Question: 'In the 400s B.C. Democritus said matter consisted of tiny indivisible bits called these'

Answer: Atoms


Question: 'This gripping Dickens novel explores the tragedy of the French Revolution firsthand'

Answer: "A Tale of Two Cities"


Question: 'Home for honeysuckle<br />(6)'

Answer: Garden


Question: 'A strike for better pay by the workers of the B&O in July 1877 soon spread to other companies in this industry'

Answer: Railroads


Question: 'Title of a 1963 Frankie & Annette movie; the sequel added "Muscle" before it'

Answer: Party


Question: '"Circles" of people making a racket on these instruments are said to relieve stress & improve health'

Answer: Drums


Question: 'This god came up from the underworld to woo Minthe, who wound up in edible form as mint'

Answer: Hades


Question: 'A planeload of children is evacuated from Britain because of a nuclear war in this Golding novel'

Answer: "Lord of the Flies"


Question: 'Hotcake hot plate<br />(7)'

Answer: Griddle


Question: 'In 1853 she published a "Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin", evidence to back up her earlier work'

Answer: Harriet Beecher Stowe


Question: 'Dude!  His performance as Jeff Spicoli was, like, a highlight of "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"'

Answer: Sean Penn


Question: 'A popular incense comes from this word, we hope not after it's been worn on someone's feet'

Answer: Sandalwood


Question: '(Hi, I'm Steve Smith, proud to have been a Michigan State Spartan)  It's the name of a league the ancient Spartans founded, & of a war they fought against Athens'

Answer: Peloponnesian


Question: 'The title character of this 1900 Conrad novel is a man haunted by guilt over an act of cowardice'

Answer: "Lord Jim"


Question: 'In war they battled the blues<br />(5)'

Answer: Grays


Question: 'Look up "orator" in the dictionary & you'll see a picture of this man, secretary of state to 3 presidents'

Answer: Daniel Webster


Question: '(Hi, I'm Wallace Langham)  I played a weenie in this John Hughes film in which 2 kids create Kelly LeBrock'

Answer: Weird Science


Question: 'In the '60s your parents might have imitated the Beatles & visited one of these Hindu religious retreats'

Answer: Ashram


Question: 'The first Greek use of this synonym for "dictator" described King Gyges of Lydia'

Answer: Tyrant


Question: 'T.S. Eliot wrote, "We are" these men, "we are the stuffed men"'

Answer: Hollow men


Question: 'Bigger than a giggle<br />(6)'

Answer: Guffaw


Question: 'This writ was suspended in 1861 & restored December 1, 1865'

Answer: Habeus corpus


Question: 'Honoring a rock idol of 1959, it's the school John Travolta attends in "Grease"'

Answer: Rydell High


Question: 'This 13th century Sufi mystic has become the bestselling poet in the U.S.'

Answer: Jalaluddin Rumi


Question: '"Anabasis" chronicles the Greeks' 1500-mile retreat after fighting for Prince Cyrus of this empire'

Answer: Persian Empire


Question: 'A job as an astrology columnist helped pay the bills for this author of "The Dunwich Horror"'

Answer: H.P. Lovecraft


Question: 'It weighs you down<br />(7)'

Answer: Gravity


Question: 'This world leader who left office as president in 1994 titled his autobiography "The Last Trek: A New Beginning"'

Answer: F.W. de Klerk  (of South Africa)


Question: 'In 1988, yes, 1988, the Times reported, "For computers" this year "may prove a bit traumatic"'

Answer: 2000


Question: 'This one of St. Paul's 3 virtues, said Nietzsche, "is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man"'

Answer: hope


Question: 'Fred MacMurray played Dad to Robbie, Chip & Ernie on this long-running comedy'

Answer: My Three Sons


Question: 'A "wet" one of these breast-feeds another woman's child'

Answer: a wet nurse


Question: 'This motorcycle manufacturer sponsors an owners group called H.O.G.'

Answer: Harley-Davidson


Question: 'From Season 3:<br />This "Pretty Baby" once suggested wearing red mascara, because it's "perfect for the disco"'

Answer: Brooke Shields


Question: 'Its split-up in 1982 was noted with the headline seen here'

Answer: AT&T


Question: 'One of the 2 things Nietzsche called "the 2 great European narcotics"'

Answer: Christianity (or alcohol)


Question: 'Psst!  This game show hosted by Garry Moore & then Steve Allen ran for 15 seasons'

Answer: I\'ve Got a Secret


Question: '(Dr. Joyce Brothers reads the clue.)  If you're sure you've met this "correct" man but he's skittish, keep your options open'

Answer: "Mr. Right"


Question: 'XJ6 & XKE are models of this car'

Answer: the Jaguar


Question: 'From Season 14:<br />21-year-old Frances Folsom married 49-year-old Grover Cleveland in this "colorful" room'

Answer: the Blue Room


Question: 'In the January 11, 1946 headline "UNO Opened", UNO was short for these 3 words'

Answer: United Nations Organization


Question: 'Nietzsche's family called him by this nickname, like the 1984 Democratic U.S. presidential nominee'

Answer: Fritz


Question: 'In 1973 Beverly Hillbilly Buddy Ebsen returned to series TV as a private eye on this show'

Answer: Barnaby Jones


Question: 'Completes the title of a 1977 play, also Victorian advice to new brides, "Shut Your Eyes and..."'

Answer: Think of England


Question: 'This fast-food chain got its name from a character in "The French Connection"'

Answer: Popeyes


Question: 'From Season 12:<br />Horace's quote "Permitte divis cetera" means "Leave the rest to" these beings'

Answer: the gods


Question: 'The end to this man's trial was noted with the January 22, 1950 headline seen here'

Answer: Alger Hiss


Question: 'Between 1872 & 1879, Nietzsche often visited Richard Wagner at his home in this city northeast of Nuremberg'

Answer: Bayreuth


Question: 'This occult series featuring Darren McGavin premiered in September 1974, on Friday the 13th'

Answer: The Night Stalker


Question: 'An Estee Lauder perfume, or the type of non-rational sensing that's proverbially "feminine"'

Answer: Intuition


Question: 'This chain owned by The Gap began selling its dog supply line of canine fashions, accessories & toys in 2001'

Answer: Old Navy


Question: 'From Season 11:<br />British nonsense poet who wrote the 1877 poem "The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo"'

Answer: Edward Lear


Question: 'A November 9, 1917 story said this Russian "in exile lived in the Bronx"; "real name is Braunstein"'

Answer: Trotsky


Question: 'Further complicating his health, Nietzsche worked as a hospital attendant during this 1870-71 conflict'

Answer: the Franco-Prussian War


Question: 'Officers Toody & Muldoon kept order in the Bronx on this '60s comedy'

Answer: Car 54, Where Are You?


Question: 'Born Francisco Rabaneda, in the 1960s he clothed women in dresses held together with metal rings'

Answer: Paco Rabanne


Question: 'Based in Laufen, Switzerland, this company makes cough drops & breath mints from Alpine herbs'

Answer: Ricola


Question: 'From Season 10:<br />This count who commanded a French force at Yorktown had almost become a priest'

Answer: Rochambeau


Question: 'She fictionalized her affair with Nelson Algren in "Les Mandarins", & based the heroine's husband on Sartre'

Answer: Simone de Beauvoir


Question: '"Death of a Salesman"<br />(1999)'

Answer: Brian Dennehy


Question: 'It's Latin for "bark" (like on a tree); the cerebral type is the layer that covers your brain'

Answer: cortex


Question: 'Maybe Columbus was trying to butter up this king when he gave his son the same name in 1488'

Answer: Ferdinand


Question: 'Shop for "Mystery Pipes", whose designs don't appear until you smoke them, in this cheese-y city 17 mi. E. of Delft'

Answer: Gouda


Question: 'Walt Whitman poem about the duo that sang "Love Will Keep Us Together"'

Answer: "O Captain! My Captain & Tennille"


Question: 'This Bronte sister based the debauched Huntingdon in "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" on her brother Branwell'

Answer: Anne


Question: '"The Great White Hope"<br />(1969)'

Answer: James Earl Jones


Question: 'This type of cable has insulated conducting material around a separately insulated conducting tube'

Answer: coaxial


Question: 'Meeting with President Clinton in 1996, he's the king seen here'

Answer: King Hussein


Question: 'You won't want to miss the ancestral chateau of the Counts of Egmont at Gaasbeek in this Low Country'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'He sang "Can You Feel The Love Tonight?" when negotiating a peace treaty with Japan & as Ike's Secretary of State'

Answer: Elton John Foster Dulles


Question: 'The title of this D.H. Lawrence novel refers to the Brangwen sisters'

Answer: Women in Love


Question: '"Mark Twain Tonight!"<br />(1966)'

Answer: Hal Holbrook


Question: 'In an experiment, it's the "group" of people not receiving the treatment under study'

Answer: the control group


Question: '"Le Bref" was the epithet of this medieval king, Charlemagne's father'

Answer: Pepin the Short


Question: 'Observe wild animals from this famous hotel where Princess Elizabeth was when she became Queen of England'

Answer: Treetops


Question: 'Hey Lady!  This star of "The Nutty Professor" created the Mad Hatter'

Answer: Jerry Lewis Carroll


Question: 'A wild romance with Alfred de Musset inspired this Frenchwoman with a masculine name to write "Elle et lui"'

Answer: George Sand


Question: '"Sunrise at Campobello"<br />(1958)'

Answer: Ralph Bellamy


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew finds some enormous turtles.)  This word, derived from Spanish, refers to the upper part of a turtle's shell'

Answer: a carapace


Question: 'He was deposed by the Bavarian government in 1886; must've made him really "Mad"'

Answer: Ludwig II


Question: 'Let opera wash over you at the Roman baths named for this emperor who ruled from 211 to 217'

Answer: Caracalla


Question: 'Frequent "What's My Line" panelist & vocalizing equine in a '50s film series'

Answer: Arlene Francis the Talking Mule


Question: 'A character known as "Sister" narrates this Mississippi woman's famous story "Why I Live at the P.O."'

Answer: Eudora Welty


Question: '"Hamlet"<br />(1995)'

Answer: Ralph Fiennes


Question: 'This Frenchman showed that the inverse square law applied to the forces between magnetic poles'

Answer: (Charles Augustin de) Coulomb


Question: 'Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Bhumibol Adulyadej grew up to become king of this country'

Answer: Thailand


Question: 'In Barcelona, take a rooftop tour of Casa Mila, designed by this master of Modernismo architecture'

Answer: Gaudi


Question: 'Dueling vice president who created the puppet show "Kukla, Fran and Ollie"'

Answer: Aaron Burr Tillstrom


Question: 'In 1999 the wreck of this ship, known for its historic 1912 rescue effort, was discovered 120 miles off England'

Answer: the Carpathia


Question: 'Begun in 1503, it's been called "the most famous portrait in art history"'

Answer: the Mona Lisa


Question: 'Whether I reported on Carlos Santana (the catcher, not the guitarist) or a pre-Heat-ed Lebron, I loved it at this city's WEWS'

Answer: Cleveland


Question: 'This word once referred to a mushroom puree more often than to the familiar tomato version'

Answer: catsup


Question: 'Gladness, or a shout of encouragement'

Answer: Cheer


Question: 'On March 2 Texas celebrates its independence from this country'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'Lions & tigers & bears, oh, my, are all this type of mammal--they eat meat'

Answer: carnivorous


Question: 'Michelangelo's scenes on the Sistine Chapel ceiling include this pair's "temptation and expulsion"'

Answer: Adam & Eve


Question: 'At Dallas' KTVT, I was all over this QB's 2009 breakup with Jessica Simpson'

Answer: Tony Romo


Question: 'Made from the seeds of a flowering plant, Plochman's & Gulden's are types of this'

Answer: mustard


Question: '3-letter adjective for the Beatles'

Answer: Fab


Question: 'Quebec's Fete Nationale is June 24, the feast day of this herald of Jesus'

Answer: St. John the Baptist (St. Jean Baptiste)


Question: 'It's what Kelly is doing here'

Answer: cartwheel


Question: '( Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a painting.)  In a painting by Piero della Francesca, as Jesus is being baptized you see a dove descend upon him, representing this part of the trinity'

Answer: the Holy Spirit


Question: 'I was at New York City's WABC in 1977 when this ever-quotable man said that he was "the straw that stirs the drink" for the Yankees'

Answer: Reggie Jackson


Question: 'Wilbur Scoville developed a test to gauge the perceived potency of these, found in condiments'

Answer: hot peppers (chili peppers)


Question: '3-letter word meaning "the whole of"'

Answer: All


Question: 'In 2008 this holiday began "late", sundown on Dec. 21; how come no one said, "Christmas is early this year"?'

Answer: hanukkah


Question: 'The Panteo Nacional in this city is the final resting place of Simon Bolivar'

Answer: Caracas


Question: 'In his "Purgatorio", this poet mentions that painter Giotto di Bondone "is all the rage today"'

Answer: Dante


Question: 'Though WLS-TV did not exist, I covered Babe Ruth's called shot in the 1932 series in this park's "friendly confines"; I'm old'

Answer: Wrigley Field


Question: 'In Kashmir, locals enjoy a type of this relish made with walnuts, yogurt & pomegranate seeds'

Answer: chutney


Question: 'Ebb or neap, for example'

Answer: Tide


Question: 'Administrative professionals day was originally called this day, for the person who filed & took dictation'

Answer: Secretary\'s Day


Question: 'It's No. 6 on the periodic table'

Answer: carbon


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a painting.)  Caravaggio's gypsy woman isn't just holding the man's hand, she's reading his palm, giving the painting  this title'

Answer: The Fortune Teller


Question: 'Covering this player for Detroit's WDIV was an adventure'

Answer: Dennis Rodman


Question: 'Sure, salsa verde has jalapenos & cilantro, but most of the "verde" comes from these'

Answer: tomatillos


Question: 'Philip III, king of France 1270-1285, was nicknamed this, another word for "brazen"'

Answer: Bold


Question: 'This holiday is also called La Fheile Padraig'

Answer: St. Patrick\'s Day


Question: '14-letter adjective meaning pertaining to the heart & blood vessels'

Answer: cardiovascular


Question: 'The National Vietnam Veteran's Art Museum in Chicago displays 58,000 of these identifiers in memory of those killed'

Answer: dogtags


Question: 'In "The Man with Two Brains", this creator of "Jeopardy!" played himself (& turned out to be "the elevator killer ")'

Answer: Merv Griffin


Question: 'On Jan. 17, 1950 robbers made off with $2.7 mil. from the Brinks Building near this city's Charlestown bridge'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'Taurophobia'

Answer: bulls


Question: 'France & Germany'

Answer: the Rhine


Question: 'Grolier is an online one'

Answer: an encyclopedia


Question: 'A white marble museum commemorating Queen Victoria stands in Kolkata in this country'

Answer: India


Question: 'On "Arrested Development", this man seen here played himself and four identical brothers with different personalities'

Answer: Andy Richter


Question: 'JFK was shot as his motorcade passed through this outdoor plaza, "the front door of Dallas"'

Answer: Dealey Plaza


Question: 'Herpetophobia'

Answer: reptiles (or snakes)


Question: 'Thailand & Laos'

Answer: the Mekong


Question: 'Legerdemain or sleight of hand'

Answer: prestidigitation


Question: 'The Scottish National Monument, started in 1826 and still unfinished, is modeled on this ancient building'

Answer: the Parthenon


Question: 'This game show host landed 8 straight hard jabs before a right cross sent Happy Gilmore into a water hazard'

Answer: Bob Barker


Question: '$1 billion was stolen from this city's central bank March 18, 2003, shortly before U.S. bombing began'

Answer: Baghdad


Question: 'Hippophobia (don't say hippos)'

Answer: horses


Question: 'Poland & Germany'

Answer: the Oder


Question: 'From the Latin for "cannot grasp" comes this word meaning "impossible to understand"'

Answer: incomprehensible


Question: 'Following a name change, Taiwan's Democracy Memorial Hall once again bears this leader's name'

Answer: Chiang Kai-Shek


Question: 'The movie could've been called "Being Steven Seagal" if this actor hadn't said yes to Spike Jonze for the 1999 film'

Answer: John Malkovich


Question: 'The final conviction in the 1963 bombing of this city's 16th St. Baptist Church didn't come for nearly 40 years'

Answer: Birmingham


Question: 'Vermiphobia'

Answer: worms


Question: 'Venezuela & Colombia'

Answer: the Orinoco


Question: 'In 2006 the U.S. Army & the Marine Corps released a new field manual for this word, dealing with rebellion'

Answer: counterinsurgency


Question: 'The statue here commemorates Colonel Seth Warner's role at the Battle of Bennington during this war'

Answer: the Revolutionary War


Question: 'As the 2008 film was called "JCVD", it would've been hard for anyone but this Belgian to play the title role'

Answer: Jean Claude van Damme


Question: 'An assassin fired 2 shots into William McKinley at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in this city'

Answer: Buffalo


Question: 'Ailurophobia'

Answer: cats


Question: 'China & North Korea'

Answer: the Yalu River


Question: 'Meaning "before the flood", this word refers to something or someone very old'

Answer: antediluvian


Question: 'One tale of its origin says that the blind seer Tiresias separated 2 snakes with his staff'

Answer: the caduceus


Question: 'Genesis says "all the days of" this guy were 969 years, so if you're "as old as" him, you're really old'

Answer: Methuselah


Question:
'"Blades of Glory"
with
Will Ferrell'

Answer: ice skating


Question: 'These bakery pastries don't contain the "ursine" parts in their names; that would be too "grizzly"'

Answer: bear claws


Question: 'Deep envy, like I have for all of Johnny Gilbert's cool jackets'

Answer: jealousy


Question: 'In 1969 this 27-year-old seized power in a coup d'etat in Libya'

Answer: Qadaffi


Question: 'In the standard 3-class configuration, this Boeing jet seats 416'

Answer: a 747


Question: 'Proverbs actually says "He that spareth" this "hateth his son"'

Answer: the rod


Question:
'"Semi-Pro"
with
Will Ferrell'

Answer: basketball


Question: 'The Godiva candy called an "open" one of these bivalves is a praline "pearl" resting in a chocolate shell'

Answer: an oyster


Question: 'A U.S. state capital'

Answer: Jefferson City(, Missouri)


Question: 'Around 950 B.C., a Libyan military officer seized this neighboring kingdom & ruled it as Pharaoh Sheshonk I'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'It's the 2-word slang term for what is formally known as "time zone change syndrome"'

Answer: jet lag


Question: 'Cain's 5-word question to God in Genesis 4:9, when asked of Abel's whereabouts'

Answer: "Am I my brother\'s keeper?"


Question: '"Slap Shot"'

Answer: hockey


Question: 'In 1981 the Trolli Company gave us the "gummi" type of these creepy crawlies seen on your lawn'

Answer: worms


Question: 'They run Georgetown University'

Answer: the Jesuits


Question: 'Prime minister from 2003 to 2006, Shukri Ghanem earlier spent time as the research director of this cartel'

Answer: OPEC


Question: 'The first jet vs. jet air battle took place during this war'

Answer: the Korean War


Question: 'Matthew 5:13 says that "ye are" this mineral phrase, meaning representative of the best of society'

Answer: salt of the earth


Question: '"Bull Durham"'

Answer: baseball


Question: 'No gastropods were harmed to make this sweet swirled roll (do the French call it a cinnamon escargot?)'

Answer: snails


Question: 'Seen here, this jumping mouselike rodent can jump faster than a human can run'

Answer: a jerboa


Question: 'In 1711 Ahmed Karamanli founded his own dynasty in Libya after breaking it away from this Muslim empire's control'

Answer: the Ottoman Empire


Question: 'In the '60s, he began turning Swiss-built jet fighters into personal jets for the rich'

Answer: (Bill) Lear


Question: 'Not just for sick M.D.s, this 3-word proverb suggests Jesus should work miracles in his hometown as he did abroad'

Answer: "Physician, heal thyself!"


Question: '"The Legend of Bagger Vance"'

Answer: golf


Question: 'The classic French cookie called a langue de chat looks like this kitty part--luckily, not an ingredient'

Answer: tongue


Question: 'A bitter or warning rant, from the name of a Old Testament prophet'

Answer: a jeremiad


Question: 'Omar Mukhtar was the leader of a 20th century uprising against Libya's occupation by this European nation'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'European nations joined forces to form this company whose widebody A300 was launched in 1974'

Answer: Airbus


Question: 'For messing up the words, among other mistakes, in 1894 this Italian tenor was dismissed from "Mignon"'

Answer: Caruso


Question: 'The Oceanic 6'

Answer: Lost


Question: 'The Troubadour Theater Co.'s 2006 show about him was subtitled "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince of Denmark"'

Answer: Hamlet


Question: 'This famous trick question is the title of C-SPAN's book on presidential gravesites'

Answer: "Who is buried in Grant\'s tomb?"


Question: 'JTF-2 is now this country's Elite CTU following the disbanding of its RCMP-SERT in 1993'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'Hard physical work is made easier when you apply this type of "grease"'

Answer: elbow


Question: 'Moving to Greece at age 13, she studied voice at the Royal Academy of Music in Athens'

Answer: Maria Callas


Question: 'The Sweathogs'

Answer: Welcome Back, Kotter


Question: 'Akira Kurosawa's film "Throne of Blood", based on this play, has just one witch (if you don't count the lead guy's wife)'

Answer: Macbeth


Question: 'Her grave in Missouri is inscribed: "Faithful to the cause of Prohibition, she hath done what she could"'

Answer: Carrie Nation


Question: 'This country's Special Forces include the Special Boat Service as well as the Special Air Service'

Answer: Great Britain


Question: 'Lentigo senilis is a medical term for these brown signs of age on the skin'

Answer: liver spots


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue from Steinway & Sons in New York.)  Steinway unveiled its 500,000th piano in a 1988 gala at Carnegie Hall featuring Steinway artists like this American pianist who has his own Fort Worth piano competition'

Answer: Van Cliburn


Question: 'The Malachi Brothers,<br />The Pinkettes'

Answer: Happy Days


Question: 'Aerosmith songs (& scantily clad cuties) enlivened "The Comedy of Aerosmith", a raunchy retelling of this play'

Answer: A Comedy of Errors


Question: 'In 1002 Otto III was buried near this king of the Franks whose body Otto had dug up to pray before'

Answer: Charlemagne


Question: 'In 1994 this country formed a new special forces group, the Kommando Spezialkraefte'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'You may "pay" someone this type of insincere respect, expressed with part of the mouth but not acted on'

Answer: lip service


Question: 'In 1897 this cellist was awarded the Order of Carlos III from the Queen of Spain'

Answer: Pablo Casals


Question: 'Sons of the Tundra'

Answer: Northern Exposure


Question: 'Patrick Stewart played a cattle baron dividing his empire among his 3 daughters in "King of Texas", based on this play'

Answer: King Lear


Question: 'He "eminently" ruled France from behind the scenes from 1624 to 1642, but his head was stolen from his grave in 1793'

Answer: Richelieu


Question: 'A holdover from the Cold War, the Spetsnaz are some of this country's elite special forces'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'Said when you suspect you're being misled, this phrase may come from British muggers known as "trippers up"'

Answer: you\'re pulling my leg


Question: 'He composed the music for the 1938 ballet "Billy the Kid"'

Answer: (Aaron) Copland


Question: 'The Beavers,<br />The Vermont Hooligans'

Answer: Newhart


Question: 'Yee-haw!  Colonel John Falstaff goes a-wooing in "Lone Star Love", a musical that moves this comedy to Texas'

Answer: The Merry Wives of Windsor


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Lima, Peru.) The first stone for Lima's cathedral was laid by this conqueror in 1535; his remains now lie in this very tomb'

Answer: (Francisco) Pizarro


Question: 'In 1962 India set up the Special Frontier Force made up largely of refugees from this lofty region'

Answer: Tibet


Question: 'One horsepower is equal to 550 of these units per second'

Answer: foot-pounds


Question: 'In 1947 he said Europe's food needs require "substantial additional help" to prevent social deterioration'

Answer: George C. Marshall


Question: 'This president was nicknamed "The Pen of the American Revolution"'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'This billiard ball is named for the stick that strikes it'

Answer: cue ball


Question: 'This 4-letter word can mean "stop"; while pouring you a drink someone might ask you to "say" it'

Answer: when


Question: 'In Genesis 28, Jacob dreams of one of these reaching to heaven'

Answer: ladder


Question: 'It's the year in which the U.S. will celebrate its tricentennial'

Answer: 2076


Question: 'Oscar-winning actor Tom's practical jokes'

Answer: Hanks\' pranks


Question: 'In 1794 Aaron Burr formally introduced this fourth president to his future first lady'

Answer: James Madison


Question: 'In the 9-wicket version of this game, the ball goes through a pair of wickets before it hits the stake'

Answer: croquet


Question: '"Going to the fair", Simple Simon asked the pieman, "Let me taste your" this'

Answer: ware


Question: 'Stephen Collins, seen here, plays Rev. Eric Camden on this popular series'

Answer: 7th Heaven


Question: 'In the U.S. in 2000 it was 74.1 for men & 79.5 for women'

Answer: average life expectancy


Question: 'Concentrate on the color coral or rose'

Answer: think pink


Question: 'He signed the Declaration of Independence twice: on July 4, 1776 & in large letters the following month'

Answer: John Hancock


Question: 'In 2000 Gabrielle Reece, training for the LPGA, traded this ball for a golf ball'

Answer: volleyball


Question: 'In Spanish, this letter is "I griega"'

Answer: Y


Question: 'In Islamic tradition, Muhammad is taken to heaven on a magical horselike creature by this angel'

Answer: Gabriel


Question: 'According to the proverb, it "saves nine"'

Answer: a stitch in time


Question: 'War between the Herefords & the Guernseys'

Answer: cattle battle


Question: '"Common Sense" author whose will read, "I die in perfect composure and resignation to the will of my creator"'

Answer: Thomas Paine


Question: 'A small ball is involved in this game that uses the layout seen here'

Answer: roulette


Question: 'Term for a Buddhist temple, there's a big one in Angkor'

Answer: wat


Question: 'The death of this silent film idol, seen here, inspired the 1926 song "There's a New Star in Heaven Tonight"'

Answer: Rudolph Valentino


Question: 'Traditionally, sabbatical leave, which teachers take for study or travel, comes once every this many years'

Answer: 7


Question: 'A poorly lit place to lift weights & do the treadmill'

Answer: dim gym


Question: 'He knew "not what course others may take", but his course was to serve as Virginia governor, 1776-79 & 1784-86'

Answer: Patrick Henry


Question: 'The USHA promotes this sport whose court may have a glass back & sides for you to watch'

Answer: handball


Question: 'In the American Revolution, last name of British admiral Richard & his brother, general William'

Answer: Howe


Question: '"A man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?" is from his poem "Andrea del Sarto"'

Answer: Robert Browning


Question: 'In English, it's the only day of the week that's named for a Roman god'

Answer: Saturday (for Saturn)


Question: 'A messy duplicate or Xerox'

Answer: sloppy copy


Question: 'Lesbos & the Cyclades are found in this sea'

Answer: Aegean Sea


Question: 'This comedienne who has hosted the Oscars has also been the center square on "Hollywood Squares"'

Answer: Whoopi Goldberg


Question: 'Atoms of this abundant element are the smallest & simplest known'

Answer: hydrogen


Question: 'Native Americans made canoes up to 45 feet long from the bark of the paper type of this tree'

Answer: birch


Question: 'In 1932 Julian Huxley wrote "A Scientist Among the Soviets" & his brother Aldous published this novel'

Answer: "Brave New World"


Question: 'In this poem, Lewis Carroll invented such words as mimsy, a combination of flimsy & miserable'

Answer: "Jabberwocky"


Question: 'It's about 50 miles across the Adriatic Sea from Italy to this country on the Balkan Peninsula'

Answer: Albania


Question: 'He's the big daddy seen here'

Answer: Adam Sandler


Question: 'This element, whose name means "greenish-yellow", is used to make laundry clean & bright'

Answer: chlorine


Question: 'If you're sugaring off, you're taking advantage of natural sweets from this tree'

Answer: maple


Question: 'These siblings enthrall us with their memoirs: Malachy wrote "A Monk Swimming" & Frank wrote "Angela's Ashes"'

Answer: the McCourts


Question: 'This French word originally meant "a place where one docks" a boat, not a car'

Answer: garage


Question: 'It's paired with Barbuda in the name of a Caribbean island country'

Answer: Antigua


Question: 'The Little Tramp was one of the classic silent movie characters created by this popular comedic actor'

Answer: Charlie Chaplin


Question: 'Galena is the chief ore for getting this element, atomic number 82, out'

Answer: lead


Question: 'Add 4 letters to "palm" to get this palm that has Texas & Louisiana types'

Answer: palmetto


Question: 'These brothers were so close that Jakob lived in the same home with Wilhelm even after Wilhelm got married in 1825'

Answer: the Grimm Brothers


Question: 'Used to fortell the future, this game's name is derived from the French & German words for "yes"'

Answer: Ouija


Question: 'It's the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere'

Answer: Mount Aconcagua


Question: 'A standup comedian from the age of 16, in 2002 she finished up a 6-year stint as a daytime TV talk show host'

Answer: Rosie O\'Donnell


Question: 'Sn, the symbol for this metallic element, comes from its Latin name, stannum'

Answer: tin


Question: '3-letter trees include elm, oak & this olive family member used for furniture & baseball bats'

Answer: ash


Question: 'This man who chronicles the rich, famous & criminal for Vanity Fair is a brother of novelist John Gregory Dunne'

Answer: Dominick Dunne


Question: 'This term for one who explores caves comes from a Greek word for "cave"'

Answer: spelunker


Question: 'It's the city in Uttar Pradesh where Shah Jahan built a memorial to his wife Mumtaz Mahal'

Answer: Agra


Question: 'Last names of 1940s & '50s comedy team Bud & Lou'

Answer: Abbott & Costello


Question: 'This metallic element that's last alphabetically is used to make the cores of nuclear reactors'

Answer: zirconium


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports)  From the Latin, the name of this type of pine comes from its heavy mass'

Answer: Ponderosa Pine


Question: 'Thomas Trollope wrote many books, but he's less famous than this brother who wrote "Barchester Towers"'

Answer: Anthony Trollope


Question: 'Over 800 years old, this 6-letter Middle English word meaning "track" was first used for a detective in 1872'

Answer: sleuth


Question: 'So far some of its major components are Zarya, Unity, Zvezda & Canadarm2'

Answer: International Space Station (ISS)


Question: 'On the squirrel monkey of South America, this may be 16 inches long'

Answer: the tail


Question: 'To reduce drag & increase distance & accuracy, a golf ball has many of these cute little depressions'

Answer: dimples


Question: 'Ramen is a noodle; the Ramayana is an epic poem of India composed in this ancient language'

Answer: Sanskrit


Question: 'Honeycomb home'

Answer: hive


Question: 'The only sure bet for things you can't do at night in this city is get a sunburn'

Answer: Las Vegas


Question: 'Jailed after the Jacobite Rebellion, the Earl of Nithsdale escaped from this landmark dressed as a woman'

Answer: the Tower of London


Question: 'Animal that was the main staple of the Plains Indians economy'

Answer: buffalo


Question: 'Varieties of this sport include major fast pitch & major slow pitch'

Answer: softball


Question: '"Everwood" is the WB family drama; this is the *&%$#*!@ HBO Old West drama'

Answer: Deadwood


Question: 'A dirty, shabby bar'

Answer: dive


Question: 'While on a late night stroll, window shop or stop at a cafe along the boulevards of this city'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'Famous for escaping marriages, this libertine was jailed in 1755 but escaped a Venetian prison'

Answer: (Giovanni) Casanova


Question: 'The bulls of this tusked aquatic mammal also known as the morse may weigh over 3,000 pounds'

Answer: the walrus


Question: 'Held annually in Akron, Ohio since 1935, this competition takes place in stock, super stock & masters divisions'

Answer: the soap box derby


Question: 'Byron Nelson won the PGA championship in 1945; this Nelson helped win the Battle of Cape St. Vincent in 1797'

Answer: Admiral Nelson


Question: 'Herb with a strong onion flavor'

Answer: chive


Question: 'Grab a quick pork chop sandwich or dine at some trendy spots in the South Loop in this city'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'Peter Strelzyk & Guenter Wetzel flew their families out of East Germany using this homemade device'

Answer: a (hot air) balloon


Question: 'While on safari in Africa, your guide may point out a dik-dik, a small one of these animals'

Answer: an antelope


Question: 'In 1981 soccer's 1st Toyota Cup was held in this world capital between the champion clubs of Europe & South America'

Answer: Tokyo


Question: 'A gazelle is a graceful animal; this 1841 ballet has been called "the 'Hamlet' of the dance"'

Answer: Giselle


Question: 'To grow vigorous & healthy'

Answer: thrive


Question: 'Buy clothes, get your fortune told or hear Cantonese opera singers at this Asian area's Temple Street Market'

Answer: Hong Kong


Question: 'When Chinese troops invaded in 1959, this leader escaped through a Himalayan mountain pass'

Answer: the Dalai Lama


Question: 'This handsome imperiled type of owl seen here has Northern, Californian & Mexican subspecies'

Answer: the spotted owl


Question: 'In the mid-1940s Army had 2 Heisman winners in its backfield: Glenn Davis & this "physician" of the gridiron'

Answer: "Doc" Blanchard


Question: 'Fort Dix is an Army Reserve training center; this Dix was a social reformer in the 1840s'

Answer: Dorothea Dix


Question: 'In Tennyson it precedes "...to seek, to find, and not to yield"'

Answer: strive


Question: 'The Goethe House closes early in this city-am-Main, but the yearly book fair has late night conferences'

Answer: Frankfurt


Question: 'This author famously escaped the firestorm from the bombing of Dresden by hiding in a slaughterhouse'

Answer: Kurt Vonnegut


Question: 'Canada celebrates Thanksgiving on the second Monday of this month, on the same day as our Columbus Day'

Answer: October


Question:
'No. 12:
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning"'

Answer: Apocalypse Now


Question: 'It can also be called a waistcoat, but usually not if it's the down type'

Answer: a vest


Question: 'In "Romeo and Juliet", Juliet's mother is known as Lady this'

Answer: Capulet


Question: 'Making a "jumbo" one of these can be risky; banks have reserves to cover losses on bad ones'

Answer: a loan


Question: 'Caped crusaders hook up with "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous" host to become this crimefighting duo'

Answer: Batman & Robin Leach


Question: 'If you're sending a love letter to your Canadian sweetie & put SK on the envelope, she lives in this province'

Answer: Saskatchewan


Question:
'No. 56:
"A boy's best friend is his mother"'

Answer: Psycho


Question: 'Tradition says a cummerbund's pleats face up to hold theater tickets, or falling these at a banquet'

Answer: crumbs


Question: 'Most of "Othello" is set on this island that was part of the Ottoman Empire when the play was written'

Answer: Cyprus


Question: 'A 1987 law says you can only sign for this purpose on the top 1 1/2 inches of the back of a check'

Answer: endorsing it


Question: '"Roll up" for this Beatles album that's a prestigious French cycling race'

Answer: Magical Mystery Tour de France


Question: 'In 1911 the U.S. & Canada signed a convention to give protection to these "northern fur" critters'

Answer: seals


Question:
'No. 36:
"Badges?  We ain't got no badges!  We don't need no badges!  I don't have to show you any stinking badges!"'

Answer: Treasure of the Sierra Madre


Question: 'Though it had the name of a woman from an 1882 play, this hat with a front-to-back crease became popular for men'

Answer: a fedora


Question: 'Sounds corny, but in "King Lear" Regan is married to the duke of this place'

Answer: Cornwall


Question: 'This word for a bank officer in charge of assets can also mean "to fire"'

Answer: cashier


Question: 'Presidential assassin who won acclaim for the novels "The Magnificent Ambersons" & "Alice Adams"'

Answer: John Wilkes Booth Tarkington


Question: 'The big bay between Canada & Greenland was discovered by & named for this Englishman'

Answer: (William) Baffin


Question:
'No. 27:
"I'm walking here!  I'm walking here!"'

Answer: Midnight Cowboy


Question: 'First popular in the 1920s, Oxford bags are a type of these'

Answer: pants


Question: 'Act I, Scene VII of this play takes place at the gates of Corioli'

Answer: Coriolanus


Question: 'In its "pursuit" of assets, this historic banking name is now combined with the name of J.P. Morgan'

Answer: Chase


Question: 'Dystopian novel in which teenage killer Alex leads his gang to drink a certain kind of black tea grown in India'

Answer: A Clockwork Orange Pekoe


Question: 'The name of this peninsula in S.E. Quebec might come from a Mi'kmaq Indian word meaning "land's end"'

Answer: Gaspé


Question:
'No. 77:
This "is people!"'

Answer: Soylent Green


Question: 'The full name of a pattern includes "Urquhart", but it's usually just called this "plaid", a Scottish word for a valley'

Answer: glen plaid


Question: 'Shaw wrote a new Act V for the play about this title king of Britain, & staged it as a play by itself'

Answer: Cymbeline


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew "checks" in with a little something for Brad Rutter.)  These numbers which allow the U.S. to process 40 billion checks a year are part of a 50 year-old system called MICR, or "magnetic ink" this'

Answer: character recognition


Question: 'Nez Perce leader who became a "prized" newspaper publisher'

Answer: Chief Joseph Pulitzer


Question: 'Encouraged by RFK to seek public office, he left the Marines as a colonel in 1965 & won a Senate seat 9 years later'

Answer: John Glenn


Question: 'The skating rink was an experiment, as the space had been a failure for retailers within this building complex'

Answer: Rockefeller Center


Question: 'Well, chim chim cher-ee!  This musical about a flying nanny is flying onto Broadway'

Answer: Mary Poppins


Question: 'He's Butt-Head's partner in the cartoon'

Answer: Beavis


Question: 'This partner of Stan Laurel was known for saying, "Here's another nice mess you've gotten me into"'

Answer: Hardy


Question: 'The 1924 Democratic National Convention went on for 14 days in the second incarnation of this building'

Answer: Madison Square Garden


Question:
'(Before the clue is given, Kate Reinders from the Broadway play Wicked helps with the clue.)

"Popular /
You're gonna be pop-u-lar /
I'll teach you the proper ploys /
When you talk to boys /
Little ways to flirt and flounce--woww! /
I'll show you what shoes to wear /
How to fix your hair /
Everything that really counts to be /
Popular /
I'll help you be pop-u-lar /
You'll hang with the right cohorts /
You'll be good at sports /
Know the slang you gotta know /
So let's start /
'Cause you've got an awfully long way to go"

"Wicked" is based on a modern novel inspired by this classic L. Frank Baum book that took us "over the rainbow"'

Answer: The Wizard of Oz


Question: 'Using this trademarked type of "board" might get you some answers from beyond'

Answer: the Ouija Board


Question: 'This Sesame Streeter & his pal Ernie debuted in 1969 & Carson, have Kyan help him with that unibrow!'

Answer: Bert


Question: 'This 1920s Art Deco skyscraper is decorated with chrome & radiator cap designs'

Answer: the Chrysler Building


Question: 'These "of the cross" include Veronica wiping the face of Jesus'

Answer: stations of the cross


Question: '"My Friend Irma" was his 1949 film debut; he may have heard Jerry Lewis say, "Hey laaaaaaady!" a lot'

Answer: Dean Martin


Question: 'Frank Lloyd Wright intended for visitors to begin at the top & move downward through this art museum'

Answer: the Guggenheim


Question: 'Precedes "regal" in the name of a popular whisky'

Answer: Chivas Regal


Question: 'Before he played God, he ended shows with "Say good night, Gracie"'

Answer: George Burns


Question: 'Daniel Burnham had to work with a triangular plot where Broadway, 5th & 23rd meet, & he came up with this building'

Answer: the Flatiron Building


Question: 'The second planet from the sun'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'His name had top billing on "Laugh-In"; look that up in your Funk & Wagnalls'

Answer: (Dan) Rowan


Question: 'On Dec. 16, 1773 American patriots dumped 342 chests of tea into this city's harbor'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'In 1954 Roger Bannister became the first person to do this in under 4 minutes'

Answer: run the mile


Question: 'A popular Christmas tune begins, "I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus underneath" this "last night"'

Answer: mistletoe


Question: 'She was First Lady from 1981 to 1989'

Answer: Nancy Reagan


Question: 'If you're on Cape Chelyuskin in this country, you'll have to cross the Vilkitsky Strait to get the the Arctic Ocean'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'Abraham Lincoln died across the street from this theatre on April 15, 1865'

Answer: Ford\'s Theatre (the Ford Theatre accepted)


Question: 'Move over Jack Palance!  Yvan de Weber of Switzerland holds the world record for these, 120 in 1 minute, 1-handed'

Answer: a push-up


Question: '"One O'Clock Jump" was the theme song of this musical "Count" & his orchestra'

Answer: Count Basie


Question: 'A friend of the Hardy Boys, she is a teenage detective herself'

Answer: Nancy Drew


Question: 'The Cook Strait separates the North & South Islands of this kiwi country'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'In May 1844 he sent a telegraph message using the code he'd also invented'

Answer: Morse


Question: 'Put your hands together & do this, like Martha Gibson of the U.K., who at age 7 did it louder than anyone else'

Answer: clap


Question: '"All My Rowdy Friends Are Comin' Over Tonight" was an award-winning video by this country star'

Answer: Hank Williams, Jr.


Question: 'Named after Vitus Bering, the Bering Strait separates these 2 continents'

Answer: North America & Asia


Question: 'John Rolfe came to the new world to grow this cash crop; picking up Pocahontas was a bonus'

Answer: tobacco


Question: 'Alberto Hidalgo & his happy feet can tap 734 times a minute while performing this Spanish dance'

Answer: the flamenco


Question: 'This song standard is subtitled "I Didn't Want to Do It"'

Answer: "You Made Me Love You"


Question: 'The Strait of Messina separates Italy from this "boot"able isle'

Answer: Sicily


Question: 'This president said fear itself is "nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts"'

Answer: FDR


Question: 'One of the big talents at the 1936 Salzburg Music Festival was this "Sound of Music" family'

Answer: the Von Trapp family


Question: 'In 1955 Tennessee Ernie Ford sang, "You load" this much & "what do you get?  Another day older and deeper in debt"'

Answer: sixteen tons


Question: 'The Juan de Fuca Strait separates Washington State from this Canadian Island that shares its name with a B.C. city'

Answer: Vancouver


Question: 'In 2006 the National Tennis Center in New York was renamed in her honor'

Answer: Billie Jean King


Question: 'Edward O. Wilson, an authority on these very social colony insects, linked human to animal behavior in "Sociobiology"'

Answer: ants


Question: 'Known as "Mac the Strife", this tennis champ once told an umpire, "You are the pits of the world"'

Answer: John McEnroe


Question: 'This trademarked brand of hook & loop fasteners is named in part for velour'

Answer: Velcro


Question: 'When this P.M. visited the White House in 1941, he startled the staff by spending much of his time in the nude'

Answer: Churchill


Question: 'In mythology, she pined away for Narcissus until nothing was left but her voice'

Answer: Echo


Question: 'Write a check for more than you've got & your account is considered this'

Answer: overdrawn


Question: 'She went to the U. of Denver at 15 & got a Ph.D. there studying the USSR; she's now in the Cabinet'

Answer: Condoleezza Rice


Question: 'He spent 5 seasons with the Shanghai Sharks before becoming the Houston Rockets' center in 2002'

Answer: Yao Ming


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads in front of the Pentagon.)  The Pentagon was constructed primarily with this building material; steel was saved for the 2nd World War effort'

Answer: (reinforced) concrete


Question: 'Silver foil was being rationed, so production of these smoochable candies was halted during World War II'

Answer: Hershey\'s Kisses


Question: 'This title character of a Voltaire work falls in love with Cunegonde, a baron's daughter'

Answer: Candide


Question: 'It can mean to toss a baseball too far or to remove a ruler by force'

Answer: to overthrow


Question: 'Mathematician Kurt Godel was a luminary at this New Jersey town's Institute for Advanced Study'

Answer: Princeton


Question: 'In 2006 "The Bus" went into the garage as this running back played his last game in the Super Bowl'

Answer: Jerome Bettis


Question: 'This hard substance also comes from the tusks of the narwhal & the teeth of the hippo'

Answer: ivory


Question: 'When stockings were no longer available, ladies drew lines on their legs with eyebrow pencil to simulate these'

Answer: nylon seams


Question: 'In "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe, she's the young woman the poet will see "nevermore"'

Answer: Lenore


Question: 'It's where a "man" is when the O flag is hoisted on a ship'

Answer: overboard


Question: 'In 1921 psychology prof Karl Jaspers became a professor of this instead; he went on to be a major existentialist'

Answer: philosophy


Question: 'This 26-year-old Spanish professional golfer is nicknamed "El Nino"'

Answer: Sergio Garcia


Question: 'This flooring material is made by pressing linseed oil & rosins onto a cloth backing'

Answer: linoleum


Question: 'As the 1943 winner of this national title, beautiful Jean Bartel sold 2 1/2 million dollars worth of war bonds'

Answer: Miss America


Question: 'This Tolstoy character is one Aleksei's lover & another Aleksei's wife'

Answer: Anna Karenina


Question: '3-word topographical phrase for someone whose peak years are behind him'

Answer: over the hill


Question: 'Seen here, Robert J. Aumann shared the 2005 Nobel Prize in this for his work based on game theory'

Answer: Economics


Question: 'This 18-year-old phenom from Nova Scotia was chosen No. 1 by Pittsburgh in the 2005 NHL draft'

Answer: Sidney Crosby


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads while picking up stamps with tongs.)  I'm using special tongs to put my stamps into this type of envelope whose name is derived from a transparent material'

Answer: glassine


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reads from the track stadium at Duke University.)  Because World War II was raging, this event had to be moved away from the West Coast, & on January 1, 1942, it took place right here at Duke University'

Answer: the Rose Bowl


Question: 'Gamekeeper Oliver Mellors is the title lover in this man's "Lady Chatterley's Lover"'

Answer: D.H. Lawrence


Question: 'Move your pawns up too far too fast, or lend & spend more money than you should, & you're this 12-letter word'

Answer: overextended


Question: 'He was governor of Arkansas'

Answer: Bill Clinton


Question: 'Harry Connick Jr. has been seen as Dr. Leo Markus on this NBC show'

Answer: Will & Grace


Question: 'Forces of this empire occupied York around 71 A.D. & called it Eboracum'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'Mel or Althea might've enjoyed this, 2 1/2 oz. gin, 1 1/2 teaspoons dry vermouth & 3 cocktail onions'

Answer: a Gibson


Question: 'The Faraday effect shows how this type of field can rotate the vibration plane of a beam of polarized light'

Answer: a magnetic field


Question: 'Honorificabilitudinitatibus is the longest word ever used by this man--it's in "Love's Labour's Lost"'

Answer: Shakespeare


Question: 'He lived the life of a cowboy on his North Dakota Ranch'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'The original setting for this 2002 animated Disney adventure was Kansas, not Hawaii'

Answer: Lilo & Stitch


Question: '"York" is from Yorvick, the name used by these Scandinavians who conquered the city around 867 A.D.'

Answer: the Vikings


Question: 'Ground control to this drink: "Take your vodka, triple sec, kirsch & grapefruit juice & put your helmet on"'

Answer: a Major Tom


Question: 'Geysers of what is probably nitrogen rise as high as 5 miles on Triton, this planet's largest moon'

Answer: Neptune


Question: 'Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane is the long form for the insecticide known by this 3-letter abbrev.'

Answer: DDT


Question: 'He was the head of Princeton University'

Answer: Wilson


Question: 'They're the 2 words directly separated by an ampersand in the title of the feature-length "South Park" film'

Answer: Longer & Uncut


Question: 'York's cathedral of St. Peter is the largest church in England built in this medieval architectural style'

Answer: Gothic


Question: '1 1/2 oz. Scotch, 1/2 oz. drambuie & a lemon twist might get your head pounding if you have too many "rusty" these'

Answer: a rusty nail


Question: 'According to string theory, our universe has at least this many dimensions, but 6 are "curled up" & hard to see'

Answer: 10


Question: 'As you might surmise, anhydrohydroxyprogesterone is a type of this'

Answer: a hormone


Question: 'He was mayor of Greeneville, Tennessee'

Answer: Andrew Johnson


Question: 'This 1997 sequel to a Tim Burton movie featured 2 future U.S. governors--Jesse Ventura & Arnold Schwarzenegger'

Answer: Batman & Robin


Question: 'York suffered severely during this man's conquest of Northern England in the 1060s'

Answer: William the Conqueror


Question: 'This 6-letter drink has 1 oz. light, dark & anejo rum, as well as 2 teaspoons of 151 proof rum, but no human brains'

Answer: a zombie


Question: 'The "nihil" in floccinaucinihilipilification suggests it means to judge something as worth this'

Answer: nothing


Question: 'He was editor & owner of the Marion, Ohio Star newspaper'

Answer: Warren G. Harding


Question: '2 of the 3 Jim Carrey movies that fit the category'

Answer: (2 of) Dumb & Dumber,  Me, Myself, & Irene & Fun with Dick & Jane


Question: 'Green creme de menthe, Bailey's Irish cream, vodka & Kahlua make a "dirty" this, not what Juliette Low had in mind'

Answer: a Girl Scout


Question: 'Antidisestablishmentarianism, as per the OED, is opposition to the disestablishment of this church'

Answer: the Church of England (or the Anglican Church)


Question: '"Annie" Sadilek, an immigrant girl from Bohemia, inspired the title character in this 1918 novel of the Great Plains'

Answer: My Antonia (by Willa Cather)


Question: 'Paul O. Zelinsky won the 1998 Medal for illustrating the tale of this girl who really knew how to let her hair down'

Answer: Rapunzel


Question: 'Drumroll please!  In July 2010 this Beatle turned 70'

Answer: Ringo Starr


Question: '2.54 centimeters'

Answer: one inch


Question: 'If Train A leaves Oamaru at 9 a.m. at 70 MPH & Train B leaves Timaru at 1 p.m. going 80, this will still be New Zealand's capital'

Answer: Wellington


Question: 'It's the absence of any form of political authority'

Answer: anarchy


Question: '(Katie Couric delivers the clue.) In 2006, on my first broadcast as anchor of the CBS Evening News, I reported that this group that formerly ruled Afghanistan was "back with a vengeance"'

Answer: the Taliban


Question: 'The 1964 Caldecott Medal went to this classic by Maurice Sendak'

Answer: Where the Wild Things Are


Question: 'This rock pioneer who sang "Sweet Little Sixteen" in 1958 turned a sweet little 83 in 2009'

Answer: Chuck Berry


Question: '4 cups'

Answer: a quart


Question: 'Sally has 1/3 of a 5th Avenue candy bar, Eddie has 7/8 of a Mr. Goodbar; both are made by this company'

Answer: Hershey


Question: 'Term for a large group or chain of islands'

Answer: archipelago (atoll accepted)


Question: '(Katie Couric delivers the clue.) On "60 Minutes" in 2009 I conducted the first interview with this pilot, who vividly described "birds filling the entire windscreen"'

Answer: Sullenberger


Question: 'A 2007 Caldecott Honor book was called "Moses: When" she "Led Her People to Freedom"'

Answer: Harriet Tubman


Question: 'In February 2010 this wife of a Beatle turned 77'

Answer: Yoko Ono


Question: '1,024 megabytes'

Answer: a gigabyte


Question: 'Mr. Jenkins has 3 nickels, 13 dimes & 54 pennies; he can't afford a 2009 Phantom from this car company'

Answer: Rolls-Royce


Question: 'The name of this refractive defect of the eye comes from the Greek'

Answer: astigmatism


Question: '(Katie Couric delivers the clue.) In a 2008 foreign policy interview, I asked this candidate, "Have you ever been involved with any negotiations with the Russians?" -- it seemed like a reasonable question'

Answer: (Sarah) Palin


Question: 'Ian Falconer received a 2001 Caldecott Honor for his tale of this mischievous girl pig'

Answer: Olivia


Question: 'In April 2010 this legendary sitarist celebrated his 90th birthday'

Answer: Ravi Shankar


Question: '100 ares'

Answer: a hectare


Question: 'The Statue of Liberty weighs 225 tons; how many have read this woman's poem "The New Colossus" on the pedestal wall?'

Answer: (Emma) Lazarus


Question: 'Bolivia's coat of arms features this quadruped'

Answer: an alpaca


Question: '(Katie Couric delivers the clue.) My first network job was as deputy correspondent at this site, preparing me for interviewing the Petraeuses & Odiernos of the world'

Answer: the Pentagon


Question: 'Ludwig Bemelmans was honored for illustrating this Parisian schoolgirl who had her appendix out'

Answer: Madeline


Question: 'In 2006 Lubbock, Texas held a bash for what would have been this native son's 70th birthday'

Answer: Buddy Holly


Question: '453.59 grams'

Answer: a pound


Question: 'Bo makes 86 snowballs in 1 3/4 hrs.; when will Bo know he has this 9-letter problem where ice crystals form in body tissues?'

Answer: frostbite


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew stands in front of a screen.) You can control the amount of light entering a camera by varying the diameter of this, which acts like the iris in the human eye'

Answer: the aperture


Question: '(Katie Couric delivers the clue.) This Saudi royal was still Crown Prince when he did an exclusive interview with me in 2003; now he's king'

Answer: Abdullah


Question: 'In 2007 Neil Patrick Harris voiced his "Mother" role, Barney, on this animated Fox show with the Griffins'

Answer: Family Guy


Question: 'This "numerical" club on 52nd boasted Ernest Hemingway as a regular'

Answer: 21


Question: 'A suit of executive cut is for men who are a little more, how shall I say... well, you tell me'

Answer: heavy


Question: 'The last time this came close to Earth was in 1986 & it's expected again as it completes its 76-year cycle'

Answer: Halley\'s comet


Question: 'In a Homeric epic, he's ordered home to his kingdom in Ithaca after the fall of Troy'

Answer: Odysseus


Question: 'Before playing Robin, Cobie Smulders shared the screen with Clark, Lana & Lex on this drama'

Answer: Smallville


Question: 'In 2010 you could check out the "Bauhaus Lounge" exhibit at this museum on 53rd Street'

Answer: the MoMA


Question: 'A gin from London, named for someone at the Tower of London'

Answer: a Beefeater


Question: 'This slow-moving ketchup used Carly Simon's "Anticipation" in ads'

Answer: Heinz


Question: 'This Greek god is told: "You are... the most hateful of gods... for dear to you always are strife and wars"'

Answer: Ares


Question: 'In "I Love You, Man", Jason Segel gets put in a sleeper hold by this ex-"Incredible Hulk"'

Answer: (Lou) Ferrigno


Question: 'This transport takes 60,000 people a day across the water between 2 boroughs, for free'

Answer: the Staten Island ferry


Question: 'It partners with "& between" to mean "in an unresolved position"'

Answer: betwixt


Question: 'In this play, a boy says that the title character "won't come this evening, but surely tomorrow"'

Answer: Waiting for Godot


Question: 'In Greek myth, Zephyrus is the west this'

Answer: wind


Question: 'In 2003 Josh Radnor appeared on "ER" & this Alan Ball HBO series where you ended up if you didn't make it out of the ER'

Answer: Six Feet Under


Question: 'Architect William Van Alen put radiator caps on the 31st floor of this Art Deco landmark at 405 Lexington'

Answer: the Chrysler Building


Question: 'This 9-letter area is the first objective of a military force landing on an enemy shore'

Answer: a beachhead


Question: 'Don't delay in telling us the name of this artist whose 1882 pastel "Waiting" is seen here'

Answer: (Edgar) Degas


Question: 'He invented the lyre & gave it to Apollo; Apollo gave him the caduceus in return'

Answer: Hermes


Question: 'Alyson Hannigan made "this one time, at band camp" a catchphrase in this 1999 movie comedy'

Answer: American Pie


Question: 'In 1942 Fiorello LaGuardia & his family moved into this building at 88th Street & East End Avenue'

Answer: Gracie Mansion


Question: 'It's an important step leading to canonization'

Answer: beatification


Question: 'She was a lady-in-waiting to Anne Boleyn before she became the next queen'

Answer: Jane Seymour


Question: 'He showed Medusa's severed head to Atlas, turning Atlas to stone'

Answer: Perseus


Question: 'The inspiration for this title object in a novel & a 1957 movie actually spanned the Mae Khlung River'

Answer: the bridge on the River Kwai


Question: 'Based in Seattle, this site that began in 1995 has "Earth's Biggest Selection of Products", including books'

Answer: Amazon.com


Question: 'He's the historic "Babe" seen here'

Answer: Babe Ruth


Question: '"Hit So Hard" by this Courtney Love group was heard on the season 2 finale of "Dawson's Creek"'

Answer: Hole


Question: 'Loch Tay'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'Number of square feet in a square yard'

Answer: 9


Question: 'This stout dwarf bulked up on the Campbell's line of the same name'

Answer: Chunky


Question: '"Do You" use this top web directory, also one of the oldest?'

Answer: Yahoo!


Question: 'In 1893 this architect opened his own practice in Chicago; later he moved it to Oak Park'

Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright


Question: 'Side projects by members of this band have included Hovercraft, featuring Eddie Vedder'

Answer: Pearl Jam


Question: 'Lake of Lucerne'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'The first reliable mercury-in-glass thermometers used this temperature scale'

Answer: Fahrenheit


Question: 'His reddish hair makes his head look like it's covered with ferric oxide'

Answer: Rusty


Question: 'The official site of this TV show includes the Bestiary, bios of evil characters like vampires Spike & Drusilla'

Answer: Buffy the Vampire Slayer


Question: 'Scientist seen here as a child with one of his special "relatives"'

Answer: Albert Einstein


Question: 'The name of this "Kiss Me" band means that man cannot give God any wealth that isn't God's already'

Answer: Sixpence None The Richer


Question: 'Lake Bracciano'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'Generally, a double one of these should have over 300 coils, a kingsize one over 450'

Answer: Mattress


Question: 'Though that canine skin disease caused by mites has cleared up, he still has this nickname'

Answer: Mangy


Question: 'Find out about the musical group Sugar Ray & buy 550s & 517s online from this jeans maker'

Answer: Levi\'s


Question: 'She has written "The Chimpanzee Family Book" & "My Friends the Wild Chimpanzees"'

Answer: Jane Goodall


Question: 'This punky band brought some color to the charts in 1995 with "When I Come Around"'

Answer: Green Day


Question: 'Lake Managua'

Answer: Nicaragua


Question: 'The National Fire Protection Association Code says the 4 letters on this sign must be at least 6" tall'

Answer: Exit


Question: 'Inferences made by this peachy-skinned dwarf are known as the same type of "logic"'

Answer: Fuzzy


Question: 'This site features a column called "Sites & Sounds", the Heatseekers Showcase & the Hot 100 chart'

Answer: Billboard


Question: 'In 1960 Fidel Castro won a fishing tournament in Cuba that was named for this American author'

Answer: Ernest Hemingway


Question: 'Let's clear things up: that "Whoo-Hoo" song by this band became an anthem of the National Hockey League'

Answer: Blur


Question: 'Lake Itasca'

Answer: United States


Question: 'In Old England, a sack was a unit of weight for this fiber covering 364 pounds; so 3 sacks full weighed 1092 lbs.'

Answer: Wool


Question: 'This name can mean "sticky to the touch", or refer to his flashy, unfashionable clothes'

Answer: Tacky


Question: 'In the 1996 movie "Kazaam", he played a genie with a 12-year-old master'

Answer: Shaquille O\'Neal


Question: 'Take a deep breath & name this product of human respiration seen here'

Answer: Carbon dioxide (CO2)


Question: 'He wrote, "Hear the loud alarum bells -- brazen bells!  What a tale of terror, now their turbulency tells!"'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe


Question:
'"Wasteland",
"Melrose Place",
"Beverly Hills 90210"'

Answer: Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place, Wasteland


Question: 'While Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx is NYC's largest park, this 840-acre one in Manhattan is more famous'

Answer: Central Park


Question: 'Yo-ho-ho, it's the number of men "on the dead man's chest" in a "Treasure Island" pirate song'

Answer: 15


Question: 'This 19-year-old Swiss tennis star is the daughter of a top Czech tennis player & a tennis coach'

Answer: Martina Hingis


Question: 'Chemical name of the salt produced when sodium hydroxide, NaOH, meets hydrochloric acid, HCl'

Answer: Sodium chloride (NaCl)


Question: 'His "Ode on a Grecian Urn" gave us the line "Beauty is truth, truth beauty"'

Answer: John Keats


Question:
'Warren G. Harding,
Jimmy Carter,
Herbert Hoover'

Answer: Harding, Hoover, Carter


Question: 'This jewelry store has added sparkle & pizzazz to NYC since 1853; breakfast, anyone?'

Answer: Tiffany\'s


Question: 'On July 1, 1971 this became the USA's minimum voting age'

Answer: 18


Question: 'In a Nike ad, this Mariner saves the Earth by batting away a meteor'

Answer: Ken Griffey, Jr.


Question: 'This term commonly describes the shape of the benzine molecule seen here'

Answer: Ring


Question: 'Robert Frost's poem that begins, "Something there is that doesn't love a wall"'

Answer: "Mending Wall"


Question:
'Russian Revolution,
American Revolution,
French Revolution'

Answer: American, French, Russian


Question: 'The names of over 500,000 immigrants appear on a wall of honor at the Immigration Museum on this island'

Answer: Ellis Island


Question: 'Number of the 1865 amendment to the Constitution that outlawed slavery in the U.S.'

Answer: 13


Question: 'The '96 Olympic Gymnastics team reunited (as bridesmaids) when this balance beam champ got hitched in '99'

Answer: Shannon Miller


Question: 'A nitrogen molecule, N2, is held together by a triple chemical bond of this type'

Answer: Covalent bond


Question: '"Just as you feel when you look on the river and sky, so I felt", he wrote in "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry"'

Answer: Walt Whitman


Question:
'King George III,
Queen Mary I,
Queen Elizabeth II'

Answer: Mary, George, Elizabeth


Question: 'Across the way from Columbia University, you'll find this famous college for women'

Answer: Barnard


Question: 'Number of Woodrow Wilson's "Points" outlining Allied aims in WWI'

Answer: 14


Question: 'Rena Mero, a former WWF women's champion, wrestled under this name'

Answer: Sable


Question: 'In the boric acid molecule seen here, the yellow ball represents this element'

Answer: Boron


Question: 'An ode by Shelley calls this "Thou breath of autumn's being"'

Answer: the West Wind


Question:
'German Expressionism,
French Impressionism,
Baroque'

Answer: Baroque, French, German


Question: 'While SoHo is south of Houston Street, this fashionable district occupies a "triangle below Canal" Street'

Answer: Tribeca


Question: 'Number of guests who attended the Valhalla banquet at which Balder was slain'

Answer: 13


Question: 'In 1999 only a few hundred Americans known as Zonians were left in this country'

Answer: Panama


Question: 'The cover story covers how this 600-year-old man built a 450-foot-long boat'

Answer: Noah


Question: 'The Dodgers moved him to first base in 1973'

Answer: Steve Garvey


Question: 'Arriba! Arriba!  Tell me the name of this cartoon character who is "The Fastest Mouse in all Mexico"'

Answer: Speedy Gonzales


Question: 'This organ in frogs has only 3 chambers: 2 atria & 1 ventricle'

Answer: heart


Question: '"Aren't You Glad You Use" this?  Because now it comes in mountain fresh & tropical escape formulas as well'

Answer: Dial


Question:
'Said of help that arrives long overdue
---------------------------------
LITTLE LITTLE
LATE LATE'

Answer: too little, too late


Question: 'Star Tracks says that scholars believe these star-tracking fellows were astrologers from Persia'

Answer: Magi/three wise men


Question: 'His hit movies include "Diner", "Police Academy" & "Three Mean and a Baby"'

Answer: Steve Guttenberg


Question: 'In this pro sport, a standard gauge of speed is whether a player can cover 40 yards in under 4.5 seconds'

Answer: football


Question: 'Earthworms have no lungs or gills; they breathe via this'

Answer: skin


Question: '"Feel Clean and Fresh" with this striated emerald green soap, aye!'

Answer: Irish Spring


Question:
'With this insight, things are almost finished
----------------------------------
TUNNELLIGHT'

Answer: the light at the end of the tunnel


Question: 'Blinded after losing his strength, he was put to work in the prison in Gaza'

Answer: Samson


Question: 'In the '80s he had No. 1 hits with "Higher Love" & "Roll With It"'

Answer: Steve Winwood


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew)  Though the plane will go faster, the top speed the Blue Angels reach is about 700 MPH, just short of this'

Answer: speed of sound


Question: 'The leatherback is the only living species of this that has free ribs & vertebrae'

Answer: turtle


Question: 'According to its name, it's the number of body parts you can wash with Lever soap'

Answer: 2000


Question:
'A branch of some governments
----------------------------------
N AFFAIR
N AFFAIR
N AFFAIR
N AFFAIR'

Answer: foreign affairs


Question: 'In Picks & Pans we find Ahasuerus rejecting Vashti as his queen, picking this cousin of Mordecai instead'

Answer: Esther


Question: 'The original host of the "Tonight Show", he later crusaded against vulgarity in the media'

Answer: Steve Allen


Question: 'A 50 km event in this sport, not the marathon, is the longest event in the Olympic Games'

Answer: walking


Question: 'This endangered poisonous lizard of the American southwest is protected by law in Arizona, Utah & California'

Answer: gila monster


Question: 'The name of this soap was inspired by one of its key ingredients -- pumice'

Answer: Lava


Question:
'Time of day when I rise on my day off
----------------------------------
NOON IN THE'

Answer: in the afternoon


Question: 'Boaz wanted her to glean his field & nobody else's'

Answer: Ruth


Question: 'Crikey!! He's the animal lover & Animal Planet star seen here'

Answer: Steve Irwin


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew)  In Einstein's elegant equation, energy equals mass times this squared'

Answer: speed of light


Question: 'This small U.S. rattlesnake is named for its peculiar way of locomotion through the desert sand'

Answer: sidewinder


Question: 'Danielle Julian created the "Great Amber Wall of Soap", seen here, with 7,500 of this brand's cleansing bars'

Answer: Neutrogena


Question:
'The time to stand up for what you believe
----------------------------------
YOUR 1111 LIFE'

Answer: for once in your life


Question: 'WAC, the Women's Army Corps, was created during this war'

Answer: World War II


Question: 'Fusilli, a pasta, is often described as being this shape, like the tool that opens your wine bottle'

Answer: corkscrew


Question: 'A small chapel in a village northwest of Moscow marks the source of this 2,000-mile-long river'

Answer: Volga


Question: 'In 1964 they sang "Time Is on My Side" & it certainly was with 23 Top 10 hits over the next quarter of a century'

Answer: the Rolling Stones


Question: 'Auguste Maquet helped him write "The Three Musketeers"; how much he contributed is in dispute'

Answer: Alexandre Dumas


Question: 'Often said after a sneeze, it's also used as a toast, since it means "health"'

Answer: gesundheit


Question: 'In 1986 he became the first Italian-American to sit on the Supreme Court'

Answer: Antonin Scalia


Question: 'For brunch, how 'bout some uova al tartufo bianco -- eggs with the white type of this fungus; can you dig it?'

Answer: truffles


Question: 'This Muslim republic where much fighting has taken place contains Russia's southernmost point'

Answer: Chechnya


Question: 'In 1965 Eric Clapton left this group because of the commercial trend of its material such as "For Your Love"'

Answer: the Yardbirds


Question: 'In 1945 this existentialist founded "Les Temps Modernes", a monthly literary review that he also edited'

Answer: Jean-Paul Sartre


Question: 'AKA club soda, it's named for a German town known for its natural effervescent spring water'

Answer: seltzer


Question: 'What was once the proposed state of Franklin became part of this new state in 1796'

Answer: Tennessee


Question: 'A traditional side dish, it's a cornmeal mush often with butter & cheese mixed in'

Answer: polenta


Question: 'This mountain range extends from the Kara Sea in the north to Kazakhstan in the south'

Answer: Urals


Question: 'Many of this group's hits featured Peter Noone's vocals backed mainly by studio musicians'

Answer: Herman\'s Hermits


Question: 'Charles Perrault's 1697 work "Contes de Ma Mere l'Oye" was a collection of these'

Answer: Mother Goose stories


Question: 'After serving as postmaster general in 1921 & 1922 he became "czar" of the motion picture industry'

Answer: Will Hays


Question: 'This deep-fried pastry horn filled with sweetened ricotta, chocolate & candied fruit is a specialty of Sicily'

Answer: cannoli


Question: 'This Siberian lake is in the world's deepest continental depression -- over 10,000 feet from top to bottom'

Answer: Lake Baikal


Question: 'This Lennon-McCartney tune begins, "Close your eyes and I'll kiss you, tomorrow I'll miss you"'

Answer: "All My Loving"


Question: 'Bored by her doctor husband, this title character has affairs with Leon Dupuis & Rodolphe Boulanger'

Answer: Madame Bovary


Question: 'In 1807 Congress passed this act that forbade American ships from trading abroad; it lasted just over a year'

Answer: Embargo Act


Question: 'This famous ham from Parma is often designated cotto for cooked & crudo for raw'

Answer: prosciutto


Question: 'This seaport was founded by Nikolai Muravyov in 1860 & it soon became Russia's main naval base in the Pacific'

Answer: Vladivostok


Question: 'Some pressings of this group's hit "Ferry Cross the Mersey" were printed as "Ferry Across the Mersey"'

Answer: Gerry and the Pacemakers


Question: 'In 1943 this aviator created "The Little Prince"; a year later, his plane disappeared during a mission'

Answer: Antoine de Saint Exupery


Question: 'Literally "land behind" in English, this German word refers to a remote or less developed part of a country'

Answer: hinterland


Question: 'This observance began as a day to eat up all the stuff in your home you couldn't eat for the next 40 days'

Answer: Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday)


Question: 'It's sometimes defined as having a summit at less than 1,000 feet; Hugh Grant "Went Up" one "But Came Down A Mountain"'

Answer: a hill


Question: 'Kids don't realize a bond girl named "Galore" inspired "Alotta" in the world of this spy who's groovy, baby'

Answer: Austin Powers


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew uses her foodie skillz.)  Similar to dicing & from the Latin for "smallness," it's the cutting or chopping into very small pieces'

Answer: mincing


Question: 'Both George W. Bush & this 2004 election opponent went to Yale, graduating 2 years apart'

Answer: John Kerry


Question: 'Si, it's Spanish for a male friend, see'

Answer: amigo


Question: 'In 2008 a house on the East Side of this "Motor City" was listed for $1; it still took 19 days to find a buyer'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'Till is the clay, sand, pebbles & rocky debris carried along by the movement of one of these solid objects'

Answer: glaciers


Question: 'Kids don't realize the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are each named for famous men in this occupation'

Answer: artists (or painters)


Question: 'Keep plenty of pita bread around after mashing up some chickpeas, tahini, olive oil & spices into this Mideastern dip'

Answer: hummus


Question: 'He was born in 1755, graduated from Yale in 1773 & was hanged as a spy in 1776'

Answer: Nathan Hale


Question: 'A reddish-brown antelope, or a drum'

Answer: a bongo


Question: 'He does have other income sources, so Michael Bloomberg takes only $1 a year in salary as this city's mayor'

Answer: New York City


Question: 'From the Greek for "neck", it's a narrow strip of land bordered by water that connects 2 larger land masses'

Answer: an isthmus


Question: 'With the character here, this movie brings the honey & the funny, but kids don't know the title is punny'

Answer: Bee Movie


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew peels an apple with a small knife.)  From the Old French for "prepare", the name of this small kitchen knife tells us it's ideal for the peeling of fruits & vegetables'

Answer: a paring knife


Question: 'In 1968 this then-student created a comic strip called "Bull Tales" for the Yale Daily News'

Answer: Garry Trudeau


Question: 'The lading or freight of a ship'

Answer: cargo


Question: 'In 2005 an angry wife sold hubby's Lotus Esprit Turbo, worth $44,000, for 90 cents on this website; ouch'

Answer: eBay


Question: 'Made of coral, it surrounds a lagoon above a submerged volcano'

Answer: an atoll


Question: 'Kids will someday know this "Simpsons" mayor speaks like an ancient political family called the Kennedys'

Answer: Mayor Quimby


Question: 'Most chef salads consist in part of cheese & meat cut in this style that bears a woman's name'

Answer: julienne


Question: 'This 1810 Yale grad dashed (& dotted) into history as an inventor'

Answer: Samuel F. B. Morse


Question: 'A dizzy sensation of tilting within stable surroundings; did it happen to U2?'

Answer: vertigo


Question: 'In September 2000 the stock of this Houston-based energy company was at $90; by December 2001 it was under $1'

Answer: Enron


Question: 'On a geographic grid called a graticule, parallels indicate latitude; these indicate longitude'

Answer: meridians


Question: 'Just try to explain to kids the name of this puppet pal of Mister Rogers is a clever nod to Cervantes'

Answer: Donkey Hodie


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew cuts an onion in a bowl full of water.)  To slice an onion without tears, cut it under water where the allinase enzymes present can't form sulfinic this when reacting with your eyes'

Answer: acid


Question: 'This late conservative columnist & Yale man's first book was 1951's "God and Man at Yale"'

Answer: William F. Buckley, Jr.


Question: 'It's the capital of American Samoa'

Answer: Pago Pago


Question: 'In 2008 this country's P.M. Nuri al-Maliki said the U.A.E. forgave its $7 billion debt; that's a lot to forgive'

Answer: Iraq


Question: 'The person playing this instrument is right up on stage in "Dances at a Gathering", to music by Chopin'

Answer: piano


Question: 'In 2002 this NFL team moved its home games to the University of Illinois; in 2003 it moved back to Soldier Field'

Answer: the Chicago Bears


Question: 'Shakespeare produced 154 of these short poems'

Answer: sonnets


Question: 'A distribution of earnings to shareholders is called this; "Father" had a "little" one'

Answer: a dividend


Question: 'For olive oil, 570 degrees:<br />BP'

Answer: boiling point


Question: 'Originally referring to a country house, it was first used in 1851to mean a gambling establishment'

Answer: a casino


Question: 'The album "Fiedler's Favorite" these includes the one of the Wooden Soldiers'

Answer: a March


Question: 'Jim Zorn has gone from Washington to Washington as 1970s quarterback & as current coach for these 2 different teams'

Answer: the Redskins & the Seahawks


Question: 'No one knows Shakespeare's birthday for sure, but we do know the date of this related ceremony: April 26, 1564'

Answer: his baptism


Question: 'Dickens title adjective for a fund operated by an investment company, with stocks, bonds & other interests'

Answer: a mutual fund


Question: 'At the other end from UV:<br />IR'

Answer: infrared


Question: 'The American Heritage Dict.'s 4 entries for this word: state capital, German Chancellor, archipelago & sea'

Answer: Bismarck


Question: 'Manuel de Falla's "El Sombrero de Tres Picos" translates to this in English'

Answer: The Three-Cornered Hat


Question: 'The Cincinnati Bengals' home stadium is named for this man who built a dynasty with another Ohio team'

Answer: Paul Brown


Question: 'When he was about 25, Shakespeare told the story of the sixth English king of this name'

Answer: Henry


Question: 'This Greek letter measures how much a stock has risen or fallen over a one-year period'

Answer: alpha


Question: 'In mammals, they have no nucleus:<br />RBC'

Answer: red blood cells


Question: 'As a noun, it's a small compartment for holding papers; as a verb, it means to assign to a proper category'

Answer: to pigeonhole


Question: 'In his career he had a record 22,895 yards receiving, about 50% more than runner-up Tim Brown'

Answer: Jerry Rice


Question: 'Some think Will Shakespeare was an illiterate rube & Edward de Vere, Earl of this, wrote the plays'

Answer: the Earl of Oxford


Question: 'This type of account allows an investor to buy securities on credit provided by the broker'

Answer: the margin account


Question: 'The Venus flytrap is one:<br />CP'

Answer: a carnivorous plant


Question: 'Representing an unstressed neutral vowel, a schwa looks like this lower-case letter turned upside down'

Answer: an e


Question: 'Part of the Rams' "Fearsome Foursome" on defense, he became TV's "Father Murphy"'

Answer: Merlin Olsen


Question: 'As an actor, Shakespeare performed before these 2 monarchs, both of whom were patrons of his'

Answer: Elizabeth I & James I


Question: 'Selling a security that you borrow rather than own, hoping the price drops, is this "selling" often frowned upon'

Answer: selling short


Question: 'Below 1,200 miles in altitude:<br />LEO'

Answer: low Earth orbit


Question: 'Located toward the end of the dictionary , it's "z" chemistry of fermentation'

Answer: zymurgy


Question: 'In 1871 he answered, "Yes, and I feel thankful that I am here to welcome you"'

Answer: Dr. Livingstone


Question: 'The Grevy's type of this creature has narrow close-set stripes & frequents Kenya & Somalia'

Answer: the zebra


Question: 'The simplest substance that can also be called oxygen hydride has this chemical formula'

Answer: H2O


Question: 'Adjective for an organism that can reproduce, or for an imagination full of ideas'

Answer: fertile


Question: 'Technically, this finger is known as the minimus, meaning "least"'

Answer: the pinky


Question: 'Murderers are figuratively said to have the "mark" of this biblical man'

Answer: Cain


Question: 'The title of a 2005 album by The White Stripes is "Get Behind Me" you'

Answer: Satan


Question: 'One legend about this holiday treat says that it's shaped like a "J" for "Jesus" & the white stands for his virgin birth'

Answer: a candy cane


Question: 'In 1905 the Germans swept the Nobel science prizes; this aspirin maker won the chemistry prize'

Answer: Bayer


Question: 'To consult together, or to bestow'

Answer: confer


Question: 'Don Featherstone was the ingenious creator of these pink plastic lawn decorations'

Answer: pink flamingos


Question: 'A tip following the publication of the manifesto of this long-distance killer led to his 1996 capture in Montana'

Answer: the Unabomber


Question: 'The tragic events of this date inspired the song "Skylines And Turnstiles" by My Chemical Romance'

Answer: September 11


Question: 'On Tajikistan's flag, the white stripe is symbolic of this plant used in fabrics'

Answer: cotton


Question: 'Stannum is the Latin name for this chemical element; it's also where it gets its chemical abbreviation, Sn'

Answer: tin


Question: 'If it contains iron, it's described as this, Bueller'

Answer: ferrous


Question: 'Despite this other name, these documents important to immigrants are actually pink'

Answer: green cards


Question: 'Months after his wife Laci's disappearance, this man was caught with $15,000 in cash & his brother's I.D.'

Answer: (Scott) Peterson


Question: 'It's the royal-sounding title of Fergie's solo album'

Answer: The Duchess


Question: 'The white stripes on this are likely a symbol of the bandages used in bloodletting many years ago'

Answer: a barber\'s pole


Question: 'A granular activated version of this element is used in filters for gas masks & fish tanks'

Answer: carbon


Question: 'This frozen-food company's slogan is "Every dinner should feel this good"'

Answer: Stouffer\'s


Question: 'In Scrabble it's what a pink square means in terms of scoring'

Answer: double word (score)


Question: 'This Texan died in 1967 while waiting to be retried for the murder of an alleged murderer'

Answer: (Jack) Ruby


Question: 'Pink took part in the remake of "Lady Marmalade", featured on the soundtrack of this Nicole Kidman film'

Answer: Moulin Rouge


Question: 'This daughter of a crooner didn't do something stupid when she sang the theme to "You Only Live Twice"'

Answer: Nancy Sinatra


Question: 'If you burn steel wool, it weighs more afterwards because of this process where a gas is combined with the iron'

Answer: oxidation


Question: 'A pine, a fir, or a spruce'

Answer: a conifer


Question: 'These serrated scissors used in sewing give a zigzag edge to cloth'

Answer: pinking shears


Question: 'In 1924 these 2 Chicago intellectuals kidnapped & killed 14-year-old Bobby Franks'

Answer: Leopold & Loeb


Question: '"Somebody Told Me" that The Killers were formed in this city in 2002'

Answer: Las Vegas


Question: 'His 1901 White House dinner with Booker T. Washington was played up on his 1904 presidential campaign'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'Michelle plays Velma Von Tussle, mother of dance princess Amber, in this 2007 movie'

Answer: Hairspray


Question: 'In an 1850 novel, John Wilson & Arthur Dimmesdale plead with her to name her lover (a knotty situation for ol' Art)'

Answer: Hester Prynne


Question: 'A holdover from Colonial times, it's Zambia's only official language'

Answer: English


Question: 'In 1967 Charles Hall made waves by inventing this furniture item, which he called the Pleasure Pit'

Answer: a waterbed


Question: '"Desirable" turkey part technically known as a furcula'

Answer: a wishbone


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the George H.W. Bush Library in College Station, TX.) George H.W. Bush's Library has the mitt he used as captain of this school's baseball team; he also got a chance to meet Babe Ruth'

Answer: Yale


Question: 'As drug kingpin Tony Montana, Al Pacino weds coke fiend Elvira (Michelle) in this De Palma bloodbath'

Answer: Scarface


Question: 'In the "Queste Del Saint Graal", Lancelot can't look directly at the Holy Grail because of his affair with her'

Answer: Guinevere


Question: 'The Croatian language uses the Roman alphabet; the very similar main language of Serbia, this alphabet'

Answer: Cyrillic


Question: 'An engineer saw a streetcar slide down Nob Hill, killing 5 horses, & came up with this better system'

Answer: cable cars


Question: 'Halifax engineer Sandford Fleming came up with these divisions working on the Trans-Canada Railway'

Answer: time zones


Question: 'Tad, the son of this president, had a pair of goats as pets at the White House'

Answer: Lincoln


Question: 'Decisions, decisions: this 1988 film finds Michelle choosing between Kurt Russell & Mel Gibson'

Answer: Tequila Sunrise


Question: 'This title Flaubert floozy's tryst ends (for a while) when her lover leaves to seek his fortune in Paris'

Answer: Madame Bovary


Question: 'This small isle in the Irish Sea has its own language, which now has to be taught in schools or it'll die out'

Answer: the Isle of Man


Question: 'The Beatles played their last formal concert on (of course) a wild & windy night at this venue'

Answer: Candlestick Park


Question: 'Robert E. Lee rides for all time on this giant sculpture outside of Atlanta'

Answer: Stone Mountain


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Clinton Libary in Little Rock, AR.) This exhibit, "The Fight for Power," covers the events of this process done to Clinton & only Andrew Johnson before him'

Answer: impeachment


Question: 'Daniel Day-Lewis is Newland Archer to Michelle's Countess Olenska in this film based on a novel by Edith Wharton'

Answer: The Age of Innocence


Question: 'In Vietnamese, this European language is known as Phap'

Answer: French


Question: 'Philo Farnsworth transmitted the first television image at the foot of this hill named for a means of communication'

Answer: Telegraph Hill


Question: 'Partly from the Greek for "sound", it's a native speaker of English'

Answer: an anglophone


Question: 'This Buffalo lawyer was a bachelor during only the first of his 3 runs for the presidency'

Answer: Grover Cleveland


Question: 'Michelle plays evil witch Lamia, bent on maintaining her unnatural youth, in this 2007 fantasy film'

Answer: Stardust


Question: 'Philip Carey picks up more than the check when he falls for a money-hungry waitress in this 1915 Maugham novel'

Answer: Of Human Bondage


Question: 'Prem Chand wrote fiction in Hindi & in this language of the Muslims of India & Pakistan'

Answer: Urdu


Question: 'This mayor was shot dead by a former city supervisor in 1978'

Answer: George Moscone


Question: 'A withered, witchy old woman'

Answer: a crone


Question: 'Among those who objected to this drama series that premiered in October 1959 were Frank Sinatra & J. Edgar Hoover'

Answer: The Untouchables


Question: 'Mount Shasta,<br />Salinas River'

Answer: California


Question: 'Alyssa Milano, Rose McGowan & Holly Marie Combs didn't take any guff on this bewitching TV show'

Answer: Charmed


Question: '-2, 4, 10, 16, ____'

Answer: 22


Question: 'Set in this decade, Kathryn Stockett's "The Help" follows a young woman during the civil rights movement'

Answer: the \'60s


Question: 'In the 1930s the Japanese began culturing these gems in Lake Biwa using mussels'

Answer: pearls


Question: 'Change one letter in coin & it becomes this veggie'

Answer: corn


Question: 'Mount Hood,<br />Willamette River'

Answer: Oregon


Question: 'Lena Headey was this title gal whose TV "Chronicles" involved stopping apocalypse, one punch at a time'

Answer: Sarah Connor


Question: '63, 48, 33, 18, ____'

Answer: 3


Question: 'In the "Eragon" series, a teen discovers he is destined to be the last rider of these fearsome mythical beasts'

Answer: a dragon


Question: 'The Jubilee one of these was so-named in 1897 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Victoria's coronation'

Answer: a diamond


Question: 'Change one letter in corn & make it this small rope'

Answer: cord


Question: 'Ethan Allen Mountain,<br />White River'

Answer: Vermont


Question: 'In her last "Lara Croft" film, she was on a mission to save Pandora's Box'

Answer: (Angelina) Jolie


Question: '1, 3, 9, 27, 81, ____'

Answer: 243


Question: 'In 2009 this 1962 classic by Madeleine L'Engle was still in Barnes & Noble's Top 20 list of teen bestsellers'

Answer: A Wrinkle in Time


Question: 'As early as 3000 B.C., this gemstone was known in China as yu, or the "royal gem"'

Answer: jade


Question: 'Change one letter in cord & make this feudal title'

Answer: lord


Question: 'Alta,<br />Provo River'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'Eliza Dushku can be whoever you want her to be as an "active" on this Fox show; I wonder if they have tiny sofas'

Answer: Dollhouse


Question: '1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ____'

Answer: 13


Question: 'Zoey Redbird is the protagonist in this "dark" series of teen bestsellers by P.C. & Kristin Cast'

Answer: The House of Night


Question: 'If it was found in the Dominican Republic, you're more likely to find insects trapped within this gem'

Answer: amber


Question: 'Change one letter in lord & make this verb meaning "to pack up"'

Answer: load


Question: 'Vail,<br />South Platte River'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'Don't mess with Halle Berry as this character in the "X-Men" movies--she'll blow you away'

Answer: Storm


Question: '1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ____'

Answer: 36


Question: 'In "The Sorceress" & "The Alchemyst", twin teens Sophie & Josh Newman help this immortal magician battle foes'

Answer: (Nicholas) Flamel


Question: 'The name of this sky-blue stone, introduced into Europe during the Crusades, is from the Old French for "Turk"'

Answer: turquoise


Question: 'Change one letter in load & make this element'

Answer: lead


Question: 'Mozart wrote home that the premiere of "La Finta Giardiniera" was greeted with shouts of this word of acclaim'

Answer: bravo


Question: 'Doc drama: "Residence"'

Answer: House


Question: 'The army has about 400,000 enlisted personnel & about 80,000 of these higher rankers'

Answer: officers


Question: 'Finding the right answer by testing & getting rid of the wrong ones is called "process of" this'

Answer: elimination


Question: 'Harmonix created Guitar Hero &, in 2007, released this other music-playing megahit'

Answer: Rock Band


Question: 'In Spanish:<br />Rojo'

Answer: red


Question: 'From 1769 to 1773 Mozart made 3 trips south to this modern nation where opera was king'

Answer: Italy


Question: '"Not Small or Large"'

Answer: Medium


Question: 'In 1970 Anna Mae Hays became the first woman to achieve this rank in the U.S. Army'

Answer: a general


Question: 'This food is made by coagulating, draining, salting & ripening; for the processed type, add cleaning, blending & melting'

Answer: cheese


Question: 'If you're older than a teenager, you can't hear the 17-kHz ringtone named for this biting insect'

Answer: a mosquito


Question: 'In Dutch:<br />Bruin'

Answer: brown


Question: 'Kochel 116 is a missa brevis; K. 139 is a more elaborate one of these church works'

Answer: a mass


Question: '"An Unmarried Man"'

Answer: The Bachelor


Question: 'Opened in 1802, the U.S. Army's military academy is at West Point in this state'

Answer: New York


Question: 'This word follows "process" in the title of the person with the job of handing out summonses & subpoenas'

Answer: server


Question: 'The world's smallest laptops are nicknamed Atom, the name of the processor made by this company'

Answer: Intel


Question: 'In Portuguese:<br />Laranja'

Answer: orange


Question: 'At 18 Mozart composed his concerto for this instrument'

Answer: the bassoon


Question: '"Femurs & Clavicles "'

Answer: Bones


Question: 'In 1863 the U.S. government passed the first of these laws compelling young men to sign up for service in the Army'

Answer: draft laws (or conscription laws)


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a microscopic movie on the monitor.)  The name of this process comes from the Greek for "thread" for the threadlike appearance of chromosomes during cell division'

Answer: mitosis


Question: 'The 3000 version of this handheld Sony gaming console has a built-in microphone to Skype'

Answer: PlayStation Portable


Question: 'In German:<br />Schwarz'

Answer: black


Question: 'From age 19 comes "Il re pastore", in which one of these rural workers becomes a king'

Answer: a shepherd


Question: '"The Way in Which My Children's Female Parent Became Acquainted with Me"'

Answer: How I Met Your Mother


Question: 'About 200,000 strong, this non-active duty part of the U.S. Army has its headquarters in Atlanta'

Answer: the Reserves


Question: 'Vitrification is the process of turning radioactive waste into a type of this transparent solid substance'

Answer: glass


Question: 'This company's redesigned Insight hybrid car is hoping to be a Prius killer'

Answer: Honda


Question: 'In Italian:<br />Giallo'

Answer: yellow


Question: 'A statue of him stands outside the London Underground Baker Street station'

Answer: Sherlock Holmes


Question: 'Ratified on March 29, the 23rd Amendment granted this U.S. district the right to vote in pres. elections'

Answer: Washington, D.C.


Question: 'First names of the 2 celebrity dolls in the Barbie collector series seen here'

Answer: Elvis & Priscilla


Question: 'Coke cans are an average 60% recycled this metal'

Answer: aluminum


Question: 'Most shrimp have 19 pairs of jointed these, feelers & other appendages, & like ZZ Top said, they know how to use them'

Answer: legs


Question:
'Potato,
Swedish,
silver dollar'

Answer: pancakes


Question: 'Before a sports event, many have this type of party, where food & drink are served right from the back of the car'

Answer: a tailgate party


Question: 'On March 1 this helpful corps was created by presidential executive order'

Answer: the Peace Corps


Question: 'Barbie's last name, which may remind you of another "pretty woman"'

Answer: Roberts


Question: 'Tuflex flooring, made of this, is popular in gyms & weight rooms'

Answer: rubber


Question: 'Many small shrimp eat this tiny drifting aquatic organism, also a rival restaurant owner on "SpongeBob"'

Answer: plankton


Question:
'Early,
snow,
split'

Answer: peas


Question: 'Get a load of this transport seen here; see how it stacks up'

Answer: a forklift


Question: 'A bunch of Cuban exiles showed up unannounced here on April 17'

Answer: the Bay of Pigs


Question: 'Depicted here, Barbie first ran for president in this year; is she inside that lockbox Gore was talking about?'

Answer: 2000


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates an archaic measurement.) An ell was once the length from one shoulder to the fingers of the opposite hand, reflecting the practice of merchants measuring this product'

Answer: cloth


Question: 'Large or jumbo species of shrimp are often called this; one is seen here'

Answer: a prawn


Question:
'Piccata,
Wiener schnitzel,
scallopine'

Answer: veal


Question: 'If something is tasty enough to make you salivate, it's this 13-letter adjective'

Answer: mouthwatering


Question: 'On May 5 he rocketed into space from Cape Canaveral'

Answer: Alan Shepard


Question: 'Ahoy! She's Barbie's sister introduced in 1964'

Answer: Skipper


Question: 'Many of George Segal's lifelike sculptures, such as "Hot Dog Stand", are made from this of Paris'

Answer: plaster


Question: 'The only way a shrimp can grow is to go through this process of shedding its shell & growing a new one'

Answer: molting


Question: 'Kentucky,<br />prosciutto, Westphalian'

Answer: ham


Question: 'The part of a racetrack farthest from the grandstand, or what you might do to limber up your lumbar region'

Answer: the backstretch


Question: 'Launching a 4-book series, John Updike published this novel in 1961'

Answer: Rabbit, Run


Question: 'This creator of Barbie is seen here with her daughter & inspiration Barbara'

Answer: Ruth Handler


Question: 'Instead of sand, many Cancun beaches are of this reef material, so your feet stay cool'

Answer: coral


Question: 'A shrimp's head & thorax are fused & covered by an overhanging shell called this; turtles have them, too'

Answer: a carapace


Question:
'Bigoli,
cavatelli,
conchiglie'

Answer: pasta


Question: 'It's the meteorological phenomenon seen here'

Answer: a waterspout


Question: 'Tahiti is part of the 130-island group called French this'

Answer: Polynesia


Question: 'Alexandra Pauline Cohen uses this first name, the Ukrainian nickname for Alexandra'

Answer: Sasha


Question: 'He worked as a copywriter for Time magazine &, in his spare time, wrote the novel "Catch-22"'

Answer: Joseph Heller


Question: 'To take care of kids while their parents are out for the night'

Answer: babysit


Question: 'In 1884 Hiram Maxim made the first really effective fully automatic one of these killing machines'

Answer: a machine gun


Question: 'In 2007 a judge ruled that a Santa Barbara newspaper had illegally fired workers for trying to join this'

Answer: a union


Question: 'Named for one of the country's early prime ministers, Fox Glacier is found on this nation's South Island'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'While racking up U.S. championships year after year, she settled for Olympic silver in 1998 & bronze in 2002'

Answer: (Michelle) Kwan


Question: 'A girl is cursed with the "gift" of obedience in the novel titled her "Enchanted"'

Answer: Ella


Question: 'It's the body cavity containing the stomach, intestines, etc.'

Answer: the abdomen


Question: 'He started producing spirits in 1858, & his name is now on a line of brandy & liqueurs'

Answer: Hiram Walker


Question: 'This final payment is often 1 or 2 weeks' pay per year of service'

Answer: severance


Question: 'Cornelius Houtman established Dutch trade from Java to this island off Africa, 4th-largest in the world'

Answer: Madagascar


Question: 'This skater known for her hairstyle bought the Ice Capades in 1993 but sold it 2 years later'

Answer: Dorothy Hamill


Question: 'This Indianapolis-born author's drawings can be seen in his books "Slaughterhouse-Five" & "Breakfast of Champions"'

Answer: Kurt Vonnegut


Question: 'Collective term for the leaves of trees, particularly in the fall'

Answer: foliage