Question: 'Usually seen daily by most people, it produces 3.83 x 1026 watts of power in the form of light'

Answer: the sun


Question: 'Established in 1718; built as a Roman Catholic mission; Santa Anna's comin' to town'

Answer: the Alamo


Question: 'Colgate & Texas Tech'

Answer: the Red Raiders


Question: 'Let's "party like it's" this year, the last time gas dipped under a buck a gallon'

Answer: 1999


Question: 'These super-cool "girls" made famous by Gwen Stefani get their name from a Tokyo district'

Answer: Harajuku girls


Question: '"'Forward the light brigade!' Was there a man dismay'd?  Not tho' the soldier knew some one had blunder'd"'

Answer: Tennyson


Question: '"To protect taste" Diet Coke adds some "K" to the mix:<br />this element'

Answer: potassium


Question: '133-foot minarets; 20,000 worked on it; full of Agra-culture'

Answer: the Taj Mahal


Question: 'Jackson State & Missouri'

Answer: Tigers


Question: 'Gas topped 2 bucks a gallon for the first time in May of this leap year (it only seems like a lifetime ago)'

Answer: 2004


Question: 'Italian for "touched", it's an elaborate keyboard piece designed to demonstrate the player's skill'

Answer: a toccata


Question: '"Of stormy mist; so swept her on her way even to the mournful place where Adonais lay"'

Answer: Shelley


Question: 'From 1947 to 1952 he was chairman of the General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission'

Answer: Oppenheimer


Question: 'This fruit dessert was created to celebrate Queen Victoria's decades on the British throne'

Answer: cherries jubilee


Question: 'Of "the Four Corners states", this is the southwestern one'

Answer: Arizona


Question: '(Morgan Freeman gives the clue.) I received my second Oscar nomination for this 1989 film set in the mid-20th century South'

Answer: Driving Miss Daisy


Question: 'Tasmanian-born Harold Gatty taught navigation to Anne Morrow, the wife of this "Lone Eagle"'

Answer: Charles Lindbergh


Question: 'U.S. Military Academy<br />(class of 1915)'

Answer: (Dwight) Eisenhower


Question: 'The art or profession of applying makeup'

Answer: cosmetology


Question: 'It equals a 2.0 GPA'

Answer: a C


Question: 'You probably know what's on North Dakota's southern border; on its western border is this state'

Answer: Montana


Question: '(Morgan Freeman reads once again.) I've been in 2 films directed by Clint Eastwood: "Unforgiven" & this one, for which I won an Oscar'

Answer: Million Dollar Baby


Question: 'Joan Miro designed 2 of these artworks for the UNESCO building in Paris'

Answer: murals


Question: 'U.S. Naval Academy<br />(class of 1946)'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'The branch of astronomy that deals with the structure & evolution of the universe'

Answer: cosmology


Question: 'The letter in the means of transport seen here'

Answer: T (t-bar)


Question: 'Delaware's southern border is with this state'

Answer: Maryland


Question: '(Morgan gives the clue again.) I've narrated 2 Oscar-winning feature-length documentaries: "The Long Way Home" & this 2005 film'

Answer: March of the Penguins


Question: 'Brit Nick Faldo has made his name as one of these'

Answer: a golfer


Question: 'Georgetown<br />(class of 1968)'

Answer: (Bill) Clinton


Question: 'An expression of regret'

Answer: an apology


Question: 'It stands for a metric unit equal to about a quarter gallon'

Answer: L (liter)


Question: 'You'll find these 2 states on Colorado's eastern border'

Answer: Kansas and Nebraska


Question: '(Morgan Freeman reads once more.) To answer your question, Jack...as Lucius Fox, it turns out I'm the one who gets this title guy "those wonderful toys" when he "begins"'

Answer: Batman


Question: 'In Latvian myth, Lacplesis was the slayer of these; we don't know if he started killing them when he was 3'

Answer: bears (giants later accepted)


Question: 'Harvard University<br />(class of 1904)'

Answer: Franklin Roosevelt


Question: 'A book with a mix of various authors writing on various topics'

Answer: an anthology


Question: 'When signing the alphabet in American Sign Language, only two letters require actual finger movement: the Z, and this'

Answer: J


Question: 'It's the number of states that border the Gulf of Mexico'

Answer: 5 (Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi & Florida)


Question: '(Morgan gives the last clue.) John Quincy Adams & Martin Van Buren were characters in this 1997 film in which I starred with Djimon Hounsou'

Answer: Amistad


Question: 'Opened in 1936, this bridge links Manhattan, Queens & the Bronx'

Answer: the Triboro Bridge


Question: 'Eureka College<br />(class of 1932)'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'The study of fossils, as from a T-rex'

Answer: paleontology


Question: 'If your trademark application is okayed, you can follow the trademarked item with this letter in a circle'

Answer: an R (registered trademark)


Question: 'In 1071 the Seljuk Turks, who practiced this religion, defeated the Byzantine Army at the Battle of Manzikert'

Answer: Islam


Question:
'"2, 4, 6, 8 /
Homer's crime was very great /
'Great'  meaning large or immense /
We use it in the pejorative sense"'

Answer: The Simpsons


Question: 'Siamese kittens develop their full adult color within a few months but are born mostly this color'

Answer: white


Question: '"T.J."<br />by Henry Fielding'

Answer: Tom Jones


Question: 'Infamous herbicide of 1960s wartime Indochina'

Answer: Agent Orange


Question: 'The waist of this British Queen was measured at 46 inches when she died in 1901'

Answer: Queen Victoria


Question: 'This King of Aragon freed the Catalan Serfs in 1486 & captured Granada in 1492'

Answer: King Ferdinand


Question: '"My name is George.  I'm unemployed and I live with my parents"'

Answer: Seinfeld


Question: 'The Bombay cat, a cross between a Burmese & a Black American shorthair, originated in this largest KY. city'

Answer: Louisville


Question: '"J.T.O."<br />by Thomas Hardy'

Answer: Jude the Obscure


Question: 'Prominent among Protestants in northern Ireland, the Orange Order was formed in 1795 to honor this monarch'

Answer: William of Orange


Question: 'Arabian horses are generally 14 to 15 of these horse measurements tall'

Answer: hands


Question: 'Now in Poland, in 1361 this shipbuilding city became a member of the Hanseatic League'

Answer: Gdansk


Question: '"You don't take relationship advice from Karen.  You get advice on, I don't know, what wine goes with mood stabilizers"'

Answer: Will & Grace


Question: 'In England, this cat breed was once known as a "foreign blue"'

Answer: a Russian blue


Question: '"A.A.T."<br />by Theodore Dreiser'

Answer: An American Tragedy


Question: 'Dystopian Anthony Burgess novel of punks & pathology'

Answer: A Clockwork Orange


Question: 'Computer printer image quality is measured in DPI, which sands for this'

Answer: dots per inch


Question: 'Around 2500 B.C. the Harappan Civilization sprung up around this river in Pakistan & nothwestern India'

Answer: the Indus


Question: '"The Opera Guild's annual football tournament...<br />Well, I'm the quarterback"'

Answer: Frasier


Question: 'This dog that derives its name from a place on the eastern shore of the Adriatic is also called a coach dog'

Answer: Dalmatian


Question: '"T.B.A.D."<br />by F. Scott Fitzgerald'

Answer: The Beautiful And Damned


Question: 'In the British children's rhyme, the pair that are said by "the bells of St. Clement's"'

Answer: oranges and lemons


Question: 'In her sonnet "How Do I Love Thee", the 2 measurements with breadth that Browning's "soul can reach"'

Answer: depth & height


Question: 'An economic crisis forced this Indonesian leader to resign on May 21, 1998, ending 32 years of autocratic rule'

Answer: Suharto


Question: '"You have reached the transmitting signal for the big giant head.  All big giant circuits are busy...please stay on the line"'

Answer: Third Rock From The Sun


Question:
'Corgis come in 2 breeds:
Cardigan
Welsh Corgi &
this one'

Answer: Pembrook


Question: '"T.M.O.T.F."<br />by George Eliot'

Answer: The Mill On The Floss


Question: 'Sherlock Holmes solves a mystery involving the KKK & sailing ships in "The Case of" these'

Answer: "The Five Orange Pips"


Question: 'Myanmar & this African country are the only 2 besides the U.S. still not officially using the Metric System'

Answer: Liberia


Question: 'June 23, National Day in this country, began as a celebration of the birthday of Grand Duchess Charlotte'

Answer: Luxembourg


Question: 'Te Papa, the National Museum of New Zealand, is in this city, the capital'

Answer: Wellington


Question: 'When he plays for the Lakers he wears a size 23 shoe'

Answer: Shaquille O\'Neal


Question: 'Vostok means "east" in this language'

Answer: Russian


Question: 'Remove a hidden electronic device'

Answer: debug


Question: 'The average time in the 15 largest U.S. cities for this is 24.3 minutes & most people do it by car'

Answer: commute


Question: 'Of hippo, rhino or croc, the one whose common name has the most letters'

Answer: hippopotamus


Question: 'New Zealander who took on the giant task of making 3 films at once about the little hobbits'

Answer: Peter Jackson


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the courts at the Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, RI.)  From 1978 to 1984 the title of U.S. Open men's singles champ volleyed between John McEnroe & this other volatile lefty'

Answer: Jimmy Connors


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew speaks in a tongue.)  Until Vatican II, the Catholic Mass was officially only celebrated in this language'

Answer: Latin


Question: 'Insert 1 letter in "death" to get this word meaning "an insufficient supply"'

Answer: dearth


Question: 'In 2002 U.S. parents adopted 5,053 kids from this country, more than from any other'

Answer: China


Question: 'Of the Osmonds, the Osbournes or the Oswalds, the family that got MTV its highest ratings'

Answer: the Osbournes


Question: 'New Zealand was named for the Province of Zeeland in this country'

Answer: the Netherlands


Question: 'In 2003 this English soccer star became the first Westerner to appear on ad billboards in Iran since 1979'

Answer: David Beckham


Question: 'Demotic is the common form of this language; Katharevousa, a more purified form'

Answer: Greek


Question: 'It's a decorative bottle used for serving wine'

Answer: a decanter


Question: 'According to the FDIC, A record 222 of these failed or needed aid in 1988'

Answer: banks


Question: 'Of Woolworth, Wordsworth or Wadsworth, the one who was a stamp distributor in Westmoreland County'

Answer: Wordsworth


Question: 'New Zealand's Black Magic won this trophy in 1995 and 2000'

Answer: the America\'s Cup


Question: 'A 2003 USA today survey of all time great NLF QBs revealed the top 4 all have first names beginning with this letter'

Answer: J (for Joe Montana, Joe Namath, John Elway, and Johnny Unitas)


Question: 'A 1996 Oakland  School Board decision made many aware of this term for African-American English'

Answer: Ebonics


Question: 'Meaning socially obligatory, it's from the French for "of strictness"'

Answer: de rigeur


Question: 'The median age in California, it's also the speed of an old vinyl record album'

Answer: 33 1/3


Question: 'Of Army, Navy or Marine, the one who began as a columnist for Variety in 1953'

Answer: Army (Archerd)


Question: 'In WWII this representative and future U.S. Pres. put on a uniform & was sent to New Zealand & Australia'

Answer: LBJ (Lyndon Baines Johnson)


Question: 'In 1947 a team from Wiliamsport, Pa. won the very first edition of this youth sports championship'

Answer: the Little League World Series


Question: 'The writings of Shenute, an Abbot in 5th century Egypt, are among the earliest in this language'

Answer: Coptic


Question: 'In this craft, paper cutouts are glued to furniture or accessories & covered with many coats of varnish'

Answer: decoupage


Question: 'Marley's ghost might be surprised to learn that this was the most popular name given to boys in 2002'

Answer: Jacob


Question: 'Of Walter Chrysler, Louis Chevrolet or Ransom Olds, the one who raced in the Indy 500'

Answer: Chevrolet


Question: 'In 1469 this prince & princess married; within 10 years almost all of what is now Spain came under their control'

Answer: Ferdinand & Isabella


Question: '1993:<br />Bill Murray flirts with Andie MacDowell over & over & over & over...'

Answer: Groundhog Day


Question: 'Among these creatures, males of the black species share egg-warming duties but trumpeter males don't'

Answer: swans


Question: 'This TV network used to be the NBC Blue Network; now it's the "NYPD Blue" network'

Answer: ABC


Question: 'In 2003 in works like the one shown, the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company celebrated the centennial of this'

Answer: the (Wright Brothers\') first flight


Question: 'Webslinging movie & comic book hero who was the loyal servant of Robinson Crusoe'

Answer: Spider-Man Friday


Question: 'This British poet swam the Hellespont on May 3, 1810, performing the feat in one hour, 10 minutes'

Answer: Byron


Question: '1968:<br />John Wayne leads a Special Forces unit'

Answer: The Green Berets


Question: 'This continent's Sydney funnel-web spider brags that it makes the black widow look like the girl next door'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Blue Nun is one of the most famous brands of this "motherly" type of German wine'

Answer: Liebfraumilch


Question: 'Modern dance continues to interpret this classical composer, as in Paul Taylor's 1988 "Brandenburgs"'

Answer: (Johann Sebastian) Bach


Question: 'Soft-serve current British monarch with a curl on top'

Answer: Dairy Queen Elizabeth


Question: 'On Dec. 11, 1936 this king abdicated because he couldn't discharge his duties without "the woman I love"'

Answer: Edward VIII


Question: '1999:<br />Tom Hanks watches a lot of executions'

Answer: The Green Mile


Question: 'Just because I'm this physically smallest class of termite, shouldn't mean I have to wait on the others all day'

Answer: a worker


Question: 'Methane in the atmosphere is responsible for the blue-green coloring of these 2 planets'

Answer: Uranus & Neptune


Question: 'As opposed to the leaps of ballet, Mary Wigman's dances showed gravity's pull & often used this prayerful position'

Answer: kneeling


Question: 'Spanish Fountain of Youth searcher who won the heavyweight title in 1978'

Answer: Ponce de Leon Spinks


Question: 'Much of the decency that marked Nero's early reign was due to the guidance of this tragedian/tutor'

Answer: Seneca


Question: '1990:<br />Joe Pesci is a bad guy'

Answer: Goodfellas


Question: 'We African elephants are in trouble too, but we're only listed as this, while the Asian ones are endangered'

Answer: threatened


Question: 'Blue is a popular clothing color for members of this original Moroccan ethnic group'

Answer: the Berbers


Question: 'This performer/choreographer was one of the most influential figures in modern dance'

Answer: Martha Graham


Question: 'This patriotic composer said, "Give me liberty or give me d-death, d-death, d-death, d-death, d-death, d-death, d-death"'

Answer: Patrick Henry Mancini


Question: 'In 1094 this Spanish warrior seized Valencia, a Muslim stronghold, & ruled it until his death on July 10, 1099'

Answer: El Cid


Question: '1946:<br />Rita Hayworth teases up a storm in South America'

Answer: Gilda


Question: 'The marmot, seen here, wishes it didn't have this name, which means cowardly'

Answer: yellow-bellied


Question: 'He rocked the charts with his band The Blue Notes'

Answer: Harold Melvin


Question: 'It can patch you up after a camping accident & be your guide along the Oregon Trail'

Answer: a First Aid Kit Carson


Question: 'Ford Madox Ford, in the ‘20s, hadn’t “read more than six words” by this man before vowing to “publish everything he sent me”'

Answer: Ernest Hemingway


Question: 'The name of this play refers to a violent windstorm'

Answer: The Tempest


Question: '"Familiarity breeds..."'

Answer: contempt


Question: 'This alliterative entryway should be just lower than Rover's rise (the distance between his tummy & the floor)'

Answer: dog door


Question: 'Now sporting No. 9, this soccer star wore No. 19 during her stellar college career at North Carolina'

Answer: Mia Hamm


Question: 'Harding was the first president to ride to his inauguration in one of these'

Answer: a car


Question: 'AKA a myocardial infarction, it occurs when blood flow to the heart is blocked or stopped'

Answer: heart attack


Question: 'Play in which Iago says, "In sleep I heard him say, 'Sweet Desdemona, let us be wary, let us hide our loves!'"'

Answer: Othello


Question: '"A word to the wise is..."'

Answer: sufficient


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew backstage at the <i>Jeopardy!</i> studio)  In an emergency, you don't need to hit this button if you have a door with this type of bar'

Answer: panic bar


Question: 'Willis Reed wore No. 19 as a leader of this 1970 & 1973 NBA championship team'

Answer: (New York) Knicks


Question: 'Wilhelm Roentgen & Sully Prudhomme were among the winners when these prizes were first awarded in 1901'

Answer: the Nobel Prizes


Question: 'A surgeon may implant one of these to steady an irregular heartbeat'

Answer: pacemaker


Question: 'Before disinheriting Cordelia, this man warns her, "Nothing will come of nothing"'

Answer: King Lear


Question: '"A little learning is a..."'

Answer: dangerous thing


Question: 'C.G. Johnson first made these open upward in 1921, then invented their electric opener'

Answer: garage doors


Question: 'Hockey great Larry Robinson, seen here, was nicknamed this, after a Sesame Street character'

Answer: "Big Bird"


Question: 'What is now this ecological annual event was first celebrated on April 22, 1970'

Answer: Earth Day


Question: 'The number of chambers in the human heart'

Answer: 4


Question: 'The fair Bianca has an older, somewhat unpleasant sister named Katherine in this play'

Answer: The Taming of the Shrew


Question: '"Attack is the best form of..."'

Answer: defense


Question: 'Collectors of these pieces of hardware know that in the 1880s Mallory Wheeler produced exceptional ones'

Answer: doorknobs


Question: 'This Colts QB holds the NFL record with 47 straight games throwing at least one touchdown pass'

Answer: (Johnny) Unitas


Question: 'This inventor sent the first public telegraph message on May 24, 1844'

Answer: (Samuel) Morse


Question: 'The main artery leaving the heart, its diameter can be as big as a garden hose'

Answer: aorta


Question: 'Valentine & his friend Proteus are the title characters of this play'

Answer: Two Gentlemen of Verona


Question: '"The nearer the bone..."'

Answer: the sweeter the meat


Question: 'In 1424, after 20 years of work, Ghiberti's famed doors in this city finally had their opening'

Answer: Florence, Italy


Question: 'The Cleveland Indians retired Bob Lemon's No. 21 & this pitcher's No. 19'

Answer: (Bob) Feller


Question: 'As the first woman cabinet member, Frances Perkins, head of this department, had her work cut out for her'

Answer: Labor


Question: 'While systole refers to the tightening of the heart, this is the period between contractions'

Answer: diastole


Question: 'During World War II, the Allies referred to him as "The Paperhanger"'

Answer: Adolf Hitler


Question: '"I've got" this, "sitting on a rainbow...what a world, what a life, I'm in love"'

Answer: the world on a string


Question: 'CANDU -- Canadian-deuterium-uranium -- is this type of installation'

Answer: (nuclear) reactor


Question: 'The Dursleys act as guardians to this title wizard-in-training'

Answer: Harry Potter


Question:
'Damietta,
Gharbiya,
Aswan'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'It comes before a married woman's maiden name'

Answer: nee


Question: 'Originally named Temujin, this founder of the Mongol Empire took a title which means "universal monarch"'

Answer: Genghis Khan


Question: '1930 classic heard here performed by Rosemary Watson'

Answer: "I\'ve Got Rhythm"


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew at an oil rig near Oklahoma City)  Once a derrick has drilled, what you see in an oil field is a pumpjack, bringing up mainly oil & this fuel'

Answer: natural gas


Question: 'In the movie "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" Mr. Jordan is one of these'

Answer: guardian angel


Question:
'Bydgoszcz,
Przemysl,
Szczecin'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'After a legal proceeding, it's the word for Sadie, Sadie, no longer a married lady'

Answer: divorcee


Question: 'John Ehrlichman, best known as an advisor to this president, later became an exec at a hazardous waste firm'

Answer: (Richard) Nixon


Question: '"Honeysuckle Rose" was one of the many classic songs by this bulky pianist'

Answer: Fats Waller


Question: 'The first plant generating this type of electric power known as "white coal" opened in 1882'

Answer: hydroelectric


Question: 'One of these creatures helped the Hesperides guard a tree that bore golden apples'

Answer: dragon


Question:
'Liaoning,
Anhui.
Guangdong'

Answer: China


Question: 'First name of literary giants Malraux & Gide'

Answer: Andre


Question: 'Suspecting that a baron was in love with his wife, this Russian poet dueled him; bad move -- he was killed'

Answer: Alexander Pushkin


Question: 'Until "White Christmas", "My Blue" this was the all-time best-selling record'

Answer: Heaven


Question: 'Instead of low-calorie, Australian diet drinks are labeled low-this unit of energy abbreviated J'

Answer: joule


Question: 'The Fisher King is the guardian of this relic'

Answer: the Holy Grail


Question:
'Eastern Cape,
Kwazulu-Natal,
Mpumalanga'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'This accented word follows "actor" & "artist" to mean failure in those dreams'

Answer: manque


Question: 'Chile's liberator, he was born the illegitimate son of an Irish-born Spanish officer'

Answer: Bernardo O\'Higgins


Question: '"Almost Like Being in Love", from this musical, says, "I could swim Loch Lomond and be home in half an hour"'

Answer: Brigadoon


Question: 'Automakers are experimenting with these, a 2-word term for a device that converts chemical energy into electricity'

Answer: fuel cell


Question: 'Hephaestus made Talus, a man of brass, to guard this island for its ruler Minos'

Answer: Crete


Question:
'Haryana,
Bihar,
Manipur'

Answer: India


Question: 'Aux lardons is a popular way to serve this leafy salad vegetable similar to endive'

Answer: frisee


Question: 'A catering hall called Aphrodite's Palace is featured in this 2002 film'

Answer: My Big Fat Greek Wedding


Question: '10 servings a week of foods with this base, like spaghetti sauce, may protect against prostate cancer'

Answer: tomato


Question: 'His teaming with Dean Martin lasted 10 years - 1946 to 1956'

Answer: Jerry Lewis


Question: 'The Golden Pavilion in Kyoto is an important shrine of the zen form of this religion'

Answer: Buddhism


Question: 'In 1953, this island's first year as a U.S. commonwealth, 75,000 residents moved to the mainland'

Answer: Puerto Rico


Question: 'In Luxembourg they're only 4 digits long; in Brazil, 8'

Answer: a ZIP code


Question: 'An uncommonly generous person will "give you" this "off his back"'

Answer: his shirt


Question: 'In 1995 Dr. Robert Lefkowitz discovered sperm uses this sense to track down the egg'

Answer: smell


Question: 'This host of :The Tonight Show" made his first appearance on that show in 1977'

Answer: Jay Leno


Question: 'Artists depict Shiva, a major deity of this religion, wearing a garland of skulls around his neck'

Answer: Hinduism


Question: 'This president collapsed September 25, 1919 & one week later suffered a stroke'

Answer: Woodrow Wilson


Question: 'In New Zealand a private bag is one of these for a person or company receiving a high volume of mail'

Answer: a post office box


Question: 'It sounds somewhat sexist, but a dominant partner is said to "wear" these "in the family"'

Answer: the pants


Question: 'Device that took the photo seen here:'

Answer: the Hubble Space Telescope


Question: 'An earthquake flattened her sitcom bookstore at the beginning of the 1995-96 season'

Answer: Ellen DeGeneres


Question: 'It's the religion of about 85% of the people of Bangladesh'

Answer: Muslim (or Islam)


Question: 'In 1609 Champlain reached the lake now named for him on the border of New York & this state'

Answer: Vermont


Question: 'A warrior once earned on by killing an enemy, so an honor is one of these "in your cap"'

Answer: a feather


Question: 'In the future doctors may use spider web silk thread as a new material for these'

Answer: a suture


Question: 'He book "The Life And Hard Times Of Heidi Abromowitz" sold more than 500,000 copies'

Answer: Joan Rivers


Question: 'Followers of this religion believe Moroni was the last of the Nephite prophet-<br />historians'

Answer: Mormon


Question: 'In 1903 this "Badger State" became the first to adopt direct primary elections'

Answer: Wisconsin


Question: 'If you subsist on a small amount of money, you're "living on" this footwear fastener'

Answer: your shoestrings (living on a shoestring)


Question: 'In 1995 UCLA scientists found a spouse is almost as good a source as a twin for this organ transplant'

Answer: kidney


Question: 'Nathan Thurn, superstar Jackie Rogers, Jr. & Ed Grimley are some of this man's alter egos'

Answer: Martin Short


Question: '2 curved swords, a dagger & a circle make up the symbol of this religion founded in India'

Answer: Sikhism


Question: 'On December 2, 1863, ground was broken in Omaha for the construction of this railroad'

Answer: the Union-Pacific Railroad


Question: 'In the Danish address Platinvej 8, 2.,<br />the 2 refers to this part of the building at Platinvej 8'

Answer: the story, the floor (2nd floor)


Question: 'Figuratively speaking, it's the piece of knightwear you throw down as a challenge'

Answer: the gauntlet


Question: 'Many of August Wilson's plays have been produced by this college's Repertory Theatre in New Haven'

Answer: Yale


Question: 'He was assassinated in 44 B.C. by a group known as the liberators'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'The Encyclopedia of Mammals says the calls of this African scavenger included whoops, yells & a demented cackle'

Answer: a hyena


Question: 'This Danish city was named the 1996 Cultural Capital of Europe'

Answer: Copenhagen


Question: 'A petition to place a candidate on a ballot includes a collection of these from voters'

Answer: signatures


Question: '1971 film that contains the line, "You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?'"'

Answer: Dirty Harry


Question: '"Angels in America" was premiered by this northern California city's Eureka Theatre Company'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'Profession of an advocatus, who originally was not allowed to set fees'

Answer: an attorney (or lawyer)


Question: 'The western tarsier can hardly move these within their orbits, but it can rotate its head 360°'

Answer: the eyes


Question: 'Port Moresby is the capital of Papua New Guinea & Port-Au-Prince is the capital of this island nation'

Answer: Haiti


Question: 'This delaying device can be defeated by the use of cloture'

Answer: a filibuster


Question: 'He played an "L.A. Law"yer named Michael Kuzak'

Answer: Harry Hamlin


Question: 'The forum in which "Children of a Lessr God" was 1st presented was the Mark Taper Forum in this city'

Answer: Los Angeles


Question: 'Tiberius was almost killed by a falling rock while dining in Spelunca, a decorated one of these'

Answer: a cave


Question: 'These South American camelids live in the Andes at up to 16,000

Answer: the vicuna


Question: 'The once-numerous canals of this Thai city earned it the nickname "Venice of the West"'

Answer: Bangkok


Question: 'According to the Pledge of Allegiance, our flag stands for this form of government'

Answer: republic


Question: 'This singer and jazz pianist acted in "Little Man Tate", the 1st film directed by Jodie Foster'

Answer: Harry Connick Jr.


Question: 'The Seattle Rep first put on Herb Gardner's "Conversations With My Father" & "I'm Not" this man'

Answer: Rappaport


Question: 'The noble class in Roma, its name may be from the Latin for father'

Answer: Patrician


Question: 'This seal's name came from the U-shaped marking on its back, not from its musical ability'

Answer: the harp seal


Question: 'In 1962 Kampala succeeded Entebbe as the capital of this country'

Answer: Uganda


Question: 'Considered America's first political party, it was succeeded by the Whigs'

Answer: the Federalists


Question: 'As a child this trumpeter & big band leader was a contortionist'

Answer: Harry James


Question: 'The Actor's Theatre of Louisville opened this female playwright's "Crimes of the Heart"'

Answer: (Beth) Henley


Question: 'A prefect led this elite group of the emperor's guards'

Answer: the Praetorian Guards


Question: 'The leopard that exhibits melanism is commonly known as this'

Answer: a black panther


Question: 'It was formerly the capital of East Bengal and East Pakistan'

Answer: Dacca


Question: 'House Democrats call their party conferences these'

Answer: caucuses


Question: 'Yes, Kemo Sabe, Art Carney won an Oscar for this 1974 film'

Answer: Harry and Tonto


Question: 'It was written in 1924 in the fortress of Landsberg am Lech'

Answer: Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler


Question: 'In 1833 this 35-inch-tall millionaire wed the 32-inch-tall Lavinia Warren (P.T. had his hand in it...)'

Answer: Tom Thumb


Question: 'The 1972 film "Fillmore" chronicled the closing of promoter Bill Graham's Fillmore West in this city'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'It's a place for unknown bands to rehearse or a place to store a car'

Answer: a garage


Question: 'Dallas, Texas has this "Lone" item on its seal'

Answer: a star


Question: 'This president's father was William Jefferson Blythe III, but he took office as President under this name'

Answer: Clinton


Question: 'Any port in a _______ door'

Answer: storm


Question: 'Way before Ford, an assembly line was set up in Cincinnati in the 1800s to disassemble these animals'

Answer: pigs


Question: 'In 1974 Paul McCartney formed a new version of this group with drummer Geoff Britton & guitarist Jimmy McCulloch'

Answer: Wings


Question: 'It's a small booth for a farmer's market merchant, or a place to store your horse'

Answer: a stall


Question: 'This state capital's seal shows the phoenix rising from the ashes, symbolic of its rebuilding after the Civil War'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: 'Ruling Muscovy from 1462 to 1505, he was "The Great"; it was the IV who was the terrible one'

Answer: Ivan (III)


Question: 'Some like it _______ plate'

Answer: hot


Question: 'In 1801 this American boat designer tried to sell his submarine to Napoleon'

Answer: Fulton


Question: 'In 1976 this Mothers of Invention leader produced Grand Funk's LP "Good Singin

Answer: Frank Zappa


Question: 'These may be small, but they are beach front property, and a place to change your suits'

Answer: a cabana


Question: 'The seal of this steel city features the coat of arms of this first Earl of Chatham'

Answer: (William) Pitt (the elder)


Question: 'This rich guy was the first president of Lincoln Center'

Answer: John D. Rockefeller III


Question: 'Casting ______ of the wild'

Answer: call


Question: 'Dexter Pratt, a neighbor of Longfellow, had this job (& presumably, sinewy hands)'

Answer: blacksmith


Question: 'He sang "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" about a suicide he attempted when engaged to an onion heiress'

Answer: Elton John


Question: 'Soldiers on an army base bunk in these, from the Spanish for "hut"'

Answer: barracks


Question: 'A depiction of our seventh president adorns this Florida city's seal'

Answer: Jacksonville


Question: 'The first Hanoverian king born in England, he ruled for 60 years, from 1760 to 1820'

Answer: George III


Question: 'Soda _______ chicken'

Answer: jerk


Question: 'Declaring bankruptcy to get out of jail in 1819, he now had time to smell the roses & draw the birds'

Answer: Audubon


Question: 'In 1977 he was "Slip Slidin' Away" into acting, making his debut as Tony Lacey in Woody Allen's "Annie Hall"'

Answer: Paul Simon


Question: '"There is" one of these "in the town, in the town, and there my dear love sits him down, sits him down"'

Answer: a tavern


Question: 'California's second-largest city, its seal depicts the Pillars of Hercules to recall its days under Spanish rule'

Answer: San Diego


Question: 'In 1948 Marshall Field III merged II Chicago papers into this I'

Answer: the Sun-Times


Question: 'Tale of the _______ recorder'

Answer: tape


Question: 'Synonyms for this type of medical examination include postmortem and necropsy'

Answer: an autopsy


Question: 'This lovely's look was all the rage on college campuses in the 1940s'

Answer: Veronica Lake


Question: 'In "A Christmas Carol", we learn this man once apprenticed with the jolly merchant Mr. Fezziwig'

Answer: Ebenezer Scrooge


Question: 'Athlete/actor Rosey Grier'

Answer: Roosevelt


Question: 'For his flight over the South Pole on November 29, 1929, he was elevated to Rear Admiral by Congress'

Answer: Richard Byrd


Question: 'If you want a performer to sing once more, shout this French word that has come to mean "again!"'

Answer: encore


Question: 'The city of Rochester in this state is home to the world-famous Mayo clinic'

Answer: Minnesota


Question: 'This actress who played opposite Victor Mature in "Samson and Delilah" invented the technology used in cell phones'

Answer: Hedy Lamarr


Question: 'In 1488 this Renaissance artist was apprenticed to the painter Domenico Ghirlandaio in Florence'

Answer: Michelangelo


Question: 'Orlando's own Mandy Moore'

Answer: Amanda


Question: 'This British explorer for whom an ice shelf & sea are named also discovered Mount Erebus'

Answer: (James Clarke) Ross


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands amidst a theater's seats.)  It's the part of the theatre where the audience sits, and if an actor gets sick, you might be asked if there's a doctor in it'

Answer: the house


Question:
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates a medical device.)  Nonprofessionals can learn to use an Automated External one of these heart devices

(Computer voice): Place the electrodes on patient's bare chest'

Answer: a defibrillator


Question: 'Some child mannequins of the 1920s were designed to look like this sweetheart of an actress'

Answer: Mary Pickford


Question: '(Hi, I'm Bill Rancic of The Apprentice.)  When you hear the word apprentice, you may think of this character played by a rodent in a 1940 film'

Answer: the Sorcerer\'s Apprentice


Question: 'Journalist Drew Pearson'

Answer: Andrew


Question: 'Fabian von Bellingshausen, sailing for this nation, discovered & named Peter I & Alexander I Islands'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'Sometimes called a "Picture Frame" stage, this kind of stage has its own special arch'

Answer: a proscenium


Question: '3 types of steroid hormones are produced by these glands that sit atop the kidneys'

Answer: the adrenal glands


Question: 'This groundbreaking actress was played by Halle Berry in an acclaimed TV biopic'

Answer: Dorothy Dandridge


Question: 'This popular 1972 novel covers James Herriot's period as an apprentice to an eccentric veterinarian'

Answer: All Creatures Great and Small


Question: 'Stooge Moe Howard'

Answer: Moses


Question: 'Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole on December 14, 1911; he then left a note for this man'

Answer: (Capt. Robert) Scott


Question: 'An actor changes costumes with a little help from this person whose job title is also the name of a piece of furniture'

Answer: a dresser


Question: 'From a root meaning "joint", it's a type of scope used to view the interior of a joint, such as the knee'

Answer: an arthroscope


Question: 'The alluring star of a number of classic films, this Kansas native was equally famous for her haircut'

Answer: Louise Brooks


Question: 'This French artist was an apprentice to a house painter years before co-founding Cubism with Picasso'

Answer: Georges Braque


Question: 'Senator Kit Bond'

Answer: Christopher


Question: 'In 1915 his ship, Endurance, became trapped in ice & drifted for 10 months before being crushed'

Answer: Ernest Shackleton


Question: 'This kind of backdrop that often represents the sky is known as a "cyc" for short'

Answer: a cyclorama


Question: 'Founded in 1821, it was named for its delivery time, the last mail delivery of the day'

Answer: The Saturday Evening Post


Question: 'Look! Up in the sky! Those clouds! A Chrysler Cirrus & a Dodge one of these'

Answer: a Dodge Stratus


Question: 'The only surviving manuscript of "Beowulf" is in a research library in this capilal city'

Answer: London


Question: 'Before he was Magic he was June Bug, because he's Earvin Junior'

Answer: "Magic" Johnson


Question: 'This scientist wrote to FDR that "The element uranium may be turned into an important and new source of energy"'

Answer: Einstein


Question: 'Imaginary "drapery" between western Europe & the old Communist bloc'

Answer: the Iron Curtain


Question: 'In "The Spider Sapphire Mystery" this girl detective goes on safari in Africa'

Answer: Nancy Drew


Question: 'Aye, it's the name of a pirate sword as well as an Oldsmobile'

Answer: a Cutlass


Question: 'To scholars, "Beowulf" is the most important one of these long narative poems written in Old English'

Answer: an epic


Question: 'George Herman Ruth was not just "Babe" but this Italian version, too'

Answer: The Bambino


Question: 'In August 1964, in a televised address, he told Americans, "We still seek no wider war"'

Answer: Johnson


Question: 'In 1981 this company introduced its first home computer, the PC'

Answer: IBM


Question: 'The biography "Dark Safari" tells the story of this man who sought Livingstone'

Answer: (Henry) Stanley


Question: 'Maurice Chevalier sang, "Every little" one of these Plymouths "seems to whisper Louise"'

Answer: a Breeze


Question: 'During the course of his heroic adventures, Beowulf not only slays this monster, but his mom too'

Answer: Grendel


Question: 'By career's end Wayne Gretzky was "The Great One"; earlier he was this, also a Chaplin film title'

Answer: "The Kid"


Question: 'Fanny Brice once said "There is no director who can direct you like "this group of people'

Answer: "the audience"


Question: '"Kick the bucket" is an example of this type of expression'

Answer: an idiom


Question: 'Originally from Arabic, safari is this African Language's word for "journey"'

Answer: Swahili


Question: 'I can't see the sun; this Mitsubishi is blocking it'

Answer: an Eclipse


Question: 'After 50 years as king, Beowulf dies slaying one of these mythical creatures; St. George had better luck'

Answer: a dragon


Question: 'The Baseball Encyclopedia lists his nicknames as "The Franchise" & "Tom Terrific"'

Answer: Tom Seaver


Question: 'At the Watergate hearings this N.C. senator said, "That is not executive privilege. It is executive poppycock"'

Answer: Sam Ervin


Question: 'technically, it's the fear of fish'

Answer: ichthyphobia


Question: 'The starting point for many safaris is this Kenyan capital'

Answer: Nairobi


Question: 'You can buy this Lincoln off the shelf -- the shelf off North America'

Answer: a Continental


Question: 'This carrot-topped running back built muscle working on an Illinois ice truck, becoming "The Wheaton Iceman"'

Answer: "Red" Grange


Question: 'In his first address as Prime Minister, Winston Churchill said, "I have nothing to offer but" these 4 things'

Answer: "blood, toil, tears & sweat"


Question: '(Sofia presents the clue from the blackboard.) By adding a neutron, you can get this different form of a chemical element'

Answer: an isotope


Question: 'He was the director of the St. Louis Zoo before taking us all on safari as the host of "Wild Kingdom"'

Answer: Marlin Perkins


Question: 'In his diaries, this pop artist mentions directing the Cars' "Hello Again" music video'

Answer: Andy Warhol


Question: 'William H. Carney, of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, was the first black soldier honored with this medal'

Answer: the Congressional Medal of Honor


Question: 'The 5-foot, 3-inch pixie seen here, she gained nation exposure on TV's "Your Show of Shows"'

Answer: Imogene Coca


Question: 'The Salentina Peninsula forms the "heel" of this country'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'The name of this bone to which the ribs attach is from the Greek for "breastbone"'

Answer: sternum


Question: 'I see, oculist is another name for this type of doctor'

Answer: ophthalmologist


Question: 'One of this legendary pin-up artist's girls graced the cover of the Cars' album "Candy-O"'

Answer: Vargas


Question: 'In early September 1864 this general ordered all the civilians out of Atlanta'

Answer: Sherman


Question: 'His "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" began on BBC radio'

Answer: Douglas Adams


Question: 'Kosovo is now an autonomous province within this Balkan republic'

Answer: Serbia


Question: 'This joint consists of 8 carpal bones arranged in 2 rows of 4'

Answer: the wrist


Question: 'This powerful drug, also known as speed, was first used in medicine as a nasal decongestant'

Answer: methamphetamine


Question: 'The video for "Drive" featured this Czech model whom Ric Ocasek drove up the aisle in 1989'

Answer: Paulina Porizkova


Question: 'This Civil War figure was born in 1808 & named after the President of the U.S.'

Answer: Jefferson Davis


Question: 'He made medical history when he transplanted the heart of Denise Darvall into Louis Washkansky in 1967'

Answer: Dr. Christiaan Barnard


Question: 'In 1924 it became the first country to host the Summer & Winter Olympics in the same year'

Answer: France


Question: 'The biceps and triceps muscles surround this bone'

Answer: humerus


Question: '(Sofia is taking a walk through the woods.) A goal of the Boy Scouts is to foster this 15-letter word through activities like fishing, hiking & canoeing'

Answer: outdoorsmanship


Question: 'It's a "no-brainer" to tell us that in 1984 this Cars video won MTV's first Video of the Year award'

Answer: "You Might Think"


Question: 'Artillery chief William Pendleton was so religious, he gave these names to his 4 big guns'

Answer: Matthew, Mark, John & Luke


Question: 'A former actor, he made millions penning bestsellers like "The Osterman Weekend" & "The Gemini Contenders"'

Answer: Robert Ludlum


Question: 'In 1999 NATO welcomed 3 members of this organization, formed in 1955 to counter NATO'

Answer: the Warsaw Pact


Question: 'Its 3 parts are the ilium, ischium & pubis'

Answer: the hip bone


Question: 'Before she was a TV star, Candice Bergen was this, meaning she took poignant pictures that told a story'

Answer: a photojournalist


Question: '"Dance all night with anyone don't let nobody pick your fun just" do this'

Answer: "Shake It Up"


Question: 'Lincoln called this newspaper artist "Our best recruiting sergeant"'

Answer: Thomas Nast


Question: 'He was half of the research duo who wrote books on sex like "Human Sexual Inadequacy"'

Answer: (William) Masters


Question: 'This dual monarchy began with Franz Josef in 1867 & broke up in 1918, 2 years after his death'

Answer: the Austro-Hungarian


Question: 'The mandible is the lower jaw; this is the upper jaw'

Answer: maxilla


Question: 'Rendered numerically, it was the last complete date where every digit was an odd number'

Answer: 11-19-1999


Question: 'Nagle Jackson's 1999 comedy "A Hotel on Marvin Gardens" centers on this classic board game'

Answer: Monopoly


Question: 'Title of the person who handles mail to a website; the U.S. has a "General" one'

Answer: Postmaster


Question: 'The number of 4-cent stamps in a dozen'

Answer: 12


Question: 'The USGS estimates the reserves of this in the Caspian are equal to those of the North Sea'

Answer: Oil


Question: 'UCLA features these creatures'

Answer: Bruins


Question: 'It's the playing of a series of songs, one right after the other'

Answer: Medley


Question: 'Edward Albee's adaptation of this Nabokov novel starred Donald Sutherland as Humbert Humbert'

Answer: "Lolita"


Question: 'SYSADMIN, one who maintains a computer network, is short for this'

Answer: System administrator


Question: 'Total cubic feet of earth in a hole 1 yard wide, 1 yard long & 1 yard deep'

Answer: 0


Question: 'Botanists believe this fruit, Vitis vinifera, originated in the area of the Caspian Sea'

Answer: Grapes


Question: 'The Longhorns play for the main campus of the university of this state'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'Some "transcend" with this type of deep thinking & concentration'

Answer: Meditation


Question: 'David Henry Hwang wrote his first play, "F.O.B.", while studying at this school near Palo Alto, California'

Answer: Stanford


Question: 'This 4-letter word from Sanskrit means someone who is a computer knowledge resource'

Answer: Guru


Question: 'If the vice president & the speaker of the House were to die, the person in this post would be president'

Answer: The (current) president


Question: 'In addition to carp & herring, the sea is a major source of this caviar fish'

Answer: Sturgeon


Question: 'Penn's peaceable players'

Answer: Quakers


Question: 'This monstrous mythological maiden's equally monstrous sisters were Stheno & Euryale'

Answer: Medusa


Question: 'NYC's Alvin Theatre was renamed in his honor while his hit "Brighton Beach Memoirs" was playing there'

Answer: Neil Simon


Question: 'A stupid or inept internet user can be called this 3-digit number that means "File Not Found"'

Answer: 404


Question: 'The number of eggs left in a carton if a boy eats all but 5'

Answer: 5


Question: 'This longest river in Europe enters the Caspian by way of Astrakhan'

Answer: Volga


Question: 'The University of Maryland's reptilian representatives'

Answer: Terrapins


Question: 'The prophet Muhammad's escape to this city in 622 A.D. marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar'

Answer: Medina


Question: 'He worked as a stagehand in Prague before writing plays such as "Temptation" & before becoming a president'

Answer: Vaclav Havel


Question: 'Like a villain in darkness, one who reads others' words in a newsgroup but won't contribute is doing this'

Answer: Lurking


Question: 'The brother-in-law of your mother's unmarried only sister is this relative to you'

Answer: father


Question: 'In the 1980s the zebra species of these "strong" bivalves native to the Caspian invaded the Great Lakes'

Answer: Mussels


Question: '(Hi, I'm wide receiver Antonio Freeman)  In 1999 the Hokies of this school, my alma mater, had one of their greatest seasons, going undefeated'

Answer: Virginia Tech


Question: 'In vertebrates, it's the lowermost part of the brain'

Answer: Medulla


Question: 'He was elected to Parliament in 1386 & began writing "The Canterbury Tales" about a year later'

Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer


Question: 'In 1999 this show spun off a "Special Victims Unit"'

Answer: Law & Order


Question: 'This title character's sister Gretel wins the silver skates (so why isn't the book named for her?)'

Answer: Hans Brinker


Question: 'Guinness reports a specimen of this land mammal at over 13 feet in height & over 13 tons in weight'

Answer: Elephant


Question: 'This Greek taught the theorem of hypotenuses of right triangles & said that all things are numbers'

Answer: Pythagoras


Question: 'Comparative Anatomy:<br />The male fiddler crab's small one is used for feeding; the large for signaling'

Answer: Claw


Question: 'In 1208 in Assisi he gathered 12 disciples who became the original brothers of his religious order'

Answer: Saint Francis


Question: 'In 1999 Fox tried a 1/2-hour version of this hour show about the law firm of Richard Fish'

Answer: Ally McBeal


Question: 'In stories by J.D. Salinger, Franny Glass' brother Zachary is better known by this nickname'

Answer: Zooey


Question: 'Pandas have an enlarged wristbone that functions like this digit in humans'

Answer: Thumb


Question: 'Plato compared the unenlightened to people chained up in one of these looking at shadows'

Answer: Cave


Question: 'Latin:<br />If your Latin class seems to go on ad infinitum, it goes on this way'

Answer: Infinity/forever


Question: 'In 1232 A.D. the Mongols were repulsed by "arrows of flying fire", or rockets, at Kaifeng-Fu in this country'

Answer: China


Question: 'It features Ms. Brenneman on the bench'

Answer: Judging Amy


Question: '4-letter name shared by a character in Dickens' "Bleak House" & a Jules Verne captain'

Answer: Nemo


Question: 'Discovered in 1901, a single colony of these "canines" of the Western U.S. contained about 400 million individuals'

Answer: Prairie dogs


Question: 'He wrote that "Knowledge is power" -- & rumor has it he also wrote Shakespeare's plays'

Answer: Francis Bacon


Question: 'General Chemistry:<br />It's the main branch of chemistry that deals with carbon compounds'

Answer: Organic chemistry


Question: 'In 814 Louis the Pious succeeded this "Magne" man, his father, as Holy Roman Emperor'

Answer: Charlemagne


Question: 'Series seen here:<br />(starring Dixie Carter)'

Answer: Family Law


Question: 'In a Dostoyevsky novel, it's the "silly" title nickname of Prince Myshkin, whose love for 2 women leads to tragedy'

Answer: "The Idiot"


Question: 'Newly born calves of this "colorful" mammal can measure 28 feet in length & weigh up to 3 tons'

Answer: Blue whale


Question: 'This Danish thinker known for his "Leap of Faith" was a precursor of existentialism'

Answer: Soren Kierkegaard


Question: 'Basket Weaving:<br />Materials used include reed & rush, which is used to make these Japanese mats'

Answer: Tatami


Question: '"Dark" nickname of Edward, the hero of the Battle of Crecy'

Answer: "The Black Prince"


Question: 'Ed Koch made him a criminal court judge; now he's replaced Koch on "The People's Court"'

Answer: Jerry Sheindlin


Question: 'In "Absalom! Absalom!", it's the "mythological" name of Thomas Stupen's daughter, known as Clytie for short'

Answer: Clytemnestra


Question: 'Known for its mass migrations, this rodent of Scandinavia can become pregnant at the age of 14 days'

Answer: Lemming


Question: 'His "Two Treatises of Government" influenced the Declaration of Independence with all its talk of rights'

Answer: John Locke


Question: 'Physics:<br />Helmholtz formulated the first law of this, a statement on the conservation of energy'

Answer: Thermodynamics


Question: 'The 2 U.S. presidents who served as governors of states west of the Mississippi River'

Answer: Ronald Reagan (California) & Bill Clinton (Arkansas)


Question: '(Hi. I'm Dennis Franz. I play Andy Sipowicz on NYPD Blue.) This guy, an M.E. for short, tells Sipowicz how & why a corpse got that way'

Answer: medical examiner


Question: 'In 1934 a Danish carpenter developed these connectable blocks whose name means "play well"'

Answer: Lego


Question: 'Petroleos Mexicanos: 702 feet'

Answer: Mexico City


Question: 'He was killed April 3, 1882 by Robert Ford, a member of his gang hoping to collect a $5,000 reward'

Answer: Jesse James


Question: 'The <i>Buffalo News</i> called this Tom Hanks drama "the celebrity Survivor" & "a one man Gilligan's Island"'

Answer: Cast Away


Question: 'This motorcycle group's death head logo is a registered trademark'

Answer: Hell\'s Angels


Question: '(Franz reads the clue.) Some cops use this soft powdery limestone to mark tires; homicide cops, like Andy, see it used more for outlines'

Answer: chalk


Question: 'This brand of luggage named for a Biblical man once used the slogan "Strong enough to stand on"'

Answer: Samsonite


Question: 'First Interstate Tower at 707 Wilshire Boulevard: 858 feet'

Answer: Los Angeles


Question: 'This Hall of Fame Yankee pitcher was nicknamed "The Chairman of the Board"'

Answer: Whitey Ford


Question: 'One viewer said he got stuck in this Michael Douglas-Catherine Zeta Jones film for almost 2 1/2 hours'

Answer: Traffic


Question: 'Carol line following "Holy infant so tender and mild"'

Answer: "Sleep in heavenly peace"


Question: '(Franz reads the clue.) Dating back to the 1700s, it's the court order that authorizes police to  enter a home to look for evidence'

Answer: search warrant


Question: 'When he produced the first Whirlpool tub in 1968, he called it the Roman Bath'

Answer: (Roy) Jacuzzi


Question: 'The Trump Building: 927 feet'

Answer: New York City


Question: '"Sixteen Tons" & what do you get? A No. 1 hit for this old pea-picker'

Answer: Tennessee Ernie Ford


Question: 'It's "a hybrid of a Bruce Lee kung fu flick" with "state-of-the-art 'Matrix'-like special effects" & "'Spice World' girl power"'

Answer: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon


Question: 'The Snake River winds through this, the deepest gorge in North America'

Answer: Hell\'s Canyon


Question: '(Franz reads the clue.) This "squad" investigates prostitution, gambling & other immoral activities; you know, the fun stuff'

Answer: the vice squad


Question: 'This company began in 1948 when its founders began making slingshots in their garage'

Answer: Wham-o


Question: 'Bank of America Plaza at 600 Peachtree: 1,023 feet'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: 'In a Shakespeare play, Mistress Ford was a housewife in this town'

Answer: Windsor


Question: '"Juliette Binoche is the sweetest thing" in this film Entertainment Weekly called "The French Confection"'

Answer: Chocolat


Question: 'In a 1957 film, Ronald Reagan, or was it Nancy Davis, was one of these "of the Navy"'

Answer: a Hellcat


Question: '(Franz reads the clue.) Because of this man's Supreme Court case, Sipowicz has to inform suspects of their right to a lawyer'

Answer: Miranda


Question: 'Ironically, this paint brand's first ad symbol was a 9-year-old overall-clad Irish boy named Michael Brady'

Answer: Dutch Boy


Question: 'CN Tower: 1,815 feet'

Answer: Toronto


Question: 'Ford Madox Ford wrote 3 novels with this "Heart of Darkness" author'

Answer: Joseph Conrad


Question: 'People Magazine said its good deed in the spirit of this Kevin Spacey-Haley Joel Osment film was telling readers to miss it'

Answer: Pay It Forward


Question: 'Famous pair that move when you do everything possible, Horatio'

Answer: Heaven and Earth


Question: '3-letter term for an archaeological work site; it's also a magazine trying to turn preteens on to archaeology'

Answer: a dig


Question: 'In 1962 she was Lucy Carmichael; in 1968 she became Lucy Carter'

Answer: Lucille Ball


Question: 'While attending Sarah Lawrence College, this "Color Purple" author wrote her first book of poetry'

Answer: (Alice) Walker


Question: 'Herbert Hoover, Alf Landon, Wendell Willkie & then Thomas Dewey'

Answer: Franklin Roosevelt


Question: 'The National Air & Space Museum is one of this institutions most visited museums'

Answer: Smithsonian


Question: 'It describes an exercise that helps you take in oxygen'

Answer: aerobic


Question: 'The 1978 discovery of footprints in Tanzania showed that hominids may have been doing this 3.6 million years ago'

Answer: waling upright


Question: 'In the fall of 1961 this collie and this moose went head to antlers Sundays at 7'

Answer: Lassie and Bullwinkle


Question: 'His 1956 poem "Howl" is considered one of the first important poems of the Beat Movement'

Answer: (Allen) Ginsberg


Question: 'Hubert Humphrey & then George McGovern'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: 'Learn all about "The World of" this soft drink at its museum in Atlanta'

Answer: Coca-Cola


Question: 'Word used to describe a person afraid of open spaces'

Answer: agoraphobic


Question: 'Made public in Niger in 1999, a carving of this animal is over 20 feet high--even taller than life size'

Answer: a giraffe


Question: 'Rudolf Nureyev made his U.S. TV debut in 1962 on this "Telephone Hour"'

Answer: Bell


Question: 'This Greek lyric poetess created a verse form featuring 3 lines of 11 syllables & a fourth line of 5 syllables'

Answer: Sappho


Question: 'Adlai Stevenson (twice)'

Answer: Eisenhower


Question: 'A national memorial, the Hall of Remembrance is part of this Washington D.C. museum'

Answer: the Holocaust Museum


Question: 'Number symbols like 1, 5 & 9, as opposed to I, V & IX'

Answer: Arabic


Question: 'From the greek meaning "rock carving" it's the type of artifact seen here'

Answer: a petroglyph


Question: 'On January 15, 1967 the debut of this annual event was seen on both CBS & NBC'

Answer: the Super Bowl


Question: 'It completes the Robert Browning line "God's in His heaven..."'

Answer: ...all\'s right with the world


Question: 'John Quincy Adams & then Henry Clay'

Answer: Andrew Jackson


Question: 'A museum in Wimberley, Texas, contains copies of all the known bronzes by this "Bronco Buster" sculptor'

Answer: Remington


Question: 'This adjective has been used to describe the caustic comic tongue of Brett Butler'

Answer: acerbic


Question: 'The Mauer mandible was the only piece of this German "man" who shares his name with a city'

Answer: Heidelberg


Question: 'After Jack Paar left the "Tonight Show", this man stayed on as announcer until he got his "Today Show" gig'

Answer: Hugh Downs


Question: 'In 1757 this "Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard" poet refused an appointment as Poet Laureate'

Answer: Gray


Question: 'William Jennings Bryan (twice)'

Answer: William McKinley


Question: 'What was once the Chicago Natural History Museum is now called this, after its founder'

Answer: the Field Museum


Question: 'From the person who heads it, it's a religious jurisdiction, like Canterbury'

Answer: archbishopric


Question: 'The 1939 event we just saw came out of a concert originally to be sponsored at DAR Constitution Hall by this university'

Answer: Howard University


Question: 'The Anti-Vacks were doctors opposed to this Edward Jenner anti-smallpox method'

Answer: vaccination


Question: 'He's the strange visitor from another planet who inspired the shirt seen here'

Answer: Superman


Question: '1997:<br />"My Heart Will Go On"'

Answer: Celine Dion


Question: 'In January 1991 Operation Desert Shield was renamed this'

Answer: Operation Desert Storm


Question: 'Americans refer to Emmentaler as this'

Answer: Swiss cheese


Question: 'It's the all-American way of saying "Rouge, blanc et bleu"'

Answer: red, white and blue


Question: 'S. Weir Mitchell invented the rest cure, pioneered post-trauma research & analyzed this U.S. snake's venom'

Answer: rattlesnake


Question: 'A game played on horseback shares its name with this style of shirt seen here'

Answer: polo


Question: '1994:<br />"Can You Feel the Love Tonight?"'

Answer: Elton John


Question: 'He told Oprah in 1993 that he had a rare skin disease & was in love with Brooke Shields'

Answer: Michael Jackson


Question: 'King Christian IX is a cheese from this country'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'It's the English translation of the German word in the lyric "Let me call you liebchen, I'm in love with you"'

Answer: sweetheart


Question: 'In the 17th C. Thomas Wharton realized there are endocrine as well as exocrine types of these'

Answer: glands


Question: 'Say "Hello" to this Hawaiian shirt seen here:'

Answer: Aloha shirt


Question: '1998:  <br />"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"'

Answer: Aerosmith


Question: 'Liz met Larry, who became husband number 7 (or is it 8?) in 1991, in this complex'

Answer: Betty Ford Center


Question: 'This best-known Greek cheese is pickled in a brine solution'

Answer: Feta


Question: '"Benevolenza", you can give old clothes to it or you can have it "toward men"'

Answer: goodwill


Question: 'If Pierre Bretonneau's name for this disease had stuck, we'd talk about Dothienenteritis Mary'

Answer: typhoid


Question: 'It's the fighting force represented by the shirt seen here'

Answer: Marines


Question: '1992:<br />"This Used To Be My Playground"'

Answer: Madonna


Question: 'By November 1998, 63 million Americans had this service, many using Startacs to access it'

Answer: cellular telephone service


Question: 'At the Congress of Vienna, in a contest instigated by Talleyrand, this French cheese won the title "Le Roi du Fromage"'

Answer: Brie


Question: 'Meaning "counselor", it's the Italian word describing Robert Duvall's role in the service of "The Godfather"'

Answer: consigliere


Question: 'Tissue grown for study, known by this "high-toned" name, began with the work of Ross Harrison'

Answer: culture


Question: 'From an old Welsh word for sackcloth, it's the nappy shirt fabric seen here'

Answer: flannel


Question: '1995:<br />"Wonderwall"'

Answer: Oasis


Question: 'He carried Kerri Strug up to the medal stand at the '96 Olympics'

Answer: Bela Karolyi


Question: 'This blue-veined cheese made from ewes' milk was a favorite of Charlemagne's'

Answer: Roquefort


Question: 'Literally "God out of a machine", it's the Latin phrase for an unlikely & providential intervention'

Answer: Deus ex machina


Question: 'James Patterson's sixth Alex Cross thriller, or the line preceding "Violets are blue"'

Answer: "Roses are Red"


Question: 'Built by a team that created the James Bond cars, this title automobile celebrated its 30th anniv. in 1998'

Answer: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang


Question: 'It was 16th C. mathematician Robert Recorde who first used 2 parallel lines as this'

Answer: equal sign


Question: 'Kimberlite, a variety of peridotite, yields this precious gem in Arkansas & South Africa'

Answer: diamond


Question: 'More Indonesians live on this island, famous for its coffee, than on any other'

Answer: Java


Question: 'Published in 2000, this book tells the history of the Beatles in their own words & pictures'

Answer: "The Beatles Anthology"


Question: 'This actor first shaved his head to play Pontius Pilate in 1965's "The Greatest Story Ever Told"'

Answer: Telly Savalas


Question: 'As quoted by James Baldwin, "God gave Noah" this sign, "No more water, the fire next time!"'

Answer: rainbow


Question: 'Although it may have brown streaks, obsidian is primarily this color'

Answer: black


Question: 'America's smallest state in area may have been named for this large island in the Aegean'

Answer: Rhodes (Rhode Island)


Question: 'In 1981 John Irving "checked in" with this bestseller about the eccentric Berry family'

Answer: "The Hotel New Hampshire"


Question: 'For a 1941 film, this man became only the second to be nominated for Best Actor in his film debut'

Answer: Orson Welles


Question: 'The reference mark seen here shares its name with this weapon'

Answer: dagger


Question: 'Yes, this "action" is a program trying to end discrimination in employment'

Answer: Affirmative


Question: 'This frothy volcanic rock floats on water'

Answer: pumice


Question: 'This country's Isle of Skye was the original home of the Skye terrier'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'Harry Patterson wrote the spy novels "Storm Warning" & "The Eagle Has Landed" under this pen name'

Answer: Jack Higgins


Question: 'This Hitchcock classic was the first Best Picture Oscar winner with a first name as its one-word title'

Answer: Rebecca


Question: 'The international symbol seen here stands for this type of hazard'

Answer: biohazard


Question: 'You're in this position if you've been knocked flat on your back'

Answer: supine


Question: 'This common rock is piezoelectric & is used to control the frequencies of radio transmitters'

Answer: quartz


Question: 'This Canadian island across from Greenland is the world's fifth-largest island'

Answer: Baffin Island


Question: 'Herman Wouk followed up his bestselling "Winds of War" with this 1978 sequel'

Answer: "War and Remembrance"


Question: 'Dag Nabbit!  He's the perennial sidekick who won 3 Oscars, including one for 1940's "The Westerner"'

Answer: Walter Brennan


Question: 'Many Hebrew letters represent numbers; this letter represents 1'

Answer: aleph


Question: 'A mottled coat for a horse, there was a gray one in a nursery rhyme'

Answer: dapple (has apple)


Question: 'The Rock of Gibraltar is a huge block of this rock made of calcite, a mineral form of calcium carbonate'

Answer: limestone


Question: 'Sapporo is the largest city on this Japanese island'

Answer: Hokkaido


Question: 'In 1876 this German wired the king of Greece, "I have gazed upon the face of Agamemnon"'

Answer: Heinrich Schliemann


Question: 'Among bears, this is the best swimmer'

Answer: Polar bear


Question: 'The Roman Catholic church translates all of its principal documents into this dead language'

Answer: Latin


Question: 'Steven Spielberg produced a 1985 film about this Conan Doyle detective's first case'

Answer: Sherlock Holmes


Question: 'Unlike what we witnessed in Spain's arenas, we'll see these beasts wrestled into submission, but left alive'

Answer: Bulls


Question: 'The lox that you put on a bagel is a smoked variety of this fish'

Answer: Salmon


Question: '"Sow" these & you may be sinning or just planting'

Answer: Wild oats


Question: 'The jackrabbit isn't really a rabbit but one of these relatives'

Answer: Hare


Question: 'This official language of Liechtenstein is spoken by about 120 million people worldwide'

Answer: German


Question: 'Henry Fonda played him "Young" & Raymond Massey played him young & "In Illinois"'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'We'll visit the Chiado, an area famous for this activity, but our budget may restrict us to the window type'

Answer: Shopping


Question: 'The name of these Asian dumplings sounds like you'll never get them out of the pan'

Answer: Pot stickers


Question: 'A bad habit that can have a grip on you, the police have a squad to fight it'

Answer: Vice


Question: 'Like this similarly named mammal, the aardwolf eats mainly termites'

Answer: Aardvark


Question: 'About 3/4 of the people of Singapore speak this Asian language'

Answer: Chinese


Question: 'In a 1972 film Simon Ward played this prime minister from ages 19 to 26'

Answer: Winston Churchill


Question: 'It's the Irish-sounding name for a diced potato dish fried with onions & peppers'

Answer: Potatoes O\' Brien


Question: 'From a word meaning "uneven", you may find "a den of" one'

Answer: iniquity


Question: 'The Viceroy type of this insect is protected by its resemblance to the bad-tasting Monarch'

Answer: Butterfly


Question: 'In Belgium the Flemings speak Dutch & the Walloons speak this language'

Answer: French


Question: 'In a 1991 TNT miniseries Julia Ormond played this woman before her empress years'

Answer: Catherine the Great


Question: 'Fresh broccoli & zucchini are often featured in this pasta dish served in "spring" or any time'

Answer: Pasta Primavera


Question: 'If you're doing this you're sinning; if you "Ain't", you're a musical'

Answer: Misbehavin\'


Question: 'There are 3 species of bluebird but over 20 of these birds, including grackles'

Answer: Blackbirds


Question: 'The language of this small Balkan country has 2 main dialects:  Gheg & Tosk'

Answer: Albania


Question: '1993 film seen here about a group of young kids that banded together:'

Answer: Backbeat


Question: 'We salute you if you know port-salut is a type of this'

Answer: Cheese


Question: 'It can mean to sin or to sneak onto another's land, & you may be shot for doing it'

Answer: Trespassing


Question: 'Among well-beloved faire fare be the leg of this fowl, also much favored in giving thanks'

Answer: Turkey


Question: 'Emily Bronte said this title word is a "Provincial adjective, descriptive of....atmospheric tumult"'

Answer: Wuthering


Question: 'Ariana Richards & Joseph Mazzello were the youngsters in this 1993 dinosaur spectacular'

Answer: Jurassic Park


Question: 'Around 2600 B.C. Pharaoh Djoser was entombed in a step one, the first large stone structure'

Answer: Pyramid


Question: 'The "anchor" for this type of event is no dead weight; he's usually the team's fastest runner'

Answer: Relay race


Question: '"Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to" this place; "Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about"'

Answer: Strawberry Fields


Question: 'There be dancing about this beribboned shaft every faire day, not merely once in the year'

Answer: Maypole


Question: 'Jason James Richter played Jesse, the 12-year-old who helped "free" this title movie character'

Answer: Willy


Question: 'Tien, a version of this divine abode, became part of Chinese religion around 1000 B.C.'

Answer: Heaven


Question: 'This track star's authorized hats & T-shirts sold in Europe & Asia proclaim him to be "King Carl"'

Answer: Carl Lewis


Question: 'Binoculars'

Answer: Field glasses


Question: 'Honest knights do battle both in the joust & upon a giant board for this olde game'

Answer: Chess


Question: 'He plays the title boy in ABC's "Boy Meets World"'

Answer: Ben Savage


Question: 'About 20,000 years ago, hunters crossed what's now this strait to become North American Indians'

Answer: Bering Strait


Question: 'This 3,000-meter event consists of 28 3-foot-high hurdles & 7 12-foot-long water jumps'

Answer: Steeplechase


Question: 'Military title shared by Horatio Kitchener, Erwin Rommel & Bernard Montgomery'

Answer: Field marshall


Question: 'Thinking themselves the elect, these fellows you see go about denouncing the faire's pleasures:'

Answer: Puritans


Question: 'She got "Greedy" playing "Jumanji" during an "Interview With The Vampire"'

Answer: Kirsten Dunst


Question: 'From 500 to 300 B.C. these Roman common citizens won political rights from the Patricians'

Answer: Plebeians


Question: 'On August 16, 1995 this country's Haile Gebrselassie set the world record in the 5,000-meter run at 12:44:39'

Answer: Ethiopia


Question: '1963 film in which Sidney Poitier played a handyman who builds a chapel for 5 German-speaking nuns'

Answer: Lilies Of The Field


Question: 'The folk who love & work at faires may well belong to the SCA, being the Society for Creative this'

Answer: Anachronism


Question: 'Epitasis, a word found in "Tristram Shandy", is the part of a play in which this "thickens"'

Answer: The plot


Question: 'On Nickelodeon Irene Ng stars in "The Mystery Files Of" this teen detective'

Answer: Shelby Woo


Question: 'In the Bible Uriah was a member of these people who conquered Babylon around 1595 B.C.'

Answer: Hittites


Question: 'On June 1, 1997 Donovan Bailey defeated this sprinter in a special 150-meter match race to win $1.5 million'

Answer: Michael Johnson


Question: 'With the infamous 30 pieces of silver, the chief priests bought this "To bury strangers in"'

Answer: Potter\'s Field


Question: '50 years after a famous incident, this city got a new flag, seen here, featuring a mysterious dot in the sky:'

Answer: Roswell, New Mexico


Question: 'The 2000 Census found it to be the principal foreign language in the U.S., with more than 28 million speakers'

Answer: Spanish


Question: 'Barney locks himself in jail after Gomer makes a "citizen's arrest!" on a classic episode of this series'

Answer: The Andy Griffith Show


Question: 'An epicure, or his magazine (7)'

Answer: gourmet


Question: 'Ogden, Utah was laid out in 1850 by this religious leader'

Answer: Brigham Young


Question: '"The cow is of the boving ilk; one end is moo, the other, ____"'

Answer: milk


Question: 'In the dentist's office, Procaine & Lidocaine are types of this'

Answer: anesthetics


Question: 'Karl von Frisch figured out that these insects point in a given direction while dancing, to show where food is'

Answer: bees


Question: 'November 21, 1980: Sue Ellen's fingerprints are on the gun, so she's mistakenly arrested for shooting this man'

Answer: J.R.


Question: 'Alaskan bay, or one of its features (7)'

Answer: glacier


Question: 'Ogden is very close to this, the largest U.S. body of water between the Great Lakes and the Pacific'

Answer: the Great Salt Lake


Question: '"There is something about a martini...& to tell you the truth, it is not the  ____-- I think that perhaps it's the gin"'

Answer: vermouth


Question: 'Number of teeth typically found in the fully developed adult upper jaw'

Answer: 16


Question: 'Well into WWI, it was the animal alternative to Marconi's system for sending wireless long-distance messages'

Answer: pigeons


Question: 'November 26, 2006: Mike the plumber is arrested for murder; Edie visits him in jail & tells him she's dumping him on this series'

Answer: Desperate Housewives


Question: 'The Good Witch of the North (6)'

Answer: Glinda


Question: 'At Ogden's Pioneer Days Rodeo, a "tough enough to wear" this color campaign was begun to fight breast cancer'

Answer: pink


Question: '"The one-l lama, he's a ____. The two-l llama, he's a beast"'

Answer: priest


Question: 'It's no fiction, it's the sensitive tissue at the center of a tooth consisting of nerves & blood vessels'

Answer: the pulp


Question: 'First developed in France in 1794, this system of communication's name is from the Greek for "sign bearing"'

Answer: semaphore


Question: '(Hi, I'm Christopher Meloni of Law & Order: SVU.)  I've been on both sides of the law--I played devious serial killer Chris Keller on this HBO prison drama'

Answer: Oz


Question: 'Adjective for the 1890s (3)'

Answer: gay


Question: 'Peter Skene Ogden made his name as a trapper for this company named for an eastern body of water'

Answer: the Hudson Bay Company


Question: '"Oh what a tangled web do parents weave when they think that their children are ____"'

Answer: naive


Question: 'These canines are so-named for their position under a body part'

Answer: eye teeth


Question: 'Founded in 1952, this U.S. agency's primary function is to encode & decode communications intelligence'

Answer: the National Security Agency


Question: 'The inmates on this Fox series escaped from a jail called Fox River'

Answer: Prison Break


Question: 'A policeman, in Paris (8)'

Answer: gendarme


Question: 'Ogden was transformed to a bustling city after the "Golden Spike" ceremony of 1869 joined these 2 railways'

Answer: the Union Pacific & the Central Pacific


Question: '"He without benefit of ____, his fun and income soon quadruples"'

Answer: scruples


Question: 'If you wear this type of metal bling, remove it before eating & brush & floss so bacteria don't build up'

Answer: a grill


Question: 'A November 2006 issue reported a higher risk of recurrent strep throat in kids who haven't had this operation'

Answer: a tonsillectomy


Question: 'Troy University, University of Southern California'

Answer: the Trojans


Question: 'As this state goes so goes Olympia Snowe, who has been a senator from the state since 1995'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'This name came from the "rebirth" of classical learning after years of intellectual & cultural decline'

Answer: renaissance


Question: 'In Norse mythology, this god lives in a giant mansion called Bilskirnir, or "lightning"'

Answer: Thor


Question: 'Jesus said the temple has been turned into one of these "of thieves"'

Answer: a den


Question: 'A 2004 conference on ways to detect when a country is making these included ideas like robot spy butterflies'

Answer: nuclear weapons


Question: 'Clemson, University of Missouri'

Answer: the Tigers


Question: 'She was the longest-serving Attorney General in the 20th century'

Answer: (Janet) Reno


Question: 'Initially a perjorative term, this 18th century art period name comes from the French rocaille, "rock-work"'

Answer: rococo


Question: 'Arlington House was this man's family mansion until confiscated by the U.S. government in 1864'

Answer: (Robert E.) Lee


Question: 'Proverbially, "they threw everything at us but" this basin'

Answer: the kitchen sink


Question: 'Scholars can't read a 10-word column found in Guatemala but know it means these people had writing in 2300 B.C.'

Answer: the Mayans


Question: 'University of Connecticut, University of Washington'

Answer: the Huskies


Question: 'Hattie Caraway, the first elected female senator, represented this state, long the "Land of Opportunity"'

Answer: Arkansas


Question: 'In a satirical 1874 review, critic Louis Leroy used this term to describe the loose, inexact manner of painting in a gallery show'

Answer: impressionism


Question: 'This author spent the last years of his life at Vailima, his mansion & plantation in Samoa'

Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson


Question: 'Look in the basement for a last-place sports team, known by this rhyming term'

Answer: cellar dweller


Question: 'At age 100, the internal organs of these shelled reptiles look just like those of teenage ones'

Answer: turtles


Question: 'BYU, University of Houston'

Answer: the Cougars


Question: 'In 2002 this Kennedy family member ran for governor of Maryland; before that, she was Lt. Governor'

Answer: Kathleen Kennedy (Townsend)


Question: 'The name is this art style that emerged in the late 1950s comes from its use of a certain type of "culture"'

Answer: pop art


Question: 'In March 2006 Congress raised this metaphorical limit to around $9 trillion'

Answer: the debt ceiling


Question: 'This second fiddle among nucleic acids may be linked to types of leukemia & mental retardation'

Answer: ribonucleic acid (RNA)


Question: 'University of Wyoming, Oklahoma State University'

Answer: the Cowboys


Question: 'Appointed by President Carter to 2 different posts, she was the first African-American woman in the Cabinet'

Answer: Patricia Harris


Question: 'Apollinaire described a work by Erik Satie as above ordinary reality, using the word that became this art style'

Answer: surrealism


Question: 'This adventurous author built Wolf House, a Calif. mansion that burned down shortly before he was to move in'

Answer: (Jack) London


Question: 'To get a breeze indoors, I'll do this 4-word phrase, meaning be receptive to the possibility of changing my mind'

Answer: leave the door open


Question: 'He wrote, "I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and spartan-like..."'

Answer: Thoreau


Question: 'In 1997 this Blues Brother was collared to play Mike Weber, a free-wheeling minister on "Soul Man"'

Answer: Dan Aykroyd


Question: '"Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties" was the moral of his "The Fox and the Goat"'

Answer: Aesop


Question: 'The press corps called this Scottie "The Informer"; when they saw him they knew FDR was near'

Answer: Fala


Question: 'In 1968 the St. Louis Hawks flew the coop & landed in this city'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: 'Unlike other major Polish cities like Warsaw, this former capital escaped WWII devastation'

Answer: Krakow


Question: 'It's said to be "The way to a man's heart"'

Answer: Through his stomach


Question: 'This 1944 Bing Crosby film won more than "Two-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra" Oscars, it won 7'

Answer: Going My Way


Question: 'Heloise says if you're wearing these & are going to make a splash in the water, at least squint'

Answer: Contact lenses


Question: 'Edgar was the beagle named after this man, who gave him to LBJ'

Answer: J. Edgar Hoover


Question: 'It was Kerr-tains for this team when the Bulls' Steve Kerr made the title-winning shot in the 1997 NBA Finals'

Answer: Utah Jazz


Question: 'The Bulgarians are famous for this dairy product, which they claimed to have invented'

Answer: Yogurt


Question: 'A digital phrase meaning to hitchhike'

Answer: Thumb a ride


Question: 'In this 1964 film Richard Burton was an alcoholic, philandering ex-clergyman in Mexico'

Answer: Night of the Iguana


Question: '"Never be the only one, except, possibly, in your own home", wrote this author of "The Color Purple"'

Answer: Alice Walker


Question: 'His golden retriever Liberty gave birth to 9 pups in the White House, giving him even more to trip over'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'In May 1997 this former Celtics star returned to his home state to become coach of the Indiana Pacers'

Answer: Larry Bird


Question: 'Nicu Ceausescu, a playboy who was groomed to lead this country, was jailed in 1990 & died in 1996'

Answer: Romania


Question: 'When you're charged a great deal of money for something, you "pay through" this'

Answer: The nose


Question: '1973 film that gave Jason Miller a real workout as the priest Father Karras'

Answer: The Exorcist


Question: 'Advice of John Soule later picked up by Horace Greeley'

Answer: "Go West, Young Man"


Question: 'He gave the Kennedys Pushinka, a pup of Strelka, the first Soviet dog in space'

Answer: Nikita Khrushchev


Question: 'John Wooden, the legendary "Wizard of Westwood", coached this school to 10 NCAA titles'

Answer: UCLA


Question: 'Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia & Ljubljana is the capital of this former Yugoslav republic'

Answer: Slovenia


Question: 'It means too close to tell, especially in horse racing'

Answer: Neck and neck


Question: 'In 1947 David Niven was in "The Bishop's Wife"; in 1996 Denzel Washington starred in this remake'

Answer: The Preacher\'s Wife


Question: 'Satchel Paige & this actor's 2,000-Year-Old Man say to avoid fried foods for longevity'

Answer: Mel Brooks


Question: 'This bestselling author died in May 1997 at age 12'

Answer: Millie (President Bush\'s dog)


Question: 'While at Princeton, this future U.S. Senator set the record for points in a Final Four game with 58'

Answer: Bill Bradley


Question: 'You can "spot" Croatia's tourist cities Split & Dubrovnik in this coastal region for which a dog breed is named'

Answer: Dalmatia


Question: 'Derived from the Bible, it immediately follows "An eye for an eye"'

Answer: "A tooth for a tooth"


Question: 'Some believe that Lubavitch Rabbi Schneerson, who died in 1994, was Mashiah, meaning this'

Answer: Messiah


Question: 'In 1513 Martin Waldseemuller updated his 1507 map, taking this name off the new continent'

Answer: America


Question: 'Some spiders have a special organ called a cribellum that enables them to do this; how artistic'

Answer: Spin a web


Question: 'His period of work between "Eroica" & Symphony No. 8 is known as his heroic decade'

Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven


Question: 'In May 1997 this cereal company introduced new Cocoa Frosted Flakes'

Answer: Kellogg\'s


Question: 'Some think this long-snouted mammal's scientific name, Orycteropus afer, is haard to pronounce'

Answer: Aardvark


Question: 'This soul singer of "Let's Stay Together" began his ministry after surviving an attack with boiling grits'

Answer: Al Green


Question: 'Montezuma told him stay on the coast; he didn't listen; then, don't come into Tenochtitlan; he didn't listen'

Answer: Hernando Cortes


Question: 'Wasps are noted for this "slim" feature, which helps the abdomen move freely & makes stinging easier'

Answer: Waist


Question: 'A Freemason, this Austrian sprinkled references to Masonry in his "Masonic Cantata" & "The Magic Flute"'

Answer: Wolfgang A. Mozart


Question: 'In 1989 Ruth M. Owades launched Calyx & Corolla, a mail order company that sells these'

Answer: Flowers


Question: 'It's what Lauren Bacall heard when she took her bow after the musical of the same name'

Answer: "Applause"


Question: 'In 1995 he was chosen to head a commission investigating apartheid-era crimes'

Answer: Archbishop Desmond Tutu


Question: 'Columbus carried a letter from Ferdinand to the Grand Khan not knowing this dynasty was now in power'

Answer: Ming dynasty


Question: 'Found in Africa, the caffre, or Felis libyca, may have been the first wild one of these animals domesticated'

Answer: (Wild) Cat


Question: 'When his "Madama Butterfly" opened at La Scala in 1904, it was greeted with hisses'

Answer: Giacomo Puccini


Question: 'This leading textbook publisher was formed in 1864 as a partnership, Hurd & Houghton'

Answer: Houghton Mifflin


Question: '"The Left Handed Dictionary" defines this as "A man you can shut up by closing a book"'

Answer: Author


Question: 'He stowed away with his dog Leoncico & went on to view the Pacific'

Answer: Vasco de Balboa


Question: 'For the 1910 season, Sergei Diaghilev commissioned him to score a ballet based on "The Firebird"'

Answer: Igor Stravinsky


Question: 'In 1997 this parent company of CBS acquired The Nashville Network'

Answer: Westinghouse


Question: 'A type of marbles or agricultural college students who might have played with them'

Answer: Aggies


Question: 'In 1541 he crossed the Mississippi & came within 400 miles of running into Coronado'

Answer: Hernando de Soto


Question: 'This Venetian's first works date from the early 18th C. during his years as violin master of a girls' orphanage'

Answer: Antonio Vivaldi


Question: 'Part one of this English allegory ends, "So I awoke, and behold it was a dream"'

Answer: \"Pilgrim\'s Progress\"


Question: 'It's "The Capital of the Empire State" & "The Edinburgh of America"'

Answer: Albany


Question: '"Sesame Street" character whose catchphrase is "Me want cookies"'

Answer: Cookie Monster


Question: 'On their Krofft-produced variety show, Marie Osmond was "a little bit country" & Donny was "a little bit" this'

Answer: rock and roll


Question: 'In 1924 Viennese psychologist Otto Rank wrote a book on "The Trauma of" this early life experience'

Answer: Birth


Question: 'We'll give you a hand--these are well read by fortune tellers'

Answer: palms


Question: 'A really big letter, it follows mu & precedes pork'

Answer: shu


Question: 'It's "The Bison City"'

Answer: Buffalo


Question: 'These "skinny" Girl Scout cookies are the USA's third-most popular'

Answer: Thin Mints


Question: 'He's the mayor of Living Island seen here'

Answer: H.R. Pufnstuf


Question: 'The first of Freud's psychosexual stages, it roughly corresponds to a child's first year'

Answer: Oral stage


Question: 'It's a brown color for eyes or a maid for the Baxters'

Answer: hazel


Question: 'The dance of Xavier Cugat's life, he could do it to the letter'

Answer: rumba


Question: '"The Birthplace of Baseball"'

Answer: Cooperstown


Question: 'The Cookies had a Top 10 R&B hit with "In Paradise"; they later became the Raelettes, this singer's backup group'

Answer: Ray Charles


Question: 'The Kroffts helped this sitcom family put on a short-lived variety show (with a new Jan)'

Answer: The Brady Bunch


Question: 'Denying driving privileges to a teen until he improves his grades is this type of "reinforcement"'

Answer: negative reinforcement


Question: 'When talking feelings, it's a synonym for to long for something'

Answer: pine


Question: 'Letter to give to Dad on Father's Day (to even the score for the bow one he got you as a kid)'

Answer: tie


Question: '"The Honeymoon City"'

Answer: Niagara Falls


Question: 'Octavio is the real first name of this second baseman who played 16 years in the big leagues; 8 with the K.C. Royals'

Answer: Cookie Rojas


Question: 'In 1978 this Scottish band hosted the Krofft Superstar Hour on S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y nights'

Answer: the Bay City Rollers


Question: 'When the brain has incoming signals of this blocked in the spinal cord, the result is analgesia'

Answer: pain


Question: 'A more aged influential member of a tribe, or a member of the Mormon priesthood'

Answer: elder


Question: 'In this clue, it separates the third & fourth words'

Answer: comma


Question: 'It's "The Kodak City" & "The Photo Capital of the World"'

Answer: Rochester


Question: 'In 1934 this pair from the funny pages had a baby son named Alexander; daughter Cookie was born in 1941'

Answer: Blondie & Dagwood


Question: 'A ranger & his 2 kids got stuck in this "Land" fraught with dinosaurs & sleestaks'

Answer: Land of the Lost


Question: '(Hi, I'm Kimberlin Brown, not a real psychiatrist, but I play one on TV.)  Symptoms of this mental illness, from the Greek for "split mind", include madness, not multiple personalities'

Answer: schizophrenia


Question: 'You wood wood like like this 1966 Neil Diamond hit if you heard it'

Answer: "Cherry Cherry"


Question: '1999 Kevin Smith film that didn't follow Christianity to the letter'

Answer: Dogma


Question: 'This city's 1st stampede opened in 1912'

Answer: Calgary


Question: '"Tootsie"'

Answer: Jessica Lange


Question: 'This other name for Gypsies is also what Italians call their capital'

Answer: Roma


Question: 'The rose named for this "9 To 5" singer features vivid orange-red blossoms'

Answer: Dolly Parton


Question: 'In 1859 it took Robert E. Lee less than a day to suppress the uprising by this white abolitionist'

Answer: John Brown


Question: 'It's a runway without the accompanying airport facilities'

Answer: Landing strip


Question: 'In 1932 the New Brunswick Provincial Police was absorbed by this famous force'

Answer: Royal Canadian Mounted Police


Question: '"The Accidental Tourist"'

Answer: Geena Davis


Question: 'Because of their close association, eating this animal is the main food taboo among Gypsies'

Answer: Horse


Question: 'People, people who need roses, may like the bestselling rose she created with Tom Carruth'

Answer: Barbra Streisand


Question: 'When Lee was little, his father went to jail for this, like Charles Dickens' dad a few years later'

Answer: Debt


Question: 'It's the piece of metal or rubber between the door & the frame to keep the wind & rain out'

Answer: Weather strip


Question: 'On June 25, 1993 Vancouver's Kim Campbell became the first woman to hold this post'

Answer: Prime Minister


Question: '"Moonstruck"'

Answer: Olympia Dukakis


Question: 'The Manouche are the Gypsies mainly found in this European country'

Answer: France


Question: 'This hybrid tea rose shares its name with a top French cooking school'

Answer: Cordon Bleu


Question: 'In 1847 Lee was wounded in the storming of Chapultepec in this war'

Answer: Mexican-American War


Question: '"Krazy Kat" was a popular one of these that ran from 1913 to 1944'

Answer: Comic strip


Question: 'The castor canadensis species of this rodent is an emblem of Canada'

Answer: Beaver


Question: '"The Year of Living Dangerously"'

Answer: Linda Hunt


Question: 'In 1997 Spanish Civil War martyr Ceferino Jimenez Malla became the first Gypsy to gain this pre-sainthood step'

Answer: Beatification


Question: 'You can make a decorative wreath out of the roses named for this actress whose family tree is a Gumm'

Answer: Judy Garland


Question: 'Starting June 1, 1862, Lee's command was known as the army of this area'

Answer: Northern Virginia


Question: 'To work an exposed coal excavation'

Answer: Strip mine


Question: 'The Isthmus of Chignecto connects this province to New Brunswick'

Answer: Nova Scotia


Question: '"Julia"'

Answer: Vanessa Redgrave


Question: 'In 15th century Europe the Gypsies claimed to be from "Little" this country'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'Meaning "The Valley of the Deer", it's a type of rose, or a single malt scotch whiskey'

Answer: Glenfiddich


Question: 'In this May 1863 battle, Lee won his greatest victory but lost Stonewall Jackson'

Answer: Chancellorsville


Question: 'Popular with mathematicians, it's the strip seen here'

Answer: Mobius strip


Question: 'Founded in 1840, this city is the world's southernmost national capital'

Answer: Wellington, New Zealand


Question: 'Sir Cecil Beaton's subjects for these included members of the Royal Family & models for Vogue Magazine'

Answer: portraits (or photographs)


Question: 'Who better to write a book like "The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles" than this "Mary Poppins" star?'

Answer: Julie Andrews


Question: 'Men who wear French cuffs need this type of jewelry to hold them in place'

Answer: cufflinks


Question: 'In 1776 he told the Continental Army that it must "resolve to conquer or die"'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'The Cleopatra's Barge nightclub has a swaying dance floor that really rocks this Roman-themed Vegas casino'

Answer: Caesar\'s Palace


Question: 'This company makes mealtime fun time with its EZ Squirt colored ketchups'

Answer: Heinz


Question: 'The operetta output of this beknighted pair runs from "Thespis" in 1871 to "The Grand Duke" in 1896'

Answer: Gilbert & Sullivan


Question: 'This "3rd Rock from the Sun" star shared his love of music in "The Remarkable Farkle McBride"'

Answer: John Lithgow


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew points to the small green crocodile patch on the breast of her pink shirt.)  My shirt features the logo of a sportswear company named for this French athlete'

Answer: Lacoste


Question: 'Jefferson's first draft of this used the word "inalienable"; the final draft used "unalienable"'

Answer: the Declaration of Independence


Question: 'In 1998 the hit revival of the Broadway musical "Cabaret" moved to this legendary club on West 54th Street'

Answer: Studio 54


Question: 'It's Fred & Ethel's last name on "I Love Lucy"'

Answer: Mertz


Question: 'Noted animal painter Sir Edwin Landseer designed these animals in bronze for the base of Nelson's Column'

Answer: lions


Question: 'Her "Saga of Baby Divine" is... well, divine!'

Answer: Bette Midler


Question: 'An obi is the wide sash that goes around one of these Japanese garments'

Answer: a kimono


Question: 'In "The American Crisis", he wrote, "We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free"'

Answer: Thomas Paine


Question: 'Toad's Place in New Haven, Connecticut is the place where they launched their Steel Wheels Tour'

Answer: the Rolling Stones


Question: 'Famous nickname of Walter Mondale'

Answer: Fritz


Question: 'Satiric author Sir Max Beerbohm succeeded this "Pygmalion" playwright as critic for the Saturday Review'

Answer: (George Bernard) Shaw


Question: 'He used the lyrics from his 1998 rap hit "Just The Two Of Us" for a book about a father's love for his son'

Answer: Will Smith


Question: 'From the French for "made of linen", it's a fancy name for women's underwear'

Answer: lingerie


Question: 'In a 1775 speech, he asked, "Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?"'

Answer: Patrick Henry


Question: 'High heels & bikini bottoms are the dress code at this club on "The Sopranos" (for the dancers, not for Tony)'

Answer: the Bada Bing Club


Question: 'In the Bible, Ruth was married to this man'

Answer: Boaz


Question: 'She wrote "Where Do Balloons Go?" & "Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born" but nothing about "Halloween"'

Answer: Jamie Lee Curtis


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew wears a black brimmed hat.) A city in western Germany shares its name with this fashionable hat'

Answer: a homburg


Question: 'In 1774 John Adams said, "I have passed" this Italian river; "swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country"'

Answer: the Rubicon


Question: 'Bruce Springsteen might feel a little "horse" after singing in this club at 913 Ocean Avenue in Asbury Park'

Answer: the Stone Pony


Question: 'Russia's third man-in-space program, it still continues more than 30 years after its inception'

Answer: the Soyuz


Question: 'This 23,500-square-mile peninsula dominates the northern part of the Red Sea'

Answer: the Sinai Peninsula


Question: 'An arena bearing Joe Louis' name in this Michigan city was the site of the 1980 Republican Convention'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'Appropriately, the Strictly Bluegrass Music Festival is held each September in this "Bluegrass State"'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'This South Bronx native now heading up the State Dept. earned a Purple Heart during his tour of Vietnam'

Answer: Colin Powell


Question: 'Seen here is a popular view at this U.S. national park'

Answer: Yellowstone


Question: 'The NTSB could tell you it's also known as a flight recorder'

Answer: a black box


Question: 'Geographically, the Red Sea is actually a long, narrow arm of this ocean'

Answer: the Indian Ocean


Question: 'Before a fight with Billy Conn, Joe Louis quipped, "He can run but he can't" do this'

Answer: hide


Question: 'The bluegrass hit "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" served as this TV show's theme'

Answer: The Beverly Hillbillies


Question: 'A current senator from Massachusetts, this man earned a Silver Star, a Bronze Star & 3 Purple Hearts'

Answer: (John) Kerry


Question: 'The bright yellow variety of this undersea dweller is seen here'

Answer: a sponge


Question: 'Henry Rollins was the longtime frontman of this punk rock band'

Answer: Black Flag


Question: 'On June 22, 1993 a commemorative one of these was issued bearing Joe Louis' likeness'

Answer: a stamp


Question: 'This classic bluegrass song for banjo & guitar was featured in the film "Deliverance"'

Answer: "Dueling Banjos"


Question: 'Before winning a 1986 directing Oscar, he earned a Purple Heart & a Bronze Star'

Answer: Oliver Stone


Question: 'Only incorporated as a city in 1970, Yellowknife is the capital of this vast Canadian administrative region'

Answer: the Northwest Territories


Question: 'When I was a bachelor, it was where I kept all my hottest phone numbers'

Answer: your little black book


Question: 'In his last fight in 1951, Joe Louis was knocked out by this boxer, who shares his nickname with a Stallone movie'

Answer: Rocky Marciano


Question: 'From the Italian for "small lute", this pear-shaped stringed instrument is widely used in gluegrass music'

Answer: mandolin


Question: 'The first woman to win a Purple Heart, Lt. Annie Fox served at Hickam Field during the attack on this naval base'

Answer: Pearl Harbor


Question: 'Aka Gelugpa, the Yellow Hat Monks of this faith were established following 14th century reforms'

Answer: (Tibetan) Buddhism


Question: 'Infamous nickname of the 8 men banned from pro baseball for a 1919 incident'

Answer: the Black Sox


Question: 'Joe Louis' first professional loss came in 1936 to this German boxer'

Answer: Max Schmeling


Question: 'The 1967 film "Bonnie & Clyde featured this bluegrass favorite heard here'

Answer: "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"


Question: 'Killed near Okinawa in 1945, this Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist was awarded a posthumous Purple Heart'

Answer: Ernie Pyle


Question: 'As displayed in the circa-1540 saltcellar seen here, Benvenuto Cellini is best known as this type of craftsman'

Answer: a goldsmith


Question: 'Famous nickname of the eldest son of England's King Edward III'

Answer: the Black Prince


Question: 'Other than Washington, D.C., it's the only world capital named for an American'

Answer: Monrovia, Liberia


Question: 'In the proverb, it's what a "stitch in time" does'

Answer: saves nine


Question: 'The Alps are an example of the fold type of these; the Tetons are the fault-block type'

Answer: mountains


Question: 'She played a Chinese mail-order bride on "Bonanza" before she starred in "That Girl"'

Answer: Marlo Thomas


Question: 'Slices of this pickling vegetable are said to soften skin & soothe tired eyes'

Answer: a cucumber


Question: 'I.M. Pei designed the glass pyramid that crowns an entrance to this Paris museum'

Answer: the Louvre


Question: 'Russell, a fox, appears in "The Nun's Priest's Tale" of this Chaucer work'

Answer: The Canterbury Tales


Question: 'The first known public performance of this British nat'l anthem was at the Drury Lane Theatre in 1745'

Answer: "God Save The King"