Question: 'When Howard Hughes set an air speed record August 13, 1935, she was flying by to help confirm it'

Answer: Amelia Earhart


Question: 'It's the occupation of Bartleby, the title character of a Herman Melville story'

Answer: Scrivener


Question: 'In 1995 Pres. Clinton urged this 50-year-old organization to trim its bloated bureaucracy'

Answer: United Nations


Question: 'This European grand duchy has 2 distinct land regions: the Ardennes & the Bon Pays'

Answer: Luxembourg


Question: 'This paper has the largest Sunday circulation in New England'

Answer: The Boston Globe


Question: 'Clint Eastwood won for directing "Unforgiven" & this man won for acting in it'

Answer: Gene Hackman


Question: 'Harbour Bridge, one of the largest arch bridges in the world, opened in this city in 1932, mate'

Answer: Sydney


Question: '"Cruising Paradise" is a 1996 collection of short stories by this "True West" playwright'

Answer: Sam Shepard


Question: 'In this "system" rampant in the 19th C., election winners filled the government with their supporters'

Answer: "Spoils" system


Question: 'The King George VI falls drop 1,600 feet in this small South American country'

Answer: Guyana


Question: '"The Sierra In Peril" series by Tom Knudson won this Sacramento paper a 1992 Pulitzer Prize'

Answer: Sacramento Bee


Question: 'One of the few women directors to have their films nominated for Best Picture, she did it with "Awakenings"'

Answer: Penny Marshall


Question: 'On April 7, 1939 this country invaded Albania & about a week later formally absorbed it'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'She began writing short stories while working for the W.P.A. in Mississippi'

Answer: Eudora Welty


Question: 'This U.S. asst. Secretary of State was in the news in 1995, running the Balkan peace talks'

Answer: Richard Holbrooke


Question: 'The Kerch Strait connects the Sea of Azov & this larger sea'

Answer: Black Sea


Question: 'This Des Moines paper is Iowa's largest daily'

Answer: Des Moines Register


Question: 'It was the first color film to win a Best Picture Oscar'

Answer: Gone With The Wind


Question: 'In September 1933 he led a military coup against the government of Cuba'

Answer: Fulgencio Batista


Question: 'Saul Bellow translated this writer's Yiddish short story, "Gimpel The Fool" into English'

Answer: Isaac Bashevis Singer


Question: 'As staff director of the Florida House Judiciary Committee, she helped revise the state constitution'

Answer: Janet Reno


Question: 'It's an allergy to the pollen of certain plants, like ragweed'

Answer: hay fever


Question: 'The first song my dog downloaded was "Atomic Dog" by this funky member of Parliament'

Answer: George Clinton


Question: 'Manny Rosenfeld, Moe Strauss & Jack Jackson co-founded this company in 1921'

Answer: the Pep Boys


Question: 'To make a purchase on this department store's website, you click the "Add to Brown Bag" button'

Answer: Bloomingdales


Question: 'Arrested in 1902 & exiled to Siberia, this future dictator was freed in 1917, after the czar's overthrow'

Answer: Stalin


Question: 'Les reponses idiots'

Answer: "Stupid Answers"


Question: 'It's the medical term for high blood pressure'

Answer: hypertension


Question: 'My dog can't help it-- he salivates every time he listens to the disco classic "Ring My" this'

Answer: "Bell"


Question: 'The teensy "JF" at the base of Washington's neck on the obverse of this belongs to John Flanagan, its sculptor'

Answer: the quarter


Question: 'loc.gov is the website for this place, home to about 745 miles of bookshelves'

Answer: the Library of Congress


Question: 'Actress being arrested here in Cleveland in 1970 with suspicious pills later revealed to be just vitamins'

Answer: Jane Fonda


Question: 'Les potables virils'

Answer: "Potent Potables"


Question: '(Here's Jimmy.) Collectively, the biceps femoris, semitendinosus & semimembranosus muscles are called this, which flexes & rotates the hip & knee joints'

Answer: the hamstring muscles


Question: 'For inspiration, my dog listens to "Bark At The Moon", the title track of a 1983 album by this metal man'

Answer: Ozzy Osbourne


Question: 'Lorraine Collett posed for the cover of this raisin company's box in 1915; in 1974 she gave the company the red bonnet'

Answer: Sun-Maid


Question: 'eBay acquired this purchasing service company in 2002'

Answer: PayPal


Question: 'After about a year of incarceration, he was let out of jail in Poland in November of 1982'

Answer: (Lech) Walesa


Question: 'Lacs et fleuves'

Answer: "Lakes & Rivers"


Question: 'Anemia can be caused by red blood cells that are deficient in this pigment'

Answer: hemoglobin


Question: 'My dog really sinks his teeth into the George Thorogood classic "Bad To" this'

Answer: "The Bone"


Question: 'John Pistole is the administrator of this government body, which oversees the Federal Air Marshal Service'

Answer: the TSA


Question: 'In 1971, President Nixon commuted this labor leader's 13-year jail sentence, & he was released'

Answer: Jimmy Hoffa


Question: 'Avant et apres'

Answer: "Before & After"


Question: 'It's the surgical removal of the uterus'

Answer: hysterectomy


Question: 'My dog loves the upbeat chorus of this Grammy-winning song by the Baha Men'

Answer: "Who Let The Dogs Out"


Question: 'Maurice Wilkins shared the 1962 Nobel Prize with these 2 guys for determining the structure of DNA'

Answer: Watson & Crick


Question: 'This former professor & L.S.D. advocate escaped from a California jail in September of 1970 & lived on the run for years'

Answer: (Timothy) Leary


Question: 'Ces fichus Etrusques'

Answer: "Those Darn Etruscans"


Question: 'Windermere is the biggest lake in this country's Lake District'

Answer: England


Question: '2010, with animated Vikings: "H.T.T.Y.D."'

Answer: How to Train Your Dragon


Question: 'In 1853 Harriet Beecher Stowe published "A Key to" this novel, with facts & figures to back up its accuracy'

Answer: Uncle Tom\'s Cabin


Question: 'This frozen citrus mall favorite was first served in 1928 & now has a line of premium fruit smoothies'

Answer: Orange Julius


Question: 'x 16'

Answer: 80


Question: 'Reliable park attraction seen here'

Answer: Old Faithful


Question: 'Africa's Lake Victoria lies in 3 countries: Tanzania, Kenya & this one'

Answer: Uganda


Question: '2008, starring Robert Downey Jr.: "I.M."'

Answer: Iron Man


Question: '"The Fair God" by Lew Wallace tells of the conquest of Mexico by this explorer'

Answer: (Hernando) Cortes


Question: '"Oh Yes I Am" this, just like in the title of a 1983 Billy Joel album & song'

Answer: an innocent man


Question: 'Cubed'

Answer: 125


Question: 'His song "Caribbean Queen" sailed to No. 1 in 1984'

Answer: Billy Ocean


Question: 'The western half of Lake Balkhash in this largest "stan" is freshwater; the eastern half is saltwater'

Answer: Kazakhstan


Question: '2010, set in the animated land of Far, Far Away: "S.F.A."'

Answer: Shrek Forever After


Question: 'In an 1863 story by Edward Everett Hale, army officer Phillip Nolan becomes "The Man Without" this'

Answer: a Country


Question: 'An homage to Charles Schulz, the project named for this character helps needy kids by "providing security through blankets"'

Answer: Linus


Question: 'x the equivalent of the Roman numeral XX'

Answer: 100


Question: 'You definitely wanted to be on the good side of this god when you went to the other side'

Answer: Osiris


Question: 'In 1973 Syrians completed Tabka Dam, one of the world's largest on this river they call al Furat'

Answer: the Euphrates


Question: '2007, actually about religion & oil: "T.W.B.B."'

Answer: There Will Be Blood


Question: 'Chapter 1 of this Hawthorne novel is titled "The Old Pyncheon Family"'

Answer: The House of the Seven Gables


Question: 'Founded in 1970, the name of this "lifestyle-specific" hipster store means "city clothiers"'

Answer: Urban Outfitters


Question: 'x the number of degrees in a circle'

Answer: 1800


Question: 'It's an Italian word for a rule enforcing silence'

Answer: omerta


Question: 'This German river rises in the Czech Republic, where it's known as the Labe'

Answer: the Elbe


Question: '2005, Edward R. Murrow versus Joe McCarthy: "G.N.A.G.L."'

Answer: Good Night and Good Luck


Question: 'In 1876 Mark Twain collaborated on a play, "Ah Sin", with this author of "The Luck of Roaring Camp"'

Answer: Bret Harte


Question: 'Meaning "not merciful", it's a 9-letter word for harsh weather'

Answer: inclement


Question: 'x the square root of 121'

Answer: 55


Question: 'This endangered giraffe relative is more at home in the rainforest than on the open plain'

Answer: okapi


Question: 'The last time the University of Michigan retired a football number was in 1994, in honor of this center who graduated in 1935'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'The first Whig to be elected president, he was also the first president to die in office'

Answer: William Henry Harrison


Question: '"Stifle yourself, Edith!"'

Answer: All in the Family


Question: 'U-Haul claims to be the largest installer of these permanent devices that'll keep your trailer attached'

Answer: hitches


Question: 'It's been estimated that a shark may use over 20,000 of these in a lifetime, with many in reserve rows'

Answer: teeth


Question: 'With 16 kills during this war in the 1950s, Joseph McConnell Jr. has the hightest total for a U.S. jet fighter ace'

Answer: the Korean War


Question: 'I presume you know David Livingstone is buried there'

Answer: Westminster Abbey


Question: 'The Battle of the Thames was fought during this war; by the way, that's the Thames in Ontario'

Answer: the War of 1812


Question: '"This tape will self-destruct in five seconds"'

Answer: Mission: Impossible


Question: 'Lou Jacobs clowned around for this circus for 60 years, 1925 to 1985'

Answer: Ringling Brothers


Question: 'This largest shark can reach a length of 50 feet & a weight of over 10 tons'

Answer: the whale shark


Question: 'The first & only jet aircraft used by this nation's air force in WWII was the Gloster Meteor'

Answer: England


Question: 'The first Studebakers ran on batteries developed by this company'

Answer: Westinghouse


Question: 'The U.S. abandoned the arsenal at this site in 1861, 2 years after a raid by John Brown'

Answer: Harper\'s Ferry


Question: '"Who loves ya, baby?"'

Answer: Kojak


Question: 'In Churchill's saying, "He who is not a liberal at 20 has no heart... He who is not a conservative at 40 has..." this'

Answer: no head


Question: 'Averaging 12 feet & 3,000 pounds, this chark, Carcharodon carcharias, is also called the maneater'

Answer: the great white shark


Question: 'In 1958 this model from Boeing became the first American passenger jet put into commerical service'

Answer: the 707


Question: 'Celebrity known as "Grandma Freud"'

Answer: Dr. Ruth Westheimer


Question: 'The Earp-Clanton confrontation near this site in 1881 has been called more slaughter than gunfight'

Answer: the O.K. Corral


Question: '"This is the big one, Elizabeth!  I'm coming to join you, honey!"'

Answer: Sanford and Son


Question: 'Workers using radium to make these glow at an Orange, N.J. factory had resulting health problems'

Answer: watch faces (or watch dials)


Question: 'The head of this shark species has a lateral extension with an eye at each end'

Answer: the hammerhead shark


Question: 'The first private jet aircraft to enter mass production was the 23 Continental from this company'

Answer: Lear


Question: 'Shelley called this "thou breath of Autumn's being"'

Answer: the West Wind


Question: 'Longfellow's 1858 "The Courtship of" him sold over 10,000 copies in 1 day in London'

Answer: Miles Standish


Question: '"I got a b-i-i-i-g mouth"'

Answer: The Honeymooners


Question: 'The extreme right-hand door of St. Peter's is only opened in this type of year, which comes next in 2025'

Answer: a Holy Year


Question: 'This shark with a 4-letter name is the fastest shark in the seas, thought to cruise at an incredible 60 miles an hour!'

Answer: the mako shark


Question: 'In 1976 this "dark" reconnaissance jet set a world speed record of 2,092.29 mph'

Answer: the (SR-71) Blackbird


Question: 'In 1965 he was TIME Magazine's "Man of the Year"'

Answer: William Westmoreland


Question: 'A mollusk, like an oyster or clam, with a shell consisting of 2 hinged parts'

Answer: a bivalve


Question: 'This jockey ended his riding career in 1990 with a total of 8,833 victories'

Answer: (Willie) Shoemaker


Question: 'The Road to <br />Hell travels northwest from Ypsilanti in this state'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'Celebrity chef Mario Batali says a sandwich of this smoke meat from Katz's "is what's bad and good about food"'

Answer: pastrami


Question: '"Thy naiad airs have brought me home to the glory that was" this "and the grandeur that was Rome"'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'First woman's annoyances'

Answer: Eve\'s peeves


Question: 'Structure that transports a certain fluid from the liver to the duodenum'

Answer: the bile duct


Question: 'Any good jockey could tell you that horse races are divided into these units equal to one-eighth of a mile'

Answer: a furlong


Question: 'Indians used to herd buffalo for slaughter into Hell's Half Acre near Casper in this state'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: 'It's made from ground-up unleavened bread & sits regally in a bowl of soup'

Answer: a matzoh ball


Question: 'These title objects are "keeping time, time, time, in a sort of runic rhyme"'

Answer: the bells


Question: 'Cain's brother's horse barns'

Answer: Abel\'s stables


Question: 'When you identify a bird as Cinclus mexicanus, you're using this system of nomenclature that Linnaeus helped developed'

Answer: binomial (nomenclature)


Question: 'This ex-jockey is known for writing horse racing mysteries like "High Stakes"'

Answer: Dick Francis


Question: 'Mona Grudt, 1990's Miss Universe, grew up in Hell in Nord-Trondelag county in this country'

Answer: Norway


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew sits down to a dish at Katz's Deli in New York.)  Under various names, this item is part of the cuisine of much of Europe; in Jewish cooking, it's called this'

Answer: a blintz


Question: 'The teller of this tale complained of a sound, "such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton"'

Answer: "The Tell-Tale Heart"


Question: 'Biblical epistle writer's shopping centers'

Answer: Paul\'s malls


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew points to an easel-sized rendition of Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man.)  It's the mirror image quality seen in all vertebrates, including you and me'

Answer: bilateral symmetry


Question: 'In 1993 Julie Krone became the first female jockey to win a triple crown event, this third leg'

Answer: the Belmont Stakes


Question: 'The hot springs in Hell's Gate park are to die for; just take the Old Nairobi-Naivasha highway in this country'

Answer: Kenya


Question: 'It's not great for your cholesterol, but this pate-like treat is recipe No. 1 in "The New York Times Jewish Cookbook"'

Answer: chopped liver


Question: '"Luchresi cannot tell" this wine "from sherry"'

Answer: amontillado


Question: 'Lion's den denizen's small dogs'

Answer: Daniel\'s spaniels


Question: '5-letter word for a large area with particular conditions, like tundra or desert'

Answer: a biome


Question: 'Tobey Maguire played this "colorful" jockey in "Seabiscuit"'

Answer: Red Pollard


Question: 'The main economic activities near Hell on this Caribbean U.K. colony are luxury tourism & banking'

Answer: the Cayman Islands


Question: 'Full already?  You didn't save room for one more of these cookies, made from cream cheese dough?'

Answer: rugelach


Question: 'This Poe tale ends, "The French army had entered Toledo.  The Inquisition was in the hands of its enemies"'

Answer: "The Pit and the Pendulum"


Question: '"Beloved physician"'s atomic weapons'

Answer: Luke\'s nukes


Question: 'Musician Ray Charles raised money for people afflicted by this, saying, "To me, it's the worst thing in the world"'

Answer: deafness (or hearing impairment)


Question: '...That has no "A" in its name'

Answer: Europe


Question: 'Appropriately, this singer of "Private Dancer" is said to have "the hardest working legs in show business'

Answer: Tina Turner


Question: 'Phil & Dottie Winslow are the comic strip couple who own this Great Dane'

Answer: Marmaduke


Question: 'This drink spun off G2, for athletes' off-the-field hydration'

Answer: Gatorade


Question: 'Tried's partner<br />(4)'

Answer: true


Question: '(A Geek hooks up a video game console.) If you really want to pwn n00bs, we'll connect this gaming system which is the only one that uses Bluetooth & Blu-Ray technologies'

Answer: PlayStation 3


Question: '...Where arboreal hominids called dryopiths lived 16 million years ago'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'After arriving in L.A. in 2007 with an injured ankle, this midfielder missed 6 weeks of games with a sprained knee'

Answer: David Beckham


Question: 'An ASPCA program begun in 1992 promotes the adoption of these dogs when they retire from racing'

Answer: greyhounds


Question: 'It was the first soft-drink flavor bottled under the A&W brand name'

Answer: root beer


Question: 'An acrobat, or his drinking glass<br />(7)'

Answer: a tumbler


Question: '(A Geek shows off an EVDO card.) An EVDO card gives you anywhere-broadband Internet access via a cell phone provider that uses 3G technology; 3G stands for this'

Answer: third generation


Question: '...That has the largest rain forest area in the world'

Answer: South America


Question: 'Seen here, she was definitely not an ugly Betty'

Answer: Betty Grable


Question: 'The Alpine hospice named for this saint is famous for breeding dogs to track lost travelers'

Answer: Saint Bernard


Question: 'This lemon-lime drink from the Coca-Cola Company was introduced in 1961'

Answer: Sprite


Question: 'Kettle repairman, or Ms. Bell<br />(6)'

Answer: tinker


Question: '(A Geek demonstrates a piece of hardware.) If you lose your broadband connection, one of the problems might be this device that can allow wireless connection to other devices or the Internet'

Answer: a router


Question: '...That contains 70% of Earth's fresh-water resources'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'He's not just the "Lord of the Dance, he's got "Feet of Flames"'

Answer: (Michael) Flatley


Question: 'A miniature bulldog named Bandit belongs to this adventurous TV cartoon boy'

Answer: Johnny Quest


Question: 'An animated character called Willy the Hillbilly once sold this citrusy soda brand'

Answer: Mountain Dew


Question: 'It precedes "boat" or "of war"<br />(3)'

Answer: tug


Question: '(A Geek demonstrated a non-traditional modem.) If your home can't be wired with Ethernet or use wireless devices, we can install this type of technology allowing networking using your traditional electrical outlets'

Answer: powerline networking


Question: '...That has its lowest point 1300 feet below sea level at the Dead Sea shoreline'

Answer: Asia


Question: 'We'll jump on "The Band Wagon" if it means we can see her legs in "Silk Stockings"'

Answer: Cyd Charisse


Question: 'Garm, a hound in Norse mythology, is often compared to this canine of Greek mythology'

Answer: Cerberus


Question: 'A New York company makes a line of flavored tea that shares its name with this Western state'

Answer: Arizona


Question: 'A Roman official, or a Chicago newspaper<br />(7)'

Answer: tribune


Question: '(A Geek indicates a computer port.) Today it's easy connecting devices by using USB; older computers use 2 types of ports, parallel & this one'

Answer: serial


Question: 'It's the capital city where "Carmen" composer Georges Bizet was born in 1838'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'In 2008 Kelvin Sampson found he could no longer phone it in as hoops coach of this "Hoosier" school'

Answer: Indiana


Question: 'Facial feature mentioned in the longer version of the platypus' name'

Answer: duck bill


Question: 'She dedicated "O Pioneers!" to her fellow novelist Sarah Orne Jewett'

Answer: (Willa) Cather


Question: 'This waltz is the state song of Missouri'

Answer: "The Missouri Waltz"


Question: 'You're on the money if you know that explorer William Clark nicknamed this Shoshone woman "Janey"'

Answer: Sacagawea


Question: 'A flop when it debuted in 1904, this Puccini opera set in Nagasaki later became one of the best-loved operas'

Answer: Madame Butterfly


Question: 'The Olympic triathlon consists of a 1.5 kilometer this, a 40-kilometer bike ride & a 10-kilometer run'

Answer: a swim


Question: 'A female bullfrog may lay 10,000 eggs that hatch into these, which may take 2 years to grow into bullfrogs'

Answer: tadpoles


Question: 'She called her book "Vittorio the Vampire" a vampire version of "Romeo and Juliet"'

Answer: Anne Rice


Question: 'In 1985 Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues" premiered on Broadway at this theater'

Answer: the Neil Simon theater


Question: 'First settled in 1839, it became a state capital in 1854'

Answer: Sacramento


Question: 'George Gershwin personally asked Howard University voice professor Todd Duncan to originate this title role'

Answer: Porgy


Question: 'In '08 ex-Ram Willie Gary sued this team for $100 mil. for videotaping his team's 2002 pre-Super Bowl practice'

Answer: the Patriots


Question: 'This "monster" is the largest lizard native to the U.S.'

Answer: a Gila monster


Question: 'This Canadian author of "The Handmaid's Tale" set her novel "Cat's Eye" in Toronto'

Answer: Margaret Atwood


Question: 'The logo of this brand depicts an arm holding a hammer'

Answer: Arm & Hammer


Question: 'One half of the pair executed in Massachusetts in 1927 & then pardoned in 1977'

Answer: (Nicola) Sacco


Question: 'Inspired by his love for a friend's wife, Wagner composed this opera about a pair of medieval lovers'

Answer: Tristan and Isolde


Question: 'This other name for Grand Prix racing refers to the specifications of the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile'

Answer: Formula One


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

Answer: the mask


Question: 'In the 1930s this creator of Lord Peter Wimsey wrote a Lord Peter play called "Busman's Honeymoon"'

Answer: Dorothy Sayers


Question: 'Completes the title of the 1993 Roddy Doyle book "Paddy Clarke Ha Ha..."'

Answer: Ha


Question: 'Poly & di are 2 forms of this, another word for carbohydrate'

Answer: saccharide


Question: 'This composer of "Cavalleria Rusticana" wrote "Il Piccolo Marat", a sadly neglected opera about the Reign of Terror'

Answer: Mascagni


Question: 'In 2000 an expansion team known as the Minnesota Wild joined this professional sports league'

Answer: the National Hockey League (NHL)


Question: 'One variety of the white-tailed species of this lives in the Florida Keys & weighs only 50 to 75 pounds'

Answer: a deer


Question: '2008's "The Purrfect Murder" is the latest in a series of mysteries by this activist & her cat Sneaky Pie'

Answer: Rita Mae Brown


Question: 'The Prozorov sisters Olga, Masha & Irina are 3 of the characters in this play'

Answer: The Three Sisters


Question: 'An early version of the trombone'

Answer: a sackbut


Question: 'No. 18 on the AFI's list of the greatest American screen actors, he starred in just 3 films'

Answer: James Dean


Question: 'In 1962 this clarinetist decided to swing over to the Soviet Union & record a few concerts there'

Answer: Benny Goodman


Question: 'In 1961 Whitey Ford won 25 games for this American League team'

Answer: the Yankees


Question: 'It "has served as the official London residence of Britain's sovereigns since 1837"'

Answer: Buckingham Palace


Question: 'The Ark of the Covenant'

Answer: the 10 Commandments


Question: 'In Ecclesiastes this 1989 book title precedes "and a time to heal"'

Answer: A Time to Kill


Question: 'This mountain range extends from southern Illinois across Missouri into Arkansas'

Answer: the Ozarks


Question: 'In 1977, when it was known simply as The Dirt Band, it became the first U.S. rock group to tour the USSR'

Answer: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band


Question: 'In 1956 Don Newcombe won 27 games for this National League team'

Answer: the Brooklyn Dodgers


Question: 'Traditional forms of greeting the Queen: "For men... a neck bow (from the head only) whilst women do a small" one of these bows'

Answer: curtsy


Question: 'A humidor'

Answer: tobacco (products)


Question: 'One of Oprah's picks was Jane Hamilton's novel "The Book of" her; sounds just like an Old Testament book'

Answer: Ruth


Question: 'This African mammal is a walking can of Raid--its diet consists almost entirely of ants & termites'

Answer: aardvark


Question: 'In 1987 the first U.S. symphony orchestra to play Russia in a decade offered this Sousa piece as its final encore'

Answer: Stars and Stripes Forever


Question: 'Terrific!  He racked up 25 wins for the Miraculous 1969 Mets'

Answer: Tom "Terrific" Seaver


Question: 'The Queen & the British monarchy have pages on this social networking site; you can "like" them but you can't "friend" them'

Answer: Facebook


Question: 'A jewel case (not jewelry)'

Answer: a CD


Question: 'Macon "Milkman" Dead is on a quest for his identity in this novel by Toni Morrison'

Answer: Song of Solomon


Question: 'In a gas engine, these ignite the fuel-air mixture'

Answer: spark plugs


Question: 'An admirer of the USSR, he gave a 1949 concert from Moscow's Tchaikovsky Hall that included "Ol' Man River"'

Answer: Paul Robeson


Question: 'The last Major League 30-game winner was Denny McLain, for this team in 1968'

Answer: the Detroit Tigers


Question: 'If the Queen has an engagement outside London, her journeys often use a helicopter or an aircraft from this military group'

Answer: the Royal Air Force (RAF)


Question: 'A demitasse'

Answer: coffee


Question: 'A collection of essays by Joan Didion is called "Slouching Towards" this biblical city'

Answer: Bethlehem


Question: 'Hey!  Look closely; if you do, & you should, you will see that there are 6 uses of these 2-word items used in writing!  Now, 8!'

Answer: punctuation marks


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Dance Theatre of Harlem in New York.)  In 1988, the Dance Theatre of Harlem became part of the great legacy of dance in Russia, being acclaimed with a standing ovation at this famed Leningrad theater'

Answer: the Kirov


Question: 'In 1972 Steve Carlton was a 27-game winner for this team that won 59 the whole season'

Answer: the Philadelphia Phillies


Question: 'Before Elizabeth II, Queen Victoria was the last monarch to celebrate the anniversary called a Golden this'

Answer: Jubilee


Question: 'A creel (these creatures, primarily)'

Answer: fish


Question: '"The Bear" is one of the stories in Faulkner's collection called "Go Down," him'

Answer: Moses


Question: 'The U.S. Patent Office lists 3 types of intellectual property--patents, copyrights & these'

Answer: trademarks


Question: 'Chapter XI of "Alice in Wonderland" is "Who Stole" these pastries?'

Answer: tarts


Question: 'Jimmy Stewart said this film was his favorite, as "it's what a true motion picture should be"'

Answer: It\'s a Wonderful Life


Question: 'North American jackrabbits aren't really rabbits, they're members of this group often confused with rabbits'

Answer: hares


Question: 'The Tea Party is mad at government programs, like the cap & trade system meant to reduce this element'

Answer: carbon


Question: 'Anton von Leeuwenhoek ground lenses to make these, which magnified objects up to more than 200 times'

Answer: microscopes


Question: 'Add 3 letters to reve, French for "dream", & you'll have this word for a daydream'

Answer: reverie


Question: '"The egg only got larger and larger, and more and more human... when (Alice) had come close to it, she saw... that it was" him'

Answer: Humpty Dumpty


Question: 'It's the TV show where Kevin pined for Winnie'

Answer: The Wonder Years


Question: 'Mother rabbits can be inattentive; to make up for that, nature made this liquid of theirs 15% protein'

Answer: milk


Question: 'The Tea Party demands repeal of new legislation on health insurance, derided with this 9-letter name'

Answer: Obamacare


Question: 'He told of the discoveries he made looking through a telescope in 1610's "The Sidereal Messenger"'

Answer: Galileo


Question: 'Eat that 11 p.m. quesadilla & you might have a pesadilla, Spanish for this'

Answer: a nightmare


Question: 'A common phrase in Lewis Carroll's day was "grin like" one of these; it grins in his story'

Answer: the Cheshire Cat


Question: 'Drusilla, played by Debra Winger, left Paradise Island & joined her sister Diana Prince on this TV show'

Answer: Wonder Woman


Question: 'Yes, Mr. Beatty, European rabbits do construct extensive burrow systems called these'

Answer: warrens


Question: 'Many TPers are mad at the 17th Amendment, ratified in 1913 to provide for direct election of this body'

Answer: the Senate


Question: 'Corning made glass tough enough for windows on these current vehicles to<br />re-enter our atmosphere at 15,000 mph'

Answer: Space Shuttles


Question: 'In 1899 he wrote of hypermnesic dreams, in which memories, inaccessible by day, turn up in the dream'

Answer: Freud


Question: 'Alice holds this poem up to a looking-glass to decipher it'

Answer: "Jabberwocky"


Question: 'Mary Stuart Masterson, Eric Stoltz & Lea Thompson are at the heart of this 1987 love triangle'

Answer: Some Kind of Wonderful


Question: 'On many rabbits these can rotate 270 degrees, presumably to get a clearer TV picture'

Answer: ears


Question: 'The Tea Party is leery of this intl. body, which it suspects of plots like trying to get people in Denver to bike more'

Answer: the UN


Question: 'This Rochester, N.Y. company named for 2 German men made the lenses for CinemaScope & won an Oscar for the work'

Answer: Bausch & Lomb


Question: 'Misty thoughts while smoking opium are the origin of the expression this type of dream'

Answer: pipe dreams


Question: 'This tea-party guest poses the riddle, "Why is a raven like a writing-desk?"'

Answer: the Mad Hatter


Question: 'Bob Dylan won an Oscar for the song "Things Have Changed" from this 2000 film'

Answer: Wonder Boys


Question: 'The rare volcano rabbit lives around the lofty volcanoes that surround this North American capital'

Answer: Mexico City


Question: 'Ironically, the Boston Tea Party ("Time to party like it's 1773!") opposes this Oct. 2001 anti-terrorist law'

Answer: the Patriot Act


Question: 'To make binoculars compact, most contain these triangular glass objects; the Porro type gives better depth perception'

Answer: prisms


Question: 'You might have surreal dreams when you try to sleep when your temperature is 102, defined as this 5-letter condition'

Answer: fever


Question: 'He died in 1995, the day before the opening of a Glasgow veterinary library named for him'

Answer: James Herriot


Question: 'This trade union outlawed in Poland in 1982 was restored to legal status in 1989'

Answer: Solidarity


Question: 'Ariel, the lead character in a 1989 animated film, is one of these creatures'

Answer: Mermaid


Question: 'This day of prayer & celebration was first decreed by Gov. William Bradford inn 1621'

Answer: Thanksgiving


Question: 'In Norse mythology the Norns were 3 sisters who controlled the past, the present & this'

Answer: The Future


Question: 'The one punctuation mark necessary to every declarative sentence'

Answer: Period


Question: 'During peacetime the gov't isn't allowed to quarter one of these in your house without your OK'

Answer: Soldier


Question: 'An estimated half of the 1.4 million illegal aliens who applied for amnesty in 1988 lived in this state'

Answer: California


Question: 'The characters known as "Jim Dear" & "Darling" owned this pedigreed cocker spaniel'

Answer: Lady ("Lady And The Tramp")


Question: 'The old English belief that birds select their mates on a certain day may have given rise to this holiday'

Answer: Valentine\'s Day


Question: 'She was the only one of the Gorgons who was mortal'

Answer: Medusa


Question: 'You'd find the numbers 7, 8 & 9 written entries in an encyclopedia in this order'

Answer: Eight, Nine & Seven


Question: 'Congress can pick a national dance or flower, but can't by the 1st Amendment, pick a national one of these'

Answer: Religion


Question: 'In Feb. 1988 this Central American leader was indicted by a U.S. grand jury on drug trafficking charges'

Answer: Manuel Noriega (Panama)


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />Current series of TV movies starring the trio seen here; Hayley Mills plays their stepmom & aunt:'

Answer: "Parent Trap" (Joy, Leanna & Monica Creel)


Question: 'This Christian holiday is also called the Feast of the Resurrection'

Answer: Easter


Question: 'Atalanta lost a footrace because she couldn't resist these golden fruits'

Answer: Apples


Question: 'The science of matter & energy, it involves optics, acoustics & thermodynamics'

Answer: Physics


Question: 'The 6th Amendment mentions your right to a speedy & public one'

Answer: Trial


Question: 'In September 1989 Vietnam completed its withdrawal of military forces from this country'

Answer: Cambodia


Question: 'Dumbo's magic feather came from the tail of this type of bird'

Answer: Crow


Question: 'This Jewish holiday marks the end of the 10 days of penitence that begins with Rosh Hashanah'

Answer: Yom Kippur


Question: 'Echidna, who was half woman & half serpent, was the mother of this Nemean beast'

Answer: Lion


Question: 'She won 3 golds in swimming at the '88 Olympics & was chosen homecoming queen of her school'

Answer: Janet Evans


Question: 'Of Wheel, Jeopardy or Concentration, the one mentioned in the 5th Amendment'

Answer: Jeopardy


Question: 'On May 4, 1989 he was found guilty of accepting an illegal gratuity, a home security system'

Answer: Oliver North


Question: 'In "Mickey's Christmas Carol", Mickey played Bob Cratchit & he played Cratchit's boss'

Answer: Scrooge McDuck


Question: 'This holiday was first celebrated in the U.S. in 1792, the 300th anniversary of a historic event'

Answer: Columbus Day


Question: 'In Egyptian mythology, she was the mother of Horus, the sky god'

Answer: Isis


Question: 'She lived her last 45 years in Chicago's Hull House'

Answer: Jane Addams


Question: 'This future president led the fight for the Bill of Rights'

Answer: James Madison


Question: 'He completed vols. 2 & 3 of Karl Marx's "Das Kapital"'

Answer: Friedrich Engels


Question: 'To have "one foot in" this means to be hovering on the brink of death'

Answer: The Grave


Question: 'Swans often do this in a "V" formation'

Answer: Fly


Question: 'This Dickens novel begins "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...."'

Answer: "A Tale of Two Cities"


Question: 'Favorite Southern ones include pecan, chess, sweet potato, black bottom & peach'

Answer: Pies


Question: 'Bell came up with the photophone, a device that transmits sound via this'

Answer: (A beam of) Light


Question: 'After being expelled as editor of the Socialist "Avanti" in 1914, he founded his own fascist paper'

Answer: Benito Mussolini


Question: 'To "Go whole" this means to stop at nothing, you animal, you'

Answer: Hog


Question: 'Scientists say this relative of the squid has the most highly developed brain among invertebrates'

Answer: Octopus


Question: 'In a John Hersey work, U.S. Major Victor Joppolo obtains one of these for the Italian town of Adano'

Answer: A Bell


Question: 'Lalaurie House in this section of New Orleans is said to be haunted by the screams of slaves'

Answer: The French Quarter


Question: 'When Bell made the first transcontinental call, this man was once again on the receiving end'

Answer: Watson


Question: 'When this conquistador arrived in Mexico in 1519, Aztecs believed he was the god Quetzalcoatl'

Answer: Hernando Cortez


Question: 'If you did this to someone's "goose", you spoiled his plans'

Answer: Cooked It


Question: 'The glass snake isn't really a snake, it's a limbless variety of this reptile'

Answer: Lizard


Question: 'In this novel Winston Smith's job at the Ministry of Truth is to rewrite the public records'

Answer: "1984"


Question: 'The First Flight Inn is in this state, as you might expect'

Answer: North Carolina (near Kitty Hawk)


Question: 'In 1847 Edison was born in the U.S. & Bell was born in this country'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'This radical "club" led by Robespierre came to power in 1793 & began the Reign of Terror'

Answer: The Jacobin Club


Question: 'This cliche referring to callousness in the face of calamity was inspired by the emperor Nero'

Answer: Fiddling While Rome Burns


Question: 'The indri is the largest of these mammals, but the ring-tailed is probably the best-known'

Answer: Lemurs


Question: 'Frontiersman Natty Bumppo was the title character in this James Fenimore Cooper novel'

Answer: "The Deerslayer"


Question: 'America's Young Woman of the Year, a.k.a. Junior Miss, is chosen every summer in this Alabama city'

Answer: Mobile


Question: 'In 1872 he opened a school in Boston to train teachers of these people'

Answer: The Deaf


Question: 'Most of the fighting during this war in the 1850s took place near the Russian port of Sevastopol'

Answer: The Crimean War


Question: 'This phrase comes from the old custom of making the sign of the cross with a coin on someone's palm'

Answer: Cross My Palm With Silver


Question: 'Weighing up to 110 lbs. or more, the capybara is the largest member of this order of mammals'

Answer: Rodents


Question: 'Arthur Koestler's criticism of the Soviet Union in which the party leader is referred to only as No. 1'

Answer: "Darkness At Noon"


Question: 'Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee & "Stonewall" Jackson are depicted on horseback on this GA. monument'

Answer: Stone Mountain


Question: 'Most reference sources report that on March 10, 1876 Bell spilled this on his pants'

Answer: Battery Acid (hence the call, "Watson, come here, I need you")


Question: 'Tho Shakespeare wrote many plays about kings, she is the only title character who is a queen'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'In 1982 John Hawkins became the first black cheerleader at this school, nicknamed Ole Miss'

Answer: University of Mississippi


Question: 'Early rockers Anthony, Richard & Eva'

Answer: Little


Question: 'Some date the end of the war to December 25, 1991 when this country was dissolved'

Answer: Soviet Union/USSR


Question: 'Scots call this bird a hoolet; we hope you give a hoot'

Answer: Owl


Question: 'Before you start, spend some time here to warm up'

Answer: Driving range


Question: 'Numeric phrase that begins the Gettysburg Address'

Answer: "Four score and seven years ago"


Question: 'Calvin Coolidge was the first president born on this patriotic holiday'

Answer: the Fourth of July


Question: 'Chanteuse Celine & teen idol DiMucci'

Answer: Dion


Question: 'By the end of the Cold War the population of this "sleeping giant" was over 1 billion'

Answer: China


Question: 'A sporran is a large pouch with fur on it that highland men wear in front of this garment'

Answer: Kilt


Question: 'They're the wooden holders that help you whack the ball'

Answer: Tees


Question: '"Learn By Doing" is the slogan of this youth organization'

Answer: 4-H


Question: 'On May 27, 1997 this 8,981-foot long San Francisco landmark marked its 60th anniversary'

Answer: Golden Gate Bridge


Question: 'Rocker Glitter & Union Gap leader Puckett'

Answer: Gary


Question: 'At the 20th party congress in February 1956, Nikita Khrushchev savagely denounced this late leader'

Answer: Josef Stalin


Question: 'In some parts of Scotland, this children's game with "Scotch" in its name is called peever'

Answer: Hopscotch


Question: 'Don't put too many of these clubs "in the fire"'

Answer: Irons


Question: 'This set of concertos makes up the first part of Vivaldi's Opus 8'

Answer: The Four Seasons


Question: 'Queen Victoria loved this state's Smithfield hams so much she had them shipped to England'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'Singer-songwriter Nyro & pop singer Branigan'

Answer: Laura


Question: 'Gamal Abdel Nasser started a Cold War crisis when he nationalized this on July 26, 1956'

Answer: Suez Canal


Question: 'If you have this job, you're a flesher -- vegetarians need not apply'

Answer: Butcher


Question: 'Whoops!  You don't want to end up here'

Answer: Sand trap/bunker


Question: 'In the New Testament, they symbolize war, conquest, famine & death'

Answer: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse


Question: 'It's nicknamed the "Sagebrush State" -- after all, the sagebrush is its state flower'

Answer: Nevada


Question: '"Into The Sun" singer Lennon & hip hop impresario "Puff Daddy" Combs'

Answer: Sean


Question: 'The Red Scare of the 1950s destroyed many careers, including that of this father of the atomic bomb'

Answer: Robert Oppenheimer


Question: 'If a Scotsman tells you he's a Dundonian, you know he's from this city'

Answer: Dundee


Question: 'The 18th hole of this famous European golf course is seen here'

Answer: St. Andrews


Question: 'Published in 1943, "Four Quartets" is considered by many to be this American-born poet's finest work'

Answer: T.S. Eliot


Question: 'After earning an Oscar nomination for "Schindler's List", he won a 1995 Tony for playing Hamlet'

Answer: Ralph Fiennes


Question: 'Laverne & Shirley worked in the bottle-cap division of the Shotz Brewery in this city'

Answer: Milwaukee


Question: 'Among the aims of this group, founded in 1871, are to foster firearms safety & promote good sportsmanship'

Answer: NRA (National Rifle Association)


Question: 'He governed California for most of the '90s'

Answer: Pete Wilson


Question: 'Manny Sanguillen, John Candelaria & Andy Van Slyke are among the heroes who have performed here'

Answer: Three Rivers Stadium


Question: 'Gene Simmons' band & the cosmetics they might wear'

Answer: Kiss & makeup


Question: 'In 1851 he become playwright in residence at the National Theatre in Bergen, Norway'

Answer: Henrik Ibsen


Question: 'This TV family resided at 704 Hauser Street in Queens; the Jeffersons lived next door'

Answer: The Bunkers


Question: 'It's the organization whose emblem is seen here'

Answer: Girl Scouts


Question: 'This bestselling author of "Beast" was once a speechwriter for Lyndon Johnson'

Answer: Peter Benchley


Question: 'A statue of "The Reading Blacksmith" is the gift of this industrialist & library founder'

Answer: Andrew Carnegie


Question: '"The Nutcracker" for example & Brat Pack actor Rob'

Answer: Suite & Lowe


Question: 'A theatrical adaptation of this Edgar Lee Masters poetry anthology premiered on Broadway in 1963'

Answer: Spoon River Anthology


Question: '(Hi, I'm Candice Bergen.) As Murphy Brown I anchored the newsmagazine "FYI" based in this city'

Answer: Washington, D.C.


Question: 'Taking its Hebrew name from Queen Esther, it's America's largest Jewish organization for women'

Answer: Hadassah


Question: 'He titled his 1993 autobiography "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?"; he also wrote the song'

Answer: Pete Seeger


Question: 'You can ketchup with pops & classics in the Pittsburgh Symphony's hall, named for this family'

Answer: Heinz


Question: 'Byron's title & Mayberry sheriff Andy'

Answer: Lord & Taylor


Question: '"Swimming To Cambodia" monologist who starred in the aptly-titled one-man show "Gray's Anatomy"'

Answer: Spalding Gray


Question: 'The "Green Acres" farm was located just outside of this town, the setting of "Petticoat Junction"'

Answer: Hooterville


Question: 'In 1957 this actor founded Little People of America, an organization for short-statured people'

Answer: Billy Barty


Question: 'As NFL commissioner from 1960 to 1989, he created the Super Bowl & Monday Night Football'

Answer: Pete Rozelle


Question: 'There's a "Georgeous" view from this mount named for the Army officer who surveyed the area in 1753'

Answer: Mount Washington


Question: 'TV "Wiseguy" Wahl & Nazi war criminal Klaus'

Answer: Ken & Barbee


Question: 'This South African directed the 1982 New York production of his own play "Master Harold....And The Boys"'

Answer: Athol Fugard


Question: 'Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman moved from this northeastern city to Colorado Springs, Colorado'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'Known as the G.A.R. for short, it was instrumental in establishing a Memorial Day observance'

Answer: Grand Army of the Republic


Question: 'Peter Cetera sang lead for Chicago, & this Peter sang lead for Herman's Hermits in the '60s'

Answer: Peter Noone


Question: 'A Pittsburgh retail magnate commissioned this Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece outside the city'

Answer: Fallingwater


Question: 'Supreme Court justices Hugo & Byron "Whizzer"'

Answer: Black & White


Question: 'This 1957 Buddy Holly hit was inspired by a line of dialogue from the John Wayne film "The Searchers"'

Answer: That\'ll Be The Day


Question: 'In this epic poem about leaving heaven, John Milton created Pandemonium, the capital of Hell'

Answer: Paradise Lost


Question: 'Olivia Newton-John:<br />"I ____ Love You"'

Answer: Honestly


Question: 'This dressing meaning "little vinegar" looks positively slimming on you'

Answer: a vinaigrette


Question: 'A person who's busy on Election Day might cast his vote this way'

Answer: absentee


Question: '"From her beacon-hand glows world-wide welcome" is part of a poem found on a plaque at this landmark'

Answer: the Statue of Liberty


Question: 'In 2008 an IBM supercomputer named for this speedy state bird broke the 1 petaflop barrier--that's really fast'

Answer: a roadrunner


Question: 'A book by him begins, "'The signora had no business to do it... she promised us south rooms with a view"''

Answer: (E.M.) Forster


Question: 'Cee Lo Green:<br />"____ You" (the radio version, please)'

Answer: Forget


Question: 'There are just 35 fat calories in a 2 tbsp. serving of this actor's own Lighten Up Honey Mustard Dressing'

Answer: Paul Newman


Question: 'Put the pedal to the metal & increase your speed'

Answer: accelerate


Question: '"Willkommen" is the first song in this Broadway musical'

Answer: Cabaret


Question: 'Most modern supercomputers run on this operating system developed by Linus Torvalds'

Answer: Linux


Question: 'His wife Charlotte was the inspiration for "Amelia" & for Sophia in "Tom Jones"'

Answer: Fielding


Question: 'Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue:<br />"Whatta ____"'

Answer: Man


Question: 'Zut alors!  One ounce of this "national" dressing at Sizzler has 12 grams of fat!'

Answer: French


Question: 'The transitional teenage years between puberty & adulthood'

Answer: adolescence


Question: 'In 1992 this author launched his "Goosebumps" series with "Welcome to Dead House"'

Answer: (R.L.) Stine


Question: 'In 1998 Deep Crack, designed for this science from the Greek for "hidden writing", broke the standard U.S. data cipher'

Answer: cryptography


Question: 'In a George Eliot novel, the Tullivers owned a mill on this river'

Answer: the River Floss


Question: 'Cyndi Lauper:<br />"She ____"'

Answer: Bop


Question: 'Git along to the gym, little dogie!  If you saddle up 2 tbsp. of Kraft's buttermilk this, you've roped in 140 fat calories'

Answer: ranch


Question: 'It's a right held by one property owner to make use of the land of another for a limited purpose'

Answer: an easement


Question: 'At a Seder dinner, a ceremonial cup of wine is left for this prophet; a door is opened to welcome him, too'

Answer: Elijah


Question: 'Thinking Machines Corp. pioneered this processing --as the geometric name indicates, many processors work side by side'

Answer: parallel processing


Question: 'A line in this 1954 novel reads, "Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart"'

Answer: Lord of the Flies


Question: 'Cher:<br />"Half-____"'

Answer: Breed


Question: 'A Rachael Ray recipe for this "colorful" dairy dressing calls for 1/2 cup heavy cream & 1/2 cup sour cream'

Answer: blue cheese


Question: 'This portion of the brain coordinates voluntary movements & balance'

Answer: the cerebellum


Question: 'Altars called ofrendas, with flowers & sweets, welcome back souls on this Mexican holiday in November'

Answer: the Day of the Dead


Question: 'China, 1900:<br />"Fighters" versus foreigners & Christians'

Answer: the Boxer Rebellion


Question: 'He munched his first carrot in the 1940 Tex Avery cartoon "A Wild Hare"'

Answer: Bugs Bunny


Question: 'You might enjoy an orange juice & champagne cocktail while sitting under this tree of the same name'

Answer: a mimosa


Question: 'This word for an inclined trough is paired with "Ladders" in the name of a board game'

Answer: chute


Question: 'A lepidopterist'

Answer: butterflies


Question: 'Tops on the list is Louisville in Boulder County in this state, not Kentucky--low crime, good jobs & Rockies skiing'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'Pennsylvania, 1794:<br />The feds versus farmers over a tax on liquor'

Answer: the Whiskey Rebellion


Question: 'In commercials the silly rabbit does manage to pronounce this cereal "abso-fruitalicious"'

Answer: Trix


Question: 'This type of aspen derives its name from the way its stalks & leaves rustle in the wind'

Answer: a quaking aspen


Question: 'Smokestack is a synonym for this, from which smoke escapes'

Answer: chimney


Question: 'An aerophilatelist'

Answer: airmail stamps


Question: 'Cozy Sharon in this northeast state's Norfolk County is teeming with history: a church there has a Paul Revere bell'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'Ulster & Wexford, 1798:<br />One of many called by this national adjective'

Answer: Irish


Question: 'Michael Sheen, known for playing Tony Blair, voiced this creature in 2010's "Alice in Wonderland"'

Answer: the White Rabbit


Question: 'Brought over from Australia, blue gum is the USA's most common variety of this tree'

Answer: eucalyptus


Question: 'This radicchio relative can be dried, roasted & used as a substitute for coffee'

Answer: chicory


Question: 'A sucrologist'

Answer: sugar packets (sugar cubes accepted)


Question: 'Mukilteo in this state is in good economic shape & has location, location, location--right on Puget Sound'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'Virginia, 1676:<br />A "hammy" colonist & his followers versus natives & the governor'

Answer: Bacon\'s Rebellion


Question: 'As Elwood P. Dowd, Jimmy Stewart calls this rabbit companion a "pooka"'

Answer: Harvey


Question: 'As seen in the picture, these majestic trees of the South are commonly covered with Spanish moss'

Answer: oak


Question: 'The name of this upscale casino game is French for "railroad", from the speed of the game'

Answer: chemin-de-fer


Question: 'A helixophile--these wine-drinking accessories'

Answer: corkscrews


Question: 'The Cuyahoga County city of Solon in this state boasts its own orchestra, a large tax base & great schools'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'New England, 1786-87:<br />A former soldier & 1,200 followers versus taxes & foreclosures'

Answer: Shays\' Rebellion


Question: 'This "rabbit" is in the title of a movie with Wallace & Gromit'

Answer: Were-Rabbit


Question: 'Acer rubrum is the scientific name for this colorful state tree of Rhode Island'

Answer: the red maple


Question: 'In heraldry it's a design shaped like an upside-down V'

Answer: a chevron


Question: 'A phillumenist--these smoking aids'

Answer: matchbooks


Question: 'Victorian homes line the New Hampshire hamlet of Hanover that benefits from its proximity to this Ivy League school'

Answer: Dartmouth


Question: 'The most recent father & daughter to win acting Oscars: he won for playing a veteran, she for playing a mental patient'

Answer: Jon Voight & Angelina Jolie


Question: 'This "lifeless" lake is known in Arabic as the Sea of Lot'

Answer: the Dead Sea


Question: 'In 1850 he developed a new Navy model of his 6-shooter'

Answer: Samuel Colt


Question: 'Most of the quills on the thin-spined species of this rodent are on its head'

Answer: the porcupine


Question: 'Kombu, a flavorful type of this marine algae, is savored in Japan'

Answer: seaweed


Question: 'LeVar Burton was a drama student at USC when this role in "Roots" made him a star overnight'

Answer: Kunta Kinte


Question: 'In Jewish numerology, the Hebrew letter Aleph equals this'

Answer: 1


Question: 'The ferry 'cross this British river predates Gerry & the Pacemakers by 635 years'

Answer: the Mersey


Question: 'Thamas Hancock won a British patent for the vulcanization of rubber after studying this man's samples'

Answer: Charles Goodyear


Question: '1 of only 2 species of eagle to breed in the U.S. & Canada'

Answer: the golden eagle (or the bald eagle)


Question: 'Tennessee Williams could have told you this lizard is a taste treat in Mexico; it's even found in tamales'

Answer: the iguana


Question: '"Law & Order"'s Jerry Orbach provided the voice of Lumiere, who lit up the screen in this 1991 Disney film'

Answer: Beauty and the Beast


Question: 'Number of players on an indoor volleyball team, or consecutive consonants in the surname of star Bob CTVRTLIK'

Answer: 6


Question: 'The artificial Lake O' the Cherokees in this state was formed by damming the Neosho river'

Answer: Oklahoma


Question: 'This Pennsylvania fireplace was later called this, after its inventor'

Answer: the Franklin Stove


Question: 'The ornate chorus species of these tailless amphibians are less than 2" in length'

Answer: frogs


Question: 'This "orange" fish, a favorite in New Zealand, might be less popular if known by its other name: slimehead'

Answer: roughy


Question: 'Once Nell Carter's neighbor on "Gimme A Break", she's in a league of her own as a talk show host'

Answer: Rosie O\'Donnell


Question: 'The Ural river flows 1,500 miles to this  inland sea where sturgeon swim'

Answer: the Caspian Sea


Question: 'In September 1846, he patented a machine that could sew 250 stitches a minute'

Answer: Elias Howe


Question: 'The siamang of Sumatra & Malaysia is the largest type of this smallest ape'

Answer: a gibbon


Question: 'Moroccan markets sell Hamed M' Rakad, which are these sour fruits pickled in salt & their own juice'

Answer: lemons


Question: 'Frasier's TV dad John Mahoney appeared as Clint Eastwood's Secret Service superior in this 1993 thriller'

Answer: In the Line of Fire


Question: 'Lake Assal in Djibouti is this continent's lowest point at about 500 feet below sea level'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'Among his many creations was an audiometer to detect vestigial hearing in the deaf'

Answer: Alexander Graham Bell


Question: 'This largest toothed whale is also called a cachalot'

Answer: the sperm whale


Question: 'It's not a real "duck"; it's a bummalo fish impregnated with a safetida plant resin & served with curry'

Answer: bombega


Question: '(I'm Sam Waterston.)  I played Nick Carraway in the 1974 film version of this famous novel'

Answer: The Great Gatsby


Question: 'In the premiere episode of this whodunit, Jessica attended a costume party as Cinderella's fairy godmother'

Answer: Murder, She Wrote


Question: 'Christopher Atkins was marooned on an island with Brooke Shields in this, his first film'

Answer: The Blue Lagoon


Question: 'It's about a 3,000-mile drive from NYC's Central Park to Golden Gate Park in this city'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'This theme park celebrated its 25th anniversary with a new "IllumiNations 25" extravaganza at Epcot'

Answer: Walt Disney World


Question: 'This rock-solid insurance company advises, "The future belongs to those who prepare for it"'

Answer: Prudential


Question: 'Prince "reigned" over the charts with this album that spawned 4 top 10 hits, including "When Doves Cry"'

Answer: "Purple Rain"


Question: 'Julie Hagerty debuted as stewardess Elaine in this high-flying spoof of "Airport" movies'

Answer: Airplane!


Question: 'To read Renmin Nibao, a major newspaper in this language, you must know about 3,000 written characters'

Answer: Chinese


Question: '1997 is the 25th anniversary of this Helen Reddy hit; we can still hear it roar'

Answer: "I Am Woman"


Question: 'On this TV show, Kyle Chandler knows the future because he gets his newspaper a day ahead'

Answer: Early Edition


Question: 'On September 9, he became the 1st Pope to visit Canada when he arrived for a 12-day stay'

Answer: Pope John Paul II


Question: 'He was a teenage hoodlum in "Sunday, Bloody Sunday" in 1971, 18 years before "My Left Foot"'

Answer: Daniel Day-Lewis


Question: 'The U.S. has about 3,000 of these areas, from Abbeville in South Carolina to Ziebach in South Dakota'

Answer: Counties


Question: 'November 20, 1997 will be this royal couple's 50th wedding anniversary; you may want to send a gift'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip


Question: 'In the lyrics of the 1986 Timbuk 3 tune, "The Future's So Bright", these are necessary'

Answer: Shades


Question: 'On September 15, the Princess of Wales gave birth to this second son in London's St. Mary's Hospital'

Answer: Prince Harry


Question: 'Justin Henry's 1st film role as Dustin Hoffman & Meryl Streep's son in this film earned him an Oscar nomination'

Answer: Kramer vs. Kramer


Question:
'INVENTIONS
--------------------
This fastener gets its name from a brand of galoshes it was used on'

Answer: Zipper


Question: 'On 9/30/72, this Pittsburgh Pirate got his 3,000th & last major league hit'

Answer: Roberto Clemente


Question: 'You don't have to be a "Palme" reader to know this city's film festival turned 50 in 1997'

Answer: Cannes


Question: 'Legend says his tomb reads "Rex Quondum, Rexque Futurus", "The Once And Future King"'

Answer: King Arthur


Question: 'Reagan's Sept. 28 meeting with this Soviet foreign minister was his first as president with a Soviet leader'

Answer: Andrei Gromyko


Question: 'Jane Alexander debuted in the film version of this play she co-starred in with James Earl Jones'

Answer: The Great White Hope


Question:
'ACTORS & ROLES
------------------------------
Sam Shepard played this barrier breaker in "The Right Stuff"'

Answer: Chuck Yeager


Question: '1 Kings tells us this king spoke 3,000 proverbs; only a fraction appear in Proverbs'

Answer: Solomon


Question: 'How time flies:  August 16, 1997 was the 20th anniversary of his untimely death'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Question: 'This title of an Alvin Toffler book refers to the anxiety caused by swift technological change'

Answer: Future Shock


Question: 'Alphabetically, the federal legal public holidays in the U.S. run from Christmas to this'

Answer: Veterans Day


Question: 'Hollywood empire builder who "Labored like a mountain and brought forth a mouse"'

Answer: Walt Disney


Question: 'Last year this man's son Robbie jumped his motorcycle over 22 cars & broke....his dad's record'

Answer: Evel Knievel


Question: 'The upper part of this turtle feature is called the carapace'

Answer: Shell


Question: 'It's the only papal state left in the world'

Answer: Vatican City


Question: 'In titles of plays, these 2 words precede "Lefty" & "Godot"'

Answer: "Waiting For"


Question: 'Completes Kentucky's state motto,  "United We Stand...."'

Answer: "Divided We Fall"


Question: 'American humorist who was dubbed "Poet Lariat"'

Answer: Will Rogers, Jr.


Question: 'The N.Y. Times ran a correction when it misstated the shoe size of this Philippine first lady in November, 1988'

Answer: Imelda Marcos


Question: 'A drone bee's only purpose in life is to do this with the queen & they do it in flight'

Answer: Mate


Question: 'To feel an earthquake shake Djibouti, you have to be on this continent'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'This Ibsen drama about a femme fatale unfolds in the Tesmans' fashionable villa'

Answer: "Hedda Gabler"


Question: 'The surgical unit in this long-running CBS comedy series had the motto, "Best Care, Anywhere"'

Answer: "M*A*S*H"


Question: 'A player said of this late Green Bay coach, "He treats every man the same; he treats us all like dogs"'

Answer: Vince Lombardi


Question: 'People Magazine called her 4 year-old daughter Athina "The richest little girl in the world"'

Answer: Christina Onassis


Question: 'The bulldog is a symbol of this country where it was developed'

Answer: England


Question: 'The 2nd largest city in W. Germany, its state senate is headed by a burgermeister'

Answer: Hamburg


Question: 'Jean Giraudoux's play about "The Madwoman of" this place wasn't performed until after his death'

Answer: Chaillot


Question: 'Per its advertising motto, the insecticide Raid does this'

Answer: "Kills Bugs Dead"


Question: 'Those who knew this actress agreed with her statement "I've been on a calendar, but never on time"'

Answer: Marilyn Monroe


Question: 'He says that Gerry Rivers is not his real name but admits he was sometimes called Gerry as a kid'

Answer: Geraldo Rivera


Question: 'Of sight, hearing, or smell, the sense that is best developed in most seals'

Answer: Sight


Question: 'California's 2 longest rivers, the San Joaquin & Sacramento, meet & flow into this bay'

Answer: San Francisco Bay


Question: 'This 1928 Ben Hecht - Chas. MacArthur play influenced the public's conception of newspapermen'

Answer: "The Front Page"


Question: '"All the news that fits" is the motto of this rock music magazine'

Answer: "Rolling Stone"


Question: 'In 1952 a critic called this Fr. philosopher the "Decade's foremost theatrical confidence man"'

Answer: Jean-Paul Sartre


Question: 'Mary Pickford's stepson; he made his film debut at 13 in 1922, & in in 1989 he was a guest star on "B.L. Stryker"'

Answer: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.


Question: 'The 2 species of camel are the Arabian, also called the dromedary & this'

Answer: Bactrian (2-Humped)


Question: 'Pile O' Bones was the original name of this capital of Saskatchewan'

Answer: Regina


Question: 'In Italy this Pirandello play is known as "Sei Personaggi in Cerca D' Autore"'

Answer: "Six Characters in Search of an Author"


Question: 'The motto of this movie company is "Ars Gratia Artis", or Art for Art's Sake'

Answer: MGM


Question: 'Thanks to perestroika, lawyers in this country have created an advocacy assn., like a bar assn.'

Answer: Russia/Soviet Union


Question: 'Born Anna Mary Robertson, this artist died in 1961 at age 101'

Answer: Grandma Moses


Question: 'This president, born just off Broadway, was the subject of the Broadway musical "Teddy & Alice"'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'Roman Polanski's film "Tess" was based on his novel "Tess of the D' Urbervilles"'

Answer: Thomas Hardy


Question: 'Trumpet player John Birks Gillespie is better known by this nickname'

Answer: "Dizzy"


Question: 'The Philadelphia Centennial Exposition celebrated the 100th anniversary of this document'

Answer: Declaration of Independence


Question: 'In 1989 a warehouse in Nebraska was destroyed by a flood of this sugar by-product'

Answer: Molasses


Question: 'In 1534 Pope Paul III named him painter, sculptor & architect of the Vatican Palace'

Answer: Michelangelo


Question: 'New York City has 3 of these systems: the IND, the BMT & the narrow-gauge IRT'

Answer: Subways


Question: 'This Civil War historian won a Pulitzer prize & a nat'l book award for 1953's "A Stillness at Appomattox"'

Answer: Bruce Catton


Question: 'For 36 years this black "Hello, Dolly!" star has been married to jazz drummer Louis Bellson'

Answer: Pearl Bailey


Question: 'On March 27, 1964, North America's most intense recorded earthquake, an 8.4, hit this state'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'This Olympic runner who won 3 gold medals in 1988 retired recently to pursue writing & acting'

Answer: Florence Griffith-Joyner


Question: 'As a teenager, Andrew Wyeth was inspired by this American seascape artist'

Answer: Winslow Homer


Question: 'This national newspaper, based in New York, has the largest circulation in the U.S.'

Answer: The Wall Street Journal


Question: 'A Waltham, Mass. university is named for this Supreme Court justice & author of 1914's "Other People's Money"'

Answer: Louis Brandeis


Question: 'In 1976 this guitarist's "Breezin' " LP became the 1st record by a jazz musician to go platinum'

Answer: George Benson


Question: '1 of 3 men who, under the name "Publius", wrote "The Federalist" essays urging ratification of the Constitution'

Answer: Madison, Hamilton, & Jay


Question: 'One newspaper after another is fleeing this London street as banks & insurance COs move in'

Answer: Fleet Street


Question: 'In 1888 Vincent van Gogh threatened to kill this artist who was his roommate at the time'

Answer: Paul Gauguin


Question: 'Residents of this most populous borough sued, saying they were underrepresented in the city government'

Answer: Brooklyn


Question: '"The Power of Myth" is a book based on his conversations on PBS with Joseph Campbell'

Answer: Bill Moyers


Question: 'In 1975 this big band leader's album, "Thundering Herd", won a Grammy'

Answer: Woody Herman


Question: 'Just before WWII this British king & his queen Elizabeth became the 1st British monarchs to visit the U.S.'

Answer: George VI


Question: 'A jug of oil used to anoint kings of ancient Judah was recently found at Qumran near this body of water'

Answer: Dead Sea


Question: '(VIDEO Daily Double):<br />One of New York's oldest skyscrapers; its name is derived from its shape'

Answer: Flat Iron Building


Question: '"The Human Mind" & "Man Against Himself" were written by this Topeka, Kansas psychiatrist'

Answer: Karl Menninger


Question: 'Benny Goodman's original quartet included drummer Gene Krupa, pianist Teddy Wilson & this vibraphonist'

Answer: Lionel Hampton


Question: 'In 1982 Central High School was made a national landmark in memory of 1957 events there'

Answer: Little Rock, AR


Question: 'Genoa, Italy gave this state capital a 20' statue which was put in front of City Hall'

Answer: Columbus, Ohio


Question: 'Thessaloniki'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'In Romania they say "da", in Japan, "hai", & in Panama, this'

Answer: sí


Question: '...of Microsoft Corporation, 1975-2000'

Answer: Bill Gates


Question: 'It's the rhyming name of the Chinese equivalent of ravioli'

Answer: won ton


Question: 'He starred in "Chaplin" & in 2010 co-starred with Zach Galifianakis in "Due Date"'

Answer: Downey Jr.


Question:
'Islands, from smallest in area to largest:
Greenland,
Cuba,
Madagascar'

Answer: Cuba, Madagascar, Greenland


Question: 'Medellin'

Answer: Colombia


Question: 'A bud on a tuber, or a needle opening'

Answer: an eye


Question: '...of the Federal Reserve System, 1987-2006'

Answer: Alan Greenspan


Question: 'Stir-fried shredded meat & veggies are mixed with scrambled eggs & served in small thin pancakes for this dish'

Answer: mu shu (pork)


Question: 'He was Bob Woodward to Dustin Hoffman's Carl Bernstein'

Answer: Robert Redford


Question:
'Animals, from slowest to fastest:
cheetah,
donkey,
peregrine falcon'

Answer: donkey, cheetah, peregrine falcon


Question: 'Bergen'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'This 2-letter word precedes "Pretty Woman" in the title of a Roy Orbison No. 1 hit'

Answer: Oh


Question: '...of Motown Records, 1959-1988'

Answer: Berry Gordy


Question: 'The marquee ingredient in this soup comes from a type of swallow'

Answer: bird\'s nest soup


Question: 'On TV, this actor played a father who knew best & the kindly Dr. Marcus Welby'

Answer: Robert Young


Question:
'U.S. cities, from west to east:
Newport News,
Milwaukee,
New Orleans'

Answer: New Orleans, Milwaukee, Newport News


Question: 'Mandalay'

Answer: Myanmar (or Burma)


Question: 'This insect is mentioned in Muhammad Ali's line about his boxing style'

Answer: a bee


Question: '...of the Cuban Council of State, since February 2008'

Answer: Raúl Castro


Question: 'Chow mein has crispy noodles; the name of this boiled noodle & stir-fried meat & veggies dish means "soft noodles"'

Answer: lo mein


Question: 'At the 2010 Teen Choice Awards, he won Movie Actor: Drama not for a "Twilight" film but for "Remember Me"'

Answer: Pattinson


Question:
'Writers, from earliest to latest:
C.S. Lewis,
Sir Walter Scott,
Christopher Marlowe'

Answer: Chrisopher Marlowe, Sir Walter Scott, C.S. Lewis


Question: 'Freeport'

Answer: the Bahamas


Question: 'A wing of a building at right angles to the main structure, or a right-angled bend in a pipe'

Answer: an ell


Question: '...of Hitler's Afrika Korps, 1941-1943'

Answer: Rommel


Question: 'Pumping air between the fowl's flesh & skin is the first step to making this elaborate "capital" dish'

Answer: Peking duck


Question: 'For 6 years on HBO, he played sports agent Arliss Michaels'

Answer: Robert Wuhl


Question:
'National leaders from north to south:
Hugo Chavez,
Julia Gillard,
Barack Obama'

Answer: Barack Obama, Hugo Chavez, Julia Gillard


Question: '(Alex delivers the clue from Yad Vashem, Israel.)  At Yad Vashem, which is the Jewish people's living memorial to the holocaust, the monument to Jewish resistance fighters forms this national symbol'

Answer: the Star of David


Question: 'A method of assigning letter grades based on rank among the class is called "grading on" this'

Answer: a curve


Question: 'Nutation is the bobbing motion of a spinning rigid body; this toy is the classic example'

Answer: a top


Question: '"The Wacktastic Adventures of Mulder & Scully"'

Answer: The X-Files


Question: 'He explained his "Decision Points" in the 2010 book of that name'

Answer: George W. Bush


Question: 'Drop a letter from the language spoken by the people of Seoul to get this sacred text of Islam'

Answer: Koran/Korean


Question: '(Alex shows us a large stone in Yad Vashem, Israel.)  This stone comes from the central synagogue in Aachen, Germany, which was destroyed on November 9, 1938 in what became know as Kristallnacht, the Night of the Broken this'

Answer: glass


Question: 'The U.S. is facing a shortage of teachers of this subject--where are the new Jaime Escalantes?'

Answer: calculus


Question: 'When a tree's tissues are replaced by quartz, you get this type of wood, also a synonym for "frightened"'

Answer: petrified


Question: '"Where's the Electricity?!: The Laura Ingalls Story"'

Answer: Little House on the Prairie


Question: 'He felt his "Brief History of Time" left unanswered questions, so he came up with "The Grand Design" to answer them'

Answer: Stephen Hawking


Question: '...from a type of mediator to get this implanted device visible in the chest C-ray seen here'

Answer: pacemaker (from peacemaker)


Question: '(Alex walks in front of the Wall of Remembrance in Yad Vashem, Israel.)  Both the valiant uprising against the Nazis & the final deportation are depicted here in the Wall of Remembrance to this city's ghetto, which at one time held more than 100,000 people in just 1.3 square miles'

Answer: Warsaw


Question: 'NASET is the "National Association of" these "Teachers", who may work with the gifted as well as the disabled'

Answer: Special Education


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew performs a science demonstration.)  You'd expect the paper to fly up when extreme pressure is applied, but instead... the wood breaks; air couldn't flow in quickly enough between the paper, the wood, & the table, so a partial this 6-letter term was formed'

Answer: a vacuum


Question: '"Lieutenant Van Buren"--the show should have been just about her'

Answer: Law & Order


Question: 'The second book in a bestselling trilogy is "The Girl Who Played with" this'

Answer: Fire


Question: '...from a word for a mechanical man to get this verb that means "to cheer on"'

Answer: root (from robot)


Question: '(Alex walks among lush green vegetation at Yad Vashem, Israel.)  Symbolic of new life, trees line the avenue honoring those who risked their lives to help save the Jews; hey are known as this noble word "among the nations"'

Answer: the righteous


Question: 'This term for a list of items to be covered in a course is from the Greek for "parchment label"'

Answer: syllabus


Question: 'The Schottky effect is a type of increase in the discharge of these subatomic particles from a heated surface'

Answer: electrons


Question: '"That Gabe Kaplan '70s Show"'

Answer: Welcome Back, Kotter


Question: 'In 2010 this political daughter took readers behind the scenes of the campaign trail in "Dirty Sexy Politics"'

Answer: (Meghan) McCain


Question: '...from a word for a long, vehement speech to get this synonym for "swap"'

Answer: trade (from tirade)


Question: '(Alex walks through the Valley of the Communities at Yad Vashem.)  The Valley of the Communities is a labyrinth of great walls with the names of over 5,000 communities, most of which no longer exist; now the architects were inspired by this biblical prophet's vision of the Valley of the Dry Bones'

Answer: Ezekiel


Question: 'This organization started in 1990 with 500 idealistic young people working in schools in low-income communities'

Answer: Teach for America


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.)  Glucose & fructose are monosaccharides; by removing a molecule of water, the two join to form this disaccharide, also known as table sugar'

Answer: sucrose


Question: '"Drs. Weaver, Lockhart & Rasgotra, Medicine Women of Chicago"'

Answer: ER


Question: 'After revealing "The Secret", she gave us "The Power"'

Answer: Rhonda Byrne


Question: '...from a slat on a window to get this word for a paramour'

Answer: lover (from louver)


Question: 'After the death in combat of the previous king, he became the last one to win the crown while on the battlefield'

Answer: Henry VII


Question: 'In the Bible Isaac was the first to have this procedure done at the age of 8 days, still a Jewish custom'

Answer: circumcision


Question: 'A type of allergic rhinitis affecting the mucous membranes of the eyes'

Answer: hay fever


Question: 'In the movie "Gone with the Wind", Rhett Butler tells her, "A cat's a better mother than you"'

Answer: Scarlett O\'Hara


Question: '"I will remain silent.  Neither I, nor my wife, will leave Krypton", says Marlon Brando in this 1978 film'

Answer: Superman


Question: 'In 2004 Shaq was fined $295,000 for using some salty language in a TV interview; it was this many games' pay'

Answer: 1


Question: 'The neolithic folk of Catal Huyuk, Turkey exposed their dead to the vultures, then put these remains under their beds'

Answer: their bones


Question: 'Despite a famine, God told Isaac to "go not down unto" this land of the Pharaohs but to stay put in Gerar'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'A huge punch that usually results in a knockout'

Answer: a haymaker


Question: 'She fed her children "some broth without... bread" then "whipped them all soundly and put them to bed"'

Answer: the old woman who lived in a shoe


Question: '"Factor" in the idea that this Fox commentator has been known to tell guests in his "No Spin Zone" to "Shut up!"'

Answer: Bill O\'Reilly


Question: 'In his first 12 years in the NBA, Shaq made only one of these "behind the arc" shots, on Feb. 16, 1996'

Answer: a three-pointer


Question: 'Ironically, an "aquatic civilization" has been unearthed in this area that covers much of North Africa'

Answer: the Sahara Desert


Question: 'Abraham was ready to sacrifice Isaac as commanded, but God provided this adult animal caught in a thicket'

Answer: a ram


Question: 'Out of control, disordered, crazy'

Answer: haywire


Question: 'She not only condoned the crimes committed by sons Herman, Lloyd, Arthur & Fred, she may have participated'

Answer: Ma Barker


Question: 'This comic was silenced by obscenity charges in the '60s; in 2003 Gov. Pataki gave him a posthumous pardon'

Answer: Lenny Bruce


Question: 'Appropriately, Mr. O'Neal did ads for this co. whose slogan works for us--"You've got questions, we've got answers"'

Answer: RadioShack


Question: 'Some skulls from colonial America show wear on a tooth from sucking on the stem of this artifact'

Answer: a pipe


Question: 'God said this elderly mother of Isaac "shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her"'

Answer: Sarah


Question: 'To glide or move nonchalantly across the floor'

Answer: sashay


Question: 'In the 8th century Irene ruled alone over this empire after she had her son Constantine VI deposed & blinded'

Answer: the Byzantine Empire


Question: 'If you're arrested, you have the right to remain silent thanks to this arrestee's 1966 case'

Answer: Miranda


Question: 'On March 6, 2000 Shaq dropped a career-high 61 points on this team that calls Staples Center home'

Answer: the Clippers


Question: 'Finds at Whitehall Villa in Britain reveal that this ancient people ate dormice & really loved oysters'

Answer: the Romans


Question: 'Isaac & his wife Rebekah had twin sons: Jacob & this one who sold his birthright to Jacob'

Answer: Esau


Question: 'This revolt, chiefly by farmers, took place in Massachusetts in 1786'

Answer: Shays\' Rebellion


Question: 'In mythology, after Jason walked out on her, she murdered their children'

Answer: Medea


Question: '"'Are you lost, Daddy?' I arsked... 'Shut up,' he explained" is from this "circular" sportswriter's "Young Immigrunts"'

Answer: Ring Lardner


Question: 'Homeric Troy was found to date from this age, the metal of the Trojans' weapons in the "Iliad"'

Answer: the Bronze Age


Question: 'Schubert wrote one of these in C for the unusual grouping of 2 violins, 1 viola & 2 cellos'

Answer: a quintet


Question: 'In Amsterdam a Bruine Kroeg or "brown cafe", specializes in this potent potable'

Answer: beer


Question: 'The Indian Ocean's longest north-south distance measures about 6,100 miles from Pakistan to this continent'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: '"The Lion in ___"'

Answer: winter


Question: 'The first paragraph of this Ralph Ellison novel says, "People refuse to see me"'

Answer: Invisible Man


Question: 'It was once known as New Connecticut'

Answer: Vermont


Question: 'Piano sonatas were a specialty of Johann Christian, youngest surviving son of this man'

Answer: Johann Sebastian Bach


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds up a drink in a tall glass.)  A whiskey and soda is one example of this type of cocktail, also the relatively tall glass in which it is served'

Answer: a highball


Question: 'On May 20, 1498, he arrived at India's Malabar Coast, completing the first voyage from Western Europe to India'

Answer: Vasco da Gama


Question: '"Corvette ___"'

Answer: summer


Question: 'The title of this 1994 John Grisham novel refers to the gas one'

Answer: The Chamber


Question: 'November 11th'

Answer: Veterans Day


Question: 'He was working on his 3rd symphony when he died in England in 1934; it premiered in 1998 amid much "pomp"'

Answer: (Sir Edward) Elgar


Question: 'Asking for a "perfect martini" isn't an impossible demand; it means to use both the dry & sweet types of this'

Answer: vermouth


Question: 'To practice your Sinhala, a language of Indo-European extraction, your best bet is to go to this island'

Answer: Sri Lanka


Question: '"The Roman ___ of Mrs. Stone"'

Answer: spring


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew  reports from the brightly-lit nighttime streets of New York.) John Rechy wrote, "I would think of America as one vast  city of" this "stretching gaudily from Times Square"'

Answer: night


Question: 'Any dummy could tell you it's from the Latin for "speaking from the stomach"'

Answer: ventriloquism


Question: 'The composition Carl Orff titled this has been heard on many movie soundtracks'

Answer: "Carmina Burana"


Question: 'In the 1850s Manet painted the drinker of this dangerous liqueur'

Answer: absinthe


Question: 'This Tanzanian port on the Indian Ocean was founded by the Sultan of Zanzibar in 1862 as a trading post'

Answer: Dar es Salaam


Question: '"___ of Sam"'

Answer: summer


Question: 'A character in this 1933 Erskine Caldwell novel sets aside land for the church--the poorest piece at a given time'

Answer: God\'s Little Acre


Question: 'Traditional adjective for saintly 8th century historian Bede'

Answer: the Venerable


Question: 'A swan and tortoises are among the creatures depicted in this Saint-Saens suite'

Answer: Carnival of the Animals


Question: 'New Orleanians know the Peychaud's brand of this liquid aqdds a necessary taste to a Sazerac cocktail'

Answer: bitters


Question: 'This gulf, an extension of the Indian Ocean, separates Africa's Somalia from Asia's Yemen'

Answer: the Gulf of Aden


Question: '"___ Sonata"'

Answer: autumn


Question: 'The title of this Tennyson poem refers to passing over a sandbar into open water, heading fro the unknown'

Answer: Crossing the Bar


Question: 'It's his 17th century work seen here'

Answer: Velasquez


Question: 'This type of roadside establishment got its name & original design from a Pullman product'

Answer: a diner


Question: 'Mendota, Monona, Kegonsa & Waubesa are the "Four Lakes" of this Wisconsin Capital'

Answer: Madison


Question: '"You Bet Your Life" he was the "Most Outstanding Personality"'

Answer: Groucho Marx


Question: 'Of a goblet, snifter, or tumbler, the one without a stem'

Answer: a tumbler


Question: 'In 1869 it cut the travel distance between London & Bombay by over 4,000 miles'

Answer: the Suez Canal


Question: 'A veteran of Waterloo, Henry Steinway began manufacturing this instrument in the 1830s'

Answer: the piano


Question: 'This word commonly preceds hall, house & crier'

Answer: town


Question: 'It's the capital of the "Garden State"'

Answer: Trenton


Question: 'Coverage of the departure of marines to this country won a special events Emmy'

Answer: Korea


Question: 'Espresso makers may have an attachment for steaming this liquid'

Answer: milk


Question: 'When Hannibal was 9, his father forced him to swear eternal hatred for this city'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'A musical performance from the movie "Deliverance" features a "Dueling" pair of these'

Answer: banjos


Question: 'It's what the "I" stands for in IEA, ICSU & IATSE'

Answer: international


Question: 'In October an apple butter festival is held at the Carl G. Fenner Arboretum in this Michigan capital'

Answer: Lansing


Question: 'In the Best Actor category, Jose Ferrer competed against Stan Freberg, the voice of this sea serpent'

Answer: Cecil


Question: 'Great-grandma's kitchen may have had one of these devices to turn cream into butter'

Answer: a churn


Question: 'A March 31, 1492 edict in this country offered the Jews there the choice of baptism or exile'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'Used in military bands, the large-bored euphonium is a type of this brass instrument'

Answer: a tuba


Question: 'In 1991 this most common test for college-board seniors saw its first decline in math scores since 1980'

Answer: the SATs


Question: 'It's nicknamed the "Green Mountain City"'

Answer: Montpelier (Vermont)


Question: 'The best variety show was hosted by this man who later starred with "Mr. Ed"'

Answer: Alan Young


Question: 'This spreading tool's name was a late Latin term for the shoulder blade'

Answer: a spatula


Question: 'In 1324 Mali's ruler Mansa Musa made a 4,000-mile pilgrimage to this city, taking a reported 12,000 slaves'

Answer: Mecca


Question: 'European dance masters used to accompany pupils with a pochette, a small version of this stringed instrument'

Answer: a violin


Question: 'This airline's slogan is "Something special in the air"'

Answer: American Airlines


Question: 'The Gastineau Salmon Hatchery is an attraction in this city that lies along the Gastineau Channel'

Answer: Juneau, Alaska


Question: 'It was the first program to win as Best Game Show; host Ralph Edwards picked up the award'

Answer: Truth or Consequences


Question: 'This company put its Mixmaster on the market in 1930 & sold 60,000 of them the first year'

Answer: Sunbeam


Question: 'In 751 Pepin the Short's title was changed from "Mayor of the Palace" to "King of" these people'

Answer: the Franks


Question: 'The English name of this woodwind is a corruption of its French name which means "high wood"'

Answer: the oboe


Question: 'This word can refer to a size of type on a typewriter or an unnatural appetite for clay or chalk'

Answer: pica


Question: 'He swore he used "neither book nor pamphlet" in preparing the draft'

Answer: Jefferson


Question: 'Maurice Utrillo was famous for his paintings of this city, especially of Montmartre'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'Amritsar, the religious center of the Sikhs, is located in this country's Punjab state'

Answer: India


Question: 'In a 1994 film she played Wilma Flintstone's mother Pearl Slaghoople'

Answer: Elizabeth Taylor


Question: 'In England, paper bills of this monetary unit come in denominations of 5, 10, 20 & 50'

Answer: pounds


Question: 'At the beginning of the last act of this Thornton Wilder play, Emily has died in childbirth'

Answer: Our Town


Question: 'Most of the members of the Continental Congress did this on Aug. 2, 1776, not on July 4'

Answer: signed


Question: 'One of Andy Warhol's favorite subjects was this founder of the People's Republic of China'

Answer: Mao Tse-tung


Question: 'A Benedictine monk named Augustine became England's first Archbishop of this c. 600'

Answer: Canterbury


Question: 'Jane Taylor wrote the rhyme about a scintillating heavenly body that begins with these words'

Answer: "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"


Question: 'In 1961 the rand became legal tender in this country'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'In "A Streetcar Named Desire", she's Stella Kowalski's sister'

Answer: Blanche DuBois


Question: 'The rough draft read, "We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable"; it was changed to this'

Answer: self-evident


Question: 'In 1961 the Met purchased his "Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer" for $2.3 million'

Answer: Rembrandt


Question: 'The name of Durga, a fierce & beautiful goddess of this religion, is Sanskrit for "the inaccessible"'

Answer: Hindu


Question: 'This "A Woman of Substance" author married producer Robert Bradford in 1963'

Answer: Barbara Taylor Bradford


Question: 'In 1993 Turkmenistan replaced this unit of currency with the manat'

Answer: the ruble


Question: 'It completes the title of the play "Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet..."'

Answer: and I\'m Feeling So Sad


Question: 'One of the "facts" "presented" was England's "imposing" these "on us without our consent"'

Answer: taxes


Question: 'In 1978 3 of his bronzes, including "The Clenched Hand", were stolen from the St. Louis Art Museum'

Answer: Rodin


Question: 'Poland's patron saint is St. Stanislaus of this city, the former capital of Poland'

Answer: Krakow


Question: 'He was exhumed in 1991 to determine whether he had been poisoned in 1850'

Answer: Zachary Taylor


Question: 'In 1980 Israel adopted this currency that shares its name with a biblical unit of weight'

Answer: a shekel


Question: 'In a 1922 Anne Nichols play, he marries an Irish girl named Rose Mary Murphy, starting a family feud'

Answer: Abie


Question: 'Congress ordered a copy for each state Jan. 18, 1777, when it met in this city, not Philadelphia'

Answer: Baltimore


Question: 'His son Jamie is the day-dreaming boy with the coonskin hat in his 1952 watercolor "Faraway"'

Answer: Andrew Wyeth


Question: 'It's the religion of nearly all the Malays in Malaysia'

Answer: Islam


Question: 'She gave us the generational saga of "Captains and the Kings"'

Answer: (Janet) Taylor Caldwell


Question: 'Divided into 100 groschen, it's the main unit of Austria'

Answer: shilling


Question: 'In February 1949 this actor originated the role of Willy Loman in "Death of a Salesman"'

Answer: Lee J. Cobb


Question: 'This Republican was the first V.P. to succeed to the presidency and then win the office by election'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'In Tibet a cross between domestic cattle & this wild ox is called a dzo'

Answer: a yak


Question: 'Carroll O'Connor & Jean Stapleton in this series'

Answer: All in the Family


Question: 'Shades of "Star Trek": the U.S. Navy's aircraft carrier CVN 65 is named this'

Answer: The Enterprise


Question: 'About her Lord Tennyson wrote, "then she rode forth, clothed on with chastity"'

Answer: Lady Godiva


Question: 'Honor these 2 people; you'll live longer!'

Answer: your father and mother


Question: 'The first pharaoh of this name ruled around 1293 B.C.'

Answer: Ramses


Question: 'You could say this Arctic mammal, Odobenus rosmarus, has a Wilford Brimley mustache'

Answer: the walrus


Question: 'Ray Romano & Patricia Heaton'

Answer: Everybody Loves Raymond


Question: 'A woman born Mamie Doud christened this carrier'

Answer: The Eisenhower


Question: 'In 1974 Ray Stevens recorded a novelty record about this new fad of running nude in public & took it to no. 1 on the charts'

Answer: streaking


Question: 'In the Commandments, God makes it clear that he's not big on "graven" these'

Answer: images


Question: 'Asian wheat flour noodles served in broth'

Answer: ramen


Question: 'This insectivore has a synonym for "pig" in its name'

Answer: a hedgehog


Question: 'Larry Hagman & Barbara Eden'

Answer: I Dream of Jeannie


Question: 'Aircraft carriers named for stinging insects include the USS Wasp & this one, now a museum'

Answer: The Hornet


Question: 'The revival of this 1967 musical that featured some nudity won a 2009 Tony Award for Best Musical Revival'

Answer: Hair


Question: 'From the Latin for "defile" comes this, which thou shalt not commit'

Answer: adultery


Question: '3-syllable term for noisy or lacking in restraint, like a bunch of school kids on a field trip'

Answer: rambunctious


Question:
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Antarctica as a whale blows.)
The characteristic shape of this whale, the only species in the genus megaptera, makes it the easiest great whale to identify'

Answer: the humpback whale


Question: 'William Frawley & Vivian Vance'

Answer: I Love Lucy


Question: 'The adjective meaning "courageous" is the name of a carrier that's now a (floating) historic landmark'

Answer: The Intrepid


Question: 'This term refers to swimming in your birthday suit, whether you're fat or thin'

Answer: skinny dipping


Question: 'One commandment says, "remember" this day, "to keep it holy"'

Answer: sabbath


Question: 'To talk or write aimlessly'

Answer: ramble


Question: 'It's not a feline, it's not a reptile, it's the fossa, the largest carnivore of this island off Africa'

Answer: Madagascar


Question: 'Jim Backus & Natalie Schafer'

Answer: Gilligan\'s Island


Question: 'An aircraft carrier was named this, a fictional Tibetan land of eternal youth'

Answer: The Shangri-La


Question: 'William Strachey of Jamestown described her as "well featured but wanton" after seeing her do cartwheels naked'

Answer: Pocahontas


Question: 'The commandments forbid bearing "false" this against your neighbor'

Answer: witness


Question: 'Rickety, like an old house about to fall down'

Answer: ramshackle


Question: 'This nickname for Wisconsin folks goes back to lead miners who lived in holes in the ground or hillsides'

Answer: badgers


Question: 'Brad Pitt played an ace cardsharp who was one of George Clooney's accomplices in this 2001 caper'

Answer: Ocean\'s Eleven


Question: 'Frederic is a young pirate apprentice in this rollicking work from 1879'

Answer: The Pirates of Penzance


Question: 'This Louisiana governor created his "share-our-wealth" in 1934, advocating higher income & inheritance taxes'

Answer: Huey Long


Question: 'Invite friends over to play this game; dazzle them with your knowledge while filling in your token with little wedges'

Answer: Trivial Pursuit


Question: 'Pen name (3 , 2, 5)'

Answer: nom de plume


Question: 'The USA's first one of these classes for youngsters opened its doors in Watertown in 1856'

Answer: a kindergarten


Question: 'Michael Caine teamed up with this comic actor as the title con men in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"'

Answer: Steve Martin


Question: 'The true identity of a missing king is at the heart of 1889's "The Gondoliers", set mostly in this city'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'This son of Man O' War, with "war" in his own name, won the Triple Crown in 1937'

Answer: War Admiral


Question: 'Go out & try a new restaurant recommended in this survey/guide launched in 1979'

Answer: Zagat


Question: 'Good evening (7)'

Answer: bonsoir


Question: 'Wisconsin borders these 2 Great Lakes'

Answer: Superior and Michigan


Question: 'Mel Gibson & Jodie Foster are card-playing cons in this western based on a TV series'

Answer: Maverick


Question: 'A perennial favorite, it is set in a rather inauthentic version of Japan'

Answer: The Mikado


Question: 'In 1934 F. Scott Fitzgerald published this novel about psychiatrist Dick Diver & his schizophrenic wife'

Answer: Tender is the Night


Question: 'Try writing one of these funny 5-line poems; here, I'll start it for you--"There was a man from Tibet...'

Answer: a limerick


Question: '& There you have it! (5)'

Answer: voilà


Question: 'Surprisingly, these Wisconsin islands have names like Sand, Raspberry & Oak instead of Judas, Andrew & Peter'

Answer: the Apostles


Question: 'Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin, Benicio del Toro, Kevin Pollak & Kevin Spacey are the title figures of this 1995 film'

Answer: The Usual Suspects


Question: '1882's "Iolanthe" tells the tale of a fairy who has disobeyed magical laws by marrying one of these'

Answer: a human


Question: 'In June 1936 the Republican National Convention nominated this Kansas governor for president'

Answer: (Alf) Landon


Question: 'Take a hike! Up this impressive 8,800-foot formation in Yosemite National Park'

Answer: Half Dome


Question: 'A place de coiffure or de beaute (5)'

Answer: salon


Question: 'You can polish off this clue if you know that Frank Lloyd Wright designed the HQ for this company in Racine'

Answer: Johnson Wax


Question: 'Tatum O'Neal won an Oscar as the protege of con man Ryan O'Neal in this period piece'

Answer: Paper Moon


Question: 'This grim landmark is the setting for 1888's "The Yeomen of the Guard" & some of the fun takes place around the chopping block'

Answer: The Tower of London


Question: 'World War I veterans demanding extra pay for their service made up the 1930s group known as this army'

Answer: the Bonus Army


Question: 'How about hitting the slopes of Loon Mountain or the Dartmouth Skiway in this state'

Answer: New Hampshire


Question: 'Up to date (2, 7)'

Answer: au courant


Question: '50 Cent pieces issued in 2003 by this country depict Frodo, Gandalf, Gollum, Sauron & Aragorn'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'It "rocks" as New Hampshire's nickname'

Answer: the Granite State


Question: 'In vintage psychology talk, anxiety is a type of neurosis; schizophrenia is a type of this -osis'

Answer: psychosis


Question: 'A.A. Milne used this name, his own son's, as a character in his Pooh stories'

Answer: Christopher Robin


Question: '"One man's meat is..."'

Answer: another man\'s poison


Question: 'On 9/20/01 GM introduced its "Keep America Rolling" program, charging this percentage on car loans'

Answer: zero


Question: 'One critic dubbed his film "The Passion of the Christ" "Ecce Slo-Mo"'

Answer: Mel Gibson


Question: 'Until around 1680, New Hampshire was officially a part of this colony'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'When I snap my fingers, you will awake & name this; Ericksonian is one type'

Answer: hypnosis


Question: 'Marvelous marsupial mama to Roo in the Pooh stories'

Answer: Kanga


Question: '"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man..."'

Answer: healthy, wealthy and wise


Question: 'In 1953 the U.S. Secy. of this said he used to think that what was good for the U.S. was good for GM & vice versa'

Answer: the Secretary of Defense


Question: 'As a teen, she fell in love with her mom's co-star Don Johnson; they got together & broke up several times'

Answer: Melanie Griffith


Question: 'In April 1963 Gov. John King signed the bill allowing one of these games in the state'

Answer: the lottery


Question: 'This type of "episode" is the more talkative phase in bipolar disorder'

Answer: manic


Question: 'One of Milne's early successes was the collection of light verse titled "When We Were Very" this'

Answer: Young


Question: '"Don't throw the baby out..."'

Answer: with the bathwater


Question: 'This early 1900s racer who gave his name to a major GM division was born in La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland'

Answer: Louis Chevrolet


Question: 'This left-handed cartoonist drew his character Bart Simpson as a lefty too'

Answer: Matt Groening


Question: 'Though it recently fell down, this rock formation is on the back of New Hampshire's state quarter'

Answer: the Old Man in the Mountain


Question: 'Tremens is one type of this confused state'

Answer: delirium


Question: 'A.A. Milne was a regular contributor to this British humor magazine founded in 1841'

Answer: Punch


Question: '"If you're not part of the solution..."'

Answer: you\'re part of the problem


Question: 'Powered by your car's battery, this system from GM lets you summon emergency help'

Answer: OnStar


Question: 'Burning Spear named a classic reggae song for this black nationalist leader of 1920s America'

Answer: Marcus Garvey


Question: 'So far, this 14th president is our only chief executive to hail from New Hampshire'

Answer: (Franklin) Pierce


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew displays a symbol.)  Curves represent the waking & dream states, & the dot is the metaphysical/ transcendental state in this Sanskrit syllable'

Answer: om


Question: 'Milne attended Westminster School in London & this college at Cambridge with a "3-pronged" name'

Answer: Trinity


Question: '"Hell hath no fury like a ..."'

Answer: a woman scorned


Question: 'Around 1910 "Standard of the World" was the slogan of this luxurious GM make'

Answer: Cadillac


Question: 'He's the graphic design legend who created the Bob Dylan poster seen here'

Answer: Milton Glaser


Question: 'Formed in 1921, it now has about 70 million members'

Answer: the Communist Party


Question: 'This former partner of Ike was banned for being too sexy'

Answer: Tina Turner


Question: 'Artemisia Gentileschi was paid 3 times the going rate to paint this ceiling painter's family home'

Answer: Michelangelo


Question: 'Nickname of I. Lewis Libby, who grew up to be VP Cheney's powerful chief of staff'

Answer: Scooter


Question: 'Rotund Cosby-voiced cartoon character who penned works like "The Plague" & "The Stranger"'

Answer: Fat Albert Camus


Question: 'Atomic number 20'

Answer: calcium


Question: 'This beer is the top-selling branded consumer exported from China'

Answer: Tsingtao


Question: 'This "Another Brick In The Wall" band was blacklisted for "distortion of Soviet foreign policy"'

Answer: Pink Floyd


Question: 'This president became fascinated with artist Maria Cosway in Paris while serving as minister to France'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson