Question: 'When this crab waves the larger of its front claws, it's said to resemble the movements of a violinist'

Answer: fiddler crab


Question: 'Meryl Streep played this author of "The Orchid Thief" in 2002's "Adaptation"'

Answer: Susan Orlean


Question: 'Killed in the Montana Territory in 1876, this man had declared that "The Army is the Indian's best friend"'

Answer: George A. Custer


Question: 'Metal fumes & oily floors trouble workers in these shops where you go after a fender-bender'

Answer: auto repair shops


Question: 'He kept secret the fact that he lost sight in his left eye during a boxing match with a White House aide'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: '"Prospero"us girl:<br />in drama'

Answer: Miranda


Question: 'Like African sleeping sickness, nagana, a disease fatal to cattle, is carried by this insect'

Answer: tsetse fly


Question: '"Cross Creek" is a biography of this author of "The Yearling"'

Answer: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings


Question: 'In 1940 Gandhi said, "I don't consider" this man "to be as bad as depicted...his victories" are gained "without much bloodshed"'

Answer: Adolf Hitler


Question: 'As our writers know, eyestrain is one hazard of working at a VDT, short for this'

Answer: video display terminal


Question: 'George & Barbara Bush were both diagnosed with this thyroid disorder'

Answer: Graves\' disease


Question: 'Big "Kat" tamer:<br />hip to cure'

Answer: Petruchio


Question: 'This tentacled squid relative seen here is the source of the brown pigment called sepia'

Answer: cuttlefish


Question: '1995's "Carrington" also portrays the life & loves of this Bloomsbury Group member who wrote "Eminent Victorians"'

Answer: Lytton Strachey


Question: 'In the 4th century B.C., this Greek philosopher declared that "The brain is an organ of minor importance"'

Answer: Aristotle


Question: 'People who work with this type of truck have to be careful not to fall off a tine'

Answer: forklift truck


Question: 'JFK suffered from this disease caused by the insufficient production of hormones by the adrenal glands'

Answer: Addison\'s disease


Question: 'Richard's battleground:<br />show told brief'

Answer: Bosworth Field


Question: 'In 1967 she became the first woman governor of a state east of the Mississippi River'

Answer: Lurleen B. Wallace (of Alabama)


THE NEW YORK TIMES PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS

Question: 'William Laurence won a Prize in 1946 for his eyewitness account of the atomic bombing of this city, after Hiroshima'

Answer: Nagasaki


Question: 'Out of retirement to play for this hometown team, Roger Clemens led them to their first World Series in 2005'

Answer: the (Houston) Astros


Question: 'The death of 11-year-old son Willie in 1862 pushed her over the brink; she was inconsolable for months'

Answer: Mrs. Lincoln


Question: 'Either of the 2 people the Coast Guard cutter Itasca was unable to locate after they left from New Guinea in 1937'

Answer: Amelia Earhart (or Fred Noonan)


Question: 'Horse-headed chess piece'

Answer: a knight


Question: 'There have been reports of the basilar type of this brutal headache, which includes vertigo'

Answer: a migraine


THE NEW YORK TIMES PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS

Question: 'The Times won its first Pulitzer in 1918 for its coverage of this'

Answer: World War I


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Pittsburgh, PA.)  Growing up within 5 blocks from the campus, this quarterback naturally played at Pitt, starting in 1979'

Answer: Dan Marino


Question: 'Her 2 children from a previous marriage, John & Patsy Custis, were "adopted" by the president'

Answer: Martha Washington


Question: 'Many scholars believe this was actually the Aegean Sea island of Thira, largely destroyed around 1500 B.C.'

Answer: Atlantis


Question: 'One set of stairs between floors'

Answer: a flight


Question: 'In a few cases Jepolax may destroy alveoli, leading to this lung disease that includes short wind'

Answer: emphysema


THE NEW YORK TIMES PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS

Question: 'Max Frankel won a 1973 Prize for his reporting on President Nixon's trip to this country'

Answer: China


Question: 'Known as "Junior", this Cincinnati high school superstar joined the Reds in 2000'

Answer: Ken Griffey, Jr.


Question: 'She met the future president in 1915 at Fort Sam Houston when introduced to him by the wife of a fellow officer'

Answer: Mamie Eisenhower


Question: 'This Brooklyn reporter's opening of Al Capone's vault in 1986 left him with a few scars of his own'

Answer: Geraldo Rivera


Question: 'A perceived snub or act of contempt'

Answer: a slight


Question: 'Combining Jepolax with liquor can lead to this scarring final stage of alcoholic liver disease'

Answer: cirrhosis


THE NEW YORK TIMES PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS

Question: 'In 1972 The Times won for meritorious public service for publishing these documents leaked by Daniel Ellsberg'

Answer: the Pentagon Papers


Question: 'Stephon Marbury, a Brooklyn native & childhood fan of this team, joined them in 2004--with mixed results'

Answer: the Knicks


Question: 'In 1915, 16 months after the death of his first wife, Ellen, Woodrow Wilson married this descendant of Pocahontas'

Answer: Edith


Question: 'In 1987 a sonar exploration of this body of water found something big, but it may have been a school of salmon'

Answer: Loch Ness


Question: 'It's a bend in a coastline that forms a bay'

Answer: a bight


Question: 'There are slight risks of acidosis, carcinoma & this sensation, from the Latin for "choking chest pain"'

Answer: angina


THE NEW YORK TIMES PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS

Question: 'Wonder if he mentioned his 1979 win for his "Observer" column in his memoir "Growing Up"?'

Answer: Russell Baker


Question: 'Born in 1942, he went to Chicago Vocation High & made crushing ballcarriers his vocation as a Bears linebacker'

Answer: Dick Butkus


Question: 'John Philip Sousa provided the music for Grover Cleveland's White House wedding to this 21-year-old'

Answer: Frances Folsom


Question: 'Bologna Stone, found in 1603, was thought to be this alchemical "stone" to change cheaper metals into gold'

Answer: the philosopher\'s stone


Question: 'Isle where Victoria shuffled off her mortal throne'

Answer: the Isle of Wight


Question: 'Discontinue use at the first sign of seborrheic inflammation of this'

Answer: the skin


Question: 'An English word for an ill-mannered person is related to this term for a South African settler'

Answer: Boer


Question: 'I suffered no alienation protecting the Earth as Agent K in this 1997 comedy'

Answer: Men in Black


Question: 'As official battle painter to this emperor, Antoine-Jean Gros painted "The Plague at Jaffa" in 1804'

Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte


Question: 'He dedicated his 2006 novel "Cell" in part to "Night of the Living Dead" director George Romero'

Answer: Stephen King


Question: '242-year-old Sandy Hook Lighthouse, which lies on this Garden State's coast, is the USA's oldest still in use'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'Add the symbol of this element to "comb" & you get a small jazz band'

Answer: oxygen (O)


Question: 'In South Africa, Ford sells the Bantam, a popular bakkie; the U.S. equivalent is the F-series of these'

Answer: trucks


Question: 'The trail rarely went cold with me on the case as U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in this 1993 big screener'

Answer: The Fugitive


Question: 'Famous works in this NYC museum include Rousseau's "The Dream" & Mondrian's "Broadway Boogie Woogie"'

Answer: MOMA (Museum of Modern Art)


Question: 'In Sue Grafton's 2005 bestseller, "S is for" this'

Answer: Silence


Question: 'On a golf course, a sand trap is also called this, like an underground fortification'

Answer: a bunker


Question: 'Add the symbol of this element to the letters "B-R-I-D-E-S" & you get a Scottish island group'

Answer: helium (He)


Question: 'The sky was the limit in this 2000 adventure when I joined astronauts Garner & Eastwood for one last mission'

Answer: Space Cowboys


Question: 'The movement called "Post"- this began with Seurat's "La Grande Jatte" & ended with Cezanne's death'

Answer: Impressionism


Question: 'His "Power of Positive Thinking" was among the top 10 nonfiction bestsellers each year 1952-1955'

Answer: Norman Vincent Peale


Question: 'The Southwest's largest Indian tribe, it's noted for its sand painting, a part of the tribe's healing ceremonies'

Answer: the Navajo


Question: 'Tack the symbol of this element onto "el" & you get a lodge member'

Answer: potassium (K)


Question: 'I was downright punchy as Loretta Lynn's husband in this 1980 film'

Answer: Coal Miner\'s Daughter


Question: 'Around 1610 this Baroque master got his first nice big plump commissions, for Antwerp Cathedral'

Answer: Peter Paul Rubens


Question: 'Inspired by a conversation with a blacksmith, Nicholas Evans made himself heard with this 1995 bestseller'

Answer: The Horse Whisperer


Question: 'The black sand beaches of the Pacific consist of grains of this most abundant lava rock'

Answer: basalt


Question: 'Add the symbol of this element to "palm" & you get an incendiary weapon used in bombs'

Answer: sodium (Na)


Question: 'There was no corn in this disturbing 1994 biopic when I depicted a legendary baseball player'

Answer: Cobb


Question: 'Last name of Gustave, whose work seen here shocked people by showing a common burial on a large canvas'

Answer: Gustave Courbet


Question: 'Mary McCarthy's best-known novel is this 1963 bestseller about the lives of 8 Vassar graduates'

Answer: The Group


Question: 'Winston Churchill was trained at the Royal Military academy commonly called this'

Answer: Sandhurst


Question: '"Plate" plus the symbol of this element gives you a synonym for "mesa"'

Answer: gold (Au)


Question: 'This play that is quite concerned with the English language was, oddly enough, first performed in German in 1913'

Answer: Pygmalion


Question: 'Though about 50,000 of these storms occur daily worldwide, in U.S., they occur mainly in spring & summer'

Answer: thunderstorms


Question: 'Most famous son of the man born Alois Schicklgruber in 1837'

Answer: Adolf Hitler


Question: 'Local colonial voter eligibility was usually determined by being Protestant, free, a property owner & this sex'

Answer: male


Question: 'Perry Como advised "Catch a falling star & put it..." there'

Answer: your pocket


Question: 'Years after her death, Juan Peron often ate dinner with this wife's body seated at his table'

Answer: Eva Perón (or Evita)


Question: 'Malcolm Little'

Answer: Malcolm X


Question: 'In 1762 Ben Franklin was given an honorary degree by this English university'

Answer: Oxford


Question: 'It begins, "Are the stars out tonight, I can't tell if it's cloudy or bright"'

Answer: "I Only Have Eyes For You"


Question: 'When he dies, the author of "Frisbee" wants his ashes mixed w/ polyethylene & made into these'

Answer: Frisbees


Question: 'Cocozell, patty pan & yellow crookneck'

Answer: summer squashes


Question: '"Synchromesh" allows you to do this, either up or down'

Answer: shift gears


Question: 'Charles Eugene Boone is better known by this 1st name'

Answer: Pat


Question: 'The largest 18th c. manufacturing industry in New England was the distilling of this liquor'

Answer: rum


Question: 'It's when "Peace will guide the planets & love will steer the stars"'

Answer: (the dawning of) the Age of Aquarius


Question: 'Perhaps rehearsing for death, this "divine" 19th c. star slept in a satin-lined casket'

Answer: Sarah Bernhardt


Question: '1982 Woody Allen movie whose title suggests he had a little help from Shakespeare'

Answer: A Midsummer Night\'s Sex Comedy


Question: 'The 2 standard gauges in a U.S. car that are calibrated in miles'

Answer: the speedometer & the odometer


Question: 'Rock & roller Ernest Evans, his stage name is a "twisted" version of Fats Domino's'

Answer: Chubby Checker


Question: 'Anthropologists have stated these peoples were at a Neolithic stage when colonists landed'

Answer: the Indians


Question: '"At night the stars put on a show for free & darling you can share it all with me..." there'

Answer: "Up On The Roof"


Question: 'Napoleon's sister Pauline asked that a nude statue of this person be displayed at her funeral'

Answer: herself


Question: 'Date you arrive in New Zealand if your itinerary says you land in Auckland the last day of their summer'

Answer: March 21 (or March 20)


Question: 'Good brands of this ethylene-glycol base fluid contain rust inhibitors & lubricants'

Answer: antifreeze


Question: 'While Beverly Hillbillies Jed & Elly May had the last name Clampett, Jethro's was this'

Answer: Bodine


Question: 'The infamous tax on this was used to save the British East India Company from bankruptcy'

Answer: tea


Question: 'Song in which the Everly Brothers declared "I'm through with counting the stars above"'

Answer: "Bye Bye, Love"


Question: 'It's said this part of Peter Stuyvesant's body was buried with full military honors years before his death'

Answer: his (real) leg


Question: 'As a symbol of her power, Egypt's Queen Hatshepsut wore a beard & had artists depict her as this'

Answer: a man


Question: 'The breed of these named for Canada are sometimes called "honkers"'

Answer: geese


Question: 'Among this author's title characters are Dombey & Son, Barnaby Rudge, & Martin Chuzzlewit'

Answer: Dickens


Question: 'Hispaniola is an island comprised of Haiti & this other nation'

Answer: the Dominican Republic


Question: 'In 1957 Dale Hawkins song, letter which followed "Suzie"'

Answer: Q


Question: 'This part of Robert the Bruce's body was cut out & taken on Crusades'

Answer: his heart


Question: 'German mountains where best singing canaries are bred, or brand of bird seed you might feed yours'

Answer: Hartz


Question: 'The band of outlaws in Glen Doone adopted a girl they captured & named her this'

Answer: Lorna


Question: 'If you don't believe this "Softens hands while you do dishes", ask Madge'

Answer: Palmolive


Question: '2 of the 3 countries of the world that begin with the letter "J"'

Answer: (2 of) Jordan, Jamaica, & Japan


Question: 'Letter which began all 3 names of the man who was vice president between Johnson & Agnew'

Answer: H (for Hubert Horatio Humphrey)


Question: 'Tho she may not have said "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche!", she was guillotined in 1793 anyway'

Answer: Marie Antoinette


Question: 'First name of the girl jockey Elizabeth Taylor played in 1944 film'

Answer: Velvet


Question: 'Said to be 1 of TV's sexiest ½ minutes, the 1982 "Man in Bed" ad pushed this men's cologne'

Answer: Paco Rabanne


Question: 'Continent with the most square miles of dry desert'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'It's the only letter which stands for both a chess piece & a blood group'

Answer: B (for Bishop)


Question: 'American Lisa Halaby met this king while working for an airline & became his 4th wife in 1978'

Answer: King Hussein


Question: 'In 1941, only 15 of these large birds were left, but they now number well over 100'

Answer: whooping cranes


Question: 'Egbert, a cowpuncher from Red Gap, Washington won this valet in a poker game'

Answer: Ruggles


Question: 'From 1974-82, these 2 blondes sang, in turn, "Ace is the place with the helpful hardware man"'

Answer: Suzanne Sommers & Connie Stevens


Question: 'Of Alberta, Saskatchewan, or Manitoba, the 1 Canadian Prairie Province that is not landlocked'

Answer: Manitoba


Question: 'This empress of Mexico, it's said, went mad in the Pope's presence & never knew of her husband's execution'

Answer: Carlota (the wife of Maximilian)


Question: 'In America some 35 species of finches are referred to by this name for small, common birds'

Answer: sparrows


Question: 'Paul Baumer is the German narrator of this Remarqueable tale'

Answer: All Quiet on the Western Front (All\'s Quiet on the Western Front accepted)


Question: 'The slogan for this "simple" shampoo-in hair color was "The closer he gets, the better you look"'

Answer: Nice \'n Easy


Question: 'The only Southeast Asian country with any part lying south of the Equator'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'In the Los Angeles white pages, this letter has only 1 ½ columns of entries'

Answer: X


Question: 'In 1946 in Missouri, Churchill said, "From Stettin... to Trieste," it "has descended across the continent"'

Answer: an Iron Curtain


Question: '2 "B":<br />An outgoing tide'

Answer: ebbing


Question: 'Roseanne Roseannadanna'

Answer: (Gilda) Radner


Question: 'The 40th day after Easter commemorates this rising of Christ into heaven'

Answer: Ascension


Question: 'Tip O'Neill was the man of the House of Representatives, holding this post from 1977 to 1986'

Answer: Speaker


Question: 'Funded by subscriptions to NYC's Il Progresso newspaper & unveiled in 1892, his memorial depicts his 3 ships'

Answer: Columbus


Question: 'Daniel Bakeman of New York, who died in 1869 at age 109, was the last surviving veteran of this war'

Answer: the Revolutionary War


Question: 'Not 2 "B":<br />A term for "oily" used of glands'

Answer: sebaceous


Question: 'The Church Lady'

Answer: (Dana) Carvey


Question: 'An Orthodox Church movable feast remembers Jesus' entrance into this city'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'He got his controversial talk show on Fox News in 1996'

Answer: (Bill) O\'Reilly


Question: 'His monument, seen here, was sponsored by the Danish-American Women's Association'

Answer: Hans Christian Andersen


Question: 'It was for Virginia Slims, on the "Tonight Show" Jan. 1, 1971'

Answer: the last ad for cigarettes


Question: 'Not 2 "B":<br />Polynesian prohibition'

Answer: taboo


Question:
'Bill Clinton,
Chris Matthews &
Dick Cheney'

Answer: Darrell Hammond


Question: 'This day when the Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles descends on May 31 in 2009'

Answer: Pentecost


Question: 'John Cardinal O'Connor held this post for New York from 1984 to 2000'

Answer: archbishop


Question: 'One hand of his statue rests on his most famous invention; the other holds a strip of code'

Answer: (Samuel) Morse


Question: 'Once one of the "big four" U.S. airlines, it flew its last flight, New York to Atlanta, Jan. 18, 1991'

Answer: Eastern


Question: '2 "B":<br />A biblical test word, or a distinctive characteristic'

Answer: a shibboleth


Question: 'Amber, the one-legged, hypoglycemic reality show contestant'

Answer: Amy Poehler


Question: 'As the Jewish religious calendar is lunar, all festivals are movable, including this one with a seder'

Answer: Passover


Question: 'Future playwright John Casey changed his name to this when he was won over to Irish nationalism'

Answer: Sean O\'Casey


Question: 'The statue of this "Mood Indigo" composer & bandleader has him standing next to an open grand piano'

Answer: (Duke) Ellington


Question: 'People with this distinction have included Tevfik Esenc (for Ubykh) & Ned Maddrell (for Manx)'

Answer: the last speaker of their language


Question: '2 "B":<br />Site of a July 4, 1976 hostage rescue by Israeli commandos'

Answer: Entebbe


Question: 'The Target Clerk & master of one-upwomanship Penelope'

Answer: (Kristen) Wiig


Question: 'Not Monday but this day of the week can be Maundy'

Answer: Thursday


Question: 'A work titled "The Bush" helped make Bernard O'Dowd a major poet of this country'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'This Union general stands in Grand Army Plaza; a rear hoof of his horse is crushing a Georgia pine branch'

Answer: (William Tecumseh) Sherman


Question: 'In 1966 Frederick Lee became the last holder of the British post Secretary of State for these'

Answer: the colonies


Question: 'The number of U.S. colonies of Apis mellifera, this type of bee, declined by about 50% from 1945 to 2005'

Answer: honeybees


Question: 'These days Sally plays Nora, matriarch of the Walker family on this ABC drama'

Answer: Brothers & Sisters


Question:
'(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Niagara Falls.)
Niagara Falls gets is enormous power because the Niagara River's water is rushing between these 2 Great Lakes, which are only 36 miles apart but have a 300-foot difference in elevation'

Answer: Lakes Erie and Ontario


Question: 'GGPLNT'

Answer: eggplant


Question: 'At the end of his novel "Typee", the hero escapes on a whaler'

Answer: Melville


Question: 'Get a duster with a telescoping handle; these arachnid structures can be high up in the dark rafters'

Answer: spider webs


Question: 'A German theory that these devices might disorient bees isn't widely accepted, so don't dump your Sprint plan just yet'

Answer: a cell phone


Question: 'America first fell in love with Sally when she played this role shortly out of high school'

Answer: Gidget


Question: 'Lanao is the largest lake on this island that also ends "anao"'

Answer: Mindanao


Question: 'RTBG'

Answer: rutabaga


Question: 'This author introduced Natty Bumppo in "The Pioneers"'

Answer: James Fenimore Cooper


Question: 'On creaking door hinges, use a spray like Pyroil, made from this compound known for its use in implants'

Answer: silicone


Question: 'British scientists refer to bee vanishings as Mary Celeste syndrome, after one of these found deserted in 1872'

Answer: a ship


Question: 'In this landmark TV movie, Sally played a woman with more than 16 personalities, but she only won 1 Emmy'

Answer: Sybil


Question: 'Minnesota, Wisconsin & New York have lakes called this--the sound that follows is a hint'

Answer: Loon Lake


Question: 'LK'

Answer: leek


Question: 'Among his historical novels are "Burr" & "1876"'

Answer: (Gore) Vidal


Question: 'In the guest room, drown out the howling with a device for this "noise", with the same intensity at all frequencies'

Answer: white noise


Question: 'This U.S. ice cream maker with a faux Euro name created a special vanilla flavor to raise awareness of bees' plight'

Answer: Haagen-Dazs


Question: 'We must really like her; Sally has won Oscars twice: once for "Norma Rae" & once for this movie'

Answer: Places in the Heart


Question: 'The last house where Kurt Cobain lived was by this lake with a presidential name'

Answer: Lake Washington


Question: 'KL'

Answer: kale


Question: 'Time put his violent western tale "Blood Meridian" on a list of the 100 best novels since 1923'

Answer: Cormac McCarthy


Question: 'One major cause of bee losses is the spread of Varroa destructor, a bee-killing type of this tiny parasite'

Answer: a mite


Question: 'In 2002 Sally made her Broadway debut in this playwright's "The Goat, or Who Is Syvia?"'

Answer: (Edward) Albee


Question: 'Bacalar in Mexico is called Laguna de los Siete Colores, or lake of these; you can see a couple of them here'

Answer: seven colors


Question: 'KR'

Answer: okra


Question: 'In Faulkner's "The Bear", Ike McCaslin hunts down this legendary bear'

Answer: Old Ben


Question: 'An experiment with mirrors on Mt. Wilson & Mt. San Antonio, Calif. determined what became an accepted figure for this'

Answer: the speed of light


Question: 'In 1961, at age 79, he married 33-year-old Jacqueline Roque, the model in several of his paintings'

Answer: Pablo Picasso


Question: 'Supporters & opponents of war are often called by these 2 bird types'

Answer: doves & hawks


Question: 'Besides being an actor & a director, he's been a lumberjack, a steelworker & a California mayor'

Answer: Clint Eastwood


Question: 'There was a farmer, had a wild Aussie dog that could weigh up to around 45 lbs. & this was its name-o'

Answer: dingo


Question: 'Once part of the Ottoman Empire, it became capital of Iraq in 1921'

Answer: Baghdad


Question: '"Salmon swim upstream to spoon"'

Answer: spawn


Question: 'Her 90th birthday celebrations included a butter tasting at a California museum whose kitchen is named for her'

Answer: Julia Child


Question: 'Referring to the Mexican War, Montezuma is mentioned in the official song of this U.S. military branch'

Answer: Marine Corps


Question: 'He used to sling pizza before he made "Sling Blade"'

Answer: Billy Bob Thornton


Question: 'In Yellowstone's history only 4 have died from attacks by this animal, Ursus arctos horriblis'

Answer: grizzly bear


Question: 'This Virginia stream was the site of battles in July 1861 & August 1862'

Answer: Bull Run


Question: '"The doctor used biceps to deliver the baby"'

Answer: forceps


Question: 'On Oct. 10, 2002 this 85-year-old West Virginian made an impassioned Senate speech against the Iraq resolution'

Answer: Robert Byrd


Question: 'Meaning "little war", this term for a type of warfare originated during Napoleon's wars in Spain'

Answer: guerrilla warfare


Question: 'Perhaps this rocker got a taste for bats when he worked in a slaughterhouse'

Answer: Ozzy Osbourne


Question: 'Usually bubonic plague is transmitted by fleas from this animal that comes in Norway & black varieties'

Answer: rat


Question: 'The Rocky Mountains run through part of this Canadian province that begins with "B"'

Answer: British Columbia


Question: '"Certain areas of the desert are cultivated by irritation"'

Answer: irrigation


Question: 'In his first encyclical, issued in 1959, this 77-year-old pontiff warned of TV's enticement to loose morality'

Answer: Pope John XXIII


Question: 'This term for a member of Japan's powerful warrior class comes from the Japanese word meaning "guard"'

Answer: samurai


Question: 'Before this singer & pianist "wrote the songs", he supported himself by working at the CBS mailroom'

Answer: Barry Manilow


Question: 'It's the mascot for a Major League Baseball team, Louisiana State University & a breakfast cereal'

Answer: tiger


Question: 'Bangladesh banks on this big bay'

Answer: Bay of Bengal


Question: '"At ancient banquets, guests wore garlics in their hair"'

Answer: garlands


Question: 'In 2002 this 78-year-old was reelected president of Zimbabwe in a shady election'

Answer: Robert Mugabe


Question: '"Jamming" may be a part of this type of warfare abbreviated EW'

Answer: electronic warfare


Question: 'She once made a "Living" as a model & a stockbroker before becoming a style maven'

Answer: Martha Stewart


Question: 'On "SNL", "immigrant" John Belushi learned to say, "I would like to feed your fingertips to" this Michigan "glutton"'

Answer: wolverine


Question: 'Minsk & Pinsk are cities in this former Soviet republic'

Answer: Belarus


Question: '"He only dates one woman -- he's in a monotonous relationship"'

Answer: monogamous


Question: 'This item was about the size of the modern electric refrigerator that replaced it in homes'

Answer: icebox


Question: '"Mommie Dearest"'

Answer: Joan Crawford


Question: 'His short stories include 1962's "A & P" & his novels include 1960's "Rabbit, Run"'

Answer: John Updike


Question: 'Climbing the Acropolis; shopping at the flea market in Monastiraki Square'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'Thomas Paine noted there's one step from "the sublime" to this'

Answer: the ridiculous


Question: 'It lies before lizard & after chaise'

Answer: lounge


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew next to a fire truck of the Culver City Fire Dept.)  Author Robert Holzman says America's first specialized piece of firefighting equipment was a 3-gallon this'

Answer: bucket


Question: '"Amadeus"'

Answer: Wolfgang A. Mozart


Question: 'This TV chef "kicks it up" with his cookbook "There's a Chef in My Soup! Recipes for the Kid in Everyone"'

Answer: Emeril Lagasse


Question: 'A visit to the Turkish parliament & an expedition for that new rug for the living room'

Answer: Ankara


Question: 'In 1989 Gin Miller joined this shoe company as creative director for step training'

Answer: Reebok


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew)  You can pinpoint any location on a map by following these imaginary lines that criscross'

Answer: latitude & longitude


Question: 'Keuffel & Esser, the dominant maker of these calculating devices, made its last one in 1975'

Answer: slide rule


Question: '"I Dream of Jeannie" & "Swanee River"'

Answer: Stephen Foster


Question: 'This book by journalist Mark Bowden about a 1993 military operation in Mogadishu became a 2001 film'

Answer: Black Hawk Down


Question: 'Checking out the Wat Prayun temple complex; later, making new friends on Patpong Road'

Answer: Bangkok


Question: '(Jimmy & Sofia of the Clue Crew out on the dance floor)  We're demonstrating this dance step, a component of dances like the waltz & foxtrot'

Answer: box step


Question: 'When you sprain your ankle, you tear or twist these tissues that connect the leg & foot bones'

Answer: ligaments


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew standing in front of the ship Santa Maria in Columbus, Ohio)  Columbus used this instrument superceded by the sextant to measure the positions of stars'

Answer: astrolabe


Question: '"A Man for All Seasons"'

Answer: Sir Thomas More


Question: 'This 1972 novel is about a community of rabbits in Berkshire who set out to find a new warren'

Answer: "Watership Down"


Question: 'A wee stroll on the Clyde Walkway & a visit to St. Andrew's Parish Church'

Answer: Glasgow


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Rome)  I'm here in Rome, where these run from the Piazza di Spagna to the Church of the Trinita dei Monti'

Answer: Spanish Steps


Question: 'It's French for the small, high-powered magnifying glass used by jewelers'

Answer: loupe


Question: 'The 19th century spring tooth one of these plow-like devices was useful for breaking up rocky soil'

Answer: harrow


Question: '"Bound for Glory"'

Answer: Woody Guthrie


Question: 'This 2002 bestselling novel takes a comic look at those who raise the kids of the fabulously wealthy in NYC'

Answer: "The Nanny Diaries"


Question: 'Buda Palace & the Rudas Baths, with a stop at Ruszwurm's Patisserie'

Answer: Budapest


Question: 'In 1935 John Buchan's climb to fame included being made a peer & this mystery of his being filmed by Hitchcock'

Answer: The 39 Steps


Question: 'This son of Parsifal & knight of the Holy Grail is the subject of an opera by Wagner'

Answer: Lohengrin


Question: 'Partly from the Greek algos, "pain", it was first noted in 1688 in Swiss soldiers fighting far from home'

Answer: nostalgia


Question: 'She illustrated dad Jimmy's 1995 children's book "The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer"'

Answer: Amy Carter


Question: 'Despite this nickname for a football, it's actually made of leather'

Answer: pigskin


Question: 'Aww, a baby one of these primates is clearly having a bad hair day'

Answer: an orangutan


Question: 'Panama'

Answer: Catholicism


Question: 'Give a shout out to Carol Bartz, CEO of this Internet company & the 12th most powerful woman on the list'

Answer: Yahoo!


Question: '4-letter antonym of "domesticated"'

Answer: wild


Question: 'In 2008 she expressed interest in taking over Hillary Clinton's Senate seat'

Answer: Caroline Kennedy


Question: 'Popularized by Amos Alonzo Stagg, it's a pass thrown backwards or sideways'

Answer: lateral


Question: 'A silent comedian in talking pictures, this Marx Brother had one of the original fros'

Answer: Harpo Marx


Question: 'Morocco'

Answer: Islam


Question: 'Ding dong, Elizabeth Smith, president of this company, calling at No. 85'

Answer: Avon


Question: 'This synonym for "wide" can be found before "cloth" or "minded"'

Answer: broad


Question: 'This recent Florida governor born in 1953 has the given names John Ellis'

Answer: Jeb Bush


Question: 'Offensive linemen hang their heads when a long pass is called back due to this no-no'

Answer: holding


Question: 'In 1926, women like Mrs. Margaret Wagoner Mitchell, seen here, got this type of wave by hooking up to a machine'

Answer: a permanent wave


Question: 'Nepal'

Answer: Hinduism


Question: 'Dr. Margaret Chan, director-general of this U.N. agency, made the list at No. 38'

Answer: the World Health Organization


Question: 'Published by Viking, these 1-volume editions of authors are so called because they can be carried around'

Answer: Portable


Question: 'In the 1980s this son of Gerald Ford was a regular on TV's "The Young and the Restless"'

Answer: Steve Ford


Question: 'Often, the fastest of the defensive backs is this player, like the great Deion Sanders'

Answer: a cornerback


Question: 'This Pope poem has "two Locks... in equal Curls" which "well conspir'd to deck / With shining Ringlets the smooth Iv'ry Neck"'

Answer: The Rape of the Lock


Question: 'Sweden'

Answer: Lutheranism


Question: 'She's No. 40 on the list; her husband is 44th on a different list'

Answer: Mrs. (Michelle) Obama


Question: 'The same Latin word gave us "trepidation", meaning fear, & this adjective, meaning fearless'

Answer: intrepid


Question: 'In the 19th c. his daughter Esther was the first & so far only child of a president to be born in the White House'

Answer: Grover Cleveland


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue.)  If the referee indicates this violation, look for a 15-yard penalty'

Answer: a personal foul


Question: 'It's almost surreal seeing this Spanish-born painter's coiffure'

Answer: Salvador Dali


Question: 'Laos'

Answer: Buddhism


Question: 'Sheila Bair, who protects your savings account as head of this government body, made the top 10'

Answer: the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)


Question: 'An adjective meaning "elaborate"; to Brits, it's a verb meaning "to like or enjoy"'

Answer: fancy


Question: 'Created in 1968, this lake named for an Egyptian president took 13 years to be near full capacity'

Answer: Lake Nasser


Question: 'After 15 seasons & lots of changes, this venerable medical drama about a Chicago hospital finally flatlined'

Answer: ER


Question: 'Our head writer once received a BLT that was missing the B, bacon, leaving only the L & T, these 2 items'

Answer: lettuce & tomato


Question: 'Bottom arrives, prepared to lead Quince, Flute & Snout on stage'

Answer: A Midsummer Night\'s Dream


Question: 'St. Hugh of Lincoln was famous for having one of these graceful birds as a pet'

Answer: a swan


Question: 'These insectivorous plants are only found natively in North & South Carolina'

Answer: the Venus Flytrap


Question: 'This country's Hendrik Verwoerd Reservoir, aka the Gariep, was created by the damming of the Orange River'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'In the finale to Season 8 & to this sitcom, James Belushi visits Heaven'

Answer: According to Jim


Question: 'A McDonald's Egg McMuffin is made with egg, American cheese & this meat'

Answer: Canadian bacon


Question: 'An island provides the backdrop as the succession to the leadership of Naples is decided'

Answer: The Tempest


Question: 'It's the songbird & finch family member seen here'

Answer: a cardinal


Question: 'This Pennsylvania Dutch molasses & sugar dessert could be used to attract flies away from other food'

Answer: the shoo-fly pie


Question: 'Lake Nyasa is the southernmost in a chain of lakes located in this "Great" valley'

Answer: the Rift Valley


Question: '2 brothers locked up in a jail tried to escape & solve a murder mystery but this show got the chair after 4 years'

Answer: Prison Break


Question: 'He once flew from Memphis to Denver for the fool's gold sandwich--PB&J & a pound of bacon on Italian bread'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Question: 'Jessica has regrets about her dad but looks forward to marrying Lorenzo & converting to Christianity'

Answer: The Merchant of Venice


Question: 'Seen here is one of these birds that, for a time, had a TV "Family"'

Answer: the partridge


Question: 'It's a legendary spectral ship said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope'

Answer: the Flying Dutchman


Question: 'Missionary-explorer David Livingstone was found on the shore of this, the world's longest freshwater lake'

Answer: Lake Tanganyika


Question: 'After 72 years & more than 15,700 episodes, this soap opera went dark in 2009'

Answer: Guiding Light


Question: 'Bacon rind that's been diced & fried is called this, which lends its name to a bread made from it'

Answer: crackling


Question: 'Sir Toby Belch & his friends trick Malvolio into acting crazy & getting sent to an asylum'

Answer: Twelfth Night


Question: 'The common fowl seen here is this state bird'

Answer: a Rhode Island Red


Question: 'This song is also known as "Jimmy Crack Corn"'

Answer: the "Blue Tail Fly"


Question: 'Lake Shepard in this West African nation's Maryland County is unusual in that is is part freshwater, part salt water'

Answer: Liberia


Question: 'An expedition to the Pegasus Galaxy ended after 5 seasons for this "Stargate" spinoff'

Answer: Stargate Atlantis


Question: 'This Italian version of bacon comes from the pork belly; its name refers to a fat belly'

Answer: pancetta


Question: 'Bolingbroke appears before the king & accuses Thomas Mowbray of treason'

Answer: Richard II


Question: '100 of these European birds were released in Central Park in 1890; today, there are 200 million in North America'

Answer: starlings


Question: 'A spinning regulator that smoothes the operation of a motor'

Answer: a flywheel


Question: 'A state since the 1700s but not in the original 13, it ends with its own 2-letter postal abbreviation'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: '"Hoosier State"'

Answer: Indiana


Question: 'Any lock can easily be opened with a hairpin or one of these "plastic" cards'

Answer: Credit card


Question: 'Of Amos, Andy, Lum or Abner, the one with his own Old Testament book'

Answer: Amos


Question: 'In April 1999 Harvard announced plans to formally absorb this women's college'

Answer: Radcliffe


Question: 'His "Cosmos" was a bestseller in 1980; he made "Contact" again in 1985'

Answer: Carl Sagan


Question: 'It's the sign you hope to see when looking for a hotel room on the spur of the moment'

Answer: Vacancy


Question: '"Mount Rushmore State"'

Answer: South Dakota


Question: 'A proper villain doesn't simply try to shoot this British spy; he attacks him with sharks, spiders or lasers'

Answer: James Bond


Question: 'Of Amos, Andy, Lum or Abner, the cousin of King Saul'

Answer: Abner


Question: 'The Hullabaloo is the school newspaper for this New Orleans university'

Answer: Tulane


Question: 'This worldly author brought us tales of "Texas", "Poland" & the "Caribbean"'

Answer: James Michener


Question: 'Proverbially speaking, it's "the spice of life"'

Answer: Variety


Question: '"The Last Frontier"'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'Honest, hardworking cops usually get gunned down 3 days before they're due for this event'

Answer: Retirement


Question: 'Of Levi, Lee, Calvin or Sassoon, the one who got his genes from Jacob'

Answer: Levi


Question: 'This university in Ithaca, New York is the youngest school in the Ivy League'

Answer: Cornell


Question: 'In a 1983 bestseller Erma Bombeck called this "The Second Oldest Profession"'

Answer: Motherhood


Question: 'Mirror, mirror on the wall, it's a dressing table for putting on makeup & all'

Answer: Vanity


Question: '"The Old Dominion"'

Answer: Virginia


Question: '10-year-old kids are the most expert at this activity, illicitly entering computer systems'

Answer: Hacking


Question: 'Of Alvin, Simon, Theodore or David, the person for whom the oldest part of Jerusalem is named'

Answer: David


Question: '[Hi, I'm Camryn Manheim]  This D.C. university is named for the educator who helped develop American Sign Language'

Answer: Gallaudet


Question: 'In 1981 weight-conscious readers feasted on "The Beverly Hills Diet" & his "Never-Say-Diet Book"'

Answer: Richard Simmons


Question: 'In the Middle Ages it was a person who held land from a feudal lord & owed allegiance to him'

Answer: Vassal


Question: '"The Star-Spangled Banner State"'

Answer: Maryland


Question: 'As writer John JB Wilson observes, if you're surrounded by 12 bad guys, they must attack this way'

Answer: One at a time


Question: 'Of Michael, Peter, Micky or David, the one whose original name was also that of a singing chipmunk'

Answer: (Simon) Peter


Question: 'This bird was the mascot at the University of Delaware before it was the state bird'

Answer: Blue hen


Question: 'This comedienne left us with the touching memoir "It's Always Something"'

Answer: Gilda Radner


Question: 'A short literary sketch, or a short, memorable scene in a play or film'

Answer: Vignette


Question: 'This quarterback passed through his career as "Broadway Joe" or "Joe Willie"'

Answer: Joe Namath


Question: 'Nova Scotians can point out that the duck tolling retriever is their official this'

Answer: Dog


Question: 'Middle Eastern prime minister Ehud Barak'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'In 1999's "The Out-Of-Towners", through no fawlty of his own, he was back behind a hotel desk'

Answer: John Cleese


Question: 'The first of these structures was built for King Zoser in Saqqarah in the 27th Century B.C.'

Answer: Pyramids


Question: 'Something that resembles or is related to this veggie is spinaceous'

Answer: Spinach


Question: 'This showman was the "Prince of Humbugs"'

Answer: P.T. Barnum


Question: 'This province's official flower is the white Madonna lily, not the fleur-de-lis'

Answer: Quebec


Question: 'Latin American president Ernesto Zedillo'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'He's traveled a bit -- "Pole To Pole", "Around The World In 80 Days"...'

Answer: Michael Palin


Question: 'The Mau Mau movement recruited from the Kikuyu people of this country'

Answer: Kenya


Question: 'To wheeple is to do this feebly or ineffectually, perhaps trying to imitate Snow White "while you work"'

Answer: Whistle


Question: 'Full first name of the man known as "Scarface" Capone'

Answer: Alphonse


Question: 'As crazy as it sounds, Ontario's official bird is the common this'

Answer: Loon


Question: 'Asian president Joseph Estrada'

Answer: Philippines


Question: 'He hasn't sat around doing nothing, he's written books like "The Road to Mars", nudge....nudge....'

Answer: Eric Idle


Question: 'In 711 the Moors launched their conquest of Spain from what is now this country'

Answer: Morocco


Question: 'Accented on the first syllable, it means divine wisdom; on the second syllable, the divine Ms. Loren'

Answer: Sophia


Question: 'He's been dubbed the "Father of the Flivver"'

Answer: Henry Ford


Question: 'We were "scared" to tell you that this formerly organic substance is Alberta's official stone'

Answer: Petrified wood


Question: 'South American president Andres Pastrana'

Answer: Colombia


Question: 'Fans of his "Brazil" can buy it on DVD in a longer, expanded version'

Answer: Terry Gilliam


Question: 'On April 6, 1994 Rwandan president Habyarimana died in a plane crash with president Ntaryamira of this country'

Answer: Burundi


Question: 'He invented the word frumious (a blend of "fuming" & "furious"); you'll find it in his nonsense poem "Jabberwocky"'

Answer: Lewis Carroll


Question: 'Famous nickname of Nixon family friend Charles Rebozo'

Answer: "Bebe"


Question: 'It's great, it's gray & it's the type of bird that Manitobans selected as their official bird'

Answer: Owl


Question: 'Eastern European president Leonid Kuchma'

Answer: Ukraine


Question: 'The voice of the parrot in Douglas Adams' "Starship Titanic"; he also novelized the game'

Answer: Terry Jones


Question: 'As Bishop of Hippo, a Roman city in north Africa, this saint judged civil court cases'

Answer: Saint Augustine


Question: 'Xenomania is defined as an inordinate attachment to or fascination with all things this'

Answer: Foreign or strange


Question: 'John Cleveland defined it as "Nature's Confectioner"'

Answer: Bee


Question: 'Hats off to JFK -- he authorized the formation of the elite special forces group, known as this'

Answer: The Green Berets


Question: 'It's the second place award in an Olympic event'

Answer: Silver medal


Question: 'Country in which you'd find the Book of Kells'

Answer: Ireland


Question: '"Seinfeld" catch phrase that means "blah, blah, blah"'

Answer: "Yada, Yada, Yada"


Question: 'The oviraptor's name means "stealer of" these, which might also apply to some fossil hunters'

Answer: Eggs


Question: 'If you write my last name as T-R-E-B-E-C-K, you've just done this'

Answer: Misspelled it


Question: 'It was the second nation to put a man in space'

Answer: USA


Question: 'In 1943 the Supreme Court said that those whose religious beliefs prohibit it don't have to recite this'

Answer: Pledge of Allegiance


Question: 'His crazy schemes have included a bra for men & a coffee-table coffee-table book'

Answer: Cosmo Kramer


Question: 'In diplodocus, these individual back bones were hollow, keeping the animal's weight to 12 tons'

Answer: Vertebrae


Question: 'He's hired for homicide'

Answer: Hit man


Question: 'Name given to North Vietnam's main infiltration route into South Vietnam'

Answer: Ho Chi Minh Trail


Question: 'South America's second largest country in area, it borders the largest'

Answer: Argentina


Question: 'Colorless, flammable hydrocarbon found in gasoline; you should have its number'

Answer: Octane


Question: 'Actor Larry Thomas played this "restaurateur" as Saddam Hussein with just a dash of Hitler'

Answer: The "Soup Nazi"


Question: 'Its two longer horns each could extend more than three feet'

Answer: Triceratops


Question: 'Mary Leona Gage gave up this national title in 1957 when it was revealed she was married & had 2 children'

Answer: Miss USA


Question: '2 deltas that saw a lot of action were the Red & this river, originating in Tibet & emptying in the S. China Sea'

Answer: Mekong


Question: 'He had the second highest vote total in the 1944 U.S. presidential balloting'

Answer: Thomas E. Dewey


Question: 'Manly men know it's the main androgen'

Answer: Testosterone


Question: 'Jerry's "Hello" to this Seinfeld-hating postal employee became a catch phrase'

Answer: Newman


Question: 'Robert Bakker "heated" up paleontology by suggesting dinosaurs were homeothermic, also called this'

Answer: Warm-blooded


Question: 'Even if you're not ordained, you may take a position as a "lay" one of these'

Answer: Missionary


Question: 'The closest the U.S. came to actually declaring it a war was this August 7, 1964 "resolution"'

Answer: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution


Question: 'This man wasn't knighted after being the second man to stand on top of Mt. Everest'

Answer: Tenzing Norgay (the man who was with Hillary)


Question: 'Deneb is the brightest star in this constellation whose name means swan'

Answer: Cygnus


Question: 'Elaine once created an "Urban Sombrero" for this mail-order company's catalog'

Answer: J. Peterman


Question: 'Term for a meat-eating dinosaur like the Tyrannosaurus, or the title of a 1993 Roger Corman film'

Answer: Carnosaur


Question: 'Suppiluliumas was one of the greatest kings of these Indo-European people'

Answer: Hittites


Question: 'In Wilmcote, near Stratford, you may visit the family home, seen here, of this author's mother'

Answer: William Shakespeare


Question: 'It's the latitude of any point on the Equator'

Answer: 0


Question: 'In 1832 the U.S. Treasury set it to the distance between the 27th & 63rd inch marks on an 82 inch brass bar'

Answer: Yard


Question: 'Carl "The Truth" Williams lasted 93 seconds in the ring with this "Iron" man July 21, 1989'

Answer: Mike Tyson


Question: 'Movie in which John Hurt, as John Merrick, declares, "I am not an animal!"'

Answer: "The Elephant Man"


Question: 'It's also called a bumbershoot, & some say it's bad luck to open one indoors'

Answer: Umbrella


Question: 'Albion House in the town of Marlow is the place where she finished writing "Frankenstein"'

Answer: Mary Shelley


Question: 'This magazine's 1998 swimsuit issue was shot at locations around the world on the Equator'

Answer: Sports Illustrated


Question: 'Broadloom usually means these floor coverings are 12 feet wide'

Answer: Carpets/Rugs


Question: 'Lynch played an FBI man in his 1992 film prequel to this TV series'

Answer: "Twin Peaks"


Question: 'Eliot Ness & his men were nicknamed this because they couldn't be bought'

Answer: "The Untouchables"


Question: 'Fans of this Lake poet flock to Dove Cottage, his home near Grasmere in the Lake District'

Answer: William Wordsworth


Question: 'The Mitad del Mundo, "Middle of the Earth" monument, is near Quito in this country'

Answer: Ecuador


Question: 'With AM, the amplitude of the carrier wave is modulated; with FM, it's this that's modulated'

Answer: Frequency


Question: 'The title of this early work comes partly from the hero's exotic pompadour'

Answer: "Eraserhead"


Question: 'This word precedes "We Love Thee" in the title of a state song'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'The monument to this novelist, seen here, is one of the most famous landmarks in Edinburgh'

Answer: Sir Walter Scott


Question: 'These islands were named from the Spanish for "saddles", for the saddleback tortoises found there'

Answer: Galapagos Islands


Question: 'Originally French, an arpent, which is about an acre, is mainly used in these 2 places:  a state & a province'

Answer: Louisiana & Quebec


Question: 'Isabella Rossellini is The Blue Lady, a nightclub singer, in this 1986 masterpiece'

Answer: "Blue Velvet"


Question: 'First name shared by a Hittite & a Heep'

Answer: Uriah


Question: 'John Donne's monument in this cathedral survived the Great Fire; he posed for it wearing a shroud'

Answer: St. Paul\'s Cathedral


Question: '14-letter adjective for a satellite's orbit that keeps it above the same point on the Equator'

Answer: Geosynchronous


Question: 'People talk of a hank of hair, but a hank is a measurement of this, equal to 7 skeins'

Answer: Yarn/wool


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />"(Hi, I'm Alicia Witt):  Pauline Kael said I was "creepy" when I appeared in this film set 9,000 years in the future"'

Answer: "Dune"


Question: 'Looking for the North Star?  It's in the tail of this "lesser bear"'

Answer: Ursa Minor


Question: 'Mainz, Germany celebrates the life of this inventor in an annual festival called Johannisnacht'

Answer: Johannes Gutenberg


Question: 'A mural was painted on the Whale Museum in Taiji, the city that started the industry for this country'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'A classic from the '80s: <br />"Pretty in ____"'

Answer: Pink


Question: 'As Michelle Higgins is the "Practical" this, she'll tell you how to cut the high cost of flying to Africa'

Answer: Traveler


Question: 'Adjective meaning curved inward, like the inside of a circle or sphere'

Answer: concave


Question: 'The Tree Top Company's website has recipes for the Sour Cream & Dutch Kitchen types of this'

Answer: pie


Question: 'Maker of racing saddles for these, like the Diplodocus & the Iguanandon'

Answer: dinosaurs


Question: 'The whales seen here arrived in time for the 1996 Olympics in this city'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: 'A documentary about Texas justice:<br /> "The Thin ____ Line"'

Answer: Blue


Question: 'Frank Bruni, whose yearly entertainment budget is $350,000, is on this beat'

Answer: restaurants (food critic)


Question: 'Animal subphylum of chiefly aquatic arthropods covered by a hard shell'

Answer: crustacean


Question: 'The Wenatchee Valley is the heart of this state's apple country'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'Legal aide for Judge Winthrop at these notorious trials in 1692'

Answer: the Salem Witch Trials


Question: 'At the Intercontinental Hotel, check out the whales from Lakeshore Drive & the Navy Pier in this city<br />[Addendum: Lake Shore Drive & Navy Pier]'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'A 1998 WWII flim:<br />"The Thin ____ Line"'

Answer: Red


Question: 'In 1990 Nicholas Kristof & his wife Sheryl WuDunn won a Pulitzer covering China's democracy movement in this place'

Answer: Tiananmen Square


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a lab at the University of Mississippi.)  Sound waves are used to heat and seal blood vessels in a 21st century version of this process from the Latin for "branding iron"'

Answer: cauterizing


Question: 'This preparation is a favorite accompaniment of foods from pork to latkes'

Answer: applesauce


Question: 'Ticket scalper fro Custer's 1876 "Last Stand" at the Little Bighorn in this state'

Answer: Montana


Question: 'You can see Atlantic whales on Queen's Quay E. near the Gardiner Expressway in this city on Lake Ontario'

Answer: Toronto


Question: 'A classic from the '40s:<br />"She Wore a ____ Ribbon"'

Answer: Yellow


Question: 'We bet the first Monday in Oct. is always circled on Linda Greenhouse's calendar; she started on this Times beat in 1978'

Answer: the Supreme Court


Question: 'A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction'

Answer: a catalyst


Question: 'Being packed with pectin makes apples an excellent source of this in the diet'

Answer: fiber


Question: 'Was quite excited to proofread this ribald French author's "Justine" in the 1790s'

Answer: the Marquis de Sade


Question: 'You can see a mural of Keiko in the adventure park in this country where the desire to "Free Willy" began'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'A 2004 comedy:<br />"Harold & Kumar Go to ____ Castle"'

Answer: White


Question: 'Pulitzer-winning Op-Ed columnist Thomas L. Friedman wrote "A Brief History of the 21st Century" in "The World is" this'

Answer: Flat


Question: 'A cruciverbal diversion'

Answer: a crossword


Question: 'Unlike the tech version, there's no "A" in the name of this apple named for the finder of the1st seedling in 1811'

Answer: McIntosh


Question: 'Torturer's apprentice to this Spanish Inquisitor General who lived from 1420 to 1498'

Answer: Torquemada


Question: 'As he was carried below, mortally wounded, Capt. James Lawrence of the Chesapeake ordered, "don't" do this'

Answer: give up the ship


Question: 'A very aggressive gridiron playing style, or a band known for "Walkin' On The Sun"'

Answer: Smash Mouth


Question: 'Villarica & Cotopaxi are volcanoes found on this continent'

Answer: South America


Question: 'In 1867 a child in South Africa found a "pretty pebble", which turned out to be a 22-carat one of these'

Answer: diamonds


Question: '"The Time Machine" (1895)'

Answer: H.G. Wells


Question: 'Computer key at the top right of the main keyboard grid'

Answer: backspace


Question: 'The Battle of Lundy's Lane on July 25, 1814 was the USA's last invasion of what's now this country'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'He could be one of Scooby Doo's crew, but this reggae star made "Angel" a big hit in 2001'

Answer: Shaggy


Question: 'Of 20, 30 or 50%, the percentage of the Earth's land Asia occupies as the world's largest continent'

Answer: 30%


Question: 'Nephrite is the main source of this gem; it comes in white, red & dark green, which is the most valuable type'

Answer: jade


Question: '"Look Homeward, Angel" (1929)'

Answer: Thomas Wolfe


Question: '2-word term for someone out of touch with reality, or what Tom Corbett was in a 1950s TV show title'

Answer: space cadet


Question: 'During the war, this U.S. frigate was commended by Isaac Hull, William Bainbridge & Charles Stewart'

Answer: U.S.S. Constitution


Question: 'Before Whitesnake, Dave Coverdale was a member of this "colorful" "Smoke On The Water" group'

Answer: Deep Purple


Question: 'The equator stretches across more land mass on this continent than any other'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'The name of this deep-red gem & "pomegranate" come from the same root'

Answer: garnet


Question: '"Sister Carrie" (1900)'

Answer: Theodore Dreiser


Question: 'Low area under the floor of a building for access to plumbing or wiring'

Answer: crawlspace


Question: 'On the night of September 13-14, 1814, British Admiral George Cockburn tried to take this fort but failed'

Answer: Fort McHenry


Question: '"Love Is Like Oxygen" & "Ballroom Blitz" both charted for this "saccharin" band'

Answer: Sweet


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew stands in front of an ancient globe) Meaning "all earth", it's the term Alfred Wegener gave to an historic, theoretical supercontinent'

Answer: Pangaea


Question: 'Corundums with 3 bands of light are called "stars"; corundums with one band have this feline name'

Answer: cats eye


Question: '"The Natural" (1952)'

Answer: Bernard Malamud


Question: 'Atmospheric region above a state or nation'

Answer: airspace


Question: 'This Speaker of the House, the "Great Pacificator", was one of the War Hawks urging war with Britain'

Answer: Henry Clay


Question: '"Bela Lugosi's Dead" is an offering from this '80s group that's named for Walter Gropius' school of design'

Answer: Bauhaus


Question: 'It's also the sixth-largest country in area'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'The name of this September birthstone may come from the Sanskrit for "dear to the planet Saturn"'

Answer: Sapphire


Question: '"Adam Bede" (1859)'

Answer: George Eliot


Question: 'In graphic design, it's the unprinted or empty area on a page & can actually be any color'

Answer: white space


Question: 'In a play by Euripides, he goes mad & thinks he's tearing down the walls of Mycenae but destroys his own house'

Answer: Hercules


Question: 'On the centigrade scale, it's the melting point of ice'

Answer: 0 (zero)


Question: 'Asahi'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'The capitol building is on a 30-acre tract in this city overlooking the Missouri River'

Answer: Pierre


Question: 'In May 1999 he won the release of 3 U.S. soldiers held captive in Serbia'

Answer: Rev. Jesse Jackson


Question: 'It wasn't necessary to dub this Schwarzenegger line in "T2" into Spanish'

Answer: "Hasta La Vista, Baby!"


Question: 'MacGillicuddy was her TV maiden name from 1951 to 1960 (it still is today in reruns)'

Answer: Lucille Ball


Question: '1 volt times 1 amp equals this unit'

Answer: watt


Question: 'Foster's'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'A gruesome clash between the government & the Indians took place here on December 29, 1890'

Answer: Wounded Knee


Question: 'During the 1996 Summer Olympics, this boxer was given a new gold medal to replace one from 1960'

Answer: Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay)


Question: '2-word greeting, or name of a famous fifties freckled marionette'

Answer: Howdy Doody


Question: 'Like Jackie Kennedy, Marge Simpson had this maiden name'

Answer: Bouvier


Question: 'Forces like gravity are measured in units abbreviated N., named for this scientist'

Answer: Isaac Newton


Question: 'Beck's'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'South Dakota's Homestake Mine is one of the Western Hemisphere's largest producers of this metal'

Answer: gold


Question: 'In 1998 this poet & author made her directorial debut with the movie "Down in the Delta"'

Answer: Maya Angelou


Question: 'This reptilian-flavored farewell hails from the '30s'

Answer: "See Ya\' Later, Alligator!"


Question: 'Jamie had recently shed her maiden name, Stemple, when this sitcom debuted in 1992'

Answer: Mad About You


Question: 'To convert kilograms into grams, multiply by this'

Answer: 1000


Question: 'Moosehead'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'In Storybook Land in Aberdeen, where this author once lived, the "Oz" stories come to life'

Answer: L. Frank Baum


Question: 'It's no secret, she was the first black model featured on a Victoria's Secret catalog cover'

Answer: Tyra Banks


Question: 'It's how Akihito would bid you farewell'

Answer: Sayonara


Question: '"Oh, Rob!"  This character was given 2 different maiden names, Meeker & Meehan'

Answer: Laura Petrie (from "The Dick Van Dyke Show")


Question: 'Musical instruments are tuned to 440 cycles per second, this note on a piano'

Answer: A


Question: 'Harp'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'On August 2, 1876 this gunfighter was shot in the back of the head by Jack McCall in Deadwood'

Answer: Wild Bill Hickok


Question: 'He formed his famous New York dance theater company in 1958 with a troupe of only 8 dancers'

Answer: Alvin Ailey


Question: 'Greeting that can follow "ship" or "chips"'

Answer: Ahoy!


Question: 'She played Gloria Stivic, nee Bunker'

Answer: Sally Struthers


Question: 'He was the first person who could put U.S. Secretary of State on his resume'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'Born in India in 1913, she won her second Oscar for playing Blanche Dubois in 1951'

Answer: Vivian Leigh


Question: 'The Boar's Head Tavern is one of many Shakespearean settings in this city'

Answer: London


Question: 'Da!  In 1987 he became the first American talk show host to tape shows in Russia'

Answer: Phil Donahue


Question: 'Nazis Invade Poland!'

Answer: 1939


Question: 'A state of great joy or satisfaction, or a series on the WB Network'

Answer: Seventh Heaven


Question: 'Dean Acheson continued the European recovery plan of this predecessor'

Answer: George Marshall


Question: 'Aussie Geoffrey got quite a rush winning for this 1996 film'

Answer: Shine


Question: 'In "Henry VI, Part 1" it's a setting; in "Romeo and Juliet" it's a suitor for Juliet's hand'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'His impersonations on "Saturday Night Live" included Bill Clinton & Frank Sinatra'

Answer: Phil Hartman


Question: 'Frank Sinatra Passes Away!'

Answer: 1998


Question: 'This religious sect observes the sabbath on Saturday'

Answer: Seventh-day Adventists


Question: 'He was the only Secretary of State succeeded by a woman'

Answer: Warren Christopher


Question: 'Of the 2 women to win acting awards for 1961, she was the Italian'

Answer: Sophia Loren (for "Two Women")


Question: 'Messina, where "Much Ado About Nothing" takes place, is a port on this Italian island'

Answer: Sicily


Question: 'He composed & sang most of the songs in Disney's "Tarzan" movie'

Answer: Phil Collins


Question: 'Nixon Reelected President!'

Answer: 1972


Question: 'This Akira Kurosawa film was the basis for the 1960 classic western "The Magnificent Seven"'

Answer: The Seven Samurai


Question: 'The last Secretary of State to become president, he served under Polk & Taylor before being elected in 1856'

Answer: James Buchanan


Question: 'Her last of 3 Oscar wins was for playing Greta Ohlsson in 1974's "Murder on the Orient Express"'

Answer: Ingrid Bergman


Question: 'Hamlet's father, the king of Denmark, killed Fortinbras' father, king of this nearby country'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'This Boston Bruins center led the NHL in goals a record 6 straight seasons, from 1970 to 1975'

Answer: Phil Esposito


Question: '"Miracle On Ice!"  U.S. Men's Ice Hockey Team Wins Olympic Gold!'

Answer: 1980


Question: 'Burt Lancaster plays a general who plans to overthrow the president in this 1964 film'

Answer: Seven Days in May


Question: 'George Shultz served 7 years in the '80s, the longest run for someone in the post since this man in the '60s'

Answer: Dean Rusk


Question: 'This 1957 winner claimed he was born on Sakhalin Island, about 3,000 miles northeast of Siam'

Answer: Yul Brynner


Question: 'Theseus, duke of this city in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", doesn't run into fellow resident Timon'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'Before he was elected senator, this Texan served in the House as both a Democrat & a Republican'

Answer: Phil Gramm


Question: 'Sputnik 1 Launched!'

Answer: 1957


Question: 'A report by Marcos De Niza, a Franciscan priest, led Francisco Coronado to seek them'

Answer: Seven Cities of Cibola/Gold


Question: 'On hearing of the discovery of George Mallory's body, this man told reporters he still thinks he was first'

Answer: Sir Edmund Hillary


Question: 'These, like the spring type, are caused by the gravitational pull of the sun & the moon on the ocean'

Answer: the tides


Question: '1975:<br />Pete Rose'

Answer: the (Cincinnati) Reds


Question: 'This 2004 presidential nominee chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee'

Answer: (John) Kerry


Question: '1 1/2 oz. of vodka & 1/2 oz. of Kahlua make a "Black" this nationality'

Answer: Russian


Question: '"In 1849, thousands arrived (here) to pan for gold, and once that didn't work out, to panhandle for gold"'

Answer: California


Question: 'Precipitation below 32 degrees Fahrenheit'

Answer: snowfall


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a model of an ocean.) On the ocean floor, earthquakes squeeze together a large amount of water and push it to the surface, causing this, from the Japanese for "harbor wave"'

Answer: tsunami


Question: '2004:<br />Manny Ramirez'

Answer: (Boston) Red Sox


Question: 'The House Committee on these has its own these, such as 3(a)(2), meetings shall be open to the public'

Answer: rules


Question: 'The sizes of these are based on their minimum weight per dozen; jumbo are 30 oz. per dozen, peewee, 15'

Answer: eggs


Question: '"Home to hundreds of prestigious colleges... (it) is where the nation's best and brightest can't afford to go"'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'Somebody who takes the blame for somebody else's mistake, or a Lee Majors TV show'

Answer: a fall guy


Question: 'The Sargasso Sea is named for sargassum, a genus of brown this that is strewn in its water'

Answer: seaweed (or algae)


Question: '1963 & '65:<br />Sandy Koufax'

Answer: the Dodgers


Question: 'In the name of a Senate committee, small this is paired with entrepreneurship'

Answer: business


Question: '"Like Hee Haw, but a state", this state "is the birthplace of country music, and the deathplace of all other music"'

Answer: Tennessee


Question: 'This comic tumble is literally onto your rear, because the word comes from slang for that part of your anatomy'

Answer: pratfall


Question: '(Lindblad/National Geographic Underwater Specialist Lisa Trotter delivers the clue.) To survive the frigid waters, Antarctic fish have proteins that act as this type of compound, like the one used in car engines, inhibiting ice crystal growth in their bodies'

Answer: antifreeze


Question: '1971:<br />Roberto Clemente'

Answer: the Pirates


Question: 'John Barrasso of this "Cowboy State" is Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: '"This otherwise featureless state of expansive desert...boasts the world's most awe-inspiring hole"'

Answer: Arizona


Question: 'An unforseen difficulty, or a game show I hosted in the early '80s'

Answer: Pitfall


Question: 'The Gulf Stream, a warm ocean current, was named for the mistaken belief that it was generated in this body of water'

Answer: the Gulf of Mexico


Question: '1970:<br />Brooks Robinson'

Answer: (Baltimore) Orioles


Question: 'For Herb Kohl, chairing the Senate Special Committee on this might get kind of old'

Answer: Aging


Question: 'It "is not just the former Soviet republic that everyone knows about--it is also in fact a small U.S. state"'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Haunted Palace" appears as part of this 1839 tale'

Answer: The Fall of the House of Usher


Question: '(Ex-President Clinton gives the clue) My foundation & pharmaceutical companies negotiated price reductions in antiretroviral drugs as part of an initiative to combat this pandemic'

Answer: HIV or AIDS


Question: 'He not only co-wrote, directed & starred in 1973's "Sleeper", he also composed the score'

Answer: Woody Allen


Question: 'Profound utterances are called these marine gems "of wisdom"'

Answer: pearls


Question: 'Ra:<br />One letter off from an arm bone'

Answer: radium


Question: 'You know her 1852 antislavery novel, but maybe not her 1870 "The Ghost in the Mill"'

Answer: Harriet Beecher Stowe


Question: 'On May 9, 1921 this "letter-perfect" airline opened its first passenger office in Amsterdam'

Answer: KLM


Question: '(Alex: Mr President?) My climate initiative brings together partners to make energy-saving retrofits to existing buildings, including this iconic skyscraper at 34th & 5th Avenue'

Answer: the Empire State Building


Question: '"This is" the 1984 mock rocumentary that was Rob Reiner's feature film directing debut'

Answer: This is Spinal Tap


Question: 'Lettish & Turkish are languages; this -ish is a synonym for nonsense'

Answer: gibberish


Question: 'Rn:<br />Ms. Chong might be able to help you with this one'

Answer: radon


Question: 'Marley & Co. weren't his only spirits; he also wrote about ghosts in "The Haunted House"'

Answer: Dickens


Question: 'In 1995 scientists found the first planet known to orbit a star similar to our sun in this winged horse constellation'

Answer: Pegasus


Question: '(Ex-President Clinton gives the clue) Working with the American Heart Association, my foundation created an alliance to combat childhood obesity, which can lead to health problems like Type 2 this'

Answer: diabetes


Question: 'He directed wife Gena Rowlands to 2 Oscar nominations: for "A Woman Under the Influence" & "Gloria"'

Answer: John Cassavetes


Question: '"Speak" this "to power", meaning tell the mighty what they don't want to hear, was coined in a 1955 Quaker pamphlet'

Answer: truth


Question: 'Rh: <br />Colossal!'

Answer: rhodium


Question: 'In addition to "A Study in Scarlet" & "The White Company", his stories include the spooky "The Brown Hand"'

Answer: Arthur Conan Doyle


Question: 'The Harrier is a V/STOL aircraft, the V standing for this, meaning the plane goes almost straight up on takeoff'

Answer: vertical


Question: '(Ex-President Clinton gives the clue) The Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting convenes leaders from all sectors to devise and implement innovative solutions...one event at this meeting is the Clinton Global Citizen Awards, for leadership in various fields, including this one of charitable giving'

Answer: philanthropy


Question: 'After seeing "Eraserhead", executive producer Mel Brooks tapped this man to direct "The Elephant Man"'

Answer: (David) Lynch


Question: 'It's specifically defined as "claiming for oneself the attributes... of God"'

Answer: blasphemy


Question: 'Hf:<br />50%, OK?'

Answer: hafnium


Question: 'Before he disappeared in 1914, this "Dictionary" writer penned such ghost stories as "The Haunted Valley"'

Answer: Ambrose Bierce


Question: 'In 1939 this Russian took the 1st flight of a practical, single-rotor helicopter, & why not?  He built the thing!'

Answer: Igor Sikorsky


Question: 'This Finnish-born director hit it big with "Die Hard 2" & "Cliffhanger"; then came "Cutthroat Island"'

Answer: Renny Harlin


Question: 'This word for fast, witty exchanges is from the French for "depart again"'

Answer: repartée


Question: 'Pd:<br />A great place for live music'

Answer: palladium


Question: 'There's a ghost story within a story in "The Open Window" by H.H. Munro, better known by this single pen name'

Answer: Saki


Question: 'A Hollywood venue was renovated & renamed the Aquarius Theater to host this musical in 1968'

Answer: Hair


Question: 'This other name for a seesaw is also a 2-word alliterative phrase'

Answer: Teeter-totter


Question: 'He said, "People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook"'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: 'First name shared by designers Balmain & Cardin'

Answer: Pierre


Question: 'The NBA's Jazz franchise spent 5 years in this city before moving to Salt Lake City in 1979'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'In "Little Boy Blue", "The cow's in" this'

Answer: The corn


Question: 'People who daydream are said to be "Building" these "in Spain"'

Answer: Castles


Question: 'A surgeon who performs a tenotomy cuts 1 of these to relieve problems caused by muscle shortening'

Answer: Tendon


Question: 'The monument to Geo. Washington at this state's capitol contains a crypt which was meant to be his tomb'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'His brother Igor Cassini wrote a society column under pen name Cholly Knickerbocker'

Answer: Oleg Cassini


Question: 'In 1966 baseball's L.A. Angels became the California Angels when they moved to this city'

Answer: Anaheim


Question: 'The words that complete the famous fairy tale request "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down..."'

Answer: Your hair


Question: 'Don Quixote roamed across this plateau of central Spain'

Answer: La Mancha


Question: 'This type of strength refers to a material's resistance to force trying to tear it apart'

Answer: Tensile


Question: '3 of the 1st 10 presidents had this 1st name, not James'

Answer: John


Question: 'Giorgio Armani was instrumental in making this north Italian city an international fashion center'

Answer: Milan


Question: 'In 1963 the NBA's Syracuse Nationals moved to Philadelphia & changed their name to this'

Answer: Philadelphia 76\'ers


Question: 'Yes, my friend, this fictional filly's name means "little girl" in Swedish'

Answer: Flicka


Question: 'Iced drink made of wine, soda water & fruit juice'

Answer: Sangria


Question: 'This 1983 tearjerker won "Best Picture", "Best Actress", "Best Director" & "Best Supporting Actor" Oscars'

Answer: Terms of Endearment


Question: 'He was so heavy that a huge bathtub had to be installed in the White House for him in 1909'

Answer: William Howard Taft


Question: 'When he wed his assistant, Kelly Rector, he designed the bridal gown; maybe he was "Obsess"ed'

Answer: Calvin Klein


Question: 'This pro football team began life as the Dallas Texans before moving to Missouri'

Answer: Kansas City Chiefs


Question: 'His fairy tales include "The Metal Pig", "Aunty Toothache", "The Rags" & "The Fir Tree"'

Answer: Hans Christian Andersen


Question: 'Commanded by the Duke of Medina, this group of ships was thought to be invincible -- didn't work'

Answer: Spanish Armada


Question: 'A Richard Wagner opera is based on the legend of this German minstrel'

Answer: "Tannhauser"


Question: 'Guinness says this star of "Rear Window" was Eisenhower's favorite actress'

Answer: Grace Kelly


Question: 'We don't know if he'd let you smoke his Ritz cigarettes in his Rive Gauche boutiques'

Answer: Yves Saint Laurent


Question: 'In 1982 the NHL's Colorado Rockies became this state's Devils'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'Wendy Darling's flighty brothers'

Answer: John & Michael


Question: 'She hit the Top 10 in 1987 with "La Isla Bonita", her Spanish lullaby'

Answer: Madonna


Question: 'Ramsay MacDonald was one of the founders of this party & its 1st prime minister'

Answer: Labour party


Question: 'If something's described as effervescent, it means it has a lot of these'

Answer: Bubbles


Question: 'Izvestia, the Soviet daily, is now accepting these -- at $50,000 a page'

Answer: Advertisements


Question: 'It completes the proverb "Laugh and the world laughs with you..."'

Answer: cry and you cry alone


Question: 'Since 1872 every governor has been a member of this political party'

Answer: Democrat


Question: 'A prince goes to Heidelberg University & falls in love with a waitress'

Answer: "The Student Prince"


Question: 'Party whips can be found at No. 12 on the street named for this 17th C. treasury secretary'

Answer: Downing Street


Question: 'Kill an insect & you've committed insecticide; kill the mildew in your shower & you've committed this'

Answer: Fungicide


Question: 'In circulation these 2 daily Hollywood trade papers have almost identical numbers'

Answer: Hollywood Reporter & Variety


Question: 'An antique hand tool that could be a synonym for "proverb"'

Answer: Old saw


Question: 'The 1st painted wall sign advertising this drink was created in 1894 on a Cartersville pharmacy'

Answer: Coca-Cola


Question: 'A carnival barker marries a mill girl, dies in disgrace & returns to Earth to redeem his soul'

Answer: "Carousel"


Question: 'In April 1942 this whole Mediterranean island was awarded the George Cross for bravery'

Answer: Malta


Question: 'This sedimentary rock, "Creta" in Latin, was formed from marine life during the Cretaceous period'

Answer: Chalk


Question: 'This Gannett newspaper is now available in 80 countries, not just the U.S.'

Answer: USA Today


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

Answer: Boils


Question: 'FDR died at the Little White House in this town'

Answer: Warm Springs


Question: 'ESP fantasy in which Daisy Gamble relives previous existences'

Answer: "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever"


Question: 'While it "will do" in a beggar's rhyme, this coin ceased to be legal tender in 1969'

Answer: Half-penny


Question: 'This mineral comes after No. 9, corundum, on the Mohs scale'

Answer: Diamond


Question: 'The Tribune Co. which owns the Chicago Tribune also owns this best-selling NYC newspaper'

Answer: New York Daily News


Question: 'Chaucer's version of this proverb was "It is nought good a slepying hound to wake"'

Answer: Let sleeping dogs lie


Question: 'In 1964 he closed his restaurant rather than serve blacks; in 1967 he was chosen governor'

Answer: Lester Maddox


Question: 'A girl who works for a telephone answering service gets involved in her clients' problems'

Answer: "Bells are Ringing"


Question: 'The last monarch to reside in the Tower of London, his mom was Mary, Queen of Scots'

Answer: James I


Question: 'Abbreviated "pc", it's a unit of distance used in astronomy equal to 3.21 light years'

Answer: Parsec


Question: 'The 1st U.S. school of journalism was established in 1908 at this state U.'s Columbia campus'

Answer: Missouri


Question: '"Too many cooks spoil the broth" contradicts the saying "Many hands make" this'

Answer: Light work


Question: 'A nice, young policeman becomes a protector of a Parisian prostitute'

Answer: "Irma La Douce"


Question: 'The name of this punctuation mark is Greek for "together"'

Answer: Hyphen


Question: '"America!  America!  God shed his Grace on thee/ And crown thy good with brotherhood  from sea to" this'

Answer: shining sea


Question: 'Big problems in the Little League:<br />"Bad _____ Bears"'

Answer: News


Question: 'A strand of thread for knitting, or a long tale of adventure'

Answer: a yarn


Question: 'Carlos Gardel, "the Songbird of Buenos Aires", became a cultural icon singing the music of this dance'

Answer: tango


Question: 'An illegal device for making moonshine'

Answer: a still


Question: 'It has an average surface temperature of 5,600 kelvin'

Answer: the Sun


Question: '"O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain/ For purple mountain majesties, above"  these 3 words'

Answer: the fruited plain


Question: 'From Spencer Tracy to Steve Martin:<br />"Father of the _____"'

Answer: Bride


Question: 'To jerk by a violent twist (Ow, my back!), or a tool for twisting the head of a bolt'

Answer: wrench


Question: 'Rodgers & Hammerstein fans who speak German listen to "Der Konig und Ich", the Austrian cast CD of this musical'

Answer: The King and I


Question: 'A small frying pan'

Answer: a skillet


Question: 'It's equal to -459.69 degrees Fahrenheit'

Answer: absolute zero


Question: '"O beautiful for patriot dream, that sees beyond the years/ Thine alabaster cities gleam, undimmed by human" these'

Answer: tears


Question: 'Catch that train:<br />"3:10 to _____"'

Answer: Yuma


Question: 'A young hoodlum, or something used to light fireworks'

Answer: a punk


Question: 'The 1990 album "Unison" marked the English language debut of this chanteuse from Quebec'

Answer: Céline Dion


Question: 'A sudden wave of high emotion or excitement'

Answer: a thrill


Question: 'Changes in the frequency of these insects' chirps can be related to changes in temperature'

Answer: a cricket


Question: '"America!  America!  God mend thine every flaw/ Confirm thy soul in self-control, thy liberty in" this'

Answer: law


Question: 'Keanu's typecast as an alien:<br />"The Day the Earth _____ _____"'

Answer: Stood Still


Question: 'The thick lees from sugar-cane juice used in rum distillation, or the name before "Mifflin" on "The Office"'

Answer: dunder


Question: 'The name of this Mexican dance music may come from a word for "marriage", as it was performed at weddings'

Answer: mariachi


Question: 'Adjective describing a high-pitched & piercing sound'

Answer: shrill


Question: 'When he invented his scale, he originally made 0 the boiling point of water & 100 its freezing point; it changed later'

Answer: (Anders) Celsius


Question: '"America!  America!  May God thy gold refine/ till all success be nobleness, and every gain" this godly word'

Answer: divine


Question: 'The remake had Ben Stiller:<br />"The _____ Kid"'

Answer: Heartbreak


Question: 'Mr. Baggins of "The Hobbit", or an archaic term for a finely tempered sword'

Answer: Bilbo


Question: 'The Armenian duduk is one of the instruments on this uni-named Greek musician's "Ethnicity" album'

Answer: Yanni


Question: 'A soldier's lodging place'

Answer: a billet


Question: 'From the Latin for "burn up", it's the process of rapid oxygenation & temperature rise associated with burning'

Answer: combustion


Question: 'New senator Mark Begich of this state replaced Ted Stevens'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'In 1972 the ironically named Frank Shorter was the Olympic champion of this long running event'

Answer: the marathon


Question: 'ZZ is the snooze of a symbol for this Posturepedic mattress company'

Answer: Sealy


Question: 'This 1951 J.D. Salinger work'

Answer: The Catcher in the Rye


Question: 'It can be any refuge, or a small, fertile green region in the desert'

Answer: an oasis


Question: 'This roamin' Roman conquered Brittany in 56 B.C.'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'This state's former governor Mark Warner donned his senatorial cap in 2009'

Answer: Virginia


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a sumo training stable in Tokyo, Japan.)  Sumo wrestlers scatter this compound to purify the ring prior to each match'

Answer: salt


Question: 'BID is the winning symbol for this auction house that held its first one in 1744'

Answer: Sotheby\'s


Question: 'Laura Ingalls Wilder's 1935 book'

Answer: Little House on the Prairie


Question: 'This type of down comes from the duck of the same name'

Answer: eider


Question: 'Brittany got its name because it was a refuge for Celts fleeing Anglo-Saxon persecution on this nearby island'

Answer: Great Britain


Question: 'One of the two states that got new senators with the last name Udall in 2009'

Answer: New Mexico (or Colorado)


Question: 'Al Oerter set an Olympic record in winning this throwing event in 1956... & again in 1960... & 1964... & 1968, too'

Answer: the discus


Question: 'CAKE is the delicious symbol for this restaurant chain, but there's a 45-minute wait to buy a share'

Answer: Cheesecake Factory


Question: 'Anthony Burgess' 1962 tale of juvenile delinquency'

Answer: A Clockwork Orange


Question: 'Michael Faraday introduced this term for an electrically charged atom'

Answer: an ion


Question: 'Dukes of the Montfort family struggled to keep Brittany neutral during this lengthy English-French war'

Answer: the Hundred Years\' War


Question: 'In New England Jeanne Shaheen defeated John Sununu to become this state's first female senator'

Answer: New Hampshire


Question: 'Born in Siberia on April 19, 1987, she signed with IMG models in 2003 & won Wimbledon in 2004'

Answer: Maria Sharapova


Question: 'PZZA is the symbol that made a lot of dough for John Schnatter & this company'

Answer: Papa John\'s Pizza


Question: 'Giovanni Boccaccio's 1353 collection of tales'

Answer: The Decameron


Question: 'A trapeze artist'

Answer: an aerialist


Question: 'In the 9th century Nomenoë, Brittany's national hero, drove out this "Bald" Frankish king's forces'

Answer: Charles


Question: 'This Southern state got a new senator, Kay Hagan, & a new governor, Beverly Perdue'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'Berik Kupeshov, Assan Bazayev & a guy named Lance are on the Astana cycling team, named for this country's capital'

Answer: Kazakhstan


Question: 'LVB are the initials of Beethoven & the symbol for this company that sells a Ludwig-loving instrument'

Answer: Steinway


Question: 'Daniel Keyes' 1966 novel of mouse & man'

Answer: Flowers for Algernon


Question: 'Closely related to the tuba, this instrument seen here was invented in Germany in 1843'

Answer: a euphonium


Question: 'In the 1970s Bretons fought off government attempts to build one of these in the Commune of Plogoff'

Answer: a nuclear power plant


Question: 'A 19th century gambling term meaning a desirable prize, its use in reference to NYC stems from a 1921 newspaper sports column'

Answer: the Big Apple


Question: 'Some scholars believe he initially called off his marriage, as he'd fallen in love with a friend of the Todds'

Answer: Lincoln


Question: 'The threat to use physical harm, it becomes "aggravated" when combined with the use of a deadly weapon'

Answer: assault


Question:
'Glades,
Osceola,
Suwannee'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'Pun alert!  To make its home, the pocket gopher doesn't beg or steal, it does this'

Answer: burrows


Question: 'The recipes in a cookbook called "True Grits" were inspired by the movies of this man'

Answer: John Wayne


Question: 'In old song titles, it precedes "The Sad Sea Waves" & "The Light Of The Silvery Moon"'

Answer: by


Question: 'Ooh la la!  He fooled around with the very married Maria Cosway while he was Minister to France'

Answer: Jefferson


Question: 'On April 13, 2005 he pleaded guilty to 2 clinic bombings & the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Park attack'

Answer: (Eric) Rudolph


Question:
'Beaverhead,
Flathead,
Custer'

Answer: Montana


Question: 'The "livery" type of this hires out horses & carriages'

Answer: a stable


Question: 'Jungle rules must have applied during Lupe Velez' stormy 1930s marriage to this big screen "swinger"'

Answer: (Johnny) Weissmuller


Question: 'To bet that the Rams & Colts will combine to score more than 42 points it to "take" this'

Answer: the over


Question: 'Kay Summersby drove him to work in the 1940s & may have driven him to infidelity as well'

Answer: Eisenhower


Question: 'In July 1894 Butch Cassidy was convicted of this crime, which branded him a crook'

Answer: cattle rustling


Question:
'Bell,
Boone,
Bourbon'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'The barn in "Charlotte's Web" has a pigpen for Wilbur, tie-ups for the cows & this "down below for the sheep"'

Answer: a sheepfold


Question: 'In 1988 a painting of this deceased mayor wearing lingerie was removed from the Art Institute of Chicago'

Answer: Harold Washington


Question: 'It can precede "the curve", "the times", or in a Smithereens song, "The Wall of Sleep"'

Answer: behind


Question: 'In an effort to keep his affair with Mrs. Carrie Phillips a secret, the RNC sent her on a paid trip to Asia in 1920'

Answer: Harding


Question: 'As leader of this urban terrorist "army", Donald de Freeze called himself Cinque'

Answer: the SLA (the Symbionese Liberation Army)


Question:
'Carroll,
Caroline,
Calvert'

Answer: Maryland


Question: 'If you own 1 or more cichlids, we hope you keep them in one of these'

Answer: an aquarium


Question: '"Kiss Me Like a Stranger" is the new autobiography of this comic actor born Jerry Silberman'

Answer: Gene Wilder


Question: 'Just once, this word wants to be used without its companion & synonym, the word "between"'

Answer: betwixt


Question: 'In the 1870s, while he was the sheriff of Buffalo, he fathered a child with a Mrs. Maria Halpin'

Answer: (Grover) Cleveland


Question: 'These Chinese secret societies that met in tongs in North America started as groups of kung fu fighters'

Answer: triads


Question:
'Yamhill,
Crook,
Tillamook'

Answer: Oregon


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Tinos, Greece.)  The Greek Island of Tinos is noted for these elaborate structres built to house a certain bird'

Answer: dovecotes


Question: 'Sean O'Casey described this author of "The Inimitable Jeeves" as "English Literature's Performing Flea"'

Answer: P.G. Wodehouse


Question: 'When not in its usual time context, it can mean "in the presence of"'

Answer: before


Question: 'Karl Von Hasenauer was one of the leading architects of the Ringstrasse in this world capital'

Answer: Vienna


Question: '1973:<br />"Enter the  _____"'

Answer: Dragon


Question: 'The Sugar Act of 1764 taxed American importation of this liquid at 3 cents a gallon'

Answer: molasses


Question: 'Wagner called Beethoven's 7th "The apotheosis of" this, & Isadora Duncan interpreted it in this form'

Answer: the dance


Question: 'As of 1960, her descendants, except princes & princesses, will bear the surname Mountbatten-Windsor'

Answer: Elizabeth II


Question: '"He's the very pineapple of politeness" is an example of this'

Answer: a malapropism


Question: 'In the late 1600s he designed hospitals at Chelsea & at Greenwich'

Answer: Wren


Question: '1983:<br />"Rumble ____"'

Answer: Fish


Question: 'In 1785 Edmund Cartwright patented a "new invented machine for weaving", known today as a power this'

Answer: a loom


Question: 'A Haydn symphony of 1795 & a Vaughan Williams one of 1914 are both nicknamed for this city'

Answer: London


Question: 'This queen may be best known for a song she wrote, "Aloha Oe"'

Answer: Lili\'uokalani


Question: 'It's beer having a relatively high alcohol content, usually 5 to 8%'

Answer: malt liquor


Question: 'The last name of Eliel, the Finn who wrote "The Search for Form in Art & Architecture"; his son was a famous architect, too'

Answer: Saarinen


Question: '2003:<br />"____ Jack"'

Answer: Kangaroo


Question: 'Kant's question "Was ist Aufklarung?" translates as "What is" this, another term for the Age of Reason'

Answer: Enlightenment


Question: 'This Soviet superstar subtitled his third symphony "May First"'

Answer: (Dmitri) Shostakovich


Question: 'In 1859 this King of Sardinia began his unification of the Italian peninsula'

Answer: Victor Emmanuel II


Question: 'In law, this term is used to describe an act by a public official in violation of the public trust'

Answer: malfeasance


Question: 'One of the most famous homes he designed in the 1920s was that of Swiss collector Raoul La Roche'

Answer: Le Corbusier


Question: '1993:<br />"Jack the ____"'

Answer: Bear


Question: 'It's been reported that this was the term for the "gangs" that forced men into military service'

Answer: press gangs


Question: 'The Mozart work heard here was composed for a wedding in this family, hence its nickname'

Answer: the Haffner family


Question: 'In 1868 Emperor Mutsuhito chose this name meaning "enlightened rule" as the name for the era of his rule in Japan'

Answer: Meiji


Question: 'The theme of Jimmy Carter's July 15, 1979 address is associated with this French word for weakness or ill-being'

Answer: malaise


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the stage of the Majestic Theatre in New York.)  This set for "The Phantom of the Opera" was inspired by the real Paris opera house, designed by this 19th century Frenchman'

Answer: Charles Garnier


Question: '2002:<br />"____-Proof Fence"'

Answer: Rabbit


Question: 'The 1761 execution of Father Malagrida was part of the suppression of this religious group'

Answer: the Jesuits


Question: 'A surprise hit album of 1993 was this contemporary Polish composer's "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"'

Answer: (Henryk) Gorecki


Question: '1 of 2 kings in France's House of Bourbon not named Louis (no number necessary)'

Answer: Charles (or Henry)


Question: 'Formerly Nyasaland, this African country is home to spectacular highlands & lakes'

Answer: Malawi


Question: 'This state, besides having the first, also has the most nuclear reactors'

Answer: Illinois


Question: 'In 1964 he became the first black American to be named Time's "Man of the Year"'

Answer: Martin Luther King Jr.


Question: 'Charles Schulz' work has been issued in Japan as "Wakkateruno Charlie Brown" & "Soratobu" this dog'

Answer: Snoopy


Question: 'Daphne Moon is the woman Niles Crane moons over on this sitcom'

Answer: Frasier


Question: 'While everything is really big in Texas, this state still beats it in total area'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'In 1723, 120 years before Christmas cards, decorated writing paper was sold for lovers to use on this holiday'

Answer: Valentine\'s Day


Question: 'This summer I might try to hike this scenic trail that runs about 2,100 miles from Maine to Georgia'

Answer: Appalachian Trail


Question: 'Pop star-turned-sitcom ("Moesha") star seen here'

Answer: Brandy


Question: 'English readers & Disney viewers know Hugo's "Notre-Dame de Paris" by this title'

Answer: "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"


Question: 'She's the middle of the 3 "Simpsons" kids'

Answer: Lisa


Question: 'The largest predatory fish, this shark averages 1100-1700 pounds & has some set of jaws'

Answer: Great white shark


Question: 'You could also call it Woodchuck Day'

Answer: Groundhog Day


Question: 'Before my job interview, I'd better polish up & type up this document, from the French for "summarize"'

Answer: Resume


Question: 'He served 24 years on the Supreme Court before retiring in 1991'

Answer: Thurgood Marshall


Question: 'The scriptures of this religion were translated from gold plates by Joseph Smith'

Answer: Mormon


Question: 'Calista Flockhart's quirky attorney character who's been known to dance with a baby'

Answer: Ally McBeal


Question: 'An integral part of a carillon, they may be over 10 feet wide & weigh 20 short tons'

Answer: Bells


Question: 'In 1953 the folks in Emporia, Kansas renamed Armistice Day this; a year later Congress made it official'

Answer: Veterans Day


Question: 'I'm working on Dad's old Saab so I can drive it, & I just learned it's a car from this country'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'Seen here, he's now in his 17th year with a hit TV series ("60 Minutes")'

Answer: Ed Bradley


Question: 'This romantic poet who died at 25 wrote a sonnet praising George Chapman's Homer translation'

Answer: John Keats


Question: 'Rachel Blanchard as Cher is the way cool trendsetter at Bronson Alcott High on this comedy'

Answer: Clueless


Question: 'Spain's "El Gordo" is the richest prize offered by one of these in the world; in 1997 it reached $261 million'

Answer: Lottery


Question: 'A bill signed in 1968 made it a federal public holiday on the second Monday in October'

Answer: Columbus Day


Question: 'With classes in this field next term, on the break I'm reading books by Meisner & Stanislavsky'

Answer: Acting


Question: 'This author traced his "Roots" back several generations to an African called "Kinte"'

Answer: Alex Haley


Question: 'Andre Brink, one of this country's finest novelists, has translated Lewis Carroll into Afrikaans'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'Jim Bakker's ex-wife Tammy Faye showed up on "The Drew Carey Show" as this character's mother'

Answer: Mimi\'s mother


Question: 'With a net capacity of 1,380 MW, the single largest one of these is the Ignalina station in Lithuania'

Answer: Nuclear reactor


Question: 'Matthew Maguire, a machinist, & Peter J. McGuire, a union founder, are credited with creating this holiday'

Answer: Labor Day


Question: 'Let's go!  I'm heading to this popular spring break city in Florida that's home to "Bike Week"'

Answer: Daytona Beach


Question:
'Fan,
Mr. Fezziwig,
Bob Cratchit'

Answer: "A Christmas Carol"


Question: 'What's up Doc?  The bestselling postage stamp of 1997 featured this cartoon character'

Answer: Bugs Bunny


Question: 'Considered your largest organ, it's waterproof, somewhat stretchy & covers you from head to toe'

Answer: Skin


Question: 'A major reason for his invasion of Persia in 334 B.C. was to cover the debt left by his father, Philip II'

Answer: Alexander the Great


Question: 'In 1998, after 27 years in the "Monday Night Football" booth, he gave up his seat to Boomer Esiason'

Answer: Frank Gifford


Question: 'This subspecies of the peach has been called a peach without fuzz'

Answer: Nectarine


Question:
'Master Charles Bates,
Mr. Bumble,
Bill Sikes'

Answer: "Oliver Twist"


Question: 'The stamp seen here, part of the "Celebrate the Century" series, honors the creation of this (4 down, for example) in 1913'

Answer: Crossword puzzle


Question: 'Remember, it's in this largest part of the brain that learning & remembering take place'

Answer: Cerebrum


Question: 'At least a dozen of this Babylonian king's 282 laws dealt with wages & fee rates'

Answer: Hammurabi


Question: 'This Cubs broadcaster, who took millions of fans out to the ballgame, died in 1998'

Answer: Harry Caray


Question: 'Duo heard here:<br />("Shake Your Groove Thing")'

Answer: Peaches and Herb


Question:
'Monsieur the Marquis,
Charles Darnay,
Lucie Manette'

Answer: "A Tale of Two Cities"


Question: 'The first U.S. stamp bore portraits of George Washington & this first postmaster general'

Answer: Ben Franklin


Question: 'Put your hand on your hip & you can feel your ilium, part of this bony structure from the Greek for "bowl"'

Answer: Pelvis


Question: 'This Cretan civilization dominated the Aegean world until about 1450 B.C.'

Answer: Minoan


Question: 'Bob Griese was in the broadcast booth as son Brian led this team to victory in the 1998 Rose Bowl'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'It's the dessert created & named for an opera singer'

Answer: Peach Melba


Question:
'Mr. Creakle,
Peggotty,
Mr. Micawber'

Answer: "David Copperfield"


Question: 'This painter was pictured on a 1940 stamp; his mother would have approved'

Answer: James McNeill Whistler


Question: 'No joke, it's the part of the body that contains vitreous humor & aqueous humor'

Answer: Eye


Question: 'Henry II, who succeeded Stephen as king of England in 1154, was the first monarch from this "house"'

Answer: Plantagenet


Question: 'L.A. Laker announcer Chick Hearn coined this 2-word term for a shot taken from above the rim'

Answer: Slam dunk


Question: 'Paul Terry was the title character in this 1996 movie about a boy and a piece of fruit'

Answer: James and the Giant Peach


Question:
'Dick Swiveller,
Kit Nubbles,
Little Nell Trent'

Answer: "The Old Curiosity Shop"


Question: 'Jackie Robinson & this "King of Ragtime" have been featured on "Black Heritage" issues'

Answer: Scott Joplin


Question: 'Well-utilized by Elvis Presley, the levator labii superioris alaeque nasi is the muscle that curls this'

Answer: Lip


Question: 'The statue of him, a wonder of the ancient world, marked the site of the original Olympic games'

Answer: Zeus


Question: 'Now broadcast partners, Mary Carillo & John McEnroe won this event together at the 1977 French Open'

Answer: Mixed doubles


Question: 'In this poem, T.S. Eliot asked, "Do I dare to eat a peach?"'

Answer: "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"


Question: 'A 17th C. sermon on the book of Judges led to this group's name being applied to uneducated townspeople'

Answer: Philistines


Question: 'This Washington Irving character slept through the American Revolution'

Answer: Rip Van Winkle


Question: 'The population of this capital grew approximately 140% between 1975 & 1995, to its present 11 million'

Answer: Jakarta


Question: 'This mesh-bottomed cup is used to break up large pieces in confectioner's sugar or flour'

Answer: sifter


Question: '"Fair and" this geometric shape means honestly'

Answer: square


Question: 'Surrounding the statue, my walls are inscribed with quotes like "with malice toward none"'

Answer: the Lincoln Memorial


Question: 'Chew on this: in the "Bite of the Century" Mike Tyson bit off a bit of this boxer's ear'

Answer: Evander Holyfield