Question: 'A painter & two architects designed the 1935 studio 42 model of one of these for Olivetti'

Answer: a typewriter


Question: 'T.S. Eliot wrote, "In a minute there is time for decisions and" these "which a minute will reverse"'

Answer: revisions


Question: 'With only about 425,000 people, it's South America's least populous independent mainland country'

Answer: Suriname (formerly Dutch Guiana)


Question: 'Wladyslaw Gomulka was first secretary of this country's Communist party from 1956-1970'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'The official seal, showing a Seminole woman, appears on this state's flag'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'Whitman's flaws'

Answer: Walt\'s faults


Question: 'The boundary between the mantle & this layer is called the Mohorovicic Discontinuity'

Answer: Crust


Question: 'One reason for dyeing the shells of these nuts red is to make them stand out in the nut bowl'

Answer: Pistachios


Question: 'Last name of Enrique who's following in his father Julio's footsteps...er vocal cords'

Answer: Iglesias


Question: 'In 1517 the Ottoman Turks took this country & put a pasha in power; today a Mubarak rules'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'The red "C" on this state's flag could stand for Centennial State, or the name of the state itself'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'Beecher Stowe's lassos'

Answer: Harriet\'s lariats


Question: 'These 2 ducts lead from the ovaries to the uterus'

Answer: Fallopian tubes


Question: 'Some soaps & candles use oil pressed from copra, the dried white meat of this nut'

Answer: Coconut


Question: 'This "La Bamba" group from East L.A. has had a howling good time singing since 1973'

Answer: Los Lobos


Question: 'In 1740 he became king of Prussia & elector of Brandenburg'

Answer: Frederick the Great


Question: 'Alaska's flag features the North Star as well as this stellar configuration'

Answer: Big Dipper


Question: 'Lewis' kegs'

Answer: Carroll\'s barrels


Question: 'In the 1920s, Julius Nieuwland polymerized acetylene, added chlorine atoms & created this synthetic rubber'

Answer: Neoprene


Question: 'Most of these "spreading" American trees have been killed by a disease that started near New York City in 1904'

Answer: Chestnut


Question: '"Mi Tierra" in 1993 was the 1st solo all-Spanish album for this Cuban-born "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" singer'

Answer: Gloria Estefan


Question: 'This Russian czar spent the last few years of his life composing a list of people he had murdered'

Answer: Ivan the Terrible


Question: 'An all-white palmetto tree appears in the center of this state's flag'

Answer: South Carolina


Question: 'Theodore's gushing hot springs'

Answer: Dreiser\'s geysers


Question: 'On July 10, 1996 scientists released close-up photos of Ganymede taken by this space probe'

Answer: Galileo


Question: 'Native to the Amazon jungle, these triangular nuts are rich in selenium, an antioxidant'

Answer: Brazil nuts


Question: 'He had a hit with "Just Another Day" on the English charts & "Otro Dia Mas" on the Latin charts'

Answer: Jon Secada


Question: 'In 1513 this Spaniard made the first recorded European exploration of what is now the U.S. mainland'

Answer: Ponce de Leon


Question: 'This state's flag features its official seal on a white buffalo'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: 'John's scallions'

Answer: Bunyan\'s onions


Question: 'In 1993 Eugene & Carolyn Shoemaker & David Levy discovered a highly fragmented one of these'

Answer: Comet


Question: 'The plant that produces this kidney-shaped nut is related to poison ivy'

Answer: Cashew


Question: 'A school in East Harlem was named for this singer born blind in Puerto Rico in 1945'

Answer: Jose Feliciano


Question: 'In the 4th century B.C. Lycia was conquered by this Macedonian & absorbed into his empire'

Answer: Alexander the Great


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

Answer: White blood cells


Question: 'On September 26, 1820 this Kentuckian who cleared the Wilderness Road died in Missouri at age 85'

Answer: Daniel Boone


Question: 'In this Tennessee Williams play, Big Daddy returns to his cotton plantation unaware that he's dying of cancer'

Answer: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof


Question: 'This New England school is known as M.I.T. for short'

Answer: Massachusetts Institute of Technology


Question: 'The December 1995 cover of Premiere magazine read this director "Makes Book on 'Casino' "'

Answer: Martin Scorsese


Question: 'Colchis on the Black Sea was the home of this object sought by Jason & the Argonauts'

Answer: Golden Fleece


Question: 'In 1970 this pediatrician authored "A Teenager's Guide to Life and Love"'

Answer: Dr. Benjamin Spock


Question: 'From 1946 to 1950 this future dictator was director general of Haiti's national public health service'

Answer: Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier


Question: 'Still running in London after 44 years, this Agatha Christie play is set at Monkswell Manor in a snowstorm'

Answer: The Mousetrap


Question: '4 students were killed & several others wounded at this university May 4, 1970'

Answer: Kent State


Question: '1991 film in which Warren Beatty found if you build it they will come, even to the middle of a desert'

Answer: Bugsy


Question: 'Bithynia on the Bosporus Strait is now part of this country'

Answer: Turkey


Question: 'Gerontology studies all aspects of aging; this branch of medicine treats the diseases of old age'

Answer: Geriatrics


Question: 'Wounded at night by fellow Confederates at Chancellorsville, he died 8 days later'

Answer: Stonewall Jackson


Question: 'In "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial", Lt. Marek is tried for relieving him of command of the Caine'

Answer: Captain Queeg


Question: 'The 1996 Rose Bowl pitted the USC Trojans against this Illinois school's Wildcats'

Answer: Northwestern


Question: 'Elizabeth Berkley bared more than her soul in this 1995 NC-17 rated Paul Verhoeven film'

Answer: Showgirls


Question: 'This Biblical country of Hammurabi was once the country of Sumer'

Answer: Babylonia


Question: 'In the 2nd century this Greek physician showed that the brain controls the voice'

Answer: Galen


Question: 'In 1879 this inventor of a steel-making process was made a fellow in Britain's Royal Society'

Answer: Sir Henry Bessemer


Question: 'In this Hecht-MacArthur comedy, a group of reporters awaits the execution of an anarchist'

Answer: The Front Page


Question: 'America's first chair of law was founded at this Virginia college in 1779'

Answer: William & Mary


Question: 'This 1980 film could have been called "Dummar and Hughes"'

Answer: Melvin and Howard


Question: 'The capital of Assyria; Ashurbanipal founded a library there'

Answer: Nineveh


Question: 'Icterus is another name for this yellowing of the skin'

Answer: Jaundice


Question: 'When he died in 1917 this hero of Manila Bay was president of the General Board of the Navy'

Answer: George Dewey


Question: 'Dagmar, Christie, Katrin & Nels are the 4 children of a Norwegian immigrant couple in this John Van Druten play'

Answer: I Remember Mama


Question: 'Referring to its oldest building, Nassau Hall, Old Nassau is a nickname for this Ivy League school'

Answer: Princeton


Question: 'In this 1979 film Robert Redford steals a $12 million horse from a Vegas hotel; Jane Fonda follows him'

Answer: The Electric Horseman


Question: 'In 1910 the "Deutschland" inaugurated commercial passenger service in one of these'

Answer: Zeppelin/dirigible


Question: 'Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'There's a Washington, D.C. memorial to an ape general when Mark Wahlberg returns to Earth in this 2001 film'

Answer: Planet of the Apes


Question: 'This red gem is the traditional gift for a 40th wedding anniversary'

Answer: ruby


Question: 'Da, "War and Peace" published in complete form 2day.  Liking 1869.  Is very good year'

Answer: Tolstoy


Question: 'While living in London in the 1750s, this Philadelphian asked his wife to send him barrels of Newtown pippins'

Answer: Franklin


Question: 'To avoid responsibility is to do this'

Answer: pass the buck


Question: 'Martha's Vineyard'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'Bruce Willis is dead & doesn't know it in this 1999 thriller'

Answer: The Sixth Sense


Question: 'Nacre is mother-of-this'

Answer: pearl


Question: 'Only 25 when "The Naked and the Dead" makes me famous. Feel like I'm gonna win 2 Pulitzers b4 I'm thru'

Answer: (Norman) Mailer


Question: 'Most trees in apple orchards are not grown from seeds; they are produced using this process'

Answer: grafting


Question: 'A proverb says, "a new broom" does this'

Answer: sweeps clean


Question: 'Kodiak Island'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'Faye Dunaway's daughter is also her sister in this Jack Nicholson classic from 1974'

Answer: Chinatown


Question: 'L. Frank Baum had this birthstone, the same as the name of a city he created'

Answer: the emerald


Question: 'What am I doing?! Screaming!  Itz 1945 & I'm U.S. soldier @ bombing of Dresden!  (Will write 1969 novel about it)'

Answer: Vonnegut


Question: 'The most damaging disease attacking apple trees is apple scab, a type of this spore-bearing organism'

Answer: a fungus


Question: 'It's the literal interpretation of a phrase meaning to relax or behave informally'

Answer: let your hair down


Question: 'Padre Island'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'The disabled Kevin Spacey seems to be the killer Keyser Soze in this 1995 film'

Answer: The Usual Suspects


Question: 'This gem is named for being the color of sea water'

Answer: aquamarine


Question: 'Made dean of St. Pat's @ Dublin.  Will pen "Travels". Pls publish "Journal to Stella" after my death'

Answer: Jonathan Swift


Question: 'Washington State produces more apples than any other state; this state where the Empire apple developed is 2nd'

Answer: New York


Question: 'When insulted, you might turn a deaf ear or turn this, as advised in Luke & Matthew'

Answer: the other cheek


Question: 'Isle Royale'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'In this 1992 IRA thriller starring Stephen Rea, the "girl" is really a guy'

Answer: The Crying Game


Question: 'The most prized of these fiery gems are the black ones found in New South Wales, Australia'

Answer: an opal


Question: 'Czech out my short story "A Hunger Artist"!  Tweet done.  Max Brod, pls burn my laptop'

Answer: (Franz) Kafka


Question: 'In 1935 Gillett's Seedlings was renamed this for the Ohio township where it was developed, not for an Italian city'

Answer: the Rome beauty


Question: 'This 3-word phrase means to stretch the limits'

Answer: push the envelope


Question: 'Nicknamed Misha, he was nominated for a 1989 Tony Award for Best Actor in a drama for "Metamorphosis"'

Answer: Baryshnikov


Question: 'In football, if you hit an opposing defender below the waist from behind, you'll get hit with this personal foul'

Answer: clipping


Question: 'Term for a substance that can't be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means'

Answer: element


Question:
'Books of the Bible:
Exodus,
Leviticus,
Numbers...'

Answer: Deuteronomy


Question: 'This "Great" king ran the Danes out of his country in 878, beginning a period of peace in Wessex'

Answer: Alfred the Great


Question: 'Change a letter in "good" & you get this word meaning "incite"'

Answer: goad


Question: 'This British-born ballerina danced until 1979, when she was 60 years old'

Answer: Dame Margot Fonteyn


Question: 'If a baseball player fields a fair ball with his hat, all runners get to advance this many bases (hint: it's a lot)'

Answer: 3


Question: 'Abnormal electrical activity in the brain causes this seizure-inducing neurological disorder'

Answer: epilepsy


Question:
'British monarchs:
George V,
Edward VIII,
George VI...'

Answer: Elizabeth II


Question: 'In 476 Germanic chieftain Odoacer deposed Romulus Augustulus & this half of the Roman Empire fell'

Answer: the Western Empire


Question: 'Change one letter in "bathe" & you get this wood-shaping tool'

Answer: lathe


Question: 'He was born in Kiev around 1889 to parents who were celebrated dancers from Poland'

Answer: Nijinsky


Question: 'You'll get a foul if you pull your elbow off the elbow pad in this "over the top" sport'

Answer: arm wrestling


Question: 'It's defined as the capacity or power to do work'

Answer: energy


Question:
'Liz Taylor's marriages:
Todd,
Fisher,
Burton...'

Answer: Burton


Question: 'In the early 1770s Carl Scheele discovered this gas, but Joseph Priestley published his paper first & got the credit'

Answer: oxygen


Question: 'Change a letter in "ballet" & you get this lodging for a soldier'

Answer: billet


Question: 'This Russian ballerina's London home, Ivy House, was famous for its ornamental lake with swans'

Answer: Anna Pavlova


Question: 'Karch Kiraly knows it's a foul to touch the net in this sport in which he's an Olympic gold medalist'

Answer: beach volleyball (or indoor volleyball)


Question: 'Marine invertebrates like starfish & sand dollars are this type of animal, from the Latin for "urchin skin"'

Answer: echinoderms


Question:
'Vice presidents:
Nixon,
Johnson,
Humphrey...'

Answer: Spiro Agnew


Question: 'In the 1870s Geronimo enraged the U.S. govt. by going "off" this, an expression now used to mean "out of control"'

Answer: the reservation


Question: 'Change a letter in "half" & you get this word meaning "robust"'

Answer: hale


Question: 'In 1953 she was given the title Wa-Xthe-Thomba, "woman of two worlds", in honor of her Osage heritage'

Answer: Maria Tallchief


Question: 'It'll cost you a point if you touch the playing surface with your free hand while playing this racket sport'

Answer: ping-pong (or table tennis)


Question: 'Chemical formula C10H15NO, it's used to treat asthma'

Answer: ephedrine


Question:
'World's tallest building:
The Eiffel Tower,
surpassed by the Chrysler Building,
surpassed by...'

Answer: the Empire State Building


Question: 'In 1079 this Persian astronomer & poet calculated the year to be 365.2421 days, an extremely accurate figure'

Answer: Omar Khayyám


Question: 'Change a letter in "homely" & you get this word that means just the opposite'

Answer: comely


Question: 'Dying in 2009 at age 113, British WWI vet Henry Allingham was the last original surviving member of this group, formed 1918'

Answer: the Royal Air Force


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew strums a distinctive-looking instrument.)  Guitar heroes like Buddy Holly & Eric Clapton made their marks with this iconic guitar model from Fender'

Answer: the Stratocaster


Question: 'It's America's most wanted: this automaker's 1995 Civic topped U.S. stolen-car rankings in 2006 & 2007'

Answer: Honda


Question: 'Bows get arrows; crossbows fire these, like lightning'

Answer: bolts


Question: 'The law of superposition states that any bed of rock must be older than another bed here'

Answer: above it


Question: 'Voting for half Democrats & half Republicans is voting a split this'

Answer: a ticket


Question: 'The "ball" in this classic '70s version of table tennis was square--good thing it was played on video'

Answer: Pong


Question: 'Rolling Stone ranked this late Texas bluesman number seven on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists'

Answer: Stevie Ray Vaughan


Question: 'God bless America! According to an FBI report, they're the 3 most popular car colors for thieves'

Answer: red, white & blue


Question: 'The M1 Abrams type of this has been called "the backbone of the armored forces of the U.S. military"'

Answer: a tank


Question: 'A 250-million-year, old grayish-white limestone layer of sea fossils is referred to as this canyon's "bathtub ring"'

Answer: the Grand Canyon


Question: 'Injured athletes don't say they're at half strength, they say things like "the knee's at about" this much'

Answer: 50 percent


Question: 'The name of this classic game came from onomatopoetic Japanese for the sound a mouth makes while eating'

Answer: Pac-Man


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew bends it like Eddy.)  Guitar heroes like Duane Eddy have made use of the vibrato effect lever with this name that sounds like something you'd use to put a hex on an enemy'

Answer: a whammy bar


Question: 'Compact cars top the list in most states, but in W.V. & Texas, the most commonly stolen vehicles are this type'

Answer: pickups


Question: 'Introduced in WWII, this company's Me-262 jet might have made a difference but for a fuel shortage'

Answer: Messerschmitt


Question: 'The earth's outermost layer of rock, it comes in oceanic & continental types (sorry, no whole wheat)'

Answer: the crust


Question: 'Hemiplegia is this affecting only one side of the body'

Answer: paralysis


Question: 'Spacewar, the first shoot-'em-up game, was created in the early '60s by programmers at this Mass. school'

Answer: MIT


Question: 'This guy, who practically invented classical guitar, was born in Granada, not the Spanish city with his surname'

Answer: (Andres) Segovia


Question: 'Rhyming name for a place where stolen cars are disassembled into parts for resale'

Answer: a chop shop


Question: 'Revolutionary in the 15th century, the matchlock was a type of this weapon'

Answer: a pistol


Question: 'Layers of rock are commonly referred to as these, from the Latin for "something spread out"'

Answer: strata


Question: 'Espagnole sauce cooked down by half to form a thick glaze is called demi-this French word'

Answer: glace


Question: 'Computer Space, the first arcade video game, makes a cameo in this 1973 sci-fi film (spoiler: the title is people!)'

Answer: Soylent Green


Question: 'He's the guitar hero & Grateful Dead guru seen here'

Answer: (Jerry) Garcia


Question: 'Thieves often break into cars with this long, thin metal strip that shares its name with a spicy meat snack'

Answer: a slim jim


Question: 'Newly popular in the Middle Ages were the longbow & this long pointy poking pole resembling a spear or lance'

Answer: a pike


Question: 'Most exposed rock on the earth's surface is this type produced by the weathering & erosion of older rock'

Answer: sedimentary


Question: 'The line that divides angle ABC into two halves is called this'

Answer: bisecting line


Question: 'This game's Japanese designer thought his proposed English title meant "stupid ape"; nope, but Nintendo used it'

Answer: Donkey Kong


Question: 'Dostoyevsky didn't call his novel about Prince Myshkin "The Dope" or "The Ninny" but this'

Answer: The Idiot


Question: '"Mister we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again"'

Answer: All in the Family


Question: 'Goteburg'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'When it evolved from the landler in the 1700s, the couples' near-embrace shocked polite society'

Answer: the waltz


Question: 'After Socrates' death, this Athenian went to Megara & wrote philosophic dialogues to vindicate his pal'

Answer: Plato


Question: 'This term originally applied to a woman hired to suckle another woman's infant'

Answer: a wetnurse


Question: 'The last of Andre Chenier's moving poems "Iambes" date from just before his death by this in July 1794'

Answer: guillotine


Question: '"Fish don't fry in the kitchen, beans don't burn on the grill, took a whole lotta tryin' just to get up that hill"'

Answer: The Jeffersons


Question: 'Basra'

Answer: Iraq


Question: 'A beverage for which Cuba is famous makes up the first 3 letters of this dance with subtle hip movements'

Answer: the rumba


Question: 'Not until the 19th century was his fifth postulate modified to develop non-him-ean geometries'

Answer: Euclid


Question: 'Someone born under the 11th sign of the zodiac'

Answer: Aquarius


Question: 'Born in 1547, this Spanish author always craved the fame of his contemporary Lope de Vega'

Answer: Cervantes


Question: '"So, no one told you life was gonna be this way, your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's D.O.A."'

Answer: Friends


Question: 'Lodz'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'The bullfight-based paso doble includes a move where the man turns the woman into this piece of apparel'

Answer: the cape


Question: 'Let's "Post" some facts: her maiden name is Stassinopoulos & she has an M.A. in economics from Cambridge'

Answer: Arianna Huffington


Question: 'It's visible when the angle of refraction between the sun, the water & your line of vision is between 40 & 42o'

Answer: a rainbow


Question: 'Naguib Mahfouz, the first Arabic-language Nobel literature laureate, is from this country'

Answer: Egypt


Question: '"Well, the names have all changed since you hung around, but those dreams have returned & they've turned around"'

Answer: Welcome Back, Kotter


Question: 'In Africa:<br />Buchanan'

Answer: Liberia


Question: 'In Virginia, they know this as a fishing accessory, or a dance for multiple couples'

Answer: a reel


Question: 'Socrates was the middle name of this shipping magnate whose fortune was valued at more than $500 million'

Answer: (Aristotle) Onassis


Question: 'Coleridge was called one of these because of the district in England where he lived'

Answer: a Lake Poet


Question: 'His last play was 1909's autobiographical "Stora Landsvagen", Swedish for "The Great Highway"'

Answer: Strindberg


Question: '"Makin' their way the only way they know how, that's just a little bit more than the law will allow"'

Answer: The Dukes of Hazzard


Question: 'Graz'

Answer: Austria


Question: 'In tap, this move that's paired with "buck" is a simultaneous leap & shuffle'

Answer: a wing


Question: 'In 1951 this soprano debuted at La Scala in Verdi's "I Vespri Siciliani"'

Answer: Maria Callas


Question: 'A big strong ship, or a tension-relieving joke told at a party'

Answer: an icebreaker


Question: 'Her 3rd husband won a Best Actor Oscar in the '90s; her 2nd husband, like her dad, is a Rock & Roll Hall of Famer'

Answer: Lisa Marie Presley


Question: 'In 2003 he said he had completed the last 3 volumes of his "Dark Tower" series & had revised the first volume'

Answer: Stephen King


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew)  After going months over schedule here at Martha's Vineyard, he feared he might never direct another movie'

Answer: Steven Spielberg


Question: 'Eating some locally-produced raw honey daily can provide you with some relief from allergies related to this'

Answer: pollen allergies


Question:
'Wilson,
Perry,
Skywalker'

Answer: Luke


Question: 'Time's 1980 Man of the Year cover showed him in a western shirt, jeans & a tooled belt with silver buckle'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'Slang for a guy from Sydney'

Answer: an Aussie


Question: 'A werebeaver turns up in Thomas Pynchon's 1997 novel on this famous pair of surveyors'

Answer: Mason & Dixon


Question: '(Sarah) His "Jaws" score includes "Out to Sea", "Promenade Tourists on the Menu", and, of course, the main title theme'

Answer: John Williams


Question: 'The queen bee can do this once every 30 seconds, over 1,500 times a day'

Answer: lay an egg


Question:
'Henson,
Perry,
McConaughey'

Answer: Matthew


Question: 'To get into this event at the White House March 31, 1997 you had to have a 3-to-6-year-old kid with you'

Answer: the Easter Egg Hunt


Question: 'A fighter pilot has to shoot down 5 or more enemy aircraft to earn this nickname'

Answer: ace


Question: 'He was all at sea with 1951's "The Caine Mutiny" & back on board 20 years later with "The Winds of War"'

Answer: (Herman) Wouk


Question: '(Cheryl) He played police chief Martin Brody in both "Jaws" & the first sequel'

Answer: Roy Scheider


Question: 'Honey's not your only product; you can make candles & furniture polish out of this'

Answer: beeswax


Question:
'Jackson,
Johnson,
Carnegie'

Answer: Andrew


Question: 'In 1992 United began flying the Latin American routes purchased from this airline that folded in 1991'

Answer: Pan American


Question: 'A proverb'

Answer: an adage


Question: '"O'Hara's Choice" is the final novel by this author who made his own exodus from this world in 2003'

Answer: Leon Uris


Question: '(Sarah) This author partly based "Jaws" on life in Nantucket, but had never set foot here on Martha's Vineyard until filming'

Answer: (Peter) Benchley


Question: 'The only job this bee has is to mate with the queen & while you think "Hot Job!" remember they die after mating'

Answer: drone


Question:
'Rendell,
Warrick,
Bader Ginsburg'

Answer: Ruth


Question: 'This brand's jingle called it "That Heavenly Coffee"'

Answer: Chock full o\'Nuts


Question: 'Usually built on a cliff or other high place, it's an eagle's home'

Answer: aerie


Question: 'In "Dodsworth" by Sinclair Lewis, Sam Dodsworth is president of a car co. in this town that was "at its peak"'

Answer: Zenith


Question: '(Sarah) It completes one of the most famous lines spoken in "Jaws": "You're gonna need..."'

Answer: a bigger boat


Question: 'Of the 3 main parts of a bee's body, the section that secretes the royal jelly'

Answer: the head


Question:
'Spade,
Wedgwood,
Bartlett'

Answer: Josiah


Question: 'In 1996 Chevy reintroduced this model first seen in 1964, also the name of a version of Barbie'

Answer: Malibu


Question: 'The special mood or atmosphere created by a particular environment'

Answer: ambience


Question: 'It's the holiest & third-longest river in India'

Answer: the Ganges


Question: 'In 2003 Mike Weir became the first Canadian golfer to win this major tournament & wear the fabled green jacket'

Answer: the Masters


Question: 'This explorer first reached the mainland of the Americas on the coast of Venezuela in 1498'

Answer: (Christopher) Columbus


Question: 'The black type of this hard-to-find edible fungus grows in the French region of Perigord'

Answer: a truffle


Question: 'This Nigerian-born basketball star was a "Dream" come true in Houston'

Answer: Hakeem Olajuwon


Question: 'Programs carried on this cable channel include "The Crocodile Hunter" & "Emergency Vets"'

Answer: Animal Planet


Question: 'India shares its longest border with this nation to the west'

Answer: Pakistan


Question: 'On July 27, 1996 Donovan Bailey set an Olympic & world record in this track event at 9.84 seconds'

Answer: the 100-meter dash


Question: 'In 1813 he was given the title of liberator after his army captured Caracas'

Answer: (Simon) Bolivar


Question: 'This French sauce made with butter, egg yolks & lemon juice is named for another country'

Answer: Hollandaise sauce


Question: 'Current president Obasanjo & this largest Nigerian city are both of Yoruba origin'

Answer: Lagos


Question: 'This 1970 sequel continued its predecessor's distant future scenario about intelligent apes & docile humans'

Answer: Beneath the Planet of the Apes


Question: 'This planned city was inaugurated as the capital of India in 1931'

Answer: New Delhi


Question: 'Only 2 Pittsburgh Penguin players have led the NHL in scoring: Jaromir Jagr & this man who's done it 6 times'

Answer: Mario Lemieux


Question: 'In 1960 Venezuela & 4 other nations including Kuwait & Saudi Arabia founded this organization'

Answer: OPEC


Question: 'This specialty of Alsace is the enlarged liver of a goose or duck'

Answer: pate de foie gras


Question: 'Before president, it was the main job of 1990s presidents Babangida, Abacha & Abubakar'

Answer: military generals


Question: 'This restaurant in which Arnold Schwarzenegger was an investor has locations from Acapulco to Auckland'

Answer: Planet Hollywood


Question: 'The most populous city in India, it's also the nation's financial & filmmaking capital'

Answer: Mumbai (Bombay)


Question: 'He's not the king of rock & roll, but he was the king of men's figure skating in 1994 & 1995, winning the world title'

Answer: Elvis Stojko


Question: 'It drops 3,212 feet from a mesa in the Guiana highlands & was discovered from the air in 1935'

Answer: Angel Falls


Question: 'This 6-letter term indicates that a dish is sprinkled with liquor & ignited for a dramatic presentation'

Answer: flambe


Question: 'In 1986 Wole Soyinka made headlines as the first black recipient of this'

Answer: the Nobel Prize for Literature


Question: '2-word descriptive term for Mercury, Venus, Earth or Mars because of their orbits nearest the sun'

Answer: the inner planets


Question: 'India is separated from this nation by the 40-mile-wide Palk Strait'

Answer: Sri Lanka


Question: 'In 2003 he became the first Canadian since Ferguson Jenkins 32 years earlier to win the National League Cy Young Award'

Answer: Eric Gagne (of the Los Angeles Dodgers)


Question: 'In 1531 Diego de Ordaz set out to explore this Venezuelan river'

Answer: the Orinoco


Question: 'Tuna, olives & hard-boiled eggs are ingredients in the salad made in this style named for a city on the French Riviera'

Answer: Nicoise


Question: 'In 1967 Odumegwu Ojukwu declared this region independent of Nigeria, leading to a disasterous civil war'

Answer: Biafra


Question: 'The travel guidebooks from this company promise "Down-to-Earth Travel Information"'

Answer: Lonely Planet


Question: 'The Time Almanac lists only the children from his 1772 marriage, but says there's DNA evidence of more'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'Title character who says, "I made him know his name should be Friday, which was the day I saved his life"'

Answer: Robinson Crusoe


Question: '"Quick" thinkers know that brewed tea is dehydrated & granulated to make this kind of tea'

Answer: Instant tea


Question: '3-letter abbreviation for the band that sang about Suzie Q & Proud Mary'

Answer: CCR (Creedence Clearwater Revival)


Question: 'Bandung, this country's 3rd-largest city, is the capital of the province of West Java'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'As a recruit, you'll go to one of these centers named for the leggings worn there'

Answer: Boot camp


Question: 'It attracts feathered friends'

Answer: Birdbath


Question: 'This Anne Rice character laments, "If I'm starved for blood I look like a perfect horror"'

Answer: Lestat the vampire


Question: 'This candy company known for its "samplers" also makes a cookies-n-cream bar'

Answer: Whitman\'s


Question: 'This 3-letter rap group came "Straight Outta Compton"'

Answer: N.W.A.


Question: 'Some visitors to this French Canadian province enjoy rafting on the Jacques Cartier River'

Answer: Quebec


Question: 'Not surprisingly, it's specified that to complete training you must be able to do this for 50 meters'

Answer: Swim


Question: 'It's what the baby shouldn't be thrown out with'

Answer: the Bathwater


Question: 'This Sinclair Lewis realtor dreams "of the Fairy Child, a dream more romantic than scarlet pagodas"'

Answer: George Babbitt


Question: 'According to Escoffier, these lingual organs of sheep "make an excellent luncheon entree"'

Answer: Tongue


Question: 'Philip Bailey's high vocals powered this R&B group nicknamed EW&F'

Answer: Earth, Wind & Fire


Question: 'If you're a native Capetonian, you were born in this country'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'The first time your ship crosses this line, you'll be certified a Shellback, with great ceremony'

Answer: Equator


Question: 'This vehicle can take you under the sea'

Answer: Bathyscape


Question: 'In "To Kill A Mockingbird", it's the nickname of Atticus Finch's 6-year-old daughter Jean Louise'

Answer: Scout


Question: 'Beurre manie, which is this kneaded with flour, is used to thicken sauces'

Answer: Butter


Question: 'Group seen here in a 1995 video:'

Answer: TLC


Question: '"Amar Sonar Bangla (My Golden Bengal)" is the national anthem of this country on the Bay of Bengal'

Answer: Bangladesh


Question: 'Get used to calling stairs "ladders" & calling walls this'

Answer: Bulkheads


Question: 'Extreme sentimentality'

Answer: Bathos


Question: 'Madame Guishar, who "drifted continually from lover to lover" is the mother of this "Doctor Zhivago" heroine'

Answer: Lara


Question: 'To make a pink daiquiri, substitute this red pomegranate-flavored syrup for the sugar syrup'

Answer: Grenadine syrup


Question: 'This band will "Keep On Loving You" even if you call it only by the initial part of its name'

Answer: REO Speedwagon


Question: 'Kyrenia, whose Turkish name is Girne, is a seaport & resort city on the Turkish part of this island'

Answer: Cyprus


Question: 'It's the chemical rinse that keeps photographic film from overdeveloping'

Answer: Stop bath


Question: 'There's no denial: Act III of this Verdi opera is sometimes called "The Nile Scene"'

Answer: "Aida"


Question: 'Jon Provost, who played this dog's second owner 1957-1964, returned for a "new" 1989-1991 series'

Answer: Lassie


Question: 'Plumbago is also called graphite or black this'

Answer: Black lead


Question: 'This 2-word phrase means you're taking your lunch to work'

Answer: Brown bagging


Question: 'Looking for a getaway?  The Surratt Society sponsors bus tours along the escape route of this assassin'

Answer: John Wilkes Booth


Question: 'She let her hair down as Louis XV's official mistress until her death in 1764'

Answer: Madame Pompadour


Question: 'In Bizet's opera, this passionate gypsy works in a cigarette factory, so you could call her a "fumme fatale"'

Answer: Carmen


Question: 'Her 3 regular roles on TV have been Zena Sherman, Carla Tortelli & Pearl Caraldo'

Answer: Rhea Perlman


Question: 'This milk sugar has the chemical formula C12 H22 O11'

Answer: Lactose


Question: 'Along with the keg, this is sometimes "rolled out" at weddings'

Answer: Red carpet


Question: 'During his 4 hour & 55 minute flight into space in 1962, he experienced 3 sunrises & sunsets'

Answer: John Glenn


Question: 'During France's Reign of Terror, this wax modeler was forced to make death masks of guillotine victims'

Answer: Madame Tussaud


Question: 'This "Bolero" composer's opera "L'Enfant et les Sortileges" features a singing squirrel'

Answer: Maurice Ravel


Question: 'This TV ranch, seen here, can be visited near Virginia City'

Answer: The Ponderosa (on "Bonanza")


Question: 'Diluted it can be a mouthwash or a hair bleach; concentrated, it can explode if heated to over 212 degrees F.'

Answer: Hydrogen peroxide


Question: 'This colorful Jimi Hendrix classic "experienced" Top 40 status only in the U.K.'

Answer: "Purple Haze"


Question: 'The 2 Johns most closely associated with Pocahontas'

Answer: John Rolfe & John Smith


Question: 'In 1988 she went out on a limb to play aging piano teacher Madame Sousatzka'

Answer: Shirley MacLaine


Question: 'His children's books "Higglety Pigglety Pop!" & "Where the Wild Things Are" have been turned into operas'

Answer: Maurice Sendak


Question: 'Before she was shipwrecked, this "Gilligan's Island" character made films like "Mohawk Over the Moon"'

Answer: Ginger (the character Tina Louise played)


Question: 'An atom or molecule with a single unspoiled one of these is a free radical, man'

Answer: Electron


Question: 'He was nicknamed "The Apostle of the Scottish Reformation"'

Answer: John Knox


Question: 'Like this madame, her famous grandmother, Helene Langevin-Joliot is a physicist'

Answer: Marie Curie


Question: 'In "Die Tote Stadt", Marietta has more than a brush with death: she's strangled with this from a dead woman'

Answer: Hair


Question: 'Jodie Foster played Addie in the series based on this movie for which Tatum O'Neal won an Oscar'

Answer: Paper Moon


Question: 'Term for the lowest temperature at which a small flame will ignite the vapors over a flammable liquid'

Answer: Flashpoint


Question: 'He became chief justice in 1801, the same year his cousin Thomas Jefferson became president'

Answer: John Marshall


Question: '1 of the 2 men who have been nominated for acting Oscars 10 times'

Answer: Jack Nicholson and/or Sir Laurence Olivier


Question: 'This 1968 candidate reportedly urged South Vietnam's President Thieu to scuttle possible peace talks'

Answer: (Richard) Nixon


Question: 'A peanut butter & chocolate flavored cereal was named for this character from a Steven Spielberg movie'

Answer: E.T. (The Extra-Terrestrial)


Question: 'As Starbucks' home base, there's always something brewing in this city, the "Coffee Capital of the World"'

Answer: Seattle


Question: 'France's first rail line was built to transport this fuel that was essential to the Industrial Revolution'

Answer: coal


Question: 'An insect called the water boatman uses these appendages as oars to navigate its watery habitat'

Answer: legs


Question: 'To interweave 3 or more strands'

Answer: braid


Question: 'William Henry Harrison really had lived in one of these, his symbol in the 1840 campaign, but he added 12 rooms'

Answer: a log cabin


Question: 'Jim Carrey, Val Kilmer & Tommy Lee Jones appeared on 1995 Corn Pops boxes to promote this "eternal" sequel'

Answer: Batman Forever


Question: 'It's both the "Entertainment Capital of the World" & the "Wedding Capital of the World"'

Answer: Las Vegas


Question: 'During the Civil War he had headquarters in Cairo, Illinois & people from the area gave him a horse named Egypt'

Answer: (Ulysses S.) Grant


Question: 'Of fly, mate or eat, the activity butterflies can't do if their body temperature is below 86 degrees'

Answer: fly


Question: 'A constant runner-up is said to be "always" one of these women'

Answer: a bridesmaid


Question: 'In early October 1992 he was spending $2 million a day, most of it his own money'

Answer: (Ross) Perot


Question: 'You only need to add an "s" to the name of this 1977 film android to get his popular cereal'

Answer: C-3PO


Question: 'This New Mexico city is the self-proclaimed "UFO Capital of the World"'

Answer: Roswell


Question: 'This nickname for the Model T Ford came from a woman's name used as slang for a reliable servant'

Answer: Tin Lizzie


Question: 'During the day this nocturnal bloodsucker hides under mattress buttons or in cracks in floors; sleep tight!'

Answer: a bed bug


Question: 'Australian port city at the mouth of the Torrens River'

Answer: Adelaide


Question: 'Some historians call the election in which this man beat John Breckinridge the most important in U.S. history'

Answer: (Abraham) Lincoln


Question: 'Add "os" to the last name of Jaleel White's role on "Family Matters" & you'll have this cereal he hawked'

Answer: Urkel(-Os)


Question: 'Holy guacamole! Fallbrook, California is known as this "Capital of the World"'

Answer: avocado


Question: 'As a Shakespeare play begins, this title character has "Argosies with portly sail" carrying his goods'

Answer: the Merchant of Venice


Question: 'The larvae of the Ichneumon wasp develop inside the body of these arachnids'

Answer: spiders


Question: 'Purchased ahead of time, like some legal services'

Answer: prepaid


Question: 'In the Gore Vidal novel set in this election year, the hero pins his hopes on Tilden'

Answer: 1876


Question: 'In Britain this titular TV time lord from Gallifrey adorned boxes of Sugar Smacks in the 1970s'

Answer: Doctor Who


Question: 'A leading market for racehorses, this Kentucky city is the "Horse Capital of the World"'

Answer: Lexington


Question: 'This ancient galley was named for its 3 tiers of rowers--170 in all'

Answer: a trireme


Question: 'This bug derives its name from the fact that adults mate continuously for up to 3 days'

Answer: a love bug


Question: 'To have attacked from ambush in order to seize, rob, or slay'

Answer: waylaid


Question: 'A Jan. 2005 scan of this pharaoh's mummy showed he wasn't killed by a blow to the head; it did reveal a leg fracture, however'

Answer: Tutankhamen


Question: 'Sun Devil Stadium is found in this city'

Answer: Tempe


Question: 'Though the 79 A.D. eruption gets more press, in 1631 this volcano claimed at least 3,000 lives'

Answer: Vesuvius


Question: 'Al Hischfeld depicted this noir classic in the drawing seen here'

Answer: The Maltese Falcon


Question: 'Sickly Dickens character who's devoted to Susan Sarandon'

Answer: Tiny Tim Robbins


Question: 'Hieratic is this script in cursive form'

Answer: hieroglyphics


Question: 'On Oct. 27, 1996 this American designer unveiled a new line she simply called D'

Answer: Donna Karan


Question: 'After suffering genocidal attacks by the Hutus in 1994, this ethnic group took over the Rwandan government'

Answer: the Tutsis


Question: 'Check out Michelangelo's "Holy Family" at the Uffizi in this Tuscan city, the "Athens of the West"'

Answer: Florence


Question: 'This film's subject matter was controversial in its day'

Answer: Guess Who\'s Coming to Dinner


Question: '"Youthful" 1930s gangster who became a world leader in 1994'

Answer: "Baby Face" Nelson Mandela


Question: 'The Egyptians called themselves Remetch, simply meaning this, like "Inuit"'

Answer: people


Question: 'In 2001, at the New York Public Library, Oprah & Jessye Norman helped pay tribute to this author on her 70th birthday'

Answer: Toni Morrison


Question: 'Sir Walter Raleigh was living in this prison when he wrote his "History of the World"'

Answer: the Tower of London


Question: 'At age 28 his third opera, "Nabucco", made him one of Italy's foremost composers'

Answer: Verdi


Question: 'The cast of this kooky 1991 film is seen here'

Answer: The Addams Family


Question: '1980s sportswear designer who began use as an immigration center near the Statue of Liberty in 1892'

Answer: Perry Ellis Island


Question: 'Paradise in the Egyptian afterlife was in this god's <br />"field of reeds"'

Answer: Osiris


Question: 'Pitcher Dennis Martinez attended a 1991 White House dinner for this country's Pres. Violeta Barrios de Chamorro'

Answer: Nicaragua


Question: 'The opening in an early cannon or gun where the flame was applied'

Answer: touch-hole


Question: 'The first poems definitely attributed to this epic poet are the Eclogues, composed between 42 & 37 B.C.'

Answer: Virgil


Question: 'Hirschfeld purr-fectly captured a sensual scene from this film'

Answer: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof


Question: '"Friends" actor who traveled in time to become an Erle Stanley Gardner character in 1933'

Answer: Matthew Perry Mason


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands in the foreground of the Sphinx and Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt.)  In a dream this falcon-headed son of Isis told Thutmose IV to clear the sand that buried the sphinx--and he'd be king'

Answer: Horus


Question: 'At a 1984 dinner, this "doubting" woman became the 1st woman to win the National Press Club's Fourth Estate Award'

Answer: Helen Thomas


Question: 'By 1300 these Slav-conquering knights were the most powerful force in Central & Eastern Europe'

Answer: Teutonic Knights


Question: 'What a political comeback!  In '94 he quit as P.M. amid charges of corruption but was re-elected in 2001'

Answer: Berlusconi


Question: 'This 1936 silent classic proves that Luddite disaffection can be played for laughs'

Answer: Modern Times


Question: 'Civil war nurse who became a Coen brothers title character in 1991'

Answer: Clara Barton Fink


Question: 'He called himself "the man who introduced the glass box and then, 50 years later, broke it"'

Answer: Philip Johnson


Question: 'This future secretary of the treasury commanded a battalion under Lafayette at Yorktown'

Answer: Hamilton


Question: 'Bridget in a '70s sitcom, her TV movies include "Down Will Come Baby" & "Miracle on the 17th Green"'

Answer: Meredith Baxter Birney


Question: 'He said he was inspired to write the book after finding the Greek word for fate carved in a tower of Notre Dame'

Answer: Victor Hugo


Question: 'This tiny dog that shares its name with a Mexican state descends from a dog known to the Toltecs centuries ago'

Answer: a Chihuahua


Question: 'Umbrian painter Perugino helped decorate this (he got to do a wall fresco; Michelangelo did the ceiling)'

Answer: the Sistine Chapel


Question: 'Per Genesis 1, God created Adam on this day of creation'

Answer: the sixth


Question: 'When Washington asked for a volunteer to spy on the British before the Battle of Harlem Heights, he volunteered'

Answer: Nathan Hale


Question: 'Marge Simpson had a crush on this singer/actor seen on "Shindig", "Getting Together" & "Here Come the Brides"'

Answer: Bobby Sherman


Question: 'This cathedral bell ringer is the Hunchback of Notre Dame'

Answer: Quasimodo


Question: 'The smallest dog on record was a 2.5" tall Yorkie, which is short for this'

Answer: a Yorkshire terrier


Question: 'This Umbrian town's claim to fame is that it was the birthplace of St. Francis'

Answer: Assisi


Question: 'The eyes of E.T. were modeled on those of this 1921 Nobel Prize winner'

Answer: Einstein


Question: 'The Fallen Timbers monument in Toledo, Ohio commemorates a 1794 victory by this "Mad" general'

Answer: Anthony Wayne


Question: 'African-American actor Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs played this character on "Welcome Back, Kotter"'

Answer: (Freddy "Boom-Boom") Washington


Question: 'This gypsy girl is accused of witchcraft because of the tricks she has taught her pet goat'

Answer: Esmeralda


Question: 'Developed in this country, the cairn terrier was named for its ability to dig under cairns, or rock heaps, to hunt vermin'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'In 1990 this brand retired raw umber, a color whose name came from Umbria'

Answer: Crayola


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew sizes herself up with an NBA behemoth.)  I'm 5'2", and Shawn Bradley is 7'6", so this is the number of inches difference in our heights'

Answer: 28


Question: 'In 1778 this frontiersman & his band captured the British settlements of Kaskaskia & Cahokia'

Answer: George Rogers Clark


Question: 'Seen here, this co-star of "That '70s Show" was born in 1980'

Answer: Laura Prepon


Question: 'The novel opens on Jan. 6, 1482, during the Feast of Fools & this post-Christmas festival'

Answer: the Twelfth Night


Question: 'The largest of the toy breeds, this dog, seen here, still only weighs about 14-18 lbs.'

Answer: a pug


Question: 'Native to Umbria, the Sangiovese variety of these is grown to produce a popular Italian export'

Answer: grapes


Question: 'The U.S. National Historic Landmark found in California that moves at a steady 9.5 miles per hour'

Answer: the San Francisco cable cars


Question: 'This general was appointed president of the Board of War for his victory over Burgoyne at Saratoga'

Answer: General (Horatio) Gates


Question: 'She's the bespectacled anchor of MSNBC's "A Region of Conflict"'

Answer: Ashleigh Banfield


Question: 'The novel praises this style of architecture, that of the cathedral'

Answer: Gothic


Question: 'Bred by eunuchs in Peking, this dog, whose name is Chinese for "lion", was once grouped with the lhasa apso'

Answer: a shih tzu


Question: 'Running through Umbria are the Tiber & Nera Rivers & the Umbrian Range of this mountain system'

Answer: the Apennines


Question: 'In the 16th C., it was the unusual annual rent paid by the Knights of Malta to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V'

Answer: the (real) Maltese Falcon


Question: 'Lavinia has her tongue cut out & Tamora is served her own sons baked in a pie in this far-from-tasteful tragedy'

Answer: Titus Andronicus


Question: 'He succeeded Janet Reno as Attorney General'

Answer: John Ashcroft


Question: 'Cosima, Liszt's daughter with a countess who wrote under the pen name Daniel Stern, married this "Ring" cyclist'

Answer: Wagner


Question: 'In a 1960 hit song, this man's lover was waiting for him "Beyond the Sea"'

Answer: Bobby Darin


Question: 'Asia's longest river, it rises in China's Kunlun Mountains & empties into the East China Sea near Shanghai'

Answer: the Yangtze River


Question: '"L.A. Story" comic whose other work includes the 95 Theses & "'Til My Baby Comes Home"'

Answer: Steve Martin Luther Vandross


Question: 'He has the nerve to woo a widow beside her father-in-law's coffin, but she marries him anyway'

Answer: Richard III


Question: 'It might ring a bell that he was John Adams' Secretary of State before he became Chief Justice'

Answer: (John) Marshall


Question: 'The 1840s excitement over Liszt was dubbed this (later a movie title) by Heinrich Heine'

Answer: Lisztomania


Question: 'It's the sports team nickname of Ohio University'

Answer: Bobcats


Question: 'The Gulf of Aden guards the southern entrance to this sea'

Answer: the Red Sea


Question: 'Depicting mobile homes on a space near Boardwalk, it sits under your plate'

Answer: Trailer Park Place Mat


Question: 'Froth is a foolish gentlemen in this comedy whose title begins & ends with the same 7-letter word'

Answer: Measure for Measure


Question: 'In 1993 this Texan cashed in his Senate seat to become President Clinton's Secretary of the Treasury'

Answer: Lloyd Bentsen


Question: 'One of Liszt's later works was an 1867 funeral march for this Austrian archduke & emperor of a N. American country'

Answer: Maximillian


Question: 'In 1966 Huey Newton & this man founded the Black Panthers'

Answer: Bobby Seale


Question: 'This Argentine region's name is Spanish for "big feet", perhaps because Spaniards saw Indians who wore large boots'

Answer: Patagonia


Question: 'Flowing warm through the Atlantic, this rapid succession of ideas increases awareness of social needs'

Answer: Gulf Stream of Consciousness Raising


Question: 'In "Macbeth", these 3 words immediately precede the line "And damn'd be him that first cries, 'Hold, enough!'"'

Answer: Lay on, Macduff


Question: 'This Defense Secretary under Ronald Reagan received a full pardon for his role in the Iran Contra affair'

Answer: Caspar Weinberger


Question: 'For one of his few songs in English, "Go Not Happy Day", Liszt took his text from this "Light Brigade" poet'

Answer: Tennyson


Question: 'In the 1980s he twice drove Buicks to victory in the Daytona 500'

Answer: Bobby Allison


Question: 'This last colony in Africa shares part of its name with a desert & is claimed by Morocco'

Answer: Western Sahara


Question: 'A 19th century Sioux leader who damages porcelain as a labor union representative'

Answer: Sitting Bull in a China Shop Steward


Question: 'Guiderius & Arviragus, who pretend to be Polydore & Cadwal, are sons of this title king of Britain'

Answer: Cymbeline


Question: 'In 1989 he made a touchdown scoring the job of HUD Secretary'

Answer: (Jack) Kemp


Question: 'Liszt's "La Clochette Fantasy" is a difficult piano piece based on this violinist's difficult B minor concerto'

Answer: Paganini


Question: 'Just as he was to become Speaker of the House in 1999, this Louisiana politician abruptly resigned'

Answer: Bob Livingstone


Question: 'Karafuto is the Japanese name for this large Russian island north of Hokkaido'

Answer: Sakhalin


Question: 'The first to score in overtime wins the game between Hemingway's bull book & Debussy's hoofed deity at midday'

Answer: Sudden Death in the Afternoon of a Faun


Question: 'In his dictionary, Samuel Johnson self-effacingly defined this job title in part as "a harmless drudge"'

Answer: lexicographer


Question: '5600-year-old samples of this "movie treat" have been found in New Mexico caves'

Answer: popcorn


Question: 'What little Tommy Tucker did for his supper'

Answer: sing


Question: 'In spite of its name, this brightly colored beetle can be male or female'

Answer: a ladybug


Question: 'He was Buddy Holly in "The Buddy Holly Story"'

Answer: Gary Busey


Question: 'Dangle, clip-on or pierced, for example'

Answer: earrings


Question: 'Direction you want to be when meeting a skunk'

Answer: upwind


Question: 'Angel-food cake was supposedly created in the Missouri city'

Answer: St. Louis


Question: 'In "The Queen of Hearts", he stole the tarts'

Answer: the Knave (of Hearts)


Question: 'The bubonic plague of Medieval Europe was spread by these insects feeding on rats'

Answer: fleas


Question: 'Sadly for Tom Selleck fans, Genevieve Bujold didn't solve the mystery before he lapsed into this'

Answer: coma


Question: 'These "buttons" button up your tuxedo shirt'

Answer: studs


Question: 'Your early training'

Answer: your upbringing


Question: 'Start by steeping, in a glass, crushed leaves in sugar syrup'

Answer: a mint julep


Question: 'What Little Bo Peep's sheep will do if left alone'

Answer: come home


Question: 'Almost everything most insects do is related to these 2 survival activities'

Answer: eating & mating


Question: 'One of the few sequels to critically surpass the original, this film won Best Picture for 1974'

Answer: Godfather II


Question: 'Latin for a royal Persian headdress, it's Miss America's crowning glory'

Answer: a tiara


Question: 'Describes an effective pep talk or effective bra'

Answer: uplifting


Question: 'Small cornmeal fritters supposedly tossed to dogs to make them quiet'

Answer: hush puppies


Question: 'The 3 things growing in "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary's" garden'

Answer: cockleshells and silver bells and pretty maids all in a row


Question: 'Though voracious, locusts do not migrate for food, but after an enormous increase in this'

Answer: population


Question: 'By escorting Randy Quaid to Prison in 1973, Jack Nicholson & Otis Young carried out this title task'

Answer: The Last Detail


Question: 'A gem carved in relief, or the kind of appearance Alfred Hitchcock made in his movies'

Answer: a cameo


Question: 'The 20th letter of the Greek alphabet'

Answer: upsilon


Question: 'Y'all can have these ground kernals boiled, baked, or fried for breakfast, lunch, or dinner'

Answer: grits


Question: 'In "This little pig went to market", it's what the only pig that ate pigged out on'

Answer: roast beef


Question: 'From Greek "chrysos", meaning gold, it's the gold-colored pupa of a butterfly'

Answer: a chrysalis


Question: '2 films of the Vietnam battlefront & homefront that took 1978's top 5 Oscars'

Answer: The Deer Hunter & Coming Home


Question: 'An ornament held by a pin or clasp & worn at the neck'

Answer: a brooch


Question: 'In Hollywood for example, if he's going to a preview, you've already seen it at a private screening'

Answer: oneupsmanship


Question: 'Prokofiev wrote his 4th Piano Concerto for this hand only'

Answer: the left hand


Question: 'In 1985, at 17, he became Wimbledon's youngest & only unseeded winner of men's singles'

Answer: Boris Becker


Question: 'Considered 1st universal genius, this student of Plato believed goats breathed through their ears'

Answer: Aristotle


Question: 'Completes Omar Khayyam's threesome, "Jug of wine, a loaf of bread -- and"'

Answer: "thou"


Question: 'These schools were first opened to educate children who worked in factories 6 days a week'

Answer: Sunday schools


Question: 'Haydn burst into tears upon first hearing this famous section of "The Messiah"'

Answer: the Hallelujah Chorus


Question: 'Originally Italian for gondola race, it's a racing meet that might be held on the Thames'

Answer: a regatta


Question: 'Delta city with automatic door openers, washing machines, & a world-famous library'

Answer: Alexandria


Question: 'Longfellow said "When she was good, she was very, very good but when she was bad, she was" this'

Answer: "horrid"


Question: 'After graphite deposits were discovered in 1564, the British began making "marking stones"<br />&, later, these'

Answer: pencils


Question: 'His 6th Symphony, not "Swan Lake", was his swan song'

Answer: Tchaikovsky


Question: 'Played by his home club, the following became the unofficial theme song for this 1980 rookie'

Answer: Fernando Valenzuela


Question: 'Noticing ill effects, the Roman, Vitruvius, recommended water pipes be made of clay rather than this'

Answer: lead


Question: 'He said, "Good fences make good neighbors"'

Answer: Robert Frost


Question: 'In British newspapers, it's what a "Page 3 Girl" is usually lacking'

Answer: clothing


Question: 'Ravel was an ambulance driver during this war'

Answer: World War I


Question: '1 of 2 NFL divisions that have only 4 teams'

Answer: the National Football Conference West or the American Football Conference Central


Question: 'Greek who 1st used math to tune an instrument, he's more famous for a triangle'

Answer: Pythagoris


Question: 'This author of "Prometheus Unbound" suggested to his wife that she write "Frankenstein"'

Answer: Shelley


Question: 'An estimated 79% of sales revenues of this "fade cream" are spent on advertising'

Answer: Porcelana


Question: 'In 18th-century English gambling dens, employees swalloed these in case of police raid'

Answer: dice


Question: 'Russian who spent "A Night on Bald Mountain"'

Answer: Mussorgsky


Question: 'From 1956-'60, Carol Heiss was world champion in this sport'

Answer: figure skating


Question: 'The ancient Sumerian number system, based on 60, is still used today to measure this'

Answer: time


Question: 'Creator of "Little Orphant Annie" this "Hoosier Poet" once passed 1 of his poems as Edgar Allan Poe's'

Answer: James Whitcomb Riley


Question: 'This type of retail store sells more shampoo & makeup than any other'

Answer: food stores (supermarkets)


Question: 'Lloyd's of London started out not as an insurer, but as a purveyor of this beverage'

Answer: coffee


Question: 'While U.S. is #2 petroleum producer in the world, this country produces the most'

Answer: the Soviet Union


Question: 'Brother Raul took over for this ailing man as leader of Cuba'

Answer: Fidel Castro


Question: 'This show, aka "TRL", aired its last episode in 2008'

Answer: Total Request Live


Question: 'In 1891 one of these battered the Island of Martinique & caused millions of dollars in damage'

Answer: a hurricane


Question: 'The Happy Meal with hamburger'

Answer: McDonald\'s


Question: 'Before Columbia & Harvard, he attended Honolulu's Punahou School & L.A.'s Occidental College'

Answer: Obama


Question: 'In a Grimm fairy tale, he's Gretel's brother'

Answer: Hansel


Question: 'He's now the premier of Russia; Dmitry Medvedev took over from him as president'

Answer: Putin


Question: 'Sci Fi fans know it as "BSG"'

Answer: Battlestar Galactica


Question: 'In June 1953 one of these fatally touched down in Worcester, Massachusetts, far from the Midwest'

Answer: a tornado


Question: 'A boneless variety bucket of poultry, including a popcorn one'

Answer: KFC


Question: 'He earned his nickname of "Dutch" from his dad calling him his "fat little Dutchman"'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'Claw & ball-peen are types of these'

Answer: a hammer


Question: 'Media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi has been the prime minister of this country 3 different times'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'It's a quickstep from "DWTS" to this full title'

Answer: Dancing with the Stars


Question: 'During monsoon season in 1998, this devastated Bangladesh for weeks, marooning thousands on rooftops'

Answer: flooding


Question: 'Among Jared's favorites:<br />Veggie Delite'

Answer: Subway


Question: 'A frail boy, he built himself into a Rough Rider via strenuous exercise'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'In times of national mourning, the U.S. flag is flown this hyphenated way'

Answer: half-staff


Question: 'The dominant Palestinian political groups are Fatah in the West Bank & Hamas in this area'

Answer: the Gaza Strip


Question: 'JT used to be on the "MMC", which stood for this'

Answer: Mickey Mouse Club


Question: 'Almost 200,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed when one of these hit Kobe, Japan in 1995'

Answer: an earthquake


Question: 'Meximelt,<br />Crunchwrap Supreme'

Answer: Taco Bell


Question: 'He grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, & attended private schools there & in Andover, Massachusetts'

Answer: George H.W. Bush


Question: 'Figuratively speaking, when you make peace with someone, you "bury" this ax'

Answer: a hatchet


Question: 'North Korea went nuclear with this man as its leader'

Answer: Kim Jong-il


Question: 'Do justice to this show, "L&O: CI"'

Answer: Law & Order: Criminal Intent


Question: 'Sometimes called a tidal wave, one of these in December 2004 devastated large parts of Asia'

Answer: a tsunami


Question: 'A Frosty-cino drink'

Answer: Wendy\'s


Question: 'As a boy in Kansas, he said his dream was to be a Major League Baseball player; he went into the Army instead'

Answer: Eisenhower


Question: 'Si!  In Spanish-speaking countries, it's a large estate or the main house on such a property'

Answer: a hacienda


Question: 'To control the flow of buggies & pedestrians, J.P. Knight invented the first of these in London in 1868 using a lantern'

Answer: a traffic signal


Question: 'He's the dad in "Imagine That"'

Answer: Eddie Murphy


Question: 'Normal body temperature is 37.0 degrees Celsius or this Fahrenheit (to one decimal place)'

Answer: 98.6


Question: 'Grendel, Grendel's mom & a dragon are fought by the hero of this Old English epic'

Answer: Beowulf


Question: 'Wales borders it'

Answer: England


Question: 'A chapeau for a mouselike rodent'

Answer: a rat hat


Question: 'In 1887 Adolf Fick invented an early form of these to replace eyeglasses'

Answer: contact lenses


Question: 'He's the funniest of the North Carolina Galifianakises'

Answer: Zach


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical diagram on the monitor.)  The adrenal glands, here & here, derive their name because they sit atop these renal organs'

Answer: the kidneys


Question: 'The Parson & the Reeve are among the tale-tellers in this 14th century collection'

Answer: The Canterbury Tales


Question: 'In November 1918 this country proclaimed its independence, with Jozef Pilsudski as its first chief of state'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'A flatbed or pickup for a mallard'

Answer: a duck truck


Question: 'It was used in the 1780s, long before the airplane; Gleb Kotelnikov first put one in a knapsack in 1911'

Answer: a parachute


Question: 'She played Shelley, "The House Bunny"'

Answer: Anna Faris


Question: 'Like dead skin at the base of a fingernail, the outermost layer of a shaft of hair is called this'

Answer: a cuticle


Question: 'In "The Divine Comedy", Virgil guides this other writer through the circles of hell'

Answer: Dante


Question: 'They're the 2 U.S. states that fit the category'

Answer: Maryland & Rhode Island


Question: 'Cheetos for a Himalayan ox'

Answer: a yak snack


Question: 'In 1935 Professor Arnold Beckman introduced an electronic type of this meter to measure acidity'

Answer: a pH meter


Question: 'In "Year One" this "Juno" co-star plays Oh'

Answer: (Michael) Cera


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical diagram on the monitor.)  The Adam's apple, which is larger in men than in women, is a protuberance of the thyroid cartilage that supports this passageway, sometimes called the voice box'

Answer: the larynx


Question: 'The "Five Classics" of ancient China are traditionally attributed to this sage born in 551 B.C.'

Answer: Confucius


Question: 'This country's official languages are German, French & Italian'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'A repetitive song by a colony insect'

Answer: an ant chant


Question: 'In 2002 Congress recognized Antonio Meucci as the inventor of this in 1860, 16 years before a certain Scotsman'

Answer: the telephone


Question: 'Born in Canada, he's won the MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance 5 times'

Answer: Jim Carrey


Question: 'You could call this canal that connects the middle ear to the back of the throat the "eu" tube for short'

Answer: the eustachian tube


Question: 'In this Old Testament book, God orders Moses to count all the Israelites who are able to bear arms'

Answer: Numbers


Question: 'The colors of this country's flag, seen here, represent its snows & lakes'

Answer: Finland


Question: 'A tuxedo for an amphibian'

Answer: a newt suit


Question: 'It's the world's most common number system & second-most common alphabet'

Answer: Arabic


Question: 'Any recognizable prehistoric remains of plants or animals buried in the earth; it's from the Latin for "dug up"'

Answer: a fossil


Question: 'The Robinson family traveled aboard the Jupiter II, trying to find a way back to Earth on this show'

Answer: Lost in Space


Question: 'Whether firm, soft or silken, this soy product is an excellent source of protein'

Answer: tofu


Question: 'This English minister made some real "Pilgrim's Progress" in the 1670s and 1680s'

Answer: (John) Bunyan


Question: 'Those who raised $200,000 for W's re-election were called these, like players on the baseball team he once owned'

Answer: Rangers


Question: '13, to the guy who makes your bread'

Answer: a baker\'s dozen


Question: 'Abraham Werner & his followers in the 18th c. were called Neptunists; they believed that all rocks were formed here'

Answer: the ocean


Question: 'The Atlantia & the Pacifica were 2 of the other Battlestars on this TV show bearing another spaceship's name'

Answer: Battlestar Galactica


Question: 'Being very high in this (for a fruit) has given avocados the nickname "butter pear"'

Answer: fat


Question: 'This Scottish playwright's initials stood for James Matthew'

Answer: (James Matthew) Barrie


Question: 'In 1955 Congress raised this from 75 cents to $1; today you get more than that from the tooth fairy'

Answer: the minimum (hourly) wage


Question: 'It doesn't hold athletic equipment but, proverbially, the remains of those who have perished at sea'

Answer: Davy Jones\'s locker


Question: 'In the 5th century B.C., Empedocles argued that everything that exists can be reduced to these 4 elements'

Answer: earth, air, water & fire


Question: 'In "Star Trek III" Christopher Lloyd as a villain from this race commanded a spaceship called the Bird of Prey'

Answer: the Klingons


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew bakes up the next clue from the Boudin Bakery in San Francisco, CA) San Francisco's sourdough bread gets its unique flavor from a combination of wild yeast and lactobasillus, one of these which thrive in the foggy climate'

Answer: a bacterium


Question: 'This author of "Humboldt's Gift" received the gift of a Guggenheim fellowship'

Answer: (Saul) Bellow


Question: 'This color paper is a publication that sets forth the government's position on a particular issue'

Answer: a white paper


Question: 'According to a Jan & Dean song, it's "no place to play"'

Answer: Dead Man\'s Curve


Question: 'In the 1830s Louis Agassiz proved that these moved, bringing with them the rocks & boulders that covered Europe'

Answer: glaciers


Question: 'The Discovery is the spaceship sent to investigate a mysterious monolith's signal in this film'

Answer: 2001: A Space Odyssey


Question: 'A Burger King whopper contains 1,020 milligrams of this chemical element--& it's worth every milligram'

Answer: sodium


Question: 'This author of "Erewhon" went "The Way of All Flesh" in 1903'

Answer: Samuel Butler


Question: 'Sandburg wrote that this representative form of govt. "is a dream. Nothing happens unless first a dream"'

Answer: a republic


Question: 'This historic San Francisco waterfront is famed for its dungeness crab'

Answer: Fisherman\'s Wharf


Question: 'According to plate tectonics theory, there are many plates, each consisting of the crust & the upper part of this'

Answer: the mantle


Question: 'In this 1979 film, the mining ship Nostromo lands on a distant planet to investigate a suspected S.O.S.'

Answer: Alien


Question: 'This ingredient makes a Caesar salad especially likely to come, see & conquer you with Salmonella'

Answer: egg


Question: 'In 1928 he moved to Paris & met fellow Irish writer James Joyce, with whom he formed a lasting friendship'

Answer: (Samuel) Beckett


Question: 'In Chicago Joe Rostenkowski was boss of the 32nd of these political divisions'

Answer: wards


Question: 'This association of British insurance underwriters began in 1688'

Answer: Lloyd\'s of London


Question: 'The one that borders no other countries'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'The Eurovision Song Contest grew out of the San Remo Song Festival, a competition in this country'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'Baptism, penance holy eucharist, confirmation, holy orders, matrimony, anointing of the sick'

Answer: the Sacraments


Question: 'This state's spaceport risks encroaching on the habitat of the Mojave Desert tortoise'

Answer: California


Question: '"Yank" was the weekly magazine produced by this branch of our Armed Services'

Answer: the Army


Question: 'Biologist Max DelBruck shared a 1969 Nobel Prize for his work on the genetics of these microscopic parasites'

Answer: viruses


Question: 'The one that spans 11 time zones'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'This pop group was on the fast track to fame after winning the contest in 1974 with the song "Waterloo"'

Answer: ABBA


Question: 'Boreas, Zephyrus, Notus, Eurus'

Answer: winds


Question: 'Baikonur hopes to send people around the moon by 2009 for make benefit glorious nation of this, where it's located'

Answer: Kazakhstan


Question: 'The German panzerschreck, like the American bazooka, was designed as an anti-this vehicle weapon'

Answer: a tank


Question: 'Leapin' Lizzards!  It's the athletic activity seen here'

Answer: the vault


Question: 'The third largest'

Answer: the United States


Question: 'More famous for songs like "Rocket Man", this songwriting duo wrote one of the songs for the U.K. effort in 1969'

Answer: Elton John & Bernie Taupin


Question: 'Corinthian, Composite, Tuscan, Doric, Ionic'

Answer: columns


Question: 'Esrange Space Center is located near Kiruna, way north of the Arctic Circle in this European country'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'Boris III brought this Balkan country into WWII'

Answer: Bulgaria


Question: 'With French troops advancing on Germany in 1792, Beethoven moved to this neighboring capital city'

Answer: Vienna


Question: 'The 2 that are in the British Commonwealth & north of the Equator'

Answer: Canada & India


Question: 'Though she's from Quebec, she won the contest in 1988 for Switzerland with "Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi"'

Answer: (Celine) Dion


Question: 'Infant, schoolboy, lover, soldier, the Justice, the Pantaloon, second childishness'

Answer: Shakespeare\'s Seven Ages Of Man


Question: 'This country might not run the Port of New York, but it will be home to the Ras Al-Khaimah Spaceport'

Answer: the United Arab Emirates


Question: 'This heavy German offensive that began on December 16, 1944 took the Americans by surprise'

Answer: the Battle Of The Bulge


Question: 'In 1997 Jules Feiffer left this newspaper after more than 40 years of cartooning there'

Answer: Village Voice


Question: 'The only one in Africa'

Answer: the Sudan


Question: 'They must have been "walking on sunshine" when they won in 1997 for the U.K. with "Love Shine A Light"'

Answer: Katrina & The Waves


Question: 'Up, down, strange, charm, bottom, top'

Answer: quarks


Question: 'Take a boat down the Strait of Johor before you catch a space flight near Changi Airport in this city-state'

Answer: Singapore


Question: 'On January 22, 1944 the allies began storming this Italian beach'

Answer: Anzio


Question: 'Believed by many to be a forgery, Paul's Epistle to the Laodiceans is found only in some editions of this Latin Bible'

Answer: the Vulgate


Question: 'The original one of these on Mass.'s Little Brewster Island was built in 1716; automation didn't come until 1998'

Answer: a lighthouse


Question: 'Da Nang was called Tourane when the French controlled what's now this country'

Answer: Vietnam


Question:
'"Citizen Kane",
"Going My Way",
"How Green Was My Valley"'

Answer: Citizen Kane


Question: 'In a building:<br />tread, rise, railing, newel post'

Answer: stairways (or steps)


Question: 'This vice president studied law at the University of Baltimore; in 1974, he was disbarred'

Answer: Spiro Agnew


Question: 'Vitamin A is fat-soluble; B1 is this-soluble'

Answer: water


Question: 'Moroccan ruler Moulay Ismail the Bloodthirsty is said to have sired 888 children with this group of 500 women'

Answer: a harem


Question: 'Occupied by Morocco, the area now called "Western" this was formerly "Spanish" this'

Answer: Sahara


Question:
'"The Best Years of Our Lives",
"Miracle on 34th Street",
"The Lost Weekend"'

Answer: Miracle on 34th Street


Question: 'A medically approved device:<br />eye wires, bridge, temples'

Answer: spectacles (or eyeglasses)


Question: 'Thomas Jefferson's first vice president, he was the grandson of famed theologian Jonathan Edwards'

Answer: Aaron Burr


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew stands in front of a diagram of the new food pyramid.)  On the new USDA food pyramid, a reminder to exercise is next to this important group that includes cereals & popcorn'

Answer: grains


Question: 'Meaning "doctor" or "wise one", it's the first name of basketball great Olajuwon'

Answer: Hakeem


Question: 'This independent state off the Malay Peninsula was once part of Britain's colony of the Straits Settlements'

Answer: Singapore


Question:
'"Lilies of the Field",
"Oliver!",
"A Man for All Seasons"'

Answer: Lilies of the Field


Question: 'It keeps you from exposing too much of yourself:<br />pull tab, slide, teeth'

Answer: a zipper


Question: 'Once a pharmacist, he was serving in the U.S. Senate when elected vice president in 1964'

Answer: (Hubert) Humphrey


Question: 'As one of these, vitamin E helps destroy free radicals, perhaps contributing to cancer prevention'

Answer: antioxidants


Question: 'It's a ship's equivalent of a steering wheel'

Answer: a helm


Question: 'Lubumbashi in the Congo was founded as Elisabethville, after a queen of this country'

Answer: Belgium


Question:
'"The Sting",
"Network",
"Rocky"'

Answer: Network


Question: 'An office supply:<br />blades, pivot, bow handle, ring handle'

Answer: scissors


Question: 'In 1864 he was dropped from the Republican ticket & then served briefly as collector of the port of Boston'

Answer: Hannibal Hamlin


Question: 'Oreos no longer contain this unhealthful fat that must be listed on food labels as of Jan. 1, 2006'

Answer: trans fats


Question: 'Straight from the movies, it's the special type of image seen here'

Answer: a hologram


Question: 'What was once Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies, is today this capital'

Answer: Jakarta


Question:
'"Saving Private Ryan",
"Braveheart",
"The English Patient"'

Answer: Saving Private Ryan


Question: 'It gives you an exit strategy:<br />lintel, jamb, threshold'

Answer: a door


Question: 'He was the eighth U.S. vice president & the eighth U.S. president'

Answer: Van Buren


Question: 'If you get too much of this carotenoid found in carrots, your skin may turn yellowish-orange'

Answer: beta-carotene


Question: 'It's a word with the same pronunciation as another but with a different meaning'

Answer: a homonym


Question: 'In a work by this dramatist, Trepliov kills a sea gull, the symbol of his broken dreams'

Answer: Anton Chekhov


Question: 'The 1999 Emmy telecast featured an interpretive dance by the hosts: Jenna Elfman & this "Frasier" co-star'

Answer: Hyde Pierce


Question: 'John Waters could tell you the name of this gregarious flier'

Answer: a flamingo


Question: 'In the 1890s this oil tycoon retired from actively running his business; he lived until 1937'

Answer: John D. Rockefeller


Question: 'In the Middle East:<br />Amman'

Answer: Jordan


Question: 'A Spanish dish made by simmeing chicken, seafood, rice, vegetables & saffron'

Answer: paella


Question: 'He studied law & worked as a stockbroker before writing the 1st of his "Voyages Extraordinaires" in 1863'

Answer: (Jules) Verne


Question: 'No psychic in real life, she was "99% certain" she wouldn't win an Emmy for "Medium" in 2005--but she did'

Answer: (Patricia) Arquette


Question: 'This common bird of North America is featured on a Canadian coin'

Answer: a loon


Question: 'In 1865 he opened a factory in Philadelphia & began producing his "10-gallon" hat'

Answer: (John) Stetson


Question: 'A nation on the Adriatic:<br />Tirana'

Answer: Albania


Question: 'Call me this son of Abraham & Hagar from Genesis 16'

Answer: Ishmael


Question: 'Peer Gynt, the title character of his 1867 play, is based on a legendary Norwegian folk hero'

Answer: Ibsen


Question: 'This enigmatic show is such a find that it won the 2005 Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series'

Answer: Lost


Question: 'There are more than 100 species of this popular game bird'

Answer: a quail


Question: 'This "perfect pizza" company began in 1984 in the back of a tavern in Indiana'

Answer: Papa John\'s


Question: 'In Asia:<br />Dhaka'

Answer: Bangladesh


Question: 'An aggressive form of karate, this Korean martial art uses punches, chops & flashy kicks'

Answer: tae kwon do


Question: '"The House of the Spirits" is the first novel by this Lima-born woman'

Answer: Isabel Allende


Question: '(Hi, I'm Beau Bridges.)  I won a 1992 Emmy for playing this White House press secretary for whom a gun-control bill is named'

Answer: James Brady


Question: 'Atlantic-dwelling member of the auk family seen here'

Answer: a puffin


Question: 'In 1993 the failure of the handheld Newton device helped force out John Sculley as this company's CEO'

Answer: Apple


Question: 'In Indochina:<br />Vientiane'

Answer: Laos


Question: '9-letter adjective meaning having a sense of the beautiful'

Answer: aesthetic


Question: 'In Italy in October 2005 this author helped re-create the experiment with Foucault's pendulum'

Answer: (Umberto) Eco


Question: 'Geoffrey Rush rushed to the podium in 2005 when he won for starring in "The Life and Death of" this comic actor'

Answer: Peter Sellers


Question: 'Thieving member of the family Corvidae seen here'

Answer: a magpie


Question: 'In 1786 this German immigrant founded his fur business'

Answer: (John Jacob) Astor


Question: 'In Central Europe:<br />Vaduz'

Answer: Liechtenstein


Question: 'A large, violent whirlpool like the famous hazardous one off the northwest coast of Norway'

Answer: a maelstrom


Question: 'Lasting about a month, it's the battle for which the most marines earned the Medal of Honor'

Answer: Iwo Jima


Question: 'The poem refers to these as coursers, calling them by name'

Answer: reindeer


Question: 'Mrs. Woodhouse has a devil of a time with her pregnancy in this 1968 scarefest'

Answer: Rosemary\'s Baby


Question:
'Next in line:
J.B., A.L.,
...'

Answer: A.J.


Question: 'Cross-country skiing falls under this discipline whose name refers to the people or culture of Scandinavia'

Answer: Nordic skiing


Question: 'OLD FAIR'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'In 2001 this fruit became the official blue berry of North Carolina'

Answer: blueberry


Question: 'Though generally known as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas", this is the poem's proper title'

Answer: "A Visit from Saint Nicholas"


Question: 'Fatherhood is thrust upon bachelors Tom Selleck, Ted Danson & Steve Guttenberg in this comedy'

Answer: Three Men and a Baby


Question: 'After George Washington left office in 1797, we didn't get another George in office until this year'

Answer: 1989


Question: 'This winter sport, likely developed from European military skiing competitions, was introduced to the Olympics in 1960'

Answer: Biathlon


Question: 'A FRAIL ICON'

Answer: California


Question: 'Oddly, this piece of furniture was never built for the throne room at Neuschwanstein Castle'

Answer: the throne


Question: 'St. Nick "had a broad face and a little round belly that shook, when he laughed, like" this'

Answer: a bowl full of jelly


Question: 'Hugh Grant is less than thrilled when he finds out that girlfriend Julianne Moore is pregnant in this comedy'

Answer: Nine Months


Question: '1 of the 2 presidents who have a Jr. in their names; they served consecutively in the 20th century'

Answer: (1 of) Ford or Carter


Question: 'As in the geometric term, your skis should not converge while making this type of turn'

Answer: parallel


Question: 'NO OGRE'

Answer: Oregon


Question: 'This Las Vegas hotel ceased to be a landmark when it was demolished on November 7, 1995'

Answer: The Landmark


Question: 'The poem calls St. Nick "chubby and plump" & "a right jolly old" one of these'

Answer: an elf


Question: 'Spencer Tracy has to deal with pregnant daughter Elizabeth Taylor & then a crying grandson in this classic sequel'

Answer: Father\'s Little Dividend


Question: 'He's the last person who had more than one person as vice president'

Answer: Nixon


Question: 'Gates mark the zigzap course of this kind of ski race whose name comes from words meaning "sloping"  & "track"'

Answer: slalom


Question: 'SAW NOTHING'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'One side of Willemstad, Curacao is called Punda & the other side is Otrabanda, which means this'

Answer: other side


Question: 'It's the sound the poem's narrator heard "out on the lawn" that caused him to spring out of bed'

Answer: a clatter


Question: 'Super Yuppie Diane Keaton inherits a baby from a distant relative in this flick'

Answer: Baby Boom


Question: 'He was the first sitting president who could have sung "The Star Spangled Banner"'

Answer: Madison


Question: 'The most direct route down the slope is called this "line", which might worry an unsteady skier'

Answer: the fall line


Question: 'EAR BANKS'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'There are a number of Chanel fragrances, including this one that immortalizes her birthday, August 19'

Answer: Chanel No. 19


Question: 'This continent's Gibson Desert was named for Alfred Gibson, who was lost searching for water in the 1800s'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'With hits like "All My Ex's Live in Texas" & "Blue Clear Sky", he's "Pure Country"'

Answer: George Strait


Question: '(Alex reads the clue from the Barnes Collection.)  Rosy cheeks are a signature of this French artist, Dr. Barnes' favorite; there are over 180 of his works in the Barnes collection'

Answer: (Pierre-Auguste) Renoir


Question: 'The Ellery Queen Award is bestowed by the MWA, which stands for this'

Answer: the Mystery Writers of America


Question: 'To move these sports items is to change the rules or conditions after a project has already started'

Answer: the goalposts


Question: 'Of the signs of the Zodiac, it's alphabetically last'

Answer: Virgo


Question: 'Towns in this desert include Barstow & Needles, California'

Answer: the Mojave Desert


Question: 'This record producer was known as the "Fifth Beatle"'

Answer: George Martin


Question:
'(Alex reads the clue from the Barnes Collection.)
Talk about an eye for value!  Dr. Barnes once refused to sell for $6,000 the watercolor by this artist that he had acquired for $10'

Answer: (Pablo) Picasso


Question: 'This naturalist helped found the Sierra Club in 1892 & served as its first president'

Answer: John Muir


Question: 'Home to Volvo, it's the second-most populous city in Sweden'

Answer: Gothenburg


Question: 'On April 1 of this year, Five Forks crossroads became the site of the last important battle of the Civil War'

Answer: 1865


Question: 'Mongolia's Altai & Hangayn Nuruu Mountains form the northern border of this desert'

Answer: the Gobi Desert


Question: 'In his 1963 inaugural address this governor called for "Segregation forever!"'

Answer: George Wallace


Question: '(Alex reads the clue from the Barnes Collection.)  Early on, Dr. Barnes recognized the influence of African art on European artists, like this Italian whose work is featured here'

Answer: (Amedeo) Modigliani


Question: 'In 1904 the Irish National Theatre Society established this Dublin repertory company'

Answer: the Abbey Theatre


Question: 'It's the Hebrew word for calvary'

Answer: golgotha


Question: 'In July 1889 this fighter knocked out Jack Kilrain in the last bare-knuckled championship boxing match'

Answer: (John L.) Sullivan


Question: 'This desert of southwest Arizona shares its name & area with an adjoining Mexican state'

Answer: the Sonoran Desert


Question: 'He was the head coach of the Los Angeles Rams 1966-1970 & of the Washington Redskins 1971-77'

Answer: George Allen


Question: '(Alex reads the clue from the Barnes Collection.)  There are treasures everywhere here at the Barnes, even in a stairwell: "Joy of Life," a Matisse masterpiece, was said to be the inspiration for this wild art movement'

Answer: Fauvism


Question: 'In 1863 biologist Louis Agassiz & physicist Joseph Henry were charter members of this "National" body'

Answer: the National Academy of Sciences


Question: '1921 Heidelberg University graduate seen here'

Answer: Joseph Goebbels


Question: '"Water" was the first word learned by Helen Keller & the last word spoken by this 18th U.S. President'

Answer: (Ulysses S.) Grant


Question: 'The city of Beersheba is called the capital of this desert region'

Answer: the Negev


Question: 'In 1990 a color remake was produced of this director's 1968 B&W Zombie classic "Night of the Living Dead"'

Answer: George Romero


Question: '(Alex reads the clue from the Barnes Collection.)  In the Barnes collections, there are 46 Picassos, 59 Matisses and 69 works by this artist, whose famous "Card Players" is seen here'

Answer: Paul Cézanne


Question: 'In 1914 composer Victor Herbert co-founded this 5-letter association to collect fees from music users'

Answer: A.S.C.A.P.


Question: 'Small spiny-finned fish whose pelvic fins form a sucker'

Answer: the goby


Question: 'The last time this general assembly of the colony of Virginia met was June 24, 1775'

Answer: The House of Burgesses


Question: 'He publicly objected to the name of a 2004 documentary for infringing on the title of one of his books'

Answer: Ray Bradbury


Question: 'This husband of Mary is not named in Mark's gospel'

Answer: Joseph


Question: 'The school of forestry of this New Haven, Conn. university is the USA's oldest in continuous operation'

Answer: Yale


Question: 'There's a statue of a man hailing one of these at a corner of the Chase Manhattan Bank Building'

Answer: a taxicab


Question: 'To honor the 20th anniversary of "Rocky" in 1996, Gambia & 4 other nations issued stamps with this actor's likeness'

Answer: Sylvester Stallone


Question: 'Each floor of your house should have at least one of these early warning devices'

Answer: a smoke alarm


Question: 'These 2 types of nonfiction book share a Pulitzer Prize category'

Answer: biography & autobiography


Question: 'Solomon proposed that this object of contention be divided between 2 women'

Answer: a baby


Question: 'This school in University Park, Pennsylvania was chartered in 1855 as Farmers' High School'

Answer: Penn State University


Question: 'Marc Chagall murals, "The Sources of Music" & "The Triumph of Music", grace the lobby of this opera house'

Answer: the Metropolitan Opera House


Question: 'This star of the film "The Fugitive" had an uncredited cameo in the 1994 film "Jimmy Hollywood"'

Answer: Harrison Ford


Question: 'When buying one of these, look for one that puts out A, B & C classes of fire'

Answer: a fire extinguisher


Question: 'TV character Jaime Sommers had one ear of this type; Steve Austin had one such eye'

Answer: bionic


Question: 'Ezekiel reported that God commended Daniel, Noah & this sufferer for their righteousness'

Answer: Job


Question: 'Canada's oldest agricultural school, St. Anne de la Pocatiere, became part of this province's Laval U. in 1962'

Answer: Quebec


Question: 'Her gown was cleaned in honor of her 1986 centennial'

Answer: Statue of Liberty


Question: 'This star of the film "Dangerous Minds" was once Miss Orange County'

Answer: Michelle Pfeiffer


Question: 'Fires in New York City tenements inspired an 1860 law requiring these exterior safety apparatuses'

Answer: fire escapes


Question: 'Selman A. Waksman, discoverer of streptomycin, coined this term in the 1940s'

Answer: antibiotic


Question: 'Of her twin boys, Rebekah favored this one'

Answer: Jacob


Question: 'Charlotte Amalie is the site of the college of this U.S. possession'

Answer: U.S. Virgin Islands


Question: 'This mansion that once housed the museum of the city of New York is now the official mayor's residence'

Answer: Gracie Mansion


Question: 'In 1994 she produced her first film, "Nell", in which she also starred'

Answer: Jodie Foster


Question: 'Because it fills its tank by skimming bodies of water, the CL-215T seaplane has this rhyming nickname'

Answer: the "Super Scooper"


Question: 'Term for a diet, mostly whole grains, designed to prolong life'

Answer: macrobiotic


Question: 'Abner fought for Ish-Boseth against this king but later agreed to join him'

Answer: King David


Question: 'This Houston school's athletic teams are nicknamed the Owls'

Answer: Rice University


Question: 'If you want to see Matisse's "Dance", dance on over to this museum on West 53rd Street'

Answer: the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)


Question: 'The drill instructor in "An Officer and a Gentleman", he turned down an offer to play pro basketball'

Answer: Louis Gossett, Jr.


Question: 'It's a cleared strip of land meant to slow the spread of a wildfire'

Answer: a fire break


Question: 'Depending on who benefits, this relationship can be classified as mutualism or as parasitism'

Answer: symbiotic


Question: 'The name of this Indian, said to have united the 5 Iroquois nations, is featured in a "song" by Longfellow'

Answer: Hiawatha


Question: 'Vic Mizzy played the harpsichord on his theme to this creepy, kooky series'

Answer: The Addams Family


Question: 'Wheezing attacks of this chronic lung disease are often triggered by allergies'

Answer: asthma


Question: 'Rua de Prata, the "Silver Street" of this Portuguese capital, is known for its fine jewelry stores'

Answer: Lisbon


Question: 'On October 14, 1996 this stock index closed above 6,000 points for the first time'

Answer: the Dow Jones Industrial Average


Question: 'He was 4 years old when his family moved to Hannibal, Missouri in 1839'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'John Calvin moved back to this Swiss city in 1541, became a citizen & died there in 1564'

Answer: Geneva


Question: 'In one quick session Eliot Daniel wrote the theme heard here for the pilot of this show:'

Answer: I Love Lucy


Question: 'Smoking, obesity & stress can cause hypertension, the abnormal elevation of this'

Answer: blood pressure


Question: 'The Scandinavian city now known as this was founded by King Harald Hardraade around 1050'

Answer: Oslo


Question: 'You could wash down some of this company's famous frozen cheesecake with its Douwe Egberts coffee'

Answer: Sara Lee


Question: 'You can tour the house at 907 Whitehead Street in Key West where he wrote "For Whom The Bell Tolls"'

Answer: Ernest Hemingway


Question: 'The golden staircase of this Venetian official's palace was completed in 1558'

Answer: the Doge


Question: 'His first sci-fi theme was for "Lost in Space"; later he composed for sci-fi films like "Star Wars"'

Answer: John Williams


Question: 'Nearly everyone is born with this condition because the arches develop slowly over the first 6 years'

Answer: flat feet


Question: 'This Latvian city's Dome Cathedral sometimes hosts the International Boys' Choir Festival'

Answer: Riga


Question: 'Kimberly-Clark makes these diapers, America's best-selling brand'

Answer: Huggies


Question: 'He followed his 1850 sea tale "White-Jacket" with another sea tale about a white object'

Answer: Herman Melville


Question: 'In 1533 Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon ended & this Catherine wed the future Henry II of France'

Answer: Catherine de\' Medici


Question: 'Alexander Courage, composer of the original "Star Trek" theme, didn't like this producer's lyrics'

Answer: Gene Roddenberry


Question: 'Insufficent amounts of an enzyme in the small intestine cause an intolerance to this milk sugar'

Answer: lactose


Question: 'Built at the turn of the century, the Metropol on Teatralny Avenue is one of this city's most famous hotels'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'This computer company's new Presario 4402 features an infrared remote control'

Answer: Compaq


Question: '"The Bishop's Boys", about this pair, is by Tom Crouch, a Smithsonian Air & Space Museum curator'

Answer: the Wright Brothers


Question: 'In 1589 he was made professor of mathematics at the University of Pisa; his contract wasn't renewed in 1592'

Answer: Galileo


Question: 'While recording his music for the film "Batman", he took time to write the "Tales From The Crypt" theme'

Answer: Danny Elfman


Question: 'Common among runners, this pain in the front & sides of the lower leg often goes away with rest'

Answer: shin splints


Question: 'This city on the Dimbovita River became the capital of Walachia in 1659'

Answer: Bucharest, Romania


Question: 'The Tax Reform Act of 1986 set the tax on these, profits from sold assets, at the same rate as other income'

Answer: capital gains


Question: 'This master of the espionage thriller has written 3 books about top assassin Jason Bourne'

Answer: Robert Ludlum


Question: 'The Roosevelt dime made its debut the year this president was born'

Answer: Bill Clinton (born in 1946)


Question: 'He was born near Stonewall, Texas in 1908; his wife Lady Bird was born in Karnack'

Answer: Lyndon Baines Johnson


Question: 'In 1991 Kirstie Alley won an Emmy for playing Rebecca Howe on this sitcom'

Answer: Cheers


Question: 'The wheels of these ancient Egyptian vehicles usually had 6 spokes'

Answer: chariots


Question: 'Ben organized Philadelphia's first company to fight these, much needed where all buildings were wood'

Answer: fires


Question: 'This German unit of currency is abbreviated DM'

Answer: a Deutsche Mark


Question: 'World Book says this British city may have been named for the mythical Liver bird'

Answer: Liverpool


Question: 'This San Antonio resident helps out America's homemakers with lots of "Hints"'

Answer: Heloise


Question: 'It holds the record for most Emmys by a miniseries with 9'

Answer: Roots


Question: 'Fire departments have 3 main types of truck: pumper, rescue & this kind'

Answer: ladder


Question: 'In 1731 Ben joined this fraternal organization becoming Grand Master of the Grand Penn. Lodge in 1749'

Answer: the Masons


Question: 'The first of these U.S. coins were struck in 1964'

Answer: Kennedy half-dollars


Question: 'There's a monument to the great racehorse Man O' War in this city, Kentucky's second largest'

Answer: Lexington


Question: 'A native of Texas, this author has set many of his novels there, including "Lonesome Dove"'

Answer: Larry McMurtry


Question: 'In 1977 it was said that she "won by a bionic vote" as best actress in a drama series'

Answer: Lindsay Wagner


Question: 'Marked out in 1775, it was Kentucky's first road'

Answer: the Wilderness Road


Question: 'Ben's last public act was to sign a petition to Congress urging the abolition of this'

Answer: slavery


Question: 'Of ding, dong or cong, the basic monetary unit of Vietnam'

Answer: a dong


Question: 'Europeans were once banned from this Tibetan capital, which was known as "the Forbidden City"'

Answer: Lhasa


Question: 'A Texas county is named for this "father of condensed milk" who was one of the state's pioneer settlers'

Answer: (Gail) Borden


Question: 'Peter Falk has won 4 Emmys for playing this role'

Answer: Columbo


Question: 'New Mexico's first railroad, it began operation in the state in 1878'

Answer: the (Atchison, Topeka and) Santa Fe Railway


Question: 'Franklin lived abroad for 27 of his 84 years: 18 in Britain & 9 in this country'

Answer: France


Question: 'The dirham, the main currency of the United Arab Emirates, derives its name from this Greek coin'

Answer: a drachma


Question: 'This city is the home of Bolivian Catholic University'

Answer: La Paz


Question: 'The family home of this longtime Speaker of the House is now a museum in Bonham, Texas'

Answer: Sam Rayburn


Question: 'In 1973 this director & choreographer won a Tony for "Pippin" & an Emmy for "Liza with a 'Z'"'

Answer: Bob Fosse


Question: 'The Oregon, California & Mormon trails followed this east-west River in Nebraska'

Answer: the Platte


Question: 'Franklin's son William, governor of this colony, was a staunch Tory'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'In 1973 this country introduced coinage of the new Queen Margrethe II'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'Napoleon lost the 1813 Battle of this German city, which is also called the Battle of the Nations'

Answer: Leipzig


Question: 'In 1856 France joined Britain in a second Opium War with this country'

Answer: China


Question: 'Henry Hobson Richardson designed this Massachusetts city's Trinity Church in the Romanesque style'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'This "Messiah" composer said Christoph Gluck "knows no more counterpoint than my cook"'

Answer: Handel


Question: 'The name of this former capital of West Germany is a Celtic word for "town"'

Answer: Bonn


Question: 'The pulp of the pods of this Eastern Mediterranean tree is used as a chocolate substitute'

Answer: carob


Question: 'Anne Edwards' biography of this author is titled "Road to Tara"'

Answer: Margaret Mitchell


Question: 'It was seized by Iranian militants on November 4, 1979 & held for over 400 days'

Answer: the American embassy


Question: 'Finlandia Hall in this capital city was one of Finnish architect Alvar Aalto's last creations'

Answer: Helsinki


Question: 'The first English composer elevated to the peerage, his title was Baron Britten of Aldeburgh'

Answer: Benjamin Britten


Question: 'The names Donegal & Dundee refer to these structures, one "on the Dee", one "of the foreigners"'

Answer: forts


Question: 'Rosin & turpentine are obtained from the resin of the slash & longleaf varieties of this tree'

Answer: pine


Question: 'Beginning in 1978 Joyce Carol Oates was a writer in residence at this New Jersey university'

Answer: Princeton


Question: 'Between 1868 and 1894, Benjamin Disraeli was Prime Minister of England twice & this man was P.M. 4 times'

Answer: Gladstone


Question: 'Domino's Pizza founder Tom Monaghan once owned a museum devoted to this "Prairie Style" architect'

Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright


Question: 'The plot of this "New World Symphony" composer's opera "Dimitrij" begins where "Boris Godunov" ends'

Answer: Dvorák


Question: 'The name of this large Russian lake is from Altaic for "rich take", referring to its rich take of fish'

Answer: Lake Baikal


Question: 'The Japanese varieties of this fruit tree are grown solely for their ornamental value'

Answer: the cherry


Question: 'In the mid-1960s this co-founder of Ms. magazine wrote for the TV series "That Was the Week that Was"'

Answer: Gloria Steinem


Question: 'The "Golden Age" of this Indian empire occurred during the reign of Shah Jahan, who built the Taj Mahal'

Answer: the Mughals


Question: 'The Cathedral of Notre Dame at Reims is a masterpiece of this architectural style'

Answer: Gothic


Question: '"The Erl-King" & "The Wanderer" are among this 19th century composer's most famous lieder'

Answer: Franz Schubert


Question: 'This Belgian port's name may mean "against the dike"'

Answer: Antwerp


Question: 'South American Indians called this tree, Hevea brasiliensis, cahuchu, which means "weeping wood"'

Answer: the rubber tree


Question: '"Francois le Champi" is an 1848 novel by this woman who liked to wear men's clothes'

Answer: George Sand