Question: 'Hiram Powers's "THe Greek Slave", seen here, caused a sensation in the 1850s, & this woman wrote a sonnet about it'

Answer: Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Question: 'Douglas MacArthur is among those who've been fired for this, disobedient resistance to authority'

Answer: insubordination


Question: 'To visit this windy South American plateau, you may want to bring a Synchilla jacket from the company of the same name'

Answer: Patagonia


Question: 'She was the only American to win an Olympic gold medal at the 1968 Winter Games in Grenoble'

Answer: Peggy Fleming


Question: 'He received international fame in 1878 for his story about Daisy Miller, an American flirt in Europe'

Answer: Henry James


Question: '"Wilkommen" to this type of supper club, from the Old French for "small room"'

Answer: cabaret


Question: 'Musician Hiram King Williams (1923-1953) was better known as this'

Answer: Hank


Question: 'From the Latin for "end", this word often follows "wrongful"'

Answer: termination


Question: 'The Princess Ragnhild Coast is part of this Antarctic land named for a Norwegian queen'

Answer: Queen Maud Land


Question: 'Born to Polish parents in Philadelphia, she became the youngest world champion in 1997 at age 14'

Answer: Tara Lipinski


Question: 'In this Ernest Gaines novel set in the '40s, Grant Wiggins must teach an innocent man on death row to die like a man'

Answer: A Lesson Before Dying


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew displays an equation on the monitor.) If "a" is a real number, & "a" is not equal to zero, then the equation here demonstrates this property of multiplication'

Answer: the inverse property


Question: 'Teddy Roosevelt & Hiram Johnson got more votes than the Republicans as the 1912 ticket of this forward-looking party'

Answer: the Progressive Party


Question: 'The 2008 firing of the Oakland Raiders' coach was "for" this, meaning coach doesn't get the rest of the money'

Answer: cause


Question: 'The life story of this man who died in 1801 was chronicled in an A&E biography DVD titled "Triumph and Treason"'

Answer: Benedict Arnold


Question: 'H.R. Haldeman served 18 months in federal prison as a result of his part in this scandal'

Answer: Watergate


Question: 'Her picture adorns the label of a red wine called "Marilyn Merlot"'

Answer: Marilyn Monroe


Question: 'An Ulverston, England museum is devoted to the film careers of this comedy pair who starred in "The Flying Deuces"'

Answer: Laurel & Hardy


Question: 'The Pacific type of this fish dies after swimming up rivers to spawn; the Atlantic does not'

Answer: salmon


Question: 'In the 1920s, the company he founded merged with Metro Pictures Corporation'

Answer: Samuel Goldwyn


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

Answer: The "Jailhouse Rock"


Question: 'Fred Noonan was navigator on the 1937 around-the-world flight on which she disappeared'

Answer: Amelia Earhart


Question: 'This term for a wine's bouquet is also a synonym for "snoot"'

Answer: nose


Question: 'A collection of the art of this 20th century Spanish painter is housed at the Hotel Sale in Paris'

Answer: Pablo Picasso


Question: 'Some Amazon Indians use the teeth of this fish, also called the caribe, as razor blades'

Answer: piranha


Question: 'After losing to Lyndon Johnson in 1964, he was re-elected to the Senate in 1968'

Answer: Barry Goldwater


Question: 'The flip side of "Hound Dog"; it insists "I don't want no other love, baby.  It's just you I'm thinking of."'

Answer: "Don\'t Be Cruel"


Question: 'He became a prince of the U.K. in 1957, some 10 years after he married Elizabeth'

Answer: Prince Philip


Question: 'This word, Italian for "sparkling", is found in the name of a sparkling wine from Asti, Italy'

Answer: spumante


Question: 'This city's Field Museum of Natural History has a 250,000 volume reference library'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'Hippocampus is the scientific name of this odd fish with a prehensile tail'

Answer: seahorse


Question: 'In 1948 Peter Goldmark and his team at CBS introduced this type of record'

Answer: LP


Question: '"Well, a' bless my soul", this song stayed on the charts for 30 weeks, the longest of any Elvis single'

Answer: "All Shook Up"


Question: 'Ira Allen, a brother of Ethan Allen, was a founder of this state's university'

Answer: Vermont


Question: 'Manzanilla is a dry and somewhat salty type of this fortified Spanish wine'

Answer: sherry


Question: 'Austin, TX has a museum devoted to this short-story author of "Cabbages And Kings"'

Answer: O. Henry (William Sidney Porter)


Question: 'This primitive eel-like fish almost caused the extermination of the Great Lakes trout'

Answer: lamprey


Question: 'This comic strip artist was known for creating intricate mechanical devices'

Answer: Rube Goldberg


Question: 'This "keeps pouring down and up ahead's another town that I'll go walkin' through"'

Answer: "Kentucky Rain"


Question: 'Douglas MacArthur was a member of the court martial that convicted this advocate of air power in 1925'

Answer: Billy Mitchell


Question: 'Websters' says this word for a wine steward is derived from old Provencal for "pack animal driver"'

Answer: Sommelier


Question: 'The Drake Well Museum in Titusville in this state commemorates the first oil well in the U.S.'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'Clarias Batrachus, the walking type of this fish, can travel overland from pond-to-pond'

Answer: catfish


Question: 'His "The Vicar Of Wakefield" might have been published to save himself from going to jail for debt'

Answer: Oliver Goldsmith


Question: 'This No. 1 hit from 1960 contains a spoken passage based on Jack's speech in "As You Like It"'

Answer: "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"


Question: 'On October 24, 1952 Eisenhower vowed to go to this country & 5 weeks later, he did'

Answer: Korea


Question: 'Transcendentalist philosopher Bronson Alcott was the father of this famous authoress'

Answer: Louisa May Alcott


Question: 'This 1215 document included standards for measuring wine & grain'

Answer: Magna Carta


Question: 'In most cases, these payments made to a former spouse stop when the spouse remarries'

Answer: alimony


Question: 'He claimed he was in love with Mrs. Patrick Campbell and wrote the role of Eliza Doolittle for her'

Answer: George Bernard Shaw


Question: 'It precedes "mammoth" when referring to an animal, & follows "wild and" when talking about a cowboy'

Answer: woolly


Question: 'In 1732, Vincennes, in this future state, was founded by the French on the Wabash River'

Answer: Indiana


Question: 'He got his doctorate in philosophy in 1841 and published "The Communist Manifesto" in 1848'

Answer: Karl Marx


Question: '-273.16 degrees Centigrade'

Answer: absolute zero


Question: 'Fixed or liquid, it's anything of value you own'

Answer: asset


Question: 'Olga Knipper played Masha in his play "The Three Sisters" in 1901 and married him the same year'

Answer: Anton Chekhov


Question: 'This adjective that means "extremely tiny" comes from the name of the teensy people Gulliver met'

Answer: Lilliputian


Question: 'This 1941 act enabled the U.S. to become the "Arsenal of Democracy"'

Answer: The Lend-Lease Act


Question: 'His most famous work, "The Prince", wasn't published until 5 years after his death'

Answer: Niccolò Machiavelli


Question: '4 of these units, abbreviated gi. are equivalent to 1 pint'

Answer: gills


Question: 'Like interest paid on bank savings, they're the earnings paid on stocks & mutual funds'

Answer: dividends


Question: 'The 1st actress to play the role of Elmire in "Tartuffe" was his wife, Armande Bejart'

Answer: Moliere


Question: 'This adjective could mean "world-weary" or "covered with green gemstones"'

Answer: jaded


Question: 'On May 13, 1846, President James K. Polk signed a declaration of war against this country'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'In "The Ethics", Spinoza wrote that nature abhors one of these'

Answer: a vacuum


Question: 'In typography, it's 1/72 of an inch'

Answer: point


Question: 'It's inadvisable to buy a jumbo CD for over this amount, the maximum covered by deposit insurance'

Answer: $100,000


Question: 'In 1937 he wrote the play "Golden Boy" & married that year's Oscar winner, Luise Rainer'

Answer: Clifford Odets


Question: 'It describes a person with strict moral principles, or a piano whose strings run vertically'

Answer: upright


Question: 'On Dec. 26, 1799 this general eulogized George Washington in Congress'

Answer: "Light-Horse Harry" Lee


Question: 'Immanuel Kant is a big name in this field of philosophy, concerned with the ultimate nature of things'

Answer: metaphysics


Question: 'The name of this measure, equal to .9144 meters, comes from the Old English for "twig"'

Answer: yard


Question: 'Similar to Fannie Mae, it's the nickname of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation'

Answer: "Freddie Mac"


Question: 'Mary Eure, this playwright's 2nd wife, was in the original cast of his play "Look Back In Anger"'

Answer: John Osborne


Question: 'It means "capable of being placed opposite something else" and often refers to a monkey's thumbs'

Answer: Opposable


Question: 'This automaker's trademark symbolizes the 3 places where its engines were used: land, air & water'

Answer: Mercedes-Benz


Question: 'Sans muzak, a space one of these, thought of by Arthur C. Clarke, sounds goofy, but NASA is looking into it'

Answer: a space elevator


Question: 'Colby Donaldson landed plenty of TV gigs after he was the runner-up on this: "The Australian Outback"'

Answer: Survivor


Question: 'So this crazy bird wandered into a saloon...'

Answer: a loon


Question: 'In a Dr. Seuss title, this pachyderm "Hatches the Egg"'

Answer: Horton


Question: 'Critic Alexander Woollcott once complained that all the things he liked to do were illegal, immoral or this'

Answer: fattening


Question: 'On the first day of Hanukkah, my true love gave to me / This candelabra--we don't have a tree'

Answer: a menorah


Question: 'A bolide is a bright one of these that explodes during its descent through the atmosphere'

Answer: a meteor


Question: 'This unlikely web sensation sang like a dream on "Britain's Got Talent" but lost to a dance troupe called Diversity'

Answer: Susan Boyle


Question: 'Looks like the beagle ate this bird'

Answer: an eagle


Question: 'Aesop wrote of one of these who laid a golden egg each morning'

Answer: a goose


Question: 'Poet John Milton had this biblical strongman lamenting, "O loss of sight, of thee I most complain!"'

Answer: Samson


Question: 'On the second day of Hanukkah, my true love gave to me / Some gelt, this sweet-tasting "money"'

Answer: chocolate


Question: 'This planet has the fastest orbit around the Sun'

Answer: Mercury


Question: 'With hit records & success on Broadway, this "American Idol" season 2 runner-up is hardly "Hurtin"''

Answer: Clay Aiken


Question: 'It has a long femur'

Answer: an emu


Question: 'This explorer from a 1726 novel discovers a race of little people quarreling over which end of the eggs to crack'

Answer: Gulliver


Question: 'In Dec. 1997 these 2 giant "mart"s stopped selling an album by the band Prodigy after complaints about a song'

Answer: Kmart & Wal-Mart


Question: 'On the third day of Hanuakkah, my true love gave to me / This seasonal toy that you see'

Answer: a dreidel


Question: 'It's similar in size to our planet, & from 1990 to 1994 it was explored by the Magellan probe'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'Gilles Marini had all the right moves but it was this Olympic sweetheart who danced away with the gold'

Answer: Shawn Johnson


Question: 'It's hiding in the hibiscus'

Answer: an ibis


Question: 'East Egg & West Egg are Long Island locales in this 1925 novel'

Answer: The Great Gatsby


Question: 'From the Latin for "warning", it's a legal document compelling you to court to answer a complaint against you'

Answer: a summons


Question: 'On the fourth day of Hanukkah, my true love gave to me / These spud pancakes from her bubbie'

Answer: latkes


Question: 'This belt of debris beyond Neptune was visually verified in 1992'

Answer: the Kuiper belt


Question: 'Joan Rivers held all the cards, trumping this poker player to win "Celebrity Apprentice"'

Answer: Annie Duke


Question: 'You'll find this bird in Milwaukee'

Answer: auk


Question: 'In her "Song of Solomon", Guitar tells Milkman that he can never be an egg because eggs are white & fragile'

Answer: Toni Morrison


Question: 'To file a federal job discrimination complaint, you can contact the EEOC, this government entity'

Answer: the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission


Question: 'On the fifth day of Hanukkah, my true love gave to me / A book about this greatest Maccabee'

Answer: Judas Maccabeus


Question: 'For more than 1,000 years, the highest official in Venice held this title, from the Latin for "leader"'

Answer: doge


Question: 'She got an English degree from the Univ. of Texas, so it makes sense she played the Englishwoman Bridget Jones'

Answer: (Renée) Zellweger


Question: 'Thomas Jefferson'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'Since the 1920s an Indian maiden has represented this brand o'butter'

Answer: Land O\'Lakes


Question: 'This Polish composer who died in 1849 wrote almost exclusively for the piano'

Answer: Chopin


Question: 'Vlasic makes kosher these'

Answer: dill pickles


Question: 'This U.N. organization began coordinating the preservation of Venice after the floods of 1966'

Answer: UNESCO


Question: 'Maybe it was while earning a B.A. at Yale that he learned the rules of "Fight Club"'

Answer: Edward Norton


Question: 'Alexander Haig'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'We don't know the first name of this brand whose logo is seen here'

Answer: Mr. Bubble


Question: 'This composer of symphonies, operas & ballets studied to be a lawyer in St. Petersburg'

Answer: Tchaikovsky


Question: 'In 1993 this chain put crunchy thin crust on its menus nationwide'

Answer: Domino\'s Pizza


Question: 'Venice's commercial power was crushed when a land route to Asia lost value after this country found a sea route'

Answer: Portugal


Question: 'This "Starter Wife" had the "Will & Grace" to graduate summa cum laude from Brandeis'

Answer: Debra Messing


Question: 'Warren Christopher'

Answer: Clinton


Question: 'Still available today, a shampoo brand that was popular in the '70s is called "Gee, Your Hair Smells" this'

Answer: Terrific


Question: 'This composer's political satire "Of Thee I Sing" was the first musical comedy to win a Pulitzer Prize'

Answer: George Gershwin


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an illusion on the monitor.)  Shadows make the images on the left appear convex, & the right seem concave; turning them upside down reverses the effect due to this, the ability to see objects in three dimensions'

Answer: depth perception


Question: 'The name of the city section where ships were built gives us this word for where military supplies are stored'

Answer: arsenal


Question: 'This actor went to UCLA but really wanted to direct films like "Reality Bites" & "Zoolander"'

Answer: Ben Stiller


Question: 'George Marshall'

Answer: Harry Truman


Question: 'In the 1830s these 2 druggists in Worcester made a sauce & put their names on it'

Answer: Lea & Perrins


Question: 'In the 1840s this composer's piano playing was the toast of Europe, taking him to more than 20 countries'

Answer: Franz Liszt


Question: 'The Fifth Amendment says no person shall be "deprived of life, liberty, or property without" this'

Answer: due process


Question: 'This island reef that's a beach resort of Venice has become a term for a public outdoor pool or beach'

Answer: the Lido


Question: 'Edmund Muskie'

Answer: Carter


Question: 'The name of this decaf coffee is a contraction of the French words for "without caffeine"'

Answer: Sanka


Question: 'This American ballet music composer also wrote the score for the film "Of Mice and Men"'

Answer: Aaron Copland


Question: 'It sure looks pleasant enough, but the plant seen here has this satanic name'

Answer: devil\'s paintbrush


Question: 'The preface to this novel says its title is a trademark phrase of General Mills, used on a cereal product'

Answer: Breakfast of Champions


Question: 'If you want to check out the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, go to this state capital'

Answer: Austin


Question: 'His Indoor Grilling Machine comes in XL & XXL sizes'

Answer: George Foreman


Question: 'This country diva serenades this "Huck Finn" author with her hit "You're Still the One"'

Answer: Shania & Mark Twain


Question: 'His home state'

Answer: Tennessee


Question: 'The phrase "Hic Sunt Dracones" appeared on the 16th century Lenox globe on the eastern coast of this continent'

Answer: Asia


Question: '16 ounces'

Answer: pound


Question: 'Its name is French for "red stick"'

Answer: Baton Rouge


Question: 'The Telezapper is supposed to help get this removed from computerized databases'

Answer: your telephone number


Question: 'This star of "Baywatch" & "V.I.P." makes a honeymoon video with this Confederate general'

Answer: Pamela Anderson & Robert E. Lee


Question: 'His job from 1985 to 1993'

Answer: U.S. Senator


Question: 'In Norse myth, Fafnir, a giant, turned himself into a dragon to guard a supply of this'

Answer: gold


Question: 'The pineal one or the prostate one'

Answer: gland


Question: 'Among its nicknames are "Zion" & "The New Jerusalem"'

Answer: Salt Lake City


Question: 'To make use of your Space Bag, you usually attach it to this household appliance'

Answer: vacuum cleaner


Question: 'This soul star would never tell this First Lady of the American Theater, "Shut Your Mouth"'

Answer: Isaac & Helen Hayes


Question: 'His wife's most famous nickname'

Answer: Tipper


Question: 'Rubens, Raphael & Rossetti have all painted this knight/dragon slayer'

Answer: Saint George


Question: 'Take note, Gregg & Pitman are methods of this'

Answer: shorthand


Question: 'With a population of over one million, this Southwestern city is the most populous state capital'

Answer: Phoenix


Question: 'The Gourmet Blossom Maker works on apples & tomatoes but it's used mainly on these'

Answer: onions


Question: 'This actress, TV's Hazel, cleans up with this actor & presidential assassin'

Answer: Shirley & John Wilkes Booth


Question: 'The East Coast school where he got his B.A. in 1969'

Answer: Harvard


Question: 'An 8th century poem tells of his battle with a fire-dragon, as well as Grendel & Grendel's mom'

Answer: Beowulf


Question: 'You'll find New Zealand's main international airport in this city'

Answer: Auckland


Question: 'Its Strom Thurmond Federal Building was completed in 1979'

Answer: Columbia


Question: 'Company that makes the fantastic "Inside the Shell Egg Scrambler" (I gotta get one!)'

Answer: Ronco


Question: 'This "Angel of the Morning" singer succumbs to this English physicist's laws of gravity'

Answer: Juice & Sir Isaac Newton


Question: 'The foreign country where he worked as a journalist from 1969 to 1971'

Answer: Vietnam


Question: 'Henry Tudor had a dragon standard when he took on this leader at Bosworth in 1485'

Answer: Richard III


Question: 'For its large output of milk products, Wisconsin is nicknamed "America's" this'

Answer: Dairyland


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew)  The main danger of submarine flooding is being dragged down too deep to expand this'

Answer: the pressure


Question: 'Located on Anchorage Lane, this type of club in San Diego has 576 slips'

Answer: yacht club


Question: 'This title hero is a physician & poet whose life is disrupted by the Russian Revolution'

Answer: Doctor Zhivago


Question: 'Songs like "Without Me" & "Cleaning Out My Closet" made this white rapper's 2002 album a multi-platinum hit'

Answer: Eminem


Question: 'It's the cry of a sheep or goat'

Answer: bleat


Question: 'Not surprisingly at Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Restaurant, you can order one of these "in Paradise"'

Answer: Cheeseburger


Question: 'In the 1950s Hyman Rickover led the team that figured out how to fit one of these into a submarine's hull'

Answer: nuclear reactor


Question: 'London's Garrick Club is a haven for people in this profession, of which David Garrick was a famous member'

Answer: acting


Question: 'Mr. Darcy makes sure that Wickham marries Elizabeth Bennet's sister after running away with her in this Jane Austen novel'

Answer: "Pride and Prejudice"


Question: 'This "cold" rapper also starred in the films "Friday" & "Barbershop"'

Answer: Ice Cube


Question: 'It's the capturing device in the picture seen here'

Answer: butterfly net


Question: 'As its name implies, this sandwich of ground beef cooked in tomato sauce is really messy to eat'

Answer: sloppy joe


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew)  Instead of simple mirrors, some submarine periscopes transmit images with these devices that Newton used to analyze light'

Answer: prisms


Question: 'Founded in 1868, Sorosis wasn't for drinkers but was the USA's first important club just for these people'

Answer: women


Question: 'This narrator of "The Catcher in the Rye" heads to NYC when he leaves Pencey Prep (from which he's been expelled)'

Answer: Holden Caulfield


Question: 'Popular in rap music almost from the beginning, it's the term for the DJ-produced musical effect heard here'

Answer: scratching


Question: 'The name of "High Noon" screenwriter Carl Foreman was put on this in 1951'

Answer: blacklist


Question: 'This fermented side dish is a traditional ingredient in a Reuben sandwich'

Answer: sauerkraut


Question: 'Besides the 3 usual meals, submariners can chow down on midrats, short for midnight these'

Answer: rations


Question: 'What goes around comes around for this club founded in 1905 by Chicagoan Paul Harris'

Answer: Rotary Club


Question: 'This narrator of an 1861 novel sets off for London with "Great Expectations" of becoming a gentleman'

Answer: Pip


Question: 'This doctor's smokin' first solo album was "The Chronic"'

Answer: Dr. Dre


Question: 'This type of stain "on your escutcheon" means a blemish on your reputation'

Answer: blot


Question: 'Similar to the omelet, it's eggs scrambled with ham, onion & green pepper, but served between slices of bread'

Answer: western/Denver sandwich


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew)  An instrument panel that I have no intention of touching controls these tanks, hence the sub's buoyancy'

Answer: ballast tanks


Question: 'Founded in 1752 by British racing & horse-breeding gentlemen, it later merged with the National Hunt Committee'

Answer: The Jockey Club


Question: 'Hank Morgan, a mechanic from Hartford, is the title character of this Twain work'

Answer: "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur\'s Court"


Question: 'It's what the "O.G." stood for in Ice-T's album title of the same name'

Answer: "Original Gangster"


Question: 'The emergency transport of people by water, as from Cuba in 1980'

Answer: boatlift


Question: 'New Orleans is famous for this Italian sandwich made with salami, ham, provolone & a chopped olive mixture'

Answer: muffaletta


Question: 'On September 26, 1960 these 2 men squared off in the studios of WBBM in Chicago'

Answer: John F. Kennedy & Richard Nixon


Question: '"To be or not to be", Ralph Fiennes & more recently Jude Law have delivered the famous soliloquy as this Great Dane'

Answer: Hamlet


Question: 'If you're a celebrity, these photographers named for a character in a movie can be anywhere'

Answer: paparazzi


Question: 'In 1789 a general proclamation was issued naming November 26 a day of national this'

Answer: thanksgiving


Question: '¿Donde esta el baño?'

Answer: Spanish


Question: 'You can see George Washington in profile from Highway 244, the road to this national memorial'

Answer: Mount Rushmore


Question: 'Tom was certainly bitter / It leaked: He was a knitter! / He always would rue / That all his pals knew / How'd it get posted on ____'

Answer: Twitter


Question: 'In the female version of this play, Olive Madison is the slob & Florence Unger is the fussy neatnik'

Answer: The Odd Couple


Question: 'Even in small towns, people might come up to you & ask for one of these, from the words meaning "self writing"'

Answer: an autograph


Question: 'This man's Jan.15 birthday is honored each year with a holiday on the third Monday of the month'

Answer: Martin Luther King


Question: 'Ich möchte etwas aus Leder'

Answer: German


Question: 'No wonder it's so long--it was built over 2 millennia across northern China & southern Mongolia'

Answer: the Great Wall of China


Question: 'Miss Lee once tried to answer / What sign belonged to a dancer / "Pisces! / Oh crises! / I knew I should've guessed ____"'

Answer: Cancer


Question: 'This Alfred Uhry play was based on the story of his Jewish grandmother & her black chauffeur'

Answer: Driving Miss Daisy


Question: 'It can be tough remembering your password for your secret bank account in this most populous city in Switzerland'

Answer: Zurich


Question: 'In 1792 NYC honored the 300th anniv. of a famous arrival with the first major U.S. celebration of this holiday'

Answer: Columbus Day


Question: 'Questa camera non mi piace molto'

Answer: Italian


Question: 'It's the highest concrete arch dam in the United States'

Answer: the Hoover


Question: 'Joe felt he should repent / So, off to church he went / The priest decreed / Joe wouldn't feed / He'd fast 40 days like it's ___'

Answer: Lent


Question: 'This playwright's "The Night of the Iguana" takes place at the rustic Costa Verde Hotel in Mexico'

Answer: Tennessee Williams


Question: 'I've never belted out "Here We Come A-Wassailing", traditionally sung to celebrate this, but I'm still takin' this day off!'

Answer: Christmas


Question: 'Kawa ga made toi desu ka'

Answer: Japanese


Question: 'Parts of this natural wonder seen here are just 10 miles off the shore of northeastern Australia'

Answer: the Great Barrier Reef


Question: 'The musical "Nine" is an adaptation of this Italian director's movie "8 1/2"'

Answer: Federico Fellini


Question: 'Matthew Maguire, a machinist, played a big role in staging the first parade for this holiday in NYC in September 1882'

Answer: Labor Day


Question: 'Veni, vidi, vici'

Answer: Latin


Question: 'There are more than 600 of those gigantic big head statues on this Chilean island'

Answer: Easter Island


Question: 'This green pigment is required for photosynthesis'

Answer: chlorophyll


Question: 'This "Freewheelin'" folkster was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1941'

Answer: Bob Dylan


Question: 'After helping out in the American Revolution, Tadeusz Kosciuszko went home to fight for this land's freedom'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'In "Home Game", Michael Lewis' flaws "amuse more than irritate", like changing only 7 of his son's first 600 of these'

Answer: diapers


Question: 'This 3-letter piece stabilizes the motion of an airplane, rocket or fish'

Answer: a fin


Question: 'As a noun, it's a flat boat; as a verb, it's often used with "in" & means to rudely interrupt'

Answer: barge


Question: 'One meter equals 39.37 of these'

Answer: inches


Question: 'First names of Messrs. Yarrow & Stookey, who folked it up with the late Mary Travers'

Answer: Peter & Paul


Question: 'Add 1 letter to quality to get this quality that W.E.B. Du Bois fought for'

Answer: equality


Question: 'Want an "endearing memoir-with-recipes"? Try Giulia Melucci's "I loved, I lost, I made" this popular pasta'

Answer: spaghetti


Question: 'Carboxymethyl cellulose & locust bean gum make this cold, sweet treat more stable'

Answer: ice cream


Question: 'It's the white space around printed matter'

Answer: margin


Question: 'Fructose is a monosaccharide, a simple one of these'

Answer: a sugar


Question: 'His 1965 "Songbook" album includes solo versions of "I Am A Rock" & "The Sound Of Silence"'

Answer: Paul Simon


Question: 'According to the Innocence Project, 17 convicts who were exonerated using DNA had spent time on this row'

Answer: death row


Question: 'Clarissa Cruz called Jennifer Weiner's novel "engaging"; She & Jen must be BFFs, short for these (also the title)'

Answer: best friends forever


Question: 'If you live in L.A. you know this word is used for reinforcing an existing building so it's stabler for the next quake'

Answer: retrofit


Question: 'I'm so sluggish & apathetic; I'm so this that I can hardly finish reading the cl...'

Answer: lethargic


Question: 'A depiction of this dinosaur of the Cretaceous period is seen here'

Answer: a Triceratops


Question: 'In the late '50s Dave Guard, Nick Reynolds & Bob Shane earned folk fame as this group'

Answer: The Kingston Trio


Question: 'Doctors Without Borders has given out nets in malaria-ridden Guinea; not for basketball but to stop these insects'

Answer: mosquitoes


Question: 'A review of "South of Broad" says Pat Conroy's "first novel in 14 years begins where he left off:" this So. Carolina city'

Answer: Charleston


Question: 'Lithium was used on gout when doctors noticed it made moods more stable; now it's used for this up-&-down disorder'

Answer: manic depression (or bipolar)


Question: 'John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park lies on the east coast of this Florida island'

Answer: Key Largo


Question: 'pH, the measure of acidity, stands for "potential of" this most abundant element'

Answer: hydrogen


Question: 'Rolling Stone called this Okie from Okemah "the face of American folk music"'

Answer: Woody Guthrie


Question: 'Charles Lummis fought to end the policy of making Native American children leave these areas for boarding schools'

Answer: reservations


Question: '"Not Harry but the next best thing" said People of this woman's "The Tales of Beedle the Bard"'

Answer: J.K. Rowling


Question: 'It's the item of apparel seen here'

Answer: cargo pants


Question: 'It was inspired by a piece of Australian physical education equipment & 100 million were sold worldwide in 1958'

Answer: the hula hoop


Question: 'During his "Travels" , he visited the flying island of Laputa'

Answer: Gulliver


Question: 'This group's fourth album had no title or name on the cover but did sell millions ("Stairway To Heaven" helped)'

Answer: Led Zeppelin


Question: 'The Ica, Lima & La Libertad regions are asparagus hotbeds in this country, the world's top exporter'

Answer: Peru


Question: 'In April 1961 he signed off on a disastrous invasion of a neighboring country'

Answer: John Kennedy


Question: 'Fuel is streamed through a turbine with compressed air in this type of engine first patented in 1930'

Answer: a jet engine


Question: 'A boy servant, or to call out a name repeatedly as a summons'

Answer: page


Question: 'By the time the novel ends, this title character & Edward Rochester have been happily married for 10 years'

Answer: Jane Eyre


Question: '"I Get Around" was their first #1 hit'

Answer: The Beach Boys


Question: 'Asparagus plants can tolerate this table condiment better than most, so it's sometimes used in beds for weed control'

Answer: salt


Question: 'He took the blame for the failure of a mission to rescue U.S. hostages in Iran'

Answer: Carter


Question: 'Willis Carrier devised this type of system; one of the first was installed at a Grauman's theater'

Answer: an air conditioner


Question: 'Vermiform usually precedes this body part that has no known function'

Answer: the appendix


Question: 'This 1854 Tennyson poem was published only weeks after the actual incident'

Answer: Charge of the Light Brigade


Question: 'This group that gave us "Sweet Home Alabama" was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2006'

Answer: Lynyrd Skynyrd


Question: 'Argenteuil in northern France is renowned for its delicate asparagus of this color'

Answer: white


Question: 'His efforts to hold the Union together were ineffectual; 7 states seceded on his watch'

Answer: James Buchanan


Question: 'In a crash, sensors trigger an explosion that produces nitrogen gas to inflate this device introduced in the '80s'

Answer: an airbag


Question: 'Judicial punishment often measured in years'

Answer: a sentence


Question: 'Her title "Sonnets from the Portuguese" referred to her husband's nickname for her'

Answer: Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Question: 'This group followed up 1994's "Hell Freezes Over" with the 2007 studio album "Long Road Out of Eden"'

Answer: The Eagles


Question: 'Steamed asparagus makes a classic pairing with this "national" sauce made with egg yolks & butter'

Answer: hollandaise


Question: 'His 1807 Embargo Act, meant to force Britain and France to respect our economic might, wrecked the U.S. economy'

Answer: Jefferson


Question: 'A book on 19th c. whaling gets its title from this traditional cry on sighting the creature'

Answer: "Thar she blows!"


Question: 'Imposing adherence to a commitment, this word can be found in front of arbitration'

Answer: binding


Question: 'In her 1929 feminist essay "A Room of One's Own", she paid tribute to women writers'

Answer: Virginia Woolf


Question: 'It's The Who song that says, "Hope I die before I get old"'

Answer: "My Generation"


Question: 'The root system of an asparagus is known by this "royal" name--odd, since it's underground, not on the head'

Answer: a crown


Question: 'Taft misstepped when he fired conservation hero Gifford Pinchot, head of this "Service" in the Agriculture Dept.'

Answer: the Forest Service


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew tries to blow out a candle from a distance, first with her mouth, then a plastic soda bottle.)  Blowing out a candle from far away is hard because the blown air disperses, but concentrate the air through a small opening & it creates a whirling mass of air like a tornado called this'

Answer: a vortex


Question: 'Casey Kasem was known for presenting long-distance ones'

Answer: dedication


Question: 'In one panel, this "Far Side" cartoonist showed a group of cavemen tossing a cow in the air to make a milkshake'

Answer: (Gary) Larson


Question: 'In the 100s B.C. this statue was completed by Alexandros; its farewell to arms would come later'

Answer: the Venus de Milo


Question: 'Performers at the New Cole Brothers Circus recreate the 3-tiered, 7-man pyramid on one of these "lofty" things'

Answer: a high wire


Question: 'Here in L.A. County this flower is always in bloom in Pasadena around Jan. 1; there's even a big parade in its honor'

Answer: a rose


Question: 'First, we get you into hell & Charon will ferry you over; pay him with one of these items, the traditional fare'

Answer: a coin


Question: 'Fresh produce & cheesesteaks are sold at the USA's oldest continuously operating one of these in Penn.'

Answer: a farmers\' market


Question: 'Jeff & Akbar eternally question their love for each other in his "Life in Hell" comic strip'

Answer: Matt Groening


Question: 'This man born in Lumbini, India founded a religion'

Answer: the Buddha


Question: 'P.T. Barnum's famed conjoined twins, Chang & Eng were born in this country in 1811'

Answer: Siam (Thailand accepted)


Question: 'In its 2nd season of growth, stalks of this Mediterranean herb can be 3 feet tall; no word on "sage, rosemary & thyme"'

Answer: parsley


Question: '"Come sail away", as we set off on this river that Achilles was dipped in to make him invulnerable'

Answer: the Styx


Question: 'A mockery or sham'

Answer: a farce


Question: 'The prehistoric-set B.C. included this blonde character whose name sounds like that of a cartoon coyote'

Answer: Wiley


Question: 'In 195 B.C. this North African leader fled to Syria with the Romans in hot pursuit'

Answer: Hannibal


Question: 'At the Culpepper & Merriweather  Circus, the Arlise Troupe performs crazy stunts on these single-axle vehicles'

Answer: the unicycle


Question: 'A festival celebrating these blossoms identified with the south is a yearly highlight in Columbia County, Arkansas'

Answer: magnolias


Question: 'You'll need to get by Cerberus, 3 times tougher than a regular dog; Orpheus charmed him with this & you may want to try it'

Answer: a lyre


Question: 'Most widely spoken member of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian languages'

Answer: Farsi


Question: 'This penguin settled in "Bloom County"; he later starred in his own strip'

Answer: Opus


Question: 'Under Augustus, construction began on this "all gods" temple'

Answer: the Pantheon


Question: 'John Ringling North worked on this Cecil B. DeMille film whose title describes his family's circus'

Answer: The Greatest Show on Earth


Question: 'A 2009 daffodil flower show was held in this county perhaps better known for its celebrated jumping frog'

Answer: Calaveras County


Question: 'Careful!  You almost got smashed by this mythical man's boulder as it rolled back downhill again'

Answer: Sisyphus


Question: 'It sounds like something Rover brought from a long ways away, but it means "improbable"'

Answer: far-fetched


Question: '"The Family Circus" follows the life of Mommy, Daddy, Billy, Jeffy, Dolly & this baby brother with a 2-letter name'

Answer: P.J.


Question: 'This "Great" Persian leader freed the Jews from their Babylonian captivity'

Answer: Cyrus the Great


Question: 'One of this group's presentation "Quindam", featured several siblings'

Answer: Cirque du Soleil


Question: 'Whether in Nome or Bethel, you'll always remember this hyphenated plant as Alaska's state flower'

Answer: the forget-me-not


Question: 'Steer clear of this "saucy' region--the gods lock up their enemies & torture them there'

Answer: Tartarus


Question: 'King of Egypt until abdicating in 1952'

Answer: Farouk


Question: 'An advocate of capitalism, in 1982 she was laid out beside a 6-foot dollar sign'

Answer: Ayn Rand


Question: 'Order of the Bath'

Answer: England/Great Britain


Question: 'In Cyprus this common drink is served Greek style: short, strong & unfiltered'

Answer: Coffee


Question: 'Ay chihuahua, Billy West was not only Stimpy, but this dog pal of his'

Answer: Ren Hoek


Question: 'eBay has banned the sale of all of these from BB to bazooka'

Answer: Guns


Question: 'He towered over the other contestants on "Celebrity Jeopardy!"'

Answer: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar


Question: 'Farrah knows the name of this plumbing fixture comes from the Latin for "false"'

Answer: Faucet


Question: 'Order of St. Louis'

Answer: France


Question: 'Shyakpa is a meat & potato stew favored by the Sherpas of this country'

Answer: Nepal


Question: 'For over 45 years Thurl Ravenscroft has been the voice of this cereal tiger'

Answer: Tony the Tiger


Question: 'This recitation from "The Wizard of Oz" lists 3 banned items, oh my!'

Answer: Lions, tigers & bears


Question: 'The husband & wife comedy team seen here; he outlived her by over 31 years'

Answer: George Burns & Gracie Allen


Question: 'North Carolina was hit hard by this hurricane that shares its name with Mayberry's barber'

Answer: Floyd


Question: 'Order of Our Lady of Guadalupe'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'Malossol on the label means this rich Russian "fishy" food is prepared with "little salt"'

Answer: Caviar


Question: 'Janet Waldo is still this space-age teen in Radio Shack/Sprint commercials'

Answer: Judy Jetson


Question: 'After bidding on about $3 million in goods, 13-year-old Andrew Tyler was banned by eBay & by this pair'

Answer: His parents


Question: 'She's the sultry superstar sister seen here:'

Answer: Janet Jackson


Question: 'An artificial channel that transports logs, it follows "log" in the names of theme park rides'

Answer: Flume


Question: 'Order of the Dannebrog'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'Bulgarians enjoy banitsa, a pastry stuffed with fruit or this milk curd product'

Answer: Cheese


Question: 'Lorenzo Music calls this cat "Carlton (the Doorman) with fur"'

Answer: Garfield


Question: 'As eBay has banned sales of any type of this, pinot is a no-no'

Answer: Wine/liquor/alcohol


Question: 'This crooner, seen here, died on Christmas Day, 1995'

Answer: Dean Martin


Question: 'You might find yourself in this state of wild agitation while viewing the Hitchcock film of the same name'

Answer: Frenzy


Question: 'Order of St. Ferdinand'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'In American Samoa a solemn ceremony goes with drinking kava from a cup that's one of these shells'

Answer: Coconut shells


Question: 'Chatting with Bobby in the opening of "Bobby's World" had him chatting with himself'

Answer: Howie Mandel


Question: 'Before the listing was pulled, the bid on one of these paired organs was up to $5.7 million'

Answer: Kidneys


Question: 'This big screen "Mambo King" recently directed the film "Crazy In Alabama"'

Answer: Antonio Banderas


Question: 'Actor Colin, or a narrow inlet of the sea (especially in Scotland)'

Answer: Firth


Question: 'The Burgundians captured this French leader & sold her to the English for 10,000 francs'

Answer: Joan of Arc


Question: 'These glands secrete liquid into the mouths of mammals to help break down starches'

Answer: Salivary glands


Question: 'Last name of Anne, sister of Emily & Charlotte, who wrote "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall"'

Answer: Bronte


Question: 'In the 1840s William Colenso explored the northern end of this country's North Island'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: '"Private Benjamin"<br />           (1980)'

Answer: Goldie Hawn


Question: 'In the thesaurus, "Fluffy" & "Fleecy" are listed with this word that's also an "April-Fresh" fabric softener'

Answer: Downy


Question: 'During the war France helped Owen Glendower in his attempt to free this country from English rule'

Answer: Wales


Question: 'It's the growth-influencing gland at the base of the brain'

Answer: Pituitary gland


Question: 'Anne has been convinced not to marry Wentworth in this woman's novel "Persuasion"'

Answer: Jane Austen


Question: 'This island's first colony c. 986 & its first modern permanent one in 1721 were established by Norwegians'

Answer: Greenland


Question: '"Gilda"<br />           (1946)'

Answer: Rita Hayworth


Question: 'In 1961 the future sex counselor born Ruth Siegel married a man named this'

Answer: Manfred Westheimer


Question: 'The Frenche captured this poet brave and handsome, but the kynge wyth 16 pounds dyd pay hys ransome'

Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer


Question: 'This ductless gland in the base of the neck secretes the hormones for controlling metabolism'

Answer: Thyroid gland


Question: 'A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, her "Black and Blue" was selected for Oprah's Book Club in 1998'

Answer: Anna Quindlen


Question: '1843's "Incidents of Travel in Yucatan" was devoted to telling of this civilization's ruins'

Answer: Mayans


Question: '"Nell"<br />          (1994)'

Answer: Jodie Foster


Question: 'Pot pies are a good way to "dress up" these'

Answer: Leftovers


Question: 'This weapon with a rapid rate of fire was an early English asset'

Answer: Longbow


Question: 'These glands located above each kidney secrete steroids & epinephrine'

Answer: Adrenal Glands


Question: 'Money & "A Room of One's Own" are needed if a woman is to be a writer, she asserted in a 1929 essay'

Answer: Virginia Woolf


Question: 'Around 1620 Pietro Della Valle brought to Europe a copy of this script from Behistun in Mesopotamia'

Answer: Cuneiform


Question: '"Sabrina"<br />          (1954)'

Answer: Audrey Hepburn


Question: 'This Manhattan area, once a haven for Jewish immigrants, was called Loisada when Spanish speakers moved in'

Answer: Lower East Side


Question: 'It's the cone-shaped organ in the brain that secretes melatonin'

Answer: Pineal gland


Question: 'In 1899 readers awakened to "The Awakening", written by this woman'

Answer: Kate Chopin


Question: 'While awaiting a permit to look for Troy, he spent part of 1869 in Indianapolis getting a divorce'

Answer: Heinrich Schliemann


Question: '"Sabrina"<br />          (1995)'

Answer: Julia Ormond


Question: 'On June 18, 1997 the convention of this religious group voted to boycott Disney'

Answer: Southern Baptists


Question: 'This synthetic material is named for the sports venue where it was installed in 1966'

Answer: AstroTurf (for the Houston Astrodome)


Question: 'This one's about a wannabe Scottish king & his wife, right, & he kills King Duncan...is Connery available?'

Answer: "Macbeth"


Question: 'This stuff is the basis of tartar sauce as well as thousand island & many cole slaw dressings'

Answer: Mayonnaise


Question: 'Downhill & slalom'

Answer: Skiing


Question: 'Number of stars on the flag of Syria, or number of fingers in a peace sign'

Answer: 2


Question: 'A current queen, she's Prince Philip's wife'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth II


Question: 'It's a feature that distinguishes something from other things'

Answer: Hallmark


Question: '2 young lovers, families keep 'em apart -- it'd be a teen flick but we won't shoot in Verona; too expensive'

Answer: "Romeo and Juliet"


Question: 'The cartoon seen here is on the label of Paul Newman's dressing for this salad:<br />["Don't dilute us, Brutus..."]'

Answer: Caesar salad


Question: '100-meter butterfly & 100-meter freestyle'

Answer: Swimming


Question: 'To guess this number of stars on the flag of Somalia, close your eyes & think of Texas'

Answer: 1


Question: 'She's the powerful & passionate queen of ancient times depicted here'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'Ex-wife of Mick'

Answer: Jerry Hall


Question: 'So this king is crying about his kingdom for a horse &...oh, you already made it in '55 with Olivier?  Nuts!'

Answer: "Richard III"


Question: 'This national-named dressing often made with ketchup is found in deli sandwiches'

Answer: Russian dressing


Question: '10,000 meters & javelin'

Answer: Track & field


Question: 'Hey!  Gimme this number of stars on the flag of Singapore or the Solomon Islands'

Answer: 5


Question: 'This queen's marriage to Ferdinand in 1469 brought about the unification of Spain'

Answer: Isabella


Question: 'Literally it means "Praise ye the Lord" in Hebrew'

Answer: Hallelujah


Question: 'Okay, this military guy marries a younger woman named Desdemona -- now the ending's sad, but that means Oscar!'

Answer: "Othello"


Question: 'Type of oil used to make traditional Italian dressing'

Answer: Olive oil


Question: 'Individual epee & individual foil'

Answer: Fencing


Question: 'Tuvalu's flag has this many stars, enough to fill the Hollywood Squares'

Answer: 9


Question: 'This queen was the mother of France's Louis XVII'

Answer: Marie Antoinette


Question: 'This actor first gained attention as a likable geek in "Sixteen Candles"'

Answer: Anthony Michael Hall


Question: '"Battle of the Sexes" story, Katharina vs. Petruchio; she's tough but love wins out...it's a blockbuster!'

Answer: "Taming of the Shrew"


Question: 'Classic French dressing also has this 1-word name, from a key ingredient'

Answer: Vinaigrette


Question: 'Trap & skeet'

Answer: Shooting


Question: 'It's the greatest number of stars found on a national flag'

Answer: 50 (USA)


Question: 'The Australian state of Queensland was named for her'

Answer: Queen Victoria


Question: 'It's a false perception when no external stimulus exists'

Answer: Hallucination


Question: 'It's the celestial object on which you'd find Tycho, Oceanus Procellarum & Mare Imbrium'

Answer: Moon


Question: 'Nominated for Best Actor for "Good Morning, Vietnam", he won for support in "Good Will Hunting"'

Answer: Robin Williams


Question: 'This longtime senator who became VP in 1965 went back to the Senate in 1970 after losing a presidential bid'

Answer: Hubert Humphrey


Question: 'B.C. (British Columbia) beauties include this actress & sometime wife of Tommy Lee'

Answer: Pamela Anderson


Question: 'The Austrian city where Mozart died'

Answer: Vienna


Question: 'AAMOF equals "As a matter of" this'

Answer: Fact


Question: 'Charles Darwin wrote, "The voyage of" this ship "has been by far the most important event in my life"'

Answer: The Beagle


Question: 'Mister Robards won for "Julia"; he won for "Mister Roberts"'

Answer: Jack Lemmon


Question: 'A senator during most of the 1790s, he came out of the election of 1800 as vice president'

Answer: Aaron Burr


Question: 'B.C. (Before Christ) beauties include this woman who married King David 1 verse after mourning her previous husband'

Answer: Bathsheba


Question: 'The Austrian city where he was born'

Answer: Salzburg


Question: 'If you're feeling smiley, send HAND, "Have" this'

Answer: A Nice Day


Question: 'Zacharias Janssen is said to have invented the compound this by placing convex lenses at both ends of a tube'

Answer: Microscope


Question: 'He served up a Best Supporting Actor performance in "Arthur"'

Answer: Sir John Gielgud


Question: 'He resigned as vice president in 1832 (A first!) & was named a senator by South Carolina'

Answer: John C. Calhoun


Question: 'Seen here, this actress of stage, screen & tube  is a native of Ozone Park, New York'

Answer: Bernadette Peters


Question: '"Planetary" nickname of Mozart's Symphony No. 41 in C Major'

Answer: "Jupiter Symphony"


Question: 'You can sign off with TTFN, this "for now"'

Answer: Ta Ta


Question: 'This plant-eating dinosaur's name, which means "cover lizard", refers to the triangular plates along its back'

Answer: Stegosaurus


Question: 'Kevin Kline "caught" a 1988 supporting Oscar for his role in this comedy'

Answer: A Fish Called Wanda


Question: 'As of 2000 he was the oldest senator turned vice president still alive'

Answer: Walter Mondale


Question: 'The bird seen here, or the first name of actress Cates'

Answer: Phoebe


Question: 'Title of the familiar Mozart piece heard here'

Answer: "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"


Question: 'The suggestion RTM means "Read" this'

Answer: The Manual


Question: 'This brownish-black pigment gives the iris in the eye its color'

Answer: Melanin


Question: 'In the '70s he was in his 70s when he "earned" an Oscar as Professor Kingsfield in "The Paper Chase"'

Answer: John Houseman


Question: 'Years after Charles Fairbanks in 1905, he was the next Indianan to go from the Senate  to the vice presidency'

Answer: Dan Quayle


Question: 'In 2000 you could see all 6' 3" of this volleyball player & Coppertone model in the pages of Playboy'

Answer: Gabrielle Reece


Question: 'Composer whose name completes the title of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "Mozart and..."'

Answer: Salieri


Question: 'Some advice comes with IANAL, "I am not" this professional'

Answer: A Lawyer


Question: 'General John Stark coined this 4-word motto about the 1777 Battle of Bennington, in which he led 1,400 N.H. volunteers'

Answer: \"Live Free or Die\"


Question: 'Wheat was introduced to the New World by this explorer in 1493'

Answer: Christopher Columbus


Question: 'Sting rose to fame in this new wave trio'

Answer: The Police


Question: 'In Hannibal, Missouri's fence painting contest, judges favor entrants who dress like this character'

Answer: Tom Sawyer


Question: 'In the title of an old comedy, it's paired with "old lace"'

Answer: Arsenic


Question: 'Made of beans & eggs, ful medames has been eaten in this country perhaps since the time of the pharaohs'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'Michener wrote these "Of The South Pacific"'

Answer: Tales


Question: 'On Sept. 3, 1996 the U.S. launched cruise missiles against this country for attacking Kurd territory'

Answer: Iraq


Question: 'Ric Ocasek's head was put on a fly's body in this group's video "You Might Think"'

Answer: The Cars


Question: 'The University of Michigan & MIT have won the Sunrayce, a competition for this kind of vehicle'

Answer: Solar-powered vehicle


Question: 'This element found in limestome derives its name from the Latin word for lime, calx'

Answer: Calcium


Question: 'In Ghana a dumpling called fufu is served with a soup made of the groundnut known here as this'

Answer: Peanut


Question: 'Used for roofing & blackboards, it's best to start with a "clean" one'

Answer: Slate


Question: 'Last name of the brothers who made an overland trek in the 1260s from Bukhara, Uzbekistan to China'

Answer: Polo


Question: '(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />Group heard here performing the theme to "American Gigolo":'

Answer: Blondie ("Call Me")


Question: '12-year-old Wendy Guey of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida won this contest with "vivisepulture"'

Answer: National Spelling Bee


Question: 'Of the metallic elements, it's the one most strongly attracted to a magnet'

Answer: Iron


Question: 'Mtori, a Tanzanian plantain soup, can also be made with this similar fruit'

Answer: Banana


Question: 'To take a base during a pitch'

Answer: Steal


Question: 'This personal guard of Roman emperors consisted of 9 cohorts of 1,000 soldiers each'

Answer: Praetorian Guard


Question: 'She wrote reviews for New Musical Express before singing with The Pretenders'

Answer: Chrissie Hynde


Question: 'As a part of the Highland Games, this long wooden pole is tossed end over end'

Answer: Caber


Question: 'Sometimes used to make explosives, it's the most plentiful gas in the air'

Answer: Nitrogen


Question: 'Almond milk is enjoyed in this country, where it is sold on the streets of Marrakesh'

Answer: Morocco


Question: 'With "mate", it means nobody wins the chess game'

Answer: Stale


Question: 'In 1992 Pres. Alberto Fujimori suspended this country's constitution & dissolved the legislature'

Answer: Peru


Question: 'This group from Sheffield, England topped the U.S. charts with 1982's "Don't You Want Me"'

Answer: The Human League


Question: 'For writing "It was a dark and stormy night", this Victorian has a bad prose contest named for him'

Answer: Edward Bulwer-Lytton


Question: 'Symbolized Ac, it's alphabetically first among the elements'

Answer: Actinium


Question: 'In Zimbabwe, bowara refers to the leaves of this large gourd that is carved in the U.S.'

Answer: Pumpkin


Question: 'It's an inscribed pillar or slab used for commemorative purposes'

Answer: Stela


Question: 'Joshua Tree National Monument near Palm Springs in this state was made a national park in 1994'

Answer: California


Question: 'In his 1520 "Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation", he called for church reform'

Answer: Martin Luther


Question: 'Nominated by Ronald Reagan as a conservative, she's moved to the center while on the Supreme Court'

Answer: Sandra Day O\'Connor


Question: 'We have a "hunch" you'll know Antoine Coulon was the first to dance this role in "La Esmeralda"'

Answer: Quasimodo


Question: 'A museum in Rutland, Vermont displays many of his illustrations, including covers of The Saturday Evening Post'

Answer: Norman Rockwell


Question: 'First lady who was the subject of Irving Stone's "Love Is Eternal"'

Answer: Mary Todd Lincoln


Question: 'The Rio Grande forms part of the border between these 2 U.S. states'

Answer: New Mexico & Texas


Question: 'In Russian this czar's nickname was Grozny, "The Dread"'

Answer: Ivan the Terrible


Question: 'The same-named grandfather of this conservative radio host practiced law in Missouri at age 104'

Answer: Rush Limbaugh


Question: 'Jules Perrot's short ballet "Pas de Quatre" requires this many ballerinas'

Answer: 4


Question: 'The Longyear Museum in Brookline, Mass. displays memorabilia of this Christian Science founder'

Answer: Mary Baker Eddy


Question: 'At Mark Twain's urging, this Civil War general wrote his "Personal Memoirs"'

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant


Question: 'In 1970, while this country was still a British dependency, Belmopan became its capital'

Answer: Belize


Question: 'This third wife of Henry VIII died in 1537 after giving birth to Edward VI'

Answer: Jane Seymour


Question: 'Geoffrey Fieger, whose brother sang "My Sharona", is the lawyer for this controversial Michigan doctor'

Answer: Jack Kevorkian


Question: 'In 1958 this grande dame of British ballet was acclaimed for playing a water sprite in "Ondine"'

Answer: Margot Fonteyn


Question: 'The Hillerich & Bradsby Museum in Louisville, Kentucky displays this athletic equipment used by famous players'

Answer: Baseball bats


Question: 'The top-rated miniseries of the 1985-86 season was based on this John Jakes novel'

Answer: "North And South"


Question: 'Lake Nicaragua is connected to this smaller Nicaraguan lake by the Tipitapa River'

Answer: Lake Managua


Question: 'During his "magnificent" reign over the Ottomans, he conquered Hungary & much of Mesopotamia'

Answer: Suleiman


Question: 'O.J. Simpson's lead criminal defense attorney, he was once a prosecutor for the L.A. city attorney'

Answer: Johnnie Cochran


Question: 'This "Rodeo" choreographer's 1940 ballet "Black Ritual" featured an all-black cast'

Answer: Agnes de Mille


Question: 'The Prince of Wales Museum of Western India in this city has large collections of jade & china'

Answer: Bombay (Mumbai)


Question: 'Bruce Catton began his Civil War studies in the 1950s with a trilogy on this Union army'

Answer: The Army of the Potomac


Question: 'Provinces of this Central American country include Chiriqui, Veraguas & Darien'

Answer: Panama


Question: 'In 1578 this Flemish cartographer engraved a new set of maps for Ptolemy's "Geography"'

Answer: Gerardus Mercator


Question: 'This flamboyant western defense lawyer wrote the 1995 bestseller "How to Argue and Win Every Time"'

Answer: Gerry Spence


Question: 'The dramatic ballet "Las Hermanas" is based on this Spaniard's play "The House of Bernarda Alba"'

Answer: Federico Garcia Lorca


Question: 'The Drake Well Museum in Titusville, Penn. is dedicated to the history of this industry'

Answer: Oil


Question: 'MacKinlay Kantor's books include "Arouse And Beware" & this one set in a Confederate prison'

Answer: "Andersonville"


Question: '1 of 2 men who served as U.S. vice president & also won a Nobel Peace Prize'

Answer: Charles Dawes & Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'In 1927 Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs but this first baseman & Yankee teammate was league MVP'

Answer: Lou Gehrig


Question: 'This composer of the opera "Siegfried" named his only son Siegfried'

Answer: Wagner


Question: 'A variation of this footwear proverb says "If the glove fits, wear it"'

Answer: If the shoe fits...


Question: 'This state has the most "depressing" place in the U.S., Death Valley'

Answer: California


Question: 'Introduced in 1953, it's considered America's first sports car'

Answer: the Corvette


Question: 'Amherst's Pratt Museum has the largest collection of these markings left by dinosaur strolls'

Answer: fossilized footprints (or tracks)


Question: 'Known as "Mr. Cub", he made the National League All-Star squad both as a shortstop & a first baseman'

Answer: Ernie Banks


Question: '"Il Trittico" -- "The Triptych" -- is a trilogy of one-act operas by this composer of "Tosca"'

Answer: Giacomo Puccini


Question: 'It's been joked that "people who live in" these proverbial structures "should undress in the basement"'

Answer: glass houses


Question: 'An old U.S. Mint building in this city houses the Nevada State Museum'

Answer: Carson City


Question: 'Chevy's Camaro was GM's first car aerodynamically designed in one of these chambers'

Answer: a wind tunnel (a wind chamber accepted)


Question: 'Along with the famous plates that ran down its back, it also had 4 tall, deadly spines on its tail'

Answer: the Stegosaurus


Question: 'This Boston first baseman barely won the American League's 1995 MVP award over Cleveland's Albert Belle'

Answer: Mo Vaughn


Question: 'This great Italian tenor made his official debut in 1894, in Naples, his hometown'

Answer: Enrico Caruso


Question: '"A closed" one "catches no flies"'

Answer: a mouth


Question: 'Alexander once ruled Egypt, so it's appropriate that this Illinois city is in Alexander county'

Answer: Cairo


Question: 'Even the Fresh Prince would want this 1957 tail-finned Chevy model; it's a collector's dream'

Answer: a Bel Air


Question: 'Ash from an asteroid impact on this peninsula in Mexico may have covered the globe & killed off the dinosaurs'

Answer: the Yucatan


Question: 'In both 1995 & 1996, this Dodger first baseman hit over 30 home runs & had over 100 runs batted in'

Answer: Eric Karros


Question: 'The witch in this 1893 Humperdinck opera is sometimes played by a man'

Answer: Hansel & Gretel


Question: 'You have to "give" him "his due"'

Answer: the devil


Question: 'Cambridge, England is on the Cam River; Cambridge, Massachusetts is on this river'

Answer: the Charles River


Question: 'The Metro is from this line Chevrolet introduced in 1989'

Answer: the Geo


Question: 'In 1922 the first of these to be discovered came from a mommy protoceratops'

Answer: dinosaur eggs


Question: 'This Hall of Fame first baseman of the 1920s & '30s was known as "Double X" & "The Beast"'

Answer: Jimmy Foxx


Question: 'She's the heroine of the Donizetti opera that features the famous sextet heard here:'

Answer: Lucia di Lammermoor


Question: '"The difficult is done at once"; this "takes a little longer"'

Answer: the impossible


Question: 'This historic road is also called "the national road"'

Answer: the Cumberland Road


Question: 'Name given Chevy's Carryall station wagon introduced in 1935; it's now the name of a GMC SUV'

Answer: a Suburban


Question: 'This "king" of the carnosaurus wasn't from the Jurassic period, but the late Cretaceous'

Answer: Tyrannosaurus rex


Question: 'This nation in the British isles remained neutral throughout the war'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'In "Invictus", W.E. Henley is "The master of my fate" & "the captain of" this'

Answer: my soul


Question: 'Halle Berry was one of the models on "Living Dolls", a 1989 spin-off of this Alysssa Milano series'

Answer: Who\'s the Boss?


Question: 'Term for the zygomatic bone or the prominance it forms, which is more prominent in fashion models'

Answer: the cheekbone


Question: 'If you visit this Mongolian desert, you may see gazelles & sand rats'

Answer: the Gobi


Question: 'In 1942 this lieutenant colonel's 16 B-25 bombers not only raided Tokyo but Yokohama, Kobe & Nagoya as well'

Answer: Jimmy Doolittle


Question: 'William Blake rhymed, "I was angry with" this person.  "I told my wrath, my wrath did end"'

Answer: my friend


Question: '"Facts of Life" came from "Diff'rent Strokes", & "A Different World" came from his series'

Answer: Bill Cosby


Question: 'Membranes called the oval & round windows form the boundary between its middle & inner parts'

Answer: the ear


Question: 'Audrey Hepburn's Holly'

Answer: Golightly


Question: 'Fishing & pleasure boats were part of the flotilla used in the May-June 1940 evacuation from this port'

Answer: Dunkirk


Question: 'She wrote, "Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed"'

Answer: Emily Dickinson


Question: '(Hi.  I'm Robert Guillaume.)  My hit TV series "Benson" was a spin-off of this ground-breaking series that debuted in 1977'

Answer: Soap


Question: 'This soft central part of your teeth contains the nerves & blood vessels, & that's no fiction'

Answer: the pulp


Question: 'Title shared by a 1953 novel & the song heard here:'

Answer: "Go Tell It On The Mountain"


Question: 'In the midst of the Potsdam Conference, this man became England's new prime minister'

Answer: (Clement) Attlee


Question: 'In "A Refusal To Mourn the Death" of a child, he wrote, "After the first death, there is no other"'

Answer: Dylan Thomas


Question: '"American Journal" was spun off from this newsmagazine now hosted by Deborah Norville'

Answer: Inside Edition


Question: 'As in other electrical systems, the paths of signals in the brain are called these'

Answer: circuits


Question: 'The kind of intermediary mentioned in the title of a classic Joseph Losey film'

Answer: a go-between


Question: 'The main 1942 battle of this sea off Australia was the first naval battle waged entirely by air power'

Answer: the Coral Sea


Question: 'In "Spring and Fall: To a Young Child" this "Manley" poet told Margaret, "It is Margaret you mourn for"'

Answer: (Gerard Manley) Hopkins


Question: 'Dick Van Dyke's character of Dr. Mark Sloan on this series was introduced on "Jake and the Fatman"'

Answer: Diagnosis Murder


Question: 'The brown type of this fortified Spanish wine is darker & sweeter than the manzanilla'

Answer: sherry


Question: 'Serotonin & dopamine are these chemicals that help move nerve impulses around the brain'

Answer: neurotransmitters


Question: 'He burned the second volume of his novel "Dead Souls" before dying on the verge of madness in 1852'

Answer: Gogol


Question: 'This resort island lent its name to a 1948 Bogart film; the African Queen is now moored there'

Answer: Key Largo


Question: 'West Virginia broke from Virginia after the legislature voted for this in 1861'

Answer: Secession


Question: 'An associate of equal rank; you may be a "jolly good" one'

Answer: Fellow


Question: 'When in San Antonio, remember to visit this famous fortress'

Answer: The Alamo


Question: 'Maybe these smallest birds got their name because they just don't know the words'

Answer: Hummingbirds


Question: '"Song Sung Blue",<br />"Forever in Blue Jeans"'

Answer: Neil Diamond


Question: 'To adapt existing music for a performer, as Nelson Riddle did for Frank Sinatra'

Answer: Arrange


Question: 'California & Arizona'a 40-year dispute over water rights to this river ended in 1963'

Answer: Colorado River


Question: 'It can refer to an intimate friend or to a Communist'

Answer: Comrade


Question: 'Be a good sport & tell us the name of the attraction seen here:<br />(opened in Houston in 1965)'

Answer: Astrodome


Question: 'As P.T. could tell you, this man's real name was Charles Sherwood Stratton'

Answer: Tom Thumb


Question: '"Anticipation",<br />"You're So Vain"'

Answer: Carly Simon


Question: 'A cereal cooked in water or milk & eaten for breakfast; Baby Bear's was "just right"'

Answer: Porridge


Question: 'Maine split from this state in 1819 in protest of high taxes, poor roads & the distance to the capital'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'The familial name for a co-member of a man's Greek letter association'

Answer: Frat brother


Question: 'In Parker, Texas you can tour the Southfork Ranch made famous by this TV series'

Answer: Dallas


Question: 'Look out!  These can fly around the nucleus at over 4 million MPH!'

Answer: Electrons


Question: '"Penny Lover",<br />"Say You, Say Me"'

Answer: Lionel Richie


Question: 'This adjective meaning "alien" might rhyme with orange if you reversed the final "GN" & added an E'

Answer: Foreign


Question: 'In 1998 New York & New Jersey made their arguments before the Supreme Court over this historic island'

Answer: Ellis Island


Question: 'From a word for "to labor together", it's one who helps the enemy force occupying his country'

Answer: Collaborator


Question: 'Used in casting the Marine Corps Memorial, the original sculpture of this event can be seen in Harlingen'

Answer: Raising of the flag on Iwo Jima


Question: 'By carrying plague, this tiny insect killed 1/3 of the population of Europe in the 14th century'

Answer: Flea


Question: '"If You Asked Me To",<br />"It's All Coming Back To Me Now"'

Answer: Celine Dion


Question: 'A tube fitted with a plunger & needle, used to inject fluids'

Answer: Syringe


Question: 'In 1855 many men from this slave state voted in Kansas, leading to bloodshed along the border'

Answer: Missouri


Question: 'Perhaps from the Greek for time, it's a longtime "old" pal'

Answer: Crony


Question: 'Much of this resort island's beachfront was designated a national seashore in 1962'

Answer: Padre Island


Question: 'This little girl hatches out of a flower in a Hans Christian Andersen tale'

Answer: Thumbelina


Question: '"I'm the Only One",<br />"Come to My Window"'

Answer: Melissa Etheridge


Question: 'The Italian city of this name has Il Duomo; the one in South Carolina has the Pee Dee Experiment Station'

Answer: Florence


Question: 'Crowley, Louisiana has a museum devoted to this food; Uncle Ben would approve'

Answer: Rice


Question: 'George & Lucy return to Italy & have a window overlooking the river in this E.M. Forster novel'

Answer: "A Room With A View"


Question: 'This towering Philistine stood 6 cubits & a span, equal to 9' 9"'

Answer: Goliath


Question: 'It's the role played by Anne Bancroft in "The Graduate"'

Answer: Mrs. Robinson


Question: 'Comic impressionist who lost his sheep'

Answer: Rich Little Bo Peep


Question: 'On a meal break in Alabama, you might visit the museum for these; it also includes thermoses'

Answer: Lunchboxes


Question: 'Rochester regains the sight in one eye in this novel's last chapter'

Answer: "Jane Eyre"


Question: 'He's 7' 1", 315 pounds & the starting center for the Los Angeles Lakers'

Answer: Shaquille O\'Neal


Question: '"Cheers" to this actress who plays a romance expert & owner of "Veronica's Closet"'

Answer: Kirstie Alley


Question: '"Faerie Queene" poet available to work'

Answer: Edmund Spenser for Hire


Question: 'This company's Camden, New Jersey museum covers everything from soup to soup'

Answer: Campbell Soup


Question: 'His novel "Les Miserables" ends miserably in Pere-Lachaise Cemetery'

Answer: Victor Hugo


Question: 'An ancient wonder, this symbol of largeness stood at the harbor of Rhodes'

Answer: Colossus of Rhodes


Question: '(Hi, I'm Jane Seymour)  In 1988 I won an Emmy for my role as this opera star in the TV miniseries "Onassis"'

Answer: Maria Callas


Question: 'Newly baptized star of "Heathers" & "True Romance"'

Answer: Born Again Christian Slater


Question: 'Looking for blimp collectibles?  You'll find them at Goodyear's World of Rubber in this Ohio city'

Answer: Akron


Question: 'In the desert with Moses, the people still longed for this salad & tea sandwich veggie back in Egypt'

Answer: Cucumber


Question: 'This novel ends with Jake telling Lady Brett, "Isn't it pretty to think so?"'

Answer: The Sun Also Rises


Question: 'This ocean giant has the largest eyes of any creature'

Answer: Giant squid


Question: 'In 1997 Brandy starred on TV as "Cinderella" & this singer played her fairy godmother'

Answer: Whitney Houston


Question: 'Boxing promoter whose boys lost the fight for the American colonies'

Answer: Don King George III


Question: 'Aliens & others are welcome to visit the Int'l UFO Museum that opened in this Southwest city in 1992'

Answer: Roswell, New Mexico


Question: 'He was Gargantua's son'

Answer: Pantagruel


Question: '"Weak" spot on a chromosome of "The French Connection" star'

Answer: Defective Gene Hackman


Question: 'In Hartford, Conn. over 200 manhole covers made from confiscated guns are engraved with the motto of this local family'

Answer: The Colt Family


Question: 'This 22-year-old won the 1997 Masters golf tournament by 12 strokes, the biggest margin in its history'

Answer: Tiger Woods


Question: 'The rulers of this country weren't known as pharaohs until the 1500s B.C.'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'Smooth-skinned relative of the peach, seen here'

Answer: Nectarine


Question: 'This famous flop was named after Henry Ford's son'

Answer: Edsel


Question: 'Take off all your clothes, or name this "lady" who rode naked through Coventry'

Answer: Lady Godiva


Question: 'It's the proper term for getting on a horse; most riders do it from the horse's left'

Answer: Mounting


Question: 'In 1998 this superstar won his 10th NBA scoring title in 12 seasons'

Answer: Michael Jordan


Question: 'When asked how she'd survived the Titanic, she replied, "I'm unsinkable" -- hence, her famous nickname'

Answer: Molly Brown


Question: 'You would expect to find this fruit in New Zealand'

Answer: Kiwi fruit


Question: 'Deliver the "To Be Or Not To Be" speech in Zsa Zsa Gabor's voice, or tell us this play it's from'

Answer: Hamlet


Question: 'This horse seen here shares its name with a bean & a car'

Answer: Pinto


Question: 'In 1997 this 16-year-old Swiss miss became the youngest in the 20th century to win at Wimbledon'

Answer: Martina Hingis


Question: 'This future president graduated cum laude from Harvard in 1940'

Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: 'Just saying the name of this fruit makes me feel romantic'

Answer: Passion fruit


Question: 'Duel with Johnny Gilbert, or name this U.S. statesman who died in a duel against Aaron Burr'

Answer: Alexander Hamilton


Question: 'Oscar Wilde called this sport seen here "The unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable"'

Answer: Fox hunting


Question: 'John Smith said he would have had his brains beaten out with clubs if this Indian girl hadn't saved him'

Answer: Pocahontas


Question: 'This tropical fruit may be eaten raw or cooked like squash'

Answer: Papaya


Question: 'Breakdance in the middle of stage, or identify this dancing pair who starred in "Top Hat"'

Answer: Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers


Question: 'Specifically, it's the term for a female horse who's less than 4 years old'

Answer: Filly


Question: 'In 1862 Jefferson Davis named this Confederate general his chief military advisor'

Answer: Robert E. Lee


Question: 'It's believed this tropical fruit originated in India where it's found in chutney'

Answer: Mango


Question: 'Give me all your money, or name this aviation billionaire who died a recluse in 1976'

Answer: Howard Hughes


Question: 'This term for riding without a saddle sounds like you have to be partially nude to do it'

Answer: Bareback


Question: 'Oakland stretches along the mainland side of this large bay'

Answer: San Francisco Bay


Question: 'It's the sport in common to "Happy Gilmore" & "Tin Cup"'

Answer: golf


Question: 'Of Norway, Sweden & Denmark, this one is the largest in area'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'It's reported that it takes 43 muscles to frown & 17 to do this'

Answer: smile


Question: 'You have our word it's Broadway's longest-running nostalgic musical set in a high school'

Answer: Grease


Question: 'Bee home'

Answer: a hive


Question: 'Oakland was founded in the 1800s soon after the discovery of this element nearby'

Answer: gold


Question:
'Help me help you by naming this 1996 film seen here

"Booyah, touchdown!, I make millions of catches..."'

Answer: Jerry Maguire


Question: 'It's the only country that borders Portugal'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'Asthma attacks involve these organs' bronchioles & the bronchi leading to them'

Answer: the lungs


Question: '"Bring Back Birdie", a 1980 sequel to this 1960 musical, didn't fly'

Answer: Bye Bye Birdie


Question: 'Simply stated these are the facts, this is what a bald man lacks'

Answer: hair


Question: 'This regional "rapid transit" system is headquartered in Oakland'

Answer: the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit)


Question: 'In "A League Of Their Own", this talk show host played third baseman Doris Murphy'

Answer: Rosie O\' Donnell


Question: 'If you're foolishly hunting vampires in Transylvania, you're risking your neck in this country'

Answer: Romania


Question: 'In this organ's "middle" part the ossicles pass on the vibrations to the oval window'

Answer: the ear


Question: 'This musical about a group of auditioning dancers features the songs "I Hope I Get It" & "One"'

Answer: A Chorus Line


Question: 'A computer ready to receive information over a modem is "on" this'

Answer: line


Question: '1993's "Cool Runnings" told of a group of Jamaicans who formed an Olympic team in this sport'

Answer: bobsledding


Question: 'This "white mountain" on the border of France, Italy & Switzerland is the highest peak in Europe'

Answer: Mont Blanc


Question: 'Weighing about 3 pounds, it has more than 10 billion neurons, which works out to... argh, mine hurts'

Answer: the brain


Question: 'This "Murder, She Wrote" star has won Tonys for her performances in "Mame", "Gypsy" & "Sweeney Todd"'

Answer: Angela Lansbury


Question: 'This female drag racer was the subject of the 1983 movie "Heart Like a Wheel"'

Answer: Shirley Muldowney


Question: 'Major cities on this important river include Bonn, Basel & Cologne'

Answer: Rhine


Question: 'Tear this tendon that runs from the gastrocnemius muscle to the calcaneus & you can't stand tippytoe'

Answer: the Achilles tendon


Question: 'This guitarist for The Who wrote the musical score for Broadway's "Tommy"'

Answer: Pete Townshend


Question: 'He lived with his girlfriend, a fat priest & a 7-foot-tall archer'

Answer: Robin Hood


Question: 'Sandra Day O'Connor & Ruth Bader Ginsburg are both judges on this court'

Answer: the Supreme Court


Question: 'Britney feels the joy of Pepsi & this pop princess of Ecuadoran & Irish descent endorses Coca-Cola'

Answer: Christina Aguilera


Question: 'This animal gives a milk that's easier to digest than a cow's & also cashmere wool that's good for sweaters'

Answer: goat


Question: 'For America's Bicentennial, the quarter's reverse depicted a Colonial-era musician beating this instrument'

Answer: drum


Question: 'Combat aircraft are usually either fighters or these, like the B-1'

Answer: bombers


Question: 'Let's pause a moment & think about this, what you see in a mirror'

Answer: reflection


Question: 'She's the Biblical woman in the book of Judges forever associated with Samson & the loss of his hair'

Answer: Delilah


Question: 'The marionette dolls of the members of this band come with strings attached'

Answer: \'N Sync


Question: 'To aid in digestion & help with ballast, crocodiles swallow these'

Answer: rocks/stones


Question: 'In 1959 this building first appeared on the reverse of the penny'

Answer: Lincoln Memorial


Question: 'The opposite of horizontal, it was the unusual takeoff position of the Convair XFY-1, the "Pogo"'

Answer: vertical


Question: 'If you need a map that shows elevations, you can "breathe a sigh of" this when you get one'

Answer: relief


Question: 'In 1809 Mary Kies became the 1st U.S. woman to receive one of these guaranteeing the right to sell an invention'

Answer: patent


Question: 'Smile when you say this stage name of Colleen Fitzpatrick, singer of the hits "Smile" & "Graduation (Friends Forever)"'

Answer: Vitamin C


Question: 'These birds were named for the colorfully robed "flock" seen here'

Answer: cardinals


Question: 'In 1946, just one year after his death, this president's portrait began appearing on the dime'

Answer: Franklin Delano Roosevelt


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew at the Museum of Flight in Seattle)  The plane whose usual call sign was SAM 970 was called this when the president flew on it'

Answer: Air Force One


Question: 'The U.S. & Russia found their 1986 talks in this capital of Iceland disarming'

Answer: Reykjavik


Question: 'The USA's first woman newspaper editor, Ann Franklin, was this historic man's sister-in-law'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: 'Babyface contributed background vocals to this group's 2000 album "Black & Blue"'

Answer: the Backstreet Boys


Question: 'To keep things quiet around the house, get a Goliath frog (it doesn't croak) & a Basenji, one of these'

Answer: (barkless) dog


Question: 'This Latin phrase, which means "out of many, one", must appear on all U.S. coins'

Answer: E Pluribus Unum


Question: 'The plane seen here was called "The Flying" this, the part that provides lift, sending the plane up'

Answer: Wing


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew)  This sort of looks like a turnip & you can eat it, somehow'

Answer: rutabaga


Question: 'In 1935 she piloted a plane across the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii to the American mainland'

Answer: Amelia Earhart


Question: 'This Dallas native released an album funded by her grandmother before 1999's "Sweet Kisses", her major label debut'

Answer: Jessica Simpson


Question: 'These on the water buffalo may be 5 feet long & are the longest on any cattle breed'

Answer: horns


Question: 'The bison that appeared on this coin from 1913 to 1938 was modeled on one living in NYC's Zoological Gardens'

Answer: (buffalo) nickel


Question: 'If you flew to L.A. on a Boeing jet, its model number probably started with this digit'

Answer: 7


Question: '"Love goes toward love as school-boys from their books", says this young man to Juliet'

Answer: Romeo


Question: 'Of 2 million, 20 million or 200 million, the number closest to the population of Native Americans in the U.S.A.'

Answer: 2 million


Question: 'In 1682 this European group claimed all of Louisiana, but now they're down to a "Quarter" in New Orleans'

Answer: the French


Question: 'David Blunkett, an important British cabinet minister, has this handicap & brings a dog into Parliament with him'

Answer: blindness


Question: 'This smallest state didn't send a delegation to the convention; it didn't want the govt. interfering in its affairs'

Answer: Rhode Island


Question: 'It's part of a circle, or a big Biblical boat'

Answer: arc/ark


Question: 'With about 8 million, this East Coast city is the most populous U.S. city'

Answer: New York City


Question: 'Michael Jordan grew up in Wilmington in this basketball-crazy Southern state'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'In 2002 former president Jimmy Carter had a historic meeting with this Cuban president'

Answer: Fidel Castro


Question: 'By Dec. 15, 1791 the states had approved the first 10 amendments, known collectively by this name'

Answer: the Bill of Rights


Question: 'It can mean a part of the foot, or to pull a disabled car'

Answer: toe/tow


Question: 'With 1.2 billion, this country has the largest population of any nation on Earth'

Answer: China


Question: 'This state would almost be a parallelogram if its eastern border ran closer to Knoxville'

Answer: Tennessee


Question: 'In May 2002 this rootin' tootin' Russian president signed an arms control treaty with President Bush'

Answer: Vladimir Putin


Question: 'The Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787 at Philadelphia's Pennsylvania State House, now known as this hall'

Answer: Independence Hall


Question: 'A common mineral, or what there are 4 of in a gallon'

Answer: quartz/quarts


Question: 'The third largest in area, this state is first in population with about 34 million'

Answer: California


Question: 'This state was named for an English king, the grandfather of the one during the revolution'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'This man is the mind behind an educational foundation as well as the "Star Wars" movies'

Answer: George Lucas


Question: 'This fourth president, the "Father of the Constitution", kept a record of the delegates' debates & decisions'

Answer: James Madison


Question: 'Certain shellfish, or your trapezius & triceps'

Answer: mussels/muscles


Question: 'The nation with the fewest people, about 890, is this "City" where the pope lives'

Answer: Vatican City


Question: 'Katherine Harris, an official in this state, made news when she certified the 2000 election results'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'Cosmonaut Yuri Onufrienko & U.S. astronaut Carl Walz were part of the crew of Expedition Four to this'

Answer: the International Space Station


Question: 'Article 1, Section 3 states that this person "shall be president of the Senate" & vote only in case of ties'

Answer: the vice president


Question: 'A grain of corn, or an officer in the Army or Air Force'

Answer: kernel/colonel


Question: 'Sailing on behalf of Spain in 1519, this Portuguese explorer's trip proved the Americas were a new world'

Answer: Ferdinand Magellan


Question: 'First performed in the 1550s, "Ralph Roister Doister" is the first known comedy in this language'

Answer: English


Question: 'San Diego, where the plane "Spirit of St. Louis" was built, named its airport for this man'

Answer: Charles Lindbergh


Question: 'Different types of this in the supermarket are labeled "all purpose" and "self-rising"'

Answer: flour


Question: 'If Leon Spinks is in England on December 26, he might join in the observance of this'

Answer: Boxing Day


Question: 'In 67 B.C. Pompey's Roman forces cleared out the pirates from this large sea'

Answer: Mediterranean


Question: 'Maroon Studios star who enjoyed a Diet Coke while watching his wife, Jessica, perform'

Answer: Roger Rabbit


Question: '"Little Johnny Jones" was the first play he wrote expressly for Broadway, not for Vaudeville'

Answer: George M. Cohan


Question: 'Not surprisingly, in 1939 this nation had the strongest air force in Europe'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'Called an artichoke, its name isn't from a Mideast city but from "girasole", Italian for sunflower'

Answer: the Jerusalem artichoke


Question: 'A miss, hoping to be a mrs., might want to observe this November holiday created by Al Capp'

Answer: Sadie Hawkins Day


Question: '"Recruitment" procedure of kidnapping men to work on pirate ships, it's named after a Far Eastern port'

Answer: Shanghaiing


Question:
'Singer of the following, a Jolly Roger if we ever heard one:

"You can't rollerskate in a buffalo herd, can't rollerskate in a buffalo herd..."'

Answer: Roger Miller


Question: 'Chekhov play that opens with Andrei Prozorov's siblings talking about going to Moscow'

Answer: (The) Three Sisters


Question: 'By definition, a "VTOL" plane can take off and land in this direction'

Answer: vertically


Question: 'Add blood, cornstarch, or arrowroot, or try reduction'

Answer: how to thicken a sauce


Question: 'During the Fiesta de San Fermin, these animals run through the streets'

Answer: bulls


Question: 'Term for a pirate, like Drake, licensed by the crown to capture enemy ships and cargoes'

Answer: a privateer


Question: 'In one episode, she coached Rob's brother, Stacey Petrie, through a practice date'

Answer: Sally Rogers


Question: 'Richard Chamberlain and Mary Tyler Moore starred in a 1966 musical flop based on this Truman Capote story'

Answer: Breakfast at Tiffany\'s


Question: 'A plane's wings are necessary to create this primary force in flying'

Answer: lift


Question: 'Shepherd's pie is a meat hash covered with a layer of this'

Answer: mashed potatoes


Question: 'To commemorate this event, some New Englanders celebrate Forefathers' Day on December 21'

Answer: the landing of the Mayflower


Question: 'Sent to Madagascar in the 1690s to battle pirates, this captain allegedly became one himself'

Answer: Captain William Kidd


Question: 'As Harcourt Fenton Mudd, he gave Captain Kirk no end of trouble'

Answer: Roger C. Carmel


Question: 'He was almost 90 when he wrote one of his greatest plays, "Oedipus at Colonus"'

Answer: Sophocles


Question: 'In 1909 Louis Bleriot electrified the world by flying the 23 1/2 miles of this body of water in 37 minutes'

Answer: the English Channel


Question: 'Government graded AA, A, B, or C, the best is composed of at least 80% fat and has 12-16% water'

Answer: butter


Question: 'Military bases are often open to the public on Armed Forces Day, the third Saturday of this month'

Answer: May


Question: '1 of the 2 well-known women pirates tried and convicted in Jamaica in 1720'

Answer: Anne Bonney (or Mary Read)


Question: 'Both Elliott Gould and this man played Trapper John McIntyre in "M*A*S*H"'

Answer: Wayne Rogers


Question: 'Perry, the barber turned singer, might enjoy visiting this lake and province in Lombardy'

Answer: Como


Question: 'The success of his first novel, "This Side of Paradise", allowed him to marry Zelda'

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald


Question: 'The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is part of this department'

Answer: Treasury Department


Question: 'Mendelssohn was one of the first to use this to conduct'

Answer: Baton


Question: 'He became King of Jordan after his mentally ill father was deposed in 1952'

Answer: King Hussein (I)


Question: 'Dame who played Mme. Arcati in "Blithe Spirit" and Miss Marple in the film "Murder She Said"'

Answer: Margaret Rutherford


Question: 'This port city on the east coast of New Zealand's South Island was founded by Anglicans'

Answer: Christchurch


Question: 'Born in India, this English author was the youngest person to win a Nobel prize in literature'

Answer: Rudyard Kipling


Question: 'In 1961 JFK invited our ambassador to this to attend the cabinet meetings'

Answer: United Nations


Question: 'In a pipe organ, a pipe's shape affects its tone quality, and its length determines this'

Answer: Pitch


Question: 'The only first lady it ever had was a Mississippi aristocrat named Varina'

Answer: The Confederacy


Question: 'In 1955 this miniskirt innovator opened her first shop on King's Road in Chelsea'

Answer: Mary Quant


Question: 'Ancient village in Mexico known for the temples and pyramids the Mayans made of brick and stone'

Answer: Chichen Itza


Question: 'Creator of "archy and mehitabel", this humorist once was assistant editor for "The Uncle Remus Magazine"'

Answer: Don Marquis


Question: 'In the '70s and 80s, he was in charge of first the welfare and later the warfare departments'

Answer: Caspar Weinberger


Question: 'Of the three "B"'s, the one who left town when rejected as Philharmonic conductor in his native Hamburg'

Answer: Johannes Brahms


Question: 'This lawyer became the leader of the Indian National Congress in 1920'

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi


Question: 'In 1755 Maria Theresa, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, gave birth to this future queen'

Answer: Marie Antoinette


Question: 'Called France's most famous cheese, it's named for this Normandy village where it was first made'

Answer: Camembert


Question: 'Outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare, this woman is the best-selling romance writer of the twentieth century'

Answer: Barbara Cartland


Question: 'Interior Secretary Harold Ickes was the only cabinet member to serve the full duration of his presidency'

Answer: FDR


Question: 'Pehaps the greatest violinist ever, this Italian could play a whole piece on just one string'

Answer: Niccolo Paganini


Question: 'Sir Humphrey Gilbert, half brother of this Elizabethan courtier, drowned while trying to colonize America'

Answer: Sir Walter Raleigh


Question: 'The first woman Democrat elected a senator in her own right is this Maryland senator'

Answer: Barbara Mikulski


Question: 'This capital of Canada's Prince Edward Island was named for the wife of King George III'

Answer: Charlottetown


Question: 'Author of "Fathers and Sons", he was the first Russian to be widely read and admired in Europe'

Answer: Ivan Turgenev


Question: 'In 1973 Henry Kissinger became Nixon's second secretary of state, replacing this man'

Answer: William P. Rogers


Question: 'This great concert pianist and Polish premier was a friend of Liberace's family'

Answer: Ignace Jan Paderewski


Question: 'An eighteenth-century war was named for this part of Robert Jenkins' body, reputedly cut off by Spaniards'

Answer: Ear


Question: 'Patron saint of South America, she was the first canonized saint from the Western hemisphere'

Answer: St. Rose of Lima


Question: '3 months after John Glenn, he became the second American to orbit the earth'

Answer: (Malcolm) Scott Carpenter


Question: 'You can visit the house on Arch Street where she's said to have made the first American flag'

Answer: Betsy Ross


Question: 'Former New York governor Mario...'

Answer: C-U-O-M-O


Question: 'Winning a bronze medal at the Olympics means you came in this position'

Answer: Third


Question: 'In a 1969 Three Dog Night ballad, this number is "the loneliest number that you'll ever do"'

Answer: One


Question: 'Most parrots live in holes in trees or mounds; the monk parakeet is one of the few that builds these'

Answer: Nests


Question: 'The position played by Tony Gwynn'

Answer: Right field


Question: 'A statue of this film character once stood at the top of the Art Museum steps; now it's outside of the Spectrum'

Answer: Rocky Balboa


Question: 'Former Russian president Boris...'

Answer: Y-E-L-T-S-I-N


Question: 'Oliver Stone has one of these medals first created by executive order on February 4, 1944'

Answer: Bronze Star


Question: 'Pack your bags because Eddie Money had these, the title of a 1978 hit'

Answer: "Two Tickets To Paradise"


Question: 'The African grey is known as the most accomplished species of this desirable ability'

Answer: Speaking/talking


Question: 'By a unanimous vote in 1948, the U.N. adopted a "Universal Declaration of" these'

Answer: Human rights


Question: 'This man's national memorial includes a 30-ton statue of him & is found at the science museum named for him'

Answer: Ben Franklin


Question: 'Stone Age cartoon series star Fred...'

Answer: F-L-I-N-T-S-T-O-N-E


Question: 'The Dupondius was an old one of these made of bronze'

Answer: Coin


Question: '"I was dreamin' when I wrote this" Prince favorite, so "forgive me if it goes astray"'

Answer: "1999"


Question: 'Type of parrots seen here; at least they can be together:'

Answer: Lovebirds


Question: 'It's the first sentence in the Miranda warning given by police officers to arrestees'

Answer: "You have the right to remain silent"


Question: 'Both the Declaration of Independence & this 1787 document were signed in Independence Hall'

Answer: Constitution


Question: 'WWI French premier Georges...'

Answer: C-L-E-M-E-N-C-E-A-U


Question: 'The Baldacchino, a 95' high bronze canopy designed by Bernini, stands in this basilica'

Answer: St. Peter\'s Basilica


Question: 'According to the title of a Spice Girls ballad, when this happens, "It's the only way to be"'

Answer: "When Two Becomes One"


Question: 'This bird, Nymphicus hollandicus, is closely related to the cockatoo & has a similar name'

Answer: Cockatiel


Question: 'It's where you'll find the Parisian districts of Montmartre & La Villette'

Answer: Right Bank of the Seine


Question: 'Until the 1980s no building in Philly rose higher than the statue of this man that tops City Hall'

Answer: William Penn


Question: 'Russian ballet dancer/defector Rudolf...'

Answer: N-U-R-E-Y-E-V


Question: 'Pulp hero Doc who was "The Man of Bronze"'

Answer: Doc Savage


Question: 'This Tommy Tutone tune begins, "Jenny Jenny, who can I turn to?"'

Answer: "867-5309"


Question: 'In a Monty Python sketch, the Norwegian blue parrot is either dead or just pining for these inlets'

Answer: Fjords


Question: 'The slow-moving pace of this ocean dweller of the Balaenidae family nearly led to its extinction'

Answer: Right whale


Question: 'Carved by the Colorado River, its depth exceeds 1 mile in places'

Answer: Grand Canyon


Question: '"Mmm...chocolate" is often said by this "Simpsons" character'

Answer: Homer


Question: 'In his 1512 "Commentariolus" he stated the planets travel around the sun'

Answer: Copernicus


Question:
'"Grand Theft Auto",
"Cocoon",
"Splash"'

Answer: Ron Howard


Question: 'The Zapatistas'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'In Braille, 1 dot represents "A"; in Morse code, 1 dot represents this letter'

Answer: E


Question: 'This Manhattan residential section is bounded by West 14th Street on the north & Broadway on the east'

Answer: Greenwich Village


Question: 'In 1858 he said, "I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free"'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'In 1534, after working on the tomb of the Medici, this artist moved from Florence to Rome'

Answer: Michelangelo


Question:
'"How Green Was My Valley",
"The Searchers",
"The Grapes of Wrath"'

Answer: John Ford


Question: 'The Tamil Tigers'

Answer: Sri Lanka


Question: 'Mason Dots are a popular type of this'

Answer: Candy


Question: 'This U.S. territory in the Marianas Islands was first claimed by Spain in 1565'

Answer: Guam


Question: 'An Emily Dickinson poem begins, "Because I could not stop for" this "he kindly stopped for me"'

Answer: Death


Question: 'Cosimo I refounded the university of this city & parents of the time leaned towards sending their kids there'

Answer: Pisa


Question:
'"Vincent & Theo",
"The Player",
"Ready to Wear"'

Answer: Robert Altman


Question: 'The Shining Path'

Answer: Peru


Question: 'Laser printer resolution is measured in DPI, standing for this'

Answer: Dots per inch


Question: 'Important towns in this west African republic include Tema, Kumasi & Accra'

Answer: Ghana


Question: '"In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man.  If you want anything done, ask a woman", said this British leader'

Answer: Margaret Thatcher


Question: 'In 1534 he published "Gargantua", part 2 of "Pantagruel"'

Answer: Rabelais


Question:
'"Before the Revolution",
"Last Tango in Paris",
"The Last Emperor"'

Answer: Bernardo Bertolucci


Question: 'The FARC'

Answer: Colombia


Question: 'The dots used in this Chinese game are seen here:'

Answer: Mahjong


Question: 'This city bordering Dallas shares its name with a hanging floral decoration'

Answer: Garland


Question: 'Wilde play that says, "To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune...to lose both seems like carelessness"'

Answer: "The Importance of Being Earnest"


Question: 'In 1526 Babar set up this dynasty in Delhi'

Answer: Mogul


Question:
'"French Kiss",
"The Accidental Tourist",
"Body Heat"'

Answer: Lawrence Kasdan


Question: 'The Moro National Liberation Front'

Answer: Philippines


Question: 'From the Dutch for "to dot", it's to paint using small dots, & was a popular 18th century type of engraving'

Answer: Stippling


Question: 'In 1998 the city of New Orleans gave the title object of this play to the city of San Francisco'

Answer: \"A Streetcar Named Desire\"


Question: 'A moving platform, or a tall warehouse for grain'

Answer: an elevator


Question: 'In a 1977 hit, Blue Oyster Cult sang, "Oh, no!  There goes Tokyo!  Go, go" this monster'

Answer: Godzilla


Question: 'J. Max Bond Jr., who helped design the National September 11 Memorial, was a 1980-86 member of this city's Planning Commission'

Answer: New York


Question: 'Yale University was around for 15 years before it moved to this city in 1716'

Answer: New Haven


Question: 'A verbal prompt for an actor'

Answer: a cue


Question: 'Not much to spit out--Tiffany & crimson trio are this type of watermelon'

Answer: seedless


Question: 'The air tractor is one of these low flyers that spread pesticide'

Answer: a crop duster


Question: 'A 2008 tune by Benji Hughes warns that when this ancient Egyptian ghoulie gets drunk, "he unravels"'

Answer: the Mummy


Question: 'Later jailed for fraud, Australian Alan Bond became a national hero for financing the 1983 capture of this sailing trophy'

Answer: America\'s Cup


Question: 'The 33-story World Trade Center building rises at the south end of Canal Street in this city, y'all'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'From the Latin for "tail", it's what the Brits stand in to get in to see a movie'

Answer: a queue


Question: 'The katydid is also called the long-horned this'

Answer: a grasshopper


Question: 'This farm machine that travels along cutting standing grain shares a name with a grim angel of death'

Answer: a reaper


Question: 'This Warren Zevon song about monsters includes one with perfect hair & a taste for pina coladas'

Answer: "Werewolves Of London"


Question: 'Born to the role: Samantha Bond has played this secretary in 4 007 films'

Answer: Moneypenny


Question: 'This New Jersey city boasts an international airport & the 360-acre Branch Brook Park'

Answer: Newark