Question: 'This traditional cheese is believed to have been developed by shepherds in the mountains outside Athens'

Answer: feta


Question: 'It's a fertilizing element for ragweed'

Answer: pollen


Question: 'In a Jay McInerney book title, these 2 words precede "Big City"'

Answer: Bright Lights


Question: 'Rome'

Answer: the Tiber


Question: 'He argued in "The Republic" that the state had 3 parts: the rulers, the soldiers & the workers'

Answer: Plato


Question: 'A journalist for ITN was detained & manhandled for covering a "pro-" this region protest held early in the Olympics'

Answer: Tibet


Question: 'Danbo, a cheese originally from this country, is also known as King Christian IX when made with caraway seeds'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'The single use weapon of this insect is seen here'

Answer: a (honey)bee


Question: 'A gem with this cut resembles 2 truncated pyramids set base to base'

Answer: brilliant


Question: 'Vientiane'

Answer: the Mekong


Question: 'The tune of "The Star-Spangled Banner" came from a drinking song about this lyric poet'

Answer: Anacreon


Question: 'The Olympic torch relay passed though this province, epicenter of a 7.9 earthquake in May'

Answer: Szechuan


Question: 'This Swiss cheese that dates back to the 12th century is named for a valley in the canton of Fribourg'

Answer: Gruyère


Question: 'Common nosy agent of infection seen here working on your cells'

Answer: a rhinovirus


Question: 'This adjective that means "cunning" probably comes from the name of a "tamed" insectivore'

Answer: shrewd


Question: 'Bratislava'

Answer: the Danube


Question: 'Experts say Glenn McDuffie is the mystery man in the classic Eisenstaedt photo taken in this year'

Answer: 1945


Question: 'An underwater one of these can cause a tsunami'

Answer: an earthquake


Question: 'March 1990 saw this businessman on the cover & here are your keywords--hair, yooge & you're fired'

Answer: Trump


Question: 'Go to goodtobesquare .com & you'll find this hamburger company with square burgers'

Answer: Wendy\'s


Question: 'We wonder if this guy seen here still has that shirt'

Answer: Obama


Question: 'Thinking it a giant, this character rushed at a windmill & pierced one of the sails with his lance'

Answer: Don Quixote


Question: 'It describes Shakespeare's pentameter'

Answer: iambic


Question: 'A muon decays into 2 neutrinos & one of these'

Answer: an electron


Question: 'Seen here is the April 1964 issue with this British comic genius, the first man to make the magazine's cover'

Answer: Peter Sellers


Question: '"You don't have to be a kid to love" this healthy square cereal made by Quaker'

Answer: Life


Question: 'He's seen here long before winning a 2007 Nobel Peace Prize'

Answer: (Al) Gore


Question: 'Escalator squash & obstacle golf are games in this Aldous Huxley novel'

Answer: Brave New World


Question: 'It is term for each word in clue; ape man good at speak this way'

Answer: monosyllabic


Question: 'The only known filoviruses are Marburg, which causes green monkey fever, & this one'

Answer: Ebola


Question: 'Take "The Pineapple Express" to this actor (not James Franco) on the April 2009 cover'

Answer: Seth Rogen


Question: 'A term for dollar bills, or for square slices of Kraft American cheese, averaging 60 calories each'

Answer: singles


Question: 'This future presidential candidate is seen here still quite young, but already famous'

Answer: (Ralph) Nader


Question: 'The jury's in on his novels "Pleading Guilty" & "Presumed Innocent"'

Answer: Scott Turow


Question: 'It means to construct, or to fake, as in your excuse for being late'

Answer: fabricate


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew tries to stand on one leg without all his senses.)  Vision contributes to this system--it's why it's harder to keep steady with your eyes closed'

Answer: your equilibrium


Question: 'This hard rock bassist did a cover in March 1999; come on & give us a kiss!'

Answer: Gene Simmons


Question: 'Square pizza is sometimes called this, after the largest island in the Mediterranean'

Answer: Sicilian


Question: 'No way, that can't be right... wow, that is in fact this Wyoming guy who left national office in 2009'

Answer: (Dick) Cheney


Question: 'Her novel "One Fifth Avenue" offers more sex in the same city'

Answer: (Candace) Bushnell


Question: 'Lewis Carroll coined this term for meaningless words or gibberish'

Answer: jabberwocky


Question: 'In thermodynamics, a closed system slowly evolves towards a state of maximum this, inactivity'

Answer: entropy


Question: 'In February 1996 this silver-haired comic film actor was the cover boy, & don't call him Shirley'

Answer: Leslie Nielsen


Question: 'This square Passover food is considered the bread of affliction as well as the bread of redemption'

Answer: matzo


Question: 'His novel "Indignation" follows a student from his father's Newark butcher shop to college in Ohio'

Answer: Philip Roth


Question: 'This gem of a word can precede ratflesnake, terrapin & moth'

Answer: diamondback


Question: 'Australia's southernmost mainland point is Wilson's Promontory in this state named for a queen'

Answer: Victoria


Question: '"Steppin' Stone",<br />"I'm A Believer"'

Answer: The Monkees


Question: 'Benjamin Holt created a tractor that an onlooker said crawled like this worm-like larva'

Answer: a caterpillar


Question: 'He was the first pope to choose a double name'

Answer: John Paul


Question: 'A cheap novel written quickly just to make money'

Answer: a potboiler


Question: 'In 1567 the Council of Troubles was set up by Spain in the Low Countries to enforce strict adherence to this faith'

Answer: Catholicism


Question: 'Australia's largest freshwater lakes were artificially created & include Lake Gordon on this island state'

Answer: Tasmania


Question: '"Shambala",<br />"Joy To The World "'

Answer: Three Dog Night


Question: 'In 1936 this company started as Government Employees' Insurance Company, hence the name'

Answer: GEICO


Question: 'Featuring joined reeds that vibrate together, double-reed instruments fall into this orchestral class'

Answer: woodwinds


Question: 'A speedboat equipped with front fins that lift the hull out of the water as speed is attained'

Answer: a hydrofoil


Question: '"Pack up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag" became a hit marching song among soldiers during this war'

Answer: World War I


Question: 'An Australian territory, this island named for a holiday is known for its annual migration of millions of crabs'

Answer: Christmas Island


Question: '"Rock This Town",<br />"Runaway Boys"'

Answer: The Stray Cats


Question: 'As the people running it were inexperienced, this name was adopted by a mail order record business'

Answer: Virgin


Question: 'The classic name for the double promontories at the Strait of Gibraltar is "The Pillars of" this mythic hero'

Answer: Hercules


Question: 'The backward jerk of a gun when it's fired'

Answer: recoil


Question: '"Agua caliente" in Spanish, if you're in it, you're in trouble'

Answer: hot water


Question: 'This imaginary line at 23 degrees, 27 minutes south latitude passes through the middle of Australia'

Answer: the Tropic of Capricorn


Question: '"Rock You Like A Hurricane",<br />"Wind of Change"'

Answer: the Scorpions


Question: 'James Church chose this name for his product because the symbols of the god Vulcan represented power'

Answer: Arm & Hammer


Question: 'Dr. James Watson & this man were the first to describe the double helix structure of DNA'

Answer: (Francis) Crick


Question: 'This title Shakespearean guy's second line is "The Greeks are strong and skilful to their strength"'

Answer: Troilus


Question: 'In the Old Testament, Eliphaz warns this patient guy that "man that is born of a woman is... full of trouble"'

Answer: Job


Question: 'The world's largest world heritage area, it extends for 1,250 miles & covers an area of about 134,000 sq. miles'

Answer: the Great Barrier Reef


Question: '"Mr. Jones",<br />"Accidentally In Love"'

Answer: Counting Crows


Question: 'In 1977 4 Ward's electronics stores that focused on audio were renamed this; it all came unplugged in 2009'

Answer: Circuit City


Question: 'Founder of its first dynasty, Menes wore a double crown as the first ruler of Upper & Lower this'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'Nobel prize-winning Norwegian author Knut Hamsun wrote a tale about farming called "growth of" this'

Answer: soil


Question: 'When this family dynasty took power in Russia in 1613, the "Time of Troubles" came to an end'

Answer: Romanov


Question: 'She won gold at the 1928, 1932 & 1936 Winter Olympics & also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame'

Answer: Sonja Henie


Question: 'In the Bible Jesse, the grandson of Boaz & Ruth, was the father of this giant-killer'

Answer: David


Question: '"If brains was lard, Jethro couldn't grease a pan"'

Answer: The Beverly Hillbillies


Question: 'Among the lodging places within this national park are Grant Village & Old Faithful Inn'

Answer: Yellowstone


Question: 'Panettone, a traditional Italian treat for this holiday, can be baked in a coffee can'

Answer: Christmas


Question: 'Now common in movie & home theaters, the "surround" type of this was used way back in 1941's "Fantasia"'

Answer: sound


Question: '2 fairly simple kinds of "musical" instrument combine in this expression for "extra features"'

Answer: bells & whistles


Question: 'Jeremiah asks, "Is there no balm in" this land?'

Answer: Gilead


Question: '"Sweathog motto: Whatever it is, I didn't do it"'

Answer: Welcome Back, Kotter


Question: 'You don't need a fishing license to fish in the Green River in this "cavernous" Kentucky park'

Answer: Mammoth Cave


Question: 'If you've lived the high life in this low country, you've probably dined on waterzooi, a classic stew'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'People are still flocking to see my picture 2 months after it opened; it's really got these body parts'

Answer: legs


Question: 'A basic play in various team sports, it's passing to a teammate & then moving to take a return pass'

Answer: give & go


Question: 'In the book of Genesis, he is the third son of Adam & Eve'

Answer: Seth


Question: '"A horse has got to learn to stand on his own four feet"'

Answer: Mister Ed


Question: 'Scotty's Castle in this sweltering national park was built by insurance magnate Albert Johnson in the 1920s'

Answer: Death Valley


Question: 'Greek food is often accompanied by this type of wine flavored with pine resin'

Answer: retsina


Question: 'In budgeting, featured cast salaries are "above" this; grips' salaries, "below" it'

Answer: the line


Question: 'The basic aspects of a subject or task are this hardware fastening pair'

Answer: nuts & bolts


Question: 'Ham saw this man naked & received a curse for his trouble'

Answer: Noah


Question: '"As we say in the sewer, if you're not prepared to go all the way, don't put your boots on in the first place"'

Answer: The Honeymooners


Question: 'Virginia's Shenandoah National Park lies in this "colorful" range of the Appalachians'

Answer: the Blue Ridge Mountains


Question: 'Based on almonds, not tomatoes, ajo blanco is a white version of this chilled soup'

Answer: gazpacho


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew shows some computer-rendered stills of movie action on a monitor.)  Computer programs have their own version of this traditional series of sketches that illustrates the narrative'

Answer: the storyboard


Question: 'When this gun-related phrase meaning "Get ready for action!" originated, it was the reverse of how it's used now'

Answer: lock & load


Question: 'This rebellious archangel of the Bible first lights up the scene in Isaiah 14'

Answer: Lucifer


Question: '"Grasshopper, look beyond the game, as you look beneath the surface of the pool to see its depths"'

Answer: Kung Fu


Question: 'This national park off California's coast consists of Santa Barbara, San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz & Anacapa Islands'

Answer: Channel Islands National Park


Question: 'This late, great Pole was fond of a pastry called Kremowka, about which he reminisced on his 1999 visit home'

Answer: Pope John Paul II


Question: 'The last shot of the day is named for this cocktail, which presumably the crew will be enjoying soon'

Answer: a martini


Question: 'Slightly scornful term for the crowd that comes into Manhattan via the Queensboro & the Holland'

Answer: the bridge & tunnel crowd


Question: 'Lafayette, busy guy, sailing back to France on the Alliance in 1779, had to subdue this type of event while aboard'

Answer: a mutiny


Question: 'The drummer's Australian pups'

Answer: Ringo\'s dingos


Question: 'This is the definitive term for the lowest theoretical temperature, -273 degrees Celcius'

Answer: absolute zero


Question: 'Jimmy Dorsey's brother, this big band leader, once had Frank Sinatra as a vocalist'

Answer: Tommy Dorsey


Question: 'Sinclair Lewis' biting 1927 satire of religious fundamentalism'

Answer: Elmer Gantry


Question: 'Similar to sarcastic, it's an adjective meaning disdainful or ironically mocking'

Answer: sardonic


Question: 'Jefferson said Lafayette's foible was an "appetite for popularity and" this, popularized by Irene Cara'

Answer: fame


Question: 'The bassist's long-haired wigs'

Answer: Paul\'s falls


Question: 'From the French for "to raise", it's an embankment designed to prohibit the overflow of water'

Answer: a levee


Question: 'By 1890 the Scott brothers rolled more of this paper product into U.S. homes than any other company'

Answer: toilet paper


Question: 'Rabelais wrote a "massive" satire about this father of Pantagruel'

Answer: Gargantua


Question: 'Fashionable favorite of faraway Indonesia seen here'

Answer: a sarong


Question: 'She laughed at Lafayette's dancing in 1774 & probably wasn't laughing when he had to save her in October 1789'

Answer: Marie Antoinette


Question: 'Lead guitarist's deep ravines'

Answer: George\'s gorges


Question: 'It sounds like it's sorry, but this term refers to the orbital point where a celestial body is farthest from the Earth'

Answer: the apogee


Question: 'In this Irish family Jack B. was a portrait painter & his brother William B., a poet'

Answer: the Yeats


Question: 'This British national nickname comes from the 18th century political statire "Law Is a Bottomless Pit"'

Answer: John Bull


Question: 'This author was nice enough to remind us in "Being and Nothingness" that human effort is useless'

Answer: (Jean-Paul) Sartre


Question: 'In 1783 Cross Creek & Campbellton in North Carolina merged to form this town named for the Marquis'

Answer: Fayetteville


Question: 'Original bass player's permanent skin designs'

Answer: Stu\'s tattoos


Question: '2 of these sexual reproductive cells, from the Greek for "marriage", join to create a zygote'

Answer: gametes


Question: 'The United Business Company, begun by brothers Henry & Richard in 1946, is now filing under this name'

Answer: H&R Block


Question: 'Petronius' vulgar 1st century A.D. satire made into a film by Fellini'

Answer: Satyricon


Question: 'Cagliari is the capital of this Italian isle'

Answer: Sardinia


Question: 'Lafayette may have needed a couple of drinks after being wounded in Penn.'s Battle of this September 11, 1777'

Answer: Brandywine


Question: 'Fired drummer's football shoe parts'

Answer: Pete\'s cleats


Question: 'Mr. Beatty knows that this is the apparent displacement of an object caused by an altered observation point'

Answer: parallax


Question: 'Dingane became King of the Zulus in 1828 after taking part in the murder of this king, his own brother'

Answer: Shaka


Question: 'Waugh's California-set caricature of the American funeral industry'

Answer: The Loved One


Question: 'The Muslim soldiers who fought against the Christian Crusaders in the Middle Ages'

Answer: the Saracens


Question: 'Springs at Weston, Missouri provided water to wagon trains & McCormick's, now the USA's oldest continuously operating one of these'

Answer: a distillery


Question: 'The Staszic Palace in this capital is the headquarters of the Polish Academy of Sciences'

Answer: Warsaw


Question: '[Hi, I'm Melissa Joan Hart] It's a source of a modern witch's power; the Witches' Almanac shows its monthly phases'

Answer: Moon


Question: '60 people in Singapore linked these office supplies into a 16-mile long chain'

Answer: Paper clips


Question: 'You're blessed with luck if you're born with this piece of flatware in your mouth'

Answer: Silver spoon


Question: 'Adam West'

Answer: Batman


Question: 'The largest species of this color-changing lizard may reach a length of nearly 2 feet'

Answer: Chameleon


Question: 'Opera lovers know the Royal Danish Opera is based in this city'

Answer: Copenhagen


Question: 'Collectors for this type of energy are seen here'

Answer: Solar energy


Question: 'Continent that's home to the smallest & tallest tribes'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'Good places to be include Easy Street, Fat City & this animal heaven'

Answer: Hog/pig heaven


Question: 'George Reeves'

Answer: Superman


Question: 'Horned lizards are often called this because of their resemblance to a certain amphibian'

Answer: Horned toad


Question: 'James Joyce's nephew sometimes conducts tours of the James Joyce Cultural Centre in this city'

Answer: Dublin


Question: 'In a George Eliot novel, it was the river that powered the Dorlcote Mill'

Answer: Floss River ("The Mill on the Floss")


Question: 'Cyd Charisse's were insured for $5 million, beating out Betty Grable's $1.25 million'

Answer: Legs


Question: 'Florally speaking, you can be rolling in clover or lying on a bed of these'

Answer: Roses


Question: 'Lynda Carter'

Answer: Wonder Woman


Question: 'Only 2 lizards are poisonous:  the beaded lizard of Mexico & this species of the American Southwest'

Answer: Gila monster


Question: 'Now Haiti's capital, this city once known as L'Hopital was nearly destroyed by an earthquake in 1751'

Answer: Port-au-Prince


Question: 'The pendulum in your standard grandfather clock is driven by these objects'

Answer: Weights


Question: 'With over 700,000 visitors a year, this American's is the most visited gravesite in the world'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Question: 'The part "of luxury" you "live in"'

Answer: Lap


Question: 'Lou Ferrigno'

Answer: The Incredible Hulk


Question: 'Native to a few islands in Indonesia, this giant lizard was unknown to the outside world until 1912'

Answer: Komodo dragon


Question: 'You'll find this city's Museum of Moroccan Arts inside a former royal palace'

Answer: Rabat


Question: 'In the early 1900s this American inventor developed the alkaline cell battery'

Answer: Thomas Edison


Question: 'The loudest sound from a living source is produced by these sea creatures'

Answer: Whales


Question: 'Riding this "train" you can afford the really fine dog food'

Answer: Gravy train


Question: 'Gil Gerard'

Answer: Buck Rogers


Question: 'The marine iguana, the only lizard that lives in the sea, lives off the coast of these Ecuadoran islands'

Answer: Galapagos Islands


Question: 'The stapes, the smallest bone in the body, is located in this organ'

Answer: the ear


Question: 'Dick Van Dyke played a dancing chimney sweep & an elderly banker in this 1964 Disney classic'

Answer: Mary Poppins


Question: 'Although the wealthy drank wine, the average Viking drank beer or this strong, sweet drink made from honey'

Answer: mead


Question: 'Tim Cratchit's adjective<br />(4)'

Answer: Tiny


Question: 'This saint of Paola who could read minds is less well known than an Assisian of the same name'

Answer: Saint Francis


Question: 'When this "lucky" mobster took a fall, Frank Costello became acting head of his family'

Answer: Charles "Lucky" Luciano


Question: 'When this gland is too active or not active enough, a goiter may develop'

Answer: the thyroid gland


Question: 'She co-starred with Maurice Chevalier in "Love Me Tonight" before she teamed up with Nelson Eddy'

Answer: Jeanette MacDonald


Question: 'This thunder god's hammer was a prominent motif in Viking jewelry'

Answer: Thor


Question: 'Doomed damsel of the d'Urbervilles<br />(4)'

Answer: Tess


Question: 'This saint is the only king of France to have been canonized'

Answer: Saint Louis


Question: 'Iowa senator Tom Harkin is trying to get this Black Sox ballplayer's record cleared'

Answer: "Shoeless" Joe Jackson


Question: 'Hair grows out of these small baglike structures in the skin'

Answer: follicles


Question: 'Johannesburg-born actress Janet Suzman was nominated for an Oscar for her 1971 portrayal of this czarina'

Answer: Alexandra


Question: 'These characters that formed the Viking alphabet used mostly straight lines because they were easy to carve'

Answer: runes


Question: 'Transcendentalist pond-erer<br />(7)'

Answer: Thoreau


Question: 'St. Margaret, a patriarch of this country, died in 1093, soon after her husband King Malcolm'

Answer: Scotland


Question: '3 decades after the Tate-LaBianca murders, he & several of his followers remain in prison'

Answer: Charles Manson


Question: 'This 10-inch tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach is also known as the gullet'

Answer: the esophagus


Question: 'She wasn't married to Ringo Starr yet when she co-starred with him in the prehistoric comedy "Caveman"'

Answer: Barbara Bach


Question: 'In a 911 treaty, Charles III granted the Vikings control of this area of France now named for them'

Answer: Normandy


Question: 'South Seas Sadie<br />(8)'

Answer: Thompson


Question: 'His temptations are a common subject of art, as seen here'

Answer: Saint Anthony


Question: '6 members of this "army" that kidnapped Patty Hearst met a fiery end in May 1974'

Answer: the SLA (Symbionese Liberation Army)


Question: '2 of the 3 bones that meet at the shoulder joint'

Answer: (2 of) the clavicle, the humerus, & the scapula


Question: 'Leslie Caron's 1956 film "Gaby" was a remake of this 1940 Vivien Leigh film named for a bridge'

Answer: Waterloo Bridge


Question: 'Founded over 1000 years ago by the Vikings, Tynwald Court on this Irish Sea isle is one of the oldest legislatures'

Answer: Isle of Man


Question: 'Gunter Grass' drum<br />(3)'

Answer: Tin


Question: 'This translator of the Latin Vulgate Bible is the patron saint of librarians'

Answer: Saint Jerome


Question: '4 members of this Montana group were convicted in 1998 by the legal system they don't recognize'

Answer: Montana Freemen


Question: 'A magic feather helps save the life of Prince Ivan in this Stravinsky ballet based on Russian folklore'

Answer: The Firebird


Question: 'Muslims are required to pray 5 times a day while facing this holy city'

Answer: Mecca


Question: 'The type of film the kids use to make their own zombie movie<br />(2011)'

Answer: Super 8


Question: 'In 1892 this Chicago company began offering free chewing gum with each can of baking powder sold'

Answer: Wrigley\'s


Question: 'You're looking at what's called the Grand Canyon of Queensland--Carnarvon this'

Answer: Gorge


Question: 'English: His "Unfinished Tales", a collection of more Middle-earth material, was published 7 years after his death'

Answer: Tolkien


Question: 'An uplift brassiere is more commonly known as this, moving the "up" to the end of the word'

Answer: a push-up bra


Question: 'In the 200s B.C. Indian emperor Ashoka converted to this religion that had been founded about 300 years earlier'

Answer: Buddhism


Question: 'High priest Imhotep<br />(1999)'

Answer: The Mummy


Question: 'On April 19, 1897 this city's marathon was run for the first time; John McDermott won in 2 hrs., 55 min., 10 sec.'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'In ancient times the greyhound was trained to hunt this creature'

Answer: a gazelle


Question: 'Econ: GDP, this, is the market value of all goods made within a nation's boundaries during a given period'

Answer: gross domestic product


Question: 'Mambos & houngans are priests & priestesses in this Haitian religion'

Answer: Voodoo


Question: 'Captain, Loudy, Bitey, Stinky, Lovey, Nimrod<br />(2011)'

Answer: Mr. Popper\'s Penguins


Question: 'In 1895 this black educator delivered the Atlanta Compromise speech about improving the lot of African Americans'

Answer: (Booker T.) Washington


Question: 'Indian culture is stronger in this Western Hemisphere nation than in its neighbors'

Answer: Guatemala


Question: 'Social studies: In 1984 this Baptist minister established the National Rainbow Coalition'

Answer: Jesse Jackson


Question: 'The name of the divine mother goddess Durga in this religion is Sanskrit for "invincible"'

Answer: Hinduism


Question: 'A tiny pampered pooch named Chloe<br />(2008)'

Answer: Beverly Hills Chihuahua


Question: 'John Philip Sousa sat down on Christmas 1896 & wrote this march, including the lyric "Hurrah for the flag of the free"'

Answer: "Stars And Stripes Forever"


Question: 'Normally holding up to about 2 ounces of fluid, this organ aids in the digestion of fats'

Answer: the gallbladder


Question: 'History: This one of the 7 Ancient Wonders was said to be laid out on several brick terraces & 75 feet above the ground'

Answer: the Hanging Gardens of Babylon


Question: 'Each year on the Jewish festival Simchat Torah, or "Torah rejoicing", the last part of this book of the Bible is read'

Answer: Deuteronomy


Question: 'A 1972 Ford auto<br />(2008)'

Answer: Gran Torino


Question: 'On June 2, 1899 Butch Cassidy & this gang, also a 1969 movie title, robbed their first train near Wilcox, Wyoming'

Answer: the Wild Bunch


Question: 'It's the type of large support structure for launching rockets seen here, Elmer'

Answer: a gantry


Question: 'Geography: This sea, an arm of the Indian Ocean, separates Oman & India'

Answer: the Arabian Sea


Question: 'Paris calls this character a "banished haughty Montague"'

Answer: Romeo


Question: '(Hi, I'm Kyra Sedgwick.)  I'm always listening to this band's classics like "Crash", but true fans know you've got to see DMB live to really get the experience'

Answer: Dave Matthews Band


Question: 'November 19:<br />Saint Rainier's Day'

Answer: Monaco


Question: 'Y:<br />One single member of the "Bronx Bombers"'

Answer: a Yankee


Question: 'Drop a letter from "fraction" to get this fraction of a group within a larger group'

Answer: faction


Question: 'The sandhill type of this tall wading bird breeds from Alaska to Hudson Bay'

Answer: crane


Question: 'This lover of Bassanio disguises herself as a lawyer & saves Antonio'

Answer: Portia


Question: '(I'm Andy Richter.)  Usually my iPod has songs by this '60s British soul singer of "I Only Want To Be With You" & "Son Of A Preacher Man"'

Answer: Dusty Springfield


Question: 'March 17:<br />A certain saint's day'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'U:<br />A general wears one & so does a private'

Answer: uniform


Question: 'It's a group of bowling teams that compete against each other, or a former association of nations'

Answer: a league


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew swishes a quarter inside an inflated baloon.)  The quarter inside the balloon continues in a circular motion, because the balloon is imposing this inward force, from the Latin for "seek the center"'

Answer: centripetal


Question: 'Nahum Tate's 1681 adaptation of this play omitted the Fool & added a love affair between Edgar & Cordelia'

Answer: King Lear


Question: '(Hi, I'm Rebecca Lobo.)  I love just about everything by this Northern Irish rocker, including "Gloria" & "Moondance"'

Answer: Van Morrison


Question: 'April 30:<br />Queen's Day, celebrating the 1909 birth of Juliana & the 1980 accession of her daughter Beatrix'

Answer: the Netherlands


Question: 'K:<br />It's equal to 1,000 grams'

Answer: a kilo


Question: 'Shirley MacLaine was one of the few female members of this fabled group that also included Dean Martin & Frank Sinatra'

Answer: the Rat Pack


Question: 'Originally, this unit of measure was the amount of radioactivity given off by one gram of radium'

Answer: a curie


Question: 'Act I of this tragedy is set in Venice; Act II, in Cyprus'

Answer: Othello


Question: '(Hi, I'm Christopher Meloni.)  I'm on the sonic cutting edge listening to songs from this band's albums like "In Rainbows" or "OK Computer"'

Answer: Radiohead


Question: 'November 3:<br />Separation Day, commemorating its 1903 split with Colombia'

Answer: Panama


Question: 'H:<br />A place to stay when on vacation'

Answer: hotel


Question: 'At school, kids inevitably form these exclusive groups of friends, from the French for "noise"'

Answer: clique


Question: 'This type of particle accelerator utilizes a spiraling path'

Answer: a cyclotron


Question: 'Some believe this comedy was written to be performed during Epiphany festivities, hence its name'

Answer: Twelfth Night


Question: '(I'm Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.)  You'll find this sax man who took "Giant Steps" to modernize jazz with his innovative "Sheets of Sound" playing style'

Answer: John Coltrane


Question: 'September 16:<br />Celebrating the Grito de Dolores'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'L:<br />A New World capital city'

Answer: Lima


Question: 'A synonym for group, it's often applied to "beauties" & is a collective noun for several swans'

Answer: a bevy


Question: 'The name of this class of mollusks comes from Greek words meaning "head foot"'

Answer: cephalopod


Question: 'Character names in a book & movie series, the top names for 2009 & 2010 were Isabella for girls & this biblical one for boys'

Answer: Jacob


THE PULITZER FOR BIOGRAPHY/ AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Question: '1939:<br />Carl Van Doren, writing about this founding father known for kite flying'

Answer: (Ben) Franklin


Question: 'On Nov. 16, 2006 this supercalifragilis-ticexpialidocious musical opened on the Great White Way'

Answer: Mary Poppins


Question: 'Its label calls it "the soap that floats"'

Answer: Ivory


Question: 'Breezes often transfer these tiny grains from male flower parts to female seed cones'

Answer: pollen


Question: 'Tom Sietas holds the world record for doing this underwater, for an amazing 17 minutes & 19 seconds'

Answer: holding his breath


Question: 'Not "con carne", this 6-letter word can mean unfriendly'

Answer: chilly


THE PULITZER FOR BIOGRAPHY/ AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Question: '1970:<br />T. Harry Williams, writing about this Louisiana "Kingfish"'

Answer: Huey Long


Question: 'Roxie, Velma & Billy Flynn paint this title town red 8 shows a week at the Ambassador Theatre'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'This brand's body wash has "all the freshness of Ireland, bottled"'

Answer: Irish Spring


Question: 'A flow of air from ocean to land, often producing clouds; or a drink of vodka, grapefruit & cranberry'

Answer: a sea breeze


Question: 'In 1996, no states had obesity rates above 20%: in 2007, only this "Centennial State" had an obesity rate below 20%'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'Wooden bane of a vampire'

Answer: stake


Question: 'Take a journey into Oz in this 2003 show; it's quite "popular"'

Answer: Wicked


Question: 'According to the label, this heavy-duty hand cleaner is "pumice-powered"'

Answer: Lava


Question: 'Along with pressure & elevation, breezes are mainly caused by differences in this between adjacent areas'

Answer: temperature


Question: 'This U.S. retail chain has about 2.1 million employees, about the same as the population of Namibia'

Answer: Walmart


Question: 'To cut off superfluous twigs or branches'

Answer: to prune


Question: 'This musical about a boy with a passion for dance won a 2009 Tony for (surprise!) Best Choreography'

Answer: Billy Elliot


Question: 'This soap has been keeping you "fresh round the clock" since 1940'

Answer: Dial


Question: 'When a migrating bird has this helping it along, it'll fly higher, where the effect is strongest'

Answer: a tail wind


Question: 'In 2009 Iowa changed the name of its Dept. of Elder Affairs to the Dept. on this, leading to the abbreviation D.O.A.'

Answer: Aging


Question: 'In the national pastime, the leadoff man is the first this'

Answer: the batter


Question: 'Yep, this haunting love story is still on Broadway, as it has been since its Jan. 26, 1988 opening night'

Answer: Phantom of the Opera


Question: 'This soap brand has been on a "campaign for real beauty"'

Answer: Dove


Question: 'This scale includes light breeze (4-6 knots) & strong breeze (22-27 knots)'

Answer: the Beaufort scale


Question: 'This man offered pilot/hero Sully Sullenberger twice his salary if he'd work for Virgin'

Answer: (Richard) Branson


Question: 'Put this spicy verb before "favor" to get on someone's good side'

Answer: curry


Question: 'As in "Heartbreak Hotel", this worker is dressed in black, but in clothes designed by Armani'

Answer: the desk clerk


Question: 'This TV movie based on Mitch Albom's bestseller paired Hank Azaria & Jack Lemmon'

Answer: Tuesdays with Morrie


Question: 'This queen has been on more coin types of numerous countries than any other human being'

Answer: Elizabeth II


Question: 'This river flows north for more than 4,000 miles before emptying into the Mediterranean through a delta'

Answer: the Nile


Question: 'In 1930 Harriet Fry was one of the original 8 "Sky Girls": today it's this 2-word job'

Answer: flight attendant


Question: 'This verb means to hone or sharpen, like a tool or an appetite'

Answer: to whet


Question: 'You know it's a classy joint when you see this in the minibar'

Answer: a Toblerone


Question: 'The title of this Walter Matthau/Jill Clayburgh film comes from the day on which the Supreme Court's term starts'

Answer: First Monday in October


Question: 'King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz reversed policy & allowed foreign fighters in this country in 1990'

Answer: Saudi Arabia


Question: 'Towns along this sunny strip include Cannes, Monte Carlo, Rapallo & San Remo'

Answer: the Riviera


Question: 'In 2006 Mike Brown of Caltech declared, "there are finally, officially, 8" of these'

Answer: planets


Question: 'We are desperate for you to name this vine, seen here, growing above a lane'

Answer: wisteria


Question: 'Our robes of this looped fabric are of course from Turkish cotton; if you take one, we'll be forced to prosecute'

Answer: terrycloth


Question: 'Y.A. Tittle & Johnny Unitas played coaches in this 1999 Al Pacino film'

Answer: Any Given Sunday


Question: 'In 2006 the first male in over 40 years was born into this land's Chrysanthemum Throne imperial family'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'The Eight were a group formed in this city to paint real-life subjects like McSorley's Bar'

Answer: New York City


Question: 'The name of this pan used for frying, steaming, etc, is from the Chinese for "pan"'

Answer: a wok


Question: 'Our pool is literally Olympic sized--this many meters long'

Answer: 50 meters


Question: 'As news reporter Hildy Johnson, Rosalind Russell was the title "Girl" in this fast-talking film from 1940'

Answer: His Girl Friday


Question: 'The last English king with this name reigned less than a year, in 1936'

Answer: Edward (VIII)


Question: 'Eric Sevareid & Howard K. Smith were 2 of the 8 newsmen known as this reporter's "Boys"'

Answer: Edward R. Murrow


Question: 'This graceful dog seen here has the aristocratic features associated with its breed'

Answer: a Weimaraner


Question: 'Relax in our spa with watsu--the name combines water & this massage technique'

Answer: shiatsu


Question: 'Regardless of the title, this British gangster film starring Bob Hoskins only ran 114 minutes'

Answer: The Long Good Friday


Question: 'Rudolf II moved this dynastic family's royal court from Vienna to Prague in the late 1500s'

Answer: the Hapsburgs


Question: 'These chants have no key signature; they come in 8 modes'

Answer: Gregorian chants


Question: 'It's a decorative wood paneling on the lower portion of a wall'

Answer: wainscot


Question: 'Just 37 words, it's in the article on the executive branch & is the only part of the Constitution that is in quote marks'

Answer: the Presidential Oath of Office


Question: 'Do this on a Monday, you do it "for danger"; bless you'

Answer: Sneeze


Question: 'Buddy mixes equal parts of this & hot water to feed a new colony with no honey to eat'

Answer: Sugar


Question: 'From Calvin Klein & others this piece of denim apparel became "designer", i.e. tight & expensive'

Answer: Blue jeans


Question: 'Hanna-Barbera's first network show featured this cat with the dog Reddy'

Answer: Ruff


Question: 'Despite Captain Lawrence's final orders, it's what the crew of the Chesapeake did on June 1, 1813'

Answer: Give up the ship


Question: 'A person who acts rashly & harms himself is said to "cut off" this "to spite his face"'

Answer: His nose


Question: 'An 1831 book said as you pass under one of these you must spit through it, or spit 3 times afterwards'

Answer: Ladder


Question: 'Buddy doesn't like being asked "Who's the lucky fella?" when he wears this between his hat & collar'

Answer: Beekeeper\'s veil


Question: 'Danny Zuko & Sandy Dumbrowski end up together in this musical that opened Valentine's Day, 1972'

Answer: Grease


Question: 'Close friends get to call him "T.C."'

Answer: Top Cat


Question: 'American paratroopers were the first to use this man's name as a battle cry'

Answer: Geronimo


Question: 'It's the type of predictable automatic action some liberals are accused of having'

Answer: Knee jerk


Question: 'These grotesque stone figures acted as drain spouts as well as sentinels to frighten away evil spirits'

Answer: Gargoyles


Question: 'Buddy makes people mad when he blows this in elevators, but he blows it at bees to calm them down'

Answer: Smoke


Question: 'A toy skycycle named for this daredevil was introduced before his 1974 Snake River Canyon jump'

Answer: Evel Knievel


Question: '"Yogi Bear Show" lion who might "Exit Stage Left"'

Answer: Snagglepuss


Question: 'This warning appeared on a revolutionary-era flag with an ill-tempered rattlesnake'

Answer: Don\'t Tread On Me!


Question: 'This word may refer to part of your foot, the end of a loaf of bread, or a despicable cad'

Answer: Heel


Question: 'If you lose an eyelash, put it on your finger, do this, then blow it away'

Answer: Make a wish


Question: 'Buddy might say "None of your business" if asked about harvesting this product used in candles & polishes'

Answer: Beeswax


Question: 'In 1972 Mujibur Rahman became the first PM of this new Asian nation for which a concert was held in 1971'

Answer: Bangladesh


Question: 'These were the 2 "meeces" Mr. Jinks hated to pieces'

Answer: Pixie & Dixie


Question: 'Title of the song here:'

Answer: The Battle Cry Of Freedom


Question: 'This term for strenuous extra effort sounds like it means "Arm joint lubricant"'

Answer: Elbow Grease


Question: 'The Carpenters sang about one of these "For luck and we're on our way"'

Answer: A kiss


Question: 'In spring Buddy gets ready for these masses of bees to fly from their hives & form new colonies'

Answer: Swarms


Question: 'A deadly disease was identified after an outbreak at this group's 1976 convention in Philadelphia'

Answer: American Legion


Question: 'Her back-up group was The Pussycats'

Answer: Josie


Question: 'It's said this slogan came from a cartoon that appeared in the Washington Post on April 3, 1898'

Answer: "Remember The Maine"


Question: 'When you inadvertently give someone else the advantage, you "play into" these'

Answer: Their hands


Question: '"From Bauhaus to Our House" is Tom Wolfe's derisive attack on the modernist movement in this field'

Answer: Architecture


Question:
'Regent's Park,
St. James's Park,
Hyde Park'

Answer: London


Question: 'This Cincinnati-based soap company has been advertising on TV since 1939'

Answer: Procter & Gamble


Question: 'An Aesop moral says "Familiarity breeds" this'

Answer: Contempt


Question: 'It's the only U.S. state whose recorded temperature has never dropped below 0 degrees Fahrenheit'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'According to a popular saying, this defense mechanism "Ain't just a river in Egypt"'

Answer: Denial


Question: 'The stories of Raymond Carver typified this style whose name indicates it does the most with the "least"'

Answer: Minimalist


Question:
'The Hofborg,
Freud's Apartment,
St. Stephen's Cathedral'

Answer: Vienna


Question: 'In September 1939 NBC had its transmitter on this building; CBS had its on the Chrysler Building later'

Answer: The Empire State Building


Question: 'A Lao-Tzu line is traditionally quoted as "A journey of 1,000 miles must begin with" this'

Answer: A single step


Question: 'In 1849 Joseph Henry of the Smithsonian received the first weather report via this new invention'

Answer: Telegraph


Question: 'Researcher Elizabeth Loftus has found that she can invent these & have subjects take them as their own'

Answer: Memories


Question: 'He wrote the 1987 novel "Alnilam" over a period of 30 years, publishing "Deliverance" in the meantime'

Answer: James Dickey


Question:
'The Mauritshuis,
The International Institute for Social Studies,
The International Court of Justice'

Answer: The Hague


Question: 'TV covered this PM's arrival from Munich September 30, 1938 live; the "Peace For Our Time" speech came later'

Answer: Neville Chamberlain


Question: 'Pindar knew these "Have a longer life than deeds"'

Answer: Words


Question: 'Talk about dry!  In 1971, after 400 years, parts of this Chilean desert finally got some rain'

Answer: Atacama Desert


Question: '"Getting over it" is a nontechnical equivalent of this late stage of grieving'

Answer: Acceptance/closure


Question: 'Type of machine referred to in the title of Tracy Kidder's nonfiction work "The Soul of a New Machine"'

Answer: Computer


Question:
'Lake Gardens,
The Rubber Research Institute,
The National Museum of Malaysia'

Answer: Kuala Lumpur


Question: 'This Dodger manager was interviewed by Red Barber before an August 1939 game telecast'

Answer: Leo Durocher


Question: 'A fragment from Euripides has the line "Those whom God wishes to destroy, he" first does this'

Answer: Makes mad


Question: 'U.S. bomber pilots in World War II discovered this "river" flowing through the upper troposphere'

Answer: Jet Stream


Question: 'If your family resists change, keeps secrets & ignores conflict, it may qualify for this adjective'

Answer: Dysfunctional


Question: 'Stevens works as a butler of Darlington Hall in this 1989 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro'

Answer: The Remains of the Day


Question:
'Place Ville-Marie,
Place Jacques Cartier,
Beaver Lake'

Answer: Montreal


Question: 'Joseph Goebbels had his hands in the telecast of this August 1936 event'

Answer: Summer Olympics (from Berlin)


Question: 'Heraclitus said "All is flux, nothing stays still" & "nothing endures but" this'

Answer: Change


Question: 'Meaning of the meteorological symbol seen here: (half-white/half-dark circle)'

Answer: Partly cloudy


Question: '"No more" says author Melody Beattie of this state of being affected & trying to control another's acts'

Answer: Co-Dependency


Question: 'The name of this title character of a morality play has become a synonym for the average, ordinary person'

Answer: Everyman


Question: 'Formulated NaCl it's the chemical name for common table salt'

Answer: sodium chloride


Question: 'With a gross of over $330 million, this Steven Spielberg film was the big hit of 1993'

Answer: Jurassic Park


Question: 'In Mandarin this city's name is Hsiang-Kang'

Answer: Hong Kong


Question: 'Of the Tower of Babel, the destruction of Sodom & Gomorrah, or the flood, the one that occurred 1st'

Answer: flood


Question: 'It can take gov't about 20 months to process 1 of these applications & you may need a working model'

Answer: patent


Question: 'Sleek is a variant of this word which also means smooth & glossy'

Answer: slick


Question: 'Of the 3 basic states of matter, only this one, when unconfined, tends to expand indefinitely'

Answer: gas


Question: 'In his most recent film, this St. Bernard has a girlfriend named Missy & 4 puppies'

Answer: Beethoven


Question: 'In 1949 Chaing Kai-Shek's nationalists set up their new headquarters in this Taiwanese city'

Answer: Taipei


Question: '“And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out” this man “upon the dry land”'

Answer: Jonah


Question: 'This company operates the 4 most popular theme parks in North America'

Answer: Disney


Question: 'On its own it's a mode of water transportation; at the end of a word, it indicates a rank or condition'

Answer: ship


Question: 'Term for the time it takes a radioactive substance to decay to 50% of its original quantity'

Answer: half-life


Question: 'This Tim Burton movie was made using stop-motion animation'

Answer: The Nightmare Before Christmas


Question: 'In 1756 the Nawab of Bengal had the British East India Company garrison “holed up” in this city'

Answer: Calcutta


Question: 'God told Moses “And thou shalt put into” this object “the testimony which I shall give thee”'

Answer: Ark of the Covenant


Question: 'This former VP appeared in an ad during the 1994 Super Bowl for Lay's Potato Chips'

Answer: Dan Quayle


Question: 'This other name for a hazelnut is from a saint whose feast day falls during the nutting season'

Answer: Filbert


Question: 'In biological classification this comes between family & species'

Answer: genus


Question: 'This sequel was subtitled “Back in the Habit”'

Answer: Sister Act 2


Question: 'The Blue Mosque is a landmark in this country's city of Tabriz'

Answer: Iran


Question: 'Joshua could tell you this walled town was called the “city of palm trees”'

Answer: Jericho


Question: 'Kathleen Sullivan's progress on this company's “Superstart!” program was shown in TV ads'

Answer: Weight Watchers


Question: 'This Latin word is used in college for an outline describing the contents of a curriculum'

Answer: syllabus


Question: 'On the Fahrenheit scale, the freezing point of water is 32° & the boiling point is this'

Answer: 212° Fahrenheit


Question: 'Anthony Hopkins played the role of author C.S. Lewis in this Richard Attenborough film'

Answer: Shadowlands


Question: 'The chief port of Yemen, it's on a gulf of the same name'

Answer: Aden


Question: 'This son of Jacob was 30 years old when Pharaoh made him ruler of all Egypt'

Answer: Joseph


Question: 'The Sheraton Hotel & Towers in this South American capital offers a “tango special” package'

Answer: Buenos Aires


Question: 'Cyborg, describing something that's part human & part robot, is a combination of these 2 words'

Answer: cybernetic & organism


Question: 'On January 4 this vice president announced to congress his own election as president'

Answer: Bush


Question: 'Working at an auto plant David Smith learned the techniques he used sculpting this “stainless” metal'

Answer: steel


Question: 'Baby, boudoir & concert are 3 sizes of this type of piano'

Answer: grand piano


Question: 'The largest number of active volcanoes in the U.S. lie in this Alaskan island group'

Answer: Aleutian Islands


Question: 'During the Spanish Civil War, this “Animal Farm” author was wounded fighting for the Loyalists'

Answer: Orwell


Question: 'Her father, Arthur H. Keller, had been a captain on this side in the Civil War'

Answer: Confederacy


Question: 'A parade held July 14, 1989 honored the 200th anniversary of its storming'

Answer: Bastille


Question: 'James Earle Fraser, a sculptor of western & American Indian themes, designed this coin in 1913'

Answer: Indian head nickle


Question: 'Stravinsky wrote a composition for 11 instruments in this style that's most associated with Scott Joplin'

Answer: ragtime


Question: 'While Upper Klamath Lake is in Oregon, Lower Klamath Lake lies in this state'

Answer: California


Question: 'His Sherlock Holmes was partly based on a teacher at Edinburgh University'

Answer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


Question: 'Helen graduated cum laude from this Cambridge, Mass. women's college in 1904'

Answer: Radcliffe


Question: 'He replaced Admiral William Crowe as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff'

Answer: Powell


Question: 'Discovered in 1820, this statue of Aphrodite was carved out of 2 blocks of marble'

Answer: Venus de Milo


Question: 'Now world-famous, this young Austrian choral group was established in 1498'

Answer: the Vienna Boys Choir


Question: 'This state separates most of Alabama from the Gulf of Mexico'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'He first used the pseudonym Boz in the August 1834 issue of “The Monthly Magazine”'

Answer: Dickens


Question: 'Helen spoke against nuclear arms in these 2 A-bomb-devastated Japanese cities'

Answer: Hiroshima & Nagasaki


Question: 'One of these occurred just before the start of game 3 of the World Series; the game was posponed'

Answer: earthquake


Question: 'A group of sculptures from the Parthenon is known by the name of this Lord who took them to London'

Answer: Lord Elgin


Question: 'This Great Lake is connected to Lake Superior by the St. Mary's River'

Answer: Huron


Question: 'The Samoans built a road to this novelist's house called “The Road of the Loving Heart”'

Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson


Question: 'For teaching Helen to communicate, this woman earned the nickname “The Miracle Worker”'

Answer: (Anne) Sullivan


Question: 'At a May 31, 1989 press conference this surgeon gen. called for an end to “happy hours” to reduce drunk driving'

Answer: C. Everett Koop


Question: 'This Florentine's 1430s bronze “David” shows the influence of classical Greek sculpture'

Answer: Donatello


Question: 'Winding through Idaho, the Salmon River is the largest tributary of this river'

Answer: Snake


Question: 'This “Lost Horizon” author won an Oscar for co-writing the 1942 film “Mrs. Miniver”'

Answer: (James) Hilton


Question: 'On the eve of WWI Helen left the Socialist Party for this one nicknamed the Wobblies'

Answer: I.W.W. (Industrial Workers of the World)


Question: 'Founded in 1846, it's the world's largest museum complex with 16 museums & over 140 million items'

Answer: Smithsonian


Question: 'This "Liberty or Death" orator declined an offer to be U.S. minister to Spain'

Answer: Patrick Henry


Question: 'The Copts celebrate this holiday on January 7, 13 days after we've roasted all our chestnuts'

Answer: Christmas


Question: 'If you want to see Jack Palance play this famous Hun, look for "Sign of the Pagan" on the late show'

Answer: Attila


Question: 'If you include all the fjords & peninsulas, this country's coastline is more than 13,000 miles in length'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'The record for the greatest number of these found in one hen's egg is 9'

Answer: Yolks


Question: '"Does She or Doesn't She?"'

Answer: Miss Clairol


Question: 'In October 1836 he took the oath of office as the first president of the Republic of Texas'

Answer: Sam Houston


Question: 'International Boss' Day Off was proclaimed for this day on which Julius Caesar was offed'

Answer: March 15 (Ides of March)


Question: 'He played Billy the Kid in "The Left-Handed Gun" in 1958, 11 years before he starred as Butch Cassidy'

Answer: Paul Newman


Question: 'Oman, Yemen & Kuwait lie on this large peninsula'

Answer: Arabian Peninsula


Question: 'Iodine is part of the hormone thyroxine, produced by this gland'

Answer: Thyroid


Question: '"In The Driver's Seat"'

Answer: Hertz


Question: 'This Puritan's first wife, Maria Cotton, was also his stepsister'

Answer: Increase Mather


Question: 'The Virgin Islands' Thanksgiving, usually in Oct., celebrates the end of this disastrous weather season'

Answer: Hurricane season


Question: 'In "Tarantula" he played the pilot of a plane that napalmed a giant spider; talk about "Magnum Force"'

Answer: Clint Eastwood


Question: 'Lajes Field is a U.S. Air Force base in this Portuguese island group in the Atlantic'

Answer: Azores


Question: 'This martial art whose name means "The Way of Softness" was developed from jujitsu'

Answer: Judo


Question: '"Mean Joe Greene" & "Buy The World"'

Answer: Coca-Cola


Question: 'This famous frontierswoman cared for the sick during the 1878 smallpox epidemic in Deadwood, S.D.'

Answer: Calamity Jane


Question: 'Take a letter:  the Wednesday of the last full week of April is devoted to these people; get your own coffee'

Answer: Secretaries


Question: 'Carrie Fisher's parents, they co-starred in "Bundle Of Joy" in 1956, the year Carrie was born'

Answer: Eddie Fisher & Debbie Reynolds


Question: 'The name of this country on Hispaniola is from an Indian word meaning "Land of Mountains"'

Answer: Haiti


Question: 'This U.S. crime figure was born Maier Suchowljansky in 1902'

Answer: Meyer Lansky


Question: '"Three Brothers --- Mikey"'

Answer: Life cereal


Question: 'The first president who had been a U.S. senator, he represented Virginia from 1790 to 1794'

Answer: James Monroe


Question: 'The national day for this toy is celebrated on Donald Duncan's birthday'

Answer: Yo-Yo


Question: 'As a teenage actress, this co-star of TV's "Coach" appeared in "Marjorie Morningstar" with Natalie Wood'

Answer: Shelley Fabares


Question: 'This small Mideastern country's Bekaa Valley is a fertile farming area'

Answer: Lebanon


Question: 'In 1879 the discovery of this artificial sweetener was announced'

Answer: Saccharin


Question: '"Acapulco Diver" & "Watch On Propeller"'

Answer: Timex


Question: 'This "60 Minutes" correspondent hosted "Street Stories" on CBS 1992-93'

Answer: Ed Bradley


Question: 'He killed Abel because God rejected his offering of crops yet accepted Abel's firstborn sheep'

Answer: Cain


Question: 'The largemouth species of this fish has a dark band along its side; the smallmouth species does not'

Answer: Bass


Question: 'Led by Mick Jagger, this group has been called the "World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band"'

Answer: The Rolling Stones


Question: 'In 1994 Kenzaburo Oe became the second novelist from this country to win the Nobel Prize'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'Referring to the seeming color of nearby hills, this Texas capital is "The City of the Violet Crown"'

Answer: Austin


Question: 'William Raspberry won a 1994 Pulitzer for his column in this D.C. newspaper'

Answer: The Washington Post


Question: 'To build the temple, Solomon used wood from the fir, the olive & this tree of Lebanon'

Answer: Cedar


Question: 'The giraffe is the world's tallest mammal; this is the second tallest'

Answer: Elephant


Question: 'This manager of The Beatles managed Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas'

Answer: Brian Epstein


Question: 'The idiot of "The Idiot" is this Russian author's attempt to portray a truly good man'

Answer: Fyodor Dostoevsky


Question: '"The Bluegrass Capital"'

Answer: Frankfort, Kentucky


Question: 'From 1910 to 1934 W.E.B. Du Bois edited Crisis, the magazine of this organization'

Answer: NAACP


Question: 'Rachel became jealous of Leah's fertility & told this husband, "Give me children, or else I die"'

Answer: Jacob


Question: 'Unlike wolves, this "prairie wolf" has expanded its range in this century'

Answer: Coyote


Question: 'In the 1965 film "Ferry Cross The Mersey", this group sang several songs, including the title tune'

Answer: Gerry and The Pacemakers


Question: '1994's "The Island of the Day Before" is the latest novel by this Italian professor'

Answer: Umberto Eco


Question: 'It's "The Hoosier Capital" & "The Railroad City"'

Answer: Indianapolis


Question: 'Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune is a regular member of this G.E.-sponsored TV "group"'

Answer: The McLaughlin Group


Question: 'This disciple's name may mean "Man of Kerioth"'

Answer: Judas Iscariot


Question: 'The Phoenicians used a liquid from several species of this gastropod to make Tyrian purple dye'

Answer: Snail


Question: 'This British act, whose first U.S. hit was "Glad All Over", appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" 12 times'

Answer: The Dave Clark Five


Question: 'In 1982 a bust of this author was unveiled in Dublin to commemorate the centenary of his birth'

Answer: James Joyce


Question: 'It's the "Golden City" of the "Golden State"'

Answer: Sacramento


Question: 'In 1983 Robert Maynard bought this northern California city's Tribune newspaper'

Answer: Oakland


Question: 'After Ahab married Jezebel, he adopted her worship of this god'

Answer: Baal


Question: 'This large South American rodent is also called a water pig'

Answer: Capybara


Question: 'This duo's 1964 hit "A World Without Love" was written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney'

Answer: Peter & Gordon


Question: 'This female South African's novels include "My Son's Story" and "A Sport of Nature"'

Answer: Nadine Gordimer


Question: '"The Charter Oak City"'

Answer: Hartford


Question: 'Of ancient people, only the Hindus, Babylonians & Mayans invented a symbol for this; the Mayans' is seen here:'

Answer: Zero


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Memphis, Tennessee)  The National Civil Rights Museum is built on the site of the Lorraine Motel, where Martin Luther King was assassinated in this year'

Answer: 1968


Question: 'Bob began his overseas trips to entertain U.S. troops during this war'

Answer: the Second World War


Question: '...face cards for each suit in a standard deck'

Answer: 3


Question: 'A New York editor gave Chicago this nickname to describe its politicians during its first World's Fair'

Answer: "The Windy City"


Question: 'Heard here, the Vietnamese version of this "wood voice" instrument is made of bamboo'

Answer: xylophone


Question: 'At the gym, this machine lets you walk or run in place by means of a moving belt'

Answer: treadmill


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew)  From 1943 to 1956, Rosa Parks was secretary of her local chapter of this organization'

Answer: the NAACP


Question: 'In "Road to Rio" Bob asks her, "How did you get into that dress -- with a spraygun?"'

Answer: Dorothy Lamour


Question: '...sub-Earth orbital planets'

Answer: 2 (Mercury & Venus)


Question: 'In his poem "Chicago" Carl Sandburg called the city this "Butcher for the World"'

Answer: Hog Butcher


Question: 'Used in pairs, these instruments are heard in many kinds of Latin music'

Answer: maracas


Question: 'In 1998 this beast, seen here, reared its ugly head again'

Answer: Godzilla


Question: '(Sarah)  This exhibit recreates the famous series of these protest actions that took place in 1960 in North Carolina'

Answer: sit-ins


Question: 'Bob first hosted these on February 29, 1940 at the Ambassador Hotel'

Answer: the Academy Awards


Question: '...white stripes on the U.S. flag'

Answer: 6


Question: 'Sandburg called Chicago the "City of Big" these'

Answer: Shoulders


Question: 'The didgeridoo heard here originated on this continent'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'In Greek myth, Paris killed this hero by shooting him with an arrow; what a heel!'

Answer: Achilles


Question: '(Cheryl)  The Greyhound bus represents these riders who bravely tried to desegregate bus stations in 1961'

Answer: the Freedom Riders


Question: 'In 1985 Bob Hope received one of these "Honors" named for a president who shared his May 29 birthday'

Answer: the Kennedy Center Honors


Question: '...years of famine predicted by Joseph in Genesis 41:27'

Answer: 7


Question: 'That wry poet Carl came up with "Stacker of" this'

Answer: Wheat


Question: 'This ancient instrument is sounded on a new year's day'

Answer: the shofar


Question: 'John Brown died on one in 1859'

Answer: the gallows


Question: '(Sarah) The "Voices of Struggle" Gallery includes this woman, who told her passengers, "You'll be free or die"'

Answer: Harriet Tubman


Question: 'This 1955 movie musical about Vaudevillian Eddie Foy & his performing family starred Bob Hope & Jerry Mathers'

Answer: The Seven Little Foys


Question: '...different men who've been president of the United States'

Answer: 42


Question: 'Good-old Carl S. hammered home the fact that the city is a this "maker"'

Answer: tool maker


Question: 'The best thing about using this instrument is that you can do your laundry when you're done'

Answer: the washboard


Question: 'There are more than 600 species of this butterfly, including the one seen here'

Answer: Swallowtail


Question: 'The white clover & the wood sorrel are among the plants called these, a symbol of Ireland'

Answer: shamrocks


Question: 'Before he was Spock, he had a small role in the mutant ant infestation classic "Them!" in 1954'

Answer: (Leonard) Nimoy


Question:
'Brasilia,
Buenos Aires,
Bogota'

Answer: Buenos Aires


Question: 'Stunts on this NBC show have had players bob for plums in a tank of snakes & be put into the snake pit'

Answer: Fear Factor


Question: 'This first secretary of war under the Constitution gets a gold star for his Kentucky fort'

Answer: (Henry) Knox


Question: 'Henry's granddaughter, Peter's daughter & Jane's niece, she marked 40 on January 27'

Answer: Bridget Fonda


Question: 'Also called the harking, this yellow rose is named for the actress who harked back to Kansas from Oz'

Answer: (Judy) Garland


Question: 'Yes, dahling, this Hungarian actress played Talleah in the 1958 cult favorite "Queen of Outer Space"'

Answer: Zsa Zsa Gabor


Question:
'Helsinki,
Moscow,
Bucharest'

Answer: Bucharest


Question: 'The world's largest venomous snake, its bite could kill an elephant'

Answer: the king cobra


Question: 'He built the Cantonment post in Kansas & got more than a lifetime sentence of his name on a fort'

Answer: Leavenworth


Question: 'This "Fast Car" singer has been on the music scene since the '80s & the life scene since March 1964'

Answer: (Tracy) Chapman


Question: 'On a cob of corn, the tassels are the male flowers & these are the female'

Answer: the kernels


Question: 'Holy Moses!  He played a doctor fighting off zombies spawned by germ warfare in "The Omega Man"'

Answer: (Charlton) Heston


Question:
'Jakarta,
Canberra,
Wellington'

Answer: Wellington


Question: 'In the Siberian language of Tuvan, snakes are called "ground" these even though they don't live in water'

Answer: fish


Question: 'This man seen here lent his name to an Indiana fort'

Answer: (Anthony) Wayne


Question: 'In her 40 years she's married a Brinkman & a Boxleitner & been president of the Screen Actors Guild'

Answer: (Melissa) Gilbert


Question: 'In the Concise Columbia Encyc., this member of the carrot family is right after another member, parsley'

Answer: parsnip


Question: 'More famous for his 14 films as Sherlock Holmes, he was the "Son of Frankenstein" in 1939'

Answer: (Basil) Rathbone


Question:
'Tripoli,
Mogadishu,
Algiers'

Answer: Mogadishu


Question: 'For its 400th issue, Photo magazine recreated the photo of her & a snake from issue 200 using her daughter Sonja'

Answer: Nastassja Kinski


Question: 'This "Gamecock of the Revolution" settled in South Carolina where he lived a fortified life until age 97'

Answer: Thomas Sumter


Question: 'She turned 40 in 2003; her "Leaving Las Vegas" co-star Nicolas Cage hits it in 2004'

Answer: Elisabeth Shue


Question: 'The trailing arbutus, also known as this, is shipshape as the state flower of Massachusetts'

Answer: the mayflower


Question: 'Intent on demolishing Tokyo, Gamera was a giant monster one of these reptiles that breathed fire & could fly'

Answer: turtle


Question:
'Vientiane,
Hanoi,
Phnom Penh'

Answer: Phnom Penh


Question: 'According to legend, Hermes traded a lyre to Apollo for this snake-wrapped stick'

Answer: caduceus


Question: 'The largest fortification the British built in colonial America was a fort named for this "Elder" P.M.'

Answer: William Pitt


Question: 'Geesh, she was only 10 when she took home an Oscar in 1974; she's 40 now'

Answer: Tatum O\'Neal


Question: 'The concept of the "Oedipus Complex" was introduced in this 1899 book'

Answer: The Interpretation of Dreams


Question: '"As sweet as balm, as soft as air, as gentle--O Antony!--nay I will take thee too'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'Those who've cried in Atlantic City include winners of this glamorous title, like Carolyn Sapp in 1991'

Answer: Miss America


Question: 'If I pass you on a track when I've gone around 6 times & you've only done 5, I've done this to you'

Answer: lapped


Question: 'Ratified in 1992, it prohibits congressional salary increases taking effect until the start of the following term'

Answer: the 27th Amendment


Question: 'Marketing for this brand for Ouchies has included decorative "Stars 'n Strips"'

Answer: Band-Aids


Question: 'An old proverb states that this "knocks only once"'

Answer: opportunity


Question: '"Lay on, Macduff, and damned be him that first cries, 'hold, enough"''

Answer: Macbeth


Question: 'On winning her Oscar, a Gucci-clad Charlize Theron tearfully thanked "everybody in " this country, her homeland'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'Haagen-Dazs makes a frozen yogurt flavor called vanilla raspberry this'

Answer: Swirl


Question: 'Jonathan Franzen is from Webster groves, a suburb of this Missouri city where he set "The Twenty-Seventh City"'

Answer: St. Louis


Question: 'It's the scariest cereal in General Mills' Big G line'

Answer: Boo Berry


Question: 'New students may go through this process to familiarize themselves with their school & environment'

Answer: orientation


Question: '"The rest is silence"'

Answer: Hamlet


Question: 'Kimberley Kennedy's book about healing after her fiance bailed just before their wedding is "Left at" this'

Answer: the Altar


Question: 'Hyphenated term for a circle made by an airplane, starting by going straight up'

Answer: loop-de-loop


Question: 'In the King James Bible, these are the first & last of the 27 books of the New Testament'

Answer: Matthew & Revelation


Question: 'For decades car buyers were asked, "wouldn't you really rather have" this'

Answer: a Buick


Question: '11-letter name of the CIA service not suitable for those who like to talk about their jobs at parties'

Answer: clandestine


Question: '"I kissed thee ere I killed thee. no way but this, killing myself, to die upon a kiss"'

Answer: Othello


Question: 'Kelly on "90210", she was nicknamed "puddles" for crying as a child & cried when she was voted off "Dancing with the Stars"'

Answer: Jenny Garth


Question: 'One-word name for a traffic circle; try not to go around more than, say, ten times without exiting'

Answer: a roundabout


Question: 'This Roman emperor began his 40-year reign in 27 B.C.'

Answer: Caesar Augustus


Question: 'This shaver brand claims its pulsonic technology breaks the 10,000-micro-vibrations-per-minute barrier'

Answer: Braun


Question: 'It's a complete list of the recordings by a composer, performer or conductor'

Answer: a discography


Question: 'The Old Sow one of these off Maine is the largest in the Americas; one vortex has been measured at 250 feet across'

Answer: a whirlpool


Question: '"Attila" & "Il Corsaro" are 2 of this Italian composer's 27 operas'

Answer: Verdi


Question: 'A chef in commercials sings about how his lasagna can't compete with this maker's packaged one'

Answer: Bertolli


Question: 'A weak & timid person with an unassertive nature, named for comic strip character Caspar'

Answer: milquetoast


Question: 'It was a military prison for over 70 years & a federal prison for less than 30, from 1934 to 1962'

Answer: Alcatraz


Question: 'Reggae developed from this 3-letter Jamaican musical form that later inspired such bands as No Doubt'

Answer: ska


Question: 'The name of this inflammation of the gums comes partly from the Latin for "gum"'

Answer: gingivitis


Question: 'Artist William Golden designed the eye that serves as this network's trademark'

Answer: CBS


Question: 'The age of the honored birthday girl at her quinceanera divided by books in the Pentateuch'

Answer: 3


Question: 'An odd-looking Vandyke or goatee'

Answer: a weird beard


Question: 'Completed in 1937, this span cost $35 million to build'

Answer: the Golden Gate Bridge


Question: 'Taking its name from an Old Testament book, this 1977 Bob Marley hit is about "Movement of jah people"'

Answer: "Exodus"


Question: 'Infection with the H. pylori bacterium is probably responsible for most peptic these'

Answer: ulcers


Question: 'Dying in 2010 at the age of 90, Fred Morrison was credited with inventing this, initially called the Pluto Platter'

Answer: the frisbee


Question: 'A 3-legged stand on which to rest your portable media player from Apple'

Answer: an iPod tripod


Question: 'In 1971 this preacher bought a former San Francisco synagogue to house his People's Temple'

Answer: Jim Jones


Question: 'Eric Clapton's 1974 No. 1 hit version of this reggae song helped introduce the style to a world audience'

Answer: "I Shot the Sheriff"


Question: 'In this alliterative condition, often seen in the legs, weak valves allow the blood to flow backwards & pool in vessels'

Answer: varicose veins


Question: 'Justin Kaplan, winner of a Pulitzer, was the editor of the 17th edition of this book of quotations'

Answer: Bartlett\'s


Question: 'Number of Santa's reindeer in a Moore poem minus the current number of seats on the Supreme Court'

Answer: -1


Question: 'Trout amandine or tilapia parmesan'

Answer: a fish dish


Question: 'In 1846 this pathfinder's "exploratory" expedition to the west reached Monterey'

Answer: John Fremont


Question: 'Toots Hibbert fronts this band that had such hits as "54-46 (That's My Number)"'

Answer: the Maytals


Question: 'Fat tissue can constrict the airway during sleep & cause this condition in which breathing stops for a time'

Answer: apnea


Question: 'Wayne Clough is the 12th secretary of this complex that includes the National Zoo'

Answer: the Smithsonian


Question: 'A fresh & flippant gal from Scotland'

Answer: a sassy lassie


Question: 'Sonoma was the site for this "beastly" 1846 rebellion against Mexican rule of California'

Answer: the Bear Flag Revolt


Question: 'He sang "The Harder They Come" & his performance in that 1972 film made reggae internationally popular'

Answer: Jimmy Cliff


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical illustration on the monitor.)  Often the result of throwing a punch without keeping the wrist straight, a boxer's fracture is usually a break in the fifth of these hand bones'

Answer: the metacarpals


Question: 'On April 5, 1841 Fletcher Webster, chief clerk of the state Dept., told this nightshirt-clad man, you're now president'

Answer: Tyler


Question: 'The jargon of a wild dog of Australia'

Answer: dingo lingo


Question: 'This last name of the speech therapist in the 2010 Oscar winner for best picture is also a suffix meaning "speech"'

Answer: (Lionel) Logue


Question: '"My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late!"'

Answer: Juliet


Question: 'In 1972 he was "a hunk, a hunk of burning love"; thank you, thank you very much'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Question: 'This pronoun, always (unless you're e.e. cummings)'

Answer: I


Question: 'Pete Maravich Assembly Center, Rapides Parish Coliseum'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'In May 1883 this showman put on his first "Wild West Show"'

Answer: Buffalo Bill Cody


Question: 'In March 1983 this "Magnum P.I." star became the first male centerfold in McCall's history; he kept his clothes on'

Answer: Tom Selleck


Question: '"I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him"'

Answer: Mark Antony


Question: 'In 1957 this man hit the charts with "Great Balls of Fire"'

Answer: Jerry Lee Lewis


Question: 'These 2 paired words when they're used as part of a name, like before artist Moses & musician Jones'

Answer: grandma and grandpa


Question: 'Crisler Arena,<br />Kellogg Arena'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'He became the oldest man ever to fly in space when he returned there in October 1998 at the age of 77'

Answer: John Glenn


Question: 'Newspaper in Tampa, Salt Lake City & Chicago share this name'

Answer: "Tribune"


Question: '"Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?  Come, let me clutch thee"'

Answer: Macbeth


Question: 'He's recorded "Burn Down the Mission", "Flames of Paradise" & a big hit about a candle'

Answer: Elton John


Question: 'Yes when it refers to the language, but not always when it refers to spin put on a ball'

Answer: english


Question: 'HP Pavilion,<br />Arrowhead Pond'

Answer: California


Question: 'In 2004 this Fijian set a record for pro golf winnings in one year, $10,905,166'

Answer: (Vijay) Singh


Question: 'This hunting & fishing publication calls itself "The World's Leading Outdoor Magazine"'

Answer: "Field & Stream"


Question: '"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; or close the wall up with our English dead"'

Answer: Henry V


Question: '"Fire and Rain" was the first top 40 hit for this singer/songwriter'

Answer: James Taylor


Question: 'Days of the week, like these 2 consecutive ones named for heavenly bodies that aren't planets'

Answer: Sunday and Monday


Question: 'TD Banknorth Garden,<br />Paul E. Tsongas Arena'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'This man who partnered with Charlie McCarthy was the first president of the TV Academy'

Answer: (Edgar) Bergen


Question: 'Missouri's top newspaper in circulation is this one in St. Louis'

Answer: "Post-Dispatch"


Question: '"Beware, my Lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster"'

Answer: Iago


Question: '"Wheel of Fortune

Answer: "We Didn\'t Start the Fire"


Question: 'In standard style, number of capitalized words in the title of Hemingway's tale about a fisherman battling a marlin'

Answer: four


Question: 'Midwest Wireless Civic Center,<br />Mayo Civic Center'

Answer: Minnesota


Question: 'Many of Geoffrey Chaucer's works were first printed around 1477 by this man, England's first printer'

Answer: William Caxton


Question: 'This paper on Long Island was founded in 1940 by Alicia Patterson, who held a contest to name it'

Answer: "Newsday"


Question: 'To find gas and oil, geologists may set off an explosion & measure the waves using this instrument'

Answer: a seismograph


Question: 'He received Oscar nominations for acting in & directing "Million Dollar Baby"'

Answer: Clint Eastwood


Question: 'Lisboa is what residents of this nation call their capital'

Answer: Portugal


Question: '"Haile Selassie" means "the might of" this, the threefold personality of the one divine being'

Answer: the trinity


Question: 'The first person in the Americas to be canonized was Rose of this South American capital'

Answer: Lima


Question: 'U.S. military base on the southeast cost of Cuba'

Answer: Guantanamo Bay


Question: 'Lying just below the crust, this largest of the earth's layers is about 1,800 miles thick'

Answer: the mantle


Question: 'The dad of this "Sideways" star was President of Yale & Commissioner of Major League Baseball'

Answer: Paul Giamatti


Question: 'On the French revolutionary calendar, the month of Nivose, "snowy",  was followed by Pluviose, or this'

Answer: rainy


Question: 'In 1936 Selassie went into Exile in this country, which in 1941 helped Ethiopian forces recapture their home capital'

Answer: England


Question: 'He's the early martyr whose distinctive manner of death is shown here.  Note the guy with the big rock'

Answer: St. Stephen


Question: 'Internal digestive organ connected to the liver'

Answer: the gall bladder


Question: 'Andalusite, an aluminum silicate mineral, was named for the region in this country where it was discovered'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'James Caan played a character based on this playwright in the film "Chapter Two"'

Answer: Neil Simon


Question: 'An obscenity case against "I Am Curious (Yellow)" a 1960's film from this country, went to the U.S. Supreme Court'

Answer: Sweden


Question: '"Castillo Interior" is a classic spiritual work by this 16th century female saint'

Answer: St. Teresa [of Avila]


Question: 'At about 1,250 miles long, it's the largest coral reef on earth'

Answer: the Great Barrier Reef


Question: 'This geologic epoch that ended about 11,000 years ago included numerous ice ages'

Answer: the Pleistocene


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew is in Girls and Boys Town)  He sent his Boystown Oscar to  Father Flannigan, saying his "great human qualities were strong enough to shine through my humble efforts"'

Answer: [Spencer] Tracy


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew digs in in Estonia) I'm in Estonia snacking on keele sült, an appetizer of this organ meat, sometimes known as gossip's fate'

Answer: tongue


Question: 'The cross here is named for this saint, thought to have met his death on a similar looking item'

Answer: St. Peter


Question: 'Entomological title of a Poe Story'

Answer: The Gold Bug


Question: 'A large area of land lying at the "foot of a mountain", it shares its name with a region in northwest Italy'

Answer: a piedmont


Question: 'Last name of this Iowa-born "Superman Returns" star is pronounced like "South"'

Answer: Brandon Routh


Question: 'If writing to a friend in Berlin in 1500, you could put these 3 words on the envelope as the country'

Answer: Holy Roman Empire


Question: 'Anselm of Canterbury is famous for his "ontological argument" for this'

Answer: the existence of God


Question: '19th century French opera composer of "The Pearl Fishers" & "The Fair Maid of Perth", among others'

Answer: Georges Bizet


Question: '"American Vertigo" by philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy retraced a trip 175 years before by this man, his countryman'

Answer: Alexis de Tocqueville


Question: 'Business partner Jacob Davis added the rivets to the pocket corners of this man's pants'

Answer: Levi Strauss


Question: 'In 1589 Boris Godunov got this country's Orthodox Church recognized as an independent patriarchate'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'On this series, Crystal Bernard plays Helen, an airport lunch counter operator & cellist'

Answer: Wings


Question: 'The Grune Woche, one of Germany's largest agricultural fairs, takes place in this capital city.'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'It begins, "It looked extremely rocky for the Mudville Nine that day"'

Answer: "Casey at the Bat"


Question: 'Newspaper publisher Britt Reid fights crime as this "Green" hero'

Answer: the Green Hornet


Question: 'It's said he added a wire comb to his cotton gin at the suggestion of Catherine Greene, a widow'

Answer: Eli Whitney


Question: 'When he went to Europe in 1971, he became the first reigning Japanese monarch to travel abroad'

Answer: Hirohito


Question: 'In Ghostbusters she played the cellist who fell for, or rather levitated for, Bill Murray'

Answer: (Sigourney) Weaver


Question: 'Albany, Georgia has an annual festival devoted to this nut, a type of hickory'

Answer: the pecan


Question: 'His poem, "Highland Mary", was inspired by Mary Campbell, to whom he was engaged'

Answer: Burns


Question: 'A googly is a deceptive delivery by the bowler in this sport'

Answer: cricket


Question: 'During World War I he directed the wireless service of Italy's army'

Answer: Marconi


Question: 'In 1942 he replaced Gandhi as leader of India's National Congress Party'

Answer: Nehru


Question: 'In The Living Daylights he played the Bond who formed a bond with Czech cellist Maryam d'Abo'

Answer: (Timothy) Dalton


Question: 'An Urbanna, Virginia festival devoted to this bivalve serves it in every conceivable fashion.'

Answer: oysters


Question: 'He included an unflattering description of himself in one of "The Canterbury Tales"'

Answer: Chaucer


Question: 'This producer brought together "Our Gang", those cute little rascals'

Answer: (Hal) Roach


Question: 'In 1959 Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce applied for patents on the first integrated ones of these'

Answer: a circuit


Question: 'In 1973 Menachem Begin helped form this Israeli political party, a merger of several smaller parties'

Answer: Likud


Question: 'Tannis Vallely played the cello-playing honors student on this Howard Hesseman series'

Answer: the Head of the Class


Question: 'Gering, Nebraska's 4-day celebration of this pioneer trail features an old settler's reunion and parades'

Answer: the Oregon Trail


Question: 'In 1823 Shelley was buried in the same Rome cemetery where this poet had been buried 2 years earlier'

Answer: Keats


Question: 'In 1982 he had a hit single, "Goody Two Shoes", & a hit album, "Friend or Foe"'

Answer: Adam Ant


Question: 'The sensation of the 1893 Chicago Exposition rose 250' & was named for its inventor'

Answer: the Ferris Wheel


Question: 'Great Britain gained most of Eastern Canada from France as a result of this war'

Answer: the French & Indian War


Question: 'Buddy Sorrell was the character who played the cello on this comedy series'

Answer: The Dick Van Dyke Show


Question: 'This country sets aside June 15 to honor its Dannebrog, the oldest national flag in the world'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'This British poet of "Gunga Din" penned the phrase "East is East, and West is West"'

Answer: (Rudyard) Kipling


Question: 'Last name of the "Back to the Future" movie character seen here'

Answer: McFly


Question: 'In 1784 the king considered having this torn down; in July 1789, the people did so on their own'

Answer: le Bastille


Question: 'Kangaroo Paw, an unusual-looking wildflower, is native to this country'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'In 1985 this performer bought ATV, owner of much of the Beatles' catalogue, for over $40 million'

Answer: Michael Jackson


Question: 'This state leads the U.S. in number of registered automobiles with over 17 million'

Answer: California


Question: 'Kiribati's largest island is named for this ho-ho holiday'

Answer: Christmas Island


Question: 'When this Shakespearean theater was rebuilt after a 1613 fire, tile replaced thatch on its roof'

Answer: the Globe Theatre


Question: 'On July 11, 1789, Lafayette proposed to the Assembly a first draft of the declaration of these'

Answer: the rights of man


Question: 'This hybrid offspring of a male donkey & a mare is usually sterile'

Answer: a mule


Question: 'The "Acid Queen" costume she wore in "Tommy" is now in Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame'

Answer: Tina Turner


Question: 'Air in this tunnel between NYC & Jersey City comes from giant fans in 4 10-story towers'

Answer: the Holland Tunnel


Question: 'It's separated from the "toe" of Italy by the Strait of Messina'

Answer: Sicily


Question: 'The drama theatre, 1 of 4 auditoriums in this Sydney structure, is used for plays'

Answer: the Sydney Opera House


Question: 'Written by Rouget de Lisle as "Chant de guerre pour l'armee du Rhin", it's now known as this anthem'

Answer: La Marseillaise


Question: 'This hot, dry Saharan wind whose name comes from Arabic for "East" can bring rain to southern Europe'

Answer: Sirocco


Question: '"Great Balls of Fire!"  In 1968 he played Iago in "Catch My Soul", a rock musical version of "Othello".'

Answer: Jerry Lee Lewis


Question: 'This state capital has a Wiley Post Airport as well as a Will Rogers Airport'

Answer: Oklahoma City


Question: 'Yell, Mainland, and Fetlar are among these islands famous for their ponies'

Answer: the Shetlands


Question: 'Uta Hagen was the first to play Martha in this playwright's"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"'

Answer: Albee


Question: 'Running from July 19 to August 17, this month was so hot... you could cook a lobster on the sidewalk'

Answer: Thermidor


Question: 'The dried leaves of the purple foxglove are used to produce this heart stimulant'

Answer: digitalis


Question: 'Her 1986 No. 1 hit "That's What Friends Are For" was credited to her "and Friends"'

Answer: Dionne Warwick


Question: 'This series of canals allows transportations and commerce between Lakes Superior & Huron'

Answer: the Sault Ste. Marie Canals


Question: 'It lies 25 miles south of Barbuda'

Answer: Antigua


Question: '2 of Wilkie Collins' plays were performed at a theatre in this "Great Expectations" author's home'

Answer: (Charles) Dickens


Question: '1790's new tricolor flag replaced one with this floral symbol'

Answer: the fleur-de-lis


Question: 'Most of these birds belong to the genus cygnus'

Answer: swans


Question: 'She refused a 1990 Grammy for best alternative performance for "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got"'

Answer: (Sinead) O\'Connor


Question: 'This city's Logan International Airport is about 180 miles closer to Europe than New York City is'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'In the West Indies, Dominica lies between Guadeloupe & this French island'

Answer: Martinique


Question: 'Lady Gregory organized foreign tours of this Dublin theater company from 1911 to 1913'

Answer: the Abbey Theatre


Question: 'The northernmost country in Africa, it's much smaller than the countries that border it'

Answer: Tunisia


Question: 'Besides 1 & 26, they're the other 2 factors of the number 26'

Answer: 2 & 13


Question: 'Rudolph Giuliani was Time magazine's Person of the Year for this troubled year'

Answer: 2001


Question: 'This advertising drama was 2008's Outstanding Drama Series & we'll raise our martini glass if it wins again'

Answer: Mad Men


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA.) The Newport 28 is the model Alan Winslow & Douglas Campbell were flying in 1918 when they became the first Americans to shoot down enemy planes in combat over this country'

Answer: France


Question: 'His original name was Malcolm Little & his Muslim name was El-Hajj Malik El Shabazz'

Answer: Malcolm X


Question: 'Comedy style in which the face shows no expression'

Answer: deadpan


Question: 'It's the closest track & field event to 26 miles'

Answer: the marathon


Question: 'This World's Fair dubbed the Centennial Exposition was held in Philadelphia in this year'

Answer: 1876


Question: 'This network won big in 2008 with projects like "Recount" & has 99 primetime nominations for 2009'

Answer: HBO


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA.)  The museum has a Soviet duplicate of Sputnik; on October 4, 1957, the original was launched from one of these 4-letter missiles, better known as a nuclear deterrent'

Answer: an ICBM


Question: 'When he began writing songs in 1907, singing waiter Israel Baline became him'

Answer: Irving Berlin


Question: 'A person who is almost identical to another'

Answer: a dead ringer


Question: 'Adlai Stevenson lost to Eisenhower in the presidential elections held in these 2 years'

Answer: 1952 & 1956


Question: 'He left the sitcom world to earn the 2008 Emmy for Lead Actor in a Drama Series & is nominated again in 2009'

Answer: Bryan Cranston


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA.) This British company that only existed from 1912 to 1920 produced planes called the Baby, Strutter, Pup &, most famously, the Camel'

Answer: Sopwith


Question: 'Infamous Dallas nightclub owner Jacob Rubenstein was better known by this name'

Answer: Jack Ruby


Question: 'A period of silence during a radio broadcast'

Answer: dead air


Question: 'Jesse Owens struck multiple Olympic gold in Berlin in this year'

Answer: 1936


Question: 'How sweet the sound of Best Reality-Competition Program for this show in 2008; let's see about 2009'

Answer: The Amazing Race


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA.)  This is one of four surviving examples of the USSR's Yak-9, which entered World War II in time to help turn this crucial battle & siege of July 1942 to February 1943'

Answer: the Battle of Stalingrad


Question: 'Designer Ralph Lifschitz found his name unfashionable, so he changed it to this'

Answer: Ralph Lauren


Question: 'Slang for paper currency'

Answer: dead presidents


Question: 'Viet Cong & North Vietnamese troops captured Saigon in this year'

Answer: 1975


Question: 'We'll see if Glenn Close can repeat her 2008 Emmy for her work on this program'

Answer: Damages


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA.) Piloting Corsairs over the Solomon Islands, this Marine squadron led by "Pappy" Boyington shot down about 100 Japanese aircraft'

Answer: the Black Sheep


Question: 'Robert Parker took this outlaw alias from his mentor; his partner took his from a city where he was jailed'

Answer: Butch Cassidy


Question: 'Rhyming term for something directly in front'

Answer: dead ahead


Question: 'On Dec. 13, 1961 Father Time caught up with this 101-year-old artist with a relative in her nickname'

Answer: "Grandma Moses"


Question: 'This beetle of the family Coccinellidae lays her eggs on a leaf before flying away home, fire or no fire'

Answer: the ladybug


Question: 'Thou wishest to party in this South American city & climb its 1,325-foot Sugar Loaf Mountain, verily'

Answer: Rio


Question: 'Besides "The Godfather of Soul", another nickname described James Brown as this "in Show Business"'

Answer: "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business"


Question: 'A person serving in place of another, perhaps as a teacher'

Answer: a substitute


Question: 'White hair was not a sign of age for Debby, who died in a Winnipeg zoo in 2008 as the oldest living one of these animals'

Answer: a polar bear


Question: 'In 1996 a cat named this dashed into a burning NYC building 5 times to pull her kittens out, & frankly, we do give a damn'

Answer: Scarlett


Question: 'Huzzah!  Thou hast undertaken a tour of Iqaluit & Yellowknife, territorial capitals in this country'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'In 1974 James went to Zaire to perform before this boxer's "Rumble in the Jungle" with George Foreman'

Answer: Ali


Question: 'A group of 3, with or without a Holy Ghost'

Answer: a trinity


Question: 'After 144 years of good times & hard time, this Illinois prison where Jake Blues did time closed in 2002'

Answer: Joliet


Question: 'In mammals, a mother gestates a zygote, which becomes an embryo & then this, from the Latin for "offspring"'

Answer: a fetus


Question: 'Thy travels have taken thee to Wels, Graz & Innsbruck in this country'

Answer: Austria


Question: 'Katharine Hepburn majored in history & philosophy at this Seven Sisters school that's just outside Philadelphia'

Answer: Bryn Mawr


Question: 'In 1989 "The Godfather of Soul" duetted with this "Queen of Soul" on "Gimme Your Love"'

Answer: Aretha Franklin


Question: 'The state of living alone, even for 100 years... in a fortress'

Answer: solitude


Question: 'After 12,000 years staring out over New Hampshire, this senior citizen succumbed in 2003'

Answer: the Old Man of the Mountain


Question: 'In relative terms, this so-called bear has the smallest babies of any placental mammal--just 1/800 of Mama's weight'

Answer: a panda


Question: 'Zoinks!  Thou findest thyself at this South American country's border with Panama'

Answer: Colombia


Question: 'On Oct. 24, 1962 Brown's legendary stage act was taped for a live album at this iconic venue in Harlem'

Answer: the Apollo Theater


Question: 'A coarse-grained igneous rock composed of quartz & feldspar'

Answer: granite


Question: 'In 1989 Father Time went to Switzerland to get Franz Josef II, prince of this small neighbor since 1938'

Answer: Lichtenstein


Question: 'These royal mothers, aka hamadryads, lay 20-40 eggs in a mound of leaves; they'll strike if you get too close'

Answer: king cobras


Question: 'Thou art landlocked in this Southeast Asian country, yet may still enjoy its cities of Xam Nua & Muang Xon'

Answer: Laos


Question: 'James sang, "When you kiss me, when you mess me, hold my hand, make me understand, I break out--in" this'

Answer: a cold sweat


Question: 'Reparation made by giving compensation for loss or damage'

Answer: restitution


Question: 'Though known for writing nonsense verse, he gave Queen Victoria drawing lessons & Tennyson wrote a poem to him'

Answer: Edward Lear


Question: 'Skippers, moths & these insects make up the order Lepidoptera'

Answer: butterflies


Question:
'Old:
Tom Wopat & Catherine Bach;
New:
Johnny Knoxville & Jessica Simpson'

Answer: The Dukes of Hazzard


Question: 'It's the state directly below Oklahoma'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'Her 1469 marriage would unite her Castile with Aragon; without her, no Columbus Day'

Answer: Isabella


Question: 'Got this title guy & girl... guy has massive head trauma... girl has contusions from "tumbling after"'

Answer: Jack & Jill


Question: 'Keen insight; "women's" seems to be especially potent'

Answer: intuition


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a honeycomb tray at the University of Nebraska's Dept. of Entomology.)  Carpenter & mason bees are classified as solitary types; honeybees, which live in colonies of tens of thousands, are this opposite kind'

Answer: social


Question:
'Old:
John Astin & Jackie Coogan;
New:
Raul Julia & Christopher Lloyd'

Answer: The Addams Family


Question: 'In a fraction, it's the part that's below the line'

Answer: the denominator


Question: 'Reigned during Opium, Crimean & Boer Wars; survived husband by a mere 40 years'

Answer: Victoria


Question: 'Had so many kids "she didn't know what to do... she whipped them all soundly"?!  Call child services on this title babe!'

Answer: The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe


Question: 'Try this "Itsy Bitsy" Marshall Islands atoll on for size; it was the bomb in swimwear'

Answer: Bikini


Question: 'Despite its name, this fuzzy-leafed "African" plant, Saintpaulia ionantha, can have pink or white flowers'

Answer: an African violet


Question:
'Old:
Kristy Swanson;
New:
Sarah Michelle Gellar'

Answer: Buffy the Vampire Slayer


Question: 'In vocal music, it's the range directly below mezzo-soprano'

Answer: contralto


Question: 'King from about 1347 to 1339 B.C.; got famous (again) in 1922; got a CAT scan in 2005 (to see how he died)'

Answer: King Tut


Question: 'Multiple traumas!  The wife of a rural man had a carving knife... were these title rodents' tails packed in ice?!'

Answer: the Three Blind Mice


Question: 'A law or decree that forbids; it sums up the 18th Amendment'

Answer: prohibition


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Besh-ba-gowah Pueblo in Phoenix, AZ.)  Arizona's Native American Salado people were expert weavers & made sandals from this succulent of the same genus as the Joshua tree'

Answer: the yucca


Question:
'Old:
Burt Ward & Burgess Meredith;
New:
Chris O'Donnell & Danny DeVito'

Answer: Batman


Question: 'It's the part of a horse's leg that's directly below the fetlock & the pastern'

Answer: the hoof


Question: 'King of Judah from 873 to 849 B.C.; succeeded by son Jehoram; name now generally found after "jumpin'"'

Answer: Jehoshaphat


Question: 'Got a knave here... stole this royal woman's tarts... the king "beat the knave full sore"; the knave's crashing!  Clear!'

Answer: The Queen of Hearts


Question: 'Made by human skill; it's often applied to turf in a stadium'

Answer: artificial


Question: 'The Congo eel isn't an eel but a type of this tailed amphibian'

Answer: salamander


Question:
'Old:
Lorne Greene & Dirk Benedict;
New:
Edward James Olmos & Katee Sackhoff'

Answer: Battlestar Galactica


Question: 'In the biological taxonomy of animals, it's the 6-letter classification directly below kingdom'

Answer: phylum


Question: 'Last ruler of House of York; Wars of the Roses didn't smell sweet for him'

Answer: Richard III


Question: 'Ah geez, the man's "all tattered and torn"... got a dog "that worried the cat that killed the rat... that lay" in this title place'

Answer: The House that Jack Built


Question: 'Philosophical attitude associated with Kierkegaard, Heidegger & Jaspers'

Answer: existentialism


Question: 'Juan Peron died in this city in 1974'

Answer: Buenos Aires


Question: '(Jerry Seinfeld delivers the clue.)  In the "Seinfeld" finale we were defended by Jackie Chiles, who reminded some people of this famous trial attorney'

Answer: Johnnie Cochran


Question: 'Writers resting at the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Mass. include Emerson & this Walden Pond ponderer'

Answer: Thoreau


Question: 'One of the two African Americans to win the prize, one in 1950, the other in 1964'

Answer: Martin Luther King, Jr. (& Ralph Bunche)


Question: 'On April 1, 1992 NPR reported that this disgraced U.S. president was running again for the job, prompting a flood of calls'

Answer: Nixon


Question: 'Once a term for a carnival performer who bit the heads off chickens, it now usually refers to a tech nerd'

Answer: a geek


Question: 'It joined the Swiss Confederation in 1353'

Answer: Bern


Question: 'He had more than 100 songs reach the Billboard Country Singles chart'

Answer: Johnny Cash


Question: 'Simone de Beauvoir & this boyfriend share a grave at the Montparnasse cemetery in Paris'

Answer: Sartre


Question: 'It's the number of U.S. presidents who've won the award'

Answer: three


Question: 'In the 1790s a sensation gripped England when William Ireland revealed a "new" play by this man titled "Vortigern"'

Answer: Shakespeare


Question: 'As a verb, it means to order your child to his room & take away his privileges'

Answer: ground


Question: 'The name of this Malaysian capital means "muddy confluence"'

Answer: Kuala Lumpur


Question: 'Seen here, she knows more about Hollywood wives & husbands than they'd care to admit'

Answer: Jackie Collins


Question: 'The most-visited grave site at St. Mary's cemetery in Rockville Maryland is that of this author & his wife Zelda'

Answer: (Scott) Fitzgerald


Question: 'This international organization won in 1917, 1944 & 1963'

Answer: the Red Cross


Question: 'While at this Ithaca university, Hugh Troy used a rhinoceros foot to leave tracks in the snow around the school'

Answer: Cornell


Question: 'Follow these double-talk dancers to your local discotheque'

Answer: go-go dancers


Question: 'Belize City, a port, was Belize's capital until a 1961 hurricane; then the capital moved to this inland city'

Answer: Belmopan


Question: '"Mr. P.C." is a classic composition from Mr. J.C. of '50s & '60s jazz'

Answer: John Coltrane


Question: 'After his death in 1968, some of his ashes were scattered along the California coast, the rest were buried in Salinas'

Answer: (John) Steinbeck


Question: 'Though he never won, he was nominated in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947 & again in 1948 a few days before his assassination'

Answer: (Mahatma) Gandhi


Question: 'In 1957 the British TV show "Panorama" reported on a bumper crop of this pasta grown in trees'

Answer: spaghetti


Question: 'Also known as chickpeas, these beans are the main ingredient in hummus'

Answer: garbanzo beans


Question: 'It's home to King Rama IX Royal Park'

Answer: Bangkok


Question: 'Seen here, he's played a wide range of roles; check out "Babe" vs. "L.A. Confidential"'

Answer: James Cromwell


Question: 'Her epitaph "Excuse My Dust" is famous; fewer know that it's on a plaque at NAACP HQ, where her ashes are buried'

Answer: Dorothy Parker


Question: 'In 1991 Aung San Suu Kyi won the Peace Prize while living under house arrest in this nation'

Answer: Burma