Question: 'William Wordsworth wrote, "My heart leaps up when I behold" one of these colorful arches "in the sky"'

Answer: a rainbow


Question: 'The flat-top is a variation of this militaristic cut: it's squarer on top'

Answer: Crew Cut


Question: 'Vineyard Sound separates Martha's Vineyard from the southernmost part of this cape'

Answer: Cape Cod


Question: 'Sir Thomas More is beheaded in the last scene of this Robert Bolt play'

Answer: "A Man for All Seasons"


Question: 'On September 7, 1864, this Union commanding general entered Atlanta'

Answer: William Sherman


Question: 'Egyptians began riding around in these horse-drawn vehicles during the reign of the Hyksos'

Answer: Chariots


Question: '"New Hampshire", a poem with notes & grace notes, earned this poet the first of his four Pulitzers'

Answer: Robert Frost


Question: 'A wedge-cut of the late '70s was named for this female skater, who popularized it at the Olympics'

Answer: Dorothy Hamill


Question: 'Rivers flowing into this bay include the Susquehanna, James, & Rappahannock'

Answer: Chesapeake Bay


Question: '"American Buffalo", the title of a David Mamet play, refers to the buffalo on one of these coins'

Answer: Nickel


Question: 'At the end of the war, Lincoln assigned this battlefield nurse the task of identifying missing soldiers'

Answer: Clara Barton


Question: 'Egypt's capital during the Old Kingdom; its original name meant "The White Wall"'

Answer: Memphis


Question: 'In 1971, a copy of his original manuscript for  "The Wasteland" was published, with an introduction by his widow'

Answer: T.S. Eliot


Question: 'During World War II, many women wore this shoulder-length style with the ends curled under from ear-to-ear'

Answer: Page Boy


Question: 'It's the state in which you'd find Suwannee Sound'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'Sula & Helena are robotesses in this Karel Capek play'

Answer: "R.U.R."


Question: 'Nicknamed "Fighting Joe", he replaced Ambrose Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac in 1863'

Answer: Hooker


Question: 'Biban Al Mullak is the Arabic name for this famous burial site in western Thebes'

Answer: Valley of the Kings


Question: 'After writing about "The Wreck of the Hesperus", he wrote "The Building of the Ship"'

Answer: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


Question: 'From Middle French for "chain", it's a knot or coil of hair worn at the back of the head or neck'

Answer: a chignon


Question: 'George Vancouver named this Washington state mountain for a friend in the British navy'

Answer: Mt. Rainier


Question: 'It's the town in "Our Town"'

Answer: Grover\'s Corners, New Hampshire


Question: 'This battle named for a Tennessee church was the first in the Western Hemisphere to engage 100,000 men'

Answer: Shiloh


Question: 'In early Egypt, the king's chief minister held this title that the Ottomans made grand'

Answer: wazir


Question: 'In an Edna St. Vincent Millay poem, "My candle burns at both ends; it will not" do this'

Answer: Last the Night


Question: 'In China it was once popular for men to shave their front hair & comb the back hair into this long braid'

Answer: Queue


Question: 'It's the only Great Lake not bordering the state of Michigan'

Answer: Lake Ontario


Question: 'The ghost of this great ruler, Xerxes's father, appears in Aeschylus's play "The Persians"'

Answer: Darius The Great


Question: 'Under an act passed in 1958, they became the first two former presidents eligible for a pension'

Answer: Harry S. Truman & Herbert Hoover


Question: 'He's the performer seen here<br />[AKA Ehrich Weiss]'

Answer: Harry Houdini


Question: 'Cal Ripken broke this man's consecutive -games record'

Answer: Lou Gehrig


Question: 'Jamaicans combine salt fish with ackee, a fruit introduced to the island as part of this captain's "bounty"'

Answer: William Bligh


Question: 'The cuttlefish hides 2 ways: it can camouflage itself like a chameleon, or hide behind a cloud of this'

Answer: Ink


Question: 'In the 19th century enterprising Americans first added sleeping & dining cars to these'

Answer: Trains


Question: 'The relatives come from all over the country to celebrate this ceremony of a Jewish boy becoming a man'

Answer: Bar Mitzvah


Question: 'River seen here before the building of the Hoover Dam'

Answer: Colorado River


Question: '"Knick Killer" seen here'

Answer: Reggie Miller


Question: 'Derby cheese, which originated in this country, is sometimes flavored with sage'

Answer: England/Great Britain


Question: 'Having 4 large pairs of these makes the fruit fly a favorite subject for geneticists'

Answer: Chromosomes


Question: 'Coroebus of Elis was the first winner in the first of these games; he won the only event, a sprint, in 776 B.C.'

Answer: Olympics


Question: 'It's the common name for a generational chart of ancestry'

Answer: Family tree


Question: 'Site of the historic attack seen here<br />[December 7, 1941]'

Answer: Pearl Harbor


Question: 'Ali's opponent in the "Rumble in the Jungle"'

Answer: George Foreman


Question: 'European chefs cook the young foliage of this stinging plant, urtica dioica, like spinach'

Answer: Nettle


Question: 'A silvery food fish, or to heat ore in order to extract metal'

Answer: Smelt


Question: 'Of 3 minutes, 3 hours or 3 days, it's about how long the first woman in space stayed there'

Answer: 3 days (Valentina Tereshkova)


Question: 'In modern times a woman may keep using hers, or link it with a man's by a hyphen'

Answer: Maiden name


Question: 'Richard Byrd is seen here preparing to visit this geographic extreme'

Answer: South Pole


Question: 'Agassi won it in '99 for a career Grand Slam'

Answer: French Open


Question: 'This German dish whose name means "hare pepper" is often served with sour cream'

Answer: Hassenpfeffer


Question: 'In rhyme, the bells of St. Clement's speak of these 2 fruits that'll help prevent scurvy'

Answer: Oranges & lemons


Question: 'Tea & rice wine were first drunk in this country'

Answer: China


Question: 'It's the term for the payments made after a divorce for the upkeep of the kids'

Answer: Child support


Question: 'This president is seen here with his camera-shy wife Ida'

Answer: William McKinley


Question: 'Bobby's son, he scored 86 goals in a season'

Answer: Brett Hull


Question: 'Legend says this smoked haddock dish came from the Scottish fishing village of Findhorn'

Answer: Finnan haddie


Question: 'Unlike most of its pine family relatives, the larch is classified as this, as it loses its needles each fall'

Answer: Deciduous


Question: 'The first group to sell a million records were these "Glow Worm" brothers with "Tiger Rag" in 1930'

Answer: The Mills Brothers


Question: 'A domicile in which parents raise kids not their own; Stephen's was an old Kentucky one'

Answer: Foster home


Question: '"Tevye the Dairyman", published beginning in 1894, inspired this Broadway & movie musical'

Answer: Fiddler on the Roof


Question: 'On Nov. 3, 1992, the day Bill Clinton was elected president'

Answer: Dan Quayle


Question: 'Films from 1940 include this Disney puppet tale & the ever-popular "Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse"'

Answer: Pinocchio


Question: 'Among state capitals, it's first alphabetically'

Answer: Albany, New York


Question: 'Her famed rendition of "That Old Black Magic" appears in the 1956 film "Bus Stop"'

Answer: Marilyn Monroe


Question: 'A popular expression observes, "There's no such thing as" this midday meal'

Answer: A free lunch


Question: 'His first novel was "Hans of Iceland", 8 years before "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"'

Answer: Victor Hugo


Question: 'When Sputnik 1 went up'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: 'In 7 years he directed 3 films on the registry: "Mean Streets", "Taxi Driver" & "Raging Bull"'

Answer: Martin Scorsese


Question: 'It's the U.S. state that reaches the farthest south'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'Enrique is the real first name of this Puerto Rican who knows how to "Shake Your Bon-Bon"'

Answer: Ricky Martin


Question: 'Poetry without a fixed metrical pattern'

Answer: Free verse


Question: 'The infamous opening of Bulwer-Lytton's "Paul Clifford" is "It was" this type of "night"'

Answer: Dark and stormy


Question: 'When the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima'

Answer: No one


Question: 'Pauline Kael called this 1967 Dunaway-Beatty choice "A landmark movie"'

Answer: Bonnie and Clyde


Question: 'Of the U.S. states with active volcanoes, this state is the largest in area'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'The success of "The Philadelphia Story" as a play & a film helped her shake the reputation of "Box Office Poison"'

Answer: Katharine Hepburn


Question: 'It's a disorganized fight with everyone present joining in'

Answer: Free-for-all


Question: 'This English romantic poet who died at 25 wrote the sonnet "When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be"'

Answer: John Keats


Question: 'When Moscow hosted the Olympics'

Answer: Walter Mondale


Question: 'The newest film on the registry is this 1989 Spike Lee film set on a hot Brooklyn day'

Answer: Do The Right Thing


Question: 'A city named Beach is found in this landlocked U.S. state wedged between Montana & Minnesota'

Answer: North Dakota


Question: 'He was the title character in 1991's "Johnny Suede"'

Answer: Brad Pitt


Question: '"Horsey" term for giving someone complete independence in decision-making'

Answer: Free rein


Question: 'Frenchman famous for realistic novels & for an open letter published Jan 13, 1898'

Answer: Emile Zola ("J\'Accuse")


Question: 'When South Carolina seceded from the Union'

Answer: John C. Breckenridge


Question: 'The title of this 1957 film with Burt Lancaster & Tony Curtis lends the registry a pleasant aroma'

Answer: The Sweet Smell of Success


Question: 'This state's 6,680-foot Mount Mitchell is the highest point east of the Mississippi River'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'In a 1957 film photographer Fred Astaire loved her "Funny Face"'

Answer: Audrey Hepburn


Question: 'Barbells & dumbbells'

Answer: Free weights


Question: 'In September 1899 he equipped 2 ships to report the progress of the America's Cup yacht race to a NYC newspaper'

Answer: Guglielmo Marconi


Question: 'Catskill State Park'

Answer: New York


Question: 'Need to change a tire?  No problem if you have one of these portable devices to lift the car'

Answer: jacks


Question: 'This Stephen King novel says, "There was a clown in the stormdrain ... it was a clown, like in the circus or on TV"'

Answer: "It"


Question: 'These "kids" from Babyland General Hospital came with a birth certificate & adoption papers'

Answer: Cabbage Patch Kids


Question: 'Broth'

Answer: a throb


Question: '(Dan Patrick reads the clue from his studio)  In 1984, the 48 touchdown passes by this Dolphin quarterback obliterated the old single season record of 36 held by Y.A. Tittle & George Blanda'

Answer: Dan Marino


Question: 'Pocahontas State Park'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'To hit or injure slightly, or to give yourself a small cut while shaving--ouch!'

Answer: nick


Question: 'In 1542 this daughter of Mary of Guise became the Queen of the Scots'

Answer: Mary, Queen of Scots


Question: 'These shoes were first a big hit in the 1980s'

Answer: jellies


Question: 'Sir nap'

Answer: sprain


Question: '(Dan Patrick reads the clue from his studio)  He coached the Lakers to 4 NBA titles in the '80s; now he catches some heat as Miami's president & part-time  owner'

Answer: Pat Riley


Question: 'Myles Standish State Park'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'Its definitions include elegance, mercy & moral strength, as well as a prayer said before meals'

Answer: grace


Question: 'President John Tyler was the son of Mary Armistead & this governor'

Answer: John Tyler


Question: 'The sticky, octopus-shaped toys called "wacky" these slowly descended when hurled at an upright surface'

Answer: Wacky Wall Walkers


Question: 'To lance air'

Answer: laceration


Question: '(Dan Patrick reads the clue from his studio)  I'm often confused with this Indy car driver who had 5 top 5 finishes in 2009, including 3rd at the Indy 500; it must be the hair'

Answer: Danica Patrick


Question: 'Willamette Stone State Park'

Answer: Oregon


Question: 'This nickname for Henry can also mean a coil, or a looped bundle of thread'

Answer: Hank


Question: 'Chevron's red & blue logo is this heraldic shape, meant to convey rank & service'

Answer: a chevron


Question: 'These characters were created in Belgium way back in 1958, but hit it big in the U.S. in the 1980s'

Answer: the Smurfs


Question: 'Rubies'

Answer: a bruise


Question: '(Dan Patrick reads the clue from his studio)  In 2010 Patrick Kane's overtime goal gave this team its first Stanley Cup in 49 years'

Answer: the Blackhawks


Question: 'Tippecanoe River State Park'

Answer: Indiana


Question: 'The 2 common names, one female, one male, that are synonyms for a Christmas song or hymn'

Answer: Carol and Noel


Question: 'In Dutch, this royal was known as Willem Hendrik, Prins van Oranje'

Answer: William of Orange


Question: 'This 5-letter word preceded "boppers" or "bobbers" in the name of novelty bobbing antennas that you wore on your head'

Answer: deely


Question: 'Wet gin'

Answer: a twinge


Question: '(Dan Patrick reads the clue from his studio.)  This decathlete got top billing over "Dave" in a '92 ad campaign but didn't make the Olympic team; 4 years later, he won gold'

Answer: Dan O\'Brien


Question: 'Injury, infection & loud noises can cause this membrane between the external ear canal & middle ear to rupture'

Answer: the eardrum


Question: '1980:<br />"Coal Miner's _____"'

Answer: Daughter


Question: 'Drambuie is a brand of liqueur made with honey & this barley whisky'

Answer: scotch


Question: 'An American colonel is in love with an Italian countess in Hemingway's "Across" this "And Into The Trees"'

Answer: The River


Question: 'When you do this to "your time", you wait for a favorable opportunity'

Answer: bide


Question: 'After the 1979 electoral defeat of the Labour Party, she took over for Prime Minister James Callaghan'

Answer: Margaret Thatcher


Question: 'It may ring a bell that this 8-letter word is the medical term for ringing in the ears'

Answer: tinnitus


Question: '1989:<br />"_____ Buck"'

Answer: Uncle


Question: 'Meaning "white of whites", it's wine made entirely from white grapes, like a champagne made from the chardonnay grape'

Answer: blanc de blancs


Question: 'This poet wrote of a self-sacrificing apple tree in "The Giving Tree"'

Answer: Shel Silverstein


Question: 'A sculpture head & shoulders above the rest, or slang for to place under arrest'

Answer: bust


Question: 'After Aug. 15, 1947 India & Pakistan emerged as 2 independent countries & he became India's first Prime Minister'

Answer: Nehru


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation on the monitor.)  When you come down from high elevations, the air pressure outside your ear can be greater than inside; swallowing can push air from the nasal cavity through this tube into the ear, causing a popping sound'

Answer: the eustachian tube


Question: '1992:<br />"My _____ Vinny"'

Answer: Cousin


Question: 'This brand of aromatic bitters is named for a town in Venezuela'

Answer: Angostura


Question: 'In the title of a bestseller by Olive Ann Burns, this word comes between "Cold" & "Tree"'

Answer: Sassy


Question: 'A thing that ruins or spoils; perhaps it's the this "of your existence"'

Answer: bane


Question: 'After a psy-ops team blasted Van Halen for 10 days at this general, hiding in Panama's Vatican Embassy, he said no mas'

Answer: (Manuel) Noriega


Question: 'That's right, cowboy!  The stapes, the smallest bone in the ear & the body, is more commonly called this'

Answer: the styrrup


Question: '2003:<br />"_____ Day Care"'

Answer: Daddy


Question: 'Armagnac is this type of single distilled spirit'

Answer: brandy


Question: '"Dinosaurs Before Dark" is the first book in this kids' series by Mary Pope Osborne'

Answer: The Magic Treehouse


Question: 'The second of any series, as in chemistry or physics'

Answer: beta


Question: 'After leading a 1969 coup that deposed King Idris, he was named Commander in Chief of Libya's Armed Forces'

Answer: Gadhafi


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical illustration on the monitor.)  Deriving its name from the Greek word for snail, this structure contains the actual organ of hearing'

Answer: the cochlea


Question: '1992:<br />"Stop!  Or My _____ Will Shoot"'

Answer: Mom


Question: 'The desert plant used to make tequila is blue this'

Answer: agave


Question: 'Francie knows that the tree in her yard isn't a pine or a hemlock in this classic by Betty Smith'

Answer: A Tree Grows In Brooklyn


Question: 'This monetary unit of Thailand equals 100 satangs'

Answer: baht


Question: 'After finishing second to Lincoln in the 1860 popular vote for president, this senator died on June 3, 1861'

Answer: (Stephen) Douglas


Question: 'In 1909 he completed his last painting, a canvas called "Driftwood"'

Answer: Winslow Homer


Question: 'The Sistine Chapel is best known for its ceiling painted by this man'

Answer: Michelangelo


Question: 'Will Smith rapped, "Looked at my kingdom, I was finally there, to sit on my throne as the prince of" this'

Answer: Bel-Air


Question: 'Mentioning a Mediterranean city, it's the only Shakespeare play with a national capital in the title'

Answer: Timon of Athens


Question: 'From Dresden take A13 north to this city where you can visit the Brandenburg Gate'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'He led Charles I's trial & execution in 1649 & later became Lord Protector; sometimes it's not good to be the king'

Answer: Oliver Cromwell


Question: 'Ship anchoring spot'

Answer: a harbor


Question: 'The Sistine Chapel was built during the 15th century reign of the fourth pope of this name'

Answer: Sixtus


Question: 'If you could handle seeing Dennis Franz' tush in a shower, then this cop show that debuted in '93 was for you'

Answer: NYPD Blue


Question: 'Seen here, this breed originated around 800 B.C.'

Answer: a Lhasa Apso


Question: 'Little Uli should have gone before we left Darmstadt; now he'll just have to wait 20 km for the next Raststatte, this'

Answer: a rest stop


Question: 'After leading the fight for Louis XVI's execution, he joined the Committee of Public Safety in July 1793'

Answer: Robespierre


Question: 'An instruction manual like the one Boy Scouts use'

Answer: a handbook


Question: 'The ceiling depicts the creation, Adam & Eve & 3 scenes concerning this sailor'

Answer: Noah


Question: 'On a sitcom he played cable TV host Tim Taylor'

Answer: Tim Allen


Question: 'A vacuum cleaner salesman & spy named Jim Wormold is the protagonist of this Graham Greene novel'

Answer: Our Man in Havana


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.)  If you drive on A3 in Germany's extreme southeast, from Passau to Wurzburg, you've been in this geographically largest state the whole 3 hours'

Answer: Bavaria


Question: 'I, this Roman emperor, may have been killed by my wife Agrippina in 54 A.D. so Nero could take over'

Answer: Claudius


Question: 'It's at one end of your bed'

Answer: a headboard


Question: 'The chapel was built to the dimensions of this man's temple, as described in the Old Testament'

Answer: Solomon


Question: 'In 1990 Don Knotts re-teamed with his old pal Andy Griffith, playing Les Calhoun on this legal drama'

Answer: Matlock


Question: 'Hostages who under stress grow emotionally attached to their captors are exhibiting this syndrome'

Answer: Stockholm syndrome


Question: 'In 2008, citing safety & CO2, Bremen became the first German state to legislate these on all its Autobahnen'

Answer: speed limits


Question: 'In 1040 Macbeth killed this king to take the throne of Scotland; there's a play in there somewhere...'

Answer: Duncan


Question: 'Anatomically, the ischium is part of it'

Answer: your hip bone


Question: 'One use of the Sistine Chapel is when this group gets together periodically to elect a new pope within its confines'

Answer: the Cardinals


Question: 'Roma Downey was the heavenly title character & Della Reese her supervisor on this CBS drama'

Answer: Touched by an Angel


Question: 'Her father Francis says at about age 3 she heard him in a long argument & said, "Cut!"'

Answer: Sofia Coppola


Question: 'In Hamburg Autobahn A7 includes a tunnel under this 4-letter river'

Answer: the Elbe


Question: 'Killing Shawar, vizier of Egypt, helped put this future foe of the Crusaders in that job in 1169'

Answer: Saladin (or Salah ad-Din)


Question: 'Heading for perdition'

Answer: hellbound


Question: 'This eastern state once occupied the whole of the peninsula it's on'

Answer: Yucatán


Question: 'This film features the Soggy Bottom Boys, fronted by George Clooney'

Answer: O Brother, Where Art Thou?


Question: 'Bret "The Hitman" Hart was known for "competing" as this in a pink leotard'

Answer: a professional wrestler


Question: 'This novel by Sinclair Lewis is a satiric indictment of fundamentalist religion'

Answer: Elmer Gantry


Question: 'It's from the Latin for "to flow"'

Answer: fluorine


Question: '"Full stop" is a synonym for this punctuation mark'

Answer: a period


Question: 'Dog-gone it!  Ciudad Juarez is in this Mexican state'

Answer: Chihuahua


Question: 'Jack Black fronted & provided tutelage to this young band, also a 2003 movie title'

Answer: School of Rock


Question: 'The title of the 1905 artwork seen here is this type of fop, a word also found after "fine and"'

Answer: dandy


Question: 'The title character of this Austen novel realizes she loves Mr. Knightley'

Answer: Emma


Question: 'God bless this element, discovered in 1944 & named for our country'

Answer: americium


Question: 'The name of this Greek letter that signifies the end means "big O"'

Answer: omega


Question: 'Baja California Sur, the lower state on the Baja Peninsula, has this city for a capital, just like Bolivia'

Answer: La Paz


Question: 'The New Main Street Singers, Mitch & Mikey & The Folksmen are groups in this Christopher Guest film'

Answer: A Mighty Wind


Question: 'To see men in pink tights, check out Trockadero, a troupe performing parodies of these'

Answer: ballet


Question: 'Around 418 B.C. Euripides wrote a play named for this "complex" woman of myth'

Answer: Electra


Question: 'Atomic No. 22, this metal was named for some mythological bigwigs'

Answer: titanium


Question: 'This 2-digit number signals that a newspaper story is at an end'

Answer: 30


Question: 'The easternmost state of Quintana Roo relies economically on these two resort areas that both start with the letter C'

Answer: Cancun and Cozumel


Question: 'Stillwater, fronted by Jason Lee, rocks this movie'

Answer: Almost Famous


Question: 'Joe Arpaio, sheriff of Maricopa County in this state, is known for making inmates wear pink'

Answer: Arizona


Question: 'The name of this Samuel Butler novel is an anagram of "nowhere"'

Answer: Erewhon


Question: 'Although a soft, light metal, it has a name from the Greek for "stony"'

Answer: lithium


Question: 'On a movie set when the first A.D. calls "that's" this, it sounds like he's identifying a type of sandwich'

Answer: a wrap


Question: 'This state that borders New Mexico gets its name from a Spanish word meaning "loud"'

Answer: Sonora


Question: 'This movie covers the rise of The One-ders, later The Wonders'

Answer: That Thing You Do!


Question: 'In the play "Bent", which takes place in Nazi Germany, pink these become a compulsory accessory'

Answer: triangles


Question: 'This 1952 novel was based in part on the story of Cain & Abel'

Answer: East of Eden


Question: 'A Scottish town gave us the name of this element, whose 90 isotope is the most dangerous part of fallout'

Answer: strontium


Question: 'In the law of war, when this 9-letter word precedes "of hostilities", the shootin's over & the talkin' starts'

Answer: a cessation


Question: 'As both vice president & president, he threw out a season's 1st pitch, each time for a different Senators franchise'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: 'The former Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg, also the ex-"Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman", goes by this name'

Answer: Jane Seymour


Question: 'Original moonwalker Neil & biker Lance'

Answer: Armstrong


Question: 'SPRGS is called the aristocrat of vegetables'

Answer: asparagus


Question: 'Rostov-on-Don zoo'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'To remove a recorded signal from a tape'

Answer: erase


Question:
'(Mike and Mike in the ESPN studio deliver the clue)

"The most amazing Olympic event ever?  It's the U.S. hockey team's "Miracle on Ice" in 1980."
"Well, that was a good one, but what about this man's 4-gold-medal-winning performance in Berlin in 1936 that gave Hitler fits"'

Answer: Jesse Owens


Question: 'This actor born Alphonso D'Abruzzo got plenty of "M*A*S*H" notes'

Answer: Alan Alda


Question: 'Oracular Omaha resident Warren & "Margaritaville" resident Jimmy'

Answer: Buffett


Question: 'NDV is Belgian'

Answer: endive


Question: 'Nehru zoological park'

Answer: India


Question: 'To wear away, geologically speaking'

Answer: erode


Question:
'(Mike and Mike in the ESPN studio deliver the clue)

"The best sports innovation in the last 50 years has got to be the addition of the 3-point play to basketball it opens up the whole court"
"Nope, sorry, it's actually the use of this immediate rebroadcasting of a game segment (for all us guys who missed it while we were in the bathroom)"'

Answer: instant replay


Question: 'The last name's the give--this English dame & actress was born Ilyena Vasilievna Mironov'

Answer: Helen Mirren


Question: 'Current defense secretary Robert M. & Microsoft-y Bill'

Answer: Gates


Question: 'JCM is a Mexican root'

Answer: jicama


Question: 'Hai Bar Carmel nature reserve'

Answer: Israel


Question: '9-letter adjective meaning incorrect or mistaken'

Answer: erroneous


Question:
'(Mike and Mike in the ESPN studio deliver the clue)

"The greatest NBA player ever -- it's got to be Michael Jordan with his 6 championships"
"No way, it's this superstar who scored more than 50 points in a game 118 times"'

Answer: Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain


Question: 'The Chronicles of Mark Vincent led to a name change for this buff "Fast & Furious" movie star'

Answer: Vin Diesel


Question: 'Civil rights leader Jesse & Laker leader Phil'

Answer: Jackson


Question: 'The sharp-flavored leaves of RGL are used in salad'

Answer: arugula


Question: 'Tennoji zoo'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'A short journey made to accomplish an object or task'

Answer: an errand


Question:
'(Mike and Mike in the ESPN studio deliver the clue)

"When it comes to controversy, not much can top the Black Sox scandal of 1919"
"Not much true -- but for me, nothing is as bad as in 1989 when this record-breaking player was banned from baseball for gambling on games while still a manager"'

Answer: Pete Rose


Question: 'The voice of Marlin in "Finding Nemo", he was born with the name Albert Einstein'

Answer: Albert Brooks


Question: 'South Carolina senator Lindsey & quarterback Otto'

Answer: Graham


Question: 'RDCCH is a reddish-leaved plant from Italy'

Answer: radicchio


Question: 'Attica zoological park'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'Literary adjective meaning "former"'

Answer: erstwhile


Question:
'(Mike and Mike in the ESPN studio deliver the clue)

"One of the greatest last-second stunners in college sports was Doug Flutie's Hail Mary pass to beat Miami"
"Stunning, yes, but not nearly as stunning for me as when coach Jim Valvano & this college basketball team defeated Houston at the buzzer in 1983"'

Answer: North Carolina State


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a diagram on a monitor) A circle has 2 foci that coincide in a single point.  If we separate the foci, we can draw this 7-letter conic section'

Answer: an ellipse


Question: 'An Italian political philosopher:<br />Ah, civil male'

Answer: Machiavelli


Question: 'The 1869 Civil War lithograph seen here details the last meeting of this general & Jackson'

Answer: (Robert E.) Lee


Question: 'After cleaning carpet stains with this, se the rest of make a gin fizz & enjoy your clean rug'

Answer: club soda


Question: 'Amity is a city, not an island, in this Peter Benchley thriller; it is on Long Island, however'

Answer: Jaws


Question: 'Racing sled<br />(4)'

Answer: luge


Question: 'The quad, a place where you might throw frisbees, is short for this mathematical term'

Answer: quadrangle


Question: 'A 20th Century vice president:<br />Grow a spine'

Answer: Spirow Agnew


Question: 'Around 1492 he created the marble "Battle Of The Centaurs"; no ceiling on his genius!'

Answer: Michelangelo


Question: 'Hydrogen peroxide can help with this, the only stain that gets its own single word in the Random House Dictionary'

Answer: blood


Question: 'Dementors guard this island prison in a series of novels'

Answer: Azkaban


Question: 'Minotaur's maze<br />(9)'

Answer: labyrinth


Question: '(Jimmy shows a logical proposition on a monitor.) Used in propositional logic problems, and often read, for example, as "P if an only if Q," the symbol here denotes this term'

Answer: biconditional or equivalence


Question: 'A Spanish explorer:<br />One old pence'

Answer: Ponce De Leon


Question: 'This 17th C. Flemish man got mythical with "Minerva Protects Pax From Mars ('Peace And War')"'

Answer: Peter Paul Rubens


Question: 'For nail polish stains, carefully use this solvent--logically, often the key ingredient in nail polish remover'

Answer: acetone


Question: 'Isla Nublar off the coast of Costa Rica is the setting for this 1990 Michael Crichton book'

Answer: Jurassic Park


Question: 'To set free from oppression<br />(8)'

Answer: liberate


Question: 'A dynamite inventor:<br />Fabled loner'

Answer: Alfred Nobel


Question: 'A dismembered hand clutching a sword in black & white is part of this 1937 work inspired by the bombing of a city'

Answer: Guernica


Question: 'Heloise suggests getting this off clothing (not the bottoms of theater seats) by hardening it using an ice cube'

Answer: chewing gum


Question: 'Alistair MacLean wrote of this German-controlled Greek island & the men sent to destroy a gun battery there'

Answer: Navarone


Question: 'It rocks Chicago's Grant Park in summer<br />(12)'

Answer: Lalapallooza


Question: 'An ancient playwright:<br />Pi residue'

Answer: Euripides


Question: 'This man's 1799 portrait of Napoleon crossing the Alps is seen here'

Answer: Jacques-Louis David


Question: 'If someone in your home is this kind of "monkey", you may have to remove this from clothes using talcum powder'

Answer: grease


Question: 'The novelization of a play says this "land" is "always more or less an island"'

Answer: Neverland


Question: 'Gem cutter<br />(8)'

Answer: lapidary


Question: 'A 2010 article from Slate called this language created by Paul Frommer "the new Klingon"'

Answer: Na\'vi


Question: 'Around 5000 B.C. channels were dug along the Nile for this agricultural purpose'

Answer: irrigation


Question: 'One in the road is a division into branches'

Answer: a fork


Question: '1983: <br />"____ Song Trilogy"'

Answer: Torch


Question: 'This 2009 Quentin Tarantino film was set during World War II'

Answer: Inglourious Basterds


Question: 'As you'd expect, their music plays 'round the clock in the lobby of the Hard Days Night Hotel in Liverpool'

Answer: The Beatles


Question: 'This word precedes "Rancher" in the name of a brand of fruit candies'

Answer: Jolly


Question: 'Around 1200 B.C. in the Middle East & 600 B.C. in China, the Bronze Age was replaced by this metallic age'

Answer: the Iron Age


Question: 'Idiomatically, surgery might find you "under" this, though one isn't necessarily used'

Answer: the knife


Question: '1988:<br />"M. ____"'

Answer: Butterfly


Question: 'Maggie Gyllenhaal took over the role of Rachel Dawes in this 2008 Batman film'

Answer: The Dark Knight


Question: 'In the lobby of Hollywood's Roosevelt Hotel is a mirror said to be haunted by this blonde who died in 1962'

Answer: Marilyn Monroe


Question: 'In 1938 Nestle added crisped rice to the chocolate & created this candy bar'

Answer: the Nestlé Crunch


Question: 'In ancient Greece they came in 3 architectural styles & were made of stone drums stacked & joined with pegs'

Answer: columns


Question: 'Your 3-wood when you golf, or to engage in a type of amorous behavior'

Answer: spoon


Question: '1958: <br />"Sunrise at ____"'

Answer: Campobello


Question: 'Martin Scorsese directed this 2010 film set at an isolated asylum for the criminally insane'

Answer: Shutter Island


Question: 'While living at the Hermitage Hotel in Nashville, this pool great would hustle up opponents from the lobby'

Answer: Minnesota Fats


Question: 'These candies, chocolate-covered caramels, were supposed to be perfectly round; the name reflects that failure'

Answer: Milk Duds


Question: '8,500 years ago, the Zebu or Brahman type of this animal was domesticated in Asia'

Answer: cattle


Question: 'The one at home in baseball comes to a sharp point'

Answer: a plate


Question: '1985: <br />"____ Blues"'

Answer: Biloxi


Question: 'Shades of apartheid: an alien race is forced to live in a slum in Johannesburg in this 2009 flick'

Answer: District 9


Question: 'The centerpiece of the Waldorf Astoria lobby is a 9-foot-tall clock created for the 1893 World's Fair in this Midwest city'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'The American Licorice Company makes this brand of licorice, which also comes in black'

Answer: Red Vines


Question: 'In 2000 B.C. the Israelites conquered this land whose people probably gave them the Hebrew language'

Answer: Canaan


Question: 'What a guy with a typical Joisey accent might call the man in charge of leading the singing in a synagogue'

Answer: decanter


Question: '1992:<br />"____ at Lughnasa"'

Answer: Dancing


Question: 'Stellan Skarsgard played the commander of the Swiss Guard in this 2009 religious action thriller'

Answer: Angels & Demons


Question: 'Seen here, flowers by this contemporary glass artist adorn the lobby ceiling of the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas'

Answer: Dale Chihuly


Question: 'It's the geographic-sounding name for an almond in a hard candy shell'

Answer: Jordan Almonds


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map of Iraq on the monitor.)  Though Iraq already had 18 perfectly good provinces, Saddam wanted a 19th, and on August 28, 1990, declared this was it, leading to war'

Answer: Kuwait


Question: 'Cherry stone for Angelina Jolie's life partner'

Answer: Brad\'s pit


Question: 'In 1766 England's Henry Cavendish discovered this element & later showed that with oxygen, it produces water'

Answer: hydrogen


Question: 'This comic strip doctor began his practice in 1948'

Answer: Rex Morgan


Question: 'David Paterson'

Answer: New York


Question: 'It can be a verb meaning to reach the top of a peak'

Answer: summit


Question: 'Basra, Thi-Qar & Missan tried to break away in 2004 & might have made a go of it, as they have 80% of Iraq's this beneath them'

Answer: oil


Question: 'Bird belonging to a movie "Gladiator"'

Answer: Russell\'s crow


Question: 'For their work on radioactivity, they shared the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics with Antoine Henri Becquerel'

Answer: the Curies


Question: 'It's the state animal of Vermont'

Answer: the Morgan horse


Question: 'Mark Sanford'

Answer: South Carolina


Question: 'From the Latin for "with highest praise", it's the best way to graduate'

Answer: summa cum laude


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map of Iraq on the monitor.)  Sulaymaniyah Province, dominated by this ethnic group, is friendly ground for Americans--just don't get too close to Iran, as three hikers did in 2009'

Answer: the Kurds


Question: 'Breakfast meat belonging to the movies' "Hollow Man"'

Answer: Kevin\'s bacon


Question: 'Dutch botanist Hugo de Vries was noted for his mutation theory & for rediscovering this man's laws of heredity'

Answer: (Gregor) Mendel


Question: 'He co-starred in "Dragnet" & later in "M*A*S*H"'

Answer: Harry Morgan


Question: 'Sonny Perdue'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'A pit or well in which liquid, often yucky, is stored'

Answer: a sump


Question: 'Logically enough, it's the province where Iraq's capital is located'

Answer: Baghdad


Question: 'Rule of conduct by which 2004's "Alfie" lives'

Answer: Jude\'s law


Question: 'Hungary's Roland Eotvos introduced the concept of the surface type of this, a phenomenon in liquids, at the molecular level'

Answer: tension


Question: 'It's home to West Virginia University'

Answer: Morgantown


Question: 'Tim Pawlenty'

Answer: Minnesota


Question: 'It's also known as straw hat theater'

Answer: summer stock


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map of Iraq on the monitor.)  Hilla Province was renamed as part of a program urging Iraqis to take pride in their ancient past; it became this, after the city of Nebuchadnezzar, whose ruins stand there'

Answer: Babylon


Question: 'Walking stick for 1966's "Alfie"'

Answer: Michael\'s cane


Question: 'After 6 years in exile in Gorky, this physicist & human rights activist was allowed to return to Moscow in 1986'

Answer: Andrei Sakharov


Question: 'King Arthur's evil half-sister'

Answer: Morgan le Fay


Question: 'Bob McDonnell'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'A.S. Neill shook the educational establishment with 1960's "A Radical Approach to Child Rearing" at this title school'

Answer: Summerhill


Question: 'When it became a national park in 1919, it got this name used by the locals because it seemed like heaven on Earth'

Answer: Zion National Park


Question: 'In 1998 Israel celebrated its 50th anniversary & this Leon Uris book celebrated its 40th'

Answer: Exodus


Question: 'It's a leading tin producer; fish fights are all the rage; it's the country formerly known as Siam'

Answer: Thailand


Question: 'When playing the video form of this game, go for the big win, a royal flush'

Answer: poker


Question: 'Babushka means this relative, or the scarf she might tie under her chin'

Answer: grandmother


Question: 'Hole, rough, fairway, green'

Answer: a golf course


Question: 'It's the horrific "monster" seen here'

Answer: a Gila monster


Question: 'With "Pandora", she recently began a new series of vampire tales'

Answer: Anne Rice


Question: 'Alpacas are bred for wool there; Singani is a favorite drink; the National Museum of Arts is in La Paz'

Answer: Bolivia


Question: 'In craps if you bet "pass" & throw either of these numbers on the come out roll, you win'

Answer: 7 or 11


Question: 'An apparatchik was a bureaucrat in this organization that once numbered 15 million'

Answer: the Communist Party


Question: 'Fly, crease, cuff, waistband'

Answer: pants


Question: 'Seen here is the not-so-horrific star of this "tasty" horror-comedy show'

Answer: Buffy the Vampire Slayer


Question: 'In 1997 this author returned to his roots with "Wobegon Boy"'

Answer: Garrison Keillor


Question: 'It's about the same size as Washington, D.C.; it's a principality; it's next to Switzerland'

Answer: Liechtenstein


Question: 'You can win at blackjack with this method explained by Edward Thorp; don't get caught'

Answer: card counting


Question: 'It's the drink most commonly tossed back with "na zdorovie", "to your health"'

Answer: vodka


Question: 'Shuttle, beater, weft, warp, cloth roller'

Answer: a loom


Question: '(Hi, I'm Stephen King, Master of Horror.)  In this 1979 film, Marlon Brando's character declares "The horror!... The horror!"'

Answer: Apocalypse Now


Question: 'In addition to techno-thrillers, he's also written such nonfiction works as "Submarine" & "Fighter Wing"'

Answer: Tom Clancy


Question: 'Sandals are popular there; many of the people speak Dinka; the second largest city is Khartoum'

Answer: Sudan


Question: 'In 1989 Iowa became the first state to legalize modern mobile casinos on these'

Answer: riverboats


Question: 'Soviet shoppers often spent hours in one of these, an "ochered"'

Answer: a line (or a queue)


Question: 'Screw base, inert gas, pinch, support, filament'

Answer: a light bulb


Question: 'They're the happy horror homemakers seen here'

Answer: the Munsters (Fred Gwynne & Yvonne de Carlo)


Question: 'E.L. Doctorow's novel "The Book of Daniel" was based on the espionage trial of this couple'

Answer: Julius & Ethel Rosenberg


Question: 'Its official language is Malay; Bandar Seri Begawan is its capital; its head of state is a sultan'

Answer: Brunei


Question: 'Term for the 2-wheeled buggy pulled by a trotter in harness racing'

Answer: a sulky


Question: 'Meaning "union", it's the name of the spacecraft that docked with Apollo in 1975'

Answer: Soyuz


Question: 'Crest, weights, chain, pendulum, moon dial'

Answer: a grandfather clock


Question: 'This 1931 film seen here could have been called "The Two Faces of Frederic March"'

Answer: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde


Question: 'Much of this man's 1796 farewell address was Alexander Hamilton's work'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'To keep his equipment safe, this Venetian "cabbie" could store it in a pole vault'

Answer: Gondolier


Question: '"How sweet the sound" of this song, the title of a 1972 Aretha Franklin gospel album'

Answer: "Amazing Grace"


Question: 'The pot-bellied species of these can grow to over 100 pounds, others up to 1,000'

Answer: Pig


Question: '"Everybody wants to be Cary Grant.  Even I want to be Cary Grant"'

Answer: Cary Grant


Question: 'Written in the 1860s, they allow a fallen boxer 10 seconds to get up again'

Answer: Marquis Of Queensbury Rules


Question: 'The lad who serves the officers on a ship, or a 1994 film role for Chris Elliott'

Answer: Cabin boy


Question: 'She had affairs with Roberto Rossellini & harmonica player Larry Adler while married to Peter Lindstrom'

Answer: Ingrid Bergman


Question: 'A gospel brunch is an attraction at the various branches of this "house" that started in Cambridge, Mass.'

Answer: House of Blues


Question: 'The reticulated one of these may live 20 years & grow to 30 feet'

Answer: Python


Question: '"It ain't over till it's over"'

Answer: Yogi Berra


Question: 'Pope John XXIII addressed "Pacem In Terris", one of these letters, "To all men of good will"'

Answer: Papal encyclical


Question: 'Slang for a deckhand from his use of a mop, not a Q-Tip'

Answer: Swabbie


Question: 'Queen Catherine Howard went from headstrong to headless when she cheated on this king in 1541'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'A 1987 PBS series about the civil rights movement took its title from the gospel song "Keep Your Eyes On" this'

Answer: The Prize


Question: 'This strutting bird held sacred in India makes a nice watchdog, er....watchbird'

Answer: Peacock


Question: '"You furnish the pictures & I'll furnish the war"'

Answer: William Randolph Hearst


Question: 'Muhammad promulgated the constitution of this city soon after he fled there from Mecca'

Answer: Medina


Question: 'He's the agent on a ship who's responsible for the passengers' money & valuables'

Answer: Purser


Question: 'He made his name in '50s gospel before "twisting the night away" as a pop superstar'

Answer: Sam Cooke


Question: 'The African pigmy type of this is sold as a pet; the "Sonic" one as a video game'

Answer: Hedgehog


Question: '"My forefathers didn't come over on the Mayflower, but they met the boat"'

Answer: Will Rogers


Question: 'In the 1809 treaty of this fort, the U.S. acquired 2.5 million acres from Indiana's Indians'

Answer: Fort Wayne


Question: 'The grinder on a yacht doesn't make coffee, but turns the handle on one of these to trim the sails'

Answer: Winch


Question: 'This diplomat was pushing 70 when his wife Emma took up with naval hero Horatio Nelson'

Answer: Lord Hamilton


Question: 'Fittingly, in 1962 this female singer won the first gospel Grammy'

Answer: Mahalia Jackson


Question: 'Medieval monks dined on these flat-tailed aquatic rodents, saying as fish, they could be eaten on fast days'

Answer: Beavers


Question: '"Between 2 evils, I always pick the one I've never tried before"'

Answer: Mae West


Question: 'It's the longest-running prime time sports show in the history of network television'

Answer: Monday Night Football


Question: 'The abbreviation H.J. Res. refers to a joint one of these moving through the House'

Answer: Resolution


Question: 'A German submarine'

Answer: U-boat


Question: 'It's the set of cards dealt to an individual in a round of a card game'

Answer: Hand


Question: 'John Ford, then billed as Jack Ford, was a Klansman in this 1915 D.W. Griffith epic'

Answer: Birth of A Nation


Question: 'Medium used for the sculpture of "Honest Abe" seen here'

Answer: Pumpkin


Question: 'Tests show the planet Mercury has a thin one containing helium & sodium'

Answer: Atmosphere


Question: '[Former President Jimmy Carter speaking from the Carter Center in Atlanta]  From Latin for "I forbid", it's what I did to 31 very bad bills passed by Congress'

Answer: Veto


Question: 'It contains the pharynx & the larynx'

Answer: Throat


Question: 'A portion of a journey, it's also the part of a relay race each athlete has to complete'

Answer: Leg


Question: 'Ford Country is how folks refer to this southeastern Utah "valley" that John Ford often used for exteriors'

Answer: Monument Valley


Question: 'Lucky Lindy learned to fly in Lincoln in this state'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'It was during this decade that Mariner 10 flew by & took the first close-up pictures of Mercury'

Answer: 1970s


Question: 'From the circus, a party that allows differing points of view is called a "big" one of these'

Answer: Tent


Question: 'To move slowly & lightly through the air'

Answer: Float


Question: 'It's the term for 1 full trip around the track'

Answer: Lap


Question: 'Richard Nixon awarded former Marine & Navy man John Ford this rank'

Answer: Rear Admiral


Question: '1965 hit that included the following'

Answer: "The Name Game"


Question: 'Mercury was named for the Roman god who had this job'

Answer: Messenger


Question: 'The name of this 1987 Supreme Court nominee became a verb meaning to caricature someone's views'

Answer: (Robert) Bork


Question: 'To become swollen or inflated'

Answer: Bloat


Question: 'To the ancient Greeks 4 of these made a palm'

Answer: Fingers


Question: 'This 1939 John Ford film starring Henry Fonda fits in another category on this board'

Answer: Young Mr. Lincoln


Question: 'In 1925 Lincoln Ellsworth tried to fly over this; didn't happen'

Answer: North Pole


Question: 'An old Olds, or the number of days it takes Mercury to go around the sun'

Answer: 88


Question: 'On April 26, 2000 Bush said this type of politics, from a word for "faction", had become excessive, & blamed Gore'

Answer: Partisan politics


Question: 'AKA an ermine'

Answer: Stoat


Question: 'It's a linear measure in the U.S., or the basic unit of verse'

Answer: Foot


Question: 'In 1960 John Ford directed an episode of this TV western featuring his friend Ward Bond'

Answer: Wagon Train


Question: 'Before his move to Chrysler, he developed the Lincoln Mark III for Ford'

Answer: Lee Iacocca


Question: 'In 2 revolutions around the sun Mercury does this only 3 times'

Answer: Rotates on its axis


Question:
'Soviet tanks invade Prague,
Tet Offensive launched,
Bobby Kennedy shot'

Answer: 1968


Question: 'The lyrics of this presidential anthem were adapted from "The Lady of the Lake" by Sir Walter Scott'

Answer: "Hail To The Chief"


Question: 'Grampa just wouldn't be Grampa if he wasn't always humming this 1959 winner by Bobby Darin'

Answer: "Mack The Knife"


Question:
'Andorra,
Monaco,
Vatican City'

Answer: Vatican City


Question: 'Landing at Kauai in 1778, this captain named the area after the first Lord of the Admiralty, the Earl of Sandwich'

Answer: Captain James Cook


Question: 'The name of this South American Indian group was originally the title of their emperor'

Answer: Incas


Question:
'McKinley assassinated,
First wireless message sent across Atlantic,
Queen Victoria dies'

Answer: 1901


Question: 'This city's inhabitants are known as Beantowners (Hmm...does that make their kids Beanie Babies?)'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'Grampa stopped watching the show when this group of "long-haired freaks" won for 1964 Pop Vocal Group'

Answer: Beatles


Question:
'Venezuela,
Colombia,
Ecuador'

Answer: Ecuador


Question: 'He's the royal 20th century personage seen here'

Answer: Emperor Hirohito


Question: 'Although it comes from the Latin for "whitish", this color of hair is actually reddish-brown'

Answer: Auburn


Question:
'Ben Johnson stripped of Olympic gold,
Iran-Iraq war ends,
Hurricane Gilbert hits Mexico'

Answer: 1988


Question: 'A foot-operated breast enlarger pump is on display at the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices in this Twin City'

Answer: Minneapolis


Question: 'Grampa said that he left a kidney in Sheboygan, sort of like what happened to this (Pop) Vocal Male winner of 1962'

Answer: Tony Bennett ("I Left My Heart In San Francisco")


Question:
'Taiwan,
Cuba,
Madagascar'

Answer: Taiwan


Question: 'In 60 B.C. this man depicted here joined 2 others in the first Triumverate'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'The Greek kalyptos, "to cover", gives us the name for this Australian gum tree'

Answer: Eucalyptus


Question:
'Stalin dies,
Shah of Iran returns from exile,
Queen Elizabeth II crowned'

Answer: 1953


Question: 'You may want to explore a ghost town when you drive the Apache Trail in this state'

Answer: Arizona


Question: 'Grampa just went to the 40th anniversary tour of these winners for 1962 with "If I Had A Hammer"'

Answer: Peter, Paul and Mary


Question:
'Ethiopia,
Sudan,
Egypt'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'He's the Hunkpapa leader seen here who inspired his people before the Little Big Horn'

Answer: Sitting Bull


Question: 'Derived from the Latin word for "body", it's used to describe a large or bulky person'

Answer: Corpulent


Question:
'Gary Gilmore executed,
"Roots" airs on U.S. TV,
Elvis dies'

Answer: 1977


Question: 'The boyhood home of this creator of "The Waltons" is across the street from the Walton's Mountain Museum in Schuyler, VA.'

Answer: Earl Hamner, Jr.


Question: 'A national hero & saint, this Alexander was great when he helped unite Russia in the 13th century'

Answer: Alexander Nevsky


Question: 'The name of this most recent geological era is from the Greek for "new animals"'

Answer: Cenozoic


Question: 'On May 6, 2000 the 2 writers of this 1997 movie joined a rally trying to get the janitors at Harvard a raise'

Answer: Good Will Hunting (Ben Affleck & Matt Damon)


Question: 'The eastern Union army came to be called the army of this river'

Answer: the Army of the Potomac


Question: 'In a nursery rhyme, they were lost by three little kittens'

Answer: mittens


Question: 'One tale tells of a place where these pachyderms go to die & the ivory lies around for the taking'

Answer: elephants


Question: 'Like a duck, this monotreme has webbed feet & its snout looks like a duck's too'

Answer: the duck-billed platypus


Question: 'On June 7, 1978 she was up for her first Emmy; on May 15, 1998 she was up for her 18th'

Answer: Susan Lucci


Question: 'Endocrine or exocrine, for example'

Answer: glands


Question: 'During the war this "Little Women" author served as a nurse for the Union'

Answer: Louisa May Alcott


Question: 'It's the glove of the Golden Gloves & may deliver a K.O.'

Answer: a boxing glove


Question: 'This team's official colors & logo were unveiled June 7, 1993'

Answer: the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim


Question:
'It was a character on this show to which the actress accepting an Emmy here was saying goodbye:

"It's so sad, this is sort of my last time to say good-bye & to this character, Nancy Weston..."'

Answer: thirtysomething (Patricia Wettig)


Question: 'It's the liquor you might drink while playing the card game of the same name'

Answer: gin


Question: 'Most of the battles in the west took place in Tennessee, most in the east in this state'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'It's a set of linked metal rings slipped over the fingers of a thug who wants to rearrange your face'

Answer: brass knuckles


Question: 'This character is the hero of several tales & of the movie seen here'

Answer: Sinbad


Question: 'To prepare this Chinese dish, first force air between the skin & the flesh'

Answer: Peking duck


Question: 'This 1977 miniseries won a record 9 Emmys'

Answer: Roots


Question: 'It's the waste matter left by pelicans & penguins, as well as bats'

Answer: guano


Question: 'Bombarded with some 4,000 shells during a 34-hour stretch, this fort surrendered to the South on April 14, 1861'

Answer: Fort Sumter


Question: 'These wood percussion instruments are fastened to the thumb & clicked together'

Answer: castanets


Question: 'A fisherman tricks one of these creatures into letting itself be trapped in a bottle'

Answer: genie


Question: 'This phrase means to have all your arrangements complete'

Answer: "All your ducks in a row"


Question:
'It was here comes the judge when this actor seen here won for his role on this show in 1995:

"I have 30 seconds to tell you that I've been waiting 60 years to get up on this stage..."'

Answer: Picket Fences


Question: 'The Sanskrit word for "venerable" gave us this term for a spiritual guide'

Answer: guru


Question: 'In 1846 this Confederate general "charged" to the bottom of his graduating class at West Point'

Answer: George Pickett


Question: 'To treat with special consideration is to handle "with" these'

Answer: kid gloves


Question: 'The tales of the Arabian Nights are told to the king by this woman, his wife'

Answer: Scheherazade


Question: 'DU for short, this organization publishes Puddler Magazine for kids'

Answer: Ducks Unlimited


Question: 'Playing Peter, she won in 1956 for Best Actress in a Single Performance'

Answer: Mary Martin


Question: 'Isak Dinesen compared these mammals to "rare, long-stemmed speckled gigantic flowers slowly advancing"'

Answer: giraffes


Question: 'Ratified in 1870, it bans denying voting rights based on race, color or previous condition of servitude'

Answer: 15th Amendment


Question: 'Winter to a baseball player, and a good time to visit a resort to avoid peak tourist times'

Answer: off-season


Question: 'Parks in this Louisiana city include Audubon & Pontchartrain'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'He published his first Rabbit novel, "Rabbit, Run", in 1960'

Answer: John Updike


Question: 'A song from the '60s told us "A Taste Of" this "is much sweeter than wine"'

Answer: honey


Question: '"I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot" this assistant to him'

Answer: the deputy


Question: 'Ptolemy XV of Egypt co-ruled with this woman, his mother'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'Herbs & spices will be these in our stew'

Answer: seasonings


Question: 'This Michigan city, a center of Dutch culture, holds an annual tulip festival'

Answer: Holland


Question: 'One review called his "Andromeda Strain" "Compelling and reasonably executed"'

Answer: Michael Crichton


Question: 'Patriotic song whose fourth verse contains the line "And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust' "'

Answer: "The Star-Spangled Banner"


Question: 'From Persian for "market", it's the type of marketplace seen here'

Answer: bazaar


Question: 'It begins "Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle?"'

Answer: Psalm 15


Question: 'This Vivaldi work begins with "spring"'

Answer: "The Four Seasons"


Question: 'Located near the Alaskan point of the same name, it's the USA's northernmost settlement'

Answer: Barrow


Question: 'It seems "The Fixer" was in for him to win a Pulitzer in 1967'

Answer: Bernard Malamud


Question: 'In 1772 he composed his Symphony No. 17 in G Minor, K-129'

Answer: Wolfgang A. Mozart


Question: 'It can be a caption, an explanation of symbols on a map, or a myth'

Answer: legend


Question: 'A veteran of the War of 1812, he was the fifteenth president of the United States'

Answer: James Buchanan


Question: 'Paul Scofield won an Oscar as the "year-round" Thomas More in this 1966 film'

Answer: A Man For All Seasons


Question: 'This largest Delaware city is sometimes called the chemical capital of the world'

Answer: Wilmington


Question: '1966 was a bloody year with Capote's "In Cold Blood" & this Asimov tale of a trip through the bloodstream'

Answer: "Fantastic Voyage"


Question: 'The giraffe, an upright type of this keyboard instrument, was shaped somewhat like a giraffe's neck'

Answer: piano


Question: 'Knock someone off the throne, or testify under oath'

Answer: depose


Question: 'The fifteenth Pope with this name reigned from 985 to 996'

Answer: John


Question: 'This Jason Miller play about a basketball team's reunion was a slam-dunk with critics in 1973'

Answer: That Championship Season


Question: 'This southernmost Texas city is actually about 450 miles farther south than Tijuana'

Answer: Brownsville


Question: 'Place your troops in battle positions'

Answer: deploy


Question: 'In France, this musical was known as "Brillantine"; in Mexico, it was "Vaselina"'

Answer: Grease


Question: 'On June 11 she was elected to a third & final term as British prime minister'

Answer: Margaret Thatcher


Question: 'Will Smith played a pilot fighting aliens in this 1996 summer movie'

Answer: "Independence Day"


Question: 'It's a creamy white color, or what white piano keys were once widely made of'

Answer: Ivory


Question: 'This 4-letter word for a silent street performer once referred to a type of ancient farce'

Answer: Mime


Question: '"Choosy Moms Choose" this brand of peanut butter'

Answer: Jif


Question: 'With a tongue over a foot long (& located about 16 feet above the ground), it can lick its own ear'

Answer: Giraffe


Question: '"Staphylococci" was the word that won Stephanie Petit this national contest'

Answer: National Spelling Bee


Question: 'As Annie, she steps in for a fallen bus driver in 1994's "Speed"'

Answer: Sandra Bullock


Question: 'Appropriate shade of blue to wear at 12 A.M.'

Answer: Midnight blue


Question: 'The space occupied by the musicians is called this "pit"'

Answer: Orchestra pit


Question: 'This company's new computer products include the Aptiva S & the Thinkpad 560'

Answer: IBM


Question: 'It's the muscle that makes you hiccup & makes your lungs work'

Answer: Diaphragm


Question: 'She resigned as transportation secretary to work on her husband's presidential campaign, much as she did in 1996'

Answer: Elizabeth Dole


Question: 'Yoda teaches this rebel to be a Jedi in "The Empire Strikes Back"'

Answer: Luke Skywalker


Question: 'This Indian name for corn also refers to the color of corn'

Answer: Maize


Question: 'These lights at the front of the stage floor are at about the same level as the actors' pedal extremities'

Answer: Footlights


Question: 'This product claims it's "The Pain Reliever Hospitals Use Most"'

Answer: Tylenol


Question: 'These mammals almost never drink water; they get their moisture from eucalyptus leaves'

Answer: Koala bears


Question: 'Later chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, this African-American became National Security Advisor in 1987'

Answer: Colin Powell


Question: 'In his first film, Ace Ventura, Pet Detective, searches for one of these marine mammals'

Answer: Dolphin


Question: 'The 2 shades of red named for January's & July's birthstones'

Answer: Garnet & Ruby


Question: 'Often found in Shakespeare's plays, the stage direction "exeunt" means the actors do this'

Answer: Leave


Question: 'The Parker Duofold Red Jasper, one of these, features a nib split by hand'

Answer: Pen


Question: 'You better buckle up, as his second law of motion shows when your car stops suddenly, you don't'

Answer: Sir Isaac Newton


Question: 'Following gall bladder surgery in February, this pop artist passed away'

Answer: Andy Warhol


Question: 'In "Jingle All The Way", Arnold Schwarzenegger competes to buy this toy superhero'

Answer: Turbo Man


Question: 'This fruity shade of orange shares its name with the Chinese officials who wore robes of that color'

Answer: Mandarins


Question: 'Derived from the Greek words for "dance" & "write", it's the art of creating dances, pehaps for a play'

Answer: Choreography


Question: 'In 1970 "Twister" inventor Reynolds Guyer created a 4" foam ball named this by Parker Bros.'

Answer: Nerf


Question: 'Soap makes water wetter by weakening this, the water's "skin"'

Answer: Surface Tension


Question: 'Wangfujing Street, this city's most famous shopping district, is located east of Tiananmen Square'

Answer: Beijing


Question: 'This "Messiah" composer's "Rinaldo" was the first Italian opera written for the London stage'

Answer: George Frideric Handel


Question: 'In older movie theaters this worker stood by to change reels every 20 minutes'

Answer: Projectionist


Question: 'From 1804 to 1806 this pair explored the area between the Mississippi River & the mouth of the Columbia River'

Answer: Lewis & Clark


Question: 'Carl Sandburg called this city a "Player with railroads and the nation's freight handler"'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'Thank you very much; it's how you say "thank you very much" in French'

Answer: merci beaucoup


Question: 'This capital of the Czech Republic is known as the "City of 100 Spires"'

Answer: Prague


Question: 'After the death of his father in 1695, he went to live & study with his brother, Johann Christoph'

Answer: Johann Sebastian Bach


Question: 'One who loads & unloads gear for a rock band; Meat Loaf starred in a film of the same name'

Answer: Roadie


Question: 'On March 10, 1977, this Cesar Chavez labor group signed an agreement with the Teamsters union'

Answer: United Farm Workers


Question: 'This Scottish poet wrote the songs "Comin' Thro' The Rye" & "The Banks O' Doon"'

Answer: Robert Burns


Question: 'In Paris it's just the thing to get around underground'

Answer: Metro


Question: 'This Afghan city was capital of the Mogul Empire from 1504 to 1526'

Answer: Kabul


Question: 'After his breakup with novelist George Sand in 1847, he composed no more works'

Answer: Frederic Chopin


Question: 'Willy Loman is called a drummer, a synonym for this occupation'

Answer: Salesman


Question: 'In 1920 this president signed legislation returning the railroads to private ownership'

Answer: Woodrow Wilson


Question: 'She wrote "Some keep the sabbath going to church -- I keep it, staying at home --"'

Answer: Emily Dickinson


Question: 'She was just 15 when she moved from Vienna to Versailles in 1770 for an arranged marriage'

Answer: Marie Antoinette


Question: 'The name of this largest African city is Arabic for "The Victorious"'

Answer: Cairo


Question: '"Clair de Lune", the 3rd movement of this French composer's' "Suite Bergamasque", is often played separately'

Answer: Claude Debussy


Question: 'William Brennan held this job 1956-1990'

Answer: Supreme Court Justice


Question: 'The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 repealed this "compromise" of 1820'

Answer: The Missouri Compromise


Question: 'In 1590 the first 3 books of this proposed 24-book epic poem by Edmund Spenser were published'

Answer: The Faerie Queene


Question: 'In 1991 he appointed Edith Cresson as the first woman prime minister of France'

Answer: Francois Mitterand


Question: '1 of 2 capitals located on South America's Rio de la Plata estuary'

Answer: Buenos Aires & Montevideo


Question: '"My Musical Life" was the 1909 memoir of this "Scheherazade" composer'

Answer: Rimsky-Korsakov


Question: 'On July 6, 1994 a sudden wind led to the deaths of 14 of these workers in Colorado'

Answer: Firefighters


Question: 'The government leasing oil reserves to Mammoth Oil in 1922 caused this scandal the next year'

Answer: Teapot Dome


Question: 'Longfellow wrote that this "wreck" "Sailed the wintry sea; and the skipper had taken his little daughter..."'

Answer: The Hesperus


Question: 'The Sacre-Couer Basilica stands atop a hill in this area of Paris'

Answer: Montmartre


Question: 'Just before its 1897 publication, its title was changed from "The Un-Dead" to this'

Answer: \"Dracula\" (by Bram Stoker)


Question: 'In one of his fables, a bee of Mt. Hymettus asks Jupiter for its sting to be fatal'

Answer: Aesop


Question: 'Her marriage to Paul McCartney was less than fab, as the 2 split in 2006'

Answer: Heather Mills


Question: 'Erstwhile presidential candidate Al Gore'

Answer: Tennessee


Question: 'He began mass-producing business jets in 1964 &, later, 8-track stereo tape players for cars'

Answer: (Bill or William) Lear


Question: 'When Sumerians used these in war, they had 4 wheels & were drawn by big-eared equines called onagers'

Answer: chariots


Question: 'This goodhearted pachyderm did a favor for a bird by sitting on her egg in a nest in a tree for 51 days'

Answer: Horton


Question: 'The action of this novel concerns a quest to defeat the dragon Smaug in his lair in Erebor, the lonely mountain'

Answer: The Hobbit


Question:
'Wed to members of
Bon Jovi & Motley Crue,
she could always say she was with the band'

Answer: Heather Locklear


Question: 'John Quincy Adams after the presidency'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'In 1958 this firm introduced the 1st commercial U.S. jet, the 707; in the '60s, it built the 1st stage of the<br />Saturn V rocket'

Answer: Boeing


Question: 'From 1275 to 1292, Marco Polo worked for the Yuan Dynasty under this emperor'

Answer: Kublai Khan


Question: 'Formed in 2001, it's a presidential cabinet department'

Answer: Homeland Security


Question: 'In German, this title peak of a Thomas Mann work is known as "Der Zauberberg"'

Answer: The Magic Mountain


Question: 'Heather O'Rourke memorably announced, "They're here" in this 1982 thriller'

Answer: Poltergeist


Question: 'Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'On August 6, 1945 this B-29 airplane became the first to drop an atomic bomb in warfare'

Answer: the Enola Gay


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Luxor, Egypt.)  Ramses the Great lived to be 96, had 200 wives and concubines, and one tomb held at least 20 of these, including, Mery-Atum'

Answer: sons


Question: 'Air & heir,<br />for example'

Answer: homonyms


Question: 'In a Hemingway tale, Harry gets gangrene; before he dies, has a vision of flying in a plane toward this mountain'

Answer: Kilimanjaro


Question: 'Heather Tom (not Heather Thomas) played Victoria Newman on this long-running CBS soap opera'

Answer: The Young and the Restless


Question: 'Dick Cheney'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: 'In 1912 this Dutch plane builder set up a plant near Berlin; later, his fighter planes were flown by the Red Baron'

Answer: Fokker


Question: 'The 1571 Battle of Lepanto was the last major naval battle between ships powered by these'

Answer: oars(men)


Question: 'Medical adjective for an alternative kind of treatment that covers the body, mind & spirit of the patient'

Answer: holistic


Question: 'In his "Five Weeks in a Balloon", the title conveyance anchors itself to Mount Longwek, the trembling mountain'

Answer: (Jules) Verne


Question: 'Heather Thomas (not Heather Tom) buddied up with stunt man/bounty hunter Lee Majors on this "80s series'

Answer: The Fall Guy


Question: '2006 House Majority Leader John Boehner'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'This B-17 flying fortress of WWII was named for a southern city & Margaret Polk, the girlfriend of the pilot'

Answer: the Memphis Belle


Question: 'In 538 B.C. Cyrus the Great put an end to the "captivity" of the Jews in this realm'

Answer: Babylon


Question: 'Errol Flynn was born in this Tasmanian capital in 1909'

Answer: Hobart


Question: 'Using a blender & radioactive "tags", Alfred Hershey found that this, not protein, was the genetic material of life'

Answer: DNA


Question: 'This actor is in an impressive 9 films on the ballot; his daughter is in 3'

Answer: Henry Fonda


Question: 'Now a piece of fabric covering a tear, in the 1700s it was a piece of fabric stuck on a lady's face as an adornment'

Answer: a patch


Question: 'The first pope with this name lasted 4 years; No. II, only one; we're presently on XVI & wish him well'

Answer: Benedict


Question: 'Canada's first full-scale one of these controversial power plants opened on Lake Huron in 1967'

Answer: a nuclear power plant


Question: 'The female offspring of one of your own children'

Answer: a granddaughter


Question: 'On March 16, 1961 NASA dedicated its space flight center to this man on the 35th anniversary of a major feat of his'

Answer: Robert Goddard


Question: 'One of the 2 years, both more than 5 decades ago, represented on the AFI ballot with 11 films each'

Answer: 1939 (or 1942)


Question: 'Yes, "deer", in the '50s Pat Boone was famous for wearing these pale oxfords'

Answer: white bucks


Question: 'Severinus waited 18 months for consecration by Heraclius, this emperor in Constantinople, then died in 3 mo.'

Answer: the Byzantine Emperor


Question: 'Toronto's CN Tower opened in this year in which Canada also hosted the Summer Olympics'

Answer: 1976


Question: 'The dietary practice of not eating meat or meat products'

Answer: vegetarianism


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab) Princeton experimented with a tokamak, the first promising fusion reactor technology, conceived by this Soviet scientist who fought for disarmament'

Answer: Sakharov


Question: 'This 1958 film named for an affliction is the only movie on the ballot that starts with the letter "V"'

Answer: Vertigo


Question: 'V wasn't a lucky number for this pope of 685 (a few months' run), but XXIII lasted from 1958 to 1963'

Answer: John


Question: '"Scarlet Riders" is a collection of pulp tales about this Canadian group'

Answer: the Royal Canadian Mounted Police


Question: 'Adjective describing any organism that eats its own kind'

Answer: cannibalistic


Question: 'After WWII, scientist Samuel Goudsmit & team located this German atomic weapons project leader'

Answer: Heisenberg


Question: 'This Lew Wallace "tale of the Christ" is the only title on the ballot twice; Charlton Heston was in one'

Answer: Ben-Hur


Question: 'Yo, this pope III had a "Rocky" one-year reign from 884 to 885'

Answer: Adrian


Question: 'Most of the province of British Columbia is in this time zone'

Answer: Pacific time zone


Question: 'A doctor who specializes in the elderly'

Answer: gerontologist


Question: 'After a 1980s legal battle, Robert Gallo & Luc Montagnier agreed to share credit for the isolation of this virus'

Answer: HIV


Question: 'Big news--besides Tom Hanks' "Big", these are 2 of the 3 movies on the ballot with "big" in the title'

Answer: 2 of (The Big Chill, The Big Sleep, The Big Parade)


Question: 'The V pope of this name came in like a lion in 903 (but went out like a lamb by 904)'

Answer: Leo


Question: 'Martin, not Brian, is the real first name of this man who was Canada's PM from 1984 to 1993'

Answer: Mulroney


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in front of a board with numbers.) The string of values seen here is increasing this way, from the Latin for "to declare"'

Answer: exponentially


Question: 'This man's return to the U.S. in 1824, 47 years after his first trip here, added splendor to James Monroe's presidential term'

Answer: Marquis de Lafayette


Question: 'He led his troops on a 6,000-mile march that began in October 1934'

Answer: Mao Tse-tung


Question: 'These 3 birds are the gifts for the first 3 days'

Answer: French hens, turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree


Question: 'This Maryland fort is not only a national monument; it's also called a "historic shrine"'

Answer: (Fort) McHenry


Question: 'The name of this drink is from Italian for "coffee with milk"'

Answer: caffe latte


Question: 'As seen in the photo, this president liked to paint to help himself relax'

Answer: Eisenhower


Question: 'This verb can mean to fatten pillows or to mess up an actor's line'

Answer: fluff


Question: 'A 1952 coup led by Gamal Abdel Nasser forced this king's abdication'

Answer: King Faruk


Question: 'Of the song's 12 gifts, it's the only one you could melt down & not be charged with murder or animal cruelty'

Answer: five golden rings


Question: 'Devil's Postpile is in California; Devil's Tower is in this state'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: 'This company is named for a character in "Moby-Dick"'

Answer: Starbucks


Question: 'In good weather, John Quincy Adams liked to spend his mornings skinny-dipping in this river'

Answer: the Potomac


Question: 'Opponents of Sabine Bau, a world champion in this sport, might say, "Curses!  Foiled again!"'

Answer: fencing


Question: 'Swiss-educated & staunchly pro-Western, he ruled his Middle Eastern country from 1941 until his ouster in 1979'

Answer: the Shah of Iran


Question: 'We found this eighth day's gift quite moo-ving'

Answer: maids a-milking


Question: 'In southern New Mexico, you can literally surf the dunes of this national monument'

Answer: White Sands


Question: 'The 2 main coffee species are arabica and this hearty one that is grown mostly in Africa & thrives at lower altitudes'

Answer: robusta


Question: 'Fond of this sport, Richard Nixon lived life in the fast lane, often scoring in the 170s or higher'

Answer: bowling


Question: 'Ithaca, New York is on Cayuga, one of this group of narrow bodies of water'

Answer: the Finger Lakes


Question: 'In 1986 this president crossed the Pacific & went into exile in Hawaii'

Answer: Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines


Question: 'On the 10th day, nobility abounded as my true love somehow thought I needed this gift'

Answer: lords a-leapin\'


Question: 'Arizona's Tuzigoot National Monument is one of these villages defined as consisting of multilevel adobe dwellings'

Answer: a pueblo


Question: 'Found in coffee, it's C8H10N4O2'

Answer: caffeine


Question: 'Even when pushing 300 pounds, this 27th president enjoyed playing golf & tennis'

Answer: Taft


Question: 'Hopefully you'll remember that this plant of the genus Myosotis is Alaska's state flower'

Answer: a forget-me-not


Question: 'At age 84 in 1940 he was put in charge of the Vichy State in France'

Answer: Marshall Pétain


Question: 'On the 12th day, my true love gave me this gift, something Charlie Watts could enjoy'

Answer: twelve drummers drumming


Question: 'A nat'l monument near Mill Valley, Calif. named for this naturalist is known for its stand of ancient coast redwoods'

Answer: (John) Muir


Question: 'T.S. Eliot wrote, "I have measured out my life with" these'

Answer: coffee spoons


Question: '& in other news... during a fishing trip in Georgia in 1979, Jimmy Carter was attacked by a "killer" one of these'

Answer: a rabbit


Question: 'The main city on the Main River, it's located 19 miles upstream from where the Main flows into the Rhine'

Answer: Frankfurt


Question: 'This noted writer was actually the nephew, not the son, of Pliny the Elder'

Answer: Pliny the Younger


Question: 'Heloise says to chill these used beverage bags & place them on your puffy eyes; just don't forget to take them off'

Answer: tea bags


Question: 'specializes in X-rays & elements, like the one with the atomic number 88 for treating diseases'

Answer: a radiologist


Question: '"Minnie" say 5-foot-tall mice & ducks romp around the offices of this Burbank-based media company'

Answer: Disney


Question: 'The creation of this type of phone started with an undertaker who thought his competitors were bribing operators'

Answer: rotary phone


Question: 'When dining at a deli in New Delhi, better have some of this currency to pay the bill'

Answer: rupees


Question: 'This physician was referred to as the Asclepiad of Cos--I'd swear an oath on it'

Answer: Hippocrates


Question: 'Becky Adams admitted that her Rocket City Cosmetics were inspired by this classic TV cartoon series'

Answer: The Jetsons


Question: 'specializes in & can perform surgery for diseases & disorders of the eyes'

Answer: an ophthalmologist


Question: 'Look "inside" Santa Clara, Calif. for the HQ of this computer hardware company founded in 1968'

Answer: Intel


Question: 'After Jan. 31, 1999 this signaling system ceased to be an official channel of maritime communication'

Answer: Morse code


Question: 'Gerald Ford's Secretary of Defense; he returned to defend the post in 2001'

Answer: Rumsfeld


Question: 'For that '80s funky club girl look, sephora.com suggests applying a bronze shade to the apples of these body parts'

Answer: the cheeks


Question: 'specializes in the systems such as the central & sympathetic, like branch founder Jean-Martin Charcot'

Answer: a neurologist


Question: 'This alphanumeric Fortune 500 company is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota'

Answer: 3M


Question: 'Satellites & cable have largely replaced this animal-named indoor telescoping antenna'

Answer: rabbit ears


Question: 'We do it when we mull something over; cows do it when they chew their cud'

Answer: ruminate


Question: 'This "great" guy got a gig as governor of Galilee in 47 B.C.; a few years later, he was king of Judea'

Answer: Herod the Great


Question: 'Hopefully the Urban Decay make-up with the name of this 1969 film won't make you look like Ratso Rizzo'

Answer: Midnight Cowboy


Question: 'specializes in the skeletal system, the extremities, ligaments & joints; pitcher Tommy John famously used one'

Answer: an orthopedist


Question: 'Founded in 1919, this Houston-based government contractor sure seems to be in the news a lot lately'

Answer: Halliburton


Question: 'People no longer revel in the smell of a copy from a ditto machine or this cylindrical device using stencils'

Answer: a mimeograph


Question: 'The Magna Carta was granted in 1215 in this meadow on the Thames'

Answer: Runnymede


Question: 'At Santa Fe's Ten Thousand Waves Spa, have a geisha-style facial, featuring the droppings of this "nocturnal" bird'

Answer: a nightingale


Question: 'specializes in the origin, development, diagnosis, & treatment of malignant neoplasms'

Answer: an oncologist


Question: 'Long headquartered in San Francisco, Bank of America has moved to this Southern state'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'Here is what you'd see if you used this type of computer printer with a 9-, 18-, or 24-pin print head'

Answer: a dot-matrix printer


Question: 'Named for a British physicist, it's No. 104 on the periodic table'

Answer: rutherfordium


Question: 'A knight in "Henry VI, Part I" who flees battle to save his life is an early version of this great character'

Answer: Sir John Falstaff


Question: '"And God blessed them, saying, be fruitful, and multiply..."'

Answer: Genesis


Question: 'This Detroit native has held on to his solid Midwestern values in California:<br />(AKA "Magnum P.I.")'

Answer: Tom Selleck


Question: 'From 1979 to 1983, Rev. Grady Nutt was a regular on this variety series, country music's answer to "Laugh-In"'

Answer: Hee Haw


Question: 'In 1998 Georgia teen Mike Cameron got suspended for wearing this rival's T-shirt on "Coke in Education Day"'

Answer: Pepsi Cola


Question: 'Founded in 1693, this seaport became the capital nearly 200 years later'

Answer: Kingston


Question: 'A supreme ruler'

Answer: Monarch


Question: '"And Moses said unto the people, remember this day in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage..."'

Answer: Exodus


Question: 'His father Henry should have known he was no "flop" as a businessman or car designer:'

Answer: Edsel Ford


Question: 'For 5 seasons Shirley Booth ran the Baxter household playing this maid whose name is the same as a nut'

Answer: Hazel


Question: 'In a 1997 agreement this brand became "The Official Skate of New York City Parks"'

Answer: Rollerblade


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

Answer: English


Question: 'The Southeast Asian rainy season'

Answer: Monsoon


Question: '"He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved"'

Answer: Psalms


Question: 'He starred in the World Series for the Dodgers as well as the Tigers:'

Answer: Kirk Gibson


Question: 'The first of the "Peanuts" specials, it originally aired on December 9, 1965'

Answer: A Charlie Brown Christmas


Question: 'In 1998 former Clinton economic advisor Laura Tyson became Bankamerica dean at this oldest UC campus'

Answer: UC-Berkeley


Question: 'This "colorful" brand of beer is one of Jamaica's most popular exports'

Answer: Red Stripe


Question: 'A plant or animal of mixed breed'

Answer: Mongrel


Question: '"And when he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour"'

Answer: Revelation


Question: 'Though he politicked from New York, he was born in Owosso, Michigan:<br />(had a 1948 "defeat")'

Answer: Thomas E. Dewey


Question: 'Walnut Grove, Minnesota was the setting for this drama of the American West'

Answer: Little House on the Prairie


Question: 'In 2000 the town of Halfway, Oregon renamed itself this, after a website with discounts of at least 50%'

Answer: Half.com


Question: 'Tourists can stay at GoldenEye, once the vacation home of this bestselling author'

Answer: Ian Fleming


Question: 'Kipling knew it's the agile carnivore seen here:'

Answer: Mongoose


Question: '"My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth"'

Answer: Job


Question: 'His speech education major at Wayne State has taken him a "Long Distance":'

Answer: Casey Kasem


Question: 'He co-created "Get Smart", "When Things Were Rotten" & "The Nutt House", a short-lived series from 1989'

Answer: Mel Brooks


Question: 'According to the World Almanac, U.S. enrollment in these medical "organizations" grew tenfold from 1976 to 1998'

Answer: HMOs (Health Maintenance Organizations)


Question: 'Jamaica is the third largest of these "Greater" islands'

Answer: Greater Antilles


Question: 'Title for a high-ranking Catholic priest'

Answer: Monsignor


Question: 'Between about 1325 & 1500 this group expanded from an island or two to control southern Mexico'

Answer: Aztecs


Question: 'The only major sporting event named for a famous TV transvestite is this man's golf tournament'

Answer: Jamie Farr (Klinger on "M*A*S*H")


Question: 'After the screenplay for "The Misfits", he wrote "After The Fall"'

Answer: Arthur Miller


Question: 'Willem Schouten named this continent's Cape Horn for his Dutch hometown'

Answer: South America


Question: 'Varieties of this ornamental carp include lionhead, comet & fantail'

Answer: Goldfish


Question: 'Flightless bird<br />(3)'

Answer: Emu


Question: 'A new one of these was created in 1917, but the part threatening property rights proved hard to enforce'

Answer: Constitution


Question: '(Hi, I'm NBA star Alonzo Mourning)  In this type of basketball defense, each player guards a specific opponent, not an area'

Answer: Man-to-man defense


Question: 'After "Parade" in 1975, Beth Henley wrote this 1979 play that won a Pulitzer'

Answer: "Crimes of the Heart"


Question: 'From the Greek for "a double assumption", you may find yourself "on the horns of" one'

Answer: A dilemma


Question: 'In the 1960s this "walking" fish was introduced into southern Florida, where a large population has been established'

Answer: Catfish


Question: 'Arthurian sword<br />(9)'

Answer: Excalibur


Question: 'The "Cry of Dolores", a speech by Father Hidalgo, sparked the rebellion against this nation'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'From the Greek for "walking on tiptoe", it's another name for a gymnast'

Answer: Acrobat


Question: 'Though the names of these 1973 & 1979 Peter Shaffer plays both end in "U-S", they premiered in London'

Answer: "Equus" & "Amadeus"


Question: 'National Geographic found that in Mandalay in the 1980s, this animal's horn was going for $20,000 a kilo'

Answer: Rhinoceros


Question: 'Holy Mackerel!  The northern bluefin, the largest species of this fish, may reach a length of 14 feet'

Answer: Tuna


Question: 'A temblor<br />(10)'

Answer: Earthquake


Question: 'Who is that masked man?  It's this subcommander of Zapatista rebels:'

Answer: Subcomandante Marcos


Question: 'Michael Jordan once played outfield for the minor league Barons of this Southern city'

Answer: Birmingham


Question: 'Mystery surrounds the origin of this 11-letter word for "to cheat" or "to swindle"'

Answer: Hornswaggle


Question: 'The air bladder of this Russian fish, also known as a beluga, provides a superior grade of isinglass used in making glue'

Answer: Sturgeon


Question: 'Rapturous delight<br />(7)'

Answer: Ecstasy


Question: 'Lasting until 1911, the 30-year dictatorship of this man is known as the Porfiriato'

Answer: Porfirio Diaz


Question: '(Hi, I'm Darryl Green of the Washington Redskins)  I intecepted one of this QB's passes in 1992 when the Redskins beat the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXVI'

Answer: Jim Kelly


Question: '18th century schoolkids may have learned the alphabet off one of these paddlelike objects'

Answer: Hornbook


Question: 'Also called the pike perch, this prized freshwater game fish is the largest member of the perch family'

Answer: Walleye


Question: 'Serious, like a Wilde character<br />(7)'

Answer: Earnest


Question: 'He invented carbonated water as a byproduct of his investigations into the chemistry of air'

Answer: Joseph Priestley


Question: 'The Declaration was adopted in this city'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question:
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew sits upon a white mare on a dude ranch in Montana.)  A seldom heard later verse of this song goes:
"Oh I love those wild flowers in this dear land of ours"'

Answer: "Home On The Range"


Question: 'Some say this tool with an adjustable jaw was invented by a Massachusetts mechanic named Monk'

Answer: a monkey wrench


Question: 'Jacob Marley &<br />Tiny Tim'

Answer: A Christmas Carol


Question: 'Total number of each animal that Moses took on the ark with him during the great flood'

Answer: zero


Question: 'In 1975 Dick Cheney became this president's Chief of Staff'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'The Declaration does not mention this supreme legislative body of Great Britain by name'

Answer: Parliament


Question:
'(Cheryl of the Clue Crew belts out a tune from atop a horse on a dude ranch in Montana.)  Dale Evans wrote the lyrics to this song that says:
"Until we meet again"'

Answer: "Happy Trails"


Question: 'Santa Claus might know that this word comes from the Scandinavian for "creature" & the Old English for "beast"'

Answer: reindeer


Question: 'Dr. Manette &<br />Madame Defarge'

Answer: A Tale of Two Cities


Question: 'The number of times you can subtract 5 from 55'

Answer: once


Question: 'From 1995 to 2000 Cheney was CEO of this energy services firm'

Answer: Halliburton


Question: 'It says that if this denies people their rights, the people have the right "to alter or abolish it"'

Answer: the government


Question:
'(Cheryl of the Clue Crew belts out a tune from atop a horse on a dude ranch in Montana.)  It’s where Gene Autry was in the title of his theme song:
"Out where a friend is a friend"'

Answer: "Back In The Saddle (Again)"


Question: 'This ovoid term for an intellectual was often used of 1952 presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson'

Answer: egghead


Question: 'Estella &<br />Miss Havisham'

Answer: Great Expectations


Question: 'An insomniac dyslexic agnostic lays awake all night wondering if there really is one of these'

Answer: a dog


Question: 'Dick Cheney was born in this city that's home to the University of Nebraska'

Answer: Lincoln


Question: 'This British Lord’s 1993 novel "Honor Among Thieves" concerns a plot to steal the Declaration'

Answer: Lord Archer


Question:
'(Sofia of the Clue Crew sits upon a brown horse on a dude ranch in Montana.)  A dying cowboy made this request:
"These words came low and mournfully"'

Answer: bury me not on the lone prairie


Question: 'An early recorded mention of the phrase "busy as a bee" appeared in this 1387 Chaucer work'

Answer: Canterbury Tales


Question: 'Betsey Trotwood<br />& Mr. Murdstone'

Answer: David Copperfield


Question: 'The 2 U.S. coins that add up to 30 cents when one of them is not a quarter'

Answer: a nickel & a quarter


Question: 'In the first President Bush's cabinet, Cheney was Secretary of this'

Answer: Defense


Question: 'After all the states ratified it, Congress added this 9-letter word to the title'

Answer: unanimous


Question:
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew sits in the saddle of a brown horse on a dude ranch in Montana.)  In this song, a cowpuncher in a hurry sings:
"It’s your misfortune and none of my own"'

Answer: "Get Along Little Dogies"


Question: 'Once eaten only on Church holy days, this fish's name is from English & Dutch words for "holy flatfish"'

Answer: halibut


Question:
'Quilp,
Kit Nubbles &
Little Nell'

Answer: The Old Curiosity Shop


Question: 'Total number of balls used in the pool table game called 8-ball'

Answer: sixteen


Question: 'Dick Cheney served 6 terms as this state's sole representative in the House of Representatives'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: 'In 1493 Christopher Columbus discovered this future U.S. commonwealth & named it San Juan Bautista'

Answer: Puerto Rico


Question: 'Adjective meaning completely expressionless used to describe Jackie Vernon’s or Steven Wright’s comic style'

Answer: deadpan


Question: 'It's the numerical name for a traditional canopy bed'

Answer: a four-poster


Question: 'Born October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, India, didn't eat much, died January 30, 1948 in New Delhi'

Answer: (Mohandas) Gandhi


Question: 'In 1964 Coco Chanel & Norman Norell were championing the right of women to wear these'

Answer: pants


Question: 'We hope your dog doesn't suffer ennui when boarded in one of these establishments'

Answer: a kennel


Question: 'In 1855 this missionary discovered Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River'

Answer: Livingstone


Question: 'On "Coffee Talk", on "SNL", Linda Richman (this man in drag) would get "farklempt" ("choked up" in Yiddish)'

Answer: Mike Myers


Question: 'Get your mind out of these troughs & try using your hands or a hose to clean out the leaves'

Answer: the gutter


Question: 'Born in Oklahoma in 1879, had a lot of laughs, died near Point Barrow, Alaska in 1935'

Answer: Will Rogers


Question: 'The sarong that Edith Head designed for this star in 1936 was widely copied for beachwear'

Answer: Dorothy Lamour


Question: 'Get thee to this synonym for a convent'

Answer: a nunnery


Question: 'On June 18, 1767 Samuel Wallis became the first European to land at this breadfruity South Sea island'

Answer: Tahiti


Question: '"Who's Who in Comedy" quotes our 1989 clue "Married couple who've done commercials for Blue Nun wine…"'

Answer: Stiller & Meara


Question: 'If you have the room, this structure seen here is a fine addition to any backyard'

Answer: a gazebo


Question: 'Born around 1507, married a king & gave birth to a future queen, died 1536 in London'

Answer: Anne Boleyn


Question: 'It's the name for the loose, brightly colored dress introduced to Pacific islanders by missionaries'

Answer: muumuu


Question: 'Manually sifting for gold in a river'

Answer: panning


Question: 'This Dutch explorer also discovered Tonga & Fiji in 1643'

Answer: Abel Tasman


Question: 'Riddle me this, he starred on Broadway in 2002 doing his impression of George Burns'

Answer: Frank Gorshin


Question: 'Jerry Garcia fans unite! This is the practice of removing those old withered flowers from your garden'

Answer: deadheading


Question: 'Born in St. Louis in 1888, became a Brit in 1927, wrote poems & plays, won a Nobel Prize in 1948, died 1965'

Answer: T.S. Eliot


Question: 'A chronological record of the events of successive years'

Answer: annals


Question: 'This 5,140-square-mile Venezuelan lake was discovered in 1499 by Alonso de Ojeda & Amerigo Vespucci'

Answer: (Lake) Maracaibo


Question: 'In the '70s his act was called "Child of the '50s"; in 2000 his HBO special was "Child in His 50s"'

Answer: Robert Klein


Question: 'Usually off-white with rugged loops, this type of carpeting is named for one made by North African tribes'

Answer: berber


Question: 'Born Belfast 1824, gifted scientist, whole life remembered as an absolute zero, died 1907'

Answer: Lord Kelvin


Question: 'In 1777 the Green Mountain boys had a hand in winning the Battle of this city in Vermont'

Answer: Bennington


Question: 'The 2nd-smallest independent country in area in the Western Hemisphere; in the '80s it was invaded by the 2nd largest'

Answer: Grenada


Question: 'Around 3000 B.C. it had 2/5 the value of gold, but in 2002 it had about 1/75 gold's value'

Answer: silver


Question: 'In 1912 Tom Crean made a solo 35-mile trek on this continent to save 2 of his mates'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'Farmers in this state's San Joaquin Valley ship their stock through Stockton'

Answer: California


Question: 'Term for a single exposure on a reel of motion picture film'

Answer: frame


Question: 'Plans are for Hugh Grant to return as Daniel Cleaver in the sequel to this 2001 Renee Zellweger film'

Answer: Bridget Jones\'s Diary


Question: 'Type of ballot to file when you're not there to vote on election day'

Answer: an absentee


Question: 'Ancient Roman pewter was 30% this metal, which for safety's sake is no longer used'

Answer: lead


Question: 'We breathe a bit easier because Rep. Kenneth Roberts sponsored the original version of this act in 1963'

Answer: the Clean Air Act


Question: 'This Kentucky city was founded in 1775 & named for a battle site in Massachusetts'

Answer: Lexington


Question: 'In the 14th century Edward II declared it was equal to 3 barley corns laid end-to-end'

Answer: an inch


Question: 'Hugh tried to woo Emma in this 1995 film based on a Jane Austen novel'

Answer: Sense and Sensibility


Question: 'Ring in, miss the clue -- tough.  We don't offer a "money back" one'

Answer: guarantee


Question: 'This alloy metal popular for bathroom rails gets softer as it includes more copper & less zinc'

Answer: brass


Question: 'Tennessee militia general William Carroll sailed down the Mississippi to help out at this 1815 battle'

Answer: the Battle of New Orleans


Question: 'In November 2001 this city's Journal & Constitution newspapers fully merged'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: 'This equivalent to 1 cup is slang for a short person'

Answer: half pint


Question: 'In this 1995 film directed by Chris Columbus, Hugh finds out his girlfriend is pregnant'

Answer: Nine Months


Question: 'It's been said that "A camel is a horse designed by" this'

Answer: committee


Question: 'Atomic number 13, you touch it when you unwrap a stick of Wrigley's chewing gum'

Answer: aluminum


Question: 'Fred Hollows crusaded primarily to save Third World folks from this blinding condition, using synthetic lenses'

Answer: cataracts


Question: 'Rochester, New York grew because of its location on this'

Answer: the Erie Canal


Question: 'If a gigawatt you see, this is the number of watts you get'

Answer: a billion


Question: 'The 2003 ABC series "I'm With Her", about a star falling for an ordinary guy, sounds like this film of Hugh's'

Answer: Notting Hill


Question: 'Conversation marked by quick, witty banter'

Answer: repartee


Question: 'Coffinite, discovered in Colorado in 1955, is an ore that's 60% this valuable radioactive metal'

Answer: uranium


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Johnson Space Center in Houston)  This NASA flight director of the 1960s & '70s wrote the book "Failure Is Not an Option"'

Answer: Gene Kranz


Question: 'This Idaho city, founded in 1861, was named for the co-leader of an expedition that camped there in 1805'

Answer: Lewiston


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew)  It's the standard unit of size for nails; this baby, used in framing a house, is a 16'

Answer: penny


Question: 'In this 1999 comedy Hugh tried to learn how to say "fuggeddaboutit"'

Answer: Mickey Blue Eyes


Question: 'The order Sirena includes the dugong, the extinct Steller's sea cow & this'

Answer: the manatee


Question: 'He was nearly blind when he painted his series of "Water Lilies"'

Answer: (Claude) Monet


Question: 'This canary with a wide-eyed stare is constantly on alert for Sylvester the Cat'

Answer: Tweety


Question: 'Nunivak Island & the Pribilof Islands are in this sea'

Answer: the Bering Sea


Question: 'The last message from her in 1937 pertained to her location & an alternate radio frequency for communication'

Answer: Amelia Earhart


Question: 'Seen here, his is one of the most visited graves at Arlington'

Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: 'Biologically speaking:<br />RNA'

Answer: ribonucleic acid


Question: 'Seen here, he's the most famous occupant at California's Huntington Library'

Answer: "The Blue Boy"


Question: 'Winken, Blinken & Nod were 3 orphaned pet birds raised by young Opie Taylor on a 1963 episode of this sitcom'

Answer: The Andy Griffith Show


Question: '(Alex: Here's Jeff Probst in South America [Amazon])  The decomposition of organic matter & a low silt content give the Rio Negro this color water, hence its name'

Answer: black


Question: 'In 1968 this pop group delivered "I've Got to Get a Message to You"'

Answer: the Bee Gees


Question: 'A soldier during WWII, this civil rights leader, murdered in Mississippi in 1963, is buried at Arlington'

Answer: (Medgar) Evers


Question: 'Sydney is its capital:<br />NSW'

Answer: New South Wales


Question: 'Marcel Duchamp's most famous painting is "Nude Descending" this'

Answer: A Staircase


Question: 'Catchphrases of this large windbag of a rooster include "Pay Attention, Boy!" & "Go Away Boy, You Bother Me"'

Answer: Foghorn Leghorn


Question: 'The Cinque Terre, 5 fishing villages on the Italian Riviera, overlook the Ligurian Sea, an arm of this sea'

Answer: the Mediterranean


Question: 'In April 1913 Woodrow Wilson became the first president since John Adams to deliver this message in person'

Answer: the State of the Union


Question: 'This rear admiral rests beneath a granite globe, with a bronze star marking the North Pole'

Answer: (Robert) Peary


Question: 'On a radio:<br />FM'

Answer: frequency modulation


Question: 'His "Vampire" painting from 1893 just might make you "Scream"'

Answer: Edvard Munch


Question: 'In commercials, a persistent white duck voiced by Gilbert Gottfried is the spokes-bird for this insurance company'

Answer: Aflac


Question: 'The French call this body of water the Pas de Calais; we call it this'

Answer: the Strait of Dover


Question: '4 words that ended the historic message: "Houston, Tranquility Base here..."'

Answer: the Eagle has landed


Question: 'Roger Chaffee & this astronaut, killed in a 1967 fire aboard their Apollo spacecraft, are buried next to each other'

Answer: Gus Grissom