Question: 'In 1861 this New Haven, Connecticut school awarded America's first Ph.D.'

Answer: Yale


Question: 'This Spanish cubist said, "I am only a public entertainer who has understood his time"'

Answer: Pablo Picasso


Question: 'Sadly, this "giant" bearlike mammal of China is on the endangered list'

Answer: Giant panda


Question: 'The snare & timpani are 2 of the most popular types of these'

Answer: Drums


Question: 'X marks the spot where he won a Best Actor Award for "The X-Files"'

Answer: David Duchovny


Question: '8th C. King Offa built a 170-mile north-south dike that still partly marks the border of England & this country'

Answer: Wales


Question: 'Benjamin Franklin was one of the founders of this school, the first in America designated a university'

Answer: University of Pennsylvania


Question: 'This "True Grit" star advised actors, "Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much"'

Answer: John Wayne


Question: 'Among the largest flying birds are the California & Andean species of these'

Answer: Condor


Question: 'This valveless instrument used for military calls was originally a hunting horn'

Answer: Bugle


Question: 'X marks the spot where she won a Best Actress Award for "The X-Files"'

Answer: Gillian Anderson


Question: 'He was 65 when he began his term as prime minister May 10, 1940'

Answer: Winston Churchill


Question: 'The 2 Ivy League colleges located in New York state'

Answer: Columbia & Cornell


Question: 'This Swiss psychiatrist said the worst problems "can never be solved but only outgrown"'

Answer: Carl Jung


Question: 'This domesticated pack animal & its relative the alpaca were referred to as Peruvian sheep by the Spanish'

Answer: Llama


Question: 'This instrument that's about half the size of a flute is the smallest woodwind in an orchestra'

Answer: Piccolo


Question: 'This "3rd Rock From The Sun" winner told the foreign press, "We aliens have to stick together"'

Answer: John Lithgow


Question: 'This monarch on whom the Magna Carta was forced has been called "the worst king ever to rule England"'

Answer: King John


Question: 'The John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library is part of this university in Providence, Rhode Island'

Answer: Brown


Question: 'In 1875 this church founder wrote, "Jesus...was the most scientific man that ever trod the globe"'

Answer: Mary Baker Eddy


Question: 'The AKC classifies the miniature schnauzer as a breed within this dog group'

Answer: Terrier


Question: '"Weird Al" Yankovic is noted for playing this instrument, as was Lawrence Welk'

Answer: Accordion


Question: 'On winning her third Golden Globe, she graciously said half of it "belongs...to Paul Reiser"'

Answer: Helen Hunt


Question: 'World condemnation made the 1956 British-French occupation of this canal a disaster'

Answer: Suez Canal


Question: 'In a famous court case, Daniel Webster defended this college against government intervention'

Answer: Dartmouth


Question: '"I will make you shorter by a head" was one of this Tudor queen's favorite sayings'

Answer: Elizabeth I


Question: 'Related to corals, this sea creature has been described as "the best known of the so-called flower animals"'

Answer: Sea anemone


Question: 'This lowest-pitched member of the violin family stands about 6 feet tall'

Answer: a bass violin


Question: 'Geoffrey Rush positively glowed when he won for playing pianist David Helfgott in this film'

Answer: Shine


Question: 'Too distraught, she did not attend the 1865 funeral of her assassinated husband'

Answer: Mary Todd Lincoln


Question: 'Country that netted the men's & women's gold in basketball at the Atlanta games'

Answer: USA


Question: 'This river flows from its source in Turkey to the Shatt Al Arab, where it unites with the Tigris'

Answer: Euphrates


Question: 'Archaeologists measure the fluorine in these animal remains to determine their relative age'

Answer: Bones


Question: 'In 1996 this fast food chain introduced its "Deluxe Line" for grown-ups'

Answer: McDonald\'s


Question: 'He wrote an ode called "On The Morning Of Christ's Nativity" decades before "Paradise Lost"'

Answer: John Milton


Question: 'Our second first lady, she was married to the future president by her father, a minister'

Answer: Abigail Adams


Question: 'The last summer games of the 20th century will be the 2000 games in this harbor city down under'

Answer: Sydney, Australia


Question: 'Deposits of silt are causing this longest Italian river's delta to advance into the Adriatic several feet per year'

Answer: Po


Question: 'Ideally, this, the apparent boundary between the sky & the Earth, is at 90 degrees from the zenith'

Answer: Horizon


Question: 'This internet provider's 1996 switch to flat-rate pricing generated more business than it could handle'

Answer: America Online


Question: '"Unlike are we, unlike, o princely heart!" begins one of her "Sonnets From The Portuguese"'

Answer: Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Question: 'As first lady during World War II, she traveled abroad to visit American troops'

Answer: Eleanor Roosevelt


Question: 'In track & field the marathon is the longest run; the second longest is this many meters'

Answer: 10,000


Question: 'Near the German-Dutch border this river splits into 2 channels:<br />the Lek & the Vaal'

Answer: Rhine


Question: 'Pumice is a variety of this type of rock formed when lava cools'

Answer: Igneous


Question: 'In 1996 Michael Jordan starred in this shoe company's first live sports production, "Hoop Heroes" in Japan'

Answer: Nike


Question: 'British author who wrote "'The time has come,' the walrus said, 'to talk of many things...'"'

Answer: Lewis Carroll


Question: 'Her first date with the future president was for drinks at a Grand Rapids, Michigan bar in 1947'

Answer: Betty Ford


Question: 'Gimme 5 & gimme the name of this "modern" event'

Answer: Pentathlon


Question: 'Cities on this river include Louisville, Cincinnati & Wheeling, West Virginia'

Answer: Ohio River


Question: 'The neon in a sign produces light when electricity ionizes it into this fourth state of matter'

Answer: Plasma


Question: 'This third-largest U.S. automaker owns Dollar & Thrifty Car Rental agencies'

Answer: Chrysler


Question: 'You might read this New Englander's blank verse play "A Masque of Reason" "On A Snowy Evening"'

Answer: Robert Frost


Question: 'In 1934 she graduated from the University of Texas'

Answer: Lady Bird Johnson


Question: 'One of the team members in this winter Olympic sport is called the driver'

Answer: Bobsledding


Question: 'A short channel connects this large lake with the Gulf of Venezuela'

Answer: Lake Maracaibo


Question: 'This creator of the Periodic Table has an element named for him in the actinide series'

Answer: Dmitri Mendeleev


Question: 'In 1993 Gold Bond-Good Humor merged with this "All Natural" ice cream company'

Answer: Breyers


Question: 'After she died in 1886, her sister Lavinia discovered hundreds of her poems in little handsewn booklets'

Answer: Emily Dickinson


Question: 'It's the first in a trilogy of books that also includes "In The Night Kitchen" & "Outside Over There"'

Answer: \"Where the Wild Things Are\"


Question: 'In March 1969 Baron Constantine, lawyer & cricket star, became the 1st black member of this house of Parliament'

Answer: House of Lords


Question: 'Back in ancient Rome, when someone gave you V he gave you this'

Answer: 5


Question:
'Norway,
Sweden,
Denmark'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'This tradition began because the bride fled crowds trying to take something from her for good luck'

Answer: tossing the bouquet


Question: 'This blonde trained Sylvester Stallone to be a country singer in "Rhinestone"'

Answer: Dolly Parton


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew at a cafe in Rome)  If I ask an Italian lady "Esposa?", I'm asking her this'

Answer: Are you married?


Question: 'Frederick II, who held this "Holy" position, wasn't holy enough for the Pope & was excommunicated in March 1239'

Answer: Holy Roman Emperor


Question: 'When used in nuclear physics, the unit of energy abbreviated eV stands for electron-this'

Answer: volts


Question:
'Pakistan,
Panama,
Paraguay'

Answer: Pakistan


Question: 'This portal has become a metaphor for frequent changes of personnel'

Answer: revolving door


Question: 'Her TV sitcom brood includes 2 teenage daughters, a teenage son-in-law & a grandbaby'

Answer: Reba McEntire


Question: 'Quattrocento refers to this century, specifically the early Renaissance in Italy'

Answer: 15th century


Question: 'On March 14, 1964 he was sentenced to death for killing the man who killed the president'

Answer: Jack Ruby


Question: 'In 1996 President Clinton signed a bill that said all of these made after 1997 should contain a V-chip'

Answer: televisions


Question:
'Brazil,
China,
Poland'

Answer: China


Question: 'On Guy Fawkes Day, grotesque stuffed figures called Guys are tossed onto these'

Answer: bonfires


Question: 'Glen Campbell co-starred in this 1969 film, but unlike John Wayne, he didn't win an Oscar for it'

Answer: True Grit


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Rome)  The city I'm in is Roma, Florence is Firenze & Naples is this'

Answer: Napoli


Question: 'In March 1999, Ta Mok, AKA "The Butcher", became the first senior member of this Cambodian group arrested'

Answer: Khmer Rouge


Question: 'To the U.S. in WWII V was for victory; to the Germans it stood for Vergeltungswaffe, the name of this weapon'

Answer: V-1


Question:
'Argentina,
Chile,
Peru'

Answer: Argentina


Question: 'From the French for "to roast", it's a spit used to turn meat over a source of heat'

Answer: rotisserie


Question: 'Trisha Yearwood commanded our attention as Lt. Commander Teresa Coulter on this military legal TV series'

Answer: JAG


Question: 'In Italian, coincidenza are these which travelers make with trains or planes'

Answer: connections


Question: 'In March 1562 members of this French religious group were massacred at Vassy'

Answer: Huguenots


Question: 'In 1982 this private detective whose first name is Victoria made her debut in the book "Indemnity Only"'

Answer: V.I. Warshawski


Question:
'Luxembourg,
Belgium,
The Netherlands'

Answer: the Netherlands


Question: 'In 1862 he patented his now famous gun with a hand crank for rapid firing of 250 or more rounds a minute'

Answer: Richard Gatling


Question: 'This teenage country singer starred in the 1997 TV movie "Holiday in Your Heart", based on her own novel'

Answer: LeAnn Rimes


Question: 'It's Italian for "the street" & the Italian title of a 1954 Fellini classic'

Answer: La strada


Question: 'The fame of this frontier fruit tree planter flowered after an 1871 article in Harper's Magazine'

Answer: Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman)


Question: 'A cruise along this country's Riviera would include stops in Cabo San Lucas & Mazatlan'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'One-year-old cover subject seen here in 1962'

Answer: the Berlin Wall


Question: 'Nickname given to Willie Winkie of nursery rhyme & Willie Keeler of baseball's Hall of Fame'

Answer: "Wee"


Question: 'This phenomenon can heat the air in its path to over 45,000 degrees Fahrenheit'

Answer: bolt of lightning


Question: 'It weighs 45.52 carats'

Answer: the Hope Diamond


Question: 'Among this lumberjack's impressive achievements was digging Puget Sound'

Answer: Paul Bunyan


Question: 'In Tokyo drop by Sapporo's museum devoted to this; you can sample some as well'

Answer: beer


Question: 'Since the cover seen here, he's become a government prof. at Northeastern'

Answer: Michael Dukakis


Question: 'Amsterdam-born soccer star Johan Cruyff inevitably became "The Flying" this'

Answer: "Dutchman"


Question: 'It's a hand-operated, flexible-sided wind-making device that a blacksmith uses to heat up his fire'

Answer: bellows


Question: 'A collection of household items a young woman accumulates in anticipation of marriage'

Answer: hope chest


Question: 'With his 20-pound hammers, he won a hole drillin' contest against a man with a steam-powered drill'

Answer: John Henry


Question: 'Stock up on cuckoo clocks & ham while visiting this "dark" wooded region of Germany'

Answer: Black Forest


Question: 'We hate to raise eyebrows, but you can't help it with this world leader seen here in 1964'

Answer: Leonid Brezhnev


Question: 'Famous nickname of drag racing legend Don Garlits'

Answer: "Big Daddy"


Question: 'From the Greek for "earth heat", it's the term for the energy that comes from the natural heat of the Earth'

Answer: geothermal energy


Question: 'Proverbially, this phrase precedes, "Prepare for the worst"'

Answer: "Hope for the best"


Question: 'This "King of the Keelboatmen" had a daughter named Sal who once fought a duel with a thunderbolt'

Answer: Mike Fink


Question: 'It's the country you're visiting if you've just landed at King Abdul Aziz International Airport'

Answer: Saudi Arabia


Question: 'Don't "Axis" who this is; we thought you knew'

Answer: Benito Mussolini


Question: 'Due to her specialty, Olympic swimming gold medalist Mary T. Meagher had this opera title as a nickname'

Answer: Madame Butterfly


Question: 'The 3 methods by which heat can be transferred are this method, conduction & radiation'

Answer: convection


Question: 'She earned a Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for 1957's "Peyton Place"'

Answer: Hope Lange


Question: 'According to an 1858 poem, this Pilgrim proposed to Priscilla Mullens on behalf of his friend Miles Standish'

Answer: John Alden


Question: 'When in Rome, it's hard to miss this ancient monument seen here; it's over 100 feet tall'

Answer: Trajan\'s Column


Question: 'He's seen here in 1930, the year he became emperor'

Answer: Haile Selassie


Question: 'This former Atlanta Braves first baseman is nicknamed "The Crime Dog"'

Answer: Fred McGriff


Question: 'The name of this large & often ornate Russian urn used to heat water for tea is from the Russian for "self-boil"'

Answer: samovar


Question: 'Ulysses Grant had a base during the Civil War in what's now this eastern Virginia city'

Answer: Hopewell


Question: 'The main library at the University of Northern Colorado is named for this alumnus who wrote an epic of Colorado in 1974'

Answer: James Michener (the novel was \"Centennial\")


Question: 'Lao Tzu, the legendary founder of Taoism, was a contemporary of this other Chinese religion founder'

Answer: Confucius


Question: 'This presidential candidate wrote, "I voted for first TARP but that doesn't mean I voted to bail out AIG"'

Answer: John McCain


Question: 'The name of this ice cream, typically 3 flavors in a block, comes from a seaport in southwest Italy'

Answer: Neapolitan


Question: 'He "was a shy, silent... Republican who led the U.S. during the boisterous Jazz Age"'

Answer: Calvin Coolidge


Question: 'To toss unbaked bread'

Answer: to throw dough


Question: 'The U.S. Army:<br />"___ all that you can ___"'

Answer: be


Question: 'This traditional Chinese medical technique uses fine metal needles & has its roots in Taoism'

Answer: acupuncture


Question: 'This husband & wife team twitter as aplusk & mrskutcher'

Answer: Ashton Kutcher & Demi Moore


Question: 'The "soda" in the name of Irish soda bread refers to the use of this leavener'

Answer: baking soda


Question: 'This highly contagious respiratory disease is also called pertussis'

Answer: whooping cough


Question: 'Genuine azure or teal'

Answer: true blue


Question: 'McDonald's:<br />"You ___ a break today"'

Answer: deserve


Question: 'Principal deities of Taoism are the Jade Emperor & the Empress of this divine location'

Answer: Heaven


Question: 'This athlete wrote, "Today is world cancer day.  Make it a good one"'

Answer: Lance Armstrong


Question: '"Love apple" is an old name for this popular salad ingredient'

Answer: a tomato


Question: 'Benghazi is the second-largest city of this country; only Tripoli, the capital, has more people'

Answer: Libya


Question: 'Puppet Judy's pugilistic spouse's midday meals'

Answer: Punch\'s lunches


Question: 'Avis:<br />"We ___ harder"'

Answer: try


Question: 'Seen here in a symbol, these two archetypal forces represent the dual balance of existence in Taoist belief'

Answer: yin & yang


Question: 'This Olympian wrote, "Dr McSwimmy is thanking everyone for their kind words"'

Answer: Michael Phelps


Question: 'This type of fruit is slang for the head, or when followed by "head", a blockhead'

Answer: a melon


Question: 'Herman Wouk won a 1952 Pulitzer for this novel about Captain Queeg & his rebellious officers'

Answer: The Caine Mutiny


Question: 'Movie for a fever-causing Rocky Mountain insect'

Answer: a tick flick


Question:
'IBM:
"___"
Apple:
"___ different"'

Answer: think


Question: 'This soft, flowing Chinese martial art rooted in Taoism is often practiced as a form of meditation & exercise'

Answer: tai chi


Question: 'This "Juno" screenwriter wrote, "I haven't felt this cheap since I was behind glass"'

Answer: Diablo Cody


Question: 'Cream of this double-talk stuff is added to candy to give a creamier consistency'

Answer: cream of tartar


Question: 'In 1990 he donned the hat of first chancellor of a reunified Germany'

Answer: Helmut Kohl


Question: 'A refuting argument regarding the reusable space vehicle'

Answer: a Shuttle rebuttal


Question: 'GM:<br />"___ the USA in your Chevrolet"'

Answer: see


Question: '"I am the vampire Lestat.  I'm immortal.  More or less"'

Answer: Anne Rice


Question: '"Superman: The Movie":<br />It goes boom early'

Answer: Krypton


Question: 'In 1499 Michelangelo sculpted this statue of the Madonna with the dead Jesus in her arms'

Answer: the Pietà


Question: 'Named for a psychoanalyst, this inadvertent error in speech is said to reveal one's unconscious belief or thought'

Answer: a Freudian slip


Question: 'It's the only Canadian province that touches the Great Lakes'

Answer: Ontario


Question: 'From the Greek for "local", it means applied externally to a particular part of the body'

Answer: topically


Question: '"'All for one and one for all!'  'Excellent!' cried D'Artagnan"'

Answer: (Alexandre) Dumas


Question: '"Star Wars":<br />It was Luke's home in the first film'

Answer: Tatooine


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Hostal Dos Reis Catolicos in Spain.)  Begun as a pilgrim's hospice, Hostal Dos Reis Catolicos in Santiago de Compostela was founded by this regal pair in 1499'

Answer: Ferdinand & Isabella


Question: 'Wham-O introduced this backyard strip of watery fun in 1961'

Answer: Slip \'N Slide


Question: 'It's the seat of Orange County (in Florida, not California)'

Answer: Orlando


Question: 'Well within or beneath a surface, "truly madly" this'

Answer: deeply


Question: '"With his symbolic helmet numbered 451 on his stolid head, and his eyes all orange flame..."'

Answer: Ray Bradbury


Question: '"Transformers":<br />The title robots' home'

Answer: Cybertron


Question: 'Edward, the Earl of Warwick, was executed at the Tower of London & was the last male member of this royal house'

Answer: Plantagenet (York accepted)


Question: 'An elusive criminal is said to be as slippery as this, Anguilla rostrata'

Answer: an eel


Question: 'Plains called the Llanos in Colombia & Venezuela are drained by this river'

Answer: the Orinoco


Question: 'The artist known as Prince used to have this word in his (non-)name when he didn't want to be called Prince anymore'

Answer: formerly


Question: '"The last class of my old professor's life took place once a week in his house... (It) met on Tuesdays"'

Answer: Mitch Albom


Question: '"Coneheads":<br />Just like on "Saturday Night Live" (though they say they come from France)'

Answer: Remulak


Question: 'The armies of several cantons defeated the imperial army of Maximilian I, leading to this confederation'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'The lady's slipper variety of this exotic plant is seen here'

Answer: an orchid


Question: 'This European city was the site of the 1952 winter Olympics'

Answer: Oslo


Question: 'Mildly, or Douglas Adams' character Dirk'

Answer: gently


Question: '"It's all right, Miles," Spade told him.  "Come in.  Miss Wonderly, this is Mr. Archer, my partner"'

Answer: Dashiell Hammett


Question: '"Forbidden Planet":<br />___ 4 (just like the first PC)'

Answer: Altair


Question: 'Upon his return from India in 1499, he was received by King Manuel I of Portugal'

Answer: Vasco da Gama


Question: 'You'll find Slippery Rock State University in this U.S. state'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'This river in New York State is formed by the junction of the Seneca & Oneida Rivers'

Answer: the Oswego


Question: '10-letter adverb meaning fatherly'

Answer: paternally


Question: 'This California city has the honor of being the only one in the U.S. to have an element named for it'

Answer: Berkeley


Question: 'As a baby Moses was left in a basket along this river's banks'

Answer: Nile


Question: 'In 1957 a recreation of this ship made a recreation of its 17th century trip from England to Massachusetts'

Answer: Mayflower


Question: 'On November 22, 2001 he personally sent his first e-mail, a message to Roman Catholics in Oceania'

Answer: Pope John Paul II


Question: 'These minute grains link the flowers & the bees'

Answer: pollen


Question: 'When these are made by hand you cut the hole first; when machine-worked you cut them open after'

Answer: buttonholes


Question: 'An experienced Inuit can build one of these icy dwellings in under 2 hours'

Answer: igloo


Question: '80% of Washington, D.C.'s fresh drinking water comes from this river'

Answer: Potomac


Question: 'In 2000 Hasbro gave this dot-gobbling '80s arcade star a new 3-D look for a PC game'

Answer: Pac-Man


Question: 'In 1999 he was elected to his (Wow!) fourth 6-year term as president of Egypt'

Answer: Hosni Mubarak


Question: 'Mayonnaise is an example of an emulsion that is a suspension of tiny globules of this in water'

Answer: oil


Question: 'To shorten one of these, whipstitch across the teeth 8 or 10 times to form a new bottom stop, then cut below it'

Answer: zipper


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports)  While these were first patented in 1819, it wasn't until the 1990s that they really took off'

Answer: inline skates


Question: 'Stratford & Warwick are important towns upon this river'

Answer: Avon


Question: 'Released in 2002, "Today's New International Version" is a non-gender specific translation of this'

Answer: the Bible


Question: 'Eduard Shevardnadze had this former Soviet republic on his mind when he was reelected president in 1995'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'Access time on hard drives isn't measured in minutes, but in these units abbreviated ms'

Answer: milliseconds


Question: 'Simplicity provides a guide to show how these are laid out on the fabric for cutting'

Answer: patterns


Question: 'You're on the money if you know that it's a bar or block of metal like aluminum, steel or gold'

Answer: ingot


Question: 'Mainz, Germany & Basel, Switzerland both lie on this river'

Answer: Rhine


Question: 'Neil Simon has recreated this 1965 play for the 21st century; he did it once before in 1986 for female stars'

Answer: The Odd Couple


Question: 'After its president Fernando de la Rua resigned December 20, 2001, Adolfo Rodriguez Saa got the post & lasted a week'

Answer: Argentina


Question: 'Present in minute amounts in soil & water, these "elements", such as copper & zinc, are essential for your good health'

Answer: trace elements


Question: 'Robin Hood's friendly friar, or a decorative touch that may be blind, space or pin'

Answer: tuck


Question: 'Seen here, this model of Chevy first hit the road in 1958'

Answer: Impala


Question: 'During WWI 2 famous battles were fought near this river, the largest branch of the Seine'

Answer: Marne


Question: 'A 1997 TV remake of this 1957 film featured Tony Danza as Juror No. 7'

Answer: 12 Angry Men


Question: 'Dragon King, or as they say in Thimphu, druk gyalpo, Jigme Singye Wangchuck is its head of state'

Answer: Bhutan


Question: 'Those minute red blood cells are erythrocytes, white ones are leukocytes & these are thrombocytes'

Answer: platelets


Question: 'This fuzzy finish on the fabric should line up when the garment is sewn together'

Answer: nap


Question: 'Prior to 1984 this pain reliever found in Motrin & Nuprin was sold by prescription only'

Answer: ibuprofen


Question: 'In the First Punic War, Rome & Carthage fought over possession of this island at the tip of Italy's "boot"'

Answer: Sicily


Question: 'Yvonne Craig on TV & Alicia Silverstone on film played this hero'

Answer: Batgirl


Question: 'In 1843 the Great Britain became the first oceangoing steamship with the screw type of this, not a paddlewheel'

Answer: propeller


Question: 'Jose Barbosa, who is honored on July 27, founded Puerto Rico's Republican Party on this patriotic American holiday'

Answer: 4th of July (Independence Day)


Question: '"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"'

Answer: Tennessee Williams


Question: 'It's a work page containing a multicolumn analysis of related entries, such as in Microsoft Excel'

Answer: spreadsheet


Question: 'The latter years of his reign were marked by building projects, including the temple of Abu Simbel'

Answer: Rameses the Great


Question: 'This New Zealander hung up her chakram in 2001'

Answer: Lucy Lawless


Question: '(Hi, this is Janet Kavandi aboard the space shuttle Atlantis)  Canada's proud contribution to the Int'l Space Station, the Robotic Manipulator System, is better known as this robotic body part'

Answer: arm


Question: 'As elsewhere, it works out that this is the first Monday in September'

Answer: Labor Day


Question: '"Death of a Salesman"'

Answer: Arthur Miller


Question: 'A collector of rupees, pesos & drachmas'

Answer: numismatist


Question: 'Among this Babylonian king's laws was: "If a son has struck his father, they shall cut off his hand"'

Answer: Hammurabi


Question: 'As this hero, Lynda Carter was in her satin tights, fighting for her rights'

Answer: Wonder Woman


Question: 'In 2000 news, an experiment appeared to accelerate a pulse of this to 300 times its already high speed'

Answer: light


Question: 'January 11 is the birthday of Eugenio Maria de Hostos, founder of the 1st "Normal" one of these in Santo Domingo'

Answer: school


Question: '"Buried Child"'

Answer: Sam Shepard


Question: 'In this operation, a surgeon repairs a blood vessel by inserting a balloon-tipped catheter to unblock it'

Answer: angioplasty


Question: 'Around 165 B.C., this Jewish leader re-entered Jerusalem & repurified & rededicated the Temple'

Answer: Judah the Maccabee


Question: 'She was played on TV by Diana Rigg & on film by Uma Thurman'

Answer: Emma Peel


Question: 'Common in California, it's the type of "farm" seen here'

Answer: wind farm


Question: 'A royal-sounding January 6 holiday, or a 1999 George Clooney film'

Answer: Three Kings Day


Question: '"The Time of Your Life"'

Answer: William Saroyan


Question: 'In 391 he was ordained a priest in Hippo in northern Africa; he served as the bishop of Hippo from 396 to 430'

Answer: Saint Augustine


Question: 'She was a kick as Yu Shu Lien in "Crouching Tiger" & Wai Lin in "Tomorrow Never Dies"'

Answer: Michelle Yeoh


Question: 'VLSI, very large-scale integrated circuits, would be impossible without CAD, this kind of design'

Answer: computer aided design


Question: 'Luis Munoz Rivera, who fought for Puerto Rico's autonomy from these 2 countries, has his own holiday'

Answer: Spain & the United States


Question: '"Three Tall Women"'

Answer: Edward Albee


Question: 'The end credits for this 1998 film with Woody Allen feature the song "High Hopes"'

Answer: Antz


Question: 'Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers commemorates the Nile, the Danube, the Plata & this river of India'

Answer: the Ganges


Question: 'Him in 2006, for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series & stopping terrorists in one day of work'

Answer: Kiefer Sutherland


Question: 'In 1973 he said of being Governor of California, "I not only get to read the script, I help write it"'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'Suburban'

Answer: Chevrolet


Question: 'Like young Danny, the hotel chef is sensitive to supernatural forces in this 1977 novel'

Answer: The Shining


Question: 'Let's start off with 30 across...  "French auto race"'

Answer: Grand Prix


Question: 'You can see the rebuilt Ara Pacis, or Altar of this; ironically, it was built in the field of Mars'

Answer: Peace


Question: 'Her in 2008, for going all historical on us as Abigail Adams in a miniseries'

Answer: Laura Linney


Question: 'Asked about being a VP, he said he was in a N. Vietnam prison in the dark & fed scraps & he wouldn't want to do that again'

Answer: John McCain


Question: 'Grand Cherokee'

Answer: Jeep


Question: 'Cold Mountain Penitentiary's "colorful" name of the corridor from the cells to the execution room'

Answer: the green mile


Question: 'We'll make 11 down... "Levy at an Exxon or BP station"'

Answer: gasoline tax


Question: 'This Roman arena was begun by Vespasian around 75 A.D. & dedicated by his son Titus in 80 A.D.'

Answer: the Colosseum


Question: 'Her in 2007 & 2008, for her reality show "My Life on the D-List"'

Answer: Kathy Griffin


Question: 'Regarding this VP, LBJ said all he needed was a gal to answer the phone & a pencil with an eraser'

Answer: Humphrey


Question: 'Navigator'

Answer: Lincoln


Question: 'Arnie's 1958 Plymouth Fury goes by this feminine name'

Answer: Christine


Question: '61 across is a bit tricky...  "Vaudeville brother born Milton"'

Answer: Gummo Marx


Question: 'The Santa Susanna Church in Rome is considered the national church there for this country's Catholics'

Answer: the United States


Question: 'Her in 2002, for her sitcom role of Rachel Green'

Answer: Jennifer Aniston


Question: 'After a tour of Latin Amer., this VP regretted not studying Latin enough so he "could converse with those people"'

Answer: Dan Quayle


Question: 'Escalade'

Answer: Cadillac


Question: 'Unlike the film, King's novella was titled this actress "and Shawshank Redemption"; I can see her poster now...'

Answer: Rita Hayworth


Question: 'For 39 across, let's see if they get...  "Trademarked brand or waterproof fabric"'

Answer: Gore-Tex


Question: 'There are 138 of these "National" steps that lead up to the Trinita Dei Monti Church'

Answer: Spanish Steps


Question: 'Her in 2005, for playing Ray's mom Marie Barone'

Answer: Doris Roberts


Question: 'After a gathering of Ford, Carter & this president, Bob Dole said, "There they were.  See no evil, hear no evil & evil"'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: 'Enclave'

Answer: Buick


Question: 'You'd be plenty wise not to mess with Pennywise the Clown in "Stephen King's" this'

Answer: It


Question: 'For 47 across, I'll hit them with...  "Palate-raising response"'

Answer: gag reflex


Question:
'(Jon of the Clue Crew is standing in front of a painting.)  Van Eyck filled his Arnolfini portrait
 with symbolism.
 Both the color green and the woman's pose
 to exaggerate her stomach are meant to indicate this, though, sadly,
 she never had any children'

Answer: fertility


Question: '1997:<br />"Men in Black"'

Answer: Will Smith


Question: 'In the 19th c. king Cetshwayo valiantly fought this European power that ultimately captured him'

Answer: Great Britain


Question: 'Beginning reporter'

Answer: a cub


Question: 'Lombard is a romance language spoken primarily in southern Switzerland & the northern part of this country'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'In the Pirarucu of the Amazon, only the young have working gills; adults breathe this'

Answer: air


Question: 'In a large painting called "Models", this pointillist included a glimpse of his masterpiece "La Grande Jatte"'

Answer: Seurat


Question: '1993:<br />"I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)"'

Answer: Meat Loaf


Question: 'Zulu warriors carried the isihlangu shield, often white with black or brown marks, made of this animal's hide'

Answer: cow (cattle)


Question:
'1- or 2-word label
for a news story
or this lovely guy'

Answer: a slug


Question: 'Oromo is a major Cushitic language spoken in the northern parts of Kenya & this nation east of Sudan'

Answer: Ethiopia


Question: 'The tripod fish uses elongated these to support itself, appearing to stand on the ocean floor'

Answer: fins


Question:
'This artist put himself in "Las Meninas", painting a large canvas.
He's behind the infante.'

Answer: (Diego) Velázquez


Question: '1992:<br />"This Used to Be My Playground"'

Answer: Madonna


Question: 'In Zulu belief, people's spirits revisit the world as these; a chief's spirit comes back as a mamba'

Answer: a snake


Question:
'Short line of copy
above the headline,
or the person seen here'

Answer: the kicker


Question: 'Spoken by this Indian culture for 13 centuries, Quiche is Guatemala's 2nd-most widely spoken tongue'

Answer: the Mayan culture


Question: 'Thao, help me land this one!  A 10-foot, 660-pound catfish unique to this longest river of southeast Asia'

Answer: the Mekong


Question: 'Born in 1898, this Belgian painter was influenced by De Chirico & the surrealists'

Answer: René Magritte


Question: '1991:<br />"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"--he's a nice Canadian fella, don'tcha know'

Answer: Bryan Adams


Question: 'Jacob Zuma, head of this South African party, is Zulu, & his supporters wear "100% Zulu boy" t-shirts'

Answer: the ANC (African National Congress)


Question: 'Attention-grabbing item at the end of a news story or the game being played here'

Answer: tag


Question: 'Also called Cape Dutch, it has constitutional recognition as a national language in Namibia'

Answer: Afrikaans


Question: 'Halibut & turbot are among the 600 species of these, which have both eyes on one side'

Answer: flatfish


Question:
'(Jon of the Clue Crew
shows a painting on the monitor.)  In Vermeer's "Artist's Studio", the model has a trumpet, a laurel wreath & a book to record heroic deeds, symbolizing the attributes of this muse of history'

Answer: Clio


Question: '1994:<br />"Stay (I Missed You)"--remember, the woman with the glasses?'

Answer: Lisa Loeb


Question: 'Complete all editorial work on the newspaper & send it to printer, or what Mom is doing here'

Answer: put it to bed


Question: 'The word "llama" is derived from this mother tongue of the Inca'

Answer: Quechua


Question: 'Ewes guys should know that a Brooklyn bay is named for this fish'

Answer: the sheepshead


Question: 'This word is from the custom of hiding bets in a hat before odds were announced'

Answer: handicapping


Question: 'What little of this mammalian characteristic a hippopotamus has is mostly on its tail'

Answer: hair


Question: 'In the New Yorker--"Displays no trace of imagination, good taste or ingenuity... I say" this 1939 twister pic is "a stinkeroo"'

Answer: The Wizard of Oz


Question: 'Care for an hors d'oeuvre?  How about this dish of raw, ground beef served with raw egg'

Answer: steak tartare


Question: 'On CNN's election map, it was the final color of Wyoming, Kansas & Alabama'

Answer: red


Question: 'He's the giraffe mascot for Toys 'R Us'

Answer: Geoffrey


Question: 'If some bugger sticks his "plates of meat" in your face, be prepared to peruse these appendages'

Answer: feet


Question: 'On many spiders, these respiratory organs have leaves like a book'

Answer: lungs


Question: '"Repetitious and aimless as to seem to beg for oblivion", said John Simon of this 1977 Woody Allen film'

Answer: Annie Hall


Question: 'The big difference between chop suey and this Chinese-American dish is that the latter is served with crispy noodles'

Answer: chow mein


Question: 'In this key state, Kerry's edge in Trumbull County up North couldn't overcome Bush's lead in Warren down South'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'It's the animal that's represented one of the major TV networks since 1956'

Answer: a peacock


Question: 'Oi, mate this meal is your "tommy tucker"'

Answer: supper


Question: 'Owls and sloths are noted for their ability to rotate this 270 degrees'

Answer: their heads


Question: 'John Simon, part deux: "O dull new world", this 1977 sci-fi blockbuster "is all as exciting as last year's weather reports"'

Answer: Star Wars


Question: 'Spanish name for a breakfast dish of fried corn tortillas topped with fried eggs & a layer of salsa'

Answer: huevos rancheros


Question: 'Voters okayed California's Prop 71, a bond measure to fund medical research using these'

Answer: stem celld


Question: 'One of these critters is the mascot of the Hartford Insurance Company'

Answer: an elk


Question: 'Order a "pig's ear" if you want this beverage, old chap'

Answer: a beer


Question: 'Once fertilized, a female ant sheds these appendages'

Answer: her wings


Question: 'Though one critic dubbed it "Lassie in science fiction drag", this 1982 flick fared well at the box office anyway'

Answer: E.T.


Question: '"Joy of Cooking" recipes for this cut of beef include sweet & sour & tzimmis with potato knaidle'

Answer: a brisket


Question: 'In South Dakota, John Thune unseated this Senate leader whom he accused of obstructionism'

Answer: Tom Daschle


Question: 'Name of the bull terrier "party animal" who endorsed Budweiser'

Answer: Spuds MacKenzie


Question: 'If a holdup man demands your "sausage & mash" be prepared to give him this'

Answer: your cash


Question: 'The largest single living animal cell on Earth is the yolk of this creature's egg'

Answer: an ostrich


Question: 'One reviewer said, like this 1967 title duo themselves, "The film rides off in all directions and ends up full of holes"'

Answer: Bonnie & Clyde


Question: 'They're the red in red flannel hash'

Answer: beets


Question: 'Illinois made this self-described "skinny kid with a funny name" the fifth black senator ever elected'

Answer: Barack Obama


Question: 'You can make a cup of Nesquik quick as one of these creatures--its mascot'

Answer: a rabbit (or a bunny)


Question: 'If Prince Charles wants to put you in his "jam jar", don't worry; it's one of these'

Answer: a car


Question: 'Paris's Ile de la Cite is home to this structure many consider the birthplace of gothic architecture'

Answer: Notre Dame


Question: 'Jack Bruce, Sid Vicious & John Entwistle are all famous for playing this instrument'

Answer: the bass


Question: 'While writing "Crime and Punishment", he quickly penned "The Gambler" to meet a publisher's obligation'

Answer: Dostoevsky


Question: 'This metropolis' first high rise was the 482-foot Mitsui Kasumigaseki, completed in 1968'

Answer: Tokyo


Question: 'A talking cricket warns him, "woe to boys who refuse to obey their parents and run away from home!"'

Answer: Pinocchio


Question: 'The principal money-earner in a family'

Answer: the breadwinner


Question: 'Renzo Piano's Potsdamer Platz Project included a musical theatre near where this infamous structure stood'

Answer: the Berlin Wall


Question: 'Eric Clapton may have gotten this nickname because it took him so long to change his guitar strings'

Answer: Slowhand


Question: 'Shortly after writing "Catriona", a sequel to "Kidnapped", he died on the island of Samoa'

Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson


Question: 'A granite cone called Sugar Loaf Mountain rises on a peninsula in Guanabara Bay in this cosmopolitan city'

Answer: Rio de Janeiro


Question: 'Even though your child's been good, you still might want to attend meetings of the PTA, which stands for this'

Answer: the Parent-Teacher Association


Question: 'Hansel & Gretel dropped a trail of these to find their way home; didn't work!'

Answer: bread crumbs


Question: 'This British architect's epitaph is "If you seek his monument, look around you"'

Answer: Christopher Wren


Question: 'This guitarist with his own band is heard here playing lead on someone else's No. 1 hit'

Answer: Eddie Van Halen


Question: 'In 1941, before taking her final dip, she wrote her sister Vanessa, "I am certain now that I am going mad again"'

Answer: Virginia Woolf


Question: 'Its original Spanish name translates to "The Town of the Queen of the Angels"'

Answer: Los Angeles


Question: 'Irish wit who quipped, "to lose one parent... may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness"'

Answer: Oscar Wilde


Question: 'An important cereal-growing region of a nation'

Answer: the breadbasket


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands by an alcove with a fireplace in Oak Park, Chicago, IL.)  It's the word for a cozy fireside nook; Frank Lloyd Wright designed this one with an arts-and-crafts influence'

Answer: the inglenook


Question: 'In 1976 this guitarist's album "Breezin'" was the first to simultaneously top the jazz, R&B & pop charts'

Answer: George Benson


Question: 'Rejected in 1863 when  its autos & subways seemed too fantastic, his "Paris au XXIeme Siecle" was finally published in 1994'

Answer: Jules Verne


Question: 'In this city you can walk a flight of 137 steps up to Trinita Dei Monti, a 15th C. French church built by Charles VIII'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'This 1938 Nobel Literature Prize winner's parents were Presbyterian missionaries'

Answer: Pearl Buck


Question: 'According to the Latin satirist Juvenal, that which was provided to placate the masses'

Answer: bread and circuses


Question: 'On architectural blueprints, "DD" refers to this type of "national" opening'

Answer: a Dutch door


Question: 'Last name of a famous Spanish classical guitarist born in 1893; it's also a province in Spain'

Answer: Segovia


Question: 'His 1898 letter to the president of France accused "the War Office of having led a vile campaign in the press"'

Answer: Emile Zola


Question: 'This city's Hofburg is the residence of President Heinz Fischer & home to the famous Spanish Riding School'

Answer: Vienna


Question: 'Chromosomes are inherited from both parents; only the father can provide the one designated by this letter'

Answer: Y


Question: 'These thin-sliced pickles are flavored with mustard, celery sees, cloves & turmeric'

Answer: bread-and-butter pickles


Question: 'One of the 3 years in which 3 different kings reigned'

Answer: (1 of) 1936, 1483, or 1066


Question: 'In 2005 the Kennedy Center awarded this "wild & crazy guy" the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor'

Answer: Steve Martin


Question: 'In 2003 he went directly from high school to the Cleveland Cavaliers & became the NBA's Rookie of the Year'

Answer: LeBron James


Question: 'The collection "Breakfast at Tiffany's" included the touching tale "Memory" of this holiday'

Answer: Christmas


Question: 'Ad man Cliff Freeman came up with this catchphrase delivered by Clara Peller in Wendy's commercials'

Answer: "Where\'s the beef?"


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a park in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.)  It's hard to believe the picturesque Jackson Square was once used as a dump; in 1932 it was beautified & named for this president for his 200th birthday'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'The young kids go wild for this song that takes place "so early in the morning"'

Answer: "Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush"


Question: 'A 2005 concert at the Kennedy Center paid tribute to the 90th anniversary of the birth of this jazz "Lady"'

Answer: Billie Holiday


Question: 'Almost 40 years after his retirement, he dominates his team's record books'

Answer: Jim Brown


Question: '3 days after the Clutter family was murdered in this state, Capote arrived there to research "In Cold Blood"'

Answer: Kansas


Question: 'Advertising copywriter Tom Rogers created this ad mascot seen here'

Answer: Charlie (the Tuna)


Question: 'In 1989 this famous East Coast symphony orchestra held its first ever summer residency in Jackson Hole'

Answer: the New York Philharmonic


Question: 'You might find this adventurous type of person at the controls of a Beech Staggerwing'

Answer: a bush pilot


Question: 'The Kennedy Center presented a series of one-act plays as "Five by Tenn", a reference to this playwright'

Answer: Tennessee Williams


Question: 'Nolan Schaefer of Yellow Grass, Sask. & Glenn Olson of Port McNeil, B.C. play this sport for the Cleveland Barons'

Answer: hockey


Question: 'Capote called this writer "Maestro of the Semicolon" & co-wrote a movie version of his "The Turn of the Screw"'

Answer: Henry James


Question: 'In ads for this microchip maker, the Blue Man Group made their own kind of music'

Answer: Intel


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew walks under arches in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.)  Jackson's famous arches are made of antlers of these animals found in the area; don't worry--they shed them first'

Answer: elk


Question: 'Curt Schilling called A-Rod's ball-punching move in the 2004 A.L. playoffs this type of play'

Answer: bush league


Question: 'On Dec. 23, 2003 the inaugural event of the newly renovated Opera House was the Kirov dancing this ballet'

Answer: The Nutcracker


Question: '"Bullet Bob", this pitcher from Van Meter, Iowa, joined the Indians at age 17 in 1936'

Answer: Bob Feller


Question: 'A book left unfinished took its title from the line "More tears are shed over" these "than unanswered ones"'

Answer: answered prayers


Question: 'Celine Dion sang "I Drove All Night" in TV ads for the Pacifica & Crossfire models from this company'

Answer: Chrysler


Question: 'The USA's longest-running one of these events isn't a soccer tie-breaker but a re-creation of frontier justice'

Answer: a shootout


Question: 'A 2004 anti-Dubya book by Jim Hightower was titled "Let's Stop" this evasive behavior'

Answer: Beating Around the Bush


Question: 'This American pianist who took Moscow (& the world) by storm in 1958 received a Kennedy Center honor in 2001'

Answer: Van Cliburn


Question: 'Now in the Hall of Fame, this tight end of the '80s was known as the "Wizard of Oz"'

Answer: Ozzie Newsome


Question: 'Completes the first sentence of a Capote novel, "When was it that first I heard of the grass..."'

Answer: harp


Question: 'Jason Alexander starred in commercials for this pretzel line with a rhyming name'

Answer: Rold Gold


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew walks in the street of Jackson Hole, Wyoming.)  Here in the "Equality State", Jackson was the U.S.A.'s first municipality with an all-female government in this year when U.S. women got the vote'

Answer: 1920


Question: 'The galago, a small primate of southern Africa, is also called this because of its human-like cry'

Answer: a bush baby


Question: 'In 1984 her husband published "Negotiation" & she published "First Lady from Plains"'

Answer: Rosalynn Carter


Question: 'He's the purple Teletubby with an inverted triangle on his head'

Answer: Tinky Winky


Question: 'Wally, heroine of Catalini's opera set in the Tyrol, dies by throwing herself into one of these snowy mountain disasters'

Answer: an avalanche


Question: 'An anticoagulant drug made from the saliva of a species of vampire bat was named for this famous vampire'

Answer: Dracula


Question: 'Jay is the first name of the title character of this F. Scott Fitzgerald novel'

Answer: The Great Gatsby


Question: 'In 1924, after a year in California, Will Rogers rejoined this extravagant New York musical revue'

Answer: the Ziegfeld Follies


Question: 'This First Lady was famous for her "Just Say No" to drugs campaign'

Answer: Nancy Reagan


Question: 'The opening guitar riff of this classic is heard here'

Answer: "Purple Haze"


Question: 'Compared to Handel's other oratorios, this most famous one, from 1742, really doesn't have much plot'

Answer: Messiah


Question: 'This Vonnegut novel begins "All this happened, more or less.  The war parts anyway, are pretty much true"'

Answer: Slaughterhouse-Five


Question: 'It's an African tribe numbering around 9 million who traditionally raise millet & live in kraals'

Answer: the Zulu


Question: 'Her "term" as First Lady lasted from 1974 to 1977'

Answer: Betty Ford


Question: 'A character steps out of a movie screen & into the lives of others in this Woody Allen comedy'

Answer: The Purple Rose of Cairo


Question: 'In 1881, on receiving a doctorate, this last of the "3 B's" composed the "Academic Festival Overture"'

Answer: Johannes Brahms


Question: 'He wrote "Two Years Before the Mast" from the journal that he kept about a voyage around Cape Horn'

Answer: Dana


Question: 'In the Bible, the father of  the Apostles James & John'

Answer: Zebedee


Question: 'First Lady Caroline Harrison was also the first president general of this organization, the DAR for short'

Answer: Daughters of the American Revolution


Question: 'This 1984 film set in Minneapolis won an Academy Award for its music'

Answer: Purple Rain


Question: 'Mozart's "Eine Kleine Gigue" is not as well known as this similarly-titled piece, Kochel 525'

Answer: "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"


Question: 'Caroline Meeber is the title character of this 1900 novel'

Answer: Sister Carrie


Question: 'Found in many ancient cultures, it's the religious worship of animals'

Answer: zoolatry


Question: 'The former Sarah Childress remained childless throughout her 25-year marriage to this 11th president'

Answer: Polk


Question: 'Inspired by a real-life event, this Deep Purple hit song spent three months in the Top 40 in 1973'

Answer: "Smoke On The Water"


Question: 'Despite its name, this "Air" from Bach's Suite No. 3 was not inspired by the sight of a stripper's laundry drying on the line'

Answer: "(Air On The) G String"


Question: 'Part I of this Willa Cather novel is called "The Wild Land"; Part II is "Neighboring Fields"'

Answer: O Pioneers!


Question: 'This defendant in a famous U.S. freedom of the press trial was born in Germany in 1697'

Answer: Zenger


Question: 'In April 2005, during his first 2 days on the job, he received more than 56,000 e-mails'

Answer: Pope Benedict XVI


Question: 'Aesop knew these speak louder than words'

Answer: actions


Question: 'It's sometimes called the tube or underground'

Answer: the (London) subway


Question: 'Jeremy Brett, who played this British detective on 41 TV episodes, passed away in 1995'

Answer: Sherlock Holmes


Question: 'The U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis is within the metropolitan area of this city'

Answer: Baltimore


Question: 'These chewy Nabisco sookies come in apple & strawberry flavors as well as the ever-popular fig'

Answer: a Newton


Question: 'Cartographer's creation'

Answer: a map


Question: 'An Aesop tale says Hermes gave the goose that did this to a man who killed it to look inside'

Answer: laid a golden egg


Question: 'The largest airport in this state is Logan International Airport in Biillings'

Answer: Montana


Question: 'Yasmine Bleeth played Ryan Fenelli on "Ryan's Hope" before becoming a rookie lifeguard on this series'

Answer: Baywatch


Question: 'in 1985 Xavier Suarez became this Florida city's first Cuban-born mayor'

Answer: Miami


Question: 'This dessert may be cabinet, nesselrode or tapioca'

Answer: pudding


Question: 'In school it's a synonym for P.E.'

Answer: gym


Question: 'When this animal freed a mouse, the mouse later saved its life by gnawing through a rope'

Answer: a lion


Question: 'About 80% of the motorcycles bought in the U.S. are produced by this country'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'This talk show host of Puerto Rican descent wrote the book "Puerto Rico: Island of Contrasts"'

Answer: (Geraldo) Rivera


Question: 'The name of this second-largest Arizona city is from a Papago Indian term for "Spring at Foot of Black Hill"'

Answer: Tuscon


Question: 'These chewy cakes named for a type of elf may be butterscotch instead of chocolate'

Answer: brownies


Question: 'It's a small, pointed tool for making holes in leather'

Answer: an awl


Question: 'When the wolf wore one of these as a disguise, he was slaughtered for a man's supper'

Answer: a sheepskin


Question: 'It's a system in which a vehicle runs along a single, elevated beam; Expo 67 had 3'

Answer: a monorail


Question: 'She was one of "Charlie's Angels" when she had a 1978 hit with the song "Think it Over"'

Answer: Cheryl Ladd


Question: 'Around 1720 this Mississippi port became the capital of France's Louisiana territory'

Answer: Biloxi


Question: 'Name shared by Hershey's milk chocolate & crunchy peanut butter bar & a chic Manhattan street'

Answer: 5th Avenue


Question: 'In tennis it's a shot hit high and intended to land behind an opponent'

Answer: a lob


Question: 'This animal who couldn't reach the grapes comforted himself by saying they probably weren't ripe'

Answer: the fox


Question: 'This highway system extends from Alaska to the southern part of South America'

Answer: the Pan-American HIghway


Question: 'He hosted several game shows, including "Who Pays?" & "Guess Again", long before "60 Minutes"'

Answer: Mike Wallace


Question: 'This Pennsylvania city was founded in 1741 & named on Christmas Eve of that year'

Answer: Bethlehem


Question: 'Popular in the Middle East, Rahat Loukoum, or "rest for the throat", is better known as this "delight"'

Answer: Turkish delight


Question: 'Spelled one way, it's the side of a ship away from the wind; spelled another, it's a meadow'

Answer: lee (lea)


Question: 'During the reign of Callistus III, this Frenchwoman's trial was revised & she was declared innocent'

Answer: Joan of Arc


Question: 'In January 1996 special ceremonies marked the 10-year anniversary of the explosion of this space shuttle'

Answer: the Challenger


Question: 'Each of the 1st 8 lines of "The Impossible Dream" begins with this word'

Answer: "To"


Question: 'In 1975 he became the 1st president to attend a performance at Ford's Theatre since Lincoln's assassination'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'Dialects of this Romance language include Bourbonnais & Bourguignon'

Answer: French


Question: 'In a Patricia Highsmith novel, it's the crime the "Strangers on a Train" propose to exchange'

Answer: murder


Question: 'Adrian IV crowned Frederick I emperor of this after Frederick delivered foe Arnold of Brescia to him'

Answer: the Holy Roman Empire


Question: 'Astronomers say they've found 2 new planets, one in the Big Dipper & one in this "chaste" constellation'

Answer: Virgo


Question: 'The "her" in "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" refers to this character'

Answer: Eliza Doolittle


Question: 'The 1st president who'd been a justice of the peace, he served in Fairfax County in 1770'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'Bikol is the Austronesian language of the Bikol people on this country's island of Luzon'

Answer: the Philippines


Question: 'This spinster detective solved all the mysteries presented at the Tuesday club in St. Mary Mead'

Answer: Miss Marple


Question: 'Alexander VI, a member of this notorious family, used bribery to secure his election'

Answer: the Borgias


Question: 'Latin term for the moon's "seas"; the largest is about 750 miles wide'

Answer: mare(s or maria)


Question: 'While singing "A Little More Mascara", Albin tranforms himself into Zaza in this musical'

Answer: La Cage aux Folles


Question: 'The first president who was a graduate of Harvard'

Answer: John Adams


Question: 'Medieval plays known as juegos de escarnio were performed in this European language'

Answer: Spanish


Question: 'In Sue Grafton's alphabet series, her first was "A is for" this'

Answer: alibi


Question: 'In 1540 Paul III confirmed this order founded by Ignatius of Loyola in 1534'

Answer: the Jesuits


Question: 'The name of these Russian spacecraft means "union"'

Answer: Soyuz


Question: 'Show in which you'd hear, "Hey, big spender, spend a little time with me"'

Answer: Sweet Charity


Question: 'The 1st & only president born in Illinois'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'The Kordofanian languages are spoken in the Kordofan region of this country, south of Khartoum'

Answer: the Sudan


Question: 'Jonathan Gash's lovejoy is a dealer in these & can tell legitimate ones from reproductions'

Answer: antiques


Question: 'In 1309 Clement V decided to reside in this French city; the papacy remained there until 1377'

Answer: Avignon


Question: 'In 1992, aboard the Endeavour, she became the 1st African-American woman in space'

Answer: Mae Jemison


Question:
'[AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE]
This 1996 musical revival starring Nathan Lane includes the following'

Answer: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum


Question: 'He was the 1st veteran of the U.S. Navy to serve as president'

Answer: JFK


Question: 'The 3 major Ugric languages are Khanty, Mansi & this Central European language also known as Magyar'

Answer: Hungarian


Question: 'Last name of husband & wife mystery writers Faye & Jonathan'

Answer: the Kellermans


Question: 'He said he painted one his masterpieces with his "beard turned up to heaven"'

Answer: Michelangelo


Question: '"I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh"'

Answer: John the Baptist


Question: 'Yitzhak Rabin,<br />1994'

Answer: Peace


Question: 'Setting sail for the Paris Peace Conference in December 1918, he became the first sitting president to cross the Atlantic'

Answer: Woodrow Wilson


Question: 'In September 1984 "Jeopardy!" began its run & P.W. Botha began a more modest 6 years as pres. of this country'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'Chapter 7 of this federal code provides for liquidation'

Answer: bankruptcy


Question: 'Tim McGraw & Faith Hill spearheaded the 2010 concert called this Tennessee city "Rising", a benefit for flood victims'

Answer: Nashville


Question: '"Ye shall not surely die... ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil"'

Answer: the serpent


Question: 'Sir Alexander Fleming,<br />1945'

Answer: Medicine


Question: 'In 1855, when he was 21, he moved to Paris to study art; that painting of his mother would come later'

Answer: Whistler


Question: 'This literary character spent 28 years marooned on a desert island'

Answer: Robinson Crusoe


Question: 'In a theater, the mezzanine is the lowest one'

Answer: a balcony


Question: 'Annie Lennox joined David Bowie & the surviving members of Queen on "Under Pressure" at a 1992 AIDS benefit & tribute to this man'

Answer: Freddie Mercury


Question: '"Art thou the king of the Jews?"'

Answer: Pilate


Question: 'Milton Friedman,<br />1976'

Answer: Economics


Question: 'Familiar with France from experimenting there, in 1779 he became our first ambassador to France'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: 'The Z28 Camaro is a classic muscle car from this automaker'

Answer: Chevrolet


Question: 'All hail the grain of this plant, used in making beer'

Answer: barley


Question: 'The Rolling Stones brought their pals to this Canadian city for a 2003 benefit to help it recover from a SARS outbreak'

Answer: Toronto


Question: '"Ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses... gave you on this side Jordan"'

Answer: Joshua


Question: 'Richard Feynman,<br />1965'

Answer: Physics


Question: 'He was studying at the Sorbonne in Paris when he published "The Naked and the Dead"'

Answer: Norman Mailer


Question: 'Seen here is one of the 28 hurdles that are part of this track event'

Answer: the steeplechase


Question: 'The temperature is so mild & pleasant, it's downright this 5-letter adjective'

Answer: balmy


Question: '"My friend... told me that he wanted help before" this country "died", George Harrison sang in 1971; he had a benefit for it'

Answer: Bangladesh


Question: '"Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women"'

Answer: Gabriel


Question: 'Dario Fo,<br />1997'

Answer: Literature


Question: 'Sadly, this dancer's 2 children drowned in the Seine years before that scarf cut her own life short'

Answer: Isadora Duncan


Question: 'This great king succeeded his brother Ethelred in 871 & reigned in Wessex for 28 years'

Answer: Alfred the Great


Question: 'A tongue twister mentions rubber bumpers on this 2-word conveyance (both words fit the category)'

Answer: baby buggy


Question: 'Many rockin' friends have joined this guy with a heart of gold at his annual Bridge School Benefit'

Answer: Neil Young


Question: 'Macbeth:<br />1040 to 1057'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'The origin of "smart as" this referred to the pain caused by its lash'

Answer: a whip


Question: 'When a pilot dives & rolls & then pulls out in the opposite direction, the maneuver is called the split-this letter'

Answer: S


Question: 'Revealed in "Goldmember", the real name of this twin is Dougie Powers'

Answer: Dr. Evil


Question: 'He's the first labor leader & the first Hispanic American to be honored with a public legal holiday'

Answer: (César) Chávez


Question: 'Steve is a big fan of this federal insurance program that began covering those over 65 back in '65'

Answer: Medicare


Question: 'Haile Selassie:<br />1930 to 1974'

Answer: Ethiopia


Question: 'This phrase meaning "to admit defeat" comes from boxing, where a trainer does it to stop the fight'

Answer: throw the towel in


Question: 'In 1950 a U.S. F-80 shot down a soviet-made MiG-15 in the first dogfight between 2 aircraft propelled by this engine'

Answer: a jet


Question: 'Under this 1997 title alias, FBI agent Johnny Depp infiltrates the mob'

Answer: Donnie Brasco


Question: 'In 1982 Richard Cavazos became the first Hispanic American with this many stars as a full general in the army'

Answer: 4 stars


Question: 'Eric could use a new health plan; he's got a $50,000 this, the amount he pays out of pocket before insurance kicks in'

Answer: a deductible


Question: 'John III Sobieski:<br />1674 to 1696'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'A Thomas Gray poem says, "Where" this "is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise"'

Answer: ignorance


Question: 'In an early dogfight, British ace Lanoe Hawker was outdueled & killed by this notorious German'

Answer: the Red Baron


Question: 'Prior to volunteering for experimental research, he was Steve Rogers; now we know him as this'

Answer: Captain America


Question: 'In 1973 this late Pittsburgh Pirate became the first Hispanic American inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame'

Answer: (Roberto) Clemente


Question: 'Jennifer loves this as a type of trim on her clothes & as a type of benefit, like her free company gym'

Answer: fringe benefits


Question: 'Umberto I:<br />1878 to 1900'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'This 2-word term for first prize comes from what serves as the badge of Britain's Order of the Garter'

Answer: blue ribbon


Question: 'WWI ace Oswald Boelcke advised attacking pilots to keep this behind them so as to interfere with an enemy's vision'

Answer: the sun


Question: 'Matt Damon as this title character murders Dickie Greenleaf & assumes his identity'

Answer: Mr. Ripley


Question: 'This onetime husband of Rosemary Clooney was the first Hispanic American to win the Oscar for Best Actor'

Answer: Jose Ferrer


Question: 'Matt's employer lets him choose among various benefits; it's this type of plan, like his favorite eating spot'

Answer: a cafeteria plan


Question: 'Canute IV (& later "the Holy"):<br />1080 to 1086'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'This type of victory in which the losses are ruinous is named for a cousin of Alexander the Great'

Answer: a pyhrric victory


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue on a monitor.)  The blue pilot sees the red plane at a position called 12 o'clock; after a tight overhead loop to attack, the red plane is now directly behind in the position called this time of day'

Answer: 6 o\'clock


Question: 'In "The Usual Suspects", Verbal Kint might have been this killer'

Answer: Keyser Söze


Question: 'In the 1990s he was the first Hispanic Secretary of Transportation & Secretary of Energy'

Answer: Federico Peña


Question: 'Shh, don't tell!  Suzanne used her medical FSA, short for this, to pay for botox treatments'

Answer: a flexible spending account


Question: 'In the 1840s he wrote, "I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government"'

Answer: Henry David Thoreau


Question: 'In 1901 this inventor received the first radio signal across the Atlantic'

Answer: Guglielmo Marconi


Question: 'Utrillo's "White Period" lasted circa 1908-1914, longer than this artist's "Rose Period" from 1904-1906'

Answer: Pablo Picasso


Question: 'A shade of grayish blue is named for this Danish capital'

Answer: Copenhagen


Question: 'In 1996 People Magazine named this "Courage Under Fire" star "The Sexiest Man Alive"'

Answer: Denzel Washington


Question: 'The value of this Greek coin was originally equivalent to that of a handful of arrows'

Answer: Drachma


Question: 'Keith Richards & this singer once used the pseudonyms Wanker, Phelge when composing songs'

Answer: Mick Jagger


Question: 'In 1301 Edward I applied this title to the heir to the British throne'

Answer: Prince of Wales


Question: 'In 1892 he painted "Vahine No Te Vi.  Woman With Mango"'

Answer: Paul Gauguin


Question: 'This nationality precedes onyx, hairless, and jumping bean'

Answer: Mexican


Question: 'This Supreme Court justice was chairman of the Federal Equal Opportunity Commission from 1982 to 1990'

Answer: Clarence Thomas


Question: 'This 1969 event was featured on the reverse of the Eisenhower dollar coin'

Answer: Moon Landing


Question: 'While a "Tracey Ullman Show" choreographer, she had 4 No. 1 hits, including "Forever Your Girl"'

Answer: Paula Abdul


Question: 'In 1401 Tamerlane sacked this city that's now the capital of Iraq'

Answer: Baghdad


Question: 'It's the common English term for the type of painting the French call une nature morte'

Answer: Still Life


Question: 'This nationality precedes uncle, treat, & elm disease'

Answer: Dutch


Question: 'The Tony-winning musical "Raisin" was based on this play by Lorraine Hansberry'

Answer: "A Raisin in the Sun"


Question: 'In 1959 the Vatican's 20-lire coin featured this pontiff'

Answer: Pope John XXIII


Question: 'From age 17 to 20, this lead singer of Eurythmics studied at London's Royal Academy of Music'

Answer: Annie Lennox


Question: 'Spanish explorer Rodrigo de Bastidas discovered this isthmus in 1501'

Answer: Panama


Question: 'Dancer Louise Weber, one of his most famous subjects, was known as "La Goulue" -- The Glutton'

Answer: Toulouse-Lautrec


Question: 'This tuber with a city in its name is also called a sunchoke'

Answer: Jerusalem Artichoke


Question: 'He leaped to the occasion at the '96 Summer Olympics, winning his fourth consecutive gold in the long jump'

Answer: Carl Lewis


Question: 'The West Indies island of Guadeloupe uses this as its basic unit of currency'

Answer: French Franc


Question: 'This "Vision of Love" singer's mother, Patricia, once sang with the New York City Opera'

Answer: Mariah Carey


Question: 'In an 1801 sea battle, he put a telescope in his blind eye to avoid seeing the signal to withdraw'

Answer: Lord Nelson


Question: 'Hats off to this Belgian whose 1926 painting "The Menaced Assassin" features men in bowler hats'

Answer: Rene Magritte


Question: 'This high quality black tea is named for a district in West Bengal'

Answer: Darjeeling


Question: 'In 1971 U Thant eulogized this U.N. undersecretary as "An international institution in his own right"'

Answer: Dr. Ralph Bunche


Question: 'In 1961, this bronze coin, the lowest value in British currency at 1/4 of a penny, was withdrawn from circulation'

Answer: Farthing


Question: 'After Led Zeppelin disbanded, Jimmy Page & this lead singer founded the Honeydrippers'

Answer: Robert Plant


Question: 'This president's middle initial, "S", honored both of his grandfathers'

Answer: Harry S. Truman


Question: 'John Feinstein called his 1995 bestseller about this sport "A Good Walk Spoiled"'

Answer: Golf


Question: 'Generally yellow or orange, it's transferred from flower to flower by wind, birds & insects'

Answer: Pollen


Question: 'Powdered milk has had most of its moisture removed & this type of milk has had 60% of the water removed'

Answer: Evaporated Milk


Question: 'This government agency that corrects unfair labor practices has its own union, the NLRBU'

Answer: National Labor Relations Board


Question: 'O' Neill disowned his daughter Oona before she married this silent screen comedian at age 18'

Answer: Charlie Chaplin


Question: 'This president from Kinderhook was the first who wasn't born a British subject'

Answer: Martin Van Buren


Question: 'This newsman's "A Life on the Road" was a bestseller in 1990'

Answer: Charles Kuralt


Question: 'The ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound is known as this type of number'

Answer: Mach Number


Question: 'Dubonnet is an aperitif flavored with herbs & a form of this malaria medicine'

Answer: Quinine


Question: 'In December 1995 this Detroit-based union ended a 17-month strike at Caterpillar, Inc.'

Answer: United Auto Workers


Question: 'In this 1920 play, a black American convict has seized control of a small island & becomes its emperor'

Answer: "The Emperor Jones"


Question: 'He was nicknamed "The Sage of Montpelier"'

Answer: James Madison


Question: 'This senator & former basketball player reflects on his life in "Time Present, Time Past"'

Answer: Bill Bradley


Question: 'The Haber process is a method for manufacturing this toxic gas from nitrogen'

Answer: Ammonia


Question: 'Term for herrings that were split & cured by salting, drying & smoking'

Answer: Kippers


Question: 'When their union struck in August 1994 these workers' average salary was $1.2 million'

Answer: Major League Baseball Players


Question: 'O' Neill won his second Pulitzer Prize for this work about a prostitute & her Swedish seaman father'

Answer: "Anna Christie"


Question: 'Not only the first president to marry in the White House, he was also the first to have a child born there'

Answer: Grover Cleveland


Question: 'She wrote about WWI in "The Guns of August" & about the American Revolution in "The First Salute"'

Answer: Barbara Tuchman


Question: 'A horse's hooves are made up of this protein, the same protein found in your fingernails'

Answer: Keratin


Question: 'A Rusty Nail combines this potent potable & Drambuie'

Answer: Scotch


Question: 'The United Rubber Workers is headquartered in this city'

Answer: Akron, Ohio


Question: 'This play about the Tyrone family was so painful personally, O' Neill wouldn't allow its release during his life'

Answer: "Long Day\'s Journey Into Night"


Question: 'When he took office in 1853 at age 48, this New Englander was the youngest president to that time'

Answer: Franklin Pierce


Question: 'This John Gray book about the differences between the sexes has been a bestseller for more than 3 years'

Answer: "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus"


Question: 'Quarks are bound together by hypothetical force particles called these'

Answer: Gluons


Question: 'In Russia these buckwheat pancakes may be topped with smoked oysters & melted butter'

Answer: Blini/Blintzes


Question: 'He took over leadership of the Teamsters when JImmy Hoffa went to jail in 1967, & led them until 1981'

Answer: Frank Fitzsimmons


Question: 'The alcoholics in "The Iceman Cometh" await the arrival of Theodore Hickman, better known as this'

Answer: "Hickey"


Question: 'Since the Norman Conquest, this royal house has supplied the most rulers, beginning with Henry II'

Answer: Plantagenet


Question: 'During a 6-month leave of absence from Apple in 2009, he underwent a liver transplant'

Answer: Steve Jobs


Question: 'In 1962 the Everly Brothers were "Crying in the Rain" & 3 years later Elvis was "Crying" here'

Answer: Crying In The Chapel


Question: 'Made famous by "The Sound of Music", in the '50s this family of singers performed often at Omaha's Duchesne Academy'

Answer: the von Trapps


Question: 'In most Orthodox synagogues these are separated; in Conservative synagogues they are not'

Answer: men and women


Question: 'Dec. 20, 1860: Privy to a special convention in this state. Looks like they're gonna be the first to secede'

Answer: South Carolina


Question: 'The ability to refrain from eating that big slice of chocolate cake while on a diet'

Answer: willpower


Question: 'In "The Joker" he sang, "Some people call me Maurice, 'cause I speak of the pompatus of love"'

Answer: Steve Miller


Question: 'Elvis' 1956 gig at the New Frontier hotel in this city was badly received & cut short; it was a different story in 1969'

Answer: Las Vegas


Question: 'Central City hosts a competition in this harvesting activity, which harkens back to pioneer farming methods'

Answer: cornhusking


Question: 'Appropriately, this prez was the first inductee into the National Wildlife Federation's Conservation Hall of Fame'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'Feb. 18, 1861: Dear Diary: At Montgomery for his inaugural. Ate some mighty fine hush puppies...'

Answer: Jeff Davis


Question: 'A nation with the ability to exert its influence worldwide; some say the U.S. is the only one now'

Answer: a superpower


Question: 'This quarterback was NFL MVP in 1992 & 1994'

Answer: Steve Young


Question: 'Affer his army discharge in 1960, Elvis appeared on this crooner's TV special along with the crooner's daughter Nancy'

Answer: Frank Sinatra


Question: 'In 1882 this Dublin-born wit was paid a whopping $250 to give a speech in Omaha'

Answer: Oscar Wilde


Question: 'This 2-word term for political conservatives comes from where they sat in the French Parliament in 1789'

Answer: right wing


Question: 'June 28, 1863: Heard Meade is the latest in a long line of heads of the army of this river. I'd love some mead...'

Answer: the army of the Potomac


Question: 'Popular business presentation program from Microsoft'

Answer: Power Point


Question: 'He's editor-in-chief of the USA's leading business magazine & also writes a column for it called "Fact and Comment"'

Answer: Forbes


Question: 'Elvis made his 1956 screen test singing this Carl Perkins hit & performing a scene from "The Rainmaker"'

Answer: Blue Suede Shoes


Question: 'Man-made Lake Powell on this river is named for early conservationist John Wesley Powell'

Answer: the Colorado River


Question: 'July 1, 1863: Good news, get to keep leg; bad news, I'm going to Cemetery Ridge for this Penn. battle'

Answer: Gettysburg


Question: '2-word name for the heavy metal staple heard here; rock on!'

Answer: power chord


Question: 'In 2005 he became the first person to fly solo around the world in an airplane without stopping to refuel'

Answer: Steve Fossett


Question: 'Elvis' first film, it co-starred Debra Paget & Richard Egan & was the only film in which he did not receive top billing'

Answer: Love Me Tender


Question: 'This term for a member of Britain's Conservative Party comes from the old Irish for "outlaw"'

Answer: a Tory


Question: 'Aug. 5, 1864: At the battle of this city's bay, I heard a Union admiral curse torpedoes. He sounded mad'

Answer: Mobile (Bay)


Question: 'This document allows one person to act as the legal representative of another'

Answer: power of attorney


Question: 'In Genesis 13 Lot chose this city as his residence; his wife would come to regret that real estate choice'

Answer: Sodom


Question: 'Madonna in the title role: "Desperately Seeking ____"'

Answer: Susan


Question: 'Cloud rats, including the Luzon bushy-tailed species, are found only in this country's forests'

Answer: The Phillipines


Question: 'In 1956 this "Crucible" writer refused to name names before HUAC & was convicted of contempt; he appealed & won'

Answer: Arthur Miller


Question: 'Fortuitous, like Mr. Luciano'

Answer: Lucky


THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN

Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands near a sculpture)  Washington holds a wampum belt in this work honoring the Oneida who traveled 400 miles in the winter of 1777-78 to bring food to the starving men at this site'

Answer: Valley Forge


Question: 'John 1:46 asks whether any good thing can come out of this town in Galilee in northern Israel; we can think of 1'

Answer: Nazareth


Question: 'Co-starring Tina Turner: "Mad ____ Beyond Thunderdome"'

Answer: Mad Max


Question: '"Marsupial" name of North American desert rats distinguished by short forelimbs & very long hind legs'

Answer: kangaroo


Question: 'His 1977 play "Vieux Carre" dealt with down-&-outs in New Orleans; sound familiar?'

Answer: Tennessee Williams


Question: '1570's "Epitome of the Theatre of the World" was an early one of these books'

Answer: an atlas


THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN

Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands by a bas-relief)  The figures in the middle of this sculpture acknowledge life in all directions, while the tribal dancers on either end pray for this, which is essential for life'

Answer: water


Question: '(Alex overlooks Jerusalem from a hillside) This Mount, overlooking Jerusalem, appears often in the Bible, as in the end of days in Zachariah, when the Lord fights against the nations, and his feet shall stand upon it'

Answer: the Mount of Olives


Question: 'Morgan Freeman is God (2003): "____ Almighty"'

Answer: Bruce


Question: 'The short-limbed chinchilla rat is native to this continent'

Answer: South America


Question: 'No meddlesome priest, he wrote "Endgame" in 1957; don't keep me waiting'

Answer: Samuel Beckett


Question: 'A column of smoke, or a feather'

Answer: a plume


THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN

Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands by a sculpture)  In a Native American origin story of this fish, two animals steal a baby of the Sockeye people. The Sockeye find the baby in a river, which becomes their home'

Answer: salmon


Question: '"And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of" this place'

Answer: Ararat


Question: 'A Tom Hanks/ Meg Ryan pairing: "____ Versus the Volcano"'

Answer: Joe


Question: 'With eyes hidden beneath its fur, the burrowing Zokor of Asia is known as this rat, after another "blind" animal'

Answer: a mole


Question: 'This Irishman wrote 5 novels but none was successful; the over 50 plays during his career turned out better'

Answer: George Bernard Shaw


Question: 'To cut up into small parts, or to walk with small, dainty steps'

Answer: mince


THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN

Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands under a sculpture)  The raven steals the sun and escapes through a sooty smokehole to get his characteristic color. Those shenanigans are typical of this crafty folklore archetype'

Answer: a trickster


Question: 'Hiel loses 2 sons in 1 Kings, fulfilling the curse Joshua laid on anyone who re-established this walled city'

Answer: Jericho


Question: 'Josh Duhamel plays the title movie star: "Win a Date with ____ ____!"'

Answer: Tad Hamilton


Question: 'African cane rats, which can weigh 15 pounds, are serious pests of this root crop from which tapioca is made'

Answer: cassava


Question: 'This playwright with a "monthly" name is the only Af.-Amer, dramatist to have a Broadway theatre named in his honor'

Answer: August Wilson


Question: 'Those little prongs on your fork'

Answer: tines


Question: 'A mixture of English & Spanish, Llanito is the language of this territory's 30,000 residents'

Answer: Gibraltar


Question: 'This form of needlework uses a hooked needle to pull the yarn through intertwined loops'

Answer: crochet


Question: 'The Dict. of American Literary Characters lists "Great White Shark" from this 1974 Peter Benchley book'

Answer: Jaws


Question: 'On Dec. 3, 1995 Marc Kudisch starred as Conrad Birdie in a remake of this musical'

Answer: Bye Bye Birdie


Question: 'In 1982 this country's president Jose Lopez Portillo devalued the peso & nationalized the banks'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'This underwear manufacturer's New York Stock Exchange symbol is FTL'

Answer: Fruit of the Loom


Question: 'Moo juice<br />(4)'

Answer: milk


Question: 'Pyrography or pokerwork is the process of making designs in wood or leather this way'

Answer: burning it in


Question: 'Nordhoff & Hall's 1934 "Men Against the Sea", the story of Bligh & his men in an open boat, was a sequel to this'

Answer: Mutiny on the Bounty


Question: 'In a 1995 episode of this Fox animated series, Glenn Close played Homer's long-lost mother'

Answer: The Simpsons


Question: 'On July 5, 1945 he announced that "The entire Philippine Islands are now liberated"'

Answer: Douglas MacArthur


Question: 'This company's beer is "Brewed in Golden, Colorado with Rocky Mountain water"'

Answer: Coors


Question: 'Pilgrims progressed on it<br />(9)'

Answer: Mayflower


Question: 'This design is pressed into paper by wires in the mold'

Answer: a watermark


Question: 'Budd Schulberg based the alcoholic central character of "The Disenchanted" on this "Gatsby" author'

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald


Question: 'The most frequent sketch on this series was "Mr. Bill" with 24 appearances'

Answer: "Saturday Night Live"


Question: 'In 1815 the Congress of Vienna guaranteed this country's neutrality'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'In 1995 this firm released an upgraded version of its Newton messagepad, a hand-held computer'

Answer: Apple


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

Answer: Memphis


Question: 'Used on watercolors, bookplates & documents, fraktur is a type of this stylized writing'

Answer: calligraphy


Question: 'This character from an 1865 work could vanish at will, with its grin the last part to disappear'

Answer: the Cheshire Cat


Question: 'In 1985 he replaced Coach behind the bar at "Cheers"'

Answer: Woody Harrelson (the character\'s name was Woody Boyd)


Question: 'Elizabeth Petrovna, the daughter of this czar, became empress of Russia in 1741'

Answer: Peter the Great


Question: 'It owns the world's largest fleet of cargo delivery planes'

Answer: Federal Express


Question: 'On a cloisonne pin, this material is poured into hollows between wires soldered onto metal'

Answer: enamel


Question: 'Comedy writer Al Franken called his 1996 bestseller this man "Is a Big Fat Idiot"'

Answer: Rush Limbaugh


Question: 'On this cartoon series, you'll find such characters as Plucky Duck, Dizzy Devil & Buster Bunny'

Answer: Tiny Toon Adventures


Question: 'This country formerly known as Dutch Guiana gained independence in 1975'

Answer: Suriname


Question: 'The Golden Gate Bridge was among the structures erected by this 2nd-largest American steel company'

Answer: Bethlehem Steel


Question: 'On Jan. 23, 1995 he signed the first bill passed by the 104th -- the Congressional Accountability Act'

Answer: President Bill Clinton


Question: 'This school's Cornhuskers won the 1995 college football title by overwhelming Florida in the Fiesta Bowl'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'At the time of her abduction, she was married to Menelaus, the king of Sparta'

Answer: Helen of Troy


Question: 'The scientific name of this U.S. national symbol is haliaeetus leucocephalus'

Answer: Bald Eagle


Question: 'Brazilians have added words from African slaves & the Tupi Indians to this language'

Answer: Portuguese


Question: 'Discharged from the military in 1946, this "Odd Couple" author worked in the Warner Bros. mailroom'

Answer: Neil Simon


Question: 'Democrats opposed to nuclear tests boycotted a speech by this French president'

Answer: Jacques Chirac


Question: 'In 1980 the NHL's Atlanta Flames moved to this Canadian city'

Answer: Calgary


Question: 'In book 12 of "The Odyssey", Circe warns of these women "who betwitch everybody who approaches them"'

Answer: Sirens


Question: 'Lions & occasionally cheetahs & leopards prey on this largest living bird'

Answer: Ostrich


Question: 'Modern speakers of this Semitic language call it Ivrit'

Answer: Hebrew


Question: 'He claimed his comic masterpiece "Pygmalion" was a didactic play about phonetics'

Answer: George Bernard Shaw


Question: 'In a 1996 mail-in vote, Ron Wyden was elected to the Senate seat vacated by this Oregon politician'

Answer: Robert Packwood


Question: 'Technically, this NFL team is located in Orchard Park, New York'

Answer: Buffalo Bills


Question: 'The Parthenon was built in her honor'

Answer: Athena


Question: 'The hyacinth macaw is the largest of these birds of the family psittacidae'

Answer: Parrots


Question: 'It's the official language of Bahrain'

Answer: Arabic


Question: 'After this Czech denounced the Soviet invasion of his country in 1968, his plays were banned'

Answer: Vaclav Havel


Question: 'This New York Republican chaired the Senate Banking Committee & the special Whitewater panel'

Answer: Alphonse D\' Amato


Question: 'At the 1912 Olympics, King Gustav V of Sweden called him "The Greatest Athlete in the World"'

Answer: Jim Thorpe


Question: 'Ariadne supplied Theseus with the ball of thread that led him out of this'

Answer: The Labyrinth


Question: 'Krill are the major prey of the Adelie species of this bird'

Answer: Penguin


Question: 'Coptic was the last phase of this language whose 5,000-year recorded history is the longest known'

Answer: Egyptian


Question: 'Although his 1975 play "Seascape" had only a brief Broadway run, it won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama'

Answer: Edward Albee


Question: 'This constitutional amendment fell 1 vote short in the Senate March 2, 1995'

Answer: Balanced Budget Amendment


Question: 'She holds the U.S. & world records in freestyle swimming at 400, 800 & 1500 meters'

Answer: Janet Evans


Question: 'Orpheus nearly saved her from the underworld, but he looked back & lost her forever'

Answer: Euridyce


Question: 'The tiny vestigial wings of this New Zealand bird are hidden in its feathers'

Answer: Kiwi


Question: 'It's the most widely spoken of the artificial languages'

Answer: Esperanto


Question: 'This "Picnic" playwright's screenplay for "Splendor In The Grass" won a 1961 Oscar'

Answer: William Inge


Question: 'The 2 men whose presidencies each began & ended during one calendar year'

Answer: William Henry Harrison (1841) & James Garfield (1881)


Question: 'This material is shaped by hand or on a wheel & baked in an oven to make pottery'

Answer: clay


Question: 'Those darn meddling kids Shaggy, Velma, Daphne & Fred made it to the big screen in this 2002 live-action film'

Answer: Scooby-Doo


Question: 'Another term for a conductor's baton, or what a magician waves to perform tricks'

Answer: a wand


Question: 'Oddly, Marco spent 17 years in this country, yet his book doesn't mention tea, chopsticks or the Great Wall'

Answer: China


Question: 'At Universal Orlando, the Caro-Seuss-el is a Dr. Seuss version of this classic ride'

Answer: a carousel


Question: 'We don't stand on ceremony, but we will stand for this ceremony that accompanies the music heard here'

Answer: a wedding


Question: 'If you build one of these objects popular at Latin American parties, fill it with candy & then break it open with a stick!'

Answer: a piñata


Question: 'At the beginning of this sequel, Tommy Lee Jones is postal worker Kevin Brown, who has no memory of being Agent K'

Answer: Men in Black II


Question: 'This joint is formed by the articulation of the femur & the tibia'

Answer: a knee


Question: 'This "Toy Story" character's Space Ranger Spin is a highlight of Tomorrowland at Disney World'

Answer: Buzz Lightyear


Question: 'Popular pastime played here'

Answer: ping pong


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew models the colors.) For fun, you can take one of Dad's old t-shirts & turn it into this style of colorful shirt'

Answer: tie-dye


Question: 'The Rock played the title role in this 2002 action film, a prequel to "The Mummy Returns"'

Answer: The Scorpion King


Question: 'This protein rich food is coagulated from an extract of soybeans & used in salads & cooked foods'

Answer: tofu


Question: 'Back in Italy people laughed at Marco's stories, like the one about Asians using this "black stone" as fuel'

Answer: coal


Question: 'Eek! The Mayan Mindbender is a thrill-ride-in-the-<br />dark at Six Flags Astroworld in this Texas city'

Answer: Houston


Question: 'They're the loud leapers heard here'

Answer: a cricket


Question: 'Origami, the art of folding paper into things like animals, means "folding paper" in this Asian language'

Answer: Japanese


Question: 'The tagline to this 2002 sequel was "This summer a Little goes a long way"'

Answer: Stuart Little


Question: 'A homophone of Santa's mode of transportation, it means to kill violently'

Answer: slay


Question: 'Title held by Kublai, whom Marco Polo served, & Kublai's grandfather Genghis'

Answer: Khan


Question: 'You'll find Merlin & the Knights of the Round Table at the British park named for this legendary place'

Answer: Camelot


Question: 'Resembling a short trumpet, it's the Army instrument used here'

Answer: a bugle


Question: 'With drinking straws and some staples, you too can build this kind of dome, seen here'

Answer: geodesic dome


Question: 'He played Anakin Skywalker in "Attack of the Clones"'

Answer: Hayden Christensen


Question: 'From the French "alier", meaning "to bind", it's a country that binds with another for a common purpose'

Answer: an ally


Question: 'Passing through Indonesia, Marco freaked out when he went south of the Equator & couldn't see this star'

Answer: the North Star


Question: 'After roaring down the Roaring Rapids, calm down by visiting the Clydesdales at these "Gardens" in Williamsburg, Va.'

Answer: Busch Gardens


Question: 'We "bet" you know that this type of race traditionally follows the sound heard here'

Answer: a horse race


Question: 'You can use one to propel your raft on the water or vault a crossbar in track & field'

Answer: pole


Question: 'Among his nicknames were "King Andrew the First" & "The Hero of New Orleans"'

Answer: Andrew Jackson


Question: 'G-Wiz represents this Washington D.C. NBA team'

Answer: the Washington Wizards


Question: 'When Galileo found 4 of these orbiting Jupiter, he named them after the powerful Medici family'

Answer: moons


Question: 'Doc holds a tongue depressor & says, "Open wide" to check the pair of these at the back of your throat'

Answer: tonsils


Question: 'A tumbrel was a cart used in this revolution to transport the condemned to the guillotine'

Answer: the French Revolution


Question: 'His first inaugural address, in 1801, was also the first delivered in Washington, D.C.'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'TD, seen here, is the mascot of this pro football team'

Answer: the (Miami) Dolphins


Question: 'On Nov. 7, 1504 this captain arrived back in Spain, his ocean voyaging done'

Answer: Christopher Columbus


Question: 'It's the Roman numeral 4, or an abbreviation for a device that drips fluid into patients'

Answer: IV


Question: 'To this young hero & his friend Jim, "There warn't no home like a raft, after all"'

Answer: Huckleberry Finn


Question: 'This man who served from August 9, 1974 to January 20, 1977, had the second shortest term of the 20th Century'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'Howler, mascot of this hockey team, is a legendary gigantic hairy monster of the Rockies'

Answer: the (Colorado) Avalanche


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew checks in from the Ren Faire.) The points of these long weapons were often blunted in medieval jousting'

Answer: lances


Question: 'An "arm hug" is what your doctor, or your mom, may call the cuff that tests this'

Answer: blood pressure


Question: 'They're the mouthful seen here'

Answer: jawbreakers


Question: 'Amazon.com has a virtual one to store your prospective purchases'

Answer: shopping cart


Question: 'Although his 1916 campaign slogan was "He kept us out of war", the U.S. entered World War I the following year'

Answer: Woodrow Wilson


Question: 'If this Canadian team is eliminated from big league baseball, some kids might miss grimacing orange mascot Youppi'

Answer: the Montreal Expos


Question: 'The ancient Greek philosopher Socrates was convicted of corrupting the youth of this city'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'The person who takes your x-rays wears a film badge to monitor exposure to this'

Answer: radiation


Question: 'Potato chips & candy, for instance, or anything that is attractive but has no substance'

Answer: junk food


Question: 'Also called corkwood, this light material was used by Thor Heyerdahl to build the Kon-Tiki raft'

Answer: balsa


Question: 'In the 1950s the U.S. Golf Association installed a putting green for him near the Rose Garden'

Answer: Eisenhower


Question: 'Hodori the Tiger was the mascot of the 1988 Olympic Games at Seoul in this country'

Answer: South Korea


Question: 'On Oct. 13, 1943 Italy declared war on this European country which had been its partner in evil'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'A weak form of a disease agent used to protect against the disease, it comes from the Latin word for "cow"'

Answer: vaccine


Question: 'Musicmatch is a virtual one of these, while Wurlitzer makes the actual coin-operated machine'

Answer: jukebox


Question: 'The oldest of the 7 wonders of the ancient world, they're also the only ones still standing today'

Answer: the Pyramids


Question: 'Elements in the periodic table are arranged according to this number'

Answer: Atomic number


Question: 'Pauline Kael said the only amusing character in this 1968 film was HAL'

Answer: 2001: A Space Odyssey


Question: 'Secret destination of a Japanese strike force that set out from the Kuril Islands November 26, 1941'

Answer: Pearl Harbor/Hawaii


Question: 'He called for his fiddlers three to help him compose "Night and Day"'

Answer: Old King Cole Porter


Question: 'He's starred in 2 "Good" movies: "Good Morning, Vietnam" & "Good Will Hunting"'

Answer: Robin Williams


Question: 'England set up its National Health Service in 1948 to provide people coverage from "The cradle to" this'

Answer: The grave


Question: 'It's the lightest of the noble gases'

Answer: Helium


Question: 'Kubrick's 13th & final feature film, it stars Tom Cruise & Nicole Kidman'

Answer: Eyes Wide Shut


Question: 'This term for bursting antiaircraft shells came from the German flugabwehrkanone'

Answer: Flack


Question: '"Spin City" star who knows "The Truth is Out There"'

Answer: Michael J. Fox Mulder


Question: 'That old gang of his included Will, John & Tuck'

Answer: Robin Hood


Question: 'Game seen here:<br />(played with string between two hands)'

Answer: Cat\'s cradle


Question: 'In 1860 this German known for his "burner" co-discovered cesium'

Answer: Robert Bunsen


Question: 'Characters in this 1964 film include Col. Bat Guano & Gen. Jack D. Ripper'

Answer: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb


Question: 'Of 2, 5 or 10 million men, total drafted by the U.S. during the war'

Answer: 10 million


Question: '"North By Northwest" star who painted "American Gothic"'

Answer: Cary Grant Wood


Question: 'He's the only Bee Gee who fits the category'

Answer: Robin Gibb


Question: 'This Boston "Hall" is known as "The Cradle of American Liberty"'

Answer: Faneuil Hall


Question: 'Element No. 61, it's named for a mythical stealer of fire'

Answer: Prometheum


Question: 'Nabokov turned in a script for this film; the question is did Kubrick use it?'

Answer: Lolita


Question: 'After Russia became our "friend", he was referred to in the press as "Uncle Joe"'

Answer: Joseph Stalin


Question: '"Piano Man" who pounded out the folktales of Uncle Remus'

Answer: Billy Joel Chandler Harris


Question: 'This former soap star is married to Sean Penn'

Answer: Robin Wright


Question: 'In Roman myth this powerful tot killed 2 serpents in his cradle'

Answer: Hercules


Question: 'Co doesn't stand for columbium but rather for this element used mostly in making alloys'

Answer: Cobalt


Question: '"He gives new meaning to the word 'meticulous'", said Jack Nicholson after working on this Kubrick film'

Answer: The Shining


Question: 'This battle of June 1942, soon after the Battle of the Coral Sea, is considered the turning point of the Pacific war'

Answer: Midway


Question: 'Popular Saint-Exupery character waiting around to become king of England'

Answer: The Little Prince of Wales


Question: 'Medical thriller writer who has given us "Coma" & "Vector"'

Answer: Robin Cook


Question: 'The "reactionary" toy seen here is known as this scientist's "cradle":'

Answer: Isaac Newton


Question: 'The 1998 Olympics have come & gone, but this city still has one of Japan's oldest representations of Buddha'

Answer: Nagano


Question: 'Around 1500 this artist wrote in his notebook "In life beauty perishes, but not in art"'

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci


Question: 'Asturo-Leonese & Aragonese are 2 dialects of this language'

Answer: Spanish


Question: 'She's the former Milwaukee school teacher & world leader seen here:'

Answer: Golda Meir


Question: 'The company began in 1759 when Arthur Guinness established a brewery in this capital city'

Answer: Dublin


Question: 'Albert Hammond had a No. 5 hit in 1972 with the forecast "It Never Rains" here'

Answer: In Southern California


Question: 'Kaohsiung is the major port serving this island of over 20 million people'

Answer: Taiwan


Question: 'In "Childe Harold" this poet talks of "the fatal gift of beauty"'

Answer: Lord Byron


Question: 'This language developed in 4 phases: Ancient, Hellenistic, Byzantine & Modern'

Answer: Greek


Question: 'All eyes were on this woman when she testified in October of 1991:'

Answer: Anita Hill


Question: 'At the pub, ask for Guinness in this standard measure, not the equivalent .568 liters'

Answer: Pint


Question: 'Van Halen in 1984 & Kris Kross in 1992 each had a No. 1 hit with this 1-word title'

Answer: "Jump"


Question: 'In the 1940s this North Korean capital was home to forces of the occupying Soviet army'

Answer: Pyongyang


Question: 'It's the Oscar Wilde novel that includes the line "It is better to be beautiful than to be good"'

Answer: "The Picture of Dorian Gray"


Question: 'It's the official language of Barbados'

Answer: English


Question: 'In 1974 this Nobel Prize winner was expelled from his native country:'

Answer: Alexander Solzhenitsyn


Question: 'A black velvet is equal parts Guinness & this bubbly beverage'

Answer: Champagne


Question: 'This song by the Police was Billboard's No. 1 single of 1983'

Answer: "Every Breath You Take"


Question: 'It was China's capital from 1928 until its brutal capture by Japanese forces in 1937'

Answer: Nanking


Question: 'From his 1711 Essay on Criticism: "'Tis not a lip, or eye, we beauty call, but the joint force & full result of all"'

Answer: Alexander Pope


Question: 'It's also called Erse'

Answer: Irish


Question: 'His first South American regime ended in September of 1955:'

Answer: Juan Peron


Question: 'In the '60s Guinness began marketing this lager named for the musical instrument on its label'

Answer: Harp


Question: 'Young & old can sing along to UB40's 1993 No. 1 remake of this Elvis song'

Answer: "I Can\'t Help Falling In Love With You"


Question: 'Also called Guangzhou, for almost a century it was the only Chinese port open to foreign trade'

Answer: Canton