Question: 'The homing type of these carried Olympic news in ancient times & U.S. Army messages in the 20th century'

Answer: Pigeons


Question: 'Circus folk call this animal a "convict" (no offense; just think of its appearance)'

Answer: Zebra


Question: 'Founder of her own AnGeL Ministries, Anne Lotz is the daughter of this famous evangelist & his wife Ruth'

Answer: Billy Graham


Question: 'A bone called the vomer makes up much of this dividing wall in your nose'

Answer: Septum


Question: 'Claymation California raisins danced to this Marvin Gaye hit'

Answer: "I Heard It Thru The Grapevine"


Question: 'Mont Blanc'

Answer: France


Question: 'This 4-letter name is circus slang for a "clown"; it's also the role Matt LeBlanc plays on "Friends"'

Answer: Joey


Question: 'In 1564 this Scottish Reformation leader teed off Mary Queen of Scots by marrying a relative of hers'

Answer: John Knox


Question: 'From the Latin for "to chew", it's the technical name for the bone seen here'

Answer: Mandible


Question: 'In the '80s a sleazy salesman named Joe boasted that this car make had "more seats than the Astrodome"'

Answer: Isuzu


Question: 'Mount Olympus'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'To toot up means to get the crowd's attention with this object heard here'

Answer: Calliope


Question: 'In his "day", the early 1900s, this baseball player turned preacher is estimated to have converted 300,000 people'

Answer: Billy Sunday


Question: 'Moving up the spine, you have 5 lumbar vertebrae, 12 thoracic vertebrae & 7 of these in the neck'

Answer: Cervical vertebrae


Question: 'A peanut-butter-eating Alexander Hamilton buff can't articulate the name of this VP since he hasn't "got milk"'

Answer: Aaron Burr


Question: 'Blue Mountain Peak, mon'

Answer: Jamaica


Question: 'The Voyager crafts carried messages from Jimmy Carter & this U.N. Secretary-General'

Answer: Kurt Waldheim


Question: 'A fight on a circus lot is called one of these, also the name of Red Skelton's Kadiddlehopper'

Answer: Clem


Question: 'The beginnings of this religious group came around 1647 with the preaching of George Fox of England'

Answer: Quakers (Society of Friends)


Question: 'Medical term for the growth & renewal of bone; more generally, it means becoming hardened & unchanging'

Answer: Ossifying/ossification


Question: 'John Moschitta Jr.'s motormouth spiel for this company was No. 2 on Entertainment Weekly's 50 Best Commercials List'

Answer: Federal Express


Question: 'Mount Meron'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'In 1898 Lt. Andrew Rowan made it through a Spanish blockade to get "a message to" this Cuban general'

Answer: Calixto Garcia


Question: 'This word for the attention-getting talk used to lure customers inside became a synonym for exaggerated publicity'

Answer: Ballyhoo


Question: 'Truffaut's "The 400 Blows" & the Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer" were both part of movements named this'

Answer: \"New Wave\" (\"Nouvelle Vague\")


Question: 'Most apple flowers require "cross-" this for fertilization'

Answer: pollination


Question: 'Manohla Dargis reviewed this 2009 Pixar film under the headline "The House that Soared"'

Answer: Up


Question: 'In 1994 it began boasting of "billions and billions served"'

Answer: McDonald\'s


Question: 'This artist headed to Tahiti in 1891 and soon painted the work seen here'

Answer: (Paul) Gauguin


Question: 'This doctor ministers to the health of your Maltese'

Answer: a veterinarian


Question: 'It's 3-letter slang for mouth, as in "shut your..."'

Answer: yap


Question: 'Apples are an excellent source of dietary this, which Brits spell with an "-re" at the end'

Answer: fiber


Question: 'A.O. Scott said this film about Aron Ralston "pins you down, shakes you up, and leaves you glad to be alive"'

Answer: 127 Hours


Question: 'To the nearest billion, the world's population'

Answer: seven billion


Question: 'The valuable culinary substance seen here is produced by this 8-letter fish'

Answer: sturgeon


Question: 'A 6-letter waitress who brings burgers to your vehicle'

Answer: a carhop


Question: 'In 2005 co-founder Jawed Karim's "Me at the Zoo" was the first video to play on this website'

Answer: YouTube


Question: 'You can bob for apples because they're 25% this, which allows them to float'

Answer: air


Question: 'Reviews at nytimes. com include Renata Adler's look at this 1968 Kubrick film: the special F/X "are the best I have ever seen"'

Answer: 2001: A Space Odyssey


Question: 'A PBS "American Experience" film about his family describes him as "history's first billionaire"'

Answer: (John D.) Rockefeller


Question: 'Prince Llewellyn's livery colors are used on the flag of this UK country'

Answer: Wales


Question: 'Wal-Mart welcomer'

Answer: a greeter


Question: 'Yes, deer, it's an animal between 365 & 730 days old'

Answer: a yearling


Question: 'Apples fall into 3 broad categories: dessert, cooking & the kind named for this juice of the apple'

Answer: cider


Question: 'In 1991 Vincent Canby said this character, "grandly played by Mr. Hopkins, is a most seductive psychopath"'

Answer: Hannibal Lecter


Question: 'A gamma ray burst that was briefly visible to the naked eye in 2008 took place at a distance of 7.5 billion these'

Answer: light years


Question: 'This dog's coat protects it from frigid temperatures'

Answer: Afghan


Question: 'The biblical Habakkuk was a "minor" one'

Answer: a prophet


Question: 'If I'm kibbitzing or kvetching & saying things that are just plain schmaltzy, I'm using words from this language'

Answer: Yiddish


Question: 'This apple with a crustacean in its name is the only type native to North America'

Answer: a crabapple


Question: 'The 1st rule of this film is, you do not talk about it, but Janet Maslin said "Mr. Pitt struts through (it) with rekindled brio"'

Answer: Fight Club


Question: 'A Kraft foods "healthy living" primer notes that billions of these "live naturally in everyone's digestive system"'

Answer: bacteria


Question: 'The name of this wedge-shaped piece in an arch signifies its place of importance'

Answer: keystone


Question: '3-letter para-paramedic'

Answer: an EMT


Question: 'It's right below Saudi Arabia'

Answer: Yemen


Question: 'The modern racing of these dogs began in 1907 when a stuffed rabbit skin was attached to a motorcycle'

Answer: greyhounds


Question: 'Michael Jackson in this alphabet song: "Reading & writing, arithmetic are the branches of the learning tree"'

Answer: "ABC 123"


Question: 'Nashville's sisters include Caen, France & this capital of Northern Ireland'

Answer: Belfast


Question: 'This title character thought, "I must stop this Christmas from coming!...but how?"'

Answer: The Grinch


Question: 'The reed warbler is this type of creature'

Answer: a bird


Question: 'Hackneyed or boring from overuse'

Answer: trite


Question: 'On May 19, 1910 a headline read, this "brushes earth with its tail"'

Answer: Halley\'s Comet


Question: 'Nabokov is namechecked in this Police song about a nervous teacher'

Answer: "Don\'t Stand So Close To Me"


Question: 'Most of New York's sisters are world capitals--but not this largest south African city'

Answer: Johannesburg


Question: 'The muses taught this creature the riddle that it asked passers-by: Oedipus answered correctly'

Answer: the Sphinx


Question: 'Sir Carol Reed directed this 1968 movie musical based on a Dickens tale'

Answer: Oliver!


Question: 'One of these may have led to the extinction of the dinosaurs'

Answer: a meteorite


Question: 'The 1913 Owen-Glass Act established this central banking system forcing all national banks to join'

Answer: the Federal Reserve


Question: 'The title tutor in this Swedish group's "When I Kissed The Teacher" was just trying to help with geometry'

Answer: ABBA


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew stands in front of the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge in Sydney, Australia) In less than 13 and a half hours, Qantas flies direct from Sydney, the home of the Harbour Bridge, to this U.S. sister city that also has a famous bridge'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'This 1858 poem asks, "Why don't you speak for yourself, John?"'

Answer: The Courtship of Miles Standish


Question: 'In 1920 American communist & author John Reed died of typhus in this foreign capital'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'From the Greek for "decision", this plural means standards used for comparison'

Answer: criteria


Question: 'On Nov. 16, 1907 this 46th state was admitted to the Union'

Answer: Oklahoma


Question: 'The Ramones, about this title institute of learning: "Well, I don't care about history"'

Answer: "Rock \'n\' Roll High School"


Question: 'Albuquerque, New Mexico is sister to this capital of Jalisco, old Mexico'

Answer: Guadalajara


Question: 'The answer to this poetic question: "To the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach"'

Answer: How do I love thee


Question: 'During the Spanish-American War, he led a committee to investigate the spread of disease in U.S. Army camps'

Answer: Walter Reed


Question: 'Iron disulfide'

Answer: pyrite


Question: 'In 1915 this birth control advocate was arrested for obscenity for her pamphlet "Family Limitation"'

Answer: (Margaret) Sanger


Question: 'Sam Cooke didn't "know much trigonometry", nor "what" this non-electronic calculating device "is for"'

Answer: a slide rule


Question: 'Charlotte, North Carolina's sisters include Baoding, China & this French town known for its porcelain'

Answer: Limoges


Question: 'Byron asked, "think you, if Laura had been" his "wife, he would have written sonnets all his life?"'

Answer: Petrarch


Question: 'In this post in the late 19th c.,  Thomas Reed introduced the "Reed Rules" ensuring majority party control of Congress' agenda'

Answer: Speaker of the House


Question: 'A typical neuron is made up of an axon, a nucleus & one or more of these'

Answer: a dendrite


Question: 'Just 10 sentences, this speech is wrong on one point: it is long remembered'

Answer: the Gettysburg Address


Question: 'Yitzhak Rabin was this country's first native-born prime minister'

Answer: Israel


ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST GUITAR SONGS

Question: 'No. 1 on the list is his "Johnny B. Goode"'

Answer: Chuck Berry


Question: 'On average, one of these has 30,000 quills'

Answer: a porcupine


Question: 'This guy, a strong coffee prepared by forcing steam under pressure through ground beans, was quite lively'

Answer: Espresso


Question: 'One book said this '80s NBC cop show "started a fashion trend for those into the macho/grubby look"'

Answer: Miami Vice


Question: 'On Oct. 28, 1492 this captain was in the Bay of Bariay off Cuba & not near the Asian mainland'

Answer: Columbus


Question: 'From 1380 to 1918 Iceland was ruled by this country'

Answer: Denmark


ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST GUITAR SONGS

Question: 'At No. 2 is this colorful classic from Jimi Hendrix'

Answer: "Purple Haze"


Question: 'You're anything but average if you've got a 4.0 GPA, short for this'

Answer: grade point average


Question: 'Downing a plate of brisket & ribs, he lived up to his adjectival name, from the Latin for "flesh eating"'

Answer: Carnivorous


Question: 'It seems to be the hardest word for this garment seen here'

Answer: a sari


Question: 'In 674 King Charles II made this captain the lt. governor of Jamaica: raise a glass of his rum to that'

Answer: Captain Morgan


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew points to a map of Southeast Asia on the monitor.) Malaysia consists of two regions--West Malaysia, on the Malay Peninsula, & East Malaysia, which occupies the northern part of this large island'

Answer: Borneo


ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST GUITAR SONGS

Question: '"Put another dime in the jukebox, baby" for this song, No. 89'

Answer: "I Love Rock \'N Roll"


Question: 'World Book says the average number of these creatures in one sq. mile equals the number of people on Earth'

Answer: insects


Question: 'He got enjoyment through imagined participation in the experience of others, as in a "thrill"'

Answer: Vicarious


Question: 'This Philippine first lady had 1,060 pairs of shoes'

Answer: Imelda Marcos


Question: 'The "news" is that a Virginia city bears the name of this captain who brought over the Jamestown colonists'

Answer: (Christopher) Newport


Question: 'More than half of this country is covered by the Alps & the Jura mounitains'

Answer: Switzerland


ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST GUITAR SONGS

Question: 'No. 64 is this song by Lynyrd Skynyrd that Rolling Stone calls "the ultimate Southern-rock anthem"'

Answer: "Free Bird"


Question: 'The average surface temperature on this planet is more than 860 degrees F.'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'This nut of the cashew family contains an edible, greenish kernel; alas, I knew him... a fellow of infinite cashews'

Answer: Pistachio


Question: 'Associated with a duke, it's a wide, triangular knot for tying a four-in-hand necktie'

Answer: a Windsor knot


Question: 'In 1610 he set sail on his ship the Discovery; a strait & bay would later be named for him'

Answer: Henry Hudson


Question: 'Honoring the country's liberator, "La Dessalinienne" is this country's national anthem'

Answer: Haiti


ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST GUITAR SONGS

Question: 'One of the newer songs is his 2006 hit "Gravity"'

Answer: John Mayer


Question: 'Marquette, Michigan averages 2.35 inches of precipitation in this month known proverbially for showers'

Answer: April


Question: 'He was 'living in" this 8-letter state of being completely forgotten or unknown'

Answer: Oblivion


Question: 'You'll never see photos of me in these wide, MC Hammer "jump" pants; can't touch this!'

Answer: parachute pants


Question: 'In the 1770s he & his crew became the first Europeans known to have visited Hawaii--didn't end well, though'

Answer: Captain Cook


Question: 'Manet didn't exhibit with this group but his sister-in-law Berthe Morisot did'

Answer: the Impressionists


Question: 'While Agnus Dei refers to Christ, it actually means "lamb of" this'

Answer: God


Question: '1960:<br />"_____ Troopers" by Robert Heinlein'

Answer: Starship


Question: 'The name of this flower goes back to the Turkish for "turban", from the shape of the opened flower'

Answer: the tulip


Question: 'Wile E. Coyote could tell you it's what the Road Runner says'

Answer: "Beep! Beep!"


Question: 'He earned his commission as a kids' show host on CBS from 1955 to 1985'

Answer: Captain Kangaroo


Question: 'Meyer portrayed the dignity of these people, from the French for "country", as seen here'

Answer: peasants


Question: 'Would Cary with this last name have seemed as suave if he'd gained fame as Archibald Leach?'

Answer: Grant


Question: '1970:<br />'The Left Hand of _____" by Ursula K. Le Guin'

Answer: Darkness


Question: 'The lady's slipper is the official flower of this Canadian island province'

Answer: Prince Edward Island


Question: 'In one of their biggest hits, the Osmonds compared the ups & downs of love to this object'

Answer: a yo-yo


Question: 'Love has kept this pop singing duo together since their 1975 wedding'

Answer: the Captain & Tenille


Question: 'Robert Motherwell painted over 100 versions of "Elegy to" this "Republic" that Picasso mourned too'

Answer: the Spanish Republic


Question: 'It's the syllable used for the third tone of any major diatonic scale'

Answer: Mi


Question: '1974:<br />"_____ With Rama" by Arthur C. Clarke'

Answer: Rendezvous


Question: 'Though it means "lily", the fleur-de-lis is a variety of this flower'

Answer: an iris


Question: 'Let's hit the dance floor for this dance performed to the music heard here'

Answer: the cha cha


Question: 'Daniel J. Travanti tried to be "careful out there" as Captain Furillo on this show'

Answer: Hill Street Blues


Question: 'Bocklin's "Isle of the Dead" exemplifies this "ism" that used external objects to represent ideas & emotions'

Answer: symbolism


Question: 'The moon has a Sea of Tranquility & a Sea of this, a synonym of tranquility'

Answer: Serenity


Question: '1968:<br />"I Have No Mouth, and I Must _____ " by Harlan Ellison'

Answer: Scream


Question: 'The victim of a 1947 murder in L.A. had this flower in her nickname'

Answer: Dahlia


Question: 'The official vegetable of Washington State is a sweet onion that shares its name with this valley & city'

Answer: Walla Walla


Question: 'Every little breeze whispered Dom Deluise when he played Captain Chaos in this 1981 Burt Reynolds car race flick'

Answer: Cannonball Run


Question: 'A visit to the Alhambra led this 20th c. Dutch artist to optical oddities like water that flows up as well as down'

Answer: M.C. Escher


Question: 'This word that means bravery or valor comes from the Latin for "heart"'

Answer: courage


Question: '1961:<br />"A ____ for Leibowitz" by Walter M. Miller Jr.'

Answer: Canticle


Question: 'From the name of a German naturalist, they're the cut flowers seen here, also known as Veldt daisies'

Answer: Gerber daisies


Question: 'James Michener called this French Polynesian island with its fabled blue lagoon "the most beautiful in the world"'

Answer: Bora-Bora


Question: '"You will always remember this as the day that you almost caught" this captain, seen in a trilogy of films'

Answer: Jack Sparrow


Question: 'Due to the large numbers of men away from home, it was the first year a majority of states counted absentee votes'

Answer: 1864


Question: '(I'm Bill Schneider.)  I'm in CNN's Washington, D.C. bureau, one of 37 bureaus including Bangkok & Buenos Aires, but the network's heart & headquarters is still in this city'

Answer: Atlanta, Georgia


Question: 'He was the king of Mardi Gras' 2010 Bacchus parade & would likely be elected king of Louisiana, if he wanted'

Answer: Drew Brees


Question: 'Anthem author Scott'

Answer: Francis Scott Key


Question: 'Between 1999 & 2007 this educational practice went up nearly 75% & kids don't even have to get out of their jammies'

Answer: home schooling


Question: 'The Russian czar founded this city in 1703 as his "window on Europe"'

Answer: St. Petersburg


Question: 'The first  volunteers in this U.S. government humanitarian force went to Ghana & Tanzania in 1961'

Answer: the Peace Corps


Question: 'In 2010, this senior political correspondent began as anchor of the Sunday show "State of the Union"'

Answer: Candy Crowley


Question: 'In a Sears ad this Vikings QB (it still seems odd to say that) couldn't make up his mind about buying a TV'

Answer: Brett Favre


Question: 'Civil War general Tecumseh'

Answer: William Tecumseh Sherman


Question: 'As the first line of defense against germs, make sure your kids do this frequently, & not just before a meal'

Answer: wash their hands


Question: 'Once Scotland's ecclesiastical capital, this city is also a golfing Mecca'

Answer: St. Andrews


Question: 'The band Boston titled a song this 3-word term for absence of mental stress'

Answer: "Peace Of Mind"


Question: 'This event that began in January 1991 brought worldwide attention to CNN'

Answer: the (First) Gulf War


Question: 'In a mock "United Way" ad, this Colts QB berated kids on a football field & showed them how to break into a car'

Answer: Peyton Manning


Question: 'Inventor Graham'

Answer: Alexander Graham Bell


Question: 'To perform this on kids aged 1 through 8, it's 2 breaths & 30 one-handed compressions per cycle'

Answer: CPR


Question: 'At the 2009 Tour de France, Alberto Contador won a stage including the Alpine passes named for this St.; he also won a dog'

Answer: St. Bernard


Question: 'In 1913 the recipient was Belgium's Henri la Fontaine; in 1914, '15 & '16 it wasn't awarded'

Answer: the Nobel Peace Prize


Question: '(I'm Wolf Blitzer.)  On June 1, 1980, when an all-news channel was a far-out idea, CNN was launched & this man's name was the first one a news anchor spoke on CNN'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: '"My face takes enough abuse", said this Falcon as he hawked the Gillette Fusion razor in an ad'

Answer: Matt Ryan


Question: 'Tennis champ Jean'

Answer: Billie Jean King


Question: 'Melanie Bazarte subtitled her "Parenting 101" book "Because Kids Don't Come With" these'

Answer: Instructions


Question: 'This gulf of the Atlantic is between Newfoundland & the Canadian mainland'

Answer: St. Lawrence


Question: 'This nickname for North Dakota refers to a real property found on its international border'

Answer: the Peace Garden State


Question: '(I'm Suzanne Malveaux.)  Hurrican Katrina brought CNN its 10th of these prestigious electronic media awards named for a banker who never saw TV'

Answer: the Peabody Awards


Question: 'Carrie Underwood denied her song "Cowboy Casanova" was about this Dallas QB (& ex-boyfriend)'

Answer: Tony Romo


Question: 'Convicted assassin Earl'

Answer: James Earl Ray


Question: 'Parents who hover too much over their kids have come to be called this type of parents, after a certain aircraft'

Answer: helicopter parents


Question: 'Robert Ford shot & killed Jesse James in this Missouri city'

Answer: St. Joseph


Question: 'Of the genus spathiphyllum, these white, fragrant flowers are often cultivated as ornamentals'

Answer: the peace lilly


Question: '"You don't know about me, without you have read a book by the name of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'"'

Answer: Huckleberry Finn


Question: 'A sorcerer's apprentice? No, it's this stage star, reality TV star & winner of season 3'

Answer: Fantasia Barrino


Question: 'Dos Equis'

Answer: Mexico


Question: '"Monstrous" term for a woman obsessed with planning her wedding'

Answer: a bridezilla


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew floats near a floe in Antarctica.)  This seal here--the only type that eats warm-blooded animals--is named after a big cat due to the dark spots on its coat'

Answer: the leopard seal


Question: '"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a... fortune must be in want of a wife"'

Answer: Pride and Prejudice


Question: 'This winner of season 8 sounds like he has 2 first names'

Answer: Kris Allen


Question: 'Kirin'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'Absence of activity on an EEG or EKG is indicated by this on a screen'

Answer: a flatline


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew goes hunting for killer whales in Antarctica.)  One of the most spectacular features of the male orca, or killer whale, is this stabilizing fin; from the Latin for "of the back", it can be 6 feet in height'

Answer: the dorsal fin


Question: '"To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently"'

Answer: The Grapes of Wrath


Question: 'Although he was a bartender before winning season 7, his name makes him sound more like a chef'

Answer: David Cook


Question: 'Victoria Bitter'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Seinfeldian term for someone who passes a present on to another recipient'

Answer: a regifter


Question: '(Lisa Trotter reports from Antarctica.)  Frigid Antarctic water is full of dissolved oxygen; it circulates through ice fish so they don't need this oxygen-carrying pigment, making them nearly colorless'

Answer: hemoglobin


Question: '"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed...into a gigantic insect"'

Answer: Metamorphosis


Question: '"I wonder" if this country cutie from season 5 enjoys making her own dills'

Answer: Kellie Pickler


Question: 'Carlsberg'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'Introducing the world to the word "palimony", Michelle Triola sued this actor for support in 1979'

Answer: Lee Marvin


Question: '"Global" term for the online journal environment'

Answer: the blogosphere


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Antarctica.)  The Antarctic is home to several species of petrels, named perhaps because their habit of flying close to the water's surface is reminiscent of this apostle, who tried to walk on water with Jesus'

Answer: Peter


Question: '"In the town there were two mutes and they were always together"'

Answer: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter


Question: 'You might say this season 6 winner is so electrifying that she gives off discharges'

Answer: Jordin Sparks


Question: 'Grolsch'

Answer: the Netherlands


Question: 'As a result of this 1980 FBI sting operation, Michael Myers became the first house member to be expelled in over 100 years'

Answer: ABSCAM


Question: 'Latin-flavored dance music blending reggae & hip-hop'

Answer: reggaeton


Question: '(Tom Ritchie reports from Antarctica.)  The stubby bill & white eye ring are ways to recognize this penguin species that French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville named after his wife'

Answer: the Adelie penguin


Question: 'An aid to the faithful since the 13th century, one standard version has parts arranged in groups of 1, 3 or 10'

Answer: the rosary


Question: 'Springfield, Illinois'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'In "South Pacific", Nellie Forbush sings that she's "a cock-eyed" one of these'

Answer: an optimist


Question: 'Robert Louis Stevenson fell in love with Fanny Osbourne, a married woman, & later wrote this tale for her son'

Answer: Treasure Island


Question: 'Leave "Suburban" sprawl!  Be a "Trailblazer" & zip off to "Tahoe" in one of this company's vehicles'

Answer: Chevy


Question:
'Giada de Laurentiis,
Rachael Ray,
Julia Child'

Answer: cooking


Question: 'It's the term for a university or college student who's working toward a bachelor's degree'

Answer: an undergraduate


Question: 'Stonewall, Texas'

Answer: Lyndon Johnson


Question: 'This song from "Fiddler on the Roof" begins, "Is this the little girl I carried?  Is this the little boy at play?"'

Answer: "Sunrise, Sunset"


Question: 'This national poet of Scotland was prolific--he had children out of wedlock with 4 different women'

Answer: Robert Burns


Question: 'It's a "Tribute" to the "RX-8" that this company is driven to succeed'

Answer: Mazda


Question:
'Barbara Mikulski,
Elizabeth Dole,
Barbara Boxer'

Answer: the U.S. Senate


Question: 'In the American Heritage Dictionary, the last entry under "U" is this Israeli-made submachine gun'

Answer: an Uzi


Question: 'Manhattan, New York (the one who's still there)'

Answer: Ulysses Grant


Question: '"Isn't it rich?  Are we a pair?  Me here at last on the ground, you in mid-air".  Do this'

Answer: send in the clowns


Question: 'King James V wed Marie de Guise in 1538 & died Dec. 14, 1542, a week after the birth of this daughter'

Answer: Mary, Queen of Scots


Question: 'Use "Fusion" to gain "Focus" & discover "Five Hundred" reasons to drive this company's cars'

Answer: Ford


Question:
'Vivienne Westwood,
Anne Klein,
Donna Karan'

Answer: fashion


Question: 'It's my final offer, take it or leave it; I'm giving you this'

Answer: an ultimatum


Question: 'Yorba Linda, California'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: '"Climb ev'ry mountain, ford ev'ry stream, follow ev'ry rainbow till you find" this'

Answer: your dream


Question: 'In the 1750s this biographer studied law at the University of Edinburgh, where he fell in love with an actress'

Answer: James Boswell


Question: 'What is the "Matrix"?  Let's hop in this company's "Land Cruiser" & find out'

Answer: Toyota


Question:
'Diane Arbus,
Dorothea Lange,
Annie Leibovitz'

Answer: photography


Question: 'It's the part of the mind Freud termed the id'

Answer: the unconscious


Question: 'Canton, Ohio'

Answer: McKinley


Question: '"Getting to know you, putting it my way, but nicely, you are precisely" this'

Answer: my cup of tea


Question: 'In 1555 this leader of the Scottish Reformation married Marjorie Bowes, daughter of an influential Protestant family'

Answer: John Knox


Question: 'A "Quest" for a new car from this brand can lead to a new "Frontier"'

Answer: Nissan


Question:
'Geraldine Farrar,
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,
Birgit Nilsson'

Answer: opera


Question: 'When everyone is in complete agreement, it's this 9-letter adjective'

Answer: unanimous


Question: 'Separating the thorax from the abdomen, it's the chief muscle of respiration'

Answer: the diaphragm


Question: 'A 1961 classic:<br />"West Side Story"'

Answer: Romeo and Juliet


Question: 'Its upper branch is the Maranon, the lower branch the Ucayali; both flow in Peru'

Answer: the Amazon


Question: 'That feller's gone crazy; in Spanish they'd say he's plumb this'

Answer: loco


Question: 'In 2006 a judge shook his finger at Anna Ayala & gave her 9 years in prison for lying about this fast food chain's chili'

Answer: Wendy\'s


Question: 'This Yankee great was variously known as "Mr. Marilyn Monroe" & "Mr. Coffee"'

Answer: DiMaggio


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew demonstrates writing with a pen.)  It's thought that lefties that hold pens like righties--not hooked--are contralateral--controlled by the right one of these'

Answer: hemisphere of the brain


Question: 'A 1999 teen flick:<br />"10 Things I Hate About You"'

Answer: The Taming of the Shrew


Question: 'Gatun Lake was formed in 1912 by the Gatun Dam during the construction of this'

Answer: the Panama Canal


Question: 'Mayday means you're in trouble; this means your prime of success or popularity'

Answer: heyday


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in front of the 16th St. Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL.)  In 2002, Bobby Frank Cherry, a member of this group, was the last suspect to be convicted for the bombing of this very church in 1963'

Answer: the Ku Klux Klan


Question: 'This cousin of an Oscar-winning actress was governor of Massachusetts for much of the 1970s & '80s'

Answer: Michael Dukakis


Question: 'This tube of cartilage branches into 2 major bronchi that enter the lungs'

Answer: the trachea


Question: 'A 2001 crime comedy:<br />"Scotland, Pa."'

Answer: Macbeth


Question: 'This largest inland body of water in Central America lies just southeast of Managua'

Answer: Lake Nicaragua


Question: 'My Eskimo friend sure gets around--he's left this boot under a bed in every igloo in town'

Answer: a mukluk


Question: 'Seized in Buenos Aires in May 1960, he was hanged in Israel 2 years later'

Answer: Adolf Eichmann


Question: 'In 1899 Congress created the honorary title "Admiral of the Navy" just for him'

Answer: Admiral George Dewey


Question: 'It's the plural of a meninx, which helps cover the spinal cord'

Answer: the meninges


Question: 'A 1985 film by Akira Kurosawa:<br />"Ran"'

Answer: King Lear


Question: 'The 3/4-mile-wide Strait of Tiquina in Bolivia separates the upper & lower portions of this lake'

Answer: Lake Titicaca


Question: 'Adjective meaning monotonous, boring, routine (yawn)'

Answer: humdrum


Question: 'Wanda Holloway of Texas was so desperate for her daughter to make this team that she tried to do away with a rival's mom'

Answer: the cheerleading team


Question: 'In 1931 this famed lawyer narrated "The Mystery of Life", a movie about evolution'

Answer: Clarence Darrow


Question: 'The name of these bones comes from words meaning "behind the ankle"'

Answer: metatarsi


Question: 'Keanu Reeves as Prince Hal in 1991:<br />"My Own Private Idaho"'

Answer: Henry IV


Question: 'This longest Venezuelan river starts in the Parima Highlands near the Brazilian border'

Answer: the Orinoco River


Question: 'This word sounds like someone with the intelligence of a louse egg'

Answer: a nitwit


Question: 'This Romanian & his wife Elena, found guilty of murder & embezzlement, were executed December 25, 1989'

Answer: the Ceausescus


Question: 'This South African president who freed Nelson Mandela in 1990 later served as one of his vice presidents'

Answer: De Klerk


Question: 'In 1964, in a rare interview, she said, "All I want to be is the Jane Austen of South Alabama..."'

Answer: Harper Lee


Question: 'Hooray!  Dan Castellaneta's wild 1-man stage show named for this artist doesn't have "a single ear reference"'

Answer: Vincent Van Gogh


Question: 'This "Bloody" queen was the daughter of King Henry VIII & Catherine of Aragon'

Answer: Mary I ("Bloody Mary")


Question: 'On this series, baby Maggie's first words, "Dah-dee", were spoken by Elizabeth Taylor'

Answer: The Simpsons


Question: 'In this novel, Jack Kerouac depicted himself as Sal Paradise, tagging along after the charismatic Dean Moriarty'

Answer: "On The Road"


Question: 'Michigan, Erie & 3 others'

Answer: The Great Lakes


Question: 'Emily, sobbing, tells Jonas Teri wants her to plead guilty; Jonas starts singing this 1988 Bobby McFerrin hit'

Answer: "Don\'t Worry, Be Happy"


Question: 'The 100th birthday of this New England city's Symphony Hall inspired the line "A plain home with a sense of place"'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'When he visited Europe in 1971, he became the first Japanese monarch to go abroad during his reign'

Answer: Emperor Hirohito


Question: 'Roz Doyle is his producer & call-screener at Seattle's KACL Radio'

Answer: Frasier Crane


Question: 'This Conrad character hasn't been dubbed "Lord" yet when he wimps out in a maritime emergency'

Answer: Lord Jim


Question: 'Proverbially, these "think alike"'

Answer: Great minds


Question: 'Jonas slips Emily a fake passport & a plane ticket to this city, Brazil's most populous'

Answer: Sao Paulo


Question: '"As if St. Thomas Church were not making enough good music with its own choir", this abbey's choir visited in Oct. 2000'

Answer: Westminster Abbey


Question: 'American flags flew at half-mast when this Frenchman died in Paris May 20, 1834'

Answer: Marquis de Lafayette


Question: 'In 1997 Carol Burnett won an Emmy for playing Teresa Stemple, Jamie Buchman's mother on this series'

Answer: Mad About You


Question: 'He does quite a bit of bed-hopping in the 4 John Updike novels featuring him'

Answer: Rabbit Angstrom


Question: 'In 1861 Dickens finished writing this novel'

Answer: "Great Expectations"


Question: 'FBI agent Malone comes into town to find out how a claymore mine got there & see his mom, one of these blood doctors'

Answer: Hematologist


Question: 'The Chamber Music Society of this "Center" put the Times "in a millennial mood" with a "Thousand Years of Love"'

Answer: Lincoln Center


Question: 'To help him build a poweful navy, this "Magnificent" Ottoman ruler enlisted the aid of Barbarossa'

Answer: Suleiman


Question: 'MIchelangelo is the middle name of Lewis Kiniski, Ryan Stiles' character on this sitcom'

Answer: The Drew Carey Show


Question: 'WWII spymaster Vera Atkins inspired this secretary of M in James Bond novels'

Answer: Miss Moneypenny


Question: 'This vast geographic plateau stretches from northern Colorado to southern Texas'

Answer: Great Plains


Question: 'Gore Vidal told the Times that JFK gave him one of the lines he used in this 1960 play, revived on Broadway in 2000'

Answer: "The Best Man"


Question: 'Stricken with leprosy, this Scottish king died in seclusion in 1329'

Answer: Robert the Bruce


Question: 'This sitcom was based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning columns by humorist Dave Barry'

Answer: Dave\'s World


Question: 'A medieval epic about this grail-seeking hero was turned into an opera by Wagner'

Answer: Parsifal/Percival


Question: 'Under the leadership of this man, seen here, his nation doubled in size & became a major European power'

Answer: Frederick the Great (of Prussia)


Question: 'At the Centennial Exposition in 1876, he was on call to introduce his new telephone'

Answer: Alexander Graham Bell


Question: 'Type of creature seen here'

Answer: Baboon


Question: 'Advertising for this Eastwood film included the line "For 3 men the Civil War wasn't hell.  It was practice!"'

Answer: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly


Question: 'To walk through the Garden of Ruins in this country, head southwest from Budapest to Szekesfehervar'

Answer: Hungary


Question: 'E.T. had one that Neil Diamond sang about'

Answer: Heartlight


Question: 'Sword & sorcery author Ru Emerson has been writing TV tie-in novels featuring this warrior princess'

Answer: Xena


Question: 'In 132 Zhang Heng developed a crude one of these instruments that registers earthquakes'

Answer: Seismograph


Question: 'A type of unglazed china, or a thick cream soup often made with lobster'

Answer: Bisque


Question: 'Regarding the food of the future, Charlton Heston reveals it's people! in this "colorful" film'

Answer: Soylent Green


Question: 'If you make it to this London museum's rooms 91-93, you'll see decorative snuff boxes & the Darnley Ring'

Answer: Victoria & Albert Museum


Question: 'In the mid-19th century kerosene replaced this as the main oil used in lamps'

Answer: Whale oil


Question: '"Doom" video game designer American McGee has put a demented twist on this heroine, as seen here'

Answer: Alice in Wonderland


Question: 'In 1862 he patented America's first practical quick-firing machine gun'

Answer: Richard Gatling


Question: 'This ethnic group lives in the Pyrenees & speaks Euskera'

Answer: Basque


Question: 'John Leguizamo, Patrick Swayze & this man "dragged" through 1995's "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar"'

Answer: Wesley Snipes


Question: 'This North American city's Faubourg Ste-Catherine is similar to Boston's Quincy Market'

Answer: Montreal


Question: 'Luminescence is caused by the movements of these particles from more to less energetic states'

Answer: Electrons


Question: 'For developing this nylon fastener, George de Mestral is stuck in the National Inventors Hall of Fame'

Answer: Velcro


Question: 'It's the capital of Slovakia'

Answer: Bratislava


Question: 'In "The Final Countdown", this aircraft carrier travels back in time to just before the attack on Pearl Harbor'

Answer: Nimitz


Question: 'Button up your Cote D'Azur & visit this city's Carnival to watch the flower battles'

Answer: Nice


Question: 'In his 1619 "Harmonice Mundi

Answer: Johannes Kepler


Question: 'It's the 19th century German style of furniture seen here'

Answer: Biedermeier


Question: 'Chicago newspaperman Jimmy Stewart helps a woman prove her son's innocence in this 1948 classic'

Answer: Call Northside 777


Question: 'The Palacio Nacional de Mafra in this country was built with gold from Brazil'

Answer: Portugal


Question: 'Of the Apollo missions, the total number that successfully landed men on the moon'

Answer: 6 (11, 12, 14, 15, 16 & 17)


Question: 'Despite this prez's efforts, he couldn't get over his Depression'

Answer: Hoover


Question: 'In 2000 this ex-Chicago Bull became president of the Wizards'

Answer: (Michael) Jordan


Question: 'In 1946 Chicago maitre d' Frank Brown posed for this rice brand's trademark picture'

Answer: Uncle Ben\'s


Question: 'ON THE MENU: I'll take a "G", Pat & solve the puzzle... it's an Italian dish of tiny dumplings made from potatoes or flour'

Answer: gnocchi


Question: 'A major waterway of western Germany, the Weser river flows 273 miles to this sea'

Answer: the North Sea


Question: 'Proverbially, don't ruin plans & "upset" this fruit-delivery mechanism'

Answer: the apple cart


Question: 'He was Mr. Big when he occupied the White House'

Answer: Taft


Question: '(Hi. I'm Bill Walton.)  In 1974 this team that now plays its home games in the Rose Garden made me the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft'

Answer: the Portland Trail Blazers


Question: 'This mustachioed yachtsman not only founded a great tea company, he affixed his own portrait to the packages'

Answer: (Sir Thomas) Lipton


Question: 'THING: It's the cavity or tube that connects the oral & nasal passages with the esophagus & larynx'

Answer: pharynx


Question: 'The Breg & the Brigach unite at Donaueschingen, Germany to form this second-longest river in Europe'

Answer: the Danube


Question: 'Yeesh!  Random House defines this body part as "gristle"'

Answer: cartilage


Question: 'Died in his first term'

Answer: Harding


Question: 'Averaging 21 points per game, this team's Chauncey Billups was named MVP of the 2004 NBA finals'

Answer: the Detroit Pistons


Question: 'In the '20s the Minnesota Cooperative Creameries Assn. added an Indian maiden to this butter brand logo'

Answer: Land o\' Lakes


Question: 'ON THE MAP: This country whose capital is Astana became a republic of the USSR in 1936'

Answer: Kazakhstan


Question: 'The Neckar river of SW Germany begins its 228-mile course near Schwenningen in this region aka the Schwarzwald'

Answer: the Black Forest


Question: 'Literally "blank document", it's the 2-word French term for unconditional authority'

Answer: carte blanche


Question: 'One of the first four'

Answer: John Adams


Question: 'This Warrior had 6 NBA games in which he scored 70 or more points, including a 100-point game in 1962'

Answer: Wilt Chamberlain


Question: 'This polishing soap's baby chick was created in the late 1890s; it still "hasn't scratched yet"'

Answer: Bon Ami


Question: 'BEFORE & AFTER: French action movie & Peta Wilson TV show that became a world leader in 1958'

Answer: La Femme Nikita Khrushchev


Question: 'The Pegnitz & the Rednitz join to form the Regnitz River just NW of this German city famous for its trials & rallies'

Answer: Nuremberg


Question: 'One of the best-known examples of this 6-letter term is OPEC'

Answer: a cartel


Question: 'He's the big Whig seen here'

Answer: Zachary Taylor


Question: 'He's won 6 NBA championship rings: 1 as a player, 1 as an asst. coach & 4 as head coach of the Lakers in the 1980s'

Answer: Pat Riley


Question: 'In the '30s Sinclair Oil used this Brontosaurus in its ads; inflatable toys & other promotions followed'

Answer: Dino


Question: 'PERSON: A total of 3 Zs are in the first & last names of this national security adviser under Carter'

Answer: Zbigniew Brzezinski


Question: 'The 339-mile Moselle River forms part of the boundary between Germany & this duchy'

Answer: Luxembourg


Question: 'Don't put this writer of 1644's "Principles of Philosophy" before the horse'

Answer: Rene Descartes


Question: 'AR stands for the problem of "antibiotic" this, when bacteria shrug off drugs that once would have killed them'

Answer: resistance


Question: '1995:<br />"That'll do pig.  That'll do"'

Answer: Babe


Question: 'His first & middle names were Pelham Grenville, but his friends called him "Plum"'

Answer: P.G. Wodehouse


Question: 'Word found after clay, passenger or stool'

Answer: pigeon


Question: 'In 87 B.C. Gaius Marius & his pal Cinna captured this city'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'In October, the Buckeye Central Railroad in this state offers Haunted Halloween trips'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'Helicobacter pylori has special defenses against this acid, which allow it to live in the stomach & cause ulcers'

Answer: hydrochloric acid


Question: '1969:<br />"Kid, the next time I say, 'Let's go someplace like Bolivia,' let's go someplace like Bolivia"'

Answer: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands in the JFK Library & Museum.)  The Kennedy Library has a fine collection of the papers & mementos of this writer, including an antelope that he shot on safari'

Answer: Hemingway


Question: 'Comedian Steve Boyer said he was such a geek in H.S. that his characters in this 3-word fantasy game had asthma'

Answer: Dungeons & Dragons


Question: 'From 1968 to 1971, President George W. Bush served in this military group'

Answer: the Texas Air National Guard


Question: 'Inspired by the train in this 1941 film, the Casey Jr. Circus Train opened at Disneyland in its first year, 1955'

Answer: Dumbo


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds up a small vial from inside the Smithsonian Institution.)  In 1943 Selman Waksman discovered in this soil sample this, the first drug effective against tuberculosis'

Answer: streptomycin


Question:
'1931:
"Listen to them.  Children of the night.  What music they make"'

Answer: Dracula


Question: 'In his youth, this author of "The Mayor of Casterbridge" played the fiddle at weddings & dances'

Answer: Thomas Hardy


Question: '"My wife said, 'That's not going in the living room'", a man said in 2004 after spearing a 188-lb. one of these fish'

Answer: a sturgeon


Question: 'Aiding the English win at Crecy were people collecting these off the battlefield for reuse after each French retreat'

Answer: arrows


Question: 'Riding the Mount Washington Cog Railway has thrilled folks in this New England State since 1869'

Answer: New Hampshire


Question: 'Clostridium tetani typically affects the masseter muscle, which controls the movement of this body part'

Answer: the jaw


Question:
'1984:
"There are simply too many notes"'

Answer: Amadeus


Question: 'This author of "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" spent his last years with the former proprietress of a Florida brothel'

Answer: (Stephen) Crane


Question: 'A petty way of referring to a member of the middle class'

Answer: a bourgeois


Question: 'Soldiers still practice this "drill" of marching in formation even though it's not used in battle'

Answer: close order drill


Question: 'The California State Railroad Museum is in this city once at the western end of the Transcontinental RR'

Answer: Sacramento


Question:
'1958:
"Help me!  Help me!"'

Answer: The Fly


Question: 'He was eventually buried in the Illinois cemetery that inspired his "Spoon River Anthology"'

Answer: Edgar Lee Masters


Question: 'This 1897 Kipling novel details a boy's coming of age on a fishing trawler'

Answer: Captains Courageous


Question: 'Abbreviated SAS, this elite British military unit is similar to the USA's Delta Force'

Answer: the Special Air Service


Question: 'The old Wakarusa Railroad offers a 1 1/2 mile ride over a hand-laid railway near Elkhart in this state'

Answer: Indiana


Question: 'Calling him a Revolutionary, in 2000 Fidel Castro dedicated a statue of this man on the 20th anniversary of his murder'

Answer: John Lennon


Question: 'It may shock you, but this snakelike "electric" fish can be 8 feet long'

Answer: an eel


Question: 'Weapon with the greatest "return" for your money, especially if your money is an Australian dollar'

Answer: the boomerang


Question: 'This narrow lake, part of Scotland's Caledonian Canal, is home to a famous monster'

Answer: Loch Ness


Question: 'Due to leakage, 3 billion gal. of this natural resource stored by the gov't in a cavern is being sold for a loss'

Answer: oil


Question: 'Gale Sondergaard wanted to play the Wicked Witch in this 1939 film as a glamorous woman in a tight sequined dress'

Answer: The Wizard of Oz


Question: 'Some people use spray deodorants, but many conservationists prefer this non-aerosol kind'

Answer: roll-on


Question: 'Marvin Runyon said as of Aug. 1, 1995 any of these workers bringing a gun to the job would be fired'

Answer: postal workers


Question: 'This longest river on Earth flows into the Mediterranean Sea'

Answer: the Nile


Question: 'During "Carmen" in 1995, tenor Fabio Armiliato was accidentally cut by one of these long-bladed weapons'

Answer: a sword


Question: 'Walt Disney considered casting Mary Pickford as this Lewis Carroll heroine'

Answer: Alice in Wonderland


Question: 'When it's time to go to sleep, campers unroll these'

Answer: a bed roll


Question: 'An encased explosive charge set on a wall or gate; you may be "hoisted by" your own if you're too close'

Answer: a petard


Question: 'Birnbaum's Travel Guide calls this volcano the terror & pride of Naples'

Answer: Mount Vesuvius


Question: 'During "Tosca" in 1995, this accident happened to tenor Fabio Armiliato in the firing squad scene'

Answer: he was shot [in the foot]


Question: 'Doris Day was asked to play Mrs. Robinson in this film, but she thought it would ruin her image'

Answer: The Graduate


Question: 'If you have lots of dough, you can buy a really nice one of these implements to smooth out your dough'

Answer: a rolling pin


Question: 'Sometimes made of a 15' length of hollow cane, it uses the force of one's breath to propel a dart'

Answer: a blow gun


Question: 'The first atomic bomb was exploded in 1945 near Alamogordo in this state'

Answer: New Mexico


Question: 'Leaning on a crutch offstage after the 1st act of "Tosca", tenor Fabio Armiliato fell & broke this'

Answer: his leg


Question: 'If Rex Harrison hadn't accepted this role, we would have heard Christopher Plummer "talk to the animals"'

Answer: Dr. Doolittle


Question: 'In the "Beer Barrel Polka", this line precedes "We'll have a barrel of fun"'

Answer: roll out the barrel


Question: 'Wayne LaPierre, an executive of this gun group, blamed the 1995 loss of 300,000 members on the dues increase'

Answer: the NRA


Question: 'This continent's Polyus Nedostupnosti, the pole of inaccessibility, is Guinness' coldest place'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'In July 1995 the RCMP & the Secret Service had to rescue this former U.S. president from a Canadian peat bog'

Answer: George Bush


Question: 'After Bette Davis turned down the role of Mildred Pierce, this rival grabbed it & won an Oscar'

Answer: Joan Crawford


Question: 'Jazz great Morton, or his sweet snack'

Answer: jelly roll


Question: 'Archaeological finds in 1922 included the Royal Tombs of Ur & the tomb of this boy king'

Answer: Tutankhamun


Question: 'On winning, this "Tonight Show" host quipped, "Now HBO will have to change the ending of its telefilm"'

Answer: Jay Leno


Question: 'She retired from the screen after her 1956 marriage to Prince Rainier'

Answer: Grace Kelly


Question: 'Juan de la Costa was the master of the flagship on his 1492 expedition to the New World'

Answer: Columbus


Question: 'TV's Captain Kirk, he reunites the Enterprise crew in a 1995 novel, "The Ashes of Eden"'

Answer: Bill Shatner


Question: 'He was just 22 when he illustrated his first Saturday Evening Post cover in 1916'

Answer: Norman Rockwell


Question: 'In 1921 this chewing gum company "stuck" its 30-story HQ on Michigan Avenue in Chicago'

Answer: Wrigley


Question: '30 years ago, this singer's 1st TV special won 5 Emmys; in 1995 her HBO special did the same'

Answer: Barbra Streisand


Question: '1 of 2 women currently serving on the U.S. Supreme Court'

Answer: Sandra Day-O\'Connor [or Ruth Bader Ginsburg]


Question: 'In 1808 this partner of Meriwether Lewis co-founded the St. Louis Missouri Fur Company'

Answer: [William] Clark


Question: '"Cosette", published in 1995, picks up where Victor Hugo left off in this 1862 classic about Jean Valjean'

Answer: Les Miserables


Question: 'In 1538 Titian painted this Roman goddess of beauty reclining nude on a bed'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'Kelsey Grammer & David Hyde Pierce won for playing brothers on this, the best comedy series'

Answer: Frasier


Question: 'In 1993 this estranged wife of a world leader was elected president of the ANC's Women's League'

Answer: Winnie Mandela


Question: 'The Victoria was the only one of his 5 ships to complete his 1519-1522 round-the-world expedition'

Answer: Magellan


Question: 'In 1961 the first American edition of his "Tropic of Cancer" became a bestseller'

Answer: [Henry] Miller


Question: 'He painted Mademoiselle Lala hanging by her teeth in the circus, but he's more famous for his ballerinas'

Answer: Edgar Degas


Question: '"I've been waiting 60 years to get up on this stage" said this former TV Martian who won for "Picket Fences"'

Answer: Ray Walston


Question: 'She was born in Kiev in 1898, grew up in Milwaukee & in 1969 became prime minister of Israel'

Answer: Golda Meir


Question: '"Terms of Endearment" was his sixth novel with a Texas setting'

Answer: [Larry] McMurtry


Question: 'This Frenchman put himself & his cousin Tapie in his 1892 painting "At the Moulin Rouge"'

Answer: Lautrec


Question: 'This Puerto Rican-born actor won a posthumous Emmy for playing Chico Mendes in "The Burning Season"'

Answer: Raul Julia


Question: 'Famous for her theatrics, this evangelist once gave a sermon on "God's law" dressed in a police uniform'

Answer: Aimee Semple McPherson


Question: 'In December 1928 this future U.S. admiral established Little America in Antarctica'

Answer: Byrd


Question: 'In 1995 this author published his long-awaited sequel to "Forrest Gump", called "Gump & Co."'

Answer: Winston Groom


Question: 'Jacques Chirac is the 5th president of the 5th Republic; he was the first'

Answer: Charles de Gaulle


Question: 'Earth joined Wind & Fire & he joined Lake & Palmer'

Answer: Keith Emerson


Question: 'As it has this many toes on each foot, a raccoon's footprints have a human look'

Answer: 5


Question: 'The romances of this legendary king tell of Dagonet, a fool he knighted'

Answer: King Arthur


Question: 'Ty Cobb, baseball's "Georgia Peach", made millions on early investment in this Georgia beverage company'

Answer: Coca-Cola


Question: 'Gather your grain, or the kind of moon that's asked to "shine on" in a song'

Answer: harvest


Question: 'Encarta calls him "the most renowned Hun leader"'

Answer: Attila


Question: 'In titles it preceded Eddie Money's "Nights" & Richard Marx's "Summer Nights"'

Answer: Endless


Question: 'Allsands.com's "How to" section includes how to make these popular with the Davy Crockett wannabees'

Answer: coonskin caps


Question: 'The Earl of Suffolk's fool Dickie Pierce was buried with an epitaph by this "Gulliver" author'

Answer: Jonathan Swift


Question: 'In 1982 Peter Lynch bought this troubled U.S. car company at about 2 bucks a share; in 1986 he sold for around 40'

Answer: Chrysler


Question: 'People do it to stamps or coins & when they pass Go in Monopoly'

Answer: collect


Question: 'Ammianus Marcellinus wrote that the Hun could eat, live, sleep & conduct his business from the back of this'

Answer: his horse


Question: 'This botanical tune grew up to No. 1 in 1988'

Answer: "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" (by Poison)


Question: 'Newborn raccoons lack the familiar tail rings & this famous facial feature'

Answer: mask


Question: 'It's the only part of Hamlet's father's jester seen in Shakespeare's play'

Answer: his skull (Yorick\'s)


Question: 'Pfizer was a good buy in May 2001, when the government said 3 times more people need drugs to lower this'

Answer: cholesterol


Question: 'Completes the Biblical quote "Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also..."'

Answer: reap


Question: 'The town on the site of this capital of Bulgaria was plundered & burned by the Huns around 447'

Answer: Sofia


Question: 'Though this Art Alexakis band was formed in Portland, its first hit was about Santa Monica'

Answer: Everclear


Question: 'After being "A Tramp Abroad", this author yearned for home-style foods like possum & 'coon'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'Term for a jester's scepter, a stick with a head on it; today you lump it with a bangle & bead'

Answer: bauble


Question: 'This office equipment maker was first listed on the NYSE in 1961 & split 5 for 1 in 1963'

Answer: Xerox


Question: '(Alex: Let's go to Sofia at the United Nations)  People from Uruguay to Ukraine have held the presidency of this body that meets here'

Answer: the General Assembly


Question: 'The Huns tried to extend west into the area then called this & "Frank"ly were beaten there in 451'

Answer: Gaul


Question: 'The Eurythmics were on the bill in 2000 at the grand opening celebration of this Seattle rock museum'

Answer: Experience Music Project


Question: 'Keep it under your hat -- in the 1840s this U.S. political party used the raccoon as its emblem'

Answer: the Whig Party


Question: 'Even his jester Muckle John couldn't cheer up this king when he was beheaded in 1649'

Answer: Charles I


Question: 'Stock in this "systems" company that's "Empowering the Internet Generation" doubled in value in 1998 & in 1999'

Answer: Cisco


Question: 'The Huns only sacked Milan; this group destroyed it less than 100 years later, in 539'

Answer: Goths


Question: 'Of 3,000, 30,000, or 300,000, the approximate number of beetle species in the world'

Answer: 300,000


Question: 'Founded in 1962, this country's Kabul Times was its first English-language newspaper'

Answer: Afghanistan


Question: 'Andrea Solari dished up the painting of this saint seen here'

Answer: John the Baptist


Question: '"Lion"ized studio<br />(3)'

Answer: MGM


Question: '"Sea and Sardinia" is a travel book by this "Sons and Lovers" author'

Answer: D.H. Lawrence


Question: '"Downtown" singer who works as a reporter for the Daily Planet'

Answer: Petula Clark Kent


Question: 'It's the company that produced the popular "insect" seen here'

Answer: Volkswagen


Question: 'Dating from 1624, this country's San Francisco Xavier University in Sucre is one of the oldest in the Americas'

Answer: Bolivia


Question: 'Andrea D'Agnolo di Francesco is better-known by this name found in the title of Robert Browning's poem about him'

Answer: Andrea del Sarto


Question: '"Falcon" nationality<br />(7)'

Answer: Maltese


Question: 'Famous for a set of bawdy stories, he was the first to be buried in Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner'

Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer


Question: 'Controversial '60s comic who sang "Born in the U.S.A."'

Answer: Lenny Bruce Springsteen


Question: 'Because of the potential damage, potato growers are very wary of this "Rocky Mountain State" beetle'

Answer: Colorado beetle


Question: 'The capital of this grand duchy is the seat of the Court of Justice of the European Communities'

Answer: Luxembourg


Question: 'Seen here is Antonio Canova's statue of this French emperor's scandalous sister Pauline'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'Title time for a New York "Cowboy"<br />(8)'

Answer: Midnight


Question: 'He returned to India at age 17 in 1882 & worked as a journalist; he published his first poems in 1886'

Answer: Rudyard Kipling


Question: 'Butch Cassidy's sidekick's extreme tact & delicacy'

Answer: Sundance Kid gloves


Question: 'It's the beetle variety that rolls balls of manure into its burrows to feed its larvae'

Answer: dung beetle


Question: 'At the present its co-princes are Jacques Chirac & Bishop Joan Marti Alanis'

Answer: Andorra


Question: 'Sebastiano's enormous painting of the "Raising of" this Biblical man is in the National Gallery in London'

Answer: Lazarus


Question: 'Field & MacLaine were "Steel" ones<br />(9)'

Answer: Magnolias


Question: 'This Walter Scott character is chieftain of the MacGregor clan'

Answer: Rob Roy


Question: 'Lakers guard who anchored the "Today" show for 15 years'

Answer: Kobe Bryant Gumbel


Question: 'The resemblance of the jaws of the beetle seen here to a male deer's antlers gives it this name'

Answer: stag beetle


Question: 'Lorenzo Ghiberti is best-known for the magnificent bronze doors he created for the baptistery in this city'

Answer: Florence


Question: 'Matinee idol Marcello<br />(11)'

Answer: Mastroianni


Question: 'Published in 1985, "The Tenth Man" was a long-lost novella written by this "Third Man" author back in 1944'

Answer: Graham Greene


Question: '"Ozymandias" poet who played Lolita's mom on film'

Answer: Percy Bysshe Shelley Winters


Question: 'One of the 2 hourlong dramas spun off from popular half-hour sitcoms in the 1970s'

Answer: Lou Grant or Trapper John, M.D.


Question: 'A Buddhist following the Eightfold Path will lose ignorance & craving, & reach this'

Answer: nirvana


Question: 'Show on which Ed delivered his classic statement "You've got spunk... I hate spunk"'

Answer: The Mary Tyler Moore Show


Question: 'The HU-1A "Huey" was the main Medevac one of these in the Vietnam War'

Answer: a helicopter


Question: 'This specialty retailer received Colombia's Order of the Grand Cross for its support of coffee farmers in 2004'

Answer: Starbucks


Question: 'It's a sheet of glass in a window'

Answer: pane


Question: 'Gabriel Garcia Marquez' "The General in His Labyrinth" tells of the last days of this liberator'

Answer: Simón Bolivar


Question: 'In Islam, salat is praying on a mat this many times a day'

Answer: five


Question: 'Ed brought this character to life in "Elf", "Olive, the Other Reindeer" & "The Ellen Show"'

Answer: Santa Claus


Question: 'The Montgolfier brothers were papermakers by profession & used paper in their early ones of these'

Answer: a balloon


Question: 'Originally established in 1813, the Iron Cross was re-established by this German leader on August 5, 1914'

Answer: Kaiser Wilhelm II


Question: 'Pirates once plundered ships in an area of the Caribbean referred to as the Spanish this'

Answer: Main


Question: 'In 1550 he completed his last fresco, "The Crucifixion of St. Peter"'

Answer: Michelangelo


Question: 'In 1773 Clement XIV suppressed this order founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola'

Answer: the Jesuits


Question: 'Ed played this legendary politican in the TV movie "The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish"'

Answer: Huey Long


Question: 'It's a device used to connect railroad cars; today's automatic knuckle one was patented by Eli Janney in 1873'

Answer: a coupler


Question: 'After Sept. 11, the Defense of Freedom Medal was created, the civilian counterpart to this military medal'

Answer: the Purple Heart


Question: 'Of sound mind'

Answer: sane


Question: 'Eugene Cernan, who wrote 1998's "The Last Man on the Moon", flew on this last Apollo mission to the Moon'

Answer: Apollo 17


Question: 'Almost 480 of his hymns appeared in the 1780 Methodist Hymnal; his brother John was also a theologian'

Answer: Charles Wesley


Question: 'Ed had the Axel Jordache look when he took home an Emmy for this 1976 Peter Strauss miniseries'

Answer: Rich Man, Poor Man


Question: 'Introduced in Britain in 1948, this brand soon became the standard for rugged 4-wheel drive vehicles'

Answer: the Land Rover


Question: 'The 1st military campaign medal Congress approved, the Manila Bay Medal was known by the name of this adm.'

Answer: Dewey


Question: 'Prop for Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp character'

Answer: cane


Question: 'The 1997 book "The Last Governor" was about "Chris Patten and the Handover of" this Asian colony'

Answer: Hong Kong


Question: 'It's the religion of 98% of Greece's population'

Answer: Greek Orthodox (Eastern Orthodox Catholic accepted)


Question: 'Emmy came calling again for Ed for his role as the villainous Capt. Thomas Davies in this 1977 miniseries'

Answer: Roots


Question: 'In 1987 Greyhound Lines bought this Dallas-based competitor'

Answer: Trailways


Question: 'In 1930 Congress authorized gold, silver & bronze medals for members of his Antarctic expedition'

Answer: Admiral Byrd


Question: 'Sorghum or triticale'

Answer: grain


Question: 'Deposed in 1922, Mehmed VI was this empire's last sultan'

Answer: the Ottoman Empire


Question: 'In a play by Euripides, this woman is faithful to Menelaus while her phantom double runs off with Paris'

Answer: Helen of Troy


Question: 'In "1492: Conquest of Paradise", Sigourney Weaver portrayed this queen'

Answer: Isabella


Question: 'This country at the tip of the Malay Peninsula has the busiest port in Southeast Asia'

Answer: Singapore


Question: 'Famous 3-word reply of climber George Mallory when asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everest'

Answer: "Because it\'s there"


Question: 'Invented by Theophilus Van Kannel, these entrances save energy & equalize air pressure in skyscrapers'

Answer: revolving doors


Question: 'In ancient Greek plays, this group of performers often served as a narrator & commented on the action'

Answer: the chorus


Question: 'In this movie & its sequel, Julie Andrews played Clarisse Renaldi, the Queen of Genovia'

Answer: The Princess Diaries


Question: 'This "Most Serene Republic" situated on the slopes of Mount Titano is surrounded by Italy'

Answer: San Marino


Question: 'This German philospher famously remarked in 1844 that "Religion is... the opium of the people"'

Answer: Marx


Question: 'Until we see each other again in France, say this'

Answer: au revoir


Question: 'You don't have to be an oracle to know that this oracle is pivotal to the plot of "Ion"'

Answer: the Delphic Oracle


Question: 'She's the dame who played Queen Victoria in 1997's "Mrs. Brown"'

Answer: Judi Dench


Question: 'The Tupou Dynasty has ruled this South Pacific kingdom since 1845'

Answer: Tonga


Question: 'In an "Elegy Written" here, Thomas Gray solemnly warned, "The paths of glory lead but to the grave"'

Answer: a country churchyard


Question: 'It's the capital of Bosnia & Herzegovina'

Answer: Sarajevo


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the ruins of the Theater of Dionysus in Athens, Greece.)  The ancient Greek special effect of a deity lowered from a crane was called this, meaning "god from the machine"'

Answer: deus ex machina


Question: 'In a 1971 movie Vanessa Redgrave & Glenda Jackson reigned supreme as these 2 rival monarchs'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth (I) & Queen Mary (Stuart)


Question: 'The Rhine River provides the western border of this principality'

Answer: Liechtenstein


Question: 'When this English ruler's portrait was painted around 1650, he told the artist to show the "warts and everything"'

Answer: (Oliver) Cromwell


Question: 'Lawrence Halprin turned aging insdustrial buidlings into usable space & parkland in this city'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'Adjective describing demons or people who wish evil on another'

Answer: malevolent


Question: 'Tunnels from which characters such as ghosts made surprise entrances were called this Hades ferryman's "steps"'

Answer: Charon


Question: 'Joely Richardson starred as Marie Antoinette in this movie about a scandal over a piece of jewelry'

Answer: The Affair of the Necklace


Question: 'This country just north of Madagascar consists of about 90 islands, but its area is only 176 square miles'

Answer: the Seychelles


Question: 'Prussian Karl Von Clausewitz is credited with the quote this "is the continuation of politics by other means"'

Answer: war


Question: 'This Swedish company's baby carrier provides lumbar support & ergonomic shoulder straps for the wearer'

Answer: BabyBjörn


Question: 'This answer is barren, destitute & depleted'

Answer: devoid


Question: 'This legislative body first met on March 4, 1789 in New York City, but only 8 of its 22 members were present'

Answer: the U.S. Senate


Question:
'1975:
You'd be crazy to miss this one'

Answer: One Flew Over the Cuckoo\'s Nest


Question: 'Badgers belong to this family, Mustelidae, but you probably have never sung "Pop Goes The Badger"'

Answer: weasel


Question: 'Ate amanha, part of a farewell, means this; it doesn't sound so different from the same in Spanish'

Answer: see you tomorrow


Question: 'The Church of England has 2 provinces, each headed by an archbishop; York & this one'

Answer: Canterbury


Question: 'In 2008 this former Bush spokesman published a controversial account of his White House years'

Answer: Scott McClellan


Question: 'Whales breathe through these, taking in up to 2,100 quarts of air; baleen whales have 2, toothed whales, 1'

Answer: blowholes


Question:
'1966:
A perennial favorite'

Answer: A Man for All Seasons


Question: 'This 3-letter word means to pester or badger; it can also refer to a worthless horse'

Answer: nag


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue in Rio de Janeiro.)  Around 1900, Confeitaria Colombo was Rio's most elegant cafe, with the cream of society stopping by for cha da tarde, a spot of this'

Answer: tea


Question: 'Rather than jumping on the euro bandwagon, England still uses this as its unit of currency'

Answer: the pound


Question: 'He was the fourth American in space, if you don't count the chimps'

Answer: Scott Carpenter


Question: 'An adult male whale is called a bull, a female is called a cow & a baby whale is called this'

Answer: a calf


Question:
'2005:
Things must be really bad in L.A.'

Answer: Crash


Question: 'In Europe, this infectious lung disease known by 2 letters is a predominant cause of badgers' natural mortality'

Answer: TB


Question: 'Of "I'm sorry", "Good morning" or "Taste this!", what desculpe means'

Answer: I\'m sorry


Question: 'Imposing 400-foot limestone cliffs line the gorge that bears the name of this "cheesy" city'

Answer: Cheddar


Question: 'She met Martin Luther King while he was studying theology at Boston University'

Answer: Coretta Scott


Question: 'In the U.S., whaling is legal only for the native population in 9 coastal villages in this state'

Answer: Alaska


Question:
'1951:
A musical culture clash'

Answer: An American in Paris


Question: 'Hit the slopes at Badger Pass Ski Area in this national park in East-Central California'

Answer: Yosemite


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew examines some cloth in the market.)  Feira is market, as in the Feira Hippie where I'm shopping; this day of the week is segunda-feira, or "second market day"'

Answer: Monday


Question: 'The 2 houses of Parliament'

Answer: the House of Lords & the House of Commons


Question: 'This author's novel "Presumed Innocent" helped launch a craze for legal thrillers'

Answer: Scott Turow


Question: 'The largest toothed animal in the world, it was named for the milky-white substance found in its head'

Answer: a sperm whale


Question:
'1985:
"I had a farm..."'

Answer: Out of Africa


Question: 'Mole in this popular Kenneth Grahame children's story has friends like Badger, Rat & Mr. Toad'

Answer: Wind in the Willows


Question: 'A casa de fado is a restaurant that also features this, as the "fado" tells you'

Answer: songs


Question: 'A "rock" variety of game hen is named for this southwestern county of England'

Answer: Cornwall


Question: 'F. Scott Fitzgerald was named for this relative of his who wrote a famous song'

Answer: Francis Scott Key


Question: 'A typical "song" by this long-flippered whale can last between 5 & 35 minutes & can have up to 7 themes'

Answer: a humpback whale


Question: 'In an 1816 opera, he's the Barber of Seville'

Answer: Figaro


Question: 'James Franco (Daniel) has some serious daddy issues as Harry Osborn in this superhero film series'

Answer: Spider-Man


Question: 'Louisa May Alcott:<br />"Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys"'

Answer: Little Men


Question: 'Christopher Marlowe lived his whole life as her subject'

Answer: Elizabeth I


Question: 'The 3 colors in common to the flags of Ohio & Tennessee'

Answer: red, white & blue


Question: 'It's the "B" in a BLT'

Answer: bacon


Question: 'Donizetti's operas include "Anna Bolena" & "Lucrezia" this'

Answer: Borgia


Question: '"Remember" Jason Segal (Nick)?  He's a smart man; he wrote this 2008 comedy with himself as its star & set it in Hawaii'

Answer: Forgetting Sarah Marshall


Question: 'Myra Lewis:<br />"The Uncensored Story of Jerry Lee Lewis"'

Answer: Great Balls of Fire


Question: 'This country's Jagiellonian University was largely built by Queen Jadwiga'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'The Great Falls of this river flow on Montana's flag'

Answer: the Missouri River


Question: 'This type of theft may be grand or petty'

Answer: larceny


Question: 'Around the same time, Leoncavallo & this man both wrote operas based on the novel "Scenes de la vie de boheme"'

Answer: (Giacomo) Puccini


Question: 'In 2003 Linda Cardellini (Lindsay) checked into County on this show as Nurse Samantha Taggart'

Answer: ER


Question: 'C.S. Lewis:<br />"The Return to Narnia"'

Answer: Prince Caspian


Question: 'Seen here is the long-serving Queen Sirikit of this country'

Answer: Thailand


Question: 'If you know South Carolina's state nickname, you can identify this state tree in the center of its flag'

Answer: the palmetto


Question: 'This smallest member of the flute family sounds an octave higher than an ordinary flute'

Answer: a piccolo


Question: '"Salome", this composer's first successful opera, was banned in Boston in 1923'

Answer: Richard Strauss


Question: 'Seth Rogen (Ken), in this Steve Carell film: "That's a good looking grandma!  My grandma looks like Jack Palance"'

Answer: The 40-Year-Old Virgin


Question: 'Arthur C. Clarke:<br />"Odyssey Two"'

Answer: 2010


Question: 'Nori, his daughter, only fit the category until Nov. 15, 2005, when she married a commoner'

Answer: Akihito


Question: 'This Roman goddess of agriculture holds a cornucopia on New Jersey's state flag'

Answer: Ceres


Question: 'Not only can this lizard walk across a ceiling, it can also chirp & make clicking sounds'

Answer: a gecko


Question: 'A Norwegian sea captain is a character in this 1843 opera'

Answer: The Flying Dutchman


Question: 'This "Freaks and Geeks" writer penned "Knocked Up", in which his wife Leslie Mann co-starred'

Answer: Judd Apatow


Question: 'Alan Dershowitz:<br />"Inside the Von Bulow Case"'

Answer: Reversal of Fortune


Question: 'You'll find her at Amalienborg in winter & often on the yacht Dannebrog in summer'

Answer: Margrethe


Question: 'On Utah's flag, the sego type of this flower symbolizes peace'

Answer: the lily


Question: 'After she challenged Athena to a weaving contest, Athena turned her into a spider'

Answer: Arachne


Question: 'To feature its "Strong enough to stand on" product, in 1965 Shwayder Bros., Inc. changed its name to this'

Answer: Samsonite luggage


Question: 'He inspired Clare, a  girl from a rich & noble family of Assisi, to become a nun'

Answer: Saint Francis


Question: 'It's the largest & most economically important family of conifers'

Answer: pine


Question: 'Paul Sorvino wept with joy when this actress, his daughter won for "Mighty Aphrodite"'

Answer: Mira


Question: 'Craig Claiborne's recipe for deep-fried catfish calls for 1/2 cup of the white kind of this meal for coating'

Answer: cornmeal


Question: 'The Highland Lakes are a chain of artificial lakes in & around this Texas capital'

Answer: Austin


Question: 'It precedes omelet, saddle & Samoa'

Answer: western


Question: 'The rushing of diphtheria medicine from Nenana to Nome in 1925 via this form of transport inspired a race'

Answer: (Iditarod dog) sled (race)


Question: 'This term refers specifically to a tornado that forms over a lake or ocean'

Answer: waterspout


Question: 'This Oscar host, a winner for "Ghost" called herself "The Might Afro Deity"'

Answer: Whoopi Goldberg


Question: 'It's thought the name of this Creole dish comes from jambon, French for "ham"'

Answer: jambalaya


Question: 'Peoria, Illinois is surrounded by rich deposits of this solid fuel'

Answer: coal


Question: 'It's a synonym for revere'

Answer: worship


Question: 'A battle during this war inspired "The Star-Spangled Banner"'

Answer: War of 1812


Question: 'This bird, "laughing jackass", is often heard on soundtracks to represent jungle sounds'

Answer: kookaburra


Question: 'Christine Cavanaugh, the voice of this pig, carried a jeweled handbag shaped like a pig to the Oscars'

Answer: Babe


Question: 'An oyster dish was named for this wealthy family, perhaps because of the "green stuff" that tops it'

Answer: Oysters Rockefeller


Question: 'The city of Thon Buri was incorporated into this Thai capital in 1971'

Answer: Bangkok


Question: 'To sharpen a tool, or to stimulate the appetite'

Answer: whet


Question: 'While Dante has inspired many writers, this woman was his love & inspiration'

Answer: Beatrice


Question: 'Nelumbo nucifera is the scientific name of this sacred flower of Buddhism'

Answer: lotus


Question: 'His "Maverick" co-star Jodie Foster hired a bagpiper to serenade him at Oscar night parties'

Answer: Mel Gibson


Question: 'Benn wafers, crackers made of this seed, are a popular Charleston, South Carolina treat'

Answer: sesame


Question: 'The main street of Interlaken in this country affords a spectacular view of the Jungfrau peak'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'It can mean to distort, or the threads running lengthwise on a loom'

Answer: warp


Question: 'Film director whose life was the inspiration for the Clint Eastwood film "White Hunter, Black Heart"'

Answer: (John) Huston


Question: 'In 1920 Betelgeuse in this constellation became the first star whose size was measured'

Answer: Orion


Question: 'Ironically, the envelope was missing when this film from Italy won a 1995 Oscar for its musical score'

Answer: Il Postino


Question: 'The dough for the "beaten" type of this quick bread needs at least 200 strokes'

Answer: biscuits


Question: 'The name of this bay between Brittany & Spain comes from the Spanish name vizcaya'

Answer: (Bay of) Biscay


Question: 'The American elk is something referred to by this Indian name meaning "white rump"'

Answer: wapiti


Question: 'Korean conductor Myung-Whun Chung was named music director of this city's Opera de la Bastille in 1989'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'In 1794 a violent eruption of this volcano destroyed the city of Torre Del Greco on the Bay of Naples'

Answer: Vesuvius


Question: 'He reduced U.S. troop strength in Vietnam from about 540,000 in 1969 to 25,000 in 1972'

Answer: Nixon


Question: 'He became the supreme Roman deity after he overthrew his father, Saturn'

Answer: Jupiter


Question: '1989's "The Russia House" was written by this master of spy fiction'

Answer: (John) le Carré


Question: 'Seen curbside, its parts include a violation flag, a vault & a dome'

Answer: parking meter


Question: 'Tracy Marrow is the real name of this rap singer whose stage name is a tribute to the novelist Iceberg Slim'

Answer: Ice-T


Question: 'This Sicilian volcano is also called Mongibello'

Answer: Mount Etna


Question: 'On March 4, 1801 he slipped out of town early to avoid Jefferson's inaugural'

Answer: (John) Adams


Question: 'Dis & Orcus are alternative names for this god of the underworld'

Answer: Pluto


Question: 'In 1987 his "The Bonfire of the Vanities" lit up the bestseller charts'

Answer: (Tom) Wolfe


Question: 'It's found on the head of a monarch and on the end of a watch stem'

Answer: crown


Question: 'Country singer married to the actress seen here:'

Answer: Clint Black


Question: 'In the early 1860s the Bisson brothers climbed to the top of this highest peak & took photos'

Answer: Mont Blanc


Question: 'During this bachelor's administration, his niece Harriet Lane served as White House hostess'

Answer: (James) Buchanan


Question: 'This chief goddess of Egyptian myth is often described as wearing the horns of a cow'

Answer: Isis


Question: 'This 1984 J.G. Ballard novel about WWII Shanghai, was turned into a film by Steven Spielberg'

Answer: The Empire of the Sun


Question: 'The ridges on a column are called fluting; on the edge of one of these, they're called milling'

Answer: coin


Question: 'This composer is always good company; his 1971 musical "Company" was revived on Broadway in 1995'

Answer: Stephen Sondheim


Question: 'This mountain range forms most of Georgia's northern border with Russia'

Answer: Caucasus


Question: 'In the Federalist No. 51, he put forth a case for the separation of powers & a system of checks & balances'

Answer: James Madison


Question: 'Persephone's mother, she was the goddess of agriculture'

Answer: Ceres (or Demeter)


Question: '"Music for Chameleons" is a collection of his writings'

Answer: Capote


Question: 'It has a bottom stop, teeth, a slide & top stops'

Answer: a zipper


Question: 'This flutist, a native of Belfast, played in the Belfast military band as a child'

Answer: James Galway


Question: 'The Flinders Ranges in this country extend about 300 miles from near Port Pirie to near Lake Eyre'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'From 1895 to 1897 he served as president of the New York City police board'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'In Hinduism Vishnu is the preserver & he's the destroyer'

Answer: Shiva


Question: 'His 1983 book "The Anatomy Lesson" completed his "Zuckerman" trilogy'

Answer: (Philip) Roth


Question: 'A train doesn't have a derailleur, but this form of transportation may'

Answer: bicycle


Question: 'Number of lines in the Elizabeth Barrett Browning poem that begins, "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways"'

Answer: 14


Question: 'Kim Basinger & this actor named their daughter Ireland'

Answer: Alec Baldwin


Question: 'Israel's fourth premier, she was sworn in March 17, 1969'

Answer: Golda Meir


Question: '[theme music]'

Answer: The Newlywed Game


Question: 'Matthew 7:6 is the source of the famous phrase about not casting "pearls before" these'

Answer: swine


Question: 'It's what the poker player "sees" & bumps'

Answer: a bet


Question: 'This flattened disk in the night sky is the visible portion of our galaxy'

Answer: the Milky Way


Question: 'This singer earned a 1995 Emmy nomination for appearing on "ER" opposite her nephew George'

Answer: Rosemary Clooney


Question: 'A March 17, 1906 speech by this president popularized the term, "Muckrake"'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: '[theme music]'

Answer: Family Feud


Question: 'Don't look one "in the mouth" or we'll say, "neigh!"'

Answer: a gift horse


Question: 'It's bump's partner in a striptease'

Answer: a grind


Question: 'Distant radio stations on this band are clearer at night because their signals bounce off the ionosphere'

Answer: AM


Question: 'The life of this coach has included stints with the Lakers, the Knicks, and the Miami Heat'

Answer: Pat Riley


Question: 'Good Grief! This comic strip star graced the cover of "Life" magazine on March 17, 1967'

Answer: Charlie Brown


Question: '[theme music]'

Answer: The Dating Game


Question: 'Someone who feigns innocence but has evil intentions is "A Wolf in" this odd attire'

Answer: sheep\'s clothing


Question: 'They're small electric vehicles found in amusement parks'

Answer: bumper cars


Question: 'Action taken by coastal cities to prevent U-Boats from targeting the silhouettes of ships'

Answer: turning the lights out (or a blackout)


Question: 'Talk show O'Hosts include Rosie O'Donnell & this woman who's been seen "in person" on "Extra"'

Answer: Maureen O\'Boyle


Question: 'No beans about it, the British made news when they evacuated this city March 17, 1776'

Answer: Boston


Question: '[theme music]'

Answer: The $10,000 (or $20,000, or $100,000) Pyramid


Question: 'This familiar phrase for a clumsy person calls to mind a big bovine in a porcelain boutique'

Answer: a bull in a china shop


Question: 'In the sport named for it, it's bumped, set, & spiked'

Answer: volleyball


Question: 'Van Gogh painted this work, seen here, with candles stuck in his hatband'

Answer: Starry Night


Question: 'This Republican senator from Florida is the grandson of a Philadelphia A's manager of the same name'

Answer: Connie Mack


Question:
'The first of these office machines by A.B. Dick
 went on sale
March 17, 1887 March 17, 1887'

Answer: a mimeograph


Question: '[theme music]'

Answer: the original Jeopardy! theme


Question: 'After "March comes in like a lion" it does this'

Answer: goes out like a lamb


Question: 'These ridges that are made to force cars to slow down can give them quite a jolt'

Answer: speed bumps


Question: 'Every year on this night, Spaniards eat 12 grapes as the clock strikes midnight'

Answer: New Year\'s Eve


Question: '1846 saw the height of this Irish "Blight"'

Answer: potato blight (or potato famine)


Question: 'Dan Aykroyd starred in "Love at First Sight" & George Hamilton played Dracula in this film with a similar title'

Answer: Love at First Bite


Question: 'Characters from this play circling Uranus are Ariel & Miranda'

Answer: The Tempest


Question: 'This dance from the south of Spain comes in 2 styles; the serious jondo & the lighter chico'

Answer: the Flamenco


Question: 'Ball Park franks do this when you cook 'em'

Answer: plump


Question: 'In March 1981 Bobby Sands began one of these for the IRA; he died in May as a result'

Answer: a famine


Question: 'When Ryan O'Neal apologizes to Barbra Streisand in "What's Up, Doc?" she quotes this line from "Love Story"'

Answer: "Love means never having to say you\'re sorry"


Question: 'Goneril & Regan's sister orbiting Uranus'

Answer: Cordelia


Question: 'This TV Guide columnist, sans Roger Ebert, reviews movies due to air during the upcoming week'

Answer: Siskel


Question: 'Benvenuto Cellini's most famous surviving work is a gold cellar for this seasoning'

Answer: salt


Question: 'Little Bo knows this isn't a lamb sound, but a baby bird noise'

Answer: peep


Question: 'The number of counties assigned to Northern Ireland after the 1920 split'

Answer: six


Question: 'Woody Allen was "Russian" to romance Diane Keaton in this '75 film inspired in part by "War and Peace"'

Answer: Love and Death


Question: 'Othello called her his "Fair Warrior"'

Answer: Desdemona


Question: 'The melodic instrument of this country's native people is the didjeridu'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'The chicken scratches on your prescription show your doctor doesn't have good this'

Answer: penmanship


Question: 'The revolutionary Fenians invaded this British overseas dominion in 1866 & 1870'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'Michelle Pfeiffer teamed up with Dennis Haysbert in the 1992 film named for an airport'

Answer: Love Field


Question: 'When found by a watchman, she was "Bleeding, warm and newly dead"; now she's found around Uranus'

Answer: Juliet


Question: 'No hints.  The columnist seen here'

Answer: Heloise


Question: 'In 1634 this artist married the wealthy Saskia Van Uylenburgh & used her as a model'

Answer: Rembrandt


Question: 'You don't have to be a chess player to hock chess pieces in one of these'

Answer: a pawn shop


Question: 'The first 2 Irishmen to win Nobel Prizes for literature, in 1923 & 1925, they share the middle initial "B"'

Answer: William Butler Yeats & George Bernard Shaw


Question: 'Rod Steiger played the amorous Mr. Joyboy in this comedy based on an Evelyn Waugh novel'

Answer: The Loved One


Question: 'Moons III & IV are this royal fairy pair from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"'

Answer: Titania & Oberon


Question: 'Once a columnist for Esquire, she co-wrote the screenplays "Sleepless in Seattle" & "Mixed Nuts"'

Answer: Nora Ephron


Question: 'This Bauhaus founder became a U.S. citizen in 1944 & taught architecture at Harvard'

Answer: Walter Gropius


Question: '"Circumstance" partner for Elgar'

Answer: pomp


Question: 'It's the only state capital whose name has 3 sets of double letters'

Answer: Tallahassee


Question: 'The Hellenic Star is a leading newspaper in this European capital'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'High school buddies might want to apply to Friends University, based in Wichita in this state'

Answer: Kansas


Question: 'Whoopi hosted, Sidney was honored, Halle won Best Actress & he won Best Actor'

Answer: Denzel Washington


Question: 'Size of Don Ho's "Bubbles"'

Answer: Tiny


Question: 'You may want to move to the back of the boat it you're this lowest rank of Admiral in the Navy'

Answer: a Rear Admiral


Question: 'From the Latin for "lying down", it's a small compartment for work or study'

Answer: cubicle


Question: 'With seating for 50,000, the world's largest arena for bullfighting is found in this Western Hemisphere capital'

Answer: Mexico City


Question: 'Western Michigan is in Kalamazoo; Nothern Michigan is in Marquette; this university is in Ypsilanti'

Answer: Eastern Michigan University


Question: 'A tribute to New York on film was introduced by this usually absent-from-the-Oscars director'

Answer: Woody Allen


Question: 'You certainly come up short if you're "knee-high to" this insect or creme de menthe cocktail'

Answer: a grasshopper


Question: 'It's the official song of the U.S. Navy, my boys'

Answer: "Anchors Aweigh"


Question: 'Spreading insecticides by airplane'

Answer: cropdusting


Question: 'Depending on the movie, Godzilla crushes either New York or this Asian capital of 8 million'

Answer: Tokyo


Question: 'Famous alumni of this Baltimore school include Rachels Carsons & Michaels Bloombergs'

Answer: Johns Hopkins


Question: 'Presenting an honorary award to Robert Redford, she reminisced about the way they were'

Answer: Barbra Streisand


Question: 'According to the AKC, Yorkshire Terriers, Pomeranians & Pugs belong to this dog group'

Answer: toys


Question: 'This Armed Forces branch normally operates under the D.O.T., but in wartime it operates under the Navy'

Answer: the Coast Guard


Question: 'A melodramatic drama serial in which each episode ends in suspense'

Answer: a cliffhanger


Question: 'In Mandarin, this city's name means "northern capital"'

Answer: Beijing


Question: '(Hi. I'm Mark Cuban, entrepreneur and owner of the Dallas Mavericks.) I dreamed up broadcast.com when I wanted to watch this Bloomington school's basketball team'

Answer: the University of Indiana


Question: 'Randy Newman broke his almost Lucci-long losing streak with "If I Didn't Have You", a song from this film'

Answer: Monsters, Inc.


Question: 'Among its meanings are a small quantity; to waste time; & a custard & cake soaked in wine dessert'

Answer: trifle


Question: 'He was once U.S. Secretary of the Navy & was married to Elizabeth Taylor'

Answer: (John) Warner


Question: 'The metal grille projecting from the front of a locomotive'

Answer: a cowcatcher


Question: 'A Pacino is an Oscar-winning actor; a paceno is a resident of this South American capital'

Answer: La Paz


Question: 'Methodists founded this Connecticut University & named it for Methodism's founder'

Answer: Wesleyan


Question: 'This Oscar-winning film featured the talents of Mike Myers'

Answer: Shrek


Question: 'In the dictionary this word for extremely small follows something extremely big -- infinite'

Answer: infinitesimal


Question: 'The U.S. Navy's Submarine Officer School is headquartered at this "New" city in Connecticut'

Answer: New London


Question: 'The main alphabet used by the Russians'

Answer: Cyrillic


Question: '(Sofia is at Fort McHanry in Baltimore.) In 1948 he issued a proclamation that the flag fly over Fort McHenry 24 hours a day, as a perpetual symbol of our patriotism'

Answer: Truman


Question: 'A football player's shirt, or the fabric from which it might be made'

Answer: a jersey


Question: 'The narrator of the Poe story asks, "What was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of" this title "house?"'

Answer: the House of Usher


Question: 'This 1321 poem of more than 14,000 lines details a journay to Hell, Purgatory & Heaven'

Answer: The Divine Comedy


Question: 'The flowers of this yellow lawn weed are sometimes used to make wine'

Answer: dandelion


Question: 'The word for this blue jean material comes from a fabric that was manufactured in Nimes, France'

Answer: denim


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Cincinnati.) Born in this room, he was big for his age as a baby; he weighed 220 in college and 300-plus in the White House'

Answer: Taft


Question: 'RG stands for this position (& perhaps for his deodorant, too)'

Answer: right guard


Question: 'At the beginning of a Bronte novel this heroine is living with her unpleasant relatives at Gateshead Hall'

Answer: Jane Eyre


Question: 'In Latin, his name means "light bearer"; please allow Mick Jagger to introduce him in "Sympathy For The Devil"'

Answer: Lucifer


Question: 'There are 2 kinds of true sequoia trees in North America: the giant sequoia & this one'

Answer: the redwood


Question: 'This device that helps you land safely after jumping out of a plane is French for "prepare to fall"'

Answer: a parachute


Question: 'He was president during the Spanish-American War'

Answer: McKinley


Question: 'This NFL team's cheerleaders are officially known as the Gold Rush'

Answer: the San Francisco 49ers


Question: 'www.pemberley.com is a website for fans of this author, because Pemberley was the name of Mr. Darcy's estate'

Answer: Jane Austen


Question: '(Hi. I'm Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon.) In 2001 we toured with this band whose name comes from a river in Hades & who sang "Come Sail Away"'

Answer: Styx


Question: 'This part of a flower's stamen contains the pollen'

Answer: the anther


Question: 'This fabric word come from the phrase "gloves of Sweden", where the leather was buffed'

Answer: suede


Question: 'This president seen  here was 65 years old when he took office in 1857'

Answer: (James) Buchanan


Question: '(Hi. I'm Jerome Bettis, running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers.) In 1997 I became the first Steeler since this man to win the Steelers' MVP award 2 years in a row'

Answer: Terry Bradshaw


Question: 'In "Alice in Wonderland", this character's house has chimneys shaped like ears & a roof thatched with fur'

Answer: the March Hare


Question: 'In this 1944 Sartre play, hell is represented by a gaudy Second Empire salon'

Answer: No Exit


Question: 'Rembrandts are late-blooming varieties of these perennials'

Answer: tulips


Question: 'First developed in France, the name of this sport comes from the word meaning "take this", as in try to hit it'

Answer: tennis


Question: 'In 1848 he bacame the last Whig to be elected president'

Answer: (Zachary) Taylor


Question: 'Jason Miller, who was a lifelong fan of Notre Dame played this great coach of the '60s & '70s in the 1993 film "Rudy"'

Answer: Ara Parseghian


Question: 'In "A Streetcar Named Desire", it's the name of Blanche & Stella's family plantation that, sadly, has been lost'

Answer: Belle Reve


Question: 'In "Paradise Lost", this "Prince of Devils" is a chief lord of the land down under, second only to Satan'

Answer: Beelzebub


Question: 'This word for sophisticated means "of good air" or "good lineage"'

Answer: debonair


Question: 'She has over 30 honorary degrees, wrote a poem for Clinton's first inauguration & now has a line of Hallmark Cards'

Answer: Maya Angelou


Question: 'He designed the writing box on which he wrote the Declaration of Independence'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'Quickly:<br />ASAP'

Answer: as soon as possible


Question: 'It makes a blacksmith's job much easier that this part of the horse has no nerves'

Answer: hoof


Question: 'This battered & deep-fried delight of meat on a stick dates from the 1940s'

Answer: corn dog


Question: 'In the 1990s this Chicago Bulls guard was the MVP of the NBA Finals a record 6 times'

Answer: Michael Jordan


Question: 'Reportedly the Lapps were the first to depict Father Christmas with a sleigh drawn by these'

Answer: reindeer


Question: 'Appropriately, this state had only 2 signers, the fewest of the 13 states'

Answer: Rhode Island


Question: 'A beast-loving group:<br />PETA'

Answer: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew)  A horse's slowest natural gait is a walk; this is the next one up in speed'

Answer: trot


Question: 'In a bizarre twist of fate, George W. Bush almost choked on one of these on January 13, 2002'

Answer: pretzel


Question: 'In June 2002 this Lakers coach became the all-time leader in playoff victories by winning his 156th game'

Answer: Phil Jackson


Question: 'This novelty hit begins, "Christmas, Christmas time is near, time for toys and time for cheer"'

Answer: "The Chipmunk Song"


Question: 'Among other things, this ruler was taken to task "for imposing taxes on us without our consent"'

Answer: King George III


Question: 'Like some stocks & drugs:<br />OTC'

Answer: over the counter


Question: 'It can mean any small horse, but according to the AQPA it's one under 58 inches tall'

Answer: pony


Question: 'Chester, seen here, is the spokescat for this snack brand, launched nationally in 1948'

Answer: Cheetos


Question: 'In 1995 this Houston Rockets center scored a then-record 131 points in a 4-game NBA Finals'

Answer: Hakeem Olajuwon


Question: 'He first described Santa as "chubby and plump" & "a right jolly old elf"'

Answer: Clement Clarke Moore


Question: 'This is the first of the self-evident truths'

Answer: that all men are created equal


Question: 'An advanced degree:<br />MFA'

Answer: master of fine arts


Question: 'This horse breed was running around the peninsula of the same name as early as 2500 B.C.'

Answer: Arabian


Question: 'This word follows Hot, Lean & Croissant in the names of stuffed sandwiches from Chef America'

Answer: Pockets


Question: 'The NBA's Coach of the Year Trophy is named for this longtime Celtics coach'

Answer: Red Auerbach


Question: 'This alternate name for old St. Nick came from the German for "Christ Child"'

Answer: Kris Kringle


Question: 'This man presided over the debate leading to the Declaration; his namesake great-grandson was president, 1889-93'

Answer: Benjamin Harrison


Question: 'A standard:<br />GMT'

Answer: Greenwich Mean Time


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew)  This can be the circumference of the horse's chest, or the band I'm making nice & tight to keep the saddle in place'

Answer: girth


Question: 'O.D. McKee named this brand of snack cakes for his granddaughter, & its logo seen here bears her image'

Answer: Little Debbie


Question: 'In 1987 7'7" Manute Bol was a teammate of 5'3" Tyrone Bogues, better known by this nickname'

Answer: Muggsy


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew)  He began creating his own Christmas ornaments in the 1980s, & now sells over 1,200 designs like this one'

Answer: Christopher Radko


Question: 'Coming from the West Bank, you might cross over Mount Pisgah to get to this capital city of Jordan'

Answer: Amman


Question: 'Adapting pagan images, artists began putting pairs of these on angels to distinguish them from humans'

Answer: wings


Question: 'One of his most famous movie lines is "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine"'

Answer: Humphrey Bogart


Question: 'In a criminal trial, a defendant's guilt must be proved "beyond" this'

Answer: reasonable doubt


Question: 'Robert Leroy Parker used this famous alias when he rode with the Sundance Kid'

Answer: Butch Cassidy


Question: 'Light conversation'

Answer: small talk


Question: 'You can cross over the Dead Sea on your way to Jordan's Mount Nebo, where this biblical figure is said to have died'

Answer: Moses


Question: 'In the 9 orders of angels, this group that includes Michael ranks second-lowest'

Answer: Archangels


Question: 'In "Taxi Driver" he asked himself, "You talking to me?  You talking to me?"'

Answer: Robert De Niro


Question: '4-letter word for a charge or encumbrance placed on one's property to secure payment of a debt'

Answer: lien


Question: 'Nguyen Tat Thanh began using this alias around 1941 when he founded the Viet Minh'

Answer: Ho Chi Minh


Question: 'Slang for television'

Answer: small screen


Question: 'You can cross the Jordan where it joins with the Yarmuk River just south of this "sea"'

Answer: Sea of Galilee


Question: 'The flowers seen here are called "the Angels' version of" this instrument'

Answer: trumpet


Question: 'At the end of "Little Caesar", this actor cries, "Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?"'

Answer: Edward G. Robinson


Question: 'This adjective means "having left a will"; add the letters "in" & it means "without making a will"'

Answer: testate


Question: 'This man was using the alias Thomas Howard when Bob Ford killed him in 1882'

Answer: Jesse James


Question: 'Trivial tubers'

Answer: small potatoes


Question: 'Crossing Jordan from north to south you'll start & end in these 2 countries that begin with the same letter'

Answer: Syria & Saudi Arabia