Question: 'With an average car speed of 6 mph, it's easy to see how this "Eternal City" wasn't built in a day'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'A guffaw from a young cow'

Answer: a calf laugh


Question: 'Brad & Edward Norton created this title underground group whose 1st & 2nd rules are not to talk about it'

Answer: Fight Club


Question: 'In 1745 this was done to a book by materialist thinker Julien La Mettrie; in 1445 it would have been done to Julien'

Answer: burning


Question: 'Earl Pomeroy from this state with 53 counties, including Sioux & Grand Forks'

Answer: North Dakota


Question: 'Your average U.S. municipal landfill is over 40% of this product, way more than plastic or metal'

Answer: paper


Question: 'This Thai capital's traffic was so bad that gas stations sold personal port-a-potties called "Comfort 100"'

Answer: Bangkok


Question: 'An uninflated airship'

Answer: a limp blimp


Question: 'Brad climbed high as Austrian mountain climber Heinrich Harrer, who met the Dalai Lama in this real-life drama'

Answer: Seven Years in Tibet


Question: 'Priestly, Watt & Wedgwood were in a scientific club of "Lunaticks" whose meetings were set for each one of these'

Answer: a full moon


Question: 'Michael Castle from this state with 3 counties: New Castle, Kent & Sussex'

Answer: Delaware


Question: 'Before building a highway, a state has to submit an EIS, this 2-word "statement", to get federal funding'

Answer: environmental impact statement


Question: 'Stuck in traffic & ill, Kip Keino had to jog a mile to get to the 1,500 meter run at the '68 Olympics in this city (he still won)'

Answer: Mexico City


Question: 'A no-no during a test, this item is covered with notes and instructions'

Answer: a cheat sheet


Question: 'Death (Brad Pitt) takes a holiday & falls in love with Claire Forlani in this 1998 movie'

Answer: Meet Joe Black


Question: 'Time's July 5, 2004 cover story was "The Radical Mind of" this American Enlightenment thinker'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'Bernie Sanders from this state with 14 counties, including Rutland & Bennington'

Answer: Vermont


Question: 'The first ban on killing the "right" types of these creatures came into force in 1935'

Answer: whales


Question: 'In 2003 Mayor Ken Livingstone of this metropolis introduced a tax of 5 pounds on cars entering the city center'

Answer: London


Question: 'A calamity that befalls the Dutch seat of government'

Answer: a Hague plague


Question: 'Brad Pitt was an Irish Gypsy boxer with an indecipherable accent in this 2000 Guy Ritchie flick'

Answer: Snatch


Question: 'This 35-volume Denis Diderot project began as a translation of a British reference work'

Answer: the Encyclopedie


Question: 'Stephanie Herseth from this state with 66 counties, including Yankton & Miner'

Answer: South Dakota


Question: 'Newts are New Hampshire's state amphibian, partly for helping track this form of liquid pollution'

Answer: acid rain


Question: 'Murtala Mohammed, this country's head of state, was shot dead in a Lagos traffic jam in 1976'

Answer: Nigeria


Question: 'Donor of a hepatic organ'

Answer: a liver giver


Question: 'Poet & critic Ludwig Rellstab compared this piano work to a nighttime boat ride on Lake Lucerne'

Answer: Moonlight Sonata


Question: 'On May 18, 1953 pilot Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to break this barrier'

Answer: Sound barrier


Question: 'The Belgian type of this battercake is served for breakfast or for dessert'

Answer: Waffle


Question: 'In 1968 "The Lucy Show" evolved into a new show titled this'

Answer: Here\'s Lucy


Question: 'The robber crab is known for climbing palms to feed on these'

Answer: Coconuts


Question: 'Kimberly-Clark first advertised these tissues as a disposable cold cream remover'

Answer: Kleenex


Question: 'A person described as loquacious does this a lot'

Answer: Talks


Question: 'Ruth Bryan Owen, who served in the U.S. House from 1929-33, was this famous Nebraskan's daughter'

Answer: William Jennings Bryan


Question: 'Dishes flavored or garnished with these rare costly fungi are referred to as "a la Perigourdine"'

Answer: Truffles


Question: 'Bill Bixby starred in 2 sitcoms during the 1960s, "My Favorite Martian" & this'

Answer: The Courtship of Eddie\'s Father


Question: 'The part of the male lyrebird that's shaped like a lyre'

Answer: Tail


Question: 'The original sketch of Ann Turner, seen in the following, is kept in this company's vault:'

Answer: Gerber


Question: 'A "hiduk" can be this type of fighter that hides in the hills & makes quick surprise attacks'

Answer: Guerilla fighter


Question: 'Labor leader A. Philip Randolph organized the brotherhood of these porters in 1925'

Answer: Sleeping car porters


Question: 'The name of this Mexican dish made with chiles & cheese translates to "stuffed peppers"'

Answer: Chiles Rellenos


Question: 'This show featured Shady Rest Hotel proprietor Kate Bradley, her three daughters & their uncle'

Answer: Petticoat Junction


Question: 'The flying fox isn't a type of fox, but a type of this'

Answer: Bat


Question: 'Headquartered in St. Louis, it's the largest single brewing organization in the world'

Answer: Anheuser-Busch


Question: 'An opera extra, when not carrying one of these, can set it in a fewter'

Answer: Spear


Question: 'Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for this story of a boy & his fawn'

Answer: "The Yearling"


Question: 'Tahini, a thick paste used in Middle Eastern cooking, is made from these ground seeds'

Answer: Sesame seeds


Question: 'The 2 Williams who played O'Caseys on "My Three Sons"'

Answer: Demarest & Frawley


Question: 'In 1921 Banting & Best controlled diabetes in these animals with insulin; man came later'

Answer: Dogs


Question: 'With help from Mitsubishi, this company manufactured the first Korean automobile in 1976'

Answer: Hyundai


Question: 'Horripilation is the term for having this type of flesh'

Answer: Goose flesh


Question: 'He defeated incumbent Bob Martinez by over 400,000 votes in 1990 to become Florida governor'

Answer: Lawton Chiles


Question: 'From the Italian word for rice, it's a rice dish cooked with broth & often grated cheese'

Answer: Risotto


Question: 'On this show, souvenirs made by the Hekawi Indians were sold by O'Rourke Enterprises'

Answer: F Troop


Question: 'In May 1991 this entertainment giant replaced USX on the Dow Jones Industrial Average'

Answer: Disney


Question: 'In this sport, a "firstbrun" is a jump turn at right angles'

Answer: Skiing


Question: 'The Walker Cup in golf was named for his maternal grandfather, George Herbert Walker'

Answer: George H.W. Bush


Question: 'Argentina declared its independence from this country in 1816'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'In the 1960s he made such experimental films as "Eat", "Sleep" & "Kiss"'

Answer: Andy Warhol


Question: 'In 1861 a Poughkeepsie, New York brewer founded this women's college; it's since become co-educational'

Answer: Vassar


Question: 'Many Viking artifacts can be found on these islands famous for their ponies'

Answer: Shetland Islands


Question: 'This poet's grandnephew, Greenleaf Whittier Pickard, invented the crystal detector used in radio'

Answer: John Greenleaf Whittier


Question: 'After the presidency, he set up an office at Gettysburg College, where he put together his memoirs'

Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower


Question: 'The Rhine Valley occupies one-third of this 62-square-mile country; the Alps cover the rest'

Answer: Liechtenstein


Question: 'He was born Jheronimus van Aken in the Netherlands c. 1450'

Answer: Hieronymus Bosch


Question: 'This private university is New Orleans' oldest institution of higher learning'

Answer: Tulane


Question: 'These historical epics which the Vikings learned by heart were passed on from generation to generation'

Answer: Sagas/eddas


Question: 'When Elinor Wylie married William Rose Benet, she became this poet's sister-in-law'

Answer: Stephen Vincent Benet


Question: 'Born in 1735 in Braintree, MA, he wrote most of the articles of the state's constitution'

Answer: John Adams


Question: 'King Jigme Singye Wangchuck rules this Himalayan country between India & Tibet'

Answer: Bhutan


Question: 'He engraved his poems such as "The Tyger", illustrated them & hand-colored the prints he made'

Answer: William Blake


Question: 'Founded in Detroit, the University of Michigan moved to this city in 1837'

Answer: Ann Arbor


Question: 'Now considered a fake, a stone with these Viking letters was found in 1898 in Kensington, Minnesota'

Answer: Runes/Runic letters


Question: 'He was the son of publisher Arthur Waugh & the brother of novelist Alec Waugh'

Answer: Evelyn Waugh


Question: 'In the first presidential White House wedding, he married Frances Folsom'

Answer: Grover Cleveland


Question: 'In its native language, this heavily forested European country is known as Suomi'

Answer: Finland


Question: 'Edward Hicks did over 60 versions of this painting based on a Bible prophecy of the lion lying with the lamb'

Answer: "The Peaceable Kingdom"


Question: 'Its West Lafayette, Indiana campus library system is also a depository for the U.S. Defense Mapping Agency'

Answer: Purdue


Question: 'This French territory was colonized by the Vikings in the 900s & is named for them'

Answer: Normandy


Question: 'Several of Harriet Beecher Stowe's brothers were preachers; this one wrote "Life of Jesus the Christ"'

Answer: Henry Ward Beecher


Question: 'Some speculate that this successor to James Garfield was actually born in Canada'

Answer: Chester A. Arthur


Question: 'Enver Hoxha ruled this Balkan country from 1944 until his death in 1985'

Answer: Albania


Question: 'This artist has made a bronze sculpture of two beer cans as well as paintings of the U.S. flag'

Answer: Jasper Johns


Question: 'From 1899-1960, this university was known as Alabama Polytechnic Institute'

Answer: Auburn


Question: 'In the late 800s, this king of Wessex prevented the Vikings from conquering all of England'

Answer: Alfred the Great


Question: 'This author of "The Virginian" was the grandson of 19th century actress Fannie Kimball'

Answer: Owen Wister


Question: 'The colonists referred to the first three French & Indian Wars using the names of these three British monarchs'

Answer: George, Anne & William


Question: 'Gene Chandler is the Duke of Earl & Prince Philip is the duke of this city'

Answer: Edinburgh


Question: 'Teddy Roosevelt's attorney general, Charles Bonaparte, was this man's grandnephew'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'He composed a 1-act jazz opera called "Blue Monday" 13 years before "Porgy & Bess"'

Answer: George Gershwin


Question: 'When visiting this country, why not try the cloudberry soup, the reindeer tongue or the sauna sausage'

Answer: Finland


Question: 'Edison's bulb gave off yellow light; Irving Langmuir invented 1 that produced light of this color'

Answer: White


Question: 'He named his character Captain Kangaroo from the large pockets on his jacket'

Answer: Bob Keeshan


Question: 'According to Maurice Chevalier, they seem to "whisper Louise"'

Answer: Every Little Breeze


Question: 'Black Shawl was the wife of this Indian who helped lead the charge against Custer'

Answer: Crazy Horse


Question: 'The mode of transportation you'd be taking if you were "pushed" by some of Tokyo's "people pushers"'

Answer: Subway


Question: 'The World Almanac's list of inventions runs from Pascal's adding machine to this fastener by Judson'

Answer: Zipper


Question: 'The 1978 Elliott Gould film "Matilda" was about a kangaroo who participated in this sport'

Answer: Boxing


Question: 'Poet William Drennan claimed to have coined this colorful name for Ireland about 1795'

Answer: "The Emerald Isle"


Question: 'Roger Williams founded R.I. after he was banished from this colony for his religious beliefs'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'This "Coast of the Sun" is Spain's answer to the Riviera'

Answer: Costa Del Sol


Question: 'E.E. Cummings would not have liked the typewriter C.L. Sholes invented; it only did this'

Answer: Type in capitals


Question: 'In 1963 Aussie Rolf Harris had his only U.S. top 40 hit with this song'

Answer: "Tie Me Kangaroo Down"


Question: 'This conjunction is Latin for "therefore"'

Answer: Ergo


Question: 'This state recently marked the 400th anniversary of the English settlement on Roanoake Island'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'Rimsky-Korsakov wrote an opera about Mozart's rivalry with this man, who allegedly poisoned him'

Answer: Antonio Salieri


Question: 'St. Moritz, where the jet set "winters", is in this country, not far from the Italian border'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE);<br />Purpose of the device seen here on the top of the billboard:'

Answer: To Keep Off the Pigeons


Question: 'He created the characters of Kanga & Roo'

Answer: A.A. Milne


Question: 'He's the only man nominated for V.P. by a natl. convention who resigned his candidacy under pressure'

Answer: Sen. Thomas Eagleton


Question: 'The Cajuns migrated to Louisiana from there'

Answer: Nova Scotia


Question: 'He wrote his 1st opera, "The Death of Pierrot", at age 11; the one about Amahl came much later'

Answer: Gian Carlo Menotti


Question: 'Their ads say they're "The World's Favourite Airline"'

Answer: British Airways


Question: 'Italian-born physicist whose control rods put a "damper" on the 1st controlled nuclear reaction'

Answer: Enrico Fermi


Question: 'In 1969 this bush kangaroo got his own syndicated TV series'

Answer: "Skippy, the Bush Kangaroo"


Question: 'Today all brands of this whiskey except Bushmills are made in Midleton near Cork'

Answer: Irish Whiskey


Question: 'Trapped in the cave, Cassim yelled, "Open, Wheat!" & "Open, Barley!" when he forgot this phrase'

Answer: "Open, Sesame!"


Question: 'This Sri Lankan capital was named for the Kelani Ferry, not a detective in a rumpled raincoat'

Answer: Colombo


Question: 'Alec Guinness played Yevgraf, the half brother of the title physician, in this romantic 1965 epic'

Answer: "Doctor Zhivago"


Question: 'Number of musketeers in the title of the 1975 movie sequel'

Answer: 4


Question: 'For 20 years this scotch's ads have featured "Achievers" who tell "Why I Do What I Do"'

Answer: Dewar\'s


Question: 'He used Marlow as a character or narrator in "Youth", "Lord Jim" & "Heart of Darkness"'

Answer: Joseph Conrad


Question: 'When North & South Vietnam were reunited in 1976, this city was designated the capital'

Answer: Hanoi


Question: 'Christopher Lee, Edmund Purdom, Gert Frobe & Lionel Barrymore all monkeyed around as this "Mad Monk"'

Answer: Rasputin


Question: '(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />Number in the title of the following Neil Sedaka hit:  "Tonight's the night, I've waited for...."'

Answer: 16


Question: 'Alcoholic beverage made from fermented honey, it's announcer Johnny Gilbert's favorite'

Answer: Mead


Question: 'The last names of these Steinbeck characters are Small & Milton'

Answer: Lennie & George


Question: 'From 1773-1912 this city, India's largest, served as the nation's capital'

Answer: Calcutta


Question: 'Playing a Russian commissar, this Hungarian was seen in "Ninotchka" without fangs'

Answer: Bela Lugosi


Question: 'Though you'll probably retire later, you can join the American Assn. of Retired Persons on reaching this age'

Answer: 50


Question: 'Zubrowka is this type of potent potable flavored with buffalo grass'

Answer: Vodka


Question: 'It's who Eliza carried across the ice floes of the Ohio River in "Uncle Tom's Cabin"'

Answer: Her baby (Little Harry)


Question: 'This planned city named for Pakistan's main religion became the nation's capital in 1967'

Answer: Islamabad


Question: 'In 1986 this Austrian Oscar-winner starred in an acclaimed miniseries as "Peter The Great"'

Answer: Maximilian Schell


Question: 'Dalton Trumbo was 1 of this "Hollywood" group subpoenaed by the HUAC in 1947'

Answer: "The Hollywood 10"


Question: 'The label of this liqueur indicates it's "made with orange & fine old cognac brandy"'

Answer: Grand Marnier


Question: 'The 1st novel in the "Danzig Trilogy" by Gunter Grass'

Answer: "The Tin Drum"


Question: 'In the mid 1800s King Mongkut modernized this capital known as the "Venice of the Far East"'

Answer: Bangkok


Question: 'She was married to Mel Ferrer in real life when she romanced him onscreen in "War & Peace" in 1956'

Answer: Audrey Hepburn


Question: 'In the northern U.S. the number of years between appearances of the insects called periodic cicadas'

Answer: 17


Question: '2 words having to do with parenthood  that are anagrams of "Parental"'

Answer: Paternal & Prenatal


Question: 'The exterior of this "Center" is seen here'

Answer: EPCOT Center


Question: 'American forces won this January 1815 battle with the help of pirates led by Jean Laffite'

Answer: Battle of New Orleans


Question: 'Every Thursday after "Jeopardy!" we hold one of these "sittings" to receive messages from our late Uncle Wiggin'

Answer: Seance


Question: 'In 1979 the World Health Organization marked the disappearance of this viral disease from the Earth'

Answer: Smallpox


Question: 'Of 24,000, 240,000 or 2,400,000, the one that's closest to the mean distance in miles between the moon & the Earth'

Answer: 240,000


Question: 'About 300 miles southwest of Lhasa:<br />29,028 feet'

Answer: Mount Everest


Question: 'This terrible trio hit the big screen for the first time in 1938'

Answer: Huey, Dewey & Louie


Question: 'A type of Oldsmobile shares its name with this kind of sword no self-respecting pirate would be without'

Answer: Cutlass


Question: 'Whenever we have a devilish problem, Father Gary helps us with one of these spirited expelling rites'

Answer: Exorcism


Question: 'This federal loan-assistance agency located in Washington, D.C. is known as the SBA for short'

Answer: Small Business Administration


Question: 'It's the colossal booster rocket that lifted the Apollo missions to the moon'

Answer: Saturn


Question:
'On the Italy-Switzerland border:
14,692 feet;
in Anaheim:
147 feet'

Answer: The Matterhorn


Question: 'It's the eastern hemisphere city where this photo was taken'

Answer: Tokyo


Question: 'Pirates officially licensed to attack enemy ships during wartime were known by this "secretive" name'

Answer: Privateers


Question: 'None of us got any sleep last night with one of these "noisy" ghosts wandering all about'

Answer: Poltergeist


Question: 'This narrow, winding body part consists of the duodenum, jejunum & ileum'

Answer: Small intestine


Question: 'The Voskhod program & this U.S. program were the first to use multiperson space flights'

Answer: Gemini


Question: 'In Alaska's Denali National Park:<br />20,320 feet'

Answer: Mount McKinley (Denali)


Question: 'Several historic American figures have been portrayed by this actor, named a Disney legend in 1991'

Answer: Fess Parker


Question: 'This "colorful" pirate was paid by the British to attack Spanish ships in the early 1700s'

Answer: Blackbeard


Question: 'Sometimes our phantoms leave behind this spectral stuff whose name comes from Greek for "outside mold"'

Answer: Ectoplasm


Question: 'Animatronic big-screen warriors seen here'

Answer: Small Soldiers


Question: 'The Ariane launch vehicle is used prominently by this organization, abbreviated the ESA'

Answer: European Space Agency


Question: 'In Kashmir:<br />28,250 feet'

Answer: K2 (Mount Godwin-Austen)


Question: 'It's the first name of this Disney family member, vice-chairman of the board & head of the animation department'

Answer: Roy Disney


Question: 'From the French for "one who cures meat", it was a pirate who preyed on Spanish shipping in the West Indies'

Answer: Buccaneer


Question: 'Our ghosts are so troubled, they may have taken lessons from this title ghost in an Oscar Wilde work'

Answer: "The Canterville Ghost"


Question: 'The National Weather Service issues sailors these "advisories" when winds are between 18 & 33 knots'

Answer: Small craft advisories


Question: 'Your "flare" for astronomy will help you name this solar feature that lasts longer than a solar flare'

Answer: Solar prominence


Question: 'In the Andes:<br />22.831 feet'

Answer: Mount Aconcagua


Question: 'This bird found in a famous "Poe"m is the official bird of the Yukon Territory'

Answer: Raven


Question: 'He was lucky enough to co-star with Judy Garland in his first feature film, "For Me and My Gal", in 1942'

Answer: Gene Kelly


Question: 'The basic danger of the bug is that in 2000, computers will think it's this year'

Answer: 1900


Question: '1935 folk opera that featured the song "Summertime"'

Answer: Porgy and Bess


Question:
'"Stand By Me",
"When Harry Met Sally...",
"A Few Good Men"'

Answer: Rob Reiner


Question: 'Zane,or Lady Jane<br />(4)'

Answer: Grey


Question: 'On August 17, 1896 gold was discovered on Bonanza Creek, a tributary of this river'

Answer: Klondike


Question: 'In 1999 Warner Bros. eulogized him with an ad that said, "The balcony is closed.  Our hearts are broken."'

Answer: Gene Siskel


Question: 'This giant's customers had the "Big Blues" until it announced Y2K transition support in 1995'

Answer: IBM


Question: '1 of the 2 months in the U.S. in which an "Indian Summer" may occur'

Answer: October or November


Question:
'"The Age of Innocence",
"Boxcar Bertha",
"Goodfellas"'

Answer: Martin Scorsese


Question: '"Convention"al Swiss city<br />(6)'

Answer: Geneva


Question: 'The Yukon territorial coat of arms is topped by a depiction of this breed of dog important to its early history'

Answer: Husky/malamute


Question: 'Cher & this bass player of Kiss dated in the '70s & performed at the Super Bowl in 1999 (but not together)'

Answer: Gene Simmons


Question: 'The bug partly stems from 6-digit dates in this 1960s "business-oriented" computer language'

Answer: COBOL


Question: 'As Summer Quinn, Nicole Eggert saved lives on this internationally syndicated series'

Answer: Baywatch


Question:
'"Rhapsody in August",
"Ikiru",
"Yojimbo"'

Answer: Akira Kurosawa


Question: 'Style of novels, or of architecture<br />(6)'

Answer: Gothic


Question: 'Each February this capital hosts a winter festival called the Sourdough Rendezvous'

Answer: Whitehorse


Question: 'To show it's safe, Jane Garvey, head of this U.S. administration, plans to be in the air as the year 2000 arrives'

Answer: FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)


Question: 'This country hosted the Summer Olympic Games only once, in 1896'

Answer: Greece


Question:
'"Ivan the Terrible",
"Alexander Nevsky",
"Battleship Potemkin"'

Answer: Sergei Eisenstein


Question: 'Sondheim striptease show<br />(5)'

Answer: Gypsy


Question: 'Yukoners have only one representative in the Canadian senate & one in this other house'

Answer: House of Commons


Question: 'He co-wrote & starred in the 1999 A&E movie "Murder in a Small Town"'

Answer: Gene Wilder


Question: 'A Time/CNN poll found only 9% of respondents believed Y2K was likely to bring this title subject of an R.E.M. song'

Answer: "It\'s the End of the World"


Question: 'The summer one of these is in Pushkin; the winter one is north of it in St. Petersburg'

Answer: Palace


Question:
'"Witness",
"The Truman Show",
"Dead Poets Society"'

Answer: Peter Weir


Question: 'A "monster" of a Southwestern river<br />(4)'

Answer: Gila


Question: 'It's the opera mentioned in the lyrics of a 1970 No. 1 hit by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles'

Answer: Pagliacci


Question: 'The Koran was revealed to him beginning one night on Mount Hira in 610'

Answer: Mohammed


Question: 'In a 1932 film what this actor actually says is "Jane! -- Tarzan!  Jane! -- Tarzan!"'

Answer: Johnny Weissmuller


Question: 'In a 1902 production of this musical, Imogene the Cow was Dorothy Gale's playmate'

Answer: The Wizard of Oz


Question: 'He collected $25,000 for flying from New York to Paris in 1927'

Answer: Charles Lindbergh


Question: 'It's time to tell you Audemars Piguet has been making these since 1875'

Answer: watches


Question: 'An ancient embalmed Egyptian, wrapped in linen'

Answer: mummy


Question: 'The Greco-Russian Church is another name for this family of Christian churches in eastern Europe'

Answer: Orthodox churches


Question: 'The theme to "Family Ties" was "Without Us", a duet by Deniece Williams & this "Wonderful! Wonderful!" singer'

Answer: Johnny Mathis


Question: 'In 1891's "Sensation in Paradise" Carrie Rogers was Tootsie & Clara Gilbert was this rhyming character'

Answer: Wootsie


Question: 'For each of these prestigious prizes you'll earn about 10 million kronor'

Answer: Nobel Prizes


Question: 'Northrop & Johnson of Mass., with listings of 30- to over 150-footers, is a major broker of these'

Answer: yachts


Question: 'It's the only U.S. state whose name consists of only one syllable'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'Want to officiate at a friend's wedding?  You can get ordained online in 3 minutes with this church abbreviated ULC'

Answer: Universal Life Church


Question: '"Starkville City Jail" & "Folsom Prison Blues" are songs on his "Complete Live at San Quentin"'

Answer: Johnny Cash


Question: 'As one of these performers in the 1890s, Herrmann the Great set all nature's laws aside'

Answer: magician


Question: 'Add up one of each U.S. coin in general circulation & you get this amount of money'

Answer: $1.91


Question: 'In 1998 this Dodger pitcher signed a $105 million, 7-year contract'

Answer: Kevin Brown


Question: 'A powerful handgun, or a large bottle of champagne'

Answer: magnum


Question: 'In the novel "Shogun", it's defined as "Fate immutably fixed because of deeds done in a previous life"'

Answer: karma


Question: 'He played a drifter named Roux in "Chocolat"'

Answer: Johnny Depp


Question: 'Back in 1903 "Rip Van Winkle" turned up as a song in a musical based on this fairy tale'

Answer: Sleeping Beauty


Question: 'The Danegeld was a centuries-long tax on landowners of this country used to pay off Viking invaders'

Answer: England


Question: 'The V8 engine in this German car's M5 model takes you from 0 to 60 in just over 5 seconds'

Answer: BMW


Question: 'In the 1920s & 1930s, this leader had his office in Rome's Venezia Palace'

Answer: Benito Mussolini


Question: 'In Judaism, "sitting" this 7-day mourning period is often done on low chairs or on the floor'

Answer: shiva


Question: 'After the end of the Sex Pistols, he sang lead vocals for Public Image Ltd.'

Answer: Johnny Rotten (John Lydon)


Question: 'Scene III of 1916's "The Century Girl" was "The Toy Soldiers", with music by this composer'

Answer: Victor Herbert


Question: 'First minted during the Civil War, the U.S. 2-cent piece was the first coin with this slogan on it'

Answer: "In God We Trust"


Question: 'Cannondale is custom-fitting these vehicles to riders at $1,499 each'

Answer: bicycles


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew)  17th century thinker Athanasius Kircher is credited with inventing this device that projected pictures onto a wall'

Answer: magic lantern


Question: 'He left the French army a captain & moved to America where he was made a major general in 1777'

Answer: Marquis de Lafayette


Question: 'Back in 1956, Philip Carey of "One Life to Live" was one of the 77th Bengal Lancers in a series set in this country'

Answer: India


Question: 'Banff National Park'

Answer: Canada


Question: '"Joy of Cooking" says a rule of thumb is 1/2 cup of this for every pound of turkey'

Answer: stuffing


Question: 'English nobles' souvenirs of Italy often included a Canaletto view of this city's Grand Canal'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'From the Greek for "praise", these speeches delivered at a funeral service recall & praise the dead'

Answer: eulogies


Question: 'No, it's not Robert Downey Jr. & Ben Kingsley in this photo, but these two notables meeting in London in 1931'

Answer: Charlie Chaplin & Mahatma Gandhi


Question: 'This legendary newsman was the host as well as a producer of "See It Now"'

Answer: Edward R. Murrow


Question: 'Bataan National Park'

Answer: Philippines


Question: 'This small fish sold whole is probably the best-known fish with "dab" in its name'

Answer: sanddab


Question: 'Works like "Pipe and Jug" made J.B.S. Chardin one of the century's masters of this genre'

Answer: still life


Question: 'When translated from Sanskrit, it's what "Buddha" means'

Answer: enlightened one


Question: 'With the Galileo brouhaha going on, this French philosopher killed his book about the Earth's movement'

Answer: Rene Descartes


Question: 'For 1956 the Best Actor & Actress Emmy winners for a Dramatic Series were these 2 people, both named Young'

Answer: Loretta Young & Robert Young


Question: 'Galapagos National Park'

Answer: Ecuador


Question: 'In this Mideastern equivalent of a gyro, meat is shaved off a rotating vertical spit'

Answer: schwarma


Question: 'Baroque led to this style exemplified here by a Francois Boucher painting'

Answer: Rococo


Question: 'Once a province of Indonesia, it voted for its own national independence in 1999'

Answer: East Timor


Question: 'Nicknamed "Old Bruin", this U.S. Navy man shares his name with a TV "Friend"'

Answer: Matthew Perry


Question: '1957's "Date with the Angels" featured this future "Golden Girl" as Vickie Angel'

Answer: Betty White


Question: 'Kruger National Park'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'Eaten at Passover, charoset is a fruit & nut mix which represents this used by bricklayers'

Answer: mortar


Question: 'John Constable called John Robert Cozens "The Greatest Genius That Ever Touched" this genre of painting'

Answer: landscape art


Question: 'Found in NYC's harbor, 12 million immigrants entered the U.S. through it'

Answer: Ellis Island


Question: 'After losing the support of the French army, this emperor of Mexico faced a firing squad in June 1867'

Answer: Maximilian


Question: 'In 1971 Bert Parks hosted "Circus"; back in 1956 this man & dummy Jerry Mahoney hosted the similar "Circus Time"'

Answer: Paul Winchell


Question: 'Rapa Nui National Park'

Answer: Chile


Question: 'James Boswell knew what Samuel Johnson looked like before meeting him from a portrait by this man'

Answer: Sir Joshua Reynolds


Question: 'Gonder & Dire Dawa are major cities in this east African country'

Answer: Ethiopia


Question: 'In 2003 Dell made this computer part on its PCs an option; Apple had stopped including it on Macintoshes 5 years earlier'

Answer: floppy (or 3 1/2 inch) disk drive


Question: 'The eastern diamondback species of this snake is the heaviest of all poisonous snakes'

Answer: Rattlesnake


Question: 'In 1999 he became Bond, knighted Bond'

Answer: Sean Connery


Question: 'The IRS'

Answer: Internal Revenue Service


Question: 'This tillage tool has leaf & garden types, both suitable for stepping on & bashing yourself in the nose'

Answer: Rake


Question: 'In January 1962 they topped the first-ever "Mersey Beat" group popularity poll'

Answer: The Beatles


Question: 'This bowl game features a tiny man steering a boat in a toilet tank'

Answer: Ty-D-Bowl


Question: 'The rhinoceros iguana of Haiti is so named because it has 3 of these on its face'

Answer: Horns


Question: 'Between 1675 & 1710 he designed over 50 London churches, including St. Paul's Cathedral'

Answer: Sir Christopher Wren


Question: 'The EPA'

Answer: Environmental Protection Agency


Question: 'Fungicide may be needed when the "powdery" type of this appears in late summer'

Answer: Mildew


Question: 'The Sun Records label for his "Great Balls of Fire" listed his name "and His Pumping Piano"'

Answer: Jerry Lee Lewis


Question: 'This bowl game was played in a drought-ridden section of the Great Plains in the 1930s'

Answer: Dust Bowl


Question: 'Crocodilians are oviparous, meaning they do this'

Answer: Lay eggs


Question: 'In 1982 he produced & directed "Gandhi" & in 1993 he acted in "Jurassic Park"'

Answer: Sir Richard Attenborough


Question: 'The FDA'

Answer: Food and Drug Administration


Question: 'If your lawn has these protrusions, don't make mountains out of them:'

Answer: Molehills


Question: 'In 1982 she was off & running with the song heard here:<br />("Shadows of the Night")'

Answer: Pat Benatar


Question: 'Lots of fruity beverages are served during this bowl game, played on an extinct Hawaiian volcano'

Answer: Punch Bowl


Question: 'The anaconda belongs to this family of snakes that kill their prey by constricting them'

Answer: Boas


Question: 'In 1669 this physicist became Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge'

Answer: Sir Isaac Newton


Question: 'The GPO'

Answer: Government Printing Office


Question: 'Hunter Industries claims its PGP Rotor, this type of product, revolutionized the lawn irrigation industry'

Answer: Sprinkler


Question: 'In 1999 this group sang, "Maria, you've gotta see her, go insane and out of your mind"'

Answer: Blondie


Question: 'Your whole life is up for public scrutiny when you partake in this bowl game, home to a domesticated carp'

Answer: Goldfish Bowl


Question: 'Because of virulent bacteria in the mouth of this 10-foot-long Indonesian lizard, its bite can be fatal'

Answer: Komodo dragon


Question: 'He reached the South Pole by tractor January 4, 1958, 4 1/2 years after reaching the "height" of his career'

Answer: Sir Edmund Hillary


Question: 'The NTSB'

Answer: National Transportation Safety Board


Question: 'The grass with the name of this sunny island group is well suited to the Southern U.S.'

Answer: Bermuda grass


Question: 'This 1962 Roy Orbison hit is subtitled "How Long Must I Dream"'

Answer: "Dream Baby"


Question: 'It's okay to rinse your pinkies at the table during this bowl game'

Answer: Finger Bowl


Question: 'Not the kakapo, a flightless parrot, but this bird is the national symbol'

Answer: Kiwi


Question: 'It was the first car off a moving assembly line'

Answer: Model T


Question: 'Hank Aaron with his 715th home run'

Answer: Babe Ruth


Question: 'Because he repented at the last minute, Belacqua is stuck in this middle book of "The Divine Comedy"'

Answer: "Purgatorio"


Question: 'General Motors founder William Durant coined this name when he bought the Guardian Refrigerator Co.'

Answer: Frigidaire


Question: 'Seen here, she could "Tudor" own horn, saying, "I have the heart of a king":'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth I


Question: 'New Zealand devoted 1995 to encouraging the study of this language'

Answer: Maori


Question: 'This butter substitute was first made of beef suet, cow's udder & skim milk'

Answer: Margarine


Question: 'Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with his 31,420th point'

Answer: Wilt Chamberlain


Question: 'On Earth it may "get you nowhere"; in the "Inferno" it gets Alessio immersed in filth'

Answer: Flattery


Question: 'This man designed railroads & bridges as well as the item seen here:<br />(amusement park ride)'

Answer: George Ferris


Question: 'Henry VIII's big brother, who never got to rule, had this name of a legendary British king'

Answer: Arthur


Question: 'A member of the RNZAF belongs to this'

Answer: Royal New Zealand Air Force


Question: 'Patented in 1855, the Bessemer process drastically lowered the cost of making this'

Answer: Steel


Question: 'Laffit Pincay Jr. with his 8,834th victory'

Answer: Bill Shoemaker


Question: 'Dante has to be told to quit staring at this beloved woman whom he hasn't seen for 10 years'

Answer: Beatrice


Question: 'Many writers start a screenplay with this 2-word phrase.  Then they have a drink.  Enough work for one day.'

Answer: Fade in


Question: 'In 1547 this country lost the Battle of Pinkie to the forces of Edward VI'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'This 1994 New Zealand-made film about 2 teen murderers starred Kate Winslet & Melanie Lynskey'

Answer: Heavenly Creatures


Question: 'After the 1930s this replaced coal tar as the major source for aromatic compounds'

Answer: Petroleum


Question: 'Wayne Gretzky with his 802nd career goal'

Answer: Gordie Howe


Question: 'Virgil introduces Dante to Manto, a long-haired woman for whom this Italian city is named'

Answer: Mantua


Question: 'Major League coach Jimmie Reese was the master of hitting these fly balls to fielders'

Answer: Fungos


Question: 'Owen Tudor went once more unto the breach & married the widow of this English king'

Answer: Henry V


Question: 'Being on the Cook Strait makes this second-largest city in population a bit windy'

Answer: Wellington


Question: 'Today jets of air or water zoom the weft through the shed on these machines'

Answer: Looms


Question: 'Mike Powell with his long jump of 29' 4 1/2"'

Answer: Bob Beamon


Question: 'Anyone reluctant to get into the boat headed for eternal darkness gets whacked with this ferryman's oar'

Answer: Charon


Question: 'This militant 19th century Irish group took its name from the army of saga hero Finn Maccumhail'

Answer: Fenians


Question: 'Henry VIII lived & died in this London palace whose name became a synonym for Britain's government'

Answer: Whitehall


Question: 'One of Iowa's top tourist attractions is a set from this 1989 movie'

Answer: Field of Dreams


Question: 'Louisa May Alcott based the main characters in this novel on herself & 3 sisters'

Answer: Little Women


Question: 'It's a perfect score in a gymnastics event'

Answer: 10


Question: 'Each minute 5 million of these are sent; how many of them are spam, we don't know'

Answer: E-mails


Question: 'You'll find this tropical bird on boxes of Kellogg's Froot Loops'

Answer: Toucan (Sam)


Question: 'His Simi Valley museum contains a nuclear missile that was deactivated while he was president'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'Female found amid the household staff'

Answer: Maid (amid)


Question: 'The mysterious Fedallah, a harpooner in this 1851 novel, is a Zoroastrian'

Answer: Moby Dick


Question: 'If a referee calls "offside" during a football game, the offending team may be penalized this many yards'

Answer: 5


Question: 'Men's Health magazine says the average guy can do 33 of these in a minute in his 20s, 21 in his 40s'

Answer: Push-ups


Question: 'One good one of these seabirds, including the Arctic variety, deserves another; that's why they're protected by law'

Answer: Tern


Question: 'The Guinness World of Records & Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium are on this boulevard of dreams'

Answer: Hollywood Boulevard


Question: 'At dusk Merlin waved his wand & Poof!  It was this start of the day again'

Answer: Dawn (wand)


Question: 'This character dozes at the tea party in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"'

Answer: Dormouse


Question: 'After a minor penalty in this sport, an offending player must leave the playing area for 2 minutes'

Answer: Ice hockey


Question: 'In a June 2000 film Nicolas Cage played a guy who could do this in a minute'

Answer: Steal a car


Question: 'This small pigeon noted for its soft cooing is mentioned in "The 12 Days of Christmas"'

Answer: Turtledove


Question: 'The Huntington Beach International Museum of this sport covers its history in music & memorabilia'

Answer: Surfing


Question: 'I can't stop eating this company's Grape-Nuts'

Answer: Post (stop)


Question: 'This Dickens villain who teaches boys to steal may have been based on a real criminal, Isaac Solomons'

Answer: Fagin


Question: '(Hi, I'm Robert Horry of the NBA.) This "line" is 15 feet in from the basket at both ends of a basketball court'

Answer: Foul/free throw line


Question: 'Each minute it pumps about 5 quarts of blood'

Answer: The heart


Question: 'The male of the cinnamon species of this duck is mainly red in color, not bluish-green'

Answer: Teal


Question: 'Check out a-one or a-two of the museum exhibits in this late bandleader's resort in Escondido'

Answer: Lawrence Welk


Question: 'A Roman mansion?  No, an English one'

Answer: Manor (Roman)


Question: 'In 1893 this author published "Catriona", a sequel to "Kidnapped"'

Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson


Question: 'In this sport the doubles alley is 4 1/2 feet wide'

Answer: Tennis


Question: 'Under the slogan "Real Estate for the Real World", this company claims on average to buy or sell a home every minute'

Answer: Century 21


Question: 'Eeek!  It's the tufted woodland bird seen here'

Answer: Titmouse


Question: 'In 2 Sacramento museums this company covers its historic express, banking & staging operations'

Answer: Wells Fargo


Question: 'Drat, it's what I did at the slot machines in Vegas'

Answer: Lost (slot)


Question: 'North Korea & Nepal'

Answer: China


Question: 'This Mouseketeer hadn't been to a "Beach Party" yet when she played Anita Cabrillo on TV's "Zorro" in the '50s'

Answer: Annette Funicello


Question: 'A signal that means cameras are running, or a traffic signal that cameras may catch you running'

Answer: Red light


Question: 'This Greek goddess of love & beauty had a girdle that made everyone love her'

Answer: Aphrodite


Question: 'Raising fears of a meltdown, this Pennsylvania nuclear facility seriously malfunctioned March 28, 1979'

Answer: Three Mile Island


Question: 'Printed letters sloping to the right'

Answer: Italics


Question: 'Yemen & Oman'

Answer: Saudi Arabia


Question: 'He was TV's Opie when he co-starred with Johnny Cash in the 1961 thriller "Door-to-Door Maniac"'

Answer: Ron Howard


Question: 'From its simple shape, it's the 3-letter name for the type of 19th century camera seen here'

Answer: Box camera


Question: 'The Egyptian falcon god Horus avenged the death of his father, this god of the dead, by killing the evil god Set'

Answer: Osiris


Question: 'On March 21, 1935 Persia was renamed this'

Answer: Iran


Question: '2-word rhyming term meaning very small'

Answer: Itsy bitsy/itty bitty


Question: 'Slovenia & France'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'Eileen Brennan reprised her movie role as Captain Lewis in this sitcom based on a Goldie Hawn film'

Answer: Private Benjamin


Question: 'This type of camera with a tiny aperture instead of a lens can be made from an oatmeal carton'

Answer: Pinhole camera


Question: 'She's the Hawaiian goddess who lives in the crater of Kilauea'

Answer: Pele


Question: 'This important U.S. document went into effect March 4, 1789'

Answer: The Constitution


Question: 'A restless craving or desire, hopefully not for poison ivy'

Answer: Itch


Question: 'Mozambique & Namibia'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'This co-star of "Just Shoot Me" earned a 1966 Oscar nomination for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"'

Answer: George Segal


Question: 'It's the CC in CCTV, a security camera system used by many businesses'

Answer: Closed circuit


Question: 'The priestesses who served this Roman goddess of the hearth took a 30-year vow of chastity'

Answer: Vesta


Question: 'On March 13, 1954 Communist Vietnamese forces began their successful siege of this French-held village'

Answer: Dien Bien Phu


Question: 'This 1946 film was based in part on the story "The Greatest Gift"'

Answer: It\'s A Wonderful Life


Question: 'Ecuador & Chile'

Answer: Peru


Question: 'This Brit battled pirates on the '50s TV series "The Buccaneers" long before he battled a movie shark in "Jaws"'

Answer: Robert Shaw


Question: 'This No. 1 maker of cameras & lenses for the movie & TV industries only rents, doesn't sell its equipment'

Answer: Panavision


Question: 'He's the Hindu god of good luck, seen here'

Answer: Ganesh


Question: 'On March 30, 1492 this grand inquisitor expelled the Jews from Spain'

Answer: Tomas de Torquemada


Question: 'A city of south central New York state, or the site of Odysseus' legendary kingdom'

Answer: Ithaca


Question: 'First elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1910, this Minister of War advocated staunch military preparedness'

Answer: Andre Maginot (creator of the Maginot Line)


Question: 'Memorabilia from "Julie & Julia" were recently added to Julia's kitchen exhibit at this Washington, D.C. complex'

Answer: the Smithsonian


Question: 'This 1968 George Romero classic filled rural Pennsylvania with zombies'

Answer: Night of the Living Dead


Question: 'Like his contemporary Johan Strauss Sr., Joseph Lanner composed this type of dance music'

Answer: the waltz


Question: 'About 500' high, Singapore's "The Flyer" is one of the world's tallest of these amusement park rides'

Answer: ferris wheel


Question: 'In 1981 James G. Nourse wrote the bestseller "The Simple Solution to" this puzzling toy phenomenon'

Answer: a Rubik\'s Cube


Question: 'Hyphenated adjective for food quickly chilled & vacuum dehydrated to preserve freshness'

Answer: freeze-dried


Question: 'As a newlywed, Julia learned to prepare food from Gourmet Magazine & this Erma Rombauer book'

Answer: The Joy of Cooking


Question: '& they thought alligators were bad!  In 1984's "C.H.U.D." zombies haunt this city's sewer system'

Answer: New York


Question: 'Between 1713 & 1730 Francois Couperin published 4 books of suites for this precursor of the piano'

Answer: the harpsichord


Question: 'Falling victim to a curse, this fairy tale maiden pricks her finger on a spinning-wheel spindle'

Answer: Sleeping Beauty


Question: 'These puzzles bear the name of the tool that's used to cut up & make them'

Answer: a jigsaw


Question: 'During the civil rights struggle, they took buses throughout the South to protest segregation'

Answer: the Freedom Riders


Question: 'Asked about her favorite comfort food, Julia quipped, "Red meat &" this liquor that's popularly paired with tonic'

Answer: gin


Question: 'In this infamously awful numerical 1959 Ed Wood film, aliens "Plan" to turn all of Earth into zombieland'

Answer: Plan 9 from Outer Space


Question: 'Fernando Sor was best known for his compositions for this instrument that would later be recorded by Andres Segovia'

Answer: the guitar


Question: 'Numerical term for a superfluous person; it could apply on a double date'

Answer: a fifth wheel


Question: 'A popular resort area, it's the second-most populous city in the Bahamas'

Answer: Freeport


Question: 'In 1963, Julia became a staple on PBS, hosting this long-running show'

Answer: The French Chef


Question: 'A London pub called The Winchester becomes zombie central in this 2004 Simon Pegg comedy'

Answer: Shaun of the Dead


Question: 'Bizet adapted a melody by Sebastian de Yradier for the "Habanera" in this opera'

Answer: Carmen


Question: 'In Tibetan Buddhism, one of these objects is inscribed with mantras & always rotated clockwise'

Answer: a prayer wheel


Question: 'This number grid puzzle takes its name from the Japanese for "single number"'

Answer: sudoku


Question: 'This alternate term for a pirate comes from the Dutch for "plunder"'

Answer: freebooter


Question: 'When World War II broke out, Julia, hoping to become a spy, joined the OSS, this forerunner of the CIA'

Answer: the Office of Strategic Services


Question: 'In this 2002 movie based on a video game, zombies swarm through an underground lab called The Hive'

Answer: Resident Evil


Question: 'Franz Sussmayr, a pupil of this composer, completed his "Requiem" after his death'

Answer: Mozart


Question: 'The "safety" version of this transport was the first to have wheels of equal size, unlike the penny-farthing'

Answer: bicycles


Question: 'The Knight's Tour & 8 Queens are logic puzzles using this game's board & its pieces'

Answer: chess


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a molecular animation on the monitor.)  In the body, these high-energy molecules can ricochet wildly & also damage cells'

Answer: free radicals


Question: 'Deposed by the Chinese, a religious leader with this title reached exile in Darjeeling, India in March'

Answer: Dalai Lama


Question: '"The Perfect Nanny"<br />by Jane & Michael Banks'

Answer: Mary Poppins


Question: 'This state bird of Wisconsin has beautiful blue eggs'

Answer: a robin


Question: 'A branch of math, it's also another name for tartar build up on the teeth'

Answer: calculus


Question: 'A French writer knows "bon mot" translates literally as this'

Answer: good word


Question: 'Ending an 800-year-old monarchy, in October this country became a republic & its last king, Manuel II, fled to England'

Answer: Portugal


Question: '"Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You"<br />by Frankie Valli'

Answer: Jersey Boys


Question: 'This flightless bird of South America is related to the ostrich & the emu'

Answer: the rhea


Question: 'Besides serving in politics, this Civil War general, famous for his whiskers, was the first president of the NRA'

Answer: Burnside


Question: 'George Carlin joked about this many words "you can never say on television"'

Answer: 7


Question: 'This Wall Street figure closed the year at 81.36'

Answer: the Dow Jones Industrial Average


Question: '"Oh, What A Circus"<br />by Che & Company'

Answer: Evita


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows three different kinds of bird feet on the monitor.)  There's a diversity of form & function in bird feet; whether for perching, for grasping or for defense, like the talons on these--a term for birds of prey'

Answer: a raptor


Question: 'Although first cultivated in China, this flower's name is from the Greek for "gold flower"'

Answer: Chrysanthemum


Question: 'The "Catch" is that this satirical writer was born in Brooklyn in 1923 (not '22)'

Answer: Joseph Heller


Question: 'Found in a Dostoyevsky title, it's one of the few English words that both start & end with "und"'

Answer: underground


Question: 'Boutros Ghali, the first native-born prime minister of this country, was assassinated in February'

Answer: Egypt


Question: '"Knowing Me, Knowing You"<br />by Sam Carmichael'

Answer: Mamma Mia


Question: 'I was run out of town on this marsh bird whose short-billed species are sometimes called crakes'

Answer: rail


Question: 'Measuring over 14 feet long with two faint images, it's been preserved at a royal chapel in Italy since 1578'

Answer: the Shroud of Turin


Question: 'He was born in New Albany, Mississippi in 1897, but soon moved with his parents to Oxford, Mississippi'

Answer: Faulkner


Question: 'Sesquipedalophobia is a fear of these, of which sesquipedalophobia is one'

Answer: long words


Question: 'U.S. Marines landed in this Central American country to protect U.S. banks that had loaned the country money'

Answer: Nicaragua


Question: '"Cool"<br />by Riff'

Answer: West Side Story


Question: 'It's the species of bird seen here, as well as the name for the collar of feathers'

Answer: ruff


Question: 'The first Hispanic American to get the Kennedy Center honor, in 2009 she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom'

Answer: Chita Rivera


Question: 'Its the New World country that takes its name from a Latin word for a metal'

Answer: Argentina


Question: 'A river is named for this man born in Scotland in 1764, the first European known to have crossed Canada'

Answer: Alexander Mackenzie


Question: 'This state has only 5 counties, with Providence the largest in area'

Answer: Rhode Island


Question: 'Johnny Carson's future sidekick, he made his national TV debut in 1950 playing a clown on CBS' "The Big Top"'

Answer: Ed McMahon


Question: 'Quite contrary gardener's yellow birds'

Answer: Mary\'s canaries


Question: 'Apparently, 15.7 million folks were fine with the job this president was doing; however, 22.8 million wanted a change with FDR'

Answer: (Herbert) Hoover


Question: 'I don't pity the fool seen here--his hair style is a reverse this Native American term'

Answer: a mohawk


Question: 'We can just see English poet Robert toting this company's hi-power Mark III 9mm pistol'

Answer: Browning


Question: 'This Sunflower State's unofficial nicknames include "Midway, U.S.A." & "Breadbasket of America"'

Answer: Kansas


Question: 'In 1966 Ringling Brothers clown Lou Jacobs became the first living person to appear on a United States one of these'

Answer: a postage stamp


Question: 'Non-fat-eating Jack's sombreros'

Answer: Sprat\'s hats


Question: 'In 2000 he got only 2.8 million votes, yet some say he tipped the election to the winner'

Answer: (Ralph) Nader


Question: 'A "Dick Tracy" villain has the same name as this style'

Answer: Flattop


Question: 'This German semi-automatic was first manufactured in 1900'

Answer: the Luger


Question: 'In 1871 the first major league pro baseball game was played in Fort Wayne in this state'

Answer: Indiana


Question: 'Creator Matt Groening has stated that this character was based on a Portland TV clown named Rusty Nails'

Answer: Krusty the Clown


Question: 'Reckless acts of the one who put the kettle on'

Answer: Polly\'s follies


Question: 'This man came up a mere 18 million votes short in the 1972 election'

Answer: George McGovern


Question: 'Hey, Moe, it's the dish-type cut seen here--Nyuck! Nyuck! Nyuck!'

Answer: a bowl


Question: 'One of the most prolific pistols ever created is the model 1851 navy 6-shooter from this manufacturer'

Answer: Colt


Question: 'Mount Mansfield, about 30 miles east of Lake Champlain, is this state's highest point'

Answer: Vermont


Question: 'In Cecil B. Demille's "The Greatest Show on Earth", he plays Buttons, a clown who was once a surgeon'

Answer: Jimmy Stewart


Question: 'Nimble candlestick jumper's press agents'

Answer: Jack\'s flacks


Question: 'In 1792 it was 132 Electoral College votes for Washington, to 1 for this future VP & gun enthusiast'

Answer: Aaron Burr


Question: 'A medieval lad, or the do sported for your enjoyment'

Answer: a pageboy


Question: 'In the Lincoln assassination, John Wilkes booth used a single-shot .44 caliber this'

Answer: Derringer


Question: 'A special interest license plate for Maryland urges us to "Treasure" this bay'

Answer: the Chesapeake


Question: 'A rodeo clown before becoming an actor, he "rode" an H-bomb to destruction in "Dr. Strangelove"'

Answer: (Slim) Pickens


Question: 'Solomon's boxers or briefs'

Answer: Grundy\'s undies


Question: 'In 1972 John Hospers won a single electoral vote as this freedom-loving party's Candidate for president'

Answer: the Libertarian Party


Question: 'Yeah, baby, Austin Powers knows this 4-letter cut seen here'

Answer: a shag


Question: 'Though the names don't start with M or P, this 2-named company makes the M&P compact 9mm'

Answer: Smith & Wesson


Question: 'This, used to filter food from water by certain whales, is a keratinized structure, much like hair or nails'

Answer: baleen


Question: 'This steak sauce dates back to 1824'

Answer: A1


Question: 'Tecumseh means "panther across the sky"; he was named for one of these celestial events at his birth'

Answer: a meteor shower (shooting star)


Question: 'Mittendorf's Dot is a congenital whitish-gray dot on the lens of this organ'

Answer: the eye


Question: 'Mercutio, who has a few choice words about the Montagues & Capulets before dying'

Answer: Tybalt


Question: 'The official website for this TV series has included Sears Moments & Ty's Bio'

Answer: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition


Question: 'The most intelligent of all invertebrates is thought to be O. vulgaris, the common type of this cephalopod'

Answer: an octopus


Question: 'The MPAA gives this for any depiction of drug use & more than brief nudity'

Answer: PG-13


Question: 'In 1810 Tecumseh met with this general & future president about white claims to Indian land'

Answer: William Henry Harrison


Question: 'A prefix referring to skin, or a Jewish-American sausage also called kishke'

Answer: derma


Question: 'Brutus'

Answer: Himself


Question: 'Since 1994, this TV newsmagazine has dished up celebrity scoop--read all about it'

Answer: Extra


Question: 'Males of this small marine creature carry the fertilized eggs in a brood pouch beneath a prehensile tail'

Answer: seahorses


Question: 'In 1997 this cable network established its save the music foundation'

Answer: VH1


Question: 'During this war, Tecumseh allied himself with the British & died during its Battle of the Thames River'

Answer: The War of 1812


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew presents a textbook physics experiment.)  Interweave two books together & you won't be able to pull them apart, because the spine compresses the pages & creates this force between each page'

Answer: friction


Question: 'Regan (then she offs herself)'

Answer: Goneril


Question: 'Tommy Lee Jones won an Emmy for playing Gary Gilmore in the TV adaptation of this book'

Answer: The Executioner\'s Song


Question: 'The loggerhead species of this reptile often feeds on jellyfish in the open seas'

Answer: turtle


Question: 'Some people get shots of this vitamin also called cobalamin; it helps keep the nervous system working'

Answer: B-12


Question: 'Richard Johnson, this 8th president's Veep, claimed to have killed Tecumseh & used it to his political advantage'

Answer: Van Buren


Question: 'During a thunderstorm, this faint glowing light sometimes appears around masts of sailing ships & treetops'

Answer: St. Elmo\'s Fire


Question: 'Roderigo, already wounded by Cassio (this guy lets everyone do the hard work for him!)'

Answer: Iago


Question: 'Fans of the punk rock group X know that Christine Cervenka changed her first name to this'

Answer: Exene


Question: 'This name for a common sea snail is also that of a blue-violet flower'

Answer: periwinkle


Question: 'Based in Thames house, the United Kingdom's domestic security service has this name'

Answer: MI5


Question: 'Tecumseh was a member of this Indian tribe of which his brother was "The Prophet"'

Answer: the Shawnee


Question: 'Sherlock Holmes smokes a calabash pipe made from this mineral whose name is German for "sea foam"'

Answer: meerschaum


Question: 'Richard III, for lack of an equine'

Answer: Henry VII


Question: 'This existentialist drama closed after just a few weeks on Broadway in 1946, thus disproving its own title'

Answer: No Exit


Question: 'The set for this 1878 work was a reproduction of the quarterdeck of Lord Nelson's flagship'

Answer: H.M.S. Pinafore


Question: 'On the 70th anniversary of this brand in 1998, Mr. Whipple gave America permission to squeeze it'

Answer: the Charmin (bathroom tissue)


Question: 'After his return from Europe in June of 1927, he received a hero's welcome & a ticker tape parade'

Answer: Charles Lindbergh


Question: 'In the 1930s this platinum blonde bombshell starred in "Platinum Blonde" & "Bombshell"'

Answer: Jean Harlow


Question: 'On April 15, 1865 Edwin Stanton said this man "belongs to the ages"'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'From a Dutch term, it's a leather case where you keep your six shooter, pardner'

Answer: a holster


Question: '"Pin the nose on the witch" is a Halloween variation of this ever-popular party game'

Answer: pin the tail on the donkey


Question: 'Gordon Jump has played this lonely pitchman since 1989'

Answer: the Maytag Repairman


Question: 'This term came into vogue for the type of woman seen here'

Answer: a flapper


Question: 'This "bathing beauty" dove into films in 1942, in "Andy Hardy's Double Life"'

Answer: Esther Williams


Question: 'In August 1997 Steve Jobs told him via cell phone, "Thank You.  The world's a better place"'

Answer: Bill Gates


Question: 'It can be a soldier's flask, or a small cafeteria'

Answer: a canteen


Question: 'Term for the paper hats & noisemakers given to guests, or the tokens fair ladies gave to their knights'

Answer: favors


Question: 'Before his big 1998 wedding, this actor signed for up to 7 more years as AAMCO's spokesman'

Answer: James Brolin


Question: 'In 1927 Ford introduced this car to replace the Model T'

Answer: the Model A


Question: 'This famous TV dad directed his son Rick in the 1965 romantic comedy "Love And Kisses"'

Answer: Ozzie Nelson


Question: 'In 1974 he said, "I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your president"'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'Hopefully this legendary container is full when you get to the end of the rainbow'

Answer: a pot of gold


Question: 'On television, Paul Reiser touts this long distance provider's "One Rate Plus"'

Answer: AT&T


Question: 'In 1921 this man seen here realized his lifelong dream of becoming U.S. Chief Justice'

Answer: William Howard Taft


Question: 'This British PM's daughter Sarah played Fred Astaire's love interest in the 1951 film "Royal Wedding"'

Answer: Winston Churchill


Question: 'In July 1997 CNN touted it as "the little rover that could"'

Answer: Sojourner


Question: 'These underground cemeteries around Rome contain the remains of many early Christians'

Answer: catacombs


Question: 'This former world leader used the royalties from his Pizza Hut commercial to fund his foundation'

Answer: Mikhail Gorbachev


Question: 'In the St. Valentine's Day Massacre of 1929, 7 members of this man's gang were shot dead'

Answer: Bugs Moran


Question: 'This 1955 film was based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning play'

Answer: Picnic


Question: 'In 1903 he reportedly said, "Damn the law!  I want the canal built"'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'In Psalm 23 it's more than full'

Answer: "My cup runneth over"


Question: 'Feat performed May 17, 1998 by David Wells; it was only the 13th time in the 20th century'

Answer: Pitching a perfect game


Question: 'A century before the U.S.S. Nautilus, the Confederacy had 2 of these new ships, the Pioneer  & the Hunley'

Answer: Submarines


Question: 'This Rudyard Kipling classic begins with the story of "Mowgli's Brothers"'

Answer: The Jungle Book


Question: 'The snipe in guttersnipe is one of these creatures that frequent the mud at the edge of a pond'

Answer: Bird


Question: 'He finally won an Oscar in 1952 for playing a raffish yet courageous riverboat captain'

Answer: Humphrey Bogart ("The African Queen")


Question: 'A little red wine is usually added to make this popular color of champagne'

Answer: Rose/pink


Question: 'This strikeput king's last season, 1993, was marred by injuries & a fistfight with Robin Ventura'

Answer: Nolan Ryan


Question: 'This July 1861 campaign in Virginia began as the Affair at Blackburn's Ford'

Answer: First Bull Run


Question: 'She's Jane & Michael Banks' magical nanny'

Answer: Mary Poppins


Question: 'Meaning to vacillate between 2 choices, this phrase was originally "shall I, shall I"'

Answer: Shilly-Shally


Question: 'In a Herman Wouk novel, crazy Captain Queeg commanded this vessel'

Answer: Caine


Question: 'A classic champagne cocktail contains a dash of the Angostura type of this ingredient'

Answer: Bitters


Question: 'Intimidating moundsman seen here (in a Houston Astros uniform)'

Answer: Randy Johnson


Question: 'This grandson of the ninth president commanded troops in the Army of the Cumberland'

Answer: Benjamon Harrison


Question: 'A famous book by Crockett Johnson tells of a little boy named Harold & his adventures with this color crayon'

Answer: Purple


Question: 'From the French for "discomfited", to be "left in" this is to be left in trouble without help'

Answer: In the lurch


Question: 'The British captured this courageous captain Sept. 21, 1776 on his return from a spy mission'

Answer: Nathan Hale


Question: 'The songwriter who wrote, "I get no kick from champagne, mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all"'

Answer: Cole Porter


Question: 'Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1971, he got his nickname carrying bags at a Mobile, Alabama depot'

Answer: Leroy "Satchel" Paige


Question: 'It's no secret, "The Long Secret" was Louise Fitzhugh's sequel to this book about a little girl snoop'

Answer: Harriet The Spy


Question: 'This 3-letter word for "class" or "kind" usually follows the phrase "of that ..."'

Answer: Ilk


Question: 'Killed by Communist forces 10 days after WWII, this U.S. Army captain has his own "society"'

Answer: John Birch


Question: 'This pitcher named for a U.S. president was played by Ronald Reagan in "The Winning Team"'

Answer: Grover Cleveland Alexander


Question: 'The 1986 Newberry Medal went to this book about a mail-order bride who joins a family on the prairie'

Answer: Sarah, Plain And Tall


Question: 'This word meaning "to gad about" may be an alteration of gallant'

Answer: Gallivant


Question: 'The courageous captain of this spectral ship is condemned to sail the seas until judgment day'

Answer: The Flying Dutchman


Question: 'A New Deal agency & a present-day organization, both using an eagle symbol, share these initials'

Answer: NRA (National Recovery Administration & National Rifle Association)


Question: 'The Helgafell, one of these dormant for thousands of years, erupted on the island of Heimaey in 1973'

Answer: Volcano


Question: 'The name of this vegetable comes from the Latin words caulis -- "stalk" -- & flos -- "flower"'

Answer: Cauliflower


Question: 'Carroll O' Connor, star of this classic sitcom, joined the cast of "Party Of Five" in 1996'

Answer: "All In The Family"


Question: 'The predicate is the part of the sentence that contains this & its modifiers, objects & complements'

Answer: Verb


Question: 'Time called this 1963 choice the symbol of the Negro revolution'

Answer: Martin Luther King, Jr.


Question: 'It's used to measure 3 feet'

Answer: Yardstick


Question: 'Iceland is one of the few countries that lack this form of transportation; freight is moved by trucks'

Answer: Trains/Railroads


Question: 'This fruit is divided into wine & table groups'

Answer: Grapes


Question: 'He played Tony on "Taxi", Tony on "Who's The Boss?" & Tony on "Hudson Street"'

Answer: Tony Danza


Question: 'Nouns have 3 cases: nominative, objective & this, usually indicated by 's'

Answer: Possessive


Question: 'This Soviet leader was Time's Man of the Year for 1987 & of the Decade in 1989'

Answer: Mikhail Gorbachev


Question: 'Computer or video game cursor mover'

Answer: Joystick


Question: 'Icelandic people like to eat skyr, which is similar to this fermented dairy product'

Answer: Yogurt


Question: 'The acorn variety of this is often cut in half, deseeded & baked'

Answer: Squash


Question: 'It's a fact: "The Facts of Life" was a spinoff from this Gary Coleman series'

Answer: Diff\'rent Strokes


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />If your teacher uses the following symbol on your term paper, it indicates this:  (backward "P" combined with a "H")'

Answer: Begin a new paragraph


Question: 'The article on this Iranian, 1979's choice, was subtitled "The Mystic Who Lit The Fires of Hatred"'

Answer: Ayatollah Khomeini


Question: 'In your car's engine, it lets you know oil's well'

Answer: Dipstick


Question: 'The only land mammal native to Iceland is the Arctic type of this vulpine animal'

Answer: Fox


Question: 'The rutabaga is related to this root vegetable; it's sometimes called a "yellow" one'

Answer: Turnip


Question: 'Alice Nelson was this family's housekeeper'

Answer: "The Brady Bunch"


Question: 'The phrase "To take arms against a sea of troubles" is a "mixed" one of these figures of speech'

Answer: Metaphor


Question: '6 foot 2, eyes of blue, this pilot was Time's Man of the Year for 1927'

Answer: Charles Lindbergh


Question: 'A device, ploy or angle to increase appeal or attention; you gotta have one'

Answer: Gimmick


Question: 'This capital city, the cultural center of Iceland, is the home of the country's national theatre'

Answer: Reykjavik


Question: 'This tropical fruit is sometimes called a pawpaw though the true pawpaw is an entirely different fruit'

Answer: Papaya


Question: '"Silver Spoons" ' Strattons & the ghoulish family on this '60s sitcom lived on Mockingbird Lane'

Answer: "The Munsters"


Question: 'Latin for "thus", this 3-letter word is put in brackets to indicate an error in a quote'

Answer: sic


Question: 'Time chose this Chinese leader for 1978 & 1985 & spelled his name differently each time'

Answer: Deng Xiao-Ping/Teng Hsiao-Ping


Question: 'To criticize inconsequential details'

Answer: Nitpick


Question: 'This boy emperor of Egypt's 18th dynasty returned the capital to Thebes'

Answer: Tutankhamen


Question: '"America! America!  God shed his grace on thee, and crown thy good with" this'

Answer: Brotherhood


Question: 'John Hunt, leader of the expedition that put Edmund Hillary atop this mountain, was made a baron'

Answer: Mount Everest


Question: 'Now employed in welding, this gas, He, has been used to lift balloons & dirigibles'

Answer: Helium


Question: 'He originally called his "Peanuts" comic strip "Li'l Folks"'

Answer: Charles Schulz


Question: '"Little Women" Jo & Meg March also appear in this author's "Little Men"'

Answer: Louisa May Alcott


Question: 'Roman girls wore this famous garment until they married & adopted the stola or matron's dress'

Answer: Toga


Question: '"Memory" from this Andrew Lloyd Webber show begins, "Midnight, not a sound from the pavement"'

Answer: "Cats"


Question: 'Mount Fairweather contains the highest point in this westernmost Canadian province'

Answer: British Columbia


Question: 'The gas you exhale, it makes dry ice when solid'

Answer: Carbon Dioxide


Question: 'In 1844 he succeeded Joseph Smith as leader of the Mormon Church'

Answer: Brigham Young


Question: 'Of William Golding's Piggy, George Orwell's Napoleon or E.B. White's Wilbur, the one that's not a pig'

Answer: Piggy


Question: 'This 2-wheeled military vehicle was introduced to Egypt from Asia in the 2nd millennium B.C.'

Answer: Chariot


Question: 'Bob Dylan wrote, "How does it feel to be without a home, like a complete unknown, like" one of these'

Answer: A Rolling Stone


Question: 'It's said the name of this mountain near Pompeii comes from a word for smoke'

Answer: Vesuvius


Question: 'A calorimeter measures the amount of this added to or removed from a process'

Answer: Heat


Question: 'Against Billie Jean King's advice, she gave up tennis & eventually became the first American woman in space'

Answer: Sally Ride


Question: 'In books by C.S. Lewis, Aslan, one of these animals, created the world of Narnia'

Answer: Lion


Question: 'Knossos on this island was the center of a highly developed civilization in the 2nd millennium B.C.'

Answer: Crete


Question: 'Elvis sang, "You ain't nothin' but" one of these, "cryin' all the time"'

Answer: Hound Dog


Question: 'Mountain range where the Donner party spent the winter of 1846-47'

Answer: Sierra Nevadas


Question: 'An acid gives up these subatomic particles; a base receives them'

Answer: Protons


Question: 'In 1947 this rear admiral was officer-in-charge of the largest Antarctic expedition by a single country'

Answer: Richard Byrd


Question: '"A fella ain't no good alone", says Tom Joad in this Steinbeck novel'

Answer: "The Grapes of Wrath"


Question: 'In his teens he began helping Hasdrubal impose Carthaginian domination on the Iberian Peninsula'

Answer: Hannibal


Question: 'Verse 1 of this Woody Guthrie song begins, "As I was walking that ribbon of highway"'

Answer: "This Land Is Your Land"


Question: 'This New Hampshire range includes the Franconia Mountains & the Presidential Range'

Answer: White Mountains


Question: 'Main branch of chemistry that deals with both plastics & proteins'

Answer: Organic Chemistry


Question: 'For his part in the Gulf War, this "Stormin" general received the Distinguished Order of Kuwait'

Answer: Norman Schwarzkopf


Question: 'Family marooned by author Johann Wyss'

Answer: Swiss Family Robinson


Question: 'This New York univ. is named for the family whose company was the first to sell toothpaste in a tube'

Answer: Colgate University


Question: 'Lewis Latimer developed a carbon filament for this device & later worked for its inventor'

Answer: Light bulb


Question: 'This ship accessory is firmly set in the Marine Corps emblem'

Answer: Anchor


Question: 'William Goldman won an Oscar for the screenplay to this Newman-Redford flick'

Answer: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid


Question: 'Xavier Herbert's debut novel, "Capricornia", explores the lives of Aborigines in this country's northern Outback'

Answer: Australia


Question:
'CUB
URSINE
PANDA
POLAR'

Answer: Bear


Question: 'This state's school of mines, based in Golden, has an experimental mine in Idaho Springs'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'Bessie Pullman, seen here on a Black Heritage stamp, traveled to Europe to earn this type of license'

Answer: Pilot\'s license


Question: 'The stars of a 4-star Army general are this color'

Answer: Silver


Question: 'This singer's films include the westerns "Flaming Star", "Charro!" & "Love Me Tender"'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Question: 'This southern playwright's first novel, "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone", became a film starring Vivian Leigh'

Answer: Tennessee Williams


Question:
'LOFT
TRACTOR
HORSE
LAMB'

Answer: Farm (the third letter)


Question: 'This state's Wilkes-Barre district won a mine reclamation award for its Upper Lehigh site'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'Starting in 1927, this "noble" man's big band broadcast on radio from Harlem's Cotton Club'

Answer: Duke Ellington


Question: 'In the Army it's the bird a Colonel Sanders would sport'

Answer: Eagle


Question: 'This Dustin Hoffman title character was also known as Jack Crab & the Soda Pop Kid'

Answer: Little Big Man


Question: 'This 19th century New Englander later tried to destroy all the copies of his anonymous first novel, "Fanshawe"'

Answer: Nathaniel Hawthorne


Question:
'ROBIN
SWIFT
TERN
BUDGIE'

Answer: Bird (third letter again)


Question: 'Historic mining centers in this state include Gallup for coal & Grants for uranium'

Answer: New Mexico


Question: 'John Brown called this woman a "general" because of her bravery in helping slaves escape'

Answer: Harriet Tubman


Question: 'A private E-2 has one of these -- the symbol, not the gas station'

Answer: Chevron


Question: 'As deputy Tom Destry in "Destry Rides Again", this actor drinks milk & refuses to carry guns'

Answer: Jimmy Stewart


Question: 'Not surprisingly, Ireland is the setting for this "Circle of Friends" author's first novel, "Light A Penny Candle"'

Answer: Maeve Binchy


Question:
'BLOWING
CLARINET
TORNADO
OUTDOOR'

Answer: Wind (the fourth letter)


Question: 'The documentary "Harlan County U.S.A." studies a miners' strike in this state'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: '"I cannot offer you money, position or fame", he said when he offered George Washington Carver a job at Tuskegee'

Answer: Booker T. Washington


Question: 'This top Navy rank, only used in wartime, wears 1 2-inch stripe with 4 1/2-inchers'

Answer: Fleet Admiral


Question: 'This Auchincloss used the pen name Andrew Lee in his first novel, "The Indifferent Children"'

Answer: Louis Auchincloss


Question:
'ASTERISK
STRIPE
DAVID
BRIGHT'

Answer: Star (the second letter)


Question: 'A 1907 disaster killed some 360 coal miners near Fairmont in this state'

Answer: West Virginia


Question: 'A computer programmed by Dr. David Fogel taught itself this game that includes jumping & crowning'

Answer: checkers


Question: 'This Laker coach inspired Shaq by giving him a volume of Nietzsche'

Answer: Phil Jackson


Question: 'The Federal Highway Administration'

Answer: Transportation


Question: 'This synonym for "actor" is taken from the name of a real actor of ancient Greece'

Answer: thespian (from Thespis)


Question: 'This term for a young woman of the '20s may come from the sound of her unfastened boots'

Answer: flapper


Question: 'If you're this "on your luck", you might also be this "in the mouth"'

Answer: down


Question: 'These hunting birds have made a comeback in New York City, where they feast on pigeons'

Answer: peregrine falcons


Question: 'In 1992 this team pulled the No. 1 draft pick out of a hat & used it on Shaq'

Answer: the Orlando Magic


Question: 'The Secret Service'

Answer: Treasury


Question: 'The dramatization of this Erskine Caldwell novel ran for more than 3,000 performances on Broadway'

Answer: Tobacco Road


Question:
'This woman took the song heard here to No. 1:

"These boots are made for walkin'..."'

Answer: Nancy Sinatra


Question: 'Often followed by "up", it can mean "not liquored up" or "serious in demeanor"'

Answer: sobered


Question: 'This virus named for an African area killed 7 people in New York state in 1999'

Answer: West Nile Virus


Question: 'Shaq dismissed this person in the rap "Biological Didn't Bother"'

Answer: his father


Question: 'The Diplomatic Security Service'

Answer: State


Question: 'Tracey Ullman & Helen Hunt were Kate & Bianca in a Wild West-set 1990 production of this play'

Answer: The Taming of the Shrew


Question: '"They" did this "With Their Boots On" in the title of a 1941 Errol Flynn flick'

Answer: Died


Question: 'This 7-letter word for "thoughtful" comes from the French for "to think"'

Answer: pensive


Question: 'This eel-like fish seen here is the biggest threat among species invading the Great Lakes'

Answer: the lamprey eel


Question: 'Rhyming name for the opposing plan that gave Shaq 39 free throws in a game in the 2000 finals'

Answer: hack-a-Shaq


Question: 'The office of the Surgeon General'

Answer: Health & Human Services


Question: 'Collective name for Harvey Fierstein's 3 plays about a drag queen named Arnold'

Answer: Torch Song Trilogy


Question: 'They can be long-legged aquatic birds or hip boots worn by aquatic fishermen'

Answer: waders


Question: 'As well as "in good humor", it means a machine that grinds up pieces of wood'

Answer: chipper


Question: 'Asperger's syndrome is a high-IQ form of this condition that isolates kids from the world'

Answer: autism


Question: 'Shaq's nicknames for himself include "The Big" version of this defecting dancer'

Answer: (Mikhail) Baryshnikov


Question: 'The Drug Enforcement Administration'

Answer: Justice


Question: 'This country music saxophonist was a shoe-in for greatness with hit songs like "Yakety Sax"'

Answer: Boots Randolph


Question: 'John Quincy Adams' last words were "I am" this synonym of satisfied'

Answer: content


Question: 'Ironically, this synonym for a stupid person is based on the name of 1 of the most brilliant scholars of the 14th c.'

Answer: Dunce (from John Duns Scotus)


Question: 'This Dr. Seuss animal said, "'That is that.'  And then he was gone with a tip of his hat."'

Answer: The Cat in the Hat


Question: 'The Bimini Islands of the Bahamas lie about 50 miles east of this state'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'This cereal isn't named after the Flintstones' daughter but for the little bitty stones it resembles'

Answer: Pebbles


Question: 'Tom Hanks & Carrie Fisher were "Jeopardy!" fans in this black comedy of life in suburbia'

Answer: The Burbs


Question: 'Magma that reaches the earth's surface is called this'

Answer: Lava


Question: 'A native of Tangier or a citrus fruit'

Answer: T-A-N-G-E-R-I-N-E


Question: 'Robert Louis Stevenson wrote "A Child's Garden of" these'

Answer: Verses


Question: 'State that suffered the most severe damage from 1989's Hurricane Hugo'

Answer: South Carolina


Question: 'Though the "Silly Rabbit" hopes otherwise, he's constantly reminded this cereal is "for kids"'

Answer: Trix


Question: 'Cassandra Peterson co-wrote & starred in a 1988 film about this "Mistress of the Dark"'

Answer: Elvira


Question: 'The word volcano comes from the name of this Roman god of fire'

Answer: Vulcan


Question: 'It's the continent that surrounds the South Pole'

Answer: A-N-T-A-R-C-T-I-C-A


Question: 'He's the author & illustrator of "If Beagles Could Fly"'

Answer: Charles Schulz


Question: 'This state has over 50 peaks above 14,000 feet but none over 14,500 feet'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'Since 1984 this animal's been depicted on the front of the Kellogg's Corn Flakes box'

Answer: Cornelius the Rooster


Question: 'Kathleen Turner fainted after she was elected queen of her high school reunion in this 1986 film'

Answer: Peggy Sue Got Married


Question: 'Of the world's active volcanoes, about 60% are along the perimeter of this ocean'

Answer: Pacific


Question: 'This muscular tube leads from the pharynx to the stomach'

Answer: E-S-O-P-H-A-G-U-S


Question: 'In "The Jungle Book" Shere Khan is one of these wild animals'

Answer: a tiger


Question: 'Wyoming is nicknamed "The Equality State" because it was the first to do this'

Answer: allow women to vote


Question: 'After you've finished all of this doll's cereal, she can use the box as a coffee table'

Answer: Barbie


Question: 'According to the title of an animated 1989 film, "All Dogs" do this'

Answer: Go to Heaven


Question: '57 people died when this volcano in the Cascade range erupted in 1980'

Answer: Mount St. Helens


Question: 'This small Hawaiian guitar was derived from a Portuguese instument'

Answer: U-K-U-L-E-L-E


Question: 'Walter L. Farley wrote 20 novels about this dark horse'

Answer: the Black Stallion


Question: 'Classified as a Mid-Atlantic state, this state doesn't touch an ocean, but it does border Lake Erie'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'In addition to being teenage, mutant & ninja-trained, these animals have a cereal'

Answer: Turtles


Question: 'She not only starred in "Nuts", she produced it & wrote some of the music'

Answer: Barbra Streisand


Question: 'This island nation has more than 100 active volcanoes including Krakatoa'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'A pig-like animal whose name sounds like a slender candle'

Answer: T-A-P-I-R


Question: 'In 1979 technicians at this company's Shibaura plant in Tokyo developed the Walkman'

Answer: Sony


Question: 'It's a curved, springy stick about 29 inches long with a flat ribbon of hair attached to it'

Answer: the bow


Question: 'In French, sentences placing "ne" before the verb & "pas" after it make it this'

Answer: negative


Question: 'He overestimated the size of Asia & underestimated the Earth, so he thought he'd reached the Orient'

Answer: Christopher Columbus


Question: 'Common name for monochromatism, which makes the world seem black, white & gray'

Answer: colorblindness


Question: 'An atoll in the south seas, or the 2-piece bathing suit named for it'

Answer: Bikini


Question: 'He experimented with submarines before building the first commercially successful steamboat'

Answer: Robert Fulton


Question: 'The finest violins ever made, they bear the Latinized form of their maker's name'

Answer: Stradivarius


Question: 'An official language of Kenya, its name means "coast people"'

Answer: Swahili


Question: 'He was hoping the river named for him would lead him to the Pacific, but he only got to Albany'

Answer: Henry Hudson


Question: 'Of measles, mumps or chicken pox, the one for which no vaccine is generally available'

Answer: Chicken pox


Question: 'The current president of baseball's American League, or the singer heard here:'

Answer: Bobby Brown


Question: 'A noise reduction system for audio tapes is named for this man, its inventor'

Answer: Ray Dolby


Question: 'The rest for this part of the body was invented about 1820, probably by violinist Ludwig Spohr'

Answer: Chin


Question: 'Among languages spoken by more than 1 million people, it's the only one whose name begins with "V"'

Answer: Vietnamese


Question: 'He was standing on Darien Peak on the isthmus of Panama when he became the first European to see the Pacific'

Answer: Balboa


Question: 'An exact copy of a cell, a gene or an organism is called this'

Answer: a clone


Question: 'The actor who played Jock Ewing on "Dallas", or the cartoonist who created "Garfield"'

Answer: Jim Davis


Question: 'This invention was also called "The Pennsylvania Fireplace"'

Answer: the Franklin Stove (or Oven or Furnace)


Question: 'This Tel Aviv-born violinist overcame polio & first performed in public at age 9'

Answer: Yithzak Perlman


Question: 'You don't have to be crazy to know "meshugga" is from this language'

Answer: Yiddish


Question: 'This founder of Quebec also discovered the large lake named for him'

Answer: Samuel de Champlain


Question: 'Nightmares occur during REM sleep, which is defined as this'

Answer: rapid eye movement


Question: 'A D.C. daily newspaper, or the march John Philip Sousa wrote for it'

Answer: The Washington Post


Question: 'Edwin Herbert Land first demonstrated this invention in 1947'

Answer: the Polaroid camera


Question: 'Baroque composer whose most famous works are the violin concertos known as "The Four Seasons"'

Answer: Antonio Vivaldi


Question: 'This saint should be praised for coming up with the script for the Russian alphabet'

Answer: St. Cyril (or his brother Methodius)


Question: '9 years before Da Gama, he led the first European expedition to round the Cape of Good Hope'

Answer: Bartolomeo Diaz


Question: 'Leukemia is marked by an uncontrolled proliferation of these cells'

Answer: white blood cells


Question: 'Roman goddess associated with the Greek Nike, or the capital of British Columbia'

Answer: Victoria


Question: 'In April 1775 Gen. J. Warren made him an official messenger of the Committee of Safety'

Answer: Paul Revere


Question: 'The Jarube Tehuano is a folk dance from this North American country'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'With 16 planes built, construction of this supersonic transport ended in 1979'

Answer: Concorde


Question: 'Yachting & horse racing are popular pastimes in Rio but this sport rules supreme'

Answer: Futbol (Soccer)


Question: 'Easter is the Christian version of this Jewish feast with which it often coincides'

Answer: Passover


Question: '"The Bridesmaids" is a memoir about this actress' 1956 royal wedding by one of her bridesmaids'

Answer: Grace Kelly


Question: 'To chill champagne, or to postpone a project'

Answer: Put on ice


Question: 'Auguste Bournonville, the father of Danish ballet, was born in this capital city in 1805'

Answer: Copenhagen


Question: 'It's the nickname of the H-4 Hercules, the flying boat Howard Hughes piloted in 1947'

Answer: "The Spruce Goose"


Question: 'With all of the festivities, the most exciting time to visit Rio is during this, their Mardi Gras'

Answer: Carnaval


Question: 'Thousands of New Yorkers traditionally stroll down this avenue on Easter showing off their new clothes'

Answer: Fifth Avenue


Question: 'Her gown had a 17 1/2' train & was embellished with the initials "S" & "A" when she married Prince Andrew'

Answer: Sarah Ferguson


Question: 'Incidentally'

Answer: By the way


Question: 'The Giga is the Italian version of this lively dance popular in England & Ireland'

Answer: Jig


Question: 'In 1995 Eileen Collins became the first American woman to pilot one of these'

Answer: Space Shuttle


Question: 'A Rio museum honors this entertainer known for her lavish gowns & fruity headgear'

Answer: Carmen Miranda


Question: 'The Venerable Bede traced the word Easter to Eostre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of this season'

Answer: Spring


Question: 'In 1993 Harvard grad Masako Owada became the 1st career woman to marry a crown prince of this country'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'It might mean to fall asleep in a barn loft'

Answer: Hit the hay


Question: 'Charles Weidman danced the role of this silent film idol in the modern dance work "Flickers"; tres "sheik"'

Answer: Rudolf Valentino


Question: 'By 1940 Artem Mikoyan & Mikhail Gurevich produced the first of these Soviet fighter planes'

Answer: Mig


Question: 'Less than 20 minutes from downtown, you'll find this famous beach, followed by Ipanema & Leblon'

Answer: Copacabana


Question: 'Easter is called this kind of feast because its date can vary between March 22 & April 25'

Answer: A moveable feast


Question: 'On July 29, 1981 she looked just like Cinderella when she rode to St. Paul's Cathedral in a glass coach'

Answer: Diana Spencer (Princess Diana)


Question: 'Be number one on a list of entertainers in a show'

Answer: Top the bill


Question: 'These married dancers popularized the Castle Polka'

Answer: Vernon & Irene Castle


Question: 'Referring to the way certain aircraft rise up & touch down, the abbreviation VTOL stands for this'

Answer: Vertical Takeoff & Landing


Question: 'This rocky landmark that rises above Guanabara Bay is known as Pao de Acucar in Portuguese'

Answer: The Sugarloaf


Question: 'Oberammergau, Germany is home to a famous one of these performances that dramatize the Easter story'

Answer: Passion Play


Question: 'In 1978 American-born Lisa Halaby married King Hussein at Zaharan Palace in this capital city'

Answer: Amman, Jordan


Question: 'Dance like Fred Astaire, or scissor one toupee'

Answer: Cut a rug


Question: 'Capt. Charles D. Sigsbee was in command of this ship when it blew up February 15, 1898'

Answer: The Maine


Question: 'Most of this country's vineyards are in the area around Lake Geneva'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'This Belgian capital constitutes 1 of the country's 3 administrative regions'

Answer: Brussels


Question: 'While teaching Russian literature at Cornell, he wrote his famous novel "Lolita"'

Answer: Vladimir Nabokov


Question: 'Probate is the legal procedure by which one of these documents is proven valid or invalid'

Answer: Will


Question: 'She was a year younger than James Dean when they made this 1956 film'

Answer: "Giant"


Question: 'Samuel Smith wrote this song to a melody he found in a German book, not knowing it was England's anthem'

Answer: "America" (or "My Country, \'Tis Of Thee")


Question: 'Sekt is the German equivalent of this celebrated French sparkling wine'

Answer: Champagne


Question: 'Venice is known as the "Queen Of" this sea'

Answer: Adriatic


Question: '"Much Obliged, Jeeves", this author's last collection of Bertie-&-Jeeves stories, was published in 1971'

Answer: P.G. Wodehouse


Question: 'It's defined as one who could testify regarding what he had seen'

Answer: Eyewitness


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />In 1942's "There's One Born Every Minute", Liz sang a duet with this person seen here:'

Answer: Carl "Alfalfa" Schweitzer


Question: '1840s guidebooks could lead you landmark by landmark along this trail from Independence to Astoria'

Answer: Oregon Trail


Question: 'Wine is produced in this grand duchy, along the Moselle River'

Answer: Luxembourg


Question: 'Gilbertese, a Micronesian language, is widely spoken in Kiribati, an island country in this ocean'

Answer: Pacific


Question: 'It begins, "In the ancient city of London....A boy was born to a poor family of the name of Canty...."'

Answer: "The Prince And The Pauper"


Question: 'This word can mean to terminate a right or to quench a flame'

Answer: Extinguish


Question: 'As Amy in this 1949 film, she marries Laurie after Jo rejects him'

Answer: "Little Women"


Question: 'Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt & Alfred E. Smith all held this political post'

Answer: Governor of New York


Question: 'Blue Nun & Crown Of Crowns are 2 of the biggest producers of this famous German wine'

Answer: Liebfraumilch


Question: 'You'll find San Marino, one of the world's smallest countries, in these mountains'

Answer: Apennines


Question: 'In novels by Baroness Orczy, this colorful hero is really Sir Percy Blakeney'

Answer: "The Scarlet Pimpernel"


Question: 'In 1967 she starred in this Shakespearean comedy with Richard Burton'

Answer: The Taming of the Shrew


Question: 'The Treaty of New Echota said these Indians would move west for $5 million & 7 million acres'

Answer: Cherokee


Question: 'The Fino type of this wine is sometimes served chilled; the Oloroso, at room temperature'

Answer: Sherry


Question: 'Canada is a federation of 2 territories & this many provinces'

Answer: 10


Question: 'This 1922 novel by Hermann Hesse is based on the early life of Buddha'

Answer: "Siddhartha"


Question: 'In many U.S. jurisdictions, the M'Naghten rule is the test applied for this type of defense'

Answer: Insanity


Question: 'In this 1972 film she was Zee'

Answer: "X, Y & Zee"


Question: 'During the 1920s the Progressive Party was headquartered in this capital'

Answer: Madison, Wisconsin


Question: 'In July, you can sun yourself on this island & attend its Reggae Sumfest'

Answer: Jamaica


Question: 'The most ever paid for a sports document was the $996,000 spent for the 1919 contract that sent this man to the Yankees'

Answer: Babe Ruth


Question:
'Middle,
boarding,
finishing'

Answer: school


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Question: 'No hillbilly, Jethro appears in this book of the Bible as the companion & father-in-law of Moses'

Answer: Exodus


Question: '(Paula Deen herself flips a sandwich in a frying pan.)  I'm gonna celebrate Elvis Presley, a great Southerner, by frying up his favorite sandwich--bananas & this'

Answer: peanut butter


Question: 'Traditional Mexican dance band, or the music it plays'

Answer: mariachi


Question: 'Dating back to the 6th century, Eglise St-Germain-des-Pres may be the oldest one of these buildings in Paris'

Answer: a church


Question: 'At close to $1.3 million, the most expensive dress ever sold was the one she wore to serenade JFK in 1962'

Answer: Marilyn Monroe


Question:
'Lancashire,
Liederkranz,
Limburger'

Answer: cheese


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Question: 'Ancestor of one of the 12 Tribes, Benjamin appears in this biblical book as his mom Rachel dies giving birth to him'

Answer: Genesis


Question: 'Paula is famous for her butt massage (for pork butt, that is): it contains paprika, mild chilies & this pungent bulb'

Answer: garlic


Question: 'He was the QB for the Miami Dolphins from 1983 all the way to 1999'

Answer: Dan Marino


Question: 'It's a famous mountain in the Pennine Alps (& a really cool ride at Disneyland)'

Answer: the Matterhorn


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew holds a black bird statuette.)  I'm holding a copy of the title prop from this famous 1941 movie; the original prop sold in 1994 for more than $398,000'

Answer: The Maltese Falcon


Question:
'Flute,
tumbler,
shot'

Answer: glass


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Question: 'Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar appears in this book of the Bible where he has some dreams interpreted'

Answer: Daniel


Question: '(Paula Deen sprinkles toppings.)  Pizza gets a down-home flavor, y'all, when I top it with meat from ham hocks & these traditional Southern greens'

Answer: collard greens


Question: 'Yellow-orange flowers of the genus Tagetes'

Answer: marigolds


Question: 'Yapese & Ulithian are spoken there, too, but shoppers should know this official language of commerce in Micronesia'

Answer: English


Question: 'A script of "The Godfather" with notes by this man pulled in more than $300,000 at a 2005 auction'

Answer: Marlon Brando


Question:
'People,
relay races,
chairs'

Answer: things with legs


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Question: 'Scary 7-headed beasts are a vision to behold in this book'

Answer: Revelation


Question: 'Paula's recipe for this pineapple, orange & coconut treat is so good that it really is "the food of the gods"'

Answer: ambrosia


Question: 'A butterfly in Barcelona'

Answer: a mariposa


Question: 'Don't miss Russia's Winter Palace if you go for this opulent style that preceded Rococo'

Answer: Baroque


Question: 'A pair of these weapons used by Mark Hamill & David Prowse each sold for over $100,000 at an auction in 2005'

Answer: lightsabers


Question:
'Phoenix,
Lupus,
Andromeda'

Answer: constellations


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Question: 'Other than the 4 Gospels, one of the 2 books in which Pontius Pilate appears'

Answer: Acts (of the Apostles) (or 1 Timothy)


Question: '(Paula Deen tries to stir & talk at the same time.)  I'm makin' my special black-eyed pea dip, y'all--it's a real Southern tradition to eat black-eyed peas on this holiday, because with each pea you eat, it's gonna be bringin' you a dollar earned'

Answer: New Year\'s


Question: 'This 8-letter term meaning "related to the sea" is also a type of law'

Answer: maritime


Question: 'In 1565 Portuguese knight Estacio de Sa founded this Brazilian city on Guanabara Bay'

Answer: Rio (de Janeiro)


Question: 'In "My Fair Lady", she sings, "The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain"; Henry Higgings replies, "I think she's got it"'

Answer: Eliza Doolittle


Question: 'In a 12th century beast epic, Isengrim is a wolf who battles against the sneaky Reynard, one of these animals'

Answer: a fox


Question: 'To sit on a twig like a bird'

Answer: perch


Question: 'A poem by this American begins, "When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd"'

Answer: Walt Whitman


Question: 'A dishonest or unprincipled man, or one of the X-Men'

Answer: a rogue


Question: 'By the 7th century this civilzation's city of Tikal in the Yucatan had a population of tens of thousands'

Answer: the Mayans


Question: 'Lerner & Loewe wrote "How To Handle A Woman" & "If Ever I Would Leave You" for this 1960 musical'

Answer: Camelot


Question: 'In a Medieval legend, the town of Gubbio is terrorized by a wolf until this saint greets it & tames it'

Answer: St. Francis of Assisi


Question: 'Long pointy stick used as a war weapon'

Answer: pike


Question: 'This Lake Poet, perhaps lonely as a cloud, wandered over to visit Sir Walter Scott in 1803'

Answer: Wordsworth


Question: 'What the Brits call a Mackintosh isn't an apple but one of these'

Answer: a raincoat


Question: 'In 1541 Pedro de Valdivia, a soldier of this Inca conqueror, founded the city of Santiago in Chile'

Answer: Pizarro


Question:
'This song from "Gigi" begins,
"We met at nine."
"We met at eight."
"I was on time."
"No, you were late"'

Answer: "I Remember It Well"


Question: 'Raksha is the mother wolf who raises this human boy in Kipling's "The Jungle Book"'

Answer: Mowgli


Question: 'To struggle clumsily or helplessly'

Answer: flounder


Question: 'His "Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" says, "In the room the women come and go/ talking of Michelangelo"'

Answer: T.S. Eliot


Question: 'In the movies, it was Charles Foster Kane's cryptic final word'

Answer: Rosebud


Question: 'In 1957 this physician & patron of voodoo was elected president of Haiti, which he ruled with an iron fist for 14 years'

Answer: "Papa Doc" (Duvalier)


Question: 'Alan Jay Lerner began writing this musical's book by studying the history & customs of 18th c. Highland Scots'

Answer: Brigadoon


Question: 'This Jack London character survives years of dog fighting & finally finds a compassionate human owner'

Answer: White Fang


Question: 'To have inhaled the aroma of something'

Answer: smelt


Question: 'Richard Cory, "a gentleman from sole to crown" in a poem by this 3-named man, "put a bullet through his head"'

Answer: Edwin Arlington Robinson


Question: 'Its functions include insight, imagination & control of the left hand'

Answer: the right side of the brain


Question: 'In December 1980 a junta appointed Jose Napoleon Duarte president of this small Central American country'

Answer: El Salvador


Question: 'Lerner & Loewe's last collaboration was a 1974 film of this Antoine de Saint-Exupery story'

Answer: The Little Prince


Question: 'In the Jean M. Auel novel "The Plains of Passage", a wolf named "Wolf" is the hunting partner of this cavewoman'

Answer: Ayla


Question: 'To lightly burn'

Answer: char