Question: 'This "insect" of a company calls itself the world's leading maker of construction & mining equipment'

Answer: Caterpillar


Question: '1959's Mary Ann Mobley played Maggie Drummond on this Gary Coleman sitcom'

Answer: Diff\'rent Strokes


Question: 'Ecuador & this other South American country are members'

Answer: Venezuela


Question: 'One of the 4 things Winston Churchill offered the British people in his first speech as prime minister'

Answer: toil


Question: 'In the average human body there is enough of this element, atomic no. 6, to make about 900 pencils'

Answer: carbon


Question: 'She sported a shaved head & an incredibly buff bod in "G.I. Jane"'

Answer: Demi Moore


Question: 'This language has 3 main dialects: Connact, Munster & Ulster'

Answer: Gaelic (or Irish)


Question: 'This 1971 winner co-hosted "The NFL Today" for CBS from 1975 to 1984'

Answer: Phyllis George


Question: 'In March 2011 world oil prices rose due to fighting in this OPEC member's oil cities, like Ras Lanuf'

Answer: Libya


Question: 'To make water muddy by stirring up sediment'

Answer: roil


Question: 'At his second inaugural address in 1793, he made no mention of his dogs sweet lips, drunkard & tipsy'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'In 1985 it was this Bull with a bright future'

Answer: Michael Jordan


Question: 'This man for whom a Clermont, Ky. bourbon is named uses the more formal "James" in the name of the company'

Answer: Jim Beam


Question: '1937: <br />"A sudden understanding, a pity mixed with horror, welled up in Bilbo's heart"'

Answer: The Hobbit


Question: 'At 14,433 feet, Colorado's Mount Elbert is the highest peak in this mountain chain'

Answer: the Rockies


Question: '3-syllable adjective for an unpaid bill or a late library book'

Answer: overdue


Question: 'This long-term Caribbean leader who came to power in 1959 is an accomplished ping-pong player'

Answer: Fidel Castro


Question: 'Shaq took the honor in 1993 as a member of this team'

Answer: the Orlando Magic


Question: 'Bourbon is made with this type of mash that uses liquid from a prior distillation; so is Jack Daniel's, but Jack ain't bourbon'

Answer: sourmash


Question: '2003: <br />"The Holy Grail is not a thing. It is, in fact... a person"'

Answer: The Da Vinci Code


Question: 'Lake Kawaguchi is famous for its inverted reflection of this peak on its still waters'

Answer: Fuji


Question: 'This carbonated beverage comes in varieties called Baja Blast & Livewire'

Answer: Mountain Dew


Question: 'At the St. Louis exposition of 1904, this Apache leader signed & sold autographs'

Answer: Geronimo


Question: 'In 2009 Allen Iverson returned to this team for which he won the award in 1997'

Answer: the (Philadelphia) 76ers


Question: 'Legend has it that this brand's founder took its name from a southern belle's corsage'

Answer: Four Roses


Question: '"George gonna say I done a bad thing. He ain't gonna let me tend no rabbits"'

Answer: Of Mice and Men


Question: 'Worn down by wind and rain, the mountains of this range that includes the Vesuvius are among the lowest in Europe'

Answer: the Apennines


Question: 'This Frenchman played the title roles in "Danton" & "Cyrano de Bergerac"'

Answer: Gérard Depardieu


Question: 'This French thinker & author of "No Exit" had an ocular condition & was called "short, ugly, wall-eyed" by Life magazine'

Answer: (Jean-Paul) Sartre


Question: 'This Knicks center was the 1986 choice'

Answer: Patrick Ewing


Question: 'The brand Evan Williams honors "Kentucky's first distiller", who set up on the banks of this river in Louisville in 1783'

Answer: the Ohio


Question: '1995:<br />"Perhaps, thought Nanny, little green Elphaba chose her own sex, and her own color"'

Answer: Wicked


Question: 'Now dormant, this volcano in Eastern Turkey last erupted on June 2, 1840'

Answer: Mount Ararat


Question: 'Term for something that remains after most has been removed'

Answer: a residue


Question: 'As a prince, this Prussian embraced the arts & music; as king following his father, Frederick William, he waged war'

Answer: Frederick the Great


Question: 'When Kareem Abdul-Jabbar got the award, he was going by this name'

Answer: Lew Alcindor


Question: '3 parts Maker's Mark + 1 part sweet vermouth + maraschino juice + the cherry = the Maker's Mark this cocktail'

Answer: Manhattan


Question: '1952: <br />"When I walk down the street I bet people will say there goes Roy Hobbs, the best there ever was in the game"'

Answer: The Natural


Question: 'This range forms an arc from Slovakia to Romania with both ends lying on the Danube river'

Answer: the Carpathians


Question: 'This capital at the confluence of the Baghmati & Vishnumati is also called Kantipur'

Answer: Kathmandu


Question: 'Time magazine first mentioned him in 1939, when his father sent him on a diplomatic errand from London to Glasgow'

Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: 'The province of Zeeland in southwest Holland lent its name to this country in the South Pacific'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'Ruth Handler named this doll, introduced in 1959 as a teenage fashion model, for her daughter'

Answer: Barbie


Question: 'You'll get your desired hope if you end up with the larger portion of this turkey piece when it's pulled apart'

Answer: the wishbone


Question: 'One of these creatures talks a lion out of eating him, later saves the lion from a trap'

Answer: mouse


Question: 'This was the second U.S. president to live in the first White House'

Answer: John Adams


Question: 'Make a rug or a basket, or zigzag your way through traffic'

Answer: weave


Question: 'Although this South American country is about 2,650 miles long, its average width is less than 110 miles'

Answer: Chile


Question: 'The name of this card game means "one" in Spanish'

Answer: Uno


Question: 'It's the lucky, mutant plant, seen here'

Answer: a four-leaf clover


Question: 'Farmer proves strength in unity to sons by showing a bundle of these that can't be broken all at once'

Answer: sticks


Question: 'The wife of President Benjamin Harrison had this installed in the White House, but was afraid to turn it on & off!'

Answer: electricity


Question: 'Cake cut by those who've just "tied the knot"'

Answer: wedding (cake)


Question: 'This mountain range, whose name means "abode of snow" in Sanskrit, has more than 30 peaks towering above 25,000 feet'

Answer: the Himalayas


Question: 'Harry, seen here, is one of these collectibles'

Answer: a Beanie Baby


Question: 'If one of these animals crosses your path a superstition says you'll experience misfortune'

Answer: a black cat


Question: 'Fox can't reach these, decides they are sour'

Answer: grapes


Question: 'One of the three colors used to name rooms on the first floor of the White House'

Answer: green (or red or blue)


Question: 'If you're "under" this, you're not feeling well, or maybe getting rained on'

Answer: weather


Question: 'The Gulfs of Aqaba & Suez border this Egyptian peninsula'

Answer: the Sinai Peninsula


Question: 'Despite the name of this game, you don't have to apologize when you send another player's pawn back to the start'

Answer: Sorry!


Question: 'Break one of these & supposedly you'll have 7 years' bad luck'

Answer: a mirror


Question: 'Wolf disguised as one of these gets killed by shepherd wanting dinner'

Answer: sheep


Question: 'It's the federal "district" where you'll find the White House'

Answer: the District of Columbia


Question: 'It's the last name of dictionary compiler Noah'

Answer: Webster


Question: 'This Iraqi capital was founded on the western bank of the Tigris River in 762 A.D. by the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mansur'

Answer: Baghdad


Question: 'If you roll 5 of a kind you've gotten this, the name of a dice game by Milton Bradley'

Answer: Yahtzee


Question: 'One well-known superstition is that it's  bad luck to walk under one of these'

Answer: a ladder


Question: 'Hungry, lazy grasshopper tries to talk these insects out of food in winter'

Answer: ants


Question: 'British troops burned the White House during this 19th century war'

Answer: the War of 1812


Question: 'As the old saying goes, "a chain is only as strongest as" this'

Answer: the "weakest link"


Question: 'Malls including the Oak Hollow Mall in High Point, N.C. use this 2-word term for the place you chow down'

Answer: the food court


Question: 'Chapter 2 of Genesis says God formed him "of the dust of the ground"'

Answer: Adam


Question: 'Walt Disney's first full-length animated film was about this woman & her housemates'

Answer: Snow White


Question: 'This dog-walking item shares its name with the device that attaches your leg to a snowboard's binding'

Answer: a leash


Question: 'While exiled on St. Helena, he said, "Waterloo will erase the memory of all my victories"'

Answer: Napoleon (I)


Question: 'This feline word follows "Hello" in the name of a Sanrio character'

Answer: Kitty


Question: 'This clothing store chain opened its first "kids" store in 1986 & started its "baby" business 4 years later'

Answer: (The) Gap


Question: 'After stripping him of his coat of many colors, his brothers cast him into a pit, then sold him into slavery'

Answer: Joseph


Question: 'As captain John Smith, Mel Gibson sang songs in this animated film about an American Indian princess'

Answer: Pocahontas


Question: 'I'm standing in this mountain range. It's also the name of a Major League Baseball team'

Answer: the Rockies


Question: 'On Christmas Day 1066, he was crowned King of England, 72 days after defeating Harold at the Battle of Hastings'

Answer: William the Conqueror


Question: 'The Sorting Hat placed Harry Potter in this House at Hogwarts'

Answer: Gryffindor


Question: 'Stores at the mall include Radio Shack & Sunglass this, similar to a shack'

Answer: Hut


Question: 'On Passover, it's traditional to set aside a special cup of wine for this prophet who went to heaven in a chariot of fire'

Answer: Elijah


Question: 'This title animated animal is the "Stallion of the Cimarron"'

Answer: Spirit


Question: 'Even champion skiers started off on the type of slope with this cuddly animal name'

Answer: bunny (slope)


Question: 'In 1398 Tamerlane not only conquered Delhi in this country but burned it down'

Answer: India


Question: 'A caterpillar emerges from one of these as a butterfly'

Answer: cocoon


Question: 'Telescopes are a specialty of the stores of this science-oriented cable TV channel'

Answer: Discovery


Question: 'Absalom, who was killed after his hair got caught in a tree, was a son of this king'

Answer: (King) David


Question: 'In a 1989 animated movie, "All Dogs Go To" this place'

Answer: Heaven


Question: 'The predecessor to snowboards was the "Snurfer," which combined these two words'

Answer: surfer and snow


Question: 'Under the rule of this "terrible" czar, Russia expanded its territory into Siberia'

Answer: Ivan


Question: 'Middle name of American architect Frank Wright, born in 1867'

Answer: Lloyd


Question: 'This toy seller's name goes back to the (look carefully now) Kaufman Brothers'

Answer: KB


Question: 'This woman from Moab has her own Old Testament book; it comes after Judges'

Answer: Ruth


Question: 'In a film set in Africa, this "Lion King" is befriended by a meerkat named Timon & a warthog named Pumbaa'

Answer: Simba


Question: 'According to Newton's Third Law of Motion, every action has an equal and opposite one of these.'

Answer: reaction


Question: 'In 218 B.C. he crossed the Alps with an army of 40,000 men in just 15 days, braving the elements & hostile tribes'

Answer: Hannibal


Question: 'It's a combination of 2 metals; brass is one, combining copper & zinc'

Answer: alloy


Question: '"The Road to Middle-Earth" is a book about this writer'

Answer: J.R.R. Tolkien


Question: 'In 1932 this U.S. architect wrote, "No house should ever be on any hill... it should be of the hill"'

Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright


Question: 'This mogul is the star of the reality show "The Apprentice"'

Answer: Donald Trump


Question: 'In medieval times witches were believed to fly on this holiday & bonfires were set to ward them off'

Answer: Halloween


Question: 'To escape, a chicken might "fly" it'

Answer: the coop


Question:
'Delaware,
Rhode Island,
Virginia'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'Created by Ruth Wakefield in the 1930s, the original toll house cookie is this favorite'

Answer: a chocolate chip


Question: 'A pendentive is a curved support shaped like an inverted triangle that holds up this type of roof'

Answer: a dome


Question: 'In 1974 People magazine's first African-American cover subject was this actress who played Miss Jane Pittman'

Answer: Cicely Tyson


Question: 'Mount Olive, North Carolina has set aside a special week to honor these items Peter Piper picked'

Answer: pickled peppers


Question: 'In the comic strip "The Wizard of Id", it's what the Lone Haranguer calls the king of Id'

Answer: fink


Question:
'Connecticut,
New Hampshire,
Maine'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'This veggie can be used to make cookies, similar to the spicy, moist cake'

Answer: carrot


Question: 'From the Latin for "middle", it's the lowest balcony in a theater'

Answer: the mezzanine


Question: 'This "American Idol" judge lost about 100 pounds with the help of gastric-bypass surgery'

Answer: Randy Jackson


Question: 'This Christian observance celebrates Jesus' entry into Jerusalem before his crucifixion'

Answer: Palm Sunday


Question: 'An Oklahoma fort, or a traditional place to cool a pie'

Answer: a sill


Question:
'Maryland,
Pennsylvania,
New Jersey'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'Macaroons are often made from almond paste or this, shredded or flaked'

Answer: coconut


Question: 'In 1675 Jules Hardouin-Mansart became architect to this king & began redesigning the Palace of Versailles'

Answer: Louis XIV


Question: 'He worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation before joining "60 Minutes" in 1970'

Answer: Morley Safer


Question: 'A cow-calling contest was among the events in 1928 at this state's first Upper Peninsula State Fair in Escanaba'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'Buss is a synonym for this'

Answer: kiss


Question:
'Louisiana,
Florida,
Alabama'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'You can frost cookies with this, sugar that's been cooked until it melts & turns golden brown'

Answer: caramel


Question: 'In a cross-shaped church, this intercepts the nave to form the arms of the cross'

Answer: the transept


Question: 'In 1947 this Oklahoma faith healer began his Healing Waters Ministry'

Answer: Oral Roberts


Question: 'On August 17, this country honors the death of native son & freedom fighter Jose de San Martin'

Answer: Argentina


Question: '4-letter term for a horse with a reddish coat sprinkled with white'

Answer: roan


Question:
'Nebraska,
Iowa,
Missouri'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'Classic oatmeal cookies are made with nutmeg & this age-old spice that comes in Cassia & Ceylon varieties'

Answer: cinnamon


Question: 'When Victor Hugo began writing this novel, its working title was "Miseres"'

Answer: Les Misérables


Question: 'Dad Jerry, mom Nellie, sister Josie & he formed the Vaudeville act the Four Cohans'

Answer: George M. Cohan


Question: 'Real, not academic, battles were fought at Bennington & Princeton in this Revolutionary War year'

Answer: 1777


Question: 'You can forget breakfast, but you will find some exquisite jewelry at this NYC store at Fifth Avenue & 57th St.'

Answer: Tiffany\'s


Question: 'This constellation's belt points southeasterly to Sirius, the brightest star in the nighttime sky'

Answer: Orion


Question: 'It's a Girl Scout 6 to 8 years of age, or perhaps her favorite dessert'

Answer: a Brownie


Question: 'This 19th century sci-fi writer foretold the artificial satellite in his story "The Begum's Fortune"'

Answer: Jules Verne


Question: 'Sport featured in the '20s musical "Good News" that included the number "The Varsity Drag"'

Answer: football


Question: 'The bombing of the Spanish village of Guernica took place in April of this year'

Answer: 1937


Question: 'If sport fishing is your thing, head to Islamorada in these Florida islands'

Answer: the Keys


Question: 'You might have to "strain" your eyes to see all 160 visible stars in this constellation, the first alphabetically'

Answer: Andromeda


Question: 'We often use this French word for the main course of a meal'

Answer: entrée


Question: 'This "Second Sex" author taught philosophy for 12 years before writing her first novel'

Answer: Simone de Beauvoir


Question: 'He became known as "the Sentimental Gentleman of Swing" after leaving his brother Jimmy'

Answer: Tommy Dorsey


Question: 'The newlyweds seen here were photographed in this year'

Answer: 1947


Question: 'Visitors like to stop & smell the new roses at the International Rose Test Garden in this Northwest city'

Answer: Portland


Question: 'The Sumerians believed it represented their sky-god, An, pouring waters of immortality upon the Earth'

Answer: Aquarius


Question: 'This Christmas shrub with red, pink or white leaves can grow to a height of 10 feet'

Answer: a poinsettia


Question: 'In this 1759 Voltaire novel, the title character moves briefly to an ideal country in South America called El Dorado'

Answer: Candide


Question: 'Based on a Cuban poem, this song begins, "Yo soy un hombre sincero"'

Answer: "Guantanamera"


Question: 'What became CBS went on air in this Jazz Age year; an ear symbol would have been more fiti'ing than an eye'

Answer: 1927


Question: 'Not far from Burlington you can tour this company's factory that fashions products like the ones seen here'

Answer: The Vermont Teddy Bear Company


Question: 'Its second-brightest star is called Kochab, Arabic for "the north star", because that's what it once was'

Answer: Ursa Minor


Question: 'Popular with tourists, it's the capital & largest city of the Bahamas'

Answer: Nassau


Question: 'Known as a master of the short story--he wrote over 300 of them--he did write 6 novels including "Bel-Ami" in 1885'

Answer: Guy de Maupassant


Question: 'It was this composer's "I'm Just Wild About Harry" that became a Truman campaign song'

Answer: Eubie Blake


Question: 'It was the year of Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee'

Answer: 1897


Question: 'Just 2 1/2 miles from Jefferson's Monticello you can visit this president's Ash Lawn-Highland estate'

Answer: Monroe


Question: 'In 1572 Tycho Brahe discovered a supernova in this constellation which looks like an irregular "W" or "M"'

Answer: Cassiopeia


Question: 'The Hindi word for "tea", in the U.S. it refers to a blend of tea, spices & milk; try a cup!'

Answer: chai


Question: 'The last 2 sisters nominated against each other for the Best Actress Oscar; it was for 1966'

Answer: Lynn & Vanessa Redgrave


Question: 'State that's home to the Alfred P. Sloan Museum, featuring the Buick Automotive Gallery'

Answer: Michigan


Question: '"Well it's one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, now go, cat, go, but don't you step on my..."'

Answer: "Blue Suede Shoes"


Question: 'The Alaskan island of Gravina, pop. 50, was to be one end of what was called this "to nowhere", price tag $320 million'

Answer: bridge to nowhere


Question: 'Of President Stephen Cleveland'

Answer: Grover


Question: 'In a nursery rhyme "Peter Piper picked a peck" (about 8 quarts) of these "pickled" items'

Answer: peppers


Question: 'Crayolas & Band-Aids come in this kind of pack that gives you lots of choice'

Answer: variety


Question: 'This state has parishes like Jefferson Davis, Jackson & Union... wait, Union?'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: '"Well, since my baby left me, well I found a new place to dwell, well it's down at the end of lonely street"'

Answer: "Heartbreak Hotel"


Question: '"Baby you're a rich man", but divorcing Heather Mills reportedly cost this musician $50 million'

Answer: Paul McCartney


Question: 'Of former First Lady Eleanor Carter'

Answer: Rosalynn


Question: 'This member of the parsley family with a 4-letter name is a main flavoring agent in pickles'

Answer: dill


Question: 'A person who preys ruthlessly upon others, or Anne Rice's Lestat'

Answer: vampire


Question: 'It's the only state that ends with a "G"'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: '"Everybody in the whole cell block was dancin' to the..."'

Answer: "Jailhouse Rock"


Question: 'In Feb. 2010 this huge insurance co. we all bailed out said it would pay as much as $100 million in employee bonuses'

Answer: AIG


Question: 'Of comedy playwright Marvin Simon'

Answer: Neil


Question: 'The national dish of South Korea, it's pickled cabbage, radishes, other vegetables & spices'

Answer: kimchi


Question: 'You're like this scavenging bird seen here'

Answer: vulture


Question: 'This state's official bird, the cactus wren, likes to build its nest in the saguaro cactus'

Answer: Arizona


Question: '"My hands are shaky and my knees are weak, I can't seem to stand on my own two feet"'

Answer: "All Shook Up"


Question: 'Architect Julia Morgan's records on this California castle show it cost under $10 million, even with 41 fireplaces'

Answer: San Simeon (or the Hearst Castle)


Question: 'Of late NASCAR driver Ralph Earnhardt'

Answer: Dale


Question: 'Eaten between different servings of sushi, gari is a thinly sliced, pickled variety of this herb'

Answer: ginger


Question: 'After it dries, this leaves a hard, glossy coating on wood'

Answer: varnish


Question: 'The flag of this state features a Seminole woman scattering flowers'

Answer: Florida


Question: '"And his mama cries, 'cause if there's one thing that she don't need it's another hungry mouth to feed"'

Answer: "In The Ghetto"


Question: 'In 1971 Clifford Irving got $750,000 for presenting the bogus autobiography of this eccentric man'

Answer: Howard Hughes


Question: 'Of British PM Arthur Chamberlain'

Answer: Neville Chamberlain


Question: 'This Pittsburgh-based food businessman was known as the "pickle king"'

Answer: H.J. Heinz


Question: 'It means boldly courageous or brave, as in a comic strip prince'

Answer: valiant


Question: 'This country's record high is 114 at Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan in 1937'

Answer: Canada


Question: '"The _____ Bride" & "The _____ and the Frog"'

Answer: Princess


Question: 'You can see how this tallest animal is most vulnerable when drinking, as it has to splay its legs & lower its head'

Answer: the giraffe


Question: 'It wouldn't be Easter without these marshmallow treats'

Answer: Peeps


Question: 'We're pretty sure it wasn't his singing that got him elected mayor of Palm Springs, California in 1988'

Answer: Sonny Bono


Question: 'The main burglar'

Answer: the chief thief


Question: 'In 1974 the temp reached a balmy 59 at Vanda Station on this continent (hey, that's hot for there)'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: '" _____  " & " ____ in the Air"'

Answer: Up


Question: 'Wow! It's a spiny-tailed iguana, one of these that holds the 21 mph reptile land speed record'

Answer: a lizard


Question: 'The name of this flower seen here reflects its color & its shape'

Answer: a buttercup


Question: 'Before representing California in the Senate, she was mayor of San Francisco'

Answer: Dianne Feinstein


Question: 'A radio personality who provokes & pushes the limits of decency'

Answer: a shock jock


Question: 'The water in Frying Pan Lake in this country near Australia gets up to about 130 degrees'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: '"A Serious _____ " & "A Single _____ "'

Answer: Man


Question: 'Let's go look at the lorikeets in this structure, from the Latin for "bird"'

Answer: aviary


Question: 'In identifying the butterfly seen here, the name of this fierce animal comes before "swallowtail"'

Answer: tiger


Question: 'In the 1800s, Josiah Quincy, his son & grandson all served as the mayor of this capital'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'An immobilizer used by the police (don't taze me, bro!)'

Answer: a stun gun


Question: 'Tirat Tsvi in what's now this country hit 129 in 1942'

Answer: Israel


Question: '"The _____ Victoria" & " _____ Guns"'

Answer: Young


Question: 'Can't hear you--maybe we should continue our conversation away from the howler type of this'

Answer: monkey


Question: 'Archaeologist & physician Harry Mera designed this state's flag'

Answer: New Mexico


Question: 'Dave Bing, this city's new mayor, wants to revive the innovative spirit of Henry Ford & Berry Gordy'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'A very low-alcohol lager'

Answer: near beer


Question: 'The Pacific islands' top temp was a 1912 reading of 108 at Tuguegarao in this island nation'

Answer: the Philippines


Question: '"The Last _____ " & "The _____ Agent"'

Answer: Station


Question: 'The sun type is the smallest of these carnivores, with the males only 130 lbs.--still looks mean, though'

Answer: bears


Question: 'Seen here is the yellowtail type of this fish, not the familiar red type'

Answer: the snapper


Question: 'The son of Italian immigrants, he served in the House of Representatives before becoming NYC's mayor in 1934'

Answer: LaGuardia


Question: 'In December 2001 U.S. forces thought Osama bin Laden was in this region of Afghanistan'

Answer: Tora Bora


Question: 'During the making of this classic, sets from "King Kong" & "The Garden of Allah" were intentionally burned down'

Answer: Gone with the Wind


Question: 'She's the woman in power seen here<br />(Clinton's attorney general)'

Answer: Janet Reno


Question: 'Je ne parle pas Francais'

Answer: French


Question: 'In 1997, TV Guide's No. 2 pick for the 100 greatest episodes of all time was her stint selling Vitameatavegamin'

Answer: Lucille Ball


Question: 'When Antonia Shimerda is introduced in this novel, she's "a girl of fourteen" with curly, wild-looking hair'

Answer: "My Antonia"


Question: 'This popular sliced pizza sausage usually made of beef & pork is named for what seasons it'

Answer: Pepperoni


Question: 'A 1930 Marx Brothers film, or treats packaged in a box that looks like a circus wagon cage'

Answer: Animal Crackers


Question: 'After she was married, this Indian princess was known as Rebecca Rolfe'

Answer: Pocahontas


Question: 'Ich spreche kein Deutsch'

Answer: German


Question: 'On this sitcom, the character Joey landed a part on "Days of Our Lives"'

Answer: Friends


Question: 'The first chapter of "Little Women" says this girl is 15 years old, "very tall, thin and brown" with "a comical nose"'

Answer: Jo


Question: 'Demonic adjective that describes a type of canned ham or an egg appetizer'

Answer: Deviled


Question: 'The British national flag'

Answer: Union Jack


Question: 'Russia fought 2 wars with Turkey & annexed the Crimea during her reign as Russia's empress'

Answer: Catherine the Great


Question: 'Ik spreek geen Nederlands'

Answer: Dutch


Question: 'Jenna Elfman & Thomas Gibson play this title pair, a kooky yoga teacher & an uptight U.S. attorney'

Answer: Dharma & Greg


Question: 'This Bronte novel says of Cathy, "At fifteen she was the queen of the country-side; she had no peer"'

Answer: "Wuthering Heights"


Question: 'This North American marsupial finds its way into a tasty stew'

Answer: Opossum


Question: 'This 1877 Anna Sewell novel helped establish the pony story as a popular genre in England'

Answer: "Black Beauty"


Question: 'Her 1951 book "La Razon de mi Vida" ("The Purpose of my Life") was once mandatory reading in Argentine schools'

Answer: Eva Peron


Question: 'Nihongo ga Wakarimasen'

Answer: Japanese


Question: 'John Cleese guest-starred as a wacky professor who was John Lithgow's rival on this show'

Answer: 3rd Rock from the Sun


Question: 'When this Jane Austen novel begins, Elinor Dashwood, the eldest daughter, is "only nineteen"'

Answer: "Sense and Sensibility"


Question: 'The U.S. poultry industry calls them "paws" & exported 264,000 tons of them to China in 1997'

Answer: Chicken feet


Question: '(Hi, I'm Derrick Alexander of the Kansas City Chiefs)  The Kansas City Chiefs played in the very first Super Bowl but lost to this team 35--10'

Answer: Green Bay Packers


Question: 'In her 1903 autobiography, she wrote, "Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence"'

Answer: Helen Keller


Question: 'Nie mowie po Polsku'

Answer: Polish


Question: 'For sister witches Shannen Doherty, Alyssa Milano & Holly Marie Combs, 3 is a magic number on this show'

Answer: Charmed


Question: 'Chapter 2, part 4 of this Pasternak novel tells us "Lara was only a little over sixteen but she was well developed"'

Answer: "Doctor Zhivago"


Question: 'French chefs use this part of the goose to make pate de foie gras'

Answer: Liver


Question: 'In DOS this character separates directory names & file names'

Answer: Backslash


Question: 'In a lab in 1972 David Baltimore created one of these basic portions of a chromosome'

Answer: Gene


Question: 'This "MMMbop" trio pushes "MMMmilk"'

Answer: Hanson


Question: 'The Circus Maximus was built for these races'

Answer: Chariot races


Question: 'Boy loses shadow, teaches 3 siblings to fly, battles pirates & refuses to grow up'

Answer: Peter Pan


Question: 'MLB's Blue Jays'

Answer: Toronto


Question: 'It cost just 37 cents when Burger King introduced it in 1957'

Answer: the Whopper


Question: 'In 1959 Khrushchev wanted this dome designer to come over & teach his engineers a thing or two'

Answer: Buckminster Fuller


Question: 'This Chicago Bulls forward sports golden-colored hair as well as a white mustache'

Answer: Dennis Rodman


Question: 'Take your loofa to the National Roman Museum; part of it was once these of Diocletian'

Answer: Baths


Question: 'Daily life in a New England village: couple marries; woman dies in childbirth; cemetery's dead speak'

Answer: Our Town


Question: 'The NFL's Ravens'

Answer: Baltimore


Question: 'A synonym for huge or the name of the creature seen here'

Answer: Mammoth


Question: 'The claim "what Shakespeare was to poetry and the drama (he) is to the vegetable world" is no small potatoes'

Answer: Luther Burbank


Question: 'This hip David Letterman band leader is into chocolate milk, man'

Answer: Paul Shaffer


Question: 'The Aqua Virgine Aqueduct feeds the Trevi, one of Rome's most famous of these'

Answer: Fountain


Question: '2 tramps converse & contemplate suicide while expecting a rendezvous with a guy who's a no-show'

Answer: Waiting for Godot


Question: 'The NHL's Coyotes'

Answer: Phoenix


Question: 'Michelangelo's David is considered one of these big statues, like one of the 7 Ancient Wonders'

Answer: Colossus/colossal


Question: 'Luis Alvarez filled his with liquid hydrogen & found he could easily trace the paths of particles in it'

Answer: Bubble chamber


Question: 'This former "NYPD Blue" duo pulled together asking for you to reach out for 3 glasses a day'

Answer: Jimmy Smits & Dennis Franz


Question: 'You won't find the remains of this British poet in a Grecian urn but in Rome's Protestant Cemetery'

Answer: John Keats


Question: 'Fading Southern belle visits sister & brutish brother-in-law; goes nuts'

Answer: A Streetcar Named Desire


Question: 'The NBA's Grizzlies'

Answer: Vancouver


Question: '"By and" this, meaning as a general rule, was originally a sailing term'

Answer: Large


Question: 'Vera Rubin & W. Kent Ford used this name for the invisible substance whose pull holds galaxies together'

Answer: Dark matter


Question: 'This secretary of Health & Human Services says she "always keeps a full thermos in the cabinet"'

Answer: Donna Shalala


Question: 'Of all the great buildings of ancient Rome, only this one dedicated to "all the gods" is still intact'

Answer: Pantheon


Question: 'Swordsman helps inarticulate rival win the girl of his own dreams; confesses secret years later & dies content'

Answer: Cyrano de Bergerac


Question: 'MLS's Galaxy'

Answer: Los Angeles


Question: 'We'll take you to tusk if you forget this 11-letter adjective from Loxodonta africana's common name'

Answer: Elephantine


Question: 'This planet's moons include Triton & the recently discovered Naiad'

Answer: Neptune


Question: 'In 1962 this country swapped 1,113 prisoners it captured in the Bay of Pigs invasion for $53 million in aid'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'She's the type of girl Billy Joel was "in love with" in a 1983 hit'

Answer: "Uptown Girl"


Question: 'Number of months with 28 days'

Answer: 12


Question: 'Around 1850 Helmholtz clocked impulses moving along these body parts at about 90 feet per second'

Answer: nerves


Question: 'Author Patricia Cornwell says without a doubt that this killer was 19th century English painter Walter Sickert'

Answer: Jack the Ripper


Question: 'A temptress, or a device that produces a wailing warning sound'

Answer: siren


Question: 'This now-popular term for a situation with no solution was also the title of a 1961 novel'

Answer: catch-22


Question: 'It's the classic heard here'

Answer: "Down on the Corner"


Question: 'The highest single-digit number that reads the same upside down & right side up'

Answer: 8


Question: 'University prof Michael Mastlin sold young Johannes Kepler on this Copernican theory'

Answer: heliocentrism


Question: 'In 1890 William Kemmler, who had killed his mistress, became the first convict to be executed this way'

Answer: electrocution


Question: 'These shadow portraits are named for a French finance minister known for his strict economic policies'

Answer: silhouettes


Question: 'In 1963 he started his "Faith Partnerships", asking 700 of his viewers to pledge $10 a month'

Answer: Pat Robertson


Question: 'It begins, "When this old world starts getting me down and people are just too much for me to face"'

Answer: "Up on the Roof"


Question: 'The number of stars on the U.S. flag divided by the number of U.S. states not in North America'

Answer: 50 (50/1 (Hawaii))


Question: 'Max Born taught this subject at the University of Gottingen & won a Nobel Prize in it'

Answer: physics


Question: 'In the '70s in New York, David Berkowitz went by this infamous nickname'

Answer: "Son of Sam"


Question: 'An auxilliary building near the main one, or to attach a territory to an existing state or nation'

Answer: annex


Question: 'In 1968 work began on this project that stretched from the North Slope by Prudhoe Bay to the port of Valdez'

Answer: Trans-Alaska Pipeline


Question: '(Hi, I'm KC of KC and the Sunshine Band)  My band's first No. 1 hit was this song that's been featured in a Budweiser ad & in Eddie Murphy's "Dr. Dolittle"'

Answer: "Get Down Tonight"


Question: 'Temperature in degrees Fahrenheit equal to -40 degrees Celsius'

Answer: -40


Question: '"Psychopathia Sexualis" author Krafft-Ebing found the link between this disease & the mental decay called paresis'

Answer: syphilis


Question: 'In 1935 she & her favorite son Fred died during a shootout with FBI agents'

Answer: Ma Barker


Question: 'The word roulette is from Old French for "small" this, though it's a big part of the game'

Answer: wheel


Question: 'Seasonal name given the liberalization program Alexander Dubcek set up in 1968 in Czechoslovakia'

Answer: Prague Spring


Question: 'In 1991 Elton John re-recorded this song live with George Michael'

Answer: "Don\'t Let the Sun Go Down on Me"


Question: 'If you were to spell out the numbers, it's how far you'd have to go before using the letter A'

Answer: one thousand


Question: 'Nicolaier produced this disease in animals by injecting then with soil, & maybe watching their little jaws lock'

Answer: tetanus


Question: 'As an adverb, it means "thus" or "so"; as a verb, it means to urge a dog to attack'

Answer: sic


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew at the Xunantunich Mayan archaeological site in Belize)  Towering 130 feet, one of the largest pyramids in Belize is called El Castillo, which means this in English'

Answer: The Castle


Question: 'Pickwick & his pals visit Manor Farm at Dingley Dell in this author's "Pickwick Papers"'

Answer: Charles Dickens


Question: '"A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte"'

Answer: Georges Seurat


Question: 'It means to work dough by pressing, folding & stretching it'

Answer: kneading


Question: 'In 1962 he won a Grammy for "I Can't Stop Loving You"'

Answer: Ray Charles


Question: 'It can refer to someone who is bad-tempered or something of intermediate value'

Answer: mean


Question: 'The Belize Online website suggests these transparent boats "to snorkel without getting wet"'

Answer: glass-bottomed boats


Question: 'Wellwood is the home of the ill-mannered Bloomfield children in this Bronte sister's novel "Agnes Grey"'

Answer: Anne Bronte


Question: '"Haystacks at Chailly at Sunrise"<br />(1865)'

Answer: Claude Monet


Question: 'A cylinder of dough filled with chopped Chinese vegetables, or an eastertime event at the White House'

Answer: egg roll


Question: 'On February 5, 1943 Jake La Motta handed this "sweet" boxer his first career defeat in 130 bouts'

Answer: Sugar Ray Robinson


Question: 'From the Middle English for "lean", it's unsatisfactory in substance, quality or size'

Answer: meager


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Belize City)  Belize has a holiday every May to recognize this group of about 50 nations to which it belongs'

Answer: British Commonwealth


Question: 'Sir Hildebrand Osbaldistone is the hard-drinking lord of Osbaldistone Hall in this man's novel "Rob Roy"'

Answer: Sir Walter Scott


Question: '"The Jewish Bride"<br />(1665)'

Answer: Rembrandt


Question: 'Originating in Naples, it's an Italian turnover made of pizza dough & stuffed with meats, cheese & vegetables'

Answer: calzone


Question: 'All 7 of his novels featured detective Philip Marlowe'

Answer: Raymond Chandler


Question: 'She wrote extensively about island teens in her bestseller "Coming of Age in Samoa"'

Answer: Margaret Mead


Question: 'The first line of Belize's national anthem mentions this body of water'

Answer: Caribbean Sea


Question: 'Worsted Skeynes is "The Country Home" in the title of a 1907 novel by this "Forsyte Saga" author'

Answer: John Galsworthy


Question: '"Pelvis With Moon"<br />(1943)'

Answer: Georgia O\'Keeffe


Question: 'The dough for this flaky German pastry whose name means "whirlpool" was inspired by baklava, a Turkish pastry'

Answer: strudel


Question: 'Also famous for playing a good guy, he played the murderer that Jimmy Stewart spies on in "Rear Window"'

Answer: Raymond Burr


Question: 'Intervention to settle disputes'

Answer: mediation


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew at Xunantunich)  Rainforests are a key to this term...'

Answer: biodiversity


Question: 'Most of this kids' book by Frances Hodgson Burnett takes place at Misselthwaite Manor in Yorkshire'

Answer: "The Secret Garden"


Question: '"Lavender Mist"<br />(1950)'

Answer: Jackson Pollock


Question: 'Bourekia, a Greek speciialty, consists of meat or vegetables wrapped in this pastry dough'

Answer: phyllo


Question: 'Seen here is a work by this pioneering American avant-garde artist'

Answer: Man Ray


Question: 'One of these particles consists of a quark & an antiquark'

Answer: meson


Question: 'The U.S. company that now has the greatest revenues is HQ'd in this state that's near the bottom in household income'

Answer: Arkansas (Wal-Mart)


Question: '"Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery," said this Pres., "I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally"'

Answer: Lincoln


Question: 'Ricky Martin sang,"She's into superstitions, black cats and voodoo dolls", & no doubt she's livin' this'

Answer: La Vida Loca


Question: 'This river's widest point, 3 1/2 miles, is just north of Clinton, Iowa'

Answer: the Mississippi


Question: 'A revolving tray:<br />Lazy ____'

Answer: Susan


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew displays a map on the monitor.)  On this map, a star inside a circle represents these'

Answer: (national) capitals


Question: 'Any automobile plus any country'

Answer: a carnation


Question: '11 years after writing a famous declaration, he penned to Madison "a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing"'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'In this 1987 Bon Jovi song, "Tommy used to work on the docks" & "Gina dreams of running away"--now they're'

Answer: "Livin\' On A Prayer"


Question: 'The many dams on this river in Washington & Oregon include Chief Joseph, Rock Island & Bonneville'

Answer: the Columbia


Question: 'A cheap, run-down car:<br />Tin ____'

Answer: Lizzie


Question: 'To have a map of the entire Earth that has the least distortion, you have to buy one of these objects'

Answer: a globe


Question: 'Word preceding <br />"and proper" plus "Charmed" actress McGowan'

Answer: a primrose


Question: 'In 1759 he wrote, "Discipline is the soul of an army. It... procures success to the weak, and esteem to all"'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'James Brown is living here, "super highways, coast to coast"'

Answer: "Living In America"


Question: 'It's New York State's longest river'

Answer: the Hudson


Question: 'A large, long-range cannon:<br />Big ____'

Answer: Bertha


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew points out a map on the monitor.)  On this map of Northwest Wyoming, dashed-line enclosures are used to designate national parks and these set-aside lands'

Answer: Indian reservations


Question: 'An English fop plus the king of beasts'

Answer: a dandelion


Question: 'He wrote, "I am as strong as a bull moose and you can use me to the limit"'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'It's where Luka lived'

Answer: (upstairs from you) on the second floor


Question: 'Most of the rivers in Texas flow into this body of water'

Answer: the Gulf of Mexico


Question: 'An 18th century machine:<br />Spinning ____'

Answer: Jenny


Question: 'Malta was upset when it was left off the first maps appearing on these bank notes in 2002'

Answer: euros


Question: 'A numeric pair plus a part of the mouth'

Answer: a tulip


Question: 'He proclaimed, "The new frontier of which I speak is not a set of promises--it is a set of challenges"'

Answer: (John) Kennedy


Question: '"Underground like a wild potato", The B-52's were living here'

Answer: (In my own) "Private Idaho"


Question: 'Major tributaries of this "state"ly river include the Kentucky, Wabash & Cumberland rivers'

Answer: the Ohio


Question: 'A dessert:<br />Apple Brown ____'

Answer: Betty


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows a rectangular world map on the monitor.)  Because areas far from the equator are enlarged, Greenland is bigger than South America in the 16th century system of projection named for this man'

Answer: Mercator


Question: 'A fib plus French for "lake"'

Answer: a lilac


Question: 'He dedicated his "Parallel Lives" to Sosius Senecio, a friend of the emperor'

Answer: Plutarch


Question: 'A person who doesn't appreciate kindness or generosity'

Answer: an ingrate


Question: 'In 1521 he told the Diet of Worms, "Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise.  God help me.  Amen"'

Answer: Martin Luther


Question: '"Bateson's Belfry", a bell connected to a cord in a coffin, capitalized on Victorian-era terror of this'

Answer: being buried alive


Question: 'On Dec. 13, 1997 Michigan CB Charles Woodson became the first primarily defensive player to win this award'

Answer: the Heisman Trophy


Question: 'We have a "hunch" you'll know this French author of the 1827 play "Cromwell"'

Answer: Hugo


Question: 'Aristophanes' style is called "old" this; Menander's, less high-spirited, is "new "this'

Answer: comedy


Question: 'In a play or film, the role of a young, innocent, unworldly woman'

Answer: an ingenue


Question: 'When East & West Germany unified in 1990, this West German continued to serve as chancellor of the entire country'

Answer: Helmut Kohl


Question: 'The annual "Reception Day" for new cadets at West Point yields about 25 pounds of this'

Answer: hair


Question: 'He played center for Michigan's national championship teams of 1932 & '33; he dabbled in politics, too'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'This pianist was called "The Clown Prince of Denmark"'

Answer: Victor Borge


Question: 'He wrote more than 120 plays, but only 7 complete ones survive, including "Oedipus Rex" & "Oedipus at Colonus"'

Answer: Sophocles


Question: 'Adjective meaning firmly fixed or deep-rooted'

Answer: ingrained


Question: 'In 1805 Napoleon made this duchy a kingdom; today it's Germany's largest & southernmost state'

Answer: Bavaria


Question: 'In 1963 economist Mollie Orshansky created this "line" by multiplying the cost of an adequate diet by 3'

Answer: poverty line


Question: 'This Bo knew football, too; he went 194-48-5 as U-M's coach from 1969 to 1989'

Answer: Schembechler


Question: 'Of 3 kings who ruled under this name, 2 were born in Turin, one in Naples'

Answer: Victor Emmanuel


Question: 'Only one complete poem, 28 lines in length, remains from the poetry of this lyric poet from Lesbos'

Answer: Sappho


Question: 'This term for a recess beside a large fireplace for a seat or bench was also once a popular U.S. wine brand'

Answer: inglenook


Question: 'On January 18, 1871 Germany was unified with Wilhelm I as its first kaiser & this man as its chancellor'

Answer: Bismarck


Question: 'Cyrano nose that Pecharmant & other red wines of this region go well with lamb'

Answer: Bergerac


Question: 'Last name of QB Brian who led Michigan to the '97 natl. championship; dad Bob QBed for the 17-0 Dolphins of 1972'

Answer: Griese


Question: 'His first operetta was 1894's "Prince Ananias"; dozens more would follow, including "Babes in Toyland"'

Answer: Herbert


Question: 'The U.S. Post Office can thank this "father of history" for writing "neither snow nor rain", etc.'

Answer: Herodotus


Question: 'He's the Frenchman whose work is seen here'

Answer: (Jean Auguste Dominique) Ingres


Question: 'In Feb. 1919 the National Assembly met to write a constitution in this city, which gave its name to the new republic'

Answer: Weimar


Question: 'Referring to the way English is spoken on a certain continent, "Strine" is an alteration of this word'

Answer: Australian


Question: 'A sixth-round draft pick in 2000, this Michigan man found a bit of success as a QB for the Patriots'

Answer: (Tom) Brady


Question: '"V", this politician's middle initial, was for "Victor", not "Victory"; he ran 5 losing presidential campaigns'

Answer: Eugene V. Debs


Question: 'Political battleground states are usually called this secondary color'

Answer: purple


Question: 'This Shakespeare play inspired Jose Limon to create "The Moor's Pavane", & he danced the lead role himself'

Answer: Othello


Question: 'This future baseball giant first said "Hey!" to the world when he was born in Alabama in 1931'

Answer: Willie Mays


Question: 'George Washington was a fan of this holiday drink but used whiskey & brandy as well as rum'

Answer: egg nog


Question: 'To 58102, to send it to this biggest North Dakota city, you betcha'

Answer: Fargo


Question: '...the 9/11 attacks occurred'

Answer: Tony Blair


Question: 'I'll have this Chinese dish of sliced chicken stir-fried with mushrooms & vegetables, to go'

Answer: moo goo gai pan


Question: 'We're not toying with you: one of Andersen's fairy tales inspired the ballet "The Steadfast Tin" this'

Answer: Soldier


Question: '1934 was the first year for this Oscar category, & the winner was "The Continental"'

Answer: Best Song


Question: 'To be patriotic during WWII, this soda invented in 1898 adopted red, white & blue colors, still on its logo today'

Answer: Pepsi


Question: 'To 99501, to send it to this largest Alaska city'

Answer: Anchorage


Question: '...Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands'

Answer: Margaret Thatcher


Question: 'Hello... Hey you... Over there!  This chocolate drink has been around since the '20s'

Answer: Yoo-hoo


Question: 'In "Western Symphony", dance hall girls & cowboys cavort to classic tunes like this "River Valley"'

Answer: "Red River Valley"


Question: 'This ski-nosed comic broke out of Vaudeville & made his Broadway acting debut in the 1933 musical "Roberta"'

Answer: Bob Hope


Question: 'A person used to be smashed onto a new boat as a sacrifice; this effervescent drink is less painful'

Answer: champagne


Question: 'To 86538, to send it to this Arizona town that was "too tough to die"'

Answer: Tombstone


Question: '...World War II ended in Europe'

Answer: Churchill


Question: 'George H.W. Bush derided Ronald Reagan's fiscal policies as this type of "economics"'

Answer: voodoo


Question: 'It's the "little" French surname of choreographer Roland of the Ballets de Paris'

Answer: Petit


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Tavern on the Green.)  Tavern on the Green opened as a restaurant in 1934; this New York City mayor opened the door with a brass key & sampled the cuisine'

Answer: LaGuardia


Question: 'To make this 4-letter drink, the rice has to be milled because the starch, which ferments, is in the center of the rice'

Answer: sake


Question: 'To 93308, to send it to this California city that gave its name to a country music "Sound"'

Answer: Bakersfield


Question: '...World War II broke out'

Answer: Neville Chamberlain


Question: 'Don't get on that alien ship; "To Serve Man" is one of these kitchen helpers!'

Answer: a cookbook


Question: 'The jazzy ballet "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" was originally part of the Broadway musical "On Your" these'

Answer: Toes


Question: 'Agatha Christie set Hercule Poirot afloat on a boat called the Karnak in this exotic 1937 novel'

Answer: Death on the Nile


Question: 'White & red wines differ in that the stems & these 2 other parts of the grape are not used for white'

Answer: the skins & the seeds


Question: 'To 97405, to send it to this Oregon college town, home of the Ducks'

Answer: Eugene


Question: '...Queen Victoria was anointed Empress of India'

Answer: Benjamin Disraeli


Question: 'The plan has no risk, it can't fail, it can only be described as this'

Answer: foolproof


Question: 'In 1905 this still-controversial Twain book was banned because a character said sweat instead of perspiration'

Answer: Huckleberry Finn


Question: 'In 1995 there was "Cybill", "Mad About You" & this series, "The New Adventures of Superman"'

Answer: Lois & Clark


Question: 'Exhibits in her 1893 trial in New Bedford, Mass., included her parents' skulls & the head of a hatchet'

Answer: Lizzie Borden


Question: 'Streets in this Kansas town include Wyatt Earp Boulevard & Gunsmoke Street'

Answer: Dodge City


Question: '"Melrose Place" was one for "Beverly Hills 90210"'

Answer: a spin-off


Question: 'This large Italian island was once ruled by the House of Savoy'

Answer: Sardinia


Question: 'The title of this 1813 Austen novel comes from the second chapter of "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"'

Answer: Pride and Prejudice


Question: 'In 1976 CBS's Sunday night lineup was "60 Minutes", "Sonny & Cher", then "Who loves ya, baby?", this detective'

Answer: Kojak


Question: 'Stabbed during his capture at Harpers Ferry, this abolitionist spent most of his 1859 trial lying on a cot'

Answer: John Brown


Question: 'This word, the first half of a familiar pair, refers to goods found floating in the sea from a shipwreck'

Answer: flotsam


Question: 'Here are the rules: if the soda container stops rotating & faces you, it's time to pucker up'

Answer: spin the bottle


Question: 'After World War I, France was given a League of Nations mandate over this country'

Answer: Lebanon


Question: '1904's "Betty Zane" was his first published novel--makes sense'

Answer: Zane Grey


Question: 'Choices from 1955 included "You Asked for It", "G.E. Theater" & this movie director "Presents"'

Answer: Alfred Hitchcock


Question: 'At her 1976 bank robbery trial, this heiress' lawyer used a brainwashing defense; the jury didn't buy it'

Answer: Patricia Hearst


Question: 'A cousin of Paul Bunyan, this "Mountain State"'s woodsman Tony Beaver had 2 oxen named Hannibal & Goliath'

Answer: West Virginia


Question: 'It can be a yarn maker, or a woman who never married'

Answer: a spinster


Question: 'In 1993, limited autonomy was granted to this coastal area that's home to 1.5 million people'

Answer: the Gaza Strip


Question: 'Her crime novels include "Cause of Death" & "Cruel & Unusual"'

Answer: Patricia Cornwell


Question: 'In 2000, at 8:00 you could have watched "The Simpsons", "Steve Harvey" or this heavenly show with Roma Downey'

Answer: Touched by an Angel


Question: 'After his 1633 sentencing, he said he must "abandon the false opinion that the sun is the center of the world"'

Answer: Galileo


Question: 'This Christian martyr is said to have rescued the daughter of a king & slain the dragon victimizing a Libyan town'

Answer: Saint George


Question: 'It's the rotating skid of a car losing control'

Answer: a spinout


Question: 'Once part of the Roman Empire, this nation was part of the Ottoman Empire for 400 years'

Answer: Albania


Question: 'It's the numerical title of the Bret Easton Ellis novel made into a 1987 Robert Downey, Jr. film'

Answer: Less than Zero


Question: 'From 1959 until 1963 the lead-in for "Ed Sullivan" was this Jay North sitcom about a mischievous boy'

Answer: Dennis the Menace


Question: 'The first of 12 trials held in this city in the late 1940s led to the convictions of Hermann Goering & 18 other Nazis'

Answer: Nuremberg


Question: 'This French glassmaker that shares its name with a card game is known among collectors for its paperweights'

Answer: Baccarat


Question: 'The bowman on a yacht is there to set this sail'

Answer: a spinnaker


Question: 'It's made up of three main islands & has a combined land area smaller than Philadelphia'

Answer: Malta


Question: 'This U.S. event was set after the harvest, on a day when rural folk could get there without having to travel on Sunday'

Answer: Election Day


Question: 'On TV this Springfield safety inspector once corrected someone who said nuclear instead of "nucular"'

Answer: Homer Simpson


Question: 'Famous London church whose album cover showed the lads in a zebra crossing'

Answer: Westminster Abbey Road


Question: 'Donald Trump grew up in a 23-room house in Jamaica Estates here'

Answer: Queens


Question: 'It's the bud of a potato, bud'

Answer: the eye


Question: 'This strong liquor is named for the town in Jalisco, Mexico that's a center for its production'

Answer: tequila


Question: 'It's a Chinese-American chopped goodies omelet with gravy'

Answer: egg foo young


Question: 'This president who often said "nucular" proposed the "Atoms for Peace" plan at the U.N.'

Answer: Eisenhower


Question: 'This 1970 Beatles hit "leads to your door" with an angry outburst by the driver of a car'

Answer: "The Long And Winding Road Rage"


Question: 'Born here, Cornelius Vanderbilt started a ferry service at age 16'

Answer: Staten Island


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew takes apart a microphone.)  A basic part of any microphone is this thin metal disk that vibrates in response to sound; it's also a body part'

Answer: diaphragm


Question: 'Rhyming name of the classic tropical cocktail of rum, curacao & lime juice'

Answer: a mai tai


Question: 'Iron pyrite'

Answer: fool\'s gold


Question: 'Speechwriters for this 38th president often used "atomic" so he wouldn't say "nucular"'

Answer: Ford


Question: '"Unalienable rights" include "life, liberty" & the "White Album"'s ode to firearms'

Answer: the pursuit of happiness is a warm gun


Question: 'Sophisticated young Ralph Lifshitz (later Lauren) found it a zoo'

Answer: the Bronx


Question: 'Ancient Romans called this flatfish "Jupiter's sandal"'

Answer: sole


Question: 'Head to Asia for this cocktail of gin, cherry brandy, sugar & water'

Answer: a Singapore sling


Question: '"Speedy" term for McDonald's, etc.'

Answer: fast food


Question: 'The St. Petersburg Times reports this Florida senator, a 2004 Democratic presidential candidate, said, "It doesn't pronounce the way it looks"'

Answer: (Bob) Graham


Question: '1964 No. 2 hit that says, "Do you promise not to tell" that I'm a spy'

Answer: "Do You Want To Know A Secret Agent"


Question: 'Author Betty Smith's borough of birth'

Answer: Brooklyn


Question: 'It equals 30.48 centimeters'

Answer: a foot


Question: 'If you don't add the salt to a salty dog, you have this other "canine" cocktail'

Answer: a greyhound


Question: 'From the Italian for "clowning", it's a 7-letter word for a person given to clowning & joking'

Answer: buffoon


Question: 'On the PBS Newshour, Les Aspin, this president's Secretary of Defense, shot off "nucular" weapons'

Answer: Clinton


Question: 'Take this sad song, a 1968 No. 1, & Thomas Hardy's last novel & make it better'

Answer: "Hey Jude The Obscure"


Question: 'Before moving to "The O.C.", Peter Gallagher debuted at Lenox Hill Hospital here'

Answer: Manhattan


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds a jacketless copy of Jane Austen's Persuasion.)  To some, books are like people--maybe that's why some of their parts have names like head, spine & this part that connects the spine & cover'

Answer: the joint


Question: 'One cover story in the magazine devoted to & named for this liquor was "The Birth of Blending"'

Answer: whiskey


Question: '"Essence of Emeril" is a favorite show on this cable TV channel'

Answer: the Food Network


Question: 'Lough Neagh, about 20 miles west of this Northern Ireland capital, is the largest lake in the British Isles'

Answer: Belfast


Question: 'Tim Robbins wrote & starred in "Bob Roberts"; Tom Robbins wrote "Even" these "Get the Blues"'

Answer: Cowgirls


Question: 'Let's drink a beer to the memory of this man who died in Boston Oct. 2, 1803, aged 81'

Answer: Sam Adams


Question: 'The totality of all matter & energy in space'

Answer: the universe


Question: 'Hers was the face that launched a thousand ships'

Answer: Helen of Troy


Question: 'It took this team 88 years, but in 2005 they took it to the Astros & swept to victory in the World Series'

Answer: the Chicago White Sox


Question: 'On a clear day you can see France from a castle named for this seaport in the county of Kent'

Answer: Dover Castle


Question: 'Maz Azaria created the fashion line BCBG; Hilly Krystal founded this NYC underground music club'

Answer: CBGB


Question: 'In 1900 Brooks Adams predicted that in 50 years these countries would be the world's 2 main powers'

Answer: the United States & Russia


Question: 'A mortician or funeral director'

Answer: an undertaker


Question: 'In the "Iliad", he was the greatest of the Greek warriors'

Answer: Achilles


Question: 'In 2006 this team will play in the newly built Busch Stadium, their third home field to carry that name'

Answer: the Cardinals


Question: 'This island group that lies just north of the Scottish mainland was known to classical writers as the Orcades'

Answer: the Orkney Islands


Question: 'The Book of Kells dates from about 800 A.D.; "The Story of My Life", which dates from 1902, is the book of her'

Answer: Helen Keller


Question: 'On becoming president, he said he was "less possessed of your confidence... than any of my predecessors"'

Answer: John Quincy Adams


Question: 'A freshman or a sophomore, when spoken of as "below" a senior or junior'

Answer: an underclassman


Question: 'Brother to Paris, he was the greatest of the Trojan warriors'

Answer: Hector


Question: 'We bet you know that he's Major League Baseball's all-time singles leader at 3,215'

Answer: Pete Rose


Question: 'Based on its name, you might want to wear a sweater while walking along the coast of this largest Welsh bay'

Answer: Cardigan Bay


Question: 'Harvard is a school; this is a mild cheese once known as Danish tilsit'

Answer: Havarti


Question: 'Henry Adams lived in this city, & there's a memorial to his wife Clover in Rock Creek Cemetery there'

Answer: Washington, D.C.


Question: 'The first commercially available electronic computer'

Answer: UNIVAC


Question: 'The king of Troy & husband to Hecuba'

Answer: Priam


Question: 'In 1975 this ballplayer was awarded the NAACP's prestigious Spingarn Medal'

Answer: Hank Aaron


Question: 'This low mountain range has been called the "backbone of England"'

Answer: the Pennine Range


Question: 'Bilirubin is a bile pigment; Robert Rubin was Secretary of this, 1995-1999'

Answer: the Treasury


Question: 'In 1848 Charles Francis Adams was on the ticket of this 2-word party formed to oppose the extension of slavery'

Answer: the Free Soil Party


Question: 'From the Latin for "small claw", it's a generic term for a hoofed mammal'

Answer: ungulate


Question: 'Leader of the Greek armies, he was murdered by his own wife after the war'

Answer: Agamemnon


Question: 'Commissioner Bud Selig is a former owner of this Midwestern Major League Baseball team'

Answer: the Brewers


Question: 'This word that has come to mean "sudden prosperity" means "good weather" in Spanish'

Answer: bonanza


Question: 'From ancient times, the dragon was the symbol of this country's imperial family & adorned its flag until 1911'

Answer: China


Question: 'Detective who chomps on half-smoked cigars & always wears a rumpled, stained raincoat'

Answer: Columbo


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew)  On January 1, 1892 Annie Moore, a 15-year-old lass from this country, was the first immigrant processed at Ellis Island'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'The belief in the need to secure rights & opportunities for women equal to those of men'

Answer: feminism


Question: 'He stood 6 cubits & a span & had a spear whose "head weighed six hundred shekels of iron"'

Answer: Goliath


Question: 'People "thick as" these are close or tight & you may want to hold on to your wallet'

Answer: thieves


Question: 'In this novel, Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf & 13 dwarves reclaim Lonely Mountain & its riches from the dragon Smaug'

Answer: The Hobbit


Question: 'A shoe salesman who lives on Jeopardy Lane, he escapes the rigors of married life by going to The Jiggly Room'

Answer: Al Bundy


Question: 'In 1965 LBJ made Ellis Island part of this landmark's national monument'

Answer: the Statue of Liberty


Question: 'Late 19th century movement that characterizes the work seen here'

Answer: Impressionism


Question: 'Daniel 12:1 says that this archangel is a caretaker of the Jewish people'

Answer: Michael


Question: 'Hostess snack food seen here split in half'

Answer: cupcake


Question: 'In this 2001 animated feature, an ogre rescues the princess Fiona from a firebreathing dragon'

Answer: Shrek


Question: 'Lovable taxi mechanic from an undetermined east European country; thank you very much'

Answer: Latka Gravas


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew)  This comic was born in England; he arrived at Ellis Island in 1908 as a 4-year-old named Leslie'

Answer: Bob Hope


Question: 'News gathering & reporting; the University of Missouri had the USA's first school of it'

Answer: journalism


Question: 'In Genesis 17:4, God promised to make him "a father of many nations"'

Answer: Abraham


Question: 'If you can't handle the predominant sugar in milk, you're intolerant of this'

Answer: lactose


Question: 'Jason & the Argonauts recovered this after Medea put the dragon who guarded it to sleep'

Answer: the Golden Fleece


Question: 'Believing herself a widow, she works as a spy for the British government with her partner Major John Steed'

Answer: Emma Peel


Question: 'As the entryway to America, Ellis Island was nicknamed the "Golden" this'

Answer: Door


Question: 'The name of this severe, sometimes fatal form of food poisoning comes from the Latin for "sausage"'

Answer: botulism


Question: '"And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham and" him'

Answer: Japheth


Question: 'When a Buddhist achieves this, no more reincarnations'

Answer: Nirvana


Question: 'This Scandinavian prince rid the Danes of the monster Grendel; 50 years later he was killed by a dragon'

Answer: Beowulf


Question: 'Former Frisco police detective, now a P.I. afraid of the dark, heights, crowds & milk'

Answer: Monk


Question: 'This former Chrysler chairman led the campaign to restore Ellis Island, which had fallen into disrepair'

Answer: Lee Iacocca


Question: 'A division of a group into mutually antagonistic factions, like the Catholic Church in 1054'

Answer: schism


Question: 'After the Israelites passed through the Red Sea, this sister of Moses led the women in song & dance'

Answer: Miriam


Question: 'This word is German for "violinist"; that makes the late Boston Pops conductor Arthur Violinist'

Answer: Fiedler


Question: 'In 1478 the Spanish Inquisition was established under the reign of these 2 rulers'

Answer: Ferdinand & Isabella


Question: 'Dang, this department's Risk Management Agency insures more than 100 crops'

Answer: Agriculture


Question: 'The Times, Jan. 25, 1965: this man "Dies"; "the Greatest Englishman of His Time"'

Answer: Winston Churchill


Question: 'Canada's first adhesive one of these, the 3-penny beaver, was designed by a Haligonian, Sir Sandford Fleming'

Answer: (postage) stamp


Question: 'He accepted his party's nomination for the presidency at the Staples Center August 17, 2000'

Answer: (Al) Gore


Question: 'A ploy used to prod somebody into compliant behavior is known as this "and stick"'

Answer: carrot and stick


Question: 'By 1519 he ruled over an empire of more than 5 million in central & southern Mexico'

Answer: Montezuma


Question: 'It was created by Congress to "foster, promote and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States"'

Answer: the Department of Labor


Question: 'New York Times, November 10, 1965: "Power Failure Snarls Northeast; 800,000 are Caught in" these in the city'

Answer: Subways


Question: 'In use Monday-Friday 8-6, the yellow-capped ones are 5 hours max, green 2 hours, silver 1 hour & red 30 min.'

Answer: parking meters


Question: '(I'm Derek Fisher)  One highlight of the Lakers' first game at Staples Center was my alley-oop pass to this big guy who scored 28 points'

Answer: Shaquille O\'Neal


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew)  The Eurocopter EC130 B4 has great visibility because this transparent part of the aircraft is enlarged'

Answer: the canopy


Question: 'Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev is the current ruler of this Himalayan kingdom'

Answer: Nepal


Question: 'Robert F. Kennedy served as JFK's campaign manager in 1960; JFK rewarded him by appointing him to this cabinet post'

Answer: Attorney General


Question: 'The Onion, Aug. 20, 1998: "Clinton Chastises Hillary for Failure to Produce Male" this'

Answer: (an) Heir


Question: 'On Oct. 17, 1999, when Staples was the newest area born in the U.S.A., it opened with a concert by this man & his band'

Answer: (Bruce) Springsteen


Question: 'No, this one of the 3 major types of soil has not changed its name to Ali'

Answer: clay


Question: 'On April 11, 1689 she & her Dutch husband were crowned joint sovereigns of England at Westminster Abbey'

Answer: Mary II


Question: 'Among the several agencies administered by the Department of Transportation is this one that certifies pilots'

Answer: the Federal Aviation Administration


Question: 'San Francisco Chronicle, July 25, 2003: "California's First-Ever Statewide" one of these "Will Be Held Oct. 7"'

Answer: Recall


Question: 'This warning device in Peggy's Cove is one of the most photographed in North America'

Answer: the Lighthouse


Question: 'In 1999 it went by truck from Paramount, CA. to 11th St. where a specially licensed driver drove it into the arena'

Answer: the zamboni


Question: 'He's given us a lot to fill a "B.S." category: "Bitter Sweet", "Blithe Spirit"...'

Answer: (Noel) Coward


Question: 'Nicknamed "The Hammer", this ruler of the Franks was the grandfather of Charlemagne'

Answer: Charles Martel


Question: 'Bill Clinton's first Treasury secretary was this Texan who had served as Michael Dukakis' running mate in 1988'

Answer: Lloyd Bentsen


Question: 'This trade paper, September 2, 2003: "Pricey Tix Pump Pallid Pix"'

Answer: Variety


Question: 'The Anna Leonowens Gallery is named for the teacher who taught this country's king a thing or two'

Answer: Siam


Question: 'J-Lo & J-Smits were hosts on the September 13, 2000 inaugural telecast of these music awards from the Staples Center'

Answer: the Latin Grammy Awards


Question: 'Shedable chitinous exoskeletons are features of this class of creatures that includes crabs & crayfish'

Answer: crustaceans


Question: 'Named for the region in Uganda where it was discovered in 1937, it was first detected in the U.S. in 1999'

Answer: West Nile Virus/West Nile Fever


Question: 'This dog's name refers to its impressive pedigree; it really should be called "blooded"'

Answer: Bloodhound


Question: 'Sliced bread that's browned, or the light shade of brown that resembles it'

Answer: Toast


Question: 'On "Matt Houston", Matt was short for this, also the last name of a lawyer played by Andy Griffith'

Answer: Matlock


Question: 'In accepting this charter, King John acknowledged that he too was subject to the law of the land'

Answer: Magna Carta


Question: 'Created to honor a bicycle race, Paris-Brest is a cake made to resemble this bicycle part'

Answer: Wheel


Question: 'Sign for a broken soda machine'

Answer: Out of order


Question: 'Because this cat from the Isle of Man has hind legs longer than its forelegs, it runs like a rabbit'

Answer: Manx


Question: 'It precedes letter, fever or pimpernel'

Answer: Scarlet


Question: 'On "The Beverly Hillbilles" this cantankerous character's real name was Daisy Moses'

Answer: Granny (Moses)


Question: 'His son-in-law, Galeazzo Ciano, was executed by Fascists as a traitor in January 1944'

Answer: Benito Mussolini


Question: 'Often served with fish, pommes de terre a L'Anglaise are these vegetables, boiled or steamed'

Answer: Potatoes


Question: 'Al Fresco'

Answer: Out of doors


Question: 'The bombay, a panther-like cat, was bred from a black American shorthair & one of these "Myanmar" cats'

Answer: Burmese


Question: 'It's the pinkish color associated with certain colony-forming polyps'

Answer: Coral


Question: 'Beatrice is the middle name of this mystery writer played by Angela Lansbury'

Answer: Jessica Fletcher


Question: 'Theodora helped save the Byzantine throne by keeping Justinian from fleeing this city during the Nika Riots'

Answer: Constantinople


Question: 'This leafy green vegetable is the main ingredient in souffle d'epinards'

Answer: Spinach


Question: 'According to the proverb, something "out of sight" is this'

Answer: Out of mind


Question: 'The Magyars first brought the Puli dog to this country about 1,000 years ago'

Answer: Hungary


Question: 'Cadet & cerulean are shades of this color'

Answer: Blue


Question: 'Geordi LaForge, whom he played on "Star Trek: TNG", was named for a handicapped "Star Trek" fan who died in 1975'

Answer: LeVar Burton


Question: 'The Osmanli Empire became known as this in English'

Answer: Ottoman Empire


Question: 'This puree gives Consomme Carmen a light rosy tinge'

Answer: Tomato Puree


Question: 'Taboo, or beyond the basketball sidelines'

Answer: Out of bounds


Question: 'It's a synonym for a domestic cat, or a coat pattern that may be classic, spotted, ticked or mackerel'

Answer: Tabby


Question: 'This greenish-yellow color is named for an aromatic liqueur made by Carthusian monks'

Answer: Chartreuse


Question: 'On "Bonanza" Eric Cartwright, whose mother was Scandinavian, was nicknamed this, Norwegian for "good luck"'

Answer: Hoss


Question: 'In 1980 this deposed president of Nicaragua was assassinated in Paraguay'

Answer: Anastasio Somoza


Question: 'Coupes A L'Ananas are ice cream desserts made with this tropical fruit, not bananas'

Answer: Pineapples


Question: '1985's "Best Picture"'

Answer: "Out Of Africa"


Question: 'As Miami's state attorney, she developed a reputation as a tough enforcer of child-support laws'

Answer: Janet Reno


Question: 'In Egypt & Algeria, some areas of this desert are below sea level'

Answer: Sahara


Question: 'Princess Aurora pricks her finger on a spindle in act one of this 1890 ballet'

Answer: "Sleeping Beauty"


Question: 'Marcello Mastroianni starred in several of his films, including "La Dolce Vita" & "8 1/2"'

Answer: Federico Fellini


Question: 'Lungfish breathe by means of primitive lungs, as well as these respiratory organs'

Answer: Gills


Question: 'To research this 1958 novel, Leon Uris reportedly traveled about 12,000 miles in Israel'

Answer: "Exodus"


Question: 'This secretary of state sat on commissions investigating L.A. riots in the '60s & L.A. police in 1991'

Answer: Warren Christopher


Question: 'This South American river has the world's largest drainage basin'

Answer: Amazon


Question: 'Jerome Robbins' ballet "Dances At A Gathering" is danced to piano pieces by this Polish-French composer'

Answer: Frederic Chopin


Question: '14 years passed between the releases of his last 2 films:  "Ryan's Daughter" & "A Passage to India"'

Answer: Sir David Lean


Question: 'Like mushrooms, molds belong to this group of organisms that lack chlorophyll'

Answer: Fungi


Question: 'In 1993 this author sold the film rights to "Disclosure" for about $3.5 million before it had been published'

Answer: Michael Crichton


Question: 'In April 1996 President Clinton eulogized this late commerce secretary as a "force of nature"'

Answer: Ron Brown


Question: 'Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is the admministrative capital of this country'

Answer: Sri Lanka (Ceylon)


Question: 'Originally, Prokofiev wanted this Shakespearean ballet to end with both lovers alive & dancing'

Answer: "Romeo & Juliet"


Question: 'The wartime life of this director of "Chinatown" partly inspired Jerzy Kosinski's novel "The Painted Bird"'

Answer: Roman Polanski


Question: 'An ootid is a cell that matures into this'

Answer: Egg


Question: 'This author based the character Philboyd Studge in "Breakfast of Champions" on himself'

Answer: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.


Question: 'This Clinton interior secretary earned a master's degree from the University of Newcastle in England'

Answer: Bruce Babbitt


Question: 'The Rhodope Mountains delineate Bulgaria's southern border with this country'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'Shinobu Hashimoto co-wrote the scripts for his "Rashomon" & "Seven Samurai"'

Answer: Akira Kurosawa


Question: 'Impulses concerned with the sense of smell are transmitted to the brain by these nerves'

Answer: Olfactory Nerves


Question: 'At the time of her death in 1974, she was writing a sequel to "Every Night, Josephine!"'

Answer: Jacqueline Susann


Question: 'This secretary of HHS was the first woman to head a Big Ten school, the University of Wisconsin-Madison'

Answer: Donna Shalala


Question: 'The Aland Islands are usually regarded as the dividing line between the Baltic Sea & this large gulf'

Answer: Gulf of Bothnia


Question: 'Jane Campion, director of "The Piano", grew up in Waikanae in this country'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'It's the term for the tiny projections on the surface of the tongue & at the roots of the hair'

Answer: Papillae


Question: 'The rise to power of the ruthless Julian Sorel is the subject of this colorful Stendhal book'

Answer: "The Red And The Black"


Question: 'AT&T says more collect calls are made on this holiday than on any other day of the year'

Answer: Father\'s Day


Question: 'Title tonsorial job "of Seville"<br />(6)'

Answer: Barber


Question: 'In tournament play, the birdie used in this sport must be made of duck or goose feathers'

Answer: badminton


Question: 'Nursing home folks should get their names etched in these dental prostheses so they don't get mixed up with others''

Answer: dentures


Question: 'Altocumulus & nimbostratus are middle types of these; is it weird I always see nuns when I look at them?'

Answer: clouds


Question: 'You can spell this port, France's second-largest city, with or without an "S" at the end'

Answer: Marseilles


Question: 'A plant biologist'

Answer: a botanist


Question: 'Fairy tale that inspired "La Cenerentola"<br />(10)'

Answer: "Cinderella"


Question: 'Karch Kiraly is the only person to win Olympic gold medals in both the indoor & beach versions of this sport'

Answer: volleyball


Question: 'A traditional gift for this number wedding anniversary is paper; Heloise's "New Revised" gift is a clock'

Answer: the first


Question: 'Its radius is approximately 109 times that of Earth & it's really hard to miss'

Answer: the Sun


Question: 'De Gaulle said "Only peril" can unify the French: "One can't impose unity... on a country that has 265 kinds of" this'

Answer: cheese


Question: 'In 1885 Britain established this nation as a protectorate'

Answer: Botswana


Question: 'Prop placed on little Jimmy Tell's head<br />(5)'

Answer: an apple


Question: 'This sport's official rules state that the top of its net must be 15.25 cm (about 6 inches) above the playing surface'

Answer: table tennis


Question: 'Take these off & clean their undersides individually (that open parens/9 is always especially grungy)'

Answer: keys (on your computer keyboard)


Question: 'It's seen here in a photo but is not meant to be seen on radar--that would defeat the purpose'

Answer: a B-2


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Mont St. Michel in France.)  In 1811, this French emperor turned Mont Saint Michel's monastery into a prison; you can see why it'd be tough to escape'

Answer: Napoléon


Question: 'A narrowing of traffic flow leading to congestion'

Answer: a bottleneck


Question: 'Menotti lad visited by Melchior<br />(5)'

Answer: Amahl


Question: 'This sport originated in the lakes & rivers of mid-19th century England & used an inflated rubber ball called a pulu'

Answer: water polo


Question: 'Don't discard the liquid that comes in a tin of these members of the herring family; it's "kitty champagne"!'

Answer: sardines


Question: 'For these, sodium compounds produce yellow; strontium, red; & copper & barium, blue & green; Oooooh! Aaaaah!'

Answer: fireworks


Question: 'It borders France between Germany & Belgium'

Answer: Luxembourg


Question: 'Found in improperly sterilized food, the most deadly toxin known causes this type of poisoning'

Answer: botulism


Question: '"Twilight of the Gods", in German<br />(15)'

Answer: Gotterdammerung


Question: 'The nets used in this sport are 18 inches in diameter with a sleeve 15-18 inches long'

Answer: basketball


Question: 'Wash your dog with certain green soaps to avoid seeing these pests' "circus"'

Answer: fleas


Question: 'One species of this bird is the American kestrel; pop culture ones include Atlanta & Maltese'

Answer: a falcon


Question: 'With the 1960 test of Gerboise Bleue, France became the fourth of these, joining the U.S., U.S.S.R. & U.K.'

Answer: a nuclear power


Question: 'He included some of the Medicis in his renaissance masterpiece painting "The Adoration of the Magi"'

Answer: Botticelli


Question: 'A Robert Frost poem begins, "Something there is that doesn't love" this structure'

Answer: a wall


Question:
'Keep,
battlement,
turret,
bailey'

Answer: a castle


Question: 'This Saturday Evening Post artist also did illustrations for editions of "Tom Sawyer" & "Huckleberry Finn"'

Answer: (Norman) Rockwell


Question: '"Man in White" was Johnny Cash's 1986 novel about St. Paul of Tarsus; this was the title of his 1975 autobiography'

Answer: The Man in Black


Question: 'Folsom Prison is about 20 miles from this state capital on Highway 50; don't pick up any hitchhikers!'

Answer: Sacramento


Question: 'A safety exercise to rehearse evacuating a building in the event of an emergency'

Answer: a fire drill


Question: 'A familiar poem by him begins, "Under the spreading chestnut tree the village smithy stands"'

Answer: Longfellow


Question:
'Plinth,
face,
hands,
pendulum'

Answer: a grandfather clock


Question: 'This artist's 1890s journal "Noa Noa", or "Fragrance", was a study of Tahitian culture & its myths'

Answer: Gauguin


Question: 'In 1950 Johnny joined the Air Force & published poetry in this military newspaper'

Answer: Stars and Stripes


Question: 'Now a cliche about prison life, these automobile identifiers have been manufactured at Folsom since 1947'

Answer: license plates


Question: 'An emergency water connection on a street'

Answer: a fire hydrant


Question: 'He wrote "Memorial Rain" for his brother Kenneth MacLeish, a pilot whose plane was shot down during WWI'

Answer: Archibald MacLeish


Question:
'Base,
neck,
socket,
harp'

Answer: a lamp


Question: 'Picasso's 1907 work "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" was inspired by this artist's series of nudes called "Bathers"'

Answer: Paul Cézanne


Question: 'Johnny's biggest hit was this novelty song written by Shel Silverstein'

Answer: "A Boy Named Sue"


Question: 'Opened in 1880, Folsom is now the second-oldest California prison, behind only this one'

Answer: San Quentin


Question: 'A security system designed to prevent unwelcome hacking on your computer'

Answer: a firewall


Question: 'In "Harlem", Langston Hughes asked, "What happens to a dream deferred?  Does it dry up like" this "in the sun?"'

Answer: a raisin


Question:
'Needle plate,
spool pin,
bobbin winder'

Answer: a sewing machine


Question: 'This father of Andrew Wyeth once illustrated maps for the National Geographic Society'

Answer: N.C. Wyeth


Question: 'Johnny reached No. 2 on the Country charts with this hit that shares its name with a southern capital'

Answer: "Jackson"


Question: 'This '60s radical psychologist & LSD advocate was imprisoned at Folsom for a time in a cell next to Charles Manson'

Answer: (Timothy) Leary


Question: 'When this is done as a religious ceremony, as in India, it's frowned on to accompany it with "Oh!  Ow!  Ooh!!"'

Answer: fire walking


Question: 'In 1982, nearly 20 years after her untimely death, her "Collected Poems" won a Pulitzer Prize'

Answer: Sylvia Plath


Question:
'Tongue,
lace,
blade,
toe pick'

Answer: a figure skate


Question: 'In "the Gashlycrumb Tinies", this macabre American artist knocked off 26 kids in picturesque ways'

Answer: Edward Gorey


Question: 'In 1985 Johnny hit the road with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings & Kris Kristofferson as this group'

Answer: The Highwaymen


Question: 'This African-American radical turned preacher wrote "Soul on Ice" while imprisoned at Folsom'

Answer: Eldridge Cleaver


Question: 'They're the "F" in ATF'

Answer: Firearms


Question: 'On March 29, 1912 he wrote, "We are getting weaker, of course, and the end cannot be far... I do not think I can write more"'

Answer: Robert Scott


Question: '2-square-mile Navassa Island is located in this sea, about 100 miles south of Guantanamo Naval Base'

Answer: the Caribbean Sea


Question: 'It's Ed Asner redux in this '70s series, one of the few dramas ever to spin off from a sitcom'

Answer: Lou Grant


Question: 'The 2 most important factors in aging skin are genetics & your exposure to this'

Answer: the sun


Question: 'Red, yellow & blue balloons are featured all over this bread brand's wrapper'

Answer: Wonder (Bread)


Question: 'This president has been on the front of the half dollar since 1964'

Answer: Kennedy


Question: '"Insane" term for the NCAA men's basketball tournament held each spring'

Answer: March Madness


Question: 'Tiny Wake Island in the Pacific was attacked by the Japanese on December 8, 1941 & held until Sept. of this year'

Answer: 1945


Question: 'They killed Kenny in the last episode of this animated comedy, but here he is again; I give up!'

Answer: South Park


Question: 'Done since Cleopatra's time, a chemical this involves removing the top layer of cells to reveal smoother skin'

Answer: a chemical peel


Question: 'To make the traditional Greek favorite dolma, wrap rice & ground meat in these leaves'

Answer: grape leaves


Question: 'This cracked object adorned the back of the 50-cent piece until 1963'

Answer: the Liberty Bell


Question: 'This political organization begun by Jerry Falwell in 1979 fought for many conservative causes'

Answer: the Moral Majority


Question: 'Pago Pago is the capital of this "American" territory, a group of 5 islands & 2 atolls'

Answer: Samoa


Question: 'This spinoff set in a bar was a continuation of "All in the Family" with the same main character'

Answer: Archie Bunker\'s Place


Question: '2-word alliterative term for a surgical tightening of the abdominal wall & removing excess fat & skin'

Answer: a tummy tuck


Question: 'After his birth in Luke 2, Jesus was wrapped in these clothes & laid in the manger'

Answer: swaddling clothes


Question: 'Since 1794 this creature on the back of several versions has undergone 5 different major changes'

Answer: an eagle


Question: 'Get the whole crypt to dance along to this Bobby "Boris" Pickett No. 1 song from Halloween 1962'

Answer: "The Monster Mash"


Question: 'The largest & southernmost of the Mariana Islands, it was ceded to the U.S. after the Spanish-American War'

Answer: Guam


Question: 'Matt Smith is the latest actor to be this sci-fi "Dr.", previously played by Peter Davison & Tom Baker'

Answer: Doctor Who


Question: 'Watch for changes in these dark skin blemishes that are clusters of melanocytes, not rodents'

Answer: moles


Question: 'Used primarily on food, this brand of "wrap" was introduced by Dow Chemical in 1952 & quickly became popular'

Answer: Saran Wrap


Question: 'The USA's 1965 coinage act reduced the amount of this metal in half dollars from 90% to 40%'

Answer: silver


Question: 'The visitors' center for this author's house is at the corner of Peachtree Street & Peachtree Place'

Answer: Margaret Mitchell


Question: 'Explored by Columbus in 1493, the main islands of this "chaste" group are split between the U.S. & Britain'

Answer: the Virgin Islands


Question: 'If you missed the first Sat. night episode of this reality show on Fox, there's usually another right after'

Answer: Cops


Question: 'This fibrous protein is injected to fill in wrinkles & acne scars as well as to plump lips'

Answer: collagen


Question: 'This head covering whose name is from the Turkish for "gauze" may involve wrapping yards of fabric around your head'

Answer: a turban


Question: 'This statesman graced the 50-cent piece for 15 years beginning in 1948'

Answer: Ben Franklin


Question: 'England's King Charles II was known by this "jovial" nickname'

Answer: "the Merry Monarch"


Question: 'Drywall is also called gypboard, the "gyp" short for this'

Answer: gypsum


Question: 'He not only chose to "Live Free or Die Hard" but also to perform unbilled in 2007's "Nancy Drew"'

Answer: Bruce Willis


Question: 'From an old word for "cake", this dish that's often "Lorraine" was fashionable in the '70s but reviled in the '80s'

Answer: quiche


Question: 'Before becoming prime minister in 1974, he was Israel's ambassador to the United States'

Answer: Yitzhak Rabin


Question: 'In baseball, next to bat'

Answer: on deck


Question: 'The heavy mineral ilmenite, FeTiO3, is the main source of this lightweight metal, symbol Ti'

Answer: titanium


Question: 'Soon after 10 years of playing Monica on "Friends", she was uncredited as Lena in "The Longest Yard"'

Answer: Courtney Cox


Question: 'Agamemnon goes on a hilarious bender after sacrificing his daughter to gain a fair wind to this city'

Answer: Troy


Question: 'Lindy's & Juniors are New York makers of this, which is more a curd tart than a cake'

Answer: cheesecake


Question: 'This guy is seen here with his most famous invention'

Answer: (Erno) Rubik


Question: 'Beer served not in a bottle but rather from a keg'

Answer: on tap


Question: 'Vermiculite makes good insulation, but sadly the former main mine produced vermiculite riddled with this'

Answer: asbestos


Question: 'He (unofficially) reunited with his "Untouchables" co-star Kevin Costner in "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves"'

Answer: Sean Connery


Question: 'These goaty creatures who form the chorus of Euripides' "Cyclops" sure make a lot of body part jokes'

Answer: the satyrs


Question: 'Though North Floridians wanted pecan pie as the state pie, this one from Southern Florida ruled the day'

Answer: key lime


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a cartouche on the monitor.)  In the cartouche seen here, the circle stands for the sun god Ra, the pillar the city of Heliopolis, the three fox skins represent the letters "M" & "S" & the staff means ruler; together, they denote this pharaoh, ruler of Heliopolis'

Answer: Ramses


Question: '3-button system from GM providing in-vehicle safety & protection'

Answer: OnStar


Question: 'Formed in lava, leucite is common on the slopes of this mount above the Bay of Naples'

Answer: Vesuvius


Question: 'He got no credit as the brother of Zoolander or in "Anchorman", where he played rival newsman Wes Mantooth'

Answer: Vince Vaughn


Question: 'Seth Rogen's expression was priceless when Thyestes is tragically tricked into doing this to his sons'

Answer: eating them


Question: 'David Dalquist of Nordic Ware created this type of cake pan & added folds for easy cutting'

Answer: a Bundt


Question: 'This Frenchman of Swiss & Basque descent created a sensation with his orchestral work "Bolero"'

Answer: (Maurice) Ravel


Question: 'Impatient, or sitting on a U2 guitarist'

Answer: on edge (on the edge accepted)


Question: 'Galena, Wisconsin's state mineral, is an ore of this metal seen on the state flag'

Answer: lead


Question: 'Before he was "Fast & Furious", he was an uncredited hospital orderly in "Awakenings"'

Answer: Vin Diesel


Question: 'In Apatow's "Orestes", Will Ferrell makes a cameo as the deus ex machina, this son of Zeus'

Answer: Apollo


Question: 'One of Harry Potter's favorite desserts is this golden syrup tart'

Answer: treacle (tart)


Question: 'He won the first Nobel Prize in Physics--it was for his discovery of X-rays'

Answer: Röntgen


Question: 'Readily available to be summoned to work, though not necessarily scheduled'

Answer: on call


Question: 'Unique quality of "First Communion of Anemic Young Girls in the Snow", shown at the 1883 Arts Incoherents exhibit'

Answer: it was all white


Question: 'The life of this man has not been greatly exaggerated'

Answer: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)


Question: '"Boros is not with the team...because he's attending his daughter's funeral. Oh, wait, it's her" this, another big day'

Answer: wedding


Question: 'In order to deliver mail more efficiently, the USPS added this many new digits to existing ZIP codes in 1983'

Answer: four


Question: 'Long-suffering man's dressing gowns'

Answer: Job\'s robes


Question: 'The name of this Maltese currency comes from the Latin libra, meaning "pound"'

Answer: lira


Question: 'This kind of dummy often displays women's clothes, though its name comes from the Dutch for "little man"'

Answer: mannequin


Question: 'People went ape after his groundbreaking 1859 publication'

Answer: Charles Darwin


Question: 'At then-Royals Stadium, in Kansas City: "The sky is so clear today, you can see all the way to" this state'

Answer: Missouri


Question: 'In fluid measurements, 1 pint equals this many cups'

Answer: two


Question: 'First woman's minor annoyances'

Answer: Eve\'s peeves


Question: 'The lat, equivalent to 100 santims, is the currency of--yep, you guessed it--this country'

Answer: Latvia


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew helps with an image on a monitor.)  The pair of Greek letters seen here inspired this eight-letter English word that's a cornerstone of the English language'

Answer: alphabet


Question: 'This American seen here might have left the light on for you'

Answer: Thomas Edison


Question: '"Rich Folkers is throwing up in" this warmup area'

Answer: bullpen


Question: 'When scoring in bowling, if you make 3 strikes in your first 3 rolls, this is the number that goes in the first box'

Answer: 30


Question: 'Naomi's daughter-in-law's tanning rooms'

Answer: Ruth\'s booths


Question: 'This S. American country's currency is the real thing; the real was also once used in Portugal'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'This musical instrument's name may be influenced by "hurly-burly", a Scots word meaning "uproar".'

Answer: hurdy-gurdy


Question: '19th century man of steel, seen here'

Answer: Andrew Carnegie


Question: '"Well, it looks like" this mid-season "balloting is over, especially in the National & American leagues"'

Answer: All-Star voting


Question: 'Any solution with a pH less than this number is acidic; if it's more, it's alkaline'

Answer: seven


Question: 'Precious stones belonging to Noah's oldest son'

Answer: Shem\'s gems


Question: 'In 1964, a country on this continent abandoned the pound & introduced the leone'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'This type of tower is usually seen in Asia, but its name comes from a Portuguese word for "temple"'

Answer: pagoda


Question:
'They're the famous
Librettist and composer duo, seen here'

Answer: W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan


Question: '"If" this all-time hit king "brings the Reds in, they ought to bronze him & put him in cement"'

Answer: Pete Rose


Question:
'(Kelly of the Clue Crew presents.)
When I hold up all the fingers on one hand, the v-shape here is thought to be the origin of a V representing this.'

Answer: (Roman numeral) five


Question: 'Gospel writer's quirks of fate'

Answer: Luke\'s flukes


Question: 'This Angolan currency introduced in 1977 was named for a river, not a late December holiday'

Answer: kwanzaa


Question: 'The name of this almond paste confection is derived in part from an Italian word for "candy box"'

Answer: marzipan


Question: 'Fargo, North Dakota was named for a partner in this stagecoach express line'

Answer: Wells Fargo


Question: 'He wrote the script for the 1961 film "The Misfits"'

Answer: Arthur Miller


Question: 'In 1841, crowds gathered on NYC docks to get the (not good) news of the fate of this author's Little Nell'

Answer: Charles Dickens


Question: 'In 1920, King Alexander of Greece, bitten by a monkey, died of septicemia, also called by this 2-word name'

Answer: blood poisoning


Question: 'Trim off "man" from a word for humanity & you get this 4-letter adjective meaning considerate or gentle'

Answer: kind


Question: 'The Coens were nominated for a 2000 screenwriting Oscar for this film that starred George Clooney'

Answer: O Brother, Where Art Thou?


Question: 'With this state's Moorhead, Fargo forms a metro area of about 180,000'

Answer: Minnesota


Question: 'Country legend who wrote & sang "King of the Road"'

Answer: Roger Miller


Question: 'He wrote, "The fish had moved away. It swallowed the woman's limb without chewing"'

Answer: Peter Benchley


Question: 'A type of high-tech TV screen shares its name with this straw-colored fluid of the blood'

Answer: plasma


Question: 'Chop "man" from a term for a band's lead singer & get this word for a place where 2 air masses meet'

Answer: front


Question: 'Joel Coen is married to this actress who starred in "Fargo", don'tcha know'

Answer: Frances McDormand


Question: 'Also known as a plains buffalo, it's the logo & nickname of North Dakota State's athletic teams'

Answer: bison


Question: 'In a letter to Anais Nin, he wrote, "Was all this so wonderful only because it was brief and stolen?"'

Answer: Henry Miller


Question: 'This author's character Lennie is stroking the hair of Curley's wife when things go wrong'

Answer: John Steinbeck


Question: 'The inherited absence of the blood-clotting agent known as factor VIII leads to this disease'

Answer: hemophilia


Question: 'Snip "man" from a term for a junior or senior in college & get this term for something of high social rank'

Answer: upper-class


Question: 'This 1987 comedy starred Nicolas Cage & Holly Hunter as baby snatchers'

Answer: Raising Arizona


Question: 'This home run slugger's museum has his 1961 Hickok Pro Athlete of the Year Award & a replica of his Yankee locker'

Answer: Roger Maris


Question: 'In 2000, Georgia's governor appointed this man to fill the seat of deceased U.S. senator Paul Coverdell'

Answer: Zell Miller


Question: 'In his "An American Tragedy", Clyde muses that Roberta "could not swim-- could not swim-- could not swim"'

Answer: Theodore Dreiser


Question: 'Much of this organ's blood comes from the hepatic artery'

Answer: liver


Question: 'Take "man" away from a term for a type of nighttime secruity guard & you get this type of timepiece'

Answer: watch


Question: 'This 1998 effort had Jeff Bridges mistaken for a millionaire of the same name'

Answer: The Big Lebowski


Question: 'This railroad, the NP, built a line that reached Fargo in 1872 & as far as Bismarck a year later'

Answer: Northern Pacific


Question: 'He changed the world of comic books with "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns" & "Sin City"'

Answer: Frank Miller


Question: 'Winifred Utley is clubbed dead in "A Season in Purgatory" by this Vanity Fair murder journalist'

Answer: Dominick Dunne


Question: 'O- is the universal donor blood type & we're "positive" that this blood type is the "universal recipient"'

Answer: AB


Question: 'Bite away "man" from a fancy word for someone fond of his food & get this word for edibles like squash or melons'

Answer: gourd


Question: 'An early writing effort from Ethan & Joel was 1985's "Crimewave", penned for this man who directed "Spider-Man"'

Answer: Sam Raimi


Question: 'G. Gordon Liddy, E. Howard Hunt & Egil Krogh were nicknamed this because they "plugged leaks"'

Answer: (White House) plumbers


Question: 'In 1963 he spoke of his "dream" that his children would one day "not be judged by the color of their skin"'

Answer: Martin Luther King, Jr.


Question: '8 academically impaired babes & 8 dorky guys help each other on this CW show'

Answer: Beauty and the Geek


Question: 'Saratoga & Yorktown are famous battles in this revolution'

Answer: the American Revolution


Question: 'Lake Nasser was formed in 1968 when the waters of this river were blocked by the Aswan High Dam'

Answer: the Nile River


Question: 'At a 2005 auction, paintings by Warhol & Renoir didn't sell, but 3 by Congo, one of these playful primates, did'

Answer: a chimp


Question: 'A measured quantity of medicine, it's also a homophone of a Spanish numeral'

Answer: a dose


Question: 'On August 21, 1959 it became our 50th state'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'Teams go 45,000 miles across 5 continents to gain fame & hard cash on this show'

Answer: Amazing Race


Question: 'It ended in 1917 with Nicholas II out on his czary...'

Answer: the Russian Revolution


Question: 'Banks of pearl-producing mollusks are found around Bahrain, on the Arabian shore of this gulf'

Answer: the Persian Gulf


Question: 'The "Citrus Obsession" version of this classic Mattel doll is scented to smell like a piece of fruit'

Answer: Barbie


Question: 'A female horse, of course'

Answer: a mare


Question: 'Seen here, he was the earliest president ever to be photographed, & the first to have a middle name'

Answer: John Quincy Adams