Question: 'When Henry Luce & Briton Hadden founded this magazine in 1923, they almost called it "Facts"'

Answer: Time


Question: 'The "American Buffalo" in David Mamet's play is one of these that would interest a numismatist'

Answer: Nickel


Question: 'Victor Hugo described it as "A vast symphony in stone" -- Quasimodo would agree'

Answer: Notre Dame Cathedral


Question: 'A joint in this part of the body is the most likely spot to be hit by gout'

Answer: Toe


Question: '"Cool" rappers include LL Cool J & this single-named "Gangsta's Paradise" artist'

Answer: Coolio


Question: 'From the Greek for "to leave out", it's an obscuring of one celestial body by another'

Answer: Eclipse


Question: 'Zita, who died in 1989, was the last empress of this house that ruled Austria-Hungary'

Answer: Hapsburg


Question: 'Walter Matthau & Art Carney starred in this play when it debuted on Broadway in 1965'

Answer: "The Odd Couple"


Question: 'James Renwick designed this Fifth Avenue cathedral in the Gothic Revival style'

Answer: St. Patrick\'s Cathedral


Question: 'In 1997 the journal Nature reported this giant meat-eating dinosaur may have been a gout sufferer'

Answer: Tyrannosaurus Rex


Question: 'They showed white "boys" can rap with the 1986 album "Licensed to Ill"'

Answer: The Beastie Boys


Question: 'Put the pieces together & you'll see the name of this artwork means it's "of the Muses"'

Answer: Mosaic


Question: 'In 1931 she was the blonde gentlemen preferred:'

Answer: Jean Harlow (in "Platinum Blonde")


Question: 'Feydeau's "La Puce a L'Oreille" translates to one of these "in her ear"'

Answer: Flea


Question: 'The Basilica of the Holy Blood in Bruges in this country contains a relic believed to be drops of Christ's blood'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'Gout didn't stop this reformer from nailing his 95 Theses to a Wittenberg church door'

Answer: Martin Luther


Question: 'Originally rhythmic backing music, it now refers to all of rap culture, including dress & dance'

Answer: Hip-Hop


Question: 'From a Latin word meaning "to hang" comes this word for an ornament that hangs from a necklace'

Answer: Pendant


Question: 'This program was grounded from January 28, 1986 to September 29, 1988'

Answer: Space shuttle program


Question: '1958's "The Birthday Party" was the first full-length play by this author of "The Homecoming"'

Answer: Harold Pinter


Question: 'This English city's modern cathedral, built in 1962, stands next to the bombed-out ruins of the old one'

Answer: Coventry


Question: 'This resort city, once a haven for British gout victims, gave its name to a type of wheelchair'

Answer: Bath


Question: 'Ed Lover & Fab 5 Freddy were among the hosts of this MTV show that helped bring rap to suburbia'

Answer: Yo! MTV Raps


Question: 'The word spider comes from an Old English form of this verb, referring to its web-weaving'

Answer: Spin


Question: 'Anthropologists "gorged" themselves on the discoveries the Leakeys made at this African gorge in 1959'

Answer: Olduvai Gorge


Question: 'The cathedral of this northern Italian city looks quite fashionable with its 135 marble spires'

Answer: Milan


Question: 'This author was crippled by gout; Blifil's mother dies of it in his novel "Tom Jones"'

Answer: Henry Fielding


Question: 'The name of this ancient & elaborate coffin is from the Greek for "flesh-eating"; how gruesome'

Answer: Sarcophagus


Question: 'Due to demand Bugs Bunny's U.S. commemorative stamp was the first to have a second printing since this one'

Answer: The Elvis Presley stamp


Question: 'In 1901 this city dug up the plans Pierre l'Enfant drew up for its layout back in 1791 and followed them'

Answer: Washington, DC


Question: 'Send your resume in a 9x12 envelope, & remember, a first-class postage stamp is going up to this price in May 2007'

Answer: 41 cents


Question: 'The yellowhammer isn't Alabama's official state tool, it's the official state this'

Answer: bird


Question: 'The major subdivision of a genus or subgenus'

Answer: species


Question: 'Matt Damon plays a janitor at M.I.T. who's really a math genius in this film'

Answer: Good Will Hunting


Question: 'In book titles, Lewis Carroll took Alice on "Adventures in Wonderland" & "Through" this'

Answer: the looking glass


Question: 'His plan for the University of Virginia was of an "academical village" around a "temple of knowledge"'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'On a job application, under "sex", don't write "okay" & don't overuse this first-person singular pronoun'

Answer: I


Question: 'It's round!  It's red! It's Tennessee's state fruit!--though some might call it a vegetable'

Answer: tomato


Question: 'There's a 3,200-square-mile one of these masses in Vatnajokull, Iceland'

Answer: glacier


Question: 'Disillusioned with their lives, Luke Wilson & Will Ferrell start their own frat in this film'

Answer: Old School


Question: 'When he meets Alice, this character says, "It's very provoking to be called an egg, very!"'

Answer: Humpty Dumpty


Question: 'In 1963 Studebaker announced plans to stop making these in the U.S. & make them only in Canada'

Answer: cars


Question: 'Don't assume a woman interviewer is married; use this title that came into usage in the 1970s'

Answer: Ms.


Question: 'A statue known as "The Strolling Professor" seems to stroll through the campus of this univ. in Raleigh'

Answer: North Carolina State


Question: 'Dating from a remote period of time (like the Hyksos, not the '80s!)'

Answer: ancient


Question: 'In this 2001 film, a sorority queen proves she has what it takes to make it at Harvard Law School'

Answer: Legally Blonde


Question: '"'Contrariwise,' continued" he, "'if it was so, it might be'"'

Answer: Tweedledee


Question: 'Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code covers the various plans for this, including "early" this'

Answer: retirement


Question: 'If you email your resume, make sure the attachment doesn't contain this infectious computer agent'

Answer: virus


Question: 'Appropriately, the city of Great Falls is the seat of Cascade County in this state'

Answer: Montana


Question: 'It's a number placed before & multiplying another quantity, such as 5 in the expression 5x'

Answer: coefficient


Question: 'Nick Cannon marches to his own beat as he tries to lead the marching band to victory in this film'

Answer: Drumline


Question: '"'The time has come,' the walrus said, 'to talk of many things: of shoes--& ships--& sealing wax--of cabbages--&'" these'

Answer: kings


Question: 'He told Spain he planned to use the proceeds from his trip to Asia to help recapture Jerusalem from the Muslims'

Answer: Christopher Columbus


Question: 'On a cover letter don't be this, repetitive, from the Latin for "overflow"; you shouldn't, it's important not to'

Answer: redundant


Question: 'Counties in this state named for people killed at the same site include Floyd, Travis & Bowie'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'If you have unlimited knowledge or awareness, you're this'

Answer: omniscient


Question: 'A street dancer is courted by 2 frats that need his skills to win the national step show competition in this 2007 film'

Answer: Stomp the Yard


Question: 'This enigmatic feline "only grinned when it saw Alice... still it had very long claws and a great many teeth"'

Answer: the Cheshire Cat


Question: 'The genus name of the burrowing owl is this Greek goddess of wisdom'

Answer: Athena


Question: 'McGill University, University of Regina'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'Many have their very own center island or even a peninsula to work at in this room of the house'

Answer: kitchen


Question: 'Perhaps because this beverage "gives you wiiings!", it sponsors Flugtag, a flying contest'

Answer: Red Bull


Question: '"s/v" may appear when a passage have a lack of agreement between these 2 items (like this clue do)'

Answer: subject and verb


Question: 'If you went to this European capital that existed only from 1949 to 1990, you'd definitely entered the "red zone"'

Answer: East Berlin


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from UC Santa Cruz.)  The network it uses to capture food gives this marine creature, with genus name Gorgonocephalus, after mythical creatures with these for hair'

Answer: snakes


Question: 'Universita Degli Studi di Siena, Politechnico di Bari'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'After basic surgery, you'll most likely be transported to this alliterative space for care & observation'

Answer: recovery room


Question: 'Hug it out! Ari Gold on this HBO series was based in part on real-life agent Ari Emanuel'

Answer: Entourage


Question: 'David Hume was born in 1711 & "trans" means you don't have a logical one of these between ideas'

Answer: transition


Question: 'The U.S. called "offside" when Russia invaded this mountainous Muslim nation in 1979'

Answer: Afghanistan


Question: 'Dicerorhinus is the appropriate genus name of the Sumatran type of this animal, which has 2 horns'

Answer: rhinoceros


Question: 'Politechnika Krakowska, Politechnika Wroclawska'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'Once upon a time, classrooms had these rooms for storing outer garments, umbrellas, lunches...'

Answer: cloak (coat) room


Question: 'This quartet became Internet darlings with the treadmill choreography of its video "Here It Goes Again"'

Answer: OK Go


Question: '"Pass" can be the opposite of "fail" or, as an abbreviation, the opposite of this preferred voice'

Answer: active


Question: 'It was "third and long" when this ex-president ran for a third term in 1912; he ended up losing'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'The swallowtail type of this is genus papilio; makes sense, since "papillon" is French for it'

Answer: butterfly


Question: 'University of Wollongong, Southern Cross University'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Latin for "sun terrace", it's a glass-enclosed room where you can sit and enjoy the sun'

Answer: solarium


Question: 'Soccer great Mia Hamm is married to this Dodger first baseman'

Answer: Nomar Garciaparra


Question: 'If this basic grammatical unit is faulty, it may be marked "r/o" or "frag"'

Answer: sentence


Question: 'British Major and spy John Andre was an "ineligible receiver" when he got the secret plans to this location in 1790'

Answer: West Point


Question: 'This carnivore of the dog family is in the genus vulpes; "vulpine" means to resemble that animal'

Answer: fox


Question: 'Pondicherry Engineering College, Gajra Raja Medical College'

Answer: India


Question: 'In a monastery and in some colleges, the dining room is often referred to by this 9-letter word'

Answer: refectory


Question: 'This nickname of music producer Timothy Mosley is derived from a brand of boots'

Answer: Timbaland


Question: 'You may find "awk" for "awkward" next to this type of ambiguous modifier, like "shake before using"'

Answer: dangling


Question:
'(Alex: Here's somebody familiar to all of us, Pete Carroll.)
At Gettysburg in 1863 Union forces made a famous "goal line stand" at Cemetery Hill against the charge named for this man'

Answer: George Pickett


Question: 'This term still had "work" on the end when Vinton Cerf & Robert Kahn, 2 of its creators, used it in a key 1974 paper'

Answer: the Internet


Question: 'In 2007 this online auction site won a lifetime achievement Webby Award'

Answer: eBay


Question: 'In a pet shop, a dead one of these was "sitting" on its perch because it was nailed there'

Answer: a parrot


Question: 'Too many cooks...'

Answer: spoil the broth


Question: 'Liz Taylor's husband between Mike Todd & Richard Burton'

Answer: Eddie Fisher


Question: 'In a Goethe work, this title character is tempted by the devil Mephistopheles'

Answer: Faust


Question: 'Heading southeast, the Yucatan Channel between Mexico & Cuba leads into this sea'

Answer: the Caribbean Sea


Question: 'Anna Ginsberg won this competition in 2006 with her baked chicken & spinach stuffing'

Answer: the Pillsbury Bake-Off


Question: 'Strange ambulation is the norm at the Ministry of these'

Answer: Silly Walks


Question: 'You can't judge a book...'

Answer: by its cover


Question: 'Color between green (low) and yellow (elevated) on the Homeland Security Advisory chart'

Answer: blue


Question: 'It's what the Devil wears in the title of Lauren Weisberger's fashion industry novel'

Answer: Prada


Question: 'The Romans called it "Mare Nostrum", our sea'

Answer: the Mediterranean Sea


Question: 'Surrey Spice Girl, this miniature breed, won Best in Show at the 2002 Westminster Kennel Club Show'

Answer: a poodle


Question: 'Now a director, this American made the quirky animations for the show'

Answer: (Terry) Gilliam


Question: 'He who laughs last...'

Answer: laughs best


Question: 'Bible book between John & Romans in the King James Version'

Answer: Acts (of the Apostles)


Question: 'In the Bible, Jesus is tempted by the Devil after this many days in the wilderness'

Answer: 40


Question: 'Astrakhan, Russia is found nearest the shores of this large sea (which is really a salt lake)'

Answer: the Caspian Sea


Question: 'This horse whose name can be a synonym for "award" won the Triple Crown back in 1948'

Answer: Citation


Question: 'A fake TV show designed to help viewers recognize trees keeps showing this tree variety over & over & over'

Answer: the larch


Question: 'Nothing ventured...'

Answer: nothing gained


Question: 'Country completely between Russia & China'

Answer: Mongolia


Question: 'Ambrose Bierce penned this sardonic reference work in 1906'

Answer: The Devil\'s Dictionary


Question: 'It's found on the southern end of the Suez Canal'

Answer: the Red Sea


Question: 'In 1980 this Norman Mailer book won a Pulitzer, not a pardon'

Answer: The Executioner\'s Song


Question: 'In a sketch that takes place in a world of Supermen, a man who fixes these is treated like a hero'

Answer: bicycles


Question: 'Man cannot live...'

Answer: on bread alone


Question: 'Geologic era between the Paleozoic & the Cenozoic'

Answer: the Mesozoic


Question: '"The Screwtape Letters" from a senior devil to an underdevil are by this man better known for children's books'

Answer: C(live) S(taples) Lewis


Question: 'The Crimean Mountains contain prominent cliffs found on the northern coast of this sea'

Answer: the Black Sea


Question: 'During winter these in a groundhog drop from about 80 per minute to around 4'

Answer: heartbeats


Question: 'Now host of "The Tonight Show" he was quick to volunteer to entertain the troops during the First Gulf War'

Answer: Jay Leno


Question: '"The Angel of the Battlefield"'

Answer: Clara Barton


Question: 'This renowned Minnesota institution opened its own med school in 1972'

Answer: the Mayo Clinic


Question: 'This folksy state instrument of Missouri often accompanies its state folk dance, the square dance'

Answer: a fiddle


Question: 'In 1963 the Four Seasons were "Happy As Can Be" with this sweet "Girl"'

Answer: Candy


Question: 'In 1886 the first U.S. Groundhog Day was observed in ths Pennsylvania city'

Answer: Punxsutawney


Question: 'He became an icon by entertaining troops in every major conflict from World War II to the First Gulf War'

Answer: Bob Hope


Question: '"Yellow Hair" & "The Boy General"'

Answer: Custer


Question: 'The first U.S. school to award an M.D., Columbia's med school is formally the College of Physicians & these'

Answer: Surgeons


Question: 'The Baltimore Checkerspot type of this flutters by as Maryland's state insect'

Answer: a butterfly


Question: 'The floor of a boxing ring'

Answer: canvas


Question: 'In South Africa this alphabetically first animal is sometimes called a groundhog'

Answer: an aardvark


Question: 'He's performed his country hit "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue" for U.S. troops in Iraq'

Answer: Toby Keith


Question: '"The Pirate of the Gulf"'

Answer: Lafitte


Question: 'In March 2004, UCLA suspended this program after a parts-for-profit scheme came to light'

Answer: body donation


Question: 'The bowhead type of this takes a bow as Alaska's state marine mammal'

Answer: a whale


Question: 'A slang term for a French Canadian, or an NHL player from the other side of the country'

Answer: a Canuck


Question: 'Groundhogs live in these tunnel-like creations, also a homophone for another mammal'

Answer: a burrough


Question: 'This star of "The Jazz Singer" spent much of WWII in the field entertaining troops'

Answer: Al Jolson


Question: '"The Knight of the Cloak"'

Answer: Sir Walter Raleigh


Question: 'Washington University School of Medicine is the birthplace of this scanner similar to a CAT scanner.  It was first to reveal brain function'

Answer: PET


Question: 'Its official state fossil is Chesapecten Jeffersonius'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'This 11th Century King of England also ruled Denmark & Norway during the latter part of his reign'

Answer: Canute


Question: 'Before Groundhog Day took off, February 2nd was celebrated by the Catholic Church as this day for wax objects'

Answer: Candlemas


Question: 'This trio often appeared in WWII USO shows singing their hit songs like "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"'

Answer: The Andrews Sisters


Question: '"The Father of Comedy" & "Prince of Ancient Comedy"'

Answer: Aristophanes


Question: 'My son the obstetrician went to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at the Univ. named for a Jewish academy'

Answer: Yeshiva


Question: 'Go SCUBA diving in Hawaii & you may see the state gem, the black type of this'

Answer: coral


Question: 'The text of this type of nonmetrical hymn is taken from Biblical text other than the Book Of Psalms'

Answer: a canticle


Question: 'A government website says it's "a complete, complex language... said to be the 4th most commonly used" in the U.S.'

Answer: American Sign Language


Question: 'After seeing the Israelites dancing around this idol, an angry Moses broke his tablets'

Answer: The golden calf


Question: 'It's traditional to cut this religious symbol into the top of Irish soda bread'

Answer: Cross


Question: '1972 film re-released in 1997; its last line is "Don Corleone"'

Answer: The Godfather


Question: 'In 1985 the PMRC wanted these labeled for "Parental Guidance" if they contained explicit lyrics'

Answer: Records (cassettes, CDs)


Question: 'A Spokane library named for this "White Christmas" singer has many of the crooner's records & memorabilia'

Answer: Bing Crosby


Question: 'George Bernard's rules'

Answer: Shaw\'s laws


Question: 'At the party for the Prodigal Son, there was music & dancing & this was killed for the catering'

Answer: Fatted calf


Question: 'French dishes described as argenteuil feature this vegetable -- sometimes just the tips'

Answer: Asparagus


Question: 'As Carl Denham, Robert Armstrong calls this 1933 title character "The Eighth Wonder of the World"'

Answer: King Kong


Question: 'In 1987 small bunches of his "Irises" & "Sunflowers" sold for a total of $93.8 million'

Answer: Vincent Van Gogh


Question: 'The Greater Amman Public Library is one of the major libraries in this Middle Eastern country'

Answer: Jordan


Question: 'Austen's walking sticks'

Answer: Jane\'s canes


Question: 'Mark 6:22 says his stepdaughter's dance pleased him so much he offered her anything she wanted'

Answer: Herod


Question: 'Goatwater stew, made with goat & vegetables, is a specialty of Montserrat, an island in this sea'

Answer: Caribbean Sea


Question: 'In "The Jerk he said, "I slit the sheet.  The sheet I slit.  And on the slitted sheet I sit"'

Answer: Steve Martin


Question: 'Hungarian professor for whom this object is named: [video clue - Alex tries to solve the cube]'

Answer: Erno Rubik


Question: 'The Theodore M. Hesburgh Library is located at this university'

Answer: Notre Dame


Question: 'Shakespeare's pens'

Answer: Will\'s quills


Question: '2 of these that mention dancing are Number 30 & Number 149'

Answer: Psalms


Question: 'Boil these tubers in salted water & you'll have the German dish salzkartoffeln'

Answer: Potatoes


Question: 'This star says in "The Alamo", "Republic.  I like the sound of the word"'

Answer: John Wayne


Question: 'Phrase from a commercial most associated with Clara Peller'

Answer: "Where\'s The Beef?"


Question: 'Founded in 1701, this university's library is Connecticut's oldest'

Answer: Yale


Question: 'Pearl's mallards'

Answer: Buck\'s ducks


Question: 'Adapted from Ecclesiastes, the line "A time to dance, a time to mourn" is part of this Pete Seeger song'

Answer: Turn, Turn, Turn


Question: 'Turkish cooks know that midye tavasi are these bivalves fried in batter'

Answer: Mussels


Question: 'In a 1994 action film this actress said, "Oh, sure, it's just like driving a really big Pinto"'

Answer: Sandra Bullock (in "Speed")


Question: 'On March 23, 1989 2 chemists in Utah announced they had perfected this process -- n"ice" try'

Answer: Cold fusion


Question: 'This Waco school's Armstrong Browning Library has items relating to poets Robert & Elizabeth'

Answer: Baylor


Question: 'Ian's Scandinavian rodents'

Answer: Fleming\'s lemmings


Question: 'He's the only British prime minister to win a Nobel Prize for Literature'

Answer: Winston Churchill


Question: 'The name of this Belgian resort once visited by royalty is now a generic term for mineral bath'

Answer: Spa


Question: 'This love goddess is the Roman equivalent of Aphrodite'

Answer: Venus


Question: '"Book" that requires a "balancing act" every month'

Answer: Checkbook


Question: 'Robert La Follette called it the Progressive party, but it was nicknamed this after Teddy Roosevelt joined'

Answer: Bull Moose


Question: 'He wrote, "You are the sun, I am the moon, you are the words, I am the tune:  play me"'

Answer: Neil Diamond


Question: 'In 1901 he won the first prize for Physics for his discovery of x-rays'

Answer: Wilhelm Roentgen


Question: 'The Ross Sea, which reaches far into this continent, is the southernmost bay of the Pacific'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, was the mother of these 9 goddesses of the arts'

Answer: Muses


Question: 'In a 1958 hit record, the Monotones asked, "Tell me, tell me, tell me, oh, who wrote" this'

Answer: The Book of Love


Question: 'It's Nelson Mandela's party that was once outlawed, but now rules South Africa'

Answer: ANC (African National Congress)


Question: 'Wild Cherry's No. 1 request to "White Boy" in September 1976'

Answer: "Play That Funky Music"


Question: 'This 1952 Peace Prize recipient used his prize to expand his hospital & found a leper colony in Gabon'

Answer: Albert Schweitzer


Question: 'At 5,305 feet, Mount Ossa is the highest point on this "devilish" Australian island'

Answer: Tasmania


Question: 'The first mortal woman, her name in Greek means "all gifts"'

Answer: Pandora


Question: 'Steve McGarrett's command to Danny Williams at the end of a "Hawaii Five-O" episode'

Answer: "Book \'em, Dano!"


Question: 'The 1997 election victory of Britain's Labour Party won this member the office of prime minister'

Answer: Tony Blair


Question: 'Gerard Debreu won this prize in 1983 for his mathematical model proving the law of supply & demand'

Answer: Economics


Question: 'Nova Scotia's Lake Bras D'Or is a corruption of this name that now refers to a large part of Newfoundland'

Answer: Labrador


Question: 'She's best remembered for being turned into a spider'

Answer: Arachne


Question: 'In 1962 he led the MG's to a Top 10 hit with "Green Onions"'

Answer: Booker T


Question: 'William Jennings Bryan was nominated for president in 1896 by both the Democrats & this "People's Party"'

Answer: Populist


Question: 'The Royal Caroline Institute in Stockholm awards the Nobel Prize in this category'

Answer: Medicine


Question: 'The Bight of Bonny lies over the ocean off the coasts of Cameroon & this "equatorial" country'

Answer: Equatorial Guinea


Question: 'She promised Paris wisdom & victory in all battles if he judged her the fairest goddess'

Answer: Athena


Question: 'This ancient Egyptian collection was literally "The Chapters of Coming-Forth-By-Day"'

Answer: The Book of the Dead


Question: 'Daniel Ortega's party takes its name from this man who fought for the Nicaraguan liberals'

Answer: Augusto Sandino


Question: 'This group consisted of the Chief Justice, 4 members of Congress, & ex-heads of the CIA & the World Bank'

Answer: The Warren Commission


Question: 'The ides of March 44 B.C.:<br />He is murdered as he enters a Senate meeting'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'Him, for directing "Schindler's List"'

Answer: Spielberg


Question: 'Rembrandt, for 1669's "Return of the Prodigal Son"'

Answer: oil (paint)


Question: 'You can help by loading these into a carousel to show art, & wondering when your school is going to go digital'

Answer: slides


Question: 'Naturalist John Muir was the first president of this environmentally friendly "Club"'

Answer: the Sierra Club


Question: 'Featuring roller coasters, Ohio's Cedar Point is one of these parks with a gleeful name'

Answer: an amusement park


Question: 'June15, 1215:<br />At Runnymede, King John puts his seal on this document'

Answer: the Magna Carta


Question: 'Geoffrey Fletcher, for writing this, "Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"'

Answer: Precious


Question: 'An actor; it's synonymous with theatrical makeup'

Answer: greasepaint


Question: 'Your presentation on strict constructionism of this document saved your law professor having to prep a lecture'

Answer: the Constitution


Question: 'The world's first national park was Yellowstone, opened in 1872; this country opened its first park at Banff in 1887'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'Matthew 14:27 says, "Jesus spake unto them, saying, be of good" this'

Answer: cheer


Question: 'November 10, 1871:<br />These 2 have a historic meeting in the Central African village of Ujiji'

Answer: Stanley & Livingstone


Question: 'This singer, for her role of Effie in "Dreamgirls" (& I am telling you she was going onstage to accept the award)'

Answer: Jennifer Hudson


Question: 'It's how Krylon & Valspar are meant to be applied'

Answer: as spray paints


Question: 'Arrange the geology field trip to see exposed this, defined as what underlies loose material like soil'

Answer: the bedrock


Question: 'In 1970 the first Earth Day was celebrated & this government body, the EPA, was established'

Answer: the Environmental Protection Agency


Question: 'In 2006 the kitchen classic called this "of Cooking" celebrated its 75th anniversary'

Answer: Joy


Question: 'May 22, 1972:<br />Ceylon officially becomes the Republic of this'

Answer: Sri Lanka


Question: 'Him, for his role of Rod Tidwell in "Jerry Maguire"; show him the Oscar!'

Answer: Cuba Gooding, Jr.


Question: 'To create a glow-in-the-dark Halloween display; it's from the Latin for "light"'

Answer: luminous (or luminescent)


Question: 'Mr., your condescension gave your women's studies class new insight into this, domination by male elders'

Answer: patriarchy


Question: 'In 1872 Scottish scientist Robert Angus Smith first described this toxic precipitation & its effects'

Answer: acid rain


Question: 'A candy made of fruit juice & gelatin is called Turkish this'

Answer: delight


Question: 'June 10, 1864:<br />This archduke is crowned Emperor of Mexico'

Answer: Maximilian


Question: 'These 2 brothers, for their adapted screenplay for "No Country for Old Men"'

Answer: the Coen Brothers


Question: 'A Native American adorning himself, not necessarily for battle as implied'

Answer: war paint


Question: 'Your econ prof thanks you for photocopying key passages of this 1776 Adam Smith work for everyone'

Answer: Wealth of Nations


Question: 'Representatives from 150 countries met in this Japanese city in 1997 to agree to an accord to reduce greenhouse gases'

Answer: Kyoto


Question: 'Gretchen Rubin chronicled a year in which she tried to be more gleeful in a blog & a book called this "Project"'

Answer: The Happiness Project


Question: 'The Prince of Morocco & the Prince of Arragon are suitors to Portia in this play'

Answer: The Merchant of Venice


Question: 'Hayden Moss, who played baseball at ASU, stole home with $500,000 as the victorious houseguest on this CBS show'

Answer: Big Brother


Question: 'From 1869 to 1874 Gustav Nachtigal explored this desert, becoming the first to cross from Lake Chad to the White Nile'

Answer: Sahara


Question: 'If an archaeologist is holding this 6-letter hand-held triangular digging tool, she might be going to a dig site'

Answer: a trowel


Question: 'This state's Door Peninsula juts out between Green Bay & Lake Michigan'

Answer: Wisconsin


Question: 'Keep it up & you'll go far:<br />GPA'

Answer: grade point average


Question: 'Last 3 words in the title of the sitcom with William Shatner as cranky father Ed Goodson'

Answer: My Dad Says


Question: 'Around 2750 B.C. Hannu, an Egyptian, sailed down this sea, reaching what is now Ethiopia & Somalia'

Answer: the Red Sea


Question: 'Also a Keanu Sci Fi movie, it's the layers of rock surrounding fossilized bones'

Answer: a matrix


Question: 'This triangular peninsula was occupied by Israeli forces during the Six Day War'

Answer: the Sinai Peninsula


Question: 'Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon, attempts to promote romances on behalf of Benedick & Claudio in this comedy'

Answer: Much Ado About Nothing


Question: 'Having scaled Everest at age 23, Bear Grylls began hosting this survivalist show on Discovery in 2006'

Answer: Man vs. Wild


Question: 'In the late 1770s Robert Gordon explored this present-day country from the High Veldt to the Orange River'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'From the Latin for "made by skill", it's a portable object like a tool or a weapon made or used in the past'

Answer: artifact


Question: 'This Mexican peninsula lies between the Gulf of Mexico & the Caribbean Sea'

Answer: the Yucatán


Question: 'Orsino, the Duke of Illyria, gets this play's immortal first line: "If music be the food of love, play on"'

Answer: Twelfth Night


Question: '"Fatal Vows: The Alexandra O'Hara Story" & "Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?" are films on this women's "Movie Network"'

Answer: Lifetime


Question: 'In 1503, on his second voyage to India, he established Portuguese trading posts at Sofala & Mozambigue'

Answer: da Gama


Question: 'Also called "foragers", these hyphenated early nomadic people depended on wild food sources'

Answer: hunter-gatherers


Question: 'The Adriatic, Ionian & Black Seas wash the shores of this peninsula'

Answer: the Balkan Peninsula


Question: 'They bravely go up Down Under:<br />RAAF'

Answer: the Royal Australian Air Force


Question: 'Fortinbras, a character in "Hamlet", is the prince of this country'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'USA's website for this action drama says, "When spies get fired, they don't get a letter from human resources"'

Answer: Burn Notice


Question: 'John Hanning Speke & this fellow Brit had a long-running feud as to the real source of the Nile'

Answer: Sir Richard Burton


Question: 'Meaning "in place", the term "in" this means the position in which a discovery is first uncovered'

Answer: situ


Question: 'It's no folly--the northern tip of this Alaskan peninsula lies within the Arctic Circle'

Answer: the Seward Peninsula


Question: 'A non-state U.S. postal abbreviation:<br />AS'

Answer: American Samoa


Question: 'The title character of this opera addresses his son in the aria "Sois immobile" ("hold yourself still")'

Answer: William Tell


Question: 'Article IV sets forth the procedures for admitting new these to the union'

Answer: states


Question: 'Miranda Cosgrove plays a teen webcaster on this show'

Answer: iCarly


Question: 'You may not like this vegetable from a can like Popeye did, but you might enjoy it fresh in a salad'

Answer: spinach


Question: 'A move you might have learned in preschool is called this squatting "walk", after a bird'

Answer: a duckwalk


Question: 'At 18 feet in height, this tallest mammal could easily peek in a second-story window'

Answer: a giraffe


Question: 'British kids who annoyingly complain are told not to whinge; U.S. kids are told not to do this, 1 letter shorter'

Answer: whine


Question: 'In 1865 the Constitution was changed to abolish this practice'

Answer: slavery


Question: 'Spongebob's friend Sandy Cheeks is this kind of creature'

Answer: a squirrel


Question: 'Cloves of this strong-smelling herb are good for your heart but not so good for your breath'

Answer: garlic


Question: 'Someone taking a leisurely walk, or an object in which a baby rides'

Answer: a stroller


Question: 'Makes me itch just thinking about it, but the longest & highest jump compared to body size is made by this pet pest'

Answer: a flea


Question: 'It's an antonym of even & a synonym of peculiar'

Answer: odd


Question: 'Article I gives Congress the power to punish this crime of making phony money'

Answer: counterfeiting


Question: '5 years after last wearing the Omnitrix, this Cartoon Network guy goes hero again in "Alien Force"'

Answer: Ben 10


Question: 'When you reach for the Newtons, remember that this fruit, the original flavor, is a good source of fiber'

Answer: the fig


Question: 'On second thought, walk by yourself if pirates are making you do this, as seen here'

Answer: walk the plank


Question: 'The largest primate is the male eastern lowland this'

Answer: a gorilla


Question: 'Take a synonym for "trash", drop 3 letters & you have this synonym for "clothes"'

Answer: garb


Question: 'Article V spells out the procedures for making these changes to the Constitution'

Answer: amendments


Question: 'A Nickelodeon cartoon series isn't "Mystique and..." or "Rogue and..." but him "and the X-Men"'

Answer: Wolverine and the X-Men


Question: 'While not a favorite of kids, these veggies seen here & named for a world capital are full of vitamins & protein'

Answer: Brussels sprouts


Question: 'Like people, dogs can get their exercise walking on this machine that has a continuously moving belt'

Answer: a treadmill


Question: 'The longest tail of any feline, over 3 1/2 feet, belongs to the snow species of this'

Answer: a leopard


Question: 'This book of the Bible is a synonym of departure'

Answer: Exodus


Question: 'Article II establishes the powers of this branch of government that's headed by the president'

Answer: the executive branch


Question: 'Bus driver, move that bus & tell us the name of the "Home Edition" version of this Ty Pennington show'

Answer: Extreme Makeover


Question: 'One of the most nutritious fishes around is this one, like the Chinook or Atlantic'

Answer: the salmon


Question: 'If your report card shows progress, the teacher may say you're "making great" these long steps in your studies'

Answer: strides


Question: 'Growing more than 10 feet long & weighing more than 350 pounds, this Asiatic monster is the world's largest lizard'

Answer: a komodo dragon


Question: 'Among synonyms of whirlpool, it's the most common first name'

Answer: Eddy


Question: 'The Sphinx stands less than 10 miles from the center of this capital'

Answer: Cairo


Question: 'In a recent release from Sega, this title character & his pal Sonic visit the 2010 Winter Olympics'

Answer: Mario


Question: 'After I eat Little Red Riding Hood & her grandmother too, I will lead a new canine order & become master of the universe'

Answer: the (big bad) wolf


Question: 'The name of this item seen here can also refer to the entire range of colors used by an artist'

Answer: a palette


Question: 'Rat & monkey are just 2 of the animals in this most populous country's 12-year zodiac cycle'

Answer: China


Question: 'Open up a French datebook & you might see janvier & avril, names of these'

Answer: months


Question: 'This Philippine capital's intramuros, or walled city, was built on the design of a medieval castle'

Answer: Manila


Question: '"The Adventure Continues" is the second installment in the Lego game starring this state-named movie hero'

Answer: Indiana Jones


Question: 'Peter Pan, I do not need 2 hands of flesh to destroy you, soon you & Tinker Bell too will feel my wrath'

Answer: Captain Hook


Question: 'In Michelangelo's marble sculpture of him, this biblical hero holds a slingshot'

Answer: David


Question: 'The Oracle at Delphi told this Greek hero he had to perform labors for King Eurystheus for 12 years'

Answer: Hercules


Question: 'One of these sensory organs is l'oeil in French; both of them are called les yeux'

Answer: eyes


Question: 'This Colombian capital sits over 8,000 feet up in the Andes'

Answer: Bogotá


Question: '"Attack of the Saiyans" is an installment for the Z series of this Nintendo "ball" game'

Answer: Dragon Ball


Question: 'Spare me your pleas--it amuses me to step on children, & I do not choose to become Dr. Jekyll'

Answer: Mr. Hyde


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a color wheel diagram on the monitor.)  On the color wheel, complementary colors are opposite each other: red & green, yellow & purple, blue & this missing color'

Answer: orange


Question: 'After Hidalgo's rebellion in 1810, this western hemisphere country fought 11 years for independence'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'In your house, what the French call la cuisine we call this room'

Answer: the kitchen


Question: 'This Scandinavian capital founded around 1050 lies at the head of a fjord'

Answer: Oslo


Question: 'In 2009 this Nintendo professor moved from "The Curious Village" to "The Diabolical Box"'

Answer: Professor Layton


Question: 'Robin Hood, now that my brother king Richard is away, you & your merry men will see sadder days under my rule'

Answer: King John


Question: 'This artist had a blue period (1901-1904) & a rose period (1905-1906)'

Answer: Picasso


Question: 'Taking 12 years to build, La Giralda is a minaret in Seville in this country'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'Even some French think this meal, petit dejeuner, is the most important of the day'

Answer: breakfast


Question: 'This Alpine city is the capital of a canton as well as the capital of a country, Switzerland'

Answer: Bern


Question: 'All I want is to be a mentor to Lyra Belacqua--one of the Gobblers?  Me?  Don't be silly'

Answer: Mrs. Coulter


Question: 'In 1889, Van Gogh painted these title flowers'

Answer: irises


Question: 'Noticed by Galileo in 1610, these on the sun wax & wane in 11-year cycles'

Answer: sunspots


Question: 'If you approach the signal called feu rouge on a French road, you'd better do this'

Answer: stop


Question: 'The first of these was authorized in 1790, "providing for the enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States"'

Answer: a census


Question: 'When Canarians fly home, they fly here'

Answer: the Canary Islands


Question: 'Elizabeth Montgomery played quirky Cousin Serena as well as Samantha on this sitcom'

Answer: Bewitched


Question: 'The wormlike larva of a butterfly or moth'

Answer: a caterpillar


Question: 'When "Grease" debuted on Broadway in 1972, this future "American Gigolo" was an understudy'

Answer: Richard Gere


Question: 'You can fill some large shoes if you're this yeti relative that's also called a sasquatch'

Answer: a bigfoot


Question: 'At this Florida site, the scientists are all out to launch'

Answer: Cape Canaveral


Question: 'Baghdadis are citizens of this country; we don't know where the Baghmommis live'

Answer: Iraq


Question: 'As played by Al Lewis, Grandpa on this family sitcom could turn into a bat'

Answer: The Munsters


Question: 'When referring to the glass lizard, autotomy is the ability to discard all or part of this'

Answer: its tail


Question:
'Pop singer heard here performing a number that was only in the film version:

"...mine is not the first heart broken /
My eyes are not the first to cry..."'

Answer: Olivia Newton-John


Question: 'This polygon off Florida supposedly sucks up planes & ships without a trace; don't forget your shorts!'

Answer: the Bermuda Triangle


Question: 'His name, pre-Muhammad Ali'

Answer: Cassius Clay


Question: 'It isn't insulting to be called a gopher if you live in this "Gopher State"'

Answer: Minnesota


Question: 'An assassin's bullet paralyzed this detective played by Raymond Burr'

Answer: Ironside


Question: 'This dark lady, Latrodectus mactans, earns her more common name by killing & eating her mate'

Answer: a black widow


Question: 'He did his "dirty dancing" in "Grease" years before his "Dirty Dancing" on film'

Answer: Patrick Swayze


Question: 'Some investigators believe that this coy lassie might be a plesiosaur'

Answer: the Loch Ness Monster


Question: 'Research facilitator that includes the following:'

Answer: a card catalogue


Question: 'These nomads call themselves the Rom, which means "man" or "husband" in their language, Romany'

Answer: Gypsies


Question: 'On television, this German shepherd served as a private in the U.S. cavalry'

Answer: Rin Tin TIn


Question: 'These noisemakers can be sidewinders or diamondbacks'

Answer: rattlesnakes


Question: 'Seen here, she "took on" "Grease" in London's West End'

Answer: Tracey Ullman


Question: 'Similar to Stonehenge 2 miles west, this large ancient wooden ring also had unknown builders'

Answer: Woodhenge


Question: 'Ernie Banks played all his Major League games with this team'

Answer: the Chicago Cubs


Question: 'The people of this Northeastern U.S. state are called Nutmegs as well as Nutmeggers'

Answer: Connecticut


Question: 'Abe Vigoda played this detective on "Barney Miller" & a spin-off'

Answer: Fish


Question: 'Found on Indonesian islands, these monitors are the world's largest living lizards'

Answer: a komodo dragon


Question: '"All in the Family" star Sally Struthers was Miss Lynch & this "Maude" co-star was Betty Rizzo'

Answer: Adrienne Barbeau


Question: 'The last prophecy from the Virgin Mary's appearance in this Portuguese town remains a papal secret'

Answer: Fatima


Question: 'In 1968 this labor leader had a grape, er... gripe'

Answer: Caesar Chavez


Question: 'Trademark name of a shoe indicating it's meant for those too lazy to lace & tie'

Answer: a loafer


Question: 'It was the main claim to fame of a 26-year-old Russian woman named Valentina Tereshkova'

Answer: the first woman in space


Question: 'This 1726 novel reported that the emperor's largest horses were "each about four inches and a half high"'

Answer: Gulliver\'s Travels


Question: 'This portrayer of Parisian nightlife was descended from the counts of Toulouse'

Answer: Toulouse-Lautrec


Question: 'Except for 2 years, Winston Churchill served in this body from 1900 to his 1964 resignation'

Answer: the (British) House of Commons


Question: 'Now in bookstores, this donkey friend of Pooh has a "Gloomy Little Instruction Book"'

Answer: Eeyore


Question: 'In an Aesop fable, these insects laugh at a hungry cicada who goofed off all summer'

Answer: ants


Question: 'In this work, one of the big talkers on their way to Becket's tomb is a prioress, Madame Eglentyn'

Answer: The Canterbury Tales


Question: 'On Nov. 10, 1770 Voltaire penned, "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to" do this'

Answer: invent him


Question: 'He completed his paintings of "Mornings on the Seine" before beginning his "Water Lillies"'

Answer: Monet


Question: 'The few in Winston's quote, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"'

Answer: the RAF


Question: 'It's the forest where Winnie-the-Pooh & his friends live'

Answer: the Hundred Acre Wood


Question: 'Proverbially, "The devil finds work for" these "to do"'

Answer: idle hands


Question: 'Except for a few short trips, she spent all of her 35 years in Massachusetts, almost all of it in Amherst'

Answer: Emily Dickinson


Question: 'This British lexicographer called John Dryden "The Father of English Criticism"'

Answer: Samuel Johnson


Question: 'Around 1485 this Florentine painted "Mars and Venus" & "The Birth of Venus"'

Answer: Botticelli


Question: 'Churchill's mother, born Jennie Jerome, was a native of this country'

Answer: the United States


Question: 'Ernest H. Shepard contributed to the original Pooh books in this capacity'

Answer: illustrator


Question: 'This notoriously lazy composer had used his overture to "The Barber of Seville" in at least 2 previous operas'

Answer: Rossini


Question: 'Her paper, the N.Y. World, sent her to beat Phileas Fogg's record of "Around the World in 80 Days"'

Answer: Nellie Bly


Question: 'This "classy" Swede wrote, "To live by medicine is to live horribly"'

Answer: (Carolus) Linnaeus


Question: 'You might "Scream" when you see this Norwegian's "Self-portrait with Skeleton Arm"'

Answer: (Edvard) Munch


Question:
'The 5 words that follow the lines spoken here in a June 18, 1940 speech:

"If the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say..."'

Answer: "this was their finest hour"


Question: 'In the 1948 campaign, it was Truman's favorite adjective for the Republican 80th Congress'

Answer: the Do-Nothing Congress


Question: 'In this Faulkner classic, Addie Bundren's family goes through heck & high water to get her to the graveyard'

Answer: As I Lay Dying


Question: '"What dire offense from amorous causes springs, what mighty contests rise from" these'

Answer: trivial things


Question: 'This Spaniard was named first court painter to King Charles IV in 1799'

Answer: Goya


Question: 'Churchill was descended from John Churchill, the first Duke of this'

Answer: Marlborough


Question: 'In 1930 the Chrysler Building surpassed this foreign structure by over 60 feet to become the world's tallest'

Answer: the Eiffel Tower


Question: 'With the help of Anne Sullivan, her teacher, & John Macy, she published "The Story of My Life" in 1902'

Answer: Helen Keller


Question: 'Clem has tried to grow this hominy grain, but his never gets close to the height of an elephant's eye'

Answer: Corn


Question: 'This metal is alloyed with 1% manganese to make it rigid enough for soda cans'

Answer: Aluminum


Question: 'In Oct. 1995 her "Jagged Little Pill" became the first album by a Canadian female to reach No. 1 in the U.S.'

Answer: Alanis Morissette


Question: 'You might use this expression when an empty-headed person forgets what you just told him'

Answer: In one ear & out the other


Question: 'It's the word for a burn of any degree caused by hot water'

Answer: Scald


Question: 'Without a doubt, her "Without A Doubt" sheds new light on the O.J. Simpson trial'

Answer: Marcia Clark


Question: 'Since he had no grain to store, Clem tried to sell this cylindrical structure to the Army for missiles'

Answer: Silo


Question: '"Peanuts" of this plastic are found in boxes of variously-shaped products, & then in your hair, shoes, etc.'

Answer: Styrofoam


Question: 'This former member of Cream wrote his 1992 hit, "Tears In Heaven", for his son Conor'

Answer: Eric Clapton


Question: 'If you're committed you're "In for a penny" & this'

Answer: In for a pound


Question: 'If you never run out of hot water, you might lower the setting of this household device to save energy'

Answer: Water heater


Question: 'His Standard Oil Co. came under attack in the 1894 book "Wealth Against Commonwealth"'

Answer: John D. Rockefeller


Question: 'Like Lisa Douglas on "Green Acres", Clem gets allergic smelling this'

Answer: Hay


Question: 'To commence the flow of one brand of ketchup, strike the bottle where this number appears, as seen here:'

Answer: 57 (Heinz)


Question: 'This group is known as Zee "Little Ol' Band From Texas"'

Answer: ZZ Top


Question: 'This phrase implies a person who's upset is like a sweaty horse, not that he's about to shave'

Answer: In a lather


Question: 'The water variety of this Jewish roll is simmered before it's popped in the oven'

Answer: Bagel


Question: '"The Carpenter's Apprentice" tells of this former president & his work with Habitat For Humanity'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'Clem wishes he could afford one of these huge harvesting machines that cuts, threshes & cleans grain'

Answer: Combine


Question: 'In 1992 Madonna proved this sells, even wrapped in mylar, with her bestseller of the same name'

Answer: Sex


Question: 'This performer's 1985 "Part-Time Lover" became the first single to go to No. 1 on 5 Billboard charts'

Answer: Stevie Wonder


Question: 'This phrase may have originally referred to political boss Ed or movie star Errol'

Answer: "In Like Flynn"


Question: 'From old Norse for "gush", these erupting springs are found in Iceland, New Zealand & Yellowstone'

Answer: Geysers


Question: 'Famous for his "Filmgoer's Companion", he also wrote an autobiography, "Seats in All Parts"'

Answer: Leslie Halliwell


Question: 'Back in high school, Clem slept through the meetings of the FFA, which then stood for this'

Answer: Future Farmers of America


Question: 'Term for a type of "bomb" or a spray can that contains gas under pressure'

Answer: Aerosol


Question: 'Babyface won a 1994 Grammy for writing a hit by this R&B group heard here:'

Answer: Boyz II Men


Question: 'This Latin phrase tells of wine's ability to unleash the truth'

Answer: "In Vino Veritas" ("Truth In Wine")


Question: 'Last name of twin brothers Francis & Freelan who manufactured steam-driven cars'

Answer: Stanley


Question: 'The Klamath River rises in this state then empties into the Pacific Ocean in California'

Answer: Oregon


Question: 'This limited-run dramatic format came into vogue in the '70s with "Rich Man, Poor Man" & "Roots"'

Answer: Miniseries


Question: 'This general & his wife were supposed to go with the Lincolns that night but begged off'

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant


Question: 'Indians of the southwest U.S. once used the curved spines of the barrel kind of this plant as fishhooks'

Answer: Cactus


Question: 'A merchant's return on sales is also referred to as this margin'

Answer: Profit margin


Question: 'Technically neither part of its name is correct; it's a woodwind developed on the continent'

Answer: English horn


Question: 'Both Dakotas have areas of eroded terrain called this; South Dakota's has a national park named for it'

Answer: Badlands


Question: 'In 1988 George Bush engaged this CBS anchorman in an on-air shouting match'

Answer: Dan Rather


Question: 'Booth planned to shoot Lincoln in the third act of the comedy, hoping a big one of these would cover the shot'

Answer: Laugh


Question: 'The head of this flower, seen here, may produce over 1,000 seeds'

Answer: Sunflower


Question: 'Because many of these have happened to GE stock, 1 share bought in 1892 would be 1,536 today'

Answer: Stock splits


Question: 'It's what a golfer may use to try to correct a drive that's heading for the water'

Answer: Body english


Question: 'The 288-year-old town of Easton, Maryland sits on the eastern shore of this bay'

Answer: Chesapeake Bay


Question: 'The British invaded this show in 1964 as the Beatles appeared Feb. 9 & the Rolling Stones Oct. 25'

Answer: The Ed Sullivan Show


Question: 'The first of these in the house that night to reach Lincoln was Charles Leale'

Answer: Doctor


Question: 'The Indians used this tree's "paper"-thin bark for wigwam covers'

Answer: Birch


Question: 'IPO means this, referring to the first time common shares of a stock can be purchased'

Answer: Initial Public Offering


Question: 'In this language the Lord's Prayer begins, "Faeder ure thu the eart on heofonum"'

Answer: Old English


Question: 'The last time both major party conventions were held in the same place was 1972 in this southern "beach" city'

Answer: Miami


Question: 'On July 13, 1985, 1.5 billion people watched this rock concert for African famine relief'

Answer: Live Aid


Question: 'One of these pocket pistols was used to assassinate Lincoln'

Answer: Derringer


Question: 'Developed from the McIntosh & delicious, the empire is a variety of apple developed in this state'

Answer: New York


Question: 'You may exercise your right to work out this scheduling system to let employees set work hours'

Answer: Flextime


Question: 'Many show horses wear saddles & bridles of this fine material or they "Wear Nothing At All"'

Answer: English leather


Question: 'The "files" on this large Illinois city include its historic leadership in screw production'

Answer: Rockford


Question: 'In 1951 viewers found this Tennessee senator's organized crime hearings quite arresting'

Answer: Estes Kefauver


Question: 'After Lincoln's assassination, he was jailed over a month until cleared & was forced to sell his theater'

Answer: John Thompson Ford


Question: 'During Elizabethan times this flower, known as the clove pink, was used to spice wine'

Answer: Carnation


Question: 'Michael Dell made his fortune by eliminating the middleman & selling these directly to customers'

Answer: Computers


Question: 'Byron wrote of this season "Ending in July, to recommence in August"'

Answer: English winter


Question: 'They're the 3 words found at the top of Mel Blanc's gravestone'

Answer: \"That\'s All Folks\"


Question: 'Burned at the stake in 1431, she was pronounced innocent by the Pope 25 years later (Oops)'

Answer: Joan of Arc


Question: '"Sunny day, sweepin' the clouds away, on my way to where the air is sweet"'

Answer: Sesame Street


Question: '14-year-old Orion Howe, a Civil War drummer boy from Waukegan, was awarded this high "honor" during that war'

Answer: Medal of Honor


Question: 'When this collie came to radio, the dog actually barked but a human did the panting & growling'

Answer: Lassie


Question: 'We're into hydrotherapy -- can we try out your whirlpool one of these?'

Answer: Spa/Jacuzzi


Question: 'One-word description of a "drummer boy" or an "engine that could"'

Answer: Little


Question: 'As part of a dowry, the Orkney & Shetland Islands were turned over to this country in 1472'

Answer: Scotland


Question: '"Whenever he gets in a fix, he reaches into his bag of tricks"'

Answer: Felix the Cat


Question: 'Before 1992, the last time Illinois voted for a Democrat in the presidential election was for this man in 1964'

Answer: Lyndon Johnson


Question: 'In a book by Michael Bond, "Mr. and Mrs. Brown first met" this bear "on a railway platform"'

Answer: Paddington


Question: 'Look, Honey!  It's the old bonnet type of this, like Grandma sat under to get her bouffant'

Answer: Hair dryer


Question: 'Adjective before Britain, Dane or "Gatsby"'

Answer: Great


Question: 'From 1495 to 1497 Leonardo Da Vinci was busy painting this mural in the refectory of a Milan monastery'

Answer: "The Last Supper"


Question: '"Rollin' rollin' rollin' though the streams are swollen, keep them dogies rollin'"'

Answer: Rawhide


Question: 'This Illinois event lasted 27 hours, killed 250 people & destroyed 17,450 buildings'

Answer: The Great Chicago Fire


Question: 'Bullwinkle's buddy Rocky is this animal, scientific name glaucomys volans'

Answer: Flying squirrel


Question: 'So they're still making these chairs whose sidepanels give them this "avian" name'

Answer: Wingchair/wingback


Question: 'Term preceding Smokey, Faithful or "Yeller"'

Answer: Old


Question: 'The Byzantine Empire came to an end in 1453 with the fall of this capital city to the Ottomans'

Answer: Byzantium/Constantinople/Istanbul


Question: '"Fish don't fry in the kitchen, beans don't burn on the grill, took a whole of tryin' just to get up that hill"'

Answer: The Jeffersons


Question: 'Kaskaskia Island may be the only part of Illinois that lies west of this river'

Answer: Mississippi River


Question: 'Swoop is the mascot of this Philadelphia NFL team'

Answer: Eagles


Question: 'What flexibility you have with this type of lighting, named for what the lights move along'

Answer: Track lighting


Question: 'TV's Simpson or football's Starr'

Answer: Bart


Question: 'This country's oldest institution of higher learning, the University of Uppsala, was founded in 1477'

Answer: Sweden


Question: '"We're goin' hoppin' (Hop!), we're goin' hoppin' today, where things are poppin' (Pop!) the Philadelphia way..."'

Answer: American Bandstand


Question: 'Known as the "Second City", Chicago actually ranks in this position by population in the U.S.'

Answer: Third


Question: 'Drawn by the author, the creature seen here is Kipling's this "animal that played with the sea"'

Answer: Crab


Question: 'Love the Polynesian feeling you got with these images of deities, like the one seen here'

Answer: Tiki gods


Question: 'Judy's puppet partner, or a "Hawaiian" beverage'

Answer: Punch


Question: 'The 1st edition of her novel "Pride and Prejudice" was simply credited to "The Author of 'Sense and Sensibility'"'

Answer: Jane Austen


Question: 'For a side dish you might make sauteed cherry ones of these or fried green ones'

Answer: Tomatoes


Question: 'To reset a tripped one of these in your house, flip it over to full "off" before returning it to "on"'

Answer: Circuit breaker


Question: 'Some archaeologists think the site of this first Biblical patriarch's home was in Iraq, some in Turkey'

Answer: Abraham


Question: 'In this 1996 Tom Cruise film, Emmanuelle Beart played Claire, the wife of Jim Phelps'

Answer: Mission: Impossible


Question: 'An angry argument or dispute between 2 or more people'

Answer: Quarrel


Question: 'The movie "2001" was based on a short story by this author; his novel "2001" emerged from making the film'

Answer: Arthur C. Clarke


Question: 'Add this vegetable to corned beef hash & it becomes red flannel hash'

Answer: Beets


Question: 'Useful in bolting, they're the "screwy" companions seen here'

Answer: Washers


Question: 'The 2000 discovery of 7,500-year-old artifacts deep in this "colorful" Asian sea suggests a deluge-like flood'

Answer: Black Sea


Question: 'In 2000 this Oscar winner for "The English Patient" was dipped in "Chocolat"'

Answer: Juliette Binoche


Question: 'It's the timepiece mineral seen here'

Answer: Quartz


Question: 'Walt Whitman's "A Passage to India" was written partly in celebration of this canal'

Answer: Suez Canal


Question: 'A summer favorite, vitello tonnato is this meat served cold in a tuna sauce'

Answer: Veal


Question: 'Perhaps from the Latin for "split", it's a thin piece of asphalt laid in overlapping rows to cover a roof'

Answer: Shingle


Question: 'A stele unearthed in 1993 in these "heights" bears the name of King David & may confirm his historic reality'

Answer: Golan Heights


Question: 'Sophie Marceau bonded with Pierce Brosnan in this 1999 007 film'

Answer: The World is not Enough


Question: 'No doubt about it, it's a pang of conscience'

Answer: Qualm


Question: 'The last name of Irvine, the Scottish author of "Trainspotting"; it's also another U.K. nationality'

Answer: Welsh


Question: 'This rich chocolate cake with a layer of apricot jam bears the name of a famous hotel in Vienna'

Answer: Sacher torte


Question: 'Holes in household objects made of wood & metal can be easily patched with this "glass", AKA spun glass'

Answer: Fiberglass


Question: 'Recent studies of this historic Biblical linen have focused on pollens imbedded in it'

Answer: Shroud of Turin


Question: 'Singer & actress Vanessa Paradis has borne this American actor a daughter, Lily Rose Melody'

Answer: Johnny Depp


Question: 'Its electrical charge can be equal to one-third of an electron'

Answer: Quark


Question: 'Spencer Johnson's bestseller on adapting to change is titled "Who Moved" this'

Answer: My Cheese


Question: 'When serving sushi, make sure you have plenty of this green horseradish condiment to go along with it'

Answer: Wasabi


Question: 'You can produce shapely wooden legs using this machine in which the piece is held, rotated & a tool applied to it'

Answer: Lathe


Question: 'The 1999 removal of tons of rock & soil from this Jerusalem "mount" caused great archaeological controversy'

Answer: Temple Mount


Question: 'Virginie Ledoyen, star of 1995's "A Single Girl", paired up with Leo DiCaprio in this 2000 pic'

Answer: The Beach


Question: 'A thick-shelled edible clam of the north Atlantic coast'

Answer: Quahog


Question: 'He was born in 1577 on the eve of the feast day of two apostles'

Answer: Peter Paul Rubens


Question: 'This country's new president Ahmadinejad may have minored in embassy hostage taking in the 1970s'

Answer: Iran


Question: 'This 1999 movie says it's the footage shot by 3 film students who disappeared in the Maryland woods'

Answer: The Blair Witch Project


Question: 'Judith Miller got nailed in the Plamegate scandal while reporting for this newspaper'

Answer: The New York Times


Question: 'Bloody Romanian prince known as "the Impaler"'

Answer: Vlad


Question: 'At Texas A&M civil engineering majors can take a course called advanced design in this "reinforced" paving material'

Answer: concrete


Question: 'Philander C. Knox, Daniel Webster & John Foster Dulles have all held this federal post'

Answer: Secretary of State


Question: '12 years after approving NAFTA, Congress barely passed this trade deal opening southern markets'

Answer: CAFTA


Question: 'When Kate Hudson unlocks a hidden attic room that has a terrifying secret, she uses the title object of this 2005 film'

Answer: The Skeleton Key


Question: 'This CBS anchor got hammered in 2004 reporting on President Bush's military service'

Answer: Dan Rather


Question: 'He was "the Confessor" king of England in the 11th century'

Answer: Edward


Question: 'This University of Nebraska at Omaha offers an English course devoted to this "Canterbury Tales" author'

Answer: Chaucer


Question: 'President Clinton recognized Hank Aaron's achievements in this January 27, 2000 speech'

Answer: the State of the Union address


Question: 'On Sept. 28, 2005 he stepped down as House Majority Leader (at least temporarily) upon being indicted'

Answer: Tom DeLay


Question: 'It's terror at 30,000 feet for Rachel McAdams in this 2005 film that's like "Phone Booth" on a plane'

Answer: Red Eye


Question: 'In 2003 this Caribbean island nation put 27 reporters in the slammer for furthering U.S. interests'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'Ottoman emperor styled "the Magnificent"'

Answer: Suleiman


Question: 'At N.Y.'s Vassar global feminism & postmodern feminism are 2 of the courses offered in this program'

Answer: women\'s studies


Question: 'From the Latin for "laid waste", it means to destroy'

Answer: devastate


Question: 'Napster's gone legit, but the Supreme Court ruled against this file-sharing company in MGM Studios v. it'

Answer: Grokster


Question: 'Elisha Cuthbert & Paris Hilton are amazed by the life-like sculptures at this title museum'

Answer: the House of Wax


Question: 'This editor had "Common Sense" but he was arrested while in France for opposing Louis XVI's execution'

Answer: Thomas Paine


Question: 'Basil "the Bulgar-Slayer" was emperor of this, also called the Eastern Roman Empire'

Answer: the Byzantine Empire


Question: 'Here at N.C. State you can find a course on "The Life and Letters of" this apostle from Tarsus'

Answer: Paul


Question: 'Numerical term used to describe the press'

Answer: the Fourth Estate


Question: '(Hi, I'm Nancy Grace with CNN Headline News.)  On a busy March 16, 2005, I reported on Scott Peterson's death sentence & this actor's murder acquittal'

Answer: Robert Blake


Question: 'A cross of horror & western, "The Devil's Rejects" was written & directed by this shock rocker'

Answer: Rob Zombie


Question: 'Ca.'s Liberty Hill was so named because in 1923 this muckraker & "Jungle" author was arrested at a union rally there'

Answer: Upton Sinclair


Question: 'Holy Roman emperor Charles II was known by this nickname; today we might call him "the Follicularly Challenged"'

Answer: "the Bald"


Question: 'Biology majors at Humboldt might take mammalogy, herpetology or this, the study of fish'

Answer: ichthyology


Question: 'This term means not having made a will'

Answer: intestate


Question: '2005 marks 150 years since this poet first mowed his "Leaves of Grass"'

Answer: Walt Whitman


Question: '"You better lose yourself in the music, the moment, you own it you better never let it go"'

Answer: Eminem


Question: 'Wichita, Kansas'

Answer: Central


Question: 'Riding these, Cody Hancock's specialty, is considered by many to be the most dangerous rodeo event'

Answer: a bull


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew points to paints & pigments.)  "The clash of colors, like the different greens,  express the terrible passions of humanity", wrote this artist'

Answer: Van Gogh


Question: 'A bean, jack or mouse'

Answer: jumping


Question: '"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" asks, "Shall I part my hair behind?  Do I dare to eat" this fruit'

Answer: a peach


Question: '"It's gettin' hot in here (so hot), so take off all your clothes"'

Answer: Nelly


Question: 'Toronto, Ontario'

Answer: Eastern


Question: 'More shark attacks occur in the waters off this country than any other'

Answer: the United States


Question: 'In his "Night Watch", hierarchy is shown by the shadow of the militia captain's hand on an underling's coat'

Answer: Rembrandt


Question: 'A dark rye bread that originated in Germany'

Answer: pumpernickel


Question: 'In 1993 she became the second poet to recite an original work at a presidential inauguration'

Answer: Maya Angelou


Question: '"Sippin' on gin & juice, laid back, with my mind on my money and my money on my mind"'

Answer: Snoop Dogg


Question: 'El Paso, Texas'

Answer: Mountain


Question: 'According to Homer, these deadly mythological singers enticed many a sailor to his doom'

Answer: the sirens


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew poses with a Pontormo painting.)  As painters often do, Pontormo inserted one of these into his work called "Deposition"'

Answer: a self-portait


Question: 'A single amount of money that serves as a complete payment'

Answer: a lump (sum)


Question: 'In a Keats ode, these 5 words immediately precede "that is all ye know on Earth, and all ye need to know"'

Answer: beauty is truth; truth beauty


Question: '"Your mom busted in and said 'What's that noise?

Answer: the Beastie Boys


Question: 'Las Vegas, Nevada'

Answer: Pacific


Question: 'In the first Time magazine in 1923, these below-ground workers protested dangerous work conditions'

Answer: coal miners


Question: 'The message of healing in Friedrich's "Winter Landscape" includes a discarded pair of these supports'

Answer: crutches


Question: 'Asian national capital city with a 2-word name'

Answer: Kuala Lumpur


Question: 'This poem by Matthew Arnold mentions the French coast & the cliffs of England'

Answer: Dover Beach


Question: '"I been here for years, rockin' my peers & puttin' suckas in fear... Mama said knock you out"'

Answer: LL Cool J


Question: 'Pensacola, Florida'

Answer: Central


Question: 'Due to storms, the southernmost cape of South America is one of the world's most dangerous places'

Answer: Cape Horn


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew poses with a seascape.)  W.H. Auden wrote, "Everything turns away quite leisurely from a disaster" in Bruegel's "Landscape with the Fall of" this mythical flier'

Answer: Icarus


Question: 'Term for Republicans who abandoned their own party in 1884 to support Grover Cleveland'

Answer: the Mugwumps


Question: 'A Phillips 66 in Cloquet, Minnesota is the only functioning gas station designed by this man'

Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright


Question: 'Canada's coat of arms contains depictions of a Scottish unicorn, gold fleur-de-lis & sprig of these leaves'

Answer: a maple leaf


Question: 'Hosted a successful quiz show on TV & radio'

Answer: Groucho


Question: 'To no surprise, Basil, "The Great Mouse Detective", resides on this London street'

Answer: Baker Street


Question: 'In Exodus 3:2 it "burned with fire and...was not consumed"'

Answer: the bush


Question: 'In a Mother Goose nursery rhyme, these 3 words precede "the mouse ran up the clock"'

Answer: hickory dickory dock


Question:
'It's the
&
in this clue'

Answer: an ampersand


Question: 'A banner reading "The Love of Liberty Brought Us Here" tops this West African nation's coat of arms'

Answer: Liberia


Question: 'Re-created his famous mirror scene from "Duck Soup" on an episode of "I Love Lucy"'

Answer: Harpo


Question: 'In "Alice in Wonderland" this rodent is seen dozing at the tea party & is rudely awakened'

Answer: the Dormouse


Question: 'Burn on, big river; in 1969 this city's Cuyahoga River actually caught fire'

Answer: Cleveland


Question: 'In "Peter Pan", it swallowed Captain Hook's right hand & an alarm clock, so you could hear it coming'

Answer: the crocodile


Question: 'Oval auditorium with tiers of seats around a central open area'

Answer: an amphitheater


Question: 'This country's coat of arms dates back to the 13th century, when an ax & the crown of St. Olaf were added to a lion'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'Coming only 3 days after the death of Elvis his passing attracted less attention'

Answer: Groucho


Question: 'In this "royal" 1987 movie, the "Rodents Of Unusual Size" are living it up big-time in the Fire Swamp'

Answer: The Princess Bride


Question: 'In 1907 Murray Spangler invented a "suction sweeper" that led to this company's formation the following year'

Answer: Hoover


Question: 'In "My Cousin Vinny", Marisa Tomei complains about the ticking of this type of "clock" specific to women'

Answer: a biological clock


Question: 'Describes military forces trained to fight on both land & sea'

Answer: amphibious


Question: 'The white lion with a double tail on its coat of arms was granted to Bohemia in the 1100s'

Answer: the Czech Republic


Question: 'His real first name was Adolph'

Answer: Harpo


Question: 'A cat named Oil Can Harry was the nemesis of this rodent who was introduced in the 1940s & lived in Terrytown'

Answer: Mighty Mouse


Question: 'Perforate'

Answer: pierce


Question: 'You can recognize Germany's House of 1000 Clocks by its water wheel & this type of clock on the side of the house'

Answer: a cuckoo clock


Question: 'By definition, your AM radio modulates it'

Answer: amplitude


Question: 'This country's coat of arms is framed by the Pillars of Hercules, which are topped by crowns'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'The oldest'

Answer: Chico


Question: '"Better beans & bacon in peace than cakes & ale in fear" is from the tale of these 2 title Aesop rodents'

Answer: The City Mouse and the Country Mouse


Question: 'To bestow or confer, especially by a formal act'

Answer: to grant


Question: 'It's a rigid body, on a fixed horizontal axis, that is free to rotate under the influence of gravity'

Answer: a pendulum


Question: 'Scientist who wrote "Memoir on the Mathematical Theory of Electrodynamic Phenomena"'

Answer: (André-Marie) Ampère


Question: 'The future Queen Beatrix had her marriage blessed in the Westerkerk, steps away from the Anne Frank House in this city'

Answer: Amsterdam


Question: 'A popular urban legend says that Finland banned Donald Duck because he doesn't wear these'

Answer: pants


Question: 'The "Baywatch" version of this doll raced to the rescue on his own Wave Runner (but Barbie got her own dolphin)'

Answer: Ken


Question: 'In 1937 a lighthouse was built on Howland Island to honor this aviatrix'

Answer: Amelia Earhart


Question: '"Sip" your favorite libation while you're in this state'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'If you're a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater...suggest that he wear" this appendage'

Answer: a tail


Question: 'Prince Maurits paid a visit to this island in 1998; he & the island were both nmed for an earlier Prince Maurits'

Answer: Mauritius


Question: 'Mercury astronaut Donald Slayton was better known by this nickname'

Answer: "Deke"


Question: 'Not Turmeric or Fennel, but this singer was the first Spice Girl to leave the group'

Answer: Ginger


Question: 'Boston Light in Boston Harbor is the last named U.S. lighthouse; its keeper is from this military organization'

Answer: the Coast Guard


Question: 'The General Assembly legislates this state's "law"'

Answer: Delaware


Question: 'Fran warns that spilling your" these in conversation "is just exactly as charming as it sounds"'

Answer: your guts


Question: 'Since 1980, Prince Willem-Alexander, as the heir to the throne, has held the "colorful" title Prince of this'

Answer: Orange


Question: 'This Donald Lipski sculpture shares its name with a Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings work'

Answer: The Yearling


Question: 'It's O.K. to ask Allison Janney if she's seen Howard Stern's these--she was in the 1997 film with that title'

Answer: Private Parts


Question: 'The lighthouse on Kilauea Point on this "garden island" of Hawaii has the world's largest clamshell lens'

Answer: Kauai


Question: '"Eva" feels surrounded by it'

Answer: Nevada


Question: 'In a hotel, "twenty-four-hour" this "refers to the length of time...it takes for the club sandwich to arrive"'

Answer: room service


Question: 'In 2003, Princes Catharina-Amalia, who is 2nd in line to the throne, was born in this city, seat of the Dutch government'

Answer: The Hague


Question: 'Donald Glaser's invention of this "chamber" used to view subatomic particles made him a 1960 Nobel Prize winner'

Answer: a bubble chamber


Question: 'Tim Curry & Daryl Hannah were "altogether ooky" as this morbid TV duo in a direct-to-video "reunion" film'

Answer: Gomez & Morticia Addams


Question: 'To build this state's Alligator Reef Light, the piles had to be driven 10 feet into solid coral'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'You can kick this state in its "shin"'

Answer: Washington


Question: '"Perhaps the least cheering statement ever made on the subject of" this "is that life imitates it"'

Answer: art


Question: 'In accordance with her wishes, when this queen abdicated in 1948, she became known once again as "Princess"'

Answer: Wilhelmina


Question: 'This fictional female sleuth & Donald Bain are listed as co-authors on the "Murder, She Wrote" series'

Answer: Jessica Fletcher


Question: 'It's true, the 2 guys passed off as this group didn't really sing their hit "Girl You Know It's True"'

Answer: Milli Vanilli


Question: 'In 1733 this Georgia Governor ordered Tybee Island Lighthouse to be built; it was America's tallest at 90 feet'

Answer: James Oglethorpe


Question: 'We're pro-this state, though it has a "con" in the middle'

Answer: Wisconsin


Question: '"Large, naked, raw" these "are acceptable as food only to those who live in hutches eagerly awaiting Easter"'

Answer: carrots


Question: 'In 2005, at New Mexico State, Cuyler Frank made history by being the first to call a football game in this language'

Answer: Navajo


Question: 'Screamer & banner are synonyms for one type of this'

Answer: headline


Question: 'He wrote the songs "There's No Business Like Show Business" & "White Christmas"'

Answer: Irving Berlin


Question: 'This part of the bell is 3 feet, 2 inches long'

Answer: the clapper


Question: 'The 2 numbers on a man's dress shirt, 16/34 for example, are usually measurments of these 2 things'

Answer: neck size and sleeve length


Question: 'Howard'

Answer: Taft


Question: 'One-word name of a portable dwelling of native Americans, especially on the great plains'

Answer: teepee


Question: '(I'm Aaron Brown of CNN.)  This 5-letter word is slang for an exclusive news story acquired before one's competitors'

Answer: a scoop


Question: 'This Los Angeles Lakers star with 3 championship rings speaks fluent Italian'

Answer: Kobe Bryant


Question: 'The quote on the bell, "proclaim liberty throughout all the land", comes from this third book of the Bible'

Answer: Leviticus


Question: 'Bunny Austin shocked the tennis world when he wore these competing at Forest Hills in 1932'

Answer: shorts


Question: 'Ulysses (originally)'

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant


Question: 'The title of this Dr. Seuss book is evident from the illustration seen here'

Answer: Hop on Pop


Question: 'It's the area assigned to a reporter for regular coverage; policemen walk them, too'

Answer: a beat


Question: 'He was nominated for an Emmy for his role as Buddy Sorrell on "The Dick Van Dyke Show"'

Answer: Morey Amsterdam


Question: 'From 1948 through 1963 this U.S. coin depicted the liberty bell on its reverse side'

Answer: the half-dollar


Question: 'The name of this wide sash popular in men's formal wear comes from the Urdu for "waistband"'

Answer: cummerbund


Question: 'Gamaliel'

Answer: Warren Harding


Question: 'Varieties of this brand of seasoned coating mix from Kraft include Tangy Honey Glaze & Original Pork'

Answer: Shake \'n Bake


Question: '(Hi, I'm Bob Woodward.)  A popular expression says that "a good reporter never reveals" this, & I'll be the first to agree'

Answer: the sources


Question: 'Among the many larger-than-life characters he created are Captain Wolf Larsen & Buck the sled dog'

Answer: Jack London


Question: 'On the inscription, "Pennsylvania" is misspelled, omitting this letter'

Answer: N


Question: 'Popular as a fabric for men's pants, this ribbed fabric's name may derive from the French for "cloth of the king"'

Answer: corduroy


Question: 'Knox'

Answer: (James K.) Polk


Question: 'To tell someone to relax, you can use the slang phrase "take a" this rhyming pharmaceutical term'

Answer: a chill pill


Question: 'It's the term for the first paragraph in a news story; a feature may have a delayed or indirect one'

Answer: the lead


Question: 'This British-born actor has starred in "Cabaret", Logan's Run" & "Austin Powers"'

Answer: Michael York


Question: 'In 1893 the liberty bell was on exhibit at the Columbian Exposition in this city'

Answer: Chicago


Question: '(Hi, I'm Tucker Carlsen of CNN's Crossfire.)  Among the many influential men to wear bow ties is this great Spanish poet & author of "The House of Bernarda Alba" '

Answer: (Frederic Garcia) Lorca


Question: 'Rudolph'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'At many Starbucks you can surf the Internet cordless with this type of rhyming computer network card'

Answer: Wi-Fi


Question: 'After winning Best Supporting Actress for "Kramer vs. Kramer", she left her statuette in the ladies' room'

Answer: Meryl Streep


MAYBE YOU HAVE TO BE A NUCLEAR PHYSICIST

Question: 'An atom of this No. 2 elment has an alpha particle as its nucleus'

Answer: helium


Question: 'Slicing ones are harvested when they're about 7 inches long, pickling ones at 1 1/2 to 3 inches'

Answer: cucumbers


Question: 'From Venezuela's Mount Avila, you can see the presidential palace in this city'

Answer: Caracas


Question: 'On Nov. 10, 1770 Voltaire wrote, "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to" do this'

Answer: invent him


Question: 'In this film, Lou Gossett Jr. drills Richard Gere & Debra Winger thrills Richard Gere'

Answer: An Officer and a Gentleman


Question: 'Timothy Hutton won a 1980 Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for this film directed by Robert Redford'

Answer: Ordinary People


MAYBE YOU HAVE TO BE A NUCLEAR PHYSICIST

Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands at a blackboard.)  In the familiar atomic symbol, the dots represent these little guys'

Answer: electrons


Question: 'This type of bean is said to be foolproof for gardeners, which makese sense as its name means something easy'

Answer: snap bean


Question: 'From Grouse Mountain, you'll B.C.-ing a panorama of this big city on a peninsula'

Answer: Vancouver


Question: 'In this pamphlet Thomas Paine said, government "is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one"'

Answer: Common Sense


Question: 'In Fiscal 2000 over a billion dollars was wagered at New York City's OTB outlets, OTB standing for this'

Answer: off-track betting


Question: 'Paddy Chayefsky won an Oscar for his very first screenplay--this 1955 Ernest Borgnine film'

Answer: Marty


MAYBE YOU HAVE TO BE A NUCLEAR PHYSICIST

Question: 'Pions are a type of these "rays" from outer space that enter the Earth's atmosphere'

Answer: cosmic rays


Question: 'Long-day onions form this, the rounded, edible part, during long summer days in the northern U.S.'

Answer: the bulb


Question: '"Vulcan", the U.S.A.'s largest cast-iron statue, is seen here, looking down on this Southern city'

Answer: Birmingham, Alabama


Question: 'In this work Adam Smith wrote, "Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production"'

Answer: The Wealth of Nations


Question: 'Inked impressions are transferred onto paper from another surface in this printing method'

Answer: offset printing


Question: 'The rumor that her acceptance speech for "Mrs. Miniver" ran over an hour is untrue; actually it was about 7 minutes'

Answer: Greer Garson


MAYBE YOU HAVE TO BE A NUCLEAR PHYSICIST

Question: 'In the center of stars, the hot version of this process is going on; a cold version is still a dream'

Answer: fusion


Question: 'Insulated from cold, carrots, parsnips & other veggies classified as these have a long growing season'

Answer: root vegetables


Question: 'The Chapel of the Ascension is on this mount that overlooks Jerusalem's old city'

Answer: the Mount of Olives


Question: 'When asked whether we had a republic or a monarchy, Ben Franklin gave this 7-word reply'

Answer: A republic, if you can keep it


Question: 'It describes an investment based in a foreign country so its owner laughs at the IRS'

Answer: offshore


Question: 'Her 2 acting Oscars for "The Sin of Madelon Claudet" & "Airport" were 39 years apart'

Answer: Helen Hayes


MAYBE YOU HAVE TO BE A NUCLEAR PHYSICIST

Question: 'This type of agreement must be adhered to; this type of energy is required to keep a nucleus together'

Answer: binding


Question: 'There's nothing like a vine-ripened one of these, perhaps the vineripe variety'

Answer: a tomato


Question: 'The view of Rio seen here is from this mountain'

Answer: Corcovado


Question: 'When this Prussian king died on August 17, 1786, his last words were "I am tired of ruling over slaves"'

Answer: Frederick the Great


Question: 'Something expected to happen soon is "in" this'

Answer: the offing


Question: 'Last names of the 2 men, both engineers, who met & formed a partnership at England's Midland Hotel in May 1904'

Answer: Rolls and Royce


Question: 'This city's tidal basin is ringed by some 3,000 Yoshino cherry trees donated by the mayor of Tokyo in 1912'

Answer: Washington, D.C.


Question: 'It can follow "U.S." or "H.M.", as in the case of the Pinafore'

Answer: S


Question: 'This garment is now worn in the kitchen, but in the18th century many were considered elegant'

Answer: an apron


Question: 'This TV star was made from a green coat that belonged to Jim Henson's mother'

Answer: Kermit the Frog


Question: 'In Aesop's fables this animal is paired with "the Stork", "the Crow" & "the Grapes"'

Answer: a fox


Question: 'African gray parrots are among the most capable of learning this skill'

Answer: talking


Question: 'The final battle of the War of 1812 was fought in 1815 in & around this city'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'It's the letter of the train Duke Ellington wants you to take'

Answer: A


Question: 'If a 19th century woman wore a poke, she had one of these with a projectng brim'

Answer: a hat (a bonnet)


Question: 'This sitcom's final episode was entitled "Alex Doesn't Live Here Anymore"'

Answer: Family Ties


Question: 'Title character who turned out to be a ventriloquist from Omaha'

Answer: the Wizard of Oz


Question: 'If given a Muscat grape, many parrots will ignore the fruit & eat these'

Answer: the seeds


Question: 'This Georgia city is the site of the Masters golf tournament'

Answer: Augusta


Question: 'Symbol for the force you feel pushing against you when you accelerate your spacecraft'

Answer: G


Question: 'This type of drawstring bag was sometimes known as a "ridicule"'

Answer: a reticule


Question: 'One ad for her cable TV show claimed, "Ruthless people make the worst lovers"'

Answer: (Dr.) Ruth Westheimer


Question: 'Cinderella's footmen used to be lizards & her coachman, a big one of these'

Answer: a rat


Question: 'Term applied to a large outdoor cage used for keeping parrots or other birds'

Answer: an aviary


Question: 'In 1805 Zebulon Pike bought land from the Sioux that's now this Minnesota capital'

Answer: Saint Paul


Question: 'Film reviewer Joe Bob Briggs says Linnea Quigley & Michelle Bauer are queens of these movies'

Answer: B


Question: 'In the late 1700s both sexes wore this in the "hedgehog" style'

Answer: hair


Question: 'Joe Piscopo called this TV show's theme, heard here, "the most annoying theme song in the world":'

Answer: Entertainment Tonight


Question: 'When Heidi was at home, he was head of the hut'

Answer: her grandfather


Question: 'The Amazon group of parrots is predominately this color'

Answer: green


Question: 'This Southern city's Herald prints a separate newspaper in Spanish'

Answer: Miami


Question: '1st initial of a Hoover & middle initial of a Foyt'

Answer: J


Question: 'This alloy was the 1st metal used to make armor'

Answer: bronze


Question: 'A TV Guide ad for the movie about this baby showed an actual size drawing of the hole she fell in'

Answer: Baby Jessica


Question: 'After the cobbler's wife made these for the elves, they quit making shoes'

Answer: clothes


Question: 'Found only in Latin America, they are the largest parrots'

Answer: macaws


Question: 'As her name implies, she was the Roman goddess of flowering plants, not fauna'

Answer: Flora


Question: 'This buffet's traditional 1st course is herring'

Answer: a smörgåsbord


Question: '"I get by with a little help from my friends" is credited to these 2 Beatles'

Answer: Lennon & McCartney


Question: 'Petrology is the study of these, some of which were once sold as pets'

Answer: rocks


Question: 'He & his future running mate Lyndon Johnson began their Senate careers at the same time'

Answer: (Hubert) Humphrey


Question: 'Formed in the late 19th c., this group's official name was the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry'

Answer: the Rough Riders


Question: 'Like Hera to Zeus, Isis was related to Osiris in these 2 ways'

Answer: his wife & his sister


Question: 'The flags of all Scandinavian countries carry this symbol'

Answer: a cross


Question: 'Songs he wrote include "Blowin' In The Wind" & "The Times They Are A-Changin'"'

Answer: Bob Dylan


Question: 'The number of planets in our solar system smaller than the Earth'

Answer: 4


Question: 'George M. Dallas was VP when this state joined the Union'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'Kind of sports tournament in which each entrant plays every other entrant at least once'

Answer: round robin


Question: 'Half sister of King Arthur, in various tales she was good or evil'

Answer: Morgan le Fay


Question: 'The parts of Scandinavia within the Arctic Circle are part of this place of long summer days'

Answer: (the Land of) the Midnight Sun


Question: 'His song, "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life" is the last attributed quote in Bartlett's'

Answer: Stevie Wonder


Question: 'The number of planets in our solar system larger than the Earth'

Answer: 4


Question: '3 years after the famous duel, he was tried for treason & acquitted'

Answer: Aaron Burr


Question: 'This "All in the Family" star directed the films "This Is Spinal Tap" & "Stand By Me"'

Answer: Rob Reiner


Question: 'The sorceress Medea was the niece of this witch Ulysses met on his voyage'

Answer: Circe


Question: 'In 1917 the U.S. bought these, our only territorial acquisition from a Scandinavian country'

Answer: the Virgin Islands


Question: '"Lord, wont you buy me a Mercedes-Benz, my friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends," she sang'

Answer: Janis Joplin


Question: 'The torrid climatic zone lies between these 2 lines'

Answer: the Tropics of Cancer & Capricorn


Question: 'William Henry Harrison's VP; he was the 1st to replace a president who'd died in office'

Answer: John Tyler


Question: 'John Updike's 2nd book about Harry Angstrom, a.k.a. "Rabbit"'

Answer: Rabbit Redux


Question: 'An echoing rock in the Rhine River is named for this legendary siren who lured fishermen to destruction'

Answer: Lorelei


Question: 'In 1951 this 3-initial co. was formed incorporating Denmark's DDL, Norway's DNL & Sweden's ABA'

Answer: SAS (the Scandinavian Airline System)


Question: 'In "Big Yellow Taxi" she sang, "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot"'

Answer: Joni Mitchell


Question: 'The 2 tectonic plates that meet at California's San Andreas Fault'

Answer: the North American & Pacific plates


Question: 'Harry Truman was exceptionally pleased with the performance of this vice president'

Answer: Alben Barkley


Question: 'This alleged winner reportedly took the subway to the finish line of the 1979 N.Y. marathon'

Answer: Rosie Ruiz


Question: 'The only film role Jimmy Cagney played twice; the 2nd time was in "The 7 Little Foys"'

Answer: George M. Cohan


Question: 'As a young man, Brahms chose this as his main instrument & played it in taverns to make a living'

Answer: the piano


Question: 'This Golden Palamino, "the smartest horse in the movies", noses ahead; Roy Rogers aboard'

Answer: Trigger


Question: 'The flag code specifies that a lapel flag pin is to be worn near this body part'

Answer: the heart


Question: 'General John Sedgwick, near Spotslyvania during this war: "They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance"'

Answer: the Civil War


Question: 'When doing this task, change direction from week to week to keep the pile of the carpet upright'

Answer: vacuuming


Question: 'It's a period of sharp increase in the birthrate, as in the U.S. following WWII'

Answer: a baby boom


Question: 'Brahms got off to a bad start with this Hungarian composer by falling asleep during one of his concerts'

Answer: Liszt


Question: 'On the rail is this mythical horse sired by Medusa & Poseidon; he's running like he has wings!'

Answer: Pegasus


Question: 'It's the preferred way to destroy an American flag in bad condition'

Answer: burning it


Question: 'Alex, an African grey one of these to a researcher: "You be good. See you tomorrow. I love you"'

Answer: a parrot


Question: 'Whether its virgin or extra virgin, store it in a dark place; light as well as heat can spoil it'

Answer: olive oil


Question: 'After the euphoria of birth, a new mom may experience mild-to-severe depression with this "colorful" nickname'

Answer: the baby blues


Question: 'It's the name of the familiar Brahms composition heard here'

Answer: Lullaby


Question: '& away they go...this horse that hit TV in 1956 trails early...his jockey, Gumby, has him moving as if he was made of clay!'

Answer: Pokey


Question: 'In a military fold, the flag is folded twice lengthwise & then folded until this geometric shape is achieved at the finish'

Answer: a triangle


Question: 'Lady Astor, on seeing her family assembled: "Is it my" this "or am I dying?"'

Answer: birthday


Question: 'Usually found effervescing on great-grandma's nightstand, this product can also be used to clean silver teapots'

Answer: denture clean


Question: 'Nestle calls this nutty candy bar "America's Baby"'

Answer: Baby Ruth


Question: 'Brahms wrote only 4 of these compositions, including No.3 in F major'

Answer: symphonies


Question: 'At the far turn, it's my friend this horse now ridden by Alison Lohman, taking over for Roddy McDowall'

Answer: Flicka


Question: 'On this holiday, the flag is displayed at half staff until noon & then at full staff until sunset'

Answer: Memorial Day


Question: 'This '60s guru before dropping out for good: "Why not?"'

Answer: Timothy Leary


Question: 'When doing this to your tie, like Burt Lancaster in "Atlantic City", put a piece of cardboard inside it'

Answer: ironing


Question: 'In 1957 Couturier Balenciaga featured dresses with this infantile name'

Answer: baby doll


Question: 'Brahms spent much of his creative life in Vienna, but was born in this port, today the second-largest city in Germany'

Answer: Hamburg


Question: 'On the outside is this "Toy Story 2" horse from the Pixar stables, riding like the wind'

Answer: Bullseye


Question: 'In the U.S., this organization's flag may be flown above the Stars and Stripes only at its NYC headquarters'

Answer: the UN (the United Nations)


Question: 'This troubled chess master: "Nothing is as healing as the human touch"'

Answer: (Bobby) Fischer


Question: 'You can replace a broken window pane yourself, but prime the wood before applying this, also called glazing compound'

Answer: putty


Question: 'We only have eyes for this primate seen here'

Answer: a bush baby


Question: 'In 2006 a sign language became this country's third official language along with English & Maori'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'This control agent's shoe phone is on exhibit at the CIA's spy-fi museum'

Answer: Maxwell Smart


Question: 'When Joe Kittinger jumped from a balloon at 102,800

Answer: parachutes


Question: 'The medical specialty ENT stands for these 3 body parts'

Answer: ear, nose and throat


Question: 'In 1927 the wealth of this notorious person seen here was estimated at around $100 million dollars'

Answer: Al Capone


Question: 'Besides being a bed for a baby, it can mean a slang term for a home'

Answer: a crib


Question: 'This African nation consists of the world's fourth-largest island & a bunch of tiny ones'

Answer: Madagascar


Question: 'This "Mary Tyler Moore Show" anchorman was said to be based on 2 L.A. anchors: George Putnam & Jerry Dunphy'

Answer: Ted Baxter


Question: 'In 1978, 3 men set a record flight duration of 137 hours in The Double Eagle II balloon, which used this gas'

Answer: helium


Question: 'Chronic bronchitis is part of COPD, which stands for chronic obstructive this disease'

Answer: pulmonary


Question: 'In WWI, this future first lady worked for the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society'

Answer: Eleanor Roosevelt


Question: 'The support for a handset of a phone, or a baby's bed on rockers'

Answer: a cradle


Question: '2 main islands, a large one that's home to about 95% of the population and a smaller one make up this country'

Answer: Trinidad and Tobago


Question: 'On "Lost" this character told Jack, "I've looked into the eye of the island, and what I saw was beautiful"'

Answer: (John) Locke


Question: 'The first manned untethered hot air balloon ride covered 5.5 miles over this capital'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'FBS is short for fasting this, to check for diabetes, for example'

Answer: blood sugar


Question: 'In 1951 this reclusive and not so prolific author rocketed to a fame that he didn't particularly want'

Answer: J.D. Salinger


Question: 'For a rectangle, one is A=bh; or Similac, for example'

Answer: formula


Question: 'It's where the mambo originated'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'On "Cheers" we saw only the feet of this character's wife Vera, & once we saw her pie-covered face'

Answer: Norm


Question: 'The first to cross the Atlantic in a hot air balloon were Per Lindstrand & this airline & record mogul'

Answer: (Richard) Branson


Question: 'Those with arthritis appreciate NSAIDs, the abbreviation for these drugs'

Answer: non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs


Question: 'He had a bitter clash of Stalin over the defense of the city of Tsaritsin; Stalin would have the last word'

Answer: Leon Trotsky


Question: 'One who brings peace, or this object that soothes baby, from the Latin for "peace"'

Answer: a pacifier


Question: 'About 60 miles south of Sicily is this island nation that was formerly a British colony'

Answer: Malta


Question: 'An 8-foot bronze statue of this '50s TV character stands in front of NYC's Midtown Port Authority bus terminal'

Answer: Ralph Kramden


Question: 'The oddly shaped balloon seen here was part of a collection belonging to this publisher who died in 1990'

Answer: Malcolm Forbes


Question: '(Dr. Oz gives the clue) Doctor slang can be confusing to patients, like "cabbage" for CABG, this operation done is case of atherosclerosis'

Answer: coronary artery bypass graft


Question: 'Please appease me and name this world leader seen here'

Answer: (Neville) Chamberlain


Question: 'Your most fashionable clothes are your "best" this & "tucker"'

Answer: bib


Question: '"You have no right to expect me to send you back to Kansas" appears in a 1900 novel & in an epigraph to this 1995 novel'

Answer: Wicked


Question: 'By the end of Reconstruction, production of this "king" crop in the South was nearly equal to pre-war levels'

Answer: cotton


Question: 'Bill Haley ran down a full 12-hour cycle in this 1955 No. 1 hit'

Answer: "Rock Around The Clock"


Question: 'If one bus can hold 50 tourists, then at least this many buses are needed for 210 tourists'

Answer: 5


Question: 'In 1966 this Portland-born author published his first short story, "I Was a Teenage Grave Robber"'

Answer: Stephen King


Question: 'The Angus breed of cattle was developed there'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'To do well on "Jeopardy!", you must consecrate on the task at hand'

Answer: concentrate


Question: 'In April 1866 this president vetoed a bill granting citizenship to all persons born in the U.S.; Congress overrode his veto'

Answer: Andrew Johnson


Question: 'Elton John sang, "She packed my bags last night pre-flight, zero hour, 9 A.M." in this hit song'

Answer: "Rocket Man"


Question: 'The total number of yards on an NFL football field, goal line to goal line, plus the number of minutes in an NFL game'

Answer: 160


Question: 'Listen, my children, & you shall hear, he was born Feb. 27, 1807 in Portland (hey, he was the poet, not me)'

Answer: Longfellow


Question: 'Regions there include Gwent & Gwynedd'

Answer: Wales


Question: 'The score was so close in the Lakers game last night; it was a real cliff-dweller right to the end'

Answer: cliff-hanger


Question: 'The Freedman's Bureau aided in establishing black colleges, including this Washington, D.C. school'

Answer: Howard


Question: 'Debbie Harry sang "It's 11:59 and I want to stay alive" fronting this band'

Answer: Blondie


Question: 'To pay $200 in rent, a worker getting 50 cents per bucket of tomatoes must pick this many buckets'

Answer: 400


Question: 'Born in Bar Harbor on July 8, 1908, he succeeded Gerald Ford as VP'

Answer: Rockefeller


Question: 'The Glengarry is a popular men's hat from there'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'Following the robbery, the police rounded up several auspicious characters'

Answer: suspicious


Question: 'Once a term for a worthless farm animal, it referred to white Southerners who supported the Republicans'

Answer: scallywags


Question: '"Six o'clock already I was just in the middle of a dream" begins this 1986 Bangles hit'

Answer: "Manic Monday"


Question: 'A $2, 3-piece carton contains 1 breast & 2 legs; if breasts cost twice as much as legs, this is the price of 1 leg'

Answer: 50 cents


Question: 'Raised in Maine, this Bowdoin alumnus hired Matthew Henson in 1887 to assist a Nicaraguan survey'

Answer: (Admiral) Peary


Question: 'Canute reigned there in the 11th century'

Answer: England