Question: '...on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee'

Answer: Sen. George Voinovich (of Ohio)


Question: '"Colorful" type of partial bone fracture common in children'

Answer: greenstick


Question: 'It's a term for a type of monkey or a type of short barreled pistol both seen here'

Answer: a snub-nose


Question: 'Haute handbags are the speciality of this woman who was born Judith Peto in Budapest'

Answer: Judith Lieber


Question: 'Richard Diebenkorn's  "Ocean Park" series is named for an area in this beach city near L.A.'

Answer: Santa Monica


Question: 'Baron Brain, a medical scientist, wrote the text titled "Diseases of" this "System", now its 11th edition'

Answer: the nervous system


Question: 'John Shepherd-Barron invented it & in 1967 Barclays Bank installed the world's first one'

Answer: an ATM


Question: 'Spanish diacritical mark<br />(5)'

Answer: tilde


Question: 'The 125-mile-wide Isthmus of Tehuantepec divides the Pacific Ocean from this gulf'

Answer: the Gulf of Mexico


Question: 'This poet "heard a fly buzz--when I died", "with blue--uncertain stumbling buzz--between the light--and me--"'

Answer: Emily Dickinson


Question: 'In houses like the one seen here, Richard Morris Hunt brought America this style, from the French for "fine art"'

Answer: Beaux Arts


Question: '"That is my real last name", says this man who came from obscurity to win the 2003 World Series of Poker'

Answer: (Chris) Moneymaker


Question: 'This art book publisher took its name from the rivers flowing through London & New York City'

Answer: Thames & Hudson


Question: 'Stein's secretary<br />(6)'

Answer: Toklas


Question: 'This 10,400-sq.-mile region of Ukraine is joined to the mainland by the narrow Isthmus of Perekop'

Answer: the Crimea


Question: 'One of his "Songs of Experience" says "Little fly, thy summer's play my thoughtless hand has brushed away"'

Answer: (William) Blake


Question: 'Around 1912 Robert Delaunay brought color to the forefront of this -ism, thereby creating Orphism'

Answer: Cubism


Question: 'The last name of this 1990s Detroit Tigers slugger was appropriate when he played first but not when he DHed'

Answer: Cecil Fielder


Question: 'In the early 1700s William Fortnum, a footman who sold Queen Anne's used candles, went into retail with this partner'

Answer: (Hugh) Mason


Question: 'Prehistoric cave-dweller<br />(10)'

Answer: troglodyte


Question: 'The 31-mile-wide Isthmus of San Blas is the narrowest portion of this larger isthmus'

Answer: the Isthmus of Panama


Question: 'Showdowns in this Sergio Leone epic include Fonda vs. Bronson & Jack Elam vs. a fly'

Answer: Once Upon a Time in the West


Question: 'In 2005 the woman in Robert Doisneau's photo called this "at the Hotel de Ville" sold her copy for $242,000'

Answer: The Kiss


Question: 'The captain of the U.S.S. Constitution in her historic War of 1812 battle, it's also a part of the ship'

Answer: Isaac Hull


Question: 'Lea & Perrins of sauce fame both started their careers as these, meaning druggists or pharmacists'

Answer: chemists


Question: 'Son of Penelope & Odysseus<br />(10)'

Answer: Telemachus


Question: 'The Karelian Isthmus is a narrow strip of land between Lake Ladoga and this gulf'

Answer: the Gulf of Finland


Question: 'One fatality in this gory play from the early 1590s is a fly killed by Marcus'

Answer: Titus Andronicus


Question: 'This architect partnered with Rudolph Schindler & pioneered steel-frame housing with the Lovell House, seen here'

Answer: (Richard) Neutra


Question: 'As a press secretary, this Mississippi native was often a spokesman for U.S. presidents in the 1970s & '80s'

Answer: Larry Speakes


Question: 'In 1986 inefficiency & strikes did in this auto brand known as BL'

Answer: British Leyland


Question: 'A structural type of geology<br />(9)'

Answer: tectonics


Question: 'This ancient city commanded the SW end of the isthmus between the Peloponnesus & the rest of Greece'

Answer: Corinth


Question: 'Uncle Toby lets a fly go, saying the world "is wide enough to hold both thee and me" in "Tristram Shandy" by him'

Answer: (Laurence) Sterne


Question: 'This Hollywood legend who died January 21, 1959 supported placing monuments that have since brought legal challenges'

Answer: Cecil B. DeMille


Question: 'In a 1982 marathon in New Zealand, 4 men did this to 2,519 sheep in 24 hours'

Answer: Shear them


Question: 'Through a licensing agreement with this company, Sears has opened stores called McKids'

Answer: McDonald\'s


Question: 'His book, simply titled "A Book", is dedicated to "Lucie And Desi IV"'

Answer: Desi Arnaz


Question: 'The bobbed hair style of this skater known for her camel was the rage in 1976'

Answer: Dorothy Hamill


Question: 'Raleigh, Durham & Chapel Hill are the 3 apexes of this state's famed Research Triangle'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'Half a fortnight'

Answer: Week


Question: 'After doing this to an 11-foot birch tree, Jay Gwaltney said, "As far as trees go, it's not bad"'

Answer: Eating it


Question: '90% of Florida's orange crop is used to make this'

Answer: Orange Juice


Question: 'The Marx brother who wrote "Groucho & Me"'

Answer: Groucho


Question: 'The book "Follies & Foibles" reports Pat Boone's were size 10 1/2'

Answer: White Bucks (Shoes)


Question: 'State where you can visit Hot Springs National Park & Crater of Diamonds State Park'

Answer: Arkansas


Question: 'To look for'

Answer: Seek


Question: 'John Sain, a 15-year-old, built a 68-story house of these without creasing them or using any adhesive'

Answer: Cards


Question: 'The Weekend 35 is a disposable underwater camera sold by this maker of the disposable Fling'

Answer: Kodak


Question: 'Of Vanity, Prince or Joseph Cotten, the one who wrote "Vanity Will Get You Somewhere"'

Answer: Joseph Cotten


Question: 'New fad to which the title of the following 1964 song referred:'

Answer: skateboarding ("Sidewalk Surfin\'" by Jan & Dean)


Question: 'All of Connecticut's port cities are on this arm of the Atlantic'

Answer: Long Island Sound


Question: 'Eating this member of the lily family could make your breath reek'

Answer: Leek


Question: 'Highest price paid for any bottle of wine was $157,500 for a 1787 Chateau Lafite bearing his initials, T.J.'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'U.S. automaker that owns 15% of Maserati & 100% of Lamborghini'

Answer: Chrysler


Question: 'This TV star's book, "Straight Shooting", isn't "Untouchable"'

Answer: Robert Stack


Question: 'When Lothrop Withington Jr. swallowed one of these on a bet at Harvard, March 3, 1939, he began a fad'

Answer: Goldfish


Question: 'Glacier National Park & the Custer Battlefield are among this "Treasure State"'s treasures'

Answer: Montana


Question: 'The state of vexation you might experience if you can't reach the top of a mountain'

Answer: pique


Question: 'This 1st P.M. of the republic of Poland was the highest-paid classical concert pianist'

Answer: Ignace Jan Paderewski


Question: 'The Pacific Aero Products Company, founded in Seattle in 1916, is now called this'

Answer: Boeing


Question: 'Color your mood ring turned after it grew old & lost its capacity to change color'

Answer: Black


Question: 'The most densely populated state; every one of this middle Atlantic state's 21 counties has over 50,000 people'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'Donald Kent Slayton's nickname'

Answer: "Deke" (one of our original astronauts)


Question: 'In 1884 the 1st steel "skyscraper" in the U.S. went up in this city, not New York'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'The title of a 1924 Maxwell Anderson play asked "What Price" this'

Answer: Glory


Question: 'Rose O' Neill invented this doll & gave it its name, combining "Cupid" & "baby"'

Answer: Kewpie Doll


Question: 'Nehru's sister, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, was the 1st woman president of this organization's general assembly'

Answer: United Nations


Question: 'Albania broke diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union in 1961 & became allied with this Asian power'

Answer: China


Question: 'Shark liver oil is sometimes marketed as this oil, since both prevent vitamin A & D deficiencies'

Answer: Cod Liver Oil


Question: 'In 1887 she celebrated her golden jubilee'

Answer: Queen Victoria


Question: 'His last play was "The Condemned of Altona", though "No Exit" might have been more appropriate'

Answer: Jean-Paul Sartre


Question: 'Bread spread whose name comes from the Portuguese for quince jam, though it's often made with oranges'

Answer: Marmalade


Question: 'A law student in the Philippines in the 1930s, he was found guilty of murder but later acquitted'

Answer: Ferdinand Marcos


Question: 'Built in 1791, the Brandenburg Gate is one of this capital city's most famous landmarks'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'Rainbow, brook & lake are species of this fish, a relative of the salmon'

Answer: Trout


Question: 'It was during the 1880s that he turned out "The Kiss" & "The Thinker"'

Answer: Auguste Rodin


Question: 'This letter is missing from the title of Lanford Wilson's play about the Hotel Baltimore'

Answer: E


Question: 'This cab was named for an English architect, not for its good looks'

Answer: Hansom Cab


Question: 'In 1948 she became Israel's 1st envoy to the USSR'

Answer: Golda Meir


Question: 'When "order" was restored after the 1956 revolt, 1000s from this country were dead or taken to Russia'

Answer: Hungary


Question: 'This tiny fish was named for the British scientist who introduced it to aquariums in the 1800s'

Answer: Guppy


Question: 'In an 1887 treaty China recognized Portugal's claim to this territory'

Answer: Macao


Question: 'This David Hwang play was inspired by the romance between a Peking opera star & a diplomat'

Answer: M. Butterfly


Question: 'The name of this fabric made from Angora goat hair comes from the Arabic, meaning "choice" or "select"'

Answer: Mohair


Question: 'At the time this prime minister separated from his wife in '77, she denied rumors linking her with Mick Jagger'

Answer: Pierre Trudeau


Question: 'The 1938 Munich Agreement pressured this country into giving the Sudetenland to the Germans'

Answer: Czechoslovakia


Question: 'This sleek, pike-like fish with razor-sharp teeth is known as the "Tiger of the Sea"'

Answer: Barracuda


Question: '1 of the 2 great diamond corporations formed in the 1880s in South Africa'

Answer: Bar Natal (or De Beers)


Question: 'After he wrote "The School For Husbands", he caused a major scandal with "The School For Wives"'

Answer: Moliere


Question: 'It's believed that these jugs were named for a character in an 18th century ballad'

Answer: Toby Jugs


Question: 'He was deputy premier of Morocco before he succeeded his father as king in 1961'

Answer: King Hassan


Question: 'In 1859 Walachia & Moldavia united under Prince Cuza to form this nation'

Answer: Romania


Question: 'In the 1970s, completion of the Tellico Dam in Tennessee was delayed due to concern over this small fish'

Answer: Snail Darter


Question: 'The poem that includes the line:  "Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!"'

Answer: \"The Raven\" (by Edgar Allan Poe)


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the beginning of the Freedom Trail.)  The first strokes of the two-and-a-half mile Freedom Trail's line were painted in 1951 at this public park that dates back to the 1630s'

Answer: Boston Common


Question: 'In Billy Joel's "___ Man"'

Answer: piano


Question: 'As you might expect, the Reuters Foundation sets up training programs for those in this field'

Answer: journalism


Question: 'A 1982 play by this man is set among the Jerome family of Brighton Beach in 1937'

Answer: Neil Simon


Question: 'The second-most reported cause of occupational injury is from this pollution caused by jackhammers & music'

Answer: sound pollution (or noise pollution)


Question: 'A carpet for a calico'

Answer: a cat mat


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from outside the Old South Meeting House.)  Here at Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams gave a coded signal that began this protest event'

Answer: the Boston Tea Party


Question: 'In Wynonna's "Girls With ___"'

Answer: guitars


Question: 'In 2004 the Starbright Foundation for sick kids merged, sensibly enough, with this foundation'

Answer: the Starlight Foundation


Question: 'The plays of Franz Grillparzer, called this country's greatest dramatist, include "Family Strife In Hapsburg"'

Answer: Austria


Question: '(Hi, I'm Christie Whitman.)  As EPA head, I helped create a program to reduce diesel exhaust for these vehicles; children will breathe easier'

Answer: school buses


Question: 'It's what the mallard acquired when he found a 4-leaf clover'

Answer: duck luck


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from inside the Old North Church.)  On April 18, 1775 North Church sexton Robert Newman climbed into the steeple to use the code famously known by this 9-word phrase'

Answer: one if by land and two if by sea


Question: 'In Bruce Hornsby's "___ Rain"'

Answer: mandolin


Question: 'In 1914 the USA's first community foundation was set up in this Ohio city, then the nation's 6th largest'

Answer: Cleveland


Question: 'Ralph "Mike Hammer" Meeker & John C. "Mr. Cellophane" Reilly have played this role made famous by Brando'

Answer: Stanley Kowalski


Question: 'The American Lung Association's list of cities with the worst particle air pollutuion is topped by 3 in this state'

Answer: California


Question: 'Hard-to-wash-out mark that a large wading bird left on your clothing'

Answer: a crane stain


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands in front of the U.S.S. Constitution.)  The material that gave the U.S.S. Constitution this famous nickname is live oak from Georgia'

Answer: "Old Ironsides"


Question: 'In Linda Ronstadt's "Different ___"'

Answer: drum


Question: 'It was launched in 1936 with car company stock, but its $10 billion portfolio no longer includes that stock'

Answer: the Ford Foundation


Question: 'Aeschylus' play named for this king, Clytemnestra's husband, opens at his palace in Argos'

Answer: Agamemnon


Question: 'From the Greek for "heat", this type of water pollution kills fish when hot water is dumped into a lake'

Answer: thermal


Question: 'Type of paint for your dromedary'

Answer: camel enamel


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Freedom Trail.)  Begun in 1795, it's the building behind me that Oliver Wendell Holmes called the "hub of the solar system"'

Answer: the Bulfinch State House


Question: 'In the Byrds' "Mr. ___ Man"'

Answer: tambourine


Question: 'The breast cancer foundation named for this victim of the disease holds the "Race for the Cure"'

Answer: Susan Komen


Question: 'Jack Absolute & Bob Acres, both vying for Lydia Languish's hand, are the title characters of this Sheridan play'

Answer: The Rivals


Question: 'TCDD is a type of this toxic industrial byproduct used in Agent Orange'

Answer: dioxin


Question: 'Someone who guides or ministers to a big spotted feline'

Answer: a leopard shepherd


Question: 'Hydroplane races & water carnivals highlight Seafair, held annually on Lake Washington near this largest Wash. city'

Answer: Seattle


Question: 'An extra playing card in a deck often used as a wild card'

Answer: Joker


Question: 'On Sept. 21, 1792 the monarchy was abolished; 4 months later, this king was guillotined'

Answer: Louis XVI


Question: 'London Street named for a 17th C. diplomat; the Prime Minister Lives on it'

Answer: Downing


Question: 'On "M*A*S*H", this character used a great wardrobe to try & get out of the Army on a Section 8'

Answer: Max Klinger


Question: 'Grandmotherly drag is just the thing for FBI agent Martin Lawrence in this 2000 film'

Answer: Big Momma\'s House


Question: 'With more than 50,000 employees in Washington, this aerospace company is one of the state's largest employers'

Answer: Boeing


Question: 'Neurotoxic crawler who's hard on her mates'

Answer: Black Widow


Question: 'German poet Max Schneckenburger was famous for his 1840 poem about a watch on this river'

Answer: the Rhine


Question: 'In this "of 1938" Bob Hope introduced "Thanks For The Memory"'

Answer: The Big Broadcast


Question: 'Whidbey Island is the largest of several islands in this inlet'

Answer: Puget Sound


Question: 'Antarctic krill-eater'

Answer: The Penguin


Question: 'The Jacobins used the assassination of this editor of L'ami du Peuple as an excuse to begin the Reign of Terror'

Answer: (Jean-Paul) Marat


Question: 'He's the "big dada" whose work is seen here'

Answer: Max Ernst


Question: 'Paul Reubens' 2 big movies of 1985 & 1988'

Answer: Pee-wee\'s Big Adventure & Big Top Pee-wee


Question: 'The completion of the Grand Coulee dam in 1942 created the artificial lake named for this president'

Answer: Franklin Delano Roosevelt


Question: 'Itchy cashew relative'

Answer: Poison Ivy


Question: 'This document approved on August 27, 1789 proclaimed that "Men are born and remain free and equal in rights"'

Answer: The Declaration of the Rights of Man


Question: 'The hypnotist villian in the 1894 novel "Trilby" gave us this word for one who controls another with evil intent'

Answer: svengali


Question: 'This Vietnam vet has been head of the Veterans Administration & a senator from Georgia'

Answer: (Max) Cleland


Question: '1989 gave us 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon as a Hollywood wannabe in this film'

Answer: The Big Picture


Question: 'In 1977 this former head of the Atomic Energy Commission became Washington's first woman governor'

Answer: (Dixy Lee) Ray


Question: 'His mask is in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo'

Answer: King Tut


Question: 'On June 20, 1789 assembly members took an oath at this sports venue not to separate until there was a new constitution'

Answer: the tennis court


Question: 'In 1880 this British land agent in Ireland refused to lower his rents; as a result, he was isolated by protesters'

Answer: Charles Boycott


Question: 'Best known as the friend who refused to destroy Kafka's works, he wrote a historical novel on Tycho Brahe'

Answer: Max Brod


Question: 'In 1958 Gregory Peck took on Burl Ives over water rights in the Old West in this oater'

Answer: The Big Country


Question: 'This character studied medicine, "knowing it would be useful in long voyages"'

Answer: Gulliver


Question: 'Around 486 the Franks took control of the region once known by this 4-letter name'

Answer: Gaul


Question:
'Whitney Houston,
1992:
 "I.W.A.L.Y."'

Answer: "I Will Always Love You"


Question: 'British Captain Thomas Preston was a central figure in the trial regarding this unfortunate 1770 event'

Answer: the Boston Massacre


Question: 'Among the remarks attributed to this baseball player are "It was deja vu all over again" & "You can observe a lot by watching"'

Answer: Yogi Berra


Question: 'Making him a revolutionary martyr, the Bolivian Army tracked down this man and killed him in 1967'

Answer: (Che) Guevara


Question: 'This 1935 U.S. federal law provided assistance in old age pensions, insurance & unemployment'

Answer: Social Security


Question: 'He co-ruled the Franks with his brother Carloman but became sole king when his brother died in 771'

Answer: Charlemagne


Question:
'Glen Campbell,
1975:
"R.C."'

Answer: "Rhinestone Cowboy"


Question: 'Lawson Botts, who defended this fiery abolitionist at his 1859 trial, died fighting for the Confederacy in 1862'

Answer: John Brown


Question: 'In a 1961 song, it's the question that precedes "Girls have picked them every one, oh, when will they ever learn?"'

Answer: Where have all the flowers gone?


Question: 'After the death of her husband in 1861, she did not go out in public again for three years, and refused to wear anything but black'

Answer: Queen Victoria


Question: 'This term for someone attempting to gain a higher position in society sounds like a casual mountaineer'

Answer: a social climber


Question: 'This "short" guy became King of the Franks in 751 & was the first to be officially anointed by a pope'

Answer: Pepin


Question:
'The Byrds,
1965:
"T! T! T!"'

Answer: "Turn! Turn! Turn!"


Question: 'In 1521 it was Charles V presiding & the Archbishop of Trier, John Eck, prosecuting this man'

Answer: Martin Luther


Question: 'One of Garrison Keillor's quotes begins, "That's the news from" this place, "where all the women are strong"'

Answer: Lake Wobegon


Question: 'The original head shrinker, he fled to London in 1938 following the Nazi annexation of Austria'

Answer: Sigmund Freud


Question: 'The USSR was a Union of Soviet these'

Answer: Socialist Republics


Question: 'In 732, when he defeated an invading Muslim army at Tours, a king earned the nickname Martel, meaning this'

Answer: the hammer


Question:
'Gwen Stefani,
2005:
"H.G."'

Answer: "Hollaback Girl"


Question: 'In 1633 Urban VIII had this man tried; Father Firenzuola prosecuted'

Answer: Galileo


Question: 'A 1920 Robert Frost poem begins, "Some say the world will end in" this, "some say in ice"'

Answer: fire


Question: 'This Four Quartets poet was awarded both the Nobel Prize and the Order of Merit in 1948'

Answer: T.S. Eliot


Question: 'S.A.D. can stand for this psychological condition, a fear of being humiliated in front of others'

Answer: the social anxiety disorder


Question: 'Early Frankish king Clovis I belonged to this dynasty whose name comes from its founder, Merovech'

Answer: Merovingian


Question:
'The Beatles,
1970:
"T.L.A.W.R."'

Answer: "The Long And Winding Road"


Question: 'The accusers in his 399 B.C. trial were Meletus, Anytus & Lycon'

Answer: Socrates


Question: 'On March 21, 1973 this White House counsel said that "we have a cancer within, close to the presidency, that is growing"'

Answer: John Dean


Question: 'Now retired, this foreign-born American influenced U.S. national policy for decades'

Answer: Henry Kissinger


Question: 'Implicit agreement in which the individual surrenders liberty in return for protection'

Answer: a social contract


Question: 'There's a law of supply & a law of this partner, namely: the higher the price, the less people want to buy an item'

Answer: demand


Question: 'The title of this film tells you what events Hugh Grant & his friends will be attending (though not in that order)'

Answer: Four Weddings and a Funeral


Question: '1895:<br />"The Time Machine"'

Answer: H.G. Wells


Question: 'The Walter P. Reuther library at Wayne State University in Detroit is devoted to this movement'

Answer: labor


Question: 'In the Irish language, this very Irish color is glas, & the political party is Comhaontas Glas'

Answer: green


Question: 'Adventurous courage, perhaps shown by the young man on the flying trapeze'

Answer: daring


Question: 'Grimm's Law of consonant shifts says the Indo-European "P" sound became an "F", so piscis became this English word'

Answer: fish


Question: 'Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Glenn Close & other friends gather & reminisce for a friend's funeral in this film'

Answer: The Big Chill


Question: '1863:<br />"Five Weeks in a Balloon"'

Answer: (Jules) Verne


Question: 'Learn fiddle & gee-tar at the Blair school of music of this university--it is in Nashville, after all'

Answer: Vanderbilt


Question: 'In a Paris shop, the English word "jaundice" may help you remember this French word for "yellow"'

Answer: jaune


Question: 'Cities in Missouri & Massachusetts are called this, also the capital of a third state'

Answer: Springfield


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew pours water into a bowl of polymer powder.) There's a law of conservation of mass, but when I add water to this super absorbent polymer used to make artificial snow, you can see there's no law of conservation of this, mass divided by density'

Answer: volume


Question: 'Obsessed with death, Bud Cort meets Ruth Gordon at a funeral in this classic'

Answer: Harold and Maude


Question: '1996:<br />"The Notebook"'

Answer: (Nicholas) Sparks


Question: 'The university of this Texas city is not actually located within the city itself but in the neighboring city of Irving'

Answer: Dallas


Question: 'Mavi is Turkish for this, the color of a landmark mosque there'

Answer: blue


Question: 'Dexter Holland's band'

Answer: the Offspring


Question: 'Many of us have felt the effects of Parkinson's law: this expands to fill the time allotted for it'

Answer: work


Question: 'Jimmy Stewart returns to the town of Shinbone for John Wayne's funeral & sets the record straight in this manly western'

Answer: The Man who Shot Liberty Valance


Question: '1940:<br />"Native Son"'

Answer: Richard Wright


Question: 'This New Englamd institution is the only one of the Ivy League schools officially called a college'

Answer: Dartmouth College


Question: 'This zona, Spanish for "pink zone", is a touristy part of Mexico City'

Answer: the Zona Rosa


Question: 'Listen up! It's a session in which testimony is presented before a judge in a lawsuit'

Answer: a hearing


Question: 'Dalton's law says that the total amount of this exerted by a mix of gases is the sum of what each gas would exert alone'

Answer: pressure


Question: 'Chris Rock starred in a 2010 remake of this British film in which chaos ensues at what should be a solemn occasion'

Answer: Death at a Funeral


Question: '1992:<br />"The Bridges of Madison County"'

Answer: (Robert James) Waller


Question: 'This university in a borough named State College was founded in 1855 as a 4-year college called Farmers' High School'

Answer: Penn State


Question: 'German for "white", in Bavaria it's found before "Bier"'

Answer: weiss


Question: 'This emcee at a circus is traditionally part announcer, part equestrian director'

Answer: a ringmaster


Question: 'On the run following the siege of Oxford, he surrendered May 5, 1646 near Newark on Trent'

Answer: Charles I


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew stands by a fountain.) I'm on the University of Wisconsin campus in this city, which opened in 1849 with 17 students, and now has 40,000'

Answer: Madison


Question: 'Helpful phrases: "llame a la policia" (call the police) or "llame a los bomberos" (call these emergency workers)'

Answer: firefighters


Question: 'It "makes the man" & "makes the pot boil"; love of it is also "the root of all evil"'

Answer: money


Question: 'The "little corporal" of the 19th century'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'Coleslaw'

Answer: cabbage


Question: 'From "Seinfeld": "Marcy comes over & she tells me...her ex-boyfriend was over...last night &" this this this "I'm really tired today"'

Answer: yada yada yada


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew walks through a parklike area with numerous white headstones.)  I'm at this 600-acre site that was home to Robert E. Lee until the start of the Civil War'

Answer: Arlington (National Cemetery)


Question: 'Shortly after "¿Donde esta el baño?", you might have to ask, "¿Tienes mas papel higienico?" do you have more of this?'

Answer: toilet paper


Question: 'A shiro-maku is a simple, white one of these robes worn by a Japanese bride at her wedding'

Answer: a kimono


Question: '"Stormin' Norman" of the 1990s'

Answer: Schwarzkopf


Question: 'Hominy grits'

Answer: corn


Question: 'This *NSYNC song hit the top 5 in 2000; see ya!'

Answer: Bye Bye Bye


Question: '(Jimmy of the Ckue Crew walks down a long corridor.)  I'm in one of the longest buildings in the world at SLAC, the Linear Accelerator Center of this California university'

Answer: Stanford


Question: '"Tengo mucha hambre. Por favor deme espagueti y albondigas" means "I'm hungry" & requests this dish'

Answer: spaghetti and meatballs


Question: 'The 5th generation of this iPod included a built-in video camera, FM radio & a pedometer'

Answer: iPod Nano


Question: 'The high-flying "Red Baron" of World War I'

Answer: von Richthofen


Question: 'Moussaka'

Answer: eggplant


Question: 'It precedes "voom" in an Art Carney TV catchphrase'

Answer: va va va


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew stands on the lawn of a neoclassical building/)  I'm at this famous home which in 1987 was named to the World Heritage Sites list along with the nearby University of Virginia'

Answer: Monticello


Question: 'En una iglesia, you might hear, "Bendiceme, padre, porque he pecado", this confessional phrase'

Answer: Bless me, Father, for I have sinned


Question: 'A specialty of New Orleans, a muffuletta is one of these'

Answer: a sandwich


Question: 'Mr. "unconditional surrender" of the Civil War'

Answer: Grant


Question: 'Gratin dauphinois'

Answer: potatoes


Question: 'In 1983 Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson spent 6 weeks at No. 1 with this hit'

Answer: Say Say Say


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stand on a naval dock.)  I'm here on San Diego Bay at the Naval Amphibious Base that bears the name of this Spanish explorer, whose men discovered the Grand Canyon'

Answer: (Francisco Vasquez de) Coronado


Question: 'Shopping vocabulary es muy importante: "¿Cuanto cuesta esta cadena de oro?" How much does this cost?'

Answer: a gold chain


Question: 'In Judaism, it's a scroll with verses from Deuteronomy inserted in a small case & attached to a doorpost'

Answer: a mezuzah


Question: 'The "desert fox" of Afrika'

Answer: Rommel


Question: 'Chana masala'

Answer: chickpeas


Question: 'Give the full name of this "Catch-22" officer; if you add his rank you'll be saying it 4 times fast'

Answer: Major Major Major


Question: 'November 25, 2002: This new cabinet department was created, so we can all feel safe now'

Answer: the Department of Homeland Security


Question: 'A Minuteman named Pat'

Answer: the Patriots


Question: 'In ancient Rome the 6 priestesses who tended the goddess of the hearth were collectively known as these'

Answer: Vestal Virgins


Question: 'These 2 verbs go together to describe cameras that don't make you fiddle with focus'

Answer: point and shoot


Question: 'Appropriately, Zane Grey was born in Zanesville in this state in 1872'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'Guymon is the largest city in this narrow region of Oklahoma'

Answer: the panhandle


Question: 'January 1, 2002: Adieu, franc! Bonjour, this!'

Answer: the euro


Question: 'Formerly Edgar, Allan & Poe: now just Poe'

Answer: the Baltimore Ravens


Question: 'The "virgin" this is the traditional Christian doctrine that Jesus Christ had no natural father'

Answer: Virgin Birth


Question: 'A small type of camera that may be dashboard-mounted is named for this makeup item'

Answer: lipstick


Question: 'Zane Grey's first book, "Betty Zane", was a fictionalized account of his ancestors fighting the British during this war'

Answer: the Revolutionary


Question: 'Isolated by Sir Humphry Davy, this second-lightest metal could make you go bananas'

Answer: potassium


Question: 'March 23, 2001: It said dasvidaniya & plunged hundreds of miles into the Pacific'

Answer: Mir


Question: 'Gumbo the dog'

Answer: the (New Orleans) Saints


Question: '2 of these dedicated to virgin St. Agnes of Rome are blessed each year & their wool is used to make sacred garments'

Answer: lambs


Question: 'A UV type of this accessory improves contrast, reduces haze & protects the lens'

Answer: a filter


Question: 'Like the Old West's Doc Holliday, Zane Grey was a practicing one of these in NYC before becoming a novelist'

Answer: a dentist


Question: 'This olympics-like sports event for western hemisphere countries was first held in Argentina in 1951'

Answer: the Panamerican Games


Question: 'September 15, 2008: Say it ain't so, bro! This overleveraged investment bank went underwater'

Answer: Lehman Brothers


Question: 'Sourdough Sam'

Answer: 49ers


Question: 'The virgin Lucy, whose name comes from the Latin for "light", is the patron saint of those afflicted with this'

Answer: blindness


Question: 'Using an iPhone app, you can shake the phone to make your picture come out faster, like pictures taken with this co.'s cameras'

Answer: Polaroid


Question: 'An active outdoorsman, Zane Grey wrote several nonfiction works on this activity, including off Tahiti'

Answer: fishing


Question: 'A company called Rival trademarked this slow cooker in 1971'

Answer: a Crockpot


Question: 'May 1st, this year: The controversial photo seen here was taken'

Answer: 2003


Question: 'Miles the horse'

Answer: the Denver Broncos


Question: 'The pope declared the "Virgin of" this Mexican place to be patroness of the Americas'

Answer: Guadalupe


Question: 'Use a tripod to prevent camera shake if this speed is slow, meaning a long exposure'

Answer: shutter speed


Question: 'Selling over 13 million books in his lifetime, Zane Grey is best remembered for this colorful 1912 western'

Answer: The Riders of the Purple Sage


Question: 'He's Candide's optimistic mentor'

Answer: Pangloss


Question: 'She's tied with Mariah Carey for most no. 1 hits by a female with 18: 12 as a member of a group & 6 as a solo act'

Answer: Diana Ross


Question: 'The Chicago River originally flowed into this Great Lake; now it flows out of it'

Answer: Lake Michigan


Question: 'Holiday associated with the "Wearing of the Green"'

Answer: St. Patrick\'s Day


Question: 'This Minnesota-based butter maker uses an Indian maiden as its trademark'

Answer: Land O\'Lakes


Question: 'In 1997's "A Reporter's Life" he covered his 31 years at CBS News'

Answer: Walter Cronkite


Question: 'Graybacks were Southern soldiers; greenbacks were this'

Answer: Money/dollars


Question:
'Bankruptcy types are:
A. volumes
B. chapters
C. verses'

Answer: Chapters


Question: 'Brine flies & brine shrimp are the only creatures that thrive in this body of water near Utah's capital'

Answer: Great Salt Lake


Question: 'In 1999 this holiday fell on the day after Valentine's Day'

Answer: President\'s Day


Question: 'The symbol of this company got a makeover in 1993<br />(it's paired with TriStar)'

Answer: Columbia Pictures


Question: 'This NBC anchor's "The Greatest Generation" pays tribute to those who came of age during World War II'

Answer: Tom Brokaw


Question: 'Hornets were these, maybe from a pepperbox pistol'

Answer: Bullets


Question:
'Poison pills thwart:
A. double takes
B. takeovers
C. undertakers'

Answer: Takeovers


Question: 'You'll find the Big Branch National Wildlife Refuge on the shore of this big lake in Louisiana'

Answer: Lake Pontchartrain


Question: 'This holiday is celebrated on what was once the last day of the Celtic year'

Answer: Halloween


Question: 'Billboards for "Little Miss" this suntan lotion became Miami landmarks in the '50s'

Answer: Coppertone


Question: 'In 1998 this ABC anchor, along with Todd Brewster, took on "The Century"'

Answer: Peter Jennings


Question: 'If you'd done a lot or had a rough experience, you'd "been through" this, perhaps a cotton one'

Answer: Through the mill


Question:
'The process of a firm selling parts of itself is:
A. divestiture
B. expenditure
C. not really sure'

Answer: Divestiture


Question: 'There's a Coeur D'Alene Lake & a Coeur D'Alene River in this state'

Answer: Idaho


Question: 'Although first observed in 1909, it wasn't until 1972 that the third Sunday in June officially became this holiday'

Answer: Father\'s Day


Question: 'In 1915 Lorraine Collett of Fresno became the original model for this brand of raisins'

Answer: Sun-Maid


Question: 'He & Kyle Gibson wrote "Nightline: History in the Making and the Making of Television"'

Answer: Ted Koppel


Question: 'This term for "Hurrah!" or "Yeah!" was popular years later with Teddy Roosevelt'

Answer: "Bully!"


Question:
'Assets like land & machines are:
A. fixed
B. repaired
C. mended'

Answer: Fixed


Question: 'We hope you know that Mount Hope Bay in Rhode Island is an arm of this larger bay'

Answer: Narragansett Bay


Question: 'Id Al-Fitr is a day of feasting that ends the fast at the end of this Islamic holy month'

Answer: Ramadan


Question: 'Debra McKee, for whom these snack cakes were named, grew up to be a director of the company that makes them'

Answer: Little Debbie


Question: '"Everyone is Entitled to My Opinion" collects his commentaries from "This Week"'

Answer: David Brinkley


Question: 'An Arkansas toothpick was a large one of these'

Answer: Bowie knife


Question:
'Junk bonds feature:
A. low ceilings
B. high interest
C. Chinese boats'

Answer: High interest


Question: 'Born the son of the town trumpeter in Pesaro, Italy, he composed "Il Barbiere Di Siviglia"'

Answer: Gioachino Rossini


Question: 'This network developed the peacock design to promote color television'

Answer: NBC


Question: 'If you're discovered in an embarrassing situation, you're said to be caught "with" these "down"'

Answer: Your pants


Question: 'Angela Lansbury provided the voice of Mrs. Potts in this 1991 animated feature'

Answer: Beauty and the Beast


Question: '1297:<br />Rainier I'

Answer: Monaco


Question: 'A "Hawaiian" fruit juice beverage & Miss Garland'

Answer: Punch & Judy


Question: 'Handel wrote 4 anthems for the 1727 coronation of a king with whom Handel shared this name'

Answer: George


Question: 'This letter appears on the costumes of superheroes named Storm, Cyclops, Jubilee & Wolverine'

Answer: X (as in "X-Men")


Question: 'When you conceal something, you "draw" this bridal accessory "over it"'

Answer: Veil


Question: 'While voicing this animated character, actor Dickie Jones sang "I've Got No Strings"'

Answer: Pinocchio


Question: '843:<br />Kenneth MacAlpin'

Answer: Scotland


Question: '"Ring of Fire" singer & the big screen's Mr. "Mask"'

Answer: Cash & Carrey


Question: 'This set of 30 variations was named for a student of Bach's also named Johann'

Answer: "Goldberg Variations"


Question: 'Clutching one's throat is the universal distress signal for this medical emergency'

Answer: Choking


Question: 'A phrase that means outdated, or a derby you haven't worn for decades'

Answer: Old hat


Question: 'This cruel, scratchy-voiced diva wants to make fur coats out of dalmatian puppies'

Answer: Cruella de Vil


Question: '987:<br />Hugh Capet'

Answer: France (the Capetian dynasty)


Question: 'An ethnic group of northern Iraq & a type of highway "station" for truckers'

Answer: Kurds & Way


Question: 'Looking like an inverted "e", this dictionary symbol stands for a central vowel sound'

Answer: Schwa


Question: 'It's believed Napoleon originated the phrase about "An iron hand in" one of these'

Answer: A velvet glove


Question: 'In this 1994 film, St. Nick falls off a roof & Tim Allen is forced to take his place'

Answer: The Santa Clause


Question: '40 B.C.:<br />Jimmu'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'An English empirical philosopher & the author of "The Star-Spangled Banner"'

Answer: Locke & Key


Question: 'Orchestras are now playing the original version of his "Boris Godunov", not the one Rimsky-Korsakov edited'

Answer: Modest Mussorgsky


Question: 'During the 1998 season, members of this baseball team wore the patch seen here (drawing of Harry Caray) on their sleeves'

Answer: Chicago Cubs (in tribute)


Question: 'As Garibaldi's followers were known as Redshirts, Mussolini's devotees were called these'

Answer: Blackshirts


Question: 'In 1961 Hayley Mills had a Top 10 hit with "Let's Get Together" from this Disney film'

Answer: The Parent Trap


Question: '1002:<br />Brian Boru'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'Shorter term for an Australian & the veterinarian author of "All Creatures Great and Small"'

Answer: Aussie & Herriot


Question: 'This word well known to sculpture lovers can be translated as "mercy" or "compassion"'

Answer: Pieta


Question: '"The Autobiography of Malcolm X" was "told to" this deeply rooted author'

Answer: Alex Haley


Question: 'NYC minister Joseph Simmons is better known as "Run" of this rap group'

Answer: Run-D.M.C.


Question: 'John Hancock Tower'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'Jackie's historic major league debut came April 15, 1947 at this Brooklyn Dodgers home park'

Answer: Ebbets Field


Question: 'In 1964 this movie spy was driving an Aston Martin DB5; in 1995, a BMW Z3'

Answer: James Bond


Question: 'He was always "A-Team" player'

Answer: Mr. T


Question: 'This legendary fruit tree planter was the subject of a work by Vachel Lindsay'

Answer: Johnny Appleseed


Question: 'After the 1996 election, this 35-year-old Clinton adviser moved to ABC News'

Answer: George Stephanopoulos


Question: 'Westin Peachtree Plaza'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: 'Jackie played most of his career at this position, next to shortstop Pee Wee Reese'

Answer: Second Base


Question: 'It promotes its wide track Grand Prix as "wider is better"'

Answer: Pontiac


Question: 'This P.M. of England said her objective was to "destroy Socialism"'

Answer: Margaret Thatcher


Question: 'Title of Tom Wolfe's 1979 book about men he described as "single-combat warriors"'

Answer: The Right Stuff


Question: 'In 1996, he beat a chess-playing IBM computer called Deep Blue; in 1997 the tables were turned'

Answer: Garry Kasparov


Question: 'Chrysler Building'

Answer: New York City


Question: 'Jackie, born in Georgia, grew up around L.A. & starred in 4 sports at this university'

Answer: UCLA


Question: 'Country in which Toyota builds most of its Camrys'

Answer: USA


Question: 'In 1989 he was the WBC's, WBA's, & IBF's heavyweight champ'

Answer: Mike Tyson


Question: 'As the first, it jump-started John Updike's series of novels about Harry Angstrom'

Answer: Rabbit, Run


Question: '1 of the 2 30-something female leads of "The English Patient"'

Answer: Juliette Binoche & Kristen Scott-Thomas


Question: 'USX Tower'

Answer: Pittsburgh


Question: 'At age 28, Robinson won the very first of these awards for first-year players'

Answer: Rookie of the Year


Question: 'In the same class are the Ford Contour SVT, the Saab 900S & this company's Jetta GLX'

Answer: Volkswagen


Question: 'Author who had Tom cruise on the Mississippi'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'This famous tale of Christmas presents isn't one in a million, but one in O Henry's book "The Four Million"'

Answer: "The Gift of the Magi"


Question: '29-year-old Melinda French, a manager at this company, married its chairman January 1, 1994'

Answer: Microsoft


Question: 'Pillsbury Center'

Answer: Minneapolis


Question: 'Hall of Fame executive who went out on a "limb" to bring Robinson to the majors'

Answer: Branch Rickey


Question: 'The 1997 Boxster was the first new sports car from this 911 maker in 19 years'

Answer: Porsche


Question: '(VIDEO Daily Double): 1995 film seen here: (clue:  Wesley Snipes)'

Answer: "Money Train"


Question: 'This Roman leader reforms the calendar; will wife Calpurnia be Miss July?  Scroll at 6'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'In the 16th C., Konrad von Gesner published perhaps the first illustrations of these petrified animal remains'

Answer: Fossils


Question: 'A fig-flavored version of this "Excellent Laxative" didn't go over, so the company stuck with chocolate'

Answer: Ex-Lax


Question: '"The....business of America" is this'

Answer: Business


Question: 'Paul Newman reprised his role as Fast Eddie Felson in this 1986 sequel to "The Hustler"'

Answer: "The Color of Money"


Question: 'Attorney assistant'

Answer: Paralegal


Question: 'Hannibal on way to attack Rome leads battle elephants over these mountains; the full history at 11'

Answer: Pyrenees/Alps


Question: 'In 1887 this German was "in the driver's seat" on the subject of electromagnetic waves'

Answer: Heinrich Hertz


Question: 'In 1971 flavors were added to this lip balm invented by Dr. C.D. Fleet in the 1880s'

Answer: ChapStick


Question: 'When asked what a clergyman preaching about sin had said, Coolidge said this'

Answer: He was against it


Question: 'In 1991 the Mousekewitz family was re-animated for this sequel to "An American Tail"'

Answer: "Fievel Goes West"


Question: 'A professional dinner guest in ancient Greece, or a tick'

Answer: Parasite


Question: 'Chinese monopoly on this fabric ended in 6th century as 2 monks smuggle out worms; new material at 11'

Answer: Silk


Question: 'These 3 letters brought together Francis Crick & James Watson, 2 scientists at the Cavendish laboratory'

Answer: DNA


Question: 'Deciding in the 1950s to expand its line, Gillette left competitors behind with this men's deodorant'

Answer: Right Guard


Question: 'About the famous sin quote, Coolidge once said it would be funnier if it were this'

Answer: "True"


Question: 'In 1990 Jack Nicholson directed & starred in this sequel to "Chinatown"'

Answer: "The Two Jakes"


Question: 'Barbara Frietchie might tell one of these soldiers to "Chute if you must"'

Answer: Paratrooper


Question: 'Philip II assassinated, this son takes the throne; the not-so-great news on Macedonian Journal Tonight'

Answer: Alexander the Great


Question: 'In 1783 these brothers were walking on air after being named to the French Academy of Sciences'

Answer: Montgolfier


Question: 'This "Clean Makeup" used ingredients of Noxzema as its base'

Answer: Cover Girl


Question: 'His reply to a woman who said she'd made a bet she could get more than 2 words out of him'

Answer: "You Lose!"


Question: 'Nearly 20 years after "The Last Picture Show", many of the cast members reunited for this sequel'

Answer: "Texasville"


Question: 'Robert E. Service is currently in service as the U.S. ambassador to it'

Answer: Paraguay


Question: 'This sixth king of Babylonia codifies laws; we'll tell you what will get you killed tonight at 11'

Answer: Hammurabi


Question: 'In 1791 Galvani published "Commentary on the effect of" this "on muscular motion"'

Answer: Electricity


Question: 'In 1948 Bristol-Myers added antacids to aspirin & created this product'

Answer: Bufferin


Question: '"There is no right to" do this "against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time"'

Answer: Strike


Question: 'It's all "Crystal" clear, the sequel to "City Slickers" was subtitled "The Legend of" this'

Answer: "Curly\'s Gold"


Question: 'All the equipment used for a particular activity'

Answer: Paraphernalia


Question: 'Its anniversary was honored with the following:'

Answer: The Emancipation Proclamation


Question: 'While trying to create these precious stones in a lab, Edward Acheson came up with carborundum'

Answer: diamonds


Question: 'On March 29, 1996 he played Nash Bridges for the first time, in an episode entitled "Genesis"'

Answer: Don Johnson


Question: 'In 1969 the Vatican removed this patron saint of England from the official calendar of saints'

Answer: Saint George


Question: '1984:<br />"All my life I've been waiting for someone, and when I find her, she's a fish"'

Answer: Splash


Question: 'Frontier writer Fenimore'

Answer: James Fenimore Cooper


Question:
'Meaning of the sign seen here:

["P" with line drawn through it]'

Answer: no parking


Question: 'In 1890 William Halsted became the first surgeon to wear these during an operation'

Answer: gloves


Question: 'During the 1920s Charles Nash was president of a company that made these'

Answer: automobiles


Question: '(Alex Trebek reads from England.)  In 1214 barons fed up with King John met at the abbey whose ruins we see here; the result a year later was this charter'

Answer: Magna Carta


Question: '1946:<br />"I suppose it'd been better if I'd never been born at all"'

Answer: It\'s A Wonderful Life


Question: '"Wayside" writer Wadsworth'

Answer: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


Question: 'IV, meaning 4, for example'

Answer: a Roman numeral


Question: 'He was just trying to make things glow in the dark when he discovered X-rays in 1895'

Answer: Wilhelm Roentgen


Question: 'The city of Nashville was named for Francis Nash, a noted general in this war'

Answer: the Revolutionary War


Question: 'In 1593 he published his first work, not a play but a poem called "Venus and Adonis"'

Answer: William Shakespeare


Question: '1964:<br />"You're a woman of many parts, Pussy"'

Answer: Goldfinger


Question: '19th century American essayist & novelist David'

Answer: Henry David Thoreau


Question: 'Uh-oh!  The sentence "I don't have no money." features one'

Answer: a double negative


Question: 'In 1895 Aleksandr Popov & this Italian separately came up with the antenna to improve radio reception'

Answer: Guglielmo Marconi


Question: 'Architect John Nash is known for his redesign of the Royal Pavilion in this British seaside resort'

Answer: Brighton


Question: 'Now owned by Mohamed Al-Fayed, it began as a small 19th century grocery shop'

Answer: Harrods


Question: '1968:<br />"Will the dancing Hitlers please wait in the wings?  We are only seeing singing Hitlers"'

Answer: The Producers


Question: '20th century American critic & novelist Carol'

Answer: Joyce Carol Oates


Question: 'If you're given full discretionary power, you've been given this, French for "blank document"'

Answer: carte blanche


Question: 'In 1892 Jupiter's moon Amalthea became the last satellite discovered without using this process'

Answer: photography


Question: 'This poet with a wry sense of humor was born in Rye, New York in 1902'

Answer: Ogden Nash


Question: 'This national stadium has played host to the Olympics, the World Cup & Live Aid'

Answer: Wembley Stadium


Question: '1977:<br />"You only gave me books with the word 'death' in the title"'

Answer: Annie Hall


Question: 'Novelist & editor Madox'

Answer: Ford Madox Ford


Question: 'Abbreviated C.O., it's a person who refuses to bear arms due to moral or religious principles'

Answer: a conscientious objector


Question: 'Ferdinand helped Isabella win her war of succession against Alfonso V of this neighboring country'

Answer: Portugal


Question: 'Potatoes served "au" this are baked with cheese in a shallow dish of the same name'

Answer: au gratin


Question: 'The deepest known area on Earth, the Mariana Trench, is found in this ocean'

Answer: the Pacific Ocean


Question: 'In 1989 the aging members of this band toured with a special version of the rock opera "Tommy"'

Answer: The Who


Question: 'In 1997 this politician got in trouble over his courses at Georgia's Kennesaw State & Reinhardt College'

Answer: Newt Gingrich


Question: 'This tree swinger of South America is noted for its exceptionally long limbs'

Answer: the spider monkey


Question: 'In 1492 Ferdinand & Isabella expelled the Sephardim, members of this religion'

Answer: Judaism


Question: 'It's the word for meat & potatoes cooked in a rich broth, or for what you may do waiting for it to get done'

Answer: stew


Question: 'Of 6, 12 or 18, the number of streets that radiate out from the Arc de Triomphe'

Answer: 12


Question: 'This 1968 Beatles film is subtitled "Nothing Is Real"'

Answer: Yellow Submarine


Question: 'In "Casablanca", it's whom Claude Rains intends to "round up" after the Nazi major is shot'

Answer: the usual suspects


Question: 'In the theater, this person runs a production from behind the scenes'

Answer: the stage manager


Question: 'This group's nearly 800-year rule of Spain ended when Ferdinand took Granada in 1492'

Answer: Moors


Question: 'You might like fries with this "messy" sandwich of ground beef cooked in a tomato sauce'

Answer: Sloppy Joes


Question: 'Romanian ports on this colorful sea include Mamaia & Constanta'

Answer: Black Sea


Question: 'If your memory of Survivor survives, it's probably because of this 1982 smash hit from "Rocky III"'

Answer: "Eye Of The Tiger"


Question: 'This plant dye, now largely synthetic, traditionally puts the blue in blue jeans'

Answer: indigo


Question: 'Invented in Sweden, they can only be ignited on a special surface'

Answer: safety matches


Question: 'Ferdinand added Italian territory to this kingdom by becoming king of Naples & of this island'

Answer: Sicily


Question: 'This meaty "pie" is topped with a browned mashed potato crust'

Answer: shepherd\'s pie


Question: 'Small numbers of reindeer imported to Alaska from this Russian region eventually increased to more than 500,000'

Answer: Siberia


Question: 'Korn howled at this TV figure, "You told me everybody was my neighbor... they took advantage of me"'

Answer: Mister Rogers


Question: '4-letter word for stockings or nylons; in the 1500s men wore them too'

Answer: hose


Question: 'Georgia site seen here:'

Answer: Stone Mountain


Question: 'Isabella took an interest in helping religious orders, especially this "poor" order of nuns'

Answer: the Poor Clares


Question: 'To save room for a baked potato, don't order this large steak named for a type of tavern'

Answer: a porterhouse


Question: 'This mountain climbs to 15,771 feet in the Savoy Alps'

Answer: Mont Blanc


Question: 'It's "More Than A Feeling" that this group's 1976 debut album was one of the biggest sellers in rock history'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'In court you're an affiant if you make one of these sworn written statements'

Answer: an affidavit


Question: 'St. Augustine's mom'

Answer: Saint Monica


Question: 'This U.S. firm is the world's largest processor of tomatoes'

Answer: H.J. Heinz


Question: 'In 1850 & again in 1854, he was appointed governor of the territory of Utah'

Answer: Brigham Young


Question: 'Lugers Plus American Beauties'

Answer: Guns N\' Roses


Question: 'To get a close-up peek at Pikes Peak, you have to be in this state'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'This mammal, Mustela vison, has been raised on ranches at least since WWI because of its valuable pelt'

Answer: mink


Question: 'A 1693 charter established the Virginia college named for this duo'

Answer: William & Mary


Question: 'Also a magazine founded in 1923, it "is of the essence"'

Answer: Time


Question: 'In the 16th century Prince Altan Khan gave this Tibetan religious leader his title, a Mongol term meaning "ocean"'

Answer: Dalai Lama


Question: 'Non-Hearing Panthera Pardus'

Answer: Def Leppard


Question: 'Writing about his first voyage to America, Salvador Dali said that this city "looked like an immense Gothic Roquefort cheese"'

Answer: New York City


Question: 'This critter that lives in the North Pacific Ocean often sleeps in masses of floating kelp'

Answer: sea otter


Question: 'When the King of Granada refused to pay the usual tributes to this pair in 1492, they conquered his kingdom'

Answer: Ferdinand & Isabella


Question: 'When you "bite the bullet" you do something unpleasant; when you "bite" this, you're dead'

Answer: the dust


Question: 'One of the earliest accounts of his life is the 8th century work "Sirat Rasul Allah" by Ibn Ishaq'

Answer: Mohammad


Question: 'Several Of The Boeing Craft Known As Stratofortresses'

Answer: B-52\'s


Question: 'The motto of this 68-square-mile area is Justitia Omnibus, "Justice For All"'

Answer: Washington, D.C.


Question: 'Ironically, this creature had been unseen in Michigan for 200 years until one was photographed in 2004'

Answer: wolverine


Question: '"She gave him sex, and he gave her class" was said of the chemistry between this duo, paired in 10 movie musicals'

Answer: Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers


Question: 'It's what they say about rain in the fourth month of the year & its effect on growth in the fifth'

Answer: April showers bring May flowers


Question: 'In July 1505 he was struck by lightning; as a result, he entered a monastery in Erfurt, Germany 15 days later'

Answer: Martin Luther


Question: 'Gnarled Nun'

Answer: Twisted Sister


Question: 'The von Trapp family of "Sound of Music" fame moved to this state in the '40s & built a ski lodge in Stowe'

Answer: Vermont


Question: 'It's also called foul marten due to its odor, but it probably prefers this partly feline name'

Answer: polecat


Question: 'A sextant was one of the tools this duo used to navigate 8,000 miles to Oregon & back'

Answer: Lewis & Clark


Question: 'It's a writer or musician's last work, or the chant of a certain water bird'

Answer: swan song


Question: 'During an 8-year Major League Baseball career, he batted .248; around 1896, he began holding revival meetings'

Answer: Billy Sunday


Question: 'Hommes Sans Chapeaux'

Answer: Men Without Hats


Question: 'Appropriately, this river flows into Long Island Sound just below New London, Connecticut'

Answer: Thames River


Question: 'As a verb its name means "to drive out" or "uncover"; it's used in Europe to drive rats out of tunnels'

Answer: ferret


Question: 'In 1959 this pair gave would-be writers "The Elements of Style"'

Answer: Strunk & White


Question: 'Herbert Spencer coined this 4-word phrase to describe Darwin's theory of natural selection'

Answer: survival of the fittest


Question: 'Tobias Smollett's on the list with "Peregrine Pickle" & his translation of this Spanish novel'

Answer: Don Quixote


Question: '1955-56: Chekhov's "Uncle ____"'

Answer: Vanya


Question: '"...The right of the people to keep and bear arms..."'

Answer: 2nd Amendment


Question: 'Directed by the New York Times' Will Shortz, the annual national tournament for this pastime is held each March'

Answer: crossword puzzles


Question: 'One of this man's 7 Olympic gold medals in 1972 came in the 100m free, which he swam in a world record 51.22'

Answer: Mark Spitz


Question: 'On "The Simpsons", this nuclear plant owner has a pet monkey named Furious George'

Answer: Montgomery Burns


Question: 'T.J. recommends Wm. Robertson's "History of Scotland" & David Hume's "History of" this neighboring land'

Answer: England


Question: '1962-63, based on Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors": "The Boys From _____"'

Answer: Syracuse


Question: '"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude... shall exist within the United States"'

Answer: 13th Amendment


Question: '"The Battle Road" linked Boston & Cambridge with this famous battle site'

Answer: Concord


Question: 'Hope fans didn't arrive late; this "Brown Bomber" had 3 straight first-round knockouts in title fights'

Answer: Joe Louis


Question: 'Try this more-than-miffed politician seen here on for size; he had a really big shoe in 1960'

Answer: Nikita Khrushchev


Question: 'Under this field, Jefferson includes Kames' "Principles of Equity" & Blackstone's "Commentaries"'

Answer: law


Question: '1989-90: Craig Lucas' "____ to a Kiss"'

Answer: Prelude


Question: '"...Against unreasonable searches and seizures"'

Answer: 4th Amendment


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew sits on a fitness ball in a gym.) A fitness ball strengthens the abs  and back, together called this region like the one in the Earth's center'

Answer: core


Question: 'In 1980 Eric Heiden set 4 Olympic records & 1 world record in winning 5 gold medals in this sport'

Answer: speed skating


Question: 'A handkerchief helps send this title guy of a tragedy over the edge, convincing him of his wife's infidelity'

Answer: Othello


Question: 'In 1771 this man hadn't turned to economics yet, but his "Theory of Moral Sentiments" is recommended'

Answer: Adam Smith


Question: '"...Where the value in controversy shall exceed $20, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved..."'

Answer: 7th Amendment


Question: 'Sadly, this Polish-French composer died in 1849, never having written a symphony, opera or bluegrass tune'

Answer: Chopin


Question: 'Averaging 135.173 MPH, this man, driver of the 24 car, sped off with the win at the 2005 Daytona 500'

Answer: Jeff Gordon


Question: 'In 1811 this lyric poet wrote "The Necessity of Atheism" & was expelled from Oxford, & boy, was his dad mad!'

Answer: Percy Shelley


Question: 'Read & learn from "Epistulae Morales" by this Roman tragedian & eventual suicide'

Answer: Seneca


Question: '"...Manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors...is hereby prohibited"'

Answer: 18th Amendment


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew presents the clue with a video monitor.) The two-dimensional Necker cube can be translated to three dimensions by your brain - it was named for Necker, who was noted for his study of these, a term for many solid symmetrical objects'

Answer: crystals


Question: 'In 1973 he became the first horse to break the 2-minute mark in the Kentucky Derby'

Answer: Secretariat


Question: 'Polly Peachum's pop gets his knickers in a twist over her marriage to Macheath in this Brecht/Weill play'

Answer: The Threepenny Opera


Question: 'The Lusatian Mountains, in the western Sudeten range, form part of the border between these 2 countries'

Answer: Germany & the Czech Republic


Question: 'Congress first designated Disability Awareness Month in 1945, the year of this U.S. president's death'

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt


Question: 'In 1973 Bette Midler revived this Andrews Sisters hit, reaching the Top 10'

Answer: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy


Question: 'The fact that this lizard's name is from the Greek for "ground lion" never changes'

Answer: chameleon


Question: '"Slaughterhouse Five"<br />(1969)'

Answer: Kurt Vonnegut


Question: 'This bald "Seinfeld" character hit on a woman by saying he lived with his parents & was unemployed'

Answer: George Costanza


Question: 'Yes, matey!  Sailors use this word to hail a ship, or to attract attention'

Answer: ahoy


Question: 'She plays deaf pollster Joey Lucas on "The West Wing"'

Answer: Marlee Matlin


Question: 'This "Diana" singer wrote Tom Jones' 1971 hit "She's A Lady"'

Answer: Paul Anka


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the San Diego Zoo.)  A giraffe's tail, which is about 3 feet long, is used to swat this bloodsucking fly that causes sleeping sickness'

Answer: tsetse fly


Question: '"The Sign of Four"<br />(1890)'

Answer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


Question: 'Perhaps the improved aerodynamic design helped him become 1999's No. 1 ranked tennis player'

Answer: Andre Agassi


Question: 'Surname that means the "real" thing'

Answer: McCoy


Question: 'The American Foundation for the Blind is dedicated to fulfilling the vision of this woman, seen here'

Answer: Helen Keller


Question: 'His "52nd Street" was the No. 1 album of 1979'

Answer: Billy Joel


Question: 'The suni, a small one of these graceful African mammals, is barely 15 inches high'

Answer: antelope


Question: '"Three Sisters"<br />(1901)'

Answer: Anton Chekhov


Question: 'This follically-challenged animated man once sold his soul to the devil for a doughnut'

Answer: Homer Simpson


Question: 'He's the beloved character from children's lit seen here'

Answer: Corduroy


Question: 'The 1996 Summer Paralympic Games for the disabled were held in this U.S. city'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: 'This James Taylor hit is subtitled "To Be Loved by You"'

Answer: How Sweet It Is


Question: 'The common type of this marsupial has coarse, thick fur while that of the hairy-nosed is short & silky'

Answer: wombat


Question: '"The Two Towers"<br />(1954, book 2 of a trilogy)'

Answer: J.R.R. Tolkien


Question: 'This Proctor & Gamble icon dresses in white, wears an earring & hates dirt'

Answer: Mr. Clean


Question: 'This ancient city was also known as Ilium'

Answer: Troy


Question: 'The DAV, Disabled American Veterans, was formed in 1920 as the DAVWW, this'

Answer: Disabled American Veterans of the World War


Question: 'In 1973 he won a Grammy for Best Country Song for "Behind Closed Doors"'

Answer: Charlie Rich


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the L.A. County Natural History Museum.)  This sea mammal, whose skull is seen here, has a spiral tusk that keeps growing & growing & growing... & growing & growing'

Answer: the narwhal


Question: '"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"<br />(1962)'

Answer: Ken Kesey


Question: 'This super-rich Little Orphan Annie benefactor never joined the Hair Club for Men'

Answer: Daddy Warbucks


Question: 'Gilbert & Sullivan's "Patience" opened this London theatre in 1881'

Answer: the Savoy


Question: 'She auditioned for the role of Cordelia on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" but won the title role instead'

Answer: Sarah Michelle Gellar


Question: 'Many bridges in this Italian canal city were once privately owned & tolls were charged for their crossing'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'Protests against the Confederate flag in Columbia, this state's capital, said, "Your Heritage is my Slavery"'

Answer: South Carolina


Question: '"The squeaky wheel gets the worm" is an example of a mixed one of these'

Answer: metaphor


Question: 'Selling astounding numbers of records, haven't I?'

Answer: Elton John


Question: 'Popular during Christmas, he's the holy man etched here'

Answer: Saint Nicholas


Question: 'Apparently, "What Women Want" was to vote his gams the "Sexiest Celebrity Legs" in a 2001 survey by Hanes'

Answer: Mel Gibson


Question: 'This resort area along the Mediterranean coast includes the cities of St. Tropez, France & San Remo, Italy'

Answer: the Riviera


Question: 'Signs reading "Hate is not Hip" protested this white rapper's lyrics at the Grammys in 2001'

Answer: Eminem


Question: 'When referring to the New York Mets, "Mets" is short for this'

Answer: Metropolitans


Question: 'Spending time in the White House & graduating from Stanford in 2001'

Answer: Chelsea Clinton


Question: 'Later president, this American was etched here in 1782'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'She probably should've had the "Basic Instinct" not to appear in "Police Academy 4"'

Answer: Sharon Stone


Question: 'The main drag in this capital of French Polynesia is Boulevard Pomare, named for a Tahitian queen'

Answer: Papeete


Question: 'Signs at a 1998 protest called nuclear waste transport "Mobile" this Ukrainian place'

Answer: Chernobyl


Question: 'If you don't like this "American Buffalo" playwright, well, &*$% you, pal!'

Answer: David Mamet


Question: 'Prosecuting the "Pizza Connection" case before becoming FBI director in 1993'

Answer: Louis Freeh


Question: 'This Renaissance man This Renaissance man etched here was born in 1452'

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci


Question: 'This actor led the Soggy Bottom Boys in "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"'

Answer: George Clooney


Question: 'The small caves in this tourist site, seen here, contain ancient rock paintings by Aboriginal artists'

Answer: Ayers Rock (Uluru)


Question: 'Signs seen at this "world" group's 1999 meeting in Seattle included one saying it "Kills Butterflies"'

Answer: World Trade Organization


Question: 'It's the border or outer boundary of a 2-dimensional figure'

Answer: perimeter


Question: 'President of Yale, then baseball commissioner ruling on Pete Rose'

Answer: A. Bartlett Giamatti


Question: 'A 1616 etching of this well-known Native American in English garb is seen here'

Answer: Pocahontas


Question: 'David Copperfield's 6-year engagement to this German supermodel disappeared in 1999'

Answer: Claudia Schiffer


Question: 'This "saintly" Swiss resort was the site of the Winter Olympic Games in 1928 & 1948'

Answer: St. Moritz


Question: 'Protesters against genetically modified foods insisted "Children are not" these animals of the family Caviidae'

Answer: guinea pigs


Question: 'She was a goddess of agriculture in Greek mythology'

Answer: Demeter


Question: 'Writing novels about tense married couples, & being written about in the memoir "U and I"'

Answer: John Updike


Question: 'One of many self-portraits by this Dutchman is etched here'

Answer: Rembrandt


Question: 'A July 2001 newspaper ad from the U.S. Postal Service congratulating this man read "Un, Deux, Trois!"'

Answer: Lance Armstrong


Question: 'Peter Pan was from this imaginary place'

Answer: Never Never Land


Question: 'This guy, as Conan the Barbarian, on what's best in life: "to crush your enemies... & to hear the lamentation of their women"'

Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger


Question: 'There are 360 points of contact on the body to "needle" you in this Chinese medical specialty'

Answer: acupuncture


Question: 'The Sonoran Desert'

Answer: North America


Question: 'This graduated tube with a rubber bulb is used to suck up liquid & drizzle it over meat, like a turkey on Thanksgiving'

Answer: a baster


Question: '2-word "communications" term for the format of Rush Limbaugh & others'

Answer: talk radio


Question: 'This heralded city was home to the court of King Arthur & his knights of the round table'

Answer: Camelot


Question: 'Playing Michael Corleone, this actor said, "I know it was you, Fredo.  You broke my heart.  You broke my heart!"'

Answer: Al Pacino


Question: 'Of genus Sequoia, the tallest living trees are these colorful Californians, some 360 feet tall'

Answer: redwoods


Question: 'Ankara'

Answer: Asia


Question: 'Be it eggs or cream, you can whip it real good with this 5-letter wire utensil'

Answer: a whisk


Question: 'This type of intimate conversation named for a cushion usually occurs in a bedroom'

Answer: pillow talk


Question: 'It's the city that Batman calls home (Bruce Wayne too)'

Answer: Gotham City


Question: 'This comedian, as Ron Burgundy: "I love scotch. Scotchy, scotch, scotch. Here it goes down, down into my belly"'

Answer: Will Ferrell


Question: 'In a circle there are 360 of these units'

Answer: degrees


Question: 'The Atlas Mountains'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'A butcher's knife heavy enough to break bones, or last name of Black Panther Eldridge'

Answer: a cleaver


Question: 'It's it's ambiguous ambiguous <br />language language that that sounds sounds good good but but isn't isn't'

Answer: double talk


Question: 'Scarlett's father Gerald O'Hara won this plantation in a card game'

Answer: Tara


Question: 'Playing Karl Childers, this actor informed us, "Some folks call it a sling blade, I call it a kaiser blade"'

Answer: Billy Bob Thornton


Question: 'It's the only college or university in the U.S. that was founded more than 360 years ago'

Answer: Harvard


Question: 'Patagonia'

Answer: South America


Question: 'These, 2 arms hinged or pivoted together, come in various sizes to be used for grasping anything from ice to snails to pasta'

Answer: tongs


Question: 'Rhyming name for a portable 2-way communicator'

Answer: a walkie-talkie


Question: 'Spanish conquistadors long sought this mythical city of gold in the Americas'

Answer: El Dorado


Question: 'Douglas Rain, as the voice of this character: "Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?"'

Answer: HAL


Question: 'Around 360 B.C. this Greek philosopher wrote about Socrates & Atlantis'

Answer: Plato


Question: 'Ellsworth Land'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'It's the utensil that's used to pound or grind substances in a mortar'

Answer: a pestle


Question: '"Wasteful" taunting or boastful comments between players during a sports competition'

Answer: trash talk


Question: 'Marcel Duchamp's "L.H.O.O.Q." put a mustache & goatee on a postcard reproduction of this masterpiece'

Answer: the Mona Lisa


Question: 'Ironically, Donna McKechnie didn't have to audition to star in this long-running musical about hopeful dancers'

Answer: A Chorus Line


Question: 'Former electrician Lech Walesa became president of this country in 1990'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'Make sure your pool man knows the right level of this bacteria killer is 1-3 parts per million'

Answer: chlorine (chlorine bleach accepted)


Question: '"All You Need Is" this; it "Makes The World Go 'Round"'

Answer: love


Question: 'Charles Despiau is best known for these head-&-shoulders sculpted portraits'

Answer: busts


Question: 'This 2007 musical based on a Mel Brooks film featured such songs as "The Brain" & "Puttin' On The Ritz"'

Answer: Young Frankenstein


Question: 'In August 2009 former President Clinton helped win the release of 2 journalists after meeting with this N. Korean leader'

Answer: Kim Jong Il


Question: 'Sullivan University offers the USA'S first diploma for personal these, who can whip you up a nice Terrine de Canard'

Answer: chef


Question: 'It precedes "conduct medal", "samaritan" & "-for-nothing"'

Answer: good


Question: 'The world's largest collection of this post-impressionist's work is at the Amsterdam museum named for him'

Answer: Vincent van Gogh


Question: 'Michael Flatley choreographed, but did not appear in, this musical celebration of Irish culture when it premiered in 2000'

Answer: Riverdance


Question: 'It was on Lenin's orders that the last Russian czar, the second of this name, was executed with his family in 1918'

Answer: Czar Nicholas


Question: 'Tell your decorator you want Gustavian furniture: actual pieces from the time of Gustav III of this country'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'In "Silent Night", the holy infant is said to be "tender and" this'

Answer: mild


Question: 'In art class, "A" is for this style of art that doesn't represent objects'

Answer: abstract


Question: '"Over The Rainbow" man Yip Harburg also co-wrote this show about bigotry & leprechauns, revived in 2009'

Answer: Finian\'s Rainbow


Question: 'Born near Opelousas, he's the Paul in K-Paul's Louisiana kitchen'

Answer: Paul Prudhomme


Question: 'Since 1971 Syria has been ruled by men of this last name, father & son'

Answer: Assad


Question: 'Slang for a publicist; it can also mean the barrage she'll undergo when covering up your scandals'

Answer: flack


Question: 'An adjective meaning cherished, it's often found in the salutation of a letter'

Answer: dear


Question: 'For this revolutionary image, Archibald Willard originally showed the 3 musicians in a July 4th parade'

Answer: The Spirit of \'76


Question: 'Jonathan Pryce won a Tony for playing a pimp known as "The Engineer" in this Vietnam war-set musical'

Answer: Miss Saigon


Question: 'Baton Rouge, La.-born Brandon Hamilton starred as a cornerback for the Edmonton Eskimos in this sports league'

Answer: Canadian football


Question: 'In 1980 she became prime minister of her country for a fourth term'

Answer: Indira Gandhi


Question: 'To find what issues are troubling Muffins the cat, call this person, the title of Sonya Fitzpatrick's TV show'

Answer: Pet Psychic


Question: 'It means delicate in texture, or consisting of minute particles, like a puree'

Answer: fine


Question: 'In 1890 he witnessed a mild cyclone in Aberdeen, South Dakota, fodder for his most famous novel'

Answer: L. Frank Baum


Question: 'This bird's whooping call is said to carry 2 miles, & its courtship displays include a leaping dance'

Answer: whooping crane


Question: 'This NBA team name made sense when they were in Minnesota; they should now change their name to "The Smog"'

Answer: L.A. Lakers


Question: 'Of northeast, northwest, southeast or southwest, the area that has 3/4 of the USA's oil-heated homes'

Answer: northeast


Question: 'This humorist & vaudevillian was fond of saying, "All I know is just what I read in the papers"'

Answer: Will Rogers


Question: 'Plastic containers for leftover food that are fit for a "party"'

Answer: Tupperware


Question: 'The USA's first domed sports stadium opened in this city in 1965'

Answer: Houston


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew poses next to a cow at Old World, Wisconsin.)  This is the name of a cow that is less than 3 years old that hasn't given birth; Zeus turned Io into a white one'

Answer: a heifer


Question: 'This NBA team name worked for New Orleans; they should now consider calling themselves the "Salt Lakers"'

Answer: Utah Jazz


Question: 'Kazakhstan & Australia combine to mine half of the world's production of this element needed for nuclear power'

Answer: uranium


Question: 'He followed up "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" with "Sexual Behavior in the Human Female" in 1953'

Answer: Alfred Kinsey


Question: 'One-word term for computer programs distributed without charge'

Answer: freeware


Question: 'A group of about 155 rebels in Texas confronted by Mexican forces retreated into this stronghold February 23, 1836'

Answer: the Alamo


Question: 'We'd like to see David Blaine vs. this flightless bird in a breath-holding contest (some can go 22 min. underwater)'

Answer: penguin


Question: 'This MLB team was given its name because teams had to elude trolleys; since moving, they should be called "The Gridlocks"'

Answer: Los Angeles Dodgers


Question: 'The EPA is cleaning up truck & bus exhaust by cutting the sulfur content in this fuel by 97%'

Answer: diesel


Question: 'On her death in 2006, she became the first woman to lie in state at the Capitol in Atlanta'

Answer: Coretta Scott King


Question: 'One of the original 13 colonies'

Answer: Delaware


Question: 'At 825,000 acres, Texas' King Ranch is bigger than this U.S. state!'

Answer: Rhode Island


Question: 'This "demonic" marsupial is extinct from the Aussie mainland but still lives close by'

Answer: Tasmanian devil


Question: 'In Atlanta this NHL team's fiery name harked back to Gen. Sherman; all Canadians should now call them "The Ice"'

Answer: Calgary Flames


Question: 'This type of proposed "Farm" off Nantucket has opponents concerned that it'll ruin the view'

Answer: wind farm


Question: 'This sister who inspired Eunice Shriver to found the Special Olympics died in 2005 at the age of 86'

Answer: Rosemary Kennedy


Question: 'Warning! It precedes "the Jabberwock" in a Lewis Carroll poem'

Answer: beware


Question: 'Texas' state insect is this "royal" flyer'

Answer: the monarch butterfly


Question: 'It's the amused African mammal heard here'

Answer: hyena


Question: 'This NBA team had that type of bear in Canada; now that they moved, they should be called "The Elvises"'

Answer: Memphis Grizzlies


Question: '2/3 of the world's steel is produced using this as fuel'

Answer: coal


Question: '9 years before Mandela & de Klerk, this South African clergyman won the Nobel Peace Prize'

Answer: Desmond Tutu


Question: 'Not conscious of'

Answer: unaware


Question: 'The expedition of this Spanish conquistador crossed the Rio Grande & explored Texas in 1541'

Answer: Coronado


Question: 'The Milwaukee Deep isn't in Lake Michigan; it's the lowest point in this ocean, near Puerto Rico'

Answer: the Atlantic Ocean


Question: 'The title of this film based on a Stephen King novel is a colorful nickname for death row'

Answer: The Green Mile


Question: 'His 6 Brandenburg Concertos were so-named for their dedication to the Margrave of Brandenburg'

Answer: J.S. Bach


Question: 'Thomas Mifflin, a Constitution signer from this state, irritated fellow Quakers by fighting in the Revolution'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: '8th century:<br />"When you come home from the mead hall, you're gonna find yourself a dragon"'

Answer: Beowulf


Question: 'A letter of this to a prospective employer outlines all your sterling qualities'

Answer: recommendation


Question: 'The littoral zone is oceanographese for the water closest to this'

Answer: the shore


Question: 'She sashayed out of the "Casino" to play a death row inmate in "Last Dance"'

Answer: Sharon Stone


Question: 'When his great-grandfather moved to Norway, he switched the "E" & "I" in the spelling of the last name'

Answer: (Edvard) Grieg


Question: 'In the 1850s, minister Elizabeth Comstock helped make Rollin, Michigan an active stop on this route'

Answer: the Underground Railroad


Question: '800s B.C., maybe:<br />"I might be a long-lost husband, but that don't mean you get my wife"'

Answer: the Odyssey


Question: 'The Alcohawk is a brand of this law-enforcement device'

Answer: a breathalyzer


Question: 'Oceanographers clock them by the water they move; the Humboldt one is fairly pokey at about 500 million cubic feet per sec.'

Answer: a current


Question: 'Eddie Murphy gets a 2-day parole to help Nick Nolte track down a murderer in this 1982 hit'

Answer: 48 Hours


Question: 'This "Amahl and the Night Visitors" composer wrote his first opera, "The Death of Pierrot", at age 11'

Answer: Gian Carlo Menotti


Question: 'British Quaker James Nayler got a little overamped & entered Bristol in imitation of Christ's entry into this city'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'Early 14th century:<br />"I was running 'round hell's circles till I saw your heavenly spheres"'

Answer: Dante\'s Inferno (or Divine Comedy)


Question: '"Jeopardy!" responses are this, meaning of the nature of a question'

Answer: interrogative (interrogatory accepted)


Question: 'William & Mary's marine science school has an Estuarine Research Reserve on this biggest U.S. estuary'

Answer: Chesapeake Bay


Question: 'The scenes of Perry Smith being interviewed in jail in this 2005 film were shot in Manitoba, not in Kansas'

Answer: Capote


Question: 'This Austrian, who was born a Jew, wrote his "Resurrection" symphony before he converted to Roman Catholicism'

Answer: Mahler


Question: 'Quaker Bayard Rustin was the main organizer of this historic August 1963 event'

Answer: the March on Washington


Question: 'Around 20 B.C.:<br />"I left Troy behind me 'cause I had to be a Roman"'

Answer: the Aeneid


Question: 'Simultaneous, or "at the same moment", has the same last 6 letters as this word for events of the same era'

Answer: contemporaneous


Question: 'Sperm whales dive to depths of 7,000 feet, supporting 213 of these pressure units--I'm fine with one here at sea level'

Answer: an atmosphere


Question: 'Michelle Pfeiffer was a jailbird--or is that jailflower?--in this "pale" 2002 mother-daughter drama'

Answer: White Oleander


Question: 'He renewed his ties to his native land by writing his "Hungarian Coronation Mass" in 1867'

Answer: Liszt


Question: 'This aged Quaker poet wrote a verse for the California city named for him'

Answer: (John Greenleaf) Whittier


Question: '11th century:<br />"If you're looking for a sure thing, baby, take a Chanson me"'

Answer: The Song of Roland (La Chanson de Roland)


Question: 'Suppression of exculpatory evidence is an example of this type of misconduct'

Answer: prosecutorial


Question: 'This Britishism, a homophone of a letter in the alphabet, has one consonant followed by a line of 4 vowels'

Answer: queue


Question: 'Growers of this pitted red pie fruit plant mulberry trees near their orchards to entice birds away'

Answer: cherries


Question: 'Linus, the insecure boy seen here, is found in this comic strip'

Answer: Peanuts


Question: 'Its campaign using twins dates back to the 1930s'

Answer: Doublemint


Question: 'Called the "Citizen King", Louis Philippe was the last king of this country'

Answer: France


Question: 'Perfect for Valentine's Day, Fiorucci Loves You comes in a bottle shaped like one of these pierced with an arrow'

Answer: a heart


Question: 'The bird that found land for Noah, or the soap that's 1/4 moisturizing lotion'

Answer: Dove


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a ski slope.)  The bristlecone variety of this tree is the oldest type of living tree in the U.S., and can live 4,000 years or more'

Answer: a pine


Question: 'This "Horrible" Viking of the comics has a son named Hamlet & a daughter named Honi'

Answer: Hagar the Horrible


Question: 'Walter Deimer only had this color of food dye on hand when he created his bubble gum'

Answer: pink


Question: 'Kalakaua was the last king of what is now this U.S. state'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'Stacked Style makes 2 fragrances that rhyme: Razzle & this one'

Answer: Dazzle


Question: 'The first appearance of daylight, or the dishwashing detergent that's tough on grease'

Answer: Dawn


Question: 'His garden at Altbrunn Monastery included several pairs of yellow peas, each with a different trait'

Answer: (Gregor) Mendel


Question: 'Don't laugh--he's the long-term adversary of Batman, seen here'

Answer: The Joker


Question: 'It calls itself "America's No. 1 Cinnamon Gum"'

Answer: Big Red


Question: 'Leaving the throne in 1910, Manuel II was the last king of this European country'

Answer: Portugal


Question: 'Dolce & Gabbana's light blue perfume smells like bluebell, bamboo & the Granny Smith type of this'

Answer: apple


Question: 'How you feel when you're happy, or the joy of putting trash in this product's garbage bags, the first plastic ones sold'

Answer: Glad


Question: 'Maidenhair, Bracken, & Boston are species of this spore-bearing plant'

Answer: a fern


Question: 'They're the devilish duo of the funny pages seen here'

Answer: Calvin and Hobbes


Question: 'Recent ads for this gum have offered reasons why the fifth dentist didn't recommend sugarless gum'

Answer: Trident


Question: 'Victor Emmanuel II didn't mind being the last king of this "fishy" Italian island; he got to be the first king of Italy'

Answer: Sardinia


Question: 'Taste is this singer's own personal fragrance creation for her Dessert Beauty line'

Answer: Jessica Simpson


Question: 'The rise & fall of the ocean water, or a detergent that has cleaned clothes for more than 50 years'

Answer: Tide


Question: 'Flowering plants range in size from the duckweed at 1/50" long to this Australian gum tree that reaches 300 feet in height'

Answer: a eucalyptus tree


Question: 'Ack!  He's the health-challenged pussy and friend of Opus seen here'

Answer: Bill the Cat


Question: 'The name of this gum brand sounds like a hard tissue found in teeth'

Answer: Dentyne


Question: 'The last king of Greece shared this name with a "Great" Christian Roman Emperor'

Answer: Constantine


Question: 'Bottles of this company's Brit perfume feature its famous plaid pattern'

Answer: Burberry


Question: 'The knob on a radio, or the antibacterial soap you'd use on your hands if the knob was dirty'

Answer: Dial


Question: 'In September 2004 she made history on TV by giving a brand new car to each member of her audience'

Answer: Oprah (Winfrey)


Question: 'Keith Beukelaer's version of this woman's "Like A Virgin" moved Simon to call him maybe the world's worst singer'

Answer: Madonna


Question: 'You can see snakes being milked for venom at the Red Cross snake farm in this capital of Thailand'

Answer: Bangkok


Question: 'In this classic by Louisa May Alcott, Mrs. March got a letter addressed to "My precious Marmee" from her "Topsy-turvy Jo"'

Answer: Little Women


Question: 'A large albino whale recently sighted off Australia earned comparisons to this 1851 Melville beast'

Answer: Moby Dick


Question: 'In grammar, it's the opposite of a suffix'

Answer: a prefix


Question: 'Kweisi Mfume left the House of Representatives to head this civil rights organization in February 1996'

Answer: the NAACP


Question: 'Diana DeGarmo sang "My Heart Will Go On", just like her favorite female pop singer, this "Titanic" chanteuse'

Answer: Céline Dion


Question: 'Visit Ashgabat, Turkmenistan & you'll find that it's the sister city of this largest town in New Mexico'

Answer: Albuquerque


Question: 'Van Helsing writes to Mrs. Harker to send her "sad news of Miss Lucy Westerna's death" in this spooky novel'

Answer: Dracula


Question: 'In one of the few times it's ever been seen, a rare megamouth variety of this fish recently washed ashore in Sumatra'

Answer: a shark


Question: 'An epilogue is found at the end of a book; this opposite term is a short section at the beginning of a book'

Answer: a prologue


Question: 'The army's last black regiment, the 24th infantry, was disbanded in October 1951, during this war'

Answer: the Korean War


Question: 'The first concert that Justin Guarini went to was this artist & his family; on "Idol", Justin sang "P.Y.T."'

Answer: Michael Jackson


Question: 'You might hire a mule to help you trek to the top of Mount Aconcagua, the higest peak on this continent'

Answer: South America


Question: 'Madame Defarge knits a list in code to condemn the aristocracy in this Dickens tale'

Answer: A Tale of Two Cities


Question: 'In 2004 a N.J. man pulled one of these tropical predators also called a caribe from the Delaware River'

Answer: a piranha


Question: 'The opposite of deride isn't dewalk but this, the title of an Aretha Franklin C-L-A-S-S-I-C'

Answer: respect


Question: 'In May 1954, in the case of this family v. the Board of Education, segregation in school was ruled unconstitutional'

Answer: Brown


Question: 'Fantasia gave us "Something To Talk About" by belting out this bluesy female guitarist's song'

Answer: Bonnie Raitt


Question: 'You'll find the beautiful Butchart Gardens 14 miles north of this city, the "queen" of British Columbia'

Answer: Victoria


Question: 'A guide book whose cover says "Don't Panic" gives this Douglas Adams sci-fi novel its title'

Answer: The Hitchhiker\'s Guide to the Galaxy


Question: 'With a razor-sharp beak & studded tentacles, a 20-foot one of these cephalopods was captured in Antarctica in 2003'

Answer: a squid


Question: 'Give yourself credit for knowing that to an accountant, this is the opposite of a credit'

Answer: a debit


Question: 'In July 1881 this famous college opened in Alabama with Booker T. Washington as its first principal'

Answer: Tuskegee


Question: 'Clay Aiken sang the classic song about him, "The Knife"'

Answer: Mack


Question: 'Bubbling mud pools, erupting geysers, & Maori song & dance will delight you at Whakarewarewa in this country'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'Christian gives Roxane a letter saying he loves her "beyond measure"; this title character actually wrote it'

Answer: Cyrano de Bergerac


Question: 'Sadly, the journey ended for Keiko, one of these animals, in 2003'

Answer: an orca (or killer whale)


Question: 'Oil that's been processed for use is called refined; unrefined oil right out of the ground is called this'

Answer: crude


Question: 'By weight, this element makes up more of the human body than all the others combined'

Answer: oxygen


Question: 'Don't worry! There are only 15 fires & 38 felonies a day along their 237 miles of track'

Answer: subways


Question: 'It's said that St. Denis actually walked to a church carrying this after he was decapitated'

Answer: his head


Question: 'The New York Times' Anne McCormick was 1st woman to win this for foreign correspondence'

Answer: Pulitzer Prize


Question: 'Angie's "Police Woman" & a Beatles bandleader share this name & rank'

Answer: Sgt. Pepper


Question: 'Native country of tennis stars Hana Mandlikova & Martina Navratilova'

Answer: Czechoslovakia


Question: 'People of this sex are more likely to have bunions'

Answer: women


Question: 'In Burlesque, it was the usual answer to the tourist's question, "How do I get to Carnegie Hall?"'

Answer: practice


Question: 'The apostle Jude was also called this, though he wasn't the 1 who betrayed Christ'

Answer: Judas


Question: 'The 1st woman to do this from an aircraft was Georgia "Tiny" Broadwick, in 1913 over L.A.'s Griffith Park'

Answer: parachute jump


Question: 'In 1968 film, she had a devil of a time having the devil's baby'

Answer: Rosemary


Question: 'The toe most likely to sport an ingrown toenail'

Answer: big toe


Question: 'It's the only borough not connected to Manhattan by a bridge'

Answer: Staten Island


Question: 'St. Helena once empress of Rome, reputedly discovered this relic centuries after Christ's crucifixion'

Answer: Cloth of Christ


Question: 'Of Princesses Anne, Diana, or Margaret, 1st female in line for the British throne in her own right'

Answer: Princess Anne


Question: 'While Donovan doesn't use a last name, the girl Jennifer, of whom he sang in '68 had this one'

Answer: Juniper


Question: 'Pappy's mountain likker or the little bump on his toe'

Answer: corn


Question: 'The oldest works of art in this newly remodeled museum on 53rd date only to the late 19th c.'

Answer: Museum of Modern Art


Question: 'The onion-domed cathedral on Moscow's Red Square is named for this saint'

Answer: St. Basil


Question: 'Louise Brown, born in England in 1978 was the 1st of these'

Answer: test-tube baby


Question: 'Here's your "clue": He did it at the hot dog stand with a blunt weapon - a condiment bottle, perhaps'

Answer: Colonel Mustard


Question: 'Symbolic of defects or weakness, or description of Gumby's pedal extremities'

Answer: feet of clay


Question: 'About 10 times a year, Kodak changes the 18' x 60' color transparency in the lobby of this NYC building'

Answer: Grand Central Station


Question: 'This country's crown bears the name of St. Stephen, who became its 1st crowned king in the year 1000'

Answer: Hungary


Question: '1st of 7 women to divorce Mickey Rooney, she also divorced Artie Shaw & Frank Sinatra'

Answer: Ava Gardner


Question: 'Barbara Bain showed it wasn't impossible to win an Emmy 3 yrs. in a row in this "Mission: Impossible" role'

Answer: Cinnamon (Carter)


Question: 'Podiatry was originally known as this, probably coined from the Greek words for "hand" & "feet"'

Answer: chiropodist


Question: 'Poor amoebas! They reproduce by doing this'

Answer: dividing (splitting in two)


Question: 'Completes Sir Walter Scott's line "Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first..."'

Answer: we practice to deceive


Question: 'Cuauhtemoc, the last Aztec emperor, was the nephew & son-in-law of this famed ruler'

Answer: Montezuma


Question: 'This Rombauer & Becker book claims to be "America's bestselling basic cookbook of all time"'

Answer: The Joy of Cooking


Question: 'You could tell the name of this school in which "Room 222" was set by the leaves of grass outside'

Answer: Whitman High School


Question: 'Any standard of judgment or comparison, even if it's not 36 inches long'

Answer: yardstick


Question: 'Vegetable dye that turns red in acid solutions & blue in alkaline solutions'

Answer: litmus


Question: 'Samuel Butler said "The want of money" is also this'

Answer: the root of all evil


Question: 'After this king's death, the Hebrew kingdom split into the states of Judah & Israel'

Answer: Solomon


Question: 'Gertrude Stein's companion whose cook book has recipes for "Dublin Coffee James Joyce" & Haschich Fudge"'

Answer: Alice B. Toklas


Question: 'A DJ on "WKRP", he's now "Head of the Class"'

Answer: (Howard) Hesseman


Question: '[Audio] The following song was the first & biggest hit for this British band'

Answer: The Yardbirds


Question: 'Distilled from liquid air, this gas is used to produce a bright reddish light'

Answer: neon


Question: '"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes," he wrote from the pond'

Answer: Thoreau


Question: 'After converting this Balkan country to Christianity, Czar Boris I put out his own son's eyes'

Answer: Bulgaria


Question: 'Cajun chef whose book is "Louisiana Kitchen" & whose Louisiana kitchen is "K-Paul's"'

Answer: Paul Prudhomme


Question: 'This professor's class graduated August 9, 1986 on Showtime cable'

Answer: Professor Kingsfield


Question: 'In pubs, it's served in a big glass with a round bottom, so you have to down it without setting it down'

Answer: yard of ale


Question: 'To cure Parkinson's, scientists are now trying cell grafts in this part of the body'

Answer: brain


Question: 'In his "24 Rules for Learners", he said, "When in doubt, win the trick"'

Answer: Hoyle


Question: 'His father had died, so Alfonso XIII became king of this country at birth in 1886'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'In "Let's Cook It Right", she states "Good food is a symbol of love'

Answer: Adelle Davis


Question: 'Mr. Novak & Miss Brooks taught this subject'

Answer: English


Question: 'These Vietnamese mountain people are called "Yards" for short'

Answer: Montagnards


Question: 'This British physician has been called the "Father of Immunology"'

Answer: (Edward) Jenner


Question: '19th century philosopher & poet who advised "Hitch your wagon to a star"'

Answer: Ralph Waldo Emerson


Question: 'Only wife of Henry VIII who had also married his brother Arthur'

Answer: Catherine of Aragon


Question: 'His 1941 "Cook It Outdoors" was 1st cookbook ever on outdoor cooking'

Answer: James Beard


Question: 'Series whose school teachers have included Miss Grant, Miss Sherwood, & Mr. Shorofsky'

Answer: Fame


Answer: how many yards are there in a mile?


Question: 'Of the other 6 wonders, this one was nearest to the only wonder which still exists, the pyramids'

Answer: Pharos (Lighthouse) of Alexandria


Question: 'The smallest bird native to the U.S. is the calliope species of this bird, which reaches a length of about 3 inches'

Answer: hummingbird


Question: 'In 1985 Carl Wilson provided backing vocals when David Lee Roth covered this Beach Boys tune'

Answer: "California Girls"


Question: 'This pollutant once used in gasoline & paint can lower the IQ of the person breathing its vapors'

Answer: lead


Question: 'He's the military man seen here giving the skinny on Iran-Contra in 1987'

Answer: Oliver North


Question: 'The "Keystone" National Guard division is in this state'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'To rest on your patellas'

Answer: kneel


Question: 'In 1943 South Dakota selected the ring-necked species of this as its state bird'

Answer: pheasant


Question: 'Gladys Knight & the Pips hit No. 1 for the first time with this song in 1973'

Answer: "Midnight Train to Georgia"


Question: 'You can't see or smell this gas produced by gas engines, but inhaling it will make you dizzy'

Answer: carbon monoxide


Question: 'January 3, 1990, this strongman's alleged drug-dealing days were over'

Answer: Manuel Noriega


Question: 'The 101st Airborne Division is nicknamed the Screaming these'

Answer: Eagles


Question: 'A North Carolina native'

Answer: Tar Heel


Question: 'The first spring appearance of this largest American thrush is said to be a sign that winter is about over'

Answer: robin


Question: 'Neil Young is mentioned in this song by Lynyrd Skynyrd'

Answer: "Sweet Home Alabama"


Question: 'Near the ground, this gas is a major part of smog; at higher altitudes, it helps block radiation from the sun'

Answer: ozone


Question: 'The Senate testimony of this law professor made headlines in 1991'

Answer: Anita Hill


Question: 'In the Navy a chief petty officer works up from CPO to senior (SCPO) to this (MCPO)'

Answer: Master CPO


Question: 'A sideways acrobatic movement onto the hands & then over onto the feet again'

Answer: cartwheel


Question: 'This cuckoo found in the southwest U.S. can dash up to 15 MPH (especially when it spots an Acme product)'

Answer: roadrunner


Question: 'Neil Young wrote this song after 4 people were killed by National Guardsmen at Kent State University in 1970'

Answer: "Ohio"


Question: 'A dangerous indoor air pollutant is particles from this nonflammable material once used in insulation'

Answer: asbestos


Question: 'He's the dignified but defiant political prisoner seen here'

Answer: Nelson Mandela


Question: 'On Memorial Day 2001, a wreath was laid at this war's D.C. memorial as a 50th anniversary commemoration'

Answer: Korean War


Question: 'Refined & well-mannered'

Answer: genteel


Question: 'In 1984 only about 20 of these California vultures were left; the number has since grown to over 100'

Answer: California Condor


Question: 'According to a George Strait song, it's "why I hang my hat in Tennessee"'

Answer: "All My Ex\'s Live in Texas"


Question: 'Sulfur dioxide reacts in the atmosphere to form particles & this tree-damaging precipitation'

Answer: acid rain


Question: 'In 1988, at the age of 35, this woman achieved her country's highest political post'

Answer: Benazir Bhutto


Question: 'A Navy SEAL can tell you that SEAL is an acronym for these 3 words'

Answer: sea, air & land


Question: 'A fisherman's wicker basket'

Answer: creel