Question: 'Lao, the official language of this southeast Asian country, is mostly monosyllabic'

Answer: Laos


Question: 'This magazine's January 29, 1996 swimsuit issue featured Valeria Mazza & Tyra Banks in bikinis in South Africa'

Answer: Sports Illustrated


Question: 'This Colorado city's capitol dome is covered with 47 ounces of gold leaf'

Answer: Denver


Question: 'Take off for a fortnight & you'll be gone this many days'

Answer: 14


Question: 'Popular for knickknacks, it's the shelf above a fireplace'

Answer: Mantle


Question: 'This rattlesnake was named for its diagonal crawling pattern'

Answer: Sidewinder


Question: 'The dramas of Seneca & the histories of Tacitus belong to this language's silver age'

Answer: Latin


Question: 'Holding a Cohiba panatella, Linda Evangelista was on a magazine cover for aficionados of these'

Answer: Cigars


Question: 'This Ohio city is home to Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery'

Answer: Columbus


Question: 'To convert gallons to these units, multiply by 3.785'

Answer: Liters


Question: 'It can be a chest of drawers or a federal agency'

Answer: Bureau


Question: 'Types of these desert animals that leap to mind are the collared, zebra-tailed & leopard'

Answer: Lizards


Question: 'Romansh is spoken in this country's canton of Graubunden'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'This wonder from Down Under appears in the 1996 film "Jane Eyre"'

Answer: Elle Macpherson


Question: 'This North Dakota city's capitol building is called The Skyscraper of the Prairies'

Answer: Bismarck


Question: 'A square foot contains this many square inches'

Answer: 144


Question: 'It means composed of many different or clashing elements, like musician Tommy Lee's Crue'

Answer: Motley


Question: 'The name of these Arabs means "dwellers in the desert"'

Answer: Bedouins


Question: 'This language whose name means "Jewish" arose between the 9th & 12th centuries in southwestern Germany'

Answer: Yiddish


Question: 'Bijan features this "ten"acious actress in his ads'

Answer: Bo Derek


Question: 'According to the 1990 census, this Vermont capital had only 8,247 residents'

Answer: Montpelier


Question: 'Jockeys know it's equal to an eighth of a mile'

Answer: Furlong


Question: 'Japanese for "tray planting", it's the art of growing dwarfed trees & shrubs'

Answer: Bonsai


Question: 'This large yucca plant of the Mojave has a national park named for it'

Answer: Joshua Tree


Question: 'The Formosan languages, spoken by about 200,000 on this island, belong to the Austronesian family'

Answer: Taiwan


Question: 'In the 1996 novel "Swan" this black beauty takes you behind the scenes of the modeling world'

Answer: Naomi Campbell


Question: 'This capital was founded in 1851 as Eagle Station, a stop for wagons crossing the Sierra Nevadas'

Answer: Carson City


Question: 'If your recipe calls for a cup of liquid, you can use this many tablespoons'

Answer: 16


Question: 'Caused by oxidation, it's the greenish film that forms on copper or old bronze'

Answer: Patina


Question: 'At Crozer Theological Seminary King learned of this Indian leader's idea of nonviolence'

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi


Question: 'Since their 1991 wedding, he's been Jane Fonda's "Cable Guy"'

Answer: Ted Turner


Question: 'Author & scholar Ruth R. Wisse is the 1st person to teach Yiddish literature at the Cambridge, Mass. university'

Answer: Harvard


Question: 'As a teen Gian Carlo Menotti turned this undersea H.C. Andersen fairy tale into an opera'

Answer: "The Little Mermaid"


Question: 'You can see Rembrandt's "Adoration of the Shepherds" at the National Gallery on this British square'

Answer: Trafalgar Square


Question: 'In 1996 this "Scrupulous" author published a book about the fashion industry called "Spring Collection"'

Answer: Judith Krantz


Question: 'It was the profession of King's father & grandfather as well'

Answer: Minister


Question: 'She & Paul Newman became grandparents for the first time when daughter Lissy had a baby boy in 1996'

Answer: Joanne Woodward


Question: 'Among the Challenger crew on its fateful mission was this social studies teacher from New Hampshire'

Answer: Christa McAuliffe


Question: 'In this Puccini work, Sharpless, the American consul in Nagasaki, is sung by a baritone'

Answer: "Madame Butterfly"


Question: 'The northernmost 18-hole golf course in Europe is at Akureyri in this volcanic country'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'Maiden name of "Frankenstein" author Mary, or "A Mother And Two Daughters" author Gail'

Answer: Godwin


Question: 'In December 1964 King conferred with this man, who was spying on him, about the FBI's role in civil rights'

Answer: J. Edgar Hoover


Question: 'These once-married stars are the parents of "Ellen" co-star Joely Fisher'

Answer: Eddie Fisher & Connie Stevens


Question: 'When Tuskeegee opened its doors in 1881, he was the school's only teacher'

Answer: Booker T. Washington


Question: 'This Richard Strauss opera is a "Wilde" tale set around 30 A.D. in Galilee'

Answer: "Salome"


Question: 'You can tour the Peace Palace in this city when the International Court of Justice is not in session'

Answer: The Hague


Question: 'Before moving to the U.S., this "Fountainhead" author worked as a guide in a Leningrad museum'

Answer: Ayn Rand


Question: 'King wished that his children "not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of" this'

Answer: Character


Question: 'Paula Prentiss played a perverse nurse in "Mrs. Winterbourne", directed by this man, her husband'

Answer: Richard Benjamin


Question: 'She was teaching political science when President Reagan chose her as U.N. Ambassador'

Answer: Jeanne Kirkpatrick


Question: 'This "Billy The Kid" composer wrote 2 operas:  "The Second Hurricane" & "The Tender Land"'

Answer: Aaron Copland


Question: 'The Ra II is on display in the Kon-Tiki Museum in this capital city'

Answer: Oslo, Norway


Question: 'She hopes to conclude her alphabet mysteries with "Z" around the year 2015'

Answer: Sue Grafton


Question: 'This 3-word phrase from a spiritual is engraved 3 times on King's tombstone'

Answer: "Free At Last"


Question: 'She married Steven Spielberg after co-starring in his film "Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom"'

Answer: Kate Capshaw


Question: 'Of Japanese descent, this educator & linguist represented California in the Senate 1977-1983'

Answer: SI Hayakawa


Question: '"The Tales of Hoffmann" was his last & greatest work'

Answer: Jacques Offenbach


Question: 'You can see an enormous clock on Rue du Gros-Horloge in this city where time ran out for Joan of Arc'

Answer: Rouen


Question: 'In her first book since "Waiting To Exhale", she tells "How Stella Got Her Groove Back"'

Answer: Terry McMillan


Question: 'The London Theatre's equivalent of Broadway's Tony Awards are named for him'

Answer: Sir Laurence Olivier


Question: 'In his will, Caesar adopted this teenage future emperor as his heir'

Answer: Augustus


Question: 'This can refer to a rural walk or a tax increase'

Answer: a hike


Question: 'In the U.S. this is a frilly hat for women; in England it refers to the hood of a car'

Answer: a bonnet


Question: 'On March 15, 1998, the ides boded ill for this pediatrician who wrote a book on child care'

Answer: Dr. Spock


Question: 'To protect Winona Ryder, Johnny Depp stabs Anthony Michael Hall with his "hands" in this Tim Burton film'

Answer: Edward Scissorhands


Question: 'Charlotte based "Villette" on her experiences at a boarding school in this Belgian city'

Answer: Brussels


Question: 'In Shakespeare's" Julius Caesar", this man begins his eulogy of Caesar, "Friends, Romans, countrymen..."'

Answer: Mark Antony


Question: 'Mark Twain said this sport "is a good walk spoiled"'

Answer: golf


Question: '"Flowery" term for an old-fashioned women's undergarment'

Answer: bloomers


Question: 'On March 15, 1956 Broadway said 'Allo for the first time to 'Enry 'Iggins in this show at the Mark 'Ellenger'

Answer: My Fair Lady


Question: 'In this John Boorman film, Mordred pierces Arthur with his spear, but Arthur gets him anyway'

Answer: Excalibur


Question: 'The title character of Anne's "Agnes Grey" worked in this 9-letter job, as did Anne from 1841 to 1845'

Answer: governess


Question: 'In 47 B.C., after defeating the King of Pontus, Caesar boasted, "Veni, vidi, vici!"; I came, I saw, I did this'

Answer: I conquered


Question: 'This word for a leisurely stroll sounds like Mrs. Claus' hubby'

Answer: a saunter


Question: 'Formal functions are sometimes called these 2-word affairs, referring to a piece of men's clothing'

Answer: black tie


Question: 'On March 15, 1985 this type of site debuted on the Internet; it was soon to be a "Revolution" & a "Bubble"'

Answer: a dot com


Question: 'In a 1976 horror film, this telekinetic teen uses her powers to "throw" cutlery at her uber-religious mom'

Answer: Carrie


Question: 'On the impact of Charlotte's work, Virginia Woolf wrote, "Think of Rochester and we have to think of" this title woman'

Answer: Jane Eyre


Question: 'From 46 to 44 B.C. Julius Caesar literally ruled as one of these, having been appointed so by the Roman Senate'

Answer: dictator


Question: 'To go at a slow pace; put an "R" at the beginning & it means to roam aimlessly'

Answer: amble


Question: 'Got disco fever?  You may be wearing these flaring pants that have an instrument in their name'

Answer: bell-bottoms


Question: 'The uncanny March 15 return of 75-plus turkey vultures, AKA these, to Hinckley Ridge in Ohio led to an annual fest'

Answer: buzzards


Question: 'Lucy Lu looks great as a Yakuza leader, but gets a little off the top courtesy of "The Bride" in this movie'

Answer: Kill Bill


Question: 'Emily Bronte died at the age of 30, just one year after this novel of hers was published & savaged by critics'

Answer: Wuthering Heights


Question: 'It took from 58 to 50 B.C., but Caesar decisively overcame this fractious French region'

Answer: Gaul


Question: 'Byron wrote "So we'll go no more a-" this word that's sometimes seen before "reporter"'

Answer: roving


Question: 'You don't have to be a Spanish separatist to enjoy these close-fitting bodices'

Answer: a basque


Question: 'In 1819 residents in this part of Massachusetts voted for separation; on March 15, 1820 it became a state'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'John Conner's foster father comes to a stabby, milky end in this 1991 sequel'

Answer: Terminator 2


Question: 'Charlotte, Emily & Anne published their poetry as Currer, Ellis & Acton this; does it ring one?'

Answer: Bell


Question: 'Although the war began in April 1861, no major battles were fought until this one in Virginia 3 months later'

Answer: First Manassas (or Bull Run)


Question: 'Before Jackie, he romanced Maria Callas & was married to Athina Livanos'

Answer: Aristotle Onassis


Question: 'This element, symbol I, is added to table salt as a dietary supplement'

Answer: iodine


Question: 'You knead to know that this product has been fun for kids since 1955, but only after it failed as a wallpaper cleaner'

Answer: Play-Doh


Question: 'From Aug. 13, 2010: "Remnants of the Taliban... remain active" in this country'

Answer: Afghanistan


Question: '"An unenclosed wood"; see it for the trees'

Answer: forest


Question: 'This biscuit fittingly had "hard" in its name; Union soldiers called it "sheet iron crackers"'

Answer: hardtack


Question: 'This actress has 3 children with ex John McEnroe'

Answer: Tatum O\'Neal


Question: 'On average, this, which the ancient mariner saw lots of, is about 3% salt; a gallon contains about a quarter pound'

Answer: ocean water (sea water accepted)


Question: 'Alexander Fleming got back from a trip to find no bacteria in the cultures he'd left exposed; hello, this'

Answer: penicillin


Question: 'On June 24, 2010 State warned "U.S. citizens of the situation in" this country after "the January 12 earthquake"'

Answer: Haiti


Question: '"Pertaining to oxen or cows"'

Answer: bovine


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animated diagram on the monitor.)  At the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, the Union's center line at Cemetery Ridge was hit by 12,000 Confederates who suffered 42% casualties in the skirmish known as this man's "charge"'

Answer: (Gen. George) Pickett


Question: 'Before Sha-ron! this rocker was married to Thelma Mayfair'

Answer: Ozzy Osbourne


Question: 'The Via Salaria, over which salt was carried from salt beds in Ostia, is one of the oldest roads in this country'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'In 1879 a chemist's unwashed hands got residue on a roll, which tasted sweet; he'd patent this, 300x sweeter than sugar'

Answer: saccharin


Question: 'On March 23, 2010 the State Dept. issued a warning on going to this Mideast country; hiking its border is a bad idea, too'

Answer: Iran


Question: '"To ward off", like a champion boxer does to his title'

Answer: defend


Question: 'This 6-barreled, hand-cranked weapon was first used in war by Union troops at the Battle of Petersburg'

Answer: a Gatling gun


Question: 'This man who's played Dracula, Lee Harvey Oswald & Sirius Black was once married to Uma Thurman'

Answer: Gary Oldman


Question: '"Architectural" term for an underground repository of salt with a rounded shape'

Answer: a salt dome


Question: 'In 1946 a Raytheon engineer's candy bar melted while he worked on a magnetron, leading to this; the first ones were 750 lbs.'

Answer: a microwave oven


Question: 'From Dec. 31, 2009 "recreational craft...risk seizure by pirates...in the intl. waters near" this African country'

Answer: Somalia


Question: 'On July 4, 1863, after a 6-week siege, this last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi surrendered'

Answer: Vicksburg


Question: 'This singing sister married both Stephen Craig & Brian Blosil in ceremonies held at Mormon temples'

Answer: Marie Osmond


Question: 'Salt ranks at 2 1/2 --midway between gypsum & calcite-- on this scale that measures hardness'

Answer: the Mohs scale


Question: '"Sept. 17, 2008, armed terrorists attacked a U.S. embassy in Sana'a" in this country, so "y" go?'

Answer: Yemen


Question: 'In July 2010 this Rock & Roll Hall of Famer performed at the Baseball H.O.F. induction ceremonies'

Answer: John Fogerty


Question: 'This Michigan company formerly had a 30-minute pizza delivery guarantee'

Answer: Domino\'s Pizza


Question: 'Bandipur & Sanjay Gandhi are national parks in this nation'

Answer: India


Question: 'On May 22, 1999 this American scored her 108th goal, becoming the all-time leading scorer in int'l soccer'

Answer: Mia Hamm


Question: 'Based on a Colette tale, this comedy about a 16-year-old girl debuted on Broadway in 1951'

Answer: "Gigi"


Question: 'Jean Kennedy Smith served as U.S. ambassador to this country, the family's ancestral home'

Answer: Ireland


Question:
'Shire,
Arabian,
Percheron'

Answer: Horses


Question: 'The rhyming New England chain Stop & do this is mentioned in the classic song "Roadrunner"'

Answer: Shop


Question: 'It was a small town until the opening of foreign trade made it China's largest city'

Answer: Shanghai


Question: 'This fleet-footed Chicago Bear was named outstanding back in the Pro Bowl 3 times: 1967, 1968 & 1970'

Answer: Gale Sayers


Question: 'Mary Chase play concerned with the sanity of one Elwood P. Dowd'

Answer: "Harvey"


Question: 'In May 2000 she was on the cover of People with the headline "Profile in Courage"'

Answer: Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg


Question:
'Fire,
Harvester,
Army'

Answer: Ants


Question: 'Made for over a century by Hillerich & Bradsby Inc., it's the best-known brand of baseball bat'

Answer: Louisville Slugger


Question: 'We wonder if there's a village idiot in Moron, 350 miles west of Ulan Bator in this country'

Answer: Mongolia


Question: '[Hi, I'm Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]  I won 6 NBA Most Valuable Player Awards during my career: 3 while playing with the Lakers & 3 with this team'

Answer: Milwaukee Bucks


Question: 'In June 2000 Kelsey Grammer starred on Broadway as this Thane of Glamis'

Answer: "Macbeth"


Question: 'Her stepfather, Hugh Auchincloss, was also the stepfather of writer Gore Vidal'

Answer: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis


Question:
'Snowy,
Screech,
Northern Spotted'

Answer: Owls


Question: 'In the '90s this clothing retailer introduced a "Crewcuts" line for kids'

Answer: J. Crew


Question: 'The smallest nation on the Bay of Bengal, most of it is less than 50 feet above sea level'

Answer: Bangladesh


Question: 'On Oct. 2, 1968 this Cardinal pitcher struck out 17 Detroit Tigers, a new World Series record'

Answer: Bob Gibson


Question: '"Don Juan in Hell", Act III of this playwright's "Man and Superman", is often performed separately'

Answer: George Bernard Shaw


Question: 'Maryland Lieut. Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend formerly worked in this cabinet dept. her father once headed'

Answer: Justice Department


Question:
'Blue,
Sperm,
Right'

Answer: Whales


Question: 'In 1989 the company called Corning these Works became simply Corning Inc.'

Answer: Corning Glass Works


Question: 'Not to be confused with Yakutsk, this region found on the Risk board lies just west of Lake Baikal'

Answer: Irkutsk


Question: 'The top U.S. male tennis player of the 1970s, he's the only man to win more than 100 singles titles'

Answer: Jimmy Connors


Question: 'The characters in this O'Neill play aren't waiting for Godot, they're waiting for Hickey'

Answer: "The Iceman Cometh"


Question: 'Jack & Bobby's sister Patricia was married to this British actor from 1954 to 1966'

Answer: Peter Lawford


Question:
'King,
Black-Necked,
Indian'

Answer: Cobras


Question: 'This notorious leader of the Spanish Inquisition died in 1498'

Answer: Tomas de Torquemada


Question: 'This 2000 computer virus was considerably more destructive than Herbie'

Answer: The Love Bug


Question: 'This drink-can metal forms an oxide layer that helps protect it from corrosion'

Answer: Aluminum


Question: 'Rudolph Giuliani'

Answer: New York City


Question: 'It's the middle layer that pads a quilt, or an activity for Ken Griffey Jr.'

Answer: Batting


Question: 'Term for a legal case whose outcome is not in doubt'

Answer: Open & shut


Question: 'This practice by the Inquisition was sanctioned in 1252; today there's a U.N. convention against it'

Answer: Torture


Question: 'Feb. 2, especially if it feels like it's happening over & over again'

Answer: Groundhog Day


Question: 'Originally the "pig" type was cast in molds called pigs before being converted to steel'

Answer: Iron


Question: 'Willie Brown'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'Also called piecing, it's the type of work used to put together the quilt seen here'

Answer: Patchwork


Question: 'This brand whose name means "spotlessly clean" began as a glue-based wall cleaner'

Answer: Spic & Span


Question: 'French inquisitor Robert Le Bougre reportedly had 180 people executed this way in a day'

Answer: Burned at the stake


Question: '[Dr. Joyce Brothers gives the clue]  Sounds like you're at this difficult relationship stage that Tom Ewell & Marilyn Monroe knew about'

Answer: The Seven Year Itch


Question: 'This metal symbolized Zn is a compound of insulin'

Answer: Zinc


Question: 'Richard Riordan'

Answer: Los Angeles


Question: 'A bishop would know this term for a corner where the seams form a 45-degree angle'

Answer: Mitre


Question: 'Bodily way you can wait on someone or tie him up'

Answer: Hand & foot


Question: 'The Inquisition's main target was this theological dissent, like the Albigensian one'

Answer: Heresy


Question: 'Jim Thompson gained fame writing this in books like "The Killer Inside Me"; so did Quentin Tarantino'

Answer: Pulp Fiction


Question: 'The calcium & strontium types are 2 of these metallic compunds found after "Union" in a corporate name'

Answer: Carbide


Question: 'Anthony Williams'

Answer: Washington, D.C.


Question: '8-letter term for the plastic or cardboard pattern used as a guide when cutting fabric'

Answer: Template


Question: '[Here with the clue is Bill Nye the Science Guy] Of the 3 main types of joints in the body, this one allows the greatest freedom of movement'

Answer: Ball & socket


Question: 'Meaning "act of faith", it was the ceremony where Inquisition decisions were announced'

Answer: Auto de fe


Question: '(Hey, I'm Lars Ulrich from Metallica.) You are out of order if you can't name this album of ours that shares its name with an Al Pacino movie'

Answer: And Justice for All


Question: 'This reddish metal is a great conductor of heat as well as electricity, so it's used in cooking utensils'

Answer: Copper


Question: 'Bill Campbell'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: 'This term for a quilt using irregular scraps of material can refer to anything thrown together'

Answer: crazy


Question: 'Tennyson wrote of "Nature, red in" these 2 animal body parts'

Answer: Tooth & claw


Question: 'This musical inspired by an opera features the songs "The Gods Love Nubia" & "Another Pyramid"'

Answer: \"Aida\"


Question: 'It's what the "C" stands for in UNICEF, a United Nations international emergency fund'

Answer: Children\'s


Question: 'Your KJPY T-shirt gets you half off to see "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", featuring Joey Fatone of this band'

Answer: \'N Sync


Question: 'Amazon.com allows you to add this "Fudge" author's "Forever" to your "Wedding Registry" list'

Answer: Judy Blume


Question: 'Florida's governor John Ellis Bush goes by this 3-letter nickname'

Answer: Jeb


Question: 'This man took the title first consul after a coup d'etat in Paris in 1799'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: '2-letter word that precedes "mine", "good" & "true" on the hearts'

Answer: be


Question: 'It's the U.S. city where you'll find the U.N.'s headquarters'

Answer: New York City


Question: 'KJPY is sponsoring an in-store appearance by this young lady & we know you'd "Walk a Thousand Miles" to be there'

Answer: Vanessa Carlton


Question: '"Troy" by Adele Geras is a young adult novel reworking of this Homer epic'

Answer: "The Iliad"


Question: 'She's the second-generation rocker seen here'

Answer: Kelly Osborne


Question: 'The last president of the Soviet Union, he was nearly overthrown in a 1991 coup attempted by his Communist rivals'

Answer: Mikhail Gorbachev


Question: 'In 2001 a colon & right parenthesis were put together to create this design on a heart'

Answer: happy/smiley face


Question: 'The U.S. & Great Britain are 2 of the 5 permanent members of this important U.N. group'

Answer: Security Council


Question: 'Caller number 99, you're going to Manhattan to see Dave Matthews at this 7th Avenue & 31st Street arena'

Answer: Madison Square Garden


Question: 'There's now a series of books based on this WB series about Lorelai & Rory'

Answer: Gilmore Girls


Question: 'Karrie Webb has been called one of the greatest players of this sport, male or female'

Answer: golf


Question: 'A coup led by Colonel George Papadopoulos overthrew this country's government in 1967'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'The pink hearts are cherry flavored, the green, lemon, & the yellow, this'

Answer: banana


Question: 'Later U.S. president, in 1971 he was appointed the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations'

Answer: George H.W. Bush (the father)


Question: 'In the next hour we'll chill out with this band whose hits include "Yellow"'

Answer: Coldplay


Question: 'This Meg Cabot book is the first in her series about royal-in-training Mia Thermopolis'

Answer: "The Princess Diaries"


Question: 'He's the popular actor who's not quite seen, but is heard here'

Answer: Michael J. Fox


Question: 'Count Grigory Orlov led the palace coup that placed this "Great" empress on the Russian throne in 1762'

Answer: Catherine the Great


Question: 'In the 2001 mix there was the name of this goddess or planet'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'The father of this U.N. secretary-general was the chairman of the Nobel Prize Foundation'

Answer: Dag Hammarskjold


Question: 'We've got a listener poll -- is this "Fell in Love with a Girl" duo brother or sister, or exes'

Answer: the White Stripes


Question: '"They murdered him" begins this Robert Cormier novel'

Answer: "The Chocolate War"


Question: 'In 1970 this future actor showed some muscle & won the titles Mr. World, Mr. Universe & Mr. Olympia'

Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger


Question: 'The 1st commoner to rule England, he became lord protector following the overthrow of King Charles I'

Answer: Oliver Cromwell


Question: 'Originally called Motto Hearts, the fact they're now called this will give you something to talk about'

Answer: Conversation Hearts


Question: 'More than 99.9% of an atom's mass is contained within this'

Answer: nucleus


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports)  Just in case you're ever pulled over, you should have with you proof of insurance & these 2 documents'

Answer: license & registration


Question: 'At one point, this largest island in the world is only about 10 miles from Canada'

Answer: Greenland


Question: 'Let's put on this show: I'll play Captain Hook, you'll be Wendy & your creepy little cousins can be the Lost Boys'

Answer: Peter Pan


Question: 'In the 1960s, many Barbie doll fashions, & even Barbie's bouffant hairdo, were inspired by this First Lady'

Answer: Jacqueline Kennedy (Onassis)


Question: 'Precedes jar, cutter & Monster<br />(6)'

Answer: Cookie


Question: 'It's defined as the time required for 50% of the atoms of a radioactive substance to decay into another substance'

Answer: half-life


Question: 'If, God forbid, the gas pedal sticks on you, quickly shift into this'

Answer: neutral


Question: 'Nippon is the native name for this country'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'Mom won't let me be a real pickpocket, but I can play one in this Dickens musical; you can be Mr. Bumble'

Answer: Oliver!


Question: 'At her royal wedding in 1999, Sophie Rhys-Jones wore pearl earrings designed by this prince, her bridegroom'

Answer: Prince Edward


Question: 'Ecuador & Venezuela border it<br />(8)'

Answer: Colombia


Question: 'This elementary building block of matter comes in 6 types: down, up, bottom, top, strange & charm'

Answer: quarks


Question: '[video clue]'

Answer: parallel parking


Question: 'The Persian Gulf is an arm of the Arabian Sea, which is part of this ocean'

Answer: Indian Ocean


Question: 'Let's pad your brother so he can play Sancho Panza in this 1965 show -- & that cute babysitter can play Aldonza'

Answer: Man of La Mancha


Question: 'Appropriately, this name for a loose, sailor-style blouse is derived from the word "midshipman"'

Answer: middy


Question: 'Holy medieval military expeditions<br />(8)'

Answer: Crusades


Question: 'This particle has the same mass as an electron but with a positive charge equal to the electron's negative charge'

Answer: a positron


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports)  When you pull out, check your mirrors & look over your shoulder at the area called this'

Answer: blind spot


Question: 'In 1976 Manila replaced Quezon City as the official capital of this country'

Answer: Philippines


Question: 'Hey, "Don't Cry for Me"!  I won't get the lead in this musical, but I'll be great as Juan Peron'

Answer: Evita


Question: 'These 2 Hepburns made People magazine's 2000 list of the Best Dressed People of All Time'

Answer: Audrey & Katharine


Question: 'Element symbolized Cu<br />(6)'

Answer: copper


Question: 'This isotope of hydrogen is sometimes symbolized H-3'

Answer: tritium


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports)  A good steering wheel position is "9 & 3 o'clock" for cars equipped with these; "10 & 2" is standard for cars without them'

Answer: air bags


Question: 'Belize & parts of Mexico & Guatemala are located on this peninsula'

Answer: Yucatan Peninsula


Question: 'I insist on a flea collar (& lots of Whiskas in my dressing room) when I play Rumpleteazer in this musical'

Answer: Cats


Question: 'This rakish lord of poetry, born in 1788, wore romantic open-neck shirts still popular with poets today'

Answer: Byron


Question: 'Welsh capital<br />(7)'

Answer: Cardiff


Question: 'James Fenimore Cooper based the character of Natty Bumppo on this man who was born in 1734'

Answer: Daniel Boone


Question: 'In this novel, Lucy Westenra "went to the window and looked out, but could see nothing, except a big bat"'

Answer: Dracula


Question: 'This musical opens with Anna's arrival in Bangkok'

Answer: The King and I


Question: 'This adjective that can mean disrespectful or lively is an alteration of "saucy"'

Answer: sassy


Question: 'Improvement of the "mixing bowl" interchange in this state near D.C. met its budget of $676 mil.--revised from $350 million'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'Crayola has a fluorescent color called "unmellow" this'

Answer: yellow


Question: '2005:<br />XVI'

Answer: Benedict


Question: 'Boris (Drubetskoy) & Natasha (Rostova) are 2 of the many characters in this Tolstoy tome'

Answer: War and Peace


Question: 'The title of this musical about a white DJ & a black club singer in 1950s Tennessee is the city of its setting'

Answer: Memphis


Question: 'This, from Middle French for "small ball", is stronger than the bullet, which is from modern French for "small ball"'

Answer: the ballot


Question: 'Montreal's mayor said this 1976 event "can no more have a deficit than a man can have a baby"; birth weight was over $1 billion'

Answer: the summer Olympics


Question: 'One of Ireland's nicknames includes this green hue'

Answer: emerald


Question: '1914:<br />XV'

Answer: Benedict


Question: 'Anna Sewell wrote this novel to "induce kindness, sympathy and an understanding treatment of horses"'

Answer: Black Beauty


Question: '"The Music Man" takes place "right here in" this Iowa city'

Answer: River City


Question: 'First appearing more than a century ago, it means gutsy & is probably a blend of bold & audacious'

Answer: bodacious


Question: 'In 2005 shell said its Sakhalin project in this country was $10 billion over budget--a lot, even for an oil company'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'This neutral color can refer to the Confederate Army'

Answer: gray


Question: 'In the same year:<br />I & II'

Answer: John Paul


Question: 'Willa Cather re-created the struggles of prairie life in her novel "O" these people!'

Answer: Pioneers


Question: 'This show takes place on a Greek isle while a single mother prepares for her daughter's wedding'

Answer: Mamma Mia!


Question: 'This 19th century 2-wheeled cab was named for a Brit, not for its good looks'

Answer: a Hansom cab


Question: 'As of 2010 its refurbishment of Broadcasting House, its London headquarters, was 100 million pounds over budget'

Answer: the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)


Question: 'This secondary color is in the third line of "America The Beautiful"'

Answer: purple


Question: '1958:<br />XXIII'

Answer: John


Question: 'The title qualities of this Jane Austen novel represent sisters Elinor & Marianne, respectively'

Answer: Sense and Sensibility


Question: 'The '60s-set "Hairspray" takes place in this American city'

Answer: Baltimore


Question: 'This nickname for paper measuring 13 by 16 inches gets its name from an old watermark of a court jester's hat'

Answer: foolscap


Question: 'L.A. spent about $600 million to turn the Ambassador Hotel into a K-12 school complex named for this late politician'

Answer: Robert F. Kennedy


Question: 'The name of this deep red also means "of prime importance"'

Answer: cardinal


Question: '1963:<br />VI'

Answer: Paul


Question: 'According to this prophet's "History", an angel appeared at his bedside & told him where to find the gold plates'

Answer: Joseph Smith


Question: 'If she's married, this principal attendant to the bride gets a more matronly title'

Answer: maid of honor


Question: 'Yule have a green (ogre) Christmas in the land of Far Far Away:<br />"____ the Halls"'

Answer: Shrek


Question: 'To start off, you're getting an aerial view of this state'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'C'mon, Johnny, let's go down & do this, sign up for service in the military'

Answer: enlist


Question: 'From the Latin for "two", it's a man who gets married without bothering to divorce his first wife'

Answer: a bigamist


Question: 'A Michigan realtor claimed that this New Testament man (& his head) appeared to him 30 times between 1927 & 1933'

Answer: John the Baptist


Question: 'A term for Frodo, or a young 'un at a wedding who participates in the ceremony by holding the bands'

Answer: ringbearer


Question: 'Santa & company crash on an island & meet the island's penguins:<br />"Merry ____"'

Answer: Madagascar


Question: 'First there was one big county, then Norfolk split off in 1793, leaving this county'

Answer: Suffolk


Question: 'Mario Vargas Llosa is both a Nobelist & this, 1 letter different'

Answer: novelist


Question: 'This constitutional amendment uses the phrase "twice put in jeopardy of life or limb"'

Answer: the Fifth Amendment


Question: 'James Chadwick must have heard if not seen angels to write the English words of "Angels We Have Heard" here'

Answer: on high


Question: 'She made white wedding gowns fashionable affer she wore one during her 1840 wedding in London'

Answer: Queen Victoria


Question: 'A dog mishears a Christmas lyric:<br />"____, the Other Reindeer"'

Answer: Olive


Question: 'This river winds through the county until it reaches Boston Harbor'

Answer: the Charles River


Question: 'Sleepwalker is a less formal word for one of these'

Answer: somnambulist


Question: 'Laura Dern plaved Katherine Harris in the HBO movie with this electoral title'

Answer: Recount


Question: 'This 18th century Swedish scientist who had visions of angels gave his name to a Christian Mystic movement'

Answer: Swedenborg


Question: 'A bride often has an extra one of these thighwear items just to toss to the single male guests'

Answer: a garter


Question: 'Featuring a Charlie-in-the-Box:<br />"Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit ____"'

Answer: Toys


Question: 'Just south of the river and west of Boston Common is the area called this Garden, for all people to enjoy'

Answer: Public


Question: 'Adjective for the medical philosophy of treating the entire person, mind & body, not just the part that's ailing'

Answer: holistic


Question: 'Going up from one of these settings to the next on a lens gives you twice as much exposure to light'

Answer: an f-stop


Question: 'The "Angel of Hadley" is said to have saved a New England town during the war with this Indian "King"'

Answer: King Philip


Question: 'A popular wedding march comes from music Mendelssohn wrote for this magical Shakespeare play'

Answer: A Midsummer Night\'s Dream


Question: 'Featuring warm weather & fireworks:<br />"Rudolph & Frosty's Christmas in ____"'

Answer: July


Question: 'In the garden is this American, but not Massachusetts-born, hero on horseback, ready for his close-up'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'The second-largest moon of Jupiter, or a nymph loved by Zeus'

Answer: Callisto


Question: 'In the 1500s this circumnavigator was hurt twice in the East Indies & a third time fighting the Moors'

Answer: Magellan


Question: 'While north of his homeland he was inspired to write perhaps his greatest work, "Alturas de Macchu Picchu"'

Answer: Pablo Neruda


Question: 'In 1908 he had the misfortune of piloting the first plane in which there was a fatality'

Answer: Orville Wright


Question: 'It begins "Fee Fee Fi Fi Fo Fo Fum, I smell smoke in the au-di-tori-um!"'

Answer: "Charlie Brown"


Question: 'This museum is headquartered on Great Russell Street in the Bloomsbury section of London'

Answer: The British Museum


Question: 'Cartesianism is named for this 17th century French philosopher'

Answer: René Descartes


Question: 'This calm center of the hurricane may be 20 miles in diameter'

Answer: The Eye


Question: 'Head & Shoulders, Agree, & Pert Plus are leading types of these'

Answer: Shampoos


Question: 'With the passage of this act in 1935, seniors began looking forward to a pension'

Answer: Social Security Act


Question: 'This Paul Anka tune contains the lines "Put your lips next to mine, dear; won't you kiss me once, baby?"'

Answer: "Put Your Head on My Shoulder"


Question: 'The William F. Harrah Foundation National Automobile Museum is in this Nevada city, not Las Vegas'

Answer: Reno


Question: 'In 1597 in his "Religious Meditations", Francis Bacon wrote that this "is power"'

Answer: Knowledge


Question: 'New Zealand's 2 official languages are English & this native one'

Answer: Maori


Question: 'It's a heavy, single-edged cavalry sword with a blade less curved than a scimitar'

Answer: Saber


Question: 'In 1948 the results of his studies of sexual behavior in the human male were published'

Answer: Alfred Kinsey


Question: 'Fats Domino sang, "The moon stood still on" this, "and lingered until my dreams came true"'

Answer: "Blueberry Hill"


Question: 'The Museum of the Confederacy is on the grounds of the Confederate White House in this city'

Answer: Richmond, Virginia


Question: '"Beauty is a matter of size and order", he wrote in his "Poetics"'

Answer: Aristotle


Question: 'For a while, this statesman who established an Oxford scholarship also had a country named for him'

Answer: Cecil Rhodes


Question: 'This disease caused by the lack of ascorbic acid is called Barlow's Disease in infants'

Answer: Scurvy


Question: 'In 1982 this retired dentist became the 1st person to receive an artificial heart'

Answer: Barney Clark


Question: '"When I was just a little girl, I asked my mother, what will I be?", and got this answer'

Answer: "Que Sera, Sera"


Question: 'The Delaware site of this family's 1st gunpowder mill is now an industrial museum'

Answer: DuPont


Question: 'The French title of this Sartre work is "L'Etre Et Neant"'

Answer: "Being And Nothingness"


Question: 'This founder of the Unification Church was originally a Presbyterian'

Answer: Sun Myung Moon


Question: 'This Middle Eastern dog is also called a gazelle hound because it was once trained to hunt gazelles'

Answer: Saluki


Question: 'It was America's "Man In Space" program immediately after Project Mercury'

Answer: Project Gemini


Question: '"All day, all night", this woman, "down by the seashore, sifting sand"'

Answer: "Mary Ann"


Question: 'The Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum has this Missouri artist's last mural'

Answer: Thomas Hart Benton


Question: 'This Dane published his concluding unscientific postscript under the pseudonym Johannes Climacus'

Answer: Soren Kierkegaard


Question: 'Yeoman, as in Yeoman of the Guard, is probably a contraction of forms of these two words'

Answer: Young Man


Question: 'Known as "Old Fuss N' Feathers", he wrote the Army's first complete manual of drill regulations'

Answer: Winfield Scott


Question: 'As a child, she was captured by the Hadatsahs and given the name which means "bird woman"'

Answer: Sacajawea


Question: 'In Esther 4:3, there was great mourning among the Jews, and many lay in sackcloth & these'

Answer: Ashes


Question: 'Long rivers in this U.S. commonwealth include the La Plata, Anasco & Arecibo'

Answer: Puerto Rico


Question: 'As you might expect, "Doo Dah Day" is danced to the music of this composer'

Answer: Stephen Foster


Question: 'This heavenly body's prominences include dark filaments & clouds of gas'

Answer: The Sun


Question: 'From 1595-1609, Samuel Daniel published several volumes of epic verse about the history of these "floral" wars'

Answer: The Wars of the Roses


Question: 'The Equal Rights Party nominated Belva Lockwood for this high office in 1884 & 1888'

Answer: President of the United States


Question: 'This book is also called Canticles'

Answer: Song of Solomon/Songs


Question: 'This one-time penal colony, located off French Guiana, is the smallest of the 3 Safety Islands'

Answer: Devil\'s Island


Question: 'It's the popular English title of the dramatic Pavlova solo whose French title is simply "Le Cygne"'

Answer: "The Dying Swan"


Question: 'In botany there are 4 flower parts:  sepals, petals, stamens & these'

Answer: Pistils


Question: 'This Daniel Defoe character was born in the year 1632 in the city of York, of a good family'

Answer: Robinson Crusoe


Question: 'Lord Darnley was just 19 when he became this 22-year old Scottish queen's second husband in 1565'

Answer: Mary, Queen of Scots


Question: 'He was a son of Lamech & a grandson of Methuselah'

Answer: Noah


Question: 'Until 1946, automobiles were banned from this British crown colony, 650 miles from North Carolina'

Answer: Bermuda


Question: 'Choreographer Birgit Kolberg based her 1950 ballet "Miss Julie" on an 1888 play by this fellow Swede'

Answer: August Strindberg


Question: 'You have many sweatglands, but only this number of lacrimal glands'

Answer: 2


Question: 'His 1954 play "Under Milkwood", was originally written for radio'

Answer: Dylan Thomas


Question: 'Mata Hari pretended to be Asian, but she was actually born in this European country'

Answer: The Netherlands/Holland


Question: 'This sister of Aaron led the women in the victory song after the parting of the Red Sea'

Answer: Miriam


Question: 'This island nation is the most densely populated country in the Persian Gulf region'

Answer: Bahrain


Question: 'This ballet about a puppet takes place at the Shrove Tide Fair in old St. Petersburg'

Answer: "Petrushka"


Question: 'The highest jet streams occur in this layer of the atmosphere that begins 10 miles above the earth'

Answer: Stratosphere


Question: 'Tennyson addressed his poem "To E.L. on his Travels" to this "Nonsense" poet'

Answer: Edward Lear


Question: 'Known for her cleverness & beauty, Sarah Churchill, duchess of this, was a confidante of Queen Anne'

Answer: Marlborough


Question: 'The first of these begins: "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the council of the ungodly"'

Answer: Psalms


Question: 'Almost all the inhabitants of this Chilean island live in the village of Hanga Roa on the west coast'

Answer: Easter Island


Question: '"Barabao" was the 1st of 10 ballets this Russian choreographed for the Ballets Russes before he moved to the United States'

Answer: Georges Balanchine


Question: 'There are 3 types of RNA:  transfer, ribosomal & this'

Answer: Messenger


Question: 'This ode poet wrote about a knight enthralled by a beautiful lady in "La Belle Dame sans Merci"'

Answer: John Keats


Question: 'When Grandma Moses was born, this man was president; at her death, JFK was president'

Answer: James Buchanan


Question: 'In 1833 this area asked to separate from Coahuila to become its own Mexican state'

Answer: Texas


Question:
'1931:
"It's Alive!
It's Alive!"'

Answer: Frankenstein


Question: 'Appropriately, you can see the yellow-bellied marmot in this Wyoming-Montana-Idaho national park'

Answer: Yellowstone


Question: 'This site near Salisbury, England has huge boulders that may have come from southern Wales'

Answer: Stonehenge


Question: 'Sir John Soane had a 3-day party after buying Seti I's sarcophagus for his home in this British capital'

Answer: London


Question: 'The First Daughter'

Answer: Chelsea Clinton


Question: 'In 1901 Buffalo Bill founded this town in the Big Horn Basin of Wyoming'

Answer: Cody


Question: '1939:<br />"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain"'

Answer: The Wizard of Oz


Question: 'The yellow-winged type of this mammal hopes insects don't see its yellow wings coming'

Answer: Bat


Question: 'Dow's Lake is probably the best place to view the tulips during this Canadian capital's May tulip festival'

Answer: Ottawa


Question: 'Heloise suggests putting fortunes inside these inflatable items instead of in cookies; then let guests pop them'

Answer: Balloons


Question: 'This company's V.O. whisky had a gold & black ribbon signifying the horse racing colors of its founder'

Answer: Seagram\'s


Question: 'Frances Willard, a president of the WCTU, was the first woman honored in this Capitol building hall'

Answer: Statuary Hall


Question: '1967:<br />"They call me Mr. Tibbs!"'

Answer: In the Heat of the Night


Question: 'Call it crazy, but unlike other types of these birds, the yellow-billed one builds its own nest instead of invading'

Answer: Cuckoo


Question: 'This country's Tikal ruins were once a ceremonial center & the largest city of the Mayan empire'

Answer: Guatemala


Question: 'A synonym for slumber party, it's also the title of a 1964 Annette Funicello film'

Answer: Pajama Party


Question: 'This city's annual Seafair features various water sports & a hydroplane race on Lake Washington'

Answer: Seattle


Question: 'In a March 1775 speech he also said, is "peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?"'

Answer: Patrick Henry


Question: '1968:<br />"Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!"'

Answer: Planet of the Apes


Question: 'Narcissus pseudonarcissus is the scientific name of this garden flower'

Answer: Daffodil


Question: 'The Prins Hendrick Museum in this Dutch port city houses exhibits devoted to the history & activity of the port'

Answer: Rotterdam


Question: 'On a party invitation, the letters RSVP stand for the French phrase "Repondez" this'

Answer: S\'il vous plait


Question: 'This fish of the genus Hippocampus has the ability to change its color to conform to its background'

Answer: Seahorse


Question: 'The change in the American flag on July 4, 1960 was its first change since July 4 of this year'

Answer: 1959


Question: '1967:<br />"I just want to say one word to you -- just one word...plastics"'

Answer: The Graduate


Question: 'East Africa is home to the yellow species of these large monkeys known for their colorful bottoms'

Answer: Baboons


Question: 'This stone pillar from Luxor stands 75 feet high in the Place de la Concorde in Paris'

Answer: Obelisk


Question: 'A noisy mock serenade given for newlyweds, its name is an alteration of the French word charivari'

Answer: Shivaree


Question: 'In this Bobby Darin tune, "My lover stands on golden sands and watches the ships that go sailing"'

Answer: "Beyond the Sea"


Question: 'On Oct. 22, 1962 President Kennedy revealed that Russia had built missile bases in this country'

Answer: Cuba


Question:
'"Start Me Up",
"Satisfaction",
"Jumpin' Jack Flash"'

Answer: "Satisfaction", "Jumpin\' Jack Flash", "Start Me Up"


Question: 'Gen. Joachim Murat married into this Corsican family & became king of Naples'

Answer: Bonaparte


Question: 'In this contest using a rope, your team wins by going backwards & loses by going forwards'

Answer: Tug of war


Question: 'This former 49ers QB who holds many Super Bowl records almost played college basketball instead of football'

Answer: Joe Montana


Question: 'The first permanent settler in this country was a Norwegian Viking named Ingolfr Arnarson'

Answer: Iceland


Question:
'Cleopatra,
Cheops,
Tutankhamen'

Answer: Cheops, Tutankhamen, Cleopatra


Question: 'After winning Super Bowl XXI in 1987, Phil Simms pioneered the use of this reply when asked what he would do now'

Answer: "I\'m Going to Disneyland!"


Question: 'A Brantford, Ontario native, this "Great One" has rewritten the NHL record books in his stellar career'

Answer: Wayne Gretzky


Question: 'Nicosia & Limassol are the only 2 cities with a population of over 100,000 in this country'

Answer: Cyprus


Question:
'Cro-Magnon,
Australopithecus,
Neanderthal'

Answer: Australopithecus, Neanderthal, Cro-Magnon


Question: 'She lived in a canyon, wore size 9 shoes & was gone forever after drowning in a duck pond at 9 in the morning'

Answer: "(My Darling) Clementine"


Question: 'Sadly, this undefeated boxing legend from Brockton, Massachusetts died in a plane crash in 1969'

Answer: Rocky Marciano


Question: 'Cosby's recreational dentistry equipment'

Answer: Bill\'s drills


Question: 'We're not pulling the wool over your eyes when we tell you it was the first nation to grant women the right to vote'

Answer: New Zealand


Question:
'Bebop,
ragtime,
swing'

Answer: Ragtime, swing, bebop


Question: 'In October 1415 Charles D'Albret led the French to disaster against Henry V at this site'

Answer: Agincourt


Question: 'The "Extraterrestrial Highway" runs for about 100 miles in this state'

Answer: Nevada


Question: 'This 1932 Olympic gold medal winner is often called the greatest female athlete of all time'

Answer: Babe Didrikson Zaharias


Question: 'Nobel winner Linus' bearlike attacks on the living room furniture'

Answer: Pauling\'s maulings


Question: 'In area, it's the larger of the 2 countries that occupy Hispaniola'

Answer: Dominican Republic


Question:
'The Seven Years' War,
The Thirty Years' War,
The Hundred Years' War'

Answer: The Hundred Years\' War, The Thirty Years\' War, The Seven Years\' War


Question: 'The name of this 17th C. officer, a stickler for drill & discipline, became an English word meaning the same'

Answer: Jean Martinet


Question: 'In the courtroom mala fides, the opposite of bona fides, means to argue a case in this'

Answer: In bad faith


Question: 'One of the first baseball players elected to the Hall of Fame, his lifetime batting average was .366'

Answer: Ty Cobb


Question: 'Physicist Bohr's stiletto shoes'

Answer: Niels\' heels


Question: 'In a 1983 movie about a kidnapping, Daniel J. Travanti played the man who would later host this series'

Answer: America\'s Most Wanted (hosted by John Walsh)


Question: 'Aloha Tower stands at the entrance to the harbor of this city'

Answer: Honolulu


Question: 'His 1983 character Lone Wolf McQuade was a maverick Texas Ranger; hmmmm, good idea for a TV show'

Answer: Chuck Norris


Question: 'Chlodnik, a Polish soup made from beets, is a summer variety of this Russian soup'

Answer: Borscht


Question: 'The Graafian follicles of these glands contain the female reproductive cells'

Answer: Ovaries


Question: 'This point just above the waist has become one of the most popular sites for piercings'

Answer: Navel (Belly button)


Question: 'Male lions are the only members of the cat family to have these & they sometimes turn black as the lion ages'

Answer: Manes


Question: 'The name of this state capital isn't pronounced like a French name, but like a synonym for "dock"'

Answer: Pierre, South Dakota


Question: 'He's been "Above the Law", "Marked for Death", "Hard to Kill" & "Out for Justice"'

Answer: Steven Seagal


Question: 'Served with sausage, what the English call "mash" is made from this vegetable'

Answer: Potatoes


Question: 'The sun is 333,000 times as massive as the Earth & 1,047 times as massive as this planet'

Answer: Jupiter


Question: 'Like Kate Moss today, beautiful 1960s supermodel Twiggy was best known for this physical quality'

Answer: Being thin


Question: 'For small bats to hibernate, this weather condition has to be above 90% or their wings will dry out'

Answer: Humidity


Question: 'This monument is at the site where Colorado, Utah, Arizona & New Mexico meet'

Answer: Four Corners


Question: 'The TV series "Kung Fu" was the idea of this martial artist, subject of the biopic "Dragon"'

Answer: Bruce Lee


Question: 'This Spanish dish of saffron-flavored rice & shellfish takes its name from the pan it's cooked in'

Answer: Paella


Question: 'These devices whiten teeth, remove fat & wrinkles, reshape chins & play CDs'

Answer: Lasers


Question: 'The 2-toed type of this edentate averages 21-29 inches in length & has no tail'

Answer: Sloth


Question: '"Rusticators" are city folk with a summer address in this Pine Tree State'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'He's also known as Chen Gang Shen & Chan Kwong Sang'

Answer: Jackie Chan


Question: 'Tyropitta is a Greek pastry made of feta cheese stuffed into this flaky dough'

Answer: phyllo


Question: 'Two 9-volt batteries in a series circuit produce this many volts of electromotive force'

Answer: 18


Question: 'This substance injected to fill out lips is purified connective tissue from cows'

Answer: Collagen


Question: 'Principal organs of respiration of the animal seen here: [video clue: dolphin]'

Answer: Lungs


Question: 'The Tatertwister & Chipshot are products from Presto, headquartered in Eau Claire in this state'

Answer: Wisconsin


Question: '"Rocky" director John G. Avildsen directed this 1984 Ralph Macchio film & 2 of its sequels'

Answer: The Karate Kid


Question: 'The screw & the wedge are adaptations of this type of simple machine'

Answer: Inclined plane


Question: 'Advertised in face creams as well as beach products, SPF stands for this'

Answer: Sun Protection Factor


Question: 'It's the scientific name for a mother kangaroo's pouch'

Answer: Marsupium


Question: 'There are "blue birds over" this strait as well as chalk cliffs lining both sides'

Answer: the Strait of Dover


Question: 'Quincy Jones co-produced this 1985 Steven Spielberg film & provided its musical score'

Answer: The Color Purple


Question: 'The last name of teachers Wilhelm & Jacob, who told fairy tales out of school'

Answer: Grimm


Question: 'On November 8 he was elected our nation's first Roman Catholic president'

Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: 'It wasn't Led Zeppelin's bass player but this Naval officer who said, "I have not yet begun to fight"'

Answer: John Paul Jones


Question: 'John Elway, or change from a dollar for a 75c item'

Answer: quarterback


Question: 'During the Ice Age, the sea fell & this strait became a land bridge between Asia & North America'

Answer: the Bering Strait


Question: 'In this 1986 film Tom Cruise laughed all the way to the bank shot'

Answer: The Color of Money


Question: 'The younger brother of novelist Heinrich Mann, he wrote "Joseph and His Brothers"'

Answer: Thomas Mann


Question: 'This New Zealander & conqueror of Mount Everest led a search for the Abominable Snowman'

Answer: Sir Edmund Hillary


Question:
'Name shared by a baseball player & the woman seen here:

[Grace Under Fire]'

Answer: Brett Butler


Question: 'It's the branch of medicine concerned with kids'

Answer: pediatrics


Question: 'A westerly flowing undercurrent removes salty water from the Mediterranean via this strait'

Answer: the Strait of Gibraltar


Question: 'In this 1988 film Sean Penn & Robert Duvall were cops on street gang patrol'

Answer: Colors


Question: 'The last name of "Island in the Sun" author Alec & "The Loved One" author Evelyn'

Answer: Waugh


Question: 'Nikita Khrushchev warned that the U.S.S.R. would use rockets to protect this country from U.S. intervention'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'The composer of "Hansel und Gretel", or the singer born Arnold Dorsey'

Answer: Engelbert Humperdinck


Question: 'It's a college campus area surrounded on 4 sides by buildings'

Answer: a quadrangle


Question: 'Traffic in this strait has increased because many supertankers are too large to use the Panama Canal'

Answer: the Strait of Magellan


Question: 'In this 1994 film Bruce Willis psychoanalyzed Jane March'

Answer: The Color of Night


Question: 'His letters were edited & published with a memoir in 1966 by his brother W.H. Lewis'

Answer: C.S. Lewis


Question: 'On June 30 this country's King Baudouin granted independence to its Congolese colony'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'New York state's first governor, or the leader of Parliament & Funkadelic'

Answer: George Clinton


Question: 'These ancient people are believed to have arrived in Scotland around 1000 B.C.'

Answer: the Picts


Question: 'On July 3, 1988 an Iranian airliner enroute to Dubai was shot down over this strait by a U.S. warship'

Answer: the Strait of Hormuz


Question: 'This 1991 film followed John Cusack & James Spader from law school into real life'

Answer: True Colors


Question: 'In this family, William wrote "Human Immortality" & his brother Henry "The Ambassadors"'

Answer: James


Question: 'An auto accident in January cut short the life of this French author of "The Stranger"'

Answer: Albert Camus


Question: 'Soft wet miry land, like Vietnam, or a predicament, like Vietnam in the '70s'

Answer: a quagmire


Question: 'A new Ford V-8, stolen by this pair in Topeka on April 29, 1934, became world famous a few weeks later'

Answer: Bonnie (Parker) & Clyde (Barrow)


Question: 'The Mare Frigoris is the Sea of this'

Answer: Cold


Question: 'In a career that spanned from 1966 to 1993, Nolan Ryan pitched an incredible 7 of these, the last at 44 years of age'

Answer: a no-hitter


MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, PLAYMATE OF THE MONTH

Question:
'Height: 5'11".
Weight: None of your business, commoner!
Hair: This color'

Answer: red


Question: 'This brand is "Finger Lickin' Good"'

Answer: KFC


Question: 'Her "political future is both unpredictable and unlimited", Lindsey Graham wrote of this fellow senator'

Answer: Hillary Rodham Clinton


Question:
'Bare,
unclothed,
starkers'

Answer: nude


Question: 'The Palus Somnii is the Marsh of Sleep & the Lacus Somnorium is the Lake of these'

Answer: Dreams


Question: 'He was more than great, scoring a phenomenal 215 points in one hockey season, 1985-86'

Answer: Wayne Gretzky


MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, PLAYMATE OF THE MONTH

Question: 'Ambition: To replace this second cousin on her throne'

Answer: Elizabeth I


Question: 'Purchase from this gift company "when you care enough to send the very best"'

Answer: Hallmark


Question: '"Hollywood's hardiest bachelor", this actor fights "poverty with the ONE Campaign and one.org"'

Answer: George Clooney


Question: 'Someone easily shocked by sex'

Answer: a prude


Question: 'Not on my list of vacation spots is the Lacus Mortis, the Lake of this'

Answer: Death


Question: 'During a 20-year career, this 49ers WR scored a record 208 TDs; his nearest rival has 175'

Answer: (Jerry) Rice


MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, PLAYMATE OF THE MONTH

Question: 'Birth date: Dec. 8, 1542<br />Birthplace: Linlithgow Palace, built by this royal house'

Answer: Stuart


Question: 'This company builds the "ultimate driving machine"'

Answer: BMW


Question: 'Sandra Day O'Connor wrote that he was "the new face of America's highest court"'

Answer: (John) Roberts


Question: 'It can mean in a raw condition or vulgar'

Answer: crude


Question: 'The Sinus Iridum is the Bay of these, so start searching for those pots of gold'

Answer: Rainbows


Question: 'This man passed Lou Gehrig's 2,130 consecutive MLB games played record in 1995 & added another 502 before he stopped'

Answer: Cal Ripken (Jr.)


MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, PLAYMATE OF THE MONTH

Question: 'Turn-ons: Poetry, needlework, this branch of Christianity'

Answer: Catholicism


Question: '"Share moments,  share life" with this company's products'

Answer: Kodak


Question: 'The title of Ralph Nader's article on this GOP man was "The Maverick Gunning for the Oval Office"'

Answer: John McCain


Question: 'An introductory event or occurrence'

Answer: a prelude


Question: 'The Mare Australe is the Southern Sea & the Mare Orientale is this'

Answer: the Eastern Sea


Question: 'This heavywieght boxer of the 1950s went an incredible 49-0, including 43 wins by knockout'

Answer: (Rocky) Marciano


MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, PLAYMATE OF THE MONTH

Question: 'Turn-offs: Rude subjects, labor pains, climbing this structure (one time only) Feb. 8, 1587'

Answer: the scaffold


Question: 'At this department store chain, "It's all inside"'

Answer: J.C. Penney


Question: 'Oprah Winfrey wrote that this Holocaust survivor "taught us how to answer evil"'

Answer: Elie Wiesel


Question: 'To refer to something or someone indirectly'

Answer: to allude


Question: 'Oedipus matched wits with this creature who committed suicide after its riddle was answered'

Answer: the Sphinx


Question: 'Mysteriously sunk in 1545, the Mary Rose was the pride of this Tudor king's fleet & was raised in 1982 using airbags'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'Philip Seymour Hoffman was him, writing "In Cold Blood"'

Answer: Truman Capote


Question: 'This 1789 event was captured in the painting seen here'

Answer: the storming of the Bastille


Question: 'Urban animal park for big leaping marsupials'

Answer: a kangaroo zoo


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands in the open second-floor window of the Mozart House in Vienna, Austria.)  It was here in this home that Mozart wrote this famous 1786 opera, so the building has long been known as "Figaro House"'

Answer: The Marriage of Figaro


Question: 'His father Laius was killed by this man'

Answer: Oedipus


Question: 'In 1973 the wreck of this Civil War-era armored gunboat with a reptilian name was found off Cape Hatteras'

Answer: the Monitor


Question: 'Paul Bettany plays this author in the medieval-set "A Knight's Tale"'

Answer: Chaucer


Question: 'Living in Germany, Emanuel Leutze used this river as a model for his "Washington Crossing the Delaware"'

Answer: the Rhine


Question: 'Flower for an American marsupial'

Answer: a possum blossom


Question: 'In 2006 a record number came to the Mozarthaus to celebrate this anniversary of Mozart's birth'

Answer: 250th


Question: 'He was the king of this Greek city whom 7 famously went against'

Answer: Thebes


Question: '1990's "Frankenstein Unbound" had Michael Hutchence as this poet'

Answer: Percy Shelley


Question: 'Seen here, Roy Grinnell's "The Final Moment" commemorates the 60th anniversary of the attack on this battleship'

Answer: the Arizona


Question: 'A non-sloping Tasmanian marsupial carnivore'

Answer: a level devil


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew strolls through the Mozart House in Vienna, Austria.)  In 1787 Mozart gave music lessons in this house to a teenager from Bonn, Germany, who would become world-famous as this composer'

Answer: Beethoven


Question: 'Young Oedipus was abandoned & then adopted by the king of this land to which St. Paul wrote 2 epistles'

Answer: Corinth


Question: 'NASCAR drivers at this crash-prone 2.66-mile Alabama track are constantly worried about "the big one"'

Answer: Talladega


Question: 'Gwyneth Paltrow was this poet, struggling with depression & hubby Ted Hughes'

Answer: Sylvia Plath


Question: 'This Quaker's "Treaty with the Indians" was the subject of a famous painting by Benjamin West'

Answer: William Penn


Question: 'Machine that provides warnth for a "banded" marsupial insectivore'

Answer: an anteater heater


Question: 'Eerily, Mozart's home is just one block from this cathedral, from which his funeral procession departed in 1791'

Answer: St. Stephen\'s Cathedral


Question: 'This daughter got busted for burying her brother Polynices'

Answer: Antigone


Question: 'In 2000 the Russian nuclear sub Kursk sank in this icy arm of the Arctic that's named for a Dutch navigator'

Answer: the Barents Sea


Question: 'Bette Midler went beyond the "Valley of the Dolls" to play this novelist'

Answer: Jacqueline Susann


Question: 'Lucas Cranach the Elder was a close friend of this clergyman, whom he painted in the 1533 portrait seen here'

Answer: Martin Luther


Question: 'Battlefield action for a small burrowing marsupial'

Answer: wombat combat


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew indicates glass-enclosed ornaments & artifacts in the Mozart House in Vienna, Austria.) Here are some original artifacts from this organization of which Mozart was a proud member; they were loaned to Mozart House by the Grand Lodge of Austria'

Answer: the Masons


Question: 'In June 2005, amid some controversy, a statue of Elizabeth Montgomery was unveiled in this city'

Answer: Salem, Massachusetts


Question: 'In 1912 White Star Lines in NYC got a distressing wire reading, "Deeply regret advise" this "sunk"'

Answer: the Titanic


Question: 'Nirvana<br />(one of the 2)'

Answer: Dave Grohl (or Krist Novoselic)


Question: '(I'm Nicholas Kristof.)  As a journalist, I visited 140 nations & every one of this country's more than 30 provinces, even Hainan'

Answer: China


Question: 'Merak & Dubhe, the pointer stars in the Big Dipper, point to this star'

Answer: Polaris


Question: 'The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention'

Answer: Department of Health & Human Services


Question: 'It's how the French say goodbye'

Answer: adieu


Question: 'In 1913 Cecil B. DeMille wired from California, "Want authority to rent barn in place called" this "for $75 a month"'

Answer: Hollywood


Question: 'The Who<br />(one of the 2)'

Answer: Pete Townshend (or Roger Daltrey)


Question: '(I'm personal technology columnist David Pogue and...) I write about the latest in amazing gadgets in Pogue's Posts, one of the New York Times' most popular one of these; Scotty Reston never had one'

Answer: a blog


Question: 'Bellatrix & Saiph mark the right shoulder & left foot of this guy's constellation, not his belt'

Answer: Orion


Question: 'The Minerals Management Service'

Answer: the Department of the Interior


Question: 'Yes, Mr. Brummell, it means a dandy'

Answer: a beau


Question: 'William Booth, who founded this charitable group, wired 2 of his struggling officers, "Try tears"'

Answer: the Salvation Army


Question: 'The Jimi Hendrix Experience<br />(now that's really depressing)'

Answer: nobody


Question: '(I'm Gail Collins.)  I was the New York Times' first female editorial page editor & wrote a book called "America's Women", which begins with "The Extremely Brief Story of" the first English child born in the Americas'

Answer: Virginia Dare


Question: 'Best viewed from January to March, the stars of this constellation form 2 conventional stick figures holding hands'

Answer: Gemini


Question: 'The Office of Scientific & Technical Information'

Answer: Energy


Question: 'Social or cultural surroundings'

Answer: milieu


Question: 'This Irish author of long, often confusing novels sent a short, clear wire in 1905: "Son born Jim"'

Answer: (James) Joyce


Question: 'The Bee Gees<br />(both of them)'

Answer: Barry Gibb & Robin Gibb


Question: '(I'm Roger Cohen.)  In the 1990s, based in Zagreb, I was the New York Times' chief of the bureau named for this peninsular region; I've written many books & columns about conflict there'

Answer: the Balkan Peninsula


Question: 'The helix nebula is in this constellation, whose "arm" holds 5 stars suggesting a water pitcher'

Answer: Aquarius


Question: 'The Bureau of Industry & Security'

Answer: Commerce


Question: 'This farewell word first appeared in an English text in Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms"'

Answer: ciao


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the National Archives in Washington, D.C.)  Once deciphered, the Zimmerman telegram aided U.S. entry into World War I by enraging the public; Germany promised U.S. land to this country'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'The Mamas and the Papas<br />(the only one)'

Answer: Michelle Phillips


Question: '(I'm New York Times columnist  Maureen Dowd.)  The title of my book "Are Men Necessary?", exploring the implications of feminism, puts a twist on "Is Sex Necessary?", by E.B. White & this humorist'

Answer: James Thurber


Question: 'Alpheratz is the brightest star of this northern celestial constellation named for the wife of Perseus'

Answer: Andromeda


Question: 'The International Boundary & Water Commission'

Answer: the State Department


Question: 'It precedes "vivant" in a theatrical scene where actors stand still as if in a picture'

Answer: tableau


Question: 'Charles Lamb wrote essays "On the Genius" of Hogarth" & "On the Tragedies of" this playwright'

Answer: Shakespeare


Question: 'In 1964 Jacques Demy won with "Les parapluies" or these "de Cherbourg"'

Answer: umbrellas


Question: 'At 58%, Fleming'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'Chinese monk Rabban Bar-Sauma headed west in the 13th century & saw things like this volcano's eruption on Sicily'

Answer: Etna


Question: 'The 2 jobs that entitle the holders to put their signatures on a dollar bill'

Answer: Secretary of the Treasury & the Treasurer of the United States


Question: 'Someone held against his will & the cost to mail a letter'

Answer: hostage & postage


Question: '"Just Looking" & "Still Looking" are 2 collections of art essays by this "Rabbit, Run" author'

Answer: (John) Updike


Question: 'The top-grossing Palme D'or winner from 2000 to 2010 was this political 2004 documentary'

Answer: Fahrenheit 9/11


Question: 'At 40%, Javanese'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'This Florida explorer was part of the crew on Columbus' second voyage'

Answer: Ponce de León


Question: 'The "eye" glowing over the pyramid is referred to as the "Eye of" this, also a state capital'

Answer: Providence


Question: 'A baboon & a burro'

Answer: monkey & donkey


Question: 'Essay in which Thoreau wrote, "I heartily accept the motto, that government is best which governs least"'

Answer: "Civil Disobedience"


Question: 'In 1993 Holly Hunter's performance helped this woman become the only female director to win the Palme d'Or'

Answer: Jane Campion


Question: 'At over 80%, Hutu (1 of 2 countries)'

Answer: Rwanda (or Burundi)


Question: 'This explorer got lost looking for the Red River & failed to scale the Colorado mountain now named for him'

Answer: Pike


Question: 'The bald eagle on the back is seen behind an escutcheon, one of these'

Answer: a shield


Question: 'Medieval pestilence & a Central European capital city'

Answer: plague & Prague


Question: 'Norman Mailer dissed this author who died in 2010 as being "no more than the greatest mind ever to stay in prep school"'

Answer: Salinger


Question: '1974's winner "The Conversation" is an homage to this 1967 winner by Michelangelo Antonioni'

Answer: Blow-Up


Question: 'At 28%, Tagalog'

Answer: the Philippines


Question: 'Jacques Cartier found this largest island of the Hochelaga Archipelago while searching for gold'

Answer: Montreal


Question: 'Under the pyramid is a string of letters starting with "MD", signifying this'

Answer: 1776


Question: 'One of your parents & someone in a tub'

Answer: father & bather


Question: '"The Prophet", consisting of 26 poetic essays, is the best known work by this Lebanese-born author'

Answer: (Khalil) Gibran


Question: 'Nicolas Cage has an Elvis fixation in this 1990 Palme d'Or winner from David Lynch'

Answer: Wild at Heart


Question: 'At 73%, Sinhalese'

Answer: Sri Lanka


Question: 'Magellan's crew thought natives of this Argentinian area had big feet; they had stuffed their moccasins to keep out the cold'

Answer: Patagonia


Question: 'An "L" on your bill denotes this city, the Federal Reserve bank that's the farthest west'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'A big toe ailment & the Teamsters'

Answer: bunion & union


Question: 'A relative of this inventor described him as a boy staring at the tea kettle for an hour watching it boil'

Answer: James Watt


Question: 'Dickens:<br />"A Tale of ____ ____"'

Answer: Two Cities


Question: '"And the child takes the nurse, the child takes the nurse, hi-ho, the derry-o, the child takes the nurse"'

Answer: "The Farmer In The Dell"


Question: 'This Middle Eastern flatbread is also called pocket bread'

Answer: pita


Question: 'The Splittin' Image & the Peeping Bomb were among the models in this "fiery" Mattel toy car line introduced in 1968'

Answer: Hot Wheels


Question: '4-letter word for a soothing salve'

Answer: balm


Question: 'The tomb of Jose de San Martin, who liberated Argentina from Spain, is in a cathedral in this capital'

Answer: Buenos Aires


Question: 'Fitzgerald:<br />"Tales of the ____ Age"'

Answer: Jazz


Question: '"I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee / I'm going to Louisiana, my true love for to see"'

Answer: "Oh! Susanna"


Question: 'Boudin uses this tangy bread associated with San Francisco to make a bread bowl for soup'

Answer: sourdough


Question: 'Mattel now makes this classic boxing game in which the Red Rocker & Blue Bomber try to knock each other's blocks off'

Answer: Rock \'Em Sock \'Em Robots


Question: 'Jean Schlumberger designed a gold & diamond one of these for Gary Cooper to give his wife'

Answer: a bracelet


Question: 'Cerro Mercedario & Cerro Nacimiento are Argentine peaks in this chain'

Answer: the Andes


Question: 'Shakespeare:<br />"The ____ Tale"'

Answer: Winter\'s


Question: '"In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, with a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me"'

Answer: "The Battle Hymn Of The Republic"


Question: 'It's the French name for a long, narrow loaf of French bread'

Answer: a baguette


Question: 'Can you identify this classic Mattel fortune-telling toy with an internal die that answers queries?  Signs point to yes!'

Answer: the Magic 8-Ball


Question: 'The publication The Hill also lists the 50 most this; No. 1 for 2009 was hunky New Mexico representative Martin Heinrich'

Answer: beautiful people


Question: 'Fossil tracks of Limayichnus major, a type of this, can be seen near El Chocon, Argentina'

Answer: a dinosaur


Question: 'Cooper:<br />"The ____ Tales"'

Answer: Leatherstocking


Question: '"When Israel was in Egypt land / Let my people go / Oppressed so hard they could not stand / Let my people go"'

Answer: "Go Down Moses"


Question: 'This unleavened bread is eaten (but not always enjoyed) during Passover'

Answer: matzo


Question: '"Let's play house" & "Please change my dress" were 2 of the 11 phrases said by this talkative doll introduced in 1959'

Answer: Chatty Cathy


Question: '4-letter word for something beneficial or lucky'

Answer: a boon


Question: 'Discovered in 1520, this large island Argentina shares with Chile has a name that means "land of fire"'

Answer: Tierra del Fuego


Question: 'Hawthorne:<br />"____-____ Tales"'

Answer: Twice-Told


Question: '"...The pipes, the pipes are calling from glen to glen, & down the mountain side"'

Answer: "Danny Boy"


Question: '"Sea biscuit" is another name for the unleavened bread called "hard" this; sounds delish'

Answer: tack


Question: 'Back in the '60s, you needed a Thingmaker to cook up the insect toys with this alliterative 2-word name'

Answer: Creepy Crawlers


Question: 'Richard II of England was known as "Richard of" this great French wine-growing region'

Answer: Bordeaux


Question: 'At its widest point more than 120 miles across, this Argentine "rio" isn't a river at all, but an estuary'

Answer: the Rio de la Plata


Question: 'F.'

Answer: (John) Fitzgerald (Kennedy)


Question: 'Instead of curing cancer, a virus has been created, leaving Will Smith to fend for himself in NYC'

Answer: I Am Legend


Question: 'In 1992 scientists found these at the edge not of a pond but of the universe, from primordial fluctuations'

Answer: ripples


Question: 'Denver's Linda Alvarado is the first woman to use her own capital to buy into a MLB team, this one'

Answer: the (Colorado) Rockies


Question: 'An 80-foot-high aquarium pillar is in the lobby of the Domaquare Building in this German capital'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'Monica Lewinsky was one at the White House'

Answer: an intern


Question: 'M.'

Answer: (Richard) Milhous (Nixon)


Question: 'Keanu Reeves plays Klaatu, not Gort the robot'

Answer: The Day the Earth Stood Still


Question: 'This element accounts for about 47% of the Earth's crust'

Answer: oxygen


Question: 'Carol Meyrowitz got that skirt for half what you paid; she runs TJX including this store with T, J & X in its name'

Answer: T.J. Maxx


Question: 'Based on the home of a Russian fairy tale character, the cabin here weighs 13 tons & is near this city, formerly Leningrad'

Answer: St. Petersburg


Question: 'A subspecies of this type of large cat lives on the island of Sumatra'

Answer: a tiger


Question: 'G.'

Answer: (Warren) Gamaliel (Harding)


Question: 'Pierce Brosnan knows this title mountain town is going to have a whole lava trouble'

Answer: Dante\'s Peak


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew drops a sugar cube into each of two glasses of water.)  Sugar cubes dissolve faster in hot water than in cold, because when water is heated, these move faster & further apart, making room for more sugar ones'

Answer: water molecules


Question: 'Carol Bartz made a deal for Microsoft to power the searches on this engine, where she's CEO'

Answer: Yahoo!


Question: 'Niteroi's Museum of Contemporary Art overlooks Guanabara Bay in this country'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'Any very large person, like pitcher Ed Halicki'

Answer: a giant


Question: 'E.'

Answer: (James) Earl (Carter)


Question: 'Dennis Quaid tries to warn the world about abrupt global warming'

Answer: The Day After Tomorrow


Question: 'This 6-letter itchy skin condition comes from the Greek for "to boil"'

Answer: eczema


Question: 'In 2009 this former CEO of eBay announced a run for governor of California'

Answer: (Meg) Whitman


Question: 'The 350-foot-tall Baiterek Tower, also known as the "Large Lollipop", can take a licking in Astana in this country'

Answer: Kazakhstan


Question: 'A large structure for open-air sports or other entertainments'

Answer: an arena


Question: 'Terranaut Aaron Eckhart has to nuke the center of the Earth'

Answer: The Core


Question: '5 of the brightest stars in this constellation form a large, irregular "W"; the honoree might have liked a "C"'

Answer: Cassiopeia


Question: 'This founder of a cosmetics & fragrance empire was born Josephine Esther Mentzer around 1908'

Answer: Estée Lauder


Question: 'Opened in 2004, the $300-million Stata Center at M.I.T. was designed by this L.A.-based architect'

Answer: (Frank) Gehry


Question: 'Light-sensitive membrane on the back of your eye'

Answer: retina


Question: 'The signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919 took place exactly 5 years after the related death of this man'

Answer: Archduke Franz Ferdinand


Question: 'Earl Browder, author of "Marx And America", was general secretary of this U.S. party from 1930 to 1944'

Answer: Communist Party


Question: '"A Doll's House"'

Answer: Henrik Ibsen


Question: 'Many Deadheads' lives revolved around the live concerts performed by this band'

Answer: Grateful Dead


Question: 'A lot of investors are stuck on this company that markets Acuvue & baby shampoo'

Answer: Johnson & Johnson


Question: 'In 1992 the CDC added this word to its name to reflect its broader role, but didn't add "P" to its initials'

Answer: Prevention


Question: 'Atalanta was the daughter of Iasus, king of Arcadia, on this peninsula that was also home to Sparta'

Answer: Peloponnesus


Question: 'By the time he died in 1992, his "Any Car, Any Color" offer had risen from $29.95 to $119.95'

Answer: Earl Scheib


Question: '"Summer And Smoke"'

Answer: Tennessee Williams


Question: 'Jack Nicholson is a courtside fixture at this NBA team's home games'

Answer: Los Angeles Lakers


Question: 'Fall into this retailer that also operates the Banana Republic & Old Navy stores'

Answer: The Gap


Question: 'The CDC says this form of cancer, which includes melanoma, is the most common in the U.S.'

Answer: Skin cancer


Question: 'Left to die in the wild by her dad, who didn't want a girl, she was suckled by one of these ursine creatures'

Answer: Bear


Question: 'He narrated, no doubt resonantly, the 1972 documentary "Malcolm X"'

Answer: James Earl Jones


Question: '"The Sisters Rosensweig"'

Answer: Wendy Wasserstein


Question: 'Fans of this high-flying sport involving lots of string may know it's Thailand's most popular'

Answer: Kite flying


Question: 'This Dallas-based maker of semiconductors got its start in the 1930s as an oil exploration company'

Answer: Texas Instruments


Question: 'At its inception in 1946, the CDC fought this mosquito-borne disease that was prevalent in the South at the time'

Answer: Malaria


Question: 'To marry Atalanta, a suitor had to beat her in one of these competitions'

Answer: Footrace


Question: 'This future chief justice was Dewey's running mate when he didn't defeat Truman'

Answer: Earl Warren


Question: '"Rhinoceros"'

Answer: Eugene Ionesco


Question: 'Male fans of this football team's "Hogs" dress as women & are called "Hogettes"'

Answer: Washington Redskins


Question: 'In 1999 the Class A stock of this company headed by Warren Buffett reached a 52-week high of $81,000 a share'

Answer: Berkshire Hathaway


Question: 'In 1981 the first cases of this disease were published in the CDC's "Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report"'

Answer: AIDS


Question: 'After being the first to wound the Calydonian, one of these wild tusked creatures, Atalanta was awarded its hide'

Answer: Boar


Question: '"The Ballad of Jed Clampett" wasn't recorded by Flatt & Sharp but by Flatt & him'

Answer: Earl Scruggs


Question: '"Murder In The Cathedral"'

Answer: T.S. Eliot


Question: 'The band Simply Red took their name in part from their love of this northern English soccer team'

Answer: Manchester United


Question: 'Here's to your health & here's to this insurance group, whose service mark is seen here'

Answer: CIGNA


Question: 'The CDC is an agency of this department of the federal government'

Answer: Health & Human Services


Question: 'This Greek goddess of the hunt took an interest in Atalanta, who grew up to be a great hunter'

Answer: Artemis


Question: 'The Earls of Arundel & Warren got their names on this 1215 document along with King John'

Answer: Magna Carta


Question: 'Her nicknames include "Queen of the West" & "Queen of the Cowgirls"'

Answer: Dale Evans


Question: 'In colonial America, this crime of being married to 2 persons at the same time was punishable by death'

Answer: Polygamy/bigamy


Question: 'This Spanish surrealist designed a"maze"ing sets & costumes for the 1941 ballet "Labyrinth"'

Answer: Salvador Dali


Question: 'On the death of his wife Linda in 1998, this musician said, "I have lost my girlfriend, and that is very sad"'

Answer: Paul McCartney


Question: 'In 1793 he invented the cotton gin in Georgia'

Answer: Eli Whitney


Question: 'We don't know if the Earl Granville gave advice on outhouses  as lord president of this council from 1751 to 1763'

Answer: Privy Council


Question: 'The 90-word title of her 1999 album is a poem that she wrote in response to an unflattering magazine article about her'

Answer: Fiona Apple


Question: 'This type of court is used to determine the validity of a deceased person's will'

Answer: Probate


Question: 'A picnic with Rasputin is the opening scene of the ballet named for this grand duchess'

Answer: Anastasia


Question: 'David Ben-Gurion once remarked, "Without" this city, "we are a body without a soul"'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'This presidential brother is buried in Plains'

Answer: Billy Carter


Question: 'This 1623 edition of Shakespeare is dedicated to the Earls of Pembroke & Montgomery'

Answer: First Folio


Question: 'Her books include "I Lost It At The Movies" & "5001 Nights At The Movies"'

Answer: Pauline Kael


Question: 'From the Greek for "not remembered", it's a pardon granted by the government to political offenders'

Answer: Amnesty


Question: 'In 1992 dancer Kevin McKenzie became artistic director of this company once led by Mikhail Baryshnikov'

Answer: American Ballet Theatre


Question: 'The witticism "A verbal agreement isn't worth the paper it's written on" is attributed to this film pioneer'

Answer: Samuel Goldwyn


Question: 'In 1733 he founded the Georgia colony & served as its governor for the next 10 years'

Answer: James Oglethorpe


Question: 'The surrenderer, seen here, was both Earl & Marquis of this'

Answer: Cornwallis


Question: 'Fruity first name of acclaimed Japanese author Yoshimoto, whose books include "N.P.", "Amrita" & "Kitchen"'

Answer: Banana


Question: 'He was the first of our presidents to practice law'

Answer: John Adams


Question: 'A cowgirl wins the heart of a champion roper in this Agnes De Mille ballet'

Answer: Rodeo


Question: 'Of that famous incident in 1955, she said, "All I was doing was trying to get home from work"'

Answer: Rosa Parks


Question: 'Add 3 words to New York State's nickname & you get this nickname for Georgia'

Answer: "The Empire State of the South"


Question: 'In 1896, commanding Egypt's army, Earl Kitchener invaded this country to the south'

Answer: Sudan


Question: 'She published her first book "Contemporary Women Artists", to raise money for the Carmelite order'

Answer: Sister Wendy


Question: 'In 1979 this Watergate judge wrote a book about his experiences titled "To Set The Record Straight"'

Answer: John Sirica


Question: 'This "Pomp And Circumstance" composer is a character in the ballet named for his "Enigma Variations"'

Answer: Edward Elgar


Question: 'Last name of the officer to whom Admiral Dewey gave the command, "You may fire when you are ready"'

Answer: (Charles) Gridley


Question: 'The Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins has an exhibit on this famous group of Black American pilots'

Answer: Tuskegee Airmen


Question: 'In the 1920s this nation's churches pooled their money & erected a 120-foot religious monument on a 2,300-foot peak'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'Tuvalu used to be the Ellice these'

Answer: Islands


Question: 'Though originally drafted by the Steelers, Johnny Unitas was a real "horse" for 17 years on this team'

Answer: the (Baltimore) Colts


Question: 'Karl Probst designed an army recon vehicle in 2 days in 1940; we know it better as this'

Answer: the Jeep


Question: 'Holtville, Ca. has carrot ice cream for its Carrot Festival, & Goleta, Ca. serves yellow cotton candy for this fruit's fest'

Answer: the lemon


Question: 'John Stossel, a co-anchor of this ABC News show, overcame stuttering & has won 19 Emmys'

Answer: 20/20


Question: '"It is easier for" this animal "to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God"'

Answer: a camel


Question: 'Part of this country was once Kievan Rus'

Answer: the Ukraine


Question: 'Johnny was considered "the Man with" this valuable type of appendage, like Frank Sinatra in a 1955 movie'

Answer: "the Golden Arm"


Question: 'France II, at 419 feet the largest merchant sailing ship ever built, also had 2 of these to back up the sails'

Answer: engines


Question: 'The world's largest Hard Rock Cafe really rocks on Citywalk at this Florida theme park'

Answer: Universal Studios


Question: 'Number of stories on each of the 1,483-foot-high Petronas towers, or of keys on a standard piano keyboard'

Answer: 88


Question: 'John Donne called it "Nature's great masterpiece... the only harmless great thing; the giant of beasts"'

Answer: the elephant


Question: 'What's now this Southwest Arizona city was Arizona City before being renamed for a native people'

Answer: Yuma


Question: 'Johnny U won the 1958 NFL Championship game against Frank Gifford & this "mammoth" team'

Answer: the (New York) Giants


Question: '"Flight attendants prepare doors for departure and" do this means make sure your door & the one opposite yours are armed'

Answer: cross-check


Question: 'Indulge in a cocoa massage or a chocolate sugar scrub at the Hotel Hershey's spa in this state'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'For the records, translate these 2 Roman numerals, XLV & LXXVIII'

Answer: 45 & 78


Question: '"Honesty dwells like a miser... in a poor house, as your pearl in your foul" this'

Answer: an oyster


Question: '1890s U.S. maps showed the twin territories, Oklahoma Territory & this'

Answer: Indian Territory


Question: 'Johnny ended his Hall-of-Fame career with this Calif. team in '73, the rookie year of future Hall of Famer Dan Fouts'

Answer: the San Diego Chargers


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads while a burlesque puppet dances in the background.)  Lucy will be strutting her stuff at a new $40 million theater built especially for "Avenue Q" in this city'

Answer: Las Vegas


Question: 'Tennyson's "Valley of Death" chargers minus the total number of U.S. senators'

Answer: 500


Question: 'Benjamin Disraeli wrote that this "which had never been thought of... rushed past the grandstand in sweeping triumph"'

Answer: a dark horse


Question: 'The area once known as United Provinces is now this Indian state that also has the initials U.P.'

Answer: Uttar Pradesh


Question: 'Johnny's 47 straight games with one of these has been compared to DiMaggio's 56-game hit streak'

Answer: a touchdown pass


Question: 'Windy, a 4-masted schooner, takes tourists on 90-minute cruises from this city's Navy Pier'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'In print journalism this number is traditionally used to mark the end of a piece of copy'

Answer: 30


Question: 'In "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell", William Blake wrote, "The pride of" this bird "is the glory of God"'

Answer: the peacock


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in a room with a podium and plaques along the walls in the Pentagon.)  The Pentagon's Hall of Heroes is dedicated to over 3,440 recipients of this, our nation's highest military decoration'

Answer: the Congressional Medal of Honor


Question: 'Native to South America, these flowers from woody vines are commonly found in Florida & California'

Answer: bougainvillea


Question: 'Alfred Nobel named this explosive after the Greek word for power'

Answer: dynamite


Question: '"You know, you're really nobody in L.A. unless you live in a house with a really big door"'

Answer: L.A. Story


Question: 'He wrote most of his "Waverley" novels while living at No. 39 Castle St. in Edinburgh'

Answer: Sir Walter Scott


Question: 'Its larvae infest & destroy the seedpods of cotton plants'

Answer: boll weevils


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew wanders through a basement corridor in the Pentagon.)  The Pentagon is so vast, in 1989 this Secretary of Defense got lost in the basement for 10 minutes before finding his way out'

Answer: Dick Cheney


Question: 'This flower seen here was named for a Jesuit missionary, not for a 19th century French courtesan'

Answer: a camellia


Question: 'This incendiary substance of gelled gasoline was used extensively in Vietnam'

Answer: napalm


Question: '"I can envision the day when the brains of brilliant men can be kept alive in the bodies of dumb people"'

Answer: The Man with Two Brains


Question: 'In the Bronx, visit the cottage that he shared with his sickly young wife Virginia, who, tragically, died there in 1847'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe


Question: 'A work such as a movie that enjoys enormous success, or a home video rental chain that has enjoyed enormous success'

Answer: blockbuster


Question: 'This blossom is often used to symbolize events in the last hours of Christ's life, hence its name'

Answer: the passion flower


Question: 'Meaning "moldable", it's a term for moldable explosive such as RDX & PETN'

Answer: plastique


Question: '"All dames are alike: they reach down your throat & they grab your heart, pull it out & they throw it on the floor"'

Answer: Dead Men Don\'t Wear Plaid


Question: 'Now a hotel, Seaham Hall is the manor where this licentious lord married Annabella Milbanke in 1815'

Answer: Lord Byron


Question: 'Two Bs back to back was this fashion designer's trademark'

Answer: Bill Blass


Question: 'The Rose of Sharon and the Chinese variety are popular types of this flower used in perfumes'

Answer: a hibiscus


Question: 'This dye industry chemical was not used as an explosive until 1904; it later became prized by the military'

Answer: TNT


Question: '"Wherever there is injustice, you will find us"'

Answer: The Three Amigos


Question: 'Hyde Park's W.H. Hudson Memorial boasts a statue of this bird girl, heroine of Hudson's novel "Green Mansions"'

Answer: Rima


Question: 'A ratio of systolic & diastolic values'

Answer: blood pressure


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew introduces us to a bust in the Pentagon.)  This alcove is dedicated to this man, the first & only career soldier to win a Nobel Peace Prize'

Answer: (George) Marshall


Question: 'Native to Mexico, this flower was named for a Swedish botanist & student of Linnaeus'

Answer: the Dahlia


Question: 'This chemical explosive called blasting oil was discovered in 1846 by Ascanio Sobrero'

Answer: nitroglycerin


Question: '"He hates these cans! Stay away from the cans!"'

Answer: The Jerk


Question: 'You'll have to go to Gwent, Wales to see this abbey immortalized in a 1798 Wordsworth poem'

Answer: Tintern Abbey


Question: 'As many as 1 million may have died during the 1971 civil war that produced this country'

Answer: Bangladesh


Question: 'It was originally painted as the centerpiece for the Spanish Government Pavillion at the 1937 Paris World's Fair'

Answer: Guernica (by Pablo Picasso)


Question: 'This patriotic symbol will hover above water birds until they exhaust themselves diving'

Answer: the bald eagle


Question: 'Super Diamond honors him... I said'

Answer: Neil Diamond


Question: 'March was a great month for her: she made her debut on the Forbes list & got out of a West Virginia prison'

Answer: Martha Stewart


Question: 'This region's West Plain, one of the world's largest flatlands, is over 1 million square miles of steppe & tundra'

Answer: Siberia


Question: 'Sir John Herschel coined the word "photographer" & discovered how to make these colorful working drawings'

Answer: blueprints


Question: 'Among the jet-setters to catch a final ride on this in 2003 were Joan Collins & Christie Brinkley'

Answer: the Concorde


Question: 'Of the family Lamnidae, it's been described on film as "a perfect engine--an eating machine"'

Answer: a great white shark


Question: 'Riders on the Storm pays tribute to this classic group'

Answer: The Doors


Question: 'Corona beer helped crown Maria Aramburuzabala the wealthiest woman in this country'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'This 2,194-mile river is 748 feet above sea level at its source, 92 feet below sea level at its mouth'

Answer: the Volga


Question: 'The sketch seen here accompanies U.S. patent number 821,393, officially submitted for this type of machine'

Answer: a flying machine


Question: 'Food cooks quicker & more evenly in this type of oven that has a fan to circulate the hot air'

Answer: a convection oven


Question: 'Like its prey the chameleon, the boomslang, this type of animal, is noted for camouflage'

Answer: snake


Question: 'We Got the Meat is an all-male tribute band to this girl group'

Answer: The Go-Go\'s


Question: 'Michael Eisner is off the list, but this septuagenarian member of the Disney family is still on it'

Answer: Roy Disney


Question: 'Kaliningrad, a small piece of Russian territory, sits between Poland & Lithuania on this sea'

Answer: the Baltic Sea


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew demonstrates from a blackboard.)  It's the specific technique I've used to shade in an area & give depth to my picture'

Answer: cross-hatching


Question: 'Around 500 B.C. he said, "With coarse rice to eat... and my bended arm for a pillow... I still have joy"'

Answer: Confucius


Question: 'In 2005 the journal Nature had findings on how this, with no muscles, reacts to get its food in 1/10 second'

Answer: a Venus fly trap


Question: 'The Missing Links re-create this group's music & TV show'

Answer: The Monkees


Question: 'Guy Laliberte, founder of this circus, may be the only fire-breather on the list'

Answer: Cirque du Soleil


Question: 'This mountain range on Russia's border with Georgia contains many oil fields, including those of Baku & Grozny'

Answer: the Caucasus


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew demonstrates from a blackboard.)  When you draw Michigan as a mitten, this bay separates the thumb from the rest of the hand'

Answer: Saginaw Bay


Question: 'On my honor, he wrote "Prizzi's Honor" & "The Manchurian Candidate"'

Answer: (Richard) Condon


Question: 'The name of this small cat of the forest has the name of a big cat in it'

Answer: a jaguarundi


Question: 'Soso can "Hold The Line" as a tribute to this group'

Answer: Toto


Question: 'The youngest billionaire on the 2005 list is 21-year-old Albert von Thurn und Taxis, a prince from this country'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'Russia's southernmost point lies in Dagestan, a republic bordering this saltwater lake'

Answer: the Caspian Sea


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew points to a circuit diagram.)  This word for a diagram of an electrical system comes from the Latin for "figure"'

Answer: a schematic


Question: 'Though it possibly dates from the 16th century, the origin of this word for a punny riddle is a mystery in itself'

Answer: conundrum


Question: 'The year immediately preceding 1 A.D. on the Gregorian calendar'

Answer: 1 B.C.


Question: 'In 2005 Glenn Close joined the cast of this gritty cop drama'

Answer: The Shield


Question: 'The canyon rises to 8,800 feet in elevation on what's usually called the North this'

Answer: the North Rim


Question: 'Each year this country changes the design of its gold & silver panda coins, adding to their appeal'

Answer: China


Question: 'Keep up: "Flight into Danger" by this "Airport" author was filmed as "Zero Hour!" & later spoofed as "Airplane!"'

Answer: (Arthur) Hailey


Question: 'Surprise-ending short story writer who famously prayed with Nixon'

Answer: O. Henry Kissinger


Question: 'Before Utah, the last state to join the union was this neighbor'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: 'Glenn narrated "Reversal of Fortune", about a true criminal case, as this wealthy woman, comatose for a decade'

Answer: Sunny von Bulow


Question: 'The Bright Angel one of these is the most popular one to descend, but has more rescues than any other'

Answer: a trail


Question: 'In 2001 Zambia issued its 4,000-kwacha coin with this 19th C. queen on one side'

Answer: Queen Victoria


Question: 'It's no mystery; he was knighted in 1902 for his work defending British policy in the Boer War'

Answer: Arthur Conan Doyle


Question: '"NFL Today" hostess & ex-Miss America appointed by the Gipper in 1982'

Answer: Phyllis George Shultz


Question: 'The pope right before Paul VI'

Answer: John XXIII


Question: 'Glenn played Robin Williams' mom in this 1982 film based on a novel'

Answer: The World According to Garp


Question: 'Religious-sounding name of some structures in the park, like the Venus, the Vishnu & the Zoroaster, pictured here'

Answer: temples


Question: 'A 1966 gold coin from Kenya has "Father of the Kenya Nation" on one side, his portrait on the other'

Answer: (Jomo) Kenyatta


Question: 'Born in Budapest, he's best known for his 1940 novel "Darkness at Noon"'

Answer: Arthur Koestler


Question: 'Clinton's first Secretary of State who went "Sailing" to No. 1 on the pop charts in 1980'

Answer: Warren Christopher Cross


Question: 'The last city to host the Olympics before St. Moritz in 1948'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'Glenn played Mel Gibson's mom in this 1990 film based on a play'

Answer: Hamlet


Question: 'Within the park is the village of Supai, part of this longer-named Indian reservation'

Answer: the Havasupai


Question: 'Popular modern gold coins include the cat series introduced in 1988 by this island off England'

Answer: Isle of Man


Question: 'Born in 1854, he has been described as "the precocious boy-poet of French symbolism"'

Answer: (Arthur) Rimbaud