boycott of the 1950s'

Answer: Rosa Parks


Question: 'Hyphenated term used in math to describe a line, & in movie reviews to describe a character without depth'

Answer: one-dimensional


Question: 'Romantic painters liked nighttime, as in Friedrich's 1822 canvas showing this rising over the sea'

Answer: the Moon


Question: 'The ASPCA is the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to these'

Answer: Animals


Question: 'Until 2002 the flag of this African nation had a large "R" on it'

Answer: Rwanda


Question: 'This fall '08 Fox show kicked off with a plane landing at Logan Airport with no one on it alive'

Answer: Fringe


Question: 'This "Stuart Little" author also co-wrote the handbook "The Elements of Style"'

Answer: E.B. White


Question: 'This basic geom. figure contains 2 dimensions: on a map surface they're normally longitude & latitude'

Answer: a plane


Question: 'The Byzantines kept busy making these, in which small pieces form big pictures on floors, walls & ceilings'

Answer: mosaics


Question: 'In 1999 Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman astronaut, visited this, the ISS'

Answer: the International Space Station


Question: 'American Samoa's flag includes this American bird grasping symbols of Samoan authority'

Answer: the eagle


Question: 'This '80s teen actress plays a mom on "The Secret Life of the American Teenager"'

Answer: Molly Ringwald


Question: 'This book that tackled the topic of football in a Texas town inspired a film & a TV series'

Answer: Friday Night Lights


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew points to a diagram on the monitor.)  To model space in three dimensions, you have to go beyond Descartes' usual letters & label points along this axis'

Answer: the z-axis


Question: 'This British artist, known for a famous "Boy", gave us the girl seen here'

Answer: Gainsborough


Question: 'nsec stands for this very brief amount of time'

Answer: a nanosecond


Question: 'The stripes on Argentina's flag are in "celeste y blanca", this shade of blue & white'

Answer: sky blue


Question: 'Sam & Dean cruise the U.S. in a '67 Impala battling demons (& gas prices?) on this drama'

Answer: Supernatural


Question: 'Mitch Albom's weekly visits with a dying teacher spawned this mega-bestseller'

Answer: Tuesdays with Morrie


Question: 'Don't lose the thread--there are 10 or so dimensions in this physics theory'

Answer: string theory


Question: 'A woodcut is this raised type of printing, also a kind of map'

Answer: a relief


Question: 'When used of time, the abbreviation P.M. means this "meridiem"'

Answer: post


Question: 'This North African nation's flag features a green... has a green... well, it's just all green'

Answer: Libya


Question: 'Zooey's sister, this actress is the lovely "Bones"'

Answer: Emily Deschanel


Question: 'This 1950 classic by Thor Heyerdahl is subtitled "Across the Pacific by Raft"'

Answer: Kon-Tiki


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew displays an animation on the monitor.) The snowflake curve, a geometric pattern repeated at smaller scales, has fractional dimensions; it's this type of shape related to the word "fractional"'

Answer: a fractal


Question: 'Otto Van Veen--here's his "Lamentation"--taught this greatest northern Baroque painter--here's his'

Answer: Rubens


Question: 'To look at soft tissue, you might need an MRI, which stands for magnetic resonance this'

Answer: imaging


Question: 'Unveiled in 1923, the statue seen here of this man is located on the south side of the Treasury Building'

Answer: Alexander Hamilton


Question: 'A 1995 review said that her "prose has vastly improved since the Baroque excesses of 'Interview With The Vampire"''

Answer: Anne Rice


Question: 'Crockett & Tubbs were always cruising trendy beach hotspots on this influential '80s TV series'

Answer: Miami Vice


Question: 'The oldest working theater in this U.K. country is in the town of Dumfries'

Answer: Scotland


Question:
'State that produced the accent of the U.S. president seen here

At my direction, after complete and thorough consultation and agreement with the government..."'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'On June 4, 1896 he completed assembly of his first auto, the quadricycle, in Detroit'

Answer: Henry Ford


Question: 'In a children's game, it precedes "the-leader"'

Answer: follow


Question: 'Margaret Atwood reviewed this woman's "Beloved" for the New York Times & called it "another triumph"'

Answer: Toni Morrison


Question: 'For awhile in "Beach Blanket Bingo" this actor romances Linda Evans, not Annette'

Answer: Frankie Avalon


Question: 'Notre Dame is a town within the boundaries of this Indiana city'

Answer: South Bend


Question: '"Pahk the cah in Hahvahd Yahd" is the classic line identifying the accent of this city'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'In 1863 he, Maurice Clark & Samuel Andrews founded a Cleveland oil company: in 1870 it changed its named to Standard Oil'

Answer: John D. Rockefeller


Question: 'Nobody can deny, "He's a jolly, good" one'

Answer: fellow


Question: 'In a 1999 review Stephen King called this title character a Count Dracula for the computer age'

Answer: Hannibal Lecter


Question: 'A guest house on the beachfront estate of wealthy Robin Masters is the home of this title TV detective'

Answer: Magnum, P.I.


Question: 'The first U.S. wireless station was set up in this New York town with a "talkative" biblical name'

Answer: Babylon


Question: 'Dropping the "R" from soitain woids is associated with this borough that includes Flatbush'

Answer: Brooklyn


Question: 'In 1895 he introduced the first camera that would fit into a pocket'

Answer: George Eastman


Question: 'It describes farmland that's left unseeded for a growing season or two'

Answer: fallow


Question: 'This author's "One L ", about the first year of law school, read "as if it were the most absorbing of thrillers"'

Answer: Scott Turow


Question: 'This actor rolls on the sand & in the surf with Deborah Kerr in "From Here to Eternity"'

Answer: Burt Lancaster


Question: 'This suburb of Chicago, once home to Al Capone, was named for a Roman orator'

Answer: Cicero, Illinois


Question: 'Though Fargo is in North Dakota, the 1996 film "Fargo" featured the accent of this state'

Answer: Minnesota


Question: 'In 1872 this 25-year-old Prussian bought a Denver bottling company & founded a brewery'

Answer: (Adolph) Coors


Question: 'This hard animal fat is used in candles & soap'

Answer: tallow


Question: 'Reviewing "Beowulf", the Times called this Irish poet "arguably the finest poet now writing in English"'

Answer: Seamus Heaney


Question: 'Fred Astaire's first dramatic role was in this 1959 post-nuclear war Nevil Shute drama set partly in Australia'

Answer: On the Beach


Question: 'The town of Jasper is in Jasper National Park in this Canadian province'

Answer: Alberta


Question:
'The person heard here grew up in this area of L.A. between the Santa Monica & San Gabriel mountains

"And I was like, 'Oh my God, whatever!' and Tiffany was like, 'For sure, you know, like...'"'

Answer: the San Fernando Valley


Question: 'This man's name is on the can, but it was John Dorrance who developed condensed soup for his company'

Answer: (Joseph) Campbell


Question: 'Donovan only made it to No. 2 with this song, his second-biggest hit'

Answer: "Mellow Yellow"


Question: 'In 1999 Maurice Ashley became the first black American international grandmaster in this'

Answer: chess


Question: 'In 1977 they were one of the biggest bands in the world & Steve Miller told us to fly like one of them'

Answer: The Eagles


Question: 'In March 1966 the USSR's Venera 3 became the first space probe to physically touch another planet, this one'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'Syracuse is one of several New York cities noted for having haunted hayrides during this month'

Answer: October


Question: 'This Greek came bearing fables with morals like "The gods help those who help themselves"'

Answer: Aesop


Question: 'This term for coffee is also a man's nickname'

Answer: Joe


Question: 'In 1888 William Hunton became the 1st black full-time sec. of this organization where "It's fun to stay"'

Answer: YMCA


Question: 'This '60s "White Rabbit" band mutated into Starship in the 80s'

Answer: Jefferson Airplane


Question: 'In 1955 physicists Owen Chamberlain & Emilio Segre discovered the antiproton, which has this kind of charge'

Answer: negative


Question: 'If you fly over Iowa, you'll see lots of this leading crop that accounts for about 18% of the USA's production'

Answer: corn


Question: 'This doctor suggested an intrauterine device for women hoping to prevent pregnancy'

Answer: Hippocrates


Question: 'They performed "Won't Get Fooled Again" when they reunited to play Live Aid in 1985'

Answer: The Who


Question: 'Meeting Edith Jones, the first black to attend the Univ. of Ark. Medical School, inspired this later surgeon-general'

Answer: Joycelyn Elders


Question: 'In 1965 this group flew straight to the top of the charts with the Bob Dylan tune "Mr. Tambourine Man"'

Answer: The Byrds


Question: 'The European type of this bovine, called a wisent, is taller but lighter than the American type'

Answer: a buffalo


Question: 'Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman said he wants this Washington. D.C. "Institution" to open a museum in Vegas'

Answer: the Smithsonian


Question: 'In 423 B.C. Cratinus took the festival prize with the play "The Bottle", beating this author of "The Clouds"'

Answer: Aristophanes


Question: '3-letter name for the style of paintbrush seen here'

Answer: a fan


Question: 'She appeared in over 300 films & was the first black actress to win an Oscar'

Answer: Hattie McDaniel


Question: 'The dreadlocked Adam Duritz fronts this band whose debut album was "August and Everything After"'

Answer: the Counting Crows


Question: 'This physics term refers to the study of extremely low temperatures'

Answer: cryogenics


Question: 'Once an immigration station & now known for its hiking trails, Angel Island, seen here, is in this California bay'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'He didn't have a screw loose, he defined the principle of the lever, among other things'

Answer: Archimedes


Question: 'In Psalms, "Thy" this "and thy staff, they comfort me"'

Answer: rod


Question: 'She was not the first African-American in the Texas Senate, but she was the first African-American woman there'

Answer: Barbara Jordan


Question: 'This group was in the pink in 1959 with "I Only Have Eyes For You"'

Answer: The Flamingos


Question: 'Most spiders have 6 of these short, fingerlike organs with which to create silk'

Answer: spinnerets


Question: 'Born in Mexico in 1907 to expatriate American Mormons, George Romney served as gov. of this U.S. state in the 1960s'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'One female gamete'

Answer: egg


Question: 'He was nominated for Best Director twice in the same year, the first so honored since Michael Curtiz for 1938'

Answer: Steven Soderbergh


Question: 'April 9, 1865, Appomattox Court House:<br />These 2 leaders'

Answer: Lee & Grant


Question: 'God breathed life into some of this to create Adam & told Adam he'd return to it'

Answer: dust


Question: 'The 1987 gov't safety guidelines for these 2-word backyard items included a max temperature of 104 degrees'

Answer: hot tubs


Question: 'A loud, resonant sound, or a time of prosperity'

Answer: a boom


Question: 'Yoko Ono married him in 1969'

Answer: John Lennon


Question: 'This hormone secreted by the pancreas controls your carbohydrate metabolism'

Answer: insulin


Question: 'July 29, 1981, St. Paul's Cathedral:<br />This couple (& 2,700 of their guests)'

Answer: Charles & Diana


Question: 'God made Eve while Adam was doing this'

Answer: sleeping


Question: 'Some scientists think this "hot Earth" phenomenon is natural; others think it's caused by human activity'

Answer: global warming


Question: 'Trucks in reverse do this to signal people behind them; the Rostra obstacle sensing system does it to alert the driver'

Answer: beep


Question: 'This son was born in 1975'

Answer: Sean


Question: 'A carbohydrate contains 4 of these energy units per gram, as opposed to 9 for a gram of fat'

Answer: a calorie


Question: 'July 20, 1969, Mare Tranquillitatus:<br />These 2 men'

Answer: Armstrong & Aldrin


Question: 'In Chapter 41, Pharaoh tells Joseph about his dream about 14 of these, half fat, half lean'

Answer: cattle


Question: 'The temperature in Tirat Tsvi in this country reached 129 in 1942 (& you thought the West Bank was a hot spot)'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'A baserunner reacting  quickly is said to be "off with" this "of the bat"'

Answer: the crack


Question: 'The Grammy-winning "Double" album she co-created in 1980'

Answer: Double Fantasy


Question: 'The main component of the cell walls of plants, this complex carbohydrate is what termites eat'

Answer: cellulose


Question: 'June 25, 1876, the Montana Territory:<br />This lt. col., under Gen. Alfred Terry, & his 200-man unit'

Answer: Custer


Question: 'Chapter 1 says God placed the lights in this “of the heaven”'

Answer: the firmament


Question: 'Temperatures on this planet can range from -280 degrees to 800 degrees in a single day'

Answer: Mercury


Question: 'A  feud ensued in the 1840s when Edwin Forrest made this sibilant sound watching rival actor William Macready'

Answer: hissing


Question: 'Yoko's song "Hiroshima Sky Is Always Blue" was released in this year, 50 years after the first atomic bomb'

Answer: 1995


Question: 'The name of this variety of complex carbohydrate comes from an Old German word meaning "to be rigid"'

Answer: starch


Question: 'November 20, 1975, Madrid:<br />This head of state becomes dead; he still is'

Answer: Francisco Franco


Question: 'We don't know what Noah did before the flood, but afterward he grew these'

Answer: grapes


Question: 'Also a type of salmon, it's a strong, hot & dry wind that comes from the Rocky Mountains'

Answer: the Chinook


Question: 'Some dictionaries give "thump" as a synonym of this dull sound that's often on the same page'

Answer: thud (thunk accepted)


Question: 'The current Japanese emperor who was an elementary school classmate of Yoko's'

Answer: Akihito


Question: 'Carbohydrates are predominantly made up of these three elements'

Answer: carbon, hydrogen & oxygen


Question: 'This famous brother, the younger of the two, flew into the world in Dayton, Ohio on August 19, 1871'

Answer: Orville Wright


Question: 'For "The Odd Couple"<br />(1965)'

Answer: Walter Matthau


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew walks on the CIA seal in CIA Headquarters in Langley, VA.)  On the CIA seal, the global directions from which information comes are symbolized by this sixteen-pointed star'

Answer: a compass rose


Question: 'The bulb used in cooking rarely produces seeds; most people break it into cloves & plant them'

Answer: garlic


Question: 'This former Disney executive has produced films like "Shrek" & "Chicken Run"'

Answer: Katzenberg


Question: 'Models of this British motorcycle include the Tiger, Bonneville & Daytona 600'

Answer: a Triumph


Question: 'Floridians might be surprised to find Dayton is on a low floodplain of this "Great" river'

Answer: the (Great) Miami (River)


Question: 'For "Cyrano de Bergerac"<br />(1947)'

Answer: Jose Ferrer


Question: 'Only the President can direct the CIA to start a covert action, & it's usually at the recommendation of this council'

Answer: the National Security Council


Question: 'One of these on a rose plant may have over 300,000 stomata, or pores'

Answer: a leaf


Question: 'These spunky kids drawn by Rudolph Dirks debuted in the comics in 1897'

Answer: the Katzenjammer Kids


Question: 'This clear, watery, circulating fluid removes bacteria & certain proteins from tissues of the human body'

Answer: lymph


Question: 'Life was "A Bowl of Cherries" for this Dayton-born author, who also penned a column called "At Wit's End"'

Answer: Erma Bombeck


Question: 'For "Mister Roberts"<br />(1948)'

Answer: Henry Fonda


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew points to a keyboarded box in a museum exhibit in CIA Headquarters in Langley, VA.)  This code machine, whose name is from the Greek for "to speak in riddles", was cracked by the Poles in 1939'

Answer: the ENIGMA Machine


Question: 'So named because some mimic animal sensibilities, this plant shares its name with a popular brunch potent potable'

Answer: a mimosa


Question: 'Both Joel Grey & this "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" actress started out with the last name Katz'

Answer: Phoebe Cates


Question: 'Named for a god, it can simply be any touring car, or a light, 4-wheeled open carriage drawn by 2 horses'

Answer: a phaeton


Question: 'In 1879 Dayton's James Ritty made a "mechanical drawer" that was developed into NCR products; NCR, "National" this'

Answer: Cash Register


Question: 'For "A Man for All Seasons"<br />(1962)'

Answer: Paul Scofield


Question: 'This 1950s CIA director was a stern Cold Warrior like his brother the Secretary of State'

Answer: Allen Dulles


Question: 'It's the genus of the plant known as marijuana'

Answer: Cannabis


Question: 'Sir Bernard Katz won a Nobel Prize for his work on these chemicals that send nerve impulses across a synapse'

Answer: neurotransmitters


Question: 'From the Arabic for "successor", he's the secular & religious head of a Muslim state'

Answer: the caliph


Question: '1995's Dayton Accords aimed to end the conflict in this double-named country'

Answer: Bosnia-Herzegovina


Question: 'For "Amadeus"<br />(1981)'

Answer: Ian McKellen


Question: 'The atrium at CIA headquarters has a model of the plane in which this man was shot down by the Soviets in 1960'

Answer: Francis Gary Powers


Question: 'If you'd like to produce your own saffron, you have to plant a species of this flower'

Answer: a crocus


Question: 'New York artist Alan Katz was a leader of this "New" style of art & captured friends on canvas like Elaine de Kooning'

Answer: the New Realism


Question: 'Written to an associate, it's the shortest of Paul's epistles'

Answer: Philemon


Question: '"The Babysitter Murders" was the working title for this 1978 thriller'

Answer: Halloween


Question: 'You can cross this city's Francis Scott Key Bridge by the dawn's early light'

Answer: Baltimore


Question: 'Between TV stints as Andy Griffith's son & Tom Bosley's son, he played Henry Fonda's son on "The Smith Family"'

Answer: Ron Howard


Question: 'KO is this company that wants to K.O. PEP (Pepsico)'

Answer: Coca-Cola


Question: 'Joan Embery's version of Animal House'

Answer: Zoo


Question: 'This organization was krippled in 1925 when D.C. Stephenson, a grand dragon, was convicted of murder'

Answer: Ku Klux Klan


Question: 'Propane-fueled burners provide this to lift balloons; politicians make their own'

Answer: Hot air


Question: 'In 1937 the Loyalists in Spain made this city their capital'

Answer: Barcelona


Question: 'In 1979 this Canadian made his U.S. TV debut on "Letters From Frank" & added the initial "J." to his name'

Answer: Michael J. Fox


Question: 'We hope you're not "stuck on" this company, JNJ, but they do'

Answer: Johnson & Johnson


Question: 'Below par, off one's feed, under the weather, in short -- this'

Answer: Ill


Question: 'Britain's longest trial ended in 1997 with 2 pamphleteers found guilty of libeling this fast-food company'

Answer: McDonald\'s


Question: 'In 1984 Joe Kittinger in Rosie O' Grady's matched this Lindbergh feat in the Spirit of St. Louis'

Answer: Crossing the Atlantic, non-stop & solo


Question: 'Aurelia Aquensis in ancient times, you may want to take a "double" dip in this German city's baths'

Answer: Baden-Baden


Question: 'From 1981 to 1985 Orson Welles provided the voice of the elusive Robin Masters on this series'

Answer: Magnum P.I.


Question: 'HD isn't Hugh Downs, but this do-it-yourself store'

Answer: Home Depot


Question: 'Splash guard for a baby'

Answer: Bib


Question: 'Clarence Darrow & Jimmy Hoffa faced trial for tampering with these to affect earlier trials'

Answer: Juries


Question: 'In 1783 Jacques Charles took flight No. 1 of a balloon filled with this gas, atomic No. 1'

Answer: Hydrogen


Question: 'Its first name was F-E-L-S-I-N-A, not O-S-C-A-R'

Answer: Bologna


Question: 'Ann Guilbert, who played Millie on "The Dick Van Dyke Show", now plays a grandma on this sitcom:'

Answer: The Nanny


Question: 'The business section of The Toledo Blade may report on this company, G'

Answer: Gillette


Question: 'Short job for a musician'

Answer: Gig


Question: 'Nickname of Black Panther Elmer Pratt, released in 1997 because evidence was suppressed at his 1972 trial'

Answer: "Geronimo"


Question: 'In one type of race the hare takes off first & is "dogged" by competing balloons called these'

Answer: Hounds


Question: 'The center of the Czech Republic's wool industry, it looks like it needs to buy a vowel'

Answer: Brno


Question: 'Originally Lisa Kudrow was set to play Roz on this sitcom but the role was recast with Peri Gilpin'

Answer: Frasier


Question: 'As one of the top stocks, this company, KMB, likes to diaper the bottom line'

Answer: Kimberly-Clark


Question: 'A cackleberry'

Answer: Egg


Question: 'Caryl Chessman based appeals on the fact that this person died before transcribing his notes'

Answer: Court stenographer/reporter


Question: 'The basket a balloon carries & its contents are called this, like a rocket's cargo'

Answer: Payload


Question: 'In 1492 he chartered the Santa Maria from Juan de la Cosa, who became its sailing master'

Answer: Christopher Columbus


Question: 'What Bogart actually said in this film was "If she can stand it, I can.  Play it!"'

Answer: Casablanca


Question: 'J.N. Reynolds' "Mocha Dick", about a white whale, was published 12 years before this man's "Moby Dick"'

Answer: Herman Melville


Question: 'Claude Bessy, director of this European capital's Opera Ballet School, won a 1997 award'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'In 1898 this "radiant" physicist invented a method of extracting radioactive material from ore'

Answer: Marie Curie


Question: '"Flammable" has come into common use because this longer word could be misinterpreted'

Answer: Inflammable


Question: 'Until abolished in 404 A.D., gladiatorial games had been held at this Rome site for over 300 years'

Answer: The Colosseum


Question: 'Carroll O' Connor played Julie Andrews' father in this film based on a James Michener novel'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'World leader who was the subject of David Halberstam's 1971 book "Ho"'

Answer: Ho Chi Minh


Question: '1957 & 1977 award winners Jerome Robbins & Peter Martins took over this Balanchine troupe in 1983'

Answer: New York City Ballet


Question: 'In 1942 this star of "Ecstasy" & "Algiers" received a patent for a radio-controlled torpedo'

Answer: Hedy Lamarr


Question: 'This feminine suffix is more widely accepted after host or heir than after poet'

Answer: -ess


Question: 'On April 10, 1974 she resigned as Israel's prime minister but served as a caretaker until June'

Answer: Golda Meir


Question: 'Gary Busey, Karen Black & Keith Carradine wrote songs for this film; Keith's "I'm Easy" won an Oscar'

Answer: Nashville


Question: 'Thomas Pynchon followed "V" with this novel about the V-2 rocket'

Answer: Gravity\'s Rainbow


Question: '1978 winner seen here in a 1985 film:'

Answer: Mikhail Baryshnikov


Question: 'Type of shoe seen here, invented by Anna Kalso, it made its U.S. debut on April 22, 1970:'

Answer: Earth Shoe


Question: 'Churchill called the rule against ending a sentence with this something "Up with which I will not put"'

Answer: Preposition


Question: 'In the 1770s this British sea captain circled Antarctica but ice packs kept him from sighting land'

Answer: James Cook


Question: 'Elvis Presley had "Fun In" this Mexican resort city with Ursula Andress -- who wouldn't?'

Answer: Acapulco


Question: 'If you read her new book "Sex & The Single Girl" at 21 you're 57 now (& no longer a girl)'

Answer: Helen Gurley Brown


Question: 'This tall co-star/co-director/co-choreographer of "My One And Only" was one of only 5 winners in 1984'

Answer: Tommy Tune


Question: 'In the 1950s Grace Hopper created this "Common Business-Oriented Language" for computers'

Answer: COBOL


Question: 'It's the preferred past participle of hang when it means "put to death by hanging"'

Answer: Hanged


Question: 'This 16-year-old "Black Prince" led his men to victory at the battle of Crecy in August 1346'

Answer: Edward


Question: 'Luckily, the 1947 Alan Ladd film named for this city wasn't a "black hole" in his career'

Answer: Calcutta


Question: 'Olive Chancellor was into woman's lib in his 1886 novel "The Bostonians"'

Answer: Henry James


Question: 'Stephanie Kwolek of this Delaware chemical firm created Kevlar, a lightweight material used in bulletproof vests'

Answer: DuPont


Question: 'Using this adverb to mean "it is desirable that" has been much debated by writers on language'

Answer: Hopefully


Question: 'Graders, gaugers, spikers & bolters built these'

Answer: railroads


Question: 'It's the coldest, least populous & most remote continent'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: '2003:<br />A Seussical feline takes some kids on wild adventures'

Answer: The Cat in the Hat


Question: 'To welcome, or to order a cab'

Answer: hail


Question: 'Named after a god of war'

Answer: March


Question: '2005 saw the debut of a new Take 5 candy bar made with this "pale" chocolate'

Answer: white chocolate


Question: 'It's an inoculation against a particular disease'

Answer: a vaccination


Question: 'More than half the world's people live on this continent'

Answer: Asia


Question: '1999:<br />The curmudgeonly kitty Snowbell plots against a mouse-boy'

Answer: Stuart Little


Question: 'Usual noun for what appears on a TV with bad reception'

Answer: snow


Question: 'Named in 8 B.C. for the reigning emperor'

Answer: August


Question: 'You can custom order these candies with your own slogan printed on one side & the famous "m" on the other'

Answer: M&M\'s


Question: 'This is a student with the highest academic rank who delivers a graduation speech'

Answer: a valedictorian


Question: 'It's the warmest continent'

Answer: Africa


Question: '2004:<br />When Odie the dog is kidnapped, a fun-loving, Bill Murray-voiced tabby must rescue him'

Answer: Garfield


Question: 'Trumpets, trombones & flutes are grouped as this type of instrument'

Answer: winds


Question: 'Named after an important goddess & protector of women or a prominent Roman family'

Answer: June


Question: 'This candy bar's trio is made up of Porthos, Athos & d'Artagnan; its website stated, "We do not use Aramis"'

Answer: 3 Musketeers


Question: 'One kind of computer simulation is called this type of reality'

Answer: virtual


Question: 'It has the world's largest tropical rain forest'

Answer: South America


Question: '2004:<br />Patience Prince was the name of this "kittenish" character played by Halle Berry'

Answer: Catwoman


Question: 'If you're "on" one, you're in high spirits; if you're "under" one, you're in disgrace'

Answer: a cloud


Question: 'Named after a god of gates'

Answer: January


Question: 'Lake Champlain Chocolates are made in this U.S. state (try the maple crunch)'

Answer: Vermont


Question: 'This synonym of "speed" comes from the Latin for "speed"'

Answer: velocity


Question: 'It's the only continent without an active volcano on the mainland'

Answer: Australia


Question: '2006:<br />Steve Martin solves mysteries as a bumbling French detective in this film'

Answer: The Pink Panther


Question: 'If you "steal someone's" this, you've ruined the effect of a remark by anticipating it'

Answer: thunder


Question: 'Named after the goddess of plant growth'

Answer: May


Question: 'Cortes introduced chocolate to Europe after encountering it in "the halls of" this Aztec emperor'

Answer: Montezuma


Question: 'It's a large, open porch, usually with a roof'

Answer: a veranda


Question: 'Son succeeded father as leader of this Asian country that said it would withdraw from the nuclear nonprolif. treaty'

Answer: North Korea


Question: 'The Tigers were tamed as this team won the 2006 World Series'

Answer: The St. Louis Cardinals


Question: 'In an 1876 novel, he cons Ben, Billy & Johnny into whitewashing a fence for him'

Answer: Tom Sawyer


Question: 'Beware of bulging or swollen cans of food; it could be a sign of this food poisoning'

Answer: botulism


Question: 'Around 1000 A.D. it was Dai Co Viet'

Answer: Vietnam


Question: 'Sing along to the music with this Japanese word that literally means "empty orchestra"'

Answer: karaoke


Question: 'After Saddam Hussein invaded this country, the U.S. attacked Iraq'

Answer: Kuwait


Question: 'In February 2005 this QB led the Patriots to their third Super Bowl win in 4 years, defeating the Eagles'

Answer: (Tom) Brady


Question: 'In this novel, Hester Prynne's husband assumes the guise of Roger Chillingworth, a doctor'

Answer: The Scarlet Letter


Question: 'Of the 3 common types of burn, this intermediate type is typified by blisters & swelling'

Answer: second degree


Question: 'Kongeriket Norge translates to "Kingdom of" this'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'For sleepover guests, you might consider one of these Japanese mattresses that can double as a sofa'

Answer: a futon


Question: 'After a bitter confirmation hearing, this man took over for retiring justice Thurgood Marshall'

Answer: Clarence Thomas


Question: 'This driver seen here is the only man to twice win three of NASCAR's top 5 races in one year'

Answer: Jeff Gordon


Question: '"The Legend of" this place is set in "Greensburgh... which is more generally" known as Tarry Town'

Answer: Sleepy Hollow


Question: 'Hepatitis, which can be severe or cause no symptoms at all, is an inflammation of this organ'

Answer: the liver


Question: 'The name of this European country on the Atlantic comes from the Latin for a city where ships unload'

Answer: Portugal


Question: 'Tofu, a Japanese word, comes from this type of bean, which is also from the Japanese'

Answer: soy


Question: 'In 1994 Boris Yeltsin had his Russian forces invade this breakaway republic'

Answer: Chechnya


Question: 'This Swiss mister is the first man to win both Wimbledon & the U.S. Open 3 straight times'

Answer: (Roger) Federer


Question: 'Text that was deleted by the original publisher in 1895 was restored to this Stephen Crane novel in 1982'

Answer: The Red Badge of Courage


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew is under pressure.) The afflication known as the bends usually results from bubbles of this gas which is highly soluble in the fatty tissues of the body'

Answer: nitrogen


Question: 'It became a duchy in 1354 & a grand duchy in 1815'

Answer: Luxembourg


Question: 'Violent and futuristic anime can be based on these, Japanese for "comic books"'

Answer: manga


Question: 'The leader of this S. Amer. country's Shining Path movement was captured, & Pres. Fujimori called him a "monster"'

Answer: Peru


Question: 'In 2004 he won the floor exercise at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships; he was second to twin brother Morgan in '02 & '03'

Answer: Paul Hamm


Question: 'Captain Kidd's buried treasure & a scarab beetle figure prominently in this 1843 Edgar Allan Poe tale'

Answer: The Gold Bug


Question: 'Very simply, myalgia is pain in any one of these, often due to a stress injury'

Answer: a muscle


Question: 'As one word, an African country; as 2, the type of food eaten on the run'

Answer: Togo


Question: 'This botanical art form is"heaven and earth" in one container'

Answer: bonsai


Question: 'This branch uses more fuel than the rest of the military combined'

Answer: the Air Force


Question: 'Located on the Lehigh River, Bethlehem is 60 miles north of this larger city'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'Green Bay Packers<br />1959-67'

Answer: Vince Lombardi


Question: 'A baby born before the 37th week of pregnancy, & about 10% of them are, is considered this'

Answer: Premature


Question: 'This Apollo 11 astronaut now lives on a dairy farm near Lebanon, Ohio'

Answer: Neil Armstrong


Question: 'Handel wrote "Messiah" in about 3 weeks while living in this city'

Answer: London


Question: 'Elie Wiesel won his 1986, Bishop Tutu in 1984'

Answer: Nobel Peace Prize


Question: 'Est. in 1904 by Charles Schwab, this company bearing the city's name is the 2nd largest of its type in the U.S.'

Answer: Bethlehem Steel


Question: 'Dallas Cowboys <br />1960-88'

Answer: Tom Landry


Question: 'If a sperm with an X chromosome fertilizes the egg, the baby will be this sex'

Answer: Female


Question: 'This Apollo 14 astronaut & first American in space passed away in 1998'

Answer: Alan Shepard


Question: 'As you'd expect from a religious work, this is the final word sung in the oratorio'

Answer: Amen


Question: 'In order to prevent conflict, you might pass this sacred ceremonial object used by some Native Americans'

Answer: Peace pipe


Question: 'A world famous Bethlehem choir performs works by this family fuguer every year at a festival in his honor'

Answer: J.S. Bach


Question: 'Chicago Bears<br />1982-92'

Answer: Mike Ditka


Question: 'To have a full-term Christmas baby, you should conceive on or about the 20th of this month'

Answer: March


Question: 'The second man on the moon, he came in second on "Celebrity Jeopardy!"'

Answer: Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin


Question: 'In one aria, this brass instrument "shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible"'

Answer: Trumpet


Question: 'In 1971 this Cat Stevens hit song chugged up to No. 7 on the U.S. pop charts'

Answer: "Peace Train"


Question: 'Born in 1898, this Bethlehem, PA. native's works include "John Brown's Body" & "The Devil and Daniel Webster"'

Answer: Stephen Vincent Benet


Question: 'Oakland Raiders<br />1969-78'

Answer: John Madden


Question: 'The Dick-Read labor method encourages you to do this, also the title of a Frankie Goes to Hollywood hit'

Answer: Relax


Question: 'Still on active astronaut status, John Young, 69, works at this NASA site in Houston'

Answer: Johnson Space Center


Question: 'It's what audiences traditionally do when they hear the following:<br />("Hallelujah, hallelujah...")'

Answer: Stand up (for "The Hallelujah Chorus")


Question: 'This overseas humanitarian sevice was originally part of the U.S. State Department'

Answer: Peace Corps


Question: 'The Moravian Church, based in Bethlehem, is a Protestant group organized in the 15th C. in this current republic'

Answer: Czech Republic


Question: 'Miami Dolphins<br />1970-95'

Answer: Don Shula


Question: 'Braxton-Hicks are a type of these; the mother may not even notice them'

Answer: Contractions


Question: 'Apollo 15's David Scott served as an adviser on this appropriate HBO series'

Answer: From the Earth to the Moon


Question: 'First performed in 1742, "Messiah" has been called "The final flowering of" this era of music'

Answer: Baroque


Question: 'It's what Neville Chamberlain promised on his return from Germany in September 1938'

Answer: "Peace in our time"


Question: 'This great tenor's last appearance at the Met was December 24, 1920; his first was in 1903'

Answer: Enrico Caruso


Question: 'Dead vegetation built up in layers forms peat, which next forms this organic rock'

Answer: Coal


Question: 'This country's Shang dynasty arose in the 1700s B.C. along the Yellow River'

Answer: China


Question: 'Karen Christence Blixen-Finecke'

Answer: Isak Dinesen


Question: 'The WB show "Angel" is a spin-off from this one'

Answer: Buffy the Vampire Slayer


Question: 'On St. Patrick's Day, many restaurants serve up this dish, straight out of a Dr. Seuss book'

Answer: Green eggs and ham


Question: 'On December 24, 1988 she was nominated for the post of Secretary of Labor'

Answer: Elizabeth Dole


Question: 'This molten substance can surface as lava, or cool & harden into igneous rock'

Answer: Magma


Question: 'This explorer sailed to North America on 3 different ships: the Hopewell, Half Moon & Discovery'

Answer: Henry Hudson


Question: 'David John Moore Cornwell'

Answer: John le Carre


Question: '"Oh, Thank Heaven!"  Kari Wuhrer was the angel seen here called on to tout Bakery Sticks for this chain'

Answer: 7-11


Question: 'On its first voyage in 1971, this group protested nuclear testing in the Aleutian Islands'

Answer: Greenpeace


Question: 'Opera debuts on Christmas Eve include "Aida" in 1871 in Cairo & this Menotti opera in 1951 on TV'

Answer: "Amahl and the Night Visitors"


Question: 'A lot of one-celled organisms died to create this British landmark seen here:'

Answer: The White Cliffs of Dover


Question: 'In June 1955 the Argentine navy staged an unsuccessful revolt against this dictator'

Answer: Juan Peron


Question: 'Charles Lutwidge Dodgson'

Answer: Lewis Carroll


Question: 'This musical that opened in New York in 1972 includes a teen angel in its cast of characters'

Answer: "Grease"


Question: 'On the cover of their 1988 "Abbey Road EP", they're wearing little else than strategically placed socks'

Answer: Red Hot Chili Peppers


Question: 'On Christmas Eve in 1988 this group found itself with a No. 1 hit, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn"'

Answer: Poison


Question: 'Sandstone is made of sand, which is made up mostly of this mineral'

Answer: Quartz


Question: 'Among those to reach this fabled African outpost in the 19th century were Rene Caillie & Gordon Laing'

Answer: Timbuktu


Question: 'William Sydney Porter'

Answer: O. Henry


Question: 'Garibaldi's followers, or what they wore'

Answer: Redshirts


Question: 'This north African Mediterranean nation was granted its independence from Italy December 24, 1951'

Answer: Libya


Question: 'A type of rock made of pebbles cemented together, or a corporation with divisions in several industries'

Answer: Conglomerate


Question: 'The Cuban Missile Crisis & the 1967 Arab-Israeli War occurred while he served as U.N. Secretary-General'

Answer: U Thant


Question: 'Frederic Dannay & Manfred B. Lee'

Answer: Ellery Queen


Question: 'Readers got their first taste of Hannibal Lecter in this 1981 Thomas Harris novel'

Answer: "Red Dragon"


Question: 'A 1999 study concluded that this 13-foot-long, 3-foot-wide holy relic dates back to pre-8th century Jerusalem'

Answer: Shroud of Turin


Question: 'He was Oscar nominated for his role as a chauffeur in a 1989 film'

Answer: Morgan Freeman (in "Driving Miss Daisy")


Question: 'The clerk of scales weighs these at the start & the finish of each race'

Answer: the jockeys


Question: 'Graduated from college with a degree in philosophy'

Answer: Trebek


Question: 'Opened in 1871, the first rail depot called this didn't function too well; trains could only exit in reverse'

Answer: Grand Central Station


Question: 'It's from Gulden's, it's spicy & it's brown'

Answer: mustard


Question: 'Paul Newman refuses to conform to rural prison life in this movie'

Answer: Cool Hand Luke


Question: 'Morgan le Fay was the half-sister of this legendary king'

Answer: King Arthur


Question: 'After Red Pollard was injured, George Woolf rode this horse in his famous race against War Admiral'

Answer: Seabiscuit


Question: 'He's the youngest'

Answer: Ozzy Osbourne


Question: 'On Dec. 5, 1783 the British left the city for good, from this island borough'

Answer: Staten Island


Question: 'Though this ConAgra brand of peanut butter is over 80 years old, it has never grown up'

Answer: Peter Pan


Question: 'In the late 19-teens, he was the governor of Massachusetts'

Answer: Calvin Coolidge


Question: 'This game with indoor & outdoor versions was invented by William G. Morgan at a Massachusetts Y'

Answer: volleyball


Question: 'Before these were mechanized in the 1930s, races had been started by a red flag being waved or a drum beaten'

Answer: the (starting) gates


Question: 'Worked as a DJ for the Armed Forces Radio Network while serving in Vietnam'

Answer: Sajak


Question: 'This geometric area is seen here in the 1890s, when it got its name after a gift from New York City's Italians'

Answer: Columbus Circle


Question: 'We're having Beefaroni, this chef''s beef & pasta dish in a can'

Answer: Chef Boyardee


Question: 'In the 1980s Ernest & Julio Gallo introduced these beverages under the Bartles & Jaymes label'

Answer: wine coolers


Question: 'Architect Julia Morgan designed this publisher's castle at San Simeon, California'

Answer: William Randolph Hearst


Question: 'Sire of Slew O' Gold'

Answer: Seattle Slew


Question: 'Played himself in the Adam Sandler movie "Little Nicky"'

Answer: Ozzy Osbourne


Question: 'Anger about the first one of these established by federal law spurred riots in July 1863'

Answer: a draft


Question: 'Who wants that microwave stuff; making this brand is more fun'

Answer: Jiffy Pop


Question: 'Rapper born Artis Ivey Jr.'

Answer: Coolio


Question: 'Thomas Hunt Morgan won a Nobel Prize for his work on heredity using this insect's genes'

Answer: fruit fly


Question: 'A coin toss in 1780 between a lord & Sir Charles Bunbury left us with the Epsom this instead of the Epsom Bunbury'

Answer: the Epsom Derby


Question: 'Played Kevin Hathaway on the soap opera "Days of Our Lives"'

Answer: Sajak


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew)  In 1940 this mayor established Arthur Avenue Market to eliminate the pushcarts he found a nuisance'

Answer: Fiorello LaGuardia


Question: 'The webaite for this mini-mart staple with a rhyming name says it has "An Exciting Distinctive Taste Teens Love"'

Answer: Slim Jim


Question: 'Nickname of ballplayer James Bell, said to be so fast that a ball he hit struck him as he slid into second'

Answer: "Cool Papa"


Question: 'Dominique Labbe says he's proved Pierre Corneille wrote the satires like "Tartuffe", attributed to this man'

Answer: Moliere


Question: 'Will Smith<br />1990-96'

Answer: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air


Question: 'You'll find Bethel College & Seminary in this "holy" Minnesota city'

Answer: St. Paul


Question: '"What a Wonderful World" it's been with this wonderful band leader's music in it'

Answer: Louis Armstrong


Question: 'Knock wood that these destructive "white ants" don't eat you out of house & home'

Answer: termites


Question: 'Children's classic by Saint-Exupery that's a "royal" nickname for a young Satan'

Answer: The Little Prince of Darkness


Question: 'No offense to Edward Albee, but this man is probably the hunkiest major American playwright'

Answer: Sam Shepard


Question: 'Amber Tamblyn<br />2003-'

Answer: Joan of Arcadia


Question: 'French for "God", it follows "La Chaise" in the name of a French abbey town'

Answer: Dieu


Question: 'He went from peasant to party chairman & prime minister'

Answer: Nikita Khrushchev


Question: 'Prehistoric relatives of this insect seen here had wingspans of over 2 feet'

Answer: the dragonfly


Question: 'Royal woman's female attendant who's an Absurd play by Samuel Beckett'

Answer: Lady in Waiting for Godot


Question: 'His "Zahradni Slavnost" or "The Garden Party" was first produced in Prague in 1963'

Answer: Vaclav Havel


Question: 'Jane Seymour<br />1993-98'

Answer: Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman


Question: 'This New Zealand city was named for a college at Oxford'

Answer: Christchurch


Question: 'You can't tell that this author set her own eyes for the color of the sherry in the glass that the guest leaves'

Answer: Emily Dickinson


Question: 'Since entering the U.S. from Mexico in the 1890s, it's cost the cotton industry billions upon billions of dollars'

Answer: the boll weevil


Question: 'Fairy tale in which a girl's royalty is tested when she sleeps atop 20 mattresses & a double-breasted outer garment'

Answer: The Princess and the Pea Coat


Question: 'In the 1940s this alliterative German wrote the play "The Caucasian Chalk Circle"'

Answer: Bertolt Brecht


Question: 'Buddy Ebsen<br />1973-1980'

Answer: Barnaby Jones


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Alaska)  Michael, pictured in The Bishop's House, holds this title, which was also what the Russians called Sitka'

Answer: Archangel


Question: 'She left her White House post in 1994'

Answer: Dee Dee Myers


Question: 'In Florida giant cockroaches go by this name, after the type of tree they sometimes inhabit'

Answer: palmetto bugs


Question: 'British national anthem that played prison matron Mama Morton in the movie "Chicago"'

Answer: God Save the Queen Latifah


Question: 'In 1979 this author of "Streamers" married Jill Clayburgh'

Answer: David Rabe


Question: 'Lee Majors<br />1981-86'

Answer: The Fall Guy


Question: 'Islamabad, Pakistan is northwest of this Indian city that bears the name of Islam's god'

Answer: Allahabad


Question: 'An avid art thief, this high flyer committed suicide in Nuremberg in 1946'

Answer: Hermann Goering


Question: 'The 13-year & 17-year locusts aren't really locusts but these'

Answer: cicadas


Question: 'Tennyson poems based on Arthurian legend with Lancelot, Fay Wray & a fatal trip to the Empire State Building'

Answer: Idylls of the King Kong


Question: 'The cover story about this 1930 Man of the Year described him as a "little half-naked brown man"'

Answer: Mohandas Gandhi


Question: 'J.K. Rowling wrote her first novel at a cafe in this Scottish capital'

Answer: Edinburgh


Question: 'I got to tell you, the nose of this comic legend is seen here'

Answer: Bob Hope


Question: '2 colors are in the name of this drink, equal parts ale & stout or porter'

Answer: black and tan


Question: 'These bats feed exclusively on blood from small wounds they make on animals with a single bite'

Answer: vampire bats


Question: 'In 2007 this New York street retained its title as the most expensive shopping street in the world'

Answer: 5th Avenue


Question: 'A second-place finisher; on November 3, 2004 it was John Kerry'

Answer: runner-up


Question: 'Professor Bhaer, introduced in this 1868 novel, may have been based on William Rimmer, a teacher Louisa May Alcott knew'

Answer: Little Women


Question: '"Good night..." this comic, whose schnoz is seen here, "whereever you are"'

Answer: (Jimmy) Durante


Question: 'The brine from this garnish is what makes a dirty martini "dirty"'

Answer: the olive


Question: 'Hamadryas baboons live in these, from Arabic for "forbidden", composed of one male & multiple females'

Answer: harem


Question: 'Drink & be merry on this "boozy" street in the French Quarter that extends from Canal Street to Esplanade Avenue'

Answer: Bourbon Street


Question: 'It's an old synonym for "recipe" as well as a paper acknowledging that something's in hand'

Answer: receipt


Question: 'She departed from the theme of Chinese-American mothers & daughters with 2005's "Saving Fish From Drowning"'

Answer: Amy Tan


Question: 'This is Muppet News-- I mean, this is this muppet's nose'

Answer: Gonzo


Question: 'There are Brooklyn & Bronx cocktails; this whiskey cocktail is named for another borough of New York City'

Answer: Manhattan


Question: 'Fairly obvious hyphenated name of the bat seen here'

Answer: big-eared (or long-eared)


Question: 'Officially, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer resides at number 11 on this street'

Answer: Downing Street


Question: 'From the Latin for "furrowed", it's the pasta variety seen here'

Answer: rigatoni


Question: 'A graduate of Howard University, she won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1993'

Answer: Toni Morrison


Question: 'This comic's nose, seen here might be even bigger than a little chickadee'

Answer: W.C. Fields


Question: 'The name of this drink that can be blended or on the rocks means "daisy" in Spanish'

Answer: margarita


Question: 'The eastern barred bandicoot has a devil of a time on this Aussie island'

Answer: Tasmania


Question: 'With lights and lasers & casinos like Binion's & The Four Queens, this downtown Vegas street is a real experience'

Answer: Fremont Street


Question: '"Bouldering" is a low-altitude version of this 2-word activity'

Answer: rock climbing


Question: 'This author of "Orlando" based her 1922 novel "Jacob's Room" on the life & death of her brother Thoby'

Answer: (Virginia) Woolf


Question: 'Last name of the actor whose nose, seen here helped earn him the nickname "The Great Profile"'

Answer: Barrymore


Question: 'Angostura is a brand of this aromatic liquor'

Answer: bitters


Question: 'In the Guyanas & Belize, the term "baboon" is colloquially applied to this loud monkey'

Answer: the howler monkey


Question: 'Via Veneto in this city figured prominently in the movie "La Dolce Vita"'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'The highest-ranking Buddhist lamas are tulkus, meaning they're these of previous lamas'

Answer: reincarnations


Question: 'Haneda Airport serves this Asian capital'

Answer: Tokyo


Question: 'It can be a small piece of gold or a bite-sized piece of batter-fried chicken'

Answer: a nugget


Question: 'He's the documentary filmmaker who co-invented the Aqualung'

Answer: (Jacques) Cousteau


Question: 'Not as popular as brunch, "lupper" comes from these 2 words'

Answer: lunch & supper


Question: 'He played the rebellious J.D, in "Heathers"'

Answer: Christian Slater


Question: 'A U.S. tank is named for this Civil War general who marched through Georgia'

Answer: Sherman


Question: 'This new South American capital was dedicated on April 21, 1960'

Answer: Brasilia


Question: 'It can be an extremely small amount of a chemical component; some "vanish without" one'

Answer: a trace


Question: 'His lesser-known inventions include a vote-recording machine & the mimeograph machine'

Answer: Edison


Question: 'Both left & wrong are antonyms of this word'

Answer: right


Question: 'The 1989 Disney version of "The Little Mermaid" is based on a story by him'

Answer: Hans Christian Andersen


Question: 'Nicknamed "Stormin' Norman", he wrote the 1992 memoir "It Doesn't Take A Hero"'

Answer: Schwarzkopf


Question: 'Major projects to reclaim land from the sea have thrived here since the 1850s, before it was N.Z.'s capital'

Answer: Wellington


Question: 'It can be a barely perceptible amount; it's also a clue or a tip that you may need to solve a riddle'

Answer: a hint


Question: 'This Italian physicist was made a count in 1801 for his invention of the electric battery'

Answer: (Alessandro) Volta


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew strolls through Central Park.) Before this word meant a shopping center, it meant a tree-lined promenade like the one here in Central Park, lined with stately American elms'

Answer: a mall


Question: 'Mel Gibson played him in the 1984 film "The Bounty"'

Answer: Fletcher Christian


Question: 'On Oct. 20, 1944 on Leyte Island, he said, "Our forces stand again on Philippine soil"'

Answer: MacArthur


Question: 'In the "Spring" of 1968, students in this capital were climbing on Soviet tanks & yelling, "USSR go home!"'

Answer: Prague


Question: 'This word for a cluster of trees or a clod of soil may come from the Dutch for "lump"'

Answer: a clump


Question: 'Scientist Joseph Priestley dubbed the material he used as an eraser this'

Answer: rubber


Question: 'A Tamil word for "drummer" gave us this term for a social outcast; it's also a member of a low caste in India'

Answer: a pariah


Question: 'This Welsh-born actor played Americans in "Batman Begins" & "3:10 to Yuma"'

Answer: Christian Bale


Question: 'In 1919 he became "General of the Armies", the highest rank held by any American except George Washington'

Answer: Pershing


Question: 'Minsk is the capital of this former Soviet republic'

Answer: Belarus


Question: 'Gladstone poetically said, "All the world over, I will back" these "against the classes"'

Answer: masses


Question: 'In 1803 the British army adopted the metal-scattering shell that this man invented back in 1784'

Answer: (Henry) Shrapnel


Question: 'Now meaning to destroy or wipe out a great number, it;s from the Latin word for "ten"'

Answer: decimate


Question: 'This French designer's shoes are recognizable by their red lacquered soles'

Answer: Christian Louboutin


Question: 'In 1821 this veteran of the Seminole Wars was appointed provisional gov. of Florida but didn't serve a year'

Answer: Andrew Jackson


Question: 'He holds the record for total acting, directing & writing Oscar nominations--1 acting, 6 directing, 14 writing'

Answer: Woody Allen


Question: 'According to the cliche, "That's just" this part "of the iceberg"'

Answer: tip


Question: 'She was crowned queen of England just 4 days after Edmund Hillary conquered Mount Everest'

Answer: Elizabeth II


Question: 'Though Niki de Saint Phalle's perfume shows 2 of these animals entwined on the bottle, people buy it anyway'

Answer: snakes


Question: 'Guinness says the record they reject most often is for the longest chain of these office supplies'

Answer: paperclips


Question: '"All up and down the whole creation, sadly I roam, still longing for..." these people "at home"'

Answer: the old folks


Question: 'It can precede cord, current, off & saw'

Answer: rip


Question: 'In 1978 the duchess of Alba, one of the wealthiest women in this country, married an ex-priest'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'Castor, an ingredient in perfume, comes from this "busy" animal'

Answer: the beaver


Question: 'According to NFL GameDay magazine, the Redskins have 58,300 names on a waiting list for these'

Answer: season tickets


Question: 'The Camptown racetrack was this many "miles long, oh!  doo-dah-day!"'

Answer: 5 miles long


Question: 'It can be a sting from the cold or a small drink some might take to warm up'

Answer: nip


Question: 'Surprisingly, this man, Elvis' manager, was born in Holland, & his real name is Andreas van Kuijk'

Answer: Colonel Parker


Question: 'This 4-letter word can refer to an opera singer or her Emanuel Ungaro perfume'

Answer: diva


Question: 'On August 26, 1988, 725 people put their right foot in & out & shook it all about doing this dance in NYC'

Answer: the Hokey Pokey


Question: '"It rained all night the day I left, the weather it was dry; the sun so hot I" did this'

Answer: froze to death


Question: 'A dot on a die'

Answer: pip


Question: 'When he auctioned off his wacky wardrobe, his Pinball Wizard boots sold for over $20,000'

Answer: Elton John


Question:
'It's what this device keeps track of; Treasury Sec'y Nicholas Brady has one on his desk:

$4,001,985,469,429'

Answer: the national debt


Question: 'According to this song's lyrics, she was "borne, like a vapor on the summer air"'

Answer: Jeanie (with the light brown hair)


Question: 'Slang for impudent talk, your parents didn't want you to give them any'

Answer: lip


Question: 'This star of 1940s aquatic movie musicals is in the swim again with her own line of swimwear'

Answer: Esther Williams


Question: 'For the past 8 years she's put the ornament atop the national Christmas tree'

Answer: Barbara Bush


Question: 'This "Queen of my Song" was asked to "wake unto me, starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee"'

Answer: Beautiful Dreamer


Question: 'In 1605 Cervantes wrote about Don Quixote, & in 1969 Mario Puzo wrote about this Don'

Answer: Corleone


Question: 'Mozart was born in this city whose name means "Castle of Salt"'

Answer: Salzburg


Question: 'This holiday "comes but once a year and when it comes it brings good cheer"'

Answer: Christmas


Question: 'The only president who fought in the French & Indian War'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'According to the World Book, the relationship between landlords & these goes back to the feudal system'

Answer: tenants


Question: 'This little girl played "The Little Colonel", "Little Miss Broadway" & "Little Miss Marker"'

Answer: Shirley Temple


Question: 'Katherine Anne Porter got this title & plot device from a 1494 Sebastian Brant work'

Answer: Ship of Fools


Question: 'The Winter Olympics have been held in this scenic city twice, 1964 & 1976'

Answer: Innsbruck


Question: 'Georgie Porgie made the girls cry by doing this'

Answer: kissing the girls


Question: 'A man of few words, he had 2 nicknames: 1 was "Red", the other wasn't'

Answer: Coolidge


Question: 'An accusation of a wrong, or an action of the Light Brigade'

Answer: a charge


Question: 'This Gabor sister provided the voice of Duchess the Cat in Walt Disney's "The Aristocats"'

Answer: Eva


Question: 'American novelist & short story writer who created Yoknapatawpha County'

Answer: Faulkner


Question: 'This traditional Austrian peasant costume consists of a blouse, a lace-up bodice & a full skirt with apron'

Answer: a dirndl


Question: 'The Berlin Wall was erected during his administration'

Answer: Kennedy


Question: 'From the Latin for "crime", evidence indicating you committed the crime is considered this'

Answer: incriminating


Question: 'Geraldine Page's last Broadway role was the Happy Medium in this Noel Coward play'

Answer: Blithe Spirit


Question: 'Title hero of Nathanael West's 1933 tale who ends up murdered by one of his correspondents'

Answer: Miss Lonelyhearts


Question: 'These birds return annually to roost in their chimney nests in the city of Rust'

Answer: storks


Question: 'Extensive repairs were needed on the White House in 1902 so this family moved to Jackson Place'

Answer: the Theodore Roosevelt family


Question: 'Colorful term used to describe state laws regulating the sale of securities'

Answer: blue sky laws


Question: 'This comedienne got an Oscar nomination for playing a choir singer in her 1st film, "Nashville"'

Answer: Lily Tomlin


Question: 'While working at the U.S. embassy in Madrid, this Knickerbocker knocked out a Columbus bio'

Answer: Washington Irving


Question: 'In 1914 this Hapsburg emperor declared war on Serbia, thus starting World War I'

Answer: Franz Joseph


Question: 'When he died in 1924, he became our only president buried in Washington, D.C.'

Answer: Woodrow Wilson


Question: 'Violation of trademark rights is called this'

Answer: infringement


Question: 'She played Nick Nolte's mom in "Weeds", but her most famous film was "Throw Momma from the Train"'

Answer: Anne Ramsey


Question: 'The 2 states whose names end with the letter "Y"'

Answer: Kentucky & New Jersey


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew plays art professor, a slide of a famous work appearing behind her.)  In Fragonard's "The Meeting", she steps out of Roman mythology to look down on the young lovers'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'The Town Car from this car line was originally built as a car for Henry Ford'

Answer: Lincoln


Question: 'He was Tony Blair's immediate predecessor as prime minister'

Answer: John Major


Question: 'Belonging to him'

Answer: his


Question: 'Among his one-liners: "Mmm... maca-ma-damia nuts", "Mmm... snouts" & "Mmm... organized crime"'

Answer: Homer Simpson


Question: 'Until the euro debuted there in 2002, a builder would spend guilders to buy girders in this country'

Answer: the Netherlands


Question: 'The Smithsonian has a semi-nude statue of George Washington based on a statue of this greatest Greek god'

Answer: Zeus


Question: 'Incorporated in 1915, it designed its cars to withstand Sweden's rough roads & cold temperatures'

Answer: Volvo


Question: 'He once said, "I don't smoke much, and I drink very little.  I guess my only bad habit is robbing banks"'

Answer: John Dillinger


Question: 'Richard Burton's wife, twice'

Answer: Liz


Question: 'In "Today I Am a Clown", he held his long-delayed Bar Mitzvah in a stadium & invited Mr. T to read from the Torah'

Answer: Krusty the Clown


Question: 'When Mike Wallace asked, "How much did you lose from AOL Time Warner?", he said, "$7 billion or $8 billion", but who's counting?'

Answer: Ted Turner


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands with a gold statue in Peterhofm St. Petersberg, Russia.)  The statue of Perseus here at Peterhof holds the head of this Gorgon who's made to look like King Charles XII of Sweden'

Answer: Medusa


Question: 'An ad agency gave this car company a name standing for feline qualities like grace, elegance, power & agility'

Answer: Jaguar


Question: 'This man at whose mill gold was discovered in 1848 later ran for governor of California'

Answer: (John) Sutter


Question: 'Slang for any line of work'

Answer: biz


Question: 'Frank Gehry once built the town a concert hall, which was sold to this man, who promptly turned it into a prison'

Answer: Montgomery Burns


Question: 'In 1954 there was no desire for the sen & rin, smaller denominations of this currency; they were removed from circulation'

Answer: yen


Question: 'The Farnese statue of this mythic hero leaning on his club was found in the Baths of Caracalla'

Answer: Hercules


Question: 'Datsun, which became this company, was changed from Datson because son meant "loss" in Japanese'

Answer: Nissan


Question: 'In 1946 he gave the United Nations a gift of $8.5 million to buy land for its NYC headquarters'

Answer: (John D.) Rockefeller


Question: 'A woman's title & a women's magazine'

Answer: Ms.


Question: 'This Kwik-E-Mart man once thought he was a hummingbird of some kind after working 96 hours straight'

Answer: Apu


Question: 'Playing polo may not make you a billionaire, but Polo shirts might; just ask him, No. 67 on Forbes' 2005 list'

Answer: Ralph Lauren


Question: 'Bernini's famous sculpture of this Greek god & Daphne is in Rome's Borghese Gallery'

Answer: Apollo


Question: 'This new division of Toyota aims for Generation XA & XB'

Answer: the Scion


Question: 'This author of the novel "Falconer" won a 1979 Pulitzer Prize for some of his short stories'

Answer: John Cheever


Question: 'Meaning "namely", it's an abbreviation of the Latin for "it is permitted to see"'

Answer: viz.


Question: 'This Springfield elementary employee said, "There's nary an animal alive that can outrun a greased Scotsman"'

Answer: Willie the Groundskeeper


Question: 'Opened in 2005, the Vegas resort hotel named for this man cost $2.7 billion to build'

Answer: (Steve) Wynn


Question: 'The densest is this small country that has been mostly under one family's rule for over 700 years'

Answer: Monaco


Question: 'In "West Side Story" this character sings "I Feel Pretty"'

Answer: Maria


Question: '"Henry IV, Part II":<br />"Uneasy lies the head that wears a ____"'

Answer: crown


Question: 'For an Indy car, this figure is less than 2, which is not helpful in reducing our dependence on OPEC'

Answer: miles per gallon


Question: 'The first signer of the Declaration of Independence, this merchant was said to be Boston's richest man'

Answer: John Hancock


Question: 'By way of<br />(3)'

Answer: via


Question: 'In 2003 this republic, ranked No. 2, became the first Asian country to sign a free-trade pact with the U.S.'

Answer: Singapore


Question: 'This "Guys and Dolls" composer also gave us "The Most Happy Fella", about Tony the lovestruck wine-grower'

Answer: Frank Loesser


Question: '"The Comedy of Errors":<br />"When in the why and the wherefore is neither ____ nor reason?"'

Answer: rhyme


Question: 'In a NASCAR race the white flag means this, so it's now or never'

Answer: the last lap


Question: 'He lost command of his own Green Mountain Boys when the group was absorbed by the Continental Army'

Answer: Ethan Allen


Question: 'Specifically, a peeping Tom<br />(6)'

Answer: voyeur


Question: 'Most of the people in this third-most-densely peopled country are employees of the state'

Answer: Vatican City


Question: 'In "Carousel" this amusement park barker talks to Julie Jordan about marriage & she sings "If I Loved You"'

Answer: Billy Bigelow


Question: '"A Midsummer Night's Dream":<br />"The course of ____  ____ never did run smooth"'

Answer: true love


Question: 'Several of these "bars" that ensure drivers' safety if the car flips make up a "cage" of the same name'

Answer: roll bars


Question: 'In 1777 this gen. known for his "crazy" daring took command of the regiments known as the Pennsylvania Line'

Answer: "Mad" Anthony Wayne


Question: 'Malicious or poisonous, like a snake<br />(8)'

Answer: venomous


Question: 'No. 6 is this independent kingdom, the first Gulf state to allow women to vote & run for office'

Answer: Bahrain


Question: 'Although Rodgers & Hammerstein produced it, Irving Berlin wrote the songs, including "Anything You Can Do"'

Answer: Annie Get Your Gun


Question: '"Henry IV, Part I":<br />"The better part of valor is ____"'

Answer: discretion


Question: 'In racing the name of this low-tech weapon means passing the leader with a burst of speed'

Answer: slingshot


Question: 'When the House of Burgesses was dissolved in 1774, this orator led delegates in meetings at the Raleigh Tavern'

Answer: Patrick Henry


Question: 'Foxlike<br />(7)'

Answer: vulpine


Question: 'At No. 8 is this Asian country that caused controversy in 2003 by putting its name on its passport'

Answer: Taiwan


Question: 'In a Tim Rice musical, Frederick & Anatoly vie to be world champion of this game'

Answer: chess


Question: '"As You Like It":<br />"Well said, that was laid on with a ____"'

Answer: trowel


Question: 'The top tip of a triangle, or the midpoint of a turn; you brake before it, then accelerate out of it'

Answer: the apex


Question: 'Called the "financier of the American Revolution", he later spent 3 years in debtor's prison'

Answer: Robert Morris


Question: 'South American camel cousin<br />(6)'

Answer: vicuna


Question: 'Chapters in this 1937 memoir include "A Kikuyu Chief", "War-Time Safari" & "Old Knudsen"'

Answer: Out of Africa (by Isak Dinesen)


Question: 'The OED says this word for a violin is "only in familiar or contemptuous use"'

Answer: fiddle


Question: 'Mimi Rogers &<br />Nicole Kidman'

Answer: Tom Cruise


Question: 'The Trailing of the Sheep Festival in Ketchum & Hailey in this state has workshops on how to cook lamb & work with wool'

Answer: Idaho


Question: '"The House at Pooh Corner" is his lair'

Answer: Tigger


Question: 'Patron silver is a premium type of this potent potable'

Answer: tequila


Question: 'Keep up!  They are the 2 states with 3 sets of double letters'

Answer: Mississippi & Tennessee


Question: 'Compared to the violin, it has a low C string instead of a high E string'

Answer: a viola


Question:
'Andre Previn &
Frank Sinatra
(she & Woody Allen never married)'

Answer: Mia Farrow


Question: 'In 1941 Congress made this a paid federal holiday, 165 years after it was first celebrated'

Answer: the 4th of July (Independence Day)


Question: 'Shere Khan is a terrible tiger in this 1894 work'

Answer: The Jungle Book


Question: 'Hershey's Skor bar is this type of candy enrobed in chocolate'

Answer: toffee


Question: 'The one letter that does not appear in any of the 50 state names'

Answer: Q


Question: 'This instrument heard here precedes "rain" in a Bruce Hornsby title'

Answer: a mandolin


Question:
'Don Johnson,
Steven Bauer,
Don Johnson'

Answer: Melanie Griffith


Question: 'The Saturday after Thanksgiving, Salley, S.C. celebrates with a festival devoted to these fried pig intestines'

Answer: chitlins


Question: 'In Angela Carter's "Lizzie's Tiger", this future ax-wielder goes to see a circus tiger'

Answer: Lizzie Borden


Question: 'These Spanish appetizers run the gamut from simple items like olives to more elaborate things like cold omelets'

Answer: tapas


Question: 'The one vowel that does not begin a state name (& don't say "Y"; we don't need the viewer mail)'

Answer: E


Question: 'The modern harp has 47 strings & 7 of these to raise the strings' pitch'

Answer: pedals


Question:
'Peter Allen,
Jack Haley Jr.,
Mark Gero,
David Gest'

Answer: Liza Minnelli


Question: 'Fence painting & frog jumping contests are highlights of an annual festival held in this Missouri city'

Answer: Hannibal


Question: 'A talking tiger in a popular comic strip was named for this British enlightenment philosopher'

Answer: (Thomas) Hobbes


Question: 'The name of this Italian dessert means "carry me up" & many assume the unspoken continuation must be "to heaven"'

Answer: tiramisu


Question: '8 states begin with "M" & another 8 with this letter'

Answer: N


Question: 'Jacqueline du Pre made an acclaimed Carnegie Hall debut May 14, 1965 playing Elgar's concerto for this instrument'

Answer: cello


Question: 'John Lloyd &<br />Greg Norman'

Answer: Chris Evert


Question: 'This city's Wyatt Earp Days features a chili cook-off & an 1880s fashion show'

Answer: Tombstone


Question: 'A tiger named Richard Parker shares a life raft with a boy in Yann Martel's "Life of" him'

Answer: Pi


Question: 'The Minneola is a common variety of this hybrid citrus fruit'

Answer: a tangelo


Question: 'The one that ends with "G"'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: 'They're also called erythrocytes'

Answer: red blood cells


Question: 'Glenn Close plays the Hewes of Hewes & Assoc. on this drama'

Answer: Damages


Question: 'Of Ivy League schools'

Answer: Yale


Question: 'Lifting or other violent abuse of a pinball machine gets you the "slam" type of this, ending the game'

Answer: a tilt


Question: 'Of all the USA's buildings, the one in Chicago originally called this has the most stories with 110'

Answer: the Sears Tower


Question: 'Pisa proudly proclaims itself the birthplace of this scientist in 1564'

Answer: Galileo


Question: 'The name of this noble gas is from the Greek for "new"'

Answer: neon


Question: 'Calista Flockhart clocked in at the firm of Cage/Fish & Associates on this wacky legal show'

Answer: Ally McBeal


Question: 'Of New York City's boroughs'

Answer: Staten Island


Question: '5-letter term for the bias or angle expressed in a news article'

Answer: slant


Question: 'The White Tower in Greece was once called the "Bloody Tower" because this empire executed people there'

Answer: the Ottoman Empire


Question: 'During this war, Pisa suffered severe damage as a part of the Axis' Pesaro-Rimini defensive line'

Answer: World War II


Question: 'The Haber process uses nitrogen & hydrogen to synthetically produce this pungent gas'

Answer: ammonia


Question: 'The title vampire on this series went up against the truly demonic law firm of Wolfram & Hart'

Answer: Angel


Question: 'Of the gods of the 4 winds in Greek myth'

Answer: Zephyr


Question: 'An entry in the phone book, or what a boat is doing if it's leaning, perhaps to starboard'

Answer: listing


Question: 'In 1994 Seattle Weekly named this tower the "best place to get engaged"'

Answer: the Space Needle


Question: 'Begun in 1173, the 8-story Leaning Tower of Pisa is clad in this stone'

Answer: (white) marble


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew displays a chemical formula on the monitor.)  When acetic acid in vinegar reacts with CaCO3, this compound in the eggshell, bubbles of CO2 form in the vinegar & dissolve the shell, leaving just the membrane'

Answer: calcium carbonate


Question: 'The firm Donnell, Young, Dole & Frutt makes perfect on this legal drama that lost its appeal in 2004'

Answer: The Practice


Question: 'Of European capitals'

Answer: Zagreb


Question: 'Meaning "a slope", it's from the Latin for "bend toward"'

Answer: incline


Question: 'Every night at 9:53 p.m., the Ceremony of the Keys begins, locking up this fortress on the Thames'

Answer: the Tower of London


Question: 'Pisa survived the collapse of the Roman Empire to become the main urban center of this central Italian region'

Answer: Tuscany


Question: 'This unit of pressure is equal to about 14.7 pounds per square inch or 1 bar'

Answer: one atmosphere


Question: 'Harry Hamlin played one of the named partners of the firm McKenize, Brackman, Chaney & Kuzak on this glitzy drama'

Answer: L.A. Law


Question: 'Of Rome's "First Triumvirate"'

Answer: Pompey


Question: 'Take the apostrophe out of this word & it means to lean to one side'

Answer: can\'t


Question: 'At 1,076

Answer: Auckland


Question: 'Internal struggles in Pisa led to the city's defeat & occupation by this neighboring city in 1406'

Answer: Florence


Question: 'In the beginning this 2005 novel was simply titled "Forks"'

Answer: Twilight


Question: 'To fulfill a prophecy, in the Gospels Joseph moved to this place--not the one of the same name in Kentucky'

Answer: Nazareth


Question: '2004:<br />Barbra Streisand meets her potential in-laws'

Answer: Meet the Fockers


Question: 'This bird is called a "bow & arrow" (perhaps because of the way it killed Cock Robin)'

Answer: a sparrow


Question: 'On the 1830s "Survivor: Texas", Susanna Dickinson & her child won the immunity challenge at this epic battle'

Answer: the Alamo


Question: 'The 89% high school graduation rate of this "Garden State" is the USA's highest'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'This symbol adorns the flag of Finland as well as the flag of its neighbor Sweden'

Answer: a cross


Question: 'In Psalms "We wept, when we remembered" this, also preceding a "Crossroads" near Charlottesville, Virginia'

Answer: Zion


Question: '1968:<br />Babs rises from the slums to become a star in the Ziegfeld Follies'

Answer: Funny Girl


Question: 'Use your band of hope--soap--to wash these, your "German bands"'

Answer: your hands


Question: 'In 1944's version of "The Apprentice", Von Stauffenberg was fired by a squad after he tried to fire this leader'

Answer: Hitler


Question: 'His famed "Blue-backed Speller" of 1783 helped standardize American spelling & pronunciation'

Answer: Noah Webster


Question: 'From 1809 until 1917, Finland was an autonomous Grand Duchy of this country'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'These bubbled near the biblical Bethel & Siloam, & follow "Bethel" & "Siloam" in Southern U.S. place names'

Answer: Springs


Question: '1983:<br />Barbra disguises herself as a boy to get an education'

Answer: Yentl


Question: 'If I ask for some "you & me", I'm not hitting on you, I merely want this, especially in the afternoon'

Answer: tea


Question: 'On the 1880s "The Osbournes", this author amused stepson Lloyd Osbourne with tales of a boy on the high seas'

Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson


Question: 'It's the "watery" term for integrating a student with special needs into a regular class'

Answer: mainstreaming


Question: 'Of Flensheim, Mannerheim or Suomiheim, the man who was Finland's greatest military leader during WWII'

Answer: Mannerheim


Question: 'Jesus visited Mary & Martha in this place--not the one of the same name in northern Missouri'

Answer: Bethany


Question: '1991:<br />Barbra counsels a troubled man with a mysterious family secret'

Answer: The Prince of Tides


Question: '"Sky rockets" are these; hope you've got some "bees & honey" in yours'

Answer: your pockets


Question: 'On "American Idol", Creek & Cherokee Indians performed the Busk ceremony when this crop was ready for roasting'

Answer: maize (or corn)


Question: 'This N.C. univ. built by tobacco magnates once had separate colleges: Trinity College & Woman's College'

Answer: Duke


Question: 'Finland hosted the Summer Olympics in this year'

Answer: 1952


Question: 'It's Jerusalem to Isaiah, a peaceful "land" to John Bunyan, & a small "ville" in North Carolina'

Answer: Beulah


Question: '1979:<br />Babs is bankrupt & decides to manage a boxer'

Answer: The Main Event


Question: 'This part of your body is your "Chevy Chase" (Chevy Chase wouldn't want to fall on his)'

Answer: your face


Question: 'Indian Ocean "Big Brother" saw Kasyapa kill dad & build Sigiriya Fort as defense from his sibling on this island'

Answer: Sri Lanka


Question: 'In 1907 she opened her first Casa dei Bambini, or "Children's Home"'

Answer: Montessori


Question: 'Due to its low salinity, this gulf between Sweden & Finland may have an ice cover for up to 5 months of the year'

Answer: the Gulf of Bothnia


Question: 'This area was a toxic dump for over a decade before it was developed for homes & a school'

Answer: Love Canal


Question: 'Nena:<br />"__ Luftballons"'

Answer: 99


Question: 'Sand is composed largely of oxygen & this element, atomic number 14'

Answer: silicon


Question: 'This almost 70-year-old tenor dedicated his first pop CD, "Ti adoro", to his baby daughter Alice'

Answer: Luciano Pavarotti


Question: '1940's "The Visage of War", a surreal work from this artist, is seen here'

Answer: Dalí


Question: 'Usually found at convenience stores, this men's mag was launched in the U.S. by Dennis Publishing in 1997'

Answer: Maxim


Question: 'A jury verdict handed down in this California valley city sparked the devastation seen here in Los Angeles more than 30 miles away'

Answer: Simi Valley


Question: 'Tommy Tutone:<br />"___-____/Jenny"'

Answer: 867-5309


Question: 'The pH in pH scale stands for "potential of" this element'

Answer: hydrogen


Question: 'This Grammy-winning singer is Ravi Shankar's daughter'

Answer: Norah Jones


Question: 'The influence of Rembrandt can be seen in Carel Fabritius' painting "The Raising of" this biblical man'

Answer: Lazarus


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from San Diego, CA with the U.S.S. Tarawa in the background.)  As an amphibious assault ship, the Tarawa's main mission is to land up to 2,000 of these service members on shore & to sustain them there'

Answer: Marines


Question: '(Hi, I'm Nancy Grace with CNN Headline News.)  As a former Fulton County prosecutor, I went to the scene in this city to cover the deadly shootings in the same courtroom where I prosecuted felony cases'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: 'Matchbox 20:<br />"__ A.M."'

Answer: 3


Question: 'It's important in bone-building, & the red type of it will light your fire on a matchstick'

Answer: phosphorus


Question: 'This bestselling mystery writer's father, C.W., used consecutive lines of a nursery rhyme for his titles'

Answer: Sue Grafton


Question: 'When you think of Renaissance art, the Italian name of this masterpiece should spring to mind'

Answer: La primavera


Question: 'This national park whose name is Spanish for "green table" contains many well-preserved Indian cliff dwellings'

Answer: Mesa Verde


Question: 'The Bay Area was hit by the quake whose aftermath is seen here, named for this mountain near the epicenter'

Answer: Loma Prieta


Question: 'Steely Dan:<br />"Hey __"'

Answer: Nineteen


Question: 'Sometimes this metallic element, No. 72, "is better than the whole"'

Answer: hafnium


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Barnes Foundation.)  This famous son was not quite 2 years old when Dad put him at the center of "The Artist’s Family"'

Answer: Jean Renoir


Question: 'This "Liberty Leading the People" artist also painted "The Battle of Poitiers"'

Answer: Delacroix


Question: 'Although it's controversial, the U.N. designates one member nation "The former Yugoslav Republic of" this'

Answer: Macedonia


Question: 'The lieutenant colonel seen here is about to testify about his time on this government body from 1981 to 1986'

Answer: the NSC (the National Security Council)


Question: 'Stevie Nicks:<br />"Edge Of __"'

Answer: Seventeen


Question: 'Rf is the symbol for this element named for a physicist'

Answer: rutherfordium


Question: 'British poet & painter Frieda Hughes is the daughter of this other British poet'

Answer: Ted Hughes


Question: 'This Flemish artist created a 15th-century portrait that’s spoofed in the opening of TV’s “Desperate Housewives”'

Answer: Jan van Eyck


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Charleston, SC waterfront.)  In 1776, his defense of Fort Sullivan in Charleston Harbor got the fort renamed for him'

Answer: (William) Moultrie


Question: 'This Mediterranean island shares its name with President Garfield's nickname for his wife'

Answer: Crete


Question: 'Dickens came to fame at age 24 with his first novel, about this club's "papers"'

Answer: Pickwick Club


Question: '"Round yon virgin mother and child, holy infant so tender and mild"'

Answer: "Silent Night"


Question: 'The shop owner may not know if the tooth on that necklace comes from the tiger or hammerhead type of this creature'

Answer: shark


Question: 'In Genesis 19 these two are known as "The Cities of the Plain"'

Answer: Sodom & Gomorrah


Question: 'A cricket's receptors for this are highly sensitive areas on its front legs'

Answer: hearing


Question: 'In the newspaper, Marmaduke is a funny one'

Answer: Great Dane


Question: 'Dickens' public readings of Sikes' murder of Nancy, an episode from this novel, made women in the audience swoon'

Answer: "Oliver Twist"


Question: '"Fa la la la la la la la la"'

Answer: "Deck the Halls"


Question: 'You can get a French language edition of this game with properties like Place du Parc & Promenade'

Answer: Monopoly


Question: 'The two California cities that are home to professional sports teams known as the Kings'

Answer: Los Angeles & Sacramento


Question: 'Crickets chirp by rubbing these body parts together'

Answer: wings


Question: 'Clingmans Dome is the highest peak in this Appalachian range'

Answer: Great Smoky Mountains


Question: 'This novel's Mr. Micawber was modeled on Dickens' father'

Answer: "David Copperfield"


Question: '"A partridge in a pear tree"'

Answer: "The Twelve Days of Christmas"


Question: 'You might come upon an old set of pistols designed for these affairs of honor'

Answer: duels


Question: 'The rwo most populous cities in the largest country on the Iberian Peninsula'

Answer: Barcelona & Madrid


Question: 'Famous in Utah, this type of cricket that's actually a katydid bears the name of a religion'

Answer: Mormon cricket


Question: 'As it's the nickname of Greg Norman, you're gonna need a bigger -- golf cart'

Answer: "Great White Shark"


Question: 'Wilkie Collins called this book "Dickens' last laboured effort, the melancholy work of a worn-out brain"'

Answer: "The Mystery of Edwin Drood"


Question: '"Good tidings we bring to you and your kin, we wish you good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year"'

Answer: "We Wish You A Merry Christmas"


Question: 'Don't miss the chance to have a drink with him, the name of the drinking vessel seen here'

Answer: Toby mug


Question: 'The two famous former names of Istanbul'

Answer: Byzantium & Constantinople


Question: 'This cricket that bears the name of a burrowing mammal can be a serious agricultural pest'

Answer: mole cricket


Question: 'A Montana city is named for these on the Missouri, which Meriwether Lewis called the grandest sight he'd ever beheld'

Answer: Great Falls


Question: 'In 1836 Dickens published his stories & essays from magazines & newspapers in the book "Sketches by" him'

Answer: Boz


Question: '"And heav'n and nature sing, and heav'n and nature sing, and heav'n and heav'n and nature sing"'

Answer: "Joy to the World"


Question: 'You might just find one of these Fisher-Price cameras used to make films like the one seen here'

Answer: PXL


Question: 'Two of South Africa's 3 capital cities'

Answer: Bloemfontein, Cape Town &/or Pretoria


Question: 'This can be estimated by adding 40 to the number of a snowy tree cricket's chirps in a 15-second period'

Answer: temperature


Question: 'Now extinct, we know what these look like from ones mounted in museums & drawings like this by Audubon'

Answer: great auk


Question: 'On his way to Concord on the night of April 18-19, 1775, he was captured & had to return to Lexington on foot'

Answer: Paul Revere


Question: '1977:<br />"May the force be with you"'

Answer: Star Wars


Question: 'Ground was broken for this waterway on July 4, 1817 at Rome, New York'

Answer: Erie Canal


Question: 'In the Cleveland Orchestra, this section includes flutist Joshua Smith & oboe man Jeffrey Rathbun'

Answer: woodwinds


Question: 'In 1967 Richard Greenblatt's program Mac Hack 6 became an hon. member of the U.S. Federation for this game'

Answer: chess


Question: 'It can mean a royal family line as well as a dwelling structure'

Answer: house


Question: 'The Pennsylvania assembly sent him to London as its agent twice: 1757-1762 & 1764-1775'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: '2001:<br />"A wizard is never late...he arrives precisely when he means to"'

Answer: Lord of the Rings


Question: 'Introduced in 1936, this company's DC-3 commercial airliner was so well built that some are still in service'

Answer: Douglas


Question: 'Kid Ory was a pioneer on this brass instrument whose name comes from the Italian for "trumpet"'

Answer: trombone


Question: 'A real mensch, William D. Mensch, designed the processors in Wozniak & Jobs' early computers from this company'

Answer: Apple


Question: 'A person doing it might be making tsimmes; a group doing it is really playing music well'

Answer: cooking


Question: 'In December 1775 he became first lieutenant on the Alfred, the first ship purchased by Congress for the Continental Navy'

Answer: John Paul Jones


Question: '2002:<br />"I'm placing you under arrest for the future murder of Sarah Marks"'

Answer: Minority Report


Question: 'This city's rubber-tired Metro subway provided access to Expo 67 in the middle of the St. Lawrence River'

Answer: Montreal


Question: 'Kenny G does play tenor, but more often this type of straightened-out saxophone that looks like a clarinet'

Answer: soprano saxophone


Question: 'Working in Texas Instruments' semiconductor building, Jack Kilby hit on the idea of this, the IC for short'

Answer: integrated circuit


Question: 'As an adjective, it means below average; as a verb, to moo like a cow'

Answer: low


Question: 'In 1765 this Boston brewer helped organize the Sons of Liberty to protest the Stamp Act'

Answer: Samuel Adams


Question: '2002:<br />"You do too much.  You're not Superman, you know"'

Answer: Spider-Man